| Show MII 1 THE correspondence of or militia which appeared in our yesterday evenings ing s issue is interesting at the present juncture it recalls to the minds of many recollections of the past which through the lapse lapso of time may have become dim and to many who are not familiar with the history of events which have transpired in this territory it conveys knowledge of transactions ef of bieh which they are ignorant such communications are needed at the present time to listen to the expressions and style of remarks indulged in by certain parties occasion occasionally ally aily n newly e wiy fledged officials prosecuting attorneys judges etc one would imagine that there never had been a legally organized militia in this territory and that in fact there never had been any government here until they arrived A stranger not familiar with what has been done here would be led to the conclusion ciu clu cl in listening to them that there had been no governors judges attorneys and other officers in this country before they came or if there had been he would be apt to get the impression that these functionaries function aries never exercised any legal authority now it is a fact that utah territory was organized in the fall of the year 1850 a governor and judges a secretary and marshal were appointed and they came here and exercised their functions in due form A legislative assembly was legally elected which proceeded to enact laws that still exist upon the statute book and are of binding force it is also a fact that a militia was at the time regularly organized the officers of which were elected in republican style and commissioned by the governor all these and abd many other important facts are familiar to the people and when they see the lg ignorance and assumptions of some of these men who bestride the narrow world like a colossus they are amused during the twenty years the territory has been organized they have beheld many such exhibitions men who while in possession of a little brief authority tho rity cereso were so that the entire territory was too narrow a sphere for them to move in but who when stripped of position wore such an air of meekness as to evoke the sympathy of f all beholders they have seen officials 19 1 9 of this kind come coue con eon e and go like the seasons but in nearly every new now batch of arrivals there has been found a few of this class who act speak and appear to feel as if they were the only vigilant zealous and suitable officers which had ever acted in the positions to which they are appointed since organization as a territory this is especially the case if these men undertake to run amuck against the people of the territory their zeal is then something fearful and wonderful to behold they seem to think that the honor of the government is in their individual keeping and that unless they maintain it the country will be ruined it is a bad sign when an officer exhibits this disposition that is for hi himself m the experience of the past twenty years warrants us in saying that a man with such a feeling cannot hold position very long we never knew it fall another thing that we have noticed officers have come here feeling dis posed to act fairly perform the functions of their office and averse to assailing the people and after reaching here there has been pressure brought to bear upon them by some person or class of persons interested in having a difficult difficulty and unable to resist the pressure and M of official decapitation they have weakened and changed their policy from that moment they appeared to be doomed and their removal has speedily followed MEETING OF THE association FOR THE improvement OF istock in another column will be found the minutes of the meeting held on monday evening by the association for the improvement and cultivation of stock bees eish fish ac we have received two very interesting reports from the committee on horned stock and that on bees made to the association at the last meeting which for want of space we are compelled to lay over until tomor to mor row the meetings and action of this association give promise of being exceedingly cee interesting and it is desirable that branch associations should b be e formed in every county in the territory and that every agriculturalist should be enrolled as a member of the association where he re resides aldes there is an im mense field forthe society to operate in and its claims upon the people are such that it ought to receive the aid and influence of every public spirited man iu in the community the benefits which will follow its labors if it prosecuted wisely and energetically are sufficient inducement to enlist every mans influence and aid in its behalf THE attention of astronomers will no i doubt be ex excited cited by the singular position of the planet venus venue on the ath and ath of next month the transit of venus across the suns disc occurs on an average only once in about fifty eight years the occurrence next month is said to be about as rare and as it la Is not noted generally in the astro monical almanacs we append the account from the chicago tribune for the space of two whole days and five hours the planet venus will be behind the sun as viewed from any part of the earths surface the planet then is on the further side of her orbit and her relative motion is only 15 minutes of arc are daily while at the tho instant of conjunction she sho will be within 48 seconds of arc of the suns centre the bright planetary spot will apparently touch the western edge of the sun at 11 pm on the ath of december chicago time and emerge from behind the solar disc on its eastern edge at four on the morning of the oth the phenomena of immersion and emersion will not be visible at chicago the sun being below our horizon on both occasions ca but the two bodies may be seen through the telescope as almost in contact late in the afternoon of the ath and early in the morning of the ath of december the emersion will be bo visible in europe THE people of sioux falls city were furnished with a large supply of buffalo meat in an unexpected and extraordinary manner one night towards the close of last month an enormous fire had been burning on the prairie on the dacotah alde aide of the river all the afternoon and approached near enough to the city to lighten its streets after dark at night grou groups 0 of tche citizens in every direction stood pia eia watching ing the progress of the flames when suddenly from many came the cry the buffalo are crossing the river the men speedily procured their rifles and were ready for work by the time the herd was passing through the streets of the city As they thundered along crash crash went the rifles causing a sudden halt |
