Show great britain st lil lii felena welena cape of good nope hope adel A aide melbourne tl amt and Sydney sidney banney Aust rallia april 4 1874 president aco A smith sinith J dear brother while passing the coast of spain I 1 thought I 1 would address a few lines to you after receiving my appointment to australia J E hurried up my little mission in scotland and sailed on board the january loth from london the second day out auty while going down the channel the captain got drowned we put in to plymouth where we stayed two days waiting for a captain to come from scotland we started from the above place on the and went along all right t till february at half past 10 p in where we ran ashore in st helena bay it was a very dark night nigh t and looked rather bilious some crying others were fraying praying I 1 had preached tile the gospe gospel to them previous to this some home of them m asked red me to pray with the them m I 1 told them that I 1 had no time just then ihen for I 1 had bad done my praying in fair weather I 1 was going to help the captain to get our vessel olt off the sand saud bank they said that was no use for she never would 9 ome come off as we were running at the rate of 11 knots per hour when we went on I 1 felt that it would beall beail be all ali right abd that theford the lord would deliver me so I 1 told the Cali captin tain if he be would do what I 1 told him be io would get his vessel oft off the next tide lie asked me what that was I 1 told him koput to put all his hands to work throwing coal out of lits ills vessel and the fre fro freight into his small boats he laughton laugh laughed lol loi at the idea but he edine came to me in about an hour and said he would try it so I 1 pulled off my coat and we went atit at it but were rather aate late to get her off lile ifie the first tide when we got out about tons the next tide that came she came right off we then re shipped our freight and started out for tor the cape of good hope where wo we arrived all rl right ht got a fresh supply of coal and and had the government divers go down and examine our vessel they reported her all right cape town has a population of I 1 distributed quite a few pamphlets of jj know on the only way to be saved we stayed sta ed there four fout days then started out for adelaide arrived there on the th of bearch march and stayed there two days r enquired for the latter day saints but could not find any I 1 distributed a number of tracts and visited a large farm seven miles in le length this farm is hil hii in one field and is worked with oxen they go round and plough the whole piece with a plough that turns over a double furrow the round is a little over 20 miles in length the ploughman makes his one trip round in a day that is somewhat different to running round a five acro aero lot you can ciu make a calculation liow how much more ploughing sloughing hing a man can do on this system the season here libre has been very dry the average yield per acre nishel mishel this season deaso i is from six to ten bushels bushel nighel el randsome and some bome of them can make it pay very well at that A man and boy here bere will attend to br or acres excepting in harvest time and that is done altogether on a cheaper scale than we do dd I 1 it t they have a machine that cuts and thrashes threshes th at the same time I 1 had no time to stay hero here very long as our vessel only toniy stayed here two days I 1 could do de a little visiting and preach the gospel at the same time we arrived at melbourne on saturday the at 7 p m and cast anchor a mile out I 1 took a small boat and went ashore and took train tol tor footscray Foot a distance of four miles from 1 melbourne elbourne melbourne is miles from adelaide ade Nde laide and a very finely laid out city with wide streets that come as near like our oui streets in salt brat lake loke city as fas those ol of any city I 1 have seen I 1 found brother cant there are ten members orthe of tile tiie church in and around melbourne I 1 enquired fortl fone lder ider beauchamps beauchamp the saints told mo me he had not bot been there for a year abear and a half I 1 held meeting in melbourne or on sunday at one of the saints houses they felt rather afraid for us to tc sing a hymn but finally we got gol a hymn sung and they began to fee tee a little better we held another nie meeting eting on monday evening I 1 got gol the few saints to feel tolerably vall well weli T elfeel feel to tha thank k god that thi this s i lk i Is the only placeit have found where the elders are looked upon with a feeling heeling of animosity for I 1 have travelled a great deal since I 1 left home and have found a great many friends I 1 have preached the gospel to the rich and to the poor and in all my travels I 1 have been treated with kindness and respect when I 1 have told them that I 1 have been personally acquainted with the leaders of the church for 20 years they hey have sought my society and on in many occasions have invited me to their houses three individuals have come and told me that they saw say me in a vision since I 1 left home I 1 have not felt a ashamed to represent ep resent our people upon all occasions I 1 left melbourne on thursday a at 4 p m arrived at sydney on r fridy friday rl march at 5 p m I 1 had the address of brother regg and I 1 found him three throe miles from the doek dock he is a good and faithful old latter day saint of 78 years of age g I 1 put my things in his house and then went to hunt fo for tor rElder elder beauchamp here Is a branch of bout aboul twelve members amon among gare are elder beauchamp aa and his two counselors the president of the conference and the president of the branch just previous to my arrival mr C V Wr wandell idell and mr glaud giand rogers had bad just ariev arrived d from california and had tried tp pass themselves off as elders belonging to the church since my arrival they havo have paid me a visit and requested me to hold discussion with them I 1 told them we never made a P practice of discussing ct with men who had been cut off from the church that waa not my mission to thesa these lands I 1 told them it would atwould not be economy to do so with them when I 1 could have done du so close to home my olley policy will willbe be to severely leathem let iet them a alone elone eione the saints here hero are generally poor I 1 feel very sorry for brother beauchamp as he is an old man and cant get around much I 1 visited mr hall the american consul I 1 who made me very welcome he 0 talked very highly or of our country and the good treatment he received there last winter he is the agent for the australian and american 11 ll S S co sydney is about six hundred miles f bomm norn 0 m melbourne and the colony had a population of at the end of 1873 1872 1 I have held some meetings on sundays here and nd a good few strangers have been present I 1 havo also aiso distributed some pamphlets but there is a strong spirit of persecution here and it costs a great deal to 0 travel the fare is X G from melbourne to sydney there are six colonies in this fills land and thet the principal towns are a long iong way apart the railways only extend in two directions the distance is south and miles west and the fare is 41 1 los ios bro beauchamp has haa gone to mel mei bourne to lecture preparatory to returning home wm win geddes address mr wm win Ge adois no 9 nen denham Den liam llam street glebe sydney new south wales australia poland more ornamental than useful it la is not at all improbable that the people of vermont will pass pasa the verdict upon judge poland that ho he has been more ornamental than useful in his congressional services and elect him to stay at home when the next deal is enne effe effected eted A shapely white head and a grandiloquence that awes the timorous are not to be sneered at in the composition of a participator in the rational councils but they cannot win continued respect for their possessor unless accompanied by dignity and consistency of official conduct judge poland has exhibited none of the qualities that go to make a statesman having the good or ill fortune to lead in several important investigations investigate i ons lie he has seemed to forget that he was a judge and only remember that lie was a republican appointed to pass upon the character and conduct of other republicans the woodstock standard which is a loyal republican jred dred journal says his back pay and kindred performances have alig disgusted tho the voters in his district what those kindred p performances are it is hardly ned ner ry to enumerate merate aerate jud jude judge e pol rol rud uj na as chairman of the C commute appointed to investigate the credit Mo biller bilier scandal presented a record of conspicuous inability to expose the of fences of his personal and political friends though severe enough with hla his enemies A greater tiou if possible was the thu fulsome and ridiculous defence of judge durell which touched even gen butlers usual serenity and moved him hig to a profane expression of disgust sotto voce asa As a popular representative judge poland cannot be said to have succeeded it may be that lie he is simply out of place if so the people can cau easily remedy their mistake by taking the advice of tile woodstock standard standards boston statesman julg midy 3 POMPOUS POLAND it is is gratifying to learn that the people of vermont are likely to show ajust appreciation atif lie services of congressman Congre saman poland by giving r him an opportunity to res rest from ills his labors when the present congress goes out his return to washington for another term will be bitterly opposed the woodstock standard a staunch republican journal says that the voters in his district are utterly disgusted with his back pay and kindred performance for mance atwould it would speak poorly for their intelligence if they were wore not judge poland to sum up his character briefly Is iq a pompous fraud fradd As chairman of tile the credit mo iller bilier committee he was chiefly responsible for the lame and impotent ending of an investigation which in spite of a manifest disposition to shield the friends of the administration cevelo developed id an amount of immorality an and dishonesty amon among 11 lights C ats of the domi dominant nhut party w which hf ch shocked the whole country and he has hasl generally been found the eager supporter of all the particularly objectionable bj actionable measures of this and the preceding congress one of lils liis ills his last performances aln cain zain ain ed for him the undisguised contempt evanof even of the most unscrupulous of ills his own associates this was his defence of the notorious judge durell of louisiana the majority of the judiciary committee had reported resolution of impeachment against the drunken and knavish functionary who has so long disgraced the united states judiciary in new orleans Orl ori dan while a minority of four had offered a report saying that while there had been gross irregularities not believe the evidence sufficient lelent to convict him when both these reports had been received and disposed orf ori of poland obtained the flo floor orand and sent up still another report which was adamid re general derision and in which durell was eulogized as a high toned christian statesman who had done nothing but what was perfectly right even ben butler was astounded at the effrontery of this and expressed his surprise and disgust by ejaculating the words lord almighty in tones loud enough to be distinctly heard hoard all over the chamber mew weta york yo L S sim tan newspapers and mails mr G george eorge S bangs the general superintendent dent of the railway mail service has prepared an article containing a statement from seven of the largest post offices in the united states giving the gumbei of pieces and weight of each class of matter mailed at those offices for a period of thirty day days showing sli owing what it Js Is that constitutes the bulk bulik of mails this article is in answer to the charges made by the railroad companies through the dent of the ton and baltimore railroad company that the malls were overloaded with merchandise which the post office department forced them to carry for little or nothing t thus us depriving them of the revenue atey they would derive if carried by express companies it is also intended as an answer to the assertion made by the railway companies that all newspapers should be excluded from the malls mails being in reality freight by a tabular statement giving tile tiie number of pieces and weight ol OJ matter of each class at the office alluded to during the time mentioned mr bangs hows shows that in every pounds of mail forwarded there is about I 1 pound of boun bound books I 1 pound of merchandise seeds bulbs etc 12 pounds of transient newspapers circulars and other articles besides those mentioned en above which constitute the third class of mail matter or about 14 pounds in all of this class elass 77 pounds of second class matter or of period periodicals cals cais sent to regular subscribe subscriber bix fix bind and 9 pounds of letters or matter under letter post mit lai L hav a i age this plainly shows that it is not merchandise that is ia overloading I 1 the tho malls mails in answer to the assertion of the president of the philadelphia wil and aud baltimore railroad company that periodicals and other printed mattei mattw should be excluded from the malls 1 mr irr bangs says the principal object of uld uhe post office department is 13 presumed to be dissemination and interchange of intelligence if this Is ia so why papers pa magazines n books and matter of this class do not come como within its scope scone is dim cult to understand nor is it to be presumed for one moment that thal any effort to exclude e these fram the mails malls w would ouid be successful mr bangs concludes cong ludes with a request that the pless press who with their various ed caiti I 1 tiong ansi tako take up ill lii nine ne ty per cent of the mail facilities will give as w wide ide a circulation of the fact as of the fiction jwj ington star jung june 4 0 0 SUPREME COURT DECISION 11 ai wives as sits wits esses eases 1 IK 1 tim vin S SUPREME bourt OP br TERRITORY J y edward friel frelan av I 1 oct term vs I 1 1873 lyman wood ad miah minh june session respondent J 1874 moreman JB oreman justice delivered the opinion of the court the plaint plaintiff lie ite in the trial below in tho first district court in order to maintain the issue upon ills his part offered ed as a witness one margaret ann harbel arbel and stated at the 06 time she is the plural pr second wife of the plaintiff the first wife being now living jiving and resi residing diric with the plaintiff as his wi defendant thereupon oil oll objected 10 to said party being sworn as witness and tho objection beine belne by the coutt sustained nedi and the person excluded exclude das as a witness the case hasl hasi been brought to this court UP upon that simple point the territorial statute excludes the thel wife from testifying for or against her haus hubband husband baud except when i the action is between themselves the exclusion applies to the law ful wife and not to an illegal oded one i but is this court to decide upon the legality or illegality of the marriage marria ria between the plaintiff and her wl who 0 ei is s offered as a witness by no means the party offering offering off ering ehing her us n witness atness asserts that sho she 14 his wife and the defendant as assents orits thereto so faras far oar as the case gaes and exclusion under thesta thetta the statute tute tuto excluding a wife but it ay iy said sald that she is the plural wife or Ise second dond wife of the plaint plaintiff lIT and that the first wife is still living with the plaintiff tu as wife the whole admission missi 0 n should aid ald be taken to together |