Show editorials EDITO R I 1 ALS I 1 I 1 T 1 NEW BOOK I 1 correspondence of palestine tow bis his is the title of ot an interesting volume of nearly 40 p pages pazes p krjat rit ed and published and now for ar af pf paie pale 16 J at the DESERET OMM office con C ninety five letters written by members of the tha pary party which left this city in the winter of 1872 under the guidance of the late Preal president dent george A smith on a mission to palestine a mission undertaken for the purpose of consecrating se the holy land prepa preparatory ra to te vie gathering home of the 4 long scattered remnants of israel one of the main features connected with the tho great latter day work of god gene generally rilly called mormonism the letters now published were written in part by the late president george A smith also by president lorenzo snow of brigham city and by miss misa E B R snow and elder eider paul A of S salt sait alt ait laue lake L 3 ke city y they abound with descriptions description 0 of f the sights eights and see scenes es witnessed by the party in the various countries visited from the time of leaving until their return to salt lake city and when it is remembered that the members of the palestine mission visited england france holland belgium austria italy various states of germany arabia syria and palestine giving graphic word paintings of the most famous places on their route and of or tile the moral and social condition of the people of the various countries and localities in which they so journea jour ned it must be acknowledged that the field from which the materials forming the subjects of the present volume were selected was vast and in the hands of parties of well known talent and ability such as most of the authors of palestine correspondence correspondences it is reasonable to expect a work of far more than ordinary attraction and such after a careful peru perusal sad we unhesitating unhesitatingly 9 pronounce the present volume many of the letters and especially those of president snow being written in a very charming style and brimful of information related in an intensely interesting man ner A few letters at ae th e commencement of the volume are occupied with descriptions of the trip from salt lake city to new york calling en route at various places including washington where an interview was had bad with president grant and visits made to the several departments of the government etc the voyage and experience of the party across the atlantic their art ival on the irish coast and the trip to liverpool are then described while in liverpool some of t the he members of the mission visited the workhouse in that city a model institution ution of ef its kind a minute description of the building and of its inmates and management forming by no means the least interesting chapter of the correspondence from liverpool they proceeded to the worlds metropolis london and spent a few days in visiting the principal points of interest therein including the tower brit ish museum crystal palace and many other noted places and objects including the albert B memorial emo ra 1 erected by the people of bri britain tain in honor of f the late prince albert husband of queen victoria this monument is said to be the grandest in the world and a most elaborate description of its marvels and beauties by president snow will excite the wonder and admiration of all readers at london the party embarked nor for holland i and they furnish a graphic and striking account of the hague and other principal cities of that country as well as of its navy commerce manufactures colonial and home government governments arid and the domestic customs and condition of 0 the people also a very brief sketch of their heroic struggle for independence with the spaniards in the century and of their continued battles and the method of conducting them with old ocean in rescuing land enough for themselves to live upon from his unceasing inroads and incursions beag belgium lum was the next country visited and an interesting chapter ia Is furnished about the sights and scenes of antwerp and brussels tho the customs and religion af their the field of vt waterloo etc elc dan belgium to prince aud and then comes one oj of thel thee most portions porfi ons of ole old ih lb deseri describing ta 1 parley arid lisi itil palaces monuments parks pai fai schools mus gun dun euins 1 libraries libra ilbra 1 nies ries the terrible terrI hlo hIO tib fuu iri it the days of the ard ari prest dent Thiers anu ana his cabinet of ver salie bailes salle sa lles tIey sr the military militar y system of 01 the country the conditt condition a elio pino of the tho working clas classes the wine industry lyons and its silk wk factor factories lesy less marseilles and its commerce and many other matters of interest and importance pertaining to the moral political and social status and condition of the people of that great country italy was next honored with the I 1 presence of the party and there tile the pen and brain of its able writers found abundant materials to divert and interest their friends and readers lin tin utah in the accounts they furnished of tile the sights and scenes they there beheld consisting of the master pieces of art sculpture pAint painting ing lug and architecture the religious superstitions of the people and the terrible preval ence of idleness dand land and beggary amongst them the curiosities of venice a city without horses and carriages whose streets are canals and whose citizens are transported from place to place in their gondolas as or boats turin and its manu fractures fac tures naples genoa the birthplace of columbus pica pisa and its leaning towers inglan and its wonderful cathedral bome borne present and bend past ita its world renowned ruins st peters cathedral the tho vatican also pompeii herculaneum Hercula vesuvius etc all furnish themes for graphic descriptions which will delight the intelligent reader after leaving italy the party proceeded to corfu and thence took passage for alexandria egypt and abd now they cross the dividing line separating the nations of europe from those of the orient and henceforth their descriptive scenes scenes are of a more io mantle mantie if not of a more moie interesting character to the reader in far america in alexandria they find a population of a strange and notley character con consisting principally of turks greeks arabs syrians copts coats ar at trien ians iaus Nu nubians Nub blaus plaus ians lans ac with the dress dresa and language of their several countries presenting sights and sounds inconceivable to the un travelled european and american from alexandria our travellers trav ellers wend their way to cairo where they visit the gardens of thekle the khedive also the va mosques and other places of Inte interest iest lest after which they make trips to the pyramids the sphinx Cleo patras needles pompous Pamp Pomp pillar the catacombs Cata combs city of Helio neilo polla polia temple of on fountain of the sun laud land of goshen and other mementoes and localities famous yn in the days of the pharaohs Phara all of which are described and sketches given of the manners customs religions and social condition of the people of modern egypt leaving cairo the party travelled to ismalia whence they proceeded via ahe the suez canal to port fort said and from the latter place to jaffa the scriptural joppa the place of debarkation in the holy land t he the grand ob objective point polut of the journey jaffa la Is said to bo be the most ancient seaport in the world and the arrival and landing of the mission at that place their visit to the house of one simon a tanner mentioned in the scriptures the arrangements for and commencement of camp life and of the journey to jerusalem are all minutely detailed greatly augmenting tile the interest felt by the reader if he be be a bible believer in the account of this pilgrimage and mission to the holy land en route from jaffa they pass the place where tradition says noah built the ark place of embarkation over the plains of sharon battle field of david and Goliat goliath bA arimathea ri mathes mathea valley of ajalon aalon lydda of the acts nim rim bethlehem ruins of Jericho and various other famous scripture localities have two or three adventures with savage be bouins and finally arrive at the hol holy city mount zion or jerusalem the most interesting locality on the whole globe to christians of or all ail denominations as well as to the descendants of abraham Isaa cand jacob graphic delineations of this ancient and famous city are given by various members of the party as also of the holy places contained within the church chuich of the holy sep the head quarters of vari varl marinuck nuck contending so called sect sects who carry on a alvel lively rivalry in a selling ige genuine aino relics relies connected with tb the losing closing scenes in the life and death of the redeemer A des description capt ion ton is also given of the dlo blo mosque qu of omar one of the most moat famous ra m us places of worship ef of the Mahome dans the ancient jewish and christian stronghold being now in possession and under the control of the followers of islam the stay of the party at jerusalem terminated with the ment on the summit of the af mount aunt of olives of the grand object of their journey the dedication of the land of palestine preparatory to the return of the jews thela thea commenced the return journey during which the party visit and describe dei des cribe many of the places mentioned in the new testament rendered most famous by the labors and miracles of christ and liis ills apostles including the jordan bethany samaria dothan nain nazareth cana of galilee cesarea philippi bethsaida site of capernaum finally arriving at damascus where tent life is abandoned arid anid the party embark fo for r beyrodt Bey rout and thence whence to constantinople after a short stay at which they depart for athens the capital of modern greece while staying at the latter place they visited and give fine descriptions of the ruins ruine of the grand architectural monuments of anci ancl ancient eriV greece from greece they travel to germany describing many of its principal cities including vienna and its great exhibition berlin and its royal palace munich and its kindergarten hamburg and its almost gigantic inhabitants with notes and aad comments on the unhealthy moral condition of the thu germans in the month of may bihy 1873 they again arrived in london and within a short time reach Liver whence they speedily embark for and after a prosperous trip arrive in new york and start by rail for home sweet home in the peaceful valleys of utah from flom the preceding very brief review it will be apparent to all readers that the correspondence of palestine tourists is no coth commonplace mon mori place volume and it ibb may be safely said that it would be almost if not absolutely impossible imposible impo sible to the same amount of information on the subjects treated upon within its pages in any small volume extant it is published at a price moderate enough to place it within reach of all the proprietor of the tho work president lorenzo snow having no design to make money by its and is certainly deserving the perusal of and ought to have a large circulation among the latter day saints in a utah CHRISTI CHRISTIAl ANDYS tots TOrS UTAH BILL IT appears that senator Christ Chriatian lancy iancy cy has introduced another utah bill into the senate a bill to regulate elections and to restrict the suffrage in this territory the ring here is tired of being outvoted badly outvoted all the time and consequently is audious to procure a law to disfranchise a large portion of the people ef of the territory and nd so bring the vote of the min minority rity to a majority as everything is fair in opposing 0 the mor mons this bill restricts the suffrage in this terri territory tory in three ways 1 by abolishing woman suffrage 2 by allowing only full fledged an american male mala citizens over 21 years old to vote 3 by disfranchising franchising dis ail all nil citizens who may have entered into plural marriage since 1862 ISM it is not stated how it is proposed to be known that a citizen id is open to that objection rhe rho must have been convicted of the same by due course of law jaw or whether he must be confronted with an ironclad oath to the enn eff effect act that he is or is not open to that objection but this provision itself Is open to the very serious tion of its constitutionality or constitution un allty inasmuch as congress is prohibited from makin making g any law respecting spec ting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof plural marriage constituting an essential part of the tho the tho religion of nearly all the inhabitants of this territory the flagrant inconsistency and wicked hypocrisy of tile the authors of or this bill are manifest in tile the assorting of the classes who are to be dist franchised by it they are two I 1 women mothers sisters daughters no matter how pure how womanly how bow noble if they are the queen bof of society the glory of their sex they must not be allowed to voto vote because they live in utah 2 those men who marry more than ono woman citizens over twenty one are abundantly welcome they may be thieves liars swindlers lers adulterers whoremongers or absolute criminals of any class but if they have not married more than one wife they can go to the polls unchallenged they may have bave ruined scores of girl debauched many of their neighbors wives but that counts nothing on election day days the they can go to the thi polls with the purest and best beat citizens and the law says not nay to them but woe voe to any one marries two good and pure women and proves a faithful husband to the them 1 m those who do that must bo be excluded from the I 1 polls sueh buch is asahe the christian virtue bf v those who would reform utah AND PEOPLE birthday was not a happy day among the political partisans inthis iu this city and county af I 1 I 1 lel lei much preliminary 1 b owing 0 of trumpet trumpets the partisans assembled in their I 1 usual place of ern erb ering jg to elect de leites delegates to the cincinnati convention the crowd assembled split into two sections one for grant and find agbird a third term and the other air totham to that ticket and platform the them sections being pretty y evenly I 1 divided there was a grand tim time e of confusion worse confounded I 1 and twp sets of delegates had to tobe lobe be elected both of iclal setd may represent the partisans but neither the people op now if the people elect a th te seta oft of delegates to represent them and und all three delegations should go to ti and d cla cia claim 8 ats would woold not ohp the ao uan 7 fla tia faiq baye haye 3 a difficult diff gli cil it t task ask before it to determine abter idel idea which h didt bet set fi be a admitted lup a a da S t the delegation ega agu ilon from ut utah 14 it 7 i ah xh wilo VHO alm AIM TO BLAME i I 1 i 1 our r readers sep seo see in the dis patch patches ep or otherwise that tha it this or the 0 othen other senator benator or representative gt a iv introduces a 1111 bill in cono cong ress or obnoxious special legislation afreda in ma 1 i they ar are aro 0 q tt apt straightway way fa preside presume that the said senator or representative is the father of the bill and that he dri endorses domes dones it in whole hole and in art this jiw jil presumption is fair but it ia is not always in lu accor cc q anee anco with W ith the facts in in the cae cate it ia 13 fair because it id 19 natural for fon or a frank and ho fonest rusin to suppose that if A member r of congress disapproved of abill a bill he hig would not pre pro benfit and aud thus help it 16 ft become law but would lea iea Veit velt for somebody else to 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