Show THE vwe E WOMEN OF or I 1 r j we call the attention of the men and women of this town and countr country y to the letter addressed to the editor of off this paper published elsewhere by tanty one lea iea leading ing mormon ladies ladles of salt lake city the grAte grateful ful fal manner in lif which they refer to the course coune of this paper in vindicating the good name of that people against wicked calumny and aspersions is strong proof of their sincerity sin bin sincerity cerit and devotion devotion to the religious bus bbs faith ati ari and aud yd social docial system to the up building they have made so many and consecrated their lives better wives or nobler mother we have never seen peen than areto bo ba found in utah by their rich fruits they MV may be known no children in any land give better evidence of careful moral and und parental training than those of utah J A more virtu virtuous olig youth cannot be found on the round glodenor glo benor have we overseen seen been a people nor do we believe in their existence who havo bavo hav made such complete conquest af odthe the monstrous evils that invade vade 0 all other form forma of civilized society nor is it just to say that polygamy is the price that is paid for these immunities this really has very tery little to do with mith it t mt it has bas nothing whatever to do with it so far as the youth and the un married and anti polygamous portion of the community is concerned which compose a large majority of the people it all belongs to their moral and religious tea teachings hangs and is the legitimate fruit thereof and in producing these fruits none are more faithful and powerful thin the wives and mothers whom senseless would denounce and degrade tre THE herald HEBALD AND THE LADIES ladles OF SALT lay LAI the following letter was received last evening with the in closures enclosures to which it refers and although it was not intended for publication we take the liberty to give it to our readers as a proof of the ability of its accomplished author who is a lady of bait salt lake city but the higher reason that ib it furnishes pleasing evidence of the sincerity intelligence igo ige 0 and earnestness of the convictions of f the women of utah utts in regard lo 10 their pecullar peculiar religious and social system the letter bears the signature of twenty one prominent lady members jo of the church of the latter litter day saints who in addressing add the editor of this paper under date salt lake november 21 1871 11 thus speak we have long considered your paper worthy of our patronage androw and now wish to ta subscribe for the weekly herald you will find the amount of tion enclosed please forward to each of the signatures below As latter day saint ladles ladies wa wo appreciate preci ate intelligence and admire cour coun agnand age ago and bravery we have embraced and entertain pure and holy principles and respect noble nobie truth truthful auland and virtuous men and women wille while we hold hoid hoidn boldn in contempt cont t t those of opposite q character instead of expressing surprise at the fearless fear leaa and independent course you havel havo pursued as a journalist it beems seems to us passing strange that all who claim american citizenship and pro fess loyalty have not done the same every human being arrived at the years of is morally obligated to speak the truth troth and it Is i the imperative duty of every citizen to support and defend the principles of justice and equity it git may truly be considered a fearfully forbidding state of affairs when it bo bi comes a deed of noble daring for men to speak and publish mattern matters of fact of their fellow men of the same nation and that nation oue which boasts its liberality philanthropy and its protective system but experience teaches the necessity of preparing to meet things as they are and not as they should be mr editor probably you are sufficiently aware that an inquisition similar to that of other times and in other othar p places laces if not exactly in the same 0 order r der precisely in the same spirit has been established in salt lake cit city and that the people called mormon Mor mons ya are the victims of its vindictiveness his honor the inquisitor general aided by a clique of unscrupulous co eo assumes the prerogative of disbursing life liberty and the pursuit buit suit of happiness according to his own will and pleasure which makes it very uncertain what a day may bring forth the accusers of the bi ethren brethren have implicated us in some of their terribly infamous charges and although we are not trembling in view of the torture and the riek rack we realize that these as well as the awful tion of the auto da dd fe are appendages to the horrible inquisition and while other proceedings are of an unprecedented and ad unlawful fur chara character eten eter may we not as a cons Is y anticipate the introduction of these speedily under these considerations we shall subscribe for the herald for six months only but if through official clemency the auto da dd fo should be deferred beyond the expiration of that term we shail shall then bo be happy to renew our and now in sober earnest we wd would like aketo to ask those of influence lin an our Anie anlo rican government those tho who wield the powers of the pulpit and the press do you realize that the toleration of an inquisition in madrid would an constitute a sad precedent for exercising ita ts functions in cadiz thon then in andio on until a general reign of terror would be inaugurated oma ama am berald herald inov nov 28 ay AT a special meeting of the board of directors of the deseret deseree agricultural and manufacturing society pt held eld in the Hist historians office in this c city ty dec 2 hon lelon wilford woodruff presiding and ana john B R winder esq secretary pro tem echon eM Hon elon AP rockwood koek Kock wood presented the following communication and incao bures urea from gov woods and requested that hat t the desired information be furnished under the auspices of the D A and M society EXECUTIVE department salt lake city UT nov HON A sir enclosed please fina find com munica ilona tlona which explain themselves I 1 have been referred to you fo for r the needed information would you yon do me the tho favor to furnish larnish me ft a statement of your expense in the reclamation of salt sait marsh lands landa such as will answer the questions asked your obedient servant geo giso L WOODS I 1 or OF STATE washington 3rd ard noy noy nov 1871 to his excellency george L woods governor of utah territory territory sir sirl siri I 1 enclose herewith a copy of a note of the instant t together with ita its ac compani ment from th the e charge dan dAf mairs fairs of great britain up upon m th the e subject of the process of reclamation of land in the neighborhood of the great salt lake I 1 have to request that you will enable me to comply with the application of the british government for information upon the subject I 1 am sir your obedient serva servant ut HAMIt hamitte HAMILTON Tw eis fis FISH U I 1 enclosure mr ili pakenham raleen liani to mr nir eish fish nov NOT istl 1871 ith with alth an accompaniment i washington nov 1 1871 sir sirl siri I 1 fiade have the honor to enclose copy of a letter addressed to earl granville by the government of india on the subject of the process process of reclamation of lan lau land lana d in the neigh tou gou bou bon of the great sait salt lake this system should it prove on enquiry to be successful the government is anxious to cintr introduce 0 duce into the cultivation of certain soils fa in the north western provinces of india jad lad 1 a and I 1 should feel much buch obliged oblige dlf dif if you wo would kindly chuse cause me to be furnished with such buch information as may be proctar proc procurable tir upon this subject An in order that by an early opportunity I 1 may transmit it to her Maje maj principal secretary of or state S tate tato for foreign affairs Air airs I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 have the honor to be noth the consideration sir i your obed obedient fent servant F J lio elo non hon hamilton fish ac ac ac ludia INDIA OFFICE orrien october ath istl sir the thie duke of argyle has been to ro quested by the government of india to procure for them particulars of the process of reclamation pursued in the neighbour hood of the great salt lake in america of which they have been informed not only that it hu has been successfully planted but hut that the plantations have drawn out the salt and reclaimed the soil and his grace has in consequence desired me to request that earl granville may be moved to endeavor to obtain through HM legation at washington the information in question the object of the government in india in applying for it is to ascertain whether the american process might not be advantageous advantageously tage tago ous ons adopted on certain soils in tha tho north western provinces of indis india on which the first effect of irrigation appears to be to draw up by capillary attraction latent saline matter and to convert it into a surface efflorescence destruct iro to vegetation I 1 am sir sd J MEL Tiu tiie the under secretary of oftay state tat ac ac ac the communications were considered and it was waa res resolved olveA that the secretary be instructed d to request the branch societies throughout the tho territory to report their practical experience I 1 inre anre u re claiming salt sait and alkali lands also that the subject matter of the lions lie be submitted to athe othe editors of the DESERET deseree NEWS and the ghe salt sall lake herald JS erald with the tha that they solicit communications from the public on tha kb jech lech undo gedly many of our farmers scattered throughout this thia territory as weld welp delpas as idaho nevada and arizo arlzo arizona 1 have had considerable experience in and cultivation of lands impregnated with saline and alkaline elements it if such cultivators will bt kind hind enough to furnish the results of dr their experience in this branch of agriculture they will be conferring a tavor favor upon a distant leoyle people who depend in a degree upon the cu cultivation of soil similar to much of the salt and alkaline land of this mountain region and in a climate of similarly arid character to ours oura where irrigation aa as with us is a necessity aill aili communications upon this thia subject should be aad Zad addressed dressed to hon W president D A and BT society balt salt sa ailt la lake uke ike city |