Show THE INTERNAL 1 fewa the following to which a ako r alg made on the editorial page of this paper is reproduced by request fromm from the DESERET NEWS of february 1862 1852 NEWS FROM THE rhe INTERNAL REGIONS from the missouri republican of 1929 some months ago a canadian of the rocky mountain par whoa whom I 1 hd had rendered some services brought to me a bundle of papers of which he gave me the following singular account he said that beyond the mountains h he fell in with a party of the hudson bay aay company with this party he be found a brother that he be had not seen for many yearn his brother gave him the bundle of papers and informed him that about two years before he bad been on a hunting party east of makenzi MG Kenzi river where fell in with a tribe of Esqui maux indians indiana from one oi of whom he received the bundle inex in exchange for a knife the indian told him that a long time ago his band was encamped on the sea shore a great distance to the northeast that one day a strange man was seen on the a gice ice corn coln log ing toward them that the stranger was greatly exhausted hunger and cold that he be took him to me bis tent and gave him food but he died the next day and left the bundle of papers securely wrapped up in skins if my curiosity was excited at this singular history of there papers it was much more so when on examination they proved to be a narrative of th the 0 s travels sod aud extraordinary adventures advent urea of an american by the name of jonathan wilder the papers are la in a greatly deranged state and appeared i to have suffered from the rude hands through which they had bad passed the narrative is written partly on co common paper and partly on rude parchment and what appears to be the bark of a 5 tree it appears that mr wilder was many years ago wrecked on the coast i of africa was taken prisoner soLier bv the natives dative and was carried into the afie interior of the country that he be passed through many mady nations of africa as an a slave to a black merchant that he eventually fell in with and was ran domed by the celebrated mungo park whom he afterwards accompanied on his bis travels he states that mr park himself and three ing a large river the name of which is rubbed out in ane manuscript but presumed to be the niger they came to a large city at which they proposed to land but were diverted from it by the hostile attitude of the natives who appeared appear ou on the bank iu immense numbers they passed the city followed by the natives on the banks halloing hallowing hal loing and using singular gestures which added to their apprehension that mischief was intended in EL a short distance the river became contracted and the current greatly increased I 1 which induced them to attempt a landing at all hazards but it was now too late the river became a perfect rapid rooks rocks and whirlpools beset beget them on all sides and they soon lost all oon con arol over the direction of the boat A large mountain appeared directly ahead with a chasm in its base gap ing to receive them the three natives had jumped overboard on the first marm park and wilder clung to go the boat and awaited their fate which they saw was inevitable they gaon lost all sense of their situation and eventually found them elves thrown upon a small email island within the bowels of the mountain here they remained some time subsisting on dead animals and flab which they found in abundance cast upon the island their eyes had in a little ittle time become accustomed to their dark abode and they were enabled to see and to feel the horrors of their situation the rocks rose perpendicular cular from either shore and formed farmed an arch overhead which effectually precluded all idea of an escape cape brown desperate in a situation which destroyed all hope ol of ever again seeing the light of heaven and learing fearing too that the next rise of water would sweep them even from that desolate island they determined to embark in their boat which had sustained us no DO great injury and submit themselves to providence believing that no fate could be more horrible than that which awaited them in their present abode they accordingly once more launched themselves into the roaming foaming current and were carried aloag with inconceivable rapidity until becoming entangled in an eddy and lauded on another small island where to their great astonishment they found an old aigro who by signs gave them to understand that he had bad been forced down the river and thrown on the island when but a boy where he had ever since remained its solitary tenant they again embarked accompanied by the old negro who gladly united his fats fate with bis big new acquaintances the current gradually became lees leas rapid and they occasionally landed for repose our party now began to entertain some faint hopes that the river after running under the mountain would carry them safely out on the other side after a voyage of considerable duration to their great joy mid and astonish astonishment ments they were su au 1 denly launched into daylight in view of an open sea but in what quarter of the globe they were at a loss to conjecture the party now landed to seek repose after their long and arduous voyage and congratulated each other on their yet they could scarcely satisfy satiety themselves that all had not been a dream the party remained here several days viewing the surround surrounding rounding ing country and endeavoring to an flau out on what part of the globe they were cast cant but as no sun moon or stare had appeared mr parks instruments were of no avail neither could his big maps and charts throw any light on the subject reflecting on their late extraordinary adventures and their present singular situation mr park was induced to examine a book which he had with him containing some philone phi lonu chloal speculations on the organization of the globe this book appeared about the century and is supposed to have been written by a frenchman under the title of Telle an E indian philosopher the writer had advanced the singular idea that the water had once covered the globe that by some convulsion of nature the earth appeared that mankind sprang from the sea and originally had bad tails which in ume time dropped off like the tail of a tadpole and that the globe was hollow within and made up of concentric shells at another time our party would have laughed at the speculation of this philosopher as the visionary ef fusions of a crazed imagination but looking ba baak k to their late eventful voyage and their prevent present situation in a pure clear atmosphere and seeing neither suna sun moon nor stare stars the truth flashed on their minds that they bad penetrated the globe and were then in the internal regions full of this idea our party embarked and coasted along the shore some days and at last came to a large well built populous city the astonishment of our adventurers was not greater than that of the inhabitants who flocked keti round them la in immense numbers conversing in a language to wilder unknown but recognized by park as aa the hebrew tongue and the people brov d to be a colony of jews mr wilder gives give a long and fanciful description of the city and its inhabitants and enters into a history of their man ners habits and customs which do nut nt appear to have undergone any material alteration from the manners and customs of their ancestors as recorded in holy writ the art of printing is unknown to this people but they have written records of tile great eveatt from the creation of the world down to the sacking of jerusalem by the king of babylon Babylo nand and their king and people carried away captive they have a tradition anat when their king zedekiah fled from the city of jerusalem to the plains of jericho where himself and his army were made prisoners an angel appeared to those who remained in the city and after having selected all the virtuous and faithful led them forth by night and conducted them through many nations and for many days day until they came to a cave or hole in the earth which they entered and which was closed behind them and that they passed through the earth to th tho world they now inhabit as a place of refuge where they are to remain until the coming of the messiah who they believe is to lead them back to the lanti land of weir their forefathers am as a reward for their sufferings and weir constancy will make them a great and mighty nation to whom all the other nations of the earth shall be subject they said it was foretold them that about the year of the world a great prophet would appear on the surface of the globe who would build a city of refuge ana gather to together getner the remnants of the scattered of israel preparatory to the restoration tate people have immense wealth in all the precious metals and an ebu abunda ada oe ce of domestic animals anima lr the most remarkable of which is an animal much larger than the elephant of the old world and supposed by mr wilder to be the mammoth whose bones are occasionally found on the american Amerio au continent aney have neither sun moon nor stars stare but receive light and heat beat from the reflection of the sun on oa an immense lumi ous body pi iced aced op cosite two holes or opening sone eone at the north and the othur other at the south pole and the light and the seamons sea sous are regulated by the revolving of the earth the inhabitants have spread over the most part of the inter interior loor world but reside principally in cities though governed by the same law ware wan and rebellions are very frequent their chief city anil and their seat beat of government where the king resides to IR called the city of noah whilst wallet wilder was there several cities rebelled against mordecai Morde oai their king but were subdued and heavy contributions levied on them firearms fire arms have long since been known to them and they have large magazines of arms and military stores these magazines sometimes blow up and do great damage to lives and property mr wilder enters into some speculations as to the probable effect such have on the external surface of the globe and arrives at che sion that our earthquakes are caused by the blowing up of these powder houses park and wilder traveled over the greater part of the internal world and visited both the poles the south pole to la surrounded by the sea but at the norths north a rim of land surrounds the opening except a narrow strait connecting the external with the internal se this people say that about two thousand years ago a part of the nations rebelled and determined to return to jerusalem they journeyed northward and went out at the north hole and were never seen or heard board of afterwards this fact led park and wilder to entertain a hope of being able to return to their own country by the same route wilder makes some pertinent remarks sod and suggestions as to the probable chigin of the indiana of the american continent park and wilder having finished their exploration of the country became anxious to return to the old world and having provided themselves with necessaries for their journy journey came out at the north pole they traveled nearly round the polar opening which they judged fudged to be two or three hundred miles in diameter and made many attempts to penetrate to co the south but suffered so much from cold and fatigue that they gave up all hopes hope of Succeed succeeding ina and ra resolved solved to return and end their days with the now new found people nothing how bow could subdue the debare in the breast of wilder to revisit his native land and after some time he be determined to nake another attempt he started alone traversed the regions around the pole the tae climate of which he describes as quite mild growing colder as he progressed south after innumerable hardships he penetrated the wilderness and arrived at the open sea he journeyed eastward along the ebe sc aa a snore until he came to a tongue of land stretching away to the south tais he rightly concluded adjoined or approached the american continent he now journ south east forty five days clays anti and arrived at the extreme point of land in view of the american from which he was separated by a strait twenty five or guirty miles he gives a plowing glowing description of his feelings on arriving in sight of his native continent and the hope of once more seeing his country and his bis home it w was midsummer the strait was frozen over but appeared open further south he here makes his last entry on his bis lo journal he resolved to attempt the passage or of the strait and if he succeeded endeavor to find bis big way to some indian nation or perhaps some of the british post it appears he lived to set foot on his native shore bor and died or was murdered by bythe the savages avagel av agea I 1 in several parts of mr wilders Wilder s 8 narrative he touches on the subject of converting to chrit christianity the jews of the interior world and in a note to one of his last chapters he appears to have formed the design if he should live to reach his native town of boston to prepare himself as a missionary and return to the people he had left I 1 have given but a sketch of some rf of the prominent parts of this wondrous roup narrative the papers are greatly dip ordered and its as soon as my leisure will permit I 1 intend preparing them for the pres ireae the work including maps and drawings will probably occupy a volume of some three bu hundred n pages in the meantime the curious may have an opportunity of examining the singular manus apt by calling on me As wonderful as the narrative barrad ve appears to be to me it has the stamp of authenticity CORNELIUS P no north Q street st louis on another page of the same jesus issue in which the foregoing appeared DESERET NEWS feb 1862 dr willard richards editor and publisher of the NEWS made the following lowing foi comments IN internal I 1 ERNAM REGIONS we give the news from the internal regions as we do other stories juat as we received and for what it la id some curiosities in wilders narrative suggest a few queries concerning sums sume of which we have not the historical facto before us does the history of mungo park give anymore any more definite account ot of his death by drowning than the narrative of jonathan wilder it if it does who knows that wilders statements are false who knew that Ptole ptolemy mylis B y t tem of astronomy was false copernicus aromie anti and it if copernicus has proves Ptole mya s system false la Is it not possible poL sible that some late philosopher may yet prove some portions ol of copernicus false it if the eaith is a solid body growing more and more dense to its it center if f what use is that has iod god formed auy anything thing iu in vain q it if as some suppose the earth is a jiving animal why dues she not beget her like thou then if the earth were solid and more solid tows towards ads its center than its surface would not animals on the earth be more solid at their center than their circumference instead of being strongly ribbed near the surface so as to support the greatest greate bt pressure leaving a cavity in the center capable of active operation might not even the opossum understand thib do not our globe makers understand that a hollow globe to is preferable prefer pre ferat atle ie to a solid if not why do they make them hollos and shall miniature globes the works ol of mens hands be made on a wiser plau than the great original global if it id bi contended that the earth must 4 be solid to secure and mak fast the north 1 and south poles that are sticking out at opposite sides like an axletree or pivot on which the earth turns round on what boxes or hooks books do these poles or pivots hang bang or rest Is 18 it the same hook the philosopher hung bung his scales on to weigh the suri sun if afoo so where shall ball we got get the other hool |