Show A MORMON ELDER BANISHED ELDER john F P sorensen of this city who has for some time past been la Is boring as a missionary on oh the island of bure formerly a danish banish but now a german possession has been summarily banished sometime ago he was summoned before a magistrate and forbidden to preach circulate tracts or talk about his religion it seems the restrictions odthe of the magistrate exceeded his authority auth rity under the law which ostensibly at least pro provides vides for religious liberty elder sorensen continued his missionary la Is bors in a manner intended to be within the law an d which really was so but as his labors began to be crowned with success he was again taken before a magistrate ou oa september the proceedings were of a summary and tyrannical character no accusation of having violated any law was made no accuser nor witness for the prosecution appeared in court and when trie the names of ae peront per bonbon OIL whose teb testimony the pr proceedings eddings were instituted were demanded they were refused no defense was allowed and aid a decree ot of immediate banishment was read to the defendant his request to be furnished with a copy of the decree was peremptorily denied and be was presented with the alt alternative ernat lve of ef going to jail or of departing from the place forthwith afdera parley however helas he was given three gays days in whick which to leave we glean the above facts from a letter written by eider bider Sore upon to a friend in this city the writer states that he would have been go to jail but bat the president of the ua conference ference thought it boats IS save gave a law point for him to comply with the decree elder soren sen gen speaks of the court proceedings as having seen been farcical and conveys the inference that the german officials connected therewith who in this country would be termed carpetbag carpet bag bak gero have exceeded both the law and their authority the letter from which the above is learned was written an hour hoar before his departure but bat does not state skate where he would go 0 v |