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Show XECTURES With a Tfc to gtfo tlte citizens of mari( jit Iron', Iti Vasf.mgton, in. Cache ami Otlier(3istant'parUr!as.we1Ifts,iti Great Salt Lake. County ou ioripdttnMtjr to jrc c6(TOtho l)csnefitrto be. Ucrlycd from, the, penerens x;ontriUutton of oor talented frcTuls vIio oWasionally drop tu upon us, and' IctiiaipfTer their 8crC(?4 . to gfo us fhforfnntlon reacliSng far'bejohd 00V owu ifnmedtate edgnfaance, S'c liave tjils tveckj comtnenceii the publication of a courser of lectures tlelircrcd. by Captafu Gibson jn Hits; city. Tue' Juterest so dcraonstra-ttvcly dcraonstra-ttvcly manifested ia these laktnres. Itos been tfto stcpnjff iuducpmcut tiiajt hns, led ns io givtJ ijieju thft present publicity. Ji lar to.Tis a jsonnio of real . pleasure 1 to find that onf fcjlowtcitizci)?, riro tojrnuch nlfvtt (q thft jttttalnmpttt.of knowJcdgV tliat lueirsorour o.tyn'expdriciico;may.hoi yet have ' grasped.,, Tltfngs; strange; oud wonderful, os are so vkldiy 4iid c!6. qnctitly described and 1 delirieate4 by our rrlend the Qapfain-nla'ynt .tuVfirst. vcW,; caUforili the sceptical criticisni of jlhoso rho have ;6btafaed tlicir Inrormatloti JoTdiyiyorrtroTniTlM lilTe; weu W thji much, that they, have rend. Yet in oar closa crTtlcisiw w should ever tc-thembcr tc-thembcr tiwt, . "Tberanro mote ttilnpa.fa heavca and earU, Tltauarodreatatiifin'oUr pbilosopljy;' ' To us, as ordinary minds, it would at first seem scatter of great wonder Jhat. in ancient times, a tuan.liko the; prospec ttvo king DaVid measuring abptit; five; feet cnj.ltto ".ourselves, or even tro or trire'e incites ni0rel.6Upa.tS bB foqnd c6ft frouted ji4e8dJy'couliict Avlth ;u tuemy. loyniinjp yo "sixcubU aiid a span, or; som6vhcrdrt thtf "neighljorheott b ;tcn Xeot.. tYe&.tiiat samo;l)avldUid.ilio. great doHUvcro.at onii, 'titr40Tingr' facta 'Sti hUtbrandtbcirJ ftrcfnlly; Two :ptono3mco nston.ijhing'abyc cine-'nlifgth ofthe -globe wo jl habi;ai;'"m or jdubfqus .etatc- mqnK,ill,we haVb eU.gitie&ii ;thtit;Mrfloucojd thatrWbw TWii'hisfqry of-tlto Archipelago 'Js rcpletovithe in'psfc j IhtenselnteresUf - ,Thb 'character, of tlid iiaitVes wlib;in islandswhlcn1 f6rmthartuterestmg?grb nttjo!teny0bo- BritisKi. gbycrnmedtmatla Xthqsc- Islajids, omc twentyyear? go,fwV retnbmbcc i'shtlyiogligaln'Ufr Jhctr guns,fl8he'drovV t xqbber3.frointhXC& ttcnitO;tiie1r7a submYssfoji ortfie idi fprmatipu-dcyivc anctualspjourne .fcl;.to;cntrwthf tlort'ond'hXteyVlL , - , hc- vast and nnmcasrtred jfield .of iho ! gteal creation, js an' unbounded Iqurce of .stu'dy;l?f qmHhel ImiatlVo. arit which mathomaHlcajl peffora duiiesVo" thq greatitiger- of Malaysialhat rq?msroveto:island Its? nativity- in search'of buiuati victims, tue're.U. muith iq bo .learned, much, to;ips.thought of, niuch to to ndmirejdj and:mncK fleet - upon and adorflj 'tlie nimitablq cbarncKj of ;tlio.GrePower that'epnr trblsour universoiv " ' S(or are. these "heonlyiubjeofs. of ln terest.whiaBhId:;CQmmand(ohri atten ttou. Trom tliq disVi6uon:K ihepro geny pf pur gftsat ancestor, many, tribes havo sprung. " .Tliey feature their eharaet, and natpm8a 1 - ' 3 . .. - ' -'- ' '. ''' - " ' t ! ffWt taiiat tvKytMkftbat pac- i pU t thiaf HMtt dlMlM.Uet rfiajr' clit father.; Tlte lk(ikt JiiiVaf.fr tt tthMi Look-Hif Look-Hif ft awftTraU tfie futwccwld wV frmfUcd, 40 ftteBl WjrrP vJeloi a thbqsahd yesm or ore Would w Wtfiwl Poised to, fairly portrayed tfc eomihg: lilstory of tar OWa. scatter-iiif, scatter-iiif, mcahderlng' descendants? Bhouli we ,0k feel qHalfy Interested iti.learuing the hisWry, iwesent Jteufiy aud cnstoihs of tho lineal descendants atid bclrt at luv taral Jaw of Ourfororathersf J?Vom these IctitBrcsof 'CAptafa Gibspft inuch tW be karsed most fnteresUbf and Instructive oii all theiro points. Books, journal, spcclnt dispatches rtrt4, ip.ccful correspond aenee may gtvp lis the. duliines, but front himwlio has mado tho isolated iittiabk tants of thp far-pfttjslauda. Iis every day companions, wo cannot fal to learn more, mtjcli more than the formul coinposltiou of a booker pamphtet can furnish. The ,Mdlof Cleoptra,-j-th cBtrattco gae to Theb city and Its utwccountcuVfdr Eurmouhifngsr-lhe far-mmed pyramids of Egypt Jiaye drawn forth thtf admiration and .astottWiwnt f, the wprW, They refer ia years of iog ago; yet they are facts to history Tfce created highways aad artistic; bridge of Per have formed waterials for the coameBdationa ef &ur greatest' hlsttfriaftB, aad ureyetceMtdercd world's woatlersj but ,the are dtsaon-stratcd dtsaon-stratcd fa.cU. After thesa reaectionB, wliyjsliould thttmost sceptical hesitate fa Cuiling from the obscrvatioris of trav6Hcrs of our own. persqnat itc.tjuaititance, Jtetns Of intercstv substantiated' by liylng-testl; mony, fdr.lcss abormdliig In tho inarte'I-Ious, inarte'I-Ious, rospectirtg our owit cotempprory in habitants of tbo, earth? . " , Professor' Pratt has given some, lectures lec-tures ina more piiilospphiealstrain, which; by his permission and assi&tabcp w;o may publish ju their regular course, illustrative of. scientific facts, To thc;slfghtiy-obserying listener they may havo appeared dull and monotonous; Untthey bear the. gerrahfaf,-iug gerrahfaf,-iug foundation bf most; Instructive istudy It ma be said, that they wcrqmoro suited, to a college, tlinit. a cqiigregatibn rot trie wholesale; cVsscs; yet Hhcy nro nbt-.' thfr loss; linportantuhd, tiseYnlf'JiLI - Itisqtour prweot.iuteittio we s pace' or lcisurc'to review in dctiiiilie' subjects dwelt rilwn hy 'the.tWO whosciiamcs wo havBhcro!-int'rqdticcdi Thq juririeridiprarB-- tfibonIstat the. ; citizens a,t;omparatlvo stranger ifeuco B'har ft. ul Alio. mriro tifpt tfi- olin nicicr cdj his lectures,. Tho latter is welt Wwn, to U;.a manbf correctjstndy and wcll-tieL integrity. - Lcayltig for tho present the-gerittemew ! to whom we havo referred -wo.rust kindly nnd "respectfully to tho final , vcr- diet of their andicticesand tliepubllccrit-icism, tliepubllccrit-icism, w,o, Jiavp. a, word to .say In regard to the practical usefulness, of public lectures.; .ThojArchlpclago baa Its ajluremQiits-the ajluremQiits-the rays of tho sun; theTr bcanty" nnd phU losophy j,;tho. earth wq Inhabftjhas 'Usis'til terranean ficcrctlaridi,jcqHjuisipn " $11 trne;?;yry,trubijut BOrne 'tngnrg6gbatf tboaj! "'dlstai' i8larib"br''inlqw; s than tho. 8ttnVjbatpii'lp$0lt to, comntaud oiir :at)eiRatM?infeVM.t? li?jnpthaTe ocenrred tb ;many .ttiat urn, tJ tali 'there .are. ubjets whfcli; jtrqpQrly studied Would" be among tnmotantcrcsting thatcoahl 1)6; talked '-H -X???"?11' thesno'yj ; 69lie? 'M. 0? 'flternaf iwrrtera- arp found I iqmbjqfjlfewqst' carfur and, musqularly PclMsltv prey, yifowoiycririo ; that.crawjsalqngy Va: fqactjve.lnjthomW l?yWwfiai said to .ijfy. $rcith"nd .brtc.6rjljeger .of. i?engal. .Tho caof almqstevery rclass the.elk.tW er; ,;th;q.;BniqeV;;the.wbtf of Arctic charactery-rtha :genulne fbi. and Ita mOn grel Jnferiqi;th"o hare and thekbbit,and .tjjicir crossbred comrades, who claim ftp particular cognomen tho squirrel -jf faWcd aimensioniabd the Weasel of dj fercnt colore, thoi.otter and fb beaver, indjast of all the. .poor mouso of the pr"irref.tfiat .Ecu(ls ,nv terror as tho ncfee of thb'plqughshorc, approaches his nest,' baye all their interest, and claim to record!, FronXthe proud whlto swah.that floats n Its waters, like a well trimmed skipper, down to tho plaintive mourning dove, or eveato; the more love-enticing robin redr breast tnany forms nnd varieties of the fca-tbcred.tribo fca-tbcred.tribo of xreatlon may be found wUliin thq bpunaary-llDes of our territory . .tJtah wasonco a barren desert; abehas1 now "her plqugiicd fields, and hence has lier attractions. But she has not driven away1 Her natural endowments. What she, was once it would bo interesting to dt--. that ho is now it is our duty tpj learn, Tboro.nra in onr widst oId' bh ! and yonn'.wen who.hav traversed hri ' ' ' ' J 1 j ' ataajroM and Iter ts, and whb Jtabw; (R ettyfalr M kerMtaral hfctpryi 1M M be tied fertli, W aao tlrt jyMh 4Uk :of forea ilifla, lttefieibiarfy b favored wkkiabai. tklflf kiWestiNg; that approach fomi. "YaxUtt ktU rpjba oflifew ittfe. tH and a'varlety Bttch nsthis would be (appreciated., (ap-preciated., indeed, Wo wpald Bpt wish, tb bo nuderstobd as discountging in tbo least the continuation continu-ation of tho lecturcaof the Professor o nd tho Captain, , nor. to abridgo lhclt5 nnmher ho'r frequency, i'hero nrft iwprb than ttvo evening In' the week; nnd. tbo longnfglits have nbt yet tended fnny a. gem lies hidden deep in tho Ocean qf young, hearts in Utal nnd many a Xragrant flower, is , blushing unseen, iu, t ho dnr k corners: of pur -deserts. Lot tho gdnis Jjo brooght forth nnd display their lustre, mid the flowers blossom in the sunlight: |