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# ^p orM<l [)on<lence respectfully t n
permit mo to rotnm thank
9*** mtnifold kindness, in giving place in yon.
^•/journal to the prodnctioiie of my feebl.
B J oW I would trespass again upon yom
audio behalf of a friend, who, thou*!
{* rf T * c ivea evidencojpf becoming "a brigh
in the galaajV Pools.
- th yonr permission ooramenee "in a few
'“‘■the publication of a series of “sketches” enti
Trip to Kansas, or the Joys and Sorrow
*fff*ffaladoia of the highest regard I re.
Your obedient Servant,
Con. March StthlSiV. S.Q.LAPIUS.
A tcgcnil.
p fsrisn Midden, wandering amid the forests ot
A laud »: tho evening hour, became iiccl
' lrt *T, jppjrstedfrom her,child. Itctumingin search
^ enable to find it, and in answer to her re-
call, heard only the warble of an unknown
received from tho natives the name of
*r t ^rdida" ortlia "Loat Soul” which to the pro-
Kutamr it bears ”
Twilight breezes mnrmur softly,
Tbro'forest vales now darkly green,
/nd tiorsl ordors sweetly, gently,
Ureatbe in softness o'er the scene.
But alas! wild find unheeding
Wanders now yon Iudian maiden,
jlli, ahe seeks for one now dreaming.
In the blessed isles of Aidcn.
She calls that one, she loves so well,
Whose tiny form lias fled forever.
And Iron the distant forest dell
In answer comes, an unknown songster.
And when her call of anguish ceases
And its echoes fade away,
Then upon the twilight breezes,
Oincs that bird’s soft, gentle lay.
Still the maiden seeks her loved one,
Ai the night winds whisper round her.
Bat to her ear no answers come,
Save that warbler's mournfal murmur.
Montgomery, Ala. March 10,18.17. A. P.
Gubernatorial.
Jilk Editor of tkc Constitutionalist:
Ton arc somewhat peculiarly situated, and I know
jtind ron may not desire to give place to the re-
mriil wii-h to offer through the columns of the
('nutilitinnalist. lam, however, an old reader an d
pin'ii of the paper, and for the last quarter of a
rreturr hove not only read it, but occasionally I
rotriinl'd to its columns. Hence I say, that the
ppr ought not to bo muazled from any mere
tStm of delicacy. Your paper has been and
4mU continue to bo a medium of communion-
M to the public, for the use of all members of the
pur who observe dno proprieties in matter
aad'auaner. I have always enjoyed the privilege
dtspmuing my views freely through the columns
iflkeCointittmoiislfct, and will not feel satisfied at
this hfr dry to he refused. 1 claim the same rigid
u trjo rra'ons in favor of any policy, or in the pro
i (i.ioncf any person to ufficc that I have heretofore
aj-'ttd.
The names of many prominent gentlemen—prorai-
Mtin ability, influence and devotion to the prin
ter of the Democratic party— have been mentioned
a connection with the nomination for tho office of
6otm.iT by the party in this State. I very frankly
sennl to them groat ability to discharge the duties
dike position, and I may say more, knowing tbe
C y will not place the name of any gentleman be
ds people unless it be that of a worthy and
nphle man, I intend to support the nomiuce of the
pete.
He >11 have, more or loss, our preferences; and
rnonglh* gentlemen proposed for tho nomination
fur the "hire of Governor, 1 should be pleased to see
Mr. James Gardner, of Augusta, selected for that pn-
irion Ar.d I will now briefly state some of my
trews for that preference:
In. Mr. Gardner is a gentleman of literary as well
u legal erudition, at one time Attorney General of
fit cute, and fortunately held that oflo-e when a
run wirti less ability and less firmness would have
W*n incompetent to the performance of Us duties.
tail lie nas served tbe Democracy long and faith
Mr, devoted his time, talents and active energies
mat party in its days of prosperity, rallied its scat-
lived columns by the power of his pen and the infln-
no* of his press, after seasons of disaster, and nrged
lira to unity and harmony in their hours of triumph.
Id. Without depreciating the efforts of other con-
fcftonnf the press in tte State, I think it will bo
idafctrdthat the intellectual ability which has been
caplocclaml exhibited l.y Mr. Gardner in the con-
diet of the paper under bis control, has been in n
pot mensuro eminently promotive ot favorable re
sin to onr party for many years past.
«h. As a gentleman of education thoroughly con-
tffiant with all the prominent iut wests of the State,
p—■ssing m,doubled decision of character, and
mod tnd reliable Democratic principles ho shonld
v properly regarded as suitable, worthy and ent.tlcd
to any i ffi.-o in the gift of the party in this Statu—
ail when to those claims are added the years of long
«ic toilsome intellectual labors, performed by Air.
Gardner Dr the party, labors which have inured to
tw political preferment of others, as well as to the
tr.impbs of the party, I consider thev present such
■■■ ,0 *l*e consideration of the Democracy of
'"crgia, for bis nomination to the office of Gov-
■aar. aa cannot, in my bumble opinion, with a pro-
kf to justice, be overlooked by our pi rty.
■a. The couductora of the newspaper press nre
PacraJir so magnanimous ns to labor for the pro-
' mof others and totally negloct or overlook any |
s of t
initiation would be
ml worthy, and tli
t their hands, if
rty n
nt in our ranks,
his rommunirati
io Cim-titutioii-il
rv.lie- i-nfiro r*->j■(>ti'i(iility
t abi
n slinll
ne same to mo. He b
Democracy of Georg
honor that he might r
tolling devotion t.. 1 i
entitle tiny man to pm
Now, sir, I di -iro t
appear in tho coin
issnme, if any is t
I would claim the privilege to use your cotaum
tnvorof any other gentleman, and will not regard
is courteous to ns old a patron cud contributor as
am, to l>e denied.
One of thk If isic and Kiu.
I bc E';ti(i>ii:i Sentinel.
AX INCIDENT OK NAPOLEON’S TIME.
The French army lay encamped only about a day'
march from Berlin It nas on tins twenty-third t
October. Tlio sentinels were doubled, and the most
-trict orders given, for the Prussian and Austrian
jiies were plenty and trouUesduiu. At midnight
Pierre Saneoin was station d »t one of tbe outposts,
il was a stout, hold, sliruwil man, sr.d a good soldier.
The Colonel of his regiment was with the sergeant
on this bout, having requested to bo called at mid
uight, that ho might visit tin: outpoats.
“ I’ierre," he aaid,after tlio man b.oi been posts
"you must keep your eyes open. Don’t lot even
stray horse come out or come in without tho pass.
Do you understand ("
“Ay, tnon colonel, I shall be prompt.”
“ The dogs are all around us.pursued the officer,
" and yon cannot be too careful. Don’t trust men or
brutes without good proof.”
“ Never fear,” was Pierre’s answer, ns he brought
his firelock to his shoulder, and moved back a pace.
After this the guard moved on to tlio next post,
and l’jerro Saneoin was left alone. Pierre’s post was
one of the moat important in the camp, or rather
around it, and lie had been placed tin-re for thnt rea
son Tlio ground over winch lie had to walk was *
long knoll, bounded at one end by n huge rock, mid
at the other sloping away into a narrow ravine, in
which was a copse of willows. Beyond this copse tbe
ground was low and boggy, so that a man could not
pass it. The rock was to the westward, nnd Pierre’s
walk was to the outerside.
The night was quite dark, huge masses of clouds
floating overhead, and shutting out the stars ; and a
sort of fog seemed to bo rising also from the marsh.
The wind moulted through the copse in the ravine,
and the air was damp and chilly; with a slow, steady
tread. the soldier paced his ground, ever nnd anon
stopping to listeu, as the willows in the ravine rat
lieu their loaves, or some night bird started out with
its quick flapping.
An hour and passed away, and the sentinel had
seen nothing to excite his suspicions. He had stop
ped for a moment close by the rock, when he was
startled by a quick, wild screech from the wood, and
in a few moments more n large bird flew over bis
bead.
“ ParlJnt !' lie uttered, after the night bird had
flown over; could mortal man have stopped that fel
low from passing ?”
He satisfied himself that he had done nothing In
suffering the bird to pass. He had walked the length
of hi* way two or three times and was just tuniiug
by the roek, when he was sure he saw a dark objoct
joyt crossing)he line toward tbe co)»<i.hhhh
•* Iliklil hr» prii-tl. liriiifnn** liis inn
toaztagw of position for themselves, and hence tho
■•“of the people should seetoit that these claims
«vf*. f remembered.
‘in. It ia due to truth, to ststo, that the press of
wrnwtnr is the great intellectual power that ty- said, sto]
™»»tremble at and corrupt demagogues fear—is a
If rrtnat nurtures genius, warms into life and no-
rwhsatruggling and worthy aspirant of fame, ele-
r*“iedcaervin j and crashes tin, iinwortliv. Those
Hold!” ho cried, bringing his musket quick to
his shoulder, •• Hold, or 1 fire!”
And with his piece at aim, lie advanced toward
tho sjiot where tlio object had stopped; but as lie
came to within a few yards of it, it started to move
on again toward tho camp.
" Diablo t" cried Pierre, “ move any farther and
I fire! What Pardicu! Le Prince t IIo, Ito, why
Prince!”
The animal turned and made a motion os though
be would leap up on the thesentiuel’s bosom, but the
soldier tnotione I bint off.
" Bravo, Prince,” Pierre cried, reaching forth his
hand and patting the head of the great shaggy beast,
which hau now sat upon his banni-hcs. Pierre recog
nized tho intruder now as a great dog of the breed
of St. Bernard, which h»d been owned in the regi
meat for over a year, and which had been now miss
ingfor about a week. He had disappeared one night
from tho pickets, and all search for him bad been
unavillng.
“Parbieu, moa grande Prinee," Pierre uttered as
though the dog could understand every word, “ the
men will be happy to see you ; where have you been
so long f”
The dog made no answer to this, save a low whins,
and it familiar nodding of the bead.
" Now, tnon ami, youjust keep yonr sitting there
till the guard comes, and then we’ll go to the camp
together. Mind that, will you f”
And with these words, ntterud with a solemn em
phasis, and due meaning, Pierre started on his bout
again. He had got half way to the rock, when the
idea of looking around struck him, and he did so.
Lc Prince w.«s moving towards the camp again.
"Ha! Prince, that won’t do! 8top! stop! or I’ll
shoot! Diable. the Colonel was positive in his
orders. 1 was to let nothing pass my post without
the countersign. A dogissomethiug. yon can’t go.
Prince,so now lie down. Down! Down. I say !
With this the dog lay flat down upon Iris belly,
aud stretched ont liia fore paws. Pierre patted him
upon the head again, and having duly urged upon
him tbe necessity of remaining whcie be was, he re
sumed Ids march once more.
During the next fifteen minutes, the animal lay per
fectly quiet, amt ever and nnuu the sentinel would
speak to him by way of being sociable. But at
length the dog made another attempt to go iuto camp.
Pierre had nearly reached the rock when he heard
the movement, and ou turning he could just see his
uneasy companion making off.
“Diable!” the honest fellow uttered, "I must
obey orders. The Colonel’s word was plain. Here!
Parblen! Como hero ! Here Prince!” Mon Dieu !
yon must die if you don’t f"
With a few quick bounds the soldier had got near
enough the dog to fire, and as tho latter stopped, he
stopped.
“ Mon cher, ami, you must stay with mo! Here!
Come back! 1 must shoot if you don’t. Parblen!
what a thing to start the whole camp fur, to shoot a
dog 1”
But by coaxing and threatening, the sentinel got
the dog back to his post, and there he made him lie
down once more. And thns matters rested till the
tramp of tho coming guard was heard.
Ah, now Prince will be relieved,” the soldier
I, stopping near the dog. “ Yon shall go and sec
yonr olit friends.”
The tramp of the coming guard drew near, and
Pierre was preparing to hail them, when the dog
took a new start, and in a new direction, this time
_ , Tving and crushes the unworthy. Those .
3“ ? ,T ‘ been associated for vears with the press, starting toward the copse.
*-on«rcni>(ained their party'priociples and party | ** Here, here, Prince. Parblen, don't you run off
UjL e 5 * nR commanding claims upon us,
x ln,,u ' s James Gardner,
ua tie newspaper press is ever foremost in its
10 calling nttention to and in cncouragiug
S lant public enterprises and improvement*—
wens exhibited in promoting social reforms,
s!e.iaing society against the aggression of tho
it-, i nm * ln, mopolies. Dunng Mr. Hard-
m-abe i- crtccer the readers of his paper will re-
IjS, r , “nlnable contributions to theso ends.—
ia.-!i , * , * , <*winlike views in relation to grant
hir V 1 " r r °il r "ids, his able advocacy of the
m"' manuiaetnral interests of tlio State,
tablii'mlS?® 1 ', 8 * n favor of free schools and times-
filfnio asylums, and other institutions
on,!. ,0 ameliorate the condition of infancy and
ullj *5*'*'!* in the memory of thousands of
*h u r 't in Georgia.
_■ At j„ r> nll( j fls Attorney-Genera), Mr.
law I, ii CVM1 ce4 great industry and nbility —
At (Jot- i' r r n T. n,b « r ft'*! be was spe daily selected
'l or, •'i, cUonald, in to lake charge of
laaba'i It" bli! ‘ im ' r ' s of tho Superior Court in G’o-
' n ,! 1 ' cue of the must, exciting sessions
lea.. „t 111 I have not forgotten tlio high
bfitc ai-1 " ,mi, mdatiun, his management of the de-
‘j! r j?.l ,t, "siblo duties he had then to perform.
It... -n, *ultdg»vil)e anil in other sections of the
U, eacfili' *“!"Kto Columbus were delighted with
* r J l>m ril"| I i *", <i courtesy of the young Attor
u>mh ro 7 memory is not at fault,
cr *l, and I think
•"iKi-nr";," 11,1 .* P u bli 0 dinner wiis tendered him
IV> CoIuimk^' 1 ^^ . ,or b .‘* able and indefatigable labors,
fig, ]^. a '“i* Inquirer, in its publication of June
fisrdner. ’ to* 1 *® *h* annexed reference to Mr.
*f Hr -Oxseral.—As the present term
w ‘>) probably close its sessions durii>g
thr;.dSk ^ ,ual d . ock P‘ W»g now probably
•ajmt tn.1,5 1 Wl,b ’ w ® should feel that we iiad been
f* 0 ! Uieliw 0a, ? u l!' , 7 *® weR •» to a faithful offi-
ba be*,, r '.T' w “ n by extraordinary circumstances,
Sa,—I;„_i u _ 1 rf " to assume a position «t onr Court
“Hordir.i " "‘-"me a position at onr Court
a Ait „ ' fify •'fponsibUity—<fid we fail to notice,
*ht*,»C|.to tnauuer the Attorney-General of the
jjnrin* th" r otcu I , tod the place of Solicitor-General
w. f °- r Wl * tks of «ur Court. Mr. Jam.-
? li,,l 'ColBm| , "' ,,ruc !* d b y Gov. McDonald to re-
t, an*a 1 , ,l_ j?*'** *be commencement of the term
*: - Mr {' V' ,Vil ° r ® ““U tllll'K
kT »>vir,„ ,i ,r ^ n< i r cc’b'mg moro than a In«rius
•"h wliiod b5h. hM * '? coergy, fidelity and ul.ilit.'
J col " ,uc tod everv cause . ommini o
l,|<r *>iw m ,nd 'oWrol. have Gi ’ '
••dto sccurJr w » n »«t flunks of
of 1,1 !! e * I Crimps it
■ tbe
again.
But the fellow took no other notice of the call
than to quickeu his speed.
“Back! Back! Back!—”
“ Grand Dieu I” This last exclamation was forced
from Pierre’s lips, by seeing the dog lesp to his hind
legs and run thus! in an instant the truth burst
upon him. t/uick as thought, lie dapped his gun to
Ins shoulder and took nim. Hecouldjust distinguish
the dim outlines now, and lie fired. Thera was a
sharp cry, aud then Pierre had to turn, for the guard
wero approaching.
“Quiest In!” (" Who is there ?”) he cried—“Be
lief guard,” was the answer.
Aud having obtained tho countersign, ho informed
the officer what Iiad li ipp-m-d.
“A dog I” cried the officer. "Prince, did you
" Ho looked like Prince; but. diable you should,
have seen bi n run off on his hind legr!’
"Elit liindlegs!"
" Yes.’
“Then come; show ns where he was.”
With this the officer of the in ranting guard pulled
his lautem tram his breast, and having removed the
•bade, he started on. l’ii-rro led tho way to the copse,
nnd there the dog was found in the lust straggle* of
death.
Tlio officer stooped down and turned him over.
"Grand Dieu!” he cried, " what legs for a dog*
cli !’*
And no wonder'lie said so. The hind 1<*£S of the
animal were booted* and had every appearance of
the pedal extremities of the genus man. Bet all
donuts wero removed very quickly, for ns the ollicer
turned tlio body again, a deep groan came up, and
the words, “ God take mo!” in tho Prussian tongue,
followed. ... . _
Diable! here's an adventure! uttered the otn-
nnd made Pierre hold the lantern while lie ripped
ii enough ot the dog's skin to find the face.—
<;„t t!„-\ .lie!u<i< <1 not to .‘top there to investigate,
they formed a Jitter by cro*siog their muskets,
and having lifted the strange animal nj
tided on tin ir way. When tli
son as possible, after lie should enter Berlin
then wait lor further orders.
The mystery was explained- The Bavarian had
contrived to call the great dog away from tin* regi
ineut and delivered him lip to the enemy, and hissk‘
was to lx- made the cover for a spy to enter ti
camp under. And tho spy would have got io, too,
but for tho sportive order of the Colonel, and tho
wilfully faithra! obedience of Pierre Saneoin.
On the next day I’ierre was promoted to tho rank
of sergeant, and the Emperor said to him as he bo-
stowed the boon:
“It von only mnke as faithful an officer,ns you
have proved yourself faithful as a sentinel, I can
ask no more.”
m it, they
w , ..ached the
amp they found hsIOhe soldiers up, waiting toi'md
ut why the guu was fired.
Eight* i. er>- now hr,.light and the body place upon
id. Tbe dog's ak
low, tl
the
1 u Pros
nugb nppi
ivhs dead.
led, and i
ine could i
and direct
drui
rally t
But this
i-tore day
I? n *ver known a Soli, i i, >r- (i
ftonntof ° D ® tofu- to dispose of an .-(pi
’ - »" ■■■-■ *—-!■* v.i.i i.t;,
We feel thnt mu •• o:*^l»t
tl hit linin'*
AftOtbd.
idlam!
i llo- filer,,k
Chattalimich,
r in uiiv lierti
I that th
i,il on tJu
he end.
other gin
trying to
S shot tlirr
-l.t tut,* tli
was removed, nnd within
nor. He was a small fel-
me twenty years of age;
ball having touched his
ry near it- His pockets woro
, of them was found a cypher,
anything of it. The Colonel
Additional News front Nicaragua
The New York papers of last Saturday come
freighted with full accounts from Nicaragua.
Almost all the reports reflect in the severest
terms upon the behavior of Col. Titus, who is
accused uot only of cowardice, but of bad be
havior in other respects. In the hope that
these reports tnay be exaggerated, we content
ourselves with the following correspondence of
the Times, which deals much mote tenderly
with him than any other tlmt ire have seen:
When I wrote you hist, the Walker forces
under command of Col. Lockridge, had taken
Seraptqui with but small loss, and were lo
cated on the island of Providence—called by
some San Carlos Island, which must not bo con
founded with Fort San Carlos. The latter is
at the entrance to Lake Nicaragua, and is by
far the best fortification on the line of the riv
er, while where Walker’s forces were, is a short
distance below Fort Castillo. They have not
proceeded any further up since.
From the position of the two armies theu_
you had good reason to anticipate an early
evacuation by the allies of Fort Castillo. They
had burned tho boats, and destroyed the town
by fire. Everything appeared as’ if they in
tended to evacuate as soon as the Walker force
should have attacked them. But they did not
After having succeeded so far as to obtain t
lauding for the force under the immediate com
tnand of Col. Titus, Col. Lockridge, with Col
Anderson aud his force, returned to Fort Sera-
piqui. Col. Titus was left to take Fort Cas
tillo and as ho was in good position, it was be
lieved that liis force was moro than adequate
to the tusk. So thought Col. Titus.
After getting several pieces of artillery into
position so as to command the entrance to the
fort, he held a parley with the Allies. He ask
ed them to evacuate. They asked the privi
lege of sendiug a messenger through his lines
fo inform Gen. Mora of their defeat. The
Colonel consented, provided they would pro
mise to evacuate ou the following morning.
The Colonel says they did so promise; and al
though he has considered them in no way en
titled to credit, when their interest was at
stake, strange to say he let the messenger pass.
The morning came, and with it Gen. Mora
with a large force of Costa I’icans, who awoke
the Coiouel by tho unpleasant souud of their
fire arms.
The Colonel was so surprised, nnd so were
his men. The enemy pressed him hard, and
he had not anticipated anything of that kind.
He was very much annoyed and so he ran
away. Some say the Colonel received assur
ances of prospective but difficult to be resisted
reasons, from an officer of the fort, for letting
the messenger pass, and that the evacuation
by him of San Carlos Island ; instead of the en
trance, by him, of Costello, was but an after-
piece, understood by the principals. But I
think he was out-manoeuvred by the allies.
He lost several men, but I have not been able
to ascertain the precise number.
On the 3d of March the steamer Rescue left
Scrnpiqui for l’unta Arenas, where she arrived
in safety having the hull of the steamer Scott
iu tow. and a number who were on their way
to the United States. Col. Titus was among
the number. He said ho was •* going round
to Gen. Walker.” Perhaps so. When the
Rescue arrived, she was boarded by a British
officer who as usual offered British protection
to all who desired it. Col. Titus used some
abusive words to the officer. The British offi
cer retired, but returned soon afterwards and
conveyed the poor Col. on hoard the H. B. M.
frigate Cossack, while the little Rescue was
hauled alongside the gunboat Victor. This was
bad but it could not he avoided. The Colonel
had to wait on board until a gun boat was sent
to the Commauder of the fleet, Capt Erskine,
who was on board the line of battle ship Orion,
at Pearl Key Lagoon. He arrived on the fol
lowing morning, when the Colonel aud the
Rescue were released.
Since evening at AspinwaD I have obtained
the following concerning the operations on the
Pacific side: S ncj Gen. Walker returned to
Rivas from San Juan del Sur, lie has bad sev
eral skirmishes with the Allies, in which, how
ever, he did not lose many men. The most im
portant, before the lost tight at Rivas, was the
bombardment of San Jurge. Gen. Walker
sent out a detachment with artillery to fire on
the town, not, as is asserted, with the intention
of taking it, but simply by way of intimidat-
g tho Allies. After firing a few shots, the
Walker force fell hack upon Rivas with some
loss.
On the 5th of March the Allies surrounded
and attacked Rivas—Gen. Walker’s head quar
ters. They arc reported to have hccu about
000 strong. The lirst attack was made upon
the Arscrnal, from which they were driven, lif
ter standing three rounds of canister. The
next charge was made near the hospital, on the
north side of the town. And here again the
Allies were driven hack with great loss. In
the third attack all their remaining forces were
concentrated, on the south side, near tho Quar
termaster’s office. They were allowed to ap
proach very near to the plaza, up the narrow
Peep into the Bank of
ENGLAND.
Tho hank of England must bo seen on the
inside as well as out, and to get into the inte
rior of this remarkable building, to observe
the operations of an institution that exerts moro
moral and political power than any sovereign in
Europe, you must have an order from the gov
ernor of the bank. The building occupies an
irregular area of eight acres of ground—an ed
ifice of no arcliitectual beauty, with not one
window toward the street, being lighted al
together fron the roof or the inclosed areas
I was led, on presenting iny card of admis
sion, into a private room, whore after a delay
of a few moments, a messenger came and con
ducted me through the mighty and mysterious
building. Down we went into a room where
the notes of the bank received the day before
were now examined, compared with the entries
in the hooks, and stored away. Tho Bank of
England never issues the same note a second
time. It receives in the ordinary course of bus
iness, about JCSOU.UOO, nr •■jJ JJOO.UOO daily, in
notes; these arc put up into, parcels according
to their denomination, boxed up with the date
of their reception and arc kept ten years, at
the expiration of which period they are taken
out and ground tip in the mill, which I saw run
ning, and made again into paper. If in the
course of ten years auy dispute in business or
law suit shonld arise concerning the payment
of any note, the hank can produce the identi
cal bill.
To meet the demand for notes so constantly
used up, the hank has its own paperinakers,
its own printers, its own engravers, all at work
uuder the same roof, and even makes machine
ry by which the most of its own work is done.
A complicated hut beautiful operation is a reg
ister. extending from tho printing office to the
banking offices which marks every sheet of pa
per that is struck off from the press,, so that
the printers cannot manufacture a single sheet
of blank notes that is not recorded in the bank.
Ou the same principle of exactness, a shaft is
made to pass from one apartment t o another,
connecting a clock in sixteen business wings of
the establishment, and regulating them with
such precision tliat the whole of them arc til
ways pointing to tho same second of time. In
another room was a machine, exceedingly sim
pie, for detecting light gold coins. A row of
them dropped one by one upon a spring scale
If tho piece of gold was of the standard weight
the scale rose to a certain bight, and tho coin
slid off upon the side of the box; if less than
the standard, it rose a little higher and the coin
slid off upon the other side. I asked the weigh
er what wits the average number of light coins
that came into his hands, and, strangely enough,
he said it was a question he was uot allowed to
answer!
The next room I entered was that which tho
notes arc deposited which are ready for issnc.l
“We have thirty-two millions of pounds
sterling in this room,” tho officer remarked to
me; “will you take a little of it ?” I told him
it would be vastly agreeable, and lie handed
me a million (five millions of dollars,) which I
received with many thanks for liis liberality,
but lie insisted on my depositing it with him
again, as it would be hardly safe to carry so
much money into the street. I very much fear
that I shall never see the money again. In the
vault beneath the door was a director and the
cashier counting tho bags of gold, which men
were pitching down to them, each bageontain-
ing a thousand pounds sterling, just from the
Mint. This world of money seemed to realize
the fables of Eastern wealth, nnd gave me new
and strong impressions of the magnitude of the
business done here, and the extent of the rela
tions of this oue institution to the commerce of
the world.
History of Hie Bred Scott case.
As Drcd Scott seems to have become quite
distinguished character, and is likely to fig
ure extensively for some time to come in the po
litical contests of the country, wc subjoin the
following brief history of liis case, as furnished
by the Washington Union :
Scott instituted a suit in the circuit Court
of Missouri to obtain a discharge from servi
tude for himself and family. On the trial it
was proved that he had been originally a slave
in Missouri, thnt his master first took him to
the military post at Rock Island, iu Illinois, and
subsequently, to Fort Snclling, iu Minnesota,
at a point North of the Missouri compromise
line, and that lie and his family subsequently
returned with him to Missouri. It was con
tended in his behalf that inasmuch as his own
er had voluntarily taken him to places where
slavery did not exist by law, both lie and liis
family became free, and remained so after re
turning to a slavcholding State. The circuit
court decided iu his favor. Ou appeal to the Su
premo Court of the State that tribunal held
that lie ami his family, on returning to the
State, continued slaves. Between the annun
ciation of the opinion of the court and the fil-
ittg of its mandate in the circuit court, Scott
voluntarily dismissed his suit iu the State court,
thus evading the decision against him; and
thereupon instituted another iu the circuit
court of the Uuitcd States. In this court the
question of jurisdiction depended upon liis being
a citizen of Missouri, aud the defendant a cit
izen of another State. If the court should ho
of the opinion that he was a citizen, then he
claimed that ho was free, because his ownerhad
taken him to Illinois, and also to a part of the
Louisana territory North of the Compromise
line.
The Circuit Court rendered final judgement
aguiust him; and thereupon lie appealed to the
Supreme Court of the United States, where the
same questions were raised and twice argued
-treets, nnd when there a cannonade was open- by hiscounsel. audalsodetcrniiucdagainst him.
cd upon them, which destroyed a large number. The cause was last argued .by George T. Cur-
They stood ten rounds of canister before they ris. brother of Judge Curtis, and Montgomery
retreated. Their loss is estimated at 500. Blair, son of Francis F. Blair, for the plaintiff
Tho remainder fell back upon their fortitica- Scott, and by Senator Geycr and Keverdy
tions at San Jttrgc. j Johnson, for the defendant. On the first ar-
A Panama correspondent of the same paper gutneut neither Mr. Curtis nor Mr. Johusou
writes as follows : | took part. The fact that the court ordered a
The officers of the Sierra Nevada bring a re- rc-arguinent is ample proof of the importance
port that the Costa Bicans attacked Walker at of the questions involved and the difficulty of
Rivas on the evening of the 4th March, on three solving them. Oil the hist argument the court
sides of the city. That Walker waited until I was filled with intelligent and anxious listeners.
' Each Judge formed aud expressed liis own opin
ion. The reasons sustaining his conclusions
arc placed upon record by each, and his coun
trymen will read and reflect, and test them by
the rules of common sense and every day rea
son. No judicial tribunal can reasonably ob
ject to criticism based upon such principles.
Truth will never suffer by being subjected to
the standard of reason and right.
A Remedy eor Bbibkht.—A Louisana Sen
ator was proffered a fee of $50 if ho would ex
ert liis inllueucc for a certain private bill. He
immediately read the epistle to the Senate, when
that body ordered the bill in question to be
burnt by the Clerk in front of the Capitol, which
was done forthwith.
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t-n su-pected
b,-f.,r« be
liia i^-raon was found tlic
Le'v'to the , VI,iu-r, which Ia:i,i been taken from the
n (lI j],,*. i’l-us-isn drummer, and now that tiie
lei ,'-I hail 111, in bulb, lie could translate the mystic
sc roll. It proved to be a direction to til
to In v his pin ns forkeepin
Bavarian
; ns near Napoleon's per-
they got into the narrow streets, and then swept
them with his cannon, slaughtering an immense
number. This news they say was brought
down to San Juan del Sur by a native boy.
At the time the hoy left Rivas, the report goes,
Walker was piling up and burning the dead
bodies. This may or may not be true. I am
satisfied of one thing, however, from persoual
observation while at Rivas the List of January
that is. if they did attack Walker in Rivas,
they were defeated with large loss
William Hart, a passenger.by the Tennessee,
and formerly an non-commissioned officer of
the Walker force, reports:—
Gen. Walker contemplates having the en
tire possession of the river by the 1st of April,
and is moving his army to the most favorable
points for an attack. His army now numbers
some thirteen hundred men, and there is but
about forty of them confined iu the hospital by
sickness most of them, however, are able to
move around. Provisions are in gi eat abund
ance, and the men are well clothed and fed,
and but little dissatifaction is manifested.
Payim; Inyh-ime'1'.—The Kah-igli X"rth '’an,
Hum Br'*- *ter says a e,ml,man <■! that city, at tli.
North Carolina ^t,ito Fair, bought n halt breed He
von cow, four year* old, fur which ho paid sio to c
Lynchburg (Virginia) dealer. Th-- purchase wt,
made on the JTih October, since which time a -trn
account ut" tlie milk obtained from the cow lias b,-. |
kept, which tools up tbu enormous quantity ot thre,
hundred and eight gallons
Arrival of the Steamship Africa.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
New Yobs, March 24.—The American
Steamship Africa, lias arrived with Liverpool
dates to Saturday, March 7tli.
Liverpool Markets.
The cotton market, for the week, closed
quiet and steady, and at unchanged prices.—
Fair Uplands advanced id. The sales of the
week are iifty-oue thousand hales, of ivliich
speculators took forty-five hundred and ex
porters five thousand hales. The sales on
Friday, were seven thousand hales, of which
speculators took vac thousand hales. The
market closed firm.
Manchester advices arc unfavorable, altho’
the market was generally unchanged.
Bread*tuffs arc reported dull, with a dc
dining tendency, in consequence of the favor-
ble weather for the crops.
Tho money market was slightly more strin
gent, and Consols wero quoted at 03f for
oncy.
Parliament will he dissolved in May.
An act lias been passed, laying a duty of
one shilling and five pence per pound upon all
teas imported; also, an act regulating the du
ties on sugar imported from the Unites States
during the year ending the 5th April, 1858.
The Neufcbatcl Conference has met at I’a-
It is stated that the Chinese had seized the
British opium depot in China.
Lord Palmerston has announced that it is
the intention of the British Government to
pursue a firm policy in relation to Chinese af
fairs, and hopes the cordial co-operation of
France and the United State’s to compel addi
tional advantages.
The treaty with Persia has been signed, but
it yet ratified by Persia.
Tho treaty between Persia and the United
States is reported to have been signed at Te
heran.
There is really nothing new from China, al
though rc-inforccincnts arc still going out
from England.
The Prussian Ministry have been defeated
on the divorce hill.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The cotton quotations tire, for Fair Orleans
8?d.; Middling Orleans 73d.; Fair Mobile 8Jd.;
Middling Mobile 7Jd.; Fair Uplands 7 Jd.; and
Middling Uplands 7 D-16d.
Stock on hand in Liverpool 341,000 bales
of which 231,000 are American.
“TJic American Citizen:
His Rights and Duties, according to the
Spirit of the Constitution of the United States.
By John Henry Hopkins, D. D., L. L. D ,
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in
the Diocese of Vermont.” It is just publish
ed, and in glancing over that part of it which
relates to slavery, wc are struck with the sin
gular fact that a distinguished ecclesiastic in
Vermont has kept himself so far above the pre
judices which prevail within his section of the
country. In his preface ho secs that his
opinions will not be popular, “but,” lie says,
I have too much confidence in my readers to
doubt their attachment to that freedom of
speech which is the constitutional right of eve
ry American citizen.” We fear this confidence
is misplaced, for the good Bishop must remem
ber the fate of another honest man who had
the same confidence. Wc mean the Rev. Ne-
hemiah Adams, of Boston. He told the truth
three years ago, and was tabooed for it. There
arc. however, sonic men who will tell the truth,
without regard to the ragiugs of an envenom
ed and ignorant public opinion.—Such a man
is Bishop Hopkins. We have not space to
give in detail his opinions on the subject of
slavery. There is, however, it seems to us, one
great and obvious inconsistency in them. As
thus : He assumes as all northern and a groat
many southern men do, that slavery in itself is
an evil; hut he goes on to show that the scrip
turcs sanction it—that it has God’s words for its
authority. lie proceeds farther, and declares
that the slave is more comfortably and happy
than tho free negro. “And,” he says, “it is
tho testimony of all candid observers that the
free negro, other things being equal, is in a
tvorse condition than the slave, physically and
morally—less happy, less healthy, less content
ed, less secure, less religious. It is notorious,”
he continues, “that many of those who had es
caped have returned to their masters of their
own accord, glad to escape from the wretched
ness of their freedom.” I lerc is the confession
(the argument from the Scripture is full)—
that slavery has the divine sanction, and that
the slave is happier and more religious
than tho free negro—and yet the postulate is
that slavery is in the abstract an evil. Wc do
not see how this can be, under these conditions.
But wc suppose the good bishop had to make
the confession as a slave to the rampant pre
judices around him. Perhaps even because of
soino prejudices which lie himself could not
get rid. This, however, is a small matter.
The book is an honest, bold one, and written
in a very attractive style, aud it ought to have
a large sale among us—for if the north perse
cutes its bold and honest men for expressing
their convictions oil the subject of slavery, we
here ought to endeavor to compensate them by
our approval.
Tho book, lioiveyer, is only in part in re
spect to slavery. It takes iuto consideration
the duties of an American citizen iu every re
lation which he holds to the country.—Mobile
Tribune.
DoGHEtinv, tiie Coro.ner.—Tho following
rcuiiiiisccnco of Coroner Connery acqnires an
interest from recent occurences. He held an
inquest upon the body of an Irishman, who was
‘ illcd by an Italian some months ago. During
investigation ho examined the Italian, who
did not understand a word of English, when
the following colloquy oceurcd :
Coroner.—Do you speak English ?
Italian.—[Demonstrations either that he did
not understand English or the question, or
both.]
Coi.—Do you speak German ?
Jtal.—Same demonstrations as before.
Cor.—Do you speak French ?
Hal.—Same demonstration as before.
Cor.—Do you speak Spanish 1
Jtal.—Demonstrations as before.
Cor.—Do you speak Latin ?
Ital.—Demonstrations as before.
Cor.—[Erpantlingexullingli/.] There, gen
tlemen of the jury, you see I have addressed
him in five different languages, and he does uot
understand one.—.V. Y. Evening Post.
Valuable investment.
How to “Go It.”—Go it strong in yonr
praise of the absent. Some of it will be sure
to get.around.
Go strong when you make love to a pretty
widow. More people have erred by too little
than too much in tliis particular.
Go it strong when taking up contributions
for a charitable purpose. It will pay. •
Go it strong when you make a public speech.
Nine people out of ten never take any allusion
mless it cuts like a short handled whip, or a
hinoceros cowhide.
Go it stroug when you advertise—business
1 i ke architecture—its best supporters are its
ol limns,
The Bridge Case.—This protracted case,
which has drawn “its slow length along,” for
near twenty years in the Courts of Georgia,
seems at length to he approaching a finality.
The case was taken up last fall ou appeal from
the decision of tho Superior Court of Randolph
Co., Georgia, to the Supreme Court of the
State, and was recently affirmed. The ver
dict of tho, jury was for $12,000, in favor of
Mr. Harrison, 1’1’ff., in the lower court. This
amount our Town Council now proposes to
pay. We presume the ease will therefore rest
so far as the courts are concerned. Ila/uies-
cal in pace.—•Eufaula Spirit.
IT 1 A poor Irishman, seeing a crowd of
people .approaching, asked “ what was the
matter ?” He was answered, “ A man was
going to be buried.” “Oh,” replied he, “I’ll
stop to see that, for wc carry them to be bu
ried in our country.”
Personal character of Gen. Walker,
Wc make the following extract from a Ma
con letter to the Charleston Mercury, ou the
personal character of the “Regenerator” of
Central America:—
A firmness that was never known to relent
for any entreaties, and a calmness in adminis
tering punishment that makes his own soldiers
speak of him as a hard-harted man, and are
yet no evidences of want of feeling in one so
gentle and true in his private friendships as
William Walker. Why not regard such char
acteristics as the qualities of a great man's
judgment, that controls and survives, in hap
py results, the passions of the heart, whose
satisfaction lasts but for a moment of tender
ness ?
The execution of Gen. Corral for treason,
is still fresh in the popular memory. It was
only a fetv days before dooming the unhappy
man to death, that Walker, in the ceremonies
of the celebration of the peace, had embraced
him in the Plaza, and walked, arm-in-arm,
with him to the house of God. In Y’ain the re
latives of the convicted traitor plead with Gen
Walker for liis life, and clasped his knees with
prayers and tears—in vain deputations of the
priests attempted, by the sad and meek ap
peals of religion, to touch his heart with pity
—iu vain his own soldiers sympathised with
the inbred chivalry of the condemed, as he
bowed to his fate, nnd walked proudly to the
execution ground—in vain the noble and limn
blc joined in begging for the life of a man
who, notwithstanding his political crime, was
a favorite with the people ; and when at last
lie was led out to die, and after refusing to be
blindfolded, and simply saying, “ tell Gen.
Walker I think I should have been fairly tried,”
he fell proudly before the bullets of liis execu
tioners, the people rushed forward to bathe
their handkerchiefs in his blood. Walker
never relented. His heart was undoubtedly
touched by the appeals made to it. But it
ivas a critical time ; treason aud insurrection
still threatened the country; the new Govern
ment had to make its first example, and judg
ment imposed the sacrifice.
The character and motives ot Gen. Walker,
superior to popular defamation and clamor as
they arc, may even be said to be so far inde
pendent of the issues of history, that his per
sonal heroism, his integrity and enthusiasm,
must remain a fixed fact in the changes of
time. He has already, in his own personal
trials, passed the crisis of greatness : ami, iu
auy event, his name, if uot his deeds, will live
in history with such glory as greatness with
out honor, aud self-devotion without success,
may give.
The true character of William Walker is, as
wc sincerely believe, but little known, xvliile
it has been much defamed. He is a man in
capable of sordid or selfish motives, and en
tirely destitute of any thing like ambition, in
the popular sense of the term. He has none
of the fierceness of the reckless adventurer,
lie lias none of the haughtiness and self-impor
tant air of a man of mere personal ambition.
With all the mild thoughtfulness and gentle
manners of true decision of character, and with
all the humility and reserve of au elevated en
thusiasm, the regenerator of Central America
might readily pass under hasty observation as
a very commonplace and uniinportaut indivi
dual. The secret of his character lies in the
supposed enthusiasm of his heart.
We may quote most aptly Walker’s own
words, in illustration of his characteristic cn
tliusiasm, so different from the sordid and vul
gar ambition of the mere conqueror, as well
as in explanation of a proposition we have al
ready advanced in relation to the original pur
pose and policy of the expedition. We quote
the material portion of a letter addressed by
Walker to Mr. Senator Weller, as a private
friend, at a time of n great peril and uncer
tainty, on account of the hostility arrayed
against hint in the neighboring States, of
which he writes ;
You have, doubtless, learned from the
newspapers how pacific was the policy Nicara
gua proposed to pursue towards the other
States of Central America. Notwithstanding
all our OY'crturcs of peace, the neighboring
Governments showed themselves, if not posi
tively, at least negatively, hostile to the ac
tual administration of Nicaragua. It was con
stantly asserted, not only here, hut through
out Central America, that the States were
stimulated by English and French agents
against the Government of Nicaragua; yet it
has invaded our territories, and has murdered
American citizens who have never forfeited
the protection of the United States Govern
ment. Costa Rica says Americans shall not
emigrate to N icaragua, and take arms in her ser
vice. It remains to be seen whether she can
sus tain herself in so singular a position. In
such a war as they are now waging against us,
there can he but one result. They may
destroy my whole force—a circumstance I
deem almost,or quite impossible—they may
kill every American now in Nicaragua, hut
tho seed is sown, and not all the forces of
Spanish America can prevent the fruit from
coining to maturity. Tho more savage tho
nature of the war they ivage against us, the
more certain the result, the more terrible the
consequences. I may not live to see the end,
but I feel that my countrymen will not per
mit the result to be doubtful. I know that
the honor aud the interests of the great coun
try which, despite of the foreign service I am
engaged in, I stiff love to caff my own, arc
involved iu the present struggle. That hon
or must he preserved inviolate, and theso in
terests must be jealously maintained. Noth
ing but our oivn sense of the justice of tho
cause yvc are engaged in, and of its importance
to the couutry of our birth, has enabled us to
struggle on as far as we have done. Wc may
perish iu the work wc have undertaken, and
our cause may be for a lime lost, but if yvc
fall, we feel it is in the path of honor. Aud
Yvhat is life, or YY-hat is success, iu comparison
with the consciousness of having performed a
duty, and of having co-operated, no matter
how slightly, in the cause of improvement and
progress
The explanations contained in this quotation
coufirm aud enlighten tho assertion that fil-
libusterismorrapacity was not the original spir
it of the Wai.kerExpedition, although its pur
pose aud policy may have been in a measure
changed by the course of events and the expan
sion of ambition Yvith the increase of success; but
that if the enterprise has ever assumed the as
pect of conquest and aggression, it has been
chiefly in consequence of the provoking insults
and hostiliziug intrigues with which the Amer
icans in Nicaragua have been treated from the
first by the neighoring republics. It Yvould be
strange, indeed, if such treatment, on the part
of any of the republics of Central America, ag
gravated by proposals, to place any portion of
that country uuder a British Protectorate, in
opposition to such interests as our countrymen
may acquire in Nicaragua, should not have
Yvakcned a spirit of retaliation and jealousy in
the American heart; that, if continually pro-
Y’oked, must result in the subversion of the en
tire country. It yvus not to be supposed that
tho Americans would shed their blood in a for
eign cause for nought; they expected to acquire
contain interests in Nicaragua, aud a Yveight
in the Government; and they might have hoped
that, in time, their civilization and industry
Yvould win a peaceful aud natural triumph over
native imbecility, aud change the destiny of
the country. Such expectations and hopes Yvere
perfectly legitimate—but the result is hasten
ing. The fickleness, the jealousy, the treach-
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UFTlio Tbligrapii goes to prc::int n o'clock,
Monday Evening-. Advertise> yv ill oblige by hand
ing in their favors, ns early ns Saturn iv, if possible
cry. and the revolutionary spirit of the Central
American people, that deny onr countrymen
the honors and rewards of a foreign service,
aud that would expel them from a country they
have rescued fron an internecine war aud bap
tised ill their Oyyii blood, as saved for a higher
destiny, can but tend to provoke and offer op
portunities of just revenge to a spirit—cali it
Fillibnstcring if you will—not easily pacified,
but active, invasive, persevering, and eventtual-
ly to triumph Yvhcrcovcr it carries the Ameri
can civilization and arms.
AYo turn to tho concluding portion of Mr.
Walker’s language, quoted above, as an equal
confirmation of his elevation of character. It
is difficult to find terms of admiration for that
noble, heroic, transcendental sentiment, that
can hold life and personal success in such little
estimation. Hoyv eloquent indeed of that high
and ravishing enthusiasm Yvliich impels, ani
mates and sustains the noble and chivalrous
leaders of progress everywhere—which is su
perior to success, which is nobly careless of hu
man criticism, and which is its own reward—
whether it leave its memorial of greatness in
the splendid monuments of fortune, orthelow-
Iy grave of self devotion.
The Abolitionists Confronted with
ONE OF THEIR OWN DECISIONS.
The Albany Argus maintains that the Su
preme Court lias decided no new point in tho
Dred Scot case, and cites ! !)C following, from
the records of the Black Republican State of
Connecticut, in proof:
Prior to 1833, Yvhcn the benevolence of Con
necticut did not all run towards the colored
race. Miss Prudence Crandall set up a school
at Canterbury, for the education of colored
children, and gathered into it a few pupils
brought, some of them at least, from other
States. Yankee dignity took lire at this- It
was by no means content to have good old
Puritan Connecticut, the home of a vigorous
race of Yvliitc men and the land of Pumpkin
nics, made a school house into which tlio black
boys ami girls of the 'whole country should be
gathered for instruction. Accordingly, in
1833, the Legislature of that State, in order to
get rid of Miss Prudence Crandall and her
black children, passed a law with the folloiving
preamble :
“ Whereas, attempts have been made to es
tablish literary institutions in the State for the
instruction of colored persons belonging to
other States and countries, which would tend
to the great increase of the colored population
of the State, and thereby to the injury of the
people.”
Which procccdcil in the first section of the
act, to enact:
“That no person shall setup or establish in
this State any school, academy or literary in
stitution, for the instruction or education of
colored persons, who arc not residents of this
State, nor instruct or teach in auy school,
academy, or other literary institution, what
ever in this State, or harbor or hoard, for the
purpose of attending or being taught or in
structed iu any such school, academy, or lite
rary institution, any colored person lvho is not
an inhabitant of any town in tlu3 State, with
out the consent in writiug, first obtained of a
majority of the civil authority, and also of the
select men of the toivn in which such school,
academy, or literary institution is situated.”
The act went on to impose a penalty for the
first offcucc of SIOD, aud for the second of
$200, and “so double for every offence.”—
Miss Prudence did not heed this law, but kept
right along teaching her little colored wards
their A. B. G’.’s- Shoivas indicted and brought
to trial under the above laiv, in 1845—Chief
Justice Daggett presided at the trial. Tho
counsel of Miss Crandall insisted, that the law,
inasmuch as it denied to colored persons of
other States rights which Y\ - crc conceded to
such other persons if residents of Connecticut,
YY-as a violation of the 1st sub. of See. 2, of
Art. 4, of the Constitution of tho United
States :
“ The citizens of each State shall be enti
tled to all privileges and immunities of citi
zens in the several States.”
This raised the point whether negroes yvoto
citizens within the meaning of the Constitu
tion, and Chief Justice Daggett derided that
they were not, and delivered an opinion, from
which yvc extract the folloYving :
To my mind it would be a perversion of
terms, and the well known rule of construction,
to say that slaves, free blacks, or Indians, were
citizens, witting the meaning of that term, as
used in the Constitution. God forbid that I
should add to the degradation cf this race of
men ; but I am hound, by my duty, to say
they are not citizens.
“I have thus shown to you that this IaY'.* is
not contrary to the 2d section of the 4th Art.
of the Constitution of the United States, for
that embraces only citizens.”
Such YY-as tho law settled in 'Connecticut in
1834, YY-hich lias never been overruled in that
State. Four years later, (1838) the Supremo
Court of Tennessee folloYved this authority by
a similar decision ; tiie point of which is sta
ted in the Reporter’s note of the case, (1st
Meigs’ Reporter, 831) as follows:
Free blacks are not citizens within the mean
ing of the provisions of the Constitution of the
United States, Art. 4, Sec. 2, “that the citi
zens of each State shall be entitled to all the
privileges and immunities of citizens in the
several States.”
Di'ca«ll'iil Slate of Affairs in S Jail.
Washington, March 20.—A letter was re
ceived here to-day from W. W. Drummond,
United States Supreme Judge in Utah Terri
tory. by the administration. It gives a sad
and deplorable picture of matters in tliis Ter
ritory. The following is taken from the let
ter:—
The leading men of the church arc more trait
orous than ever. Only a few days since all
the papers, records, dockets, and nine hundred
volumes of the laivs. wero taken out of the ■Su
preme Court Clerk’s office, and burned. And
this is not the only instance of the kind. I say
to you again and through you to the President,
it is impossible for us to enforce tho laws in
this Territory.—Every man here bolds his life
at the will of Briglnim Young, and here wc arc
Yvithout protection. I am firmly of tlio opinion
that Babbit yvus murdered by Mormons under
the direction of Brigham Young and not by
Indians. Murder is a common thing here;
and Mormons cannot i>e puni-hed with a Mor
mon jury witnesses, officers and Governor <o
pardon. It is too cruel and must not be en
dured. A man, not a member of the church,
is murdered, robbed, castrated and imprisoned,
solely for questioning the authority of tlio
church. Persons are now in the penitentiary,
convicted before the Probate Judge, yyIio arc
wholly innocent of any crime. Is there any
other country Yvliero this abuse is or Yvould be
endured! Let all, then, take hold and cru-li
out one of the most treasonable organizations
iu America.
The administration lias had the matter un
der serious consideration, and yvi 11 soon ap
point a Governor, I understand, yvIio yvi 11 take
a sufficient military force into that Territory
to carry out the laws to tho fullest extent.
For tiie Cere ok Dvspehsia. Tho Oxy
genated Bitters are better entitled to confidence
than any remedy known, aud their peculiar
action on the system, excites the surprise of
those who have tried various medicines with
out benefit.
