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•Cr READ.. THE ItiE iY ADV.EII2UZ.3I.ENTS:
NEW VOLUME. Or. Tun GLOBE.—With this
number, we commence the fifteenth year of
the Globe. Thirteen years and four months
we, have-had it in our possession,endeavoring
from year to year,, :to make it still more ac
ceptable to a generous public. In our efforts,
We have bad the good will and assistance of
men of all,Partics, and to such we shall ever
feel grateful. The Globe has, from year to
year, increased in strength, and'l,Ve hope, in
usefulness, - and at this time, its health
.prom
ises many more years of healthful e'xistence.
The future of the Globe must be judged by
the - past—it will
_contend for the rights of
man and true Democratic principles—ever
ready to esposo corruption as well in high as
low places—regardless of consequences. In
a word, the 'Globe, - shall continue to be an in
dependent Democratic paper.
AO- We regret exceedingly"-that the editor
Of the Hollidaysburg Standard can't endorse
our. Democracy. Until'we can secure to him
a higher price than is at present paid forhis ser:-
"vices, we cannot expect to change his opinion.
We are still of the opinion that be will be
knocking at our door for admission before
the campaign of '6O is fairly commenced.—
The "bogus Deniocraey" of Ohio, Vermont,
Maine, Illinois, &c., have spoken--;-and Bu
chanan Democracy is nowhere. ; Keep cool,
Brother Tiough, that little arrangement
won't last always. You may get too.far over
to get back in time for a small "take" in '6l.
Three Days Later from Europe
By the steamer Breman, at New York yes
terday, evening, we have European news to
the 14th inst., with three days later advices
than those received by the Persia.
The news from' the seat of war is highly
important, though it acies not appear that any
further decided battle. had taken.-place." • -It
really would almost seeinns if the Austrians
were showing the white feather, as well as
wearing the white uniform. They have aban
doned Pavia, Piacenza, Lodi, Cremona, and
otlfer places which they occupied. They
blew up the fortifications of Piacenza on aban
doning that city. The telegraphic report also
mentions that they had quitted Ancona.—
This may be a mistake of name, for Ancona ie
a seaport belonging to the Pope, and is en
tirely out of the line of-the present war. _ It
was garrisoned, we believe, by the Austrians,
on the first• alarm of war,-and it is probable
that they have retired now, from .sheer
bility to maintain such'an' isolated position.
It would appear that the Austrians are col
lecting their force towards their strong,holds,
Marano. and Verona. This will also bring
them nearer to . Venice- and alloW thein, at a
push, to take a strong position in the Tyrol.
But this would no lesshe,an admission of de
feat, because it would surrender Lombardy
to the 'Allies. It would not surprise 'us 'to
learn, in the course of the present week, of a
great battle .having been fought on the pla.-
tau orllat country between Manto..4 and Ve
rona—the former city Is very stiOngly - fortified,
From Ergiand the main-news is that the
Derby ministry have resigned. • The Queen
has been compelled, it seems, a accept-Lord
Palmerston as Premier. He 'has followed
Dogberry's :plan, of : favoring :"the most de
&artless man," by making Lord John ThisSoll
his 'Foreign Secretary. One would have
thought that after Lord John's miserable di
plomatic failure,, in his unfertunate Mission
to Vienna; during , the Crimean War, that he
had' got quite enough of meddling with for
eign affairs; of which he is remarkably igno
rant. His Lordship would undertake to act
as commander-in-chief-of a fighting 'army,
with the same confidence which now embol
den§ him to_take : the'Foreign • portfolio.—The
- Press,.:Tu* 27. .
The Position of Stephen A. Douglas. •
• 'Judge Douglas has just completed another
Southern ton; which he appropriately closed
by going back to his home in Illinois and once
more . mingling with his Anstituonts: and
friends. - Ire may; therefore', be supposed to
understand public sentiment in the North and
in the South, hence the peculiar significance
which is attached to his letter:
WASHINGTON,. June 22,.1359.
-117 Y DEAF. SIR. have received your let
ter, inquiring whether my friends are at lib
erty te. ;present my name to.the Charleston
Convention for the Presidential nomination.
Before this question .can be ,finally deter
mined, it will be necessary to understand dis
tinctly upon itha.t:issues the canvass is to be
conducted.. : (as I havefull faith they . will)
the. Democratic party shall determine, in the
Presidential election of-1860, to adhere to the
principles embodied in the Compromise meas
"ures of 1850, new ratified by the people into
the Presidential election of 1852, and re-af
firmed in the Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854,
and incorporated into the Cincinnati platform
of 1856—as expounded by Mr. Buchanan in
his letter accepting the nomination, and ap
proved by the people in his election 7 -in . that
event, my friends will be at liberty to , present
my name to the Convention, if they - see prop
er to do so.
If, on the contrary, it shall become the pol
icy of the Democratic party_ (which I cannot
anticipate) to' repudiate these ' time-honored
principles, on'which we have achieved so many
patriotic ; and in' lieu of them the
Convention shall interpolate into the creed of
the party .sueli new issues as the revival of
the African slave trade, or a Congressional
slave code for ,the Territories, or the doctrine.
that the Constitution of the United States eith
er establiShes. or prohibits slavery in - the Ter:
ritories, beyond the power of the people legal : -
ly to control it as other--property— : -itis - due to
candor to Say, that, in, such an event,l- could
not accept the nominationif tendered to me:
Trusting that thiS answer will be deemed
sufficiently expliolt; I •am, , very• respectfully,
ybur friend,'• • S. 'A. Dotrui4s.: '
To J. B. Doan, Esq . q:, ' Dtzbuque, Iowa: •
.There is: a gallantry
,' . this 'letter
we are not surprised to-,see; has: aroused the
admiration of political. opponents -and excited
the enthusiasm of political friends. Judge
Douglas,proposes no act of disorganization to
the Democratic party. Ile plants himself up
on the recognised and accepted' principles of
that party,• and although he 'abstained froth
saying the wOrd, the whole tenor of his. com
munication is to:the effect that when the doc
trines of a great political party are rejected
and betrayed, it is idle to Plead in its behalf
the skeleton of a mere- organi2iation.: . This
declaration bf principle-on the part of Stephen
A. Dbughts should go:forth among the Demcc-,•
racy as an blive'branch of harmony. - To US of
llae free Slates it offers victory in every Repre
sentative, Seriatorial, and Congressional' dis
trict. • To the South it proposes no injustice;
for the double reason-that he who offers it has
been the life-long champion of Southern rights,
and because 'the principle itself has been en
dorsed and approved by every' conservative
Southern statesman, beginning with Henry
Clay, of Kentucky, and ending with Robert
M. T. Hunter, of - Virginia, the Charles
ton Convention is not the mere'echci of cus
tom houses, post offices and navy yards, Uni
ted-States marshals; and Cabinet Ministers,
it will rejoice in the' opportunity presented
by the proposition' of Stephen A. Douglai to
consolidate the Democratic party upon a plat
form which will be the gospel,of our -political
salvation for generations to come. Judge
Douglas, if we know the man, does not ask
as a " condition precedent" that he should be
the candidate. All that he desiresis that the
pledges and principles of the Democratic par
ty should be religiously observed. This done,
the selection of a standard-bearer will be a
secondary consideration.—Th e Press.
CORRESPO,N.p.EIVC.E OF I`NE• GLOBE.
Letters from "Alpha."
• ' NO. 3.
ALBANY, NEW YORK, June 10th, 1859.
EDITOR OF TILE GLOBE:—In taking my depar
ture from the great Metropolis, which 'was
noticed so briefly in my former letters to the
Globe, - took the lludSon River R. R. for
this place. As our train left the depot, the
rain was falling in heavy torrents, the
sky was so dark that I had quite despaired
of any good view of the celebrated "highlands
of the Hudson." But we had only cleared
the long extended suberbs of the city, stretch
ing through miles of space, when it cleared
off, the sunlit clouds floated gently over -hill
and vale,.all nature stepped forth in rich at
tire ;. the Sweet . air of June breathed around
the green hills, aSif to give us one of nature's
finest, richest and rarest displays. Not only
this, but, before we had finished our journey,
night stold on; the silver moon shone out to
add a new . form to the exquisite picture.
The-Hudson is a majestic river.' The gran
deur of its scenery-- , --the highlands - that. tower,
and now gracefully recede in, the distance,
their airy halls between, and the habitations
of men,.have never been overrated by poets
or romancers. Naturalists tell us of a beauti
ful association that clusters around every ob
ject and every atom in 'the Universe. The
dewdrop 'settles upon the opening bud, the
early sunbeam mingles with the dew and the
rejoicing flower puts on the colors of the rain
bow. If this beautiful association extends
to the world of minds as well as matter, and
unquestionably. it does, it is no wonder that
-Henry Hudson found the natives on the banks
of this river more hospitable than those of
other parts of the land; no wonder that the
ingenius Fulton of the Conestoga"eame hith
er to perfect and set into Operation'the great
est" of human . inventions ; no wonder - that
deeds of 'valor and patriotism rise up from
the Revolution, to descend down through the
long ages of futurity teaching man the rights
of Soctety, 'and the- supremacy of Law ; no
wonder that Washington Irving, the. wisest,
wittiest and greatest of romancers chose its
banks. as the scenes of many of his best com
positions ; and no wonder, that the same - great
author, and. Gen. Geo. P. 'Morris, and Davie,
and a host of scholars have chosen them as
the places where,they live—where they. wish
to die. Natural ,advantages ;have rendered
the Hudson a commercial, but they- have
made it the classic stream of the hemisphere.
The former has given it life, erder.a.ncl beau
ty, but . they have called to it scholars froth.
afar and given it, a world-wide celebrity.--
From Manliattonville to Sacondaga—:-from the
-Metropolis to Champlain, scenes and incidents
of interest cluster around it, and • no hasty
sketch. can convey a reasonable impression of
them.. My weary vision needs rest from a
contemplation of, , them, and fora night's re
pose, I will bid you Adieu—and Adieu ye
Hudson as ye sing a .requiem to those who
have fallen in your defense s ; or• as ye murmur
to the living,.
" Man may come, and man May go,
But I go on forecur."
JUNE llth.—Taking a backward, but hasty
glance over the distance" we have hew ascen
ded, Fort Washington, ten miles from New
York; claims our - attention. It occupies a
commanding position upon the to of a pro
jeeting.point. It was held 'by Washington'
some time after New' York was occupied by
'the British in 1776 ; but it fell into the hands
of the enemy, after a - violent assault on the
16th of November in the same year..' Oppo
site this Fort, upon the brow of the Palisades;
and three hundred feet above-the river, is the
sight of Fort Lee, which fell into the hands
of the'enemy, soon after the capture of the
former place; the• AMericans retiring to the
Highland's. The -name,- Palisades, is given
to this curious cliff, from -the appearance , of
Some portions of it, .which seem like huge
columns placed in upright form for a barri
cade or defense, along what is termed a "bold
shore." Twenty miles from the city and op
posite Hastings, the Palisades rocks recede
and disappear. A - thriving 'village Surroun
ded by some fine country-seats, is here.notice
able. At twenty-five miles, and near Tarry
town, is the well known Sunnyside, the beau
tiful residence of Washington Irving.. The
villa is built upon the margin .-or theriver,
with embellished grounds around.. it., At
Tarrytown, you will recollect the, arrest of
Maj.A`nare, by Paulding and his associates.
',A.1)(51.it two miles up. , the valley of a small
stream„ is the scene of lehab,od. Crane's.en
aciunter with the Galloping Hession, so graph
ically described by Irving. Tbirty-two miles
from lire* York is Sing-Sing, With Igt: Pleas
ant"-A.cad.eniy, a "BoaidineSchool for girls,
the'State prison, and its qUarries of marble.
Opposite :Sing-,Sing, on, the top .of a moun
tain„ three hundred feet above the riVer, is a,
crystal lake, two miles, in' , circumference,
whieh' forms the source 'of Harkensack'river.
Croton, thirtY,five miles; is 'the'neareSt station
to Fountain Reservoir, the_far-famed head of
Croton
_water-works, too' stupendous for de
scription here.
Many- intereSting'.incidents cluster around
Peekskill. Two miles east of it, Washington
had his residence, while the American army
encamped there. Here, too, ii,the birth
place and - the grave of Jno. Paulding, the
master spirit of that trio who. arrested Andre,
at -Tarrytown. Itis the place where Nathan
Palmer was executed, by, order of Gen. Put
nam, whose very significant letter to' Get , .
Tryon, I will copy ,in - tlkiS place.
,It,wl.ll.be
remembered that Gov'. Tryon. Wrote to Gen.
Putnam,. threatening vengeance, , if' Palmer
should be executed, and, in reply,, the follow
ing, was written :
"SIR.: Nathan Palmer, a lieutenant in your
service, was.taken in our camp as a spy; he
was tried as a spy ; he was condemned as a
spy ; and restassured,:sir, he shall be hanged
as a spy, •
I have the honorto be, 8,:m.,• •
ISRAEL :PUTNA-11.."
"P. S.—Afternoon—He is hanged." - •
Here, too, are Dunderberg-thunder moun
tain and Antony's Nose. The former haS its
own significance in the language of the early
settlers, while the following story of the-lat
ter, is considered authentic '" Before the
Revolution, a - vessel was passing up the river
under the command of Captainflogans. He
had an enormous nose, _which was frequently
the subject of a joke among -the crew. In
passizig this mountain, the mate looked rather
quisically at• it, and then at the captain's
nose; 'What said - the captain, ' does that
mountain look like my nose ? Well then, let
us call it . Antony's - - Nose.' The story was
repeated
. on shore, and the mountain thence
forward assumed . the name, becomine•. an
everlasting monument to the memory of Cap
tain Antony Hoe-ans and his nose."
West Point, the seat of the Military School;
and Garrisons, en the opposite-side of the
river, are fifty miles - from NeW York. •The
former, situated one hundred and eighty feet
above the river, on a promontory, is said to
be the most romantic place on the Hudson.
Two miles above it, are • Coldspring . and
dercliff, the residence of Gen. Geo. P. Morris;
and near them is " Cro' Nest," the scene of
Rodman Drake's-exquisite poem, "The!Cul
prit Fay."
Still further up the river, are Newburg,
Pougbkepsie, Catskill, Hudson and Green
bush, all teeming with interest, but time hur
ries me on, and after - ia brief sketcli of Al
bany, I must bid a final adieu to the Hudson,
and take my way up the Mohawk to the
Genesee, and to Niagara. -
Albany, the capitol of the State, is one hun
dred and forty-four miles 'from Nev York,
and can hardly be surpassed in natural and
commercial' advantages. Here the conserva
tive element of the Knickerbocker mingles
with the enterprise of New England, and s a
variety of interests gives pernianeney to pros
perity.' In addition, to the river, the Erie,
and the Champlain 'canals, railroad center
here from the four point's iif the compass; and
add to the resources of the city. - Marble,
granite and, freestone edifices tower froth its
midst, while stately mansion§ indicate opu
lence and ease. In visiting the different pla
ces of public resort, I found none more inter
esting than the Agricultural' and Geological
rooms. This great museum of wonder and
enterprise is the • property 'of the' State Agri
cultural Society, and is open for' free inspec
tion. Its neat, tidy halls, and its collections
are a credit to the State, and to the age. I
cannot give any adequate description of it.
Here tare gathered every implement that in
'geniality has invented for the cultivation of
the earth, fair specimens of every product
that_the soil will yield, curious mineral and
geological specimens for 'instruction; together
with birds, beasts, fishes and insects : and
thus the kingdoms of nature have been ran
sacked and collected into one great store-house,
-where - Men may go and get wisdom, grow en
lightened, and return home in humility and
thankfulness. - The Capitol, the City Hall,
the Albany- Academy,,,the Exchange, and
several churches are grand structures.
My 'memorandum is filling with the say
ings and doings of men and-mankind, and if
I do not caricature some of them in my next,
it . will not be for the want of an opportunity
'or-objects around me; but like the collections
in the museum, they may gather in such pro
fusion that an attempt were idle. • Adieu.
WHAT A JEALOUS WOMAN DID,BEFORE San
FA7.NTED.--In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, laSt
week, a lady returning from a morning drive,
on approaching the room usually.occupted by
herself and husband, heard voices.. She
stepped, listened, placed her eye - to the key
hole, and'saw, to her horror, a. 'woman stand
ing on the . floor, and her husband in the'same
room, fixing a shawl over her shoulders.—
Enraged at the infidelity of her husband, she
went to the hall, took down a loaded shot gun,
returned; cocked . the gun, opened suddenly
- the door, and' deliberately shot the strange
Wl:Arian in the:baCk. llerhusband screamed,
when the excited and abused wife fainted.—
'On' having returned to consaiouSness, she
learned that ,the woman who had supplan
ted her' in 'the affections of Mr. was
one of those . frames forexhibiting shawls and
• mantilla's, Which' he that morning had brought
up from the store to haVe retrimmed by his
wife, in' her usual tasty style. Not finding
his wife in, he was looking at the figure, and
fixing it up as a' surprise . for her, • when her
sudden'jealousy like to have cost him his
• life.
Probable Effects of the Late Frost Upon
the Crops. • SP,
There has been so much 'said about the de
structive effects of the late *est upon' the
crops, that if the half• were- true, •the prds
pect would indeed be gloomy enough. 'LThere
are one or two grains of allowance;,-however,
that should always be made for such evil
boding statements. First, no matter how
enviable their case may be in.other respects,
the mass of agriculturists are habitual croak
ers.'' That the weather, with this important
class of our citizens, should constitute a
theme of almost constant comment, is not
surprising, _when we consider that the fruits
of their labors for the year are so largely de
pendent upon it. And when we - add to this
the- characteristic ingratitude of ,our, fallen
humanity, it, is not hard to. peiceive why a
season.ef excessive wet, a protracted drought,
or . an unseasonable frost, should , be. made a
fruitful source of complaint. There is this to
be considered, =sever, that there are men
in the community, among ,our rural grain
growers, -as
,well as our city speculators,
whose pecuniary interests are always sub
served by_ raising, a hue and-cry about a pros
pective failure in crops, and the consequent
rise in, the price of .flour.
. : That a wide-spread anticipation of short
crops, even though the sequel should. prove
otherwise;:wonld operate , very unfavorably
upon the fall - trade,' is well understood, by our
merchants, and hence many of them have
been at considerable pains to ascertain the
truth of the late frost rumors. .-Upon the
whole, it• is not improbable . that
,the private
correspondence thus elicited affords more re
liable information upon the subject than the
telegraphic despatches'that have appeared in
the new,apapers. ' The writer has been favor
ed with a• glircipse, at' several letters, within
the last few days, from Western Pennsylva
nia, 'Central and Southern Ohio, Northern
Illinois, and other points where the frost has
been
.represented as most destructive ;''and
While it is' true 'that some confirm the gloom
iest apprehensions, there is, from their tenor,
reason to believe that such cases are but of a
lirnited local character, and that in many sec
tions the coming harvest is at the present time
unusually promising. " •
One merchant, writing from Waynesburg,
Ohid; says that in four counties in that State
—Stark, Summit, Carrol, and Tuscarawas—
the 'wheat has been so much injured that' it
will not yield .sufficient to seed the fall crop.
Another gentlemen; writing from the western
part of this State, who has evidently a marked
deficiency in the 'Organ of." Hope," says that
"the prospect of hard times in that vicinity
was never brighter than at present." A's an
Offset to the above, the following, quoted from
a letter addressed to a well known, mercantile
house in ths' city, under the date of June 17th, '
from Bloomfield; Illinois, may be given as a
fair representative of the intelligence re
ceived from the varion's places throughout the
West and North-west.:— •
"The corn crop throughout this'region was
never more promising-than'at the preSent
time, and we shall have' aPlea.st double .the
•zaheat that our farmers anticipated six weeks
ago; nor has the big frost injured, materially,
our crops of any kind."
Major Frees, of the Germantown Telegraph,
'kvhase judgment in such matters is excellent
autherity, says, in the current number of his
paper; that in a trip last' week to Monroe
county, this 'State, via. the Trenton, Belvi
dere and Delaware, and Lackawanna Rail
roadS, he found' the crops promising in the
highest degree. He continues: "We cer
tainly did not see; during the whole trip, a
single poor field of wheat, rye, corn, oats, or
potatdes. The corn, though short,'looked
healthy, and was all there. •The frost has
not apparently done the least damage ; and
- with. respect to 'the frost of the 4th, about
'which speculators in breadstuffs harp so much,
we doubt .if, it will 'eventually cause more
than a slight injury, in certain localities, and
not at all affect the general crop of the coun
try."
.A word, now, as to the improbability of a
June frost injuring the wheat crop at all.—
The most Striking, instance on record of a
cold simmer was that of 1816: In fact, by
men now living; I have frequently heard the
year 181 G, spoken of as the 'year without a
summer,• on account of its remarkable mete
orological 'phenomenon, of having produced
ice,:in this latitude, every month throughout
the entire year. Its average temperature in
this city was 'only forty-nine degrees ; the
lowest, I believe, 'ever known before or since.
The same comparatively extraordinary low
temperature of that year was experienced not
only throughout this country, but in England,
allover the continent of Europe, and even in
in Africa and the West 'lndies. It may be
observed, by the, way, that, contrary to the
generally received opinion, that seasons in
their succession balance each other in their
extremes of temperature, this remarksbly
cold year was followed by an equally cold
winter, extending from January, -1817, until
late in March, as may be inferred from the
fact that the Potomac river was frozen' com
pletely over at 'Alexandria, and that the Del
aware was closed from the 2d of February
until the
.closed
of March, an ox having been
roasted on. the ice, opposite this city, on the
22d of February of that year.
Turning from the exact history of that icy
summer, a briefreference to a few well-au
thenticated traditions respecting it may not
be de,vokl. of interest. There was not only
ice in every
_month, but• living witnesses,
within thirty miles of Philadelphia, attest a
fall of snow in the month, of June—when the
rye and wheat were in blossom. I have
heard ray father—a farmer, now, as then, re
siding in Montgomery county, this' State—
say, that' the preSence of snow upon the
grain fields at 8o unseasonable a time, occa
sioned much fear throughout the neighbor
heod that the crop was destroyed. Some far
'mere even went so far as to
_lend a helping
hand to Providence by using artificial means
'tn'di§ledge the snow, whilst others awaited
the sun's rays 'for its removal ; and to this
day the result of that event is spoken of by
the older citizens as a significant comment
upon the absurdity' of man's' undertaking to
improve upon -the ways of God; for the se
quel showed that they who 'relied upon the
Hand which sent the snow, to remove it also,
acted wisely, as their crops of grad at har
vest time were found to have be:en entirely
Uninjured, whilst the fields or port - Mils of them
from which the snow had been artificially re
moved, yielded nothing but straw, the blos
som having been forcibly severed in the pro
cess along with the snow.
The reader will be ready to inquire,. how
it is that such an unparalleled' low tempera
ture was not destructive to the grain crop in
1816, when in 1859 the visit of a frost or two
is to bo attended with such fatal results ?
The truth is precedent is directly opposed to
the apprehensions entertained. Tho cold in
the summer of 1816 was not confined to a
ALPHA.
BY GRAYBEARD.
single night's frost but actually continued
throughout the season. In farther proof of
this, it is a well known fact, that in some
parts, reapers entered the harvest field in
their overcoats ; and yet the winter coreals
werc'not by any means a failure. In Cen
tral New York, which was evidently not ex
empt from the frosty character of that mem
orable season, we have accounts from old res
idents that the stalks of wheat were actually
frozen, and yet from the same fields, the yield,
in many instances, was forty bushels to the
acre of prime Genesee. In the
,face of these
facts is it reasonable that the late fr'ost should
forebode famine, as some interested parties
would have us believe ? The chances, it may
safely be said, are looking hopefully in a
different direction. Summer vegetables, and
certain kinds of fruit, necesarily suffer from
unseasonable frost, but there is no proof that
this applies to winter cereals. Ido not say
that it is do, but it is certainly no unreasona
ble view to Jake of the matter, to suppose
that the recent frost . was sent fora beneficent
Purpose—it may be to neutralize some un
discovered enemy of the wheat, which, if left
unchecked, might have produced 'far more
serious consequences than even those now
apprehended from the froSt itself.--Philadel
phia Press.
From Utah.
Speech- of Brigham Young—The Mormons
on the Sickles Yerdiet----Afairs in the Ter-
ritory
'We have received files of Utah papers hi
the 25th of May: The ./Veie r s (Mormon') con
tains the following repdrt of a 'speech deliv
ered by - Brigham Young, in the Tabernacle.
," President Brigham ioung followed with
a very comforting and cheering address.—
He counseled the' Saints to keep quiet and
watch the signs-of - the times, assuring them
that the Devil was not dead, and that they,
as the body of 'Christ, had great 'cause to be
thankful. If they did not know Mormon
ism to be' true,- he was , perfectly willing that
the Devil should buffet, tempt and cause them
to be persecuted until they did know it was
true. The Elders of Israel had labored faith
fully to perfectthe people, and the enlighten
ed Saints could seethe result. When Justice
has had its course, then Mercy will step in,
the - faithful 'will rejoice, and 'the valleys of the
mountains'wiltresound with the songs of the
Saints. He observed that he himself Was
accused of having great influence ; he said
that he wished he had more ; -he wished to
God that he had influence sufficient to make
every man who calls himself a Saint do right.
If he ever denied the faith, he' now wished,
as he had always done, 'that lie might not
have influence to drag with him one living
soul to hell. - He regretted that- there were so
many willing to die for their religion, who
were not willing to live for it; because dying
for it was no proof 'of its truth.- Men trained
and traditioned in false reli.ion, are as willing
to die for it 'as 'some arc' for By our
religion,- ha said, we are taught faith in God;
i.t reveals mySteries ; it is the fountain of all
truth, of all mechanism ; it embraces all sci
ences, philosophy and art, and comprehends
all truth; it' is;calculated to bring heaven to
earth•and exalt earth to heaven ; it will lift
the mind above the frivolous' things of time ;
it raiseth the mind of man from darkness and
tradition, and makes him capable of compre
hending all things ; it is the fountain, the
main-spring,.the life of all governments that
ever did exist;, all gov,erurnents are compre
hended by our' religion as a woman compre
hends cutting a garment. No man had intel
ligence enough - to devise the governments and
systems we see around us, except by the in
spiration of the Almighty.
He bore testimony to _the truth of the Bi
ble, Book'of Mormon: and Doctrine and Cov
enants, although precious parts haie been ta
ken from the former. " Mormonism" was
said to be very diffeient in Utah to what it
is in the world, and he contended that' it
ought to be ; that people should come here in
the'spirit that they receive the gospel, that
they might be prepared - to receive the further
things of the kingdom. In one sense Mor
monism was different, and 'the reason was,
the eyes of the people had become dim, and
they had become like the Christians. If the
Saints did not understand more of the things
of God than they did before they were gath
ered, it proved that they were unworthy to
receive blessings froth the hand of God..
In reference toChrist coming again, he re
marked that but few would, see him, but he
will come and visit his temple and return to
his Father's Kingdom, then .come again, set
angels to work to resurrect the Saints, and
the nations will know just as much about it
as they now know about the Gospel of Christ;
and, when every knee shall bow, and every
tongue confess, there will be millions that
will not believe in him, but they will be obliged
to acknowledge his government. . .
Ire, alluded- to the celestial law, the impos
sibility of finite being abiding it ; reviewed
The troubles of the Saints in the Far 'West;
expressed a wish for the disaffected to stay in
this Territory, for the reason that just such
characters were continually sending to ask
him to bring them back again ; spoke of the
victory of Jesus over death as the last enemy,
and presenting the kingdom spotless,to the
Father,; admonishing the Saints to be faith
ful and patient and not to take judgment into
their own hands, and, by the help of the
- Lord, he would lead them to the fountain of
light:
The Mormon view of the Sickles case is
the-subject of- an 'article in the Mormon or
gan, which says :
"..A.woful lamentation was made not long
since at the rendition of a similar verdict in
this Territory, and no doubt some of those
who are satisfied with the result of the late
trial, joined in denouncing the entire commu
nity, because the verdict in the former case
established the principle hero that - adulterers
'Ought to 'die according to the law of Moses,
and the man that had courage enough• to
avenge his wrongs in such cases ought not to
vbe condemned by a jury of his country.
• ".What effect the late verdict will have up
'on adulterers in general remains to'be seen,
but if the principle that has been established
is carried out and'acted upon, more than one
man will lose his life before the Legislatures
of the several States can have time to amend
the existing Statutes, so as to provide a suita
ble punishment for that odious and prevailing
crinte." '"
vir• A Western paper gives the following
as the necessary-articles of outfit for a Pike's
Peaker :-100 barrels of flour, 2 barrels of
whiskey, 50 barrels of bacon, gallons of
whiskey, 100 pounds of venison, 10 demijohns
of whiskey, 2 bokes of dried herrings, 1 bar
rel of whiskey, 1 barrel of crackers, 65 gal
lons of whiskey, 3 barrels 'of pickles, 3: barrel
of whiskeY, and 12 quart Mugs: A little
more whiskey, may be necessary, 'but the
other articles will hold out if the - man . is not
a tremendous eater,
Naturalized Citizens.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, May 17, 1859.
To Mr. Felix Leclerc, Memphis, Tenn.:
SlR—Your letter of the 13th instant; has
been received. " In reply, I have to state that
it is understood that the French Government
claims 'military service frcim all ,nativeS of
France - vvlio.nuiy be found within its juriidic
tion.• Your naturalization in this country
will. not exempt you front that . claim if you
should voluntarily repair. thither.
, I am, sir,- your obedient servant, •
„.‘ -lAMB CABS,
.DETAHTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, June 1.6 i 1.859. ;
Sin—ln answer"to your letter of the 6th
inst.,l have to inform you that, the-brief let
ter from ,this Department to which you refer' ?
dated the' 17th of , May hist, and addressed to
Felix LeClerc, was in reply to an application
for information,- and .was :principally inten
ded to recommend caution to' oar'naturalized
fellow-citizens, natives of France, in return
ing to that country, as the operations of the
French conscription law were positively
known, and might bear injuriously upon that
class of American citizens. Most of the con
tinental European nations have a system of
military organization, by. which their citizens
are compelled. to serve in the array. by con
scription, and not as in France, where the
duty is esignated by lot or draft. In Prus
sia every person is required to take his turn
as a soldier.
_
The condition of American naturalized cit
izens returning.' to their' native country,
where the system of compulsory service pre
vails, and who had left before such service,
has consequently been the subject of discus
sion with some• of the European powers.—
Quite recently it_has risen between the Uni
ted States and Prussia, and the Representa
tive of this country, at the - Court, of, Berlin,
has brought - the y matter to the attention of
the Prussian Government. In the instruc
tions which were sent himi May 12, 1859, it
was explicitly• stated; that this Government
opposed the doctrine perpetual allegiance,
and maintains the right of expatriation and
the right to . form new political ties elsewhere.
Upon this subject it is to be . observed, th - at in
this 'age of the world, the idea of- controlling
the citizen in the choice of -a - home, and
binding him by 'a mere• political theory, - to
inhabit for his life-tirne, a country which 'he
desires_ to leaire,"can hardly be entertained by
any Government.
The United' States, therefore, mantains the
proposition that naturalized citizens return
ing to the country of their birth, are not lia
ble to any duties or penalties, except such as
were in-existence . at the' period of their emi
gration. If, at that 'time, they were in the
army, or actually called into it, such emigra
tion 'and naturalization do not exempt thern
from the legal penalty which they incurred by
their desertion. • But this penalty may be
enforced against them whenever they shall
voluntarily place themselves 'within the local
jurisdiction of their native country, and shall
be proceeded 'against according -to law.—
But when personal liabilities exist against
them at the period of their emioration,': the
law Of nations, in the opinion of this gov
_ernment, gives no right to -any country to in
terfere with naturalized American •citizens,
and the attempt to do so would be considered
an act unjust in itself, and unfriendly to
wardS us. Jurisdiction cannot, of course,
arise in the case 'of- the naturalized citizen
who remains in the United States. It is
only when lie voluntarily returns to his na
tive country that its local laws ban be en
forced 'against him. •
I am; sir, your obedient servant,
Signed LEWIS CASS.
• A YOUNG LADY IN A TRANCE—NARROW Es-
CAPE FROM BURIAL.—The Peoria (Ill.)-Union,
of the 6th instant, learns from. Mr. 11. D.
Story, of Mediana, in • that county, that his
daughter Elizabeth, a girl of about nineteen,
had a veritable trance a few days ago. The
only premonitory symptoms seem to have been
that on the previous morning, she "felt like
she had not slept 'all night, and yet was not
conscious of having been awake. She was
in good health and - , spirits through the day,
(31st ult.) retired early, and seemed to be
sound asleep when her sister came to,bed,
that the latter could not wake her. In the
morniner p she was found apparently.
.dead.• In
a few hours preparations, were in progress for
the burial of the body, and Thursday set for
the funeral. The neighbors were called in,
and all decided that it was best,to bury her
at the, time suggested,,no one Considering' it
necessary. to calla physician.
, .
On Wednesday evening, however, before
the,coffi.n had been brought, while the young
er brother was looking on the face of his
dead sister, he thought he saw the lips move,
and; livid with fear, ran to communicate his
suspicions to his mother. She was just en
tering the front door, receiving some friends
from Henry -CO., and -at the announcement,
uttered a-most agonizing, shriek of surprise.
This was instantly followed by one- from the
chamber wheri3 Elizabeth was lying, and
when her mother and friends entered the
room, she was sitting on the cooling board,
as much surprised at the alarm of her friends,
as they were at her sudden recovery from
what they thought the grave., Mr. S's state
ment stands endorsed by. families residing
nearhim.' On Saturday, Miss Story was in
perfect health, but from dread superstition
will not explain her feelings while' in the
state of trance... She avoids speaking of it.
ray-Philadelphia Was never healthier than
at present. The number of deaths last week
was 173, showing a decOase of 24 since the
previous weekly report. Under five yearkl of
age, 90.
In Now York, last week, there were 352
deaths, 46, - more,than the mortality of the
Week before. O:this nuraber, 226 were chil
dren. • • .
ZEr.'Hunt's Merchant's Magazine, enn
-merates no less than thirty-eight substances
which are employed 'to giye potency, flavor,
consistence, and other desirable qualities to
lager-beer. Among-them are chalk, marble
dust, opium, tobacco,: henbane, oil of -vitro],
copperas, alum, strychnine, and other deadly
drugs.
,gym The lion. Millard Fillmore, who has
been staying in Cincinnati recently, has been
nominated for the Presidency. At a meeting
of "gentlemen of alLparties,' held in Clifton,
Ohio, a town of. 300 inhabitants, .Mr. F. was
unanimously nominated for President of the
United States." It was agreed he should run
in 1860 as the "People's candidate!' .
Se'.. The frUit crop in California, this year,
according to the San Francisco Herald, will
amount to between six. and seven
dollars, a yield considerably larger than at
any former period.