AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. ; tnDEisttEb'Brßttr irinnsnAT MOnxind nt tfoliii 18. Bratton. TERMS ■ SonaottiPTroN* —Dno -DoUar.and Fifty Cents, fold ih adviirico'f Two Dollars li paid within the voars and Tivo Dollars and- Fifty Oonts,Jf not naid within the yooiv Thcso-totms will, bo rig idly adhered to in every instance.- No sub scription discontinued until all arrearages are mid unless at the option of .tho Editor. *Ai>vbiitiseukkts— Accompanied by the cash, and not exceeding one square, will bo inserted throo times for Ono Dollar, and twenty-five cents lor each additional insertion. Those of agreat tot length in proportion. Jon^PniNTJNd —Such ns Hand-hills*Posting bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &0., &c., exe cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notice. |sortifnl. TO-DAY* Let dotards grieve for childhood’s days, tboso look,back Whoso wasted wealth or shattered health Betrays a.shameless track j I cannot Join in mourning time Forever passed pway— For whilst I look on Nature’s book, I’m thankful for to-day 1 t Tho trees are still as fresh and green As over branches wore, And still, in primal vigor scon, They wave their aims in air*, The rivers sing-tile solf-samo song N That'they have song for aye, Whoso burden, as they glide along, Is, « God Is hove to-day 1” Thcro’s.not a.bird upon the bough, Or leaf upon tho tree, But In tho summer twilight now As sweetly sings to me s The bleakest wind that winter blows Can chase disease away, And shower blessings in tho snows That hide tho earth to-day. And everywhere a thousand gifts Invite us to rejoice— To grieve no more tho days of yore, But raise a thankful voice; That toll us, though the world were fair In years removed fbisayo, Tho earth and'sky, and sea and air, As lovely are to-day. Then tell mo not, that childhood’s days Alone are fraught with joy— That manhood’s fancy'cannot raise Tho structures of thd boy : The childish mind is lostin dreams . Of pictures far away, * - -r . But man beholds majestic themes. In wonders of to-day. ‘ , ■ *•‘ :• O eyes upbraiding rise, Pronouoclng.fafo unjust— Who walk the earth with,cherished hopes Low trailing In iho dust—- Discard a false, nnmanly thrall, Nor own so weak a sway,- But hope in him who gave you all, And thank him for to-day. ftlisrtllniimis, THE REASON FOR REFDSAI. Mr. Popps paid liis two hundred and sixty* seventh visit to Miss Clarissa Cooler the other evening. ..He found her in a rocker, alone in the parlor: stole his arm around her alabaster nock,' and sipped the nectar of her cherry lips —a proceeding there was not the least harm in. •mnsidrring they had come to an agreement, and ■cm boon (he high road i mntnmony.”* , MWC ; Tndy took U all quietly, ion tndlflenmtly, to judge from the lassitude ’herattitude in uso-of her n and Iter exclamation of something between ugh ho ami aya hum. Common places were •posed of. Then followed a silence, broken nly by Air. Popps slapping at ihc musketoes, md Miss Oloaissn fanning herself unceasingly. U length Popps proposed n promenade and .'C-ercam, Clarissa declined both, adding. “ I wish to stay nt home, for I have some* tiling particular to tell you." “ Indeed Raid Popps: “what is it. dear?" “ Yon expect our wedding to take place in tlirecjwcoks, don't you ?” “ To be sure 1 do !*’ " Well, lam Korry to disappoint j'ou, but I must do it. I cannot marry—" “ Good heavens, Clarissa, what are you say* »ng ?** . . , •• Don’t interrupt me. T mean I can t mar • yon just yet awhile—not for some months lo une.” “ Whv, Clarrissa what’s the meaning of all iis ? You gnvo mo your promise, ami Raid )lhlng stood in the way. I am all ready, and nried with waiting. Why do you put it ofl *• That you trill Imvo to excuse my telling on ; I hare a good reason for it —I hare thought 10 matter over troll—and niy mind is made up. fill that satisfy you. Popps mused a while. Clarissa kept her fan ilng. Finally. Popps spoke. “No, Clarissa, it won't satisfy me. You wtpone our wedding, and refuse to tell me hr. If yon have a reason for it }'ou ought to mo know ft. and may be it would satisfy But I won’t he satisfied without the rca- 'Well, then, you'll have to remain unsalis' ic d I tell j’oii I Imvo a reason, and a good '»c—wliat more da-you want ?** I flee how it ia—l’ve courted you too long : I •idn’t strike while the iron was hot: you arc 'red of ni6. and wish to get rid of rae; Well i that is your wish, go ahead.” “ Mr, Ponjj.i, you ore a dunce—you arc a )ol ?” “Maybe I am, and maybo I ain't." paid 8 , rising with his temper, “but this I’ll Miss Clarissa—if you don't tell mo why postpone’ tho wedding for a few months. , may postpone it forever, so far os T am ’earned. Tell me, Clarissa, else I swear that I leave this house to-night, I will never not in.lt again !” * Well, then, you’d heller 00 1” ■ '' Very well. Good night, Miss Cooler.” Popps reached the door. Clarissa followed ,»m, and Boeing that ho wna in earnest, cried to aim to stay: Poppa came bank. Clarissa put her head on his shoulder and cried. Popps (melted. Popps spoke first. [ ” Well dear, what’s the matter V’ . " Oh, I think, you aro fio unreasonable and irucl! Indeed, indeed, 1 have a good c&vibo for putting oft our marriage—but I cannot, I must not left you what it is. Oh, dear, Mr. Popps, lo cxcurc me !” and she cried a little more. ” Well, Clarissa, tell (no this—do you put It |f your father, or any of your rcla- “No—they know nothing of my determina .loo.” “ Do you put it off on account of anything oncoming mo ?” " No. * Do you want to go anvwhcro, or do any ’B particular, that will keep you from mar- In God's name, then Clarissa, what do you ? Why keep mo in this suspense 1" Oh, Mr. Popps, you’re so cruel. Maybe ! 6ht to tell you the obstacle—but I can't wd I can’t. , . 'Just as you please, Miss Cooler;” And 8 JRain picked up his hat. 11|’ "* r t Popps, pray don’t go—don't go yet Then Mlsa Clarissa, tell mo the obstacle.” ®pps was evidently determined. Clarissa nr head on his shoulder, laboring under a B a ß>tfttion. Several limes she assayed ‘an cT f length she breathed into his ear fearful words; J«c weather's too hot,"’ 9 o l>Pa wilted. BY JOHN B. BRATTON, VOL. 43. The Cudscb of Insanity. We have tho annual report-of the Board *of Trustees for the Massachusetts General Hospi tal. It presents a brief and very valuable re view of the year’s operations of the two branch es of this magnificent .charity.. • Wo observe that with the enlargement of expenses, and the necessojy enlargement of the demands upon the Hospital, the expenses of tho lost year have materially exceeded tho income. There is no copfeidcrable reduction possible in these expen ses ; and it. follows, therefore, that to sustain the institution on -the scale which humanity and science demand, the community must provide in feomo way the enlargement of its receipts. In a very interesting report of Dr. Booth, now at tho head of the McLean Asylum for the insane, ho concedes the fact that insanity is on the increase. In a cursory examination of the causes of this increase, all of which should re ceive the most careful consideration, wo find the following remarks, to which we beg atten tion, on tho passion for beginning the school education of children to young. We are indue* ed to copy theso in the feeling that they have peculiar value at the present time, when the at tention of the public has been called anew to its subject: ' • In looking at tho manners and habits of the people of our age, wo shall iind abundant evi dence of the truth of what has been here indica ted. Wcstart in life as if determined to thwart the laws established for tho preservation of health, and for the proper development of our faculties. Passing over the errors of the nurse ry, which are many and unquestionably fruit ful in producing most of the sickness and mor tality of infancy, let us follow the child as he is committed to school, usually at the age of four Perhaps it cannot be said that a lafge majority of children are obviously in jured by being placed at school at this early age : but there are undoubtedly many who suf fer from the undue and unhealthy stimulation of the brain. At thls.nge, the brain being pro fusely supplied with blood, and very suscepti ble of irritation, should be watched with the greatest care, to preserve its delicate structure from injury or destruction. But it is hardly possible thac young children can bo subjected, for so ::any of their waking hours to the obser vance ofyules usually deemed necessary for the government of schools, without seriously retar ding or preventing tho regular healthy develop ment of the physical system. In this way un questionably, is laid tho foundation of much disease of the spine, and kindred ailments, which prematurely cripple so many of the young, or hasten them to a premature grave. Ilufeland, a distinguished physician of Prus sia, in his valuable work on the ‘Art, of Prolon ging Life,’observes, ‘lntellectual efibrt in the first years of life is very injurious. All labor of the mind which is required of children be fore their seventh year is in opposition to the organization, and prevents its proper develop ment.’ Again, he says, -It is necessary that we should not begin to exercise the faculties of the mind to curly ; it is a great mistake that we cannot commence their cultivation too soon; we ought not thinJt qf ntteinpUngJhis -Wltilc nature is'wholly occupied with the development of the organs, and has want of all the vigor of the system lo effect this object. , If children are compelled (o study before, tin’s age, (he most noble part of the vital force is withdrawn from perfecting the organization; and is consumed by the act of .thought { from wh ; ch it necessa rily results that (hu bodily development is ar rested or disturbed, digestion is deranged, the humors deterioated, and scrofula produced.— In fine, the nervous system thus acquires a , predominance over all others, which it preserv es for the remainder of life, producing innumer able nervous complaints, melancholy, hypo chondria, Ac. Ft is true however, that diversi ty of character requires diflerent methods in this respect. But in all cases, the course to bo pursued is directly oppocsd lo that which Is usually adopted.. If a child shows at an early age. a great propensity for study, instead of animating and encouraging him to proceed in ihis course, os most teachers do, it is necessa ry to moderate his zeal ; for precocious matu rity of mind is nearly always disease, or shows an unnatural propensity which it is most pru dent lo correct.” Country Papers. A Boston journal very justly observes, that people hardly know how much they loose by not subscribing for their county paper. There are always certain matters of local interest, in which it behooves every good citizen to keep duly “posted up.” Instead of sending away fifty or a hundred miles for a miscellaneous pa per, suited only for the general reader, every man should lake first the paper published in hia county, and pay for it in advance; then if he has money to spare for mere amusement, or the gratification of his o*wn taste, let him sub scribe for a good city paper, containing able reports of popular and scientific lectures, legia • lalivc and congressional intelligence, with a ge neral summary of foreign and domestic news to the latest moment of going to press.' Now if this is not good advice, wo hardly know what is. It is the way wo should do; and we ore not so selfish as to mourn the loss of a dozen sub scribers—if it should come to that—who are perhaps leaving n follow townsmen to work on for want of that generous support, which would not only cheer Ids heart, but enable him to make his paper all that his patrons could de sire. Wo know somethin's of the Sad experi ence of those who have the control of country papers, from our own connection, in by-gone years, with a journal of that class. It becomes a man to bo just before ho is generous, and to remember that 'charity begins at homo.’ Nev er subscribe for a paper without paying for it m The man who docs his duty in uns respect, reads his weekly papers with in- Kvery om I<nouVumt hi. n fnf ,s , fro,n H'O conscious, ness of haying done to tried to do right, and it certainly, is no more than right to pay tho Sri,. ter who m constantly incurring outlays for pa per, composition, and who aTmost invarinlily pays for all tlic matter not up" for his none? even before it passes into the hands of the sub scribers. Again wo say, “ take your county paper” and pay for it In advance. 3 Sadness.— *• You destroy the divine imago in your soul by sadness." says the holy Capu chin friar Lomboz. "God is joy. All nature rejoices in its Otcator; and would you remain in sod silence? It is joy which makes tho heart fear tlod." St. Gregory reckons sadness —" tho sadness of tho world, worldly sorrow” —among tho seven capital sins. " Sadness procccdcth from self-love; and joy from tho loro of God.” So wo read In the Meditations for the English College at Lisbon. What means tho Churoh in bidding tho priest to bear in mind tho sighs of youth. It is that she has deeply observed human.nature; for in youth, tho most Joyous season of life, men "aro sad as night, only from wnntonnoss. As if they who were most capable of enjoying the rich ban quet of life, found a pleasure all tho while m knowing that, even on such on earth ns , this, they are in a world of woe.— Aqts of Faith. Do slow In .choosing a friend, but slower in changing him. I Tlie Youth's Dream, It was Now Tear’s night. An n/ed man was standing at a window. Ho mourntaliy raised hla eyo towards tho deep blue sky, whore tho stars were floating like lilies on tho surface of a clear calm lake. Then ho'cast them on tho earth, where a few more beings than himself woro moving towards their inevitable goal—tho tomb. Already ho had passed sixty of tho stages which load to ft, and ho had brought from his journey nothing but errors and remorse. His health was destroyed, his mind untarnished, his heart sorrowful, and Ins old ago devoid of com fort. Tho days of his youth rose up in vision before hint, and ho recalled the solemn moments when his father hod placed him at tho entrance of two roads, one loading into a peaceful, sunny land, covered with soft, sweet songs; while the other conducted the wanderer into a deep, dark cave, whence there was no issue, where poison flowed Instead of water, and where tho serpents hissed and crawled. Ho looked towards flic sky, and cried out, in Ids anguish t “ 0, youth, return f 0, my father, place mo once more nt the crossway of life, that I may expose tho better road I” But the days of his youth had passed away, l and his parents were with tho departed. Ho saw wandering lights float over dark marshes and then disap pear. “ Such,” he said, « wore the days of my wasted life!” Ho saw a star shoot Iron* heaven, and vanish in darkness athwart tlie church-yard. “ Behold an emblem of myself!” he exclaimed, and tho sharp arrows of unavailing remorse struck him to tho heart. •Then ho remembered his early companions, who had entered IHo with him, lint who, having trod the paths of virtue and Industry, were now happy and honored on this New Year’s night; on the high church towei struck, and (lie sound falling on his ear recalled the many tokens of the love of his parofits for him, their erring son 5 the lessons they had taught him ; the prayers they had offered up in his behalf.— Overwhelmed with shame and grief, ho dared no longer look towards that heaven where they dwelt. His darkened eyes dropped tears, and with one despairing effort he cried aloud, “ Coins back, my early days 1 Como back I" And his youth mn return , for all this had been but o dream, visiting bis slumbers on New Year’s night. Ho was still young; his errors only were no dream. lie thanked (Jod fervent ly that time wy still his own i that lie had not yet entered the deep, dark cavern, but that ho was free to (read tho road leading to the peace ful land where sunny harvests wave. Yo who still livo on tho threshold of life, doubting which path to choose, remember that when years shall bo passed, you will cry bitter ly, but cry in vain, “0, youth, return I 0, give me back my early dnysl” The Printer. lion. Ellis Lewis, Clue/ Justice of tlio Su preme Court ot tills State, in a recent lecture, took occnslon to refer ns follows to the position of printers. Judge Lewis was a printer hlinselt, and knows fully how to appreciate tho value of that class of community ot which he treats: ; No class of society deserves more public con* flidnmjion tK/». T»j}n{hrtt-r*yP ,f ry < fiarn , v tHt treasurers ot tho world} they aro. at tho same time munificent almoners of tho ’Almighty.— They receive contributions In arts and science and in all useful knowlodgo.'.frdm every «pmr tor of tho globe* and from tile most disCnnt ; ngcs ot antiquity. - They distribute their treasure throughout tho world and transmit it in ndurnhlo tonn to thu remotest posterity. It Is distributed at a rate so cheap as to bring it within tho roach oi the humblest day laborer In the hind. Noth ing has tended so much ns this general and cheap df'luston of knowledge to improve the condition of tho masses—to qualify tho. Industrial class to take their proper position in society, and to fit them not only for the profitable pursuit ’of their own occupations, but for any other em ployment to which their country may call them. To the freedom and power of the Press we are indebted for our free institutions, and these In stitutions establish equal rights. By its power, tiio diadem of royalty is broken—tho stars and gaiters of nobility are trodden down—and man, as man alone, without ancestry or family con nexions to aid him, stands upon ills own merits, equal to tho proudest poor In England's realm. Tho humblest apprentice in tho shop may be come tho President of tho United States. Tho most gifted in common sense and well stored In practical knowledge are found In self taught men, who have raised themselves from tho la borious occupations. Hogcr Sherman was a shoemaker, David Rltlcnhouse was a watch maker, Benjamin Franklin was a printer. Those, and a thousand other instances prove that tho Industrial pursuits, instead of throwing insur mountable obstacles (n tho road to preferment, strengthen tho body and tho mind, and lend to (lint useful, practical knowledge that fits tho working man for tho strongest struggles and the highest favors. Something Left To Live For. A little fatherless boy, of four years of age sat upon the floor surrounded by his tOyd.— Catching sight of Ids mother’s face os the tears fell (hick and fust, ho sprang to her side: and peeping curiously in her face, as ho put his hand in hers, said, “you’ve got mo,” (simple artless little comforter!) Dry your tears dear mother. There is something left to live for ; (here arc duties from which your heart (nay not shrink! A “talent” you may not “bury a stewardship of which your lord must receive nn account; a page to bo filled by your hand with holy truth ; a tender plant to guord from blight and mildew; a drop that must not ex hale in the sun of worldlmcss : an angel for whom a “ White robe” must ho made a cherub in whoso hands a “golden harp” must bo plac ed: a “little lamp” to bo led to the “Good Shepherd. “You’Ve got mo!” Ah! teach him not by your vain ropinings that our Father nittlelh not his children. Tcaoh him to love Him ns seen in the sky and sen, in rodk and river;— tenoli him to lovo Him in the cloud os in the sunshine! You will have your gloomy hours —there is a void even that loving litlfo heart may not fill; but there is still another, and lie says, “Mi; ye always hav(.” ■ Weak Eras.—Some persona aro unable to •r#ad much, because (hero Is n constant effort to n Qr B °nmlhing by winking tho oyos, at oilier limes they water, mul thus Interfere with tliolr useful employment* Under such circum stances, do not hurry.off* to an oculist, nor go to poulticing your oyos, nor use any oftbo liun (irou and ono euros, which reckless und pre sumptuous Ignorance will advise with wonder (ulvolubnifyondconOdouco; Inmauvlnstance, ho difficulty may ho controlled by darkening the room, lotting only a small amount of light fall upon tho page or sowing, Just enough to en able you to soo distinctly without straining.—' Lot tho light coma In rather ftom behind, and to one side. , This habit of reading and sowing by artificial light Is ruinous to many oyos, and. those >vbo persist In It, will bitterly regret It In aftofyoars. —HalVt Journal of Health, :■; ; > O’* A lady had her life saved tho other day by her boons. She foil ip tho river, and they kept her alloat until a rope could bo handed Jilt. .Circumstances sometimes altei^'asfcs—Ho do circumferences. Thu hoops in (his instance accomplished a sort of magical change—they turned a woman into a buoy, 'K., :! ‘‘OUB COUNTRY—MAY IT AT/WAYS BE BUT mOUT OB IYBONO, OUB COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, A PHIL 23,-1857, From (he Nexo Orkani fouricr, Jlpril 8» li\TERESTISG pjjOH UTAH, crusuino out the [united states AUTHORITIES,BT THE MORMONS. , Independent Mormon. SovVreigntyThe Com i menccmcni of the End—resignation of Judge i Drummond—His Letter. fo ! Me .Attorney Gene i ral. , -;j-‘ i Wo had tho gratification yesterday morning of a call from W. WVDruplmond, of Chicago, late Chief Justice of Uialji Territory. lie was i In that condition of lino Tiealth and spirits In which wo always rojoldp good, sturdy, manly Democrats. 110 ontlrtalncd ns for a I considerable -time wllhamafccount of his per-1 sonal and judicial cxporicoce amongtho Saints, and of their manners, habits, history, notions j and purposes. AltHougUvyro were dlsgiibtcd with this set of miserfthlcitanallcs, Sonic rein-j tiona given by Judge in addition to > those contained in his lotWt; to Atlornoy-Geno- ] ral Black, added manyre™lti n fl shades to tho plcturo. -. ‘ The Judged position, of civil and criminal law In the Tintltory,ha3.bcfji such as to give him a belter anflltyrobably more Inti mate knowledgd'of of' the whole I Mormon system'than,is 'possessed now by any one out of Utah or In it. duties as tho re-1 presenfativb of fcdorfll jnrftclat authority, have ; shown him where tho pujShhuo rule of (hat su perstition-fettered host r<y£a, ; whoso is the will that aways'fho destinies of .'A considerable na-1 tion, what tho motive tbnt.b|rids a hundred thou- j sand inhabitants to thcglr3lSr6fßrighfim Young, i and what the use made of .poV-'or by that ‘ nstnto, capable and bold hypocrite and liis sub- j ordina|cs, A lending- followers of the modern Mdhbmet bo a settled and abiding hatred of nil as they are pleased to stylo all subscribe to 1 their dogma's and.cohj&rfiptb their'unique mid : revolting creed, mainly from (be .Northern pOTfOfl dP'thlsltophbllc, they look upon the feyl-1 Ing than hatred.offjire’counh-y I which gave i has no placehave been ; taught to hicnt as an rnufliori(j“ they have*ir'righlCY^ \rlio. are wltfc* nut tho pale oftJl<rChl]ffe^twfti ; cV Day S<juts, whether in or out they have usurped, enemies.— They either set decrees of our Courts, or dictotoUb OT«nit or petit juries , | tho indictments they shall ortho verdicts (hey shall render. In not&le.oases', where (hp, guilt of criminals has becnl'ls-Apparont at the noon-day Sun, Young.andwto-tellow-propheta have forbidden Mormon jutfes'io render a ver dict of conviction. In oriD instance, where a poor holplessdumb.boy wnK tortured in tunny ways fpr months, barbarously beaten, and then, while in tho agony of his mortal wounds, was fettered and drowned in n brpok, when his brn-) tal murderer was sentencedio tho penitentiary, Brigham Young took hiiuifppi tho hands ot the officers, led him into the tatarnaclo. proclaimed Ins absolute pardon, forlmdp'any one to arrest him, aiu] gave him a - - ,1 r ‘ imniliiis commlT clsprV(laUbns upon" Mor mons they are punished without delay or sent, pie, but if they rob or minder “Gentiles,”, the pfrbphet extends his protection, and forbids ju. j rioar to proijonnco them guilty.; Jfo law, except I what’emanates A-am-the supreme blcmvcloh re-j I celvos tbo slightcst reward. I Tho right of private property among (ho Mot- f mens is almost unknown. Whatever (he rulers ; need they always find means to obtain. “The | Lord needs it,” is a warrant sufficient to unable I Young and lijs Council to seize upon any prop- j city in Utah, and remonstrance or resistance is j not only useless, bnt_ dangerous. If a wealthy 1 disciple arrives from tho Slates, tho Church (Young) immediately lays hold of Just such a share of Iris goods ns he pleases. The portion, of which (ho former owner is suffered to retain nominal possession, ho is compelled to manage according to the dictation' of somo prophet or priest. If tho prophet says to his neighbor, “Plant that field with potatoes,” the former would lose his lands, and perhaps his life, were ho to refuse. Tho counsel ho is thus obliged to obey, lie Is.also compelled fo ask. The result Is, that tho actual possession of tho groat mass of all (ho real and personal property-ln Utah, Is In tbo.foul oligarchy of Young and ids Imme diate subordinates. But If (ho control over (hb property of Mor momf is (yranlcnl, that exercised . over their ! most socrod private and family aflidrs is Mill | more so. It u father has a child, fair and inno -1 cent, whom ho loves and-cherishes, and if she captivates the tuncy of sonib loading Mormon, showiil betaken from her homo by (ho decree ol the ciders, aful given up by tho ceremony of “sealing” to become tho fortieth or fiftieth wife to an old villain, while her predecessors, who have grown old in the same guilty and abomlun* bio connection, become his household or corn field servants. It often happens ll»$t aman la scaled to (wo women ut (ho samd ceremony, and cases arc not rare when one of thd wives *so ac quired is lost by n divorce Lfibrb breakfast next morning. -*' •/» ■ Tlio account given by Judge. of many of tbeso connectinnsJwhofb/aVhiotimea a mother ami two or (lircc of Tlcr-dangbtcrs were all sealed to the same mnn'jlproficntp n picture , of beastly barbarity. carryct Idea of. tIiCBO horrible (rnnshcliOM/;|)&Cjftndn known throughout (be country,! vvouhl be preached against would soon put an end to thult.§n‘afc Wo were not a little'grajjfl’eflUo learn that none or but very nro na tives ol Southern Static ’mich’iV fact apeaks volumes In rcfntcvtlmt'pf iN'itichti, alapders of abolitionists i-q<nifliiirn .'«noicly, Wo would congratulate -bur. foyowtcitlzens of tlio Northern Stales upnn'.bdnffiid of so many ot their fanatics by emigration to Utah, did wo not know that .(or every ono-l|iat ; ,lifts jell, tlioro nro htmdrcds more whoso superstition and bigotry are equal In degroo.lf dlflbropf In form. , Afor monism communism, Mulno Hqitoi* lawisin, ng. grarlanlsm, Allllerlsm, spiritualism, women's rlghlitui), and abolitionism pro all oblceae volu cret, of Ujo samo,plumage, Pono of wlilch are made less odious by any mutual hatred that may exist among Ibein. Resignation of Judge Drnnimond, 3*o Me ll on. JeremmA S. Iltack* Mlorntu Gener al of the U. 8., Washington City, J). C. My Dear Sm j—Ah I have concluded to re sign tlio office of the Justice of (he Supremo Court of (ho Territory ol Utah, which position I accepted m A, D. IHGIj under (he administra tion ol President Pierce, I doom It dno to (he public to give some of (ho reasons why I da so. In (ho llrst place, Brigham Young, (ho Gover nor of Utah’ Territory, .1* the. acknowledged head of tho ‘'Church of Jesus Christ of Enttor Pay Saints,** ooimuonly called “Mormons/* and as such (load tho Mormons look to Win, am) (a him nlono, for tho law by which they nro to bo governed j, therefore, no law of Congress lo by thorn considered landing Jn at, y manner. Secondly. i itiow that (hero Is a secret oath, bound OrganfznUon among nil tho- fnnlo-mcm, hors of tho Church, and lo acknowledge no law apVo (ho Jaw of (ho “Holy Priesthood/* which comes to tho people through llrfglmm Young, direct fi-om God, ho, Urlgham Young, being tho vicegerent of God, and prophetic successor of Joseph Smith! who wan (tie founder oCthishUud and treasonable organization. Thirdly. I am Hilly aware that there la a sot of mon sot apart by special order oftho Church to take both the lives and pinporty ol persona who may question tho authority of the Church, (llic name ofwhom X wilfpromplly make known nt a future time.): 1 Fourthly.,,'J'liat-.Uic records, papers, &c. T of (ho Supreme Court have been destroyed by or der.of (bo*,Churcli, with direct knowledge and j approbation 'OfGovernor B. Young, and (ho Fcdcrfll VD.ffib^raff^soly’lnsulted for presuming .to raise about,the treasonable Fiftldy Federal Officers of the Ter ritory insulted, harassed and an noyed -bjt'tfhctMormons, and for those Insults there is no rcdtdSfl. SiXTniir;- Til at the Federal Officers arc daily compelled to hear the .form of tho American Government traduced, the Chief Executives of , the nation, both living and dcad v slandcrcd and ’ abused from the masses, as well ns from all the leading members of the Church, in the most vulgar, loathsome and wicked manner that the evil passions of man can possibly conceive. .Again; That after Moroni Green had been convicted in the District Court before mycol* league. Judge Kinney, of an assault with intent to commit murder: and afterwards, on appeal i to the Supreme Court, the judgment being af-: firmed, and the said Green sentenced to the ’ prnilonl'nry. Brigham Young gave a full par- 1 don to (he said Green before ho reached the • penitentiary: also, that the said Gov. Young . pardoned a* man by the name of Baker, who i had been tried and sentenced to ten years’ im- 1 prisonment in the penitentiary for tho murder of a dumb boy. by the name of White House, j the proof showing one of tho roost aggravated cases of murder that I ever knew being tried : | and to insult the Court and Government offl-1 cers. this mon. Young, took this pardoned criminnf with him in proper person, to church, on ihc next Sabbath after his conviction, Ba ker in the meantime, having received » full pardon from. Gov. Brigham Young. These two men were Mormons. 1 On ihc other hand, I charge tho Mormons, i and Gov. Young In particular, with* imprison ing five or six young men from Missouri and lowa, who arc now in the Penitentiary ol Utah, J without those men having violated any crimi mvl law in America, but they were anti-Mor mons. poor, uneducated young men. on their way to California-; but because they emigrated Jrom Illinois. Town or Missouri, and passed by ‘Great Salt Lnlcc City, they were indicted by a 'Probate Court, and most brutally and Inhu manly dealt witli in addition lo being summa rily incarcerated in the saintly prison of the Territory of Utah. I also charge Qov. Young , with constantly interfering with the Federal Courts, directing the Grand Jury whom (o In <Ucl and whom not; and after (he Judges charge the Grand Jury ns to their duties, that thin man. Young, invariably has some member of the Grand Jury, advised in advance as to his will in relation to their labors, and that his charge thus given ia the only charge known, obeyed, or received by all the Grand Jurors of the Fcdcia) Courts of Utah Territory. Again, sir, after a careful ami mature inves tigation, I hAvoheen compelled to come i&Jhe conclusion, "heartrending and may be, that-Captoiu John W. Gimrt&frticarid his narhr..of IlicTjfndmns i n 1653 r it nd'or ■ I lie on and directions of the Mormons ; that my lllus : trimis nnrf’distinguished predecessor, Hon. Le onidas Sharer, canto to his death:-by drinking f poisonous liquors, gireir to him odder (he‘or der of the Jeoding tpon of the Marriott Church in Or<a‘ SaltXnko City: Umt 'thelnto Secreta ry of tho Territory, A. W. Babbitt. was mur dered on tin* Plains by n band of Mormon mar* andcis, muter the particular and special order of Brighatn Young, Ileber C. Kimball, and J. M. (Irani, and not by tho Indiana, as reported by the Mormons themselves : and that they were sem from Salt Lake lily for that pur pose, and that only ; and as members of the Danlio band they were hound to do the will of Brigham Young, as the head of the Church, or forfeit their own lives. Those reasons, with many others that I might give, which would be two heart rending to insert In this communication, have induced tno to resign (ho oflice of Justice of the Terri tory uf Utah, and again return to my adopted Slate of Illinois. My reason, sir, for making this communication thus public, is, that the Democratic party, with which I have always strictly acted, is the party now in power, and therefore is the party that should now bo held responsible for the treasonable and disgraceful state of aflhirs that now exist in Utah Tcrnlo ry. I could, sir, if ncccsnnr}', refer to a cloud of witnesses (o attest (ho reasons I have given, and the charges, hold ns they are, against those despots who rule with an iron hand their hun dred thousand souls in Utah, and their two hundred thousand souls out of that notable Territory, but shall not do so for llio reason that the lives of such gentlemen as I should des ignate in Utah and in California would not bo 1 safe for a single day. In conclusion, sir. T have to say. that in my career as Justice uf the Supreme Court of Ulan Territory, I have tho consolation of knowing * that I did my duty : that neither threats nor intimidations drove me from that path j upon (ho other hand, I am pained to say, that I ac complished little good while there ; that tho ju diciary is only treated as a farce. The only rult of law by which the infatuated followers of this curious people will he governed, is the law of tho Church, mid that emanates from Governor Brigham Young, and him alone. I do believe that if there were a man put in cilice, ns Governor of that Territory', who is not a member of the Church. (Mormon.) and ho supported with n sufliciont military aid, (hat much good would result from such a course ; hut, ns the Territory is now governed, and has been since the administration uf Mr. Fillmore, at which time Young received his-appointmcnl ns Governor, it is noon day madness and folly to attempt to administer the law in that Terri tory. The officers arc insulted, harassed and murdered for doing their duly, and not recog nizing Brigham Yhung as the only law giver and low maker on earth. Of this very man can bear incontcstiblo evidence who .has been willing to accent an appointment in Utah, and I assure you. sir. that no man would bo wil ling to risk his life and Properly in that Terri tory after onco trying tlio sad experiment. With an ardent dosiro tlyit tho present Ad miiilfltrntiort will give duo and timely aid to tho officers that unfprUmale as to accent situations In that Territory, and that the with ering curse which rests upon this nation \>y vir tue of tho peculiar hud heart-rending Institu tions of tho Territory of Utah .may bo speedily removed to the honor and credit of our hoppy country, I now remain your obedidrit servant. W. W DRUMMOND. Justice of Utah Territory. March 30, A. D. 1857. ID** In proportion as men are real coin, and not countcrfeilß, they scorn to enjoy credit for what they have not. '• Paint mo," said Crom well, “wrinkles and nil.” Even on canvass tho great hero despised falsehood. ID” Temperance is tho father of health, cheer fulness, ami old ago. Drunkenness Ims n fam ily that we cant remember- tlw unlncs of onq half of. However, disease, debt, t|i»hoijor, destruction, and death, are among them—upt tho most hopeful household in the world ! AT $2,00 PEE ANNUM. MAXIMS OP WISDOM, A pin a day is a grot a year. A busty man never wants woe. A man may buy gold 100-dear, A penny saved is twice earned^ A rolling stone gathers no moss. A small spark makes a great tiro. A small leak will sin* a great ship. An idle brain is the devil’s workshop. A bad wound heals; a bad name kills. A contented mind is a continual feast. A dear conscience fears no accusation. A bad workman quarrels with bis tods. A bitter jest is the poison of friendship. A blithe heart makes n blooming visage. A burden which one chooses is not felt. A clean glove often hides a dirty hand. A.needy man’s budget is fall of schemes. A faithful friend is the medicine of life. A moment of lime is a monument of mercy. A man had bettor bo poisoned in his blood than in his principles. Acquire honesty; seek humility; practice economy; lore fidelity. A man that breaks his word bids others bo false to him. A good cause makes a stout heart and strong arm. Adversity willingly undergone is the great est virtue. Affectation of wisdom often prevents our be coming wise. A good paymaster is lord of another man’s purse. A good word for a bad one, is worth much and cost little. A precipitate choice makes way for a long repentance. Application in youth makes old age comfort able. An evil breast can make any doctrine here tical. A great man will neither trample on a worm, nor sneak to ft king. A fault is mado worse by endeavoring to conceal ft. Attempt not 100 hastily, nor pursue too ea gerly. , Advise not what is most pleasant, but whai is most useful. Apprehension of evil is often worse limn the evil itself. A jest is no argument, and loud laughter no demonstration. As a bird is known by his note, so is a man by hia discourse. A man’s own manners commonly prove his fortune. An angry man opens his mouth and shuts Ins eyes. . Appoint a lime for everything and do every thing in its time. A poor freedom is better than a rich slav- ery. A smart reproof is better than smooth dccci A tale out of season is ns music in mour -ing. - - .A truly great man borrows no lustre from •Splendid ancestry. *• Among the base, merit begets envy : among bmufaliom icrvTTi Tiio Original. Bred Scott. The distinguished colored individual who has made such a* noise in the world m connection with tiio celebrated ease of Scott vs Sanford, ond who has become so tangled up with the Missouri Compromise and other great subjects— Prod Scott is a resident, not a citizen of St. Louis, lie is well known to many of our cili- j zens, and may frequently bo scon passing along Third street. He is an old inhabitant, having come to tins city thirty years ago. Dred Scott \va«horn in Virginia, where lie be longed lo Capt. IVcr Wow, the,father of Hen ry I'. Plow and Taylor Plow, of this city. Ho «as brought by Ins master lo St. Louis about thirty years ago. and, in the rourso of lime, became the property of Dr. Emerson, a sur geon m the army, whom he accompanied on that trip lo Uock Island and Fort SnclHng on the ground of which he based his claim to free dom. Tho wife of Ur. Emerson was formerly Miss Sanford, and is now Airs. Chaffee, wife of lion. Mr. Chaffee, of Massachusetts- lie has been married twice, his first wife, by whom he had no children, fraying been sold from him.— He has had four children by In's present wife, two boys, lioth dead, and two girls, both liv-1 ing. Dred was at Corpus Chri.su, at tho break ingoutof the Mexican war, as tho servant of I Captain Boinbridge, whom be speaks of as a | good man. On his return from Mexico, ho applied to his mistress, Mrs. Emerson, tlmn living near St. Lours, for the purchase of himself nml family, offering to pay part of the money down, and give an eminent citizen, of St. Louis, an officer of the army, as security, for the payment of the remainder. His mistress refused his prop osition. and Dred, being informed that ho was entitled to his freedom according lo the laws regulating the Northwest territory, forthwith brought suit for it, Tho suit was commenced about ten years ago. and hits cosi Peed §5OO in cash, beside labor to nearly equal amount. It has given him “a heap ©’trouble,*’ ho savfi, and if ho had known that “it was gwino to last so long.” hu would not have brought it. The suit was defended by Mr. John Sanford, os executor of Dr. Knierson’s will. Dred docs not appear at all discouraged l>v tho issue of the celebrated case, although, h dooms him to slavery. He talks about tho af fair with the onfloof a veteran litigant, (hough not exactly in tcclinicol language, and is hugely tickled at the idea of finding himself a person age of such importance. Ho does not take on airs however, but laughs heartily when talking of **do fuss dry' made dor in Washington ’bout do 010 nigger.’ 1 . He is about fifly-flvo years old. we should think, though ho docs not know his own age.— lie is of unmixed African blood, and as black as a piece of charcoal. For two or three years ho had been running at largo, no one exorci sing ownership over him, or pulling any ra strnlnl on his movements. If hu vyere dispos ed to make tho rittchipl ho could gain his free dom at a ifjuoh less cost that even one tcnili of the expenses of the famous suit, lie will not do so however, insisting on abiding by tho principles involved in tho decision of the suit.— ills daughters, Eliza and Llzza, less conscien tious about tho matter, took advantage of tho abscenco of restraint on their movements a year or two since to disappear, and their wherea bouts remains a mystery. Drcd, though illiterate, is not Ignorant. IJo has travelled considerably, and has Improved his. stock of strong common sense by much in formation picked up in bis jouvneyings, Ho is anxious (o knbtf who owns Jiim, being Igno. rant whether he is tho property of Mrs. Chaffee or Mr. Sruford. though we presume there is no doubt that the former is his real legal own er. Itc seems tired of running about with no one to look after him, while at t|ic same time ho is a slave. Ho says grlnmngly that be coujd make thousands of dollars. If allowed, by trav elling over the country telling who hois. IC7" Tlio Tnrlers pull n mini by (lie car wlien 1 01 .hoy wont him to drink, auc! keep pulling until I Jo opens his mouth. whun tlioy pour clown tho fquor. \Vc Icnow some folks qrliusocara would tot require much pulling. d&b&s tmh (on|k Tihrcos to db Looked,^?.;—A piece pf lea ther cut Tor traces-of a painter's pencil. . - - . Apiece of wood from whicha fraraebf'miad was made. r A pair of steelyards\>y winch the weight of on argument was ascertained. Two bars from the tunc which (ho wind “ whistled round the corner.” Some crinoline taken from the outskirts of ft forest. A small bundje,of goods from which thb “ silken ties” of it'..idship arc made. ,Bow| of soup maBfe from “ a bono.of.conten tion,” seasoned with a few “spicy breezes’* On'd a branch of,the U. 8. Mint. - : NO. is. A few coins mode out of a.“golden opinion.** DC y “The, discourse/- says-Franklin, .“isdf ten much better than the speaker; as sweet and clear waters often coind throifgh veTy dirty earth. , . .?• •, • (C 7“ Those who lie tlpoii roses when young ore apt to lie upon thorns when old. \CT A burden which one’ chooses is hbtTelC. is a hungry dog at linnet* tfftflt like Elba in ISM ? Because it gets the Bony part. •. C - Why is a lady the sweetest.when she is just out of bed in the morning ? Because then she o-rose. * - : (CTRcad not books alone, bfct men; and above all, read thyself. ITT* Truth is the hidden gem we all should dig for. JH 7" A Ho, though it bo killed and dead, can sting sometimes—like a dead wasp. KT'xModcration is the languor and sloth of the soul, as ambition is its activity and ardor. [C7* A jilted chemist finds lovo to be compo* sed of fifteen parts of gold, three of f&mo mnj two of aflection. OC7* The London Era styles Fanny Pern “The coarsest woman who ever made money bydeat* cribing bed-room life.” „ - 1 IHz* A pleasant wife is a rainbow in the sky when her husband'S'mind is tossed with stormS and tempest. (L7* If /hu wish to sleep quietly, don’t praise another woman, while your wife is undressing for bed. CT A good book and a good woman are ex cellent things for those who knowhow justly to appreciate their value There arc men, how ever. who judge both from the beauty of'their covering. - . (£7* Indian hunting in Florida is a very a’rf* successful business. The troops who went in pursuit of the red skins only succeeded in catch ing the—mcascls! DZ7* Writers often multiply words in the vain' attempt to make clear to others what is not so* clear to themselves. (Cy* If the man Is a wretch who lifts his hand against a woman, what must a woman be who raises the hearth-brush against a roan—and that roan her husband ? 1 [£y~ The Arabs have a proverb— ll Tho mo ment a man is satisfied with himself, everybody else is dissatisfied with him.” SZ/' ” How dreadful short tho days are.* 1 as the woman said when she left her breakfast dishes stand till she had read a novel. (C7* Why is a restless sleeper like a lawyer ? --Because he lies on one side; then turns, and lies on the other side. O* now to sweeten solitude—Shut a boy -down-o-cellar, and giro him free acc&s to tho molasses barrel. IC7* The best furniture in the house is a vir tuous woman.' IC7" Some precious poet defines " bcauf/fui extract" to bo hoiping'fl young lady dot of a nrnd puddle. This is almost os bod as tho wit of Hartley Coleridge, who once being asked which of Word worth's productions he consldU cred tho prettiest, very promptly replied. “Hi* daughter Dora." O* A young man in Rochester havingbeert crossed in love, sflzcd a cotton bat atld dashtd his brains out# Ilia remains were taken up OQ a chip, nnd sent to his friends. * . \o* A young widow was asked whv shewoa going to get married so soou after the death of her husband. *• Oh. la" said she, t do it to prevent fretting myself to death on account of dear TooiJ’ (£7“ A person looking at some skeleton's the other day, asked a young doctor present where he got them. He replied “we raised them ! M I£7* An Irish lad complained the other Jar of the harsh treatment received from his father. “ Ho treats me," said he mournfully, “.as if I was his son by another father and mothcri {£?' Mean men hove no “small vices." iftho ever knew n miser to go on a bust, or speak Well of tobacco chewing ? 1 IC7* A In sty fellow down south spells Tenfles see thnS; lOnc. Ho is the same fellow who' spells Andrew Jackson thus: &ru Jaxn. Habits are ns easily caught ns “ yallar birds. ’ Lei a ciicus arrive in town, am! in less than a week half the boys in town will bo throwing somersets, and breaking their neck* over empty mackerel barrels. f£7* A wbiuan about 16, sign a deed, was asked by the judge if her husband compelled her to sign. “lie compel mo I” said the indig nant woman. “No.nortwentylikohimcouldrrk do such a thing " f£7* Which is the best way to tfialtA a coat lasi ? Why, make the vest ami pants first. • [£7* Wnnb. reading the poem headed “ThefO is a garden in her lace." observed that !f (t had reference to a certain girl ho knew. Ho believed it was true, for he often smelt onions there. £7* A member of the La ty Society Was com plained of last week by another, for running ; defence was that ho was going down hill, and thatyit was more labor to walk than run. ' Hero is n very good domestic' (oast; “ May yo’nr coffee and tho slanders ogalnstVrnj ever bo alike—without grounds. “ (£7' “ John how I wish it was as much the fashion to trade wives us to trade horses.” * ’ “ Why so', rotol" “I’d cheat somebody most shocking btui afore night." IC7* A'scboolboy being; naked by Ihc teaebir bow bo sboii]d flog him replied; ••If you plijfco sir. I should like to have it on tho Italian sys tem : tho heavy strokes upwards and tbs down strokes light.’’ K7*Misfortune and misconduct.were both twins. Our faults arc oft ’tho nirent of bur woes, and ho who most declaims at (hotroridv frown has generally done his best to earn it. IC7* Tho foundation of domestic happiness fa faith in tho virtue of woman; tho foundationer all political happiness is confidence in tho, in tegrity of man { and tho foundation of all hap piness. temporal and eternal, is reliance on the goodness of God. • !CT*Th» 41 eye of the Law” has become so weak from tho want of proper practice in tho different courts, that it is going to odvortiso for a pupil.' , , . O^.A loving friend’s rebuke-sinks into tho 'icnrt, an;l convinces the judgment; an enemy’s ?r stranger’s rebuke Is invective and irritates; K 7" A fellow slipped lcy pavfc ment. - While sitting bo muttered MJI have no desire to Bee tbo town burned ifenvn, but Isin cerely wish the streets laid in ashes. V ■ j
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