The New York Herald Newspaper, October 26, 1845, Page 1

Vol. X1., No, 275—Whole No, 4157, NEW YORK, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1845. A Remarkable Letter From a country churchman to his friend in the city onthe subject of the late Episcopal Con- vention:— Ocrowen 7, 1945. Mr Dean Sim,— that “the Bishop’s friends are injuring ene ote remerk gion by. defending him” calls for some reply. 1 regret to hear that moh is hag merit tnough could ni expect ‘ou atu- oF pours chive with that party in the cherch which is suppored to sympathise w 1m on doctrinal subject But, nevertheless, | am confident that on mature refle: }, you will change your opinion; and I am sure th net far distant when the sober and sensible men ofall denominations will perceive that they have been deceived in this whole matter, and that nothing could be more ‘ injurious to the cause of religion” thin the triamph of those unboly principles by which tho ene- ‘of tne Bishop have been actuated from beginnmg to By the enemies of the Bishop | do not mein the Ect stical Court, but those men in the city by whom theso difficulties were commenced, who got up the trial, trumped up the witnesses, and were from the first de- termined to destroy the Bishop by fair means or foul. These are the men to whom! refer, and concerning whom J shall have more to :! hereafter. The Bishop’s friends.” No doubt the Bishop has his friends “thore who know him well, and are sincerely and warmly attached to him, who are intimately acquainted ‘with his private lie and cheracter, and think hima man of great purity of mind and heart, who are conscien- tiously persuaded that he is entirely innocent of the a vote of the therefore, lnsbit ss fending him.” ‘They ratory of their sole premiere thatthe iftherent rights of the diocese and eonseution had been trampled on and despised. They might have moved that the sentence of “ indefi peasion” isa nullity, as it certainiy is, or that the sus- peusion is ended, and therefore requesting the Bishop to Tesumo his duties. Any of these resolztions would not have violated a single article of the constitution er ca- neas of the Church, and had it been tho object of the Bishop's friends” to defend him, no doubt some such movement would e been made in the Convention. In- deed 1 was expecting a movement of the kind. I thought it due both to the divcese and the bishop,and though at a distance from the scene of the excitement, und therefore, perhaps, nctas wellable to judge as others, yet I look upon ull this talk about the destruction of his Usefulness ‘as mere twaddle, cant and hypocrisy. Ibelieve that the trials of the past have had @ teudeney to purify and ele. vate his charactor in the estimation of the world, that the meekness and patience with which he hay borne them have tended to saften the hearts even of his enemii ‘and that he could now resume the sacred duties of his ten‘old energy, power and influence: Fee ee eciislass, it toy be that the Bishop's friends took s wiser course; and if yo will look at it a moment, ‘ou will perceive at once, that it was most mild and con- Uiiatory.” What did they do? They refrained from an: cxiredcion of their own strong views and feelings in his behalf, excepting by an occasional reference to him in their speeches ; and for the — - war fess rice y bsolute sucrifice of their and pri- thoy made this they introduced a series of resolutions vileges. Then t lt A tirelyupon compromise,which ex- which ware founded orice La tue Gechsion of the court, ir acquiescenc bh Prom rorided tor an Assistant Bishop, and which open- edthe way forthe quiet withdrawal of the present en- cumbent.. What more could have been asked of them ? But the opponents of the Bishop were not satisfied with this. ‘They were determined either to declare the dio- cess vacant orto force the Bishop immediately to resign, aad by uniting upon one or the other of these contra. dictory courses—coniradictory, because if the aigoese t canpot Fesign—they not only de- be vacant the Pures of peace and reconciliation, but in of x cae judgment they did _infininite Bishop hinself. Mis fiends are now released from the tion of attempting any further measures of com- Sots onl fare bound 10 act upon their own indepen. Vent views of of justice and right. They may n sist upon his restoration. Every principle of Chris ty demands it. He has now suffered that the most unrelenting and persecuting spiritcan demand; and the time has now come when truth, justice and mercy all require that the sentence of suspension be revoked. ‘When that is done, then the Bishop is at liberty to re- sign, but | see not how he can resign before with any re- 6% gither to his own honor or the interests of religion geithe cnurch, So far, therefore, asthe measures pro- posed in the convention by ‘the Bishop's friends” are concerned, | think you must acknowledge that your dpinion was hestily fermed, and that they wore by no ‘means “ injurious to the cause of religion. me now to the consideration of their conduct. Of an only judge of this from the newspaper re- rts, and from Sahat know of the ordinary occasions Bf disturbance in such bodies. I am willing to acknowl- edge that the unparalelled scene of disorder and confu- sion exhibited on Saturday, according to the reports, was most “injurious to the cause of religion.” Every good man must mourn over it, and every churchman must teel himself disgraced. But who were the authors of this confusion? Who were the men who created this disor- Ger by their passionate speeches, their unwarrantable atiacks on private motives, their multiplication of reso Jutions and amendments, and motions to adjourn; their many expedients t tand tostave off adirect vote ‘on the report of the committee, and their determination at nll hozards to drown the voice of the majority, and ob- tain a triumph. Who were those men? Evidently they were.tne opponents of the Bishop; among whom you re Cognise the names of many political demagogues, well known ond marked in your city as political managers, mont adroit in ull party maneuvering, and who brought their peculiar tactics to bear on the convention. What was the object of these men, as manifested by their ex. traordinary course on Saturday? Evidently it was not to promote the honer, dignity and peace of the church; not to uct as her faithful and exemplary sons, but to car ry their poiut by extort from the Bishop a re- signation; to secure this object every principle of pro- wpiety and justice was sacrificed; and because on that oc- a sien they were sure to be defeated by the direct vote cual convention, they were determined that no vote of a 14 then be taken, but that the convention should ad- should vy: untilMonday. Theyknew that many of the un- Jouhfied and courcientions members of the church from the country would be obliged to return home; that in the meantime ant opportunity would be gfforded for the application of the screws; that possibly some of the PPlicatiotut be so worked upon as to yield to thoir om- Draces, con- fusion and disurder 50 din gret the manifes IGG AM fi Bant temper on the ro! call themselves christians, and capeurelly fee Dianch of the church of Christ which has for its order, quietness and br es you must not blame the friends of im fact was tho case; and hence the noi: raceful to rel re oe ‘se far as [ am able to judge by the reports, they seem to have an illustrious example of patient endurance under the severest provocations. Their char- assailed, their motives impeached, and exery acter wor mace to their passions, their hopes and fears, witch the ingenuity of man could invent ; and yet in the midst of all they remain unmoved and unterrified, not re- turning evil for evil, or railing for roiling. “To my mind, therefore, they exhibit a spectacle of moral ficimness and resolution truly sublime. I refer more especially to the clergy—the country clergy—those who have no connection with the miserable cligues which have been formed in the oity—who have no ambitions de- to be gratified by the destruction of any Bishop or any man.—-who are quietly laboring in their parishes as faithful hav ‘ny ing life to defend the oppress aceusious. me two years ago, odin ‘he Now York Convention, and when Pus Popery were the alarm notes, then one of the your city papers—the Courier § Enquirer. Rountry clergy as under the influence of the Bishop and afraid to act contrary to his wishes. But the Bishop is How prostrate; his power is gone, the popular cry is irfwt him,and,y et the me country clergy are as true wee fathtul as aver almost to aman. You may depend t they are acting upon principle ai ewarde of te manifold grace of Gods nd who it by the discipline of a holy and self-de- een ens Wad the oppressed at alk tines and on all ountry Clergy ere the unhappy state of things in small, they are surrounded by watchful foes, ure obliged to maintain the services of the church in the midst of pre- judize and obloquy, and hence they teel toa much great- ‘er degree than the clergy of the city, the deleterious in- fluence of all those attacks upon the church with which some of your city papers have abounded. ‘These whole. Sule attackn scarcely noticed in the city, or only noticed as the ebullitions of party spleen,are eagerly seized upon in the country, and read irom house to house by all the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodist Cimpbellives, Seokers, aud’ Morinons in the neigh: ornood. And coming as they aften do trom men, who profess to be the ads of the Church,though in fuct they are her bitterest foe, and have no other in- terest in her than that of money and wealth; they consti- tute one of the strongest obstacles with which the mis- sionary bus to contend in his exertions to establish the faith olice delivered to the saints. Hence these clargy- men ate vete not be frightened by the cla us, nor driven by litical managers; they have | soldiers of Jesus Christ, and mn il ition, though the weapons of their warfare are not carnal, yet thay are ready to fight under His bonner against all’ the ions and urtifices of the world, the flesh and the I bonor them, therefore, fortheir stability and Convention and I believe that will triumph above all opposi- dev faithfulness in the lal eventually their cau ou But moro than this, the country Clergy are not igno. rant of the secret springs and movements in all this @ilty to the Bisop They knew who are the troublers Ieeael, and what these troublers want, and what they gre ung ‘sot of voracious cormorant ast the Clergy of the city wre at the bottom of ai t They know the learned Doctors of Divini- ed in the Churchman,’ disputing the greatest, and were driven from thence by esitur; Who then quarrelled in the New ho ther eet re be who then uthorvbip of their own epiatle denied the itn the Bishop becuuse he would not inter: Hee fo aottlo their diaputes—who th ‘op of Western New York, and beca I) oo much of a hornet’s nest to do any good, they quar iy led with him--and now, like Herod and Pilate, their personal resentments are all merged iv opposition to one e som World— he found himself | of the best men of the age, in the vain hope that his at | atruction will enable other to triumph. Let | ate mutes. Let | tiene learned Doctors ren of the same household of faith, and then we believe that they will be satisfied with their Bishop, und will know how to love him and to stand by him through evil d through good report. But men who are faitbless to each other cannot be faithful to him. Men who are al- ways at war with each other, mus: be expected to be at war with him; and now, because the other Clergy, who liye as brethren in offices of love, cannot enter into their | i and participate in the! its they storm and threaten ars, and mourn sore like dove: 1 beg you, my friend, not to be carried away with their professions of piety. You may depend upon it that the | secret history of all thi lity to the hop will | to be written, and when it is written come forth as gold, tried and purified by the fire. Morx Deve.qrments or Crime at THE West.— Some new and very important disclosures have re- cently been made, involving the character of men hvre- tofore unsuspected, of which we are not now at liberty to speak. Sufficient to say thi little leaven is leaven- ing the whole lump. E' is developing new facts. The whole gang have lost confidence in each oth od every one is parr ving. fe disclose, lest some one speak before him. Sterns, taken from the Michigan penitentia- ty, Aawell acquainted in this city, and has thrown a cloud arourd some men’s cheracters which it would be difficult to disperse. West has been here, too, and has disclosed. Last, but not least, Bridge told his experience under oath before he went to Alton. Birch, Long & Co. think each other has proven traitor, and they are at work disclosing as fast as they can think of things to tell.— ‘The organization of the gang is astonishing, Scattere: its members might be, its powers of calling and collec full convention is indeed wonderful. At the meet- ing which resolved on the murder of Campbell, on a few days’ notice, about twenty were present. Driskill was Father in the chair, Various plans were proposed and discussed. At length it was | voted that young Taylor Driskill should shoot him. Campbell was commander of the Regulators. Oa Sunday night two men rode to his door and inquired the roadto Fulton. Mrs. C. came to the door, but they retended not to understand her, and she called her hus- and. No sooner than Taylor Driskill, now in the Oregon ja! Bridge was with him, and they passed on together. i# was in 1841. In con- quence, father Driskill and his son William were F mpbell was a universal favorite on Rock River, and was a brave and generous man, Soonafter, a class of men distinguished themselves as “friends of law and order,” and got up meetings denouncing lynch- ing. It has since appeared that their zeal was all in their own behalf, as the larpest portion of them have been pro- ven to be connected with the gang. The chairman of ove these meetings has been in the counterfeit business for several years, whilst others are known as advisers, spies and secteters. Last spring a convention was held at Bridge’s to determine what had better be done with Mr. Haskell, the Postmaster at Inlet. Finally it was voted to burn him out. Accordingly, the time was set, and jotted to burn his house, another his store and his stable. He had become obnoxious to them in forts to put them down, as they had robbed him of a large amount of specie. Ina severe thunder storm they wentto his house. Allstood out doors but Sutton, alias Fox. He entered the house in his stocking feet— and as the lightning flashed, he saw his way to the trunk under the bed, covered with curtains. He took the trunk to an empty house at a distance, where they di the spoils, of which Bridge got one hundred doll As Mr. Haskell proved that Bridge owned that he ha received this amount, he got an execution therefor and cured it. It was owing to the wrong form of action that he did not get the whole of it. Owing to the excitement occasioned by their robbery of Mulford, they found it necesssary to scatter to different parts of the country, and so were unable to carry out their design of burning Mr. Haskeli’s buildings. The Belvidere Post Office was robbed some time ago. As is usual in such cases, there were those to cry ‘self robbery.” The following facts bave since come tolight. ‘ Favor was a “sight getter,” so called. He waa driving a stage orateam onthe road. He writes Sawyer, the P. M. at Inlet, postage free, to send up a hand, as he had “got a sight” (Fred Favor stood out doors at the Mulford, rob- berv. Sawyer sent up Birch, who knew at whose house to stay whilst surveying “the sight.” Birch went back and sent up Sutton, who also knew where to stay. He took the money and divided it with Favor, Sawyer and Birch Not long before or after this robbery, a very mysterious letter was written to the Departinent at Washington, sign- ed “Harley Wayne.” It wanted Mr. Ames removed from the Post Office but named no successor. It wanted James L. Loop brought before the U. 8. Court on pretence ot violating Ames’ franking paris But when there th Harley Wayne would make soi whole tenor of the lette: characters of Messrs. Loop and Am are now above suspicion. Nauvoo is the head-q of bogus making, though no one pretends that the Mor- snons have any thing to do with it. The material is brought up in bars from St. Louis ; and it i i aey by sundry Englishmen who make dies. One of these Englishmen has moved into Iowa, where he keeps ta- vern for horse-thieves, counterfeiters, robbers, &e. He undersells the Nauvoo manufacturers, both in bogus and dies. One of the principal counterfeiters lives in De Kalb county. sells it two for one, but never tries to it except to es East once or year and ge He brought the k money to this State, a part of An Kastern gentleman is as he comes out twice a He has recently been out. When out the last time before this, he had a great deal to do with Bridge. He won't come again on the same business! Upto the time of the general alarm o1 the whole gang, they had two places of rendezvous in ourcity. One ofthe keepers since moved to La Sulle county, on the Illinois river. He of the celebrated Button, al y recently brought out. It is rep nted thi ese men were “ true,” and that although rogues were at their houses eve- ry day in the year, no one was ever betrayed.— vias, of Jo Daviess, however, complains that one of them, eg him $100 in bogus for two days board, which he thinks was too high ; and Hopkins of Belleview, Iowa, drove a pair of horses to the same place. The landlord told him he was pursued, and made him clear out in the night, saying the horses were taken. Hop- kins says the pursuit was all a cheat, and that the land- lord got the horses and kept them for himself. A man at Ottawa gave their names to a horse thief taken at Os- en to be trusted.” Hank Lane, son-in-law of If caught he should be taken to Dixon, . Information is also wanted of , who broke Monmouth jail with Tom Atken, who keeps a place of refuge on a little stream empty ing into the Missouri, 300 up that river. “Big Davis” is somewhere in that vicinity. It was testified at Dixon, that the best bogus ever known was some brought to Chicago from the East in the year 1842. Bigelow and Rose bought a large share of it, aud many others got a litue. Not a dollar was ever disputed. But one box of $40,000 was sold here. Nine boxes were sold in Michi- an, where it was used as banking capital. Great offorts have been made to get some more of it, but no traces of the person who deait in it have ever been found. Bridge, one of the murderers of Col. Campbell, has gone to pri son forseven years. The other murderer Driskill is safe iu the Oregon jail. Big Davis is still at large. As soon ashe is caught, the work must commence upon the at torneys, tavern keepers, &c., &c., who have long been in the service of this crowd. Their names are all known, and the evidence complete.— Chicago Democrat. which were and Free at Wincnuster.—The result of the fire on Tuesday last, is the burning of Taylor’s Hotel and the building adjoining, occupied tore by G. W. Hammond, also the range of office: hops called Hott’s Row, opposite the Court House. high walls north, saved the buildings occupied by 1 . Camp- bell asa jeweller’s shop, and the block ‘adjoining. Wm. Miller’s residence, and the whole block south of it were saved, though the fire had communicated to that, and to Mr. Bell’s store and several other buidings further up the street. On that.side, the goods from the stores of Messrs. Hammond, Peter Miller, Wolf, Streit, Bake: . Ward, Bell, Breedin, Sperry, Lindsey and Ki ; the hat store of Mr. Besore, watch and jeweller establishment of Mi B. Campbell, and the tobacco ell; Mr. Ender's barber shop ; the fur- Wm. Miller, Geo. W. Baker, Henry 8 Baker, Dr. McCormick, all were removed, and many articles misplaced. The goods of Me. H. F. Baker and of the post office Were also removed. On the east side of the street there was a hasty removal of the goods and furniture of Messra. Aulick, Burgess & Lauck, Ander- yon, Dorsey, Evans, ‘Cipping, Spaugler, Senseuey, J. & L. Miller, 'W. A. Baker, Wall, Keenan, Hensel’ anu Haney. Messrs William Miller, Levering, and Shaw, did not remove their goods from the shelves, but shut up their stores, and ere consequently free from demoge in this r t. Mr. Kerr's turniture is also ‘the five tenements burnt in Hoff's Row were occupied as law oitices and shops, by Messrs. Williams and barton, J. Lidball, J. Ambler, G. Frost, George RK. Long, K. Milton, Wm. D. Gilkeson, J. &. Jackson, Wm. Seemer and R, Bowen. The haste with which the goods ot Mr, Hammond were necesserily removed, cansed many vi them to be deranged and | So with Messrs. Tipping, Dorsey, Senseney, Bell, Wolf, Peter Miller, and others. Vho Farmers’ Bauk was in great daoger, buildings on euch side ot it being fired. The one opposite, occupied by Miss Frame, was on fire, and others not far from out own premises were saved by the timely application of wet blankets. ‘The root of the Virginian office wi on fire, as was the cupola of the court house--the latter seriously endangering the Clerks’ offices. The lovs of property 4x, as uenal, variously estimated. Mr. hud an insurance of $10,000 on his tavern house, one half of the amount which the Mem: Give him for the premises. of $5,000 on his furnitur ight thousand dollars. met with losses—among Whom were Mi Wood, Moore, Frye, Angel, and other Wwe have not heard. Mr, Steiner, # journeyman of Mr. W. Anders, lost bis savings of several years, in @ trunk which was carried out wuring the lam. Mr. A. Fitch Jost the books and papers of his establishment, be- 1g prevented by the iliness of his wile from giving per sonal attention to his effects. Every body is loud in We praise of tho ladies of the town, m: ny of Whom dis- played not only cooln ut great energy they tor er, aud many were employed Il be seven or the hotel also *. Hammond, whose names Surreme Court, Rocursrer, Oct. No. 4. Jerome J. Briggs ads. The Board of Su- pervisors of Onondaga. Mir, Briggs concluded in } son, Mr. Comstock was heard for the plaintiff; Mr. Law rence was heard in reply, 23, 1845.— and act like breth- |. The Famous Expedition of Captain Fre. mont to the Rocky Mountains, The Great South Pass, &., &e. We last week gave a plan of the route of the gal- lant Captain Fremont, over the Rocky Mountains and through Oregon und California, together with two spirited views. We now continue these illus- trations of this famous expedition Hot Spring Gate. Wind River Mountains. Devil’s Gate. Piko’s Peak. The Hot Spring Gate is a very curious aflair. It ison the North Fork of the Platte river, and lies between Fort Laramie and Rock Independence, which is ‘on the Sweet Water river. It has much the appearance of a gate, by which the Platte passes through a ridge composed of a white and calcareous sandstone. The length of the pas- sage is about four hundied yards, with a smooth green prairie on either <i/e, Through this place, the stream flows with # quiet current, unbroken by any rapid, and is about seventy yards wide between the walls, which rise perpendicularly trom the wa- HOT SPRING GATE. -On the Sweet Water River. The Devil’s Gate 1s another singular view. It is situated on the Sweet Water River, just beyond Rock Independence, and where the Sweet Water cuts through the point of a granite ridge. The length of the passage is about three hun- dred yards, and the width thirty-five ‘yards. The walls of rock ure vertical, and about four hundred feet in height; and the stream in the gate is almost entirely choked up by masses which have fallen from above. In the wall, on the right bank, is a dike of trap rock, cutting through a fine-grained gray gra- aite. Near the point of this ridge crop out some strata of the valley formation, consisting of a gray- ish micaceous sandstone, and fine-grained conglo- merate, and marl. We encamped eight miles above the Devil’s Gate, of which a view 1s given in the plate, There was no timber of any kind on the ri- ver, but good fires were made of dritt wood, aided by the bois de vache. Thefnext engraving is of the Wind River Moun- WIND RIVER distinguishable ascent, What might be considered the dividing ridge in this remarkable depression in the, mountain, I took a barometrical observation, which gave 7,490 feet for the elevation above the Gulf of Mexico. You will remember that, in my report of 1842, I estimated the elevation of this pass, at about 7,000 feet; a correct observation with a® good barometer enables me now to give it with more, precision. Its importance, as the great gate through: which commerce and travelling may hereafter pass? between the valley of the Mississippi and the north’ Pacific, justifies a precise notice of its locality and; distance frem leadiag points, im addition to this statement of its elevation. As stated in the report of 1842, its latitude at the point where we crossed,» 19 42° 24° 32‘; its longitude 109° 26' 00° ; its dis-}r tance from the mouth of the Kansas, by the commong, travelling route, 962 s; from the mouth of the™ Great Platte, along the valley of that river, accord- ing to our survey of 1842, 882 miles; and its distance trem St. Louis about 400 miles more by the Kanzas,y and about 700 by the Great Platte route ; these addi tions being steamboat conveyances in both instan- i ces. From this pass to the mouth ot the Oregon is VIEW OF PI Notth,of the Great South Pass, Religious Intelligence. ‘The different religious papers that are published in this city form a curious item among the flood of news- paper literature of the day. The different sects and de- | nominations have each their particular organ, and their various disputes and ‘difficulties are conducted with almost as much asperity as those of the political parties in the secular press. We have been looking over tho: that were published yesterday, and will endeavor ter. To that on the right bank, which is the lower, the barometer gave a height of three hundred and sixty feet. Of this spring and gate, Captain F. says:— | “ Towards evening reached the cut, which we | named the Hot Spring gate. On our previous visit in July, we had not entered this pass, reserving it for our descent_in the boat; and when we entered ing, Mr. Preuss was a few hundred feet eed yeti tor es ee Lied with fpenterrergnd ‘Heated with the long mareh, he came Q romes see | Churchman,” which has « rock, about ten feet above the river. Eager toenjoy | pishop's patty, it entersinto a review of some of the pro-| the crystal water, he threw himself down for a has- | ovedings of the Convention, and makes some remarhe ught, and took a mouthful of water almost | which, it says, are intended chiefly in self-defence, as borling hot. He said nothing to Benoist, who laid | they have been virtually charged with dissimulation at himself down to drink ; but the steam from the wa- | their alleged tone of exultation in regard to tho result ter arrested his enyerness, and he escaped the hot | of the late Convention, which, they say, they have en- draught. We had no thermometer to ascertain the | denvored to avoid, if they have even seemed to indulge temperature, but I could hold my hand in the water ee ea ener me mer Fen pereresneetiantened just iong enough to count two seconds. There are | , Tho itev- lotcher J- Hawiay sailed” ast week ior eight or ten of these springs discharging themselves | Santa Cruz, having accepted an invitation to be an ausis- by streams large enough to be called runs. A loud, | t@t minister in the pai en isrector.$ wide y regen trnees hollow noise was heard from she rock, which I sup- > > sOaI a The “ Prorgstant Crvrcnman,” which is the oppo- posed to be produced by the full of the water. ‘The 5 Plays strata immediateiy where they issue is a tine white | tion paper, and the organ of those who do not favor the Bishop, has'a rly three columns in length, and calcareous sandstone, covered with an incrus- | in which it goos over all the voting during the Conven- tation of common salt.” | tion.and completely dissects the Churchman’s remarks on the subject, nnd closes with the following: —** vur con- ie DEVIL'S GATE, temporary, the Churchman, remarks— the shal- iow brook babble: ill water runs dee The still water of these statistics does indeed run deep, and in view of the great moral result at stake, we say most fervently Labitur et labetur in ome volubilis 2vum, As We cast our eyes over these tubles, the spectres which some are still at work to conjure up, disappear, and oll mystification ends, whilst at the same time we can find no words which can better express our feelings and hopes, than those which closed Dr. Seabury’s edito- rial after the adjournment of the Convention. “ Weare thankful that our hopes have been more than realized, We congratulate the diocese on having passed with safety a perilous juncture. We beseech the friends ot law and order and justice to stand firm, and be pre- pared to follow out their convictions of duty unto the pnd end. The Rev. Dr. H. Potter, rector of St. Peter's Church, Albany, utrived at this port on the 16th instant, ia the packet ship Ashburton, from Liverpool. ‘Tue ParsnyreRians come next in order, and the New York Observer is their chronicler, and its leader is devot- ed to the Mormons and the origin of the anti-Mormon war. There is also an article on the explosion of the Fourier phalanx in Pike, Bradford county, Pa., and warh- ing the religious community not to be enticed into enter- ing into any of these associations. Tie Roman Catnorics also have their organ, which is the Freeman’s Jou end Catholic Register. They fiad cause for congratu nthe Rouge movement in Gormany ir remarks as follows: © Whatever may be the fact in re: ers of Hermes, one thing is very evident, that the present religious troubles will uct efficiently in separating the diseased portions from the healthy body; shy binding together without serious diminution, in indissoluble bonds, the members of the long suffering, but now eman- cipated, Catholic Church of Germany.” ‘On the matter of Dr. Reese’s removal, they say but the bis 3 “Dr. Reese, County Superintendent, was formally re- moved, on last Thursday evening, by a vote of tue Board of Supervisors of Il to. We will give the particulars next week.” They also give a curious edict of theE:mperor of China, in which the Catholic religion is made the especial ob- ject of persecut The Rt. Rey. Dr. Reynolds, Bishop of Charleston, on his return to his diocese from Europe, remained in our city for a few days as the guest of Bishop Hughes. This short synopsis comprises almost all the interest ing items in the religious world of literature. rence to the follow- On the North Fork of Platte River. tains. These are at an important point, On the southern edge of them is the Great Pass, through which civilization is to advance to people the West to the shores of the Pacific. It is decidedly the most interesting feature in the whole report of Captain F., and adiscovery of vast importance to the United States. In speaking of this Pass, Captain I’. says:— The morning of the 13th was clear and cold, there being a white frost; and the thermometer, alittle before sunrise, standing at 26°.5. Leaving this en- campment, (our last on the waters which flow to- wards the rising sun,) we took our way along the upland, towards the dividing ridge which separates the Atlantic from the Pacific waters, and crossed it by a road some miles further south than the one we had followed on our return in 1842. We crossed very near the table mountain, at the southern e xtre- mity of the Souch Pass, which is near twenty miles in width, and already traversed by several diff erent roads. Selecting as well as I could, in the sc arcely rE Home or Tux Mormons —Nooka or Island, on the northwest coast of North have it from good authority, is to be the final destination and home of the Mormon people. This Island is about 300 miles long, and 75 to 100 in width. It is separated from the main land by a long, narrow strait, and lies between the 47th or 48tti and dist or 52d legrees of north latitude, extending along the coast in a northwest direction. The boundary line between the American and British possessions in the northwest, will probably pass across the Island. The English, we be. lieve, have one or two trading p: on the Island, but tor the most part, it is inhabited by Indians, of not a war like disposition. ‘It is a long journey, but can be accom- plished. If the Mormons do emigrate to that distant land, they will be out of the reach of harm from white MOUNTAINS, ul the devil breeds his own discords and confusion among them. We understand from the same authority, tha companies ure rapidly organizing at Nauvoo, ior ax early start in the spring. The church authorities anc jeading men will go out in a very large company, anc without doubt the remainder will follow,—Quincy MVhig Cap-au-Gris.—' a yet destined to become a place of considerable trade chants of Lincoln, but they seem suddenly to have waked up to the importauce of its location, which wil soon command the greater portion of the trade of the county. Within the last few months, three mercantile houses have been established at that point, all of whici will be conducted by enterprising and business men hoy propose to purchase with cash or goods, all the produce which they can obtain ; thus they will not only be enabled to do a mercantile business, but will conter great benefit upon the cittzens of the county, by affurd- jug thema Teaty market for all their surpius produce. titherto ths merchants of Lincola have been of wer little benefit to the county. There is also a new tavern just opened at Cape-au-Gris, and it hus the prospect o. another store soon It has now two taverns and three strong mercantile establishments. It only lacks a few mechamics to make it a flourishing village. A shoe maker, a blacksmith and a carpenter would do well there ; a doctor might also locate himself to advantage at that place —Bowling Green Banner, rr Courtr—Norrusen Disrricr—The U.S. CireuitCourt for the Northera District,met atAlbany Oct. 21,—Present—S. Nelson, Esq., presiding ; Alfred Conklin, Associate Judge. Alter the charge to the Grand Jury, the court took up tne case of Benjamin H Wood vs. David Anthony—This action was brought to recover damages for the infringement of a patent tor “ & hew and improved plough,” granted to Jethro Wood, the tather of plaintiff, in 1819, and renewed to his heirs by act of Congress, passed in 1834, Verdict for plaintitt $400. October24—The U. 8. of America vs. Alexander Price—Mr. Price was indicted for embezzling letters as P. M. Upon being arraigned on the opening of the Court this morning, he plead guilty ; whereupon his honor the presiding Judge sentenced him to State Prison at Au- burn for the term often years. The U.S. of America vs. Thomas Staats, Jr.—-'he prisoner Staats, was indicted for making and obtaining false proofs, on which he procured 4 petition for one Goodheart or Goodfaith. His council are John K. Porter, Esq., etal. This ease is now in pro- gress of trial. U.S. Cr about 1,400 miles by the common travelling route ; so that, under a genera! point of view, it may be a sumed to be about halt way between the Mississippi and the Pacific ocean, on the common travelling route. Following a hollow of slight end easy de- scent, in which was very soon formed a little iribu- tary to the Gulf of California, (for the waters which flow west from the South Dass go to this gulf,) we made our usual halt four miles from the pass, in lati- tude by observation. 42° 19 “, Bntering here the valley of Green river—the great Colorado of the ;West—and inclining very much to the southward along the streams which form the Sandy river, t he ‘oad led tor several days ever dry and level unin te- resting plains; to waich a low, serubby growth oj artemesia gave a uniform dull grayish color; and on the evening of the 15th we encamped in the Mex ican territory, on the left bank of Green river, 69 miles from the South Passe, in longitude 110° 05° 05°’ , and latitude 41° 53° 54", distant 1,031 mues from the ,mouth of the Kansas. This is the emigrant road to Oregon, which bears much to the south ward, to avoid the mountains about the western heads of Green river— the Kio Verde ot the Spaniards. Luror Discovary.—Our friend, Capt. Jenks, Showed us yesterday a sample of wild hemp founc 'n this county. Its fibre is the same as the Manilla hemp, though in external appearance it approaches nearer the New Zealand hemp. Its discovery was accidental. A faimer from St. Louis county, being in Capt. Jenks’ homp warehouse, accidentally saw some Manilla hemp, made inquiry what it was, and upon being informed that it was Mauilla hemp, said he had produced something exactly like it {rom @ weed on his farm, and that he would send in u sample, which he did ; and it proves to be a variety of the Manilla hemp, resembling most the New Zealand heinp ; but it undoubtedly belongs to the same genus as the New Zealand, Sisal and St. Domingo hemp, from which all our heavy cordage is made.—St. Louis Mis- sourian, KE’S PEAK, InpiaN DeLeGation.—A delegation of Indian chiets, ol the Pottawattamie tribes, arrived in Balti- more on Wednesday night, by the Susquehanna railroad, on their way to Washington. They stopped all night at the U. 8. Hotel, Pratt street, and Jett at nine o'clock yes- terday morning for the capital. Their names aro—M Beaubien, Wiluam Holliday, Piene Leclerce, Wah-bon veh, Ke-ah, Hall-Day, Me-ah-mis, Sosh-in-ne, Le-quah k -nat-auet, Wiste Pigeon. They are iron uri river, and are under tie guidance ot) clout, interpreter. The object of their visit is the settling of some business in reference Forty Miles Distant, Our last, engraving for “this week, is a view of Pike’s Peak, seen ata distance of forty miles from camp. [tis thus deseribed ;— ‘The view of Pike’s peak, at the distance of forty miles, represents very correctly the manner in which this mountain barrier presents itself to travellers on the piains, which sweep almost directly to its buses; an immense and comparatively smooth and grassy prairie, im very strong contrast with the black mas- ses of timber, and the glittering snow above them. With occasional exceptions, comparatively so very all as not to require mention, these prairies are OY Where coverco Wilh w Cloke ena Vigorcus to their lauds in the west. They aro fine specimens o the true natives of th A. Resvcr or tus Strike in Prerssurcu.— vow all at work, with nearly a tul complement of hau A gieut many new hands are coming in. We were in one ot the vitices yesterday, when two very fine looking girls applied for work, ai stated they hud wever beea employed ia any ‘he propiietor sent them iuto the mull to work, marked to us,“ J eould fill my mill with new hands ia» short time, if { Chose to do sv, and was willing to take the trouble to teach them.” He also told us that a great many new hands were applying and receiving places.— Pittsburgh Adv., Oct. 2 Tue The tactories are Axorner Ska Vesser..—A fine schooner, of about 180 tons burthen, was at our whart late on Tuesday evening. Site was built at Freedom, Pennsyivania, some 100 mules farther trom the than tae bark Muskin gum, which attracted so ich attention about #ix months ago. She is tull rigged, and, if we are not inis taken, out and out home-maue. Her cables are of Ame. tican water-rotted hemp, and she is offered to be freight ed with the great staple of Kentucky on this her frst | voyage to New York.—Maysvilie Bagie. Macneric Tetecrarn—We understand that the } Electro-Magneuc Telegraph, between this city ana Boston, will be completed in afew weeks. The work men are busily employed in putting in the posts. line will run along by the Boston and Lowell Rail The terminus in Boston will be at the Merchants’ Ex. change, Stato street. ‘The city authorities have give: the company the right to bring the Wires to that place — | ‘This Will be the first magnets telegraph erected in New Kngland, which speaks well lor the enterprise of tue Lowell people.—Lowell Courier, Oct. 24. | growth of a great variety’of grasses, among which | the most abundant is the buffilo grass, (sesleria dac- | tloides.) Between the Platte and Arkansas rivers, | that part of this region which forms the basin drain- ed by the waters of the Kansas, with which our ope- rations made us more particularly acquainted, is based upon a formation of calcareous rocks. The soil of all this country 18 excellent, admirably adapt- ed to agricultural purposes, and would support a large agricultural and pastoral population. A glance at the map accompanying this report, along our se- | cellency the Governor General coutinues much in the veral lines ot travel, will show you that this plain is | same stute as at the time when the last bulletin was is watered by many streams. te —Montreal Herald, Oct, 23. 4, Tur Governor General's Hearra.—We learn from Ollieial Authority, that the health of His Ex 18 point on the Mississippi 1 it has long been neglected and overlooked by the mer- Varieties. An anitnal caught a few days since by some boat- men on the bank of the canal io the nunly of Chester- field, and now inthe possession of Mr. Robertson, at the public warehou: ems to be something new in nata- ral history. I ‘rayish color, the hinder part of the legs white, the front durk ; is about fourteen inches high, and twenty-five inches from to the tip of the tail—the tail about inch is long, and something lik e like'a goat, but the general appearance of the head like that of a sheep, except the eyes resemble fawn’s. It weighs eight pounda—it has no external ear. Two horns are making their appearance. Its rump and hoofs are | like those ofa fawn; isa male. The mouth, tongue and teeth are black. It would seem to be about fifteen days old: is perfectly gentle, docile and affectionate, and is fed with milk. It apposed to be the progeny of the heep and the deer, if so the mother must have been doe, because it was caught wild—Petersburg Repub- an. The Salisbury (N.C) Watchman has a story about a snake with two heads, which is said to have been found by Mr.J.G. Templeton and his brother Elam Templeton, on the farm of the latter in Iredell county.— The heads were at each extremity of the body, and were Perfectly formed, says the Watchman. The reptile mea- ee 5 feet 54 inches in length, and was of a jor. There are now a number of gentlemen e: in surveying and examining the Illinois river, and have been in this vicinity for several days past. We under- stand that per are to report to the next Congress as to the practicability of constructing a ship canal so as to connect the lakes with the Gulf of Mexico.—Hennepin (IL) Herald, Sept. 27. {t is stated in the Nashville Banner that a boy picked up a beautiful stone in the Cumberland river, which, however, he was willing to sell for a few pennies It proved to be a pearl,three eighths of an inch in diame- ter, and weighing 15 grains, and is estimated to be worth 500. lack co- There are now residing in Lowell two worthy and highly respectable book binders, who are twin bro- thers—they look,act and dress alike—Wwe re each married oa the same day to twin sisters, who also look, act ard dress alike. ‘bey ail live in one house, and in imitation of some editors, say “our” wife, kc. Bears are very plentiful in Michigan this fall — The Kalamazoo Telegraph says : Aman towards Grand Haven has alone killed seventeen this season, and more or less are daily killed inthis county. ‘Their appearance at this time is occasioned by the scarcity of mast in the upper Peninsula. A gentleman es that by using guano this year his crop of grapes was increased four-fold, and he conse- quently ties four times more wine. He also tried it around his quince trees, the consequence of which was that they produced double their usual quantity of fruit. A French cook atthe Louisville Hotel, who kept a pair of big rattleenakes in a box in his room, went to his room on Saturday and found one of them at large. — He undertook to hill the snake witha large knife,but the reptile bit him on the finger. The Freuchman whittled his finger down to the bone and then disposed of the pair of suakes for $8, De.Holiand was the tasteful purchaser. We understand he intends to travel with them. The small pox has made its appearance in Wash- ington. The Board ot Health in that city have taken precautionary steps to prevent its spreading. Hon. Washtngton Poe, whig member of Congress elect from the Third (Macon) District of Georgia, ha: signed bis seat, on account of imperative personal en- gagements. Richard P. Bartlett, the young man who was lost from the schooner Surveyor, near Green Bay, has made his appearance. He got lost in the woods, but received assistance from a family near Fish Creek Bay,when near perisbing. American hemp is now exported to Scotland where it is used instead ot flax in the manufacture of certain kinds of goods, and where a new process has been d.scovered for softening the article prior to its be- ing spun. Very fine and white goods are made of it, as well as bonnets and paper. The receipts of the Rochester Post Office were $3,323 for the last quarter, within $500 of the correspon- ding quarter of last year.| The Post Office revenue will soon reach the old standard Onc part of alum dissolved in seven parts of water Will render cloth soaked in the solution, wrung out and dried, nearly incombustible. Three sons of Mr. Whitney, the oldest aged ten years, went over the falls at Hooksett, N. H., ina boat, on the723d, and were drowned. The steamer Glide was lately sunk inthe Yazoo river, and is a total los men, and may enjoy their peculiar notions in quiet, un- Heavy Loss.—We regret to learn that the grist and saw mill of Mr. Jesse Brockway, of Jefferson, in this county, were carried away by the flood, on Sa turday night, the 11th instant. Thegriet mill was the 0 | most Valuabie one in that town, and the ioss is a serious One, not only to th r,butto the people generally ofthattown. Loss estimated at $4,000.—Schoharie Pa triot. E:xerosron.—On the 15th inst. one of the boilers of the fouring mill of Messrs, J. & E. Walsh iu North St. Louis, exploded, by which the engineer w: verely injured that he died ina few huurs afterwards Happily there was ne other ime, or at least within th ructive sphere of the catastrophe. The engineer's name was William Free. ‘and, a native ot New Jersey, who has left a wife and two children to lament the loss of husband and parent. INTEMPERANCE 1N Canapa.—The Quebec Gazette wives a Comparative table of the number of persous ‘ound drunk in the streets of Quebec tor four (including the summer) months in 1844 and "49. In four months of 1844 the number was +135 Ia bey 1845 ts : wo BO About three-fourths of them were English—that is, all others than Canadians. acter of the latter. vated intemperance. that influence. This speaks well for the char- The Great Fire has probably aggra- Great calamities have too often Dreaprut Accipent.—David Gifford, David Git- ford Jr., and Jacob Stacy, were all blown up Wed- nesday afternoon, while drilling out a charge in Perry R. Macomber’s well, on High street. David Gifford, Jr. head and face were somewhat injured. Mr. Stacy had one leg broken, one of his fingers blown off, and one of his eyes putout. What happened to Mr. Gifford, senior, other than ,being blown up, we have not learned.— Fait River News THE EAST RIVER MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. FFICE No. 61 (late 49) Wall street, contin s to insure ‘ainst loss or damage by Fire dwellings, warehvuses, and other buildings. Also, on Household Furaiture. ‘ece dize, &e., as heretofore, DIRECTORS. John Brouwer, ‘akeman Burritt, James McBride, Philip Embury, John Moorhead, aton Beebe, Joseph Kernochan, aniel Ayres, Heury W. Hills, Charles N, 8; Rowland, Robert J. Dillon, Nathaniel L. Griswold,)r. omas Nesmith, Russeli Stubbins, Robert Boorman, jeorge Coxgeshall, Abel A. Low, Seermen Halt, George Pomeroy, one} sil i ST. David Thomaoe, JOHN BROUWER, Pres ER, President. GOLD S. SILLIMAN, Secretary. RosextJ. Drton, Counseland Attorney. a2 Im*m OFFICE OF THE CROTON INSURANCE CO 4 » im tl it AREER PARP cee ty tne cat? fe Nets ine fuse overmnaboveallclhims agian hem exceed 10,00 Phey continue to istre Marixe and Fire Risks, at fit raten J Harper, Willi C Edward Richardson, cman D Scala” Theodore A Me 5 R Tremain, Largence fi i’ 8 M Crandall, H Townsend, Johu Breaste Robert Lan James ¢ Prakahank, Jona Gilchrist, ander Starr, dam, Charles L Vose, Jone Biasela, Zadock Pratt, George C DeKay, Loring Andrews, Samuel Sherwood, James Cook, ET Aldrich, Joseph B-Nones’ eorg: Whitsker, Leonard Appleby, ho has, ‘Aen 8 Crosby, George Palen John J Herrick, William Burgoyne, ‘Abraham Von Nest oe SAMUEL A. LAWRENCE, President. JOSKPH b. NONES, Vice President. Nicholas Carroll, Secretary. Capt Samuel Cadler, Merine Insp. Also, Im . for “Lloyd's” for the port of New York. aut OFFICE OF JEFFENSON INSURANCE CO, No. 50 Wall street, opposite the Exchange. TPVHIS COMPANY contiaue'to insare against loss and o® nage by fire on goo ares and merchandise, aud a! againat loss by mland wat gation, on neveels and their cargoes ‘Thomas W. Thorne, itha Riggs, ‘Thomas. Wapdratf, Auton Baker, B. Ro Robson, Mt. D., oneph Drake, ‘Thomaon Price, Joseph Allen, Moses Tucker, Joes £, Holines, John R. Davison, John P. Moore, John H Lee, Wis. K. Thora, Caled C, Tania, ‘Thomas Morre!), Francis P. Sage, Eugene Bogart, John C. Merritt, Hobert Smith. ps HOMAS W. ‘THORNE, Presid Gronar T. Hore, Secretary. sore Orrick ov tie Juirenion Inaunacn Oa jew York, "THE Stockholders of this Compmny are requested to i § ae the office of the Company and viguily whether it. be their sh to fill up their respecuve sha Present value of their stock. ‘the Shoe di 4 0 lers residing out of the city are convey theiti ince Wo. 30 Wall ‘ey theit intention by post, to cy eee A ORNE. ha, Gro. T. Hore, Seo’y. iva re GOODY GA PATENT SHIRRED SU DOZEN Shirred ders, res,or to receive a CUALS- HAVE, at my Yoru 256 Elizabeth street and corner Ham- mersly aud Bediord, Pench Orchard Ked Ash Coal, at low I prices, viz $9 50 for n, 8% 75 for egg and stove, larve Wut $5.29 ; Lehigh, egw and stove, $975 per ‘on, re-sereeued a @ delierered. Also, Liverpool, Bloasbury, Se Orde received atthe ols im*re JALOL WibKS,