The New York Herald Newspaper, March 9, 1852, Page 6

BY A NEW YOR. vy. Paris, January | Visits tothe Opera— Political Matters— Movi882. Lowis Napoleon—The Law on the Press, §e M8 Of I attend the Opera every evening, when not other- wise engaged, and am still of the same opinion as to the merits of Cruvelli as before, notwithstand- ing that Marti, it is said, has offered her a profit- able engagement. I have understood, not that her success, for she undoubtedly has talont which de- serves success, but that her being put forward as a Malibran and a first rate artist, is owing to a vio- Tent attachment conceived for her by Mr. Davidson, the musical critic of the London Times. Ho was, it is said, desperately in love with her, and hence all the extravagant things which have been said of her fine singing. But all the critics, and some who are perbaps better judges, have not followed in the wake of the Times. Among other sound criticisms, take the following, which I find inthe Chronique Musicale of one of the leading journals of Paris :— {from the “Chronique Musicale” of L’lustration, of Jan. 31, 1852.) The music of Verdi seems to suit the talents of this Young singer better than that of any other com ¥ We suspected this to. be the case, from the way in which she sung in the parts of “La ¥igtin del Regi- mento,” of “La Somnambula.” and also that of “Norma;”’ and we are now quite convinced by seeing her in the part of Abigail. ‘This part requires a strong voico, ‘a boid execution, a fierce demeanor—qualities which seem to be natural to Mite. Cruvelli, Her organ of vocalisation, Which is not free from arperity and roughnesa, was auit- able to the character on this occasion, though in itself a defect in other parts, As to singing, (speaking in the strict sense of the term.) Mile. Cruvelli has many great defeet>—abe still has a great deal to learn. The applause she obtained (whatever opinions ry 8 be) was great at the end of the act. ‘This is a fact to be stated. fu! our view, though the intoxication which such eos produces is great, yet we eurnostly advise Mile, Cru- Velli not to be deceived by it. Singing as she sings, is net singing! Such is cur opinion, It is not such siug- ing ss characterizes the best singera, whose naincs are quoted as accomplished artists in the true sense of the term. and as good and perfect models, T think, after this, that you will not attach much credit (o the inflated puffs of this artist, which havo boon transmitted to you across the water by other correspondents, in contradiction of my former state- Inents. Me. Barbicri Nini has never appeared since, and no one has heard anything about her. She could not even fill a house, and has got no engagement at any theatre of consequence, that I know of—fully justifying my remarks on hor first appearance, which at that time were the contrary of all the claguers, | but have been confirmed since. She has not sung | anywhere for the last two months, because tho house | is empty when éhe sings. Such is the plain fact, | though I understand by aletter froma friend, which | has reached me from New York, that my former | deter, previous to my departure for Spain, was con- tradicted by another letter from Paris. Politics are #11 nonsense—J shall not trouble my- | self with them; no one talks about politics now; the gentlemen prefer talking love to the ladies instead { of meddling with affairs of State, which here, at least for tho present, are not the affairs of the people, who have nothing to do with such things. I sond you, | however, the following letter from a friend, a man of great eminence in the political world, and a well Anown journalist, whose name I am not at liberty to mention. I have translated it, and seid it as a curiosity. It was sent to me with great mystery, asa piece of political boldness which it would not be safe to publish in Paris. You will sce what your craven spirits, the Parisians, are, when all the boiling feelings of a patriot amount to no more than the followin, He says: © In apite of all the frighifal or absurd reports which malevolence or credulity have ect in circulation, France is calin, und reposes with confidence in the wisdom of her new government. Not that we adopt with enthusiasm all his measures. but we wieh to eee what the eflect of them will be, This is quite a novel «tate of feeling among us, end deserves to be taken notice of to our honor.’ It was different under Louis Philippe, for then every measure of the government, good or bad, met with immediate and indiscriminate opposition. The bourgeotse did not reflect that this course would end in destroying the government. They seo it now and therefore swear (though too late) that they wil Dever be caught in such a trap again. On thi account they feel well disposed towards the new government, and receive with docility and patience moasures which they dislike, snd which seriously displease them. . Among these is to be reckoned the new decree or law of tho President against the National Guard, which he has reduced from 100,000 men to 40,000, at most. The citizens were fond of playing soldiers, and the loss of their swords and epaulettes will grieve thom. Such is the end of the National Guard, ostablished first by Lafayette, and from which Louis Philippe suffered much, by the impor- tance he attached to the bayonets of the citizens. Apropos of bayonets, the following is a jeu d’esprit of M. Guizot, on the bayonet revolution effected by Louis Napoleon on the 2d of December. When told that Louis Napoleon was supported by 400,000 bayo- nets, ho said, “Very true, very true; one may be supported by bayonets, but no one can stand upon them.” This bon mot is a8 true as it is witty, for Napoleon himself acknowledged the instability of bayonets. He said there were but two powers, ‘‘ the sword and the mind; but, in the end, the latter always con- quers the former.” Louis Napoleon understands the spirit of his un- cle’a words, and therefore is founding institutions to bo in harmony with his great power, in which mind will march hand in band with the sword. Notwith- standing the immense number of votes of the 20th December, France is still agitated greatly by social- ists; hence the"necessity of eevere measures. Great | numbers of socialists voted for Louis Napoleon, for they love Louis Blane and Lonis Napoleon with equal devotion. Such is one of the effects of the prestige of the name of Napoleon. Tb rtmenta which were mosily socialist, and sent reds to the Assembly, all voted for Louis Napoleon. One of | their representatives said to me, six months ago, when I asked him if he thought the Prince would be re-elected in his department, Yes,” hi » “there are (wo men sure to be re-elected in my department; they are the Prince and I.” Thus, peasants, women, officers, sil voted for the Prince, as nephew of Na- poleon; and there is every reason to believe that they will be pleased with him and his government. As to the opposition of the salons, the government is wrong in taking offence at that. It is the life of the French to say witty things about the govern- ment, at evening parties. Balleand festivitiesare still all the rage at Paris, and the several palaces which suffered so much in 1848, are being restored to their The law on the press ig still delayed; it is, how- ever, believed that the writers of articles will not be obliged to sign their names at the foot of their ar- ticles, and that the stamp duty on the Feuilleton, (that is the story-telling part), will be removed. This will be a great boon to the Press. The Belles Tattres and the Beavx Arts ave going to be revived, #0 as to give that aliment to the public mind which in polities it is not permiited to have. We are going to have another age of Augustus in Jiteratnre. It is # mistake to say that Mme. G. Sands bas been arrested; she hae escaped by promising to occupy herself, henceforth, with nothing but romances and comedies. Literature and eminent artists will meot With encouragement now from the government reception of M. Montalembert His discourse i of To-morrow the fakes place at the Acader great length, Miefly devoted to politics and the subject of the French revolution. He is to be an- swered by M. Guizot. It will be an interesting ses- sion. In another letter I will give you an acgount | of it H.A.B P ' 5, 1852. Recovery of Jewels from the Spaniard he Gayety ot Dr. Lardner’s Soirée— Marcluoness of € aleasa’s Party— Mr. Goodrich’s Weekly Fi options, &e., &e. Afier six monthsdelay, at last I have recovered my jewels, which the Douane, at Trun, in Spain, (ook possession of, They are all safe, to the smallest din pivnd; eo thore Will be wo war. J aever had any doubts, all along—for I know tho Spaniards to bea | with an unbounded admiration of oll his acts und noble, proud, and honorablo race, above anything | monsures. Some of the English Papers, duly influ- mean ; and in this case it is proved, in a most effec- | enced, follow in the samo style. tual mannor. In what other country oustom-houso in tho world would such a tempting deposite have been safe? It confirms the high opiuign I have al- ways felt and expressed for the character of the Span- . Let me hero add, that the conduct of the haymment, and especially the kind and feeling bo- pede f the Queen of Spain to the Amorican pri- ” heggther proof of what a fine and noble rey Tn Mal am greatly indebted to our am- North Carolina, for's.th® Hon. Mr. Barringer, of as exertions on my account, in ob ithe ord fh D.-estoration of the jowels. Much is owing to the high, racter is held in Madrid. ‘THOct ‘i ay to the honorable character of a vory ungrateful if I could forget the king eee he and unceasing exertions of our ambassador. Ho took a great deal of trouble in the matter, and a. dressed several strong and urgont memorials to tho Spanish Ministry on the subject. In fact, those jewels have caused great excitement and somo trouble in the world, and mado as much noiso as tho Prince of Orange did. But now it is ovor—they eaio safe in my possession, instead of being buried at run. Paris is gayer than ever. I have been to several distinguished partics, and have my hands full for several others to come. One of the most interesting of these was that of Dr. and Mrs. L—, at thoir hotel, Faubourg St. Germain. The following account of it I extract from the Fashionable Bulletin, aa have not time to give you the full particulars my self: — {Extract from Le Bulletin de Paris. Besides the official receptions, which have been very brilliant, (expecially those of MM. Tortoul and Persig- ny. where the elite of literature and the fino arte were fully representod,} we were prosent at two magnificent private soirees. Tho first was that of Dr. Lardner, the learned author of the Encyclopedia, which bears his name. Dr, Lardner has introduced among us, in the Faubourg St. Germain, a custom which has beon quite peculiar to the Americans and English hitherto, vie :— that of scientific soirees, and all shades of society of all parties have appeared at them. Side by side with our most illustrious inventors, —Deleuil, Ch. Chevalior, Soleil, Froment, who, in tho vast apartments of the learned Doctor, displayed the electric light of the solar microscope, wo noticed the Prince Czortoriski. Count do ta Tour du Pin, Meeers. de Morternent, De I’Kspina, De Angle, De Caloner, Barroche, Tioplong, De Jourdan. Do Gorostiza; among others. also, were to be scon tho famous Thalborg. Girdin, Leopold Meyer, Judant. Frodoric de Mercy, Duval le Camus, & Among the ladies prosont were the Princess of Essling, Madame the Countess Freyunet, &o.. &e,; also we observed, in the numerous conipany, Prince Cimino, Prince Pignatelli, Des Roys, Monthroson, &e., &e. Not only was the company entor. tained with scientific exhibitions, but also there was mu- ric and dancing. Cavello improvised several sentimental melodies; Mlle Garcia (now become Madame Leonard.) sang to the great delight of the company, by whom she was tnuch applauded. ‘This applause waa redoubled. by the appearance of Mr. Leonard, who performed exqui- sitely on the violin, Mle Clauss and Mons. Savary, por- formed in brilliant style two choice pieces, one on the piano and the other on the violoncello, More than three hundred persons were present at this brilliant soiree, which will be succeeded by others of the same kind. ‘The other brilliant soiree, the rival of the above, which We have spoken of, was that of Baron Ernouf. son-in-law of Mr. Bignoly. whom the Emperor Napoleon left a8 one of the executors of his will, and rged him with the commission of writing the bistory of th of, his reign, ke. &e. Soret ee Another delightful party, which I attended last night, was that given by the Marchionoss de Guadal- casa. This distinguished lady is a neice of the fa- mous Talleyrand, and stands high in the great so- ciety of Paris. She is the widow of a Spanish grandee, and in her youth was greatly celebrated and admired for her wit and beauty, as she now is for her amiable manners and high breeding. She has delightful receptions every woek, which I am almost forced to attend, for she is quite angry with me if I once miss being there. Her husband was an intimate friend of Ferdinand VII. of Spain, and shared his captivity with him under Napoleon, be- fore he recovered his throne. The weekly receptions at Mr. Goodrich’s, the American Consul, are also de- lightful. One meets there the elite of American society in Paris. It is an agreeable and pleasant reunion. I met there Mr. Sears, of Norfolk, Virginia, an Amo- rican of fortune residing at Paris. He is a porfect gentleman; # good specimen of the real Virginian, noble hy nature, such as I have ever found them. Mrs. Sears, his lady, is @ most accomplished woman; they are well known here in fashiona- ble society, and give splendid parties. Mr. Good- rich represents his country well; he is quite lively and interesting, ns well as solid and instruc- tive—one sees in him the personifiéation of the amiable Peter Parley. His lady is a charming, lady-like person; and his daughter a sweet little American beauty. After all, it must be confessed the American ladies bear away the palm for beauty. They surpass the English, and equal the French in grace; while in complexion and rare delicacy of fea- tures, they are superior to both of them. I am going to-morrow evening ton grand entertainment given by the Baronness Gourgand, in the most fash- ionable quarter of Paris. It is to be a highly distin- guished party; you see I have as much as I can at- tend to. H. AB. * Paris, Feb. 12, 1852. The Attempted Assassination of the Queen of Spain — The Character of Isabella—Soirées—Shopping in Poris ond New York—The next American Presi- dent. I gave you in my Jast all the particulars I knew at the time of the attempted assassination of the young Queen of Spain. Never was indignation more generally felt among all classes of persons, and all shades of polities, than on this occ: t never heard 0 much sympathy expressed, and in- deed the amiable character of this lovely and charm- ing woman, is fully deserving of it all. Having seen and known her so lately, the event impressed me more than perhaps it otherwise would have done. Thave met her walking on the Prada in crowds of people, with as much fam. i Dicity of demeanor as any of our ladies yuking in Broadway. Her kind and good qualities are uni- versally appreciated in Madvid, and, I think, are not unknown in the United States. She must be en- deared to many mothers and wives there for her generous behavior to the misgnided youths who were taken prisoners in Cuba, a part of her domin- ions which, enticed by deccivers, they had pirati- cally invaded. She is said to have wept over let- ter: i to her by mothers in America, pray- ing for clemency for their sons, and she pardoned several on such letters received before she pardoned them all. Even when her life was in danger, and it was not known but that the wound might Ive fatal, she entreated that the assassin might not be put to death on her account. If it had not been for the bone of her stays, which arrested the point of the knife, the futal instrument would have penetrated her bowels. This is the best argument I think that could be given in favor of stays—at least for Queens. 1 am so tired with halls, and parties, and soirees, and operas, and theatres, and vandevilles, and Countesses, and Ducheases, and Marquises, &o., &e., &c., &e., in this gay and lively city, that I will grant you 4 respite for the present from any men- tion of them, and also to myself a little rest from their fatigue. Iam obliged to decline going to the Minister's party to-nigh 1 to the ball of the Pre- fect at the Hotel de Ville ina few nights, and to the Jardin d’Hiver, and to twenty others, out of sheer fatigne. As to politics, no one thinks of polit bogatellc is the universal watchword, +. ¢. “folly and nonsense forever, down with dirty politics.” Those who want to know anything about French politics, and the things going on here, are obliged to refer to the English papers; for nothing at all is known about these things in Paris. One might as well be in Kamskatska for any insight into present French history. Therefore you need not place much de- pendence on any letters from Paris professing to give you French news. The people of the United States—even the remotest farmers in Illinois—know as much, and ig some particulars, more of present French history and politics, than the people of France. All we know is that the Saviour of France continucs to gave France the trouble of thinking, and the papers, in consequence, are not worth read- ing, a8 they consist of nothing but flatteries of tho Saviour of France od the reetoror o¢ givilieatien, add a—vive la | com dation. return at once. He alluded ay to dangers im- No. 4.—B. D. Harris, 2 smart youngster from a pending over us at Washington that only he could Vermont printing office—f think for Si avert, and declared that he had come out to enable About two and a half miles from the site of our T have already mentioned what an expensive place | future temple, out of the base of what we call En- Paria is, especially for Americans, Formorly the | *ign Mountain, a big too of the Wahsatch ie " ush up @ number of hot , Various in qualit; English were looked apon by tho Fronch as tho rich | 809 tsoperaiate. of BoE pag henge 4 particular, has a constant head strong enough to work a fulling mill. This we have conducted in pine logs toa house in the city suburbs, and provided there the tubs and other requirements for the most luxurious artificial bathing. Though at the charge of $1 a month per family, it has become a place of frequent resort for our whole population; and as, with Mormons, socie- ty and festivity go hand in hand, this concourse has led to the erection of additional cages including, besides a ballroom, two parlors for olub and party suppers, &c., and a famous big double kitchen to cook up the good things in. To this Bath House we invited Judge Brandebury. Our hours being carly at Salt Lake, we sent the Go- vernor’s carriage for him at three in the afternoon; but dressing or something else detained him till five, shortly after which he arrived. Tho guests were then sometime assembled. Tickets had only been issued to our nicest people, and I will say it, sprottier company no honest man, not a fop, would have asked to meet. After an orchestral symphony, Brother Spencer, by his office, President of the Stake, opened with an appropriate prayer, and quadrilles commenced. Judge Brandebuary took the corner at first; but some of our ladies, making true wo- man’s account of the Miss Nancyism of a drawed up old bachelor, that showed he had sat a good deal in the shade, took pains with him, and, though a little piqued at first, we soon got him up, and made him excited. Hoe danced with Mrs. —— and Mrs. ——, again with Mrs. —— and Mra. ——, and finally left thom all, real old bachelor fashion, to ny his exclusive attentions to ‘ that sweet young In ly with the wreath of roses round berhead”—thus describing little Miss Sarah Badlam, iiged, porhaps, thirteen, be the same moro or less. Supper was an- nounced at seven. ‘The ladies and gentlemen sat down together—Govornor Young at the head of one of the tables, with Judge anne opposite lim, Our leadsg confectionary consisted of roast beef, roast mutton, chickens, roast and boiled, veal pig, wild fowl, bers meat, and gamo 1p through with garden tenck and sauce, pios, pud dings, preserves, pumpkin butter, and o her home dainties, not so well known in thorn parts, and oysters and sardines in cans, from the East. For drink, we had our own brew of porter and ale—which 1 could: not recommend, a3 it tastes like one part of the lager | article to three of water—and for Brandebury’s spe- cial use, Champagne wine from tho grocery. From | supper we went into the seeeies again and kept it | up with spirit until near two o’clock in the morning, | the handing round, at twelve, of refreshments, (con- | sisting of ice creams, cake, pie, nuts, and beverages,) | being the only interruption till the benediction and | final dismissal to home. A similar reception was given to Judge Snow and | his lady (No. 2,) and Mr. and Mrs. Harris (No. 4,) who arrived out together, I think, the 19th of July, and they were equally pleased with our bath house balls. Mrs. Harris, who danced with the Governor once, 1 recollect, and with a will too, always being anxious to be heard saying, “ Strange, pecnle East. know so little of the Mormons.” ‘*To think of being so refined, and so peaceful, and enjoying themselves so well,” &c. ** Fair and softly goos far inaday.” Perhaps, though, if called upon after this, we might have said that we had not unmixed cause to be pleased with our new officials. Their | speech and conduct, somehow, from the first, cre- | | peoplo, and regular pigeons for plucking, but now it is changed, and instead of calling every Englishman a Milord Angiais, they take overy American to be ® great personage and a millionaire. And, to tell the truth, the Americans keep up the character by their much greater liberality and freedom in expen- diture than the English, Whatever tho. English might have been in former days, thoy aro now be- come @ mean, shabby, niggardly sot—that is, in the general, leaving room, of course, for some noble ox- ceptions. As to Paris goods, Paris clothes, silks, shoes, &c., let me say a fow words. It ia a folly in any of our New York people to send hero to Paris for any of those things, as many of thom often do; for certainly they oan be got better and choaper in Now York. I havo beon better fitted with ladios’ boxts and slippers at Joffries, in Now York, than I can beherein Paris. As to prices of silks, &o., I ave bougst them as cheap and a3 good at Stewart's and Beck’s, a. Broadway, as I can hero; at least the differonce is very trifling. Parisians, perhaps, may get such things obeaper, but I dofy a stranger to dono, I think, injustice to New York tradesmen, the fashionable people in New York (tho real Paris of America) ought to know all this, and be con- tented with the good things and moderate prices they have at home. In haste, BA. B. P.8.—Can you tell mo who is to be noxt Prosident? Tam asked on every handy but I am entirely igno- rant on the subjecv. Among all the atatesmon I have seon during my visits to Washington, I would profer Mr. Buchanan of Ponnaylvania. Hoe is both a stutea- man anda gentleman, and that is a combination of qualities you will not find in tho character of many of the Washington politicians. Do say something for him and his cause. H. A. B. DEFENCE OF THE MORMONS. Letter from the Mayor of Great Salt Lake city. MORMONISM BY A MORMON—POLYGAMY—MURDER— JACKSON IN HEAVEN—TAYLOR IN LIMBO—STIFF NECKS AND SUPERSTITION—ASTOUNDING DEVE- LOPEMENTS, ETC. James Gorpon Bsnnert, Esq:— Sur—I will thank you to print, as soon as you can, tho substance of this letter. Considered only as news, it ought to be worth your while. There is great curiosity everywhore to hear about the Mor- mons, and eagerness to know all tho evil that can be spoken of thom. Announce you, that I am a Mormon elder, just arrived from Utah—Mayor, in fact, of Salt Lake City, whore my wife and family are still living—a preacher, brigadier of horse, and President of the Quorum of Seventies, and the like ; and not one subscriber that went over shoo-tops through the slime of details you gave of the play- actor’s divorce trial lately, that will not be groedy to read all I have to say upon the filthier accusa- | tions that have been brought against me and my ated and spread the impression that they wanted to get extra advantage out of us. They complained, not without reason, of the lowness of their salaries, | and it was intimated to some that a vote, by our- | gelves, of a certain increase would be agreeable. | They would not organize court, or go to work, but— | an ill example to our youth—lived indolent together friends and brethron. This is what I count upon— | in their boarding houses, day after day—the only | thank falsehood. And, if you will publish my letter | utterly idle persons i) ony whole community. Yet, | entire, I will ask for no editorial help from you. I | at the same time, tl nod airs and graces, | am no writer, but—with the holp of the Power of | and various manners vi de-ension and superiori- | Light—am not afraid of what you ean say against | ty, in which t r hey mude a very great | us, #0 long as I walk by the rule of my Master. | mistake. | ne prevalent opinion that | You walk by the rude working of your fancies. we all cles ve with the big toe, Imust say Ihave had my doubts about writing out upon these matters, my doing so not being ap- roved by our delegate in Congress, Dr. Bernhisel. ‘he Doctor is one of our gentlemon at home—a real gentleman, and would not say a rough word, or doa rough thing, to hurt the feelings, or knock off the spectacles of any man for the world. But Tam no | gentleman, in his sense at least, and have had slights enough put upon ime, personally, since I came east- | ward, to entitle me to any amount ofstand up self- | defence. Dr. Bernhisel’s official course in this mat- ter, I suppose Iai bound to accept, for Ihave under- | yates of people, of whom the saying is true, that stood that he bad the advico of experienced mon, | lye have Leen Detter duys ; 20 that if there is any who said to him, “Take up the report of the three | thing we can do, it is to take the measure of sham officers criminating your constituents, wlion itcomes | ali-cut pretensions, and write down their true from the State Department into the House; ask | figures. ‘There was one personal informity of Judge and make ics sith holy water. We have among us women who] ay on the piano and mix French with their talk, and nen who like tight boots, and who | think more of the grammar than the meaning of what they are saying, and who would ask nothing better than to be fed by other people for squaring Jes and writing dead languages all their lives— albiet we would not give one good gunsmith's ap- prentice for the whole of them, And, though we are.all out-and-out democrats, in spirit and in sab- stance, we have plenty of the hard-to-comb curly for a special committee, with power to send for per- | Pyandebury, Lam sure is much remarked upon sons and papers, and put the fulse witnesses on oath; | wiih us os ‘if could | ven the boarding but don’t stoop to wrangle upon your religion, mo- | jouse folks were not content with it rals, and politieal opinions with Mr. Webster or the | Ff Congressmon at large, whom the country considers 1 May | hope your? to have enough to do to take care of their own.” heey This is all very well, and very high, and mighty, with our score of spring streams rushing through and dignified certainly; but while the grass grows | the city plat, esh water inkes, our hot springs, the cow starves—while Congress is taking its months | hy sing than Abana to do the work of a day, the verdict of the public goes against ve—as the law word is, by default—and we stand substantially convicted of anything and every- | | arphar rivers of Daanaseus—we think so much thing thut any and every kind of blackguard can | | | 4 of washing: and ot very dear with useither. And we read the ncluding Zecharia! Band 4, where we are taught that the angel wo make upalie about. And now Chearthat thecharges | not speak with Joshua before he changed his lin are not to be pushed; two of the officers want to | And, whistle! that shirt the Judge had on at our come back to us as friends. | 24th of Jnty celebration, where we did our best to They are to be virtually abandoned aiter doing us all the harm they 5 What Mr. Webster thinks, we care little; what is the opinion of most members of Congress, you can hardly believe, in your part of the world, how very littlo; but public opinion, that power we respect as well us recognise; and, therefore, I am now deter- | mined, on my own responsibil; to write myself, and blurt out all the truth Lean. I may not be dis- creet, but I will be honest. I have written, to begin with, an examination make a dignity figure of bim, was the greatest. It came about as near to being the great unwashed, considering there were ladies present. It was, onthe whole, I may say, the most disrespectful shirt ever was seen at aeclebration. The Judge never stirred out without his big umbrella, not so much to keep the sun off, but to fide out people, on account of his being shy ; but, after this, whenever he was seen dragging about under it, it used to be the joke that he was afraid of rain water getting in into the causes that induced the three officers to on to that shirt. But, of course, no notice wastaken leave Utah, but find it grown on my hands too long | of such trifles; and everything went on smooth and for publication. As I must confine myself, there- glassy as the pool of indolence itself, till after the fore, to plain and unargued narrative, 1 will best | fith day of August. This day arrived out from the begin with the original and beginning of our | States, Mr. 2. E. Brocchus, and in one short six troubles, found, to my mind, in the notion that, un- | weeks after this man came among us, he was the like other populous communities, we are not fit, or means of 3 ig up all the evil report that we have have not the right, to furnish our ownrulers. I had to encounter. doubt if the contrary even once occurred to Mr. Fill- Brocchus, as far as T have been able to find any- more, who, I am porsuaded, had quite a wish to thing about him, I make out to be one of those cha- dea] justly with us. What was the consequence? | ractersthat it would be difficult (o examine and edu- At the very outset of our national career, we hadto | cate anywhere out of the District of Columbia. have strangers sent to govern us. Who of worth | Their description is that of the Washington maid of and standing at home would venture out to our dis- | all work—that is, dirty work. Having the “ Direc- tant and undescribed country? Accordingly the | tory of the Cellars and Garrets” by heart—being tho offices went begging among all the small fry poli- | only man to show new “M. C.’s" the fashions after ticians who cou ae suspected of being fit to fill dark—quick to smell feasts suffering chamber- them. And (us I bave heard, after sundry nomina- | ers—knowing all the “convenient” people—lobbying tions were refused) the following were picked up:— | as only those men can who have nothing else to do— No. 1.—A Mr. Brandebury, who brought his re- | always ready to hold hig men’s horses, and willing commendation, saying he had studied Jaw in the | to blow their noses all day in the waiting room for i uy yivania county court lawyer, re- | the chance. They live on the broken victuals of al high and lofty tumbling in big and little kitchen cabinets, till they come at pport of the United States Bank, through a by their chance of *boneing” the mutton bloodless, cruel war, but who, in every other re- which they devow in the fitce of the poor from Whom spect, exaggerated the recommendation of a Presi- dential candidate, of being perfectly and entirely unknown. No. 2.—Zerubbabel Snow, of O ticing in the interior of that § they have it. OF such came out to us from Alabama, via Washington, nearly one yeur after we were made a territory by law, our’ second Associate Judge, To our people at Kanesville, where he stopped for io. 8 lawyer prac: ate-—qualifications rath f the others—willing to come out, | purposes of outfitting, he proclaimed his intention of prok ng kinefolk among us running as delegate to Congress. He provided i No. . B. Brocchus, of Alaboma, of whom — toxicating liquors gratuitously to those in hi: gin to speak. y unknown, ! hope, to the President—in the lower purlieus of the Dis- fet of Columbia by no means entived to that re- pany who would listen to his discourse on thi dect. He said it was his only purpose in goin, to Uinh; and that, his election seew out d, he should tary. y little fellow ankee, for he , a la not a And for Indian Agent, No. him to be our saviou named Day, with balf the | us he spoke and elec- tioneeved with the ie of the train till he met a was all the time thinking of « “trade.” train, which conveyed intelligence to the “Fry stor with utter, ys the proverb, of the election of Dr. John M. Bernhisel. His “the broth will b aa I don’t know what man- then changed. As soon as he arrived, he an- hese wen present, now that they have taken their titles at our expense, and drawn some of Unele Sam's money for it; but, as they ceme among us, the bevy was just such as you will find keeping tavern together at a railway water station. rub the active partner—Lomuel, rather slow; but his uncle, superintendent of the to secure the trains always stopping there | nounced his intention of returning tothe States. He said he was sick, and supported the character in the eyes of his fellow lodgers by eating enormously, without taking any out-door exercise. He was hale and busy enough, toourcost. He mmst hav ined his influence over the others almost immodiatel after his arrival, They soon removed to the hoard- ing house in which he was quartered ; and, as we breakfast and dinner times; with H: the bar- | think we can see now, there evidently concerted keeper to fly round spry, and Day to black boots, | their schemes and manners of molestation and mis- pump tank, and lift trunks. To our misfortune they | chief. We heard now distinctly more of di were not kept in their proper sphe isfaction, and more of the insufiiciont The first we knew of our becoming a territory was | ompensation and the rest. the account of the passage, September, 1850, of the We could do nothing ourselves; but a petition to Jaw organizing Utah, which reached us before the | Congress having heen drawn tp, usking an inerease year wae out. Nothing could exceed the clamorous | of (heir saluries, the Governor headed it Joy of our citizens at learning that they were thus off hy Dr. Bernhisel, on the Ist of invited into the family party by their brethern of | much avail was it! Within the wee the Union. Our national flags went up, hailed by — fol the proceedings 1 am now going to deseribe huzgos all over the settlement, and when we hoisted ‘They had not their connected appearance at the time, rer of appearance x mber the 6th, At itsoponing sentation of the people from attendance, Geveray: Young numbers of us paid bim our respects; and, though our calls were not returne’, proceeded to get up oftor gur customs, @ bailia lus honor, A paragrapy nppointinent, day, # handeome wll quarters being our Jarge one on the liberty pole at Temple Block, | hut we have been at no loss to understand their | imGreat Salt Lake city, the artillery saluted itwith | bearing since | one hundred rounds, rammed home. One day Brocehus reminded the Governor that he The first actual appearance among us, by peraonal | wae going nway very soon, and asked him to de | reprecentative, of the government. majesty of the | him the favor of procuring him ax large an audie United States, was the arrival of No. 1, as above, ef the people as possible, ax he was very anxion which ws much a rafter, (he 7th ‘© them in style, the elaime of the W of June ii ni fund. Ido not know how I luggage, and put up at a boarding house on the | ont ej ut, as he was always specious and | outskirts of the town, resorted to by traders and car- | smiling, the Governor, willing to show bim a | riers passing through the sent. Wewelcomed | pleasure 1 will invite yon, sir, to spemk at | this from our hearts, did not fire the ean- | our ay ig conference. It ina religious meet- non at it, having eaved this honor for our country’s | ing, | suppove you ave nwares bat L wish well to | standard, or its enemies. Nor did we attend to ape | your cause One of the first bnildings we ever | pearances os well as the French, who made ready for | rained at Balt Lake was Bowery, or gallery of | their king by putting white kid gloves on the guide | rough thw and } assemblies. posts’ fingers, and a clean eambric ruffled shirt and | Around ven wa ground, though it silk stockings on the body of a criminal hanging in | now n the hemrt of uisiness part of the | irons. Our means, after all, were limited; but we | cily, Our semi-annual conferences haye always mot | cordially did our best, As it was the Chief Juatioe, | im it; ond our full one amembling here by stated | | | minds me, by the wa: if the edgy is individual, I take it, is one of those who, by reason of a certain flue! and custom of easy rambling from subject to subject, thom- spent ere cute to soqel themesives quite oretitabiy 5 le ui vos faa conversation. or brief friendly lot ir; while thoy break down miserably if called on fora or essay a continuous subject, which exposes in them the defects of their early education, their ha- bitually loose texture of thought, and their yant of connected views and consistent petvelplos of any kind. Such creatures frequently pass ee the world without being voted ignoramuses or lack-wits, and s0 with some may unsteady creature Broochus pass. 1 mako this remark because I am certain no ono of bis acquaintance at Salt Lake city, was preparod for such # speech a8 he mado on this ocoasion. In its way it beat Brandebury’s shirt. I would givo a hundred dollars for the sake of our cause, to havo had a phonograpber to take down the stupendous effort. I can now profess to remombor a few points of it, rect to my momory by tho use that a8 been made of thom since. He began by stating that ho had read our history with deepinterest, par- ticularly that part relating to our sufferings in win- ter quartera, on tho Missouri River, during tho se- vere winter of ’47. I intended to havo visited winter quarters, he said, but, alas, was not able. A friond of mine brought me these flowers; here they are; it is all I can nt you of that -sninted place! At this sympathetic display he forced a toar, and tho careless observer would havo said, wipod it from his cheek, but Deseret eyes saw the handkerchiof pasa to the right and tho [eft, while the tear remainodon the cheek by an overcast of the head. His re- ception was next referred to. ‘1 was a stranger, and you took me in; sick, and you visited mo,” &c. Evon a kind Jady brushed tho flies from my foro- head; her kindness 1 can nover forget. Another tear wis forthcoming, and wiped as before. ‘Twenty minutos of this sort of thing quite naturally in- troduced the consideration of his personal merits. In the course of an able and flattering autobiogra phy, he displayed all bis advantages of experience and public service in important imaginary capaci- ties. His sppointment by his Extellenoy the Presi dent of th ited States, was enough to show what kind of # man he was. The President being a vir- tuous man, could appoint nono but 9 virtuous man like himself; he (Brocehus) bee virtuous, there- fore, like the Prosident, received his appointment. By this argument he refuted any vile calumnies from tho States that he said might have pursued his pri- vate character. After this, ina style half school hook, half 4th of July, came up Anthony (!) Put- nein, (he Revolutionary War, and Gen. Washington, who was declared a greater man than Napoleon and all his generals, and only to bo comparod to Presi- dent Taylor. Putnam he got at Bunker Hill, but Washington at Burgoyne’s, probably Braddock’s, defoat. Behold him! he cried, on his white horse at the battle of Yorktown, proudly careering on his whito charger over the prostrate bodies of his coun- ry’s enemies. This sort of thing took upan hour more, by which the patience of the company was pretty nearly worn out, though they remained quiet. ‘For more than two hours,” he writes, “I was fa- vored with tho unwavering attention of my audi- ence.” But a changed tone then came on him, with achange of subject. He bogan a studied assault upon his introducer, Governor Young, and an argu- ment to the people against allowing this man so much influence as he possessed, the sum of it boing that so Jong as this continuod we could have no party divisions, and without party divisions we could not be a worthy object of the notice or favor of politicians. Soon, however, he found he could do nothing on this head. ‘Oh ladies, sweet ladios,” he cried, ‘why do you ‘go in’ for such a man? Your smiles should be turned on the contemplation of wen who can handle the sword—George Washing- ton, and Zachary Taylor, the second Washington. Oh, Governor Young can’t handle the sword!’ Eyen such soft appeals as this were thrown away. From bad to worse, disapprobation rose, till the orator was groaned. He tricd a few insinuations more, and was groaned again, groaned with a will. At this, inatead of taking his seat, he changed his ground, and made a direct and undisguised attack upon the audience itself—men and women—without distinction, accusinf® them of want of patriotism and attachment to the laws, and reproaching and insult- ing them to their face. General D. H. Wells, of Il- “linois, and impulsive and hot spoken man, but T am bound to say one of our most liberal and public spirited citizens, had delivered an oration on the Ath of July, severely condemning the course of the federat government towards us. Producing an im- pret report of this speech and commenting on it, rocchus proceeded to attribute its sentiments to the people, and make them answerable for it, there- upon threatening them with destruction *y the whole army and navy of the United States. In the same way he brought up remarks of Governor Young upon General ‘Taylor, threatening the people with destruction for them also, and declaring that his (Brocchus’s) influence should break him from office the instant he arrived in Washington. Finally, the women hissing him here, he mentioned Wash- ington, for the first time, in connection with the monument, and as if merely incidentally. _ “It re- y.” lie said, that T have a commission from the Washington Monument Asso- i to ask of you (the ladies) a block of marble, t of your citizenship and loyalty to the go- vernment of the United States. But in order for you to do it acceptably, you must beeome virtuous, and teach your daughters to become virtuous, or your offering had better remain in the bosom of your native mountains.” At this climax of insult, the meeting rose as one man, and their cries and uproar compelled the speaker to take his seat. The hubbub continuing, we looked to the other officers of the United States who had been invited to the stand to reply; but as they failed to do so, the Govornor being loudly called for, rose and epoke in substance (for I can- not imitate or remember successfully his peculiar style) as follows:—‘* But for this man’s personali- ties, f would be ashamed not to leave him to be answered by some of our small spouters—sticks of his own timber. Such an orator, | should suppose, might be made by down east patent, with Comstock’s honetics and elocution primers; but, I ask you all, fave we ever before listened to such trash and non- sense from this stand? Are you a Judge, (he said, turning to hiin,) and can’t even talk like a lawyer; ora politician, and hay’nt read an American school history? Be ashamed, you illiterate ranter, (said he,) not to know your Washington better than to praise him for being a mere brutal warrior. George Washington was called first in war; but he was first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. He had a big head and a great heart. Of course, he could fight. But, lord! what man can’t?) What man here will dare to say, with wo- men standing by, that he is a bit more a coward than Washington was?) Handle the sword! handle a sword as well as George Washington. I'd be ashamed to say 1 couldn't. But you, standing there, white and shaking now, at the hornets’-nosi you have stirred up yourself—you are a coward; A that is why you have cause to praise men are not; and why you praise Zachary Taylor. President Taylor you can’t prais in him. Old General Taylor! what was hela mere soldier, with regular arany buttons on ; no bet | ter to go at the head of brave troops than a dozen 1 could pick up between Leavenworth and Laramie. And, for one, I’ not have Washington insulted by having m compared to Taylor, ro 8 single breath of speech. No, nor what is more, President and General Andrew Jackson crowed down and forgotten, while Iam with this people—even if I did not know that one is in one place (of punishment), and the other in another (of reward). Brigham Young spoke this out of his knowledge by the priesthood. ** What's the meaning,” continued the Governor, but more at large than I can give it here, ‘* what's the meaning of this insult upon our pa m? Is pest friends. But you shall not go home to say you were never told vo, Against the Union, are we? We want to bave Saint Francisco on one side o us, and Saint Louis on the other, fighting and scratching like any other two Saints of different de- nominations, do we? And the tax on the foroign goods we use isn’t enough, to be sure, but we must want to pay one set of duties at a custom house in New York or New Orleans, and then another at Jetterson City, may be, and another set again at Couneil “Blufis! That will help us, won't itt No, sir; we're not nailed to North or South, or any other point of the compass, here. We have come out from the North and South as well as East and Wert, and we want our old States to stiek together, Vecause we intend to stick to the whole of them. And we are just the very people to know what tom- s nonsense it is, the notion of a minority that expects to get into a tight place going off for | Stiety into close partnership with iis next neigh- there is more that hors. Whe does not know | Dother with a quavreisome neighbor than with | a dozen that live further off. And what is a mane chance if, with a neighbor on lim, bent upon misehiet, he has no other neigh! to help him keep them straight. It is just the same with Statee Let the devil of persecution ge abroad against any single one of them, as if did against us at home, and let it be ngia or Hlinois in , and North Carolina and Tennessee, or on 0) le. 1 #00, 0 Missouri and lowa on the other, all ready to join, if one is not enough, t6 put Cherleston or Nauvoo A where i¢ Charleston outh Carolina ing to he, if she hasn't the outsider to Now, tell all this, whon you return to ome of your folks in Alabama, whi ‘oll sty You belong: but, if you tell them, instead, the Mormons want to get up 9 unioo with Selkirk’s Settlement or the Hudson Pur Company, he annexed by tho Mexican hali-breed® or the Indians (say the Crows, or the , or the Snakes), | know they'd TALICE DEHOVY to, time Weed way UVR AU Ly down either, help h J can | -you find nothing | the place of miserable vermin that feed upon its | red body to teach us the value of the Union? nse enough you have to see we are bound to be its or two, dosoriptive of this entertainment, will not bo | took the nity of falling. ie srocn'es. will believo of Mormons!” After defining ory, fal Pasedens gives bum- | “ honorably introdueed,"* after this wise, the Governor concluded, tis bu hearty okie merit ie, nd ee rapst a one Brocohus. en , about as follows:—* What you havo not been afraid to intimate about our morals, 1 will not to notice, except to make my peat uest_ of every brother and hi sent, not to give you back what such impude: deserves. You talk of things ¢ you havo on hosr- say,’ sinco your coming among us. I’ talk of hearsay then—the hearsay that you are disoon- tented and will home, Bacantse we cannot make it worth your while to stay. What it would satisfy you to get out of us I think it would be hard lo toll; but I am sure it ia moro than you'll get. If you or any ono elso is such a baby calf wo must sugar your to coax you to wash yourwlf of Saturday nights, go home to mammy straight away, and the sooner the hotter !”” This ia the whole of Governox Young's apecoh, of which #0 much to do has been made. What to make of tho strange speech of Brocchus to this day Tam not clear. Had it, after all, no more mean- ing in it than a capon’s crow? or did the man, undor the impression that wo were # divided people, think ho pe ep up a party out of those opposed to Brigham Young—and was he the two hours sweet- ening his pro © before trying it tor was be, again, as others think, d: » OF partially 3o1—or was ho go scared whon he came to his words of work in earnost, as to got into a sort of college lad's flurry, and say more than he ever meant to say, to extricate himselffrom bashful floundering? Any of the suppositions may be truo in part; but I am satisfod it was a concerted thing, although, as 1 havo intimated, it did not strke us in that light at the time, or, in fuot, in any other, much beyond its breaking up our conference. This it did. Wecould not go on with the church business after the diagrace- ful occurrence, and our meoting had to be dismissed and dispersed for the day. After the Brocehus outrago, the story of the mia- conduct of the other officers is soon related. First, wo found out, to our astonishment, that noither Brandebury nor Harris were at pains to condemn or disavow his course. Soon we were threatened that Hanis would return with Brocchus, not long aftor wo beard the same ill of Brandobury, and soon after this (I am not here in the spirit of a jest; but just four days before little Sally Ballam had left Utah and its judiciary, for the mines!) their purpose of doing so was formally announced to ua. The Go- vYernor, upon this, fearing they might be as good as ther Wink and eave the lerritory to legal anarchy, called a special session of the Legislature to consider of the exigency. Thore was a rupture at once. They would not communicate with that body or no- tice its existonce. Tho Assembly passed a joint resolution directing the United States Marshal to take into his custody the papers, seals, and funds of the Seoretary, as about to abscond. He disregarded it, and applying to Judgo Brandebury, who, for this Sens purpose, constituted an United States Court for the first time, obtained an injunction on the marshal against interfering with him. The two houses passing also a resolution directing an order to pay on account of mileage, stationery, &c., out of $24,000 placed in the Sceretary’s hands for such expenses, ho refused to accopt and on tho contrary, wrote them back an insulting lotter, in which he pronounced his (tho Secrotary’s) opinion that they wore illegally elected and ‘constituted. This lottor, duted Septomber 25, came to the Assem- bly next day, or Friday, Sept. 26. What thoy would have done, or what would have been the course of their debates it would be hard tosay. But the officers, as if they feared the Assembly really might take the Secretary’s objections for more than they were worth, resign and be reconstituted which could have been done in a week. The next thin, we knew, they were off Sunday morning, bright and early, A. D., 1851. And so quiet as they kept about it all! Though the Legislature bad their muss with Harris, about not paying them and the rest, which figures so largely now on paper, the very week I left, there was no- thing about it had hardly come up as much as talk, except how Brocchus insulted the Conference on the Gthof September. Yet all this time, it turns out, they were hedging and hatching, and laying traps, playing sly attorney’s tricks, giving advice, and got- ting crooked law papers out of honest, straight-for- ward citizens, that suspocted no offence, but looked up to them insuch matters for what they profossed to be, their legal protectors, advisors and guardians, And to crown all, they have the face to talk, in the documents they have got up, of the “hostile and seditious feelings and sentiments” of the people. Our poor people, that then and now and all the time h been minding their own business, sowing, and reaping,and digging, and building, and manufactur- ing, as careless of the doings of the men in Rhodes’ boarding house, as you would be of goings on at the Swedish consul’s in Varick (2) street. Though if the wiles of the Diabolonians prosper, be they ever so unwitting of guilt, they will be punished for many sins indeed, by haying sent them pro-consul, with rapacious legions (of relations) some ‘ most excellent Governor Felix,” or Porcius Festus, of the last hungryest of the first families of Virginia, who has missed his middy’s warrant when he was youn; 4 and can’t get a pursership after he hus gone to aced. Ihave concluded my narrative. How far it con- tains cause of offence, perhaps, Tam unable to see; but Tam sure it will sarprise every ono that has perused it, to know that wretched stitching together of trivial as it appears it covers the whole ground of the charges made a, score pages of the returned offic true statement of every transa | were concerned, and by perversion, made obnoxious | tocensure. Above, and outside of all the admis- sions I have been so careful to make, the reader will see that room remains for me to offer comments on our part, explaining our course, and condemning our antagonists. Irefrain. I shall take my chance of doing this, when I take up, in form, the charges as they have drawn them. Though t can’t expect it will please them much better than did the woman tho emetic, when she told the doctor there was no good. giving her any more, for she couldn’t keep it in her stomach five minutes. Still, their complaint shant be their physic is not done up in style. ‘ Jam your’ very obedient sorvant, RG JepEDIAn M. Grant. New Yor, March 4, 1852, Postscript to the reader.—The chapter on poly- gamy is postponed for the next letter. Brooklyn City Inte! nec, ‘Tux Brooxtyy Urry Hoserras nual report, of the Board of Trustoes of this institution (whicl has just been published) shows that during the year 1851 the total number of admissions were 130—males 101, fefwales 29, Of these, 72 were charity patients. sup- inst us in the many and contains the ion in which they | ported at the expense of the hospital. ‘The places of na- tivity of the patients, and the number of discharges du- ring the year, is eet down as follows :— ‘Nat Discharges America .... Recovered 85 England Relieved. zs Germany 6 Removed by request. 4 Ireland , Bloped .......... 2 Holland 1 Died. of which 12 were Scotland Coroner's cases.........-.25 Prussia, 129 130 ‘There remained wader treatment January 1, 1852, 16. The report adverts to the fact of the erection of the centre and wing of what is ultimately designed to be handsome building on the Hospital grounds, on Fort one. The centre, it is anticipated, will be ready for occupation ju the course of the month of April, and the | wing in the couree of the summer, ‘Together, they may | accommodate sbout 1€0 patients, with all the app nances that can possibly be required for comfort and c venience. While these preparations have been moking: for a more extended sphere of dsefuluess for the ensuing: year, the small hospital building in Hndaon avonue has been contributing ite share towards relieving tie wants of the community. The net expenses for the year 1851, is stated in round numbers at $5,000 ; of which $772 was | Yeeeived for poy patients, thus contributing but % trifle over one-fourth to the sum total. sum being less than the amount received for like purposes the preceding year. ecounted for by the greater number of accidents, which generally prove charity patients iu the end, which have at all times so crowded the ward, | that an encroachment on the female wards has been ren- dered nocessary, and frequently to the exclusion of nu- | Merous applicants as pay patients. The trustees express the hope that the ineome from that source will be more | proportionately imereased when they can afford larger | oome and better accommodation Asorner Exmankment Accipent,—A young man named John Ryan, a laborer, had his left leg fractured on Satur- day, in’ consequence of the caving of an embankment at Red Hook Point, where he had at work, He was taken to the Hospital Arrempr ro Rona Vesext.—John Sullivan and James Donovan were arrested early Saturday morning, by off- | cer MeLaughliv, while attempting to force an entrance into the cabin of a vessel, lying at Thorne’s dock. They had previously loaded a schooner. at the foot of Joralemon. street, but were driven off by some of the hands, Both were committed to answer, by Justice King. Annrst or Hoo Tiixves.—Ofcers Blakelee and Rogers, of the Fourth district, divcovored two mon driving elevert | hogs down Portland avenue, fear Washington Park. at: en unscagonable hour, Saturday morning. and jmmediate- ly started im pursuit, but it was not until they had nearly | hed Williamsburg that the parties were arrested. | They were brought before Justice King and committed { to answer, They gave their names as Joveph Hart and | John Wager. dered t ordance Rerams vo THe Caprron Linnary.—[t is os! mated that the repairs to the Congressional Libra! a1 Washington, will cost, $72,500. The aleove', | cases, galleries, doors, window shutters, coiling: and brackets that support them, are all desi | be of east iron: the shelves for the books | plate glass or enamelled ivon: the fh ming of the roof, wrought ivons t sheathing, of copper and (he fhe rot stone, Thus, no combustible ma terial will used ia the reconstruction of the library. According to the plan submitted byyi architect, itis proposed to enlarge & » library, to embree the entie weetorm projection” + Capt