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AFFAIRS OF THE MORMONS. sting Letters from the Fathers and aes Riders of the Church. The Trouble with the Government Officers, Great 8aur Lane Crry. } Utan Trrerory, May I, 1hd2. be Gordon Bennerr, Usq — Tn the Hrkavp of the 9th March, in your com- meus upon General Grant's reply to the ‘‘fiying eourt,” or “Babes in the Woods,” hite of Utah, Bees you sagaciously say the Latter Day Saints must ‘make up their minds to submission to ‘the federal authorities, and come down to the established arrangement of one wife at a time, @2 abide the consequence of the higher law 1; fir, im all doference to your uaique Jon, permit me to dissent, because the const tion has no power ever religion, neither has Ura! Gongress ; ** the federal authoriti have no con- trol over morslity—that belongs to the good oll ‘ook. the word of the Lord, and you know that Qod allowed any good man, such as Abraham, Jacob, Mideon, David, Soiomon, and hundreds of others, a plurality of wives. “Praise ye the Lord;” and anives all chrietenmdom shall, by their ‘‘ sacerdotal clergy,” petition Jehovah, and repeal King James’ repugnant, and as J believe, ‘wonderful wiving law,” we shall, as a religious community, hold onto cur rights, guaranteed by the constitationand revelation. At is just as virtuous, just as holy, and jast as wise for the Mormons to obey the scriptures now, as in the days of Moses or Jesus; for Jesus said, ‘“su‘Ter Little children, and ferbid them not, to come unto me, for of euch is the kingdom of heaven.” ? You know, also, that among other great promires to the Latter Day ebildren” ehildren uniess you bad the wives, as methe bear them. home of the old prophets said, * women should take held of ene min,” &e.; bu think it is po whore said that seven men 5! take hold of one woman, omewhat fashions among the ée of man, 4 If you have not Dy. ri M.E communication f lity of wives, bein a dialogue bx hus nud the King Peel. call on hi the pee e have it and I think you yetem will ing as smal as our racing Gilpil dirty cotton court.” O two evils a Mormon chooses neit! but goes in fe all good and more good. which, if, as Solomon sai d Saints, am “handred fold of mothors and | promised. You could nos have tho , to 1 f a good wife ie a good thing, thon the more you heave the more good you have; so that when the suffering female kind, over the great glot gequainted with the fact that ‘‘the dau of Kinge are amo ¢ Lord’s honorable wive heaven, nd on the right hand i shir, you will hear of me ) than you eve ehristion ele aoretings, because t Brother Cordon. into corruption by nigh heir deeds are evil. look inte my almanae for thi fo the holy priosttood or @narrew, contracted year, and on the thirty-second page you will observe @n account of the ‘* Hrernal Mother,” and on the thirty: seve “the philosophy of the bea Try a little e Mormon elassi I go in fo brew, Greek, Latin, French, Ita any other language which conveys truth. rH , Spanish, ead should you get the communication }] mentioned above, I think whatI have written willdo for you, and J, and others, to caleulate thst the constitution ef the United States actually allows men and women to love, get, and do all the good they can, from the Bible, from the Book of Mermon, fiom the wo and even from one another, ‘* Praise yethe I Respectfally, WoW. Pan JUDGE PROCCHUS TO COVE YOUNG, REQUE: ING_TO LE C ROR. Sunpay Morne, August Jl, 1951. Jndge Brocchus tenders his cary liments to ( Foung, avd begs} to accompany his Excellency to church this m i v. ve to say that Le would be glad aides Bi ia feeble health, and could no with propricty ture to walk to church, Memorandum.—When Governor Young arrived a wae inthe stand, befo: J. BoLLocn, bis clerk. B. YOUNG TO P. F. BROCCEYS. Great Raut Lake Crry, Sept 19, 1951. Dear fin—Ever wishing to promote the pead love, and hermon, the people, and to culti thewpirit of charity, and benevolence to all, and ¢ ially towards strangers, I prop and resp2ct: ty invite your honor, to meet oar public as bly at the Bowery, on Sunday moroing next, 30 A. M., and address the same people fro stand that you addressed on the Sih, iust., at General Conieren d if your honor shail and there explain, 'Y, Or apologise to the faction of the la Sb, to that ¢ #0 dc arly prized , Tehall écteem it a duty anda ple every apolog aharch, on foot, Judge 3B. hin. et t the 8 eard your address on the hose feelings of kindness whieh you in ye ated asure and satisiaction from my observation which you as a gentleman ean claim or desire 2t my hands. Bhould your honor please to accept of thie and benevolent invit bearer, that public notive may be given, and wide: extended, that the house may be fall. nd m, please answer by the And believe me, sir, most sincorcly and respectfully your friend servant Hon. Prr P.8 —Bea Brigham Youne. rE. Brocozvs, Asst. Justice. mitted to make any reply to your address on taat @ccasion. P. B. BROCCHUE TOGOY. YOUNG neat Sait Lake Crry, Sept. 19, 1851. ur note of this date is before me. ur iv, reese Drar 8 While I folly con: the rentinents ter, Imust be exe etful i at the Bowery, to-morrow morning. and cerdially reciprocate, 1 the preface of your lot- used frora the 2cceptance of your pyitation, to address a public aseembiy If, at the proper time, the privilege of explaining had been allowed mo, baye relieved myself Ishould, promptly and gladly, from any erropevus impressions that my auditors might have derived from the sub- stance or tone of my remarks, But ae that privi- was denied me, at the peril of having my bair lege bea, or my throat cut, I must be permitted to de- cline appearing again in publie upon the subject. I will take occasion here to sey, that my speech, in al) its parts, was the result, eare—not proceeding h a@ maddened impulee, «+ yal impression. I in‘eoded but, in eo doing, I did not and insult to my aul My sole design. which seemz to dicate the gover of deliberation and .ted imagination, or ve been @ gone- bat I did say; ofter indigaity these feeling: Pp tion which seein oc That duty Jat fe ; fal to the gov r hi to which Lowe ot rat justly cau: hord t tom of my : d ever be rend dis y that be- Jong: to 2 wruc 1 ep—~with firnfness, with boldnc dignit, ways observing a due respect ward other parties, whether asssilunots or neutral Jt war not my intention to imrult, or offer disres- to my sudience; and farthest possible was it etign, to excite a painful or unp! ir presence and their respectful attention on the occasion. Io conclusion, J will remark, that at sant | a the hearts of the ladies who honored me ue time of the delivery of my speech, I did not conceive that it contained anythii minded person. fully confirmed me in that i Jam, sir, very sidieietian’ y PE deserving the censure of a just- Y To bis Excellency Brsanam Youne BRIGHAM YOUNG TO P. BE. BROCCHUS. Great Savt Lar Cary, September 20, 1851. { _ Dean Sin—The perusal of your note of the 1th | inst., bar been the source of some sober refiections im my which I beg leave to communicate in the fe dom with which my soul has been aspired outemplation. ith & war of words on party politice, factio Religious ecbix rrent controversy of creeds, liey of ¢ se clipper eliques, I have nothing to do; | ¢ principles of truch are falsifie | ‘ned into darkness, tifient: Use delineation « . 80 that uprig aroure bought liberties of t pirit of inte- lere @ and pergocut time and tur mi ms |r | to bold the thundering « al nations born ar born when the marrow of my | to sustain the ibrea It has been and bideth hi fee, and ehall hide n fereen my conduct, or 5 from the gaze of an assembled universe, bat by ox- poring some of your movements, designs, plans, and purposes, so that the injury which you have designed for this people tony fall upon your own head, unless ou sball choose to accept the proffered hoon—the ri pwhich lextended to you yesterday—by as you to make satisfaction to the ladies of this valley, who fo!t thomsel vee inaulted and abused by your address of the Sth inst., and whieh you have declined to do in your note, to which this fe a reply in your note, you remark—* If,"at the proper time, the priviloge of explainirg had beon allowed me, whould promptly and gladiy have relieved mrcelf from any ervor improrsioax my audliors we gOt bare deslyyd ayaa Wap pale wngg aad a 'y subsequent reflections bave | | my remarks; but as that privilege was denied me, pry perisl of having my hair ulled or my throat out, I must be permitted to decline appearing again in public on the subject.” sir, when was the ‘ refer} Was it when you bad exhausted the patience ience 8th, after hay iven @ | inj sensibility among the ladies of Utah, eel ener cape ‘one who an Zrooptt which called forth my remarks, 60 as to provent the Was it a proper time to challenge for single Cae necessity of my again adverting to the same; for be before a general assembly of the people, convene! assured, dear sir, that while eries of injured «pecially for religious warship ? “Vow plier you, then, have “ promptly and gladly relieved yourself from any erroneous impression your auditors might have derived from the sul and tone of your remarks,” when you knew not from what seurce your auditors derived those im- pressions ? And was it bre boasted privilege, your proper time to fire and ‘fight your batt over again,” as quick as you had givena challenge, with- out waiting to see if any one agcepted itt If so, who would you have been likely to hit—ladi gentlemen? z “ Jt was true, sir, what Usaid, at the close of your speech, and I repeat it here, that my expressions may not be mistaken—I said in reference to your speech, Judge Brocehus is either profoundly igno- rant, or wiltally wicked—one of the two. There are several gentlemen who would be very glad to prove the statements that have been made about Jndge Broechns, and which he has artempted to repel; but ‘L.will hesr nothing more on either side at this con- ference. B And why did Tsay it! To quell the excitement which your remarks bad caused in that audience ; not to give or accept a challenge, but to prevent any one (of which there wero many present wishing the opportunity), and every one, from ascepting your phates ge, and thereby bringing down your head the indignation of an outraged people, in the midst of a conference bonvencd for religious instruc tien and business, and which, your remarks conti- wued, must have continued the excitement, until there would have been danger ‘‘ of pulling of hair and cutting of chroats,” perhaps, on both sides, if rties hod proved equal—tor there are points in Erman action ents, beyond which mea and ¢ ° Starvation will reve- Jead them to acts of atro- not control; and will w of her murdered off- ad, and her dying sire, be equally strong ally when tantalized who stand, or eught ty on the jadgment seat, to all? not & mother s relia spring, her bleedi: by hands and uneantro to the bigh to stand vr and impart j Sir, what confide ed, outeast people bench, after you ba et hope in iand [hnois. you was have plead which are own acte, st judge, governors, they, with yom thelr midst, and utterly refused f the cries of mur- dered innocence from reaching their polluted ears? Task, sir, didyou know this? If not, you were profoundly ignorant; yon were possessed of igno- rance not to be toleratedin children of ten years, in these United States. Hut, on t you were in on of the facts, you were wilful- ly wieked in presuming to tantutize, and rouse in anger gire, those feelings of frail humanity on one band and offended justice other, which it is ovrobject to bury in f ifainess, and leave the issue to the decision of Bt God. Your motive, action, or design, wholly con- cealed, or you could never have gained a hearing on | such an ion As pi officer ia said conference, didT por- mit any man to accept your challenge? No, sir, you know I did not; and could you, asa gentleman, ask the pri to defend your challenge be- fore it wae accepted! Don Quixotte should not be named in sucba farce. No, sir, out of mercy to you J probibited any man from accepting your challenge. And until the challenge was accepted you had noth- ing to reply to. When, then, was the per time, you refer to, when you would have replied, and the privilege was denied you! No such time asyou had supposed existed. And now, sir, the subject, that t first “proper t “privilege of with the au doomed to irrotrievs from their lowest times and tir force of arms, das this courtesy you thereby manifest a choice ic, in incense still, against your (as they now view it) dishonorable course, I shall take the lit ensed pul berty ef deing my duty, by ad- verting still further to your reply of yesterday. Charity would have induced me to hope, at least, that your speech, in part, was prompted by the im- pulse of the moment; but Iam forbid this pleasing reflection, by your note, whercin you state that y speech in all ite parts, was the result of d ration and care, not proceeding a heatedimagi- nation or a maddened impulse. I intended to eay what I did say.” Now, ifyoudid actually *in- tend to say what you did say,” it is pretty strong presumptive testimony that you wore not ignorant, for if you had been ignorant, from whence arose your intentions! And if you ‘8 not ignorant, Fou must have been w y wicked; and I cannot conceive of a rmore charitable constraction to put upin your conduct on that oscasion to believe ered that no gentleman will be per- | You designedly and deliierately planued a epeoch to excite the indignation of your hearers te an extent that would cause them to break the bonds of pro- priety, by pulling your hair or cutting your throat, willing, no doubt, in the utmost of your benevolen to die a martyr’s death, if you could only get occa- sion to raise the hue and ery, and re-murder a vir- tuous people, as Missouri and Llinois bas so often done before you. Glorious philanthropy this; and corresponds most fully with the declaration which, it is reported, on protty good authority, that Judge Brocchus mace while on his jonrney to the valley, substantially as follows:—‘* If ihe citizens of Utah do not send me as their delegate to Washington, b God, I'l! use ail my intluence against them, and will crush them. f have tha influence and the power to do it, and I will accomplish it if they do not make me their delegate.” Now, sir, 1 will not stop to argue the point whether your honor made those observations that rumor ole} you slid; but I will leave it to an intelli- gent world, or so much of that world as are ac- quainted with the facts in the case, to decide whether your conduct has not fully proved that you harbored those malicious feelings in your hart, when you de- liberately planned a speech’ calculated in its nature to rouse this community to violence, and that, too, ona day consecrated to religious duties, your de- “ did not design to offer fg shee and insult.” en @ man’s worde are set in direct opposition to his acts, which will men believe? is acts all the time. Where, then, is the force of your denial? One item more from your note, reads thns:—** 3 tole design in the branch of my romarks which seems to be the source of offence, was to vindicate the govermment of the feelings of prejudice, aud that spirit of defection hich seemed to pervade the public sentiment, &c.” nguire what ‘‘ public sentiment”? you refé red te? Was it the sentiments of the States at large? If so, your honor missed bis aim, most widely, when he left the city of Washington to become the au- thor of such remarks. You left home when you lef Washington. Jt such “ prejadice and defec- tion’ as you reprerent there existed, there youshould have thundered your anathemas, and made the peo- le fool your *yatriotic allegiance;” but, if ever you believed for 2 moment—ifever an idea entered your toul that the citizens of Utah, the people generally whom you ed on the Sth, were por ed of a he general goMainont, spirit of defection towar or that they harbored prejudices against it unjustly, yourself “ profoundly ignorant” su fax you pre of the subject in which you was engaged, and of the views and feelings of the people whom you ad- dressed; and this ignorance alone might bave been sufficient to lead you into all the errors nnd fooleries you were of on that occasion. But had you ka your hearers, you would have known, andun- derstood, and felt that you was addressing the most enlightened and patriotic assembly, and the one furthest removed from “ proj e and defection” to the general government that you had eyer seen, that you had ever addressed, or that would be pos- sible for you or any other being to find on the fies of the whole earth. on that oceasion most refined ond deli justly incensed | to Wrath aguinsy you intimating that their hus- bands were ever capable of hei uilty of such baseness as you represented, im * profudice and de- fection” towards a cons ion which they firmly ed from a , and was given p, to Jay the foundation of religious and om in this age—a constitution and b ibis people love as they do the gospel of salvation; and when you, sir, shall attempt to fasten the false and odious Jiation of treason to ‘s community, you will find plenty, even amon; r insult than y b ia, to burl the falsehood back to its dar r tones of thun even, a5 we have sup- I you have done itignorantly; but if, as you 0 w, (or elee how could the whole have the result of deliberation and ecare,”) the poms gf TAY AUR Weds UNYOOT, wad wis ayey paave plea ‘gvorance ceases again to shield you, and A lle d before the people in all the naked de- Prepted or wilt! wickedness:” and who ean plead | 4 10, under such eireumstances, can make an epology! I wonder not thet you shoul excuse yourself from th attempt, ‘or deeline ap- pearing again in public un the subject. I ‘ormit, me, sir, to cub be myself, ag ever, most respectfully, your servant, Patek Youn. Hon. Parry B. Brovervas, Ase’t. Justice. B YOUNG TOY. B. BROCCHYE, r time’ to which you | seem other hand, if ppears from the whole face of | morrow might have been the | elaration to the contrary notwithstanding, that you | d States from those | Then, sir, how would it bave | heen possible for you to have offered your hearers | bow. | ou did? The | main silent. vt to those feelings of chivalry and iInathropy whioh your, iuilamealy person and or would inspire in the breast of each beholder, so as to Jead your honor to some tokens of restitution for innocence continue to salute my ears, my eng cannot be silent, nor my pen rest in peace. Your neglect to d to my last communication is but another proof positive that you had no desire to improve the ‘proper time permitteth” you to explain your porition, and make tatiefaction to an insulted people, especially the ladies, and this is why I am ‘unwillingly compelled to reaumo the subject at the first leisure moment, é ‘our eulogy on the character of the immortal Washington, addressed particularly to the ladies, fell so far short of the real merits of that august |. personage, and eo far short ef what your fair audience were accustomed to hear when the cbarac- ter of that great man been presented before them, that they were disgusted at the recital, and had they beon prepared to make the offering desired, they would have chosen to commit their gifts to fomenobler minded hand to bear to the destination; and while they were ready to avard to the epeaker all flippancy due to the cobwebs of academic rhe- toric, they loathed the want of soul that was needed to give tone, and sentiment, and feeling, in eulogistic praise of the father of patriots and nations. But those were teelinge of diegust and pity rather thap anger ; the offence moro partieularly was, that you should bave addressed yourself to the ludies, and that, too, at an improper time. items worthy of pote in-your public address, refersed to. Though you have not seen fit to an- swer my former letters in writing, yet I was willing to receive ca verbal apology, to wit: “they wero | upaLewerable;” and that apology will remain good in your behalf, if jou from that time contra) your | tongue, and keep im eubjection that unruly member | which bas eaused you so much trouble; but that, sir, you camsot do while the poison of saps is in your heart—you must spew itout at your mou your tongue must be guided by the current thereof, jor the purpose of degrading those who must ever- lasting ty be your riors = Ag hitherto, stg for thie note is limited; but 1 wish to refer you to an exrweesion, in your speech, when you remarked that the Mormon Battalioncould not consider it irkeome to enlist, as ‘* they all want- ed to go to California and get gold; and that many gentlemen were desirous of em; loyin; hands for that purpose, and of going themselves,” &c. Where was you, sir, at the time this event transpired? Was you in the sun, in the moon, or in the stars? or was you in the nethermost part of hell, with tho door locked, and a blind man hunting after the key, that you should not know the fact that gold was not dis- covered in California until after the discharge of the Mormon Battalion, and then by two members of that battalion? and those two men, viz: Messrs. W il- ford Hudeon and Sidney Willis, who were present, teo, in the midst of your audience, and hoard your foolich, ignorant remarks? _ S {x there not a pathor—something peculiarly inte- resting and sublime—in this part of your speoch? Is it not enchantingly philosophic to suppose, to in- fer without fear of contradiction, that the Mormons wanted to enlist to go to California and get gold, when there was not a man on earth who knew, or Had you been in the midet of a people where queens reign, or princes dictate kings, your ap- proach to your sudject might have been pardon- able, yea, even appropriave in form; but the dis turbance of a religious meeting by the introduction of subjects foreign to the intent of the mecting, and that, too, without previous notice of those inten- tions, would be unpardonable in a heathen com- munity, much more so in the most enlightened and Christian assembly. If you, sir, were commissioned by the Washing- ton Monument Association to present their claim to this people, why did yon not, as a gentleman, pro- sent your eredentials to the proper person, and solicit the privilege of time and place to make your communications? Was it because you were ashamed of your trust, of the cause you had espoused, and feared that others would dielike it as inuch as your- self, and vever give you a hearing, if they knew our subject and, at the same time, were you ound by some party clique, for some clectioneering purpose, to answer your private ends, in politics at the capital, that you dire not let the subject pass in silence? Ifnot, why did you not avow your inten- tions to the, proper persons, and seek the proper time to communicate your miesion, like a gentle- man—like a man of honor, worthy of the high and sacred trust committed to your keeping. Of the gentlemen of Utah you asked no assistance for the monnment. I regret that that noble and patriotic association should suffer by such commissions. It isthe wish and intention of the citizens of Utah to furnish their memento to the memory of the illustrious doad—the incomparable Washington, the father of liberty, the sire of freedom destined for the world—but we were not anticipating the heavenly column would be complete, so as to deny us the privilege of our mite, before we could shelter and feed the widows and orphans that have been expatriated from that land of freedom and Christian tolerance; end if we could do but one, we leave it to ee men and angels to say if the latter would not be the most heavenly act?” But we still hope to do both; though if you had any mission to tbe citizens of Utah concerning this matter, you | never did your errand, only to the ladies, and that, too, in part, by burning the engravings of the Washington monument in their presence, thereby | manifesting to all mon, as well as the ladies, the | utter contempt of your private feelings towards the | doings of that noble and patriotic asgociation. H The ladies of Utah do not consider it their place to rule the nation. They do not consider it their appropriate sphere to scale the mountain gorge, quarry the rough blocks, and chisel and burnish, letter, and engrave the monumental mar- ble. No, sir; they are accustomed to their retired and srpecressts sphere of action to the station which heaven designed for them. They know their true dignity and station, and knowing, appreciate | it, and abide in it; and when national affairs are forced by their sons, their brothers, their fathers, their husbauds, or as an ancient matron in Israel expressed it—their “lords,” and they are called | to act out of their place, they feel insulted; the feel that their guardians and protectors are Sued, | and that abuse they feel to share most keenly: and | why are you, sir, not willing at least to ape the | gentleman long enough to make reasonable restitu- | ton to the ladice ?_ Gf the gentlemen you asked not a farthing in all your speech. Your encomiums on President Fillmore, for purity | of ehuracter and virtue, were just, so far as they ex- | tend, but fecble when compared with truth; and | why, sir, did you not.say, as you might traly have said, that a more noble and patriotic man sits not in cbair of State, or on the throne of kingdom, in this wide world, than President Millard Fillmore, and there leave him to his owr merits, before a vir- tuous and magnanimous peuple, instead of attempt- | ing to prove or argue that inasmuch as President | Fillmore wag a virtuons man, he could appoint none | other than a ‘* virtuous man to offiee,” clearly im- | plying in your address that you yourself must be | virtuous, because you was appointed to a high office | by a virtuous man? Was not thisa work of supero- | rogation? Was you not a stranger here? Had i Poe virtue been culled in question ey this people ? f you had given no occasion for suspicion, why did ‘on introduce the subject to prove your innocence ? | The very argument did excite suspicion, and how | could it be otherwise ? Whenever I hear a man confirm his words with an oath, I always suspect that man doubts his own as- | sertion, and ot course he thinks his hearers will have as little faith for him as he has for himself; | and when I hear a gentleman attempting to prove | his virtuous character before a question has been | raised pein | it, my mind reverts to the old | maxim— a gui y conscience needs no accuser.” | Sir, however well f may be prepared to trace your footstops around the capitol, and through all the paths of sun and shade, that fod you through the planter’s house, and other enchanting scenes, | to this ful vale, I must be excused, | for want of time, to sketch them in this brief note. | The eye of him who created all things is open upon | all his works, and to me it is no proof of your supe- rior virtue, that President Fi re, a whig, gave ‘ou rot appointment, when you were a democrat. | With whiggery and democracy I have nothing to | do--all the politics 1 wish to be acquainted with is | truth—the eternal principle of trath—and the man | who understands, loves, and practices that principle | is the Bote for me. My interests are gafo in his hands—he will do right. But the virtuous and upright are liable, through human frailty, to be de- eeived in their fellows, and, through that deeeption, perform improper acts, and make appointments of those who are not virtuous like themselves, Another important item in the course of your re- marks, on the 8th instant, in connection with the | expose of your own exalted virtue—you expressed a | hope that the ladies you were addressing ‘“‘ would become virtuous.” Let me ask you, most serioual: my dear sir, how could you hope thus! How could | you hope that those dear creatures, some of whose acts of benevolence to the stranger drew tears from your eyes while you were yet speaki ‘how could you hope—what possible chance was there for you to hope—they would become virtuous? Had you ever Meg them unvirtuous? If so, you could have but a faint ey of their reformation. But, if you had not proved them unvirtuous, what teati- mony had you of their lack of virtue? And if they | were unvirtuous, how could they “ become virtu- ous?’ Sir, your hope wag ofthe moat damning die, and your very expression tended to convey the assertion that those ladies you then and there ad- dressed were prostitutes, unvirtious—to that extent | you could only hope, but the probability was they were 80 far gone in wickedness you dure not believe they ever could become virtuow3. And now, sir, let your own good sense, if you have a spark left, answer--Could you, had you swustered all the force that hell could lend you—could you have committed a greater indignity and outrage on the feelings of the most virtuous and sengihle assemblage of ladies that your eyes ever beheld ! if you o , tell me how. Jf you could not, you are at liborty to ree Shall such fozults remain unrequited, unatoned for? 1 leave the subject for the moment, while T re- i | main, sir, most respectfully, your servant, Brcaam Youna Hon. Perky EB. Brocerve, Assist Justice. B. YOUNG TOP. BR BRoccnus, GreAT Sat LAKE City, Sept. 80, 1851. Drar Sin:—Though I will not indulge myself to doubt for a moment the sincerity of your concessions on Saturday evening last, and of your desires ox- ressed that you wished to bury the hatchet, shak janie, forget the part, and he friends; yet, sir, knowing as I do the frailty and weakness of human nature, and, consequently, the possibility that you, sir, after all. our acknowledgments and pardon og 0 ings of me for the insults which you otlered to jadies of Utah, in general conference assembled, with the citizens generally, on the 8th; and your request, too, that I would apologize Pg to those whom you had offended—which I did, publicly, on the stand, on Sunday last—I deem it my duty to ad- fed ei & brief communication, which will be pre« eented to you in case you shall so far forget yourself, and tho respect which is due to the ackhowled; ments which you have made, as to open your mout! ogainst a virtuous —_ aher you shall have re- turned to your residenee at the ‘capital, or in any sitnation in which your lot may hereafter be cast. , MEAT Balt LAKE City, Sept, 21, 1861, PEAR SIR--! regret that other duties should have caused me to slose m te of the 20h inet. wis And I ein this my duty more particulaily, in- asmueh as I ¢losed my econ and dst letter 4 you abruptly, for the moment, on account of pressing burines’, witbopt Vimy to glosp my cwagks pa many even suspected, there was gold for the digsing in Northern California? And neither was it to be known until after those same men ‘‘ who wanted to go and get gold,” had marched thither over parched and un- tracked deserts, been disbanded, and found the shin- ing ore, and reported it to the world. Do you not think it wasa most sublime theme in the cars of those two men who found the gold, and the dear la- dies of your audience, who were conscious of the facts, and had been left in the wilderness, unprotect- ed and unprovided for, while their husbands had been forced away to California, ‘‘out of mere choice,” to dig for gold, when nobody on earth sus- cted its existence? The subject is quite too moli- Tuous to write upon; I leave it for your vivid imagi- nation to pieture it at your leisure, in the light of legal science, and philosophy unanswerable. ‘When you opened your remarks to the citizens of Utah, and especially to the ladies—for you had little to say to apy one elee—you remarked thut ‘tyou ap- peared before them as a humble citizen; that you Was one with them; that you wished to live with them and among them; and ag a humble citizen you should address your audience on that occasion.” In a few moments, and scarce had the for ng words ceased to vibrateron the ear, before you introduced your “‘yirtuous appointment,” asa virtuous man, ‘emanating frem a virtuous President,” as hinted in my former letter, and that ‘* you was one of the supreme virtuous Judges of Utah territory, and as such you should address your audience, for yourself and in behalf of your colleagues on your left, and if you should say aught that was not correct, they would correct you, ’ &c.,.&c. Thus, almost at a breath, yon addressed the dear ladies of Utah as a humble citizen and supreme Judge—for yourself as : ae individual, and in behalf of the supreme ench. The transition of your speech from “‘ humble citi- zen, to Virtuous judge-supreme,” was so sudden and unexpected, that those present, who could think of nothing else, meditated the character of the sublime persopage before them, in the fable of the pig and the puppy. A certain-parishioner, wishing to com- pliment his priest, sent his servant, black Jack, with a pigina bas! as Jack was passing the ale house. his companions called him in, and while he was drinking their hoalth, they exchonged the pi fora puppy, Jack wenton his way rejoicing, an informed the parson that masser bad sent hima pig. The winieter, happy in the prospect of a good dinner, opened the basket, and seeing the puppy, exclaimed, ‘ You raseal, why did yon bring me a Poppy 1” «Don’t know, massa siid ho was a pig.” ‘+ Carry it back to your master, and tel] him not to send. me any more puppies.” On returning, Jack called at the ale house, and while he was again quaffing the health of his comrades, they changed the pupry inte a Pa and he returned to his master, who exclaimed, ‘* Well, Jack, what did the minister say to the pig ft Minister eay pig was a puppy.” The master looked in the basket and saw the pig. “What do you mean, you black rascal, minister tay pig was a puppy?’ “Yesamassa. I don’t know what minister mean, but I believe it can be a Pig or @ puppy, just as it’s a mind to ” fore I close, permit me, kind sir, to ask you in what history we are to find the fact reoorded that ‘*General Washington was at tho battle of Bunker Hill?” as you stated to the Utah ladies, in your public address. Ihed supposed that Washington was farther south at the time of the battle refarred to, and that at that period he bad not received his commission. a6 Commander-in-Chief. but did soon after, when he repaired to Cambridge, and drove the British from Boston ; but as you say ke wae at Bunker Hill battle, J am bound to believe, provided ou can point me to the fact in a well authenticated istory ; or if you were yourself present at the bat- tle of Bunker Hill, as witness, state to me the fact, and I will believe your imony. You further remarked in your observations, or in your public address, that ‘* George Washington was cradled in the lap of ease, refinement, and luxury, and was dandJed on the knees of a kind and tender father,” and strove to impress your audience with the belief that his sacrifices were great, and his toils more wearisome, from the refinement and ten- derness of his education and luxurious living. Whe- ther all this be right or wrong, true or false, for argument’s sake, I am willing to concede ali that can be asked. If you will be so kind as to inform me who was that kind and tender father that dan- dled George Washington on his kneé—what was his name—his parentage—his birth, time and place? No man ought to revere the name of Washington more than I do, and as you have given us so much of tho history of this great and good man, I would gladly hope you are in possession of the facts re- ferred to, and that you will take a pleasure in impart- ing the same. It would give me the greatest satis- faction to receive an answer to the foregoing ques- tions, but more especially do I desire it fr the gratification of the ladies whom you addressed, relative to the di i i i wiatiye lear, kind father of t the illustrious gton. i oy Pe from ad have ut & 8) portion of your address to the ladies o! Utah, as yet, in my three brief notes; but seat Js excuse me from prosecuting my subject far- her at the present moment, and if forever, I will rejoice, for my time is continually occupied with important matters ; but should necessity require it atafuture day, I may resume my subject aes be this as it may, should any similar speeches hereafter appear in the presence of the assembled Utah la- dies, or concerning them, at any foreign point, from the same source, it may reasonably be suspected that the Scotch poet will prove a true prophet— “ A chicl’s amang ye, takin’ notes, , An’ faith he'll prent ’em,”” I remain, sir, your well wisher, most reg etfully, Brianau Youna. Hon. Perry KB. Broccnvs, Present. P. 5.—Permit ine to add, if you have any doubt concerning my statements of your having made the observations quoted in my letters. there are thou- sands of living witnesses ready to testify to the facts, and especially among the ladies, whose testi- fe yeu have too much gallantry to call in ques- Aon. attempted a review of The Pavior’s Lament. FOR THE NEW YORK NPKALD. Oh! why does that white-coat “follow my path.” Like the nigger on the coon’s track? Does the price of my contract “ waken his wrath!” Does he covet the coat on my back? Don’t the flush on my dark cheek, tanned by the sun, Seme pity arouee in his breast? Wont he ‘do unto others,” as he'd “wish to be done,’ And leave me to quiet and rest? Oh! why does he harbor such ii} will ‘gainet me, And why does be “ pile it no thick?” Tf he'll but wait, to eve what he shail see, He'll learn that I'm paving on “tick.” “For time is for slaves.” and pity he's shown, To the darkeys tbat fell in hus way ; Oh! why, then, make me, like Samson, to groan Under a couple of columns a day! My mind is sore troubled, my heart ie most broke, y the jokes that oft grate on urine ear, When ‘he paeers by, «miling. that “old saw” quote Cobbling, neatly, and icky, “done here.”? And my stumbers at night. by horrible dreams, Are devoid of the blestings of vest For the col ble-stones dance. and the granite block seems In derision, to prance o'er my brenat Ob! horrid indeed, was the vision last night, ‘That fleeted within my racked brain; Printer’s devils and paviors grocted uy sight, Ina battle ‘mid thunder and rain; ‘Mong the ranks of my foes, ’mid the battie’s dim strife, Like a devil, eli o'er clothed in wuite, Could I see that dread form, malignant and rife, Pushing forward his imps to the fight. “And anon, and anon,” while the batile raged on, Would he shriek, in tones shrill and erack’d, Who are you, what are you, and whore are you from? To the people their contract give back; For the city is poor, and can't stand the sell Of ite spoils, toan outsider this time; Graham bread’s on the rite, and tho eclored stock's ell! Pity the sorrows of the people, Pe, ‘Oh! is there a man in this city can my His mind's peace could not be disturbed By the yet ‘o’or the left.) from the — of the day, have nigh Sd ~ brain in my nob, A Couony.—Tho Hightstown (N. J.) Gazette ¢ pebbles and tar I've interre aie visions of men, clothed in garb of the law, As the: rly strive in thelr maw The profits tu make on the. any ONE 0@ THE FAMILY, pays that Ktacy Horner, an old reeident, lately embarked fot California, with his wite, twenty-two ol and grandchildren, and ten young They will settle on s farm of 1,200 acres, about twenty-four miles from Pap Tramlice, kb the paw your yalley, THE COMMON COUNCIL AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Terrible Uproar among the City Fathers— Resignation of Alderman Wesley Smith, and Witndruwal of the Resignation. BROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER. Board or ALDERMEN, Tuesday, July 13, 1852. 3 Alderman Denman, of the Sixteenth ward, pre- sented the following preamble and resolution, which he caid be presented at the request of several mem- bers of the department, and desired that thoy might be read, which was accordingly done by the Clerk, amid profound silence:— Whereas. The foremen of the engine, hose, hook and ladder, and hydrant companies, assevabipd in’ Firemen’s Hall. on the 22d of September, 1861, recommended an immediate divorce between the Fire Department and the Common Council; and whereas the foremen. consi- dering themselves slighted by the burial of their respectful petitions for divorce in the special and stand. ing committees of the Common Council, the enemies of the measure. asserting. within and without the depart- ment, that the vote fy which such divorce was recom~ mended by the foremen was not a majority vote, and grotely illegal throughout; and inasmuch as several poli- b eet ‘tire companies, or companies under the imme- late influence of the leaders of the whig and democra- tie parties, remonstrated against such divorce, they, the foremen, reassembled in Firemen’s Hall, on the 18th of February, 1852. at one of the largest moctings ever known in Firemen’s ah Ly erry following, by the overwhelming majority of 65 ayes nays, Whereas, Thia body has been informed that certain ordinauces, based upon the report in favor of a reorgani- sation of the Fire Department, adopted at #muccting held Oct, 17, 1861, were favorably reported to the late Board of Aldermen. at its session in November last, by a special committee, to whom the subject of reorganization, &c., had been referred; and whereas, this body is farther in- formed that said ordinances and accompanying docu- ments have been referred to @ special committee of the present Board of Aldermen, no action having been taken thereon by the late Common Couneil; thereiore— Resolved. Tbat this body hereby reatlirms its adhe- renee to the plan of reorganization contained in the report adopted in October lust; and being firma in the belief that the pasenge of the ordinances #/luded to would ereatly promote the interest and prosperity of the Fire Department, it respectfully and earnestly requests the Special Committee of the Board of Aldermen to report in favor thereof with as little delay as porsible. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions. with an extract from the minutes, be signed by the offeers of this meeting. and furnished to said Special Committeo, and that they be also respectfully requested to transmit it tothe Board when they make their report. 5 2am ‘The foliowing is the classffcation of the various fire companies in adopting the above :— — 2.3, 4, 5, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 16, Hese—1. 3, 4, 7, 8. 9, 10, 11. 13, 14, 19, 90, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 3 40, 41, 42, 43, 44. 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51. der—1, 3. 4. 5,6,7.9,12 Hydrants-~i, ¢ Navs-Engines—0. 14. 17, 21, 24, ‘Hore—2, 5, 6, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24 votes. ‘And whereas, The Report of the Commissioner of Re patrs and Supplies. now printed and on our desks, in forms us that there has been expended, and ordered to be expended. from the first of January of the present year recommendation of the Fire Department Committee of the Common Conneil, composed of Messta, Smith, Bard, and Ward, the enormous sum of one hundred aad four thou-and dollars for the Fire Department expendi: expenditure some thirty-four thousand dollars, leaving eight months to ran which may bring the annual expen- diiure to betweeo two and three hundred thousand dol- Jars—an extravagance of appropriaiion which startled not only the Fire Department itself, but the tax payers of the whole ciy, and elicits very naturally the inquiry for what extraordinary purpose could so large an amo tut of money have becen appropriated, when it ie known throughout the department that there is a lsrge number of companics who apply in vain to the Common Council through the Fire Department Committee of the Boar. Aldermen, for the most necessary appropriations, and some of them for a proper shelter for their apparatus. And whereas, lee egy mode of trial of th sibor- dinate members of the depar ment. by the Fire Depart- ment Committee, is in effect no trial at all, and is con- sidered by intelligent and worthy members of the de- artment as a mere sham trial, and as one of the leading rources of rowdyiem in our city, from the loose and procrastinsted manner in which the Fire Department Committee sereen and Jet loose the insubordinate mem- bers of the department, to enable them to re-engage in their attacks on worthy firemen, of which the depart- ment is generally composed. And whereas, the Firo Department consider themselves shamefully treated in the unparalleled and unexpected delay of the Special Committee, and especially of the Fire Department Com- mittee. which have had the consideration of their two respectful petitions (the Fire Department Committee has them now locked up) for divorce since October, 1851, without manifesting the slightest disposition to report thereon—one of the present members of the Fire Department Committee, in the Board of Aldermen, having been a member of that committee for two or three successive years, and ita present chairman having been a member of the Fire Department Committee, in the Board of Assistants, duriug the Inst year, which enabled them to know all that has transpired in the department, and the strongly expressed de- sires of the Department in reference to its imme- diate divorce trom the Common Council: and where- as, the disinterested services, perils. sacridevs, courage, and indispenrabie uscfulners of the firemen ot ont eity, are too well known und appreciated by our meritorious citizens to require any formal cuiogium from any souree; and conceiving that the fircmen themselves are the beet judges of the evils that bave so long existed. and still ex- ist to an alarming degree and the ne y for an imme- diate reorganization of the department, the Common Council, a8 hitherto, to retain its feto oa all their acts, therefore, Resolved, That the following ordinance be adopted, which was recommended for adoption in 1851, by a spe- cial committee of which Alderman Griffin was Uhairman, and which has been twice recommended for ouradoption by the foremen, twice assembled in Firemen’s Hall, which is the recommendation of the foreman, as printed by the Board, comma for comma, and word for word:— RELATING TO THE FIRE DEPATMENT. idevmen and Commonalty of the city af New The Mayor, « Phedod in Common Council convened, do ordain as fol- ws — Sec. 1. There shall be, in lien of the present Board of Engineers and Foremen of the Fire Department, two separate and distinct organizations—one to consist of the engineers, and to be styled the Board of Engineers of the New York Fire Department,” the other to consist of the foremen of the engine, hofe, hook and ladder, and hydrant companies, and to be styled the “Board of Fore- men of the New York Fire De; ment;"’ the Chief En- ‘ineer to be a member of and the presiding officer of each board; the said ton Sono aah exerci: rite omer powers as regards lection of engineers of ment heret: Sore granted to the Board of Engineers and Foremen; and hall have the power to make such by-laws as may be necessary for their government, and to per- form the duties arcigned to them herein. Sec. 2—There shall bea I ieatmeti or of five Members. to be styled the “ Cor ners of the New York Fire Department,” to be chosen from exempt firo- men, who rball not have been active or certificate meim- bers of the department during the year immediately pre- ceding their appointment, and who shall not, at the time of eaid appointment, nor while serving as such commis. sioners, hold any other office connected with the depart- ment; said commirsioners to be elected as follows: —At a regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Foremen, the Chief Engineer, or presiding officer, shail appoint a com- mittee of five. whose duty it shall be to nominate fifteen exempt firemen (eligible as before provided) as eandi- dates for commissioners. their acquiescence to serve as such having been first obtained, and report eaid nomina- tion to the Boord of Foremen at its next quarterly meect- ing. and at which meeting the Board shal! go into an election fur commissioners; the five of said commission- ers receiving the highest number of votes to constitute said Commissioners of the New York Fire Department, for the term ofthree years noxt ensuing; the said com- miasioners to be confirmed, by the Common Council, and sworn or affirmed faithtully to discharge their trusts. In case of the death, resignation, election, or appointment toany other office in, or connected with, the department, or the re election 8 a certificate member of a company, of one of said commissioners, the vacancy to be filled in a similar manner a2 above mentioned, Yee. 3.—The duty of said commissioners shall be, to hold a meeting within ten days after being requested £0 to do by the Chief Engineer, to hear all complaints against members of the department. or companies, that shall be laid before them by that officer, to investigate such complaints, examine witnesses under oath or affirm. ation, and render decisions in accordance with the testi- mony given; said commissioners to recommend the sus- pension or expulsion of individuals, and the suspension or disbanding of companies, as the nature of the offences may require, according to their judgment; but suspen- sion shall not be for a leer period then three months, nor opens than one year; the commissioners shall keep a ‘ull record of their proceedings, and all the evidence pro- duced before them, and from Which they shall prepare written reports of their proceedings, to be signed hy at least three of the said commissioners, and submit to the Common Council, with os little delay as porrible, for con- firmation; the resignation of a member of the dopart- ment reported by the Chief Engineer, for a breach of or- der, is not to he acted upon by the Common Council, pending the investigation and decision of the commission: ersand Common Council; raid commiseioners shall have pre to make such by-laws for their government asmay nay yea Bec 4—Petitions for the organization of new compa- nies shall hereafter be made to the Board of En; to May following. a period of four months. chieily on the | which excecds the annual appropriation in four month's | neers, through the Chief Knginerr, and if approved by said Board, to be reported by them to the Common Council for confirmation, Sec, 5—The Chief Engineer is hereby empowered to order such repairs and supplies to the apparatus and houees of the department, as he may deem necessary, pro- vided the expense of nny article or articles embraced in cne application, shall not exceed in amount the sum of one hundred and tifty dollars, Bee. 6.—The ill ringers at the various stations shail hereafter be appointed by the Chief Engineer, by and with the consent of the Mayor; Fail officers to be exempt fire- men, or firemen disabled in the discharge of duty, and the Chief Engineer shall baye the power of removal of said officers for neglect of duty at any time. Seo, 7, All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsis- tent with this ordinance are hereby repealed, Seo, 8.—This ordinance shall take effect immediately, the conclusion of the readi b tm Weetey Suitn, (Eleventh ward,) ro- quested to present a Paper which he held in his hand, in connection wit! tho one just offered. ‘Alderman Douwgnty, (Nineteenth ward,) mov- od that the paper, which been read, be laid on thetaple. Beconied by Alderman Smith. Alderman Twrep, (Seventh ward,) moved aa an amendment that it be laid on the table and printed. Aidcxtian Paanyis, Tony ward,)—Slany samlope it debatable. This matter was referred to a spe- cial committee. Alderman Pxox, (Twentieth ward,) rose to order} The motion was vot debatable. . The Presipent ruled thot mae not; and the aestion wasabout to be put, when, 2 " Alderman Sturtevant. (Third ward,) explained. He voted *‘no” to give the: an opportunity to dis- cuss it, but would be hsppy it should be laid on the table, and would afterwards move that it be. Question put and tost on a division—Peek, Comp> ton and Doherty voting iu tho affirmative. Alderman Fraxcis would explain the position he stood in. * Alderman Surtu—If the gentleman will excuse me, I ask, in conucetion with that, to present @ pa- per to the board, and let it be read. If it were nob a respectful communication to treat it accordingly; but he asked tbat it be read. > Alderman Srontevant—The Alderman of the Eleventh ward wants to present a paper in coanec- tion, and we bave # sufficient guarantee that it is a respectful one in the character and respectability of the gentleman himself aod The Presment—If there is no objection, tho Clerk will proceed to read it. < Alderman Warp, would usk whether it was & communication or # resolution. The Present did not know the contents of its it was offered in connection with the other. ; The CLEnk then read the paper, in which Alder man Smith tendered bis resignation as Chairman of the Committee on the Fire Department, and asked that Alderman Denniun be appointed in his stead. This produced some sensation and slight laughter, amidsy which, Alderman DrxvMan moved that the paper last read be laid on the tuble Alderman Samir boped that it would he ac cepted. He bad stated to the Alderman of the Six teenth, that there wore statements in that preamble that were false, and bad shown him how they were false, and told bim where be could ascertain it for himeelf; and still he porsisted ia prosenting it t& this board and making it public. Under those cir custances he desired to offer his resignation. Alderman Stouxrevant—Thousht the request went too far; he pot oniv resigned, but asked to appoint hia successor, which was entirely the vince of the President. It would bo sufficient that he resigned; and that step he (Alderman Starte vant) very much regretted, as there was no mem- ber of the beard ture beer to perform the dutics, being we!l acquainted with the babits and feelinga of ine firemen, and he believed personall} known to almost every one of them in tho city. He was sorry that the gentleman should feol af- fronted at the regolution offered, which was scarcely worthygof notice, aud like certain communications in New York papers, worth only the paper they covered, Alderman TwzeEp, (Seventh ward) hoped that Mr. Smith and the Bourd would bear in miind that the paper came from a gentleman who, in that room yesterday, and iu their presence, admitted thet a report in the HeraLp wa@incorrect, and thea went down and addressed acommuvieation to the editor stating that ic was correct. He movedtiot Alder+ | man Smith lmve permission to withdraw that resig~ nati * Alderma’ Suntit, viewing the source from whence | it came, would withdraw his paper. (No objection being made, the permission was given aod the re- signation withdiawn ) Alderman Denman said he was sent there by hit constituents to represent a cortain distriet in the | city, and it did net coueorn him much to know in eld by the gentlemen of | that bourd. When he presented the document be~ them for cousiderstion, he announced to the oard that be did so at the request of the mombers of the department. As to the remarks of the mem- ber from the Eleventh ward, he had erased what ho conceived to be offensive matter, and he now do- sired, if there be any falsehood in the document, that it be pointed out. fur during the debate thus fer he had heard none asserted. It was ebiefly eta tistical and & narrative of facts; and as such it ¢on- tained its own argument. He had been prepared for some ineolence, It was quite true he had adl- mitted there, that there were some inaccuracies in the report alluded to, but he asserted that it was substantially correat. The Presipent said the the rogolution. Alderman Sturtevant would now meve that it be laid on the table Alderman Wann, (Fifteenth ward)—Perhaps the gentleman will give some reason for laying it on the table. The paper, no doubt, is falze. “We have the assurance of the chairmen of the committee that it is, and there is no doubt that there is no truth in it. It first tells us that we have spent too much mo- ney, and then that their houses are tumbling down. Alderman StuRTEVANT had moved in pursuance of this notice and in courtesy to the Alderman of the Nineteenth, bat would withdraw his motion. Allerman Twerp moved that it bo referred to the Fire and Water Committee, as the best parties to judge of it. He did not believe that it cesaed the sentiments or feeliogs of the department. He bad for some years been @ fireman bimsel!, and knew he thought what their fo nd if it were referred to the department ii urge, he believed that two out of three votes would Bh cast against it. He was an advocate for all reforms and was favorable to divorcing the firemen from politics altogether. The foromen were not always, indeed never, eclected to express the feelings of the eom- pany on such a change; nor had they any notion when they were elected that euch a question would ever arise, as they could not tell that such a pro} sition would be brought forward, or what was in tis womb of time to be passed upon. He did not, there- fore, consider the foremen as proper exponents of the views of the department at largo. ey could not entirely be expressed on such a point, thro tho foremen and the engineers. Another point was that in such a meeting the foreman of a small company of ton men a3 much right to vote, and as much weight, as the foreman of ene comprising sixty men, which he believed was the largest number. He was for reform at all times, would refer this to the Fire ment itself, individually; and if the firemen desired a change, then give it to them, but not because the foremon voted for it, unless they wore elected for the pur- pose of asking such a reform, which was not the case, and in doing so he, for ono, said that they were exceeding the line of their duty. Alderman SmirH would eu to tho members- of this board that, as the lution Any an or- dinance te be prepared, that it be rred to tho Committee on linancos, and he s0 moved. Alderman Srurteyan? hoped that it would not. take that course. He sw the province of the Committee on Ordinances to be to prepare ordinances when they were ordered; and if this were ordered, then let it go there in due course, but first get tho direction, as it was not their provinces to consider whether the ordinance ought te be prepared or not. The Committee on the Firo Dopartmen', thought, would be the proper reference. the amendment would be withdrawn. Alderman Samira would withdraw it. An ALDERMAN obaerved—The Comm't Fire Department will do nothing with it. Alderman Warp—A little while ago loud remon- strances were made that tho committes were doing too much for the dopartment. The question in reference to the eowmnmittos wag then put, and carried without a division | what estimation he w motion would now be om The Explosion of the St. James, ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The New Orleans Picayune contains some farther parti- culars of the sad aceident and loss of life on board the steamboat St, James, on the 5th inst, Nineteeu more lodies had been recovered up to the Sth inst, Among hem were the following :-— A body of a lady, with light auburn hate. dress, three rings, one on the fore finger and two on the ing finger of the left hand, one gold stud buttoa, mark- the initials BE. ©. A., one open work ear ving Body uppored to be Mies Melissa Asher. A body of a man with blue merino pants, white shirt and under shirt, a gold ghirt collar button, and an ac~ ccunt of the Green Ouks Hotel against J hurty and lady, dated 4th of June, 1852 Body badly scalded. A bo@y of a man with a white Iinow shirt. net under- shirt, linen drawers. white drill ponte. ging lam cont, blue striped vest, and white handkerchief wich red border, diamond breast pin, The body had on a su pensory bane doge and is supposed to have been thasor Mr. JM. Wolf, a lawyer of this city. ; A body cf a girl about eight or nine years of age, with> ared check dress, and light red oranbura hair; supposed to be Emma, the eecond daughter of Mre. Ash A body of aman with a biack frock cloth eoat, eotton~ ade pante, cotton drawors, white cottou shirt, no socks, culfekin brogans. Not recognized. A body of a female with a woollen dross, rod #ilk josey, trimmed with black lace, red flannel petvicoat, alno® grass petticoat and white cotton stockings, light brown hair; on the fore finger of the right hand there is @ mark as if a ring bed been cut off; a similar merc is on the «mail fin~ er of the left hand, Body not ident! fed, but believed to Ge'eties Sheed. A boty of & man with» hickory shirt, course pant, coarse brogans, an old leather belt round hin waist, curly hair and whiskers, Body not recognized... A gold watch and chain were picked up on the wreek. of the 8t, James, ‘hite muslim Naval Intelligence, The U. 8. ship Levant, Commander @. P. Upshur, for the Mediterranemn, dropped do vn to Harapton Kosda on Satarday, and probably went (o sda the samo day, the wind being favorable, The bark Jobn R. Dunham sytived at Norfolk ou Fri- day, from Pensacola, with a ditt of ninety-five reamon for general service, ia charge of Lieut, Farrand and Mae- ter Pearson, The chip Cyano has heen takon out of the dry deck at Gosport, after repairing damages, which were found to be very Flight, being confined to the removal of a emall por- bs the copper and the cwulking of the garboard ‘The United States floop.of-war Preble left a Inst week, with apwards ot 100 souls on board, inc! the clase of midahiy of the date of 1861, under Com- mander Craven, The !'reble will sail for the Azores and the Madeira Islands, and return about the Ist of Septem. beror October, The Preble is detailed for service every summer, a8 @ school of practive for the embryu oflleers of dee pary duis, domes, eee