The New York Herald Newspaper, October 5, 1860, Page 2

2 THE MORMONS. INTERESTING FROM UTAH AND NAUVOO. The Great Celebration of Mormon Indepen- dence—Pilentc Excursion to Big Cotton- wood Lake—The New Mormon Move- ment at Nauvoo—Joe Smith's Re- ferme— Polygamy and Interfe- rence by the Priesthood in Politics Forbidden, Kes, Ree ae, @ur Sait Lake Correspondence. pagar Sait Jubsles Among the Saints—Brigham Company—Top » 1860. the Prophet, Picks his the Bry Cottonwood Lake Fast Teams a-— The Saintson @ Spree—The Mor ‘artanc—The Numertcal Strength of some ‘eet Brigham has a Thought for the rake City, July Negro Music of the Day, “Lilly Dale,” “Du Dah,” “I Wish J was in Dizie,”” dc—The Faithful Scattered by a Thunder Storm—Fishing, Hunting, Running, Leaping and a Good Time Generally, de. ‘The thirteenth anniversary of Mormon independence nas been celebrated with great eclat during the present week, at the bead waters of the Big Cottonwood. What- ever others may think, the Mormons are fully satisled what they bave a mission in the world, that they have a peculiar destiny, and that, thoagh presently obscure epough, their success is certain. The celebration of 1860 had particular attractions for Yee pegple, and disciples came from the most distant parts of the Territory, It i» the first demonstration wince t&c army entered Utah. It was during the colebra- tion of 1857 that Brigham—then Governor Young—tirst beard of the advance of the United States troops. The news war unexpected. What might otherwise have be- come a subject of epprehe was by oue of Brigham’s counsellors turned into ridicule, and the very matter of troope and bayonets inspired the disciples with greater confidence io triamphant destivy. After the news had thus been communicated to them, the dil with greater good will and earnestness, and, a them remarked, they ‘felt so good” that they regretted ewe £9 far from the settlements, or they would have in- vited all their friends to join them. Under au of wtances it is easily to conceive that the reopeving of the celebrations has beer & particular occasion for rejoicing. THE INVITATIONS. On previous occasions the parties invited were general- ly eelect; but ov account of the peculiarities of the past three year#, the invitation was extended to all whom the biehope might regard ing. For his special friends Brigbam bi following card priated:— good stan FWENTY FOURTH OF JULY AT THK HEAD WATERS OF nIG Cor. TONW« President Brigham Young respectfully invitee —-—= to attend a picoio excure wood Kanyon, on Tuesday, 2 to the lake in Big Cotton b of Jaly Reguiations—Yeu wii! be required co start 60 aa to pass the first mii!, about four miles up the kanyon, b twelve o'clock on Monday, the 231, as no person wil allowed to pase that point after two o'clock P. M. of thas day. All pers Fbiiden to smoke segars or pips P place in the kanyom, except on the or kindle firce ot a camp ground, The bishops are requested to accompany thoee invited from the ve wards, and see that each person is weil Gited for the trip, wilh good, su Mal, steady teame, wagons, harness, hoid-backs aud locks, capab pl ne j . e to endanger the life of any tudivi- pe, heads of fam {hier auct leaders of small par- re passing the fre , farnish a fall and compicte list of #)! persons accompanying them, and hand Abe Fame to the guard at the gate, Commerce of arcangements—.\. O. Smoct, Joba Sharp, | L.W. Hardy, A. Cunoinghan, &. } ste, F. Keakr, Thomas Cailieter, A. H. Kaleigh, Henry Moon. J. v. Lit Ue, Mareha! of the Day. Col. RT. Burtoa will arrange the guard | Gumar Sart Lane 'y 10, 18¢ Among the invited we xcelleney Governor Cum- ming, avother federal officer, and another geatieman. Doese, | be were the ouly ontsiders invited. Toe Governor, (or kome renson or other, failed to put in aa bypearance. n The bead water of Big Cottonwood, or the lake, is twenty eight miles from thie city, tu @ *outneasteriy Girection. To the mouth of the k aane of twelve milet—the road is very goo on of the year. boten ‘Moual rire portant point for thore pet b The demande of har latter partion redness of Sabbath here, rathor many of the slow teame start morning. Letarte! ia company with only three hortos and a carriage for ad of opparta ed early on Sunda, Ww without being with hit stock when tra’ Hing. Thovgb he alone had first right to the kanyon—ae it bas been con » him—rather than risk anything, be bad a load of hay tert in advance to bis rst camping place, likew'se (cur of bis bett cows for the benefit of the riging geveretion THE WRAD WATERS OF BiG COTTONWOOD After travelling so: en th thing like a wagaifernt forest « ter emerges | ch, and rath ly dats bis s—the great gathering place bas fie the observing vi gh lowering mecatatn about a circle of three miles in diameter babiiants of Great Salt Lake Oty jority of the company, the piace m\ enchantment of contrast. The mountains of € tou wood fare well covered with light green herbage, which adds of the darker to the inge, ‘he northern aide of the same mouutaine \# darren, stony apd indented And there with patches which up to the 2ith had, as yet, ting rays of the summers sun to dislodge the rugged crevices of ‘the eterny The lake, prominent in attractions to r ,» if & magnificent sheet of It is said that there ie a pa some Indian's verves long back in past generatio Whe lake bas been entirely deserted, till the Mormons, in their bur ting, discon: Toe red skins bare a eacred awe of the fishy deity, nud pertinecionsiy refuse to a: proach the place. Brigham has a boat upon it for the Pleature of excursionisi#, which, on such ocewtons as the Gelebdration, is largely patronized by the yousg and the aged, who indulge im the agreeable while away hour of ing. Da the grounte immediately occupied by the wagons | and tents the Committers of Arrangements were prom Bently bury in locating the loconere, but seemingly with every kind of freedom and release from order, For ex @overvor g aod his counsellors, with their families, Where war a place held in reserve f Pasture but the biehopr Guided wore by memeu wagons, tents and with that exceptions, were ry \ndpiration in directing the general per plc to locations than by apy regard to either order, Cm or rank to be a day of fr ua, nd all were to min —mly taking care Cy Growd each other. The marquses, ey teate and every kind of (xing for shelter from the burning sun or G@renching rain, were ail mixed up in glorious confusion The riew of the occupied crounda by night, whew the tents were |ighted up and Gros were Durning de, was Feally magnificent, and rem nded me of Genera wit Serland, on the last night of the year, when that elegant @lty seems one biare of \re—citiveus honoring the cus toms of their fatbers THE ARRIVAT OF WHI About balf-past ten o clock on Monday morning an out wider announced that the Mormon chief was appromebiog end in & moment everybody war stirring to the front When be came in sight the military band strack up « Land.” That be = Ralio ede took {te place ie the procession, playing ‘Do dab,” rendered fw mous in Eobo canon. As he neared bis camping place the Nauvoo Brass Band played “God Save tue King which ‘was immediately followed by Ballo’s Baod paying t “Star Banner.’ Brigham himeeif drove \a camp in a small open carriage, with two or thr members of his family. He was followed by two of his eons in an Eastern buggy. A four mule team, another single o carriage and two Soe wel with ois family. The slow drive Bim, the mueic pia, and the sumerous riders that ae = the ay os Beleer or and the Marshal, on prancing picture in the mountains of ~~ Absent some rough rider bad tried to prise oon oe tmashed ove of Bia wheels. Tt exseed bim & detention of hail an hour, bat whea he aod his assoc couneelior te an appearance, the peop! a8 before. Four bane were a toned at some distance from each other, and a the Benored visiters approached they mixed their music “Liny rather confasediy The “Merry Mormons” and however, managed to make th: naelvee the | Beattered everyt’dy to shelter. It waee le shower while it re tee the rain through dcuble thick wove covert .nd tente. The ex Governor aad family were At table @t * oe time under a temporary bowery, and were forred to get up and run for shelter. sbortly. after th’, storm, and saw the loaded table complevly drene’.ed. So unaccustomed to rain, there was poor PRO visiem made for shelter, and proba>ly very few escapad a caxopiete drevebing. When the weather 4 family seemed to have clothes to dry, for an hour or two like one great bleachin, rie TWESTY FOURTH. ayligbt everything was astir in the camp. The weather Was still threatening. At six A. M., three tee were fired in ip bowor of the three first Preeidency Church of Jesus Christ of Latter hy gs ig Young, Heber ©. Kimball, and Danie! H. Wells. The marital bend was stationed by the gun, and as each re port died away, music followed. Jughout the camp there Was ove continued firing, till Marshal Little bad to étop it, unless brothers should order it.’” At pine o’clock @ galute of thirteen guns was flret—oac fc ch is since the pioneers bad entered the great daein of Sait Lake, Between each gun music was dis- coureed by the bands. WE DANCING. the gun peered out irom behind the heavy clouds the hearta of the faithful were cheered, amd the subject of converfation everywhere was the dance. The word was oom given, and the three boweries were soon occupied with young and old, ready to spring away om the light fanwstic we. Each bowery was y by twenty four feet, apd in that space were ed “six sete of cotillons fom about ten A. M. on till between “the wee ema hours ayont the t morning, with only very short in movgicians, Notwithetandiog occasic to dai feelings ag well as clothes, the merry aauce continued. After the candles and lamps had been lighted, Brigham stepped out to the bowery, oposite hie marquee, to ve a spectator; but no sooner was he recognized than he re- ceived the manager’s invitation to rds The floor and the prophet, The musicians had orders for something lively, and off they went in right good earnest. Contrary to what Woula general'y be expected of bim wives, filled the first set, Brigbam 16 particulariy gay iu tue dance, and evidently thinks when at it that he may amuse himself and every- body elee as wel! as he can, Nobody can be more unsp. proachabie if be wiehes that position, but when he in- Gulges in the gay pleasantry of youth, he seems simple hearted and ready to imitate anybody around him. F-om his peeition as o leader, euch familiarity would {a moat cages be fatal to great claims—“‘familiirty breeds con- tempt’'—not 80 0n the occasion I refer wo. I felt satia- fled while I etood gazing on the man whom some intensely hate and others intensely love, that he bad the affections of the people, and his joy Seemed \o gratity them more than their own enjoyment. ‘very eye was Upen bim,and following him round and round, and every little piece of hit amusemeat was solid evjoyment to them. Strange world, strange ‘So cager were the folks to dance, and 60 impossible to gratify every body's wishes to obtain the floor, the wana- gers were forced to frequently threaten a complete break up if there was not more Conscience ia the business. Some were never off the boards if they could possibly es- cape deteciion, One of our emall company, on returning to the tent about one o'clock in the morning, said that when he left the bowery there were st least four times more jook ing on than the number that could be ascommo- di Outeide of the bowery throughout the day there was every kind of amusement. Fiehing, hunting, rou pivg, leaping, stone throwing and quoit playing. There Was general liberty, and everybody did ag pleased im beet, There was 0 specchifying, vor attempt at avy thing bat amusement. ‘Al susdown twelve guns were fred in bosor of the twelve apottics, and at ten o'clock P M. the band played “Home, Sweet Home,’ which, however much it might indicate “to your tents, Oh larael,’ seemingly fell heed- jess on the cars of the multitude, as they danced and visited many hours after that. This, howeves, termiuated the official programme of 1800 ‘Among the attractive displaye in camp wava fluely got up banper, with the names of the pionvers and the pro. perty they brought with them.@Ma brief. there were 143 men, three women aod two children: seventy wagooe, one boat, one cannon, uinety-three horees, afty-two males, sixty fix oxen, riceteen cows, Toe banner was hoisted over the tevt of one of the pioneers, aod dre# conside rable attention, The names were printed on a scroll, which was represented in the bands of an ange), soundiug his trumpet. The angel was gaid to de an exellent like- ness of their frst leader, Joreph Smith, aut wo doubt in- tended by the artist to convey the idea that he was “the messenger of the last dispensation,”’ who world poblish ‘thelr pames to the world, for their trials and eadurance in wg the foundation of that temporal kingdom that is yet “to roll down from these mountains, cruen ju ite pro- grees all enemies, and, ultimately in triumph bear rule over all the earth.” Very pleasant anticipation, no doabt of it. On the revoree side of the banner was the follox- ing iwecripti foneers who left win- ter quarters 1847, arrived in quartere by October 31 year, ident to any pereow. Praise ye the Lord.” TCRNED OUT OF Cast taid in “the good old Book” that on a certain oc- when the gone of God met together to wore! bis appearance among them. Amoug th the celebration a noted ho-se thief, or, to 0¢ & gentleman, strovgly suspected of un measured proclivities for Dorsetlest, pat ia an appear. .. The moment the Marshal put his eye apon lim he Kindly cared for and escortet n distance down the the game hoaore, \tee concladed to n to remain th the capacity of servants to the with whose name they were somewhat « ot mingle in the dance. One of the lad . had reached thy the amusement, wn reached her. 7 and led her off again and back to ably this may yet 0¢ bandied ia the eut 1 think THe RETCRN Ry dawn of day teams were bitched o town the kanyon, everyone of the ouner be It was courte at Lorg Island. few persons of Br was Cereending the kat her carriage. East, For the p: nae m or the trotting rred gave to & of the carring fomething started the mul: and takieg@ rather awkward turn they uptet the carriage, aod Goauy | inaded them i ight bruises, | | reen firs that there | | Jongest aud best hearé. amid the congratoiations of tus | yards evening the eldest son of Brigham climbed the highest tree in the Valley, and afier cutting of the Branches for a doren feet antied from his body the o« tiopal banner and tied |t to the tree amid the applause of ie, While the crowd were gazing at ‘Joseph A” ¢ stare and striper, the committes were preparing grand salote; bat before ererything was ready wos! torrie thunder storm burst over the mountains and | | wert of Ruby. | Cache Vali bot nothing very serious Cae of two waeels were ken down, and out of the big herd of horses four only had strayed.” By pine o'clock the last had left the mpit 4 aud after examining fires were extinguished, “the propae all was right aud that bis diss heir hearts’ content and thas ended of 1860, y tie great evlebratio ai act from « lester dated Deep Creck, ws from the mail route — d that the Indians are throat. i Roberta’ Creek station agaia—boilding ft I. yelling, Xe. Ove of the express mea wi Jai ® armstrong—was shot throagh the thigt; 8 efter it was doue. Dr. Kay is astend aroed particolare myself, Jaron at by Infiaas going ween Lore and Willow Springs on . deese Fari was accidentaily shot dead oa the came doy. The Pt Utes stole two horses from the sol. ‘iere at Ruby the otber day. The other of the row ere stocked as far as Smith's creek, one bundred miles Lieatenants Weed aad Perkins were re- ‘The following ¢: July 22, is the lates The express bring e pigh fi turnieg PAD NEWS FROM THE NORTH On my way to the Post Office I learned of an express arriving at Brigham Young's office late last eveuiog, with the inteiligence that en Indian bat been killed at Cache Valley, and two Mormons {killed and others woanded, ja and comnected with the game aifeir, The facts as stated are brie a2 followe:—The iwhabitanta of smithiell, . arrested, on Monday, Pagweence (the one eyed Indien) for horse stealing During the day four Tadiang undertook to rescue bim, In the melee Pag weence was sot dead. The Indian® charged aod ebot three tines, wounding Semuel Qvusins severely in tue lunge—tean expected. As the people begau to arrive the four Indians je off towards the Kanyon, and at the creek crossiny y fonpd and fired opom two’ Mormons, named Rood col Cowan, killing the former and wounding badly the latter, As they went up the benges Cee met two brothers of the pame of Merrill. Ira they killed and severely wound- ed the other. I have only @me to add that measures will at once be taken to guard egainst surprise, as itis folly expreted ‘the (iscon' 4 Indians north will seek this occa. 1 to stir ap strife. ie New Mormon Movement, OUR NAUVOO CORRESPONDENCE. Narvoo, iaois, Sept. 20, 1860, Protperity of the Place—Cuitivation of the Grape—Prot- pecs of the Wine Crop— Headquarters of the Descendant of the Mormon Prophe—Inerease oj the Population, de, de. T wake the liberty to give you afew items of passing events at the Holy Land, thinking they may be of some cterest to your readers. This city, once the seat of the famoce Joe Smith, hae, ae you are aware, for years been «(little hamlet of gome twelve to fifteen bandred 8, mostly of German origin, many of whom are adding much to the wealth of our beautifal place by the on the grape. There will, nothing happening to the crepe, be made this year probably aot lees than 10 C00 one of wine in this town, worth probably $20.0. Our town, in other respects, i in a flourishiog Cond ition—two steam mills, one distillery, two large breweries, all with good prospects We have now a prospect of et\ll further greatuess. Joeeph Saith—perbaps | should say Joseph [L—who oa the 6ch of April last atfumed the leadership of all tho Mormons (who will submit), is understood to have or. fan ced bis church bere, and hae determined to make this the bead of the eburch, or the holy of holies; and this being the fact, it te very uatural for us to inquire what are to be his teachings! and how will he and perp. be received bere, where the question wae frst agiatet? Many here were foond who opposed the movement, but the almort univerral sentiment now is let them come, ° ‘oR came to Nawvoo ih 1899 they (suad ta try Only about 4.600 or 4.000 people ati told Now we have a population of over 80,009, who it is oa. to fear from disporition be what it may; but from what i@ understoot ere of Mr. §."8 notions, noth be feared if the ism (what tba! I learn i@ a mere rel! under any ciroumstances to be countenanced in any clv!- lived community. . He ignores algo the Utah doctrine of milking the Gen- tiles (taking ali a Gentile bas and catting bis throat be- cause be bas pot ), and requires obedience to all laws of the Bad under which bis church members may reside, and aosojutely prohibits, ugder pain of ex- commu iration, avy interference on the subject of poli Vice on the part of bie priestaood; not biting, how- ever, ther voting, but probibitin, ir interforing in political contests except to vete, and leaving his wuole people to vote as they please Tf he carries out these principles there is no reason why he should pot bring to us good , whatever may be their delusions. A CENTENARIAN IN WANT. One of Our Forefathers, A Handred and Six Years of Age, with His D: ne A wenty, in @ State of Destitu- tion—Ome of General Washington's Scouts—Interesting Reminiecences of New York When It Was a Forest— Shall Such an Oid Relic go to the Alms- house? TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. At No. 75 Lewis street, in this city, there lives, with 4 widowed daughter (berself nearly seventy years of age), Isaac Daniela, an old eoldier of the Revolution and also of the War of 1812-16, aged 106 years, who is in want of the common necessaries of life. Owing to bia extremely old age he is very feeble, and bis aged daughter is obliged to support herself and parent by the labor of ber own hands. With all ber exertions, bowever, she obtains but a bare subsistence. Init right that this v pair should become the inmates of a poorhouse? Let charitably dispersed call at their residence and see for themselves the condition of one who aided the eagle wo spread bis wings. CHARICY. While there are thousands in our metropolis who are vpfortupately in the same destitute circumstances as those mentioned in the above note, the peculiar facts al- lnded ‘to appeal go strongiy, not only to philauthropy, but to patriotism, that we were faduced to obtain more minute particulars than are embraced inthe cemmunics- tion of our correspondent. ‘We accordingly visited the locality named, which is one of the streeta near the Hast river, and, on making inqui- ries among the neighbors, learned that both the pat iareb and his aged daughter were known and respected by many in the vicinity ag unobtrusive, exemplary and re. ligious people, and that the latter was devotedly industri ous in her endeayors to provide for the comfort of hor venerable parent. “But go up and see for yourself,” said one, after relating the hardebip of the case; aud we accordingly ascended to the third story of the tenement house where the old people reside—or rather are !m mured, ‘Knock at the back door.’ We did 8o—no re ply; and, gently ratsing the latch, we walked in, It ig unnecessary to draw on the imagivation for a pic- ture. There was the eame miserable apartment that has been deseribed thousand times, Woman's taste and tidipees bad in a meagure ameliorated its roughest features, and vpon a emai! capital given to the room an air of com parative comfort. A few cheerful rays of sunshine creeping in from bebind the psper curtains had neetied upon the threadbare carpet; and there was apine table, a few cbaire, a cheap clock over the mantel, one or two timeworn, musty lithographs ‘on the wail, a small stove, a half open cupboard, where were arranged the few dishes necessary for dally use, aud a plain sofa bed; but these made up the entire catalogue of the humble household farniture. The grey haired old veteran was alone. Decrepit, ertp- pled and exhausted with the burden of more than a cen tory, witha bl-nket thrown around his shoulders and hie feet evcaged ina pair of ragged carpet slippers, bo itting in @ corner of the room, in ® woodea rocking chair, rolling a morgel of tobacco between his toothices gums, and, ae be expressed it, “keeping houseg whilo bie more youthfe! daughter was attending to domestic daties below. He waz evitently surprised at eo abrupt 4 visit; Dut reaching out # ebrivelled hand, with a warm bake be motioned us to a erat by bis side. On attempting to converge we found that he was not only perfectly deat, but that it was with the utmost difficulty that he could make himeelf understood. An interview belog thus umposeibie without an interprever, we descended to the ard to speak with the daugoter, who, notwithsjaadiog r own advanced age and a physical silletion that would contiue to ber bed any woman in otter cirouin- stances, was patiently washing a few clotnes, from which whe was to eke out the day jelence. To maka toe routicr still sorte, if peerib! before torn from NeF them @@ariy the whole of the uail, acd blood was towing profusely from the ugly woaat, Stating our mie#ion, she politely spoke ber thanks, and returned t the apartment above, where we learnel the tollow ing brief bot inter The ole foretather—lsaac Dav heeur conuty, New ¥ ne hundred e bad only a few minutes aod the h aod be a delples served under General Was ali the privations and viciasitudes of taet eveottul st gle immediate viciuity, from his aeqavat horbool, he was em jon are yet vi8s Indian tomabawk aud rifle received in some of the des perate adventures 10 part of the steve a yat was killed in one . notTar from the pre The old Laatheretocs ing —fur sent residence of bis roa. ‘we could almost imagine him to be such—referred to this incident in bis d.scounected reminiscences, ant as he re rolled down nis cheexs ia the dotage it,” eaud he, “1 revenged him—I fout the Injine till there wa'rnt one left.’* Tt war a difficult’ matter e nim voderstand our desire to bear more adventures, aot {twas only by raising the if holding a gaa that ths chord of memory w: bed at ali, whea he related in broken phrases some of the acidents uppermost ia bis thonghts He remembered bow, when a ‘at, he weed to play with the boys and girls among the wig wame 0: the Ludian nh woods, which then surronaded th+ sirees. Wao kno ws thet the ve lighted on the very sites on whieb now stand the of our merchant prince> be uncertain of b's m baired grandstre sald, ego. « that’s almost a luadred yours Personally, there aro stil! traces about the olf man of the sturdy epiris asd vigorous etrength of bis younger days. fo bts exsntensnce eapecially are marks of a former comeliness in a noble forehead, a blue eye aad a well forme; hich accounted for aa expressioa of the he bad frequestly heard her father # get along with the redak on the right side of the aquaws. Time's charriot wheels have made their furrows 5 however, and one canpot look upon this old, frosted relic of anotier age, who moved ameng fore eo our grandfathers were born, without feeling like yiek bim s!! the veneration due a patriarch In the war of 1812-15, though then a comparatively ol! man, he served throughout, and was engaged io ©: veral Actions; but, as alresdy intimated, it was impossible to derive tauch information of bie pasi. to regard to the family, bis daughter infermod us that his father was quite advanced in years at the time of his death, an was alec bie grand His wife died thirty poms eee, leaving eight children, the eldest of whom is a boy of eighty, who lives in Penverivagia. This Pe ate bad twenty two babics, the and the remainder of the fam(ly Lave in like mao ter generally acd generously obeyed to the letter the Scriptural ip)enction We endeavored to obtain the number of the tescendants of the old progenitor; but {t was too muc® for the calcu lation of the dang aod then that should arouse the sympatt pie Ey and Woman in our midst, aod we have rf it having made it kaown hundreds will ¢ me for ward to the relief of these old and destitute A thovgh it be with but mites. There are large hearts and open bande in New York always ready to reepond to such appeals, especially were suffering haw so loug been sileat and unobtresive, and the same epirit that prompts them to manifestations cf their charity and patriotiem in other ieatances will doubtless actuate them to the performaace ‘of a generous deed now. Let our noble matrone come forward and bolp one of their own number, rememberiag | that fessed ere the merciful, fur they shall obtain the moment the claims of politics upon the|r purses, and, remembering only the claims of char'iy, asvist to gild the sunset and to brighten the shadows of tw! at are around the pathway of the gray already gathering taired conteenrian apd bis devoted daughter. A favorite anthor saye— ‘Give oll age the prom). penee, the best arm chair by the firesiie, the privil com, Se penne creas, the freahes: ant rt Proper frame and settin fo tue & home.” Why canaot this be done | ; }, ROME One OLght to exchan, it backed rocker, whee | merey."” Let the roung indies contribate from their bounty. “Large charity doth never soil, bat only ‘Shitens fof ehite bands.’ Our military companies and volunteer organizations =, easily shold | have spirit enough to ep end if each jadividual will bestow but a get {he gum to an will for _the perpose And, Gnaily, } let our mercbants, tradesmen and mechanics forget te | THE RURAL PRESS. What is the Rural Press!—By Whom it is Conducted and How it is Mamaged. ‘TO THE £VITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Froth the remarks made by you from time to time, it is piaim that you bave no very exalted opinion of thecountry press. In this opinion I fully conincide, baving, from close obeervaticn of its course, arrived at the conclusion that it ig a puisance of tho most aggravated description, The following facts, which I bave collected in my intercourse with it, now extending over along series of years and embracing every section of the Union, reveal a condition of journalism £0 grovelling and rotten that it is difficult to believe that :t applies to the press of a country boast ing of free institutions. It shows, moreover, that ail tha: the Hrritp has ever alleged in regard to its utter a»- sence of local influence is strictly correct, and that metro- politan firms are literally throwing their money away in burying their advertisements in the obscurity of a cir” culation which is for the most part fictitious, NUMBER OF INLAND NEWSPAPERS, It ie easier to take the census of the Union, or to get at the ages of tho maiden ladies in Yankeedom, thau to get at the exact number of inland papers. Their name is le gion, Like the inferior insects, they breed with rapidity and lead but 9 short life. A register printed in 1859 gives a tolerably full list of newspapers in the United States and Canada; but there are in this very publication the names of over one hundred concerns in the New Eng- land and Middle States alone that have given ap the ghost since the dete of ite compilation, The nearest approxi- mation to the truth now attainable is the calculation that there are in the Union, outside the city of New York, some three thousand and fifty newspapers, daily, tri weekly, weekly, monthly and semi-monthly. It is by no means uncommon to see rural papers die in their second issue, and a classification of their political prociivities is rendered difficult by the fact that the priociples of nine-tenths are-purchasable by the highsat bidder. The statistice usually paraded by country papers relative to their numbers, influence, &c., &c., are found on investigation to be only equalled in falsehood by the statements made by the conductors of their ciroula- tion. There are many charitably disposed New York merchants who are paying what, in the aggregate, amounts to a coagiderable eum for advertising in pro- vincia! papers claiming circulations of one and two thou eand copies, that do not really get the benefit of one-third of thore amounts, to say nothing of “exchanges,” tran- sient papers and “dead beads”—which items are set down as ‘‘ regular’? circulation. Cheap advertising isa good deal like cheap insurance; wild cat compan‘es which charge less than safe rates being a8 worthless as country pers that advertise low, because nobody ever sees them x3 mercbant desires to reach country people the woekiy editions of the metropolitan papers are by far the medium, as the country tracer who is worth doing b: ners with never fai's to take at least one leading New York paper. If he takes the “jocal’’ sheet, it is only to avoid being abused or to be supplied with waste paper, INFLUENCE OF RURAL PAPERS. ‘Apart from the vast outgrowth of the independent press of the metropolis—forming as it does a congress of intellect in permanent session on the state of the country—and which is greatly diminishing whatever fee- ble influence the rural paper once posseased tn their own localities, tbe gross miss ment of the ddentry edi- tore bas deprived their of any real share in tho formation of public opinion; while they are, too often, ub ‘erly incompetent to reflect or follow the tide of popa- lar intelligence, which fows by them wiihout fertilizing their sterile brains. HOW ARE VILLAG® PAPERS STARTED? If an answer to thie questicn is deetred, it te easily for niehed. Very often, in a closely contested local election, some clique of villege politicians want an “‘orgay’ to trumpet their praises, and get some acquaintances, with more money ihan good sense, to subscribe a few hundred dol'are—the politicians of course taking care to avoid paying any of their own funds. Backed up by twoor Ubree lett rs of futroduction to some good sured type founder, rome iguoramus, too lazy to serve a thorough apprenticeehip to the cage, is taken In tow, and al'owed to rap the office to suit bimself, as long as he puffy the would be statesmen whoemploy kim The printer (ifa cunoing fellow) usually contriver t> get twoor three boys ile he ‘edits the paper Mis be docs ine times out of ten Tetropolitan journal; copy,” becuts it to Mt cer Country editors of this grade—the lowest of a tribe—are very ford.of short pieces, not because brevity for their readers’ sake, but’ because, if ever while mak in bother their mar nother tp emptying the matter, Agwiu, a8 they are asa sy behind Ume on their paper; short pleces enable ‘hem to fill op faster. Occasionally some cultivated resi- dent of their v omit to them for pudlication some tolera)’ ketch; but this they rarely as cept, as ibelr “rate” cannot read MSS. at al), and the edi. tor bes bo wore knowledge of the English language thaa he wants for his own use. So, then, we bave, Oret, the remarkable gpectacle of a proprietor owning nothing, but owned, body aad soul, by tke sean uo the forms, they do hot have to led brains to know what galley follows he politiciane; apd secondly, of “‘eopy" being cut to ft ‘he type, instead of the types being cnt to Mt deus. When printer eiitor bimself composes a pail of some bar that bas treated or trusted him, or some ver daut tradesman that bas given bim a new bat, he ‘neta it > the ftick,”’ and ® choice morsel it is—the liexcy of the compliment being shown by (be (ect thet the printer man publicly thanke the trades. men for value received, and theu proceeds to besionber bim with praises by wholesale. neh & notice is, of courte, @ poeitive injury to the local merchaat. FRANKLIN AND COUNTRY PRINTERS, It ® well koown that Beo. Franklin was a printer by trade, but a septible man notwithstaniing. Oo the strength of this histor'cal fact and a few other euch in- the rural jourpalista, at least every second woek, vote balf acrlump or more to informing the public that pripters are, ee necewifate ret, all very wonderfa ly endowed men—o tbat the eternal country printer has become pearly as great a pulsar ce in the republic as the almighty nigger. THB RURAL PRINTERS’ COLIC, ‘This is quite as bad @ disorder as the evils produced by white lead. We do not allude to the unpleasant physical affection produced by patting type metal in the mouth, but to that terrible fever tnat besets printers whom any jiem of pressing news is brougbt in ata late bour, or ‘D Fome iwpurtant M4. strays into their offices (rom 8 rource they dare aot exclude. Btopping over night in a Vittle wili between Albany and Syracuse, I heard of the death of a prominent citizen, which hed taken place about three in afervoon. The local paper—a weekly of Lilipatian dimensious and Brovdigoagian type face—was nearly ready for when the funeral notice was brought ia The editor P “ae other occasion, a country editor related the follow. ing —Hie bad gone to attend a State convention and left the publisher in charge. Walle be was away the dele. gate from bis odonty fell tll, and the morniog of ‘the day the Weekly Bumblebee went to proms the editor sent a few lues of telegraph to the publisher of the paper, and mentioned the delegate’s illness When the editor returned he was surprised that telerraph was not prinved. Oa bets pestioned the pab hisher eaid the form was ali locked ap when the came, aad be was pot g to deiny the paper He bad got t press three hours earlier than wanted to go off the next day on a spree; #0 Paper to preee without any convention news Cditor got pitebed into for be, denoribed country printers bave @ eupreme contemp! a ant bey Dot give twenty f for igenee direct from the moon in ad: ieee vance 2 print, and srasmodioal'y ttems, couched ip horrible lish, is general'y tabooed by ihese wonder. ful village p— 7 ” THE PROVINCIAL PAPERS Of ALnaxY. Albany being the capital of the State, and the home of Lord Thurlow, and his dus Achater, Contidence Cassidy, it might be supposed that the sheets pudlished daily in that city would at least keep pace with the times. Such, however, is not the case. Like the skeleton Pelots of Warhington, the Jowrnal and Adar Argus prefer public Plunder to legitimate srivate prone. ‘the first paper all ite old Yeoom without its apice, while the hybrid offspring of Beaver etreet has twice the mendacity of the old Atlas, without ite adroitness in its fictions plaustbie. or the ancient eiTrontery of 4, withoat its Cromwellian pluck. Neither of these papers pinces the true facts of any question before is reeders, but mutilates or igoores the reports of the gather ings and speeches of ite political opponents, and grinds the tame miserable party tanes, when the masses tha; weed to wh “St *® keep time or marth to their sound. oa tne contrary forgetfal of or blind to the fact thet the days of partivon journalism, as well as of old party lines, are fast becoming obsolete, they @ll theif colamns with the same antiquated nonsense that answered so weil ia aie Sauae ~J ae te at in 1860. For the rest they fic ily from Metropolitaa papers, feagon with choice extracts from old almanacs, ehvact ines and school readers. lost a favorite ancient ambretia, are haf column articles, Taki unit, it og — commentary on ‘i intelligence. Such, however, fe Se ez Tere emare craved oe fast tables ‘er ciAae 0! er 1 that be roral press of Suargenn fa. resliy seopresamts'bo. a iticians, the corrupt lob: the eottentiohed’ ethoore thembetyes, "Te'fecn toe mane wat weap and the ‘Randord, whieh ba EW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. late Peter OC and expemnate tho Canttenss Geantay citer, ae oe, aN senanbhinye-thoee of the "ant hove Sy ce, and those of impur ag Wg en fo grammar in evory ten words it utters, THE CENTRAL RAILROAD PAPERS. This wonderful corporation is largely engaged im the country newspaper business. It dose not take much capi. tal, however, as the editors are bought over by the local directors with yearly passes to say nothing about the xcept to chant its praises, ite pete and aud ee eee wat dt of the ist the Buifalo ‘we put Post, 8yracuse Courter and ‘sohenectady News, nearly all the rural printers ‘rom Albany to Baflalo are the rail- oad’s most obedient and humble servants, and will toady any < its eurowe ape Sivestons, from a Corning and Rich- mond down tos or OF & . ‘The railroad icese little by pe these , for it is not to be supposed the rural editors would have: funds enough of their own to travel over it often; but the dead. YHE RURAL EDITORS IN NEW YORK. Once or twice a year, by dint of hard dunning, begging ‘and borrowing, the rural editors punish our city by it with a visit of mixed and business. sera Aran nae ee Sete jitule new type to mix w and, sible, get acquainted jourpalist. if ita their old fonts, amusement, they galleries, stad? themeclvee blve with indigestible ‘Attakapas; lower grogger: yard red "hand retire 1 some delectable retreat Eroeny or joward etreet. When they return home they fell their resders what an utter sink of pollution New York is, and fancy bave seen the bi refined, civilized upper atrata of metropolitan life. It is etated that the reason why some of the rural prin- ters are £0 savag-ly abusive of or Wood is that many ef them having, ‘in thelr peregrioatioas here, been brought to the police stations for drunken aess or other offences, he has often, in the kindness of bis heart, let them eff with aamali five or reprimaad, at which they are indignant, of course THE RURAL PRESS OF THE SOUTH. It must not be supposed, however, that the unbappy state of things we have chronicled is confined to the North alone. Al:hough the Empire State is eminent for the excessive provincialiam and stupid t of its rural press, and while the same statement hoids more or lees true throughout the entire free States, the roral preas of \he extreme South is quite as bad, and would be worse if it were not tor the check im cer ine praniee josthation.® “A farge nopérti of out & ‘ar institution. ” ge the rural printers and editors South are Yankees by birth, who have been driven by poverty or other causes from their pative villages. Ali these try are, of course, desirous of iets this con! asunder, in the North re black | repubitean im the South by fire-eating agency. Poor in t and bank- rapt in priaciple, with no chance of obtaining 19 Si cater the existing state of things, they hope to rise to positions of prominence in times of general disorder and anarchy. resh from New England, they out-Yanoey Yatyey in their invectives against Uaion and conservatism, pander to the lowest prejudices of the lo- ave chanced to alight, and prostitute ‘worst any education they may possess. To this clans of iwetvidusls the HanatD is of course par- ticularly obvoxious, because it thorougly comprebends their selfish maoceavres. Very often they forward to it letters full of opinong and barren facts, attempting to make themeelves heard outside of their own odszure or- gaps. Asa Yaukee cannot live ‘where without pro- scribing somebody or something, whether it be lager or one of our ado, fellow citizens, who is worth a dozen provincial Southernized Yankee editors, these fel- lows very often proscribe men born and raised in the South, and owning ja to buy dive handred of them body aad soul, because of var Dod not endorse all their insane nigger driving doctrines. COUNTRY PAPERS THEIR OWN ENEMIES. Like most complainants against eociety, your rural prin. ter is bis own worst enemy. These emali fry journalists must bare a very large opinion of themselves to e se that the metropolitan press is jealvus of petty ponte rb pol ge nee oes ig not equal to the ex- pene itures of @ first cl mene Se day or week. Their columns are frequently filled frantic appeals to delinquent subscribers, or abusive n0- tices of well known travelling showmea, who ee above cheating both from principle and seif interest. fact is, the rural printer is seldom cheated—the asscverations of tbe fraternity to the contrary notwithstanding. Like thelr brethren, the rural inn keepers, the charges of the coun- print rs are very often abominably extorti travelling amusement SS who, while realy to pay the regular rates for printing, are unwilling to bo tpecialy victimized to pat money iuto exhausted ex- were. It would be well for thé business managers of exhibitions that are traveliiog, when imposed upon by provincial prerees, to wend copies of these extortionate ‘accounts to be ventilated in some metropolitan paper. THE MELANCHOLY SIDE OF THE PICTURE. Oveagionally ome meets with some thorough scholar and geptieman—men sometimes of a fine education— who, by eome reverse of fortune, have been com pelled to eke out a subsistence in the office of a country jonrpal. Such persons are really to be commisera‘ed, as tbe blockhead pabiieher is careful both to starve abuse them, Tom Mareball, of Kentucky, bas well de- Toate ite aan aot elefonn yang .”? To euch men their but einecures. to tome miserable one horse covcern braics and ind a ly fettered by the wtopidiy of some block. wi ders rl z 5 It is evident, at the Grst glance, that there are quite too ‘many provincial papers. While some country papers are i i rH ab i 8g s : i oe s& i [ i i 4 rag te $33 i P : : it ik i i i i fl eae Fs deser’ 2 cI SENATOR SEWARD'S WESTERN TOUR. What He Said and Did in Kansas. Visit to Topeka, Leavenworth and Atchison. Terrible Destitution in the Territory, &e., &e., &e. Our Lawrence Correspondence. Lawrence, K, T., Sept. 26, 1860. Senator Seward’s reception in Kansas has been just veh as apy ore might have expected. Everywhere that ho bas gone the people have showered compliments upon. him. You have already bad from me an account of his. reception at Leavenworth, and of the speech which be made there, He left the eame afternoon for this place, and spent the next day (yesterday) in Topeka—General Nye remaining bebind at Leavenworth, and addressing, witb great effect, a large assembiage there. To day Sena- tor Beward returoed from Topeka to Lawrence. He was met two miles outside this town by a large cavalcade, and was escorted amid much enthusiasm into Lawrence. Hundreds of people from the Territory came to see and hear him. A stand was erected outside of the Eldridge House, and benches and seats were placed in the street. for the convenience of the ladies, who were Present in great force. After an eloquent expression of the gratification which he felt in performing what he regarded as a duty, and in finding himself face to {ase with the people of Kaneas, he referred to the drought which had aiilcted the Territory, and which threatened to cause a famine, and said—I bave carefully studied the condition of Kansas,on the banks of its rivers and on its high and rolling prairies, and J am bappy to be able to azsure you that much that. bas been said as regards the ability of the people to sus» tain themselves bas been éxaggerated. There will be no famine in Kansas. There is already capital and credit enough to carry them over more than one year of ex~ baustion of the soil by drought. You will, 1 am eure, take care to husband this it and apply it well. If there be still want, then to your brethren in other States for help, and it will be afforded you. I myself wil} do what I can to send in this direction the supplies that may be needed. Then, do not suffer yourselves to be discouraged. There are cattle enough on these thousand bills—although it would be a great sacrifice to use thers. 80—to carry every family through the crisis, and to ena- ble you to come out in theepring with milch cows and working cattle enough to resume operations under more propitious circumstances. We, who are here, coming from several States whence emigration proceeds, and from the Atlantic coast, where emigration from other lands arrive, and whence it is sent onward, shall do our share in directing the footsteps of the emigrant to Kan. sag, assuring bim, from our own observation, that it bas. land as fertile as ever the sun shone upon, a climate as. genial as ever quickened health and strength in men. Ty I were thirty or forty years younger—in the period of youth and vigor—jae place of all others that I would choose for home would be the plains of Kansas. (Ap- Plause.) Pageing from this subject, he said that the transactions of this day elucidated the subject of the irrepreesible conilict (an explosion of cheers and laughter) beiween freedom and slavery: He passed in review the history of this conflict from 1787 down to 1864, showing that while the South was aggress” ive, the North was eubmissive and compromising. Why ‘was it, be asked, that all the settlements and compro’, mises were not final? For no other reason than that the confict was irrepressible, and was not to be settled anti’ Kansas bad fivally and furever determined that she would be free, and would not be slave. (Applause.) J thimit it will be found that the whole question was settled in the Celiverance of Kansas, and that freedom is triumphant ir all the Territories of the United States. And now, what of Virginia againet freemen who are establishing freedou Kansas and New Mexico, as if the people of Kapeas were no wiser than themselves, an@as if, when they wanted to make territory free, they did not go into it with the ballot box i ie bond Fecollection—for 1 & was born Fm 5 g E ; i 3 8 i F Ei HH at i g' 3 Ls i i Hed iF ie i d # ‘ i cFe i fH Fi ny Hf | HE ayia elie a 3 ii ie : i? i a i ee emigration into the Nort) wes: Hi i a he 2 s : 7 BF vant, State wo sate) remain a sar to be, thes she must be a pleat M4 ime of ber nade wil be relatively ws rich. bd bd oes i i i 35 i 3 i A i rom Hens reqrire intelligence and ¥ slavery ie