The New York Herald Newspaper, November 11, 1869, Page 4

4 — THE NORWON CRIS, Protest of the Excommunicated Against the Decree of the Cowell. They Claim tho Right of Frecdom of Specen. Brigham Young Holds it Apostacy to Differ with the Priesthood, The Excommnniea’ed Turned Over to “the Builetings of Satan.” ‘The last number of the Urah Magazine, dated Octo- ber 20, contaies the following appeal to the people on the part of the Mormons who wero recently ex- communicated py the High Council for publishing in thelr magazine cortain articles obnoxious to the policy of Brigham Young against such excommunt- cation, We give the appeal acd protests lu full, as it ts evident that there 18 @ crisis in tne history of Mormonism whiek tbreatcas to become of great gen- eral unterest. An Appeal to the People. Since the date of writing my last editorial a starting chaagsd has takea pitee ta my situate @ltuoug: not im my feelings or sentiments towards the members of our Caurch. For ting ate arti- cles as “Our Workmea’s Wages,’ “The irae vevel- epment of tne Terriivry,"’ “Steadying the Ark,” &o., charge bas beea proferred against me of spostacy, ‘on the ground ehat i have no rigal to pubs the wisdom 01 aay measure oF pol: hooa and expect to retain a met Church at the same t.me, Mat the Gospel gives ue the fi the lealers 0 my differenc For assert pedom to difer with tue Church aud ge of stating of upluion, provided Ldo tt honesty " iy, Luave been deprived of my inem- Dership in te Churcu —tue doc positively Inia down on the occasion of my trial Ly President Brigham Young and titer George \. Cannon. taat “dU is apostacy tv honestly diifer with the priesthood , Many Of their uleasures,'’ If tals definition of aps Tam an aposiate, becat eye to eye wilu our ec tos ject of ike redaction of our workme Minerai aevelopment of tue ‘Tersiiory aud simular mutters. acy be correct, of course, that 1 do not give in a brief waya Ss aiientiag my 1 have been xuiie so that ail my fr in dostug this 1 sa the preity gs they ¢ Butlice tt to sa. r them most of inusmuch of tue Propets.” 1gth October, an denounced a fol- y clied 10 appear ‘we tried for our standing.” On Mouday we appeared t at the City Hall, whic was Buthoriues of tie Cuurch—uo @xcept tose WO appusred as piaily imvited. being a ig is @ brief sya Ou ike spot:— le ebarge of apostasy had be George y. Cauaon, on tne ground d ainiug views on the High Co! Ked with # t held Mos 00 ideas ou such subj Cankoa whether With the measi tue Chin + Welis con- weil uax bhe to ditler bon- doctrine was Guty aud tae 3 Woe cous one and Une sain on from te Chure uLgualldediy ass Priesthood, Bo far as 18 oliclai d cerned, were ty be aecoined thing, on pain of excurninusics Willa 5. Goabe staled that uis Guim to con- Bclentiously d the Chur fer with iae views of the leaders o 1 OB Ceriatu qua % be apox much as le Mad aiw J toat such ays Whilo he bore tes mission Of Josep powULMeut of Brigham residency of ike Chur enforce uiqursuvoming ¢ scoulsr au. gud (ru views, ed, huW hut they ad purity of Hairieod Ter ¢ Jes4u004 Ot polrey ry Nand of bus imy 2, as Well AB LOE that he cinnned as wourperat pectiully and of opinion be NEW YORK HERALD. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ll, 1869.—T every form, as welt ns acninst the trresponsibte investment of power in.any person holding the ‘priesthood. § We cain (ve right of reapectfuily but freely, discussing all mMoastires upon which we are called to act. And, if weare Cat off trom this Church for asserting this right, while our standing in dear to us, we wil auifer It to sooner than resign the liberties of thought and Which the Hospel entitles Ws; aud agatnet any such expulsion we present our solemn prote x pecore God and Angela. icober, 1809. ‘As Wituess our bands (his i W. 8. GODBE, Speeches on the qnestion were then made by Presi- 4 Brigham Young and George A, Sinith, also by der Cannon and metobders of the Council, and 4 verdict of excommunication against W. 8, Godbe aud E. L.'T. Harrison tinally rendered. For replying i the aflirmative to the question whether ho susiaied the aoove brethren ta their course, Elder bl B, Kelsey was summarily cut od frou the Chureh, Durnog tne above trial remarks wero mado by various speakers, comparing us to every foul apos- tate—the Laws, tne Higbees and Fosters, and every depauchee, drankard, Wuoremonger and gamb ba ver lef. (ae Church for his own iniquitous pur- pose. in reference to this] have only vo say thas our past lives are before the people, and ihe future will Show wiether there is any difference between men Who come outin the assertion of @ principle And men of Une cétss referred to, It was also asserted, without tne first fraction of proof, Wat we Were seeking Gentile infuence and aid to the injury of the religious interests of oar commuatty, Inasmuch as this statement will, doubtiess, be reiterated tn order to arouse the fecl- lugs of tue people of the Territory against us, wie We boldly avow that we respect all men, Gentiles or otherwise, in exact proportion to their private vir; tues, we dare any Gentile in this Territory or out of it to come forward, from waom. up to this very moment, we haye ever sought the first particle of assistance or co-operation, and challenge any man 4M eXisicnce to produce such a person, Lhe tes of faith and principle necessarily unite the learts of men closer together than they can be witout these bonds;"and to wus extent we love our brethren move than ali other men; but independent of this consideration. aud viewing men as ten alone, we respect Genuio as much as Mormon, provided they act as’ well, aud better than Mormon if they act better, We have sought no Gentile co-operation, and shall see< none surther than we shall desire and seek tte fricudship of ail good men, because we be- heve that, a3 a people, we need no aid beyond our own. And at once and forever to crusa out this Siauder we publish now to tue whole Gentile world our seaumenis upon bbis subject, We wish them to understand that we have intelligence, mauliness and divinity enough among our people and in our systeut to correct our owa evils Where we have any. We gratefully accept, a3 ali men should, the aym- of our icuow wen in every good word and fe, out our faitu is that God 13 in our system and that Zion Ig perieculy capable of puriiying her own fountaias aud presenttag uerself before the world a model of ireedoim aud a ceatre of ligut and truth. favre is another saoject apoo which we Wish to Say aword, During tue Investigation of our case President Young wauy mes asseried his wiiling- bess that wo Suould enjoy freedom of speech and of the pr This we beiteve Wo ve true, #0 lar as our civil rigits are concerned. We have no quarrel with dim or any Obber MAO IN the priestao0od Oa the ques- toa of our civil right to speak ana pubiisa in Uean, No one bas interiered With us in this respect, Tis is pot our didiculty, Ours is a Church question—a question of our right to speak and publish and retain our positions as members of ihe Church. In every olwer respect We have ali the freedom we want, We urake dus stavemeut now to all because wa effors was and Wil be made to prove that we want the ouwide world to beueve that there is no free- dom of speech in Utah, and thus bring on a col- Uision with our peop This is a cuarge as faise a3 it is unscrupuious, What we complain of is that there is no iIreedom to thiuk and speak within the limits of the Church, What a farce to say, ‘“reiireo, you Nave all the jreedom to speak and pubis what you please,” aud in the next breath remark, “But I sali cut you oif from the cuurch gud send you down to hell if you do, Breiuren, use your privileges.” What freedom is Who, among eveu despots, does not give a3 <All irenarcis say, ‘Think and speak as you but we willimprison and prfiitsa you, not ianding.” President Young says we are free to Gider Wita him, but he willcut us off from tne society of God and boly beings; separate us from all we hoid dear in the Churci, and wither up ali our hopes of evernal life 1f we attempt it, Who uses tho pusion or intumidat.on? no force Or coercion Uke that appiicd to and fears of a fature lie, ana this 13 i ireedom we complain of, Prosident § admits Our right to speak outside the Church, Qu that potut he neliuer tries nor wants to coerce Us; WAAL Wey Waal is our right to speak within it, in the course of Presideat Young's speech he onto & remark im the article called whe. ark,? to the eifect thas fiooud 43 not imteaded by God wo Go our tiinSing.”” He siated that this was true, and sald, “ue pricstuood Js ouly intended to heip us to K. Was Uus prineipie practically ackaow- y President Young, as imacd as theoreti- cally, he Would couceds ail we claim; bat itis not 89, lor, tuitediately upun the Lop of this statement ides tho priestioud oaly aasumes to “help us to tuk” colues the doctrine that unless, when they do nelp” us, We WILK exaetiy as they direct us on every subject, We Saal be expelled from the Churci. Ps, every seustble person Wil sea, is not “‘uelp- buvlorcing us to think, whether we will or not. Among other matters orged against us at our trial Was the idea that we wisued to flood the country With tly refuse of Bociely 1a search of gold, This was iMdignanily dened. We refer our read- ers to our artic on “The True Deyvel- opment of the Territory.” It will be soen there that we do believe that the eaief hope of tuis country ey in its minerals, bus ston ereta for the outside worl ines. in that article wegpe- cially urge our own people to develop them. 1t Was wo urge our people to work their minerals them. , uistoad of letting capitalisis from every part Won come mM and take their rights out of nds, #8 tuey Will do ualeas Uuey vestir them- se.vos, thal we wrote thatartcle, Bvery tunparttal reader will see (nis; aud the false charge attempted to bo Tastencd Upon us will fall harmlesa to the groun it will be seen that we have borne testimony to the legality of tue appointment of Briguam Young as President of the Cudrch, evea wuule we ovject to le much? “the Prie migit ente ‘ of Irom the | some of bis views. Woe do thix consistently, for we Charcti tor so doing. noid it $8 @ iatse doctrine, because God in Mis His Peaeons dor cons. providence calls any man w_ preside, that lege asx isember of t that man necessarily ts the wilt and voice Gospel 0} of the Lord im ail he ctooses to do and say. It opery and oiber r tn this . if spe ® ianifess train and agreoable to all experience taut God cau only imspue & man to the extent that his organization and spiritual character will ad- 1. A Wan inay have a stroug aud determined Diiously belleve that hie projects Ul of licaven When he is only following of bis own organization, God never did ar juan further than that 1 On this Jor presideuts must be faljible bulld upon Lkem—even the independent of the light of osand. Priesthoods en for man’s infailibie aids or “lelps? tor greater and more absolute + ‘That light 14 infallible, be- id all eurthiy Weaknesses’ and inunediately from te throwe of 3 I present my case and that re the Charct no jutention of sua ine, but from tune to Up tiis question and very light wad owr brechrea ander. ion aguly. We shouid, and will, of a child, if it cag point At or spirit, but we will Tike day Las gone by for that, and thé hilljops of Utah a bright and ecclesiastical aa well as civil every heart rejoice, God reigns! caness (lea before the era of ad- from ou our mountam valleys us. js ae s & banner emblazoned with @ ee ad b argued thaPwo my wide 4 nooler Ohristiapity, a purer faith than ung uiriy; obey the priesio s | Carth Las ever seen. sen shall yet learn that the Wise We Could not batid up Aion, Ud. not see | true mission of 90d 3% Lo teach and not to this, Anution built upon such @ principle could pe | »!, ond la OUr raids shall stand the same pricat- no oD. oD. y thas were could be | hood Wo boieve in \o-day, but whose greatest da & Zion mustt elny Composed of poo- | giory shuil be { tuey represent a spirit from which plo ail of who genus mall tn every principle of coercion has been wiped away. ween ol lu tue full assurance thut the time ia at band I ea me crive myseit & prover to all who do right, and Not operating halt as per thelr work, but dolug w ently, Must bee fur more deligi od aad intelligences, These were his views. If thoy co tacy, the Counctl must deal their laws, Oue thing, howe They might cut ni off should hever cut lis breth He liad heea twenty years thoy ec do. nd he intended 10 live and die wi One should ever drive him frou t Lah. He knew and could bear tes y that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. ie could & Mouy that brighwm Young wae divinely c Bucceed Joseph Smith in ne le Church, and he knew that the F bpired Co bring this people to He Luen road the following ar vesit roh of Jews our jalih of thie Chureb ro praneutet te #, 80 long as the ¢ ‘pure an whether they can ( the jeaders of the , tO Fetwin ® clan foo the f tase of the Charen the groaiest beauty and gir ¢ We also protest agminat Ui laing tho wombers of this Ul their private Views reupeot ‘And, dually, we provost agatuas th 3 orci neurite et oP CCS Eadie ieee agg sentenced mttaer tea a i i en oA eh gs a = 40 Wees @irioad to ail wo iguoranuy err, L, T. HARRISON, copeE. To TAR Puptic: I ou Sor twenty years member of the reh of Jesus Obrist of Latier Day seints, and eon years # resident of Uta Terriiory, and whe xh Counce) having excammunicated me from said ge Of apostacy aud turned me over stings Of Satan” until I repent, f feel it ifabd my numerous friends turoughout awhere to give the following ard ot P et I received @ note, of which the Hiowing Id a copy Baur LAKE City, Oct, 16, 1869, —i hereby inform you that a motion w: ooied and carried by a unanimous vote of th 1 of Prophet woday, that you be diateliowshipped fro: rch now! you appear fa the School and give satletae- roasuns for your wer in uo G In response to this myself at irregular eitendance there, Your GLOKGR GODDARD, Becretary, communication I presented Sehool on Inst Saturday and stated, in auswer to the charge coutained therein that, With very few exceptions, I yhad been punc- tual in dance at the ‘hool ever since I became @ wenver, excepting when absent from the eliy or ‘Territory, or Woea Uiness in my family prevented me; consequently was innocent of any Wrong in Rot having beeu ulWays present at thelr meetings. What iw T transpired on that occasion the rules Of tle School Wili not permit me to state: but on the same night J re * LoUCe to appear for trial on Monday, October 26, on w charge of apostacy, whieh charge Was sustained on te groung of my’ endorsed the wba 8 ila contained in the Uta one of the publishers, ad- ech and the prass, and differ- tes of tue Church on the que: qizine, of vockting I lng trom the author tion of unconditional obedience to their req ments, although norhing bordering on tmmorality oF uncbristianiike conduct was brought against me, but, on tbe contrar + amount of test a gr ered by the speakers to th life and correctuess of my course u; purityjor my to the present give Rome Of my views in regard to the and Coe principles mvolved in it, to my Knowledge of the rules of the Church no man or number of men—Irrespective of their position in the priesshood—have a right to dis- feilowslup a man for such ¢creliction, Had I been jity Of itreguiar attendance at tho School of the phets without justidable cause I should only Nave broken Gne Of ita rules, the penalty of which, at most, could not have exceeded aismewbership from the Scnool, In atterapting to discharge this duty I desire to be guided by the Inspiration of Heaven, tuat my readers may have a correct uaderstanding of my views: aypreciate tne high motive that Row prompla me to give them expression, Ta the first place, | wish it distinctly understood that I will speak avout principles and not person let there be in your minds @ clear line of demarca- tion between them, for white 1 feel aolematy tin press ed to Speak with the utmost frealom concerning some principles that may refiect unfavorably on the judgment of the authorities, let it be remembered that | do notimpugn their motives, question their futegrity or attack chem a3 men; but it inty my right to Judge as to the correctuess of tho priaci- ples taught by allmen, wheter they be tuside the pale of cue Charch or not. It is proper for me to siate in this connection that I possess only the Kindest foellags towards my brechven in the priesthood and to all mankind. aad espemally so towards President Young, with whom none but the most fricndiy and intimate relations have existed since, in the days of my boyhood, L first came to tis Territory; and whatever erroneous opinions I think he possesses, I regard them as im- periections of the judgment of a great man. {nstead of enumerating the measures lately adopred that my judgment cannot endorse, | will at once Call attention to tue fandamental principle they involve, the soundness of which, justilles or con- demus them, I refer to the doctrine of uncondt- tonal obedience—impiicit obedience of one portioa of tue priesthood to the edicts of another portion of it wito may be called to fill the leading positions in the Church, For it 1s well known thattiey claim vhe prerogative of absolutely dictating tue peaple a8 to where they shall live and what they shall do. what they shall eat and what they snali drink, what they shall accept as true and what they shall rejeot 83 false, and tals assninption of priestly ytd goes as far as to determine what we shall tuink in regard to things temporal a3 well as things spiritual, as much as with reference to where we shall purchase our goods as to the Moss Cardinal points in our moss holy (aith; in a word, 1a regard to everyihing that interests us here or hereafies—that pertains to timo now or ume to come. To minds unshao.sled by superstition and free to think, une bare statement of such a principle would be sufficient to show is fallacy, its dwartng iniu- ence on tic inte.lect, its tearful and dangerous ten- dency, Yei this doctrine is asserted and enforced, and these who dare question us diviutty do so at the imminent risk o1 their standing in the Church, in losing which they become banished from svcial circles, posisions of public trast and honor, and to some extent trom bustness patronage. Neliler doos the mischief end here, for in nearly all such cases the Verdict aguinst the parties cut od is thar they fre grossly immoral, and, therefore, have got into spirtiual darkness and allowed the devil to lead nis will, no master bow long their standing Churca, how much they may have doue ior advancement of tvs cause or how irveproachabie their ives, Inasmuch, then, as such vital interests are in- volved iu Ws orincipie, 1L Will not ba wondered at that ! should auye realized how important it was to acrive at correct conclusion in regard to it; for 80 strong 1s the force of firstimpressions; with such tenactiy do early tramings—especially religious ones—cling to the mind that, although my reason Always taught me that the doctrine of uncondi- tional obedience was Iaise, yet, unui! within the last few years, J did not Care to trust wholy to that rea- son, for 1 Was tiugho that “the wisdom of nan is Toolishness with God,” and thattaere was safety ouly in following the dictates of the servauis of tue Almighty, whether { cowd see thelr utility or not. Moreover, of iate years f have been more or less Inierested financially im some of the caterprises of tue Church, and thought it probable I mivut be re- quired to be more so. J deemed it, therefore, to be absolately necessary that I should have my faith in- telligenuy based, my prinetples clearly dedned, and Settle this question of obedience to an infallible priesthood forever, Tlooked above and sought for light from fts great fountain, and the light came, aua with ita direct testumooy that Joseph Suuth was a prophet, seer aud reyelator, and fuliilled a divine mission, and Brigham Young became President of the Church py the will of the people and the approval of Heaven. But did it follow of necessity that ull his schemes were fraugat with heavenly wisdom, or buat obedience to them must be rendered under pain of excommunt- cation; that nis vuice was the voice of God to the peopie in all things, and that there was no access to the llimttable iountain of truth but througa him? By no means; bat, on the contrary, it bore test- mony that the jight within the soul, however faint 1b might be, was a divine spark that could only have been Kinilea by its Creator ana ts God, and that it ‘Was tue privilege of ali So Co live as to possesa sum cient of is brightness to guide them im the true path; aud that while, on the one hand, obe- dlence to the counsels of the servants of God, free acceptaace of their doctrines avd a whole-souled response to their requisitions, are sound proposi- Uons ano essentially condacive to the good of the community, yet, on the other hand, should such cousels, doctrines or requisitions come injcontict with Witat, by history, experience, revelation or rea- son We Know to be right—when consctence tells us they are wrong, then response to them ts idolatry, ana those who render it violate the noblest insiincis of their natures, and obedience to men under such circumstances, Irrespective of thelr priesthood, be- comes disobedience to God. but i is urged by some that such Itberty of con- acience sdoutd only be exercised by advanced minds; that 16 18 only Natures enriched by the influences of conuinued virtue that can enjoy tls freedom with- out abusing it; that poople ta a low state of progress, Teligiousty as well as politically, have to be gover: by authorify and, like catldren, ba required to conform te a rigid discipline, The force of this objection | am free to admit, and, so far aa the principle it involves HNnas application to us a# a people, let it be carried out; but it will not by any moans apply to the waole community. For [ Know by personal experience that there are thousands among us whom we truth has made free and who see in the Gospel of Jesus, “@ periect law of linerty,”? not liverty to do wrong, bat who, in the couscionsuess of their integrity, purity of purpose and love of hamanity, dare to Uliink for themselves in regard to all principles, whether they emauate from tue priesthood or not. ‘to all such the severe regime to which We are sub- jected 1s terribly oppressive; their condition de. mands @ more liberal one, their fouls are faint for spiritual food. and they thirst for the waters of that unfatiing fountatn that was opencd up by the moek and lowly Jeaus, ‘To such 48 believe that all the measures inatituted by the President are iraught with divine wisdom, will way that many of thei have reaulted tu failures too weil Known to need enumerating. { will, how- ever, menuon the batiding of & warehouse on the Colorado, in 1864, at a cost of about $18,000, which hag never realizec any income, and 13 now next to worthiess. 1 give thi# a3 my opinion, but am aware that the President disagreca with me, for he sald at the figh Coun¢i that the Colorado warehouse would yet be 4 success and that he would yet ouy out the stockholders. Now, to prove my e@tacerity in tis statement, | will thank the President or any one else to give me twenty-five cents on the dollar ou tie amount I have invested therein—namoly, $3,000, the Utah Producg Company, for the purpose of shipping flour and home producta to Montana, was originated end controlled py the Prest- dent, and cost the stockholders, of whom I was one to the amount of $1,000, not only all Toney they invested in stock, ‘bu more beatdes. T wish tt Uhese fatlures do not half as much ‘leratood that rove Prosident but simply that his le to err liko that of ment, beng huutan, other men, aud that, in such matters at least, he 18 not infallible, Bue the defeuders of the belief that “the Pope can do no wrong’? teil ns we are incom- petent to judge in @uch matters, even if they do re- «nit in apparent fatlure; for, say they, the Lord may design to try the people by such means, and it is im- possible to teli what hidden motive or purpose ex- isted ta His mind in regard to them. ‘Thisis very true and the logic ia irresistible when based on the asaumprion, In the first place, that all such mea- sures, whether sccording to human judgment they are sticcesfal or not, are nevertheless inspired by God. But how can we accept any such assump- tion when by #0 doing we ignore the light of reason and have no further use for the faculties with which we are endowed by the Great Creator? Is it not wiser and safer to judge 9 trea by Its fraita and the wisdom of enterprises and poli- cles by their manifest remits? T will now call attention to what 7 regard aa the Tosi banefal effect of forced compliaace to such doctrines and rales of church discipline, whien first engender and then foster hypocrisy. Hundreds of good men tn this Territory are guilty of evasion and diastmuistion; they cannot see the wisdora of some things they are required tO acoept under pain of being distellowshipped; and thts ia not the worst of it; they are not even permitted to think differently from the appointed way, for, as is weil knowa, they are visited by teachers, WhO, a6 @ Class, are made up Of our most faiuial men, Who are themselves com- pelled to put euch inquisitorial qnestions 9s Will force the questioned either to a trutefal avowal of thelr views (in which case, should they be heterodox, excominunication would be certain), or evade the objectionabie points, failing in which they resors to dissimuin- tion. “In nothing ja this hypocrisy so much mani- feated asin our so-called voting. It 18 @ principie Well understood that, in order that people should enjoy the right of votrng in its true sense, they be infuenced neither by fear nor favor; and yet with us, if @ Iman raises his hand against aay measure emanating from the priesthood, he does so at the almost certata loss of his feilowstip. Neither 1s bo permitted to withhold his vote; he must sustain the Measare or oppowe It, the effect of which 18 to make good men conscientiously hypocritical; for, much ‘as they may hate diasimaiation—far as thelr natures MAY be rewioved from hypocrisy—they believe it to better to aubinit to this sort of compuision, quieting their consciences for the time being with meatal reservatio: than come out in opposition to their brethren, whom, notwiihstanding thetr dif- ferences of opinion, they both love and respect ‘This accounts, in a measure at least, for te una- Ditaity #0 Nuiversal in our voting. One case iilus- trating Wiis fact occurred the other day. A friend deopiy Interested in my welfare expressed regret that be would bave to be present at my tri for, although his views in regara co certain measures of church policy and goverament correspond with mine, he know that, in case I did not renounce those views, he would be required to vote for my keve- rance from the Churet; refusing to do which would be noticed und an explanation cailed for which would probably result in the lows of bis standing In the Churcu. Another tastuoce beariug on tid bub- Nee —s—“‘COC {get Mustrates the fear some have of President ‘oung. A man occupying a uigh ution in the Churet, said he would aot dare to teli the Prosideat anylning he did nos want to know, meaning auy- taing that did not accord with the President's views, Some twenty years ago I pecame identified with tnis people, because the principles presented to me supenien to my reason as being true, and tue sweet {ndueace thai accompanied them told my heart that the work must be diving, Since taen, the weak- nesses of human nature permitting, I have been falthful to the truth 1 then embraced and have leacned to love tt more ana mon pe my nature un folie aud my appreciation of its Beauties increased; aud it uever Was so priceless, 60 dear to ny soul as icis to-day. 1 have reaponded to the requisitions of the authorities frequently, because [ have seen their utilliy aud fect myself interested in their accompilsh- ment; but sometines I have done so at tie cost of thousands of dollara, whea I was of opinton that the measures were not wisely planned, aud vesu.ta bave proved thas my judgurout was not at fault, I obeyed, in those cases, to preserve unity of action, believing then as now, that our unton {8 worth more tuan money, that MW should be maintatned at the cost of individual juterests, Indeed, I regard un.on ag & gem of such worth that we should do ever;thing but wrong to maintain it; that we must not do even to preserve us from disunioa; and aman does wrong when he acts contrary to the dictates of conscience, God's moaltor in the soul, for then he violates the divine ‘ aute of his nature and sins against lights and truth, have not done theso tulags simpiy because | was told to do so, but because the ligut of Deily within me testified le was zigat, ‘This issue has been by me unsought! 1t bas been forced upon me. I have endeavored to mevt it like a true mau, who, although valuing most dearly the {riendsitp of this people, whici has been so long and sninterruptedly enjoyed by me, and iuily appre- clang ail the advantages resu ting therefrom, would rather incur the temporary dispieasure of some and and 148 consequences, than do violence to his sense of right, disregard the holiest promptings of toe soul, and thus, in sinning against nature, sin against Dature’s God, ° With regard to apostacy I know myself to be wholly innocent, the truth of which God will in the early future make fully apparent. I migic a3 con- sistently be charged with the violation of a trust that I never accepted. To apostacise from religion 1s to abandon it, ‘This Ihave not done. It is be- cause of my firm adberence to my religion that I ave been thus deait with. My fatsh at the outset was accepted on tho basis of my understanding of the truvn; it resis there now, and there it will con- tinue to rest wlule reason holds*her sway or immor- taliy endures. Jam charged with no crime or immorality of any kind. My only fauit {s in being one of the publishers of the Uh slagazine and for endorsing the senti- ments and principles set forta tn its ¢olumns. Whether these be true or faise, treated upon ina temperate and respectful manner or not, you wili be tue Judges. You can read the articles; for themselves. ‘The magazine was with the Consent. and approval of President Young, although he then expressed serious douvts a3 tO its financial success, in which I did not very much differ; but money-making was not the object for which It was starved. Its aim was to dis- seminate liberal ideas and advocate broad, geucrous principles; bat such omy as were compatible with our fatth, at least, in its most universallan aspect; in a word, to do good to the people wiit whom our lot Was cust; and 1t has been devoted fattbfully to that object ever since, We have taken the privilege of freely advocating our views in its pages, a9 an inailenabdie right, that no man can rightevusly disposseas us of; aad uuiess they Copiuict With trauh or milicate against proyress no action of an ecclesiastical character can justly be wcen against us for 60 doing. Am I wrong in this? Let the future, with its irreaistible logic of facts, Aaswer, Meantime, would you have me false to my convic- tions, to the holiest impulses of my being, and quench the divinest aspirations of my sout for rell- gious liberty? lf 1 would, | dare not, foram I not accountable to the Great God for so muci of light and so much of trutn as he has blessed me with, aud bew can | sit against Him whois the pericction of goodness, the embodiment of love? W. S. GODBE. PROTEST OF ELI B. KELSEY. To MY FRIENDS IN Ural AND ELsnwoene:—I Was, at the meeting of the High Council hela tu the City Hall, Salt Lake City, Monday, the 25th inst. summarily cut of trom the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and “handed over to the buitet- logs of tue devil,’ because { voted in the negative when te vote was taken to cut of Widers Harrison aud Godbe, who were then on trial for apostacy. I feel it not only my privilege, but a duty T owe to Inyseif and those interested in my wellare, to plainly deine my position with regard to the faith | have ciung to and advocated so atrongly for a period of over twenty-six years of my life. My faith in the Givinity of the mission of Joseph Smith as the Pproplet of this dispensation 1s stronger, if possible, than ever before. I heard with my own ears the Prophet declare, tn the spring of 1844, that he had “placed upon tue heads of the Quoram of the Twelve Aposties all the powers necessary to baildup the kingdom of God upon the earth and bear o:f the Gospel to the nations.” Iwas with the number that were expelled {rom Nauvoo; the Church was gov- erned by the Quorum of the Tweive in council uot December, . 1847, at whieh time a reor- ganization of the Church authorities toox piace, by which Brigham Young, Heber 0. Kimbati and Willard Richards wore taken out of the Quorum ef the Twelve and constituted a qnorum or First Presi- dency, by the voice of all the quorums and members. of the Church, for the purpose, as ten avowed, of erally the Quorum of tne Twelve to really act as a “fravelling High Connecti” of the Churen, as contem- plated in the reveiation in the “Zook of Doctrines and Covenants,” I was present at that organiza. tion and voled for it in connection with may preturen of the Seventies, [felt then that that move of the church met te approval of the Heavens, aud I am, Repeales more Urm in that couviviton now than en. There declare in all truth that J am as firm in my iaith in the Gospel as when I prooiaimed It so fervently in my four years’ mission to Kurope (from 1845 to close of 161), or ut any time since then. My mind was first stirred up to a closer inquiry of the revelation given to Joseph Smit upon the subject of church government, as well ag to all reve- jJations containing anyiling on the subject of the inspirations of the Spirit of Truth upon tae heart and mind of the believer, by a startitng declaration ade by President Young neariy two years ago, bat tC was hia right to dictate to the Church in all things, either spiiitnal or temporal—even to the rip- bons the women wear,’ and was sull more startled when he gave a definition of his views of the Order of noch and of the law of consecration. When the policy of a system of co-operation was imaugu- rated, and the faithful everywhere commanded to trade only wiih the orthodox estabiisb- ments of Zion's Co-operative Inatitution upon pain of excommunication, 1 thea fully opened my eyes to the fact that must make a demand for liberty or be forever in bondage; that the *Oraer ofuoch and the Law of Consecration, as he inter- prots them, were calculated In their comptaed Tesults to reduce the pesple.to the conmiti “tenants at wil and thus render them u' powerless to resist tne moat oppressive conditions that it might be thougut wisdom Lo heap upon tiem, T invite all to carefully read the tonr Revelations given on the order of Enoch, and if L mistake not they will there find that ail who may become mem. bers of that holy order aro to be equal in temporal things, that they may be equal in spi at each memver has an eq vo pertaining to ve sntes Invite al to read car the Revelations that tre: upon consecration. Tuey Wil find, if | mistake no! that they teach the rich ‘and well-to-do #: to consecrate all of thair sarplus properties for the benelit of tue poor of the Cuurch, They find that each poor man who becomes a rac any portion of the properties $0 consecrated siratl forever thereatter be a steward unto Goud, aud note steward ofthe President of the Cuurcn througn the bishops. 1 bave apostatized from no doctrine nor command. ment ever given to the Caurch by revelation through Joseph Smith, nor, indeed, from any of te measures of President Youug—save it be wherein he claims injallibliity for President Young, at the same Uine adinitting bis fallibility as @ man. Hildebrand admitted tis failibity a3 & man tn the saine breath that he claimed nis infailibility aa Pope. } cannot, for the life of me, distinguish the difference bewwoen the man and tie presideat. ‘The faliibinty of the man cannot, in my view, be made infailibie by the onice of president. J, mysell, in my ordinations in the priesinvod was told that ! had then been mate a recipient of the highest pricethood, in seg! that had ever been conferred upon inan on the earth. it & man’s testinonpy of Rimaeif cannot be beileved, in the name o} all that Js true 1 ask whose testhnony shail be received? i bave heard President Young assert, again and agar, that he (speaking of himeelf) was neither a prophet ner the sou of @ prophet, but simply claimed to have been “profitable to tuis people.”’ If mot imdeed a prophet, what, | ask, is the character of nig mspirations, tuat they suould be worth. everytting @ad mine wortt nothing, unless sanctified by his? HM, through the laying on of handa, the Holy Ghost was given to ime a4 a comforter, by Whose inspirations “the buings of the Fatuer and the Son would ve made Known unto me,” did I not, throngh my faith and that Roly ordl- nance, receive the right to driak of the waters of the river of lifey Who shall Pay to ime, after i have drunk of the blessed stream, Liat the water is bitier, when | Know, for myself, (hut It 18 Bweel to my soul? My acguaintamee with irothers liarrikun and Godbe bas reached over @ period of many years, A congentality of temperainens and @ similarity of Views, on ail topics Of interest that Nave occupied our attention jor years, las rendered our inend- }amp very warm and enduring. I have proved to mysew, by Lue bert of all evidences, namely, that of clone personal intercourse, that they are wen of the highest moral worth aod unfailing integrity— men tu Whose breasia Nows richly the wnik of byman kindness; men who are true in thelr allegiance to God and the Gospel of Jesus Curis. toen, wish all this Knowledge of the men, should I hold up my hand to cut-them Off from my fellowship! { knew that they Dad done pO Wrong; tiat they were ouly In resistance to tue mere aasumption that to aider tn opinion with the presidency on any ques Hon, ecclesiastical, clvil, commercial or poittical, 19 the rankest aw. I feel deepiy the hasty, inconsiderate end intolerant manner that wa have been dealt with, Speaking for myself aloue, Lask every candid and considerate mind ro pause before they condemn, I have every oarthiy cousid- eration to urge o9 an excuse for desiring to be at peace and good fellowship with my brethren of the Rousenola of faith, All my interesta ana a(fections aa husband, father, friend aud cit Taily mpc me to desire to be at p ers thatoe. Lam fully aware tial tor the future a heavy, gloomy cloud wil that my social elatus in society will be dec Injured; in other worde, that I anatl bo “apottea” as @man by hundreds, aud maybe ky Weuswads, of my on would nav ce With the pow- @ pertod In RIPLE SHEET. former acquaintances, Yot, as is my faith in God, so is my fateh thas trath will triumph, and buman liberties in those mountains be placed on @ sure basis that shalt endure forever. With an earnest expression of @ strong desire to be at peace with all men, and close, LSBY. 4 SHARY DEFIANCE. Orvics Uran sro Baur Lake Crry, Oct 27, 1869. President BuranaM YouNa:— My Deak Ste—Holding ay connection with the Ulak Magvzine, you can no longer Rive, to me your fellowship, nor can I conscientiously ask 1, 1 be- lieve that you would manifest towards me, person- aily, much tenderness, for which I gin gratetut, Were J 1n the States or California I do not think you would take any exceptions to my writings, for lam simply an author while you are the leader of a peo- le. As it 1s I see no virtue in multiplying words in justidcauion, kuowing myself to be heterodox. For years I have tried to shun vie issue of this day, for Uheoretically 1 nave been a believer in republican in- stitutions and see temporal theocracy. I am, sir, very respectfully, yours, , EDWARD W. TOLLIDGE, TREASURY POLICY, AYD WHAT HAS /T DONE? To TH” EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— ‘The present depressed condition of the trade and commerce of our country with Burope and our West- ern States will justily, if tt does not call for, a care. ful examination into the causes that have produced it; and that may, and no doubt will, continue, like an incubus, to oppress alltne producing interests of our people, A brief retrospect may serve to throw some light upon the line of policy pursued by our Treasury managers, and enable us to avoid in our future course the disasters which have overtaken us, To manage the Anances of a great pation, when they are properly understood, requires no more skill, labor and judginent than is necessary to con- duct successiully @ retail store in a country village. ‘The accounts are dedtor and creditor; and while the creditor side is well provided fur and @ surplus added toit yearly ali will go well aud prosperous. But when the debtor side shows unmistakavie evi- dence of loss, then comes trouble and xorrow—for it ts quite plain that some one must sutter—and it is geueraliy evidence of bad management and incom. pevent or dishonest managers. Whea the tirat note of war sonnded in 1861 we were exporting to Europe annually from the South. ern States cotton, tobacco and rive—that produced more than $200,W00,000, ‘The war puta stop to thia export, but our Northern merchanta continued vo tinport as inuch from Hurope during the war as they had done betore it commenced. As the same time our Norihern States did nob licrease the volume of exports, because the war drew iato the army a large portion of the bost Jaborers ia the country, and tins, of course, increased une home vaiue or all oar pro- ducts, ‘Thus exports were diminished aud tuports increased, Lo enabie our nerciants Guus to exceed in fmports the regular exporis of tus country the expe- dient of using railroad and otuer tniecest paying securities at low prices Was resorted to im Europe, ayd thus so large a debt was create aud was press- idg for payment Wiien our war drew v0 @ close that the rate ul exchange and gold rose in our Market to more than 2.0, Here Was an overwhelming evidence of great and recKiess overtradiog, and how Was chis coudition met? Tue country will remember that the then Secretary of the Treasury requested and author- wed Robert f. Walker to xo abroad and to write and Talk up the credtt of the Un'ted Staves, and try to in- duce capitalisis in Germany and elsewlere to purchase tae bonds of tue federal government at avout sev- enty cents on the dollar. Mr. Walker did go avroad, and reports that he 1uiuenced a demand from prank- fort aad other towns im Germany, turough mer: chants and bankers here, that resuived tn sales of hear 350,000,00y of our five-twenty vonds witua & few months from the time he arrived 1a Europe. ‘The sales thus produced brougit go large & volume of exchauge n our market tnat the pee of got! and exchange foll from 280%0 145. Here we recor one of the great mistakes made by the Jreasury, and also show that the price of gold depends upoa she price of exchange aad not on tao Volume of our currency. The lawa of trade, or supply ana de- mand, tavertably indicate Lue condition of debt and ercdit accounts by the preimlum Or discount on e@x- change and gold. Tae price of exchange belur 280 on Burope, Who was benedted and wao injured by the act of the treasury? ‘The bayer, not the seller, of excuange must be beneilied. Who aro the buy- era? The merchants who import, The legitimate bills in regular trade should be arawn agama the products of the couutry, siipped to be so.d in for- eign markets. Then the fara produce, or tue exchangeauld produce of other brancues of indus. try, make the farmers aud mechanics the real owa- ery of exciange sold in our marset. Then the far- mer are the sellers of exchange when the murket i9 in & pormal coudition, It fol- lows, then, that the merciaut who imports was benedted by this act of the Treasury bo the ox- teut of lity per cent, or several hundred miilions of doliars; ana it is equaliy plain that tne farmers and Owner producing interests im our country were injured by a reduction of the price of the products of tieir labor ifty per ceut, or several hundred mil- hous of dollars. Thus these hundreds of millions taken from the farmers and given to foreiza import- ers was the eifect of the iguorauce or kuavery of Ui ‘Treasury. ‘ It 13 dificult to conceive of an act that hag or could produce so great au injury to @ suffering peoplo, ‘the stimulus Of 230 for exchange Would lave set al the plowgumen and other jaborers ia moon; our rewurued’ soldiers would have found full empioy- nent at remunerative prices; our ranroads and Ca- nals Would have been occupled, and ourshipping largely Lacreased to do the vast expyrting that would have beea required to meet tue dvipand; and as the Prove grew rich and more able wo export we large hipply Would have gradually reduced the price of exchange to par, When, there belag no iarther de- mand for gold to export, 8 would cre this have come adrag in our market, aud the banks could have resumed specio paymeuts without iuiiowag an lujury upon the public. These severe consequences have fowed from o violation ot God's own law ot le mate supply and dewand. duus we have shown one great and fatal wistake made turough ignorance or iraud by the Yreasury. ey JONALUAN OLDBUCK. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL KNOTS Mrs. Seott-Siddoas cominences an engagement in Buffalo on Monday next, “Bogus” is the name of @ Dew play by an an- known author, which was produced for the frst time last Monday evening at the Chestaut sireet thea- tre, Philadelphia, under Misa Laura Kecac’s imme diate supervision. The “Broadorim’’ critics unani- mously pronounce it “che worst play’ ever brought oul in th y. Mr. aod Mrs, J, W. Albaugh will commence a brief engagement at Wheetlug, Va., on next Monday even- ing, opening in their popular drama of “Lustacue Baudin.” ‘ihe concert for the benefit of the Nedical College for Women and Children will take piace this evening, at Lyric Tall, s!xth aveune. from Parle, tus volunteered to sing Edmund bstconer, “che bould tis author of “wre Fly,?’ taxes @ beast to-morrow evening @ vie Grand Upera House. upon whi occaston be appears Ln two of his popular cueract M laries O' Mall nd “OR to thé comic irish drame of Fetches.” sisters have again se matic copartuorsiip, The vivacious Jenmie 1s in this city, looking out for the latest capric dame Fasiion, whiie Irene and Sopiie are tak care of “Lxion” 1 Nashville. Hartz, the illusionist, who has been “floating anead’? ail over the country, has broken bts necro- mancer's wand, Witich bas earned ulineso much Toney, and comes down trom wwe giddy hetrht of a great magician to the ievel of a common shopkeeper. Ho will shortly open » store on Broadway for te sale of joazical apparatus, conjurers’ tools and noy- eities OF all soris. We are promised, during the millentum that “the lion and the jamy shall lic dowa together,” and Uiai ali Wanner of wiid and tame beasis will coasort in peace and amity, Manager Wood, however, has brougat together @ collection of wild anuals, Which, being only separated by sundry bare and cages in two apartienis, peacefuily tolerate each others society, day aud atgnt, forthe admiration and amusement of the mussum pairons—tius some- what anticipating tue Scriptural prophecy. Two large roous adjoining the museum have bean fited up expressly ior tueit reveption here the lordly rhigoscerous oan be seen wallowing gracefully int box just suftictent ge to allow the Luge beast to turn itself round in, and e’enwhile placthg its ele- ant provoscis In Coutact with the snouts of the two elephants adjoining, between whom and ite Qn adection sceras W have sprung up. Two unmens African Hons, in opposite corners of the apartment, Yoar at each other occasionally tn triendly rivalry ag to Who can roar the loudest, while the miscellaneous ocher animals listen in admirauion. Leopards, tigers, bears, hyenas, camels, sacred bulls, Cynocephalas Gud Panthers, 12 a8 easy positions as their condition Wiil permit, stareplacidly buck at the visitors who stare av them. A jones? and her cubs Jorm rather @ pretty picture of a mother and her chilaren, wile @ large cage of monkeys (assorted) are an wofailing source Of ainusement to tne Javenties. The collec. Hon comprises a large number of maguificant spect- mena of the brute creation, and cannos fail to prove jor the manager @ strong additional stiraction to the museum, for @ Monagerie like thls at ouce Com- ines atnuseinent and tostruction, “SALHAVE AND HIS. FRUENOS, To THs Forrok oF TH® HERALD: The iron-clad steamer Atlauta, bought by Presi- Gent Sainave, of Haytl, from Mr. Oakemith, of this city, which Is now being fitted ont for sea at Phila. delphia, ander tho superintendence of two of Sal- nave's generais, and sont by him as special agovts to hurry on her departure for Port-aa-Prince, baa been stopped aud prevented from going on with ber equipment, by, 1b 13 aaid, orders from headquarters wt Washington, in accordance with the Haytian Obarge a’ Affaires, Mr. Larocto’a injunction and wishes, {t 1s evideut that nt the botiow Of ail this Intrigae and underhand work are at play to accolorate Sainave’s downtall by thowe in Whom he has the must implicit confidence, but whore bad faith has beea toe fre- nentiy tested, The deteation of the Atiauta at Puiladetpbia will, unquestionably, favor the revolu- tion in Haytl and crash aeduiicly Sainave’s govera- Meat for Lae Balvatiou-Os Whe Couliluy. A COLOSSAL MARKET. an war win none +) New York Ahead of the World—Redemp- tien of Its Past Record—A Vast and Grand Undertaking—The Largest and Finest Market in the World to Be Erocted in This City. pn by year the question advances itscif to a fore most rank in public consideration that a superior class of market accommodations is uperatively de- manded in this great city, and is bound insoms manner to be secured. Hitherto, as 13 well known, this immense emporlum of tho commerce of a con- tinent has been aMMicted with the vilest aud most imomctent system of market accommodation on the whole broad earth, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, and especially San Francisco, have kept Immeasure- ably ahead of New York in this regard, aud yet no city could so well afford or was under so great an obligation to furnish market conveniences as this, The products of thirty-seven States make New York their objective point. Tne cattle of Texas and of the Illinois prairies make their way here. he other day from the distant valleys of Califoruta a cargo of grapes ond pears eame rolling across the Continent and glutted te fruit stands of Washington and Ful- ton markets. North, South, Bast aud West con- tribute tha supplies that feed a million mouths and Gatisty the countless demands of taste and luxury. Under the circumstances New York shonid have the grandest and largest receptacles and dis- pehsing places of these multifarious and endlessly arriving products which hor citizens are desirous ot traMcking ta and to a large extent consuming, Above all should the market accominodation be am- ple and complete, clean, light and spacious. Here tofore we found that the people of New Yor were apparently satisfied with such market accommods- tion as could be found at Fulton or Washington. The moment, however, that an innovation was attempted and its results somewhat appreciated a general desire sprang up to make the convenience more extended and to give to the community at large its beneacs and its blessings. Tho cliy governmeat nas deot- dedly fatied to furnish that necessary and complete convenience of supply and arrangemont of suppliea that the requirements of this large population de- mand, Private corporations have in many instances: come to the rescue, and im the case of the Thirty- fourth Street Market, which this notice embraces, show tho vast superiority Of private over publi¢ enterprise, New York is at last to havo @ market which will be worthy of the commercial capital of the coatl nent, A compauy of enterprising gentemen, organ- ized under ihe name of tho Manhattan Building Company, 1s about erecting a maguticeat structure, at the foot of Thirty-fourth spreet, Norta river, to ve called Manhattan Market. Tne properly secured for thig purpoas is bounded by Thirty-fouriu aud Tairty- Ofth streets, Eleventh avenue and the North river, and comprises about eighty city iets, with bulkhead and river front of 20) feet, with all tne water privt- leges, The main market will cover the whoie block from Eleventh to Twelfth avenues, and between Thitty-lourth and Thircy-fifla siveeis, oe1ng 800 feet by 200, or 100,000 square feet, his will be um largest building under one rvuvf ou Uils conduent. ‘The open market will be bounded by Lniriy-fourta and Thirty-Q1ih streets, Twellth avenue and ne Bulkhead jing, betng 200 feov loug by 190 feet browd, and presenting a superfivial area of 20,000 square fect, This wil be covered by aroof of felt aud gravel, with abundant ventilation, and 18 to be Hoored with pavement Nagyiag. ‘dhe dock to be used coustructed for the spectal use of the market will be 300 foct long from the tre of the bulkhead, and 33 Tees wide, thus ering ample facilities for the loading aud uuloadig ol market produce. No fiver iocvafiou couid be foaad Ja this city for tue purpose, as ere uiauy years Taiesy- fourth street wili be the central line of Lie iaotrepo- lia. whe foundation will be on pics aad coucrete; the sill course of Lockpert sioue of grauie; the halls, of brick, 24 inches tick and faced with the best Philadelphia, 26 fees high at the Bieventh avenue cod aud 4 feet Ligh @s the 'Tweilth avenue, Owlng to the grade of the street, There will be 1u6 doors and windows ou (hirty-fourth aud Tuirty-fifea streets and 30 on Mieventh and i welfih aveuues, tue centre ones belug the largest, the whole arcued with brick and Lockport stone iMposia aud keyswues; the doors of oruiaimental iron aud the wiudvws of glass; the cornice of ornamevtal brickwork and rastal eave trougus; the four cormers flanked w:ta towers of Ordaiuenial ironwork 70 lect high, ‘ne centre of the Pulriy-fourth and Thirty-iftn street elevations wil be carried up turee storied or 70 feet high and be 110 feet long by 80 feet deep, to be rouched by tron spiral staircases and 10 be Used 4S Olces, restaurants or for otuer parpuses. The ceatre, op Mleventh and ‘Tweifth avenues, will aso bo carried up turee stories, With au Iron cupola, the Whuie being Lis fees luigh, and 100 feet long by 26 feet deep. Tuese eieva- tions being supported from the inside by tron columns Will not iulerfere with the inain oor of the warket. Tho roof will consist of three spans oF arches of wrought trop lattice work, supported on n columns. The centre Apan of 100 ieet, due snape, god 75 feet from tho soo spaas 60 feet each, and 38 ous rauge Of circular headed ventilating windows, eight gag ton feet bigh x tively, arouad Ue whole bulldig#, both on the ¢ of the sile spans and on tie crbwn of the main roof; six pateat vea- tilatory, clght feet square, at equui distadces along the ridge. a makiug hot ovly o grand and ele- gent roof DU adurdiug Bbuadaace of light aud ventilation, . ‘The clock tower, of Iron, which will rise from the centre to the main roof, W be i4 feet at the base and 102 feet high, The coveriug of the roof to consist of narrow incl ands quarter longued aud grooved white pine, covered with Mnglish felt and rootng tin The whoie t burners and t of the doors and wiudow: oh jidlag to be lighted tnsiae by 700 gas fy four latd wita arraademonts of stalls on 1,200 12 rouad The mar spuaite, With all che pro aud drainage. Tue nuw a dloor @ the oulldin, Byzantine style of clion and geand ja ¢ ihe The butlding will be of t architecture, simple in cobsir piTect, eclipsing all previous market structuil Work wili be comménved as suon as We p vacated by sole parties now the ist July, i970, ia the mew of gentleme and 4 tects, HG 1a portion of it, om wuile the company on puns subsniited b; are certainly very uwably adapted for te wat, Whaic rhe goed ia certain to prove a finan judgment they have diap selection of ¢ designs, #0 Weil adapted to meet the purposes i wauta of @ large body of people, give a guar. itee Of the sapport and e urag*meut which will bo given Urem, aad at the same tine give to our cy a0 ornament a4 Well as a long needed improvement. The whole outlay Wil: be in ihe neighborhood of $1,000,000, It 13 not too much to claim for tus buiiding an extent greater than any other of 4 airat- lar character. On 18 ataple Boor au cutire army corps could be paraded auu room lets for 20,000 spec- tators beskles, ‘The vastness of the space tight be Tealized by any one Who has becn within tue Colt- soum at Bostou, aud being told that this market to exceed that siracture by 10,000 feet, The space of an ordinary Dlock is something of vast and strik- ing effect when bulit on, but thls is what peopie popularly kuow, a8 an avenue biock, wuich nas & rectangular siretch tour tines as great aad corre- 6pondiugly imposing. Agceeanly to invitation representatives of the press in this city assembled at the office of ibe Manhattan Building Company last evening, wa the prans for this great siructure wove submiliced to their examination by the trustees of that tnstitutol Gud inuch of the information given above fauruiane Tespecting 6he purpose Of tie a¥suciatiou. THE ONONEAGA BIANT, Proposition to Tost Whether It Inn Work et Art or a Petrified Mamaa Body. To THR EviTon OF THE HBRALD:— Is tho giant recently Oiscovered near Syracuse @ work of art? Is it @ petrified haman boay? The finders and showmen claim that itis the jatter, Tae professors and savans hold the former op!aion. A sculptor ts asked for on the one aide to determine by “marks of tho chisel’ and refused on the other jest injury should ensue to the § ‘“petrifaction.”” Geologists are positive on one point, that the object is Bow “gypsum! (sulphate of lime), This positive opinion cannot be gainsald, tho characteristics of gypsum being too clearly understood to be mts Vaken even by atyro in geology. The solution of tne mystery (?) keems, then, to be a very simple one. Biatues of gypsum (or plaster) can be easily aired Vessels of far more unwanagcable when broken, matertal have been broken and repaired wiiiout showlog sign of thoir fracture—witnesa the Port land vase. Petrified bodies would aswutediy show tbe markings of their taternal mechagisin, Way Hot, then, carefully saw the Onosdaga “individagt through the boay? The viscera would surely exhibit “petrifed” convolutious, or remove a por tion of the skull, the “potriied” brain could ve di closed and the pieces could be put together again wituout tnjury in any case. Doabts Test; medical science could reat on-mi aud {f tho thing saouid prove to have logy could dovermine what coexisient megatt it sod for ita horse, The cower of Whe Boulpton GoUld Rot represgut luvernal granas,