The New York Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1870, Page 4

NEW YURK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1870.—TRIPLE SHERT. “THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN? Results of the Yale College Expe- dition {o the Far West. — Organization of the Party—Scientific Journoy— The Bad Lands Expedition—Woll at /nte- lope Statiou—The Green River Station— A Mule as Meat—Geological Re- sources Uintah Mountains—Fossil Forest—Return of the Party. Naw Haven, Dec. 21, 1570, The Professor of Palwontulogy, or the science of fossils, in Yale College, ts O, C. Marsh, a young, fresn-looking gentiemen, of pro! years of age, who uppears to the casual observer anything eise than a devoted student of the petri- Ned bones of paste But if one could obtalu a glance at the proiessor’s cabinets, in College street, he would everywhere see not only the evidi great scieutific acyuirements, but mens of scienulic treasur As Professor of Ontology in Yale College, he is also Curator of th Yale Geological Museum, and as soon as he can pe form the thousand ofices which awaited him explorations in the m lis return from his summer's ky Mountain region last Sat- arranging the treasures The discover OT) eof the g: he brought b by Professor Among the thou ands le specimens of fos sll vertebrates which he ana hls party collected there are many species new to science. All these have been added to the Yale Geological! Museum, | which was previously second to noue in this respect tn the United Stuies, Next year the new Peabody Museum will be built where the old South Co Bow stands. In the riciiness of tts contents ib must for many years remain unrivalled by any sim lar co <lectioun—a monument at once to the mnntficence of As tounder aud the knowledge and mdustry and geal of its chief. The geographical information gathered by tue Yale Uollege scieutific expedition is only jess important than tae results obtained In the interest of s ieave. THE ORGAN A visit which Pr Mountains m 1863 51 Of a thorough s: TE E rk sor Marsh made to the Rocky ed to him the impor ration of that r As he nad obia.y hree or four Wonderful thing: ing a specimen of a mature and perfect fosst! horse not over two feet in height, @nd unmistakable evidence of the change im living animals from one genus to another, he thought he could accompiish much for science if a party could , be found to expiore iho Gr We The greatest care had to be exercised tn select the gentlemen Whoshould compose the expedition. The who party, twelve in number, besides Professor Marsh, under whose direction everything was accomplished from frst to last, was composed of students or re- cent gradi of Yale College. It was essentially a privaie purty, though its researches and discoveries Were to mure to the benefit of the institution whose name is wiated with the expedition. Every member was chosen on account of his meutal and physical fila a8 well as because of his scleatific attainments, It was tbe i party ever organized for the stady of the tertiary and cretaceous remains of that wonderful region, and it was projected and carried out under circumstances only less remarka- ble than the object of its organization. In addition to the barriers which nature presented in these wild . Mountain regions there were dangers to be appre- hended from stili witder men, and to any but the devotcad and courageous student of science the pros- pects of the expedition wore an aspect forbidding in the extreme, Along the line of the Union Pactite Rail- road the Inc ulmost daily showed sof their bosiility, and y these scourges of the plains w © constantly re- curring dangers of the mount it is marvellous that efter many ho adth ‘scapes by fowl and eld the whole party should return unharmed and Well, having suttered little from sickness and meet- ing no accidents worth mentioning. THE PARTY. ‘The party ieft New Maven on tt and wi at once to F p last day of Jane, t McPherson, on the line of the Union Pacttic Ratiroad. It consisted, besides its genial chief, of Janes W. Wadsworth, a son of tha Gonerat Waeswertn, of Genesco, ¥ . a Betts, a youug lawyer, of New Whitney, Jr., the grandson of the /amous eoitou , Whitney, of this city; George B. Grinnell, of New York; Jolin Nicuolson, Dover, Del.; John Wool Gris- wold, son ot lion. Joho A. Griswold, of Troy, N. Y.; James M. y L. Sargent, of this ci ve, Danville, N. Y¥.; Alexander il. Ewing, Chicago, N1.; Henry D. Zeigler, Philad hla, Pa., and Charles 7, Ballard, Louts- Ville, Ky. the all-essential & 1s well as hammer aud the appliances of science, not alto. geiher like, and yet not anlike, Cesar of old, when he went into Gaul, they, too, went, saw and con- qu Araicd with a brace of trusty pistols and e, the geological THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC JOURNEY. It waa ihe orytual intention of the party, an in- tention subsequently carried into effect, to make the Union ic Railroad te base of their operations and to pursue their mvestigations by several exp ditions Of one or two hundred miles north and south of the road in the Rocky Mountam country. The first of tne ys Was undertaken early in July trom Port McPherson, Neb., to explore the Loup Fork and Niobrara river region, where the recent lertiary deposits are well developed and abound in the remains of extinct animals, As the country to be traversed had never been visited by white men and was in the heart of the hostile Indian region, it was necessary to provide a strong escort, with efficient guides. The escort consisted of a company of the Fifth caval under Lieutenant Reilly, and the guides were the Pawnee Indians and the famous Major Frank North, who has lived for many years among the savages, and during the late ‘war commanded a regiment of Pawnees. The frst day out from the fort the party was accompanied by Buffalo Vill, of whose sctentific knowledge, as ex- & good story is told bysome The nibiced on that occasio: of the young men connected with the exp lon Professor, now that he was fairly on the war pa was all aglow with the achievements his !magin tion pictured as tn store for him, and, like the hypothetical lover of Colerldge’s Genevieve. telling of the gracious knight who saved from oj worse than death the lady of the lana, lated to the opened-mouthed company wi journeyed with hitn how, at a time when the Rocky jountaius Were the bottom of a shailow sea, wis Fegion wus covered by a fresh water lake aud t he Was going to gather some of the deposits at its vottum or along What were tts ancient shor jo ue evening the knowing Buifaio Bill remark ‘The Professor told the boys some pretty tall ya: to-day, but he tipped me a wink as Much to say, you Know how it 1s yourself, Bul.” ‘The Loup Fork river traverses an immense desert gf loity sand bills, The water of the river is fresh, and aloug its Lauks are a few trees and some grass, but otherwise the whole region is as sterile as Sahara itself, There are some alkaline lakes, but we water of these is destructive of life and health apd promote uo vegetation. Yet the Loup fork he re. couuiry is agreat game region, and apteiope, deer | 1 elk abound in great numbers, a single he more than 150 in number, being scen »; * fe Major North and tne Indian guides the expeiition well supplied with the choicest e, aud the geological party often forget their among fossil mamnmalta fer the easanter Of divsecting the animals of @ more recent |. It was weil they suffered nothing from th @1 food on tus journey, fer it and daugers which made tt suficientiy |. One-day, with che heat from lv degrees 4 degrees, they marched ter fourteen hours without water. their suiferings being intense. Pro- fessor Marsh believes tat another day's experience | ail their of the same want woula bave destroyed stock and perhaps have produced tie saudest result the men. But it was not mereiy among the Sandhills or even Irom the arrows o1 the that danger was to be apprehended. Indians constantly round them it ts surpris- that they escaped atwwck. This good fortune 1s ted to teu strung escort and the extreme and caution of their guides, bat even. thes hot prevent Sa Ph roy trom ; gimost successiin effort to cut them og and « While they were eacamnp nd of the er the Indians set re to ihe prairie and it was by the atuiost exertion that they saved the ‘and their stock frou the flames ch them on every side. It was on this expedition that the party obtainea the Sioux skulls, which led to Lulavorable com hing the newspapers in conseque of w mi oe Of the facts. The whole Y, Which ‘ no significance, Was founded upon vie fact tn: some eelentific geutiemen iound afew skulls of Lu ably five and thirty | | of duty and of irienuship @ians, which had long lain on the prairies, and sent them to the Peabouy museum-o1 Yale vollege, ‘Thos region was lound to be exceedingly rich In treasures prized by seteuce, una fossil rer ains were discovered 1 great abundance in tho sandy blutty of the Loup Fork river. 1b was the horse region of the plocene perwod, and not iewer than six spe tes of josst horses were found mmpedded iu the sund. The hool books teil us that “cut noble animal, the horse, was the gift of Kurope to America,” but Pro- Jessor Marsi’s explorauiens prove conc.usively that the horse had existed here and become extinct long betore Coluuous Ciscovered the New Word, But in add.non to these diferent species of the fonsil horse found to be so remarkably abundant fessor Marsh discovered two speciis of rhino ps, Many suller tropical animais and several new species of loss birda, These discovenes are of the utwost kuportance to scleuce, and bad tf aot been jor the greater achievements which awaited tae party elsewhere they would in themsetves be of suilcte. t value bo make the repuration of a scientific expioring expedition, 1 have alveady related some of the hardships against Which the party had to contend in prose- ting their researcies, but a slagic fact may set their diMeutties in a stul cearer igus. At oue ume, Wuile the party Was between Kort Movheraon and | the Loup Fork river, the gules fund tae counrry Almost Impas-!.e ioe Wayous, abd had it aot been jor the forunate discovery Oo: a trail made by Spotted Vali ana ls party while on thoir way te thee pre-ent reservat oa in Ledd some of ie m0st | Valuable results Of Lue expedinon aught noc have su obulued. ‘Lhe Journey ba k Lo tae nor a Tork of Was accomplished wih e. Arriving at | the village od Norih Piutte, utter aa absence of about three weeks, tue party produced a sensaion by wild and savage appet co Which lew of wD Wiil BOON forwel, Taey came ini the vile age m Wau and the gun ed on thelr Indian poules, with Major ah A,B» Ghat & A for an ULlacking Bud Of Story ad tor a tuue tho wildest eouternation prevailed. of the party were Content to rest here tor a } short Ume, but the aext day Wadsworih as of agai, Laws tine with " atwe ind.aas. THE “BAD 1 VON: After a short respite \he party early in August pro- eeodcd westward to Fort bs. eune, to prepare for their Becond expedition. vue | Object Of Luss JOUrUeY Was to explore the geuogy of w | the region between tt wile bad p xLol a detac North wad pou Platie, amined, The es- | cort consi he Futn cavairy, "| under ¢ am Moniome party fvst weat | Soura frou the tort mio Northern Golorado. where | Peofessor Marsi discovered an onteroy of the true | Mauvaises Yerres, or Whive river “bad lands,” Tuativn, ata point weary 200 miles sown of the ve- siou Where it uad beea previously ideattiied. ‘Vins | region is par: of the uicerestins series of fresh water | teriaiy sirata which makes that country so unpor- laat a Geld tor seleuufle discovery, wid probavly forms the southwest border of the grout miuceae lake busin east of the Rocky Mountaius, The “oad iands” abound i remus of Titan otnerium Prowi, OX aviaial about winen litle has hitherto been known. According tv the accounts contiined in the text books on geology the animal Was Of immense siz0, but it now seems clear Liab these accounts Were eutirely fabulous, Processor Marsh obtained boues enough to prove the size and nature of the animal, and especially to prove ve- yond a doubé that 10 Was mach smalier tian pre Vious accoun!s Yad represented—probably not more than dali the size of Lug text books, THE»WONDERFUL WELL AT ANTGLOPE STATION. Alter satisiactorily exploriug the “bad lands” re- gion the party weat w Aniciope 102, oa the Union Pacite Raiivoad, to examine a ivcality which had been visited by Croiessor Marsh in 1003. Pais Was tue wonderiu: Antelope weil, Wiere tt was re- ported atone Wwe thai Human remains lad been Gug up from a depth of sixiy-egt feet. ‘This story, to the great anuoyances of scientific men, went ail over tie country, and even reacied Earope, though i WasTounded omy on the opision of a doctor who | could not til the diderauce Leiween human bones aud sawdust, It was here that Protessur Marsh diss covered tie bones of iis mMmiuiature fossii horse, and Which he has named Kguus parvulus, During this visit the weil was aug ubout ten feet deeper and ad- ditional remains were obtained. Ameng the other remains, including the Lillputian horse, of which Projessor Marsh bas bones enouzh to show the cou pete siructure, uur dutfereat species of tue horse were feund:— 1. The Aguus parvntus, 2, A horse of the three-toed or Hipparion type. 3. An auinial with two simall hoois dangung be- hind, like tose of an ox or a deer, 4. A horse larger than the modern animal, This makes in all eighteen dist pecies of fossil horses discovered 0a Luis con ment. Of the other animals obtained from this well there Were two kinds of riiaoceros, an autinal so: luke the hog, one or two allicd to the camel, or Uiree curniverous animals, oue of taem larger than a on, In all Hiteen species of exunet aninals e found im a spuce of ten feet in diameier and SLX oF eigrh in depth, waking it by tar the iuost rema uimal discovery ever made tn any part of the world. 10 is supposed thts Loc was oace ihe margin of % greut take, and thai tae ant- | mais sunk down in the mre when they weot into fi Ube addition: 1avains secured by Prolessor Marsh in tls locality dure his recent visit come to be fully described they will jnerease the number and wolder of these remark able discoveries, 1 Professor Marsh saw me write tls 1 am sure he gest at wus polat some redeciions on the | © 10 scleuce by the Hasty Opinion of the New York docior who pronounced sosstt horses and hoofs human rem: ud Jam pot sure bud that lie Would suggest diso an admoniuoa for the hews- per COrrespondent—one of the famous wriurs on —who told the werld so moustrous a fictlon upon guthor slight. Ai ly (A¥ostigaung the wonders of THIS Won- adeul ypil, the pari ck northward to the north pkancn of the Platte, near Chimuey Rock, a | Jandmark which the thousands who have the old emigtant route to Calsforata will rememver. This rock Was Lond to belong to the tertiary formas aud to cont ue fO-sils asthe “bad region o1 1 esame thlag Professor 1 to be true of the wholes North Plawe 1uiry a8 far west as Scott's Blud, At the place traversed jast ne arge quantities of fossit Tematos v e foun uding many {Ossi turtles, some of them of enormous size, ‘The party returned by way of Horse creek to Fort D. A. ell alter a month’s hava tabor, and there rested for a short time beiore uudertaking What proved to be the most imporiant jouracy of the expedition, RINNELL AND NICHOLSON ASTRAY. While the pariy were jouracymg along Horse creek on their retura to Fort D. A. Russell an iuci- lent occurred Which shows the extreme dangers which attended the undertaking. There were La- dians in we neighbornood, but the party had by this ume become So thoroughiy accus.omed to tle lite they Were lea ling, and some of tuem had acquirea so much of the skill of savages tn following a tr over ihe prairies, that even the fear ef losing th scaips im the cause Of scicuce couid not always keep all of them with the escort. Grinneli and Nichoison especialy showed great zeal for huntlug, and manilesied much feariessness among the dangers wiicd surrounded them. Gotag oft some distance from tue party in search of game the careless throw- ing of & lighted match among the dry grass fire to the prairie, and noi only separated them irom their friends, but seriously eadingered their lives, The usual device of frontiersmen of getting up a fire on thelr own account aud stanuing m the burnt space while the great flame swept around and past them alone saved them from death, When the fire had passed they were a long distance from tae expedi tion, and it was wo days and nights before they got back to camp. “ Diterent parties were sent reb of them, bat the effort to reclaim them only proved successful because of their own fore- sight in going ba ilover Which they had already travetied, IN THE GREEN RIVER REGION. | After packing ap their fossil treasures at Fort D. } A. Russell the party went Westward over the moun- } tains to Fort Bridger. From the latter point they started to explore the geology of the Eastera Umtah and (he country aiong the Gr nd White rivers and other main tiibutaries of the Colorada—a region entirely unexplored by scientific men, but from which Hunters and Indians had brought’ wonderful Tins was the most ant expediion of the summer, and at proved of wousval hardsitip as well as of unusual est, It was underiaken inthe month of Sep. tember, and but for the muldness of the season and the hardifvod of those eugaged in the expedition its accomplishment would Have been finpussible. ‘The escort of the party consisted of a detachment from the ‘Thirteenth mfauotry, under Lieutenant ¥ ud the whole expedition Was mounted oo mules or Indian ponies. Mexican guides were employed, and never was a region traversed by the discipies of science where guides were more neces- sary. They first went eastward to the Green river, snd attempied to proceed to the south along its east nk wit wagon This was soon found to be im- acticable, and y Were obliged two abandon the Wagolis and use thei’ mules ag pack animals. But evea when thus lightened 1f was impossible to get down the east side of the river, and for a moment | the expedttion seemed #8 hopeless as when, in their jirst journey, Major North and his picked Indians despaired of finding pach for the Wagons. But as sothe old accounts of primeval monsters. impor to b Spoited ‘ail’s wail had served them th and obs ‘nduvn trall which Fremont had traversed in iS45 saved them now. Striking this 1 they ent southward to the junction of the Green aud ite rivers. NICUOLSO While the’par the Green river Ni ture quite a3 exciting and perhaps a3 dangerous as mis adventure with Grinnell. As he was ¢ among ushes en the banks of the ANOTHER ADVENTURE, y journeying.on the HAS re painsu matin’ encroached upor, made ao efiors to resent the encroachment. Nichcison made his way back to camp as quickly as possible, the bear following him. Seeing the reception which was tn store tor him, the animal turned ae) as soon as he saw lis intended victim safe at home. Pretessor Marsh and some other members of tie party subsequently went in search of bis grizzly higtiness, Wut failed to fod him, A MULE AS MBAT. While a soldier was rmdiug on the back of a mule the animal stepped into a badger bole and was thrown forward, breaking bis neck. As fresh meat 1h searce for aeverai days the flesh of the t was utilized and served up as steak for the party, The meat, ailough a litle tough, proved | pretty good, and lt was even passed Of upon some of the boys as bear's meat. SASURES OP THE MOUNTAIN! jon in the miwcené period was & lake, 1n which crocodiles, turtles, ser- ives of dierent Kinds abounded in great Along its border rhinoceroses of aitter- | ent specte: d other tropi¢al unimais were cquaily abondent. Tholr remains were entombed in the mud at the botvor of the jake, and since the cieva- } numbers, were LLis> | Kusseil, near Ciey- | j hold them up before the world to the iight of sct- enoe tht expedition was Spoor yhe Yale Quilege muscura attests with wi ccess tie eorg Was atteuded, but is wonders are as notuing be pared with 6.6 Wonders of this region, At # sin; pout of view no fewer than eleven fossil turtles were seen. Riou und Important as are the culled Hons of all these animais, beasts. birds, reptiles and fisies, which Projessor Marsh brought Lome with him, the country Is still full of thes, and 1b ls poasi- bie that even more remarkable specimens Wan any yet obtained may stil be fouud. AMONG THE UINTAM MOUNTAINS, Upon reaching Fort Uintah, in Soutnern Utan, an Indian guide was’ procured who look the party Across the Uintah Mountains by ® comparaltvel: short route, through a pass 60 exceeuingly dimcult ‘Wat it Was nevessary to cut a road througa the for ests Lo allow the pack avimals lo pass. ‘This is the beginulog oF the Gauon region of the Green and Col- Orado rivers traversed by Powell's party, and watch Ne again intends atwempiing next season, if Oone gress suall come douwa” with the appropriation of $12,009 he 18 moW Suekin, Atovg the many re Inarkable auluals of bis region 18 a gaug of desper- ale horse Liueves, WhO ive in a Valley amoug the mountains aud are known as the horse tileves of Biown’s 41018, it 18 HOt WA pOsSIDIe Luat they belong to the miocene pouod, the perivd Oo! everyéning Ve- marexnble in tus region, for they behaved with the unos courtesy toward the sc.cutine gentiomen, of Wiidse Visit Wnéy had pre.iousiy learaed, and never aliempler lo stuupede eilber cue geological horses or Ute Ladiau pouies. A.ter aa absence of @isbl Weeks on tuis exped.tion the party returned to | Fort Brtuger and then weut to Sait Lake, where binuly recerved by Briguam Youag aad Be 2 FOSSAL FOREST OF CALIFORNIA. The trip whisk tue party made to Californta, atter Wiilistaud Ug tue Dandi samencs of the Aormon Wo- Meu, Was Wore a Vent Of relaxstioa tan of severe? | Selenite study, Some of tavin Vis.ted ihe YO Semite valley, While the others Weat noriuward Lo examine tie geysers and other poluts of cal Inver ast. Tue iaiter party, with Yrolessoe Mars fort na.e enough to discover hear ous an xteusive pebriied Lovest Ol Lnmedee trees not WuLke se iur Which Caworuia is now s0 justly ce.e- wed. ‘The ty were 112 @ voiwanie ash, and tuey probably owe Weir preservation to a vol- calc cruption Which overWhelned the fovest in pas, ‘They were of immen.e size, some of the ie (UUs being at least oue hundred tect 1 han i from five to (Weive fee. m (hickuess, 4“ reluroing to San fraucisco and visiting several oiler pouits of interest Mi Ci aia, ineind- Ing aiewo tie principal minmg centres, (ie parly | returned Last as iar as Denver in November and a | fow days later they camete sort Wallace, 14 Kansas, from ¥ Wick polit Uavir last expedition was made, IN BBA! The formation in tuts viclaiiy was tie c and ibe spectal ob,ecl of the expedition was to Ob- tau reniaius of the mosasaurols replies, or trae sea serpents of the tL, Which occur in rocks of Mis period and for which this part of tie We ippears to have been a favorite resurt whea the re.ton now occupied by the Rocky Mountains was a shallow sea. Jo spite of Battulo Bis disbelief in nis “sha. low sea” theory, Projessor Marsi was intent on fid- lng evidences of what the famous frontiersmun would ive considered @ bigger suake stoiy than the ut since hig revuin all thal he has been Oo say about his anike discoveries is that “ine myesugations of the party were crowned with success.” ‘ihe vertebra of sea snakes in the Yale Maseuin siow tie kind of success with which their investigations Were crowned, and we may expect mm the setentuie journals articies of learned jength and thundering sound suniiar.to those which Pro.esser Marsh has already pubiished on toe Liliputtan horse and the metamorpitosts of siredon ito ambly- stoina, describing the habiis aut straciure ol the Wue sea serpeut of the past. ‘To most persons his Story of the “two foot high ‘se? will sound much like'a Newark snake story; but a3 the Professor has. the dimiutive bones anu jolats othe aulual there is no gainsaying hun, ile will be found to be equally well fortified when he comes to reiate his Suake stories. In science a3 weil as in fiction @ well- eouuected tale can be built upon very slight founda- tions, Prolessor Marsh has a siagle Jomi of # vene- Table sea serpeut's backbone, from which he will be able to construct a snake not less than sixty feet m jength, and the projecting arm—I tiunk I may calt it aa arm, though it was anything else—to which the rib was attached shows te monster to have been in every Way a reptile of immense proportions, Be- sides this mmense vertevra he has many other Specimens smaller in size, the whole making the meer anlias collecti nof geological suakes in the world. ; THE RETURN OF.TTE PARTY. The Yale purty carried even these last explora. tions fer inte the heart of tie bufgalo couniry, and nearly all of them found time to turn from the search efter extinct snakes to the pursalt of liviug avimals to make one or more of these monster beasts bite the dust. But the cola winds of winter, waich ren- dered sleeping on the bare ground less a pleasure than it had been taroughout the summer, admon- ished the party that there was more comfort in| the cities of the East than on tie plains of the West. As the intended tline tor their return had long ex- pired, and as even move than thelr most sanguine expectations had been fulfilied, the party fiuished thelr explorations and came eastward. Atter spend= ing a day or two in Si. Louis and O.ncinnatl they all returned home, reaching this¢ ty last Saturday, ‘She expedition was a great success in many ways, Its scicniliic results ave of the most important char- acter, The ftreasu es co.lected are mvatuable. Months of stndy by geologists and comparative anatomists will be nece-sary before the addiitons to our sclentitic Know tedize can be ful study of the snakes alone may prov ofa whole winter, and worthy of becomlag hobb Alists. ‘The immense tooth of the grcat sea Serpent discovered by Professor Niavsh may for aught 1 know be the subject of apaper before the National Acade- tay of Sci 3 or even of & volume of profound set forth. ‘Tha to he the work (Ne geological Navses avo for half a dozen natur- jolsoh met with another adven- | ie day | se grizzly bear, finding his own do- | learning, The geographical disceveries 1n the sand- hills of the Niobrara region an tamong the Uintah Mountains will in themselves afford some interesting cl spters of knowlede Though much has been ac- complished by the Y Coil geolocical expedi- tion much more yet rem: done before the world may fully know the value and importance of their explorations, : It is understood that Professor Marsh has nov yet, satisiiod himself that he has obtamed everything of value to science or new in the flelds of scientific search which some of these regions afford, and that he willagain return to the Rocky Moantatns to ex- plore further the great fresh water lake basins of that mieresting locality. JOURNAL € NOTES. Another democratic paper will be started in Day- ton, Ohio. Theodore Tilton announces his withdrawal trom the Independent, The Des Moines (lowa) Daily Bulletin finally sus+ pended on the 12th. A new paper, to be called the Anti-Monopolist, will soon be commenced at Ladore, Kansas, D. W. Wiider, tate of the Leavenworth Times, will soon take charge of the editorial department of the Fort Scott (Kan.) Monitor. An Iowa editor has unfortunately fallen heir to nearly three millions, and wil probably outlive his usefulness as a journalist. The Daily Senttnel, of Raleigh, N. €., appeared in anew dress and enlarged form last week, making it the largest daily in the State. An impoverished editor at the West gov elected constable, but his new office did not enavie him to arrest the attention of his readers. A South Mlinois editor invites the young man who threw a dead dog into bis well to cali at nis odice and receive “valuable information.” Captain James B. Morris late editor and proprietor of the Long Branch News, died at Lawreace, Kan,, on Thursday of last week, aged twenty-elgnt vear Nash and Calkins, formerly of the St. Paul Pioneer, do not seem to make any headway in their purchase of the Milwaukee News, aud threaten to start a new paper, It is reported that the Rey. Gilbert Haven, D. D. of Boston, received a call to the editorship’ of tn New York /ndependent, at a salary of $8,000 to $10,000, The offer was declined, Rey. D. R. Kerr, D. D., editor-in-chief of the Untrea Presbyterian, has beon appointed a vice president of tie Pennsylvania Bible Society In the room of Kev. Jon T. Pressly, D. D., eased, William Rohinson, ex-member of Congress, and formerly a well-known Washington correspond- ent (“Richelieu’’) has associated himself with the Trish World, one of the most popular papers of its class in this clvy, ‘The State Register, the organ of the radical party of lowa, and the orgua of the mate interests of the State, has passed (rem the hands of Mills 4 Co. to the Messrs. Clarkson, and made its first appear- ance under the new administration op the 6th inst. Ab Arkansas editor coolly apologizes for the lack of editorial in a recent issue of his paper by saying | that the day had been consumed in answering chal- lenges and arranging preliminaries to fight. He | says “a pressure of editorial duties had allowed | those matters to accumulate on lis hands for sev- eral days, R90 ripe he had to devote considerable Ume to settling them all in a lump.’ Mr. Wilitam H. Anderson, proprietor of the Pecks- KL (N. Y.) Advertiser, has associated with him Dr. A. D. Bullock in the pubilcation of that paper. The ‘Advertiser will soon appear in a new dress, en- larged, and is to be printed on a new Hoe cylinder press. Dr. Buliock has had xperience in editorial matters, having been connected with the Sprmg- fleld Davy Union and the Fail River Daily News. Judge Clark, recently killed in El Paso, graduated from Union College in 1869, and was for a time edl- tor of the West Troy (N. Y.) Democrat and Leckport | Advertiser. In 1862 he was elected to the oftice of State Prisoa Inspector, which he held for two years. in 1564 he went West, became a republican, and soon afterwards was appointed a United States Jndge of Texas, where he Was slot While voiunta- | rily assisting to arrestacrimimal. He was a young mun of great promise, The Reported Newspaper Change in Calfornin. Yo THE Eprror or THe HERALD: ‘There is foundation in fact for the statement that the San Francisco #ulletin “has been: trans ferred from a republican to a democratic basia,’’ That abeurd story was invented by a petty rival to cover its own unavailing effort to sell out to poll- ticlans who could disvover noting iu the concern worth baying. Like the HeRaLy, the Bulletin bas always been thoroughty judependent of all parues tion of the mountaias they wave been weathertug tn every clif. 1t was to It them out of these resting places in which they bad een held for long ages gud and cliques; and se it will oe yore a be, 80 wuerstp is Shared by, respectful dae tas WW. BIMONTON. ‘GOVERNOR W. W. HOLDEN. An Interviow with the Governor After Impeachment. He Rogards His Impeachmont as a Party Mea- sure—How It Could Have Been Defoated in the Honse—A Vandid Opinion of the Legislature— Effeot of Lnpeachment Among the Colored Poople—The Ku Klux Still Rampant. RAeton, N. C., Deo. 21, 1870, Governor Holden quietly and courteously surren- dered his oMlce yesterday to Lieutenant Governor Caldwell, and g acefully retired, exempt for the tame being {vom Executive cares, but which are now supplanted by tho more weighty tribulations of the pending knotty impeachment trial. Onc wouid sup- pose that alter the summary proceedings of yester- day the Governor would have I.tle relish for the Executive Department, or even the Capitol building im which {i Ls located; but not so, As I walked into the Capitol this morning nearly the Orst person I Saw was Goveruor Holden emerging from the xecutive o/ he passed = rapidly neross the hall and entered another ofiice, Which, on inspection, I found to be the Trea- surer’s office. ‘Tae conciusion at once suggested itself that the Governor, alive to buslaess, was set- Ulag up his avcounts with the Siate of North Caro- lina, and probably geutiag pald whatever “stamps” were due him (0 the 20th inst. Returaing shortly afterwards 1 met him in the same haliway, still hovering near the Executive oilice, ay if it possessed a pecullar sort of Jascination; but a clerk shortly afterwar1s emerged from the Treasurer's office and banded lim what I imagined to be @ check for balance due. I saluted the Governor, and he shook me warmly by the hand, Instead of finding him depressed, he was sprightly, cheeriul, and quite communcattve, and @ brief conversation followed, which was frequently interrupted by persons wuo siovped to slaxe hands wita the Governor and hake souie Common piace remark. CoRREs?ONDENT—Governor, 1 would like to nave 8 tal Fish you if 1t is Convenient aud you have no objecito: GuveRNOR—Quite convenient, sir, and I have not the sightest objection, But you understand the pecurar position mm which T am placed, and, of course, you Will not touch upon a parucular subject. Cow PONDENT— You mean impeacument ? GOVEBNOR—Yes, Str Or ‘SPONDENT—As far as that 1s concerned I merely Wisk to Know if you regard {¢ asa party measure, or in what ligat you do regard it ¢ GoveRNOR—Well, it looks as if !t was a party mea- sure, Lom the Well known political prociivities of the mien Who taaugueated it, Who clamored for it, and tue men who voted tor it in the House of Kepresen- tatives, if it had been vigorously fought by my ivieads In the House it could have been defeated there, Seven republican members did not yore, and there are a number of democrats who were only Whipped hito its support by the party lash, Had our fuli force been present and @ proper tight made we would have triumpiied over the demo- cracy aad nipped this, their favorite scheme, in the bud. As to the Senate I have nothing to say. I have the highest respect for both branches of the General Assembly, but in my pecuiiar position | am not ai liberty Lo express my ideas and opinions, CORRESPONDENT—I hardly think they will be able to envy a3 the Senate bow stauds with regard to tes, GoveRNon—I can’t say, sir, CoRRESPONDEN!—Wilat is your opinion as to the course of the present Legtsiatuce ¢ GOVERNOR—My oOpiniou is that they intend to overthrow all republican government and obtain possession ol every oflice, from constable up, ‘ihe democratic molority are fesigaing and unscrupu- lous where office aad public plunder are concerned. ‘They will hait at nething to guin thelr ends, whether by aya InUinidation, OF, these failing, violeuce to colored thea ta prevent them exercising the right of the franchise. CORES SONDENT—Do you think it possible for the republican party to retrieve 1s fortunes in this Stave? VERNOR—Yes, sir; not only possible, but almost certain. We will carry tae convention that is to be called by the Legislature. ‘I'he pill has already passed oue house. ‘ihe republican party 1n North Carolina were never more thoroughly aroused than they are now, They see thelr rights, liberties and even their treedom are at stake, particularly the co- lored people, who are already preparing lor tue con- flict in downright earnest, We are determined to 0 Lo the polis and vote, We shail go in force aod cast our ballots, and if we are resisted we shall force our way to the polls. Mind, sir, we stall not employ nor inaugurate force, but we are determined to exercise our rights, cost what it may, 2OKRESVONDENT—What has been the effect of your acimeat among the colored people? y viny, ‘ify they are cast down, by jt, re vt fee tabrar tere oe ten: Parmeter taste Mey ORRS" Mepuriia’ to have a aay of fasting, humiliation and prayer, and everybody acquainted with the character of the colored man Enows that such an expression of his feelings comes irom deep-seated aud heartfelt convictions. ‘They feel my loss because they had looced up to me as their protector; because they knew that I was sincere in all 1 did in their behalf, and because they knew I had made great sacrifices to see that justice was done them. Even those people wio are politically opposed to me—ay, who hate me politl- cally—will do me the justice to say that | aim sincere im all £do; that what I have done has been from an honest conviction of right, truth and justice. ConkesreNDENT—Are there now any organized political bodies in the State resisting either tue State or national authority ? GoVERNOK—Yes, sir; the same unlawful organi- zations suil exist as did before thelr partial suppres- sion by mein Alamance aud Caswei They stil hold their midnight meetings, go on their midnight ralds, hold their secret and myis'bie councils, and in all respects remain imtact as they were before. Untli these infamous organizations are broken up we can never have peace, and if the democracy are allowed to triumph at the next elections they will attribute it to the agency of these organizations, and the consequence will be that colored men_wiil have no rights im future in North Carolina, There will be no security for life, property or person in the State. CORRESPONDED movement last party in the state GOVERNOR—OD! yes; injured {t materially in the last elections, Had it not been for that we would have been far more successful. We might have carried the Legislature and a majority of the Con- gressional delegation, I should have moved in that aiter much earlier than J did—two months sooner—but thas 1 dreaded the shock, and I haa to jaaugurate It by degrees, go that the’ elections were upon us whea 1 was pa under way with the troops. But the peace and security of society de- 1aajnded it, and the blood of murdered republicans cred aloud for it. Did the HERALD publish the opinion of Judge Bond, of the United States Cireult Court, When he released Kirk and Burgin? CORRESPONDENT—Not that 1 am aware of, GovERNOR—Well, 1b ought to have been exten- sively published. it was' an able document, and he fully sustained me in what I had done, He said that the fosurrectionary condition of the two counties justified the sword. Chief Justice Chase dthe same thing in a letier he wrote to Pre- nt Grant in relation to the leaders of the late re- bedion, whom he declared were at the merey of President Johnson, who could have executed the last one of them if he thought proper. CoRn#SPONDENT—Hiwve tere been any outrages of a polidcal nature since the release of the alleged —Do you think your military umer injured the republican Kueikinx i Agumance and Caswell? GOVERNOR —Yes, numerous outrages. In Chatham county haifa dozen colored men were cruelly Whipped and scourged a short time Since, and when they applied for redress and sum- moned witnesses both thetkselves and witnesses were driven from the county. In Cleaveland count; several culored men have been beaten and mangled, aud evea ia Almansce and Casweil there have been colored men Whipped at midnigh* recently by dis- guised while rufians, Outrages of this Kind are stilt frequent, and they will continue so uatil the Ku-Kiax organizations broken up. CORRESYONDENT—What 1s your opinion of the re- cent motion of Senator Morton, asking for informa- tion in relation to such outrages in this State Y GovErxon— Well, I can’t exactly say, There 13 a widespread interest throughout the country at pre- sent in relation to affairs in North Carolina, In fact, the State 18 at present a national spectacle, and 1t was no\hing more than natural that Senator Mor- ton, Who ls oue of the leading republican Senators in Congress, should ask for such information. What his ultimate object may be it is impo: sible to say—that will only be developed by time aud transpiring events, ‘This enced our conversation, which was here per- manently interrupted by a judge, who seized the Governor >y the land and held lorcibie possession ot it, Lwished to ascertain from his own lips what were his vews with regard to the admission of ex- Goyernor /ance to tie Senate, as mtimate friends of the Govertor state unreservedly that he has fre- quently ezpressed hitnseif favorable to his imme- diate adinwsion, which, to say the least of it, shows a charitable and forgiving spirit on the part of the Governor that many of his democratic friends Taight cultivate to advantage. “CAUTION TO OTHERS. A Child Sapposed to Have Been Potsoned by Swallowing Liquid Bluetu Dr. John Beacu yesterday received information that a child, two years of age, had died at the resi- dence of tae parents, 2i4 West Twenty-seventh street, fromthe eects of poison. It was suspected that during the absence of the mother from, the yoom deceased had drank from acup a quantity of 1adigo bluelig used for cleansing clothes in the wash. When the mother entered she found ber child in convulsions ind at the same time noticed blaemng on the lips. Pay aus were called but could ren. der no permanent reliel, Dr. Beach wall to-day make a posiiaortem examination on the body and tous determine the cause of death, Toe name of deceused did not appear, CHARITY FAIR, Bazaar fer the ‘Orphans ef Soldiers and Sailors. The fair for the benefit of the Union Home and School for the orphans of soldiers and sailors, now being held at the armory of the Seventy-frst regiment, Thirty-fifth strees and Broadway, is progressing satisfactorily. Of all objects which can make a fair desirable, surely that for which this grand affair is organized J the most worthy, and everybody who goes to see cannot fail to remain and buy when he remembers to whose benefit the profits will accrue. The Grand Army of the Republic, under whose auspices tho fair is managed, have gathered in the departments of their various ‘Posts’ everything worth seelng and buying, from a lovely landscape to a glass of sweet cider. The beautiful articles of ornament and use, the charming young ladies who sell them for a fair equivalent, the drap- 1ugs of the national colurs, the flue works of art that adorn the walls and tables, all combine to make the armory a place worth visiting if there were no orphans in the world; but, with the be- nevolent motive thrown in, no one should fail to see its attractions, especially when the comlug bolidays make just the articles to be ob- tacned there a desideratum, At Post No. § a tine collection of paintings is exhibited, whieh were du nat.dio toe laie by William aod James Bart, Fag- nani, Bierstad’ add others of the best arusts. A | wonderful clock, with musical abilities of a | high order, gr by Major General Sickies, atiracts | Atlestion in this department, also some fne spect ven | O1 Hrearuis, Farther on, at the smokers! lable, & meer-chaum marvelous for ls value and its elubo- ruteness of carving ts to Le wiven to the Generai who gels tie most voles, tweniy-ive cents being tue Price Of wyote, At present GENERAL GRANT IS AWRAD, On the other stae of the roviu au clegant sword 13 Lo be given to the most popular oflicer, the test to va made in the same way. beiween, at tie manager's: table, a very beautiful colleciton of marbles, brouzes, Valuable china, &c., wait for purchasers, A set of three pieces of Sevres china, vaiued at $200, and presenie| by Mrs, Judge Daly, attracts much atten- tion, Of the soap prescuted by patriotic soap- Makers, of the Yea and code, of the cider, the pro- duct of the joint labors of two dogs who love their | country and grind applies patientiy all day, tne Nowers, the bewiklering baby liven, and the books or ee by leading publishers, tne half cannot be old. AN OBJECT OF INTEREST to Indulgeat mammas aud aspiriag Little girls 1s a doll’s house, fitted up by Mrs, James 8. Thayer. ‘Tis establishment 13 to the porcelain and rapoer | part of the population what a wn stone front | is to real men and wowea, and is quite & curiosit in its way. In the draw.ng room sits Mademotseile Dolly, in pink, in the midst of elegant furniture, mirrors, vases and all the ap- purtenances of first class livmg. In mother’s room the French Jonne 1s administering a bath to one of a promising pair of twins, wiuie the other is in its cradie, wrapped in the sleep of innoconce. In the dining room Madame, in full dress, and Monsieur, with flerce mustaches, entertain their guesis, dispensing elegant hospitality; while inthe ample kitche: pastry. ‘This complete concern 1s to be railed for, and a doliar entiies anybody to a chance of becom. | ing the happy owner. ‘ne’ re‘reshments are very refreshing aud the confectionery sweet, and alto- | gether it is well worth while to visit the fair for | tue Union How and School, CALIF ORNIA. The Lottery Mania—One of the Enterprises Come to Griet—The Republican Party Mak- ing Capiial Out of Them. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 14, 1870. The lottery gambling mania has just receiveda very severe check in this State, the eflect of which, it is to be trusted, will be to stop tnis specics of gambling. As I told you in a former letter, there are no less than four lotteries in full swing, having been got up in different parts of the State. The Marysville lottery, which is got up for the laudable object of supplying the public institutions of that inland town with water pipes, is the most attractive one. They propose to sell 100,000 tickets av $2 50 per ticket, and to give away some 1,700 | arid odd prizes, all in gold coin, amount- ing in the aggregate to $169,000. The mana- ger of this concern was formerly a reporter for one of the journils of this city and at present editor of the Marysville Appeal. One of the brokers who was seliing tickets m this city was ar- rested and his tickets confiscated. Upon the news reaching Marysville he came down here as fast as the locomotive could bring him to. look after the interests of the lottery, and he too was arrested, The judge of the Police Court dismissed the & ib ILS SE SORE ANG a OEE ILE authorizing we Mercantile Library affair virtually abolished all laws against lotteries, An appeal was taken, and the two defendants were held to answer the action of the next Grand Jury. As a conse- quence none of the lotteries will come of until some acuon 18 taken, Jt will be held on the one side that the Legislature of this State have no power to legisiave for the special benefit of any one individual or corpora tion, and any such special legisiation if carried out becomes general in its operations. That if the Legislature had the power to pass a law conierring the privilege of getting up a lottery upon the Mer- cantile Livrary Association of this city any otber corperation who so chooses can take advantage of the same act and claim the same privileges. On the other side, they will have to contend—admitting this theory to be good—that the law authorizing the Mercantile Library lottery Was unconstitutional, as the constitution of the State of California contains this clause:—"No lottery shall be au‘horized by this State, nor shail the sale of lottery tickets be ale lowed.” (Sec. 27, art. iv. Constitution of State of California.) Therefore itis claimed that before pass- ing the above law that clause of the constitution suouid have been rescinded. Altogether tue afair is in a nice muddle, but It is dimicuit to foretell how matiers will arrange themselves in this State. In | the meantime some people, for political purposes, are endeavoring to attach ihe whole odium of tils lottery business upon Governor Haight, and the anti-democratic papers are already beginning to fil with lampoons and tirades agatust hun for hav- ing signed the bill. This secms tome tobe rather | unjust; for there were, at least, a great many pro- minent republicans engaged in advocating tie bill, and the president of tne library himself, wo was an earnest advocate of the measure, andthe priu- cipal person in carrying the scheme out, is no less @ personage than &. K. Swain, formerly superin- tendent of the mint under Lincoln, and a provable candidate on the republican ticket next term, Strange are the inconsistencies of politicians. HAYTI. A Amuesty Proclamation of President Saget. The following proclamation has been issued by Promdent Saget granting a complete amnesty to all outlawed for political offences:— Liberty, equality, fraternity. REPUBLIC OF HAYTI—DEoRYE. Nissage Saget, President of Hnytl, in accordance witb the decree of December 22, 1489, by the Provisional President of the republic and by the advice of the Secretary of State for the Interior and for Agriculture, under date April 8 1570: “Whereas there are traitors to the republic of Huyti in the country who have deied justice, against winom it has also been charged that they have carried arms in favor of the de- posed tyrant, and there are alao hordes which have gathered ‘on our frontiers; and Whereas the last have, In a great mensure, been dispersed, espectaily in the East and in the depariment of Cibao, where afew still remain turough fear, and it having been’ showm that they axe exposed to privations of all kinds, oibe Council of Secretaries of State huve dvcrecd an fol lows: ARVICLE 1. All Haytiens are called upon to rally round the government. especially such as have been driven out of the country by the Iute event y are assured they will not be disturbed on uccount of poitical troubles. Formal assurance is hereby given to all that they wi rally treated, and wil enjoy fuil plenitude of liberty according to law. ‘ . byery citizen is called upon to report himaelf at Of government, fo that his return to the country may be certified by the authorities. Ant. 4. The commandants of departments and places on the frontiers and consular agents of Hayti in foreign coun- tries are requested to facilitate the return of all who desire it, and to furnish the necessary passports, Aur. 6. This decree shall be puvlished and affixed to all the departments throughout the republic, and the Secretary of State for the Interior and Agriculture’ is especially charged with Its execntion, Given atthe National Palace of Port au Prince, the S0th of November, 1s7v, and the sixty-seventh year of the judepend- ence. By the President, NISSAGE SAGET, P. "Longuet, Seerctary of State of the Departinents of the Interior and Agriculture, NEZUELA. ‘be following extract from a letter, dated Cura- coa, December 6, Will be found interesting to those doing business with Venezuela, It mdicates the true state of afairs there, and tells the oid story of how everything like business 1s dastroyed in the majority of Spanish American republics by reason of constant internal strife and revolution:— CURACOA, Dec, 6, 1870. When the last schooner from Maracaibo leit the bara revolt had broken Gut ab the Castic of San Car. los in favor of the Caracas government. This took Place on the 27uh. ‘the chiey and cers Who Tre sisted were Killed aud wounded, They must have knowa tis in the city on the 29th, and f am anx- lous to Know tie cousequences, It appears that ething similar was attempted in the city on the but it Was discovered and putdown. Mara- bo’s communications with ail the interior con- tinues cut of. The merchants complain very much of the situation they are placed in, being continually calied upon for money. ‘ihe British Consul, Mr. Harrison, had left in a schooner chartered by the merchants, a4 it appears, to procure & man-of-war from Jamaica, Bridget trons and Dinah rolls out | local | | so much for Consequences of the Adoption of President Grant’s Suggestions, The Railroad Interests—How Suspension of the Bonding System Would Affect Canada—Con- fusion to Commerce and Agriculture—In- jury to a Large Section of the Country, ONTARIO, Dec. 12, 1870, The last message of the President of the United States to Vongress bears to so great au extent upon the prospective interests of Canada that a few words upon the subject from a@ resident of the country may not be inopportune. The newspapers of the Dominion in commenting upon the threat of the suspension of the bonding system and the lawa permitting Canadian vessels to enter American waters have assumed that the recommendation of the President will have little weight with Congress. They appear to regard it ag a retallatory measure of almost schoolboy vindictiveness, whieh no boay of men exercising calm and deliberate judgment would for a moment tolerate. They seem unable to look upon it as tho serious, siudied Production of the responsible representative of a nation of forty miliious of people, high-spirited and sensitive to slight, and against whom a “sent independent, but irresponsible agent has exercised its delegated powers on the dish question inan cunfriend'y way.” Tuey treat the compiaint jocalarly aud are inclined to banter over What appears to them a funny joke; but the fact of this matter hav- ing engaged the serious attention of the President of the United States, and being thanght by hun of sufficient importance to be submitted as a sug- gestion fur the interierence of Congress, stamps it With a siguificauce and portentous import that no amount of raiilery cau lessen ia Ue eyes of thought- tul Canadians, There may be a show of vindictiveness In the threat of a Suspension of tae bonting system, dud probably there 14, but had the Presideut proved Canada from end to eud, hud he tricd every crevice in her armor plate, had he sounded hee whole frontier with is political stethoscope, he could not have found a sorer spot upon which to drop iis irritant poison aud raise the demon of Internal dbs- sension W.thia her borders. ‘the firstscraten of the lancet has preduced tetillaviea only, and ironical Jaughter 13 heard on all sides; laughter, however, that betrays symptoms of the hysterical—a fitful laugh, puii-pleasu e, hali-pain, @ laugh iat bas neither the ring of genume derision hor the abun- donment of every indifference to recommend it, and that, too, could be converted Lato a how! of pala- ful uneasiness and unce: tainty, Let us look at this quesiiun by the ght of facts. The two great railways oi Canada, tbe only effective means of Wil er transportation, are Known as the Grand ‘Trunk aod tie Great Western. The Grand Trunk runs from Detroit, in the state of Michigan, to Portiand, in the State of Mae, Sixty-two miles of this road, trom Detroit to Port Huron, im the Wesi, and 149 miles in the Bast, from Island Pond to Portland, are laid upon American territory, and Portland qurlug six months of the year is the only available port Of shipment for that wnole section of country served by the Grand ‘Trunk, from Port Huron to {sland Pond, a distauce of 660 miles, and embracing the towns and cities ef London, Gue:ph, Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa and Montreal; couse- quently the whole export produce of that section of the country must flad am outlet through American territory for six months in the year, or the whole business community remain in a state of semi-torpor and pumbed luactivity. Again, e Great Western Railway has 13 western terminus at Detroit and its easiern at Suspension Br.dge, in connection with the New York Central and rie Railways, It wa- verses for 229 iniles the garden of Canada, the heart of Ontario, rich im all manner of agricultural products, and carries by means of its eastern connections & good part Of this produce to tue seaboard for expor Lop of from the Great Western its American connections, which would virtuaidy be done by a suspension of the bonding tein, Sever Tor six months in the year its power to traasmit the produce of tne country to the seaboard, and you at once strike biow that hasa paralyzing ellect upon the whole commerce ot the richest and most: nourishing pore tion o! Cana Aga we have hitherto spoken. only of exports, but as Canada looks to England for most of her dry goods, her hardware and, in fact, the puik of ti€ Muavutactured goods consumed i this country, the Suspension of the bonding syste: would prevent winter importattons for spring cou. sumption and disarreage and disorganize the whole business arrangeinents of the country. It may be said that the aifiiculty would only be temporary, and that ue completion of the Inter. colonial Railway, now building, wil) give Halifax to tins country Jor & Winter port, aud so banish tae necessity for ibe continued reliance upon tie good will of our notguvors and mage us Jndependert of fheb.eonmietts not very far at the present time, ‘Phe extreme eastern section of the Grand ‘trunk— that lying east of Richmond—ts found most difticult to work during the winter months, and that portion lying between Quebec and Kiviere-da-Loup is closed altogether, ‘The couutry traversed by the Liter- colonial is subject to the severest of Canadian Weather throughout its whole length, and the road now building is viewed by tue country more as a@ military necessity im case of emergency than as a business nighway; and, owing to the ditticulties of transportation, 1t could never be relied upon as affording adequate facilities for more than a moiety of the demands that asus. pension of the bonding system woutd throw upon tt. ‘Lhus, in any event, extreme action by the govern- ment of the United States on the bonding system would oeget confusion throughout the length and breadth ef the land, and men’s minds would be turned inquiringiy tor a chanuel that should lead to a solution of the country’s difficulty. ‘The three al- ternatives—dependence upon Engiand, with cold comtort; isolation, commonly calied inde- pendence, 9 mous wih weakness, or union with the United States and streng’h— would be discussed with au eagerness induced on all sides by stifed business, disorganized monetary arrangements, railway panics and labor panics, Which would occur wintor after winter, when the closing of the St. Lawrence threw the | country back upon itself, closed the portals of the outer world and introduced the frividity ot a frozea death into every busmess avenue, With these results following not the threat, but the fulfilment of the threat, it is no very hard matter to predict that a more easy conquest of a country could not De made than by the bioodless means shadowea by your far-secing President. A JERSEY MORMON. To THE Eprror or THE HERALD About twenty years ago a young man, the son of arespectable farmer residing in a quiet village in New York State, married the daughter of a nelgh- boring farmer and “settled down” im peace and con- tentment in their native village. Everything pros- pered with them; thelr farm was soon paid for, @ commodions house’ was built, and several children blessed their lives, when, ia an unlucky hour, @ Mormon preacher “came that way’ and succeeded in winning over the husband and father to his faith. In ashert time their pleasant home was sold and the family left for the West. Misfortune on misfor- tune followed them. They were scon reduced to poverty, and wandered {rom place to place, some- times “nouseless by night,’ until at last they found their way to Utah, where a log cabin affords them ahome. Thirteen children have been born to them; some haye been buried by the wayside, Before the husband embraced the Mormon faith he and bis wile were members of the Presbyterian Church in good standing. She has never been a Mormon at heart, yec is compelled to see her chil- dren educated in the abominable doctrines of that Church. And now that she 1s growing old, 18 coin- pelied to witness the second marriage of her faith- Jess husband to a young wife, who 13 to reside un- der the same roof with her. Prayers, tears and en- treaties are in vain; she must submit io the tyrannic wil! of her husband and the great apostle of Mor- monism, or be separated from her children; bat, being an affectionate mother, she is willing to acrilice her feelings for thelr sake, Now the question 1s, is there no law to protect good Christian weinen from such base tyranny? Surely in a Christian land and under a civilized gevernment true wives and mothers who have done er country ought to be shielded from oppression as cruel and Wicked as anything slavery ever furnished. If the nest of evil doers and fana. tics under the controi of Urigham Young are allowed to set the laws at defiance and degrade women to the level of brutes there Is litule advantage In living: under “the Flag of the Free’? Md. PL THE YBLYERTON MARRIAGE.—Lady Avonmore has sent the following to the San Francisco Bulltetins— 5 ¢ Bulletin: there !s & paragraph headed the “ in which I notice rather @ se rious error. Will you kindly’ correct it? for Lthink ft is only fair that the pnblic, who have taken such a deep interest im ft, should have a trac version of it, although when a cag has lasted over eight years, and haa gone throngh eighteen diferent trials, (is somewhat dilicult for any one not ae quainted with the facts to keep au ovraut. The decisions of the Supreme Courts, both of Ireland aud Scotland, were in my fayor, the one of the irish marriage aud the other of the Seute' In the trial tn England, te which you doubtless allude, the marriage issue was never “de- cided, I having been non-suiied on the ground of no ju- risdiction. Upon another oecaston the House of Lords, having aconjoint action before the e hand, the petition of Major Yel marriage with me, and on th wou-proven”” aguinst my m sion took the legal world by surprise, mystitication of the Scotch law of marriage. ton was notireed, but Iwas not bound real status did not depend upon the Irish one having been Gnally proved in 162, sn the continuation of the various sults bas onl) it rt and vexatious, as a Scotch court, could werer inter: with ‘an Irish’ marriage, and the jitigation was Intended merely to stave off criminal proceedings for bigamy in Scot- land. ” Wo were not married a third time fa England. othor. wise I presume there might be a third claimant for dower ecuiliar complications the Avonmore) ental, cl are TOT RBSA AVONMOKE.