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MARIA WARDS DISCLOSURES
FEMALE LIFE AMONG THE MORNONS.

FEMALE LIFE AMONG THE MORMONS.
\ Narrative OF Many Years Personal Experience r.,
the Wife Ola Mormon Elder. recently Irom Yah Wal,
u View OF Salt Lake City. One i2no vol. Prce II
CONTENTS
Curiosity Awakened. I Women Lost or Contrr.J
The Mormon Mrctm" Love ~ the NVid,rp.ss
The Midnight A~>rutage. Courtiug by the t,u,n,-Is.
Arrival of Joe Smith \ Wives Trouble
The Mob and rs Vcnm New fiora'~ Interpreter.
frinae Ec roisn \ Scene al " Meal-rmr''
Mormon NeNauOnS Hostile Indians.
a starting I'roposinon An Old Fool snd Young
Doctrine OF Spiritual Wives. Evil Results 81 Poygamv
A Mormon Heroine. The Prophet ana M. V,,.
The Abduction Of Hannah. Tim.
Eilrns Narrative Tendency or Polyo,tnv
EARNING in'+lllSence. Father Sells has DausH-
Land The Forsaken Wifi
Startling Revelations. a Domestic Scene
Mrs Murray DIscloscs Sc Mormon Hunters
Portraits Of Mormon Elders. Mormon D,.ncr Fable
Regulators take Vengeance M..,nrr,.u, and NI,.,r,.
Mrs. Bradish in n Dungeon ISM
Death OF the Prophet. Mr.. Brndi~s Reveals ~
Description OF the New cretS.
~ lender Mysterious Disappearance
The Prophets Fayorite Murder OF C.uniSoti's Parry
Poiygamy Encouraged. Doubts and Fears
AihIhed by Indians. Escape OF the Author
THIS book Is for the brought prominently
before The public. Although II has been published but a
Few weeks no less Than editions have been issued Il
mas also ogh TrphbiSied m England wlih Sul greaIrr
success The London Toms aud London Obserro each
devote two columns to its review
Says the Christian Journal aHd hLSus,r Ctueiuno,i-
The book VIII secure unhesi,amg attention from an
quarers-wI be universally ia EaIrope n we'll "A
ia America ana We doubt mot will become
important. Al not the npuTant inS;r,t.nalIiv t
ehshthIhg The world upon MormonIsul iu bringing
10 bear upon Il that public opinion necessary 10 drive.
q aS an ahomInaoH OUl the earth fl will rouse parttc
ularly the American people,
says the hOsOg Daiig Tiaascrift.
1T VIII rival Maria AIoik : Revelations IT., ~, cI.
u = 1esiW"d 10 excite. 'Frmal- Idfc A,e, the NInr
nous IS no hrarSay exposition, but tho c,,t~e-,ot.
record OF an individual experience
j. G. DERBY, Publisher, New York.
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From NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF ALVAREz.-
Neg GrGeans, Oct. 25.-Late advices from Mex
leo report that General Alvarez, owing to his
advanced years and feeble health, had resigned
the Presidency, and that General Comonfort had
been chosen in his place.
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MOVEMENTS OF BREADsTUFFs.-AN New Yorl

correspondent says:
"The movements in breadstuffs at the pres
ent time are almost unprecedentedly large.
The receipts of -four at tide-water by our Ca
mails, during the third week in October, exceed
ed one hundred thousand barrels, and of wheat
half million of bushels; while the shipments
from this port during the past week reached
seventy thousand barrels of -four, valued at
S662,OO and one hundred and sixty-three
thousand bushels of wheat, valued at 1917, 1000
"The dry goods importations of the week
are largely in excess of the corresponding
week last year, the value being Sl,39800O,
against S622,000.
SALES OF PUBLIC LANDs.-The subjoined Ia
BILE of the sales of public lands during the last
fiscal year has been prepared at the Office of
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ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE-ARRIvAL
OF THE AFRICA.

Psrehop and Odessa Threatened by the Allies
Concentration Of French Troops on the
Danube-The Emperor Alenander in the
Crimea-Battle bet,ceen the Turks and Rus
sians-OiticaI State of the Garrison at
acknowledgements Of the Allied Fleet IN the
Battic-The Position of A,tst,ia-Rumored
Matrimonial alliance Jet,oeen England and
Froace-A British Fleet IN tie Bay of Ma
ptes--1he Sound Dues Question: RESIGNATION
Of The Greek Ministry-4dUance IN Bread
stuDs-Decline IN Cotton, dc, de-
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A BEAUTIFUL MAGAZINE FOR CHILDREN
THE SCHOOL, Elbow.

MeSSrN DIN a EDWARDS take occasion 10 anuoun,
that with the beginning ofthe New Year The well know,
Magazine for Boys and Girls
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ANOTHER DEATH ON MOUNT WASHINGTON,
N. H.-Gorhan,, N. H., Oct. 27.-Dr. b. L..
Ball started from the Ledge on Thursday morn
ing, with a view of ascending Mount Washing
ton, and probably persisted, as nothing has since
been heard of him. Parties commenced search
ing for him yesterday morning, but without eff
feet up to ten o'clock this morning.
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In circular addresset, by the Austrian Gov
eminent to its representatives, it is intimated
that, though Prussia is at liberty to act as me-
diator between the belligerent Powers, ths pres
ent is not favorable time for such meditation;
that, in fact, the Western Powers '@ust follow
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\ Narrative OF Many Years Personal Experience r.,
the Wife Ola Mormon Elder recently trorn bah Mn
View OF Salt Lake City One I2nlo vol Pro, IL
CpN.VEN.CS
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ANOTHER KOsZTA AFFAIR.
An American Naturalized Citizen Expelled from
Switzerland.

Translated for the Evening Post, the Correspondence
OF the Neue Zsi.l
XIrpIcu Dcfoho. . 1QEE
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DANIEL II. GOODLOE.
l.. CLEPHANE


"I' ''I'IT'Il !" 'HIs HIoNVIuthI arc It'IltsIru IU
publicity 10 this notice.
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A Case for tIic i;nOw-NOtsintgs
To the Editors of tie N Y Tribune.

SIR: Will you be kind enough to pre-
sent my case for the consideration OF your
Know Nothing readers. | was born in
England by accident, not choice; was
not consulted in the matter. came TO
the United States by choice, not accidents;
l came OH the faith of your flag. your
Constitution and your laws; these told
me might become a citizen of the Re-
public and stand on an equal footing with
my neighbors, 'native to the manor born,
by giving "value received" The con
sideration was remuneration of my birth
right, my natal citizenship. paid the
consideration and became, as | supposed,
citizen OF the United States; hardly es-
tablished in my new home | hear the war
blast and find myself doinga soldiers du-
ty in Mexico under my newly adopted flag;
after that ! bind myself by other relations
to this country; Imarry an American wo-
man and have sons born unto me, Ameri-
cans all; come out into this wilderness
to carve out Of this forest and this prairie,
ireemen's homes for my sons. l am star
tied by another sound, the scream of big
otry and intolerance; | am told the con
I tract made between the United States and
me is to be repudiated, that am to be de,
ipriyed Of my citizenship, or at least tliat
I it is to be robbed of its virtue and It's
grace, thatits attribute Equality, for which
Il prize it, must be stricken out; must
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NUMBER 10

~
Prodigal. will take my American wife
and my American sons, aud on the thresh-
old of their native country they shall
shake the American dust OFF their feet.
My boys are sons Of the sires Of rs Pu.
rilan stock, not Hessian like some Know
Nothings, but they will never know it.
"Of the sufferings of their ancestors in the
cold days at Valley Forge and in the hot
days at Monmouth they shall nothing
know. One thing | regret; | cannot take
all. for one Of my. boy s has become
American dust, He lies on the shores Of
the Old Dominion, and the waters of the
Chesapeake dash upon his grave. He
sleeps well; let him sleep. ag
Here a new difficulty meets me. If, as
American iurists tell me, Icannot renounce
the allegiance l myself have volunta-
rily undertaken, then am doubly cheat
ed. But if this be not SO will England
take me back? She may: but my wife
and children England does not know. She
may recognize my wife as part Of my own
individuality; but my sons. they are for
eigners, born in America when their faith.
er pas an American citizen. They can.
not sta.ld on an equality with free-boru
English citizens. Here is the dilemma
What am I to do? If live here l am
under a social and political ban. If l go
to my native country my children are un'
der tie same disability. Who is respon-
slble? l am not. You told me l might
become an American citizen by rendering
q certain consideration. gave it. Am
l to be cheated and my children too?
Very respectfully yours,
Butler Co., Iotoa, April 25. LEx.
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AMERICAN REL1sloy.--As Americans
must rule America" we would suggest to
the "order" proprie,y OF adopting an
American religion. AS Catholicism is
from Rome.-Lutheranism from Germany
Methodism, Presby;erianism, Quakerism,
Episcopalianism ct id omno genus, from
Britain, would it not be desirable to ex-
clude them and replace them with some
thing purely native, The Red mans creed
is too simple and primitive for this enlight;
ened age, but we have more complicated
one Of pure American origin to SUGGEST
wa mean MoRMoSrsM. Joe Smith was a
naytyve dug his bible out Of natyvc sol
andhad 1t printed in the United States
Joe was not only down on Catholicism, bul
upon all other isms except Mormonism.
His creed will agree very well with thai
of the X. N. party; and one part Of i is
peculiarly suited 10 such membersas Hiss,
and his prototypes.v-Samersst Union
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The vorE OF THE TENTH LEeroN OF THE

The VoTE OF THE TENTH LEeroN OF THE
VIRGINIA Observation-Disclosures coun-
ties of Rockingham, Shenandoah and
Page constitute the Tenth Legion Of the
Virginia Democracy, 30 celebrated in po-
litical annals. This year they came in with
their heaviest majorities for Wise. In
order to showhow onesided was the vote
in those patriotic localities, we subioin
below the election returns for Governor:
Visa (Dem \ Flournov. TX. N.
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I ANofHEn RICHMOND IN THE FiEtD!--
We notice by the city dailies that NJ. KEN
sEDY, Esq, anti-Maine- Law Wing Free
soil-Fusion- Know Nothing, has been spo-
ken Of as aIcandidate; ''subject to the de-
cision Of a know.nothing convention, ,"(Y)
for Representative. That is a rich one,
sure, The idea Of any considerable mum
ber of the people Of this county supports
ing MILTos KESsEDS for ciiice, is iabotl
as ridiculoSsas Is any thing which has lately
come under our notice, IN a,issa,l ,,,,
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Esp1oSAGE OF THE oRDER.-A restless
member Of the Know Nothing order at
Carey, Ohio. divulgss the plan adopted by
the leaders to prevent boiling. We give it
below. What honorable man will submit
to such an invasion Of the secrecy Of the
ballot box? 3v
A plan is proposed for foding ont the
traitors at the next election; EVERY
Know Nothingis to have a ticket pusiuto
his hands, numbered and marked down to
his account, and if every ticket does not
turn up they can know whohas failed in
his duty and oath.
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1--WE have the facilities to make it (the
Herald J ahead of any paper in Portsmouth,
as regards the news Of the day. Week
ly Herald. ".
We should like to know what 'Jacilitics"
you possess superior to those enjoyed by
other publishers Of this city. When you
started the informing Herald' some three
months ago, the same reckless assertion
was made; yet We have never been able
to discover any change for the better in
the city dailies. Probably you have i'm
bibed Tour ideas of furnishing the news
of the day" from our Front street neigh.
bo.s; if SO we of course cannot consist.
emily object to the above quotation, as you
have given every evidence of wonderful
''Jacilities" to furnish our citizens a re-
print Of the Cincinnati Dailies. at rather
a late hour to be hews in this section 0
the country: eil da
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Scene at the lronton Market. a few

mornings since, nh, .,sJra
Y .Ckisen Have you any oniops?"
tSahhymdn.- haven't got any o
them things" M .t, Y!
The man in search Of onions passed on;
the bther stood i moment as II m "idea
had struck him. then he turned ROUND to
affieHd and tapped him on the shoulder;
"Say," said he, brightening,uP, q soes-
der If Aat fool didn't mean lSa'uSs, drfe'
laNS-R RsssfsreIleys sAi araeE sI IA
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a National Party is it2

Il has been, and is claimed that the
Know Nothing party was National party
"a party thai knows "no North, no South.
no East, no West, in our glorious Union,"
and looked only to the interests and pros
perity OF our common country Its mem
bers and its press have claimed that the
other parties were composed of Dena-
gogues-men who would bow and truckle
to the popular current for tho sake Of office
who looked more to expediency than
principles--and therefore unworthy of be-
ing trusted with the reins Of government
They have held up the Know Nothing or
ganization as the only really true and con-
sistent party in existence at the present
time. TO show how far it is entitled 10
this position, we need only refer to two
resolutions--one passed by the K. N.
S.ate Convention Of Georgia, and the 9TH
er by the X. N. State Convention of Ohio.
which assembled at Cleveland, on Tues
day last.
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A Rich AHair.

The Know.Nothing council OF this city
get off some rich scenes occasionally
which, when made public through the
instrumentalit5 of the ''leaky members =
afford vast deal Of merriment'for "out.
siders," and go far towards relieving the
monotony of the dead stiffness Of these
hard times. They appear to be possessed
Of the peculiar faculty Of doing things
just as they never were done before, wheth
er from a desire to be eccentric or, be-
cause they wish to impress upon the pub
lie mind the fact that the name they have
assumed was a very appropriate selection,
we are not able to say.
hi To give the reader some idea of-.their
operations, we will relate "a case in point
which may be relied on as being strictly
true. Some time last week the council
passed a resolution recommending TO the
brethren Throughout the State, COL 7. J..
GRAHAM, as a candidate for Lieutenant
Governor While the resolution was
under discussion, one of the members
who thought he possessed some indisinct
knowledge Of the duties Of that office,
objected slightly to its passage, on the
score that the gentleman named for the
station had not, in his opinion, the re.
qusite qualification to fill the post. This
argument was considered very weak and
insignificant, and not at all applicable te
the case, as, i; was declared, the Office was
"merely post Of honor" to I'LL which il
was not actually necessary the occupan
should possess any considerable amour
of brains. AS this declaration came
from one who had studied Dan Web
ster's Dictionary, and whose name may
be seen at the head of one of our city pa
pers, who is looked up to by the member
of the lodge as the great "expounder o
difficult points"-of course it had the e
feet of deciding the question Immediately
and tie council passed the resolution un
der the FIRM coNvfcT1oN that the Lieuter
ant Governor was nothing more nor les
than PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE GovEF
NOR. ls a
Now, we do not know that the politics
world has ever given our friend, the Co
' onel, much credit for his craftsmanship
~ nor do we believe his election would sefe
much credit upon the foresight Of q
" people Of this State; yet, we have new
entertained anything like SO contemplit
" an opinion of his abilities, as was EXPRESS
:. upon that occasion by his supporters
?. Nor do we think The luminary who dl
played snch wonderful knowledge Of d
= duties of the State Officers, has mu'
room to cast reflections on the talents
y any man, much less the Colonel as i
- !" head, we should judge, was not bless'
with an over stock. At least he certain
out Asssd the whole .Ass-embly, upc
that occasion. -........
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Democratic mai.

This township gave over forty majority
for the Know Nothings last fall. At the
spring election the above gentlemen were
candidates and came out equal; but from
some informslty, the race was run over.
1t is admitted lhst both parties did their
best. Know Nothingism was the issue.
Where was Sam? Will some Know Nothing
inform u.s., Wonderifsome Commissioner
made any thing by neglectinyhis duties at
Mt. Gilead on hatday?-Sentinel.
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throes agitating the mass, without showing
themselves to the day, would, from time to
time, break out in reign of terror-aud
alternating despotisms of conflicting par
ties would ultimately result in the despot
ism Of a single tyrant, whose rule would
be accepted as welcome relief from the
uncertainty, the oppression, and the tyr
amy of factions contending in secret, but
wreaking their mutual vengeance openly.
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2 Majority 80. 1880. da. il...nL
VI We do not think those counties can be
beac in the United States. "a ety
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Resolution of ths
know Noihipg Stne
Convrntion in Georgia
! Resoipsa Tha, 81 We
ry and slavery lnstitu
ito IS are projected by
lie constitution of the
United states. and The
obigaimn TO mainialn
item is not sectionai
but natipnal: and lh
light 10 establish :heln
in the organiza'i,n oi
state governments be,
longs 10 Inc naive and
natur,liz d citi z ems
u nd that Congress h S
no poSer 10 intervene,
by excluding u new
State appl, ing for ad.
mission INTO the Union,
upon The gronnd thai
the & o us tuition o |
such States recognizes
slavery.
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Alas, Poor Saskatchewan For
WEsTrIELD!-The gallant Democracy in
this township won aglorious victory on
Monday last. The following is the vote
for Justice of the Peace:
Adam Wolf, Dem, 16l
Dayip Martin, K N. candidate II
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VOLUME TX ,s~
PORTSMOUTH INQUIRER.

GEO w. NELSON, EDITOR q PROPRIETOR
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 15th. 1855
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\ iETWe shall hayeia dry season, Z as
The loafer said when thhe Main law passed.
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The Ohio resolution we clip from the
Cincinnati Times, and the editor of that
paper, the notorious "Pap Taylor" who
was delegate at the Convention claims
that it "was adopted in Convention, by.
almost if not quite unanimous vote of
the several hundred representatives pres
ent." This then, reader, is the consistent,
honest party which you are invited to join,
and whose nominees you will be request.
ed to support! This is the platform of
the self-styled American party, that knows
no North, no South, no East, no West! In
one section Of the Union its members
CAIN "that slavery and slave institutions"
"ase not sectional but national" in anoth-
er, "that slavery is local--nOt national"
Whchli is correct? Or was the Ohio plat
form merely gotten up to catch Free Soil
votes at the October election? However,
We believe that this bait, though tempting
| it is, will not have the desired effect, un.
less the Convention in July. nominates
CHASE for Governor. Ii this be done
there will be thousands Of X. Ms in
Southern Ohio who will fly the track; at
least, we have been Informed by zone Of
EN-, that there are hundreds in this city
and county who will do so,--Cht. Aduer-
Gser. gH tl
I"There is good lime coming, cn'y wait a
| little lOnger.' H
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UTesoTuIion OF the
|gy ~ -. ~.

Ut u eS0Iull0n oil the
Know Nothing State
Convention in Ohio:
A. Slavery is local.
not ndtiOn,L-we oppose
its extension in any Of
'nr territor es, and the
Increase If lis political
power by the adinis-,
Is on INTO the Uuion Of
my Slave STATE or oh
'-rwise; and We demand
of the Genera Govern
aent an immediate re-
d rcss OF he great.
wrongs which h ave
been lnfic ed upon tho
cause IF Freedom and
,lhe American character
'by The repeaI Of the
Missouri Compromise.
|and the introduc irn o.!
slavery into Kansas in
Sviolatlon OF law by the
orce o arms, and the
tion Of the elec-
Itivr franchise.
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AMERICAN CAUSE.

Worcester, Mass, Nor. l4.-The American
State Council assembled, when the question of
electing delegates t. the "bolters" Chose who
repudiated the Philadelphia platform in its op-
position to Abolitionsm) American National
Convention, which is to meet at Cincinnati on
the Both instant, came up, and opened the SUBJ
Ject OF Slavery. Several members opposed
sending delegates, but Governor Gardner and
other prominent leaders advocated the meas
ure, and finally Governor Gardner and Henry
Benchley were chosen delegates at large, with
one delegate from each Congressional district
A motion was then adopted, declaring vacant
all seats in the Council held by persons who
had united with the Fusionists and Free-Soil-
ers.
Arkansds State CouacH-A State Council
OF the American party was recently held in Ar
kansas. Delegates were elected to the Nation
al Council, to be held at Philadelphia in Feb
ruary next; and resolutions were adopted, in
structing the delegates to vote for dispensing
with all the forms and ceremonies of the Order
The following are the delegates to the Ma
tional Council:
From the State at large-Absalom Fowler;
alternate, I. B. Dockery. James Logan; alter
nate, II. K. Brown.
From First Congressional district-Albert
Pike; alternate, +. N. Hill.
From Second Congressional districts. L.
Austell; alternate f. E. Patrick.
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STRAIGHT-0UT WHIGERY.

1t IS sad, that when dead bodies are hermeti
2'ly cofhned, so that no breath of air can
reach them, they will, for many years, retain
The full proportions of life; but exhumation
and exposure at once cause decomposition,
aud the semblance of humanity at once dis
SoFeS like the apples of Sodom, into nothing
ness he late attempt to raise up dead Wing
'ry' IN New York and Massachusetts, is another
iaei Of this class; and we hope that it will find
lbs proper place i'll the medical books. 1t is
understood that the " vile dust" of New York
"hsery has been scattered to the winds, so
that 10 in future will be able to find
yes'ige Of it; while the dissolution of the Mas
sachuseus S,raight-outs is complete and thor
o'5h, beyond the hope of resurrection. When
eNIumed a few weeks ago, though dead, it had
~ least It's ancient outlines and features, but it
gees back to the gave a heap of dust.