, 1855-06-01
H.ao TixEs AID POlyeAxT AT SALT.

dlIEl 4lhES AM 4 OssfNAAl At SAIT
LAxr-I.ate ndvices from Salt Lake state
that the cry of hard times so prevalent
among the Gentiles, find an echo among
the Saints in the wilieFtcss. T,lkur C.
the Saints, We fnd the following in an
eastern paper :-"Bill Smith, brother Of
Joe, the prophet, writes to the Springfield
JoSrHal that the system Of polygany got
up BY Young, and other evils which grow
out Of il, are libel and a slander upon the
character of the prophet, whose boaes now
lie Wondering in n martyrs grave; and
were Joseph Smith to come forth from his
lowly bed, and view the condition of things
in the Salt Lake country, he would spurn
from his presence Brigham Young, and de-
nounce his loathsome and damnable doe
trines," 1t will be remembered that the
degrading doctrine of polygamy was not
avowed by the ecclesiastical apostolic old
lechcrs Of Salt Lake, until years after Joe
Smiths death.
KIYHEY,s EXPEDITIONS New York
Mirror says that an office has been opened
In one of the New York hotels, for the
purpose Of enrolling names Of emigrants
desirous of joining an expedition TO Mica
rsgua. Advertisements are addressed to
likely young men, desirous of going to
that country, inviting them 10 call at the
Office and subscribe their names The en-,
igrant is required to pay six dollars as pas
sage money 10 the Isthmus, and is to be
rewarded upon his arrival with payment
Of twenty-five dollars month for one
years service, and six hundred and forty
acres Of land at the termination of the
year.
Col. Kinney has published letter stat
ing that he and his company ore going to
Nicaragua, to till their own lands, dig
gold, &c, and not to revolutionize. He
also proposes to establish line of steam
s~on San Juan river and lake Nicara-
qua. '.-
A FLYING MACHINE iS CALIEoRNiA-We
gave on account, few days ago, ofa piece
Of mechanism invented by Don Diego de
Salamanca, by which he and his daughter
were enabled to ny through the air, TO the
great astonishmcut Of the people Of Mad
rid, about as rapidly as bird. The fol-
lowing, from the Stockton Republican, of
Friday last, shows that VIC bave o flying
man in California I'VE see by handbill
posted around town, that a Mr.. White,
who has astonishcd thousands by the per-
formaDce Of the same feat in other parts Of
the world, viii fly from the roof of the ST.
Charles Hotel, on Saturday afternoon, at
o'clock. EverybOdyshould go early Front
seats reserved for the ladies. Ale Cal
4 "THE CAMEIs ARE e.r-It will be
recollected that by recent act OF Con-
grcssa certain amount was appropriated to
enable the Secretary OF War TO try the ex-
pertinent Of introducing camels on this con-
tineut as beasts Of burden and for military
purposes. As the Navy Department have
occasion to send stores TO our squadron in
the Mediterranean. the store ship Supply,
now at the Now York yard, has been Sc
lected for this purpose, and on her return
voyage will bring the camels. The vessel
will take out Major Wayne, an officer Of
fhhs Ouartarn,aetar,s ncnar,n,e,H of fhe
army to purchase the camcls, and on heF
nomeward voyage Will bring them TO the
United states. pA
RUSSIAN AMERIcAN ,PossEssIoNs.-'The
Journal Of Frankfort states, that there is
no truth whatever in the report which has
been current that The Russian Government
desired to sell its, possessions in North
America to the United States. Such a
design has never been enter'ained it says.
AS to the Russian General Mansuroff. who