The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-04-22
Later from Europe.

dates to i've 9th instant.
The po itical and general news by this arri-
val is uni nportant. ,ts
Five n illions of the Indian loan have been
taken, at An average of 90.
The Ak4antic telegraph cable was being taken
on board che Niagara and Agamemnon as rap
idly as possible, and it was expected all would
be on board BY the 10Th of May. Some deep.
Sea experiments would be made before the final
attempt. rfs-r" H'
Fears .re entertained for the safety of the
African mail steamer Gambia, nearly q month
overdue il England.
land continue to be unsatisfactory, giving rise
to some uneasiness.
The Paris Bourse has lost its buoyancy, and
the funds are daily declining.
Spain Is sending reinforcements to the Gulf
of Mexico. --'-
A new measure of public safety has been or
gsnized vt Madrid.
The Rank of Holland has reduced its rates
of discount to 81 per cent
The Porte is said to have rejected the de-
msnd of France for the authorization of canal
through toe Isthmus of Suez.
The London Times of April I'd has leader
on the Mormon difficulties, i :, which, after some
commonpsaces, it remarks that the Mormons
must supsort desperate struggle, OF acquiesce
in the reform of their institutions, or accept
the alternative Of seeking refuge beyond the
dominion, of the United States. 1t concludes
in the following language:
We Ttainly cannot desire their presence
within the British territory; and recent speech,
compsrip their present condition with Brit.
ish colos al bondage makes rs hope that
Queen v ctoria's empire win not be favored
with q n ~ race of polygamists. They may,
however, migrate into the Mexican territory,
drive out he Indians, and set mp their sensual
theocracy in the place of native superstitoas
But this Ill only defer the day of the inevita-
bic struggle. The tide Of American settlement
viii follos them, and Brigham Young, or his
successor will be threatened with extirpation
by q nea generation of citizens. Our only
hope is Ii 4 the Mormon body will, under the
pressure { necessity. overthrow their priests
and prop cts, and accept the merely human
nominees of Mr.. Buchanan. Mormouism is
said to have already undergone some changes.
The book written on the golden plates is fall.
ing into dssrepute, and the Bible Is being re-
stored to its old supremacy. Why should not
the doctri ie of Divine communication through
Brigham loung and the practice Of polygamy
also passr 4wsyf If that were the case, then
Mormonic would be % harmless Is the creed
of the Shr ters or the Southcotians. If the citi
zens of Z ah viii anticipate the resolve of the
United S. ties, and dethrone their prophets, and
if they W give guarantees for more moral
course of life, they may still be left in posses.
sion Of u regions which it il said they have
won from. he wilderness With unexampled in.
dustry al perseverance," H
Ner HIk, April l6.-The Russian journal
lie Nord Jays that vast military preparations
are going on in Marseilles, Toaion, and other
principal French ports. It likewise alludes to
Pslssier' nomination as minister to England,
and rems ts, that although from his former in.
sercourse sith Englishmen in the Crimea, it
may be onstrued Is friendly compliment,
it also n ~ warrant the inference that any
Snegotiati hs he may Be intrusted with are in.
tended te pc decisive, and that he 10 probably
charged, peciAlly to see if England intends to
do anythh g toward satisfying the French de-.
mands OF the refugee question. az 49, is.a !,
The P. is Ratr;e has . violent article, insist.
ing that 10 British occupation of the Island of