New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-06
Religious Meetings Discontinued
TROOPS FOR OREGON.

.l,hoyob a vote was cast more than twice as large
as q, any previous election in the Territory Sum'
.lsted by the formation of ticket by the Gentles,
.be bishops and church dignitsries busted them
.elyes in every ward on Saturday and Sunday IN
distributing tickets TO their parishioners. lhe
poIs were at the Council House. The voters en-
tered at one door and passed out at another, de-
positnp their ballots on the way upon table
where they were numbered by clerk and each
sumber was recorded opposite the name OF the
electer. The representatives elected to the Leg
islatiye Assembly are Orson Hyde, John Taylor
Daniel Spencer, A. p. lockwood, Hosea Stout
James w. Cummings, Jesse c. Little, Jos. y
Young, II. b. Cawson, WIN. II. Hooper, b. u
Woolley, Alexander MeRae and S. w. Richards
all jealous Mormons. The average vote tor them
was ,0ls; that for the Gentle list was ohly o.
lust about the entire strength OF the OehiDeS III
town. The Governor did not vote II L can
Judge by the appearance and speech Of the electors
a. they presented themselves at the polls, and by
the representations of persons long resident IN the
city, more than half the vote was cast by unnat'
aralized foreigners.
A Gentle representative has been elected from
Green River County where Fort Brdger is situated.
When he presents his credentials question will
immediately arise concerning The legality OF the
proceedings Of the Mormon Legislature which sat
hast Winter at this city. BY one of its acts, which
Of course never received the signature of Gov.
Cumming Green River County was annexed to
Great Salt Lake County for election and Judicial
purposes. The thirteenth person returned from
from Salt Lake City at this recent election viii
claim his right to a seat by virtue OF that act, this
county having previously been entitled to but twelve
representatives. But it is most probable that an
entirely new election will be ordered for Salt Lake
City on account of certain iniormaties attending
the election last Monday, which may prevent the
issue of certificates to the successful candidates.
Judge Charles f. Sinclair, who was appointed
hast Fall to be of the Associate Justices OF the
Territory, arrived with the last mail Although
he is the youngest Judge who has ever been sent TO
Utah, being not yet 30, he comes with high repu-
tatOn for legal talent and he has been prominent in
public life in Virginia. He was recommended in
1856 by the electoral college of that State for the
position of Charge d'Afaires at Naples which has
recently been gwen to Mr.. Chandler of Penn
sylvania.
The most notable event during the week has
been case of habeas corpus for the recovery of
child which was abducted from its father i'll En-
xapd four years ago. The hearings were had in
chambers before Judges Eckels and Sinclair In
asmuch as / am informed that similar case will
soon be presented and as the present one was con-
Quoted under Instructions from Washington and at
the request of the British Government, subjoln
full account of the proceedings.
Mr. Henry Poyd0re, the plaintiff, is q gentleman
Of Italian descent, residing IN Gloucester IN En-
gland and following the profession OF a barrster.
Both he and his wife were Roman Catholics and in
1852 they placed their child, Girl then six years
old, at a Catholic school in Lincolnshire. In the
course of the following year domestic difficulties
occurred between the husband and the wife, and
In 1854 Mrs. Polydore abducted the girl from the
school, became "a convert to MOrmOnisln, and fled
with her to America. After brief soiourn in the
East they came in 1855 TO Salt Lake City, where
Jane Mayer one of Mrs. POlydore's sisters, was
hvng as the fourth wife of Elder s. W. Richards
Hrs POlydOre went back to England in 1886, but
eought no interview with her husband. She re-
turned TO America in 1s57 and was last seen in
New. Orleans, but letters have been received from
her which indicate that she ls now on the way !
again to this city across the Plains in company of
Mormon emigrants. During her absence the child, |
whose real name is Henrietta has been living with |
Nrs. Richards under the assumed name OF Lucy. !
During ls54-55, while Mrs. P0lydore and the
child were still in the States, the father made stren-
Nous endeavors to recover possession of his daugh
Ter. He secured the assistance of the British Gov
ernment, aud Lord Clarendon, then Minister of |
Foreign Affairs, sent instructions to the British |
Consuls AT Portland and New Orleans to aid him TO
the extent of their power. Their efforts were |
fruess, and all trace of the girl was lost until last
March when Mr.. Polydore received letter. dated |
at New Orleans from Mr. John Hyde, the author of
D ell-knOwn book on MOrmonsm. Mr.. Hyde In |
formed the father of the existence and situation of
the child and added that Mrs. Polydore was then |
in New Orleans but intendedtO start for Salt Lake
City during the Spring or Summer. Mr.. Poydore !
addressed letter to Mr.. Dallas, the |
American Minister at London applying for any and |
which in his official capacity he might be able to
bestow, and another letter to the Earl OF Maimes-
bury the British Minister OF Foreign Affairs, be- |
seechng the renewed intercessiOn of his Govern |
ment. His intercession was granted, and Lord |
Napier the British Minister at Washington, was |
to exert all his influence IN behalf of the
father. He accordingly addressed note to Mr.. |
Cass, concluding in the following language:
"Her MaieStyS Government have instructed me To |
request that you viii lend Your good offices toward the
recovery of the child, by directing the military and |
rivil authorities Of the United States 10 afford such as
'istanee may be in their power to Mr. P'ydore or
bis attorney or to any of her Majesty ConSuls with
lhe view OF securing the personal safety Of the daugh-
Ter and her restoration To her father.
This occasoned IA communication from the De-
partment Of State to the Department OF War, IN |
which Mr.. Cass wrote as follows:
IL have the honor 10 request that yOu will be 50 |
good as TO cause the necessary inquiries be set
loot in that quarter by the military authorities of the
United States with view to the restoration of the
daughter 20 her father in accordance with the wishes
expressed by the British Government on this subject
copy of the entire correspondence was for
warded to Gen. Johnston by Col. Cooper, the Ad-
Jutant- General of the Army. with the remark that /
" The Secretary of War desires that you cause in
Sunes TO he instituted for the purpose of gaining in
Iorhation respecting the young woman alluded to; |
ana should appear that She is still among the Nor
mons, that you adopt such measures may seem to /
you aaNlseoe TO- bring about her release from their