The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-14
| I II E DISPATC
MORNING. ....-... OCTOBER a ,s,s
Affairs Utah

THURSDAY NG...........oCTOBER "A. lss
Affairs In Utah
We have files Of the Deseret News. nm 70 Sen,
tember the sth, and private advices 10 the 1,.h :
me organ OF the Prophet, from scarcity OF paper
Ia very small in size, and as the reflector Of Nor
monism, "becoming beautifully less" The dis
courses of the great men of Utah are no longe,
therein reflected There is little news of any
important character.
The "Deseret Agricultural and Mannfa,tur;ns
Society" publishes long list of premiums to BE-
awarded at their annual exhibition which was n
be held on Tuesday last 1t would, therefore, an
,r snss .ns s!ofmons are Fastening back from
"Ine only warlke item s 10 the published cor
respondence OF James Ferguson. Brig Gen Mil. IT,
T., Adj. Gen, with P. 81. Geo. Cooke. It, Colonel
Sscona drageeis Tho Mormon Brigaiisr General
states that he heard read letter in the Eastern
pagers. with the name of the Lieutenant Colonel
TO II, 10 which IL is stated "that the Mormops are
Get OF towards, like all assassius and bullies p
Following this quotation, the Mormon says: "I
ask You, kindly aud with respect, to make that
apology which your own high sense of honor will
\ suggest Is due" The Lieutenant Colonel answers.
II W ote no such letter wrote no letter for
publication. l never wrote or spoke such SEN
tence. left Camp Scott November 26,aud did rot
vember %.
Il never saw such letter in the papers, or
beard OF its existence until lately, rumor from
Salt Lake City.
II thank You for informing me of this my ysterious
| forgery. My sense of the performances of the
Mormon battalion was expressed at San Luis Rey,
in an order which you remember, and which stands
! printed IN Senate document; and can only re-
fer to my connection with you the Battalion
staff as a satisfactory and pleasant one"
| Gov Cumming seems to be on the most friendly
| account OF the late party of which We have heard
| so much:
Agreeable to Invitation by President Brigham
Young. the First Presidency, his Excellency, Gov.
| Cumming and several other citizens, with ladies'
and children. rendevoused August 26 at a roman
tic. shady location, short distance above mill d
In Big Cottonwood kanyou, and around commo-
! dions, bough-covered room, built by the B.
C.. Lumber Company for the accommodation
OF those who might wish to participate in the
dance.
Captain W. II. Hooper accompanied the Cover.
nor TO the rendezvous and in returning, while
Mrs Cumming, npon her spirited pony and es-
c0rted by General Ferguson, enjoyed a wider and
more picturesque view of the constantly shifting
! scenery than could those who occupied luxurious
seats in carriages.
Music, dancing and the song enlivened the social
gathering, in the enjoyment Of which none seemed
( 10 turpass the Gorernor and his lady.
Ihe party returned on the 28tb, delighted and
refreshed by the pleasant drive, the pure kanyon
| breezes, and the two nights and DAYS epca1np
ment amid leafy bowers by ice cold streams
| LOLA MoNTEZ AND THE CHURCH.-That errstic
star," Lola Montez, recently offered in letter to
the tor, to give lecture to aid the erection OF
the church of the Good Shepherd, lately DESTROYED
| by hre In New York. The Rev. Ralph Hoyt pas,
tor, accepted the offer, and thereby created srea,
excitement among his brother churchmen. TIL,
comments upon his action fired up the excitable
Lola, and caused letter from her peu to appear
in the press. The following is an extract:
| perceive that some of the papers (and am in
formed that the bishop and others of the cIergv
| have iuterfered) are casting reflections upon the
| little donation which have offered to make for
| the purpose ofrebulding church designed for the
| free use of the-poor. / wish to state that when
volunteered for this purpose had never seen the
| rector, the Rev. Ralph Hoyt, but had heard il
stated that his practice is to distribute from his
| church food and clothing to the poor during the
cold months of winter. The idea of clergyman
| in the selfish times We live in, giving food and
clothes to the freezing and starving, instead of
| feasting them on "tracts,'' struck me as being
| most heard of conduct in minister, and felt
| strong deare to give nv mite and help TO rebuild
| a church which is to be used for such very novel;
| but true Christian, purpose. Nor did for q mo-
| ment imagine that there was to be found even in
the beDighted regions of clerical Ligotry and in
tolerance, one so stupid and so shameless as to
nnd fault with truly phianthropic clergyman
for his willingness to receive douation from me
to feed and instruct the poor. | did remember
| that it was the doctors Of theology and the pious
folks who crucfed the Master, aud my wide ex-
perience bas taught that it is not to that class
| of people that we may generally look for good
and charitable deeds: but was not prepared to
expect such an insulting interference of bishops
ard clergy. in what is only an humble offer Of
mine to help the poor. But | am contenrea to
| leave it with thinking minds to say who is the
better Christian, myself, or the cold, heartless
Pharisee who would crush me or any one else for
| doing good.
TEE PRESIDENT AT CHURcH.-A clerical corresoop-
dent of the New York Observer, writing from
| Lancaster, Pa, about the Presidents late visit
there, tells the following:
| A pleasing instance of his freedom from osten.
| taton and pride, was his manner at church on the
preceding Sabbath. He walked from his residence
| which must be two miles, as the church is in the
| opposite suburb of Lancaster, aud came a little
| after the service began. His feet were covered
with dust, and the perspiration was standing on
| his forehead. No stir made in the copeTepa.
zion: be quietly entered his own pew, and engaged
| in silent devotion. psalm-book was handed TO
him, and he at once participated iu the cong OF
| praise. He seemed greatly interested in the ser
| mon, which was indeed worthy the attentjop of
kings and all others in authority, well as of all
| under authority. 1t based on the passspe
| "Amost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. .
| and besides possessing extraordinary merit as a
piece of composition was delivered with eloquence
and power.
After church the President walked deyoutediv.
| aud entirely unattended, through the streets of
Lancaster. What stranger, looking upon this soli
tary pedestrian. apparently oblivious of self. and
not expecting admiration, could have imagined
| that he was the Chief Magistrate of this mighty
| nation!
"THE PKRILs OF CRINoLINE," is the title of very
pleasant editorial in the Boston Medical and Sursi
cal Journal this week. The writer says:
Too much cannot be said to induce ladies to pro
tect themselves sufficiently, in changeable a
r linn 1fa o. anr nUn hnaf
average seasons We mean-not this year) the in.
| tense heat allows expansive skirts and gossamer
texiuI es, the circumference of the former should
diminish in the exact ratio in which it ia found
necessary to increase the the latter In
winter at least, in this part Of the world we wouid
Danish the hoop and such other appliances as ex
pose the person too freely to cold and dampness.
SPIRITUAL INsANIrY.-Thc Medina Tribune tells
sad story Of folly in relation to one Thsddeus She.
don, of Randolph, Cattarasus county, N. Y,who
has been carried off by spirtualism. He was worth
$4,000 but for two or three years past he has de.
voted his time and purse to the "Harmonal Phil
osOphy." During the present season he had alarsc
force OF men at work diggging q cave. In the cave
he expected to find the ruins of the sHarmonial
City, full OF treasure, but it is now filled with wa
ter,and Is altogether poor abode for spiritual or
earthly bodies. Mir. Sheldon has been thoroughly
neeced by mediums, and is now poor peEnlecs
man.
CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY Although young State.
= yaristy OF industrial pursuits have be, developed
10 q remarkable extent in California. Indeed but
few of the older States surpass her in respects
According to an address recently delivered before
the Mechanics Institute at San Francisco there
have been enclosed in California since 1880 for agri
cultural purposes, upwards of half million acres
and there have been erec ed 1876 Touring mills at
cost of two and half millions of dollars; also 175
saw mills worth 81 6o0 GOO, which Gre row not eny
supplying the home demand but exporting $1,000 o
worth OF lumber annually. Within the same p,.
rod there have been constructed 400 miles of canals
and fumes for mining operations. at cost of more
than Si2001U9. exclusive OF eight hundred miles in
course of completion In addition to these, there
have been erected 80 quartz mills. the machinery Of
which il valued at 600 besides numerous other
ries etallurgcsl works tanneries, (cf which there
are twenty of q capacity sufficient to supply the