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in New York, 10 the theatre in Omaha,
from Boston Common, Massachusetts, to
Last Chance Gulf, in the Blank Hills of
Wyoming, and | am of opinion that the
average American public speaker is a
more eloquent man, and not one whit
more given to buncomhe, than the aver
age public speaker in England. There is
q slightly different sort Of cIaptrap used,
that is all. I have heard plenty of stuff
talked to "working-then" by people who
ought to have known better, and much
Columbian philislinism. | was Frequently
told that America WIS "A heaven upon
earth, and her Institution the direct result
of inspiration from above that Europe
was benightrd, and England very black
indeed F.; and that the eyes ofaIl the world
were never taken off the PEOPLE of the
United States. But | haye heard these
things in other forms at meetings Of my
own countrymen.
There is one novelty in English eyes
oil rather ears-cou0ecced with Ameri-
can political oratory which deserves no.
,ice, namely, the fact that it is often he
ralded and followed by music. II sounds
curious enough to EngIshmen at an indig-
nation or e~ltctloneerl0g meeting, to hear
glees and comic catches sung between
the solemn appeals of the speakers; but
| am not sure that it does not tend to sof-
ten the asperitics of party warfare. The
effect, too, of a weli-trained band taking
up, as it were, the closing words of an
eloquent perOratiou, and continuing them
through the strains Of a national hymn,
is often exceedingly good. One is remind
ed of the tragic and comic flute accom-
paniments of the ancieNls, as the ''Star-
SpangIed Banner" and "Malch him, if you
cam" alternately salute ears still tingIlng
from the effect Of passionate defamation.
Sometimes the whole audience will take
up the chorus of a w~elI-known "compaign
song" such as, rally round Ulysses"
which was a great favourlte all through
the West while [ was there. a
LET US rally again round these chivalrous men,
Ulysses the tanner and Schuyler the printer,
And fight it out here on the old Union line,
If it takes US all summer and winter
Most working-men in the United States
are strong politicians, and members of
political clubs which, during times of eX-
element, furnish their quota to swell the
ranks of enormous professions, by day or
torcb-light /; for the rival parties, Repub-
Iicans and Democrats, continually try to
out-procession, aag-raise, and brass band
each other. The most remarkable thing
about these rival demonstrations is the
good order which, in spite of the excite
ment of both parties, almost always pre-
walls. federation for all diversity of
opinion is a marked characteristic Of
American working-men. Recruited as
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either there or al the rival meeting, al
though IN beer-saloof brawlS the reports
of firearms could be heard every night.
All sorts of attractions are openly adver-
tlSed by the promoters OF these party
meetings, with the object of getting
working-men to 'attend in their thousand"
nothing being dreaded SO much as the
taunt in rival newspapers that their 'pow-
VOW was a "6zzIr, lie, that very few
people could be got 10 attend. Fire.
works and figs, comic minSlrelsy and the
electric light, are all pressed into the
service aud made the most of in the bills.
Al u large meeting at the Cooper Institute
remember hearing the chairman gravely
announce that the committee had pro-
vided some beautiful fireworks for their
friends amusement, but he regretted to
say that some miscreant from the other
side had stolen them.
The pulpit, rs we'll as the press and
platform, has, [ think. more influence over
worklng-men in America than here. Du-
ring my iruruey | made the acquaintance
of a much larger number Of ''pious" work.
men, especially among natlve-born AmerI-
cans, than | think it would he possible to
do in the same time in England. There
was apparent everywhere an assumption
that Christian doctrines were rue. Among
the boarders at one house might be Tun-
ker Blptists, Epjscopalians, Roman Ca
thoIics, and UnIversaIiStS ) but a respec-
table minority, if not the majority. would
be tolerably sure to belong to some reli-
giouS body. In England, in any chance
assembly of labourerS, the majority would
certainly not be acknowledged members
of any Christian congregation whatever.
Lord Palmtrston, in the House of COM
mons, defending the question in the CEN
sus-papers as to peoples religion, decIar-
ed, amidst loud laughter, that no man
would be asked what his religious belief
was, but merely whal he profssed. The
bulk of English mechanics are scarcely
even PaImerstonian professors. | much
doubt whether any railway company here
would find it 10 their interest TO bait a
cheap excursion to a meeting with the
grim announcement | once saw placarded
abous New York, that "PaSstngers can
hear two sermons, and return the same
day" AS this must necessarily be o brief
summary, l will only give one out of
several instances of this apparent piety of
American IabourPrs which cam under my
notice. | was In a Car on the Union Pacl-
fc Railway with a large number of soldiers
and working-men of different calIings,
from all parts of the Union. They were
bound, the former for the different forts
along the line, and the labourerS for the
Company's new workshops at Cheyenne
and Laramie. They were a rough-look-
ing lot, as borderers mostly are, every
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men, there were several excursionists,
and l was exchanging morning salutations
with some of these who had left the
sleeping car later than l had, when one of
the party ia quiet-looking gentleman who
kept a store in Chicago) rose,' and address
sing all present, said, 'Silence, if you
please, ladies and gentlemen, for the
Word of God" Instantly every rough
head was uncovered, every rife dropped
into lis place, and revolver belted, as the
quiet-Iooking nan proceeded to read a
few verses from the Bible, appropriately
selected for our position as travellers.
The conductor, who just then entered the
Car 10 look at our tickets, removed his
cap and took the nearest seat, and every
body was as orderly and reverent as if the
car had been q church. The reading
over, another of the excursionists prayed
for about ten minutes, in plain simple
language, in which any man could have
mentally Joined, whether Christian or
Hindoo, so long as he believed in the ex-
istence of a God. After the prayer, n
hymn,-which | noticed most Of those
present were able to join in,-was sung,
and the service came to an end. Such a
scene would have been impossible in Eng
land, but nobody appeared to think it an
out-of-the- way proceeding in America.
| scanned tho faces ofmy feIlow-worship-
pers to see if | could"detect an irreverent
smile or shetpish look, such as would
certainly have been observable under
similar circumstances at home, but every
man, soldier and civilian alike, looked dig
nifed and grave.
Toe number of churches and chapeIs is,
l think, greater in America than in Eng
land. One seems to encounter them at
every turn. I find that in 1860 there
were $4,000, alto gether capable of seat
ing 1S,974,576 persons. The Methodists
are the most numerous, next. to them
the Baptists, these two bodies between
them having seat accommodation, for up
wards of ten million of worshippers.
The Presbyterians come next, and the
Episcopalians fourth on the list.
AS for the numerous sects and fantastic
faiths so commonly supposed 10 be pecu-
liar to America, | believe there is very
little difference between England and the
United States in this respect. Mormonism,
Tor INSTANCE, HHuS very lew recruits IN
America. Shakers are no more remark
able, but infinitely more respectable, than
our Agapemonites i; and so on, to the end
of the chapter. Religious bodies occupy
more room in America than here, because
there is more room to te occupied, and
SO frequently appear to merit more notice
than from their numbers they deserve.
There is much street preaching, both
in the open air and in tents. Young mems
Christian associations, home and foreign
~o;,c;onc q opd To- uoootnrc ord
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former acquaintance Yct % Is my faith IN God,
SO Is my faith that truth will triumph and human
liberties In these mountains be placed on sure
basis that shall endure forever.
With an earnest expression OF Q strong desire to
be at peace With all men. ana at war with none. /
close. ELI b. KELSEY.
SHARP DEFIANCE.
OFFICE UTAH MAGAZINE
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct n, 1862 J
President BRIGHAM YouNa:-
MY DEAR SIR-Hoidlng my connection with the
Utdh Md1iztne, you can no longer give to me your
fellowship, nor can conscientIously ask H. be-
iieve that you would manifest towards me- person.
ally, much tenderness. for which am grateful.
Were IN the States or California do not think you
would take any exceptions TO my writings. for am
pie. As 1t Is see no virtue In multiplying words In
Justification, knowing myself to be heterod0x. For
years have tried To shun the issue OF this day for
theoretically nave been believer in republican in
stitutons ana not IN a temporal theocracy. am,
Sir, very respectfully, yours,
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LIE lnlnEknA iiAHI.
Proposition 10 Test Whether II rs 81 Work az
Art or a Fortified Haman Body.

Proposition 10 Test Whether II rs 81 Work az
Art or a Fortified HANNA Body.
To TIM EDITOR OF THE HgRALD:--
Is tho giant recently discovered near Syracuse .
work OF art' Is 1T q petrihed human body' The
finders and show claim that 1t is the latter. Tue
professors and savans hold the former oyilion.
sculptor is asked for the one side TO determine
by "marks OF tho chseu and refused on the other
lest injury should ensua to the "petrifaction."
GeoogIats positive one point, that tho object
is now Gypsum" tsulpbate OF lime. This positive
opinion cannot DO gansad, tho characteristics OF
gypsum being too clearly understood to he mis-
tagen even by tyro In geology. The solution OF the
mystery ~ seems, then, to be q very simple one.
Statues or gypsum Tor plaster be easily repaired
when broken. Vessels OF far more unInanaqeaple
material have been broken and repaired Without
showing sign OF their fracture-witness the Port
land vase. Petri1od bodies would essurcdy show
the markings OF their internal mechanism Why
not. then, carefully saw the Onondaga ,'IndivIdnal
through the bodyW The yiscera would surely
exhibit "petrinedn convolutlons, or remove por-
uOn 81 the sku Tie "petrlaedp BRAN c0ulo he dls-
ci0Sod ana the pieCea could 30 put together again
Wltnout INJURY IN any case Doabls would be sst Is.
rest; medical science could rest on mechanical Aknl
auo u tlo thing sHouid prove 10 have n0tne, geo.
io8y could determine what coeXslent megatheuuu
u use1 Tor ita horse. The calse of the sculusos
oouio not represent Internal ORGANS.
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sALaayE AND ms FRIENDS.
enron or THE HERALD

TO THB EDITOR or THE HgRALD:--
The ironclad steamer Atlanta, bought by Prc,i-
dent sainave, OF HaytI, from Mr. OsEsmith, OF THIS
city which Is now being lifted on, for pea NJ Phila-
delphia, under tho superintendencc OF two OF SAL
naves generals, and gent By him ~ Apecia agents
to hurry on her departure for portan-PrinCe, mas
been stopped and prevented from gOng on Win her
equipment py 1t - said orders from headquarters az
Washington, IN accordance with the Haytlan Charge
d'AGalres, MIR. Lar0chc's Injunction and Wishes ~
IL evident that Mt tue bottom 81 81 tn5 intrigue anu
underhand work are al play TO accelerate SAtnavc
downfall by thoae IA whom he has the most lmpLcit
confidence. but whose bad faith has been toe ire
Queutiv tested. Tho detention OF the Atlanta ~
Philadelphia wil unquestionably, favor tue rsYolu-
ton ia laytl aud crush definitely Salnaye'S govern
meat for the salvation OF the county.
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THE MORMON CRISIS.
Protest Of the Exccmmunlcated Against
the Decree Of the Council.
They Claim tho Right Of Freedom
Of Speech.
Brigham Young Holds it Apostacy
to Differ W It'll The Priesthood.
The Exeommunica ed Turned Over to 1.-THE
Buleiings Of Satan"

The last number or the giah Magazine, dated octo'
Der so. contains the following appeal 10 the people
on the part OF the Normons who were recently ex.
communicated py the High Council for publishing in
their magazine certain articles obnoxious to the
policy OF Brigham Young agains. such excommuni-
cation We give the appeal anG protests ID full, rs
it Is evident that there crisis in the history OF
Normonism which threatens to become OF great gen
eral interest.
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come off triumphant. He, therefore,
feels it a duty he owes To his fellow-cit-
izens generally, to the medical profess
sion and the sick, to denounce and cx.
pose the charlatans who counterfeit
these esidenccs of identity, and he calls
upon the press and the public to aid
him in his efforts TO remedy so great an
evil.
The following letters and certificates
from the leading physicians and chem
lists of this city will proye to the reader
that all goods.sold by the 'uudersigned
are all they arc represented to be.
UDOfPHU WOLF.
I feel bound to; say,:,that,1 regard
your Schnapps as being in every re-
spect. .pre-emnently,p andideserving
Of medical patronage. At all eventsj
it is the purest possible article Of Hol-
land Gin, heretofore unob'ainable; and
as such may be safely !prcscribcdrb By
physicians. 49, M ,at ma1l ;.yya 2a
DAVID J., MOTT, Md. .a
pharuaccu;ical Ctemist, n 7.
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important point to be considered by the
lawgiver in enacting criminal law is the
state of the country as respects the par
ticular evil to be guarded against. If
the crime is of frequent occurrence, and
easily committed, the law should exer.
else uncommon vigilance in pursuing the
offender, and :nfict condign punishment
upon him when apprchcudcd. This
obvious truth shows the impolicy of
abolishing the penalty of death at the
present time when crime is so rife, MUIR
der, burglary, arson, rape and innume-
rable larcenics. Progress comes from
New England. The spirit of the age is
too refined and sentimental, notwith-
standing what the South has suffered at
the hands of philanthropists, to endure
the shock of seeing human being pay
the forfeit of his offences Plunder,
arson and ruin at which Attila might
blush, lynch law, patricide, fraticile,
and all other crimes known to the law
may flourish in this age oflight, but the
idea that any one can forfeit his life by
setting at defiance the laws of God and
man is too horrible for endurance, cap.
tai punishment must be abolished
South Carolina once managed her own
affairs without the help Of new England
and We could then boast as small a
criminal docket as any State in the
Union. Men then knew what to expect
if they broke the laws. This whole
movement rests on a. mistake. If mcn
were perfect, there woul1 b, no ncces,
sity for law. But in spite Of tie press,
the telegraph, the railroads and the Yam
bec school system, our tumble opinion
is that human nature is as far from
perfection. now, as it was when Lord
Coke and Sir Matthew Hale sentenced
men to death for larceny. .n
Our penitcntiary is not suffering from
want of patronage now, and the Act fol
the abolition of capital punishment is
not likely to empty it.
Rut We can give ita fair trial, and il
it does not work, Il isvcry easily amend
ed. y.
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A new series of postage stamps s in
course of preparation by the Postnflice
Department. They will besmallcr than
those now in use, but of ha"ds"mer
finish and d.sign. On the two.cent
stamp is an engraving ola po>tboy on
horseback, and on the thrce.cent a 10.
comotive under a full head of steam :
The FIVE cent stamp contains head Of
Washington, and the tn cent stamp a
picture Of the Declaration Of in1epend
encc. On the twclvr.cent stamp an en-,
.raving of an ocean steamship is seen.
and the thirty-ccnt stamp is decorated
with the surrender Of Burgoync.
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PoRTENTs. Our European cousins
are accustomed to dread the wink Of
King William or the snccze Of Emperor
Louis, as omiaous p9rtents o: til" i'm.
mediate avenging of ale Vatcrioo," or
the coming of a continental war. But
they may be little surprised to find
that in this Republican country every
word of General Grant is listened to
as anxiously as though the President
elect the likeness Of kingly crown had
on, and were the master absolute of half
a million of soldiers.
We admit that this hero worship is
somewhat strange on the part ola peo-
pie who do not allow their ambassadors
to wear knee breeches, and who sturdi-
" proclaim their reverence for simple
Benjamin Franklin. And yet we have
good excuse, brave excuse, why We
now act as though the fate of these
United States depended on the will Of
one man alone.
We have been in an unsettled condi-
tion for. about eight years, during the
greater part of which the life Of thou
sands hung on the crook of a finger,
and their liberties on the tinkling of a
bell. We became accustomed to see
the supreme law of the land torn and
patched to suit the exi gcncies of the
times. For a while a President was
supreme, then minister was master,
then Congress became lord Of all, so
that in our desire to forget that the
government of the county had been
entrusted to three coordinate powers,
and measured our chances for the fu
ture by what was said or done by the
demi-god Of the day.
And it is just this feeling that causes
US to count the wrcaths of smoke which
surround the head of the "Coming
Man." to see tribulation in frown, joy
in a smile, and the fruition of all our
hopes in monosyllabic speech. We
have grown accustomed to being well
shaken before taken, and pin our faith
to General Grant for the very good rea-
son that we might go further and fare
much worse.
But this will not endure in this shape
forever and q day. There will be a
change before long, and either the
Union will become the Union of old, or
tic shadow Of Republican institutions
will be sent to keep company with the
substance which some time since de-
parted
In the meanwhile, Democrats and
Republicans will keep a close eye upon
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which, being discovered by the newly
made one, was made the occasion of a
new marriage ceremony, after which
the now rcpudiated husband went to the
home of his divorced wife, who, igno-
rant of his conduct, still lives with him,
whilo the otilet sought her redress id a
court of equity.
think [ hear some lawyers say that
that could have been remedied by person
al service of the notice. A friend of mine
relates the follwing instance as illu<tra-
tive of the frauds which may be ptac-
ticed in this precaution, even A poor,
ignorant girl unfortunately married to
Il scoundrcl, was served with notice
informing her that her husband would
apply for divorce for adultry-the
word adultry WIS "thumbed' in the
reading. Too ignorant to demand a
copy of the notice, Of to seek legal coun.
sci, she asked her husband what it meant
and rested satisfied with his assurance
that it was nothing dishonorable to her
anyhow, until he ordered her TO leave
his house, assuring her that she was no
longer his wife. ga mother, but not a
wife," means something not only to the
ruined woman, but to the divorced one
also Divorce laws are a bid to perjury,
and a constant offer to, both parties that
they can marry agaiu at pleasure; but
with a deal more Of cred tape" than at
first. There are not many instances
Of divorce il which the plaintiff or de-
fcudeut have not found out that they
could not marry happier, and only wait
ing for decree of court to do SC. A
case somewhat notorious is reported as
follows: A young man married a young
woman, aud after residing with her
some time concluded that he had made
mistake, and proposed another mar
riage. Having means, he sent his wife
away on visit, and while she was gone
obtained divorce. She came back,
only to find him the husband ofanother.
Oh what trivial causes arc alleged for
the dissolution ofan institution ordained
by the Almighty as the first important
event after cr ati5n! .' ..'...".
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NORTH .CARoLINIAN DUpED BY A

NORTH CARoLINIAN DUPED BY A
CoNFIDEN Il MAN AND SHARpER.-.
Late on Tuesday evening gentleman
named Iioush, formerly ii resident Of
North Carolina arrived in this city on
his way West with his family, consist.
ing of his wife and several children,
aud while standing at the CaHdcn sta
ton awliting the departure of the wcs'
tern train, which leaves at 8 10 7. NJ.
he WIS accostcd Lv an inaiSidull whu
introduced himself favorably to his in.
tended victim BY representing himself
rs engaged in business in the State OF
Illinois, having previously discovered
by conversation with Mr. Hnugh that
such WAS his destination. The latter
after long conversation with the sharp
or during which he promised employ.
mcnt to Mr. Hough upon reaching Hi,
nois, induced him to accompany him to
restaurant in the vicinity, where they
both drank several times together, the
stranger charging on the: advantages
to be obtained by the employment he
intended giving to his inspecting dupc
The sharper then exhibited number
of gold pieces, remarking that his trunk
had not yet arrived at the. depot, in
which, he stated, he had deposited his
bank-bills and grccnbacks, AID request,
ed tie lo,n of Sis until the arrival OF
the baggage-waggon with his trunk
Mr.. Hough, being fatorably impressed
with the man, unhesitatingly handed
over tie sum required, with which the
thief at once made his departure, pro-
missing to return in time to take pas,
sage on the train, and return the money
1t is needless to say that he was seen
no more, and the credulous victim, af.
ter waiting until the departure of the
mex ain at 1915; touk passage in it
with his family, sadder and no doubt
wiser man.-Batimore Gazette 2Stk
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ALsroy, S. c., Jan. 21, 1869.

hboio.N, ~ W., oou' ~ iOo"'
Mr.. John B. Hubbard--SIR: | do
not know you. do not know that |
have ever spoken to you. have re.
ceived flom you your likeness. I slp-
pose you regard your likeness alone
sufficient to strike terror. assure you
| neither fear you nor yoar picture. l
am certain there is no man in this COM
munity who would give five cents for
your picture; 1 therefore think that
your picture would be a bad investment
ON which to "make raise"
Should you "pcct the fate of Ran
dolph," | assure you that neither | nor
any Of my connexions will be your as
sassin, and as for your threat, treat
tha. with the same coatempt which l
f ell for its auihW.. r"
As to my "miserable carcass hope
it will BE- in existence VIII: IN your "miS-
cradle carcass" shall have been dcvourcd
by worms. JONI p. ELKiN.
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DIVORCES IN TIE WEsT.-A CORES
pondeut of the Chicago Advance in dis
cussiug the question Of divorce and its
evil results, claims that if the ability to
marry was removed, and disability
made permanent as to both, there would
be very few divorces. lie adds:
Let us examine for one moment the
manner in which the law operates. A
Mr.. A sues for divorce. Mrs. A docs
not not appear, default is entered against
her, the case is sworn through, and both
parties are turned loose upon society,
with no better reason than "cold fee" "
or desire which is expressed i'll Dry
dcn's response tu his wife, when she
wished that she was book, so that she
might enjoy more of his company; cor
be an almanac, that l can change you
every year." The following case lately
came unter my observation A young
man ma ried, and residing,n one section
of the country, removed to another,
leaving his vile behind him. While
away, he prop sed TO young lady and
was by her accepted, and the malriag'
day announced. He returned to his
wife, spent a few days with her, and ten
dcrly bade her adieu, sought the house
Of his expectant bride, and married her.
A few weeks after the marriage he OBJ
taincd q divorce from his absent wife,