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      No. 411, I-Mmtahy 6, 1858.] The Leader. ...

      No . 411 , I-mmtahy 6 , 1858 . ] THE LEADER . 127

      America. The Last News From The Country ...

      AMERICA . The last news from the country of the Mormons puts a new complexion on the struggle now being waged between the followers of Joe Smith and the Federal -Government . The Saints , it is stated , are at war among themselves , owing to Brigham Young and about one-half of the population desiring to march against the United States troops , while the other half wish the ln-TOding force to enter the Salt Lake city , and to establish there a military government . The Mormons disposed for resistance have obtained the aid of large bodies of Indians , who have undertaken to harass and cut off the supply trains of Colonel Johnston . These savages have been led to believe that the Saints have at their command 80 , 000 fighting men , well equipped for service . They also speak of numerous fortifications and of a large number of allies of their own race ; and they de-¦ cLare that the Mormons have no idea of running away from Utah . ' ..

      The steamer Fashion , which conveyed Walker to Nicaragua , has arrived at New Orleans , where it has been seized by the authorities . In the House of Representatives on the 18 th ult ., Mr . < 3 ampbell asked leave to offer a joint resolution authorizing the President to negotiate , through the State Department , for the acquisition of Canada , ] STova Scotia , and other parts in British North America , and Cuba . and the other islands adjacent thereto , and annexing them to the United States . In the event of any acquisition no portion should be admitted into the Union until possessed of sufficient population to send one member to the House of Representatives , or until the bond Jide residents should have an opportunity of voting on the Constitution , and regulating their domestic institutions in their own way , subject only to the Constitution of the United States . The motion did not meet with approval . The New York papers ridicule it , and ask why Mr . Campbell did not include the entire continent of America .

      The Chairman . of the Special Committee on the Pacific Railroad Scheme has introduced a bill into the Senate . It is here proposed that the line shall run from a point on the Missouri river between the Big Sioux and the Kansas rivers to San Francisco . A public school at Brooklyn has been destroyed by fire . There -were nearly nine hundred pupils present at the time the fire broke out , and , in the excitement attending their exit from the building , seven boys , between the ages of six and ten years , were crushed and suffocated by their companions on the middle landing of the lower stairway . From Yucatan we learn that Sisal was blockaded , and that a change in the Government had taken place . Peace negotiations were progressing , and hopes were entertained that the revolution would soon end . The last statements of the New York banks exhibit a . favourable aspect : the specie balance exceeds thirty -millions of dollars .

      The experiments which have recently been made in the use of the camel as a beast of burden in crossing the great interior deserts of America have been entirely successful . The results of the expedition , which was under the command of Lieutenant Beale , were highly satisfactory . Congress and the new Municipal Government of New York have simultaneously undertaken investigations into certain frauds said to have been committed within their respective jurisdictions . The New York Tribune gives a horrible account of an execution in California : —" Three men , Edward M « Canley , Robert Poor , and C . C . Lyons , wore hanged for murder in Senora on the lltli inst . They were all intoxicated at tho time , the shorid' having furnished them with gin at their own request . One wus too drunk to stand . They all confessed their guilt . "

      The slave trade at Havannah is in a vory flourishing condition . A slaver has driven ofl' by force tho boats of a Spanish war schooner . sent to intercept her , and landed her cargo in defiance of the naval officers . Santa Anna in said to bo preparing at Havannah , with tho aid of Spain , for a vigorous effort to regain hia power in Mexico .

      Continental Notes. That Narrow Txt\D Unc...

      CONTINENTAL NOTES . That narrow txt \ d unchristian feohntf is to be condomned which regards with jealousy tho progress of foreign- nations , and cares t ' uv no portion of tho iaurnau race bub that to wuion itaelt' bolou ^ a . JL ) Jt . A . UNO 1 . D . latANCK . Tnm insane conduct of tho Kiriperor ' d advisors , in rovonging tho aUumpt of a few inincruant Italiim . i on nil 'Frenchman who aro not tho inoroat idolaters of tho 10 mplro , continues in full force . Scarcely any English ' pnpornvttlrtho-cxooption ~ oftho-plush = lnvostodr ^/ o / 'rew Post , id now admitted into Franco ; all tho independent Fronoh papora aio reduced to utter uilonco on political questions ; aud inoii can noaruoly ovou whltipor their opinions to one another unloos they nro in accordance with tho lofty Inspirations of M . Nillault . An ominous alienee is therefore tho only expression that is loft to thoHO who differ from ' tho clout of December . ' Many oven of the former friends of the Einplro aro now flhoolcod and alarmed at what souina liko tho

      inauguration of a Reign of Terror—a rule of proscription , imprisonment , aud deportation . This feeling has been increased by a most intemperate article by M . Granier de Cassagnac in the Coiistitviionnel , in which he lays it down as an Imperial maxim that " whoever defaines the Empire encourage 3 the assassination of the Emperor , " and makes a fierce attack on the Journal des Debats , on the alleged ground that it " contributes to that vitiation of the moral atmosphere which corrupts ideas and suggests crimes . " Such are the elements by which , and not by free discussion . Governments the most firmly established are placed in a position of isolation , preparatory to the crash which shatters them .

      The new project of repression , which has already received the popular designation of the Loi des Suspects , renders liable to transportation for new offences all . those who were condemned by the special commission after the Coup d'Elat , or by the ordinary tribunals at the same period ; and words which may be construed into hatred or threats against the Government , render those who utter them liable to the same punishment . One of the clauses—which proposed to give to the authorities power to expel from the country , or to remove from the

      large towns , the persons who were arrested temporarily during tbe events of December , 1851—was vigorously and even angrilv opposed by M . de Parrieu , the Vice President of the Council of State , and by M . Chaix d ' Est-Ange , the newly-appointed Procureur . The former gentleman is said to have positively refused to draw up the report to be presented to the Legislative Body . The Emperor caused the obnoxious clause to be struck out . The whole project only passed by a majority of four , and it is expected that it will be still further modified in the Legislative Chamber .

      " Of the military addresses in the Montteur to-day , " writes the Daily News correspondent on the 29 fch ult ., there are only two which follow directly in the wake of the 82 nd of the Line , but several others speak vaguely of the readiness of the army to fight against anarchists either in France or clsetohere . The 6 th Lancers , by the organ of its colonel , M . D'Azemar , comes straight to the point . It says : — ' The 6 th regiment of Lancers would be pleased to see the realization of the idea expressed before your Majesty by the President of the

      Corps Legislatif . ' The bright idea of M . de Morny's here cited with approbation , and interpreted as requiring the aid of the army to carry it out , was , it will be remembered , that Che expulsion of the refugees from England must be obtained ' at any cost . ' The 1 st regiment of Engineers falls in with the same idea in the following terms : — ' Is your faithful army , then , destined to remain for ever with its arras crossed , a peaceable spectator of these frightful plots , which , tolerated to-day , may bo subsidised to-morrow V' The author of this suggestion bears the name of Colonel Vauban . "

      One of the pei * sons wounded in the attempt to assassinate the Emperor , M . Raftin , keeper of an hotel in the Rue de la Michodiere , has just died of the injuries which he received . A numerous meeting of Americans has been held at Paris for the purpose of agreeing to resolutions reprobating the recent attempt on the lives of the Emperor and Empress , and sympathizing with them on their escape . " A yacht club , " says tho Times correspondent , "is about to L > o founded in Paris for all France , under the direction of MM . do Dreuille-Senneterre and de Grammont . TUo Dukes of Albufern , Vicenzn , and Oh & teauvillars , names well known in the sporting world , have signified their intention of becoming members . It is expected that an exalted personage will give his patronage to the now olub . "

      Tho Marquis do la Uocliejacquoloin has been for some days in Naples , and a mission ha * loft that country to express ) the lCiny ' s congratulations to the Emperor on his cseape from assassination . This looks liko reconciliation . No accessaries to tho assassination plot have boon discovered . Tho Tinias is ' ! requested by General Changarnicr to state that , na tho deereo which exiled several French Generals hau not been repealed , it is not at present hid intention to return to France . "

      " It appears , " says the Times Paris correspondent , " from a report recently addressed by tho Minister of Marino to tho Emporor , that , iu consequence of the rapid transformation of tho sailing navy into steamers , Franco ( which during tho war in tho Crimea possessed only nine stoumsliipa of tho lino ) will , in tho course of tho present your , hiivo ado . it twenty-four Htoain-ahipa of the mime eluss , of which nine aro of tho greatest speed and flftoon Hcrew Hlennuirs , and that the transformation of sailing into stomn-yhlps id atlll continued . " KxperimonlH for propagating tho brood of Mori no t » hoopHiitely-made-iii"A-lgeria ~ l « avo- 'been-porfootly-8 uocessful .

      Tho plan propound by M . Thome" do Gamcmd for uniting IGugland and Franco by a aubmarino tunnel had boon submitted to tho examination of nn official commission , namod by the Minister of Public Workd ; and tho Comtniadlunoi'd have recommended that a sum of 500 , 000 franca bo appropriated to examine tho pla n * already jjioparod . A nun bus boon triod at tho Court of Assizes of the

      Ain for forgery and arson . On being admitted to a convent at Belle , she gave a promissory note , purporting to be signed by her guardian , for 2600 francs , payable in three years . She was requested to obtain payment of the money at the earliest possible period ; and , on replying that ' she could not get it before the time specified , she was told that she would not be permitted to pronounce the final vows as a nun until she had done so . Shortly afterwards , severaljmysterious fires burst out at different times in the convent ; the gardener of the establishment was arrested ; but the conflagrations continued , and , the novice being suspected , she was examined b 3 a magistrate . To him she confessed that it

      was she who had caused the fires , aud also that the promissory note she had given was a forgery . Slie said she had always wished to lead a religious life ; that she had been for a short time in several convents ; that she knew a certain sum of money was required , which she had no means of obtaining ; and that , therefore , she had forged the note . The defence at the trial was insanity ; but she was found guilty , and sentenced to five years hard labour . One of the witnesses was a nan who had been in the convent ever since 1814 , without once going outside its walls . On being- conveyed by railway from Belle to Bourg , the assize town , she was astonished at everything she saw , and especially the railway .

      A man has been tried by the Tribunal of Correctional Police of Charleville for having practised what is called ' mendicity by threats . ' He hawked about among the peasantry certain medals and rings , which he said were charmed , so that they would cure various maladies . If any one refused to purchase this rubbish , tlie vendor would exclaim , " I condemn you to repeat twenty-five Paters and twenty-five Aves , and may the Lord have mercy on you ! "' " This oftentimes so frightened the poor ignorant peasantry that they would offer the impostor money to undo the charm . He lias been sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment and , five years' surveillance by the police . " *" An Imperial decree , published on Wednesday , recites :

      — " Desirous of giving to our well-beloved ivucle Prince Jerome Napoleon a mark of our high confidence , we have resolved to invest him , as we now do invest him by these presents , with the right of attending the ordinary and extraordinary meetings of our Council , wishing him to preside thereat during our absence , and this in conformity to our instructions and our orders . " The Emperor has made certain additions to the provisions already determined on in case of h ' U death before his son is of age . These are set . forth a 3 follows in a message from him to the Senate , read on Monday : — " Messieurs les Se ' nateurs , —The ^ Seuatus-Coiisultum of the 17 th of July , 1856 , leaves a doubt which I now think it advisable to put an end to . In fact , it only confers the Regency on tho Empress , or , she failing , on French Princes , provided the Emperor has not by some

      public or secret act willed it otherwise . I believe 1 ain responding to the public wish at the same time that I follow my own feelings of the highest confidence in the Empress by designating her as Regent . Actuated by the same feeling , I designate , she failing , as her successors in the Regency , the Fronoh Princes in order of hereditary succession to the Crown . I have also wished to provide for any doubts which might urise as regards the Council of liegoncy from the alternatives luft open by the 18 th article of tlio Aanatus-Consultum of the 17 th of July . Consequently , L have established n Privy Council , which , with the addition of two French princes nearest in the line of hereditary succession , will become the Council of Regency from the sole fact of tho uccessiou of tho Emperor a minor , if at that moment I should not have established another by public act . This Privy Council , formed of i ; iuu who

      enjoy my confidence , will bo consulted on thu great affairs of tho State , and will prepare itself by the study of the duties and necessities of a . Government for the important task which the future may have in reserve for it . Whcroupon , 1 pray God to have you iu Hid holy keeping . —Napoleon . —Palace of tho TuHerics , Feb . 1 , 1858 . " Tho following aro appointed mombuivj of tho Privy Council : —Cardinal Morlot , Marshal Pelissior , M . Achille Fould , M . Troplony , Count do Moray , M . Unrocho , and Count do Poroiyny . A man suspected of complicity in the attempt to assassinate tho Emperor ( saya the Kinancijitilion- of Brussels ) was arrested on Saturday in thu Jiuo de Dublin , in that city . Several oIIht amidta liavo alao boon of feu tad there within tho last few day a—it id stud , for political reasons .

      Tho Emperor , on Wednesday , reviewed tlm portion of tho Imperial Guiirrl nt present in Pari * , together with tho infantry regiments lately arrived , and tlio 1 st aud lth HuHsarH .

      ITALY . _^ TUo-NalionaLBank . pfrJi' . urii | ulms ^ r . ei . Ui «« U ™ it , uai , | , g _ ojf discount from woven to » lx per cent . The Corrici'O Morountiln of Genoa aiiuouiiuos that throo ninnbord of tho J ' cuniero of Onoglla have boon auiisod by tho police at tho milt of tho French Ainbuaaadoi : at Turin . It is ofllulally dcnlud that any revolutionary movement hau talcon place at Anoona . llowovor , wo all know tho value of ofliolal denials . Tho Turin Journal 11 liayiono , which haa boon offl-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 6, 1858, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06021858/page/7/