English and Foreign.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 583, 5 June 1858, Page 3

English and Foreign.

AMERICA,

By the arrival of the England in Melbourne we have American news up to the 2nd of Feb., four days later than that previously received. As our limited space in the last issue would allow of only a short summary at the most, we preferred to postpone the publication of the news until we could give it in extenso in the present number.

IMPOETANT NEWS FEOil THE PLAINS.

(Correspondence of the ' St. Louis Democrat.')

By the arrival at Jefferson City of Mr. A, Achner, an Indian trader, who left Fort Laramie on the 3rd January, we learn that six or seven hundred of the Chians and Camache Indians had returned from Salt Lake on the 23rd December to their villages on the Black Walnut, about eighty miles south-east of Fort Laramie, accompanied by about twenty of their Mormon leaders. Their intention is said to be to remain in camp until spring, then to harass and cut off trains on the Plains. The Indians believe that the Mormons have over eighty thousand white warriors, well armed and equipped, besides their numerous Indian allies, and describe their fortifications as very strong. They do not entertain the idea that the Mormons will run away.

A wiiite girl, about nine years of age, was in the camp of the Chians, dressed and painted as a squaw. By her own account, she was formerly from Green County, 111., and had been stolen by the Indians from her father's waggon, while crossing the plains.

She had no knowledge whether her parents were living or dead. Mr. Achner was unable to rescue her by force, or to buy her. Her Indian enptor was absent on a hunt, but Mr. A. expresses himself confident that he will be able to bring the child in on his next trip. Mr. Achner has been a trader among the Indians many years, and we believe his statements entitled to full credit.

The present condition of things in Utah is arousing the patriotism of Missouri, and in view of the probability that there will be a requisi-

tion for volunteers' companies are already forming in different parts of the state, and those who are leading these movements, we ate told are in advance, asking to be remembered by the Governor in the event that a call is made.

Among others, the ' South-west Democrat' mentions that Colonel A. G. jßlakely is raising a company in Benton county. There are companies also in their incipiency in Bolk, Davis, De Kalb, Putnam, Jackson, Gentry, and Marion counties—probably others. A large force can be raised in this state on very short notice—a force whose valour and efficiency will never be questioned if brought into service. DESPATCHES FSO3I THE UTAH EXPEDITION. Washington, Jan. 23, 1858. The despatches received at the War Department from Colonel Johnson, dated November 30th, confirm the previous reports of excessive suffering and great loss of draught animals by snow storms, cold, and starvation, v A sufficient number of oxen; though poor, had been saved to supply part rations in six days of the week, and there was on hand enough for one day of the same period for seven months; also flour and small rations. The storm dealt roughly with Colonel Cook's command. He lost half his horses, besides a number of mules. Further advances toward Salt Lake City cannot be made without a new supply of such animals, to procure which Capt. Murray had been dispatched to New Mexico for their use early in spring, when the army, -with a volunteer force 2.000 strong, will resume its march as soon as supplied with horses and mules, and when the -gcass on the mountains is sufficient to sustain them. Two volunteer companies have been mustered into the service for nine months, and it is ex- • pected that in a few days two more will be mustered in. The troops have borne the dangers and privations of the march with patience and cheerfulness. They are in fine health; although some of the regiments are still suffering from frost bites. Another letter from an officer of the army says that " the Mormons are afraid of mounted men. They are a set of cowards, liks all assassins and robbers," and he fears that their leaders and those who have no claim in the valley will run away and require their deluded followers, to destroy their property lest it may benefit the army. (From the Belleville, IST. J., Democrat.) Mr. J. E. Nolen, of this city, furnished us witli a perusal of aletter, extracts from which we make as appears below. The letter was written toa member of his family by a young man who formerly resided in Belleville, and started last summer to cross the plains for California, and may be relied on as true, the ■writer being well known in tjiis city as a young man of veracity :—

;t Utah Territory, Nov. 30 5 1857,

"There were ten of us that started to go t.i California with mule teams. We had twj waggons, six mules and five men to each waggon. After ."we left Leavomvorth City for the wide open plains day after day passed oii pleasantly, and we had no difficulty with the Indians or anybody else till we got to tru Sweetwater Eiver. Three miles from the Devil's Gap we were attacked by theMormor::. They took our two waggons and burnt them t : ashes before our eyes, took us all ten, searched and took from us everything we had, money, &c, and tore the clothes oft' our backs and then tied us to a tree, and kept us tied three, days and nights without a bit to eat. You do nou know how I suffered. The third day t!hey gavo us a pound of bread, and told us that five days from that time we should be put to death ; and the — brutes gave us choice either to be burnt to death or be chopped into pieces by degrees, Here we were, tied up to a tree, trembling with fear. Not that we feared death, but only the way they had chosen for us to die. But the night after we got our bread, it was about 12 o'clock at night, as God would have it, the fellow who stood guard over us went to sleep, and two of our boys got loose from the tree where we were tied, and slipped round to us and untied us all ; and 'oh God our merciful Parent' we thanked and prayed to Him after our relief. After our escape from our enemies, in two days' travel we overtook Colonel Jonston's command on his way to the Great Salt Lake City. We were stark naked when we entered the camp of Colonel Johnston, and'hungry. The first man we were taken to was Colonel Johnston, avid to him we told all our sufferings, and he gave us clothing and plenty to eat. Colonel Johnston sent out two companies of dragoon? after the Mormon? who had us prisoners, and the dragoons killed tweny of the Mormons and took thirty of them prisoners. O, how we locked at the prisoners that were brought into the camp ! They could not look us in the face or, any other way but on the ground. We ten swore here in the name of God to have revenge —and we will have it! We all voluntered into Colonel Johnston's command to have revenge and see the American flag wave over the Mormons. We have been in the service since the 17th of Octobei—we voluntered for ten months. We" have made several marches since we entered the service, and are now in winter quarters at 1 a fort called fort Bridger. Our company (3rd Dragoons) was at the head of the batteries when we fought and drove the Mormons from the old fort. We killed about eighty Mormons and toek ten prisoners. There wore twelve of our men killed and five wounded, We took Fort Bridger. and shall remain there till spring; and in the spring it shall be—Salt Lake City or death ! When you are sitting \n a warm room, by a good fire, think of me, sitting in a cold tent, sometimes almost frozen. " Chakles J. Htjhbeet."

(Correspondence of the ' Norfolk Herald.') Suffolk, Va., Jan. 19, 185 S.

Our quiet -little town was thrown into an unusual degree of excitement last night by a report that an insurrection had taken place among' the negroes, and that they had murdered two or three families of the whites. Our citizens had gone to rest about two hours previous to the time of the report reaching here, aid the degree of alarm it excited on being aroused from their beds may be better imagined than described. The gentlemen instantly armed themselves, and placing the ladies in quarters where they would be sate, commenced to patrol the t6wn. Scouts were sent oat to gain some information of the enemy's whereabouts, and ■after about two hours' absence they returned, bringing the news that it was a false report, although it seems that there was a good foundation for it. It seems that a Mr, Kitrell hired a negro man to some party in one of the southern states to get turpentine. The negro did not wish to go, but nevertheless proceeded to South Quay, in order to take the boat and go to Franklin, a station on the seaboard and Koanoke railroad. But not arriving in time for the boat he got drunk and started home. On-.thte way he met a man by the name of Whitwell Jones, and without the least provocation he buried hi* axe in his brains. He then wallowed in Jones's blood. Going on still further, he met an old widow lady (name ■unknown) and instantly killed her. Soon after he met a youth—a son of Mr. Uriah Rawls— and made at him, but the young raau having a gun loaded with bird shot, discharged both •barrels in his face, but with scarcely any effect. He then clubbed his gun and struck the negro full in his face, which slightly stunned him. It is probable that even then he would have ■succeeded in killing the young man had not some other negroes belonging to Mr. •Bawls—the young man's father—rushed in -and taken the part of their young master. The negro then made for a mill-pond, followed 'by several white men (who had by this time arrived at the spot), and after plunging in the water and swimming some distance he was ■finally killed. This is in substance the cause of the alarm, as near as we can get it. What induced the negro to act thus cannot be accounted for, unless the whiskey he drank, added to his regrets at having to leave home rendered him insane. Another correspondent corroborates the foregoing statement.

Suffolk, Va., Jan. 19, 1858,

This morning about one o'clock information reached this town that an insurrection of the blacks had broken out between South Quay and Holy Neck, in Nansemond county, and that some white families had been massacred. The town instantly rose in arms and sent out a scouring, party on horseback to near the scene of the reported outrages, who returned about four o'clock a.m., and reported that yesterday (Monday), a little after three o'clock in. the afternoon, a deranged negro man belonging to Mr. Benton, of Gates county, N.C., had attacked a white man, named Whifcwell Jones, on the road near South Quay, and murdered him, splitting his skull open. The negro then went to the house of Mrs. -Harrison Howell, a widow woman, whom he murdered likewise. By this time a party had started in pursuit of him. When he reached the house of Rev. Uriah Bawls, a young man named David Rawis was present with a gun, The negro approached him in a fighting attitude, when Rawls fired twice at him. The negro fled to a pond of water, where he was shot by the party in pursuit of him. Much excitement prevailed.

EXTKAOUDIiSAItT YIELD OF CROPS IN UTAH. The. following is an extract of a private letter:— " Great Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 4,1557.

" The crops this year in these valleys are better than have ever bean known. One man raised on 1-J- acres CO bushels of wheat, another on lh acres 96 bushels: another raised 666 bushels c>f potatoes on one acre, &c. Potatoes weigh from one to live pounds Anthony— raised this year about 2-50 bushels of wheat, 200 bushels of potatoes, and cut from 40 to 50 ■ loads of excellent hay. " There has been an abundance of peaches here. We have had apples, grapes, and plums, but not so plentiful as the peaches. The Ohi•:nese sugar-cane is cultivated here with success. Our nearest neighbour,.Mr. Wright, of Philadelphia, made a quantity of mohisses, sent us souip, nnd- t assure you it was delicious.

■ " The we.-tther lias been very pleasant for the ■past few-woeks in the valley, but the mountains are cowred with snow.

ihe army, governor, iuds,- Rs . rtnc l other ! oftioials have not y.et. arrived, and it is thought ': ■that they will not bo able to get here this winter, as the snow is from one to two feet deep between here and their camp. The Constitution is tranvplwl under the feet of our •ruler:?, and their emissaries o-i thn other side of the mmmtains are boasting that they will banGovernor Young and those who speak diare" spttchfully of their officers. Uncle Sam has sent here without doubt on my mind some of the most corrupt scoundrels in his dominions. " This people have coins to the conclusion to defend the rights guaranteed unto them by the Constitution, and that an armed force shall not ■-.quartern the city. Whatever may he said by calumniators, I defy any person to point out any aefc unconstitutional committed by this people from the first day they inhabited these .valleys. * *

"The Indians on the southrrn route to California have been very troublesome to emigrants. Lin ■ September they'killed a party of -100 and 4-ook the spoil. The squaws are now dressed in silks and wearing costly shawls. The whites .are generally the first aggressors. In this case

they poisoned a spring frequented by the Indians, and you know they always avenge their wrongs." Washington, Sunday, Jan. 24. As the time for action on Kansas affairs approaches, the President begins to be seriouslj' doubtful of the result in Congress. The defection of the Pemryslvania delegation is very j threatening; ditto New York, six of whom are far from having decided to vote Lecompton through. The Ohio delegation is a unit against it, and very little reliance, at a pinch, can be placed upon Illinois or Indiana. The President withholds from the Senate the nomination of Governor Wright, of Indiana, the present Minister to Prussia—some say because the Prussian Government objects to him, and others, because his friends at home will not swallow Lecompton. The ' New York Times' of the 25th Jan., in referring to " The Kansas Question at Washington and in Kansas," has the foHowing observations : — The tables on the Kansas question seem to be turned. The Tree State ticket at the late election has put an entirely new aspect upon the LecomjJton Constitution. Hitherto its adoption by Congress has been advocated by the south, and resisted by the north. It has been regarded as the only means of fastening slavery upon Kansas, and throwing her political weight into the pro-slavery scale. The Charleston ' Mercury/ | the New Orleans ' Delta,' and other journals of the same faction, believing that the free state men would not vote, and that the State Government would thus be surrendered to the proslavery party, have insisted upon the immediate" admission of Kansas as a sine qua -non; and the state of Alabama has actually authorised a State Convention to be held, upon the rejection of the Lecompton Constitution, to take steps to withdraw from the Union ?

The only effect of admitting Kansas, it is now evident, will be instantly to sweep away the last vestige of federal and pro-slavery authority in the new state. The moment the state is admitted, the federal troops must be withdrawn—the federal office holders must pack up their goods and take their departure—Judge Ciito retires to private life, General Calhoun will migrate to Missouri, and the political control of the state will pass into the hands of the free state legislature, which has just been chosen by what the 'Tribune' styles the "bolting faction" of the free state* party. The first thing that legislation will do will probably he to elect General Jim Lane and Governor Robinson to be United States' Senators for sis years. The next would be to sweep away every vestige of the laws of the late bogus Territorial Legislature, and to enact a new code in their steadmaking the entire and immediate abolition of

slavery, including the confiscation' of those slaves already in the territory, the leading feature of the new code. And their third act would undoubtedly authorise the immediate assemblage of a new delegate convention to frame a new constitution for the future government of the state. We do not mention these things as what ought to lie done, but what will be done by the new free state legislature, if it should be called into active existence by the immediate admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution.

The accomplishment of these results, therefore, is what the champions of the Lscompton movement in Congress are now actually aiming at. It is reported from Washington that President Buchanan is more determined than ever that the Lecompton Constitution shall be adopted by Congress. It1 this be so, it must be from a desire on his part to strengthen the republican party in the Senate and House, against the adherents of Douglas, Walker and Wise. . '

xhe Kansas: turmoil is substantially over, ahe contest is end«d ? and the victory rests witu the free state men. We see no way in winch the %ht can be renewed, or Kansas politics ue made subservient hereafter to the schemes and interest of contending parties. ir bTIH- —'•£"« intelligence received at-New xork respecting the progress of the Mormon rebellion do-?s not seem to be later than that already received.

In contradiction of the rumonr-that the tiucen, by right of prerogative, might feel in. cimed to raise the Prince Consort to the more sounding, though equally powerless title of king Consort," the ' Spectator' says that— "Of all the rounds that folly takes, the most varied and idle is the 'round of the press.' a! report whies! has been making that grand tour I is too absuifl to be true—thoujjh some men har- ' ttanecl to political experiences will ask, What is I Ue measure of absurdity? It is, that Prince ! £.hert intends, at the weadm- before it, or after 11', to, &* ,lu? aseh dubbed 'Km- Consort.' We whoiiy uisoeheve the story, if only on the ground ;t? acU even a jeaS^f tne German element in our Court; for the Hght er.t ot leathers may be 'the last.' He is tmwi : I?,^*^?^ hUtory i^oK 9 °^ j ~ iX.b.-n as a Kmg Consort; and of all inven tions it 13 the one that would be least popuhr emanating from the Department of Poetical j Science and Art. Eren if it were in the first i "?S c -^ rely.titUla]% jt WOu!d <^£ jnS a™ h? a PHnnP / r CS i n °Ur history we have naa a Prince Kegent, and the want might atrain occur, nay, it might-be the occasS? averted" • men'- * "f 1 M^ ster who sllollld a^k Part 41^' f make. a, 7^ Consort into a <KW 1 Sl' a shadow fro^ AU;3 --9"^t. bay that a virtuous Prince

would not in possession forget the proxy, still it would be a dangerous precedent for encroachment towards reisjning power through the Court. No; such a dream has never haunted that virtuous pillow. It is a vain phantom, first sent into the world by some Archimago in the office of a journal called the' Court Circiilar,' which is, mysteriously enough, an organ of fashion, which 'explains' the royal acts of Naples in a manner the most rose-coloured. But no British King Consort can be cooked in that pocket ./Etna. The idea is natural to the foot of Vesuvius, where the Bourbons sit in occupation; but here it would cause something worse than an Italian earthquake—a statcquakc. The idea might be natural to any lackey of a Queen Christina, who enjoys the spectacle of a King Consort in happy Spain; but we doubt whether Prince Albert, like Whitbread, would thank his Queen ' for offering him such a thing.'" The convocation of the prelates and clergy of the Province of Canterbury sat for a short time on the 12th February at Westminster. The subjects discussed in the Upper House were a petition praying that the diocese of Calcutta might be snbdivded; and a petition from several hundred clergymen against altei'ations in the liturgy. The bishops were unanimous in expressing their concurrence with the petition and in favour of maintaining the Book of Common Prayer untouched. i

I In the Lower House, there was a discussion on the proper measures to be adopted in the case of the retirement of bishops. The House was of opinion that Bishops should retain their sees, and that Coadjutor Bishops should be appointed to assist them. The Lower House was chiefly busied fn framing an address of congratulation to the Queen on the marriage of the Princess Royal; into which a fruitless attempt was made to introduce a paragraph reflecting on the Divorce Act. The passage which Canon Woodsworth and Archdeacon Denison desired to introduce was the following:— " We thankfully believe that this illustrious alliance has brought in a solemn manner before the mind of the nation the sanctity and blessedness of Christian marriage ; and we humbly hope it will have the beneficial effect of strengthening the endeavours of those who earnestly desire and labour that the laws of this realm on holy matrimony may be in harmony with those of the Christian church."

The convocation was prorogued until August nest. There were some sharp discussions on the Divorce Act in the Lower House but nothing was done.

Tne Gazette states that Lord Eversley has been appointed Church Estates Commissioner, in the room of Sir John George Lefevre, resigned. At a meeting of the Church Missionary Society, held in Dublin,, the Archbishop of Dublin attended and spoke on the relation of Christianity to the Indian mutiny. He said that the propagation of the gospel in India, instead of conducing to the revolt, had been one of the greatest checks to it. The people of India did not fear the missionaries, but they feared an attempt on the part of the Government to convert them by force. Government has not prevented the establishment of missions.

"I take this occasion to state distinctly that I earnestly deprecate all allusions to Government. I may add, that as I shall, of course, deprecate the opposition of Government to our. efforts, so I shall, if possible, still more deprecate any assistance of Government, as government, to it, as it will excite the greatest degree of suspicion and alarm, and raise the greatest prejudice against Christianity. I should say, that the maxim of this society as a missionary society, with, reference to Government ought to be the same as the answer given by the French merchant to the Minister who asked how Government could aid and forward the* commerce of France. His answer was,' ' Laissez nous faire/ —let us a10ne....... "I do think that the calamities in India ai-e in some degree to be considered as judgments, not supernatural but natural, upon our culpable neglect in not having overspread the whole peninsula of India, which it was free to us to do, with missionary stations and schools for those of the natives that chose to frequent them. And Ido hope that we shall learn wisdom _by what has passed." Irish nationality has been largely gratified by the restoration to its old place in the * Army List of Marlborough's famous sth Dragoons. Journals of all political hues express satisfaction at what is generally admitted to be a timely concession to popular prejudice, and, instead of opening the old sores respecting the causes which led to the dissolution of the corps in 1799, the best face is being put upon that portion of the regimental records, while sundry correspondents are eagerly asking information with regard to the future equipment of the sth. Is the bearskin headdress to be monopolised by the Scots Grays P Are the silver kettledrums, the gift of one of +.he Georges to the Royal Irish, and now Ij'ing in the Tower of London, to be restored to the rightful owners, &c. ? The following brief memoir, condensed from one of the morning papers, may not just now be without interest:—

'Die Ttoyal Irish Dragoons, now to be restored, was one of the most famous and distinguished regiments in our service. All through the great Marlborough's campaigns the sth was foremost either in charge or pursuit. They were publicly thanked for their extraordinary valour at Ramihe.i, Hochstedt, and other hard-fought fields. During the brief period of the Irish rebellion in 1798, this corps effected most valuable services. At Ross and Wexford they mainly contributed to the discomfiture of the rebels, and at Vinegar niil they charged up to the very summit, and, with the weight of the shock, drove the enemy down the opposite side. When the rebellion had been quelled, desultory bands of marauders still hovered occasionally upon the roads leading to t he metropolis, or sallied down in small detach-

merits, issuing from the mountains of Louth or . Wicklow. To check these aggressions, the sth, then 6000 strong, %vere stationed at Drogheda as head-quarters. A detachment, however, was placed at Lebaunstown Hutts, a fortified position seven or eight miles from Dubliu. The baggage and the sick were consigned to the charge of this detachment, formed of a few men taken from each troop. As the harrassing work of the preceding summer and winter had thinned their numbers recruits -were eagerly sought for. Many fine stalwart fellows offered themselves, and were enlisted there and at Castlecomer. All these men were rebels, purposely sent in from a large body of malcontents secreted in the neighbourhood. The desired object was to surprise Lebaunstown, where the baggage and stores were placed, and put to the s\ybrd the garrison, consisting of about 70 dismounted or sick Dragoons, and the same number =of King's County ■Militia. Only an hour previous to the time appointed the plot was discovered, and the conspi ■ rators were seized and summarily executed. The only man of the troop, excepting the recruits, connected with the plot was James M'Nanar, who, by turning King's evidence, saved his life. At the trials which ensued not a particle of evidence was brought forward against the corps. Lord Rosmore was absent, and consequently exonerated. The officers entreated that an inquiry should be held but that was sternly refused. The regiment was sent to Chatham, and the sentence of its dissolution was then pronounced. It was in those times a hard but, possibly, a necessary sentence. A single man of a detached corps was found on evidence to have conspired ■with rebels who came as recruits, and for this the regiment \vas erased from the roll! There is proof that this was intended as an example and warning to the army, lest, tempted by the impunity of any, even the least portion of the force, others might imitate the bad precedent. No stigma was passed upon officers or men as individuals. They were placed in Chatham for some weeks, and were publicly thanked by General Pox for their exemplary good behaviour and unremitting regularity while under his command, and yet the men were draughted into different corps, and the regiment was expunged from the list.

It will be seen from the subjoined letter to the ' Times' that there is some prospect of the Overland Telegraph to India being prosecuted with less difficulty than had been previously apprehended:—• ••' ;

Sir, —With reference to the subject of telegraphic communication with India, which has been so much before the public, I beg to state for the information of your readers and the public generally, that the Turkish Government having some time past decided upon constructing a line of telegraph between Constantinople and Bussorah at the head of the Persian Gulf, commissioned me to proceed to England for the purpose of purchasing and forwarding to Constantinople the necessary telegraph material required for the line. I have in consequence made arrangements which will enable me to ship on the 10th of February one-third of the stores to -Bussorah, and the remaining two-thirds will be ready for shipment -by the end of March. The line of telegraph will extend from Constantinople, through Sivas, Diarbekir, Mosul, and Bagdad, to Bussorah, a distance of about 1700 miles, and will consist of two wires. The Turkish Government have been induced to adopt this course in the hope that the East India Company, or any other company, with the sanction of her Majesty's Government, %vould undertake the laying down of a submarine cable in the Persian Gulf from Kurrachee to Bussorah, thus establishing complete telegraphic communication between England and India. With respect to the doubt which has been raised as to the protection of the line, I beg to state that the Turkish Government do not apprehend any difficulty on that score, the line having to pass, not through the Desert, but through an inhabited and peaceful country; and that Omar Pasha, who has been appointed Governor of the province of Bagdad, and who takes the greatest interest in the projected line, has been specially instructed to afford the whole weight of his authority and assistance to the officers appinted to carry it out. It being generally understood that the East India Board havt declared their intention of laying down the cable in the Persian Gulf, as soon as. positive measures had been adopted by the Turkish Government for the construction of the land line to Bussorah, I have thought it incumbent upon me,, as agent of the Turkish Government in the matter, to make this statement public, and I trust you will do me the favour to give it a place in your widely circulating columus. I have the honour, &c,

John Stanifortii, Jun. Suffolk-street, Pall Mall, January 30." In the case of the Monte Christo Novels, Judgment was given which has excited unusual interest in the literary world, and in which M. Macquct claimed not only to be declared coauthor and co-proprietor with M. Alexandre Dumas in the production of the works produced in the name of this latter gentlemen, but also to be adjudged a considerable sum of money which he affirmed to be due to him for his literary aid. The judgment of the Court, after recapitulating the circumstances of the case, declares that Macquet cannot be considered as any thing but the paid assistant of Dumas, and that as such he has no claim whatever to the authorship of the works published by the latter, and likewise cannot call on him to pay anything beyond what had been originally agreed on. In consequence it declares Macquet nonsuited and condemns him to pay the costs. Troops are to be raised in the colonies, and the first will be the 100 th Regiment of the line to be raised in Canada, and officered by Canadians. _ This is a new step, an important one, and a just one.

Abridging her Privileges.—A young enthusiast was talking to his intended a few evenings since, urging upon her speedy marriage, and a start to spend the honeymoon in California. " I tell you," said he, his face glowing with enthusiasm, "California is the paradise of this earth. There's no use talking!" "No use talking!" exclaimed the lady, with a look of some surprise. "No use talking," he repeated. "Well, if there's no use talking," said the lady, "what in the name of sense do you want with women there ? I don't go!"