THE ONLY WAY TO BE SAVED.-We have on hand a number of copies of The Only Way to be Saved, by Elder Lorenzo Snow. Those who wish to obtain this tract for distribution, should send in their orders immediately. CORRESPONDENCE. AMERICA. Great Salt Lake City, President F. D. Richards. The training over Jordan was a great success this year. The weather was very fine, though the day on which they moved into encampment was very threatening, and during the night the wind was exceedingly boisterous. The counsel which has been given to the young people to marry, has resulted in an increased number of marriages among the class to which the counsel was given. A good many of the missionaries who were called for "Dixie," have taken to themselves partners in anticipation of their removal south. The people are beginning to respond to the call which has been made upon them to contribute means to bring out the poor from England. Money is very scarce, but this matter is being urged upon their attention, and they will doubtless make a strong effort in this direction this winter. Sister Vilate Kimball passed from this life on the afternoon of the 22nd ult. She was universally beloved. Your family and friends, so far as known, are in usual health. With love, in which Presidents Kimball and Wells, and brother Geo. Q. join, and praying the Lord to bless you, I am your brother, BRIGHAM YOUNG. ENGLAND. Nottingham, Nov, 9, 1867. President F. D. Richards. Dear Brother,-Having been released from the Presidency of the Holland Mission, I deem it my duty to forward you a brief synopsis of my labors in that land, after the departure of Elder Joseph Weiler on the 1st of May last. I was left with two native Elders, brothers H. Van Steeter and P. J. Lammers, who were indefatigable in their labors to help plant the Gospel in the midst of their countrymen. We were without home or friends, with the exception of a very few; but like the disciples whom the Savior sent out without purse or scrip, when they returned, he asked them if they had lacked anything; they answered, nothing. So it has been with us in that unbelieving nation. God has been our constant companion, and his servants have had no lack, neither have we been left comfortless, for his holy Spirit has been with us by night and by day, and administered to our every necessity, which caused our hearts to rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. I visited ten provinces-viz., Noord CORRESPONDENCE. Brabant, Zeeland, Noord Holland, Zuid Holland, Utrecht, Gelderland, Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, and Overijssel, baptized two persons in Friesland, and five in Overijssel, the only fruits of our united labors yet visible, but we trust the good seed sown may in the future take root, and bring forth thirty, sixty, and an hundred fold. Some of those provinces, and many of the cities and towns, had never been honored with the presence of a servant of God before; but I find the same opposition is to be met with in every division of the kingdom. Their ears are closed against the truth, and their hearts are hardened against the work of God, manifesting no desire to investigate our doctrines, and some of those who have embraced them, have not the sterling worth and fortitude of a true Christian, to stand up in defence of the cause of truth, and meet the opposition of a cold and heartless world. In all these provinces we met with a cold reception, especially when we were known as Latter-day Saints, vulgarly called "Mormons." We distributed the Voice of Warning (printed in their own language) and tracts in their midst, visiting them from house to house, making no distinction between the high or the low, the rich or the poor, the priest or the people. I feel that my garments are clear of the blood of that nation, I have not failed to warn them to repent of their sins and abominations, and turn unto the Lord their God, that they might have life, and escape the judgment about to be poured out upon the ungodly nations of the earth; bearing my testimony to the great latter-day work which God has commenced by his servant Joseph Smith, and is prosecuting by the Prophet Brigham Young and the Apostles of the last days. Many confessed the truth of our doctrines, and even the priests acknowledged they were true; but like the Pharisees, Scribes, and High Priests of old, their unanimous cry was, Away with it; crucify him, crucify him. Many declared they would banish me from the country if they had it in their power; but I had the satisfaction of telling them, I thanked 797 God they had not the power, and of letting them hear what the Lord is doing in this our day. One universal wail is heard throughout the kingdom, of heavy taxes, low wages, and high rents, which reduces the laboring classes to abject slavery and servitude, besides being serfs to a hireling priesthood, and not daring to think or act for themselves. The Calvinistic doctrines are predominantfore- ordination and reprobation being in the foreground, and infant baptism following; hence there is but little chance for their salvation, till that coat of tradition is removed by the judgments of God for their unbelief and abomination. I feel happy in resigning the responsibilities of that Mission into the hands of my worthy brother and successor, Elder Marcus Holling, who shall ever have my faith and prayers for his success in advancing the cause of truth in that dark and benighted land. I also pray for the local Priesthood who labor with him, and the few honest Saints who have embraced the Gospel and obeyed the laws of heaven. May the time soon come, when they may be delivered from the midst of the wickedness and corruptions with which they are surrounded, and gather home to Zion, in the tops of the mountains of Ephraim, to enjoy the society of God's chosen people. I received my appointment to preside over the Nottingham Conference, and after visiting a few days with my tried friend and old neighbor, Elder Joseph Lawson, and attending some most excellent meetings among his flock through Monmouthshire and Herefordshire, I made my way to Nottingham, and reported myself to Elder James McGaw, our District President, who was awaiting my arrival. I here met another of my Ogden neighbors, Elder Lewis W. Shirtleff. It filled my heart with joy unspeakable to meet with true and tried friends in a land of strangers, and thousands of miles from our own loved mountain home, after a separation of two years and a half. I here made the acquaintance of Elder Joseph S. Richards, whom I had never seen before, although he has been raised in the Church. It affords me pleasure to see the children of the kingdom going forth in the spirit of their fathers, bearing the message of life and salvation to the nations of the earth. Last Sunday I attended a Conference in Leicester, in company with brother McGaw, where I had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with Elders J. A. Kimball, President of the Leicester Conference, and brother Peck, Travelling Elder. We had an excellent time together, the Spirit of God being with us, and a full house to listen to the words of life. I have attended several good meetings during the week, and next Sunday I expect to assume the duties of my office among the good Saints of this Conference. The Saints here appear warm-hearted, but like those in many other districts, they have to wrestle with that tyrannical monster, poverty, which reigns so universal throughout Europe. I desire ever to be found at my post, and do all in my power to forward the great cause of truth, hunt up the honest poor, administer the Gospel unto them, and prove my obedience at all times to the counsels of God's servants. May the Lord bless you with much of his holy Spirit, and make you sufficient for your every duty, is my constant prayer. With much love to yourself, and the brethren in the office, in which brother McGaw joins, I subscribe myself your true friend and fellow-laborer in the Gospel of Christ, FRANCIS A. BROWN. SUMMARY OF NEWS. The city of St. Domingo was nearly destroyed by a hurricane on the 30th of October. Two hundred lives were lost, and nearly all the shipping in port was wrecked. On the night of Friday, the 1st ult., a cyclone raged in Bengal. Great damage has been done at Port Canning. A storm-wave nearly six feet high carried away a portion of the river bank jetties; the railway is much injured, and the station destroyed. At Calcutta the cyclone lasted nearly eight hours. It is estimated that it has done more damage to the city than the great cyclone of October, 1864. In the city suburbs more than 1000 lives have been ascertained to have been lost, and 30,000 native huts destroyed. Tugs and other vessels have been wrecked at Sangor. Several vessels are missing, and numerous ships are returning disabled; more than 600 native boats have been destroyed. The steam transport Euphrates has put in at Calcutta to refit, greatly injured. PROGRESS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.-The Secretary of the Interior has just received the report of the United States Commissioners on the fourteenth section of thirty-five miles of the Union Pacific Railroad, extending from the four hundred and fifty-fifth to the four hundred and ninetieth milepost west from Omaha. The report states that the embankments have a width of twelve feet on top, and a slope of one and a half to one. The excavations are twenty feet wide at the base, and have a slope of one to one. There are forty-seven bridges, from ten to three hundred and twenty feet in length. The telegraph line is in connection with the lines east of the Missouri river. The rolling stock of the road is now as follows:-Eighty-one locomotives, ten first class passenger cars, four second class, four baggage and express cars, two hundred and sixty-three box freight cars, twelve stock cars, three hundred and eighty-five platform cars, and ninety-one hand cars. The committee report that, finding the section ready for immediate service, and equipped as a firstclass railroad, they recommend the acceptance of the same. INSANE PAUPERS.-The annual statistics of pauper insanity have been issued. The number of paupers in England and Wales on the 1st of January, 1867 (exclusive of nine Gilberts' incorporations making no return), was, ac cording to the Times, 963,200, and 41,276 of them were insane paupersnamely, 30,905 lunatics, and 10,371 idots. Of the 41,276 insane paupers, 18,157 were males, and 23,119 females. MINING ACCIDENTS.-The Inspectors' Reports, just issued, show, on the authority of the Times, that 1,484 men lost their lives by violence in and about the 3,192 collieries of Great Britain last year. In 1865 the number of lives lost was 984, showing an increase of 500 deaths in 1866. For every 67,877 tons of coal raised, a life was sacrificed. The number of men employed in the collieries of Great Britain was 320,663. Out of the 1,484 deaths in 1866, 651 occurred from explosions of firedamp. The deaths from this cause alone in Great Britain in the 10 years 1856 to 1865, were 2,019. The total number of deaths from all violent causes in the 10 years, was 9,916, about 20 per cent. of which was caused by firedamp explosions. The number of deaths from falls in mines in 1866, was 361; from accidents in shafts, 162; from accidents underground, 203; and from accidents above ground, 107. Of the deaths from firedamp, 361 occurred in the Oaks Colliery, 91 at Talk-o'-th'-Hill Colliery, and 38 in the Victoria Colliery, in Dukinfield. LOSSES AT SEA.-The statistical committee of Lloyds have issued a table, showing, says the Morning Post, the half-yearly returns of the wrecks and casualties this year up till June 30th. The number of casualties to ships were 5,525; to steamers, 500-total, 6,025. Number of ships missing, 64; steamers, 7-total, 71. Total number of ships abandoned, 228; steamers, 5-total, 233; of these 190 were totally lost. The number of collisions to ships, 808; steamers, 147-total, 955; of these 85 sunk. Sinking of vessels from causes other than collision, 281. Number of ships stranded, 1,483; steamers stranded, 126-total, 1,609. Cases of piracy, 3; number of vessels burnt or on fire, 65 ships and 5 steamers-total, 70. Cases of mutiny, sickness, casualties to crew, or refusing duty, 201. Ships waterlogged, 11. Number of ships totally lost, 1,072; steamers, 37—total, 1,109. Crews saved of ships, 503; of steamers, 17-total, 520 crews. Number of crews drowned, 29; number of lives lost, as far as reported, 687. Curran was once engaged in a legal argument. Behind him stood his colleague, a gentleman whose person was remarkably tall and slender, and who had originally intended to take orders. The judge observed that the case under discussion involved a question of ecclesiastical law. Then," said Curran, "I can refer your lordship to a high authority behind me, who was once intended for the Church, though, in my opinion, he was fitter for the steeple.”—Bench and Bar. POETRY. REFLECTIONS On the Death of Elders Anson V. Call and Brigham W. Kimball, who died on the Plains, on their return from a Mission to England. By which also He, (Jesus,) went and preached to the spirits in prison.—[PETER. Why then are they baptized for the dead?-[PAUL Two valiant soldiers of the cross, have gone, With full commissions-with their armor on, How little thought they, when they went abroad To bear the Gospel of the Son of God, The greater portion of their mission, lay Without its evils-being freed from all The mortal ills, transfer'd through Adam's fallFree from all sickness, and the coils that bind The pow'r of thought, and check the march of mind That order, there, with more perfection reigns, O'er all the earth-extending far and wide, We read of Pharaoh, one of Egypt's boast, Are people there as nations, much the same As they existed here from whence they came? The German, German in each true respectThe French still French, with their own dialect? And should we, were the parting vail unfurl'd, Behold all nations in the spirit-world? The Saints of God who pass from life below In Zion's Temples, holy men will stand, Stupendous work! How wide our duties Not only to the living, but the dead! G. S. L. City. We here, the Ordinances must receive Of God, in saving this low world of His. And such are those young brethren: to the last, In faithfulness, they held their Priesthood fast: And now they're wanted elsewhere. They have gone To finish up the mission they were on. Perchance they're preaching now, to England's dead; Fulfilling thus, the pattern Jesus gave, They doff'd mortality that they might go here To many, many hearts, they're very dearBright hope expectant smiled on many a brow; Where chasten'd sorrow twines the willow now. Weibless their mem'ries: Angels guard their dust, Untill the resurrection of the just; When, re-united, with immortal bloom, They'll join the shout of triumph o'er the tomb. E. R. SNOW. EDITED, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY FRANKLIN D. RICHARDS, 42, ISLINGTON. 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