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Show DEATH OF L0UIB A. BEHTRAND. I vVe dei p'.y regret to chronicle the decea.-e, at the ii:-.(.:i. asylum in this city, of Louis A. Bertrand, a native uf Frit nee, who ha- l.i en a resident of Utah since Ifc-j'J. Mr. Bertrand was a journalist and a seiiolar: he had travu'ed rxtciiMVely in his younger days when cuniv-clid with tho Paris pn..--', and we Lc'.i::v Lad been editor-in-chief of a juuriml in that city lor SfcVi.Talytj.ru. lie was, however, a radical ivpubii -an, and we hav underslMl ln.it his editorial occupa-tiuu occupa-tiuu cl-i.vd in Franco at the '"-p ,1'ci.U f Napoleun III. The A'.im t-ay.- that he became a Mormon about U-.10 nr LSjI, in which faith he remained re-mained firm Ui the last. Since bis residence in L'taii he has translated into titu Frem li language one or more church documents, including the Book of Mormon. Ho was the author of a French work entitled en-titled " Lcs '-iorcnona," giving an account ot llie religion and social 1 customs of the peoplo of Utah. He lias held some correspondence Willi llie principal repuunctu ie.iue:o : in France, has corresponded with the French press for many years, and turni'lied many aiticles to the journals jour-nals of this city on French polities and general subjects. The readers ot the HhKALD aie familiar with his signature, but his articles were some-limes some-limes adopted as editorials. One of these published recently was a lucid description of French parliamentary politics, giving the origin of tho titles by which the various parties of the national assembly are known. Tho last writing that we ever received from our friend w:is handed us a few days b.fore the attack which resulted in his death. It is probably the last paper ho wroto lor publication, i.Uinrr ..j limidll it. tn IIS. "I don't expect you will publish it; but I give it to you ivs my views." As it may possess a sad interest to his friend, we publish it below. TWO ALTERNATIVES. An important financial and commercial com-mercial correspondence from Now York is weekly published by Lt MviuUur tic tioies, of Lyons, the leading silk paper of France. In the last letter, dated 9th January, we find tho following striking passage: Oa tho -1th of July, 1876, the Americans Ameri-cans will colcbruo tno centenary o f their indopo.tde ce and national unity. Almu-t uvo y n-tii n in lh world prepare pre-pare iein-eLve to solemnize thi- event, from the dvo " t iood Hope to Newadi, irom Graham to New Zealand; all na-ti-His have been invited. ill thi- iiih?s of foreign humanity attend, at-tend, on the 4th of my, lc7t, to tho resurrection or lo the death of a people; will they see in tiie srreat republic of the modern" tiuiei a shunng i-tar at its zsnith ' er a mete ir becoming extinct '! J u HWWanf nlior. jatives clearly presented by an intelligent intelli-gent observer. Which one will come lo pa?s ? We do not profess to be a political prophet. But according to the igns of the limes, we firmly believe that the glorious ship of the United States is threatened by a very dangerous storm. - So many breakers are ahead, so stupidly blind is its captain, so be;istly drunk are the leading ofiicers of the crew, that, by want of a wise phot, this young ship is going very hist to wreck. Will this wreck prove a total one? Oh, lo ! The surviving passengers will bo enabled to build up with superior materials a far nobler and more beautiful ship, the ship of Zion, which shall soon become the pride and the glory ol the nations, and shall endure for ever. As Orthodox Mormon. A portion of Mr. Bertrand's immediate im-mediate family still reside in Paris. His age is stated at 67. As a man he was esteemed by all who knew him, and especially by those who appreciated ap-preciated his scholarship and literary abilities. He stood up like a man for his opinions and faith, and no one thought any the less of him for this quality. |