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About The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18?? | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1831)
COSA3I E3IIR KARTLETT-HDITOK. TIUE OEMOCSriT IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN tOLUMBUS (GEORGIA, BY C. E. BARTLETT St It. BLATTER, at Tlrree Dollars per annum if paid in odv.ince er Four Dollars at the end/if tlie year. I; is expected Jhat all application for subscription from a distance, will be accompanied Aiith the money, Advertisements will be Inserted at reasonable rales. Sales of land and negroes, by adminis trators, executors or guardian*, are required by law to be he'd on the fust tuesdav in the montli. between the hours of 10 „ clock in the 'f >renoon $3 in the afternoon, at Iho court house of the County in which the property is situalefl. .Notice oftheso sales must be given in a public Gazette Sixty days previous to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property must be givei in a like manner forty Jays previous to lie day of sale. N /tice to debtors A- creditors of an estate must be published forty days Notice that all application will be made to the erurt of ordinan for leave to sell land must be published four months. UJJiiilUa-' 8 on business must he Post paid to insure attention [!./"'■' e are authorised to announce J()||N VI PATRICK as a candidate for fax Collector of Ma cogee county, at tile ensuing January elec tion Feb. • 0. tde iLr v\ e me nnUiorisod t ». announce G. W. DILL! Altl) ns a candidate for Clerk of the Snp rior Court of Muscogee county ,at the next. Jan ary election. Feb I*2. tde. ~ jiEjvh v n. 'W:it&iro.xT ATTORNEY AT I,AW. 1 2AS located himself in Tallintton, & ••"“■will prac ice Law in the neighboring coun ties vv3rn. Talbot ton, May Cl 131 XAW NOTICE—J. T. Camp aid John -JSchley, have rotated themselves together in the practico of law, in Columbus. One of thorn will attend all the Courts in the Chatahooclie circuit Letters upon business will be addressed to •-'amp «& Schi.ry— J. T. Camp will continue to practice law in tho courts of Alabama in con nection with David Goliglitlv Esq. j T. CAMP JOHN SCHLEY. Feb. 12th, 1831. 13 _ ts JOUN _ TAYLOR^ A TTORNE Y A T l.\ W. Will practice in the several counties of Mus cogee, Randolph, Stewart, lee Marion. Talbot, Harris, Meri-voather, amr Troup, in tiro Cbataliooe.hee Circuit: and in the Counties of Thomas, Decatur, Early, Baker, and Dooly, in the Southern C remit Me tnav he found, when not in attendance on tile civcuitt-at his room at Mr. Dillard’s Tavern pi Columbus Fob 12th No. 13 ts o. Willis 5 CARROLL SHERIFF'S SALE. WM/ ILL be sold on (lie first Tuesday in » f June next in the Town of Carrollton Carroll county, between tho usual hours of gale, the following Property, to-wit. Lot of Land No 113 in the 7th district Car roll county, levied upon as the property of Will iam Morgan, to satisfy a Ji fa. issued from Jas per Superior Court in favor of John liill vs. said William Morgan. Lot of Land No. 53 in the second district Car roll county levied upon as the property <>f Sam uel Wade, to iatisfy two small fi. fas. issued j from a Justice’s Court in Warm, county, in fa- 1 vorof James Story vs. said Wade; levied and j returned to me by a Constable. lIENRY CURTISS, D.Shff : 4J-S0 XT THE SAME TIME & PLACE TV ILL EE SOLO, j Lot of Land No 35 in the sth District, Car-! roll county, levied on as the property of John ! Burke, t,» satisfy a fi. ft. issued from Fayette "Superior Court in favor of Edward Quin vs. said Burke. THOMAS BONER, D. Sheriff. May 7, 1831. ~ TALBOT SUF.KIFi' ’H SALEM. Ti I LL be sold on tlie first Tuesday ” '* in June next in the town of Talbotton, Talbot county between the usual hours of sale, the following property to wit • Three Negroes as follows, Dicey a negro girl Seventeen years old, Isaac a boy fourteen years old,and Gincy a girl ten yea a eld, all levied on ns the property of John Ouslay, to satisfy a fifa from Putnam Superior conn infivorot Hector T. Goodwin against John M. Cl area insse As bury and John Ouslay. One Negro woman named Hannah and her child, levied on as the pmporty of Pleasant J awson to satisfy four small fi fas from a Jusli cos court in '1 altmt county in favoi of Joseph Loyd and sundry other litas in my hand against said Lawson, levy made and relumed to me by a. constable. JAMES P. PORTI3, Sheriff Ann! 23th 1830. MEIUH ETHER SALKS. ii’UL 15E SOLD on tlicfirst Tues- W Y in Jnrc next at the Court House in Greenville. Mcrnwetlicr c*unty, between the usual boors of sale, the following juopcrly, viz; Lot of Land, 2t'2 I-2 acres, more or less,be inor No. one hundred and seventy-two (172) in • lie second (2) district originally Troup now Merrivvcthcr county, levied on ns the property of Thomas Taunt, to satisfy three executions from a Justices court ot Richmond county in favor of Win Glover »* others; levy made and returned by a constable. _ HUGH LOCKETT, Shflf. May 7 183 T. ADMIMSTRATOR’K KALE. ITfIU, BE SOLD to the highest bidder,on \ r I’uhlick Squure in the town of Talhotton, in Talbot county, on the 20th day of April next, (Wednesday) the following property to wit ; 4,800 feet hewed timber. 15.877 feet joist sleeper sand scantling, 2425 feet dressed do. 112 loot mall scantling, <1505 loot of plank,2Bß feet of sheeting, a lot ot shingles to be /000, .! work benches, 14 window frames, 111 partly fin ished, 8 saw benches, 5 poles and a few loads sand, some stone and stone work, constituting the foundation of the court-house and a perch or two of the Jail 4 Iron grates, a small quan tity nf bar iron, and about thirty bushels lime All the property of the deceased, constituting a part of tho materials and preparations for the court house and Jail in said county —Terms at sale. JOHN N. BIRCH, Adm>. ofC C. Iliich deceased March 7, 1831 25 A COI.U.WBI-S, fiEOltftl.i, StTI RIliV, WAV 2*l SM:t|. third volume of THR (RI.MIJM\ AND SOI TIIERX DEMOCRAT. i . " '*rPapectfiilly inform our patrons and j the public that we contemplate .sundry nevv ai j » aiul improvement*, j-i firth coming volume , !' -the D/sW,,;” and while we gratefully acknowleogc our obligations ior pa*t cucomageiiient, we trust that an migm.-n --tod hbcrahtv will enable us to carry those pro jects ,nt», execution. 1-olecd the political a*- pert ..1 l mugs, mal the relative position whtc.i tv« harm voluntarily placed ourselves, would seem to demand a cor responding energy and cnle,prise on our part;.—f., r we cannot con ,r"“ " ur s- Ives Hint a crisis is approaching veiy tapidly —it it has not already arrived— when every advocate for good older, and tl*> im t or" v Os Tins U.M must be bold in avowing, and /.onions in propagating tho trie do.eh.mes of i'*c tconstitution. Tin, enemy is ra* ymg bis lorces. nud augmeiitiiig Ids mo.ii s ol annoyance—.tho most powerful engines Uia; talent, ingenuity, or low cunning can brim/ to hear arc, or he levelled at tlm veil er.ible fabric <W>r institutions— and however feeble our vtForls, they must not be wanting to "resist the foe.” With this view, wo piupo.se enlarging no, sheet, and giving to it the “form and pressure ” ol tho ordinary vehicles of infor mation. The circle of our exchanges too, has her n considerably extended, and assistance lias been secured in the Editorial department. VVe promise our readers a large accession of origin al and an immediate tiansler of such selected matter, as may bear on the great internals of which we profess ourselves the advocates;—in short, we arc desirous of establishing anew irra in the history ot the “Irishman y Democrat ” and respectfully solicit the co-operation o oui friends. A renewal of our political professions may be considered as somewhat gratuitous at this nen od of our career; hut such is the general Louie r< esrmsnt of parties, such Iho open tergivorsa tion, or contemptible tnmmieg, which 'chmac toiizc and disgrace the period m winch vve live, that the honest Journalist owes it to himself, nJ less tlian to his patrons, to recur frequently to first principles, in accoidanco with this con viction, wo now avow our full determination to abide tile issue ol those principles which actua ted us in the outset— lrish ■ tsentheaement, and he Integrity or the Americas Union' Every thing hostile to the first, we stand sol emnly and irrevocably pledged to encounter, whenever contempt or a less excuseable feeline w*]l permit us to do so; whatever militates a* g !l 'nit 'lie last—no matter whence it proceed, or under w hat specious exterior it may be dis gui-ved, he it open suggestion, Nullification, or Hartford, or any other Convention—as Anreri can-eitizens,as men, ns ihe revelers of W ash ington and ilia last precious legacy, we shall fill up our v dees, “trumpet-tongued, against its deep dunnia'mn!’’ Opposed us wo are, and have ever been to the Tariff, internal Improvements, and ihe whole hostel kindred abominations, we shall neve* cease to oppose them with constitu tional weapons; hut that policy which would tear down a magnificent eiiifioo, reared at in calculable cost and labor, and sacrifice, be causo its lutler tenants muy have appropriated it to other uses than were originally designed is indicative ot such w-anton folly, or reckless umbition, uu lol.ai o us 110 eauice tnaweeß im plied acquiescence and unqualified reprobation. W th such measures and tJioir niUhora, wo can hold neither council nor couunmiiun. We view them as destructive to the very last degree, of every tiling estimable or sacred in our political existence; and comparatively insignificant as we may seem, if our friends are net wanting to themselves and us, we may vet oppose a formi dable barrier to the march of ruin To this end, our columns will he open, and we earnestly en treat the contributions ot all friends of the U nion. “It >n;sr bf. preserved,” has already been vafttd from a quarter, whose warning tones are at once the summons to exertion, and the harbingers of conquest, i ,et us not be un mindful of tlie call. As rogards the ensuing Presidential election, symptoms by no means equivocal, have already begun to manifest themselves, to the utlter dis comfiture of every previous prognosis Nor does u require any rctiued sagacity to discover their proximate cause— Jackson lias had the firmness and consistency to frown on the mach inaiions to which we have already adverted eV hence, some of those that rang the loudest notes of praise, are beginning to wail 1 heir feeble cries, or to fulminate their coarsest anathemas To call this only political defection, were a fee ble phrase: in our opinion it involves a much more serious charge of gross moral delinquen cy, for it must puzzle even nullification sophis try itself to point on the vast lii.-crepancies between Jackson the idolized, mid Jirkson the forsaken! In what has he fallen short ol the glorious anticipations, of which these very' men were the vnuc irr and prordairners? What du ty has he neglected? What responsibilities has he evaded? What recent occurrences have cast their darkening shadow- over a life of unparal lelled dovoteduoss, and incalculable public ser vices?—For ourselves as we were among tho first so 5up,...,i ue are nnw col |jjnuod in our confi and lice in the iTi.i, m, |jj 0 V ery measures that have entailed the dispo () f |,j„ opponents; and if auv possible, contingency co,.<a induce u> to swerve from our fidelity, it would most assu . redly be of n vore important character than a personal difference with Mr Calhoun, w ith which the public have, "properly, nothing at all to do. Andrew Jackson wo now proclaim to be our first, our last, our only, and we shall yet live, t we trust, to add, our successful Candidate! Let. his friends come forth boldly: the season is | early, but not too oorly to counteract the subtle } schemes, the Machiavelian artifices of his cne j rnies: and while we offer every facility which • our columns cau a fiord, we pledge ourselves to j jto hand in hand with them in whatever may ; promote the glorious cause! i The proposed alteration in our paper will nc ecs-alily impose additional expenses to defray | which we solicit an increase in our ! list The fir«t i.umber of “ / Ht. IhISIIMJ. • | jXI) SUI THE!:* DEMOCRAT," in its now form, will he issued on Saturday 'ho 21si of j \] ; , v next. at. $3 pc*r ntmum ymyaUlew Meaner, o> #3 r*o, if not paid within six months from the ! lime of subscribing. | i .Lai lest on, April 2*3 rw-vilE books for subscription for l .000 B .Shares of tho Stock of the Fanners Rank ! of f'lluttaliOochee will bo opened at tlic Court j |louse in Columbus, on the titb June next, pre i oiselv at 10 o’clock, A. M & be kept open three ! days, four tii'ius in each dav BAHKLY MARTIN. 5 * MOSES HITT. >■ Com'rs. HEN.!. !». TAHYF.R. > Cnhmb'is. M>> 7.1831. M ATI f E >IA'FIC AI ixsTltl "ME NTS For sale bv L. J. DAVIES & Cos. March 10 ‘23 ts W|Bt I ILL A v EO i s*. LON LION I olk if. * A TALE Os I.OVE A.\U ROfil'ERY. Miss Jthar.na SuVican stated that, pome ago, she emigrated from j iVerry the Gr. St Agiator’s own country, i and‘-walked’ all the way to London. She obtained a place, w hich turned her in the magnificent sum of one shilling per "ce., ; tins she exchanged in a little time lot an advance of sixpence on the w eek’s income, and subsequently advanced still higher ui the world, for she got employed m.t milk walk, at 3,«. 6d. i\o one observ ed her good fortune more than Johanna Mulhvan, lor, instead of sporting new gowns for earnings, Johanna carefully deposited them, sixpence by sixpence, lii tlie vamp of an old sfpeking, which had journeyed with her from the Reeks—ami ben she met Tim Oleeson, about six months ago, she had aecumuiated “by hard screwing,” no less *han£lo. Tim was“ reared in the next dooreVto johun hii Smhvun, &-,oi course, slie w’as~*‘mi<»ti tv” happy at meeting him; Tim tins ‘ltnnJitt ’liappy too. They talked of Kerry and tin- Keiks, —of the fairs and putro. ‘J*s—nl 5 —nl ihe kance after Mass on Sundays, where Tim shone the darling of the girls] mtiil at length they talked themselvs'into hive HI downright earnest. Johanna ac quainted Tun of the little kuulbaurha she had in the stocking, and Tim was most anxious to get married at once : But Miss Johanna Sullivan had foresight, and told Tun *i would be much better to wait a Lit; and lor fear ot accidents she determined °u putting the koulbaurha m the Savings’ Bank, and none seemed a more fitting a gi’iit to employ upon the occasion than Tim Gleeson; —and to Tim accordingly she entrusted the money for that purpose. Tim 1 nought her back*a book, in which the deposit, as he alleged, was duly en tered; am), the “ schoolmaster” not be ing in Kerry in the juvenile days of Jo hamia Sullivan, she was fain to take Tim’s word of honour that all was right. Li a fortnight after she give him a further sum ot £3 Ills, to add to the £10; aud the whole,-Tim assured her, was entered in her own name. A few days ago, Johan na, having half a sovreign, and Tim not being in the wav, hied flic bank to fund it, w hen, to her inexpressible horror, she found that Tim Gleeson, her own cash la ma chrce, had not only vested the money in his own name, instead of hcr’s but, af ter it bad been in a few days, drew it all Qi;t, got drunk with tlie money, and was still getting drunk mti, ,i .. stance which fully accounted for his kee ping out of Johanna’s presence. “Well, Mr. Gleeson,” demanded the magistrate “what have you to say to this scandalous affair ?”—Vhy, you see, your Vorslnp,” replied Tim Gleeson, “Johan ny ;m’ 1 at firsht wur goin’ to marry; hut vve thought tlie money war’nt enough, and so Joliamiy ranted me to go hv my - self aud sind for her nexht year; but I vud’nt lave Johanny upon no accownt, tin’ thin we’ greed to get married at vunsht; an, I drew the money out for that. But 1 got drunk, bad luck to it, an* losjbt the money, an’ my place into the bargain, barriu’two pounds, which 1 giv’ her back, an’ sl»e greed to give me twleye months to pay the remainder.” - Johanny ndmitied Tim’s statement to bo all H ite ; and she was willing “bokays she vud’nt do Tim no harm.” “Would it be possible, ” asked Mr. > Grffitb, “to arrange the matter amicably by getting-married at once !’—Miss Jolian na Sullivan hung her head and hluslitd. “I’ve no objection, if Tim is grecnble to it/ “You hear what site says,” cxcluin#d ! Mr. Griffith to Tim, “ she is willing to j forgive yon if you marry her.”—Tim Glee- \ son scratched the dexter side of his sin- j ciput.—‘Faith,’ responed he, ‘I don’t know ' your Honour, but ’twould he the pleas- : antest vav of settling it.’ An’ I’ll pay the Priest,’ cried Johanny, ‘out of tho two m: u '-'i are too good-natured a girl, ‘ob served , lr. *.■I. ‘and deserve a better return than Mr. Giei,.. vmu ]sut he must certainly make out me .. _ riase money himself’ Tim’s brother pledged himself to raise £2 in the course of the day. ‘And I’ll keep the warrant open till 1 hear von are married,’ added the magis trate. ‘To the Priest they then hurried;’ Jo hanna’s countenance expressive of the pleasure she felt at the unexpected issue of her difference with Tim Gleeson. The Hunter and Rattlesnake. —Oil one of my hunting excursions abroad on a tine uiorniugT-it was ju“t at this time of the vear—l was accompanied by my wife. It was a beautiful morning. The sunshine was warm blit the atmosphere was per fectly clear; and a line breeze from the northwest shook the bright green leaves which now clothed to profusion the wrea thing branches above us. I le.lt my com panion a short time in pursuit of game;— and in climbing a rugged ledge of rocks interspersed with shrubs and dwarfish trees, I was startled by a quick grating rattle. I looked forward. Oil the edge of a loosened rock Jay a large rattlesnake, coiling himself, as if i’or the deadly spring, j He was within a few feet of ine, and I paused for an instant to survey him. I I know not why, but I stood still, and looli- |< and at the deadly serpent w ith a strange , leeliiig o» curiosity. Suddenly he mi •mrk "e i < "' l 11 from his &ii and raising las head, h\< and his bright fiery eye directly n - V " ' M " chilling and imlescVdtaMe scns:it; , in totally different from any thin.* W ever before experienced, followed «h s movement. ot t!,e serpent; hut I stood Nti I, and gazed steatliiy and earnestly, for at hat moment them was a visible change to the reptile. Uls form seemed to grow-, linger and Ins colors brighter. Jlis body I moved with a slow, almost imperceptible I motion towards me, and a low hum of j mis..; came from Inin—or, at least, it M.imded in my ear—a strange sweet mel ody, taint as that which melts from the tburnt of the humming-bird. Then the tints ol his body deepened, changed ami ghnvetl, hke the changes of a beautiful I kall i e.csrope greet,, purple, gold, until I "j ,ol the serpent entirely, and saw ! only wild and curiously woven'circles of strange colors, quivering around, like an atmosphere of rainbows, I seemed in 1e * ,,|ltre ol a great prison—a w ork! of mysterious colors— and the tints varied A < n veiled and lighted up again around mi—and the low music went on without ceasing, until my brain reeled: and fear, <*r Lie first time, enme like a shadow o v r me. The new sensation gained upon •»* rapidly, and I could feel the cold sw eat gudungtrom my l,m»-. ] had no certain- H ot danger in my mind—nodefinite idea ol peril—all w as vague and clouded, like tb< unaccountable terrors of a dream ana, yet my limbs shook, and 1 fancied I emit! feel the blood suffering with cold as it passed along my veins. 1 would have g.ve* worlds to have been able to tear my selt from tlie spot—l even attempted to do so, hilt the 1 Hilly obeyed not tJIC im pulseof the mind—not a muscle stirred; and I.stood still ns if my foot had grown to th< solid rock, with the infernal music ol tie tempter in my ear, and the baleful doloiings of his enchantment before me. Suddenly ;i new Sound came on my ear —it vas a human voice—but it seemed straitjr* and awful. Again—again-—but I stirred not: and then a white form plun ged before me, and grasped my arm. The lorrihle spell was at once broken. The strange colors passed from before my vision. The Rattlesnake was coiling at my feet with glowing eyes and Uplifted Rings.and my wife clinging in terror upon me. The next instant the serpent threw himself upon us. My wife was the vic tim! The fatal fangs pierced deeply into her band i *--*-* *-.c au-miv. ns sne staggered backward from me, told rue the dreadful truth. Then i was a feeling of madness came upon me; and when 1 saw the foul ser pent steqkng away from his work of death reckless of danger, 1 sprang forward and crushed binj under mv feet, grinding him to pieces upon the rock. The ffrom-- «'*j my w in , now recaneft me iu her side, and to the horrible reality of her situation. There w as a dark, livid spot on her hand; arid it deepened into blackness as I led her away. We were tit a considerable distance from any dwelling; and after wandcrinsr for a short time, the pain of her wound became insupportable, and she swooned away in ray arms. Weak and exhausted as 1 was. I had vet strength enough remaining to carry her to the nearest rivulet, and bathe her lnow in the coo! water. She partially recovered, and sat down upon the bank, while I snppor j ted her head upon my bosom. Hour al ter hour passed away, and none came near us—and there—alone, in the great w ilderness, I watched over her, and pray- I ed with her—and she died. f.egends of New-England. Axf.cdote of Sutter. Shutor travelling in the Brighton* stage ; wilii four ladies, one very warm day, the j party wore thrown into the utmost con-1 sternation by the coach suddenly stop-! ping to receive a sixth passenger, who was a perfect Falstaff in appearance. The ladies expressed their sorrow to Shut-; or at this additional incumbrance; but lie w ith a smile, desired them to take comlort ‘"'V he would soon remove the niiiti-inonii- ! tain. av. wltcn the unpleasant, i intruder bad taken KCa t, and the coach : was once more moving, »•*,,, er Wlt ji much ; gravity asked one of (lie ladies i.»* .„ o ti V e ! for visiting Brighton? She replied her phy sician had ordered her to bathe for a de pression of spirits. He turned to her next neighbor, and repeated his inquries: she was nervous : the third billions—all had some complaint of which the se*n w as a cure. When all had told the history of tliejr disorders, the humorist heaving « { tremendious sigh, exclaimed, “All your! complaints together are nothing to mine: —thev are nothing—Oh no ! mine is. dreadful but to think of.” “Good God, sir,” exclaimed the fat passenger w;th as tonishment. “what is your complaint? you lock exceedingly well” “Oh, sir, re plied Shuter,“ looks are deceitful. You must know, three days ago, 1 had the misfortune to be hit by a mad do**, for w hich I am as von observed looking well, vet tho lit takes me in a moment, when I bark like a dog, and endeavor to bite ev ery one near me. ’ “Ford have mercy on u~. ejaculated the fat traveller, in u tone that was meant to lieu whisper: “lint, «r you—you ar. j not in earnest —you,” i “ Bow ' wow!wow ‘ VOL,. 1 --ifo. “ f oaclinian ! coachman !! li, , me out.” ‘ “ A.,vv your honor, what’s the im.ttei?” I• • ' jnaddog ,s the matler—hydropl.o -ta .> the matter-open the door-tin* de vil is the matter !” ®°w" ! wow ! wow !” < )pen the door; never mind the steps.— j There, thank God, J om ollt ,. pSe nt a tty-let those who like it, ride inside— I il mount the bo* ; the Lord be praised ; or my escape!” Accordingly he con turned on the outside of the coach lor the remainder of the journey, much to the satisfaction of the comedian and his com panions, who were merrv at his expense; he former, every nowand then, regaling Imn with a sonorous Bow ! wow ! wow! j />r. Johnson's account of a Xnrspnpcr. ! * " ev or derive more benefit or see more ! lately from the press. Ido really believe that nothing adds so much to the glory ol any country as a newspaper. Liberty is stamped legibly upon its pa ges, and even the fold is marked with freedom. l)o you want to know how your country thrives? 1 point you to the press! I here you shall find a piece, perhaps, mirier tin- head of Legislative l Are von fond of miscellany? Look there! * AVhat book can liirnisli such good accounts of "mintry.—such wonderful, such extra ordinary accounts ot murder, roi-i ~ ~c _ calents, marriages, frolics, anecdotes ol* our Irish, Lngiish and Indian brethren, ami many other such things—such good as well as bad accounts, from tin Rus sians, French, Turks, Dutch Ac. Under all these considerations, who is therein this l >j.<t ot freedom, itmi will not anend to an object so worthy of their regard.” Mr. Jefferson's Opinion. —“ Tim basis jof our government,” says that and stin | guished apostle ot’ liberty, in ji letter to ! Fol. Carrington, dated 1787,’ “t e r:, the j opinion ot the people, the very first object j should be to keep that right; and n re jt i left to me to decide, whether w e should have a government or newspapers .. thonit a government, 1 should not hesttate a moment to prefer the Intter. Buts should menu that every man should receive tho o papers and lie capable of reading tin in. 1 am convinced that those societies (ns the Indians) which live without govern ment, enjoy in die general mass, an mfi. I nit. ly greater degree of happiness, than those who liv e under the European Gov pimon is in the place of law, and restrains morals as powerfully as laws ever did tiny w here.—Among the latter, under tin pre tence of governing, they have divided their nations into two classes, wolves and sheep. Ido not exaggerme, this is a triio C Ah spirit of our people , and hep a lire their attention. If once they become inatten tive to tlie public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall become Wolves.” Front erth nr on (Mess ) tetle. TnrMoiuinN Delusion. —Mr, Judd— I noticed a few Weeks since lit your.paper a brief account of a sect or gang, who in this vicinity fire called Mormonitcs. The public mind is awake in this region ; go w here w e will w e hear little except Mor nionism. I presume there are not less than sor GOO of these deluded ben gs in the towns north and west of this. They have in the town north of thi* what is cal led the “big family.” where no one snvs that aught of tlic things that he possesses is his ow n : they have all things common: There are many who were once respec table and intelligent, who are now follow ing these wretched impostors—these pre tended prophets, Joseph Smith, Jr. author of the new revelation, is now head man in this big family. He pretends that be goes ! to the Lord occasionally for advice, and they think, yea they knout they have all their orders from head quarters, even from ! tin Lord Almighty, through the mouth of his prophet. Jo pretends to east out devils, Ito give the Holy Ghost by laying on of hands, to heal the sick, Ac. He lias 10 years’translating to do; he looks in h { 'small stone be has, and there reads the l will of the Lord and writes it for the good of Ids: fellow men : he can read a person’* heat* By looking in his sass- Some lie in trances a day or two and visit the un known regions in the mean time; some | are taken with a fit of terrible shaking j which they say is the power of the Holy ; Ghost. I attended one of their meetings about two weeks ago : woman was taken shak ing who was not a Moran n o m and she has shook the greater part of the time since ; she is not inclined to join them yet —says she feels no different in her mind from what she did before, Would you bolive me if I should tell you that inetliodist ministers, and some baptist and prcsbvterians have joined them! Such is the fact,yes sir, they have been down thro* the ice in the mill pond and their sms are all washed away and they are clothed with self-righteousness ns with a garment. One half has not been told, hut I must dose. A. PRESBYTERIAN. Chester, Geauga,Co. Ohio, Feh.22,1831. . A Toi'chino AriT.At.. —lt is related of i Mr. Moore (brother of the General) who
