The Greensborough patriot [March 17, 1840]

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VOLUME II. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, TUGSDVV, MARCH 17, 1840. NUMBER 5.
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CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
T!i« subjoined ii.irr.iiiv., while .1 sink-ingly
exhibit! tin: fallible and unccri.ni
nature Of CttCUinttanlial eml< nee, al-fordsulso
• convincing proof of lh» in-dispensable
n. c.-ssil) i>f procuring medi-cal
testimony of tbu highest order in a!,
criminal casts relating to injuries of ili<
person. Tim narrator, Mr. P- tfect, a
aurg.'on at ilaiuioersinitn, sent lh« state-meiit
to the editor of the Lancet, (Mr.
Wakloy) in J iiiuavy of the last y --.
•• It is now thirty year* ago that, acci.
dm.lolly pawing lift Hack-Horse, Turn
bain-grcoo, my attention was attrae.cd
by a mob of porao is of the lowest ordi r,
assembled round the door of that inn,
who wore very loud in itauir i xoeraliona
against some person who waa suspect. 'I
of havu g en-irtl-.rtcl Iris brother; in cor-roboraiiou
of whiua I was lold that, hi*
bones cere Iqund o< " the I'" '"'•■" *
where he fonuorly rcaideJ, upon view ot
which a jury was then tilting, after an
adjournment from the day preceding, i
found ih it t.vo aiirgaons bad been aub.
pm-i.e-ii to inspect the re inning, ami ||s
had no doubl but thai every infoiioation ,„
ce in. oti tin: obloquy, m1d41.rl1.1ps
• hi* Ian ol 1 nmrdi r« r.
Not so luitm.at. in its issue was ill'
ri«. which w. subjoin to this, nnil win' h
• '•err'dm England previously lo tin
r ifii cl Charlea II. The narrative is
giiO in one of the early volumes ol tin
(■> nth-man'* M ay lino.
"A gentb man ilii (I possess.d ,of a
i*erv aon-nlrrablc forlorn , which he raft
10 his unit ebild,a dangblufi appointing
his brother to be the only guardian, mill
x> color nf hia will. The young lac")
a*aa thin about i iglilccn; aid if ah.
happen* «l to ilia uumarrieil, or if mam
■ il. Without children, In r fortuui' was '• f'
to hergfiardian and lohis heirs. As the
interest of the uncle was now inoompat
ihle with the life of the niece, several
other ri lanoi.a hinted lh.it it would not
lie proper lur tin in to live together.—
Uh. tiler they wi re willing 10 prevent
my oeceaion of elandi r agairisl the un-cle,
in * nee of ilie young lady s d' ath;
uin-ilii r they bad any appr« hi nsnm ol
her b* g in danger, or whether ihej
w« re in! discontented with the fathers
disposition of Ins forluiie, and I In refon
prnp.'igaii il rumors lo the prejudice ol
'linse w lip possessed il,'Mnriol he Known;
•lie Uncle, i.oar. Vi r, took his nil ee to In •
houae, near Epping Fort -i, end soon al-lerwords
she .'.s.pn. and.
"<treat inquiry was inado after litr,
ami ■{ appearing ihit on the day she win
missing she iv ui out with hi i uncle in-to
the foreal, and thai In? returned with
mil her, li" was taken into custody, A
few data afterwards ho weni through a
he_'j i vaunniituiii, in which lie ackliowl
edged that he Went out With In r. am.
i r 'tended Hi t she found means to loiter
behind him ns iln v were returning lioini ;
ihai he sought h. r in fht finest as socn
a« liermissi'! her: and il. i he km w not
i.-re she was, or what \v..s b.'come ol
This account was Ihou^hl impru.
as to ihsir character hod bei n obtained ; j c,,i,i,., Uiid Ins .apparent iitii r. ■
Curiosity alone, Ihcrcfore, induced roe to
Stake my., wsy into the room, where I
found thai the coroner, and I bi here a
double jury, were suing for the second
day, •lid were ongag'd in a.i iiivisiua-lion
wh.cli tended to show, tint a firmei
■td markct-gardni ral Sutton-eoiirl f.ir.n
had, ii few years before, a brother hung
with him, who WHS c.igag d in the farm,
but whose conduct was dissi lull.' and ir-togulatlo
a degree thai often provoked
the anger of his eldi r brother, and some-times
begat slrife and violence bi in en
them : thai the tcrppi r of the eldei bru
(her Was.as little under control as lhi
oooduct of Hie younger; and, in fine,
tbat tin y lived vory unoomforiably to
gotber.
"One winter's night, when tin grout"1
was covered with snow, the you mi 0|iro
Ibof absconded fro n "!i lions.- (for ihej
both lived together) by {riling hiinscll
down (ro.n bis chamber window I end
when he was missed the ensuing mor.i
ing,his foD'sn ps wrn clearly tracked in
she snow to a considerable ilts'ance, noi
were tlierc any foolalepa but kit own,—
Time passed on, and, after n laps.- ol
some few Vi »r», no lldiugs vu te h> ard ol
bis retreat, nor perhaps li i.ve there ev r
bcou since. Some alterations in tin
grounds surrounding the house having
Boon undertaken by a subsi quant len
•sj|r (for-the elder brother had then Ji f'
the farm,) a skeleton was dug up, ami
the r.ircj.ii-Sluci appeared si cn'ielirsiv
Ibat one brother h "I mur Irred the nth' r,
that the popular clamor was raised lo III
Gtiaojl, and a jury enipanucllcd to inves-tlgate
the case.
" After listening attentively lo (has
details, I Ventured to request of the cor
oner to he allowed to examine the hones.
which I found win- contained in i jyini
mr basket at the fur'her end of the room,
and I felt much flittered bv his immedj-ole
compliance, for he desired lbs parish
beadle, who was m attend nice, lo plue
I hem upon the table j ami having my-self
disposed Ibom in Ibeil natural order.
1 louud that they r. presented a person of
abort stature, and, from the nhliti ratio .
of the sutures of the skull, and the worn-down
stale of the teeth, must h ivc be-longed
to an aged person. Hut what was
Uiy surprise whe i I ri-construeI'd tin
bones ol the skeleton, and found III'
thol his ward, ami p* rltaps the p- u.
I n.i 7 al ol oiler rotations, concurred lo
raise and strengthen snspioriMis against
him, and In- was dutaini d to eaislody —
Nine' new cirenm-t.n.f-i • wervs V'-iy »l il
ruii g agsiu I him. It was found thai
the vi'img .uiv hul In en addressed by n
neighboring genlleinan, w ho h.nl, a few
!.i\s In fore she was ini.siiig, MI oul OI
I jo rrney In Iho mirth, and that »hw hid
.h el.in il sin- i\i.old in>in him when h.
r turned ; tliii In r uncle hail fr< quiwtb
• vpr sjied lilsdisipprubnlimi ol ibeuiateli
u \- rv str-'-.g terms : liii.t she had nfti
i it ami r< p>i'.ieln il h:m with unbuilt.
n s and an abuse of Ins power. A wo.
it in waa also liroiluced, wi.o swore II at
oi the day tie- young lady was intssing,
ibotlt elevn o cloi.k 'II i.e lor. loou,sn
wascoiiiiufl ibroiigh fhi tViri-st,andb ard
i V.UIII Hi's vine*1 expostulating with gii ai
e igeriiess; upon which sho drew nearei
the pi ice, and, I" foie she saw any pi i-snn,
heard lie: siune voice say,' II-in i
'■\\'-\ me, uncle j don I kill mi*| npoi
ivlin h she waa greatly t< rnfii <l, and tin.
mediately it- irir.tr the ri-|Hirl nf afire-
Bern v--n in ar, sle- m.ule ail the haste sin
emi'd fro n the spul, but could nut res)
in In i inii'd till the hid lold what had
• ippeiied.
"Such w:s ihe general impatience tv
nniisti a man who had m ird -red ht-u:<
ce to iuhi rii her, fortune, thai unou
ihisevidence he was condemned and ■ x
. eul' d.
•• About ii II dais afli r llm execution
|'i" young lady Came horn.. • llappenred
however, tint wll it all lliu tvilm aseij bad
-worn waa true, and the fact was round
lo be thus oireumslui red :
'•The young lad) declared, Ihn! hav-ing
previously agreed 10 go off With iln
gentleman ihat courted her, i. bad giv-en
out thai In- waa goingajntinu v lothe
mirth, but tint In- wailed concealed at a
f 1 illi hnvso- near Ihe skirls ul Hie Ion st,
till tie- time appointed! which was tin
day she disappeared* That be had hor-ses
riadv for liuns'-lf and 11- r, and was
atieiuii d by two servants ulso on horse-back.
That, as slu was walking with
hor uncle, ho leproiched h,r wiih p-r
listing in In r resolution lo marry a man
ol'whom In disapproved | and iifler much
alterca ion, she said, with some beat, -I
have art mv le art upon it ; if I do mil
to crimes that are enoriii"na in the high-le-
t decree, and commilled with every
[possible ag.'i aval ion-" Jf
Vpprr-hplic Afftcti-nn.—Diseaaia, "(
an uppi r-lip-tc eh., racier, have bicoun
so prevailut in New Yolk, that we ale
in ch surprisi d the attention of ptofes*
sum il men Ins not been i. particular-ly
direciidinllie subject. We ourselves
Jiave seen some Violent and frightful ca-ses
of this disease, and we are sorry to
sea some ol our friends at this lime pre-senting
incipient symptoms of an attack.
The individuslaonosl commonly the sub-j.
claof it arc nnii milliner's 'prentice
boys, tailors IDCOg., Ion ign vagabonds,
.mil young me* living on then means.
The 'irst -yniptoms are an CaWtflM kMaw-
»ie*» in the hi-nJ, accompanied with.-in-
-i.norss of imprint*/. The patients fit*
ipuntly bieiiim- exeitid lo an alarum g
degree OH llle subject-Of theirperson.il
ippearnicc. In this state of feeling
tin ir notions of beauty take the most ex
travaganl turn imaginable,and li ad ihi m
IUIO all kinds of display. The most re-in
.ik.ible, nowi vi r, of all Ihe di v lopi ■
■• ei.i- of tins .lib etion, is iho breaking
mil e/' ii quantity of A ir on Ike upper
lip. It is on ilns account that this dis.
ase hisVceivid iho acienlifie appella-
.on nf iipper-liptie. The isiiniiale ol
ne tltscsse is not well undi rstoml. A
"st moitcm examination was some tun
■go had upon a person who dud u-i'li.
nit r/lhis di-' ••, hul owing t" pi culiur
eireuillstal.ces, very little latUfaCllOII
was dlBCotl red. As usual in such ea
ses. the brain was Waulinr, and ihe hi.irl
■iiisenti d a small shriveled IppearsiiCe.
Oa dissecting Iho lip it waa discovered
lint the individual, for some mysterious
.uipi's--, had chosen lo ossiinfeaii upper
l.p.tlc symptom by slicking a bunch ol
hair upon Ins Ifp with some glutinous
.-"b'iance. A lilll.- i-emmmi s- n-,- i»-
easiouallv used, with tie: prol ssional as
-ista. c nf ihe li-irh. r,.w ill ■ II'n n spee.
ly '•'"'' in ninsi instances.—.V. I" Sim
afiia H'-rn'ut'? .V. :rs.
lower bones of the trunk lo be those of; marry Into, it will he my d alii; auddim'l
nfeiiiale! I nnim diatrly cominiinieolrd
the lict tothe jury, and tcquesled iii.it
ibeir medical men who bid before gin--1
their opinions might be s< nt for, one of
Whom atti-iul'-d, ami wiilnmllaVnuime.ir.-
bepitution ei.irnhora'i d my report.
" 1 need lint add thai till proceedings
Were iuslanllv at an end, and our in.ni
cent man received Ihe amende Aooorvro/f,
in the shape of an apology, from ail pn ■
ser.t, in winch the corner heariili juimd.
li hn< sn ce been proved, In yo d II I
doubl, thiithn spot win re the bones
were found, wes formerly the site nf a
large grav •! pil, in which hor I s of gip
*ict not only assembled, bill occasional
I,' buried their dead, and, pi rhaps, toon
t';. 1. Ions are yet to be fom-d in that vi
cinity*
Al the distance of thirty years, Iln
narrator of ihis ocourrenee in iv w* II limit
back upon it vv.th pleariure, rind congrat-ulate
hnnsolt upon Ins having bi en •• Ihe
|;.inpv instruim nt, in ibe bauds el Piovi.
sT'Tnt."'; t.1 i'.•.:•.'.: i-■■; a worthy and tnno- mrjuiry and delcrininatioti, with respect
kill llle, llliele, llon'l kiil lllf ;' that JUSl
as she had pronounced then words, she
heard a fire-aim diiehargi il very mar In r,
ui which bi> started, and immediately
aftcrw irds saw a man come forward from
among 'he trees, wiih a wood pigi on in
Ins band, lint he had just allot. That
.-'lining near the place appoiuti d for Iheir
li ndi /.inns, sin- formed a nn tend lu I, t
In r uncle '^ on before lu r. and hersuit.
or being in watting for In r with a horse
slio mou-ited, and immediately rode off.
That -nsti :u! of going into th north, Ihei
i- tir< d to n house in which he . ad laki n
ndgiligs, near W imlsor. where tin y were
married the same day, oV in about a week
u I a j mriiev nf pleasuin in France,
from whence, when Ihey relurneil, ihey
first heard of iln' misfortune which iln v
had inadvertantly brought upon their uu-
" Pn uncertain is human li-timony
i i. II when ''ii- w ilie psi s are sincere,and
so necessar,! is a cool and dispassionate
uiauv Mormons are strangling through
O'.t the country endeavoring to propa-gate
their notions; and with some suc-cess,
with a peculiar class nf people.—
The origin of ibis pretended revelation
being llius romplctely authenticated, mat
save many mm.In fioin delusion, lanati-cism,
and ruin.
Yours, icaprclfuily,
JOHN STORKS.
Origin of the •' Book of Mormon," or
•• 6'oMi'i BiiJe."
As Ibis booh has i XCited much atten-tion
and has lieen put. by a certain IK w
sect, in the place of Ihe sacrnl Scrip-t
ires, I deem it a duly uh.eb I owe to
llw pui.be, to state what I know touch-ing
i."» origin. Tint Its claims lo a di-vine
otigin an- wholly unfo'llidi d, needs-no
proof to a mind uiipern fled by tin
gross' st delusions. That any sane pi r-son
should tank it higher than any other
merely human composition, is a uictti r
of the greatest astOlllsbUM nt; J't ills
received us divine In some who dwell in
enlightened N< w England, ami even I
those who have sustained iho character
of devoted Christians. Learning recent
try of .Moiison, Mass. with whom I now J capable of rising above the narrow pro-
' ide, and by other fn< nils. After the ' judiees of a cast, and breaking Ibe ihacjt^
' llmik of Mormon" came out, a copy
if it was taken lo H> W Bcleaji, ihe place
•f Mr. Spaolding's lortnetresidence,and
>03 wbieh a v.cious education tad i«l-poe-
d on his mind. Wh u very youiifr,
he was inforineil by the voice of famo
flic vrv "plaoe where the " Manuscript that the ataml.ird of liberty bad been
Found" waa written. A womuu preach-1 ereced in America; thai an insulted ard
cr appointed a meeting there, and m the (oppressed people had detciur.t'cd lo be
meeting read and repeated cop ous eg. [free or perish in the attempt. UiludcOl
tracts from the "Book of Mormon."—i and generous mind caught, wiih enthn-
The historical pan was immedialiilv re- Mam. the holy flame, and from that urn-eogmz.
d by all the older inhabitonis, as mint he became the devoted soldier of
• he identical work of Mr. S., in winch liberty. His rank in the American arm/
they had been so del ply inli rested years j aflordid him no opportunity greatly I
before. Mr. John Sp.'iulding was' pre- distinguish himself. Bui lie wasrem-.rk-si
nl who is an eminently pious mau.aud ' eJ lliroiighout bis service, for all iho
recognized perfectly the'work nt his brn- [qualities wbieh odotn the human chi.r.IC
tin r. Ilv was smaSod and aftlictcd, that I '»r- Hl« heroic vclor in the Bald, ro ltd
it should have bei n perverted lo so wick- i"-ily be equalled by bis moderation aad
id a purpose. ' His grief found vent in ■jallabilitj in the walk! of private, hie.—'
Hood of tears, and he arose on the spot He was idc.!v.■ <'. by the aolib'irs for bifl
and expressed in the meeting his deep jbratcry, and beloved and respected '.
sorrow and regret, that Ibe writings off1'1** ' ™eie fur the goodm sS ofhis hoari,
his satiiled brother ihould be used for a [""d the great qualities of Ins mini .
purpose so vile am! Bbocking.' The CX-I Contributing greatly. \>. his exertions,
oitementm New Salem brcami sogreai, }to> theesublithmentofthe Indcpcnd :o
that the inhabitauli had n meeting, and ofAmi ricn, be might ha»e rcmainei', o: '.
deputed Dr. Philustui Hu|JJbul, one of shared tbu blessings it dispensed, und<
lre:n the t hriy'i'in (l/ise/Tir.
(t-.\ r.ioi isr.!
ORIGIN OF MORWOXI8M.
At the reqiir-sl of some oi our readers,
we r'- publish a well authenticated ae>
••• mt of Ibe origin of Mormonuini,
•i hi'-li was ins. rl' il in tin- R lie tous Ti I
graph and Ohsi m r on t!i" O.li of Mat
hut. This acenllnl of one nf ihe ginsi.
«t r. liglOIIS impositions ni IIIIT ItUles,
was eoii'inunieated lo the Boston II- eor-
'. r bv Hi*. John f»lnns, in d- r d it- nf
Ifoll slim, Mass., Aprtl 8th, 1*81). 1!.^
I. in r to ihe Iv 11 tor, 01 thai paper is as
follow *:
le-iir Sir,— \s the pastor nf the Con.
rn gnlional church and society in thi-
'own. I have hid occasion to come in
e.o".t'ict wi'h .Vennoirtsoi in its grossest
t'rms. I'": --ij-niiiU, I have been led
• i in ike inquiries relative lo iis origin,
iirogrens, and so far us Ihey have any.
th- pi collar sentiments of ha votaries,
Mv object in tins hits been, as a faithful
.ri-tiir, so fir as possible to arrest Ihe
lirogtl SS of 4 II it I deem to be one of Ihe
rankest delusions ever palmed on poor
human nature. However, not supposing
that the ream rs of the Recorder would
be iineri-1'.d in ihe ileUul* of Mor in
ism in general. I si ml you for publiea
i on in lour valuable ponodical the f»l
liusjug eiiii-uiiiiiicaiion. as a paper of en
usual importance, giving a r. rtified, suf
li'-ieiillv well attested and true account
ol the origin of the " Hook of Mormon
or •' (iolilin Bible," .is II is sometimes
c lib d, on which the whole system in nu-ll
depends. And here pel Imps it should
be said, that ihe leaders nf the delusion
pIVli nil thai iln- book was dug out of the
ground, win re it had bei 0 deposited for
unii'V centuries ; that it was written on
!-• r'.'iin metallic plaies, in a peculiar
llaracter or hieroglyphic; that ihe tin.
del, a man of money digging memory,
who was accustomed to look into tin
ground by the aid ol a peculiar stone,
was in a similar m.inni renabli d to read
and trnnslate it! Hence what is sonic-umes
called Ihe Mormon Bible. Hut
nnt aueh it* Origin, according lo the lol
low nig eouimiiuic.ition :
Tin- occasion of the communication
'-tuning into my hands, is as follows :—
Having beard, incidentally, that there
was a lad) ill Mouson, Mass., whise hus-band,
now dead, was the author of the
bonk, I nqnested in n note. Rev, D. It.
Austin, Principal of Mouson A'* uleiiiy,
to obtain of her, for my hem. lit, and to
be us* d as I should think proper, ncor-iilii
d Hccounl of us origin wiih hor hue-hand
; ler the character of which lady,
I wish, d the vein rilde Dr. BI) and hull-s'
It 11 avouch. The billowing liighl)
-sit i -1 iclorv document Came in reply.
\oi ne requested to insert it in the
Kecovdi r, not so much because il will
interest the mojnrily of your readers, hut j
that iln-fuels well attested may belaid
nn in memory, and the number of your
piper containing them being kept, inav
afford iln- iBia is to an enlightened com.
munity, to n fule so great nn imposition ,
on tin world, I would not out) n spect- -f
1'ilh In -p. ik its publication in Ibe R.
corder, but in othei papers; I wn Id it j
were published throughout the land ; lor
Iv. Ihat Men on,-,, has four-d it- w») m- j'l-cir number, to n pair lo this place, and . *«• pro -cl.on of a ohlc who lov.d ar.d
,'.. a church in Massaehu'.Ms. and. has I* obtain ftom me the original mai.u- honored IHIH, ntiS in thoboaom ofa grate
impregoati d some nf its rficmhrrs with f-eupt of Mr. Spanlding^for ibe purpott<: [«' »»J iBVotmia c pcofllc. Kosciushi
ut grosTdelusions, so fbat excom ni- "f comparing it.with tttS Mormon Bible, W. UwcverT olh« vttrw* It is n<
anon has become nrcssaty. | m d«J■• wtisty theirmra minds, ami to pre. koowirthat, until Hie pcnoJIamapeak
, rmined in delat »•> In, g. r dnii g vhnt " W 'heir friends rmm cmbrscing at, cr- , »>S <;■< ^ '■■■} -'■•"".«' »nT d^t'uC tdi a
can to strip tin- mask Iron. Una nwn>»«o delusive. This waa ,n ihe year, of whai could or indeed1 whet oujhl lo
ler of sin, and to lay open this ml ofa7Tli'3-1' Dr. Hurlbui brought W1rii him an bo done for his own. But in the rcvj».
* .... I _.!_.. . . I _ _.. . .- .1 ' l-.l.i.. .... ..-■ . I,., ill-il.ll .'ft/.ll.P I * T'I >
llolll'UIlllOllS. v
I!, v. Solomon Spaulding, to vptom I
w.»s united in marriage in • arl) life, was
i graduate of Dartmouth College, and
Was distinguished lor a lively inuigina.
lion nn.I a greal fuhduisif (^i history.—
At the luni of our marriage, he resided
in Cherry V.,11. y, \. Y. Frnfltlhis piaci
we r. :.nil - d lo N W Sa[t-lll, .'.-':!.. b. '
rounlv, t)!iio ; souii-tiuiia calli-d Cojiirc
-mt. Hnort+i after ouf removal to >'•• -
placi It ■ In a-ih sunk, and he was luid a-nidi
fiom active fibers. In t!:.- town ol
Net! Sail in, there are nun. rous mi unds
and lorts, supposi'd by many in be ihe
deljpul.il'd dwell.iiira,and foiltliealiuiia
of H luee now i XIIIICl. These ui.cn nt
rel.es orresl l!ic ' nnt.on cf ihe new
s. tilers, and hi come abji els of n search
for the i urn us.
.Num. runs implements wi re found and
iile r nr leh s i Vll^u/ig gri al skill in Iln
arts. Mr. Spjnhli g, being nutducaled
man ..id passio./tilely fond ol history.
,. k ,i iiv- I. iuti r .-! Ill tb se ill \ lope-in,
nls of antiquity ; and in ordei n> be
guile Ihe Iln :,- ol n t.n tie ni and Airmail
in| l.'.ne i.t for In In I. no g ii'il.on.
!n i ii -. i i .I ib' uh ' ! giving ".< Ai I-
/. -ir ' .:. Irk »f tkit long feat nice—
Th' it i xln in- nntiq ill} ol course wwwld
lead I.'in in writ* in the mottanciint
ityle, an I as the Old Te-,tm nt is iln
iin.st anc c-iit book in llie world, In.tun
lated its style as marly as possible.--
His eh t 'ij-1 t in writing tins kistorteal
romance v.astu amuse himself and In-
.. lehin T'. Tills was allOUl tile Vi'l
leVi. Ili'i's surrender at Detroit, oc-curred
near the sum* tune, as I r< coin cl
iln- • I lit- w.-ll from thai cnciiinstanens—
As he progjessed in his narrative, iln
neighbors Would com,- in from tune to
tune to In ar portions read, end .1 gn al
mti rest in the work was CXciti d among
.iheiii. It damn d to have been wrilti ,i
bV one of the i '.v' notion, and to have
been rreotered from the rartk, and as.
fumed Ihe title ol " Manuscript Found.
The neighbors would often iuti lire how-
Mi. S. piegr. ss-d in deciphering " Ihe
inariusi-r-pi," and when he bad a siilii
cient portion prepared ho won'd inform
ibeiu, and they would assetnblu to lieal
it n ad. Iln was enabled from his ac-quaintance
with the classics and ancient
history, to introiliice many tineular
names, winch were particularly noticed
by tin- people, and could be eiisi'y re-cognized
by iiiiin. Mr. Solomon S|irfu •
■ling had a brollli r, Mr. John Spiulding,
residing in the plue at ihe lune, wh •
was perfectly familiar with this work,
and repeal'-dlv l[i ard llle whole of it read.
From New Adam, w.- removi d lu
Piltaborg, Pa. II re Mr. S. found an
ocqiiaintauce and friend, in ihe person
ol Mr. Patterson, an editor ofu newspa-per.
Id- exhibited bin manuscript to
Mr. I'., who was very much pit as. d
with n. ami borrow d ii for p> nisei. 11 ■
retained it a long time, and informed
Mr. s. thai if ha would mako out .-■ title-page
and preface, h would publish il,
and it might be a • • rcc of profit. This
Mr. S. refused lo do, lor reasons which I
eannot now slali • Sidney liigdon, who
has figured so largely in Iho history o
th Mormons, was at !' is tune connect
I introduction, and rcqu .t fur the maou- ll'iiiohary war he drank deeply r.1
[script, signed by Messrs. Henry l.nk..: l'« -cipl.s wl. r-h produced it. lo hi*
' mil Aaron Wright, at.! ..::,• rs, wiih all conversation with the Intelligent mi :i 11
whom I u.is ;;e.| linte.i, ,s th, v win- my I OT country, he acquired new views of
' .. igbboaa when I rcsidi d in New Salt i.i.,,!l" "cience ofgoTernmenl and the tights
I am sure that nothing could grieve|"fmM- HeWelieen too, that to be
my husband more,- were he living, thssajfrce, ,t was inly necessary that a caljon
the use jrhicli has Lecn made of ihii»l»'!ould will it, and lo be harp', il was
H-ork. Thcairofontiqfiilv which was fonly m-cossory that a nation should bo
• rri sbeul Ihe composition, doubtless free. And was it not possible lo procure
...-■-!.,I'le idea n dunning it inl these bli ssi::gs for Poland! For Poland,
purposes of di lusion. Thus an bist<>ri- f>"«- country ol IfTs birth, which tied i
eat ro,i-i:,ce, ;with the addtimn of a few ••latiu to all Ins ■ duts, lo oil Ins eertii
ions expreasrpns n.d extracts from lhe[c"' T:": U!'ilal'i'y "al,-'n greentd«n«
.acred S,-;i;.,ut'-, Ins been construed in-1dcr « complication of evils which has
tu a in-iv Bible, and p ilm-d ofl upon u ■ "'■•'"•''' ') a |wrarlcl in history. Tin mats
company of pour, deluded fanatics, as di. el the people were the tbj cl star .- ef
virtt. I have given Iho previous brtef.1'^' nobles—the nobles, torn hfWfoctions,
narration, that this work of deep >\ec> p. wetcalternately the instruments and Iho
lion and wickedness may be searched to vicnins of llieu powerful ami ambitious
th.- foundation, and us author exposed lo j'" 'gbbors- By intrigue, corruption and
ihe contempt ami ,'..\i cratioissn to |W«ly I force,aomu of Its fairest provinces bad
deserves; I been aeperaied from the ilepublic, ond
MATILDA DAVID'OX- I'he people, l.ke Inusts transferred infor-
Rov. cSi-i!ii,i,nii Sti-i-iuilidi, g was t.hi e feirst. le, if"fii d,esD' ots.,* ul.jw■ e r e. .■again watc,hi,n'g
' r a f.'.. r Ide nn .incut lor a second de-ale
a people
for a country
thus circumstanced, the LIei1.i1.59 cf It-
In rty aim in depend. n?e, was a work of
as isuich difficu.ty as Banger. But to a
mind liki Knsciusko's, Ihodiffiei'lly, end
danger of an oi.lcrpritc served cs stimu-lants
in undi rial e it.
Tbe annals of Ibele titnei give rs r.o
,1 tailed Bccount'of the progress of Kos-etusko
111 nccou.plibliillg his great work,
fi in ::n p. nod ol bis return from Ame-rica
in tin adoption of ibe m trconititu-nun
nt Poland, in 1791. Th.s interval,
however, of apparent liiBOJion, ,vaa ir.e.-t
useiiilly employed, to illuminate the
uu t.tal dark..ess which enveloped bi.i
1,.,-i.a.d of th- narrator of the abov. I, „ .^ ».fav'r Ml' l"':'"l"t ,or
lory. Sine- his ,!• e as., *!i - has b. en i''" L'J;'""-'" ' i*'^'c':"
nirri.d ...a sioond bust I bv the nain.■ |,Kus '" b"*ed- iJ ,oh;a»". '
ii I) i\ I mis !*lie is iinw rcffilirifi 111 tin-*
IIHCP; t* a woninnnf irri*pruachiiblrrhnra
irit-r, ant 1 an hi uiid Christi in, d id In r
'1 niimony i* \\ iriby ■tf- im| licit coi.fl-.
m*nc<.
A. Riv, D. P., Pastor •/ Con-:.
Ckurck Montun
1). 1! AISTIN, / I'll ipol of If. ns. r.
A"idi,..'/.
.Vunsoii Matt., Apr, • UI, 1- M.
HARRISON AM) KOBCIUSKO.
The opponents of lien. Ilurrbon, (says the
•Yeoman1*) when haul run tor arguments a-gainst
him, undertake lo disparage his un- countrvmen—lo stimulate the ig.mrant
dcrstanding, and pronounce him a man of
leeble powers of intellect If his despatches
during the last War, sod his Letter- and
Speeches while in the netioMl councils be
examined impartially, it wHI be found thai
j and 1 igoted peasantry with the hope ef
future eimiuci palion—to trach 0 proud
but gallahl nubility ihat true gloty.is o:;-
ly lo be lo.ind in the paths of duly and
pitriott-111.—[ntereslelho most approved.
the charge is wholly rrrcndTess and utterly ' l'/''jndices the most stubborn, and Imhils
luh,'rii'o. us. „I.h. e evtrae s we pu.,i,. -:,;e..l m"Ih,e most, inv,e,tera, te, ,wer.e, rcconc.,Kd,
... , ,. ., , , dissni.it. d and broken, bv t'lu asccnu.ii •
ouf f.rst number, from bi- \ inoinrtes Sp-ec.i. I of ,iis v|r, om| t ie rUn
ivold have dono credit, in point a-correctness rt0„„ which |ie |1:ili foreseen, and f, r
im.leleeanceofe.xnrrs.-iun, and in power ■•:"• „!,,<-!, 1„ had been preparing, at leng
tlrsughl, to any public man in the country.— | i)llr., „il01l p0|(n(|. A feeble and un-popular
government bent before its fury,
and submitted itself to llle Russian yoke
of tin-invader. Dut the nation disdain,
nd 10follow its. xanplcj in iheir. xtrrau
tv, every eye was turned on the hero Who
posed a suitable tribute to his memory, and
on the 20th January, 1-l-n sustained his Re-solution
by lb" li-Hewing elaquonl remarks in |
W e take pleasure in submitting mini her spe.
•itueii ul' his ability as a pub'.,- speaker, and
if his iiiT'ciiunate regard fur the votaries of
rcedom Ibroughout the world. The death
lithe Polish Patriot, Koxciusko, having k,-c:i
annonnced—aherowhohad oTssisted in the! hid already fought their battles—ih-
Waroflndepondence-GcnoralHirrswnpro.}.«»" who had enlightened them, and -l,
patriot who bad set the oxamplo of pe
-o-ntl sienffes to accomplish th. a-r ..-.-
ripaticn of the people.
Kosciusko was unanimously apt ul<
the House oTRepresentauvos ol the United U.„eraiiwiln0 0f pblamT, with •
Slates: powers, until Iho enen y sfmu'd In
M11. SrcvKKti: The public pnper* I from the country ■ CTu nta virtue il 1
have announced an event which is well lion r. pnvi .1 with Ibe utmost r-unfid .
calculated lo excite Ibe sympathy of ev- and it is snme consolation to rrfl
cry American bosom. KosCiUsCOi the amidst Ibe general depravity of ni
inatlvr i«f liberty, is no more! ^ e nr. J that two inslanci . in Ih son 1 :. ive
I informed Ihat he died at Soleurc, in . Occurred, where pewirs of this kind were
I France, somo lime in Ootobci last. In employed solely forth. ;•;-.. -. •.:
■racing the events of Ihis great man's which Ihey were given.
' life, we find in him thai consistency oft It is not my intention, sir, 10 follow
I conduct wl 11, 11 ilia more la bu admin d the Polish elm f, ihrour>hoiif ih< r ire 11
...I will, iln- prinlingolTic. of Mr. P.iter. as il is so rarely lo be met with. He ofvielorv whkh, for a considerable tii-o
■on, as is wi II known 111 tint region, and [ w 3 not al one lime Ihe .lend ol iu.,k,ml,. crown..! nisi I on. Guided by Ins i.y.
,. Rigdon himself has frcqmnlN stated, and il another iho instrum ni ol IheTrjents, and led by Ins -.-..or, I111 undiscip-
Here hi hud ample oppnriii ity tnbecomi 1 •■' ; but he preserved throughoiii lined and illy armed militia oharged
aciiuaiiit.il with Mr. Spauldi'ng's maiiu-1 his whole career Hioje noSlo principles, with offect the v. t, ran Russian ond
* • • a. ...I 'I. .1. -a...^il.!.,..! li ,1,1 i.t ill (■<><.. I'niw serlpt, and 10 copy it if he chose. Ill which distinguished lim
was • mailer of noloriely and inter. •:
In all who were CO'iuecy-d with llle
printing . aiah ishim nt. Al length Ihe
nianusvipt was returned lo its author,
ami m n ifti' we removed lo Amity,
Washington Co., Pa., where Mr. S. .1
in its com- I'lussinti-t!'e mailed cuirassiers ol* Ibe
great Fredcrick,for the iirst lime,broke
and fled, befon the lighter and app'o-piojirialu
cavalry of Poland. Hopi Cllcd
bn I of the patiioli. ATtcr a long
ineneoinent, which influenced him at at
arlj peri.i I of his life to I. ovo hi icoun
trv and his frinds,and iiianotln r hemis
phere to fighl for the rights of humanity
I 0-1 ■.• iko was horn ami educnt. i n night, ihe dawn ol nn apparently glon-
Washington On Pa., where Mr. S. de- P'nollamndd,, ooffna nnoobblleeaanmiIddiisstlinhgguuisishheeddffaamm--'' onusidilaaii ' r1n■'R■e.<u•puopnonroPlaomlafn.d. BuBtultolotheibe
censed in 1SI0. The mamisenpl Ihen ilv-a co-ntry where lit disiinctions in di-Pcrn gey, of Kosciusko, the light
r.-ll into mv bands, and was corcfullv cictj n, icrl ps carri.d .» gical., which it shed w.isof that sickly and por-p,
, rvcd.-ll has frequenllv been et lengths than in any o.her. Ilia Crcali I low 1 earae.ee indicaiing a storm
■-.,:,.-". Mrs. " .I-«d,ht rover,! • - r«i "' •••-■• ■- lihtrnrPiO