Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-10-20

is usual, ordered one Of the medical Off
GERS to examine him, previous to his be-
ing placed on the books-when in the act
OF turning himself 10 go below for that
purpose, dreadful to relate, he fell down
liieless on the quarter deck.
Died, in Hallgarth- street, on Saturday
last, MIR. Arthur Featonby, aged so years.
This person, who lived during the greater
part oil his life in state OF abject penury,
is said to have died worth 20,000t.! He
has not unfrequently accepted employ
ment on the turnpike roads, in the break
ing of stones, &C.; and the coat which he
wore TO the time of his death, was SO
patched that scarcely particle Of cloth OF
which it was originally composed could be
discovered amongst " shreds and patches"
which il exhibited Durham Advertiser.
Dreadful Fanaticism. article in
the foreign Journals, from Bamberg, con-
tains some curious accounts of the effects
of fanaticism.--I mentions, that circum-
stantial details had been received con-
corning the new sect lately formed in
Saxony, and which has led to an horrid
assassination. The sect is established
chiefly in the circles of Leipsic and
Misnia.-It processes the most rigorous
observation Of the doctrines of the Old
Testament, but they reject the New;
they would destroy all who do not follow
their system, and they proclaim the re-
generation of mankind. They teach and
practice mass of superstitious doctrines,
and think it service acceptable to God
10 torment men, and lower animals. Their
chief leader is tailor, named Kloss, who
has been for some time constantly travel
ling about the country between Leipsic
and the Elbe, promulgating his dangerous
doctrines. He has collected numerous
meetings in the open air, and afterwards
preached in the villages, and made con
verts of great numbers to his fanaticism.
This sect, perhaps, would not have SO
greatly fixed the public attention, if one
of its partisans, Fischer de Beyersdorff
| "a miller,) and his wife, had not, through
the influence of fanaticism, committed a
murder, accompanied by the most horri-
BILE circumstances. Kloss, the leader, had
been instructing them for several days.
These people themselves were comforta-
!, bic, and bore very good character.
Il After having passed some days in the
open air, in prayer TO God upon their
knees, and partaking of no nutriment
except few roots, they thought them
selves called upon to make sacrifice.
They had, as they said, call to bury
some young children alive, but fortunate
i iy they were unable TO execute this dread
full project. A man of the name of Flor
\ came to the mil! just at the time when
Fischer aud his wife were in the height of
. their superstitious delirium. They looked
upon him as victim whose death would
be acceptable to the Almighty. They,
therefore, assassinated him In the most
, horrible manner. They cut off his hands
, and his feet, and Immediately afterwards
!, fell to singing and praying. A miller
boy, for whom they had reserved the
same fate, found his safety 10 flight he
made declaration of what had occurred,&
the miller and his wife were apprehended.
They boosted, on their examination be.
fore the magistrate, of what they had
done, and alleged, that God had pre-.
scribed to them the determination of all
those who did rot profess their doctrines,
because such persons ought to be regarded
as the children of the devil.-Their
doctrines appear to resemble considerably
those of the famous Poeschel, which were
promulgated during the last year in Aus
tria. Information has been communi-
Gated that other fanatics of the same sort
are projecting new assassinations. AS
soon as this dreadful business was known
at Dresden, the government took meas
ures suited 10 the circumstances. Troops
we're detached to take military occupa-
ton of all the communes in. which the
fanatics had established themselves
Methods were taken to learn who had
excited Kloss, the leader of them; for it
is said that they receive instructions from
persons Of a more elevated rank in society.
When Kloss learned that it was intended
TO apprehend him, he absconded, but he
was discovered in the town Of Nielsen,
and had been for several days past con-
fined in prison.
Manchester. the late Knutsford
session, John Hunter, weaver, from this
town, was convicted of picking the pocket
of Joseph Mace, of Heaton, Norris, and
sentenced TO six months imprisonment,
and to be whipped. The prisoner inn
mediately with an oath declared, that he
would have preferred being hung or trans
ported; aud STOPPING, imperceptibly,
pulled off his shoe, which had an iron
heel, and hurled it at the worthy Chair
man, Sir John Thomas Stanley. The
villain fortunately missed his aim, the