Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-02-08

with them. Blr. VI. OF Philadelphia, AIr.
ID. Of GAINESVILLE, aud Mr. G. of Cincinns-
81, were there at the time We had put up
al the OILY tavern 10 The place for tire pight.
Upon being told the pilgrims being 10 town
We all went to see them.
We were led 10 one story frame or log
house: upon entering il we heard cor
fused noise. Passing through enc vacant
room We entered another, long aud narrow.
1t was niue at night. The Pilgrims were
performing their evening devotions:
molly sight they were. One side of the
room, in range from the faihest end was
|suewed with dirty blankets, upou which
some lay asleep. A few men that seemed
Ito be about retiring. were standing. here
aud there, 10 d,Grrent positions, with their
leyes shut, mutieTing 10 cadence that cor
body, but which was wholly uniBteliigi
IDLE. Around fire. which was the only
ighi afforded, sal perhaps dozen females
~ tattered dresses, some nursing their lit
Tile squalid, half naked children. Their
locks were of the most wretched and dis
HuckfbS AbIlDrSo. ilOSt WIZ 2GtC 0Vt
silent and scratching their heads, were
hummiDg some iDcoherent and tuneless
hymn.
Just behind this disagreeable circle
stood middle aged, short, but remarkably
robust man, with coarse, matted, black
har, aud a thick, sIosenly. grizzly beard,
which he wore long. He was profuseIy
loaded with every color and every kind Of
rotied garments. He leaned, as il op
pressed by imfirmity, though his coante
nance aud person belied il, upon crook
led staff Before him stood thin looking
man, dressed gemeely. Hin he was about
10 address when We entered. The old
prophet was then grooming M-O-0H!
M-0-OHi with au emphatic motion
|of the right hand aud body. AID which
came from his load, hoarse throat like the
believing If bull. II is hard TO decide
whether the ugly looks Of the prophet
his solemn nasal groans were most uupiea-
SAINT.
At length he began to speak: address
lug himself TO this man, he told him in AL
animated, coarse and hollow voice, g that
IL he did not Immediately leave the world
ard walk with him. dreadful m,sforfunfs
,uould soon happen 10 himself and famiiq
mich mould for .psr render him n,isera
bel" The poor infatuated wretch trem
|bied at the Recommendations. aad humbly ait
severed that he was aware they were the
|only true children of the Lord. aud thai
|oDIy one consideration deferred him from
following their holy example, What's
that ? asked the prophet. Hereplied that
his delicate constitution required some
thing 1uarm in the morning.
Ii seems that these pilgrims lived onls
on brdss cakes, aud other as simple fare
The prophet assured him that the Lord
would not require what he was unable tol
perform, and promised 10 grant him The
Indulgence he needed.
During this discourse the women often
joined with the prophet in bis exortations,
and one Of them ia particular. youag fe-
male with child at her breast, and whose
features and countenance we're very good,
frequently spoke 10 manner elegant and
eloquent beyond her rags. We were toldI
that she came from New York; had lefi
husband and friends aud domestic comfort,
to accompany these wretched beings!
The man whom they we're eudeavoring
TO convert, leaving the room soon after, We
also were requested to depart, and We Left
the whole tribe to retire together, like so
many swine, huddled in one heap.
have since been informed, Indirectly :.
that this man and his wife have joined the
fanatics, abandoning family of young
children and handsome estate; for the
principles Of these pilgrims were, the sac
rifice Of all earthly considerations. For
the modification of the flesh, they wore
sackcloth aud rags, and ate Of the most
homely provision. They were 10 forsake
all worldly connections, conjugal fiiial aud
parental; marriage was not known among
them; and ii WAS wonderful how happily
their numerous quotations from Scripture
were made to apply. Their sophistry,
though easily discerned, was not TO be out
reasoned. Ia a word, they we're the most
singular and the most nauseous spectacle
on earth. Cleanliness was positively for
hidden. They never changed, nor wash
ed, and they seemed 10 pride themselves
upon their filth aud vermin. What has
become of them know not
We had an opportunity OF seeing this
groupe, soon after their departure from
Vermont. At that period their ap-
pearance was quite the reverse of the
character given them in the concluding
sentence They were then Clearly, ard
their department orderly.-Com. Adu.
INDIAN JURISPRUDENCE.