Southern planter., 1832-10-27


MORRISON NEWSPAPER --Amung tie almost in.
nu'nerable exchange papers received by "a. genc,a
y Characterised by the slme dali deyotihn ~, ,,,,
'ne same hny lncapaclty to grasp the subjects ibcv
would handle, aud the same eaupr vocsr,,i,, =,
political abuse-we have been at length 80 C,r,nn'
aie as 10 find one new thing under ne sun n \.
ihormon Periodical published al Independe,c,
missouri, "Ihs Eveaiag and Morning Stay.D does
not as 'suile nigh induce us To believe, twinkle
~ the western firmameht wlcea day; but resery,ng
us beams, idshes forth its fall radiance upon lhe
sons "i Mormon once a month, II is large sized
qlaf'"' got up with considerable skill, and bahp9
us efIns N or'hography, "a study beneath the mo-
tce ofprophes) does credit to The enterprise oftbe
society. - '''
Extracts are given in the Star from the Mormo,
laws under the tile of 'Revelatons,' with nropbc
e'es, by Joseph and Syeney, they being IN tbe
spirit" as "a Vision Their writings are Aat Nd
wen as lncohereni, unenlvened even by the orioin
o'ly OF crfor and presenting mosi nattracive
specimen ot the duliness and folly of fana,icism
Inc present state of Zion, as they term their no,,
settlement, is thus described.
u .saboul one year since the work of The oatbo,;n
commenced, in which time between three md fon,
hundred have arrived here and are mostly loc,,ed
upon their nherilances, ard are generally in good
health aud spirits and are doing well The OK
penses OF journeying and settling here, together
WIN the establishment Ola printing Office aud store,
nave probably exceeded the expectations of our
brethren abroad, and altho' Zion, according to the
proPhels, Is TO become like Eden or the garden of
the Lord, yet at present il is rs 1t were, but wilder
ness and desert, aud the Disadvantages ofset,lino
IN new country, you know, are many and great:
Therefore prudence would dictate Al present TO
the churches abroad come not up TO Zion until pre-
parauons can be made for them, and they receive
information as above. The prospect for crops IN
this region, IS a present, ioerably good but calls
for provisions will undoubtedly be considerable,
for besides the emigranis of the whites the govern
ment Of the United States is settling tho Indians,
(remnanls Of Joseph Immediately to the west, and
they must be fed
Ne,ss.--Few persons, we believe, even among
thelearned, know any thing of the derivation of the
word Nows.--lis real Specification is denoted by
the cWliina letters Of which il is composed N r.
w. S.--tbe initials ofNorth, East, West, Souih--
which means 'lntclligence from the four quarters
of tho Globe"
The Comet Gambert or Bella, which is, at about
The rate Of million and half miles day, ap-
preaching the point ofits course which is the near
est TO the sum- will reach that point in October. A.
the period Of arriving at this point, Immediately
before after IT, it will also be nearer to our earth
It's nearest approach 10 the earth ii has been cal
cnlaied, will be about twenty millions Of miles.
Were the earth three weeks earlier in its orbit the
Comet later, they might come within million Of
miles Of each other Tho Comet will be best seen
during the month Of October and the beginning Of
November Baltimore Patriot.
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| 81 mayer iudpc from uANNERs for | once
had my pocket picked by the cIvILEsT gen.
tleman ever met; and one Of the MILDEs1
persons ever saw was Ali Pacha. ."-LoRr
ByRoN
EMIcRANrs-Abouto one thousand possen
gcts principally Germans, arrived at Balu
more on the 9TH and Sth ult. The N. forl
pnpers estimate that forty thousand had arm
we'd in that city up 10 the Sth inst.
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