Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-04-27
THE MORMONS.

We have pessued q pretty long and
probably true account Of this singu-
lar people aud their location in Mount
lion, contained in q letter publish. d
an the Christian Watch man, from 3.
l5ixley, and dated Independence, Jack
son county, No. Oct IL, 1881, the very
seat OF the New Jerusalem. His ac-
count Of their s.tuatiou and PROJECTS IS
NO. MOT .s5y ss'f Mo9e6., men, .s. s:
aid children, have collected at Zion.
Their possessions are small compared
with their numbers, being only about
four sections Of land. Twenty acres
IS the portion assigned for each fami-
y TO Improve, but they are to hold no
property should they leave the COM
.nnoity. Their creed appear to have
undergone but little change. Origin
ally members Of almost every sect, they
cordially unite in detesting all, save
-'Aormons. they all pretend to the
glit q miracles, Of tongues, Of healing
their SICK, visions, &c. though, like al
other modern miracles, often told but
never seen. Their prophet Smith, 10
now busy in restoring the present BIZ
a. A. 49, Y-.-..A..~, Fustsys ...A ip sad-
iing s0ss,e lost books Of great impor-
lance. A new revelation - also Aortss-
coming. Elder k,gdon, pretty web
KNOWN ~ this vicinity as AN arch apos-
tate, Is now the first, best, aud great
preacher Of NAount Zion. The Nor
nsons still profess to talk with angels,
VISIT the Inlrd heaven, and converse
with Christ. We believe their socle-
~ numbers something more than Ole
hundred souls ia this county, many oI
whom intend removing to lA0unt Zaon
Ia me spring. .Aormouisan vas sntro
duced BY d few iIlAl~rate disciples Of
Joseph Smith, in the summer Of 1854.
wherever Nor monism obtained a
footing, it spread like wild lire. scores
we're awakened, converted, baptised,
aud endowed with the holy spirit in 81
tew hours at a single meeting, in the
madst Of shouti"gs, wsilings, coatoc-
do0s, frances, Visions, sPesking in un-
known tongues, and ProPhecying, that
require the pen ola TrolioPe 70 dis
crlbe. The timid we're frightened,
the credulous believed, and We we're
eye witness to sceues Of
strange and unnatural conduct Of Nor
mems proIessedly under the lnllueuce ell
the most stable and incsedulous. Bot
the storm. Passed-a calD 6ollowed-l
reason triamPhed-Morm waned.
A. . curiosity, We have carefully
examined the golden bihle, and pso-
nosnce it sos even 'csnaiag Devised
liable" Every Page be.n tAE i@Press|
d ilshu0an aathesship. Thosgh free
iroa vulgar sbscenities. it i IN abssrdl
cooleetiea e don, stupid, and foelishly
Improbable stssies, which no persos.,
unless under the in6seace ofpowerful-
y excited leehngs, can 0ase.ke tori
truth a3d inspiration. With it, au-
thors, the book Of .Mornon cannot
survive this generation. The next
will remember it only to smile at thel
credulity Of the present-Oho .4sias.
A disorder which ID called LA
Grippe" has broken out in Russiz, and
is said caused general CONSERVATION.
In Petersburg, three-1ourths Of theI
wosk@en employed in the di0erent|
manufactories have been attacked byl
it. In the lower town The number oil
sick Is in The proportion q Q to healthy
persons. Thirty # the principal mes-l
chants were unable 10 attend Change.
At Moscow it Is stil wosse-l6OO OOl
persoos were III with thr disordes.
The theatres and ethes psblic plscesl
were shut. The 6nt symptoms are d
sore throat and vielent head ache, with
horrible pains in all parts Of the body.l