The herald., 1837-03-25


Heaven He appeared first to Mary Msgdalen, ou'
of whom he had cast seven devils, and afterwards te
the rest of his friends.
Mary Magdalen had been beautiful Jewess pos
sessed of great and extraordinary talents. Accord
ing the traditions left of her. she had been betrayed
while young, beautiful and innocent girl, by one o
the licentious priests of he Jewish hierarchy Tn!
seven devils is supposed to be an oriental figure mean
ing that seven Hebrew rosues struggled who shoult
carry off the young beauty and destroy her character
in the world. In somo Of those beautiful romantic
wales of Judah where the cassa exhales its fragrance
the south soft breeze sits the cool and refresh
ing mountain brow, Mary is supposed to have heare
the preaching and became converted to the doctrines
of the son of man.
The benevolencc, the wisdom, the love towards
woman and virtue, the practical good sense, the SIN
guar knowledge of the ways of the world ana OF tht
human heart, which marked the preachlngs ana pray
of Marys son. in singular coSrast 10 reisi
GUS rsfiners of the present day How different is the
elevated doctrine of that Being even considering hm
in the light of superior man, to such as Jededlah Bur-
chard Read, ponder, think, dream, dwell upon his
savings and maxims recorded in the gospels. They
contain elements of all wsdom-of all philosophy
of all good sense-of all moderation. That calm but
bold mind met every obstacle with smile and look
of undaunted moral courage; playful satire beautiful
fancy, practical wisdom were the elements OF bis
mind Would that these revivasts in religion OF our
day read more deeply the gospels and tried to catch
little more of the lofty, god-lke philosophical, and
classical spirit of the son of Mary.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of his resurrection
He appeared first to Mary Magdaen, who was wo-
man Of great and brilliant intellect and who after her
conversion il is probable became a spirit OF great
power and influence in the early church. This rising
from the dead is, like the creation Of the world as re-
corded in Genesis, mystery which few understand
nor will they understand it till the day of knowledge
shall arrive upon the benghted world To the other
Hebrew families with whom he had been acquainted in
life, did the Saviour also appear. These were the in
dviduals no doubt to WHOM we indebted for the
preservation of the incidents and memorials of his life
All his apostles, John excepted, were apparently O
dull heavy, uncducated set of men, The sayings IN
the wilderness-thc sermons on the mount-all the
picturesque incidents and anecdotes of his life, come
TO us through the sweet memories of his beautiful
female converts, for in those days the Hebrew females
were far handsomer than they are now. They were
then nation having local habltaton and name
Independent, pure. and not debased by worse than
Egyptian degradation of eighteen centuries of scrvl
tude
Tomorrow the Saviour rose from the dead. Will
Jededah burchard try rise from the grave of folly
insanity, vulgarity and extravaganza into which ht
has been so long plunged, well as plunging many
of his fanatical hearers We call upon every pretty
woman to AVOID hlm.
EJ' BRANpRErH the quack, states, in the Sun o
yesterday, that the Herald has come out against his
quackery because he stopt his advertisements. Th.
is an unqualified falsehood. On Friday week last
before Brandreth knew my intentions directed my
clerk to expunge all his advertisements from my pa
per; and if there were any of them paid in advance
10 return him the money. On Saturday morning,
gave the same information to agent of his. Bran
dreth knew nothing of my intentions--ntentions
which had been contemplated for some time before
carried them into execution.
But the falsehood and imprudence of this impudent
quack have nothing 10 do with the merits or mschefs
of his medicine So far the public is concerned il
is matter Of no consequence what the motives may
be that lead me to expose his quackeres The great
question is-"a are not statements true u "Is not
Brandreth the miserable quack represent him u
"Has his quackery not been intolerable public
nuisance" "Are not his pills dangerous and de-
structve TO health" 2" is not his system both rdica
lous, absurd, and mischievoss u
five can satisfy the public Of these views il is
matter ofno sort ofconsequence whether he advertise.
with or not But the ascnpuon by him, of such
motives TO us, is perfectly characteristic. That mcdi
cal drivellcr cannot comprehend, and is incapable o
apprccating, the motives that produces HONORABLE,
conduct, or intelligent action in any man. But W.
will not waste word On such a creature-his med
cine is our mark. Our purpose is, 10 tedrn The publ,
throughout the trhoie country from being any Longer
deceired and cheated by the quackeries Of this mos
inpudcns charlatan BRASDRETH. As to the defence
which the Snn sets up for him, it is a very natural
piece of conduct to come from that quarter. Who
could be more appropriate advocates for quack and
an imposter, than a couple Of convicts-trembline
convcts-not yet sentenced 10 the peniientiary fol
breaking open sealed packagel Par mobile fro
trum.
GRANITE CeMrA are about dozen o
those companies recently hatched by our spectators
and now busy trying hoax the community into tn,
purchase Of scrip that is without any value. fellow
finds granite quarry in Maine. He buys an acre o
land on credit-comes to New York-ge,s some per.
son be president another secretary, and then issues
beautifully autographed scrip. This scrip is sold, OF
exchanged for what il will bring AT this moment
there are probably from twelve to twenty such COM