Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-08-12

ror that The scriptures in any way sane
lion the use of intoxicating drinks as a
beverage in health, and that those who
continue 10 drink of them must find other
authority for their use than the word OF
God. am, respectfully yours,
EDWARD G.. DELAvAN.
THE MORMON DIFFIcULTIEs.-The
last Quincy Wing gives the following ac-
couGt of the difficulty between some ofthe
Mormons residing in Illinois and some of
the citizens of Missouri, residing at Tully,
on the Mississippi, notice Of which we
published yesterday.
1t seems. or rather the citizens of Tully,
Missouri. allege. that there has been con-
siderable property, such as salt, iron, SC.
stolen from that place within the last Two
weeks. The Missourians charged the
Mormons with the thefis; practising upon
their suspicious, several persons of Tully
: crossed over the river in the vicinity Of
$ the Mormon settlements, below Nauvoo.
: After searching the bottom. sure enough,
J. sundry of the missing articles were found
r concealed among the underwood
y Ii farther appears. from The statement of
: our informant, that two or three Mormons
were in the bottom hunting horses. while
D this Missouri party were on the hunt for
Is the goods, and coming upon them, as ii
D. were by accident, three Of the Mormon
y horse hunters, together with very re-
" spectacle old gentleman, whose gray hairs
ID should have projected him from insult
81 were charged with secreting the goods,
le made captive, and contrary 10 their will,
e. forced across the river and confined IN
IN TuIly. Here, with their victims in their
10 power, the Missourians proceeded to in
flict severe punishment upon them. One
X was Immediately stripped, "a halter around
his neck, and attached 10 limb above nj:
ut head, and so tightly drawn, that 10 pTeven
y choking 10 death, he was obliged 10 stand
Ell on the tip of his toes in this situation
Do. with his aims fastened around the tree
nd so thai his bare back was fully exposed
Nn The tormen,ors swore they would take nj
eSt life unless he would confess.
zen In vain be urged his innocence, that
rdS had nothing to confess, that he had neve
am committed any theft. &c.,Ihey still applie
40 their whips until his back was 5" urea
ON fully lacerated, that TO save his life,
IN agreed to confess any thing .Iney cou
ueSHGs ne WAS L&hNll GOWN from Ill
le tree with scarcely any life 10 him. al
- actually confessed whatever his torme
&c tors wished This was necessary to Oh
~ a coloring of justice to the inhuman OF
oIiu rage. The other of the Mormons we
very tortured in the same manner, and simil
tne confession exiorted from them. The Q
Quiz gentleman we spoke of above-one of &
Iear' four abducted behaved with such res
le'o- luton and pointed out to them so clear
OF their injustice and inhumanity, that, af
300 stripping and fastening him 10 a tree, a
SNIP taunting him with epithets of the foul
luif- character. they took him down and fna
''er' set him at liberty.
were
hing RELIGION IN FRANcE.-lhe GANG
nub. clergy of France consist of IA archbi
: SER ops, Ga bishops, and about 10000 prize
rhev These, as well as the Protestant clergy,
they mostly paid from the public treasury.