Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-08-13


10 modern prophet. Jee has The appearance
i man about thirty fvo Years Of eye With
cauafenanca indicative Of stnsualIty, he neyc.
}heiess has can;nandfng appearance; Is quit
communicative IN convs rsatInn. but Iuiserab!
public speaker. In the course Of Toe ceremonies
4 hollow square was formed and brother Jos @ph
harangued the crowd. After some illusions /
The day, the speaker explained the object Of tn
'legIon,'' and dwell al length upon their perse
cunons He reminded tho spectators OF the n
human hummer IN which they we're driven on
of Missouri and remarked that as hey wer
rot protected by the laws, thoy were now prepar
ed 10 protect themselves. joe now pcssessc
more power than any potentate in Europe an
had ne his 10000 followers all at head quarters
there Is Hale dcubt but that he would make de
scent upon his enemy, the Mlss1uriaus, and IL
his torn, GrIve them from their homes: then hk
Mlhomed attempt TO extend his religion By tn
swofd-'rhe prophet. in conclusion, passed som,
compliments on The burlington Delegation, - an,
then sat down. HIS last remarks were replied Il
by the spokesman Of the Delegation, Nj. New
hall, author Of the Sketches of Iowa \ -four
lsh Of trumpets and rams horns was made an
"jhe whole" proceeded IN solemn phaanx 10 thu
temple. Daring all this time Iaugdabie seen,
was III progress, IN the sanctum saucioruin. -
Some wal boatmen, under the Influence Of The
spirit, bad procured KEY that opened a basemen
door INTO the holy of hoieS. They had gropel
Their winding way" to the bapgismal fount anc
were experimenting on the merits of immersion
lat the hosts OF Joseph were upon them, like III.
to the Iacu@ts of Egypt fur number. In state
of nudity they took to fight, and ''the whole herd
ran violently down sleep place." INTO he Ms
sissIppt. Oar party being unanimously satisfied
with the IA I.ninefIe5 and taequeraa scenes Of the
Gay, aitcg hearing toe sentence ot eXcoUmuntca-
;i4n pronounced en- Bonnet, one Of their riue'ea
2ers, pr2cectcd 20 o.r boat and arrived AZ Bar
lrefon by midnight.
Burlington, the metropolis Of Iowa, is bat the
city Of day. Whore but seven years ago i6e
deer and tho wolf slept quietly on their lair:
where she ulc<c-up If the Sacs .nd Foxes stood.
and where tie council fires Of the red man curl
cd its smoke Ell the breezos Of the fowery prai-
RE, there stands a f5uri7hing city. Immediately
after the conclusion Of the Black UaWk war;
em.gtants poured In from the east faster than the
Indians could leave for the west. and left re the
lapae Of TWO yoaEs, commerce and the arts flour
Ished and professional men aboundcd u here .ong
Il gat Of bagbaiisfA had Toigac3. Burlington Is
situated whitman tmphiiheatrc formed By the SUI
,.. 81 ~tfnsirn views from hese
,.'''' are inn'e mo GRihccLt tA9n il cG't ness
sIGle for a Chester county farmer to conceive, IN
I'll he may have been here. That young farm
er5 III the cast can content tbens Ives to first
dig from The j0U6!s Of tie 6artb, then b,3ra Tin
so3 and drag II over hills and through fovtucs,
before thoir farms would produce, when ia Iowa
the garden of North America, a soil is bought for
almost nothing, that produces almost every hing
spontaneously. Is peculiarly astonishing. How
ever, the old custom Is established in Chester
,oauty at least, that young farmers must die
premature death by hard labor and "shuiis Of
bis mortal co'' in the same manner that their
lecrepif grand sres were wont to. From the Bur
ingtoa bluffs the bcholdcr at the same glance
he city spread out beneath him as 4 map; the
)raifies Of Illinois dotted ever with farm houses
md orchards, and the ma astic mississippi mean
auds Of green isiaae's. TnrHine his eyes to the
vest, ne nehqIis again the iiiir,.sat1ie pralre
whose boundaries no rn4a tnawcih. The white
opped wagon Of the emig:ani. ike a distant sail
n the ocean, may be seen slowly moving for
ONE desired haven. Small groves Of trees. 10
vi, the wants Of tie settler, appear 10 he arrang-
d By the hand Of nature throughout this hound
es- carpet OF green. whilst the ''hreath Of flow
rs'' Of every hue declare Iowa Paradise.