Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-05-31

"a iSSO'H''D" F" % eHNPseS' h'oi"S''is VIZ sV't''
mittee 10 whom the matter was isrusted 10
report il fagor Of the Division. The follow
Jog is the resolution, which passed with but
one disseniiog Voice: N4 A
"Resoired By the Dsiegates IF he segerai IN.
nuGi Conferences IN tie SDsth and .Sa,tth Hest
eyn States. in General Conpenfion .Rssemtlsd,
That We canno, sanction she action cf the tate
general echfeTenceef tie Methodist Episcopal
Church, on the subject Of slavery, by remain
ing under the ecclesiastical jpriseiciion Of this
body, without deep and laBGng Injury 70 The
Interests Of The church and the country we
Therefore, hereby insruc, M committee on or.
ganizaion. thai il, upon careful examination
Of the whole subject, they find that there is no
reasonable ground 10 hope that the northern
majority viii rece9s from ihei: position and
give some safe guaranty for The further secuJi
Iiy Of our civil and ecclesiastical rights, tina,
Ilhey report il favor Of separation from tie
ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Of The said general
Iconeeregce.'' s .ts
% The. following day the committee made q
Lengthy report 10 accordance with these IN
lstfuclions. II was read from the pupi, by
DR.. BAscoM, and, il is said, was frsught with
powerful Argument and reasoning. II conclu-
deJ wiha accommodation Of a separate ADD
distinct organization, un1er the lille aud,style
of The Methodist Episcopal Church South I"
IloRRiD MuRDrR.-Fro,n the Lee County
iowa Democrat, we gather the following
particulars Of an awful and heart rendiog trsg
edy. About midnight on the evening Of the
l0lh instant, the cilizeos of West Point, 10
that county, were aroused from their sleep and
notified that most brutal murder had been
perpelraied within the last hour, on german,
named John Miller, three miles southwest Of
that place. Several Of the citizens proceeded
Immediately 10 the house, where they found
Mr.. Miller lying dead in tho door way-EIen.
ry Lessen, son-in-law to Mf, Miller, lay upon
the floor, horribly mplilated and weliering in
bleed. They had fought weaponless, with
6esparaie energy, 10 defence Of their own lives
and of those around--which oxertions were
not made in vain, as The marauders ere final
y repused and driven from the house, TO which
they did not return.
The house was siealhiy entered by ihree
ruilians, with the supposed intention Of killing
the faGily--numbering eight or nine persons
in all--robbng he house, then setting fire 10
it. and thereby prevent, discovery Of their
horrid deed.
The place presented afEighduI scene
Splashes Of blood, knots Of hair broken chairs
aud guns, were srrown over the house and
yard, and presented The horrid evidence Of the
midnight butchery.
Efforts were made TO ferret out and arrest
tho murderers; and on the 18Th, the Sheriff
proceeded to Nauvoo, where il was suspected
they had gone, and found two persons, by tho
name Of Hodges, in custody fine authorizes.
After legal examination, they were surren-
dered 10 the Sheriff, who took them to Lee
county and confined them 10 prison, Two
other pefsons named Tom Brown and A John
son, were thought 10 be implicated, and en-
deayors were being made for their arrest.
The GReAT MATcn RACE The great cen.
ties, between the north and the south, came oil
on the Uuion Course, Long Island, on The 18Th