Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-06-14

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The TRIALS OF JOE AND HIRAM SMITHS MuRs
DhRERs are in progress at Charthage, Illinois. 1t
is stated that the testimony on the part Of the
State has been very istne, and that of the wtnes-
ses very contradictory, and the fact that i'm
proper influences have been brought to bear upon
them, so very apparent, that it is not within the
bounds Of probability that the jury will hesitate
in atqutting the prisoners One OF the witness
ses, Daniels, aha the most important on the part
of the State, has been proven to have acknowl-
edged that he was to get $500 from the Mormons
and $500 from Governor Ford for icstifying in
the case another acknowledged from the stand
that he did not think he got as we'll paid as Dan:
ics. A number of charges for perjury have been
preferred agains. Mornons who were ehgagedas
witnesses in thiscdse. Every body almost at
tending Court comes armed to the teeth, and fire.
quently muskets and rifles will be taken out
of wagons with as much deliberaton if they
were extending militia muster instead of attend
ing a court of Justice The Mormons are said TO
have expressed determination to take revenge,
! in case the defendants should not be convicted.
! Phih. Ledger.
| 4 Mas MADs OF Cars AND Docs, SSARrs
ASU AL,IGAroRs. Bronson stated in his
conclu cluding lecture last week, that if a drop Of
human blood he subjected To examination by the
oxhydrogen microscope, and nragnhed some
twenty millions OF times, all the species of am
mails now eHistng on the earth or that have ex-
isted, during the different stages OF creation for
millions Of years past, will there be discovered.
In the Blood Of a healthy person all the animal
culr arc quiet and peaceablc ; but in the blood
ofa diseased person they are firions, rsgine and
preyins upon each ether This he stated in H.
rstraion of MS position, that man contains with"
in himself all the principles Of the universe. 1t
was also asserted that if deal cat be thrown
into pool o! stagnant water, and allowed TO dis
solve there, drop ofwater taken from any part
of the pool and examined as above, will show
every species OF animal Of The cat kind that has
ever existed on The earth, raging and destroy.
iny one sno'kc.. The bodies Of all the lower
animals being thns made up of anna.culm SIM
liar to themselves, and the body of man being
compounded of alt that is below in the scale "
creation - Boston Tfnccief.
From the crculation which this piece of won
derfli infotTr,ion has obtained through the
newspapers it is very certain that the Professor
counted largely upon one Constituent in ndivi-
duaIs minds which he has not nau1ed in the
f frichtfu catalogue above, but which is essen;
7 TALLY necessary to enable one to swallow his
science. He himself must have attained an un :
: due share of that species Of animal which is ia
I miarly known as hu,nbng Phil Ledger.
CHIyA-Lctters received on Thursday week,
says the Journal of Commerce, from Hong. Kong
:, state that at Foo Choo. Foo the English are not
admitted within the walls and the Secretary to
, the Consulate there, has returned quite i'll from
want of suitable food and lodgings At present
the occupancy Of that city by The English is a
r mere farce There is no missionary there.
Mucs IN . Few WORDS The New York
Tribune thus signifies its opposition TO the pro
4 rerty qualification TO the right of suffrage III
9 man knows enough to BE- hung for his n,is!ee,ls
|, he knows enoush to have voice in choosing the
Sheriff who is TO string him up"