Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-02-10

The sensation and discord produced in
the church by the trial and combination of
Bishop Onderdonk {says The Courier des
Etats) are far from being claimed The
journal and parlor discussions uro more
aud mors ardent and contradictory upon
this subject The Evening Mirror having
published, as the judgement Of a man ofnks
seorld, an article in which is called in quee-
ton the virtue Of the ladies' who 50 ,ardily
accused the bishop, afior 80 patient an en-.
duranoe Of his outrages,-the majority Of
the. prsss has raised the hue and cry cf
scandal against the unfortunate man Of ne
trOrld. But the most curious. and withal,
the most scandalous publication created by
this trial, is that Of Rhode lsaud pastor
Mr.. James c. Richmond, who, for the pur>
pose Of demonstrating the justice Of the SON
tence pronounced against the reverand On
derdnok, and Of justifying his accuaers,
among whow he has figured, drags before
the tribunal Of public opinion the priva,e
life ola goodly number Of the church Nom.
bers. The fac, developed, il not slender
Gus, are destined 10 strike terrible blaw at
thu consideration md inasnce Of the pro-
testant clergy. PASTORS ara. accusea Of
libertinage luxury, drunkenness, With the.
namos Of the accused in initials, when not
given in full. Such revelations are truly
to be lamentsd, for they can havap the
public morals only disus,rou. cfleca
HIsroRICAL REMINIscENEs.-ln Hawk
inK'' voyage of 1865, We find tha. falsMipys,
The F1ariaians, when they travele, have a.
kind Of herbe dryed, which, with n cane.
and an earlhen cup in the end, with fire
and,he dyed herbes put together, do sue.a
lhorow the cane tho smoke thereof, which
smoke salsie,h their hunger.
Cartier, speaking Of Canada, says. TAere.
groweth kind Of herbe, whereof in so,a,
mer. they make great provision for al Tho
yeerr, making great account of it, onelv
raen use it; and fist they cause it 10 le
dried in the sumo, then weare il about their
necks wrappedlin little beaste's skinaa,
made like bagge, with hollow pcecc of
stone or wood like pipe; then when they
please they make powder OF il, and then
pu. i, in, one Of the ends, Of; said comet or
pipe, and laying cole Of fire upon it, a,
the other end sucke SO long. that they fiii'
their bodies. fuIhof smoke, I'LL tina: i, comcth
out Of their mouth and nos:rils, even rs out
Of the tonneles of a chimney.
In one Of the provincial goyernmsnts o:
New England, ut is ordered, that, no,
man within this colonye, after the. publica-
ton hereof, shall take any tobacko pub
iquely in tee street,, high wnyes or any
barne yardes. or appon training, dayes. ia,
any open. places. under the penalty Of six
pence for each offence against This order,
in any the. particulars thereof, to bee paid
without gainsaying, upon conviction. bX
the testimony Of one witness, that is with
GU, just exception, before any one magis-
trate. And the cons.ables in the several
townes ME required to make presentmer,
to each particular co1rte, of such us, they
DO understand, and can evisi TO- 10, trans,
grcsso.s Of this order.
At q town-meeting in Portsmouth, N. H,
in 1862, it was ''ordered that q cage be
built or some other. means devised, at the
disc letion Of the, Setecsmen, to punixa sucl
us take tobacco on the Lords day, in tim,
OF publick SERVICE" But it does not ap
pear that this measure had all the eaec,,in
tended, for, ten years afterwards, the towr
"voted that if any person shall smoke to
bacco in the meeting house during religion.
service. he shall pay fine offive shilling,
for the use Of the town."