The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-07-07

ION were Joy, kecOmpense, anu ruy ). ahu
the following bap,ismal names were very
common Faith, Hope, Charity, Deliver
ance, Dependence. Preserved, Content,
P,udsuce, PaliencS Thankful, Ha'eevil,
Huljfas,. aud The like.
III 1912, some Puritan preachers visited
Virginia, and were ordered 10 leave, forth
with, by proclamation Of Governor Belk.
erly.
In l643, the colonies Of New Plymouth,
Massachusetts ConneclicI, aud New Haven
entered inlo League OF & Perpetual con.
filence, offensive and deieiensive," under
The title Of "The United Colonies Of New
England"
In l644, a mint was crealed foI coming
silver money, in Boston, by Provincial au.
lhorily. Maryland is The only other colony
that ever coined money.
III 1851, the Baplsls first made their .np.
ipearance in Massachusetts, led by Obidiah
Holmes. They were charged with gross
adjudycd uoisance, aud
,anishrd ,he P'oviuce. The President OF
Harvard College embraced the new ,enels,
and was dismissed.
Il was about The year i6l5, ia, the Qua.
ke,s first appeared in America. George
Fox was The founder oil The sect in England,
and The Quakers were jealous proselyies.
Some went 10 Rome, others 10 Constantine
pie, and party came to America. They
ara described as "noisy ranters women
as well as men preaching when the spIi'
moved-some disturbed religions meetings
are said 10 have walked The streets naked,
and 20 have been scaldously immoral and
hnalcal. They were variously punished,
banished, sc. !; and, in 1868, the penalty
OF death was prononnced,n in Massachusetts,
on all Quakers returning from Punishment,
and many were executed exhibiting The
utmost courage and zeal. Mary Dyer was
executed. who had been follower Of An.
ne Hutchinson
The law of Connec,cu, was, "No food
or lodgings shall be afforded 10 u Quaker,
A,lalnlle OF other herellc.n
In 1872, the laws Of Connecticut, then in
manuscript. we've codilied and printed. and
every head Of u family was prsented with II
copy, and ordered 10 read il weekly TO his
family.
In 1878, the General Court of Massachu.
sells derlare,. that The Navigation Acts in-
vaded their "righls, liherlirs, and properties,
as they were no, represented III PLIlid'
m.ni."
IN 1880, bright meteor, in The form OF
a spear, the point 10 the setting sun, was
seen fur successive nights iI New England.
Il made a serious ind deep impression on
The minds oflhe people, and was seized up
on as the occasion Of general relorln IN
mailaers aud revival in religion. The zen.
eraI Cour, published long list OF epidemic
piees, among which were The pride IN cut.
TIM and curliny The hair, excess OF finery,
limmo,esi clohing, negligent carriage nj
church, hish prizes Of shop.keepers, swear
ing, ilene.s, and lavern.ounyng, and the
, Grand Juries were directed to fine aud pun.
) i,ll such vices. Aud one Robert Keayne,
wealthy and "pious merchant was fined
. 5000, AID admonished Tor The "corrupi prac.
! ,lce" Of selling dearer than most TIA
ders.
2 In 1857, marriages were required 10 be
: solemnized before Ministers Of The church
] of England, there being at that time only
one in Massachusetts. Fasts and thanks.
! giving were suppressed, public meetings
disallowed, and passports were required IN
order 10 leave The province. In 1859, AL
insurrec,ion took place al Boston; Andros
and iiily others were imprisoned and Brad.
street, ninety years old, was made Cover.
nor.
In 1893, The people Of New Hampshire
entertained the design of abandoning their
province, as their situation had become
, iIksome and dangerous. AT This period The
people ofihe "G,anile" Colony were DIES.
, cribed as " a nursery Ofstern heroism, pro.
ducing men OF firmness aud vaor, who can
, traverse mountains aud deserts, encounter
hardship, and face an enemy without ter.
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In 1893, The beliefin wilchcrah was as uni.
versal as was The beliefn christianity, and ev.
, cry civilized State had penal codes against H.
Sir Mathew Hale adjudged number Of
, men TO die for wilchcrafi, n few years be.
, fore this period. The conviction Of The
witches of Warbois. in Elizabeth's reign
9 was commemoa'ed BY an annual sermon
S al Huntington, (England,) as late as The
\ middle of The seventeenth century, and The
g Scottish seceders denounced ibe repeal o.
Z The penal laws against wilhcraii as a ma
j tional sin, in l743. and reprinted their pro.
# ties, rs late rs 1866. The last executions
: of witches were in l7l6 and 1922.
y in 1922, three witches were hanged al
Q Hartford, Connecticut. Bu, a few insian-
!. ces, however, occur in America, ill 1858,
when woman was executed in Boston,
}. and Richard Baxter wrote an account there.
, of, declaring that any one refusing 10 be-
e lieye in witchcrat was al obstinate Saddu.
q Gee. In 1902, The epilepsy prevailed in
q Massachusetts, bleaking out in Salem
aud, as the physicians could neither ex.
n plaln nor cure The disease, il was ascribed
\ 10 wilchcrht. Commencing AT Salem, II
: spread through New England; and for
!. mouths, scenes OF blood, terror, and mad.
, uess, prevailed. Young women were the
y frs, and mos, numerous victims. Twenty.
i eight persons were capilally convicted, oI
o whom nineteen were hung, aud one pressed
y 10 death for refusing 10 plead. Que hun
}. ,lred and fifty persons were in prison on
charges, and two hundred others presented
II for Indictment. Al this period OF The de.
S lusien, The wife Of Governor Phipps, The
4 n.ares, relatives Of Dr. Malher, and a cili
u zen of Boston, were accused of wilchcrali
S The accuseis were arrested for defamation
u a, the suit of The Boston citizen, and one
. thousand pounds were claimed as damages
J, The spell was broken; and nj the next as
= size 6Ity prisoners were tried; only three
j were convicted, and they were immediate
y " pardoned by the Governor.
In June, 1893; an assembly Of divnes sol
emnly declared, THAT The appariiions o
persons oiTlicling others, was no proof Of ,he.l
being wilches;" and "tpeciral evidence
}. was not regarded as sufficient to convict
$ by jnries. Bu, large portion Of the peo
/. pie still believed tina; The ''receni malady
was caused, in fact, by wi'chcrnii," ana nr. ~
Malher wrote treatise IN support VI 'no
|. o,;,;o, Sir William Pbipps, however,