The North-Carolinian., 1855-03-10
Spread OF Mernonssrn.

Very young men recollect the Grst publica-
ton of the book of Mormon; in the boyhood of
! the youngest citizen that has beard on his
| face, the Mormons we're sect too contemplate
| to excite even curiosity; row the Mormons have
| already in our midst large independent cons
| munity, purely Mormon, aud which, before long,
will be demanding admission to the Union as q
Mormon State. In California, their mlders have
a position and influence; the Christian ministers
there cannot afford to treat them with contempt,
but are compelled by force cf pnblie opinion, as
well by of duty, meet them in
public debate and attempt the serious refutation
of errors, which, five years ago, were met with
| smile of pity sneer of contempt, and
which, unless they were actually gaining con-
siderable ground it would be of course, the
| worst policy to treat with the consideration and
respect of reply. .-....-...
At II time when every one knows that it
would be impossible to elect Catholic Priest
to similar offce-when the fact that Bishop
Fitzpatrick got one single vote for the Chaplain-
ship in the Legislature of Massachusetts has
aroused indignant comment, a Mormon Minister
is elected over his Christian competitors to the
position of Chaplain Of the Legislative body of
the most fonrshing State in the Union aud
| the fact hardly elicits comment. 1t is accepted
as the most natural thing in the world These
are signs Of the times, rather hunibIing to the
patriotic American who has been accustomed
to boast of this age and country of pro-
signs at least that the dangers which have ruin
ed society in the past, still exist in full force
amongst us, and that, in our age, no more
than in any other, mankind exempt from
temptations to the most degrading superstition.
Mormonism now counts amongst its defenders
men Of cultivated intellect, and who shall say
that, in the lapse of the next ten years, it will
not number in its ranks whose social posi-
ton shall be such to do away with the re-
proach which the low condition of its professors
in the social scale has far brought upon it,
When there is question of error in matter Of re-
ligon, amount of intellectual culture is
prcservatiye. AS far as that goes, it is we'll
known fact, that the great body of j Zoe Smiths
disciples so far, have been Englishmcn, of the
lower classes indeed, but not of the lowest div-
sion of that GLASS; persons intelligent instructed
more or less in the doctrines of Christian sccts,
shrewd enough in the every day affairs OF life,
and of respectable common school education
The writer of these lines does not hesitate to
avow his belief that there is Il good deal more
in Mormonism than people have supposed The
opinion may go for what it is worth, but ii is
founded upon some consideration of the subject
some acquaintance and converse tion the mat
ter of their superstition with the better sort of
Mormons, & we'll grounded conviction that the
vast majority of deluded creatures that pass
through St Louis to the Salt Lake. are perfectly
sincere 4 ready to die for their creed the
Christians 10y whom they are surrounded. Nor
monism is indeed dclusion Mahome-
tanis,n-but those who believe either Mormon
ism or Mahomctanism to have been simply hui
man delusions-human and natural in their
origin and in their mode Of propagation--have
to account for their spread. These Mormons
have nothing to gain and everything to lose by
embracing the Sect. Most of them were well
enough to do in the old country, and they
pose themselves to hardship on hardship to pro-
fcss their religiou.-.St. Louis Inteiiicenccr
Too SwEEr.-Perhars there is not more
offensive feature of dandyism, than over scent
ing with high favored sweets. AS the Scotch
proverb has it, it is over sweet to be wholesome,
An amusing rebuke Of this vulgar habit
given at Niagara, last summer, which is worthy
Of presentations:
Sitting on the piazza of the Cataract House,
young forpish-looking gentleman, his
garments very highly scented with mingled
odor Of bad cologne and very powerful musk.
\ solemn faced, odd looking man, after passing
the dandy several times, with look of aversion
which drew general notice, suddenly stopped,
and in Il confidential tone, said:
Stranger ! can tell you what vii! take that
scent ont of your clothes. You take"
"What what do You mean, sir?" said the
exquisite filed with Indignation and starting
from his chair.
''Oh! Get mad, now! swcar-pitch round
fight; jnst because man wants to do you a
tell you, l do know what'll take out that
smell Phew! You just bury your elotAes!
bury 'em only for day or two! had an
Gle who got foul of a SIX"
At this instant, there went up from the
crowd simultaneous roar of merriment; and
the dandy very sensibly "clearcd the COOP"
and vanished upstairs
The fact is, there is no parrying such good
natured satire when well founded.
CURATIVE PROPERTIES SuGAR-CANE JUICE
DR. Cartwright, of New Orleans has pub
lished in the Boston Medical journal, an arti-
Gle describing the cures effected upon persons
afflicted with consumption and bronchitis, by in
haling the vapor arising from boiling cane juice.
1t appears that chemical investigation has dis
covered two very different properties in sugar,
the freshlycut cane-juice destroying cold blooded
animals quick as lightning From witnessing
| this remarkable property of killing so rapidly,
the doctor seems, to infer that 1T would cure
equally as effectuay, and he tried the expert
ment on consumptve Frenehman, by making
him inhale the varer of boiling cane,juice. The
man got we'll. The doctor, in fit of medical
enthusiasm, ascribed it to the vapor, and he
wishes the world to know the good effects of
this remedy 1t has long been observed by
overseers Of sugur plantations, that weakly or
sickly persons soon get robust and strong when
set to skimming the pans during the boiling of
cane juice. The fragrant canc-juice is perfectly
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