Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1867-01-24


and children-from Maine, had lately arriv-
ed at atfa, at the foot Of Mount Carmel. A
Mr.. Adams President Adams he styles
himself-is the prime mover of this Y an
kce emigration On. He organized the colony
from members of a religious sect called
the "Church of Messiah" who hold,
among other points of faith, that they are
of the tribe of Ephraim, and that "a the
curse is ow taken off from Palestine, the
set time has come for the Lost Ten Tribes
to return their land In recent sermon
he stated that the present colony OF one hun
dred ana nifty seven, are only vanguard OF
a mighty host who are soon coming mp to
possess the land. It is not clear what he
means by the "curse" being removed
The colonists, nine of whom died on the
way, are said to be much disheartened,
and already wish they had remained at
home. They allowed "President" Adams
to delude them into the belief that he was
taking them to land flowing with milk
and honey. Did not the Bible say so
Whereas they find numerous evidences of
the curse still in the land. The colony
was we'll received by the Pasha at Jafa,
and certainly must have astonished the ma
tives not little.
BRITISH CAPITAL TO THE SoUrH.-Iast
winter the Legislature Of Tennessee char
tered the American Industrial Agency,
with very valuable franchises. The rur-
pose of the company is to aid in an in
,eased production of southern staples by
advancing money to farmers on favorable
terms Mr. NJ. j. McHatfie has recent
~ arrived in this country commissioned by
large British capitalists to examine into anc
fl,o I,l ,.r1
cy, and is now making tour through
the Southern States in company with
Colonel Ben jamin E. Green, solicitor of
satisfy himself rs the present and future
financial responsibility of the people of
that section.
She was and she wasn't. Hahn, last year,
went to Washington as Senator from
| the State of Louisiana; now be is there to
prove that Louisiana is not State Of
course, then, he was an imposter as a
pretended Senator When Gen. Butler
was in Louisiana, 'sit was intimated to
him from Washington that it would be
desirable to select two members OF Con
gress from New Orleans and the contigu-
, ous parishes - to carry out this sugges-
ton he sent Gen. Weitzel with an army
through the Lafourcle country, to clear
the country Of "rebels," and thus make it
/ ''loya.' enough to vote for a Republican
/ Congressman. From all of which it ap.
pears that a State is a State only when
/ Radicals want it to be State. @>.'
! ,.D1DN'r Para gentleman from Nor,
therns sOhio-always regarded as asplend
j i'd business manager-tried'i q plantation
:, IN Mississippi last season, and reports that
! he is out OF pocket about $12 900 over hi
! crop, and to use his own language has "let
]. out" He says the colored men may fight
like the.devil, but they don't work worth
d-in. -9lit 81 ta@@s5fQ te1ti 'j.I" - F<>.''
a. When the new, route of, commerce tx
|tne. eastern world is opened the first artic
! le that California viii export to China vii
/ be deceased Chinese, This singular peo
! pie cannot bear to be buried ia foreign
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\ A terrible riot was raging in Fairmount
l VerrniIlion county, Illinois, on the 3d. =
; At last accounts seven persons were killed
+ and fifteen wounded. The riot grew on
, of a controversy on the Question Of a nes
county. Ei'A '''s,'5''. 90 a.. =
IL The ro;1.o odc of fhioerounfru ,alo