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That Joseph Smith, a native of Vermont, an oltacure individual, without ,>nonev, education or respectability, should, under the influence of an overwhelming religious enthusiasm, successfully induce a belief in his immediate inspiration in the minds of huudredsof thousands of people, and cause a book entitled the''Hook of Mormon," to be conscientiously received by them as of e<|Uftf authority with the Scriptures, and a continuation of the sacred rovt^iions of Jleaven, that, in twenty years' une the disciples of Joseph Smith should have increased from six to f U0,000, should have founded a State in the distant w'! h-rness, and compelled the government of the United States practically to recognise thein as an independent people with the right of self-government; that the emissaries of this religious sect should now he preaching its doctrines with success, in the most enlightened nations in Europe, and in pagan countries, and that convcr* should be continually flocking to the Mortnon settlement, in the valley of the (treat Hall Lake, from all parts of tlm earth; those ifro fscts worthy the researches of the philosopher, the consideration of statesmen, and the pen of the historian. Such a revelation of the superstition and folly of humanity in modern times, throws a bright light on similar events which have occurred in former epochs of the world's history, the revelation and Koran of Mahomet, Ac. The following Is the account givon by Lieutenant Gunnison, [from whose intereating book just published by I.inpincott, Grarobo A Co., the facts set forth in this article are obtained,] of the origin of tlio Mormon sect: 'The founder of the Mormon sect was Joseph Smith, a native of Vermont, who emigrated when quite young in his father's family to Western New York. According to his autobiography, published in a aeries of letters, he was of a religion* turn of mind, and, when seventeen yearn of age, became greatly interested in the "revivals of religion." often occurring among the "denominations" in that section of country. In one of there times hie feelings were so powerfully wrought upon that he gave hunscif up to continued prayer for some days?and moditating still at night, he ?| length arose while ail tbo family ere hushed in sleep, and poured forth his *ot| "agonizing" to have made known to hirtHhe truth, among tha conflicting opinions v heard by the various sects. His sp***10 '*c?meauddenly illuminated, *n?;?rW withhirt**r<*1 *nd eonversod fa ^ ? nfrkrhte.**. instructed him in aUoWt?nt there was no Worming him -oh upon 1)t i TO LITERARY, the earth. The doctrino taught on this I point is, that the church which was once ? established, had fallen under iho rule giv- ' en by tbe prophet, and had "changed tho , ordinances," "broken tho everlasting cov- < cn&nt," and "corrupted the faith;" for which ! cause it was removed from eartli?or, in ] their figurative expression, "the nmn ;ki 1 was caught up into heaven,'" which means * that the priesthood was taken away fifteen * hundred years ugo. And Joseph w as told 1 that his prayea were heard and registered I in tlio hooks on high, and that, bpingdear- ] ly beloved of the Lord, he should be coin- j ' missioned a priest after the order of Mel- I 1 chisidek, and restore that line among men, I organizing a church of faithful persons, to 1 receive the Lord in the Millennium, which ' t time should bo hastened according to their j i degree of mighty Jaith, for he was deter- 1 mined "to cut the work short in righteous- | i ness." In after visits he was further in- i4 strutted that "truth should spring out of 1 the earth"?(Pa.)?and that, accordingly, I lie should be conducted to the hill Cumorali, > in Palmyra, New York, and receive from > out the ground holy and prophetic records | concerning a lamily of Jews that cmigrat- " ed from Jerusalem in the time of Zedekiah, 1 and were miraculously led to America, ' ! across the Eastern ocean. "On being guided to the spot, he found a square stone U>x, eight inches high, cov- 1 ered with u slab, cemented upon it; and 8 made repeated trials to open it. lie was struck back hy an iuvisihlu blow, and in- * formed, in answer to his earnest prayer, that the want of success was owing to his listening to the suggestions, of Satan, who 1 had walked at his elbow on the w ay, and c had made him resolve to make use of the golden plates on whieli the records were ! engraved, as well as the contents when published, to advance his temporal for- 0 tunes. This was sin?to think ho should 8 liecome famous, was unholy ambition; that J' he should be rich and powerful thereby, was avarice. "Hut, on sincere repentance and sub- ' mission, four years after, the contents of the Ik>x wero shown to him, the angel ^ opening it; which consisted of the "Sword ot j^iiDan," brought from Jerusalem, a breastplate an<l two stones, "bright ami shining,'' and golden plates engraved with j characters, and united at the backs by ,. rings. A portion of the records was received, constituting the Hook of Mormon, , in which are depicted, much in the stylo of ^ the Itible Chronicles, the various fortunes of tho four brothers of the emigrating family, nrul of their descendants?how some tribes were evil in their practices, despising reproof, and became cursed with a dark *!? ? or?d loathsome habits, and were !' made acour</?>s,to igliurs ? ii:.- ?w U troin tho truth?the sayings, teaching*, and warnings of their prophets, who fore- 1 told by r.amc the advent of the Saviour v of the world?the organization among tho * purer i>oople on this continent, of n church '' by Christ, who mine down to thorn after j ,l liis ascension at Jerusalem, and gave them | j1 I lis gospel nearly in tho words of the Ser- j ^ iiiou on the Mount, and how that for * apostacy these Christians were tiually de- ^ stroyed by the Gadianton robbers and the ' red men?the last prophet, Morani by ? name, sealing up the Records, and deposit- * ing them, with the sword, b rim and Thumtnim, and breastplate, at Cuinorali, ^ there to remain until "the fullness of time" I1 should demand .their exhumation; ami i 1 which should be brought forth, "by way v of Gentile," for the "convincing of boll) ^ Jew and Gentile thai Jesus is the Christ." n (See l'refacc, lk Mormon.) "The restoring angel was the spirit of ; this same Morani, the soil of Mormon the | " Seer, w ho iiad in.ale a compendium ul the \ holy writings and deliveied them to him; and Joseph uow constituted tlie Seer, by j means ot the I'rim and Thiimiiuni, placed I in a bow and looked through U|m>ii the | ' oegun uieir iraiitiaiioii, unci preach- 1 l e?l the news of liis ini|M>rlniit mission." ; 0 Such in tho account given by Joseph ' Smith and his followers of tho origin of ,( tho Book of Moruiou. Fanaticism will f ever meet with opponent* in men whose 1 minds arc enlightened by science, ami [ J where Christian principles are firm anil i settled. It is alleged by the opponent of 1 Moriuonism, that the Mormon biblo w as j a fabricated by Joseph Smith, out of a , c manuscript writteu by tho lato Itev. Mr. Spaulding, at Conuoaut, Ohio; and of a : which he became possessed. This manu- i I script was written bv Mr. Spaulding, to ( account for tho ruined cities and temples t discovered in Central America. These re- ? mains of a past civilization, which anti- c quariaus have not yet been able to account f for, wore chosen by Mr. Spaulding as the c subject of hit MS., which ?? a rotrtnuoe tn ii show the manner in which America was a peopled by tho Jews, and tho "lost ten i< tribes of Israel," together with the sul.se- s quetit events that occurred to their des- i cemlents, and the origin of the Indian na- <\ tious which overspread! the continent of J America when it was discovered by Col- s umbos. A clear idea of the origin of the ? Mormon bible can be had from tlie affidavit of Mr. Henry Lake, given at (Jonnea.it, ] in 1838, which is eormlKwated by an a- , bundance of other testimony. t "He affirms; "I left the State of New t York in the year of I8HX, and arrived in c this place nhout the first of January fol- c lowing. Soon after my arrival 1 formed I .11 I-.1 4J~1- C3 1 J* ? copHnn<.'n?iii}> '?iw omuiimu ^pruiHiing * He frwjuently read to iue from a r manuscript which ho was writing, and. t which he entitled the "Manuscript Found," i which lie represented as tieing found in \ this town, t spent many hours in hear- t ing him read eaid writing*, and Ixwanie t acquaint*! with their contents. He wish- t ed me to assist htm in getting it printed, j alleging that a book or that Lincl would r moot with a rapid sale. Thie hook re- r presented the American Indian* aa the lost i ,, AGRICULTUKA] JTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY 'ing It will bo readily allowed, that there are are, passages in Scripture which nre hard to mc- he understood, and about the exact meanac, i?g of which the learned disagree. Exhat perionce shows that men may pore over he the hidden meaning of such passages unthe til they become religiously insane, and are ie it thus led to "wrest the Scriptures to theia len. own destruction." When we find the den most mysterious parts of the Bible, in . I 0 ? i. . t COMMERCIAL LANCASTER, C. H, SOI .ribes, gavo an account of their lcai Jerusalem, their contentions and w which were many and great. One ti when lie was reading to me the tragic ;ount of Laban, I pointed out to him w [ considered an in consistency, vl::cb promised to correct; but by referring to Hook of Mormon, I find to my surprif itauds there, just as he read it to me tl some months ago I borrowed a gol Hible, * * * had not read twenty mini x-fbre I was astonished to find the alassages in it that Spaulding had rea ne, more than twenty years before, ti lis "Manuscript Found." Since tin* lave more fully examined the said got jible, and have no hesitation in sayhat the historical part of it is principa f not wholly, taken from the "Manusc Pound." I well recollect telling Mr. Spai ti? that the too frequent use of the woi 'Now it came to pass," "And itcann xisa," rendered it ridiculous. Spauld eft here in 1812, and I furnished i with the means to carry him to Pittsbi vherc he said he would get the Is irintod and pay me. But 1 never he .1.: e t-?_- * ,..j I..IIIJ4 iu'mu irum mm, or 01 ins w ngs, till I saw them in the Book of M non." The same in effect is the evidence lie brother of Spaulding, that he he: iiuch of the "Manuscript" read, and tl; iccording to his beat recollection, M'l took of Morinon is the same as my brc r Solomon wrote, with the 'xceptior lie religious matter." All this is confii d by more than half a dozen other g lemon; and by the widow ami daugT >f the author of "Manuscript Found." It appears that Mr. Spaulding left. Pi >nrg in 1814, and that his widow, al lis death, in 1810, removed to Onondt ouiity, Now York, near to her early idencc, and carried a trunk thither, c uining the writings of her deceased h and. During a part of the time fr 817 to 1820, when she again marr lid moved to Massachusetts, the tri ras at her brother's in Onondaga llolh icar the residence of the Smith fam'ly Vhen the Book of Mormon appear nd its identity with the Spaulding R ras dis<-ovcred, the trunk was hunted nd search made for the Spaulding > t had mysteriously disappeared, and I Manuscript Found" has ever since Im lie "Manuscript Lost" From these < umstances it is thought that Jose iinith obtained possession of it, and mou d it into the Book of Mormon, srrangi nd altering the matter so as to suit wn purposes. A copy of the Book of Mormon v laced in our hands a few days ago, wh oHuVnation tn saving that a more s cssful attempt to imitate the S riptui ins |H'rha|is never mule. lis leter* Lvle and merits are, however, truly c> 1'iufitible, its author having been plait Viimt fi? i,?'jii??i.i -?r 11... ...? i^nwinii? .? imv i unit w| mtm nar ami composition us a Hottentot Contrast the revelation* in the Hook lormnii with the sublime beauty ? randeur of the revelations of the i hanging laws of nature, in the "Princ f Newton." llow truly contcmptibh ujM-rstition! The manner of writing the Hook lornum was as follows: "Smith woi ilace his pseudo gold plate* in a hat, n like the stones, Urim and Thnmini diieh ho affirmed had been delivered lim ut the hill Cumorah, in Palmyra, n angel?and, raising a screen of cl< etween himself and the scribe, proci a look through the atones, and the woi ii reformed Egyptian character* wo hange to his vernacular, and "pass [>re his eye* l?v the power and gift i..d." lie gives us a particular account of irst persecution by his neighbors, ried to capture the "gold plates;" an scape from this, he concealed them ii arret of lieans. We are also told t 'owdery, the scribe, was sharply rcbul r>r impertinent curiosity, in wishing to he gold plates, trhieh wan (he propK mvilege only. The Hook of Mormon whs isanod 1830, and on the 4th of April, of ame year, the first Mormon church \ rganized, consisting of only six memb ?the father of Smith, hi* two broth md Oliver (Powdery, a schoolmaster, ng amongst the number. It is said t Powdery first baptized the nrophet, a o render the act legitimate, tnere was j cnt as sponsors, Moses and Elias, tog? r with Peter, Jaines and John. The j iliet now baptized and commissioned < rs, who began their enthusiastic prea ng. sad converted ?*veral visionary cb jwrtunil wimntii any KlUM 0| onsin Christianity, of a weak and *u{ tilious Uirn of mind, and liable to he nediately carried away hy the first < [iieut harangue in favor of Millcrii iforinonism, or any other religious d< ion. In this manner, the Mormon chu padually increased in numbers. In the following August, Parley "Valt, a Cainpbellite preacher in 01 vho was praeching notions on propht ho restoration of tlio Children of Isr ind the Millenninm, met with the B< tf Mormon, and became a convert, wh at a visit to the State of New York, lie return, he presented the new BibU mother still more enUiusUutio pen tamed Sidney liigdon. lie too adop ?w Kl' ill. illVW WOIO lKIl|H>n idditione to the Mormon Society. D rere men endowed with UlenU, learn ind eloquence. We would remark h hat Higdon had for three yean tan he literal interpretation of Scripture j iheciee, (he gathering of the hnuHte eeeire the eecowd coming, the literal re >f the Hainta on earth, and the m niraculou* gMls in the oharch. He? ciuuing the prophecies and revelatitnis, inline variably quoted to sustain their peculiar f() views by the Mormonito and Millcrite tun preachers, and this with a degree of posin, [ tiveneM of assertion which will admit of den no consideration, common sense as well as ing Christianity plainly shows such preachers Jly, to be nothing but religious fanatics or imript posters. "Fools rush in where angels fear lid- to tread." rds, The first Mormon settlement was formJ to ed at Kirtland, in Ohio, in January, 1831. ing To this place the prophet and his people lim remove<l, where Pratt and Iiigdon had irg, already a society of over a thousand to rexuc ccive them. In the month of June, Joseph ard Smith professed to have received a revciarit tion, which resulted in the sending forth tor- of a mission of elders into Missouri. The site for a city was selected, which was ! ot called Zion, and there was soon collected, ird I in Jackson county, Missouri, over 1200 iat. Mormons, buying land* and- cultivating I'hc them peaceably. Two)cars thus passed .th- away in peace, but in 1834, the people in i of Jackson county collected and drove them rm- out. This attack appears to have boon en- altogether unjust, and without any moiter tive but the fear of the Mormons gaining a political ascendency in the county, and tt*- a dislike to their fanatical doctrines and fter institution*. Tim : *'? - ...x uxniuviio agum jjwirier>ga ed rapidly together in Clay and the adre joining counties, and prosperity again aeon companied them in all their efforts. In us- 1837 a Mormon bank was established at om Kirtland, and public credit obtained to a ied considerable amount. This bank failed ink in 1838, and ita manager* were pmaecut>w, cd for swindling. The Mormons in Mis.? souri and Ohio were now driven out of ed, these States, and 12,000 of them arrived IS. on the banks of the Mtssiasippi, in a desti- ' up, tutc condition. Their tale of distress IS. touched the hearts of the Illinoisian.s, and the tliey received them hoapitably, furnishing . en them with both food and clothing and a :ir- place on which to effect a settlement.? j>h The city of Nnuvoo waa now built by the Id- Mormons, and the site for a temple chosen, mg The State favored the exiles; charters were his obtained for the city, with peculiarly favornhle privileges; the Nauvoo Legion was tns incorporated, and the arms of tho Slate ion UOUaitefck, uc- prophet as Lieutenant-General. Misaionroa, aries were now sent abroad to Palestine, ,ry Africa, and Europe. mi- One of that hand, still well affected toil ly wards Mormonism, though differing on in- one point from its teachings, related to .? Lieut. Gunnison some parts of the disof course of Joseph Smith to th? Missionamd ries. l,n* One main point insisted on was, that 'P* "spiritual wifery" was to be most pointed*'s ly denied; and that tliey taught that one man should live in chaste fidelity with one of woman in conjugal relationship. In the aid dark concerning tho revelation allowing ind polygamy, he sincerely declared that hut iin, one wife was ever known to any of his to brethren. While rcalou?ly preaching in hv tlie city of New York, he wan thought >tfi worthy, by the Apostle Lyman, to U? l? t *?d into the secret of the "blessings of Jacob," ds, tlio privileges of the Saints. Called aside uld one day by the President of the Stale, he bo- was told that Chd had always rewarded of Hid distinguished saints with special privileges, such as would be wrong for sinrhe ncrs, but by revelation made harmless to ' <> | the good. As an instance he would cite | Jacob, David, aud Solomon, who had mail a ! uy wives allowed them. In these last hat days, also, the like had been accorded to ;ed Joseph Smith and others; and having now see full confidence in his holiness, the priest els' could have the satne privilege of adding to the household of the faith many chiljn dren, bv choosing additions to the present thn wife. The priest says he was utterly aswan tourxlori, but. on reflection, chose to diasemblc, and say he would consider the er# matter. In the evening he was invited to he.' witness "a sealing" of several couples, at lIHt a large boarding-house. In the front parnt] lor tne ceremony, like a marriage, was )re' performed; and, as each pair was "ftnish>th. >h!" by the priest, they retired through the >rty. folding doors, and thus to their own apart |d ruent*> The guest was so shocked, that ho retired to bis home, and though he iar. never took any open part against the "church of new privileges,'' he was deMr. nounoed as a deserter in their papers, and the nublic i-sutinnAfl tiriinit liim > fo. famer. Am, From 1888 lo 18-44, Mormonism aprlu pear* to hare bean in a state of continurcb f>us prosperity at Nauvoo, It was during thia peaceful interim, that the revelation, ]?_ allowing to Joseph, and the high priest* ,k>, of the Mormon hierarchy, as many wives *>v' u they could support, was alleged to have M|* been received frotn Heaven. In vale the x>k wife of Joseph, styled by himself end fob ,i)?t lowers, "The Klect Lady," threatened, by Oq way of retaliation, to lake another husj la band; the only counotation *he received )Qi)t was that a prophet must obey the Lord? ted tahe would be obedient to the Heavenly ant oth The Mormons now boasted of having ing 100,000 persons in the faith, throughout ere, the States. tn 1844, Joseph sent forth gbt bis "Views on Government,' and was so* wo- toallv put forth by the infatuated votaries i to of his religious imposture aa one of the tgu candidates far the Presidency! Now H I of was that these who had treated them so hospitably, became incensed against them, L, GENERAL AP MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, I85i It wa3 asserted, and with truth, that no Gentile couldobtain justice in the Nauvoo courts. The property of the people of Illinois was stolen from them, and traees of it were obtained at Nauvoo. Men of influence and talent row deserted the j standard of the prophet, denouncing him < ns an impostor, debauchee, and tyrant.? ' Women impeached him of attempted wroncr. whilst th? misnralilw -.> i -J ."WVX..,*i- | sorted to by him, that he did it j'.'st to see ; if they were virtuous, only exasperated I those families which he had sought todis- > honor. The Expositor having published j a list of the prophet's debaucheries, and j those of his friends, a party of Mormons \ attacked the printing-oftiee, broke the | press to pieces, and scattered the type in i the streets. This attack was resented on ! the part of the people, and justice having | been refused, the Governor of the State j was appealed to, and Joseph and llvrum, j his brother, together with I>r. Richards j and John Taylor, were lodged iu Carthage jail. The citizens of Carthage now conspircd together to attack the jail, and take I' justice into their own hands. Early on | the morning of the 27th of June, 14, | they assaulted the door of the room in i which the prisoners were incarcerated.? ' Richards and Taylor, lying on the floor, ' made a stretch across the room, the feet I of one against the shoulders of the other, I and kept the door from fully opening.? i Guns were thrust in and discharged, and j Joseph, w ith a revolver, returned two shots, J hitting one man in the elbow. A ball | J mrucn liyrutn, the patriarch, and he fell, | exclaiming, "I am killed!"?to which | Joseph replied, "Oh, brother liyrutn!"? J The prophet then threw up the window, and, in the act of leaping through, was | killed by balls fired from the outside, saying, as he fell, "O Lord, my (J d!". The j people in the hall forced into the room and wounded Taylor, the other escaped "without a hole in his robe." After the death of Joseph, the struggle for the leadership followed, and Hrighum Young was elected. The persecuting spirit did not cease with the death of the prophet. Nothing would satisfy the people of Illinois but the exp ilsion of the Mormons froui Nauvoo ami the surrounding country. It was announc.'Hl, by revelation, that the whole church must retire iuto the wilderness to grew into a multitude aloof from the haunts ot civilization. The Valley of the (ireat Salt Lake was selected for a settlement, and on the 21st of July, 1847, the pioneer party arrived, and on the 24th the Church Presidency, which latter day is now their grand epoch. coArmuetf to "proap^V. vi hey hare by their industry fertilized a barren region, and made "two spires of grass to grow where only one grew before." And there they are bidding defiance to their persecutors,and ready to fight for their rude rocks and snowy lands. They demaud a recognition of their independence as a State, on the ground that they know lietter than all the world l*esides w hat is suited to their condition. They are a peculiar people. "They have termed everything on the model of , j a republican State, adopted a constitution, ! liberal, free, and tolerant of conscience in | religion, and have a criminal code which ! applies to their peculiar situation and feelings;" and it is not to be presumed that , lawyers and judges, however eminent in their profession at home, can understand or appreciate the statutes of this wild country. Oentile judges are, therefore, regarded by ull Mormons as an unjust im|>osition, and they are resolved on resist- . ing all such foreign interference. Experience has shown that Mormonism cannot exist in these States. It must con- I quer or die. The Mormon settlement is | at present rendered harmless by its geographical position. The Valley of the Great Salt Lake is situated midway between the Mississippi States and C'alifor- , nia, and is hemmed in on all sides by inhospitable tracts of country upwards of a thousand miles in extent It is, in fnct, a three months' journey, with the present conveniences for travelling, from the near- , est civilized community to the Mormon ! settlement. j Wo have given an outline of the histori- ! cal picture of .bormonism drawn by our author, and we shall now take a glance at a few interesting peculiarities in the Mormon theology. i nej.Mormons worship a Trinity, or rath- ( er a duality of person* in the Godhead. r (iod the father is an infinitely perfect man; Jesus Christ is the Son of God by the Virgin Mary, and the Iloly Spirit is the one mind possessing and acting in the Father and the Son. Passages are quotted from their own work- to show that uch are in reality their view*. "First, God himself, who sits enthroned in yonder heavens, is a man like unto one i of yourselves, that is the great secret.? . If the veil was sent to-day, and the great God who holds this world in its orbit, and upholds all things by His power, if yon were to see Him to-day, you would see Him in all the person, image, and very form as a man: for Adam was created in i. tlie very fashion and image of God; Adam receivou instruction, walked, talked, and conversed with Him, as one man talks l and communes with another." ? There is a quotation extant from the i author of the "Voice of Warning," to the \ effect that "we worahip a God who hath ] both body and parte; who ha* eyes, i mouth, and ears, and who speaks when, and to whom He pleases?who is just as good at mechanical inventions as at apy < other business." I But we are referred by their teachevs to the Apocalypse^ where it is written of the 1 Redeemer] "And hath made ua kings 1 and priests unto God and Kit Father? and 1 to t'!re apostle that said, "there aro gods ' srn ton at txtt? many and lords many," to prove tliat the Father had "his father," and they talk boldly of the grandfather, great-grandfather of God, thus tracing back almost ad infinitum to the "llead God, that called the grand council together, when the I worlds came rolling into existence." < )ur author adds:?"The prophet has | not left on record, to my knowledge, the manner in which the llead God originated." And, hence, amongst the Mormons, the mode of his origin is a inerc matter! of opinion! The Mormons believe that the "head I devil," us they term him, retains many of the noble qualities which he possessed when an archangel; that lie is a "perfect gentleman," all the meaner temptations being resorted to by the baser sort of imps. They entertain |?eculiar views 011 the resurrection, believing that the same body will be raised, but that it will lie without any blood, which they consider to be the mortal part of our nature. This peculiarity in their faith is thus expressed by the < apostle Pratt, one of their authorities in j doctrinal matters. "Jesus was the exact pattern of our rc-1 surrccuon* "And Jesus Christ catne forth triumphant from the mansions of the dead, possessing the same hotly which had been born of a woman, which was crucified; hut no blood flowed in his veins; for blood was the natural life in which were die principles of mortality; and a man restored to tlesh and blood would be mortal, which was not the case with our 8ariourt" and he was substantial, for he told 'lis disciples to handle him, and kcow that lie had "flesh and Ikim*;" which will be .ho constitution of all resurrected bodies." It is believed that a person mav be 'moved by the spirit" to utter any set of rounds iu imitation of words, the speaker mowing nothing of the ideas expressed, ind that another member of the congregation may have imparted to him, by the amo spirit, the "gift of interpretation of ungues," so that he can explain to the o the audience what has been said in inelligible language. It is unnecessary to ^jive further extracts rom Lieut. Gunnison s book. Wo have vritten thus much 011 Mormonisiu because vc think the rise, progress, present pros >crity and jieculiarities of this religious ect ought to be more generally known; uul we wish to call particular attention to his work as a faithful and truthful exjiostor of Mormonisiu. That polygamy is practised among the Mormons is undeniable, and, indeed, the iubjoct begins to be more openly discuss- 1 ;d than formerly, and it is announced that ^rdAiiKitw.fiKitr^-ino-n^it'oi *11 V/niT*tians to a plurality of wives, if not to dedare their own practice of the same. We dissent from many of the views in .hi, volume. Morman prosperity is attributable to their admirable system of xunbiiiing labor, whilst each has his own orotic rtv in land* and ""'I i - ~i ?y ~ ?..v* ??.<*/ lo their industry. Similar results would follow, under any other religious system, provided the laws were equitably adminstered; and therefore are not to be attributed to the peculiarities in the Mormou hcology, or priestly government. The success of the Mormon prophet is .o be attributed more to the ignorance ind superstition which is still so abundantly prevalent in society, than to the skill j m?l science with which he was endowed. | Our author speaks in terms of agrandizencnt of Joseph Smith wielding "the pow-; rs of life and death over a multitude in ' in enlightened a<jt ami commipuniti/] but. lie success of so transparent a system of mposturo, shows that much of the dark- i less and superstition of past ages at pre-! out clouds the understandings of men, | ind that in religious matters, the intellect if a largo portion of the present genera-! lion are but little brighter than those of '.heir predecessors, anterior to the Lutheran 1 Iteformation. A Beautiful Figure, Livk is beautifully compared to a foun-1 jtin fed by a thousand streams, that perish I f one l>e dried. If is a silver cord, twisted j vitha thousand strings that part asunder, I f one be broken; frail and thoughtless j Mortals are surrounded by innumiuerable j langers, which make it much more strange i hat they escape so long that they almost j ill perish suddenly at last. We are incompnssed with accidents every day to :rush the mouldering tenements we inhabit. The seeds of disease are planted in our ^institutions by nature. The earth and itmosphere whence we draw the breath >f life are impregnated with death; health s made to operate its own destruction, ;he food that nourishes containing tho elencuts of decr.y; the soul that animates it by vivifying first, tends to wear it owt by ts own action, death lurks in ambush j ilong tbe paths. Notwithstanding this | s the truth, so palpably confirmed by the laily examples before our eyes, how little lo we lay it to heart ! We see our friends ind neifldlhnrs ameinrr nq hnf hftw ulrtim 1 Joe? it occur our thought* tliHt our knoll thai! perhaps give the next fruitier warling to tho world. 'reswext Smith, of Marietta Col J }epf, is now on the continent of Europe, engaged in the purchase of books to the auount of about $5,000. This is his seconJ nait to Europe for auch an objoct, and tho present purchases will establish the libra7 on an excellent basis. BW A Wertkrx editor announces the ieath of a lady of his acquaintance, and thus touch ingly add* : In hor decease, the sick lost an invaluable friend. Long will she seem to itand at their bed side aa she was wont, with the balm of consolation in one hand, tnd a enp of rknhorh ?a tjb other / " k LLIGENCE. [NUMBER 39. ilgrirnltnvul. jar t iik following we extract from a pamphlet, tilled " An }vs.nay ou the Agricaltural Capabilities of Chester District, die., Agriculture is the basis of our national wealth and prosperity. It is essentially the Pabulum of nil other pursui's, and we cannot conceive of their success without having reference, at the same time, to the culture of the soil. Professor Johnston says, "that art on which a thousand mill ions of human beings are doj>cmlnnt for their very sustenance?in the prosecution of which nine-tenths of the fixed capital of all civilized nations is embarked, and probably two hundred millions of men expend their daily toil?that art must confessedly be the most important of all? the parent and precursor of all other arts. In every country, then, and at every period, the investigation of the principles on which the rational practico of this art is founded, ought to havo commanded the principal attention of the greatest minds. To what other objects could they have been more beneficially applied f" It must be a source of regret to every one, that agriculture has not received that attention to which it is so preeminently entitled in South Carolina. This has arisen from a variety of causes. At first, the fertility of her soil precluded the necessity of laborious research, ni order to apply scientific principles to the art, and consequently the investigations and counsel of scientific men were wholly disregarded. In fact it was once considered presumptuous in thecliemist and geologist to make even a suggestn n to the practical planter ; thus committing the serious mistake of supposing that tlio only avenue to correct information in agriculture, was through the sad reverses of ignorant experience. And it has only been within a few years, when the extensive researches of Liebig, and the profound investigations of Johnston, have established the utility of scientific knowledge to the farmer, that a favorable change li .s commenced in our system of agriculture. Vet it seems that as long as the soil is not coinpltely exhausted, and as long as the arduous labor of the husbandman yields him a comfortable support, although ho sees his plantation becoming less profitable every year, he adopts the advice of scientific men with reluctance. If is a remarkable fact, that in countries where the soil is very productive, and where but little manUikl IhImIT riktliinul terprize. Look, for example, at that portion of North America lying between the 10th deg, and 40th deg. of latitude, Here, it is true, wo may see much wealth, but it is not of that character to stimulate enterprize, to promote commerce and to enrich the people. We, of course, speak relatively. Turn now to New England, where Providence has conferred but few natural advantages upon the people, and what do wo perceive? Lands which never could afford maintenance to her population ?a barren, rocky soil, which presents no inducement to the agriculturist, and a climate of such severity as to blight all reasonable expectation of remunerative tillage. ltcvert to Massachusetts about the period of her settlement, when her apparent doom seemed stamj>ed upon her everlasting hills of Grauite. Who would have supposed then, that the sterility of her soil, and the unfruitfulness of agriculture, would but arouse the powers of her inhabitants, stimulate their energies, and indirectly make her wealthy, prosperous and happy? Now, if a State like Massachusetts can be thus brought to accomplish such results, what fright not South Carolina, with a fertile soil w hich will yield abundantly almost every product of profitable culture known to the world, with as good watcrpower as can be found in the United States,?with the greatest facilities for rail road communications, and undoubtedly with tho cheapest labor to bo obtained on earth,?what might l ot she do? Whocould foretell her great destiny, or describe in sutlicicnt language her unbounded prosperity ? But how are we to effect this wished for change? What can bo done to retrieve her fallen fortunes, and make our people energetic, enterprizing and wealthy? We answer, in the language of Gov. Ilavne, "wo should diversify her pursuits." \Ve should build rail roads; establish factories, erect mills of every description, cease the destruction of our woodlands, and resort to tho reclamation of our impoverished lands in cultivation,, by a thorough scientific system cf manuring. Gen. IlaramoUw has shown conclusively,, that the Gulf States must soon supersede us in the Cotton market, from the freshness of their land% and superior staple, and it has been demonstrated that cotton w;u .1 ??*? ?- - -in nvt loiiiiiiicinm nir priuiierw, unless it sells at about eight cents per pound. Tho south-western planter makes more by raising this staple at five cents than we can at eight. How then can we successfully compete with him? We are inclined to lielieve that the objection to the cessation of cotton planting, because these States will in a short time abandon it for the culture of the sugar cane, is merelv conjectural. Pnt suppose that the prediction is verified in tho course of ten or fifteen years,?can we not make more by other prod acta, for that period, than by cotton? And thrv, when our lands have beta improved and rested, the yield of eotlow win be at least doubled. I* it not thno for us to prepare for that revulsion, which unless provided against mast either reduce our population to abjecrt poverty, or drive it to the Fair West, toseek portable employment?