![]() Vol. 26. Canton, Ohio, May 21, 1840. No. 3. ![]()
The Mormons have deputised twelve of their number (answering, we suppose, to the twelve Apostles,) to go to the Holy Land and preach the Gospel to the Jews. John Page and Orson Hyde are two of the number. The headquarters of the Mormons are now at Commerce, Illinois, on the Mississippi river. Their number is increasing. |
![]() Vol. 26. Canton, Ohio, May 28, 1840. No. 4. ![]() THIS TOO! The Peoria Register, published in the vicinity of the great Mormon settlement in Illinois, states that Joseph Smith has issued an edict directing his followers to vote against Mr. Van Buren. They will do so, EN MASSE, and in Illinois and Missouri they can poll from two to three thousand votes. The Mormons have heretofore voted for the Administration almost to a man, but the cavalier reception given to Smith when he called at the White House to ask protection for his followers against the inhuman persecutions of a portion of the people of Missouri, converted him from a friend to an enemy. Clev. Her. |
![]() Vol. VIII. Cincinnati, Ohio, August, 1840. No. 4. ![]() THE BOOK OF MORMON. We republished in the Messenger, a year since, a letter purporting to be from Mrs. Spaulding, tending to show the Mormon Bible (as it is called) to be a forgery. We now, in justice to the Mormons, republish the following papers tending to show that letter to have been a forgery: |
![]() Vol. IV. Hillsborough, Ohio, Friday, November 20, 1840. No. 31. ![]() The Mormons. We have received a copy of the newspaper printed by this sect, containing the minutes of their semi-annual Conference, held at Nauvoo, Illinois, on the 3d of October. The large number of five thousand was present, including elders and preachers. Nearly one hundred new converts were baptized. The Mormons appear to be in much better condition than at any previous time. They are industrious, frugal and prosperous. Their brethren from England were beginning to arrive among them. -- Cin. Gaz. |
![]() Vol. XI. Norwalk, Ohio, December 8, 1840. No. 46. ![]()
From the Alexandria Gazette.
Since the Mormons were expelled from the State of Missouri, they have purchased the town of Commerce, a situation of surpassing beauty, at the head of the lower rapids, on the Illinois shore of the upper Mississippi river. The name of the place they recently changed to Nauvoo, the Hebrew term for Fair or Beautiful. Around this place, as their centre, they are daily gathering from almost every quarter: and several hundred new houses, created within the last few months; attest to the passing traveller the energy, industry, and self-denial with which the community is imbued. They have also obtained possession of extensive lands on the opposite side of the river, in that charming portion of Iowa Territory, known as the 'Half Breed Reservation;' and there, upon the rolling and fertile prairies, they are rapidly selecting their homes and opening their farms. As the traveller now passes through those natural parks and fields of flowers, which the hand of the Creator seems to have originally planted there for the inspection of his own eye, he beholds their cabins dotted down in the most enchanting perspective, either on the borders of the timber, or beside the springs and streams of living water, which are interspersed on every hand. |
![]() Vol. 26. Canton, Ohio, Jan. 28, 1841. No. 39. ![]()
THE MORMONS. -- A Mormon newspaper entitled "Times and Seasons," has been started at Nauvoo, Illinois. The first number, according to the Newark Advertiser, gives a history of the 'Rise of the Church,' (the true church, of course,) by which it appears that the Mormons recognize the entire Scriptures, including an "infinite atonement" by the Redeemer. Another article on the "Gospel" interprets the passage giving the Apostles the power of miracles, speaking in unknown tongues, &c., literally, and as applicable at this day. -- The Mormons have a regular Priesthood, "elders," "priests," &c., and "Aaronic" order, &c. It appears that they have numerous societies in various parts, the following being identically mentioned; Philadelphia, 255 members; Brooklyn, Long Island, 19; Monmouth county, New Jersey, 35; Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, 84; New York, 110; Hempstead, Long Island, 50; Chester county, Pennsylvania, 135; New Jersey, 116; Oneida, New York, 80. |
![]() Vol. XI. Norwalk, Ohio, March 20, 1841. No. 46. ![]()
A Profitable Business. -- The Paymaster General of the Missouri Militia has made [a] report, in which it appears, that what he calls the Mormon War, [cost] the State of Missouri one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. -- |
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and Elyria Advertiser. Vol. IX. Elyria, Ohio, March 30, 1841. No. 45.
THE MORMON CITY. -- The fugitive Mormons from Missouri, with their brethren in Illinois, have established a city in the latter State. They have named their new place of settlement Nauvoo, and already report a population of three thousand. -- |
![]() Vol. XI. Norwalk, Ohio, June 29, 1841. No. 46. ![]()
NAUVOO -- JOE SMITH. -- A correspondent of the Cincinnati Chronicle, who recently paid the Mormons a visit, says that |
![]() Vol. 27. Canton, Ohio, July 8, 1841. No. 10. ![]()
The St. Louis Republican states that the Governor of Illinois has become, bona fide, a Mormon. The conversion was effected by a beautiful girl. Who can blame him? |
Vol. VII. Norwalk, Ohio, August 25, 1841. No. 2. ![]()
We have seen it stated in one of the Western papers, that Joe Smith, the Mormon, once paid a visit to Keokuck, the Indian Chief, and attempted to persuade him to embrace the Mormon creed. He told the Indian that Mormonism would prevent the bullets from injuring him, and that he had himself been shot three times, and not hurt. Keokuck then requested Joe to stand sixty paces off, at which distance he would shoot at him three times with his rifle, and if he remained unharmed, the Indian promised to embrace Mormonism. This was rather too much for Joe, and he accordingly backed out, and refused to take him on "those conditions." -- |
Vol. I. Elyria, Ohio, November 19, 1841. No. 1. ![]()
THE INDIAN'S OPINION OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. -- An old Indian having attended a Mormon meeting, and heard one of its advocates extol Mormonism, was requested to give his opinion on its merit. He began by detailing the great good which had been done by the Bible, of which God was the author. And, said he, the devil, seing this, determined that he would have a Bible of his own, and accordingly he wrote the book of Mormon; but on examination he felt ashamed of his work, and so he hid it in Ontario county, N. Y. But Jo Smith dug it up, and published it as a revelation from God! -- |
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and Elyria Advertiser. Vol. X. Elyria, Ohio, December 1, 1841. No. ?
MORMONISM. -- When one of the Mormons in the confidence of the leaders at Kirtland, a few years since, under conviction of the sinfulness of deceptions practised there, made a confession in open meeting, the head men, Joseph Smith, Rigdon and others involved in the practices divulged, took a sudden departure. With them went such as would still adhere to them, and these with divers [converts?] added to them from this and other lands have since been building their New Jerusalem or Nauvoo in Missouri [sic - Illinois?]. It is already a place of considerable importance. In the mean time it appears that the party remaining at Kirtland, (which we have supposed to be the more honest portion of the community) have been "strengthening their position." -- Still adhering to the "golden bible" humbug, though discarding its inventors as their leaders, they have proposed to establish a press for themselves. One would think that enough of Mormonism to satisfy reasonable minds is developed in the following proclamation elicited from the authorities at Nauvoo by the movement at Kirtland. It is published in the Mormon paper at Nauvoo -- the 'Times and Seasons,' and is indeed a specimen of the times, to be admired. |
![]() Vol. 27. Canton, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1841. No. 32. ![]()
The Mormons. -- On the 19th ult. 250 Mormons arrived at St. Louis from England, on their way to Nauvoo. Smith and Rigdon are also issuing edicts ordering the Mormons at Kirtland, Ohio to [move] to Nauvoo. They however refuse to do so. |
Vol. I. Elyria, Ohio, December 15, 1841. No. 4. ![]()
MORMONS. -- The St. Louis Republican mentions the arrival of 250 Mormons in that city, from England, by way of New Orleans. They are going to Nauvoo, the city of the Latter Day Saints. |
![]() Vol. 27. Canton, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1841. No. 33. ![]()
THE MORMONS. -- The Warsaw Signal states that troubles are thickening in that region in reference to the Mormons. The inhabitants charge the Mormons with pilfering, and talk of driving them out of the country. We fear there will be trouble before Joe Smith's humbug is exploded. The Mormons are well prepared to fight, and will not be easily dispossessed of the promised land. -- |
![]() Vol. XII. Norwalk, Ohio, December 21, 1841. No. 48. ![]() The Mormons. This singular people are growing in number and gifts. We understand that to their old mode of worship practiced by them at Kirtland, dancing and kissing are now admitted. They are building up Nauvoo, their Holy City, rapidly; and accessions to the society from various sections of the United States as well as from Europe, are constantly arriving to occupy the 'Promised Land.' A splendid Temple for worship, and an extensive hotel for the accommodation of 'the brethren,' are now in progress at Nauvoo. One-tenth of the labor of the whole community is devoted to constructing this edifice. |
![]() Vol. 27. Canton, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1842. No. 39. ![]()
From the Springfield Republic.
We have before us a copy of the Annual Report of the Directors and Superintendent of the Ohio Lunatic Asylum. The report is replete with interesting facts... The Superintendent has selected several cases from the recoveries of the last year, and gives a particular account... The most interesting is the following: |
![]() Vol. XIII. Norwalk, Ohio, May 10, 1842. No. 16. ![]()
The Pittsburgh American says, that "Joe Smith cannot be denied the attribute of greatness." We have considered the said Jo Smith, High Priest of Mormonism, and self-styled Prophet, as the prince of Loafers. He is a man without education or genius. He has a little low cunning. His only greatness must consist in rascality. He used to live near "these diggins," and some of his "revelations" were very financierish. |
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THE EXPERIMENT.
Vol. VII. Norwalk, Ohio, May 25, 1842. No. 41. ![]()
A Sign in the Heavens. -- Elder Orson Hyde, a Mormon prophet, is in the Holy Land. A recent letter from him, published in the Millenial Star, England, and copied in the Times and Seasons, details a most wonderful appearance in the heavens! He says: |
![]() Vol. XIII. Norwalk, Ohio, June 7, 1842. No. 20. ![]()
BANKRUPTS IN ILLINOIS. -- Joseph Smith, the chief prophet of the Mormons, Sidney Rigdon, and Hiram Smith, the two last far-famed teachers among the sect, have all applied for the benefit of the bankrupt act. |
![]() Vol. 28. Canton, Ohio, June 9, 1842. No. 6. ![]() The World in a Nut Shell. Col. Pendleton, of Ohio, has introduced into Congress a bill to establish military posts in Oregon Territory... Joe Smith, the Mormon Prophet, is not dead.... |
![]() Vol. XIII. Norwalk, Ohio, June 14, 1842. No. 21. ![]()
The Mormon Bible is said to have been written for amusement in 1812 by Rev. Solomon Spaulding, who then lived at New Salem, Ohio. Sidney Rigdon worked in the office, [and probably] copied the original manuscript. |
Vol. VII. Norwalk, Ohio, June 22, 1842. No. 45. ![]()
The Mormons. -- The good old city of Salem, (Mass.) that pattern place in the land of steady habits, has been invaded by the Mormons, and strange to say, upwards eighty converts have been made. Meetings are now held frequently and crowds flock to listen to the strange doctrines of the "latter day saints." |
Vol. I. Elyria, Ohio, June 22, 1842. No. 31. ![]()
SAINTS AND PROPHETS IN TROUBLE. -- The Evening Journal publishes a letter dated Springfiled, Illinois, which represents the Mormon settlement to be subject to the pains and penalties of hard times, notwithstanding all the extraordinary sanctity of its high priests and elders. The following is an extract from the letter: |
![]() Vol. II. Cincinnati, Ohio, July 16, 1842. No. 83. ![]()
==> It seems that there is a tremendous flare-up brewing in the Mormon church. Rigdon, Robinson, and others, Joe Smith's right-hand men, have left him, and talk of setting up gor themselves. It appears too, that they are telling tales out of school, or out of the church, which amounts to the same thing, and pretty startling tales too. The last Warsaw Signal says: |
![]() Vol. XIII. Norwalk, Ohio, July 19, 1842. No. 26. ![]()
Trouble among the Mormons. -- The Mormon leaders at Nauvoo have got into a snarl, and some precious revelations touching the prophet Jo. Smith, are promised. The quarrel is between Smith, Rigdon, and Gen. John C. Bennett. The latter has been Commander in Chief of the Nauvoo Legion, and has possessed in an eminent degree, the confidence of Jo Smith. A letter from Bennett published in the last Burlington Hawkeye, shows that the schism is incurable, and that disclosures are forthcoming. Bennett says: -- |
![]() Vol. 28. Canton, Ohio, July 21, 1842. No. 12. ![]()
==> John C. Bennett, the commander in chief of the Mormon Legion, has quarrelled with Joe Smith, and now threatens to expose Smith's impositions. He says that Smith threatens to kill him. |
![]() Vol. 28. Canton, Ohio, July 28, 1842. No. 13. ![]() The World in a Nut Shell. John Cook Bennett, late general and commander in chief has quarrelled with Joe Smith, the Mormon Prophet and is now publishing charges against Smith of all kinds of villainy, particularly of adultery, in which he gives [cases] and names, & gives what he believes is the evidence to prove that Joe sent a Mormon to kill Boggs of Missouri. The details are horrible. Great commotion exists at Nauvoo & it is said several of Joe's right hand men have joined Bennett's party. Bennett promises further developments. |
![]() Vol. II. Cincinnati, Ohio, Saturday, July 29, 1842. No. 94. ![]()
MORMONS. -- Lucifer is enjoying himself among the Mormons. Gen. Bennett has been excommunicated, and is out in the newspapers with an exposition of the enormities practiced by "holy Joe" and his disciples, charging them with all manner of licentiousness. Joe turns upon his accuser, and alleges that he is every thing that is vile and wicked. The probability is, that a gang of moe arrant villains than these same Mormon leaders was never assembled together before. |
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THE EXPERIMENT.
Vol. VIII. Norwalk, Ohio, August 3, 1842. No. 51. ![]() JOE SMITH AND HIS VILLAINY. This graceless scamp and imposter, we trust will soon get his deserts. A more monstrous imposition was never practised upon humanity, than Joe Smith's wretched Mormonism, which so deeply infects portions of the western country. One Bennett, a sort of leader or chief "bottle holder" to Joe, has seceded from the concern, and the exposition he makes of Mormonism and its vile practices, should cause a torrent of indignation to come about his head. Bennett says Smith stands indicted for murder, treason, burglary and arson, in Missouri, and he defies the laws and legal constituted authorities to deliver him over for trial. Bennett has published a long list of charges against the Mormon leader, from which we extract the following: |
![]() Vol. 28. Canton, Ohio, August 11, 1842. No. 15. ![]()
==> Gen. Bennett, late of Nauvoo, has gone [to the] East, to publish a history of Mormonism. |
![]() Vol. 28. Canton, Ohio, August 18, 1842. No. 16. ![]() LATE ELECTIONS. Illinois -- In this repudiating state the Locos, as usual, have carried the state. The exact majority is not ascertained. The Mormons united with the Locos. Our old friend John Bailhache, former editor of the Ohio State Journal, is elected to the Legislature from Madison county.... |
![]() Vol. XIII. Norwalk, Ohio, August 30, 1842. No. 32. ![]()
JOE SMITH & CO. -- The St. Louis Republican has intelligence from Nauvoo that Gov. Carlin of Illinois has resolved to comply with the requisition of the Governor of Missouri, to deliver up Jo Smith, and A. [sic] P. Rockwell, who it is charged was employed by Smith to assassinate Ex-Gov. Boggs. Smith and Rockwell were arrested, but the prisoners were released on a habeas corpus issued by some of the Mormon authorities at Nauvoo. Further attempts were made to get possession of the prophet and Rockwell, but they could not be [found]. Smith, it was supposed, would go to England. -- |
![]() Vol. 28. Canton, Ohio, September 1, 1842. No. 18. ![]()
MORMONS. -- After getting the Mormon votes, gov. Carlin of Illinois, on the requisition of the Governor of Missouri, issued a writ for the apprehension of Joe Smith and O. P. Rockwell. to answer to the charge of attempting to assassinate ex-Governor Boggs. They were arrested; and under the pretence of examination at Nauvoo, under a base law granted to Nauvoo by the locos, they escaped and could not be found at our last dates. |
![]() Vol. 28. Canton, Ohio, September 8, 1842. No. 19. ![]()
==> Joe Smith and Rockwell have not been found at our latest dates from Nauvoo, the Mormon city. |
![]() Vol. 28. Canton, Ohio, October 20, 1842. No. 25. ![]()
DECISION ON THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS, ... If every child, under a claim founded upon the supposed rights of conscience, were allowed to carry into effect every decision of its immature judgment, where is this to end? Shall it be allowed under this pretense, to violate the law of God? to repudiate the Christian religion to become a Jew or a Mahomedan? -- Or, retaining the Christian name, shall it be allowed to mingle with the battle-axe community, who make it a matter of conscience to disregard the holy institution of marriage? -- Or, upon this pretense, shall the beloved daughter of a Christian parent, in a moment of delusion, and in the tender years of her minority, be allowed to become one of the secret wives of the Mormon Prophet... |
![]() Vol. 23. Cleveland, Ohio, November ?, 1842. No. ? ![]() Mormonism Revived. The Mormon temple, at Kirtland has lately been dedicated anew. On Saturday, the 29th ult., three of Joe Smith's specially commissioned and faithful followers arrived at the temple from Nauvoo, and commenced preaching faith and repentance. The Sunday morning following, they commenced baptizing in a branch of the Chagrin river, and continued at intervals for three days -- baptizing in all two hundred and six persons, at two shillings a head! Old converts were rebaptized, and their sins washed away for the same price as the young ones, making no distinction between old sheep and the lambs of the flock. |
![]() Vol. VIII. Norwalk, Ohio, November 16, 1842. No. 14. ![]()
Mormonism Revived. -- The Mormon Temple at Kirtland has lately been dedicated anew to God, and the wand of the Prophet has been waking the dry bones in that valley. On Saturday the 19th ult., three of Joe Smith's specially commissioned and faithful followers arrived at the Temple from Nauvoo, and commenced preaching faith and repentance. The Sunday morning following at 8 o'clock, they commenced baptizing in a branch of the Chagrin River, and continued at intervals for three days -- baptizing in all 206 persons, at two shillings a head! Old converts were re-baptized, and their sins washed away, making no distinction between old sheep, and the lambs of the flock. |
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Lorain Republican. ![]() NS Vol. II. Elyria, Ohio, November 23, 1842. No. 1. ![]()
The Liverpool Albion states that the [emigration of] "Mormons, or Latter Day Saints," from that port, is daily increasing. Notwithstanding the rascalities of their apostle, Joe Smith, having been so often denounced and exposed, these well meaning but deluded enthusiasts continue to leave their native country by hundreds, in order to swell the number of his dupes on this side of the Atlantic. The class of persons thus emigrating are represented to be in appearance and worldly circumstances above the run of ordinary steerage passengers. The bulk of them are from the midland counties -- farmers and farmers' servants, with their wives and families. Upwards of 5000 have already emigrated, and an equal number will probably leave before spring. As no better freight is offering, the New Orleans vessels are taking these disciples of the knavish blacksmith, at a very low figure. The Sydney, for instance, only received £ 115 for 180 of the Mormons, while the Henry had agreed to carry 140 for £ 100 -- little more than fifteen shillings a head! |
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and Elyria Advertiser. Vol. XI. Elyria, Ohio, December 7, 1842. No. 30. NAUVOO. A gentleman just arrived from Nauvoo, states that whole families at a time, were continually leaving that place. -- The delusion appeared to be on the decline. Our informant describes the houses as small and mean looking log, board and sod shanties. The Temple is to be large -- should it ever be built; but at present the foundation only is laid. Joe Smith keeps the only store of any consequence, and of course he monopolizes most of the trading profits. The whole matter is a system, as he conceives, of cruel and heartless deception, selecting victims not only in this country, but even more extensively in England. -- |
![]() Vol. 28. Canton, Ohio, December 8, 1842. No. 32. ![]()
MORMONS. -- The ship Henry arrived at New Orleans, on the 20th ult., with a number of Mormons on board from England. An officer and ten men belonging to the U. S. cutter Woodbury, were also on board to preserve order, as some of Joe Smith's followers were charged with munity by the Captain of the Henry. The Picayune in describing them says: -- |
![]() Vol. XIII. Norwalk, Ohio, December 27, 1842. No. 49. ![]()
Nauvoo. -- A gentleman just arrived from Nauvoo, informs the Editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, that whole families at a time, were continually leaving that place. The delusion appeared to be on the decline. Our informant describes the houses as small and mean looking log, board and sod shanties. The Temple is to be large, should it ever be built, but at present the foundation only is laid. Joe Smith keeps the only store of any consequence, and of course he monopolizes most of the trading profits. The whole matter is a system, as he conceives, of cruel and heartless deception selecting victims not only in this country, but even more extensively in England. |
![]() Vol. 28. Canton, Ohio, January 19, 1843. No. 38. ![]()
FROZEN TO DEATH. -- Mr. Alpheus Harmon and his nephew Orsey Harmon, were frozen to death on Thursday, the 17th ult., on the open prairie between Carthage and Nauvoo, Illinois, about seven miles from the latter place. They were travelling across the prairie toards Nauvoo, with an ox team and wagon, and it is supposed they became bewildered in the storm. Mr. Harmon was one of the three hundred preachers commissioned by Joe Smith to preach the Mormon faith. |
![]() Vol. XIV. Norwalk, Ohio, Feb. 14, 1843. No. 4. ![]() A Mormon Miracle Knocked in the Head. One of Joe Smith's holy clan finding that the disclosure of Mormonism by Bennett, had had the the effect of shaking the faith of his followers, determined to set his brain to work to invent a scheme how to recover the lost confidence of his congregation, cost what it might. For this purpose he procured a dove and taught the bird to fly to him, and eat from his ears, in which he placed the grains that served for his daily food. Having, as he thought, sufficiently trained the bird, he gave out that on the next Sabbath after lecturing he would prove by a miracle that he was a Prophet of God. The day came -- the meeting house was crowded; one of Erin's unsophisticated sons had been procured under promise of eternal secrecy to hide himself in the garret, and to let the messenger of peace fly at the word of command. All was arranged -- with a countenance lit up with confidence of success, the Latter Day Saint began his exhortation; pronounced Bennett a scroundrel, a liar and impostor; and to prove his assertions, he with a loud voice, called on Heaven to send down its holy spirit in the form of a dove, as it appeared hovering over our Saviour when baptised in the river Jordan. A dead silence prevailed: -- each eye was fixed with a superstitious awe on the excited prophet, who with extended arms loudly called for the Holy Ghost. Again and again he called, but still no answer was made; at last, fearful that his Hibernian agent in the loft had not heard him, he fairly burst forth, as he frantically clapped his hands and stamped his foot. "Holy Ghost, appear!" |
![]() Vol. 28. Canton, Ohio, February 23, 1843. No. 42. ![]()
In 1842 the statistics of the Methodist Church was as follows: They have 33 Conferences; traveling preachers 4233; local [preachers] 7621; communicants 1,003, 901... Mormonites 19,000; Shakers, Moravians and Swedenborgians from 5 to 6,000 each. -- ... Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet, has been arrested on a charge of being accessary to the attempt to kill ex-governor Boggs of Missouri, tried and acquitted -- ... |
![]() Vol. VIII. Norwalk, Ohio, March 29, 1843. No. 33. ![]()
A false Spirit at Nauvoo. -- In the last number of Joe Smith's Times and Seasons," we find an account of a "false spirit," named Oliver Olney, who was recently tried "by the High Council, and disfellowshipped, because he would not have his writings tested by the word of God; evidently proving that he loves darkness rather than light, because his deeds are evil." Since his expulsion from the Church, he has been engaged in a campaign against Mormonism, and has been one of Bennett's right hand men -- he was also one of the contributors to the columns of the "Sangamo Journal," making, or professing to make, a great expose of the corrupt principles of Mormonism. It appears that this Olney broke into and robbed Joe Smith's store of upwards of one thousand dollars worth of property; he was arrested and openly confessed the whole circumstance of the theft; he, however, excaped from the officers who were carrying him to the county jail. Olney is represented as a large, powerful, athletic man. He was for a long time a member of the Nauvoo church, and always maintained a consistent character. The Times and Seasons has the following remarks respecting him. "Having become loosed from the moorings of eternal truth, and been dashing about on the waves of superstition, fanaticism and uncertainty, he became a fit subject to be duped by the notorious Bennett, and it would seem has been too apt a scholar to his teaching until he has become engulphed in the whirlpool of destruction; and he now stands as a lasting monument of folly and disgrace to those who may be tempted to tread in his footsteps." The Times and Seasons says, all they want in Nauvoo is a prison for rogues or "false spirits." |
![]() Vol. 28. Canton, Ohio, April 6, 1843. No. 49. ![]()
THE MORMONS. -- In the Illinois Legislature on the 27th ult., the Senate repealed the law creating the Nauvoo military corps. They also repealed the charter of the Mormon city of Nauvoo. |
![]() Vol. XIV. Norwalk, Ohio, April 18, 1843. No. 13. ![]()
MORMONISM. -- The Locos of Illinois, having no longer any use for Mormon support, are about depriving their allies of the privileges granted them for and in consideration of that support. A bill to repeal the charter of Nauvoo and disband the Legion has passed the Senate of that State. |
![]() Vol. 29. Canton, Ohio, May 18, 1843. No. 3. ![]()
JOE SMITH -- THE MORMONS. -- The folloeing is the first intelligence we have for some time had, from the Mormon Prophet and his followers. We quote from a letter published in the Cincinnati Gazette, dated at Burlington, Iowa, April 23d. |
![]() Vol. XIV. Norwalk, Ohio, June 27, 1843. No. 23. ![]()
NAUVOO. -- The editor of the Cuyhoga Falls True American says, he conversed with a gentleman a day or two since, who had lately visited the Mormon Prophet, who states that there are now at Nauvoo, congregated from all parts of the world, some 17 or 18,000 souls -- in a miserable, wretched condition, subject to the order of Smith. While hundreds become dissatisfied with the represented "Promised Land," and leave for a better "heritage," their places are filling by fresh converts to a wicked system of delusion. The great temple, estimated to cost half a million of dollars, has advanced about 14 feet in its walls. |
![]() Vol. 29. Canton, Ohio, July 6, 1843. No. 10. ![]()
About four hundred Mormon men and women with about one hundred children passed down the Ohio river, bound for Nauvoo on the 10th ult., a few days before another party of them not quite so large went down. They were principally from New York and New England. |
![]() Vol. I. Chillicothe, Ohio, Tuesday, July 11, 1843. No. 63. ![]()
A gentleman from Peoria reports that Joe Smith passed through that place on Wednesday last, for Springfield. He was in a carriage, in the custody of officers, and they crossed the ferry without stopping in town. The steamboat Maid of |