-‘:~
. Fore1gn.Art1cl~es., ,
- j . ' Loxnox,A_tigti’st 24. _
Dreadful FanaIlci.vm.~—_An article in the for-
toign Journels from llamberg, conlaihs some on-
rious accounts of the effects of fanaticism. It
mentions,that circumstantial details had been re-
fiéived, concerning the new sect lately formed in
Saxony and which-had led to a horrid assasina-
zionf The sect isestalilislied chiefly in the cir-
\"!.tNes‘of Leipsic and Misina‘. It_ professes the
most rigorous observatiop of this doctrines of the _
Old "l‘estam‘ent, but they reject.the'New; they
would destroy all who do not follow their system,
‘and they proclaim the regeneration of mankind-
They teach and practise a mass of superstititius
cloctrines,‘ and think it a service acceptable to God
totorment men, and lower animals. Their chief
leader is a tailor, named Kloss, who has been for
some time since constantly travelling about the
country between Leipsic and the Elbe, promulga-
ting his dangerous doctrines. He has "collected
numerous meetings in the ‘open ‘air, and after-
wards preached in the villages, and made" con-
verts of grearnumbers to his fanaticism‘. This
sect, _perhaps, would not have so greatly fixed the
public attention, if one of its partisans, ~Fisclrer
de Be.yersdorfl‘*(a' miller.) and-his wife, had not,
through theinfluence of fanaticism,'committed a‘
murder, accompanied by the most horrible cir-
éum'stanc‘es. Kloss, the leader, had been instruc-
ting them for several days. These people them-
selves were comfortable, and bore a very good
character. After having passed some “days in
tho open air, in ‘prayer to God upon’ their knees,
and partaking of no nutriment excepta few roots,
they thought them_’sclv'es called upon to make a
sacrifice.‘ They had, as they said, a call to bury‘
some young children alive, but fortunately they
were unable to execute this dreadful project. A
vman of the name of Flor came to the mill just
at the timewh-en Fischer and his wife were in
the 'height'of their superstitious delirium. They
-looked uponfibimi-as avictim, whose death would
be acceptable to the Almighty. ' _They, therefore,
assassinated him in the most horrible manner.
They cut off his hands and his feet,‘ and imme-
ately aftcrtvards fell to singing and praying. ‘A
millet‘ boy, for whom they ha'd.r'ese‘rved the same
fate, found his safety in flight: he‘ made-a de"cl‘a-
ration of wltathad occurred, and the miller and
his wife were apprehended. They boasted, on
' their examination before the magistrate, of what
they had done, and alleged that God had prescri-
bed to them the extermittation of all those who,
did not professtheir doctrines, because such per-
sons ought to be regarded as the children of the
det-i'l.-—--Their doctrines appear to resemble con-
siderably. those of the famous Poeschel, which
were promulgated durin‘g the last year in Aus- _'
tria. Information has been communicated that
other fanatics of the same‘ sort are projecting
new assassinations. As soon as this dreadful bu-
siness was known at Drestlen; the Government
took measures suited to the circumstances.-—
Troops ’ were detached. totake military occupa-
tion of all the communes in which the fanatics_
had CSl?.l)li.‘.l]E(l themselves. Methods were ta-
ken to learn who had excited Kloss,.the leader
‘of them ; for it is said that they receive i_nstruc-
tions from persons of a more elevated rank in so-
soeiety. \Vhen Kloss learned thatit was intend-
ed to apprehend him, he absconded, but he was
discovered in the town of Meissen,’ and had been
for several days past confined in prison.
SUPERSTITION.
A Dublin paper contains the following account
in a letter from Galway, dated June 18-“ On
VVedncsday evening last, a dreadful murder was
perpetrated at the village of Ower, within about
seven miles west of this town, by ,M. «Flahcrty,
husband ofthe woman who was murdered, aided
and assisted by her whole family, consisting of
her father, mother, and two brothers, being led
by the husband to think the’ deceased was pos-
sessed some evil Splfit, afltl l.l'l'ct[ llC lliltl POW-
er to cure her, which‘ had the‘ effect of making
her own family look on, and even assist him,
while he strangled her", by putting. an iron tongs
round her neck, and pressing it till she expired" 1”
Singular and Solemn event.-:-lVe’are indebted
to an ofiiccr, late ofhts majestyls ship Vengeur,
for the following awful narrative, which recently
occurred on board that ship, and of which he was
an eye witness :—-A seaman on -board of his ma-
jesty’s ship Rivoli, appeared to have the greatest
possible aversion to the-jnjavz_tl service, and was
most anxiously looking forwardto the ship’s be-
ing paid off, thinking, like thousands of others,
who have, perhaps, been equally disappointed,
that he could easily provide for himself on shore.
I-lis shipimates’ laughed at his constant railing a-
gainst his profession, a‘_ntl jokingly used to say,
we shall see you on board of a man-of-war again
one day or other yet ; to which he usually repli-
ed, that he only hoped if eve:-yhe went on board
a man-of-war again for the‘ purpose of entering,
that .God.,-Almighty would instantly strike him
dead. The Rivoli was at last paid “off at Ports-
mouth, on her return from‘ the Mediterranean,
and it is to be supposed all the schedff vanished
which the ttn-fortu‘nate subject of this memoir
had formed. Nothing‘ wasnotv left him but a-
gain to embrace his old profession, for which pur-
posehe went on board his t'najesty’s ship Yen.
geur, at Portsmouth. Lieut. Blake, of the‘ Ven-
geur,and also a number of her seamen. formerly
served in the Rivoli; the latter of whom were
much surprised .at seeing their old shipmate
come on "board as a volunteer. Lient. Blake,
glanced over his certificates, and, as is usual, or-
dered one ofthejmedical officers to examine him,
pre\'iotis to his being placed on the books--"when,
in the act of. turning himselfto. go below for
that purpose, dreadful to relate, he fe-ll down'life-
‘less on the deck I’. ' V
woman lately died in England, in conse-
':jiiAiénce of excessive fright. In the night two
'-r.iiatcl,t,tnen knocked at the door, and said there
[Jere thieves in the house, which so terrified the
nor woman, that she fcllseuselcss on the floor,
\ .
and every exertion to ‘restore ‘animation, proved
fruitless. -‘ " ‘ _ '. , ' ’ '
A person died in London, aged '82, who lived
dl11'ingthe,.»g1‘eatejr part of his life, in a state of
abject penury, andwas worth 20,0001; 5' He ac-
cepted frequently employment on turnpike roads,
in the breaking of stones, 2~.r.c.; and the coat
he wore at the time of his death, was so patched,
"that scarcely aparticle of cloth which it was ori-
ginally composed, couldbe discovered among the
“ shreds and patches” which it exhibited.
.. - London, .d'z'lg. ‘26.
The United States frigate Guerriere sai ed on
Tuesday evening from Cowes, with his Excellen-
cy thc Hon. Geo. VV. Campbell, Minister to the
Court of Rtissizt. ‘The line appearance of this
immense frigate, whose tonnage is 1507, tons,
and length of her deck 194- feet," drew on‘ board
her, during her short stay at Cowes, _a large as-
semblage of distinguished visitors, all of whom
werevery courteously received by Capt. M‘Do-
nough andhis olficers. They all seemed much
surprize_d_ at the very high state of equipment
and 'orde.t' discoverable in every part of the fri-
gate. _ The compliment of men on board the
Guerriere, on her "arrival in Cowes roadstead was
460, and though much care was had in selecting
proper crews for the launch and barge, in com-
municating with the shore, eleven mencontrived
to slip off undiscovered, the views and pictur-
csque scenery of the Isle of W'ight and Spitbeatl,
having been, it is said, very familiar with them.
"* Mannm, July 9.
NOTE-— Delivered the 12!]: of./urze last by the Cub-
inet of Madrid, I0 (/20 /zig/2 ./Illlctl Powers, rcla-‘
tive to (lie sz'(uat'z'orz of South ./Inrcrica. _ I
Since the time that unfortunate events, by a
natural consequence communicated the revolu-
tionary germ to Spanish America, and c’aused to
break out in these countries deplorable eli'orts to
effect the «separation of subjects from their le-
gitimate -sovereign,» hi's‘(Iatholic Majesty took for
principles :—__ . - . . .
I. To employ all the means that depend upon
human wisdom, to bring back those who have
strayed from the path of order and obedience, by
using as much mildness and as" little rigour as
possible. '
2. To seekin the diplomatic relations a polit-
ical mean to attain this object. The revolution-
ary enfrauchisement of South America, on" its
return under its lawful rule, present, in iact, to
the political world, considerations of such great
weight, they deservfi that the eyes of Europe
shoultlfix themselves upon conjunctures, which
may bring about a new order of things in its po-
litical and commercial ‘relations. ' '
'l‘he.unitedcfforts of the principal European
Powers have already annihilated that disastrous
system whichlnursed the American Revolution ;
but it remains still for them to stifle this system
in .the same Al'n0|‘lC**r“’,l5€l'_C its effects are of the
most serious nature.+His Cattiot:s’..a.t,,;,,-,sty hm.
ing never lost siglitof the two principiils above
mentioned, and being still animated with a de-
sire toput an end to the effusion of blood and de-
vastations, the deplorable consequences of _a war
of this kind, only waited for an opportunity tocall
the attention of the High Allied Powers to a sub-
ject which several times has been made the foun-
dation of notes which have been delivered to
them, and recently of. negociations entered upon
in so friendly a manner with his Royal Higltncss
the Prince Regent of Great Britain.
The insurrection of Pernambuco made a lively
impression upon his Catholic Majesty, and at the
moment“~wlien he wished to recommend this e-
vent to tltéattentirin of the Allied sovereigns, it
was necessary to demonstrate its direct relations
with the gent.-ital interests. .
It is with the greatestsatisfaction that his Ma-
jesty received the answers from the High Allied
l’owe'rs. They opened the way to very impor-
tant negociations, and induced the Powers to in-
terfere in the unfortunate circumstances in which
America findsitself, for the purpose of availing
themselves of-all the means‘of wisdom and vig-
our, calculated to bring the revolted countries to
submission, and to put an end to-the immorality
and political contagion which such an order of
things presents. -
To follow up the first steps so happily com-
menced, his Majesty thinks the moment is arti-
ved when he should explain, in a categorical and
solemn manner, to his High Allies. the princi-
ples which he has laid down for himself, to effeci
the good which he proposes. to himself, and such
as might be expected fromhis sentiments of hu-
manity. . _‘ ’
In consequence, in referring to the overtures,
which have already been made, his Majesty de-
clares this day, that such are the points on which
he is invariably fixed : -
l. A general amnesty
soon as they have submitted. »
2. Admission of Americans-, endowed with the
properjqualifications, to all employmcnts,-in com-.
mon with the European Spaniards.
3. A- commercial regulation of these‘ provinces
with foreign states upon free principles, and con-
formable with.the present political situation of
these countries and. of Europe. .
4-‘. A sincere disposition on the part of his Cath-
olic Majesty tolpromote all the. measures whichl
in the course of the negociations may be propo-
sed to him by the High Allies and shall be com-
patible with his rights and dignity. .
‘His Majesty is,therefore_, persuaded, that noth-
ing further opposes. itself to the opening of ne-
gociations, upon the basis laid down as above,
and which he knows to be ‘equally conformable
with the views already manifested by his august
Allies. , o ’ -
Remarks of the London Globe.--“ The au-
thenticity of the above Note is avowed. It'may
he, therefore, c nfidently presumed, that tl:e'1‘ela-
tions between painand her revolted Cylpnies,
in South America, will be taken into c0|isIflet‘a-
tion, at the Congress at Aix-la-Chapellel The
idea of the mediation of the Allied Sovjreigns
l
l
:
the inv-ari.ible rule of liisconduct the folio’-.ving7
for all the iInsut'gl‘ents'as- -
-appiears, however, absurd. They l_‘l:§Y_c none of
_the‘qualities‘ of mediators between such parties.
Indeed the present state of “the quarrel precludes‘
the possibility of effectual mediation.
ing t_hen to concede to medi-ati_on._. If they ‘con-
cede that, they concede every thing, and submit
to unqualified and decisive failure. Bat suppo-
sing they should at the intercession of the Allies,
upon a promise-of better and milder treatment“,-
» what security will they have for its performance?
It mighthave been expected that his Majesty,
proud of an opportunity to evince his gratitude ;
but his tenacity of the Slave Trade, and his-com-
mercial regulations prove the contrary; If ‘then
the Colonies should how -their heads to his yoke,
they will in vain complain to England that it
presses with increased weight, and call upon the
Allied sovereigns to enforce the arrangements
made and guaranteed through their mediation.—-
Although their voice should be heard in Russia
and Germany, these Powershave no hand to
stretch to them. England, as a naval port er, is
the only one that could act with effect; but what
would she gain by the service? VVhy, the risk of
a war with Spain, and the trouble and expence of
doing for the Colonies what they are now doing
for themselves, and ;which, if left alone, they
must accomplish; 'Without laying any stress
upon generosity and love of - liberty, which the
people of England profess to admire so much...“
without taking into account the national spirit'and>
the necessity of a long peace to_ heal the-wounds
and recruit the-strength of the country—we
"think that‘ the people of England, from their ex-
perience of the character of the beloved Ferdi-
nand, would be extremely averse to oui‘ embark.
ing in any undertaking for his benefit and advan-
tage. ' - , 4
, j Dome_st1c.-- ,
Expedition to the Yellow Stone.
« . o ‘ ST. Lou1s,'Sept. 4.
On Sunday the 30th inst. a battall_ion.of.the
regiment, 300 strong, embarked‘ at Bella‘ ‘oiitainc
to ascend the Missouri river to the mouth of the
Ye/.’o'w Stone. The expedition is commanded by
Lieut. Col. Talbot Chambers. The captains,
Martin, Magee, and Riley go out with their re-
spective companies. It is intended that the ex-
pedition shall encamp during the winter at the
month of the Kcznses ,- and continuing its voyage
in the spring, shall reach the point of destination
in the course of -next summer.
'I'he Yellow Stone entersthe Missouri in lati-
tudc 48 degrees north ; and in longitude 27 de---
grees west from ‘Washington “City. . The in-
tended post. will be at its mouth. The United
States will then have an establishment 1800 miles
westof the Mississippi, and nearly lO0 miles fur-
ther than the city of Quc.bcc.; The A'0ll‘lCCl‘S car-
-ry with thorn the seeds andjgrains which are ex-
fpected to thrive in that climate, that the post
i may have within itself some resource against. the
failure of contrixctors.-—Whe at,‘rye, bat'leyT_-goats,
‘fi'r’e expected to do well there. They attaxh‘ pm-..
fection even at'the ear of Lord Selkirk’s estab-
lishment on Lake ./lssiniboin, three degrees fur-
ther north. The Mandan corn will find itself in
its own climate at the mouth of the Yellow Stone.
In fact, all the grains, plants andvegetables which
flourish at Quebec or .1l’Io1ztreal may be expected
‘I0 be raised there, as the climate in that interior
region of the North American continent is known
to be ten degrees milder than in the same paral-
lel on the Atlantic coast. ‘
Our fellow citizen, Mhnuel Lissa, so well
known for his enterprize, will precede the expe-
dition, to prepare the Indians for its reception.-—
He will quiet theirvapprebensions by shewing the
benevolent and humane intentions of the Amer-
ican government ; and will silence the British
‘emissaries who shall represent the expedition as
an act of war against the Indian nations,
The cstablishmentof this post will lie an era in
the history of the west. It will go to the source
and root of the fatal British influence which has
for so many years armed the Indian nations a-
gainst our western frontiers. It carries the arms
and power of the United States to the ground
which has heretofore been exclusively occupied
by the British North West and Hudson’s Bay
companies, and which hasjbeen the true ‘seat of
the British powerover the Indian mind. Now
the American arms and American policy will be
displayed upon the same theatre. The North
VVest and Hudson’s Bay companies will be shut
out from the commerce of the Missouri and Mis-
sisippi lntlians; the American traders will pene-
trate in safety the recesses of the Rocky motio-
tains in search of its rich for ; a commerce yield-
inga million /zer amzum will descend the Mis-
souri ; and the Indians finding their wants sup-
‘plied. by American traders, their domestic wars
restrained by American policy, will learn to re-
spect the American name. .
' The name of the Yellow Stone river will here-
after be familiar to the American "ear. Thata
stream‘ of its'magnitude'should heretofore have
been so "little known is a proof of the immensity
of our country. _How little has it been thought
that, 1800 miles up the Missouri, a river was to be
found equal in length and breadth to the Ohio ?
Yet such is the character of the Yellow Stone, or
Roche jaunt as it was called_by the French.—»
Oitc of its branches, the Big Horn, issues from a
lake near the, Rio del Norte, on the confines of
New Mexico, and isnavigable for many miles.-
The Yellow Stone itself issues from a lake in the
Rocky mountains. -It was descended by captain
Clark on his return from the Pacific ocean. He
found it deep and navigable from the place where
he struck it to its mouth, a distance of 850 miles.
Below the junction of the Big Iloen the width
was usually from 500 to 800 yards, and some-
times a mile. innumerable were the herds of
Buffaloc, and other game, wltich ranged upon it.
This abundance of game is a proof of the rich-
ness of the country. In fact, the traders speak
of the face of the country upon the Yellow Stone,
V
on-
--§‘...‘r_ ‘ ' v_,
The Co- -
lonies contend for independence :"the_y have noths \
return to their obedience to the King of Spain,-,
who owes so much to England, would have been
.,.;
the serenity of the chniatc, the rapidity and clear-
‘ness of the waters, in terms of admiration."
-—‘—_
Ffomjtheiivizjiioinal Inrelligencer;
was at that time‘ sitting (17th Septi3'i'ttber,)'a$
Itort Clarborne, in Monroe County, a spot which‘,
the Indians. A It is on the’ banksof the Alabama,
--ago there was but a‘ single cabin on the spot
where the tpwn now stands, and it is computed‘
that ill‘? WW1] DOW C0nl'dinS_ twenfy seven hundred
inhabitants.» Although the’ whole of the 5 land?
still belongsito thglndian'nation,“there are a
court house and jail, as well as a variety of-‘pr-i.r
rate buildings’-etjected_ for the purposes of public
justice and domestic comfort ; and it is with re-' .'
gret, it is stated, that the jailjwas crouded with:
criminals‘, some of whose cases were ofa highly‘
interesting nature.
(as the reader may remember to have seen it sta-
ted some time ago) murdered several Indian
Fort‘ Clai_borne to Fort Montgomery.
a crtmc,1f established, calling for all the ‘energy’
of the law. '
Private letters‘ from Alabama state, that‘a court
_a_bput 60 miles above Fort St'oclcl_art. ~ Two years"
_ An Indian; «for one, had been:
indicted for the murder of a white ' man,"and six; 'i
or eight white men had been iudicted,'for having‘
prisoners, who were shot and killed when bound, '
and passmgunder the protection of a guard from . — *-
This is; . '
untilthe late Indian war, was scarcely known“; 5 - -A
jwhite ,pe_ople., except the few who lived’ among!" ' '
A disposition is said to prevail as‘, " "
.m°“g1l‘° l—‘°°Pl¢s favorable to the repression of ‘ H
such outrages, and for the prosecution of every
specaicsnofoi’fence_‘against theolaws and against"the"
public peace. "I hese are the objects which we-
law.
A letter received in this city"(W’ashingto"n.')
frnom a gentleman living at Alexandria,~at the falls
°_‘ Red R1V"‘- in Louisiana, under date of 10th
.__Septemb_eI'_, gives a flattering view of the rapidly’-
rmprovtng state of that country. ‘Lands and
town lots,’ the writer says‘, a have risen beyond.
twenty mercantile establishments. whose imports
may-be estimated ‘at from 2-50 to -800,000 dollars
per annum.
Fm l’l'l—°‘-"°‘f '-‘-°l‘\9D"; they are ndw very promis-
ing, and our parish generally enjoyjjng -unusual.
Pl°5P°”lY'-_ Land; Which \,Y.éts.l)|oug.ltt in 1806 at
fifty cents per acre, has been _recently sold, in a».
tract of 800 acres, at 28 dollars p'é'r. ac;~e__." ‘ '
From I/re Ric/mioml ('0'-;‘-2/.11.-ry of Oct. IO.
VVe lament to state, thatia black man died one
Thursday: with s'omeisymp_toms'of Hydra/2/zobz'a.
Precisely tlirce mont/zs'from that time, the unfor— .
tunate negrohatl beenfibi: by a “(fig puppy, who -—
»w_as not previously suspected of being mad,‘ but
afterwards exhibited some symptoms of the dis?
fempclfi . The puppy had hit a little
in the act of driving "him off, be seized thi%?fic’gtio‘
bythe left arm, and hit him pretty severe-ly.', Re-
ing shaken off from that arm, be seized the‘oth-
er, which he also slightly bit. The same puppy
likewise attacketl, and hit another’ neg‘ro‘man‘;
suspicion began to "‘" '
killed. ' . j ., _
The negro man, who is just dead, and thelittle
boy, (the son of a respectable family in this-;
c1ty,) were immediately sent over to the Mad
btpne, which isdeposited at Tappahannock (fifty
miles off) for use, and whose virtues had been‘
lalell’ C°Dt€-Sled with considerable force, in conse-
quence of the. fatal ter ‘nation of-two. cases inv
‘his CRY: each "of which ' the assistance of an-
other stone belonging to one of our citizens.
It is stated, as one of the criteria of the action
which contains any virus. If it (1,-ops 03', ,h,,..
part is pronounced unaifected by the virus, and
the patient has been generally considered as ‘out.
of danger. .- . ‘ V
In the case of this old man, the stone was firs:
applied to the left arm, and adhered with consid.
sidcrable tenacity.
from that arm, (as it was supposed by the ‘opera-
tor,) it was applied to the wound on the right arm,
which had been more slightly bit ; but it fell off“
without adhering at all, or very slightly. The-
operator entertained sanguine hopes that the clan.’
ger was over. 4' V
The old man made no serious complaints un.
til Monday night-—when he was seized with a,
pain in his right arm, which he described as ex-
tending over half the right side of his face.-
Medical aid was called in, but it was in vain...
'l‘he man grew worse and worse--exhibited un-
til the evening before his death, a horror at the
drinking or sight of fluids--indeed all the_ mus-_
cles of the chest and that of the diaphragm see m-
cles of the" throat connected with swallowing
were thrown into action, not only as in drinking
or strongl_v.thinking of drinking fluids, but also
in having his head thrown back for the purpose
of inspecting his tongue-—-a shuddering, and the
ver him at these moments—-indeed an extraordi- .-
-nary irritability appeared to attack all the mus-
cles of his arms, neck and chest—-he would oc-
seen to beat his head against the wall.
It isremarkable, that on the morning of his
much greater case than had marked the cazuit.-r.
periods of the attack. '-
Extract of a letter. from a gerzllcman, ‘dated
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1, 1.818.
Ilydro/2lzobz'a.—-Yesterday afternoon I saw one
of the public oxen at the lower part ofthe navy-
yard, afflicted with the hydrophobia. ‘ It was dis-
tressing to witness the agony of the poor animal,
chaineddown, perfectly frantic. "He has taken
no sustenance of any kind in four days. After
recovering from a violent spasmodic fit, and ap-
parently tranquil, ‘I had a bucket oftwater taken
to him, to see what effect it would produce--the
moment the water caught his eye, he bellow ed,
a few minlttps, was completely convnlsed,
had "rather see efl'ectecl by civil than by military
an "xP¢°l'all0D- 'VVe have now at Alexan‘dri'a,"
V _ The crops of this parish will this ' '
year amount to about 400,000 dollars at the pres.-... .
be .excit_e;l,_ and. the dog we’; ~ -.
of the stone, that it uniformly adheres to the part ~
After extracting the poison, .
ed thrown into convulsion, whenever the moss» t
convulsive gasp of breathing, seemed to corneo-1 '
casionally swing his arm up and down, and was/. «
death, the negro sipped and drank ua-.9, nith .
run out his tongue, frothed at the mouth, and for. '
. _
Norwalk Chronicler