General Intelligence

Mrs. Joe Smith - Grand design of the Prophct. - A correspondent of the New Bedford Bulletin, after stating that the recent murder of Joe Smith has been followed by a dispersión of his followers, gives the following items: Mrs. Joe Smith, it is said, has lost all confidence (if she ever had any,) in the Mormon faith. She will soon retire to some secluded situation, undoubtedly the richest lady in the West. Joe had been amassing money for several years, for the purpose of eventually going to Jerusalem, intendingto issue a proclamation calling in the Jews, over whom he was said to be head till the return of Christ upon the earth - which event he believed would take place 45 years after 1844. With reference to this expedition he was crowned "King of Israel" in 1844 by the Council of fifty, denominated the "Ancient of Days." The Fifty were all sworn to secrecy. I had the fact from one who assisted at the coronation - divulged since Joe's death. This was the prophet's grand design; and it been generally known, would, perhaps, have saved our State from the disgrace and infamy of perpetrating so foul a murder. - This fact affords a key to certain movements of the prophet, which are otherwise wholly inexplicable. Parkc GodwÍ7ims accepted the nomination of the Workingmen of New York City as a candidate for Representative to Congress. The principies of this new party, as defined by Mr. Godwin, are: lst, Freedom of Trade, with all nations nbroad, and against special trading privileges at home; 2d, Freedom of Suf - frage, in favor of citizens among us from nbrood, in spite of the detesfable rnaxims of a bigoted Nativeism, against the narrow and aristocratie pretensions of Algerines; 3d, Freedom of Public Lands, guaranteed to nll actual oceupants and cultivators. ngninst the grasping avarice of cnpitnl;: and 4th, the Spread of Free Jnsliluïions; not only over Texas and Oregon, bul over' tlié whole Globe. - Granite Freeman'.'ÉxTRNS!VE'RKNüNdíATIOÑVOK IdoLaTRT ÍN ÍNDrA.- F'om the latest ntelíigénce received at the AJissionnry rooms, eays the New York Journal of' Commerce, the popolntion' of Sotith,erri Ihdii srems rnpiÖly advancinc lo a point where the rennnciation of the foolich, dpgrading and unsnti.sfyinsí rites o'f iddlatn will be very frequent, ünder date óf Èarch 14, Ú4'4', the bishop 'of M'ndrop say's tlia:t nuíe ty-síx vllugcsn the province óf Tinneyvelley. have receritly cdnie forard, imsoltèitèd and utterly obólislied their iddl., réquéstiríg to be taken uhder Chriitian instructtoni One oí ihé Ertglish M6sidharie?, nt on éáriér date, sayp, that he liad, wiiliin the two preceding months, received even Kündrtd natives undor his caré. And from n very recent letter of one of the Missiduaries of the American Board, it aj)peárs' thal, althöugh there has been no movement of ko dccided a chsracterin the territory embroced within the plans of the Maduro'mission, m'any things are exVéèdingly hopefiil; and tliot, coiild laborers now enter ihis field, in requisUe rJiimber, there would be nö doubt of sooii gathering an abundanl han'est. - "Oh tie ."-ievr ?fd' tHë causo of the slave occnpy a moré liöpeful positjon than at the prë&ent timö. In addition to thelUiou saricls of convert8 rallying to onr standard fiom both parties, the positiöfi or tho Whig and Democratie parties is 6uch as gives hope. - Whidhev'er of theiïl eball bédéfeatedw'ill ascribe its defeat to slavery! Mark that!- Should HénrV Clay be defeated, té thousand corsee tvill be heaped upon his heod by his Northern friertds'for wrJting; eo many letters on Texás and slavery to show that hè iè nchanged with respett'to his "dogmrfs;; And if Polk is deféated,as liiauy Nórïhem Democrat will curse' the Baltimore Convention and ihe leaders' of the' part fbf "goir.g fo'i Texas!" So, genllemenVAnti-slavery hasyou on the hip, and wi}l ac'hieve' a vicXóry, let eitber party be defeatèiL Dr. Abernethy'8 prescription for the gout, was to live upon a sixpence a day, and earn it., Post.Office Rejorm Mr. Wickliffeyields nt last. He has lately written a letter to the Chnmber of Commerce, New York, in reply to a communication received frora that body, in uhich he expresses his opinión in favor of the rate of five cents under five hundred miles, 1 and ten cent?, over t. Such a concession ! comes too late. The People will have a uni ■ forrn rate of two cents, and cannot understand why the hational treasury, which wUl soon be overflow ing, may not be dawn upon to tnoke np any deficiency in .he revenue. Th ose 1 ivho use the Post oflice ore not nlone beneh'ted by jt. The Department is a benefit to the whole nation; the infurmation it circuíales reoche.9 every ma, woman and child directly ur indireclly, whether every person pays post age or not. It is just as tnuch a national benefit, ns the army or navy, and a ïitlle greater, wethink; there cerlainly can be no good rendon, why if it fail to support itself it should not be supported out of the Naitonal treasury. Give iisthen a radical change, nnd no half way measures. One great advanlage of the two cent rateb, il is perfeclly compatible with an olmost total nbolition of the franking priviledge. Such a rate as is propesed by the Poft Master, is not. The burdem of franking wili be coniiniied. - Civ. Herald. Humanily of Maryland. - A cnse illustrntive cf the despoiiem of the slove laws, occiirred in thut State a bout 4 1-2 years ego. A poor colored man went to Philadeibhin ' to visit his friendb. While there a friend . gave him a smal! anti-slaverry tract or pamphIet. Without looking at it, he took it home. A day or two after, and bofore he hnd read it, a colored neighbor took it up, and asked the loan of if, whicli was granted. ín the hands of the latter, some constable found it. The pnmpblet was readily troced tothe first; he I was arrested, indicted for circulutiog " i diary publications," under a law as va crue in terni8 as language can jiossibly be, tried and i convicted in & hurry, with no friends to help ( him, and sentenced to twelve years ent, at Tiard labor in the peiiitentiary! He i bas now been there for more than foor years, and has coiiducted hiniself wel!. Shame on a Stote that imprisons men on such i ces. Let Maryland look to it if 6he would hold her rank nmong civilized communitias. The jets of Her Mojetly's Accovchers. - , The fee presented toDr. Locock, first ' cinn accoucher 1o the Queen, is, it is understood, on the birth of a royal infant L1,000. - Dr. Ferguson, receives L500, and Sir James Clark the same amoimt. Mrs. Lilly, the ! Qneen's monthly nurse, receives 'for the month" L300. This amount is generallv ! swelled to upwards of L600, the extras be 1 ing derived from the handsome presents the nurse receives from each guest inviied io the christening. The wet nurse is said to receive L 100 per month for her service, besides the { gratifying prospect of some portbr. of her fam ily being provided for, either in the army or navy. IA crusty bachelor once annoyed by the cries of a. baby,testi!y remarked, it was strange Demonlhenes nevsr thought of a nvrsery, when he went to the sea shore to strengthen his lungs, ond accustom himself to noise and u proa r! The Firsl Sh'p.-fhe ark built by Ncah was the first ae well as the largest veísel of vvliich we have any account, ftéir tonnage was nearly ten times greater than thot of the Inrgest ship of the line ;n our navy, being estimated at L42,0 lons. Her proportions would be considered good even növ, after the nccumulated experiencé of ages iH' ship building, although her model niáy not Have been the best adnpted for speed. Allowing 13 inchtl5 to one cubit. her lenglh wps 45C, 75 feet beam, or.d 45 feet depth of hold. The immense numbcr of 470,000 newspapers is despatched every week from the London Po.st office. Tlnsbnnch of the office requires ihe empinymnnt of 249 mèn Of llie Inrgre n'imber of newspapers thus sent througli the mails in all directions, every week, not more than 21)0 are reported as "missent."Millerile &'résïed.-ln cdnsequenóe of severa) hettd&of families nbundoning their vocations, giving away tlieir property, and bv these tlolusions bnnging their families to poverty and pmb.ibly thro'wirig'them on the comiminity fdr' support, the aulhoriiies'of Baltirnore, on complnint, arrested one Isaac Gales, a preachér of the Millerite doc.'rine, on o charge of violnting the public peace. He was brought ió'cotm followed by severa! of his hearere, and discharged on his ovvn recognizance until afte'r the period n.ved'by ihem for the expected advent. - Bost. Post. Somethittg JYcto Ai the Whig meeting at Beemis' HeightsSaratoga," thè:e vas a bniii! of twerily-'six beoutiful young gir'e, dressed in white wiih blue jockey caps, who caine with the Washingtóriian delégation, onhórsèhack'. A verierfblc clerg-yman of a cotmtry párish. taking a morning walk, overtook a litile boy leatling a frantic calf to pasture. The reverend gentleman canie up to the boy, and said, "My ]á, dó'you'not know' that yóü should raise your hat whenever you 6ee me?' "I expect Í oughter," nnswered the boy, "and I wil] if you ?onny hold my calf the whilst." Laughing Gas. - On Mónday night, in Boston, a professor of laughing gás, á3ministered over one hundred gallons of this iroxióus fluid lómany fíiaiídréds The number of Methodist p-reachers in the United States and Texas, it is said, exceeds that of the standing' army in the United' States.' TIig Móntgornery.' Alaba'mn. Journnl, of the Sist instant, mentions the deaih of a young man named Joscph Armstrong. froni the handsof his'brother, Tucker Arrnátrbng. - The dispute between them grew out of an ola settlement. A" knïfé was dfawh by the murderer, and plunged into his body eleven times. The dreadful aggressór escapcd, leaving his brothèr a corpeeon the spot.