Indiana Palladium, Volume 4, Number 45, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 15 November 1828 — Page 1
EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IS NATURE'S PLAN AND FOLLOWING NATURE IS THE MARCH OF MAN. Bam.ow. Volume IV. LAWRENCEBURGH, INDIANA; SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1828. Number 45;
FROST THE WESTERN TILLER. EMANUEL SWEDENBORG.
'Sin On perusing a late number o
the New Jerusalem Magazine. nublhhp
in Boston, I found the following circumstances relating to that truly e xtraordin ary character, Swedenborer. You wil
oblige a friend by giving them a place in
. your paper, g It is generally known that
borg foretold the day of his departure
uom ine natural to the spiritual world We shall presently introduce the aflida
vit ot the persons with whom he board ed immediately previous (o the termina tion of his natural life, in which it is de
ciared that he told one of them on what
day he should die, a month before it han
pened. But we here introduce a docu-
merit showing that Swedenborg also fore-
ioiu ine time oi his death to the celebrated methodist minister, John Wesley. Mr. VVesley was, at one time, very much inclined to embrace the doctrines of the
New Church; and it is very remarkable that, after his undemanding was convin
ced ol bwedenborg's supernatural knowledge, he shoud appear in the ranks of his persecutors. Mr. Noble in his an-
peal, altergiving an account of Wesley's
tavorahle opinion, at one time, of Swedenborg's writings, and of his subsequently rejecting them and joining Mathesius, (a Swedish clergyman in London,) in representing Swedenborg as a madman, says: "But f am providentially enabled, by gom documents which have recently come into my hands, to trace the pro-
press of Mr. Wesley's mind in regard to Swedenborg, in su h a manner, as com
pletely to neutralize his authority in the unfavorable conclusion which he at last
adopted: for, I am enabled to shew, that,
in that conclusion, Mr. VVesley stands in
direct opposition to Mr. Wesley himself;
and that his first judgment was formed upon far better evidence than his last. It appears certain, that Mr. VVesley was atone time inclined to receiv Swedenborg's testimony in the fullest manner; and this because he had indubitable evi
dence of his supernatural knowledge.
"Among Mr. YVesleVs preachers in
the year 1772, was the late Mr. Smith,
a man of great piety and integrity, who
afterwards became one of the first minis
ters in our church. Having heard a cu
rious anecdote, said to r st on his author
ity, I wrote to Mr. J.I.Hawkins, the
well known engineer, who had been in
timately acquainted with Mr. Smith, to
request an exact account of it. The following (a little abreviated) is his answer: it is dated February 6th, 1826. "Dear Sir: In answer to your inquiries, I am able to state, th3t I have a clear recollection of having repeatedly heard the Rv. Samuel Smith say, about the year 1787 or 1788, that in the latter end of February, 1772, he, with some other preachers, was in attendance upon the Rev. John Wesley, taking instructions and assisting him in the prepara tions for his great circuit, which Mi. Wesley wag about to commence: that while thus in attendance, a letter came to Mr. VVesley which he perused with evident astonishment: that, ftcr a pause, he read the letter to the company, and that it was couched in nearly the follow
ing words: fine letter was most prohably
in Latin; but Mr. VVesley, no doubt,
would read it in Lne;lish;j "Great Both Street, Cold Bath Fields, Feb. , 1772. Sir: I have been informed in the world of spirits that you have a strong desire to converse with me; I shall be happy to see you if you will favor me with a visit. 1 am, sir, your humble servant, Eman. Swedenborg. "Mr. Wesley frankly acknowledged to the company, that he had been very strongly impressed with a desire to see and converse with Swedenborg, and that he had never mentioned that desire to any one. "Mr. Wesley wrote for answer, that he was then closely occupied in preparing for a six month's journey, but would do himself the pleasure of waiting upon Mr. Swedenborg soon after his return to London. Mr. Smith further informed me, that he afterwards learned from very good authority, that Swedenborg wrote in reply, that the visit proposed by Mr. Wesley would be too late, as he, Swedenborg, should go into the world of spirits on the 29th day of the next month, never more to return. "Mr. Wesley went the circuit, and on his return to London, if not, as is most probable, before, was informed of the fact, that Swedenborg had departed this life on ibe 29th of March preceding.
"This extraordinary correspondence Frost, musquetoes and flies! Thel wild fig, and mangroves, are there found
induced Mr. Smith to examine the wri
ings of Swedenborg; and the result was
a firm conviction of the rationality and
truth of the heavenly doctrines promul
gated in those invaluable writings, which
doctrines he zealously labored to dissem
inate during the remainder of his natura life. "That Mr. Smith was a man of un
doubted veracity, can be testified by several persons now living, besides myself;
the tact therefore that such a cqrpoir
dence did take place between th Jrlon. Emanut.1 Swedenborg and the RevV John
Wesley, is established upon the best au
thority.
"On referring to Mr. Wesley's printed
journal it may be seen, that he left Lor
don on the 1st of March in the year 1772;
reached Bristol on the 3d, Worcester on
the 14th, and Chester on the 29iii, which was the day of Swedenborg' final departure from this world. Mr. Weslev
in continuing his circuit, visited Liver
pool, and various towns in the north of
England, and in Scotland, returning
through Northumberland 'and Durham, to Yorkshire, and thence through Derby
shire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire, U
Wales; thence to Bri'l, Salisbury,
Winchester, and Portsmouth, to L ;don, where he arrived on the 10th of Octo
ber in the same year, having been absent
rather more than six months.
"I feel it my duty to accede to your
request and allow my name to appear a
. - A I W
our immediate voucner I remain,
dear sir, your'5, very sincerely,
J. I. Hawkins."
"To this I can add,- that the Rev M. Sibley has assured me, that he heard Mr. Smith relate the above anecdote; and that he could mention, if necessary, several other person? still living who must have heard it too. He fully also supports Mr. Hawking statement in regard to Mr. Smith's veracity. Thus it is im possible to doubt that Mr, Smitli affirm
ed it; and is difficult to suppose that hr
could either wilfully or unintentionally
misrepresent an incident which mu?i
have impressed him so sironlgy, and of which the consequent change of his sentiments formed a collateral evidence." The only particulars relative to tinclose of Swedenborg's natural life, on which vve can rely, are to be found in the affidavit before alluded to, m;ide by Mr. and Mrs. Shearsmith, with whom Swedenborg boarded at the time of his death. It is as follows:'
"Affidavit taken before the Right
Hon. Thomas Wright, then Lord Mayor
of the city of London, on the 24ih Nov.
1785, viz: 'Tnai towards Curislmas, 1771, Mr. Swedenborg had a stroke of
the palse which deprived him of his speech, which he soon recovered, but
yet remained verv weak and infirm.
That towards the end of February, 1772,
he declared to Elizabeth Sheai smith
(then Reynolds) and to Richard Shearsmith's first wife (then living) ihat he
should die on such a day; and that the
Southern Advocate (published at Hunts
ville, Alabama) of the 10th ult. has the following as a letter from Jackson county, dated Oct. 1. Messrs, Editors A" this is an obscure part of the government, we had thought that we would have escaped the ravages of that monster, the tariff. But we have already seen and felt its effect?, in a va
riety of shapes. In the first place, late last spring, about the time of its struggle
for existence, we had an uncommon hard frost, which checked vegetation for at
least one month, and that was succeeded in the summer by a drought, which cut short our crops to such a degree, that we are compelled to use mure economy than
heretofore. We have also been infested
for the last two months, with swarms of
musquetoes (a circumstance unknown
before at this season of the year): our
cabins hav e the appearance of so many meat-houses from the necessity we have
been under to smoke this troublesome in
ject out. But this is not all; the tariff
ly itself, has made its appearance in our
county, and is dealing death and destruc
tion among the cattle, hogs and dots;!
its size nd manner ot attack is the same
as that of the blow-fly, described in a late
number of the Tuscaloosa Chronicle; it
s not yet at larked any person in this
i i . i.i r . -i- .
ur igtiuu! iuhkj, ttiuiougn one oi my neighbor-, in walking through a cowikld some time ago was stung by one, as he supposed, but from the swelling and great pain which immediately e nsu d, he was
soon convinced, to his great joy, that it must have been a snake. Now, M -srs. Editors, we (that is. myself and neigh
bors) believe that we hav-as great cau-p
to complain of the effects of the tariff",
aany other people, not even excepting ColJeton District, S. O. and we have therefore, come to a n solution not to buy any of the tariffed articles, for which vve have one of the very best reasons, and that is so plain I will not name if. A citizen of Jackson couktv.
Voracity of the shark. By the arrival ot ihe ship Thomas Gdston, of this port, from Africa, we learn the following particulars of a singular escape of one o the crew of that vessel. The Thomas Gelston, tapt. Martin, was taking in African oak, at the island of Tombo, in tin Sierra Leone riv r, in the month of Jm.e
Inst; and capt. Martin perceiving th river crowded with sharks cautioned l.imen not to bathe. To facilitate the p-
erations ol loading, lae ship had a Maj rigged from her aft port nearly lewi with the waters edg". Disregarding the caution of the captain, one of the
crew,-named William Dai, resolved to bathe in the river, and lie took with him a boy for the same purpose vv ith whom he was swimming on his back, when his foot was sicz-.d by a shark. The boy was flung from the back of the sailor, and succeeded in gaining the stage; but the sailor himself was instant' pulled under water, fa a moment, however, the unfortunate man rose again, having escaped
aid Elizabeth Shearsmith thinks she canifrom HiMjiiws II"-iih,aiid with ail hi 1 1 B t a
safelv affirm on her oath he departed this life exictlv on the verv dav he had fore
told, that is. one month after hi nrn.lir-Und the boy. In this endeavor he was
(ion. That about a fortnight before his "icieniiy auccecMm as io seize it with
- i I I - I'L. : . . . .
instead of oaks, pine?, and till bushes.
He has brought with him several hundred subjects of natural history, in concholcgy, mineralogv, botanv, &:c. lYiles' Reg. Civil War in Mexico. Intelligence has been brought to New York, that the result of the late Presidential election in
Mexico is a civil war, and that the coun
try is in a state of anarchy. The nine
teen States of the Mexican Confederation are, Mexico, Puebla, Quesetaro,
Vera cruz, Valladolid, Guanaxauto, a
hsco, Zacatecus, Oaxaca, San Lewis Po-
tosi, Durangn, Cahuila, Tejas and Ta
maulipas, Nuevo Leon, Chihuahua,
Cheapas, Tabasco, and Sonata. Return
had been received Spt. 1-lh from twelve
States, nine of which voted for IVdraza,
and three for Guerrero. Pedraza is un
doubtedly elected and Gen. Santa Anna,
a partisan of Guerrero, had in consequence raised a rebellion against the
government, and the Guerrero party in
Vera Cruz have taken up arms. A bo
dy of troops has been marched under the
command of Santa Anna, to Perose.
The following character is given of
the rival candidates in a letter from Mexico to the N. Y. Journal of Commerce: "Gen. Guerrero, the Yorkino candidate, is a patriot who d dared himse lf in favor of independence in its infancy, and who stood in its defence during all its reverses. Jioi$"a generous good heart-,
ed chieftain,3' as the word goes with you,
"well disposed towards strangers of all nations.7'. So far so good. On the other hand he is good at roek tightirg, and the gaming table, and if an intiigue if
"(carried on by one with a pretty wi man.
he is vorv lenient towards them: with these flaws in his character, he has ro knowledge of diplomat), and not one requisite talent for a President. Pednisa, the Escosfs candidate, is a man totally different tu rn his competitor He was in i fiice under the SpanUh Government, ai d continued so durini;
Ihe revolution, until the declaration of
independence. He is a man of talents and firmness, not to be shaken by pretty women or doubloons; a law onee passed is sure to be enforced by bin). He is not friendly to strangeis, but disposed to suf-
tfer their residence, that they may im-
prove toe country. i roan oi nisurn ehnrncter is calculated to make bimseli di'f-adt-d by that class of peojde who form the. mas of Guerre ro party." Y:: :no and Escoscs ar ihe names of two Masonic :ecl:i in Mexico.
The election took place S. pt. 1st andj
was conducted with great heat and violence. In Oajaca, parties' were so exasperated that they came to blows: the military were called in, and i-everal persons were killed and wounded. &vs?o?i Pat.
the detention to the trade in both directiona. Id r ery great They use bcth horse and locociotive iteam engine upon this road, and bir had a fair opportunity of testing their relative utility. The mult has breo rnu-U in fa? our of locomotives, as a reference with rbich I was laForrd to the accounts of the company fully testifies. The locomotives on this road are used only in the coal trsd, and run a distance of 20 miles from Stockton th greater part of this distance descend toward Stockton,
varjing from MStb to 1-2 ioch per yardj ne part ascends in that direction, and only about two miles is level. 1 hey U9e fou locomatie' engines on this road which lead from 20 to 9S cars in their train, wrigbio each 53 cwt. in dpendt-nt of the car itst If, and travel at a speed of 4 to 7 miles per bour. Vhree of tbfse engines are of Losh and Sfephenson'tf construction, as they are generally called here,and one of tbern of Hackworlh's. I rode up and down ft- road on these d;Tcrent engine, a distune of SO to 40 miles. Losh and Ste eosons's rngines usually carry 0cars Uackworth'js 24. and some times 28 with which it is
capable of travelling 6 a 7 miles per hour.
1 be o'he rs travel 5 6 which is as great a rats
of speed as they thick prudnt to move at,-
when loaded Hack worth's engine is capa
ble of iO to 12 niles ppr bour, when light fo returning with the tnpty crs I found that
the greatest Ontst requ red the whole pow-
er of the engines, and reduced their speed nearly one half. This roan" is of wrought iroa rails in lengths of Is feet, which weigh 23 lbs.
to the yard. From this Rail-Road 1 proceed
ed to Newcastle-opoa-Tyne Ibis place, with if s neighboring Coal Miaes upon tha
lyne, is the birth place and cradle of Rail-
Roada and loforuotitr (team engines. It was
in this v irmly that K-U-Roada viera first inirrdurnf, and it whs at Killngwcrth, about 4 miha lron Newcastle, the locomotive was t6
used to advantage.'
SI
Kohth Carolina. Vigorous measure are tahii g i.r the commencement of the works at the "Swash"' It is a p reject of great magnitude and importance to the state, and its completion w ill i r .1.1.. l i' a mi
nroauce mnmneiauie ueneuiv l m
In 1754. the sod of a' German Jew in moil indigent rtrrunisfanets, was bound appnntice to a uxrhnnic trade in Frackfort. Aftr m s rvict- of several years, the spirit of ambitioc and the desire of more proS'able and lesi laborious employment induced him to commeftcer a trhic in old clothes and the trifles which,? with us axe deposited in the park of an itinera ant pedlar. "Ihe trade in ant.qnes, relict, coins and medals having etrted up, th Jef
apprentice embarked in thi busiptss with SDeV cess. His industry, shrewdness and integrity having gained him many friends, he was indue" ed to acquire the science of the counting hoot and soon after obtained a situation in a bank ing house t Hanover. With the small capital gained in tho partnership, returned to hisT
native city, and brgsn a series of successful ad ventures which returned a flood of wealth. Such are the particulars of the early life of Ma" var Rotlscbild, who in 1653 leaned to the' Court of Peomark, the sum of 3 COO 003 dolhrs from bis own fortune, as they are given icf
Germ in pipr Aftar his death in 13 1, his sons eo'ir.md the course which had bcea marked out by th ir f-ttbrr, until the 5ve broths ers of the house of RothechiM are said to possess; property rselusirely their own, to the a' una unt of 20 C00,( 09, dollars and ihe command1 of 40,000 0C0 n ore by their influence iu th commercial world. During 12 years it is stated l her have entered in'o rrnrictg to furnish by ltMna and ut'idra .003 000,030 to tbodif ferfnt Courts of Europe. Ihe creditori o? sovereigns, with revenues beyond the receipts
ofn-itions, ,cy sfem to have possessed n pnw-
death he received the Lord's Sapper
from the hands of Mr. Ffrelius, a Svedish minister, to whom he earnestly recommended to abide jn the truth con
tained in his writing. That a little
while before Mr. Swedenborg's decease
energy he endeavored to reach thestat
on which stood the carpenter of the ship!mt,ntioij of a flv ihaltJe loom recenth
erected in that town, aid i;utiee$ tl
lan;v:hcl a vessrd of 120 tuns
IS I ft. .1 ft.
Newborn Spectator, from which vve de-lpr 01 nunpiju-r r cut, nae me mnsiar or ia
rive the above tact, al?o nicies tavorable
hi h inds. I he carpenter stooned and
. i seized him by the arms, and when in the art of helping him out of the water, the wretched sailor was again ?Hz jd by tin leg by the shark. Iu thi hin ib itua
? tion, the shaik striving to pull him into
he was deprived of hi, spiritual sight, on!tne ffa.,er aml nc carpenter to pull him which account being brought into very!out of Jt p0Dr Vil,iam Davis remained great tribulation, he vehemently cried, unttl lho shark 5ccepded in tearing aout, 0 mv G-rd! hast thou then wholly! NVa.v his leg. He was then brought on ' ii i i . . it . i
lanu in oiien'i i fiction. The mountain tnsij
uf wejl?h they p?3pss. sccumulates as it roll on till it ruav become too vnat for the power of
Innmlw ra fr ritiBint Snfl Krf rtf lraa
lUluee; rerpr ht fi-.r hen pattered rxcpnf
i'romanevvly invented marine rail vvav ;in lhw .naffiS of advenlur,8 nr he visions of
built in one of the docks. North Caio
liua manufactures are common in that
state, which lua resolved to lav aside the
speculators.
Worcester 5?gi.
The following rroceedirgs took place recent
old man and his deedr," and march foi-Jly nt the Rounen Court r.f Assize, France, on the?
ward to wealth and independence. trial of a young woman for poisoning a child: " Tlio pr b 'ns'roo hearing a part of the evi
The following' dence, manifested considerable emotion, thea"
Ra:l Roaps in Fqi.and.-
forsaken thy servant at last?' But a few
days after he recovered again his spiritual sight which circumstance appeared
to make him completely happy; that this
board and captain Martin having bound up the stump as well as he was able, sent
a boat to Sierra Leone with him. On his arrival in the colony, the stumn was
J ? i ' r i k .
wa the last of his trials. That durum s'tuiiy ampuiaiea, and he is now in tin
his. latter days, even as on the former, he1 !Port a,,tJ is UolnS Wfi- The name of
retained all his good sense and memory
in the most complete manner. That on the Lord's day, 29ih of March, hearing the clock strike, Mr. Swedenborg a-ked his landlady and her maid who were then sitting by his bedside, what o'clock it was, and on being answered it was five o'clock, he replied, 'it is well, I thank you, God bless you both,' and then a little moment after he gently gave up the ghost. Moreover, that on the day before, and on that of his departure, Mr. Swedenborg received no viits of any friend whatever, and these deponents never heard him either then or before utter any thing that had ihe least appearance of, or relation to a recantation. Richard Shearsmith, Elizabeth Shearsmith.' Sworn 21th N w. 1785, before me, Thomas Wright, Mayor"
the carpenter by whom he was rescued,
is John iiully. Liverpool Chronicle Florida. St. Jlufru$tmc Get. 8 It gives us pleasure to state, that the Indians on the Appalachicola have decided to send a deputation over the Mississippi, preparatory to a removal there; and it is probable that the Er.st Florida Indians will join them. We regret that we have so long omitted to state that John Lee William, esq. has lately returned from a tour, in which he has beenengaged about three month exploring the southern coast of the territory. He states that the southern cx tremily of the peninsula is very rock), and that scarcely a tree or thruh is found for a hundred miles from Cape Sable, which is common to fhia country. That mastic, lignum viUe, guia cleroy, ovirjo
omenta in this country. It riitcloaes sev-Jbrnch wnere the gens d'arrnea were tiuxxfr highly important facts cf which we were ft appears that a respectable oli gentleman ha? iret3fure9 fully apprised, particularly in? wiched to seat himself in cne corner, when rd to the eclmty at which U is now as-j pens d'aroie, with great rudenraa and brutal)-
extrict of b lettir, published in 'he Charbb-jointed, and tell to trie ground; when ihe half ton Courier of the 4U instant, will b read ; recovered, the President reaumed the proceedwith deepintm-at by the fiimds of internal im-jins, hut waa interrupted by a noiae on thaf
nrovenjenta in this country. It discloses sev-j bench where the gens d'arrnes were sim
enl
not h
re? in!
ntnn will tvmlrtn ml tv. took hint hv the Btn and do8Til htC lG
vantage; an.l also as respects the valuable im-J withdraw. On the old gentlerran' n orfatra provemcat which have recently been mado by .'imp, the pena it'arroe hrcama more violent, Ihe introduction cf Uackwortu' newly fpn-'inrnrd him arouo.l f.rnMy, and excWed, atrueted Engine upon the Stockton tud Dar-I 'I arrest yon" The Pr. sulent here intferra lingtoo lliny. Ea1t Jm. UniUid,"en d'aror-s. takeout that ?ttsan.' Extract of a letter from Gentleman or thia One uf the advocates tb. n row frcm the ha, citv. now travellioe in Europe, addrenmf'and said, 4!he gentbroan has eommittd ocw
to the President of the South Carolina Hail- rnme ny inuup un ir.c nrnrn wiin me genr
Road Company, dated
LivERrooL 8ih August
1828
d'rtrmes. 1 hare the honor to know him. Ha-
w h 8 formerly an advocate in the Parliament os
Ibe next Kail Koad of rouchimpor."". eighty year of age, and bit gre-r
tance that I visited, was the t arhnpton nd
Storkton Tbia was the trst experimenr fo t
hairs are c ntiih d to reverence.'
The Prtsident: is not in the coitatne
ptv R the furjwiec promiscuous trnf- of h,a profusion, and . .a one of the reaerrft and was onened to the public about two pd PlitC?s !hKfor, gent d'arraeg turn him of
Ibe old gentleman then said, "I have on
fic and was opened to th publ
I ears since. I he whole exti-nl ot this road, including some tranches, is about thirty Hides; and althouph its general obje.ct was to open a communication from the navigation at Stockton, with an extensive coal region, it was olas designed for the general trade of the interior. This road is a single track, and although the passings are from two to tUoe 'm lbs mdsj
of your own cards authorising ine to sit in cc of the reserved places; I hve been fiftf-si yeara an advocate, and never yet failed in ra pv i i tie henrb,1' Nonvit stridir h ap peal the ln skIhU inauted on bis bemj urntct ut On the old peni)Mnn moving' to obey Iht ordr, tht entire Kir, with the exception of thd rrisonrr'i tounseb nd Quitted Hz coixl-