The Brussels Post, 1892-7-22, Page 62
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Arnmomamm.ii0•0,
JULY 22, 1802
BATTLE OF QUE,ENSTON HEIGHTS,
A THRILLING CHAPTER OF CANADIAN HISTORY,
13 fit,—;NES17-411XTESIIIANK.
In a battery, mimed. For Grays above
the villags of Lewiston, two eighteeo.
pounded were moueted with the ietentien
of silencieg he gen in the reilan, and, two
mortars and a like number of six -patentees
were planted on the bunk of the river lielow
to cover the lending anil dt•tve the Britieh
out of Queenston. Chrystites ami Fen -
wick's regiments of regulars front For
Niagara, end dude ioflitia 1.ati aliens froin
Schlosser, were =rolled to Lewiston by
inland roads atter &nit on the es will r•
the 12th, and long 1.efure the appoieted
hour of three o'elock more than 4,0d0 men
were aosembled thei e without exciteug
special attention, Twelve boats, deli of
which could carry thirty men, and two
others having a capacity of eighty dell,
manned by veteran hehermen mother with
the river, were :dread} moored at the land-
ing. The teght was inteusely dark, rain
was still falling gently, and the winds and
the daring of the river drowned the sound
of their movements. Everything seemed
to conspire to favor their enterprise.
Col. Yen Rensselaer had originally been
selected to command the aavauce guard,
but when Cbrystie arrived, he stubbornly
refused to waive his rank and it was then
agreed that the latter shoula lead a column
of three hundrea regular troops, while Van
Rensselaer heeslel an equal number of
militia. The militia composing this de.
tachment were accordingly chosen with
great care from among the hest drilled nien,
and, by them commander at least, were be.
lieved to he superior to the United States
troops in point of discipline. Forty pinked
men of the regular artillery conducted by
Lieut. Gansevoort, all of whom had long
been quartered at Fort Niagara and knew
the river well, were selected to head the
other columnand were followed by four
companies of the 13th United States in-
fantry, which was regarded as one of the
crack legtments of thew army. Next in
succession, Col. Fenwiek and Major
Muttony were to °roes with 630
regulars, then an equal number of mili-
tia was to follow, anti so on, until the entire
division consisting of the 6th, 13th, and
23rd United States infantry, detachments
of three regular artillery regiments, a
battalion of volunteer riflemen, and the
1601I, 17th, 18th, 19th, and --Oth regiments
of New York nilitia, were passed m er.
The artillerymen were provided with
matches and returners to work the ceptured
uns, and a detachment of engineers was
etailed to fortify a position as soon as it
was taken. The number of officers and
men exceeded four thewiand, of whom at
twat fifteen hundred were regulars, and
barring aceffients, the whole tone might be
ferried over in seven trips. The two lag.
est boats were also fitted with platforms on
which a fieldpiece with its carriage could be
loeded.
In le s than r. quarter of an hour from
the time On boats pushed off, ten of them,
conveyiug three hundred inen, reached the
opposite shore at the exact spot selected for
ettecting a lancling, (mite unpereeived by
the British sentries. Three others, among
them the two largest, were carried down
by current, and of these only the smaller
one thcceeded in landing below, while the
two others returned by command of Col,
Chrystie to their mu shore to make a fresh
tart. Most of those who lauded were
regular troops, comprising the detachment
of artillery and thr e entire companies of
the 13th infantry, and having sem back the
boats to bring over the next detachment,
Van Rensselaer assumed the ccmmand-in
the absence of Cheystie, aud attempted to
form up his men before s.clvaneing further.
Their presence was then for the first time
discovered by a militia sentry, who was so
badly frightened that instead of firing his
musket as once, he ran into the main guard
to give the alarm. In a few minutes
Captain Dennis advanced towards the land•
ing with forty-six men of his own company
and a few Millie, and found the enemy still
in much con f osion, His Kist volley fell
upon them, as it proved, with fatal precision.
Van Rensselaer himself was struck down
with six wounds, several company ofiicers
ond a number of men were killed or dis-
ebled, and the entire body retired tn dis-
order to the water's edge where they were
partially sheltered by the steep benk.
The keetteries et Lewistou, where the
glenners were waiting with matches burning
for the signal, instantly opened fire, the
first round from their hersvy guns being
aimed at the realms but when the glare of
the musketry disclosed the position of a
small body ot British infantry sear the laud-
ing, all six guns were turned upon it, and
Dennis drew his men back under the shelter
of the houses of the village. In this brief
encounter the loss of the Americans was
subsequently stated to have been eight °Et -
o rs and forty-five men killed or wounded.
The gunners in the redan and ab Vroo-
man's Point, began firiug at random in
the direction of the Lewiston larding, in
the hope of striking some of the boas, and
Lieut. Crowther of the 41st brought up a
light three -pounder field -piece or manhole.
per to sweep the road leading to the
river. Van Rensselaer, being quite dis-
abled by his wounds, was token back to
Lewiston, and the command devolved upon
Capt. John E. Wool, of the 130, a brava
but very youngand inexperienced officer, who
for more than two hours seeing to have been
quite satisfied with retaining his foothold
beside the river, while the butteriee behind
hint were fast wrecking the village of
Qtieenston. His [nen, however, main-
tained a brisk but harmlese fire from
the shelter of the bank. Reinforeements
were steadily pushed over to his assetanee,
but misfortune dill attended them, Two
boats loaded with men were swept far out
of their course by the current. One of these
commanded by Lieut. -Col, Fenwiak of the
artillery, steuggled ashore in the cove below
Queeneton and attempted to ascend the hank
there. They were at once briskly attacked;
Venwick himself received a pistol shot in
the face which medially blinded him, besides
two other wounds, and was token prisoner
with most of his men. The other boat drift-
ed fairly within ranee of Vrooman's battery
and wag captured there. The river being
so narrow many objects atuld be distinguish.
ed upon the opposite shore when 111 up by
the flailing ot the artillery, ana the houts
and ohrieks of the combatants even were
occasionally head by thousands of alter-
ested spectators at Lewieton, Within half
eel hour of landing, Woola foree watt doubled
by the arrival of Ogilvie's and Lawrence's
companies of the lath, forty artillerymen
tinder Lieut, Randolph, and a detachment
of militia, and all the wounded men Were
removed,bue no after 61 superior ratik dine
te inhume commend,
The gun in the redan etontinited to three/
Atolls itt hee,twel Into the river with ifttle re.
etat beyond making the enemiee trope re -
00 order the boats, although an oflis
tor is Said 110 lave been killed 011 Lewie-
ton by one of them, and the derkness end
distend rendered the twenty.four pounder
at Yea:melee (mite ineffentive. Qn tho
other hand, rotted shot from the Lewiston
batteries soon reduced Hamilton's house to
•0111810 hoap of rulus, aud drove Crowther's
light gun one ot range, while the mortars
conetantly pitched their shells into the vill-
age, and their field.pieties searched the gar-
dens and orchards with grape. The move -
menu: of the remainder of their troops con-
tinued, however, to be remakably dilatory,
Thu arrival of t he wounded perhaps had
something to do with this, and the march of
O couidderable body of militia wee arrested
tutideti illnees of their commeadine
oicer, At all events, boats remained lying
idle on both shores
Convinced by unmiatakable signs that an
attack was medicated within a day or two,
Brook had been engaged tillmidnight dia.
patching orders for the aseembly of the mili-
tia, It was no surprise then for him
to be aroused shortly a•1 or three
o'clock by the distant booming of
artillery up the river. He rose at once, bet
still adhering to his opinion that the true
attack evotad not be there, he remarked
that it was only the war between the
eentrles. The steady cannonade and biasing
beacons along the heit4lits satisfied him at
length that this was something more serious
and he mounted his horse and rode ont of
the gate just as a dragoou galloped up to
announce that the enemy had landed at
Queenston. As it was yet uncertein whether
another landing was not intended in the
vicinity of Niagara, the Bintesh general con-
tented himself with giving instructions for
Captain Iloleroft to follow him with two
guns and a party of Indians, while the re-
mainder of the garrison remained under
arms in readiness to act in any directeon,
until daylight more fully disclosed the de-
signs of the enemy, and then set off at full
speed, accompanted only by Captain Glegg
and Lida -Col. McDonnell, At Field's
and Brown's Point he paused for an instant
to direct the militia companies quarteretl
there to follow him, leaving behind only a
sufficient number of men to man the batteries
at each plaae.
Day dawned grey and ehill with a thin
fog teeing from the river. Four boats filled
with men were then seen to push al to-
gether from Lewiston, and at the same in.
scant the head of a eolutnn of troope appear.
ed again above the bank at t,he Queenston
landing. Dennis hastily called clown the
light company by sound of the bugle
from the heights to his support, and
eoncentrated his tire on this force, which
V00 y soon retired again under cover of the
bank, where their movements were almost
entirely screened from view, although they
had lost a few men by the random fire of the
light company during the morning.
Observing that the battery on the Imights
was now occupied only by a few men work-
ing the gun, Lieut. Dansevoort pointed out
to Wool a narrow fisherman's path leading
around a rocky point, and winding upwards
! to the summit, and suggested that a
detachment migbt gain the rear of
the British position unobserved by this
route. Although already bleeding from
more than one wound, Wool eagerly adopt-
ed the proposal, and leaving a hundred men
to occupy the landiug and engitge the at.
tentiou of tbe British in that quarter, he in-
stantly began the ascent at the head of the
remainder, giving strict orders to an officer
to shoot any man who attempted to turn
bank. They met no sentinel nor force of
any kind, and gained the summit of the
heights (mite unopposed.
At this instant Brook rode into the vil-
lage, selaehed with mud from head to foot,
He wasat once recognizedancl welcomed with
O hearty cheer, by the men of the 49th, in
which regiment Ile hail served in every rank
from subaltern to colonel. Reining his
horse for a moment to acknowledge their
salute he rode up the slope to the redan and
there dismounted.
A striking scene presented itself to his
gaze. A single glance showed him bath.
lion upon battalion of troops drawn up in
rear of the American batteries in readiness
to embark; other detachments were enter-
ing their boats, some already upon the river,
and au unknown number already in pee -
session of the Queenston landing. Their
guns were throwing round and grape shot
in to the inclose r 11 01 the village where Dennis
511111 eontrived to meintain a foothold, and
an occasional shell from their mortar bat-
tery rose shrieking lute the air. So far
everything seetned to promise well. The
party that badlanded heel notgainedau inch
of ground in three hours, and near ahundred
prisoners had been taken •vith small loss.
Watching the flight of a shell from the
gun beside him, he observed that it burst
prematurely, and turning to the gunner,
Brook advised hint to try a longer fuse. The
Iwords were scarcely out of hie mouth when
a shout rose from the hillside above, follow-
! ed by a volley of bullets whistlitig overhead,
and a body of the enemy came charging,
; down upon the rear of the battery. Reds.
, tame was out of the question, and there
I was no time even to inount, so leading their
, horses by the bridle the three officers ran
' hastily down the road to tne village follow-
,' ed by the dozen edifiers men working the
gun, who fortunately had sufficient presenoe
, of mind to spike it before they came away.
; All this waspleinly visible to the troops at
. Lewiston, whose shouts could be hated
amid the roar of the cannon as their flog
rose over the battery, and they then peed.
ed down eagerly to the boate. It was evi-
j dent that the principal and probably the
r only attack was to be made here, and
, Brock despetched a message to Sheaffe 01
I Fort Beorge to turn every gun thea would
; bear, upon the American batteries opposite
and send forward the battalion -companies
' ot the 41st and flank companies of the mile,
, tie,. Then mounting his horse he rode at a
gallop to the further end of the village,
where the light oompany of the 4911h was
drawn up in line &editing orders. Again
he was reeeived with a loud cheer, and
wheeling Ins horse in the direetiou of the
heights, he exclaimed, "Follow me, boys,"
and- led them at a run to the foot of the as.
cent. There he paused and disniounted,
saying: "Take breath, boys—you will need
Um a few moments,"8, significantannounce-
ment which provoked atiother hearty
shout.
The crest of the heights was densely
wooded in moist places, and their sides dot-
ted with dumps of email trees and shrubs
richly epangled with the erimsoe, russet and
golden tints of eutumn. These thieltetta in
combination With the netural inequalities
of the ground furnished extellent cover for
the Ainerican riflemen. The redan wait oo.
oupied by the main body of their troops,
but they were unable to Mho any itee of
the eteptured gun, Freshly landed men
were already ascending to their aseistanoe,
and the mortar battery had begun to three/
shells in the direction of Btocka peaty In
Otto hope of checking ite advanees
Convinced of the great impel:theme of re -
nettling the lost position before the enemy
was heavily reinforced, he ordered Dame
to join hint with the .teth grenadiers and
Chieholm's company of York militia, leav-
ing only a few men 111 the village to hold
the Anierloans in check in Gust quarter.
'When these eotnpaniee cam up he detailed
Williams with a section of his own eatneany
and the whole of the maid, malting about
seventy inen in all, by it roundabout route
to ture the left of Wooer, position.
Observing this woe -anted, the latter de.
tached a party of 111) men to meet it,
but, nater i. Mid iuterelitinge of shot the
Americans fell Into contemn and began to
retire. Seizing the fadeable moment Brock
apeman over the stoee wall behina which Ile
had lliNeted his men to take shelter, and
led the way directly up the steep ascent
towarlo 110 babtery, wubng lis owarl ant
seeming words of encouragement to the
grenadiers, who followed hint with 0 ready
cheer.
Ti e rein had ceased and strong, slanting
gleams a sunshine broke through the part•
Ing clouds, The ground was thickly strewn
with fallen leaves elmpory with wet, mid
yielding treaehernusly, and as the men
etumbled and fell here aud there the line
wise quiekly broken. Wool sent a roin•
forcement to support his ad vance party, and
their fire soon began total'. "This is thefirst
time I have ever seen the 49011 team their
becks 1" Brock exclaimed ungrily as he
• neticed unwounded men aroppiug to the
Irear, and et the rebuke the ranks promptly
closed up. McDonnell brought up in
!support the companies of Cameron and
Howard, which had just arrived from
Brown's Point much exhausted, having run
nearly all the way. The force then engaged
in the direct assault of the heights, inulud,
lug the last named companies, numbered
about one hundred and Meaty men. The
flank companies were uniformed in scarlet,
and advatmea with such stet:eludes that
Wool was led to believe that he was being
atteckecl by four companies of the 490h.
Hut own Command bed been increased to
about five hundred rank and filo, two-thirtli
ef whom were regular soldiers, yet notwith.
standing their advantage in numbere and
position, being at the sante time pressed
warmly on the flank by William' detach-
ment they began to shrink from the con-
test,
Seeing that the supports were lagging at
Otto foot of the hill, Brook shouted bo Me.
Donnell to " push on the Yeti< volunteers."
A bullet struck the wrist of his sword -arm
inflicting a slight wound, to which be paid
no attention but continued to wave his sword
and encourage his men. His tall and portly
figure and energetic gestures, as well as his
uniform and position several yards iu front
of the line, naturally made hint o special
target for the bullets of the enemy, although
Ito does not seem to have been personelle:
recognized by them. At lest a rifleman, did
to be one Wilklow, of al oseley's battalion,
stepped out of a thicket less than fifty yards
away and took deliberate aim athim. Marc
than one man of the 491h observed this and
firea hastily in the hope of anticipating his
shot, but without effect. The fatal bullet
struck their leader in the breast very near
the heart, and he sank slowly to the ground
and expired rater murtnuring a few broken
sentences to those nearest him to conceal his
death from the men and eonttune the fight.
McDonnell spurred his horse sharply
to the front eud called upon the grenadiers
to avenge their leader's death. Williams
at the same moment led forward his detactt.
ment from the thickets on the right and the
combined force charged at once fiercely upon
Otto front and flank of the enetny, who
were already in disorder and huddled to-
gether about the battery, out of which they
were quickly expelled and driven ob-
liquely npwards towards the summit
of the heights in the clasection of
the river. Being hotly pursued, an officer
raised a handkerchief or a white cloth on
Otto point of his sword as a flag of truce, but
this was quickly snatched !sway from him
by Wool, who by groat exertions succeeded
in persuading his men to make another
stand on the very verge of the cliff. A body
of freeh troops, including an entire arm.
pony of the Oth U. S. infantry, and another
of rifles opportunely came to his assistance
at this critical moment end enabled him
to prolong his line until he mita:tutted.
his assailants in both directions. gamy haa
also fallen into much disorder through the
haste mud impetuosity of their advance.
Williams was disabled by a ghastly 'wound
in the head, Dennis was badly hurt, and a
considerable number of men killed or
wounded. McDonnell had as yet damped un•
harmed, although being the only mounted
otficer present, he naturally attracted the
fire of the enemy by whom he was supposed
at the time to be e general at least, and his
hat and elothes were pierced in many places.
I3ut now while atempeing to restore order
and form the men for a fresh attack, his
horse was struck by a shot, and as the ani-
mal plunged in agony, the rider also re-
ceived a mortal wound and was thrown
from the saddle. It epito of the effotts of
Dennis and other officers, the British then
gave way in turn and retreated to the foot
of the heights, carrying with them, how-
ever the dead body of their general and
most of the wounded. They were not
vigorously pursued and did not lose mere
than to dozen prisoners, most of whom were
too badly injured to be removed. Dennis
refused to quit the field end succeeded in
collecting most of his men at the farther
end of the village which was still rumpled
by Lieut. Crowther with a squad of militia
artillerymen in cheap of two small guns.
(To Otto EONTINTrED,)
Terrible Accident on a French Cruiser.
A Brest telegram says:—& fearful acei.
dent °added on Montley evening on board
Otto new French cruiser Duvet de Lome.
During the trial of the molimery the head
of 0 boiler bleW out, the enginewoom being
immediately filled with smoke and steam,
end the occupants scalded. The ortliser
wait put beak to Bresawhere it was learned
that when the vessel wee steaming 20 knots
Otto °lead° lighb feiled, and while the ma-
chinery was being examined tile watedupply
in the boilers fell short, and a terrific ex.
plosion occurred, After a time the chief
engineer led & party to the deem, when Oho
coal bunkers were found to be on fire.
When the deo:hers were reached they were
in horrible oonvuleions. Several men had
bitten themselves on their Demo or hands,
while ethers had similarly attaoked their
oomrades, They Were token out almost
etifled, and removed to the nearest hospitals.
Some of the reeetters were themselves ser,
lonely injured in their afford tome their
comrades, In the meentime the fire in the
bunkers was extinguished, but the steering
empartstus haa broken down, end the Dupny
de Lome made for ha mooringe by impro.
Vitted MOanS. Fifteeti men were found to he
severely injured, but it its hoped they will
recover.
A small yaoht capsized during& 0(10011 00
the Shannon, neat Bantry, on Sunday, Ma
Frintstiok Waller, J. 1"„ and his dittightee,
Jena, being drowned, The father dived
overal times to effect a redum The
deughteret body was found with a tiller.
rope round her arm,
PRINCE 11101111E14'3 CAREER,
The Leader of to Remarkable and Notori-
ous Soot,
Bevel1 lux voodoo in a Colony Mil Comijml
Not toe Tolerated—a f'ourtrIfion that May
Cause the members 10 Misnerse—The
origin althe Oyler, Roil anAenpivi Trnr.
The (hinge of Prince Michael and his
colony of Flying Roll Disciples oulminated
in the conviction of the notation/1 leader at
Otto sect et Ann Arbor e weelt ego. The
Prince was :wrested in Detroit about two
months ago Ull the charge of canal
knowledge of Bernice 13eohel. Tho at.
terneys far the defunecasked for t change
of mine to some other circuit, on the
ground thet publie settlement 1 Detroit
wonld prejudice the prisoner's ease. The
change of venue was granted, end the case
was trausferred to Attu Arbor, where the
trial peeved that Pried Michael, under
the guise of religion, had perpetrated out.
rages whiCh would not be tolerated in
sennibarbaric community. lifiyolting 'mote
concerning Otto conduct of Ms colony in
Detroit were brought ont, and the jury
nada upon a verdict of guilty in fifteen
minutes. Priuee hticttcl 0010 sentenced to
five years' immisonment, and he is 11010 ill
tha Stateprison at Jackson. The oldie
tion i
and mprisonment of the leadee of this
remarkable sect, known at the Flying Roll
Disciples, Jezreaftes, a the New and
Latter House of Israel, will result probably
in the breaking up of the act.
The Latter Day Isettelitee trace their
origin to what is known as "The Southcott
Imposture" in the eighteenth century.
joanna Southeott, for many years a house•
maid in Exeter, England, became possessed
of the idea that she was to be a prophet,
or a loader, of it
NEw REIM; roN,
'asserting that she had divine inspiration.
Her followers believed that Joanna wee the
instrument under the direction of Christ to
announce the establish alen t of His kingdom
on earth, and that the minden of Joanna
was to be accomplished by perfect obediend
to the spirit that directed her. Those who
came forward in the epiritual war were to
have the Beal of the Lord's protection, and
if they remained faithful soldiers, death
and holl ehonld have uo posver over thou.
They were ea makeup the" sealed number "
—11 .10)1—to stand with the lamb on
eiteeit Zion,
'tin mission of Joanna was beguu itt
1702. Every member of the seat had a
folded paper, stamped with a talismanic
seal and bearing the letters J. C.," in
which were a number of meaninglese seta
tennes alleged to have been sent by Jesus
Cerise to the hearer of the document. The
greet object of Joanna's mission, however,
W05 an immaculate oonception. She was
to bring forth "Shiloh," promised to be born
of a virgin, and the event was looked for-
ward to by her followers with unbounded
enthusiathe and credulity. Disappointment
more than once clouded the hopes of
Joanna and her followers, but in the course
of thne the period was announced. As she
labored under more then the usual indis-
position, it was deemed necessary to satisfy
ell worldly doubts, and medical men were
called in to give professional opinion, The
decielons wore not setisfactory. The doctors
Were informed that Tonna was 6e yeas of
age, a virgin, and an eXpeOtant inotheE
Alter investigation, they ridiculed the
whole proposition. Dr, Richard Reece,
however, was prevailed upon co a vow a belief
in the expected child, The hopes of mem-
bers of the Southeott soot wag revived
until Joanna was taken ill with the fever.
On her deathbed she admitted thet her
claims concerning the child she was to bring
forth were the outcome of a delusion, bot
after her death many of her followers
insisted that the child had been born and
had been taken to heaven to avoid contam-
ination through contact with worldly people.
It was discovered at an autopsy that the
only warrant for the elleged pregnancy was
O dropsical tumor ; nevertheless, in spite of
the publicity given to the delusions, Sotith-
eottism continued to flourish.
In 1875 James R. White, more famous
f or his debaucheries than his piety, estab.
hilted the Christien Israelites, asking as a
basis for his soot the principles a the South.
cotte imposition, He claimed to be divine-
ly inspired, assumed the name of James
Jershon Jezreel, (from that of the son of
Otto Prophet Hosea), styled himself the
messenger of God, and announced that he
had received direct revelation from
THE Olt HEAVEN,
The revelations he announeed, would be
given la the elect in o, series of nme sermons
to be known as "Extracts feom the Flythg
Roll, or God's Isnot el -dew to Man." Con-
verts were securer' from the followers of
Southeottism anl. other similar bodies, and
Otto name of the soot was changed to the
New and the Latter House of Israel. Ja-
van had many men of more or lash wealth
atnong his followerseend as a result he lived
in luxury. He °entail -matted the erection
of a magnificent tetnple at Chatham, Eng-
land, to cost about 51,000,000, but after the
temple was stated the projeet was inter-
rupted by his death. He was suceeeded by
Esther, his wife. Immediately before his
&hell Jezreel recanted, renewed his (Alegi,
&nee 00 the established faith, and was bur.
lel according to the rights of the Episcopal
Church. lather died five years ago, and
was succeeded by James Cunningham, who
is remarkable chiefly, even among hie egnor-
ant followers, for his illiteracy, ate ts now
Otto leader of the New and Latter Rouse of
Israel in England, although his claim to
Otte leadership of the Jezreelitee is disputed
by Prince Michael,
Michael Id. Mills, who claims to be the
leader of the Beet throughout the world, and
in known by his followers as Prince Michael
end by the public as the hope prince, was
born in Canada about fifty years ago, and
hag lived in several Centsdian towns and
cities most of his life. About eix years ago
he Went to England and became one of the
followers of Cunningham. flowever, Mills
Was not willing to stay a follower, arid he
determined to establish the sect in America,
He obtained 80100 8001 of a dispensabion from
Cunningham and eanie to this country,
Soon, however, he reeeieed so-called melee
tions from heaven which made him ehe heaa
of the sect and gave him supreme authority
itt this counery and abroad. Ile wag eontent,
to eonfine hie operations to the United States
and Canada, -He went to oities itt Centtee.
and in some mailer towns in the United
Saito end Madded a small following of
credulous, super•sensitive romantic', seats
Mende, or weelamindeeinclivideals, His
followers had to swear that they would
never out their beards a heir, or shave thole
tippet lire Consequently, Whenever Mere -
bets of the soot appeared in a town they wore
distinguished easily by their flowing looks.
The foetal° members of the goat weer their
hair loose, the looks falling down upon thole
shouffiere,
leverywhere that Prince Miqhtot Went be
taught ttte new converts that Detroit was to
be the "City of Salvation," end that from
it, the 141,000 eleet—or more proprrly
Otto 288,000, as it takes te loan and it
woman to make 11 " porloot sou1"—would
be taken to 'leaven at the lest blast
of the trumpet, The Prince came to
Detroit with aborit ten renewers, inoluci•
ing his wife ittul Eliza Coutes, his "epiritttal
affinity " other half of his sotil—Lta
(lifer Darand, who 009 his reagious right
bower, three " queens " and r brim knaroS"
to Itorp thotil company. This was in Sop.
tomboy Loeb lo November meridiem of his
sect freni Canadian towns began to congre.
5010 111 Detroit.
NEW cONYERTA
were Becured, end in a short space of time
Pidnee Michael wits established with about
123 followers in so von cot( ages in Hamlin LINO.
nUe. Tho cottages bed been leased ono
one, but as the Rua grew and funds began
to itecumulate through the donations made
by the deluded people the cottages wed
purchtteetl, the decide being made to Prince
Michael, After a while the neighbours in
Otto vicinity of Hamlin avenue beget) to
complain of gross immoreeities moused In
Otto colony, The Prince's household cou-
siding of thn maiden% Mrs. Milla aud
Eliza Courts, was a rival of an Oriental
harem, it was said. SuSpieion was aroused,
and about five months ago it. was strength-
ened by reports concerning Prince Mushael
Made by the father of one of the ininetes. A
little later it was ascertained thitt young
and innocent girls had heen enticed into
Otto Prillekeli household through the exereith
of the strange religiotts power whieli lie
held over his followed. Then IiirS. Mills
complained that for two years she had been
treated brutally by him, and had been com-
pelled to do the menial work, while Mize
Courts, the Peince's " spiritual affinity,"
enjoyed the privileges of a wife, and ruled
as a queen in the household.
The disclosures eroded a groat deal of
pnblie feeling itgaiiiet the colony, but no ile-
tion was taken hy the city authorities.
Writs of habeas :tapes obtained by parents
who desired to recovor their children from
Otto Flying Roll Disciples furnished clues
chat lect to the arrest, trial, and ocieviction
of Prince Miehael.
Until recently oomparativelyalittle has
been known concerning the doctrines of this
odd sea. jezreeliem embodies three de.
grad, known,as the Outer Court, the Inner
Court, and the Holy of Holies, to which eon.
verte meet be initiated a they peewees in
the " interpretation of the word." The
Outer Court is beset by many peentiar cere-
monies. The elect appear in bare feet, with
their long • hair flying underneath a white
cap, and clothed in garments of white silk
trimmed reit]) green. In the Inner Court
Otto doctrines revealed by the Flying Roll
Disciples, pertaining largely to the worship
of sex attributes, are taught. Laying on of
bands constitutes inspiration ; epilepsy and
hysteria are attributes of glory and divinity.
In the Inner Court a most complete confes-
sion is deinanded. The member is oblIgecl
to lay bare the whole history of his or her
life, with its deepest secrets and license
rather than purity seems to be the object.
The confessions ancl the whole tone of the
conversation in the Court are vulgar, and
frequently border on the obscene.
In the Holy of Rclies, that can be reach-
ed byearnest enthusiasm, a tendency to
hysteria, epilepsy, and parrot -like fainiliter-
ity with the doctrines of the sect, a condi-
tion exists that can be better imagined than
told. Those who succeed in gaining access
to the Holy of Holies ultimately attain per•
fent purification, and they will coeseituto
the elect veld will never die, and will
WITNESS Tan DESTRUCT/ON
of the world. Those who belong to the
Inner a»d Outer Courts will have the privi-
lege in the world to come of being the ser -
van toof those who have passed through the
Holy of Holies.
Up to the present time only two volumes
of extracte from " The Flying Roll" had
been published. The first, which is permit-
ted to Gentiles as well to the elect, l4bountis
in references to the tempattions of Eve,
with a carnal interpreeation. Moreover,
Otte freedom with whieh it handles matters
that in reputable eircles are not hinted at
above the breath makee it an improper
volume for general circulation. The teach-
ings, however, 000 000 set forth systematical.
ly. The stringing together of 1311)11eal texts
without regard to their oognate relations,
Otto inconsietent and mystical interpret:,
tions, the leak of proper punctuation, the
abeence of paragraphs, and the Illogical
arguments form a week aimed incomare-
hensible. The faithful, while professing
great willingness to explain, become sudden-
fy and mysteriously dumb beyond a certain
point, end will only answer that " the spirit
alone 0011 reveel this,"
While Prince Michael is in prison, with
Ms long looks and flowing beard clipped
short and shaven, the sect to without; a
sreltih est.LtilfezD gandi snzingte:A:frontheooir,yoinwhierei.
tams are becoming frequent. The sect, it
is Said, hail a membership of 3,000 00 4,000,
but it is probable tha there will be no sect
to lead by the time Prince Michael is liber-
ated. The infamy of the teachings has be-
come so public that no community will per-
mit the eetablishinent or maintenance of a
colony within its borders hethaf bee.
My Little Neighbour.
BY Trim 11100, wALTER strraltliam,
have a little neighbor,
A red-ehooked boy of five,
With ourls of gold about his head
And every nine alive.
He has a darling mister,
A. girl of years twice nine,
Goon WI10,10 hectic cheek thole foods
The Moth ef swift donne.
saw my little neighbor,
Just oro the summer's close,
Go up and cloWn tho garden walks
With tightly tripping toes.
He spied me at my window,
And in his gentle tone
Called 100 00 aid him in las Leek,
For he was all alone,
And in his tiny tinged
Wore skeins of silken thread,
Tangled and twisted in his haste;
And thus my neighbor seed:
"Oh, plorde, bend down tho branches,
I em so short, you know;
Fast as I touch their M' tins
Out a my reach they go,
"If you will hold. the braneltat
Ea me 0111110 bit,
Then 1 eon tie these threads around
Bach leaf and fasten lb"
"But why, my lath neighbor,
Must yea the leaves Lie fitstr
Then ammo amity:se to leis hp,
His eyes wore downward case
t'Booanse—bocaliso they'reseying
That when the 10O050 shall fall,
My,sistor dear, my Clementine,
Must go and leave us all,
"I want to tie the leaves on
So tight and lirrn that so
They cannot fall—end then, pOrhaps,
She well not heve to go,'
--
A lunatic attempted to murder DreLedge,
the DradfOrd Police eurgeon, at the Town
Nall, on rriday tight last week, The doe.
tor was obabbOdl with a knife in the neck,
pollee ofthere reeetled
LATE GABLE NEWS.
About the Noir Apporant --The Paris Sea-
son—The German Stind3,y Law.
Five years 1OO the Priem) ef Wales start.
ea to stud farm at Wolverton for the purpose
of improving the breed of hackneys and
hunters, and No S'nee spent a lot of money
upon it. Yesterdey he held his ilist biennial
sale and there wee 1.0 grotto gathering of
aristocratic buyers despite the distrectIons
of the general election. The Duke oi Port.
land bought several horses on behalf of the
Queen, and the salt realised altogether
0,053, a sum whieb was not large consitlers
leg the number and quality of the animals
sold.
The Prince of Wales is spending a good
deed of money in extending, altering, and
beautifying the so-called Bahaism: Cottage
at Sandringham,whielt is to be the:Norfolk
residence of the Duke of York, otherwise
Prince George of Wales. The house is quite
large enough for a young married couple.
The Prince is grad vally putting off his
mourning, and he is now accepting invita-
tions to dioe out with friends, He would
like to go on a mid in the autumn with
the Duke of York, who is now in team•
tuana of the cruiser elelampus, but it is pot
likely the elinistees will allow him to do
so. Warships have been known to founder
a sea ere now, and if H. M, 8. Melampus
should go down with the Prince of Wales
end the Puke of York aboard, the unpopu-
lar Fifes would Come to the throne of Eng.
land, The average loyal Englishman never
(teases to think of such a possibility.
The Potts correspondents agree tha the
00110011 31190 ended in the French capital was
exceptionally brilliant, end the social
rapprochement of the old monarchical
avian:Jamey toward the repaint has become
tnost marked, Paris is now absorbed in
preperaione for the national fete tlext week,
The feature this year will be the (Replay of
Otto now Franecaltussian flag which has been
named "the Uronstaat."Phe colors of
Franco and Ruseia, are printed on the sem
piece of cloth, veld, according to the Nino
correspondent, the flags are sold in the shops
with a warrantee "that the colors will last
forever, like the friendship of the two
nations."
Chen -lane have been grumbling a great
deal this week about the Sabbatarian ordita
and Yet to did not inconvenience them so
much. The flow of beer went on uncheole•
al and, although the enforced rest in tl•e
leter part of the clay slightly lesseued the
profit of the shopkeepers'the employers'
loss was outtvelghed by the employees' gain
The people who seem to have gained the
least by the now decree are the clergymen,
The churches were not crowded more than
usual, I am told, on Sunday last, whereas
Otto kneiper, on the contrary. was thronged.
ELEC TRIOAL PROGRESS LSI BRIEF
It is proposedhs the science of eleotricity
has no name of its own,to call it "aleotrics.'
The pair of words, " electries" and
alum:lean, would thus be in analogy
with optics and optician, mechanics and
mechanician, nutthernaties and matheinati-
elan, anti many others.
It was reported by the Awe:in:W(1 Press
recently that James Grant, of Chicago, was
killed by electricity while holding a tele-
phone receiver to his ear, Later reports
show that the Man did not receive any shock,
and that his death, which occurred three
days later, was the ruffle of natural causes
in his own system.
10 is dated that is novel kind of admit,
rine boat has been launched at Savona by
an Italian cugineer, Signor Abbate The
boat is designed for fishing and renovering
lost property, It is driven by an electric
screw, and is oipable of remaining under
water'for six hours at a clepth of 33010.
A firsIs trip is to be made shortly from
CivittaVecchia.
The buoys in Gedney's Channel, at the en-
tranee to New York harbor, are supposed
to be the only ones in the world lighted by
electricity, They have now been in use
since 1880, and mark a channel 1,000 feet
wide and 6,000 feet long. Up to 1888 the
channel was practically closed at night, bnt
owing to the great increase in the size,num-
her, and draught of ocean steamers fre-
quenting the port, the Government deter-
mined to tty this lane of lighted buoys.
The channel has a depth of thirty feet aa
mann low water, end now vessels of the
largest burthen eango and come at any hon
of the day and night. The cases of the
lamps have to be of thick glees protected by
heavy bars and ribs of iron and brad. The
filaments of the ineandescentlartms are made
extra thick to withstand shocks, and each
lamp bas three of the little carbon loops in
it.
Mr, liartridge,surgeon to the Westminis-
ter Ophelmlndellospi tal,London,has beeude-
voting himself to the examination of the var.
ions forme of ar tifleial illunduations,and their
effects on the eyes, laid he has :tome to the
conclusion that the electric incandescence
light—which he carefully distinguishes from
Otto powerful are light—poeseeses advan-
tages that no other illuminant can olaim.
Mr. Hartridge takes good and sufficient
sunlight to be the steederd of illuminatton
best suited to our eyes, and shoes by analy-
sis that the incandescence Metric light
comes neared to it,—combining moreover,
Otto maximum of ill umination with the mini-
mum of heat, with no products of combus-
tion. Ile says that in all oases the apart-
menb lights should be shaded, either by
having the glasses containing the light, cut
or ground, or by covering them with some
thin material.
Now to Wash Trousers,
"Anybody can wash trousers, either
white or colored," said a tailor the other
day, to ono of his customers. "The prooess
is perfettly simple if certain plain directions
are carefully followed, First, wash them
thoroughly in warm soapsuds, only tubbing
Otto soap On very bad spots ; when Well
washed, rinse ih cold water twine, taking
care that no soap is left in the goode. Then
haeg out to dry in the shade ; never in the
sun, Let the water drip off, but do not
Wring them, They should be /Wag by the
Waist, and the molded that collects at the
end of each leg pressed off from time to time
with a towel. When nearly dry, hit still
damp, they should be turned on the wrong
side and ironed dry ; and finally turned on
the right side end creased. if these di-
rections are followed these will be no mated -
al shrinkage, and the woollen will be as soft
and bright400king as ever.
It is a shameful and unseemly biting to
think one thing and to speak anoth'
er but
how odious to write one thing and think
another.)—Seneca,
A000rding to Dr, Lauder Brunton, oold
water is a voluble stimulant to inany, if
not all people, its aotion on the heart is
rriOre stimulating them brandy, Ills Orin
expridence is that sipping belf a wineglass
of oold water Will raise hie masa from ettas
enty.eix to over one hundred,