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was not allowed’to enter ; that it’ 
was more beautiful than any 
thing they could conceive, or he 
describe ; and that the inhabitants 
appeared to be perfectly happy; 
that he was suffered to remain 
there three or four hours, and 
was then re-conducted by the 
same young men, who, on taking 
their leave, promised they would 
visit him yearly, and. commanded 
him to inform all other Indians 
what he had seen and heard. He 
immediately visited the different 
tribes of Indians in the west part 
of the states, Oneidas excepted. 
They all put the most implicit 
faith in what he told them, and 
revered him as a prophet. The 
consequence has been, that from 
a filthy, lazy, drunken, wretched 
set of beings, they have becomea 
eleanly, industrious, sober, and 
happy people. The prophet has 
continued, as he says, to receive 
regular annual visits from these 
heavenly messengers; immedi- 
ately after this, he, in his turn, 
visited the different tribes. He 
was on one of these annual visits 
at the time of his decease. It 
will be proper to observe, that he 
was called the peace prophet in 
contra-distinction to the brother 
Tecumseh, who was called the 
war prophet. 
24.—The chapel at the East 
India college was consecrated by 
the bishop of London, who was 
accompanied to that institution by 
the ear] of Buckinghamshire, the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and 
the Right Hon. Jobn Sullivan, 
and was met there by the chair- 
‘man, and several of the directors 
of the East Indiacompany. Al- 
ter the usual service on such ot- 
casions, at which several of the 
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neighbouring clergy and ladies 
attended, and an able appropriate 
discourse preached by the Rev. 
Dr. Batten, the principal of the 
college, a good part of the stu- 
dents received confirmation from 
the bishop. 
25.—The Ghost of St. Andrew's, 
James Cainess, a youth of about 
16 years of age, was brought be- 
fore the magistrate upon the fol- 
lowing charge :— 
Lee, the officer, stated, that for 
a considerable time past the 
neighbourhood of St. Andrew’s, 
Holborn, was kept in a constant 
state of inquietude and alarm by 
the nightly assembly of a number 
of the lower orders, who fancied 
they had seen, or were to see “a 
ghost,” and so far had their cre- 
dulity been imposed upon, that 
many of them were ready to make 
affidavits of the appearance of this 
aerial form. The crowd and dis- 
turbance however had increased 
to such a degree, and the light- 
fingered gentry had become so 
numerous and successful, that it 
required the utmost vigilance of 
the police to. prevent these dis- 
graceful proceedings. On Thurs- 
day niglhit, as usual, the place be- 
came nearly impassable, and a- 
bout nine o’clock shouts’ of terror 
and alarm suddenly burst forth 
on every hand, and the cry of 
“ the ghost” became general. 
Hundreds now fled, while others 
braving the supernatural horrors 
of the supposed sprite, kept their 
ground. The imaginary ghost, 
who had been observed skipping 
from one tomb-stone to another, 
now advanced to the gate, and 
having ascended the railing gave 
fivst. a hysteric laugh, and then 
three sepulchral groans. The 
