From the Boston Hntchmnn.
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Ihe .uorN1onites.- .-lt is our bumilia- ting duty to record the fact, that two of the preachers of this fanatical sect have visited our city, endeavoring to propa- gate their strange doctrines, and it is said that about fifteen persons here have become converts. having beenIed away by their delusions. Rev. Joshua V. Hines, pastor of a Baptist church in this city, states that he has had several interviews with these men, and has ex- amined their book, which they pretend is revelation from God. lie has ac- quainted himself with the details oftheir history and principles, and is satisfied of the delusion and absurdity of their system, and of its evil tendency. One of the leading tenets of these deluded people is, tila! the promised land IS not Palestine, but tract of country situated Tn Jackson county. Missouri, ten miles from the town of independence. Some of these enthusiasts have setout for ssfhe promised land, the place of refuge for the house of Israel, and for all the Gen. tile world, who will take the warning and flee thither for safety" Mr. Hines says, that two of the individuals who have gone are defenceIess females.- They lad acquired by hard industry $2.300, one Of them having sss,SSGG0G. ss,SSGG0G the other Sl5OO, which they have given up to the general stock. One of fhese females was in q consumption, and her friends thought sic would not live to reach her destinedpl place. Her afflicted sister told Mir. Hines, that if she had been buried here, before she had been led away by these errors, and had given satisfactory evidence of grace, her griel would have been much lessened.

 | Mir. Hines adds-"The remaining persons who were baptized and joined the Mormonites, and contemplate going to the west, possess between S3,O0O and $4,O00, which they also are going to put in the general fund, and which they caf never draw out again, should they get sick of Mormonism, and wish to return to their friends.'' The pre- tended apromised land" of these igno.

 