, DrovrnlHC Woman lu a Sack.
The barbarous custom of drowning women
in Kicks ia still continued amongst the Turku.
The following is an extract from a letter from
Greece to the Court Journal :
I must now tell you a wry painful etory.
Lst Sundiy fortnight, as I was returning from
Thorapie, in a boat, (or caique,) accompanied
by my son and a foreign officer, we were sur
prised by tli boatmen (Turks) suddenly i'
ping the caique, and desiring us to be tilont.
It was then about holf-pawl nine o'clock at
Tiiht, and not very brijrbl ; but from the wa
ter and by the rushing ot the current, we could
easily di.--coverany bo.it that mi: lit aVproncli us.
My foreign friend inquired of the boatmen why
they stepped the bout ! The answer was ' Do
you not sen that ? They are about drowning a
woman." It appeared that the poor creature
had been sewn up in a mi k, und as soon as
our boat was at a distance, she met with a wa
tery grave. The caique in which she was pin
cih.1 was rowed by three men, and there were
two others pitting in it. Our men well knew
what they were about to nccomplich. The af
fair has caused much ciiivernliuu in the neijh
borhood. 1c is said that a young man, a slave,
in the service of a pasha, whom I happened to
know, formed an attachment fur the pour young
woman, a white slave of his harem ; that their
attachment was made known, and that he im
mediately dismissed the youn fellow from his
service. The lover was anxious to regain the
frtsor of hie master, and applied to a noble
man of Constantinople to request forgiveness.
The nobleman, at the desire of the young man,
most Immanely wrote to liis master. The let
ter was presented, and the result was, that the
pasha, instead of reinstating him in his service,
regarded him sternly, ordered him away, fol
lowed him, and directed his head to betervered
from his bixly. In the evening the other tragi
cal affair took place in the Bosphorua. How
strongly arc ye reminded of Ttyron
"And the rrU fl. wers her rnldcr hand contained,
Jn 'he Im! prrrp ns in di tly were srnined
As it she ica'Ci Iv felt, ' ut feigned, a s'.tcp !"
sTnmes C. Pildvnl,
fine of America's most legitimate poets, and
a man of vast acquirements. I le looks and acts
ti poet, 1 .-ut his qualifications are superior to
t'i-; it of tlie mere popt. II" is capable of al
i.;ost any Amount ofti'ental labor. Ilis revision
of Web-toi 's Dictionary, wasetiotlipr lnlor of
ijl'irin zeal one which caused Mr. Webster
to deehire. that no man existed that would have
i:;:o r:.it n the toil. He was appointed State
G-ol'-ifist Ibr Massachusetts, so correct and ex
tensive was his information in the science as
a Potani't, lie is unrivalled. The humblest
floweror weed is perfectly familiar to him. He
lo-ks upon the earth with a charmed vision.
The secrets of the universe seein opened for
his inspection, and yet with all his talents and
genius, he lives in the most secluded manner
imaginable. Some of his poetical effusion? are
the most touching -and beautiful, that ever
emanated from this side of the Atlantic. His
"Cirrier Pigeon" in known, wherever the
English language is spoken, and is or:e of the
sweetest little melodies in existence. When
first published it was copied into one of the
English Periodicals, and attributed to n liter
ary noblemen well known in England. It was
then set to music, nnd became the popular nnjr
of the dav. His "Grains Sln7!,bi ring" is a
bfiutitul thiiii.', indeed it seems as though he
had PinbndieJ hunstlfin its creation, and then
his "Wnkincj" is a glorious coti"eption. It is
not often that he touches the lyre, but when
his finders do sweep across ilssti ines, it yields
firth some ot the sweetest and most ravishing
lianuonv. lie is said to be eccentric, but that
is a fault of genius : ?oi.)uc and viorlid, and
it too is the lot of those who fed more intensely
than the rest nt their K.ii.iv.' mortjLs; but take
him altogether, he is a n an America should be
proud to hail as one of her noblest sons.
From Me Cineinnnti Chronicle.
Kntes on the Ctnini,
Tit! Nrwiurt Pairs. In France, under
the old constitution, they hud what was called the
Tiers E at or Parliament, wh'ch in fin ne and pow.
er was a lare part of the rralm. In this country,
nnd indeed in Europe aim. the Pre has become
li e Ticr i ta', which though not ve led ly the
ron-t union will the fiums of power, hold very
much ef tlie substance. The f. 1 1 t n c is the
nun. lii r nf the iliffcrcni rlis.i of new-paper and
periodicals in the t'niud States ariargcd (Cording
to r ink
Pailies. We.klies. Scmi-W. Period.
NewYoiV. S4 198 13 67
Pennsylvania, U lfi!t 10 42
Old,., 9 107 7 20
Ma-.chn.tte, 10 B7 M 14
In tins, CO 4 3
Vi-pieia, 4 U fi
Illinois, 3 3 2 9
Tennessee, 8 S3 6 10
Maryland, 7 C9 7 7
(' nnrcticut, 2 27 4 II
K. mucky, 5 26 7 8
Ma'n. 3 30 3 6
New Jersey, 4 31 1 4
Georgia, IS 24 ft 6
Louisiana, 11 21 2 3
Missouri, 6 21 6
Vermont. 2 V'S 2 3
New H.imp-bite, - 27 - C
Misi sippi, 3 29 1 -
Michigan, 0 2rt - 1
North Carolina, 56 1 2
South Carol na, 3 13 2 4
Alabama. 3 24 1
Rhode Mind, 2 10 4 3
Arkansas, -08-
Delaware, - 2 3 2
I), of t.'olum' ia, 3 5 tJ 3
Fiords, 10
Wi-cors'n, - 6 - -
Iowa, 4
KS 1141 125 227
TI.e nunibrr of Daily paper-! in the United Saia s
is larger than rne would imagine ; and the number
of wh.it are culled perio heals U tnuih larger than
can be profitably supported.
It netes there are but five Slates in the Union
which have not daily paper', snd there i e bui
four which have riot periodicals.
In the following table wi I he fund ihe propor
tion beiween the nep.ipe's of the l iliti d Mate,
and the white people. Had the Mucks I em in
cluded, it would hn. msde a ch ino in the pro
purt on of the slave flat, .
The table, however, dct lopes some ir.ttruit vo
fn ts.
The FI)lntJ l r 1. 1 n.
A Mr. McDerMott in Louisiana writes to
ti e N. O. Tropic the liiiiow ing flescription of a
Klyini' Machine of his invention. He acknowl
edges hut lie finds it diir.cuit to 'embody tins
conception of the mind.'
I have a kite one hundred and fen feet in
length, twenty feet broad, r.ud tailoring to each
end like the wing ofu ii.-li-hau. k. L'mler tlie
kite are tur wings which o;icniti; hoi a onluliy,
like the cars ofa boat. The biudi'B ot the oars
are each 20 sq feet in surface. Tiiey are mo
ved by the muscles of the ler. The blades of
the ours are made of a senes of valves resem
bling Venitiaii blinds, so that they open whet,
they move forward, and close w hen the stroke
is made. The wood (nut is of canes, the bra
ces of wire the kite of cotton cloth, the tail
of the same material. The kite an angle of
ten degreeii to the horizon.
A man inNew Orleans baa invented another
which he thus describes ;
"A hollow machine, alsiut twenty feet long,
is made precisely in thefchape of the body ofa
bird, and inu'Ve this w ill stand or sit the rprial
navigator when be makes his experiment by
j ji hf and simple .nacoircry workings pair of
wing modelled precisely after those of a bird."
A snmV. Uy. w bile sweeping a chimney in
Wusl.iogton How on Thursday afternoon, got
by mistake into the flue of the adjoining hoiibp.
A fire was burning In low, and the boy was
mtJiM-i.tfd ami ti ll, and wu caught in a narrow
p.i:t of the flue, r.fll'its were iiiuurdiately
ion o- t'i eet him rut by ci.ttintr a hol in the
rli n ii'A, but it was nil hour boii le he was ex
I ,, . ,1, i,nl tlo li he whs it. lot st lit'eli cs, and It
WuS liotil'ti'oi wliLlherhe would live.
7Vfon titn
I.ouiaisna 1 in 4 773
Mi-sUoppi 1 in 5 8JI
Khode I,Und 1 in 6,000
Micf.ipsn 1 in C.400
Mn'sachuetts I in 7 019
Conneciicut 1 in 7,049
Maryland I in 7 775
New Yurie I in 8.274
l'ennylania 1 in S.SH
New Hampshire 1 in 8.C2I
Arkansas 1 in 8.7UO
Vermont I in s8'3
Iodiana 1 in 9 0'J 5
I Imoii 1 in 9 lo t
N.-w J.rsry 1 in 9.125
Missouri I in 8 2Sj
Uelawa:a 1 ill 9:' "
ti'e. rpu 1 in 10 2;u !
I lino 1 in lU Too
I'i nijt d-f 1 in 11, .'Hi
Alalmmi 1 in 12 ('Oil
Mane 1 in 12 2.tu
Soii'h Carolina 1 in I2.7u0
Kentucky I in 12 90
Virj-ni.1 I in 14.125
North Carolina 1 in I7.MJ0
Slave Sia'es 1 in 10,77
Free Stiles 1 in 8.2S.J
The aV-ove pr ponions re wurh lu. king at.
The t'olliiiiii; conclu-ioi s liny he tlraun:
I. Three i f ihe Ideal iui.1 nio.-t iuflu ntial Sia'es
of tt.e Ainer run 1'ni 'ii v r. : Virginia, N. Caro-
THE ABISRICAN.
Saturday, .Vr. 12. 1842.
tjj A press of matter this wctk, has crowded
out several editorial articles.
Our Court commerced on Monday Na', and
was very well attended, showing pretty conclusive!) .
lhatifmnn-r is sc irce li'iRints are p'enty. On
Monday afti rnoiin t' e whita held a meeting In the
court bou"', in which a speech or two was mmle.
snd some r s hitions read in supp rt of Henry Day
for t!.e Presidency. As tie demriis of this coun
ty trqui e no "stirring up." ihiy but rdoin bo'd
anv rseelieca. r rept on diys of e'ection, when
ihy renrral y meet to a rre purpose. The
wrather dnrins the we k has hren ei-ld and hnia'c
rotis. On Wednediy bis1, snow an I ra n fell in
considerable quai ties.
fjj The Grent 'esti'rn arrive 1 st New York on
Sundae last. The fore go n-wi it noi of much
imp 'rtnnPe. except thit Mr. Derri (t is tlie le rer
of d. spa'ches ratifying t'ie AaMnut n Tre.itv. The
Great Wesicro, previ us t ai ltnc ba I b' en sold
at auction for ihe s m of 40 IHiO ot f 2n0 (100.
The price of i'on bat f I'h-n cm tider.ihlv in E' g
land. This may ts r :! us one uf I'.e ri-u!is
ofourtariiT.
rjjr Ve havr r ee.v i1. - I' .ll.ov.n ; r ninni'i ca
tion in unswer to a pr p. t on in our p'.or a few
neiks ago, tsii'i -i r ipi to e've it pn' 'it-ey.
I nve, of oiosi vi a im k n u I, rl-e i f I'lthr J se
( 'It nt' fit--, hut btse lesrel, th t he sa Mormon
a worshipper i f ihe "poldi n plates," lately from
Philadelphia :
"SiiAMntx, Nov. 7. 18 12.
Ms. Sntsm.t: The offer I tint I siw in the
Snnlmy American, Oc. 20, 'bat yon offe ed to a y
man that vji.. rove from he New Tes'srm lit
th it t' e A ostles b-iptis d ihrir c. nverta ! y ini'iit r
ion or subiiiertion, if he wou'd prove this to he
the pl.in, you Wiiidd yiihl ohedienre to the same.
I w ill iiecept the eiTer. and will prove lh it the a
potih a did not I ke lhe;f converts in any other wy
'fun by immersion, arnl will prove from ihe New
Tet iment tliBt rluldren were n t tnken in t1 e
Osurc'i of Chiiat by baptism or ppr'nkiing. I will
m-et you in a t u'l;c discusim on li is suljift.
if you will appoint s lime siel pluee lh t we em
ag'reeon. F.I.UF.It JOSRPU CI.KMCNTS."
fr"r Mr. Diikens' n'.t work, entitled f.r
(leneral Circulali..fi" haa In en brought over I v t'-e
Great Wra ern. It was published inline . !v
after ita arrivnl. by the proprie ora of i!
World, and will, no il.iu' t, in li e cour-e iv a r'o t
night, be in ihe hands of in. ire than fifty thoDa.nd
readers in ti e l'r;iic.l isiat' a. A correspondent uf
ti e N. Y. Hi q .i'C ih'.s sveiks of ibe wnrl :
" There i no l 1 ein r in aeml bv t' e G eut
Ve-l m. ihan 'Iv N ! tor gei cat rirculati 'n. by
Mr. t'l.a les Ii . kr I ich w II tear h the i
led States by thi- S ' -i-l ip. TI.e ..rk could n "t
beobninrd in liirr r.-.r lie ('ai d n'oi. and isvel
not -iiuch I ef lie :',.( i u' lie In re I ui il is thought
to be pern rally a mu h in re .ensil e and valuable
pr iducti hi tnari was ar.t'n ipated fr. m the i f
the writer, and the f.-oli h ll'h- under wli ch it wns
nnnoiir e.d There is, hovew, a hOornl, at bed
and a' surd p-e.irh aaii st the newspaper pr.
of ihe I'niled Stales but in winch Mr. I)n k li
inil-l le aiiiosid to be b'liel, hi i ause the rews-
p ipcr truni et w ia hlonn imrni di oelv loo lii .h in
his ow ti praise. The rernuk on the fictory r !
at I.owt II, aie very fine, and lis this p .rl of the
woik will go the ri und of the kn gd un in the we. k
ly papers, Mr. Do kens wi.l have prol.nhly donei i
i client ..-oi,f t) the nnioifolunn t population
here. To il e a is'orr icy there is niuih in these
rioirs whirl) will te p .11 i s. If.
The an'i-corn law h acue aie about to Commenre
operations with 'Cil. ubled sitfor in the riouitn!
pailianirui try y a'. Spcciil cmninissions are sit
tioir f.-r the tr uspor'aiion and iinpiiaoiunent of
the hungry rioters and the wh'de products of
ihe Kingdom me dull in lh ettre-m,"
Judge Lewis Opinion In tlir Case of the Rct.
Willnm S. Hall.
As our reader, snd the public (fnnerally hase
esiricil consitler ihle Interest in the opinion of
Judge Lewis in the case uf the ' Oommonwealih a.
gainst Armstrong." and ihe comments thereon, we
S'fl giatificil in lieing nl le to lay before them the
foil wing letiirs from the Hon. Robert C. Grier,
President Judge ef the I) stiic Court of Allegheny
county, and the Res. Frmcis Wayland, and also
the answer of Judge Lew ia to ihe letter of Dr.
Wayland. Judge Grier was well known in this
section of country, w bile practising al the liar, as
so eminent lawver, snd now ranks as una of the
must distgul-hed jurists in Pennsylvania. The
He. 1'r. Wayl md is the Pre-ident of Drown U
niveisiiv, and has acquired considerable reputation
as the autl or ofa wo k on "mural sci nc'," which
Woik Judge Lewis bad referred to in support of
some p. .in'S in his decision. A circumstance which
gives additional weight lo the opinionf Dr. Way
land, is that he is an eminent Divine of the Bap.
list denomination, Ihe same to which the Riv.
Wm S. II ill belong'.
We have already publishe I the opinion of Chan
cellor Kent upon ihf. su! jert, and think, wiih Jude
Lew's, 'hat the concurrence in opinion of such high
null only fully rstahlii-hca the opinion refer rid to,
ss the law of the lam).
Titt aino.Oct. 14.1S42. I
Drar S-'r :
Your opinion In the cae of the Commonwealth
fi. rm'rong cave me grcal pleasure and satisfac
tion. I' is clear ns a dern.ifisli.ilion, arid the con
c usion in. eniroveitihle by any who hckr.owb d(;e
ll'.en S' Ives bom d l y the law of the bind, or the
word of (it'll, 'I be piiortple of filial o'.iejiei ce ia
the corner stone on wh ch all nui soc i d relaii.'tis
aie f .undid. To the patent is cotnooltcd the sa
ci'd dutv of bringing up his cbihlieo in Ihe ''nur
ture and adinoiioion of the Lord ;"' and when the
autln li'y of the parent is ahuavd, or hia duty
ncg'ecied, ibe legal trihlin ila of the country may be
nvi kid foi a remedy ; but it riv i i n r glit to atit
and err iy er-on, whether i-li-ruy or layniui, lo i
in judgment upon t'ie conduct of the parent, and
in-U' p h' r (hi, To bis own master must be stand
r fall." He wh i undertakes. I interfere between
the p ritil and chi'd in ihe exen i.e i f this sacred
duly, i S'suming a fearful respoi sibil tv, avd aa-rr-ting
a ritfht subvf r.ve of our dearest s cial n la
lions spd cam nt just fy l ini-elf from the precep'a
of him who 1 as coinnui! drd cl il.lreti lo obey theii
parents in nil ihng. If the poi-ei utor was rudit
in advi ii p the child lo d sol-ey the vvstira and in
state i. n of he parent, n l rt-biptizii her, then
the ptreiil was wrong in opposing it ; and if so a
Jrsuit may lake my child to a nunnery, or a Mor
mon toNauvoo. an I I most submit I. il wit'i ca
dence. Put if I have aright and it is mv mo-t
I o! inn duly to instruct my child in what believe
to be truth and orthodoxy, the Anahapti-t h is n i
more rihl to interfere wiih me, than the possess r
of theg ilden pla'es, or any other S'. oa'le of 8a'an
It may I e p saibtc th il persons rosy be found,
wlioae real for in kunj pros. Ivies to O ere seel aruii
opii.iona. m-vy bin d t' em In the p'incipli s of moral
duty, and wlin my nut be aiti-fu cl v ith ihe con
elusions in vnur opinion, lllonqh unable lo refute
them ; but I bihevn I lie i r number is stn ill.
It receives mv mosl cordial sppruha ion.
I am very R. speetfnliy ,
Yuurs, &c.
K.C. GRIER.
ilov. Ellis Liwih, Kft.
case, sines the law at the period of the child's ms.
jnriiy relinquishes its power, it ac's merely to post
pone an action, which in a few years at most may
be done without offence.
While, however, I suppose this to be the leeal
right of the parent, I by no means would asaerl that
il is always wise or just to enforce it. When a child
has anived at such maturity that it is able to judge,
of its duty by ead nff the scriptures for itself, snd
has thus formed lis opinion on questions of religious
duty, it Is sciy difficult to decide In how fir the pa.
rent is morally bound to interfere, provide I it ba a
fionajitle case of religious belief. He should daub'
less advise and teach and persuade. He may use
his authority to oblige his child to reflect maturely
on the subjert, and d' cide without the interference
of Interr sted e rs -ns. Put having done this, 1 think
that he sh. u'd a'l .w the child lo obey the honest
dictates of its own conscience.
Put suppne the parent were disposed to press
Ihe subject farther, snd command a child to do
what if could not, without, as it believed, disobey
ing God, or the contrary. What in such a case is
the child In dot This is a most trying c ise, and
would be dert led ly a variety of cir. umstanccs.
The parent has ihe legal right lo control the child ;
but if ibe child, f.om an honest sense of duly, dis i
hey a and miekly suffers the Consi quences, I do not
kn w thai we could blame it.
Rul another quraMon arises. How far dors the
law undertake to orotect the parent in the exercis.'
of his authority ! It cwaiiily gives him the rinht
to teach hit child at home, to diirct the reading
which il shall piiiaim, and tin pirsons who shall
srtsil it. No one has s right to in'irere with thise
p rental privilegis. Rut suppose a pat.'i t allows
his child to mingle in society lo go win re it pilosis,
how far does his authority then extend! Is every
person bound lo ask a par. ul on what su'ject he
msv la k with h's c' did 1 And ng dn : supp as the
child honestly de-ires rilg'ous instruct on, and
rrnies to me to ask for it. I niay n 't go to the pa
ri nt's l oose in pr. Per il 1 ninv not in anv msn
t er obtrude it up' n bis child ; bu' if the chdd come
lo ne and a-k f r it, am I nl lijed to or ut blieny
to ti fne to in p rt it ! I d ink in t. Pi suppose a
chi'd of a full rge for re1 g ona reap, n ibililv came
to me for my pr fe-sional aris'ance, lo enable it
to perform a service wtrrh it snppo-ed commanded
by God. am I al bbeitv lo refuse ? I t.houhI urge
Upon the child lo delay ti set the renaona of the
ei t bef. re Ihe parent. The law gives the parent
be powei of preveii ion if he choo-e to use it.
I u' il" he do not use it, and the ehi
ing what wis believed at the time, to be right. Dut
I would blame all unauthorized interference of stran
errs. And I would also regret that neither the ins
siructions of the parent, nor the invi stigations of
the child, had brought lis mind to the concludon
that the power of tho parent was as much ''ord ii"
ned of Ood" as any other of Ihe powers that bo"
that a lawful au horily, ezercl-ed within its appro
priate limits, could not be law fully resi-led that
instead of resisting, it was its duty to ba "subject,
nol for wrath, but for conscience sake," (bit "who
soever re-isleth ihe power resistelh the orJinancs of
God." Yours most sincetely,
ELLIS LEWIS.
Rav. Fsaxcis Watlasii,
Prttidttit Drown Vnivertity.
HisrEum.
Editorial, Condensed and Selected.
The oinnihusses in Philadelphia, are now car
ry ing persons to all parts of the city foi three tents,
A Tobacco Warehouse, containing near fie
hundnd hogsheids of Tubicco, was entirely con
sumed by fire al Richmond, Va., lately.
The Haiif rd Times ssys, a Mrs. Roota, of Penn
sylvania, has left her husband, and rtrayed to parts
unknown. We prrsutnn the pair a e r'ghts and
lefts We cannot say, however, that Mrs. Unnt)
is right but the e is no mi-take that Roots is left.
The erection of two Houses of Worship, fir Ger
mans of the Lutheran persuasion, have ben com
menced in the s.iuih part of Boston. These Sj
cieties now wo ship at Iioyla'.oti Hail and the
Tranklin Svh ol It nisi.
A Irue bill has been found against the prmna
in Tcnne ace, who recently hung a slave for fjn.
An exchange s.yslhe girl romp'aln that tie
t , "Ufa are so hard the young men can't piy their
adJrttff. Why don't the ghls sue, and have
thi'in hound over to enurt.
The End Xtit Yd. In ref. rence to the Miller
prophecy. Ihe Boston Traveller sayas 'We learn
from pretty good auiho'iiy lint the time hi herti
fixed by a hre nu nher of uur fell iw cilizuna fir
the end of the world, has been again poipo e.l.
In-tiadofihe23lofApiil.it will lake place on
ihe 4ih of July n' xt. The question was ilrcidd
la-t weik in Cornell by the hord of di eclors. who
have the management of this alupendous undet
taking.' No foreigner can leave Hilda's, or ratlu r nfeain
a pnssp rt lo d i ao, mil sa he ha had his n me
cornea lo me j a,verti ed three times in the German snd Russian
lina, ai d Sou h Carohn i, have ihi- stnalh st pto
a'-a i Ibe fewest persoi s who know bow lo n a .1) j 1' fV York ElfftiOfl.
to the while population, In.l ll'diu hii.ks be in- j We I arn fmm t' e New Y tk Trihnne or Wed.
i luil d, they bill 1 .1 bclnn ' h nJ. nesdnv la-1, lh .f Iiou k t'e deiii'caiie candid ite
here ni w- apera nio-t prev si I, as ill Missa. j f,,r (Joverii.r, has carried the city by a majieity of
il.nnMU, Niw Y. ik, &c, there are also most about 2000, n d h t ihe I al mce of the ticket w
Sihools must t n'er) ri.se, iiiot euilh, and inosi est ied, but ly s
f-i, 'i'he roni lui-ion is not, the newspa
per oic.sioii ihe-e lesult-, but the l'ie-s and in
li I Ho nee go togi ther ma ual l.elpa to rai h
o'hpr.
The pr. por i.insl liuinber of papers aprea'S lar,;e
in Lo; i-iana fid Mi-s s-ippi ; but, tin is eau-e I
bv two is dent facts. Fai h of them has Large eom-
merc id lo ns, and eai h his mora blacks than
whitis ; ihe proportion leinjj lakeu nn'y iurespict
lo the 'atier.
The sid j.el is itnpor ant in more respects than
nt'. If ihe pri as be ihus nunn roua and p owe ful.
h w i- a n i i n in be pur. fed t Thai which is
s rt, n i.l, nrJ beard eve y day, I ke ihe air we
Irate, will romiiitiniea e strength or weakness
heslii g or disease, Ouht not the conductors f
the I'fms to in ke some san itory iiiles fur their o n
lui.t .ry government !
'er nmj oiln-s, rxcept M ch.iel
Wul h, w l o is '. ..ten S. tne of ti e I rge sdj -in.
ii g C' tu tu s ! e i1 from. sh. w a hoje it ere se o'
ti e dinioirnt .- v c. The T'd une thinks 'he
Slate hbS gotu : deno C'l.
N w-rA-iiiotii 1'orATOCT.- We find it sta
in si viral of our exchange pa per a that a new
;iecii a of p itato plant has just been iaiported
from Smith Aimr'ca. The fruit.it ia said,
grow fin vim s like pumpkins, and will 6erve
to ornament arbors, a jinjlu seed potato being
Minified! lo cover a verandah. One advantage
which line uluive ground vegetable haa, ia, that
Ihe finest piitatm s can be picked off without in
jury to the p'aui.s, leaving the small potatoes in
"row to maturity m due time. - Louis allc
' . i r I o II lit n-.
On 'f'h rr.d .v tv ek a imiii 'lt it novel i a e I
wa-reriied iriiiloj w I -.i.Tn-e, 'it., a a-r f j
bon's whi te di In 't on is n. in'iny, and for the j
Iransni s i ni ef whi.h C a er i .g was aid as J
poslige.
The Pre. Henrv Vigno, War of Sunt ti'y. Mid
dlesex. htis made over, gr itiii'ini ly si d in eipelti
iiy, to the iiihj' ilants of that pine, nee scr of
land lo be kepi solely ss a playground for the
child en of the n .tiiiual ar'iools.
TI e Rink of Fnsland has received light aoe
teigna to th amount of d 500,n0(l a'eil ng since
the proclam ilioo, and ibe aver gat amount of esw
sovi teigna siruik at ihe Mini has been XdOO.COO
per wei k.
The B'irtenfiafI of Hamburg, of ihe ftih ina'snt,
states thai, although five rnnn ha have elapsed since
ihe great fir in that eitv, flunea are een from lime
to lime on clear ii g aw ay the ruins i f some of the
buildings.
Among ihe 178.PPO.P0O individn i w! o inhahii
Europe, Ihereare aaid tola 17,900, Odd brgeas, or
persons who suh.-iat al ihe eipen-oof the co iniu
tiiiy without contributing lo its resource . Oen
mark, ihe proportion is five per rent ; in H inland,
tan tr cent ; in Holland, foU'teea jr crul.
PiioviDLNci, Oct. 14, 1S4-.'.
Mi Dear Judge Lewis :
I rt ceivi d and resd Willi great pleasure an I at
tention your dici-iou in the cae of the Common
wealth va. Arm-tronj. It was rov inteiilion to
write to you immediately, but I have been prevent
ed by ill health. I sei7e ihe earliest opp rtunity of
perfuming 'his agn cable duty, and of thankir g
y.-u for your litter, which a day or two since cams
to hand.
I thank you for your deci-ion upon one of the
moat dehc .le and iui ortanl quci-lioi s, which has
ever come hi fore a court. I bel eve il lo be corrft
in principle, impart al in spirit, nnd lucid in state
ment, and I ri jou e to see iiuibs of so much impor
I snce ihi.s fel foiih by so high authority. I pre.
.ume that we should nol d'lTir upon aiiy point of
it. That we mav rerwpare our view a with lie
j'cati r reitairty. I w rbe for your consider it on such
tbouchti. as have oreoir u lo me on the subject. I
do ibis wiih ihe greater pleaaure, inasmuch as I
know you will c 'irecl me if I err.
The Crenlnr has establish, d il aa the law of our
being, lh i ' the parent must he an ad.dt. This law
was m mifcstly e-lalihshi d in older thai ihe child
in iy icreive the hem fit to ! derived fiom ihe ex
pet leio-e ut d wisdom of Ihe pireni, directed by
s'r.'i g i a'ur d sffeeiion. Hut this wisdom and m
peiiet c would be useless lo the child, unless there
were conferred upon ibe p rei t t1 e au horily lo
i nforce bis derision. This au'hoiitv cni'mies do.
rii g 'he perio I of iheehi'd's minuritv, and no long.
er. W hen ibe ti ason for the author i'y terminates,
the authority terminates with it.
The next quest on which arocais, does religious
in-lrneiion come ithio this rule f I think thsi
i n this poiui thire can be iw diversity of opinion.
If the parent is bound lo rare for lbs soul of hi
child, be i bound lo aupei iniend ila rel gioua edJu
raiion, and he must po-russ all iheauih irity necs
-aty to the rarrMng on of that super u:li ndanre,
'Pti ia I understand the law logive him.
Rni it .onietiines hspinns in ihe education of
rh.l.ln n. ih t the child comes .) entertain d ffen ill
religious S' fiiiineuia from the parent. The paien'
eoi acientiously nquirea the child to do, or to a' -hi
do from doing, and the chilu'. con-cience fmluds
it In obev. Now, inasmuch aa I oih parlica, in the
ahsence of evidence to ihe contrary, are to be sop
I o-ed eqnal'y consrientleus, the qursliou canniil
Ke decide I upon ihis grniiiid. It miiai, ihetef re.
he decided by the general pri cipla ah oe a ale I,
ao I as Ihe pareii' is older a d wiser, the law wnul I
confer Ihe auitionlv upon loin, a id give him lea.
lo perf rin this reli.-ius .erviee. 1 d- riot know that
I am at lihery to refuse. Nor baa t e parent, ihal
I -ee, ar.v ground of complaint n linst me, pro.
vid.d I have acted on the principles above speci
fied. Were it othetwi.e, every re'igious teacher
and evety other tmn would be ahin st forbidJ n to
upeiik ; sod if I were preaching, ai d a child came
in whose parcti's were of a different opinion from
mv own, I must atop, and in f i t I mu-t pi rfo'm an
nnlinince of n ligi m ii'it according to the will ol
h- subject, but ol its parents. In fnct, if every pa
not ha-the power of h. tiling ti every peibn
what h- shad ssy tei his child, nil conver-atd n
n usl cease, fur in a mixed 1 1 mi ar y you cuulJ say
n thing that wou'd no' ff ud s in. b. dy.
Thi is the way in which it strikes me. I wish
very much to know how far you a"ce with me, I
am ashamed lo be g ving opinions of this kind lo
a learned and eireriencrd jutUt ; but I know that
you wli f irgive my pie.umption. I have a'ways
sited en these principles mvself. Wherever I
know the paren s of my jupiU to differ from nv,
I studiously avoid in conversion all allusion to
the points of diilcreiice. If ihey come snd ask ne
whit they shall do lo I e saved, I it-1 1 ihcrn aswvll
as I am si le. heietcr I am I table lo dia-uss
points where theie may be difference of opinion,
tin ir a'ti ndance iseifeci!y voluntary. I do iv l
know how lu refer lo the v, ry kind manner in
which you bare spoken of me. I ran only say thai
1 do not de-eive u, but that I know of no man
whom I should more di sire to think thai I deserved
ii, than you. I will send you a pumpliL't ur two.
Let tne bear fiom you soon.
Yours most truly,
F. WAYl AND.
iicwsp ,pers. This is done with a view of protect
iog iride-ne n. Wire such a law in f.rce in this
country, we presume aome f onr trides nen would
be in lsv,,r of it.
Slsbcst, Nov. 9, 1M2.
Vy Dear Sir .
I thank you foi your valuable. letter
of the M:h nit. Owing to a press of public duties,
I have been unable to ai know ledge its receipt un
til this time, ami even now, from the same cause, I
am compelled lo be very brii
A ware that the ease of the Commonwealth rs.
Wm. Armstrong was one involving a question of
great tic lidry ai d importance,! was anxious lhal it e
decision should le exposed lo the aeverst scrutiny
ol thoFC meat etii'nei.tli qualified to judge. If isti er
ror had been committed, I was desirous i freeing it
corrected. Rut when such a jurist as KrsT "a
pr es wi h its reasoning and ronclu-ion." snd such
a P. vine and Morali-t as Wathsii pronounces it,
' sound in pfinci le and impsttial in spirit," lh. re
is ttomj reason lo ladirvrthat the question invo).
ved has bei n propi rly decided.
In your letter you take notice ef the distinction
between the er'flenre of pari n al authority over
tlie rase, and the ernedieuru i f ila exe-eie. An
ii at'en'ion to ihis di-'inc ion has induced some
lo miaui dei.tand your views, as ilisclnse I in your
work en M'-nl Heience. In the rase up ol deci
sion, the Court was m eesaarilv eonfir ed lo the rri's
tenre and rr'ent ef tha' au hniitv, and was net al
lib. rty In enquue inio ihe expediency or inexpidi
i ni y of eierei ina it in the particular ciae, where
roll ing appeared In show ih it the authority waa ei
ther transcended, or exercised from improper mo
lives. To all vnnr remarks no the expediency ef
eter. ising ibis iniporlanl par- r 1st right, and in re.
feiet ee lo ihe eour-e whirh s Minister f the Gos
pel should pursue, I mu I cordially siihaeri' e. I
agree wiih you a'sn in your views of the trying esse
i f a child disobeying ihe commandant i a parent, in
accord nee with il eon rientious convictions ol du
ly. snJ meekly suffi rir.e Ihe consi quences. I
atone j ,
The Ciie-innati Clin inch' says that t! a citv cir
cul itioit of the Llaiika ol I'.iat c.ty is almost ex
tinct. We hoi.d think thai it was nearly the same
cr.ae in Philadelphia. Nearly all ti e circul ition ia
in Ila'tiinore, New Jcsey, and h'a-trru n. tes. Ve
ry few notes on the Phi ad. I hia Ranks are recei
ved. This ia owing to the few d scounts by the
several in tituti ns. Ri sinesa haa been dull this
fall, and the demand fur mom y on good paper has
been small. It may have b en that the demand
would not have increased the circulation, except,
ing by drifts upon dcpos.b s. We are coming
down below the level of a hard currency. Them
ia, we suspect, more specie in the Ranks than they
have i.otes out The efltct of til s state of things
rsn be well c mpn hended by ihoe who have lo
ell p opeiiy, lo meet the exigencirs of the limes.
These win se pursuits lead them to hold money, or
to pail wi h it for real es ate, fe. 1 it in an oppo
site direction. V, S. (,'az.
The fol'owing was given ss oneof the regular
toast at the late ISost.ui Horticultural Festivsl :
Woman A "Floral Lexicon," complete, as fol
lows :
Whatr'i r h is beauty wnnh or fiovver,
Or gr c or lu-tre, ia a flower.
Wonun's a fi .w. r : in her we trace
e'uniP blossom of the mind or face !
lloes woman lead ihe e-mrtlv d lice,
We h ol ihe Flncer of Elegance :
Pops fashion's wei'th mhun her brow.
The f Voire if Tatte is worn in now.
In woman's mien, in woman's mind.
The tvain-brn Flmver if flraer we find ;
And in her blu-lnng chei k we a. s
The ltm;ul liore of Dignity .
Tlie I Hy, symbol of her youth.
Rlo mis next her heart, the Flower of Truth ;
Ai d nil re the violet buds expies.
The Fluwers if her Ttndtinesi .'
Ttogura lis ttlul Ko(iiies out.
The foil w ma- piecs of satire by an unknown au
thor, we eon-ider fnat rate, for the Phrnix R ink :
' Fr end in the gmgram coal, with atafT and anear,
What i vour huainesswh it your duty here V
"To w.tch the bank!" "The bank! why, tell me,
t'tay.
Think you the bank is like to run away
"No no; but rogues and thieves, those eu aed chaps.
Miuh' break ibe locks and doors, and sleal. prihapa ;
And I am pud for star du g here all night.
To ea ch or freigl ten ihm. and keep nil r ghl."
"WiT, s nee you'te paid f n'l watchman, stand thy
"St,
And see no sliver of the eah is lost :
M the -anie lirnn. peirnji me, frien I, to d mbt
So. h ni ghty danger fr m the rogues without
I'd Ihink 'he m-ny bet er far apph. d.
If you wete paid tor catching rogu.s inside !"
sooa'.ils roe ins of t nfee-in otasdisnca. Ia this j woulJ not Hcmt the child or any ens else fot d
From the Southern J. trrary Hrttrngrr fr Ace.
ri"r. nui 4 Tscsn sibl.
Underneath Ihe and, low lying,
link and dress,
tS'eepeih nne who left, in dying,
eof ow here.
Yea, they e ever bending o'er her.
Eves ihl weep;
Tot ma 'hat in the cold grave bora her,
Vig Is keep.
Wbrn the summer moon is shining,
Soft and I i r.
Friends she loved, in tears, are twining
Chaplei there.
Rest in pesro, ihon gcnils spirit
Thromdshov ;
Pouls like ih ne with (iod inher.i,
.its and lovf I