, 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
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