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From the Charleston iftamlarrl.
Rev- C. UK. TiigrgartN Li-fliirc upon the
Origin oft lie IIutai;tn Race, B8 tuitDt
I: . Sei iplttre-
Wo liavo not bton able to publish a copy of this
j sermon, and have been constrained to content our-
j selves, I be re fore, with an nbsrnct.
After appropriate preliaai nary observations, he
j first considered the passage in Acts 1726, shoaring
i that it is ns commonly misused as it is imperfectly
! translated. staled that St. Paul was not
j speaking ol the human oiiin of any people, but
j attempted lo correct the (Irecks, who believed them
selves to be aborigines of their own soil through
the crealic power of the Greek g"tls. The apostle
declares that ltevtfy race on every face of the
j earth," and not "all nations," as the common trans
lation reads, bad its divine origin with I he spiritual
God, Jehovah, the Infinite Sovereign. That "one
bluod" here -signifies one hitman constitution, one
! rational nature, one moral agency, and not one
man, as it is commonly interpreted.
j In a generic seuse "un? is one, because he is
ol 'ike parts and passions;" not because he is de
scend! d fioin one human progenitor. The singular
, ti rin il'Ml, in this passage, should not be inter-
preted so as to conflict with the plural term of
j St. John, "born not of bloods, bec"1 where race is
I obviously referred to. That St. Paul himself uses
the term bluod, to signify human propensities,
human things in general, and not one man, or one
i race. In bis address to the Greeks, (Acts 17-U-i,
, 20.) he taught that the one spiritual God made o(
. . i i i . i
i one human Consu'iUiion, oi uive unman nature, ui;u
di-ti:ict from the irrational natures, every race ol
men to df II on every lace of the earth, appointing
the times when each one should apnear, and the
bounds of the regions or continents which each
race should properly inhabit.
Passing then to the Old Testament, the speaker
showed that in the compilation or arrangement by
Moses, in the book ol Genesis, there are two dis
tinct accounts, each marked by its own original
character. The first account, in the first chapter,
mention a creation of man, not implying of neces
sity that the creation was confined to one moment,
one place, or to one man.
The second account, beginning in the second
chapter, mentions not a creation, but a formation
a different Hebrew term being employed, as it
ia also differently translated and that this man,
formed from the dust already created, was placed
in the garden ol Eden, "to dress it and keep it."
Alter some indefinite lime, months or years, as it
might be, the woman, Eve, neither created nor
formed from lite dust, was taken from the side of
the man while he was in a deep sleep.
To sons are then mentioned as being born to
this man and woman ; these Jour, the father,
mother and two sons being the only persons in any
way mentioned, directly or indirectly in this ac
count, till lifter the murder of one of these sons by
the other when the murderer tied from his lather
ai d mother into another land, ami there married
a wife and founded a city. 'J ill after tlis lime, r.o!
a syllable is mentioned of any daughters or any
other sons to Adam and Eve and then the birth
ol a third son is mentioned, and his name called
Seth, or the substitute he taking the place of the
second son, who was murdered.
There is not a word to warrant the supposition
that other sons, and daughrers also, had been born
la Adam end Eve previous to this murder, and
that one of such daughters, the full sister of Cain,
been me his wife. The very earliest and every
allusion in scripture to such a domestic relation
as the marriage of a brother and sister of the same
natural parents is represented as being in the
highest degree criminal. It is not necessary to
sit p j ose, that what God has always condemned as
criminal in eveiv family since, should be innocent
j and approved by him in the family of Adam, the
, progenitor of the Hebrew race. There is not a syl
; I able m the account to warrant, or in any way
i render necessary such a hvpothesis. Those who
frame systems of theology rendering such crime
necessary, should carefully consider whether the
Scripture account calls for any such assumption
whether diverse creations or formations are not
clearl) implied, anil therefore various families ex
isting, no such hypothesis is needed.
.Moses himself speaks of a distinct race, between
which and bis own certain prejudices existed, as
his ow n marriage tonn Ethiopian woman proved.
: (Numbers 12-1.) That this distinction of raco
: involved even distinction of color, is clear, from
the remark of Jeremiah (ch. 13-23:) "Can the
; fvhiopian chattge his skin, or the leopard his spots,
then may ye also do srood that are accustomed to
do evil." This, then, was no r cent or temporary
difference ol
1000 years
t i
race, but a difference established
I go
go, well known, natural and irn-
cnangeabia as
the
sj-','s upon the leopard. For on
this well known naturalness and unekangeabieness
oi the distinction between the races rests the whole
force of Jeremiah's question or moral illustration.
That i- it was as morally impossible that eon
lii rmd hal its of vice should be changed into con
firmed habits of virtue, as ii was naturally impos
sible tn.it the teopara Should change Ins spots, or
ihe Ethiopian his skin. Scripture, therefore, !
should be interpreted, in harmony with the facts ;
ol established science, the world's history, and
the w hole natural crder of Divine providence.
Phe then dominant Church trembled and perse
cuted, when Astronomy declared the revolution of
earth around the sun and only a few years since,
theologians predicted the ruin ol the Bible ami
destruction of Christianity, should the principles of
Ueology be so proved as to possess the public
mind. let these sail
same prophets of ruin, are now
earnest in testifying lo the entire harmony of As
tronomy and Gedogy with the Scripture reeords
So E'hnology and Scripture will one day find re
concilers in every de nominal inn of christians.
The preacher stated that he did not speak as
the exponent of any sect or society, but offered
the interpretation lo which years of study had con
ducted him not being aware that any pulpit of
any denomination had ever vel distinctly declared
a similar view of Scripture teachings respecting
the origin of human races. Though it may be
inconsistent wiih the verbalism of some Church
creeds, yet be did not consider this scripture
leaching as togicattu inconsistent even with the I
,....unoi i.i'OM.,. k ui crw oi muse oivines i
who hold the doctrine of vicarious atonement, I
some, fUC, as Dr. I halmers, consider the! nfone- '
, . .
men! as not confined in its efficacy to families of
man on earth, but as including the inhabitants of J
mi me prvsuiuga oi one, or
CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY
erection of another theologic system that the
genuine searcher after truth desires, but only truth
itself. Such truth as may best promote the moral
and spiritual improvement of every individual of
every race. The Lecture on Genesis continues
next Sunday night.
Tlie People of YVulluehia.
The Szechenyi road is continued along the
northern bank ol the river, over the little stream
. . ,i. B . C.r.. U'..IUl.;n ...! i
has been scooped out of the livinc rock at th
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base of a mountain, the crossing of which used j
to occupy ten to fourteen hours with a bullock- j
cart. On the Turkish side are faint vestiges of ..
canal which Trajan cut through the flat of land
opportunely occurring there; lor the purpose of
facilitating the communication with his splendid
bridge ; and on an island near to which we passed
can be discerned traces of entrenchments proba
bl' thrown up by the same hands.
It is not without a feeling of humility that one
compares these relics of ancient greatness with
the present debased state of the countries in
which they may occasionally be iraccd. What
enterprise and prosperity are indicated by these
magnificent works, as well on ihe nearer as on
the farther side of the mountain-barriers which
separated the mother country from her colonies!
and now, after so many centuries of boasted pro
gress, we, the people of a generation which seems
:o have made the most rapid strides in civilization,
see at length the fulfilment of works intended to
lead to the same effects as must, in the midst of
the Roman empire, have been long in action.
In SI a von ia, at the baths of Hercules near Me
hadia, in the vale of Hatszeg, and many other
places in Transylvania, as well as in Wallachia,
evidences of an ancient taste, industry, and splen
dor, have from time to time been brought to view ;
but the excellent roads, the canals, the bridges,
the cities, wi:h their palaces, theatres, and tem
ples, all telling of the flourishing state of the
Dacian colonies, are mouldering in ruin, or buried
beneath the dust of barbarous ages. And when
we enter the ultra-Danubian portion, Wallachia,
where these marks of wealth and power once ex
isted, we find a people relapsed into an almost
primitive barbarism, dwelling in holes in the
eanh, or in sheds more suited for the abode of
sw ine than of men, a people of slaves, abused and
oppressed by a few arrogant nobles and their min
ions. Turn to the upper classes, and we see that
their only idea ol civilization consists, in apeing
the fashions and language of a people whose
better qualities they ifre ignorant of, that their
only pleasures are gambling, show, and the im
moralities w hich stamp Bucharest as the most dis
solute city in Europe.
When Hadrian, with a timid policy unworthy
of the successor of the enterprising Trnjan, re
called the Roman legions from the ultra Danubian
Dacia, and destroyed the bridge which Trajan
hail with so much success erected, many of the
military colonists, and the off spring of soldiers
who had married Dacian women, were left ex
posed to the incursions of the barbarians. Al
though proud to entitle themselves Romouni or
Roumani, they have always exhibited a flexible
spirit in certain points, for they have yielded iheir
country, often without resistance, to every suc
cessive host which poured down from the north;
and were well treated, probably in consequence
of their understanding some of the useful arts un
known to their less civilized conquerors. Their
language they have retained almost as it was
given them, a provincial Latin, which can hardly
be distinguished from some of the ruder Iialiun
dialects, when purified from the admixture of the
Slavic words which have been engrafted plenti
fully on it, in contact with the Bulgarians and
Ser ians.
Their social state, however, has gradually been
sinking; in the twelfth century they were stron"
enough to bid defiance to Alexious Commenus in
some of the fortresses of the district they occupied
trom the Danube to bmrus. Subdued hv th,.
Turks, they were held down by a rod of iron ;
and through their non-interfering, although cor
rupt, misgovemment, were reduced to a state
Irom wmch
there appears to be no prospect of
their vet rising.
J'lie Porte used to appoint a
reget, or Hospodar, who, according to law, ought
to remain in ffice at least three years ; but as it
was necessary for him, on nomination, lo make a
valuable present to the ministers, he was of
course changed as often as possible: extortion
thus became the order of the day, and each ranli
pressing on that beneath it, battened on the peas
ant as their spoil.
A crowd of hungry Greeks have entered the
land who rent the farms from ihe boynrsor nobles
and gentry, and, with a view to making a fortune
rapidly take every method of squeezing those
who fall within their gripe. Certain taxes, lor
tribute to the Porte, &c, have to be paid in mo- j
ney ; and since cash is to be found only in the,'
bands of the Greeks, the countrymen are obliged
to make over all that they have in order to be I
able lo pay. 1 hese poor serfs mav
much land as they will, for there
cultivate as
is plenty to
spare, and of good quality: and after the tenth
twentieth, ground rents, das of forced labor for
the farmer, ccc, are paid, the rest is their own to
; operate upon. 1 he allachians are, however, a
J thrifiless and a lazy set, who, under the present
j state of things, will do nothing without blows
; which are paid out to them with much liherality ;
and till they can be salisfifd that thev have an
interest in being industrious, it is vain to hone for !
better things. sons 'ho have been struck by lightning. In all j in the rest of Europe, of the capabilities of the
We weie taught to believe that the indepen- j casrs where persons are struck down by lightning Cossacks that ihe Turkish troops viewed them
dence of Turkey, obtained a few years ago by j ue co waler on h. body lor hours ; do not be with considerable apprehension. When the vi
Russian arms, was to produce good fruits, but the j discouraged if immediate success is not attained, i dettes saw two or three approaching ihey were
campaign itself plungr-d the country into a depth but continue to persevere, and if, after three or I in the habit of rushing to Iskender Bey and report-
nf misery; and this naturally rich land, with lit- mur hours' drenching animation is not restored, ing the circumstances as one of grave import.
tie more than two millions of inhabitants, is some- a(' salt lo ,Be att-,f i,n,l continue the drenching, i He dissipated their allusions by a very simple
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iimes visi.eo by tamiue a result doubtless of the
state of slavery in which the peasants are still
j lettered, and the want of an honorable middle
j class to step in between the extravagant boyars
; and the sunken people.
Few countries have been mnw favnrnl k .
lure than this principality. Its breads nudl.u.
tered plains .reduce the richest crons its hills
wen calculated lor vineyards be:
;ar whole woods
of fruit trees; whilst the hi
iier mountains, to
wards the Trnnsvlvsninn f-f,n.;r , i. :
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present indications ol mineral, and bristle with I
extensive forests, at prcaeol totally neglected. A I
cnitl source ol gam iU sheep feeding ; and in ad-
MORNING, MAY 26,
dition to the common fleeces, a large quantity of
the valuable " Astrachan " fur is obtained, by
killing the pregnant ewe and skinning the young
lamb. Honey is also produced abundantly, for
the hives will give (orth yearly three, four, or five
swarms. Among the wild beasts, bears and
wolves ore common in the upper mountains, and
the former are sometimes taken ly the gipsies in
a ludicrous manner. They fill a little barrel
with honev and brandy, and lay it in some place
lu oi. o me utai unt il , .
. t. u u. e... , .- A.i.- ilrn nft ru rt mil
ol
llir bwppI mivliiri i sn jrreflt that Mr. i 1 n 1 1 1 MOl
;reat
only indulges himself, but often brings Mrs. u.
and all the little B's to partake of the delicacy ;
the whole party then eat and drink till the spirit
does ii work, they caper and dance abuut ir a
time as if demented, and then fall asleep, and be
come an easy prey to their captors
The people of Wallachia are well-built, active, !
'I . ... i.i
and often naturally clever; yet idleness
idleness anu me j
results of oppression cause them to lead the life j
of savages. Their national songs are. pretty, and j
said to be full of natural poetry ; a lively chorus
olten accompanies the dances, in which men and j
women take part; but the common delight ol the
Wallachian, when he has a little money, is to i
wander from one public-house to another, to drink
pints of wretched brandy, and to sing and dance
wildly to the enlivening fiddles of a gipsy band,
after which he goes drunk to his miserable hovel,
and sleeps till aroused by the blows of the pan
dour's stick to commence afresh his round of la
bor. It is only astonishing that such exaction
and tyranny have not been overthrown by the
exasperated people, for feelings of revenge do at
times break forth, and the oppressive factor is at
dead of night well belaboured, or even mu.dercd,
and his house fired. In 1848-9, an out-break of
a fearful kind would probably have burst forth,
had it not been for the joint occupation of the
principalities by Russian and Turkish armies.
The state of profound ignorance which prevails
among the people is hard to be enlightened, since
the priesthood is scarcely raised in intelligence
above the rustics, and one may see the parish
'popa' dressed in skins and following at the plough
tail like the lowest of his flock. It is only when
he dons his official costume that he is considered
to bear a sacred character. Nay, so far does this
feeling go, that I have heard of the priests robe
being torn off in a quarrel that he may be drub
bed with impunity, and then put on again, when
he is at once superstitiously believed to become
another person. The report that there are bish
ops among them unable to read I can scarcely
credit ; but certain it is that a great proportion of
the parish priests are unprepared to do more than
to mumble through by rote, what is necessary for
the service. A year with the Turks ly W. W.
Smyth.
Tlie Oregon Pea Beware of Humbug.
Again and again it becomes our duty to expose
humbugs. We have recently heard of the sale of
the Oregon Pea at the rate of Eighty Dollars per
bushel, and think it high time to open the eyes of
j our readers at to what it really is. This pea is no
new thing in South Carolina naving been cull i- i
vated for the last eight or ten years by our friends, ;
i Cols. R. J. Gage and D. Johnson, of Union Dis- '
trict. r rom these gentlemen we once procured ihe
: seed, and have frequently had " fancy patches "
i of it, amounting lo next to nothing, as far as utility j
is concerned. " It grows best on rich land, but
makes a tolerable rank weed on thin land. It has
! been used by our Union friends to replant cotton
! fields, for which, Irom its upright growth, it is ad
I mirably adapted. We once fell in upon two agri
; cultural friends, one the Editor of a leading South
I em Agricultural Journal, who were about sending
! it out lo fame, as "a new vetch" well adapted lo
: Southern latitudes. 7 he application of a little bo
! tunica! science soon put them right, and the recom
' mendatory article designated it properly as the
Oregon Pea.
We fear many agriculturists throughout the South
will be immensely gulled, so long as they continue
I to buy seeds of new products Irom the puffery of
i advertisements alone. We do not ol ject to the
! planters of the South trying the Oregon Pea, but
I we do object to the high commendations of inter
' ested seed hucksters, who style these things " the
1 greatest agricultural discovery of this or any oth
er age," and assert " that it far excels for beauty
and luxuriance, any vegetable production ever I
seen." Such terms are only used to make the !
seed sell, and there is a savor of dishonesty in the j
thing which we cannot countenance. In point of
usefulness and value, the Oregon Pea can never
compare with the varieties of field peas commonly
cultivated in the South. All plants of the legum
inous family are exceedingly valuable as fertiliz
ing adjuncts, and we shall always be glad lo hear
of their frequent and extensive use in agricnltural
rotations. Southern Agi iculturist.
Ca Bit age. A correspondent of the Horticul
turist sajs: " It may not be generally know n that j
cabbages readily grow and are easily propagated ;
by slips. A stump may he put out in the spring, j
and the sprouts, as they vegetate cut off", the cut al
lowed to dry, and then planted. When cabbages
or cauliflowers throw offside shoots they may be
used in the same way. Cabbages thus raised
have short st.ilks, and are sure of being true to the
parent. I have often pursued this method when
short of seed.
i
E. Marriam, the meteorologist, renews the re- i
come"dation to apply cold water freely to per- I
I have an account of a person struck down by I process. Whenever he received news of the ap
lightning on Staten Island several years ago, who pearance of two, three or four, he mounted on
wns restored after several hours' drenching with
cold water. This case alone is sufficiently to
prompt lo exertions in all cases beyond the time
usually devoted to restoration of animation in
cases where persons have been struck down by
lightning.
Lately A. B.Austin, of Manchester N. H. who
had been under meHI:,! ir..,.imnnt frtr th0 ,.r.o
... ......a ,,i,iBiikl IWI 1V V. M I .1 u I 1 1 j
''"'. long lime, coughed up a beech nut which
PrliJ swallowed ttvo years ago, and found
1 himself at ouce relieved of his malady.
1854.
Iskeuder Bey. tlie Daftblng Snbrer-
The following sketch of the character and prow
ess of an officer in the Turkish service, whose
personal prowess and chivalrous deeds on the field
ol battle rival those of Murat, and remind us ol
p .ges of romance, is given by a correspondent o,
Ihe Dailv News, and is dated at Kalafat :
"It is'to be regretted that at the moment when
his services are most needed, Iskender Bey, one
of the best officers in the Turkish army, who com
mands the outposts, should be confined to his bed
by severe illness at Widdin. In the action at
Citale he was riding furiously down the strcfH ol
the village, heading a charge of his troops, when
the horse of a Cossack, who was advancing to
meet him. was struck by some shot, and fell im
mediately in front of him.
"Iskender Bey continued his course, anu leapiu
over the prostrate Domes o, u - -
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noise , um, wn v - - r
attempted to rise, and Iskender uey was mnrwn
violently, and he and the Cossack, and their two
steeds, rolled ov r and over in the mud. He had
no sooner regained his feet than he found himsell
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.k ,Cr, r a Rna&inn soldier, w ho called on
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him to bsk ior quarters, 10 w (-. u t ,,v
a blow of his sabre, protesting his assailant in the
mud. He was enabled to retire in safety by the
advance of a body of the bashi buzaks, but found
that his ribs had been dislocated, and that ho had
received severe internal injury. He remained at
his post for a few days, but was at last compelled
to give way, as he was no longer able to mount
hishorse, and came to Widdin to put himself under
the care of the surgeon.
"Both in appearance and antecedents he is the
most remarkable man in the Turkish army. He
is about the middle height, but rather muscular and
symmetrical. His hair and beard are coal black,
but if possible not near as black as his eyes, which
flash like fire under dark overhanging brows. A
long and slightly curved nose, n small mouth, thin
lips, and a high forehead, and a complexion
bronzed by sun and wind, combined to form one
of the most striking physiognomies I have ever
looked upon, lie is of Tartar origin, and a Mus
sulman by birth, and is the owner of R large cs
late in Bessarabia, but has been in political exile
ever since he attained the age of manhood. Per
sonal taste and family traditions hive made him a
soldier. Hatred of Russia made him a soldier of
fortune, and, as might be expected, there were
few wars in any part of the world, for the last
twenty years, in which he has not taken part.
"He served with distinction in the Carlist war in
Spain, and :he Don Pedro war in Portugal, in both
of which he was (amed for his dashing courage as
a cavalry leader. Such was his character for de
termination, that while in Spain he was appointed
lo the command of a legion called Legion Proviso
rie, composed of a!! the ma'UVdis snjets of the army
cut throats and brigands from every clime under
heaven, who were found intolerable in the company
of more decent men. This legion soon acquired
the habit of killing their officers, and at last no one
could be got to command them except Iskender
Bey, then Count Ilhnsky. He no sooner found him
self in his new post than he took the imitative by
killing three men on the spot, who gave signs of
insubosdination. Everybody was expecting each
day to hear of his death ; but his troops, finding
the sort of man they had to deal with, gave up
their old practices and foil wed him in action with
unconquerable valor and devotion.
" He left Spiin and Portugal with eleven cross
es of various orders. 1836 found him at the fa
mnus siege of Herat, in Persia, during the Russo
Persian difference which excited so much interest
in our Indian possessions. The Chinese war
brought him to Canton, where he was a spectator
of the hostilities from beoinning; lo end. He llu n
entered the French service at Algiers, and was
present at most of the actions of Abd el-Kader,
ar.d likewise shared in the dangers and disasters
of the terrible retreat from Constantine. He left
the French army with the star ol the legion ol
honor, nnd in 1818 took service in the Hungarian
war of Independence, under his old companion in
arms, General Bern.
" The treachery and misfortune of 1849 sent
him into Turkey with a crowd of others. He
quickly obtained employment, nnd bore a promi
nent part in the c.impiigns in Bosnia and Monte
nefrro. In the former he commanded a division
of toe lurkish army, which defeated a vastly su-
perior force of the insurgents, and captured a
large number of their guns. This service was
most important, as it inflicted a blow on the Bos-
mans Irom which they never recovered. The
government evinced its gratitude bv raising him
to the rank of Pasha, but Austria and Bussia
jointly protest) d against his elevation, and he re
lieved the Sultan from his embarrassment by vol
untarily relinquishing his new dignity. Ho now
bears the grade of colonel of cavalry, and has
had command of the outposts of Kalafat; though
nominally second to Muzur Ilasha, the son ol
tvef chid Pasha, who, though quite a boy, and
without experience, as a brigadier of cavalry, but
has the good sense
never to attempt to perform
the onerous duties attached to his rank.
" Iskender Bey is not above forty years of age,
but war and weather nnd fourteen wounds have
done their work so well, that he looks fully ten
years older. As a horseman and sabrer, he has
few equals, and probably no superior in Europe.
He is idolized by the soldiers, rather for his bril- j
bant courage than anything in his manner. When
he first took the command of the outposts, so hi"h
was the opinion entertained in Turkey, as well as
horseback, rode out, and in sight of his men, flun
himself into the midst of them, with sword in
hand. They seldom awaited his onset, but when
ever they did, found reason lo regret it. But a
few displays of ihis sort were sufficient lo con
vince ihe soldiers that a courageous man with a
good sabre, had nothing to fear from the Cossacks."
OCT Webster's Dictionary is generally consid
ered good authority, but it is evidently incorrect
when it defines Bonnet us a " Covert ns for th
head."
Messrs. Hunt and Craige.
The Washington Star of Wednesday says that
these gentlemen wero both in the House Hall on
,-hat day, and the general understanding among
the members was that no challenge or other cor
respondence relative to their late misunderstanding
had passed between them.
The Washington correspondent of the Philadel
phia Pennsylvanian says:
"Burton Craige, of North Carolina, I believe,
has no handle to his name. If he is a judge,
general, colonel, doctor, or divine. I am not aware
of the fact ; but I know that he is a gentleman of
decided ability, of great energy of character, ol
unquestioned personal courage, and n soundly
orthodox member ol ihe Democratic church. He
s'.n.ds six feet eix inches ia his stockings, and has
the appearance of a man who could hold moio
than his own in a bear fight.
"Mr. Hunt, of Louisiana, is a trifle below the
medium height, but is firmly put together. Ho
formerly resided in Chai lesion, but has made New
Orleans his home since 1834. He is a gentleman
of fair abilities, although not an t fTeclive public
speaker, and belongs to the ultra old line whig
school of politics. He is said to possess a dispo
si.ion which rather courts than avoids "a gemlr
ir i m II V. ..,.1
pas
Mr.
aire ol
rnu. i ins is uoin iir. uum a unu
Craige's first
session."
Tnr. Homk Mom. Some one writing for
"Masonic Mirror" has drawn a charming picture
of a home-loving, child loving mother :
"We must draw n line, ?io, n broad line, be
tween her and ihe frivolous butterfly of fashion,
who flits from I all to opera and parly decked in
rich robes, and followed by it train as hollow and
heartless as herself. She wire, forgetful of the
holy task assigned her, neglects those who havo
been given in her charge, and leaves them it the
care of hirelings, w hile she pursues her giddy
round of amusements.
"Not so our home mother ! blessings bo on her
head. The heart warms to see her in her daily
routine of pleasant duties. Now patiently she sh,
day alter d y, shaping and yew ing some article
for use or adornment for her little flock I And how
proud and pleased is each little recipient of her
kindness! How the little face dimples with pleas
ore, nnd the bright nyrs grow slill brighter s
mama decks them with her own hands, in the new
dress she has made ! How mi.ch warmer ant! more
comfortable they feel, if mama wraps lhm up be
fore they gn to school ! No one but her can warm
the mil's and overshoes, or tic the comforters
around their necks !
"There is a peculiar charm about a!I she does,
the precious mother. They could not sleep, nay,
for that mailer she could not, if she failed lo isit
their chamber, and with her own soft hands ar
range them comfortably before she left ! Her heart
thrills with gratitude lo her Creator, as she looks
on those sweet blooming faces, and when prayers
are done, imprints a good night kiss on each rosy
little mouth. It may be, loo, a lear will shirt lor
one litile nestling, laid in its chill narrow bed, for
whom her maternal care is no longer needed. It
sleeps, though the sleet and snow descend, and ihe
wild w inter winds howl around its head. It needs
no longer her tender care! A mightier urm enfolds
it! It is at rest! She feels and knows that it !
right, and bends meekly to the hand that fped ihe
shaft, and turns with a warmer love, if it be pos
sible, to those little ones who are left her lo love.
How tenderly she guards ihem from every danger,
and with what a strong, untiring love, she watches
by their bed side when they are ill ! Blessings bo
on the gentle, loving mother. Angels must look
w ith love upon her acls. Her children shall rise
up nnd call her blessed, and ihe memory of her
kindly deeds will enfold her is a pnrment."
Dkfence of Polygamy. A lady in Utah, a
wife of one of the Mormon leaders, writes to her
sister a long letter, published in the newspapers,
defending polygamy by the fX'imple oi Abraham,
Issac and Jacob, and the holy men mentioned in
the Bible. The argument is n ingenious as many
others drawn Irom ihe same source, nnd would be
conclusive enough to satisfy the conscience of anv
Turk, whose harem contained not less than two
hundred wives. The letter is a curiosity, as ex
hibiting ihe social relations of th; polygamic.
The lady says her husband bus seven other wives,
which is a moderate number for u leader of tho
faith, as Jligdon. the high priest of Mormoiiism,
we believe, has thirty-six. The children of these
eight w ives number twenty. five. The husband,
she says, is a "good and virtuous husband," and
all these mothers and children are endeared to her
by kindied ties by mutual a flection by ucquain
tance and association ; and the mothers in particu
lar by mutual and long continued exercise of toil,
patience, long suffering and sisterly kindness.
The husband, of whese affection, she is entitled
fo just ono eighth, is a practical teacher of morals
and religion ; a promoter of general education, and
at present occupies an honorable seal in the Leg.
islative Council of the Termor-. Sh en i e! nrloa
, her remarkable letter wiih th hone th.nt nli,rht.
! i J i i . .... .
ento legislation in every Mate will be o modified,
and the customs and consciences of individuals,
will be so altered, that any Utah gentleman with
more than a Christian number of wives, may be
able to travel in any part of the United States with
his harem and children, and enjoy as much con
sideration and honor as he does at homo, or in the
same manner as the patriarch Jacob would havo
been respected had he, with his wives and children,
paid a visit to his kindred. We have heard much
of "the good time coming,'' probably it is the period
the lady refers to. Pub. Leds.tr,
Jamks Montgomehv. The lust arrivals from
Europe bring us the news of the death of this
venerable poet on the 30th ultimo, in the S3d year
of bil age. One by one, the Nestors of the "di
vine art " nre going to their graves, and gossip
becomes tradition and tradition, history, as tho
Moores, and the Words worths, and the Mont
gomerics rise, flourish and full on the field of
human action and human thought.
A lady in Boston wus bit on the hand by a fa.
vorite cat on Sunday. The hand became inflam
ed, the affection finally extending to the whole
body, so that a doctor was sent lor, who imme.
diately proceeded to apply remedies, securing par
tial ease. The doctor says that it is not exactly
hydrophobia, but that the whole H sl in w as poia
oucd by the bite.
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