FJiOM Tuif^inAMf AUGirs.
* FEMALH riKTY. • '
“ There is a drcani in female worth,
Thnl’s bri^fhter far tlian beauty’s eye
A cherub of cclestial birth.
An heir apparent of the sky.
»Tis wsrth that beauty cannot give,
'Tis worth descending^ from oh liiph ;
Nor here on earth will deign to live
But as an oflTering for the sV:y.
*Tis virgin innocence and love,
’Tis mental worth—the nilnd’s brig’.it eye.
That sees below, as/twere above,
Our thoughts recorded in the sky.
*Tis heavenly worth that God will own,
When from his throne his angels tly
■^’ith power to call bis chi? ircn home.
To live forever in the sky.
cr 'a uc^potlc Le c::- [ i
for a mik'cr;;!)vernincnt. Hut,
liKiSimich as victor and vanquished be
low" to the same civilized family ; and
the social condition, the standard of mo
rality, and the received code of public
law ct e snh:;tantial!y the same, in all the
nations of 'Europe ; no irreparable dis
aster to the cau>e of humanity itself can
ensue from any war, in which they may
he cn^ap:c(l witii cach other. Had Na
poleon, for instance, succeedctl in inva
ding and conquering England, (and this
is probably the stronfrest case that could
he put,) after the first calamities of in
vasion and conquest "were past, which
E^icfrtn.
Mixing together profit and dt light.
.i/cd, orated by thciri the Act,
succeeded in layinG; tlie Thonipsoii, who is a nu rct.aiAin l;.ir bu
government,
foundations of this our happy country,
beyond a mii;hty ocean. Let thein re
collect, that it was one fixed impression,
cherished and pursued in the heart ol an
humble and friendless mariner, through
lonjij years of fruitless solicitation anil
fainting hope, to which it is owing, that
these vast American continents are made
a part of the heritage of civilized man.
Let them recollect that, in the same
generation, one poor monk tlismember-
ed the groat ecclesiastical empire of Eu
rope. Let them bear in mind, that it
was a liermit, who roused the nations of
must in all case.-j be much the same, no j Europe in mass, to engage in an expe-
worse evils would probably have result-I dition against the common enemy of
ed to the cause of humanity, than the j Christendom : an expedition, %vild, in
restoration of the Catholic religion, as i deed, and unjustifiable, according to our
the religion of the state, the introduc- better lights, but lawful and meritorious
GXiraCE.
The last Norui-American Review contain?? an
oTtcellcnt and very interesting article on Greece,
the latter part of which we have extracted for
t;\e gnitificution of such of our readers a:> iiave
not an opportunity of reading t'.iat valuable
work.
This is our encouragement to perse
vere in calling the attention of the pub
lic to this subject. It is a warfare, in
which we all are or ought to be enlisted.
It is a war of opinion, of feeling, and of
humanity. It is a great war of public
sentiment; not conilicting (as it is com
monly called to do) merely with public
sentiment operating in an opposite di
rection, but with a powerf^iil, barbar
ous, and despotic government. The
strength and efficacy of the public sen
timent of the civilized world are now
therefore to be put to the test on a large
scale, and upon a most momentous issue.
It is now to be seen, whether mankind,
that is, its civilized portion,—whether
enlightened Europe and enlightened
America will stand by, and behold a
civilized, Christian people massacred en
mcrssc ; whether a people that cultivate
the arts which we cultivate,—that enter
into friendly intercourse with us,—that
send their children to our schools,—that
translate and read our historians, phi
losophers, and moralists,—that live by
the same rule of faith, and die in the
hope of the same Saviour, shall be al
lowed to be hewn down to the earth in
our sight, by a savage horde of Ethio
pians ?nd Turks. For ourselves, we do
not believe it. An inward assurance
tells us, that it cannot be. Such an a-
trocity has never happened in human
affairs, and will not now be permitted.
As the horrid catastrophe draw's near,
if draw near it must, tlie Christian gov-
f'rnments will awaken from their apathy.
If governments remain enchained by
reasons of state, the common feeling of
ljumanity among men will burst out, in
bome enbctual interference. And if this
fail, why should not Providence gra-
oiously interpose, to prevent the extinc
tion of the only people, in whose cliurcii-
es the New Testament is used in the
original tqnguc ? Is it not a pertinent
subject of inquiry with those, who ad
minister the religious charitics of this
and other Christian countries, whetlier
the entire cause of the diffusion of the
gospel is not more closely connected
with the event of the struggle in Grcece,
than with anything else, in any part of
the woi’ld ? Is not the question, wheth
er Greece and her islands shall be Chris
tian or Mahometan, a more important
question, than any other, in the decis-
tion of the civil in plane of the common
1 tw, and tho general exclusion of the
English nobility and gentry from ofTiccs
of power and profit; an exclusion, which
the English government itself, since the
year has enforced toward the Ca
tholic families, aniong which are some
of the oldest and richest in the kingdom.
Wh.ereas, siiould the Turks prevail in
thfi present contest, an amalgamation of
victor and vanquished would be as im
practicable now, as when Greece was
first conquered by the Ottoman power.
The j)ossession of the country has been
promised to the bey of Egypt, as the
rev/ard of his services in effecting its
conquest. The men at arms have al
ready been doomed to military execu
tion of the most cruel kind, and the wo
men and children would be sold into
Asiatic and African bondage.
We are not left to collect this merely
from the known maxims of Turkish
warfare, nor the menaces which have
repeatedly been made by the Porte, but
we see it exemplified in the island of
Scio. On the soil of Greece, thus swept
of its present population, will be settled
the Egyptian and Turkish troops, by
w'hom it shall have been subdued. Thus
will have been cut off, obliterated from
the map of Europe, and annihilated by
the operation of whatever is most bar
barous and terrific in the military prac-
ticc of the Turkish government, an en
tire people ; one of those distinct social
fiimilies, into which Providence collects
in those who embarked in it. Let them
in a word, never forgyt, that when, on
those lovely islands and oncc happy
shores, over which a dark cloqd of de
struction now hangs, the foundations of
the Christian church were first laid, it
was by the hands of private, obscure,
and persecuted individuals. It was the
people, the humblest of the people, that
took up tiie gospel, in defiance of all the
patronage, the power, and tiie laws of
the government. Why should not
Christianity be sustained, in the same
country and by the same means, by
which it was originally established If,
as we believe, it is the strong and deci
ded sentiment of the civilized world
that the cause of the Greeks is a good
cause, and that they ought not to be al
lowed to perish, it cannot be, that this
sentiment will remain inoperative.—
The very existence of this sentiment is
a tower of strength. It w’ill make it
self felt, by a thousand manifestations.
It will be heard in our senates, and our
pulpits ; it will be echoed from our fire
sides. Does any one doubt thut the
cause of America was mightily strength
ened and animated by the voices of the
friends of liberty in the British parlia
ment ? Were not the speeches of Chat
ham and Burke worth a triumphant bat
tle to our fathers } And can any one
doubt that the Grecian patriots will hold
out, so long as the Christian world will
cheer them with its sanction ?
Let then the public mind be disabused
In them will perish the prejudices, which mislead it on
of ancestors, tov/ard 1 this question. Let it not be operated
upon by tales of piracies at sea, and fac
ion ot which we have the refiiotest a-
geiicy ? Might not a weil devised and
activf' concert among Christian cliarita-
})!(j societies in Euro]>c and America,
for the sake of rescuing this ciiristian
people, present the most ausjiicious j)ros-
pert of success, and form an organiza
tion adequate to the importance and sa-
credness of the object ? And can any
man, who has humanity, liijcily, or
ohri'^tianity nt heart, lee! justified in for-
bf-aring to give his voice, his an!, liU
s\ inpathy to this cnuse, in any way, in
Tvliich it is practicable to advance il r
Smsll nsare tlic numbersortliedrccks,
anS limited as is li.eir eountty, it ma\
be safely said, that there has not, since
the last Turkish invasion of Europe,
t)' ‘n waged a war, of which the results,
ill tin: worst event, coulil liave been so
Cid 'mitous, as il mubt i)e allowed by ev-
Ci , !( fl'“Cting mirid, thijt the subjugation
an : fonsequent cxiirjjation c;f the (Greeks
w , il 1 be. The wars, tiiat are waged
between the states of Chri-.tendom, gen-
cr.illv grow out cl the disputed titles of
princes, or state qur.rrels between the
jrov.'Tnments. Serious changes no doubt
ta?; rlace, as these wars may he decided
Ol.*' y or the other. Nations, ljr-
/r.?r]y vc.'l gofl‘:Lt.'d, inn\^'"omc undur
the sons of men.
tlio descendants
whom we all profess a reverence ; who
carry in the language they speak, the
proof of their national identity. In them
will be exterminated a people, apt and
predisposed for all the improvements of
civilized life : a people, connectcd with
the rest of Europe, by every moral and
intellectual as.sociation ; and capable of
being reared up into a prosperous and
cultivated state. Finally, in them will
perish one wliole Christian people ; and
that the first, that embraced Christianity;
churches, actually founded by the apos
tles in person, churches, for whose di
rect instruction a considerable part of
the New Testament was composed, af
ter abiding all the storms of eighteen
centuries, and surviving so many vicis
situdes, are now at length to be razed ;
and in the place of all this, an uncivili
zed Mahometan horde is to be establish
ed upon the ruins. We say it is a most
momentous alternative. Interest hii-
mani generis. The character of the
age is concerned. The impending evil
is tremendous. To preserve the faith
of certain old treaties, concluded we
forget when, the parliament of England
decides by acclamation to send an army
into Portugal and Spain, because Spain
has patronized the disaffection of the
Portuguese ultra royalists. To prevent
a change in the governments of Pied
mont, Naples, and Sjtain, Austria and
France invade those countries with large
armies. Can these great pov/ers look
tamely on, and see the ruin of their
Christian brethren coiii,ummated in
Greece : Is there a Tided jjarchment,
in tliu diplomatic archives of London
or Lisbon, that Linds the English gov
ernment more imperiously, than the
great origina) oldigntiun to rescue an
entire f'hristian [leople from the scime-
t;ir Can statesn^.cn, v/ho profess to be,
wlio are, inMuenccd by tlie rules of a
('haste and lot’iy juildic moralitv, justify
Iheir sanguinaiy v.ars with Asliantees
and Buim;ui?, and liiul reasons of duty
for sliaking the jictty thrones of tlie in
terior of Africa ; and allow an African
satrnp to i;trew rho plains of Attica vvltii
bloody ashes ?
If they can, and if they will, then I* t
the fViend.s of liherty, humanity, and
religion take ijp thi') cause, as one that
concerns thei.i all, and each, in !',i;. ra
pacity as a Ciiristian and a man. Let
them make strong the public s(,ntinK;iit
on this subject, and it will prevail. Let
them remember, what ere now has b('en
done, b}' the f)crseveraace and resolu
tion of small societies, and even indi
vidual men. Let them remember how
siness, has all iiis creditors pressing up-
him at once, and perhaps before he
can correct the mistake, his credit is al
so ruined.
In truth, there is no limit to the slan
ders which daily occur from this throw
ing of names into common stock. Love
letters, dunning letters, proteat of notos,
family secrets, &c. tiC. get into the
w-rong hands, and play the deuce all
around. We see no remedy, unless a
new batch of names can be crcated.
Earth, air, and ocean must be scoured
and all that has heretofore been spared
must be gleaned. Little -will be found
for use on the surface of the earth. We
f>ave already Mr. Forrest, Mr. Wood,
Mr. Grove, Mr. Glen, Mr. Llill, Mr.
Dale, Mr. Pine, Mr. Ash, Mr. Birch,
Mn Beach, Ikc. Then in the watery
element we have, Mr. Fountain, Mr.
Spring, Mr. Waters, Mr. Brooks, Mr.
Rivers, Mr. Lake, Mr. Pond, S:c. We
have gone amongst the inhabitants of the
w'aters for Mr. Fish, Mr. Whale, Mr.
]*ike, Mr. Crab, and Mr. Mullet. A-
monst these and the quadrupeds many
names may be found, not yet in use, as
we have taken from the latter only Mr.
Bull, Mr. Stag, Mr. Hog, and perhap?
one or tw’o more.
In selecting from qualities and pas
sions, mankind has shown a laudable
taste. Thus we have Mr. Good, but no
Mr. Bad ; Mr. Joy, but no Mr. Sor
row ; Mr. W’^ise, but no Mr. Foolish ;
Mr. Strong, but no Mr. Feeble; Mr.
Mr. Hope, but no Mr. Fear; Mr.
Younglove, but no Mr. Young-hate.
Names are sometimes strangely inap
plicable. Admiral Sir Isaac Cotlin is a
merry old sailor, Mr. Sharpe is very
blunt, Mr. Blunt (as every body knows)
is the s!iar{»est man in town, jilr. King
professes to be a sturdy democrat. r*Ir.
Stone is ineffably soft. Mr. White is
frequently blue. Mr. Merry is the
gruffest man in the world, Mr. Lyon is
as mecl: as a lamb, and Mr. Lamb is as
bold as a lion. ]\Ir, Bliss is tha picture
of sadness, Mr. Pope never saw the in
side of a church, INir. Grant never gave
away six^pence, and Mr. True-love ii
the greatest rake in New York.
We recommend that a Convention be
called for taking into consideration the
manufacturing of new names, and the
more proper application of the old.
ior lui-.! li-acy. i i.c 3Lc,>
i;i the cUy—it was patronizi*d by ul! day
es of people—from the governor doJr
to the soldier.
The alarm ^7as }>iven on finding lU
little girl did not return in due timel-o
was traced to the shop alluded to—and
some i;entlemen who had seen her enie
deposed' that she had not come out. \
guard was ordered to scarch the shorj
and hopes were entertcined that a nesiSl
kidnappers was about to be discovered
In searchinf; the house, a trap-door w-=
found, through which the party descend
ed into a long and gloomy vault, strowcd
with human bones. In this subterraneai
Golgotha, a miserable old negro
discovered chained to a post, and employ!
ed in chopping with cleavers the .r
the unfortunate
^heaeshof
girl, preparatory to iu
being served up io the pastry, which had
acquired for the shop so distinguished n
reputation. The old man stated, that
he had been confined, and thus employed
for three years, in which time many^of
his fellow creatures had passed throu^'V
his hands. The i,hop keepers were im-
mcd-iateiy arrested, tried, and four cf
them executed—a fifth being condemncil
to perpetual imprisonment.
tions on land ; evils, which belong not
to Greeks, but to human nature. Let
the means of propagating authentic in
telligence of the progress of the revolu
tion he multiplied. Let its well wish
ers and its well hopers declare them
selves in the cause. Let the tide of
pious' and Christbn charity be turned
into this broad and thirsty channel.—
Let every ardent and high spirited
young man, who has an independent
subsistence of two or three hundred dol
lars a year, embark personally in the
cause, and aspire to that crown of glory,
never yet worn except by him, who so
lately triumphed in the hearts of the
entire millions of Americans. Let this
be done, and Greece is safe.
From the New York Courier.
Confusion of Names.—We have of
ten reflected with admiration on the
natural and beautiful custom of distin
guishing men by characteristic sirnames.
We say naturuly because it is discarded
by modern civilization, and left to the
rude and unsophisticated savage. Civ
ilization, however, occasionally feels
the loss of this convenient custom; there
is such ava ,t disproportion between the
increase of j)opulaticn and the increase
of names, that the same name anti sir-
iiames are applied to some thousands. It
is a source of endless confusion. Mr.
.lulin Smith, who is not worth six-pence,
receives a letter through the Po‘;t-Ollice,
requesting the loan of five thousand
dollars, while Mr. John Smith w’ho is
a man of ample foi'tune, receives a note
from a butcher’s attorney, slating that
if he does not pay for a leg of mutton he
will be waited upon by a eonstalde.
Now if these letters had been ilirected
I to John !-»mith, tKn ])oo)\ and John
Smith, the rii'hf all tins would net have
happened.
Again : John John'ion tho bachelor
receives a letter ; it is in a ilnialo hand;
I'.c opens it and reads,
‘ .Vy /v ir Hunha".'!.—()urd;u;"htcrs Jane and
luivi- both gi't tlic n'.cascis, iiiid .lohn
waiita a ncv |Mir (jf ji.mtaiooiis. Sonfl iik.' bOiiie
money to j:\, the doctor and our b»):i«l; the
lie by priTutc'
sm-il! a ccTTnpiny of-a'ive’;tLrsr!., ur*:a-
p int;(!ou:!s yii'ii iihisl sriid
tiinlty. Wc sti:dl return to tovvMina month.
Voiir loving; wife. 1*01,lA'
iVi.y PnUzi J'l’ji
John Johnson tlie b;iche!cr frclG like
T.'Mitili:^, while Joi.a Johnson 111*.; niar-
i'i(!(l ij'i'in has h it the post oil, tli:; same
morning, sid and miserable, tliat he
lias not heard fiorn his wife and chil
dren.
G(‘orge 1’hom;;on owes more than|ie
ran pay, and {\irj L'ciicf.t ci
A friend relates to us the following in
stance of canine sagacity: Mr. Joseph
Hanson resides on the Pinckunri road, in
the county of Goos, near Mount Wash-
ini^ton, eight miles from any inhabitants.
His child was lately taken dangerously
sick—so that neither himself nor his wife
could safely leave it for assistance. En
closing a letter in a packet, he despatched
his dog ten miles to the house of Mr.
Pinkham; and the dog delivered the mes
sage in an hour and a half, so that in the
course of a few liours the necessary as
sistance arrived. When the dog arrived
at Adam®, among the inhabitants, he pas-
■sed several persons, and evaded them, as
if fearful he should be prevented from do
ing his errand.—New-Hampshire Pat,
A country squire having indulged rather
liberally in his libations to the jolly god,
but still thinking himself sober enough to
walk home, reeled off upon the right road
as it were by instinct. Having walked
about two miles, as he computed, but
which did not exceed a quarter straight
forward, he met a man of whom he ask
ed how far he had yet to go? Two long
miles was the reply. “Oh, its not the
length of the road that troubles me, but
the breadth of it,” exclaimed the squire
—at the same time making a start to
go forward, he gave proof of the truth of
his assertion, by his first motion being
zigzag from right to left.
I’rom the Fredericksburg Arena.
Wc have another prime horror with
which to regale our readers—and would
to heaven the details of the transaction
wore matter of question. But alasi for
human nature, they are established by
the decision of a court of justice, and of
the truth of the story, there can be no
possible doubt. We heard the particulars
sometime since, from a highly respectable
and meritorious ofiker of the rnifed
States’ Navy, who was at the time on the
coast of Cuba, and we liave now before
us a letter confir.miiig the story of our
friend, from another gentleman of the
navy, who was in Havana at the time the
affair transpired, tromour recollcction
of the statements of our friend, as well as
from the letter, we shall present to our
readers a brief account of the heart-
^ichcning story.
in the cummer of 1821, several of the
ciii/.ens of Havana raissed many of their
little negro children, and the i;npression
was general that they had been kidnapped,
ai’.d Ncntto the plantations in the interior,
riu* atteniioH of the police was called to
vigilance of the
was not able to
Iniprovcmiit in Hydraulics A Mi.
Cooper, from Guildhall, (Vt.) aud nov^
resident in this village, has for morft
than a year past been improving a new
Hydraulic machine, and has succedcd to
the astonisfunent of'all who have wit-
nessed its operation. He has lately ex
hibited one in this place, which was To
length and diameter eight inches and of
a cylindrical form. The Machine is o'v
crated by mean^ of a crank attached
the gudgeon upon cach end of it. Tlit
powi'r applied to the machine, was fou-
men, who were able to throw a continued
column of water, three-fouths of an inch
in diameter, one hundred and twenty fee:
on a horizontal line, and more than nine
ty feet high. This machine is entirely dif
fcrent from any thing that has ever here
tofore been known. Mr. C. has in hi;-
specification for Letters ? aent, termed
it the “Rotative Piston,’’ yet it contain?
neither piston nor valves, but has the ap
pearance of awheel wiihiu a wheel, op
crating in such a manner as to form a
vacuum on one side, and a powerful com
pression on the other, and what is most
wonderful, at each revolution, it takes in
and throws out more cubic inches ot‘wa
ter, than the whole space which the nu-
chine itself occupies. The machine has
been shown and the principle of it ex
plained, to many gentlemen of scicncc
and experience in hydraulics, among
which was His Excellency the Govt'no:'
of New Yorkj and it is the puvuilin^:
opinion of all, that it will take the placc
of every other machine, both for Pumps
and Fire Engines, as soon as it is exten
sively known.
Mr. C. has associated himself with two
gentlemen of this village, who have es
tablished a manufactory on an extensive
scale ; and we understand that the com
pany have sent an agent to Europe, to
secure the rights for France, England
and other countries in that section.
Vermont Journa'
Vrora the Koxbury (Mass.) Hepublicac.
Mr. Henry Pratt, of this town (recen!
Iv from Dedham,) has constructed a\ery
curious naln'ing cane, the ferule of which,
is confined by a swell spring. By slip-
ping off the ferule, the cane is converted
into a beautiful fowling piece, wiiirh »■
exploded by pressing a small screw near
the head of the cane. There is no lock
attached to it, but the fire is commuriica-
ted by a percussion cap, which is placeJ
upon the breech pin, out of sight. There
is no appearance about the cane which
; would lead any one to suspect the use fcr
which it was intended. What rer.cicrs
it peculiarly valuable, is the absolute inv
possibility of accidental explosion, as
cannot be fired without the express in
tention of the possessor. We unce:
stand that Mr. Pratt does not claim to be
the invertor of the instrument j haviniT
seen one of a similar kind, that was offei’*
ed for sale at the price of S100*.
was not permitted to examine it, r.or
satisfy himstlf upon the manner in "hif>-
it was constructed. He may'theielorc
claim the merit cf invention, more p^'’
ticularly, since the one that he has mat*!-
differs from the one that was offereii^
him, in having the whole cf its ac*»or.
concealed from sight. Mr. Pratt
that he can manufacture them ft>"
or g30.
the suhjcct, but the
consiuuted authorities
effect a discovery.
A little negro girl was sent hy her
mist:'ess_to a coj)k siu;[>, nt which were
-oU U icmurl.ablc
A mind formed upon the principlf^
the Gospel, may look down with coi.'
tempt upon tkc lustre of a Throne, and)('
know the vahie and feel a sense of
tude in the possession of a crunnb. ^
most exalted situation in the present
is exposed to the fascinating alluremens
of temptation; and whoever fchall lo°'^
heedfully upon those who are eminent o*
their riches, will not think their rondiuo^
such as that lie should hazard his
and much less his virtue, to obtain
I'he rich and the poor have their
of sorrow and their intervals
neither poverty nor wealth ex^^mpts i e^^
iVom feeling the common calamities •
life, nor confer that happiness ^
gcrly pursue, but which we_musi
experience till our raccjs
cu:- w-jrlt doU':'.