f -- I ? ?! ?****,-r*-shin'tig
on susp n.h d !r?'i?s an 1 tl.iehcs,
joins snppoited on It- nks above, do^s
basking on tbe bearth b< low ; coo! shady
parlours i:i summer, u:l!?open windows,
an ! odors fioni crardcn and shrubbery
blowing in; gard ns wet with jniresl
i'o vs. and huiii'inn^j at noontide wilh
bees; and green fields and verdurous
trees, or dec j> woodlands !\ big nil aroun 1,
wlierca hnndied rejoieinj voices of birds
or olher orealflrcs are heard, and winds
bh?w to and Iro, full of health, life and
enjovincnt. How enviable do Mirh (daces
seem to the fretted spirits of tow ns, who
are compelled not only to bear their bur
(It'll of rurcs, l>ut ro cmer daily iiiio me
public strife against scif?>h evil and evei
spreading corruption. When one call?
lo mind the simple abundance ol* farmh'Ui.Qy.s,
their rich cream and milk, and
unadulterated butter, and bread grown
upon their own lauds, sweet as that which
(,'hrist broke, and blessed as he gave to
' 1 I
Pacific, nil of wliicli arc used for fertilizing
the soil, while the same suhslaitc. s,
not l?.J>R needed whore pmeured, are
mostly neplooted.
Cl'KIOl S ARTS.
Some frirnd has sent us throuMi the
post .office, the following useful roeipos,
whieli if genuine?and we see no reason
to doiiht?are truly valuable, as well us
curious. Ho has our thanks.
I. A Waterproof Glue.? Melt com
mon jiiue in the smallest possible rpianlitv
of water, and add hy drops, linseed oil
!thnt has been rendered dry !>y having a
emit mmi?tifv of htharx?e hoiled iii it: the
initio bt'injj luiaklv stirred when the 01! is
added.
2. due w ill resist wafer (o n consider
able extent bv being dissolved in skimmed
milk.
It. The addition <>f finolv levanted
chalk, to a solution of common glue in
water, strengthens it, and renders i! suitable
for signs or other work that is exposed
to the weather.
4. A glue (cement) that will hold
against lire ??r water, may he made by
mixirg and boiling together linseed oil
and quirk lime. T! i mixture must be
reduced to the eonsistenee of soft putty
and then spread on tin plates ami dried
in the shade, where it w ill dry very hard
This may afterward be melted like com.
mon glue, and must be used while hot.?
American Mechanic.
From the Albany Cultivator.
TO MAKK URNS LAY TFKPKTTTALLV.
Messrs. Editors.?I never allow cocks
'to run with my hens, except when I want
'to raise chickens. liens will lav eggs
perpetually, if treated in the following
manner. Keep no roosters; give the hens
fresh meat, chopped fine like sausage j
meat, once a dav, very small portion, say J
half an ounce a day to each hen, during i
tiie winter, or from the time insects disappear
in the fall, till they appear again j
in the spring. Never allow any eggs to j
remain in the nest, for what is called nest j
'cgps. When the roosters do not run w ith j
the hens, and no nest eggs are left in the i
r o
nests, the hens w ill not cease laying after
.
the production of twelve or fifteen eggs,
.as;they always do when roosters and nest
eggs a: e allowed: but continue 1. virsg perpetually.
My bens always lay in winter)
and each from seventy.five to one bun- j
tired eggs in succession, plan wen: I
generally followed, rggs vvoii'd be 'int j
as plenfv in winter as in summer. !
The only reason why hens do not lay in j
?? ! *? i ??-?-!> ti in MiJinm ?, o nit; ?> mil
of animal food, which llicy get in suu.m m- j
iri ahun 4hikI?* it* tl." form of iuitc^s. j
1 have for several v, inters ic-JuccJ n?y fho01
y to c, ami provtvi .is entile cor j
rcviio.**. I: u.ust he observej that trie!
r t i 1
^rcfcc.'ise A .* nr.-.;.? .s nJ accessary f-> |
r
ti!s> Ulscipies ; uu'ir irons, rijn:, <11111 m?u
plucked from the sunny \v;i 1 i, or the ?r:ir?
tlen bed, ?r the pleasant old orchard ; when
onj casts an eye upon, or calls to one'*
memory the aspect oi tlio>e houses, manv
of them so antiquely pictunvqnc, or so
bright looking and eomfoi fable, in deep
reiired valleys, by beautiful streams or
among fragrant woodlands, 0110 cannot
help saying with King James of Scotland,
when ho met Johnny A unstrung,
*' V\T-mt want these knaves that a king
should have ?"
From the S Hithorn Pi.infer.
OUANO, THE I'KKUVIAX MANURE.
The rocky coast and inlets that e\i.->t
in the desert district between Peru and
"Chili, arc the great resort of millions of
sea birds, gulls, Are. and their manure
which lias been accumulating for ages
row forms masses of great thirknes, and
which is constantly increasing. As these
birds feed principally on H-h, and other
in 1 ritie matters, the as trie manure
of these deposits is called,
contains large quantities of phosph.it.
es ofhme, ammonia, and other products
ofanimnl matter, and as if rarely rains on
this coast, the masses have not under
gone the bleaching or draining they would
have done in othci places. Thus con
s'i'ufed. this siibstawo is one of the mist
- -': m-iniirps- nnd has f..r a lon<?
ttl i l * ^ 1/1 - j - ^
lime been used by the Peruvians in tinculture
of corn. A writer in a foreign
journal savs in passing on horseback
lilontr the coast he frequently saw the natives
driving an ass or two into the interior,
with a package of (his guano on each
side, and when asked how they used it.
they said they put a ]>ich of it in each
hill of corn at the time of planting. A
nnmhrr of ship loads of this native pm/
drclte have been carried to Kngland,
where it commands a high price as n frr
tilizcr, and present indications denote that
the importation of the article will hereafter
l?e extensive. The English firmer
understands his true interests, w hen he
extends his expenses for manures. From
the United States he collects ashes, hones.
&c?from the Mediterranean,crude nitre.,
soda, Arc. and now he has opened the
mines of liuano, on the shores ol the far
lite production of eg?s thev nro formj
e! whether the m ile he present or not.
i Of course such eggs will not produce
i / hii-L- nc I?.
Wlit'ii wt mot w ill) the above astound*
. ing assertion, t!iat I!i?* way to make hens
! lay is to kill the chicken rock, what did
' we do; resort to Bull'-n, Wilson, or Audubo!iJ
No, we applied to better authority;
j we went straight to an old lady in this
\ neighborhood, and asked her to solve our
; doubts, and she informed us, that strange
I as the fact may appear, it is nevertheless
' true, that when hens are prevented from
running with roosters, tliev continue to
*
j lay without intertuis.>'.,>n, and never show
\ any desire to go :<? setting.?So. I'lanlcr.
Tim KXl'LORINU ItXJ'EPlTlOX'.
The following account of the labors of
I
; the Expedition was furnished to the
I Now Yoik papers by some of the otQccrs
j engaged in it;
; The exploring squadron sailed from the
j U. States on the ISih of August, 133S,
l and has been absent nearly four venrs;
' " I * 1 . i . I , , I J i*
during wmcQ mw, we learn mac Hie a;i!
ferent vessels have sailed about fourhnnI
drad thousand miles.?The expedition
I 1
I has thoroughly executed every part of the
' duties confided to ithy the government,
j The ports, hurhors, islands, reefs and
! shoals named in the list annexed, have
' been visited and examined or surveyed.
Tim positions assigned on the charts
to several reefs, shoals and islands, have
been carefully looked for, run over; and
j found to have no existence in or mar the
places assigned them.
Several of the principal groups and is,
lands in the Pacific Ocean have been
visited, examined and surveyed ; a fiicmli
Iv inlercour.-.c and protective commercial
| 1 # #
regulations established with the cliiefs
! .
and natives; aggressions on our citizens
and commerce redressed, and a justly
; ii -rited punishment nmted out in some
flagrant cases of unprovoked and coldblooded
murder.
| The discoveries mi (he Antarctic Ocean
; f \ntnrctic continent?observations for
fixing the Southern magnetic pole, &.c.]
preceded thereof the FroJich and English
Expeditions.
The report which lias b. q in circulalion
of Capt. Hoss having run over some
portion of the land discovered by this exue
lition, is unfounded. No land ti the
T
! Idasfw.'ud of Id.) degrees of L. longitude
! was discovered, seen or claimed by the
American expedition, as appears by Capt.
j Wilkes's report to the Navy Deparlmcn t
published in I840,after the return of Ilie
j s juadron to New Zealand. If this stale,
: merit originated with ('apt. Ross, based
upon tile particular chart of the Antarctic
u:c, and discoveries of land, with t he full
explanatory letter which was furnished
him hy (-'apt. Wilkes (previous to Capt.
R's Antarctic cruisa ) he (Capt. IE) must
j have taken that p^rlum of land reported lo
j have been by lielhinnj i i 1831), which
! reoresentcd on it as being in 163 degrees
j ^ ^
! lo 155 degrees East longitude, or thereI
V ...
i about, wl.i h tlie American expedition had
I never seen or heard of, unt.l its return to
Sidney, .New, ufl? r their discoveries in
Antarctic Ocean.
Capt. Ross, according to his report.
1 has never passed over or gone so lar West
1 u-? 1 HO degrees East in latitude 67 degrees
j South; consequently he could not have
seen the b?i?o discovered and claimed l>v
j the American expedition, hut seems to
have run over the position where land is
' reported to have heoii seen hy his own
j countryman, IMIamy.
'I'tie expedition, during its absence, h?s
also examined and surveved a laigo portion
of the Oregon territory, a part ol
Upper California, including the Columbia
I and Sacriniento rivers, with their various
! tributaries. Several exploring parties
i from the squadron have explored, examin|
ed, and fixed those portions of I he Oregon
j territory least known. A map of the terj
ritorv, embracing its rivers, sounds, liar;
hors, enasls, forts, &c. has been prepared,
which w ill furnish the government with a
mass of valuable information relative to
our possesions on the North-west coast,
and the whole of Oregon.
Experiments were made with the penj
dulum on * .Mount Loa," on the island of
Hawaii, one of the Sandwich Islands, at
i a height of 11 000 feet above the level
j of the sea. Topographical surveys and
| views were made of some of its active and
: most extensive craters,
j Experiments have been made with the
pendulum, magnetic apparatus, and various
other instruments, on ail occasions?
j the temperature of the ocean at various
I depths ascertained in the different seas
traversed, and full meteorological and other
observations kept upduring the cruise.
Charts of all she surveys have been
made, with views mid sketches of head,
lands, towns or villages, &c., with descriptions
wf all that appertains to the loca
1 iIieproductions, language, customs
and manners.
At some of the. islands (Iris duty has
heen attended with much luhor, exposure
and risy of life?tin* treacherous character
of the natives rendering it absolutely i
necessary that the officers ami men !
should he armed while on duty, and a! j
all times prepared against their murderous
attacks. On several occasions boats
have been absent from tlie different ves- !
sets of the squadron on surveying duty,
(the greater portion of which lias been
performed in Imats.] among islands, reefs, i
, Ihr a period of ten, twenty :?nd thirty
days at one time, on one these occa- i
sions. two of the oflierrs were killed at |
I*- . . . I
I iji group, whi'e defending their !>?>ats? i
crew from an attack l?V the nativo??.
J he scientific gentlemen have l>eon j
actively engaged in their various depart- '
rner.ts and subject to :>IL the exposure '
iticiJ< r.t I'j ics.i.rc^cs a wtr<*
C. w I
7 JW. ? i) JI) ?,;-? ?tf ,1 I MPJ. J. IJ?
I and hostile savages. Mr. IIa!e the phi- J
lologist of the expeditina, was left at the
Columbia river for tlie purpose of prosej
cutin? his labors among tlie different
tribes of the Oregon territory, and may
he expected home early in August.
Several islands not laid down in the !
i charts have boon discovered, on one of!
1 which the natives offered worship, evidently
believing that their visitors had .
come from the sun.
The Sooloo sea lias all been examined,
several islamis loumi 10 nave neon erroneously
laid down upon tlio charts;, and
1 others not laid down at all. Protective
; commercial regulations established with |
the Sultan of Soolo, and a correct chart j
made of a feasible and short route for
, passing these seas towards China against
' the N K. monsoon.
j The tender Plying Fish, which had ar- j
companied the squadron during the whole
j cruise, until reaching Singapore, was s<> j
J much used up by hard service, that it was !
deemed imprudent to hazard the lives of j
men and officers in her, for a passage |
; around the Cape at that season, without ,
considerable delay for thorough repairs, i
She was therefore disposed of at that I
port, under the direction of the American
consul.
j A hoot SO distressed American seamen
have been received 0:1 board the vessels
of the squadron at the different ports
and islands ol the Pacific Ocean?seveI
ntl of them brought t<> the United Stales ;
I in the VincenuHs: the remainder are on \
I I
hoard the. brig* Porpoise and Oregon, now
| on their way home, and may be expected 1
! early in Julv. These two vessels left St.
1 Helena a week before the Vincennos cal- i
led there, fur Rio Jonciro an 1 home?all !
| well.
j Six of the crew of the brig Uxor, of j
j Mystic, Conn., wrecked at Prince F.d- j
; ward's Island, arc uHo on board the Yin.
I I
i cmncs,
i . _ a ^
! near of kin to him." Whatever this in- j
chides, maniago cannot he excluded, j
j The la w must he understood to forbid [
i marriage between those who are near of i
I kin.
I Besides, the penality attached to adul- j
' terv by the Jewish law, was death; bit!
the penality connected with the violation ! i
of many of the precepts in these chapteis, !)
i was "dying childless." It is ohvioiw, |'
I therefore, that such passages as Lev. xc. j 1
! 20, 21 cannot refer to adultery, bat must .!
refer to marriage. : *
| It may be remarked further, that tie |
reference of these chapters to marriage is j '
sustained hy the n I most unanimous cm- (
sent of the Jewish and Christian world. ^
Assuming then that the chapters just 1
mentioned do refer to marriage, the que*- j *
tion arises, Is the law which they coi- | '
tain positive and temporary, or ruorul aid ^
permanent? 1
There are some laws which havitg
their foundation in the nature of Col, ^
can, in no conceivable case, be olhir r
than they are. Such is the law whici
requires us to love God and o.ir neigl- i
UI ..if ...I t -
ww...,-... wi v^?m tun in no ca.?: I 1
he right. On the other hand there ne 4
laws, mliich arc purelv jiositirc, deriving v
all their force from the express w ill ,f n
Cod. Such were the laws under the cid ]
d cptr.snlion, relating to circ j.r)ci?iavi''
Although tiic officers and crew ol the ,
j expedition have been exposed to every J
I variety of climate, tin; genera! health of
j the squadron has been without, lint one (
; officer, (:YJr. Yanderford, master's mate, j
| who died on t!io passage home,) and j
i cM'y eight of the men, have died from disI
case.
The officers, scientific gentlemen and
! men, have been constantly employed, as
I will appear by the labor performed, and
; the results of the cruise.
In addition to the large collections al;
ready received irom the expedition, the
i Vineenne.s has now on hoard largo and
: valuable collection, including several
j boxes of live plants, bulbs, collected
' in the Pacific, S<?olon, Philippines, Sin)
gapore, Cape of (food Hope and St. Hcl
na.
A MARRIAGE QUESTION.
i Speech of ilio K rv. Dr. Hodgo of Princwlon. in !
j iho tii:iv?ral As'tomMy of the Presbyterian
Cliutclt at its 1 alo meeting in Pli.l idolphia,
j on the case of the ICv. Archibald .McQueen,
| who had appealed tc that body from the scnj
tcic^ of tiie Presbytery of Fayetlcvillc, ?ur- I
I pending hint from lite ministry and from the
J communion of the church, for marrying the
fcistcrof hi. docoHind uil'n.
i '1 be Rev. Dr. Hodge said (hat the first
j question to he considered in reference to
the case now before us, is, whether there
i is anv divine law againt incest ?
, . 15
It has been argued, bore and elsewhere,
that, as far as the word of God is con
eerned, there is no such ofV'-nco as that
j charged against the appellant. It is said
that God instituted marriage, but left to
' the decision of the civil power, the specification
of the degrees of kindred within
1 which it ought out to he contracted.?
This of course supposes that the law in i
1 I oi* if i/*ii43 lino riA rofortiMpo In imrrmrrA I
B:jt to this view of the subject there arc j
; the slrtrjn?<^ .objections,
] In tlit; first place, it is in the highest (
degree improbable that the law of (Joel, ]
I which is so comprehensive in its princi- j
pics, and so minute in its details, which j
( lias so many precepts relating to marriage, j
. should leave a subject so important to the j
'p ace and purity of society untouched j
j There is probably no man upon I his floor j
I who could bring himself to believe that a j
! marriage between a brother and sister ;
would not be a violation of the divine !
law.
This view moreover is contradicted by ;
; the express language of the liible. "None j
of you shall approach unto any that is j
sacrifices, oblations, &c. F?ut besides j
these, there are laws founded upon Ih constitution
of things, tlwt is, upon the
nature of man and tlie permanent rela.
tions rf society as constituted by (iod.
Such is the command. Thou shall not
steal. Theft supposes property, and
therefore where there is no property
there can he no theft. To this class belongs
also the whole law of marriage.
The relation of the sexes might not have
existed; or it might have existed dideren
lly; l?ut it does exist, the duties resultiiig
from it have a foundation permanent
as the ielation itself.
Tho laws now in question, it is admitted,
are not moral in the sense in winch
the command to love God is a moral coininnnd;
but neither arc they merely positive,
founded upon peculiar and temporary
circumstances. They are to be re- j
gnrded as expressions of the divine will in j
reference to duties arising out of the per- j
rnnnent relations of men.
If what has been said is correct, it fol- \
lows that these laws, though permanent,,
are not absolutely immutable. There
can he no exception to the command.
Thou shaft love the Lord thy God with
all thv heart; hut there are many exceptions
to the command, Thou shall not kill.
Though we are forbidden to appropriate,
to ourselves the property of others without
their consent, yet there are circumstances,
in which this may lawfully he!
done. Though the Jews were forbidden
to la Lour on the Sabbath, yet we know,
that in many cases labour on that day i
was a duty. The fact, therefore, that |
the immediate children of Adam intermar- j
ricd, is no proof that brother may now j
marry their sisters without, violating any
law of God. Nor is the fact that under
peculiar circumsta ices, and for specified!
reasons, as a brother was commanded to
marry the widow of his deceased brother,
any proof that in ordinary circumstances,
such a connexion is i:i accordance with
the divine will.
Hut h file Javv, ;n the form in which it
is presented in the lSlh of Leviticus,
still binding upon us?
Tho answer to this question is included ;
in what has already boon said. It is the'
expression of the wiil of God as to what is
right, not in the temporary and peculiar i
circumstances of the Hebrews, but in the
permanent relations of society. It does,
I not say that a Hebrew father must no*,
j for peculiar reasons, marry his daughter;
I or that a Ifebrew brother must not, for
peculiar reasons, marry bis sister. Iv.it
it speaks of fathers, brothers, nephews.
See., as such. This is the principle,
! u hich. hv common consent, is adopted in
! interpreting I lie laws of the Old 'IVsta
I ment. Those which were merely typical
I or ceremonial, or which related to the peculiarities
of the former dispensation, are
either repealed by the express authority
of Christ, or expired by their own limitation.
But those which declare the duties
men as men, of fathers as fathers, of brothers
as brothers must, continue as long as i
j the relations on which they are founded j
! continue. Our only rule of duty is i'iu will j
I of God; and it matters not how n<?r when j
; that vull was expressed. If God has said |
j brothers and sisters ought not to inter
| marry, it is a law for all brothers, and all
sisters, wherever or whenever they may
live. And this is the more evident, if the
reason assigned for the prohibition is |
nothing, in the pocurlror circmrs'nnci s of
certain brothers and sisters, but the simple
fact that they are brothers and sisters.
The law itself moreover contains evidence
that it was not intended to apply to
nnv one people, or to anyone time. This
evidence consists partly in the fact already
referred to, that the grounds of the
prohibition arc not peculiar and temporary,
but general and permanent, and partly in
the faelthad the heathen are said to he,
subject to the judgments of God fur the
very things here prohibited. The 18th
chapter of Leviticus prohibits marriage
between near relatives, and several other
evils, and concludes with the declaration
that for these things the heathen were
punished.
We have also the authority of the New
Testament, in support of the continual j
obligation of this portion of the L'vitical j
law. The manner in which the apostle 1
speaks in 1 Cor. 5, shows that he rega do I
the offence there referred tonsn violation !
of a law still in force. And that law j
could not be that which forbids adultery,
for he savs the offence in question was
unheard of oven among the Gentiles. ,
There is no express re-enactment of the
original law of marriage in the New Tes
lament. It is no where expressly said .
th it marriage must he between one man 1
and one woman,'but the continued obli- (
gation of the original law, implied in the (
creation of one woman for one man, is ^
silently taken for granted. In like man- (
ner, there is no assertion in the New Testament,
that near connexions must not .
intermarry; we find the wnlnw fulness of *
such marriages assumed. And hence :
wherever (he Uible has gone, it has car- ,
ried w ith it the conviction that polygamy t
ind incest are contrary to the will of j
Sod. I ^
Again, if wc say that the Lcvitical law j t
if marriage is no longer binding, we are |,
C ~ D * J (J
Iriven to the position that we have no di,ino
law upon the subject, and that the , t
ntcrmarrving of the nearest blood rcla- I'
ions is merely an off* nee against the civil I "
aw. This is a conclusion which the ?
Christian community cannot be prevailed f,
ipon to adopt. tl
Hut the question more immediately be h
ore this Assembly is, whether the rnar- {iage
of a man with the sister of his ?
leceased w ifo, is prohibited ? ti
As far as our Confession of Faith is t!
ii..? i ?i . -- .1 . ?i
.milium, lutu; is miuuuim on irns pnint. ^
The mar, inny not mar.? any of his tt
wife's kindred nearer in blood than he! ?
nay of his own." But the qlestion has 11
>een aske d,
lion, and are called upon not to make
laws, but to administer thorn, there would
seem to be no room fur such a question.
SurelvMhe court* of the cht.r l? yre bound
i by the canons of thechur.h. It may, how|
over, l>e said, that neithi r our ministers nor
! our church courts are bound hv everv inin1
uteinjuiuttioii or declaration of the L'onfes[sion.
Rut the section in question is not a
; matter of small importance. It is an es.
sential principle of that part of our svstern
'of doctrine which relates to marriage.
(Nor !?as this part of our constitution be.
| come obsolete. Cases have, e?cry few
i years, been brought up for adjudication
under this very rule, and no instance has
been produced in which the General As.
senibly has felt at liberty to remove the
censure inflicted by the inferior judicator.
ies for the violation of the rule. As it regurds
the present appellant, the ease is
peculiarly strong. Some years since, an
appeal was brought by an elder, in bis
own section of the church from a decision
of a session excommunicating him for
marrying tho sister of his deceased wife,
and the General Assembly of 1826 decided
they could giyo hint no relief, ho long
an the pr"scnt rule remained in our Book.
And when, agreeably to the decision of
th.nt Assembly, the question was submit,
ted to the Presbyteries, whether our constitution
should be altered njs to thispoint,
only eighteen out of the whole number
voted in the affirmative. Mr. McQueen
therefore contracted this marriage, knowing
the provisions of the constitution on
the subject; knowing the sentiments of
the brethren of his .own Presbytery
knowing that the Assembly left bound by
the canon so long as it remained unrepealed;
ami knowing also that the Presbyteries
had decided that it should not be
stricken from tho Book. Considered,
thorcfoic, as a more matter of occlesiastical
discipline, it is bard to conceive of a
case in which a court could be more completely
shut up to one decision.
But, after ail, as our Confession has
j no power to bi..d the conscience, as it
cannot make thai to he sin which God
! has not declared to be sin, the main quesI
tio u i-'f whether the marriage under con'
o
siderution is forbid Jen by the word of
God7
I Assuming now that v. chap. \v;iii.
Inflates lo uiirringe, arid that (no law
! therein contained i.> still in force, the dr|
cisinn of the question just proposed de.
I [icnds on the principles on which the law
; is to he interpreted, (fit is to '?e understood
of cases, that is, as specifying the
persons who must not intermarry, so that
no mirriage is forbidden which is not ex'
prcssly stated, (lien the marriage in
; question i.s not prohibited. For ul'hough
: it is expressly forbidden (hat a woman
: should niarrv (wo brothers, it is not ex!
p.e^'y for i I |.,m that a m in should ui-irry
two si ders. 1) it if the law is to be
understood as specifying the degrees of
rclation-diip within which iimiriagcshould
not !?e contracted, then the marriage tin.
\
der consideration is forbidden. II ??w
t! c i are we to determine what rule of
interpretation ought to lie nth n nd? Not
by authority, noi by argument, hut by
ii.spceting tlie law itself. What does it
mean? What does the D.vi ;c Liwgiver
intend to prohibit? 1 iiat the law must
bo understood of decrees appears Iroin
t!ic following consider.itions.
First, tin; command is 4' No te of yen
shall approach to any who is
near ofkin to him." Tl?i> is a general
prohibition of marriage between near kindred.
AH th.it follows is hot amplification
and application of thi* general role,
showing what degrees of nearness of kin
constitute a bar to inariiagc. A id thai
affinity as well as consanguinity, is inrlu
ded in this general prohibition, is evident
because of the .specifications whicn fob
low, the great majority refer to relation
ship by affinity.
Again, when wo come t*> look at the
particular prohibtions we find the degree
of kindred specified as the verv ground
of the command, and that too both in cases
of affinity and ronsnnguini y. Thus
it is said, verse J.!, that a man shall not
marry the daughter of his father or of iiis
mother, because she is his sister. The
reason given in verses 12, 13 why n man
shall not marry his aunt is, that she is
the ?ister of his fi.t'icr or in ?thcr. Tin*
ronton why marriage with a brother's wife
is Iorl)i<1 den, is her relationship to the
bro her: and in verse 17. it U said, a
man shall not marry the daughter or
grand daughter of his wife, 44 for they
ire her near kinswomen: it is wicked- j
ne.ss." That is, the fact that they are j
die kinswomen of his wife is the reason of j
ihc prohibition. Tnis passage seems ,
ilainly to ftnch that it is wicked to marry J
he near kindred ofa wife.
i ho law itself, therefore, both in its '(
general statement, and in its particular j j
ipecifications, gives the rule ??1 its own
nteprelation. it is the degree of kin
ired which the law itself savs is to he t
ronstdcrcd. If this be so, then the law a
brhids the marriage of a man with the * l
ister of his deceased wife, in forbidding
he marriage of a woman with brother |
if a deceased husband.
Bcsdcsthe o}?|?Dsite rule ofi.it'rprelalioa lead* J .
<> I lie greatest anomalies- It is iio* here ;*- 1
rcsslv said thai a in in shall imi marry hiso?n I I
auglitcr; (Bcv xviii, 7. d ?es not re ate to this r
as?j though Id is cxprcisdy prohibited fro ii j i
urn big ?m htep.d;mglil-r. If llio law there- i
j re dues not refer t'? decrees in its prohibitions. ; '
lie in irri ige of a father and da igliter is uot tor. i c
i-li.'ea. | j"
It wo ild appear then that we have a revola- I
on id the wiil of G?od, tliat those who are!
taily related, wli'dhor by consingointy or al- |
Lity, should not intermarry. Tim ro.u ?n of c
lis prohibition seems obviously loin the pre* ;
rvation of domestic purity; and we therefore ' J
nd tiie general precept c;i ried <?nt and app'ied 1
t ihe *cve alcise* in whim, according to the i
sig'seftlio Ea-?t, relationship gave rise to i
.miliar nd confidential intercourse. The lie- -
ew* nceJ.'t! thus liw, not botfju.se tlicy wcto ! "
ubreA s. Iiut b?.-i :ns9 th *y wo e men. And ! "
| in ninjj, find a!i Christian nation* (our own
l ite exempted) harn adopted it into their civil or
r?Iigi(MJ?"codtf*. Thi* is not tlio place "to <iw?
upon tlio evil* which would proUMy rwult
from breaking down the do fence erected by G'?d
himso'f a'ouinl the fituily c rcle. Viewing, then,
tlii:; painful ca<r cither in refurrnce to our own
Conftffsiui. or to tin* Irjr'icr authority of the word,
| of ( )', I must vote to ?u?u n tlio action of iho
Pr.fcbyti.rj'.
I'UK VCHIXG AT TUB LUXATIC ASVLUM.
r The regents have reuolved to have the
I
! Cos;,,-1 preached every Sabbath in the
1 * ' n-j .1?
i .tsyiuin, ana nave invueo iiw ictiuc??
Clergy of the town, to alternate in the
regular performance of this duty. Last
Sabbath the Rev. Mr. Martin of tho
Methodist Church, preached there. Wo
wore informed by one of the Regents who
attended, that he never saw such fixed
attention, nor greater decorum in any
congregation. Every eye was fixed on
' the speaker, and the deepest interest manifested
throughout tho services. Every
i patient kneeled during Vrnycr. in conformity
to the usages of the officiating
' Clergyman's church, and more than half
1 of them joined in singing with apparent
devotion.? Temperance Advocyfc*
Oil,.wTnc Journal of Co nrtwrce rc,
marks that "amid all the changes which
1 trade is passing through, none is more ro.
j inarkable than that in oil, Heretofore
the whale fishery has supplied light far a
vast portion of the country. In all tho
largo towns and vilages sperm, oil has
Ilium w/il/t (rpplv. That IrJiilft has Sllll.
denlv ceased. This sprittg there has
, been no demand from ihe interior fnf
! sperm. oil, and very little from tficctty^
i Camphine and lard oil have supplied the
demand at a cheaper rate. Crude sperm,
oil has fallen one third in price and yet
I remains neglected. 'l*he hogs have fairly
run the whales out of the market, ?n<1
I are likely to hold their ground, unless
isoino new process of ehenpooiq? bn
I contrived un the ocean aid j. The woo
> of the went are more full of the qua Iru|
ped than any other is of the fin us whale,
i and the quadruped is much mure easily
I (aken. Tie way is to turn the 'who!?
hog into oil."
| Mrs. Uienncrhassolt, whose pergonal
! charms in early life, have been rendered
i enduring bv the eloquence of Mr. \Y?rt,
j in the famous passage of his defence of
! her husband, died in New-York yesterday
I aged 70 years.
In goi ig down the Qiiio some years
| ago, we stopped at her famous Island residence,
then a waste, in company with *
party of friends, one of whom, an early
resident of Uiiio, was familiar with the
; family at the time of Col. Burrs first in.
iro luetion. H : reached the island according
(u this witness, on a fine spring
morning, in a small boat, w.th a servant,
whom hojdesl ate ;ed wjt'ia tu note the
h >asc then in Iru:!: embosomed in a'dliru!
| bery which Calypso and her nymps might
! have envied.' The note ran thus;
"Col Burr solicits l/ir. furor qf bring
permuted to irunder among ihc grounds of
I Mrs H.'ennerhassett"
Tins of course brought a oral'ml wel.
com and proved the beginning of (he
end. Nd a vestigo of the dwelling re.
mains and nearly every trace ol the gar,
ilen i: obliterated.?Mrurark Daily advertiser*
A young in.iti in New Orleans sent ^ 1 TO
to his mother hi South C':?r?din , and a
'roper in' wrote a very atf'rationale letter
to tha lady, stating that .since he romitcd^
iie had got into a difficulty which had fK*eri
unforeseen, and requesting a return of
$*)0?!o which letter he signed the son's
i rnini. flit. l iunr ^r-nn nlli-ru.-inli; m':ik <ltr.
i prised at r< civing a letter from his mother
' returning ihe whole amount, 91 TO; nun.
peeling the trick he set a watch at the
Post Office, a .d deteoted a call.ing
hiin.seif A S.tumonet, who asked for the
] Ictt rrj lie \y .s ci Dirt tied for trii\-(Pi a.
Cliron,
Kirhy, tiie murderer of Mrn. Hunter,
has bj'ju sentenced to he luing near
Sparta, Tenn., on the 1st of July, 'Ilio
Xadivide Burner says.?
In pronouncing death upon the priorior.
the Jwlgeremarked, that noo for tho
fourth or fifth time, it iiad I ocn his solemn
dutv to pronounce sentence of deathupmi
this man Kirhy.
It is stated in the New York Rxpress
that Col Broadhead who is now in England
as the historical Agent of the state of
New-York is prosecuting his duties with
great success. The aid derived from
the kind offices ofthc American Ministera
it London and Paris, and the urbanity
>f Lord Aberdeen, hive enabled him to
)roceed with every desirable aevantage.
J|iward of 20,000 pagos of M?. of tbo
nost rare and precious character, relating
0 the early settlement of this country,
ire in progress of being transcribed from
he British achieves alone.-[Bait Amcr,
MKLAXCIIOLY CASUALTY.
Two lads, son of Charles and James
Norway, of Lisbon, were poisoned on the
1 ill insl. by eating the water hemlock, ^
>r imi>krat roof, which they had misfa.
;en tor sweet sieilly. The poison proved
iital in both cases; one of the boys died
?n the same evening and the other on the
bilowing day.?Ogdcntburgh Timet
Benjamin Franklin says, that "sev.
n hours sleep is enough for a scholar,
ight for a laborer, and nino for a hog.n
So alluMons."
" Do you kno<v that your opponent
icks his cards ?" enquired a foil"* of his
riend at a yarning table * Never mind,"
p?j?lted the other, *\I ah?i!I pick hi* pocket
efore depart." * *