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From the New York Weekly Messcngi
THE POWER OF MORAL AND RELIGIOUS
FLUKNCE.
Mr. Editor.?It is now admitted, I
* lieve, that among the publishers of boob
these Tinted States, few, if any, are i
gcncralti/ knoicri or more justly celebi
than the Harpers.
That their connections in business
extensive, and of the first order, is ev
from the simple fact that no sooner
popular work announced as being publi
either in Europe or America, than it is
announced that the same work will be t
coming in nfcio days, from "Harper
Brothers."
But it comes neatly executed, a fuc si
of perfection itself; and all this is pcrfo
too, while other publishers are adjusting
hps to make arrangements for publishii
How they have become acquainted
the religious, literary, and political conn
ties of the civilized world in a way to s<
that equitable and praiseworthy nion<
which they must unquestionably ha\
mysterious to many.
It is only a few winters ago that th<
oldest brothers were honorably servin;
prenticeships in this city !
Having Ikjcu absent from the city a
period, I was surprised 011 returning, ti
hold a sign in Pearl-street, with "this in:
tion?1"Printing by J. J. Harper."
I met with the father of the Messrs.
pers shortly after this, and took an occ
by way of satisfying a singular cusi
to inquire of the old gentleman rcsjw
the sudden outfit of his sons, &c. 1
intimately acquainted, he hesitated 11
say, "The boys, when they had served
liincjaithfulipf readily found friends
whom they procured assistance, whicl
ded to the small amount I could give,
bled thenl to commence for themsi
They l>egan business on rather a small!
but through the mercies of a kind l1
deuce, they will succeed I have no do
The two younger sons placed them?
under the supervision and instrucdonso
elder brotiiers, and all things moved 01
moniously; the firm, in the meantime
creasing gradually, but permanently, bi
u'pnhh :iml ?tron?rrh of*chanirtcr.
In a little; while the younger brothers
admitted partners, and now thev "j
head" more rapidly than ever, if that be
sible.
The polite literat' .-c of the age sp
forth at their bidding, and the literati ol
nation arcjirst in their service. They
thus acquired stupendous power an
overwhelming influence unprecedenti
the annals of literature.
Wc speak of them as business men,
have astonished The world hv their o
twins, and have amazed us bv the go
influence tlicy exert as printers and pul
ers, among all classes of the coinim:
May we not with propriety ask, Where
Some attribute it to the elFiciency of
interna! economy, which, certainly, i
admirable as it is liberal.
The single fact that four different de
mcnts can, and generally do receive the
cient superintendence of the four brot
nivrv djtv. and ail daw iroes far to r
J * O i
tiic excellency of their internal arrangem
Others again attribute more to the c
nal economy of the firm, for which the;
so justly celebrated, and through which
are enabled to secure and publish, with
paralleled facility, neatness, and cheaj)
any popular work.
Now I have no doubt but tliat both
internal and external armngemonts of
establishment, are formed and execute
the most liberal and judicious manner,
therefore, do much for them. Notwirhst
ing this admission, however, 1 am dcci
]y of the opinion that the principles of n
integrity and religious liberality, rect
from paternal instructions, and religioui
sociation, have not only created, but
in order, the efficient operations of th(
tricate machinery of their noble estal
ment. I was confirmed in this opi
while in conversation with one ofthe bi
ersa few days since. The convcrs.
regarded the parents of the Messrs. j
pers.
"You know, sir," said ho, "that our
rents set us a good example, and impre
upon us iuc hivjsi \v iiuiusoiiiu prcci
They always welcomed the good mar
their humble dwelling, and entertained
ministers of the gospel with the greatest ]
rare." I said, of the fact T have pers
knowledge. "Well," he continued, "
the highest ambition of their sons, to fu
this their example. Our houses are
weary pilgrims* home." I observed,
aro so accessible to the scores of relig
friends, who are either passing through
visiting your city, that I should think it w
be quite a tax upon your generosity. 4
no," he replied, "no, sir, we always dot
a great privilege to break bread with
Lord's anointed. Why, sir, 1 have the
lest conviction, that if we are any thing,
er in the intellectual, moral, or rnerca
community, we owe it all, alt, under <
to the pious example, fervent prayers,
religious instructions of our parents, an<
holy men they so frequently cntertai
and the connections we formed tinder
? ? tl.,
moral iujiuo-ucc. j. m-sj were sorrv
his observations. Struck with them, I
clined upon the sofa, "pondering these th
in my heart." How very like, thougl
the influence of religious instruction,
moral associations on my own father's f
Iv, und on many other families with w
I have been acquainted. How infal
those truths of God which say, "Train
a child in the way he should go, and v
he is ok! he will not depart from it."
"I have been young and now am old
I have not seen the righteous forsaken
his seed begging bread."
"Godliness, with contentment, is g
gain."
A Friend to Religion* and In dust
New York, June 2,183G.
Striking Answers to Prayer.?I
certain town in New England, about tv
tv vcars ago, there were ten females,
*
members of the sumo church, whose 1
?r. j bards were not pious. Some of these
; ix- j wen were infidels, vicious, and far from
i God : some were moral: and all, I believe
be- i above the lower classes of society in intel;s,
in I l<-"^t and influence. These ten females ennore
I tered into a private agreement with each
ailed j other to meet once a week, and pray for
the conversion of their husbands. After a
arc ! little time, one entirely neglected the mcctident
j ings, another attended but did not pray; the
_ I -n.^ninu.nnml,, ,1'Or.L* /-,
IS Q I J*- Ill/Ill ?? VV|\ IV ?T vwnj >
shod gled their supplications for the salvation of
also their beloved companions. Two years
orth- had passed, when the writer of this article
and visited the place; then aU the husbands of
j those eight, whose united supplications went
niuie ! up for the blessing, were members of the
rmed | same cliureh; he whose companion went
their ; to the place of prayer but he did not pray,
i<T. had been impressed, but gave no d eisivecviwirh
deuce of conversion. The teeth, whose wife
mini- neglected the place vS: Uie duty of prayer was
retire the same man of the world he had always
>polv been. This account the writer had from
e, is one of the members, whom he had before
known ;<s a bold plnspheming in title!: it
? two was given in the presence of his wife (one
g a})- of the eight who prayed), and abundantly
confirmed by others. In the meantime, a
short powerful revival of religion had occurred,
n lie- om: ol" the favored C'ght was one oi tholirst
scrip- converts, if not the lirst, and a leading instrument
in tlx* work : th?* church pro.sperIlar
<,(h and the general lace of society was
asion changed.
osit\, Brother Canfchl,?The loillowing is a
j !ue true though brief sketch of an early reliving
pOUS associate, the remembrance of whom,
?j . even at this remote period, ailects mv heart,
their wjlcn j ca]j |?*m ro
,ro'n Yours truly, G.
i, adTHB
APOSTATE.
idvcs ^ was ail apprentice in the City of II.,
rcule' ^lt was awa^(>llc^ to a S(,nsc ?f his sin and
^ danger a short time before mvself. Verv
rovi^ * *
I ? well do I remember the dis ross and anguish
of soul manifosted by him, when, at an even
j., . ing meeting, In? would b^ unable to restrain
taur his teolings, but would exclaim in a supprcs1
,ar* sod w hisper, i What shall I do?
' ,ln J^ficr experiencing this distress for a few
11)111,1 weeks, he ob'ai'Hil relief, and appeared to
be happy in (iod. Shortly he presented
u<rf himself to the eliurrh, was received, bapti??*a*
zed, and lor a time run well.
I)0S* C was naturally vivacious and rude, and
ere many months, began to associate with
7* I Ff Q "
. y i irreligious young men of the same natural
turn with himself. Ah! had he heeded
.ia% e those words of Holy Writ, "A companion
. an of fools shall be destroyed," he might per.
111 haps have s'ood until this day. Not long
after he began to associate with the class
0 j referred to, he-became, on a holiday oceaPcra*
; sion,intoxica'ed,and conducted himself very
n?r | improperly! he however soon came forward
. I and confessed to the church, and appeared
'7,lr * I penifent. We forgave him, and hoped?
18 \l- i but alas ere many weeks he was again over*,e,r
{taken in the same sin as before. From
s as this time his course was downward, and snflice
it to say, in about a year from the time
part- 0f his admission to the church lie was ex>
cfti- j cjlKj(.j from it. After this he seemed to
hers' abandon himself to many vices, and before
irove manv years left II. and went to the South,
ents. ^ christian brotlK r saw him in South Carolina
J><r-1 several years since. He was then employer
arc j (>t] a.; a Stage Driver?seemed to shun his
they j hrorhcr. who had been to him ?a near and
,,n* j dear friend?was surrounded by a knot of
ncss. ; profono and wicked men : and, by the in:
formation received, had given liimsolf up
the | to work uncleanness with greediness,
the i Poor C?I have heard nothing from him
d in J j'or many years, and whether he be new
and, j among the living, or gone to render his acand-;
count to that Saviour whom he had put to
ided- J an open shame, 1 know not; but his case is
loral i full of interes*. yea of solemn warning to all
;ived J who have named the name of Chris*, and
s as- i especially to the young professors. " Let
kept; him that thinketh he standeth take heed
i in- ! lest he fall."?Chr. Spectator.
dish- i
GRIEVE NOT THE SPIRIT.
mon I . v, i j x*
\ moii'i n Vf\nn7 l;i/1v nt mv ninnmnt.
roth- " ^^""0 ' "v v* "v
ition ancc> oncc left the parental roof at an
liar- carl-v a?r' anc^ soon a'lcr cntcrtaincd a
I hope in Christ, she went to finish her edupa-?
cation at a boarding school. On iier arssed
r,val a* l,er new pl^e of residence, you
;pts. readily conceive she found new and
1 to peculiar trials in the new companions and
tlic duties with which she became necessarily
pica- connected. It produced a momentary
onal struggle of mingled and various emotions
it is With her religion, religious duties, and rcilow
ligious character 011 one hand, and the
the world with its various and counteracting
vou influences on the other, she was brought i
;fous to a stand?but she did not allow herself
, or to hesitate. On the first morning after j
ould I her arrival, she with great civility, but j
'No, | Arm determination, proposed to her room j
m it mates to allow her the undisturbed oecu- j
1 the pancy of the chamcr at a certain hour in I
: ful- the morning. It was granted. The'
eith- ] struggle was over. She was a praying '
mtilo young lady. Here she was strengthened, j
^iod. 1 and prepared to exort a most happy* influ- i
and | ence, as well as to feel the blessing of!
1 the J communion with God. What an influ- j
ined, j once was exerted by the decision of that |
this hour ! At the earlv n<ie of twentv-two, I'
2 o saw this voung ladv breathe out her soul
o ? i
re- i in a most happy and triumphant death, j
ings after a short life of great purity and devo- ;
t I, tion. j
nnd Now look at the contrast of this picture j
hmi- in the story of Florida, related to me as a j
horn fact by another. It concerns a young j
lliblc }ady whose mind was awakened during a j
UP religious revival at a boarding school:'
t hen sf,e become serious, deeply serious: she [
even, I believe, entertained a hope : soon
?.vcf she returned to her home again. There
nor was an assemblage of her former compa- ;
nions for gay amusement! for a ball: she j
p'cat was invited, declined, was urged, impor-1
tuned. Conscience spoke, and she per-1
aY* sisted in her refusal. At length her
father, yes, her own father, advised her to j
n a go, and to continue her intercourse with
ven. her former companions. She ^declined. j
all He urged it?no, she could not go. lie!
bus.! would have enforced his wishes by ns-,
THE WAY TO A CIIILI)*S HEAKT.
I Further Kstracty from .Mr. Abbot's "Way to do
tiooJ.".
! Many persons an; tif.en surprised to see
i how easily some of their acquaintances will
j train the allection of children, and acquire
j an ascendency over them. But this is the
| secret ot* it. They came down,?I do not
j mean in the actions and demeanor, hut in i
1 the nature of the liivours they show to them
i?to their level. They excite or employ j
: their mental powers, they sjieak a kind
! word indicating interest in tlif*ir plays or i
? pursuits: they aid them in their own little j
| schemes, or at least regard them wi h looks (
? and words of kindness. These tre indica- j
' tions of a feeling of kindness which the '
i child can understand; and as we have l>e- :
tore seen, it is in proportion to the distinctness
with which the feeling of kindness is perceived
in one heart, that gratitude and affection
are awakened in another.
S, S. Journal, j
! lim of the cross, nor in that benevolence
which impregnates the very air we breathe,
and prepares our daily comforts and enjoy.
' nicnts.
fie who has felt the love of God sited
i .abroad in his heart, feels that there are
! cords nianv fold and strong binding him to
j his Redeemer, and motives irresistible
f urging him to live for Christ. Ilis cause
is the chrctiau's cause. His soul feels the
thrill of delight as it triumphs, and mourns
when the adversary prevailcs. For this
' he plans and labours and pleads, bestows
| his treasure and offers up his prayers.
The field of his vision is the kingdom of
j Christ?his enquiries and efforts are
: circumscribed by no other limits than the
| wants of man, and the promise of useful
ness. Has he by assuming the vows of the
j sacraments entered fully within the pale
j of the church??It was not to enjoy inj
glorious sloth but that he might he a la!
bore.r in the Lord's vineyard. Has lie
I consecrated all that he has to his Saviour?
; It was not that they should be wasted in
j self-indulgence or hoarded up to rust in
uselessnoss, but that they might be employed
in promoting the glorv of God and the
good of men. He and they are "to spend
j and be spent fur Christ." This determinaj
tion will lead him to advance every
, scheme bv which God inav he honoured
y
?to watch with solicitude the oneninsrs of
j Providence, and eagerly lo embrace every
| opportunity of doing something in the great
| cause.
Prom the Christian Mirror.
I NEVER THOUGHT I SHOULD DO SO.
Tins remark is often made by parents
' when speaking of family government. Hut
j I never was so forcibly impressed with the
I sinfulness of indulging children, as a few
days since. I spent the night in the family
! of an acquaintance. The father and mother
j have both been instructors of youth.* He
hoped he had for many years been a disciple
of Christ; she lias long been connected
i with the church. The subject of managing
children soon and very naturally came up.
Little llenry, a bright, active boy, about
; three years old, was urging his claims for a
1 ilish of milk. The mother was engaged;
. but lie could not be put off?became freti
fill and unmanageable?and made the whole
! house echo with his demands. When the
' milk was brought, instead of satisfying him,
! he grew worse and worse. The difficulty
i was he had not been permitted to help him|
self. So the dish must he emptied., After
1 endeavoring to make him believe he could
| not be gratified, his tune was raised to a
pitch higher. This scoured what lie wish;
ed. The pan was brought and he was per|
rnittcd to do as he pleased. Directly we
i were seated at the tea-table, llenry fixed
i his eyes upon a rare dish of preserves, and
| wished to be helped immediately. Rather
! than have any difficulty he was gratified; but
this did not suit. He wanted the dish to
help himself, and after being told by his conscientious,
pious mother, that he could not
have it, "the fat was all in the fire." Kicking,
squirming, crying, &c.. &c., tVc., (the
usual resorts in such cases,) carried the day;
and with a, "don't cry," the dish, was handed
and the little gentleman helped himself bountifully.
This was soon gone, and a request
made for more, and after the usual refusal,
' i i Ml
ami reiterated tiemanu, tne pom: was yiciued.
At length a further supply was obtained.
I looked on with silent amazement, and
inquired within myself, is this possible? are
these christian parents ? are these the persons
who were so celebrated for good government
in their schools ? And 1 could not
refrain from looking forward and anticipating
the results of this management. I endeavored
to deal plainly and faithfully with
them and impress upon their minds tfic moral
character of such a state of things. They
were satisfied all was going wrong?and
appeared exceedingly mortified; hut they
were not more annoyed than their visitor.
The pleasure of my visit was destroyed.
What I have related is only a specimen.
Things went on in thrs way while the boy
was awake, which was till late in the even- (
ing. Now why is this? Why are parents ,
so blind to the interests of the child, to their ]
own interests; to the claims of Ilim who
says, "Train up a child in the way he should '
go?;' Why arc yo christian parents so,
blinded, so insensible, so sinfully negligent, |
so wickedly indulgent! Can you tell me,
sir! " A SiiaeKasR.
! thority, but that would not do. He cmployed
this expedient. lie promised her
the most costly dress that could he purchased
to deck her person, if she would
consent. The expedient succeeded. The
dress was procured ; she appeared that
1 night, -in all the superiortv and pride
which it gave Iter person. Hut it was the
, winding sheet to all her religious feelings
land hopes. They lied from that hour;
I they never returned. Agitated and opj
pressed,she soon sunk into disease: she
was laid on her death bed. She called
her father; " Father.*' said she, " bring
; my gay dress." It was brought. "Hang
it there before me." It w as suspended.
; W ith her eyes steadily fixed on that trifle,
she said: "l ather, sec there the price of
my sou!; " and she died.
. From the Churchman
tin: christian spirit. ?
i It was the noble determination of St.
Paul to spend and be spent for Christ.
' This was not the passionate resolve of one.
i wrought up to a high degree of excitc!?nt
liic npditmrv tnnmnr and flisno
I 1IIWJII, .-u. ..... 1 j |
sition?the natiir.-il and spontaneous pro;
duciions of grace in his heart. Such i? tlic
disposition of every one who feels that his
heart has been dilated by the Spirt of Hod,
and a holy impusle given to his actions.
The spirit of Christianity is utterly to opi
pose that narrowness of soul which im!
inures itself within itself, and measures
: the claims of others by the personal ineonI
venience or benefit which will accrue to
the individual whose aid is invoked,
j This is not the spirit of Chist; it has a
| selfishness and sordidness about it, which
I can find no congenial element in the vie
j happy tendency to knowledge. :\ot only
j is the memory exercised, but the judg;
mcnt. The youth is taught to think; nor
j is the disposition to acquire knowledge coni
fined to the Lord's day. It continues
\ throughout the week while facilities for its j
: gratification are furnished by the volumes
! so carefully prepared by this Society.-? j
But the moral effect is still more obvious J
arid valuable, not siinplv in allowing access I
i to these well-selected libraries, but in the j
; perusal of God's own book, the Scriptures
] of unerring truth. "The law of the Lord
i is perfect, converting the soul." In these
schools, -he rising generation arc made fa!
miliar with its sublime doctrines, its fearful j
t denunciations against sin, its kind invitations
! and promises, and its holy precqits. These J
! divinely inspired records are placed before j
i the vision, and pressed upon the conscience,
j w ith the winning alloc?ion of those who
i knew th'?ir inestimable value. It is one of
j the happiest peculiarities of this system, that
j the Bible is the only text book employed by
! ihrmo who rend, ruwl fhnt-+*vr>n the voiirinre^t
! and most unlettered child is accustomed to
hear its heavenly truths. Who can enter &
| well organized school, and behold the teachj
dr with his class seated around him, regar
ding with fixed attention the word of God,
I aiui not he struck with admiration at the
j happy adaptedncss of this scheme to make
' impressions of the lx st and most abiding
: character? Perhaps in no one method
t could the church put f n*th an instrumental!j
ty hearing so directly on the interests ofthe i
i present age, and of that which is to follow. ;
| Mr. Sutton, when preacliing at ports- j
! mouth in the spring of 1835, remarked, that j
j in his late visit to America, he had been sur- :
j prised, by seeing many assemblies, keep a \
; sitting posture in time of prayer. Said lie, I
? " The practice is in itself very irreverent."
| From time immemorial it has been cus'o-1
j mary among all nations not only to " Rise '
. up before the lioarv head," as a mark of res- 1
pecf, but to rise also in case of meeting a ;
friend, or addressing some great personage, j
It has also been customary to rise up wlien:
everanv thing of great importance was pre- '
i scntcd so as to awaken intcresh And 1
i has not simple nature dictated this practice
i among all nations? It so, how uurcasoua. I
hie it seems that we should dispense with it j
' when we come into the presence of the Al- i
mighty God.?Morning Star.
t n
j J
Christy a Shadow.?Christ is declared in ,
J scripture Jo be a shadow to the friendless and !
' alllicted soul. We read of the shadow of a |
cloud?the shadow of a tree?the shadow of
' a rock?the shadow of the tabernacle from i
the heat. The shadow of the cloud in the'
harvest is grateful, hut transient. Tiie
shadow of a tree, under which we sit down,1
is delightful, hut it is limited to a smail dis- j
fance, and the rays frequently pierce through j
lit 1 rn,_ ! i . .1 _ ' _
' tlic Doilgns. i uc* fiiauow 01 u great rick is
: dense and eool; but it befriends not on ev- \
, cry side, and covers little from the vertical
[ rays. The shadow of a tabernacle into |
j which we may continually resorr, and find
not only room but entertainment, is the most'
: complete and inviting. Christ is what they
i imply, and more than all of them combined
fie is not only perfect, but divine: and he
tlfat dwelleth in the secret places of the Most
I Iigh, shall abide under the shadow of the
Almighty.?Jay.
TheCrkf.dofthe Heart.?John Wick j
litF, the Fatlicr of the English Reformation '
was bom A. I>. 11121, d:ed A. I>. 13S5. |
it? _
The following cfations from his works will
prove tho creed of his heart. "He that
folio vveth Christ, being jus'ified by his righteousness,
shall be saved by his ottering."
"Except a Christain be united to Christ by
grace, he ha'h no'. Christ the Saviour." "if
God will give mc a teachable heart, a porservering
constancy, and charity towards
the members of the Devil, who tear the
Church of Christ so that ! may rebuke
them out of mere charity, how glorious a
cause shall I have to die lor!"
HA.NWAII DUSTON.
This woman should be ranked among the
heroines of antiquity. She was the wife of
Thomas Duston, of Haverhill, Massachu1
10\0 ?n/l ntirrl?il
sens, uurn in me >tai emu ??lui.ivu
~ i
1077. S!io had altogether thirteen clnl-!
dren. Wncn tin; Indians, who dwelt attlic j
sources of the Merrimack river, and in the
: region round about, after a great freshet on
! t!ie 15th of March. 1097, came down the
river and attacked Haverhill, slio was coni
fined to bed with an infant only a week old.
Her husband catching the alarm from the
1 field, fled to the house an J consulted heron
the course lie should pursue. She calmly told
' him to leave her and her infant to their fate,
and to mako his escape if possible, with
her other children. lie sent seven of hif
; children on a path through the woods, on
j the way to the garrison, and mounting his
| horse he followed the rear; with his musket
i he kept the pursuing Indians at bay until
! ho found his charge in a place of safety at
the garrison.?He lore Mr. Duston reached
the garrison the Indians returned and captured
his sick wife and Marv NieiJ her
f nurse. They with other captives took |
! their march by order of the savages lor the
j north. After they had travelled a few miles,
. the Indians found the infant troublesome
and they took it from the nurse and dash,
ed its brains out against a tree. Mrs. Pus.
ton was feeble and wretched, hut this outrage
nerved her 'soul for every enterprise.
; After this horrid outrage, she wept no
I more; the agony .of nature drank the tear
; drop ere it fell. She looked to heaven with
a silent pra}*er for succor without a word of!
! complaint. At this instant the high resolve
l was formed in her mind and swelled every
pulse of her heart. They travelled on a
i distance as she thougl^rif one hundred and i
| fifty miles, but perhaps from the course they .
I took about seventy five. Tho river had '
' probably been broken up but a short time, j
I and the canoes of the Indians were above !
I the falls on the Merrimac, when they com- j
menced their journey to attack Ilarverhill.?
Above these falls, 011 an island in this river I
the Indians had a wig.ram, and in getting j
| thoir canoes in order by rowing ten miles ?
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up U1U SUVUIIIy UL^UlliU JUUV-II JcilijjUV.Ui |
- \Vhcn they reached the place of rest they '
; slept soundly, Mrs. Duston did not sleep.? ]
i The nurse and an English boy, a prisoner j
| were apprised of her design but were not of
; much use to her in the execution of it. In the j
: stillness of the night she arose and went out oi'j
the wigwam to test the soundness and seen- 1
rity of savage slurp. They moved not:
they were to sleep till the last day. She returned,
took one of their hatchets and dis|
patched ten of them in a moment, each wi h
a single blow. An Indian woman who was
' raising when she s ruck her fled wi.h her
probable death wound?and an Indian boy
was designedly spared; for the avenger of
blood was a woman and mother, and could
not deal a death blow upon a helpless child.
She surveyed the carnage ground by the i
light of the fin4, which she sirred up afier ,
the deed was done; and catching a few'
; handsful of rested corn she commenced her j
journey; but on reflecting a moment, she
thought the people of Harverhill would be-1
j licve her tales as the ravings of madness J
| when she should get home, if ever that time j
1 might come; she therefore returned and J
' scalped the slain, then put the nurse and
! English, l>oy into the canoe, and with her1
self they floated down the falls, when she j
; landed and took the woods', and keeping the
I river in sight, which she knew must direct
i i 1 4 P. /IV T .V
1 iter on ivr way noine. jvner suiiermg m;
credible hardsliips by hunger, cold, and
fatigue, she reached home to the surprise
and joy of her husband, children, and j
! friends. The General Court of Massachu-1
' setts examined her story, and being satisfied
with the truth of it, took her trophies, the
scalps, and gave her fifty pounds. The
people of Boston made her many presents.
All classes were anxious to see the heroine,
and they found her as modest as brave.
Hydrophobia,?A physciun, after dcf
scribing in the N. Y. Americana fatal case
of Hydrophobia in New-York, concludes
as follows:
"From a post mortem examination of
two cases, and a close observance of tiie
symptoms during life, wc venture to sug
I gest the following plan of treatment as best
I calculated, in our opinion, to arrest the
disease. As the pathology of hydrophobia
consist of an intense indamatiou of the
medulla oblongata and the spinal marrow^
we would bleed ad deliqium at as early
a period ns possible, and employ the vapor!
bath as an auxiliary. The bleeding must
he repeated as soon as reaction produces'
spasms and the other symptoms common
to this disease ; and leeches to the back of
the nock and spine would doubtless be
useful. We believe that all depends on the
treatment during the first two or three
hours, and one reason why remedial measures
have not proved more often successful
is, that they have not been sufficiently
prompt, or carried far enough. In the
Philosophical Transactions of 1738, a
case of hydrophobia is reported by Dr.
Hartley, which was cured by tlio abstraction
of 120 ounces of blood in the course
of a few days; and in the Historical Magazine,
for 1792, Dr. Russcl states that a vein
was opened in a voung woman affected
with rabies, and suffered to bleed until sho
fell down in a state of syncope, which had
the effect of arresting the disease, Dr. Rush
was a strenuous advocato for copious
bleeding in hydrophobia, and he adduces
several cases io which it proved successful.
In the Medical Repository for the
year 180(5, a case is reported in a letter
from Dr. Burton cf Virginia, to Dr. Rash,.
; 11 rc is the lulure ot many parcn's.?
! Tiiev stand aloof 110111 their children, occu'
pied by business and euros, or else having
j no sympathy with their peculiar feelings
and childlike propensities. Tiie heart of
! the fadier, therefore, does not keep so
[ near to that of the child, that there may he
I communicated to the one the healthy, virI
tnous action of the other. This place of
; influence is left to be taken possession of
l>y any body,?a servant,%a neighbour, or a!
hoy in the streets,?and the father aims at
.forming the character of his son, by addressing
to him from time to time, as his;
occupations may give hitn opportunity,
plenty of sound argument and good advice.
' The boy receives them in silence and the
| father hopes that they produce an impression.
'! The downward progress which his heart
: is making bv his intimacy with sin, is
1, no! perceived; but at last, when he is twenj
ty, it can be no longer concealed, and the
i lather perceives to his astonishment that
! all his good instructions have been utterly
1 thrown away. Ir is tlie ascondecy of afi
fection, fc that (bunded 011 such evidences of
i 1 1 1 k:uj
; jiuv j? >i ciiiu ^uini ? HJ? ?i> iiit'cuiiu ran inni
i
j self appreciate, which will alone give us any
considerable power, and if we secure the i
i affection we shall inevitably wield the pow.
j it.?S. S. Journal.
sunday schools.
. [ From Mr. Taylor's Sermon.
This institution nfiords afavorable opporluI
ni y for the dcvolopcmcnt and cultivation of j
j mind. The experiment has been made;'
; and in many instances, children with Sun.
i day-school tuition alone have advanced more
! rapidly than those who, with equal talent,
i have enjoyed the advantage of week day inj
s'met ion. The free conversational mode
! of communicating information has a most
where bleeding to the extent of 150 ounces
in '24 hours, effected a complete cure. Dr.
:$clioolbred relates a caso (Ed. Med. and
Sur. Journal, 1814,) where he drew fifty
ounces of blood from a latge orifice at
once. Syncope ensued, and the disease
was arrested for a time. As the symptoms
appeared to increase again, the patient
was once more bled to fainting, which had
the effect of completely subduing the vtter
dread and paroxysms of fury. Calomel
and opium wero then given for some time,
under the use of which the patient rccovered.
Dr. Tynion relates a case also in
the Historical Magazine for 1792, where
idood was drawn until the pulse could no!
be felt, and 100 drops of landanuiq, administered,
with iujectionsof 300 drops of
, the same every two hours. The patient
recovered. Numerous other cases could
be pointed out where very copious bloodletting
has proved successful in the core of
this disease. In more instances, or perha
ns we should so v in many it has failed', but
r ? # i - w
the same may be said of any treatment ii?
any disease that can be named. All we "
claim for it is a greater success than lias been
attained bv any other plan. This we could
establish by abundant proof wrere it neces*
sary. The preparations of opium may be
employed to advantage to allay the morbid
irritability, but the main dependence is to
be placed upon bleeding and leeching.
44 Ilea mihi! tot mortM* homini quot membra,
malisnuc, Tot sumus infocli mora ut medicina.
putetur.'_ MEDICUS.
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