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jW-re is, under the
9K whole empire,
of females under
/mV eastern fanaticism.
seen a book, except
PPfand have no knowledge of
WpKa\ employments of females in
BHrntry. Their fingers have never
BPfeedle, a pair of scissors, a book, nor
they are entirely excluded from all
with the other sex. A woman is
not allowed by law to go out of the house with
out the consent of her husband; to talk with a
stranger, nor to laugh without a veil on • her
face, nor to stand at the door; nor to look out at
the window.
In Such a State of ignorance, what can be ex
pected, but that the female character must be
debased. Hence, among the Uajpoor mothers,
the murder of female infants is universally prac
tised; notone survives. Mothers among the
Casts, in fulfilment of their vow to obtain off
spring, are seen sacrificing first ohild in
the Brum bu Pootrtis and many other sacred
rivers. Manv females drown themselves One
morning an officer, while sitting at his window
at Altahabad, saw’ sixteen females, under the in
fluence of superstition, drown themselves at’
the junction of the -Jutnua and the Ganges
And there are now iti London copies of official
documents, which prove, that in the year 1817,
under the Presidency of Bengal, not less than
705 females, British subjects, voluntarily immo
lated themselves by being burnt, or burned alive
with the dead bodies of t heir husbands.
Lasting Grief.—• During the excursion in the
Valley of Deropili in Albania,’ says a late Eng
lish traveller, ‘We heard many doleful cries and
loud lamentations, proceeding from several hou
ses ; we enquired the reason of this circumstance
from our guides, who informed us that the wo
men were still wailing for their husbands and
sons who had fallen in battle against the vizier;
that many of these had been thus occupied at
least seven years previous to the time we heard
them; yet no one appeared surprised at this ob
servance. So powerful is the force of custom.
1 remember listening frequently at Joanrina for
the cries of a matron who had lost her husband
37 yetus before in a Russian campaign, and had
never cmittfd howling three times a day after
she had received the tidings of his death/
Eclipse of the Sun It was stated in the Harp
er's Ferry Free Press,. that 8n Eclipe of the
Sun would occur on the 27th day of June, 1824,
which would be total in the UoitecLStates
There will be a Solar Eclipse on the’ 26th day
of June, 18.4, but it will not be total in any part
of the. United States. It was also stated that
there would not be another total Eclipse of the
Sun visibhe in the U. States until July, 1860. On
the 30th of Nov. 1834, there will be an Eclipse
of ths Sun that Will ba total in the South
of the U States: the center of the Moon’s dark
shadow will travel over part of the state’ of
Georgia. (~ Bo si on Patriot..
HORSES.
It may be generally remarked, that men who
drive fast have swift horses ; not that they drive
fast because they have swift horses, but because
fast driving makes horses swift A horse may
commonly be trained to a dull and.heavy, or to
an airy and fleet gait. Nature does much, un
questionably ; but education does more, in pro
ducing the great difference in the §peed of hor
ses, than most men will allow. Horses are pro
bably injured by driving them rather beyond
their hiib’iual pace, than beyond heir native
power. One important direction then, for the
education of horses, is, to “drive briskly and
stop often ”
Phtrirk Henry , who was a very devout man,
left in his will the following testimony in favor
of the Christian { reiigior\:
“I have now disposed of all my property to
my family—there is one thing more I wish I
could give them, and that is the Christian He
ligion , Ifthev had that, ard I had not given
them one shilling, they would be rich ; apd if
they have not that, and 1 had given them all the
world, they would be poor.”
Heroism. —Plutarch has related a beautiful in
stance of female heroism. Kpponia, a Homan
lady, being informed that her husband Sabins,
when beaten by the troops of the emperor Ves
pusiao, had concealed in a deep cave
between Frauche Comptpaud Chaitipagn,-made
herself a voluntary prisoner with him, waited
upon hiin, supported him for many years, and
children by him. At length, being apprehend
ed, together with her husband, and brought be
fore Vespasian, who expressed his surprise at
her courage and forti'ude, she returned this
magnanimous answer: “I have lived under
ground and in darkness, far happier than you
have on the summit of power, and in the lieht
of the sun!”
The following short but pithy dialogue pass
ed between two negroes 9oon after the surren
der of Lord Cornwallis, at the seige of Little
York:
Mingo —Halloa, brudder Sam, bow you do ?
Sam —o, don no, bi udder Mingo, mighty
poorly
Mingo— Poorly! indeed ! you no hear de
news ?
Sam —No. What sorter news ?
Mingo —Why dont vpu know dat are great
loan dey call Corv/allis ?
<Sam—Yes, I hear ntjff ’bout him, shooting
arter de white folk all ober de country.
Mingo— Well, I spoae you know Ginral Wash
ington ? , . •
Sam —O yes, I knows ole massa.
Mmgo— Well,l tell you what; he no Corn
wallis nor, he Ct-*-wsWs ; Ginral Washington
shell ali de corn off him too stick.
*
SAVANNAH, ./’
WEBJVESIJUIY JVOQjr, JULY 2, 1823.
Anniversary of Independence.
. On Friday next, we enter upon the FORTY
EIGHTH year of the Independence of the
United States—a day consecrated to LIBERTY,
and hailed with joy by every American, and by
every friend to the rights of man. Although a
large proportion of those who planned and a
chieved the emancipation of their country hare
passed off the stage of life, and are
their fathers, some few of the political and mili
tary Worthies lirigef behind, and enjoy the f>‘
portunity of witnessing the beneficial, and Ve
may add the wonderful- effects of their wisdoin,
labours, and sufferings, in the cause of thtir
country’s freedom. A generation lias grown
up since the 4th of July, 1776, and the active
concerns of life are in a great measure in the
hands of there who know only by hearsay what
their endured in establishing their
country’s independence. With the consequen
ces of that great event, however, they have a
more intimate acquaintance. They feel it in
the enjoyment of freedom; in the various bless
ings of a free government; in the rights and
privileges of elections; in the total absence of
all distinctions of rank and privilege, and in the
general security and protection afforded by mild
and just laws, to persons, property & character.
“ 0 happy ‘chiefs f if noble deeds can give
Immortal praise, your fame shall ever live :
Fixed as in Heaven the sun's broad centre ties,
And spread -where'er Columbia's Eagle flies” J !
On this auspicious occasion, we offer congrab
ulations to our fellow-citizens. We are about
to commemorate the day when these Unite 1
States were declared free, sovereign, and inde
pendent when the chains, which bound us 1#
our oppressors, were broken, and whetJ
sun of freedom rose on a rich and powerful re
public. May every year find us in thefullcta
joyment of this Independence, in health, In
prosperity, and in the practice of every virtue
calculated to exalt the nation, and to make Vs
acceptable in the eye of God, our shield a>d
protector. When we look up to the stupen
dous firmament above, to the wide canopy of
the Heavens,’ bespangled with innumerable
orbs of light, shedding down their benign influ
ence on our heads, we are taught to wonder,
and admire, and adore; and to bow down and
worship Him, whose throne is the heavens,
his footstool the earth.
The 4lb day of July, will ever be hailed by
millions of Freemen—they will never be back
ward in fulfilling’ the prophecy of iheir venera
ble and beloved fellow-citizen, Jous Adams,
who, in 1776, a few hours after the adoption of
the Declaration of Independence, wrote to a
friend in the following language :
PHILADELPHIA,.JuIy 5,1776.
Yesterday the greatest question wag derided
which was ever debated in America ; and great
er, perhaps, never was or will be decided a
mong men. A resolution was passed without
one dissenting Colony, “THAT THESE UNI
TED STATES ARE AN DOF RIGHT OUGHT
TO BE FREE & INDEPENDENT STATES ”
The dat is passed. —The 4th July,
will be a memorable epocha in the history of
America. lam apt to believe it :will be celebra
ted by succeeding generations as the GREAT
ANNIVERSARY FESTIVA L: It ought to be
commemorated as the day of deliverance, by so
lemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It
ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows,
games, spqrts, guns, bells; bonfires, and illumm
aliens—from one end of the continent to the ether,
from this time fonvardforever / You wijl think
me transported with enthusiasm; but lam wot.
I am well aware of the toil, and blood, and trea
sure, that it will cost to maintain this declara
tion and support and defend these states ; Vet
through all tbe gloom lean see a ray of tight and
glory. 1 can see that the end is worth mire
than all the means; and that posterity will iri
umph, although you and l may rue, which I hope
we shall not. Yours, &c. ;
JOHN ADAMS.
Forty hours more, and will have arrived* the
dawn of our political birth-day—the day on
which our forefathers declared these United
States free and independent .• and for the attain
ment of which, under circumstances the most
appalling, they pledged their lives , their fir
tunes, and their sacred honour. Shall not ttteir
offspring, with feelings of gratitude to the tu
preme disposer of events, dwell with fond re
collection on their heroic virtues; and at least
annually, commemorate their noble deeds i Can
the most refined language express, 0 r the most
capacious mini! conceive—that ardent feeling,
that manly enthusiasm, Which prompted the pa
triots of *76, to set tyranny at defiance—that
daring intrepidity, that more thap spartan cojur
age, which enabled them to meet despotic pow
er, in every terrific form—and which, against
i-uch frightful odds, conducted them tbvictory,
to liberty, and to glory. Is there an American,
in w hose besom there is not created a gjow of
animation, at the sound of the 4th of July f ‘ Is
there a heart so callous to all the noble feelings
of oqr nature, as to view with coTd indiffer
ence, the approach of this glorious anniversary ?
Is tjiere a solitary descendant of the revolution
ary worthies, in whose breast patriotic fire, will
not kindle, and blaze, and burn ; -when the toll
ing bells, and thundering cannon, shall have
announced the commencement of the national
jubilee ? No! emphatically we say NO ! Our
countrymen are not so degenerate ! They are
too much enlightened, not to see, and feel, and
appreciate, the privileges of the American Citi
ten.—They have too much gratitude, not to
protect and nourish, the precious tree of liber
ty, descended from their ancestors ; ar.d too
much public virtue, not to transmit the rich in
heritance, in all its luxuriant beauty, to pos
terity.
We also present our readers according to an
nual usage on this national festival, the DEC
LARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, the off
spring of that mighty mind—Thomas Jefferson.
The honest and disinterested patriot; a republi
can, upright, inflexible and consistent. Let its
glorious principles constitute our political faith
and be as widely disseminated as the population
of our country Parents and guardians should
teach them to their children ; they should be
implanted at an early day, “ grow with our
growth and strengthen with our strength.”—lt
is only by a general diffusion of the principles
of the Declaration of Independence, that we,
may confidently hope for.the permanency of our
federal republican institutions.
Declaration of Independence.
iw congress JULY 4 th, 1776.
By the Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled.
A DECLARATION.
When, in the course of human events,
its becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bands which have con
nected them with another, and to assume
among the powers of the earth, the separ
ate and equal station to which the laws of
nature and of nature’s God entitled them,
a decent respect for the opinions of man
kind requires, that they should declare the
causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self evident;
that all men are created equal: that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable rights; that among these are
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
That, to secure these rights, governments
are instituted among men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the govern
ed; that whenever any form of govern
ment becomes destructive of these ’ends, it
is the right of the people to alter or to abol
ish it, and to institute anew government,
laying its foundation on such principles,
and organizing its powers in such form, as
to tfiem shall seem most likely to effect
their safety and happiness. Prudence, in
deed, will dictate, that governments long
established should not be changed for light
and transient causes ; and accordingly all
experience hath shewn, that mankind are
more disposed to suffer, while evils are suf
ferable, than to right themselves by abol
ishing the farms to which they are accus
tomed. But when a long train of abuses
and usurpations, pursuing invariably the
same object, evinces, a design to reduce
them under absolute despotism, it is their
right, it is their duty to throw off such gov
ernment, and to provide new guards for
their future security. Such has been the
patient sufferance of these colonies ; and
such is now thcmecsssity which constrains
them to alter their former systems of gov
ernment. The history t>f the present King
of Great Britain is a history of repeated in
juriesand usurpations, all havnig in direct
object the establishment of an absolute ty.
ranny over these states. To prove this,
let facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his assent to laws the
most wholesome and necessary for the pub
lic good t
He has forbidden his governors to pass
laws of immediate and pressing importance,
unless suspended in their operation, till his
assent should be obtained ; and, when so
suspended, he has utterly neglected to at
tend to them:
He has refused to pass other laws for
the accommodation ot large districts of
people, unless those people would relin
quish the right of representation in the le
gislature—a right inestimable to them, and
formidable to tyrants only :
He has called together legislative bodies,
at places unusual, uncomfortable, and dis
tant from the depository of their public re
cords, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them
into compliance with his measures :
He has dissolved representative houses
repeatedly, for opposing with manly firm
ness, his*invasions on the rights of the
people:
lie has refused fora lofig time after such
dissolutions, to cause others to be elected;
whereby the legislative powers, incapable
of annihilation, have returned to the peo
ple at large, for their exercise ; the state
remaining, in the mean time,exposed to alt
the danger of invasion from without, and
convulsions within :
lie lias endeavoured to prevent the pop
ulation of these states ; for that purpose
obstructing the laws for naturalization of
foreigners; refusing to pass o> hers,to en
courage their migration hither 6f raising the
conditions of new appropriations of lands:
He has obstructed the administration of
justice, by refusing his assent to laws for
establishing judiciary powers :
lie has made judges dependent on his
will alone, for the tenure of their offices,,
and the amount and payment of their sala
ries :
He has erected a multitude of new offi
ces, and sent hither swarms of officers to
harrass our people and eat out their sub
stance :
He has kept among us, in times of peace,
standing armies, without the consent of our
legislatures:
He hs effected to render the military
independent of, and superior to, the civil
power:
lie has combined with others, to 9ubjecl
us to a jurisdiction, loreigo to our constitu->
tioo, and unacknowledged by our laws,
giving his assent to their acts of pretended
legislation :
Fur quartering large bodies of armed
troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock trial,
from punishment for any murder, ‘which
they should commit on the inhabitants of
these states: *
For cutting off our trade with all parts
of the world :
For imposing tsxes on us, without sur
consent':
For depriving us, in many cases, of the
benefits of trial by jury:
For transporting us beyond seas, to be
tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free system of Eng
lish law in a neighboring province, estab
lishing therein an arbitrary government,
and enlargingits boundaries so as to render
it at once an example and fit instrument,
for introducing the same absolute rule into
these colonies:
For taking away our charter, abolishing
our most valuable laws, and altering fun
damentally the forms of our goveruments :
For suspending our own legislatures, and
declaring themselves invested-with power,
to legislate for us in aril cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here, by
declaring us out of his protection, and wag
ing war against us:
lie has plundered our seas, ravaged our
coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the
lives of our people :
He is, at this time, transporting large ar
mies of foreign mercenaries,; to complete
the works of death, desolation and tyran
ny, already begun, with circumstances of
cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled
in the most barbarous ages, and totally un
worthy the head of a civilized nation :
He has constrained 1 our fellow citizens,
taken captives on the high seas, to bearartns
against their country, to become the exe
cutioners of their friends and brethren, or
to fall themselves by their hands:
He has excited domestic insurrections
amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring
on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the mer
ciless Indian savages, whose known rule
of warfare is an undistingoishtd destruc
tion of ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stßge of there oppressions, we
have petitioned for redress, in the most
humble terms; our petitions have been an
swered ODly~by repeated injury. A prince
whose character is thus mar ked, by every
act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be
the ruler of a* free people.
Nor have we been wanting in attention
to our British brethren. We have warned
them, from time to time, of attempts made
by their legislature, to extend an unwarran
table jurisdiction over os. We have re
minded them of the circumstance* of our
emigration and settlement here. We have
appealed to their native justice and mag
nanimity, and we have conjured them by
the ties of our common kindred, to disavow
these usurpations, which would inevitably
interrupt our connexions and correspon
dence. They, too, have been deaf to the
voice ofjustice and consanguinity. We
must therefore, acquiesce in the necessity,
which denounces our sepafarion, and hold
them as we hold the rest, of mankind—
eiieinies ia war ; in peace, friends.
We, i here fore, the representatives of, (he
United States of America, in general Con
grsas assembled, appealing to the Supreme
Judge of the world, for the rectitude of our
intentions; Do, in the name and by the
authority of the good jffcople of these colo
mes, solemnly publish an.d declare, that
these United Colonies are, & of right ought
to be, free and independent states ; that
they are absolved from all allegiance to the
British crown, and tfcat all political con
nexion between them and the state of Great
Britain, is, and ought to be totally dissolv
ed ; and that as free independent
states, they have full powcr< to, levy war
conclude peace, contract alliances, estab
lish commerce, and to do all otheracts and
’things which independent states may of