Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-14

pltStUl W us ENt.INltr 1E4DitS are sNl
OF recent Introduction IN modern times, |
but already they have taught several SIP |
nificani lessons. Cromwell soon found |
that his army was every thing bur pas
sive Instrument. James the Second was
deserted in the hour of need by lis arm,
Louis the Fourteenth Was The esiablisher
of great standing armies IN France, and
the sovereign who followed his immediate
successor saw his army turned against
him.
In announcing the recent revolution a
Naples, IN our paper of the 2ls, If JULY
last, We observed, Feeble indeed is The
tenure at tie throne that depends on the
arm OF powe r, and is not fixed in The love
Of the Subject. An army can be only tie
pended on for blind 0bedivnce, 0hen II is
kept IN savagc ignorance; and, thank
God, that Is moi now the case with the
armi.s In any part oi civi,iZed Europe"
Against these truths the members OF the
holy alliance may write as many circulars
as they please. They cannot alter the
nature Of things. London, ~ Chron.
On The 9Th Of October, Mr. Leder-
wood, native OF Glasgow, was exhibiting
at Liverpsol. He was born without hands
or arms, aud with only one ley and foot.
With this foot he writes well feeds him
self with perfect ease, dresses and un
dresses, slaves, washes his face, combs
his hair, uses handicraft tools, &c. &c.
with as much case as others do with their
haads.
The Sciences, il is said, will no longer
have any secrets, as il has now become
fashionable i'll England for ladies 10 at
tend tina lectures on them.
W., I, FIJI 4.
containing matter, curious and interest
ing. but we must accompany /, with the
wish, that the New York editor, from
whose paper il * taken, had given the
public some authority for the statement he
has published. An lie says, is it's stat
ed" but tchere, wA1n, or by rho,s, Is left
10 conjecture. II there b. any authority
which eau be addsced III support Of the
statement ii ought 10 be published.
Dem Press
tFrom tie New Yorh Daily .Idrertiscr
1t Is stated that Il body of Christian
Jews have lately been discovered ia Persia,
IN the province of Hedesbesou, AIesopo
tama. Their whole number is abou, len
thousand. They have an Archbishop
and three bishops. The Archbishop re-
sides al Mosul; one of the bishops AT
Cherasbad another at Merederu, three
days journey from Mosu aad the third
al Dlarbeki. By The Mahomedans they
are called Nazarenes, by The Arabs, Syrl
ans but among themselves Ebriam or
Benz Israel which pam. denotes their
relation 10 the aRcient jewish Christian
Church, as does also their language; lie
Lords Prayer and the Apostles Creed
beng very like 10 The original Hebrew -
They have no connection whatever with
the Greek or Roman Churches.
They hold the doctrines of The Trim
lily in Unity; and declare Jesus Christ 10
be the way. the truth and the life-They
acknowledge only the two sacramento,
bat both in full sense and import of the
Protestant Religion.
They have, al Chorasbad, large
Church, nearly OF the size and appear.
ance of the Scntch Kirk, at Madras,
which is a fine building For fear of The
Mahomeiaus, they meet for public wor-
ship between the hours of s aud 2 on Sun
day mornings, and in the evenings be.
tween 6 and o'clock
The couatry is said 10 be covered
with gardens. abounhIug with great va
rIety of fruits. The men are chiefly en-
gagged IN cultivation, AND The women in
spinning"
Wihin The las, ten wears separate
schools have been established for bows
and girls, III which are taught the four
Gospels, lie Psaiu,s, and other books -
The scholars are taken 10 church morne
Ing aud eyeuisg.