Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-05-19
THE surrEE ABOLISHED.

The first accounts from India that the
Captain General had prob bited the ss-
crifice o! widows on the funeral piles
Of their husbands, though apparently
authentic, were received in England
with great inercdulity. They are. how
ever, confirmed by later arrivals; and ie
~ stated that not few of the natives,
and some of the Brahmins, reioiced in
the event. But the Calcutta John Bull. j.
OF Dec. 22d. has the follow ing article
by way Of drawbsck.
We are sorry TO hear that there in
likely to be any opposition among tho
natives Of Calcutta, To the truly bene-
VIOLENT design Of gov eminent, Ia abolish
the Suffee. We had hoped that all
classes would have hailed the event
with the highest satisfaction; batit will
be seen. from an extract in snothes
part Of our paper, from the Ch,mdrika,
that some among the Hindoos are dis
posed to complain Of the measure, as
an infringement on their religion rites,
and breach Of the pledged faith of The
company to'regard them. The remarks
OF another native paper, the Sumdch0r
DurPun, which takes the trul, good
and just view Of the subject, we have
read with pleasure, and would yet hope
that few will be found Among the Ma
tIves Of Calcutta. TO capcur in any
measure tending 10 intercept SD truly
kind an act as we have reason 20 be-
lieve will soon issue from the Council
Chamber. We are not ourselves dis
posed to withhold from Ram Mohun
Roy. the praise to which he 10 entitled,
as having laboured to establish the in
difference, if not the repugnance. Of
the Sbasters tn thi. cruel and barbar-
Gus custom. But considering the bad
odour in which he is with his country
men. as an apostate from the faith If
his fathers. and the very natural iucli-
nation tn shift the odium due 10 the adj
vocate upon the cause itself, we do
wish that Ram Mohun's name had not
been brought so prominently forward
As II is in the Bengal Hnrkaru.
THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS.
IL seems to be prevalent opinion,
especially among juvenile DISCLAIMERS,
and TO some extent with those who
might know better. that the crescentis
the symbol Of the Mahomedan religion.
- The crescent and the cross, has be-
come fsvorite antithesis. This notion
IS entirely erroneous. The MosIems
Of Arabia, Persia, Tartary. and India,
know nothing Of this sign, aud the
crescent Of the Prophet, which. we are
sometimes told. led the wav Of the VIC
torious Caliphs into Syria and Egyrt,
il a mere historical chimera. The
crescent has for ages been the device
Of the city If Bvzantium. and wa re-
tanned by the Turks when they became
masters o. that great metropolis. As
the Turks were for many centuries the
only Mahomedan people known ia Eu-
rope. further than by vague report,
Turk and Mussulman were yulgarly
supposed to be synonymous. n oifcum-
stance which readily accounts for the
mistake in question.
Morning Journal.
A musical critic. in a late London
paper. gives the following picturesque
description -" Madame DuIcken's
performance on the piano forte Was an
extraordinary exhibition Of manual dex-
terity. She flew at the KEYS like a ti-
ger cat, pounced upon the cords. tou-
selled them. shook them till she had
her "wieked will If them :" scram-
bled up and down like kitten among
leaves; whisked of from Dan 10 Beer
sheba; played at icap-frog with her
hands like one possessed; ran down
the chromstic scale on double notes
a., h.. al l.. a
both; and all this amazing deIterity-
equal in its kind TO the iumber in
Drury Lane Pantomune, was bestowed
upon composition Of at least twenty
minutes duration, which did not con-
tain one single thought " Orth hearing"
Dysppsia. The New Haven City
Gazette states that the secset cure for
dyspepsia, discovered By = gentleman
Of this city, concerning the efficacy of
which we made some remarks = short
time ago, has leaked out. and consists
IN simply knesding the stomach wi,h
the hands, thereby restoring the peFIs-
taltic motion IN cases where the digss-
tive organs have become diseased and
torpid. Whether this - the secret re
meJy or not, there can be no doubt that
u would be attended with very excel
lent effects IN cases of indigestion; and
instances are within our positive know
ledge II persons who. by rssortinR 20
THIS mode, renewing the psristAiic &C
ton 81 the Intestines. have derived very
important assistance. We know Of
one individual. en- particular. ~ho was
thus. ~ the space Of less than ilrse
weeks. restored 30 cotnparafiSe health.