Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-22

| AuGE8 tUOUH l from tse resolutions which passed both hOus-
 es. For imstance, previous to the slave be- I coming an apprpnticed labOreF, he is Co pass through m intermediate condition. On the
 lst Nov. next, the bill will commence it's Op- 1 eratiOns, for on that day all arbitrary punish l ments will cease, and the slave will have his labor reduced to a period of ten hours day. For all offences he must be brought before justice of the peaces who will have summary powers of iqAicting punishment, who is not to
 he i1terfered with in any way by the drivers
 or planters. The owner, if he forces his slave | to work for longer fime. will be guilty of
 misdemeaDof,and subject tvthe same author ! ify.
 This state of things fs fo exist until the 1st of August. 1884. when fhe system of appren- ticeshlp will commence, and that too. without the execution of any indenfure or apprentice- ship, or other deed f0r that purpose. The Ori- ginal resolutions left it optional with the slave tO claim his liberty or not, and stated 10 years as the duration ofslavery. The bill makes the time ofapprenticeshp only eleven, fixing itsex- pirasiOn for the year 1895. It also classes the slaves under three heads. with the singular ti- ties of prRdial unattachrd" and :" non prae- f dial" They are to labor only seven and half hours day! The domestic slavc. and me- chanic, is only to have six years ofmOdified
 
 ed. Tie planter is not to be allowed to have the power of*ngaging the slave, for moro than
 l5 hours in the week, in addition tO the 45 allotted to him uoder this bill. No colonial laws are permitted to interfere with it's operations, and the king is to have full power tO appoint Justices and Judges to have the same carried into effect. The oth- CT portion of the bill is occupied with plan for raising the 42O. 900 sterling for the compensation, which is to be by the way of loan on the security Wfterminable and perpet- ual annuiiies, to he charged on the consolda- ted fund. and which as natural consequence will increase the interest of the national debt. You have now got the whnle of the infUrma- ton which can collect on this important sub- ject, and have no doubt but it will be highly Interesting to all in the United States, who are anxious for the abolition of slavery, and who cannot but bs pained that their own free country should bc disgraced by it's presence. Erfract from one Of series of Letters from 1 Tennessee, in tie Connecticut Obseruer. | The Methodists are she most numerous de- nomination of Christians in Tennessee, and
 tve intend to slevOfe this letter to a descrip-
 ton of this impartant braoch of the Christian Church. They are D0t enly the most numer-
 Ous, hut likewise the most zeaiOus. active aAd
 indefatigable of any body of Christians in our
 state. From some peculiar traits in their
 character, such as their noisy mode of wOr- ship, their singularity of dress, their < Esprit ds corps," their out of door preaching, and the disorder necessarily attendant On this mode of worship. cur New England friends
 are apt to he much prejudiced against them. Should any Of yOsi visit this country. we wish to guard you against this prejudice. When you have mingled with them, as we have, in
 their camp meetings, at their houses, in their prayer meetings, and in their private social
 circles and especially when you see the good l they have done. and are yet doing among the kpOGr, the ignorant. and the vicious, yan Uill feel as we do, the want of laDgnage suficientr I ly expressive of their worth.
 The Methodists are rapidly advancing in. education. Their ministers have more learn ing. and hold learning in much greater esti-
 nation. than they did some years ago. Their young preachers manifest commendahie zeal ! in the acquisition of knowledge. We once
 had an opportunity ofhearing as eloquent ser ] mon from the Rev. Mr. Maddia of West Ten 1 nessee, tn which he advocated human science, ] as a necessary qualification for a useful gospel
 minister. "God.'' said he, has no use for an ignorant man in the pulpit. It is not by foolish preaching, bat by the fo0lishness of preaching that men are beneftted." Their schools and seminaries of learning are rapidly ] increasing, and we have no fears, that good education will evershgain be reproach to
 minister with the Methoaists, if it ever has
 been. Propriety of language is in much greater estimation than it was some time ago. l and we have several times lately been agree ably disappointed with not only the matter and order of Methodist preaching but like- wise with the style and manneS. Many of our Presbyterian preachers. who understand the rules of grammar well enough. are grossly negligent of the dress, in which they elpthe the words of their divine master. May they
 learn from the Methodists to pay deceat at l tention to the ears offheir heareFss
 The Meihodists used to he very rigid in l their notions of dress, and the common dress
 coat is not often worn hy their minister's l With this exception many of their ministers
 dress quite fashionabiy ihe frock-coat is nsu- ] ally worgS, but the ministers of m deaomina-
 ton in this cOuptfy eonfne themselves to
 black. Preachers are often seen addressing ! n crowded audience from the pulpit in blue, brown or mixed coat, with metal buttons, op 1 if the weathef he warm, in calico morning 1 gown. or even in their shirt sleeves. Yes. we assure yOa we havG oiten heard an excellent sertm0n from . preacher in his shirt sleeves. I A young Methodist minister of.a fne mind and T interesting address, SSasance asked his opinion
 of dress. Indeed. said he. U find 1t 50 difficult to get any kindOf clothes, Shat think but lit. tle about their color or their cut"
 l' TOsee Methodist DrenrheF tn his element