Litchfield enquirer., 1833-10-24


 nor the moral sayings of their sagss have put a stop 10 this nefario0s custom. Ths father has authority over the lives of his children, and dikposes of them according to his pleasure. he pUys enjoy the greater share of parental affection. Their bifah ia- considered one of the greatest and most fore tdnate events in family. They arc cller- ished and indulged to ] high degree; and If the father dies, the son assumes certain authority over his mother. There is also carried on a regular traffic in femaless4-- These facts are as resolting to humanity as disgusting to detail. They may serve, however, to stimulate the zeal of Christian females to promote the welfare of Ofe of the largest portions of their sex, by giving them the glorious Gospel of our Sayiour-.- that Gospel, which alone restores females 10 their proper rank in society.
 At tho beach we were shocked at tlle spectacle of a pretty new- born babe, wlliela shortly bofore had been killed: We asked some of the bvstanders what this meant : They answered with indifference, Mitis only girl" tisa general custom ip this district to drown fenale infants immediate ly after their birth. Respectable families seldom take the trouble, as they express themselves, 10 rear these useless girIs.-- They consider themselves the arbiters of their children's lives, and entitled to talks them away when they can forsee that their prolongation would only entail misery.--- As the numerous emigration of the male population renders it probable that their daughters, if permitted to live, would net bc married, they choose this shorter wayso rid themselves of the incdmbrance of sUpA porting them.
 Thus are the pledges of conjugaf love, the most precious gift of the Most High, the most important trust confdsd to men by the Supreme Being, deliberately mur- dered. Brutes love their young, and cher- ish and defend them; but man can AiHist himself of natural affection, and .dea5ad0 himself far. below the brute creation I April z. To day we got under way. I fcannot omit to notice few more particp- lars respecting this most celebrated empo- rum of Fuh-keen, and one of the greatest in Asia. Its harbor Is excellent, and accesSN sible totha largest men of war. The naz tiyes ofthis district seem to be born tradets and sailufs. Their barren country, whica furnishes employment for onlYa few hand but faf naoreiheir inclination, prompts them to leave their home, either fOf Formosa, or tho principal emporium of tire Chinesn empire, or the Indian AfchiPeIagOs Or for the fisheries along their native sfores.- Wherever they go. they are rarely found in a state of abject poverty; on the cop- trary, they are often wealthy, and seonl- mand the trade of whole islands and pfOy- inces, as we'll by their capital as by their superior enterprise and industry. Strong 1 ly attached to their early home, they ei- ther return as soon as they acquire small property, or they make large femittances. Many ofihe merchants, settled in the north part of China, return annually with their profits. It is not surprising, therefore, that alarge amount of Chinese shipping be- longs to Annoy merchants, and that tho greater part of the capital employed in the coasting trade is their property. Hsnce this barren tract is one of the richest in China, from the enterprise of tho inhabi- tants.
 Literary fame is 10 object of their ann bition 1; but they generally learn to count and to make up bills. Their language d7f- fers widely from the Mandarin dialect, and they are obliged to learn this with the same labor us we acquire Latin. Tn their dealings, they have name for honesty d. boye all other Chinese. Though inces- sanuy hunting for gain. they are not mean. and they are anxious to establish fair char acter. .Solcitous to cultivate friendship with strangers, they have always associa- ted with ihsni freely, wteneyer beyond the reach of governments. t
 FlosCers.--A flower garden, judicioIsty laid out, and iasiefuIly arranged, is one of the loveliest objects in nature or art, and a pretty woman looks still prenier, when training up wild honey -suckle, or with a hoe drawing frosll earth around the rooiso of favorite flower. A coftage by the Nay- side with dahlias near the door, and gera- niums and roses in tho windows, conveys to the passing traveller the idea of purity, innocence and re6nement-and he whis- pers to himself as the coach wheels raPidly along, aThere's I,appiness in that eottage.
 7Re Senses Faliibie Witnesses. II in the heat of summer we descend into cave. we are sensible that we are surrounded by cold atmosphere; but if in the rig6nr of frosty winter we descend into lbe same cave. we gre conscious of the presence of warn, atmosphere. Now q thernlomster suspended in the cave, on tbese occasions, t0s