The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1836-03-09
NEW-YORk, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1886

LATE FROM CANTON AND MANILLA.-Thc ship Su-
rat, Osgood arrived Boston from Canton September
I6 and Manila November L. brings the following in
telligence.
Ii is generally understood Batavia, that there
to be sales of sugar Coffee in consequence
of orders from the home government and if such really
is the case all foreign commerce these articles ill
be stopped.
From the shipping intelligence brought by the Surat,
we extract the following items. The L. 5. ship Pea
cock had arrived al Bombay from Muscat. Sho had
been ashore where is not mentoned and was got off
with great difficulty, and not until eleven guns were
thrown overheard. The officers and crew had escaped
unharaed, and all were well.
The T. s. schr Enterprise had also arrived al Bonn
bay--oficers and crew all well.
The ship Brookline, Pearce, from Manila, for New
York. was taken by typhoon in the China Sea, and
lost all her topsails. The ship Emerald in company
at the me lost her topmasts and had her deck swept
She was obliged TO put back into Singapore repair.
The ship Mary Taber from Manila for Philadelphia,
put back in leaky condition, and would probably be
condemned
The Russian brig Negria fell in at with the Br.
brig Civilian, dismasted and waterlogged. She was
deserted. Nothing further Of importance brought
by the Surai.
o. We have to apologize to our readers, for several
of the extracts we have recently made from the book
published BY Leav Lord g. Co.. called Rosamond's
Narrative" In publishing from Maria Monks Awful
Disclosures took the precaution read and
jcct the improper portions of the work.
The truth is this-in publishing from several of these
works. called religious disclosures, which have been
got up under the supervision of Wm l.. Stone, Theo-
dore Dwight and Others have been led astray, and
have transgressed by trusting implicitly to the high
character of these gentlemen in matters Of good taste
and morality We must admit, honestly, that during
the last few months, books have been published under
the garb of religion and sanctioned by the endorse
ment of cergymen which not actually fit 10 be put
in the hands of any female-or any family. Having
been in youth taught to reverence the clergy OF
every denomination, that sentiment has stuck too so
firmly that we have been disposed than otherwise
to consider that moral which they approved-and that
in good taste which they said Of late, to our
excessive grief the clergy and other pieus men who
have ushered into the world such works the Awful
Disclosures" Life of Matthias, - Rosamonds Nara
tive" shew themselves TO be little better than Harriete
Wilson, and far worse than the authors of the infamous
Magdalen Report
We cannot help thinking that the time has come
to put an end to these infamous and dsgraceu systems
of publishing books which are only fit for the
The Reverend clergy of any denomination, and the
sabbathgong people of any sex, might be better en-
ployed than cheating us, poor ignorant editors, and
leading commit sin against good taste and good
morals. We shall have quite enough to account for
the great day. with shouldering their rascality.
We shall return again to this topic. We shall pro
coed to the work which Providence in his mercy ha:
assigned u.s. We shall ungown the whole batch o
these Reverend scoundrels who have been recently
deuging the world with Infamous, corrupt and inmora
books. 1t is high time it we're done.
The u. STATEs-A LITTLE CoRNER-AN lRIsE
ANEcDorE.-The other day, couple of Irishmen wen
into physicians Office and while lettering there, enteet