Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-01-25
From our Evening Edition Of yesterday.I
The Ladies' OF New York, and the sex every

From Evening Edition Of yesterday.I
The Ladies' OF New York, the sex every
where. &n
The late Lecture on Pecahontas, by DIR. Hawks, at
the Suyvesant Institute is understand be repeat
ed and, from the manner in which the Rev gentleman
treated it, fail the audience WIN heard
il before, besides those who did enjoy that pleasure
The learned Doctor gave his defamation decidedly
popular turn by making the Indian maiden and wife,
the heroic woman and the Christian convert,
which engrat eloquent dissertation the effect Of
female influence upsn society, and the advantages that
the world large by their cultivation Of those
qualities and accomplishments which the love
and respect of the other Wit, judgment, and
knowledge are much the natural gift d females
they of mea and the right application 81 these the
essential point In general, lady talks better and more
10 the purpose than beau, and their correspondence
Judging by the samples of from time to time
publish in the Herald) is mmeasurably superior.
As daughter, wife, mother, and friend, the happiness
of life depends upon them, and the reverend lecturer,
by the advocacy of their cause, and eloquent vndi
cation of their proper and natural position in society
is useful in social matters, as his doc,rinal dis
courses in the pulpit are sound and wholesome on
theological points.
The Christian gion has elevated the female char
from the AFFECT condition of mers, machine to
that of help for man, the sha err and enhancer Of
his Joys the consider and elevator OF his sorrows The
minstraton Of the women Of Galee attended the son
Of Mary throughout his life the closing scene of his
manhood, and the tender veneraton OF the primitive
ages ha, invested the Madonna and female disciples
with sanity character. Doctor Hawks lecture was
listened with merted enthusiasm well from the
ssbect for the manner in which he handled it and
its repetition the Tabernacle the Chatham stree,
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proving what we have in woman, and how we
should prize it and exciting the fair them
selves to maintain their hold upon our hearts by every
| gentle virtue and witching influence.
CIScISNATI AND GENERAL HARRIsoN-The peop
Of the west have taken the hint from New York, and
have began to in the Of their faverte-
Here Mr. Webster and Mr.. Clay were virtually nomi-
mated for the Presidency, the flowing bowl amid
the boiserous and crapulous brutality of the loafers
and DULLES of the Wall press The citizens of
Cincinnati have followed the move but in different
manner and in opposite interest On the 18th
inst. they held very large meeting, Judge Burnet
in the chair to avow their preference for General
Harrison, as a Presidential candidate The meeting
was very numerously and respectfully attended-and
shall, most probably, p~blish detailed report of
the proceedings tomorrow morning
THE STEAMBOAT BLACK HAwK-The following
particulars relating the loss Of this boat the Misss-
sipp the eth ult have yet been given and
be worth ranscribng from Southern paper. After
mentioning the three explosions Of the boilers the
count states that
There we're than ono hundred passengers on the
boat. forty Fifty of whom were and children
all confusion and understanding could be heard
but the groans of the MANNED and dying and the shoats
of the surviving who bshed the terrors OF mme-
.,.r,l l,u.h ~. al.
beat discovered TO be on fire. and also 10 be
sinknga the fire buckets had been blown overheard,
and the water pumps broken. The fire extnguish-
ed three several times, while the boat hoated iteen
miles; yet the could be stopped Of the
hold of the beat and she continued sink rapidly and
notwithstanding the unparalleled and praseworthy ef
hold with any thing and every Thing that would hold
water, and abored with desperation still the water
gained. and boat have nevitaby sunk in less
than twenty minutes, had she not have been relieved
by the magnanmous conduct Of the captain Of flat
beat from Rising Sun, Indiana, who, in obedience
the call Of distressed humanity oosed his boat from
the shore, where it fastened for the night, and
rowing tor about five miles, succeeded in gaining tho
wreck Of the boat, while il floating in the mid
die Of the Mississippi II is be regretted that his
name is unknown to the passengers, for such nstan
ces of benevolence should not 60 unrewarded. The
passengers all conveyed on board The fiat boat,
and Immediately afterwards the steamboat Commerce
came up--csught the abandoned wreck OF the Black
Hawk, and owed her TO shore. where she sunk.
p' Almost all our exchange papers contain para
graphs about the exquisite weather with which we
have been recently favored. In its further eonse-
quences IL will act as Gods revenge against all -four
and coal spectators and forestallers.
To CoRRFsroSpESTs-Yes-we have heard all
about IT, but suck matters trivial account Of
the insienihcsnce of the partesbesidcs they
within the competence Of newspaper. II quits
the neighborhood Of the Walton House gees into
vesey the circumstances attending the escapsds
are concern Of ours. We caano. meddle with such
iirty business
FAsHloSABLE GESgALoGY-We are collecting facts
or article Hersldic Anomalies and shall publish
i on Friday morning. IL win produce quite sfuuering
of feathers.
Hint TO NoAH.-It is said that Matthias, the ex
prophet. i, in Illinois, setting up rival to M M.
Noah in gathering together the dispersed people" OF
the shircsmshishion. In the Jewish doctrine he will
lind precedents for q sersglio.