Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-01-30


johnson Her Beauty, Love, Sacrifices
and Death-Whas Woman ought TO be.
Considerable sensation was created this week, In
the city, by the that the learned, elo.
quent, pious, and fascinating Dr. Hawkes. was to de-
liver lecture on woman's beauty purity, love, and
TRUTH as exempliGed in the life, character, conduct
and conversation of Lady Arabea johnson. The
night, however, was awfully stormy, and not more
than one hundred persons attended the Tabernacle
to hear the Doctor Among them were several very
beautiful women, who were present, with opera
glas ses, which they frequently used to scan the
Doctors features. Many ladies were there without
any male protector.
The doctor was either unfortunate in the choice
OF his subject, in his manner of treating for he
made very poor lecture oft. His heavy, duh, mono
tonous voice. sounded ten times duer than ever and
sinking like lead into the OF his auditors, sent
half OF them TO sleep before the lecture hall over
His curiously and ill shaped unprepossessing face and
repusiye DR. SyntaXike chin projected farther than
ever and bobbed and twisted, and nodded, and twd-
died about without its usual power to charm and
the lecture must be considered a failure.
Thus much for the manner, and now for the mat
ter. He described the Lady Arabea young
and beautiful daughter of the House OF Lincoln,
marrying Johnson on account of her love for his
pety not his beauty and praised her for this partic-
ular piece of conduct. He spoke of Johnson as a
puritan in truth, who loved the Church OF England
dearly, except few of its forms; he described the
plgri fathers fellows possessing furious zeal,
with little knowledge, who were not only non-Con-
formists, but Separatists; and who not only wanted
to reform the Church of England, but t" externi-
nate. These he described wild, bgsted, and cru
ell fanatics This the Doctor said, was Characters
tic of all ultrasmit is at once its mark and ITS pun
ishment never to find its errors, until they see
their follies fall on and destroy the good with the
bad.
TIE Doctors description of the Lady Arabeila's
line of conduct after marriage, was any thing but
well done. His ideas common place, his Illus
tratons positively silly, and his language that of the
poorest scrbbler about town. Here is sample
speaking of the intention of Johnson to leave Eng
land for America, he said =" She grieved because
she 10 longer the smile she loved to stealing
over his peusive face He would sit in silence, and
gaze her with tenderness not to be described
Entering one day the library, with noseless step,
she saw him sitting with open letter in his hand,
and tears down his cheeks, distressing stuation)
she mig have gone away nosele ssy she came,
(astonis hing fact) but she did not But she gently
laid her hand his shoulder-( afecting ement
He turned she turned-(wonderful coinc idence)-
then she met face full of sorrow that she was
filled with woe. He saw this-the open letter
dropped from his hand-neither of them picked it
up She drew char-she then sat down-took his
hand in her hand, (unlooked for resulD and then
he told her-he was going-to die-no, 10 America"
The remainder of the Doctors lecture was of the
same calibre; the usual place cant and clap.
trap falling, however, Of ats effect. We give the
substance nearly verbatim. - II was then with the
quick tuition Of woman love she saw all; she lovsd
him batter than ever, and resolved TO go to Ame-
RIGA also. And she did right dearly to love him,
and TO give all for him. for followed the impulses
of her heart; although il painful for this dear
flower to 90 across the tempest-tossed ocean II
his happress could be purchased by the sacrifice Of
all she could give-even her death-she was willing
TO pay the prce Rich, rich the husband OF
Arabella Johnson, to have such wife. In the Ian
guage Of the poet, she was his own; and he was
richer in having her han the monarch Of the werid,
for she turaed water into nectar and rocks into pure
gold. one of those miserable exquistes who are
only made by God to fill up the gaps in society,
lamented that she was leaving England but she felt
happy to leave the old world by the side of her
husband. because he was her world. And on
Easter Monday $780, she left the Lie Of Wright for
New IN snip AZ one
month after landing she fell sick; she had cur
tanned parlor ceaseless watchingof servants but
her husband was by her side, and she sunk into fhe
early grave he dug for her. She might have been
the light Of his hall, and the joy fhis hearth stone
but she was buried in Sa EN-, and these are bitter
thoughts. She died as her husband was kissing her
Delightful death And God WIS kind very kind -
for in one little month he allowed MIR. johnson e
HI. NJ. fal... "a h. L,r, .I 4.
the Kings Chapel, Boston"
"The moral Of this little tale added the DIR !
is soon told. Woman may be great by
combining herself within the sphere Of her appro.
pirate duties. Within that sphere, bright par
tieular star; out Of il, a wild errstic GENET, foi
men TO gaze at Like thing hung up in the Heavens
by God, TO show how much more beautiful is a star
with its bright and steady aud enduring light, than
wild, erratic, rushing, uncertain comet, with its
seorching and fiery tail.
There was no applause, e..cep; a; the close, and
that was feebly felt and family rendered The ladies
were disappointed.
LATEST FROM CANToN.-Intelligesce from Macao
to the 9th Of August, ten days later, has reached
this Office The British had all retired to the ship
ping for safety. The Chinese were using great exer
tions TO possess themselves Of some English subject
IN punish for the death of several Chinese The