Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-10-17


coed in the line # business, in all its various branches
conprehended under the placed the head of this
paragraph, have yet where tina, is, and
ss is not SsdOm. We might tell tale. tha, would
the bush of guilt il of shame. many
smooth faced hyQocrie. and noIdnae nlemedder into
the probabilities Of his ncighbors but the pure and sens
tive state Of public feeling, aimoni~hes details
oil oahsome abohinaIIon no. fl FOR any other col
umns than those Of some exclusive organ of moral
FORM We therefore shall confne ourselves to single
object in speaking which will be apparent be-
fore get through.
woman named Points and whose very peculiar si.u-
GioH manifested beyond doubt truth Of the Old alagc
reversed that "shcre is no jill without Jack" recently
entered complaint before Justice Levy against certain
married man. for basta-iy. This is low in The
mental scale, and low lower in social condition. 4
person Of the cas, refinement in would be puzzled
to explain satisfactorily how such ec, could provoke
any other feeling pity. highly tempered with
disgust, But that other feeling had been provoked
evident enough The person against whom she CON-
planned married man, with children some of
whom we told also married He is member of
church and Jealous advocate the temperance reform
If other. We suppress his name principally 10 SPARE
the feelings of his family, and because he i poor man
and also because opportunity allowed by the hear
ing OF testimony, 10 Judge OF his innocence or guilt The
woman appeared before the justice counsel the
accused defended by Mr. Barbour II appeared bv
the testimony Of the that sic married though
It Is understood that her husband left her year
since rs soon as the fact of marriage admitted, The
counsel for the accused moved that the complaint be dis
missed. he sustained his motion by arguing that the
statute provided a remedy only an unmarried woman
Such being the plain reading Of the law and it having
been thus sustained Supreme Court Justice dis
missed the complaint accordingly. The woman seemed
hardly able to appreciate the result cause, re
oeivcd II with an undeinlble and vacant sigglc
The provision of the law a, the first blush
as "somewha peculiar" l. It's exclusion of remedy for
married women based on the ground that husbands are
bound to support the legitimate children their wives
as well as the legitimate That would be hard bargain
for some men Or does suppose the husband will seek
remedy and if So what Several gentlemen are curl
Gus about tbs matter bu cannot enighten them 1t
might prove injurious public morals, Perhaps the law
failed to provide a remedy FOR married women who do no,
live with their husbands as negative punishment for
their ncortinonce.
The second section of The lazy provides that "vhen any
has bastard and neg bring suit for the
maintenance of such child &C. the of the poor
when sufficient security offered the county
from expense, shall bring against the accused, Sc.
The question now up, whether this provision will
apply to the under consideration Laws must be
strictly construed and in such that their
provisions will correspond with each other. Does the
phrase ANY woman aludc to al women or only TO the
class named in the first section viz: .unmauicd' wo-
men, This question for the lawyers and will be
admirable theme for the exercise Of chopoe Many a
rogue has escaled hanging by virtue Of lesser quibble
Il will come into full play in this perhaps.
We think the law ought 10 lie amended so as apply
to like the present, the first This
why have ALLUDED to this aInr Another is to
state 10 this community and particularly those who
gard themselves the especial of the public
morals that if they had done their duty this crime aud
the miserable consequences that will probably follow
} orpriag might have been prevented This woman, cnc
of the shiflcss OF her sex, Iivc for while a
erabe hove the lower canal bridge, and in the most
filthy and poverty stricken condition. She had
three naked and dirty children whom she employed in e
sng upon the fruits of which. with the voluntary conr
buttons OF respectable people in the nsghborhood they
subssted 1t condition prompting Grim, on he
part, and loudly calling for the interposoa of the
Of the poor. They requested nterpose
but they applet by the herself they
refused DO Whether they did their duty OF not is
question. We think they did aud further 9th
having The aud the ability, of whom
frequently hearl making loud lamentations
immortality, at the of the streets, equally
miss IN the execution Of their profession.
P0aiseriPi-Since the above in type, learn tina
the woman Points was beaten (on Wednesday night b,
another consequence of the complaint whicl
Points had made against the rcpued father OF her child
The next day Points taken sick the part of the
town, Of doors. She stopped at house the Ca.
Ole church, where Size kindly treated, AMI her situa
, CURED iu,o. Sac denied that her illness Ike
be serious AID left for ;ho extreme part OF III
town. irequeuty being compelled for obvious reasons
stop 10y the way IL unnecessary relate the rcyoin
p circumstances inerycnng-bu her child born tia
might The only food she had taken for the preceding
glass Of bucunilk and herself and child no,
. destitute OF every thing nccfuI We hope that those VII
' not entirely destitute Of the milk of human kndnes
lt vii aiicn,lln This n.nL,cr i.nmn a,.lu