Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-03-30

letter TO the N. " Atlas. describes after the fol.
lowing fashion, the stir accustomed by tho recep-
ton of Harpers beautiful edition of the Pictorial
Bible. The satire upon tho Jarsey ministers is
ercruciatimg:
One of the last new things we got here was the
first number of Hurper's 'picter Bible.' There
was nigh about cart load Of 'em come, and they
all went off as fast as Zeb could toss em over the
counter. For my part liked the looks Of it a
good deal, for Pm materially fond of picters, and
thought most of 'em was about the prettiest pic
ters I'D seen in any book this grea. while. And
can't help feeling kind of sorry, that the book
can't go on, and be published, but has got to be
cut right off in the bud. and all the first numbers
throwed away, or else bcrnt at the stake. But
that protest against it, by them four ministers out
there in the Jarseys, has killed it as dead as door
nail.
Every body here was delighted with the book
for n week or two, and every body was reading
it, and lookin' at the pcters. and as glad rs could
be, to think We was agoing to have such hand
some bible. Till one day Deacon Snow got hold
of n newspaper, that had that protest in it, and
he come into the house all out of breath, and
found his wife reading the book, and showing the
children the picters.
'Now, Sally says he, as no could get
breath enough to speak, 'shst that abominable
book right up. and don't let it be seen again.
The Deacon's wife was thunderstruck. sWhy,
Mr.. Snow' says she, what do you mean? are you
crazyl
'Why don't you see,' says the deacon, it is a
very indecent book to have aboutp
why, Mr.. Snow, how can you say so about the
bible?'
Because it is so,' says the deacon, and here it
is in the newspaper, signed by four minister's
Marcy on u.s. said Mrs. Snow, .wherea bouts is
it so indecent
There said the deacon, that very picter YOU
are lookn' at now, at the beginning of the frs,
chapter of Genesis. Don't you sec that Adam
hasn't got any great coat on; and that there's
horses running about there without any blankets
on; and that there's deer, standing by the side of
the water thore, with his hinder parts RICH, TO-
wards us!'
Marcy on us!' said Mrs. Snow, and she put her
hand right the picter, and wouldn't let the
children look at 1t afterwards
And this isn't the worst of it. neither. The
deacon didn't stop here; he went round tic neA,
day. and called a meeting of tho parish. men and
women, and oil hands. Deacon Snow was ca lied
to the chair, rather he took the chair. and he
read the protest to the meeting, and he perfectly
agreed with them ministers, that it was a very
indecent book; and called upon the meeting to ex-
press their minds freely about it. As no ono
seemed to be ready to speak he turned to Miss
Rider, tho school-marm who is a mighty smar,
lonrnng. and they say has uncommon taste about
such matters. and asked her to express her opin-
ion about the undecentncss of the pcte:s.
Miss Rider said, for her part. she thought them
horrid great elephants that was going into the ark
ought to have blankets over 'em. And besides.
one of the picters had a baby in it that wasn't
dressed. which she thought was highly improp.
er.
This brough. aunt Keziah up. She said for
L.. -.
look at them elephants, than was to look at the
cows in the cow-yard. And as for the baby. she
had seon babies without any cloths on before to.
day. and she guessed their wasn't mauv in the
meeting but what had. But STILL she had an OBJ.
lection to that bible and great objection; and she
felt it was her duty to state it.
Certainly said deacon Snow, st is tho duty
of every one to bring up their objections now, so
that the thing can be stopped in the bud.'
well, my objection, slid aunt Keziah SIS, that
it is agoing to ruin all the children and all the
much that they'll mover have time to do any thing
else.'
Yes said Mrs. Shaw, shat it is; my Sally let
a whole oven full of pies burn up yesterday, be.
cause she was reading that pcter bible, and for.
got all about EN- .r...F
Yes, agree to that said Mr.. jones' sit is 20.
ing to be the ruination of our children, I've had
to chop all the wood to keep my fire agoing a
week past, because the boys have been SO busy
reading that pcter bible, they couldn't get time TO
cut stick.'
y Finally, after a number more speeches and ar.
gurnents about the matter, the meeting voted to
send protest to the Ilarpers against printing any
more of 'em. not so much on account of the PIC.
Isrs. but because its going to make evory body
spend too much time in reading the bible. So
you may jest tell the Harpers they better hang up
their fiddle, and let the picter bitIes alone.
Lieut.. C. W. CHAUNcEY, late first of the U. S.
frigate Brandywlne, with dispatches from the
Hon. G. CUSHING, Commissioner to China, and
Lieut.. R. w. Meade, late of the U. s. ship Erie,
with dispatches from the Hon. ]. C. Pickett,
Charge d'Affairs to Peru, both arrived in Wash.
ington on Thursday last.
"The phrase .cIear youlself'' may be thus pc.
tely rendered:
Emulate the atmosphere Of your presence, by
calling into action your quiescent motive power,
and transferring the material elements which
compose your terrestrial organization 10 some 9th.
er portion of this mundane sphere.
"rhere is a landlady out west, according 10
Dan Marble. who gives her boarders dried applesl