The banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, 1846-04-01

Inc ofhcers employed IN recruiting
for the navy at the northern ports have
met with very little success, though sea
men are plentiful. The latter require
better wages, fairer distribution o
prize.money, and the abolition of fog
ging, before they will voluntarily leave
the merchant service for the navy.
The accounts from India state that q
sum of nearly thirteen thousand rupees
has been subscribed for the proposed
new College at Kishnaghur, for the
most part by natives.
The RIGHTS OF WomEN-'There is
an evident disposition throughout the
Union to abolish those absurd and un-
just restrictions which the common law
imposes upon the equitable rights of
married women in their property. To
quote master spirit of lie egislation, cit
is not right to make man tyrant, and
to reduce to passive state of slavery
the sex which by its feebleness and its
tenderness, most needs the protection of
the laws. The interest of women have
been too often sacrificed. The rules of
marriage are a code of violence; the
man receives the lions share" For
years the attention of the most enliph-
tened American legislators has been d.
rected to this subject, but the age was
too far behind the movement proposed,
to enable them to accomplish much.
Light is, however gradually penetrating
the darkest recesses OF the public mind !;
and during the course of this winter, Sc
veral of the legislatures of the Union
have passed laws to protect the rights of
women.
In Ohio, the subject has been warmly
discussed, and the legislature have had
under consideration bill eniarging the
powers of married women.
In Kentucky, the privileges of mar
ried women have been greatly increased.
Slave property is to be placed in the
same category with real, and is not to
be liable to the debts Of the husband,
during coveture. "Nor," to use the
words of the law, shall the life estate
of the husband, his wife living, be levied
on, executed, or sold for his debts or liza
bilities.
Although we have not the data be-
fore us, we believe that the law in Ala
bama, has been materially amended, in
this respect.
The time cannot, surely, be far dis
tant, when the law of the whole Union
will respect woman equally with man.
1t is a relic Of barbarism, which denies
to woman, when married, the right of
disposing of her own property and,
holding these views, we are glad 10 see
that bill has been reported in our legis-
lafure, to allow married females to hold
and convey real estate. There can be
no reasonable objection to such law
it is a simple act of justice, Il restoration
to women of the rights of which they
have long been eprived-and, there
fore, our lawmakers will do well to
pass it.
A bill to prohibit horse-racing
has passed both houses Of the New
Jersey Legislature. Racing for
money, or where there are twen-
ty or more people assembled, is
declared to be an offence, and all
persons concerned, directly or in
directly, giving notice OF it, adver-
tising, &C., to be guilty Of a misde-
meanor, and punishable by $1,000
fine or imprisonment not excee-
ding a year. The bill waits the
signature of the Governor to be-
come a law.
The FEMALE EyE.-John Smith
says that the female eye has the
following variety of expression
The glare, the stare, the leer, the
sneer, the invitation, the defiance,
the denial. the consent, the look of
love, the flash of rage, the spark
ling of hope, the languishment Of
SOftneSS the s-,,;-A r S,lSniniO,