Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-06-18
Ero,n the Ralt;,un,s Sun.


vincial council in this city, have issued pas
toral letter to the clergy and laity of that
denomination. Among other subjects to which
it refers is the slavery question. We make
the following extract:
The peaceful and conservative character of
our principles, which are adapted to every
form os government and every state of society,
! has been tested and made manifest IN the
great political struggles that have agtated
| the country on the subject Of domestic slave
ry. Although history plainly testifes that
the church has alway befricnded the poor and
| laboring classes, and efiectualy procured The
mitigation Of the evils attached to servitude,
| until through her mild influence ii passed
/ away from tho nations of Europe, yet she has
| never disturbed established order or endan-
gered the peace of society by following ,heo-
ries OF philanthropy.
| Faithful to the teachings and example Of
| the apostle, she has always taught servants
| to obey their masters, not serving to the eye
merely, but as to Christ, and in His name she
commands masters to treat their servants with
! humanity and justice, reminding them that
they have also a Master in heaven. We
have not, therefore, found it necessary to
modify our teaching with view of adapting
t
has been no agitation on this subject. Our
| clergy have wisely abstained from all inter
! ference with the judgment Of the faithful,
which should be free on all questions of poll
| cy and social order, within the limits of the
doctrine and law of Christ. We exhort you,
venerable brethren, to pursue this course SO
becoming "the ministers of Christ and disrer
sers Of the mysteries Of God" Let the dead
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cares and anxities of political partnership, the
struggles for ascendancy, and the morttca-
tions of disappointed ambition. Do not, in
any way, identify the interests Of our holy
| faith with the fortunes of any party; but
/ kind, study only to win to truth the deiuded
children of error, and to merit the confidence
/ OF your tiocks, SO that, becoming all to all,
/ you may gain all to Christ.
Circamstantial Eridenee. falhbility
! of human testimony is such that it must be
/ acknowledged we cannot believe our own
/ eyes. A case very similar to one which oc
Cured some months since at Poughkeepsie,
New York, in which girl positively identi
fed the remains of a deceased person as those
| of her sister, and on the strength of which a
| young man was arrested for murder, but in
which case suspicion was averted by the re-
appearance OF the supposed murdered girl,
has occurred at Joliet, Illinois.
A body of a female was found in a ravine
near Joliet; farmer testified TO the finding
of bloody clothes near the spot; four families
! testified TO the hearing of screams from the
ravine Oh the night of the supposed murder,
and that the cries were those of a female; a
woman named Cook recognized the body rs
that of her daughter, who was missed on the
very night OF these screams, and knew II was
/ her daughter because one of her front teeth
WAS gone; she also testified to improper init
macy between her daughter and Mr.. Rich
! ardson, and he was arrested for the murder
and some three hundred men were about Ia
king the law into their own bands to lynch
Richardson. fearing that justice would not be
| done by a regular jury.
| The girl finally was found in Chicago, and
| produced in Joliet. The body found was
| finally proved to be that OF an elderly gray
haired lady, who had died natural death,
a natural death, and whose body had been
| disinterred for dissection. The girl is only
eighteen years of age Cleeeiond Herald.
| ESThe mammoth ship Leyiathan is 69l
or $50 yards in length-ten yards over an
| eighth OF mile-and, of course, four turns
| up and down her deck will make mile. a
| pleasant walk as her level deck is unincum-
beied with aught save tho skyliehts of the
saloons. The Leviathan is intended to carry
| 500 first class passengers 1900 second class
passengers, and 1900 third class. For SO
| large freight of human beings, the most ex
tensire accommodation has been provided
both in saloons and sleeping cabins. The
saloons are nine in number. The largest is
| 100 feet long, Sc feet wde and 3 feet high.
| Above are two others-one above co feet
long, and another "a; both are 25 feet wide
and 2 high. The smaller of these letter is
tAed as a ladies' cabin There are whole
streets and squares of sleeping rooms, about
| IA feet long by 7 or feet wide, and above
I feet high-in fact, quite large rooms. If
nothing else had influence, this would make
/ the Levathan popular. In most large steam
ers it is the sleeping cabin that is tie dscom-
| fort. The main cabin is generally large and
airy: the table, perhaps, better than MANY
passengers enjoy on shore; it is in the berth
that they find discomfort-the close crib, with,
perhaps, a few fellow passengers On the shelf
! above.
Singular Suicide-uenry Porter a veal
| tuy Sculletiidh H'iuS at w orten, ABOUT SIX
miles from Chestertown, Kent county, Md.
committed suicide on the evening of the l. eth,
| by cutting his throat with razor He was
sitting in his dining room, and had been con-
versing with his wife on various subjects, with
no appearance of irrationaiity about him.
He requested his wife to go into the kitchen
and hurry the supper; and whilst she was
absent from the room, he wrote few words
on slip of paper to the effect that he was
ready 10 die, and cut his throat. causing i'm
mediate DEATH In all the relations of life he
was happy, no alterations Of mind had been
previously noticed by his family and friends,
and the cause for the act cannot be OWNED.
Mr.. Porter was about As years of age, and
| left large family.