Lectures or the the Hebrew Ommonxxenltb


by Professor Wines.
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This gentleman delivered his second of the course
u lectures on thus subject at Clinton Hall, last eve-
ming, 10 very large and respectable audience


In contrasting the war laws and slavery of the
ancient Geniies with those of the Hebrews. he
TOOK occasion 10 speak OF the barbarity OF Spsostrs
VINO cut of the hands and feet of forty prisoners
achi'les and his soldiers heaped upon the BODY of
Hector, every one OF the latter having thrown
!dvelln at the fallen hero OF Hector, saying to the
beduIifni Andromache, that In the of Troy
iog taken. SHE, the idol OF his heart, would be made
captive, and drawer OF water and Of the poisoned
arrows OF the Greeks; and although we are in-
pressed with the moderation of the Rom 4ns in
war, yet OF that nation, even TO the day OF Cesar
putting to death the magistrates of the conquered
cities lie then referred In eloquent STYLE 10 the
constitution OF Noses which he said was assailed
by the enemies of revelation on account of the se-
ve'iy OF iIs war Avs, which contained two princ.


les, tne one thatf a hostile city surrendered with
nut resistance, ITS inhabitants spared on their
becoming tributaries, and il the city resisted the
mates were put to death, and its women
and children made capfives, but that afer-
twards essential notifications were made in
those laws by Moses. The Professor theu


raced the subject of slavery, which, he said. had


rs cr;bsdg ~ IN ne remotes st antiquity, and de-
he Egyptians and AsIacs, and the efforts OF Moses


20 abolish 1t, and his success in disarning il of most
;; ITS evils. He then showed the hand Of God in the
destruction Of Babylo and in the rescu. ~ Moses
rom The Nile and painted hls ch,r,c,er 40 law
gver, philosopher, ast 1rlan poet and udoe and bis
death at the advanced age oi 1870 wears: md com.
jared ne lat moments of the life OF Moses with
nos oi washington The former rrslgnlnp his robes
y 9Ince n ana me latter returning his swosd to lis
,onard, both after lite OF usefulness and without


STAN. Al The Conclusion, the eloouent Professor
sln that me Unit States government, as AN exsm-
m pr OF the ,iberdlity Of our people, compared with


nose oi Europe, towards the Israeltes, ought 10
rnu distinguished gentleman Of that persuasion Of
ms city, (Major Noah) as our charge de afaires to
Gonstannople, the Office being at present vacant by
tne death Of Commodore Porter our late represen-
ative in that quarter