s. It is wholesome doctrine, in
the opinion of _The Star_, to deny woman's rights and negro's
rights and the right of free discussion, to maintain them is to
countenance "corrupt and unwholesome doctrines."

The subject of woman's rights somehow is attracting general
attention. Rev. Mr. Sunderland, of this city, in a published
sermon, sought to bring the whole matter into contempt under
cover of the ridicule of the Bloomer dress. His position is, that
if God made man a little lower than the angels, He made woman a
little lower still. His sermon we gave last week. This week we
give a woman's reply to it. Nobly has she shown him up. We like
her review. She treats his argument gravely, and answers it
logically. She has touched the tender in him. He will begin to
think women are somebody after all. We think he should have
measured his _calibre_ before making such a tilt.... Regarding
his condition as rather awkward, and finding it difficult to be
quiet, he appears in the Friday _Star_ with the following
equivocal communication:

_The Woman's Rights Question._--Mr. Editor: The last two numbers
of _The Star_ contain an article purporting to review my Sermon
from Deut. xxii. 5, but the author does not appear. The article
in question contains inaccuracies which should be noticed for the
author's future benefit. If the author should turn out to be a
man, I should have no objection to point out those inaccuracies
through your columns. But if the writer is a lady, why, I really
don't know yet what I shall do. If I thought she would consent to
a personal interview, I should like to see her.

Very truly,
B. SUNDERLAND.
_Syracuse, Nov. 18_.

Some other person, under the head of "A Reader," addressed the
following to _The Star_, which, in the editor's absence, was
published:

How is this, Mr. Editor? A few days since I read in your papers a
sermon, on woman's rights by Rev. Byron Sunderland. In your
numbers of Wednesday and Thursday I found an able and respectful
Review of that discourse--a Review which, in some points, is
unanswerable, especially in the matter of Scripture and female
dress. The dominie appealed to Scripture, and the reviewer "has
him fast." I have hear