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Forth* (thrirr* a W*#k,) Si* Ttolturf
•y< ifciunim, i»nval»l*- in advmx f, or fekveu l»ollar*
I not paid In-fore ilir «*n»l of lit#* yt*«r.
For ih* Country pow »*,(on/** n \A*M*k,) Thro* liol
•r« p**r ntmum, jmivuwU* in hhvhik *•, or Four l>ol*
m «. if not |mt<l litiiir** tin* «i»d ol ih* yrur.
Auv ord*r from a r»»»p«nitlhl« mlnwnU'r to dl*-
coutthim* hi*. pM|M*r will l»t* complied with on a m*i-
Dement oC dura, and not tirlorr.
Jil. crtt*trmn4s will hr Inserted at the following
rntrt: FortlinUml liimtiloii, per Hijuttr*, Siaty
t'vo nad m hidf etnU{ for ra< h auhnaquetit, iurm
shm. ItnurUon, Forty litre** and line** q under remits
In all other cm*** hi l-i crm* per sumuc.
Whan an ad vert I mimf I* »-♦ ot, without u tpeii
fi- ailoti In writing ol ihf n«in»l*«r of in»rnlon«, If
will Ih»-puhliidird until ontoied out, and cliArgtxt
Lirri KHS, (on hti«liif.») mu*l hr |*»*t ju*id —or
the) iu<i\ not lurtd with oiicniion.
TT In till** patter the L.»wn of the United Slain
•re puhliiihed.
« _A, -g. ■■■;
Laws of the U. States.
SF ftutljonrn.
SUIUt(;NJJHK or TUI-: FLOHIIJAB
l< V SPAIN.
Ity .Major Gtnrrul Andrew Jackson, Go
ter nor of the i‘formers of the Floridan,
ertreump the Powers of the Captain
In mini mid of toe Inittulnnt of the Is
land if IMiha, Otter ike said Provinces,
and of lln Governors of said Provinces,
ris/arlm Ip.
Wlii-iOan, tiy the Treaty concluded be
tween (be l uilod Statu* and Spain, on
II • J:d day ol February, Kiln, and duly
raiiiii I, tlie Province, ol Him Florida.
w> ro ceiled liy Spain to the United
Ht'lei, and the posseuion ol the .aid Pro-
Vince* i* now in the United Slate* ;
A i■ I wherea* the < oi jjrcxs ol the Uni
ted late*, on the third day ol .March, in
th.- prcsc.it year, did enact, that, until
I n ' a it the lint session Ol the .tcvCll
temilh t ongrußß unless provision for the
tinopor uy governuuut ol said Provinces
he nooniM- made by Congress, all the mil
itary, civil, and jndii ial, power*, exer
t "d hy the officers ol the existing go
vi rionmit ot'the said piovinc es, shall be
vested in s ii h person and persons, and
shall he ever. i,. d in such manner, as Ihe
President ol slie United Stale* shall di
t ret, tor the maintaining the inhabitmh
ol aid lei rllories in the tree enjoyment
ol their Liberty*property, and religion;
mid the President of ihe United Stale,
b ■«, by his hearing dale tin
tenth day ol said March, invented no
with <ll Hie powers, and charged me with
the several duties, hen Inlin e held and
exercised hy the Captain Cennal, Intcn
dant, and Coventors, aforesaid :
I havi, therefore, thought tit to iisne
tlile my Proclamation, making Known tin 1
premise*, and to declare thill the govern
ment heretofore exercised over the said
Provinces, under the authority ol Spain,
has eased, and that that ol the United
Siai, sid merit ais established over the
same , that the inhabitants thereof will
h> incorporated in the Union of the Unit
ed Stales, as soon as may ho consistent
with the principle* of the Federal Con
slitniion, and admitted to the enjoyment
ol all the privileges, rights, and immune
lies, ol the i ili/.ens of the United States:
that, ni (h« mean time, they shall be
maintained and protected in the tree en
joyment of their liberty, property, ami
the religion they profess ; that all laws
mul municipal regulations which were
in existence at the cessation of Ihe late
guv.-rniiKMil, remain in full lorce; and
•all civil officers, c harged with their exe
i ni inn, exi ept lho«e whose powers have
been especially vested in me, and except,
fcLo, such officers as have (men intrusted
with the collection ol the revenue, are
continued in their time (ions during the
pleasure of the (lovernor for the time
being, or until provision shall otherwise!
be made.
\n I 1 d« hereby exhort an 1 enjoin all ‘
Ihe i-a i ■: niseis and other persons within
the -id ,'ms iiu i'-, to bo faithful and true
in their do nance to the United Slates,!
and obi heat to the laws and author!- 1
lies ol the same, under full assurance I
Hi it. their jus rights wall \e under
•Jio gnardiai-hip of in United Slate-,
and w ill be maintained fr-.ni all force and
sinleuce (roin w itliunt or w ithin.,
tiivrn »l Pensacola, this [tenth day of
.tide lor I sst Florida, end seven
tteni 1 j dav of .1 1 1 y lor West-Flo
rieja. J one thousand i ight hundred
and twenty one.
A nDKEW JACKSON.
By the Co\ enior:
It. K. Cam.,
• fe ting Secretary of fUt Floridas.
St.-higwflme, Fast Florida, July Id, 1 tig 1. ;
By the Governors
Kuhkht Bcti.kr,
• ( iHr I Slahs Commissioner. 1
*
FROM THE BOSTON PALLADIUM.
Front . I frit a
Itv ( apt- J. Could, jr. oflirig Piti
dent, from Vfiica. wr learn, that in
April, tin* Knolish tiovcrninent took
possession ol the forts and establish
ments on the Toast of Afiica, lately
MomMßg to the Vfricuo Company,
aini.Aimnc-dititc-Iv placcal them under
Colmdul Laws and lic'striclioiis.
/ an the Gold ('oast Gr.er:h, .Mai/ *2l.
V\ e have rhe- high gratification of
annuuneincr the ivturn to tliis an
<^ora»e ol ii. M. frigate Iphigcnia.
Com. B. Mends, from abriiiant and
successful cruise to the river Itonny,
hiiMiig captured six slave -pssels
with no less tlian lfisf> slavey on
board. The captured vessels kave
been sent to Sierra Leone for adjudi
cation. We understand from the
best authority that the boats of the
1 Iphitrenia and Myrmidon, under the
command of Lieut. Mildtnay, met
with great resistance; the slave ves
sels wi re so moored across the river
that they presented a formidable bat
tery, and although the Lnglish co
lonrs we re displayed in the boats, the
brutal and piratical slave dealers.
opc‘nrd a (ire upon them, which they
incessantly kept up, till vanquished'
by the intrepidity and bravery of onr
■ tars.—'l he Iphigenia and Myrmidon
l had each one man kilted, and several
; severely wounded ; the loss on the
' side of the iniquitous slave dealers
was very great: many of them leapt
overboard and were instantly devour*
I ed by the sharks.
We regret to say, that a few of the
, slaves, who we re* on the decks of the
r slave vessels, during the action, were
] severely wounded, and a poor female
1 lost both legs, and another her right
1 arm. The Myrmidon was afterwards
5 sent to the river Calabar, where it is
r fully expected she will fall in with
some more- of these robbers of the
population of Africa, The Morgianu
captured off Lages, a Portuguese
slave vessel, with 1 ti slaves.
It is scarcely four months since
the gallant commodore arrived on the
western shores, and in that short pe
riod lu; hits captured eight slave ves
sels, with 185(i slaves.
A few days ago a Portuguese slave
vessel was seen at anchor oil' Winnc
hah.
Wc have just heard of another
Portuguese slave vessel at anchor oil’
(’omnicmla.
[The Iphigenia has since arrived
in the West Indies, on her way to
Lngland.J
•Sit* «**•
i BALTIMORE, A HOLST 31.
A gigantic and well disciplined
' system of villiany has been detected
and brought to light through the me
, diiim of the Post Oflict*. Ami res
-1 pondence between the cofivKts in the
I’ultimore I'enilentiary, and a num
' her of persons in ; TriTd otft of the city,
has for some time heerp arried on, by
which means, an organised system of
conntei (eitmg iind altering hank notes,
was established in thr Penitentiary.
1 I hirteen plates, or rather parts of
plates, of live, ten, twenty and fifty
dollar hills, fur altering genuine notes
t were furnished hy one of the deputy
keepers, who is now in confinement,
and w hose detection was owing to the
letters being intercepted til the Post
, tfflice, and tiie dies and plates being
i found in a bag, which slowed away
in ih<' loft of one of the apartments.
Four of the convicts were concern
ed in the transaction, one ol whom
cut the dies, and the other three were
; employed in disseminating the spuri
ous notes h_> letters, and receiving
genuine ones in return. The notes
i that have been detected were princi
pally on (he Frederick County Itnnk.
\s measures are taking to develop
this plot more fully, ami to punish
those who are known to be accompli
ces, we shall wait f lie issue of the in
vestigation.—[ ('hronide.
It At. nun, SEPTEMBER 13.
A lamentable occurrence took
place in this city on the night of Fri
day last. In consequence of some
dilleronce arising in a Hilliard Hoorn
between Richard Ilainds, the owner
ol the table, and Mr. Janies Hoylan,
of this vicinity; the latter was stab
bed in the throat hy the former, in
i such a manner as to cause his instan-
I tancous death. ’lhe coroner's in-j
quest resulted in a verdict of wilful |
murder by the said Ilainds, who is j
now routined in the county jail to
| take his trial for the oli’ence. This!
j transaction has naturally produced a
deep sensation here; but as it is to
undergo a judicial investigation, we
content ourselves with stating the
I icts as they have occurred. Mr.
hoylan s premature death hasdepriv
a wile and tw o children ol their natur
al protector.—j Ri aixfrr.
.7 certain cure for Dysenlary.
I ake one gill of sweet oil, a gill of I
j pure St. Croix Spirit, and a gill of
good Martinique Molasses; simmer
I these together gently in a silver ves
sel, stirring (he same with a silver
spoon until the whole is well mixed
together. To adults administer a
common table spoon full every hour, 1
Ul *d to infants in proportion. This
simple but etfectnal remedy for this
distressing malady has never been
known to tail in aridiyliug almost in-j
stunt relief.
d second Lambert /—There is a
gentleman living in the town of Cen-I
terharbor, in .V H. Mr. Caleb Towle,!
a wealthy and respectable farmer, i
whose height is 5 feet ten inches, girth
7 feet, and weight 515 pounds. He
is obliged to use a second chair for
the more bulky part ofliis frame.
Portsmouth Journal.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1822. n
i 7- tl
The second communication of our n
respected correspondent, “ Fides ,” is ®
p iltlislied to-day ;4-all we desire, is,
that our readers wU devote as much a
time as would be Required in a pro- r
per perusal of it. /I hey may, pro- 3
biddy, be as much by it, as |
they could by any jther production. (
1 Every proposal for the encouragement \
and propagation of S ience ought to be I (
received with appre at ion, and he who 1 1
offers to mankind a pi in lor llie ameliora- j >
I lion of their conditio , must be consider- ; 1
ed a bsnefar tor. Uidoubtedly it is an j
elevated endeavour Miich has for its ob- 1
' jer t a diminution ol the inconveniences '
! and infelicities of lifa; a'id though human '
1 ingenuity cannot nidicjtlly remove the
| cause of all of our diseases, it may of
some of them, and contribute to alleviate
' our Jot relative to others—soft- n the as
' ! parities incidental to our state, and light
, en the burthen which may not be sutire
l ly removed.
1 No person ran pretend, by strength of
[ invention or extensiveness of research, to
■ [ gyin lor society an exemption from neces
| sitalcd imbecility ; but many can, by salu
1. tary and effectual suggestions, diminish
1 the number of our calamities. When a
'; man ol trades himself upon our notice by 1
the wisdom Os his remarks and the utility {
of his proposals, we ought to be forward
in advancing his views. Novelty ought
not to startle, when practicability is possi
ble. Every new scheme may have oppo
• | neats, but opposition should yield to rea
son and usefulness. The most laudable
I institutions have not always in the com
, mencemtnt met the protection of public
favor j and the most celebrated literary
establishments have struggled into re
spectability and eminence, in defiance of
I the malevolence 01 adversaries, and the
I reputation of more ai tient schools. But
after the Ippse ol a few seasons, prejudices
have givuii way, and men delighted to
, cherish that, w hich at first they had op
. pressed. We always experience a me
lancholy pleasure in pushing forward
r that, the progress of which we had once
f retarded; for when indolence succeeds
, persecution, it includes repentance, and
. repentance is universally connected with
f s rrow. Worthy intentions should not
lie allowed, if possible, to be defeated,
1 and we should anxiously wish to escape
thorn mortifying reflections which usually 1
■ torment those who are quick in discourag
ing merjforious proposals.
These reflections have been elicited by
the perusal of a communication (to
which our attention has been recently di- j
re ted) originally published in the Gear- j
gin Journal, in the year 1017, which is!
said to be from the pen of u medical gen- ]
Reman of this city. The object, there 1
stated is grand, and would, if carried into j
effect, lie productive of incalculable ad-j
vantages to the inhabitants of Georgia ; |
and the ( ouception of the design is as lion- |
orable to the author, as its realization |
would lie beneficial to his fellow-citizens, i
As some of our readers may not have |
seen the communication, to which we
now allude, we give it below.
TO TH E PEOPI.E OF I.EOUCIA.
Filhnr Cilizins,
None of you can be unaware that
Georgia, vv hen compared w ith most
other states in (be I nion, glitters but
faintly in literature. Institutions forj
j the promotion of general science,
have, (with very few honorable ex-i
ceptious) been in this state most
J shamefully neglected ; for the causes
[ ot which, for the most part, 1 must
| appeal to those who are better ac- ;
qnainted than myself, with the histo- !
1 ry ol (ho state from its earliest settle
ment by civilized people to the present 1
day. I will barely name a few of the
j most obvious causes which have re
i tarded the progress of science in
Georgia. In doing this, i will cite
the reader's attention to the early age
ot civilization in (his state—the new*
1 ness of the country — the necessity for
encouraging agriculture, either for
making our own consumables at home I
or purchasing them abroad—and add I
to these (which must necessarily pre- !
| cede the liberal encouragement of sci- [
j ence in a country) a general deficit of!
public spirit, and several years dura-i
tion ol a severe and dangerous war ;|
which never fails to dram the treasu*
ry of the country involved, and to at- 1 ,
tract the almost entire attention of
government to the seat and object of
its own danger. We have now been 1
lor some time blessed with the most
■ profound peace. The lucid streams
j of quiet and contentment flow gentlv i
j through our land. 'The Lord of eve- i
ry domain, although it is bet a thatch- 1
; «>d cottage, holds the flowing cornu- ]
copia ; and liberty and happiness are 1
| floating with unparalelleled velocity 1
along the stream of never-ceasing 1
time, and imparting the first blessing I
ol this world to the fortunate inhabi- 1
(ants 01 Fred uni a. In such a time 1
‘tiid such a place a$ under the i
roost fortunate circumstances that j
heart could wish or tongue could;
name, 1 wish to direct the attention of
the free people of Georgia, (w hose fi
nal object is like that of all others of;
the great human family, true hap pi-1
ness,) tothe subject of a Medical Lni
versity for the Stale of Georgia.
Our state has risen to a level with th|
first in agriculture, and a few of the
arts. Its commercial connexions and
relations are rapidly increasing, and
and we are now individually and gen
erally exerting ourselves for the accu
mulation of fortunes to hand down to
our posterity; and fears are rational
ly to be entertained that we shall,
without the direction of government
to the sciences, be soon found literal
ly basking in that venality and luxu
ry which we see now increasing, and
which never fail to stand the awful
presages of imbecility and enervation
in a government, and of disease, mis
ery and early death, in its subjects. I >
do not believe there is a citizen whom
I now address, unless, indeed,his soul
is bent on brutal sensuality and cor
ruption, who has not that laudable
spirit of patriotism which longs for
the elevation qf.tlic character ol his
own state to an accordance with that
of her sister states, in every thing
which Is truly valuable to individuals,
to llie state, or to the Union. The
period of privation is po£t —the clays
of political difficulty are over—our
treasury is swelling with the full-flow
ing tide of plenty, and having no idle
ambition to satiate, our next most im
' portant step is to foster the sciences
j with all possible care and attention.
The Franklin College, I am happy to
state, is once more rearing its digni
fied head, and directing the votaries
of science up the mazy path which
towers to its goal. We hope, there
fore, although we review with felici
ty the commanding stations in gene
ral science occupied by Yale, Provi
dence, Princeton, Washington, Co
lumbia and many other Colleges in
the Union, we shall, in future, stand
independent of their immediate as
sistance in the education of our youth.
The State of Georgia, as well as its
neighboring States and Territories,
has ever since its earliest settlement
hy civilized people, been dependent
on the states of New-York and Penn
sylvania, or on Europe, for the com
pletion ot the education of those gen
tlemen who have chosen the science
of medicine for their engine of public
good, or individual support. I feel
no hesitation in stating, that I be
lieve the medical character of Geor
gia has ever been darkened mure by
(lie remoteness of the present lumi
naries of medical science, 'and
the immense expense of visiting
those foreign places, than by the de
ficiency of native genius. The time
j of peace and ,plenty is the only time
| the sciences can be encouraged so as
to honor a state; and I believe, with
-1 out the shadow of doubt, that the es
-1 tabiishment and perpetuation on li
beral principles, of an institution
1 within the limits of this state, for the
1 purpose of disseminating medical
! science, would add greatly to the in-
I dependence of our individual state,
and incalculably tothe improvements
| and usefulness of talents and genius
among us; which must otherwise be
lost to the medical world and to the
public in general. Whilst this insti
tution would add great convenience
to the progress of medical science in
this and the neighboring states, it
would tend, not a little, to the retain
ing within the limits of this state an
: immense amount of money, which
would otherwise be necessarily spent
elsewhere annually to accomplish the
I same purposes. Add to these many
other facilities such an institution
would hold out for the improvement
and exercise of those brilliant genii
whom nature may have capacitated
to walk in character with a Hush, a
j Sydenham, and a Physick, (and like
; those philanthropists and physicians
j dispense those goods which are more
j valuable than gold) and who must
otherwise rest in obscurity. The
propitious circumstances under which
j my proposition is made, will, I hope,
appear to others, as to me, the most
fayorable*for the purpose; and should
this important object not be very
soon accomplished, 1 know not when
j a be so completely in the
1 power of the state to effect so noble
j and indispensable a purpose. I sug
: gest the subject thus early, that argu
| ment and inquiry may arise among
the people at large; that they may
; be awakened to a sense of the neces
sUy of promoting-* this institution,
hich is for the good of humanity
and the honor of the state : and that
they may do more ample justice to
the subject in all its ramifications and
departments than I am able to do
within the confines of this address.
Reflection will mature the judgment
on this subject. The sovereign pow
er of the state rests in the people. If
they say the object shall be accom
plished. it will be.—Representatives
may hereby be enabled to ascertain
the wish of their constituents on this
very interesting subject, which will,
1 trust, compose a part of the busi
ness ol the next session of the State
and be properly carried
into effect. The subject is popular
and materially so with the thinking
and scientific part of the community,
w hich together with its conspicuous
utility, will, 1 hope, settle the point
of the real propriety of the proposed
object, to the conviction of each Re
presentative.
FOR THE AUGUSTA CM RONICLE AHD
GEORGIA ADVERTISER.
REVIEW,
Os Sermons, by Die late Henry Kttloctc , D. D.
(COMTISUED.)
An artist who had produced many di*-
tinguisheit pieces, wholly from the re
source? of his own mind, but had seen
none of the performances of other mas
\ ters, was observed to brighten with a
sudden transport of joy on witness
ing a single effort ot an acknowledged
genius. “ Now,’’ said he, “ 1 know that
lam a painter.” The joy of this disco
very may be imagined when we reflect
that he was in a nr ment able to appro
j priate to himself the admiration and ap
i plause which had been conlerred on a
| brother artist, and to identify his own
j claims and character in the productions
' of one whose pencil had already given
1 him distinction and wealth. Such, we
| think, is frequently the case w ith the
,1 Christian. The scene? of a new world
! are unfolded to h»s view, and the move
-1 ments of a surprising struggle are felt
. within him; within him too,*’there is a
• i change which seems like “ the dividing
' I asunder of soul and spirit” and “ of the
[ i joints and marrow.” Ho eyes were pre
i viously so blind that he could see nothing
! iu the whole field ol vision before him,
“ jSo thick a drop serene bad quench’d their Otb*
Or dim suffusion veiled,
I Dut now lie can “see men,like trees,
, walking,” and by a wonderful faculty of
, i introspection can see himself in a phar
’ I acter which supplies no reason - lor self-
I complacency. The sting of keen remorse
I I pierces the very seat of sensation in hi»
■ soul, and gives him the uniiiixed pain of
;I a wounded spirit. Mercy, however, of
( fnrs its lenitives and the peace-speaking
blood of the Saviour changes anguish in
to penitence. But, how is he to know by
■ what name he shall call this inward agi
• tation of his soul ? Is it the renovation
. of his fallen nature and the cure of hi*
spiritual malady ? Does it bring his res
cue from the powers of darkness and his
1 translation into a new kingdom ? Is it
1 the return of the exile and the deliver
• auce of the captive ? Is it the re-im
pression of God’s image upon a heart
, which had lost every vestige of the ori
ginal likeness ? No doubt it is all this,
r and no doubt the conscience of the man
I receives intimations of the happy change;
t hut the reality of his own impressions
. must be clouded with many doubts until
he sees in others the operations of which
he has been the admiring subject. Hence
he learns the valued those writers who
’■j leave him the rich legacy of their per
; aonal experience and mprint a likeness
1 of themselves upon the works of their
genius and piety.
We were once present at a conversa
tion which furnished ns a forcible illus
f tration of this subject. A gentleman,
- who ha I been a soldier and a statesman,
J was one of the parties. In the circle
y where he moved he had no equals either
5 in weight of character or in power of in
tellect. He had acted much* in public
- life and in every situation stood pre-erai
? nent in the dignity of moral worth and
5 in the integ ity of superior talent. His
mind was too high to be influenced by
fear, and too honest to yield to illusion,
lie had been a confirmed unbeliever and
‘ had regarded religion as asystcqi of sul
) lea mystery and impossible precepts.
? But it pleased God to convey a new dis
[ .position to his heart, and to give.him a
just sense ’of the importance of religion.
In this frame of mind he obtained an iu
v terview with an aged and venerable min
> ister, whose reputation for wisdom, sanc
j lily, and experience, was not surpassed by
. any. He requested of the minister to
, give him the exact experience of his
own heart, as far as consciousness could
enable him to disclose the operations of
■ his own mind. The minister proceeded
i according to request, and with clear dis
. crimination and fender feeling, traced the
work of God upon his soul, fie had
not closed his narrative before we saw'
the cheeks of the veteran bathed with
the Irequent drops which stole from his
eyes, and his manly bosom swelling with
emotions which could not be suppressed.
His reply was, “ I too am a Christian.”
This sudden burst of assurance was the
result of comparison. The moral image
of one, whom he believed to be a Christi
an, corresponded with the affections of his
own spirit, and the persuasion which he
had previously entertained was animated
into a confidence, the joy of which was be
trayed by the tear of sympathy.
How must we hence learn to appreci
ate scriptural biography 1 It shews us
religion in the contact of a real aud visi
ble operation ; it is piety exemplified ;
wisdom sitting in judgment upon man’s
sentiments and conduct, and appealing to
her children for her justification, A
large proportion of the work unjjer con
sideration isof this class and is executed
in a style highly useful and interesting.
In this department of sacred truth we
did not expect much that was original iu
matter, or new in form. We had tho’t
that scanty gleanings most remain in a
field which had been traversed by the
elegant fancy of Hunter, who comes to
his reader embalmed jvith’ a rich
grance of flowers, a field where t ]; s .
criminating mind of Robinson t, a d large
ly gathered the precious fruits of chris
an doctrine.
But Dr. Kollock su.rveys the scene, all
he parts of which ( n e eyes of former cri
tics had in vest .gated, and brings up to the
view of his reader many beauties which
nad not. been explored, and awakes re
nec'cions which others had ’.ft dormant.
Ihe utility of cons Ui 0 s history of
God’s Providence he exhibits in the first
part of the first Sermon, which is on the
Life of Adam. Fromseveral pathetic re
ferences we select the following as hi-hly :
finished and affecting.
“ When the smoking ruins of Jerusa
“ lem are spread before us; w hen we 1
“ Behold the countless number of her 1
“ children that became the victims of the i
“ sword, ol famine and of sedition; when j
“ we listen to the shrieks of the bereaved j
“ a,J d mark the convulsive struggle* of ■
“ t,le dying—it is not merely to fill our
“ eyes with tears, and our hearts with *
“ sorrow for this unhappy nation, that '
“ the picture is presented to u s . v t H
“to show us the terrors of Jehovah '
“woes which must crash the »| v.
“when the patience of the Lord's^
“ ba listed, and the arm of the living
“ armed with thunders is raised
“ them, and the accumulated m!,",.,
“ which must at last overtake those
“ despise the means of grace and the f
“ fers of salvation.”—Vol. 1. Ser. i p '
None can scrutinize the designs oi D e i! H
ty, nor assign the reasons which gover® H:
his proceedings. Still we may lorm an. Iff
tional conjecture by the aid of his cwy'
word as to some ot the final causes c | B
works. Thus after the wonders« creation
were accomplished and the garniture of
stupendous Heavens was spread forth, il, e H
impulse of nature itself leads us to H 1
and wish an intelligent eye to contem. I 1
plate the mighty constitution of the uni! M
verse. Let us hear Dr. Kollock on this I'
sut ject : I
“ The world had already been formed I
by the great Creator. It displayed his |
perfections and was replenished with eve- I
ry thing necessary for the benefit or fel,, I
city of man. But there was yet no ra- I'
tional being that inhabited it, to content- |
plate these works, and trace in them ■
with adoring wonder, the wisdom, tlj I
goodness and the power of him who made I
them. The sun, the moon and the star I
declared in their courses the -lory 0 [ I
God, but they did not perceive thi glory' I
The earth with its productions shewed |
that its maker was divine; bin unendu. I
•d with intelligence, it could not reco». I
nize the divinity.—Man then was formed I
to behold this glory, to see these traces of I
the Godhead, and on earth to respond u> I
the heavenly hosts, among whom the I
morning stars sang together, andlhesons I
of God shouted for joy.”—p, 4. H
__ The test by which the virtue of our I
nrsi Parent was tried in Paradise, has I
been often assailed by the sneer of the I
scoffer and the infidel. It has been re- I
presented as ridiculous and absurd, that I
so slight a deviation as was that of ealii,*- I
the forbidden fruit, should involve enusg* H
quences so momentous, not only to Adam, |
but to all his posterity. Indeed, it is too |
much the custom w thmen of the world, to |
amuse themselves withtruths of thetnost B
sacred import, and to court the semb- |
lance of wisdom and independence by the |
boldness with Which they impugn the |
most sacred topics.* We often hear a |
sweeping sentence of condemnation pass- |
ed upon the whole system of revealed I
religion, by men who would be deemed |
incompetent the most obvious |
question in common prudence, merely |
because some audacious witling whose |
impudence far exceeds his penetration, I
lias been able to turn the laugh of the pro- |
sane upon some prominent part of scrip
ture. But it would be wise in such to
think liow dangerous an experiment they
make when they laugh at the dreadful
mysteries of God. “He that makes a
jest of the words of scripture, or of holy
things, plays with thunder, and kisses the
mouth of a cannon just as it belches fira
and death.” In reference to the fatal
transaction by which Adam implicated
himsell and his posterity in guilt and
wretchedness, Dr. Kollock has the fol
lowing satisfactory observations:—
“ The test to our first parents could
not be any of those great moral precepts
which would answer this purpose With
regard to us. What moral precept could
have been given to Adam for his trial,
and as the condition of the covenant form
ed with him ? He could not be enjoined
to honor his parents—he had none; nor
to abstain from murder, since, even if
he had'known what death was, and how
to inflict it, this crime could be committed
only upon the object of his dearest affec
tions, without whom the world would be
a solitude to him : the only two of the
human race could not violate the marri
age bed ; Adam could not steal nor covet,
because all things belonged him; nor
bear false witness, since there was no
motive that could incite him to do it
against the wife of his bosom ; nor forgive
his enemies—None existed. What moral
precept, then, can you select, pioper to
be used as a test of the obedience of our
first parents ? -These moral precepts they
could not violate, and therefore, their
keeping them would bo no test of virtue. —
It was (hen necessary that the test should
be some positive precept, and the more
simple and easy this precept, the mote
would it display the goodness of Cod, and
render man inexcusable for its violation.
What then could be more suitable and
proper for our first parents, living in a gar
den, than the command to abstain from a
particular Where now are all ihe
impious witticisms of libertines on this
subject?”
Should the above extract prove as satis
factory to others as it has been to us, they
will rejoice to see the Woid of God vin
dicated by the fair exertion of reason, and
the mouth of the infidel stopped by the ho
nest exhibition of truth. ,
FIDOS
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FROM TIIK AUGUSTA HERALD
<Sir,—I send you herewith an ex
tract of a letter, dated 15th July,
I lately received from Col. Andrew
Erwin, formerly a resident of this
place. It contains some interesting
particulars of the late Revolution in
; Mexico, which have not hitheito ap
peareti, so far as I have observed, in
any of the public journals.
Col. Erwin has been in Mexic»
since the month of April, united wiiW
other commissioners for obtaining f.
grant of land in that quarter, intend
ed lor actual settlement, by enterpris
ing citizens of Tennessee.
By giving it a place in the Herald
you will oblige A Subscribe b
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MEXICO, JULY 15, 1522.
“ I had the pleasure of dropping
you a line shortly after my arrival in
this city, promising to write you a
gain previous to my leaving this coun
try. I confine myself to a detail of
the late political changes that have
taken place, and of my opinion ol
the soil, climate, &c. You are no
doubt aware that the Revolutionalists
and old Spaniards of the country,
united under General Augustin Itur
bide. with the advice and consent ol
the Bishop of Puebla, and the great
er part of the nuniereus clergy of the