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ilars, which have reached us through
correspondent, it .appears that the
elebrated Mr. Irving (who has been
or some weeks back in’the active ex-
ircise of hia ministry through differ
ing parts of Scotland) was announced
Jo preach at Kirk.tidy on the days of
Saturday and Sunday, which naturally
attracted numerous' congregations.—-
On the evening ofthe latter, the Chap
el was crowded at an early hour to
hear (wc believe) his farewell sermon.
Service had not commenced when
the fears of the congregation were ex
cited by a sudden cracking of tlie
beams which supported one of the gal
leries. The alarm of danger was in
stantly succeeded by its reality. The
gallery gave way, and was precipitat
ed with the whole of its occupants in
to the body of the church. The re
sults were terrific, and the sacrifice
of life awfully great. The rush to
the doors was tremendous: and in the
struggle for life and death, 29 persons
are stated to have died from pressure
and suffocation. Three were crush
ed to death by the falling beams, and
numbers have received severe contu
sions. The consternation in the town
and neighborhood, when our corres
pondent’s letter came, off, was great
beyond example. Anxious solicitude
was in every face, and inquiry in eve
ry mouth, while the grief of the rela
tives and friends of the sufferers (a-
mong whom was a mother, whose three
daughters perished on the occasion)
added considerably to the melancholy
and heart rending features of the
scene.—Gore’s Liverpool Mv.
they had four stations in Greenland, )
occupied by twenty-one missionaries,
including females; in Labrador, three
stations and twenty-six missionaries; in
Canada .and the United States, three
stations and ten missionaries; in the
Danish West India Islands, seven sta
tions and thirty-four missionaries; in
the Danish We^t India Islands, seven
stations and thirty-four missionaries;
in the British West-Indies, fifteen sta
tions and forty-seven missionaries; in
Surinam, one station and ten mission
aries; in South Africa; five stations
and thirty-nine missionaries. Total,
thirty-eight stations, and one hundred
and eighty-seven missionaries, includ
ing females. This is an increase of
two stations and nine missionaries, a-
bove the returns for the close of 1825.
Saratoga, July 29.
The arrivals of strangers for the
last 4 or 5 days have been very nu
merous—averaging more than 100
per day. Some of our hoarding es
tablishments are full—others are near
ly so—and there is a fair prospect
that the vacant rooms will all be oc
cupied the present week. The num
ber of visitants now in the village is
estimated at from 7 to 800—among
whom are Mr. Stevenson, the Spea-
of-the House of Representatives,
Gov. Cole, of Illinoise, Mr. Sanford
United States Senator, and several
other gentlemen of distinction.
From the Quarterly Journal.
GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE RE
LIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS.
Presbyterian Church. Synods 16.
Presbyteries 90. Ministers 1,214.
Licentiates 218. Candidates 229.—
Churches 1,880. Churches vacant
679. Communicants 136,479 Con-
gregcUionalists. Associations 62.—
Ministers 720. Churches 960.—
Churches vacant 240. In addition
there are from 100 to 150 Unitarian
Churches. Baptists, Associations
190.; Churches 3,723. Ministers
2,577. Baptisms 238,654. Protes
tant Episcopal. Clergymen 486.—
Churches 598. * Communicants 24,-
075. Methodist Episcopal. Districts
83. Circuits 89*0. Preachers 1,465,
besides a large number of Local
Preachers. dumber of members
381,997. Free Will Baptists. Min
isters 242. Churches 335. Licen
tiates 30. Communicants 12,000.—
German Reformed.* Churches 400.
Ministers 90. Communicants 30,000.
Reformed Dutch. Synods 2. Class
es 16. Churches 150. Ministers a-
boutthe same. Communicants 14,-
000 Evangelical Lutheran. Minis
ters 200. Congregations 800. Ro
man Catholics, 600,000. Quakers or
Friends. Whole population 750,000.
Universalislsi Societies 250. Min
isters 140. Swedenborgians. Socie
ties 12. Ministers 50. Whole pop
ulation 100,000. Shakers. Societies
16. Preachers 40. Population 5,-
400.-Cumberland Presbyterians.-Con
gregations 60. Ministers 60. Chris
tians. Ministers 250.—Churches 250.
Communicants 20,000. Seventh Day
Baptists. Churches 18. Ministers
29. Communicants 2,862. Six Prin
cipal Baptists. Churches 15. Min
isters 20. Communicants 2,500.—
Tunkers. Churches 33. Ministers
30. Communicants 3,000. Mennon-
ites. Churches 235. Ministers 200.
Communicants, 20,000. Free Com
munion Baptists. Churches 32.—
Ministers 23. Communicants 1,284.
Several small sects of Methodists not. in
cluded in the preceding List. Minis
ters 255. Members i 1,214. .
Whole No. of Denominations men-
- tioned 22. Whole No. of Ministers
in 20 Denominations (exclusive of Ro
man Catholics, Quakers, and Local
Methodist Preachers) 8,196.
Note.—Entire accuracy in our Statisti
cal Tables is not pretended, and is indeed
impossible. The Statistical Documents
published by the respective Denominations
^re in most cases extremely imperfect.—
We shall pursue this subject in the course
of a few months, and shall endeavour to
tnake our statements as full and as accurate
,asmaybe. The Documents from which
tve have derived most of o&r facts, in rc r
gard to the Religious Denominations, were
published in 1926—a smalt part in 1828.—
In reference to the smaller sects, we are in
debted to “Benedicts View of All Re
gions,” a valuable work published in 1824.
From the N. Y. Observer,
MISSIONS OP THE UNITED
BRETHREN.
It appears from the last number of
the United Brethren’s Missionary In
telligencer, that at the close of 1827,
‘ From the Savannah Georgian.
NOTICE.
LITERARY PREMIUM.
“The lands in question belong to
Georgia, she must and she will have
them.”—Report in State Senate Dec.
5, 1828.
Convinced that the claim advanced
on behalf of this State to the country
inhabited by the Cherokee Indians, has
no foundation in justice—Strongly im
pressed with the opinion that the com
pletion of the views ot those politicians
who advance it, will justly entail up
on Georgia the odious charges of be
ing Faithless—Covetous—Ungrateful
and Inhuman—
(Faithless—Because we have trea
ties with the Cherokees defining the
present boundary; up to which bound
ary we have full and undisputed pos
session—
Covetous—Because our present ter
ritory, nearly fifty thousand square
miles, is out of all proportion large for
our population—so that for centuries
to come it will not be properly cul
tivated—
Ungrateful—Because upon a late
emergency, a number of the warriors
of that Nation drew their swords in
our behalf with conspicuous service
Inhuman—I ought to say Barbarous
—Because in modern times—in civil
ized countries—there is no instance of
expelling the members of a whole na
tion from their homes—of driving an
entire population from its native coun
try. The notoriously disgraceful par
tition of Poland involved no such stig
ma of cruelty.)
Convinced, also, that if the territo
ry could now be received with honor,
it would be impolitic to receive it—
Our true policy being to hold the Uni
ted States bound to us for the equiva
lent of its value at a distant period—
Believing likewise that the people
of this State, if made properly ac
quainted with the subject, are too re
ligious, too honest, too honorable to
sanction claims so irreligious, so dis
honest, so dishonorable—and which, if
enforced will result in such deep dis
grace to themselves—such enduring
shame to their posterity—Under these
convictions, and in this belief, I intend
to offer a Memorial to the next Gener
al Assembly; and desiring that this
Memorial may illustrate and enforce
these views with ability and energy,
I hereby offer A Premium or One
Hundred Dollars, for that produc
tion, which, in respectful language,
shall, in my opinion, most perfectly
accomplish that purpose.
The manuscript, written in a legi
ble hand, to be left at my counting
room, or forwarded to rae.here, free
of expense, before the 10th dty of
November next.
R. CAMPBELL.
Savannah, August 13, 1828.
They believe that the soul returns to
the body where it is entombed. It the
man has led an evil life, the angels ol
the grave, Monkia and Guanequir, tor
ment him until the day of j idgement.
If his life has been virtuous, his abode
in the grave is one of pleasure and
coi^entment. The Turks recognize
.the ten commandments of Moses, and
enforce them with five others added
by Mahomet. These are, 1 st, To be
lieve in and worship one only God;
2d, To fast, during the Rliainadan; 3d,
To pray at certain hours; 4th, To give
the fortieth part of their income, to the
poor; 6th, to go on a pilgrimage to j
Mecca once in their life. In the ob- '
servance of the first, they are very
scrupulous and reverential; they never
undertake any thing of importance
without invoking the blessing ot
Heaven.
The second commandment is kept
during the liliamadan, the month in
which the Koran came down from
Heaven. This fast begins as soon as
the crescent of the new moon ean be
seen through the highest hills.
When the
“Rhamadan’sdast son hath set,”
the festival of the Bairman begins,
during which they do their utmost to
reconcile estranged friends, and to
banish enemies and ill feelings.
The Turkish mosques are flanked
by minarets, which are surrounded by
balconies. When the hour of prayer
arrives, the Mucsim cries from lie
minaret; “Allah Aicbar, &c. Got is
great; bear witness there is but <ne
God and Mahomet is his prophet;
come and present yourselves tothe
mercy of God, and ask forgiveness of
your sins—God is great.” This try,
addressed successively to the Sotth,
East, North, and West. They jiray
five times a day—at day break, njon,
mid-afternoon, sunset, and night—
During the time of prayer they are
grave, attentive, and reverential, on
their knees, and repeating the words
of the Iman (Priest) in a low toie.
After prayers an anthem is chanted.
Three days in the week the Iman' de
livers a sermon explanatory of sone
points in the Koran. The Iman al
ways concludes with prayer for the
Sultan, and the success of his armies,
to which all the people say Amen!
signs of wishing to return to that God
wl)wij lie had so often blasphemed.—
He called for the priest; his danger
increasing, he wrote, entreating the
Abbe GatPlier to visit him. He af
terward made a declaration, in which
he, in fact, renounced infidelity, sign
ed by himself and two witnesses.—
D'Alembert, Elderot, and about
twenty others, who had beset his a-
partment, he would often curse and
exclaim, “Retire; it is you that have
brought me to my present state.—Be
gone; I could have done without you
all, hut yon could not exist without
me; and wlmt a wretched glory have
you procured me!”—They could hear
him, the prey of anguish and dread,
alternately supplicating and blasphem
ing that God whom lie had conspired
agiinst; and in plaintive accents would
he cry out, “Oh Christ! Oh Jesus
Chtist!” and then complain that lie
was abandoned of God and man.—His
phykician, Mr. Tronchin, calling in to
adiriinister relief, thunderstruck,
Something Mew.—Fly-blows are pe„
culiar in character and remarkably
fatal this season. The slightest
scratch on any animal, or even a tick
JmIo, is sutficieut to induce the fly f 0 ■
mpusite her eggs, which turn to rri ;i o--
gots in the space of an hour, ofthe
most hardy kind we ever heard of.—
Wherever these Hies attack, death
to the animal is the certain conse
quence, unless the greatest pains is
taken. Much stock lias been destroy
ed by them, and one negro woman.—
A negro man was saved with the ut
most dfficulty. He was subject to .
a bleeding of the nose, and failing a-
sleep with a speck ol blood on his up
per lip, the Hy made her deposite,
which crept into his head. No mat
ter where the worm is laid, it will in
stantly penetrate the skin,, with two
prongs or pinchers that it possesses,
and makes a sore for it so If. It wor kg
to a great depth, passing through a
very small hole for about halfan inch,
when it enlarges it into a kind of cell,
tired, declaring the death of the im- j and does not stop, we believe, until it
Tuvkisli Ceremonies.—The Turks
pray for their dead, and invoke their
Saints to intercede for them. Every
Musselman has his own guardiau angel.
From a Providence Paper.
Lightning.—We never remember
to have heard in one season of a tenth
part so many accidents as have hap
pened this year by lightning. The
number of deaths would make quite a
catalogue. Lightning and thunder are
the result of natural causes, and are
within the controul of a Power with
out whose notice a sparrow cannot fall
to the ground. Timidity with some,
is constitutional, but with most the ef
fect of exaggerated apprehensions, a-
rising from stories of the destructive
consequences that have attended the
electric discharge. Generally the e
lectric fluid passes from one cloud to
another, in which case there can rare
ly be an injurious result. It must
pass from the cloud to the earth, or the
reverse, to become destructive. Most
people shrink more at the thunder
than at the flash which precedes it.—
He who hears the former, may' be
sure he cannot be injured by the lat
ter. Sound passes about a mile in 6
healthful pulsations. In this way it is
easy, by counting the pulsations be
tween the flash and the report, to as
certain the distance at which’the dis
charge is made, and the probable ap
prehension of danger. There is
scarcely any thing created for man’s
use or benefit, that may not also work
his destruction, and by which more
or less of the human race are destroy-
“ J So of lightning, and the injuries
pious man to be terrible indeed; the
Marshal de Richelieu Hies from the
lied side, declaring it to be a sight too
terrible to be sustained: and Mr.
Tronchin, that the furies of Orestes
could give but a faint idea of those of
Voltaire. He said, Doctor, I will
give you half of what I am worth if
you will give me six months life;”
the doctor answered, “Sir, you can
not live six weeks;” Voltaire replied l
“Then I shall go to hell, and you will
go with me,” and soon after expired.
Tom Paine, on his death-bed, du
lling his paroxysms of distress, cried
(jut without intermission, ‘ - Oh Lord,
help me! God, helj^me! Jesus Christ
help me! Oh Lor™ help me!” re
peating the same expression, without
the least variation, in a tone that
would alarm the house.
From the New York Observer.
HOT COFFEE vs. RUM.
Last winter, one ofthe Fire Com
panies in Brooklyn passed a resolu
tion, prohibiting the use of spiritous
liquor as a refreshment in cases of fire.
It was doubted, by some of its mem
bers, whether the measure could he
carried into effect, in consequence of
the erroneous impression which pre
vailed, that men could not work at an
engine any length oClime unless assist
ed by what is considered a modeiate
supply of spirituous liquor.
At the time spirituous liquor was
abandoned by this Company, they pro
vided an apparatus at their engine-
house for making coffee. The late
great fire in Brooklyn afforded an ex
cellent opportunity to test the experi
ment. While other Companies were
with their usual refreshment, No.—
drank their hot coffee. Every mem
ber was satisfied that they were more
refreshed by this, than they ever had
been by the use of liquor on similar
occasion; andHvhat was highly grati
fying, several members of other Com
panies left their brandy, rum, &e. to
take a cup of coffee with this Compa
ny, who had thus taken the lead on
the side of temperance
The members of several other Com
panies are endeavoring to 'get similar
resolutions passed; and I have no doubt
the force of example will be sufficient
ly strong to drive the use, or rather a-
buse, of spirituous liquors, at times of
fire, out of all the Fire Companies in
Brooklyn, and substitute in the place
of poison, wholesome
H ot Coffee.
ed.
it causes are vastly less frequent than
those that spring from fire and water,
two of the most useful materials in na
ture. Would it not be extrem'e fol
ly to tremble at the fire and water?
and is it less to be timidly overcome
at the flash and the report of electric
discharges? Our sermon, like many
from the pulpit, ends with an applica
tion wholly unwarranted by the text.
In Upton Massachusetts, on the 19th
ult. a new house, nearly finished, be
longing to Col. E. Stodard was struck
by lightning and entirely consumed.
The same day and in the same place
the house of Mr. Rufus Johilson wbs -
struck but no person in the family was
injured.—Prov. Am. '
DEATH-BEDS OF VOLTAIRE AND
PAINE. * * r
In spite of all the infidel ’philoso
phers who flocked around Voltaire in
the first days of hia illness, he gave
reaches the entrails, unless obstiuct-
ed by the hone. We heard of one of *
these cells that held half pint. The
usual remedies to destroy it, such as
calomel, spirits of turpentine, &e. are
very seldom successful. A gentle
man has requested us to state, that lie
has succeeded by cutting open tbe
boles pouring in a solution of harts
horn; or aqua ammonic, and then keep
ing the place covered. We had a dog
afflicted with these tkorms, which we
destroyed in the following manner.
We cut open the place to the depth of
an inch, (but then did not reach them) '
and, after scraping out all the honey
comb-looking substance, poured the
hole full of a very strong decoction'
from elder leaves and tobacco, boiled ‘
together. In about an hour they en
deavoured to crawl out, but died in
(he attempt. The dog appeared to
be entirely insensible to the operation.
Mississippi Correspondent.
In a sporting excursion on Grand
Island, in the Niagara River, a young
eagle was shot at by several of the
party, when the mother of the young
one, with a white head dress, made
her appearance, and not relishing the
Ion, nor the guns that the hunters
were poking at her fledged protege,,
she poised herself a few moments, and
shot down like a thunderbolt upon the,
person of one who was pointing his.
wicked gun at her favourite. The
young man saw the yellow flashing of
her eye, and soon felt the strength of
her talons, in the dilapidation of one
of his outer garments. The sudden
ness ot the stroke threw him upon the
ground, but lie escaped other damage.
“«(? Bachelor can change his mind
too!"—It is said that the Editor ofthe
Bachelor’s Journal, in Boston, has for
saken his principles and taken a wife.
This is precisely what Major Noah, a
few days since, predicted would take '
place within (we believe) six months.
Appointment by the Post Master Gen
eral.—Mrs. Margaret Walters, to be
Post-Master [Mistress] in Lewistown,
Mifflin county, Pa. in the room of Ja
cob Walters, deceased.— Western Re
corder.
FAMILIES, LOOK AT THIS.
“Johny, take the bottle and go to
Mr. ’s store, and buy a quart of
rum; and take a plate, and go to your
aunt ’s, and borrow a piece of but
ter for breakfast.” It is a fact, that
a stout, excellent workman at a prof
itable trade, sent his son, about 12
years of age,. oil the aforementioned
errands, a few mornings since. It is,
perhaps, no more than the general
custom with that man, and too many
others, who, like him, are apparently
on the high road to ruin and death, by
intemperance. In their houses may
be found abundance to gratify the mon
ster that is preying on their vitals;
while of the comforts and necessaries
of life a very scanty proportion indeed
is there. Money will always be fur
nished with avidity to buy rum; but
when food is wanted, no cash is at
command; “the times are terribly
bad, never saw such bad times; can’t
get any money to buy corn with; don’t
know what I shall do;” and so they
go on, buying rum, instead of discon
tinuing their impoverishing vices, and
borrowing something to eat of a more
provident aunt or grandmother.
POCKET BOOK LOST.
A BOUT the middle of July last was
stolen out of my Pocket at my house,
a large Washed Leather Pocket-Book,
containing one note on the State Bank of
Georgia for $'10, one note of hand on Eli
jah Hicks for $85, payable sometime in .
October next; a receipt of Henry Megyrof.
the State of New York, for t\v‘o notes' on :
John Byers of the said State, and some
other papers not recollected. To any per
son getting &. delivering said Book, papers
and money to me; I will give ten dollars,
and five for the apprehension of the rogue,
I do hereby forwarn all persons from tra
ding for said note of Elijah Hicks. And
I also forwarn Elijah Hicks from paying
said note to anyperson excepting mvself.
GEORGE HARLIN
Coocewaytee Cherokee Nation, August
13. 1828.—24-tf.
noticeT
I N accordance with the resolution of the
National Committee and Council, pass
ed October 24th, 1827, requiring the Treas
urer of the Cherokee Nation to call in all
the money loaned out under the provisions
of a previous act, on or before the first Mon
day of October next, I hereby give- notice :.
to all such as are indebted tothe Treasury,
to come and redeem their bonds by paying
principal and interest, on the day that they
become due, as such bonds cannot be re
newed alter the fust Monday of October
next. No indulgence will be given, and
those who do not comply with tbe above re
quisition must expect to find their bonds in
tbe hands of Officers.
JOHN MARTIN.
Treas. ofthe Ch. Nat.
New Echota, July 23, 1823.