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West Union, (O.) Nov. 25.
Ecclesiastic Duelling. —Some weeks
ago we mentioned a controversy that
was to have taken place at Washing
ton, Kentucky, between Mr. McCalla
ami a Mr. Campbell, which originated
in a challenge from the latter, to all the
world, to prove infant baptism of mod
orn origin. Our object in noticing the
result of this question, which brought
together such a, large assemblage of
persons, is more to gratify the wish of
many of our readers, than to encourage
a practice which seems to have origin
ated among the zealous divines of our
age, but which is calculated, in our
opinion, to be injurious to the cause ol
Christianity. What we lay before
our readers ori this subject, we gather
from persons who were present.
The assault was commenced by Mr.
.McCalla, on the sth October, and the
contest was continued by these cham
pions nine days without interruption,
(Sunday excepted.)
On the first and second days, the at
tacks were severe, but both were decla
red uninjured.
Third day, Campbell was declared
to be “ ahead/’ and his friends were
counting on certain victory.
Fourth day, the scale was turned,
and his opponent was declared to
have gained a decided advantage.
Fifth day, bets two to one against
Campbellbut before night, he had
gained his ground, and it was thought
would finally triumph.
Sixth day, exclamations of * palpable
f&lshoods’ ‘unprecedented absurdities 1
and ‘ ignorant misrepresentations,’ ac
companied by several voices, “ don’t
fight, gentlemen, keep cool.” The day
closed with both parties losing sight of
the question, in violent abuse and per
gonal invective.
Seventh day, bets were renewed,and
it seemed as if some important race
was to be run, from the manifest spirit
of the people.
Eighth and last day, the scene
rd by both of these meek followers of
Christianity .declaring he had triumph
ed—while the umpire acknowledged
the question to be just where it com
menced, each having kept up a contin
ual fire of words and quotations from
scripture, to prove the correctness of
his doctrine.
Thus ended a debate which has cre
ated so much talk among the citizens
for many miles round without Mr. C’s
gaining the victory, which a journey of
several hundred miles had led him not
only to anticipate but to consider cer
tain. We give this sketch to the pub
lic, in order that they may judge of the
Christian spirit of these worthy di
vines ; and leave them to say whether
collecting a mot of every description
tis characters, and incensing their
friends to such a pitch as to cause
qu riels, as was the case at the debate,
is .observing the decree of Him who
has commanded them to live quietly
aid orderly ; rebuking with all man
ner of gentleness
Village Register.
The great Steam Mill recently
burnt at Cincinnatti, belonged to
Oliver Ornrvsby, of Pittsburg. The
total loss which has been suffered
by this fire, may be estimated at
about one hundred thousand dollars;
more than eighty thousand dollars
of which is sustained by Mr. Orms
by. In addition to the building,
engine and machinery, which be
longed to it, there was consumed
yoOO bushels of wheat, all ot which
excepting about 400 bushels which
had been brought in to exchange
for flour, belunged t Mr. Ormsby ;
1300 bushels of bran; 3 tons of
middlings and shorts ; 800 bushels
of corn and rye ; 300 barrels flour,
packed; 50 barrels of flour not
packed; 13 barrels of whiskey.—
The cotton spinning machinery,
(together with a set of tools, he.)
of the value of S6OOO, also consu
med, was the property of Herman
Long, and Martin Baum of this
city. Nothing of any value was
saved, excepting 4 or 500 yards of
cloth, which had been brought in
from the country to be dressed.
That the public may have some
adequate idea of this stupendous
edifice, we subjoin the following
description. —lt was constructed of
lime stone, and on the side next to
the river, nine stories high, its
length 87 and its breadth 62 feet,
and the walls from 5 to 10 feet thick.
It had 24 doors and 90 windows,
and contained four pair of six feet
mill stones ; machinery for carding,
fulling and dressing cloth ; an ex
tensive distillery, and a large cot
ton spinning manufactory ; —all
kept in operation by a steam engine
of 70 horse pow er. Tins establish
ment was capable of manufactur
ing, annually 12,000 barrels of fluty
besides the other branches of man
ufactures. It furnished constant
employ to a large number ot me
chanics and laborers, and consum
ed, yearly about 12,000 bushels of
mineral coal. The walls are yet
standing but they arc supposed to
he so much injured as to be of ve
ry little value.
It is not yet known how, or from
what cause the fire originated. —
Conjectures attribute it to spontane
ous combustion, and to the friction
of some part of the machinery, as
the flour mill was in operation at
the time. Ohio Political Reg.
jForcfou *uttiiiocucc.
. —. ■■■ ■’ • “,
The last accounts from Spain repre
sent it as far from being in a state of
quiet submission.—The Constitution
alists still held out in many parts,
with considerable strength. The rigo
rous measures pursued by the King,
are calculated rather to create anar
chy and prolong the war, than termin
ate it. Mina is said to have issued an
energetic proclamation, in which lie
refuses to obey the orders of the King
because they are not signed by a re
sponsible Minister. He renews his
declaration, that, if Gen. Riego is put
to death, he will execute a number of
officers and bishops, which he has in
his power. —This is said to have the
desired effect, and he is to be sent a
prisoner to France. 350 families of
those employed under the Cortes,have
already left Madrid: Riots and disor
ders are constantly excited by the fa
natical Monks. The Governor of Ca
diz, appointed by the King had pro
ceeded with so much cruelty towards
certain Constitutionalists that a differ
ence had arisen between him, and the
Frenchcommandant who had at length
arrested him. It is said that the King
of Spain is about to proceed to Paris
to attend a Congress of the Continen
tal Powers, for the purpose of arrang
ing future plans.—Due object of this
Congress is probably to take into con
sideration the present state of the
South American Colonies.
From Barbadoes. Bridgetown
papers to the 4th inst. were leceiv
ed yesterday by the brig James
Barron. Capt. Fisher. The Com
missioners appo.nted to inspect the
fortifications in the West Indies,
arrived at Bridgetown on the” 27th
ult. In the Barbadian of the 3d
inst. It is recommended that a
general meeting of Delegates fr®m
all the colonies be immediately held
for the purpose of making an ap
peal to parliament, on the subject
of the existing situation of the West
Indie, Colonies.
The Bridgetown Mercury of the
2d inst. contains accounts from
Brazil to the 30th of August.—The
town of Maranham was taken pos
session of by Lord Cochrane, in
the Brazilian line of battleship
Don Pedro the First, on the 26th
June, without firing a gun, and the
imperial Brazilian flag was hoisted.
II is Lordship subsequently pro
ceeded to remove from office all
the European Portuguese, and to
fill their places with native citizens.
He had also made prizes all the
Portuguese vessels in the harbor,
and demanded the surrender of
two thirds of a.l property in town,
belonging to the European Portu
guese. The authorities at Para had
also acknowledged the imperial flag
so that the whole of Brazil has now
declared its independence of the
mother country.
Charleston City Gazette.
E.vtract of a letter dated Charlotte
lawn, Prince Edward's Island,i)ct.
24, 1823.
This place is in the greatest con
fusion in consequence of the dust
with the Lieut. Governor, which
even puts a stop to business. “There
are severa’ of our leading men, in
habitants of Charlotte Town, going
to morrow to gaol, and to be fined
most excessively and probably ru
ined, for an alleged contempt of
the Court of Chancery, in publish
ing those resolutions which you
may have seen in the papers.—
Thus the Governor took upon him
to try the people for the very com
plaints they were making against
himself! and if they are ruined
God only knows where it will end.
I expect nothing but that there will
be murder. The people are res
olved to defend these gentlemen,
and the Governor seems resolved
to ruin them. There are concern
ed in the business almost every
man of property or character in the
Island, and the whole country
knows that all they published is
true and correct; so that the pub •
lie feeling of the place may be
easier conceived than described.
HAS blit,
tt h>m:si>m , dec. in.
The sale of 40 town lots in Macon lias
been advertised In the Millcdgreille Journal.
It Is to commence on the 9th March, and con
tinue from day to day till all are sold. The
terms are, one fourth of the money down, in
specie, or hills of some chartered hank of this
jstuti*, and bond with >;ood and sufficient secu
rity for the remainder, payable at three annual
instalments.
Mr. Thompson, of this state has presented to
Congress a resolution relative to the claims of
certain detachments of Georgia militia, for ser
vices performed in the years 1792, 1793, and
1794, with accompanying documents, which
has been referred to the Committee on .Milita
ry affairs.
The cause of the Greeks appears to he exci
ting a general interest in the Northern States-
Meetings have been held In New-York and
Philadelphia, and committees appointed to re
ceive donations in money, to be forwarded to
them, to assist tlieip io prosecuting the war
against the Turks. In New-Haven, (Con.) a
meeting has also been held for the abovtf pur
pose. The students of Yale College have
likewise held a meeting,passed several patriotic
resolutions, and raised a considerable sum ——
An active spirit appears to be spreading among
our citizens in their behalf, and we hope some
thing worthy of our country may be done for
this suffering people.
Mr. Brown, a senator from the state
of Louisiana, has been appointed suc
cessor to Mr. Gallatin at the Court of
France.
A boy aged 11 years, ha# been tried
in Philadelphia for the murdar of his
schoolmate, by stabbing him with a
pocket knife. The jury gave in a ver
dict “ not guilty of murder, but guilty
of manslaughter:” On account ot the
extreme youth of the prisoner, he was
recommended to the mercy of the
court.
Vice President's Accounts*— In a
communication to Congress, by the
President, on that subject, he says that
a committee of accounting officers
| have reported a balance in his favor of
| 855,190 : and adds, “ From the view
I 1 have taken of the subject, I am satis
| fled, considering all circumstances ot
| the case, that a larger sum ought tube
alla.ttod..”
Gen. Cortez, son and suite arrived
• at Mobile, on their way to \\ ashing
ton with a mission to our government
from that of Mexico. The son of the
General is to be placed in a school at
Baltimore. The Mexican Congress
were to meet in November, and it was
expected they would adopt a federal
government similar to that of the U.
States.
Emonhiser aed Ward, the two per
sons who robbed the mail, sometime
since, near Baltimore, have been tried
and each sentenced to ten im
prisonment.
Anew line of Packets is about to be
established between Philadelphia and
Liverpool; they are to touch at Charles
ton and Savannah.
One thousand volumes of Boots for
tfie Library of the frigate U. States,
were sent to Norfolk from New-York
on the sth inst. They arc stated to
have been paid for by a subscription
among the crew.
Gold continues to he picked up
in North Carolina. A piece of the
ore found in Cabarrus county, is
now in possession of a Mr. Barker,
weighing 11-3 lbs. worth about
8340. A bar of the same gold, is
in the State Bank at Salisbury, which
after being purified, is worth be
tween 5 and 8600.
New Method of Tanning. —lt is
stated in the Baltimore papers that
Dr. H. 11. Hayden, of that city, has
discovered a very important im
provement in the art of converting
raw hides into leather, by means of
a pyroligenous preparation , the
use of which he lias secured by
letters patent under the seal of
the United States.
By this method raw hides of any
description, after the usual process
of hairing anil baiting, are conver
ted into excellent leather in less
than 36 hours.
The Providence Journal states,
that Mr. Samuel Lamed, of that
town, is appointed Secretary of the
Legation to Chili, and has ptdceed
ed to Norfolk to embark in the fri
gate United States.
THE I. VST HOUR OF THE YEAR.,*
“ Thou vver't not sent for slumber ——
When the year has led round its sea
sons, and is on the verge ol its latest
hour, how unworthy is it, to slumber it
away in forgetfulness —to trifle it out
in unmeaning amusements, or drown
it in the bowl of dissipation ? To whom
should it not be a solemn hour, when,
as it were, the fancy can hear nature
herself, with an expiring groan, yield
ing up a spirit whose course is run r
At such an hour, what reflecting mind
would not hold high communion with
his thoughts, and ask of them a faith
ful record of times past: past, but ne
ver gone—times gone,—bit to remain
forever with all their deeds ? Ask the
heart what it has done—the hands,
what they have performed —the mind,
what it has retained. This hour be
longs nut to earth—Heaven demands
it of you as her own, and yet demands
it for your benefit. If in seeking lor
consolation in the recollections the
mind has to offer, she shrinks from
that duty, she leproaches you with de
basing her, bv recordin'; on her faith
ful page nothing but your own shame,
let this be the first of bitter reflection
—the first of repentance —the first
hour’s journey towards the home ot
the returning prodigal. If it is a ret
rospect of pleasure, who for a world
would part with the pleasure it brings:
The wealth of the universe could not
offer an equal consolation: gold may
glitter and glory shine, but both are
attained by human misery and debase
ment. Let him who has sacrificed his
peace at the shrine of Moloch, go to
the side of virtue, and see in the joy
of her countenance the expression of
angels and the beaming radiance of
immortality.
Has this year deprived you of a va
lued friend ? Now is the time to bring
him again to recollection, and your
mind will truly tell how well you lo
ved, and what was his value. If you
have neglected to copy one of his
virtues, let this hour witness the sa
cred resolution to delay it no longer.
If you have parents, whose care and
love have been wounded, think on it.
Although in the halcyon days of youth,
think that you may be, one day,as they
now are. If you would delay, recol
lect that the time may soon come when
you will no longer have opportunity
to heal the wound you have made—
that you have planted thorns in a pa
rent’s way to the tomb—that the last
throb of the expiring heart will be tor
tured with a keener pang on your ac
count. The grave can bury their sor
row, and that only hide your remorse.
Have the ties of youthful love been
severed ? Who would not go to that
spot oi earth winch contains the moul
dering form that once was dear as life?
The midnight hour cannot terrify the
heart that visits the sleeping dust
it has loved—there call up the recol
lection of charms and virtues which
endeared—Once more realize those
ties death only could break—that
parting scene, when life wen* out in
giving, as its last tribute to earth, one
more assurance of affection. Such
reflections will speak to you “ from
the tomb, w ith a voice sweeter than a
song.”
Nor should even an enemy be for
gotten. If he is in his grave, you can
only bury your resentment with him,
and repent that he had not died with
your benediction. If living, weigh
your differences by the standard you
would wish justice meted out to you.
If the fault be yours, resolve to let
pride no longer impose a burden upon
your conscience.
Such an hour of retrospection vice
♦ieed not repent—and virtue never
fear. It is one of the few particular
times we ought to esteem entirely our
own, and abstract from ordinary asso
ciations—they are but here and there
scattered over the desert of life, and
invite the most common mind to high
imaginings. They shine back through
the gloom of the loneliest days, and
look forward to happier existence and
brighter being.
“ 0! there is n pure [inps :
And hallow’d feeling in these midnight uius
’lliey have the light of Heaven around them
Breathe the odour of it* sanctity, and are
Those moments token from the sands of life
Where guilt sihould make no intrusion .”
R.
LIST OF ACTS,
Passed at the session of 1823.
To open a road in the county of
Camden, and to authorize Lewis Ba
cheiot, Gustavus A. Cox, and Helton
A. Copp, as commissioners to raise
a certain sum by lottery for that pur
pose.
To alter and change the jiames of
Winney li. James F. and Win. A. Os
borne, to Winney B. James F. and W.
A. Newson.
To make permanent the site of the
public buildings at the village of
Clarksville, in the county of Haber
sham, and to incorporate the same.
To make permanent the site c-‘ •
public buildings in the county o f'h 1
and to name and incorporate ‘
same. llllJ
To authorise Hinson Gresham r
utrix of the last will ami testain’^
‘““"S to wuidi
terry on the Oconee river, at a >1
known by the name of ColeiS
ferry.
To authorise tlie Justices of the I,
ferior Court ot Hall county to , e -,
a title incurred by Michael Dickson”
To carry into effect the last will an!
testament of James Robinson, late ,•
Green county, decU so far as to cm, ‘
cipatea female slave by the name!/,
For incorporating the I|; irtnf
Academy, in the couuty of Putnam ‘
For adding to the name of StenU
Lacoste Harris, ot Chatham county
Admitting Edward P. Postell t,
I'lcad and practice in the sever/
courts of law and equity in this state
Authorising any person or persons
citizens of this state, who shall appiv
at the necessary offices, to take ow
and receive in his, her or their ov
name or names, a grant or grants f w
„any fraction, lot, or lots of land in tl ie
county of Wilkinson, that remain un
sold, on the payment often dollars 0i
each grant.
To incorporate the trustees of(|, e
public cemetry of the village of Sum
merville.
To compel the slaves on the islands
of St. Simons and Jeykel to work the
road on the Island of St. Simons and
such cuts through the marsh as com
missioners hereafter named or a ma
jority of them may direct to belaid
out.
To authorize the justices of the In
ferior court of Glynn county to lav aa
extra tax, for the purpose of building
jail in said county.
To appoint Trustees of the Clark
county Academy, and to incorpurata
the same.
To incorporate the Walthourvilli
Academy, in the county of Liberty,
and to appoint commisssioners of tin
same.
To make permanent the site of tin
public buildings in the counfyot Hous
ton, and to name the same.
To extend (he time to fortunate
draw ers in the land lottery, by the au
thority of the act passed on the 15th
day of May, in the year 1821, entitled
“an act to dispose of and distribute
the lands lately acquired by the Uni
ted States for the use of Georgia, of
the Creek Indians, &c.” and also to
extend the time to fortunate drawers
in the land lottery, by authority of an
act passed 15th December, 1818, enti
tled “ an act to dispose of and distri
bute the late cession of land obtained
from the Creek and Cherok.ee nations
of Indians by the United States, &c.”
and also to reduce the fees upon the
grants.
To repeal so much of an act entiled,
an act to regulate the general election!
of this state, &c. so far as relateste
the place of holding the elections,so
far as respects the counties of Hall,
Richmond, Henry, DeKalb, and Gwin
nett, ami to amend the act of 16th l)ec,
1816, relating to the county ol Frank
lin.
For the division of the county cl
Early.
To alter and change the site of the
public buildings of the county ofDoolj
and to appoint commissioners of the
public buildings of said county.
To amend the road laws, so far as
respects the county ofFlffingham.
To remove die court-house or the
site of the public buildings ia the coun
ty of Wayne.
To change the names of certain per
sons therein named.
To amend the title of an act to eS;
tablish academies in the counties ol
Bryan and Pulaski.
To provide for taking the census/ 1
this state, as required by theconstiN*
tion.
To make permanent the public buil
dings of the county of Crawford, and
town of Knoxville.
To amend the act of incorporation
of the village of Gainesville, in H®* l
county.
To make permanent the site of ,i|C
public buildings in the county of Mon
roe.
Explanatory of a part of the 9th
tion of an act passed on the 21st u
Dec. 1821, to establish a turnp:ke o' (
the Ogeechee causeway in
county. .•
To authorise the commissioners 11
the public roads for the county “
Hilynn to open a road, and npprop rl ®
money to the improvement oi the “ ’ 1
passage between Brunswick and
rien. i in
To incorporate F.udisco academu
Elbert county. . a e
To make permanent the site ot
public buildings for the county ‘
DeKalb, and to incorporate the sa " u <•
To alter and change the names
Amos Stewart to Anios Attavvay* „
Ann Ham to Ann Hamilton, and
liam Davis to William Sheffield-
To legitimate and change u' e r ‘