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«r*' 4< THE GEORGIA JOURNAL. VOL. I. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1810. No. 23. PUBLISHED BY SEATON GRANTLAND, (PRINTERTO THE STATE,) ON JEF- k FERSON STREET, OPPOSITE THE NORTH END OF THE STATE-HOUSE. TERMS THREE DOLLARS PF.R AN- NUSl, ONE HALF TO BE PAID IN AD VANCE ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BE THANK FULLY RECEIVED, AND PUBLISHED ^AT THE CUSTOMARY PRICES. Notice. The Subscriber, has appointed THOMAS FITCH, Esquire, his 1 agent for the collection of debts due him by note ; and HORATIO I.. WOOSTER to settle his unliquida ted accounts, of which all persons concerned, arc requested to take no tice. Charles Williamson. December 12. 7—tf 100 Dollars Reward. Strayed or rUoIrn from the plantation ot Cnpt. Samuel Tinsley, the latter part of la ft month, A ROAN HORSE, eleven years old, between fourteen and fifteen hands high, strong made, with thick inane and tail ; trot* and paces, but goes roughly.— Me is branded, but the brands not recollect ed. If strayed, a liberal reward will be gi ven on his being delivered to the subscriber living near the mouth of Little river. Ami if stolen, the above reward on conviction of the thief. Hines Holt. Baldwin county, March 20. 21——tf. INTERIOR NAVIGATION. Better practical evidence perhaps cannot be given of the vast national importance of the interior navigation of our country, and the facility of intercourse which already exists between the immense stream Ri vers of the West, and the tide wa ter of the Eastern side of the conti nent, than a recital of the following circumstances which we have great pleasure in giving to the public. On Monday, the 7th inst. arrived at the office of the Superintendant of Indian trade in George Town, a large .quantity of Beaver St other valuable . fuffc, collected at the United States’ 1 factories at Fort Osage on the Mmiss uori, & Fort Madison on the Upper Mississippi'. Of the 2000 miles which this valuable cargo has been thus transported, it was water borne the whole distance, except about 130 miles, to wit : down the Missouri & ' Upper Mississippi toSt.Louis, thence down the Mississippi & up the Ohio i. to Wheelen in boats ; from that place ^across to Cumberland in waggons; and again in boats from Cumberland down the Potomac to tide water in the district ot Columbia. So much has nature done toward facilitating this most important and extensive connection between the two sides of the continent—that of th( whole route just described, no exer tion of art has yet been made to aid the transportation but on the river Potomac—on which from Fort Cum berland to tide water, a distance of about 220 miles, large sums have been expended, in constructing nu merous locks and considerable canals round the falls and other works to remove obstructions which we un derstand have been completely over come.by the perseverance aad spirit of the company engaged in that en- terurise, as relates to the seasons when he waters are up—that compared jtn what has been done, but little emains to be executed to render this river navigable at all seasons : when th is shall have been done, and the U States road from Cumberland west fitablcloss of lives, and the late mili tary enterprises in which his majes ty’s forces have been unfortunately ■mployed, have excited mingled feel ings of compassion, disappointment, indignation and alarm, among all classes of his majesty’s subjects.’ Resolved, That the whole military strength and resources of this king dom have been drawn forth to an ex tent unparalled in its history, and have been most improvidently appli ed, and finally consumed, in uncon nected and abottive enterprises, at tended with no permanent advanta ges to Great Britain, without effectu al relief to her allies, and distinguish ed only by the unprofitable valour displayed, and immense sacrifices of blood and treasure. Resolved unanimously, That during these unprecedented failures and ca lamities, our misfortunes have been highly agravated by the imbecility and distraction in tlife cabinet, where it appears his majesty’s confidential servants have been engaged in tli most despicable intrigues and cabals, endeavouring to deceive and su| plant each other, to the great neglect of their public duty, and scandal ol the government. Resolved, That the most effectual way of evincing our loyalty to our so vereign, regard for the constitution, and promoting the security of tin country, is, by a spirit of jealousy and vigilance over public men, and a free representation of the people in Parlia ment, by which alone we can secure a just and constitutional control over all public functionaries. Resolved unanimously, That we are of opinion, that in the present arduous struggle in which Europe is engaged, the safety of the British empire can alone be preserved by wise and honest councils to direct the public force ; and that such councils can a- lone be upheld hv the energies of a free* and united people. Resolved unanimously, That such calamitous events imperiously call for a rigid and impartial inquiry and that an humble address be pre sented to his majesty, praying his majesty to institute such inquiry arm the general character of th whole nation ; and thus one or twi millions of ptwplc bear an opprobri- ms stigma from the turpitude of a few. The middle and southern states have never disgorged upon New- England the off-scourings of their cities, nor their fugitives from justice, in any very considerable degree. If they had buckskin tricks might in Boston, or Portsmouth, or Portland, he as pioverLi il as yankee tricks in New-Vork or Philadelphia.—But let when I found the clay well melted, md in a fluid state so that it run out of the crucible in strings, as thick a i straw, and produced solid glass, which could be thus drawn from thre to four feet long.” As this is an entire new discovery, it will no doubt receive the attention of the chvmists and mineralogists of our country.—A. York Com. Ad. philosopher or a citizen of the world, examine the records of our criminal courts, and he will find, that the triumph we pretend to over our New-England brethren, is not indis putably just and correct, as some of us may have supposed. Let us bear in mind the elegant, the instructive and the universally applicable lesson held out by the parable of the phari see and the publican. I have travelled very often through New-England. And when I first visited the country, I was a slave to ’’Riie miserable prejudices that so ge nerally prevail respecting i's inhabi- ants. I imagined that a large propor tion of them were sharpers, solely in tent upon deception and fraud. I have lived to see the extent of my error. I am |>roud to acknowledge it, and to do justice, as far as these feeble effusions can do justice, to the much injured character of a most respectable nation. I have beheld with delight, the decency, the neat ness the elegance of their dwellings— the order, the decorum, the propriety, the urbanity, and the hospitality of their manners—the intelligence and good information even of the lowest orders of their citizens—the capti vating polish of their smallest cliil ren, in whom the rudiments of e- ducation are so far instilled, that they uniformly stop and salute thc|* f AbdaUah| “to whose death he passing stranger the republican sim- u - as consenting and he related the A much esteemed friend of the Edi tor has forwarded him from Savannah a new publication, entitled, “ The Star in thf. East”—A Sermon preached in Bristol (Eng.) by the Rev’d Claudius Buchanan from In dia, for the benefit of the Society for Missions to Africa and the East— The Appendix contains a Report on the state of the ancient Christians in Cochin and Travancore; and an account of the discoveries made by the Revd. Dr. Buchanan of 200,000 Christians in the sequestered region of Hindoostan.—From this very va luable work, the following interest ing narrative is extracted. ABDALLAH and SAB AT, Two Mahometans of Arabia, per sons of consideration in their own country, have been lately converted to the Christian faith. One of them lias already suffered martyrdom, and the other is now engaged in translat ing the Scriptures, and in concerting plans for the conversion of his coun trymen. The name of the martyr was Abdallah ; and the name of the other, who is now translating the Scriptures, is Sabat ; or, as lie is called since the Christian baptism Nathaniel Sabat. Sabat resided in my house some time before I went to India, and I had from his own mouth the chief part of the account which I shall now give to you. Some particu lars I had from others. His conver sion took place after the martyrdom “ YANKEE TRICKS.” This is a very significant phrase and one in very general use. It convevs to the mind of the hearer an plicity and the good sense of their municipal regulations generally—the very successful struggle they have maintained against the sterility of an unkind soil—the order of their spirit of enterprize—their unceasing & un wearied industry. Having repeat edly seen, and having as repeatedly admired all these things...it is not very extraordinary that 1 assert, without disparagement to the merits and claims of the citizens of the other idea of a high «««, .ha. the yeomanry of New- pecu tar to t te pcop L ° 1 v • arc die pride and the glorv land,lrom which their more upright ,.® 1 , b - brethren in the middle and southern states claim a total exemption. The latter are pure and immaculate, un stained with any thing in the slight* cbt degree approaching to yankee- ism. Let us axamine this point fearless ly. Let us ascertain, as lar as we of the United States, and are not per haps excelled for the long train of social virtues, by any equal ntimhir of people under the canopy of hea ven r” Port f olio. Important Discovery.—An intelli gent and respectable correspondent can, on what foundation the charge'jnforms us, that there has lately been rests. If that be solid, let it remuinjfound in the northern part of this state, unassailed, and be received wilhoutia singular kind ol clay, which, by the controvcrsv. But il it rests ujion aiheat ot fire, is converted into pure, sandv and delusive basis, let it be fine transparent glass. The peculiar consigned to oblivion, with other properties of this clay were thus ac prejudices equally untenable. cidently discovered. Last summer National prejudices are very casi-while Mr. George Scriba was hmld- ly formed, and the nick-names as ing a grist-mill at Rotcrdam, on the circumstances to me with many tears. Abdallah and Sabat were intimate friends, and being young men of fa mily in Arabia, they agreed to travel together, and to visit foreign coun tries. They were both zealous Ma hometans. Sabat is son of Ibrahim Sabat, a noble family of the line ol Beni-Sabat, who trace their pedi gree to Mahomet. The two friends left Arabia, after paying their adora tions at the tomb ol their prophet at Mecca, and travelled through Persia, and thence to Cahill. Abdallah was appointed to an office of state under Zetnaun Shah, King of Cahill ; and Sabat left him there, and proceeded on a tour through Tartary. While Abdallah remained at Ca hill, he was converted to the Christi an faith by the perusal of a Bible (as is supposed) belonging to a Christi an from Armenia, then residing easily applied. They arc, however, eradicated with great difficulty. When once adopted, every day Oneida Lake, in digging a canal for the flume, the workmen came to a bed of clav, of which, however, no 1 ‘ of his hands was cut off at the “ wrist. He stood firm, his arm “ hanging by his side with but little “ motion. A physician, by deure of “ the king, offered to Ileal the wound, *‘ if he would recant. He made no “ ans\vel\ but looked up stedfastly “ towards heaven, like Stephen the “ first martyr, his eyes strearti- “ iivg with tears. He did not look “ with anger towards me. He look- at me, but it was benignly, amk “ with the ctwntenance of forgive- “ ness. His *ther hand was then “cutoff. But sir,” said Sabat, in his imperfect English, “ he never changed, he never changed. And “ when he bowed his head to receive the blow of death, all Bochara “ seemed to say, “ What new thing “ is this ?” Sabat had indulged the hope that Abdallah would have recanted when he was offered his life ; hut when he saw that his friend was dead, he re signed himself to grief and remorse. He travelled from place to place, seeking rest, 8c finding none. At last he thought that he would vist India. He accordingly came to Madras a- bout five years ago. Soon after his arrival, he was appointed by the Eng lish government a Mufti, or expound- r of Mahometan law ; his great learning, and respectable station in his own country, rendering him emi nently qualified for that office. And now the period of his own conversion drew near. While he was at Visa- gapatam,inthe Northern Circars, ex ercising his professional duties, Pro vidence brought in his way a new Testament in Arabic. He read it with deep thought, the Koran lying before him. He compared them to gether, and at length the truth of the word of God fell on his mind, as he expressed it like a flood of light.— Soon afterwards he proceeded to Madras, a journey of 300 miles, to seek Christian baptism ; and having made a public confession of his faith, he was baptized by the Rev. Dr. Kerr, in the English Church at that place, by the name of Nathaniel, in the twenty-seventh year of his age. Being now desirous to devote his future life to the glory of God, he resigned his secular employ, and came by invitation to Bengal, where lu* is now engaged in translating the Scriptures in the Persian language. This work hath not hitherto been ex ecuted, for want of a translator of ability. The Persian is an impor tant language in the East, being the general language of Western Asia, artlcularly among the higher clas ses, and is understood from Calcutta to Damascus. But the great work which occupies the attention of this noble Arabian, is the promulgation the Gospel among his own country men ; and from the present fluctuati on of religious opinnoi in Arabia, he is death £pr a man of rank to become a Christnm- Abdallah endeavoured for a time to conceal his conversion at i Cahul. In the Mahometan states, it is sanguine in the hopes of success; His first work is entitled, (Neama Besharatir. li Arabi,) “ Happy News for Arabia;” written in the Nabut- serves to corroborate them ; bccauseinotice was then taken. In the month every little incident that occurs, and,ol November, a stove was put up m affords the smallest countenance to the mill, * or the benefit of the men . who were employed in finishing the with indignation at his conduct, interior of the building. Finding Abdallah knew his danger, and! them, or will admit of being strained to that effect, is tortured to prop and, . buttress them up, right or wrong. Itjthe house soon filled with smoke, the is not difficult to perceive how thisjworkmen applied this clay to the ere- In prejudice arose. The tide of migrati-vices ol the stove-pipe. 1 ■ - n- -i:—.--i ''course of a few hours, the clay had K w*vdly be finished, a portage from } )n has rcncra lly directed its course!' . . - lj Brownsville to Cumberland only willl,* rom New-England to the southern'disappeared, and on examining the ,*disconnect the communication be- an d verv little fi 1 i* tween the Eastern and Western wa iters, but seventy miles of land car riage will interrupt a continued navi- ■ gabion from the lulls of the Missouri to ifhe tapes of the Chasapeake. Nat. hit states, and very little from the latter stove, they found that the claj hac. to the former. The reason of this.been converted into fine and pure is obvious. The soil of New-Eng-jghtss. Since that discovery, several land is not as luxuriant as that of experiments have been made, to as i London, Dec. 20. n a meeting or assembly of the |Maj *or, Aldermen and Liverymen of thG. several companies of the Citv of Lon don, in Common Hull assembled,| at jjfie Guildhall of the said City, on irsday, the 4th day of December Irsolved unanimously. That the c pious waste of treasure and tin two some of the other states. The po pulation is much crowded. The state of things naturally produces the effect above stated. As mankind is now, and has always been, made up of good and had, and a pretty- reasonable proportion of the latter every where, it would he wonderful if among the hosts that swarm out of New-England, there should not b< many depraved Ik worthless charat Wherever these appears, the are cited as cjorrolxirations, “ siroi certain the qualities of this new kind of earth. Two letters have been re ceived, briefly stating the result. One of them says :—“ The melted clav, as it was poured out of the cru cible, appeared of the consistence of molasses; and when it had cooled, it proved to he clear and beautiful glass, of a green tinge, and so strong .bat it was with difficulty broken , ith the hands.” The ether letter says—“ I prepar- d a little furnace before a blaek- but finding it no longer possible, he tee, or common dialect of the coun- determined to flee to some of the try. It contains an eloquent and ar- Christian Churches near the Caspian gumentative elucidation of the truth sea. He accordingly left Cabul in;of the Gosjiel, with copious authorities disguise, aad had gained the greatjadmitted bv the Mahometans thein- city of Bochara, in Tartarv, when selves, and particularly by the Wa- he was met in the streets of that citylhabians. And prefixedto it, is an by his friend Sabat, who immediately account of the conversion of the un recognized him. Sabat had heard thor, and an appeal to the members of his conversion and flight, and was'of his well-known family in Arana, for the truth of the facts. Tile following circumstance in the threw himself at the feet of Sabat.jhistoryofSabatoughtnottohave been He confessed that he was a Christian, omitted. When his family in Ara- ^ ,e and implored him, bv the sacred tiejbia had heard that he had followed of their former friendship, to let him the example ot Abdallah, and bc- cscape with his life. “But Sir,”came a Christian, they dispat bed his brother to India, (on a voyage of two months,) to assasinate him. While Sabat was sitting in his house at V'isagapatam, his brother present ed himself In the disguise ot a Fa- queer, or beggar, having a dagger concealed under his mantle. He rushed on Sabat, and wounded him. But Sabat seized his arm and his servants came to his assistance. He {ben recognized his brother. The issassin would have become the vic tim of public justice, hut Sabat in terceded for his brother, and sent escape said Sabat, when relating the story himself, “ I had no pity. I caused “ my servants to seize him, and de- ,’ered him up to Morad Shah, “ King of Bochara. He was sep- “ tenced to die, and a herald went “ through the city of Bochara, an' “ nouncing the time of his execution “ An immense multitude attended, “ and the chief men of the city. I “ also went and stood near to Alxlal- “ lah. He was offered his life, if he “ would abjure Christ, the executi oner standing by him with his “sword in his hand. “ No,” said him home in peace, with letters and “ he (as if the proposition were im-Lresents to his mother’s house in A possible to he complied with) l|rab»a bvllov.’c, and b!e'.v one hour j“ cannot abjure Christ. Then one And these, my brethren, are t^e