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Georgia Republican & State Intelligencer.
foLvutz Ilf; No* 69,
Six Dollars a Year, hail m Advance.
imnr-.TOmaner*
From tbs Moral andSeni'une'ital
Magazine 0/1793.
Description of a famous Fountain,
on tht top of a Mountain in Cey
lon,
In your kft- Magaz’ne you de
fied a farther scccu..t of the
fpringson the fiunmit of a moun
tain in the 10 ind of Ceylon,
which I mentioned in an anony
m-jus letter on feeing the query
ir, your Magazine, which Mr.
Miles has answered in your lift,
I 111 II very readily give you all
the fatisfitclion in my power re
lating to th's famous spring nor
fhali 1 deviate one tittle from the
tiuth, however repugnant it
may appear to any favorite hy
pothesis.
During my youth I was ma
ny years in the Dutch ferv>ce,
and made ieveral voyages in the
company*'s ships to the East-In
dies. It was in one of thele that
I observed the natural phenome
non which give ocoafion to this,
and my former letter. I had
often heard of a famous moun
tain in the (Band of Ceylon, cal
led by the inhabitants Hatnalel,
cr the mountain of Adam, from
the pretension that the firft man
was created there ; and bting
desirous of viewing this rema li
able mountain thee of us deter
mined ro undertake the j lurney.
Itftauds in the fouthein part
of the Iflind, abouc twen;y
leagues from the sea, in the mid
dle of a larg • plain. The afeenr
is gradual ana easy, the ground
covered with beautiful turf, and
interspersed with trees and dow
ering ftirubs, exhibiting the molt
beauti.'ul appearance, and per
fuming the air with their fpiev
odours. But we hid not afccn
ded far in this agreeable manner,
before the beautiful verdue was
exchanged for fragments of rocks,
and the agreeable (lope, into fb
deep a direction, that it would
be aim At impoifibie to reach the
fu ii nii, were it no; for i_n iron
chain whicn s fattened at the top
ot the mountain, reaches to the
basts of this rockly precipice.
It was placed there on, a relig ous
account, the inhabitants of th”
1(1 ..id tlteemipg the mountain
sacred, and 01 that account often
make pilgrimages to it.
Aher clmi&.ng ch.s diffi. uji
afeent which is about an EngliM
miic, we reacned the fu.rr.nit o
th.s la.nous mountain, which is a
plain of a circular form, about
400 yards in diameter ; and near
Me een re or this plain is the fa
mous spring mentioned in my
former letter. it Lan oval h
gure, and its longelt diam ter .s
aaour. 6u yards. Tne water is
deep, and 1 think the bed 1 ever
tail'd} out perhaps the heat and
fatigue we had lurfcred in climb
ing ihe rockly afeent might ren
der its talte particularly pleasing,”
* Tnis mountain .is the larged ft?
The whole KlanJ, fy high
that seamen difeover it at near
twenty league* dAtance. -Itmuft,
however, be observed, th*i*the
top (at lealt it was so when wc 1
were there) is bdow the j clouds,
guide, indeed/ fnformed'us
that in violent ftormsthe clouds
■were below the fummir, and fcc
med to dash with great for/ a
gainst the fuE of the mountains.
He adifed, that its heads w*s of
ten (hrouded in mist or vapors.
Such, I assure you, is the (itui
tion of this* famo*J3 fpring*—
Whether the common hypotke
fis will account fur the origin of
its waters, 1 (ball not pretend to
determine. 1 Hbve faithfully re
lated the sass found it; (hall
only ado, ti.*tthc ftrea:s whi'h
low from the spring, are perpe
tual, and furnilh several parts of
the I (land with water.
Perhaps few places in the
world afford a more delightfu
profpeft that the t p of this
mountain. To the feuth tht
fight is bounded by the ocean,
which seems to touch the sky ;■ r
an amazing distance—and to th
northward by a chain of hills
which run acrois the Klind.—
T. e intermediate fpffce is fineh
deverfined with eminence, va!
leys, plains, and dreams of watet
The beautiful groves and forclls,
filled with a great variety of ro
mamic trees, and multitudes of
them covered with flowers, form
iuch a cuntiaft in the color of
.he l nlcape, and exhibit such a
varie.y of lhapes, that imagina
tion itfelf is at a loss to paint:
and were this country like our
own, oldled with the sweets of
liberty, and enlightened with the
glorious rays of the gospel, it
•■ight vie with any part of the
world.—But this is far frond be
ing the cap*. Governed by
tne iron rod of the mod drfpo
tic tyrant, who ufurpsao abfolutc
power over their pofifdlions, their
actions and their lives, and a
cue fame time plunged in the
height of ignorance, and (laves to
the oiind luperditions of a bar
barous idolatry 5 they pass their
lives in anxiety and terror, and
seem ft ran gets to the bkfllags
which providence had Gartered
found them with a librral hand.
They had formerly fume faint
glimmerings of the true origin
>f things; for they (till call thv.
above precipice Adam’s moun
tain, as I have already observed ;
they are a’fo of op njon that the
lake on the top of it had hs
origin from the tears which Eve
!hed at the death of Abel, and
coat Ceylon was the terrdUai
parudife. 1 ftvndd h?ve menti
oned, that near the lake is ala: ge
done, on which is the print of
a mar/s foot, about twenty in
ches in length, and seven and a
hall in bredth, and (till very per
ielt. 1h s they arc pnfuaded
s a vest age of the firft m in,
and that this plain was the place
he let apart for worshipping his
Creator. Ic is therefore no won-
Jcr, ihat they held this inou:i-i
can in very high veneration, and
o.ten vifr it in pnlgriimges •,
and the priests, who are interes
ted in fupDorting the fable, en
tertuin the n with accounts of
■mrs/uious circa nltances, w.iich
-acy pretend happen th.re crery*
year.
How they came by theft* tra
ditions, is uncertain ; lame arc
or opinion, th.-y have been han
ded down (ro n the original des
cendants of the for# ms Noah,
>vho peopled this iflaira, and in
aft p.ob’.oiiity planted the true;
religion asjithey had -red iv.-d it
no.a forefathers, Ofliers
A nk, rhir this lflancfis the O
ph4r’rh-n*ioned in feriptgre and
chat/he inhabitanfS learned the
! operfe(fl account they have of
origin of the Work*?, fronvjhc
Solomon, came
hcr fir. gold an J * o#i Sr pre
cipus conUmod tics.
But such particulars I mufi:
leave to thofr who are n ore ca
pable of pursuing and
more with jhe
writings My days
have byn principally spent in
the service of my country, any
in voting the-most diltaut parts
ot the world. But age has long
ince rendered me # incapijbie o(
icrforming the one, arengagi g
inf mere in the other. ‘jflbe
fountains of life are ala oft dried
• ’at
Sak VANN AH, Printed 1 r LYON is? t>,ORblL
TUESDAY, J un 4, IGOS.
up, and the purpl ■ current flows
with langor throe h my veins.
3ut (till my hvai , amidit ,al
the depreflions of t. (e find infi -
nities, palpitates with joy in
contemplating the Gture happi
icfs of my count,- May it bi
ompLte and per lanent j ma;
earning ereifl her hroae on tb:
mns ot ignorance, and v.rtut
dilp'ay he* itandard on pLcei
•vhi h have been too long rV
ninari sos vice. You Willpßi-
Jon this digrefllon nan Id man,
*nd give tne ieav, , * f,i■
myft-lf, ,
Yours,
J. I vT*IS.
mrtmrrti mm mu t
FO RLI TER V: u
1 THi ‘tv id fn'inf
LUCY Sc J2LIZA-
Stars t, tc> tail o'itl-'*. ‘.'. -at u: eh.
For Freight jf tw ihu.rdrcd burs co ton,
tnd for ptifT.igc, liia’i"'’ J accoinmo
dationt app'y on ioard, ov to
Tayivr &. Gcurbrotigb.
May 31 41 :
For NFW Y- l,
*!-■ S T • V J
g. > GF.ORGd W. , ! oGTbir,
:ViA * ’ v,ii
t 0 Ttl '‘ v •’ i 1 111 a fW
da>s. • F 1-eight or ‘lS'.’ <- .<£ very
g-d r>cc cnmoii.oionp, m ci.pt. at
. Smith ij liourk’n wh il* -
, (j'SO G T MUt ■
Landing fton>Ji'id Uii;. a />/,
im|.rAr-tl it , v< uaj,
Potatoes, Catid uyd<—, f > -- *on Guu- i
powdec and Scuclu ig i en. *’ /awl Woata I
Ir >m 14 to 16 iet ke i, ;d a qiant-i )
half inch b .arcs, Ike.
May jt 78
-a
JUST HKCL.VcI),
Psr Sis MARSH /j! /',**• *<v*, Jro/r.
2 Trunk's BUVlii ‘ fTS
4D . men* be-t ,ih aid fliacf
Castor HA FS, a . ... it(4rcn anu
co nmb..— * > 1 tor (um.
in.*r wear. /* /
aO j, ± RY
1 Bde Lady’s ctoui “* and CASSI-
MtRS
80 Krgs Fdints grov i OIL
1B x Green Fauiiv RO TS
io Ticices Louden i IRTER
20 cw-. Sn et LLAL *
53 xes and half l *es Bby 10
9 oy iiand 10 by lz belt ciow*
Window-GLA J
(800 Oal.s. stone JUG :i&JARS
25 Boxes Hunter.’s PiFLii
450*1 Bnlhel% Liverpool arseSAJ*l
Bed Coftls, Carpet TANARUS: unn, Wrm.
‘i.ig ChaHtjVermiilion (Ju*ik cot -
ton .lines*—Caulkirig irons—ouo
prr lath broad kXe —Glue—
Tortoiie Comlls—-Cories,
4 Ca(k-8 Scuppcr.ciout, and fijoring
NAiLS /
Glabber Salts— 1 nil* flower
5 ewe, Ge>man S’* tiEL—Salt
. SHOVELS
Ink Powier 2, Hbds. COPPERAS
4 L) .>l, Quls India Shades, with
’ cut Giaf Candle Slicks (brals lues,
etsj ‘o iuiV
Iron ‘ v > edgeß, Skille.s, Spiders,
Club ax and Soc*i SPADES
Iron and iirais - molars wi-h Iron
.<-■ p GTLeS
Brass SiHIU .ET3
‘i’in La i .4 Tinder BOXES
Stc &c.—For laie by
Curtis Dolton & Cos.
May 31 it , ~ J
3COO Du.iieh Corn
FO it SALE on board S ;r. Ft-, ! r
ral F.-pablioan, 1500 buli
board lehr. Ruby, which can bedyLvared
at any louiLern port.
Also, inllorajl
jo Bbla. Flour
20 Bbls. Beef
Piloting am. wrapping par -T
a L t.ard table cloth*
k*r ttr.TU apply to ‘■ ‘jit. Wood*.
Siuitb and jburkc'* >V ,aii ( who requ It*
ailpCifo.i* having Jacauav* with him ua
ftulL'd to fcii’etht ;a w x week, a* h<
it about La/nig 1 p-'ace,
. } ‘ 3-_ 73
• { C./.ißd 60 OATS.
jaeo C ‘-if
A tev bciheia Oat*
Hi K. gs vVUi.eO.ead, fjr sale I vr foreafh,
/// cattoa, on bsard tit* brig Eagle
Oreetie, j i-f arrived l'r >m Baltifitore.
■; qo.re ~r jqktf P. WILLIAM OH. or
due Qap.iis on ujard, Uyu g at Mauniet-
Ma/ jl at 7*
Jrst Received,
J Prtjiip JUtrii • - Wirncr, /rem IhdM
-1 9 .‘At*.
L. P, Mad ? . - v - , r.e, 5 years old
Bu'.er, fir * q ~:y
Burlington ,
L ■-< i I■■.l gj c
V >r aite VVit,.-. V r ineg-ir
Ai. ) v es, f r*., oliv.-sin bottles
P- ‘he* pr 1 v Jin biandy
R Pru 1 , . I nonds 1
ISu negs, k. ovcs
*1 a gtnt , nlortment of G-n
erirs i
Lew>3 Eosiynol.
„ 0 a Mtrket /jiurt.
La- 28 *4 77
GOFFER end TEA.
3a bags j.rm -P. EE—
-och .„ f.elh 1 -t-'W TEA, for sale by
H. 1>; “HL vNi) & Cos.
May tB. 4t. „ hlcie.’s wharf
and NG “
rl z Copartnet;. f DAVID JEW.
E'. if wO. is il 1/ difimved by rru
tuai coiticnt. All thofr y ale m.ie ned to
the.nare lVli.i’ed to , ,e paymen-, aud
thole who have any i. ■,ia.,ius, are requejled
to call I<r payment, at ■ oiiiUing-koufe on
Mr AlClilba.j “ t’-t w a.f, to
xj yuJ jewetr.
May 15. 3t. 67,
IRON, SFc.
jfutt reuiv and i fir tale a quantity of
- J,V’ .V tumiiting f
l* Ist U- ; ..0 ini 1 ire
Squat*. t.\c Ju —nhea Moulds
-. il Itzt)
A iuo,
Blur STHGUOa
Baxes t i ULD CANDLES
E.:gs tilA.Aw.ictuicd IvJ.iACCO
t\ otnaii qj.n--uy piitne Geoi^i.
•fL ‘id
A. .0
A iJrsw Knox.
IVay nti IVburJ
M ** 70
Gofds.
SALT,
Or.tes ci CROCK. RY, welladort
ed tot retail* a
Jafes i.f GLASS-WARE, confitt
ingwf tum’ulci*, wines, decanter*,
crewits Ct LI. ..cliars j they are
well packed a-.J the boxes of a
Convenient hzc.
NAILS us all iizet.
Dt tch and Amcitcan GUNPOW
DER,
Dutch LINSEED OIL. GRIND
STONES.
LUERN or hafrir.U STONES, *3
inches iliameiar,
iHOE THREAD ; writing and
wrappi: g PAPER*
White and Brown PLATILLAS.
Half pint MA I. D 1 LASKb. pr
dozen or p;oce.
BOULTING CLOTHS Nos. 1. a.
3 *4*&s*
Blue, Oiown, and Oznaburghs
THREADS.
OUNCE THREADS, assorted.
M'AFERS, ‘ iTES and pencils.
Black CR/- E; VELVET RIB
BAf-
Beggar* LA- f-EMIJOHNS •,
GfN Cr Tr
Mill Stones (u ‘ Wr ) viz.
j het <J X, 6< 710. thick.
3do 8 1 . ■<- t"*. -3 do. d<s.
4 do. H I*l3 do. do.
c - K _ ,
C ■ . ‘• t; , &c.
Feb. l’ * <•
KOiT 5. ‘
Hate tit'’- tt &. iirnM 1 )-
eoc: 1 ftctS ay Toter IJ Mini 1
•r -.ere 4* .e 4 in the
fliipWamr,, . iatc ai.VaU.
|0 fhd*.Nrw-'-.
150 Boxes fwp , m lit
40 Barrel : ci-'..
Loaf, lump, * ’}r . in hhd*.
Cogniac braot.r
Madeira wine n ‘ H quarter cafl(, t
Holland arid cjUj iijw. pipe*
too Barrels ccf and pork
Claret, fruit ‘•n'i.Mtf
Patent, flint, it- W9f ” broad h-r-J
opanifh fegr-n i- A f-y- -cd ILdci/c*
coarfr c. ;
Drcciub r3: *-■’ jf.
JohT ;CdT
CONTItWF.S - - FACTO,
RAC-. - : id CV - >’ . ilil'JMSd.M
a- tlie \Vha>t raicupid b*-
,Vl EAt&Je f: V 1 **S. . ; . Fr-m Hi ift at
‘entipn to m- f > *• - ..f Uv jti
’* >n sue ifcrp’ioi.
‘f every - err* m y ue coca
rutted to hi. .** -e.
April . -/
Vs hole Number iyg
Twelve anti a half Cent single.
JUST RFCFIVFD,
By the .fif> Lucy and Elixalctht, Caff*
St.nk ft am Liverpool t
Shctt Iron
Patent shot from No 1 to 6
I r o:i pot* from 3to to gallon*
Dutch oven* from 9 to 12 inches
5, G , ic, sod. and flieatliiug and draw*
i'’g nans
6 and 7 inch spikes,
Flax oenahmgG
Iriih lineni from 1 3d. to J.j r*tiic C#£
S< wing #nd Sein twice
I.ine* and Marl.ue
But. mg
LinfeeU oil in Jug*
White, yellow, green and Illicit paint
in kegs &c.
for sate on reafonalls terms bj
T ay lor & Scarbrough.
May j i , t 6 78
FRED. fcf j ACOB SHAFFLR
Saddlers & Harness Makers
TrfE ttXEIIAXSB,
RE PCTFULLY inform their friends
and Ihe j üblic that they have taken th*
{tore lady cccupitd by T. AI. Williamfoa
Sc Cos and hope lrom their a.Tiduity and atten
tion to merit a part of the patronage of a ge
ncruus public. May 31. if. 78
RECEIVED ’
At tne Savannah SI/ JE STORE,
PER Brig Short Staple, from B >fton, Love
ly Lais, fr im New-Yc-rk ; and other ar
rivals, thirty trunks and hvc bbls. (hoes well
aliOitcdfor the feafnn.—nLMl, half bbs.
mess Beef, Bolton hum in bids No. 8
Cotton Cards.
J & J. WILLY.
May 31 3*. 78
COFFF.E® MO LASS FEE
LANDING this day from tht Sere*
ner CjuoiiNJ, at the euhuxiltit wharf
1 5 Hods. Retailing;
3 Ba.-s P’ me COFFEE
For L ! e low if taken from on boatd*
Thomas Lawrence.
Vl.iv 6 ts 7*
’ (pMOf*CE. *
All persons indebted to rhe
city of Savannah For Ground
Rent are requested to call and
pay the fame without delay.
J. Cuyler, C. T.
Jasi,\ 7. 40.
Private Sale.
Lot No, 1. Green Word S • E. cor*
uer Broughton Street, 60 feet on Brough
ton street, 90 tret on Fail B oad street.
With a neat one and half (lory house,
kitchen, Garden dec. tsims cafy ami
price moderate.
|ob T. Bolles.
May t, im. 70.
RICE FOR Sale “
BY
MEAD JENKINS.
November 3 t s. 10.
NOTICE,
AT the expiration of nine Months from
this date, app'.iistion will be made to
•he honorable judges-f thelnfe ior Courtjif
Chatham County, for leave to fell, f, r r }, e
beuetit of the heirs and creditor* that lot of
land known ■ the number five (5) Third Ty.
thing, Reyna ci Ward, Savantiali, belonging
to the estate of John Hanpt, Baker, late ( f
sud place, contacting sixty fee- in front and
ninety feet in depth, more or left, aclioiniuj
a lot of James M’Conky**. “
THOMAS DUWELL.AJw'r.
ELU tBLTti DOWELL. Adm'x
Savannah, -.*.a.ch a , ‘-amj-u. 59/
Commissioners
OF M LOT AGE,
Sava, nah, ‘June 4, 1801.
li 1 ; of federal perfettj ad.
tng illegal a 1,0 r>.
Ui iiian, that the secretary tie
pubMi ...Illy the na; 1. of such PHo-s as
Branch** or certificates from this
> *ia.
P tract from the Mlnuiet
\ (ran a, JLtt, *“ r ‘t*ry
Agrc':.,.oly tot'..e order of the Board db
her -S/ y . r.-otktne f Bowing persona on
l} are :Aj- an horifaii to ;i-*t as fhlot* ,
R -.h rd Wall, ,cl, Pilot,
WiJliti.i vV all, Certificate Pilot ailing uit<
Jfr aim.
Thonal Hottage. UraueH Pilot.
K ijah bi /Ugi.Uiti, do.
J hn Major, acu .g under bun
C- >rge Pn.itp ,
Geor> •. C o.icr,
Jah” ltl? •■*■■■•/,
‘ie-- a ■Me ..an, j Certificate
David Brown,
Jim-r. ‘Mo VO, I Pilot*. A/ing
Pe.er Ceafni.
j.rnja j ni/t.iOrt, fir thtaklttl
Loam Clay,
J j ne, c a .ton,
W.llia n Wy ie,
itanst .1 a . a ,■: y,
I •io.H • PTt* Secretary
May /.
Plank Cl- of La
, ru’ v'c ;t tin* Oflicc.