COSTLY CHURCHES.
in some late Philadelphia papers
*vr read the description of several
splendid churches which been
buiH, an 1 some which are now com*
p]tin£. These description* ooeu
pied a considerable space in the
newspaper. We had turrets, mod
ern G Whie architraves, pillar* with
lonic na"? and liases, pulpits an I
pews of rich satin wood *••<! waho-
L„Vj bri i aat lustres and caadela
hras, communion table with a gor
f... nsjs !:iplay of massy platt, pews
selling for gcO.OOO, ohurcli build
ing “$$ 100.000, minister’s salary
$55000 and perquisites, and ail os
eentafiun. wealth and vanity.
When that bold and chivalrous
fniatstor, Ptu!. preached to the A
tiienians, he collected the people a
round him on the areopagus and he
Death the arch of heaven, and from
a rock he denounced paganism and
maintained ‘he majesty ofthn ‘ un
known God ” When a> yet greater
preacher lectured the multitude, he
did it in a manner equally simple
and divested of ostentation*
flow are the times changed \ Can
V.o worship Hid w*Uh an humble &
contrite heart when the eye is daz
zled wi‘h the *nlendor of wealth and
the glare of luxury and beauty? Gan
that hear’ ho divested of all wordly
considerations and commune pious
ly vvi'h our Creator amidst the rust
ling of silk, tho blaze of light, and
the” time! and drapery of fashion?
rjViip, i? mav be said, that the tern*
tile of Solomon was unrivalled in
splendour* but it was by the efcpresi
co m mand of God; it was the fi st
temnle dedicated to his worship, it
xvis raised after the most costly ed
ifi cs hul been already erected to
heathen deities, and ft was due to
the sovereign architect of the uni
verse that his temple should be
w’thout parallel or comparison.
JJut since tlie ferocity of eoufl <*tiog
nations lias laid waste that splendid
edifice* since the sacrifices have
|>nen superseded bv other peace aod
free will offerings, since the tf?nt
plca and altars of heathen? hav©
been prostrated, sine© worshipping
of the true God hav® increased likn
the sands of the desArt, it has beer*
considered uonessary to load the
churches with ornaments or to lav
ish those moons for useless par ado
which should be devoted to acts of
charity, mere acceptable to tlie di
vinity than all this tinselled finery.
Reliction now is becoming a fash
ion tv.nl not adutv; going to church,
and .ot to return our grateful thanks
to fle father of mercies, but to see
ami ho tern
S.vne Sabbaths ago, a fall thin
danriv. with a i ght neckcloth, and
a head of huge bushy frizzled hair,
at'ter surveying mo from head to
lost with a small quizzing glass
drawled out, sir, ran you
trS! mo which is the fashionable
ehur'di?” ‘'What sect do you mean
*u?” says I. ‘‘l'm not particular, 99
su’d he, “so that it is a fashionable
church, a young preacher, and a
rumber of pretty girls there.”—
This automaton was not singular,
lie strolled in at dinner, and draw
ing off* his white gloves, throwing
down his hat, and a moss rose on
the <ahi. took his seat. “ Well,
sir.’* saul I, “have you been edified
with the sermon, and have you
prayed devou.'lv?” “O, yes, I've
been much entertained,” said he;
splendid church; eq elegant; so ma
ny fashionable people there; ladies
dressed so fine. I had a riehiy
linimd prayer booh; the organ was
delight fill.” **Bui the test,” said
?, “what was it?” “’Pon my soul
can’t say; very clever discourse; on
ly thirty minutes; never yawned
cnee; fine, young preacher.”
This is going to church among
fashion'dhies. There should he no
thing of ornament or attraction in a
church, beyond the sacred purposes
for which it was erected. If these
have n attractions, :o fi-titiou*
objects shrub! be raised to sway the
inclination.
Corf rest these costly buildings
‘'in the simple village church;
co opare the young ami fashionable
preacher, with his 83000 per arm,
widi the country curate,
‘ Putting ‘ith i zithfert?! pounds a year”
find show us the difference; tel! us
whether the emanations of a pious
find humble heart are not as at eept
fchte at the Threne of Grace, when
ascending from the altar of a village
ehnrch. a* from the marble aisles
ct a osily and splendid building ?
Wfpn viewing the interior of one
cf these rich churches, we have of
fan thought, that if sume of the sick,
lamr, hbnd, similar to those
cured by Christ, were to enter du
ri*g -e. viee, they would find oo
attemion shown then than
was exhibited to poor L&z&ruf, who
found his way to Abraham’s bosom
without that charity which should
have been extended to him. “dll
men are equa f, M if not in sight of
men, certainly in the estimation of
God.—Nat. ddvoente.
Natural Wonders.— lt is very
surprising, that two of the greate?*
natural eurioalilc t> tO *iiß WOI Id are
within the United States, and yet
s'-arcely known to the best informed
of our geographers and natural
ists.
The one a beautiful fall in Frank
lin (Habersham) county, Georgia,
the oilier a stupendous Preeipue in
Pendleton district, youth Carolina ;
they are both faintly mentioned in
the late edition of Morse’s Geogra
phy, but not ai they merit. the
Tuceoafall is much higher than the
Fills of Niagara, ihe column of
water is propelled beautifully over a
perpendicular rock ; and, when Ihe
stream is full, it pas3es dc’.va with
out being broken. All tho prisma
tic eff.-ct, seen at Niagara,illustrates
the spray of Tuccoa. The Table
mountain, in Pendleton district,
South Carolina, is an awful preci
pice of 900 feet. Many persons re
side wit Inn 5, TANARUS, or 10 miles of this
grand spectacle, who have never
had the curiosity or taste enough to
visit it. It is now, however, occa
sionally visited by curious traveller?,
and sometimes meo of science.
Very few persons who have once
cast a glimpse into the almost
boundless abyss, can again exercise
sufficient fortitude to approach the
margin of the chasm. Almost eve
ry ore, in looking over, involuntari
ly falls to the ground senseless,
nervelest, anil helpless, and Would
inevitably be precipitated and dash
ed to atoms, were it not for mea
sures of caution and security that
have always been deemed indisperv
sable to a safe indulgence of the cu
riosity of the visitor or spectator.
Every one, on proceeding to the
split whence it is usual to gaze over
the wonderful deep, has, in liis im
agination, n. limitation, graduated
by a reference to distances with
which his eye has been familiar.
But, in a moment, eternity, as it
were, is represented to his astonish
cd BPnsfc, and he is instantly over
whelmed. His system is no longer
subject to His volition or reason, and
he foils like a macs of mere matter.
He tl en revives, and in a wild deli
rium, surveys a scene, which, fora
while, he Is unable to define by des
cription or imitation,
Sheriffs’ Sales.
X'XTTLL be ; °ld on the first Tues-
Vv day in \ugust next at the
Court house in Wilkes ounty within
the lawful sale hours, the following
property, viz:
r >ne negro toy named
Willis; Jevied on as the property of
John Hill to satisfy - undry execu
tions, vs. aid Hill, property pointed
out by him.
ALSO,
Three negroes, Phillis a
woman and Cezar and Ned her chil
dren; levied on as the property of Jo
siah Walton to atiJy sundry execu
tions t said Josiah Walton, pro
perty pointed out by him.
ALSO,
About 2 hundred weight
of fodder, seven pieces of bacon, four
teen geese, and two window
levied on as the property of R. B
Brad haw, ?o satisfy undry execu
tions —Property pointed out by -aid
Bradshaw, and by his consent now
advertised for Angust sale.
R. J. Willis, Shff.
July 4. 1823.
WILL be soli! on tie Ist ‘Tues
day in August next, at
the court house in Wilkes ooufily,
within the usual sale hours, the fol
lowing property, to wit:
One tract of land contain
ing one hundred and seventv-fjve a
cres more or less, in V ilkes coun
ty, on the water.- of Little River, ad
joining P. T. Willis, and others; le
vied on a? the property of John W.
V. ilijs by John Garrtrd constable,
and returned to me to ati fy fourteen
executions from ajustice** court, in
favour of !i. B Thomp-on, against
the *aid John W. Willis- property
cfnied out by the p air.tuT,
ALSO,
# One tract of land contain
ing hve acres more or less, together
wiih the improvements thereon; le
vied on by -nowden KirkJand, c< n
* table and returned to me to satis
f* two eecutiona in the name of
Wat>oo and Burrett agaimt John
Burgamy. from a justceV ceurt
property pointed out by defendaat.
AtSO,
One negro boy named
Jackson:taken a* the property of
George Flynt and Sarah Flynt, <ec
; utrix on the estate of John Fivnf, and
levied on by John Garrard, cen tab'e,
and returned to me to satisfy fourteen
• executions from a Justice’s court in
( tbr name of R & M. H Tarver for
the use of Richard Tarver Vs. the said
Fiynts.
ALSO,
One waggon and two cot
ton gin : ’evied on a* the property of
Levi H Echols to satisfy a distress
Warranr in favor of a H Gibson vs.
ea’d Echol- property pointed cut by
the plaintiff.
William Walker, n. s.
1 July 3 IS2T
i if \ N the first Tuesday in September
next, will be sold at Elbert
Court House, between the
; hours of sale, the following property,
J vis:
Two lots of land in Elbert
! county, in the town of Petersburg,
i No. ♦8 and 67 with the improve
ments thereon; levied on by virtue of
| an execution on the foreclosure of a
mortgage, in Elbert - uperior Court,
in the name of t * liver White, against
- the heirs and ‘ega representatives of
Shaler Hillyer, dec. and in pursuance
of a decree of the Honorable
or \ ourt of ’Wi.kes county, sitting in
Equity.
P. Christian, s. e. c.
July iBJ3.
% ILL be sold st the < ourt house
V * in Wilkes Cb’*nry, on the first
Tuesday in ‘ uguet next, within the le
gal hours, the following property, viz:
14 feather beds, steads, and
furniture; eleven pine tables, one
pine chest; One pine crib; one ma
hogany aide boaid. 6 lookiug glass
es, tbreft long pine dining tables,
10 brass candlesticks; i dozen Hag
bottomed chairs. 34 Windsor chairs,
21 split bottomed chairs, 1 mahogany
secretary & book case, one pineaale,
6 dozen plates, one dozen dishes, 7
pair andirons, 13 window curtains,
1 large copper kettle, 4 iron pots, 4
ovens snd lids, five grid irons, *one
bell metal kettle, five iron hoeped
casket five dozen tumblers and wine
glasses, nine pitcher*, twelve tin
candlesticks arid lumps, one large
lamp, one bay horse, 1 black horse,
two cows and calves, one sow and
pigs, five stone jugs, two pine slabs,
twelve pewter candle moulds, two
cotts, one whip saw, one cross cut
saw. five waiterr, six plated candle
sticks. one copper coffee boiler, 8
uozen knives and forks, twe knife
boxes, one two horse wagon and har
ness, and two setts casters; levied
on as the property of James Brown
by virtue of an execution obtained
on the foreclosure of a mortgage in
favor of I*ham Branham: property
pointed out in said fi fa.
B. J. Willis, Shff.
May 30, 1823.
T ILL be sold on the first Tues
• * day in > ugu t ne; t.at the court
house of Wilkes county, within the
mua! sale hours, the following proper
ty, to wit:
One hundred and thir
ty acres of land, more or less, in the
county aforesaid on the waters of
Pistol creek, with the improvements
thereon, in the occupancy of Sand
ford Pu sin. and taken as his proper
ty to satisfy an evesution in favor of
Jared udd th, v< Sandford Puilm,
IVagers Pu din and James Puilm, se
curities on the appeal.
ALSO,
One lot of land with the
improvements thereon, in the town
of W ashing ten in the county afore
said, in the occupancy of Hetty Welle,
and taken as her property to satisfy
sundry executions in favour of A. H.
Gibson and pointed out by said Gib
son. The above lot levied on by
Snowden Kirkland, constable, & re
turned to me.
ALSO,
C Postponed from July sales. J
One bay mare; levied on
as the property of Wm Robinson to
satisfy sundry executions in the name
of James Herring and others vs. said
Robinson. ALSO,
One hundred acres of land,
more or less, lying in Wilkes ( ounty,
on the waters of Rocky creek, ad
joining John H. Pope and others; le
vied on a* the property of William
Ho’ tr es administratorofMaryHoimes,
deceased, to satisfy an execution in
favor of Janie* Wingfield, surviving
copartner- Ac for the use of Eliza
Bail, administratrix, Ac. vs said.
Holmes. j
William Smith, x>, 3# j
Jc!y h 1823. }
ON the first Tuesday in August
next, will be sold at Elbert
court house, within the usual sale
hours, the f Mowing property, viz:
One acre lot improved, in
the town of Hbeiton, t and nine aferes
of land more or less, adjoining -aid
lot, all adjoi ingThoriiis Jones with
the improvements thereon; levied n
as the property of .lchnson S Pled
gen to satirfy a H fa on the foreclo
sure of a mortgage in favor of /ones
and Inekeep.
Presley Christian, s. £. c.
May 27, 1823.
a N the first Tuesday in August
* next,will be cold at Elhert court
house; within the U6ual ea!e hours,the
following property, to wit :
One negro girl named Syl
va; levied o as the property of Hen
ry Shackelford o atiTy eundry fi fas,
vs. said Shackelford
Iloratio J. Goss, D. s. e. C.
July 3, 13]3.
ON the first Tuesday in August
next will be sold, at Elbert
court house within the lawful ale
hours, the following property, viz .
One negro boy named
v ingo; levied on as the property of
Davis ‘mold to satisfy sundry fifas
issued from aju tic -’s court, vs Davis
Arnold. Sr returned to me by John.D
Webb, constable.
Presley Christian, s. i,c*
July 5, 1823.
‘Tax Collecor’s Sale.
ILL be sold at E bert Court
v v Ilou'e, on the first Tuesday
: in \ugu*t next, between the usual
sa ! e hours, the following tracts of
land, or as much of said tracts a will
j satisfy the due thereon;
One tract of land, contain*
j ing five hundred and fifty acres, more
or less, lying in Elbert County, ont
t the waters of the Beaverdam creek,
j adjoining lands of J&me Bank*; levi
ed on as the property of Thoma 9
! Chambers, to satisfy his iax for 1822.
—mount due g 26 99 cu.
ALSO,
One tract of land, Contain
ing two hundred acres, more or ess,
lying in Elbert county, on the watets
of Davi* creek adjoining James
Wood; levied on as the property of
; Rufus Christian, to sati fv his Tax
; for 182! and 1 82 Amount due,
g £ 33 ct< —Conditions cash—the
purchaser paying for Titles.
L, M’Curry, t. c. e. c.
May *2, 18iS.
I Coroner’s Sale.
WILL be sold at Elbert Court
hou*e, on the first Tuesday
in August next, within the usual sale
, hours, the following property, viz:
One hundred acres of land,
more or -ess with the improvements
thereon on the Beaverdam i reek,
adjoining John Daily ?.nd other*; e
vied on as the property of r * eiry Da
vis, to sati fy a fifa in favor of quire
& Siliiman vs. Thomas Tatom, Ben
| jamin ( ook, M illiam Dunlap and
1 Thoma- Chi der*, and the said Ter
ry Davis security on the appeal,
Ephraim Moss, Coroner. \
June 19, 1823. j
WILL le *old on the first Tues- ‘
day in September next, in
■ the towti of Lexington, a quantity of
‘ upper and sole leather- belonging to
the estate of Joseph B Galbraith,
dec’d.—Terms will be made known
on the day of sale.
Henry J. Bailey, Adm’r.
Martha Galbraith, Adm’x.
July 15,1823. 29-3 t
j % % ILL be sold, on Friday the
| * ” twenty second of August
. next, at the late residence of Thomas
I Echols, dec’d in the county of
j Wilkes, all the perishabW property
; belonging to the estate of said dec'd.
I < onsisfing of horses, cattle, sheep, and
hogs, household and kitchen furni
ture. a road wagon, plantation tools,
See. and. if sot .-old before, a neat
gig and harness.—Terms made known
on the day.
A. Mathews, ? -n , ‘
Joel Hood, \ Exr s -
July 8, 1823 28—tds
Madison Springs.
rpHE subscriber return: his * hanks
E. to his friends for the patronage
heretofore received, and informs them
that his house is still open for the re
ception of boarders at the following
prices
Sea-on Boarders, g 1 per day.—
Chi dreo and servants, half price.
liorse9 S3 per week, and 75 etc.
i per d *r . . i
James Alexander.
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