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ITJ For tlt<* information of our advertising ft-i/uds w e publish the following Law Requisites. Sales of Laud ana.Negfoes, by Administrators Executors or Guardians, arc requited, by law, to be held on the first Tuesday in te mor'* - ' 1 , * >c * tween tie hours often in the forenoon and i. uec in the afternoon, at the Court-House of the coun ty in which the property is situate.—Notice ot ’ these rules must be given in a gazette SIXTY i days previous to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property must be given in like in inner, FORTY days previous to the day of sale. Notice to the debtors and creditors ol'an estate, must be published for FORTY days. Notice that application will he mad*- to the Court of Ordiuary for leave to sell land, must be publish! <1 fin FOUR MONTHS. WE are authorized j i to a ll noii it ce TllO MA £ |S£gr L. VV GOTTEN, us a Candidate for Tax Collector, for the county of Wilkes, at the ensuing e- j )e,ction. May 12, 1820. 47~~tf | f£g?“ Caution IS hereby given to all ami every person or persons from trading for a promissory note, given by Alur cv Ann Cnitin &. Sylvester B. Cra tin, made payable to Campbell and Andrews, for one hundred dollars, as we are determined not to pay the Said note, only in the way of dis count, Campbell being more indebt ed to us than that amount. Sylvester B. Cnitin, for Marcy Ann C rat in. May 5, 1829. 4~—3t Dividend JNo. 22. BANK STATE OF GEORGIA, > Savannah , April 2Ath, 1829. ) THE Hoard of Directors having this day declared a Dividend of $3 50 per share on toe Capital Stock of this Bank, for the lasi six months, the same will be paid to the respective Stockholders thereof, or to their order, on and after Thurs day next, the 30th inst. By order of the Board, A. PORTER, Cashier. April 24, 1829. 46—3 t STRAYED, FROM the subscriber, in Oglethorpe county * on Monday the 13ih inst., a outre, about 12 or 13 hands high. She is black all o ver, having no marks about her, and is abdbnt 12 or 13 years old. She racks well, and works kindly in geer. She was in the neighborhood of AVrightsborough, near Dyers black smiths shop, when last heard of. 1 will give a reasonable reward to any person who will deliver her to me, or give such information as will enable aie to get, her. Samuel W. Burton. Oglethorpe county, April £B, lS2i>. 45-— li Strayed FROM the subscriber in Wilkes county, ncarAn thony’s mills, on or about” the T3th of February last, one sorrel MARE and horse COLT, the mare about eleven or twelve years old, with one eye out; the colt about two years old, and has not been altered, no marks or bra mis recollected. A reward of Five Dol lars for cither will be paid to am person that will deliver them to me. or give any information so I can get them. William Cade. May 5, 1829. 47—4 t “ inawfus BF EVERY DESCRIPTION, NEATLY PRINTED. And for sale at tins (jftiee* WASHINGTON, (GA.) TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1829. SlierilFs Sales. be sold at the Court w w house of Elbert county, oti the first Tuesday in June next, be tween the usual sale hours, the fol lowing property, to wit: Two hundred and three acres of land, more or less, on the north fork ofthe Beverdam creek, whereon Joshua Ginn now Jives; levied on to sa.isly a fifa in favor ot Partick Prescot for the use of Win. M. Gar, vs. Jesse Ginn. ALSO, Onehundreu and thirty-seven acres of land, more or less, lying on the waters ot Fork creek adjoining of Samuel Bently and others; levied on as the property of John Robert* to satisfy a tiki from the Justices court m favor of JesseiSelums, vs. said Roberts; levied on and returned to me by William Rond, constable, ALSO, i W in. M. Tate’s interest | in ten /‘egroeS; to wit; .Bolin, Berry, j Aaron, Am M y> Nelly, Harriett, Arch, j Jesse, Christmas and Caroline, and , their increase, Martha Tate, nmv Martha Cook, is entitled to said m> j groes during her hie, at which time ’ the said VY m. M. Tate Is entitled to the one tenth port of said negroes; i levied on as the property of said Win. j M. T ate to satisfy two lifas iiom the ! Justices court m favor of YV m. Uicji i and Joiin A. Heard, executors of Zinin Tate late ol suid County, de ceased; levied on and returned to i me by isiiam Morgan, constable. ALBU, Forty-five acres of land, more or less, on the waters ot Pickins creek adjoining of Win. Prewit and others, thirty-five do. on the waters ol Cold Water creek adjoining of Da vid Daniel and others, foity-hve do. I adjoining ol James J. Daniel and o tliers, seven hundred do. on the wai ters ol Cold water creek adjoining of David Daniel and others, including a Gnss and Baw nidi, ait>o a good gin house and did tilery, nine negroes, to wit: Zacliry, Fanny, John, George, Hager, Lotty and her two children. Eliza anti VYiliiam, Siviester and liahey a woman, two yoke of oxen and two ox cans, one still, one wash pot,,one wheat lanti, one grind stone, eight barrels ol corn*, more or less, one cutting knife and box, one sorrel horse, one bay horse, twenty-eight head of hogs, nine head ol cattle, four ol them milk cows, two thousand shingles, two thousand feet of weath er boarding and two thousand"feet of inch plank, one vice and aiiviil ami one raw hide; ail levied on as the property of Edmond Shackleford to satisfy sundry lifas, vs. said shackle-j toid, property pointed out by 8. A. | Bailey and David Daniel. Alexander P, Houston, and. s, April 22, 1829. W* ILL be sold on the Ist Tues day in June next, at Elbert Court House between the usual saie hours, the following property, to wit: Fight) ac. es ol land., more or less whereon William Bonds now lives, improved on the waters ol Doves creek adjoining of Thomas Burton, George Upshaw and others; levied on as the property ot YYilliam Bonds to satisfy Sundry liras, one from a Justices’ Court in favor of Thomas Pledger and one from the interior Court in favor of William Faulkner vs, William Bonds; levied on by John Edwards constable and returned to me. Martin Deadwyler, s'. E c. April 28, 1829* WILL be sold at Elbert court house on the tirst Tuesday in June next, within the usual hours of sate the following property, to wit: One hundred and eighty acres of land, more or less, on lue waters of Deepcreek, well improved, where on William Jordan now lives, ad joining William Penn and others; levied on as the property ot YY llliam Jordon to satisfy a iifa from a Justi ces court in favor of Y\ illiam Bond, vs* YYilliam Jordan and BurrelJor vlan, security on appeal; levied on by Johu Edwards constable and re turned to me. Martin Deadwy ler, s. £• c* April 24,18.29* ( be sold at the Court I w V House in Wilkes county on tke first Tuesday in June be tween the usual sale hours, the fol lowing property, to wit : All of the interest of Warren S Hudspeth, in the Estate of Mrs. Mary W iiimmson; levied oil as his property, to satisfy an execution from a justices court in favour of James j B. 31’Junkin and others, vs said Hud j speth; levied on and returned by a constable. ALSO, Ojne Negro Girl by the name | of Amanda, 7 or S years,old; levied j on as the property of Charles Dod son, to satisfy an execution from a (justices court, in favor of James Ren der administrator of Christopher Render, against said Dodson, and John Wilkinson; levied on by a eoii-j stable. ALSO, f Fwo Negroes, Grace, a wo man. and her child Ntice; levied on as the property of Catherine Dodson j to satisfy sundry executions from a! justices court, in favor of John S,! Walker, vs Catherine Dodson and j Charles J. Terrel; levied by a ccn-j stable. i ALSO, 83 Acre® of Land more or less on the waters ot Little River, adjoi ning William Simpson auc! others, unocupied; levied on as ti e property of Joei P. Levelitte, to satisfy an ex ecution on the foreclosure * i a mort gage, in favor of Lie executors of W lilam Jones uec’d. vs baid Lcvc ntte. Stephen V Johnson, and. s. May 2d, 1829* be sold Oil the Ist TuCS- W w day iu June next, within die Uftua) hours ot sale, ut the Court House in Elbert county, the follow ing property, to wit ; Ante negroes: Dave ttfellow, Amy a woman, Betsey a girl, Ben a boy, Tom a boy, Elbert nTho;, Hen - ry a boy, Bussey a girl, John a boy-, and one yoke of oxen, one Cart, out sorrel horse, one gray horse and one bay horse; all levied on as die pro perty oi Thomas Turner to satisfy four mortgage fifas, one in favor of Richard Banks vs, s id Thomas* Turner, one in favor of John Beck vs. said t urner, one in favor es James Adams vs. said Turner and the other in favor of Ralph Gains vs. said Turner, property pointed out in stud mortgages. Martin Deadwyler, j-, e. March 26, 1829. Marshal's .Sale. WriLL be sold on the 28th of May inst. in Washington, Y\ dikes county, the i( bowing prop erty, viz; (hie laic lAhrary > CONTAINING 1113 VOLUMES; One Old Four Wheel CARRIAGE; One Eiano Eorte: EIGHT HEAD OF j | CATTLE; TWO OAKPIST3: j two cut pitchers; two cot glass i [decanters; two mahogany ward-1 robes; one candle stand; one biWei stand; £ duzeu tea spoons, and £1 dozen table spoons. All levied On as the property of the estate of Du*j,_ can G. Campbell, deceased \ Q I iS fy a warrant of f, a ni the j 1 reasnrv Depa of the United j states, vmst Duncan (L Camp j iell an a Merriwether, Lindsay Johnson, Dtp. Marshal, U. z j )tit. of Georgia. i y, iKi'J. Marshal’s Ba!e. ILL be sold at the Court ‘j \ House door in the Town of Washington on Thursday the 28th ot May next, the following property to wit: One thousand seven hundred and ten acres of land, more or less, • situated n Y\ tikes county, outlie | waters of Fishing creek adjoining Stone and others, well improved, whereon Duncan G. Campbell lived at the time of ids death. ALSO, Four hundred and forty acres of land, more or less, on the waters of 1 ishirtg creek adjoining Jesse Heard and others at tins time occu pied by Nicholas Wiley. ALSO, I One lot in the Town ofWash ington with the improvements there on, one tenement occupied bv An drews and Chandler as a Law office, another by William L. Harris as a I Law office and tne clerks; all levied on as the property of Duncan G. Campbell, deceased, to satisfy a war lant of distress from the Treasury of the baited States against the said Duncan G. Campbell, and James Meriwether. LUNDS AY JOHNSON, Deputy Marshal, Dial of tieoigia. | April 24, 1829, AdiiiiiiißtratoT ? B Sales. LRSLAJNT to an order of the honorable the Inferior Court of wiikes county, will be sold at the court house of said county, on the first Tuesday in July next, Seven Negroes belonging to the estate cl Isaac Me- London, deceased, for the benefit jof the heirs and creditors of said de ceased, on a credit until the 2otli of ■December next. James Walker, adnVr. Mu)’ 7, 1829. 47^-tds W ILL be sold at the Court i House door in Wilkes coun ty on the first Tuesday in July next, a negro woman by the imme of Kid dy* belonging to the estate of Georg-:.j IL Hughey deceased, for the bene-j fit of the heirs and creditors of said j deceased.—-Terms cash, Lemuel Wootten, adiu'r. ? May 4, 1029* . 4b From Inc U.riitutn Advocate and Journal and lion's JJcrald. THE CHRSTIAN’B HOME, the homed flic Christian is hid from our sight, Or only revealed in visions of light: \ et the path which leads to it is plain to oi*r view And the wayfarer proves that the promise is true Th* whelp of the lion ne’er crossed the l oad’ Pv which the true Christian ascends to his God; Hie eve ot the vulture, though piercing- ins sight, Has never discover and the pathways so blight. Jt? row is ascending ft-otti earth to the shies, And Straight in its progress before us it Ijes; H e run if we re able, when hinder’d we creep, And continue to struggle o’er every steep. W hen faith lends iu pinions we ris& 6n tite wiuri Like eagles Vo soar and like seraphs would sing; n bile prospects of heavea encourage ‘our light, As we er hasting from earth to iu mansions so bright. The gates of the city how bright they appear; How holy ad happy the souls that are there; U it i God their Redeemer for ever “shut in,” Eternally rescued from Satan and sin, \\ nen darkness and tempest excite our alarm, i is JesuS the Saviour assuages the storm ; The light ol his presence will brighten the glooo* As we pass the dark valley of death to o ir home. Then -‘I.-f 7is press on to the mark of the prize,” At the end of our cour. e it is found in the skie* • There sorrow and sighing and skkne.< ?n{ j pain, * ‘ T .Viil ne'er be permitted to harm i>\ ar^'fn . H )V. R. Sharon - Cou^ t Apridi m, 18 IS dSefn) guplift jfisccilavy. Hie I'reQ. Asuncy of 3lan. * & U r . j ‘tyjl? <te agency of man, introduced in you , -arv puinber, to the notice of your readers jy your cot respondent foar.nes. is a subject of confessedly great importance, and one that is at tpnded with considerable difficulty. Free agen j cy is that liberty of choice which a mao has over , his own actions, his freedom to do or to forbear, I to choose or to refuse, iu aU practicable cases. This liberty, to a certain extent, seems absolute | ly requisite and necessary so render man accoun i table or responsible for his actions. Without it no reason £4* be assigned forH day of judgment, j nor for blame or commendation. But n asser ! ting the liberty of mao, care should be taken not i to mfrtuge oudiviat* s*/erogause*, uor to repre* [NewSeries —No. 48. 1 Ur ’ *' rre Mtorpc.itle.,t of nis - Au. doim arc in a man's heart, ! AnT’ 1 ’ !' t,sclof ,!lK bold that shall 1 ‘’. ~ ! oln ■ tl ” - tauwmuc uia, tß.i.iecily* I thyii-h unintentionally, ascribe pi ’pa,t m-'n'i I sa ration to himself ami hi* desnuct.'m to Uod. , . P t! toctlv understand y nir cdmspondcnu I tlnidv he has erred on both ihe.M* points. To the latter of them permit wo • h rough jog medium to call his attention Through a mis aken and an erroneous view, I yidge. of die extent of divine decrees, he has encun b c *:> c .subject of mans tree agency v.;h an , u . upeiahlc difficulty. He appears to maintain tliat the sit an object ol divine dcciees. Ihe doctrine com,-hied in these passages is $ think, untenable, Are “we required to believe * and do ? we know that such is the fact”—“Thai the Deity . t apes all future events”— ‘ That t.oj prc4tleri;iiii cahll things”-- “ordains every future action and impulse of iiian’’-. ''rtuttlah s’ -.At i'io movements of distinct and dissimilar volition"— “that the Almighty ordain y Hie condemnation of tne sinner’ nuU “that he predetermines and cdrw trols the voluntary movements ot man /” () a hgt grounds Uo wc kqow, or are we requu<-& to believe, that God ordaihs, prefab mines, tngd • date 4, ami controls ail the fnevemfctiK and actions of men 1 Has In- then o. d.-ined ntj predetermined the., all me sin and a |l the s.vqi actions committed m tut: world? loaUrus, Im ptMsuadcd. wid not . ifi-ia this, hut ratlipr sayi God forbid! Vet the inte cnee, iH mistake hot* IS r.Urly dedocjble tl on* J n: „ premise- The sea* iimem that “ty^foiT-ordained teUiwtr come# to jiass ‘is j fliiuk r eti, yea iontradicled by the oracles of God. It bL,igs the AlmioldiT the thrice Holy Uni: too near to an J too pinch in contact with crime Tq oVdaiq mo ralc vjl appears to me iucompatible Yvilhtha pii vincjNature, and irreconcilable v-'lth the moral perfections of Jehovah. “Out ofthe mouth,” ot counsels “of the Most High/protcedeth not e* vil and good.” Sin is not spoken of as planned or appointed by the Loiilj but is opposed to his plans, PonniSf Mon ot moral evil is aihnit*ed, but it is never rc4 presented as active on God’s part, but rm velrr as passive. He did not prevent it. Evilis wlmU ly ii om the creature, the contravening or over-* i tiling it is the manner in which Go l his sovereign grace, ami asserts his right of versa! government. It will 1 judge be conceded (hat if God prffc l&rmmc all our volitions and action!!, he trills tiwufc to be: and is it noi generally acknowledged that to wUltu ti is sin/ 1 lie decree ot the end, u e sav, includes a decree of the means. This is Unde niably the case in respect of what is good; hi A would it not be shocking it applied to moral ev’jy Does not such a principle represent Deity as th o author or approver ol sin, and would it nob su . pcrcedc vlie necessity ol a day of alibi'd the sinner a strong plea' against future* punishment t Would it not annul all the com mands, render warnings vain and absurd, and prayer useless, and charge God with insincerity, as foreordaining the existence of t| vu j’, e professedly bates? To decree tl, e existence cf sm, and to prohibit or forbid it, upoil p;m , or c , tei nal death, appear to be iuc'jhipatibl'’ loan <* ties acknowledges that “We c; .nnot cm ceive how* ibis is done, but we can and. must believe, t.” X do not see how God can h ,t e m, t { blame what he pedeternttnes to exist, ouy more than he cats hate and Maine volcanoes, storms and tempests, that tuini Ids word. Upon the whole 1 <7.© think that fortunes , howc* ver l applaud the pirit and deign of hi, twtt . rnunicanon, ha a ur gc d qpguarded and danger* otis language, co ~taming an uuseriptural doct tme, wluch 1 gladly hope he is ‘mw.lling pj.kcd v>- io'hmir -jf'tus ever be aiuiotisly caution*; StLS,r CaCb V ,h ? ° haracr£r o( Jehovah l l * Xce ! :<llin S\y s . or, °>y to sr.y that moral “rh-'-'t** * > ‘. lO i oj maws mm unbiassed n V 101 • *ike io say that men will be ; to S'’c'ount Pjf thenon-jityforniance ofdu* m w titch tl* C y were never fully instructed.” , l ,' no *A evil, in all its extent, was fore* ,8 * Ivtc-iual mind cannot admit of a : ' U!> 1 ’ at foreknow ledge and foreappointment “ lt v# *ry distinct, and dili’crent things. Preset* cn* and must not be confounded, or identiho |. The one is unlimited and univer* std the oilier is restricted to ihat which is good/ Ihe farrne has no influence on the things fore*. | known, the latter gives existence to the thing ; decreed; that atises from the absolute and un. ! hounded perfection of the Diyine Being, this b ora j ’-he gooti pleasure of his will, {fall divine tore 4 i knowledge, as some assert, is founded upon di* -• ine decrees, then God must have formed his de crees in a sta‘e of ignorance, which idea is pugnant alike to reason and revelation. Ail tho deetee? that relate to (he removal of sin must ne>- cessarily presuppose the forcknowletlge of its eij istence, all the foreknowledge that relates to th* future certain existence of naimal, spiritual and eternal good, must be founded on God’s tUJchan* ing decree to prod me that gqad. lint pci haps I have written t. o much. If | s asserted 1 hope Joannes w ill candidly consider it, and not be offended, as we have both thesam® object, in vow, the promotion of the cause of God and Iruth Jf permitted I may send you a lino referring to the other point; hi the meantime be/ iteve me to be, JWr. Editor, Cordially yours, C. H. I. From Ike Coiutnbian Star. PRIDE. I here is no passion on earth stronger or moi# prevalent, than pride. Ju some cases, it is not to. be deprecated, but in nearly all the concerns of bfe, it has a fearful a r .and destvnrtive ascendency, Aii/.’ pii.le of the v orid, is generally founded on mammon , -it 7s uol the laudable pride of being distinguisliP\, in mind pr ccnractbr-;—it is the ab sorbing „f o-o/a-—it weighs down the spirits °* t ; l .° l .uiible by overhearanec, and crushes the ytions of him p ho has nothing to reeemmend ‘‘•’j! but genius or hi.* good uame. li is per haps a stekeiimg view of world, to note the prevalence pf sucii an evil, ;'* it is a true noi ertliob. ss; and ability r.v.d epufation i.re tpe rc borne down, anil their developeu.vut prevent* by the pride of rmm, arising fi aip the magic cf a fpii purse u;pl pocv.tt, ti .m from any other cause whatever. The same span who w ill pass a poor frit, nd by in the street, and scarcely fie*ign to no tice him, although he may possess h very essence of ail that makes human nature respectable, will fawn and smile upon ;i rich dolt l here is much of this spirit, w e regret to sav. among professing Christ feus, horn whom betrei *'.i- t r ;-r<op be ex pected tiiere i* reason to boie-.e tlfat it will long continue to b. #.*.*.^ The fault is oee of mag. nitutle: and not.wka?iaunb V r *A}twns of prany to humility, a close exaalu7 v that they ‘exhibit much less o* Hut quality, tha’u they actually possess. >• To the young in years it presents a mostperni. cious example, which aftertime cannot but circov er, and which, even in early life, they are prone to follow They* will shun cQmpnumns'of merit and of worth, because they do not happen to posl spss so much of the riches — the passing treasures of a changing world. This a kind of satisfaction on f He part oi those wliich result* in distrust aud enujity; aud rctarji^pr
