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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE MANAGERS OF THE
GEORGIA
RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.
Anothea year is brought to a
dose, and the duty of laying before
the Society an account of the pro
ceedings of that year, again devolves
on its Managers.
It has been, on former occasions
like this, a source of much encour
agement, and the proper cause of
much thankfulness, that this institu
tion has been constantly extending
the sphere of its operations, and as
we hope, increasing in usefulness.
For a tract society to extend its ope
rations, is of cource, to increase its
usefulness. We may say this, with
out arrogating to institutions like
ours, any thing more than they most
justly claim, or that has been ever
most cheerfully yielded to them
Our pretensions are humble. De
voted to no sect, we seek to make
proselytes of none. The object is
not to “ sound a trumpet” before us,
and attract the gaze of an idle world,
but to scatter in small portions, the
principles oi evangelical truth, among
those who disregard those principles,
or have never known thqm —to draw
the attention of the immoral To lh<
precepts of pure morolity, and in
duce them to obey those prec pts-
to impress on the minds of the heed
less and inconsiderate, the infinite
value of that religion which they
have never thought worth a mo
ment’s reflection—and to give to the
humble foil ower of the Redeemer,
■who has few opportunities of re
ceiving instruction in divine things,
and few ot the outward consolations
of religion, a little help and a little
comiort in the way that leads to ev
erlasting life. In doing this, we in
terfere with no other benevolent as
sociation. Our wants are compara
tively limited. The flood of charity
need yield to us but a small portion
of its waters. That small portion
carries forward our operations. In
the channel of Tract Societies, a lit
tle stream will water much ground—
for it dries hut slowly.
I he Board have the pleasure to
report that during the past year,
their concerns have been still fur
ther extended than before. A grad
ual iacrease has, from the beginning
marked our progress hitherto.
l’lie receipts at the Treasury, have
been $764 79 : the expenditures,
S6BB 91; leaving a ballance on hand
of $75 88. The tracts issued during
same period, have amounted to
178,593 pages—those received to
216,283 pages; and there are still
cn hand, includiug those on hand at
the last report, 92,690 pages. There
have also been received, 525 copies
oi children's moral and religious
hooks : Distributed this year, 471
copies—on hand last year, 529—and
now on hand, 583 copies. The issues
Tracts for 1825, were, 126.465
pages The increase this year, is
; >2,128 pages. Those leceivedthat
year were 152,108 pages. The ir
crease is 64,176 pages.
M ith these facts before them, the
Board feel warranted in saying, that
our prospects of usefulness are be
coming more and more favorable.
•<et the thanks be rendered, where
only they pro due—to HIM, who
has put it into the hearts of his peo
ple to do these things.
Ihe Board have again published
an edition of the Christian Almanac,
vhe subject ‘has been hinted at in
uc two last annual reports ; and it
'ee l only be now added, that the
publication has been continued, in
he hope of making it a regular one,
'•‘nd that the whole edition has been
disposed of at a moderate advance.
* '•« formation of the American
•ract Society, spoken of in our last
re port, led many of those who were
ucti I Vo '<* this Society, tb cherish the
iof our becoming auxiliary to
JJ 1 . * r -t'tulioii. The terms or
auxiliaries wi re to he recc.y.
our particular situation, this society,
at their last annual meeting, so amen
ded their Constitution, as to become
auxiliary to the national society,
whenever their Board of Managers
should he able to obtain terms, satis
factory to themselves. This truly
desirable object has been effected.
The parent institution consented to
receive us as auxiliary, and to sup
ply us with Tracts, at their lowest
prices, requiring, only, an annual re
mittance of our surplus funds. These
were the terms proposed hv your
Board, reserving the right to pub
lish a Christian Almanac, annually,
on their own account exclusively,
which was also assented to. On
thes conditions, and in pursuance of
the amendment of our constitution,
just mentioned, your Board on the
jhird of February last, declared this
society auxiliary to the national one,
and as such have been officially re
ceived.* /
While, ourselves, thus becoming
auxiliary to a larger and more im
portant institution, we have been
receiving in turn, the aid of auxiliary
Societies, in various parts of the
State. The friends of religion, and
of that charity, which is, “ the bond
of perfectness,” throughout the up
per part of the State, rt ppear to re
gard Augusta as the most convenient
point, at which to make returns of
their bounty, and receive in ex
change, the means of doing good.
The supplies of Bibles, Tracts, and
other Books, necessary for the
spread oi knowledge, human and di
vine, intended lor the up-country,
necessarily pass through this place.
This fact, doubtless, has led those
who were desirous of extending the
circulation of these little monitors,
in their own vicinity, to look to our
Society as their immediate head;
and the Board have the pleasure to
announce the formation, during the
year past, of five Tract Societies,
auxiliary to this : viz. The Daniels
villc Tract Society, the Bethany
Female Sract Society the Smyrna
Tract Society, the Union Church
Auxiliary Tract Society, and the
Washington Female Tract Society.
The multiplication of auxiliaries,
and their d.ffusi*>n through the im
portant and interesting country
around us, is in the highest degree
satisfactory and cheering. It ex
tends the circulation of Tracts. It
carries them to the doors of all. It
completes the organization of that
system, by which any given portion
of means can produce the greatest
possible effect. The National So
ciety, at New-York, by the extent of
its arrangements, is enabled to pub
lish large quantities of Tracts, at ;•
price very little above that of the
paper and ink. Supplying these,
without profit, to their auxiliaries in
the several States, and these again
distributing them, on the same term.-,
to auxiliaries of their own, the Tract
is finally delivered to the reader, at
a price, so very trifling, as to be con
sidered almost nothing No other
system could ensure the same econo
my, or the same efficiency. In the
complete organization of such a sys
tern, the friends of morality, and of
pure and undefiled religion, may re
joice, ns the beginning of those la
bors, that will one day enlighten and
reform, and evnngeliz the world.
The Board have now laid before
the Society a brief review of the
transactions of the past year They
deem further remarks unnecessary,
considering it their duty to submit
facts to their brethren, and leave the
application of those facts, to the
hearts of those, to whom they are
addressed. Their prayer is, that
the blessing which seems to have at
tended them thus far, may be contin
ued, that their usclulncss may be in
creased, and that, * as their day is,”
so may be their strength.
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY
i«k 1327.
TIMOTHY EDWARDS,
President and Treasurer.
WM. T. GOULD,
Secretary.
Managers.
ANDERSON WATKINS,
JOHN BEACH,
JOHN BARRY,
JOEL CATLIN,
JAMES M DOWELL,
ELIAS B CRANE.
* Some may object to Tract So
cieties, as sectarian. A single fact
is a sufficient answer to that objec
tion, in relation to the American
Tract Society, and its Auxiliaries.
The publishing Cornmitt e o( that
Society, is composed of lour distiii
gushed Clergymen, belonging to four
■ttffrrenl denomination!, who meet
' i-ekly, and carefully examine nil
,y., r)K n?.iinmi.ft |ig
Hae tibi erunt artes, pacisque imponere morem, pare ere t'abjeetis et Hebe Hare supertax).—Virgil.
Milledgeville, Tuesday, January 28, 1827.
unanimous approbation ; and if any
part of a Tract is 'considered objec
tionable, by any one of them, it is
rejected.
OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN
Art thou iny Father?—then no more
My sins shall tempt me to despair;
My Father pities and forgives,
And hears a child’s repentant prayer.
Art thou my Father ?—Let me strive
With all my powers to learn thy will;
To make thy service all my care,
And all thy wise commands fulfil.
Art thou my Father?—Teach my heart,
Compassion for another’s woe,
Anti ever to a child of thine
A brother’s tenderness to show.
Art thou my Father ?—Then I know
When pains or want or grief oppress,
They come but from a father’s hand,
Which wounds to heal, afflicts to bless.
Art thou my Father ?—Then in doubt
And darkness, when I grope my way,
A light shall shine upon my path,
And make my darkness like the day.
Art thou my Father ?—Then no more
Tremble my sou! at death’s alarms,
He comes a messenger of love,
To bear me to a Father’s arms.
[From Backwood’s Magazine for October.]
We disclaim all enthusiasm. Yet
we do not hesitate to pronounce the
cause of Greece the cause of human
nature. We allow the great part of
iue imputations on the Greek char
act r—that it is rash, given to quar
rel, suspicious, inconstant, and care
less of blood. But the Greek has
not had bis trial. He has been for
almost live hundred years a broken
name. His place of birth has been
only a larger priso ; his education
the bitterness of heart, the subter
fuge, the sullen treachery, and the
furious revenge of the slave. What
estimstecan we form of the strength
and stature of freedom from this de
crepit and barbaous servitude? Even
the vices of the character may be
an indication of the vigor ofits capa
bilities. The perversion of the best
things is the worst. The fiery ele
ment thai, in its rage, lays waste the
bind; is the great and exhaustless in
strument of comiort and abundance.
Bui the question may be decided at
once —we know what the Greeks
have been! If they are now barba
rians, we must remember that they
were once the lights of the world.
But the Turk is a barbarian. All
his vices are thoroughly and incura
bly barbarian. He is habitually ty
rannical, p.issionate for plunder, and
a lover ofblood, —his tastes are bar
barian* extravagant splendour, gross
indulgence, savage indolence of
mind and body,—he enjoys none of
the resources of civilization,—he
has no national literature, —he cul
tivates no language,—he produces
no picture, no stature, no music.—
Greeks are his linguists and the nav
igators of his ships,—foreigners dis
cipline his army, and carry on bis di
plomacy. He resists the civiliza
tion ol Europe with utter scorn, and
even when forced upon him by cir
cumstances, he resists it till its na
ture is changed, and he is again the
Turke of Mahomet the Second, —
tie answers religious conviction by
the dagger. He sits among the na
tions with no other instinct than tint
of the tiger, to seek out his prey,
and having found it, to gorge and
sleep
Yet no nation on earth has had such
advantage for the most consummate
civilization. It has been seated in
the central region of the temperate
zone, —the master of its central sea
on all its borders from Syria to Italy
on the one side, and to Mauritania,
on the other. In the richest, most
magnificent and inspiring realm, that
ever was under the dominion of man
—the land filled with these splendid
r membrances which have been the
seed of knowledg and highminded
ness to the ends of the earth; its
plains and mountains a succession of
trophies to the civil or military glory
ofthe most illustrmus spirits of man
kind. Os all this superb dominion,
the Turk has been the lord for al
most five centuries. Yet lie is a
barbarian still, with all the ferocity
of the old dweller of the Imaus, even
his hospitality and bravery are but
thf virtues of barbarism, and wild,
tierce and bloody lie will r main un
till tho purpose of desolation, for
which he was brought from bis de
serts, shafl he done.
——Verse<>-»'<>•
Aid of the Greeks. —A large meet
ing of gentlemen friendly to the
Greek-, was held at Philadelphia, on
Saturday lasi, to consider of (he
means best calculated to assist that
oppressed people in their struggle
lor liberty. The Hon. Joseph Hemp
hill was called to the chair, and
(adopted, recommending to the citi
zens of the United States to contri
bute in proprotion to their means,
and with all possible despatch, to
purchasing a supply of the necessa
ries of life, for the succour of the
Greeks at this perilous stage of their
warfare. A committee of twenty
were appointed to address the pub
lic on the subject. Wc hope the
appeal wiU not be in vain. If feel
ings of humanity are not a sufficient
motive, we should at least do some
thing to blot out the (tain which the
uational character has received by
the transactions at New York. One
gentleman has voluntary come for
ward with a pledge to procure and
furnish gratis, the one third part of
a cargo of one thousand barrels of
flour.
From the Boston Spectator & Ladies’ Album.
THANKSGIVING.
Now ‘ wild November hath his
bugle wound,’ and the noses of our
good citizens tingle in the blast
Now the thick stars twinkle with
new lustre in the sapphire sky, and
on earth a well lined doublet becomes
a comfortable envelope. The bras
ses of the parlor stoves have doffed
their paper caps, and the coal fire
sparkles right merrily. Now flannel
waist-coats are not to be dispensed
with—the hypochondriac looks big
ger about the shanks, and the mer
chant hustles along the side-walk in a
close buttoned spencer. The white
muslin gown peeping through the
open pelisse, has a look that makes
one’s teeth chatter—Denmark satin
shoes, squeezing a silk stocking
close to a pretty little foot, hugely
delight the doctor, for they speak
of a fair patient and a long bill. Now
the loud wind rumbles furiously in
the chimney, puffing down the smoke
in the teeth of black Dinah the coock.
I’lie windows blinds flap fearfully in
the night, and the prudent watchmen
snore before the fire. The stage
thunders sonorously over the frozen
ground, and the light Dearborn clat
ters so as to be heard afar off. Now
Thanksgiving approaches, and dead
turkies become abundant. The ap
prentice teazes the tailor to finish
his new coat in time for the ball,
and Sally goes a shopping for rib
bons, combs and false curls. The
good master of the house begins to
fret at the insatiable demands of the
cook for spice, plums, and suet, so
that he druads the tnrtarian regions
of the kitchen more than the tarry
waves of the river Styx, and the
savory smells of mighty preparation
become hatful to his nostrils. Now
the sportsman shoots at the live bear
that has been set up at so much a
shot, without his consent being first
had and received —a hundred mus
kets are popped off at poor unoffend
ing turkies, that arc past making a
complaint. Now every amateur is
busy practising at the new anthem,
and some of them make doleful me
lody for a thanksgiving strain. Now
Dolly is up to the elbows in flour
and grease, kicks the kitten out of
the way, and her answers to every
meddling he creature are as short as
pie crust. Now milk and eggs are
scarce and dear, and the thump of
the chopping-knife is heard in our
land. Now the parson looks smiling
at the various gifts of good things
sent to his mansion, and resolves to
pay for them by a gloriously short
sermon, sweetened with eulogies on
our happy country, and spiced with
a sprinkling of politics—sometimes
he hesitates whether his ten children
shall stay at home or dine at the rich
deacon’s and he hopes to attend two
or three weddings in the evening.
Now the ctiildrcd scorn bread and
butter, and roar for pumpkin-pie.
Now the fatest turkey is stuffed ready
for the spit, the chickens are interr
ed in a tomb of paste, and the plum
pudding is prepared for the oven a
gainst the morrow. And now the
hell rings eleven, and with a watery
mouth 1 go to bed, resolving to eat
no breakfast, so that my stomach
may be prime lor the dinner
RHAZES.
AN IRISH SCHOOL-MASTER.
From Scenes and Sketches of a Soldiers Life
In Ireland.
In the midst of his noisy mansion
sat Phil Sullivan, weilding his birch
as if it had been a sceptre, while his
little subjects were ranged around on
benches formed of sods, that you
may still see along the wall. The
fire when any was required, was
made in the centre of the apartmeut,
the fuel being furnished by each
scholar bringing a turf daily with him
The door w«« formed of stakes, in
terplaccd with wattles, a loop of
which thrown over a crooked harp
served the purpose of a lock, and a
rude tabic that the master sat at was
all the desk ill the school. As they
Came in at the door, the urchins were
obliged to make their best bow. h\
[Vol. 11. No. 3.—Whole No. L\.
forehead, and bringing their stiff
necks to the precise mathematical
curve, that constitutes politeQe‘S,
while Phil kept sometimes talking
English, sometimes Irish, to suit
himself to the comprehension of his
pupils. Os the manner in which he
accompanied this, the following is a
specimen : “ Coine up here Pat
Grechen,” said he to a red-headed
boy, dressed in a grey frieze coat,
which came down to his heels, and
a pair of old leather breeches, that
only reached half way down his thighs
exposing his red measly legs—“ Come
stand up here on the table, and let
the boys hear how well you can say
your letters.” Pat mounted with
great confidence ; but when his phiz,
by being raised into the light, be
came more distinctly seen,—“Ubbo
boo, tearin, murder!” exclaimed Phil
“where hab you been wid that face ?
Why man alive you’ve been kissing
the praty pot, and your hair, too,
standing up for a price, like the bris
tles of a fighting pig. Is there no
water in the stream; and it would have
been no great trouble to draw your
fingers through your hair, any how."
Pat very composedly lifted up the
tail of his coat, and spitting upon it,
gave his face a wipe that left it
streaked like a brindled cow. “There
now,” said Phil, "blow your nose and
hold up your head like a gentleman.
What is this aroon ?” said he, point
ing to the first letter in the alphabet.
Pat scrachcd his head 1 “You don’t
know what it is; sms!! blame to
you, for your mother keeps you run
ning after the cows when you should
be at your larnin; but look up at
the couples qf the bouse, and try if
you can’t remember it." “A," said
Pat. “Well done 1 what’s the name
of ihe next one ?” Pat hesitated
again. “What do you call the big
fly that makes the honey ?” “B,
"Och, you’re a genuet Pat, ready
made,” Having arrived at the let
ter H,-—“And what’s that Pat ?"•
“Be my showl I don’t know.” “D
—I, by your showl, what do you
mane by swearing here in school ?
a pretty college this indeed !—What
is it that looks like Squire O’Rielly’s
gate with the bars knocked out ex
cept one in the middle ?" “Faith
and its H.” “To be sure it is ye
spaleen ” So on he went illustrat
ing in this manner, until he got to
the letter O; having tried Pat’s gen
us with two or three ways to no pur
pose. Phil was getting out o# pa
tience —“ What would you say if I
was to hit you a palthog on the ear?”
(suiting the action to the word ) “O,”*
cried Pat, dappling his hand upon
the afflicted spot which rung with
the blow. “ 1 knew you’d find it,"
said Phil. By the help of this adop
tion Pat struggled through the rest
of the letters. “Well you may sit
down now and send up Mick Moriar
ty.” Mick was rather further than
Pat, he was spelling words. After
spelling two or three tolerably well
he came to the word what. “Well
what does w-h-a-t make ?” Mich
was not sure of it. "W-h-a-t sounds
fat but, (conscious of his own error
in the pronunciation,) when I say
fat, don’t you say fat, but do you
say fat in your own way.” “ Have
ye ail said yer lessons?” “Yes, all,
all ” “Then put out the fire dacent
ly and go hum.”
The Baltimore American of the
21st inst. contains the following:—
From an authentic source at
Washington, we learn that the Con
vention recently arranged at London
by our Minister, Mr. Gallatin, fiixes
the total amount of compensation to
he paid by the British Government
for Slaves, Tobacco, Sic. carried off
by the British officers subsequent
to the Treaty of Ghent, at one mil
lion two hundred thousand dollars. —
The amount claimed by our citizens
exceed $1,600,000, viz:—by those of
Maryland. $280,000; Virginia, $520;
000; Louisiana, $150,000; Georgia,
$430,000; Alexandria, $113,000;
Maine, $16,000; Mississippi, $6000;
and Delaware, S7OOO.
From the same source we learn
that, as a measure of retaliation, it is
belioved that congress will interdict
the Trade to the British possessions
on the Continent of North America
which are not closed by the late Or
der in Council.
The following is the official ac
count ofthe nominal British capital
funded hcht and annual interest on
the same, of the fifth of January,
1819, and fifth of January, 1826:
‘By total capital of Funded unre
deemed Debt:
sth January, 1819, 8832,186,446
sth January, 1826, 893,783,282
Increase of debt, 1826, 61,648,837
Annual charge, 1819, 29,144,761
Do. do, 1826. 29 176 157
[OK *4 IF HOT r AID IN SIX MONTHS.
The Loudon Morning Chrooidc
makes these comments,
“Here then we have the most
complete and satisfactory evidence
that there has been no reductien
either in the debt or the interest,
notwithstanding the additional taxa
tion of five million five hundred
thousand pounds, with which ther
people are burthened for the ex
press purpose of diminishing them.
Had this sum been withheld, from
whence could the million for building
churches, another for repairs at
Windsor, and a third al Pimlico, bar©
been supplied.
We have shown by the Parliamen
tary Return, that the annual charge
of debts is larger than uvfer, notwitb
standing the reduction ot interest on
the four and five per cents, to morn
than one million seven hundred thou
sand pounds annually!”
Concluding Remarkt from the annual Report
ofthe IVcaturer ofthe United Stats!
From the foregoing facts and con-’
siderations, affecting the customs
and the public lands, it is believed
that the whole revenue of the Uni
ted States, for 1827, from these and
other less important sources, may
be estimated at upwards of twenty
three millions of dollars, and tuai it
will arise thus:
From Customs, $20,400,000
Public lands. 2 000,000
Bank dividends, 420,000
Miscellaneous and incidental
330.000
>
$23,150,000
The expenditures for 1827, are
estimated as follows, viz:
Civil, miscellaneous, and diplo
matic, $1,826,549,54
Military services, including fotifi
cations, ordnance, Indian de
partment, revolutionary and
military pensions, arm ng the
militia, and arrearages prior to
the Ist. of Jan. 1827,5,645,144 36
Naval service, 3,230,260. 2IT
Public debt, 10,000,000 00
$20,702,954 13
Which will leave in the treasury
on the 31st of December, 1827, af
ter satisfying all the demands of that
year, on the basis of the foregoing
calculations, a surplus estimated at
$2,247,045,87. This surplus wiU
be a disposable surplus over and
above the sura before stated S* act
ineffective funds, and of the two mil
lion of dollars to be reserved in the
treasury, under the sinking fund act
of March 3d, 1827.
In the estimate of expenditures
for 1827, the annual appropriation of
$500,000, for the gradual increase
of the navy, under the act of the 3d
of March, 1821, has not been insert
ed, that appropriation ex;>*'ing with
the present year. Whatever renew
ed sum the wisdom of Congress may
set apart for this effective arm of tho
public defence, will add another item
to the list of expenditures for the
year, and lessen, by so much, the es
timated balance at its expiration.
All which is respectfully submit
ted.
RICHARD RUSH.
Treasury Department, Dec. 12, 1820.
ApPOINTNEMTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
By and with the advice and con
sent of the Senate.
William Beach Lawrence, of New-
York, as Secretary of Legation to
Great Britain, in place of John A.
King, resigned.
William Rossell, of New-Jersey, as
Judge of the United States, for the
District of New-Jersey, in the place
of William S. Pennington, deceased.
Samuel R. Betts, of New-York, to
be District Judge of the United States
for the Southern District of New-
York, in place of William P. Van
Ness, deceased.
Thomas Finley, of Maryland, to be
Marshal of the United States for the
District of Maryland, in place of
Paul Bentalou, deceased.
William J. Sever, of Massachusetts
to be Consul of the United States,
fur the port of Santa Martha, in the
Republic of Colombia, vice Harris
R. Fudger, deceased.
Harry J. Thorntm, of Alabama,
to lie Attorney at the United States,
for the Northern District of Alabama
in place of Frank Jones, deceased.
Lewis Warrington, a Captain ot
the United States Navy, as Commis
sioner of the Navy, in place of Jacob
Jones, resigned.
Alexander Randall, of Maryland,
as Collector of the Customs for tho
District, and Inspector of the Re
venue for tho port of Annapolis,
Maryland.
William Reynolds, as Surveyor and
Inspector of the Revenue, for the
port of Bristol, Rhode-Island.
Andrew S, AtGirth, of Missouri,
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