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An Address to Absent Friends/
Is there a heart so cofd, so dead,
It never griev’d tpsay farewelh—
Neler felt that soft’ning sorr spread
Which cannot speak the bosom's swell?
Is there a heart e’er bade adieu
To pleasures that from friendship now;,
Norsigh’d when mem’ry brought to view
Those pleasures witHSts magic glow?
In me such coldness hath no part,
Past scenes my fancy wanders o’er—
And pensive sadness fills my heart,
To think that they aremow no more.
Those scenes shall fiyjcy bring, to mind,
Asjthough they were, and not had been;
Those friends, within my heart enshrin’d,
Shall still be lov’d though still unseen.
The Way of the World . .
Determin’d before hand, we gravely pretend
To asfc the opinion and thought qp a friend.
Should his differ from ours on any pretence,
•We blush for his want both of judgment and
sense; * v
Dut should he come into flatter
Why, really ive think him a sensible man.
[Ackerman’* Repository.
■u x: 39 :x •
FROM THE CHRISTIAN* SECRETARY?
Communion at the Lord's Table.
God requires that those who com
■ munc at his table, should have fellow*
ship, not only with hirnfpiut
with another. On this subject, I shall
offer a few remarks. Paul says, Ist.
Cor. 1, 10, “J'jtowl'beseech you breth
ren, by the frame of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that ye all speak the same thing,
that there be no divisions amopg you,
but that ye be perfectly joined togeth
er in the same mind, and in the same
judgment.” A ho, we fihd ‘this was the
caw with the ancient disciples, Acts
11, 42; Ist John, 1. 3, 7.
We will suppose, then, that seven
brethren came together, so break bread
and that they are* all Christians, of dif
ferent denominations—one is a Baptist ,
one an Episcopalian , one a Presbyteri
an, one a Methodist, one a Quaker, one
a Roman Catholic and one a Restora
tionist: God requires that, in order to
communion, there should be fellow
ship; and even reason teaches, that there
can be no comilffunion without union.
It is proposed to ascertain, before they
pqftake of the*emblems of-unidh, that
they see how far they are agreed. For
. this purpose, the Baptists asks the Pres
byterian, do you hold thst God requires
you to have children sprinkled, or bap
tized? Ans. Yes. Wheie do you find
such a command? Ans There is'none,
I believe, in the Bible, but God made
a covenant with Abraham, and com
manded him to circumcise all bis male
childrren, and therefore I hold that
God requires me to have the minister
christen of baptise all my children, both
male and female, and God command
ed him also to circumcise all the males
that were bought with money, and
therefore, I do not recollect how ou£
minister explains this. Says the metho
dise you need not go to this length, to
prove that infants ought to be baptised..
Infants are born holy, and that entitles
them to baptistji. I do not believe that,
says the Presbyterian. Brethren, says
the Catholic, you need not dispute
about this point. The Church decreed
in council, in the fifth century, that in
fants should be baptised, and thaj de
cree has been several times confirmed,
and you know the Church has a right
to decree or alter the ordinances. No,
says the Episcopalian, we cannot ad
mit this; so says all the others. The
Baptist asks, brother Episcopalian, why
do you have god fathers and god mo
thers, when you baptise infants? Ans.
We hold that in water baptism, it is ne
cessary that the subject should profess
faith in Christ himself, or that some
one should do it for him. That will
not do, says the Presbyterian; if I be
lieved that, I would never have an in
fant baptised, for I should not dare as
sume the tremendous responsibility.—
If that is necessary, the Baptists are
right. You are all wrong, says the
Quaker; this is all vanity. Water bap
tism is all done away; there is no such
thing required in the word of God. The
others all say with surprise, brother
Quaker, how can you say so? Is there
Any thing more plain in the ilible?, I
mean says the Quaker the internal
Word, —the Spirit, which is a more
sure guide than the written word. The
Baptist asks, brother Methodist, do
you hold that a person, after he has
been born again, may fall away, and be
eternally lost? Ans. Yes. No, no,
says the Presbyterian, for the Bible
says that God has chosen or elected
some to everlasting life, before the
foundation of the world; and we read in
the Bth chapter of Romans, that whom
he did predestinate, them he also call
ed, and whom he called, then), he jus
tified. and whom he justified, them he
glorified. So that it is impossible that
they should fall into perdition, for he
says agath, John 10, 28, my sheep shall
never perish. This is false doctrine,
H ., VS )lu> MfiLodtu* No, “ r ‘he Wee *
yrat-oirst. I brheve that ail r .i, von
- -• |y L>/. saved; wit .u? mr-ti and
’ ’ill finally be restorer nappi*
ness it) heaven. This is worse still,
saysjhe Episcopalian. So say 1, says
the Presbyterian, and the otheii|
The Baptist asks,brother Quaker, do
thaljhere will be a*resurrec--
lion ogtte b%? * Yj| AJjswrdfsays
the Episcopalian; if the dead rise not,
then is Christ not riben; and if Christ
be not risen, then is our., punching vaip>
and your faith is vain, atfafflSte.ar| all in
bur sfris. , *The others unitedly concur.
The “Baptist askspibrother Roman
Catholic, do you pray to the . Virgin
Mary? iV>s. Yes, and *to departed
Saints'and Angels? All are about to
speak, but the ( Baptist says, yjg there
is wanting us, that h
is necessary to constitute church fel
lowship. God says* fte ye perfectly
joihid togethei, speak the same things,
but,here are more tlyngs diverse and
1 opposite spoken, than there arc per--
sonSl'-i-I cannot commune with you at
the Lord’s Tabil. However much I
love you as Christians, I cannot com/
mune with you, and hypocritically show
that union when we have npt-
I do not wish, to take away any ol yout
privileges; to your /own master, jWu
stand or fall. But I am persyaded you
cannot commune<one with another on
gospel grounds. f .
The following report was presented
the Jigricaltural Society by Mr. Mit
chef, Horn the committee, on the sub
ject to which it relates, at its meeting
on the 17th instant, and ordered to be
piloted. * w*.
To ihejSeicuUurcd Society of East Florida.
ON OF THE OR-
Bp ANGE TREE.
charged with the
duty of reporting on the cultivation of
the Orange tree, submit the following
observations. *
’ From the effects of the severe frost of
February, 1823, it would seem that a
line drawnfrom St. Andrew’s sound in
Georgia, to .the entrance of the ri
ver would mark tjje
northernlirnits of the Orange region,
and in every part of Florida south
of *’ this demarcation; the orange
tree meets with a congenial clirpate. —
Its cultivation has hitherto been cir
cumscribed to the vicinity of St. Au
gustine and St. Johns, although there
are extensive naffve sour anc
bitter-sweet'*orange trees throughout
all that portion of the Territory, recent
ly occupied by the Indians.
There is an obscurity in the annals
of which ha* preventer
us from tracing the sweet-ofange tree,
to its first introduction, but many cir
cumstances induce the belief that it has
been imported from the West Indies
and from the south of Europe. Its
longevity is traced to 116 years in this
Territory, and tree of this age seem to
be as vigorous and fruitful as those of
20 years. In-France this tree is trac
ed to the age of 560 years.
The sweet orange tree is of easy pro
pagation from the seed as most of the
seeds are prolific: they stould be sown
Ttwm one to two inches under the sur-
Tofce of the and in rows suffi
ciently separatedTo leave room for hoe
ing; after twelve months the young trees
may be transplanted at pleasure. At
this age their growth is from 6 to 24
inches. We have measured one in St.
Augustine of a growth cf 20 months
from the .seed—rits height is 66 inches
and hgeadlh 30.
The orange seed should be sown as
soon as may be, after-the parent ofange
is ripe. t may be sown at any season,
but the greatest enemy to thc tender
sprout is the frost ’
The ope ration may
be performed with safety at any season
of the year, and upon trees of any age,
if precaution be taken to avoid the hot
test and dryest weather which ‘usually
happens in July,.and the coldest wea
ther in February; but this operation
should be limited as much as possible
to young trees. ’
If in transplanting large trees, they
be removed from a good soil to a bet
ter, they require no lopping; but if
from a strong to a weaker soil, they
should be trimmed aud assisted by ma
nure.
In transplanting large treesjit is eco
tfomical to leave exposed, the frag
ments of roots from whence they were
separated as each radicle will produce
a distinct tree, and in a shorter: time
than from the seed.
The sweet orange tree may be pro
pagated by engrafting and inoculation
upon the sour and upon the bitter-sweet
orange trees.
In setting out groves, the trees should
be placed in a quincunx adjustment,
and 23 feet apart; by this arrangement
each tree is in the centre of a circle of
six others, and all of them equidistant
from each other, and groves will em
brace 100 trees to the acre; this scale
has been approved of near the sea board,
w fit re safety against gales of wind
ought to be considered. On St. Johns
and in *’'<* ’"‘ei’ior where the climate is*
more no:st ad tranquil*, there is more
scope • he exercise ot taste, fancy,
or „apr oe i the arrangement of groves.
The orange tree delights in rich soil,
and when it has the advantage'o4 this,
it will bear fruit in six years from the
seed, and will attain its full size in about
.12 or 14 years, when it is contempla
ted therefore to establish a grove in
joor land/tm attention to manure will
saye much time and labour, for in such
, and theJree isnql only retarded in its
growth from the want of nourishment,
iut the* branches are subject to be
lighted by the sun in July and hyjhe
frost in February. Jxl good land the
orange tree grows with vigor and sym
metry, in inferior laritl.it is liable to
formityfrom suckers and blasted and
In rearing a grovqv^jiggould'beat
tended wSi benefit, iff | trees were
have gathered on the bark, ancl .ifalit
tfltettention were given to pruning the
iiAccfor foliage, with ilic view ol pro
nt&tin’g a vigorous and extended rami
fication. ...
ri* ■ • _ . . /* n* tr.
The or|nge tree rhes to ‘36 leet n
height, and ramifies nearly to ihe sarne
extent. The largest quantity ol fruit,
which we have yet
oranges to one tree, on'the njrfjr; St. _!
Johns, and tlte*quantity of 3,500 is of
frequent occurrence bdth ih that qua'. -
ter and in the vicinity of Sf*.
The Groves of the territory have not
yet attained to sufficient perfection to
furnish*, data for computing
4pce in the grbss,. for ih‘general large
trees ancl small add blendeer togethei .
In this imperfect Condition however
the product oLthe groves in Jit. Attf
gustine may be, estimated at SSOO peif
acre.* But on whatever a com*
putation may be made, whether upon
1000 oranges to the tree or upon 5000,
when it is considered"that grpfes bjajf
be raised
ing from the planter anY ab
straction from his‘ordinary avocations,
it will be'evideht that with the excep
tion of the Olive, there is no ‘sb
productive as.the sweet ofange trdeT
It is true that qgain|t to
be derived from the Orange tree may
he placed the lengtfi*oftiiiie necessary
to raise it from the se&l; buf'oh the
other hand, it Plight not
that this process requires nt> adyffice’
of capital. And as nurseries arfe noyk
established, those planters who may be
‘unwilling to exercise patience will have
an opportunity, at a moderate expense,
of setting out groves without ihucft loss
of time.
have arisen from the
practice of shipping oranges and con
fining them in mass in the holds of ves
sels, these might be obviated by the
adoption ot some cheap and conveni
ent-mode of packing them for expor
tation. We therefore that
the society and
offer a reward for the bestb&mmuitfoa
lion on this interesting subject.
The bitter-sweet orange tree is indi
genous to the territory, and* like the
sour orange tree grows abundantly in’
the interior:’ Tpf fruit is not surpas
sed if the sweet
is pleasant, wholesome -and the most
nutritive of live orange tribe, atidt it
hangs on the tree in perfect preserva
tion for twelve months after rnatdritj||’
and has been in common use'ambAgThe*
Indians and negroes, as an aftipe*both
of refreshment and food. Mg.
The sour orange tree is genc
rally known from its price having been
exported. From its
itls frequently raised on the -sea bbat and
to protect groves against gales of-wind;
and in concluding tliik report we would
merely mention that- the : sour ‘orange
tree may be applied to
tant uses, the one for the purpose
of engrafting sweet oranges, the. other,
for preparing the orange peel for con
fectionery, and*lastly,for’ applying the
juice to the fabrication of citric;ftia.
# G. W. FERPALL.
W. SMITH;
P. MITCHELL -
A
From the East Florida
The Agricultural S6ciet^upfihis..pl^jj t e
have been presented by dml
and also the Hon. Elias,Horry of
Charleston, with copies of the Circular
Address of the Importing pommittee
of the Agricultural Society,
Carolina, with directions for
seeds, to be sent from foreign countries.
We offer the followings extracts from
the Pamphlet. *&W**Bt
Directions for putmftg up-Seeds.
The germination of Plants is accom
plished by their Seeds being exposed
to the actiori ‘of moisture, ‘heffi and at
mospheric air. Without such*- expo
sure, Se|ds areJtlflifpable bfjvegetatibn.
It is therefore;’ recommended, that
Seeds; intendecNfor fresh
arttl well curedj and then put up in
strong paper packages, well secured
or sealed; or ih welh|dried bottles,
which, are to be corked and sealed.—
packages, or bottles, ishould then
ba put in a diy and close box, and tWt
putin a dry pat t of the vessel, andwybre
the heat is most .temperate. It has
been recommended to pack allßeeds
collected, i .aoist country or season,
in charcoal,which they will not ger- (
minate. The oily grains or seeds lose
their germinating faculty soonest. —
Therefore, to export them, it may be
necessary to promote their germina
tion. The seeds of Tea, Coffee, the
Glands of most of the Oaks, are of this
kind. These should be put into sandy
earth. Strew a depth of two inches of
earth at the bottom of a box; range ihe
Seeds or Grains lUercin: cover .hem
it an inch es earth, in winch
Bier layeri of^seedsj 8 - and then
in a siaie io sciuut. m
jHßfijttjSpnicthod was <Etd ‘or the
transportation of the American Oaks to
Europe. The soil ‘adapted ‘to each
plant, should b£ mentioned on the pack
lfgrfl:;oP i Pfffyl. s *
Cuttings/Sec. may=be pr^servedEvgfffi
ing tlienf up in makings orih .boxes or
jar re Is, wit tv damp earth/’
lot be exposed, in any manner, to salt
or water. Ail Seeds or Plants, slio^
lurjattiiciUof Lsl
m ° re fe-JS. - . ••* j> jJmA
i
Notice.
■fJUOPQSALS will be received until*%he
of
MTntosh Academy for building:.a School
Room for the Academy., A plan oHhe bud
ding is left at Capt- Gjandison s Drug store,
Under the Printing-Olnce, for (nc inspection
of persons wishing ‘to contract.. ; -’f *
JA M E STB iU ’ ITI/c A m’rm fl m :
march B—lo/ j”
FINAL NOTICE. I
*llirHEßE':{S a of litikd, ilitbd
▼ Darien, Nov. Ist, lß24rknd drawn by,
Joseph Bennett it) favor of Aieorge Atkin
son, foaJglOO, feayaLle s;xty cla^rs patter da e,
was Amongst the papers'‘destroyed by the
conflagrationßf the this is
<therefdHNo caution all pCTsons from -receiv
ing any note purportingio be v of the same
tenor and date as the nwc specified^.
GEORGE ATKINSON.
march 8-10
Castor an and tßelfttiee..OilsX
.T-TST received and for sale a fresh supply
r from the manufactory of John Kell, esq.
Apply to ‘ - WMf'C;-*GtJTHBER F,
v fPjjjUg * agent.
Grolyenor’s building on the Bay.
march B—r—lo
TS hereby given to the .’persons. Thereafter
JL named* -wffo %eje fineaLby. th ® Bgg ,men *
tal CriurKof Eimyirv. for Having made de
fault at4he RCgmiental FarUile of the
February, that unless in a
good and sufficient excuse, directed to the
colonel in the/cqurschof the* thirty day| sub
sequent to thfs advertisement.-execution will
Me forthwith/ at the
above mentioned period, . v ‘
22 d District (captkin Thorpls company)—
Henry,GerSld, serj’t. S5. , . ’
Warren,}yeek|,^S|. ; Al
exander Caulder, §5. ‘
ALWmiJum LE CHA'RriEß,’ clerk.
crayes^.
*J^^Bu|jscrib^rß^ive^9t^c^ivraarorii
etj-ot oilier arlick-s fi.r bv
(MERQJIANr TAII.OR)
TNFORMS his customers and friends that
hblTnTofbqsSsjStnot in .tte most fash
ionable
sing to any one from way oTbjisjneMh
therefore would recommend and is amyous
to introduce in his little business the new
and pleasing style .of delivering one and at
.the same timf toother.
i/it $£ £
has on handa largfi. Sssortment of Goods in
his line, togetherwith an extensive a'ssort
ment.of liEJtISY MADE^pLOTfIfjCC!, all
which/ considering the severe losses of many
ofl’hls friends., be is sell very
cheap for cashPp hv 16—44
CORN afloat.
a®®® BUSHEI.S best Yir J
CORN, just received and will be sold 1,
and on accommodating terms, it taken f,
on board. WM. SCAUIiUOL’GH
march 9—tf —10
Wayne Superior Court..
Jurors, Suitors, and
J. the Wayne Superior Court, wit] t
notice that the court will be adjourned,
from the 17th instant to the lsulay of Aj
aijd n “that day their attendance win
nil actually expected. 15y o.Mer of j„
Wily lie. JOHN FORT, c. s. c. *
9—lo
. w 820 jIEWA RD.
TVANA W'A Y. from the subscribe j,
JLI, ’ Vannah on tbc 26 Feb*, a nifrg,’
ffAM, a Virginian, 5 feet 9J inches
stout iit .proportion, and likely a fellow,;
25’yeara pkWl.as a thick beard under hi S(
he*hbseonded a. red shirt, <
vvqolleii nardalbbits and jacket,formcilvi
ed by Doctor Robert Grant. The abov
warxLwjit be ’baid by the subscriber n
safe delivery. 1110 MAS K!,\
/march B—m—lo
- -3 Notice *
“npHlllEW^tnonths'’after date, appli t
; ypOfe madb to ’ tjie ’Bank oft)
rfejriewaLof Bank v<, i pt, Nt>. ]Q
four sharesof the stock of said Bank.tli
nUt- scriplTOttd 27th -Septeirjb,er, 181!
JOHN PAKU
< march 1-10
stffikevifl'’s sale.
riTipljTuesday in April nest, \
*old in front of tlie court-liouse
400 aeries land, rnore”*or less, grai
W lliain M’Donald. known as the Briar
as;the,property of Ed*.
Sa rjtjg, to satisfy Jonathan Thomas, su
“ojipancis HolfeiisV
2*S]so 2JB miw, river swamp, bom
,v Altamaha river, and nor
by lands yf Gbarles Harris; levied on
propertySfY. H. Vivion, to satisfy am
•'tiAnin favor of \Vm. MWlaster.
; THOMAS’ KING, s. i
I march I—9
sale.
the first Tuesday in April nes
be sold in front of the court-lw
Dacienfbetween the hours of 10 &4;
* 100 acres of land granted to John!
bounded northeast by the college tract
eapt arid north west by land grantedt
Mflrffosh, west by land granted to Re
so*so acres land granted to Wm.I 1
;bbunded northeast by lands grantedi
M’lntosh ami southeast by land grs
George/rh'readcraft, all other sides vi
the time of suryey, levied on asthep
of EdwariPll. Sams to satisfy excci
Trai*is Hopkins.
THOMAS KING, s.
march I—9 -
Sheriff’s sales.
/YN T the nfit Tuesday in April next,
tjf solK;it the court-house*in the
of Glynn, between the usual hours,
Five hundred acres of tend, mere.
Jyingun Glypn county, butting ancl bo
by certified plats by Wni. Cundreffp
made by Joshua Miller, butting ajid
ing on HCxt and Harris, on
creek; levied on under a f.fa.vn
sure of a mortgage from Robert Lcae
vor ,of /John. Franklin Thomas Wall!
Annis Touchstoni.
Also two.negroes, Polledore and
levied on under a <* n forecloa
mortgagefrom d,ohn Morgan, in favor
drew Maiison. *
. JAMES BLUE, s.
jan 35—4
<fc-k :
; Sheriff ’s sale —con tin
the first Tuesday in April
will in front of the com
in Darien, between’ tlie hours ofl
o’clock,*/
■ T rhe'f6llq\ving slaves, viz. Jack,
Charles, Rinab, Katy, Kesiah, old (
Paifty/Tbifi J i’m, Solomo
*Jai|e, young and'Clef
vied on as the or John Ca
iby virtue of an execiilfoff issued*ont
MSshpl ’of a mortgage in'fayor of
Tlfirjstie. TAKING, s.
‘*'’lss*l—s mm ■ t
■ —-. ■ - ~ ~ -
hi April ne
\_f he sold |it the plantation of C.
sen. dec. all the real estate of said d<
<brthe, benefit of the heirs and credit
jan 18-5, ,C. DEWITT,,
*
Mb nday the 21st%f March W
V* be sold at the court-house in t
’dflfarjen, the read estate of Vincon
lor> of one tract
lying ihMhe county of#! Intosh, ,itt
Clarkv containing fifty acres, more oi
and one house in the lower part of tin
DarienTli’ RIGHT “
feb B—-a*. —6 r# admiii
pa —Glynn court
Bowers
letters adminislratio
bert Muter, late of said
deceased. dELakL-. •
W These are, therefore, to cite and at
all and singular, the kindred and cred
die said deceased, to file their objec
Ifny they have, in my pffice, on or be
sth March next, otherwise letters/!
istration wjty he grafted the applicat
Given frhder my hand and seal tnt
Independence. . :
.10ilN*BURNETT,o
ar ‘"y
& Customary Freigh t Lis
Weenlfrfew-York and Darien and Si
and Darien for sale at this office.
JOl? PRINTING
Neatly executed at this