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The Athenian.
1 PcisiT's’ reply, and the two pieces of ‘ S.^ will
be attended to in our next.
% «T 'ii
following aqcount of
s to Calvin at
w' d
y»
is judge
generous an
Mr. Shaw,—The followiug at
the life and writings of Servetusf, may per
haps be interesting to some of yoar readers
Who may not have seen any
graphy of him. The *"
very interesting on tv
throws a great deal of
ahd circumstances
2d, It shows that
approach towards
turn of the B
physician wh'o
and that his oh*
probably fa&tay
celebrated
awa.>' .*d.
not
of. life, aw4 fcR so young
cism, there .fa no telling what
particularly hi his own profession, he would
have been author of; for it eesferbe fans
peaceably on bis vpay to • N
himself and practice physie||
when he was aixftried iu Geneva, ttppnsc
ed, tried, and
■kTCH QT M1C0A
vvxs a most
.-famous for
SKJ
the cr
Scriptures
Cause the Raft
noise in.F
vinced that
and it ma
that the
to be raj
very %ad.
after he V
louse,
‘set up
confe:
#et
toon
two
his
: . erititi
, him
me
(Trim
learned
opposition to the
and for the
iat account:
uva, in At*
was a notary, sent
Qulouse, to study
to read the
probably be
a great
con-
og,,
fancy
ines
it will, hi grew
■ notion ; and
atTou-
rtna 1
lasil,
l \ having
ipadius,
smely desi-
and Capito,
city. At
fed a manuscript
Irroribus,” in the
who sent it after-
, whither Scrretus went
I, in 1531. The next year
ise at Haguenau, another
title, 44 Dialogorum de Trini-
duo;” in an advertisement to
bfetu tracts what he had written in his
' book against (he Trinity; hot as it
fse, but because it was written imper-
confusedly, impolitely, and, as
by a child for the use of children
he published two books against the
lity, in less than two years, and without
fling to put his name to them,
was very young, extremely zealous
new opinions, and perhaps unac
principles of the Refor-
tint#, dt is ¥5fcly, that being lately come
from France into a Protestant country, h
e as freely against the
ra did hgainst the doc-
intiation &c- and what is
, he docs riot seem ever after to have
dence; for he n«ty
angry letters to hi
ut afterwaids prod
letters and manuscript
his trial.—Varilla» affirms
at Paris an original letter of
, written in 1546, wherein is
passage : “ Servetus has sent
book, stuffed with idle fancies,
of .arrogance. He says I shall find
ih|e things in it, and such as has not
hitherto heard of. He offer}? to coine
ither, if I am witling: but I will not* ep-
,age my word ; for if he comes, and if any
£»gard he. had to my authority, I‘shall not
, suffer him to escape with his ii/e.”—Sor-
e biere mentions the same letter, and says
Grotius saw it, at Paris, with words in it to
that effect. 1
Servetus continued to be so fond of bis
anti-trinitarian notions, that he resolved to
publish a third work in fayour of them.
This came out in 1553, at Vienne, with thid
title, 44 Christiahismi Restitutio,” and pro
bably is the hook he had sent to Calvin.
Servetus did not put his real name to this
work; but Calvin informed the Roman Ca
tholics in France, that he was the real au
thor of it. Upon this information, Servetus
was imprisoned at Vienne, and certainly
would have been burnt alive if he had not
made his escape: however, sentence was
passed on him, and his effigies were carried
to the place of execution, fastened to a gib
bet, and afterwards burned with five bales
of his books.—Servetus was in the mean
time retiring to Naples, where he hoped to
practice physic with the same.high repute
as he had practicejpat Vienne, yet was~ so
imprudent as to take his. way.through Ge
neva, though he knew Calvin was his mor
tal erfemy.—Calvin being informed of his
arrival, acquainted the magistrates with it,
upon which he was seized and cast into pri
son, and a prosecution was presently com
manced against him for heresy and blasphe
my. Calvin pursued him with a malevo
lence and fury which was manifestly perso
nal ; though no doubt that reformer easily
persuaded himself that it was all pure zeal
for the cause of God, and the good of his
church. The articles of his accusation
were numerous, and not confined to his
book called “ Christianismi Restitutio,” but
were, sought out of all his other writings,
which were ransacked for every thing that
coqld be strained to a bad sense. One of
them was of a very extraordinary nature.
Servetus had published at Lyons, in 1535,
an edition of Ptolemy’s Geography, with a
preface and some notes. Novi' he was
charged with saying that, “ Judea has been
falsely cried up for beauty, richness, and
fertility; since those who have travelled in
it* have found it poor, barren, and utterly
devoid of pleasantness ;” and they made
him reflect upon Mosesi, as if he had been
vanus prceco Judea, had written like a pane
gyrist rather than an historian, 'in his ac-
e | count of that holy land. We cannot decide
eittpoiisthef justness of the charge, not know
* ing where to get a sight of his Ptolemy: yet
we can scarcely believe that Servetus meant
to reflect upon Moses, since he was neither
an Athe»st nor a Deist, hut, on the contrary,
$ w
*• 1 '
. . >> •
lS due »this is also exceed?
tcst^ l. -jgjj* first step made towa
findingv.'.t \\ : . whole mass ofbloi
ne lings, by the pulmo
ei:i. T. e first that I could
»ad . uFncti ■■
tery
jver find
t idea of this matter, was
Spanish physician, who
Arianism, at Geneva, near
|140 years ago. Well” had it been for the
church ofChrtaif he had wholly conferred
himself to his Q*n profession!—His saga
city in this particular, before so much in the
)
dark, gites us £jteat reason to believe, that
the world JBtglft then have just cause to have
blessed his memory. In a book of his en
titled, ^Christianismi Restitutio,” printed
in 1553, he clearly asserts, that the blood
passes through the I
s, from th e left to the
right ventricle of tlie heart; and not through
the partition which divides the two ventrieles,
as was at
Dow he intirot
commonly believed.
_jcee it, os in which of the six
discourses into which ServetU9 divides his
book, it is to he found, 1 know not, having
never seen the book myself. Mr. Charles
Betnard, a very learned and eminent Sur
geon of London, who did me the favour to
communicate this passage to me, .set
down at length in the margin, which was
transcribed out of Servetus, could inform
me no farther, only that iie had it froip a
learned friend of his who h ; ad himself copied
it from Servqtus.”
[The note annexed by the writer, we hare deemed
it prudent to omit.]
Athens, Dec, 14, 1827.
We had expected to receive the President’s Mes
sage in time for giving its contents this week; but
no Washington, or other northern papers arrived in
the last mail. The reason we are ignorant of. v
. J| I Mi
• Tuesday, Dec. 4
The hill to dispose of the Me In
serves in the county
amended, read the.thwd
unanimously. ^
Mr. Worthy had leave to report instanter,
a bill to add a certain number of Trustees
to the Lawrenceville Academy, in the coun
ty of Gwinnett, which was read the first
time. .
Wednesday, Dec. 5.
BILLS PASSED.
To extend the time to fortunate drawers
m the Land Lotteries of 1818, 1819 and
1821, to take out their Grants and for other
purposes.
To incorporate the Presbyterian Church
in the town of Decatur, De Kalb county,
and to appoint Trustees for the same.
To make the estates of Attorneys at Law
liable for the payment of all sums of money
by them collected and not paid over, before
the payment of other debts due by such
Attorneys.
Bills reported instanter and read the first
time.
By Mr. Hicks.—To divide the counties
»t of .T^rrol and Coweta into electoral districts,
and ha add a certain part of the Cherokee
Nation to the county of Carrol, for the pur
poses of giving jurisdiction to the same.
Thursday, Dec. 6.
On motion of Mr. Crawford of Columbia,
the Senate reconsidered so -much of their
Journal of yesterday as relates to the pas
sage of the bill to make the esiatesref Attor-
neys-at Law liable for the payment of all
Bums of money collected by them and not
paid over, before the payment of other debts
due by such Attorneys.
The Senate took up the reconsidered bill
to pardon Ludwell Watts of Butts county,
and negatived the same—Teas 35, Nays 41.
Friday, Dec. 7.
BILLS PASSED.
To add a certain number of Trustees to
the Lawrenceville Academy, in the county
of Gwinnett.
Bill reported instanter, and read the first
lime, viz: ' N
Mr. Clayton of Clark.—To facilitate the
recovery of personal property in certain
cases..
Seat of Government.—The bill for the removal of
the seat of government has at length been acted on,
and the question definitely settled in favour of the
present location. An appropriation of twenty thou
sand dollars has also been made for the enlarge
ment of the State-house. '
this error, or to have thought of fully persuaded of the divine inspiration of
»v$S?S3
means to retrieve the dangerous steps
^occasioned him to take,
iving published these two books, he
red to return to France, hecause he was
and did not understand the German
lage, as he alleged, upon his trial, to
edges when they asked why he had left
iany.—He went to Bpil, and then to
: after being two or three years at
he went to Paris, and studied physic
Sylvius Fewehusy and other profes-
he took the degree of master of arts,
nfas admitted Doctor of Physic in the
|rsity there. Having finished hi9 roe-
tudies at Paris he left that city to go
; practice in some other place. He set<
two or three years at a town near
Lyons, and then at Vienne, in Dauphiny
for the space of ten or twelve. His books
against the trinity had raised a great tumult
among the German divines, and spiead his
In 1533, be-
■
throughout all Europe,
fore he had left Lyons, Melancthon wrote
i letter to Camerarius, wherein he told him
jhhat he .thought of Servetus and his books.
Servetus,” says he* “ is evidently an acute
:y disputant, but confused and undi
in his thoughts, and certainly want-
point of gravity.” He adds that, “ he
ways been afraid disputes about the
would break out—Bone Deus! quales
s excitabit haec.quaestio posteras,”
Good' God!’ says he, 4 what trage-
9 this question,—Whetfter the Word
lirit be substances or persons,-^taise
among posterity!”
While Servetus was at Paris, his books
were dispersed in Italy, and very much ap
proved by many who hud thoughts of for
saking the church bf P ome; upon which*
Melancthon wrote a letter to the Senate of
Venice, importing that, M a book of Serve
tus, who had revived the error of Paulus
Samosatenus, was handed about in their
country, and beseeching them to take care
that the impious error of that man be avoid
ed, rejected, and abhorred.”
• All this while, the reformer Calvin, who
Was the head of the church at Geneva, kept
a constant correspondence With Servetus by
Letters. He tells us that he had for six
teen yearp endeavoured to reclaim that Pby-
from his errors.—Bezs informs us
kin knew Servetus at Paris, and op
that Calvi
Wd his
Saving onj
doctrine; and adds that,
engaged to dispute with Calvin, durst
the scriptures. Another article was, that
1 he had corrupted the Latin Bible he was
hired to correct at Lyons; partly with ira
pertinent and trifling, and partly with whim
sical and impious notes of his own, through
out every page.” Bbt thp main article of all,
and which was certainly the ruin of him,
was that, “ in the person of Mr. Calvin,
minister of the word of in the church of
Geneva, he had defanniu the doctrine that
he preached, uttering all imaginable injuri
ous and blasphemeous words against it.”
The magistrates of Geneva, after con
sulting the magistrates of the Protestant
cantons of Switzerland, to whom they sent
Calvin’s letters, and the books Servetus had
written,-all gave sentence against' him, in
nee of which, ho was condemned
and burnt alive, Oct. 27th, 1553. His death
eft a stain upon the character of Calvin,
which nothing can wipe out, because e
body believed that he acted in this
from motives merely personal:
ness of address and management
ing Servetu9 to be apprehended ifefl
to trial, his furious and brutal tlr
The legislative proceedings of the past week, of a
general nature, are submitted.—The charges prefer
red against Judge Fort of the Southern circuit, will,
it is expected, Should they result in an impeachment,
occupy the attention of the house to a later period
than is usual. The different reports of the commit
tee on the state of the republic, have been made and
agreed to. The one on the Tariff and Internal Im
provement, and also that on the differences between
the State and Genera) Government, from the pen
of Judge Clayton, from the ability with which they
are written, are clear and satisfactory. Another, by
Judge Shorter, on the right of Georgia to the Chero
kee lands, ir cogent and conclusive. The extension
of the civil jurisdiction of the state over the Chero
kee territory, was made the order of the day for
Wednesday last.
—
Darien Bank.—The-'Govemor has dissented from
a bill Extending further indulgence to this Bank,
with the privilege, (founded upon insecure, if not un>
certain pledges,) for an annual redemption of 150,000
dollars of the bills now in the Treasury. His objec-
jections, which are given at considerable length, will,
wc think, be regarded as conclusive, when it is con'
sidered that the probability of a final loss to the
State increases with the indulgence already shewn,
as individuals alone, arc benefitted, while the cer
tainty of future ability is tendered more doubtful,
by a diminution of the means which it at present
possesses for the reduction of the debt due the State.
From the raess&ge We learn, that through the for
bearance granted by the State, the interest on the
bills kept from circulation has amounted to 64,845
dollars, from the inaction of 590,500 during the year
1896, and of 490,201-dollars for the present political
year, 1827; the sum of 100,000 dollars having been
withdrawn for puiposes of internal improvement.—
The bank and individuals have alone derived the ad
vantage, while the State has been the sufferer. Du
ring this period, 1,336,130 have been paid to pri
vate claimants, leaving a balance-due to individuals
on the sun above mentioned of 134,815 dollars,
while the amount due the state remains unaltered,
the sum appropriated for internal improvement ex-
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Saturday, Dec. 1.
On motion of Mr. Daniel, the House re
considered the journal of yesterday, so far
as relates to the rejection of the bill to .re
duce the fees of the county officers, and the
salaries of other public officers.
The Speaker laid before the House a
communication from
lim at the time of his trial, and
lation and malevolence towards
his condemnation, will not suff;
doubted. It reflected also upi
mers in general, who seemed
sooner out of the church of Rome,
began to cherish the same intoleratin
rit, and to use the same persecuting arts,"
for which they pretended a just ground of
separation from that church. It is said Cal
vin wrote a book, to prove that the magis
trates may .punish hxreticswith the lose of life.
Servetus was a man of great acuteness
and prodigious learning. He was not only
deeply versed in what we usually call sa
cred and profane literature, but also an
adept in the arts and sciences. He obser
ved upon hfa trial, that he had professed
mathematics at .Paris, although we do not
find when nor under what circumstances.
He was so admirably skilled in
fession, that he appears to h
knowledge of the circulation of the
though it was confused, intricate, and sho
of the clear and full discovery made by Hai
vey. Read what our learned Wotton
written upon this subject: 41 Since th
says he, “ have no right to so coble
to in
cepted. The impolicy
come the sole creditor, of the
mast follow from a fa
, gence, as contemplqt
n behalf of the bar
the Legislature, is 1
View of the subject! i
of justification for
has deemed it
r-fother considers
dors it essentia
to its ult
the issue of an 1
hank alone.
the state to be-
result which
of the indul-
on submitted
the decision of
verlook,—This
sufficient ground
:ch the Governor
t; but there are
elusive, which ren-
she acts with
should also consider
beneficial to the
LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA.
IN SENATE.
Saturday, Dec. I.
BILLS PASSED.
To amend -the road taws so far R3 res
pects the county of Madison.
To incorporate the Methodist church in
Lexington.
Mr. Clayton of Clark, firom the commit
tee on the judiciary reported a bill,
To alter a part of the 3<J sec. 1st art. of
the constitution of the State of Geogia, and
a part of the 7th sec. 3d art. and a part of the
th sec. of the 1st art. and a part of the
. sec. of the 3d art. and a part of the 3d
c. 3d. art. of thefaud constitution.
dents,
a discovery, \it
will be worth wl
quire to whom of tbe jnad^rnMfe# glory
_ Mo
BILLS
time to the
referred the,Resolution from the House ot
Representatives of the 23d ult. have mature-
enup, ly considered the sampr and -have ’the honor
to submit the following REPORT—
Thatjrom the continued depression of the
cotton market, whereby the principal staplo
of the stfae is becoming gradually a drug*
it is all important that the attention of the
people of Georgia should be directed.to its
improvement, and also to the i S <pg and
cultivation of other articles Tor e^ort and
home-consumption, that^ those now reared
and cultivated : but, more^especially, to an
improved condition of all tiiat extensive al
luvial region, within our borders, ordinarily
known as the 44 Pino Barren” land, whereon
many of it» inhabitants are forced to
a miserable subsistence, without
their present condition, satisfaction
recollection^of the manner in winch
have been obliged tq rear their, <
hope for better times from either tire qpan-
tity, quality or value of the several produc
tions that their farms arc now made to
TKSt when tins State was first settled in
1733, by Gen. Oglethorpe,> it was. an inse^n
parable condition, and annexed to every ^
grant, that a certain number of the White
Mulberry tree should be reared upon ©very
allotment made to the Colonists. That/
in consequence thereof, the important arti
cle of silk was produced gradually, and i t
small quantities,'Vrittfrfiifc'Jear 175y; tVfi'er
1052 lbs., weight of cocoons were received
at the Filature in Savannah ; and*, that the
year following, in consequence of some en
couragement given by the British "Farlia
ment, produced m Georgia, and Pilrysbnrg
or its neighbourhood, no less than 7$401bs.
weight; and in the year succeeding that,
an Amount Considerably above 10.#$0 lbs.-
was also received at the old Capitol of
State. The culture continuad to proceed, T
until it wa9 destroyed by the occurrence<of 1
the American Revolution, and the introduc
tion of the more profitable, but more unheal
thy articles of rice and Indigo.—But when *
we reflect, that the Mulberry willgrownnon
the most light sandy soil, and that the whole
process of nfaking-silk may be carried on by
adult females and children,—surely the cul
ture deserves the serious attention, and fil
tering aid of the Legislature,
In regard to the Olive* your Committee
Jjeg leave to report, that upon the plantation
ofthat useful and enlightened citizen,. Tho
mas Spalding, Esq. of McIntosh county,
there are already five bearing trees, and
about 40 or 50 which' promise soon to ar
rive at maturity. \
The State is also deeply indebted to Tho.
M’Call, Esq. for his successful experiment
y
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m
1
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native grapes. So far back as 1740,
is historical evidence, that^ery
cMild.be made in Georgia^-and wnyo we
take into view, the health,, the^morals' and
the character of our people,' surely this
branch of agriculture likewise merits all the
countenance that the *, representatives can
vvui.uwuvu.ivu uvm Jos. Blackshear, tn w.., -«v^. »v» ..... vuvvw^.u. uuun.
relation to the conduct of the Judge of the in relation to the making of wine from our
Superior Courts of the Southern, Circuit, *
which was read and referred to a select
committee consisting of Messrs. Dougherty,
Burnside, Haynes, Safiold, Siites, Copp,
and Davis of Elbert.
On motion of Mr. Dougherty, it was or
dered that a copy of the charges be furnish
ed to Judge Fort, and that the committee
have power to send for persons and papers,
for the purpose of enabling them to inves
tigate the said charges.
v \ Monday, Dec\3.
The speaker laid before the House a, let
ter fiom Ambrose Baber, and Alexander
Jones, a committee on the part of the medi
cal board, and the same being read—on mo
tion of Mr. Hull of Clark. - /-
The Hall of Jhe H. of R. was tendered to
the medical board at 12 o’clock this day in
stead of one o’clock as heretofore agreed
upon,—and Messrs. Hull,of Clark, Brew
ster, and Habersham, were appointed a com
mittee to notify said board thereof.
Tuesday, Dec. 4.
The reconsidered bilt to amend the 1st sec.
and the 3d art. of the constitution of this
give it.
Respecting
gar Cane, it is
our own Slatyt
of mkfty now li
and value, and
Besides Indig
ble Dyes, which ft is believed, would etm*
nently contribute to enhance the value of
our exports, pm! promote alike the
state, was read the 3d time and negatived
for want of a constitutional majority—Yeas
57—Nays 44.
Wednesday, Dec. 5.
The House went into a committee of the
whole, Mr. Daniel in the' chair, on tho bill
to remove the seat of Government—Mr.
Daniel from the committee reported the bill
to the house with amendment.—The report
was taken up and agreed to.—The bill was
read the third time and rejected—Yeas 16—
Nays 105.
The House then went into a committee
of the whole, Mr. Jordan, of Jones, in the
Chair, on the report of the joint committee
to whom was referred the subject of enlarg
ing the state house, and procuring a plan
for the same, ‘&c.
The report was taken up, when Mr. Hull
of Clark, offered the following as a substi
tute, viz:
Resolved, That the sum of twenty thou
sand dollars be, and the same is hereby ap
propriated for the purpose of enlarging the
Statehouse for the accommodation ot the
Legislature upon such plan as may be adopt
ed by this legislature or by a committee ap
pointed for that purpose, and that the same
be inserted in the appropriation act.
On motion to ag»->e thereto, the Yeas
were 92—Nays 22.
Thursday, Dec. 6.
BILLS PASSED.
To authorise an additional volunteer com
pany of Rifleifien in the county of Hail.
To’authoriso the Inferior court of Dgle
thorpe county to levy an extra tax, t '$o put
and keep tho public roads in good order in
said county. - 't|
The engrossed bill to extend t t be civiKju
risdiction of this Stale over the unlocat£<
territory thereof, now in the possession
the Cherokee Indians, was taken up
made the order of the day for Wednes
tural and the commercial |rosper?ty"x»f the
State.—That most to be ricoqutiended, is
the Madder, which has rr^fay years since
been cultivated with succ ten in Georgia,
and is known Tor its propei&t* fa dyeing
the Turkey Red. It is suit«7to‘4hnse san
dy loams so common in omi^Hfatry, whe
ther light or deep, that ml
moisture,—asks for its
and light labor,—requites, t
tO bring the pi
thqdgh expensive at
To give turi
fractions, lots anc
fractions, to pay for their land.
o, and Su-
to refer to
experience
heir utility
on to our*5tate. .
are several vegetal
ive of
little
three
a Supply from the plan
e had for a long time *;'
the best calculations,
a clear profit of $150 per
■ The White Po
weft adapted to t
considerable branch
Asia: and, when
600,000 los. of
tho region of the
there can be llo 31
well calculated to arrest t!
agricultural portion of
The next object to'
tee would desire ■
people of Georgia,
ral and artificial
of that celci
of Caroline,
following foots—all
as they must be to the wh
tion of this Union. ■
1. That the great
from the gramineous fami
a comparison between thi?
kitchen garden, and
spontaneous offering of thq
2. That they enable the
[to raise meats of all kind
own use, or for the market,
ty, in'lhe cheapest modes
the size of all animals d
or !aber.^^HH
at they
ving lal
uce a conside
>r—because the -
requires the most toil to be exel
at the same time that it yields
profit.
. i It . nM ^ mo ? over ^fatted; thafas our te?*
in tho Pine
scattered over
sity to use all
dreary and