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JOHN tt. POLHIil'j JSDITOR.
MII4LEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, jy£Sl>Ay, FEBRUARY 1, 1831.
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VOLUME 1, MJMBER 30.
Tara rsDEHAii usriosr
Is publiftioJ uvcry I’-ic-nUy m 1 iirkk dollars per an-
Duu, in 4.JHDC 0 , or Four if n-jt pani <x fore iheeiul of llw
year. The OTizi is oil >F njiu-Sireet, opposite fdc-
Cojibs’ Tavern.
Ail ^ovbrtisemsxts publish'd at the usual rates,
‘d?** Rich Citation bv tac Oir.rks of tlie Courts of Or-
Finiry that applic.iti on !v s tip.«ri m :da lor Letters ot Ad
ministration. n 1st lie pubiis..e’i I hirtt days at I* s«t.
Nitieeby Executors and Aaorntstrators lor Debtors
an! e-edit >r- to rentier in their iceounts must be publish
ed Six weeks.
Sates of a 'roes by Ex-’cutors and Administrators must
be advertised Sixty days before the day of sale.
Sales of personal property (except i.e^ro ») of testatfc
e.nd intestate estates by Evecitors and Administrators,
must be advertised Forty days.
A >.»tie itions by Etecitois, Vi oini-trator? end Guar-
dins to the court of ordinary for leave to sci. Land must
be published Four months.
Anibc ilioas ay Esecntors and Administrators foi Let-
ter* Disniissory, most be published Six months. ^
Ap,iiiciti ms tor for' closure of Alortij.ig'-s on rcnl F.s-
fale must b advertised once a month for Six months.
Sales of real estate by Executors, Adminisirators on:)
Gur lions oust he published Sixty days before the day
of sate. TVse sales must be made at the court-house
door between the hours of 10 in the morning and four in
the afternoon. Ni sale from day to day is valid, uniess
•a expressed in the advertisement.
Order? if Courtof Ordinary, (accompanied with a copy
of Jit bond, or agreement) to make titles to Land, must
be advertised Three months at ledst.
Sli-nifT’* s ilts under ex -cottons regularly granted by
the courts, mortbe advcrtisi.d Thirty days.
Sheriff's sales under mortgage executions umst L-cad-
♦eftised Sixty days before the day of*»ie.
Sheriff’s sale* of perishable property wnderordcr of
gaurt most be advarti v'd generally Ten days.
\!l '»R-t»£Rs for ldurtisemcnts tv ili be punctually at
tended to.
** + V!| La’ters directed to the office, or the Editor,
m 1st he post n*ir? ,r t «‘nt?!le them to itunth-n.
. are requested to iiiuwiice the numv ul JL.L-
1 \ M D. SCOGGIN, E-q as a candidate for
Sheriff til' Baldwin county at the next election for couuly
officer#. November C
"W k arc authorised to announce Uobeiit Brown,
V v E q. of Jasper county. 1 candid .it-for Surveyor
Cor the purpose of runniag -ff the Lands wil.iin the bounds
of the Cherokee 11 itiin of Indians. Jan 15
MIL LEDGE VILLE MASONIC HALL
LOTTERY.
1900 PHIZES TO BE DRAWN! 21
On Tuesday,
The first day of March next,
T HE FOURTH DAY'S DRAWING witv be eom
men ceil at which time will be deposited the follow
ing Capital Prizes in addition to those yet remaining in
the
1
PRIZE
of
$15 000
’I
PRIZE
of
$coo
1
Jo.
II
1 000
1
do.
II
500'
1
Jo.
•1
900
1
do.
4a
400
1
do.
it
800
1
do.
• s
300
1
do.
u
7u0
1
do.:
44
200
Which ni l make the list of Prizes, then to be floating,
stand as follows, viz:
1
2
1
3
a
3
15
of $15,000
of 10,000
of 5
of
of
of
of
5.000
1.000
000
800
100
2
2
4
4
4
3
o5
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
$700
iti 0
500
400
S00
200
50
BOaXSOTfO.
To the Editor i ef the National Intel ifencer:
Gentlemen:-*-My attention has been called,
by the kindness of a fripnd, Iq a publication in
the Georgia Journal, signed by the Hon. A. j§.
Clayton, which I.feelconstrained to notice —' sees with great sincerity, merely “to be seen
f.Xfi-JU . i V R DEHAU1’ \1 LN 1, i
.’lul-dgfville, Sth January, i 831. J
IJOriOR IS HEREBY GIVEN, t.h.i in pursuance oi
n Ad, passed the 22d December 1330, entitled an
Act, "To profile for the temporary disposal of ihe iir.-
jproveincnts and puss-. ssions porchaseu from certain Che
Tokce Indi 1113 and. residents” all the improvements and
possessions which formerly belonged to the Cherokee <-r
Greek In L :ns* ami wi.tclihave been psid fur by the Uni
ted Slavs Govern.aent and !i t*-e not been otherwise (i:s-
posed of bv She -state, situated in lliec mnty of CHrroil,
Will be rented by p ibl-c nut-cry at Carrollton, on the 1 VJ.
and loth—th.rse in DcKoUi, at Decatur, on the 1 Sth and
1Di.h; in Gwinnett, at Lawrenceville, on the 21 at and
22.1; in Hall, at Gainesville, on ib> 2^ 1 ; and in ttaher-
«iiirn, tt Ciarksvilll , on the 26th of Fehr.iarv next. Tlit
leases will be fur ono year commem ing from til" fir-i f
Fchruary 1831. 'I’he persons rentim-, will be requinai
ta give nates far the rent with approved oeeuiBy payable
on the 1st of January, 1332.
Ey the Governor,
MILLER GRIEVE, See’ry Ex. Dep.
Jrin 9 - 27
Besides Twenty's and Ten's.
The Board of Commissioners have resolved to com
mence the Fourth Day’s Drawing with ONF. THOUS
AND PRIZES, and to conlicue such an arrangement
ofthe subsequent drawings as will bring the Lottery to a
speedy issue.
Tnosewho have vested their funds in this Lottery may
cjjle.-late on being very soon relieved from tbeir suspense
ami tltote iviio have not jmt purchased Tickets must “1Z0
ti)hul they do quickly.”
Until the iiTst day of March next, Tickets may be bad
at th*- present prices—
WHOLES ^ 10—shares in proportion.
SCF* AH OKDEiiS (posl-puni) will meet prompt at
tention. Address to
WTATT FOARD,
Secretary to Commissioners.
N. B.—The Office of the Commissioners is removed to
the stand recently occupied by tt. Coenard, Esq.
Jit nuary 8 27tf
& Lit V E V O It G E x\ E Jt A L’S OF FI C E, )
.Milled'rville, ol't January, Id'll. )
P URSUANT iu ui Executive Order .roin his Excel-
1- ncy tnc Governor, I em instructed to request i.he
*M.-rey-n»8l-xted for laying if, into District;*, the Trrri
Yury bJ«nuing to the State t-f Georgia,-occcupicil by the
the okec Indians, to be and appear at Aiiljedgevillc on or
br f irt’iho lirat day of February next, fur the purpose of
filing Jlvir bonds, a dj us ling their chains and compasses,
Liking ibc oath required by law in conformity to the act
of tlie General Assembly, pas-ed ihe2ist Dacember 1830,
t- e ive th.ir instruciious and proceed immediately L. the
dischurg ‘,f tb«.-ir duties, of w hich they ire hereby noti-
J: d (3) lOttM UP.’fllUNE. n.
FltESH sor.ply of Tiiorbum’s Carden Seed jnstre-
.•eivtdby ‘ L. PERKINS.
.<!• «'ij. vHb
It'1* Vnv 1 n
tn
~\L'fT.\SiLD 1' > ii ui, by th<; muutlT or year, a
w v sin-.rt NEGll > GIRL, ti n or twi Ive yi-ars of
ag'.—far i»ne wrtl recimmi uded liber;-* w.*ges n-i i ue giv
en. Aoply at this Office. ,f.u> 8 27 3t
MISS TtlACHF.R, U spectfuily in
farms thi-- n-'hbp that she intends open
ing a FEMALE SCHOOL in
this j!;»i e, on the Lrsi Monday of
January. Instruction will bo given in those branches
usually taught m Female Seminaries. Refcrtncaa can
b:- given, and terms made kuo^n upon application.
December 25
"«OM the cump my ui pj-nc ..uU stationed near
.AJilletlgcville, about tim fiftecutii f May last, a
negro man na ncd IVAhKEd, wl*» is six feel and one
inch higu, of black compu xmn. lie has longb.cn the
property ol ilie State, and foi* many years employed on
Oconoe river. It is supposed iic is lurking about the
plant itiooi an or near the river, within LO or 20 miles of
this place as he chimed to have a wife t.b -reab >uh. Ten
Dollars reward wif! be paid for ; is apprehension .i»»d deliv
ery to the Overseer of the public hands nour this place, 01
for his impascnmenl in any jail of ibis Sule, and a prompt
notice thereof to s;dd Overseer, or to
D. P. dlLLHOUSE, Supcrinttndor.t, &.<■■
Miltedgevills, Januarv 10. 18 »I 28 3r
- &OTXG&
I DO iiEREB 1 forea-.rii ui/pe»so» is irom trading foi
a certain Note of hand given oy myself to one John
■nd iaiaej Joyce, tor Thirty dollars, daUdthr 2J»t day o!
August, 1830, due tlie ISlii day oi December, 1830, as
the conM.itraiion tor which said Note was givt-n having
wuircly failed. L. BLRKY GWEE.3.
January 8 97 3i
Gli JiiuIA—Pulaski county.
To all whom it may concern.
W HEREAS, Lewis Wood, Eext-cn tor of the estate
oi Abrab.ua Wood, deceased, applies to the Court
of Oidiuary of said county (or letters dismissory on said
estate:
These are therefore to cite and admonish a!! and sirgu-
tar, the kindred and creditors of^ said deceased, to tile
their objections (if any th> y have) in the clerk’s office of
said Court of Ordinary, on or before the first Monday in
March next, otherwise letters dismissory tvili be granted
the applicant.
Witness tlie Honorable John J. Taylor one of the Jus-
dices of said Court, ibis 6th September 1830.
JOSEPH C VltitUTttEUS, Cl’L c. o.
Nov 27 21 m0;n
FMYHItEE days after da'e I promise to pay L
JL kins, or bearer, forty-seven dollars omln
Cents, fur value received, March 182S
(Signed) ELI FITZGERRALD.
G orgk .- -
iiiety-tivo
GEORGIA-—Franklin comity.
Personally came into open court, George Akins, who
being sworn, suilh that be bad in his possession the orig
inal promissory note of wiiieh Ihe above is a true copy,
and ih.it the same is lost or mislaid. Sworn to in open
Court, October lltb, 1830. GEORGE AKINS.
Test, James Morris, Ci’k.
IT appearing to the Court upon tbc foregoing affidavit,
(hat George Akins had in his possession the original note,
of which the above is a true copy, and that the suope is
lost or mislaid—Ordered, That Eli Fitzgerrald, the al-
ledged maker, shew cause on the first day of next term,
*'hy said co ij should not be established in lieu of the
original so Inst or mislaid as aforrsaid, and that a copy of
this rule be published once a mouth for three months in
pome public gazette in this State. A true copy from the
minutes, 18th October, 1830.
JAMES MORRIS, Clerk.
tfwemfcerS Jto
SCHOOL WANTED.
GENTLEMAN n 1.0 lias been S years employed as
XjA. a Teacher of an English School, wishes an engagi
ng rit ler the next year, t'c teacb-a ail those branch, s
comprising an English education, and cun produce from
his ptescut emiloyers suiLfaciory references (or character,
capacity, &c. lie teaches th<; use of the Terrestrial
Gkibe, and Book-keeping, by double and single tniry.
Persons wishing to employ such a Teacher may direct
a line to A. J. at the Pubt-Offiee, or apply alibis office
December 26 25 tf
PHO?OSA£iS
For publishing a large and complete .Mup of the Slate of
Georgia, embracing all tlie Lands wilhm the chartered
limits.
S ISSUED last year Proposals for publishing a new
Meptri our State, but alter mature rtfltciiun, 1 was
ir.a.ic; u to decline it till the Cherokee country should bi
acquired and Surveyed. As a Bi I for surveying the
Cherokee lands is now before the Legislature, und which
1;js passed into a law, I now present new proposal# t<>
the public, feeling the ntmof. confidence in i»s lil.irsl.mu
efficient patronage. The size of the ; »P will be the
biinit ^s ihai published by my father, which 1 tlin.k si ffi
cieutly large for a f ill and distinct representation. Tin
style cf engraving sh >il he tqaal to that of the best en-
g.aved Map of any of oar sis'.er states, and every object
liiat O'igbt to be laid down, and which is usual!) repre
sented on State- 'ups will be delineated wi'h mathcnitdi-
cal precisioii & accuracy. -They will be neatly varnished,
canvassed, ccdored and attachid to UolK rs. To suit pur
chasers, u .mi able number of the m will be endured in
richly ornamented covers. To assist mein meeting tin
.-xp. nses of engtavirg and oilier incidentjI exp uses,
wisicli will unavoidably occur while preparing tbc origin :!
for the bail Js of tin- Engraver, 1 eohtii those who sub-
*-ci ibe to advance what tuey can with cr-nv. ni< i.ce. Thost
»vJio may be disposed to advance four doiLrs, will rece-v*
it without additional charge. The cost to those who tuJ-
vunce ttoo dollars, will be fee dollars; and to those who
subscribe and tuay nut choose to advance, six dollars to be
paid down on the delivery of the Maps* The selling price
to those who do not become subscribers, will be 57 per
c-.py. Those individuals w ho may please to extend their
l.beral aid by making an advance, w ill receive me Maps
nt a lower price, and shall be entitled to tbe first copies
that are struck. No. expense or labor will be spared to
render it very accurate and worthy of * liberal and ex
tended patronage. The M .ps will be delivered to sub
scribers and others, wi'hin six months after the Reports
of tbe District Sm veyors are received and filed in the bur-
vej#i--Gencra(’s Office. If tbe woik can be brought out
earlier by the Engraver it will be done; but I am nut wil
ling to promis: them before tbe timo mentioned. I de
sign to commence my !Map of the State soon after the
rising of the present Legislature, and will complete (be
representation of all tbc Territory cf our State, with tlie
exception of the Cherokee country; and as soon as the
S-irveyois shall survey it and make their official report-, 1
will finish the Map and place it in the hands of the En
graver.
I will also publish a Plan of the Cherokee Lands sepa
rately, representing the counties, districts, squares and
fractions, compiled from official surveys. The price of
tliis to subscribers will be three dollars, and if they will
advance one dollar, they shall be emitted to receive it on
payment of an additional dollar. To non-subscribers, it
will be sold at four dollars. This will appear about
four months after tlie survey is made. The engraving of
this will be neat and plain. I assure the public that the
v taps will be prepared ai the time mentioned, and that
expectation will not be disappointed.
BENJAMIN II. STURGES.
Milledgcvifle, Dec. 25, 1830 25 4m
The following extract from that publication
contains a!) that has anyrelation lo me: ,
"Messrs. Editors:—While tny review of tbe
Bank report-was publishing, 1 received nn a
nonymous letter from one of our commorcial
ciiics, informing oie, among other things, ‘that
scarely a part cleof tfee Report of the United
States was penned by Mr Me. D., but it was
was peoned by those immediately interested in,
or employed by the Bank;’ ai.d that The follow
ing individuals can tell who penned that docu
ment ; Langdon Cheves, N. Biddle, Air. I;i-
gersoll, &c., kef Now concerning this matter
(continues Judge Clayton) I not only know
nothing, but be sieve noth big; I give. Lie fact
as 1 received it. If true, it speaks volumes;
it not true, the honorable chairman of the com
mittee, or the gtfnth meii nbove named, should
promptly disabuse the public as to the a
iarmiug suspicion which such a circumstance
is calculated to inspire, For the sake of the
purity of their deliberations, Congress ought
to enquire into it, if there is the slightest foun
dation for such a beli"(.” * * *
It is equally due to myself and to ail con
cerned, that I should state explicitly, that io
the whole ofttic foregoing statement ol Judge
Clayton's anonymous correspondent, there is
not “a particle” or shadow of truth. The en
tire Report of the CornmitU e of Ways and
Moans, to which reference is made, was com
posed and written by the Chairman of that
Committee; aud of course, not a single sen
tence of it was penned by any other human be-
iog. Ii the reference made to Mr. Cfieves,
Air. Biddle, and-AJr Iuger»oll, was designed
to convey the idea that these gentlemen, or
either ol them, “penned” any part of the Re
port m question, they 4 can tell” Judge Ciay-
lon fhut his correspondent is a random and
reckless calumniator.
I am not disposed to complain of the course
put.-•lied by Judge Ciayton, because 1 do not
siscnbe it to an unfriendly, and much less, to u
malicious motive. I cannot but remark, how
ever, that he has permitted himself to be
drawn, by an artful and iusiduous libeller, into
a situation of extreme awkarduess, at least in
volving all tbe legal responsibility, without any
of the moral guilt, of publishing a false and
malicious libel. Thajihis is a base and infa
mous libel, the Judge wiii now doubtless per
ceive and admit. (l is apparent, aLo, that he
is the sole publisher, however inoffensive his
intention, und h<- has been too long at the bar
•*ud on the behrlt not to know that his legal
responsibility for this publication cannot be e-
vaded f>y stating, that he received the mfor
mat ion from an anonymous correspondent, ailf j
neither believes nor disbeliev s it. I do not
m;<ke these remarks for the vain and idle pur
pose of reading to the Judge a lecture on.the
law of a libei; but to adm riish him of the ex
treme imprudence of publishing a grave charge
against a Committee of the House of Repre-
't-iilHiives, deeply affecting, jn his own opin
ion, the purity of ihe National Legislature, on
an irresponsible authority, stamped with suspi
cion upon the very lace of it. If this charge
had been published by an anonymous writer, 1
bou’d have had too much soH*respect to have
noticed it; but coming before the public from
respectable source, even vviih a v ry cquivoi
aiendorsimnt 1 h.«ve felt that I must either
i ive countenance, by im silence, to a false and
I sparagirg imputation; or adopt a suggestion
t the Judge, and Sdi-abuse the public mind as
io the alarming sii&j ic.ien” winch his onn pnh-
ncation has been the sole >nd exclusive means
of producing, GEO. AicDUFFlE.
texts of Scripture can be quoted as positive
: uthonty for the practice, but it is quite un
necessary to search them <*rt.
“Because our Lord condemned and repudi
ated ail ostentatious and hipocnlical prayer in
public, such as was resorted 10 by the Phari
of men/* and to impose upon them—because, 1
sav, Christ censured this kind of base hypo
crisy, Dr. Cooper takes it for gYanted that he
forbids “public prayer, both by iiia words and
by his practice.” This, to sR^ the least of it.
is a strange result, and one to which no man ot
coinmorrsense, and common honesty, cau come
after reading the Scriptures.
“I sincerely believe there is “a Divine real
ily in the Christain Religion 1 *—I wish this be
lief to acquire strength daily if possible; that
I may at last die ui it without doubt or waver
ing
“I therefore, for one, ihank no man for at
tempting to shake our faith in the Divine au
thenticity of Christianity, nr in th«. . (firi n»*y
of public prayer and preaching. Nor can 1 re
gard him as a good citizen, or a patriotic man,
that would do so. Admitting the whole theo
ry of the Christain religion to be fabulous and
fictitious, all must agree that it forms an cx
cellent system of morality, and constitutes the
strongest cement of civilized society. Very
tew. even of the few who pioless to be govern
ed by “a sense of honor” are restrained by its
rules. The laws of human enactment are, for
the most part, easily evaded; and was it not
for the “dread of a hearafti r ”—the apprehen
sions of *a future reckoning," most men would
be “devils ihcarn te.”
“But I am neither so vain, or so arrogant,
as to volunteer a defence of public prayer and
preaching. If these holy practices need a
champion to protect them irom ihe unhallowed
attacks oflr.fidelity, a much abler one will he
found in you and other Ministers of the Gospel.
I merbly’wish to protest against such sacrilege,
and to disclaim the policy of foster mg, io the
bosom of our community, a man capable of
such profanation.
"Yei it soerns that such a man is cherished
and patronized by our State Legislature Ilu
is placed at the head of our College, and char
ged with the instruction of our youth. Ho
presides over and controls an institution, that
virtuaiiy governs th&State. He, forsooth, must
dictate the politics and policy of South-Caroli
na, control her most important elections, and
shape her destiny. I believe his unwarranta
ble intefcrence and tampering in the late in
trigues by which Judge Smith’s re-election t*;
the Senate of the Uuited Slates, was defeated,
is no secret to any body.
I will only add, further, that if he is to he
continued iu bin present situation, and permit
*ed to go on instilling heterodox ideas, and in
fidel doctrines into the minds of his pupils,
South Carolina (to say nothing of political
consequence*,) may soon “clam the palm”
from /{evolutionary France, on the score of im
morality and atheism.
“1 remain, dear sir. your friend and humble
servant, JAMES BLAIR.
among people of d sguised urbanity, have been
•aciily order d to evacuate the pew« winch
tbey inadvertently, and unfortunately occu
pied!. A graceful bow, in this case, is quad
ftectoal. Iu this country of free ami inpnr-
1 ml ins! it nt ions, to trammel the scats in a chris
tain church, and thereby make a striking dis
tinction between the rich and poor, is, to say
ihe least, extremely illiberal,'and smells strong
ly of ministerial aristocracy;
I combat tbe pr:ncip‘e and its kind Heeds;
nut heaven forbid, that I should wish to tra
duce the characters, or injure the leadings, of
1 hose pious men, who adopt, and practice the
-vstem of restriction. The honesty of their
intention, is not in the least degree questiona-
tde. I conscientiously enti r a solemn protest
against the appropriation of pews, and sincere
ly think, that ft cannot withstand candid and
pungent disquisition. The truth is that men
of piety, and information, are f und on both
sides of this controverted quest ion, and as in-
****4 • jr, «%«r • • m »• «w - • v.*- '-*
nected, ali ought to b<* o,*cn to conviction. To
discuss fully the subject under inspection,
would far exceed the limits of a newspaper
communication; but this brief exordium, it is
hoped, will awaken attention on both sides of
the qqestion, and produce impartial inquiry,
As this essay is perfectly disinterested, and
interesting however bidly executed, I hope,
sir, tGat vnu will favor it with an insertion in
vour crowded and popular columns.
A HEARER.
HABERSHAM SUPERIOR COURT,
October Term, 1830
f T appearing by tbe affidavit of Hozekiah Stephens that
tbe original agreement between him and Benjamin
Vaughan and Da reus Vaughan of which Ibe annexed is a
true copy, to wit:
GEORGIA, ) Articles of agreement made anden-
Franktin county, y tcred into between the parties, Hit-
nesst-th, That ihe said Stephens is to lelinquish on his
part all ibe interest he hat in the real estate of George
Vaughan, deceased, in right of his wife Barbara, and the
said Benjamin Vaughan and Darcus Vaughan is to give
lo said Stephens an equal division in right of his wife of
all (lie property of George Vaughan, deceasrd.
Given under our hands and seals this 12th day of Sep
tember, 1821.
BENJAMIN VAUGHAN, «***+#
HEZEKIAH STEPHENS, £l. a. $
D\KCUS VAUGHAN, *+***♦
lias been lost or destroy ed.
It is therefore ordered, That the opposite parties do
shew cause by the next Term of this Court why the above
copy should not be established in lieu cf the said original
and that this rule be published in one of the public ga
zettes of this State once a month for three months.
A true extract from tbe minutes of said CourJ, this 8th
day of December, 1830.
JOHN T. CARTER, c. s. o.
dec 18 ii-, 3m
We publish the folh-wirg letter at the request
of lhe gentleman to whom jt was addressed.—
We know oothing furl bet of the authorship ol
m pamphlet remarked upon, than what we
gather from the letter itself. We have read
that pamphlet, however, and are perfectly sat
tided of its charcter. If is Ihe most impudent
tissue of blnsphf-mies, since T«»m Paine’s “Age
ol Reason.”—Ed. Cam. Jour
“Washington City 17;h Dec 1830.
'Rev. Reuben Tucker.—
Dear Sir—I enclose you a sophistical,
perhaps I should say, blasphemous document,
written as I am informed by Thomas Cooper
President of the South-Carolioa College, sign
ed “wf Layman.'’
* I am perfectly at a loss to conjecture the
object of Dr. Cooper, in writing such a piece,
unless it !»c to raise a quarrel frith the people
of South-Caroliua, in order to-furnish himself
with a pretext for running away, and having
them—for surely it would he a* had comment
on the morality of South.Carolina, that any
man should avow and publish such doctrines,
and yet be sustained and cherished by that
community.
“I am myself opposed lo the suspension of
the mail on the Sabhaih—- not because 1 fear
>uch a measure would lead to “an Union ol
Church and State,” blit because I think tlpe
transportation of the mail on Sunday and every
other day, absolutely necessary to a prompt and
safe administration of the government. But to
decry the preachingofthe Gospel, and ridicule
public worship, requires 4 degree of hardihood,
impiety, and misanthropy, that I had hoped no
man in South-Carolina could entertain __ l am
glad that he is not nnjrtive of our country from
whom such septiments have emanated. ‘He
denies that we have any scriptual atuhority for
public prayer. But Row stands the factl Let
any one read St. Mark 11th chap, and I7ih v.
St Luke, 11—1—22*—10; the Acts of the A
poslles, 1—24—3—?!—4—31; and they will
find not only ample authority for public prayer,
'but find that it is taught and enjoined, as
a duty, by Christ and bis disciples, both in
precept and example* No doubt many other
FOR THE CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.
Mr. Pemberton:—All intelligent christains,
nay, every rational mao. will readily admit the
propriety ot the maintainance of orderly gospel
Ministers. The vulgar assertion of the incon
siderate, that * grace is free,*’ is an orlh >dox
position, of universal application; but that Min
isters are entitled to pecuniary equivalent com
pensation for their personal services, is equally
true. So far, all rational men accord but that
th: y d>ff r in opinion, relative to tbe mode ot
collecting this compensation, is too obvious to
admit contradiction. To raise a minister’s
salary from (he rent of pews, is in my apprehen
sion,, the most exceptionable mode of any here
tofero adapted If monied men were, by vol
notary subscription, to raise the amount whicl
they pay for pew rent, several inconveniences
would thereby be completely obviated.
It is hoped, and beli: ved, that the nppropria
Don of pews is not intended as a barrier, to pre
dude (he moneyless from a participation in the
oonefits of ministerial performances; but never
iheless, contrary lo the anticipation of pew*
holders, it indirectly has this baleful effect.—
If it were possible to apportion human pride
precisely to tbs wealth of individual worship
pers, tt'.i- system of appropriation, would meet
with no objection; but alas! tbe indigent are
unfortunately endowed with a large proper
tion of this tr ubiesoine article, therefore, any
discriminative mark of inequality, they can
not willingly submit to. The diminution
f a congregation, is one inevitable conse
quence ot this restrictive system. You, Sir
probably recollect the pious fraud, of a vene
rable clergyman, who was zealously engaged
lo accomplish some charitable purpose, by
gratuitous collection of money. Alter he had
effected ami melted his overwhelming audi
ence. by pungent argument, he with apparent
sincerity, requested, that no ratio who was un
able to pay his debts, shouldf contribute one
cent. •
The application gff this premeditated match
to the pride ofthe audidnce, produced an ex
plosion which drew the desired article in a
bundnnee, from perhaps, every pocket. Even
in these degenerate days, thousands that are
expended tor the occupancy of decorated
pews, in splendid churches, ought, in the spir
it of justice, to be paid over to disappointed,
injured creditors. “See how we apples
swim.”—This disposition of pews operates a-
gainst that class of tnon who wish to adhere to
a certain church, but are unable to pay the qs-
From the United States Telegraph.
It appears by (lie fellowi ;g loUer, received
in this City on Saturday last, by Mr J xiuthau
Elliot that the reported rivalb ol G. n Bolivar
is very doubtful, as no mcnlinu is marie of the
rapid decline of his hea tii.
[TRANSLATION ]
Barran^uilla, Nov 16, 1330.
My dear Sir:—4 h;»v.- bad (he plea lire of
receiving your esteemed favor of ihe 2 ! of Au
gust by which I perceive you are employed id
ivriting the history oj our revolution. 1 very
much regret that I have not in my possession
the private documents, which would afford me
great pleasure to offer to you, as my own pa
pers are not, at present, with me, and the pub
lic documents are not now at my disposal, on
account of my being entirely separated from
the government.
I rejoice to learn that Mr. M«randa has pro
mised you the manuscripts of his father, which
I have 110 doubt will be of great service to
you
I, with pleasure embrace this opportunity to
ihank you for the interest you t:«ke in the rcv»
-riulion of South America, wishing you, at the
same time, the greatest success iu the work
you have undertaken.
Meanwhile, receive tire assurance of the dis
tinguished consideration with which, 1 uni
your obt servt BOLIVAR.
Mr Jonathan Elliot.
its MS.
Unlucky Debut —A new Evening paper lately
appeared in L^onrion, containing in the leading
articles of its 1st number th * fellowing decla
ration:. We are independent 10 feeling, and on
1 he very h^sis of our independence shall sup
port ihe Duke of Wellington as Minister.’*--
On the foiiowirg morning Ihe Duke ceased to
be Minister, and in consequence ihe paper did
uot reach a second number.'.
Unparalleled Steam Engine Trip—The. Lon
don Globe of Oct 14tn s iy*: Mr. Stephenson,
the proprietor ofthe Rocket Engine, on the
Manchester and Liverpool Railway, bad (bis
week decide^ in his favor a wager of one thou
sand guineas, upon the spe- d of his engine,
by traversing ifie' dislance between the two
tovrns. (thirty two miles,) in thirty three min
utes—or in other words, at she rate of more
than 50 miles per hour.
for the poor, almost amounts to a formal expul.
sfon; for rather than submit to a scornful frown,
as paupers, they would chose to remove, and
mingle among worshippers, who possess equal
privileges Respect able strangers, men ot
nice feeling, cautiously avoid a situation,
which would render them liable to a penetra
ting and glaring insult. Ladies, in this city,
Destiny —When Major General Sir John
Malcolm returned the first lime from Persia,
at a fashionable and croivded hall,.at home, he
met Madame de Stael. Af er being intro
duced to Madame, rind she informed of bis lata
arrival from 'the Persian Court, ‘Sir John*
said she, you must inform me all about Persia?
ind every thing about it, and all worth notice;
and, to-begin at the top of ail, whfjt is the
K’ng of Persia like? what does he look like?’—
Madame,’ replied Sir John, ‘he looks like a
man worthy ot his destiny.’ ‘Ah, what is his
destiny?, entreated Madame. He has’, re
plied Sir John, ‘five hundred wives.’
A CANDID TESTATOR.
The followingis an extract of [he will of An cc r
centric individual, who died some years ago in
this Island. From the pressureof.the times, we
are afraid thift many of the present generation
might, if they pleased, be equally candid: In
the name df ^c. I — being of sound mind
&c; do make this my last will and testament.
( first direct, that the whole of my funeral ex»
penses shall be paid out of my estate—this (be
law directs: and I further direct* (bat out of
my real and personal estate, my executors will
discharge all my lawful and Just d bts, which
if they do, they will be.a pattern to all other
executors in tbe island, and accomplish what I
never could, after many fruitless, endeavors
during thipast years of my life!” N. B.—The
executors declined to act.—Jamaica Courant.
A Vermontese owned a very fine troftes
whose extraordinary speed he illustrated by
the following anecdote. ‘1 was driving him
home one day in a dearborn,” said be, *‘and I
overtook a stranger who was walking tbe same
way, and I asked him to get in and ride with
roe; so he got in, and I just spoke to my horse,
and he started off at a midling great trot, pre#
sently the stranger asked what graveyard it
was we were passing through. Ob, said I,
nothing but vufeetatm.”
