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VOLUME VII-^LMBER 30.]
MILLEDGEV1LLE, (Gl.) JlSEiRY 11, 1*31.
[WHOLE ILMBEH Ml.
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EDITED BY
JOII* A. CUTUBEHT.
*w.rNlOS i!* published every Tuesday at THREE DOLLARS
V*ill suiv-uirt?. or FOUR. if not before the su.J of
i Hanrock .-'treet, opposite the Court House.
I e *7 ..'ivrit risE.MENTrt published at the usual rate#,
i Y .. , fit ttiuu by the Clerks of the Court* n( Onlinary that
* , • j* h»*en mole f*»r letters of Atlmiuistratieu, inuol be
* P M.‘.^Ml T»intrV DAYS at least.
r Mhli#r , v , .. , r< ;iI ,d Administrators
mvv'r >.« tb-«r vff»int», mum be |h
ulf » f 1“
for Debtor* and Cre*Ii-
rputlrr lit their arrotHiis, mum uc ptililinlied sfIX WEEKS,
to rr ■ ( ‘ riirs tlV Lxceiitors and Administrator* must be ad-
IXrV HAYS b. f..re the 4-.y of «J*.
,ii ,1 pri*p< rty (<*»rept negroes) of testate and intes-
Execittors and Administrators, must he advertised
f*Dit l \Inn's hy F.vcrutors, Administrator* and Guardians to the
A Vt*'f Di 'O f° r Ibave to sell Land, mualbe published FOUR
fjv f; xerl ,tors and Administrators for Letters Dis-
APi Vv mild he published SIX MONTH/,.
* i , r Furerio ure «'f M«rteases on real estate must
urea mmiih for POCK MONTHrt.
I Fv;»te hv fixerulors. Administrators and Gturdi-
„,M, ;|,ed SIXTY DAYS before the .lay of sale —
ist be made at the court house door between the
in the afternoon. No sale
b*
ci of l
bon
of ten '
the
it'* if the fonrt of Ordinary. (irrompantcd with a copy of
nr ° nr -i-reciin-ht) to make titles to land, must be advertised
MONTHS at had.
T w fl ' -Jules under executions regularly granted hy the courts,
aherl iVort sC'l TIHHTY DAYS—under mor.gage exeoHi*—“
-iVtY IMYS-aaJcsof IV,.-' Ode ITope.ty under order of Court,
* ,x r L artvert.sed. gene. . TVS DAYS before the day of sale.
■"*! -rn'or Adverti-emeui^ will b« pum tually attended to.
VlM.fti« rs direi ted to this OfUee, or the Editor, must be
D ,K (lit SHERIFF’S SAI.E.-On the fir.t
Tnpwlny III Kchrimry n«-xl, will, williin tho Irgiil
hour* Ik»»IiIi Iwforcll'ecourl-lioiu. door in the l.wu of
Ib-rnl'iir, Di Kail* rounty,
'1 |„ intor*»i of John (.uriliui in am! lo a nrgro woman
nniiir'l Nniiny, alMjutlwTiil.v yearn olil, ami her two eliil-
4r«n Marion. « lioy, hIhmiI lliree year. nlH, anil a Jirl child.
„i m.,mIn uld. tin- inleresl rim.j«tinjof a life dale during
the life lime of llie aaul (■onlon’a wife, and nol
C i,inmciiee until the death of Klizuhcth C. JuIiiumk)—
l.ucd mi *» the properly uflheaaid John (Jordon.to aali.fy
, f, f M ibsiii'iI from a justice'* court of U.-KhMi county,
m favor of Mown \V. Unis v*. raid John (Jordon—levy
made am! riiiirncd l" "1° l, J' 11 eonalnhle. Dei-rmlier 30, 1830.
S. FARMER, aim/
M ISSION IIOI SE FOIl SALE]
1 HE If OISE and LOT, Willi all its Ap
purtenance*, Furniture, ic. formerly orrupied hy
Mr*. Jenkins, atid inure recently hy William W.
Carnca, aa a public House, in thia place. ‘Die buildings
have very lately undergone the must ihorongh repairs and
alteration*, and are now in good order and can accommo
date n large number of boarder*. There are several lota nl-
t.iched to the premise*—alao furniture of every description
necessary lor the hnaint-ss. Thia property will he sol.) up
on a creditor one, two and three years; and unquestionable
titles until* to the purchaser, and immediate ;*>**e»*jon giv
en. Any person, disposed to engage in this business, would
gdo well to rail and examine ih<* premises and make the pur
chase in time too|ioii the H.m.e fir the reception of mem
ber*, and other* the ensuing session id die lygislulur^.
i-l.l/A J. CAllMtS, tuinirx.
Milledgrville, August 30, 1S3G.-1U
AIUISTA RACES.' -
I
CENTRAL BAlfK OFGEOKGIA,
December 27tk, JA3Ti.
V piirsiianreof ilu* arto('22«J IWratiPr, 1836, providing
for tin* renewal of accommodation note* diftcoiintod liy
|17im instilulion om*e in uvrlvomontli*, this Board will here-
afuir receive for discount. Note* made payable llireo Uun-
^rn! and a ^ lrfr date, instead of one hundred and
iifbiy, «■ herclotore.
All periMin* offering new notes drawn at three hundred
•iiJ *iity days afier date, intending to renew notes now
pouting *«>d due the Bank, and which were drawn atone
I*sudred and eighty days aOcr dale, w ill be required to pay
bsi tan per cent reduction, aa heretofore, except wlieic
sue I, notea may be past due and iiua'lendrd to: in which
luHffe, tin* parti*** " ill he required to pay additional roduc-
,j„„ it tho rate of twenty p *r cent premium for the lima
•srh note* may have lain over.
W hen Note**, w hich have beer* di*rounled for three Into-
Ireland sixty days, shall beconi't due, the makers will he
repaired to pay a reduction **f twenty p-rcent, ur one filih
part of the sum originally borrowed. All notes drawn at
thr^ hundred and sixty «lays a ft or date will b« p^nmltac
c« run three hundred and sixty-four days, or I:Ity-two
OOfki.
In conformity w ith the requirements of a concurred Ke-
mIuIiou of the lain General Assembly, all Notes and Bills
dss to Ih« Central Bank and which have lain over uurc-
iiftwed or unpaid for I lie space of three months, w ill he put
in anil immediately.
Extract from the minutes.
2S-31 *i. A. GREENE, Cashier.
TO ARCSIITECTS.
Sk fjx IhM.Ii YltH will he paid, at the Executive
Office in Milledgevillc, fur en approval I*LAN
•f t House, for the residence of the (tOVIid.NOK*—
TlirdimHihioiu lo he about sixty feet hy seventy, and three
tturics high; the basement story to contain (he Kitchen, and
•tlirr office*. The internal arrangement to he so construct
ed, as to furnish two Saloons; tlm whole width oft lie build
ing, and the balance lo he divided into Halls, Drawing-
rs itns, Bcd-ruoins, Arc.
The si lection from the plans furnished will he made on
tlif 13lli of February, atnl the above sum paid lo the author
ui tie* one approved. January 5,
W. J. \V. WELLBORN, .VecVy. F.r. D n ,'t
flMIE rnhsi rihcrs would inform their frinuln and i
■ liters, t InW they have sohl their entire stork of DRY”
GOODS to !H ESS ICS. 11 r If TON & II.W SELL.
wlioxvil!colliitiue the business at ihcsaine stand.
’J’h• milucrilcTH led grateful to t!ic*ir friends, and would
lf.jt,|*»r lo lit :n their warmest acknow h dg- .nenis for the
liberal |»nironaj»e extended lo them, and hope the same cn-
rouragriuent will he given to Iheir successors. ^
Tu those indebted to them, they w ill respectfully say, that
lin\iiiga:i •»!«! atui «Geinivel»uiin**sio setile, they arc coin-
I».*1I,m1 to rnpt»t ilidr friends lo dose accuimls with lirtn
a, >m,.i as possible.
2t-2J GEO. ROOT & SON.
fVVIR subscribers having purchased the STOCK OF
5 GOODS formerly owned by Messrs. Gro Hoot
S »n, will continue the business at the stand heretofore oc
rupitsl l»v tluxe gentlemen. They will constantly keep on
lis.id sn A**'iriui A ut of goods suitnlije to the season, and res-
pret tally solicit a share of public patronage, which they will
rndmx'or to earn by at tent ion to their business and ar-coui-
isodatioii to their custom *rs. The business will tie coti-
itiu.p'd under ilie linn o r llt'KTON & M ANSELL.
\VM. I!- lil UTON,
A. If. HAXSELL.
MilleJfferilte,Jan.9ti, 1337. 2t-29
PARTVeitSHlF.
'»» F.S8RS. JE'iEMf \ II HE ALL and HEX JA
MS MIN If. KEY MOLDS having purrKi*.-.l ilia
.uiir.- iiiiprr-i of 'W<».«REIiS If. JORDAN' ami
N ATH AX M-CiatKL in the *lur*iii'the umlvrsigncd.
Ih* l.u.m.*s uill hciralicr lie romliirlril timl.-r tlin firm of
HIIVHA V, Hi: AM. anil IIEVNOI.DS. Milleilge-
ville, U*.*ml..-r 31), 183C -23 JA.S. U.SllAIlA.V
G-L023 HSSSljj
MILLEDGEVILLC, G \.
has been occupied for some time by Mr. Aaron Searcy.
*i*lius csiuhlisluiieiit, including the out-buildings, will l>e put
in a state of thorough repair, and the subscriber is w ell pre-
pnr»*d to accommodate HOARDERS, TU V.YSIEYT
CCSTOMERS, and TRAVELLERS.* .Shesoliiits
a share of public patronage, of w hich she w ifi endeavor lo
reiuh-r herself and h?r establishment worthy, hy-nn ample
slock of the best supplies, and hy the most assiduous atten
tion to tiie wants andcoioforis of li *r customers.
January 8, 133G.—28 NANCY J. GODWIN
T HE regular annual meeting over the LAFAY-
ET ft E ('OrilSE, will lake place on Tl'ESG
D.VY’, the tilth of JAN CAR Y', in the fdlo win® or
der: First day, a Colt Sweepstake, tuile heats, to which
there are four entries and closed.
AV.'o'd day, four mile heats, $1 9 00O
Third day, three mile heats, 800
Fourth day, tu)o mile heals, 400
Ttfth day, one mile heats, best thne tn /r»>e, 400
To the lovers of Sport, these races offer many induce
ments. The gr« nl number of first rate hordes in prepura-
|ion for the priz *s, together with the splendid order and ar
rangements of the turf, will insure pleasure and amus* ment
We *hali have a Buscoinhe, u Itay Maria, Medora, Hickory
John, Miss Medley, Lady Morgan, and many others of fume
and promise. THE FBOFKIETCLJS.
January 3. 1837.—29-2t
ron sals,
AT THE FEDERAL UNION OFFICE,
A HISTORY of the Detection, Conviction, Life and
Designs of JoI!N A. MUREL, the (Sr,at West
cm bind Finite, together with his system of Villainy, and
plan of exciting a Negro Rebellion: also a catalogue of the
Naim8 of fimr hundred and lift)-live of his Mystic Clan
Follows and Followers; and a hlat- nu nl of their efforts for
the destruction of Virgil A. Stewart, the young man
who .’electvd him
This interesting and valuable little hook should he in
the hands of every owner of slaves
BOTA.MCO-MEBICAL HOOK
or phactice.
A FEW COl’lES FOR SALE hy the undersigned.—
fA This work, standing pre-eminent during an ordeal of
more than FUR FY YEARS ic»r the superiority t»f the pa
thology and llicrapuctics it maintains atnl the purely BO
TANICAL REMEDIES it prescribes) over every other
hook of practice, omipn bend*
DR. SAMUEL THOMSON’.?
W T : 0
on rAi\Eixrsr pii^sicia^j,
containing a c unplcte system of practice UPON A PLAN
ENTIRELY NEW, with a description of the vegetables
made use of, and directions for preparing and administering
them lo cure disease, as well as a description of several
cases of disease attended by the Author, with the mode ui
treatment and CURE. The voltinv* likewise contains a
N A R K ATI V E of the LIFE and DISCO V EU1ES
of Da. Tiiomsox, forming in toto an adviser and friend
which no family should he without. Many spurious edi
tions of litis invaluable patent' d work having issued from
the press and been vended hy impostors without conveying
the right to use or prepare tin* remedies or to secure to the
purchaser admission into or fellowship with Thoinsoniati
Societies, it is proper to mention that the undersigned is a
legally authoriz 'd agent to sell both the Book and the pat
ented Right, atnl ilmt he cannot without abnacltof trust
(which he will under no circumstances commit) dispose of
the oiu without the other.
W11.1*1 AM S. ROGERS.
Mille-lgcviUr, Ga. November 8, 1336.
NEW GOODS.
T UB ■ubicribcr lias received part and is now receiving
in< FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF
DRY G*)i)l)S, among which may he found the follow
ing srliclch, viz:
•Su»»or tin:* BroaJclollis diffeieut colors: CusFitnores do ;
Y eating*.
Rich embroidered and figitr^il Sal!ins; Silk ditto, a now
•rtirle called R-ps, plain and figur.‘d; plain black Isahfdlit
tilark Silk iigitred and plain of tho best qualities,
••inn I'srty inches w ide; India and Snrsnetl ditto; Parisian
sud IItmuiijii (iauso, plain; sail in cluakinl and figured
Kliillv* .it„J Slullyetts, a new nriwlc, the Frendi brocade
i*r llu» h**ud; German and English Mqrinos and Merino
® r § d« .Naps; 2 4 Circas-iuu JaceoHcl and Camhricks of
dilfrreiit qualiti(*s; plain, figured, do'ted, and check dotted
Muslins; Irish Linens; Sheetings; 12-4 Lawns and
Diaper*; super fine i : *:i Uaiuhrick; Pongee.
Ladies embroidered Linen Camhrirk Cape* and Pocket
Jiandkerchiels, Muditi (’apes and Collars.
r Ca|m, hows and mils down, ditto.
fmest Kid Slipjiera, black and colored; newest
Fu
Lid If
style gold, silver and bronze ditto; white and black aattin
*iitu; kid, calf, morocco and seal village walking Shoes;
wtirr proot ditto, and a new article of French ditto; a
general a-uortnient of ladies, misses and childrens Slices;
gentlemens and hoys’ ditto; gentlemen’* tine calfskin Boots;
opera and navy ditto, kid, morocco and pruned dancing
Piais.
{^T He will receive sn'iscriptiohs for the Tiio.msonian
Recorder, print' d at Colmuhqi, Ohio, nnd the Botamc
Sentinel, puhlislted at Philadelphia. Specituens of each
inny he seen by applying in person ti* him.
*** All letters directed to him must, to receive atten
tion, lie post-paid.
WANTED'
A N OV ERSEER to manage a plantation of aHoiil
i\ riglity iNcgro *, silnateil in JptTi‘r».in county, three
mile, from Louisville. I'nilouhteil teatiinoniula will he re-
quired .1 lionraly, sohri-ty, arid capainl v to manage an up
country cotloti planlaiiou. Apply on the premises, to
(JK0KL.E JONES.
DcrrmhcrSf, 183C—-It—27
... The I'e iiaal I'iiIoii will in-erl the almvi; f,.or times, amt
transmit ttte acvaitnt lo llie (itlicc of the Augu&ta Cotistitiitionahst
for !>:•> incut.
IJliKKKltl’, HARDWARE AND SAD-
DLL It \ «<»f each n good assortment.
PERFUMERY AND STATIONARY.
Brussels ami Scotch CARPETING.
READY-MADE CLOTHING—a large and ex-
**Bsive assortment, amongst w hich may he found, grillIc-
Cloth Cloaks, Cloth Mohair and Markina Over-Coats,
truck ar.d dress ditto, Pantaloons and Vests.
Shirts, Bosoms and Collars, Merino and Cotton nett
Shirts and Drawers, flannel ditto. STOCK>* «
•••‘jritnem. Ladies' doth, plain and figured Merino Cloaks.
He would respectfully ask the attention of PLANTERS
«• rianime his ussorliiiertt of NEGRO SHOES and
"L WKIPrs, as he has a large asNoninctit of each and
*in SELL THEM AT AUGIhSTA PRICES!!
1 o ilium* who visit Millcilgeville fw* the purpose of huy-
thrir fill and w inter Miipplie* offdry goinls, he would,
"•Hi lu» friends and the public, most res|*ect|'ully invite them
m rail and examine. Alilledgeville, O, >oher 10. 1336.
16 JAMES JI. SI!MIAN.
A TEACHER WANTED.
1 111*. I r us tecs of the “Merriwether County Academy"*
4 "'*** lu employ a TEACHER for the ensuing year,
hu° ,s competent to instruct in A LL the UR ANCIIES
a*lly isugia in county academics. Satisfactory Uailiuio-
^ lofmoruU-Uaracter, as well u* cotniHJtency t«i instruct,
111 be uihisied upon. The school is at present in a very
• ur,t ln ?8 r »>bdition, with every prospect of a considerably
increased mmi.ier of pupils under the *ii|K»rintcmlcnce of
iiny good teacher.
I lie health of the village of Greensville lms been a« good
*« that perhaps, of any other \ illug-
, y . • - j «•••*■• in Georgia, and hoard
ca , bc un ter,n> as reasonable.
ersons, uiNhing *urh a situation, will please address a
Co ° a ? g i tmrri ^ or ,be “Trustees of Merriwether
-ouuiy Academy,” it personal application he inconvenicKt.
Greeneullc, Ga. November 1. 13347.
B JOHNSON, Sei-'ry Board Trustees.
Journal will |ile:ise insert tlie above, anU for-
’ Ge
nil for payment to tue secretary.
A tjtohess wanted,
1? DL.'f f • Vl ’ i>r •Kin, tu take cliarge of itio NEWS AN
r- rKM.VLli ACADFMV. Cutxvta cnur.ly, Georgia.—
t*t\ «cll cal.:;i]atpJ |u it*arlt llte iwua! braiti'hr* taiight
,n .leadenin'*, will receive a liberal salary, on exhibiting
•iUwfactory testimonials.
Iy*Uerx, addressed to Edward If. Story, tho Treasurer
Hill meet with prow;* attention.
*7* I he editors of the Augusta Constitutionalist, and the
aiuarn Uanuc, Athena, will give the above advertioe-
f “t weekly nuertuin> jn their (tatters until the 1st of Ft*b-
Ue *b anil forward their accounts L# ifie undersigned
m payment. December 15, 1836.
fijt irder.of U,t Trustees.
EDMOND M. STORY f ,
^ *~ Jt Treasurer of the Neuman Female Academy.
i N brought TO JAIL,
‘die t iwii of Reidsvillc, Tattnall county, Georgia, on
j • , >^1 day of October, 18!{6, a Negro-Man, who *n)’s
Jnd naiD ** , ‘ NTIIONYs and that he was taken hy the
nan* cotutuarnJod hy Jim Boyd, oud has teen in tho scr-
j Vi °5 a iu*t th/ whites, lie also says that he belongs to
■ufT?*. ^° ,16S c DU*dy. The owner must letch
f«»re J,
j- r j —* get said negro. Jt is desired that any infonna-
• ! \p :i,, ve to said negro may he furnished the uudersign-
FaltugB county, Georgia, November 1, 1836.
ORREN MOSES, Jailer,
BLANKS
• OR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
A NEW EltfOSi STOIiE.
MIT It. A. ELLH has disposed of hia interest in
itfl ilie* i»»K>k business at Macon, and has located hiinsell
permanently in Mdledgcvdle, for llte purpose of earn in*
on the above btwiitw, and being truly thankful to his friends
in various parts of the State, for l h<ir liberal patronage here
tofore In-stowed fin him, lie hopes they will not, with
llie citizens of this place, forget to call opposite* Mrs. God
win’* iloiel, at the sign of the large LINGER, where may
he found a large assortment of law, medical, miscellaneous,
and school books, globes, school apparatus, dissected maps,
and maps of all kinds, ever)’ article in the Use of draw ing,
gold paper and .bordering, perforated paper, and cards for
baskets, and a general assortment of fancy artif If*, musical
boxes, accordions, pianos and piano music; tho best quality
of knives, steel pens, ever pointed pencils, carmine saucers,
india and indelible ink, pocket books and purses of all kinds,
beed bags, ladies work and dress boxes, gentlemen's shaving
cases and trevelling desks, ink, quills, paper of all kinds,
blank and record books on hand and made to order; the To
ken, Gift, Vi*del and Religious Souvenir for 1837, just re
ceived, and all the new publications received as soon as they
are issued from I he press. Greer’s Georgia Almanac for
1837, by the gross or dozen. Teachers will be allowed a
liberal discount in furnishing their schools, (ientlcinen pur
chasing for their library, accommodated on the most reason
able terms. All orders thankfully received anti punctually
attended to. Theauelion business in this place will be con-
ducted by the ab.ve proprietor. October 2d, 1836.
18 '
A. ELLS.
JBOTANJCO-NIEDICAI* SCHOOL,
C0I-TJM3U3, OHIO.
T O the many inquiries respecting onr School, we would
n«:ike llte fulluuitig reply:
On tile 1st (if April. He cnram>-nre(l lit* »y*lem.ttir #ml
con.iatit i rest run inn of a (la** of young eenlletnen, in 11***
true Tiieory anJ Prarliee of Mediritto. '1 lie principle* ol
llte acicnce tire clearly* explained and illtisiruttsl, in so great
a variety of way* as to fix limn permanently in tlie mind.
Our practice affords ample mean* of exhibiting to alu-
Jc;its the symptoms of disease, the modus ojierundi of metli-
etnas, amt tlie various and most convenient and pruper
ways and means of rendering tits remedial ngent* and the
curative proce** effectual.
Th- Kcicnee of Itotany is familiarly and praclienlly taught
in *ucli a manner as not only to acquaint the student with
llte Botanic Materia Mediea; bill to enable him to examine
the wh.de vegetable kingdom with pleasure and profit. It
is illustrated, not mere! , by hook* and plates, Inti !>y ana
tomical examinations of the natural subjects, and b> oral
instructions i t the field, as well as in the lecture room.—
lincla student is taught to .label and preserve plants Tor Ins
future benefit. . .
Insutti lions are given and Beelines .Ielivered on -Natural
Philosophy and Chemistry; Much attention is devoted In
Midwifery, and ilia forms of Disease peculiar to Women
and Children. „ ,
Anatomy, Physiology and Surgery receive all desirable
attention, and the old theories and procure* meet th. tr just
due, in a thorough examination, and comparison with the
Tlie Botanic Text B.*k* are Dr. Thomson » Narrative
and New Guide to Health, Dt Dr. Itohmson s Wtures,
tho Thoinsoniati Recorder from the liegintiing, the D scu*-
►ions between the Mineral anil Botanic ra<*ulties; A. **
Manuscript Lectures on the Science ol Meilicme, ••ui slli<I->
wilcry and the Dis.*a«es peculiar to Wora*n and Children,
Eaton’s Manual of Botany, Raflncsqtie’s Medical Bota
ny, See.
Comstock’s Natural Philosophy and Chemistry.
The beet Text Books on Anatomy, Surgery, Physiology,
Pathology, Therapeutics, and every oilier branch of “Medt-
cal Science,’* falsely so called, are contained in our library,
to which tl»6 student uiay have reference; hut he must pur
chase for his own ns**, at least one standard work on each
rtf *i«p cnhicrls b* which he devoU*s particular attention.
01 w J TERMS.
Wet have a select and valuable Library, nr.d a room i’Jt
which Lectures and Instructions are give,, Lor the regu-
Inr tuition ami the use of these, one dollnr per vveek is
charged. Students are board.d at the School aod their
washing W done, for three do lors per week. I fa-se may
be hail in other places, or students may board themselves,
a, Our baU ate payable quarterly in advance, with cash or
e, Flom r six'm eighteen months are desirable to acquire a
thnra^h knowledge of the Botanic Prartiee. A mtn.ttc
aequaiutance witt^Auatoray, Surgery. *
of the old theories ami prarltcc*. demand
o Teacher of Dolainco-Medfjal SctenfC-
A CARD.
MRS. Ilf SOX' informs her friends, that she
is again the owner of the EAGLE HOTEL,
in Milledgevilln—thia house was formerly kept by
hcisclf, | )ut m „ re recently by Mr. M'Corahs. ller patrons
ere assured, that nothing, on her part, shall he w nnlingio
reader them comfortable. February 3, 1835.-31
SOLE, HARNESS AND I’PPER
I LEATHER.
NOR sale hy
G. ROOT & SON.
WANTED a quantity uf HIDES, for which the
highest pash price will be paid. Mlllcdgcville, Georgia,
D< cembar C, 133G.
21 G. ROOT & SON.
fglHE subscriber would inform his friends ami customers
that he has sold iiis entire assortment of Watches and
Jewelry to Mr. O. Childs, who will continue the bu&imss
in all its various brandies.
The subscriber in taking? leave of his customers Would
tender them his warmest acknowledgements for their many
favors, and lie I topes the same encouragement shown (^m
may ho extended to his .successor.
To those who are indebted to him he hopes nothmg mure
will be necewwary than to say, that he experts to remove
from the place in a verv short time. During my alisence
from the establishment .Mr. O. Childs will attend settling
of aceounUf. J. FOGLE.
Milledgeville, December 29, 1836.—28-2t
POETRY,
YOUTH AND OLD AGE.
Days of my youth! ye have g!ided away;
Hairs of ray youth! ye are frosted and gray;
Eyes of ray youth! your keen sight is no more;
Cheeks of ray youth! yo are furrow’d ail o’er;
Strength uf my youth! all your vigor is gone;
Thought* oftny youth! your gay visions are flown.
Days of my youth! I wish not your recal;
ilairs of my youth! l’tn content ye should fall;
Eyes of my youth! ye much evil have seen;
Cheeks of my youth! bathed in tears have ye been;
Streugth of ray youth! why lament your decay?
Thoughts of my youth! ye have led meastiay.
Day* ol my age! ye will shortly he paM;
Pains of my age! yet awhile ye ran Iasi;
Joys of iuy agd in true wisdom delight;
Eyes of my age! be religion your light;
Thoughts of iny ag«! dread not the cold soil;
Hop** of my age! be ye fixed on your God!
OTIS GUILDS
R ESPECTFULLY informs his friends and (he public
generally that lie intends continuing the above hnsi-
noss in all its various branches; lie has at piesentnnd will
keep constantly on hand a GENERAL ASSORT
MENT of I Julies’ and Gentlemen's GOLD and SIL
VER WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER-
PLATE, CUTLERY, Ac. &c.
Also an assortment of MILITARY and FANCY
ARTICLES.
N. B. Special attention will he paid to Watches left for
repair*- U pairing of every d« scription in his line of busi
ness will he promptly attend d to.
Milledgeville, Decern tier 2'J, 1636.—28-3t
A CARD.
rjlIIF* SURVEYOR-GENERAL finds it neces-
sary to remind the public, that the increased opplica
lions to him lor the passing and forwarding of GRANTS in
volves mii amount of labor ami pecuniary responsibility he
is disposed iio longer to hear without adequate remunera
lion. In futiire, tlie usual Fee of Ot»e Dollar for a single
Grant, or Fitly Cent* each for more than one, will he re
quired for such service—and to ensure attention, this must
invariably he remitted free of postage.
Mtiled*tviUe Ga. December 23, 1836.-37
BOTANIC MEDICINES,
^JUCII as are nsrd by THOMSON! A NS, fresh,
and genuine, for sale, in MiHedgeville, hy
Novembers, 1836. WILLIAM S. ROGERS.
MEDICAL DISCI SSIONS,
B EING the Discussion* between several Members of
the Regular Medical Faculty and tho Thuinsoniaii
Physicians, on the comparative merits of their respective
System*, embracing the controversies as they occurred i
Maryland, North Carolina and Georgia—edited and puh-
Curtis. Teacher of the Botanieo-Medical
lished hy Dr. A
Science at Columbus, Ohio. Copies of this work have
been received and are for sale, in Milledgevillc, hy
Novembers. 1S36. WILLIAM 8. ROGERS.
CURE OF DROPSY.
D RS. FALL <fc ELLIOTT keep constantly on hand,
with R. E. EDW ARDS of Milledgeville, a sup
ply of their valuah!? Medicine for the cure of Dropsy
M«y 26, 1836.— ira-4 J
WJBW FALL GOODS.
T HE subscribers have received a LARGE and general
assortment of FANCY and STAPLE ARTI
CLES of the very LATEST STY LE, for FALL
and WINTER TRADE, which are offered for sale
on such terms os will give general sati>fa«-lion. The public
generally are invited to call and examine for themselves.
DENSLKK, EDWARDS A DIXON.
Milleilgeville, Sef4cntbrr 28, 1836.—15
ROCKWELL A K.ENAIV,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
iviii.li:i>G£vix.x.x:, Georgia,
H aving unite! t!i.-irPKophssiox'Ai. inte-
|{ ENTS, will attend to bittiness entrusted to them
in the Counties of the Ocmulgee Circuit, in the County of
Hancock of the Northern, Washington of tlie Middle,
Twiggs and l*atirens of the Southern, and Houston, Bibb
and Monroe of the Flint Circuits: also in the Federal Court.
Their office is on the second floor of the Masonic Hall.—
July 1U, 1836. SAMUEL ROCKWELL,
5 M.J. KENAN.
LIST or LETTERS
R EMAINING in the Post-Ofliceat Monticrllo, Jasper
• c(»unty, Ga. on the first day of January, 1S37, and
which, if not taken out before the first day of April next,
will, as d ad letters, he transmitted to the Post-Office De
partment at Washington City.
As—James Adams 2, George W. Aldcn2, Cornelious A-
ron, Alexander Allen, Sarah Aaron.
B—Mr. Haines, John Ci. Belcher, P. Rticlnnnnn, John
W. Brow'ii 2, Wm. Bristow, Walter Bean, Bard well Bel
ling*, Messrs. Bcckworth, Cardwich 1 Co. Dyer C. Ban
croft.
C—W. (’lark. Esq. mis* Loliisa Crane, John Cody, W.
D. Cold well 2, messrs. Crane As Palmer, Hon. AlfrwlCmh-
lert, .lesseeCranford, Ralph Crane.
I)—Wm. Dingier, Elijah Dodson, Mai hew Davis, Jeph
tba V. DiNinukes 2, messrs. I)ver, Wad worth &. Co: mrs.
Mary Dunan, mrs. Mary Davis.
E—Mrs. Martha Egnew, Braxton R Ezdl, Lhatn Ellc-
son, John Evans.
1*—John Folds 2. James Farley. William Fox, French,
Hall & Co. R. S. Farrow, John Falkuer, miss Evcrlino
Fernamfor 2.
G—John T. (Jihner. m^arv. IT. II „G »igon A Co. Roh-
f>ert Grimmert, Martin Godlcy, John 11. Grinin, Peter Grin-
noil, Wiilic J. (iillian 2.
II—Samuel IIei.d« rson, Benjamin Hays, miss M. B.
Hutchinson, Green B. Hill 2, James C. Holmes, Mary
llardwich, Aim Heuson, miss Matilda Heairson, C. Han
cock, Bury Hines, David Harris, inrs. Judith F. Howard.
J—Benjamin Jordan, Henry Johnson, Hartwell Janes,
William Johnson.
K—John Ivellet, E*q.
L—Jar ret Lineh, nuss Sary Lynn, David I-ang, miss Eli
zabeth J M irgan, Oliver Martin, Thos. MrGlico Sen, Da
niel McDowell, G. W. M rrell, Samuel Mardenshaw, James
McC'Icen'*. ru'ss Sarah McClenden, Leuh McCormick, Rev.
Artluir M Morney, William Miller, Wriliam Muncrecf.
William Marchman.
N—William Nor. is.
P—Mins Mary I) Parke«, Rifoy Peaeock. Phillip Prit
chett, lion. J. G. Poilliill, John R. Plummer, mrs. Ann T.
Price, l*cuis Phillips.
R—miss Ami Richardson, mrs. Maria Ridiy, iniss Mar
tha Robinson, mis* Caroline Roby, mrs. Mary Robertson,
William Ko*n.
E—Edw in Sturdevunf, James L Scliocdfield, Littleherry
Smart, Gillrert Shaw, mrs Elizabeth Str«*ker, I*oar Sim
mons, William B. Stokes, Oshurn Smart, James M. Smith.
R. II. Smith, Esq John Sjear.
T—C. D. Terlmne, Esq John Turner, Y’ancy Thornton,
E-q. Thomas If. Tuggle, Bartley Towns, John Taylor.
S—Mrs. Sarah Ward, mrs. S. J. Wallers, James Wake-
man, mrs. Rachel Whitaker.
31-23 WILLIAM MAEXY, Postmaster.
TAN YARD, AC. FOB SALE.
TIIK subscriber Im* an excellent TA.VYARD, a good
Slock of HIDES and LEATHER* and a com
fortable a Mnall Dwelling House w ith oilier necessary nut
houses and twelve acres of Land, lying in M’Donough,
Henry county—all of w hich he now offers for sale upon
the most reasonable terms. Persons wishing to purchase
such property, would do well to call soon, and view the
premises for themselves; for there will be a bargain given
in this property.
He also offers for sale L«t number two hundred and
ninety-five in the fiuiith district of Rarulolp county, adjoin
ing Kelly and Ingram’s. Ikceinlter 1, 1836
25-131 H W. TOMLINSON.
THREE THOUSAND SHARES felCCK,
(irorffia liuil Road and Banking Company.
O N Thursilay, llte 1‘Jtli «f January npxt, at II nYlork,
A. M. lh“ Board of Uirei iors of the Oorgia Kail
Road and Banking Company n ii! ofler at auction, at thrir
Banking lionsr in Augusts, thr privtlcgr of subscribing fir
T WO THO LNAXD aliam of tlie Slock of .aid Cunt-
(in i Ixc same day, and at the same hour, there will hr ex
posed lo sale at tlio Company’s Banking house at Alliens,
tlie privilege of subscribing fir OX'(2 THOUSAND
share* of llte Stork of said Company.
Purchaser* will lie required lo pay SIXTY-FIVE
DOM. \ UN per share and the subsequent instalments as
they may lie called for.
II u order of the Board,
JAMES CAMAK, Cashier.
Athens, December 5, 1836.—6i-25
HEW BOOKS.
JTST received Miljichampo, hy the author of Guy
Rivers, Yam.assoc, Ac.; the Poor Rich Man and Rich
Poor Man. by Miss Sedgevvick; Giafur al Banneki, a tale
of the court ol Haroun Al Raschid; Lafitte, the Pirate of
the Gulf, hy tlie author of the South Weal; the Desultory
Man, hy the author of the Gtpeey, Darnley, Ac.; Rambler
in Mexico, hy Lath robe; Paulding’s tales of the Goo«l Wo-
man; ditto, John Bui! and Brother Jonathan; Fairy Book
fi»r 1837, with many new translations, a fine n *\v year’s gift;
Bryant’s Poems; Roderick Random, finely illustrated with
engravings; Humphrey Gliukcr, Ditto; T’om Jones, Ditto;
Protestant Jesuitism; ili«»rog!yphical Bible, \\ i:!i four hun
dred cuts; Select Oral ions of Cicero, with an English
Commentary and historical, geogranhical and legal indexes;
llcroditns, translated by BjIo-*—a!l for sale at the sign of the
Large Leger, hy C. A. ELLS.
Milledgeville, January 2, 1837.-28
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
T HE above reward will he given for the apprehension
of SIMON, who ran away from the subscriber,
near Savannah, on the 26ih December last, and is suppos
ed to be lurking about Milledgeville, as he has a wife be
longing to the Rev. Mr. Wallace Howard, if not sold, as I
timlersiossl, lo Col. 8aimi‘l Rockwell. fclMON is of
small stature, five feet three inches in height, very intelli
gent, and almut fifty years of age. R- P* DEMIRI.
January 6, 1837.—23-3t
TO SLAVEOWNERS*
^ow in the jail of Monroe county, a Negro Man, who
III I »C* , W D » _
call* himself JOHN, and says he belongs to Mr.
Taylor of Alalmma. 1 le appears to he between twenty-five
and thirty-five years of age, is dark complected, spare
made, stammer* in speaking, and represents himself as
having been bom in Charleston, .South Carolina, at which
city lie was last spring bought by Mr. Taylor, and trans
ported by sea to Mobile. The owner is requested to prove
properly, pay c-ost, and take him away. Forsyth, Monroe
county, Georgia, November 8, 1836.
2* * MARTIN NALL, Jailer,
[Though these line* were published in this paper two or
three years ago, many of our present readers have probably
never seen them; and our friends will, we are surs, have no
objection to see them again. Our cor res pond ent is right in
attributing them to St George Tucker, now Judge of the
District Court of Virginta.j—Nut- Intel.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Prom the Mississippi Christian HeryUl.
ANECDOTES OF THE SERVICE.
EH.OX T11E JOURNAL OF A TEXIAN OFFICER.
Today we had a curious specimen of
Texiau artillery. One of llte gunners
made his appearance with a small four
pounder mounted upon a mule. It was
lashed to a ponderous pack saddle, anti
tlie mule appeared to walk under his load
with ease. The gunner, anxious to show
his skill, loaded his piece, and gave us a
fire, without dismounting the cannon from
the mule. The concussion of the piece,
sent the mule forward about twenty feet,
and at last brought him to the ground.—
He however got up without much diffi
culty, and the gunner was iu ecstacy at
the success of his experiment; he said
that his mule would stand twenty such
fires, which was more than enough to whip
any Mexican army that can ever cross the
Rio Grande.
After tlie battle of San Jacinto, one of
the. Texian soldiers was in conversation
with a Mexican, and reproached him
with their cowardice fur retreating from
such inferior numbers. Tlie Mexican
soldier replied: Had we been situated as
you were, we could have lbught too.—
Vour General bravely took the front and
shouted, to the charge—you only had to
imitate his example; ours was in the rear,
and told us to advance, while lift was se
curely removed from danger. This is
what caused so great a disparity between
youf troops and ours.
General Santa Anna, at the battle of
San Jacinto, gave orders to have his bu
gles sound for no quarters to be given. Our
boys soon convinced them that none would
be asked—and when tlie words "Remem
ber the Alamo!!" burst in thunder from the
lips of our'General, and was reiterated
by every soldier iu the field, the Mexicans
were soon convinced that they would be
tlie ones to usk for quarters. And it was
laughable to see, even officers, dropping
ou their knees and exclaiming, “Me no
Alamo' me no Alamo!'"
For several weeks prc\ ions to the bat
tle of San Jacinto, our army was reduc
ed to very short allowance: so much so,
that a few days previous to the battle no
rations were issued but dry corn. Gen
eral Houston during the whole war was
celebrated for the simplicity of his diet,
and a rigid submission lo all the fatigues
and hardships of the camp. After the
battle, this subject was alluded to in the
presence of Col. Almonte, in the Gener
al’s marquee. General Houston inform
ed the captive Mexican, that such things
were not regarded hy men who fought lbr
liberty!! He then drew from fiis pocket
an car of corn and exhibited it to him,
tellingbim to look at the rations of a Ma
jor General for two days!! This was no
jest, but an absolute fact—lie had been
unwell on the day of the battle, and had
eat nothing, and consequently had reserv
ed his rations. Almonte looked with as
tonishment, and remarked to another offi
cer "we can never conquer such a people!!"
This was afterwards mentioned lo San
ta Anna, when he burst out in a torrent of
rage against his own officers—declaring,
that while his officers had been mutinying
because he could not procure them wine
and all the luxuries of a eily life—the
Texian officers and soldiers had been con
tented to nvc and endure the fatigues of a
campaign oil dry corn!! What a lesson
for a despot! Men who have once enjoy
ed liberty, know its value too well to re
sign it, rather than endure a lew priva
tions
The Mexican nation is at this time the
most servile and contemptible people on
the face of the earth. Just before lire fall
of Santa Anna, a member of the Mexican
Congress concluded a speech in favor of
some of Santa Anna’s measures, in these
words:
"Such is the wish of Santa Anna—it is
only HIM icc are bound to please—it is to
him ice owe our seats! and he that can kick us
out when he pleases!!"
Who after this can blame Texas for the
course she has pursued? Can it he be
lieved that descendants of North Ameri
cans, will be ruled by the base tools of
such a despot?
No—Texas disthiins to bc governed by
such a ciavcn nation, and the Anglo-Sax
on steel will convince the tyrant that
though he may enforce his mandates a-
mong his own servile slaves, that in the
abodes of North Americans, he cannot
succeed!! A herd of sheep might as
well attempt to drive tlie Lion from his
den, as Mexicans to establish their power
among the free barn citizens of the North.
A Ibrce of twenty-five thousand brave
men is enough to subjugate and hold in
slavery, the whole craven nation!!
While in Nacogdoches, I had a conver
sation with Seignor , a very
distinguished Mexican, on the subject of
the superiority of the people of the U-
nitccl States over the Mexican race. He
said he was ashamed of his nation, and
had often witnessed the superiority of our
people. In support of this he mention
ed a very amusing fact of twelve families
from the United States who were settled
near point St. Lucas, ou the Gulf of Cali
fbruia.
Those twelve families had declared
their independence, erected a separate
republic, elected a President, and bid de
fiance to the Mexican government. A-
mong them were two or three wealthy
merchants, who had extensive pearl fish
eries, and were driving a brisk trade, with
China and India. They were introduc
ing great quantities of goods and supply
ing the whole western coast, in defiance
ol Mexican Custom Houses. If twelve
families, so far removed from assistance,
can support an independent government
in defiance of the Mexicans, who will
have temerity enough to say that Texas
has any thing to tear from them?
N assured me that he had visit
ed their city, that they were getting a-
long extremely well, and he had no doubt
they would soon have possession of the
whole country about the Gulf of Culifor-
Erastus Smith, better known as deaf
Smith, has been very useful to the Tex-
ians as a spy. When Gen. Cos took pos
session of San Antonio, he offered a re
ward of five hundred dollars for his head!!
After the battle of San Jacinto, deal’
Smith was riding about eight miles from
the field of battle and came across two
Mexican officers and called to them in
Spanish lo stop, and rode up and de
manded their surrender. After he IkkI
disarmed them, he inquired for Gen. Cos,
and told them he underslsod he had once
offered a reward of live hundred dollars
for his head, and that lie was anxious to
bring in his own. One of the officers
was Cos, which Smith very well knew.
Cos was very much alarmed and denied
his name,. Smith however treated him
kindly, and took him up behind hitn on
his own horse, and took him to Gen.
Houston’s tent.
Cos afterwards declared that he had
never been so much alarmed, and felt
much relief at being.delivered overlo the
guard of Texian soldiers.
Weaving in Glass.—This curious manu
facture, at whicji various attempts have
been made in different countries, has late
ly been brought to a high degree of ex
cellence in Venice. An artist named
Olivi, lias lately succeeded, in a degree
which promises to render the manulac-
ture highly valuable for purposes of both
luxury and utility. The process invented
by Signor Olivi, differs from all others
previously used, for the glass is made to
assumeevery variety of shade, from trans
parency to opacity; and the thread is so
flexible that it may bc tied, or the tissue,
when woven, may be folded like silk. Jt
resists the action of fire, which is a great
ulvantage, and renders it applicable to
many useful purposes. The specimens
exhibited by Signor Olivi at the institution
of Arts of Venice, were of great brilliancy
of coloring, and called forth the highest
admiration. Tlie institution of arts have
(warded medals to the inventor; but as
he does not meet with that encouragement
from the Austrian government, which, we
should suppose, the singularity and beau
ty of tlie fabric would insure, lie has
made arrangements for introducing it at
Paris. There, where every thing relating
to the arts meets with the highest en
couragement, lie will doubtless be patron
ized; and if so, we may soon expect to
see sonic specimens of the manufacture
in the United States. If this tissue of
glass, or glass cloth, he as flexible as silk,
we should suppose that it would be a most
beautiful article for female dress, and like
wise for a variety of ornamental work in
furniture. For hangings of windows,
bedsteads and other things where hang
ings are used, it must be superb. We
know not whether the expense of it would
exclude it from such uses, but should
suppose that it could he made in any
quantity, and at no great cost. The only
difficulty is in producing the glass threads.
—Pennsylvanian.
Economony in Linen Washinng.—A cor
respondent of a Dundee paper writes:—
After many experiments made by myself
and others, I find that pipe-clay dissolved
among water employed in washing, gives
the dirtiest linen the appearance of having
been bleached, and cleans them thorough
ly, with about half the labor, and a full
saving ofonc half the soap. The Method
(doped, was to dissolve a little of the pipe
clay among the water in a washing tub, or
to rub a little of it together .with the soap
on the articles to be washed. The process
was repeated as often as required, until the
articles washed were made thoroughly
clean. All who tried the experiment,
have agreed that the saving of soap and
labors is great; and that the clothes are
improved in color equally as if they were
bleached, the peculiar advantage ol em
ploying this article with the soap is, that
it gives the hardest water almost the soft
ness of rain water.
Ii is stated in the Fall River Monitor, that no'
•ss than 100,000 lbs. of maple sugar have
r:cn mnde in New England during the present
year. The sugar crop of Louisiania for the
present year is estimated at 60,000 hhds.
From the National Intelligencer.
THE NEW PHILOSOPHY, AND ITS
DANGEROUS AND FANTASTIC'DOG
MAS.
In some of the papers of the week, and in the
Standard in particular, have been published two
letters, which have excited that public atten
tion which their importance so well merits; the
one from u gentleman of sound religious feel-
, and of an exact nnd profound erudition, in
which, in a tone of graveand sober indignation,
he animadverts upon the ill-judged and iil-weigh*
ed declaration of Dr. Buckland, the Oxford
Professor of Geology, and the Rector of St.
George’s Church, iu the Borough, that he (the
Professor) deems that a change is necessary in
the interpretation of the first chapter of the book
of Genesis, regarding the creation of the world,
and all its organic creatures. “For years
past,” says this correspondent, “a discordance
has been seen between the plain and unequivo
cal statements of Moses, as to the days of tho
creation, and the unbounded (teriods which men
of science have declared necessary Tor the life
and death of such gonerations of living beings
as are now fouud buried in tho strata of the
earth. Every method has been tried to bring
the Mosaic account and the geological facts io-
to such harmony as will aloue suit the unfiioch
ing stubbornness of human intellect.” All the*
attempts having failed, Dr. Buckland, continue*
this correspondent, in substance, comeg now
forward with his proposed new interpretation of
Scripture, the suggested change in the received
version being, that hy the term “days”an hide-
finite extent of' some millions of ages shall be
understood. Another interpretation which Dr.
Burklaud proposes is, that the first verse of Go-
nesi t, “In the beginning God created the hea
vens and the earth,” should be read separate
from the two verses which follow, and “God
said, let there be light and there was light; and
the evening and the morning were the first day.”
To this very serious charge, and particularly
in the character of a clergyman, who has
hitherto borne a high name amongst the men
of learning of the day, Dr. Buckland has replied
in a letter, the material substance of which, so
far as ragurds tho present argument, is contain
ed in the following passage from it:
“Tlie objections and difficulties proposed by
the correspondent in the Standard are nearly
the same that occurred to myself, and which 1
believe occur to most persons, when the results
of guolugicul researches are first laid before
them, without those explanations which show
that, whop fully understood and rightly inter
preted, they not only afford a host ot new and
important evidences of the being nnd attributes
di God, but are also strictly consistent with the
literal interpretation of the Mosaic account of
the creation. As the explanation to which 1
allude is contained in my ‘Bridgewater Trea
tise,’ which will bo published in a few days, the
Public, 1 trust, will do me the justice to suspend
their opinion of the charge against me till they
shall have seen that book.”
One further passage from the admirable cor
respondent of the Standard, by whom the above
charge is made, will afford our readers a com
plete view and explicit uuderstanding of the ac
cusation and the defence, and moreover contains
an argumeut in itself, which, without having
seen Dr. Buckland’s book, is worth all the un
certain speculation, and the groping in the dark,
which, from all our former experience' iu all
geological woiks, we very much apprehend,
will be found to characterize even tho learned
Professor’s lucubrations.
‘if such (namely, the desire of a new trans
lation uf Scripture) be the spirit in which the
long-lpoked-for aud long-siuce reviewed Bridge,
water Treatise bus beta written, clothed as it
certainly must be by the brilliant talents of its
author, it bad been much better that it had
never bycn undertaken. Almost evciy one
sees that geology is not yet sufficiently ripe
lor so standard a work as this ought to be- The
discoveries of every year serve to chasten the
ories of former years; and no oh« can foresee-
the full consequences that must follow from the
new and unlooked for discovery as to the con
nexion of electricity with mineral structure,
which was for llte first time made known to sci
ence at the lute Bristol meeting. It is there
fore the tqorc alarming to thousands of unscien
tific , believers iu the word of God to find, the
commeucemeut.ofrimoca/wrt thus countenanced,
as it were, by the church; ami we can readily
understand the loud applause which Dr. Buck-
land’s lute announcement drew forth from num
bers who had no such scruples, when they found
so important a convert had al length openly
subscribed to the latitudinariaa principles of in-
terpretution which geology has long inculcated.”
•Such indeed would be our first, aud, as ilap-
j>cars to us, such is the Common sense answer,
aud a most satisfactory one it appears to be, to
the difficulties which arc suggested by these
geological discoveries—namely, that iu its pre
sent shape geology in uo degree whatever pos
sesses that principle of certainty, and that sys
tem of fixed aud undeniable axioms and postu
lates, which onliile it to the name of scieuce;
that it is yet, in iact, but a succession of floating
theories, and that even within our own' experi-
rience iu the last thirty years, we have seen the
ory after theory g*ve vVuy to its successor. Wo
remember in our own early lilt, that a very
strong public sensation was excited by the pub
lication of a volume of travels in Italy, by a
Norfolk gentleman of the name of Brisled, in
which he mentioned that an Italian Abbe, whom
lie had encountered on bis travels, hud discover
ed ccrtaiu strata of lava with strata of vegeta
ble earth between each in some plain near
Mount Vesuvius; and that it having beeu ascer
tained that it required a period of 12,000 years
fo convert a surface of lava into a stratum ot
vegetable earth he suggested that the creation
of the world must necessarily have been of an
earlier date than recorded iu the Mosaic ac
count."’
In the recently published edition of Croksr’s
“ Boswell’s Life of Johusuu,” it will be seen
that this observation of Bristcd’s was mentionod
lo Dr. Johnson, nnd that the auswer of this
acute rcasoucr was, “Sir, all this, (the number
of years which it will require to convert a stra
tum of lava into vegetable earth) must depend
upon the position of the stratum, and upon cir
cumstances and accidents of temperature, occa
sional culture, earthquakes, <£-c. which admit
of no calculation, aud n is the most unreasonable
of all unreasonable things to call into question
the most ancient records of mankind, and throw
aside the concurrent testimony of history, for
fancies and theories resting ou such a basis.”
We quote from memory, but the above will bc
found the substance ol the great reasouers re
ply. And what was the result 2 Why, that
iu about tweuty years afterwards, when Dr.
Watson published his “Apology for the Bible,”
in answer to the impieties of 1‘uine, he took oc
casion to touch upon this objection ol Bristed as
an example of the frivolities which every age
in its turn isdissipaling to the winds; for the mat
ter was no sooner examined into, said Dr. Wat
son, than another series of ten or a dozen lava,
each with its stratum of vegetable earth be
tween, was discovered near to tho same spot,
and it was ascertained by positive historic docu
ments, that the whole nuber ot the strata, both
lava and vegetable matter, had all been pro
duced within the lust three hundred and fifty
years.
Now it is a known observation by Paiey, that
in the argumentation of any complexity, every
man who is at the trouble lo-examine the pro.
ccss of reasoning in bis own mind, will discov.
er that his opinion has been very early made up
by some ouc argument in particular—by some
argument to which bis own former experience
or the circumstance of his having tested its
worth ujkjo other points, has given a peculiar
energy. And in ninety-nine cases out of a liuit-
dred, no argument is generally so sound and
good as these. Upon this principle, we have no
hesitation in saying that the above circumstan
ces have always occurred to us, whenever we
have encountered any of these reasoners upon
geological difficulties; we have always remem
bered how many successions of theories we
have seen and known in our own time, aud how
tlie one has successively demolished the other;
we have seen the Neplunean theory, accordtug
to which all their regularities of the globe are to
be accounted for by water; aud the Ilulonian
theory, according to which the earth lias been
burnt we know not how many times in the
course of some thousand years; tlie theory of
Dr. Darwin, according to which, in sonic mil
lions of years, stones divided into flakes might
become living animals; and the theory of Spal-
lazanzi, or that of the self.creation of insects in
In this dim twilight, therefore, and imperfect
knowledge of the physical matter and its causes,
is it not al once the most monstrous presumption
nnd ignorance to question the truth of those bib
lical records which stand upon the authority of
revelation? Is geology, like mathematics, ar
rived lo that stale of perfection, that we can ven
ture, even most humbly, to scan the accurao.
and measure the powers and attributes of the A •
migty Creator? But, secondly, and most mate
rial iy, are we not gioping in the dark? Befor**
the age of priming, which does not now exceed
BOO years, there are scarcely any records of th*.
former convulsions nnd mutations of the surfoc**
of the globe. Tlie classic writers afford but
one, and what a description of writer m he?—
Pliny’s Natural History. Who knows what
may have happened within six thousand years*-,
ven in our own island; and how many spots may
have been buried hundreds of fathoms under
the earth, with all the animals upon them at that
time?
Our limit* will now admit os to mention
one memorable example. Almost in the time uf
our own great-grandfuthcrs, that is, about one
hundred yean since an earlliquake in the neigh
borhood of Mexico threw up * mountain nearly
as high as the loftiest Alps in one night oolv,
submerging at the same time nearly the whole
of the neighboring lakes, and, of coarse, with all
the fish in them. Now, if the world should last
another two or three thousand years, and the re
cord of this fact should he l«st or forgotton; an A-
merican geologist, in digging up some portion of
the earth, might argue, How could these fish be
buried in the earth, and found under the moun
tain, and, moreover, in vegetable mould, which
I ascertain with mv own eye*, unless a million
of ages bad passed long since? In a word, we
must dismiss this fantastical subject of geology
by observing that same Infinite Power which
could make out of stones children to Abraham,
nnd could create man, vegetables, and other
fruits of the earth at the instant of creation, and
for bis support, without any intervals of growth
er visible progress, could al all times either ent*
ploy or dispense with the operation of time,
whenever he judged it neoeasnry for any pur,
pose of bis wisdom or goodness.
the Nils. We have seen hand red other such
follies, nnd era have nn manner of doubt hufcxX
that Dr. Buck tend himself will yet live to giv^vj*
x muab bo’- 3r enewer to bis difficulties, than, a
priori, any human ingenuity can at present siq,!
ply hint. At any rate, to adopt the wards uf D ^
Johnson, lei us not distrust the most ancient aw.;
sacred of all records, and the concurrent fait,. \
of aff history, for theories nnd fonciea vesting I*.-.
on such a basis, as the most vague and unsettle.^ ">*
and uncertain of all sciences at ll\p present mo-,
men I—geology.
There is another consideration which uro*»
be obvious to all who givn-to the su> jeet tlie a .
tension which its importance so well merits, nu t
which is, that in all human Ifthprs and effort*
time is a ncceusary agent; thero is an essential
interval between cause and effect, (t is so •<*«
in the ordinary course and operations of Na
ture; the seed time, the early and the fotto*
rain, tho germination of the bud, the fructifies*
tion, and tlie ripening, mast all precede the nat
ural harvest or gathering into store. But as
regards God, than is one only ofhis creatures^
and not a necessary agent} it may, or may pot,,
according to his almighty will, be nn instrument
or may be entirely superseded and laid aside.
When the machine of Nature, or. the oreaied
qgprld, was completed, time became subject to
fixed laws and properties, and was thereafter
employed ao*p agent or instrument in working
out the will of the Almighty Creator, But be.,
fore his scheme of creation was completed, it
was a mere relation or creature, and wc most
admit and believe either that it had receiv,
ed no laws, or was suspended and dispensed
with. 'Thus, for example, the first map pud
woman were made in their full growth andstat*
uro at the moment of their cr< p ion; it was th*
same with all other animate brings, the spme
with trees, vegetables, Ate., the grass of the
fields, the stones and strata of tlie earth, aud all
the contents both of air and of the sea. To ap,
ply this argument to the case in point: “Known
unto God,” in the words of the sacred oraclea,
are all his works from the Legintifkig.” Is then*
■my difficulty, therefore, in believing that ha
foresaw and foreknew at once that such a qua?.
■fty and property of earth, such veget«ble matter,
such carbon, coals, alratiffcutioos, die., would
be required in such lands and islands for the dun
sustentation of mankind; and, in order to afford
such qualities of soil, ho either by his infinite
power, created thorn at once, or so accelerated
the properties of the secondary causes of tem,
perature, atmosphere, moisture, dryness, he,
which he knew to bc necessary to their forma,
tion (because lie had so rendered them) ns to
produce them at the time and place and season
in which human necessities required them}
for example, according to the ordinary opera,
tion ofseeondcauses, arid the Common course of
Nature, it might take, say a thousand years to
convert a stratum of fallen trees into a stratum
ol coal. God saw that this ordinary course
would not work out bis designs, and product!
sufficient for the want of his creatures: jio there
fore, either so qualifies and modifies the causes
already existing or brings others into operation,
ns to produce the same effect in a fifth or tenth
part of the time; perhaps by the muro operation
ofhis will at once; perhaps hy the chemical
properties of fire and wnter lodged io the how.
els ol the earth. We know that some springs
have the property of petrifying in a single year,
whilst others require centuries to produce the
same effect;'and as we know that Nature itself is
one great labratory or machine under the diroc.
tion of Providence, its operations might he re.
larded or acct-lleratcd according to his all suf.
ficient wtll and purpose.
As regards the fossil relies of supposed ani
mals and living creatures, from which tiie geolo
gist fetches his other arguments of the creation
of the world prior tu the account given by Mo.
scs, the whole argument rests upon premise*
wholly unsatisfactory and vague. First, are
these fossil relics the actual remains of animal
being or not, or are they mere casual forms and
resemblances? Now as there are no types with
which to compare them, to argue from such foe-
si I remains is all mere conjecture; and geologist*
are divided upon this very first principle of tlieir
own science. Let the reader consult Cuvier on
this point. Again, why is it necessary to sop.
pose that wherever there has been a shell there
must have been fish in it? Might not the shell*
have been one creature, or fossil or workman,
ship, and then animals another? Besides,, who
knows what is the structure, what the economy,
and what arc the materials of the centre of the
earth, the surface of which has not been pone,
t rated, at the utmost, more than between two or
three miles? What rivers may not percolate it,
what may not be their animal productions, and
of what kind and nature? Why should not the
bowels of this earth, utterly unknown to us con
tain innumerable and most surprising classes of
animal existence, suited by their peculiar na
ture to the elcmen's of fire and wholly different
from those which we discover in the beds of
at reams, or I he chnsms of mountains or its su rface?
With one-half of this globe we are perfectly un
acquainted—the caverns of the ocean. But in
the course of the last five hundred years, it is
well known iliat large portions of seas have reced
ed from their bids, whilst tlieir bottoms hnve been
heaved up in some instances and depressed in
others.