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. ‘ mnj i * ■ - sit LIVES ON IMPRESSMENT . (By an Englishman.) Oh! how kind and how soothing must Bri* tons appear, When the tune their wild harp to the sons of the main, When they sing of those deeds that must ever be dear, And the voice of pure senators blend with the stram. Yet ah, in the midst of this sounding applause ] Behold your brave warriors by bludgeons procured, Behoi'i them the prey of nefarious laws. And deep in the hold of a tender immured. Is this British justice i Is this the fam’d (and. Where slaves cannot breathe, and where chains are unknown ? Go view the dark dungeon, where sentinels ’ stand. And ma'k the sunk eye, and the sad sullen * tone. * - * Yes, gaze on that dungeon, deep, crowded and foul, Where bloated oppressors their sys:em dis play. . % , And if one spark of liberty glow in your soul, I Oh aid me to brand such detestable sway 1 Abborr’d be those miscreants who dare to decree, That he who resists the oppressor shall die, Abhorred be those miscreants who deem themselves free, Yet the boon to their daring defenders deny. If seamen possess what your statesmen require Let statesmen the usage of tyranny spurn, Let such prowess and skill as e’en foes must admire, Receive from the nation a grateful return If i were a seaman by ruffians opprest, And dragg’d like a felon from all that is dear, The legalized outrage my soul would detest, And shackles and dungeons should soon disappear*; When the land of my fathers declares me a slave, F> om a land so unjust *tis my duty to roam, Anu if hbert) beckon beyond the blue waye, It is my duty to make her blest region my home ... ifeliguju*- EXTRACTS from an essay on the Divine Authority or tub Ntir thstamenT, By DAVID BOUGE. Immortality is the glory of man. Take it away, and he sinks into in > significance. They debase human na ture who consider death as the close of their existence. But you shud der at the degrading thought; and. agreeably to the dictates of reason and truth deem yourselves formed for eternity. Cherish the vast idea ; and aspire after a happiness Which vi 1 never end. < * *1 rue Religion is the thing soug ht for; and it will be allowed that it ought to teach us not only whai God is, but how he is to be wor shipped and Served ; in what manner we may be admitted to enjoy his •friendship; and how we may do the things which please him. A reli gion which does not give us informa tion on these subjects, is entirely in sufficient. That a revelation from God is necessa*y for this purpose* has been a common sentiment among mankind: and may we not consider it just ? Let him who would deny it take a view of the condition of the world* and of the history of man. What nation in a state of nature, in N ancient or modern times, whether civilized or barbarous, has preserved itself from sinking into gross idola try ? Not an exception can be fotmd, unless k be rude tribes wmchare so stupid that no traces of religion are to bt discovered among them.—Wherever idolatry reigns, it is an evident proof, that men have stumbled and fallen at the very thi\ ahold of the temple • and have not advanced so far as to have a sight of the proper object of worship*— Ignorance of the nature of God has been uniformly attended with igno* v ranee of mans duty and condition, and of a future state of being; and likewise, as jmay naturally be expect ed. with the most dreadful depravity of manners, and the prevalence of everyrTOtid of vice.—uet the decep tion of the ancient neathen world in the epistle of Paul to the Romans, the Ist chapter from the 20th verse, to the end be compared with the most authentic documents of the state of morals among the pagan na trons of antiquity, or those of modern times; and it will oe found tnat the portrait drawn by the apostle is not overcharged in its colors, but is a* perfect likeness of the original. Were this an abstract question, arv answer might be more difficult, and |<*ss satisfactory : but it is a question of fact, anu the multitude of idola ter s n every heathen land proclaims the necessity of a divine revelation, f To aUcdgt that aocrates and Pla- Lto by thv oi reason djsco jfction.* The question **. what * a few persons of auperiqr g ave been able to do, but to find a rule of life for the mass of mankind. That they have not been able to discover it for themselves ; or if any have dis covered it, ihathey have not been able ’c> render it so far of use, as # to banish idolatry from a single city, ( anil had hundreds and thousands of years to do it in J y ancient Greece and Home, and modern China and Hindostan afford sufficient proof. If then men are to be made wise, and good, and happy by the know!* edge, and worship, and service of God, a divine revelation is absolute ly necessary.- That the possibility of a revelation was ever called in question, may justly excite surprise. If men can » convey their ideas to each other, j cannot God convey his to them ? If i we can send a message by one man , to another, or to many ; cannot God 1 employ men as messengers in revea } lmg his will to men ? t Arguing from the nature of God, there is likewise a probability of a divine revelation. His goodness and men’s felicity unite in the claim. If religion be lost on earth, who can assert it to be improbable, that God will restore it? The frequent pre tensions which have been made to a revelation from God, and the recep tion they have met with, shew that it is a sentiment congenial to the hu man mind. It is proposed to consider mature ly what the gospel offers in favour of its being a revelation from God ; and your serious attention is requi , red. After. Moses and the Prophets had paved the way, in the appointed ’ time Jesus Christ appeared ; and de clared that he was sent front God to be the saviour of sinners y and the/>ro phet of the human race. He called twelve men to be his disciples, to learn his doctrine from his lips, and to be witnesses of hi* life and death, of his resurrection and ascension.*-"* When he was about ta leave the earth, he gave them a commission to go forth unto all the world, to preach the gospel unto every creature, and to convert all nations : and he pro mised to send his Spirit to assist them in the arduous work. They obeyed their master’s voice ; and eve ry where they proclaimed his gospel. Their zeal was great, and their suc cess still greater. Had the doctrine only Boated In the living voice, and rested in the memories of men, it would, most probably, have been soon corrupted or forgotten. In order to prevent tins, and to preserve it in all its pa rity to the latest ages, it became ne cessary that it should be committed to writing . With this design they composed various treatises, contain lugi/nr life of Christ, the history of the planting of Christianity , letters to the societies or churches which they l had and * prophetical book in the form of an anticipated history of the Christian religion, from the death of Christ to the end of the world. These treatises were carefully col lected into one volumn by the dici ples of a succeeding age : and that volumn is called Ihe New Testa ment. The witnesses profess, that - it comprises a full account of the Christian religion in all its parts : that nothing can be added to it with out a crime, by any man or body of men ; and nothing taken away.—. They further insist, that the book was written by divine inspiration • God, they say, so influenced their minds and directed their thoughts, that it has neither error nor mistake. Every historical fact is recorded as it really was ; every doctrine it con tains, is the real doctrine of Jesus Christ; every precept is his com mand ,* and every prediction is from the Spirit of Jehovah, who sugges ted it to their minds. With respect to language , while every one followed that way of expressing himself which was natural to lum, and which con stituted his proper style ; God so di rected their pens, that the words they j made use of were properly fitted to ! convey the meaning of the Holy ! Spirit#* his revelation of the will of j God. v , Along with these high pretensi ■ ons, the New Testament claims to | itself the exclusive prerogative of * conducting the children of men to 1 eternal blessedness. Such as refuse its tlivine authority, it charges with the heinous crime of shutting the Idoor of mercy against themselves, and drawing down destruction upon their own heads. But those who submit to its guidance, it promises to introduce to the /riendship of God, to the purity and pleasures of the Christian life* 44 He that believeU| on the Son hath everlasting lifl: birf he tfcat beiieveth not the Son shall t *■” iL’- K * Even Socrates and Plato were idolaters ; they conformed, and advised others to conform to the religion of their country—to gross idol atry and absurd superstition. One of the last “acts of the former, who is accounted the wisest and best man of Pagan antiquity, was to ode* a cock to Esculapius. If the wisest, anti mo&t learned were so blind, what must the foolish and the ignoiatu be i -1 $ not see life, but the wrath of God jbideth o*» him/ John Hi Sfo-jjkz Wbetber these claims c*n be sub stantiated or not, is the point at is sue. The writer believes they can be substantiated : he. therefore, en treats the serious Attention of every reader. All he asks is, that every argument may have tJsat degree of weight given to it which ii deserves. He will he permitted to add,, that it i is the language of a friend, who is i not contending for victory, not seek- I ing to prop up a system of falsehood because by. this craft he has his liv ing ; but who writes from a disinte rested love of truth, and from an ar dent desire to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures. ADDRESSED TO PARENTS* The preposterous and pernicious practice of TIGH 1’ LACING, which prevails so generally among the young ladies of the present day, in | duces me to awaken your attention, by pointing out the many dreadful effects which are daily occuring from this growing evil.’ Some of the brightest ornaments of their sex have already fallen vic tims to this darling fashion. Many are still trembling on the verge of the grave, while, their anxious pa rents look with tender and mourn ful solicitude for their recovery when neither art or nature can af ford relief. Others are closely fol lowing this phantom with an infatu ated teal, that cannot fail to produce the same result. How painful it is to see these young and delicate crea ■ tures in company unable to bend their bodies, and hear their short and hurried respiration, which top plain ly 6hews, the lungs are so tightly compressed, they are unable to di late or perform their functions. The consequence of this violent and me. chanical pressure is frequently a displacement of some of the inter nal vital organs, adhestons and dis • tortions. Sometimes the violence of of pressure strangulates the exter r nal vessels of the organs ; this over • charges the internal vessels with a redundant quantity of blood, and hence inflammation, congestion, dif ficulty of breathing, and along train of nervous affections, which have al ready brought many beautiful and accomplished girls to an untimely grave, who otherwise might have lived an ornament to society and a blessing to their friends. This prevailing fashion not only invites many lata! deseases, but dis figures the body, renders the person stiff and awkward, and destroys en tirely the natural ease and elegance of the shape. Grace consists in a free and easy motion, and cannot bear restraint. Therefore I hope you will exert yourselves for the sake of the lives of your daughters, ; as well as their accomplishments to divest them of this pernicious prac tice# ; A FRIpND. j K, Intelligencer* A CONUNDRUM Teat every species of writing may do good, and that a strong im pression of a moral or religious sen timent on the mind of youth may be as lasting as life, is strikingly exem plified by the following fact. A gentleman in Philadelphia, ad-’ vanced in age,; and who has been much in what is called the vsirld, re lates of himself, that at the age of e lcven or twelve years, he went for the first time to London—Hearing a person crying Conundrums through the streets, and never having heard the word before, he supposed that Conundrums were something good to eat. He accordingly stoped the cri er and asked for a Conundrum ; when, to his great surprize and disappoint ment, a little book was offered him. Ashamed of his ignorance and error, which he wished to conceal, he bought the book and hastened off as fast as possible. As soon as he got to his lodgings, he was curious to learn what a Conundrum meant. He opened his book, and found that Conundrum First was as follows,— 44 Why is profane swearing like a ragged coat? Answer, Because it is a bad habit.” This* made such an impression on his mind, that amidst all the temptations to which he has been exposed, he affirms that he has never sworn profanely from that day to the present. May the reading of this anecdote prevent or correct 44 a bad habit” in t others# AGRICULTURE. To the Editors of the Star • Cooper*s Point , AT. J, March 24# Respected Friends, Considering the present prospect of our cdhntry, and its relations with other nations of the earth, it ap pears to me that any thing that will assist m the promotion of agricul ture and*manufactures ought to be communicated. And'as it is well known that moist food is necessary for ewes and lambs, especially when l the ground is centred with snow, I I have tried the several kinds com- f mon in this state, and find from , experience Carrots to be the best and most productive* I have used them several years at the time the ewes were bnnging forth and suck ling their lambs, without losing one that has ever been able to stand. As carrots are not commonly cul tivated in my neighborhood, or per haps in the state, 1 will give you my method, hoping that those possess ed of better will communicate them* I manure the ground well (ashes are good) and plow or dig it deep, then make it into beds of a width that may be weeded by standing in a path between them, and not stand on the bed to harden it; after the bed is raked smooth, take a board made thin at one edge and make cresses across the bed about a foot apart, in which put the seeds thin, and them slightly; between the rows, I tend with a hoe, but the rows I clean by hand and thin the carrots if too thick; they should be put in in March or the forepart of April, and kept clean of weeds or grass. Ground that has been occupied with potatoes the pfeceedirig year', and kept clear of weeds, is best. By the above process I have raised, by actual measurement of roots and ground, at the rate of full eight hun dred bushels of carrots to the acre, & their being so very nutrious, com ing out of the earth so clear of dirt, easy to wash and cut for use, induces me to give them the preference to any other moist food for sheep in winter. As it is now time to plant carrots, if you will give the above a place in your next paper, after correction, l conceive you will do a great kind ness to your readers, and oblige your real friend* \ _ JOSEPH COOPER. ADMINISTRATOR s SALE. On the 20 th day of May next K at the plantation of Susanna Kolb , deceased) of Jackson County , WILL BE SOLD ’ . V- • J , • the personal property of -said dec . Consisting of a Horse, Waggon and hind geer, Cattle, Hogs. Sheep, Household and Kitchen Furniture, with other articles too tedious to e numerate. Terms made known on the day of sale. JAMES, CASH, Administrator • Apiil 7thy 1814. EXECUTOR’S SALE. On Friday the 6th day of May next at the lute residence of Sarah Stokes of Madison county , deceased , WILL BE SOLD , to the, highest bidder, on a credit of twelve months, part of the personal property belonging to the estate of William Stokes, deceased , and part Os the personal property belonging to the estate of Sarah Stokes , deceased , CONSISTING of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Geese, Household & Kitchen Furniture, Plantation Tools I and Farming Utensils. Notes with approved security will be required. WM. M. STOKES, Surviving Executor of Wm. Stokes, dec « If Executor of Sarah Stokes , dec* April Iff | 1814. x TAILORING BUSINESS, Watkixivillk. 1. E. PASCHAL respectfully ac quaints the inhabitants of Watkins | ville and its vicinity, and the public ; in general, that he has commenced • the above business in this place in all its various branches, and that his utmost endeavors will be exerted for the complete carrying it on. He will be extremely assiduous to give satisfaction to those who may be | pleased to employ him ; and their I favors will be gratefully acknow-. ledged. He will be at pains to pro cure the neatest and newest fashions His terms will be moderate and ac . commodating. April 7 , 1814. NOTICE. | ; •'. - - The Co-Partnership heretofore subsisting between the subscribers in the town of Watkinsville* Clarke County, under the firm of Brows Os Oliver is this day dissolved by mu tual consent—And all Bonds, Notes, Book Debts, or other claims due the said firm are to be paid to and settled with Bedford Brown, to whom they are assigned by said Oliver, and who alone is authorised to receive and set tle the sam# * BEDFORD BROW If* JOSEPH OLIVER . December 23, 1813. N. B . I have empowered George D* Payne to settle the books andjr ceive payment of the debts due the ! late firm of Brown and Oliver—and all other books and papers placed in his hands at different times in I 1 am interested. B* lUiGJi AL M # (COPY) Ml Trtasu y Depa^tikent.y A Feb. 23. Id 14 5 SIR* * In the designation of the cqlleo tion districts within the United S*;<itco,j contained in the act u foi the a&*t.ss ment and collection of direct pixeo! und internal duties.” passed os* the 22d day of July last, Madison conn* ty in Georgia is not sptcified or jit?’ tached to any of the collection di stricts establised in that state, and it is presumed was not known tor exist, by Congress, when the said act was passed. This county has been formed from the counties of Elbert, Franklin, O glctborpe, Jackson, and Clark, which arc situated within two different dis tricts, viz : the fourth and fifth i»> that state. By the last clause in the first seo tion of the act above referred to, th© Secretary of tne* Treasury is author ised in such case, to’ determine to which of the collection districts th© new county shall belong. I hav® therefore in pursuance of the author* ity thus vested in me determined that Madison ‘county in Georufm shall belong and be attached to the fourth Collection District within that state ; of which you will please advise the'collectors of the two dix tricts, that they may make the same known to all persons concerned, and govern themselves accordingly. lam respectfully, sir,. Your obedient servant, f Signed,) G. W. CAMPBELL* The Coommissioner of the Revenue* PUBLIC NOTICE* Is hereby given that the •-several acts of Congress passed at their last session, laying certain internal du ties, will Uke effect from and after! the 31st day of December, 18<3#j The provisions of which must bo complied with on pain of incurring; the penalty attached to the violation thereof. These provisions require retailers of wines, spirituous liquor* or foreign merchandize to apply in writing for and obtain license a owners or superintendants of still* intended to be worked to make ap* plication for and obtain license ; auc tioneers, to enter into bonds, anti under certain circumstances to tak© out a license refiners of sugar t© enter into bonds ; owners or keep ers of carriages to enter into th© same and obtain- a certificate of the payment of the duiy ; and discount ed notes and bonds, together with, bills of exchange, to be stamped. All physicians, apothecaries, or chemists, who retail foreign drugs* or other foreign goods, wares or mer chandize are required to take licen* ses. In case they retail medicines i* which there are no wines or spiritu ous liquors, except such as they hav© used in the preparation or nuking: up of medicines—the license for merchandize other wines and spirits will suffice. Physicians who only dispose of the-medicines used by in tlieilf practice, are also to taka licenses, unless in cases where auck medicines are given in chartutyV Persons interested may vxamirrtl the said laws at my office ; w here th«i mode of making application and du ties payable with othei circumstan ces proper for them to nt acquainted with, may be learned’ DUDLEY JONES, ! Collector of the Revenue for thti 4th Collection District, of Georgia.- 1 Collector's office, Carnesville , > Georgia f 22 d Mar?h y Y 814. $ »*■->■■■■ i ■ ■■■lT. ■— i.i »t > r «'» ■— “—l GEORGIA, Jackson county t /At an Inferior Court held for or* dinary purpose Si in for the county a\ foresaidy Oft Tuesday the sth day oj | February , 18k 4* Present David Wit Charles Vcnable v and Joseph DaviSy F.sqrs* UPON the petition of Samuel -Henderson assignee* o\ Holman man stating that Thomas M'Caixi in his life time executed h.*s bond* to make titles toja certain bounty of land containing two hundred and eighty seven and half acres, and thta said Thomas departed this life in-* testate and withe‘it executing title* to the said boußty of iauti pi aying the Court to direct the administra-* tor of the estate of the said 1 honias M’Cain to execute titles in terms of the law. It is therefore ordered that the administrator of the said! deceased wiLl at the Court of OrdL nary to be held in and for this couft* ty on the first Monday in July,. be ; directed to execute titles to the>ai4 tract of land in terms of; th< law unless cause be shewn to thi contrary, and that this rule he pub fished in one of the public gazette of this state at least three month before the sitting of said eourt an advertised in two or more publj places in this county. v ; A true copy from the minutes. :* EbWARD ADAMS* C. C.O) ‘ll ANIS” W cm BS »AD’ ergiUs Of*>cg£