Athens gazette. (Athens, Ga.) 1814-18??, September 08, 1814, Image 4

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ni!V r •A* | ** . ‘ ‘ •-•"• fP||p*f a?i ss* ■&**i™ Authority :>^'7^ 0ff r rr.Fr4m.vr f ,» v T By DAYJI) BOGUE. iffiii * i ■ - : v cinji Number of. the ■'■■'. * Witnesses* w wat o!!ic® ran be conceived it,ore important to the happiness* of iji ,*»ik'3jid T * than that of the perspns were to bsi the witnesses of 3e« and to, testify his divine mission to the world “tjfhe choice rested hiiiiselfV Htu) he selected them from the rabbles, rmd scribes, arid priests, it might have beeiwkia y faceted, that there wus a design, by tneuns “Os human literature/ to im* . |>rr>e upon mankind. By the choice j which was made* this suspicion is a ’ bided. , Christ called men from the ordinary employment of the mass of society. .\%Jo then* moral, impfove merit and churactei*, they appear to y h?ve been plain, serious, good men, wlib.j hjuj read tHe old 1 estameht Yftn ‘attention, and were -■ ywveiLacquainted with its Contents./’ v By the muutb of two or three vexty end-, of testimony is weTed. Mint the matter” t« V. bs.tc&tifted > here‘s was uncommon ; _ ; tfeitfuK;’ C’firist employed a >‘ivrh greater number* He called ■ ipftht. TT-his will'be allowed to be yuiip}c.. r If two of three may be sbjA y of artifice, apd may be able tp tjrvjtcf u falsehood) ri: isdtlFicuSt for twelve to do so. At the same time thu ■ union in bearing . testimony, wJi strengthen the weight of the *t videpe. * The,persons chosen bad the best *of understanding yh,u jMhey\pre t«i'testify. Clu;iU admit ted them into his /.They lived with him upwards of three ‘• Tears. He favored t ?ifccm* with the mos* i h tirXiate frieiulsbip / and they hud a, perfect know ledge of ids cha* .factor, ‘dispo'dtiou, the actions of Jiis iifel bis death, and ul! (Sis* vyondfbus scenes which followed, y«U they at cvl,/l y bebuid Ijtim ascend; to heaven.—* Nothing -.vai.kopt secret from them \ and ~tiu-.re was .no reserve.Ty The Grecian philosophy* had .tUSir/iy/B r/i/rcand their ex juris... dpttrlnes,—• /1 .'.home t pi'eten. led a revelation from , tb prevent ivmttssubaan from . Ga y quitted by N ©Unrig like Xnc:-e to be igubd’ in tie was •accessible at every hour. His .’disci* £ pics saw the whole of bis behaviour; .- uud heai>] the whole of his doctrine, T hey lived with him on terms of the greatest, yet most respectful inti mu* G;y- so that never men had fairer Opportunities of knowing any matter than were presented to apostles, of knipwipg every thing relative to this ‘eiiaractep;Sc mission of, Jesus Ghrjst. ‘Their SHiaPjieatums fln bearing ’ les*■ jVc uitibny io >Chrjss. fXy, }M those who appear to give their * U-.stim.on£ uv matters of importance, V'd havb a right v to look for two things; namely, and in!tgri+ iw Get us examine |ff they are jo be /found men. , b v : ° v A moderate portion of intellect tv ill be sidticjcnt in the present case, things to be tcstilied is aoHa . Kiuttfer of abstruse &pecula.tton ; but s ; a cpilection of fittts, on winch soma plain principles nuturally resulting Trpm them, are founded.; ; What ; AieaMue of capacity ornvairpossess es, nathing will more plainly disco* ‘ r , tlian his writing of a bookU— ’ ;i iie witnesses of Jesus Christ have ■dooc-ihis : New Testament / every <|ne, there V'tfci, no delect to disqualify them Tofthe ofee. J Bat. the heart, must bt/fcouad, sa #wdi hs the head. Integrity is nb timely to render a test!* mossy credible ; and is indeed the thmg. ;To a oahdid enquirer, 1 w*ho wU&M every cw wMmstance its ’ * due weight It f^kient, thAt ;f Words in in writings if a long courts t of ac* and sufferings cun demunstvatfl T inUgrHV* never were there uiVearlh yptiglsr mtrMijn the apostles ol Jesofe Christ* • , ... s*l %ui uomttmic-s, where men have r to possess a go^Ui#Jer ir JuSSng and nnqUvStmimbk i juegrh llt.vT *° eutircJyjjindiif *htm<siasm> z* W be. fUafri dw pm • Grated hiiagilUitsoiwr-and ofihtWGiCa* ted Bhuu b U tut vi. • vhe fSSiMif* *** bc > ytkW'ttef b*&W*x*ia*U t khmad&'s o inpmiL rue Wla-kls ju>t v but n dpes not apply, phfM&M the records ol m£it Uyes.: ’ **mt*~- • u.crt,: a 1 : ■s%. u- s ; ,lwi can’'-employee- mind ; 1 phd no'Wii4fghts ci iinai> , t} iMlft . strongest l&ction ,• but the subject | loya'a sufficient foundation for the ,h fj Christianity, if h, haveon* sparkof j candor’ remaining in hid breast, must AptsUevtmless'theV really believed what they so often asserted, concerning the resurrection of Christ could not;be, enthusiast*. If they stole bis dead body, as the soldiers asserted, the very act. must have cuced them of enthusiasm. If it re mained in the grave, frauds and not enthusiasm, must have published that Jesus was risen. * But their conduct sb>ws, that they were con vinced, that he rose from the dead, and appeared to them afterwards, and ascended to heaven befoie their eyes. Hence that noble ardor for the propagation of the truth, which animated the whole of, their future life. Men may cull this,, enthusiasm if they will ; but their department and writings clearly demonstrate, that they were the farthest of any of the.human race from, the charac ter of enthusiasts, iu the common despicable sense, of the word. ■ — •»*»— \ MAJOR GENERAL WINFIELD V SCOTT. /■ ‘* *•’ >j * t'i- > ‘ V ‘-S'.y This.gallant soldier who has not tet attained his thirtieth year, is a native of this county, f DipwiddieJ— in this state h*f received his educa tion, and its last polish at the col lege of William and Mary. With shiU, diligence, • . preseverance and unrivalled eloquence, be practiced the law for sushort time in the adja-, Cent counties. But his great soul as pired to .** deeds of anus He ep- L terfed t’ne service of his country in. I BOS, with the commission of Capcam - ot light artillery, and th a short time 1 joined the southern army under Gen. Wilkinson. His arrest, th<? charges ; against him, apid his tjii parartlled defence on that occasion, has long since been before the. pub lic. This noble defence convin ced the cabinet at Washington and the world at large, that he was the scholar the politician, and the soldier. Sihce then, no man has ascended the military ladder with more resplen dent rapidity than has WTnQeM Scott uvo more guilds and he will have topped the climax of military l\onox. Glowing with friendsSvip, venera tion, and pride fcg\ this brave soldier, a number of citizens of Petersburg, 7as w< .are informed, have resolved to have made an elegant SWORD, with appropriate devices to be pre sented to the Hero of Chippewa and Bridge iVater .'—ln bis hands we ard confident it will never be drawn but in defence of his country’s rights, and never tarnished but by the blood of our foe.— Petersburg Republican*, ‘ V - Nfw York, July 30. y V HEROES OF VALPARAISO.: Dinner to the trews of’ the Essex and Essex Junior, t On Wednesday fast thd remainder of the brave crews of the Essex fri gate, and Essex Junior, assembled 6u the.hatterjyat 2 o’clock, r. «, to the number of about 200 ; their ap v! WkaOßlJTllttee arr^l, b enien '» inarched in procession, accompa. lijjeil by and full band to-sTrant’* offend them:* and’ « Fru Trade and .Sailor's Rights -,” both the During the procession ti»e streets . were crowded with citizens testifying their gratitude by repeated bursts 5 • applause to those noble Seieuden of their s&usnfo’ The; Boat.; swain of the Et,** Junior f the Boat aw am of the absent J presided Uyeatcy v» miner smi dmn tos'rs] canopy of the rotim being supported by 1 fluted ‘columns,* were encircled v,'dh . laurel, and cute iflei w,th the Wt»ft.odore> BBGM >£»**«* fAt the hcau of the table was a beautiful l»r» > v' Cy ° f ce ’?‘ Jl^ ore f««T» l” IL~ “ W * T £«l*r. : *.[ LISMr ,v|l! * ‘ a confplete ship in W $£ yssax—at I ’’-aik, 1’ “L. ‘ *■'****■ * : 7s s - 7 .f --’ ‘ f , J pmcc/stoß and head&d ,by the- Presi dent and vice Presidents of \he day proceeded to the circus, tkh Pit of which hud been appi;6pmledio those naval heroes—and with pleasure we bear testVftiony to the extreme good conduct : observed by the whole party, t! ; v ; A ‘’ \f \ ‘ A writer in a Charleston fS. C. ) p£ser proposes, that a 74 gan-shipto be called the Essex, be built by a subscription of citizens at one dollar each / in order to confer the com mand of the‘vessel on the galiaat ; Captain Porter* v< ■* •> / , ‘ ’ V <• • ‘* ■ \ - , GEORGIA, ‘ j Court of Ordinary % . y Adjourned Clark County, J/- o th June> 18 ii ; . RULE NISI. r On the petition of Isaac Middle - brooks, Jun. praying that the execu tors of John Maxt y, deceased, in ay be directed to make titles to him of, ‘in, and to a tract of Ifcnd in fee sim ple, lying in Wilkinson county to the one of two lots, either N0.,61 in ,&he fifth, or No. 1 in the fifteenth aistricts, the choice of which lot was left to the said Isaac brooks, which he hereby signifies Hm be lot No. 61. Agreeably to a bond made by the said Maxey in his fife time to the said Middle brooks? a co py of which is here filed in the court. It is ordered that the executors of the said Maxey make titles accord ingly in pursuance of the provisions of an acj ofpthi% state in such cases made,. unle«i cause be she wn against the same at a~court to be held in said county of Clark on the first Monday In September next. , A true copy , from the Minutes • JOHN HODGE, C. C. O ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. ,'•j > ■ -•i£rV\ ■- ,? ;•’ • J, • v> 1 * , - ’ L . \ •■ f WILL BE SOLD ‘ Agreeably to an order from tht Hj iq rable'Court of Ordinary of Ogle : tfynrpe. County ? on the firs t Tuesday . In October next, at N't ■ , ‘ * LGROES of various descrip tions belonging to the estate of Sam* uel Cessna, deceased. Terms of sale fhacie known on that day by the ADJUiiiSTRATOH* : / August 15, 18 i - ——■— mi» i nine <<P caution. ‘• t I kforwarn all persons from trad ing for a certain note or due bill gi ven by me to Wm. Ne.sbet of Jack son county for 99. dollars. 25 cents, with a credit on it of 66 dollars. 75 cents, with interest, leaving a balance in his favor of something more than 30 dollars which. 1 have paid. RICHARD H. LONG. August *5, 1814. 1,11 * **” s’ NOW IN JACKSON JAIL, A Negro Boy about 16 or 17 years of age, thin visage, says his name is Jack, that he belongs to Ezekiel Aki itige of Clark county./ The own er is requested to come forward, prove his property, pay charges and take him away, K / ANDREW COLLINS,. , , //'; . . Jaihr* August. 14, 18 \ 4t. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. . In pursuance to an Order of the Infe rior Court of Jasper County^ WILL ME SOLO lx the town of MomieeUo, on Tues * day the 25t/i of October next, within the usual hours r— ‘ ■ON£ Lot of Land containing two hundred two and a half acres, No, 67* 15 th Distinct, joining Gilbert Shaw and others, bein£ alltheprp? perty of James Pinson* deceased-- lobe soldier the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased* t . : Terms, one half to be paid in hand and the balance twelve months there after. ‘ v - fI jr T A. C. ATKINSON* .Adm'r* August 12, 1314. i-:; k ? ‘V- * ■ NOTICE. >■/;/ . f'. % WILL BE LET ... - : • >£s ; ,- • jf, ■ L ,'J! Tp the Lowest Bidderfat Danieisvilie, on the \sth dey of Sep» IT temper uexiy the r - . - . v * BVllßim OF TBk 3ML for^he Cauntj of Madison ♦ V ; v * ALSO,.,;J W;Ji be gffcrtd for sail lo the Highest ‘ v * .*3 .. v< “ *,.- ■‘y ■ 1 ** ;-t2, ALL THE LOTS ;: ■ v which rem?»m unacM. The pachas ,er giving j|oud and improved Scan- \ hatt* payable the. 25ih oe* w 5* Tenndniug ttftivlj months t^^iter^rthe, yile s ta ‘be mfcde’ on lire refcttpt -oFthc iii&t,p;ayirniiiu ‘4 - \ 4& « ’ ’B* t*tk’ Augtsi 10, r$U» - ‘ ■*; y-jL.Ac*OTttfi£ C-V-jS* •!, I Dd hereby pefloas. from trading for given subscribejr by Benjamin I). of Greene > county i> for ten due sometime in !|'N& said note has been lost o f r ..mislaid that ff cannot had it. • ‘> Y-h££ p3 W UJ ROBERTS. July 28, 1311. ‘ - ‘ NOTICE. Nine months afterdate applica tion will be made to the honorable the Inferior Court of Clark County, when sitting* for ordinary purposes, for leave to seH two humh edt acres of land f the'same being more or’ IcssJ lying and being in said count/ on the waters of porter’s creek, granted to Jobn Barnett, jo'ming lands of BroVn, and Also two hundMd and sixty #cres,. lying and being in Jackson comity on the waters of Curry's creek, near Jefferson, granted to Brantly.— The afonesaid tracts of 1 land to be 1 sold for the ’benefit* ojf thp heirs and creditors of John Barnett, deceased, late of Clark. County. • , JOUN F. BARNETT, / \ j • *’• /, r Administrator ‘ Ju{y 7, 1814. - GhORGIA) Clark county • WHEREAS Silly Green has ap plied for letters of administration on Ihe estate of John R. Green, lately deceased in CanuipiT^cGiinty, These arc there lore to cite and a*V monish all and singular the kindreu and creditors of s:vicl, deceased to file their objections in my if *any y they have, within the” time preesri bed by law or said letters will be granted. IGiveri under my hand at office thft fith July, ISM. 4 JOHN - HODGE, C. C. O. G tit.) H GIA» i a f CLARK SUPERIOR CGURI\ y ‘ADJQU/tX S'EtI'EMBBR rjKIiU, i S i3* * James Thomas, } ■ < J f RULE NISI. V#» ii J» i.-- ‘ Michael. A. Gauyain-Vj ,. 1 y , 1 UPON; the petition of JainCs Tho- 1 ; n&s praying the foreclosure of the e* . quity of redemption contained in a cbrt&in mortgage, given by a .Mich ael, A. Gaevaia to. the .said James /i hOroas, ofi a certain tract of land containing six hundred acres> being part of two five thousand acre tracts ofland granted to Charles Henry D 4 Estamg, including-a tract of onsf hundred and thirty acres, lately oc cupied by John Thomas and su'd, to said m V GauvainJ'by said John Thomas, the* said land lying and be ing in the county and state aforesaid on the waters of; Trail creek, for the j better securing the v payment *iof a Certain sum {herein specified.., It is -ordkred, . that the said Michael A. Gauvain do pay into this court in twelve months from this date, the principal and iiHecystio said mortgage contained, nudythe cost emended in and abqut the iofe closing the same, or be burred* -his equity* of redemption in and to the same, i And that this rule be pub lished once a month for twelve - months in one of {he public gazettes;- of this state, of served upon the de fendant six months previous to the Un*e required by this rule, to jpsy off ; the sum contained in s.aid mortgage, y A True Copy from the Minutes of said < i Court this sth day of January, 1814. STERLING liLUERv Clerk. ■■■'V; NOTICE. ir £*■-’ * ‘ - k v^'J’ ,a “; v / k # NiNjE months alter date applica tion will be made to the honorable % Inferior Court of Clarke county, lor leave to sell 84 acres of land on Ber ber’* creek, joining lands of Parker and others, being part of the real,; estate of William deceas ed—-to be sold fot* the benefit of the heirs and creditors of Said deceased. . ■ SALLY BAN&STON, Executrix JONATHAN MELTON, Executor. ’ July WT-B'l4.Jgj B \ NOTICE. Nine, months afterdate applica tion will be made to the Honorable Court oj Ordinary ofMadisop coun ty for leave tb-seil one tpzcX 0/ land* 1 j containing one hundred fay Lid forty a ) cres, more of Jess, lying ifttheechm-;; ay of Oglethorpey on the waters of ; Cloud’s creek, adjoining Job Feltpn. deceased, Lewis l/ester and and lot No. 2H, twelfth district of- Baldwin* now Jasper—sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of Hardy Sanders, deceased. y .. WILLIAM SANDERS, - ‘. %• * *Tj ~- f ■'iJT ■■ * Guardiapu *% V.». TANARUS, March w, ia;'4f . M . : .* ——» GEORGIA, Franklin. . .c 5 BROUGHT TO JAIL %?'■ !On t m 2#th of July Man of dark complexion, cuds his name Coleman, he says longs to Stephen- Hereof ; county, lives%n the Apaiathge nca& Floyd’s • Mills. Tk ‘quested’ ta'~cOrme with the law fctft take C* * 4 *t. *T£HH|tLU A u&Q iIQIA » ‘Si fvc Cc vv =Vl? 3$ .. *4.; _ ‘ ~ • ’V’ - * -I - ■■•.; \:-, vs Tyri} - “A ■ “ f * ‘ -I'*™ Ike. pctjifpn of Thoitjas jjKfliii ncy praym# ‘that of Beattie M ’ K. ighc yywcehse and, uia’ be directed to make tOT* to icer tarn tract of land in fee simple, con tainiug'two hundred twp and a hal ncfci, in the i9ih district of Wil kins6n county, and state of Georgia known and distinguished in the piai of said district by Nor. or,e hundrec and forfy-twc, agreeably to a bond inode by the said JBeatiie in his life mm the said Thomas, a copy o* which is here hied in court. . ON motion, it is ‘that the administrators of the* rjiM Beattie M*K.igney, deceased? make titles m pursuance of the LegHkt* «foi this state lih such case made provided/m.. 1 . cause be shewn he donirary at -a Court to bo hoi vdeh in .and for the county of Clark dn the first Monday in November next. • > A true raps; from- the Minutes*;. % ■ V t v c* a o.n* 7"“ “notice. ’ ■ NINE month* . fycm, the data hereof application v i!l be made t» the Honorable 1 Inferior Court of s&rk County, tor * leave to sell the; Real Estate of the Uto Col. Peter Randolph, deceased, or .as much thereof as is situate in the said,coup* tyfor the bent-lit of the hjtirß and creditors. - * J V-;•'%*’ $ THOMAS W. COBB, Vi /idm. cum; icjt. annexe* March 21, 181 4. pi :- ‘ v ‘. ‘ t ■»» «■«■ 111 ■ “■'■■<ll/’ ■»- ■ iw.f> / <*-*!► i db EO RGI A, Ja c ksun €ouhtj> ‘ ’; WfZPJQR QOVJi T. ;;K|| ‘/J 1 HE Petition of James M. Montgomery and-. Thomas Hyd<v guardians, state that an original bond*, to the Court of Ordinary of county, for the performance of ib«v duties of guardian to David Rogers# Thomas S«. Rogers* Mary Rogers Sc John H. Rogers, orphans of T tymnatf Rogers,/deceived, by Daniel John* son and Martha hiswife, wbich botttA -was signedhy Daniel Jciiiisod, mas Jdhnsoo MiU John Hampton, X copy of which with an affidavit'.'otf? its. loss is V, and you** petitioners- pray vhe establish nier;U of the said copy in lieu of the ongri* flab -Py c* ’> V ... On motion of John M. Dooly at# torney for the petiturners,.it is orders cd that a copy of this , petition and . order be published once a month for six months in one of the public ga zettes of this state, and that unless* sufficient cause is then shewn, lh<* said copy will be established in liifr of the original. ; V A True ‘ Copy 1 , from the Minute fW }Marsh Term 1814. : 'r ■ ;-'Ti } ‘C” ‘’ -!■ v edwakd aoA*jp..aw% GEORGIA, > ‘ “v- / | • franklin ‘Cohziy* 5 fit: ‘-V ft ■ W"; v”. ■ • V ; . > J 4^-i^df hiFßi]Ltt>x faux?, fiktiitVAßW Teas | r\ ‘ ;i:k ‘ Ntk petition of Hudson Md*S> stating to the coftrt that some tir, l © ago, he was possessed of a ;recoil given th him by fames M. for the sum of Two Hundred DoHai'% whicß tvas in discharge of a noie which lie Tlad executed to said Thue** mom and which tyas payiablc, cm ihe» h ol December* dio4,. which i’C«| ceipt he has Just or mislaid so that it cannot be found* A copy pf wbicU ‘• as well as he can recollect is in,th«;| words and figures follow in g-*» ,?' 4 ; ■ April l?th, 1309. { Mrs, f )■ Then received of Hudson iMo*® Two Hundred Dollars in for a certain note that the saiJ 1 gave to me—l say received by nye» JAMES Test—Garland Dane. wHereupon mm s*s**%, by the Court, that the co* py of receipt bu sos the original artless cause - !>'Al<ewn ‘ to the ookriiy wulun Uie tip® pre* scribed by the statute la c&SW made and provided^ A true cap.’ taken the minutes^ ■ JtRED* BEALCyG. U C yi | ‘'fMq? Mh) IS 14. fp /• rijlfll GEORGIA, %’irfts county. ‘ By David,Tferyeil, Clerk of the Chuit of Ordinary of, said county. , WHEREAS John has »P| plied for ldftenlj of admlnHtra^O? 5 With «e w ill annexed, of CokSajAa and lack, late of this county, ed. i :se are therefore to cftct'tn ill and. bmgulai the h and jjreiand ct*edibu sos saidr«ece^ f - ahpeupat a courCof ord Mary- ■ to l J j4^ ; oiN\y 0 . thf ; hHt - hlbcr"he >;,.tifthctr therpy cpnCvf/ if any ) why |[ grahted. ■ ■ly band - his Ut^>f t ■