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< QcUaiotts*. V EXTRACTS t Ftom an essay on the Divine Authority OF ME he nr fEsrAMEXTy ’? By DAVID BOQUE. % ■— ftftweet —■ Their Martyrdom , as a Seal to their ’ , Testimony . ‘ x Whkn men die for opinions, it shews that they are strongly attach ed to them. When persons of sound judgment and good sense, and in o tber respects, of moral rectitude do so, it is a proof that they believe the opinions to be true. ’ But it is proper and necessary to enquire into the foundation ,of this belief. If it be founded on facts, facts which are palpable* numerous, diversified, im portant, witnessed to many, who all,agree report, and ujhcre it was mortftk impossible they could have beejpTimposed on, their mar tyrdom is to be considered as the fi ; fei seai of their testimony. Such Martyrs were the apostles of Christ; arid the facts to which they bore testimony had all the qualities which have been just enumerated. Had Mahomet died asserliug the f reality of his visit to heaven on the beast Alborac and that all- the strange things, which he says he heard aml*saw, were true i. the evi dence is so slender, that the farthest ♦ We could go in assenting to ins de clarations is, U He asserted it to be a fact.’* But when twelve men inform us that they lived’ up awards, of three years, heard his dis v courses, saw his miracles, were wit- his death, were in compa ny with him many times after his resurrection, beheld him ascend to heaven 1 , received th%Holy Ghost ac cording to his promise, and were en abled to apeak languages which they never learned, to work miracles, aruf heal the iick,» and raise the dead, (things which- they had is it pqapible that they could be deceived as to the reality and certainty of the facts ?, , Thj| shadow of a doubt cannot remain. There anay have been martyys of pride , who would rather suffer death than give up their sentiments ; and wlio v scornea to be compelled to un say what they had said, and to adopt another’s creed, and cast away their own. There have been numerous martyrs of opinion , death proves nothing more than their sin cerity , and that they believed their opinions to be true. How Widely do the apostles of Christ differ from both, ‘and rise above both. They may be justly denominated martyrs of facts. In matters of opinion there #*may be a mus.ake : in matters of ab- fact,-there can be none. It is pf much weight too, Uiat they were not attached to the belief of these facts by birth, by the prejudices of ed irutjon, or by their worldly inte rest, On the contrary, tlieir belief is iii opposition to them all-,; and >• ,sehocksv-ull their former and early* «c:.anu;iits and habits. What then hyt the certainty *of the facts-ean * present* an adequate cause for such ; ‘■*• • to tortures, and the most (cruel death. I call it unexampled for titude*. for it was accompanied with -ir holy resignation to will, m unshaken trust in God, and the ‘liveliest.hope of blessedness in a fuA v , trite state; and with the most ar dent to their murder ers, expressing itself in the tender* est pity, in declarations of full for giveness, arid in fervent prayers that God would not lay it to their charge, but shew to them, and make them good and happy. Are these , iru?h impostors ? Are they not “■ thi servants of the living God, who shew unto us the way of salvation V* ■ - 2i could not be the Design of the Apof~ ties to accomplish a good End by bad Means. . x ■ What has heed said on the testi ’ IPony of the apostles to the divine mission of Jesus Christ, leaves but tme supposition behind; namely, that they-had themselves religion which - they conceived would be in the highest degree for the benefit of mankind ; and in or der to ptocure it a readier reception, they pretended that it cable fro in God. Henlc they were led to iu vettt miracles’ and prophecies- be cause these would confer on it great eWdignity, and give it more the ap pearance of a divine origin. Asa still greater proof df zeal for the success of their scheme, they en dared the {bitterest persecution, and devoted themselves to death in its defence ; with their last breath pro claim intr it true and divine. But the supposition is directly contrary to all ideas of mbiuf order. TO’ say nothing of the infinite im probability of these men, indeed of any men being able to contrive such a religion and such evidences ip fts su pport—the apostles profess to ho jjiep God* Thwr writing* and their La ! lives display this in every part.— 1 They acknowledge God to be the a vengertif all imposture and deceit; and they represent bis displeasure as •, unspeakably dreadful. They parti cularly reprobate tfie maxim, that men may do evil, that good may come** assenting that tk their damna tion is just.’* And will th,ey expose themselves to it for nought ? Will they spend their lives in suffering) and meet death ,dn ignominy and ; tortnent, merely to offend God by their.,presumption ? It cannot be Some other cause must be assigned. AGRICULTURE. For the Athens Gazette* CASTOR OIL. Messrs. Hodge if M‘Dorr ell, As you invite in your paper not only the scientific class of mankind, but also the plain observer in the productions of nature to communi cate to you their observations on whatever may be beneficial to their fellow creatures, I take the freedom to offer to yoUr notice a few remarks on Ihe; culture of a plant, the produc tion of these Southern States, This plant though wanted and used on all plantations is almost entirely ne glected—L mean the Falmachristi , out of which the Castor Oil is ex tracted. I have now been in these states near T 4 year, and being by oc cupation a country school-master, I have seen different parts of these two states, and though I see the plant grow every where without any cul ture, I have not seen one that would \ turn it to its destination. *Now let ! me come to the process of making the. oil—l would in the first place recommend to have it planted at the time of planting corn, the full moon of April perhaps would be the best time. In the Islands of Martinique and Dominique, where I resided 11 years, I found thatywas tfie general .way. It might be placed so as to fill up vacant places in a field where the plough cannot reach, shell as the crooks of fences—three seeds in a ’hole. When their ground it would prove > but a ‘trifle to weed round about where the Palmachristi would b'd growing In September and October the seed wduld show ripe, If a grape shows eight or ten seeds ripe, the whole is ripe enough, add that is known liy,she bursting of the pods. Yo\i then gather them and-put them to dry on a thrashing floor, and if the sun is in its vigor. ; the Seed will jump out of their cells, you* must windtlveip so as to clear the husk and chaff from'therm * They may then be laid by for a convenient time. The nexi operation, and thaUmist be without is to put the berries in a large frying pan- or large pot, say a peek or half a bushel, according to the size of the pot,’ on a fire, and heat them sufficiently so as tb tender them soft that when you press them .between your fingers you will find them turn like unto dough. Great care must fie taken that they do not dry or parch as coffee would—and whilst in that state you must have a wooden mortar, and throw in the quantity that it will hold without spilling. *; Then they are pounded •till they become a paste or kind of dough—you then have a large pot outlie fire wherein*, water is boiling, not so full however I>ut it will admit of one gallon or two of that paste or dough, which be dissolved in that boiling water by means ,of a spatula,* and kept in motion, c After a short space of . time the oil will float pii the surface—it is then* to be gathered- with a ladle, irony tin or wood, and put into a smaller pot, and when that smulkpot has got a sufficient quantity in it, set it on the fire and boil it until* the water that has been gathered’ with_ the ladle has entirely x evaporated out of it, and then It is completed—and if bottled very close will keen without a nau seous taste for many months; I give you this as an experiment whiik 1 have followed ip the M lands I have mentioned. . C. L. Abbeville, S. C. August 19y 1814. - • I mean a paddle.. ; * ~ * a— . MISSIONS IN-AFRICA. From the Liverpool Mercury, March 25i _ By the last arrivals from South Africa, the Missionary Society of London have ‘received from Mr Campbell, one of their agents* a very accounuof his. journey to the Nprth of the River ?lhe novelty and importance of this -tract has exerted a great sensation among the curious and intelligent at [ the Cape ot Good Hope. After ter, days travelling beyond the Orange \ River* he arrived at Lattakkoo, an African city not far from the cast .coast, and containing about 1500 houses and .2000 inhabitants. He’ hiid a ltng cpnversauen Wiih &ejr Ring Matebee, which vtei repeated in the presence of his. chiefs- and people. After much discussion, he succeeded in obtaining the King’s consent to send missionaries amongst them ; and was dismissed with this laconic. anstaer-*> Send them, I will be a fat her .to them.**- At this city he obtained information of many o ther tribes,'“still farther to the north ward, hitherto unheard ofi and offer ing a wide field both for curiosity and missionary enterprise. From Hattakkoo, he shaped his course to the south east and south ; abd fell in with two villages peopled with different races; and from them he obtained their consent to send missionaries* He represents this part of this tract as carrying him through a richly beautified country and adorned with all the luxuriance of Kahelean scenery. He then regain the Orange River; and keeping by its course, he travelled nearly the whole breadth of Africa to Namac qualand; where the river discharges its water into the South Atlantic. Mr. Campbell jbas thus succeeded in crossing Africa by a route higher up than ever been attempted by any European, and returned to the Cape,'after a journey of nine months- Another of the missionaries is to be employed on a northerly expedition along .the west coast of Africa, with a view to obtajn information respect ing the DraYnara country and the re gions beyond it* This country, is known to Europeans only by name, and reaches nortlfward from Naniac qualand as far as to the south tropic. It is to be hoped that the exertions of these benevolent men will not be looked on by the public with* an eye of indifference, merely because they add the blessings of Christianity to the other blessings of settled residence, cultivation and the useful arts, w hic> they, have ever introduced among their converts. They. Have already carried their schools and their chap els beyond the limits of the colony ; and their remotest missionary village is about 509-miles to the northward of the south angle of Africa. Thus, by carrying forward the line of their settlements into the interor, are these hardy adventurers, in the best of cau • ses, making constant advances upon the barbarism of this vast continent. They bid fair to lay open in tne course of time, the whole of that unknown and neglected quarter of the globe to the curiosity of the public ; and it .is to be hoped that the public liber ality will keep pace with the grow ing expences of their large and mul tiplied undertakings., •••» r ; “~ - ~~~ “ Administrator's sal* WilL BE SOLD Agreeably to an order from, the fftmo table Court of Ordinary of Ogle '• thorpe County , on the first Tuesday in October next , at Lexington , EGROES of various descrip tions belonging to the estate of Sam ; uel Cessna, deceased. Terms of sale made known on that clay by the Administrator. August 15,. 1814. CAUTION. ah. I iorwarn all persons from trad ing for a certain note or due bill gi ven by me to Wm. Nesbet of Jack son county for 99 dollars 25 cehts, with a credit on it, of 66 dollars 75 cents, with interest, leaving a balance I in his favor of something more than 3<D dollars which I have paid. RICHARD H. LONG. August 25, 1814. v . /;:-v -S’ _’ ■ f NOW IN JACKSON JAIL, A Negro Boy about 16 or 17 years of age, thin visage, says his name is Jack, that he to Ezekiel Akridge of Clark county. The own _er is requested to come forward, prove his property, pay charges and take him away. ANDREW COLLINS, Jailor* August 14, 1814. v . ; , SADDLING BUSINESS. THE Subscriber respectfully in% forms his friends and the public, that he has commenced the above business in Jackson county, on the main road leading from Athens to, Jeffersoiiv about midway, w lie re he carries it on in all its various branch es—Will be thankful to those who may please to favor him with their custom, and assures them that the utmost atteutioiv will be paid to their • commands—His work shall be neat ly executed, and done on moderate terms. _ JOSEPH RASPBERR* . July 28, 1814. NOTICE. Will be sold on T the 15 th of October rexi) at the late residence oj Asa S rnnronS) deceased. All the personal property of said deceased. Terms made known on ►the iay of safo. WILLIAM SMITH, Adms. SejptepiUergi, Jil4. GEORGIA Cljxic CouNtr. r 1 Court of Ordinary, July ‘term* RULE NISI. On the petition of Rimmas Whit ney praying that the administrators of Beattie M Kigney, deceased, niuy be directed to make titles to a cer tain tract of land'in Fee simple, con taining two ‘hundred two and a huff acres, in the 19th district of Wil kinson county and state of Georgia, known and distinguished in the plan of said district by No. one hundred and forty-two, agreeably to a bond made by the said Beattie in his-life time to the said Thomas, a'copy of which is here filed in court. ON motion, it is ordered that the administrators of the said Beattie * M‘Kigney, deceased, make title's in pursuance of an act of the Legisla ture of this state in such case m ule and provided, unless cause LSe shewn to the contrary at a court to be hoj den in and for the county of Clark on the first Monday in November , next. ‘ „ A true copy from the Minuter JOHN HODGE , C. C. 0. NINE months from the date hereof application will be made to the Honorable Inferior Court of Clark County, for leave to sell the Real Estate of; the late Col. Peter Randolph, deceased, or as milch thereof as is situate in the said coun ty ; for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. “ • THOMAS W. COBB, y Adm . cum. test* K annexo* > March 21, 1814. GEORGIA, Jackson County. SURE IUOK COURT. THE Petition of M. C. 1 Montgomery and Thomas Hyde, ; guardians,'state that an original bond to the Court of Ordinary of Jackson county, for the performance of the duties of guardian to David Thomas S. Rogers, Mayy Rogers & John Hv Rogers, orphans of Thomas Rogers, deceased, by Daniel John sop and Martha his wife, which bond . was signed by Daniel Johnson, Tho mas Johnson and John Hampton, a copy of Hvhich with an affidavit of 4 its loss is herewith filed, ‘and your petitioners pray the establishment of the said copy in lieu of the origi nal. * On motion of John M. Dooly at torney for the petitioners, it is order ed 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, the said copy will be established in lieu of the original. A True Copy from the Minutes , March Term 18 14. . * EDWARD ADAMS, Clerk. Gkuuofl, > County. J ‘ : ‘ » > ‘V. ■ ‘ \ R ifj ‘ - 1 ■’ ‘:'f •v V V ~ r ! , V Inferior Court, Februart Term, 1814. O; ; < . ‘/■ - ‘ J N the petition of Hudson Moss stating to the court that some time ago, he was possessed of a receipt, given to him by James M. Thurnion for the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, „which was in discharge vof a note whichrhe had executed to said Thur nion, and, vy hi ch was payable on the 25th of December, 1804, which re* ceipt he has lost or mislaid so that it cannot be found. v A copy of which as well as he can recollect is in the words and figures following— April ihhV 1809. Then received of Hudson Moss Two .Hundred Dollars in payment for a certain note’that the said Moss gave to say received bv me, JAMES THURMON. Test—Garland Lane. WHEREUPON ir is ordered , by the Court, that the foregoing co py of receipt be established in lieu of the original unless causcrbe shewn to the contrary within the time pre scribed by the statute in such cases ‘blade and provided. / A true copy taken from the minutes* FRED. BEALL, C. I. C. May Sth, 1814. : SOLOMON BETTON leave to inform his friends and the public generally, that he ha3 rented for the present and ensuing year the House and Lot formerly occupied by Capt. Cary, in Athens, as a Private Boarding-House, which stands on the first street immediately back of Capt. Brown’s, where lie keeping PRIVATE ENTERTAINMENT, for visitors wishing 10 spend ts| c sickly season in this Town, for tra“ . veiling Gentlemen, and Students of College, to whom every attention : will be paid, and exertions made to ; give entire satisfaction. Athens, August 4, .18144 * v GAMUTS FOR SAJ-fc AT ©.TFICE. ’ ADMINISTRATORS In pursuance to an Order of the Inf rior Court of Jasper County, WILL 81. SOLD In the town of Monttcello , on Tve\ aay the 25th of October next , tvithi the usual'hours— ‘ ONE Lot of Land containing tw4 hundred two and a half acres, Net 67/ District, joining Gilber Shaw and others, being all the pro perty of James Pinson, deceased— to be sold fov the benefit of the heir? and creditors of said deceased. Terms, one half to be paid in hanf and the balance twelve months there* after. A. C. ATKINSON, Adm'r August 12, 1814. ********* rr * t —- •=* ——- -- ■■■>■ NOTICE. Nine months after date applies* tion will be made to the honorable the Inferior Court of Clark County, when sitting for ordinary purposes* for leave to sell two hundred acre£ of land (The same being more or lying and being county* on the waters of Porter’s creek, granted to John Barnett, joining lands of Brown, Moore and others— Also two Hundred and sixty acres lying and being in Jackson county on t!ie waters of Curry’s creek, nbar Jefferson, granted to, Brantly*—« The aforesaid tracts of lafid to bq sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of John Barnett, decease*}* late of Clark County. JOHN r/BARNETI’, Administrate* July 7, 1814. GEORGIA, Clark county • WMEHE AS Sally Green has op* plied for letters of administration on the estate of John R> GYeen, lately deceased in Camden"bounty, These are therefore to cite and ad« monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to silo their objections In my office, if any they have, within the time preesri - bed by law or said letters will be granted. Given under my hand and + eal at office this 4 ih July , 1814. » JOHN HODGE, C. C. O. ) ——f, — A r i II GEORGIA* ‘ - Cl ark superior court , AhyOURH SEPTEMBER TERM, 181 3. ‘ •James J'homas, A f HULK NISI. Michael A. Gauvain. j UPON the petition of James The* mas praying the foreclosure of the e quity of redemption contained in » certain mortgage, given by a Mich* ael A. Gauvain to the said Jame* Thomas, on a certain tract of land containing six hundred acres, being part of two five thousand acre tract* of land granted to Charles Henry D*Estaing, including a tract of one hundred and thirty acres, lately oci cupied by John Thomas and sold to said M* A. Gauvain fiy said Jehu ThOmas, the said land lying and be ing in the county and state aforesaid on the waters of Trail- creek, for the better securing the payment of 6, certain sum therein specified. It is ordered, that the said* Michael A. Gauvain do pay into this t court in twelve months from thi* : dat the principal * and interest in sau. mortgage contained, and the cost expended in and about the fore*; closing the same, or be barred o€ his equity pf redemption in and tn the same. And that this rule be pub 4 liMved once a month for twe'iv© months in one of the public gajjpttefc of this styte, or served upon the de fendant six months previous to tho time required by tnis rule,To pay off the sum in said mortgage^ A~True Copy from the Minutes of said Court this sth day of January, 1814. STERLING ELDER, Clerk . NOTICE. Nine months after date applica tion will be made to the honorabler Inferior Court of Clarke county, for leave to sell 84 acres of land on Bar ber's creek;, joining lands of Parker and others, being part of the reaF estate of William Bankston, decease ed—to be sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased* SALLY BANKSTON, Executrix. JONATHAN MELTON, Executor July 14, 1814. EXECUTOR’S SAL£ * * WILL BE SOLD On Thursday the 20 th of October nextj & the late residence of William Her V ring, deceased\ of Clark county— tLL the Negroes belonging th estate of said deceased, ora% much thereof as will satisfy the demands against said estate. ‘ v - i ALSO, Will be Hired on the same day, » A Negro Fellow, and one Bali the Plantation Rented. Terms will be made known on the da of sale. THOMAS MOORS* RICHARD COX, ; JOHN &E&DINE, Stftrmhtr 9, * -'*- r •. r ‘jkh. Jr ■»!f. .. ’’