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jfj om an essay orilhe Divine Authority
t , OP VUE NE\v
By DAVID BOGUE.
hnprobahilify of the Apostles eon*
triving a,new Religion, v,
1* the history of the world, I ob
serve many persons attempting to
impose on their fellow creatures, in
many ways. Os numerous and fatal
impositions, religion, alas 1 has-been
♦he fruitful ifource : and-there is not/
a system in existence which has not
been employed in this to
invent a, religion for the exfwess pur*,
pose, is an infinitely more arduous
task» than to make a handle of one
already formed Men have a vene
ration for an old religion ; and all
that is. requiste is to increase : ,that
veneration and/turn it to lh6 advan
tage of the ‘ deceiver ; but in the o*
ther cane, that /veneration is to be
created and thetfe is nothing more
difficult. ‘lt ?
To suppose that. a few obsetire
mechahtcs and fishermen of Judea
should conceive the idea of forming a
new religion which opposed itsell to
all the world, which was entirely to
supercede Judaism? and totally to
destroy every , species of idolatry,
seems far beyond the* limits of pro
bability. They had do
TJfie authors of the different systems
of pagan mythology were men vested
■with authority, who had the sword in
their bund to give force to their pre-.
’ r they were of singular
and superior
to the o. r-l arous people whom they
would pe suade lo believe what they j
I ©aid ; and 1 hey were reg#ded as o
rach;. * Bus for men of inferior
buttons in society, who had no pow
er and no pretensions to learning,
and who werO lookeddown upon as
grossly illiterate by the chief# of
their own nation, *s quite a different
thing, v The world had furnished no
instance of hi> before ; nor diddm
|0 ry C though it is mopt- probable
they were acquainted with no other
than the Oki emit one *
ray of‘hope o.i success. Ihe revela
tion ol God’s \Vmtothe nation.oi the
Jews, by ike ministry of Moses, bore
no resemblance*, n%en
couragemcnt to .such an attempt.—
The nature of unchristian religion |
renders thC supposition qf their at
tempting instill more..unlikely. Do
I lay undue stress on this considera
tion if 1 suv, It is not .probable that
such men should conceive such a
thing ?
% Perhaps I not say that they in*
vemed new syttenis, for the ground-woVk and
substance of all of them was nearly the same : >
and as there * as a £f nera! veneration among
the people for received opinions, they took
advantage of that, staid merely added a few
lllw distinguishing rites and festivals, or al
tered ami modified a particular branch of the
old system In this view, the reasoning ac«
quires still greater weight. f
7he Divine Origin of the Neva Testa
ment mm- he inferred from the Ta
lents of the. Writers.
If a man put,into my hind a weak
and superficial treatise in philoso
phy, , and. “ That is a work of
Sir Isaac Newton,” so soon as I have j
perused it* 1 “ If is impossi- j
pie : vou are grossly mistaken.” Op j
the other lnuiig, if a book be read to j
me, kill of the boldest ideas and the j
profountl/Wtsdom, \
to uiiv thing I ever met with ; I ask 5
with Werndgk “ Who \Wote it
the.answer Some boys at •
acHbol.** I wish to see them-; They
are. brought/*m d I ask, “ Is this
vour writing ?” Jftefesay, “ & is.**
.. l cammt believe ■ you, for it is not
the work ol !bo;s : It would do h0,.,,1’
~,,1’ to ftW-tMttrest age.”—“ You
wistake us,S^h^f r cply. “ the writ
ing and s\%m™ ours, but the .sens-
Hunts Were dictated *o- us by our
This explains the matter
at once . |shat confirms me h* the
truth of tfcfeif declaration is, that J
tlure are some things Which they
<P’ not appear fully to understand.— v
\\\ tnis is natural aikl easy accord-j
ink to the laws of moral orde .
’ f\ a apply these remarks to the |
present case, here is u book of a su- i
mrior kind, which gives the fuHest j
information m every thing that re-1
dates to our higiiest (interests. It >
was written by some plain illiterate
CdTn Judea [ but it leases all frtj*
writings of the ablest philosophis e.
infinitely behind. Compare wn’at it 1
savs of God. his nature and: govern
ment; of man, his duty and happi
ness v - -d °f * present and future
stalest being ; and you Wtß be con
vinced. How came these men so far
to excel ah others l 1 put the ques
tiofl? to life writers of the New T es~-
lament. ‘‘ It is not we that speak. ’
■l, wyjp but the spirif of the 1 a-
which speaketh in; us. Toe
is durs; but the truths
Vw ye rvvealed’ by - God- * H#y did
proceed from the tHtrgu.* of,our
minds: wc revived from a-;^
Why will you not belidfe |
> * # ‘’ **j
them ? The things rev-* 1 ‘! are
worthy of God. # As T observe some
things in tne book, which they them
selves apparently did not fully un
dersland, /it renders their account
still more |srobafc®F If you will not
believe them, you are reduced to this
difficulty, which is a breach of mo
ral order: namely, that these per
sons, without education, and
study, wrote a better book than, all
the ablest men irt the world, with all
the advantages of learning, have been
able to do, either before or since.
.. 1
Copy of a letter from lieut. Conkling to
; - Captain Kennedy, dated
Fort George, U. Canada,
August 16 th, 1814,
feSfR, . ‘ ■ * .*l-/°’ .;
. With extreme regret I have to
■ * ake known to yoti the circumstan
i ces attending the capture of the Ohio
a lid Somers. .On, the night of the
12th between the hours of 11 St 12,
the boats were seen a short distance
* ahead of the Somers, and were hail
ed from that 1 vessel; they answered
“provision boats,” which deceived
the officers of the deck, as our army
boai£ bad been in the habit of pass
ing ana repassing throughout the
night, and enabled him to drift a
thwart his hawser and cut his cables
at the same time,pouring in a hea
vy, lire before he discovered who
they were/ Instantaneously they
were alongside me, and notwithstand
ing my exertions, aided by Mr. M*
Cally acting sailing master,■(who
was soon disabled ?> ) I was unable to
repulse them but for a moment.—i-I
maintained the qvarter deck until
my sword fell, in consequence of a
shot in the shouldeiv and nearly all
on deck, eitherwounded or surround
ed by bayonets. their force was
an overwhelming one, 4-thought far
ther resistance vain, and gave up the
vessel with the satisfaction of having
performed my duty, and defended
my vessd to the last.
List of the killed and wounded!
Ohio . •
Killed—John Fifehill Boatswain’s m. shot
through the body.* 7(-
Wounded —Reuben;Wright shot through
the arm. - v -
Sailing Master McCally,. shot throngh the
thigh and bayoneted in the'foot.
Sergeant Eastman, of the 11th Regt. of the
army, .wounded in the neck by'a musket ball.
- granger, 11th regt. w ounded, in the
arm.
—-*Weath» 11th Regt. wounded, in the
arm. •’ ‘ \ \
«-Whillers, 21st. Regt. wounded, cut in
the arm.
ff"’
Wounded—Samuel Taylor, shot In the
arm and cut in the head. / • ‘
Charles Ordean, cut in the shoulder ; also
: one of the Ohio’s marines, whose name the I
sergeant cannot find, how in the hospital, bad
ly wounded
7 \jhe enemy’s loss in killed and
wounded is much more considerable ;
amongst the killed is the command
ing officer of the Netley, lying (hepe)
Capt. Ratliff, he fell in attempting to
; come over my quarter. Notwith
standing the number of tmiskets and
pistols were fired and bustle insepe
rable fromrenterprizes of this kind,
neither the Fort nor the Porcupine
attempted to fife as we drifted past
them, nor dul we receive a shot un-
Itil we passed* Black Rock, though
they might, have destroyed us with
ease. • >/• ... ...
Respectfully, your ,ob?t servant,
- 4 AM. CONKLING.
P. S. We expert to be sent to
Montreal and perhaps to'Quebec di
recti y. ja.
P. Kennedy, Esq.
Com. y; S. NttgL
force on LakeSErie.
I ... MM . I Imu'm.W. ‘ ~|Tm~|~~|” II .
GEORGIA , Clark county • ‘
Whereas Daniel Conner, Executor of
Edward Hagins, deceased, has applied for
letters of dismission from the fitifaer admi
nistration of the estate of said deceased.
These are therefore >to cite and admonish
all and singular ‘the kind-ed and creditors of
said deceased, to file their objections (if any)
in my office ‘within six months from the date
hereof, or said letters will be granted.
•Given under my hand this sth day of Sep
tember, 1814
JOHN HODQE, C. C. O.
SsSS—'3SSS Ma **<*
GEORGIA, Clark county.
♦ Whereas George Whitehead, administra
tor on the estate of Elizabeth Whitehead,
deceased, for letters of dismission
from the further admiiiistrauon of the estate
of said deceased. iZ ‘l
These are therefore to cite and’admonish
all and singular the’ kindred arid creditors of
said deceased, to file their objections, (if any)’
in my office with in-six months from the date
hereof or said letters will be granted. *
Given tinder ray hand this sth day. of Sep
tember, iBI4,
JOHN HODGE- C. C O.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
Will be sold on the frst Tuesday in
.November next, at the Court House i
of Jaclson county% between the usual j
- hours . the fallowing property. Viz :
1 * Wk r’ “
... A negro wo mem foamed Caty. le
vied pn by a constable as the props -
ty of Joan Cunningham at the ir
stance of Joseph Parker, by virtue os
an execution- from the irt .
and returned! Jo tr.e Sheriff by •
constable
W. M-KINNLY-,
September 23, #*Mr£ -f-.. .v'J
\'i COLLECirOH’s SALS. ‘
mi.l. BE SOLD
At the House in ’Jackson
On the first Tuesday in'February
next* trie fnttowi fig tract of landy Or
Cs muck thereof as will sattsjy the
tax d)e thereon with cost —.
Eight hundred & forfy acres of land, grant
ed to Joseph Wilson, lying on the Mulberry
Fork of the Oconee river, estimated and re
turned as the third quality high land, (so say
three freeholders) adjoining and bounded N.
E by Thomas Myalls lands and vacant
land, S E. by Jesse Lee*s land, S. W b%
Luckie and Sewright’s, and on the other
side by surveyed land —the above land in de
fault for the year 1812, tax dae 2 dollars 12
52 cents. . .. ; . <-•
4 JOSEPH- LITTLE, T. C. J. C.
August 6, 1814.
GEORGIA , Clark dour.ty.
Court of Ordinary. July Term.’ *
RULE NISI .
ON the .petition of William
Finch, Jun. praying that the admi
nistrator of William Finch, Sen. de
ceased, may be directed to make ti
tles to a certain, tract of land in fee
simple,, situate, fjMng and being in
the District of Abbeville, South Ca
rolina, joining lands of John Mar
row, Hugh M‘Cormick. and David
Paisley, agreeably to a bond made
by the said William Finch, Sen. k
Lydia Finch, in the life time of the
said William, Sen. a copy of which
is filed in court.
It is f ordered that the administra
tor of the said William Finch, Sen
deceased, matte titles in pursuance
of an act of the Legislature of this
State in such Gases made and pro
vided, unless cause be shewn to the
contrary at a court of ordinary to be
hplden in and for the county of
Clark, on the first Monday in No
vember next. v
A true copy'from the Minutes.
JOHN HOD&E C„ C. O.
NOTICE.
LL persons are notified that’the
■ only ltgal title to, the lands formerly
L averred by, Zachanah Cox in the
: County of Jackson, is now vested in
the subscriber—. All applications for
rent or purchase must be made to
> her, as no person else is authorized
i to make,any. contract in regard’ to
-.aid lands.*
ANN COX..
Washington , 18 tkyuly, 1814.
EXECUTOR’S SALE*
,•>■ .
Theri! will be sold at the house of Jane
Patton y dcceasedy-near Athens , on
Saturday the \ sth of October nexty
The Land upon which the de
ceased, lived, the crop, of corn and
fodder, the stock of hogs, cattle, &
horses, household andijutchen furni
ture, utensilo, &c.
Terms of sale made known on that
day.
THOMAS HILL,
Executor •
SeptenbsY 8, 1814
NOTICE.
ALL persons'indebted to the es
tate of Jane Patton, deceased,
are requested to tn'ake payment, and
those to whom the estate is indebted
will present their accounts for pay
ment within.* the time prescribed by
la\y to
THOMAS HILL) Executor
September 8,, 1814.
■> ’ NOTICE..
Left my plantation about the;
first of July, a negro man named
Phill, belonging to the estate of
Henry Pope, formerly the property
of Mr. Hatchett, a blacksmith by
trade, about 45 years old—any per
son that will apprehend said fejlow”
and confine him so that I can get
him by. the first day of November
shall receive a reward of ten dollars
by me > • : v
ALEX’b. S. JOHNSON.
September 12, 1814.
,ADMATQR’ S * SAJLEi
That on the 12 th day of fttiruaym
§\ss there will be sold at the house*
(ffijohn Robert Si deceased, in Clark
county, the following property>, viz.
SIX Negroes, to wit—two boys,
one woman and her three children.
Terms twelve months credit with
bond and approved security.
AVERY ROBERTS,
Administrator ;
September 5, 1815. *
•-. - * ‘ ,>’ y 1
WILL BE SOLD,
On Thursday the 2 7th of October on
i Clouds Creek, Oglethorpe county , at
’ the plantation of James Garrett, dec ,
qlmiM perishable-property of said dm,
/CONSISTING of Negroes, *Hpr
sts. Cattle, Hogs, Household &
Kitchen Furniture, and many other
articles 100 tedious to mention. Creel
it /adit be given uutil the. 25th day
of 1815, by •the purcha-i
sets giving notes under thirty doi
with approved security.—Als
the plantation to be rented* \
v BRITTON SANDERS, £xV.
Septic ttber i'4, 1814* - s . sr,4
. . ‘■ ■■ ...m ■ . - ——* ‘
WANKS
CJS Jtl 84J3 4T rets
CMOBGIA Giarh CavsX*. f/
Court of Ordinary « Juh Term \
( , •< ‘ RU£k NISL
Nn the petition of Thomas Whit
ney praying -that the administrators
of Beattie MTvigney, deceased, may
be directed to make titles to a cer
tain jtract of larid in fee siiAple, con
taining two hundred two'and a hall
acres, in the 19th district of Wil
kinson county and state of Georgia,
known and distinguished in the plan
of by No. one hundred
and forty-two, agreeably to a bond
made by the said Beattie in his life
j y time to the said Thomas, a copy of
which is here fifed in court. -
ON mot ion, it is ordered that ths
administrators of the said Beattie
Mr deceased, makd titles in
: pursuance of an act of the Legida-
of this state in such case made
* and provided, unless cause be shewn
to the contrary at a court to be hol
den in and for the county of Clark
on the first Monday in November
next I j • / V * v
A true copvfrom, the Minutes.
JOHN HODGE, C. C. O.
——r ■ ~ -±*
1N E months from the
hereof application will be made to
the Honorable Inferior Court of
Clark County, lor leave to sell the
Real Estate of the late Col. Pete;
Randolph, deceased, or as mud. 1
thereof as is sit uate in the said coun
ly ; for the. benefit pf the heirs ant.
creditors., 4
THOMAS W. COBB, $
iv /:;< * Adm. cum. test, annexo,
March 21, 1314. f
GEORGIA, Jackson County.
SUPERIOR COURT.
F HE Petition of James M. C
Montgomery and Hyde,
guardians, state that anlSfegina! bone
to the Court of Ordinary qf Jackson 1,
county, for the performance of ‘ imp
duties of -guardian to- David Rogers.
Thomas $. Rogers, Mary Rogers &
John H. Rogers, o rphans.ofT Wojmas
Rogers, deceased, by Daniel John
; son and Martha his wife, which bond
was signed by Daniel Johnson, Tho
mas Johnson and’ John Hampton, a
copy pC which with an affidavit of
\ its loss is herewith filed, and ‘youjc.j
i petitioners pray the establishment
of the said copy in lieu of the origin
* nal.
Ok motiom of John M. Dooly at
torney. for the petitioners, it is ordet-*
ed that a copy of this petition and
order be published once and month for
six months in One of thepublic ga
zettes of this state, .and that unless
sufficient cause is then the
said copy will be established in lifeu
of the'original. ,
A True Copy from the . Minutes y
March Term 1814. N
EDWARD ADAMS, Clerk .
GEOKCIA, l !
Franklin County . C
; ’
Inf&rior Court, February Term,
1814.
On the petition of Hudson Moss
stating to the court that sometime
ago, he was possessed of a receipt,
given to him by James M. Thurmon
for the sum of Two Hundred Dollars,,
which was in discharge of a note,
which he had executed to said Thur*
mon, and which was payable on she
25th of December, 1804, which re
ceipt lie has lost or mislaid so that
it cannot be found. A copy of which
as well as he can recollect is in the
words and figures following—
April 17th/1809. ‘;! *
Then received of Hudson Moss
Ttyo ‘Hundred Dollars in payment
for a certain ndte that the said Moss
gave to ihe-—I say received by me,
JAMES THURMON. ‘
Test—Garland Lane. .
WHEREUPGN if rs ordered,’
by the Court, that the foregoing.co
py of receipt be established in lieu
of the original unless cause be shewn
to the-contrary withip the time pie*
scribed by the statute in such cases
made and provided. *’ X
A true copy taken from the minutes .
FRED • BEALL X C. A C.
May sth, 1-814.
SOLOMON BETTON
Begs leave to inform his friends
and the public generally, that he has
rented, for the present and dnsoing
year the House and Lot formerly
occupied by Gapt. Cary t in Athens,
as a Private Boarding-House, which
stands on the first street immediately
back of Capt. Brown’s, where he
keeping
PRIVATE ENTERTAINMENT
for visitors wishing o spend the
sickly season m this Town, for tra-.
veiling Gentlemen, -and Students* ot
College, to whom every attention
will be paid, and exertions msjuie to
give entird4atisfac*Ton. ■ f
iritRRS, August 4, IUI4.
FOE SALE AT THIS OFFICE
GEOHGIA. Clark Cc.mfV.
Whereas Joseph Muss-and W4»i E&zfa
have implied f-<r letters of auminisuar* .>fi Cif
the estate of Rxierick Jjfasly, Lie tkWdi
county, deceased. * m .
.Theic are therefore to cite at.d a<iu<ditibi
all and singular the kindred and creditors o
deceased, and appear at my oilic
within the *jmc pointed out. bylaw, ip .'} w ,
cause, it*any, why said letters should not fc
granted. ‘ , **• f 1
% Gi'otn vrder my hand a(, effice thi
29//; tap of September, 18 U.
» J JiiN HODGE, C. c. C
GEORGIA, Franklin county.
Whereat 1 John Williamson applies Cbf le
ters of administration, de bones non, on tt
estate *of Thomas Williamson, deceased, t
said county.
These arc therefore ro cite and admonij
a’l and singular the kindred and creditors |
sa tiecetstd to be and appear at my ofl6c r
within the time prescribed by law, to six
cause, if any, why said letters should iu>t {
granted. V* r
Given under tny hand at ofiiee this *Bt
> m September, 1814,
k beau,, c. c. o.
(ißOtf yl Franklin Comuy.
Whereas Margaret Allen and James Sic it*
apply tor lerteef of administration on the «?;
tate o/ William Allen, late of said counts
deceased. ? ; ... ,
These f are therefore to cite and ad mbn is',
all and singular the kindred and creditors o
said decked, to be and appear at my offic
within the time prescribed t>y I| W> to slieu
cause, if any# why said letters siould notb
gtAnted.
Given under my hand at ofiedrthis 23d
day < i September, 18K.
JRKD’k BEotL, c. c.x>
GEORGIA,/ Franklin county. Vfv ' ; !
• Whereas William Hooper applies for let
ters of administration in right of his wifei
(formerly Fatsey Harris nowPatsey Hooper’
on the estate of Allan Harris, late of Uio
county, deceased.
These , are therefore to cite andadmonisl
all- and singular the kindred and creditors of
said deceased to be and appear at my other
\vitiu»v the time prescribed’ by law to Jshew
cause, if any', why said letters should noth*:
granted, » 4
Given nndermy-hand at office this 30tfc
y day of September, 1814
I*ED’k BEALL, C. (** 6. .
i GEORGIA, Franklin county/
Whereas Gabriel Martirt, esq applies for
letters, of administration on the estate <of
Drury Hucips, late of said county, deceased
f These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred, and creditors oi
said deceased to be and appear at my office
’ within the time pointed out by law, to shrfc
j cause, if awyy why said letters should not be
granted. ‘ <
Given Under my hand \t office this 30: b
tiav of September, 1814.
FRED,k BEALIX C. C. O,
*
NOTICE. “
WILL BE SOLD
To the, Highest Bidder on Friday tfni
18 th of November ncxt y at t+ie plat*
tation of Henry Morgan,
in, Oglethorpe county , v*
ALL tire personal property of
said; consisting of horses,
cows, hogs and sheeps bpusehoid
and kitchen furniture with other ary
I tides too tedious''to mention*
HENRIETTA MORGAN, ‘ )
Administratrix.
September 30, 1814s (
■ 1 ‘ * “I ! .«
ATTENTION. ,
ATriNDANcn wijl be given bj
tile Lojlector of, the Revenue foi
the Fifth Collection-idistnet of Geor*
#ia, on Monday the 24th instant a
Oglethorpe court house, on Wed
nesday the 26th at Morgan court*
house, and on Thursday the 2tth ai
, Clarke court-house, in order to oo!>
lect duty on Stills, Carriages,
Licences. S / )
J. M. C. MONTGOMERY, *
* ‘ C. R. 5. C. D; <*.’ ’
October 1, 1814. ‘ / 1 •
NOTICE. , ‘
■ (
WILL BE SOLD
To the Highest ‘Bidder on Saturday
the 29. Mof October next t at th>
house of PrecillaStricklaud in Frank
iin county ,
A part of the personal property o
the estate of Jacob Strickland) de
ceased, consisting of one pair o
Mill Stones, and Saw Mill Irons, on*
Cotton Gin, somewhat worn, and on*
Dutch Fan, worn. Ternu nwdt
known on the daf of sale# ’ ]
HARDY STRICKLAND*
Executor.
September,, 8, IS 14.
*TOR SALE,
jyny - 4 J ■. V ’ Ju r?-.V X ‘ . , * tfa \ *JO J
i A lot in the towp of Daniels* iUe,
-Madison county,convcnieinly situat
ed for mercantile or other public husi\
ness, contaning a large 2 story frame
house not - finished, a convenient
store house, kitchen and other ou%
buildings, for the moderate price og
400 dollars. For the further particu-s
lar* appljr to the proprietor on the.
r premises. - v 5 “
C GEORGE HUTSOU. i
GEORGIA, dark Courtly.
)** WHEREAS George Y. Farrar, ore oi
the exec Thomas Britain, decease©
applies lor letters of dismission from the et.
lute of said deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all singular the Kindred and creditors c(
deceased, tp be and appear within
“mouths from the date hereof, at my ofyee,
* shew cause, if any, why said letter* ofcdh*
. mission should not be granted.; j
| Given under vty hand *t office