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% ClcHgiou^ 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