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ATHENS, czopgia: pvblishxd it ALEXANDER M*DO-NNEIa-
Iv „. . fw , .
Frisky ;&,f X-X.T ft: enniverftry if
tk-: Dtm* irttean Sv.&.y, the Mem
h *s *f * sick and ethers reputed it
f?’ Chapel, ■wj'Mt Har
] r ; g- , nominated irat*r on
t'-’tt nceejan. delivered the fell swing
s tprsfidte dijanrjt—
F* L’ CW MkMBSA-S,
!t i with It ;i Utica a which I
0-T! ‘V.'j bccaoH* I cannot clefcrib*,
thv l iv w rife r© addoefs the
k ~, • :ft character of Oraor ©frh*
Ij r . n Society, By a wife
I y . of .-ur i.-iftitiftlon, the univer
{ ‘¥ of ‘h* f .•eftry i?. diredtrd to b*
c ‘ hmed bv nti annual Oration;
a-',- • has fupperadtied to this
■ r. b* !?. *, a voluntary cQnrii-
V -j m tar part the rK*F.?bers
f rfa entered ament Kt which tkey
or ; his nj*-their mvrual ccirgret
!*>.<■ >rd partake wf the feftivky
cc ih” v.'.faSan, So much grea?tr
i? vh tf.v in Man to prefer
ra:ccr fT*o 4 ftroy, that the ©bftrv
c ■ r va *o:v -fams has always b tx
| •-■>C\sCi. :t f,f the wfcoft happy cf~
tr'°v-A The? form a period at
vi h t; r tolic&ive fdli gs of the
rv *'-• >"'3 a: t rou ~d with new tr
ee c-- 4 t ! 'e ft; ©port cf the ihftitjp
? ~*nd sTiuft thr revert with
t; * i v?n ;ts origin, they anjßatu
t ■.iarrd to refulve, that what
I ■’ ’* io bog pre{crved, fhali
r.i • a ‘ -g'r ccntmue—that what
]■ c, t- zr*et©f*.:-rs fc?p?rted by
ft .? -. v r cf thrir fhsll
v;o Uii by their o<*-gb £i. If fu h
(;- :he gf-nertl (S'-d, will not every
of our laftitution, who ft
g r oat o .--“Ct is milky and the im
p-'ovemfe;it of the brft fa übiei A
t’ v r.a':d- bf 2f this moment ccn
b of Imib-r feelings and a fi iri
:.a*
-1 >■ ?;{ \ -jr attendance i* a proof
chat this i l ! and your orator
jvo to the chfebarge the
C-tv afl'g.-rd hir, with a confi
t>nf€ fee -eili receive fr.rr you
a bjpy o r t which the magnitude of
rhe ocr-;(rirs and his capacity will
I# p l- ! oooe.
P rm - hjs*? then, in the fi 5t place,
jy coe s gj*tuUie yt#u nu tfte return of
2 day, t om which our foctcry dates
i'S or (. nj * andv > which wr ought
to Kli c:rh gr< >\ udr, proportioned
top'll 18 *d /an ag $ wc have received.
>•> early *r ifiot, s. *ur*ioer of
tne Pv-Wnt o VrsrtkHa College
ftrde--'}v engaged in rhe purfuit of
r which the
b \ 4 ‘£& t mbelliibment of the human
e fi.feder, 2gr c ed ro aff>cUte theol*
reives for the purpoie of facilitating
Sheir object. They were fenfibie
<~i%t the g-rat ciiftinftia between
f* v 'i and Man, r (ted, nut on ex-
U hi circtivnflaiiccs, but on the
. iter or Ids expanhon of intel-
E'i ; they deemed it
i on them to leave no avenue to
n temple of wifdoro unopened—
F'i accc'i untried. Under the in
-0;i nf:<2 of theft corrccft tmDrcffiint,
t •> inftitutton was erected, ajd fur
t >r c n years it has continued ;o
t\ fl - .id to flou sfii in fpiteofeir-
C-ir.vh • •''s 3r no means favorable
ro :t. }: has unce<n ig‘.y diffjied
i- to fucceffi -e feu of
* “ho have roaie their ap
pcaraacc— flrutted their fiurt ho*r
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
“fc'AMT SIC ALL AUW TO AKI FA©, • AH9 XlfeiTLSS©! Sn ALL BX IM CaSASl©.**
on the C.<!l**gia?e and finally
made their exit from it, into tKe
more extenfivc and fsrloui theatre
©* active life.
“ Hsrti vefut
undam Ufuia. ,, i ferl
confident, Fellow
that whs: hs* been thus far handed
down to us, will be uanfmitted :o
our fucteff ;rs, nctnly unimpared,
but in a lisie of greater vigor and
improve m#nt.— Hbw icnpcrioua rhe
chitj to do lets it* cc ?rvad*)ns
e vines.
Man, in rude and uncivilized
fate, p fif fT s nut that lelicacy of
it necrlTirT ia <i Jv fi-hy
thz brautie* either of nature ©r of
♦ tT. ♦ ni
ce';, ‘ f htt dcft’.tuteef edw ati'm, vhe
obj- .fl> ©f nature would xfi’ and rt
mankind but a very hr?d! nonioa
of that p*a‘ur which they no*
yield— whiift the pnjfdu&’isris %sf art<
w-ndd par‘ ke of the igrmram-e of
rhf-r con ft &ors.—The rerhausof
ancient Grandeur would be ri-wed
with vntfit'Vttd. ind'-fference, ©f fail
?. fa rift e to the indiferiminate dtf
cruCtio.i of favsge The
Tuck and the Arab, at thiatnoment
fix thrir ill flipper* av.d mikrble
hovels under the c*n© s >y cf
a G eciaa S-sttb|atn ? €. I>e che. r :e
columns which tower above them,
aid whtfe fymmrTKzl prt>pordo..*
c©oden+rr ~f v h©k
Rations, *.rc : :*r ;herf ~v. h
rj Tittle* ihudee r. v a\r U''iiAprtt
blocks of m-rb!e u; aran rc. frm
which they nrcre f omc'. t law
vaft t,he i.T'-dmj > < vo.-ared
and U-.vducaiSd man ! W -.ۥ ? is
thtra poif-t of comjmTba, l> r •: ■ n
th- - grovl'ir, t c’ , p < -TCsptiops ; o? t he I lot
tern or and that etb-erri’ fpa ;* r.'hicb
fi:*d the exrt : .jiu of Sit Iliec
;*,n4 touj vf • : :
f* much liicccls ihro* the iir.n.icnf- -
ty rj fpa< < •?
M . brk in Ms raetap?r/fi
h?.< tak.n much pains :o ibsw tv
v/t coHit ioro t'it worlc we
prfiefs not >de!f but
only a capacity f w.'id .-ndip-g—-
to be aficswards ‘•Vrc ‘ ;d, it.-
proved and exieifccd b) r J ■*r>dn
The fii ft tie a*en!:s hr. :• . *. it uf all
knowledge arc percept'*-;:, derived
from fenfatior, agreeabl/ ‘. f th* iar
in maxr?i cr Ntkil ,'jt in inUllettm
quod nvn prius hit i* f z/et” biu
were the human uoderflsndiiig con
fined the expedtßce of or
cvn a family of individuals *ov
ccntradcd would b* icsixtecr, hew
narrow its bounds. In vaiti ftj uid
wt fearch for that which
can furycr the whole family of man
kind—explore the wnrks of nature;
mount fr*m earth t* heaven and
demon ft rare the beneficence and
wjfdom fa God in every part f
creatloa. Ic is only by a mutual
communication of nur perceptions
z >d though s that we are enabled to
expa-sd r>e otherwjfe contracted
boundaries of oar minds—to cor
rect ftur *wn errors by the more
accurate difeernment of another,
ami to fupply cur defrdts by ano
ther,s pr fi:iencv. What then is
the g<vat tail.min, the important
inftru.ncnt bv means of which this
ssuwuai communication is eStctcd ?
TSeanfwer win kt fiipo'ied
by each of you. If *s language —a
difeoverr %( luck infinite imp r.-
ance—-iuch incalculable magnitude
that it hr3 b:t© *ttribu*ed br me
mo ft eminent phi >top*e r tociV /iuc
agency itfeif. H#w facr%d lie r : fr,
hf* ineft mab e the bKHi p ?-~
An 1 my members whiht w*?
cuhivate it with a!i the
all the ardcr u so h'gidy rncT'*,
•ever Jr-: it be pr<-ftra n by u* t*
the pu-p Ts of vur ft,ll,—ft>r
moft cer air-ly the b<eir£ wSo ran
proftitute his pr ft icin.y in tli*
divine art cf c'TMDun?CKti*>isr KT
thm*ghts ro the difti.fi n of vs, c
imnv.r-.ittr, hs moic reaf. n ihtw
a-'-v o ■< r to dread the ar-ver of ti -
eftcodud M-jtfty of it
*UJ for !'!hpr©vrp.r.'nt ift this! Alt
tnar ear infltrut>u was fi rmed— se
I rrft c*w fi/lrnt th/n wh-lft w r are lo
wrl! aware rf the ir:?penance of the
wc fliail omit no exertion,
* % gk it vc iciourcc tv Ucmt i:s at
ta ; rn-m.
When V ’ my fel
low * the great i ft ,rn< ? < f
rdu vn * ?he tic vvl< *it
which it coders cn :v*o, it is im
p< }ibfe rr - <A > rrlift the deter*
minatr:;i tr* :er*-‘Erc sous r> :il ft
all and e faofl-iea of *ur m-A-d? in tits
pvifi: r. ‘.Vh-to we irfi and: on what
h-r done r,*d !s wow doing,
•'T;*r ♦ rhrr he r rt *h*t does r&t
* ‘>f oH v ft- Anxiety, LvC.j.Ge ule
ful at>,j fo re rtu heel on the lift of
rhr bent''Kid*? -f ihr. i uoitn re.'.'*: ?
’ corredl educa-TOA a.icnc that
w© c*r. hnr -t- prrftrvc the happy
lorm cT ttO-/rrr-: , under vhuh
we W^k —to u -<cr%'’ a:n t- fe
prejudices which arc the frodftj]
foot cr ©f m >;t of the tv Ha #i l.fe.
3fvc:,T wf thefe prrjuditis h*v
k :: - * be ft ‘c the i* t of c,
wH V mreh rh >* ft wii cerui’niy
p ‘2fire; e.jid there it e very
V)., v. ! G for hope elite in thrrs favored
rv the c*ftt:prfing grrftus of
’ <■ cinzens will g v< it 2.1 a cl<r!c
raccp: it t ever ocfoie m ff iTd.—
IT
I ntd fra*cel? repeat y©u irat
to *u y revered Franklin we ow- th*
knir/Tfdgf of ehc identity of the
eScAviic ft id and llghrcniog.—To
Fill*'??!, f.4r e new sccoizt d-*ar to
us, we are indebted fr a mode of
savigacipg infers wich a. celeri
ty htdeptmdent f the extranecus
aid of wif-d or tid?—and ftca ih< f
fer “f hr hr,s not anally diicovered
the perpetual raodoti hss at leaf
tided a machine fo m r ic “A
will irad to rftarches in rc:c.hanic*
cf the moft priftical importance to
mankind, la Europe, alths’ the
piogrtfsaf foicr.cr has check
ed b- the dcft:Hwt;vc wars which
cnftnguiac its pl?nrs, vrt hstr voice
in heard liOtwithilandicg ame ft rite
cltrpr erf g.fiis and thunder uf bmlc
©
—aid rfifcev.;ries a.-* continually
making uTker in rhomfelves entire
ly arw. or cal uUicd t<a improve
“.hat is already knur,a. T’he bufy
mind rf man is ever on th# htarcifi
hr uew inrmthm —He has rrduc
eti under fubjtSlba the violent im
pe?OJ C.f Iteisn * and ha?, extent!• %rlv
applied it wherever inipu’five
is wanted.—He has even uicceftrui -
iy aattnpced the acres! rtgiaas of
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, ilij.
tNr* a'mofphere, hr wkfi h jrup'.f
themdti) haa fur'ufk-d him wih
the 1 gnt sod imyant hydrogen, by
drafts tif which hr t an clevai* him
it i 1 any hfight he v-fhes. The
oriy ci. ft :eracuiT. wanted >s a m <ie
(V fteeriig ih* rn! vehicle which
doubt t> rte ,;urc happy genius
v?;!i fun ifh, and *huk cnabir his
rVUow mortals to tmvel thro’ t.-'e
air with as L’>uch fafet) aa they new
traverfr the ©* >;*.
Ani'Uft thuniverfal cofrp*ti
tU‘C to better,the ftarc of human a
ture—U> c!cv.do pc the properties of
matter—end cw render it (übkrvi
enttoour wat'ts—fto ws niy ftftow
nu iTibi-ri remi.'-j ihd ft’ *.t snd *n
aiiive, ur rather fh ui ? nt ferl a
p-y, (>U.t *f rhr .ihir *. i; . enthu
fii'ni, aeiti rcii.‘ic to throw ruf
mite *ii£o into the ft air of i-frful-
AuU. Ic 13 imp. tf\jU to f>? what
1 not in rfir p.?vi *r 0: to cf**
fedt—'V> rci it once CAk*s wing ie
*s and nit to fi t bounds to its.
(>. ght—Ah it needs is to b? evoi?• 5
b by edu. sticn ad it theft nccrßa*.
Sr> fin-is die iev*i to which nature
and ftuied if F*,r want of this rd.u
ca i’ot* no doubt
‘ d*uL t+any a fl*u<er is bit n ta b'.ufk
unf-nty
A)ii m 'jap t its Jwttttefs cn tin defert
mrd*
Ihe c.ifnite n’ cojr i-ary v
it ?? fxwrmy!<t >0 ihi* p r, '*tuf
i/'ftu* as *ny ©s ea?th—-a--d ur
govc wwjit is b?\ uv.d ajj q eft ion
the NRvft propitious to <t ei 4 i?.a
t!h. iei ? c.t my fellow tr em
bers ?i-mtr as we ourgh: the op
pur.vf.ir.es vre p- fit ft— ?.|} pttlt*
vwrancr tr-d h.duftry r®. otn ad,
au> jftuiil induki.shi? con.ms id
fucerfe. o*r example will h?* a
(everstele rff-it < n our Cue.
end may Tonne day came ©wr
ibdety to gve birth t?> Drmof e
*s > a Newiuii, a jLafcke, ©r a
Pried it y.
NO . K E.
NINE m ntbs after date eyplica.
irsH will be m*<i# t.i the banarable the
Jnft isr Ciurt of Qgktktrpt C'HAty,
far leave te felt a traet ef land in laid
eetiity, egniatnirg we bun Wed and
eighty faur acres (tbe wide v's daw*y
excepted) s*, tbe waters $f Cicud s
treek jfxhig (-Vm Embry and 9t leers,
being part if the red eft ate ef
O Kelly , re fold ftr (be
benefit if the burs end credu** s ef
fesid decetfed.
MART O'ZELLtT, 4dm’*.
Cg!elbrpe t Or liter 18 ra.
novics.
\KT .
V v HE r L r ,Am/ wtfc M,ir?ha
H>.lie has itfc or fi- i from my bed
without any juft raufc, I forv/arn
**>y perf©n or per :>us* wr-iti'bever
from huardlnq ‘?• trs,’-
ir.g with her I will nor be ji-
Iwerablc fer anv con rrTf •©? fti* t il
or have any per ; r
per Tons, If iFc will com? s
xc me or my bed I wi’l tr'-a*: avi
lib iierts well I am <rb^.
JAMES HAILS.
December 24, 1812.
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