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Nc.V ZEALAND CANNIBALS,
lathe Sultaua from London arrived Mr.
.Joseph Price, of Wilmington, who wav one
of the crew of the brigGen.Gates,of Boston.
furnishes the following account of the
capture and butchery of mo9t of the boat’s
crew landed on the coast of New Zeal
and.
“ Sailed from Hobart Town, Van Die
man’s Land, Aug. 10, 1821. and on the 21 t
myself and 5 others, viz. Thomas Router,
of London; James Webster; William Raw
son of N. London ; Wm Smith, and James
West, both of N. York, were landed on the
coast of N. Zealand, in a wbale-boat with
provisions, for the purpose of procuring
Beal Skins.
“ In six weeks we procured 3563 Skins,
and tbe 11th of October we were taken by
the natives of New Zealand, between 10
Jnd 11 o’clock at night. They sat fire to
ur huts, burnt our skins, and the provision*
we had left. They tied our hands behind
our backs, and we were marched by them
to Lookinglass bay which was upwards of
150 miles. During the whole of this lime
we had nothing to eat bu* roasted fish,
which the natives subsist on themselves.—
Thence to Sandy bay, which is better than
200 miles; —when we arrived here, there
; was a tribe of savages who took us before
the King and Queen ; and the moment we
I were brought before them Johu Router, of
[London, was ordered to he killed. They
I tied him to a tree, and two Savage®, one
before and another behind him, with a club
each, knocked him on the head. They
then cut oft’ his head and buried it; the
rest of the body these people deposited in
a kind of oven, underground, and roasted
it as a person would roast an animal—of
this they gave us to eat, and having noth
ing else we partook of it, which tasted very
[much like roasted pork. Consider, dear
[leader, what a state our tnind mu*t be in
[at these awful moments. They tied th
[remaining five of us to a tree with fifty
[to guard ns.—The next day James Web
[ster was killed and roasted ; the day after
[this William Rawson, of New London, was
[killed and roasted ; and the following day
[William Smith of New York, shared the
[fate of his unhappy companions. Oo (he
|next day, from what we could understand
%y the Chief, James West, of New Y >rk.
Itvas to die; bu’ fortunately for ns, the
|)ighl previous to his intended fate, a hea
fry squall rose from the east with rain,thun
|)er, and lightning, which so frightened the
Satires (hat they all ran towards the west,
Sinking such a yelling noise as I never heard
[Before, leaving us under the tree. We
■Sow untied each other, and walked away
Awards the beach where our hoat was
Aying, which was about seven miles, as
Sigh as we could guess. We now found
Mur boat, two oars, and the steer oar, with
fler mast anil sails. At the joy of finding
Bur boat, I thought I was so strong as to
Barry her myself; we immediately launch
Bd her into the surf and happy for us that
Brovidence directed us to depart as soon
Bswedid; for we were not thirty yards
E-om the beach when 700 of the New-
Kenlaltders came in search of us. We
Bvf.iv in the hoat three days having nothing
when we were picked up by bug
Hlequary, Captain White, belonging to Sid
Bey, New-South Wales, where we were
Banded eu the 10th day of November,
ijfjoj Thence 1 sailed in the English ship
■Admiral Cockburn to the Isle of France;
Whence in ship Julia-Ann, ol Calcutta, to
Bondnn. West was left in Sidney Hospital,
Mick.”
From tbe Southern Intelligencer.
1 GREENVILLE BIBLE SOCIETY.
Meport of the Board of Managers for the
year ending Aug. 1, 182-1.
IThe Board of Mangers of the Bible So
A>ty of Greenville District, to whose guid
Met, the interests ol the Society were com
jgjtted. present themselves with pleasure at
lhi meeting 1 , respectfuly to lay before the
Society a statement of tieir proceedings for
t|e past year
Immediately on ther appointment, the
liard proceeded to ihoe preliminary steps,
hich should be taken n entering upondu
t-s so important and nteresting as those
itli which they had the honour to be
larged. They instruted their Secreta
es to tak immediate leasures for giving
lhlicity in tbe Southen Intelligencer of
ns State to the Constiiltion and proceed
ligs of the first meetig of the Society,
frhich was promptly andatisfactorily done.
Similar instructions wengiven to the Cor
responding Secietary in elation to the Na
| iional Institution, with wich we were desi
rous of becomtug afliliatd, which wa9 also
attended to in a satisfactoy manner. From
that excellent American Bi
ll ble Society, an affection* and acceptable
B letter was soon received,accompanied with
■ a donation of fifty Biblefrnd fifty Tesla
-8 metds, which strengthen! tbe hands of the
■ Board, and enabled them# commence with
H very httle delay, the wfk of distributing
: the Scriptures in the Dtrict. To facili
t tate this important busing without any in*
terference on the partof the agents to
whom it was committedjjwas resolved, af
j ter deliberation and coisel, to adopt tbe
division of tbe District ini Battalions, as the
TIIE MISSIONARY.
division or the sphere of action within which
tbe members of the Board, and those who
should be associated with them, should
move, authorizing them to act within tbe
respective Battalion divisions in which Ihey
reside, wherever, in the Providence of God
their lots should be cast, in obtaining mem
bers and donors, in collecting subscriptions
and donations, and in distributing copies of
the Holy Volume.
In the work of faith and labour of love
which their duty called them to perform,
the Board have been encouraged and re
freshed. In addition to the donation from
the Parent Society, which consisted of fifty
Bibles and Testaments, they haVe purchas
ed seventy-five Bibles and sixty-four Testa
ments, making the whole number of Bi
bles one hundred and thirty, and the whale
number of Testaments one hundred and
fourteen. Ol these, eighty-eight copies of
the Bible have been delivered by the
Treasurer to Agents for distribution, atid
one hundred and four copies of the Testa
tpent. The whole number delivered for
distribution, and there is reason to believe
actually distributed, is one hundred and
ninety two. This number scattered through
the population of this District in one year,
affords the pleasing hope that much good
will be done. In the attempt which has
been made to circulate the word of God
within our bounds, it appears from the re
port of the Agents, that in some places, the
want of the Scriptures is very great, and
the desire for possessing them as eager as
the want is great. In all places where the
• ffor. to distribute hH9 been made, success
has attended it. There is one fact, attend
*ug the circulation of the word of God in
this District, that is worthy of notice and of
an encouraging character It is this: that
in few instances only has it been given
away, the people generally preferring to
purchase it rather than receive it as a gift;
and where they had not money, they offer
edcorn, mid other articles, iu exchange for
the precious volume of eternal truth.
1 his i9 most favourable, since it manifests
the value which is set upon the Holy Vol
nine.
In one instance, a youth, named George
Howard, a cripple, and supported npoo
charity, having by some means obtained
fifty cents, travelled four miles to the house
of one of the members of the Board, and
offered it for a Bible, the price of which
was seventy five rents. The Agent gave
him the Bible, and brought the money to
the Board. Being sensibly affected with
the incident, the Board unanimously re
quested the agent to return the fifty cents
to the poor but interesting youth, who had
so nobly given all his earthly substance for
the blessed Book which contains the pearl
of “great price,” accompanying their re
quest with silent but earnest desires that all
its rich imperishable treasures might be
made bis own f,” eternity. The Board bas
the uti'peakable pleasure to l-arn that their
desires have heen fulfilled. The youth
devoted himself with so much assiduity and
diligence to the searching of the blessed
Volume that in less than three months he
had read it through five times. He was not
known to be seriously impressed hy divine
things before, but after he.received the Bi
hie he became so, and in ihe course of his
reading would often make remarks, always
relating to Christian experience, on impor
tant passages that arrested his attention.
A little before bis death his mind became
deeply impressed with (he following pas
sage in Revelations, “ Behold he cometh
with clouds and every eye shall see him.”
Stopping with emotion and delight, be ask
ed his Mother if those were not most beau
ttful words. Shortly after, he terminated
bis earthly course in the triumphs of faith,
and has doubtless gone to the enjoyment of
that inheritance which is incorruptible, un
defiled, and that fadeth not away. This in
stance, in which good has been done, by
means of the Society, is an ample recom
pence for all tbe expense and trouble in
curred in its establishment and operation.
As the want of the Scriptures is great,
and the disposition of tbe people is favoura
ble for obtaining them, the Society has
abundant motives for continuance in this
plau of well doing. If more zeal animated
us, if more energy and constancy marked
oty steps in this good work, the Board wolfld
he able to report better and greater things.
Fervently hoping that tbe next year will
witness a more marked progress in the
great work of distributing God’s Holy Word,
and ihe succeeding Board will at the next
Anniversary present a more interesting re
port, your present Board now closes the
statement of its proceedings by exhibiting
the Treasurer’s report, and surrendering
up its trust into the hands of the Society.
Treasurer's Report.
To amount received by subscriptions
and donations oo
Do. sale of Bibles and Testaments 61 31
rr, . 142 31
To amount paid by Treasurer for pur
chase of Bibles and Test’s SIOO 00
Do. for transportation of Books 4 00—104 00
Balance in Treasurer’s hand* 38 31
OFFICERS.
Dr. R. Harrison, President.
nr _n .. ... . *he world, and preach the Gospel to evety creature —Jtrur Christ
the d,spos,t, on3 and habtU wh.chleadto political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports.- Washington.
MOUNT ZION, (HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA,) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1824
Rev. Mr. Lewi* Rector, \
—Samuel Gibson, f Vice
—————Michael Dixon, £ Presidents.
■ James West, y
Rev. Wm. B. Johnson, Corr'g Secretary.
N. W. Hodges, Recording Secretary.
John H. Goodlett, Treasurer.
MISSION ARY.
From the Missionary Herald for Sept.
PALESTINE MISSION.
JOURNAL OF MR. FISK.
October 4, 1823. At half past 9we left
Tripoli, rode over a plain, and ascended
the mountains, till we reached a lofty sum
mit, with a valley before us, which I cannot
belter describe, than by calling it a fright
ful chasm in the earth. We dismounted,
and descended literally by winding stairs,
nearly to the bottom of the ravine, and
then, after various windings and gentle as
cents amoDg shruh-oaks, we reached the
Convent of Mar Antonios atKhoshiah, situ
ated on the side of an almost perpendicular
mountain. We were nine hours on our
way from Tripoli to tbe convent. It is a
Maronite establishment, and contains about
100 monks. They seemed dirty, stupid
and ignorant. One of the priests told me,
that not more than one-fourth of tbe whole
number can read. They have a press in
the convent, and print their church books
in Syriack and Carshun. The books are
printed and bound by the monks. I could
not learn from them that they hud printed
the Bible, or any part of it, except in the
form of church lessons. We asked tbe su
perior of tbe convent something about bis
belief in the Scriptures, and he said, —“ I
believe what the Church, believes.” He
then inquire* about our faith, and we re
plied,—“ We believe what the Bible teach
es.”
1 learn from Ihe superior that the Maron
ites baptize in the same manner as the Syr
ians. At the Lord’s Supper,they give wine
only ‘0 the priests; to the other monks end
the common people bread alone. He says,
the Armenian Catholicks administer it in
the same manner, while the Greek Catho
licks administer it io both kinds to all the
communicants. He thought tbe English
baptized in tbe blood of a dove; and one of
the~prie9l mid, that Foal bcfr bie t/db*
version was a Pagan !
In the evening we bad a long dispute with
several of tbe priests and monks. Our
subject was, the marriuge of Bishops. We
showed them 1 Tim. 3:2, “The husband
of one wife.” They asserted that Ihe lan
guage was not the same in tbe Romish edi
tion. We urged them to produce a copy
and examine it, but could not induce them
to do so. We then showed them 1 Tim.
41—3. One of tbpm, without reading the
whole passage said, “You see it says, for
bidding to marry” We showed him trom
the first verse, that the prohibition pro
ceeds from those, who “give heed to se
ducing spirits and doctrines of devils.”
While we were disscussiog this and other
topicks, one of the monks took Mr. Wolff
out and said to him privately, “1 perceive
that you are right, and I wish to go with
you ” Probably, however, he was influ
enced by mere worldly motives, being dis
contented with his present situation and
hoping to be more comfortable with us.
Cedars of Lebanon.
7. Taking a guide, we set out for tbe
Cedars, going a little S. of E. Id about two
hours we came in eight of them, and in an
other hour reached them. Instead of being
on tbe highest summit of Lebanon, as has
sometimes been said, they are situated at
the foot of a high mountain, in what may
be considered as the arena of a vast amphi
theatre, opening to tbe W. with high moun
tains on tbe N. S . ti F.. The cedars stand
on five or six gentle elevations, and occupy
a spot of ground about three fourths of a
mile in circumference. I walked around
it in 15 minutes. We measured a num
ber of the trees. The largest is upwards
of 40 feet in circumference. Six or eight
others are also very large, several of them
nearly the size of tbe largest. But each
of these was manifestly two trees or more,
which have grown together, and now form
one. They generally separate a few feet
from the ground into the original trees.
The handsomest and tallest are (base of
two or three feet in diameter, (be body
straight, the branches almost horizontal,
forming a beautiful cone, and casting a
goodly shade. We measured tbe length of
two by the shade, and found each about 90
feet. The largest are not so high, but some
of the others, I think, are a little higher.
They produce a conical fruit in shape and
size like that of the pine. I counted them
and made the whole number 389. Mr.
King conated them, omitting the small sap
lings, and made the number 321. 1 know
not why travellers and authors have so long
and so generally given 28, 20, 15, 5, or 7
as the number of the cedars. It is true,
that “of those of superior size and antique
ty,” there are not a great number; bat
then there is a regular gradation in size,
from the largest down to tbe merest sap
ling. One man of whom I inquired, told
me that then are cedars in other place® on
Mount Lebanon, bpl he could not tell where-
Several others to whom I have put the
question, have unanimously assured me
that these are the only cedars which exist
op the mountain. They are called in Ara
hick Ary. The Maronites tell me that
they have an annual feast which they call
tbe Feast of the Cedars. Before seeing tbe
cedars, I had met with a European travel
ler who had jus! visited them. He gave a
short account of them, and concluded with
saying, “It is as with miracles; the won
der all vanishes when you reach the spot.”
What is there at which an infidel cannot
sneer. Yet let even an infidel put himself
in the place of an Asia'ick passing from
barren desert to barren desert, traversing
oceans of sand and mountains of naked
rock, accustomed to countries like Egypt,
Arabia, Judea, and Asia Minor, abounding
in the best places only with shrubbery and
fruit trees; let bim, with the feelings of
such a man, climb the ragged rocks, and
ptss the open ravines of Lebanon, and sud
denly descry amoDg the hills, a grove of
300 trees such as the cedars actually are,
even at the present day, and be will con
tes* that a tine comparison is Amos 2:9,
“Whose height was as the height of the
cedars, aod he was strong as the oaks.”
Lei him after a long ride in the heat of the
sun, sit down under thb shade of a cedar,
and contemplate the exact conical form qf
its top, and the beautiful symmetry of its
branches, and he will no longer wonder
that David compared the people of Israel,
in the days ol their prosperity, to the
“goodly cedars.” Psalm 80:10. A travel
ler, who had just left the forests of Arneri
ca, might think this little grove of cedars
not worthy of 90 much notice, but tbe man
who knows how rare large trees are in Asia,
and how difficult it is to find timber fm
building, will feel at once that what is said
in Scripture of these trees is perfectly na
tural. It is probable that in tbe days of
Solomon and Hiram there were extensive
forests of cedars on Lebanon. A variety
of causes may have contributed to their
diminution aod almost total extinction.
Yet, io comparison with all the other trees
that 1 have seen on the mountain, the tew
that remain may still be called “ the glorv
of Lebanon.”
Snow of Lebanon.
then ascended the mountain east of them.
We saw on our left band, what I take to be
tbe highest summit of Lebanon. It bas of
ten been asserted (hat there is snow on
Mount Lebanon during the whole year.
We wished to ascertain the fact. As the
heat of summer was now past, we conc.lud
ed that if we could find snow in October, it
was not likely to be wanting at any season
of tbe year. On reaching the summit of
the mountain, therefore, we left the road,
and turned north, io a direction which our
guide said would carry us to snow. After
riding without a path, and over very bad
ground for about an hour, we came to a
Ti tle valley opening to the south east, in
which the snow was about two feet deep.
In another valley near it, there was a still
greater quantity. In the course’of the day
we saw snow at a distance in several other
places. I strongly suspect, however, that
mariners often mistake the white rock
of the mountaio for snow. At only a
short distance it has precisely the same ap
pearance.
Returning from tbe snow to tbe road,
we pursued our way down the mountain to
Ain el Ata (the fountain of Ata) where is a
fountain of good water, and tbe ruins of an
old village.
Ruins of Balbeck.
9. We started early and pursued our
way across the plaio of Celo Syria in a S.
and S. E. direction. The plain extends
between Lebanon, and runs nearly N. E. 4 -
S. W. It is a fine rich plain, but badly cul
tivated. We passed only one small village,
and saw no other houses. Two large flocks
of sheep and goats, attended by their Be
douio shepherds were feeding near our road.
Balbeck is at tbe extremity of tbe plain at
the foot of Aoti-Libanus, which is called in
Arabick Dood Lib nan. or Jibel Ersharki ,
to distinguish it from Lebanon, which is
called Jibil Libnan or Jibel El Gharby.
The principal thing to be seen at Balbeck,
is the Temple of the Sun , which stands in
the N. W. part of the present town. A
grpat part of tbe walls aod many of be
columns are still standing. The whole
length of the building from E. to W. is near
300 paces, and the width from N. to S.
about VO paces, at the west end: tbe
east end is much narrower. There are
various indications that many parts of the
walls are more modern than tbe original
building, and that what was first a place of
idolatrous worship, bas been more recently
a Turkish fortress. Where there was at
first only a row of columns, there is now a
strong wall, and one of the columns now
stands in the wall. Others are fallen and
the several pieces ore wrought in as parts
of Ihe modem structure. Many of the
doors and windows have been wailed tip.
apertures being left for firing on a besieg
ing enemy. The portico at the east end,
which was open, i*now closed up, and even
without a gate. Next to thi- portico is a
hexagonal apartment 55 pacts in diameter.
[Price $3 50 per am.
, West of this, the building is much wider:
and outside of this room are the entrances
of two arches, one on tbe W. side and one
on tbe S. These arches run W. about
130 pace£, and a similar arch runs from one
to the other 100 paces. These arches
and several dark rooms connected with
them, but now principally closed up, con
stitute the lower story of tbe buildmg.
There are several passages leading to the
upper story, which was the principal part
of the temple. From tbe hexagonal room
you enter the largest, though probably
not the most splendid apartment of the
temple. Itis 125 paces from N. to S. aod
not much less from E. to W. On the N.
Hnd S. sides are several niches where stat
ues were probably erected. The ruins
of a wall show that an inner apart
ment occupied tbe centre of this apartment,
a room within a room. The two arches
above mentioned terminate with this apart
ment. W. of it is another of about the
same extent from E. to W., hut much nar
rower trom N. to S. On the two sides ot”
this were row® of Corinthian columns at
least seventeen in a row. On the S. side
six are still standing and entire. This
apartment extends to tbe W. end of the
building. S. of it there is another temple,
which retains more of elegance than'any
part of the whole. It was no doubt origin
ally a separate temple, for though now
united, the wall which joins the two, is
comparatively modern. This temple is
53 paces long from E. to W., and 26 from
N. to S. it was surrounded by a row of
Corinthian colomn9 about 40 in number,
each 6 feet in diameter, and including the
capital and architrave, near 70 feet bigb.
The pedestals at the same time stand on
the second story about 30 or 40 feet from
the ground, 9o that the immense stones
which compose the architrave are 100
feet from tbe ground. The shaft of eacb
column consists of three stones. We meas
ured one that wa® fallen and found file first
Stone 23 feet long; the second 15 feet;
the third 12, and the Cbpital 6. The thick
ness of the architrave, I judged to be 10 or
12 feet, and each stone is about 15 feet
long, and 8 or 10 wide. How was it ever
possible to elevate those stones to the
height ol 100 feet? Here also tbe portico
at the east has been walled up. From this
pTe ."'“ri'l'ys J “wtoi? ‘jvth e BW*W€ t y\nu
head an immense stone, that has sunk seve
ral feet from its proper place, and hangs in
a most threatening position over the pas
sage. On this an eagle is engraved, and an
angel on ihe one adjoining it. Within,
there are 14 fluted columns, and a great
number of false doors, with finely wrought
entablatures. A few steps E. of this, is an
other building, or another part of the great
whole, connected with the other parts,
but by walls of mordetu construction.
In the upper part of this building there
is one large room, with four small ones at
the four corners; and undernea'h, a subter
ranean apartment called the prison of blood,
because it is said that men who were con
demned to death used to be cast into it and
left to perish. One of the greatest won
ders of tbe whole boildiog is (be large
stones which are found in the walls near the
N. W. corner. On the west side there are
nine stones in a row. eacb 30 feet long,
aboat 10 (hick, and 12 high. These con
stitute tbe foundation of a wail w hich seems
never to have been finished. On the west
side there are two tiers of large stones,
three in each. The lower tier is r<u*d
(5 feet from Ihe ground; tbe height and
thickness of tbe stooes appear t<> be the
same with those on ‘he N. side, so that the
upper tier is about 27 feet from the ground,
and each of these 6 slodps is upwards of 60
feel iu length. Here again one a-It* with
amazement, “ hi.w was it ever p"*sib!e to
raise a stone 60 feet by 10 and 12!” The
Arabs who were around us while we were
looking at the temple, said it was done by
Satan. Magnificent a® this temple must
have been, 1 strongly sn*pect the original
plan was never completed. The unfin li
ed wall near the N W. corner indica.-s
this. And lam inclined to think the origin
al plan contemplated a small temple west
of the large one, like that on the south.
This would have given remarkable unity
and proportion to the whole. There is in
deed now more of unity and elegance than
in the temples of Egypt, and larger stones
are used; but the temple of Farnar is much
larger and morp magnificent. Most of the
magnificent work* of Egypt are composed
of materials brought from a distance, but
Balber was built of a kind of stoue, that
abounds in the vicioity.
Balbec i now a ruinous village, contain
ing about 200 human dwelling TWre
are a few families of Greek Caiholick*. ‘he
only C hristian* in the pl.oe Wi'f tl.<m
we lodged, and before parting, gave h- m
several rr pies ot the Scripture*. The
great body of the inhabitants are Metonalis,
who are numerous .n the adjacent par's.
They are Mu*?ulai n of the secr ot Ali,
like ‘he Persian*. 1 hpy are numerous at
Tyre, and are found .t ‘Otm place* >n
Mount Lebanon. Balbec -s tv w g verned
by an Emir, who i* or.ij 19 -r2O n urs old,
He bad lot g been at war wnf n uncle,
wbo had command oi son e village i r dis
trict in the vicinity. ? fee day that we ap-