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So 14 Vol. V!.] 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-