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MISCELLANY.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
As it is important, that the terms upon
which candidates for admission into this in-
Jtitution, whether as regular or irregular
Indents, are received, should be clearly
understood by all those who may have it
in view hereafter to present themselves as
such : And as it will be satisfactory to them
to have some correct idea of the course of
studies prescribed by the College Laws,
the Faculty have deemed it incumbent upon
them to cause the same to be publish
ed.
There are established in college four
classes, which in their s<iccession bear the
usual titles of Freshman, Sophomore, Junior
and Senior.
For admission into the Freshman Class,
(as a regular ) a candidate shall be able !o
ponstrue and parse Cicero,Virgil,ine Greek
Testament; have a general knowledge of
English Grammar and be well acquainted
with Arithmetick.
The studies of the Freshman year, are
four books of Xenophon’s Cyropcedia, Ho
mer, Horace, Roman Antiquities, Murray’s
English Grammar, Algebra, Geography, &
Geometry.
The studies of the Sophomore year, are
Homer continued,five books ofLivy,French,
Algebra continued, plain Trigonometry and
Survey ing.
The studies of the Junior year, are Bel
leslettres and Criticism, Spherical Trig
onometrv, Navigation, Conic Sections,
Priestley’s Lectures on History, Natural
Philosophy and Logic, with Cicero de Ora
tore, (S- recite in the Greek Testament on
Monday morning.
The studies of the Senior year, are Na
tural Philosophy and Logic continued, Pa
ley’s Moral Philosophy and Evidences of
the Chrisian Religion, Astronomy, Chemis
try, Vattel’s Law of Nations, and attention
to such classes as may be directed by the
President, and Forensic disputation
Every candidate for admission into the
Freshman class (as a regular) shall be sis
teen years old; and every one for an ad
vanced standing, of proportionate age. No
candidate shall io any instance be received
into College as an irregular student, until
he shall have attained the age of seventeen
years.
Every irregular student, shall be required
to attend to all tbe studies (the languages
excepted) of the class to which be may bo
attached : and in order to his entering any
class, shall be qualified on all those prelim
inary branches necessary for the acquire
ment of the studies of that class.
For instance —should a candidate wish
particularly to study Natural Philosophy,
be must first join tbe Junior class, and will
he required to attend to all studies of that
class as prescribed above, except Cicero
de Oratore and the Greek Testament: and
in order to his joining that class, he shall be
qualified on Arithmetic, Algebra, and Ge
orrntry, because the science of Natural
Philosophy cannot he thoroughly acquired
without a previous knowledge of these
branches. And as it is so important that
every one should be acquainted with the
English Grammar, a knowledge of it, will
iA every instance be required.
Irregular Students are subject to College
discipline.
By order of the Faculty.
JAMES C. PATTERSON.
Secretary of Faculty.
Printers friendly to the Institution are
requested to give the above an insertion in
their papers.
October 6, 1824.
LOSS OF THE SHIP FAME.
The following is an extract of a letter from Sir
Thomas Stamford Raffles, late Governour of Ben
eoolen, communicating the destruction of the
ship Fame, by fire, in which he had embarked
with his family and suite on his return to Europe.
1( A more providential escape is scarcely to be
found upon record.
“We embarked on the 2d February, in
the Fame, and sailed at day-light for Eng
land, with a fair wind, and every prospect
of a quick and comfortable passage. The
ship Was every thing we could wish,
and, having closed my charge here much to
my satisfaction, it was one ol the happiest
days of my life. We were perhaps too
happy; for, in the evening, came a sad re
verse. Sophia had just gone to bed, and I
had thrown off half my clothes, when a cry
of fire ! fire ! roused us from our calm con
tent, and, in five minutes, the whole ship
was in flames ! I ran to examine whence the
flames principally issued, and found that the
fire had its origin immediately under our
•cabin. Down with the boats; where is
Sophia? here; the children? here; a rope
to the side; lower Lady Raffles. Give her
to me, says one ; I’ll take her, says the
Captain. Throw the gun powder over
board. It cannot be got at, it is in the mag
azine, close to the fire ! Stand clear of tbe
powder. Scuttle the water casks ; water!
water! Where’s Sir Stamford? Come into*
the boat. Push off; push off; stand clear
of the after part of the ship.
AH this passed much quicker than 1 can
write it; we pushed oil, and, as we did so,
the flames were issuing from our cabins,
nod tbe whole of the alter part of the ship
THE MISSIONARY.
was in flames. The masts and sails now
taking fire, we moved to a distance, suffi
cient to avoid the immediate explosion, but
the flames were now coming out of the
main hatchway, and, seeing tbe rest of tbe
crew, with the Captain, &c. still on hoard,
we pulled back to her under the bows, so
as to he more distant from the powder. As
we approached, we perceived rhatthe peo
ple from on board were getting into anoth
er boat on the opposite side. She pushed
off; we hailed her—Have you all on board ?
Yes, all save one. Who is he? Johnson,
sick in his cot. Can we save bim ? No,
impossible. The flames were then issuing
Irom the hatchway. At this moment, the
poor fellow, scorched, I imagine, by the
fl .me*, roared out most lustily, having ran
up on the deck. I will go lor him, says the
Captain. The two boats then came to
ge'hcr, and we took out some of the per
sons from the Captain’s boat, whicb was
• •verladen. He then pulled under the bow
sprit of the ship, and picked the poor fellow
up. Are you all safe? Yes, we’ve got the
man; all lives safe, ibaok God; pull off
Irom the ship; keep your eye on a star,
r>ir Siamlord; there’s oDe barely visible.
We then hauled close to each other, and
found the Captain fortunately had a com
pass, but we had no light but from the ship.
Our distance from Bencoolen we estimated
to be from 20 to 30 miles, in a south west
direction; there being no landing place to
the southward ol Bencoolen, our only chance
was to regain that port. The Captain then
undertook to lead, and we to follow, in a N
N. E. course, as well as we could, no chance,
no possibility, being left that we could again
approach the ship; for she was now one
splendid flame, fore and aft, aod aloft, her
masts and sails in a blaze, and rocking to
and fro, threatening to fall io an instant.
There goes her mizen-mast; pul! away,
my boys; there goes the gun powder, thank
God!
You may judge of our situation, without
further particulars. The alarm was given
at about 10 minutes past eight, and, in less
than 10 minutes afterwards, she was one
grand mass of fire !
My only apprehension was the want of
hoats to hold the people, as there was not
time to have got out a long boat, or make
a raft, all we had to rely upon were two
small boats, which fortunately were lower
ed without accident, and io these ttvo small
open boats, without a drop of water or grain
of food, nr a rag of covering, except what
we happened at the moment to have on our
backs, we embarked on the wide ocean,
thankful to God for his mercies. Poor So
phia having been taken out of herbpd, had
nothing on hut a wrapper, neither shops
nor stockings; the children were just as
taken out of bed, whence one had been
snatched after the flames had attacked it.
In short there was not time for any one to
think of more than two thing*—Cao the
ship be saved? No; let us save ourselves
then; all else wa9 swallowed up in one
great ruin.
To make the best of our misfortune, we
availed our*elves of the light from the ship
to steer a tolerably good course towards
the shore ; she continued to burn till about
midnight, when the salt petre, of which she
had 250 tons on board, took fire, and sent
up one of the most splendid and brilliant
flames that was ever seeo, illuminating the
horizon in every direction, to an extent of
no less than fifty miles, and casting (hut
kind of blue light over us, which i9, of all
others, most luridly horrible. She burnt
and continued to flame in this style for about
an hour or two, when we lost sight of the
object in a cloud of smoke.
Neither Nel*on, nor Mr. Bell, our medi
cal friend, who had accompanied us, had
saved their coats, the tail of mine with a
pocket handkerchief, served to keep So
phia’s feet warm: and we made breeches
tor the children with our neckcloths. Raio
now came on, but fortunately it was not of
long continuance, and we got dry again—
the night became serene and starlight.
We were now certain of our course, and the
men behaved manfully—they rowed inces
santly and with good hearts and spirit, and
never did poor mortals look out more for
daylight and for land than we did. Not
that our sufferings or grounds of complaiut
were any thing to what has often befallen
others, but from Sophia’s delicate health, as
well a my own, and the stormy nature of
our coast, I felt perfectly convinced we
were unable to undergo starvation, and ex
posure to the sun and weather many days,
and aware of the rapidity of the currents, I
feared we might fall to the southward of the
port.
At daylight, we recognized the Coast and
Rat Island, which gave u great spirits, and
though we found ourselves much to the
southward of the port, we -considered our
selves almost at home. Sophia had gone
through the night belter than could have
been expected, and we continued to pull on
with all our strength. About 8 or 9 o’-
clock, we saw a ship standing to us from the
Roads, they had seen the flame on shore,
and sent out vessels in all directions to our
relief, and here certainly came a Minister
of Providence in the character of a Minister
ol the Gospel, for the first person I recog
nized was one of our Millenaries’. They
gave us a bucket of water, and we took tbe
oun di.po.iiion. „ t&sa; as
MOUNT ZION, (HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA,) MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1824.
captain on board as a pilot. The wind,
however, was adverse, and we could not
reach the shore, and took to the ship,
where we got some refreshment, and shel
ter from the sun.
By this time, Sophia wa9 quite exhausted,
fainting continually. About two o’clock,
we landed safe and sound, and no words of
mine can do justice to the expression of
feeling, sympathy and kindness, with which
we are hailed by every one. If any proof
had been wanting that my administration
had been satisfactory, here we had it une
quivocally from all; there was not a dry
eye; and as we drove back to our former
home, loud was tbe cry of ‘ God be praised.’
“But enough; and I will only add, that
we are now greatly recovered, in good
spirits, and busy at work in getting ready
made clothes for present U9e. We went to
bed at three in the afternoon, and I did not
awake till six this morning. Sophia had
nearly as sound a sleep, and with the ex
ception of a bruise or two, and a little pain
in (he hones from fatigue, we have nothing
to complain of.
The property which I have lost, on the
most moderate estimate, cannot be les* than
£20,000. I might almost say £30,000.
But the loss which I have (o regret above
all, is my papers and drawings; all my pa
pers of every description, including my
notes and observations, with memoirs and
collections sufficient for a full and ample
history, not only of Sumatra, but of Borneo,
and every other island in these seas, my in
tended account of the establishment of Sin
capore; the history of my own administra
tion, grammars, dictionaries, and last, not
least, a granS map of Sumatra, on which I
had been employed since my first arrival
here, and on which, for the last six months,
I had bestowed almost my whole undivided
attentioo ; this, how ever, was not all—all
my recollections in natural history, and my
*plendid collection of drawings, upwards ol
one thousand in number, with all the valua
hie papers and notes of my friends Arnold
and Jack; and to conclude, I will merely
notice that there was scarce an unknown
animal, bird, beast, or fish, or an interesting
plant, which we had not on board. A liv
ing tapir, anew species of liger, splendid
pheasants, &c. &c. all doinesticated for the
voyage. ,We were, in short, in this res
pect, a perfect Noah’s Ark. All, all has
perished; but, thank God, our lives have
been spared, and we do not repine.
THE INQUISITION.
A work entitled lettb.es normandes, published
in Palis, in 1820, contains the following account
of a mode of torture practised in the Inquisi
tion of Toledo.
“ General Lassale being at Toledo, went
to visit the palace of the Inquisition ; for in
Spain the humility of inquisitors is like that
of other monks; it wears a coarse cloak,
and dwells in a marble palace. At the
sight of the instrument of torture, the Gen
eral, as well as the officers who were with
him, were seen to shudder; for it was more
horrible than any thing presented by the
field of battle. Among these instruments
there was one which more particularly fix
ed the attention of the visitants, by giving
the impression of a sort of sacrilege. At
the farther end of a subterraneous dungeon,
near the chair of the inquisitor whose duty
it was to interrogate those who were ac
cused of heresy, there was placed in a niche
a statue of the Virgin. A golden halo sur
rounded her head, and her drapery descend
ed in silken folds from her shoulders to her
feet. In her right hand she held the an
cient standard of the Kings, and a breast
plate was just visible under the folds of her
robe. Altogether, the 9latne resembled
Joan of Arc, at Orleans. On examining it
a little nearer, they perceived that tbe
breast plate was glistening with a vast num
ber of little knives, and of nails sharpened
like needles. The arms of the statue were
moveable ; and a handle placed behind tbe
partition regulated its motions. General
Lassale gave orders for putting the machine
io operation; and the sack of a Polish gren
adier was put iu the place of (be heretick.
When the handle was turned, the statue ex
tended its arms and pressed the sack closely
to its breast. When it relaxed its grasp,
the sack was found to be a perfect seive;
it was pierced with a thousand boles, and
tbe knives had eotered9ome lines in depth.
Thus tbe merciful Mary, the mother of the
Saviour of men, became in tbe hands of in
quisitors, the bloody instrument of fanati
cism; and that nothing might be wanting
to this horrible profanation, they called this
image by an odious puD, Our Lady of Sor
rows.
POPISH DEVILS DETECTED.
Extract of a letter from Barcelona , Spain ,
dated June 19, 1824.
A singular occurrence has taken place
here, in a village called Artes, near Hos
talricb, about twelve leagues from Barcel
ona. A constitutionalist being at the point
of death, his brother called on the curate,
and requested him to come and administer
tbe sacraments. The curate refused, say
ing—“your brother is a constitutionalist,
that is to say, a villain aod impious wretch;
and an enemy to God and man—he is dam
ned without mercy, and it is therefore use
less for me to confess him I” “ But who
told you that my brother was damned!”
“ Who told me ?” replied the curate, “ why
God himself!” “ What,” cried tbe aston
ished Spaniard, “ has God spoken to you !”
“ Yes,” answered the curate with assur
ance ; “God spoke to me during the sacri
fice of the mass, and told me that your
brother was damned to all the devils.” It
was in vain that tbe brother reiterated his
entreaties, the curate was inexorable. A
few day 9 after the constitutionalist died,
and the brother returned to the curate to
beg of him to perform the funeral ceremo
ny on the body. The curate refused, say
ing, “the soul of your brother is now burn
ing in hell, as I told you before. It would
be in vain for me to take any trouble about
intering his body, for during the night the
devils will coqie and carry it away, and in
forty days you yourself will meet with the
same late.” The Spaniard not giving im
plicit credit to Ibis diabolical visit, watched
during the night by the body of his broth
er with his pi*(o!s loaded. Between twelve
and me o’clock a knock was heard at the
d* or, and a voice exclaimed—“ I command
you to open, iD the name of the living God;
—open, if not, your instant ruin is at hand.”
The Spaniard refused to open, and shortly
after, he saw enter by a window, three aide
bodied devils, covered with -skins of wild
beasts, having the usual quantity of horns,
claws, and spiked tail*, who set about car
rying the coffin containing the In.dy. Upon
this the Spaniard fired, aud shot one devil
dead. The others took to flight—he tired
after them, and wounded both, one of whom
died in a few minutes and (he other escap
ed. In the morning, when the people went
to church there was no curate to officiate,
and it was shortly after discovered, on ex
amining the two defunct devils, that one
was the curate and the other the vicar—
the wounded devil was the sacristan, who
confessed the whole diabolical proceeding.
This singular case is now before the crim
inal tribunal of Barcelona.
[Phil. Freeman’s Journal.
religiousT
ACCOUNT OF A REMARKABLE SER
MON,
Preached in Edinburgh.” Related by a Clergyman.
Some time ago, l was sent for to visit a
person named Adam Watson, who was
thought to be dy iDg. On entering his apart
ment, i saw a venerable looking old man in
a chair, and apparently much distressed
from a difficulty in breathing. His dough
ter told me that he was then a good deal
fatigued with the exertion of rising out of
bed, but that he would be able to speak to
me in a little time. Being told who I was,
he said to me after a short pausp, “ I am
glad to see yon, Sir, and thank you for com
mg so readily to visit me in this poor habi
tation.” I then asked him a few questions
about his bodily health; these he shortly
answered, and then said, “ You see roe. Sir,
on the verge of eternity; but I bless God I
have do fears of dpath. I hope that 1 can
truly say, ‘I know whom I havp believed;’
and my chief reason for sending for you at
present is to help me to praise thp Lord for
his great and wonderful mpreies to me.”
“ What mercies do you mean ?” said I. “ I
mean his great and wonderful mercies in
Christ Jesus. lam now an old mao, in my
eighty fourth year, and blessed be his name,
I can say, I have known the Lord since I
was eighteen.” Since you was eighteen !
pray did any thing remarkable happen at
that time, that you remember it so particu
larly ?” “Yes, yes,” said he, “something
that I shall never forget while I am able to
remember any thing, and for which I shall
bless God through all eternity.” “ May I
ask what it was?” “Certaiuly,” he replied,
“and when I gpt a little breath, I shall tell
you with pleasure.” After pausing for two
or three miuutes, he spoke as nearly a* I
can remember, to the following purpose:
“ When I was about eighteen years of
age, I happened to be in Edinburgh, follow
ing my business. Though I was not addict
ed to any gross immorality, I was a stranger
to true religion. I hr.d something like the
form of godliness, but it was nothing but a
form. One Sunday I went to the West
Church. It was about the time of dispeD
sing the Sacrament, and a minister of the
name of Pitcairn was preaching. I shall
never forget his text; it was in 1 Pet. ii. 7:
‘ Unto you, therefore, which believe, he is
precious.’ The Church was exceedingly
crowded, and the congregation very atten
live. Nothing very particular happened
till about the close of the dicotirse, when
Mr. Pitcairn made a long pause. A dead
stillness immediately ensued. F.very eye
was fixed on him, and several of his hear
era seemed to be a good deal agitated.
When he resumed his discourse, he spoke,
to the best of my recollection, nearly as
follows: ‘Last night, when I was on my
knees before God, pleading with him in the
prospect of this day’s service, it wa impres
ed on my mind in a very uniwnal manner,
and as if I had heard a voice from heaven,
charging me that thi* day I should make a
full and particular offer of Christ to all who
hear me ; aod also, that I should rpquirenf
them an immediate anvwer whether they
accept the offer or not. Ido therefore in
the name es the Most High God, offer to all
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and every one of yon thp Lord Jesus Christ,
with all his benefits; I offer Him to the
young and the old, the rich and the poor, to
sinners of every kind and degree ; assuring
you, that if you hccept of him as he is offer
ed in the Gospel, you shall he blessed in
time and blessed through eternity. Well,
what do you say ? Do you accept of him or
not? What answer am I to carry back to
him whose servant I am? Consider tbe mat
ter, and make up your minds.’ On saying
this, he sat down in tbe pulpit, and the
most solemn silence followed that ever I
witnessed. I was very much affected, and
the tears ran down my cheeks in abundance.
My sins crowded into my mind. I saw my
self to be a lost and ruined creature, and
was enabled tn cast my soul on Jesus Christ,
believing that he, and none but he, could
save me. On looking up I saw many per
sons iu tears around me.
“ Mr. Pitcairn continued sitting, I think,
about five or six minutes;’ then rising up,
and looking round on the congregation, he
said to them with great solemnity, ‘Well,
my triends, what is yonr determination?
Are yon not willing to obey thp command
of God, to believe iD his Son Jesus Christ?
Do you accept of the Saviour, as he is of
fered in the Gospel, and give yourselves up
to Him, as God has commanded, that he may
wash you in his blood, clothe you with his
righteousness, and sanctify you by his Spir
it ? Or, od the contrary, do you proudly and
wickedly reject him? Or, which amounts
very much to the same thing, are you re
-olved to delay this important business to a
more convenient season?—Then, in a very
earnest and forcible manner, he urged his
hearers immediately to accept of Christ,
and to comply with the invitations of the
gospel. In the name of God he conjured
them neither to decline nor to delay so im
portant a duty. ‘ Many,” said he, ‘to whom
the same off r was made are now in hell,
bitterly lamenting (hpir guilt and felly in
rejecting it! AridO! were'hpy pumitted
now to address, with what earnestness
would they beseech you to hpwar<- ol what
must assuredly bring you to that place where
they are tormented! Luke xvi, 28. Many
of your piou* friends and relations wb” late
ly worshipped with us in this place, were
eoabled through grace to accept of Christ,
and to give themselves up to him, and are
now before the throne; were they per
mitted to address you,o ! with what earnest
ness would they join in the exhortation I am
now giving you ; and beseech you < 0 accept
of Christ, that you may by and by be united
to their blessed society, and made partak
ers of their joy. In this manner did Mr.
Pitcairn exhort and beseech his hearer*, to
comply with the calls of the gospel, and to
embrace the Lord Jesus Christ It wa the
most solemn season I ever witness,*) It
was much spoken of Edinburgh and its
neighbourhood, and many dated their con
version from that day.”
The old man added, that he himself
knew several persons who were then awak
ened to a serious and lasting concern about
their salvation ; and no doubt, as he justly
observed, there would be many of whom he
had no opportunity of hearing.
I was surprised at the distinctness and an
imation with which the poor old man nar
rated the above particulars. His weakness
and difficulty of breathing obliged him to
stop from time to lime, but the whole cir
cumstances seemed to be as fresh in his
recollection as if they had lately occurred.
As soon as I returned home, I wrote down
all I could remember of what he told me ;
and, from the deep impression it made on
ray mind, 1 believe that I remembered the
greatest part of it. I soon called again, hat
found him greatly worse. He was unable
to rise, and though perfectly sensible, he
had become so deaf, that it was almost im
possible to make him hear. He continued
tranquil and resigned to tbe will of God;
and enjoyed to the last a steady hope in the
diviue mercy through Jesus Christ.
[ Wesleyan Methodist Magazine.
PALESTINE MISSION.
The Journals of the American Missiona
ries in the Holy Land hold a prominent
place in the last number of the Missionary
Herald. The latest accounts that have
reached us from our countrymen there, we
receive through the Jewish Expositor. It
appears that from jealousy, or other mo
tives of no higher character,they were com
plained of to the Mahometan rulers, for
their distribution of books; probably with
the expectation of suppressing the practice.
Happily they suffered no penalty ; but, on
the contrary, the effect of this measure of
hostility is like to prove beneficial. As the
whole account of the proceedings is inter
esting, and as the letter contains other grat
ifying intelligence, we copy most of it. It
bears date, Malta, March 19<h
[Rel Chronicle.
We have the pleasure to inform you that
the accounts from Syria are of a most grat
ifying & encouraging nature. Mr. Jowett
informs us that while he was in Svria the
American Mis s ionaries received frequent
visits, at times almost daily, from persona
desirous to converse with thpm about the
Scriptures and the main points of the
Christian Religion; that their time was
greatly taken up in giving instruction in this
manner. The lumber of copies of tbe