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MOUNT ZION, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1825.
THE TASTE OF THE TIMES.— A Fragment.
44 There is no accounting for taste,” said a fash
ionable girl of about fourteen, as she saw an old
lady poring over a large folio with a ribbed back,
and brazen clasps, and ornamented letter. 44 1
have always understood that a 4 great bonk is a
great evil,’ and have so far profitted by the adage
as never to encounter one of that description ”
44 I am no antiquarian myself,” said her govern
ess, 44 but I must confess there is something ven
erable in a book dressed in that ancient costume. I
A great book may be a great evil, but there is no
general rule without exceptions. You seem to
have an aversion to a great book —founded partly,
perhaps, on the adage which has made a deep im
pression upon your mind, and partly upon the
difficulty and labour which it would cost in mas
tering its contents. But what is a great book ac
cording to your acceptation of the term ? Define
It if you please before you proceed.”
44 It needs no definition,” she replied. 44 Every
one I am persuaded ful'y understands what is
meant by a great book; and whatever others may
do 1 shall take it for graDted that it is a great
evil.”
if yon will not define,” said the governess
44 a term that appears so familiar to you, I shall
consider that you understand by it such a volume
as you have just seen. That is a great book—of
course it is a great evil. But have you ever ex
amined its contents ? May it not consist in a grea’
variety of parts? Might it not have been bourn l
in a much smaller compass; and, instead of one.
might it not have been made to consist of a great
many volumes? You are very much pleased, I
think, with the Children of the Abbey, and Thad
detis of Warsaw, and the Scottish Chiefs. You
are infinitely delighted (as you express yourself)
with the Waverley Novels, and devour with a pe
culiar (rust every thing that wears the name <u
fiction. Now, if all these had happened to bt
bound in one volume,they would have made a verv
great book, of course it would have betn a very
great evil if the adage is true. And the wisdom
of the performance consists not in the sentiments
which they contain, but in the mechanical exe
cution. But I will pursue the adage further, and
in doing this I shall have to analyze the epithet
great. When we say that a roan is great, is it n
his stature that we look ? He may excel iu
strength and size Goliah of Gath, or the fnhli and
Polyphemus, and yet not be entitled to the ap
pellation of great, for the *• mind is the standard
of the man.” By parity of reasoning a book may
be great; that is, it may abound in words, am!
yet be so barren in sentiment as not to deserve*
the appellation. On the contrary, it may be verv
small, and yet so rich in thought, as justly to be
called great. But if a great book is a great evil,
then this email book, which is great, is a greai
evil. For my part, 1 look upon that book, what
ever it is, as a great evil, which has not a tenden
cy to inform the mind, or mend the heart. This,
however, cannot be said of all those hooks of
which you are passionately fond, and wilh which
this age abounds. Whoever, for instance, reads
Bj roll’s Don .Joan with thoughts always chaste?
Who, that alternately weeps and laughs, and is
borne away by the successive incidents which the
great Unknown conjures up, stops to reflect on the
passions to which he is subject, and resolves to
mtnd his life? !,et a young lady’s knowledge
be limited by the fashionable tales of the day, and
she may make a pleasant companion for the ball
room—she may pass her time like one under an
artificial excitement that needs to be kept up hy
the same means hy which it was created; she
has learnt nothing that will prove of real practical
utility. The imagination alone has been feasted,
and the other powers of her mind are left to sick
en and fade. That great book to which that’ old
lady’s attention is directed is composed of a great
many smaller ones. The time has been when
people have wept when they read it. It is a neg
lected book because it reproves all who read if.
It is a despised book because it is faithful. I(
performs that very office which persons are apt to
receive most ungraciously—it exposes the faults
and follies of life, and talks of purity, and holi
ness, and a judgement to come. But it bestow
peace and joy upon all who attend to its precepts.
It makes them wise unto salvation. It gives eter
nal life to those, who, by patient continuance it
well doing, seek for glory, and honour, and im
mortality. It is the Bible. Ob, when will it-be
relished!
ENGLAND AND THE HOLY ALLIANCE.
From the A'. F. Daily Advertiser.
By the recognition of the independence of the
Spanish produces in America, Great Britain has
adopted a measure that must disturb the feelings
of the Holy Alliance. One of their fundamental
maxims is, that all improvement in governments,
and in the condition of subjects, must proceed
from sovereigns. Hence they combine their ef
forts to put down effectually all attempts on the
part of the former, to transtorm despotick into
milder systems of government, and all endeavour
to change absolute into constitutional or limited
monarchies. It was an adherence to this princi
ple which led the Ernperour of Austria, in 1821,
to arrest the exertions of the Neapolitans to form
a constitution; and the king of France, in 1822,
to overthrow the system which had been estab
lished in Spain, and to restore the ancient des
p"ti-in. Although we do not suppose that tbe
Emperors of Russia, and Austria, and the King
of Prussia, care any thing for the revolution that
has been produced in the Spanish dominions on
this continent, in itself considered, yet as it ori
ginally proceeded from subjects, and did not meet
ilie approbation of the sovereign, they must, if
they act consistently, affect to consider the case
as falling within their general scheme, and estab
lishing a precedent against their main principle.
Now Great Britain, by acknowledging the lle
puhlicks of Mexico and Colombia as independent
sovereignties, has set her seal to the legality si
revolutions, accomplished by the people of a
country, against the will and wishes of their mon
arch. This example must be an alarming one to
that great Northern Confederacy against the rights
and happiness of mankind, and the independence
of nations, the consequences of which cannot be
easily foreseen or estimated. Suppose the Holy
Alliauce should take it into their heads to call her
$o account for this inroad upon their system, and
say we cannot submit to eucb a measure as tliis, ]
fraught as it is with ruin to our plans, and our
hopes, and therefore pon must either take back
what you have said and done, or we will have a
quarrel with you. Great Britain might say at t
once, Then we will give you business enough for
some years to come—we will assist the Greeks
against the Turks, and thus thwart the views of
Russia in that quuiter ; we will stir up Naples;
once more, and defeat the projects of Austria in
that region; and we will throw our force into the
constitutional scale in Spain, and put down the
influence and control of France oxer that misera
ble nation.
The truth is, the government of Great Britain
itself is a constaet eye-sore to the combined des
pots of the continent ; and if it were in their pow
er to reach it, we have no doubt there would be
a crusade against the liberties and independence
of that nation, before she is many years older. It
is all important to her that the continental powers
do not gain even combined strength enough to
deprive her of the dominion of the ocean, which
they would soon be able to do if Russia could take
possession of Turkey in F.iirope, Austria of Italy,
and France gain the absolute command of the
peninsula. The policy of the British government
in acknowledging the Southern Republicks, js
very important in a political as well as a commer
cial point of view, and we have no doubt will be
found in the end to be such.
General Intelligence.
THE NATION’S GUEST.
ROUTE IN GEORGIA.
On Saturday, the 19lh inst. General LapAY
ette and Suite reached Savannah, from Charles.
• on, in the Steam-hoat Henry Shultz, and was
received on his landing, hy the Mayor of the City,
who conducted him to the top of the Bluff, where
he was met by his Excellency Governour Troup,
and welcomed to the soil of Georgia. The fol
lowing is the Governour’s address:—
• General,
“ ’ 1 is little more than ninety years since the
Founder of this Slate first set foot upon the Bank
oti which you stand. Now, four hundred thou
sand People open their arms to receive you.—
Thanks to a kind Providence; it called you to
the standard of Liberty in the hopelessness of our
! arly revolution—it lias preserved you, that, iu
your later day, the glory of a great Empire might
he reflected back upon you, amid the acclama
tions of’uiiHions.
The scenes which are to come, will be for
you, comparatively tranquil and placid—there
will.be no more of dungeons—no more of frowns
of Tyrants. Oh, Sir ! what a consolation fur a
man who has passed through such seas of troubles,
ihat the millions .of bayonets which guard the
blessings we enjoy, will stand between you and
them. But, enough. Welcome, General—Wel
come—thrice welcome to the state of Georgia.”
To this address, the General, in a low voice,
evid(jpitly affected by his feelings, delivered the
following reply, slightly marked by tne French
accent:
” The kind invitation 1 first received from your
Excellency, and which, on the meeting of the
General Assembly, was bestowed on oie hy both
lloues, in terms most gratifying, could not but
confirm my eager resolution to visit the state ol
Georgia. I his Mate, Sir, I had not the good fur
tune to serve units own soil; but, while our more
northern movements were not unconnected with
its safety and rescue, I have long been attached
to it by nij, sense of its patriotism, suffering amt
exertions, by personal obligations amt private al
; lections. Permit me here to express a regret at
the rapidity of my happy visit through the several
stales The celebration ol the greatest of all bine
days at the seat of the general government, could
not be omitted ; and although I have been oblig
ed to sacrifice the motives of propriety, and the
feelings of personal friendships,winch culled me to
witness the inauguration of the Executive Branch
of the Uition, I could not sc give up the honoura
ble part conferred upon me on the half secular Ju
bilee of Bunker’s Hill, as the representative, be
ing the only surviving Major General of the Revo
lutionary Army. iVly dear dir, lam happy to wit
ness the improvements which, within less than a
century of existence, and fifty years of indepen
dence, have attended, in this Stale, the blessings
of republican institutions.
Accept, ts you please, for yourself and the two
Houses of the Legislature, my most affectionate
and respectful thanks.”
Our limits do not permit us to give even an
outline of the further proceedings which attended
his reception. They were, however, generally
splendid and imposing, and the military display is
said to have never been exceeded in Savannah.
On Sabbath, the General, accompanied by the
Governotir and their respective suites, attended
Divine service in the Episcopal Church, and on
Monday afternoon he left Savannah for Augusta,
which city he reached ou Thursday morning. On
Friday he proceeded on his route, and arrived at
‘parla at 4 o’clock on Saturday evening, accom
panied by the Governour. He was escorted from
YVarreuton by a detachment of the Hancock
Troop under (.'apt. Staples, and a few miles from
town he was met by Brig. Gen. Abercrombie and
staff, attended by the remainder of the cavalry,
under Lieut. Hardwick, and a number of citizens
on horseback. A handsome arch, with appropri
ate decorations, had been erected across the prin
cipal street, through which the General and cav
alcade passed to the quarters provided for him.—
He was there received by the Committee of Ar- •
rangements, and addressed by Thomas Haynes,
Esq. in behalf of the citizens, as follows :
General,
The Citizens of Sparta and its vicinity, have
appointed me their organ, to bid you an affection
ate welcome among them ; to manifest to you
their profound respect and veneration for your
person and character, and to testify their deep
and lasting obligations for your gallant services, in
the great cause of American Independence.
The important part which you so ably sustain
ed in our revolutionary struggle; your long ab
sence from the theatre of your early renown ; the
eventful history of your subsequent life, always
directed to the best interests of mankind j and
the perils and sufferings through which you have
passed, unite to reuder your return to this Conti
nent peculiarly interesting to every American
Citizen; It affords to this nation the proud oppor
tunity of throwing back with scorn and contempt
upon its authors, all thal,has been said, and all
that ha been written, upon the ingratitude of
Republick-.
After a lapse of more than forty years, you be
hold anew generation inheriting the virtue and
valour of their fathers, uniting with the venerable
remnant of those gallant spirits who stood by your
side in the darkest period of our history, to hail
you as one of the great founders of our republick.
You behold ten millions of freemen enjoying all
the blessings of regulated liberty, based upon
their own sovereignty, happily illustrating the im
portant results of their republican institutions.
But your heroick achievements in this hemi
sphere, do not bound the theatre of your fame :
Your exertions to give liberty to your beloved
France, your mighty efforts to save her from that!
state of anarchy though which she was conduct
ed to ruin, justly entitle you to the admiration of
mankind.
Associated with our beloved Washington, and j
all the good and great of every age and country,
your name will go down with increasing splen
dour, to the latest posterity.
GENERAL LAFAYETTE'S ANSWER.
1 am highly gratified, Sir, iu the opportunity of
: becoming personally acquainted with this part of
the State of Georgia, and iu the affectionate wel
come most kindly expressed by you, which I have
the happiness to receive from the citizens ol Spar
ta and its vicinity.
Accept my best thanks for your congratulations
on the pleasure I enjoy to meet several of my
revolutionary companions, and to have to rejoice
with them that the rising generation prove them
selves worthy of the independence and republi
can institutions for which we had the honour to
fight in an arduous contest.
You have been pleased also to allude to any ex
ertions to implant in France those principles upon
I which American ‘ignity, prosperity and happi
j ness are founded, and to defend them to the best
|of my power, from anarchy , the only hope that
i remained to the enemies of freedom. Anarchy,
, indeed, was the only kind of warfare they could
oppose with success to a free country, protected
by three millions of National Guards.
I beg you, Gentlemen, and all the Citizens of
Sparta and vicinity, to accept my respectful ac
knowledgements.
The ceremony of reception being concluded,
the General was introduced to a large assemblage
of ladies, and subsequently to such of thecitizens
| as were desirous of payiughim their personal res
; pects, among whom we-e several soldiers of the
! revolution. After dinner he was waited upon by
‘ about forty members of the Masonick Fraternity,
: in procession, on the part of whom Major P. T.
i Schley delivered the subjoined address:
Vmerable and Beloved Hrother,
The courtesy of my Brethren has assigned
me the pleasing and honourable, though arduous
station, ot acting as the organ of their grateful
bosoms, and expressing tn you the unfeigned sat
isfaction which dilates their hearts at your ap
proach, While I feel a consciousness of my ina
bility to discharge the trust, I yet am solaced with
i he belief of an extension towards me of your bro
therly charily. •
It is with no small emotions of joy that we now
welcome you to our Town, out Lodges, and the
inmost recesses of our overflowing bosoms ; in
which are blended, in sweet unison, the liveliest
feelings of grateful friendship and brotherly love ;
to express the ardour of which, language is but a
feeble agent
In receiving you with open arms, we embrace
one of the Fathers of our now gloriously rising
Republick, whose disinterestedness is unequalled,
in having resigned a princely fortune, a titled sta
tion, thediomage of dependants, and the favour
ol Kings ; and coming to a strange laud, sharing
with the then rebels, your purse, your blood, and
risking your life in supporting the glorious cause
of liberty—the birth-right of man, but the death
of legitimates. A recital of the various scenes
through which you passed in that ever memorable
and brilliant contest, and the actions which crown
ed the heads ofyourcompatriotsand your own in
never fading laurels, and at once secured to you
he respectful, but dignified homage of grateful
freemen and the plaudits of posterity, would per
haps on this occasion heirrelevant. Suffice it to
say that your deeds live in the memories and your
virtues in the hearts of freemen, and in none more
glowing than those whose raystick ties tend to
strengtnen the two-fold Cord.
We have had many great and virtuous men,
who, like yourself, have passed under a lAving
Arch, and have viewed with commingled .mo
’ u.iis of surprise and delight, the splendour of the
Ca/te Stone, but none. Brother, who have passed
through greater vicissitudes than yourself, nor
have experienced in a greater degree the consola
tions of an approving conscience. Yes, Sir, you
have gone through many varied scenes, since the
(Treat I AM placed you on the stage of action,
and have, no doubt,when in your most trying mo
ments of adversity, relied on, and found, that the
Grand High Priest above gave you that support
which lie extends to all the faithful.
That you may continue to receive the highest
tokens of His favour in this world, and when it
shall please Him to call you hence, that you may
have the Signet of, and gain admittance to, the
Grand High Council above, there to listen to the
dulcet melody which alt worthy Craftsmen will
hear, and which will fall with symphony on their
ears, 44 Come., ye blessed of my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the. world,” is (be ardent prayer of your ever grate
ful and loving Brethren.
To this address the General replied in substance,
that the kindness with which he had been re
ceived in the United States, was a source of the
highest gratification—that among the many testi
monies of respect which had been shewn him,
none could be more grateful to his feelings than
those from his Masonick brethren,and he tendered
his sincere thanks for the pleasure which this in
terview had afforded him.
The time of his arrival not having been precise
ly ascertained until the day previous, the assem
blage ofcitizens was not as numerous as it would
otherwise have been. The number, however,was
respectable, and we have great satisfaction in sta
ting that the most perfect order and decorum pre
vailed throughout the day. The arrangements
made for the reception of this illustrious benefac
tor of our country, were such as to reflect much
credit on the liberality and publick spirit of the
town. The quarters of the General were hand
somely furnished, and the room in which he dined
tastefully decorated. It is due to the proprietors
of the Eagle Tavern to say, that the exertions
which they made to promote the convenience and
add to the gratification of their guests, entitle
them to the thanks of the publick.
The splendour and parade exhibited in larger
towns, could not here be expected, even if desi
rable ; but we do not hesitate to say, that in no
section of the Union has our distinguished visiter
received a more , cordial reception, and by none
are his character and services more highly and
justly appreciated, than by the citizens who wel
comed his arrival in Sparta.
The General, owing to the rapidity with which
he had travelled, and the fatigue which he roust
necessarily suffer, was slightly indisposed ; but this
circumstance did not prevent him from receiving
with characteristick courtesy and affability, the
congratulations of his visiters, or from returning
his warm acknowledgements for the kind wishes
expressed for his future welfare and happiness.
It is a subject of regret, that the short time al
lotted for completing his long and arduous route,
should induce him at any time to travel on the
Sabbath. We are too well satisfied of the respect
which he entertains for the religious feelings of the
American people, to believe that under ordinary
Circumstances he would prosecute his journey on
that day. It has been repeatedly stated, that any
attentions of $ publick nature on the Sabbatb,are
not in accordance with the wishes of the General.
He left Sparta at an early hour in the morning,
for Milledgeville.
We have copied into this paper some au
tbentick particulars relative to the conduct of
Gen. Lafayette in the most trying periods of his
life. They will excite additional interest at the
present moment, when this distinguished and ir
reproachable actor iu the tumultuous scenes of
two great revolutions, is a guest of our State.
The African Colony. —Despatches have lately
been received at the Office of the American Col
onization Society in this city, and also at the Na
vy Department, from the Colony at Liberia,
which are in the highest degree satisfactory. The
Colony is under good government, and is rapidly
improving, as may be judged from some of the
facts hereafter stated. The utmost respect has
been paid to the instructions of the Society, and
l he system prepared for the government of the
Colony has been cheerfully acquiesced in—re
ceiving u consentaneous support from the People,
which is not a little promoted by the agency
which the Magistrates and Council have in the
deliberations of the Agent, and in the administra
tion of Justice. The laws are very sparingly raiil
tiplied, but, when formed, are exactly enforced.
A small uniformed military force is established for
the preservation of police, Sic. and the militia are
periodically called out in the number requisite for
sentries Since the organization of the guard,’
there has not been a single instance of the publick
stores being pillaged, as had frequently happened
before. Upon the whole, the reports present a
picture of an excellent provincial government in
successful operation.
Besides the publick buildings and improve
ments, which are extensive, one store house,
about a dozen frame houses, and nearly 40 log
buildings have lately been built, or are building,
all covered with shingles obtained in the settle
rnent. Nearly every proprietor of lands, single
women not excepted, has a dwelling well ad
vanced, and several are nearly completed. Two
houses of wor-hip are building, the one by
the Methodists, the other by the Baptists. There
is a school for boys, another for girls, a third, an
evening school, for adults.
The discovery of indigenous Coffee on that
coast, samples of which have been forwarded to
the Uuited States, is foil of auspicious promise to
the interests of the Colony, Indigo bears full ten
cuttings in the year, and its culture is extending
The population of the Colony is about 380, of
whom about three-fourths are grown persons.
Three only have died within the last six months,
and those from old age, &o. Two marriages had
taken place within the last four weeks.
There are a few of the particulars by the late
arrival, which may be interesting to the friends of
this undertaking, and to the publick generally.
. [National Intelligencer.
The Legislature of Virginia have directed the
keeper of the Peuitentiary to deliver, for the use
of the Colonists at Liberia, in Africa, implements
ot husbandry, Sic. to the value of SSOO.
In the case of Mary Pease vs. Lewis Stetson,
for a breach of promise, tried at Portland a few
days since, the sum of $3500 was awarded to the
plaintiff.
We understand that Col White, the Civil En
giueer, who has been expected for some time, has
informed Guv. Troup, that business of an impor
tant nature will prevent him from visiting this
State until April or May next.— Sav Rep.
A letter from F.gypt, of the 21st October last,
states, that, 44 through the exertions of the present
Pacha, the face of this country lihs been entirely
changed, and, in the course of three years from
the first experiment, his highness has made the
country this year yield 300,00 b bates of cotton.”
MESSRS. GILES AND MONROE.
There appeared in the Enquirer, a short time
ago, a violent attack on the character of Mr.
Monroe, openly charging him with fraud and
swindling, in the settlement of his accounts as
minister to France, England, &c. during the ad
ministration of Mr. Jefferson. These charges, it
was well understood, proceeded from Mr Win.
B. Giles, formerly a member of the U. S Senate
from Virginia; and coming from such high au
thority, attached considerable importance to the
charges—so much so, that the subject has been
seriously taken up at Washington.
The National Intelligencer of Tuesday, con
tains the secret proceedings of the U. S. Senate in
1814, on Mr. Monroe being nominated hy the Pre
sident to fill the office of Secretary of State, in
the room of Mr. Robert Smith, the injunction of
secrecy ou this subject having been recently ta
ken off by the Senate. *
By these proceedings, it appears, that immedi
ately on the nomination of Mr. Madison, Mr.
Giles, then a member of the Senate, submitted a
resolution calling on the President for a statement
of Mr. Monroe’s accounts. This resolution wus
subsequently withdrawn; and on motion of Mr.
Giles, the subject was referred to a select com
mittee.
This committee, after a diligent investigation of
the matter, reported, that they had examined the
accounts of Mr. Monroe, while acting as a foreign
minister, and find nothing therein to justify his
rejection.
Whereupon the Senate unanimously confirmed
Mr. Monroe’s nomination as Secretary of State,
Mr. Giles also voting in the affirmative.
We should like to know how Mr. Giles will re
concile his vote in 1814, with his recent heavy
denunciation of Mr. Monroe.
We perceive from the Washington papers, that
another miracle has been performed in the nunne
ry at Georgetown, D. C. through the interposition
of Prince Hebenlohe. This is the 2d pretended’
miracle that has been wrought in the District of
Columbia, and the subjects of them both are fe
males. Histerical ladies are particularly favour
ed by the wonder-working German. If he would
restore sanity to some of our mud politicians, we j
should have some faith in his miraculous powers ;
but as it is, we can only say, credat Jadae.us, Sic.
Catawba Jour.
The Northern Expedition. —On the approach
of the Griper to Cape Chidley, while the officers
and crew were admiring the stupendous icebergs |
which began to make their appearance, a huge :
animal was noticed upon one of these floating isl- j
ands. A boat was immediately let down, and a j
party of men, with one or two nffioersof the ship,
armed with muskets and bayonets, proceeded to
reconnoitre the stranger. On their arrival within \
gun-shot, a platoon was fired into him, and he
came tumbling down the precipice on which he
had reposed. During this time the boat was push
ed off with great address, otherwise there was a
danger of its being crushed by his weight, or
swamped by the agitation of the sea excited by
the fall of the monster into it. Although he had
received several wounds, a desperate fight now
commenced. The monster attacked the boat
with great fierceness, and it was not until he had
received seven, or eight more shots in his body,
and several stabs with the bayonet, that he resign- i
ed the contest with brs life. The last bayonet j
forced into him was driven to the hilt, where it .
broke. He proved to he a huge walrus, or sea- j
horse, measuring fifteen feet. They immediately
opened him, and took out his heart and liver, on
which the officers and crew of the Griper diued
heartily. Two stones were found in his belly, one
of them a very large one. They also cut off his
head, which was armed with two irnmensetusks,
and lashed it to the stern of the Griper, but in a
few days it was missing. It is supposed that in
the violence of the storms, and from the rolling of
the ship, it was washed away by the waves,
Missolonghi, Dec. 12.
On the 3d inst. the Greek fleet gave a deadly
blow to the Egyptian naval forces upon the coast
of tbe Isle of Crete. Publick rejoicings have sig
nalized the issue of one of our most glorious cam
paigns. We have the certainty that in the late
action, besides the twelve transports captured,
the Egyptians had 15 vessels and their finest frig
ate burned,
—-*xx::xx
DIED ,
At his residence, near the city of Raleigh, N.
C. on Monday, the 28th of last mouth, after an
illness of a few hours, Dr. Jeremiah Battle. His
many acts of benevolence and kindness had se
cured to him the respect and affection of all those
who were acquainted with him, and his death
will be universally regretted, particularly by the
poor and friendless.— Raleigh Slar.
To this notice, a correspondent who is well ac
quainted with the character of Dr. Battle, has at
tached tbe following remarks: “Few men of the
same means as Dr. Battle, have done more good
j while engaged in the busy scenes of life. His ex
ample was always a pattern for imitation, and bis
scientifick acquirements placed him in the first
rank of his profession in North Carolina.
44 How many fall as sudden , not as safe.”
E. LITTELL,
No. 88, Chesnut-st. Philadelphia , has in Press,
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Critical Study and Knowledge
OP THE
HOLY SCRIPTURES,
By Thomas Hartwell Horne, M. A.
IT will be printed from the London Edition of
i823, in four very large octavo volumes; it
will contain numerous Maps and Fac Similes of
Bible Manuscripts, and in short, every thing that
is contained in that edition, and will he very
ueatly printed on good paper.
The first London edition of this work Was pub
lished in 1818—the second in 1821—the third in
1822—the fourth in 1823. So great a sale of so
large a work on such a subject, is the best evi
dence that can be offered of its value. There
has yet been no American edition.
Vol, I. contains a Critical Inquiry into the
Genuineness, Authenticity, Uncorrupted Preser
vation, and inspiration of tbe Holy Scriptures.
Vol. 11. In I'wq Parts, treats, first on Sacred
Criticism ; including an Historical and Critical
Account of the Original Languages of Scripture,
and of the Cognate or kindred Dialects ; an Ac
count (with numerous Fac Similes) of the princi
pal Manuscripts of the Old and New Testaments,
&c.&c. In this part of the work, the History of
the Authorized English Version of the Bible is
particularly considered. The various Readings,
the Quotations from the Old Testament in the
New, the Poetry of the Hebrews and Harmonies
of llie Scriptures, form a portion of this part.
Second Part. Op the Interpretation op
the Scriptures Subsidiary Means for as
certaining the Sense of the Scripture, viz. Anal
ogy of Languages ; Analogy of Scripture ; Scho
lia and Glossaries; Subject-matter, Context,
Scope, Historical Circumstances, and Christian
Writers.
These discissions are followed by the applica
tion of the preceding principles—to the Historical
Interpretation of the Sacred Writings; the inter
pretation of the Figurative Language of Scrip
ture ; the Spiritual Interpretation of the Scrip
tures ; the interpretation of Prophecy, of Types,
of the Doctrinal and Moral parts of Scripture, of
the Promises, and Thrcatenings therein contain
ed ; and the Inferential and Practical Reading of
the Sacred Writings.
Vol 111. contains an Outline of the Historical
and Physical Geography of the Holy Land. The
Political and Military Aflairs of the Jewish and
other Nations incidentally mentioned in the Scrip
tures. Sacred Antiquities of the Jews. The
Domestick Antiquities, or the Private Life, Man
ners, Customs, Amusements, &c. of the Jrfws and
other Nations incidentally mentioned in the Scrip
tures.
Vol. IV. is appropriated to the Analysis of
Scripture.
PRICE, TWELVE DOLLARS.
After publication , the price will be Sixteen
Dollars. January, 1825.
On the first Tuesday in April next,
AT the Court-boase in Warren County, will
be sold,
The undivided interest of Zach
eus Waggoner in four hundred and ten acres of
oak and hickory land on the waters of Hart’*
Creek, adjoining Wilder, Flewellin and others,
levied on as the property of Zachcus Waggoner,
to satisfy an execution in favour of William Gib*
son, against said Waggoner and Jacob Garrard,
security. SOLOMON WILDER , D. 3.
Feb. 25, 1825.
Also—Seven Negroes, to wit—
Rebecca, about 35 years of age, her son Alford, 8
nr 9, Esther about 28, her son Fitz, about 3, and
Elizabeth, 16 months, Janies fifty years of age,
andjßen 45, one house and lot in Warrenton, ad*
joining Bledsoe and Mnncrief, whereon the car
nage work-shop stands, occupied by Braynard,
one hundred and forty acres land adjoining Hen
ry S. Johnson and others, on Rocky Comfort, one.
house and lot in Warrenton,adjoining A. Muncrie
and others, whereon John Moore now lives, one
hundred and seventeen acres land on Goldwin’s
Creek, adjoining Pitts and Roberts, one Negro
man, Ferry, about 28 years of age, and Fill, a
Negro man, twenty-five years old, levied on as
the property of John Butt, to satisfy two fi. fas.
one in favour of Andrew Low & Cos. against
Moore & Butt and John Butt and Terry Oliver,
securities on stay of execution, and one in favour
of Andrew Low & Cos. against Moore A Butt and
John Butt and Chappel Heeth.
Also—One Negro boy, seventeen
or eighteen years old, named Wilse, and one Ne
gro girl about 13 years of age, levied on as th
property of Mountain Hill, to satisfy an execution
in favour of Joshua Willis, administrator, Sic.
against Fayette Porter and Mountain Hill and
Solomon Wilder, security on appeal
LEONARD PRATT. Shff.
Feb. 25, 1825.
ON the first Tuesday in April next, a< the
Court-house in Vvarrenton, will be sold
within the usual hours of sale,
A likely Negro woman and two
children, sold as the property of Elizabeth Beall,
late ofWarren county, deceased, fol the benefit
of the heirs aad creditors of nid deceased.
ELIJAH JONES , Adm’r.
I February 2,1825. td32