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•♦* . ‘ w w At Lockport , the revival was *aid to be as 1 powerful <)6 .. any former period. Aod in many otUei place* in the -'me, west o| the G ne-i*e River. the Churches are repre sented a- enjoying precious season* ol re freshing from the presence of the Lord Uncommon pungency of conviction has mark’ and some if not all the above mentioned revivals. The subjects are of all classes in society, and of all ages, from old age to childhood. And yet, I have never di-cov ered in any reformation, less of what might be called enthusiasm or fanaticism than I have witnessed in these revivals The work has generally commenced among the professed followers of Christ. Christians hav tieen led to mourn over the desolations of Zion ; and fervent, constant, and perse Termg prayer for that object, has in several instances been answered by the most pow ertul outpourings of the Holy Spirit. The spirit of supplication ha- at first been felt hut by a very small number of Christians; they have been agreed in their prayers and in their exertions, to produce a similar frame of mind in others ; and their oumhers h ;ve gradually increased, until, “ like a little leaven,” they have “ leavened the whole lump.” One peculiar and animating feature in these revivals, is. that in most cases where the greatest numbers havp been gathered into the Churches, the friends of Zion ap pear to consider the pr. sent ingathering of souls, as but the first fruits, and not as the harvest itself; —and they converse and pray, and act under the influence of this senti ment. They feel with increasing weight, the worth of souls, the preciousoess of the Saviour, the all sufficiency of the atone ment, and the power and willingness ol God. to glorify himself, in multiplying the sub jects of grace. A” I designed only to recite facts, in this communication, I must forbear to enter up on the reflection- growing out of the sub ject. which 1 may send you at a future day. A TRAVELLER ‘ Extract of a Letter from the Rev. J Humphreys, to l)r. Morrison, dated Anglo-Cliinese College, Malacca, Juue 3, 1824. It will gladden vour heart to heir, that many, hoih of’ the Chinese and Malays, have recently called, and begged for the Word of Life. Not long ago, we forward ed a i.ouiderable number of copies to Cochin China by government vessels be longing to ‘hat country. They were ea gerly read by the Cochin Chinese; and many of their great men came to the Col lege with a retinue of servants, and r*-que-t ed hooka. Asa proof that the book- sent to that country when yon were here, have been read and are understood by them, I wd* only mention that they had •rittM> do-vis he names of many of them, and brought them to us in order that we might supplv them with books of the same d'scnp tion O that thp Lord would bt“.ss his own i word ! Many hundred copies have gone hence I since v Mi left u*. and there appears an in creasing desire among people of all classes to obtain the Holy Scriptures. In aoother letter Mr. Humphreys ays, We hope, in th® course of a fetv w-eks. to eend to the British and Foreign Bthle So ciety a more detailed account of our opera tions in disseminating the Word of Life i among the heathen, who are perishing for lack of knowledge. Fresh copies of the Scriptures are daily issuing from the Chi nese press at this station, and circulating among the p* opie. REFORMF.D SYNOD Pendleton, ‘lay 25 At •* lat” meeting if tne Associate Reform j ed. Synod of the South, a Theological >em j INAC.y w’.i* organiz- I and professor* chosen, j T - Rev John Hemphill, of Chester. S C. was elected Professor of Di W.tick and Po- | lemtck Theology; and the Rev. John’ T. j PkesSLY, of Abbev ille, S. C. was elected ‘ Professor of the Original Language*, Blbli Cal Crtticwm. and Church History. Until the funds become = wffii ent fur ihe support of ttie Professors, in part or in whole, ihey will remain Ihe pastors of their respective congrega tons ; and, after a course of twelve or e.gn een months with one of the Prife* sors. Hie students will resort to the other, to spend with him an pqual poi tion ot time Few men who fill the sacred de-k possess Ei re energy of intellect, more love of the troth,or a greater capacity to recommend end defend it, than these Professors At the present ‘tme, it is htghlv necessary, that! to all other indispensable qualifications for profes-irships in our Theological Semina lies, there ~hould be added, real talent and decision of character. Where these are; found in the per*ons nf such Professors, or in those of literary Intruders, there is! much of their electricity imparted to the j minds of pupils who ro 1 e in contact with them, and which often and -s more for the accelerated growth, and mature education of youthful minds, than all the elaborate routine of medium talent Riblical Criti ci* a, or Critical Lectures on Doctrinal and li I'torical parts ol Scripture, was a striking feature of the Theological Seminary of: N-w York, tha first of the kind in this cotin | try. In attending to the department, its Senior Prolessor, Dr. Mason, displayed the uncommon originality of his mind, and ren dered this adionci to his department of Dt dac'ir.k and Polemir.k Theology, highly in teresting. His Biblical Lectures embraced not merely the philology of the context, hut also its connexion, sope and argument Professor Pressley was his pupil for four years, and will, doubtless, be the better able to manage this department, from Lav ing been in contact with the genius which burned so brightly in Professor Mason. Messenger. The lute John Keith, t.-q of Buck’s county, Pa. bequeathed $2,500 to the Princeton Theo logical Seminary. For the Missionary. CHRISTIANITY AN OPERATIVE PRINCIPLE Chn-lianity, as a virtue, 1- a principle of the soul. It has a direct influence on the will ; rectifying and directing that sprinu to human conduct. It is sufficient to coun leract the impetuous tendency ot depraved feeling, and to control the vicious irreg ularities of human action. Its infl ience on the character is ihe grand test ot its genu ineness, not producing a mere wannto ol Zeal, and eilat y of devotion. I hese, though common, are notits invariable at fondants; and when disconnected with its more appropriate effects, are ot a spurion production. The nature of its operation is discoverable in the quality and tendency of the effects—|n the tenor of the life —in ihe simplicity and beneficence of the ar tion. The connexion is indissoluble he tweeo this principle and its characleristick effects. Revelation recognizes this con nexino. It does not require the practice of the moral dulyes without the Christian principle. Because the thing is impossible. They must flow from it as their source.— But it promises blessedness to the posses sors ot this principle —because the moral duties are implied. Christianity being a vital principle, its effects must as necessari ly result from it as any other effects of vi lality from their respective principles. As its influence extends to Ihe character ol the affections aud the form of the conduct ; it must be felt and perceived. And its exia tence can be ouly nominal, at most only ideal, without its sensible and visible effects It being a principle of heaveuly origin, no less heaveuly are its productions. It pervades and auimates all parts of the moral sy-teua. It harmonizes the whole ‘character; associating in its train all ihe ! heavenly graces, and ad-.riiing the life by their various effects. Far trom encourag ing licentiousness, or granting any dispen sations, it enjoins and prompts a rigid ad herence to virtue. Aud its professors, with all allowances, do by thee lives refute the charge as calumnious. Ignurauce may mis take, policy may underrate, hypocrites may dis-euit'ie, and admirers may imitate the life of the Christian ; yet enough maybe seen 10 evince the opeiation of the princi pie by which it is governed. 1 might safely challenge the world fora principle of equal influence. Its effects, when only partially matured, but possess ing an unobstructed operation must appeal unrivalled to those who recall the suffer ings it ha- supported, the forbearance it nas produced, the labours it has achieved, the cnanges it has wrought. When possessed in its highest degree by its subject, even in this state of trial, this scene of infirmities, his consciousne-s of internal vigour, and a* surnnee of exterior assistance, stimulated by the prospect ot final success, are sufficient to render him a tearless combattant in his spiritual warfare. With an instinctive pre cision it directs his conduct in casts of diffi culty, where human reason could not inform him; and affords him armour in seasons of danger and assault, which uninspired philosophy could never furnish. Bui most of all we admire its influence when witnes -mg the animating courage, the successful energy and sensible ascendancy over Ihe greatest enemy, which some, from first to last, are able march all becomes a dreary waste, a com forties- desolation ; whose power and ter ror seemed aimed at the prostration of our happiness and the extinction of our hopes We ought not, therefore, to vilify and dis card ihts principle; unless we are sure that in the exclusion of its aid we can elsewhere find Ihe relief we need. CERIN. LAND LOTTERY LAW. AN AfT To dispose of and distribute the lands lately ac quired by the United Slates for the use of Geor gia of the Creek Nation of Indians, hy a Trea ty made and concluded at the Indian Spring on the twelfth day of February, eighteen hund red and twenty-6ve. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hatise of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met. and it is hereby enact ed by the authority of the same. That the ter ritnry acquired of the. Creek nation of In dians by the United States for the use of Georgia, as described in articles of a Treaty entered into and concluded between Com : missioners on the part of the United Stales, and the Chiefs, Head Men and Warriors, of the Creek nation of Indians at the Indian Spring on the 12'h day of February, 1825, shall form and he divided into five sections, as follows,to wit: All that part of said terri lory which lie south of a line commencing on Ihe Flint rivpr opposite where the line dividing the counties of Houston and Dooly Strikes said river, and running due west to the Chattahoochie shall form what shall be called Section the First, and the crimin al jurisdiction thereof shall be attached to the county of Doolv. —All that part of-aid territory which lies north of the line afore said and south of tho line commencing on Flint river opposite where the original line dividing the counties of Monroe and Hous ton md running due west of Cattahoochie I river, shall form the Second Section, and the criminal jurisdiction thereof be, and the -ame u hereby attached to the county of Houston. And all that part of said ter j ntory which lies north ol the Imv la*’ alore-aid, and south of a line commencing [on the Flint river where the original line ! dividing the counties ol Heorv and Monroe si like i, -aid river, and running due west un til it strikes ihe Chattahoochie river shall he, and the same i- hereby called the 1 bird Section, and the criminal jurisdiction there of atiached to the county of Pike —And all that part of said territory which lie- north ot said line, and East ot Cbmlahoochie riv er, shall form the Fourth Section, and the criminal jurisdiction thereof shall he attach ed to the county of Fayette And all that part of said territory lying West ol l hatia hoochie river, and East of the dividing line between this state and the state of Alaba ma, shall form the Fifth Section, and the criminal jurisdiction thereof, shall he at tached to the county of Pike. Sec 2 .3nJ be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , T hat each ot the sec lions heroin before laid out and described, shall be divided into districts of nine miles square as near as practicable —the district lilies running parallel to the lines dividing sections, and crossed by other lines at right angles ; and said districts so laid out, shall he again subdivided by lines to be run in like directions into square tracts contain ing each two hundred two and one hall acres marked and numbered according to thp plan heretofore pursued under the in structions of the Surveyor General Sec. 3. And be.it further enacted, That, the fractional parts ol surveys which may be created by the divisions and subdivisions aforesaid shall he reserved for publick uses, and be disposed of as a future legislature may direct. Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted. That one hundred district surveyors -hall be ap punted by joint ballot of the legislature in one genera! ticket; and the person having the'highesi number of votes shall be enli lied to the first choice of districts, and in the same order, agreeably to the number of votes each surveyor may receive ; and in case of a tie between any number of surveyors, then preference in choice shall he decided hy lot id presence of the Sur veyor General. Sec. 5 And be it further enacted, That ten person- shall he appointed hy joint bl* lot of the legislature, neither of whom shall be a district surveyor, to run and plainly mark the seveial districts reserves and sec tional lines herein before directed, whose duties shall be apportioned by the surveyor general as nearly equal as practicable — and that no ticket shall be counted unless it contains the names of ten person® Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That no ticket lor district surveyors shall be counted unless it contains one hundred names. Any person elected surveyor who shall fail to perform the duties of his office, as required by the provisions of thi* act, shall he considered as forieiting hi* bond, and him*elfand bis securities inline dialely liable therefor Sec. 7 And be it further enacted, That, the survey ors respect.vely shall give bond in Ihe sum of ten thousand dollars to the governour and his successors in office, with such security as he or a majority of the justices of the inferior court of the county in which such surveyor may reside shall approve, conditioned tor the faithful per formance of the duties required of them by this act, which bond shall be depo-ited in the executive offil Sec. 8. And be. t further enacted. That, it shall hp Ihe duty of the surveyors appoint ed in pursuance ol this act, to roak* the surveys of the sections, reserves and dis tricts to which they may he appointed, in their own proper person, to mark, or cause to be marked plainly and distinctly upon trees, if practicable, otherwise on posts, all stations and all lines which they may be required to run for the purpose of mak ing the surveys of their respective sections, reserves, and districts, immediately upon being required so to do bv the surveyor general, to.cause all such lines to he meas ured with all possible exactness, with a half chain containing thirty three feet, di vided into fifty equal links, which shall be adjusted by the surveyor general, accord ing to Ihe standard in his office ; to take a accurately as possible the meanders ot all water courses which shall form natural boundaries to auy of the surveys ; to note in field hooks to be kept by them re-pec lively, the name of the corner and station trees, which shall be marked and number ed under the direction of the surveyor general; also all rivers, creeks and other j watercourses which may be touched upon j or crossed tu ruuntng any of the lines afore said, transcripts of which field books alter being compared with the originals by the surveyor general, and certified and signed on every page by the surveyor reluming the same, -hall be deposited in the survey or general’s office, and become a record ; and the district surveyors shall make a re turn of their surveys and works within ninety days from the time ihey are notified to enter upon the discharge of their duties, containing a map of their district in which shall be correctly represented and number ed all lots and fractions of said district and waters therein delineated as the surveyor general may direct, and also return at the same time a detached plat of each lot and fraction which said district may contain, certified and signed by such surveyor, which plat shall be filed among the re cords of the surveyor general’s office, and from which copies shall he taken to be an nexed to grants: and said surveyors shall conform to such instructions as they may . receive from time to time from the survey !or general during their continuance in of fice ; Provided , The same do not militate | against this act. And the surveyors ap pointed to lay out section, reserve and dis j trict lines shall make return of their works to the within sixty dt> s 11cm tin un'i tin v stum b* inquired in *n ttr open Mi* duties ol their ffi l '” °f II en*'B surveys as -ball Uve hei n n adi on ll east Side • tl> rhatalmochie river; and as to the remainder of the territory within-ix'y days from the noiifiration of the running of the line between this state and Alabama. Sec. 9 And be it further enacted. That the district -urvty<rs lobe a| pointed by this ad, shall receive three dollars for eve rv mile that -ball actually be run or survey* ed a a full compensation tor the duties re quired of them hy this act, out of which they shall defray the wholp of the expen ses incident to their offices; and hi* ex. el lenry the gov ernotir is hereby authorized and required to i-®ne his warrant on the treasury in favour of each ot the aforesaid surveyors, upon his being called into ser vice to the amount of three hundred dollars, to enable him with the less delay to enl< r upon his duties, and the balance to winch nuch surveyor may be entitled, shall he paid to him in like manner, upon hi* pro ducing a certificate from the surveyor gen eral setting forth a performar.ee of the work, and the amount due. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted , That the surveyors who may be appointed to run section, reserve, and district lines, shall receive three dollars and tilty cents tor each mile they may rnn and survey, as a full compensation for their service, out “t which all incidental expenses shall be paid ; and the governour is required to issue hi warrant on the treasury in favour ot eaci .of said surveyor* for the sum of three him dred dollars upon their being called into service, and in like manner to pay any bal ance which may be due when the work is completed, and the surveyor general shat, t er'ily the same. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That, ihe territory acquired as aforesaid shall be disposed of and distributed in Ihe tollowing manner, to wit ; After the surveying is completed ar.d returns made thereof, hi* xcellency the governour shall cause tick ets to be made out, whereby all the num hers of lots in the different districts intend ed to be drawn for shall be represented, which tickets shall be pul into o wheel and constitute prizes. The following shall be the description and qualifications of person entitled to give in their names for a draw or draws under this act: Evpry male white person of eighteen years of age and up wards, being a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant within the organized lim its of this state three years immediately pre ceding the passage of this act, including such as have been absent on lawful business, shall be entitled to one draw; every male person of like description having a wife or I legitimate male child or children under I eighteen year* of age, or unmarried female | child or children, resident a* aforesaid, or 11 who were born and have ever since resided i ; in this state shall have two draws; all wtd I ■ivv? with like residence shall be entitled to 1 one draw ; aud wives and children id this state, of persons whn.have been absent from 1 this stale three years, shall be on the same footing as to draws as if the said husband was dead, and the title to such lots as said females or childien may draw be vpsted permanently in them as though they were widows and orphans; all families of orphans resident as aforesaid, or who have resided in this state from their birth under the age 1 of eighteen years, except such as may be entitled in their own right to a draw or draw 9, whose father is dead, shall have one draw; all families of orphans consisting of more than two shall have two draws—but if not exceeding two, then such orphan or or orphans shall be entitled to one draw, (o be given in the county and district where the eldest of said orphans or where the guardi an of the eldest resides: Provided, That should such guardian or such orphan or or phan, or the eldest of such orphans reside within the organized limits of this state, then such draw or draws shall he given in Ihe county in which such guardian may re side, or such orphan or orphans or the eld est of such orphans may reside; all widow* of the like residence, whose husbands were killed or died in the service of the country, or on their return march, in the late war* against Great Britain or the Indians, shall be entilled to a draw exclusive of that other wise allowed by thi- act to widow®; all or phans whose fathers were killed or died in the service of the country or on their re turn march, in the late wars again*’ Great Britain or the Indians, shall be entitled to a draw exclusive of (hat otherwise allowed bv tbi-act to orphan*; and all men who have been wounded or disabled in the late wai with Great Britain or the Indians, so they are not able to procure a competency for a support, in consequence of their wounds, be allowed one draw in addition : and they shall take the following oath in ad dition —1 do solemnly swear, that 1 was wounded in the late war with Great Brit ain and the Indians, and am so disabled hy the same, that it renders me unable to pro cure a support by my labour: Provided. That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as Io entitle any person or persons to a draw or draws in the present contemplated land lottery who may have been fortunate drawers in any previ ous land lottery, except such persons as have drawn land as one of a family of or phans and who have arrived at the age ot eighteen, but such person shall he entilled to one draw, and the remaindei of such fam ilies of orphans shall be entitled to ooe draw: And provided, That all widows of revolutionary soldiers -hall have one draw in addition to those already contemplated by this act; and that all revolutionary sol. diers who were not fortunate drawers as revolutionary soldiers in the late land lot tery, shall be entitled to Iwo draws as rev olutionary soldiers; and those who drew one tract of land in the former lottery a* revo lutionary soldiers, one draw— Provided, ; That the citizens of this state who come under Ibis act end who v. lunteered or were legally draf t and in the late wai again- Great Britain or the Indians,'’and r. insert io -< rve a tour ol duty either in person or by substitute, or who may have deserted tr. nt the service ol this state or of the Untied States, shall not be entitled to the provisions of this act as above contemplated, nor any of those who ill* gai ly avoided a draft, by removal or olherwi-e ; and that no persno or persons who have re moved from the organized limits of ibis slate lor the purpose of avoiding the laws of this stale, or who have absconded for debt, shall in no wise be benefilled by this act, and who have not paid all laxe- required ot them. In case any land is drawn by minors Ihe grant shall issue accordingly open pay ment of the usual fees : Provided also, Noth ing herein contained spall be construed to exclude such persons as by the provisions of this act ar> allowed a draw >u draws. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted. That any sale or transfer that any person eulilled to a chauce or chances in this land lottery may make of such chance or chances, or may make of any lot or lots ot lard such persons may draw before the grant or grants . of the same are taken out, shall be void, aDd any bond, or obligation, or letter of at torney given by said person to make titles -hall not be binding on such person : And further, It shall be illegal for any magis trate or pi rson authorized to administer an oath, to administer an oath to any persoty selling his chance or chances, lot or lots, contrary *o the provisions of this section, that he will moke titles to the same. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be so con strued as to allow any convict in the Peni-” tentiary, to give in for a draw in ll * pres ent contemplated lottery : Provided never theless, That the child or children, w ho have resided in (his state three yeai-, of any said convict, shall be entitled to a draw or draw-, in the same manner they would btt entitled if they were orphans, aud may bdi given io for by their mother or other per son under whose care they may be, and the grant or grants shall issue accordingly to any lands -o drawn— Provided, no such con vict has drawn in any of the former land lotteries of this State in his own name. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted. That lists of persons eutitled to draws under this act, shall be made out by the Inferuur court of each county, or such persons as they may appoint, (oot exceeding two to each battalion) within two month* from ti e publication of this act; and said lnf--r<"ur court of the several counties of thi* sta e, or the persons they may appoint, -hall tend in each captain’s district, at leajl two e s giving ten days notice ot such attendant e, for the purpose of taking the names ot <i e persons entitled to draws; the names of the persons entitled, shall !, e entered by ‘he Receivers in a book to be kept for that pur pose, a transcript of which hook, fairly made out, shall be transmitted to the Exec utive, and the original deposited with the Clerk of the Superionr court of the respec tive counties; and should the Inlennur court of aDy county tail to take in such names themselves, or to make proper ap pointments by the first day of September next, then the Clerk of the Superior court, (or his legal deputy in hi* absence) in sueti county, may make such appointments. And said Receivers, before they euter up. n their duties, shall take and subscribe tf.e following oath. “I do sol emnly -wear (or affirm) that I will not re ceive or regi-ter any name, except the per son giving in shall fir-t take, the oath pre scribed by this act —So help me God.” Wnir.b oath any justice of Ihe lufenour court, or justice ol the peace, is hereby re quired to administer, and the person nr per sons taking in names as aforesaid, “ball ad minister to all applicants for draws niher than widows, guardians or next friends of orphaus, the following oath to wit: ,l 1 do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citi zen of Ihe United Stale 9, and have resided in this state three years immediately pre ceding the passage of this act, except absent on lawful business, and am an inhabitant ot the same; that I was eighteen years of age at the lime of the passing of this act; that 1 have, (or have not) a wife or child or chil dren ; that I have not given in my name for any draw or draws in the present contem plated land lottery in any other part of the *tate ; that I have not drawn a tract ol land in the former lotteries in my individual ca pacity, nr as an individual orphan, and that 1 did not, directly or indirectly, evade the service of this state or of the United States, in the late wars against Great Britain or the Indians.” And the widows of revolu tionary soldiers shall lake ihe following oath or affirmation, (a- the case may be,) to Ihe best of their knowledge and belief, viz: “I do solemnly swear or affirm that I am ihe widow of a revolulionary soldier to the best of my knowledge and belief—So help me God.” The following oath shall be administered to all married women enti tled to draws on account of three years ab sence of their husbands, as contemplated by this act, to wit: “I do solemnly swear or affirm that my husband has been absent from this -taie three years, that I have resided the three last years in this state, except ab sent on lawful business, and am now a res ident in this district, that I have not put in ’ my name for a draw in the approaching land lottery in any other part oi the state, and that I have not drawn any tract of land in the former land lotteries, either in my indi ’ vidua! capacity, or as an individual orphan, to the best of my knowledge and belief—So help me God.” The following oath shall be administered to the mother or next friend i of any minor or family of minors who may be entitled to a draw or draws on account of three years absence of their father as con templated by the act, to wit: ‘-Ido solemn ly swear that the minor or family of minors whom I now return is or are entitled to a draw or draws under this acl to the be9t cf