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t rom the .'V orth American Review.
a bolivar.
!*he moat brilliant star in Colombian him
’.ory, and indeed in ihe history of modern
veToliiiion’, i Bolivar. To whatever it
may te ascribed, whether to accident, sin
gular good lorliine, the highest order of
personal merit, or to all combined, Bolivar
has raised himself to an eminet station in
the list of successful heroes and remarka
fele men. H> was born at Caraccas, about
the year 1735, and is said to be descended
from i family of distinction in that place.
Asa tavor granted to very few of the na
youths ol South America, he was per
tjlthjtted to finish his studies at Madrid. He
afterward- visited different parts of Europe,
travelled in Italy, Germany, England, and
France, and was on very inlimale terms at
Paris with Mumhuldt and Bonpland. He
returned to Madrid, where be married the
daughter'of the marquis of Ulstariz, and
departed for his native country. Hi*
vvife did not survive many years, and he
has not been married a second time.
, While yet in Europe, he had formed the
design of devoting himself In thp cause of
Sototh American independence, when ih
c.oprse of events should point to a suitable
-i and as it happened, he arrived at
Venezuela just as the standard of liberty
vlias beginning to be unfurled there by Mir
anda and bis associates
.He joined the army under Miranda, and
engaged in the contest with a zeal and pat
fioli-ni, that raised him to speedy popular
ity and influence. From that day to (hi--,
hi* lj’ K tory is in the eyes'of the world ; i’
has been a succession of spleodid achieve
meet*, whirl, have gained for his name a
merited place cn the same tablet with that
ot Washington. The brightest records of
aii'cieu’ or modern lame have nothing proud
t,i ofti-i. ( iroe and future events mn*t
show, ueiher this hero of Ihe sooih will
complete ihe parallel with bis illustrious
tnodet, which may thus far be run with so
much seeming justice.
Iri some respects Bolivars ultimate sue
ce-aj.as beet’ r -narkable. He vvas sever
tlilies uni t lunate in bis early career a*
a ssildier, .<<id m>re ihau once his enemies
in hi* own country, as well as those abroad,
triumphed over him. Bui it is one mark
of a great mind to rise above doff at, and
Wail ore the confidence which ill success ha*
weakened. His ambition has never been
tobvtioogtjr his integrity, and a sincere
desire lor hi* country's good For a con
siderable period he was supreme dictator,
with all Ihe army at his command; but
When a calm was m bohip degree restored,
a Congress convened, and a favourable pros
pect seemed to open, cf establishing a solid
basts ol government, he voluntarily yield
brf up all his power, and insisted on return
ing to the rank of a private citizen. This
was accordingly done, till he was rechogm
by the new congress to be commander in
chief ot the army, under the constitution
aod the law*. Twice lie has by mere ac
Client escaped assignation. In the fir-t
instance the dagger which was intended for
him, tv a* plunged int o (be heart cf his se
cretary, -ui, Happened to be sleeping in
the hammock. usually occupied by himself
MEnetgy is the predominant trait of hi*
character. Hi* movements are always
prompt, desictve, and rapid, and at the same
time directed with so much discretion, that
with a torce frequently inferior in numbers &
difripiuie to that of itie eneuiv, he t>a* been
able io c :, rry ihro’ a successful warfare
with Moritlb, M ‘rales, Monteverde, and
bJ-bet of the most experienced Spanish gen
- era Is. Hi* genero*i!y has been much prais
tid ; he gate hi* slaves their freedom, and
is*aul to coti'tibole a principal portion of
JjiV income cl l.is estate, in affor hug relief
;v.fo the widows and children of soldier*, who
Tiaie lo*t ‘heir lives in tiattle. A* a com
pariiun be i* social and pleasant, temperate
inihis habit*, abstemious in hi* diet, and
drinks no spirituous liquor. His couslitu*
(iaii ha* suffered by ihe severe Ir.al*, both
rburly and mind, which he has gone mro’.
Iljs speeches and addresses, which have
bepen published, evince sound and practical
view*, and adaptation ol purpose, rather
titan p/h ot thought or great intellectual
resources. Hi* celebrated speech at the
opening of the f'origress at Angostura, we
sdf puSe to be his most remarkable effort
in tin* way,and that speech *hoivs at lea*t,
tbiit he had studied profoundly the hi-tory
am! pnnciples ol various forms of govern
ment, and had most seriously at heart the
wbjecl ot establishing (hat form, which
ahould be best suited to secure Ihe pros
petit} and happiness of his country.
t rom the l amit tj 1 uitor.
A TALK OF WARNING.
A In a neighbourhood not more ilian one
fsundred tnib* from me metropolis of a
Vjjreat state, there lived five gentlemen,
historic*, though short, are full ol’
. interest and instruction. They had been
iSedncated according to the lasiiii u of the
Ajßa}', and had obtained a smattering of van
j.Aus arts arid science.’, while they had be
jMiome thoroughly veised in all Ihe sports
Aw Inch served to kill ih” limn lhat hung so
*'neavity on Ihe hands of their parents and
. .friends At College, they he ir i t or slept
away, a leclute ore -ioriatb . -oded par
ties froqucDlly, and circulated tlietr money
THE MISSIONARY.
generously. They left College with the
reputation of noble-hearted, clever fellows,
without much sound information, without
Ihe power of long and deep research, with
out any fixed principles of action, and tree
from any habit which the world calls vi
cious. Amid the joyful anticipations of
friends, and with high hopes, they entered
upon the duties of domestick life.
Ihefrst married the lady of his choice;
and for a time all seemed to go on well in
ni9 family. Dot alter a few years it was
•hserved that he neglected his business and
family for the society of the drunkard and
gamester, and it was whispered that he
• rented his wife with great cruelty when
m a state of intoxication. It was evident
■rom ‘he sadness which had settled on her
countenance, that something preyed upon
ber spirits and was t slowly bearino- her to
die grave. The remonstrances of friends,
•md (he disgrace and ruin in which he was
involving him-'elf and family, and which he
•eemed toleel most keenly, were insuffi
rient to produce a reformation—The hah
it, the foundation of which was laid in child
bood, in giving him his julep every morn
ing as an antidote to bilious complaints, hnv
mg grown with his growth, and strengthen
►<t with hi? strength, had at length obtain
ed a power over him, which nothing but
i lie Spirit ot God could overcome ; and
bat Spirit, as we might expect, did not in
terpose in bis behalf. Os course he was
borne on from one degree of exce.s io an
oilier, in lull view of its awful consequen
’ es, and in violation of the dictates of bis
c.-iiscier>r,e, until his wife having been com
pelted to take refuge in ber lather’* tem-e
from his brutal conduct, his career lermm
ated in dpalh at ihe early age of twenty
eight. He died calling for Ihe intoxicating
draught, and cursing his overseer.. 1 Ipave
nirn wilh hi* God.
The second inherited a fortune, and mar
ried at the age of seventeen. His wife wa.
young, beautiful, and lovely. He respect
Hjd loved her, and wished to promote her
happiness; hut he wa-- fond of gay society,
and of its amusements. A wedding, or a
party, had attractions too powerful lbr him
to resist ; and having entered on the scene
usually witnessed oti such occasions, he
seldom returned to the bosom of his family
until sickness brought him to In* senses,
and conscience began her awful work.
And then Ihe consciousness of guilt rentier
ed the ‘bought ol meeting his wife, painful
in Ihe extreme. His practice was io per
■made. :l possible, a few of his associates to
accompany him home, that the attention ol
his wife might be diverted from his conduct
to their entertainment. This course put a
period <o hi- life at Ihe age of twenty two.
As the tool (iieth, 90 he died—after being
live days and nights in a continued state of
intoxication.
The third descended from one of the
most anri. nl and honourable families in (be
slate. From college he went into the na
vy, and having served bis country in the
hour ol danger and received a sword as a
token r.t her approbation, returned at the
age of Iwenty-foui to his paternal mansion,
took posse-sion ol bis for. tine, and married
a young lady of the most tender sensibility
at’-d the. most fascinating manner- 3 . She
gave him her hand with a knowledge that
he had an inordinate fondne-s for the p>i
-muons bowl ; but she trtts'ed lo her own
power to dash it from bi 3 lips. Vain hope !
Although ?he was ihe object of his adora
tion, she could not prevent this fatal babii
from receu ing fresh acquisition 3 of strength
from * ear to year. She had married him
for the honour which wealth and family
were -opposed lo confer; and alter a few
vears of extreme mortification and nngui-h,
she -aw biro go down to the grave the dis
giare ofhis t unity and an object of aver
-ion and disgust lo all the wise and good.
With the fourth I was intimately ac
qnuinted. In him were many of the ele
ments of a great and nb!e character. But
unfortunately he had no settled belief in
divine revelation, and no confidence in the
moral character and providence of God.
At the period of their marriage, his wife
was gay and thoughtless; hut afterwards
experienced the power of divine grace, and
became a devoted Christian. Her miad
was of no common cast; and her education
was superior to what is common in our
country, it was with bitterness of soul
that she saw her husband contracting a
habit of intemperance. She warned him
ot his danger—she entreated him, by his
love for their lender offspring, one of which
already showed an inclination lo follow bis
example, and by every consideration that
could touch a parent’s heart, not to bring
disgrace and ruin upon himself and family.
He admitted Ihe force of her fears, and
the. foundation of her fears, and promised
compliance with her request. But he
vainly thought to give up a long-cherished
habit by degrees. This was a fatal error.
Having tasted, he wa-no longer his own
master; and after three years of alternate
intoxication and resolutions of anienedment,
•luring which he suffered intensely from
siickness and rpmore, he went down to the
grave with (he sin of suicide upon his
head.
The fifth and last gentleman, whom I
i all intro-4'ice lo (lie reader, is still living,
a monument of the mercy of God. and an
Of,ll j; ... . y e ‘. n /° the world, and preach the Gospel to ever? creature —Jem*
T<w^onsandhabit s which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports.- Washington.
MOUNT ZION, (HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA,) MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1825.
ornament to the church of Christ. In early
life he insensibly contracted the same hab
it of intemperance, thp same love of gamb
ling, the same disregard of the la-vs and
name of Jehovah, which characterized the
others. His career of intemperance dis
sipated his fortune, shattered ins constitu
tion, and brought him to the borders of the
grave in all the agonies of despair. While
waiting the dreaded summons to appear
in the presence of his Judge, so keen were
the gnawings of the worm that never dies,
and so distracted were the powers of his
mind, that he imagined the grand adversary
of souls was in search of his, calling him by
name, and declaring that he would have
him that very night. In this state of par
tial derangement he, continued for several
weeks, and to this day he has as firm a con
viction that he heard the voice of the evil
one, as he has of any circumstance of In?
life; and he never recurs o the subject
without a degree of horrour. which almost
overpowers him. The result, which he
ascribes lo ihe special interposition of
Heaven, was an entire abandonment of ar
dent spirits of every kind, an acceptance of
salvation on the terms of the Gospel, and a
life,of exemplary piety and holiness. Six
teen years have now elapsed since this
change took pi see in his character; and
even at ibis day so powerful is his inclina
tion to return lo his former ccursp, that he
is alraid |o take u drop of spirits even as
medicine. Having dijne this on one occa
sion, he found his old habit returning with
all its power ; with many struggle* he re
nounced it entirely, and now his maxim is,
“ Tas’s net—handle not.”
In the foregoing narrative, which affords
but too just a sample of ihe moral condition
ot many neighbourhoods in our land, v\e
have a striking illustration of the following
maxim*. 1. Those parents who allow their
children free u?e of ardent spirits under any
pretext, ate laying m them the foundation
ol intemperance in future life. 2. Young
men, who are sent tu college lo -pend mon
>‘j and attend lectures when they plea?e,
(earn mere vice than science. 3. Although
• t be true, in some cases, that the reformed
mke makes the best husband, yet Ihe lady
who marries him without proof of a llmr
••"gh reformation, pierces her-elf through
with many sorrows. 4. A confirmed habit
ol intemperance usually terminate*in death
ami perdition, and is never renounced grad
•tally, and seldom, if ever, without the epp
cial grace of Ood. MARIA.
NAPOLEON.
We avail ourselves (says (he Adtionul
Gazette ) of the absence of all Fresh intelli
gence from abroad, to continue our cursory
notice of Segnr's h story of Nap clean's ex
pedition to Moscow ; which may be truly de
clared to combine the attraction of deep ro
mance, the value ol genome history, and
the force of the most eloquent eihick*.
What a picture of the situation of N.ipnle
on, and the detestable nature of war, base
we in the following passage concerning the
-late of things after Ihe battle of Borodino,
m which he lost forty thousand men, and
io."!y three French generals were killed or
wounded!
“ The Emperour traversed the field of
battle the day after. Never had he beheld
me of more hideous apect. Every thing
c uitributed to aggravate its horrour?: n
lowering dark sky ; a cold rain ; ?. violent
wind ; dwellings reduced to ashes; a plain
str-tved with rnin and carcases; at Ihe
horizon, the melancholy and sombre ver
dure of (he northern trees ; soldiers on ev
ery side, wandering among dead and (voun
ded, and prowling for food even io Ihe
knapsacks of their prostrate comrades;
dreadful gashes, produced by the large balls
of the Ru-sians; silent tents, in which no
song*, nor recitals were any longer heard,
nothing but a gloomy taciturnity. Around
our standards, were the remainder of the
officers and subalterns, and some soldiers,
hardly enough to protect them ; and these
with their clothes torn, blackened with pow
der and reeking with blood. The redouh's
were blocked up with our fallen; and in
following Napoleon, our horses’feel would
strike a wounded man and bring from him
his last groan. The Emperour, until then
as mute as bis victory, and oppressed by
the view of so many victims, could contain
himself no longer; he fonnd relief io ex
pressing; alouJ hi? indignation, and causing
kind offices io be lavished upon the unfor
tunate creatures. Number* lay io Ihe hot
tom of the ravines, into which the greater
part had been precipitated, and many had
crept, to be more safe from the enemy and
the storm. Some, the youngest, were
groaning forth the names ot their mothers,
or their country ; the elder were awaiting
dealh with a mien either impassive or sar
donsck, disdaining entreaty or complaint;
other.* called upon n? to despatch them at
once: but these miserable being* were
quickly left, without Ihp exercise towards
them of a useless compassion, or of a cruel
pity. One of them, however, who had lost
both legs nod an arm, appeared so lively,
aod so full of hope, that we undertook to
save him; and it wa* observed, that a* he
was carried off, be complained of pain io
the limbs he had lost; no uacummoa occur
rence in such cases.”
SEAMEN IN THE BATTLE OF THE
NILE.
In a British ship which was in the battle
of the Nile, there was but one Bible among
seven hundred men. They were more
than two years before they entered a port
where they could purchase the Scriptures
in the English language. During this time,
one of the sailors possessing a Bible, lead tl
to a messmate who was ill, and conversed
with him, till he proved the means ofhis
conversion to God; these read the word ol
God lo others, and conversed to them about
what they had read ; by which means there
were several in the h:p who evidently un
derslood and experienced the power of the
Gospel. The first three of these men form
ed ihpmselves into a society, which after
wards increased to thirteen.
Previous to the battle of the Nile, as
many of them as had opportunity, associat
ed for prayer, and committed themselves
and each other to God, supposing they
might never meet one another again, as
they were then in sight of'he French Heel.
Their ship was in the heal of Ihe action,
but they were all mercifully preserved in
the day of battle, not either of them heint*
killed or wounded. Two of their number
were placed at one gun, where three of
their shipmates were killed by one ball;
but they were not injured. Such pieser
vation excited their attention; and the first
opportunity, after the confusion of (he bat
tle, they met for lhank-guing to Him who
so remarkably answered their prayers.
When they came into port, it appeared
their conduct had gained the confidence ot
their superiours ; for on one half of their
number asking for leave to go on short ,
thinking it improper for the whole to go at
once, the commanding „fficer, much like a
gentleman, when he wa? informed they
wished to spend (he Sab alh on shore for
the purpose ol w orship, said, k - You may go.
and take all your party with you.” They
toiind iheir way to ihe place of worship.
It being the day of tht administration of the
Lord’s Supper, having shown the rules of
(heir society, and conversed freely with the
clergyman of Ihe port, they nc.> cheerful
ly admitted at the table of the Lord. I
found these men (?ays the clergyman) much
better acquainted with doctrinal, expert
mental, anil practical divinity, than could
have been reasonably expected. But with
the Bible in iheir hands, and the Holy Spir
it tor Iheir teacher, is it any wonder they
were well taught ?
IMPOSTORS.
The Beaver (Pennsylvania) Baptist A*
sDelation ha? cannoned the politick against
receiving John Smith as a Minister of the
Gospel, m which character he has been
travelling through the country, and palming
himself upon the Baptist and Methodist So
cieties. They say he is intemperate, and
ha* been “guilty cf deed* which are too
shocking to be published to a religious
community.”
It is a very great affliction to the people
of God, that men, assuming to themselves
the character of Ministers of the Go*pel,
should go about, like wolves m sheep’s
clothing, deceiving the Churches. We
cannot conceive ot a more awful situation
than such impostors have placed themselves
in ; nor can a more helpless, despicable be
ing, be found among men, than he who at
tempts, in this way, to make merchandize
of immortal souls. Hundreds have, no
doubt, been deluded by such blasphemous
impostors, who have desceode I into the
shade? of death in the belief that all reli
giou* persons are alike deceivers. The
just retribution of God will, sooner or la
ter, overtake all these adversaries.
It is the opinion of experienced Chris
tians, that no person should he received as
a preacher of the Gospel, in Churches re
mote from his residence, who is not well
known where he journeys, unless he pro
duces satisfactory credentials of good stand
ing, as a Christian, at home. This precau
tion, if adopted by all our Churches, would
he a barrier to impostors, which they would
find it impossible to surmount, without be
ing guilty of Hip additional crime of forgery
—an offence for which the civil law might
immediately infiict the proper punishment.
[Columbian Star.
IMMOLATION OF WIDOWS.
Mr. Hume, a member of the British Par
liacnent, has recently presented a petition
to the House, calling its attention to the im
(notation of widows in the East Indies.—
Not les* than 3,400 widows had been re
turned, during the lust year , as having sac
rificed themselves on the dead bodies of
their husbands, in the single province of
Bengal; but the real number, it is said,
might be estimated at 10.000! lb.
Renewal of the Inquisition. —The Arch
bishop ot Tarragona in Spam has published
a decree by which he authorizes the es
tablishment of anew Tribunal “to proceed
to the punishments which formerly came
under the cognizance of the Holy Tribunal
cf the Inquisition.” If that unhappy coon
try is to he further visited by the wrath of
Heaven, it must be by some expedient
equally inhuman and abominable with that
which the archbishop here affects to call
“a HoJy Tribunal,”— /ic/. Intel.
SAILING OF MISSIONARIES,
Mr and Mrs. Boardmrn, missionaries to
Burmah, sailed in the htp Asia, Captain
I Sheed, from Philadelphia, a *'• w day- ago,
j for Calcutta, under the pnti on age <>f he
Baptist General Convention. It is expect,
ed that they will join the American breth
ren who are at piesent in the vicinity of
Calcutta, and remain with them nn'il the
termination ot hostilities between the Ben
gal and Burman government? Missionary
operations will be resumed in Burmah as
early as practicable.
Immediately titter iheir arrival at Cal
cutta, Mr. and Mr*. Boitrilman wifi com
mence the Study ot the Putman lar.gur.ge,
under Ihe instruction of Me??rs. Wade and
liough, assisted by some native Bermans;
so that they will he qualified for u-elulness
almost as speedily a* they cuu and be by a
residence in Burmr.b. The pray er* ’of
thousands wili ascend to Heaven for iheir
safety in crossing Ihe mighty water*, and
fur prosperity on the missionary cause io
yvhich they have engaged.— Col. Star.
THE WORLDS GUEST.
1 ‘ A greater than" — Lafavette —“ is here ”
Tbt- great Personage vi-ited ■ nr • nrld
aboul 1800 years agi>. He libel.tied us
frem the power and dominion ot Sin and
Saian—He “ spoiled principalities and pow
ers, —making a show of them, openly tri
umphing over them.”
He did not barely assist us in gaining our
liberty ; but he accomplished the arduous
la-Jt alone— u Ot the people there was once
with him.”—And this victory he gained bv
thirty years of hard trial, aod unparalleled
stiff ring*.
He also laid aside His Titles , and became
one ol u?—“He made Himself of no repu
tation.”
He is soon to visit our world again. “ fla
is to come a second time, without sin, unto
salvation, —in the clouds of Heaven—with
•T! the holy angel* yvith him: leu thousand
times ten thou-and go before him ;—thou
sand? o| thousand? minister unto him ”
Let every soul a-k it-elf, “ Am I ready to
go out to meet him?”—There will no ex>
• use he talc n: poverty i- not a sufii-tent
° n<s ; —for onr benefactor ha? prepared a
wardrobe, — (here i? also an armory where
we may he completely equipped—a store
house of provisions and every thing we
need—“ without money and without pitcm”V
No. we are left without excu>e: uoto are”
excluded, but those who exclude them
selves.
This condition will he especially requir
ed ol us—that we may lay a*ide our tatter
ed garment*, and put on the robes that he
ha h prepared fur u.
The Next Sabbath our lllqstrious Chief
ha* appointed lor u* all, in our respective
Churches, to learn from hi- herald? It.-w
we are to testify our gratitude, but above
all I lungs to learn the necessity of being
clothed in Ins garments—or, when He com
eth, we shall be “found speechless.”
[ IF. Lttmipary. -
We heg leave to state a fact, which has
given sincere pleasure to the friends of good
morals, wbereve.r it has bpen made known.
It respect? His Excellency Governour Par
ris, of Maine. When he found that General
Lafayette purposed leaving Portland on (he
Sabbath, it was signified to the latter, by
the Gnvernour’s Aid-, that if he would post
pone his departure till Monday morning, he
[the Governour] would gladly accompany
him to the limits of the State: but if he should
ride on the Sabbath , he could aot; neither
could he pay him any j-übuck attention oh
that day. Here is a (act that deserve* io be
rs corded in letters of go)(d; and it is the
more worthy of such a distinction, because,
ala*! so many examples of an opposite
character have hern witnessed of late
among men in high office, in varinu? parts
of our land, and even in our own be|oved
Commonwealth. Happy America! when
every ruler shall honour the institutions 0 f
religion, from a conscientious regard to
their Authcr, beyond the pomp of an
earthly glory.— lhe. 4* Tel.
JEWISH SUPERSTITIONS.
The Jews have some reinarkablu fanciei
concerning their dead. They seem, in
deed, to be as much distinguished from their
ancestors by the c.hildi-h and monstrous su
perstition? with which Iheir literatuie i? fil
led, as by iheir firm ‘adheience to that law
against which they rebelled so often before
it was abrogated. So well, however, -re
they now persuaded ol the resurrection,
that ihe name which give to a burial
place is the House cf the Living. n ext res
sion finely implying that it is the dead alone
who can he said to live truly. The body
according to their notion, ha* a certain in
destructible part called luz, which i? tho
seed from whence it i? to he reproduced. J
It is described as u hone, in shape likp no I
almond, and having its p|, lC e at the end of
the vertebras; and truly this is nut mere
absurd that the hypothesis which assigned
!ru-^ lnea * f <,r •* lO °f Ihe ?oul.
rhis bone, according to the Rshhies, can
neither be broken by any force of mail, nor
consumed by fire, nor dissolved by w titer
and they tell us Ibat the fact was pr-.-ed
before the Emperour Adrian, ep< r, who®
they imprecate (hair ustiul malediction,