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No 3 Vol. VII.] 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,