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dm willing for morality—l am wil
ling even for religion to answer the
I declare I can fee no
thing in dancing that is incompati
ble with the purest chriftianity.—
Bigotry is another thing; or ra
ther, it is a kind of ignorant un
derling, that is always buftiing a
bout in the train of religion. It is
conversant about trifles only, and
like many ether personages I have
known, it is maximus in minimum, et
minimus in maximum, which means
£as I am told by my brother Jerry,
7/ho furnifhed the sentence) great in
little things and little in great ones.
It is this lame little great perl'onage
in the borrowed dress and a flu tiled
name of his mistress, “Religion,”
that has made (as my brother Jerry
tells me) nlmoft all the difficulty &
•trouble in the world, which has
in oft unjuflly been ascribed
to her. The great contests be
tween black beans and white, a
mong the py thegereans— & between
the eaters of tame mutton and wild,
at Ifpahan—the inteftin divisions of
the Chinese empire that provoked
such obstinate controversy, and so
-much learning on the quftion of
(harp or flat top’t bonnets—and
the present eftabliflied orthodoxy
among the Quakers of broadbrim
cd hats, (these & a thousand others
that Jerry has told me of) are all
the work of this inferior pseudo cha
racter. Religion has nothing to
do with any of them. They are
points merely indifferent and im
material, andfois dancing, except
that it operates negatively to the
prevention of vice.
I hear it sometimes said, that all
which is net good is evil . This is
not only a falacy, but a mifehiev
ous one. It is salacious because
the largest portion of our actions
are nearly indifferent. It is mif
chievious because by making all
human actions either blackorwhite,
it attempts to divide us into faints
and reprobates, but in attempttng
to do this, which would be bad
enough, it really tends to do what
is worse—to make us all hypocrites.
Brightened out of one extreme and
despairing of the other, we stand
on the middle ground and are
glad to compound for the praSice
of unavoidable fin with the appear
ance of unattainable fanfiity. Ido
not charge any of this bigotry, or
this falfe reasoning upon you Mr.
Patrick, whom I fufpeft from the
solicitude you express for the in
terests of science and learning in
general, to be a benevolent, good
fort of a man, only a little too rigid
for the name you have aflumed,
and I presume if you would avail
yourfelf of the advantages of fe
male society, you might become a
very agreeable fellow. Believe me
fir, the Christian religion is a ra
’ lional, and being a rational, is,
therefore a cheerful religion, and
appears much more in chara&er in
smiles than in frowns. Solomon,
a wiser person than either of us,
teils us that there is “ a time to be
merry,” as well as “ a time to be
fad,” and he afled fully up to the
merry branch of the maxim. The
feripture furnifhes abundant autho
rity for music, and King David in
dancing before the Ark, has left us
a precedent in point. To reason
any further on this fubjeft were
nerfe&ly fuperfluous. I never at
tempted to reason before, and in
this my firft essay, I have succeeded
do admirably, that (fortunately for
you; I find myfelf restored to per
fect good humor, qoty.’ithftanding
| I have ici'ifehed out a'rf my curls.
Apropo—l fee now the reason why
j we females have never figured in
■I logic—our curls have flood in the
j way; for in building up systems
j we ftiould eventually tear down our
j head-dresses.
I have a thousand things more
to fay, but I have not a moment to
spare. lam in the mid ft of a de
lightful new novel, and the heroine
is in such a critical situation that 1
cannot leave her long enough to
copy what I have written.
DORCAS PEPPER.
FRIEND & MONITOR.’
—^%-mrmrn
FRIDAY, MAiicii 17.
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It is truly diverting to observe,
with what avidity the Englilh and
their hirelings seize upon any cir
cumstance which chance may throw
in their way to rest from an Ame
rican the credit of performing no
ble aflions—As an illustration of
this fad ; and as a home thrust to
our national glory, they declare
General Jackson an Englishman.
Hence, the mystery is solved, why
the immortal Paekenham could not
succeed.
“ When Greek joined Greek, then was
the tug of war,
“ The labour'd battle sweat, and
conquest bled”
Mortified, mifeiable. fnbierfuge.
Poor simple Devils—is not this the
greatest compliment you can pay to
our government ? Since, by at
tempting to make Jackson a native
of England, you prove that country
deserted by one of her greatest sons,
for the, Republic of America.
Blessed change , glorious proof cf pre
ference ! Long be the B th of Janua
ry remembered—! !
0- Circutnftances not to be got
ten over, induces us to give a place
to the farcaflic humour of Miss
Dorcas in our columns of to-day—
we, truly lament, that the good and
moral production of Pater Familiar,
should have met with no better re
ception, than to have routed the
irritability of a young lady, in a
cause which should have as ils prin
ciple prop, beauty and sense. These
two powers cotribineiog their influ
ence inay have the belt, or worst
tendency ; I fay worst,' becaufe, the
sophist from an altogether errone
ous data, may produce changes,
ultimately deftrudtive, however fa
vorable in appearance. We hope
here the corned will end. Recti
tude too proud for reply.
Extract of a letter from Col. William
Scott, to Governor Early, dated
“ Great Sat ilia River, 28 th Feb.
“ I have the pleasure to inform
you of a brilliant affair having- ta
ken place on the 24th inst. on the
river St. Mary’s between part of
my detachment, 20 men, coinman
-1 ded by Capt. Wm, Mickler, aided
: by about goof the Patriots of Flo
rida, under Col. Dill, and fix of
the enemy’s barges, containing a
bout 250 men, which had attempt
ed to proceed up the river to bum
Mr. A. Clark’s Mills. The ene
my were firft attacked by the Pat
riots from the Florida shore, near
Camp Pinckney, when the barges
immediately tacked about to re
treat, but our men being in am
bush on this shore gave them a se
cond reception, and thus the fire
was kept up from both shores un
til they got into a greater extent of
river than our riflemen could reach.
The reports from Amelia fay that
iheiofs of the enemy was too kit- i
led and wounded j—feme fay 100
—3ut this I have been credibly in
formed. they were so cut up as not
to be able to work their barges with
the compliment of oars. We had
one man severely wounded through
the body and several received balls
through their clothes, but no fur
ther injury. The news of their in
tentions reached me too late to join
the detachment with the remainder
of my troops, which is to be la
mented, as I am confident not a
barge should have returned to
Cumberland to carry them the
news. Whilft wilting this lam
informed the enemy are fitting out
another expedition to go up the j
river St. Mary’s and if they do 1 *
hope they will pay dear for their j
undertaking.
’
MiUedgcville, ‘March 8.
From Mobile. —A gentleman
puffed through this place iaft week,
direct from Mobile. He informed
us it was currently repotted there,’
that the enemy were in poffeftiori
of Mobile Point—that they had i
been repulsed in two attemps upon
the the Fort; but understanding ;
the garrffon was short of provisions
theyjanded their forces, inverted
the curt by land, and after a siege ‘
of three or four days, compelled it
to capitulate. Should this intelli
gence unfortunately prove true, it
will lie seen that the event could
not be avoided—that the supplies
of the fort were exhausted, and the
communication with the main ar
my, under General Wincherter,
entirely cut off.
Major Lawrence, commanding
the Fort, and who so gallantly re
pulsed tiie enemy, in a former at
. tempt upon tint place, it is said ap
prehending a iecond visit from
them, after expressing his fears to
General W. had, feme time previ
ous to the attack, requested an in
crease of provifiona! supplies; but
owing to fome fhameful negligence
they did not arrive in due feafen.
General Wincherter was in the
neighborhood of Mobile, with a
force, including Indians, 11,000
rtrong, and in hourly expectation
of an attack from the enemy.—
Our informant adds, that helmet
the bearer of the defpatch, (an In
dian runner) communicating the
intelligence of peace to Gen. W. at
Fort Jacklon—-and was fearful the
runner would not be able to deli
ver the information in time to flop
the eflufion of blood. Why was
so important a dispatch confided to
the care of an Indian runner ? It
is fome,tiling extraordinary.
Could not a mdre trurty and ex
peditious courier have been pro- !
cured ?” Is there not a line of tele- \
graphich defpatches in our 7th -
Military difhict ? There ought to ;
be.
OCONEE NA FTC. A TION
LOTTERY.
The drawing- of which will
commence on the Isi Monday |
in November next. |
Auihorifed by an Act of the Le- |
giflature of the State of Georgia,
passed on the 22d November. 1814,
eniitled “ An Act to raise money
for the purpose of opening and im
proving the Navigation of the Oco
nee River, from the mouth of
Fishing creek, to Barnett’s shoals.”
Scheme of the Lottery.
Dolls. Dolls,
fl prices of i o,cpc is 20,000
3 * 5 co ° * *soc od
4 - do. 2,000 - B,oco
5 • do. 1,000 - 5,000
10 - do. 500 - 5,000
50 - do. 100 - 5,000
100 - do. 50 - 5,000
260 - do. 20 - 4,000
300 - do. 10 - 3,000
6coo - do. 5 - 30,000
6674 Prizes 100,000
Subject to a dedu&ion of 15 per
cent.—2o,ooo Tickets at 5 dollars
each, is 100,000 dollars j less than
two blanks to a prize.
The drawing of the lottery will
commence in Greensborough,, oa
the firft Monday in November.
Payment of Prizes will be made
in the fame place, and commence
at the expiration of sixty days,, af
ter the drawing of the Lottery ia
finiftied ; of which due notice will
be given. Prizes not demanded!
within fix months after the draw
ing is finiftied, will be viewed as li
beral donations to the Oconee Na
vigation company, and payment
barred accordingly.
THOS. TERRELL, T
JEREMIAH EARLY, j |
STERLING GRIMES, V*
JOHN BUSH,
THOS. S. REID. J, §
The Commissioners have ap>
■ pointed Sterling Grimes their a.-
gent, under whofp signature the
Tickets will be issued.
The Oconee Navigation Lottery
Office, is eftabliflied in this place ;
where all letters or orders dire&ed.
to the agent (port paid) will meet*
with immediate and prompt atten*
tion.
STERLING GRIMES,
Agent
March 1815. (n)tf
j SHERIFF’S SALE.
I Will be Sold,
• On thefirst Tuesday in April nex" f
at the Court-House in Oglethorpe
county, between the hours often
and three o’clock, the following
property — viz:
One Negro boy by the name of
Reubin, levied on as the property
of William Manley, at the instance
of Littleberry Jackson Indorfee qjr
Bootth M. Warren.
| Also
One Feather Bed and (lead and
cord, four Chairs, one Trunk, one
pine Table, one Loom, one Saw,
and three Shoats; one Cow and
Yearling, and three year old Heif
; ter, one j large iron Pot; levied oa
; as the property of William Smith,
: at the instance of John T. Law.
; rence.
Also
j <Two Hundred and Eighty acres
: of Land, whereon the defendant
lives, joins Robert Maxwell and o
thers; levied on as the property of
William Collier at the instances of
Randol Jones.
Also w
One Negro Woman, by the name’
of Jinney, levied on as the proper
ty of Roger Bell, at the instance of
Mary & John Fleming.
Also
Twenty acres of land more or
less, joining Thos. Stephens in O
glethorpe county; leivied on as
the property of James Marr, at the
instance of Robert Thompson,
pointed out by the defendant, and
returned to me by Thos. Stephens,*
Confr.
Conditions Cash.
P. COMPTQN, Sheriff,-.
March id, 1815,
