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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. ^avacKßncßaaßßM 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,