Indiana Republican, Volume 3, Number 154, Madison, Jefferson County, 27 November 1819 — Page 1

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"where liberty dwells, there is my country." VOL. HI. MADISON, INDIANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 18 19. No. 154.

PUBLISHED BY LODGE & ARIOX, r.Vl-.RY SATURDAY. CONDITIONS. Tie "REPUBLICAN" will i)1 tl'tivtu-d at the office for two ''o'hrs per annum, paid in adv uue ; it paid within two months anvr -lbscribinsj, it will be consiY ,eJ in advance ; two dollars and f ft cents if paid within twelve n ,rJvs; and threu dollars if not lx until the year expires. o p.tper will he discontinued u -.;l I1 arrearages are paid. 1 1 all cases a subscriber must -ve n nice punctually at the end of the e ir of his intention1 to disconti -nr., cr he will be held responsible fir another years1 subscription. Advtrti'iments not eKceedma sq :i:r- will be inserted three times f jr a dollar ; longer ones in proportion, an I if the number of in3i.r:i 'i d .-.sired, are not specified, Uk v will be continued at the expe ivi of the advertiser until orderid out. 'iAll letters to the Editors filial be post J "ui d. Liud-0'TI:e, Jefferson vi He, August i$th, ioiS. PERSONS wishing to make trwi-fers of lands entered in t'lisollicc arc requested not to ma)ce them on the back of the Register's certificate hut on a Sep irate piece of piper. It frequently happens, Miat by transfer! ng and assigning on the back of certificates, they become S o mutilated and detaced as to ttatrov the contents. The following form- may be used.41 For value received I, A. B. cf county, do adgn ec transfer to C. D. of county all mv riht Ac title to the quarter section No. in township No. (North or South as the case . may ic) of tr.v No. East of thr; J offoonville District. Witness rnvhind and seal tliis day of " 18 1 S. A. B. (Seal.) Test," This assignment being acknowledged before my justice of the peace, and certified by the clerk of the county of its being such, will procure a patent. In all cases where the rni'istrate's or clerk's certificate happens to be on a different piece of piper from the assignment it will be proper for them to set forth the particular tract sold. It will be well for magistrates and others who are in the iiabit of writing assignmenis, to preserve a copy of the foregoing as their guide. Those who send to the office to get their business done, will please to be pirticular in describing in 1 plain legible hand, the tract they wish to enter, and to write their given names fullbngth. S.Uli- GWATHMEY.

For the Indiana Republican. Jfessrs. Printers By inserting the following lines you will oblige a number of your subscribers. THE DYING CHRISTIAN. The time draws nigh 1 must go home, Resign my body to the tomb; I leave you all in Jesus' hands, Whose bosom bears the tender lambs. He saw me wandering far from (Jod, He called me oft, and call.d me loud; Hi love resistless bade me comt-j He routed my heart, and brought me home. My feeble soul this many a year He's kept through bCcncs of joy and fear; Sometimes my soul would soar on hih, Like morning larks to reach the skv; Then like the widow'd lonesome dove Sne droop'd and mouru'd through all the grove; In moun.iul notes I'd oft complain Ti:l my dear L returned again. My sun has passed the inidaje line, To the cold grave my steps decline; Ytt sweetly moves my spirit on To see my Saviour on his thrcne. Tiun fly my sun swift to the west, Since I shall be with Jesus biebJ, And jom the throng before tin throne, Wiu-io sin, where sorrow ne'er was known. Farewell, ye dear sfHcted saints, Uod has an ear ior your complaints; Your darkness oou shall turn to l;y; Your doubts your fears all flee awav. Farewell my children whom I love," Prepare to meet me soon above, Where ou shall hear me sing and tell How Jcbiis savad mv soul from hell. Farewell to you, my loving wife, Deaui soon shall end this raorlal life; Augels sliail i!y at Clod's command, Ana bear my soul to (a:ia o's land. Tiuie we shall be with Jesus blest In that eLnal woildof ivst And sing tj harpj of heaveulv sound, Redemption thrjugh Innnanucl found. (BY REQUEST.) THIRD REPO. POP THE AMEiviCaN BIBLE SOCIETY. ihc Board ot M makers will now lay belorcthc American Bible Ssci;ty - repor. of their proceedings siiieo tnc list anniversary. At tnc iirit organization of the institution, it was announced to che puDiic, that a main object ot the society is not only to provide a suilicicncy of well printed, and aceurateadditionsof thescriptures, bat also to procure well executed stereotype plates for their cheap & extensive diffusion." This important measure has been pursued by the board with much attention; ana thty have the pleasure of stating that the society now own the following sets of plates, and ot the following descriptions. Fsr the whole Bible in the English language. Three sets of octavo size, one set of duodecimo size in Brevier type, and three sets of duodecimo size in Minion type. For the Scriptures cf the Nczu Testament in English, One set ot duodecimo size in Ziyurgeous type.

In the last report it was mentioned, that of the stereotype plates tor the Bible in the French language, to be sent out by the British and Foreign Bible Society, only those for the Old Testament had then been received. The re. mainder have since come to hand; and the society, of course, have now a complete set of plates for the Bible in the French language. 1 nis must b- viewed as an acquisition of importance, when u is considered how generally this lan guage is spoken, not only in the Canadas but in the southern territories now belonging to, or bordering upon, the United States. In consequence of representations made to the board as to the prospect of introducing the scriptures into the parts of South Amcrica in which the Spanish language is spoken, the bard have also provided themselves with a set of plates for the new testament in Spanish so that the society now own in the whole, Eight sets of stereotype plates for the whole Bible, and two sets for the Scriptures cf the New Pes. lament. One of the 5ets for the whole Bible, of the duodecimo size in Minion tvp-, hac h-fn cnt to Lexington, in the state of Ky. & placed with th; Ky bible society, who commenced in January last to print from it an edition of two thousand copies. A set of the octavo si;:? is now ready to be forwarded to the same society. Phe others are in the immediate employment of the board. As the board have thus been furnished with increased means of multiplying the scriptures, they trust it will be found that they have been faithful in the improvement of them to the best advaotagc. Of this some judgment may be formed when it is known that there have been printed for the society during the last year, 47,320 copies of the bible, and 24,000 copies of the New Testament, which together with the 29.500 copies of the Bible printed in the two former years, makes a total of 100,820. Phese arc exclusive of the edition of 2,000 copies, by this time printed from the plates sent to Lexington; and also of the Bibles in Gaelic, German, Welsh, and Trench, mentioned in the last report, as amounting 102,450, and which have been sufficient to meet the demand for the scriptures in those languages until the present time. The whole making a total of 105,270 Bibles and testaments, either obtained for circulation by the American Bible Society, or issued from its presses during the three first years of its existence. It is thought proper to add, that the present printing establishment is sufficiently extcn-

sive to furnish an average amount of 100,000 Bibles and Testaments annually. The printing of the scriptures? in the Indian language has in the: mean time, been prosecuted as far as circumstances .have permitted. One thousand copies of the Gus pel of John have been printed in the Mohawk language, and the same number of copies of the Epintles of John, in the Delaware. The board wait for nothing but approved versions of the s.cnptures into those languages, in order to go on and furnish t:ie whole or most ot the J3i.dc to -ie Indians ni their native diut., & as the object hasofiate tr. v ieJ much interest in the n u ; of some who are able to renut.; cicnt aid, there is a prosivc' a.1 it may soon be accoinpiij-h- . Ot the Ne, Testament-. p;-i:.t ed during the past year, 2,500 ucr. in theSpanish language. Phe j. have hut recently been finis;. c .if none of them are distributed. 'I no. Board have appointed a committee for the purpose of collecitucr

information as to the best m ic of circulating them, viu ii w0 opened a correspondence wtdi gentlemen through vhose instrumpnfrality t ic hopd tivioK my he done to introduce the scriptures among the inhabitants of South America. There is, perhaps, no country which has a greater claim thin this to the attention of the American Biol- Suoctety. Forming! part of our jjvq hemisphere, it is filled with population, the numbers and resources of which see. a to have been bat lately developed to the other nations of the world; Iff it is now engaged in a sn uggle which subjects? the inhabitants to the evils of 1 n guinary w ir. The board will not: : fail to embrace every opportunityoffurnishing them with that wont of truth which both "exalts a nation," cs" gives to man his best support cf consolation amidst tiie hot rors of bloodshed and civil strife. The missionaries of the Uniu ed Brethren, or Moravians, have: many years opened since a door for the introduction of the scriptures a mong the Indians on ourborders. Accordingly, one hundred iff f orty copies of the Epistles in the Delaware tongue were transmitted to the Rev. Mr. Leukenback in the sUtc of Ohio, to be dis tributed among the Indians under his pastoral care, and such others as may be within his reach Three hundred copies ot the Epistlcs of John were sent to the; Jlev. Mr. Dencke, of New Fairfield, Upper Canada, for the use of the Indians among whom he: labours. In both places the gift was highly acceptable. Mr, Dencke distributed, in his church the copies tent to him; and he. "hvj viae iuey wwit uwvtv not only with thckfulnep, 'b'v