Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 12, Richmond, Wayne County, 29 May 1824 — Page 4

HI M ARKS ON 1HYSICAL CREATION. ) David Simpson The irr i-l evidence of Christanity rest? bevond doubt on t h claims of Requisition; but 1 1 ; i - conshK ration should nol prevent our attention to the auxiliary testimony

t;icu original. i ne in-av' 1 ueciare the glory of God, and the earth is full of his riches." The most perfect catalogue of stars before Her-chel appeared, did not contain 5000, but by the Tast superiority of hi.- glasses -he hath discovered 44,000 -tar- in a few de-jre - of the heavens: and bv the -amo proportion it is upposd that 7a.000.000 are exposed in the expanse of l-urnan invtigat teoi. Lalaade -uotjo-e- that rt id.i-x of

Herchtd power ma di-cover 00.000.000 ! of star- in the wh.e -unao.- of the heavms, ! arid that even thi- umil -r is but -mall, in compare-on of what --i-t-. All the-, j Stars are t a tierv nature, and conjectured to be -f many Mm- with their vtem of j planets moving round thorn. We know!

tha

am to !e the centre of the system.

It i- accompanied with (2'J planets, beside? about 450 come -t. What an amazing idea does this give n- of the work- of God? And if Mich he the work, what mu-t the W hi kman be ! Kvery part of nature with which we are acquainted, is full of living creatures, stores off-very kind to -supply their nee ssities. 1 little globe of ours is known to contain within it how 1- a great variety of valuable mineral-. A- tn 0 rov,r,,t

Tvith about 20.000 ditbrent specie- ofve-jj getahles, 3.000 pecie ot worm. 1 2.000-' species of ing-rts 200 -,-e, j,. of arnphib-j! lou- animal?fo50 specie of birds, 2.n"00-! spe i..s ofii-h.and 200 species of .Juadiu- ': ped-. Ifow immense then must he tin j' rummer of individuals! Oneilv is tbm d H

to bring forth 2000 at a time, and a single Cod-fi-h to produce considerable more than -three millions and a half of young. Lewenhoeck tells u-, that there are more animals in the IIU,lt of ood-fbh tharr there are men upon the whole earth. Overall the creature? proxies upu ard-of 730 millions ol human heintrs. Such is the family of the threat Father ben, (.nrlh. And when it is considered, that the eailh with all its turnituro, is no more, when compared with the xvhoh- svMrm of thin-s than a sirede r:m, nf'.n.i a . . " '

i ... . -" oeu comnar- h ed with a huge mountain, we are lost in

e-uj oi tjou s works and

Mrumed to cry out, "Lord

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To bring this consideration more w ithin the grasp of human comprehension, let us take to pieces and examine the several parts Tof any one creature which God hath made; and we shall find a perfection among its several powers, and an adaption of its situation in the grand scale of existence, far surpassing skill. Let the most perfect anatomist that ever existed, make Ids observations upon the human frame; let him examine with the greatest possible attention the tout ensemble of the structure, then let him proceed to the several parts of which the microcosm is composed; first, the powers of the mind, the understanding, the will, the memory, the conscience, and tire various affections; next the five senses; the touch, the taste, the smell, the hearing, and the sight; afterwards let him proceed to the several tluids of the body, and then . to the 300 bones, with the 40 different sorts of glands, the 4G5 muscles, the 40 pair of nerves, the fibres, the membranes, the arteries, the veins, the lympha-ducts, the excretory vessels, the "tendons, the ligaments, the cartilages, and let him explore the whole and every part with the greatest degree of accuracy, knowledge and judgment, that ever centered in man; and then let him honestly say, whether he could suggest the smallest improvement in any one respect. Ifhewerean Atheist before such an in

vestigation, like the celebrated Galen, he would he converted to the belief of the

divine existence, would compose a hvmnM

in praise of the creator of the world, and sing, with the great progenitor of mankind, ''These arc thy glorious worAs Farentof good," &c.

SOMNAMBULISM. We have man? striking instances that the mental faculties are by no means torpid during the time- of sleep, hut in the following circumstances, fully authenticated, there is ample proof that the powers of the mind may at that period sustain greater labour than during our waking moments. The subject .is one well d( sc rving of attention, both in a medical and philosophical point of view. About 3moi,ths ago, John Buckridgo, the son of a. wealth and respectable farmer, residing near Leeds, in Yorkshire, was placed at a grammar school within a few miles of that town, kept bv the Rev. Mr. Dunne. Young Buckridge, who wa- entered as a boarder, displayed very little iiu lination for learning, during the month of his probation. He talked incessantly of the plough and har-ruv"-, the dairy and the farm yard, the hogs and horses, and wished often and heartily that he was amongst them, and free from th; tedious and irksome task of poring o ver books, the contents of which lie neither ki ew nor seemed to wish to know he thought ,k Whiv i:nnr.inrp w i this 'Tvvas iullj to t

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ed for his business on the following morning he arose from the seat, and repeated them to the Principal's desk, as if he had been there for examination, in the most perfect and satisfactory manner. The usher having faithfully reported this singular discovery, Mr. D. resolved to watch the follow ing night, and be enabled to question the lad; he accordingly did so, andabout the same hour, as on the preceding night, young Bucki idge arose from his bed, and went through the same eercmony.w ith the addition of writing his English Exercise, w hich were not included in the business of the former day. Hav ing completed his important affairs, he proceeded as before to Mr. D's. desk, where that gen-

I tleman now stood, together with the usher

and here he repeated in regular succession his various lessons, replied to many questions put to him by Mr. D. and finally having delivered in his exert ises for examination, returned to the kitchen with the lamp, which he carefully extinguished and went hack to bed. Being closely questioned in the morning as to how he had become so perfect in his school business, he could assign no reasdn whatever for being so, and declared that it had surprised himself. One thing is certain, that the sleep is by no means counterfeit -the lad still knows nothing of it, but almost invariably quits his bed at the same loitr and goes through his school business with the same unremitting regularity. London-Paper.

Spaiv. One of Kingerdinamfs late

Memorial of John Ross Geo. T , -A'Vgc, and Elijah Hivfo, Dck-X''7 the Cherokee JVution of Indiuri & '- To the house of Rcpre;tr.Uitivc-3 oi' tl c T.onuress afsemblfL. Wo the undersigned delerratj( , the Cherokee Nation, now oii:;: seat of government of the United " 'v. on matters of vast import, as will from the President's message (;ft!,-,' V r March last, audits accornpanvi,, ments, humbly beg leave to sui'ij.i -your honorable bod' a lew reinaij-' we are bound, as we believe, to rr : der a sense of duty to cur nation ". 'J-' as to our-elves. It is with uiifuVj gret and pain we discover the ser which are expressed by the fJo'verm Georgia, in his letter to the Secret-' War of the 28th February last; .-,., ': those expressed by the Georgia !',.(,.''.'' in Congress, to the President of the I ed States, on the 30th of March 1,. .' cannot but view the design of tin ;,"(,.' as an attempt, bordering upon a !!!,. ' position towards the Cherokee Natio"" ' wrest from them, by arbitrary rnr , just rights and liberties, the securi which is solemnly guaranteed to uW ' ' these United States, as you have a full; r of the subject before your honorable : it is not our purpose to he supenluou therefore, we will take occasion to a. under the fullest authority that all tb timents expressed in relation to the -

j ition and dt termination of the natir.r..

) cede another foot of lanl. is p'mtiy't,

cord it: it willatbord to future ages a precious specimen of the humanity and gallantry of a Spanish Legitimateof the 19th century. After the surrender of Painpeluna, a number of illustrious females w ere arrested under pretence of Constitutionalism, and the following are some of the sentences passed upon them by Ferdinand since his restoration. Donna Francisca de Ca ma rasa, to be exiled to Zamora, accompanied by an officer of justice, whom : is ordered to $upj rt on thr journey by a daily allowance of about tu o d altars! MM il S.I T l1i'

i ne moiner oi tne preceding, a lauy oi

con-

what is man,

him, or the son

However the Principal of the establishnit nt neglected no means in endeavouring to rail forth whatever share of intellect the boy might have; still he evinced no thirst for improvement, and his retentive faculties being extremely defective, he seldom remembered in the morning any part of the lesson committed to their keeping on the preceding evening. In this manner the boy continued to plod on wearily with his studies, until the expiration of another month, w hen a visible change was remarked in the manner that he performed the various school business allotted to him; he that was before only remarkable for dullnc and stupidity, became the most correct and generally most perfect student in the entire-academy; but the cause of this most singular change still remained a mystery. During the uual hours for business he was as before, listless and inattentive neither did he relax in his amusements, so that he did not seem to devote one hour more to study. It happened, however, that one of the Ushers, w ho occupied an apartment contiguous to the school room, hearing a noi-o in the passage betwixt the hours of twelve and one, when the family had all retired to rest, was induced to watch, on the supposition that thieves might have hroken into the home. On partly opening the door, all wadark and silent; but in a few minutes after, young Bin krhlge ascended from the kitchen with a lamp alight in his hand w hich he had brought from it. The ushers fears now gave way to curiosity, and he determined to w atch the movements of the hoy, w ho wa evidently enjoying a profound -leep. Buckridge pas-ed on with a rapid though cautious Mcp,.to the door of the school room, w hich he unlocked, & proceeding directly to the place that he generally occupied, opened a desk in which his books were deposited, took

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very advanced age, fined tw enty ounces of

gold. Donna Joseph Peudnrier.n, two years imprisonment in the roal gaol; bvlonpaynif nt oftf?i outii'is oj'gold annually she is set at liber I if. Donna Hloya Ilarrequin. 4 years imprisonment in the nyalgaol: but free on annual payment fs00. Donna Martina de Yriarte, 4 years imprisonment; or to pay Q ounces f 'gold annually. Donna Joaquima Ecbarri, to be exiled from the kingdom of Nav arre for six ears.

1 and not allowed to go near the roval n i- ! dence; sentence ridtunablc firjlie hundred

do liars. La Sanora da Kchevevria (f3 years old) exiled from Navarre for four years; remitted for (20 ounces of izuld . Our readers must see from the mere perusal of these sentences, that they are in tact, nothing more than so many devices for extorting money. The sister of the gallant Mina, accused of no crime, but the glory of her consanguinity to him, was in prison, in daily expectation of a nominal trial, and her anticipated sentence was, confinement in the hulks at Malaga! This unfortunate lady had already lost her husband at one of

j the recent sieges. The prisons, at Pampeluna particular ly. were crowded with females of rank. These are things which J need only he stated; a comment would en

feeble their ehVct. Jat. uaz.

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man that thou viJt,.. i.;.r , ' 'i V""' '""B' " ""'" aue order

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this immensity of th4. ,.r , .

.. . ''e.tuonuf; add the admirable structure of the whole, and exqmjh. nrrfi'rli.n. .a...

, tyjv part.we

llv atfected

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with the inelfable wisdom of the Divine

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before him, and instantly fell to study.

I he astonished usher, imagining that it might be a trick of the boys, pinched him repeatedly, but to no purpose; he teemed insensihle to every thing save only the pursuit of learning, and after having successively perused the diiferent lessons mark0

decrees is a curiosity, and as Mich we re- iPfoduetwn and voice of the nation; a;.:'

lias been uttered by us, in the en;,, cations which we have made to tU ernment, since our arrival in thb , expressive of the true scntimmts ti t lion, agreeably to our instructions, a: not one word of which has bcenri?: mouth by a white man. Any suriniy. statements tt the contrary are itl-ftf;-. and ungenerous. W e forbear to a:ivert on the aspersion pointed at cure' by the pen of the Georgia delegation-' but a subterfuge. The Cherokee : formed on the situation of the cinn.tr. of the Mississippi river; and there 1?. spot, osit of the limits of any of tb or the territories thereof, and witi.:: limits of the United States that tUv ever consent to inhabit; became t! unequivocally determined, never a., pursue the chase, as heretofore, or ; gage in w ars, unless by the sp ci.d u the (unemmei.t to defend the cl rights of the United States; and, a-, moval to the ban en waste, borden;: the Kocky Mountains, where u.atr timber are scarcely to be seen. c l!. for no other object or induceinert. u pursue the buffalo, and to w age w the uncultivated Indians in that It phere imposing facts speak from t:.?

penence which have heen so repea: , , realized, that such a state of thii.i inevitably be the result, were the I:, kees to emigrate to that country. Bu:an everit will never take place. ... Cherokee"1 have turned their attn.trthe pursuits of the civilized man: ture, manufactures, aid the mecli.uio arid education are all in successful t tion in the nation, at this time ; ar. the Cherokces are peacefully cri! . to enjoy the blessings of civilizati ' Christianity, on the soil of their rift:r heritance; and whilst the cxertioi sa: bors of various religious socic -tits ': United States are buccessfully c'L-r , promulgating to them the wordciM " life from the sacred volume ofioj: r; ; under the patronage of the general b ment; they are threatened with rr-"'-exlindion. This subject is now betrrr honorable body tor decision. i "' to the magnanimity of the Ainene .r gross for justice, and the prote(ti i' rights, liberties, and lives of ti e ( ' people. laim it fnm the I -by the strongc-st obligations, wl ith ses upon them by treaties; aid wi"1 it from them under that mnnon.l'''' ation, k That all men are rrcah 1 y that thev are enhiw ed by their t ; . with certain inalienable rights, lb '- : these, are life, liberty, and the ru:'l r;, happinos." U'e, therefore, in behalf ami highest authority of, the (.'here -kec , have hereunto fixed eiir s"ilM 'u: f Washington (;u this 1 0th (b) ' . 1 tb.M. JNO. KOSNr.

HoNOi'R Is unstable, and seldom the

same; lor she feeds upon opinion, and is i as fickle as her food. She builds a loftv j structure on the sandy foundation of the j esteem of thoe w ho are, of all being, the : mo-t subject to change. Ihit virtue is j unilorm and fixed, because she looks for i approbation only from Him, who is the j same yestorda to day- and lor ever. !

1 lonour is most capricious in her rewards, i She feeds us with air. and often pulls dow n , our house to build our monument. She! is contracted in her views, inasmuch as' her hopes are rooted in earth, bounded by I time, terminated by death. Hut virtue; is enlarged and infinite in her hopes, inns- j much a they extend beyond present ; things, even to eternal ; this i their proper I sphere, and they will er ase only in the J reality 'of deathless enjoyment. In the j storms and in the 'tempest of life, honour is j not to be depended on, because she her-i self partakes of the tumults; she abo j ; is butfeted by the wave, and borne along ! by the whirlwind. But virtue i abo.ei

the storm, and has an anchor Mire and steadfast, because it is cat in hcavt r. U eJcrn Iuor:'er.

Among a number of acts, which have received the Royal assent in England, is an act to allow dealers to roast their own coffee on certain conditions.

KLIJ.AH HICK

A Tnoroiir ON Di.aim.

good man, is but passing thr -''' entry, out of one little du-ky father's houe into another thati1 large, lightsi'ine and gloriote. a- ' l, entertaining. O may the ray dour dmv heaverdv appartinei t ?" downward, and glidt; thedaikt! Y such a cheerful gleam, as to l a!-'" fear when 1 shall be called to pstjj'