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r*' ^ - ?%**- ^ . . v - y - ? ^ '? < , . ??? tag- i 4- Ju t :?*? ?*" '>' * '- : ? ? (? : ' - ,? < Volume II.) ' ? CAMDEN, (S. C.) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 " ' ? ? rimi ? ' ? i V.. " r 86. Erintep by GEORGE fr.,B . JUR.er. For thi ProPrictors. 7 he ftrict /i^ 8ub*cri&er* r* gS annum uretufive of fwagr ; mnd in all eate * where fibfitftoBb* delfte+tJ dtTfie ex^ente ?/ the flublhhcr, t$t firict wttl he JJ-S 50 a rvnr, to be fiaid si r months nfter *ub*erbln? . jfeROSTATIQN. _ , . ? r ( CONCLUVBD.) k ?v. fallowing account of the JERIAt, VOYAGE* ''is taken from Mr, <?az> AfEMor.iwDJ, and corrected by ' c ? r - ? ; ; ?*? AcAt half past four o'clock, I Was abreast of the Great Orms^ head, and by the aid of my glass cpuld distinctly, see the Rick 5 con Light House, an object which as it marked the place to which my Wish * es tended, so did it seem to indi V. fciite their speedy and fortunate ac complishment^ ittihis I was how ever disappointed, for a? the even ing closed, the wind shifted more to the Southward, and I fotmd my &If again not only driven in a' ftmtrary Erection to that which I <lmhed to proceed in, but almoin a ^Ihort time lost the sight of land In this situation 1 hovered About for k considerable time, in vain endea vouring to find a current of pir running in the direction towards the lamination of my journey, and ?_ the fcvening was fast closing in, it being no*K about half past Ave o'clock.! determined a& once to, des&ndv a resolution in* which I Was confirmed by observing five vessels beating down the Channel, ind entertaining the cohfident4*ef~e (hat ^should m*fct with rh at wnmnr Pt :es f " " V? - m tpened the tated \m ^ iea> * m.lc a I. fcem of %m, but t%. my jjreat mortifickifft 1 found that the v<v> tela continued their course without paving the least attention to my gttbattoa, although from the timt of the eveni.?g>j the magnitude oft the object, and thetf conr.^uty, there can be little dWubtof my hav- 1 ing been objervtffl? th'os deserted, I was constrained to re-ascend, ami throwing out' sotP.e ballasr, the Bal loon <r>ntng' upwards, and I again WMbed. ja to fcwjitfl k.out for i?t)tne more friend 1* *'A,c the time t deseeHled, the MMMfflP' ****?' ttttingfealteady the sbadevs Of evening had cast a dutky f?t'> over the Wee of th'e ocean, ami I cftrmon glow \ urMied the tops of \ :< iil the wave*. as heavtig in the even ttf breeze, they diedaway in dis nterr broke in foatfi a?ainit the Sidtot of the vessels, arW before I res* from th? rcj, the otb hadivnk ; beiow the Horizon, leaving oidy, the* twilight pli?r>?ner to Itglu the | L i-Mt expanse around me, ho* great ikghcrr&'re was my astonishment, and how incapable It expression to con. vey an adequate idea of my fecjfngs when rising to the upper Region of flic >ir, <iie 8un whose > . trams I Had alretcly witnessed, agail burst ?on my view, tfhd eweoihpatai cd rre with the W? blaze of day j P beneath jkung th?,sh^U?ws kf evenshgr white mtjclear he a ma rt^'jMfen before slmiTtr elreumsrtfnce haS bren noi ifveed by Mr. ChaiUIj in the ari ' < 6uni of Ms /KrW^foyajv", bi* fcotwiibttanciurfj the v uf Aiy a^cem!iiiiS never K for* c.v ur.tlrr my owrt fuimedfttc ??l>.*ervrt tuw ; 1 tVel !i.?n>y thetefirc in able to ailcl irty iti/thr U'CtJ awti almost ftcl :i scnti .ifit :u ij ! t IBM* tb thfc s tof those vessels who by their cold f unfriendly conduct compelled me j to be a witness of this spicftdid ob~* jeer." # It was some considerable tim?? t before I again observed any pro spect of -assistance, and as the tem porary day w hich I then enjoyed was fast declining, and beneath me the evening * thickerting into shade woiild soon obscure the view ; I de jscended lower, and it was wjti much pleasure I discovered a ves sel which by signals, gave me to? ifr.de rstanH she intended on my de- j spending to afford me aid ; I at the sametjmfc observed two others to1 leeward ; one of which tacked, aixjh hoiued the Manx colours ? >1 at once formed my resolution <o come down without delay*, it being then near six o'clock, and accordingly permitting a jmrt of the Gas to es cape, I fell between the two ves-^ Ft-li last mentioned* jhe first that f had attracted mv attention, being # too distant to afford me any assist- | jjhce.M'^ T "As the Car touched the sea, the wind which had risen with the evening acting on the Balloon swept ,it along with fo much velocity, that the vessel astern, notwithstand-* ing every . exertion, was unable to . come up with it, my sole depend^. ?ance was now therefore placed on ? the vessel which still remained a 1 \ he.aj, ?nd rn order to ; impede as, ?rmich as passible ^he-progress of 'the P.illoon, I cast out the grap pling- iron, and ae length ing x>ff thc greater parrof my c?o*aths I tied -them ro jt ami nunk thtm in the hojx s that t!*e iricreased resistance in the wrutr mlgth tend to retard 5 tl*c :,rapKl motion with which I was along through the*ea,now agitated by the increasing byeesc I ifcnich swtited almost into a gale ? tKU hoWtv^r had but little effect, ?and I found myself rcUmctantly compelled to weaken thr buoyancy of the Balloon by reducing the quantity 6f Gas, 1 accordingly o ueriet.'. the Valve and the Car 1m nrtWKauly sunk, bting left to its own power, ami inpacable of Rout ing with the quantity of tialiast, the greater part ef which remained un expended , in this perilous sicut tion I supported tnyself for a sJiorr KwSniy hanging tt> the cSne fiopp, but as the 'BaHoon resting partly on | I the wtter-tftfH prw rifted a cofreidrr* I able object on which the wind act- j j ed with full fcrcc, impelling it for ward with great r.ij> idity I was un- ; I dcr the neccteity of clinging to the Netting u a la it resource , and in I this situation wa* frequently plunge [ ed under wacfcr l>y the rolling of | I the Balloon, being able with diffi culty to keep mf head at interval! so long above.fjhp lurfucp as tn i>re 1 vent sufFocaritpp but even thus cir I ciimstanced I did noc Jose the: fc* | colle^ion that however eiangjifoui I J the clinging to the Ballopn* it wdi \ I sti-l on \t my ultimate s*1cry miw|J IJtptftd, <*nd tlvit' to preserve the I p^wer of'the/Ctai wa* an object of L the: first importance, I .therefore I fftised the Vaivc-Co&L (which I I fitiil fit r/iiy held) around nay arms, I & to prevent the pqtfaibitity of j !bsing,?t, shotfld' cotnpel, I toe to nel?s nvy viftbld of fcut , ftt'1'ro.K hing, as" -my irngtli wa* cotiipfcwly c*li.n>sr,?l, and under , the ^nehcu^fhiy qf Ajchil toty! ? tlw |?icc?uti?Hr <>f yiimk: ,.thf of the Nettoncc rjftigd ntj . hr.vh and M this st.-w, encored the dangtr ttt <irp*mr? Horn jlxj rolling of the Bidloon. ?' Imtntr-edin thr wave's and rn rfrtlv oxfriitsV >, <t iAii it irt'-* _ gjr tervals I caugiit a glimpse of^the vessel, and when th;s ocrured, I Mvas too faint to make my voice be Wieard, so as to direct the nccessarv kpperations for securing ray safety, ? however observed that the sailors ?eetnefl fearful of coming too near, Jjest the Balloon should eet entan gled with their rig^jng, and avail-, png myself of the first moment of Jemporary strength, I railed out to Sthem as loud as my feeble state ad emitted pf, to run the bowsprit of utile., vessel through the Balloon \ [fortunately my directions were heard i pod instantly obeyed, the greater j >part of the Gas was immediately ?expelled/ and l?Kb violent ^motion jpf the Biiloon subdued, a rope was *hen thrown out from . the vessel for m4 to seize on*, which I was fortunate enough to do, while un der Water and* rather instinctively than otherwise to coil round my arry* at the moment, when ever-v other hold giving *-ayx I Jiould under other circumstances most probably have sunk to ris^ no more ? after being dragged through the waves for a length of wayv Twar 1 at last got on board with much dif- I ficulty, afqtffchaving been in the 1 water foe tK least half an hour, I being quite exhausted, nearly in- | serisible, and almost lifeless j a J state in which t ftmaincd for a con- J fiderable time ? the Balloon and j Car were next secured, the \latrer I particndarly with-- conridei able la- 1 bour, in consequence of the J Hry <\f th.ir remained j which added to the unexpended I (ias, convinces rr; that I possessed I sufficient power to hsive remained 1 in the air for a ve;y long period," I with en-c and safety, And to have I accomplished at oncc tkc ,pas&age 1 of the Channel, bad no: my jvdent ] dcsusJfo reach I^rfpoo! operated I as i'^fcrtteracting principle" "At the time of my second de-, J scenic ,;; circumstance .took place, in itMflf of* trifling nature, but] which i of rts f ingularky deserves I to tae mentioned ? astheQfeouch- I ed the warer I was surrourided b'y a I multitude of small sea birds who] boldly- approached the Balloon, and I attended its rapjd course as Impelled 1 by the wind h skimmed alone the 1 waves 5 I imagined they had oee? I I attracted ' to tlife Car; Pt ^ WjKa ments of cafce and bread which Mil | trpOft the water, and : tn this tup sukm I w*t speedily confirmed, for growing bolder by degrees, they at length rushed upon mc in aerowd, and actually carried off the remnant of pro vmote, which remained float ing on ihe water : on mentioning the I circumstance to the ssiior* 1 was I informed that the birds were of thi I species designated by nautical men " Mother ^ary's Chickens.*' " The vtl sel on board of which I was taken, I found to be the Vic tory, a Herrirtg Fisher, JVom Dbug Jai, in the Isle pf Man, command, td fy Johm Lti, and bound f<>r 1 .iverpool, to which port our courte I wasf acconfiiigly directed, #nd whciti we arrived in tafety at a very cArly hour on the rriornrng of the id of [October. In thi* Cfty Chad ever I eafjpcri^nced the most kind and flat tering action, nor did the same I warm feeling f^il to exhibit itself I on the p're&enp occasion ^already I had the news of ttty arriva4 J?ach red the inhabitant*; and notwirh 1 standing the early flfour, * crowd of | anxious spectators had aisembled I to greet my lahding4 ? Wee and ex 1 luustrd, ( found my*clf oneqlM Lfoffhe moment fnt?t \htir fcon# I graduations, and accordingly went ! on board lite Princess, of b4gtm*> pfwtajirf J^i itiqjietvcd by ! i^utcirah? ? ? > ? ? V Ro\he ^with the~mosf polite atten tion, obtaining "dry ekfllhs; and every .Kcopimodfltitiflr which ^ my situation tequired." v ?' - V Oh tfit evening of the 3d of October, .1 arrived at Holyhead; and embarking on board the Pack ec for Dublifi, was in the forenoon of the 4th, after a tempestuous and dangerous voyage driven into Sher- . ries, 16 miles from vthae'eiry, to which place I immediately set 60c, and on the evening of thfcssamc duy^ was again- restored to my family and to those friends whose anxious and affectionate wishes had attended my /Erial Journey." - -?* v ;W RJfiUG K>US . ? 'i ' '? ? V It - VUOM CIl.l'lN 8 /Ifr On the Ilelirf <^/* the Buly GAotit, ? We believe In cc the Holy Ghost that is, we believe every thine which the Scripture tells bs of the lloly Spirit^of God. We inquire not into the nature of its union with the Godhead. We take it ;Vor granted, that the Father* the Sou. and the -Holy Ghost, have some kind of distinction! because ^tiotti this union and this distinction arc plainly pointed out in Scripture 5 but how they exist vvc inquire not ^ concluding here, aa in4 other point# of difficulty, that if a clearer in formation had 4. been; necessary, it would liave bjcicn afforded. With regard to the operattoAs of Hht Moly Spirit^ of Ctod (be aides I which, Uttle "mpw on jhis held ji LW*ealed) we belie v^ rtatTrdir^cu cd the Apo^tltrs^ and enabled the nn[ to propagate the Gospel? rand th*t it will assist all good men in the conscientious discharge of a pious 1 itil c Ihm? ? The 5 c i;i pt\ iftJ?o'dnHic, tfltHfre I gard tp the assistance we receive; from the Holy Spirit pf God (which is the mtfic essential part of die ar ticle) in briefly this : .. Our be?t tnd&'vOurs are insuffici^ ent. We are un profitable servants after alt ; and cannot please God, MiT^ss sanctified and assisted t>y his Holy Spirit. ? At the same time, we a re assured of thi* assistance,' if we strive to obtain it by fervent prayer and a pious life ? If we trust, in ourselves, we shall surely fail. ? If we pretend totruatin God, with out doing all we can ourselves, we shall fail likewise. AodiLwe^a*-; tinue obstinate in our perverscntsf& we may at length totally incapacitate ourselves from being the temp' the Holy Ghost.? The God co -operates then wi deavours of man. Our i ? are necessary to obtaip God'a as sistance : and the more earnest!/ tHese endeavours aiwi measure of this grace will be greater '??,??. ijjkSBH [;* Put on! tbtt-o endeavours' ' " ' and L, .. prrirtn'enest it will wholly fail. It will np& Villi mani but win k,,.., ? melancholy prey to hit own vidpus inclinations. ? ..... A& to thf manner spiritual atusun^jR n>*ke AO mcjviry, ikxoftiDrchciul ?fV V w# * faction of our ?We are Ww "?thK ibi ,"ttpon our mm en in lyqcate a recci??fV (rf c vcf y |