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Volume II.) ' ? CAMDEN, (S. C.) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
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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.
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( CONCLUVBD.) k
?v. fallowing account of the JERIAt,
VOYAGE* ''is taken from Mr, <?az>
AfEMor.iwDJ, and corrected by
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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 '
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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
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,"ttpon our
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