Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-05-15

| las onsenscal work, whose title only they h:
'een, were either involved in TINT singular pros
luton. or threat ene,l with heing so--The authC
himself came TO Richmond to aopease the alta
. --a1l. az he belonged 20 he same parry as "
Chat eaubrisnd, he is now in France,s flaming an
I inns royalist.
These hasty observations have found their wa
nto our mind. in consequence ofTesdiuE, in N
FScierdi Republican Of the 18th instant, an arti
Gle headed ftedeEty. IL is a preposterons at
ack On che scientific DIR Samuel l.. Mitchell
Professor Of Natural History in the University
ut New York, on account of some speculations
which have no bearing whatever on the sublime
morality of he evangelic doctrines-We mean &,
revert To this subject tits, in our opinion, .
very important cne-cspecially, as il respects the
great cause oF Ehlcahon-- intolerance is slowly.
but successfully creepNg into our literary nsti
tutions--Of this, we shall state instances no less
| revolving than that mentioned in " A short state
ment OF some important facts. &c. by Dugald
Stewart"-to be found in thew 18th vol of the
Ed!nhurg Review. No. XIII, page 113 &c -
/ and the perusal Of which we earnestly recon
| to the Reader.--We shall probably be ranked
| mong infdels BY the men to whom VIZ have allu
ded--Let them Judge better of us--The follow.
| ing extract from little work which we publish.
| cd 4 few years since, must convince them of our
| orthodox sentiments in matter ofreligon
rose yesterday Def re the Sun, and was al.
iured by the hneness ofthe morning to solita.
Ty rsmble, on horseback, into the adjacent coun-
| try have always found resistess charm in
| the sublime moment when the enchanting and
majestic scenery OF nature gradually energies
| from the darkness and chaos Of night then ma
glne myself witness to the gleat fdf to the evo-
III ION OF the universe out of the divine mind NV
senses, refreshed and nTigorated by repose, re
| celVe from the 'biects around MI, impressions no
less vivid, no less rapturous than e they were
exercised for he first time, With the bslmv
uavi,Y offs fragrant atmosphere. ! inhale health
| and pleasure; the melody ofthe groves and the
helds falls aud plays on my in ioyous and dull
| Get moduia ions the magnificent glow OF the i'm
| purpied east, the various and rich acc,den OF
| Light on he woods, the hills, and the plains at
tract and rivet, by turns, my delighted eye: in
| shor. all nature then conveys TO NV soul an ex
stacy of feeling which would alone suffice to con.
Vince me that am not being purely material
| entirely passive machine delicai ely organized
! indeed, bat circumscrbed within the narrow cir
Gle of chemical combinations, and physical lnilu-
ences ; mere compound of matter mod fed N
| extension and in thought. Oh No the accunu.
| lated sophistry, of Epicurus, Spinosa and their
| successors could not, at such a moment, cham
| me down to the Earth 0 the wings of intellect
I soar beyond the ,ian,maitia naenie ,u,,u,T be-
| yond the sphere OF sensible objects seek that
| God who so mlgnlfcently displays, before INV
| view, his creative power, his boundless wisdom
| his infinite goodness, and towards whom An IN
| visible hand then draws me. II cannot demon.
| strate, can feel, him. To believe in his exist
| ence and in his attributes [ want not the induc
| ton o. Clarke, Nalebranche, Newton, and Des
! cartes Though, IN themselves, potent aud ir
| tragable, iher proofs are too subtle. too frigid
| tor the" PhilanthTop,St."-At is [ am in
tIrmed, an exotic of rare growth among ms
| Heaven be thanked for it, do not know how
us sapless and sckly shoors may thrive an he
no. beds OF luxury, Corruption, and vice hut 1
I he al r,eH Il
| winch and my neighbours cultivate. Here a
| saiut2ry and more vigorous vegetation, that O
! unsophisticated sense, genuine feeling and urim-
evsl manners, viii always ohoak, in their birth,
the noxious weeds Of impiety."
~ The following certificates are published
| At the request Of the Grand Jury and the Gen.
tlemen of the Bar, of the Superior Court of Pow.
hatan County. Even without such request
from those high authorities, we would have
| cheertuliy inserted any thing from Judge Ran.
dolph or has f. el.ds, in answer to MIR Wills
late Pubication.-0u co umns were ,'elucfanrb,
opened to that unpleasant subject-and they
were so, merely because we viewed the contrn.
EeTsy rather as POLITICAL than as PRIVATE
difference.
At Superior court Of Law begun and holden for
the County of Powhatan, at the Court-house
thereot,on The sixth day Of May, in the year
1876
Thomas Miller, Gentleman, Foreman, with
Wade Nnsby, William Crump, James Clarke,
Greed iaskins, Edward Mnseey, Richard k.
Cralle, Thomas Gordon, Jesse Hughes, Jacob
hchaux, William Walthsl George Markham,
John Randolph J'lnr Archibald t. Woodbridge
William G. Povall. Richard Moseley, Samuel
Watkins, William Graves, Peter P,rter, Beni..
min Hughes, William Scott Seth Hatcher
and Samuel Drake, were sworn Grand Jury OF
Inquest for the Body of the sad County, and af.
ter performing the duties assigned them, the
Grand Jury aforesaid o. the 7th +av # Nav 1916
presented in Court 3 declaration nf Their optimism
relative 10 the Official conduct Of the Honorable
Pc er Randolph. Judge of ,he Fifth Jud cial Cir
cut OF Virg MIA, N ,hese words, TO wit "The
Grend Jury cannO close their Official du' 60.
without expressing their unfeigned reg Ell al
seeing publication in the Virginia Argus IF Sa.
turday las',aSsaing the carac er of he J,dgc. Of
1 tins Judicial Circuit with regard Ia the per.
sonal controversy between Judge Randolph and
| Mr, Wells, the Grand jury do not think II
would he proper in them TO express anv opin,
ion, but they deem it duty VIII or they owe
themselves. The community at large, and the
Judge, TO declare that they have seen notbine.
TO support the implication of official M soon.
due on the part Of the Judge, made in the a.
toresaid publication d; on Tire contrary, as far as
his conduct has been known to them, It has
been Tia, OF an upright, vgil4n5 and intelli
(slgned) THO MILLER, Foreman"
Teste, WILLIAM $. DANCE, C.
The Subscribers practising counsel IN the
Superior Court Of Powhatan, having seen q lac
publication in the Virginia Argus, rejecting on
the character of the Honorable Judge flaodolph,
feel i due 10 justice to add their testimony 10
the evidence which has been furnished by a pre-
sentiment ofthe Grand JURY made at the Dresent
ERIN of the Court. of the nr,bify ;fnr,,rt I;t,