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every one of the latter he can ac- t from the ground, about seven leagues
count himself, by mentioning his res- from Madrid, between Torre Laguna
! pective informants. He is as credu- ai\d Uceda, which set tire to the stub
lous as a child, receiving every, infor- ble fields, and overspread a mounVai
motion with implicit belief, and it is nous region in that vicinity, to the
very difficult to make him change a great consternation of the people
notion or opinion after he has once re- ! . N. Y. Adv.
ceived it, as he seems as yet a stran
ger to doubt or investigation. Little Rock, A. T. October 28.
The least sound which strikes his The General Asscntbly of the Terri
ear unexpectedly, even the ticking of tory adjourned sine die, on YVednes
,a Mock, creates a slight convulsion in day last, after an extra session of 17
his face; and when his olfactory nerves days, and the passage of twenty five
are affected by the smell of flowers, Acts, one Resolution, and lour memo-
use of them. The mother’s
were also badly burnt.
hands
lemons, &c." he points to the middle
of bis forehead, as the place where bq
says he feels pain. In the same man
ner he rejects every food but bread
and water, as disagreeable to his un
used palate. His sight alone seems
receive pleasure from new objects
—all his other senses appearing influ
enced by the painful only. The feel
ing in his fingers seems to be acute,
and he uses them often to assist his
weak sight. His hearing has improv
ed, and he is Very fond of the piano
forte, but he dislikes' singing, which
he calls screaming. His memory is
very good: he repeats the names, and
titles (no trifle with us in Germany) of
persons, as well as expressions of ci
vility, with unerring correctness, al
ways mentioning the people from whom
he has received every individual word.
Rut his attention is not great, except
to what he himself is engaged in, where
Re is quite exclusive. lie uses os yet
the verb in the infinitive mood only.
He seems to have no general idea, no
trace of any religious notion; no con
ception of a past or a future, every
thing beiug present with him, even the
succession of light and dark; nor does
he seem to be aware of right or wrong.
He complains of the ill usage he re
ceived from his keeper only as to the
pain it caused him, in the same man
ner as he does about the pain he re
ceives from the perception of an ob
ject new to his senses, or about a burn
which he received at once touching
fire. He is very compassionate, and
expresses his concern even on seeing
a flower pulled to pieces; and he could
not be reconciled to the correctness
of pulling down an old house, which
he witnessed, till he was told that it
would be made fine, as he was made
when they gave him new clothes for
his old ones. Finding it difficult to
rials.—Ark. Ga?etle.
The Cherokees.—From a gentle
man residing in the western section of
the Territory, we learn, that the
Cherokees, residing in the lower part
of the nation, are still greatly dissat
isfied with the late treaty. As the
time approaches for their removal,
the Indians in that section display in
creased discontent; & it is feared that
considerable difficulty may arise in
removing some of the disaffected.—
The flame of discord, it is thought, is
fanned by white men who reside a-
mong them, and who are not destitute
of influence in their Councils.
The old U. S. Factory, at Spadre
Bluff, was destroyed by fire, a few
weeks ago.—lb.
YVe learn, by travellers from up the
Arkansas, that great numbtws ot the
people who were residing in the
country recently ceded to the Chero
kees, nave removed east ot the line,
and that it is probable there w ill be
few left west of the line, after offi
cial information shall be given of its
completion. Most of the settlers
have removed across the line into tiie
country acquired from the Cherokees,
with whom many ot them have ex
changed improvements: and a large
number have removed into the flour
ishing settlements on the head waters
of Illinois, which form a part of the
new county of Washington, erected by
an act passed at the iate session of the
General assembly. A correspond
ent, in speaking of that country, says--
The contemplated Washington
county, in the north-west section of
the Territory, is represented as em
bracing in its limits, one of the finest
bodies of soil in the w'estern country.
Its extent of fertility is unsurpassed:
the climate more favorable for health
BRUTALITY PUNISHED.
The other morning a young chimney
sweeper was seated upon an ale-house
bench, with in one hand his brush, anil
in the other a hot buttered roll.—
YVhile exercising his white mastica
tors, with a perseverance that evinced
the highest gratification, he observed
a dvg lying on the ground near him.—
The repetition of "Poor fellow, poor
fellow,” in a good natured tone,
brought the quadruped from bis rest*
ing place. He wagged his tail, look
ed up with an eye of bumble entreay,
and in that universal language whch
all nations understand, asked fo’ a
morsel of bread. The sooty tvant
held his remnant of roll towards nim,
but on the dog’s gently offerhg to
take it, struck him with his bush so
violent a blow "across the nose * near
ly broke the bone. A gentleDan who
had been, unperceivetl, a winess to
the whole transaction, putatixpcnce
between his lingei' and thunb, and
beckoned the chimney sweeper to an
opposite door. The boy ginned at
the silver, but on stretchin; out his
liand to receive it, the teacler of hu
manity gave him such a raj upon his
knuckles with a cane, as nade him
sing. llis hand tingled with pain,
and tears starting from his eyes, lie
asked what that was for? “To make
you feel,” wns the reply. “How do
you like a blow and a disappointment;
The dog endured both!” This was a
good practical lesson, the lesson of
which, no doubt will have a better
effect than a volume of ethics.
London paper
~ . , than it is in any part of the Territory:
express himself by his deficiency of ^ ie S p r i H cr S 0 f water numerous and not
language, be is very vehement in his eX ceiled in quality by any in the
.gestures.,
“Medina, Nov. 1828.
Sir—Jerauld Miller having abscond
edfrom our village, I feel it my duty
lo iufbrm you of it, that you may stop
your paper. Yours,
JUSTUS INGERSOLL.”
Ed. Chris. Register.
We notice the above for a double
purpose,—1st that our brethren of the
type may lookout for the said light-
footed Jerauld, and 2nd, to publicly
. thank the postmaster for having done
his duty. No class of men in our
community, possess the extent of pow-
er over the interests of others, as the
post-master does over the printer, and
in no class of men is faithfulness more
required. A post-master in an ad-
i ’oining towip, a few days since, upon
icing asked to subscribe for a period
ical assigned as a reason, that he had
papers enough to read, as eight differ
ent ones were sent to his office, and not
•taken out: and hfe appeared vvry much
■surprized when informed, that common
honesty, as well as regard to his offi
cial duty, required hint to give notice
to the publisher. We have in several
•instances, received information from
post-masters something like the fol
lowing:—“Sir, your paper, directed
to John Doe has never been taken
'from this office, or, Mr. Doe says he
■did not subscribe, or, no such a man
as John Doe lives here.” Upon re
quality by any
world. Emigration to it, is takin^
place every day. To examiners of
the Territory, we would say, leave it
not, until you have seen it.”
Sir Humphrey Davy, in a recent
publication, proves, as follows, that
such an animal as the fabled mermaid
cannot possibly exist. "-Wisdom and
order,” he says, “are found in all the
works of God; and the parts ol animals
ave always in harmony with each oth
er, and always adapted to certain ends
consistent with the analogy of naluYe:
and a human head, hands, and breasts
are wholly inconsistent with a fish’s
tail. The human head is adapted for
an upright posture, and in such a pos
ture an animal with a fish’s tail could
not swim: and a creature with lungs
must be on the surface several times
in a day, and the sea is an inconvenient
breathing place; and the hands are in
struments of manufacture, and the
depths of the ocean are little fitted
for fabricating that mirror which our
old prints gave to the mdftniaid. Such
an animal, if created, could not long
exist.”—Christian Obs. Sept. 1828.
Dreadful Accident.—A letter from
Cineinati, Ohio, says—A dreadful ae
cident happened on Thursday evening
the 19th inst. which caused the death
of a very intelligent young lady. Mrs.
Sisson, the mother of the unfortunate
ON SLANDER.
Who steals my purse steals trash—
’Twas mine,’tis his, and has been slave
to thousands:
But he that iilehes from me my good
name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
But makes me poor indeed.
Shdhespear.
There is not in the whole summary
of human vices, one more detestably
dark than slander: its insidious whis
pering, like the baneful Uphas, car
ries poison in every breath; and, like
the blast of tlm overwhelming Siroc,
spreads desolation around it. Neith
er the most unquestionable rectitude,
nor the most unoffending artlessness,
can escape its rancour and malignity.
Indiscriminate in its attacks, yet of
ten choice in the selection of its ob-
jects-and, like the fatal disease which
loves to revel in the bfoom of youthful
loveliness, so it is select in the choice
of those objects which afford it a wi
der field of speculation. The undis-
sombling individual, who Stoops not to
the guarded policy of dissimulation;
the credulous and unsuspecting mind,
untutored in worldly guile, reared in
the depths of monastic solitude, fancies
a friend in every associate 1 , and those
who dare to think or to act in a well-
meaning independence of feeling, too
often rush upon its fatal shoals, which
leaves them a wreck forever! The
breath which obscures the bright sur
face of the mirror may be wiped a-
way, but that which is breathed on the
fair fame of female purity, can never
he erased. ’Tis, therefore, incum
bent on every one to weigh well the
merits and demerits of an individual
ere they pass a sentence; for, without
unequivocal testimony, it is wrong,
unjust, and cruel, to condemn. Hence
the sacred oracle of truth says—
“Judge not, lest ye be judged.”
the dumb, go e begging. And great
patriots snuff up ilieir noses, 'they
declare their shame as boiiom, amt
hide it not. The time, we trust, will
cone, wiien the claims of such patri
ots,will “go a begging.”—Trot, inves-
tigttor.
Letter of a DeuJ and Dumb Young
Louy m Illinois.—Miss Aliena Rice,
ihp writer of the follow'ing letter says
a.cor respondent of the New York uu-
server, was born deaf and dumb.—
Her parents emigrated to this coun
try a few years ago, leaving this child
at the Hartford Asylum. About lour
years ago she also came to this coun
try, in company with the late Rev.
Salmon Giddings. Alter a residence
of about two years, some tracts id! in
to her hands, which awakened her to a
sense oi lier lost condition as a sinner
against God, and led her to a diligent
searefi f or religion—which she found.
The letter contains much peculiar
ity of expression—which is not sur
prising in one who never heard the
sound of a human voice. At the time
of her conversion she was about eigh
teen years of age.
Extracts from her letter to her Father.
Six-Mile Prairie, Illinois,
Sept. 16, 1827.
My dtarlij beloved Father:—1 have
nothing to communicate you hut about
the surprising and happy change I felt,
such as 1 had not felt before. I am
much inclined to write toyou, because
1 loie you as my kind and affectionate
fathir. But alas! 1 am very much
afraid, because perhaps you will not
listen condescendingly to my serious
anxieties for your poor Immortal soul,
which must absolutely he either hap
py in heaven or miserable in hell!—
1 will, with fear, tell you about my
change. Alas! I beseech you to read
the following lines, and also feel con
cerned about your previous soul, for
your Saviour s cause. I wish to tell
you of your spiritual danger, as you
are very old, hut young no more.
Your age yet increases, and is fifty-two
years. How patient and merciful
God has been, and is now, to bear
with you, while you live in an uncon
verted slate, lie now waits for you
to come unto Christ before your death,
lain intvardly distressed, beyond ex
pression, concerning your poor soul,
and my parents’ spiritual welfare. I
daily beseech God to condescend to
give you inclination to lepent of your
sins, and turn your lace unto him for
your soul’s sake, that God may spare
you longer, that you may be convert
ed, and he Christ’s follower and
friend, flow happy you are, if you
are a Christian! it is true and truly
neglect? I pray you t© rend these-
despairing lines. Read the following
declarations, and tremble while you
read them:—‘"The curse of the Lord
is in the house of the wicked.” “He
will pour his fury upon the families
which do not call upon his name.” I
have copied these sentences from the
Tracts, that you may know, and be
stopped from increasing your neglect.
1 meant, that you inay not be cursed,
but saved through Christ’s sake, by
repentance and faith in him. i am
concerned about your soul and theirs;
and cannot avoid telling you these re
ligious sayings, for your spiritual wel
fare and your children’s. Do pity
them as ready perishing sinners, and
stop them from the ways of more
wickedness. I still remain your most
affectionate daughter.
Aliena Rice,
My father, Mr. Rice,
Origin of Turncoat.—The Duke of
Savoy took indifferently sometimes the
part of France and sometimes that of
Spain. For this purpose he had a jus-
teuu corps, or close coat, white on one
le, and scarlet on the other; so that
when he meant to declare himself for
France, he wore the white outside,
and when for Spain, lie turned it and
wore the red. This is the origin of
the proverb tourner casaquc. or to turn
your coat.—Sportman's Map.
. young lady, and the mother in law of
fcrence to our books, we find Mr. Doe Doctor Drake of this place, went into
Stands charged with the paper 6, 9 or | her daughter’s bed-room with a can
perhaps 12 months, & as we erase Mr.
Doe from our list, we have nothing to
cheer us, but the reflection that the
jiost-master in kindly writing to us at
all, manifests he has still some cons-
*i|- cience. If post-masters would uni-
'fbrinly confine themselves to the in-
-\atructions received from the post of
fice departments there would he no
cause of complaint.—Alb. Chris. Re.
Earthquakes.—Violent, earthquakes
were felt in some parts of Spain on the
1,3th, 14th, and 15th September. A
large part of Torre de la Mata wns
destroyed; & the inhabitants of Mur-
oia were preparing to leave the cily,
which those of several other places
!iti.d already dome- j\. fire hurst out
die, where the young lady was asleep,
and going round the bed to see that
the bar was securely tucked in, ac
cidentally set fire to the bar, when in
an instant the bar and bed were in
flames. The young lady awaking,
and fiuding herself surrounded with
flames, fainted. The mother called
for help, and the Doctor, being below
in his room writing, rubied up into the
room to sec what was we matter, saw
the cause of alarm, sprung to the bed,
seized the young lady and lifted her
oqt. but it was too late; she had in
haled the flame, so as to cause her
death the next morning at sunrise.—
Both of Dr. Drake’s hands wore so
severely burnt as to render it doubt
ful whether he will ever again get the
The Charleston Mercury of the 3d
inst. announces the death of the revo
lutionary patriot, Gen. Thos. Pinck
ney, in the 79th year of hisage.
EDUCATION!!!
T he new echota academy
has commenced arid is expected to
continue. All those wishing to become
students during the winter session are re
quested to make application previous to the
25th inst. No pains will be spared, on the
part of the Instructor, for the advancement
of those placed under his care.
Board, lodging, and washing may be had
for £1 00 per. week.
WM. HORN.
Dec. 3, 1828. 40 1
U A Begging Business From the Be-
ginning.”—Such was the sneering ex
clamation of a great man, in an audi
ble whisper, during the reharks of Jo
seph L. Tillinghast, Esq. it the House
of Representatives on Wednesday of
last week, relative to the national pro
vision for the Deaf & Dumb, at Hart
ford, and on the question of\t further
provision on the part of this State for
our own Deaf and Dumb.
‘■'■A begging business.”—Ayk truly:
The cause of justice and of mercy, of
truth and of righteousness, of Welli-
gence and humanity, always has\been
“a begging concern” in this recHess
world of ours. But what then? it is
the noblest of all causes-
The cause of ignorance, of vice,
and of misery, was never “a begging
concern.” War, and plunder, rapine
and devastation, fraud, speculation and
gambling do not go a begging.—Lot
teries do not go a begging. Theatres
do not go a begging. Ilaree Shows,
and mountebanks do not go a begging.
But the cause of education, the cry
of the needy, the silent imploring of
I hope you will be surprised and
wakened to hear what I tell you. I
confess my bad behaviour towards my
mother, one day. After this clay, in
the morning, I suddenly received a
packet of nine Religious Tracts and
four letters. 1 read the Tracts,
which struck my heart with confused
sorrow and fear under God’s suspend
ing wrath, as l was ready to perish on
the brink of eternal death! > I cannot
express to you how I feel under his Ho
ly Spirit, and I am much changed.—
Frequently in the nights I could not
sleep but little till late, and 1 was
constantly awaking while others slept,
because I was utterly guilty and very
wicked, beyond a heathen’s sins, and 1
am quite a unworthy sinner. Thus 1
felt sincere sorrow for my great sins,
confessing to Christ them, beseeching
him to give me Holy Spirit, and most
willing to forsake sins and to follow
him in the way of heaven. At length
I found his mercy out, and obtained
peace through Christ, the blessed Sa
viour’s merits and blood. Oh! I am
very grateful to God for answering
my poor prayers, and for giving me his
Holy Spirit. I feel spiritual happi
ness, and sincere and willing desire to
be Christ’s constant friend until I die.
And tell me ye parents, who are neg
lecting the spiritual nurture of your
children, is there nothing appalling,
nothing melting in tire apprehension of
their never-ending destruction? Do
not your hearts recoil at the thought,
that a son or daughter, dear to you as
life; one whom you have tenderly
nursed; for whose interest you rise
early, and resign many comforts, and
encounter innumerable difficulties and
dangers; whose opening powers you
often behold with delight, and to whom
yon look forward as your support in
old age: that 6ueh a child should final
ly perish; and perhaps, as it is drop
ping into the gulf of perdition, should
fasten its eyes upon the horrors of des
pair, and charge its damnation to your
TO HOUSE BUILDERS.
S EALED proposals will be received, a
my office, in Coosewaytee, until the
first day of February, for the building of a
COURT HOUSE at New Echota, of the
following description.
The House to be framed, twenty font*
feet by twenty in dimensions, two stories
high, lower story ten feet, and the upper
story nine feet high, shingled roof of yellow
poplar shir.gles, one stair case, one door on
each side of the house with plain batten
shutters, two fifteen light windows in each
side of the house above and below, also two
windows in the end, in the lower storv,
w here the Judge’s bench is to be erected.—
TIi" weather boarding of the house is
to be rough, hut jointed; the floors are like
wise to be rough. The lower floor to be of
square joint, but. the upper floor tougued
and grooved. The platform for the Judge’s
bench is to be three feet high, eight feet
long, and three feet wide, and hanistcred;
steps at each end, with a seat the whole
length of the platform. There are also t*
be half a dozen dressed pine benches often
or twelve feet long. The foundation of the
house is to be of good rock or brick, and
raised two feet above the ground.
The person or persons contracting for
the above mentioned building are required
to furnish lumber, nails, glass, hinges, locks
and oilier necessary articles. The lowest
bidder is to have the contract, who will he
required to give bond and good security
for the faithful execution of the Mirk, in ft
workman-like manner, to be completed by
the second Monday in October 1829.
JOHN MARTIN, .
Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation.
Nov. 26, 1828. S8 td.
J.
HOUSE BUILDER, AND CAB It
NET MAKER.
S. W. WHITE, from the city of
New York, respectfully informs the
citizens of the Cherokee Nation, that lie
intends carryingon the business of HOUSE
BUILDING AND CABINET MAK
ING in a manner superior to any that has
been done, St in the most fashionable man
ner, equal to that of N. Y'ork or Baltimore^
and Superior to any work of the kind in
this part of the Country. He will work as
cheap as any workman, and in a better
manner than can be done. He has got Ma ;
liogany and materials of the best quality.
N. B. He will lake apprentices in the
above business. Any native who will
come with good recommendation, and of
steady habits will be received and tauglft
in the above business.
Persons wishing to build can be supplied
with a plan and elevation of any house that
may be wanting.
For further information please apply
to Messrs. David Vann and John Ridge.
Nov. 12, 1828. 87 tf.
WANTED
A T THIS OFFICE, A JOURNEY
MAN, ofinciustrious habits, who un
derstands his business. To such an one,
employment wilfbe given for 12 months, if
application is made between this date and
the first of January. i
Nov. 1828. 39.
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