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POETRY. Fi^m thr V'.? : tor and Telegraph. DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH. A sound of mirth was heard by night, It- merry i rials rang high,— And conn, and dauce, and sinful rite Da le the w.ng’d moments fly,— Glad Sodom, in her pomp and pride Gave up her soul to glee, And proud Gomorrah by her side Rang with the revelry. Thy streets, Zeboim, too were glad, Glad with unholv mirth— And Admah r s drunken sons were mad, And ruled upon the earth. The night passed on—The torch’s light, Flash far from tower and wall, And gay forms, gliding to the sight, Glanced bright from bower to Halit The morning came—and all was still Save they, the warned from high, Who fa c t toward the distant hill, With Inlrried steps tlew bv. Tin • son arose and fiercely swept Along his red’ning path, While Riot’s drunken sons still slept, Nor dreamed of coming tv rath. There is a dark cloud rolling on, Sw ; ft as. a rushing flood; Its heaving bosom, dim and dun, Seems filled with flame arid blood! It closes o’er them—tierce and fast R“d streams of sulphur pour! Lightning and smoke and fiery blast, Mis with the thunder’s rear! And hark a dark yell rends the skv! Ten thousands shriek aloud 1 The cry of mortal agony I Man struggling with his God ! Tis dorm I—th- cloud is rolled away— But where, 0 where are ye? "Jon d : rn, black lake alone can say, Ye cities of the Sea! CHEROKEE HYMNS. asrydfj. 1. 0*ZA DceiliGT tr^yz osoot, (PhGWZ etvh 0>6SAG,.I B6>. 2. h-VJiyii TS4? D3AP SOOT, D./lAoF<nyfi Oti. TAP DhShP. 3. « ofy 0 iT,G,SS DAop, FG. TSSPoTI'4'A S-ytV.I AA KR Tts»PceA-4t/i4; 4. RCA Dcf USAGT (PG Tlp^A, D.IoP *ae Tywi^r-oty. y® J.«J^T«!ASr O’/UVO-A' OTI- D (SLOVAK, Dtf /?>DyPAS, 6. otFOMUotyh e^y, oT-if.a; OfiZ TGVwA.TA i o7?>y. 7. oEX.ltVOA 1L<»A c»ive<aii.a.*>..i*vT' osy DiT D£R Lc*t.4«V* /3>E*4m)A.. 8. Dhr>FAy ^yii vsc.? vajojiJ qeoi^T, l<*a o<xy i&JiVXaittdA DU. ©lO«fr*F ilr-QA <*Mi 7A IftHET. t >as- h~l ©CSW1FT JC Dtf sSJmhJAFT. 29. 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TCTAiyR ASAP 0*OT^» TP-4o?A, A^4 OSPKOA OFly 04cS)A. TGT- (»y 1>Z TS oF©Ti TU; OPiy F-4«)A, G<»y 0>PI.y OGWOA R*V*AC?. 24. y® c $p DiiViyp e&olt AhAE(Ph- J», ^>DAlSS«V*4JZ ^OF-GToFZ *T, Dif ABOIiPA- 4>ShXAoFZ -FT. £<»yfvvjJP e-q’VA ra dj rru AhAF-or’iiB. 25. Myz TGTA.A AD hC=AS4oF, LoJA jSTFAtSB.®A TCSOT, TCf\n>A TlryitA* Drf TGr.oA TGAWcSJA*, Lc»A Th-^4T ^.TFA- TGT*A ACqUaSA/S. £AA DEO* 0°GAG?^y U(*S4^ DPotilrli A ? £«iA D«T .J^-qT Ro?)'i4« DqQJJ? 26. AGSOS trdiX S-q® DAA, C 8AZ tSh- ©<«.\T, £ D«f e9hIiGR*AT, £ VS c»- JiGB(»AT, D4Z TIpAB S-aWJ RA 9KCFT. £d5AZ OG r&yih-q*V«A Rot)*^ G^y? 27. SAZ TGlVoa OiUPAa®E»V* u^r TGPG-TT* ASyt'V’a EOT? 28. SAZ Dtf Dqft5 TTFJJcBAoUT? A- From Hazlitl’s Life of Napoleon. LOUIS XVI. The behaviour of Louis XVI. on his trial was simple, manly and affecting. He rested his defence chiefly upon a positive denial of any know ledge of the letters and documents that were brought as proofs against him. His advocates on this occasion, Malesher- bes (who nobly volunteerd this service on the refusal of Target,) Tronehet, and Deseze, did themselves great and lasting honor by their eloquence, intre pidity, and disinterested zeal. The Convention pronounced his condemna tion by a majority of only twenty-six voices out of above seven hundred.— The smallness of this majority was made a plea to set aside the sentence. •‘Decrees are passed by a simple ma jority,” said a member of the Moun tain. “True,” it was replied, “but decrees may be recalled, whereas (he life of a man can not be recalled Some were for relieving themselves from (he responsibility by an appeal to the nation, but this, it was thought, would betray a distrust of the cause: and might also bred a civil war.—The sitting of the convention which con cluded the trial, lasted seventy-two hours. It might naturally be supposed that silence, restraint, and a sort of re ligious aw ; e would have pervaded the scene; on the contrary, every thing bore the marks of gaiety, dissipation, and the most grotesque confusion. The farther end of the hall was converted into boxes,, where ladies in a studied dishabille, swallowed ices, oranges, liqueurs, and received the salutations of the members, who went and came as on ordinary occasions.— Here the doorkeepers on the Moun tain side opened and shut the boxes re served for the mistresses of the Duke of Orleans-Egalite; and here, though every sign of approbation or disappro bation was strictly forbidden,you heard the long and indignant “Ha,ha’s!” of the mother dutchess, the patroness of the bands of female Jacobins, when ever her ears were not loudly greeted with the welcome sounds of death.— The upper gallery reserved for the people, was during the whole trial constantly full of st rangers and specta tors of every description, drinking wine and brandy as in a tavern. Bets W'ere made as to the issue of the trial in all the neighbouring coffee-houses. Ennui, impatience, disgust sat on eve ry countenance. Each member seem ed to ask whether his turn came next? A sick deputy, who was called, came forward, w'rapped up in his night-cap and night-gown, and the Assembly, when they beheld this sort of phantom, laughed. The figures passing and re passing, were rendered more ghastly by the pallid lights, and that in a slow and sepulchral voice, only pronounc ed the word Death; the Duke of Or leans hooted, almost spit upon, when he voted for the condemnation of his relative; others calculating if they should have time to go to dinner before they gave their verdict, while the wo men were pricking cards with pins in order to count the votes; some of the •deputies fallen asleep, and only waked up to give their sentence; Manuel, the secretary, trying to falsify a few votes in favor of the unfortunate king; and in danger of being murdered for his pains in the passages; all this had the appearance rather of a hideous dream than of the reality. When Maleslierbes went to carry the tidings to the king, he found him with his head reclined on the table, in a musing posture, and he observed to him at his entering, “I have been for these two hours trying to recollect what I have ever done to incur the ill will of my subjects.” The very endeavour showed goodness of heart and a certain simplicity of character but it would be long before one taught from his childhood t6 believe that he could do no wrong would find just ground of offence in his behaviour to his people. The execution of the sentence was fixed for the 21st of Jan uary, 1193. Louis mounted the fatal scaffold with firmness: after adminis tering the last sacrament his confes sor addressed him, “Son of St. Louis! ascend into heaven!” He, however, manifested some repugnance to sub mit to his fate, and would have ad dressed the spectators, staggering to one side of the platform for that pur pose, when the drums beat, and he was suddenly seized by the execution ers, and underwent the sentence of his judges. It is said that the indecent haste and eagerness of these men to complete their task arose from or ders having been issued to the soldiers, in case of any attempt to rescue, to fire at the scaffold, and that they were ifraid of being themselves despatched if any alarm were given, or there were tny symptoms of commotion among the crowd. One person tasted the blood, ivith a brutal exclamation, that it was •‘shockingly bitter;” the hair and pie ces of the dress were sold by the at tendants. No strong emotion was evinced at the moment, the place was like a fair; but a few days after Paris, and those who had voted for the death of the monarch, began to feel serious at whatthay had done. Louis XVI had oc cupied his time while in prison, where his confinement was strict, chiefly in consoling his wife and sister, and in- struting his son.—He discovered nei ther impatience, regret, nor resent ment. The truth is, that great and trying situations raise the mind above tself, and {take out the sling of per sonal suffering, by the importance of (he refleclions and consequences they suggest. He read much, and often •everted to the English history, where he found many examples of fallen monarchs, and one among them con- lemned like himself by the people.— He was uttended during the whole time, and in his last moments, by his old servant Clery, who never left him. The names-of those who are faithful in misfortune are sacred in the page of history! The queen followed her hus band to the block, after an interval of almost a year. There were cricum stances of a dastardly and cold-blood ed barbarity attending the accusation against her. But the revolutionary spirit had then attained its highest vir ulence and fury. She expressed her apprehension of being torn in pieces by the mob on her way to the scaffold, and was gravely assured by one of the gendearrnes who accompanied her, that “she would reach it without meeting any harm!” It is an affect ing incident, (hat just before she ex pired. she turned round her head to look hack at the Tuilleries, and then laid her neck on the block. ed ah in-wrought prayer at the throne of grace. One of his striking figura tive expressions was—“May we be bound to Christ, in love as with a strong chain of iron,” Another, “may we with our fingers and hands take hold of Christ.” 4Abraham, like the Patriarch of old, is regular in bringing his morning and evening sacrifices to the family al tar. Sometimes there are many pre sent, but company does not furnish him with an excuse for omitting fami- Frcm the Visitor and Telegraph. THE CONVERTED CHOCTAW. The following interesting account of the power of the gospel on the heart and life of an Indian residing near Mayhew, we received a few days since from the Rev. Mr. Butler, who has been laboring during the past year as a Missionary in the Western part of the Mississippi. “Jl/iy Dear Brother.—I am anxious to tell you something about our old friend Tun-up-in-chujf-a, whom we call Ahraham. I think he more and more deserves that name “being par taker of his faith.” I just now called upon him, and as I approached the house, I heard music, not an Indian pow-vvow—no—thanks to our Sa viour—one of Zion’s songs, in the lan guage of the Choctaws. When he had finished we had a precious interview' It was now 10 or 11 o’clock, and he had spent most of the morning in prayer and praise. The language of his heart seemed to flow from his tongue to this effect—“come and hear all ye that fear the Lord, and 1 will declare what he hath done for my soul.” Heaven,” said he, in liis own lan guage, “is near—it is not far off-— know it is near! I fed it!” And i gain “My mind has been dark; but light has shone upon me from on High; I rc joice.” “I have been going in the way of sin, but the blessed Spirit of the Lord has taught me, and put me in the bright path, and washed my fi! thy heart as with hot water.” Much did this regenerated red man say with peculiar earnestness; it was good to hear him, & fervently did I wish that all the friends of Missions could liave been partakers with mo in the spir itual repast. After singing he offer prayer. Is it not animating to hear such things of a poor old Choctaw? He is about 50 years old—wss firmly ivetted to the practices of'his nation but for nearly a year has given evi dence of a deep work of grace in his heart. He has often recommended the Religion of Jesus to his heathen relatives and neighbors, and often too the finger of scorn has been pointed at him. He speaks and piays in public meetings and can use no language but the Choctaw.” POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS OF RUSSIA. Man is in all countries the slave of superstitions. Implanted in the cra dle, nurtured with every feeling of the mind, reason is not strong enough to eradicate them; and the wisest and the best, in common with the weakest and the worst, bow to an influence which they despise, but which they must obey. In England and in most parts of the continent of Europe, these superstitions are kept out of sight; old women and children only talk of them men feel them—but are silent.— In Russia they form too prominent a part of the national character to be concealed. An ingenious traveller there says, he has met Russians who abandon themselves to habitual drunk enness, and all its disgusting conse quences, without hesitation; but who would have suffered martyrdom rather than smoke tobacco, alleging, as area- son, that sentence in the Holy Scrip tures which says, that what enters the mouth of man pollutes him not, but only that which issues from it! Even in the higher, and more enlightened classes, many persons will at this day be found, who cannot be persuaded to eat pigeons, because they resemble the form under which the Holy Ghost is painted in the churches. It. is a precaution very necessary to be observed at table, by no means to ask a friend to help you to salt; be cause, unless he smiles as he gives it he will inevitably quarrel with you.— A stranger would also fall into a great mistake, if he should think a child pretty, and tell its mother so; for if she did not immediately spit on the child she would believe that this ad miration would bring on it the greatest disasters; and the luckless wight who thought that he had recommended him self to the mother’s good graces would himself he detested by her.— Monday is considered by them a most unlucky day, and one on which nothin^ should he beguu. This is the only one of the Russian popular superstitions that I feel disposed to accord with; and, as the creation of this breathing- world of ours, was begun on a Monday, it. may account for all the disasters which have befallen it, from the del uge to the present moment. The captive African restored to liber ty.—Letter from a gentleman of Nat chez to a lady of Cincinnati. Natchez, April 7th, 1828. This letter will be handed to you by a very extraordinary personage— no less than your old acquaintance Prince, (or Ibrahim,) who is now free, and on his way to his own country, where he was captured in battle near ly forty years ago,. and has been in slavery nearly the whole of that long period, upon the plantation of Mr. Thomas Foster, in this county. I am much gratified to have been the in strument ofhis emancipation, although from his advanced age (sixty-six years) he can but possess merely a glimpse of the blessings to which he was enti tled from his birth. As I happen to have a leisure half hour, I will give you a sketch of the manner in which his liberation has been brought about. You may recol lect, that I frequently suggested to him, that if he would write a letter to his country, 1 would have it conveyed for him to his own country. 1 think it was early in the spring of 1826 that he wrote his letter in my office, which I directed to the care of our Consul General at Tangier, (Capt. JohnMul- lowny.) Thomas B. Reed, Esq. one of our Senators, took charge of the letter to Washington, from whence it was sent by the department of State to its destination. During last sum mer I received a letter from the De partment of State, informing me that the letter had been forwarded, and a translation of it returned; and 1 wa9 requested to inquire on what terms Mr. Foster would liberate Prince, to the intent that he might be returned to his own country. On applying to Mr. F.he agreed to give him up without a- ny compensation, conditioned that he should not enjoy his liberty in this coun try. I informed the President of the result of my inquiry, and a week ago received a letter from Mr. Clay, ask ing of me to complete the agency, and to send Prince on to Washington city, for which purpose I was authorized to draw for a sum of money necessary to defray the expenses of his journey, and to clothe him if necessary. But the poor old man, when the news w'as communicated to him, that he was to be free and returned to his country, where he is, no doubt, a lawful king, (of a country called Fimboo,) he look ed at the old companion ofhis slavery, the mother of his nine children—he could not agree to part with her.— She, too—how could she part with him? she wished to follow him to the end of world. What was to be done? I had no authority to in terfere as to her, and felt almost grie ved that I had taken a solitary step in the business, believing that the sepa ration of the old couple would no doubt accelaVate the death of both.— However, it rejoices me to tell you Isabella goes with Prince—they will both call and see “Miss Sane,” as the old man, you recollect, always called you. I applied again to Mr. .Foster, who is a truly amiable and worthy man: he could not find in his heart to separate his old and faithful servants, and for a small sum (compared to the value of Isabella, as ascertained) he agreed to give her up. So soon as his intentions were known, I requested a young gentlemafi of the bar to head a subscription paper for Prince, asking of his friends to assist him to purchase his wife. Two hundred dollars was the sum required. In a very few days he had a surplus of $95. Several gen tlemen gave 10 dollars, one gave him 15, many gave 5, and very few gave less than 1 dollar. Prince lias also several certificates, voluntarily given to him, ofhis uncom mon good conduct for twenty-four years. N. A. Ware, Esq. has kindly undertaken to see him safe to Wash ington City. I expect he will remain three or four days in Cincinnati, & a? he will call on you in all his finery, (I have had an elegant Moorish dress made for him,) and perhaps attract some attention, I write you this long history, that you may be enabled to to give some account of your distin guished visiter. Prince is really a most extraordina ry man—Born to a kingdom—well ed ucated, for he now writes arabic in a most elegant style—brought a slave into a foreign country, he has sustain ed a character for honesty and integ rity which is almost beyond parrallel; lie has been faithful, honest, humble & industrious; and although he adheres strictly to the religion of his country, (Mahometism) he expresses the great est respect for Christian religion, amf nnd is very anxious to obtain a Tes tament in his own language, that he may read the history of Jesus Christ. I wrote to the President to request one for him, but that part of my let ter was not answered. I am however in hopes, if one is to be had M Wash ington City, he will be gratified on his own application for it. Prince called to see us yesterday, with his wife and sons, who are real ly the finest looking young men I have ever seen. They were all genteelly dressed, and although they expressed themselves pleased with the freedom of their parents, therefwas a look of si lent agony in their eyes I could not bear to witness. I hoped the old man would be able to realise his prospects and regain his property, which if he does, he says he can buy them free at ten prices. m The Tartar's Origin of -Earthquakes, —Bell, who travelled among the Izc- remisch Tartars, says, that earth quakes there are attributed to the awk ward attempts which are made by the frog, who supports the globe, to' scratch himself! CHEROKEE ALPHABET, Neatly printed and for sale at this Office.. DWV Dh »ZA.