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with hU arrows in the United States,
it is exceedingly disgraceful; and if
they go about with the hope of receiv
ing a little money, we are all suppos
ed to be of the same character; and
by that means the confident expecta
tion of obtaining our lands is created in
the minds of the people of Georgia.—
For they will say, “They hold land to
jio purpose, for this is what they are!”
In the second place, shooters of this
description cannot know what are the
true interests of our country. For
their ignorance may easily be seen
from their conduct.
In the third place, such a man can
not see the importance of agriculture.
Fourthly, such a man cannot be a
true lover of the country. For he
would prefer to be without a home
and without land. For it ;is plainly
to be perceived that a man who con
ducts thus must be both ignorant, and
i destitute of true affection for his coun
try. We possess good land, and of
igreatuse; but he conducts like one
^ who has no land and no home. By
I this it maybe seen that he is likely to
regard our territory as a trifle.
My friends, this is the reason that
it is disgraceful for One who lays claim
to wisdom to be thus shooting about
with arrows among the whites. And
if he is the leader of any young men,
he is instructing them in evil, and
leading them into disgrace. A wor
thy man would not teach in. this man-
*>'per those of whom he is the leader.—r
, He will point them to what is truly
| good, and not disgraceful for them to
| do. I wish that all would abandon
: this practice of going about shooting
| arrows in the territory of the whites.
While they continue it vve are regard
ed among the white people as monop
olizing territory to no purpose.—
Therefore it is that we are perpetu
ally teazed to part with it. Let them
| in our country attend to business,
make themselves good houses, and
farms, and attend well to the raising
of cattle. If we all pursue this
course we shall be firmly established,
and those who ask of us our land will
be discouraged. And if we labor
well, we Shall live well; for our lend
is very valuable. This is the way the
whites have done; they have all labor
ed well, and pursued their business
with great effort. If we pursue the
the same course, we shall prosper.-—
But they who are lazy will always be
. poor.
A friend to you ail,
JOHN HUSS.
| Ridge’s Ferry, June 24, 1828.
Some time since we learnt that an
appropriation of $50,000 had been
I made by Congress to defray the ex-
| pense of holding a treaty with us for
J the purchase of iand. Commission-
I ers will probably be here at the time
of the next Fall Council. But I have
no fears respecting the conduct of you
; young men. I know that you are de-
cided friends of this our native couri-
I try. On the Oostanallee and Conna-
saugee and towards the mountains we
have never heard of the people’s sell
ing land; but only of their attachment
to it. Only a position of those living
• near the [Tennessee] river have been
disposed to sell. But now the high
water has subsided; now all is peace;
how I believe that all the men in that
section are true to their country.—
Our principral chief also I honor. I
have, never discovered in him the least
thing out of the way, ally thing in the
least degree suspicious. Now the
time of our Coosewaytce election is
at hand. Three places, Ooyugelogce,
Coosewaytee and Elejoy, are appoint
ed to hold meetings for the election of
members of the Committee and Coun-
h You will do an excellent thirig if
j ou attend; for we shall have to elect
those who will be the promoters of
our national interests. It will be ex
tremely well if good men are chosen
and if they attend the Council; for the
negociation will be with them. It is
their part also to make laws for 1 us.
And to elect hastily such men as will
be too speedy imitators of white peo
ple would not be well. For many
are ye( without knowledge. They
do not understand. Many are still
unacquainted with our laws. It is
not right to proceed hastily, and form
laws which the people do not under
stand. If a child just beginning to
walk attempts to run, he ioori falls,
and cries. And if a man working in
the field does not perform his work
thoroughly, he goes over much ground
indeed, but the field which he has pass
ed over is still full of weeds. So if
will be in regard to our national laws
if we proceed hastily.
We have also heard that some of
the chiefs from Arkansas went to the
seat of Government. Some of them
have returned. They have made a
treaty. They have exchanged lands.
A country lying about four days journey
to the west of their present habitation
has become theirs, with the conside
ration of $50,000. This also the Go
vernment has included in the troaty;
that if any citizen of the Cherokee na
tion residing here, who is the head of a
family, shall wish to remove thither,
on signing his name to that effect, he
shall receive a rifle, a blanket, a brass
kettle, and five pounds of tobacco.—
Thus has it happened to the Cherp-
kees of Arkansas, to whom a beauti
ful talk was given, promising peace
and happiness, and now scarcely ten
years are passed, and they have be
come weary of them. But those to
whom this delusive promise tVas first
made, do not now remember it.—
Glass and Tutsalah now sleep. I pity
those Cherokees who have gone from
us. Our wandering blood will be ex
tinguished far away from us. But
let us learn. Let us hold fast to the
country which we yet retain. Let us
direct our efforts to agriculture, and
to the increase of wealth, and to the
promotion of knowledge. Withidany
of you I, who address you, have no
personal acquaintance.
Your friend,
THE SPEAKER.
From the New York Observer.
THEATRES.
The destruction of the Bowery The
atre, with the cluster of dram shops
and other like establishments which
had grown up at its base, has given
rise to much conversation, and reveal
ed many alarming facts, relative to
the influence of theatrical performan
ces upon the public morals. It is not
for us to repeat in print all that we
hear in private—but such is the im
pression on the subject at this moment,
that wc do believe, if the suffrages of
our citizens were demanded on the
question whether a new theatre should
be erected, three fourths, if not seven
eights, of this pleasure loving com
munity would lift up their voices a-
gainst it.
The history of this theatre has been
short and eventful. On the 17th of
June, 1826, the corner-stone was laid
by a public officer, who but for this
act might still have been the Mayor
of NevV-York. The ceremony was
performed on Saturday afternoon at 5
o'clock, as if to bring it as near as pos
sible in conjunction with the Sabbath;
and in completing the inner work, we
are assured from various sources, that
the Sabbath was not distinguished
from the rest of the week. In the
Spring of 1827, the Managers import
ed a lot of French dancers,of a descrip
tion which had not before been toler
ated in the country, & exhibited them
to as many as could be allured by low
prices and glowing placards, to behold
their indecent dress and lacivious ges
tures. On the 26th of May, 1828, af
ter having done more to corrupt the
minds of youth than perhaps any oth
er Theatre in existence within so short
a period, it was suddenly burnt to the
ground, and in its flames passed off the
spirits of two immortal beings, who
might otherwise have lived to be a
blessing to society.
Why is it that so many Theatres are
destroyed by fire and other calamities?
The number is but very few—a dozen
or twenty in a nation; and yet the ac
cidents which befal them are fre
quent and distressing. The following
and probably others, have occurred in
London;—Drury Lane Theatre, burnt
in 1791, and again in 1809.—Opera
House, burnt in 1789.—Haymarket
Theatre, 21 persons killed, February
3, 1794.—Astley’s Amphitheatre,
burnt in 1794, and again about 1802.
Covent Garden Theatre, burnt 1809.
Pantheon Opera House, burnt 1789.
Royal Circus, burnt 1805.—Saddler’s
Wells, 18 persons killed, October 15,
1837. -Royalty, burt about three
years since,—-Brunswick Theatre,
fell down February 28, 1828, 11 per
sons killed. Add these: A theatre at
Turin, burnt Feb. 20, 1828.—Rich
mond Theatre, burnt Dec. 1811, 100
to 150 lives lost.—Park Theatre,
New York, 25th May, 1820.—Bow
ery Theatre,,26th May, 1828, 2 lives
lost.—Philadelphia Theatre, particu
lars not known.
We halve before uS a lettei* from
London in which the writer states,
that in passing the Brunswick Thea
tre on the Sabbath, some months
since, he “saw the masons and Car-
penters 5t Work upon it, just as if it
had been a week dav.”
Says a correspondent, “I remember
a Theatre that was consumed a few
yeai*3 ago in the city of London 1 , which
had been ingeniously contrived to hold
a quantity of water in the roof; and I
recollect also, that the first play
which was performed in it was open
ed with a most presumptuous epigram
by a celebrated actress, setting at de
fiance, with heaven-daring confidence,
the element of fire; as though that
awful and devouring flame was its
own master, and not the servant of
Him by whose Almighty fiat it bursts
forth, spreads, and is again extinguish
ed.”
An Imitation Indian.—A person
made his appearance in the city on
Thursday last, dressed in the costume
of an Indian, and calling himself “Gen.
William Ross,” which is engraved
upon an apparently silver breast plate,
lie says his father is Daniel Ross, who
is the Chief of the Cherokee Indians,
and that he'is an authorised agent of
the nation. He states a number of
articulars, concerning the Chero-
ees, and says he was educated at
Wilmington, N. C. He speaks the
English language fluently, especially
when he forgets himself—says he
knows a little French, is perfectly fa
miliar with the Cherokee, & can con
verse some in Choctaw. His dress is,
red inexpressibles of some thin mate
rial, with shoes, a gown of wide-strip
ed calico, a red ribbon and a conside
rable quantity of wax beads round lus
ncckhandkerchief, a kind of open
worked Vandyke, a wig of black,
coarse hair, an ordinary hat trimmed
fantastically, and tin bracelets round
his wrists. He is rather a small
man, but with nothing of the true In
dian in his form or gait.—Bunker-Hill
Aurora.
From the Newburg Index.
Steamboat Adventure.—Last week,
a young man from some distance in the
interior, drove into town with an old
horse, and a mare with a colt before
his wagon, and a couple of calves
which he had brought to town to dis
pose of to our butchers. He never
having seen a steam-boat before was
very curious to have a fair view, and
passed down to the end of the dock a-
mong the passengers who were going
on board, walked up the plank of the
Albany with the crowd, and wandered
iu the cabin, where he was almost
fascinated with the beautiful paintings.
In the mean time the boat got under
way, and was nearly to Polypus Island
before the youth discovered it. He
called out to the captain to turn a-
bout and bring him back; this the cap
tain would not do, when our hero roar
ed out like a bull, and lamented in the
most doleful strains his untimely fate
—the misfortunes which might hap-
den to his colt—the calves might be
stolen—and his wagon and horses
might be driven away. He kept up
his lamentations until the boat arrived
at Westpoint, where he was set on
shore. Here he was worse, if possi
ble, when he found himself surround
ed by soldiers, where his life might
be taken in an instant; he threw him
self down in despair and bewailed his
calamities, until some benevolent per
son pointed out to him the way by
which he might return in a few hours.
He found his way back covered with
dust and sweat, and to his astonish
ment found all safe. He was then
heard to exclaim, “These steamboats
are queer things.”
Russian Discipline.—In September^
1777, there happened at St. Peters
burg, a sudden inundation of a very
considerable extent. The empress
seeing from her balcony, that the wa
ter came within reach of the sentinel
placed before the palace, called out
to him to retire within doors, which
the soldier refused to do. The em
press asked him if he knew her: the
man replied in the affirmative, and
that though he knew her Majesty, no
one but his corporal could relieve him.
The waters increased, and reached
the sentinel’s knees. The Empress
sent several messages to him, but all
to no purpose. It now became requis
ite to call the corporal, who was found
asleep in the guard hodse, arid he was
almost obligee! to swim to relieve the
honest private, who by that time had
only his head and shoulders above wa
ter, and would composedly haTc suffer
ed himself to be drowned, notwith
standing the formal & repeated orders
of his sovereign.
Duelists.-— * 1 The King of Prnisia has
f • V
ordered the Count de Lobenstat, con
victed of assassination in a late duel,
to be imprisoned for life, and deprived
of all his honors—others concerned
have been sentenced to confinement
for various periods, among them the
Count's second, Poppe, who is popped
into durance for twenty-five yeais.
The disadvantages of a long Ser
mon.—A preachei' had divided his
sermon into thirty-two sections. One
of his auditory arose immediately,
who, being asked whither he was go
ing, “to fetch my night-cap, for I fore
see we shall pass the night here.”—
In effect, the preacher having lost the
thread of his subdivisions, could never
reach the end of his sermon. The
whole auditory, losing patience, and
seeing the night approach, filed
off one after the other. The preach
er,, who was short-sighted, did not
perceive this desertion, and continued
to gesticulate in the pulpit; when a
little singing boy, who remained alone,
cried to him, “sir, here are the keys
of the church, when you have done,
be so good as to lock the gate.”
Spirits consumed in England.—In
1825, there were made and consumed,
in that country, 16,909,996 gallons of
malt and grain spirits. In 1827, the
quantity consumed exceeded 24 mil
lions of gallons. Act'd to this quantity
that of the spirits, duty paid, for home
consumption last year, viz: rum 2,-
288,606 gallons; brandy and geneva,
1,373,156 gallons; making a total an
nual consumption of 28,661,762 gal
lons of ardent spirits in the United
Kingdom. The lowering of the duties
which took place in 1825 is the prin
cipal cause of this increase.
The Female Teamster.—A girl, in
men’s attire, was taken from the
Bowery theatre, N. Y. On her exam
ination, it appeared that she had been
driven from her home by the cruelty
of a step father, and the better to
make her way through life, changed
her dress. She has lived out in the
capacity of a servant boy, had been a
clerk, followed boating on the Canal,
driving team, &e. She states, that
situated as she is, without, friends, she
prefers her present dress, as she is
far more healthy than she formerly
was, and is enabled better to gain her
livelihood.
RiDge’s Ferry, 24th April, 1828.
Mr. Editor:—We were again vi
sited by death in the person of an el
derly Lady, Oo-dah-yee, at the Sa
vanna, 10 miles from here, on the 22d
inst. She was a woman distinguished
through life for honesty and industry,
habits of application to Agricultural
pursuits, and the support of a large
family, that would give to any of the
other sex a claim for admiration.—
Unassisted by education, only in the
knowledge of simple addition and sub
traction which is within the reach of
uncultivated minds, she, by dint ap
plication in farming and trading, had
accumulated a vfcry handspme proper
ty, consisting of household furniture,
mill, -waggon, horses &' cattle, sheep,
Negro Slaves and some money, all of
which she has left to an only daughter
and three grand children, who are
now called to niourn her loss. She
died amidst friends in the wilderness,
far from the consolations of religious
guides, or those who could direct her
to a Saviour. Her last words were,
“I am gone before.’'' I had a coffin
made for her and sent to her from
here, arid before she was consigned to
her long repose, I am informed, that
all present took her by the hand and
bid her adieu! She died of the Pleu
risy. JOHN RIDGE.
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Died at my house in Wills-valley,
KA-NA-SE-TA. He was a good
man, a professor of religion, and an ex-
horter. His disorder was consump
tion, of a year’s continuance. He was
a member of the Methodist Society.
His good works were many; for he
exhorted his friends, Remember the
commandments of opr Savior, for we
know riot the time of our death, Now
.
in truth he no longer lives here upo/f
earth, but his spirit dwells with out
Savior ifi heaven*
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The following are Candidates for the
General Council of the Cherokee Nation tb
represent the District of Cobsewatee.
For the Committee.
WALTER ADAIR,
JOHN RIDGE.
For the Council.
Major ridge,
TE-SA‘4>ASKJ,
JAMES FOSTER,
JOHN FIELDS, Jr.
WATIE. *
The following are Candidates for the enf
suing Legislature of the Cherokee Nation-
to represent the District of Chattooga.
For the ComSiiT+eS; '
RICHARD FIELDS. ^ '
thomas Wilson!, ,-<■
DANIEL GRIFFIN,Jr.
LITTLE TURTLE,
EDWARD GUNTER.
ANDREW ROSS. ^
For the Council. p.
Bark,
AHCH1LLA SMITJ5>
HEAD THROWER,
JOHN RATCLIFF,
LAUGH AT MUSH,
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL:
SAH-KE-AH,
SCRAPER.
The following arc Candidates for the en
suing General Council of the Clierokeis
Nation, to represent the District of Chick-
amauga.
For the Committee.
DANIEL McCOY,
RICHARD TAYLOR,
JOHN F. BALDRIDGE.
For the CoOirciE.
NATHAN HICKS,
CHARLES REECE,
cun-ne-quoh-yo-g£.
SLEEPING RABBIT,
THOMAS MANON,
TSU-NU-GE.
The following.are Candidates for the Ge
neral Council of the Cherokee Nation to re* 1
present the District ofAhmoe:
For Committee.
JAMES BIGBEY,
THOMAS FIELDS,
THOMAS FOREMAN;
For Council.
GEO. FIELDS.
YOUNG WOLF,
JOHN WATTS.
CRAWLING SNAKE,
DE-SQUAII-NE,
DEER IN THE WATER.
The following are Candidates for the
General Council of the Cherokee Nation'
to represent the Distritt oi'Hickory Log.
For Committee.
JOHN DUNCAN,
JAMES DANIEL,
GEORGE WATERS,
SAMUEL DOWNING,
GEORGE STILL,
RACCOON,
MOSES DOWNING,
EDMUND DUNCAN.
For. Council.
MOSES PARRIS,
JOHN R. DANIEL,
JAMES DAUGHERTY,
slim Fellow,
CHEWEA, .
RISING FAWN,
TUCKQUO,
GEORQE CARY,
WM. PROCTER,
YOUNG CHICKEN.
We are authorised to announce
David Vann, a Candidate for the
Committee for High Tower District.
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