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orraance of these duties. And he
topes to witness the beneficial result
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RUSSIA AND TURKEY-
The following is the closing part of the
Russian declaration of war against
Turkey.
“Russia, now placed in a situation
n which her honor and her interests
,vill not suffer her any longer to re-
BSfrnain, declares war against the Otto-
an Porte, not without regret, after
aving, however, for sixteen years to
other, neglected nothing to spare it
lie evils which will accompany it.-—
ifche causes of this war sufficiently in-
TBcate the objects of it. Brought on
tty Turkey, it will impose upon it
' e burden of making good all the ex-
enses caused by it, and the losses
ustainod by the subjects of his Impe
rial Majesty. Undertaken for the
urpose of enforcing the treaties
| which the Porte considers as no long
er existing, it will aim at securing
; their observance and efficacy. In
duced by the imperative necessity of
securing for the future inviolable lib
erty to the commerce of the Black
' Sea, and the navigation of the Bospho-
Jfrus, it will be directed to this object,
f which is equally advantageous to all
the European states.
“While Russia has recourse to
arras, she thinks that far from having
indulged in hatred to the Ottoman
■ Porte, or of having contemplated its
■j overthrow, according.to the accusa
tion of the Divan, she has given a con
vincing proof that if she had designed
•to combat it to the utmost, or over-
tnrn it, she would have seized all the
opportunities for war which her rela
tions vvitii the Porte have incessantly
presented.
“Russia, nevertheless, is very far
from entertaining ambiguous plans:
countries and nations enough already
obey her laws; cares enough are al
ready united with the extent of her
dominions.
“Lastly, Russia, though at war
with the Porte, for reasons which are
independent of the Convention of the
-56th of July, has not departed, and
will not depart, from the stipulations
f that act. It did not, and could not,
ondemn Russia to sacrifice her earl-
er important rights, to endure decided
(affronts, and to demand no indemnity
"or the most sensible injuries. But
the duties which it imposed upon her,
and the principles on which it is
founded, will be fulfilled with scrupu
lous fidelity, and strictly observed.—
<The allies will find Russia always
ready to adt jn Concert with them in
| the execution of the'treaty Of London,
always zealous to co-operate in a
| work which is recommended to its care
by religion, & all the feelings which
do honor to humanity, always inclined
to make use of its situation only for
the speedy fulfilment of the treaty of
the 6th of July, hot to make any
change in its nature and its effects.
“The Emperor will not lay down
his arms till he has obtained the re
sults stated iri this declaration; and he,
expects them from the benediction of
Him to whom justice, and a pure con
science, has never yet appealed in
vain.
\ “Given at St. Petersburgh, 14th
(26th) April, 1828.”
The Paris dates, which are later
than we received by the way of Hav
re, furnish intelligence from the Rus
sian army, from Constantinople, &c.
of an aspect much more warlike. It
will be seen by our extracts, that the
English papers appear generally to be
lieve the Pruth had already been cross
ed, if not the Danube, that the inva
ders would push on for Constantinople,
and there were strong reasons to anti
cipate for them a rapid and easy tri
umph. As we are not furnished with
the evidence on which their opinions
are founded, any further than they are
supplied, by extracts from the re
marks of other newspapers, we can
not, of course, speak with the confi
dence we could wish. The reports
must at least have been more strongly
corroborated than usual, to elicit so
many strong and concurrent expres
sions. War appears to have been
more apprehended at Constantinople;
and it is very probable the reports
may prove true.—JW Y. Adv.-
Supplies for tht Greeks.—Summary
of the Value of the Contributions in
clothing, provisions and money, re
ceived for the suffering Greeks, from
various parts of our country, and
which have been mostly forwarded by
the brig Herald, lately sailed. From
the State of New York, $33,573 48;
Connecticut, $11,869 39; Massachu
setts, $3,152 55; Maryland, $2,459
30; Rhode Island, $1,948 25; New
Jersey, $1,217 17; Vermont, $517
32; Virginia, $75 00; Ohio, $67 00
from Upper Canada, $10 00; total
amount received by the Greek Com
mittee to 28th May, 1828, $59,889
43.—Vis. fy Tel.
Pioneer Stages.—We are happy to
learn that preparations for putting
this line in operation are in such a
state of forwardness, that all West of
Utica will be ready for running prob
ably by the 16th, which is only four
teen days later than the time first
named.—A cargo of coaches for this
line was received this week, by the
Sabbath-keeping line of boats, and
we hope in due season to see
them in motion and patronised by
the friends of religion and good order
throughout the country. Let it be
seen whether there is religion and
patriotism enough to aid and support
those whose only object in getting up
this line, is, to prevent the gross and
habitual violation of the Sabbath—an
institution which the old line proprie
tors declare is one of the best that In
finite wisdom ever gave to man.—Ro
chester Ob.
Monstrous Serpent.—A rattle Snake
was killed a few days ago at Hamil
ton, Harris county, Georgia, measur
ing 6 1-2 feet long, .and 22 1-2 inches
in circumference,—its mouth when
expanded was 6 inches between the
extremities; there were only seven
rattles to the tail, the balance having
been lost in combat with some of his
serpentine tribe. When the snake
was killed, it had a large rabbit in its
mouth nearly swallowed, which caus
ed it to beoome an easy prey to its
murderer. Three fangs were extract
ed and measured nearly two inches
long. The rattlesnake is very cow
ardly and acts always on the defensive;
but its bite is instant death when at
tacked by an enemy.—Columbus Enq.
The Troy Sentinel says—“ In the
afternoon of Saturday last a tempest
of thunder, lightning, rain, hail, and
wind, passed over a part of Pittstown
and Hoosic, destroying crops bridges,
and fences, covering meadows with
sand and mud and laying waste the
promise of the year. Such was the
extraordinary accumulation of water,
that haystacks were floated from their
places; and in one instance a man,
a blacksmith, living in Hoosic, was
surprised by the sudden invasion
of the flood and drowned in his own
shop.
The President has ratified, by pro
clamation, a treaty concluded between
John Tipton on the part of the United
States, and the Eel River or Thorn
ton party of Miama Indians. They
cede to the United States a reserva
tion of land 10 miles square, at their
village on Sugartree Creek, in Indi
ana, and agree to remove to a five
mile reservation on Eel River by the
15th of October. The United States
agree to pay them $2000 in goods at
present, $8000 in goods next summer,
build 12 log houses, clear and fence
4Q acres of land, and furnish them with
oxen, horses, and $500 worth of pro
vision, to pay Peter Langlois $1000
in silver, and $3000 in goods for pro
visions heretofore delivered, and to ap
propriate $1000 per year for five
years, and longer, if Congress think
proper, to be applied under the direc-
tidn of the President to the education
of the youths 6f the Miami nation.
Our Legislature has repealed the
law prohibiting the imprisonment of
females for debt. This is a most un
gallant act. One good bachelor—Mr.
Shepard-—lifted up his voice against
it, for which the ladies owe him thanks.
Several married men, we perceive,
spoke of the propensity of females to
contract debts which they were una
ble or unwilling to pay. They are
crusty husbands, we will warrant. It
is to be hoped that their wives will
make them suffer for it when they get
home.—Conn, paper.
Intemperance.—A late number of
the Onondaga Register, relates a
shocking and melancholy instance of
death by the use of ardent spirits.—
A Mr. Fountain, of that town, who
had long been addicted! tb habits of in
temperance, was induced for one dol
lar to swallow a quart of whiskey.—
After taking this dram, he was carried
from the store to his house, where, af
ter lying a short time in a state of in
sensibility, he expired.
The Clinton Vases.—The Albany
Daily Advertiser states that the Grand
Lodge have purchased the Vases from
Mr. Anthony Blanchard for the sum
($600) at which he purchased them
at auction, and have resolved to pre
sent them to the family of Mr. Clinton.
It iss tated much to the honor of Mr.
Blanchard, that he j&fused the sum
$2000 for them, which had been of
fered by a person tfrho wished to send
them to London. /
A Valuable Cow.—Mr. Abner
Baldwin, of East Cain Township, has
a small cow, supposed to weigh about
four hundred pounds, with small horns
from which he has made, in one week,
fourteen pounds ofexcellent butter,
and feels confident that, in a week or
two hence, when the pasture im
proves, he can make sixteen pounds
per week! Considering the sizo of
the cow, we are of opinion that she
sFands unrivalled as a buttermaker.—
Downington (Pa.) Journal.
A large Steam-Boat and a long River.
Our passage up the Mississippi
forms an epoch in the history of navi
gation. It was an enterprise of the
boldest and most extraordinary nature;
probably unparalleled. Never before
did a steam boat ascend a river twen
ty-two thousand miles above its mouth.
The vessel which conveyed us was the
Virginia, of one hundred and eighteen
feet long, and twenty-two wide, draw
ing six feet water, and of two-thousand
tons burthen.—Beltrami's Pilgrimage
in America.
Yesterday afternoon [last Sabbath]
about 4 o’clock, nine young men of
this city, chartered a sailboat for the
purpose of visiting the Woodlands on
the western bank of the river Schuyl
kill, and seeing some friends. When
opposite the United States Arsenal, a
young-man very.iraprudently sprang up
the mast,against the wishes and con
trary to the advice of his companions,
which occasioned the boat to upset,
and shocking to relate, five individuals
perished. Thus in a moment have
the fond hopes of relatives and friends
of these unfortunate young men been
blasted by this sudden and afflicting
dispensation of Divine Providence.
Philadelphia Gaz.
Little Rock, Ark. June 1.—Fatal
Rccounter.—The mortifying and pain
ful duty again devolves upon us, of
recording the fact, that our unlucky
and ill fated little town (already too
notorious at home and abroad for such
occurrences) has unfortunately been
the scene of another homicide- It
took place on Saturday evening last,
soon after the execution of the
wretched Strickland, in the store of
Messrs. Wilson and Stuart, between
Gen. Edmund Hogan and Andrew
Scott, Esq. late Judge of the superior
court of this territory, and resulted in
the almost instant death of the form
er. Having felt it a duty which we
owe to the public, to notice the result
of the unfortunate and melancholy oc
curence, justice to the living perhaps
demands that we should relate some of
the circumstances under which it hap
pened. They are briefly these:
Gen. Hogdn and judge Scott tnet at
the above store, in company with
number of other persons, all apparent
ly in good hnmor. They had been com
petitors for a seat in the Legislative
Council, at the last August election,
and the conversation tiirned on some
of the events of that canvass, which
produced a fesw warm words between
them. Gen. Hogan anserted some
thing, which was denied by judge
Scott, on which H. repeated the as
sertion, and remarked that he could
prove it. Judge S. replied, in sub
stance, that the assertion was untrue,
that it could not be proved, ahd that
the person who made it was a liar\—
This reply was followed by a blow
from H. which felled S. to the floor,
who, in rising, drew the spear from
his cane, and gave H. four stabs in
the breast and sides, three of which
Were mortal. Hogan walked to the
door, commenced vomiting blood, and
wafc a corpse in less than ten minutes.
25 or 30 years ot very rough service
at sea. The letter is published in
the N. Y. American.—Vt. Chronicle.
As an old seaman, I would recom
mend the discontinuance of serving out
grog regularly in the Navy. It may
be well in going into battle-, or at any
time when great exertions are requir
ed for a short time. I have
always found that when too fre
quently taken, it loses its stimulating
effects, and that when long continued
exertion was required, those who took
none did the most; besides it makes
habitual drunkards of many seamen
that otherwise would not have been so.
“Forty.”—-A. writer in the Athe-
nceum, under the head ’‘Biblical Cri
ticism,” has some curious observa
tions on the word “forty,” as used in
the Scriptures. He observes that
this numeral, which occurs so fre
quently, and in places where its intro
duction is manifestly at variance with
passages that precede and follow it,
is in the East constantly used as a
general term, implying “many,” cor
an indefinite number, as we use the
words “score,” and “dozen or two.”
A ruined palace at Persenolis is call
ed “Cselminar.” or the “forty pil
lars,” though it has but nineteen stan
ding, and when perfect had two hun
dred and sixty. The arabs also use
one thousand.and one in a similar man
ner. Thus Moses was in the Mount
“forty” days, means many days. The
The Israelites lived many, not “for-;
ty” years in the wilderness. This
meaning explains numerous difficul-..
ties in Scripture history. Persians A-;'
abs, and Turks, still use the term
“forty” in this sense.
ROYAL AMUSEMENTS.
Louis XVI. was a excellent lock
smith. Ferdinand the beloved is fa
mous for his embroidery of petticoats.
The present .Emperor of Austria is
said to make the best sealing-wax in
Europe. He r examines, with care,
the seal of every letter brought him,
and is delighted when he can say, as
he generally does, “My own wax is
better than that?’ It is a pity that the
employments off Kings are hot always
as innocent. Ferdinand would have
no doubt made^n excellent*linen dra
per’s shopman^ had he been placed
where nature designed him to be fix
ed; and the representative of the Cae
sars would have made an excellent
managing clerk in the house of cer
tain wholesale stationers.
An old Shipmaster's Opinion.—The
fellowing hints are given in a some
what odd, but very sensible letter to
the Secretary of the Navy, respecting
the proposed voyage of discovery.—
The writer has seen as he intimates,
Yankee Trick.—A few days since,
a man who belongs to a gang of yanlcee
turnpike makers, who are for the
present at Bushwick, committed an
assault and battery on a peaceable in
habitant of that town. A warrant
was issued against him, and the con
stable apprehended him, but the fel
low was rather pugnacious, & easily
effected his escape. A few days af
terwards the constable discovered
Mr. While Hat, (as he was called for
want of a better name,) and immedi
ately gathered a posse, and chased him
into a house, occupied by his turnpik-
ing companions. The party surroun
ded the house, and while they were
summoning courage to enter, White-
hat was seen to issue from a back
door and fly swiftly across the fields,
and the whole party immediately join
ed pursuit. The chase continued
some distance, but at length Runawa-
way was overtaken, when behold! it
was not the real Runaway, but one
of his companions who had assumed
the disguise and led the whole pack off
on a false scent. On returning to the
house the offender was not to be found,
and the constable had only to enter it
as an escape.—Brooklyn (L. I.) Star,
May 29.
Extraordinary Damages.— John Cra
mer, Esq. recovered a verdict of
$5650, for a case of libel, against the
Editor? of the Albany Daily Adverti
ser. It originated in a publication,
by which Mr. Cramer lost his election,
as Senator for the fourth district.
JAMES FOSTEfc;
JOHN FIELDS; J r .
WATIE.
The following are Candidates for the ettf
suing Legislature of the Cherokee Nation}
to represent the District of Chattooga*
For the Committee.
RICHARD FIELDS,
THOMAS WILSON,
DANIEL GRIFFIN,Jr.
LITTLE TURTLE,
5 DWARD GUNTER,
NDREW ROSS.
For the Council.
BARK;
AHCHILLA SMITH,
HEAD THROWER,
JOHN RATCLIFF,
LAUGH AT MUSH,
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL,
SAH-KE-AH,
SCRAPER.
The following are Candidates for the en
suing General Council of the Cherokee
Nation, to represent the District of Chick-
amauga;
For the Committee.
DANIEL McCOY,
RICHARD TAYLOR,
JOHN F. BALDRIDGE.
For. thf. Council.
NATHAN HICKS,
CHARLES REECE,
CUN-NF.-QUOH-YO-GE,
SLEEPING RABBIT,
THOMAS MANON,
TSU-NU-GE.
The following are Candidates for the
neral Council of the Cherokee Nation to re
present the District of Ahmoe.
For Committee.
JAMES Bl&BEY,
THOMAS FIELDS,
THOMAS FOREMAN.
For Council.
GEO. FIELDS,
YOUNG WOLF,
JOHN WATTS,
CRAWLING SNAKE,
DE-SQUAH-NE,
DEER IN THE WATER.
The following are Candidates for the
General Council of the Cherokee Natiprt
to represent the District ofHickory 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,
GEORGE CARY,
WM. PROCTER,
YOUNG CHICKEN.
ICP We are authorised to annotlnete
David Vann, a Candidate for the
Committee for High Towef District.
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NOTICE.
T HE annual Examination of the Mis<
sion School at Brainerd will take
place on the last Monday in this month.—
All persons interested in the welfare of th^
rising generation are respectfully invited
to attend.
JOHN C. ELSWORTH.
July 9, 1828.
.The Court of Inquiry organized at
Charlestown, Mass, to investigate
the conduct of Lieut. Percival, at the
Sandwich Islands, lately closed its
session having spent six weeks in the
trial.
The following are Candidates for the
General Council of the Cherokee Nation to
represent the District of Coosewatee.
For the Committee;
WALTER ADAIR,
JOHN RIDGE.
. For the Council
MAJOR RIDGE,
TF.-SA-DASKI>
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SCP* The Examination of the School a
Creek Path, under the superintendence o
the Rev. William Potter, will. take placi
on the Friday preceding the second Sab
bath in August.
NoTTce.
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Z&ehariah Simmons, oh the 19tli insf
a BAY HORSE, with a small white on hii
forehead, about Six yfears oh), and five fee
and two inches high, and without an*
brafid: J. VAN N. '
April S0tb,182S. 11-9."