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^ter the destruction of the Philadol- 7 of 44,guns, she was for a long [e the only frigate on »the .station, . being ably secorfted by. the small- vessels witlr the gallant Decatur, I more to humble the pride of the Ibary states, than all Christendom \r did before or since, in short, such a variety of service I perilous adventures has never bn achieved.by any single vessel.— jc soon after returned home, where remained unemployed, or nearly | till the commencement of the late with Great Britain. This was the 18th of June, 1812. On the kh July she left the Chesapeake for [w York, and on the 17th discover- |and was chased by a British squad- consisting of the Africa 04, and |r frigates, for three days and three flits. She escaped at last by skii- inanagement, and arrived in Boston irbour on the 26th of July. Tftis s one of. the most brilliant exploits the w r ar. After remaining a few rs in port she sailed again, & on the tli of Augus.t fell in with, and after engagement of thirty minutes, cap- red II. B. M. frigate Guerriere of guns, and 362 men. After buni- ilg her, Captain Hull returned again tp Boston oil the 30th August, and ;*jongave up the command to Captain ,r illiam Bainbridge, who with the hme crew shortly after sailed on a- Otlier cruise to South America, here on the 29th December of the aine .year, after an engagement of a- out two liotirs, she captured II. B. M lip Java of forty-nine guns, and up- ards of four hundred men. This as one of the severest contests of le wpr. The Java w r as likewise urned, and the Constitution returned gain to Boston. In.Tune, 1813, Cap tain Charles Stewart was appointed to her command, and on the 30th of ecemher,'she proceeded to sea not- ithstanding Boston was blockaded by even ships of war. She returned on die 4th of April, 1814, and was chased n Marblehead by two of the enemy’s icavy frigates, La Nymphe and Juno. About the middle of December, 1814 lie proceeded on her second cruise jnder Captain Stewart, on the 28tli FFebruary, offMatleria, after an ac- tityi of forty minutes, she captured H. B. IVf. ships Cyane of 31; Levant of 21 guns, and upwards of 300 men. The Cyane arrived safe and now forms a part of our navy; but the Lev ant was recaptured. The Constitu tion herself was chased by a squadron under Sir George Collier, consisting of the Leander and New Castle of 50 guns each, and the Acasta of 44.— * Her usual good fortune however at tended her, and she arrived safe in the United States. Peace had now been proclaimed, and she remained, unem ployed again, we believe witll single exception, until the cruise from which she has just returned, after an absence of more than 3 years, the details of which have not yet transpired. She is now to undergo all necessary repairs, and on tile first emergency will forthwith he ready to serve her country. About seven years since she was hove out and completely examined at the Navy Yard in Charlestown, when her timbers &c. were ill remark able good order—a fact which after twenty-live years wear and tear and hard service, redounds not a little to the credit of the old fashioned me chanics of Boston. In her actions with the Guerrier and Java, the Constitution mounted 54 guns, and 53 when engaged with the Cyane and Levant. Her loss in the action with the Guerriere was, killed and woyqided 14; with the Java, 34; and with the Cyane and Levant, 15 more—total, 62. The Guerriere’s loss, killed, wounded, and missing, was 103; the Java’s*! G1; the Cyanc’s 33; the Levant’s 32—total, 341, or in the proportion of live and a half to one. The prisoners were nearly one tlious- -aiid, Turkish .firms.—We may, how ever, consider it as a general rule, that the Turks will maintain the defence of a fortified place to the ve ry last; and that the great strength of their garrisons, and their actual luxu ry in point of arms, will always render an assault one of great Bloodshed and danger. Every Turk, when properly armed, carries with him, besides his musket, at least one pair of pistols, a sabre, and a long and somewhat curv ed dagger or knife, (the imvard curve having the sharp edge,) called a 7cm- sckal, which he uses principally in cut ting off heads. This weapon, which is about two feol long, is not unlike tfie Roman short Aword; and at the brilliant tcra of the Ottomans, it may have proved not less formidable in the melee than was the latter, with which the legions subdued the world. Hence, it is very evident, that in scaling a rani- part, the European soldier, with his musket and fixed bayonet, is placed under great disadvantage against an enemy so well armed both for attack and defence.— Valcnlini's Mil. Rejiec. of Turkey. From the National Intelligencer. CHOCTAW ACADEMY. This seat of instruction is so called from having been chosen by the Choc taws as the place of their preference, for the education of a portion of their children. It is situated at the Great Crossings, in Kentucky; is under the direction of the Baptist Board of Mis sions, and the regulations of the De partment of War. The Creeks, hear ing of the success which attended their brothers, the Choctaws, followed their example, and appointed, like them, a portion of their means for the benefit of some of their children, as have al so the Pottowattamies. The labors of the institution increas ing, it was deemed best by the Sec retary of War to lessen them by the introduction of the Lancasterian plan; besides, it was believed that greater facilities in learning would result to the youths of the inferior classes. Mr. Ould, who had been selected, and sent'over from England by Lancaster, himself, for the opening and organizing the Lancasterian School in George town, in this District, was sent to or ganize the Choctaw Academy, and, for the first time, to give the nations of the forest the benefits of this new mode of instruction. The following is an extract of a let ter from Mr Ould, to Col. McKenuey, of the Indian Department, which is published because it so abundantly testifies to the advances of a portion of our red brothers, which will appear extraordinary to those who have thought them incapable of making them. Many of these little foresters go from their wilderness home, with only their Indian names. To such names are given, and they like best the names of those whose names are most familiar to them; or are pleased in proportion as they are taught to be lieve (should they never have heard of them) that those after whom they are called are great men. Hence, among the Creek boys at the Choctaw Aead- emy, we have Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Richard Rush, Thomas II. Benton, Richard M. Johnson* Andrew Jackson, James Barbour, &c. Extract of a letter from Mr. Ould to Col. Me Kenney, dated Great Cross- ings(Ky.)June 28, 1828. “Deeming it not uninteresting, I have taken up the pen to inform you that I have arrived here, and am busi ly employed in re-organizing the Choc taw Academy. “It consists of one hundred Choc taw, Creek, Chickasaw, and other Indians, some of whom have made considerable progress, having ad vanced so far in their studies as to be well grounded in astronomy, moral philosophy, surveying, geography, his tory, use of the globes, &c—-removing at once, and 1 hope forever, the mus ty idea that our sons of the forest are incapable of civilization. Moreover, many have made an open profession of religion—some Methodists, some Bap tists; in short, I uever before witness- ! ed so interesting a spectacle, and which a letter is too short to describe. “The Lancasterian plan is joyfully received, and will no doubt prove a powerful auxiliary.” MR. JEFFERSON’S DEBTS. At the time of Mr. Jefferson's death, his debts amounted to $107,000 — This we know, says the National In telligencer, from having seen a list ac companied by unquestionable evidence of its correctness. From the sales of personal estate in January, 1827, and the funds which came into his hands, the executor has paid the sum of $12,340 on account of the interest accruing on that debt, and the sum of $35,000 in part discharge of it. There is, therefore, at this time, the sum of $72,000, remaining unpaid, to pay which, the lands of Mr. Jefferson are now ollered for sale. U. S. Troops.—\ detachment of troops, 'numbering 160, arrived here on the 10th ult. in canal boats, from Green Bay, via Buffalo, and left for New York in the aftefnoon, in the steamboat Victory, Capt Thomas Wiswall. Therr destination is the northeastern frontier, in the State of Maine. The frequent marchiug of troops td that quarter, would seem to indicate trouble. This detachment- \yas accompanied by Inspector Gene ral Croghan, who during the late war, bravely and successfully defended a fort in the Indian country, against a much larger force of British and In dians.—Jllbany D. Adv. Newspapers.—There is hardly any thing so much needed in a family as a newspaper, and yet nothing, compara tively speaking, is esteemed of so lit tle value.- If a man undertakes tore- trench his expenses, instead of lopping off what is really useless and extrava gant, the first tiling to he amputated is the newspaper. He will not drink a bottle of wine the less, nor chew the less tobacco, nor divest himselt of a single unseemly habit; but he sits down and demonstrates to a certainty that a paper neither feeds nor clothes him, and therefore it is a great tax— and then a note is despatched to the printer, “Sir, I cannot afford to take your paper any longer”—or “times are hard, money is scarce—ergo you may discontinue sending my paper”—or with any other excuse that may come uppermost. Now we believe that every one who will make a fair trial, and observe flic influence of reading over his family, will find at the end of the year that he is not a cent the poorer for having been a subscriber to a good newspa per. He will have accumulated more real intelligence of the every day con cerns-of life and the movements of na tions—we take it for granted that lie has perused every number with avidi ty—than he would have done in a se ries of years deprived of the sight thereof. Ilis wife will have picked up much information relative to the government of her children, many use ful lessons of household economy, and no small share of instruction suited to her situation. The children will ac quire a habit of reading and a degree of intelligence worth the price of sub scription ten times fold. In fact, a good virtuous, well conducted news paper in a family is the best econo mist of time, and the aptest instructor of the mind. Governor Cass, and Colonel Me nard, of Illinois, have been appointed Commissioners to treat with the Sac, Fox, Winnebago, Ottowa, Paltawa- tamic, and Chippewa tribes of Indians, for the extinction of their title to the mining country upon Fever River, and also to a tract of land south of St. Jo sepli of Lake Michigan; and to anoth er, to connect the settlements of Indi ana. The season is so far advanced, that we learn it will be impracticable to hold the council this year for the lead country—it will beheld next sea son. Some of the other objects ,of the commissioners will be effected this year. Eel. Gaz. The Mangled Limb.—One evening last week as two men were walking on the beach at Porte Loe, (St. Ma ry’s Scilly,) their attention was pain fully excited by the appearance of a human arm—seemingly that of a fe male—which the receding tide had just deposited on the sand where it lay, extended and bleaching, beneath the silvery influence of the moonbeam.— On examination, a iecent wound and the vestiges of a stream of blood ap peared perfectly visible near the shoulder! The parties by whom it was seen, hastily covered the lacera ted member with some shore weed and left it on the beach. A thousand wild conjectures—not a little embel lished by the influence of superstitiun- werc soon afloat on the subject, and the coming of the next day—for a more minute investigation—was anx iously expected. The day came, but the tide had been before it and had re conveyed “the mangled limb” to the main! Singular to say on the follow ing evening the arm was again wash ed in near the same place; and on be ing handled, proved to he part of the figure head (beautifully carved and painted) of some ship or vessel un known! The appearance of blood, &.c. was occasioned by the exudation of rust from a large nail by which the arm had been fastened to its original trunk.—Eng. pap. Hanging,—Two young ladies are said to have divided a skein of yarn, and hung themselves on the same tree, near Palmyra, Portage co. Ohio.— They were discovered, before the vi tal spark lmd fled, and were restored. How to write a letter.—Let the wri ting he so plain that every body can rend- it, and the meaning 1m; so plain that every body can understand it. ! Admiral Collingwood, in a letter to 1 his daughter, says that “If pens are; .bad, they ^should he mended,” and mote time is lost in making the apol- \ ogyfor great haste, than would have i beoi necessary to finish the letter in good style. These remarks apply witli equal force to almost every spe cies of writing. • The following witty and good na- tu’red remarks are from the Address j of the editor of the Augusta (Vt.) ; Herald, announcing the discontinuance of his piper. “Wei- therefore, the proprietor, j publish^', printer* and editor of the j Augusta Herald, in cdboral cabinet assembled, appealing to the public for the coircetness of our course do, in the na/he of empty pockets, unpaid 1 notes,and dunning creditors, publish ! and declare, that the Augusta Herald is, aid of right ought to he,—Discon- tinvfdP GOOD BACON. The following is the mode of cur- j/ig bacon in Virginia, laid down by a gentleman of the Isle of White county, who lias had much experience in the process. “To have good bacon, the pork must he fat; it may possibly he too fat . though that is very rarely the case in Virginia. Hogs about 18 months old, which are raised poor, and afterwards well fatted, in a short time, on corn, are, 1 think, decidedly to be prefer red. Before the pork he salted up it should he thoroughly cold, a cir cumstance indispensible to its lasting preservation; and it is at least the safest course, in our uncertain clim ate, lo loose no time afterwards.— To give bacon its most exquisite fla vor, both molasses or sugar and salpe- •tre should be used. I usually put a table spoonful or two of molasses on the flesh side of the ham, a little be fore it is salted, and after the molass es is rubbed over it, a heaping spoon ful of finely pulverised saltpetre; the ham supposed to weigh, when cured, from 12 to 15 pounds. 1 put nearly the same quantity on the middlings and shoulders, and proportionally on smaller pieces, believing that it essen tially contributes not only towards im proving the flavor and appearance, but also to the preservation of bacon, and is a preventative against the worm, bug and skipper. In order to insure perfectly sound bacon, the pork must he salted at least twice.— The second salting should take place about the third day after the first, at which lime I add about a third of the quantity of saltpetre applied in the first instance. If, however, the pork should he frozen when salted in the first instance, it should he re-salted as soon as practicable after it thaws, without which there is great danger of injury. I use the Liverpool sack salt, and prefer it on accoqnt of its fineness. A bushel to the thousand weight of pork has been supposed a sufficient quantity. I think too little, and would not by any means advise that there should he any stint of salt. Five pounds of saltpetre to the above mentioned quantity of pork is perhaps quite enough. Care should he taken to let the brine draiu off from the pork, whilst in salt, as ifs contact with it tends to injure its flavor. If salted in casks, there should he a hole in the bottom after the second salting, that the brine may escape. There are different opinions as to the length of time the pork should remain in salt. I would recommend four weeks. If saltpetre in sufficient quantities he used, fat pork can scarcely be made too nit. I have known prime excel lent bacon to have remained in salt more than three months. The last operation in the curing of bacon rs the smoking of it. This may he suffi ciently well done perhaps with any kind of wood, but strong solid green wood, os hickory or oak, is the best. Contrary to old opinions, the opera tion is best carried on in the closest, smoke house; a considerable degree of heat, too, is not only perhaps in ju rious, hut promotes ami best facili tates, I believe, Aw operation. The old idea of the fire tainted meat is erroneous. The effect so called is occasioned by the pork not being tho roughly cured. Bacon should he smoked until it is of a dark' reddish brown color, ami it is best done in clear dry weather. In hanging it tip, it is most advantageous to put the joints highest, for, as they are most assailable by the skipper fly, they are least likely thereby to have eggs de posited in them. There is an opin ion which lias long universally prevail ed, iind which I think the experience of the hist winter has belied. It is, that if pork ho thoroughly cold before salting, it may, with proper card he saved. This, in ordinary winters, is true. But in such a winter as the last, when the thermometer ran, in 24 hours from between 30 and 40 to be tween GO ami 70, and remained so for four or live days, I do net think that fat aad large pork can he saved by any reasonable alien'.ion to it.” We have heard the result of the cap tious from all ll>e District . i he following persons arc returned electee. COOSEWAYTFF DISTRI CT Fou mi; Committee. JOSEPH VANN. CEO. SAND KGS. For tub Cou;;c:l.- DATT-VE-SKE, NIv-GA H-WE. WHITE PATH. A MO H EE DISTRICT Foil the C.immtvt;.: . LEWIS ROSS, THOMAS FOREMAN. Fon Tiir. C iv;.c:i„ GOING SNARE. JAMES RICHEY. DEER IN THE WATER. CHICK AM AUf/A DISTR.tC'i, Fan tiii; Committee. RICHARD T AY KOI’. JOHN F. IIALDRIDGE, DANIEL McCOY. . ' Fou the Council. CHARGES REECE SLEEPING RABBIT, SE GE DAD AYAH. CHATTOOGA DISTRICT - Foil the Com.mitti:; . EDWARD CENTER, DANIEL GRIFFIN. Fon the Council. BARK, LAUGH AT MUSH, ARCHIBALD CAMP BEL! • HIGH TOWER DISTRICT For tub Committee. JOSEPH VANN, DAVID VANN. Fou tub Council,. CHULEOWAH, WALKING STICK, 00 LE NAH WAH. HICKORY LOG DISTRICT Fou the Committee. JAMES DANIEL, SAMUEL DOWNING For the Council. JOHN R. DANIEL, SLIM FELtOW, MOSES PARRIS. AQUOHE. For. the Committee JOHN TIMSON, SAMUEL WARD. Fou the Council, SiTUAGEE, SWEETWATER, ROBERT MUSKRAT. TA QUOHEE. Fon the Committee. AI,EX ANDE11 M ’DON A LI.. WILLIAM BOLING. Fon the Council. METOY, CRICKET, BENCH LEG. POCKET LOOK LOST. A BOUT the middle of July put , lV a • stolen out of my Pocket *t my lnnse, a Urge Washed Leather Pocket-Book. containing one note on the Stale Bank o ' Georgia I'or -810, one note of hand on Eli jah Hicks for 885, payable sometime in October next; a receipt of Hcnrv Meiryrc the Stale of N"w York, fnr two notes o; John Byers of the said Slate, and sonn- other papers nol recollected. To an* poi son getting &. delivering said Book, j cpc i and money to me; I will give ten dollars and five for tli" apprehension of the rogue I do hereby fcnvai n all persons fiom tra ding for said note of Elijah Hicks. Air 1 alsolonvnrn Elijah Hicks from paying said note to nnvprrson excepting uivself. ‘ GEORGE HAllLl.V. Coesewavtee Cherokee Nation, Align’I 13. 182S.—-24-t!'. NOTICE. ] 'N accordance with tire resolution of the - National Committee and Council, pas: ed October 24th, 1827, requiring the Trra - urerofthe Cherokee Nation to call in all the money loaned out under the provision-; ofa previous act, on or Isotope the first Mor day of October next, I hereby give notice to all such as are indebted to fwe Treason . to come and redeem ihyir bonds hv pavitn principal and interest, on the day that thc.i become due, as such bonds cannot lie it- lie wed after the first Monday of October next. No indulgence will he given, ami those who do not comply with the above re quisition must expect to lind their bonds lu. the bands of Office—-. JOHN MARTIN, Treas. ofthe Ch. \/ New Elliott), July 23, 1R2P.