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vantage: and the voice of the emperor
was heard, encouraging his soldiers to
achieve, by a last effort the deliver
ance of their country. In that fatal
moment, the Janizaries arose, fresh,
vigorous and invincible. The Sultan
himself on horseback, with an iron
mace in his hand, was the spectator
' and judge of their valor; he was sur
rounded by ten thousand of his domes
tic troops, whom he reserved for the
decisive occasions; and the tide of bat
tle was directed and impelled by his
Voice and eye. His numerous minis
ters of justice, were posted behind the
line, to urge, and restrain and punish:
and if danger and death were in front,
shame and inevitable death was in the
rear of the fugitives. The cries of
fear and pain were drowned in the
martial music of drums, trumpets, and
atabate; and experience has proved,
that the mechanical operation of
sounds, by quickning the circulation of
blood and spirits, will act on the hu
man machine more forcibly than all
the eloquence of reason and honor.-—
From the lines, the galleys' and the
bridge, the Ottoman artillery thunder
ed on all sides; and the camp, and the
eity, the Greeks and the Turks, were
Involved in a kind ef smoke, which
could only be dispelled by the deliver
ance or destruction of the Roman em
pire.
The defence began to slacken,
when the attack was pressed with re
doubled vigor. The number of the
Ottomans was fifty or a hundred times
•superior to that of the Christians; the
double walls were reduced by the can
non to a heap of ruins; in a circuit of
several miles some places must be
found more easy of access, or more
feebly guarded; and if the besiegers
could penetrate in a single point, the
whole city was irrecoverably lost.—
The first who deserved the Sultan’s
reward, was Hassan, the janizary, of
gigantic stature and strength. With
his cymetar in ono hand and buckler
in the other, he ascended the outward
fortification; of the thirty janizaries
who ascended the wall, eighteen per
ished in the adventure. Hassan and
his twelve companions had reached
the summit; the giant was precipitat
ed from the rampart; he rose on one
.knee, and was again oppressed by a
shower of stones and darts. But his
success had proved that the achieve
ment was,possible; the walls and tow
ers were instantly covered with a
swarm of Turks; and the Greeks, now
•driven from the vantage ground were
overwhelmed by increasing multi
tudes. Amidst these multitudes the
Emperor, who accomplished all the
duties of a general and a soldier, was
long seen and hnally lost- The nobles
who fought round his person, sustain
ed to their last breath the names of
Palajlogus and Cantaeuzene; his ex
clamation was heard, 'Cannot there
be found a Christian to cut off my
Jicad?’ and his last fear was that of
falling alive into the hands of the in
fidels. The prudent despair of Con
stantine cast away the purple; amidst
the tumult he fell by an unknown hand,
and his corpse was buried under a
mountain of slain. After his death re
sistance and order were no more.: the
Greeks fled towards the city, and
many were pressed and stifled in this
narrow pass of the gale of St. Roman-
us. The victors rushed through the
breaches in the inner wall: and as they
Advanced into the street they were
•soon joined by their brethren, who had
forced the gate Phenar on the side of
the harbor. In the first heat of their
pursuits, about two thousand Christ
ians were put to the sword; but ava
rice soon prevailed over cruelty; and
the victors acknowledged that they
should immediately have given quar-
ter, if the valor of the Emperor and
his chosen bands had not prepared
them for similar opposition in every
part of the capital.
< It was thus, after a siege of fifty-
three days, that Constantinople, which
bad defied the power ofChosroes, the
Chagan, and the Cnlphs, was irretriev
ably subdued by the hands of Mahomet
the Second. Her Empire only had
been subverted by the Latins; her re-
hgiort was trampleddn the dust by the
Moslem conquerors,”
Cherokee Lands.—Gen. R. M. Saun
ders, who we a few weeks since men
tioned, had repaired, under a commis
sion from the Governor of this state,
to Haywood county, to enter into con
tracts with divers Cherokee Indians,
for a relinquishment of their claims to
certain reservations of lands, some of
which have been sold by the state, re
turned last week to his residence io
this town. .We learn the General ills
been successful in contracting for the
extinguishment, at moderate prices,
of the Indian claims to 4vventy-six of
these reservations; and entered into
conditional contracts for the purchase
of fifteen more—comprising all the
reservations to which the Indians were
enabled to establish valid claims.—
These contracts are to be submitted
to the Generally Assembly, for their
ratification, before they can become
binding on the stale. But, from the
favourable terms upon which they
have been entered into, we presume
the Legislature will not hesitate to
ratify them.— Western Carolinian 12th
Aug.
Creek Indians.—We have under
stood that, in consequence of the dis
satisfaction expressed by many of the
Creek Indians who had subscribed
their names and agreed to form a part
of the emigrating party, a disturbance
has taken place among them, and ren
dered it necessary for the Government
to take some precautionary measures..
Capt. Wager’s Company of the 4th
Regiment has been ordered to repair
immediately to the scene of disturb
ance, and will leave here in a few
days. It is supposed the disturbance
has been created by Indians opposed
to emigration, and some white persons
who have influence in the nation.
Pensacola Argus, 29tli ult.
From the People’s Friend.
Confessions of a Rum Drinker.
No one who has not experienced the
effects of habit, when appearing un
der the form of vice, can judge of its
absolute power, nor of the insidious
advance it makes, from the moment
when we first become acquainted
with it, to that when we have become
slaves to its power, and completely
subjugated to a tyrant, whose influ
ence increases the longer we are gov
erned by him. We do not at once be
come vicious. We are led on gradu
ally from one step to another: we go
deeper and deeper, until we are in
volved too seriously oftentimes to be
extricated.
I pass by the history of my former
life. Suffice it to say at the present
time, that at the age of 25-1 was the
lather of a iarniiy, and in circumstances
of prosperity. Fortune had, indeed,
denied me wealth, and I was compell
ed to be dependant upon my own la
bour for a livelihood:—yet that would
have afforded me enough to live easy,
had I properly improved the privileges
in my power. But, alas, how keen is
the agony 1 feel, when! think of the
past! lis horrors and realities are be
fore me; and I see myself again (as I
was then,) a loathed and hated wretch,
for whom affection had lost all feel
ing—for whom life had no joy. I was
then a slave to intemperance.
I contracted the habit as thousands
have done, and os thousands do now.
I began by little, but repeated indul
gence matte way for new efforts to a-
rouse the dormant and paralyzed ener
gies of my frame. One s'tep made
way for another. The oftener I rais
ed the accursed cup to my polluted
lips, the oftener I burned for it again.
Did I think then 1 would be the hated,
s.nful wretch i soon became? No.—
Though I saw housands around me
who were sunk by the same destroy
ing spirit into the most abject misery,
yet I only pitied them, and did not fear
that such would be my fate, lor I
trusted in my own prudence, my own
sense of moral rectitude, little dream
ing that 1 was going on imperceptibly
to the same grade of depravity, and
that habit was every day throwing a-
round me allurements which, in a lit
tle while human power could scarce
ly destroy. Yet so it was, and it was
infatuation that hid from my view the
precipice 1 stood on. Oh what an
awful fall is such a one! But let me
finish my history.
I was at this time in the bloom of
life. Every thing might have been
beauty and happiness around me, for
God had blessed me infinitely more
than I deserved—infinitely more than
even now, a redeemed man, I dare to
ask- My eircumstauces ivere favor
able. , My employment afforded e-
nough to supply the wants of my fam
ily, and I could even allow them to
indulge in some of the luxuries of life.
But, alas, how soon was I doomed to
see these fair prospects wither.
As it generally happens in cases
like mine, the companions with whom
I associated were, like myself, fond of
frequenting taverns—those great marts
vice and immorality To such places
,1 often went* when my daily labor
*
was finished, and spent there many a
thoughtless hour in riot and debauch
ery. Yet I was not so far gone in ini-
q nity as not to feel now & then, when
1 reflected upon my life, a secret
sting Of conscience. Unfortunately,
however, it had but little feffect upon
me. Reason c.eascd to exercise her
wonted power. Every day found me
involved more and more, and it was
not long before the taverns and intem
perate companions had more attrac
tion than my innOcent and suffering
family. The consequence ivas, my
business was neglected, my credit was
lost, and poverty and distress soon fol
lowed after.
In this way I went on, 6tep after
step, until at length I became a con
firmed toper. I made myself an object
of scorn and derision. The finger of
slijpnie was pointed at me as I walked
the streets. But need I add any thing
more to the picture? Every one
knows whaj a wretched, loathsome
object a drunkard is. lie has made
himself worie than a brute—sunken in
depravity, lost, lost to all sense of mor
al feeling. And need I say, too, that
all the shame and disgrace heaped up
on me by the world, failed to bring a-
bout a change of habits, when the
tears and entreaties of a beloved wife,
and the misery and want of ray inno
cent children, had no redeeming influ
ence over my hetfrt? Oh what a state
of cold, adamantine insensibility! I
had been the possessor of feeling, hut
every fibre of iny heart was palsied.
Vice had set up his throne there, and
it was ail desolate and drear.
I pass by the five loag years of my
moral death. I do not love to dwell
upon the subject. Let me only say,
that during that period I was tin out
cast from society. My wife and chil
dren were taken from me, and gene
rously supported by a relative. Eve
ry thing I owned was seized upon by
my creditors, and my property was
lost forever.
I am now an altered man. It has
cost me many a struggle to break oil’
from the pernicious habit; but, by the
blessing of God, I am redeemed, and
restored once more to myself and to
the world.
Let him remember, who puts the
glass to his-lips, that vice steals im
perceptibly upon its victims; that se
curity consists, not in meeting, but in
avoiding temptation; and that no one
who is in the habit of drinking, be it
ever so little, can safely say, lie will
not be, in a few years, what i was.
M.
HORRIBLE ADVENTURE.
At the period when Murat was a-
bout to invade Sicily, the Chevalier
R——, paymaster general of the Ne
apolitan forces, was travelling through
Calabria fof the purpose of joining the
army, having been to Naples to make
arrangements for the transmission of a
quantity of specie. He had sent on
his servant before him, to prepare his
quarters at the town of , expect
ing to arrive there by night fall; but
the day being very sultry, lie had loit
ered on the road, and at nine o’clock
<n the evening, found that he was still
at a considerable distance from the
proposed end of his journey. He was
so much harrassed and fatigued that
he determined to put up for the night
at the first convenient house. He at
length entered an old romantic build
ing on the road side, inhabited by a
man and his wife, the former a stout
muscular figure, with a swarthy coun
tenance almost wholly shrouded in a
mass of bushy whiskers and mustachi-
os. The traveller was received with
civility; and, after partaking of a
hearty supper, was conducted up a
crazy old staircase, to his apartment
for the night. Not much fancying the
appearance of the place, and finding
no lock on his door, he fixed a chair
against it; and after priming his pistols
put them carefully under his pillow.
He had not been long in bed before be
heard a noise below, and of persons
entering the house; and some time af
terwards was alarmed by the sound of
a man's foot step on the stair case.—
He tjien perceived a light through the
crevice^pf the door,* against which the
man gently pressed for admittance,
but finding some resistance he thrust
it open sufficiently to admit his hand,
and with extreme caution removed
the chair and entered the apartment.
The Chevalier then saw his host, with
a lamp in one hand arid a knife ja the
other, approaching the bed on tiptoe.
The Chivalier cocked his pistols be
neath the bed clothes, that’the noise
of tho spring might not be heard.—
When tlie'maq reached the side of his
bed he held the light to the Cheva
lier’s face, who pretended to be in a
profound sleep, hut contrived never
theless to steal an occasional glance
at his fearful host. The man soon
turned from him, and after hanging the
lamp on the bed post, went to the oth
er end of the room, and brought to the
bed side a chair, on which he imme
diately mounted with the tremendous
knife still in his hand. At the very
moment that the Chevilier was about
to start up from the bed and shoot him,
the man, in a hurried manner, cut sev
eral enormous slices from a piece of
bacon that was hanging over his bed
stead, though it had wholly been un
noticed before by the agitated travel
ler. The host then passed the light
before his eyes again and left the ruorri
in the same cautious way in which he
had entered it, and unconscious of the
danger he had escaped, returned to a
crowd of new and hungry guests be
low, who were of course not very sor
ry to perceive that he had saved his
bacon.
Jllelancholy Accident.—A young un
married lady f>y the name of Sampson,
was hurried in Greene, on Saturday
last, whose death was caused as fol
lows: Miss Sampson, in company
with another female, as we are in
formed, had retired at a distance
from their dwelling to escape danger
from the blasting of rocks near the
house. As they were seated appa
rently in a safe retreat, a fragment of
the blasted rock, weighing about 12 oz
descending from a considerable height,
factored her skull, and caused her
death in less than twelve days.—
Ale. Baptist Herald.
The following is an extract from the
prospectus of the Southern Radical, a
new paper about to he published in
Cheravv, S. Carolina, by a young man
who is a candidate for the Legislature,
and who has lately made a famous
speech in the Colleton spirit. The
appropriate marks of admiration are
given by a writer in the Charleston
Courier.
“Although the Radical will be al
most exclusively a political publication,
yet the fields of literature and science,
shall not go uncultivated and untrod
den. We will delight occasionally
from the sickening stench of politics,
to breath the pure and invigorating and
healthful atmosphere of Belles Lettres
—(!) to return from the noisy strife—
to exchange the l "pulvis strapatusque
Romcc,” for the sweet music of the
Arcadian groves--(!!!!!) to quit the
bustle of the capital, and worship in
the Temple of the muses—(!!) to
yield up the ranting tirades of fac
tious Syllus, for the soft swelling pas
torals of Tibullus (!!!)—We will go
forth in the fairy fields of fancy, and
cull the choicest and sweetest flowers
from the tree of poesy—(!!!!) weave
fresh garlands and coronal wreaths for
the brow of genius—(!!!!!) bend its
budding osier twigs around the knotted
oak of wisdom—(!!!!!!) breath into it the
soul of inspiration—(!!!!!!!) sprinkle it
with the pure and livingwaters of Cas-
talia—(!!!!) and then, with heartfelt
joy, ivatcli it verging aloft and shoot
ing above, until itslainhent branches
twine their graceful folds, "high on
Parnassian hills.”(!!!!!!!!)
London Post Office.—In a recent
conversation with an English gentle
man, who is no stranger to London, we
are assured of a fact which had been
stated to us before, viz. that no mail
is transported either into or out of that ci
ty on the Sabbath; neither is the post-of-
Jice opened, even for an hour. How
will this fact be reconciled with the
plea of necessity, which is urged by
those who advocate the transportation
of the mail on the Sabbath in the Uni
ted States, and the opening of the post-
offices in cities and towns, which in
comparison with London, are mere
villages?-—N. Y. Observer.
We witnessed, on Tuesday last, a
circumstance which we believe is
rather a'singular one in the history of,
the animal world. A rgt was thrown
into a box containing one hundred rat
tlesnakes, for the purpose of showing
the manner of attack by these reptiles.
When first thrown into the box lie ev
idently excited considerable displeas
ure amongst the serpents at the sight
of such an intruder. They, however,
made no immediate attack upon him,
but put their heads rather boldly a-
round him, apparently for the purpose
ol examining his make and quality.—
The rat taking this impertinence in
high dudgeon, soon began to play hitf
part among his new comrades by a*
dopting their own mode of warfare*
and biting every one that presumed to
come within his reach. His usual
aim would be at the head and neck of
the snakes, where he would fasten his
teeth so /irmly that they would fre
quently drag him the whole length of
the box, before he would let go his
hold. In this way he booh became
master of the field and by merely
turning bis bead towards them, the
snakes would retreat to the nack
ground for safety, liowever, to close
the scene, after the rat had been in
the box four or live hours, one young
snake, of more courage than his
companions, placed himself in a pos
ture of attack, and by one effectual
blow, put a period to the conquests of
the warrior rat.— Wafertoim, Jefficrson
County, Register.
From the N. Y. Observer.
INTERESTING TO DRUNKARDS.
In the latter part of July, Sumul
Wager, about 70 years of age, was-
louiid dead at Chester; N. J. sitting
with his back against a fence,—in a
state of putrefaction, and covered with
worms,—having in one hand a rum bot
tle, and in the other a cork!! Tie was
an old veteran in the service, and had
destroyed vast quantities of intoxica
ting liquor—that cruel enemy of man.
lie was not without his reward; for
he,reached the highest honors to ayhieh
the drunkard seems to aspire, viz. the
poor-house, and to die drunk, unlamen
ted and alone, in the open field, expos
ed to the ravages of vermin.—a sight
too appalling for human nature!!—
What encouragement is this to the
thousands who are following in the
same steps!
True Pith..—The force of lan*
gunge is apt to be much injured by
the multitude of u ords.
A respectable farmer, not forty
miles from Ibis place, has the singular
happy talent of not saying a word too
much. A young man wishing to ob
tain his consent to marry his daughter,
called upon him one day as he was
ploughing with his oxen. It Avas, past
all doubt, a fearful matter for a diffi
dent man to breach, and the hesitating
lover, after running, a parrallel with
the furroAY" several times round the
field, and essaying trith all his court
age to utter the important question,
at last stammered out—’I—I—I've
been thinking, Mr.- that—that—as
Iioav I—I—I—should be gl—gl—glad
to—to—m—m—marry—marry your
daughter.
Farmer.—“Take her and use her
Avell, Avlioa, haw, Buck.”—Berkshire
American.
JCT’TheRpv. William McKf.ndrt,
Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
"’ill preach at Creek path on the iirst Sun
day in October, and on the second at Ootli-
gelogy.
The Methodist Campmeeting which was
to haA'e been held at Rock Spring meeting
house in the neighborhood of McNairs on
the first Aveek in October is altered and will
commence on the last Thursday in Septem
ber.
POCKET BOOK LOST.
A BOUT the middle of July last was.
stolen out of my Pocket at my house,
a large Washed Leather Pcket-Book,
containing one note on the State Bank of
Georgia for $10, one note of hand on Eli
jah Hicks for $85, payable sometime in
October next; a receipt of Henry Megyrof
'the State of Npyv York, for two notes on
John Byers of the said State, and some
other papers not recollected. To any per
son getting &. delivering said Book, papers
and money to me; I will give ten dollars,
and five for the apprehension of the rogue,
I do hereby forwarn all persons-from tra
ding for said note of Elijah Hicks. And
I also forAY-arn Elijah Hicks from paying
said note to anyperson excepting mA’sclf.
GEORGE HARLIN-
CoosewaY'tee Cherokee Nation, August
13. 182S.—24-tf.
NOTICE/
I N accordance with the resolution of the
National Committee and Council, pass
ed October 24th, 1827, requiring the Treas
urer of the Cherokee Nation to call in all
the money loaned out under the provisions
of a previous act, on or before the first Mon
day of October next, I hereby give notice
to all such as are indebted to the Treasury,
to come and redeem their bonds by paying
principal and interest, on the day that they
become due, as such bonds cannot be res.
newed after the first Monday of October,
next. No indulgence will be given, and
those who do not comply with the above re
quisition must expect to find their bonds in
the hands of Officers.
JOHN MARTIN, \
Treas. ofthe Cb. NSfc
New Ecljota, July S3, 1828.