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prudent man, desiring to hear the word of God,” is now to be found aj Paphos; and that no such doctrines as those holy men loved & preached, are relished by - a ny individual on the whole island! We sailed from Cyprus on the eve- ping of the 8th, and on the morning of the 16th, came in sight of Caudia, the anpient Crete. This island is one of the largest in the Mediterranean, and its pitpation is such, tliat it might ea sily be made to command the whole ^Archipelago. Since the Greek re volution, it has been infested with pi rates; and, thougli the combined pow ers have destroyed many of them, yet our captain did not venture to “sail .close by Crete.” But, as we were tossed about a whole week by contra ry winds, before we could pass .the island, we had repeated opportunities of seeing the famous Ida of the an cients, whose summit, with that of the other principal mountains, was covered with snow. It was from a port in this islaud, that Paul’s compa ny “loosed,” when such a tempest a- rose, that the ship could not be made to face the fury of the storm, and the mariners were obliged to “let her drive;” and, after she had been ex ceedingly tossed with the tempest for fourteen days, she was dashed to pie ces at Malta. It was here, Paul left Titus, his “own son after the common faith,” “to set in order the things that, were wanting.”^ And the char acter which he gave them, “The Cretlans are always liars,” appears applicable novy to all the people of the East; and to “rebuke them sharply” for it, is one of the unpleasant duties to which a missionary is every where called. On the 28th, we saw the coast of I- taly—the land of papal darkness— where “that man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, whu opposeth and* exalteth himselQabove all that is call ed God, or that is worshipped; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself, that he is God;” and from whose influence has arisen most of that opposition to the truth in Syra, which has been carried to such a pitch. Oh what joy will be on earth, and what hallelujahs in heaven, when “the beast shall be taken, and with him the false prophet!” Towards evening, the clouds, which had for two days overspread the sky, began to disperse, and the coast of Si cily broke at once upon our view, with Mount Etna, and the smoke issuing, and flowing down, from her summit. We prayed that the darkness and clouds which had so long shrouded these countries, might be soon dispers ed, and that the light of the Gospel might shine upon them in all its clear ness and glory. Early on the following morning, May 29th, we passed by Syracuse; at which place Paul “landed, and tarri ed three days,” on his voyage from Malta to Rome. Early in the after noon we came in sight of Malta; and. 9 o’clock in the evening, cast anchor in tiie quarantine harbor. We “were all of good cheer,” and “wished for the day,” that we might say to our brethren and friends in this island. “Hitherto hath the Lord helped us;” “Oh magnify the Lord with us, aud let us exalt his name together;” we “sought the Lord, and ho heard us. and delivered us from all our fears. All our number are favored with health, except some of the children, “who are suffering partly from the heat and partly from teething. Hoping for your prayers, that we may, if it be the Lord’s will, be per mitted ere long to return to our labor, 1 remain, your brother and fellovv-ser -.want in the work of the Lord, W. Goodell. Eccentric Mine Proprietor.—Ward sin his account of Mexico, gives the fol lowing description of an owner of one of the richest mines in the country. “One of the Mexican mines, called Nuestre Senore Gaudeloupe, is very celebrated. It belongs to Don Fran cisco Ioiarie, a relation of the 1/resi- deut’s, who refused an offer of one * milKou of doHare, made in 1825 by an association of foreigners, on condition that he should allow them to work his mine for a term of three years. The v idea of a man possessed of boundless wealth, but refusing to make any use oftho treasures within his reach, will ' seem incredible in Europe; but Iriar- te really docs not know the value of money. With at least a million of dollars of gold and silver in ills house,, die lives in a habitation, the furniture of which is of Buffalo skins, with wooden tables and cktirs of so mas- rive a construction, that ft. requires two or three men to lift them from one part of the room to the other. His sous, whom he never permits to leave, the town, are forced to attend to a little retail in Costa; and his daugh ter, who is pretty, is suffered to grow up in uneducated idleness. His own habits are abstemious, and his reli gious notions extremely strict. He dislikes allusion to bis wealth, con siders any inquiry respecting his mine almost as a personal offence. To all proposals for a cession of the right of working it, even for a limited lime, he has constantly given the same answer, namely, that he does not vfant money; and that if he did those who offer him the most liberal terms, know best that he could take out of his mine double the amount of any thing they could give, in less time than they would themselves require to raise the mo ney " Bones of the Soldiers at Waterloo.— It is well known that the bones of ani mals contain a large quantity of Fhos- phat of lime, from one third to one half of anunal gelly, fat and albumen. They of course make an excellent ma nure for enriching the soil, and accor dingly are very much sought for by the gardners and agriculturists in the neighborhood of large cities, at Lon don and Paris. When thus used, they are first broken, then ground by means of a steam engine, and the powder sown upon the land.~ r 1 After the battle of Waterloo, the bodies were first searched over for money, watches, trinkets and clothes. Then came the purveyors of human hair, for the supply of the makers of false hair, wigs, curls and 1’rizettes; then came another class, who extract ed from the dead bodies, all the sound teeth, for the supply of the dentists; and lastly when the flesh had putrified, the collectors of bones for manure searched the field for Their harvest. This looksjike barbarism. The idea of it is revolting to humanity. Mr. Jacob M Kay, of Nineveh, in this county, (Federick, Virginia,) re cently opened a bee hive, the contents of which were as follow s: 87 lbs. of good comb, 10 do. dry comb, 54 do. of honey after it was strained, 20 the weight of the eomb, after the »■ bove 54 lbs. were drained olL ping one note With each cry, like one running the gamut with’- a handker chief in his throat—hear—hear—hear hear,'and you have a tolerable idea of the truth. It is not speech, nor is it even barking—it is a sort of barba rous hooting.” 165 lbs. whole amount of the hive. The w'cight of the comb that was good, and strained houey, was 120 lbs The hive, which was flour bbl. was put between the 5tli and 10th of May last, and was opened on the 21st of August.—Winchester Republican. The Boston Literary Gazette, in speaking of Eloquence, and the Brit ish House of Commons, savs: “One remark more, and I go to the portraiture of Mr. Canning, and his or atory. Before the main body were brought to action, there was a .deal of snip snap, and sharp shooting, by the light troops; and there was one little fellow whom I took to be exceedingly popular in his immediate neighbour hood; for he kept popping away for a full half an hour about something or other, tbe drill of which I was never able to make out, and as often as he appeared to approach the subject, which he carefully avoided to the last, off he would fly again as if his fingers were burnt, pursued by the cry hear —hear—hear, on every side of him. And here let me stop long enough to give our folks, who actually have not, and perhaps never would have by reading, but for tpe, even a tolerable idea of truth, some notion of the way in which the barbarian cry of hear— hear—hear-—hear—is uttered. One would be apt to suppose, on seeing a reported speech in (he newspaper, set off with exclamations or garnished with hear—hear—hear, that it was a sort of cry distinctly repeated, and perhaps by a great number. No such thing. It is neither the one nor the other. It is generally the same two voices, nnd the sound, take it togefn- er, is hardly human. I do not exdf- gerate. I say just what I think, when I declare that the sound which is ut tered in the British House of Com mons by way of encouragement or ap probation, is more like the jabbering of a wild animal, or an idiot, than the significant articulation of a rational creature. I could not for my soul distinguish the words; nor could 1 im agine what was meant for a long while; and it was only after many repetitions that I ivas able even to conjecture -the purpose of the shout. Imagine a loud sharp cry repeated as fast as pos sible, three or four times over, with out any perceptible pause, ongl drop* From the Greenfield Gazette. “Jlirrn delights not me nor iconan either. y > It is not generally kntmrthat there now dwells upon the highlands of Ver mont a lonely, solitary bqittijSvho is in every respect a liernyt and misan thrope. He enjoys rb society and wishes not to see theface of man.— His residence is known to but few.— The manner in whie^Jf I became ac quainted with him j» so singular I will rrelate the wholi.—Towards the close of Autumn ini826, having busi ness in the westeri part of the State, I resolved to makf the tour on foot.— It was at early divvn I prepared for the ascent; witha light step and mer ry heart I proceeded hastily along with the hope of reading the plains on the western side at night. I had gained the summit aboit mid day, and think ing I had time to spare, I threw my self upon a moi-covered knol^ for a short repose. A loud peal of thunder first roused mt? from my slumbers— the sky was overcast with black por tentous clouds—the earth was dark ened, and by my witch f found the sun had sunk beneath the tvestern hor izon. 1 hurried on, bbt.vVss soon in volved in blackest darkness; while the rain poured in torrents. I wandered on for some time until 1 bund I had missed my way, when I stated myself beneath an aged tree theie to “bide the pitiless storm.” I had remained nearly an hour in this inpltasant situa tion, when casting my eyes to the right I perceived at a distance the faint glimmer of a taper. I qiccdily ap proached it* and found it proceeded from the “hollow mount tin side.”— For a while I hesitated ti enter; but soon approaching foot-steps caused me to withdraw from the light. An aged man appeared. His Whitened head and long silvery beard proclaimed him the associate of days long past. He raised the light and turning to the blast exclaimed, “Blow—blow thon wiitry wind. Thou art not so unkird Asman's ingratitude. 1 ’. As he was about retiring to his cav ern 1 stepped forth.—“Fathei, night has overtaken me upon these hills, and 1 have come to lax your hospital ity.” With a voice that made one quake he replied—“Who art thou tnat hast come-to disturb my tranquil ity; I regard you not, retire or feel my vengeance.” I threw myself at his feet and told the whole. A moment s pause ensued; during which bis eyes were fixed intently o.i me, then taking me by the arm—“Arise, thou art welcome to my lonely abode—I have long since forsworn tbe society of mor tals, and sought only to hold converse with the Deity; but you seem too young to be practiced in the arts of deception, follow me. The interior presented the same rugged appearance as without. No costly furniture decked Us walls. A few wooden dishes twiciy carved, the horns and skins of animals killed in the chase; a bow and some arrows was all that could be seen, He was dressed in furs which to him served as cover ing by day and pillow, at night. He said but little yet it was easily discov ered that he had seen better days. I requested some account of his former life but he teemed indignant at the proposal. The following particulars were all I could learn respecting him. His parents Were wealthy and design ed him for the profession of the Ldw. At the commencement of the Ameri can revolution he volunteered his ser vices in aid of Liberty. He continued through the trying period and then re turned to his studies; but abandoning all thoughts of a profession he settled on a farm. He never married, though once upon the threshliold. While re lating the scenes of the war tears would fall from his cheeks and often choke his speech. H$ #vas famijiar with the names of Washington, Ad ams, Frapklin and a long catalogue of those worthy heroes, It was (Juring the administration of Jefferson that he retired from the world where he hop ed to spend the remainder of his days. With the state of our country at that period he appeared well acquainted, hut since then he was perfectly ignor ant. With the present generation he knew nothing about; and appeared to tally indifferent to all passing events. When I spoke of the death of those two worthy patriots ou the 4th Jul^ preceding, he seemed much affected; and wneu 1 told of our present cnici magistrate he shewed signs ol surprize mingled with pleasure, and then men tioned he had been acquainted with John Quincy in his youth and had re peatedly seen him at his father s resi dence. We conversed until late, when he expressed a wish to retire. Sleep was chased from my eyes, bull re mained quiet until the streaksrof light beamed from the East; when he a- roused aud finding the sky clour lie warned me that ft was time to return. I enquired and found I was nearly a mile from the road, and I cheerfully accepted his offer to conduct me hith er. After having dressed and wash ed himself, the old man took the Bible from the shelf, and after reading a chapter he dropped upon his knees and poured out his soul to his Maker in strains as humble and submissive as i ever witnessed. Rising upon his feet he placed his how upon his arm and bade me follow. He Jed me by an intricate path to the main road, and then taking my hand besought me not to direct any to his habitation or even seek it again myself, and after a few similar admonitions he gave his part ing benediction and soon was lost from me in the forest. I proceeded on with a mind fully occupied for the coming day: I could hut indulge in this re flection. Though man despises, Hea ven may approve his determination. E. TO HOUSE MULDERS {jJJEALED’ proposals will be received, a my office, in Coosewayt' e, until the first day of February, for the building of a COURT HOUSE at New Echota, of the following description. The House to be framed, twenty four feet by twenty in dimensions, two stories high, lower story ten feet, and the upper story nine feet high, shingled root of yellow poplar shingles, one stair case, one door on each side of the house with plain batten shutters, two fifteen light windows in each side of the house above and below, also two window's in the end, in the tower story, where the Judge’s bench is to be erected.— The weather boarding of the house is to be rough, but jointed y the l'isms are like wise to be rough. The lower floor to be of square joint, but the upper floor tougOed and grooved. The platform for the Judge’s bench is to be three feet high, eight feet, long, and three feet wide, and banislered, steps at each end, with a seat the whole length of the platform. There are also to be half a dozen dressed pine benches often or twelve feet long. The foundation of the house is to be of good rock or brick, and raised two feet above the ground. The person or persons contracting for the above mentioned building are required to furnish lumber, nails, glass, hinges, locks and other necessary articles. The lowest bidder is to have the contract, who will be required to give bond and good security for the faithful execution of the work, in a workman-like manner, to be completed by the second Monday in October 1829. JOHN MARTIN, Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation; Nov. 26, 1328. 38 td. TALENT AND GENIUS. 1 alcnt is a peculiar and habitual disposition of mind, that has a tenden cy to success in its undertakings. In literature it consists in an aptitude to bestow on the subjects which it treats, and the ideas which it expresses, certain tournoure of taste and elegance. Perspicuity, order, facility, and cor rectness, as well as grace and nature, enter into the province of talent. Gen ius abounds in frequent inspirations: these are also temporary and evanes cent; but its peculiar attribute is to create and produce. Hence the man of genius alternately rises and falls in proportion as inspiration flags or re vives. He is frequently negligent and unpolished, because he docs not lake time to give the last finish to his work: he is great on great occasions, because great subjects alone arouse his faculties, and allow full play to the sublime instinct that animates his flight; but, on common occasions, which he feels beneath his notice, his powers lie dormant and inactive. However, if occasionally he devotes himself to ordiuary matters, he invests them with grace and novelty, and for tilizes their seeming barrenness, be cause his attention generates new ideas while it vivifies and warms them, as the sun penetrates the mine, and im pregnates the barren rock with gold. Whaling Voyages.—The Nantuck et Enquirer says, The number of miles traversed by many of the Nan tucket whalemen, in their daring pur suit, is almost iucrediblo. There ii one person belonging to that hardy isl and, George Washington Gardiner, who has passed over a million of miles on the oepan, and taken one thousand and sixty-four whales. The whalemen keep memoranda, by sketching in their journal* the form of a whale, whenev er they have succeeded in capturing one; and it would be considered the basest of forgery to make a false en try of this kind. An atrocious murder is supposed to have been committed some time since in York, U. C. The body of a man was found near the water’s edge in ravine, near thp river Don. The Observer says: “His head was sever ed from his body; his coat, waistcoat, ; hat, boots or shoes, and the money (if any) in his possession, were carried off by the assassins.” The coronor’s. jury gave a verdict of murder, against some person or persons unknown; the Coronor thinks it possible, however, that a person in a state of derange ment might have come to his death by falling into the water, and by great exertions might? have reached the shore, and crept in where the body was found, and fallen asleep to wake no more. All this might have been, but how came the body so mutilated? HOUSE BUILDER, AMD CABI NET MAKER. J S. W. WHITE, from the e»ty at • New York, respectfully informs the citizens of the Cherokee Nation, that he intends carrringon the business of HOUSE BUILDING AND CABINET MAK ING in a manner superior to any that ha* been done, Ik. in the most fashionable man ner, equal to that of N. York or Baltimore, and Superior to any work of the kind in this part of the Country. He will work a* cheap as any workman, and in a better manner than can be done. He has got Ma hogany and materials of the best quality. N. B. He will take apprentices in the above business. Any native who wilT conic with good recommendation, and of steady habits will he received and taught in the above business. Persons wishing to build can be supplied with a plan and elevation of any house that may be wanting. For further information please apply to Me: srs. David Vann and Jonn Ridge. Nov. 12, 1828. 37 tf. WANTED A T THIS OFFICE, A JOURNEY MAN, of industrious habits, who un derstands his business. To such an one, employment will'be given for 12 months, ii application is mude between this date and the first of January* Nov. p6, imf $8 REWARD. S TRAYED OR STOLEN out of a lot in this Town, a small light brown mare, with two scars in her forehead, hav ing the upper part of her left ear bent.— Not one of her legs is white—her main and tail are dark. I do not know her age, as 1 hadjust got her from a white man. Anv person who will deliver the mare to me, at Turkey’s Town, shall receive the above reward. CRYING SNAKE. Nov. 12, 1728. 87 ff. SAW DW DXJBJT. Dh TRJ D-HIT Dyhr44, Dtf ByZo?‘5*» R«V* DAP Dyt 4'TP, O.If- O’K-vKtiP. \VP S/l-qoP Dlillvh. DSoJShZ SiTIi (PrifAP R- w.z i. ;j; .ftsuo-veu. D<f SAE/ft E«Kf. 6o?y J»D yes 1,4- ktSaft GoXatZr-4 SAW D34 lroSJBR.1 P4o%^.. TOF> DB». NOTICE. I DO hereby forewarn all persons from trading for two notes of hand, both pay able to Joshua Holden, and signed by my self, and dated the sixth day of August1827. One of said notes was due the 25th of De^ cember 1827, for one hundred yards of home spun. The other is due the'25th of December 1828, for one hundred and fifty yard* of homespun, I am determined not to pay them, unless compelled by law, as the consideration for which they were given Iras failed. Jonathan blythe. Nov. 12, 1823 . 37 tf. NOTICE. I HEREBY forewarn all persons from trading for a note of hand, payable in good property to R. C. Beasley, of the state of Georgia, and signed by me. The note is dated, August 8th 1829, and was due October 8th 1828. I am determined not to redeem the said note, unless compelled by law, as the con sideration for which it was given has failed. TEGENEE MURPHEY. Nov. 19, 1828. 39 tf. NOTICE. P ERSONS having business with the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Na tion, will please apply to Mr. S. Wati|T, who is legally appointed Clerk, and quafi- lled accordingly. AV. S. ADAIR, A. ROSS, p X wuss, Judgce Jfc--C<jur*. -tfcrvjp: 18a