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for the difference of the guage of the
waters below.
This interesting subject is now ex
citing much attention at the west, a-
mong the people most concerned in the
preservation of the present order of
things. The shores of Lake Superior
are an embankment of rocks from 300
to 1500 feet high; and it is natural to
suppose that they once enclosed a
much more formidable body of water
than now composes the lake. Appre-
tensions, then, are not lightly enter
tain.!, that this tremendous reser
voir (for in many places it is unfathom
able^ will one day suddenly break its
bounds, and scatter death and desola
tion on every thing below. A chan
nel of this kind is now evidently mak
ing, or has been rtiaJe within the last
three years: for this summer a schoon
er of the largest class passed down the
rapids from Superior into Huron, in
perfect safety. * No vessel larger than
a batteau had ever attempted the like
before. It is impossible to imagine
the confusion and ruin which a disaster,
such as is here anticipated, would en
tail upon the fertile and thickly set
tled region of country between Supe
rior and the Falls of Niagara. The
sudden discharge of a body of water
of the size of Lake Superior, would
carry with it the extermination of a
deluge. In Vermont, some years ago,
very extensive damages was done by
the sudden discharge of a lake two
miles long, the barrier of which was
cut through, to increase the water
power of the mills below. Every
thing, for many miles below—houses,
mil is, and whole farms, were utterly
destroytd.-^Philadelphia Ariel.
ABDUHL RAHHAHMAN,
THE MOORISH PRINCE.
army. Here they were surprised by dent ef the United Staten directed an
some of the other party who were ly- agent at Natchez to negotiate with
ingin ambush. The first thing they Col. Foster for his freedoni. Cheer-
knew, he says, his men were dropping ing as his situation now was iii finding
like rain. Perceiving that they wer* himself free, it is impossible for any
greatly outnumbered, he bade hii of us to feel the emotion that must
men ascend to the topof the mount have thrilled inJiis breast,
tain. Here they were unable to conn
r™ ce , new kchotas
ordered his men each to take care of —
himself, while he sat down to whit his\ WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3, 1828.
doom, as a Moor disdains to
turn his
enemy fired
The history of this unfortune man,
40 years a slave at Natchez, has ex
cited much curiosity, as well as com
passion. A respectable meeting w?s
held for his relief at Nevv-York on the
15th inst. at ivhich Judge Platt was
chosen Moderator, and Hugh Max
well, Esq. Secretary. The meeting
was addressed by Dr. Wainwright,
and by the Rev. Mr. Gallaudet, of the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Hartford.
Mr. Gallaudet has made himself ac
quainted with the prominent facts in
Prince’s chequered life, and become
much interested for his welfare and
that of his family. The following is a
part of Mr. Gallaudet’s Speech at
this meeting, as reported for the New*
York Journal of Commerce.
Prince’s family connexions were
persons of power and influence in Af
rica; and their territories stretched
from Tombuetoo to Teeinbo, a dis
tance of 1200 miles. At the age of
17 he was removed from Tombuetoo
to Teembo, and at 19 he began to go
to war. Tli# king possessed a numer
ous troops. This statement is-confir
med by the best geographer of the
age, Malte Brun, who says that this
nation, Footah Jalloh, of which Teem
bo is the capital, possesses 16,000
cavalry.
At this time a Dr. Cox, a native of
the United States, and surgeon of a
ship, arrived at Sierra Leone; and
while on shore shooting, he got lost,
could not regain the coast, and the
vessel sailed without him. He wan
dered into the interior, and in crossing
a shallow stream was bit in the leg by
a poisonous worm peculiar to that cli
mate, which got into his flesh and
made him lame and sick. He wand
ered into the territory of Tombuetoo,
about 100 miles from Sierra Le
one, & being the first white man who
had ever been seen there, he was con
sidered great .curiosity. He was ta
ken before the king who treated him
with much kindness and hospitality.—
Prince, being Heir apparent, had an
establishment of his own, and Dr. Cox
became an inmate at his house. His
wound was cured and he and Prince
became quite intimate. At length,
being desirous of returning to the coast
in quest of some vessel, the king fur
nished him with gold, ivory, and
clothes, and an armed escort. On
his arrival at Sierra Leone, he was so
fortunate as to find tire? very vessel to
which he belonged, which had return
ed to that place, and he took passage
for tjie United States.
At the age of 24, Prince .was com
missioned a Colonel of Cavalry; and
at 26 was sent with 2600 men to make
war with the Hebroos, who had an
noyed his father. They fled before
him.*' As he was returning it became
necessary to pass a narrow defile in
the mountains, and the troops dis
mounted, leading their horses, there
being pheut 300 belonging to his little
back to a negro. The
and wounded nim in the shoulder.
As they drew near and saw his splen
did dress, they excluded he was a
king, or a king’^on, and reversed
their muskets, as a signal to each oth
er, and perhaps to him, that his life
would be spared. But the first man
who. advanced was cut down by Prin-,
ce’s sabre. This exasperated the-rest,
and they knocked him down. When
he came to himself, he found they
were dragging him from a pond where
they had taken him for the purpose of
recovering him. They stripped him
and led him barefoot into the country
100 miles. He offered his captor as
a ransom, 100 camels, 100 cattle, as
many sheep as he could drive, and as
much gold as he could carry. But his
revenge was too great to accept the
offer, and he finally sold him to the
Mandingoes for two flasks of powder,
some guns, eight hands of tobacco, and
two bottles of rum. He was put on
board a slave ship with 700 unfortu
nate fellow sufferers—100 men, 200
women and 100 children. The na
ture of this traffic has been so often
before you, that it would be useless at
the present moment to describe its
horrors. Prince’s sufferings were
very great, and after a tedious voyage
the vessel arrived at Dominico. He
was transferred to an American ship;
shipped to New Orleans, and from
there sent to Natchez, where he was
sold to Col. Foster for $600. His
story of course was not credited, and
he sank into a common slave.
After he had been in slavery 16
years, he went to the adjacent town of
Washington, to market, with a fellow
slave named Sambo, to sell sweet po
tatoes for himself. He observed a
gentleman on horse-back, win rode in
a very peculiar manner; and lie said to
his comrade “go see that man—if he
has but one eye I’ve seen him before.”
Sambo found this to be the case, when
Prince went up to him, and asked him
if he wished to purchase some pota
toes. The gentleman scrutinized
Prince closely, and at length asked
him where he lived. I live with Col.
Foster, said he. And were you rais
ed in this country? No—I came from
Afiiea. Is your name Abduhl Rah-
hahrnan, asked the stranger. Yes, that
is my name. Do you know me? ask
ed the gentleman. Yes, said Prince,
“I know you very well, you be Dr.
Cox.” On this the Doctor alighted
and embraced Prince. By this singu
lar Providence, Dr. Cox was brought
to recognize in the person of this slave
the son of a king who had treated him
with so much hospitality in Africa.—
He went to governor Williams, rela
ted to him the whole story; went to
Col. Foster, and offered him $1000 if
he would set Prince free. But he
was so valuable, not merely on ac
count of his labour, but for his exam
ple on the plantation, that he refused
to liberate him.
Dr. Cox often renewed his applica
tion, but in vain, fie died about e-
leven years since. Col. Trask, of
Springfield, Mass, told me the other
day, that when he lived at Natchez
he was acquainted with Dr. Cox; that
he was a respectable man and that his
word might be relied upon. Here
then we have the testimony of an A-
merican citizen, who knew Prince in
Africa. Dr. Cox’s son after the de
cease of his father, offered $1200 for
the liberation of Prince, but Col. Fos
ter deemed his example so important
that lie declined parting with him. It
is but justice to this gentleman to say,
that after being satisfied of the pa
rentage of Prince, he exempted him
from field labor, treated him with
kindness, and wfoeirthe facts of his his
tory were fully established, he gener
ously set him free without any remu
neration. Prince uniformly speaks of
his late master with great respect.
About a year ago a gentleman of
Natchez interested himself for Prince,
who, at the instance of this gentleman
and young Dr. Cox, wrote an account
of himself in Arabic, which was taken
to Washington by Mr. Reed, a mem
ber of Congress, and thence forwarded
to Mr. Maloney, U. S. Consul at Tan
gier, as before stated. The Fresi-
\ Patrons of the Cherokee Phoenix are in
formed fijr the Editor, that he has resigned,,
and expects soon, to take i final leave of
his refers. He tenders his thanks to those
of his Countrymen, and friends of Indians
abroad who have interested themselves in
the prosperity of the paper, which he has
had tfie toaor of conducting. The task
has been an arduous, nevertheless an inter
esting, one* because the good of the Che-
rokees, ahd other Indians was its object;
and nothing tut imperious duty would now
induce him toleavc the field of his labours.
For years, his health has been precarious,
and since the commencement of the PIue-
nix, it has been on a gradual decline, ow
ing to the excessive confinement, which he
has bfen obliged to endure. It was his
hope that he would be relieved by the ap
pointment of an assistant in the Cherokee
department, by the late General Council,
which lowever adjourned without reliev
ing him in any way. An alternative was
then lei, whether to continue as formerly,
with increased duties, and with his present
state of health, or to resign, and make way
for another person, perhaps better calcula
te^ to fill the office of Editor of the Chero-
Phoenix? He has chosen the latter.—
Ir|loaving the paper, which has, since its
ccfnmehcemetit, laiti near his heart, he
dies, by no means, forsake the interest of
hs Countrymen. That will still he his
faivorite object. Though not acting pub
licly, and under less responsibilities, he ex
pects to be engaged foC the moral improve
ment of his kindred according to the flesh.
There never was perhaps, in the history
of Indians, a time, when instruction may #
be (neuleated to better advantage, than at
prdient. The introduction of letters a-
mepg the Cherokees, which has progressed
wijh unparalleled rapidity, and the print
ing press may do wonders here as it has
done in other nations. The power of the
ptess has been justly acknowledged. It is
the safe guard of liberty, civil and reli
gious—the medium of intelligence, and
when under suitable regulations it is the
scourge of vice, and the protector of virtue,
An experiment is now making among us,
whether the press established in this place
will have its ordinary effects. Let a fair
trial be made—let the Phoenix be fostered
with care by the inhabitants of this Nation,
and encouraged and patronized by friends
of Indians abroad. Its past patronage has
been too limited—we sincerely hope it will
be increased, and that the new Editor, who
ever he may be, (if worthy of encourage
ment) will receive better support from the
public and the citizens of the Cherokee Na
tion, than that with which the subscriber
has been favoured.
ELIAS BOUDINOTT
GEORGIA AND THE CHEROKEES.
From the extract of the Message of the
Governor of Geo. published in our last, our
readers will discover that the views of the
leading men of that state in regard to Chero
kee lands have not undergone any change,
though the language and recommendations
of the present Chief Magistrate are more
temperate and becoming than we haVe been
accustomed to hear. The members of the
■Legislature are now in session—what they
will do in regard to the recommendation of
Gov. Forsyth, we are unable to say; we
mean the extension of the civil jurisdiction
of the state of Georgia, over that part of
the Cherokee Nation lying within its char
tered limits. The Governor thinks that it
would be cruelto expel the Cherokees, yet
recommends the extension of all the laws of
Georgia over (hem, which would in effect
be expulsion^hough perhaps of a more de
cent nature. / All laws, including of course
the act inse/ted in another part of our pa
per. What rights vyill the Cherokees en
joy?
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
The long contest is over, and we shall
soon ascertain, who is to he the next Presi
dent of the United States. From returns
of the elections received thus far, it is high
ly probable that Gen. Andrew Jacksou will
be the Chief Magistrate of the Union.
From the New York Daily Advertiser.
TURKEY AND RUSSIA.
In the opinion of a writer in the For
eign Quarterly Review, Mahmud the
preient Sultan, is one of the most ex
traordinary men that ever swayed (he
Turkish sceptre; and he quotes the
opinion of-Count Aqdreossi, Ambassa-
dor from Franco to the Porte in 1813
and 1814, in confirmation of his own.
He is laborious in bib attention to the
duties of his station, is the first Sultan,
for many ages,, who has openly taken
his seat at the Divan. He has been
represented as a sanguinary monster,
but he has exhibited more instances of
clemency and generosity than, most
monarchy. It is a mistake to suppose
that over any but his immediate ser
vants he governs in an arbitrary man
ner. Tne meanest Turk has rights
which are sanctoined by law and u-
sage, and of which the Sultan has no
power to deprive him; the very at
tempt to do so w'ould raise up a storm,
which not even the “viegr of the
Prophet” could allay. But over all
who fill offices, or receive wages at
his hands, his power is boundless; and
no appeal lies from his decision, wheth
er of confiscation, life, or death. He
is inflexible in his purposes, and care
less alike of the thanks and promises
of Christian powers. Conscious that
he can at any time, by unfurling the
sacred standard, rouse to dreadful en
ergy all the true believers, he appears
undismayed at the approach of the
crisis, and his people share in his con
fidence.
The Reviewer closes this part of
the subject with expressing his decid
ed conviction, that although Russia
may, and probably will triumph, if all
her immense resources are brought
forward, and she is not checked by
foreign interposition, her triumph will
be neither speedy, nor easy. “Riv
ers of Muscovite blood must flow, and
the strength of the empire be instant
ly diminished, before the imperial ea
gles spread their sanguinary wings 0-
ver the ruins of Constantinople.”
In considering the consequeuces
vvhich may result from the war, the
Reviewer states it to hare been the
policy of Russia, ever since the reign
of Catharine II. to extend as far pos
sible the bounds of the empire to the
south and west.—Although the Em
peror Nicholas disclaims, in the pres
ent case, all intention of territorial ag
grandizement, he thinks his real poli
cy is of the same description with that
of his predecessors. His present de
mands, appear to be, the. independ
ence of Greece, and of the two prin
cipalities on the left bank of the Dan
ube—a free passage of the Bosphorus
for the vessels of all nations—a new
demarcation of the boundaries on his
Caucasian frontier—and an adequate
indemnity for the expenses of the war.
The concern which the Emperor
takes in the affairs of Greece, the
Reviewer thinks is of an interested
character, that he has excited & kept
alite the insurrectionary spirit afnohg
the Greeks,to give himself an aseenden
ey among them, &, to forward his views
upon Russia. If Greece isto be placed
under a protectorate, it should be En
gland and France, and Russia should
have nothing to do with it. As to
Wallacliia and Moldavia, they are so
situated, that they are now but little
better than Russian provinces; and
that they will soon form part of the
empire does not admit of a doubt.
As for the free passage of the Bospho
rus for all nations, he considers that
a mere cloak for her ultimate designs.
As Russia is so much nearer the spot
than England and France, if it were
ter be so agreed, upon the breaking out
of the first war between thoie nations,
Russia would take possession of every
fort from Egean to the Euxine Sea;
and Constantinople would in conse
quence fall an easy prey. And after
all, the passage of the Bosphorus
would be of much greater advantage
to Russia than any other country, as it
would open a way to ready markets
for her immense produce on the shores
of the Black Sea.
A new demarcation of her bounda
ry off the Caucasian frontier, means
only possession by Russia of all the
strong places oil the confines of the two
empires, and may serve to aid her in
extending her conquests in Asia. She
has just gained possession of Erraruna,
the most'important city in that quar
ter; and it is not improbable that from
that position, she may soon extend her
dominion to the Persian Gulf; and e-
ventually threaten the British posses
sions in India.
On the subject of an indemnity for
the expenses of the war, the Review
er thinks it impossible that it can be
obtained in any way but by the cession
of territory, for the Sultan has no mo
ney to pay with; and if suffered to go
on unchecked, Nicholas will think the
whole of Turkey in Europe not too
much to reimburse him in his expenses.
On the question of what policy the
‘ other European powers, k especially
England and Franco, Would be v,.
ranted in adopting in the present st«S
of affairs, the Reviewer endeavors 1
establish the position, that in case
great danger from the ambition
power of any individual nation,
others ought to combine to oppose 1
check its plans and policy. He c«.
siders the policy of the Czars to hay,
been for a long time, and to be at th
present time, of this description, as
to call earnestly upoii the other coui<
tries to unite in opposition to it.
would have them interfere to say
Turkey. The allied powers, he say s l
when they interferred on behalf ofl
Greece, should have confined theij
measures to that object alone, and noil
have suffered Russia to make a W)J
at the same time with Turkey, onM
own account. He thinks, that as 1 1
ubjects are better than rebellio
ones, Turkey will be strengthen
rather than weakened, by the loss
Greece* “Still in wrestinggjit from
the Porte, the powers in questie
committed an injury on the Turks,!
which nothing less than their inter-]
ference on the present occaion caa|
satisfactorily repair.”
We presume the article from which
we have made this summary, wail
written by Dr. Walsh, Who has resi [
ded in Constantinople several years,!
and whose Journey home from that]
place, over what is now the seat oil
war, has been recently published —|
It is n valuable article, and contains]
good deal of information which, at thi*
present time, is particularly interest
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The London Morning Herald Of the
2d Oct. states, that two or three sail
of the line are preparing with all ex*
pedition for the Mediteronead, in or
der to observe the Russians in that
quarter.
The same paper has the following
article under date of
Aguam, Sept. 9.
It is said that Field Marshal Witt
genstein, has made the following pro
posals to the Sultan:
“1. To pay old debts originating in
the time of Catharine, to the amount
of 250 millions.
“2. To pay the expense of the pres
ent war.
“3. To recognize the independence
of Greece.
“4. To abolish all the taxes of the
Greek subjects of the Porte.
“5. The free navigation of men of
war and merchant ships in both seas.
“6. The termination of the Confer
ences of Akermanrr.
“The Sultan made no reply, anti
ordered prayers in all the mosques for
the maintenance of the throne.”
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Liverpool and Manchester Railwvy.
—The railway commences at the port 1
of Liverpool, at a point in direct com
munication with the King’s & Queen’*
Docks. The line passes under the
town of Liverpool by a tunnel and in
clined plane. This magnificient arch
way, sixteert feet high and twenty two
feet wide, is cut through the solid rock
for the enormous length of 2248 yards
the inclined plane rising one foot in
forty nine. The steep ascent of Liv
erpool is thus avoided, and all inter*
ference with the general business of
the streets is thus effectually prevent
ed. The excavations of this stupen
dous work have been going on at seve
ral points at the same time; and the
precision with which the junctions of I
the different parts have heen effected,
in some cases uot varryingtwo inches,
offers a most remarkable example of
the certainty of scientific arrangement.
The road through the tunnel, which we
thus see is about a mile and a quarter
long, comes into the day-light at the
high hill (Edge Hill) looking down up
on Liverpool. A deep excavation
through the elevated ground beyond
this point offers an interesting exam
ple of the triumph of man over physi
cal difficulties. Several miles on
ward, the roadway passes over a moss;
and here, by a steady and cautious
system of cuttings and enbankments,
the railway has been laid down suc
cessfully upon a soil which appeared,
as treacherous as the sands of the de
sert. The valley through which the
river Sankey runs is crossed by an
enormous viaduct, consisting of em
bankments and arches built upon piles
of extraordinary magnitude. Hence,
to Manchester, the line does not pr&-
swnt any peculiar difficulties. The>
Yvhole cost of this grand work will be
about 600,0001.—London Paper.
Interesting Incident.—A letter from
Paris, of recent date published in the
London Literary Gazette, contain*