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every one of the latter he can ac- t from the ground, about seven leagues count himself, by mentioning his res- from Madrid, between Torre Laguna ! pective informants. He is as credu- ai\d Uceda, which set tire to the stub lous as a child, receiving every, infor- ble fields, and overspread a mounVai motion with implicit belief, and it is nous region in that vicinity, to the very difficult to make him change a great consternation of the people notion or opinion after he has once re- ! . N. Y. Adv. ceived it, as he seems as yet a stran ger to doubt or investigation. Little Rock, A. T. October 28. The least sound which strikes his The General Asscntbly of the Terri ear unexpectedly, even the ticking of tory adjourned sine die, on YVednes ,a Mock, creates a slight convulsion in day last, after an extra session of 17 his face; and when his olfactory nerves days, and the passage of twenty five are affected by the smell of flowers, Acts, one Resolution, and lour memo- use of them. The mother’s were also badly burnt. hands lemons, &c." he points to the middle of bis forehead, as the place where bq says he feels pain. In the same man ner he rejects every food but bread and water, as disagreeable to his un used palate. His sight alone seems receive pleasure from new objects —all his other senses appearing influ enced by the painful only. The feel ing in his fingers seems to be acute, and he uses them often to assist his weak sight. His hearing has improv ed, and he is Very fond of the piano forte, but he dislikes' singing, which he calls screaming. His memory is very good: he repeats the names, and titles (no trifle with us in Germany) of persons, as well as expressions of ci vility, with unerring correctness, al ways mentioning the people from whom he has received every individual word. Rut his attention is not great, except to what he himself is engaged in, where Re is quite exclusive. lie uses os yet the verb in the infinitive mood only. He seems to have no general idea, no trace of any religious notion; no con ception of a past or a future, every thing beiug present with him, even the succession of light and dark; nor does he seem to be aware of right or wrong. He complains of the ill usage he re ceived from his keeper only as to the pain it caused him, in the same man ner as he does about the pain he re ceives from the perception of an ob ject new to his senses, or about a burn which he received at once touching fire. He is very compassionate, and expresses his concern even on seeing a flower pulled to pieces; and he could not be reconciled to the correctness of pulling down an old house, which he witnessed, till he was told that it would be made fine, as he was made when they gave him new clothes for his old ones. Finding it difficult to rials.—Ark. Ga?etle. The Cherokees.—From a gentle man residing in the western section of the Territory, we learn, that the Cherokees, residing in the lower part of the nation, are still greatly dissat isfied with the late treaty. As the time approaches for their removal, the Indians in that section display in creased discontent; & it is feared that considerable difficulty may arise in removing some of the disaffected.— The flame of discord, it is thought, is fanned by white men who reside a- mong them, and who are not destitute of influence in their Councils. The old U. S. Factory, at Spadre Bluff, was destroyed by fire, a few weeks ago.—lb. YVe learn, by travellers from up the Arkansas, that great numbtws ot the people who were residing in the country recently ceded to the Chero kees, nave removed east ot the line, and that it is probable there w ill be few left west of the line, after offi cial information shall be given of its completion. Most of the settlers have removed across the line into tiie country acquired from the Cherokees, with whom many ot them have ex changed improvements: and a large number have removed into the flour ishing settlements on the head waters of Illinois, which form a part of the new county of Washington, erected by an act passed at the iate session of the General assembly. A correspond ent, in speaking of that country, says-- The contemplated Washington county, in the north-west section of the Territory, is represented as em bracing in its limits, one of the finest bodies of soil in the w'estern country. Its extent of fertility is unsurpassed: the climate more favorable for health BRUTALITY PUNISHED. The other morning a young chimney sweeper was seated upon an ale-house bench, with in one hand his brush, anil in the other a hot buttered roll.— YVhile exercising his white mastica tors, with a perseverance that evinced the highest gratification, he observed a dvg lying on the ground near him.— The repetition of "Poor fellow, poor fellow,” in a good natured tone, brought the quadruped from bis rest* ing place. He wagged his tail, look ed up with an eye of bumble entreay, and in that universal language whch all nations understand, asked fo’ a morsel of bread. The sooty tvant held his remnant of roll towards nim, but on the dog’s gently offerhg to take it, struck him with his bush so violent a blow "across the nose * near ly broke the bone. A gentleDan who had been, unperceivetl, a winess to the whole transaction, putatixpcnce between his lingei' and thunb, and beckoned the chimney sweeper to an opposite door. The boy ginned at the silver, but on stretchin; out his liand to receive it, the teacler of hu manity gave him such a raj upon his knuckles with a cane, as nade him sing. llis hand tingled with pain, and tears starting from his eyes, lie asked what that was for? “To make you feel,” wns the reply. “How do you like a blow and a disappointment; The dog endured both!” This was a good practical lesson, the lesson of which, no doubt will have a better effect than a volume of ethics. London paper ~ . , than it is in any part of the Territory: express himself by his deficiency of ^ ie S p r i H cr S 0 f water numerous and not language, be is very vehement in his eX ceiled in quality by any in the .gestures., “Medina, Nov. 1828. Sir—Jerauld Miller having abscond edfrom our village, I feel it my duty lo iufbrm you of it, that you may stop your paper. Yours, JUSTUS INGERSOLL.” Ed. Chris. Register. We notice the above for a double purpose,—1st that our brethren of the type may lookout for the said light- footed Jerauld, and 2nd, to publicly . thank the postmaster for having done his duty. No class of men in our community, possess the extent of pow- er over the interests of others, as the post-master does over the printer, and in no class of men is faithfulness more required. A post-master in an ad- i ’oining towip, a few days since, upon icing asked to subscribe for a period ical assigned as a reason, that he had papers enough to read, as eight differ ent ones were sent to his office, and not •taken out: and hfe appeared vvry much ■surprized when informed, that common honesty, as well as regard to his offi cial duty, required hint to give notice to the publisher. We have in several •instances, received information from post-masters something like the fol lowing:—“Sir, your paper, directed to John Doe has never been taken 'from this office, or, Mr. Doe says he ■did not subscribe, or, no such a man as John Doe lives here.” Upon re quality by any world. Emigration to it, is takin^ place every day. To examiners of the Territory, we would say, leave it not, until you have seen it.” Sir Humphrey Davy, in a recent publication, proves, as follows, that such an animal as the fabled mermaid cannot possibly exist. "-Wisdom and order,” he says, “are found in all the works of God; and the parts ol animals ave always in harmony with each oth er, and always adapted to certain ends consistent with the analogy of naluYe: and a human head, hands, and breasts are wholly inconsistent with a fish’s tail. The human head is adapted for an upright posture, and in such a pos ture an animal with a fish’s tail could not swim: and a creature with lungs must be on the surface several times in a day, and the sea is an inconvenient breathing place; and the hands are in struments of manufacture, and the depths of the ocean are little fitted for fabricating that mirror which our old prints gave to the mdftniaid. Such an animal, if created, could not long exist.”—Christian Obs. Sept. 1828. Dreadful Accident.—A letter from Cineinati, Ohio, says—A dreadful ae cident happened on Thursday evening the 19th inst. which caused the death of a very intelligent young lady. Mrs. Sisson, the mother of the unfortunate ON SLANDER. Who steals my purse steals trash— ’Twas mine,’tis his, and has been slave to thousands: But he that iilehes from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, But makes me poor indeed. Shdhespear. There is not in the whole summary of human vices, one more detestably dark than slander: its insidious whis pering, like the baneful Uphas, car ries poison in every breath; and, like the blast of tlm overwhelming Siroc, spreads desolation around it. Neith er the most unquestionable rectitude, nor the most unoffending artlessness, can escape its rancour and malignity. Indiscriminate in its attacks, yet of ten choice in the selection of its ob- jects-and, like the fatal disease which loves to revel in the bfoom of youthful loveliness, so it is select in the choice of those objects which afford it a wi der field of speculation. The undis- sombling individual, who Stoops not to the guarded policy of dissimulation; the credulous and unsuspecting mind, untutored in worldly guile, reared in the depths of monastic solitude, fancies a friend in every associate 1 , and those who dare to think or to act in a well- meaning independence of feeling, too often rush upon its fatal shoals, which leaves them a wreck forever! The breath which obscures the bright sur face of the mirror may be wiped a- way, but that which is breathed on the fair fame of female purity, can never he erased. ’Tis, therefore, incum bent on every one to weigh well the merits and demerits of an individual ere they pass a sentence; for, without unequivocal testimony, it is wrong, unjust, and cruel, to condemn. Hence the sacred oracle of truth says— “Judge not, lest ye be judged.” the dumb, go e begging. And great patriots snuff up ilieir noses, 'they declare their shame as boiiom, amt hide it not. The time, we trust, will cone, wiien the claims of such patri ots,will “go a begging.”—Trot, inves- tigttor. Letter of a DeuJ and Dumb Young Louy m Illinois.—Miss Aliena Rice, ihp writer of the follow'ing letter says a.cor respondent of the New York uu- server, was born deaf and dumb.— Her parents emigrated to this coun try a few years ago, leaving this child at the Hartford Asylum. About lour years ago she also came to this coun try, in company with the late Rev. Salmon Giddings. Alter a residence of about two years, some tracts id! in to her hands, which awakened her to a sense oi lier lost condition as a sinner against God, and led her to a diligent searefi f or religion—which she found. The letter contains much peculiar ity of expression—which is not sur prising in one who never heard the sound of a human voice. At the time of her conversion she was about eigh teen years of age. Extracts from her letter to her Father. Six-Mile Prairie, Illinois, Sept. 16, 1827. My dtarlij beloved Father:—1 have nothing to communicate you hut about the surprising and happy change I felt, such as 1 had not felt before. I am much inclined to write toyou, because 1 loie you as my kind and affectionate fathir. But alas! 1 am very much afraid, because perhaps you will not listen condescendingly to my serious anxieties for your poor Immortal soul, which must absolutely he either hap py in heaven or miserable in hell!— 1 will, with fear, tell you about my change. Alas! I beseech you to read the following lines, and also feel con cerned about your previous soul, for your Saviour s cause. I wish to tell you of your spiritual danger, as you are very old, hut young no more. Your age yet increases, and is fifty-two years. How patient and merciful God has been, and is now, to bear with you, while you live in an uncon verted slate, lie now waits for you to come unto Christ before your death, lain intvardly distressed, beyond ex pression, concerning your poor soul, and my parents’ spiritual welfare. I daily beseech God to condescend to give you inclination to lepent of your sins, and turn your lace unto him for your soul’s sake, that God may spare you longer, that you may be convert ed, and he Christ’s follower and friend, flow happy you are, if you are a Christian! it is true and truly neglect? I pray you t© rend these- despairing lines. Read the following declarations, and tremble while you read them:—‘"The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked.” “He will pour his fury upon the families which do not call upon his name.” I have copied these sentences from the Tracts, that you may know, and be stopped from increasing your neglect. 1 meant, that you inay not be cursed, but saved through Christ’s sake, by repentance and faith in him. i am concerned about your soul and theirs; and cannot avoid telling you these re ligious sayings, for your spiritual wel fare and your children’s. Do pity them as ready perishing sinners, and stop them from the ways of more wickedness. I still remain your most affectionate daughter. Aliena Rice, My father, Mr. Rice, Origin of Turncoat.—The Duke of Savoy took indifferently sometimes the part of France and sometimes that of Spain. For this purpose he had a jus- teuu corps, or close coat, white on one le, and scarlet on the other; so that when he meant to declare himself for France, he wore the white outside, and when for Spain, lie turned it and wore the red. This is the origin of the proverb tourner casaquc. or to turn your coat.—Sportman's Map. . young lady, and the mother in law of fcrence to our books, we find Mr. Doe Doctor Drake of this place, went into Stands charged with the paper 6, 9 or | her daughter’s bed-room with a can perhaps 12 months, & as we erase Mr. Doe from our list, we have nothing to cheer us, but the reflection that the jiost-master in kindly writing to us at all, manifests he has still some cons- *i|- cience. If post-masters would uni- 'fbrinly confine themselves to the in- -\atructions received from the post of fice departments there would he no cause of complaint.—Alb. Chris. Re. Earthquakes.—Violent, earthquakes were felt in some parts of Spain on the 1,3th, 14th, and 15th September. A large part of Torre de la Mata wns destroyed; & the inhabitants of Mur- oia were preparing to leave the cily, which those of several other places !iti.d already dome- j\. fire hurst out die, where the young lady was asleep, and going round the bed to see that the bar was securely tucked in, ac cidentally set fire to the bar, when in an instant the bar and bed were in flames. The young lady awaking, and fiuding herself surrounded with flames, fainted. The mother called for help, and the Doctor, being below in his room writing, rubied up into the room to sec what was we matter, saw the cause of alarm, sprung to the bed, seized the young lady and lifted her oqt. but it was too late; she had in haled the flame, so as to cause her death the next morning at sunrise.— Both of Dr. Drake’s hands wore so severely burnt as to render it doubt ful whether he will ever again get the The Charleston Mercury of the 3d inst. announces the death of the revo lutionary patriot, Gen. Thos. Pinck ney, in the 79th year of hisage. EDUCATION!!! T he new echota academy has commenced arid is expected to continue. All those wishing to become students during the winter session are re quested to make application previous to the 25th inst. No pains will be spared, on the part of the Instructor, for the advancement of those placed under his care. Board, lodging, and washing may be had for £1 00 per. week. WM. HORN. Dec. 3, 1828. 40 1 U A Begging Business From the Be- ginning.”—Such was the sneering ex clamation of a great man, in an audi ble whisper, during the reharks of Jo seph L. Tillinghast, Esq. it the House of Representatives on Wednesday of last week, relative to the national pro vision for the Deaf & Dumb, at Hart ford, and on the question of\t further provision on the part of this State for our own Deaf and Dumb. ‘■'■A begging business.”—Ayk truly: The cause of justice and of mercy, of truth and of righteousness, of Welli- gence and humanity, always has\been “a begging concern” in this recHess world of ours. But what then? it is the noblest of all causes- The cause of ignorance, of vice, and of misery, was never “a begging concern.” War, and plunder, rapine and devastation, fraud, speculation and gambling do not go a begging.—Lot teries do not go a begging. Theatres do not go a begging. Ilaree Shows, and mountebanks do not go a begging. But the cause of education, the cry of the needy, the silent imploring of I hope you will be surprised and wakened to hear what I tell you. I confess my bad behaviour towards my mother, one day. After this clay, in the morning, I suddenly received a packet of nine Religious Tracts and four letters. 1 read the Tracts, which struck my heart with confused sorrow and fear under God’s suspend ing wrath, as l was ready to perish on the brink of eternal death! > I cannot express to you how I feel under his Ho ly Spirit, and I am much changed.— Frequently in the nights I could not sleep but little till late, and 1 was constantly awaking while others slept, because I was utterly guilty and very wicked, beyond a heathen’s sins, and 1 am quite a unworthy sinner. Thus 1 felt sincere sorrow for my great sins, confessing to Christ them, beseeching him to give me Holy Spirit, and most willing to forsake sins and to follow him in the way of heaven. At length I found his mercy out, and obtained peace through Christ, the blessed Sa viour’s merits and blood. Oh! I am very grateful to God for answering my poor prayers, and for giving me his Holy Spirit. I feel spiritual happi ness, and sincere and willing desire to be Christ’s constant friend until I die. And tell me ye parents, who are neg lecting the spiritual nurture of your children, is there nothing appalling, nothing melting in tire apprehension of their never-ending destruction? Do not your hearts recoil at the thought, that a son or daughter, dear to you as life; one whom you have tenderly nursed; for whose interest you rise early, and resign many comforts, and encounter innumerable difficulties and dangers; whose opening powers you often behold with delight, and to whom yon look forward as your support in old age: that 6ueh a child should final ly perish; and perhaps, as it is drop ping into the gulf of perdition, should fasten its eyes upon the horrors of des pair, and charge its damnation to your TO HOUSE BUILDERS. S EALED proposals will be received, a my office, in Coosewaytee, 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 font* feet by twenty in dimensions, two stories high, lower story ten feet, and the upper story nine feet high, shingled roof of yellow poplar shir.gles, 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 windows in the end, in the lower storv, w here the Judge’s bench is to be erected.— TIi" weather boarding of the house is to be rough, hut jointed; the floors are like wise to be rough. The lower floor to be of square joint, but. the upper floor tougued and grooved. The platform for the Judge’s bench is to be three feet high, eight feet long, and three feet wide, and hanistcred; steps at each end, with a seat the whole length of the platform. There are also t* 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 oilier necessary articles. The lowest bidder is to have the contract, who will he required to give bond and good security for the faithful execution of the Mirk, in ft workman-like manner, to be completed by the second Monday in October 1829. JOHN MARTIN, . Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation. Nov. 26, 1828. S8 td. J. HOUSE BUILDER, AND CAB It NET MAKER. S. W. WHITE, from the city of New York, respectfully informs the citizens of the Cherokee Nation, that lie intends carryingon the business of HOUSE BUILDING AND CABINET MAK ING in a manner superior to any that has been done, St in the most fashionable man ner, equal to that of N. Y'ork or Baltimore^ and Superior to any work of the kind in this part of the Country. He will work as cheap as any workman, and in a better manner than can be done. He has got Ma ; liogany and materials of the best quality. N. B. He will lake apprentices in the above business. Any native who will come with good recommendation, and of steady habits will be received and tauglft 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 Messrs. David Vann and John Ridge. Nov. 12, 1828. 87 tf. WANTED A T THIS OFFICE, A JOURNEY MAN, ofinciustrious habits, who un derstands his business. To such an one, employment wilfbe given for 12 months, if application is made between this date and the first of January. i Nov. 1828. 39. ■ rani ill