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We hay$ feceiyeiH from <mv 'ftreatof, we
»hali o ver find a hbin<>. again. ’
. Some of our brethren have gone towards
the setting sun. What is their situatioe?
Theiriires are put out; their homes are
Unsettled; they are not at peace.
Here, the land is good, the water is
hoaitldy, and the timber abundant. We
can fence our fields, rats* our own corn
an.1 meat; and support our wives and
childicn; by the labour of our hands. We
do not wish to become hunters; nor to have
'onr children become such. We arc at
tached to oiir country? our houses are be-
Jeoimvcomfortable; our farms are flourish
ing; our young men are ’acquiring habits
of industry; our women are becoming
skilled at spinning, weaving and needle
work; a great portion of our population
can read; and the Phoenix furnishes them
W-itlrsomc useful information every Week,
Welhave Hymns printed in our own lan
guage, in praise 'of our Redeemer; and
the f laws of our Creator are made
iiiqwn to us:. anil many are following
'thrift. Our old men, behold our growing
prosperity with delight; and their nnnds
are calmed with peace. In this, their
own land, they wish to lay their bones;
and desire, that their latest posterity, may
Venerate and guard their dust.
It is said by those who wish to drive us
tiwav^ and to possess our lands; that the
country towards the setting sun is very
good: and that it would be very advanta
geous to us to remove to it. There is some
thing in this saying which we do not under
stand. Our white brethren have more
knowledge than we have; and they are bet
ter skilled in travelling and commencing
new settlements; why then do they not go
and possess that good land themselves?—
Wp hope it is not the design of our cluer
“brethren to destroy us; driving us further
and further till they push us into the sea.
But Brethren, Cherokees, hear u". That
land is 'not good. It has no wholesome
Springs, nor mill streams, nor has it suffi
cient timber for fencing,much less for build
ings and fire. We cannot entertain the
most distant thought of parting with oui
homes, to go towards the setting sun; where
our children would become involved in the
darkness of ignorant and uncivilized n igfi-
haurs; where w r e should have to drina out
of muddy pools, and most of us perish lor
want. Wc are grieved to hear the false
reports which have been circulated about
>• us, charging us with the want’ of love to
'our country, and a desire to be gone to
wards the setting sun: asserting (hat we
"are restrained from removing only b>
threats of our Chiefs. We, hereby, con
tra Met, all such unfounded accusations;
end we unanimously declare that we pos
sess as strong an attachment to our lands
as the Chiefs do. It is said also that we
arc overawed and oppressed by the Chiefs.
It is not so. We are not alraiu 01 oui
Chiefs. We meet them as fathers and
brothers, and as long as they act well we
will give them due honor. We. rejoice to
$nd that our Chiefs are true inen: nrimy
attached to their country and to the in
terest of their brethren: and we are de
termined to the utmost ol our power to siq.-
J >ort them in their patriotic c-arsu. And
or the information of those who are anxious
to save us from the tyranny and oppres-
eipn of the Chiefs we atiirm that we are
governed just as we wish to be; that we
hold the power in our own lianus ami
-whenever it becomes necessary we will
Use it?to redress our own grievances.
We conclude by declaring unanimously
.that we the common people of Aquohee
District are firmly anu unalterably attach
ed to Our country; and that we never Will
consent to part with it. And we earnest
ly appeal to our benevolent friends all
over tne United States to support us in
'these opr just determination?.
SSiogcd an behasf of the whole*,
isusy,
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John Timbon,
Roman Nose.
^Prom the New-York Gazette, March
' 22,2 P.M.
> LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
The o|d line packet.ship Britannia,
'Capt. Marshall, arrived here (on Sat-
- tirday from Liverpool, whence she
jailed on the 3d of February, to
which date we have papers, with Lon
don dates of the 2d inclusive. There
, is not much news of interest. The
French Chambers were opened on
the 17th, on which occasion the King
delivered a speech, which will be
found among our extracts. He gives
■a favorable view of the foreign rela
tions of the country, and expresses a
belief that the Porte will no longer
Appose the treaty of the 6th of July,
tind that it,may be hoped that this first
arrangement will not be lost for the
re-establishment of peace in the
East.
It will be seen that the Russians
and Turks are making active and
vigorous preparations for the ensuing
campaign, which, was supposed
would open in March. The Emper
or Nicholas is to take command of his
own forces.
The accounts front Spain, Portugal
«nd .Ireland, do not afford any intelli
gence olf moment. The appointment
of Lite Dukc of Nurthuiii juiiand to
the Viceroyship of the latter country
had received the sign manual.
A privy Council had been summon
ed to meet at Windsor Castle on the
2nd of February, when the Speech to
be delivered from the Throne, at the
opening .of the Parliament, would be
submitted for the King s approbation.
Parliament was lo assemble oh the
5th, and a general opinion previile'd
in London that the Catholic question
would be acted on during the sessions.
It was reported that the govern
ment were abotit to take the Excise
duty off candles and soap, and lay an
additional tax upon foreign tallow.
There was also a report in circula
tion, that it was intended by Minis
ters, in the ensuing session, to propose
a reduction in the duties on the im
portation of British plantation as well
as East India sugars.
It appears by the latest Foreign ac
counts, that the greatest activity was
making by the Turkish Government to
complete the defensive array. Con
siderable reinforcements of troops had
arrived in the fortresses on the Dan
ube; the garrison of Widdiu, since the
first ult. had received an accession ot
5,000 infantry and 2000 cavalry—
making the total garrison 20.000 in
fantry, iiOOO cavalry, and 1200 artil
lery. Reduchuck had received an
accessary, since the 8th ult. of 0000
infantry, 2000cavalry, and GOO artil
lery. Other fortresses have receiv
ed similar accessions. The amount
oi the garrison of tiilistria is not men
tioned, because the supplies came
iroin the interior. It is said that tho
Tuikisli troops are impatient for the
commencement of the next campaign
On tile other hand, these papers affirm
that the Emperor of Russia is equally
disposed to increase his means of an
noyance. He has sent orders to the
Grand Duke Constantine to put him
self at the head of the Polish army,
and march and occupy the Principali
ties. The army of the Baltic had al
so received orders to march to the
South. At Galiates pontoons were pre
paring for a bridge over the Danube,
in order that an immense Russian army
may cross to recommence hostilities
in the Spring. It is difficult to re
concile ilie conflicting accounts which
appear in some of the Foreign Jour
nals respecting the real state of affairs
in the East. The fact, however, is
beyond question that each power is
collecting his strength—the one to
vanquish and overcome—the other to
stand oil the defensive and repel.
By accounts from Warsaw,' it ap
peals that in the ensuing campaign tiie
Emperor Nicholas will lake the i oin-
niaiid in person as early as the month
ol March. The vau-guard is to be
under the command ol General v> itt-
gonstein, and General Giebilsch will
remain at tne bead of the Stall’Etat-
Major. Generals Geisunar, Roth, and
Rudiger, will command separate coips
for operation on the lianks ui the Grand
Army, and the Duke of Wirteinberg
is to be at the head of the Reserve.
Brussels Gazettes of the 20th De
cember, state, oil the authority of ac
counts from Constantinople, that the'
Ambassador of the Netherlands, after
receiving despatches from Mr. Strat
ford Canning, immediately sent his
dragoman to the palace of the Porte,
where he had been again several
times, and bad long conferences with
the Reis Atfendi; and it was said that
the Mediating Powers had assumed a
language which was likely to lead to,
a"favorable termination ol the affairs
of Greece.
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THE MAELSTOKM WHIRLPOOL.
The following interesting account
of tho celebrated whirlpool, on the
coast of Norway was communicated
in a letter from Captain Donne, in
1825, to the late Hon. A. B. Wood
man, judge of Middle Florida, and has
been found among other curious pa
pers he left on file.
This wonderful phenomenon that
has excited the wonder and astonish-'
ment of the world, I have seen.—
There are few of my countrymen
who have had the opportunity in* con
sequence of the situation of its being
remote from any port of commerce.
Its latit .ide and longitude I do not ex
actly recollect. It is situated: be
tween two islands belonging to a group,
off the coast of Norway, called the
Liviiistofi’islands; between Drontheim
(being the most northern port of com
merce) and the north cape. I-sup-,
pose the latitude to be about 69 north;
hut I will not be certain! I had sonv
occasion, some years since, to navi
gate a ship From the Worth Cape to
Droullleiui, nearly all the way i>c-
iween lliy isiauus of roc ns and the
main. On inquiring ot my' Norway
pilot about tiie practicability of running
iioar the whirlpool, he told me that
wilts a good breeze it could be ap
proached near enough for examination,
without danger, i at once determin
ed to salisiy myself. We began to
nea/ it about ten, A. M. in tne month
oi qlepiemuer, with a fascinating wind
at liorth west. Two good seamen
were placed at the helm—the mate
oil the quarter deck, and all hands at
their stations for iv'orkirtg ship, and the
pilot standing on the bowsprit be
tween llie night Iliads.- 1 went on
the maintopsail yard with a good
glass. 1 had been seated but a few
moments when my ship entered the
dish of the whirlpool—the velocity of
the water altered her course three
points towards the centre, although
siie was going eight knots through the
water. This alarmed me exceeding
ly. For a moment I thought de
struction was inevitable. She, how
ever, answered her helm sweetly, and
we run along the edge—the waves
foamed round us in every form, while
she was dancing gaily over them.
The sensations I experienced are
difficult to describe. Imagine to
youiselfan immense circle, running
round, of a diameter one and a ball
miles, tiie velocity increasing as it
approximated towards the centre, and
gradually changing its dark blue col
our into white—foaming, tumbling, and
rushing to its vortex—very much con
cave, as much so as the water in a
tuqnel when half run out. The noise,
too, hissing, roaring, and dashing—all
pressed on the mind at once—present
ed the most awlul, grand, and solemn
sight, I ever experienced.' We were
n'ear it about eighteen minutes, and in
sight of it near two hours. It is evi
dently a subterranean passage, that
leads—the Lord knows wh> re. From
its magnitude, I should not doubt, that
instant destruction would be the fate
of a do::en of our largest ships, were
they drawn in at the same mo
ment. The pilot says, that several
vessels have been sucked down, and
that whales also have been distroyed;
the first l think probable enough—but
I rather doubt the latter. I have
thus, sir, given you a lame, but true
account.
Our Free Country!—Several free
negroes were recently bi ought before
trie Couniy Court ofoerieisuu county,
ky. .under a law of ibu8, which ioi-
bids any tree negro or mulatto to
migrate to, or be brought into that
Stale fioui any other State or Terri
tory, upon pant of being sola by llie
Sheriff to tne highest bidder, on a cred
it of one year,unless they are able
(which very few ol them aiej to give
bonus and good security that, vvuuin
2u uays, liny will depart and paver
more return. In me one referred to,
several were' actually sold by the
Shkrijj for one year-, otners were set
at liberty, having reieiveu their free
dom id tile State; and to others, time
was give to find security to leave tne
State and never return.
Surely this is a free countryJ
where a man who happens to have a,
dark skin, is deprived ol his liberty,’
(one of those ‘ unalienable rights”
which our Declaration of iudepend-*
enoe says is comm n to all mankind,)
and converted into a Slave, for no
other crime than, having removed
from one State into another. We
would suggest a substitute for this
barbarous law, and one which we'are
sure will be equally effectual. Let
it be ordained that every free black
or mulatto who shall be found in the
State, on or aftei a given period, say
the first of January, 1830, shall im
mediately be supplied with a decent
outfit, and restored to the land of his
fathers at the public expense, as a
small return for the injury which has
been done to him or his ancestors, by
tearing them from their homes, and
consigning them to the horrors of slave
ry. This would secure the State
trom an excess of free coloured popu
lation, without turning it back upon
some sister State, which, perhaps is
already encumbered with the same’
material. Journ. Com.
Extract of a letter dated Charleston.
S. C. Feb. 28, 1829.—“I witnessed
this morning an interesting experiment
made with the rail-road car, the in
genious invention of Mr. Holmes of this
city. It was placed on the . piece of
p ail-road in W«ntworih-str»»et, con
structed by the company last suuimci,
for experiment. The car weighed
4JJJ lUS. i.mi was iOulieU Willi '«>.
bales oi cplluii, eaui ui auuui JOO Ids
making together a weight ol I1,Uuo
lbs. Tiie wliole was pushed forivaiu
by one man, vvuii some dillicuiiy o.i
Ifie pai l oi llie l oad, where ine assent
is at the rate of z2 icet pei iniie, out
with ease ou tne level part. I'ne -ac
tion of the rolling wheels was very
unilbiiu and regular, and placing my
sejf on the carriage 1 couid not per
ceive tne least jar in llie motion.
jjiult. vim.
From the New i ork Eiiquirer.
Mr. Editor—As every thing relat-
i iilg to iur. Joint Randolph, is interest
ing, and as ii is said lie prides him
self oil ins Indian descent, 1 send you
the follow mg account taken from Ins
'genealogy, it is taken from a memo
randum furnished by the great Virgin
ia orator himself, which lie placed hi
the hands oi a friend, and is transcrib
ed in Ins own woids, as you will see.
“Focalionta, (whose true name
Matouca,j baptised by tiie name of
Rebecca, married John lioiie, Esq.
and left an only son Thomas; whos.
only daughter married Robert hotting
of Bolling Halls, West Riding oi
"York, who left a sou John Hutting, one
<ff whose daughters married Rickard
Randolph of Custis, whose youngest
son John Randolph of Roanoke, mar
ried Frances- Bland. Your humble
servant is one of the only surviving is
sue of that marriage,* and sixth in de
cent from Pocaliontas.
* He is also youngest son.
if.
Catch the Old Villain.—-*A Erench-
innn uy tiie name of Charles Rule,
was killed last week in I'euiisyivauia,
by a iiotoi'i jus murderer named ii'hisk-
cy. Tim wretched loreiguer repaired
to an old um.dn.uued house wiln a
uotlle of the poison which lie swal-
;Otyed, and died.' —Coin. viuo.
Abundance of Rotuiocs in Ireland.—
lu tne spring oi ibzi, potatoes, in lie-
land were ptircliaseu at tin; rale of Is.
4 d. l’ur twenty-one pounds; the same
quantity might have been purcliaseu
tins year for o.ie hull penny. A s iin-
Ifir overflow pi the staple of popular
suostsience is without a parallel.
t^uar. Jour. of Agri.
Canadian Giant.—A man is novy
exhuming hansel! at Montreal,\qirico
2s. 6d. tiie signljwiio iso leet 4 1-2
uielies, meuisurcs o it. 10 inches rounu
tile waist; 4U iiieiios round (he call ol
the leg, and3 feet id inches ipuiul tiie
thigli. lie is li-J ymns of age, anu
weighs tii9 lus. lie is hut little in
ferior in weight, to llie celebrated
Daniel Laniucit, <nu is said lo be
decidedly his superior in strength, as
he has been known, without any ap
parent effort, to swing to and fro, and
ring, with, one hand, a bell weighing
live cwt. He is about'to visit the Li
nked States.—vinter. J\Ier.
Georgia and Tennessee Canal.—The
Engineers employed in surveying a
route for a Canal from the navigable
waters of Tennessee to those of Geor
gia, have expressed their belief that
the measure in not only practicable,
but decidedly favorable. The only land
portage necessary in the whole line is
about ten miles, as we are informed,
for which a rail-way may be easily
provided.—Milledgeville. Statesman.
A new f/ung.-r-A Clergyman in
Wells, Maine, has published what he
calls a new thing, lie attended a wed
ding in that tow r n a few days since,
and found, to his satisfaction and sui—*
prise, that a number of guests, here
tofore considered indispensable had
not been invited; Madam Claret even
was not there with her rozy lace, al
though she can trace her pedigree as
far back as the days of Noah. He
adds—- may the time soon coine,
w’hert people can he bom, married, die,
and oven be decently interred, with
out the help of rum, or any of its al
lies.”
At a meeting of the getlcmenof the
Bar in Berkshire County, Mass, re
solutions were adopted condemning
ardent spirit as unnecessary to health,
and dangerous in practice, and disap
proving tho use of it for the purpose
of ordinary refreshment, or as a sti
mulus to labor.
George Swearingen, who fled from
Maryland Inst fall, for the murder of
his wife, nnd for whose apprehension
the Governor of Maryland offered a
"eward of five hundred dollars, was
arrested at New-Orleans pn the 16th
of February.
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1,1 ■ura—Mnwi—m mmnmaaam
CHEROKEE PIlQJs'IX,
.‘2n;l Indians’ Advocate. *-
SUBSCR1BF.R commenced 1 li»>
i duties ofles station; as r.ditor of this
l'a|>rr, with a 1 rumbling hand and a reluct
ant heart. He had no experience to a d
h:m, and but limited information to recom
mend him to the public. He ha liuvv <-1 *-r
progressed so far, generally; to th rntisl'n-'A'
t ion of his readers, for which ho istlianxlui.
As the first volume of the Phn n : x is on tin*
eve of closing, the editor has thought he-t
to apprize tiie public that a new volume
will he commenced next month, d
that the great object of its founders, the
benefit of the Cherokees, will still be assidi
uously pursued. It is unnecessary to re
peat and particularize the principles under
which the future numbers of the Pin. nix
will he conducted—iho principles will he
similar to those which have, governed the
past numbers. The paper is sacred to the
cause of ,‘iidians, and tne editor will feel
himself especially bound as far as his time,
talents and information will permit, to ions
der it as instructive and entertaining as
possible to his brethren, and endeavor to
nlist the friendly feelings and sympathies
of his subscribers abroad, in favor of the
aborigines.
Vs the present policy of the General
Government, the removal of all the Indians
beyond the limits of organized Slates or
Territories, is assuming an important as»
>ect, the editdr will feel himself bound to
ay before his readeis all that may be raid
on this subject, particularly the objections
against this measure of the Government.
The original part of the paper will l>6.
rendered as interesting a- th means ol the
'ditor will allow. Owing to the want ol'art
assistant, it is impossible to devote a laige
portion of the paper to the Cherokee 'ais«
guage, as tin' whole must beoi gma'—The
-alitor will however do what h* can.
The friends o( Indians are particularly
•ailed upon to assist in ?his tindcrtal teg by
heir subscriptions Thus fat, the Phunix
Mas been a dead expense to the proprie-
^.rs. It is highly desira' l ,. at ihere
hould be sufficient atronaet-to secuie it
om the like pe< Otmai v m: ba ■ •R«sirent i®
utuM BWDINGffl
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