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•LAW! LAW!. LAW!
Tiie subscriber has located himerlf at HirkorV Flat
Jy4l-Offi<:e, near the centre of Cherokee county, and
ittends practicing tAW in the various counties
«f the CnrnoKEV Circuit: he pledges hitnself,
lumpily and fitithfally. to discharge any business in
jls Professional Lino that maybe submitted to his'
hre; to alfepd to the collection of money duo on
J»ny part of the circuit, for a very rga
tunable sompar>sation Should any person wish to.
ftani.LMMK as,frandnlentfy drawn, to ascertain, im
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tiefitid'ns may be sent, by •mail, either to the Post-’
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MARSHAL BOUGLAS.
feb 16—3m—1-
* RICHARD M? HOLTi
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Having located at Cherokee Court-House, will
p.ictice in the various branches of the profession, in
t!<- several counties ot Cherokee circuit. He protnis
«4 diligence in the adjustment of all business submitt
-4 to his cate and attention.
F Jeb 20—1
H OWELL"!) tIBB,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
T Cheruktc Court House, Georgia,
Ts now prepared to attend to any professional bu
iness entrusted to liirn. He tenders his thanks to
liose perrons tlutl have, so liberally patronized him in
be yPMs where be has practiced Communications
.a» oihHire attention, mast come post-paid.
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Sheriff’s Sales
AND
Land Agency.
•WILLIAM HARDIN*
Jpormeijy of M’Donough, Henry county, has located
himself in the Cherokee Territory at
NEW ECIIOTA, Murray county.
Where he proposes to attend the Sheriff's sales in
tint and the adjoining counties, and superintend the
examining and having endorsed by Justices of the
Peace, all small Executions, tlmt may ’ e directed to
Tiiin, from other counties, for collection; also, all
large Executions that may be«ubmitte.l.to hi.« manage
ment ; he promises all his assiduity and .rare Ju this
tniriness. He wifi, strictly, pursue such directions ns
may 4 It* given him. Hischarges will, in all cases, be
■to derate.
The Georgia Journal. Federal Union, Savannah
Georgian, Angusta Constitutionalist and Courier. Ma
tjon Telegraph and Columbus Enquirer, will give the
•hove, two insertions and send me their accounts for
Myment. • W. 11.
,feb 20—L
GEORGIA “
Wusow bpMPKta, Gorerror and Commnnder-in-\
Chief of the Ar nil and Navy of litis State and of the
Militia thereof.
To CKahles C. Mills, esquire, Principal Keeper of
the Penitentiary.
Whereas, ala Superior Court, held in and for the
county of Gwinette, nt the Septend>i*r Term.
TB3I, SAMVEL A Worcester and Ei.izur Butler
•<eru convicted of illegal residence within the terri
they of this state, then inhabited almost exclusively by
lhe Cherokee Indians, and such other person.- as were
unfrtendlv to the rights and interests of the state :
whereupon. they were sentenced to four years’con
fiuement in the Penitentiary of this stale.
And, whereas,snuud policy has, since-lite confine*
• merit of said persons, induced the constituted autliori
ties of this state.‘to provide, by law, lor the legal set-
Xl em ant of the unoccupied part of said territory, hy a
free white population —and having provided for the
organisation of said territory into counties of suitable
form and size, forthe convenient and regular adtninis
of public justice and the due execution of the
laws of the, state. .And the Legislature being assured,
at thq,|r session, that, under existing arrangements,
wfchrikffiirc. daily, going into execution, the country
xf'flWW/’Niortly. contain a sufficient number of well
wttgiificffjtMUMtawt*. to carr y ,ul| y i, * to Bffect
several object*—-did, therefore repeal the law under
which thusaid Samuel A. Worcester and Eliaur But
ler werft convicted and sentenced, as aforesaid.
And, whereat, the said Samuel A. Worcester and
Ellzur Bntlerbave made kruiwn to me that they have
Instructed their counsel, Wn». Wirt and John Ser
mon til. esquire to prosecute the case which they had
thought fit to institute before the Supreme Court of
the United States against the state of Georgia, no
further, but have concluded •• to leave the question of
th/.ir continuance *» nsffinemetH to the magnunimity of
the Stale."
And.moreoyr. taking frito considerntlonHie earn
est wliv'tude for the release nfthese individuals, which
w been communicated to me. in the most friendly
end respectful manner, by many of |he most distin.
guished friends of tho state, residing in various parts
of the Union —amongst whom are many of those
•who have sustained the state and ber authorities
throughout this unpleasant controversy. And. also,
taking into view, the triumphant ground which the
Vtate, finally occupies. in relation to this subject in
tie eyes of the nation, ae has been sufficiently attested,'
Vol. I—No. I.
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through various channels, especially in the recent
{vei wjjelYrtlng re-niection of President JiukSOn, die
uowii deteiider of the rights of the state, throughout
this co itrovcrsy. And, now believing, as I do, that
not only the rights of the state have been fully sad
successfully vindicated and sustained in this matter,
bin being assu ed, as l am, that the state is free from
i the menace of any pretended power whatever, to In
' fririee upon her rights, dr confront her will in relnliap
•i to tins subject And, aiin.'e ail «• l»tr *•*«•!
I the magnanimity of Georg.a being now appealed to—
-1 I, thereforefß* theiprg.an of the state, feel bound to
sustain Hie gent rousaind liberal character of her peo
ple. ,
Whatever may have been the errors of these indi
viduals—whatever embarrassments and heart-burn- i
I ings they may have been instrumental in creating—
however-mischievous they may have been, in work
ing evil t<< the state, to themselves and still more un
fortunate Cherokees—and, whatever mry have been
the spirit which has influenced them to the course they
have pursued—and. however obstinately they may
have adheared to the counsel of their employers, aid
ers and abettors yet the present state of things is such
that it is enough—that they have submitted the case,
“ to the magnanimity of the state,’’—they shall go
free—And, know ye. that for and in consideration of
nil the foregoing circumstances, and many more |
which might be enumerated, [ have thought proper |
I to remit, and do, in viitue of the power vested in me I
| by the Constitution, nereby remit the furthur execu- |
tion of the sentence of the court against the said
Samuel- /I Worcester and Elizur Butler, and order
that they he. forthwith, discharged.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal of the executive de
partment to be affixed this fourteenth day of
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-three and of American
Independence the fifty-seventh
I LSO.N LUMPKIN.
By the Governor,
RHODOM A. GREENE, Secretart/.
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TO Al A RY.
Here’s a health to thee, Mary,
Here‘s a health to thee ;
My gay friends are gone,
And I am alone,
To think of Home and thee, Mary.
There are some wno may ahhie ji 4 c thee, Mery,
And many as frank and free,
And a few as fair,
But the summer air
Is not more sweet to me, Mary.
1 have thought oi thy last low’ sigh, Mary,
And thy dimm d and gentle eje:
I have call'd on tby name
When the night winds came.
And heard my heart reply, Mary.
Be thou but true to mu, Mary,
And I’ll be true Io thee,
At set of sun,
V, hen my task is done,
Be sure that I am ever with thee, Mary.
from the Sabbath-School Instructor.
THE CHRYSALIS
“ Who ever heard of such a thing, mamma?
That little shell 1 brought in t’other day
le broke in too —and see ! a butterfly
Is on the window sash And do'nt you think
He Clime Irom that old broken shell, mamma?
bu tell me, it you know, who shut him up
So snugly there I
“ That butterfly, my child,
Was once a worm that crawl’d beneath our feet.”
“ Beneath ourfeet I how could it be mamma ?”
*• Yes. lie whs like those worms you sec sometimes
Upon our apple trees.”
“ But they’ve no wings I , ..
“ A little while they grovel in the dust, *' .
Then on a bush, or tence, or wnil they hang,
Just like a cockle-shell upon the !edge r , .
But shortly it will burst, and there cornea fottb
A butterfly,toskip from flowerto flower. '
i “O, wliat a change, mamma!”
“ And do you know’,
My child, a change takes place in those who die
Leaning on Jesus’ breast ?”
*• I do not, ’mn.
Please tell tor what you mean.”
“ Yotrliear me tell,
When your dear sister died, we should not mourn ;
■ Because, 1 said, she xvasfar better off.
For, to the Saviour in the skies she went,
' Where pain will no more come—but with the saints,
Drest in glorious form, she’ll praise the Lord
Forever. Now-mark the change. When she was here
She suffered much Whole nights I watch'd her bed,
But could not give relief. Before she died
I heard her sat “ Ma. do not weepfor me,
Fori am going to Heaven, where Jesus lives.”
Now think how happy your dear sisteris.
And bow she suffered here —andsee thechange !
I Onte, like the worm, she grovell'd in the dust*
1 And knew not of the sweets of Paradise.
Cherokee, [C. IL] Saturday, February 16, 1833.
The Truth- —The whole Truth.
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Now, like the butterfly, on seraphs’ wings,
She feasts on joys continually. No paid,
No sorrow fills her happy, happy s»ul.
•51 e’s wear the throne of God—the golden streets
Ot Heaven she walks. They need not there the sun
’Ti-s always day. This is your sisters home.”
” Ls-:« now what £ou mean, mamma—and I, * ,
lIdTS siUftUlti Will »e ascbuiigcdns sue—
Shall not I, ma ?”
• “ If you have loved to pray,
And been renewed in heart, you will—if not,
The change will bnng distress upon your soul.
You cannot go to God.”
“ Then I will pray,
And ark the Lord to change my heart. Then Christ
Will take m? up to Heaven, with sister dear,
To love him better there.”
The little boy
That did retire for prayer, and God in Heaven
i Look’d down well pleas’d, and own’d himas his child,
i And every day he loves to hear th jse truths
I His mother taught, which led him first to think'
Upon his wicked heart.
A NEW YORK TRICK.
The New York wits, it is well known are so
fond of amusing themselves and others by pub
lishing accounts of “ Yankee Tricks," that if
they cannot find them ready made, they will
manufacture them out of doth. Thatthe Yan
kees possess as John Bull says “a great deal
of cleverness in the art of trickery,” is not de
nied. But that they are the only ‘‘clever fel
lows,” in Uncle Sain’s dominions, is denied
without hesit ition. In proof of the truth of this
denial. I take the liberty to lay before the pap
lic the following veritable stoty.
Within the memory of many, still it, thehnd
of tfie living, it came to pass that a citizen of
the commercial European joui tried to the
Green Mountains and Gianie.t Slates ; and he
must needs pass through the land of steady ha
bits.
Ou his way through this highly favored re
gion, about the going down of the sun, it be
hoved him toseok a lodging place for the night
where fie might procnr« • «f.eshnieni for Uirus<-lt j
>mi iris faiihhil animal ou which lie rode. By
this time he hail become sufficiently acquainted
w ,li the country to know that if be steered for
the steeple of a church, lie was sure to find
hard by it the sign-post of a tavern ; for iiom
old t’.nes, litis people have been famous for
“scratching hard” to provide for the body as
well as the soul; to gain the tieasuie of this
world as well as that which is to come.
Our traveller alighted at the door of the inn,
and soon found Jonathan, the landlord. On
inquiring if he could be furnished with accom
modation for irimst-lf and horse thiough the
i) ght, he received for answer, 1 guess you
cun.” „Then 1 rocken I will stop wid you,”
replied the traveller.
The horse being accmmodated in the barn,
and the man in an apartment separate from tin
bar room, Jonathan sat down and began at
once to smoke his pipe and Iris guest* The
questions that are usually put on like occasions
in.this land of freedom, were speedily proposed
by Jonathan, namely—“ What may I call your
name? Where are you from? Where arc you
going? What is your business ?” To the que
ries, the stranger replied:
“I am of Dutch extraction ;my name,is Van
Dam Quiz“m; 1 come f orn Yawk ; I am bound
to Mas'.ichooist, Vermont, ll.iriipshire, and the
towns round, and my business is to speculate
on cats.”
At the word speculate, Jonathan laid down
his pipe and eagerly enquired how many cals
h° wanted, and what he could affoid to give a
piece for a 10l of them. The reply was that he
expected to obtain them at from fifty cents to a
dollar each, according to the age, size, and
suitable training of the animal.
Jonathan’s next query was to the meaning
of the phrases “suitable training ” The reply
was that the animals must be confined, in an
upper story of the hou-e, where light wasadmit
tt i through one pain of glass only. Here they,
must be ted high, and every third day or oftener,
a man must enter the apartment, fasten the
dem after him. and I ash seveiely with a stout
whip, till they become stj , tame and obedient
After some conversation it was stipulated that
at the return of Mynheer Van Dan Qniz’em
from Iris exeurtion to the North, he should be
supplied by the said Jonathan with a number
of cats and kittens, not less than one hundred,
trained according to the discipline aforesaid.
The next morning came, the sttanger proceed
ed on hi* journey, and Jonathan went busily to
work to fit his garret for the reception of this
new article of speculation. was near
his establishment another essential requisite lor
the centre of a new England vilhge, namely, a
large public school house, filled with sturdy
boy's and ruddy girls. To these Jonathan gave;
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notice that he would pay from 4 to 9 pence a
piece for as many as they would bring him;
I payment to be made according to the age and
size of the animal produced. Thrs was as iu
teresting a speculation to the young urchins, as
■: the landlord’s expected one was to him, so at
"the end of the week the tavern garret became
prison of a full hundred of the feline race.
'At sirrdowii vu 'Sstttrdavj.Jonathan furnished a
supply of food, sufficient to susfaiffUiS prhumi-.
ers over the Sabbath, and then set his house in
oider for keeping holy time, it is true, during
the night and day devoted to holy resting, there
was such a noise in the garret resembling at one
time the racing of a regiment of rats, and at an
other the music of the celebrated billings 'per
formed by a singing school in their earliest at
tempt in psalmody. Jonathan was then many
times tempted to ascend and inflict the prescri
bed discipline; bur concluded on the whole that
this was the suggestion of the Evil One to in
duce him to break the Sabbath, ho deferred it
till sundown of the Lord’s day, at which holy
times ceased in the land of steady habits.
The sun had no sooner sunk behind the we*-’
tern hills, than Jonathan’s go-to meeting dress
was exchanged for his frock and trowsers, and
Belamy’s True Religion Delineated, laid aside
for the enormous cart-whip. Thus equiped
he mounted the top-most steps of the stair-case,
carefully entered Iris cattery, fastened the door,
and began to lay about him with his whip most
lustily. Such a battle now raged as was never
sung by any poet, either ancient or modern, se
rious or comic; and for this plain reason, such
a contest neither happened before, and in all
human probability never will hereafter. To
die dogm meal attack of the assailant, there was
opposed a eaf-egorical defence by the assailed.
Some us the latter, in a state of desperation,
sprung like lightening at the paneofglass to se
cure retreat, and one more haidy than the rest,
soon succeeded in dashing it to atoms and fal
ling into the street; and several immediately fol
lowed with all possible celerity. Whether they
reached the ground feel downwardsand unharm
ed, or whether they belonged to I lie list of killed
or wounded, I have not heard.
Mean-while the main body attacked Jonathan
vi ct armis, which has been inteipre’ed tooth
and nail. Now rt was dial he ioufk.; with
stentorian vociferation, “fire ! murder f blood
and thunder !” ’till the door was burst open by
those who came to his relief, when he went
down stairs more suddenly than ever he came
up, and in a much more unnatural and uncouth
manner—lor lie was won. to ascend head over
heels, but now he descended heels over head,
followed and run over by neatly a hundied ani
mals of the fiercest nature, seeking wliat ap
peared to them “long lost liberty.” As the
cats dropt down from the window and rushed
out at the street door, they were met by the
neighbours, who had assembled about the door
inconsequence of the commencement of the
time for secular affairs, and the alarm winch
had been given. These started with no less
wonderment and affright, than was occasioned
by the midnight match of the Windham Fogs
t<» the funeral of their departed chieftain, which
has been so sweetly celebrated in song hy one
ot the bards of the western world. Jurr thau
was scarcely cured of his wounds, when the
fortneighl ehpsed, at the end of which, Myn
heer Van Din Quiz’em had agreed to call
an<l fulfil his part of the engagement. With
tine Dutch punctuality he called upon the land
lord to know if the cats were ready, assuring
him the nyoney.was on hand ready to pay for
them—“Darnation seize the cats, ami the
money too 1” exclaimed Jonathan. “1 guess,
sure enough, your name is Dani Q for
you have played upon me a quiz, a bite, and
a scratch into the bargain. But howsomever
if you’ll promise never to tell on’i, you shall
h ive as much as you and your horse can eat ami
drink in welcome, free gfsiiis for nothing at
all.”
Thisour traveller faithfully promised, declar
ing it was merely a slight off-sei for the wood
nutmtgs, horn gun flints, and oak leaf and
skunk cabbage cigars, and turnip and red flan
nel sausages, which he purchased of the puri a
nical tin pedlars. Whether he kept his word,
or whether like the seceding mason, he felt
bound in conscience to reveal the secret (o the
world, or whether the landlords wife told it as a
profound secret to one of her sister gossips,
which is the surest way to make any trans
actions public, is not ascertained. This is cer
tain, th.it by some means or other, tfre “cat has
been let out of the bag,” and the story is here
related as a warning to all to be careful what
question they ask, and still more, to be careful
what credit they give to the answer they re
ceive.— Yeoman's Gazette.
A KNOTTY CASE. j
Mr. Henson, a shoemaker, who resided at
Woodend, near where the village house is now
. Whole No. 1.
' ll '" ‘ wn’!? i' >■f 4- riw'>i /' &tk
kept, was not remarkable for the acuteness of .
his mental preceptians. He kept -J’or sale io .
the front part of his shop, a' few little, matters
most called for by the neighbors ; suclruts beer,
candles, fruit, bread, &c. One morning a wag
stepped in, purchased a bottle of beer. He
stood talking a few minutes, and finally said he
was sol ry he had purchased the beer, and re-‘
i quested Mr. Henson to exchange it for a loaf of
■ tho.prjce jvas the same. To this the
i worthy cordwainer readily assumed ; tiia wag
! took the loaf and ate it while in the shop. At
i he was going out the vendor hesitatingly re*
> minded liim ih it he had riot paid for-the bread.
“Certainly I have paid for the bread, I gave
you the beer fur it.”
“But, then, you haven’t paid me for the*
’ beer.”
“I did’nt take the beer. It is before you ait
this moment.” ’ : t
Fite worthy Crispinian was astounded.— He
looked sedately and rubbed his forehead ; but
all to no purpose ; he case Was still a mystery. ’
“Tiue,” said he, “you gave me the bottle oU
' beer, I can’t demand pay for that; but I hats
both one is now gone, and I have received no
money.” Then he again gravely considered
the matter, and finally abruptly broke uut with
this conclusion. “’Steath, take it, neighbor, it
is just as you say, but I’ll be darned If 1 sets
into it.”—Lynn Weekly Messenger.
> BOW! WOW! WOW!
Shuter, travelling in the Brighton stagiU
with four . idies one very’ warm day, the party,
were thrown into the utmost consternation by
the coach suddenly stopping to receive a sixth,
person who was a perfect Falistaff in appears
ance. The ladies expressed their sorrow to
Shuter at this additional encumbrance; and hv
with a smile desired them to take comfort, for
he would soon remove the man mountain.
Accordingly, when the unpleasant intruder
had taken his seat, and the coach was one*.
. more moving, Shuter with much gravity asked
one of the ladies her motive for visiting Brigh*
ton. She repl od, her phtsician had ordered
i her to but lie for a depression of spirits. He
i turned to her next neighbor, and reposted hi*
: inquiries, she was nervous; the third L. lions—
I all had some complaint of which the sea was
• to be the cure. When each had told this hif*
i tory of ilieir disorders, the humorist, heaving e
) tremendous sigh exclaimed—“ All your coin
i plaints out together are trifling to mine; they
• aie nothing-—Oh no! mine is dreadful but ttr
, think of! “Good Lord, sir, ciied the fat pas»
■ senger, with astonishment, “what is vour
complaint—you look exceedingly well?” “Oh,
i sir, replied Shuter, looks are deceitful. Yoo
must know- that three days ago I had the mis
fortune to be bit by a mad dog, for which I ain
informed the only cure is immersion in salt wa
tei. I am going therefore for this priiipose;
for though I am, as you observe, looking well,
*yet the fit takes me in a moment,—-when I’
bark like a dog, and endeavour to bite every
one near me.”
Lord have mercy on us!” ejaculatedlhe fat
traveller, in a tune that was meant to be a
whisper. “But sir, you—you are not in earnes
ty! you—’’
“Bow, wow!”
“Cuacnman! coachman, I say—let me out!*
“Now, your honor, what’s the matter?”
A mad dogs the matter! Hydrophobia’s thfi
matter!”
“Bow, wow, wow!”
“Open the door never mind the sjep#.
There thank Heaven! 1 ainonce more in safe
iv!—let thote who like it, ride inside: I’ll
mount the box—the Lord be praised for my
escape!” Accordingly he continued on the
outside of the coach for the remainder of the
journey, much to the satisfaction of the come
dian and iris companions, who were exceed
ingly merry at his expense—the former eth ry
now and then regaling him with a sonorous
“Bow, xvow, wow!”
THE FLOWERS OF RHETORICS.
A young counsellor just called to the bay,
was employed to prosecute a highwayman; it;
describing the nature of offence, tiiej onrfg
aspirant to judicial honor* thus metaphorically
delivered himself: “The prosecutor has been
robbed by that atom of humanity now trembe
ling at the bar before you, of a quantity of ore,'
which being purified by the fir<*, cut into cir
cular pieces, and impressed with the inriige*of*
the king, and the arms of the state, purchases
ihe necessaries, the conveniences, and the hixv
tiries of life!” A plain spoken farmer who
upon the jury, and who hatT been gazing in
wonder at the young barrister, at length turned
to the foreman <fc exclaimed, “ VVhv T he Hanged
if the m;iu dosen’t mean money!” If he had
said it in one word - , would not all
been implied ? ,