Cherokee intelligencer. (Cherokee (C.H.)) 1833-1834, March 09, 1833, Image 1

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<■<wrw a 0a" b? i? >wnrw w. > w w - >?» The Truth —The whole Truth. THE INTELLIGENCER [i ptihlElied one • a week by llowkll Conn, at three dollars a year, to subscribers, when paid in advance or »l fuur dollars, if not paid until the end ofthc year. No paper will be discontinued, but at the option of the Editor, to any subscriber in arrears. Advertisements and Job Work will be executed at ..t’ot customary prices. Communication to the Editor.must be post paid to entitle them to attention. i The following gentlemen are requested and au thorised to act us our agents in their respective coMnlies, to wit ’ Io Hie county Baldwin —Captain J. A. Cuthbert. Bryan—C. 11. Starr, esq. Bullock—Peter Cone, e o q. Bibb-—Luke Ross, esq Butts—John Cargile, esq. Columbia—Col. Z Williams. Crawford—John Blackstone, esq, C'amden—Hugh Brown, esq. Coweta—S. D. Echols, esq. Campbell— I. P. 11. Campbell, esq. | Carroll -Christopher Bowen, esq. and 1 Dr. James Rodgers. . Chatham—R. 11. Ctiyler, esq, ■Clark—Col. J. A. Cobb. Wass—Chester Hawks, esq. Cobb - William .Morris, esq, Dooly—Thomas 11. Key, esq. DeKalb —Maj ir J. F. Cleveland. Decatur—Slicing Scarborough, esq. Early—Capt. S. V. Wilson. Emanuel—Stephen Swain, esq. Fayette—F. G. Steward, esq. Franklin—Dr. Freeman. Floyd --Edwin G, Rodgers, esq, Forsyth—Hubbard Barker . e-q. Gilmer— Montgomery Bell, esq. Glynn—Col. I>. M. Steward Gwimiette—Win. Greene,esq, Elisha Betts,esq. and .1 G. Parks,esq. Green—Major Tljomas Stocks and cot. i Y. P.King I Habersham—Gon. W IL Wofford, T. i J. Rusk and W. Steelman eiqs Hall—Gen. John Bites, mid 11. L- ! Simins,esq. Henry—T. D Johnson,esq,col. O. W. Cox and A. T Hardin, esq. Houston—John Cliarn esq. and Col. J B M’Cartcr. 11 arris-Gen. Wm. 11. Lowe, and C. Blanford, esq. Heard—Winston Wood. esq. Hancock—Standard of Union. Irwin—Janies Wileox, esq. Jones—Joseph Day, esq. and Major I James Smith. Jackson—Dr. Singleton. Jasper—Col J. W. Burney. Lumpkin—Young Johnson, esq. Lowndes—William Blair, esq. Laurens—Gen. Eli Waircii. Liberty—C. Hines, esq. Lee—J. B. Coleman, esq. M’lntosh—Major Jacob Wood. Morgan—-J. Burney, esq. Madison*—Samuel Groves, esq. .Monroe—John Watson, esq. and col. L. L. Griffin. Murray-- William Hardin,esq. Muscogee— J.T Camp, esq Oglethorpe—James Wellborn, esq. Paulding—Woodson Hubbard, esq. Putnam—l. Hudson, esq. Pike—Allen B. Prior, esq. Pulaski— Nelson Clayton, esq. Richmond-—Absalom Rhodes, esq. Randolph—Gen. Win. Wellborn. Rabun—Samuel Faris, esq. yien iiidw-Jurad Irwin, esq. Scriven—Jacob Bryan, esq. Sumpter—L. B. Smith, esq. Telfair—Gen. John Coffee. Twiggs—D. W. Shine, esq. Talbot—Col. G. W. Towns. Thomas -Col. Isaac P. Brooks. Troup—Gen. W. Sledge. Union—lsaac N. Green, esq. Upson—Joseph Sturges, esq. Wilkinson—D M. Hall, e-q. .Washington—Col Wm. Tennille. Ware—James Fulwood. esq. Wilkes—Col. James Willis, warren—u. G. Ryan, esq. Walton—Col. IL M. Echols and Judge Harris. Persons holding our prospectus will please remit us, by the earliest mail, a list ot such names as they may h ive procured. We request such of our triends, as teel willing, to hand to tlie above named gentle man nearest them, the amount of their subscription. It will be very acceptable at this time. In order that the Intelligencer may appear and be seen in each comity ot this state, in the counties Whore we have no subscribers, which do not exceed halt a dozen, we direct it to the Clerk of the Supe rior Court, who is requested to preserve it for the in spection ol any person interested. Thu following is a list of Post Offices established i.. this Judicial Circuit, to wit:— CHEROKEE COUNTY. Al the Court-House—Win. Grisham, p. m. Marnageville—lL T. Simmons, r. m. Hickory-Flat—Eli M’Connell, p. m. CASS COUNTY. At the Court-House. Two Runs—Chester Hawks, p. m. Adairsville—Barnet S. Hardeman, p. m. Sandfordville—John Dawson, p. M. I’inc-Rog—James A. Thompson, p. ji. FLOYD COUNTY. At the Court-House. /lead of Coosa—G. M. Lavender, p. ttf. Van’s V ally—James Hemphill, p. m. FORSYTH COUN I’Y- At the Court-House. Hightower—J. M. Scudder, p. u. GILMER GOUNTY. At the Court-House. Talking-Rock— -C. IL Nelson, p. ». LUMPKIN COUNTY. At the Court-House. New-Bridge—-Robert Legen. r. si. Uarhen's Store—w R. H ar |, en . r . M , MURRAY COUNTY. Ncw-V.chota—\\ dlian: Tarvin, p. sr. Spring-Place—Henry Clawder, p. st. PAULDING COUNTY. At the Court-House. UNION COUNTY. At the Court-House Vol. I—No. 4. Sheriff’s Sales AND Land Agency. WILLIAM HARDIN Formerly ot iM’Donough, Henry county, has located himself in the Cherokee Territory NEAR NEW ECHOTA, Where lie proposes to attend the Sheriff's sales In the adjoining counties, and superintend the examining and having endorsed by Justices of the Peace, alt small Executions, that may he directed to him, from other counties, for collection; also, all large Executions that may lie submitted to his manage ment ; he promises all his assiduity and care in this business. He will, strictly, pursue such directions as may be given him. Discharges will, in all cases, be moderate. The Georgia Journal. Federal Union, Savannah I Georgian, Augusta Constitutional!.l and Courier, Ma con Telegraph and Columbus Enquirer, will give the above two insertions and send me their accounts for payment. W. IL i«b2o—l A LIST. Os letters remaining in. the Post Office nt Cherokee\ Court-House, on the first day of .January 1833, which. [ if nut taken out in three months trill be forwarded to the ! General Post Office, as dead letters. I Joseph C. Hunter, 1 I John Martin, 1 j Mr. Petit, for John Doyle 1 Harbard Upchurch, 1 WILLIAM GRISHAM. Pl M. Medical College OF OHIO, SITUATED AT CISCIX’ATTI. 4he Lectures in this Institution wilt commence on the last Monday in October and continue until the last week in February. The addition to lhe Col ledge Edifice will be completed by the middle of Oc- I tober. and the whole structure will be found to afford the most ample accommodation that can be desired | in such an establishment. The Faculty consists of the I I following persons : * j l Jedediah Cobb, M. D. Professor of Anatomy and j Physiology. 7 | Thoma.-, D. Mitchell, M. D. Professor of Chy mistry ' mid Pharmacy. J 3 James M. Staugliton, M. D. Professor as Surgery Charles E. Pierson, M. D Professor of Materia Medica. John Morehead, M. D. Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases ot Women mid Children. John Eberle, M. D- Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine. lhe cost ot the entire course including (he use of | the Library, and the privilege of attending at the Hospital twice a week is ninetv-three dollars'. THOMAS D. MITCHELL, Dean of the Faculty. Cincinnati, Sept. 25, 1832. ■——l ■ , < —, . SPIRIT OF THE TIMES AND LIFE IN NEW-YORK. A Sporting Paper, on the. plan of BELL’S LIFE IN LONDON. I Enlarged to the largest class imperial, the only simi lar publication fn lhe United States. Devoted to the TURF, the ANGLER, the HUNTER; Foreign an d Domestic News, Literature, Fashion, Taste, The Diama, Police Repents and; Scenes of Real Life. Price three, dollars, payable in advance, four dollars j if not paid within six months or five dollars ii not paid i within the year. Address, post-paid or left in the post-office. WILLIAM T. PORTER<V Co. Chatham square. New-York. AGENTS IN ALABAMA, Huntsville, P. T. Posey. Mobile, T- Sanford, esq. Agents or others are allowed one paper gratis for | five responsible subscribers; they may retain a com mission of twelve per cent, when the money is re mitted in advance. Agents, on these terms, will be held responsible for every one for whom they may order our paper. Address, post paid or left at the post-office. W. T. PORTER & Co. No. 58 Wall street, New-York. | BULGE’S NEW YOKE TYPE FOUNDRY Established in 1813. THE Subscriber has completed a new edition of his book o»' specimen, with which his customers,and ' other Printers disposed to buy from him, may be ; supplied on application at his foundry, Nos. 18 and i 20. Augusta street, behind the City Hall. He would rcmaik, tor the inionnation of those who have not I been in the habit of dealing with him, and because a j different practice has been extensively introduced, J that his Book'contains nothing but the actual produc tions of his own Foundry, and presents a true speci ' men of what will be furnished to orders. The as sortment is very complete, has been deliberately and carefully, in twenty years, brought, to its present high state of perfection, mid embraces a variety of styles adopted to diffrerent tastes, and to the various departments of Printing, Newspaper Book and Job, highly finished, and cast of the most serviceable me tal. Not to notice the varieties which are distin guished by their numbers in the Book, it contains of. ROMAN & ITALIC 27 sizes, from Twelve-line Pica to Pearl. TWO-LINE and TITLE, 15 sizes, Two Line Coknmbiau to Agate . SHADED, 13 sizes, Ten-line Pica, to Long Primer. ITALIAN. 7 sizes, Seven-line Pica to Long ANTIQUE. 17 sizes. Ten-line Pica to Nonpanel. BLACK. 12 sizes, Four-line Pica to Minion. OPEN BIACK, 5 sizes. Four-line Pica to Great Primer SCRIPT, 2 sizes, Double Small Pica, and Great Primer. Besides Music, Back Slope. Ornamental Letters. Lottery Figures. Piece Fractions. Superior Astrono mical, and other Signs, Space Rules. Brass Rules. Ornamental Dashes, Long Braces, more than .kinds of Flowers, and 11)0(1 Cuts and ornaments tor Books. Newpapers and Scientific works. Orders tor any of these, and also tor Presses. Chas es. Composing Sticks. Cases. Furniture. Printing Ink. or any thing required in the Printing business, i will be executed o ( » the most favorable terms. At with I the utmost promptitude, a large s.ackofthe Foundry {articles being always on nand. GEORGE BRUCE Jan. 2®, 1832 • Cherokee, [C. ll.] Saturday, March 9, 1833. A LIST Os letters remaining tn the Office at Ncvt-Echota, Oa. thu Ist ofJanuary, 1833, whicii if not taken out in , three months will be sent lo the General Post-Office as dead letters, tic:-* Mrs. Ann Muredy, 1 James Cogburn, 1 Eliza Becket, 1 Sylvanos Walker, 2 James M. Davis, 1 Hugh Price, 1 WILLIAM J. TARVIN, P. M. Mercer institute. fflflHE Mercer Institute, for combining study and j*. manual labour, will go into operation on the 2d Monday in January next, under the direction of the Rev. 15. H. Sa.xders. The principle object of the Institution is the educa ! tion of pious young men, who are called to the gospel ministry and have been licensed by the church to which they belong, and have a good report of them tiialare without—and particularly those who are indi gent—and such are affectionately invited to bring their testimonials and avail themselves gratuitously of j the advantages of lhe Institution. But as we have no ; reason to believe that this class of pupils will fill up the school; it will receive, in addition, as many young men of good moral character, as can be protided for, irrespective of religious sentiments. The Committee 1 are of opinion that, from 4he limited state ot its pres l ent accommodations, they will not be able to receive I more than 39 to board on the premises the first Term —As fast, as our triends may find themselves well pleased with the experiment we may make, as to con tribute to onr means, we design to enlarge our accom modations tor students, and open our doors for them. AU the branches ot science, usually taught in gram iner schools, will be taught in this Institution. No stu dent will be received for less than one year—theycar will be divided into two terms —the first of six months, from tlie 2d Monday in January, to the 2d in July— the 2d of 5 months, from the 3d Monday in July, to ! the 3d Monday in December. ; BOARD, for all over 10 years of age, will be S3O j for the scholastic year, and $6 for washing : those, un i dcr 16, at 5 per month, having a reasonable deduction i for their labour—each student furnishing his own bed i and candles. For want of funds, board and tuition will be required in advance, to be paid to the stew ard. Tuition will be $9 for the first term, to all en gaged in reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, ge ography mid history. All the higher branches of science and the languages, will'be taught for sls the first term—the second ill proportion. Each student will be required to labourthrce hours each day, five and a halfdays in the week. The time and kind of labour will be directed by the steward, under the control of the Trustees; and each student will be expected to conform strictly to the regulations of the Institution. It will be expedient for each stu dent to have coarse clothes to work in ; and it is de sired that the wearing apparel of all should be plain and cheap, that there may tie as little distinction as possible, and that lhe principle of economy may be fully carried intoevery department of the Institution. As our Institution is in its infancy, and in want of ev ery thing, any useful book, to aid in forming a library, and any implement for labour, or any suitable article ot furniture, that any friend may find it convenient to ; contribute, will be thankfully received. I JESSE MERCER, .Chairman Com. THO’S STOCKS, See'y. pro, tern. Couxtv-Line, October 15,1832. 3 I P. S. As all the books in the same class must lie of the same kind. Books and Stationary will be kept at , the Institution, at cost, for all those who inny not oth erwise have supplied themselves. I O’ All the Editors in the State, friendly to the , cause of education, and the Editor of the “Christian Index’’are earnestly but respectfully requested to copy the above circular into their respective papers. i is. i’c .v m v. i'k. v- & «.v. ?i< ? miscellaneous. a.» ».« w I Franklin and governor bcrnett. On the arrival ot the vessel at New-York, ' bon went up to the tavern, and lu ! whom 1 should he first cast his eyes on there, but his old friend Collins, of Boston. ( Collins had, it seems, been so charmed with Ben’s account ol Philadelphia, that he came to j the determination to try his fortune there also ; ' and learning that Ben was shortly to ret urn by ; the way of New-York, he jumped into the fust ; vessel, and was there before him, wailing Ids ; arrival. Great was the joy of Ben at the sight ol his friend Collins, tor it drew after it a train ■ of the most pleasant recollections. But who t can describe his feelings, when, Hying to em- ! brace that long esteemed youth, he beheld him now rising from his chair, equally eager for the embrace, but alas! only able to make a { staggering step or two before dowi he came ' sprawling on the floor, drunk as a lord ! To see - young man, of his wi;—his elo- • . quence—bis education—his hitherto unstained ' character—and high promise, tltusoverwhelm- j ed by a worse than brutal vice, would have been a sad sight to Ben, even though that 1 young man had been an entire stnmger. But oh ! how tenfold sad to see such niatksof ru inous dishonor on one so dear, and hum whom . he had expected so much. Ben had just returned from assiiting to put poor Collins to bed, when the Captain of the vessel which had brought him to New-York, stepped up, and in a very respectiul manner, pm a note into his hand. Ben opened ir, not ' without considerable agitation, and tead as fol lows : G. Burnet’s compliments await young Mr. Franklin—and should be glad of halt an bom’s chat with him over a glass ot wine. I G. Burnet! said Ben, who can that be ? by, ’tis the Governor, replied the Cap ram, with a smile. I have just been to see him with some letters I brought for him from Boston. And when I told him what a world of books you have, he expressed curiosity to see yon, and begged 1 would return with you to his palace. Ben instantly set off with tiie Captain, but not . without a sigh as lie cast a look bick on the Moor of poor Callins’ bed room, to think what an honor that wretched young man had lost ; for the sake ol’two or three vile gulps of fdihy giog. The Governor’s looks, at the approach of Ben, shewed somewhat of disappointment— He had, it seems, expected considerable enter tainment front Ben’s conversation. But his fresh and ruddy countenance showed hitn so much younger than lie had counted on, that he gave up all his promised entertainment as a lost hope. He received Ben, however, with great politeness, and, after pressing on him a glass of wine, took him into an adjoining room, which was his library, consisting of a large and well chosen collection. Seeing the pleasure which sparkled in Ben’s eyes, as he surveyed so many elegant authors, and thought of the rich stores of knowledge which they contained, the Governor, with a smile of complacency, as on a young pupil of science, said to him— . Well, Air. Franklin, I am told by the Cap tain here, you have a fine collection too. Only a trunk full, sir ! said Ben. A trunk lull, sir! replied the Governor, what use can you have for so many books? Young people, at your age, have seldom read beyond lhe tenth chapter of Nehemiah. 1 cannot boast, replied Ben, of having read a great deal beyond that myself; but still I should be sorry if I could not get a trunk full of books to read every six months. At this, the Governor, regarding him with a look of surprise, said : You must then, though so young, be a scbol lar ; perhaps a teacher of the languages. No, sir, said Ben, I know no language but my OW’D. What, not Latin nor Greek ? No, sir, not a word of either. Why, don’t you think them necessary ? Ldon’t set myself up as judge, but I should not suppose them necessary. Ay ! well, I should like to hear your rea son. Why, sir, I am not competent to give rea sons that may satisfy a gentleman of your learn ing, but the following are the reasons with which i satisfy myself. I look on languages, sir, merely as arbitrary sounds of characters wherby men communicate their ideas to each other. Now I already possess a language which is capable of conveying more ideas than I shall 1 ever acquire: were it not wiser in me to improve j my time in sense through that one language, than waste it in getting mere sounds through fitly languages, even if I could learn as many ? Here lhe Governor paused a moment, though not without a little red on his cheeks, for hav ing only a minute before put Ben and the tenth chapter of Nehemiah so close together. How ever catching a new idea, he took another start : Well, but my r dear sir, you certainly difler ; from tlie learned world, which is, you know, de j cidediy in favor of the languages. ' I would not wish wantonly to differ from , the learned world, said Ben, especially when they maintain opinions that seem to me found »ed in truth. But when this is not the case, :to differ from them 1 have ever thought it jmy duty ; and especially since I studied i Locke. • Locke! cried the Governor with surprise, you studied Lockc. I Y es, sir, I studied Lockc on the Undertsand-’ ing three years ago, when I was thirteen ! i Y’ou ainaste me, sir. Y r ou study Locke on , the Understanding at thirteen ? Yes, sir, 1 did. W t il, and pray at what college did you study j Locke at thirteen ; for at Cambridge college in Old England, where I got my education, they ! never allowed the senior class to look at Locke • till eighteen ! j Why, sir, it was my misfortune never to be ; at a college, or even at a grammar school, ex cept nine months when I was a child. Here the Governor sprang from his seat, and staring at Ben, cried out : The ! well, and where—where did yon I get your education, pray ? I At home sir, in a tallow-chandler’s shop. In a tallow chandler’s shop? screamed tlje j Governor. i Yes, sir, my father was a poor tallow-chand ler, with sixteen children, and I the youngest of all. At eight, he put me to school, but fintl ; ing lie could not spare the money from the rest j of the children to keep me theie, he took me home into the shop, where I assisted him by twisting the candle wicksand filling the moulds all day, and at night I read by myself. At twelve, my father bound me to my brother, a primer in Buston, and with him I woiked hard all day at press aud case, and again read by myself at night. Here the Governor, spanking his hands to gether, put up a loud whistle, while his eye-balls I I wild with surprise, rolled about in their sockets 1 as if in a mighty mind to hop out. Impossible, young man! be exclaimed;, 1 impossible ! you are only sounding my creduli ty. I can never believe one half of all this, i Then turning to the captain, he said : captain ; pray tell me, can this young man here be aim ing at any thing but to quize me ? No, indeed, please your exel’ency. re plied the captain, Mr. Franklin is not qniz iug you ; he is sayin" wh it is really true, for f am acquainted with his father and family. Whole Ao. 4. The Governor then turning to Ben, ra i mote moderately: Well, my dear wonderful ,o y> I ,J sk your pardon for doubting voui word; ,i a . ,10W pray tell me, for I feel a stronger de siie than ever to hear your objections to learn ing the dead languages. W hy, Sir, I object to it principally on ac count the shortness of human life. Taking t icm one with another, men do not live above oity years. Plutarch, indeed, put it only thirty three. But say forty. Well, of this tall ten years are lost in <-!iildhcod, before any boy thinks of a Latin grammar. This brings tire oity down to thirty. Now of such a moment as this to spend five or six years to learning lhe dead languages, especially when all the’best .books in those languages are translated into ours, and besides we already have more books on every subject than such short-lived crea tures can ever acquire, seem very preposter ous.” Why not, Sir ? Why, 1 should as soon think of transplant ing <i pine apple from Jamaica lo Boston. Well, Sir, a skilful gardner, with his hot house, can give us nearly as fine a pine applo as any in Jamaica. And so Mr. Pope, with bis fine imagination, has given us Homer in English, with more of his beauties than ordi nal y scholars would find in him after forty years study of the Greek. And besides, Sir, if Ho tner was hot translated, J am far from think ing it tvould be worth spending five or six years to learn to read him in his own lan guage. You differ from the critics, Mr. Franklin, for the critics all tell us that bis beauties are inimitable. Y es, Sir, and the naturalists tel! us that the beauties ol the basilisk are ininiitable too. lhe basilisk, Sir! Homarcompared with ;the basilisk! I really do not understand you. i 1 mean, Sir, that as the basilisk is the more to be dreaded from the fieautifid skit> that covers his poison, so is Homar, from the bright colorings he throws over bad characters and passions. Now, as I don’t think the beau ties of poetry are comparable to those of phi lanthropy, nor a thousandth part so important to human happiness, I must confess I dread Homer, especially as the companion of youth. I he humane and gentle virtues are certainly the greatest charms and sweetness of life. Andi suppose, Sir, you would hardly think of send ing your sons to Achilles to learn these. i agree he has too much revenge in his composition. Yes, Str, and when painted in the colors which Homer’s glowing fancy lends, what youth but must run the most imminent risk of catching a spaik of bad fire from such a blaze as he throws on his pictures! W hy, this, though an uncommon view of the subject, is, I confess, an ingenious one, Mr.- Fran kI m; bm, surely,’(is overstrained. Not at all, Sir, we are told from good au thority that it was the reading of Homer that fit st put it into the head of Alexander the Great lo become a Hero; and after him, of Charles the XU. What millions of creatures have been slaughtered by these two great butch ers is not known; but still probably not a tytho of what have perished in duels between indivi duals, from the pride and revenge nursed by reading Homar. W r ell, Sir, replied the Governor I nevqr heard the prince of bards treated in this ways before. You must certainly be singular iu chaiges against Homar. I ask your pardon, Sir; I have the honor to think of Homar exactly as did the greatest philosopher of antiquity—l mean Plato—who strictly forbade the reading of Homar to his re public. And yet Plato was a heather. I don’t boast myselfas a Christian: and yet I am shocked at the inconsistency of our Latin and Greek teachers, generally Christians and di vines too, who can one day put Homer into the hands of their pupils, and in the midst of their recitations can stop them short to point out the divine beauties and sublimities which the poet gives to his hero in the bloody work of slaughtering the poor Trojans: and the next day take them to church to hear a discourse from Christ o.i lhe blessedness of meekness and. forgiveness. No wonder that hot-livered young men, thus educated, should despise meekness and forgiveness as mere coward’s virtues, and nothing so glorious as fighting duels and blow ing out brains. Here the Governor camo to a pause, like a gamester at his last trump. But perceiving Ben cast his eye on a splendid copy ofPopc, he suddenly seized that as a fine opportunity to turn the conveisation. So stepping up, ho placed his hand on his shoulder, and in a very familiar manner, said: Well, Mr. Franklin, that’s an author that I am sure you will not quarrel with; an author that I think you’ll pronounce ffaultless. Why, Sir, replied Ben, I a most , exalted opinion of Pope; but still, Sir, I think he is not without his faults. It would puzzle you, I suspect. .Mr. Franx- keen a critic as you arc, topointout one. W'ell Sir, answered Cen. hastily turning to the place, what do vou think of Inis faniou’ couplet ot Mr. Pope ‘lmmodest words admit of no defence for want of decency is want of sen- ’ ’ Jsee tro f-iuH t ‘ ;ere -