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[The following communication
adverts to facts with which we are
unacquainted; we therefore give it
as we received it, freely offering
the use of our columns to those
who may feel able to clear up the
matter. If the facts hinted at are
the whole truth and nothing but
the truth, the subject ought to he
sounded “ long and loud ” W e
always believed that these Elliott
and Brainard and Chocktaw folks
would convert the Indian lands
before they did the Indians them
selves, but we were not prepared
to believe they would take the
monies belonging to the Indians.
We thought it was enough that
they had so managed as to outrun
all others and monopolize every
cent appropriated by the general
government for the civilization of
the Indians. We are friendly to
religious missions; but at the
same time we are willing to allow
that some of these ‘establishments’
mav be carried too lar: if we
rightly understand the scriptures,
where the disciples are commanded
to go and teach all nations the
Christian religion, there is not much
said about great establishments and
abundance of cash, &c.'J
MISSIONARY MODESTY.
The American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions,”
is about to petition to Congress for
aid and assistance, in christianizing
the Indian tribes within our terri
tories. (See Con. Journal, 21st
October, 1823.) Considering the
treatment with the Indians, as well
as the United States, have receiv
ed from the agents of that Society,
this petition will manifest a degree
of impudence not to he expected
oven in this age of impudence.
It is but a short time, since their
agents at Elliot, by flattery and
imposture, persuaded some Chiefs
of the Chocktaw Indians to make
over to them the mnuity which
that tribe receives from the Gov
ernment of the United States. The
sum granted by those Chiefs to
the Missionary Society is R6OOO a
vear for sixteen years, and five
thousand dollars for an additional
year; making in the whole One
hundred and one thousand dollars!
This is civilizing the Indians at a
great rate ! (see Letter from Mis
sipnaries at Elliot, dated 12th June,
1820, in the Panoplist.
The conduct of the Indian Chiefs
in this transaction, created, such a
tumult in the Choctaw tribe, that
the Government of the United
States was obliged to interfere to
quiet it ; which could only be done
by making them compensation for
the robbery bv a grant of lands.—
The following is an article of the
Treaty relating to that suliject.
Art VIII. To remove any dis
content xv/iich may have arisen in
the Choctaw nation, in consequence
of R6OOO of their annuity having
been appropriated [granted to the
Missionaries] annually for 16 years
by some of the Chiefs , for the sup
port of their schools, the Commis
sioners of the United States oblige
themselves on the part of said
States, to set apart an additional
tract of good land, for raising a
fund equal to that given btj said
Chiefs , so that the whole of the an
nuity may remain in the nation
•and be divided amongst them.”
(See Acts 2d Session 16th Congress
page 97:)
So it seems the Government of
the United states must pay the
8101,000 to this modest Mission
ary Society : who are not conten
ted with that, but are about to ask
for more. T.
The Golden Apostles. —When his
Prussian Majesty took possession
of Prague, he was survey ing one
of the principal cathedrals, attend
ed by one of the nvost dignified
ecclesiastics, and perceiving the
twelve apostles in rich gold hab
its, he asked the priest what was
the value of the gilding “ Sir,”
replied the priest, “ they are all
solid gold.” “Gold!” answered
his Majesty, “ then the apostles are
put to a wrong use, for it was in
tended by their master they should
travel all over the lace of the earth
for the public good, and behold in
your church they are, all confined ,
therefore, to fulfil their master’s
orders, I will have them immedi
ately made* into ducats, and they
may travel over the face of the
earth.’* So Alexander said of the
beard of ./Esculapius, that it was
cruel to suffer his godship to have
one of gold in the winter when wool
was much warmer.
TRUMBULL'S PICTURE.
Asa specimen of the state of the
arts in the United States, we may
without blushing present this print,
every tiling relating to which is the
production of our own country. 01
the painter we need say nothing—eve
ry body knows him to be one of our re
volutionary worthies, whose pencil, in
representing the brightest periods of
our annals, does but express his heart
and eulogise his own early life. The
engraver is also a native American,
and as an artist, in a great degree self
formed. The figures are in general
happily disposed : considering the na
ture of the subject, there is as much
variety in the grouping as could be
looked for. The sitting figures are
easier and better drawn than those in
a standing position, some of the latter
having too much stillness in the atti
tude. The faces are verv fine—they
are all said to be actual likenesses, and
the expression is precisely what it
should be.—There is an air of digni
fied seriousness, becoming the situa
tion of that most august assembly of
patriot freemen, at the very crisis of
their country’s fate. With this is uni
ted an air of raised expectation, while
all eyes are fixed on the Committee,
and all ears open to listen to their
communication. The Committee stand
ina compact group before the Speak
er’s table,while Mr. Jefferson as Chair
man, is in the act of presenting their
report. The figure of each of these
celebrated men is well preserved.—
Mr. Adams, round and full of limb.—
Roger Sherman, long, larrk and slouch
ing, his hair hanging awkwardly on
his neck: the late Chancellor Living
ston, dignified and upright, with an air
somewhat aristocratic about the head
and shoulders ; Mr. Jefferson, a tall,
gaunt figure, with more expression
than grace; and, lastly', the immortal
Franklin, easy and at home, his specta
cles in his hand, and his face full of
that composed reflection, which so em
inently marked his character. These
figures occupy, as they should do, the
most prominent ground in the picture,
and their appearance is strikingly just
and natural. Mr. Hancock the Speak
er, is looking intently on Mr. Jefferson
as if listening to the words with which
he accompanies the presentation of
the paper in his hand—his eyes speak
but his lips are closed. This is right.
But when we look at Mr. Jefferson,
(and the effect is so striking that the
beholders seem also to listen) we sec
Mr. Jeftersou’s lips also closed. This
is the disappointment. The nature of
the subject precludes much action, and
the want should be compensated as
far as possible, by the appearance of
speech.—JV*. V. Cum. Jldv.
Literary. —lt appears by a state
ment in the Georgetown Metropo
litan, that the Rev. Mr. Weems,
continnes to favor the world with
the productions of his pen in the
shape of Literary Looking Glass
es. He has already published the
Gambler’s, Drunkard’s, Adulter
er’s, Duellist’s, Old Bachelor’s,
Bad Husband’s, Bad Wife’s, and
Moral Looking Glasses. The two
last have lately been finished, and
are announced by him as follows :
“ The Moral Looking Glass is to
convince all, but chiefly the mar
ried, that it is much easier especial
ly lor them, to goto Paradise than
to Purgatory ; also, that to get hus
bands and xvives and to keep them
lovers are very different things;
and that while beauty and show
will grow old, the tender assiduties
of conjugal love are charms that will
last forever.
“ Pleasure and Profit —Just fin
ished, the BAD-WIFE’S LOOK
ING GLASS, or History of a
Beautiful Carolina Lady, who from
not resisting the Devil, in the case
of an unfortunate roxv with her hus
band, was tempted to murder him
which she actually did in his sleep’
under circumstances singularly in
teresting.”
Meteoric Stone —Mr. Dinsmore,
an intelligent farmer, in Noble
burgh, Me. gives the following ac
count of a meteoric stone, which
lately fell in that town:
As he was at work in his field
between 4 and 5 o’clock, P. M. of
the 7th of August, his attention was
arrested by an unusual noise in the
sky directly over his head, like the
firing of many guns in repeated
succession, and as loud as the re
port of a musket at the distance of
20 rods. This noise continued
four or five minutes, the success
ion of the reports growing more ra
pid until the whole sounded like
the roll of a drum. About five
minutes after this sound had ceas
ed he heard something like the
noise produced by wind among
trees, and looking up to discover
the cause, saw what he thought a
cloud in quick motion, and at that
instant heard something strike
the ground near him. He pro
ceeded to the spot and found that
about six rods from where he had
been standing, a stone had entered
the earth to the depth of six inches
when striking another stone it broke
in pieces. He thinks the stone
would have weighed as much as
four pounds. The stone is of an
ashey grey col'or, covered with a
coat of black, resembling oxide of
iron. Its granular texture resem
bles coarse sandstone.
Singular Phenomenon —On the lltli
ult. about 12 miles from Madison, in
Jefferson county, on the road leading
to Verona, two explosions took place
in quick succession, in the bottom of
a branch near the house of Mr. Badge
ly, which cracked the rock for a con
siderable length, and threw up a quan
tity of mineral, intermingled with
white spar. It is yet unknown what
kind of metal it is. The report was
so loud that it was heard at the dis
tance of four miles, and those living in
the immediate vicinity were very
much alarmed. This is a singular oc
c
currence, and such a one as we do not
recollect to have heard of before, un
less accompanied by an earthquake.—
One of the editors has been on the
ground since the explosion. Some of
the rocks that were broken appear to
be very large sheets, and the effect
produced upon them is much greater
in extent than would be produced by a
blast from powder.
Western (Ohio) Centinel.
A Delicious Jkouthful. — A pro
fessor of Snakeology, in Philadel
phia after amusing a crowd for
some time by playing with a snake
after various feats, which moved
to admiration the minds of the soo
ty sweep and the lusty porter, fin
ally, for the sum of one cent , exac
ted from each of his spectators,
cramedit, body and soul , all alive
as it was into his mighty mouth.
Then, (says the Aurora,) burst the
peals of deserved applause; for
indeed it was a merrv sight to see
the little animal poking his head
from between the teeth of the
great animal , hissing defiance on
all arround.
A circumstance occurred at Hert
ford, on Thursday se’nnight, which
excited a very general sensation
throughout the place, and shows
upon what a frail tenure we hold
our mortal existence. The Rev.
Mr. Hopkins, late enrate of Byford
in this county, was to have mar
ried a Mrs. , a widow, at the
cathedral church of this city. The
parties attended at the customary
hour and proceeded to the altar.
The solemn service commenced,
and was proceeded in,till the bride
groom took the ring out of his pock
et, to place it on the finger of his
bride . but just at the moment when
she extended her hand to receive
the token of their union, he sud
denly fell back and after a fit of
convulsions, which lasted but a mo
ment, he lay on the ground a cold
corpse ! To attempt to describe
the alarm which prevailed would
be only to fail. The half wedded
bride was conveyed home in a state
of grief that is not to be expressed,
and the body of the bridegroom
was carried on a bier to a neigh
boring tavern (the Red Lion) where
an inquest was held the same night,
by the coroner ; and the jury re
turned a verdict of “ Died by the
visitation of God.” It is an extra
ordinary fact that the late husband
of the intended bride dropped down
dead. Liverpool Mercury.
Greek Heroines. —There are three
Greek females who have become
celebrated in the present contest.
One is Bobalina, who furnished a
squadron and assumed the com
mand herself. She has been pres
ent at several engagements. An
other is Madalena Maurojeni. She
has devoted her whole property to
the cause of liberty, and was or
ganizing a corps to be employed at
her own expence. She is hand
some, speaks French and Italian,
and converses with eloquence.
Her only regret is the impossibility
of leading her legion to the field,
and being present at a combat for
liberty. Ihe third is Cousante
Zacari, who assumed the cos
tume of a man, collected a band of
and performed wonders.
She is only 22, and a perfect beau
ty in shape and features.
A Pope in America . —At the re
quest of a deputation from South
America, the late Pope of Rome
appointed Monsignor Muzzi to be
Apostolic Vicar in the new world.
He is to be clothed with extensive
powers, and be a kind of substitute
for the Pope’s own authority’ in gov
erning the Church in America. 1 he
holy father “ deplores the error of
the insurgents who contemn the
authority of the mother country,”
but, “ desirous not to jeopardize
the eternal salvation of so many
Christians,” he has granted then
petition for the appointment of a
patriach. Col. Star.
jforcifiti tfuttUfflnue.
From the Savannah Republican
SURRENDER OF CADIZ.
By the fast sailing packet ship
Corsiar, Capt. Porter, just arrived
we have been put in possession of
New-York papers to the 11th inst.
inclusive.
The war in Spain is at an end.
Letters from Gibraltar of the 2d of
Octobe*-, received at Boston, state
that Cadiz surrendered on the 29th
of September and King Ferdinand
and his family passed over to St.
Mary’s the next day, and were ex
pected to set oft’ for Madrid imme
diately. The terms on which Ca
diz surrendered were not known.
—lt was not thought that the
British government had any hand
in it, as the Sappho frigate, which
was supposed to have brought the
ultimatum, did not arrive till the
day after the surrender. It was
understood that it capitulated
without being bombarded, the
French troops having first got pos
session of the castle of St. Petri,
and the Isle of Leon.
We hear nothing of the fate of
the Cortes. The royalists are said
to be on tip toe, and extremelv
vindicative against the Const - ’ ti
tionalists. They expect anew i
of affairs in Spain, and the restora
tion., xvith French aid , of the colo
nies.
It was thought the Inquisition
would not be re-established in
Spain and that Ferdinand would b 4
advised to give a constitution to his
people worthy of the age.
The surrender of Cadiz, it was
confidentlv asserted would produce
that of all the other fortresses which
held out.
The French are said to have of
fered an asylum on board their fleet
to many of the Constitutionalists
who were fearful of being assassin
ated.
Letters from Corfu announce
Lord Bvron’s arrival in Caphalonia
with the money and amunition
which he had promised the Greeks.
Tho’ he w’as most impatiently ex
pected in the Morea, he judged
that he ought not to depart without
the instruction of the Greek Gov
ernment in order that the succour
he brings may be directed to the
most suitable point.
The last accounts from Greece represent the
Turks as unsuccessful in all their attempts n
guinstthe Morea—their fleet remained inactive.
Algiers, June 22.—The government
has returned to its despotic proceed
ings. A ship laden with various bales
of goods and bound to this city, was
obliged in consequence of a storm, to
be at the expense of 10,000 francs, for
repairs at Marseilles and Nice. On
his arrival the captain would not un
load until he was indemnified for the
expences, which he proved by proper
documents. 1 hose to whom the car
go was addressed, complained to the
I)ey, who ordered it to be delivered
to them, adding, that it was not the
custom at Algiers to make any allow
ance for average. All the European
agents protested against this decision
which is contrary to the law of nations,
but the Dev persisting, the captain
was compelled to give up the cargo
without receiving any indemnity.
Jlayti. —An extensive academy has
lately been established at 7’ort-au-
IVmce, in which all branches of juris
prudence, literature, the principles of
astronomy and medicine are taught.—
A similar academy or college, with
able professors, natives of the country
has long been established at Cane Hay
tien, under the patronage of the gov
ernment. Y’he Spanish part of the is
land, which had been deprived of the
advantages of common schools till re
cently, having united itself with the
/’residency, now enjoys the same re
gulations ior the improvement of the
people in learningand morals as other
parts of the island.
Wednesday, .Nov. 21:,
COTTON.’
Augusta JVbr. 22.—At,out a t[ lol mn<S Uu
per day are brought in and old ;
to 14 3-4 from waggons. Opinions
to the support of previous prices ureer.Wjir
c:i, which may cause the aiticle to
a further decline. *
In this place and Macon for a sow (W*
13 1-8 have been paid. ’ *
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CAMI.
A Convention of Delegates from tbesi;*
of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
the District of Columbia, wa* held at the
of Washington, in the Capitol, on the ftt
and Bth Noveml>er,for the purpose
ing the waters of the Potomac with tio-*.
of the Ohio. A committee was appointed (w
each state, and a number of resolutions
ed proposing the manner in which Crtnds ntr
be raised, and for other objects necessar?
carry the work into effect in the must
cable manner. The following h an
from the preamble and resolutions :
“ Whereas, a connection of the Atlantic and
Western Waters, by a canal leading from
seat of the General Government to the rin> r
Ohio, regarded ns a locnl object, is one o( the
highest importance to the states immediately
interested therein, and considered in a national
view, is of inestimable consequence to thefc.
ture union, security, and happiness of the ['ni
ted States :
“ Resolved —That it is expedient to substitute
for the present defective navigation of the Po.
tomae river above tide water, a navigable Cv
na) by Cumberland, to the mouth of Saea
Creek, at the eastern base of the Allegany, and
to extend such Canal, as soon thereafter a,
practicable, to the highest constant steam-fcoai
navigation of the Monongahela or Ohio river
“ Resolved —That a committee of five dele
gates be appointed to prepare, and cause to he
presented in behalf of this convention, a suit
able Memorial to the state of Ohio, soliciting
the co-operation of that state in the completion
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and its u!
timate connexion with the navigation of Lakt
Erie/;
The following affecting sentence
was passed by Judge Longstreet on
John M. Wil iams, convicted of tlie
murder of lib wife, at the late Supe
rior Court in Jones county—which has
been famished for publication by tie
Judge, at the solicitation of the Bar,
and a number of citizens who at*
tended the trial.
Millcdgeville Recorder.
John M. Williams —When I heard
the history of your case from the lips
of those who testified on your trial, i
thought it was such an one a3 would
reconcile me to the painful task l am
now about to perform. But all the
disgust and horror which I then felt at
the enormity of your crime, have now
given way to a succession of kind but
conflicting emotions, that almost over
power me ; and I meet you upon to
occasion, no better prepared to pro*
nounce, than you are to hear, the aw
ful sentence which await3 you. But
it is vain to shrink from a duty which
the law compels me to perform.
Hear me then for a few moments,
and forgive me for prolonging your
suspense, while I once more rehearse
the sad story of your guilt. Believe
me,the piteous tale is not again repeat
ed to shoot another pang into your
agonized bosom. I would not wan
tonly sport with your feelings or mod
your calamity. It is directed to the
throng which presses around you,to
witness our last sad interview. By
them it will be long remembered, and
may hallow the rude and turbulent
passions that would hurry’ them into
crime, when the stern mandate of the
law would be forgotten. Perhaps too,
it may touch some tender chord of
your own heart that remains 1 yet uu
broken, and awaken you to such a sens®
of your perilous situation, as will > n ’
duce you to make a successful appeal
to that Being, whose arm alone can
snatch you from the ruin which threat
ens you.
It appears that some years silica
you wooed and won the heart of a ll
amiable, lovely, affectionate and fa
therless female—you led her to the
alter, and there, in the presence °l
that Being, before whom you mus
shortly appear, you interchanged wll .
her vows of perpetual love and fideli
ty. She kept her vow amidst these
verest triab ; she did not forget it-*" 1
The marks of your brutal violeo fC
disclosed your cruelty to the w*' 1 ’
before her own lips whispered it to ti' r
nearest friend. When her w° ulit . s
awakened the sympathies of the on *
male connexion she had on earth*•j 1
forced him to step forward in her lle
fence, she interceded in your heh •
quelled the rage of her! defender.p 4 ' 11 ’
ated the offence of her husband, ‘ or
gave him, and with manifestation* “
unabated love, again received you
her bosom.—With each revol vid b
month your cruelties were repe 4 ” ’
and as often as they were re P ) fß, p C ( |j
so often were they forgiven. At
your conduct assumed a more * arn