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GeorgiaS Statesman. TERMS,—S3 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE,] by s. meacham. THE CtEOEiaXA STATESMAN Is published every Tuesday in Milledgeville, Opposite the State-House Square. -Cj~’ Terms.... Three Dollars in advance, or Four Dollars if not paid in six months.— No subscription received for less than one year unless the money is paid in advance, and no paper discontinued till all arrearages on subscription and advertisements are paiu. pj p Notice of the sales of land and ne erws, by Administr tors, Exec .>ors, or (iuar dians, must be publish, and sirty days previous to the day of sale. The sale of personal property in like man ner must lie published forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice that applic ition will be made to the Court of Ordinary for ieave to sell land, must be publish- and nine months. Notic that application has been made for Letters of tdministralion, must also pub lished forty days' ' *** All letters directed to the Editor, on business relating to thg Office, must be post paid. GERTRUDE YONDER WART. AN AFFECTING STORY. Among those who were accused ;ts accomplices in the assassination of the Emperor Albert by John oi Swa bia, was the Baron Yonder Wart, though according to the unanimous test imony of early and later historians, he had not taken any immediate part in the deed itself. He was bound alive to the wheel. His wife Gertrude, did not forsake her unhappy husband even in his last moments, and she describes those dreadful hours in the following letter to Margaret he Fre iamtein, which is inserted in a book published at H -arlcm in 1813, undt r the following title; “Gertrude Ven der Wart, or Fidelity till Death,atrue history, of the 14th century, by J C. Appenzeller.” “I prayed under the scaffold on which my husband was fastened alive upon the wheel, and exhorted him ti fortitude. 1 then arose, and with thick pieces of wood built mvsell a kind of steps, by means of which I could mount up to the wheel, laid myself upon his trembling limbs and head, and stroked the hair from his face, which the wind had blown over it.—“ [ beseech you leave me ! Oh, T beseech you !” he exclaimed con tinually. “When day breaks, if you should be found here what will be your fate ? and what new misery will you bring upon me 1 Oh God ;is it pos sible that thou canst still increase my sufferings. 1 ’ “ I will die with you ; ’tis for that 1 come, and no power shall force me front vou,” said I, and spread out my arms over him, and implored God for my Rudolph’s death. The day broke slowly, when I saw many people in motion opposite us; I replaced the thick pieces of wood where I had found them. It was the guard who had fled on my appear ance, but had remained near the spot and as it seemed, caused a report to he made of what had passed ; for at day break all the people, men, women, and children, came flocking out of the town. Among those people I recognised flie gaoler, who had given me up the •preceding evening to Von Landen hcrg. The report must also have reached him, that I had been with tny husband, for he .approached me shaking his head, and said : “ Wo man ! this was not the intention when Landenberg fetched you yesterday !” As more people approached, I saw also several women of my acquaint ance, among them was the wife of die bailiff Hugo Von Winterthur; 1 saluted her, and begged her interven tion with her husband, that he i light order the executioner to put an end to my husband’s cruel sufferings. “ He dare not do any thing for me,” sighed Wart upon the wheel, again moving his head at this moment, and looking down upon me with his swol len eves—“ He dare not do any tiling; the Queen pronounced the sentence; and the bailiff must therefore obey : otherwise I had well deserved him that he should do me this lasi kind ness.” Some persons brought me bread and confectionary,- and offered mo 'vine to refresh me, but 1 could take nothing; for the tears that were shed, and (he pity that animated everv heart, and was kindly expressed, was to me the most agreeable refresh ment, As it grew lighter, the uum ber of people increased . I recogniz ed also tbe sheriff Steiner Von I’fun • gen, with his two sons Conrad and Datlikon; al so a Madame Von Nef fenbach, who was praying for us. The executioner came also ; then Lampucht the confessor; tbe first said v.ith a sigh; “ (iod bale compassion with this unhappy man, and comfort his soul!” the latter asked Rudolph if he would not yet confess ? Wart, with a dreadful exertion of all his strength, repeated the same words that he had called out to the Queen before the tribunal at L-rugk. Th priest was silent. Ml at once I heard a cry of “make way !” and a troop of horsemen ap proached with their vizors down. The executioner kneeled, the con fessor laid his hand upon his breast, the hors, men halted. Fathers aid Moti.ers held up their children m their arms, and the guard with then lances form a circle, while the tallest of th. knights raised himself in his stirrups, and said to the executioner, “ Whither are the crows flown that lie still k eps his eyes ?” and this was the duke Leopold. My heart' ceased to beat, when another knight with a scornful snide said : “ Let him writhe as long as he has feeling; but then people must he gone. Confounded wretches! tin sighing and crying makes me mad ! No pity must be shown here ; and she h re, who so increases the howling, who is she ? what does the woman want ? away wit.i her !” I now recognised the voice of the Queen, it was Agnes, in the dress and armour oi a knight. 1 remarked immediately that it was a woman’s voic , and it is certain that it was Agnes. “It is Wart’s wife !” I heard a third knight say. ‘ Last night when the sentence was executed, we took her with us to Kyburg. She esca ped from us ; and I must-And her here then! We thought that in her des pair she had leaped into ( t he moat of the castle We have been seeking her since this morning early God ! what faithful love. Let her alone ; nothing can he done with her.” 1 here recognised the mild temper ed youth, Von Landenberg. How well did he now speak for me ! 1 could l ave fallen at his feet. Well, Gerlude! cried a fourth tone, “will you not yet take rational advice? do not kill yourself! save yourself for the world ! you will not repent of it.” Who was this, Margaretha? I trem bled ; it was she w ho wanted to per suade me at Brugh, to ieave the criminal Wart to his fate, and pass days of joy with her. Then [ too could almost have exclaimed, “God! this is too much ! cease !” Agnes made a sign to an esquire to raise me up, and bring me away from the scaffold. lie approached me, but I threw my arm round it, and implored my own and my husband’s death. But in vain! two men drag ged me away. I besought assistance from Heaven; it was granted me. Von Landenberg (othervvise a faith ful servant o! Austria) once more ven tured to speak for me. “ Cease to humble her; such fidelity is not found on earth : angels in Heaven must re joice at it ; but it would be good if the people were driven away.” They let me loose again; the horse men departed; tears flowed from Lamprecht’s eyes; he had acted strictly acceding to his duty, and executed the will of the Queen: he could not listen to the voiceof na ture and weep with me. “ I can hold out no longer, noble lady ! 1 am vanquished ! your name shall be mentioned with glory among the saints in heaven, for this world will forget it. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life,” said he —gave me his hand and departed. Every body now left the place ex cept the executioner and the guard : evening came on, and at length silent night; a stormy wind arose, and its how ling joined with the loud and un ceasing prayers which i put up to the Almighty. One oi the guard now brought me a cloak to protect me against the wind because it was night; but I got upon the wheel - and spread it upon the raked and broken limbs of my husband - the wind whist!- and through his hair, his lips were dry. I fetch ed him some water in mv shoe, which was a refreshment to us both. I know not, my 'dearest Margaretha, how it was possible for me to live through such heart-breaking and cruel hours ! But I lay, as if guarded and won defully strengthened by God’s Angels and the saints, continually praying near the -wheel on which my whole world repose 1. Duringthis time my thoughts were with God. As often as a sigh broke fromthc breast of my Rudolph it was a dagger in my heart. But I remem bered the Holy Virgin, how she too had suffered under the cross of her Son, and consoled myself with the hope that after a short time ofsuf fi ring, the eternal joys of Heaven would he my portion, and this gave me courage to suffer; I know too, for whom I suffered, and this gave ine strength in the combat, so that I endured to the very last moment. Though Wart had at first so earn estly begged of me not to increase his agonies by my presence, yet he now thanked me as much for not having left him; in my prayers to God he found consolation and refresh ment, and it was a comfort to his -•out when I prayed. llow the last dreadful morning and i non were spent; permit me to pass over in silence—A few hours before He libierunt artes, paeisque imponere morem, parcere subjectis et debellarc superbos. — Virgil. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1826 evening, Rudolph moved his head for the last time ; 1 raised myself up to him. He mumured very faintly, but with smiling love upon his lips, Jiese words ; Gertrude, this is fideli ty till death, and expired.—On my Knees I th..nked God for the grace w’hi< h he had given me to remain faithful to the end. THE DOCTOR AGAINST HIS WILL. The grand duke Boris Gudenow, who reigned during the years 1597 and 1605, was, according to the rela tion of Olearius, very much afflicted with the gout. At a certain period, wh n lie suffered very severe pains, he caused it pubiickly to be proclaim ed at Moscow, that he would re ward with extraordinary favour and great riches the man, whoever. he might be, that would relieve him from those pains. “ It seems that no one voluntarily appeared to earn the favour of the Grand Duke: and, indeed, no wonder, for a doctor had his whole xist nee at stake i- those times, in Russia, it his cure failed upon some high or no ble patient; and Gudenow was in the habit of making the surgeon, as if h considered the latter as absolute mas ter of nature, responsible for the re sult of his art. “ The wife of a certain bojaar, or counsellor of the cabinet, w ho reciv ed very harsh treatment from her husband, took the advantage of this public edict of the grand duke, to rev r,ge hers If, in a cunning manner, on her cruel husband. She there fore, had the duke informed that her husband possess and an infallible remedy for the gout, but that he was not sufficiently humane to impart it. “ The bojaar was immediately sent for the court, and strictly examined; the latter declared by all that was holy, that he was unacquainted with any such remedy, and had not the slightest knowledge of medicine But oaths would not avail his; Gudenow had him severely whipped and con fined. When, shortly after, he was examined, he repeated the same declarations, adding, that this trick was probably upon him by his wife; the duke had him whipped a second time, but more severely, and threat en ed him with death, if he had not spee dily relieve him from pain. Seized with terror, the bojaar was now at a loss w hat to be at He promised to do his best, but requested a few days, in order to have the necessary drug gathered. Having, with great diffi culty, had his request granted, he sent to Ozibak, two days’ journey from Moscow, in order to get thence all sorts of drugs which were to be had there. He sent for a cart-load of them, mixed them all together, and prepared herewith a bath for the duke, in the hope of his blind cure proving successful. Gudenow having used the bath, really found some re lief, and the bojaar had his life spar ed him. Nevertheless, because he had know n such an art, denied his knowdedge of it, and refused his as sistance to the grand duke, the latter had him again thoroughly whipped, and after being entirely recovered, he gave him anew dress, two hun dred rubles, and eighteen slaves, by way of a present, In addition to this, he seriously admonished the doctor never to be revenged on his wife. It is said that the bojaar, after this oc currence, lived many years in peace and happiness with his spouse.” ". ,l FALL OF MISSOLONGHI. London, May 14. Despatches were received or. Mon day morning at the Colonial Office, from Major-General, the lion. Fred erick Ponsonby, the Lord High Com missioner, pro tempore, in the loni an Islands, announcing that the late of the long disputed fortress of Mis solonghi, was finally decided cm the nights of the 22d and 23d ultimo. The death of Ibrahim is not true. It appears that the garrison, hav ing become desperate from the total want of provisions, and the failure of the Greek fleet, under Admiral Ml aulis, to throw supplies into the town, determined to retire trom the place. A sortie was accordingly made by 800 men, under two chief tains, with the hope to gain one o' the batteries upon the sea shore, which was defended by a large body of Arabs; and the town was partial ly set fire to at the same time, with the view of diverting the attention of the besiegers. It was hoped, that by this attack, a way would he opened for the re mainder of the garrison; but this plnn had been foreseen by the Turks, and their posts so strongly reinforced, that, after attempting in vain to force a passage, by carrying the battery, the body, led by the two Chieftains, dispersed, and end avored to save themselves by gaining the moun tains. They then poured into the town and put to the sword, or made pri oners, all who opposed them. The loss sustained by the Turk on this occasion is not reported ; but the obstinacy of the conflict may he estimated by the fast, that althoug 1 between 2 and 3000 Greeks perish ed in that town, and at the foot of the mountain, only 150 are reported to liave been taken aliv . Os the women and children, a considerable number sue said to have destroyed themselves, or to have been drown ed ; but about 3000 have been re turned a- prisoners. The alarm created by their dis persion, was quickly communicated to those who were to follow on this hazardou enterprise, who now aban doned their posts, and sought shel ter in small numbers in the most ten able places in the neighborhood of the town. In the midst of the con fusion, the Turkish troops rushed on from the sea and land side, and took possession of the fortifications, to which, as a signal, of victory, they set fire. [From the London Timcy of May 17.] We perceive that the fall of Mis solonghi has excited some uneasi ness among the friends of Greece, for the ultimate condition of that long suffering and interesting coun try. In making known the above unfortunate event, on Monday last, we thought it right to add, that th final issue of the war was not likely, in our judgment, to depend on any relative superiority, attainable thro’ military successes, by the Turkish Government over the Greek nation ; and such is our conviction still. The readers of the Times may re ly upon the information conveyed to them, and repeatcd i in former num bers of this journal, on the authority of our foreign correspondents, as to tire nature and political results of his Grace the Duke of Wellington’s embassy to the Court of St. Peters burg. On that subject, we distinct !v stated, that the Duke only faded where a failure was inevitable, in the eff irt which he was officially c.oi n pelled to make, for preventing, '■ such a thing were possible, a contest between the Russian empire and the Porte, on points not immediately connected with the war now raging between the Greeks an dthe latter power. Respecting Greece, however, the Duke succeeded in a manner the must absolute and complete. The independence of Greece was secured by his representations to the Russian cabinet. Her r lease from Turkey was not left contingent on the pre carious issue of her own military re sources and exertions. Her fortres ses might be captured, and her heave men slaughtered, and legious of A rabs might overrun the fields of the Morea; but the resolution was an nounced by England, and Russia concurred in it unequivocally, that Greece snould no logger exist as a slave to the Turks. Let, therefore, the friends of general liberty dismiss their fears for the result of this san guinary conflict—Greece will ere long be free ; and instead of the fu ture being rendered more doubtful by the fall of the fortress recently captured—an event calamitous only for the innocent blood which it has cost—we are inclined to think that the moment of liberation to the Greeks will be hastened by it rath -r rnan r tarded. Turkey will become more insolent and unsparing; Eng !-*nd th. re fore must, fur the sake of ! nor and humanity, be more prompt in the developement of her policy, and mure vigorous and peierptory in its enforcement. If, indeed, we have allowed that the point of the late negotiation which miscarried was one which no address or talent could then have secured—so we are bound to express our regret that the object, which has been attained with Russia by negotiation has not been more energetically followed up and realized in favour of Greece by our diplomatic agents at Constantinople. Though the end will he the same, a 'rightful mass of intermediate suffer ing has already flowed from the vain attempt to apply the instrument of masoning, where cannon balls only were likely to obtain a hearing. Paris, May 16. Every tiling indicates that hostil .ties are on the point-of commencing between Russia and the Porte. A private letter from Augsburg, of May 8, says, “that at the date of the latest news from Constantinople, th Porte had not officially answered M. de Minziaeky, hut the first verbal ■iHwer of the Reis Eflendiff was known, and its tenor shows that the Ottoman ministry is not destitute of address. “it is glad that the Emperor Nich olas dees not confound in his ultima tum the. question of the Greek reb els with the Porte; that it learn with pleasure that the intervention of other cabinets, which for these five years have served only to fetter the negotiations with Russia, ha 9 at ength ceased ; that the Porte, how ver, had fulfilled its treaties respec ting Moldavia and Wallachia, since -3000 Police Guards cannot be called a military occupation ; that the Porte consequently hoped that Russia on its part would no longer delay to give up to the Turks the fortresses of Bessarabia, the restitution of which was stipulated by the peace of 1812. “It is not doubted that as soon as this answer is known at St. Peters burg, it will lead to an order to pas tlie Pruth ; the Porte seems to ex pect this, for a firman has already been issued, giving orders to provi sion the forces on tie Danube for six ■ f onths The 20th May is general ly assigned as the day when the Rus sian troops will enter the principali ties.” Bcckharest, April 26. According to the last accounts from Constantinople, dated the 20th, which have been brought by Coin iers, the Reis Effendi has replied hv a formal refusal, to the proposals of Mr. Stratford Canning, in favor of the Greeks. Private letters add, that the English Ambassador, on his return from his conference on this subject with the Reis Effendi, had been insulted by the Turkish popu lace, who had collected in the streets. As for M. Miuziacky, it is considered as certain, that in case of a formal refusal in answer to the ultimatum presented to him, he wjll quit Con stantinople one day after the expira tion of the six weeks’ delay given to the Porte. The Divan will hardly come to a decisive resolution before that time. Liverpool, May 24. The cause of the Greeks was in cidentally touched upon in the House •f Commons, on the 19th. Sir Rob ert Wilson and Mr. ,in favor of the govt some measures in their favor befor another year should come round. .Mr. II said the ruin of the Gr*-' cause was not necessarily to be in ferred from the downfall of Mi- so longhi. On the contrary, the best possible results ought to lie predict ed, from the courage and despern' valor withVhich the Greeks had de fended that fortress. The Pope has issued anew bull against all secret societies, and par ticularly against the freemasons. Vecrec of the General Congress of Mexico. The M. E. President of the United Mexican States has been pleased to address to me the decree which fol lows ; The President of the United Mex ican States to the inhabitants there of—Know re, that the General Con gress have decreed as follows ; Al! goods, productions, and effects of national growth or manufacture, which may be exported, shall he free of duty, and neither shall the Stales through which they may pass, or the public authorities on flic coasts, im pose on them any duly of w hatsoev er description, except flic following: Coined gold, two per cent. Gold in bars, dr otherwise, two per cent. Silver, coined, in bars, or other wise, three and one half per cent. LORENZO I)E ZAVALA, President of the Senate. BERNARDO GON.SALE/. PEREZ OF. ANGELO, President of ihe Chamber of Deputies. DEMETRIO CASTILLO. Senator Secretary. JOAQUIN MIGUEL GCTIENEZ, Deputy Secretary. Whereupon i direct the same to be printed, published, and circulated, and that the same be duly fulfilled. Palau of lire Federal Government in Mexico . IQth May, IS2O. GUADELUFE VICTORIA. And I transmit the same to you to be carried into effect. God and liberty. ESTEYA. Mexico, 10 th May, 1826. From the National Journsl. We learn from Ihe Arkansas Ga-I zette of May 2.‘3d, that, of a party of ten or twelve, that were engaged in catching wild horses, on the roe-Wu -hita, a branch of the Red River, five were killed by a party of' Indians, b - lieved to lie- Pawnees. Some difficulties have arisen be tween the Cherokees and Usages hi Arkansas. A council has been field at Cantonment Gibson, where the Cherokees demanded of the Osagts ■atisfiiction fur the murder of some of their people, and restitution for several horses which bad been sto len bv the latter nation. The coun cil broke np w ithout an acconimoda tiyuoftheir differ nces. The Osuges objected to treating', in consequence fthe recent death of their Agent, Col. McNair, and positively refused to make the satisfaction required by ,i other party, until another AgPr.t should be appointed. The conse quence of t’u-ir refusal was an imme- [OR g 4 IF NOT PAID IN SIX MONTHS. NO. 30....V0L. L diate declaration of war against them by the Cherokees—hut, through the intercession of Col Arbuckle, they have consented to suspend hostilities fi r the space of three months, for the purpose of giving the Osages farther lime to deliberate upon the matter, and for the appointment of an Agent, and receipt of instructions from this City, which, it is hoped, may have a tendency to prevent an effusion of blood between the parties. Amongst the numerous articles of intelligence furnished in our column® to-day, that which relates to the af fairsofGreece is particularly interest ing. Missolonghi has a length fallen: but we have, on the authority of the London Times, the consoling infor mation that the wrelched fortune of the Greeks has at length attracted the attention ofthe two Powers of the World who hav it in their |>ower, and they alone, by their dictum, to determine her fate. The teeling cf humanity s erns at length to have overcome, on the part of the British Government, the sugg stions of poli cy ; and she has become the interces sor and vindicator of the most oppres sed of Christian Nations. The sa crifice of human life at Missolonghi is deeply to be deplored : but happy w ill it be if it have the effect to stim ulat' the Poweis of Europe, whoa lone have a right to interfere in it, to say at length to the Turk, Stay thv hand, and release Jjiy grasp! Thy tyranny be at an end ! Greece shall be free l- 1 . Vat. Int. From the Eastpoit (Me.) Sentinel. “ The schooner Hammond, Tuth crlev, of Portsmouth, N. H., with about 120 quintals of fish on board, was captured last Monday, on Sandy Cove fishing ground, which is about wo leagues from the shore, by a boat belonging to the British brig of var Dotlearl. Two other vessels, the lary and Favorite of Portsmouth, were in company at the time, but n ude their escape ; as did also the schooner Lark. Captain Hillard, of the same place, now in this port, from whom we obtained the above infor mation Capt. 11. states that sever al shots were fired at him, and came very near killing one ro two of his men. He supposes that several other vessels wi re taken at the time, as a number were at anch< er part of ti e ground. It is hoped that an armed vessel will soon be sent in our bay, and another to the Labrador coast, for the protection of the hardy and meritorious fisher men ” The Boston Patriot makes the fol lowing remarks upon this occurrence “ When, to this renewed molesta tion of our fishermen, we add the recent case of mpressment on the African coast, both acts of the Brit ish officers, wo confess they present some indication of a systematic repe tition of those outrages on our nation al rights, which forced tLis country into a war of reprisal for the protec tion of those rights; and to which dernier resort it may again be driven, unless these acts be officially disa vowed, and measures to be taken to prevent the occurrence hereafter et like depredations. In the mean time one of our sloops of war stationed in the Bay of Fnndy, or in that vicinity, might prove a salutary check to that tiiirst for naval renown, wh ; ch lias led a British sloop of war to show fight to an American fishing smack. Fro:re , Messuratlo .—Letters have been received here from the African Colony at Cape Messurado, dated 18th April last, which gives the fol lowing melancholy information of the. fate of several emigrants from this town. The letters state that the. Colonists arrived there after a pas sage ofabout five weeks from Boston, and after being there ten or fifteen days, several of them were attacked with the fever of tlic Country; that Newport Gardner, John S. Nuba, Abania Gardner, and the wife and son of John Chevers, jiad died.— ■ Newport Merevry. A Curious Spectacle. —A few weeks since, a gentleman in this neighbor hood noticed a very unusual flight of crows, who seemed to Le at tracted from all directions to one particular spot on his farm, and ail incessant noise and hustle agitatated all that arrived. The gentleman took his gun in his hand, and crept towards the spot to ascertain the oc casion, and to make a shot amongst them. On getting within view o. the centre of attraction, he was amus ed to find the hustle to lie occasion ed bv a battle between a couple of' the c.-uws, who, notwithstanding his approach, fought on so obstinately, that they would not separate until the gentleman took hold of them with his hands and carried the com batants home with him. Maryland Rep f