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As there is now a war between
Turkey and England, I am going to
Morocco and Tombuctoo, by the way
of Tunis and Algiers; which journey l
am making as I did in Mesopotamia,
viz. as a poor man, in the quality ol a
menial servant to some African mer
chant, either Jewish or Mahomed;
dnd, with the Gospel in my hand,
prechins where ever I can; which like
wise is thd only way in those countries
to go safely through; and, if the Lord
please, I hope to succeed at the same
time in this way better than any other
traveller did in entering Tombuctoo,
where I learn Jews are to be found,
and another sect believed to be the
descendants of the Hittites of old.—
Travelling in this way, of course nei
ther Lady Georgiana’s income nor
that of the society will be needed; and
■should we move in a year hence for
Jerusalem, then I will apply again to
the society to allow me to draw for
the expense of the journey to Jerusa
lem, I beg, however, not to be un
derstood that on this account I should
not feel myself under obligation to
give accounts to the society; on the
contrary, I shall always send my jour
nals regularly to the society for pub
lication, but my mind is more easy in,
not receiving a regular salary from
the society. . •
I intend leaving this place at the end
iof the month.—N. Y. Ohs.
5EWEC HOT A: •
nU RSO VY, APRIL 24, lHUS.
TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS.
Scipio’s Comniumcation has been re
ceived, but it is too personal for insertion.
In consequence of the difficult ios in pro-
'curing paper, wc shall not be able to issue
our 11th No. until week after next. A
few weeks lienee we hope to have a large
supply of good paper from the North,
Onr readers may wish to know the rea
son why they do not receive their papers
'as soon as they might, All the papers that
are sent by mail are regularly ami punctu-
•ally put into the post office in this place, hut
acecording to the present arrangement of
the mails, they are obliged to lie at Spring-
place nearly a week. Application has
been made to the (general Post Office to
remedy this inconvenience; and we hope
the application will be complied with. In
future our paper will he issued on Wednes
day instead of Thursday, in anticipation of
'such alteration.
The Arkansas Cherokee Delegation now
Ut Washington, appear to he disappointed,
as they are likely not to eilect the objects of
their Mission, They express some dissat
isfaction.
One of the murderers, whose trial we
noticed in our last, was condemned at
Chickamauga Court House; and executed
on the I9th inst. Intemperance has been
the ruin of this man, as it has been with
thousands of others. We sincerely hope
this instance of the evil effects of ardent spi
rits will prove a warning to onr Citizens,
such as indulge themselves in the excessive
use of it, and to such as deal in it for the
■purpose of gain.
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INDIAN EMIGRATION.
Wc had occasion, in the first' number of
Our paper, to publish an extract of Col,
M’Kcnncy’s letter to the Secretary of War,
on Indian emigration, together With some
remarks ot our’s which we could not very
well avoid, considering our situation, and
■our views of the subject. An unknown ad
vocate of this new system of ejnegration has
"Sent us the communication published be
low, intended to explain and defend the po
licy and principles recommended by Col.
M’Kenney in the above mentioned letter;—
We are opposed, as our readers undoubted
ly know, to the removal of the Cherokces;
particularly under such principles. The
objections to our removal we have not
yet offered to the public, hut which will
^probably, at some future time, be done thro’
the medium of this paper. It may suffice
for the present to observe, that it is a mat
ter of great doubt with ns, whether this po
licy of removing the Indians beyond the li
mits of any Sate, is rearly founded upon
true friendship, having for its sole and
great end, the good of the Aborigines of this
country. This doubt becomes strength
ened from the fact, that this policy is sus
tained by recommendations of a coercive
nature, and heartily welcomed by persons,
known to be decidedly opposed to every In
dian improvement^
Is It reasonable to suppose, that those who
would find fault with the General Govern
ment for instructing the Indians, will
exercise true friendship towards them, by
sending them a thousand miles, fk. forcing
them to undertake a project of the most un
certain kihd? Wc make this remark with
out implicating, in the least, the motives of
Col. M’Kenney, and many true friends
who are on the same side of the question.
Wc arc not ignorant of the fate of those
tribes which “ A Friend” invites us to con
sider as examples of the fatal effects of our
intercourse with the whites. We know
very well that tribe after tribe have dwin
dled away, and that the remnants of some
are greatly degraded, and bid far, without
judicious measures for their recovery, to
trod the foot-steps of their fore fathers. The
question, however, comes with great force;
will a removal far to the west, remedy the
evils which have followed us from the dis
covery of America? Will a residence west
of Missouri, or elsewhere, beyond the lim
its of any State or Territory, prevent the
destroying effects of white population, and
its concomitants evils? As regards the
Cherokces this question is peculiarly inte
resting, .and ought not to he answerod with
out due consideration. It is now admitted
by all,wo believe, that we are an improving
people; that wO are on a constant and grad
ual march towards a civilized state; and
that, though we have to encounter many
counteracting influences, yet, we are on
the increase in numbers; and that the pres
ent appearances are favourable to our
complete recovery from a savage state.—
Now, is it apart of wisdom to leave our in
fant institutions, our houses, our farms, and
go and unite ourselves with our brethren
(many of whom are still savages) and try a
system of civilization, uncertain Ho unprcce-
dented. We hope, we shall be pardoned
when we answer in the negative. Su h
a course appears to us somewhat like (to use
an old and common saying,) “jumping out
of the fryingpan into the fire.”
Mr. Boudinot Editor.
The first number of the Chero
kee Phceuix has been received by the
writer ol this note—and he is grati
fied to find in it the evidence of so
much intelligence. You, sir, will
have only to follow the dictates of
your own enlightened mind, and avoid
personalities and coarse, and vulgar
language, which unfortunately charac
terize too many of the press' s of the
states, to succeed.
In regard to some remarks on Col.
M’Kenney’s report to the Secretary
of War, headed “ Indian Emigration,”
the writer of this note would offer
what to him appears to be their mean
ing—They are,
First—In the spirit of true Friend
ship; and in accordance with his
known solicitude for the happiness of
the Indian race.
Second—They (tire remarks) do
not look to a removal except upon the
sure basis of elevating the Indians in
privileges and in prosperity.
On the first proposition it is only
necessary to refer to his expressions
of friendship for the Cherokces, as con
tained in the report copied in the
Phoenix. Nothing'can be more kind;
and I am sure there are none w ho will
doubt their sincerity. But Col. Me-
Kenney w'rote amidst, fears, lest the
very improvements and plan of Go
vernment adopted by the Cherokees
should prove their more sudden over
throw'! He knew well the feelings
of the states whose jurisdictions take
hold of the Cherokee lands; he knew
well how active the spirit was, and
yet is, for the acquisition of those
lands, and above nil how fearful the
question o(state rights, and jurisdiction,
were becoming, nay had become, and
that out of all this, (as is the way oi
the world,) if not by a sudden blow
yet by slow process, such as extend
ing the laws of those states, (of which
it is believed there are five,) over the
Cherokees, and by the consuming in
fluence of white neighbour hood—th.
Cherokees of whom lie says in his re
port, “ They deserve, to be respected and
helped,” would waste away and be no
more a people! It was to avoid this
sad result, (and the past gives awful
promonitionsl) that Col. McKenney
appears to have spoken in his report,
as with the voice of wa rning—and lie
pointed to a place of refuge, and to
this moans of preservation. It was
to a country and a well furnished
home, which were to he first chosen,
and then secured in the future, a-
gainst the dreadful consequences of
the past! I enclose a copy of his re-
r-ports—in which you will see more
lully his object, aa explained in his
talk to the Chiokasaws. There is no
unkinduess in all this towards the In
dians, Time wilt test this. Col. Mc
Kenney knows well how buoyant are
the hopes of the enlightened among
the Cherokees;, and he respects that
feeling—but he knows also that like
feelings and like hopes, and lilec advan
ces in improvement once distinguished
the Indians of Martha’s Vineyard abd
Elizabeth’s Isles, &c. and that Noo-
natomen, where their altars and fire
sides once blazed, and where the voice
of praise, and the words of life were
once spoken, and cheerful and inno
cent mirth were enjoyed; and those
fields and workshops that bore witness
to the* advances of civilization exist
now, only a mournful proof that whilst
the Indians retain their present rela
tions to us, which are those of the
past also, they cannot survive, hut
must, by a power no less operative
than a law of nature, ptrish! Go now
to the East. Ask where are those
flourishing and improved bands over
whom Elliot and May hew and Kirk
land and others watched with such
paternrl care?—The answer will he
—they are no more! and yet they had
to contend against none of those de
vouring influences, (Rum only except
ed) which are now destroying the
remnants of those who remain.
There is little doubt hut the Indi
ans who remain may, for the honor of
the Government, yet be saved—hut it
will hardly be expected that the laws
of the social and relative states, and
which have been so depressing and
runinous to Indians, can operate in the
future, otherwise than as they have
operated in the past.
Better, far better, to come up to
the privileges of the Republic, in a
Territory where equal laws and equal
rights are secured, than t o be contend
ing against (lie powers that war upon
you now, and the influences which
must continue to depress and waste
you away as a people.
It is this end Col. McKenney has
in view; and your intelligence must
accord with its truth and justice.
A FRIEND.
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From the Honduras Gazette.
INSURRECTION IN GUATALAMA.
Balize, Sat. Feb. 2,1828.
By the Mexican Eagle, which left
Omoa on the 28th, and arrived here
on the evening of the 31st ult. we
have received intelligence in some
measure anticipated for two or three
weeks past. The commandant of
that place, Arrazola, with IS or 20
persons on board, had lied from thence
and taken refuge here, inconsequence
of a general insurrection of the Ne
groes, to which it appears that they
were inclined on the one hand by the
San Salvador party, and on the other
by their own propensity to plunder.—
As the current report speaks of an in
surrection of slaves, it may not he un
necessary to remark, that there are
in fact no slaves in Omoa, but that the
insurrection has been so denominated,
in consequence of its being \principal
ly headed by runaways from this set
tlement, who, the moment they enter
into the territory of Central America,
are by the loo well known decree of
the government of that republic, held
afi free. It appears that a party ol
the San Salvador troops advanced in
the course of last month on Omoa, and
halted at San Pedro Usula, a town a-
bout ten leagues distant. Disposi
tions tvere immediately made at 0-
moa, for embarking the property in
the American, English and French
vessels in port, or for depositing it with
in the walls of the castle. A party
of negroes was then formed to proceed
towards San Pedro, to endeavour to
dislodge the enemy. This was. how
ever, frustrated by the attempts
which were made by the cmmissai ies
of the San Salvador party to seduce
these negroes as well as the low er or
ders of the people in Omoa from thek
allegiance to the Guatemalean gov
eminent, in which they oompletel
succeeded. In the mean time in 0
inoa, from an entire want of confi
dence in each other, all was doubt
fear, distrusv mid confusion. In this
state of universal anarchy, the party
of negroes which had I.een despatch
ed to Pedro, returned, and havii g
been strengthened by the junction ot
the major part of tie lower oiders
began to manifest a disposition to drive
out the respectable white inhabitants
resident, there, using towards them
menaces of the utmost rigor t< com
pel them to embark. The comman
dant seeing that he hacl no one on
whom he could place the slightest con
fidence for assistance,excepton the few
whites who surrounded him, deter
mined to abandon the place, and he
w as immediately followed by the ma
jor part of the inhabitants. We are
happy to state that amidst the vio
lence that was threatened, no lives
were taken. This is principally to be
attributed to the women, who are sta
ted to have been particularly instru
mental in deterring the men from the
use of the knife.
W ...... ..
Removal of the Cherokces.—On this [
subject we confess we are not sorry
to see the Cherokee Phoenix speak a !
decided language. To remove them j
would he to overthrow their incipient :
•establishments, and to check their i
progress in those arts, institutions and
habits, which give to civilized and
Christian life, its charm—its dignity
and worth. The attempt to do this—
however great the bribe we may oiler
as the price of their degradation—
seems to us most iniquitous.— Vermont
Chronicle.
Justifiable Murder.—In the early
part ot the night of the 1st inst. a ne
gro man, whose name we have not
learnt, made an attempt to break in
to the house of Mrs. M’Laughlin, a
widow Lady, living near Massay’s
Cross Roads, in this county. Mrs.
M’Laughlin put a child out at a win
dow, and sent it to a neighbor’s house
for assistance—a friend came and re
mained until a late hour during which
time the attempt was not renewed.—
apprehending no further danger, he
returned home. Soon after the negro
again renewed his efforts (o break in
to the house, when the child, as be
fore, was despatched for assistance.—
In the mean time the negro was mat •
ing rapid ingress at Mrs. M’L’s clu m
ber window', and she found it. neces
sary to stand on the defensive, accor
dingly commenced operations with an
axe-helve upon his head, and by the
time her neighbor arrived she had des
patched him—life w r as extinct, and
she saved from robbery, violation, and
perhaps death.—Chester town (Md.)
Telegraph.
The Rogues Paradise.-Florida must
be a paradise for rogues. On the lGih
ult. a man named James Moore, was
apprehended for making and passing
counterfeit dollars, ami after exami
nation w'us ordered to be committed
to prison. A mittimus for this purpose
was made out by the magistrate; hut
as there w as neither jail nor jailer in
the country, this document was ulti
mately threfivn away by the sheriff,
and the coiner discharged.—Commer
cial,
Jerman Baker, Esq. Treasurer of
the state of Virginia, committed sui
cide at his house in Richmond, on
Friday night last. It is mentioned
that apprehensions are entertained
that the Treasury of the state will
suffer, as a committee had com
menced the investigation of his ac
counts the day previous which it is
conjectured, led to the melancholy
event. The Richmond Whig remarks
that few' even's have been, or could
be more distressing. A large family,
are not only deprived of their protect
or, but by means which super add new
pangs to their distress.
The. Richmond Compiler says—he
seems to have executed Ins purpose
in tne most deliberate manner. At
a late hour on Thursday night, his
larnily retired to rest, leaving him in
one ol’ his lower apartments. To
wards day-break, some alarm was
created by lus absence, from his own
room. On making a search, it was
as. ertaiued that the parlour door was
Io ked, and lie w as found in it, in al
most an exhausted condition, with a
handkerchief lightly drawn around his
throat, connected by a string with a
slipknot to his hands. Efforts were
made to save him; but lie refused to
bo bled in the arm—and although he
consented to take a dose of medicine
from the hands of his child, yet lie
was too far exhausted; lie resolutely
insisted every other attempt to re
lieve him—lie took an affectionate
leave of his family—and about 9
o’clock he breathed his last.
He is said to have addressed a fare
well letter to his family, and to have
dispatched one to his son, living sev
eral miles from ibis city* lie also
wrote a short and pathetic note to an
old friend, and one of the securities of
Ins Treasurer’s bond, praying him to
pity, tofqr§we and to forget him—
this note was without any signaiurfc.^
iie left particular directions about
the humble manner in which he wish- 1
ed his remains to beintered.
Dog-Mill.—An ingenious Meehan^
ic, Mr. Matthias, of this city, has id
operation in Kings-stiect, a mill for
sawing timber for sashes and W indovY
Blinds, driven not by steam power,
nor W'ater, nor cattle power, but by
hog power. Four dogs belong to the i
establishment. They are worked
two at a time, for about fifteen min*
utes, w hen the team is taken off", anil
a relay of the tw o other dogs put to
labor. They travel on the circum
ference of the inside of a w heel about
12 or 13 feet in diameter, which gives '
motion to the machinery, which drives
circular saw with great velocity.—-
It requires some days and some art to
break a deg in. It is really amusing
to observe the sagacity of these anim
als. They are taught a prretied les
sen, that industry is necessary* to an
imal welfare. The cost of keeping
four dogs is estimated at culy Od per'
day.—Troy Sentinel.
To the Publishers of Papers and Pen*
odical Works throughout the United
Stales.
It is intended before, or certainfjr
by the first of May next, in a Pamph
let with other statistical matter, fb
notice all the Newspapers end Peri
odicals in the United States, and thh
conditions of publication, &c. A copy
containing the above shall he faithful
ly forwarded to each.of you, who will
insert this notice cnee, and forward
a paper or a copy of the work yuti
publish, to.Philadelphia, directed tt?
“THE TRAVELLER."’
Philadelphia, Feb. 12, 1828.
Stays.—Strong stays, which do the
duty of the muscles placed by nature
around the spine, cause these must
eles to dwindle from inaction, so that
afterwards, when the support of the
stay fails or becomes unequal, the
back bends or twists. Stays eaii
therefore neither help to make stro. g’
and well formed hacks originally, ncr
can they be a remedy after the. weal:-'
ness has appeared. A healthy young
woman from the country, whose spiub
lies deep between the firm cushici s of
nius Jc whic h support it, ifbraeed up
in tight slays, according to town fash-"
ion will frequently exhibit, at the.
end of a short time, such a wasting of
flesh, that the points of hone in the
spine may be counted by the eye.
Arnett's Elements of Physics.-
The mind of the greatest man on
earth, is not so independent of c.ir-*
cumstances, as not to feel inconve
nienced by the merest buzzing noise
about him; it docs not need the report
of a cannon to disturb his thoughts.
The creaking of a vane or pulley is
quite enough. Do not wonder that
he reasons iii just now: a fly is buz--
zing by his ear; it is quite enough lo- t
unfit him for giving good counsel. If
you wish him to see the rights of the-
case, drive away that insect, which
suspends bis reasoning powers, and
frets that mighty mind which governs
cities and kingdoms.—Pascal.
Dr. Samuel G. IIowc, who has re--*
cently returned to the U. S. from
Greece, proposes to publish a “Histo
rical Sketch of the Greek Revolution, ’
OBITUARY;
We were in hones of obtaining, forth©
columns of our paper, a biographical notice’
of the late Rev. John Gambold, one of the*
first Missionaries to this Nation. At pm-,
ent, we merely give a Notice of his death*,
sent to us by a bereaved fellow labourer.—
We take pleasure in inserting it, though at
this late hour.
Departed from this life, November
7th 1827, at the Moravian Missionary
station at Ocligelogy among the Cher*
okees, the Rev. JOHN GAM BOLD}
Aged G7 years, 4 months and 21 days*
of a pectoral dropsy.
His faithfulness, humility, and zeal
for the missionary cause, in behalf of
which lie sacrificed every thing, his
childlike confidence in the heavenly
Father, which was never shaken, even
in the most difficult and pressing cir-‘
cumstances. his philanthropic, collect
ed, and highly circumspect behaviour"
in word and deed, which was so pecu
liarly adapted to the character of the
nation, among vthich he preached tire?
Gospel, and by which he was esteem
ed and loved as a Father—,all these*
qualities will insure to the dear do*,
censed, a grateful and glorious tribute,
in the ranks of departed, and illustrt->
ous missionaries.
