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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. s©^a u t.'5>o, Jl'RcSy aRe* CZIPhJiAj JATiT’, hUtftf<r 5 DSlTVlT IpkXPZ/S. ©0®yST TG?CihUO-jJ IrvOIPtStiJj DUdtol-T 04” 6S£P- ii4T. wiiTmiyii (pcwo-^ ©cay. ooey*v* 5P4!T4(*T,Z e5Z AToCa 0>h %hl<PA*T.— =aw <rp<rt,<x 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. Tys.lL-3 JCS-a CaMroSlun'E OUlE©C"A ic o=m)XIiaj: ic aeoevr- oiJL Ty<»XhA(J» Cr.HKF? 0"E©Cr\/J. *V*^yfi APE JUvirZ/lfT. DE4“ aofP T- APE e«)yc9T. / 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.