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United States Commissioners with any de
gree of disrespect. We are sure it is far
from the wish of our Citizens to be disre
spectful.
The Cherokee Constitution has produc
ed a very mistaking idea in the minds of
many persons, especially such as endeavor
to take every advantage of the Indians.—
To say that the Cheroke.es have declared
themselves independent of the United
States, and violated, in their constitution,
their connection with the General Govern
ment, would be doir g them very great in
justice; for the thought of such indepen
dence has never entered into their minds,
as we already have had occasion to declare:
and we hope a word to the wise and can
did will be sufficient. This constitution
was adopted for the good of the Cherokee
People, as their condition made it evident
.that they could not improve otherwise, in.
legislation. It did not originate in any de
sire of such independence as our treaties
with the United States would not warrant.
"We do not claim rights which do not be
long to us, much less are we so blinded as
to suppose, that we can within ourselves
change our relation with the General Go
vernments Rights, however, we have, se
cured to us by treaties, and will the peo
ple of this enlightened land, emphatically
called the land of freedom, deprive us of
these few rights?
The Editor ofthe Statesman & Patriot,
fa Georgia paper,) has the following arti
cle—“ Though much has been said about
the Cherokee civilization, we are of opin-
! ion that many strides must he taken before
those Indians may with truth be termed a
^civilized people. The Phoenix of the 2d
instant furnishes matter of ill omen as to
'the success of the new constitution. A sys
tem of thievery, by which property is run
into the white settlements, is said to exist
even around New Echota; and frequent
murders are committed without the perpe
trators heingj apprehended or brought to
’trial.”
This Editor, perhaps, is not aware that
the instigators, leaders and principals, of
this system of thievery are whitemcn, citi
zens of Georgia. He will inform us how
many strides, these must take “before they
ban, with truth be termed a civilized peo
ple.”
We are told, (and we have no reason to
dispute it) that our white neighbors, who
'have taken the place of our more honest
'nei^bors Creeks,are continually trespassing
tori the rights of our citizens, by stealing
"tovery species of property, and they do it
Nvith impunity. Some of these men it is
’said, are ciVil officers of the State of Geor
gia, the very same persons to whom the
proclamation ofhi9 Excellency .Gov. For-
"sythe is directed.
The same Editor, speaking upon what
‘we had formerly said, respecting the right
'6f the Cherokees to the lands now in their
possession* 0 n the ground of occupancy, ob
serves, “ Strolling over a country is some
what different from a permanent occupan
cy.” Query. What kind of occupancy
$iave those, who have never even strolled
‘over a country?
INDIAN EMIGRATION.
Col. Thomas L. McKenney, late special
Agent to the Southern Indians, in. a letter
to’ the Secretary of war, dated Choctaw
Country, Oct. 1 Oth, 1828, makes an esti
mate of the probable expense of removing
•the Chickasaw Indians. The utmost ex
ient of cost is estimated at 494,750 dollars,
including the cost of 4 visit to examine the
country* the cost pf their houses, mills,
work shops, orchards, fences, and their
Stock of all kinds, all which are to be re
placed by the United States. According
to the foundation which Col, McKenney
has laid down, we make the following esti
mate of the probable cost of the removal
of the Cherokees, (if that were to be the
case.) - .
The population of the Cherokee Nation,
we will put down at 18,000, (which is below
the actual number.) VVe will suppose
(following Col. McKenney's suppositions)
the families to average five souls, which
’will give 2,600 houses. These houses, we
do not suppose can be built for less than an
’average cost of 200 dollars* which incur
opinion is quite moderate, Most of these
houses it is true, are poor* and may be built
for a small amount, yet there are many
which will require the double and trible of
'what we put down as an average cost.—
Few of the best horses cannot be built for
less sums than two, three, and four thous
and dollars, including barns, eribs, 8tc.-—
This part ofthe expense will then be $520,-
000.
The number of mills, grist, arid saw, is
fifty, which may be replaced for the sum of
$25,000, supposing each mill to cost $500.
Their shojre are sixty two in number, and
these estimated at $50 each will cost $
G00,
Their orchards perhaps rtiay be replaced
for $3,000.
; 'The fences of the Chickaeaws are esti
mated by Col McKenney at $50,000. $200,-
000 will then be but a moderate estimate
for this item of the expense attending the
removal of the Cherokees.
There are in this Nation 7,083 horses*
these at $40 per head, will cost $307,320.
22,531 black cattle at $10 per head will
cost $225,310.
46,700 hogs owned by th" Cherokees, at
$3 per head, will cost $140,100.
The probab.e cost of a visit to examine
the country, may be the same as estimated
by Col. McKenney, $10,000, and of their
removal to it, $350,000, This is bv no
means an extravagant estimate, for Col,
McKenney puts down the cost of the re
moval of the Chickasaws, who are but four
thousand in number, at $100,000.
The total amount of cost, then, for the
foregoing items, will be $1,783,730. And
supposing we add a fourth for the expense
of tlie Government, the Schools, the mili
tary, and other items not enumerated, the
whole amount of expense in removing the
Cherokees beyond the limits of any State
or Territory will be $2,229,062.
If this project is intended, as we are told
by its advocates, for the good and civiliza
tion of the Cherokees and other Indians,
cannot this sum be put to a better use?—
Supposing with this money, the United
States begin to establish Schools in every
part of this Nation ? With this money let
their be a college founded, where every
advantage of instruction may be enjoyed.
Let books, tracts, &.c, be published in
Cherokee and English, and distributed
throughout the Nation and every, possible
effort he made to civilize us, let us at
the same time he protected in our rights.
What would he the consequence? If we
fail to improve under such efforts, we will
then agree to remove.
TRIAL OF HOLGATE AND
SUTTON.
The interesting trial of Holgate
and Sutton, having closed on Friday
evening, by the conviction of both the
criminals, and by the entire and con
clusive demonstration ofthe innocence
of Mr. Redmond, we give the follow
ing brief history of the transaction, as
stated by Stevens, one of the accom
plices. On Thursday he underwent
an examination of about two hours, be
fore the Grand Inquest, and on Friday,
in the Sessions, on the trial of the a-
bove criminals. His testimony was
the same on both occasions, and so
perfectly borne out by facts wit!)
which he could not have been acquaint
ed, that it is entitled to entire confi-
dcnce. Stevens is an Englishman,
probably born in London, about thirty-
six years of age, about 5 feet 7 inches
high, well made, has the appearance
of a gentleman, and is intelligent, and
easy in his manners.
He states that the parties engaged
in these extensive forgeries, were
himself, Reed, (who has since oeen
convicted of another forgery in iios-
ton,) Holgate, a mechanic, and Sut
ton, who kept a porter House in Roo
sevelt street. On the night of the
28th September, they all made an at
tempt to enter Ho.vlands store but
not succeeding, and fearful they uad
injured one of the wards in the ionic,
Sutton went doivn the following morn
ing to see if the clerk found the
lock so injured as to be replaced
by a new one. The store being open
ed without suspicion, the following
night they All disguised themselves at
Sutton's House, and with crow bars,
dark lanterns, &o. entered the store;
their object was principally to secure
Bills of Exchange. Among the pa
pers which they obtained in the count
ing room, was a bundle of cancelled
checks, and in the middle one was
found defaced—“the writing was taken
out of the body, by a chemical pro
cess, and it Was afterwards filled in
by Reed, with 7760 dollars* leaving
the signature to this check genuine.
On the morning that Sutton went down
to see the clerk open howlands’ store,
he saw floating in the dock, among
some rubbish, a parcel of Osborn,s
checks; from them they forged a
check on the American Bank for
$4950,75* A check of Mr. Abraham
Le Foy’s, on the North River Bank,
was forged for 700 dollars. A check
of Spear, Cavleton and Co. on the
Mechanics’ Bank fo* dollars, and
and a check of VV H. Aspinwall, on
the Merchant’s Bank, for—-—dollars.
The 15th October was the day appoint
ed for presenting all these checks
Holgate was selected to present the
following checks, viz:—Howland's
on the Union Bank, for which he re
ceived a 5000 dollar note, two ones
a five hundred, aud the. balance iq
smaller notes. The Asplnwall ctack
was presented by Holg, te, to the
Merchants' Bank, in the presence of
Stevens, but was not paid. The check
of Le Foy’s was presented by Hol
gate, and the money received. The
check of Osborn's was presented by
Sutton, at the America Bank, and the
money received. It was made Ste
vens’s duty to take the Bank ftotes,
and get the same changed, whfch he
did at the United States, the Chemi
cal, and Franklin Banks. Stevens
was present at the Franklip Bank
when Mr. Ebbets came up to ask the
Teller of that bank to stop any person
who should appear with any of the
Notes, but he left the Bank without
being suspected. After the money
was obtained, and the Notes bxchang-
ed for others by Stevens, the spoil
was divided equally into four parts, at
Sutton's house.
The forgery of Phyfe's check was
some time previous tp the others, and
although by the same persons, was not
connected with the present forgery.
Holgate resembles Redmond in a
very striking manner, and it is not to
be wondereu at that he should have
been taken for him by the clerks in
the different banks. The testimony
of Stevens, was so borne out by other
testimony and other facts^ that there
was not a doubt of the truth of his
whole statement. The jury were out
but a short time, and brought in a ver
dict of guilty against Holgate and
Sutton. Stevens had previously been
convicted, but is not sentenced.
On Saturday, the prisoners were
called up to receive their sentence.
From the great interest of the trials,
the Court Room svas crowded to ex
cess. The Recorder, in his address,
gave a history of all previous trials,
and stated the enormity of the crimes
which had been committed. He clos
ed in a very affecting manner, and
pronounced the judgment of the Court,
which was, that the prisoners be con
fined in the State Pris n, to work at
hard labour, DURING TIILlR NA
TURAL LIVES. Holgate was
greatly overcome, and wept bitterly;
Sutton was less affected.
The most interesting part of the
plot, however, was developed at the
Bridewell. Previous to the pi isoners
being removed to the State Prison,
Holgate made a f ill and complete
confession that he was GUILTY, and
was the person who presented the
ihecks at the various Banks, as stated
in the testimony of Stevens that all
the Clerks ofthe Banks were mistak
en in their testimony as to Redmond,
who was a perfectly innocent man.
N. Y. Me,
nate woman, with medical aid, survi
ved a number of days, and left hei
miserable husband and three children
to mourn their loss. Mr. Love was
so terribly affected by the first shock
as never to retain his perfect senses, &
on the day of her death left his house
in a state of derangement; and though
searched for oil the day of the funeral,
in every direction, by an hundred
men, has not yet been foiind.— Win
chester I Jerald.
Since our last, London and Liver
pool papers have been received here
to March 1st.—JV*. Y. Obs.
Signal Triumph of Liberal Senti
ments.—The London times of the 28th
of February says, “the majority of 44
in the House of Commons, on Tues
day night, in favor of the repeal ofthe
celebrated Test and Corporation
Acts, is in truth what may be called
a thundering event. It will sound
from one end of the kingdom to the
other, and the echo will be heard in
foreign parts.”
London, Feb. 28.—The most cur
rent rumors in the afternoon were,
that the most dreadful excesses
had been committed at Constantinople
subsequent to the departure of the
mail, which arrived from thence to
day, and the Franks were all put to
the sword, and that Government had
ordered that the several regiments of
infantry and cavalry should he imme
diately put on board transports for the
Morea. These rumors tended very
much to add the uneasiness in the
public mind, occasioned by the pros
pect of w ar.
M Old Skip.—The New Bedford
Courier announces the arrival from
the Pacific Ocean of the ship Maria.
She was built in Massachusetts during
the revolutionary war. Her register
is dated 1782. She has performed 4
voyages to London. 3 to Brazil, 1 to
the Indian Ocean, 1 to Faulk land I-
slauds, and 15 to the Pacific Ocean—
has doubled the Cape of Good Hope
twice, and Cape Horn 3U times.—
She was the first vessel which dis
played the stars and stripes in the
port of London.
Montgomekv, Ala. April 11.
Mr. Benjamin Hawkins, a half
breed Creek Indian, has returned from
the Arkansas, whither lie w ent in com
pany with the emigrating party, lie
reports, that the main body oi the em
igrants are much pleased wall their
they finding
.9 Story of Lake Erie.—An Indian
woman, and her child, who was about
seven years old, were travelling along
the beach to a camp a few miles dis
tant. The boy observed some wild
grapes growing upon the top of the
bank, and expressed such a strong de
sire to obtain theory that his mother,
seeing a ravine at a little instance,
by which she thought she could gaiu
the edge of the precipice, resolved to
gratify him. Having desired him to
remain where he w r as, she ascended
the steep, and w r as allured much far
ther into the w - oods than she at first
intended. In the mean time the w iud
began to blow vehemently, but the boy
wandered carelessly along the beach
edge of the bank; sbe sprang forward
M catch ids hand, but the ground ;.<y
which he held giving way, he w as pi e*
cipitated into the lake, and perished
among the rushing billow's!
A GOOD NAME.
Their majesties of Sardinia, ac*
cording to the Genoa Gazette, lately
stood sponsors to a noble child, w ho
was baptised, simply and shortly—*
Charles Felix Joseph Marius Chrisli*
us Denis Paul Francis-de-Puula Ber‘
nardin Anthony Raymond Gaetanus
Jean Nepomucemis Andrew Avellitt
MariusMes-Miracles Diego Peter
d Alcantura. When this young gem
tleirnm, wdio is the son of an ambassa*
dor, c< mes to sign despatch notes, it
will be, for brevity, in initials, C. F.
J. M. C. D. P. F.-de-P. B. A. R,
G. J. A. A. M.-des-M. D. P. d, AK
cantura.
Curious case in Medical Jurisprrt*
dence.—A gentleman married & in cur
harassed circumstances, suddenly dis
appearing, it w as concluded that lit*
had gone off to avoid his creditors, od
which they met, declared him a bank
rupt, ascertained the amount of hid
property, and declared a dividend.—
Among this property was a jointure ol‘
200Z. a year to his wife, which they
could legally claim, if he was a bonliV
rupt. But if not, it continued th&
property of his widow. Five weeks
and four days from the morning of his
disappearance, bis body was fount!
floating in a neighboring river, and so
putrid that it was identified chiefly by
the dress, and the contents of the
pockets. And here arose a question - ,
was he dead at the time he was de-
t lared a bankrupt, and if so can a dead
man be declared a bankrupt? One
of his relatives, a veterinary surgeon,
discovered, on carefully examining
the body, that part of the flesh on the
loins had been converted into a r.dipo-
cire, this he cut, carried it off, and.
showed it to l)r. Gibbs, who was?
at that time superintending the Insti
tution for the production of adipocire*
and the result of w'hose extensive ex
perience was, that it. was never form
ed in less than six or eight weeks —
This evidence was produced- on ti e
trial, and was conclusive, and it. w as
clear that the drow'ned man must have
been under water since the morning
of his disappearance, and consequent
ly, that he was dead at the time when
he was declared a bankrupt. In law';,
a dead man cannot be made a bank
rupt; the bankruptcy was set aside,
and the jointure of 200/. a year re*'
stored to the w idow.—Medical Gaz.
location, they finding game in the
greatest abundance, mid the surround-j seeking for shells, till the rapid rise
iug tribes of Indians perfectly friend- of the lake rendered it impossible for
ly. Col. Brearly may be expected
in a veiyTew days; and we are induc
ed to believe that the time is not fur
distant when the whole Creek nation
will remove west of the Mississippi.
It is a fact not generally known,
that the tribe of Creeks called, the
Alabamas actually speak the same
tongue as the Osages, and that a large
body of them emigrated about forty
years ago, whose descendants now
form a part of the Osage Indians.—
How the Alabamas could have sepa
rated from the parent tribe, it is now
matter of curiosity and conjecture.
While on the subject, we would
notice that some disturbances have
lately taken place in the nation.—
Capt. William Walker, of whose abil
ities the government had availed them
selves to induce emigration, lately e-
rected a building for the purpose of
storing the public property of the U-
nited States. A party of Indians, of
about thirty professing to act by the
directions of the present authorit ies
of the nation, have burned this build
ing and threaten to destroy all others
which shall be put there. The whole
affair has been properly represented
to the government.—Journal.
Dreadful Occurrence.—As Mr.
George Love, in Barre, Orleans
County, on the 18th ult. was cutting
wood near a maple sugar manufacto
ry, his wife dodging from the flame
which a gust of wind blew in her face
threw* her head under her husband ,s
axe. which descended upon her neck,
and sever'd the muscles »ml tendons
g,nd entered the bone. The iiafortu-
The child that is permitted to not^
habitually from temper, is in the pros
pect of ungovernable passions and the
swing of the gallows, and its blood w ill
be required at the bands of its impru
dent parents, whose folly and wicked^"
ness are equalled, in magnitude, only -
by the momentous consequences that
ensue, and the awful responsibility’
which the parents incur. The great* -
est calamity that^ever befel ajehild, is
an indiscreet parent who knows notlV
ing of family discipline.
ftCF* We are authorized to announed
Richard Fields of Creek Path, a
Candidate for the Committee, for
Chattooga District.
$0* o=»P!r Jtoo-zjj rjj, esy ssy i-ft
SPK? DB TG-PotAar!. 0V1C=.
Icp - We are authorized to announce
Messrs. Walter Adair and Jonff
Ridge as Candidates for the Commit
tee for Cooseu'attec District. AlsO'
Major Ridge, Tesahdaski, and
James Foster, as Candidates for the*
same District.
We should like to receive the names
of other Candidates.
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him to return to the spot where he had
been left by bis mother. He imme
diately began to cry aloud, and she be
ing on her return, heard him, but in
stead of descending the ravine, has
tened to the edge of the precipice,
from the bottom of which the noise
seemed to proceed. On looking
down, she beheld her son struggling
w ith the waves and vainly endeavor
ing to climb the bank, which was fifty
feet perpendicular height and very
slippery. There being no possibility
of rendering him assistance, she was
on the point of throw ing herself down
lhe steep, when she saw him catcji
hold of a tree that had fallen into
the lake, and mount one of its most
projecting branches. He sat astride
upon this, almost beyond the surges,
while she continued watching him in
an agony of grief, hesitating whether
she should endeavor to find her way
to the eamp, and procure assistance,
or remain near her boy. However,
evening was now about to close, and
as she could not proceed through the
woods in the dark, she resolved at
least to wait till the moon rose. She
sat on the top of the precipice a
w hole hour, and during that time oc-
insionally ascertained that her son
was alive, by bearing bis cries amidst
the roaring of the waves; but when
the moon appeared, he was not to be
seen. She now felt convinced that
he was drowned, and, giving way ii
lespair. threw herself on the turf.-i-
Presently she heard a feeble voice
cry, (in Indian,) '‘Mamma I m here, CHEROKEE ALPHABET,
come and help me.” She started up, [Neatly printed and for sale at this Office^
and saw her boy scrambling upon the <»vvy du fz*.
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NOTICE.
T AKEN un on Tarripin Creek, by*
Zachanah Simmons, on' the 19th inst*
a BAY HORSE, With a smalt white on his
forehead, about six years old, and five feet;
and two inches high, and without any,
•trand. J, VANN.
April SOlh, 1828. 11-9.’