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long experience qualifies him to speak
decidedly on this subject, bears the
following testimony:
“But why do we speak of profit
where there is no profits. In four
cases out of live this is literally the
fact. The balance struck at the end
of the year will shew loss instead of
profit in most'of the printing establish
ments of this State, and perhaps of the
United States; and such we believe to
have been the case since our first ini
tiation into the mysteries of the art,
more than a quarter of a century ago.
If any dcubt this fact, let them advert
to the numerous failures of the News-
printers in Georgia—to the entire ru
in of men possessing all the requis
ite skill, industry, energy, prudence,
and talents to command at least a
moderate, portion of success, • and
make a living in almost any other oc
cupation. We have no hesitation in
saying that for every dollar made by
newspaper establishments in Georgia,
within the fifteen or twenty years,
double and treble as much has been
lost. A few and but very few have
been successful—these are exceptions
and rare exceptions too. It is a lot
tery in which there are many blanks
and but few prizes.”
These losses arise from indiscrim
inate credit. If only one-fifth, or even
one-fourth of Newspaper charges were
• a dead loss, there might be, in most
cases some profit still. • But on aver
age, we should judge that not more
than two-thii ds of those who take pa
pers ever think of paying for them.
Add to this, delay, the trouble of collec
ting, commissions, difference of exchange
(for any thing is good enough for a
printer) insolvencies, &c. &c. and you
have the sum total of deficits, amount
ing to nearly or quite one-half of the
nominal accounts.—Char. Obs.
The African Colony.—The last
number of the African Repository con
tains some farther details of the infor
mation from Libera brought by the
last arrival. It appears that three
vessels, the Randolph, the Doris and
the Nautilus, with 293 passengers in
all, had arrived at Liberia in safety,
the two former sometime previous to
the 3d of March, the date of the des
patches. The emigrants from South
Carolina had enjoyed universal and
perfect health.;—Those who came
from the States north of Virginia had
however suffered severely, and 24 of
them had died. “Draw a line,”
says Mr. Ashmun, “due east and west
across the Elk Ridge in Maryland, and
not a death has invaded the people
from the south of it.” Anew settle
ment. at the head of navigation on the
St. Paul’s has been formed, in a fine
and fertile country,, which lay as a
sort of barrier between the tribes of
the coast and those of the interior, and
which was therefore obtained on ea
sy terms. A large log factory has
been erected with range of 30 or 40
houses, and the settlement has been
named Millsburg. Mr. Ashmun thinks,
“that for at least two years to come,
a much more discriminating selection
of settlers must b? made than ever
has been—even in the first and second
expeditions by the Elizabeth and Nau
tilus in 1820 and 21, or that the pros
perity of the colony will inevitably
and rapidly decline.” At the end of
that timo he observes, “a healthy pro
portion of idle and working people will
be found there; and the free coloured
population of the Uuitcd States may
then be taken up just as they are
found there, the working and the idle,
as they are now naturally distributed
throughout the amqrican States—and,
my character for the stake, under
good management, they will not be
felt as a burden.”—JV. Y. Ev, Post.
From the New York Advertiser.
Land of Liberty.—/The Editor of
the Pensacola Gazette states that a
negro man had been severely whip
ped in the Court House Yard, by the
City Constable, and in the course of
the same day the same individual re
ceived a second flogging by the same
constable in the Market House.—The
person thus flogged is said to be a free
negro man, and the Editor of the Ga
zette has been informed that His
Honour, the Mayor of the city, had
ordered the constable to whip him
whenever this man made lus appear
ance in Pensacola. The Editor re
marks,
“We ask our candid and reflecting
fellow citizens whether it is not a
dangerous precedent to countenance
such a procedure, even in regard to a
poor friendless Negro, however crim
inal and vile? If our Magistrates and
<!flicers are permitted to judge with?
out trial, and to punish without fol
lowing the forms of the law, we shall
soon be at the mercy of every petty,
tyrannical despot, who may be cloth
ed with a little brief authority. We
confess that we had hoped that abet
ter era was dawning upon us; we
had seen an enlightened and in
telligent Grand Jury setting their
faces against proceedings similar
to the one under consideration; we
had seen them indict and bring to pun
ishment a Justice of the Peace who
had arbitrarily and without trial chas
tised a free Negro; and we did not
suppose that we should so soon have to
record an act precisely analogous
committed by another officer. In one
instance a justice of the Peace strikes
a Negro, at the moment he is insult
ed by him and under the excitement
of passion—he is indicted and lined
beyond his ability to pay; and even
then the sentence was mitigated by
his contrition and pleading guilty. In
the other, the Mayor orders the Con
stable to whip a Negro whenever he
sees him in the city! What is
the difference? Surely, what
ever it is, is not in favour of the lat
ter. We wish distinctly to state that
we do not mean to impute intentional
error to the Constable who whipped
the Negro—-we doubt not that he was
improperly advised and directed by
one whose duty it was to know better
than himself. We merely write this
article to call our citizeus to calm
and dispassionate deliberations, on a
subject calculated to establish a dan
gerous precedent and to subvert some
of the best principles of law and jus
tice. ''A higher Judge has as much
right to order a man hung without tri
al, as our Mayor has to order one to
be whipped.”
WAR IN EUROTE.
We frequently hear the question
asked, how the war between the Rus
sians and Turks will affect this coun
try? It is perhaps not easy to give a
satisfactory answer to this inquiry.—
The theatre of the controversy is at a
great distance from us, and we see no
immediate prospect of advantage like
ly to arise from it to our commercial
pursuits. Europe is at present well
supplied with necessary materials for
supporting armies and navies. The
fleets of G. Britain and France will
be furnished with provisions from their
respective countries, and Russia has
the advantage of the fine Regions con
nected with the Black Sea, from
which to draw all that is necessary
for her land forces. There is no finer
grain country in Europe, than that
owned by Russia above alluded to.—
And it is not probable that its stores
will be exhausted at least during the
first year of hostilities.
Should the war, however he contin
ued, or if, in the course of events, it
should become extended, and eventu
ally the other great powers of Europe
become parties to it, it must neces
sarily be protracted, and in the end
its wants may reach over this coun
try, and a supply of provisions be call
ed for from the United States. A bad
crops in Europe, may also hasten .the
period when assistance may be want
ed from us. We have not heard or
seen any speculations on the prospects
of the approaching harvests in Europe,
and therefore do not know what is to
be expected there.—JY! Y. D. Adv.
New-Haven, June 17.
George Hoadley, Esq. late Presid
ent of the Eagle Bank, was commit-
ed to jail in this city on Wednesday
last, at the instance of the acting A-
gents of said Bank, upon the claim,
we understand, of $1,500,000.
Longevity.—'There are seventeen men
living in the town of New-Haven,
vyhose united ages amount to 1413
years. The average age of each in
dividual is 83 years.
In addition to these, there are twen
ty-seven men whose united ages amount
to 1971 years, and whose average age
is 73 years.
The average of the two together is
about 77 years—Journal. ..
The Pruth, so often mentioned of
late, is a river of Moldavia, running
for the first half of. its course, in a
south easterly direction, and for the
other half in a southerly, till it falls
into the Danube from 80 to 90 miles
above its mouth. . While the Pruth
continues its southerly course, it div
ides ancient Moldavia nearly in half;
after taking its southern direction, it
is the boundary between the princip
ality and the Russian provinces of
Bessarabia. As the Russian frontier
now extend to the Pruth, the princip
ally of Moldavia is no long it J
Dniester, as it appears in r osl
but has the Prutlr for its noith casern
boundary, (not its north w sterna as
stated in a New York journal-;) and
the Russian armies lie, we presume,
not in Poland, but in tlvat prrt of Mol
davia on the left bank of tie Pruth,
acquired by Russia. The i istauce to
Constantinople from the confluence of
the Pruth and Danube, to which
point the Russian frontier e: tends,) is
about two hundred and fifty Voiles by
water and three hundred by land* in a
direct line
Muscular Strength.—'The muscular
power of the human body is wonder
ful. A Turkish porter will run along
carrying a weight ofGOOlbs.; and Mi
lo, of Croton, is said to have lifted an
ox weighing lOOOlbs. Haller men
tions that he saw an instance of a man
whose finger being caught in a chain
at the bottom of a mine, by keeping it
forcibly bent, supported by that
means the weight of his whole body,
(1501bs.) till he was drawn uo to the
surface, a height of 600 feet. Augus
tus II, king of Poland, could, tvith his
fingers, roll up a silver dish like a pa
per, and twist the strongest hoise-shoe
asunder; and a lion is said (Phil Trans.
No. 310.) to have left the impression
of his teeth upon a piece of solid iron.
The most prodigious power of the
muscles i3 exhibited by fish. A whale
moves with velocity through the dense
medium of water, that would carry
him, if continued at the same rate,
round the world in little more than a
fortnight: and a sword-fish has been
known to strike his weapon tirough
the oak plank of a ship.
Money Buried.—In 'Mar, 1821, a man
named Joseph Galebo, a Portugueie, and a
common beggar, was drowned irj Boston
harbor, on the wreck of the sehoonir Olive
Branch. After an inquest on the lody, ha
was buried respectably in the stianger’s
tomb in South Boston, where he slept qui
etly till Tuesday last. On that diy, two
foreigners called on Mr. Coroner Snow,
and inquired about the deceased with great
peculiarity, expressing a desire to know
where he was buried, and Whether his
clothes were taken oft’} after which, tley
were referred to the sexton for permission
to see his remains. He, probably, thinking
that so pious and friendly a wish ought to
be gratified, readilv opened the tomb and
shewed them the coffin. The lid was open
ed to the face, but that was not enough.—
With various shrugs and winks and inti
mations, they desired the whole cover of
the coffin to be removed, when the anxious
friends, without any squeamishness, thrust
their unhallowed paws within the clothing
which covered the decaying body, and,
with the a id of a jack knife, wlipped out a
belt that circled next thereto, very much
corroded, out of which they enptmd about
three pints of silver coin, leaving a consid
erable quantity in the lower enl, where it
was less corroded, supposed to he gold.—
They quickly made oft’from the astounded
sexton, leaving for his share of the booty
the pleasure of replacing the colfm lid; since
which time these strangers of fortunate
memory have neitlurrbeen seen nor heard
of in our citv of Boston.—Bost. Cour.
A criminal in England, who vas lately
sentenced to transportation/or Ife, threat
ened to flog one of the witnesses against
him ovi his return.
We understand the Sennr class of
Harvard University has preicnted two
silver waiters—the Junior two silver
pitchers—the Sophomore tivo silver
cake baskets—and the freslraep a sil
ver cup—to President Kiikland.—
Boston Palladium.
The Tuscaloosa Chronicle states
that the Bank of the State of Alabama
has given notice that it is determined
-not to receive the notes of the bank of
Mobile, either in payment, or depos-
ite, in future.
Indian Ladies.—At the Falls of St.
Mary’s River, near Lake Superior,
resides Mr. Johnson, the patriarch of
the place, whose wife is a full blood,
broad cheeked Chippeway, with the
following pretty name, Oshaugusco-
daywaygouh. She has three sons and
four daughters, all carefully educated.
Mr. Schoolcraft, a man of science,
and a celebrated traveller, married
the second daughter, who is a very ac
complished woman. She dresses like
fashionable ladies, except that’ she
wears black silk leggins. She has a
younger sister, who is a charming
creature, and “would be a b6lle in
Washington.” She sings Indian “like
an angel,” and the chorus of one of
her songs is, tee, yea, yea, hew, ha.—
Mr. Johnson is rich—make* annually
four tons of maple sugar, aid his wife
cooks beavers’ tails, to a charm.
Ifanp. Gaz.
HEMLOCK.
A very few of the countless varie
ties of plants whose blossoms wave by
the way side, or flourish on the mar
gin of the stream, are to he avoided,
or can be regarded without admira
tion. One however, possesses most
deleterious properties, and has been
noted as poison from antiquity. Its
easy and certain power of destroying
life, have recommended it for use in
prisons of arbitrary rule, from the tri
bunal of the Athenian Areopagus, to
the court of the Spanish Inquisition.—
Its mild and lethargic operation have
established it not only as the instru
ment of the executioner, but the agent
of suicide. A species of this plant,
emigrating from Europe, is now com
mon about road sides, and in waste
grounds; especially in those parts of
tie country which have long been set-
ted. The frequent instances of de-
j orable accidents resulting from its
vie, show that its deleterious proper
ty are unknown or too often neg-
1 cted. In general appearance the
Rant has resemblance to the car-
rtt when shooting up to seed. It is
cfrmnoniy found in hunches and rises
to«he height of four, live or six feet,
ant produces clusters of minute
fioters of dull white, from June to
November.
flr* Biglow speaks of the poisonous
efietts ns very different on different
indj/iduals; varying with the temper-
nr/ent of the person, the age and
Growth of the plant and other circum-
qain:e3. Generally, dizziness, nau-
Lsea, diminished power of vision, faint
ness and muscular weakness are de
scribed as the consequences of its op
eration. This plant is often eaten by
child ren either from carelessness or
ignorance. The papers on our table
contain two instances, where death
has followed the dangerous repast.—■
While our legislature are proposing
the destruction of the vegetable ene
mies of the harvest, it would be well
if they would take measures to exter
minate these treacherous weeds creep
ing round the habitations of man, to
steal away life; and better still, if
they were attacked by every person
who discovers them intruding on the
frontiers of his possessions.— Worces
ter JEgis.
Ostentatious Munificence.—A rich
penurious old gentleman, of this coun
ty, presented a clock, which cost $500
to the town in which he resides.—
Some person, who knew how close the
donor usually drew his purse strings,
could not help expressing his wonder at
this extraordinary act of munificence.
“Why,” replied the old gentleman,
“I like to bestow my money where I
can hear it tickJ*
How much money is there bestow
ed from the same questionable motive,
but without the like honest confession!
The inquisitive left hand is seldom
kept in ignorance of the charitable
deeds of the right. Hence so many
names are emblazoned on subscription
papers, that are nu where to be found
on the rolls of private charity.—Berk
shire American.
The following are Candidates for the
General Council of the Cherokee Nation to
represent the District of Coosewatce.
Foil the Committee,.
WALTER ADAIR,
JOHN RIDGE.
ELIJAH HICKS.
JOSEPH VANN,
RISING FAWN,
GEO. SANDERS,
JOHN SANDERS.
For the Council.
MAJOR RIDGE,
TE-SA-DASKI,
JAMES FOSTER,
JOHN FIELDS, Jr.
WATIE.
GOO-LAH-TSE,
DAH-FE-SKE,
NE-GAH-WE,
Tie following are Candidates for the en
suing Legislature of the Cherokee Nation,
to represent the District of Chattooga.
For the Committee.
RICHARD FIELDS,
THOMAS WILSON,
DANIEL GRIFFIN,Jr.
LITTLE TURTLE,
EDWARD GUNTER,
ANDREW ROSS.
For the Council.
BARK,
AIICHILLA SMITH,
HEAD THROWER,
John Ratcliff,
LAUGH AT MUSH,
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL,
SAH-KE-AH,
SCRAPER.
The following arc Candidates for the en
suing General Council of the Cherokee
Nation, to represent the District of Chick-
amauga.
For the Committed
DANIEL McCOY,
RICHARD TAYLOR,
JOHN F. BALDRIDGE.
For the Council.
NATHAN HICKS,
CHARLES REECE,
CU N-N E-Q.UOH- VO-G E,
sleeping rabbit,
THOMAS M.iNON,
TSU-NU-GE.
The following are Candidates for (lie Ge
neral Council ol the Cherokee Nation to rre
present the District ol’Ahnioe,
For Committee,
THOMAS FOREMAN.
HAIR CONRAD.
For Council.
JAMES BIG BEY,
THOMAS FIELDS,
YOUNG WOLE,
JOHN WATTS.
CRAWLING SNAEF
DE-SQUAH-NE,
DEER IN THE WATER.
The following are Candidates for the
General Council of the Cherofe- Nat on
to represent the. District of Hickory Lug,
For Committee.
JOHN DUNCAN,
JAMES DANIEL,
GEORGE WATERS,
SAMUEL DO WNING,
GEORGE STILL,
RACCOON.
MOSES DOWNING,
EDMUND DUNCAN.
For Council.
MOSES PARRIS,
JOHN R. DANIEL,
JAMES DAUGHERTY'
SLIM FELLOW,
CHEWEA.
RISING FAWN,
TUCKQUO,
GEORGE CARY,
W.M. PROCTER,
YOUNG CHICKEN.
10=- We are authorised to announce
David Vann, a Candidate for the
Committee for High Tower District.
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MARRIED—At Oochgelogy, on the
13th instant, by the Rev. John R. Sindh,
Mr. Alexander J. Coi-eland to Miss
Mary R. Gambold, daughter of Mr. Jo
seph Gambold.
NOTICE.
I N accordance with the resolution of the
National Committee and Council, pass
ed October 24th, 1827, requiring t!*e Treas
urer of the Cherokee Nation to call in all
the money loaned out under the provisions
of a previous act, on or before the first Mon
day of October next, I hereby give notice
to all such as are indebted to the Treasury,
to come and redeem their bonds bv paving
principal and interest, on the day that th-y
become due, as such bonds cannot be re
newed after the first Monday of October
next. No indulgence will be given, and
those who do not comply with the above re
quisition must expect to find their bonds in
the hands of Officers.
JOHN MARTIN,
Trea=. of the Ch. Nab.
New Echota, July 23, 1823.
NOTICE:
T HE annual Examination of the Mis
sion School at Brainerd will ta’.e
place on the last Monday in this month.—
All persons interested in the welfare of the
rising generation are respectfully invited
to attend.
JOHN C. ELSWORTH.
July 9, 1828.
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JCT* The Examination of the School &
Creek Path, under the superintendence of
the Rev. William Potter, will take place
on the Friday preceding the second Sab
bath in August.
notice:
T AKEN up on Tarripin Creek, by
Zachariah Simmons, on the 19th ins*,
a BAY HORSE, with a small white on his
forehead, about six years old, and five feet
and two inches high, and without any
brand. ,J. VANN.
•April fl0thjl8Z8r D3. .