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to slavery. As a melancholy proof
of this, we know, that scarcely a
Court passes without some one coming
forward, who had been held in servi
tude as a slave, and asserting his right
to freedom. But few however, in
this deplorable condition have ever the
opportunity and mentis of asserting
their right to the precious boon, which
the Gpd of nature gave them, and are
therefore, with their posterity doom
ed to drag out a miserable life of
slavery.
To him, who would thus set at defi
ance the laws both of God and man,
by stealing human beings for the sake
of gain, we should say,
—“Is there not some chosen curse,
Some hidden thunder in the stores of Hea
ven,
Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the
wretch!!” South. Jldv.
A New Thing.—An Almanack has
been arranged by Cadet Palmer, on a
space equal to the two faces of a
quarter of a dollar, showing without
the least calculation, the days of the
month, Dominical letters, together
with the rising and setting of the sun
for the 1st and 15th of every month,
beginning with the year one, or com
mencement of the Christian era, and
terminating at the end of 8000 years,
from the same. The operations are
performed with ease and despatch—
indeed sooner than can be found by a
common almanack. It may be ar
ranged either on the handle of a knife
or a watch case, or an engineers’ rule,
in short wherever is the space above
montioned. It would fit the the cov
er of a tobacco box, exactly.
Dog Nail Factory.—In the upper
part of this village, on the road to
Whitesborough, there has been in ope
ration, for some months past, a small
manufactory of wrought nails, which
is carried on solely by a poor but in
dustrious German lately arrived in
this country; together with his two
dogs, who are equally industrious.—
The bellows is kept constantly in blast
by the dogs running in a wheel with a
little coarse apparatus attached to it.
They are in perfect training and re
lieve each other at regular periods,
and both man and dogs are in almost
perpetual motion from early dawn till
night fall. The nails produced are of
the most finished and perfect kind—
and the establishment merits on every
accounU the patronage of the public,
and we learn, receives it liberally.
Utica Sentinel.
From the Indiana Whig.
tlure for the bite of a Snake.—As the
public in the western country are
much interested in knowing whatever
may be a good remedy for the poison
injected into the human flesh by the
bite of a snake, I think it my duty to
slate a fact within my own knowledge:
About the year 1815 or 1816, one of
my children was bitten by a copper
head, on the inside of both ankles,
nearly at the same instant. I imme
diately procured pulverised charcoal
& mixed it with as much hogs-lard as
made it adhere. I then made a plas
ter of it, and applied it to the wounds,
renewing the plaster every twenty or
thirty minutes, for ten or twelve
hours, at the same time giving the
child fresh milk to drink. This rem
edy had the desired effect., and very
little pain was endured after the first
application. Not more than five min
utes elapsed from the time the child
. was bitten until the cure was applied,
and in that short time so violent was
the advance of the poison, being near a
bloodvessel, that its tongue was much
swollen, and green matter was vomit
ed by the child; but the effect of the
antidote was nearly as instantaneous
as the poison. Several of my neigh
bours, in the vicinty of Newport, near
Blairsville, in this county, can attest
the above facts.
JAS. M’CORMICK.
Cure for iccris.—The following ex
traordinary fact has lately come to
our knowledge: A planter in the vi
cinty of Raleigh', (N. C.) had been for
some years afflicted with a wen on his
faeck^which grew so large as to be
very inconvenient and distressing.—
After trying a number of remedies, be
was advised by one of his neighbors to
wash it two or three times a day with
strong salt water, (water in which
salt had been dissolved.) He did so,
and to his great relief and comfort, the
wen gradually decreased jn size, and
finally disappeared! Let those who
arc similarly afflicted, “go and do
likewise.”—Hal. Reg.
Arabian method of preparing Coffee.
It is found that the only certain
mode of retaining the pure flavor of
the coffee, is to roast, pound and boil
it, all in quick succession, the roasted
berries soon losing their flavor if laid
by for a day, and the pounded coffee
becoming insipid even in a few hours.
The Arabs of the desert who are from
necessity economical in the use of this
article, follow the same process, e-
ven if they require only two cups of
the liquid, roasting a handful of ber
ries on an iron plate, pounding them
in the pestle and mortar while warm,
and the instant the water boils, which
it generally does by the time the other
preparations are completed, so that
no time is lost, putting the pounded
coffee into it, and suffering it to boil,
stirring it at the same time for a min
ute or two, when it is poured out to
drink. As the Level age is taken with
out sugar or milk, the slightest differ
ence in flavor is perceptible; and long
experience having shown this to be the
best way of preserving it in perfection,
it is perhaps worth mentioning in de
tail, particularly as the use of this ar
ticle has become so general even in
England.—Li lacking ham's Travels.
Ciiili.—Chili is a line, salubrious,
flourishing republic. After a war of
seventeen years, they are beginning to
enjoy repose. Last year, about six
new political, and literary journals
have started into existence. A Yan
kee has established a paper in that
country. They have a line of coast of
80U leagues, from Alcama to Cape
Horn. As an indication of the health
iness of the climate, the following
anecdote is given:
“ In the canton of Culiua, a man 116
years old, and a woman of 107, died
in June, 1827. There remains in the
same place a peasant of 108, who sub
sists on his daily labour, another of 104
still more hardy, who mounts his horse
with ease, and a woman supposed to
be older than either, because nobody
in the country remembers to have
seen her other than an old woman.—
She has forgotten her own age.”
Apple Trees.—The New England
farmer contains a letter from Samuel
Preston, of Stockport, Penn, on what
have been supposed native apple trees,
lie believes that the fruit was known
in this country before its discovery by
Columbus, and cites several facts.
The Townsend Apple, known in
Pennsylvania, was derived by the
writer, more than sixty years ago,
from a remarkably large & aged tree,
thirty four miles northwardly from
Philadelphia. A tradition preserved
in the country is, that Richard Town
send, a famous quaker preacher, who
came over with Penn in 1682, hear
ing of this tree, and that it was resort
ed to by many Indians in the season,
to feed on the ripe fruit, went there
to preach to them, and eventually
purchased the land from them, though
they reserved to themselves the tree.
Nearly forty years ago it fell, and an
attempt was made to ascertain its age
from the appearance of the trunk, but
the interior was so much decayed that
it was impossible. The apples are
described as of rather a flat shape.—
They are thought to have diminished
in size about one third—but they re
tain their flavour, which is delicious.
Another tree, the wi iter mentions, was
found in the year 1714 not far from
the same plrce, growing wild in the
forest, and yielding white apples,
which from their coming early to ma
turity, were called Harvest Sweets.
It bore marks of age when discovered,
and died many years Ago. The fruit
derived from it is much larger than the
original.—N. Y. Advertiser.
A way to give 5 pounds instead of 1.—
Two gentlemen, while canvassing at a
London parish, called at every house
to solicit subscriptions for the poor,
and having opened a door, they over
heard the master seriously lecturing a
servant, for having cast a card e end
into the fire; on which they said to
each other, let us go, we shall get
nothing here. The master, observing
them walking out; demanded their
business; they said they were solicit
ing aid for the poor at this inclement
season of the year. On hearing which
he desired them to walk in, when he
put down his name for 5 pounds, to
the great surprise of the collectors'.—
“Pray Sir,” said they “how is this
liberality consistent with scolding the
poor girl for throwing a candle end in
to the fire? “Perfectly consistent,”
said he, “for most persons are careful
about valuable things, and so am I,
but I am equally careful about what
many call trifles, which enables me to
give you live pounds instead of one!”
Cold water.—Two person died in
Baltimore on the 25th June, in conse
quence of drinking cold w’ater: one of
them left a wife and six clildrerr—
“All that, is necessary,” sayt the Pat
riot, “to avoid injury from, drinking
cold water, is to take smal mouth
fuls, and hold them in the mouth a
moment or two before, ^allowing
them. In this way, thirst will be
quenched by the time a very mode
rate quantity is takeq> and the system
will be cooled much more than if a I
large quantity is suddenly thrown up
on the stomach. If previous to drink
ing, the hands and wrists are wi^sh-
ed, and the mouth rinsed, it will he
still better.
[Translatedfor the Charleston Curier t
from the German.]
THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD.
Among the commercial houses in
Europe or elsewhere, which from ob
scure origin^ by discernment and ad
vantageously embracing the oppportu-
nities, equdly at the command of ma
ny others, by their prudent en erpriz-
es, upright proceedings, and |articu-
larly by contenting itself w-itli acertain
moderate profit in their imineilse con
cerns, have become great, floiirishing
and powerful, the House of Roths
child certainly stands pre-eminent-
At the recent death of one who was
thought the richest banker of Europe
—(M. V. Bethmaun,. in' Frankfort,)
when an inventory was token of his
estate, liis property did not exceed
$2,000,000; when fron infallible
sources, the House of t. (or more
properly speaking, the fve brothers)
possess, wholly unincumiered, $20,-
000,000, and through tleir immense
influence may connnam 40,000,000
more.
Mayor A Rothschild, their father,
was born at Frankfort, in the Maine,
in the year 1743. He list his parents
when eleven years old, md being left
in very indigent circumstances, lie was
put apprentice to a tradt, in which sit
uation he served some ytors, when he
quit it, and commenced 'trafficking in a
small way. About that time a lucra
tive prospect opened itself for the con-
noisseurs of ancient coins and medals,
wherein the great and the opulent
made considerable selections and pur
chases, which induced Mr. R. to ap
ply himself to this particular branch
and to acquirte the accessary knowl-
edge, in order to make the proper se
lections. By dint of industry he made
thereby a decent living,, and from his
intercourse with the wealthy, procur
ed himself such respectable acquain
tances as proved in the end of great ad
vantage to him. Mr. R. at the same
time fixed his mind to obtain the neces
sary knowledge required in a counting
house, w hich soon obtained for hi in a
situation in a respectable banking house
in Hanover, in which he faithfully
served for several years—and by dili
gence and strict economy, realized a
small capital when he returned to his
native city; then married, and laid the
foundation of the present ertablish-
ment. His activity, knowledge, and
strict integrity, soon obtained him
credit and confidence, and an opportu
nity soon offered which gave him a
chance of extending his commercial
view r s, by the Landgrave of Hesse,
who had become acquainted with him
by the purchase of ancient coins—and
wherein he had always proved himself
trusty.and useful—appointing him his
court agent. In this capacity he sub
sequently rendered CQiinent services to
the then Elector of Hesse—for while
this personage, in the year 1806, was
obliged to quit his territory, on account
oi the approach of the French army.
Mr. R. succeeded to secure, but not
without personal danger, through pru
dent management, a large portion of
the Elector’s private funds, which
would have inevitably become a prey
to Napoleon, and conscientiously ad
ministered them for the benefit of the
Elector. His affairs now assumed a
high standing, through government
loans—about which time he concluded
a loan with the court .of Denmark of
$3,000,000. ■
In the year 1812 \fr. R. Seeing his
end approaching, hi summoned his ten
children to his bed side, and after giv
ing them his parentil benediction, ex
horted them, under i solemn promise,
never to change their religious creed;
and strenuously recommended to his
sons, to observe amongst each other an
inviolable union. And never lias a fa
ther’s admonition been more strictly
attended to—for it is a very remarka
ble characteristic of this family, that
its male members, at every transaction
of consequence, do, as it were, consult
the words of their departed sire, and
very often,remind each other ci' his
prudent advice, fostered through wis
dom and experience, and never utter
his name without reverence. The ar
rangements which the House of Roths
child entered into in 1S13, respecting
some very extensive money transac-'
tions, has given it its present standing |
in the commercial world. Whilst it j
maybe here remarked, that in'the
course of twelve years, they, through
their mediation and interest, and with
their own means, entered into contracts !
to furnish by loans and subsidies, the
immense sum of live hundred million
of dollars, to the different courts in
Europe: without taking into conside
ration the by no means inconsiderable
sums advanced on account of French
indemnifications. How the House of
Rothschild could furnish such exten
sive means during this period, has no
doubt been a question with many com
mercial men and politicians.
W hen it is, however, taken into con-
sideral’M, that the result of extensive
operations does not solely depend on
chances taken at some favorable mo
ment, but in this instance, rather on
the fundamental maxims always pur
sued by the house. It would then ap
pear that the great success of their
speculations principally hinged on
those maxims, which were, as before
staled, that the five Brothers did con
duct their business in uninterrupted
harmony among themselves, and with
file strictest integrity—which was the
golden rule, their dying parent be
queathed, that they jointly deliberated
upon every transaction—and wherein
each enjoyed an equal share. And al
though residing far apart from each
other for years, this did in no instance
infringe on their adopted principles,
but must have proved in fact, benefi
cial to all, as it gave each hand the un-
dcniable advantage to watch the move
ments of the court where he was lo
cated—make the necessary prepara
tions for the speculations which were
to be entered into, and then communi
cate the result to the General Concern.
The second maxim which the House of
Rothschild took into view was, as be
fore stated, to he satisfied with a mod
erate advance on their operations—al
ways to keep them within certain
bounds, and so far as human foresight
and prudence would admit, to be inde
pendent cl the sport of chance. Bv
strictly adhering (o such unejeviating
principles, they have no doubt acquir
ed that lofty station they hold in the
community; whilst their merits have
been publicly acknowledged by most
of the European Courts,
THE SABBAT*!!.
From a Sermon by the Ilev. Gardiner
Spring.
Ignorance and barbarism form no
part of the character of men who re
vere the Lord’s day. Carry the priv
ileges of this day to the most abject
on the globe, and just in the propor
tion in which they are subjected to its
influence, do you elevate them from
their intellectual degradation. It ad
dresses its obligations, and presents its
privileges, to all orders and classes of
men. Conceive then the great mass
of the community, devoting one day in
seven, to the attainment of knowledge;
one day in seven, searching the Holy
Scriptures; and then appreciate the
benefits of the Sabbath. It is obvious
that temporal prosperity would be the
natural result of the observation of the
Sabbath, if it secured no other bless
ing than those to which we have al
ready referred. But there are other
particulars, in which the tendencies
of this day, exert a most salutary in
fluence on human society. The pro
vision which this day affords, as a sea
son of rest, to laboring animals, the
re^t and refreshment secured to man
kind, the neatness & cleanliness which
it promotes, especially among the
lower classes of men, the softness and
civility of manners which it. diffuses
throughout a community, all these e-
vince, that “the Sabbath' w,iS made
for man/’
Blot out the Sabbath, and you blot
out the last beam of hope from, the
troubled and desponding soul, and
darkness will cover the earth, and
gross darkness the people.” To you
who are Magistrate's, and invested
with authority, permit me respectfully
to say, the ordinance of God, and the
voice of a free people, have elevated
you to posts of dignify and power, that
you may be the sentinels of public vir
tue. Never lose sight of this day.—
You cannot put yourselves oeyond <ho
reach of hope and heaven, so long as
you sanctify the Sabbath.
Physicians.—A physician recoirf-
mended to a patient to lake coffee ill
preference to tea. A person who neard
him, said, if he had prescribed the
coffee for himself, instead of tea, he
should not have been surprised; for
physicians like to have a fee attached
to every tiling they have to do with.
Two citizens were comparing notes
upon the merits of (heir spouses; mine,
said the one, would be a very good
wife, if she were not so talkative.—
“ Talk-at-eve/” replied the other,
“why, you arc a happy fellow; my
wife talks morning noon and night.”
New Jersey and New York.—Messrs.
Webster, Wirt, Wall, Wood, Freling-
huysen, and Vrooni, have been em
ployed as counsel for New-Jersey, to
conduct the suit in tiie supreme court
of the United States, against the state
of New-Yoi'k, relative to the long dis
puted boundary between the tuo
states.
The number of persons who hard
emigrated from the united kingdom of
Great-Britain, since 1815, to the Bri
tish provinces in North America, is
computed at 350,000.
Heavy Crops.—Capt. James Per
kins, of Essex, Mass, raised lcitt sea-
sot?. on an acre and a half of land 72
bushels Indian corn, 10 bushels of po
tatoes, 70 bushels of whiter apples,
80 bushels of turnips, 2 loads of
squashes, and two bushels of beans.—
One third of the land alluded to con
sisted of gravelly knolls, in 1826 the
whole was planted with Indian corn.
Forsaking tie Cross.—A Roman
Pilgrim, who had performed a pil
grimage all the way from the Nether
lands to Rome, carrying across up ml
Liis back weighing 18 pounds, was on
Lis return, convinced of the imposi
tions of popery, and left his cross at
Geneva.
Quick If or/:.—During flic proces
sion of the different trades, See. at
Baltimore, on the 4th, the weavers
wove a quantity of cloth, which being
immediately banded to tls-c? tailors,
washy them cut out and made into a
coat in 35 mi.iutes. The batters
made a bat and the cordwainers a pair
of shoes—which were severally pre
sented to the venerable Carroll.
Russia has acquired (by her late
treaty with Persia) Mount Ararat,
where Noah’s ark rested after t’.e
flood.
Curious view or. the Df.Vils’ ig
norance.
A man, in Ireland, pleading for the.
use of Latin prayers, employed this ar
gument—“The Devil” said he “dues
not understand Latin, though.he knows
every other language, except Irish in
which he is defective.”
MARRIED—On Sunday 17th inst.
by the Rev. John Mitchell, Mr John
Brewer to Miss Elizabeth daugh
ter of Richard Taylor of Chickamau-
ga District.
POCKET BOOK LOST.
A BOUT the middle of July last vras
. stolen out of mv Pocket at my house,
a large Washed Leather Pocket-Book,'
containing one note on the State Bank of
Georgia for $10, one note of hand on Eli
jah Hicks for $85, payable sometime in
October next; a receipt of Henry Megyr of
the State of New York, for two notes ou
John Byers of the said State, and some
other papers not recollected. To any per
son getting &. delivering said Book, papers
and money it) me; I will give ten dollars,
anil five for the apprehension of the rogue,
I do hereby forwarn all persons from tra
iling for said note of Elijah Hicks. And
I also forwarn Eli jah Hicks from paying
said note to anyperson excepting myself.
GEORGE IIARLIN-
Coosewavfee Cherokee Nation, August
13. 182S.—24-tf.
NOTICE.
I N ae-ordance with fhe resolution of the
National Committee and Council, pass
ed October 24th, 1827, requiring the Treas
urer of the Cherokee Nation to call in all
the money loaned out under the provisions
ofa previous act, on or before the first Mon
day of October next, I hereby give notice
to nil such as are indebted to the Treasury,
to come and redeem their bonds by paying
principal and interest, on the day that they
become due, as such bonds cannot be re
newed after the first Monday of October
next. No indulgence will be given, and
thosp who do not comply with the above re
quisition must expect to find their bonds iu
the hands of Officers.
JOHN MARTIN,
Treas. of the Cb. Nat.
New Echota, July 23, 1828.
