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tecting it, while rapidly flying through'
thickets, without hindering the sight.
Birds are, for these purposes, furnish
ed with a typ’d eyelid, a fine mem
brane or slan, which is constantly
moved very rapidly over the eyeball
by two muscles placed in the back of
the eye. One of the muscles ends in
a loop, the other in a string which
goes through the loop, and is fixed in
the corner of the membrane, to pull
it backward and forward.
NEW ECHOTA:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1828.
We are credibly informed that Col. Hugh
Montgomery, United Slates’ Agent, has re
ceived orders from the War Department to
visit every section of this Nation, and en
roll emigrants for the western country, in
company with James Rogers and Thomas
Maw. These are two of the (Ark.) Chero
kee Chiefs who lately violated the delegat
ed powers conferred upon them in cxchang*
i,ng their country for another comparatively
of no value. This conduct of their’s is so
dissatisfactory to their poor brethren, that
it has produced no common degree of sen
sation. We are told that their lives are
in danger, and poles are erected on which
to exhibit their heads. To avoid the pun
ishment which awaits them, and which
seems to have been apprehended by them,
they have been travelling in this Nation,
and are now to undertake a very unpopu
lar, and we would add, serious task of in
fluencing the peeple of this country to emi
grate. We hope, however, for the sake of
peace, nothing will he attempted which
may go to implicate us as a people.
We would request our readers to bear in
mind that Col. Thos. L. McKehney, spe
cial Agent of the General Government,
Sometime since, silenced a Cherokee, who
was employed by the Creek Nation as Sec
retary, on the ground of interference.—
Whence arises this inconsistency? Why
are these inter-meddling Cherokces thrust
in amongst us St paid by the United States,
when they are unwelcome, and possess no
tight in this country ? Why not “break”
these! “interfering Agents” “on the spot,”
as did the special agent in the Creek Na
tion? Can such inconsistency proceed
from benevolent motives, and true love for
the Indians? Is it not more to gratify the
State of Georgia, than to procure our bene
fit that this emigration is recommended and
the present efforts to effect it are now pur
sued? Such efforts may ruin us, by disor
ganizing the Nation, and the state of Geor
gia may reap benefits on our ashes, but up
on whom will the blame rest ?
The Agent will commence his journey
with his two Cherokee companions about
the first of Sep;- nber. We understand
that he considers his present appointment
jhe most unpleasant of any in his life. By
virtue of his office he is bound to obey the
orders of the War deparfment, and we sin
cerely hope he will be treated with respect
during the execution of the business en
trusted to him.
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making a breach. The Turkish gar
rison had set fire to the suburbs. Two
Rnssian battallions were ordered to
drive the Turks out of them; they pen
etrated into the streets which were
choaked up with rubbish, and charged
the Turks at the point of the bayonet,
while the fortress fired at them with
mortars. About 160 Turks were kill
ed and taken prisoners.
It was reported that a number of
Cossacks bad been brought prisoners
into Brailoiv, and by the Pacha's or
ders hanged on the walls of the for
tress, in sight of the Russian Army.—
The soldiers were enraged. It was
feared that the taking of Brailovv
would be attended with dreadful mas
sacre.
It was expocted that the passage of
the Danube would be effected by the
end of May.—JST. Y- Ado.
THE RUSSIAN ARMY.
Letters from Vienna, to the 3d
June, state that at the last date from
the Russian Army, there had been no
fighting, except in the prosecution of
the siege of Brailaw, and that, it was
believed that the invading army would
not pass the boundaries of Whllachia
and Moldavia without e::press orders
from the emperor. This is confirma
tory of the reports of concession on
the part of Turkey, and the hesitation
on the part of Russia.
We learn from the frontiers-of Mol
davia, May 26, that a division of Cos
sacks had already made excursions on
the right bank of the Danube, and has
convinced ' itself that the defensive
preparations of the Turks are very
feeble.
Despatches, dated May 30, had
been received at the Colonial-office;
^rom Lieut. Gen. Sir Frederick Ad-
; 4 am a t Corfu.—They make no men
tion of any negociation having been o-
•ened for the evacuation of the Morea,
qy< Ibrahim Pacha, who was not in
want of provisions.
Accounts from Corfu to May 17,
estate that Antolico continued to be
besieged by the Greeks.
Brailow was invested by a corps of
18,000 Russians, and the trenches
were opened on the 21st of May very
sear the fortress for the purpose of
EARTHQUAKE AT LIMA.
Extract of a letter from Mr. S. IV. Po
meroy Jr. to his father, dated, Lima,
April 21.
I wrote you last by the Brandywine
to Panama, to go across the Isthmus,
under date of 20th ult. Since that
time this city has been visited by one
of those dreadful earthquakes which
are looked for about once in a century,
and had it continued a feio seconds long
er, the whole of Lima must inevita
bly have been laid in ruins. The ca
lamity occurred on the morning of 30th
March, at about half-past 7 o’clock,
and although only of 30 or 40 seconds
duration, was of such prodigious vio
lence as to prostrate many buildings,
and injured all, including the stupen
dous churches, some of which are so
much shattered that it is contemplated
to take them down, their massive
walls, of six and nine feet thickness,
being literally rent from the top to the
bottom. A great number of houses
have been pulled down by order of the
authorities, and several have, since
the shcrek, fallen of their owij accord,
in one instance burying two or three
persons in their ruins.
The amount of injury to the city is
estimated, by an official survey, at
six millions of dollars, a sum quite
within bounds, when it is recollected
that from the nature of the buildings
they cannot be repaired in many in
stances, but must be rebuilt.
About thirty persons perished; that
is the number of bodies which have
been dug out from the rubbish, hut
others are supposed to be still undis
covered. Had it been in the night
the loss of lives would, no doubt, have
been greater. I was awakened from
a sound sleep by the most terrific noise,
and jumping up, saw the walls of my
room vibrating'' very violently, I con
cluded that no time was to be lost, and
made the best of my way into the
street, amidst falling plaster, and
stumbling along over the floors like a
drunken man. In the street all was
dismay; the heart-appalling noise
which ushered in this frightful phenon-
menon, and the sound of the cracking'
walls, were still ringing in our ears.—
The poor natives were upon their
knees, (many of them just as they had
risen from their beds) beating their
breasts and calling upon God, the vir
gin, and all the saints to save them,
and expecting every instant another
and overwhelming shock. Indeed,
when I reflected that this was a dan
ger against which no place afforded
security, (as the earth was expected
to open, as it had done during the
great, earthquake of 1740,) I was ve
ry well disposed to join the cry of
J'misericordia,” and seek protection
from Him “who but looked upon the
earth, and it trembled.”
The great shock was followed by
five or six slight tremblings in as many
days, which excited great terror, and
I must confess I have been more a-
larmed by these harmless shocks than
by the great convulsion; and it is.re
marked, generally, that a person who
has never experienced an oartliquake,
cannot, when the alarm of “Temblor”
is given, outer at all into the feelings
of him who has witnessed one—the
first has merely a vague idea of dan
ger—the last the full possession of ex
treme terror and dismay.
The excitement has, in a great
measure, abated; but for a week or
ten days, after the shock, you would
see every night hundreds stretched
upon mats in the squares, alameda,
and wherever an open space could be
found, almost afraid to close their
eyes, and starting upon their knees at
the least alarm to repeat their “aves.”
Even now many are seen sleeping at
the open doors, and when the subject
is mentioned, cross themselves, add*
| ing, perhaps, their common exclama
tion, “Jesus, Maria!”
At Cillao the shock was felt after
the dus: was seen to rise from Lima,
so that t would seem that it proceed
ed froir the mountains to the sea.—
Those persons who were on board ves
sels in the harbor described the sensa
tion to be the same as when a ship
thumps violently against the bottom,
«1ml the rtoise like that produced by
“twenty chain cables running through
the hawser holes.” The water was
very turbid, and for a considerable
time afterwards large air bubbles
came up in every direction. Several
villages on the coast to’the northward
have been destroyed. It was not ex
perienced at the southward but a few
miles. I have a letter of the 12th
April, from Arica, where it was not
felt at all.
Yesterday the new constitution,
which was proclaimed the day before,
was sworn to publicly, and with great
show and circumstance, by the author
ities, &C. who have sworn to six before
since tip declaration of their indepen
dence !-e-/Jos/<m Daily Adv.
American Trade with China for the
season Hiding July 30, 1827—By a
statelnent received from China, and
which we believe may be relied upon,
it appears that the total amount of im
pels into China, valued at China, from
tie United States, during the period
awe stated, was $4,243618, receiv-
e by 26 vessels, of which 6 were from
liwYork, 5 from Philadelphia, 6
(>m Boston, 2 from Providence, 1
I arblehead, 1 Baltimore, the remain-
c :r not stated. Of the above $4,243,
6p only $1,841,168 were in specie,
ail 400,000 bills of exchange on Eu
rope; beaver, otter, fox, and other
sfins, $252,000; cotton and wollen
gtbds, $895,000; lead, iron, and cop
per $283,000; quicksilver, $97,000;
gitseng, $66,000. During the same
period the exports from China to the
liiited States in 24 vessels, amounted
tf $4,469,715; of this sum $1,963,000
were for teas; $92,000 for cassio, chi-
naware and matting; $1,556,000 for
silk goods.
Exported in one American vessel
to Europe, value $154468; to South
America and Sandwich Islands, in 4
vessels, $415,715.
The general opinion that the China
trade occasions a great drain of specie
from this country does not appear to
be well founded. Of the above trade,
amounting to nearly nine millions, on
ly $1,841,168 were in specie, and
this was doubtless amply returned to
the United States through the indi
rect trade carried on to other ports
The view just taken is corroboiatcd
by the circumstance that the last two
ships which lately sailed from this
port to China took out with them j
very considerable amount in specie
their cargo consisting principally of
quicksilver, ginseng, American cotton
goods, tobacco, &c.
Another feature in the trade as a-
bove stated is worthy of observation
The imports into the United States
exceeded the exports upwards of
$166,000, which we presume w r as
paid jfbV by the intermbdiate trade to
the $andwich Islands and other places.
In conclusion, wc cannot withhold the
expression of our regret that a trade
so very important and beneficial to the
United States should prove so disast
rous and ruinous to the individuals en
gaged in it.
In expressing this regret it is prop
er, however, to point out what we be
lieve to be the source of the evils de
plored. We have concurrent testimo
ny of men whose experience and judg
ment are worthy of the highest confi
dence, that the trade is overdone;
there are too many engaged in it—
This state of things is produced by the
alluring facilities offered to the adven
turous Spirits by the excessive long
credits' allowed by the government for
the payment of duties; and we ven
ture to predict that neither the China
nor any other trade will ever be in a
sound sniff healthy state unless long
credit be abolished, and the warehous
ing system established.—Phil. Auro.
to be useful in the pursuits of an hon
orable profession. Fortune can nev
er desert him if he remain true to
himself.
Mr. Barbour, Minister to Great
Britain, with his lady, son, daughter
and child; sailed from New York on
the Inst, in the Pacific. In fhe same
vessel Professor Long, of the LTniver-
sity, and his family; and Robert Owen,
of New Harmony, were passengers.
Lizard, and had been Obliged to put*
back to Plymouth Sound and Har
bour.
1st
From the Albany Daily Advertiser, July 21.
Robbery and attempt to Murder.—
On the morning of Saturday, a man
named Horace Terry, of Oneida coun
ty, was found horribly mangled, and
almost insensible, at the foot of a pre
cipice, in Peekskill, Westchester
county. Means were taken to revive
him, which proved successful, when
Terry was enabled to give the follow
ing account: /
He came on board the Steam Boat
Chief Justice Marshall, at New York,
on Friday afternoon, and landed at
Colwell’s about 40 miles this side of
New York, on the west side of the
river, at about 12 o’clock at night.—
At the same time three men, named
Smith, Hopper and Jackson, landed
who took pains to ingratiate themselves
into his favor, and induced him to cross
the river to Peekskill that night.
After they had crossed the river,
two of the men went on another course,
and one of them walked with Terry
up a hill. When they had got on the
hill, those two joined them, when
Terry was violently struck with a
club; and was brought to the ground.
They then seized and dragged him to
wards a steep precipice. Terry beg
ged that they would spare his life.—
They were regardless of his prayers,
and one of the villains exclaimed “Dam
him, kill him!” They then threw him
over the precipice, which is said to
be one hundred feet high, at the bot
tom of which is a pond, into which
they no doubt supposed he would fall.
Near this pond he was found in the
morning.
The citizens of Westchester coun
ty immediately turned out en masse,
in search of the villains. Some hun
dreds surrounded Verplank’s Woods,
near the above mentioned spot, sup
posing the wretches might be there
hid. It is hoped before this they have
been apprehended.
A pair of horses were stolen the
same night, from a stable in Peeks
kill, probably by these men; but it
was thought impossible that they could
escape with them, as there was no
mode of escape but by the turnpike,
and they could be traced through the
gates.
Terry had been in New York with
a drove of cattle, and had with him a-
bout $1400, of which he was robbed.
Among the money is a $50 note of a
Philadelphia Bank, about $300 in Uti
ca and Ontario bills, the residue prin
cipally in bills of the New-Y ork banks
and Dutchess county bank, on which
latter bank were four or five $20
bills.
The best description that can be
given of these robbers, is as follows:—
One of them is rather a tall man, a
little above the common size, wore a
white or drab fur hat, light complex
ion, about 35 years old, long featured.
The other two were short men, ra
ther below the middle size.
Very faint hopes were entertained
of Terry’s recovery.
Atrocious Villainy.—On Friday af
ternoon last, a most daring robbery
was committed at Middleville, a lit
tle above Camptovfn. The particu
lars, as they have reached us, are as
follows:—Two strangers entered the
back door of the house of Mr. David
€ Baldwin, where all were absent
excepting a young woman, a daughter
of Mr. Baldwin. Their first inquiry
was, if her husband was at home?.—
She replied that she supposed they
meant her father. Yes, they said, it
was bdr father; who she informed was
about, and she would call him. In at
tempting to go to the door, one of the
ruffians seized her by the shoulder—
gave her a severe blow in the face—
then gagged her-—bound her hand and
foot—and while one stood - with a pis
tol threatning her with death iff sher
made the least noise, the other pro
ceeded to rifle the house. After ob
taining ten dollars in money, a set of
silver tea spoons marked L. A. B. and
some ladies apparel, they threw her
lengthways on a chair over a fire they
had kindled in the middle of the room,
and departed; no doubt intending to
have concealed their villainy, bythe
destruction of the building. Provi
dentially, a little time after, a person
edme to the house & relieved the
young woman from her perilous situa
tion. An alarm was immediately giv
en; & tho’ (here were a number of men
collected at a vendue in the neighbor
hood, yet every effort to overtake and
apprehend the villians proved abor
tive. This is the third robbery in that
vicinity within a few days. Every
citizen should be on the alert.
JVewark Sentinel.
Villainy extraordinary.—A system
of high handed forgery has just been
discovered dn this town, which almost
baffies our credulity, notwithstanding
the facts in the case are two obvious
and stubborn to be either suppressed,
evaded, or in any shape discredited.—
Luther Richardson, Esq. a Counsel-
llor at Law, of respectable standing
in his profession, and a young man,
with a small family, heretofore pos
sessing in point of integrity, the un
bounded confidence of this community
has been found engaged in this deploy
rable business, and to have forged, be
yond a doubt, notes and endorsements,
M. Achilla Murat, son to the late
king of Naples and nephew of Bona
parte, .advertises in the Florida Ad
vocate that he will practice as coun
sellor at law in all the courts of the
territory. A curious, but not an un
precedented revolution in the fortunes
of an individual—once a prince in Eu
rope, now a lawyer in America. Like
Dionysus of old, once king of Syracuse,
then school-master in Corinth. The
man whojias a proper sense of respect
tor himself, thinks it oo degradation
Robbers taken.—By a gentleman
who arrived last evening from Somers,
Westchester, we learn that two men
were taken up near the Court-House,
Putnam county, who underwent an im
mediate examination before Jonathan
Morehouse Esq. and were fulfy com
mitted, for the robbery of, and at
tempt to murder Mr. Terry. The
other villain was taken a short dis
tance north of Danbury, (Conn.) and
was brought on Thursday evening to
Putnam, and was identified by Mr.
Terry, who is now, we are happy to
say, convalescent. The inhabitants of
Peekskill, Somers, Danbury and Car-
inel, deserve much credit for their
vigilance in consigning the offenders to
justice.
About $40 was found on the villains,
only $10 of which was recognized from
a particular mark, to belong to Mr.
Terry.—JV*. Y. Courier.
against various individuals in town and
out, though mostly in town, to the ex
tent of from twenty-five to thirty thous
and dollars. No palliating cirCitm-
stances, nor temptations of any kind,
nor necessity, as we have yet heard,
can come in explanation of this trans
action. Mr. Richardson’s habits were
ever irreproachable in private life, so
far as our own observation has exten
ded. Neither losses nor any liabili
ties, which he has incurred, could
have been an inducement for the per
petration of a crime so extensive.—
How to account for it, therefore, is
beyond comprehension. A small pro
portion of the loss will fall upon one or
two of the banks in town, while the
remainder must be borne by individ
uals, and some who have heretofore
been Mr. R’s best and most devoted
friends. The affair is certainly an
unprecedented one, both in point of
criminality and cruelty. We forbear
to express more at present upon a
subject so full of unhappy reflections.
Portland (Me.) Argus.
Earthquake at Sea.—A late number
of the Plymouth (Eng.) Journal states,
that for the last eight or ten days, an
extraordinary motion of the sea had
been felt in the channel, insomuch,
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Suicide.—A young girl about 18,
committed suicide on Sunday evenirig
at Troy. She was driven to this act
by an unnatural monster for whom
death would be too gentle a punish-
met. The following account is given
in the Troy Budget:
The cause which induced her to
destroy her life is one of a most cruel
and aggravating nature, and calls loud
for the just indignation of a civilized
and an enlightened community. She
did it to escape the brutal severity Of
her own father. For a long time
past, he had been in the habit Of
beating her, not with the ordinary
weapons used by parents, but with a
rope's end—an instrument, the use of
which is seldom known, except on.
board of vessels of war. On the af
ternoon, near sunset of the last Sab
bath, the deceased went a short dis
tance from her father’s house to see
two female acquaintances. It was to
a family which last year lived in a
part of the house bccupied By her
rather. On finding she had gone out,
her father pursued her, ordered her
home, and told her to be prepared,
that several ships outward bound could , _ .
not proceed to the westward of the [at 10 o’clock, for one of the “sever
