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B re that mountain shoufcf he removed,
by a little bird coming but once every
thousand years and carrying away but
one grain of the dust thereof at once;
the mountain would at length be re
moved that way, and brought to end,
but eternity will never end. Suppose
this with respect to all. the mountains
of the earth; nay with respect to the
whole globe of the earth; the grains
of dust whereof the whole earth is
made up, are not infinite, and there
fore the last grain would at long-run,
come to be carried away, in the way
supposed, but when that slowest work
would be brought to an end, eternity
would be in effect but beginning.
These are some rude draughts of
eternity, and now add misery and woe
to this eternity, what tongue can .ex
press it? what heart can conceive it?
In what balance can that misery and
that woe be weighed?”
Careless reader, pause—and re
flect whither you are going! Examine
your hopes for eternity!
DISClFULUS.
NEW EC HOT As
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1828.
We understand that on last Friday, a
murder was committed not far from Crutch
field’s mill, by one O-lah [<mv,] who
in a fit of intoxication thrust a butcher-
knife into the temple of another, Ah-ne-
yvng-le, [DhBP.] The murderer has
not yet been arrested. Here again is ano
ther instance of the dreadful effects of ar
dent spirits. How long shall we foster this
evil? Is it not time, high time to bestir our
selves, and make a vigorous exertion to put
a stop to the progress of intemperance?—
We are happy to state that the repeated
instances of murder occasioned by ardent
spirits, have hail a good effect on individuals.
We hope the effect will become general,
and that Whiskey will be considered as the
most deadly poison, and be entirely dis
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The following extract of a letter from an
intelligent Gentleman residing among
the Cherokees of the Arkansas, address
ed to a friend of this place, will be read
. with interest.
Ere this I presume you have seen
the new compact entered into by the
Cherokee Delegation from this na
tion. From the documents we have
received it appears that the Delega
tion labored faithfully to accomplish
the business for which they were sent
to Washington, and when they found
that was impracticable, they were
pursuaded to accede to the proposals
made by the Sec. of War to enter in
to a new compact. Very general
dissatisfaction prevails among the
people. At first their feelings were
excited to a very high degree against
the Delegation, who were threatened
with the full weight of the nation’s in
dignation. By many, their lives were
threatened as soon as they should re
turn. At this time, the excitement has
nearly subsided, and I think that no
other punishment will be inflicted up
on the Delegation than depriving them
of their offices and influence. Nearly
all the people are still dissatisfied with
the treaty, and think the delegation
exercise a most unwarranted stretch
of power in making it. What will be
the ultimate effect of the new treaty
upon the general interests of the Na
tion it is impossible to foresee. When,
however, the disastrous influence and
confusion arising from breaking up'from
their homes and moving shall have
subsided, and they shall be settled in
their new homes, I do hope the pro
visions of the new compact will be,
favorable. This will certainly be the
case, iftheWation exercise prudence
and wisdom in the regulation of their
internal affairs, and in regulating their
intercourse with whites. By the new
compact, whites can approach them
only on one side and all the navigable
waters will lie in an Indian country.
These circumstances, I do hope, will
greatly restrain, if not entirely pre
vent the introduction of ardent spirits
into the country, as well as put a stop
to many unpleasant collisions with
whites. I hope, however, that no o-
ther Indians will be induced to try the
same experiment.
FOR THE CHEROKEE PHtENtX.'
INDIAN EMIGRATION.
Mr. Editor:—I have seen publish
ed in one of your late papers the trea
ty between the United States and
Cherokees west of the Mississippi,
and am pleased to see the anxiety man
ifested by the Government to secure
for them a permanent home. This
blessing it seems will even be extend
ed t6 those East of the Mississippi,
provided they accede to the proposi
tions of the Government. But the of
fer of a few such paltry articles as a
brass kettle, a few pounds of Tobac
co &c. is too insignificant to be thought
of, as an inducement for us to abandon
our cultivated possessions, and join our
wilder brethren in the west. It is too
late to think we can be so much al
lured by soft words and smooth promises
as to sell our birth-right for a few
dried leaves of a noxious weed. Those
who may entertain an opinion of our
speedy removal, and that too to be
effected by such trifling inducements
as above, will be lost in the labyrinth
of their speculations; and ere long the
splendid mansions which their imagin
ations have builded upon the plains of
Look Out and Coosa will vanish before
reality, like darkness before the rising
sun.
The subject of emigration is indeed
one of great importance, and claims
the peculiar attention of every citizen.
If we direct our eyes to Arkansas,
we shall see our brethren in distress,
in consequehce of their removal; we
see them walking in grosser darkness
than ourselves. If we look back,
scenes which have befallen them are
presented to our view, which cause
our hearts to throb with brotherly
sympathy. How many honest and in
nocent fathers and brothers have been
laid low by the ruthless hands of more
ignorant and vicious neighbors. Ava
rice and barbarity have deprived their
social circles of many worthy mem
bers, who would yet have added to
our number, had a unanimity of senti
ment prevailed, and had they not been
duped to wander in search of a mere
phantom. Who will dare to raise
with the spirit of murder the tomahawk
at our door? or who will dare to mo
lest us as we pursue the windings of
our paths in peace through our fer
tile vallies? None. But can our bre
thren say in truth this is the case with
them? With us the war club is only
associated with scenes which have
long since passed, but is ever suspend
ed over the heads of our more unfortu
nate brothers. Let us weigh well
this momentous subject ere we act,
perhaps an age might not undo that
which may have been the work of a
day. We know the value of our lands,
and we know how to appreciate the
comforts of life. We know what has
transpired, and we are aware of the
possibility of what might again happen.
We know the lands which our breth
ren have given up were very poor and
we are certain those which they have
got in exchange must be far more bar
ren and sterile, since the face of the
treaty has discovered it, and the sum
of $50,000 given them “on account of
the reduced value of a great portion of
the lands ceded.” The aborigines are
not accustomed to the culture of a
barren soil, hut select the choicest
spots, to open their farms; and to be
honest in the matter, we have now as
inudh poor land, as we have any use
for, vvithogt undertaking long journies,
undergoing new trials, and making ex
periments on a firoad scale to acquire
more.
It is said, “they (the Cherokees,)
have by the exchange freed them
selves from the hnrrassing and ruinous
effects consequent upon a location a-
midst a white population.” But time
will soon prove the contrary; Diffi
culties of a new and more serious na
ture await them. It has been pretty
well ascertained here, that the Dele
gates violated, and transcended the
authority vested in them by the Na
tion, in entering into a treaty. And it
is not improbable hut we may
see another McIntosh tragedy played
oyer again. But independent of this:
when the game becomes scarce, by
being killed up, or driven farther west
ward, how will they support them
selves? penetrate farther into the for
est, or turn thoir attention to agricul
tural pursuits? suppose the latter, and
Where will they have a sufficiency of
good lands for cultivation? In the c-
vent we were to remove and be uni.ted
with them, our laws would clash with
theirs, we would have our own pecu
liar partialities and prejudices, and
they would have theits; in conse
quence of this difference perhaps a
few avaricious speculating individuals
would solicit from the General Go
vernment, a set of laws, as stipulated
in the Cth article of the treaty Ima
gine then how our internal affairs
would be regulated, harrassedon the
one side, and embarrassed on theother.
Repentance then for the past would
be too late. A difference in sentiment
would produce a division of parties,
and rebellion, dispersion, and txtinc-
tion would soon follow up in seces
sion. We should be loth to rmditate
upon the gloomy prospects of letter
ing our condition by a removal, tor less
hazard a ruinous experiment.
An attempt has been made to en
force upon us the belief that if we
icere to emigrate, it would fatilitate
our civilization, and we would sooner
become an enlightened people. But
any man of moral capacity who will
divest himself of all unnatural prejudi
ces, and view the subject, will at once
perceive the fallacy of this doctrine.
Our present location possesses greatly
the ascendency in every point of view.
Our improvement is as rapid as can
reasonably be expected, and we are
much farther advanced in the arts and
sciences than our brethren at Arkan
sas. Now, I would ask to he inform
ed by the votaries of this doctrine of
policy,’ how it happens that those who
live at the “ paradise of the west,’
which affords such powerful means to
propel them onward in imp lavement,
are so far behind us? The examples
of the surrounding states possess a
great influence over us. Our politi
cal Government keeps pace by gradu
al changes, as we imbibe .new princi
ples of legislation, with our domestic
advancement. Our populatipn is not
on the wane in consequence of our sit
uation amidst the whites, but is ra
pidly increasing—the implements of
husbandry have been substituted for
the bow and quiver. In short we pos
sess all the enjoyments adequate to
the support of common life. Now
why deprive us of all our comforts,
tear us from all we hold dear, and
drag us from the soil which gave us
birth, rendered doublv precious, as
the bones of our fathers have been de
posited here from time immemorial,
to accomplish that which is now in ra
pid progression? Why disregard our
prayers for justice, cruelly sport with
our feelings, and trample under loot
our best interests? Will a glimpse of
the blue summit of the Rocky Moun
tains inspire us with a moral aptitude
to learn anthems of adoration to the
Great Father of the universe? Will
an association with bears and buffaloes
give a new spring and vigour to our
efforts, and thereby enhance our civil
and moral improvement? or will the
examples of more ignorant and bar
barous tribes act as a great incentive
for us to train up our children after
the manner of enlightened communi
ties, that they may become adept in
the sciences, and dive into the deep
recesses ot nature, and finally become
a renowned people? No. Remove us
west of the Mississippi and what will
be the result? In our earlier days we
were accustomed to follow the chase
for support; we found it an easy life;
but we were entreated to abandon it
as a preparatory step for the reception
of instruction; the game has at length
become scarce, and we no longer de
pend upon it for support, hut upon the
cultivation of the earth; and those who
have not imbibed this laudable spirit
from habits of industry, have been ac
tuated by necessity; and now, while
we are prospering under the exhilarat
ing rewards of agriculture, the rifle is
again put into our hands, and the brass
kettle swung to our backs, and we
are led into the deep forest where
game is plenty, by the hands of those
who would once have had us abandon
the chase. Admirably consistent.—
Men brought up to the engagement of
some certain pursuit are not easily de
tracted therefrom, when surrounding
circumstances invite continuance.—
Were we now settled in the ‘paradise
of the West,’ the chase would become
our favorite pursuit, to follow which,
we should neglect other avocations.—
The principle which we have imbibed
of governing ourselves after enlighten
ed republics would again be subvert
ed into the chase, and we should de
generate from our present eminence,
lower, and lower, until degradation
with its concomitant train of evils
should close up the rear.
Notwithstanding the inattention paid
by the Government to the solemn res*
olution of the General Council never
again to rede one foot more of land, it
is to be hoped and in justice expected,
that the Cherokees are to be regarded
as free agents in the disposal of their
Territory, and upon a refusal to yield
compliance no coercive measures will
be used. The Government has ac
knowledged and guaranteed to us our
possessions, and bound herself to pro
tect us in our rights, an observance of
which is all the Cherokees will ask.
She was not unmindful of her own in
terest at the time when those treaties
were made, but justice and humanity
had a voice in her councils, and we
trust at this late day, when the eyes
of the civilized world are directed to
the great American republic, for ex
amples worthy of the high eminence
to which shelias arrived, she will nev
er suffer herself to he so much influenc
ed by interest as to lose sight of justice,
and cruelly despoil a tribe of innocent
Indians of their most sacred rights and
privileges.
, YOUNG BEAVER.
Surprising Escape.—A circum
stance of great anxiety occurred a
few days ago at Spring Ilill, in this
vicinity. A man named Long had been
employed by another to repair a deep
well at the hill, and at about 9 o’clock
A. M. of Friday, he was let down in
the well bucket to the bottom, when
ne discovered that there was great
danger of (he well caving in. He im
mediately gave orders to be hoisted
up; but having come about twenty
feet to a point at which there appear
ed to be no risk, he commenced his
examination of the curb, and the sides
of the well instantly caved in upon
him, leaving his whole body from four
to six feet under ground. But an in
stant elapsed before he gave indica
tions that he was not suffocated, and,
with astonishing coolness and precis
ion, described his situation to be in a
small cavity formed by the falling of
some pieces of boards, which had been
used for curbing, diagonically across
the well, immediately above his head:
upon those it seemed the dirt with
which he was covered had rested.—
He complained that the confined air
which he was breathing would soon
suffocate him, and a reed tube, punch
ed at the joints, was inserted, which
he fortunately got his inouth to, and
which relieved him very much; indeed,
so extravagant were his expressions
of pleasure at breathing the fresh air
that he appeared to have forgotten the
peril of his situation. The people of
the neighborhood assembled, and
measures were soon adopted to re
move the dirt; a thousand difficulties
however, presented themselves—the
man was forty or fifty feet below the
surface, covered up in a narrow well,
which at first had been but badly curb
ed, and which now speined at every
point to be about to cave in. Two
men were induced alternately to de
scend, and remaining in the bucket,
by slow degrees and great caution the
dirt was removed from the centre of
the pile until his head was freed, and
the same process was continued until
his arms were extricated. Efforts
were now made to fasten a sheet under
his arms, by which his body might be
forced out; but the acute conic form
of the hole which it was necessary to
make, lest the sides of the well might
again cave in, made it impossible that
either of the two who had alternately
descended could assist him, and his
own arms were necessarily thrown up,
so that he could make no useful effort
himself. Night came on, and, not
withstanding the exertions were con
tinual, and assurances held forth to him
that be should not perish if he could
be saved, lie became the victim to the
most rapid transitions of hope and de
spair—now holding forth the most con
fident expressions that lie would be
free in a few minutes, and in an in
stant making his peace with his God,
asking forgiveness of his neighbors, and
imploring that his wife and children
(then within twenty steps of the well)
might be taken care of. The people
remained with him all night; but at
3 o’clock a. m. of Saturday morning,
having made experiment of every pos
sible suggestion, a sheet was fastened
under his arms, and, with blocks and
tackles, an effort was made to pull
him out—he was raised eight or nine
inches, with great pain, and suddenly
complained that his feet were fast be
tween two ends of confined scantling.
Effort after effort was made to pul?
him lip, but he could not again he
moved. Like a hero he bore the
pain with fortitude, and over and over
again ho repeated his willingness to
leave his lower extremities behind,
but was opposed to having bis back
broke. All efforts proving unsuccess
ful, it was now determined to alarm
the city, and have a trench dug at
such an angle as would be safe—let
ters were accordingly written and de
spatched at day-light; and to the hon
our of humanity, hundreds of the peo
ple came crowding out, provided with
implements as they thought necessary,
ready to embark in any service for liis
safety. At about sun-rise, however,
a curb was made and sent down, over
which a quantity of dirt was thrown,
and at one o’clock p. m. of Saturday,
a heavy force was put to the bucket
rope—it started, and came up about
a foot—his feet were in the bucket—
the bucket rope broke—he hallooeff
“I’m free, I’m free,” and in a mo
ment was drawn up without injury,
declaring that he could run a hundred
yards faster than any man present;
and, after being thus confined twenty-
eight hours, was conducted to his anx
ious family.—Mobile Register of Au
gust 23.
Vegetable Resuscitation.—A very old
mulberry tree was shattered in pieces
by a storm of wind in 1790: afterwards,
an elder tree, which grew, without
doubt, from berries that had fallen in
to the heart of the old mulberry trunk,
usurped its place; this elder tree died
in 1826, and then—thirty-six years af
ter the destruction of their parent stem—
about a dozen of mulberry shoots start
ed forth to the light of day.
Ann. dc Sciences Nut. 338 ix.
Accidents from Sleep Walking.- ,\b out
4 o’clock, on Friday morning, Mr.
Stockton, a lodger at the Callowhill-
street ferry house, fell from the 2d
story window, while walking in his
sleep. He was taken up without re
ceiving any material injury.
A similar circumstance, with much
more lamentable consequences, occur
red on Saturday morning, about 1 o’
clock, at a hoarding house, kept by
Mrs. Phillips, at No. 113 North Wa
ter-street. a few doors above Race.—
Captain «Vlbert S. Stickney, late of
the schr. Eastern Trader, threw him
self,while asleep, from the third sto*
ry window, into the alley hack of the
house, and fractured his jaw bone and
both his thighs. He was carried to
the Hospital, where he died, between
7 and 8 o’clock the next morning.—
His funeral took place at 5 the same
afternoon. His relations and friends
are requested to call at the house of
Mrs. Phillips, for further information.
We have yet to relate another acci
dent o( the same nature. About 1
o’clock, on Sunday morning, Jonathan
Brooks who lodged with Jacob W'olo-
hon, at No. 26 South Water-street,
also asleep, fell from the garret win
dow, four stories high, into the street.
One of his thighs was broken, and he
was so much injured in other respects,
that he was taken to the Hospital with
very faint hopes of recovery.
JV7 Y. Adv.
POCKET HOOK LOST.
A BOUT the middle of .July last was
P*- stolen out of my Pocket at “my house,
a large. W ashed Leather Pocket-Book,
containing one note on the State Bank ol"
Georgia for $Uf>, 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 on
•John Byers of the said State, and some
other papers not recollected. To any per
son getting &. delivering said Book, papers
and money to me; I will give ten dollars,
and five for the apprehension of the rogue,
I do hereby forwarn all persons from tra
ding for said note of Elijah Hicks. And
I also forwarn Elijah Ilicks from paying
said note to any person excepting myself.
GEORGE HARLIN
Coocewavtee Cherokee Nation, August
13. 1828.—24-tf.
NOTICE.
I N accordance with the 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
of a previous act, on or before the first Mon
day of October next, I hereby give notice
to all such as are indebt ed to the Treasury
to come and redeem their bonds hv paying
principal and interest, on the day that “they
become due, as such bonds fannot 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,
Trca«. oft he Ch.Naf
New Echota, July 28 s 1829.