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at Cambridge, though it is not yet air thereby bringing them under tribute
nounced,) called yesterday and sub- and dragging them into disgraceful
scribed for two copies of the Com
mercial, one for himself and one for
the Sultan. These, we admit, are
aur first subscribers in the East; but
the professor tells us the prospect is
good, particularly if we are attentive
,to making up our ship news. Deaths
and marriages are .also very interes
ting to the Turks; Abraham Jacobs,
the great Jew Bookseller near St. So
phia’s has lately got 920 subscribers
for the.,American Quarterly; and a
complete set of Dr. McHenry’s nov
els and plays is now republishing by
the same enterprising bookseller.—
r-Tbey are much admired in Turkey.
JV*. Y. Spectator.
CHARACTER OF THE GREKS.
There is perhaps no people on
earth; excepting the Jews and Chi
nese, who retain so much of the spir
it and as many of the distinguishing
eharacteristk's of their remote ances
tors as the modern Greeks. With the
Jew and the Chinese, this uniformity
of character is accounted for by the
circumstances in which they have
been placed; their laws and religion
have been the same, and their condi
tion in many respects has been almost
the same in every period-of their his
tory- But what is remarkable in the
Greek is, that amidst all the revolu
tions and changes of religion, laws and
government through which they have
passed, they exhibit those distinguish
ing traits of character, which identi
fy them with the celebrated stock
from which they sprung. How unlike
the modern Italians are the Greeks in
•this respect.
“The character of the modern
Greeks”—says Dr. Howe in his
sketch of the Greek Revolution—' is
different in the different parts of the
country, and in this difference we inay
altVays sae the effect of the remote
ness or proximity of their province,
tn the immediate influence of the ty
ranny of the different masters of the
country. Tiie mountain Greek is
brave—often to heroism;—he is har
dy, active, lively,’ a lover of adventure
and of gaiety; he is hospitable, gene
rous, fickle; the Albanian Greek is
enterprising, persevering, unsociable,
inhospitable, cruel; the Moriote is
cringing, greedy of gain, hypocritical
and timid; but he is industrious, tem
perate, kind hearted, and hospitable;
the Greek merchant is shrewd, enter
prising, indefatigable; but cunning,
trickish, supple, and deceitful.
Were there wanting any more con
vincing proof of the genuineness of the
decent sf the Modern Greeks
from their illustrious ancestors,
than that they speak the same, lan
guage, which has undergone fewer
.corruptions than almost any other; that
they employ precisely the same char
acters in writing; that they call (daces
by the same names; that they inhabit
the same spots; that they retain ma
ny of the prejudices, the manners and
customs, that are recorded of the old
Greeks, we say, if more proof should
be thought wanting, it will be found
in the physical aspect, and in.the char
acter of the people. The same natu
ral quickness of intellect, love of learn
ing, attachment to country, vivacity,
the same fickleness, the same deceit,
are stamped in the character of the
Greeks of to-day, as they were in the
minds of the Groeks of the older
times.
We have observed that though the
general appearance of the Greek na
tion at the commencement of the 19th
®entury, was that of a people plung
ed in ignorance and superstition; yet
there were several points in which
the removal of the immediate pressure
of the hand of tyranny, had given a
ehance for the amelioration of the con
dition of the people; and it is certain
proof of the elasticity of the Greek
oharacter, that in every one of those
jjlaces, there was an immediate au l
jrapid advance iu civilization and re
finement.
’ DECLARATION OF WAR.
The following preamble and resolu-
'fcions, which are beautiful in more re
spects than one, we copy from the I-
tliiea Chronicle. They were adopt
ed by the Ludlowville Artillery, at a
company parade on the 1st instant:
Whereas we view with serious a-
larm the wide-spread evil of intemper
ance—assuming ps it does the charac
ter of a merciless and desolating EN
EMY—destroying not only the prop
erty, physicalftrength, and life, but
slavery and ruin
And vvherea.., on occasions like the
present, this enemy has, by his foul
stratagems, lulled into security, and
then shorn the locks bf many of our
citizen soldiers—so that, with all
their imposing military appearance,
when they have said, “We will go out,
as at other times,” to battle, they
have found that their strength was de
parted:
And whereas, in view of the prog
ress of this enemy, and the manner in
which he has intrenched himself
throughout our country, we are of o-
piuion that he is more dangerous to
our free republican institutions, and
liberties, than any foreign foe, there
fore,
Resolved, Being mustered for mili
tary improvement and discipline, that
we hereby wage a war of extermina
tion against this common enemy, in
temperance.
Resolved, As the Holy Scriptures
are eminently calculated to promote
the best interests of any people, and
as, upon the Bible, rest the safety and
prosperity of our republican govern
ment; that the amount, which a per
nicious custom has almost compelled
us to pay, on occasions like this, for
ardent spirits, shall be given to the
“Female Bible Society of the town
of Lansing
and lust, that this is fixed, that vola
tile; love grows, lust wastes by enjoy
ment. And the reason is, that one
springs from an union of sense.
They have divers originals, and so
have different families; thit inward
and deep, this superficial; that tran
sient, this permanent.
They that marry for monty cannot
have the true satisfaction of narriage;
the requisite means being winting.
Men are generally more tareful of
the breed of their horses and their
dogs, than of their children.
Those must be of the best sort, for
shape, strength, courage, and good
conditions; but as /or these their own
posterity money shall answer all
things. With such, it makes the
crooked strait,sets squint eyes right,
cures madness, covers folly, changes
ill conditions, mends the skin, gives a
sweet breath, repairs honors, makes
young, worki wonders.
O how soxlid is man grown! Man,
the noblest creature in the world!—
As a God on earth, and the image of
Him Unit made it: thus to mistake
earth for heaven, and worship gold for
God.
At one of the recent public meet
ings in Ireland, orator O’Connel thus
stigmatized Cobbett:
“I do not like to see the time of
the Association wasted man eulogium
upon William Cobbett. He is cer
tainly a man of powerful intellect, but
totally inconsistent with himself; and
so depraved and debased, that it is
discreditable to praise him. He is
certainly of uss, and so is the pioneer
in the army. As the one is useful in
making conveniences for the soldiers,
so is the other as a scavenger and
scourier in politics; but to be spoken
of as a writer capable of governing
the public mind!—it is ridiculous to
think that he can govern others, who
knows not how to govern himself.—
The man that is the object of his n-
buse to day, may to-morrow be de
graded by the infliction of his praise—
and his abuse and his praise are of
equal value. To be associated with
Cobbett in England is disgraceful, and
I am sure there is no less good taste
in Ireland than in that country. Cob
bett is certainly most powerful in vi
tuperation, and I invite the full exer
cise of it against me; but as to answer
ing him! I would not consume my
time in so doing. I never can sit si
lent when I hear an eulogium pronounc
ed upon Cobbett, or see. our time wast
ed upon The Morning Post when Rent
is coming in,[hear!}”
Calculation on Human Life.—A wri
ter in the New York American gives
the following for the benefit of the
curious in such matters:—“In the
year 1794, the Tontine Coffee House
was erected, and the number of nom
inees limited to two hundred and three.
Of this number, seventy six were de
ceased pn the first of May, 1827—
leaving 127—during the year ending
the 1st of May, 1828, there were five
deaths—one lost at sea—leaving 1.22
nominees. The property is now, as
it has been for a number of years, at a
high rent, and is to be divided when
the list is dwindled down to six nom-
jln extraordinary Woman—There
now resides in Montgomery county in
this state, a lady in the 55th year of
her age, who weighs 510 pounds.
Her stature is rather low; she is the
mother of ten children, nine of whom
are living, and she says none of her
relations are above the ordinary size.
At 20 years of age she weighed 135
pounds, commenced becoming corpu
lent at the age of about 30; her gen
oral health is gsod, but from her un-
wieldly size she can walk but a few
steps.— Whig Banner.
Sentiments of the famous Mr. Penn
■cith regard to Marriage.—Never mar
ry but for love, but see that thou lov
ost what is lovely. Iflovebenot thy
chiefest motive, thou wilt soon grow
weary of a married state, and 6tray
from thy promise, to search out thy
pleasures in forbidden places.
Let not enjoyment lesson, but nug
ment affliction; it being the basest of
| passions to like, when we have not
also the moral worth and reputation of 1 what we slight when, we possess.
■watqycf opr. *t,
Ife&m
valuable citizens; 1 U is. thc> difference- hetwixt Jove
Distance fif the fixed Stars.—Dr.
Brinkley (the Bishop of Cloyne) has
found that the star <x Lyras has a par
allax of 1 min. 1 sec.; or what is the
same thing, that the ladius of the
earth’s annual orbit would seen if from
that star, subtend an angle of 1 min.
1 sec. hence it follows, that its dis
tance is 20,159,685,000,000 miles.—
Sir William Herschel, from repeated
measurements, consider! the diame
ter of this star as three-tenths of
second; and consequently, its diame
ter must be three thousand times
greater than that of the sun, 2,059,-
000,000 miles, or three-fourths of the
size of the whole solar system, as cir
cumscribed by the orbit of Jthe Geor
gia tn Sidus.— Quarterly Review.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton.—This
(the 20th inst.) is the biith day of this
enerable man, on whi?h he enters
his ninety-second year He still enjoys
a health and vivacity truly remarka-
)le at bis age. This “sound mind in
a sound body,” is the fruit of long hab
its of temperance and moderation, and
of the serenity which belongs to a
life of integrity and virtue. Every
year adds to the interest of this con-
tempory and survivor of men truly il
lustrious as any in story. To honor
them is the sacred duty of posterity
From the Memoirs of General Miller.
THE PAMPAS OF SOUTH A
MERICA.
One hundred years ago, when the
Pampas of South America were cov
ered with cattle, travellers were ac
custoraed to send horsemen before
them to clear the road. The Span
iards, finding the trade in hides ex
tremely lucrative, employed troops of
horsemen for the purpose of slaugh
tering the capital. These men had
each separate tasks assigned them
some, well mounted, attacked a herd
of oxen, and with a crescent-shape
knife fixed at the end of a long hand
le, hamstrung the cattle as they fled
others were thrown down by means of
the lasso, whilst a third party brought
up and drew a knife across the throat
of the prostrate animals. Other
were employed in stripping off the
hides, and in conveying them to an ap
pointed place; in fixing them to the
ground with pegs, and carrying away
the tongues and fat. The flesh, which
would ha^e sufficed to feed a nutner
ous army in Europe, was left on the
plain to bu devoured.by tigers, wild
dogs, and givens. In an expedition of
this sort, vffiich generally lasted sev
oral weeks, the person at whose ex
peuse it waspndertaken obtained sev
eral thousand hides, each of which
when dried, was worth four times as
a live bullock,Nn consequence of the
expense necessarily incurred in killing
the oxen, and the labour of drying the
hides in the sun. This custom of bun
ting and slaughtering cattle having
been continued for a whole century,
almost exhausted tlx plains of unown
ed cattle. The herds now seen are
the property of individuals.
Ostriches impart a lively interest
to a ride in the Pampas. They are
seen sometimes in convoys of twenty
or thirty, gliding elegantly along the
gentle undulations of the plain, at. half
pistol shot distance from each other,
like skirmishers. The young are ea
sily domesticated, and soon become
attached to those tvho caress them;
hut they are troublesolfte inmates,
for/ stalking about the house k they
will, 'when full grown, swallow coin,
shirt pins, and every small article ot
inetal within reach. Their usual
food, in a wild state, is seeds, herb
age, and insects; the flesh is a reddish
brown, and, if young, not of bad flavor.
A great many eggs are laid in the
same nest., which is lined with dry
grass. Some accounts are given
which exonerates the ostrich from the
charge of being the most stupid bird
in the creation. For example the hen
counts her eggs every day. This has
been proved by the experiment of ta
king an egg away or by (jutting one in
addition. In either case she destroys
the whole by smashing them with her
feet.
Although she does not attend to se
crecy in selecting a situation for her
nest, site will forsake it if the eggs
have been handled. It is also said
that she rolls a few eggs thirty yards
distant from the nest, and cracks the
shells, which by the time her young
come forth, being filled w r ith maggots,
and covered with insects, form the
first repast of her infant brood. The
male bird is said to take upon him-
elf the rearing of the young, and to
ttaeh more importance to paternal
authority than to the favours of his
mate. If two cock birds meet, each
with a family, they light for the su
premacy over both; for which reason
an ostrich has sometimes under his tu
telage broods of different ages. .
tie fiction will come thronging baefir
ipon thy memory, and knocking dole*
fully at thy soul—then h^ iure that
thou lie down sorrowing mid repent*
ant on the grave, and utter the un*
heard groan, and pout the unavailing
tear, mo e hitter, because unheard
and unavailing.
Mr. Monroe and the Post Office.—
So much has been said respecting
Mr. Monroe in connection with this
subject, that a friend of his has assum
ed the responsibility of violating a
private letter to express his senti
ments on this occasion—
“As to my accepting the appoint
ment, it is impossible, not on account
of the grade of the office, for I have
accepted that of Magistrate in this
County, and acted in some instances;
nor would I refuse to accept any trmt
in Which I could render any essential
service to the country. But I act up--
on the consideration that 1 could ac
cept it only with a view to emolu
ment. If the nation is willing that an
individual who has served them tie 5
long, and in the offices I have held,
should be reduced to want, and I can
not escape that fate by my own means,
I ain willing to rneef it, rather than-
take any oflice to prevent it. I feel
much gratified, however, at the feel
ing manifested towards tne by my fel
low citizens of New-York.—Mere.
Mv.
Periodicals in Boston.—Fifty-nine
periodical publications are enumerat
ed in Boston, by the Evening Bulletin.
Six of them are daily newspapers, one
tri weekly, four semi weekly, twenty
weekly, besides eight weekly semi- (
weekly and tri weekly, connected
with the daily papers. , There arc
three, journals published monthly one
every two months, six quarterly, one
semi-annually, and three annually.
The Tower of Babel, says a recent
traveller in the east now presents the
appearance of a large mound or hill,
with a castle on the top, in mounting
to which, the traveller now and then
discovers, through the light sandy 6oih
that he is treading on a vast heap of
bricks. The total circumference of
the ruin is 2,283 feet, tho’ the build
ing itself was only 2000, allowing 500
to the stnndia, which Herodotus as
signs as the side of its square. The ele
vation of the west side is 198 feet.
What seems to be a castle at a dis
tance, when examined, proves to he
a solid mass of kiln burnt bricks, 37
feet high and 28 broad.—Mirror,
THE GRAVE.
By Washington Irving.
Oh, the grave! the grave! It buries
every error; covers everj»defect; ex
tinguishes every resentment. From
its peaceful bosom spring none but
fond regrets and recollection; who can
look down on the grave even of an en
emy, and not feel a compunctious
throb, that ever he should have war-
red with the poor handful of earth
that lies mouldering before him? But
the grave of those he lotted—what a
place for meditation! Then it is we
call up in long review the whole his
tory of virtue and gentleness, and the
thousand endearments lavished upon
us almost unheeded in the daily inter
course of intimacy—then it is we
dwell upon the tenderness, the solemn
and awful tenderness of the parting-
scene; the bed of death, with all the
stifled grief; its noiseless attendance,
its mute watchful assiduities! the last
testimonies of expiring love; the fee
ble fluttering. Oh! how thrilling is
the pressure of the hand, the fond
look of the glancing eye; turning upon
us even from the threshold of exist
ence; the faint faltering accents strug
gling in death to give one more assur
ance of affection. Ay, go to the grave
of buried love and meditate! There
settle the account with thy conscience
of every past endearment unregarded of
that departed being who never—neyor
—can return to be soothed by contri
tion! If thou art a child, and hast
ever added a sorrow to the soul or a
furrow to the silver brow of an affec
tionate parent—if thou art a husband,
and bast ever caused the fond bosom
that ventured its whole happiness in
thy arms tojloubt one moment of thy
kindness or thy truth—if thou art a
friend, and hast ever wronged in tho’t,
or word, or deed, the spirit that gen
erously confided in thee—if thou art
a lover, & hast ever given one unmer
ited pang to the true heart that now r
lays cold and still beneath thy feet—
then be sure that every unkind look.
Industry of Learned Men.—C w.dcn
was ten years in preparing his Britarv
nica for the (tress; lie published the
first edition in the 33d year of his age,
and four more duri -r bis life. * r.
M’Knight employd thirty years in pre
paring his Versions of the Epistles
and Notes; he spent eleven hours a
■ day in composing it, and he usually
walked three hours a day for exer
cise. Dr. - Campbell was engaged
forty years on his translation of t.h&
Gospels with the Notes. Dr. WhiN
by’s learned Commentary was the re
sult of fifteen years study. Dr. Good
spent eight years upon his Translation
of Lucretius and Notes, “and it was
composed,” says Dr. 0. Gregory, his
excellennt biographer, “in the streets
of London during tlie translator’s ex
tensive w alks to visit his numerous pa
tients.”
'Steamer Sunk.—The steamboat
Missouri, in descending the Upper
Mississippi from Galena to St. Louis,
struck a snag, and sunk immediately,
in twelve or fourteen feet water, on
the 29th ult. ninety miles above St.
Louis. Her freight w r as principally
lead. She was a new boat, havi g
commenced in running in March Inst
and was owned in St. Louis. The
Passengers were safe.
In Amherst and some of I he neigh
boring counties of Virginia, the drought
has been so extensive, that forest
trees of t he largest growth have died.
The oldest inhabitants do not recol
lect a season of simi'a severity.
To all my friends, and Cherokee citi
zens generally.
1 would hereby give notice that I intend,
by leave of Prevalence, to open a board*
ing house about the first of November not,
near the Mission School in Ihistnwn, where
I will supply children under twelve rears
of age, with hoard and washing for one
dollar per week, and youth over twelve
years of age with board exclusive of wash
ing, for the same price. But should any
youth over twelve or thirteen years of age
wish to enter the. boarding house, they will
please to produce satisfactory testimonials
with regard to their moral character.
For the satisfaction of all who may wish
to support their children at School, I*would
state that Messrs. William Hicks, Alexans-
dev M’Coy and Elias Boudioott have had
the kindness to accept the appointment of
Committee to visit and examine the School
once in three months viz. on the first Tncst
day of January. March, June and Septcirt
her, when they will report through the met
(liiirn ofthe Cherokee Phcvnix the state and
improvement of the School.
MARY IIOWE for Imr fathejs
RICHARD ROWE.
High Tower, Oct. 15, ISSd.
pocketHookTost.
A BOM the middle of July last w^
stolen out of my Pocket atViy hm^e
a large Washed Leather Pocket-P,™*’
containing one note on the State Bank of
Georgia for £10, one note of hand, on Eli
jah Hicks for £85, payable s-.Retime"in
October next; a receipt ofHe Jfy Mecyrof
tbe State ot New York, for fwo notes on
John Byers of the said fjtate, and some
other papers not recolle W. To any pee-
son getting & deliver! jr said Book, pavers
and money to me; I will give ten dollars,
and five for the av,j> re } irnfi ; on 0 f |(,e rrgus,
I do hereby Warn all persons fromW
ding for said. no(e ?f Ehjaii Hicks. And
.also lorvarn Elijah Ilicks from pr.yinjy
said nr,ff> to anyperson evreptinr mv«elf
GEORGE IIA RUN
• , 1 Coosewaytee Cherokee Katiotiv
every ungracious word, every uij^eu- V-13. I829^M-tK. ***