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.4ay> were brought before the' Court,
and arraigned; yiz:
Alfred Cooper, William Ogle, Pe
ter White, Neil M’Neil, Daniel Hol
land, Thomas Hcnnesy, William Phil
lips, William Hanton, Joseph Fleming.
Although the evidence in the case
of these prisoners elicited some re
deeming circumstances, yet the fact
of their being accomplices in the crime
with which they were charged, was
clearly established on the testimony
adduced in the previous cases.. The
Jury, after an absence of a fevv min
utes, returned a verdict of Guilty a-
gainst the prisoners, recommending
William Ogle, from bis youth, to the
suercy of the Court. Sentence of
death was prounced, to be carried in
to execution on Tuesday, the 30th in
stant,
Josef Lazaro Buysan, with the ten
persons first name in the indictment in
which he was arraigned, expiated
their offence this forenoon, agreeably
to the sentence of the law'.
We copy the following articles of For
eign intelligence from the N. Y. A civ.
From the London Courier, Sept. 19.
Intelligence from before Cho-
umla, Odessa, and Constanti
nople.
We have received intelligence from
the above places; and the quarter
from which we received it enables us
to say that the greatest reliance may
Toe placed upon its accuracy.
The emperor Nicholas, as we an
nounced yesterday, sailed from Odes
sa on the 2d. on his return to his ar
my. Lord Heytesbury did not ac
company or follow his Imperial Ma
jesty, who, however, has-plaeed a fri
gate at his lordship’s disposal when
ever it may be deemed necessary for
him to repair to the Imperial head
quarters, to communicate with his
Imperial Majesty. The other Am
bassadors, who are military men.
were to follow the Emperor in two
or three days.
General Ivinoff is dead of the
wounds he received.
The Turks have made a desperate
sortie from Choumla, in which they
bad the advantage. They succeeded in
destroying three of the Russian re
doubts; the Russians who occupied
them were all cut to pieces in the
sanguinary conflict. Eight guns were
taken and we lament to add that
Gen. Wrede, a brave and distinguish
ed officer, was killed.
The loss of the Turks was, as may
well be supposed, considerable.
There was sickness in the army,
•and it was feared that it was on the
increase, the weather having been so
hot, and a great scarcity of water.
The accounts which have arrived
from Constantinople are of the 20th
and 29th August.
Constantinople, Aug. 20.
Among the most recent measures of
defence is, that all the troops which
■were in the forts of the Dardanelles
have been summoned to the capital;
so that that side is now open to any
attack. This would excite little no
tice, as the King of England s speech,
on prorogning parliament, affirmed
that Russia had engaged not to make
any hostile attempt on that side; but
the Mussulmans are now disposed to
consider it as a certain indication that
the Divan has already opened the way
to secret engagements with England,
and ventures to withdraw it's troops
from that coast, in full confidence that
assistance will be afforded it in case
of need.
It is said that Russian prisoners ta
ken at Esti Stamboul were all massa
cred in a fit of rage. Their number is
Btated at five or six hundred men.
MEXICO.
From the Washington Chronicle,
A letter received by the Editor of
the New York Journal of Commerce,
from Mexico, gives a very gloomy
•picture of the political state of that
country, as exhibited in the events
^connected with the election of a Pres
ident, which took place about the be
ginning of September. The candid
ates were Don Vincent Guerrero,
called.the Hero of the South, and
Don Gonez Pedraza, nicknamed the
•second Emperor of Mexico. Guer
rero V party is said to be composed of
ihc most violent spirits, and they had
calculated with confidence on the e-
lection of their partisans. His oppo
nent, Pedraza, was, however, elected,
by a considerable majority of States.
VeraCruz had protested against the
election, stating that there was foul
play in taking the votes. The spar
ring between the parties is said to
have been more violent, than that be-
V •
•ffe . . .
t weeh the Jackson end Adams men a-
mong ourselves. A civil war is the
result, ab will be seen by the follow
ing postscript from the New York
Journal of Commerce:
Postscript.—Our fears are too
soon realized! A CIVIL WAR has
broken out in Mexico, and the Repub
lic is in a state of terrible anarchy and
confusion! This we learn by papers
just received by the Independence,
arrived from Vera Cruz on the 12th
Sept, and brought us papers to the
latest date. The election returns had
been received from twelve States, on
ly three of which gave votes for Guer
rero. There was no longer any doubt
of the issue of the election—Pedraza
is chosen President. The remon
strance of Vera Cruz has been inef
fectual: General Santa Ana has ac
cordingly raised a rebellion against the
Government, and the Guerrero party
in Vera Cruz have taken up arms. A
body of troops has been marched, un
der the command of Santa Ana, to Pe-
rose. On the day when (he Indepen
dence sailed, advices were received
from that place, informing that he had
taken possession of the castle.
Awful Depravity.—Freeman Mat
thews, for .the murder of Jonathan
Brooks, was executed on the 24th of
last month. The murder was perpe
trated on the 25th of August last in the
Beech Woods, Pennsylvania, near the
Newburg turnpike. Brooks found
Matthews in the country destitute of
money, and paid for his meals, and
took him into his wagon with him.—
They had not proceeded far, when
Matthews pretended there was some
thing the matter with the axletree,
and Brooks got out to examine it, and
while stooping down, Matthew’s struck
him on the head with a stone, killed
him, then robbed him, and in Brooks’
wagon came back to the house where
they had dined. Suspicion was ex
cited. and he was pursued and taken.
Brooks was in the habit of buying
droves of cattle, and it is said Mat
thews had followed from Orange coun
ty to rob him of the money he supposed
he carried with him. It is remarka
ble, says the Oswego Gazette, that
the prisoner continues to manifest not
the least interest as to his fate beyond
the gravte. He received the sentence
of death, evidently without the least
sensation of sorrow or regret. Thus
has the career of this man nearly
come to a period. He was first no
ticed in active life, at the age of about
20, a rovin% gambler; and from the
commencement of this practice he
can, no doubt, date the train of inci
dents which led to the perpetration of
this horrible deed, for.which in con-‘
formity to the laws of our country, he
is to suffer death.
Ascent of Mr. Robertson.—Mr. Ro
bertson s ascent from Castleton Gar
den, which had been postponed two or
three times on account of the weath
er, was effected yesterday [Wednes
day") in fine style. The weather was
uncommonly auspicious, being very
miid and clear, and a gentle wind
blo wing towards the land. All the
preparations succeeded as well a6
could be desired. At four o’clock,
the balloon began to fill, at five, the
car was appended to it, and the young
lady (who by the way, is said to be a
wife) took her seat in it apparently
without the least excitement. At a
quarter past five, the cords were loos
ed, but the ballast was found too hea
vy to allow it to rise, and it floated ofl'
to the other side of the garden, and
sunk to the ground. It was restored
to iis former position, a part of the
ballast was discharged, and the cords
were again loosed, when it rose grace
fully above the'battlements, and soar
ed away over the heads of the im
mense crowd assembled on the Bat
tery, accompanied with the discharge
of cannon and the cheers of at least
ten thousand spectators.. The spec
tators were highly delighted,-pronoun
cing it the most elegant ascension they
had ever witnessed. As for the In
dians, it is impossible to tell what
they thought of it, but we never saw’
the wild Indian come quite so near ex
pressing surprize in his countenance
on any formar occasion. In about
fifteen minutes tho car and the waving
flags dwindled to a speck, and finally
disappeared. The balloon, however,
was still visible, and continued to be
out of sight. Mr. Roberson effect
ed bis descent at Corlaer’s Hook, only
about three miles from Castle Gar
den; but he landed so near the river
that the wind drew the car into the
water, ft was’found necessary, wc
are informed, to let off the gas, before
they could regain the shore, which
was done by the aid of a boat near
by. Of course, Mr. R. was unable
to return, as he had proposed, for a
second ascent in the evening.—lb.
Power of Gunpowder.—On Wednes
day of last week, the Messrs. Boyn
tons, of West Stockbridgc, while en
gaged in uncovering a body of marble,
discovered a hole in the rock, which
upon examination prpyed to be about
fifteen feet deep, penetrating in near
ly a perpendicular direction. Its di
ameter at the top was about eighteen
inches, narrowing towards the bottom
to about four itches. This hole they
determined to marge with gunpowder,
in order to raiie up the strata of mar
ble. They accordingly poured into
the hole 204 Us. of powder, and se
cured it in tht manner usually prac
tised in blastiig. Upon firing it the
effect produced was ti uly astonishing.
The earth trembled, as though shaken
by an earthquake. The trees in the
immediate vicinity of Yhe powder
seemed to rise several feet in the air,
bowing gracefully from side to side, as
if tossed upon a billow. The mass of
marble which was raised, is about fif
ty or sixty feBt square on the surface,
and eight feet thick, weighing by mea
surement upwards of 2000 tons.—Star.
An Eagle killed by a IVeazle.—A
short time since*, a gentleman of this
town was out in the suburbs endeavor
ing to get a shot at a large eagle.—
Suddenly the eagle sprang upwards,
and continued to wire his flight spi
rally to an immense height, nearly out
of sight, when he fell to the earth,
nearly on the spot from which he had
flown. On approaching the eagle, a
small weazle was observed to run
from the body, and on examination it
was found the animal had got under
the eagle’s wing, and commenced feps-^
ting upon his blood, until the noble bird
fell from exhaustion. The little ma
rauder then made his escape—Provi
dence Pal.
Extracts from Anastasius.
VIEW OF A FIELD OF BAT-
. TLE.
The next morning, before we mar
ched, I walked over the field ol bat
tle. Beholding on‘all' J stoes sturdy
limbs locked in death, which but the
day before had turned my blows with
all the energy of life, lips closed in
eternal silence, which had stuned me
with their clamour, and eye-bails fix
ed in sightless glare, which, when
met by mine, had sent forth flashes of
lightning; unable to avoid treading up
on the mangled bodies of some who
often had attempted to crush me with
their very looks, and now could not
keep away the already busy vultures,
I felt a strange delight! I contempla
ted with a bitter satisfaction that
unavoidable lot of all mankind, that
doom of mortality which none can es
cape, that precariousness of life, hang
ing alike over kings aud subjects but
thanks to which, if I could not be sure
of a single instant before me, no more
was. the proudest of my . adversaries
certain of not being the next moment a
clod of clay, a mass of corruption, a
feast for worms, a heap of dust:
thanks to which, if any rival had over
me temporary advantage, it was, how
ever great" a trifle, a nothing, in the
contemplation of the common fate a-
waiting ajl with equal certainty and
to all coming too soon; and thanks to
which, finally, if I could not reach the
very top of fortune’s wheel, or for the
present carry my head quite as high
as some of my more successful oppo
nents, I knew that tbeir’s must ulti
mately lie as low r as mine.
THE AIMS AND PROSPECTS OF
LIFE.
Not only distant aims are never sure
to he attained, but are not even sure,
when attained, to afford the happiness
they promise. They resemble the
regions which from the mountain’s
summit I espy at its base.’ Viewing
these from afar, the valleys indeed
appear a level plain; and seems as if
the moment I set foot within their
boundaries all fatigue is to cease and
a delicions saunter over a velvet turf is
to terminate my journey. But this
apparently even surface—what indeed
pools and torrents, and quagmires, may
I not still find it to contain, a thousand
times more irksome than the steep
and rugged path along which I toiled?
As it is with jhese valleys so it fared
I thought with every object of hu
man persuit. When considered in the
gross, and from that point of view,
from whence only its leading features
could be dilcerncd, pneh.alike prom
ised a series'of unalloyed enjoyments^
©tit how different the scene, when We
approached within sight of the mi
nuter details! what numberless litHe
troubles, nameless inconveniences,
and hourly cares unthought of before,
often started up when in possession,
inch by inch, to devour like a gnawing
worm that feheity which, viewed
from a distance, seemed so entire.—
What diminutive insects will, by their
numbers, consume the ripest fruit ere
it be ripe for gathering!—Upon this
principle 1 now renounced all distant
pursuits, aud resolved only to seek the
enjoyments within my iriimediate
grasp—forgetting that many objects
even though we should never ap
proach them near enough to impress
the sense of touch, may still, by their
towering splendor, long at least glad
den the sight or the faney; that the
pleasure, whether it actually thrills
the body or only warms the mind, still,
while it lasts, is pleasure: and that
he manages his means of happiness but
poorly, who, while his existence af
fords ample room both for realities
and dreams, gives up all the smiling
visions of the future, in his blind de
votion to the present. Indeed,-in my
ardour for tangible enjoyments, I went
so far as to deem unworthy of my
seeking, every present pleasure itself,
which rose beyond those of the most
grovelling description. Who, cried I,
would only contemplate the gilded
clouds over his head that could cull
around his very feet, rich, fruits and
fragrant flowers? Let those rest
their hopes solely on the airy phan
toms of th® imagination, who possess
not the means to taste the daintier
sweets of the sense. I, in whose
composition flesh and blood more than
balance soul and intellect, am impel
led to follow a different course, and to
gather all I can of the milk and honey
which bountiful nature, the true Ephe
sian Diana, pours from the thousand
streams which cover her bosom.
The Indian.—In all probability, (says
the Boston Bulletin) collisions will be
perpetually arising between the white
and the copper-tinged inhabitants of
this continent—at least until the latter
race shall become extinct. It cannot
be disguised, that encroachments are
daily making upon their haunts: and
that as the white population increases,
the Indian tribes are elbowed aside,
or crowded forward towards the shores
of the Pacific. The descendants of
the aboriginal lords of the soil, feel
themselves on some occasions, to be
grossly wronged, according to their in
terpretation of that law which secures
to them the right of possession of
country—a right to sell the soil, found
ed on the principle of prior occupancy,
and which the law of nature recog
nizes only while Maintained by force—
compulsion is the grand principle of
that law, and by the operation of that
very principle by which they original
ly came into their possessions, they
may finally be dispossessed.
They possess rights derived from a-
nother source than those said to be es
tablished by the law of nature.
“They have long possessed assu
rances and guaranties from the gover
ning authorities of the whites, that
they should not be removed from their
habitations without their consent, or
without an equivalent.” The trans
gression of such stipulations, affords
reasonable ground of complaint.
The following sentiments expressed
by the citizens of Montgomery couuty,
Alabama, towards the Creek Indians,
evince a spirit of hostility towards
them, which has hitherto too often
characterized the proceedings of the
people in that section of tho country.
Proceedings like the following tend to
counteract all charitable exertions of
individuals, and efforts on the part of
our government, to meliorate the con
dition of the Indians:
“As citizens of Alabama, they be
hold with astonishment a tract of coun
try lying within their geographic boun
daries, inhabited by a people who
claim the right to exercise an inde
pendent government for themselves
who bid defiance to the law® of our
state; and who are supported in their
independence by the general govern- -
ment.”
. “They view the present power ex
ercised by the general government, in
supporting the tribe of Creek Indians
within the limits of this State as found
ed in usurpation, and as an injury too
serious to be passively submitted to.
as an injury which can only be removed
by the determined energy of the State.
As such, as freemen, as Americans,
as citizens of the State of Alabama,
they feel themselves obliged to ar
raign the conduct of those high in sta
tion: and in arraigning them; they dp
it neither with malice, with /ear 6f
favor. They are well aware it is for
guilt to tremble, but for honesty to b&
bold. They know that false fear can
only give faise courage;.and that while
they avow the cause of truth an£
right, they will find their shield aa im
penetrable protection, and that no at
tack can be either hazardous or inef
ficient, if it be but just and resolute.”
Dear Bacon.—In Chatham county
N. C. a man accidentally killed his
neighbor’s hog; suit was brought for
the value (hereof, which was kept
pending in court a long time, but was
determined at last superior court: the
costs -amounted to two hundred and fif.
iy dollars.—A lesson to litigous peoplo.
“Dancing Halls.”—Our magistrates
we understand, have come to the de
termination to make thorough work in
the suppression of certain establish
ments called “Dancing Halls,” where
the dissolute are brought together for
the purpose ot drinking, dancing,
" he number of these receptacles of*
infamy in the city is said to be very
great, and it is wonderful that they
ba\e been tolerated so long, for most
of the crimes (and there gre enough
surely) committed in the city, are
connected with houses of this kind.
Alderman Valentine went the other
evening, with a poSse of watchmen, to
one of these dancing rooms, and swept
the whole of its contents into the
watch-house. They Were brought,
47 in number, before the Police
Court the next morning, and 17 of
them were sentenced to the Peniten
tiary os vagrants. It was ascertained
that several of the females were ser
vants in respectable families.’ No
wonder that servants are found to bfe
growing dishonest, if they can contrive
to spend two or three hour$ now and
then in such places without detection, -
as they can very easily, if such place*
are tolerated.—Jour, of Com.
CHILDHOOD.
There is in childhood a holy igno
rance—a beautiful credulity—a sort
of sanctity, that one cannot contem
plate without something of the rever
ential feelings with which one should
approach beings of celestial nature.
The impress of divine nature is, as it
were, fresh on the infant spirit—fresh
and unsullied by contact with this
withering world. One trembles lest'
an impure breath should dim the clear
ness of its bright mirror. And how
perpetually must those who arc in the
habit of contemplating childhood—of
studying the characters of little chil
dren—feel and repeat to their own
hearts “Of such is the kingdom of
heaven!”—Aye, which of us, of the
wisest among us, may not stoop to re
ceive instruction and rebuke from the
Character of a little child?.. Which of
ns, by a comparison with its divine
simplicity, has not reason to blush fof
the littleness, the insincerity, the
worldliness the degenoiacy ofhis own.
The following is an extract of ja
letter from an undoubted source, da
ted San Felipe De Austin, in the prb?
vince ofTexas, Aug. 13, 1828—“I-
saac B. Desha is no more. He died
in confinement in this village (San Fe
lipe) on a charge for murdering his
fellow-traveller on the La Bacha ri
ver, between this place and San An
tonio. He died the day before his
trial was to have been held. The ev
idence ofhis guilt was circumstancia!
entirely, but of the strongest kind.—
1 hat he would have been convicted
there rs no doubt, bad ho lived one day
longer. The name of the gentleman
that was murdered was Early.’’’
Ala. Jour.
NOTICE.
I HEREBY forewarn iff persons from
trading for a note of hand, payable in
good property to R. C. Beislev, of the state
of Georgia, and signed hy me. The note
is dated, August 8th 1823, fcnd was due
October 8th 1828;
I am determined not fo redeem the said
note, unless compelled by law, as the cod*
sideration for which it Was given has failed,’
. TF.GENEE MURPREY.
Nov. 19, 1828. • 39 tf.
NOTICE.
P ERSONS having business with thfe
Supreme Court of the Cherokee. Na
tion, will please apply to Mr. S. W.mRi'
who is legally appointed Clerk, and ijualw
tied accordingly;
W, s. ADAIR,
, A. ROJfS,
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