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« for the difference of the 'guagyéf;#hg
waters below. * Sde .
This interesting subject is now ex
cifing m%oh_”t'tep‘tim; at the west, a
morg ilic people most concerned in the
preservation of the present order of
things. 'T'he shores of Lake: Superior
are an embankment of rocks from 300
to 1500 feet high; and it is natural to
suppose that they once enclosed a
much more fomgfl?‘ble body of water
than now composes the lake. Appre
hensions, then, are not lightly enter
tained, that this tremendeus reser
voir (for in many places it is unfathom
able) will one day suddenly break its
bounls, and scatter death and desofa
tion on every thing below. A chan
nel of this kind is now evideatly mak
ing, or has beea made withia the last
three years: for this summer a schoon
er of the largest class passed down the
rapids from Superior inte Huron, in
perfect safety. No vessel larger than
a batteau had ever attempted the like
before. It is impossible to imagine
the confusion and ruin which a disaster,
such as is here anticipated, would en
_tail apon the fertile "and thickly set
tled region of country between Supe
rior and the Falls of Niarara. The
sudden didcharge of a body of water
of the size of Lake Superior, would
carry with it the extermination of a
deluze. InVermont, some years ago,
very extensive damages was done by
the sudden discharge of a lake two
miles long, the barrier of which was
cut through, to increase the water
power of the mills below. Every
thing, for mauy miles below—-houses,
mills, and whole farms, were utterly
destroyed.—Philadelphia Ariel.
ABDUHL RAHHAHMAN,
THE MOORISH --Pn'chi:‘;.'é;v,_
The history of this unfortune man,
40 years a slave at Natcheg, has ex
cited much curiosity, as well as com
passion. A respectable meeting was
held for his relief at New-York on the
_lsth ‘finst. at which Judge Platt was
chosen Moderator, and Hugh Max
well, Esq. Secretary. The meeting
was addressed by Dr. Wainwright,
and by the Rev. Mr. Gallaudet, of the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Hartford.
Mr. Gallaudet has made himself ac
quainted with the prominent facts in
Prince’s chequered life, and become
much interested for his welfare and
that of his family. The following isa
part of Mr, Gallaudet’s Speech at
this meeting. as reported for the New-
York Jaurnal of Commerce.
Prince’s family connexions were
persons of powerand influence in Af
rica; and their territories stretched
from Tombuctoo to Teembo,. a dis
tance of 1200 miles. At the age of
17 he was removed from Tombuctoo
to Teembo, and at 19 he began to go
to war. The king possessed a numer
ous troops. This statement is confir
med by the best geographer of the
age, Malte Brun, who says that this
nation, Footah Jalloh, of which Teem
bo is the capital, possesses 16,000
cavalry. . il
At this time a Dr. Cox, a native of
the United States, and surgeon of a
ship, arrived at Sierra Leone; and
while on shore shooting, he got lost,
“could not regain the coast, and the
vessel sailed without him. He wan
dered into the interior, and in crossing
a shallow stream was bit in the leg by
a poisonous worm peculiar to that cli
mate, which got into his flesh and
made him lame and sick. He wand
ered into the territory of Tombuctoo,
about 100 miles from Sierra Le- |
one, & being the first white man who
had ever been seen there, he was con
sidered great curiosity. He was ta
ken before the king who treated him '
with much kindness and hospitality.—
Prince, being Heir apparent, had an
establishment of his own, and Dr. €Cox ‘
became an inmate at his house. 'His!
wound was cured and he and Prince
became quite intimate. At length,
being desirous of returning to the coast
in quest of some vessel, the king fur
nished him with gold, ivery, and
clothes, and an armed escort. On]
his arrival at Sierra Leone, he was so |
fortunate as to find the very vessel to |
which he belonged, which had return- '
ed to that place, and he took passage
for the United States. ”'
At the age of 24, Prince was com
missioned a Colonel of Cavalry; and
at 26 was sent with 2600 men to make
. war with the Hebroos, who had. an
noyed his father. They fled before
him. As he was returning it became
neeessary topass a narrow defile in
the mountaivs, and the troops dis
mounted, leading their horses, there
heing about 300 helowging o his little
o - "
army. Here thefiere surprised by
| somie of the other party who were ly
ing in ambush. The first thing they
knew, he sa{;s, his men yvere drepping
like rain. Perceiving that they were
greatly outnumbered, he bade his
[ men ascend to the topof the moun
| tain. Here they were unable to com
bat sach a superior force. Prince
ordered his men each to take care o
himself, while he sat down to wait his
doom, as a Moor disdains to turn his
back to a negro. The enemy fired
and wounded him in the shoulder.—
As they drew near and saw his splen
did dress, they concluded he was a
king, or a king’s son, and reversed
their muskets, as a signal to each oth
er, and perhaps to him, that his life
would be spared. But the first man
who advanced was cat down by Prin
ce’s sabre. This exasperated the rest,
and they knocked him down. When
he came to himself, he found they
were dragging him from a pond where
they had taken him for the purpose of
recovering him. They stripped him
and led him barefoot into the country
100 miles. He offered his captor as
a ransom, 100 camels, 100 cattle, as
many sheep as he could drive, and as
much gold as he could carry. But his
revenge was too great to accept the
offer, and he finally sold him to the
Mandingoes for two flasks of powder,
some guns, eight hands of tobacco, and
two bottles of rum. He was put on
beard a slave ship with 700 unfortu
nate fellow sufferers—4oo men, 200
women and 100 children. The na
ture of this traffic has been so often
before you, that it would be useless at
the present moment to describe its
horrors. Prince’s sufferings were
very great, and after a tedious voyage
the vessel arrived at Dominico. = e
was transferred to an American ship;
shipped to New Orleans, and from
there sent to Natchez, where he was
sold to Col. Foster for S6OO. His
story of course was not credited, and
he sank into a common slave.
_Afterfhe had been in slavery 16
years, he went to the adjacent town of
Washington, to market, with a fellow
slave named Sambo, to sell sweet po
tatoes for himself. He observed a
gentleman on horse-hack, who rode in
a very peculiar manner; and he said to
his comrade ¢‘go see that man—if he
has but one eye T've seen him before.”
Sambo found this to be the case, when
Prince went up to him, and asked him
if he wished to purchase some pota
toes. The gentleman scrutinized
Prince closely, and at length asked
him where he lived. T live with Col.
Foster, said he. And were you rais
ed in this country? No—ll came from
Africa. Is your name Abduhl Rah
hahman, asked the stranger. Yes, that
is my name. Do you know me? ask
ed the gentleman. Yes, said Prince,
“I know you very well, you be Dr.
Cox.” On this the Doctor alighted
and embraced Prince. By this singu
lar Providence, Dr. Cox was brought
to recognize in the person of this slave
the son of a king who had treated him
with so much hospitality in Africa.—
He went to governor Williams, rela
ted to him the whole story; went te
Col. Foster, and offered him #IOOO if
he would set Prince free. But he
was so valuable, not merely on ae
count of his labour, but for his exam
ple on the plantation, that he refused
toliberate him.
Dr. Cox often renewed his applica
tion, but in vain. He died about e
leven years since. Col. Trask, of
Springfield, Mass. told me the other
day, that when he lived at Natchez
he was acquainted with Dr. Cox; that
he was a respectable man and that his
word might be relied upon. Here
then we have the testimony of am A
merican citizen, who knew Prince in
Africa. Dr. Cox’s son after the de
cease of his father, offered SI2OO for
the liberation of Prince, but Col. Fos
ter deemed his example so important
that he declined parting with him. It
is but justice to this gentleman to say,
that after bemg satisfied of the pa
rentage of Prince, he exempted him
from field labor, treated him with
kindness, and when the facts of his his
tory were fully established, he gener
ously set him free without any remu
neration. Prince uniformly speaks of
his late master with great respect.
About a year ago a gentleman of
Natchez interested himself for Prince,
who, at the instance of this gentleman
and young Dr. Cox, wrote an account
of himself in Arabic, which was taken
to Washington hy Mr. Reed. a mem
ber of Congress, and thence forwarded
to Mr. Maloney, U. S. Consul at Tan
giers, as before stated. The Presi-
dent of the United states directed an
agent at Natchez to negotiate with
Col. Foster for his freedom. Cheer
ing as his situation now was in finding
himself free, it is impossible for any
of us to feel the emotion that must
have thrilled in his breast. :
N R
e e e L
{ WEDNESDAY, DIIC. 3, 1828,
Patrons of the Cherokee thni:* are in
| formed by the Editor, that he has resigned,
and expects soon, to take 4’ final leave of
his readers. He tenders his thankfisto?se'
of his Countrymen, and friends o]'llfx' ans
‘abroad, who have intérested themselves in
‘the pf‘o‘sperity of the paper, which he has
had the homor of conducting. 'The task
has been an arduous, nevertheless an infe}f’
esting, one, because the good of the Che
rokees, and other Indians was its object;
and nothing but imperious duty would now
induce him to leave the field of his labours,
For years, his health has been ‘precarious,
and since the commencement of the Phe
nix, it has been on a gradual decline, ow
ing to the excessive confinement, which he
has been obliged to endure. It was his
hope that he would be relieved by the ap
pointment of an assistant in the Cherokee
department, by the late General Council,
which however adjourned without reliev- |
ing him in any way, An alternative was
then left, whether to continue as formerly, |
with increased duties, and with his present ‘
state of health, or fo resign, and make way |
for another person, perhaps better calcula
ted to fill the office of Editor of the Chero- |
kee Pheenix? He has chosen the latter,—
‘ln leaving the paper, which has, since its ‘
commencement, lain near his heart, he |
does}'by no means, forsake the interest of
his €ountrymen. That will still be his
favorite object. Though not acting pub
licly, and undegrless responsibilities, he ex
pects to be ergged for the moral improve
ment of his kindred according to the flesh, -
+ There never was perhaps, in the history
oflndians, a time, when instruction may
be inculcated to better advantage, than at
present. The introduction of letters a
mong the Cherokees, which has progressed
| with unparalleled rapidity, and the print
ing press may do wonders here as it has
done in other nations. The power of the
press has been justly acknowledged. It is
the safe guard of liberty, civil and reli
gious—the medium of intelligence, and
when under suitable regulations it is the
scourge of vice, and the protector of virtue,
An experiment is now making among us,
whether the press cstablished in this place
will have its ordinary effects, Let a fair
trial be nade—let the Pheenix be fostered
with care by the inhabitants of this Nation,
and encouraged and patronized by friends
of Indians abroad. Its past patronage has
been too limited—we sincerely hope it will
beincreased, and that the new Editor, who
ever he may be, (if worthy of encourage
ment) will receive better support from the
public and the citizens of the Cherokee Na
tion, than that with which the subscriber
has been favoured.
ELIAS BOUDINOTT.
GEORGIA AND THE CHEROKEES.
- From the extract of the Message of the
Governor of Geo. published in our last, our
readers will discover that the views of the
leading men of that state in regard to Chero
kee lands have not undergone any change,
though the language and recommendations
of the present Chief Magistrate are more
temperate and becoming than we have been
accustomed to hear. The members of the
Legislature are now in session—what they
will do in regard to the recommendation of
Gov. Forsyth, we are unable to say; we
‘mean the extension of the civil jurisdiction
of the state of Georgia, over that part of
the Cherokee Nation lying within its char
tered limits. The Governor thinks that it
would be cruel to expel the Cherokees, yet
recommends the extension of all the laws of
_Georgia over them, which would in effect
be expulsion, though perhaps of a more de
cent nature. Al laws, including of course
“the act inserted in another part of our pa
per. What rights will the. Cherokees en
joy? 2
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
"The long contest is over, and we shall
soon ascertain, who is to be the next Presi--
dent of the United States. From returns
of the elections received thus far,it is high
1y probable that Gen. Andrew Jackson will
be the Chief Magistrate of the Union,
' From the New York Daily Advertiser,
TURKEY AND RUSSIA.
In the opinion of a writer in the For
eign Quarterly Review, Mahmud the
present Sultan, is one of the most ex
traordinary men that ever swayed the
Turkish sceptre; and he quotes the
opinion of Count Avdreossi, Ambassa-
dor from Franc%a‘ the Porte in &
and 1814, in confirmation of his oywn.
| He is laborious in his attention to the
| duties of his station, is'the first Suitan,
| for many ages, who has openly taken
| his seat at the Divan. « He has been
_represented as a sanguinary monster,
‘but he has exhibited more instances of
clemency and generosity than most
monarchs. 1t is a mistake to suppose
that over any but his immediate ser
vants he governs in an arbitrary man
‘ner. The meanest Turk has rights
' which are sanctoined by law and u
sage, and of which the Sultan has no
power to deprive him; the very at
[ tempt to do so would raise up a storm,
which not even the ‘vicar of the
Prophet” could allay. But over all
who fill offices, or receive wages at
his hands, his power is boundless; and
no appeal lies from his decision; wheth
er of confiscation, life, or death. He
is inflexible in his purposes, and care
less alike of the thanks and promises
of Christian powers. Conscious that
he can at any time, by unfurling the
sacred standard, rouse to dreadful en
ergy all the true believers, he appears
undismayed at the approach of the
erisis, and his people share in his con
fidence. ¥
The Reviewer closes this part of
the subject with expressing his decid
ed conviction, that although Russia
may, and probably will triumph, if all
her immense resources are brought
forward, and she is not checked by
foreign interposition, her triumph will
be neither speedy, ner easy. ‘‘Riv
ers of Muscovite blood must flow, and
the strength of the empire be instant
ly diminished, before the imperial ea
gles spread their sanguinary wings o
ver the ruins of Constantinople.”
In considering the consequences
which may result from the war, the
Reviewer states it to-have been the
policy of Russia, ever since the reign
of Catharine 11. to extend as far pos
sible the bounds of the empire to the
south and west.—Although the Em
peror Nicholas disclaims, i the pres
ent case, all intention of territorial ag
grandizement, he thinks his real poli
cy is of the same description with that
of his predecessors. - His present de
mands, appear to be, the independ
ence of Greece, and of the two prin
cipalities on the left bank of the Dan
ube-—a free passage of the Bosphorus
for the vessels of all nations—a new
demarcation of the boundaries on his
Caucasian frontier—and an adequate
indemnity for the expenses of the war.
The concern which the Emperor
takes in the affairs of Greece, the
Reviewer thinks is of an interested
character, that he has excited & kept
alive the msurrectionary spirit among
the Greeks,to give himself an ascenden
cy among them, & to forward his views
upon Russia. If Greece isto be placed
under a protectorate, it should be En
gland and France, and Russia should
have nothing to do with it. As to
Wallachia and Moldavia, they are so
situated, that they are now but little
better than Russian provinces; and
that they will soon form part of the
empire does not admit of a doubt.
As for the free passage of the Bospho
rus for all natiens, he considers that
a mere cloak for ber ultimate designs.
As Russia is so muchnearer the spot
than England and France, if it were
to be so agreed, upon the breaking out
of the first war between those nations,
Russia would take possession of every
fort from Egean to the Euxine sea;
and Constantinople weuld in conse
quence fall an easy prey. And after
all, the passage “of the Bosphorus
would be of much greater advantage
to Russia than any other country, as it
would open a way to ready markets
for her immense produce on the shores
of the Black Sea.
A new demarcation of her bounda
ry on the Caucasian frontier, means
only possession by Russia of all the
strong places on the confines of the two
empires, and may serve to aid her in
extending her conquests in Asia. She
has just gained possession of Errarum,
the most important city in that quar
ter;and it is not improbable that from
that position, she may soon extend her
dominion to the Persian Gulf; and e
ventually threaten the British posses
sions in India. i
On the subject of an indemmity for
the expenses of the war, the Review
er thinks it impossible that it can be
obtained in any way but by the cession
of territory, for the Sultan has no mo
ney to pay with; and if suffered to go
on unchecked, Nicholas will think the
whole of Turkey in Europe not too
much toreimburse him in his expenses.
On the question of what policy the
other Euyropean powers, & especially.
| England and France, wounid be wa
"ranted inadopting in the present state
of affairs, the Reviewer endeavors to -
establish the position, that in ¢ase of
great ‘danger from the ambition and
power of amy individual nation; the:
others ought to combine to eppose or -
check its plans and policy. -He con
siders the policy of the Czars to have
been for a long time, and to be at the
present time, of this deseription, and
to call earnestly upon the other coun
tries to umite in opposition to it. He
would have them interfere to save
Turkey. Themllied powers, he says,
when they interferred on behalf of -
Greece, should have confined their
#xeasures, to that object alone, and not
ave suffered Russia to make a war
at the same time with Turkey, on her
own account. He thinks, that as no
subjects are better than rebellious
ones, Turkey will be strengthened,
rather than weakened, by the loss of
Greece. ¢Still in wrestinggit from
the Porte, the powers in question
cemmitied an injury on the Turks,
which nothing less than their inter
ference on the present occaion can
satisfactorily repair.” :
We presume the article from which
we have made this summary, was
written by Dr. Walsh, who has resi
ded in Constantinople several years;
and whose Journey home from that
place, over what is now the seat of
war, has been recently published.—:
It is a valuable article, and contains
good deal of informationiwhieh, at the -~
present time, is particularly interest
ing. Y
The Lendon Morning Herald of the
2d Oct. states, that two or three sail
of the line are preparing with all ex
pedition for the Mediteranean, in or
der to observe the . Russians in that
quarter. : :
The same paper has the following
article under date of 5
Acram, Sept. 9.
It is said that Field Marshal Witt
genstein, has made the following pro
posals to the Sultan: ; .
‘l. To pay old debts originating ia
the time of Catharine; to the amount
of 250 millions. - -
2. To pay the expense of the pres
ent war. @
3. To recognize the independence
of Greeee. : %
4. To abolish-all the taxes of the—
Greek subjects of the Porte.
5. The free navigation of men of
war and merchant ships in both seas.
6. The termination of the Confer
“ences of Akermann.
~ “The Sultan made mo reply, and
\ . oy
~ordered prayers in all the mosques for
‘the maintenance of the throne.”
’ Liverpool and Manchester Railwny.
- —The railway commences at the port
of Liverpool, at a point in direct com
' munication with the King’s & Queen’s
Docks. The line passes under the
’ town of Liverpool by a tunnel and in
clined plane. This magnificient arch
way, sixteen feet high and twenty two
feet wide, is cut through the solid rock
for the enormous length of 2248 yards
‘the inclined plane rising one foot in
forty nine. li’he steep ascent of Liv
erpool is thus avoided, and all inter
ference with the general business of
the streets is thus effectually prevent
ed. The excavations of this stupen
dous work have been going on at seve- -
ral points at the same time; and the
precision with which the junctions of
the different parts have heen effected,
in some cases not varrying two inches,
offers a most remarkable example of
the certainty of scientific arrangement.
The road through the tunnel, which we
thus see is about a mile and a quarter
long, comes into the day-light at the:
high hill (Edge Hill) looking down u‘p%i
on Liverpool. A deep excavation
through the elevated greund beyond
this point offers an interesting exam
ple of the triumph of man over physi
cal difficulties. Several miles on
ward, the roadway passes over a moss;
and here, by a steady and ecautious
system of cuttings and enbankments,
the railway has been laid down suc
cessfully upon a soil which appeared
.as treacherous as the sands of the de
sert.” The valley through yvhich the
river Sankey runs is crossed by an
~enormous viaduct, consisting of em
bankments and arches built upon piles
of extraordinary magnitude. Hence,
to Manchester, the line does not pre-’
sent any peculiar difficulties. The
whole cost of this grand work will be
about 600,000.— London Paper.
Interesting Incident.—A letter from
Paris, of recent date published in the
Lendon Literary Gazette, contains