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THE INDIAN BOY.
From the blood stained trade of ruthless
war,
An Indian boy had fled)
Remote from his home in the wild woods
His flossy hair was damp with dew,
IIi< air was mild and meek—
And it <er,n d that a straggling tear or two
Had wandered down his check.
For he saw in his dream the bayonets
gleam,
He saw his kindred fall;
And he heard h\s mother’s dying scream,
And the crackling flames take all.
In his feverish sleep lie turned and roll’d,
’Mi l the fern and the wild flowers gay;
Ami h:s little hand fell on a rattlesnake’s
fold,
As coil’d in the herbage it lay.
His head the stately reptile rais’d,
Unclos’d Ins fiery eye;
On the sleeping boy for a moment he gazed,
Then pass’d him harmless by.
’Twas well, young savage, well for thee,
It was only the serpent’s lair.)
Thv fate perchance would dillercnt be,
Had the white man slumbered there.
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From the New York Courier.
CHOOSE WISELY THE WIFE
OF THY BOSOM.
Go, my son, said the eastern sage,
to the young Taltnor, go forth to the
wot Id; he wise in the pursuit of
knowledge—be wise in the accumu
lation of riches—he w ise in the choice
01 friends; yet little will all this avail
thee if thou choosost not wisely the
wife of thy bosuin.
When the rulers of the people echo
thy sayings, and the trumpet of fame
sounds thy name abroad among the
nations, more beautiful will llie sun of
thy glory set, if one bright cloud re
flects its brightness, and sullied for
ever will he the splendor of its rays,
if like a dark spot, she crosses its sur
face.
Consider this, my son, and look to
her ways whom thou wouldst love;
for little will all else avail if thou
choosest not wisely the companion cf
thy bosom. Seej yonder tlitj maid
ens of Tinge. They deck themselves
■with the gems of Golconda and the
roses of Kashmirc—themselves more
brilliant and beautiful; but all! take
not them to thy bosom; for the gem
will grow dim and the rose wither,
and nought remain to thee of all thou
didst woo and win.
Neither turn thyself to the proud
one who vaunts herself on having scan
ned the pages of Vedas, amf fathomed
the mysteries of the holy temple.—
Woinr„i was not horn to wield the
sceptre, or direct the council, to re
veal the inundates of Brama, or ex
pound the saered verses of menu.—
Rather be it hers to support thee in
grief and sokli thee in sickness; to re
joice i:i lliy prosperity and cling to
thee in adversity. Reflect then, my
son, ere thou choosest, and look well
to her ways whom thou wouldst make
the wile of thy bosom.
A wife! what a sacred name, what
a responsible oflice! she must he the
unspotted sanctuary to which \veari-
cd men flee from the crimes of the
world, and feel that no sin dare enter
there. A wife! she must be the
guardian angel of his footsteps on
earth, and guide them to Heaven; so
firm in virtue that should he for a
moment waver, she can yield h ; m
support, and replace him upon us
firm foundation; so happy in conscious
innocence, that when from the per-
lexities of the world he turns to his
mne,' he may never find a frown
where he sought a smile. Such, my
son, thou seekest in a wife; and re
flect well ere thou choosest.
- Open thy bosom not to the triflcr;
repose not thy head on the breast
which nurses envy, and folly, and
vanity; hope not for obedience where
the passions ore untamed; and expect
not honor from her who honorclh not
the God who made her.
Though thy place be next to the
throne of princes, and the countenance
of royalty beam upon thee—though
thv riches he as the pearls of Omar,
and thy name he honored from the
east to the west—little will it avail
thee if darkness and disappointment
and strife be in thy own habitation.—
There must he passed thine hours of
selitude and sickness'—and there must
tbou die. Reflect, then, my son, ere
thou choose and look well to her ways
whom thou wouldst love: for tho’ thou
he wise in other things—little will it
avail thee, if thoirchooscst not wisely
the wife of thy bosom.
MEMORIALS OF THE DELUGE.
Mount Meisncr in Germany, six
miles long, and three broad, rises a-
bout one thousand eight hundred feet
above its base, and more than two
thousand above the level olthe sea;
over topping all tho hills for fifty
miles round. The lowest part of the
mountain consists of the same shell
lime-stone and sand-stone which ex
ists in the adjacent country! Above
these, are a bed of sand, then a bed
of fossil wood, one hundred feet thick;
and the whole is covere I by a mass
of hard and heavy rock, five hundred
ffcet in height. The singular forma
tion of this mountain proves that, at
some remote period, the country
adjacent, must have been more ele
vated than ils summit; or the enor
mous rock which crowns it, could
not have been lodged on the timber
which supports it. In the AIp9, there
are found vast masses of the hardest
stone, some of them containing one
thousand cubic yards, at the height of
more than two thousand feet above
the lake of (Ionova; which arc of a
different kind from the rocks, among
which they are deposited, and have
evidently been transported, by some
tremendous convulsion of nature,
from the opposite chain of the Alps.
Similar instances are frequently met
with.
Amongst the gigantic remains of the
antediluvian world, the most common
arc those of the Mammoth; which,
though sometimes reckoned amongst
the extinct animals, seems obviously
to be a kind of elephant. An entire
Mammoth was found in 1799, on the
shores of the frozen ocean, buried
in the ice; where it evidently had
lain for ages. It was upwards of
nine feet high, and sixteen feet long
without the tusks, which measured
nine feet six inches. The two tusks
weighed three hundred and sixty
pounds, and the head alone four hun
dred. It is probable, that this ani
mal had been embedded in the icc, at
some period since the deluge; hut the
bones of such beasts are frequently
discovered deep in the earth, in most
parts of the northern regions; in situ
ations where they must have been
deposited, when all the earth was
covered with water. Several other
species of the Mammoth have been
described, from the remains found in
various pa| ts, both of the old and new
worlds. Some probably of a vastly
larger size, than that just mentioned;
blit belonged to the same general
class ns the elephant.—In several
parts of Europe, bones of the Elk,
have been dug up of vast dimensions.
Tho most perfect specimen that has
been examined, is nearly seven feet
high, and almost ten feet to the tip of
the horn.
Immense quantities of marine pro
ductions, have been discovered in si
tuations so elevated, and in places so
remote from the sea, as to prove that
they were left there by ^ flood extend
ing over the whole globe. In Tour-
mine in France, a hundred miles from
the* sea, there is a bed of shells, nine
leagues in extent, and twenty in depth,
and including shells unknown in that
vicinity. Sea shells have been seen
on the Andes in America, more than
14.000 feet above the level of the
neighbouring ocean. A slaty hill in
Verona, contains petrcfactions of more
than one hundred species of fish, na
tives of various seas, in the four quar
ters of the globe; yet all assembled
in this one place.
FAME.
Fornthe Bower nf Taste.
The love of fame is as inherent in
the nature of mankind as the love of
life. The little school hoy who cons
his tedious task with the hope of ob
taining the silver medal which shall
pronounce him the savant of his class,
is inspired with the same passion for
applause as that which in after life
prompts him to seek distinction at the
bar, in the senate, or in the field.
Whatever acts as an impetus in urg
ing us on in literary pursuits, has a
beneficial tendency both to the mind
and character of man, improving the
one and embellishing the other. But
whether the sum of human happiness
is augmented in favor of those talented
few who are by nature, aided by edu
cation, confessedly superior to the
generality of their fellow beings, is a
question which admits of a doubtful
reply. Nothing sooner engenders'
envy, jealousy, and even hatred in so
ciety towards an individual, than to
view him, however deserving he
may be, suddenly advanced to a sta
tion of honor. The world immediate
ly regards him with the scrutiny of an
Argus—no allowances are made for
the imperfections of humanity; nay
even the most trifling faults are often
magnifled into sins, as a counterbalance
for his reputed talents and virtues.
If he is a politician, motives of pri
vate interest will bo ascribed to eve
ry effort which he makes to benefit his
country. If a divine, his creed was
adopted rather for its popularity or
the display of his theological powers,
than for its purity or truth. If a law
yer or a physician, he sacrifices eith
er his clients or patients at the shrine
of interest or ambition; and, finally, if
an author, the critics march forth in
stern array, prepared to show him no
mercy, but to exhibit him to the
public as often as possible, ‘shorn of
his beams,* and ‘with all his imper
fections on his head.’ These are a
few of the blessings which attend uo-
toiiety; the happiest situation is that
which, from its retirement from the
great world, exempts us alike from
its eiwy and admiration, which will
ever be found joint attendants upon
persons possessing either real or fanci
ed talents.
P.
American Forest Trees.—The live
oak is confined to the southern part of
the United States, extending from
the Island on the east of the Corolina’s,
Georgia and Florida, to the Mississip
pi river. It is most luxuriant on the
Islands, and the sea air appears to be
important, if not essential to its
growth. It grows to the height of
40 or 50 feet, with numerous branch
es and a bushy top, thick foliage, nar
row leaves, upper surface dark green
color, and lower surface approaching
white, continuing several years up
on the trees. Acorns arc long, oval,
nearly black, placed in shallow cups
and said so have been used by the
Indians for extracting oil to mix with
their food, if not themselves used for
food.
The most important use of the live
oak is in ship building, for which
purpose it is much preferable to the
white oak, or any other timber that
grows. It does not afford large tim
ber, the common size of the body
being from one to two feet in diame
ter, but its numerous branches and
spreading top furnish knees in great
numbers, an article extensively used
in shipbuilding and rather difficult to
obtain. The timber of the live oak
is exceedingly compact, hard and
strong, and more durable than any
oilier, but too heavy for the entire
use in ship-building, and is hence
used in connexion with other kinds of
less weight. The great firmness and
strength of this timber fit it for
different kinds of mill work, such as
teeth or cogs to wheels, screws, and
various other uses.
The extensive use of the live oak
for ship building, both in our own
country and in Europe, the narrow-
limits to which it is confined, and its
slow growth, have already rendered
it difficult to procure, and apprehen
sions have been entertained that 9
few years would render it extinct.
The importance of this tree to our
navy and our commerce, presents it as
a proper subject of political economy.
In that light our government have tak
en measures to encourage its cultiva
tion. The subject was brought be
fore them by Judge Brackenridge,
w r ho represented that in the vicinity of
Pensacola, tharc were many thousand
acres of a young grow th, capable of an
advantageous cultivation. He accord
ingly received instructions to take the
necessary measures to prevent an un
necessary destruction of the young
trees, and to promote their most rap
id and favorable growth. The young
groves which have been favored with
the’hand of cultivation, have already
been greatly improved by it, and pro
mise eventually to furnish a large
quantity of timber of great value.
, Those trees that have grown in
door yards, opon fields, or have other
wise been favored with attentive
culture, have had a much more rapid
growth, and produce timber of a bet
ter character, than growing in forest.
Trees that GO or 70 years ago were
carried to Europe, for culture, are
now fit for use.—American Trav.
TALE BEARING.
Keener than the assassin’s dagger,
deleterious as the' poisoned bowl, is
the baneful effects'of an uncurbed dis
position for talc-bearing. The noble
few who conscientiously avoid “tale
bearing, back-biting, and spreading
evil reports,” merit and obtain the
approbation of the wise and good; and
happy w ould it be for the community
at large, if the number of these wor
thies could be augmented. The la
dies have it in their power to discour
age or abet this propensity to detrac
tion, either in their own, or our sex;
and as the helpless female is often a
sufferer by the indulgence of his un
principled conduct, it becomes an im
perious duty in them to make com
mon cause, and with one accord dis
courage it. Never let tfie soft lip of
beauteous woman unclose to utter a
talc of injurious tendency, or her af
fectionate bosom be the depository
for the dark whisperings of evil re
port. Let her spurn, with higk-soul-
ed dignity, the miscreant who would
pollute her ears with the failings or
Iollic3 of another, and thus do her
part towards banishing from society
this pest of social life. But this de
termination to promulge the faults of
others is by no means to be understood
as confined to the fairer part of the
creation. Observation and daily ex
perience confirm us in the belief, that
the evil complained of is to be traced
too often to those who have been
tempted to boast their proud preroga
tive in the scale of nature &wliose time
would ho much better employed in
thesteady pursuit of the iron daily av
ocations, than in dwelling on the weak
ness of their neighbors; let them with
manly firmness combine to “discour
age tale-bearing, back-biting and
spreading evil reports.”
Delaware Register.
ST. HELENA.
The Grave of Bonaparte.—A neat
little box at tbe side of a hill before
us, had attracted our attention; when
suddenly the driver stopped the hors
es; and, telling ns to look down the
s:de of the mountain, to the left, said,
“There is the gra\c,” meaning Bona
parte’s. Wc gazed down the steep;
and, in a warm nook of the valley,
beautifully green, and strongly con
trasting with the general Imrrcness.
beheld the spot where were deposited
the remains of the most extraordinary
man of his day, overshadowed by a
willow tree, and defended by two
enclosures; the outer one for the
preservation of thertree, and the grass-
plot round the grave. It w as a deep
ly interesting moment; I gazed in si
lence, and with solemn reflection on
the wondrous ways of Him who “rc-
moveth kings, and setteth up kings,”
who “abaseth the proud,” and “giv-
eth the kingdom to whomsoever he
will.” The entire absence of monu
ment or inscription seemed irresisti
bly to imply that the greatness of his
character rendered them unnecessa
ry; and that these everlasting rocks
and heights would ever be chiefly fa
mous, as being his tomb, ns they had
before been as his prison.
It is a beautiful little spot, to which
he used 1o retire to read or to con
verse W'ith Madame Bertrand; and it
was because he had said, “If I die on
the island, 1 could wish to be buried
here,” that he was interred in this
place rather than elswherc.
Baboons at the Cape of Good Ifope.-
On the hills near Simmons Town, at
the Cape of Good Hope, (says Lieut
enant Shipp, in his memoirs;) whole
regiments of baboons assemble.—
These rascals, who stand six feet
high, and are most abominable thieves,
used to annoy us exceedingly. Our
barracks were under the hills, and
when jve went to parade we were in
variably obliged to leave armed men
for the protection of our property;
and even in spite of this they have
frequently stolen our blankets and
great coats, or any thing else they
could lay tlreir claws on. A poor
woman, a soldier’s wife, had washed
her blanket, and hung it out to dry,
when some of these miscreants, who
were on the watch, stole it, and ran
off with it into the hills, which were
high and w'oody. This drew upon
them the indignation of the regiment,
and we formed a strong party with
sticks and stones to attack them, with'
a view of recovering the property,
and inflict such chastisement as might
be a warning to them for the future.
I 1 was on the advance, with about
twenty men, & I made a detour to cut
them off from the caverns, to which
they always flew for shelter. They
observed my movement, and imme
diately detached about fifty to gua* '•
the entrance, while others kept then
posts; and we could distinctly see
them collect large stones and other
missiles. One old grey-headed one
in particular, who often paid us a
visit at the barracks, and was known
by the .name of Father Murphy, was
seen distributing his orders, and plan-^
ing the attack with the judgment of
our best generals. Finding ny de
sign was defeated, [joined the corps
de main, and rushing on to the attack,
when a scream from Father Murphy
was a signal for a general encounter,
and the host of baboons under his
command rolled down enormous stone*"
upon us, so that we were obliged to
give up the contest, or some one of us
must inevitably have been killed^They
actually followed us to our verydoors,
shouting in indication of victory, and
during the whole night W’e heard
dreadful yells and screaming, so much
so that we expected a night attack.—
In the morrting, howev'er, we found all
this rioting had been created by dis
putes about the division of the blank
et; for we saw eight or ten of them
with pieces of it upon their backs as
old women w'ear their cloaks. A-
mong the number strutted Father
Murphy. The rascals annoyed us
day and night, we dare not venture
out unless a party of five or six went
together.
A MATCH FOR A PRINCE.
A certain witty physician, hut
whose humor occasionally verged on
buffoonery, was to dine one day at the
table of the Elector of . This
prince, anxious to divert himself by
embarrassing the doctor, ordered that
no spoon should be given him; soup
was served up; and the Elector
invited him to partake of it, which
lie declined as well as lie could; but
the prince, in order to deprive hint’
of all pretext, said; “Eh! a rogue
that won’t eat soup!” At this threat,
the doctor took up a roll, hollowed
it by taking out the crum, stuck it on
the end of a fork, and used it os a
spoon. When the soup was despatch
ed, he began to eat the liolkwv crust,
saying—“A rogue that doesn’t eat
spoon!” The guests looked at each
other, the prince acknowledged him
self beaten, and the doctor’s imagina
tion diverted every one.
Indian Warrant.—At the courts in
Barnstable eounty, formerly, says
Judge Davis in his new edition ef
Morton’s New England Memorial,
we often heard from our aged friends
and vineyard gentlemen, amusing an
ecdotes of Indian rulers. The follow
ing was reiollected, which was issu
ed by one of those Indian magistrates,
directed to an Indian constable, anil
will not suffer in comparison with our
verbose forms:
“I Hihoudi,
You Peter Waterman,
Jeremiah Wickett—
Quick you take him.
Fast you hold him, ]
Strait you bring him
Before me, Hihoudi.”
“It is remarkable,” says Ward, in
his View of the Hindoos,” “to what
excellent uses the toes are applied in
India. They are second hand fingers;
they are called the feet fingcis in
Bengalee. In liis own house, a Hin
doo makes use of them to fasten the
clog to his feet by means of a button,
which slips between the middle toes.
The tailor, if he does not thread his
needle, certainly twists his thread
with them. The cook holds his knife
with his toes while he cuts fish, vege
tables, &c The joiner, the weaver,
&c. could not do without them: and
almost every native has 20 different:
uses for his toes.”
JVOT1CE.
I HEREBY forewarn all persons from’
trading for a note given by noe, dated
April 1829, to Andrew M. Vann for two
cows and calves and sixteen hundred
weight of beef; as the consideration fop
which the note was given has failed to be
sound 1 am deter mined not to pay it unless
compelled by law.
SAMUEL ADAIR, J r .
Hightower, May 13th. 8—8
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