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W mis: 1 ken honor, for which it is bar- tercit m the iielii of blood! Oi life do I s iy? Tins obscene idol demands the immolation of the soul, and in her horrid orgies tramples upon ail which is great, or good, or godliive, in our nature. Well then may war, pesti lence and famine, drop for an instant their weapons of destruction, and look on, with astonishment amt envious admiration, to behold their own havoc so far outdone. Who better than a physician can appreciate the magnitude of this wide spread evil? And who can ac complish more in arresting its career, than lie who goes forth as the sworn enemy of disease and vice, and wltose allies are temperance and virtue? Such, then, gentlemen, being the character of your profession, and such the noble objects of your ambition, let me entreat that your exertions may correspond. If you are enlight ened by science, if you are stimulated by a virtuous ambition, and it you discharge your duty with the alacrity, of benevolence, fear not that your elforts will be otherwise than hap- py • _j Slippery Trick.—A fellow dress ed liue a countryman, having a strip ed blue frock on, on Saturday step ped up to a countryman in Trenton street, asking him if he had butter to sell. Being answered in the affirma tive, he was told that a gentlemen be hind St. Paul’s Church wished to pur chase. The countryman went behind the church, found the gentleman de signated, who said he took all his but ter of one person. Oil his return to the cart he found that his accommo dating fiicnd had lighted his load of a box of butter containing twenty-seven pounds, which he probably sold else where, but did not irouble the own er with the receipts.—Boston Pat. We take the following article from the Niagara, Upper Canada Herald, of June IS, just as it stands. A gen tleman from Niagara informs us, that there are circumstances connected with the finding of the body, that do a- vvay the belief, in a great measure that it is the body of Morgan.—Bujj. Jour' The remains of Morgan found.— We have just been infoimed, in a mannei^to leave no doubt upon our minds, that the body of William Mor gan, so long the subject of newspaper and legal investigation in the State of New York, has been found in the beach near Fort Niagara, by some soldiers of that garrison. What more slrongly forces the conviction that it is the body of the ill-feted Morgan, is, that some heavy weights were found fastened to his remains by a rope.— An inquest is to be held this day upon the body, the result of which is anx iously looked for. The Merino Speculation.—This is a matter long since gone by, and ue shall perhaps never see the like again. Some of the facts look strangely e- nough in ihcse days. The following will hardly he believed by those who never had a touch of such a fever.— A gentleman in Connecticut visited a relative at some distance, who had a merino Luck, and proposed buy ng it. The ownef demanded seventy dollars. The price was enormous and the bargain declined. But the gentleman had taken lever, and on his Journey home it rose so high, that he determined to have the buck. A messenger was accordingly despatch ed with a letter, begging that the price might he no more than could bo charged ‘‘with a good conscience.” The bill came for one hundred and twenty dollars. This fortunate ad venturer sold the same sheep, not long after, to four most respectable farmers, reputed men of sense on any other subject before or since, for $1600, and took his money. It appears by a statement by John Ward, in the St. Louis Beacon, of May 23, that he was called before the Grand Jury during the session ol the Circuit Court in that District, and asked by the foreman, “Do you know of any person betting at faro in this county within the last year?” Ward replied, “I do.” The fore man then requested him to name the erson, without naming himself; which e refused to do, saying that he could not do so without implicating himself The Court being applied to, ordered Ward to answer, but he still refusing, the Judge (Carr) ordered, on the 26th of Marco, that he should be commit ted for contempt of Court, and he re mained in jail until the 14th of April, when lie was brought again before the Grand Jury, and asked, “Have you ever seen John C. Smith, or Dudley Kimuall, bet or play at faro bank or table, in this county, at any time within the lust year?” To which W». replied, “If I nave seen any such gam ing in this county, at any lime within the last year, 1 was a party con cerned, both as a better and keeper of the table;” and he refused to make any other answer; whereupon the Court ordered him to be “committed to jail for thirty days,” and pay a “line of one hundred dollars,” and “stand committed until the fine and costs he fully paid.” C. Shultz, of Virginia, gives notice in the National Inteligenccr that lie lias tendered to Mr. Robert Dale Owen, Mr. George Houston, and Miss Frances Weight, a Theological Chal lenge, to he confined to the merits of Atheism, Deism, and Theism. He proposes (o conduct ilthrough the medium of Mr. Owen’s friend, Hous ton's “Correspondent,” now published in the city of New York, uhere those who feel an interest in the discussion may peruse it as it progresses. lie has undertaken to show that the ex istence of a God, the immortality of the soul, and future retributions, are ra tional doctrines, without the aid of any “revelation” whatever. Ravages of the Grass-Hoppers—In the Spectator or the 26th nit. we| find an account of a work of devasta tion in which the Grass-Hoppers are engaged in the neighborhood of Staun ton. (Va.) The Editor states thaUhel saw a cloverfield a short time since, literally eaten up by them: “nothing was standing hut the blackened stocks and the whole appeared as if it had been burnt over by fire.” They have also stripped a field of grain of the blades. Their ravages are confined to a small district of conntry. It does not appear that the Locusts have done any other injury than cutiing off a feiv of'the tender twigs of the fo-rest trees.— Visitor and Tel. Extraordinary Animal Remains.— Some two or three years ago, the nevvspupers ti-om the south west on- noun, cd the discovery, in the valley of the Mississppi, of the remains of some huge animal, such as eye had never seen, nor ear heard of, and in compari son of which, even the Mammoth must have been but a pretty small concern. The story was altogether too great for belief. But still it was true, as we had ocular demonstration yesterday—a gentlemen having re quested us to examine some of the bones, now exhibiting at No. 330 Roadway, a few doors above tlie Ma sonic llall. The largest is one side of an under jaw-hone, which is 20 feet long, by three feet wide, and weighs 1200 pounds. There are a variety of other bones, including ten or fifteen feet of the vertebra), or back-bone, which is sixteen inches in diameter, and the passage for the spinal marrow, nine by six inches. The ribs are nine feet long, and the other bones in proportion. As to the size of the animal which has left such extraordinary remains of its physical structure, we are not suffuiently skilled in Osteology to determine. It must, however, have been of a mag nitude of which we can scarcely form a conception; and in a zoological point of view, it is much to he re gretted that the whole skeleton was not extracted from the earth,in which it must have been for so many thou sand years embedded. But the labor of disembowelling the bones now here, was herculean, as they were buried seventeen feel below the sur face of the earth; and the water made upon the excavators so fast, that a steam-engine must have been pro cured to discharge it. The discove ry was owing to one of the bones protruding above the earth. Until the discovery of these bones, those of the Mammoth were the largest of any laud animal of which the relics remain. The tradition of the Indians respecting the mammoth, as related by Mr. Jefferson, is well known. “In ancient times ” said the Deleware chief to the Governor of Virginia, “a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-hone licks, and be wail a universal destruction of hears, deers, elks, buffaloes, and other ani mals trhich had been created for the use of the Indians. The Great Man above, looking down and seeing this, was so enraged, that he seized his lightning, descended on earth, seated himself on a neigboring mountain, on a on rock which ins seat and the .print of his feet are still to be seen, and hurled his bolts among them till the whole were slaughtered, except the big bull, who, presenting his fore head to the shafts, shook them off as they fell; but missing one at length, it wounded him in the side, whereon springing round, he hounded over the Ohio, over the Wabash, the Illinois, and finally ’ over the great lakes, where lie is living at this day.” It was probably the Indians’ “big bull” who left the huge hones wnich we have been attempting to describe, and which the curious will find it worth while to go and examine. JV. F. Com. Adv. Oneida Indians.—About 140 of the Oneida Indians passed through here on the canal on Thursday last, on their way to Green-Bay. They have sold to the state all their interest in the Indian lands at Oneida, and have ac cepted of a bounty of $40 each. They are under care of an agent ap pointed by government, and are trans ported at the expense of the state. YVc are informed that several of them had deseited and returned back since they left Oneida: and it would not he surprising if more of them shmikl do so before they reach Buffa lo.— Syracuse Gazette. A Cherokee Reservation.—We learn that* Gen. R. M. Saunders of this town, and the Rev. Ilumphney Posey of Macon county, have been appointed by the President oftheUnited Stales, Commissioners under an appropria tion made at the last session of Con gress, for purchasing such Reservation of Land as ore yet claimed by the Cherokee Indians within the limits of North Carolina. There is no doubt hut the sum appropriated, ($20,000) will be amply sufficient to make the purchase; so that we now have a cer tainty that the State will he freed from those claims, whose tendency has been greatly to embarrass the sale of her Cherokee lands, and retard the settlement of that interesting portion ofhtr territory. Salisbury Carolinian. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1829. We have understood that four Creeks have lately been murdered by their white neighbors. This is a very good commenta ry on the talk of President Jackson to the Creeks, demanding certain individuals of that tribe who had spilt t he blood of a white man. One to four. We hope, if our in formation is correct, these savage whites, who have outstripped the Indians in deeds of blood, will be overtaken with deserved punishment. We should have supposed that the poor Indians were already suffi- ciently distressed and provoked. The Creeks have d -dared, we understand, that they will have satisfaction, let the conse quences be what they may. We learn from the same source from which the above information is received, that a certain Cherokee near the Georgia line was very near being shot by a white man. The circumstances were these. A white lad on the other side of the Chatta- hoochy passed the river for the purpose of hunting, as he said. lie went to the house of Mr. John Rogers, a respectable citizen, and there saw a Cherokee. The lad on the liist sight of the Cherokee wheeled round and lied with precipitation, and on his arrival at home reported that there were about twenty Indians at Mr. Rogers 5 :?* with hostile intentions. Soon after a party of whites collected and crossed the river, with the intention, as they intimated, to drive for deer. During the driving, one of the company fired his gun and fled. Upon this one of his companions approached, &. saw at a Short distance a horse with a deer upon it tied to a bush. He did not discover any person. It appears, however, that a Cher okee was at the moment of the report of the gun placing his deer on his horse, hut did not know that lie was shot at, until he ar rived at home, though he observed that his horse was very reluotant to travel. The horse died during the night, and on exam ination in the morning the owner discover ed the hole of a bulle t which had passed through the skirt of the saddle into the side ofthe horse. The perpetrator, we hear, disclaims the deed as intentional—to us it I >oks very suspicious. Col. Brearly, to whom has been commit ted, by the General Government, ^ic charge of conducting the emigration of the Creek Indians, has lately published, in the National Intelligencer, the following, which is designed to show that we intend ed to influence and mislead the public, when we said that the Creeks and Chick- asaws were dissatisfied w ith the western country. The authority, upon which our statement was founded, was contained in a letter from a Cherokee, to whom the in formation was communicated by the Chic kasaw s. We had no reason to dispute the correctness of that information, and it is more than what Col. Brearly or any oth er man can say, that we have attempted to work on the public mind, by means of falsehood. It is our hearty desire that those who emigrate may be contented with their new homes, for we are sure that if they are dissatisfied, they cannot do well. Taking for granted, that we were misin formed in regariHo the country allotted to the Creeks, we nevertheless cannot change our opinion of the Country for the Chcro- kees. We do not consider Col. Brearly a good judge in this matter, as he never has visited tins nation, and of course is unlit to decide on the comparative worth ofthe two countries. We have in iividuals here whom we consider as capable of telling the truth as the officers of the Government, and cer tainly better able to say whether their ag ricultural interest would be augmented in case of a removal—they tell us things quite different from the statement ol Col Brearly. If we were endeavoring to procure to oui- sclves the hunter’s advantages, then we might, herhaps, select the,country so much extolled as a suitable one; but Col. Brearly should remember that we are not savages or hunters, that we have long since relin quished “the Buffalo aud Beaver,” and that we have no distant inclination ttj' re sume our ancient occupations. Gentlemen:—1 observe in the In telligencer ol the 2d inst. an article taken from the Cherokee Phcenix, respecting the country West of the Mississippi, offered by the Govern ment ofthe United Stairs for the fu ture residence of the Southern In dians—pretending to state the feel ings and situation of those Indians who have emigrated to that counliy. As it cannot be presumed that the publication referred to could make a- ny deep impression on the Indians, it must have been intended to inlluence and mislead the public mind, by drawing upon the feelings of our cit izens, whose sympathies for that un fortunate race of fellow creatures it is well known are increased in pro portion to their dependence on us. I therefore deem it proper to offer such information as my knowledge of their present condition and of the country allotted to them enables me to afford. With respect to the Chickasaws, I have not learned that any particular location has been assigned to them; hut, as it regards the Cherokees, Choctaws, and Creeks, the provision made by the government cannot fail to render them, either as hunters or cultivators of the soil, far happier than they now are, orpossibly can be in the country now occupied by them; particularly the Creeks, with whom my intercourse has been such as to enable me to know the disposition of all the emigrants, which is, without one dissenting voice, in favor of their new country; and I assure you it is untrue that any have expressed a wish to return. On the contrary, not a single family could be induced, even at the expense of the government, to relocate itself permanently in the old nation. They are placed immediate ly beyond the Western Territorial lines of Arkansas, hounded on the West, and at no great distance, by the prairies which extend to the Roc ky Mountains, presenting a harrier to any fifrther removal. Instead of be ing surrounded by white people and deluged with whiskey from every quarter, they have hut the channel of intercourse, the rivers genet ally com ing from the West on which they are located, affording them the advantage of water transportation for the prod ucts of their labor or hunts, and of re ceiving in return by steamboats di rectly from N. Orleans, Cineinnatti, Pittsburg, Sic. &c. all the necessaries and luxuries of life which their wants or their fancies may require. The lands between tlie Territorial line of Arkansas and the Great Prairies are by far the richest I have ever seen, beautifully undulated, and well wa tered, and certainly more congenial to the rearing of stock of every descrip tion than any other in the United States. Thus, while every induce* ment to the arts of husbandry are in creased, and the living rendered se- cure and easy, the boundless prairied will afford a perpetual supply of game particularly the Buffailo and the Beaver, which have been long since extinu't with the Indians on this side the Mississippi, besides immense herds of wild horses, an animal in which they hold in no little estima tion. A delegation of five of their most distinguished men were sent last win ter to the old nation for the purpose of explaining the advantages of tlilff new country, and to do away the prejudices created by mischievous and designing people interested in their remaining where they are.—• They were the bearers of numerous letters and talks, not one of which I undertake to say, breathed such a sen timent as that contained in the Phoenix. Yburs, very respectfully, D. BREARLY. Washington City, 4th July 1829. EDITOR’S PRIVATE CORIlESPON-f DENCE. From the Rev. E. Jones, Baptist Mis sionary at the Valley Towns, fluted July 24. I have the pleasure to say the Gos pel continues to receive attention at several places in this region. At our / late monthly meeting four persons were baptized on a profession of their faith—two full Cherokees, a man and his wife, and two white females. Many more are under serious concern about the great business of their sal vation. The Scripture you are go ing to print is looked for with much anxiety. From a gentleman of high standing in the Christian community, dated July 9, on Board a Steam Boat on the North river. I have long been desirous of an op portunity of writing to you, and ex pressing my lively sympathy with you and other Cherokee friends, whose ac quaintance 1 have formed, and indeed of all who a re connected with the tribe. I can assure you I have not been an in different spectator of those measures which have recently been adopted for dispossessing the aborigines of their ancient territory. I had supposed that whatever other bonds might he broken to gratify a cold hearted and selfish policy—the faith of treaties would not be questioned, nor ^sacrific ed. But I have been disappointed; and unless a kind Providence inter fere to avert the doom, I see not how your people arc to be protected from lawless invasion. That you have the sympathy of many a humane and Chris tian heart I know—but alas! how fe,w are they who stand ready to relinquish private ends for truth and justice.-— You have many prayers, and these I trust will prevail at length and save your nation. There arc many and serious difficulties attending any visible & public measures,except that of petitioning the national government to interfere and defend you against aggression. But even this prqniises hut little good, when that government lias resolved to act upon the pre sumption of the invalidity of Indian treaties. I rather choose to say with the pious Israelite, “My soul wait Ihoucm/yupon God.” Let your ef forts to enlighten and sanctify the people be unremitted—Let your schools he multiplied till every Cher okee child is able to read and under stand for himself—Let the whole tribe have the Bible and enjoy Chris tian Institutions.—These will be a greater safeguard than every thing else: and if you must fall a .prey to lawless cupidity—you will have a home in Heaven—where, blessed be God, the wicked will cease from troubling, and the weary will be at rest. 1 have availed myself of frequent opportunities to recommend the Phoe nix, which I do for the double reason- that it is intrinsically valuable, and because it pleads a cause dear to hu manity. Probably you have re ceived some accessions to your list inconsequence, although my name may not have appeared in connexion with them. COLOMBIA AND PERU. From recent, accounts it appears that hostilities between Colombia and Peru were likely to be renewed. The Tollowing is the Proclamation of the Liberator on tho subject. Head Quarters in Quito, April. 2, 1329 Colombians: After the pncifica* tion of Pasto, the victory of Tarqui, and the Convention of Jiron, I turned to congratulate you on the termination of (hose great crisen which agitated the Republic. Everts 80 prosperous