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ll—i" Li—: ‘ POJCT21Y. LIKES TO AN ORPHAN BT MSS. HEMANB. Thau hastheen reared too tenderly, Beloved too well and long, Watched by too many a gentle eye: Now look on life—be strong! Too quiet "seemed thy joys for change, Too holy and loo Jeep; . Bright clouds, through slimmer skies that range, Seem ofttimes thus to sleep,— To ?leep, in silvery stillness bound, As things that ne’er may melt! Yet gaze again—no trace is found To show thee where they dwelt. This world hath no more love to give Like that which thou hast known; Yet the heart breaks not—we survive Our treasures—and bear on. B it dt! too beautiful and blest Thy home of youth hath been; Where shall thv wing, poor bird! find rest Shut out from that sweet scene! Kind voices from departed years Must haunt thee many a day; Looks that will smite the source of tears, Across thy souTiiitTst play. Friends—now the altered or the dead—* And music that is gone, A gladness o’er thy dreams will shed, And thou shalt wake alone. Alone!—it is in that deep word That all thv sorrow lies; How is the heart to courage =tired By smiles from kindred eycsl And are these lost?-and have I said 'To aught like th -, c—be strong* So bid the willow lift its htfad, And brave the tempe t’s wrong! Thou reed! o’er which the storm hath paSed Thou shaken with the wind, Qn one, One friend, thy weakness cast, There is but One to bind. J*IiSCKiL,i^A:* KOi, 'From the Phil. Daily Chronicle. TRIAL FOR PIRACY. On the trial, lor piracy, of ilenry Kcsseler, who was acquitted on Sat urday in the Circuit Court, on the "'ground of want ol jurisdiction, the on ly witness to the transactions on board the vessel was one Jean Baptiste, the Steward, a black man, and I he same, who was arrested, as we mentioned »iot long since, at Cape May. We are indebted to a friend for an accu rate report of this man s evidence, which, though it narrates facts per haps as horrid as any we have ever re. o ued, ought, we think, to be ui ue public, and which mil be read with great interest. A brief narra tive of the circumstances und-r 'rim. h the vessel sailed may serve as a prop ei iulroduclioi). Some iune m the fall of 1826, the Frenaikh.ig Le Clair was driven in to this port by stress of weather.— The crew was composed entirely of Frenchmen; and the sailors thinking they ’ould get higher wages desert ed. Captain Toujae was consequent ly obliged to ship a new crew, which he did. Ali these were Americans, called John Mansfield, Tom, Jack, and Philip. On the passage down, Jean Baptiste was taken on hoard in the bay, as Cook. There were also on board a mate, and a young French man, a passenger. On the 28th of November they left the Capos for Goj-ee, oa the African coast. After arriving at Goree, and remaining there some weeks, they sailed for Cayenne on the Spanish Main. There the mate left them, and another was pro, tired in his place. They sailed /: ui Cayenne for either Gaudnloupe or Curracoa, and about midnight, on- th'- llh of March, being the Saturday nfl.'w leaving ill'' port, the murders' jvere committed. The evidence of Jean Baptiste was this :—On Saturday night the brig was taken. The Captain told me, if there should come on a squall, to he upon deck. I went below. By and by I heard a noise upon deck, and went up. Just as I got on deck, 1 saw theui heav ing the Captain overboard. The defend ant, John Mansfield, & Philip, were :he men who were throwing him over.— Jo in cried, “Steward!” and I gave him no answer. A second time he said, “Come here;” I went toliinraml ■aid, “What do you want?” “Go down; and tell the mate he is wanted pn clerk-” Says f, “Go yourself.”— Says Philip, “Go along.” I had to go. I went down below, and called the mate. Philip went half way down to the cabin; the mate awoke and come up on deck. Ho got the mate on deck, an4-just as the mate was in^j on deck, both of then* turned CHKROKEE PHOENIX AND INDIANS’ ADVOCATE. 0:1 him, and knocked him down with mallet, and killed him. They pound ed him when he was down, and alter he was dead; and then they hove him overboard. Defendant all this time was at the helm. John Mansfield and Philip went forward after the boat. The other boy was in the long boat asleep. Says John Mansfield, “Did you kill him dead?” “Oh, yes, lie’s dead enough. He’ll never come to! life again. Why don’t you heave his j bedding overborard?” John then , threw it overboard. Then they all came aft. I was then by the caboose, j As soon as they came aft, John Mans field said, “Trim the sails, now for Boston.” As soon as the sails were trimmed, John said, “Steward, go down below, and get lights.” I went ( down, and got light. They asked for [ the cheese, and went down. Defen- dant was at tliy helm; they drinking and eating cheese below—the best ^ brandy, wine, and porter, the Captain 1 had. They asked me if I did not j want any, and I said, “No, John, I j don’t.” Says he, “Go on deck, take the helm, and let Henry (defendant) come down. 1 done so, and' Henry went down. After Henry went down, I steered. After eating what they wanted, they came on deck tf’illi blankets. Thomas says, “let’s hunt for the money.” “No,” snvs John, let’s let it be till tomorrow morning They spread their blankets, and laid on deck. Next morning, after break fast, they went down with a hatchet, John, Mansfield, Tom, and Philip.— Henry'was at the helm. John says. “Tom, 1’vo found some money.”— Then they hallooed to me to take the helm. 1 took the helm, and Henry went down, and they came up. 1 heard the money rattle. John—the rest were below—says lie, “Now go down; here’s money for you.”— Says I, “I don’t want it.” “Why?” says he, “I don't want it,” says I. Well then, 1 went down after my dish es. The money laid there in an old hat on the seat. John says, “why don’t you take care of your money ?” Says Philip, “The steward has not taken care of his money. Says he; We an’! going to tell you ally more.” So I had (o go and take it; A gale of wind came oil. It blew about ten nays.— It became moderate, and we made sail for Boston. It blew again, and we had to lay with no sail. After it moderated, we made sail again, still on to Boston. Wc saw a schooner and a brig, and .sb on, but' did not speak them. The land ue made was oil’New York, called the Woodlands, the other side ofBnrncgat. A schoo- ’ ocr from New York was standing off. f I was at the helm'. John said, “Keep j right to the schooner; I want to speak , her.” Wo got close to the schooner, j and we hailed her. “Where from?” j “From New York.” “When did you leave?” _ “Last night.” “What j kind of winter have you had here?” “A very hard winter as ever was known.” “What land is this abreast of ns?” lie did not know exactly. |Onr people walked oil', and said, j “John, where’s Boston now?” John | said, “One place is good as a- nothcr.” We went on; the wind fresh from South. By and by it came on to blow. Took a reef in the main and fore topsails; then lie hauled oil’ by the wind, (I was at the helm) till 1 dark. As soon as dark he steered the J brig round, and run her direct for j New York light-house, on Sandy j Hook. He got within three miles of 1 the land. As soon as he found he was nigh enough in, he hove the ling to. Then John and Philip cut a hole in the brig. Than they got into the long boat to leave her. They lashed the helm a-rnid-ships, so that the brig should lie kept full. They all got in- I to the boat but myself. I got in last. I got hold of the rope to drop into the boat; John sung out, “Let go.”— They said, “The Steward has not got aboard yet.-” I got in. John says; “1 wish the steward was overboard.” We then made sail, and steered for (he light-house, and reached it just as day was breaking. Mansfield said, “I expect we shall be found out by that negro.” Says he, “if we are, we shall kill him.” Then Defend ant said, “It would he a pity lo heave him overboard, lie has been such a good cook to us.” They kept on the West of New York, with a strong ebb tide, up the North Riicr. We stop ped first at Brooklyn. Philip, De fendant and myself landed, and then tool: the steamboat anil crossed to New Y'ork. I had my clothes-bag, anJ JMiilip two handkerchiefs tied up. Then we parted, and I went to stay with a colored man in New York. I took the steamboat at twelve, and came to-Philadelphia. Then, on Sat-‘ urday, got on board of a Cape-man’s shallop, and went to the Cape. I fust { saw Defendant, after that, here in this court-room. When the brig was scuttled, wc could just sec the land. It was dark. YV'e could hear the breakers. It was a star-light night, the wind S. S. W. fresh. The mon ey we got was gold and French crowns. The gold was about the size of 50 cents. I don’t know what it was called. There were pieces about the size of 12 1-2 cents. I did not count what they gave me. I did not hear them say how much they had. (Pantaloons shown to the witness.)— These are the Captain’s. I have seen him wear them, many a time, in the brig. On cioss-c'xarninntiori lie said; I don’t know how much money 1 took from the brig; may-be six or seven hundred dollars. I took all 1 found in the hat in the cabin. I had to take it. If I had not taken it they would have killed me. 1 put my money into Mr. Staat’s hands, at Cape May, when 1 arrived there. Four weeks afterwards I was taken up, and im prisoned at Mount Holly. They brought me here first, and then on board tin* steamboat. Afterwards I w as take.) to T union, and examined before the judge. I was in Jail Iheu about .i week. Then they brought me down to Philadelphia, and here I have been in Jail ever since. 1 landed at Brooklyn last May. I told Mr Stants. when l gave him the money, what Mansfield, w r !io was the head man, told me to tell if any body asked me where I got tlie money, that I got it from my sister in the West Indies. I drew about forty dollars out of bis hands, lo live upon; and fbrfy more to pay for an acre of ground I own at Cape May. 1 have bought two acres since I returned; about two weeks since. I bought an old house, and gave for it twenty-five dollars. 1 ! bought a butteau. Those three sums ' were all I drew from Mr. Staats; in all a hundred and sixteen dollars. He had five hundred dollars in his IIUIlClO >>l«l.l. tl.v, vu.lalcl.lb arrc.lcl me; which he kept, and has now. I shipped on hoard the brig at this town. I don’t know the street. It was at the French Consul’s office. I don’t talk or understand French. The Captain talked French. He could «'iot talk English. The brig’s flag was all white. She was a. French brig. I don't know ivhe owned her. I .tfm't know where the owner lived. When we sailed from Philadelphia, the flag was hoisted. I signed the articles i before the Consul. Mr. Ilarry. the pilot, was by. The articles were not read tonic’.—Thefi's' place we touched at was Goree. Same of the ; cargo was sold there, nothing was j taken in. Tobacco, flour, and cheese, were sold.—Nothing else was taken on shore. I DEVELOPMENT OF GENIUS, j It was, ns has been stated, the ac- J cident of the roof of his father’s cot tage corning down while he was a child; (hat first turned Forguson’s at tention to mechanical contrivance. Such are chances which often devel op© genius, and probably cu n give it in part its direction and peculiar character. The late eminent engi neer, John Rennie, used to trace his first notions in regard to the powers of machinery, to his having been ob liged; when a hoy, in consequence of the breaking down of a bridge, to go one w inter every morning to school by a circuitous road, w hich carried him past a place where a thrashing- machine was generally at work. Perhaps, had it not been for this ca sualty, lie might have adopted anoth er profession than the one in which lie so much distinguished himself. It was the appearance of the celebrated comet of 1744 which first attracted the imagination of Lalaiidc, then a boy of twelve years of age, to astronomy. The great Linnaeus was probably made n botanist by the circumstances of his father having a few rather un common plants in his garden. Har rison is said to have been originally inspired with the idea of devoting himself to the constructing of marine time-pieces, by his residence in view of the sea. It was a voyage iu the Mediterranean which first gave to Fernet his enthusiasm for marine, painting. Other vpvnt painters h; ■ probably been indebted to still slight er circumstances for their first intro duction to the art. Claude Lorraine derived his taste from frequenting the workshop of his' brother, who was a wood engraver. The elder Caravag gio, Poiidoro Caldara, was born, of poor parents, at the town in the north of Italy from which he takes his com mon designation; and having, when a young man, wandered as far as Rome, in search of work, was at last engaged to carry mortar lor the fresco pain ters, who were then employed in de corating the Vatican, which humble occupation giving him the opportuni ty of observing the operations of these artists, first inspired him with the ambition ol becoming himself a pain ter. The commencement of the his tory ui Michael Angelo Caravaggio is not very different. He, ns Ins name denotes, was a native of the same place as Poiidoro, though lie flour ished more than half a century later, and he is' recoiled to have had his love ol the art first awakened by being when a boy, employed by bis father, who was a rnaxou, to mix plaster for some fresco painters at Mian. An other Italian painter, Cavedone, owed his introduction to his profession to the accident of having been received after he had been turned out ol doors by his father, into the service of a gentleman who happened to possess a good collection of pictures, which he began by copying in ink with a pen. Janies Tassie, the celebrated meddler and maker of paste gems, commenced life as a stonemason in Glasgow, and was first prompted to aspire to some thing beyond this humble occupation by having gone by chance oil a holiday lo see the paintings in the academy for instruction in the fine arts, estab lished in that city by Messrs. Ro bert and Andrew Foulis, the painters. Having obtained admission to the aca demy as a pfipil, he wrought at his original trade to maintain himself, until he had acquired a knowledge of drawing. 'Lassie became eventually the most distinguished artist in his line in Europe; and carried, indeed, (he art itself which he practised, to a degree of perfection (Hat before' his tune had not been approached. A descriptive catalogue of his pastes, ..l,;~i. „# <u„ „r i„„ 1709, amounted to twenty thousand, has been published in two quarto volumes, and among them are enumer ated imitations or ratherfac-cimilies, of all the more celebrated gems, an cient and modern, known to be in existence. CHINESE CUNNING. A mandarin inspector, from Whom a mandarin of higher class, his mor tal enemy, had caused his seals to lie stolen, was apprehensive that his loss might involve the loss of his place, and perhaps his I.ife.^ What did he do fu effect a restitution of ids precious' object?. He set tire., to his own dwelling in the night, and then in the presence of tlie bystanders saved a little casket in which his seals were generally deposited, and carried it to bis enemy, entreating that lie'would take especial care of his charge. The mandarin, in his turn; apprehen sive of being accused with having stolen tlie seals, was forced to place them in the box; and thus, in spite of himself, restore tranquillity to the person whom lie wished to ruin. Manners of China. A glutton stepping into all oyster cellar in Philadelphia last winter, ale till some gentlemen who were present expressed their astonishment at the evident capacity of Ids interior. After devouring what would have suf ficed for a supper for at least six or dinary eaters, lie wps about rising from tho table, when one of the gen tlemen approached him, and offering him another dish, pressed him ironical ly to take some more, as he appeared to have last his “stomach” “By jupitcr,” said an Irishman in tho room, “bis stomach’s not all gone; he’s only lost the bottom of it.” DR. CHEYNE. M hen some one was talking before this acute Scotsman of the excel lence of human nature, ‘Hoot, lipot, nion,’ says lie, ‘human nature if a rogue and a scoundrel; or why would it perpetually stand in need of laws and of religion? The printer of an eastern paper savs that many of Ids patrons would make good w heel horses, they hold jack 60 well: A passenger on board one of th& steam boats, in Boston harbour, lva* asked what gave to the waters their peculiar green colour? The Tea. Leaves at the bottom, was the re- ply. CASTINGS. VJlHE Subscriber has for sale a quantity of CASTIN GS ( of almost every d*s? cription; be will sell low for iCPc.\SH.^OJ or he will receive Hides, Deer skins, anji all kinds of Furs in exchange for them. JNO. F. WHEELER. Nov. 18, 1B29. 7 NOTICE. " W ILL be sold to the highest bidder op the 1st day of December next, at the late residence of James Pettit neat Conasauga, between sixty and seventy a/i crcs of CORN as it stands in the field, and fromsivto sev«r on hundred bushels of Corn in 'he crib, aiul twenty lii e stacks of FODDER. ALSO, on the 24 of December, at the., house of Fidward Adair, seventeen head of CATTLE, and one likely negvo roan, named all levied on as the property of James Pet tit) to satisfy a judgment obtained against said Pettit in favor of F.lizabeth Pettit.- — The above property will be sold unless roc deemed. JOSEPH LYNCH, Marshal. Nov. 4, 1829 30 tils. NOTICE 1 8 hereby given that the several shares of the Federal read will be let ou,t to the lowest bidder, at my house, on Mon* day the 1st of December next, agreeably' to a late resolution of the General Council, 1 do hereby notify all who may be conf corned, that those who have business with- the treasurer, are required to attend on the days prescribed by law, that is Wednes days and Thursdays. JOHN MARTIN Trcas'r. New Echota 10th Nov. 1829 — . - ■- dm.ezjjwS G«y sso-o-t .ise.io-a i-r- r; <;«yz sar-r* ouror* jomt.i DU DtDOKT (Fe.Vli‘V’lK'9 TE& TS J«y»5> iTt».t .IS9.KXI I'4*i.l. DtT WSIfZvCi IiS.lGT City J I, -9 l/l.* 1)9-0 usac®, mvi o-y- /iz ts Ea.0At.sT G«y irhs«w a®- za^dt-i. Pa iy, D90 asjxJd. U TK.l 19 TS 0-1.9X ©OT, 1829. 'INFORMA 71 ON JEJlNTEd7-~ ripilE Subscriber living at the Head of B- Coosa, Cherokee Nation, wishes to know where a certain young man now re^-' sides by tho name of , H. GIBBS’, by occupation a Printer, who a lew n: since came from McMinn county, East Tennessee, anil got employment in the of fice of the Cherokee Phamix, at New E- fhota for a short time; he was discontinued; from tha* office in the latter part of the summer, and has remained in the pi igh.-r borhood of Ooukiltogee, near that place, until a few weeks ago, when he staiteiY trom that place in company with a gentle man who was going to Macon, Georgia. I am infonned by that gentleman, that said Gibbs went oh to Macon with him and' left 1 dm at that place about the 24th or 25th August and started for Milledgcville ' Georgia, to seek employment during the sitting of the Legislature. If he should lie: at that place or any part of the State, L should take it as. a favor if some friend (to Hon csfy and fair dealings) would let i.w know by mail; as said Gibbs has gone off and has neglected to pnv his hook account with me,—the account he owes me is not much—but information respecting him would no doubt benefit some of his other creditors—Mr. Gibbs is rather inclined to low built, about live feet three orsfour in ches high, dark hair, tolerably free spoken and has a blemish in one of his Eves, whicli prevents him from seeing much out of it. It lias become too common these, hard times for those Broad-cloth-coat gen’-*- tirmen, if I may style them such, to make accounts in stores Si more to another sec- • tion. Thev deserve Ihe notice of public prints as much as high-way robbers, as they arc always on the lookout and ready ty practice fraud on the public at large, • and they cannot he considered otherwise- than Swindlers. GEO. M. LAVENDER. Otober 28;/:, 1829. 39,—tfir pROM S^hBe^lC^Jday of Oct- -*• ober last, an old sorrel horse, very poor, large shoulders with a large sear oil- otic, occasior.ed lrom a hum, other marks not recollected. Any person who will inform me whore lie is, will oblige JNO. F. WHEELER, Nov 18, 1829. T l;'ORlf?V f ARN trading -H for three notes of hand, given by ine to Robert Vann, sometime in the month of March last, each for two hundred dollars, first due in 1830, second in 1831, anil ilhe third in 1832, as ) do*not intend to pay/ them unless compelled by law. JOHN CAMPBELL- Oct. 28, 1929. 09 3 OF THE CHEROKEE NATION FOR SALE HERE.