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•fcrflsbytctiaa iftlalstcrs, and Mr.
Tiott wag Gained to the India® Pris
oner. .Aflur a toilsome march or
J hreo days from where 1 was firs 1
irrested, we reached Camp Gilmer
With blistered feet and tVtftried limbs.
We were marched in as before de
scribed in the case of Mr. Trdtt’s
lirst arrest, and immediately forced
into the filthy prison. As we went
into the prison, Brooks still lollowed
with his curses, of which he had
bv no means been sparing during our
march. Said he, “Into Urn place
shall all the %nemies oL^eorgia
co and afterwards into hell! But
We had the consolation to know that
although he had the power to put us
hi the former, he had not the power
hor the right to send us to |lic latter
0n Tuesday, the ifth inst after
f^Virtg renilined in prison nearly two
days and nighls, and been prisoner
five days, I was called to appear be
fore Col.. Nelson, (the same man who
bad me arrested) when he, in quite
an austere manner, laid several things
to my charge, none of which he
could prove. The most prominent
charge was, “that he had been mfor,
mod tflad 1 had moved my resident
but ivas’still prowling through the
nation, trying to oppose the operation
of the Georgia laws/’ I told him
general course, which I was able
make appear, would prove Iws
fallacious. Until iuy trial.
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CHEUOKJEE PIKEfVIX.
NEW ECHOTA. SEPT. 3, 1831.
«rS£ir_ .. .i— ;*?:-? ■ T --.y —- - ■■■( - •
Jtfr, Jli''Lead's letter.—The letter of
the Rev. My,, McLeod to the editor of
the Western \Vcek!y Review, detailing
the circumstances of his arrest by the
Georgia Guard, we publish merely ns a
confirmation! of what
lated to the public in
as already been re
paper.
Wo‘think il must be pretty evident
about this time .that the Cherokee!- are
really attached to their country and
homes. What has not been attempted
within th* two last years to induce
them to forsake the “graves of their fa
thers”? Every thing except open force.
It was supposed by most of the firm friends
oftlio Indians that it was impossible for
the Gherokees to withstand the oppressive
measures of tlr Goneml Government an'*
makes mention, as “sufficient to con
vince the Courts of the state of Geor
gia, “that-Missfonaries are not agents”
of tlie GeneraI Goverrent was not
necessary to produce conviction it! »y
tirne,jo1iis own house, 4 to a manf
tor whom, for fourteen years, 1 have
cherished a feeling of the since rest
attachment, and whose talents will
yet be avaitetf of by the nation, and
This
in
to
Charge
I V,pposed that the ostensible cause
ot my arrest was what I had said io
Mr/Trott, as before related, ku«nv•
irig lli.it they r only r wonted «m*‘ pre-
tc«t to punish me; but on my trial
i W.yood otherwise. Tin Col. told
had known at lirst that hi
ot
cipjld not have “made a case ot me ’
(i. p. put mu io the penitentiary,)
jie would most cortainly have made
lii* nmo strip mu. me to a tree
end give me fifty lashes! I was then
div barged, ordered'to quit the lim
its of the S ate as quick as possible
and not sufforud to return to tell my
brother prisoners farewell. I left
the mi$Vi. navies, a white citizen of
the nation and a Cherokee, in prison,
awaiting their trial. - The substance
trflhe above statements is vouched
for by my ovvri name, and can be pro
ven by respectable testimony.' With
out any commont, the r eader is left
Jo make hie decision.
Tours respectfully,
f DC ‘McLEOD.
INste. To those who may not be
itt*possession of the fact, it may bo
necessary to mention, that the vvri-
ie'r of the above statements is the
Superintendent of the Methodist
Mi 8s<on in the Cherokee Nation, and
iu connexion with the Tennessee An
Altai Conference. Editor.
The “poor Indian"—Jbe Cherokee
jPJiiBnix complains hittirly—and us it
**«ias 'riot ivithput reason—ol the
treaiuiisnt which i<i editor snd pub
lisher have received. The editor
was summoned, as he says, te appear
before the coirimandcr of the Georgia !
Guard, and to listen to a lecture on
the State of Georgia—-they sitppo9ed that
they would be Compelled to remove as j have been received through the prop-
soon as they were made to understand er channels. The method and object
that they would receive no protection. I °f our Missionary labors remain un-
But ihfci fortitude and energy have grown j changed, if-changes have occurred
with the increase of their oppression.-— ■ elsewhere, so that if wo may now he
They are determined to cling to their | represented to the public as opposed
honAs until forced away, or their rights ■ f® measures whose object is the civ-
act{H6w.edged* by proper tribunal-. In j ilization of the Indians, ei us rulprits
♦lie*inean time, they will continue, an they 1 observing sever© punishment, 1 trust
have done, to urge those rights upon the 1 thp ‘" ne 18 »?* v f p 5. f ?. r dlsliU “ vvllon
- - b 1 * an unseen Hand shall
sions like these
;s my pi'mlicuon--
own mind on that point. Although in some departinentof llm General Gvo-
the aid and sanction of that body have
bcoo extended to us, in belter days,
and although their protection is now
greatly desired; yet 1 feel no particu
lar disappointment or regret, upon
learning that wo are not considered
by them as their agents.* Your Ex
cellency is pleased to represent me
as opposed “to the humane policy
which the Geneial Government has
adopted for the civilization 6f the in,
dians.” 1 am sensible of feeling no op
position to any ‘'policy" which aims at
accomplishing the above object. And
1 urn certain that I have no inclination
to,stay the progress of 1 bat “policy”
which bus been pursued by the Gen
eral Gov eminent for the civilization
of the Indians over since the Revolu
tion, I could wish that the counsels of
Washington arid Jefferson and of oth
ers, on this subject, were indelibly
engraven on the memory of my coun
trymen, I boliove too, that Mission
aries arc still pursuing the course to
which they have been recommended
by the General Government; &. that no
counter instructions from ilia, source
crnnml
mark it-
The above is the prophesy--its fui-
fil mentis before the people in the
annunciation of Gov. Cass’s appoint
ment to the Department of War.
*At Detroit. {Governor Cass.
Troubles In Michigan.—A friend
at Detroit, lias sent us the following
under the date of July 23: “This
community has been tbiot u into a
perfect ferment by the receipt oi
intelligence this morning, that a ooy
from Kentucky, between nineteen and
twemy years of age, has been appoin
ted Secretary of the Territory, an
office corresponding to that of Cicui.
Governor in the status. The latner
of this boy, J. T. Mason, was appoin
ted to this office a little muie than a
of the “sacramental hast? J over etfrorffiicfc
delusion.
ft is believed that a large portion of the
American community are prepared, by
the prevalence of urbane and charitable
sentiments between the various religious
denominations, to appreciate and sustain a
publication, which, while its chief aim in
its religious departments shall life the gloe
ry of G od and the promotion of the best
interests of mankind, will tender equal
justice.to all, and engage in> controversy
With none.
To the leading objects of this publica
tion the subscriber is willing to devote -
all the xperience he may have garbed in
ten years of editorial labors, and humbly
hopes that his enterprise, at, far as it
worthily promotes the body cause of Chris
tian Union and piety,- may be crowned
with tne approbation of Heaven, and sus
tained by an enlightened public.
TERMS.
5CJ“The price of the Weekly Mcssen-
gei will-be Two Dollars and Fifty Cents .
a year, payable in advance.
|CjP*Postmasters, ministers, and ot icp
responsible gentlemen, who arc Willing to
act as ag. nts, and secure the payment of
six annual subscriptions, shall be entitled
to the seventh gratuitously, or to a propor-
t onate allowance in then cash account'.
IcU 1 'Offers of agency from responsible
year sioee, and bits now, it appears, i gentlemen at a distance will be gratefully ,
resigned in favor ot ins sou t.o enjoy received.
a more lucrative appointment. The All communications to Badger’s W eekiy
\Yipo asper-
from our charac
ter.
consideration of trie American people—
They w 11 continue to call upon llm <>xpe
tty e and Congress of the United Stat -s
for that protection which has been solemn
ly promised toth: m in bettc- days, wli- th-
nr those high aulborilies will hear or not.
It is highly desirable <bat Congres- honld
meet the question honestly—come to some ; * i n regard to missionaries being agents
decision, either acknowledge the treaties, j ol the General Government I would be
With sentiments of high regard^por,
mil me to subs* ril»c myself, Your Ex
cellency’s obedient Serv’t v
JOHN THOMPSON.
or deciaie them null and void, as the Pres
ident has done. The Gherokees wish the
question settled soon some-way.
understuoc. as expYess ng only my own
opinion. Others luay, or may not diiier
from me*
^.itiiwiawniwwini mt m wroiwfimuKiwy
On the second Jtf undav of this month
the Superior Court of Gwinnett County^
Ga., commerces its session, when ten
white men will be indicted for the crime j
of residing within the limits of ihe Geor- :
gia riharter without taking the oath ofal- ’
legiance. Penalty—rot less than four
years hard labor in the Penitentiary. The
following are their names; J. A. Thomp
son, - IT. Thompson, Thomas Gann, J. F.
Wheeler, J. J. Trott, S, A, Worcester,
K.' BiitW, S. Mayes, A, Copeland, and
Edward Delosier.
To Destroy Alos^uitoes.’^-Take a
low tun coats in a suovcl ui chulv.ig
dish, mid buru some brown sugsi m
your bed rooms and put fours, auu you
: otfcctually destroy the uiosquuues tor
; tlic nigut. 1 his expot uncut nas been
; trcquuuily tried, and always produced
' the desired effect,
A New York paper says that burn
ing brown sugar will “effectually de
stroy rmtsqiittocs lor tiio night.”—
We have tried Lite experiment and
LETTER OF THF. BEY J. THOM?- kl uttei- ly ineffectual. I ennyrey-
SON J’O THE GOVERNOR OF
GEORGIA.
BRAtNrtRD Mission C. N
August 13, 1831.
To his Excellency George R. Gilmer,
G overnor of the State of Georgia.
Sir.—-A .'Omiuunieation from your
Excellency dated Mav 16, enclosed
al or
than
tobacco is far more powerlul
sugar. But, we believe, the
tact ot Mr. Mason, senior, being hip- j
ther-m-law to the ifost- Master Gen- j
eral, accounts „foi tins regularity ol |
succession. The people ol Michigan, j
however, arc disposed to holt, as you 1
will perceive by the enclosed baud- i
hill. Yuurs, &: .
“To one a!NU all—Appointment the Ban., of. tire Unit* •: state
by the President!—Stephen Thompson 1 suc * 1 ® ,!Ue U-1 are in 6°'-
Mtisen, of iitnluqkey, to be becre-
lary of yhe Territory oi Michigan
Citizen of all parties, who
willing that the extensive potvcis,
vested by the Ordinance in the Sec
retary ol this Territory, especially
Messenger pm s' be post paid unless they
contain ih« nr.mes of subscribers or rem %
tances of money. Cnumiunbc&tioris should
be ai! !r«?sven to “li. Badger, editor and
proprietor of the ‘Weekly Messenger,’
No-.v-York'”
tt^pCai-4 should be take 1 Jo making
remittance!# by letter from a dis nice that
the money inclosed shou' j e mic. be bills
or od
credit
whose notes are subject, to no .njuri*
oils discount in this cite. All vorriiuanecB’
made at the risk of tfic Proprietor of the
are un-; Messenger.
ICPGcntlemen.'.ending on their swit
name# as subscribers, or the^names ol ili.ot
persons whom they wish ia include m tUcig
ag'-ncies,’arc <!':sired to w rite the name -<aif
iii the absence or decease of the subscriber, town or post office, dauntry sod
Governor, be entrusted to iy MINOR state :r. a plain hand, with attention io tue
... ; . o correctness of the orthographv,-
nro invited to meet at the bession 1 - - ' •
Room, this evening at 7 o'clock.—
a
ectton o! the
Detroit, Saturday,
Journal.
July %¥ 7 -Buffalo
lb* liberty of the pi ess In the course j in one from Col. J. W. A Sandford
of the’iocturtJ, hi w as given to tin-1 of Ike 28th, was delivered to rue by
durst snd, that if he were toe free in I a member of the Guard on the Sab-
bir remarks about the Guard, or in hath morning of the 29th of the same
other words if he published any more month. Several causes have pre-
olanders, lie would lie tied to a treo j vented an earlier reply 1 rora Col.
ond receive “a sound whipping.” ! Sandford’s letter, I learned that ten
He publishes likewise some letters days would be allow-ed me in which
bich he has received, containing the to comply with your Excellency’s
tvbiol t
most violent threats, and pouring out
Ihe most vulgar abuse. Such a stale i
of things as is diclosed in these pub-
licatfous and the Ifetlar of the Rev.
Mr. McLeod, reflects the highest
advice to remove beyond the torritory |
•f the Cherokric8 claimed by the J
State of Georgia. The feeble health I
of my fanlily, their exposed situation
in consequence of attempts made to
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opRPif tyz?"® o'vy <ftS(r»»-
>vMVJl tJMfflUBOTS Di * 6»1»-
cliange of residence expedient. Ac
cordingly shortly after the reception
of your Excellency’s communication,
my family was removed to this plnce.
In adopting this course, I could not
however recognise ihe right tb re
quire such a step of me as existing in
the authorities of the State pver
which your Excellency has the honor
to preside To another , power 1
suppose niyseff amenable while a re
sident in this nation, unless a decision
at variance with my present views
shall be made by .the proper tribunals
The reason why I cont inued my res
idence at Hightower since the first of
March, without a “license,” will,
after ,the foregoing statement be suffi
cieutlv obvious. The “ovidence ob
tained from the United States goyern-
oulv real protection against them, is
barring them out. The attempt to
srueiio them away can only he eifi
j cieul, w hen the atmosphere is ren-
I dered intolerable to man as well as
i to insect.
! To kill hous6 flic.— Take half a
spoonful of black peper in powder,
! one tea spoon full ol brown sugar; and
place the composition in the room on
a plate, where the flics are trodble-
;umo, and they will soon disap
pear.
Athens - , Ala. Aug. G. — Shocking
Affair.—On Thursday evening Iasi a
quarrel and fight took place, just at
the edge ol this town, between Tho’s.
Pounders, a planter living in this
county, and Archibald Thurman, a
sliOamaker, who lived in <!:ls place—
Thin man was ill Ihreri er
four places, and died almbst instantly,
on the spot where the fight took
place. Both tlie men have families.
Pounders is an elderly manjTluirman
was-abottt thirty years of ago. We
have heard what gave rise to the
dispute which terminated So fatally,
but it is not proper matter for a
newspaper. We forbear Airthcr re-
marks-Pouridbrs has been committed
for jail.
Alabama.—The Hon John Gayle
has been elected Governor of this
State, for the ensuing two years, by
a majority of more than six thousand
votes over his opponent receiving the
next highest vote.
Prophesy Fulfilled.—hi Col. M 'Ken
ney’s “ Tour to the Lakes" written ir>
182G, and at page yo, are the fol
lowing remarks. .
At two o’clock, (of June 16,
imnPdirBiu me ijmii.il ywiu. ' - j %.
incntj”. of which jrour Excellency J1826) I paid my raspects, for the first
A description of the person of Jesus
Christ, ns it was found in an ancient
manuscript sent by Publius Lutullus,
Pr> sident of Judae, to tue toeuate of
Rome.
i here lives at this time in Judea,
a man of singular character, whose
name is Jesus Christ, l'he barbarians
esteem him as then prophet; hut tns
followers adore him a* the immediate
offspring of the immortal Uod. He
is endowed with such unparalleled
virtue as to call back the dead irom
their graves, and to heal every
ot disease with a word or a Touch.
Ills person is tall & elegantly snupeti,
his aspect amiable anil rev cjend; his
hair flows in those beauteous snuues
which no united color can ai.uu,
falling in graceful curls befow ms
ears, agreeably couching on ms shoul
ders, and parling on the crown oi his
head, his dress ol the sect oi Nazar-
it.es, his forehead is smooth and laigw;
bis cheeks without either spot, save
that of lovely red; his nose and mouth
are formed with exquisite symmetry;
his head is thick and suitable to the
hair of his head, reaching a little bo-
low his chin and parting in the middle
like a fork; his eyes are bright, oleai
and serene. He rebukes with mild
ness—and invites, with the most ten
der persuasive language—his whole
address, whether in word or deed,
being elegant, ^rave and strictly
characteristic so exalted a being.
No man has seen him laugh, but the
whole world beholds him weep fre
quently; and so persuasive are his
tears that the whole multitude cannot
withhold their tears from joining in
sympathy with him, He is modest,
temperate and wise; in short, whatr
ever the phenomenon may turn out iu
Ike end, he seems at prbflCnt to be a
man of excellent beauty, aud divine
perfections, every way surpassing
men. .
IlA [ 3GI2W’3 WBBEliY £0.^7.
322-* GjER*
To his friends and the public generally
the subscriber would announce his inten
tion of publishing, on the 4th of July en
suing, the specimen number of a newspa
per under the title of Badger?* Weekly
Messenger, to be devoted to the interests
of Religion Literature Science, Agricul
ture, Commerce, and Public Occurrences.
While nil the evangelical denominations
of Christian benevolence, have accredited
organs of intelligence, comparatively but
few publications of a highly intellectual
and useful character have been established
on the common ground of Christianity.—
It wiTl therefore be the high purpose d!
the Weekly Messenger to record, unin
fluenced by the partiality of prejudice of
local or sectarian view*; (be movements
ofth» phristian world, anil hail the tri-
umpl»B»urider whatever banner achieved,
i mistakes »iay occur in the ('
! papers and in the account book -
B. BADGER.
iS'evj York, Juste \Oth, 1831.
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CONTENTS VOL. 8 NO. 1 FCS JU#
JULY 1331.
Pa 'tj.
Editor nn the Quadrature of tlie Circ’ . 1
Application of Authra it 1 ’ to tin- Dryl.tr,
of Tobacco, ®
FIlANia.IK institutk.
Monthly Meeting, Mmutes of, 6
A ME I’.IC \N PATF.KT -
List ofAme ican Paientsfoidliarch*
1331,with Remarks hy the Etlltor, il
SPECIFICATIONS*
For Improvement in Lamps, Gallup's. 21
For Locomotive. Carriages and Rail
roads, Kimber's. 22
Far Splitting, Shaving and Cutting Leath
er,^ikc. Duwlei/s, 2S
FofTmprovenient in mixing Points L.!+
nell’s,
For Impioverttent in Drawing ami
Renewing Lotteries, Casey’s,
For New Alloy for Sheathing Ships,
lievere's,
ENGLISH PATENTS.
For Glazing Horticultural and other
Bunding. 1 , Harrison and Curtis',
For Improvement, in Saddles, Cal-
aerl’s,
For Preparation of British Tapioca,
M'Inne*•’,
For Improvement in ^Manufacturing
Sugar, Garnet's,
For Improvement in .Making and
Purifying Sugar,' llobinson's,
French Ordinances on High Pressure
Engines,
Boilers used in Steam Boats,
In relation to Steam Boats,
Low Pressure Boilers used
iu Steam Boats,
-Note on the method of calcu
lating the thickness of wrought
iron Boilers
Moll on the Invention of Telescopes,
On Fusible JlZetal for Wo*d Blocks In'
Calico Printing,
Mordant lor Ca ico Printers,
On tlie Results of Machinery,
Qu Biscuit Baking by Sfeam,
On Emery Cloth, .
On Illumination «f Light Houses,
On a Photiwbler for Measuring tho
Relative Intensity of Light,
Easy Mode of Repeating Clement's
. Experiment,
Discharge of a Jet of Water, under
YVater,
Oh Preventing the Discharge of a
Bullet -from a Gun by the Fin
gers,
New Lamp, ,
Extraction of Potash ffom aartaiu Mm
erjilsj
Recent Impiovement in. Paper M«fe
2d
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32
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39
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