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? ^ r FroroThe Albany Gazette.
Tlfq fct>t-ri‘spon< | i , tit who sffnt us
the following, stiys it ivas related to
hlln'sonifc yfiniS since, bv an officer
of Wasinngton’s army. He caused
It fo fyj puMishcd in this cilv, some
time suic®, amt ho now asks its re-'
publication Jo show that the stories
lately tokt'about him are noteor-
reef.
THE IMMORTAL WASHING-
■-’* ' TON.
Sonic twenty years sine being in
company with a native citizen of
New Jersey, a venerable old gentle
man, then 70 years^of agt>> and for
aught your correspondent knows, U
still living—he said he was personal
ly acquainted with the lather of our
the country Ge n Washington; and in
course of our conversation, related
the following occurrence, which the
venerable old gentleman said he was
knowing to have actually occurred in
Now Jersey, during the revolutiona
ry war. General Washington was
discovered by a farmer deliberately
walking in a pleasant grove, within
a quarter of a mile of the army, ap
parently in deep reflection—-when
the farmer suddenly approached him,
and accosted him with the usual
compliments.-. The Gen. after return
ing the compliment, took the farmer
by the hand, led him to the verge of
the grove, then p< inting «o a soire of
about a mile distant, said, “Friend,
ivliat church, is that?” “That, sir,
is n Presbyterian church of which 1
am, a contmunicant.” “Pray," sit,
hold you service there to-morroiv?”
(next day being Sunday.) “Yes,
sir: and I have the pleasure to inform
you that the Lord's Supper, is to be
administered there to-morrow-.”—
The General thanked him, bowed,
returned to the camp, ordered his
horse, called on tho minister, and en-
your renfd*rf are well acquainted.
His order t« asjaisiuate tho babes ol
Rethlflhem for the purpose of dest roy
ing the tnfant SaviqW, was hut one
ol many horrid atrgeuies which tie
perpetrated. His palace was the
scene of incessant intrigues and blood
shed. As if inspire^ by the demon of
suspicion and munlqt, he put to death
the grandfather, uncle, brother and
mother of his beautiful Mariamne
whom he loved almost to frenzy: She
was a Jewess, a grand'daughter of
Hyrcanus H, High Priest of the
Jews. Such was Ins jonlousy, when
going out on a dangerous expedition,
lie left orders, that in case of his
death, her life should he taken. His
secret orders were disclosed to her,
and on his return she received him
with indifference and coldness. By
the intrigue of his sister, she was tri
ed by her husband for pretended in
constancy, who unjustly condemned
her and ordered her execution. Ever
after, the image of his murdered Mari-
amne was befora him, both in his
steeping and waking hours. He in
dulged in various scenes- of dissipation-
and pleasure to divert his mind, hut
in vain! The thoughts of Vlnriamnn
drove him to desperation and derange
ment The fires of remorse, kind
ling in his conscience, seemed to
commence the punishment 'lie hini ;
for his atrocities, hefol-o his proba
tionary stato was closed.
Yours. <$-o. C. F.
"Ob, Mariamne! mw’ the
The heart for which thou bled’st is bice-
dins'!
Revenge is lost in agony,
And wild remorse to rage succeeding:
Oh, Mariamne/ where ait theu?
Thou canst not hear my hitter pleading,
Ah, couldst thou—thou wonldst pardon
now,
Though Heaven were to my prayer un
tie ding.
quired of him whether the Lord’s
Supper was to be administered by
him the next day. Tho Rev. gentle
man said, “Yes, air.” “Inm infortn-
ed, 9ir,” said Washington, ^“that you
are a pastor of a Presbyterian con-
gre- ation.” “I am,” said the minis
ter.” Well-, sir, ! felt desirous to
partake with you; but as I consider
ed myself of tho Episcopal order,
would you have any objeclTous to per
mit me to participate with you?”—
♦‘Happy, indeed, would I feel to of
fer you the hand of Christian fellow
ship, but, sir, you are a stranger. If,
however, I may he allowed to judge
from your external appearance; you
hold a high rank in* General Washing
ton's army—a line from him, *ir, as
to your standing as a pious man, will
be all ami all sufficient.” “Pray,
sir, do you know Washington?” Ido
not, but, sir, we know him us a good
man: yes, and a pious man—verj few
to be compared with him.” -‘You
•Inay, sir, have an objection to me as
an Episcopalian, or what is common
ly called of the church of England.”
“No, sir, the table to which you,will
be admitted, (by. Washington’s recom
mendation) is the Lord’s table—not
the Presbyterian’s table.” Solemn
silence pervaded the parlorMor
some moments: when that sweet
delicacy, so peculiar to our country’s
fa}her, came in contact with a duty,
paramount to all earthly considera
tions he broke silence, and said,
“thunk you, sir; pwrmit me to inform
you that I am George Washington.”
The Rev. gentleman was dumb for
few moments—but sootv recovered
from his surprise—then caught the
General by the hand, and said, “Gen
eral* Washington!—come, sir, and
welcome. Yes, Goneral, it will
prove a happy day; my congregation
will rejoice, and feel proud to have
so sincere a Christian at tho feast.”
The good, yes, tho great—he who
now enjoys the elevated mansion on
the right, hand of our blessed Saviour
who suffered on Calvary’s mount—
went and partook of the emblems in
commemoration of HIM, who said,
“as often as you eat, as ofton as you
drink, do it in Nimamberance of
me.”
“Ami is she dead?—and did they darn
Obey my phre.nzv’s jealous raving?
Mv wrath but doom’d mv own despair,
The sword that smote hejr’s o’er u|C wa
ving.—
But tlioit art cold, my murdered love!
And this dark heart is vaintyJcroving
fror her who-soars,alone abpvc.
And leaves my soul unworthy saving.
“She’s gone, who shared my diadem:
She sunk, with her my joys entomb
ing;
I swept that flower from Judah’s stern,
Whose leaves alone for me were bloom-
ing:
And mine’s the gnilt, and mine the hell,
This bosjyn’f; desolation dooming:
And I h^j-e earned tho«e tortures well,
¥/ Which nnconsu.n’J arc stiij eonsunp
mg.” -
From the Southern Religious Telegraph
THE MURDER OF MARIAMNE
Mr. Editor,—You will oblige <
reader, perhaps many, by inserting
the following beautiful lines from By-
ron’s Hebrew. Melodies, in which the
•(feet produced on the mind of Herod
b) the murder of his wife, Mariamne,
ft poW^rilly ‘described. With tho
character of that iucarnkfa tfonster
THE INDIANS.
A friend has favored us with sever
al extracts of letters relating to that
much abused, but always interesting
race, the Indians. The first is rein
u gent toman residing near the Smith
line of 'I ennessee. To avoid miscon
ception, or intentional misunderstand
ing, it may be proper to state that
his remarks are by no means intended
to apply to the whole population who
surround the Cherokees, or indeed to
any considerable part of them. Yet
the number to whom they do apply,
is sufficiently great to make the In
dians miserable, and inflict on then* i ll
manner of abuse. [Journal of Coni.
Saunders gave a very distressing
piettfre of the Cherokees in the south
part of ttyo nation. Ho thinks there
is ntoreStii committed by whites and
Cherokees on the Hightower river
from the Sixes to the Forks, than in
vtll the country besides. White men
crowd in with liquor, and take the
pool- Indians immediately in this net
One man, he mentioned in particular,
I think from Tennessee, who takes
loads of whiskey, of which he gives
away great quantities to keep the In
dians drunk, and #*####
Hero I will speak one good word
for the Indians. It soems generally
admitted, at the present day, (hat In
dians.arc better than the whites a-
round them, Men in almost the high
est standing in the United States
seem to admit this, and make it an
argument for urging a removal to the
West. They cannot be surrounded
by American citizens without having
their property torn from them, their
minds corrupted, and their morals
debased; therefore they must leave
American citizens, ondjpetire to the
uncivilized inhabitants of the forest!
American cittern are so muck worse
than the Indians, that the latter can*
not live near them. Do. not facts
-sufficiently evince this? While the
white man can go and come without
fear of robbe«y, oppression qr murrfer,
the poer Indian must tvaieh night and
day, to preserve even one little poney!
to plough his .field, or one poor cow
},o nourish his children, or one,.heeve
to ftirnisji meat’for his table. White
women can pass and repass with safe*
y among the Indians, yet the Indians
must watch with the most anxious
solicitude, or their wives and daugh
ters will be betrayed, debauched, &
worse than murdered by American ci
tizens. Mhov must watch also every
motion of their odu hearts, or they
are made drunkards before they know
it by American ostizens, who are con
stantly forcing intoxicating poison into
their ' bauds. Wherever they go,
which way soeveo they turn, they find
American citizens with some dark
and deep laid plan to rob them of
their property, their friends, llieit
virtue, their good name, their all.
And what can they do? They cannot
live with such Wretches. They must
tp to tlie more virtuous Comanche®
of the West/ If Amofc n citizens
were not insensible to ..name, they
would blush at the recital of their
deeds; bet they now glory in their
shame. Where the.i.r hearts accessi
ble ta any of the milder feelings of hu
man nature, they would pity the vic
tims of their cruelty; but now they
cannot feel. All tlje eloquence of
qeaven would not move them to com
passion, nor incline them to justice. •
Yes, American citizens arc so much i
worse than the Indians, that the lot- j
ter cannot live near them without he
ing rpbbed. corrupted and debased;;
i here to re they must remove. Let nil j
tho world know this. Let France j
and England know it. Let Spain •
know it, and he told that tiic poor In- j
dian’s will perhaps ho obliged to fly j
from their own land tosoek refuge in
her dominions. Let Italy know it.
Let the Pope of Rome ho told that
the inoffensive Indians thick of fleet
ing from the perfidity o' American cit
izens to tho more benignant influence
of the Inquisition.
The ^following is an extract of a
letter from George VV. Harkins the
same who wrote the farewell address j
to the peoplepf the United States,
published in the papers sqnicsime
since. It is dated at the Waeliita
river. Dee. 2S.
“We arrived at this place about
two weeks ago. Joel Nail and his
party came in company with us. Wc
caine up to this place in the steam
iV o Hlti <?*,»<•
by laud, ami about
250 head of horses have died on the
road. We have had very bad weath
er. Since we landed atrthis place,
about twenty of Nail’s porty .have
died, and'still they are continuing to
die. Two of my party have died.
We are about 200 ^inilcs from our
country on Red River. It ivjll be
some time in February before we get
to where wc want to settle. There
are 1200 of us in cmupay, and vvtfare
compelled to travel slow, as there
are so many sick people. I am afraid
n great many will die before we get
borne. Nail has 400 with him. Me
has been very sick, but is now on the
m a nd.
and the civilisation of the wild and
rude inhabitant? ,of the western for
est, requires that some compensation
should be .granted to them.
’ ADDRESS.
My Brethren:—I am old, and
weak, and poor, and therefore a fit
representative of my people:—yon
arc young, and strong, and rich, and
therefore proper representatives of
your people. But let me beg you
for a moment to I »y aside the recol
lections of your strength, and of flur
weakness, that your minds may he
prepared to examine with candor,
the subject of our claims.
Our tradition informs-us, and l be
lieve it. corresponds with vour rp.
cords, that the right of fish ng in all
the rivers and bays south of the Rar
itan, and of hunting hi all nninclosed
lands, was never relinquished, but on
the contrary, was expressly reserved
in onr last treaty with you, held at
C,rp«swicks, in 1718.
Having mvsel.f been one of the par
ties to tho sides, I Ivalieve in 1801. I
know that these rights were not sold
or parted with.
Wq nqw offer to sell, these privi
leges to the state of New Jersey.
They were once of great value to us,
and we apprehend that ijeither time
nr dist nice, nor the non,use of our
rights has at ail affected them, hut
that the courts here would consider
. ur claims valid were we to exercise
them ours-lvos, nr ilrrir'rotc them to
others. It is not, however, our wish
♦ hii's to excite liiign'iou. Vfo consid
er the State Legislature the,.prepay
fortunately for mankind, the
medicine has shared a very 1
been m«i
Theories, it is true, bare been
almost without number; hnt rent"
the Art Of curious diseases, ha«e
most entirely neglected; and a ,
practice pursued, which is very
arid often fatal to the live* of n
In proof of (his, we need bwt adteq
frequent cases of mortality,
ectur, produced either by
Lancet, or the Knife; those agcti,
this day, Ore so universally «|
both in F. nr ope arid America, I
tnration of health
Therefore, when we reflect An,
number of persons annually swept'
many of whom, it is to be feared,
tims to the ignorance, or the p*
tionjof practioners, no apoloeyj
necessary for the introduction 0 ? ,
designed to effect a change or reioi
on the abuses of medicine. Jtfan*
iduals have already united their'
irganlfeed Societies, and establisl
stitutions to improve the healing
disseminating a reformed or vcgeti
tern of practice.
Further to promote so laudable
portaqt an object, ft is now broposej
tablish the journal or perioeical |
iri which tha prevailing principli
practice of Physic and Surgery
freely and fearlessly discussed, e
and illustrated; their deleterioui
pointed out, and contrasted with
ty and utility of that system of ni (
t which has been found, by long nbsei
; and experience, to be altogether
or. .
In order that the.wprk may; be g«j
interesting and useful, the following
will be pursued;
1. The language shall' be, such
general reader can understand* d.
as possible, of technicalities and pro!
a! terms:
2. Rule?
(-on of disease, and th
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will be given for tlieprt
. ami me nrescivaltJ
lent!,;—for dift and exercise, aml|
wise for the i-ralment of Infants .mill
nurcl.i'sor. and throw ourselves upon dren, whose health is often (jeVroj
its ‘'eiievolenoe nod magnanimity, j materially injuredthrongh tnisnianagi
trusting that, feelings of justice and ,’ n * he nursery
us 3 A table will be given of those |
lilu'iiility, will induce yoq to give
ivhat you iloem a comnensation. I l!r 1 ar ^ frequently taken, witht
. , . ‘ , , , . Moms, a, d directions how to act Whtni
And U3 we nave ever looked up to I ical aid is net at hand.
boats from Vieksbursf-
' ot'Sqs 9^cn by laud,
to the leading chorfielers ol tho U.
St otes(am)to the lendingV-haracti-is
of this state in particular) ns our fa
thers, protectors, and.friends, wc now
look up to you as such, and humbly
beg that you will look upon us with
that eye q£ pity as we have reason
to think our poor untutoied forefath
ers looked upon yours, when they first
arrivecrTipon our then extensive but
uncultivated dominions, nivj sold them
their lands, in many instances, for tri
fles in comparison, “as light ns
air.”
From the Poulson’s. American Daily Adv.
The following address was compos
ed and written by a native Indian
Chiei of the Lemii Lennppi, or Del-
eware tribe of Indians. The address
was presented to the cotniniltoe of
the present Legislature of New Jer
sey, to whom was refrried the peti
tion of the remnant of this once pow
erful tribe. The petition states, that
in the respective treaties and trans
fers of the lands south of tho Raritan,
tlx- right of hunting on all linincjosed
lands, and of fishing in the hoys and
rivers of New Jersey, were reserved
to tho tribe, and prays some compen
sation for the fisheries which they
have never transferred.
This tribe left the state about thir
ty years since, and are now located on
the Fox river, near Greet* Bay, in the
territory of Michigan. This tribe,
once “tnc grand father oj nationsis
now reduced to about forty in num
ber. They are'an agricultural, civ
ilized people, and are surrounded by
wild and savage tribes. They are
poor, and unless (hey receive some
assistance, they must abandon their
farms and return to savage life. They
have deputed their aged chief to pro
ceed to the council fire of their white
brothers, in the land of their forefa
thers, Who has accordingly proceeded
to Trenton, and appealed to the Lejj*
gislature, as friends, fathers, and pro
tectors. This appeal shquld not be
in vain—-justide, Christianity,
From your humble petitioners,
BARTHOLOMEWS. CALVIN,
In behalf oj himselj and his rid brethren.
February ldib, A. D. 1832.
Indian rights in Waehin^kn's time.-
In regard to the Indians, be told Con
gress—“We must consult their hap
piness, and altacli they firmly to* I lie
United States. I recommend justice
to the sivages, and such rational ex-
peraments for imparling to them the
blessings of civilization, as may from
limn to time suit their condition,. A | lar per annum, payable i» advance,
system corresponding with the mild tin? receipt oi thn first number
4. Strictures on (he use of Mercqrrl
otnr'Y minerals, in tho practice «fn
Cln! ’» 'V'l from timn to time find a pit
5 •Medical Essays, and Ifedoitsi
Treatment of interesting cases in pnn
wulfrequently be given. 1
6 Vaviou-? kinds of patent medicinil
gen.-i;’ use, and highly extolled, i
ex unuifd and tested; and their
or .Ifmerits laid before the render.
“R.- t niedy a.-’siM.ancR an> siro|...
pli at'oo. (’ays a medical author,)i
symptoms winch are the forerunner
rase, and eventually of death, migbt
pallifcted or removed; were mnnkint
laakc a coint of acquiring a suflirinitl
lion medical knowlegf, to punlifyll
to assist a friend afl ! ifl0 ' 1 '
any any illness; besiUrs the m u «u|
nyglit render the judicious phjsiciapj
his aid and co-ope'ration. How conw
must be the rellection to a benerd
man, who by a application, has found
sell ficquenlly enabled to procuiel
turning hcallli to a suffering tudiri
al.”
TF.ftb S.—I. 'I'he Repomed Also!
al Jooiinai, will bo published in paina
let form, on medium sheet of paper, q
number containing sixteen pages, octil
wjjh liv» ceriums to each page- It iviffl
hailed on the first Saturday in each moi
and afforded at the low price of one I
principles of religion anil phy lantlno-
py towards an unlightened race of
men whose happiness materially de
pends on the conduct ot the United
States, .w^ppld be as honorable to the
N itionad Character, as cujufortable
to the dictates of sound policy. As
we a*e more powerful and enlighten
ed than they are, there is a responsi
bility of national character that we
should treat them with kindness and
even-with liberality.”
His biographer observes—
“'I he Immune system which lias
since been successfully ptusued. of
gradually civilizing the savages by
meliorating their condition, of divert
ing them in some degree from hunt
ing to domestic and agricultural oc
cupations, by imparting to tnem some
df the most simple and useful acqui
sitions of society, and of conciliating
them to the United States by a bene
ficial and well regulated commerce,
had e%er been a favorite object with
President Washington, and the detail
ed view which he took <n 1792. and
1795, of Indian affairs were cor.clud-
.ed with n repetition of his recommen
dation of these measures.Cen.
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March I4th; 1832-