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jtrjr, ft ml a provoking cal m-
iinne’r. Silsbee is judicious,
(varied in Commerce; he
L„, but, always to .the pui-
Lll is a grave* dignified man,
Ejjtjiltfj Clay >« personal 3p
P'and. is often mistake^ for
fctrjmg' 1 ' 8 ^ His opinions arc
Weight in huilion, ' They
uftad at.all times, not only
®rVcetri-5ss, hut as flowing
[huuujt, uiicouni^toil heart.
1,imptntenee an^'t.ilents, and
ijr* fiopi iiis sent. The less
lit hi nr, tiie bolter. Robbins
ginr ol' the fust rank, lie
little, and thinks the riicrd.
| him ever on the watch jn
when qthors are asleep pi
ftMtr newspaper,. Knight
hrt things in a peculiar way
lift! ffllltt tif l.lt.i nn
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1 character. F* ot is a prne-
igislalor, a**,d is a I most every
in lM chair by t he* Vice-
lie thinks and'fights on
; makes short speeches and
the purpose. The two Vci-
onators I have never heard
Seymour appears in private
i) of Sound judgment, and is
rsed in the interests of his
, Frelinghuysen is a warm
; patriotic man, generously
to human liberty, philnnthro-
morals. At times ho is bnli-
id eloquent. No one distrusts
lives. Dickerson is n great
nf.fart man. He is not much
fatbr! but as a business mm
ihialde. He works cenic sce-
I lliile others are working off
i, and is 'particularly 'distin-
for his scientific knowledge
ions mipufactnring process,
n is a noble-hearted; 'generous
fn the Senate, attentive, do
, and sagacious—at times pci-
M arid enthusiastic. ’ GiVe him
(ect to discuss, and he will
and talk of nothing else. lr,
hels idmated, w ifty, and jolt
? would put a company ,r»f
lappet in good humor. FTy
t one of Ilia ymy firs' men in
'ijotry, if be would take the
Naudain is a. physician—a
judgment and great ,q'/q-th »
tag i» ou t. ofhU profession, hut
j$ y^l'iajolo business . man, and.
* v Honest. Sipith is,an aged
'the. 'venerable Senator.’’ Nc
Vtotterv” Jjnt walgff act.ive-
r /\ over eighty yoms old., lie
himself on his knowledge ol
lerce and the finances. FFe is
ibtedly a man of intents. Chnm-
liiamW ndt what-,-,for he is
In Maryland than he ic m the
'. Senate. ■ Ewing is a selfrinade
superior potvers M’cmiiid —
hdnvcstigmintr. I<j.:hcal—<b*;l bi
rd dbr his soundness t alhcr than
IWilmey^ Hut ilhimibatlng every
he ' dduches i with new. and
talks flutflifty, and makes shrewd re
marks. iiis experience gains hi>>
attention in the Senate, and he does
not weary bin audience by .oo dVe
q tienllv obtruding himself upon, pub
lic notice: White; his colleague*
is a profty Speaker. If ho has abili
t'y 1 hnytr'n ivci ; been able to discei.
W here it lies. EM is oP Mississippi
is a tall stoiit-huill inonv who uevei
addresses the Senate. 'Puindcxtei
is tin able than—nob ail elegant, Ini;
an effective debater, an in pcy-soual
appearance strikingly resemble Judge
Prbble. Of Kane and Robinson, (.he,
Illinois Senators, I am .unable to
speak, not being r iiCt|uaintod witii ei
ther hi private or in public. Kano
is a young looking jnnn and wears
spccjadcs. "Rahhisrtii is a tall ir*jd-
die-aged man, and takes an at: ivc in
terest in what is going oil without
publicly participating iiidcbale. Den-
ion is tlie Magliabechi ot the senate
— the hook devourcr-t.bo compiler of
worile to lit /its side of the case. You
will always find him about sunset
strolling over the' walks around the
Capitol, and thinking hard. Buckner
is his keeper and guardian. They are
both rather ofiil specimens from the
much undisturbed enjoyment. In-! Uilry 4th, malcC8 the following
tanccs ot grievous oppression have-]., rcsrectl -,| )e
mmnn- (iiip fit ninnv ivtil \ 1 .
common- One of many will j Character susttdiwl [>„ the Chxuch
elatp. us «l came under my own oh-1 _ Members
down same river v .am! down Miesisitfi*
pi to the mouth of the Missouri, theca
up Iho Missouti to the loot of the
Rocky Mountains—wintered there*,
and contiiromi U& -middUutf Aj igu^
add- %
While trnv--
ana iiaiv;
south' tow srds
they
twemy inilcj from his boas :, a,wag-; were overtaken t«y a snow storm, and
gun for tin
family.
e purpose of removing his j compelled to luild houses and si,.y
In the contract for the wag-'there nine^m earths, six of which tin
j 2on, ho engaged to cany the man; sun never rose aiul tlie darkness >vn»-
covered tin; prupei (y; l»al by at tend-i
mg to lhi$ business., ho sustained cen-
siderablu loss at home, owing to his
abspneu tai several weeks; ttavelled. , , . - ... ....
titan :;»i, kinUil'd mil..,, Wr-1 " 10 '"*•'»•••'» of. »• 8«*< « o,«M.. Mm
ikg-Ui. otvu 01 ,«i,«.:'»mfpt,„l „ law- ,0 ! n ' <» «»f«.. .-o -v.*., U ■««,». ,».l .! .h. 'mo, ... H frol
.... .• ii.ii i •. ■. . 1 . wag uunple to start Iruin heme with ; deep, mid thp company were com pel-
the enrn before Fi iday. About this ' led Co cat 41 of their pack Ivorset to
ycr. ^.lUU I'm: plcad,j/ig fiis cause. It
is a tact bouiUiiLlc |q the court 1 which
has cogiiiz.picc of the a Hairs of this
nation, that in every case', I believe,
without exception, the decision has
b ecu hi lav or of lac Indian, who is
uniformly ihe de feud uni. This, how*-
ever, docs not relieve the natives
from Hie exjiensg of feeing lawyc:s
end attending courts.
Sujjcrriugs of the Emigrating Choc
taws.
[Martin, t|ic station at which Mr
Holmes resides',, lies 6'n the road
state of Missouri. King of Alabama leading from the Choctaw nation to
is n man of moderate powers, some j Memphis, a route by!'winch ft portion
shrewdness, and Would n*«ll come un- j of the Choctaws vw.iss (lie Mississip-
dcr the Virginian and English defini-i |»i to lheir country in the west. The
iiitiou of the word clever,
colleague is not u wonder
S. Carolina, as I have told
before, is, in every sense of the word,
a curiosity. lie has talout, but ii is
th'» oddest talent imagina,Vie. He
has learning, but he puts it to queer
Moore his j distance.by Unit iouIc is about 5000
Miller of j miles; a large part of which is an un-
yon i inhabited w ilderness ]
Abogl a month ago several hun
dred Choctaws spent a part ol three
days in sight of Mar,hi, on their way
to their new eounliy. Although the
uses. He has imagination, but it is i contractor seemed to do every thin.:
•lie imagination of Fauns and Satyrs »in his power to icijdcr their situation
ist cos- coti. , 'd*table.
^Iwrs ard illustrations. He
•vo by the tesfir' and tear’ ef
Haggles has not gpokan
att.
♦b: '* I do not know his powers
", "Johnston is industrious, a»r.i
Ho supports his opinions
i.spilrit tind lomning. He has not
nthfgled in debate. Hvi h a
.6f {talents, but npnonrs bcttei-
It ms pen than as a debater. Wag-
Haniiti new motriher. I have not
"’ho frisk about in the wildest
fumes. Put hfn into a Netv-Eugland
cacus and the multitude would laugn
prodigiously to hear him talk. And
Ho would influence them also, and be
; very likely to carry oil their good
opinions. Tyler of Virginia, it a
pleasant polite and generous man.
‘‘ils styWol sponkiog is metaphorical,
a little Irish-likc, and rather attrac
tive.' He thinks Mr. Tazewell the
greatest man in tho vvoild (perhaps,)
and Mr. Tazewell thinks him the
best fprbaps.) They always vote
and think logelhc, as are in duty
hound the sous of Virginia. DocH*#v
of N.ew-York is rth amiable, gcc^tc-
tuan-like iiiiin, who never says srny
thing. Marcy, his colleague, is Mr.
Van Huicii's Senatorial sentinel. He
is a man ol some talents, and is imlnS'
iriotis. W’liat ho leiirna is obtained
by an olfort. Heing just from the
Boneh, lie does not make a liftnpy ap-
pearaiicc in iho Senate, but will im
prove. Hendricks i9 ^ good business
man, but nothing remarkable for tal
ent. He is on boib sides of the two
political parhius. Timpton, his col-
r|eaguc, is,a ^ew member and has not
yet opey'.u. ))j s mouth further than to
any or n^y.”
Kuw juke ibis assembly all in ail—
ft’.ui you will find not only very grept
there was still much
unavoija.'de puffeijug. There was
l ocisons and
very a' r cV ^crpons and very young
children-in Jhc company; inimy had
iioflung to shelter t?*ctii from the storm
by day or night. T^a weather was'
excessively cold, and v v<,t a neigh
bor remarked to mo u feW’ days' Cl o n ,
that lie had noticed particularly, a,.?
in his. opinion, not ouo in ten of the
women bad cveh a hioocastid on their
foci and lbs great m.ijw.i,ty of these
‘verb walking. An intarresting : irl;
who was lormcily a scholar at M iy-
bew, sustained a compcnnd fracture
ol the arm several d.iys before they
reached this place, and was brought
liras far in u rough baggage-waggon.
In compliance with our suggestion,
a litter was made, and she was car
ried the remainder of the way to
Memphis on men’s shoulders. On
her nnival there, a gangrecn had
procecddd so far as to render it very
doubtful in the opinion of tho physi
cian, whether an imputation u'utild
save her Ijl’e. They, however, re
solved to operate, ana her rigid arm
was taken olf as near the shoulder as
possible. Her parents wen* com
pelled to move overf ill two days, and
she w'as left hi the hospital
iim»j he received word that those prevent starving, Whilst the wdy food-
who were to remove must assemble i the lioises had was birch fimk which
(lie next day at the place ofrendez
vous
corn
the company rut ami carried-lu <1.pm
He proceeded'on with Ins by walking oil the snow with snow
hut (lit! uwt discharge his lead , shoep. Each of the company mvs'
till Saturijny evening, '[’he next day 'armed with a double barn lied rifle.
Was 11 jo Sabbat l|. Necessity scented ;
to urge his immediate ret m n; vet Ik
made for tin* pur-pc.se, a lii'.ue pf'pis-
lols, sword, butcher knife and a ti in-
was ic^rircil to keep Jlic. Sabbath j ahewk, w ith’ uu edge and three
holy. 1 jo yielded to a s<*nse of duty ! spikes. Added to th.» se Muy carried
ami rested till the Sabbath's sun had
set. lje then hrryessed his team
on a horse a so.all brass piece ot i.i-
dhrnicc taken (com General Durgoyiio
and started for Ipme, n here he nr-j in the revolution. Aliev pi ssing liitj
rived, by In:veiling nil night, she! mountains they passed SSB diflereiii
next day. I was at Iiis House
he arrived. lie immediately
itfe the circumstances, and willi a nominated
1 when i Indian tribes, some perfectly w hite,
y told some entirely covtied with hair (i!o-
Esau hidinns.) who
iy
the
countenance expressive of concern, | were among flic most situ*ula», ami
u l am afraid that I have broken the! wild that the company Weie crmpel-
Sahhath, hceaust
iIds morning.” j’he while men where
he staid, lie said, spoilt
in playing at marbles.
About the time the above took
place, 1 hail occasion to be often at
the house ol the man cf tvlioin 1 have
been speaking, over night. He, his
'' iff. her, mother, and a brother aie
1 did not wait till j led to run them down wh.li horses to
take (heir dimrpsiors, which was-
lie Sabbath 1 part of their duly, whilst olhers evine**
rd tiie most friendly disposition.
M liilst west of 'he iiiOui'.Cafns (lir-v
fell ip with ft tribe denominated the'
Copper Indians, who receive tl.eir
name from quping exitusivo onpper'
mines; oUO.r-f them amu-d with Lu\v«
.members of our church. Morning J and coppei dai ts. cp|iper kuivi« and
mid evening prayers w ore regularly j axes, attacked the "company in day"
atiei)dcdeil,i»tu| I think w iih as much i time; a severe action ensued, and
interest as in our best regulated j only about f>0 of the Ii.dims i soaped’
s in our
Christian families. Family devotions
were couduet ed by I lie females in
— the rest weip ki/ied or wounded,
with a loss of two pf tho comnaujf
A number ol small companies have
since passed*, who were detained on
I men, but very little men. SorpeTpei - j the way by lo?s of;horses ar.d other
s.'iis gel into Public Olljce, one can ' causes. No pruvisiqc could be made
never reck cm liow Bitj it« aggregate i for thorn, and consequently they I ... . ,
talent; and its divqr 5 ijicd power, eve- [were, inso.no instances, very dcsti-! ,,ot 6,1 s !! dwu S. ;
a ....... 1 cv .. ..^n, .ii.. assured by many ot our eii.zcus that
1 turn %peak in ihr* Senate, but
private Tie Has good eolloquft'il pow-
lindv)«p1ayB much talenft and fact,
^Xtwmive dnows ledge of his
•’Country- Ho is a lawyer in
Orleans. Dallas is the son of
linguished father, who was once
Mary of the Trtfasnrv. He has
ftiBIJ'ptq pill thby Are not sivgreat ns
“htiemls claim for him. He is de-
ftt fyuifeBut' Vet hH often strikes
I,beauti'fsij thought. 1 He reasons
t cfinslilhfatjle force. He is a
,*‘‘0 absence of the men. I have no-1 ahd several woiuided
*h,
iicCn , *‘Cfii, after family worship was i Among the',various discoveries made
Concluded, ' c !.* ,e ,0 another room, j by the company w o have oi;fy rncin
mic) In*aid thb.'< the
songs of Zion, and the nc-
cciits of prayer falling f ro^' 1 ^l ,s '
till I could recount three V 1 ’ ^ u, ‘
prayers offered by as many indivlov.’*
to mention those yfexicnsivp beds of
of pure salt, the largest of which
was IS acres, several’invites tern, on
tlse bordeis found to he pure ami
w holesome; also innomeiablc beds of
als, and these both male and female. fai’uUi, iron, lead, copper, .gold 'and'
I have every reason to believe^lial it ‘ silver ore, the gold almost pure. A-
was their love to their Saviour: mong thd animals, Mr'. C. describe^
which fprompted these ac tsof dc-! the grisly gtcy bear, as (be most fe-,
votion. Peace and happincs-scemcd ! rocious, and lord o( l!i« forest .
to smile
ii'g*
upon their humblcw delf-
Froni th<^Maiictta (Ohio) republican.
EXPEDITION" WEST OF IHE
UNTAITO
ROOKY MOUNTAIN
We have been informed tbgt <l\iline
The w eight of scvcial kiilod Ly the
company varied from GQ to 125
pounds. ’Their strength wassuipriss
ing, and talcs told of it was almost
hcconil holivf.
The remains of the company start-
i ed for hi me in August, 1831. They
Ihe session of Congress for 1820-21[ rc-crosst’d tho mountains on tn the
an act was passed authorizing the
raising of a company of forty-t wo men
to explore tho llocky Mountains and
north from the Mexican line, the He
ating straits, and 83 degrees, north
latitude- We Have endeavoured to
lay our hand-upon the ayt, but have
ry Aniericjui may point oui with pride , tute. ().,o parly e^mc to us and beg
in
eraoic vqi
Philndelphiji. Wilkins
d"e. ' H? wbnld now appear
•i Behch’ thap ih tlie SeVir
a /lie (s nnrfkHllrd In fules and or-
> and is Pver fiiA iing against 'n
' ‘ iTangrjW'I's h man of tnldiits,
l, nftd hblnkrlfiff Upofr ribllificn-
Br6vvn,'' Mfi. ^ > l^’l? ue ’
Sf^rmakq a sensation, Troup-i* im.
''fftvprfd man wkli a yhiy*forbidding
’ [• Re' noy^r ( fcp'cftkfi, ’ftntMtVM
•V.'fi? hVrf/iiCaI. Affliction
“ .fc<*{lvHy“ upon Idiri. • For-
ajftx Fifths? admTOXtratioii.
I*.ft fine speaker, and has 'greet
lifat or flezahl Fartjfuf/g^.' He
" ‘ * iorti e\ r " 1 'fWlV' OPtW'
and cxullftiiup, j would with pleas
ure take any foreigner l ( h,ci'e,jtud ask
him to eofppgrc our American Senate
with llm Hpqscof Lords or Ijouse of
Commons, ot England." I have talk*
**d with those wby have heard Broog-
Ijam speak, apd.tli.gy tell me tluu for
playful and sportive sallies, Clay
more than equal him; lor stern, se
vere and assailable logic, Webster, is
his supe.iiov; tor fiery and tremendous
b« is J. s qI* feeling, starting frcsli from
*£*mer«q« heart, Hayne yields to no
body; and for provoking, laceratiugi
and crooked argument, I. vyould put
Tazewell agjiiiyit thg w9ihl t . I veri
ly belicyp llye pyafty %pator can
prove that, ppp qud one ipdkp tbi'^e.
.18!!" 1
SSOj^THE AMERICAN
:« HOARD*
\i, F^-otr. the New Yp^ Observer
CHICKASAW $.
'Mic following ^re cxtya^.U. froqi a
ii ieWsr of Mn*r IjoLggfp* , i|ated at
Mqilim Per- ?4* V
■i »J)ithirled of the Pqujple.
Thcexpectution of a reinoval be-
youd (he riv^r %em*,ijis to Ijavii concen-
t rated * my, j luni gh^t,^ that puc Jibint.
Ewen AhoXe whip prq d^prnir^d to
remain on reservations, as fi tlie eajpe
-•with this jMiighhoiImnd, are far fyu,
wj is Ijj f/iitli cue 1‘ftfie ealm-1 enjoyiiilfi ranquliily of mind. Jut|ilng
luef ' aLIimmb J !«<■ I I«Aa Kuhovir! aiiifiu I ftwi c-v .
l/jst^‘dnphkejr* in the;^ denote, j turn wlint has, passed since the ex- into contact with uuprinciple
s^raiin/i’thMi for ‘ability.- HejiCusinn of, the 4he jaws pr.er (I'^ iia- men. Mr. Moulton, tuache
r^ifflfphlp ^ftiyyVr. GrmidV'i t k»h, they csuuol |WOi»isv thi-msalvds scligojl av Goshen, "Aijalef date
sftfc* * V.*. .* !f ’ .“oA* uik 'ifcl rVj'. .! *,i *
d by many of
it is within their recollections.—
From the long time the company have
been absent (nearly 11 years) all hope
of tbeii* ret'.i»;j was abandoned, as it
was supposed they had either fallen
commenced, wh'eh was followed, in | victims to the sayages or the severity
a day or twa, with a heavy fall of' 0 * *"h<- Hitunle.
ged an ear of corfi apiece, to relieve,
tor a season, their suflVnugs. An
other party hatuped in (he woods
near us, about thrGe weeks ago, mid
that night a storm of hail and sleet
For more’ than two weeks 0;i Wednesday evening the 1.5th,
snow.
there \yas continued freezing and j 0110 0< the party, Mr. William Claw
colder weather than I have over Seen ; « on ) stopped at tlie house of a gen-
in this cliniale.' Ijuriug the w hole | *in Fearing township ir. this
this time theie suflfering people were ; eoiiiitry, on his way’Immewards
lying at their catnp, w ithout any ’slicl-
tcr, and with very little provision.
Miiph suffering was to do expected
in the removal of the choctaws, hut
if I inay judge from ivhat I have soon
and heard, the half w as'uot* anticipa
ted. - ' ' " '
CHOCTAWS,
(During the last’two years, as has
been often stated, the Christian por
tion of the Chocta as have been cx-
ppsed to very protracted and severe
toh»|iul.roh. 'The force of their laws
has'been broken, and intoxicating li
quors have liel*rt introduced Wilhuut
restraint. They have experienced
much oppnsition from that portion ft j
own people who^slill reject Chris
tianity, and of lute especially,Xiocc
ihe Codintercciiicnt qf 'preparafions
for llteir I'erriov^l West’ pi" theMisiis-
sijipi, <F.idy- Imve ’been brought much
i+mm
tim o riot irty
<311. lie ; rr. *|e.wi..
? h r : I* +
white
teneher wf the’
■Aiikler «1ate or Jan-
JV
r , • f ! I
(Northumherland coonlry l*a,) who
lias aolitely fnrniUicd us tvitli (he fnl-
lou liig paidiculais, •obtained from Mr
Clawson.
The company, consisting of CoJ
Henry Leavenworth, commaudant-
from near Albany, N. Y.; Sipeo Has
fer, a native of Fi'aiw'e, Topographiep/
engineer; Janjqs W'ntsoc, from Bal
timore, Md. prftfecsor of OlienuslKy:
Dfs. Ilcnrv Williams, fKuu Balti
more, and, John Git tut from near I’hil-
adclphia ? phy«ic«*HS'<-umlor pay of
$80 pcr nio'ni h-aitd 31 nri vstcs.undor
pay o]f'$26-orgnniXetl in Washington
City.'itjm left (hero in July, 1821,
from tlicftce they proceeded to. Erie,
where they went onboard the topsail
schooner. Captain. Rii dsel. landed nt
Green Bay and, .wintered—weiit liy
Prairie dii Cjucn to St. Anthony’s
fftlit, Mississippi-wi;!)t qp pdtcr’s
SOOidilcsin sea»c)» of lead mines,
where they discovered #cv(;i«l very
vainable «iHw^w)atcicd fjicre-went
V ,,r. v. ,
Iic.kIs of the Missouri river, there
built a boat, and those who were lamn
(vent on hoard, the rest on foot.—
Capt. Leaveiiswot ill being lame, rode'
on horseback with those on foot, and'
is supposed to he nmv in Washington-
City by Mr. C. Of the company dive
dmd hv sickness, one hy h^pakiig a
wild horse, one by Ihe fall of a tree,
and fifteen were kd'od by the Indians
—total 22. Among thorn was Dr-
Williams, who was killed by the-
Blaekfool Indians, thruo miles from
the Rocky Mountains, on the way out.
lie "was found by, tho,company, shot.,
tomahawked, and stripped naked! •
Thera of (ho fifteen were never
found, supposed -to have been kiHtjcf/
near the head of Columbia river.—
Ten of nineteen of the survivors are
lame some hy the Indians, oJid fiosne
by accident. Capt. Loavonswerth is-
among tho nombrri Ho was on
horsehock half a mile disfanl from'
the camp, when lip was shot'by an
Indian, winch broke his thigh and -
dropped his liorse—the horse loll up
in (lie injured leg and br©l>« it again
below the knee 'The horsocoyli.w-
ed to hold him lhu», whilst the I nil) an
ran up to scalp him, when (|«pl. -*■
sciized a prstof frftiu h>s saddle and
shot him dead, afterwliifjh h^ was*
got gafe to the Vttwip.
Wfe nr^ t»ware the fdiove sketch-
is very imperfect and far from beiug
satisfactory, hut it wiR at least pro,yo
interesting The notes taken by, tfm
company. wjlMt^ published, *nd y o
look with some nnxiMy for n no;if »
oftl^iV arrival- ip Washington. > It
cannot fail of hein? •nMifying lO |)>e
o know
I
citizens df tjie *G<p»ntryA:
even' ft part’ : ctf the^omnaiiy. > l*aygt^c^
turned, hhaidhsthe juv it most gj\q
liftir relnlivftf ap4 ! frie«i*», , !vl .J ,J*
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