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T!IK CHEROKEE NATION.
||Tlioir t dot ion lo rt,» Foiled te
that of a <*nr«l I 1 ' In* guardian. T 11 y •
our government fur protection, roly , -P' ,n *
kindness urn! its power, appeal to it lor ret -
to their wants, and address the President a-
it.cir great Father. They «nd their fonnlry
<;rc considered hy foreign nations n* well as h
ourselves, as being so completely miller he
ninl dominion of the Lnitj-d
lire their lands,
| for example on tl.e laws mahii.B .« fr.m.nMto ^
> for wliifh I-
initB that lie
. tf .lithe had far the gathering, bee rg heretofore
men sailer on hoard the brig Vineyard. He denies as , nuisance. H U poesiblr the »the*,, hcrric,
- ' mole of tins vessel. „j|b r( )|„„re of this gas in the full th an ai present.
sovereignly
States,that any n’tcmril to arq
THE STATE. OF GEORGIA.
Jani-wiy Tr.r.M, 1S31.
. nf the Supreme Court of Ihe United
‘ZZ.LLrtdly Mr. Chief J,fee Mar-
shall, or. a motion of the Cherokee Nation
for n iri-i t of in junction and suhptrntt against
'the Stale of Georgia.
This hill is biought hy the Cherokee Na
tion, praying nn injunction to restrain the
snite of Georgia f.oin the , had not the Indian trihes in view, when tl
laws of that state, which, ns alleged, go direct bain f , U|lion , 0 controv
Ivto annihilate the ChcroUec.s as a poltticnl |opened the-.ouris oi u, ^ r»« iltrrr
exer< isj<’ the u**ual powers <
in .heir own country hy «l>» Cherokee nation
il.is court cannot interpose, ut least in the
form in which those .natter* are. Picnic*.
t ir-itwt(ion in tlie murder of
ttied and convicted; but readily ad-
•ngaged in ilie mutiny,revolt and rob-
■. and the murder of the captain.
The wlinle course of this extract dinary ma-i has been
That part ..f the hill which respects the lands willl8cl . ncs of the most sanguinary na •
occupied hy the I ndisns, und prays the aid of Uii ^ br „ n Reeled to all the gen. e dm..!* of
(he court to protect their possessions may be | hnin , nM} .. hc bus rioted in the blood, and . x-dt-d m
more doubtful. The mere question of rigid | the tortllrc uf hi« hapless victim*; ihe petili.in fur
l might p<:
• rhaps hc decided hy this court u. a, cy _
asc with proper parties. But j n „, :c
the siipplieatiuna of unoffending ami helptess in-
1 - - • that
or to forma political connexion 'VH 1 * ^‘’'X'd'io d^more than decide on the title
would ho considered hy all as an*■“* J3 '° ! T1|e b| || ron „, r cs u* lo control the legislation ( 8ellt( , ncc wnun * ;
our territory, and nn act of hnsti dv. , Goor „.„, „„d to rostruia the execution of its, (o B(W hi8 enormities be mam
These corisidcrulions go far to support t.u o. .< j. • „or ii. IV of such an m- . s( .. irfP | v regret, for Ins y»n
opinion that the frames of our Const.tul,on | phys.cnl force. 1 he propriety | ««»*'. L.
society, and to seize, for the. use of Georgia, sics between
-i... j., .,r „«tion which liave been assur- and foreign • t
a state or the citizens thereof, ; politcal power
n ee, he ha" diaregnided or derided; and now-
, be is condemned, and wailing for the execution of that
ntrol the legislation gent , ncc I, will rid .be world of suet, a monster,
r ‘ lie manifests nothinglike pen-
( nst conduct. t\ c may
nnd such n fixedness of
guccessi n of unparalleled
be met with. During bis
as those w-c used had remained on the trees during llio
whole winter, nnd were probably injured some in this
regard " ben distilling them, the longer tbe prorrss
continues, the purer the gas becomes. It » said that
polash, soda, nr strong ley boiled with the pulp of tho
berries', forms pood soup.
I have made these facts known with the hope that
thev mav had lo further experiments with these ber
ries- and that tho gas which can be so abundantly dia-
tilled from them, may be praclicajly apphed^opurposes
of illun
Athene, April 23, 1S31.
of illumination in our principal towns. R«PMlfuUy
A. JONES.
v,nw when thev I tenositinn hy the rourt may well he question- 8enrc |, ,| 1C annals of history,
v.ew, when tiny | ten ^ m , )ch „ f , he excrc.se of „ l0(i , M . vi |, sm-b a ..
to he within the proper pro- ~ -
-'3Z-
yarrow Escape.—A very singular matter
happened at Wilkinson Superior Court last
week. A gentleman, (ns we understand it) a
member of the Grand Jury, asked his neigh
bor for the loan of a dollar. lie assented,
ineo of the judicial department
pirn binds of the nation which have been assur- nn< orc ' f ?" * .' ® S *. 9ll t,; ec , the habits nnd j opinion on the point respecting P lll,LS ,n0
„ j. — ssst-ws •:£ s JI a I.- i - *± :■=
I from what could be gnlhercil from
n an offent in the murder of
Over such harbari*
r.vnipnibies t -a «ca*e better cmcuiaieo to c * r ";| . '{f d tlic idea nfepncaWng to an Atncri- !
then, can searee'y be imagined. A ^ ™ '“^XVr " assertion of right,
rm.ro niimorous, powerful, and truly mdcp n-• d ipwron-s, had perhaps never on-
*«« •• a *9 ™ ,n ll,t : mind of »; Indmn or of his tribe.
be true that
....rwiitrnUed possession of an ample domain,
grad iiiily sinking beneath our superior policy,
o-ir ai ls nnrl our arms, have yielded their Innds
t.y suroossive treaties, each of which contains
n s.-fr.- nil gunrantee of the residue, until they
retain no more oftlieir former extensive terri-
t try than is necessary to their comfortable
sn'vsisvnre. To preserve this remnant tho
present application is mndc.
Hi,fore we can look inf- tho merits of the
case, a preliminary inquiry presents itself.
IIa« this Court jurisdiction of tho enuso?
Th" third article of the constitution de
scribes she extent of the judicial power. The
sc -oud section closes on enumeration of tho
cases to which it is extended, with “contro
versies,” “between .1 stale or tho citizens
thereof, and foreign stales, citizens or suh-
jn-is.” A subsequent dense of tho smiie
section gives tho Supremo Court original ju
risdiction in nil rase* 111 which a slate shall ho
n party. The pafTy defendant may inetrne-
qiie dionably be. sued in this court. Mny the
plaintiff sue in itl Is the Cherokee Nation a
foreign state m 1ho sense in which that term is
used in tbe ronstiiulion t
i 'J'hn council for tho plnintifTs Imvo main-
litined the nlTirmativo of this proposition with
great earnestness and ability. much of
tho argument as was intended to prove the
character of the Cberokoes ns n state, as a
.distinct political society,separated from others,
•capable of managing its own affair* and go-
vering itself, has, in tho opinion of n majority
of the judges, been completely successful.
They have been uniformly treated as a state
from tho settlement of our country. Tho nil-
tnrrowRrando with them by tho united
Stute.s recognize them ns a people capable of
mainiaituog tho relations of peace anil war, of
being responsible in tlioir political elmrader
for any violation of their engsgemenls. or tor
any aggression eonimitted on the citizens nf
ten d the
Their appeal
ri-.hts are to tie asserted. If “ » ——
wrongs have been inflicted, nnd tiiat still great
er arc to he apprehended, this is not the tn iu-
n:il which can redress the past or prevent the
t j fUl TUo motion fur an injunction is denied.
the Statesmen who framed 1I10 Constitution of j
the United States, nnd might furnish some,
reason for omitting to enumerato them among
the parties who might sue in tho courts of tho j
Union. 15c this as it may, the peculiar rela- j
lions between the U. Slates and the Indians!
occupying our territory, nre such Ihnt we j
should feel m-irh difficulty in considering j
them ns designated by the term foreign state,
were there no other part of the constitution
which might shed light on the meaning of
these words’* Thit wo think that in constru*
ini; the*m, considerable aid is furnished hy that
clause in the eighth section of the tli.rd article
which empowers Congress to “ regulate com
merce with foreign nations, among tin* sever
al states, and with the Indian tribes.**
probuMc tha* he has t»cci
nenrh Mr hundred hnmati beings.
,y tear* of- In,...unity arc shed in vam-.t would be
imiiialtofeit sympathy for the fate of each a ruffian,
butjusf.ee ainne, and .hat with all iu rigors, should b
meted out tollin'- We trust lie .* now in a sit nation1
ivbere whatever can be done towards the punishment |hal , he $ 100 bi || | W J been taken felont
of Ilia crimes by unearthly tribunal, will be apccd.ly
administered. ‘ Mercy is neither duo, nor may he mpe
for it on earth—in another world, if the stain of such
hideous crimes can be washed from bi* soul, may hc
is thens April 26,1831.
Wo bavo boon rcpicste.l by tho Post Master to state,
that tlm name of llm Post Office heretofore called
Naucoocliy Valley in Habersham county, lias been
j changed to that of “ Oo/irrsfcu-n,” and letter* are re
in this clause they nro as clearly contradis- i , lu ,, sU „| |,directed accordingly.
r-1
_ i'iwUwI Uy *v wiu.vi jiftprauriutA la. Ah/iin-
selves, from foreign nations, as from the sever
al slates composing tho Union. They nre
designated by n distinct appellation, nnd as
this appellation can he applied to neither of
the others, neither can the appellation distin
guishing cither of tho others he in fair con
struction applied to them. Tho objects to
which the power of regulating commerce
might he directed, arii divided into three dis
tinct classes—foreign nations, flio several
stales, and Indian irihos. When framing this
artn-le, the convention considered them as en
tirely distinct. Wo cannot, nssumo that the
distinction was lost in framing a subsequent
article, unless there he something iu its lan
guage to authorize the assumption.
a The counsel for the plaintiffs contend Hint ai , Vilnt8CP8 in ^bit of personal popularity, besides the
the words “ Indian trihes” were introduced ndmirati ^ n i, e cxcitea for his splcnniil talento—but his
into the article empowering Congress to regu
late commerce for (lie purpose of removing
those doe.hls in winch the tnanngcment of I li
the United States l.y any individual oftheir, dinn a (Fur* was involved by tt.o language of
community. J.awi have linen enacted in the
spirit ef these treaties. The acts -if our Go
vernment plainly .recognize tho Cherokee na
tion ns n state, and tho courts ore bound by
iho-eacti.
' \ question of much more difficulty remnins.
Do the Chot-okne* constitute a foreign state
.in tlm sons* of the Constitution ?
Tlmir counsel have shown conclusively
ilinl they are not a stale oftlie Union, mid have
insisted that individually they nro aliens, not
owing allegiance to the U. States. An aggre
gate of aliens composing a slate must, they
any, ho a foreign stuto. Each individual bc-
nig foreign, the whole must he foreign.
This argument is imposing, hut wn inn' 1
•examine it tnorit closely before we yield to ii.
The condition of the Indian* in relation to the
TJnitcd Slates is perhaps unlike that of any
other two people in existence. In the gene
ral, nations not owing a common allegiance
nre foreign lo enrli other. Tlm term foreign
ration is, with strict propriety, applicable by
either In ihe other. Hut the relation of the
Indians to the United State* is marked by pe
culiar and cardinal distinctions, which exist
•tin where else.
The Indian territory is admitted to compose
u part of the United Stntes. In all our maps,
geourapliical treaties, history, nnd laws, it is so
considered. In all our intercourse with for
eign nations, in our commercial regulations,
in any attempt at intercourse between Indians
and foreign tuitions, they are considered ns
w ithin tho jurisdictional limits of tho United
State*, subject to many of ihoso restraints
which oro imposed upon our own citizens.
They acknowledged themselves in their trea
ties lobs under tho protection of tho United
Slates; they admit that tho United State*
have tho sole and exclusive right of regulating
•the Itado with them, nnd of managing all their
the ninth article of the confederation. Inten
ding to give the whole power of managing
those nflair* to the Government about lo he
instituted, the convention confined it explicit
ly, and omitted tlmse qualifications which em
barrassed the exercise nf it ns grained in tho
confederation. This may ho admitted without
weakening the construction which tins been
intimated. Had the Indian tribes been for
eign nations.in the view of the convention,
this exclusive power of regulating intercourse
with them might have been nnd most probably
would hnve been specifically given In lan
guage contradistinguishing them from foreign
nations. Congress might have been empow-
cd “ to regulate commerce with foreign na
tions including the Indian trihes, and among
tho several Slates.” This language would
have suggested itself to statesmen who con
sidered the Indian trihes ns foreign nations,
anil were vet desirous of mentioning them
pnrlirnlnrlv.
It has been also said that tint same words
have not nceessnrily the meaning attached to
them when found in different parts nf the same
instrument. Their meaning is eontrulled bv
the context. This is undoubtedly true. In
common language the same word has various
meanings, nnd the peculiar sense in which it
is used in any sentence is to he determined by
ihe context. This may not hc equnlly true
with respect to proper mimes. Foreign Na
tions is a general term, the application of
which to Indian tribes when used in the Ame
rican Constitution is at least extremely ques
tionable. In one article in which a power is
given lo hc exercised in regard to foreign na
tions generally, nnd to the Indian tribes parti
cularly, they arc mentioned ns separate, in
terms clearly rnn(fpdistiiiguishing them from
each other. AVe perceive plainly that the
constitution in this aitiele does not eonipro-
“ The Macon .Wcirtiifr, anil .7griruIt-iroI anil Mer
cantile Intelligencer.' 1 — The first number of llii* paper
was issued in Macon nn die lOlli insl. II is published
by Moriiindnke J. Slndc, Esq. formerly one oftlie edi
tor* oftlie Miieon Messenger, semi-weekly, at fire dol
lars per annum in advance. In size it is rijuid to the
largest journals ol the country, i* printed with now
type, and from the specimen we have seen, promises
to be useful.
Soulh Caiotina.— In Ihe riiguit election in O-is State
fir members nf Congress, to supply dm vacancy occa
sioned by die resignation of .Imigo Martin, Major Fel
der was elected by a majority of nearly three bund-id
votes over his opponent, \V, C. Preston, E-q. Mi.
I’ri-Btnii was the nullification ramlidute, and had great
principles wore obnoxious, nnd those alone defeated
hint.
P Rr l ,r °* cruelty will rarely if ever be met win.. uur„. B .... ,,or for the loan ol a dollar. ne assented,
Hut the ■ tic ,, rnrcrr , he oeknowledgedcd that he was con- (|>ok QU| hU porket bonk, nnd opened it, when
ting parties makes ' d j,, , h e r„bb.-r V of more than forty vessel,; a ; u M lhf . applicant, seeing a dollar note, put 1,19
1 1 r- am his confessions, it 1^1 b,|u(J into the bonk, in a familtar way, and took
f it out. The lender, a short time afterwards,
bavin" occasion to examine his money, mis
sed a hundred dollar hill. From tbe borrow
ers manner, and from his having taken the
dollar bill rather too familiarly, ho was sua-
pected—and the lender finally bccatno satis-
« d that the $100 bill had been taken feloni-
sly at the same, time that the one dollar bill
was taken. The borrower, nssnrting his inno
cence,ahill of indictment was preferred against
bim •—the jury returned a true bill—lie w as
expelled from the jury; and so strong was pub
lic feeling against him that ho had to go lo
jail, for the want of bail. He wns deserted by
every body. There wns then no doubt that
he would be convicted.
In tho mean tunc, another man, who was at
tending court, heard of the circumstances,and
recollected having received what purported to
he thirty-five dollars, on tho same day, from
the lender, above mentioned. He went home
nnd examined the money. Neither himself
or bis wife being ai,!" M
could determine wns, tttel there were th.eo
notes, which lie had taken as te;? dollars each,
and one as fivo—and that one of the ions wad
unlike the others. lie brought the money (tf
the court-house tho next day—handed it to
the Solicitor, nnd explained the circumsianco
of his having received it the day before. On
examination one of the bills supposed to have
been paid for ten, turned out to be a bund. do!,
lull. This explained tho loss. The borrower
wns brought out of jail, relieved from all sus
picion of crime, and restored lo his rights and
privileges as a member of the Grand Jury—
and to his standing in society.—Georgia Jour
nal.
aflatte na they think proper, ami the Cherokecs bond Indian tribes in the get.ernl term foreign
»n particular were allowed hy the treaty of nations, not we presume because n tribe may
Ilopawell, Winch preceded the constitution, | not he a nation, hut because it is nm forei
*‘to send a deputy of their choice, whenever the United Slates. When afterwards the
they tnmK fit, to CongreHH.” Trcntica were ~
timcfo with some triboH hy the State of New
If nth* under it Hion unsettled construction of
ihn confederation.-by which they ceded all
their lands 10 that state, inking back a limited
Urnnt lo themselves in which they admit their
jepcitdopce
Though tho Indians nre acknowledged lo
have an unquestionable nnd heretofore unques
tioned tight to the lands they occupy until
that right shall he extinguished hy a voluntary
*es*ion to our government, vet it may well bo
doutitod whether thoso tribes which reside
within Vie acknowledged boundaries of the
United States can with atnet accuracy be d«-
iinmineted foreign nations. J They may more
-correctly perhaps be denominated domestic
dettendent nations. They occupy a territory
to which we Meert a title independent of then
will, which munMake effect in point of pnsNcs-
o*or» when their sight of possession ounces.
ign to
. -- --- - term
foreign state is introduced, wn cannot impute
to thn convention tbe intention to desert its
former meaning and to comprehend Indian
tribes within it, unless the context form that
construction on us. We find nothing iu the
context, and nothing m the subject oftlie urti-
cle, which lends to it.
Gibbs the Pirate.—Wo have rend the confessions of
this almndonnl criminul, who is now under sentence
of death in New York, for the murder of William Hu
berts, mate of the brig Vineyard, on the 22J of No
vember last; and tho enormities they dirdosr, far sur
pass any opinions wo had previously formed of human
viilany. It appears that his real name is unknown to
the community—that hc is a native of Rhode Maud—
and that hc ha*, through the whole course of his iir/a-
rious life, assumed the name of Chuilup (iibhs, in con
sideration oftlie feelings of his family, who are said to
be highly respectable. As we have nn wish to trans
fer lo our columns, details so revolting to all the vir
tuous feelings of tho lieai t, and as we cannot son. that
the cause of virtue or morulity would be advanced by
a full recital of his lion iblc atrocities, wr* shall content
ourselves with a mere abstract of the transacti ns of
bis cvi ntfu! life, as exhibited in the confessions before
alludi-d to.
On firbt leaving homo, his father obtained for him a
situation on board the United States Sloop of'War llor-
net, during the last war with England. After making
too cruises, he was transferred to the frigate Chesa
peake, which vessel was captured, and lie with others
taken prisoner, nnd remained in that situation four
months. After his exehunge lie remained at home a
few months, and then entered on be ard a merchant
ship bound for New-Oilcans, and thence to Stockholm.
Shortly after his return, he was put in possession of
about $'2000 by the death of an uncle, on which hc set
up a grocery in Boston, but though frequently furnish
ed with money by his father, hc soon squandered the
whole of his pioperty, ami went to sea again in a ves
sel bound for the Island of Margarita. Here hc enter
ed on board a Colombian privateer, but the err w bt
coming dissatisfied, they tool: possession of the schoon
er, landed the officers m ar Pensacola, and subsequent
ly raised the Black Ting with (iibbs for their leader.
After turning pirates, they boarded several vessels,bin
finding no specie, or any thing of value to themselves,
they allowed them to pass unmolested. They shortly,
how ever, made an arrangement with a merchant
Havana, who received oil the goods, and sold them for
half the proceeds. Their policy then was to take eve
ry thing valuable from the vessels they captured, mur
der all the rrete.*, and burn the vessels. In this manner
they cruised for about five years without much inter
tuption, when in 18*21, they were attacked while land
ing goods at Cape Antonio, (their usual plnee of ren
dezvous,) by the United States brig Enterprise, and
obliged to abandon their vessel and Bee to the motin
Sjitcimo, Of IWlg.-ln » «•»• ' iumb " “f ,l '* Ne "'
York Spectator, wo notice tfic following delicate piece
ofiuforinatioii :
“ In direct violation of the intercourse law 0. le -»
sveral compani * of Georgia auneyor* are rmining
ret Pinal line*, and will soon cut tip tho country
district* of nine miles square. And m violation of oven
the iniquitous laws of Georgia herself, a gang of white
thieves, called the • poncy club,’ has been introduced
into the nation by authority, who have nearly stripped
thcCIterok.-esnn tho frontier of alt their horses and
moveables, burnt fences, tic. and committed every act
of outrage.”
Comment on sucli a dereliction from truth and decency
is |,ai dly necessary. It is in perfect keeping, however,
with the abandnnril prostration o- "principle that is daily
exhibited in the column, of that abusive print. Bound
to supi-ort tho interests of a particular party, it endea
vor* to fulfil the required lash, by seizing upon every
opportunity that presents itself for the propagation of
any falsehood that will further I heir iniquitous designs,
From such a 6uiirco the vilest slander coil work no in
jury. Every one iu the least acquainted with the nf-
fairs of Georgia, knows llio assertions oftlie Spectator
above to be utterly false; and those who reside where
that paper is well known, will know how much its
idle ranting is to be depended on.
—<SG>—
.In Elopement.—Much excitement has existed of late
among Hie good people of the District of Columbia, in
consequence oflheelopeinetit nf sister Gertrude from
the Nunnery nl Georgetown. Sister Gertrude wus one
of the prineipul Nuns, and chief instructress of the
academy attached In the institution, und upon whom
its prosperity mainly depended. '1 ho elopement was
made in daylight, in disguise. The causes which led
to her withdraw al from tho Nunnery ore not revealed,
nor has router a* yet given any speculations on the sub
jeet.
-Ce
lsius. Here is on interim of a few years, in wliieh
Gibbs visited the Northern cities—went tn Liverpool,
where lie remained some time, living in splendour on
/The court has hesto-ve.l it* host attention »■“ »Hl»»««" g-m-returneJ to B->»to»-*«aeJ<hrlI..
on Ihist qticritinn. nml utter mature deliberation
Ibc majority i* <.f opinion than ait Indian tribe
or nation within ibc l r . Staten in not n foreign
male in the sense of the constitution, and can
not maintain an aclion in the courts of the U.
Stntes.
A serious additional objection exists to the
j"riKdiction of the court. Is the matter ol tho
hill the proper subject for judicial inquiry and
derision ? It seeks to restrain a state from a
tornblc exercise of legislative power over a
neighboring people asserting their indepen-
d' lirp. their right to which the State denies.
, ami recommenced his piratical career—ami re.
turned again to tho United Stairs; when hcaringof the
warbctwccii Brazil ami Buenos Ayres, lie joined the
cause of the latter—obtained a Lieutenancy—made
two nr three successful cruizes, and was finally cap
tured, and irinaiaed a prisoner till peace was conclu
ded, when he returned to New York. After the lapse
of a year, u hich hc apent in travelling, the war between
France and Algiers attracted his attention, and hc de
termined to join the service of the Dcy; but the vigi
lance of ihe French fleet prevented the accompliah- r _
men! ofhis purpose, lie proceeded to Tunis, remain-! ®sthc latter. W Inle coal costs from 12 to ) j doj.
foMMf'riCATEt).
GAS LIGHT FROM CHINA BERRIES.
Mr. SJI01*,—Having for two or three years pa3t sup
posed ibul tho hurt its of the China-tree (Mclia Ait-
durnch,) contained some combustible substance which
night by proper management, be extracted for purpo
ses of illumination, I was led recently to make some
expr 1 intents with them, to ascertain tl.e truth ol the
mipp Hiion. By the kimhiussof Professor Jnmrs Jack-
son lo whom I made 1 lie. above' suggestion, 1 bad ac
cess to the College l.uborutory, for the purpose ofusing
the necessary apparatus in trying the experiment;
which by bis able and skillful management, was satis
factorily performed. • c tilled a small crucible hold
ing about a pin:, «itb Cbina-berrics, the tube from
v. hie!*, tcrminaudin n pneumatic trough, in which sal
a bell-glass lilbd with water. The top of the bell-glass
hid an opening guarded with a stop cock, terminated
above with a small brass tube. We submitted the cru
cible to m ar a red heat in a small furnace. The at
mospheric air, with s one gas, soon escaped; after which
Carburettcd Hydrogen gas, formerly rolled Olefiant gas,
ca-r»e freely over and in largo quantities. On turning
the slop cock for the pas to escape from the bell-glass,
(which was now filled,) and applying a lighted candle
to tl»c end i.f the tube, we were agreeably stupiiscd to
find that it burnt with a clear and beautiful flume; ami
by turning the cock so as to give the gas full vent, it
produced a tall large flame, more than a foot in height.
By making the room dark, we discovered that its light
was as b.ilhnni as is usually produced by thr burning
of this gas, procured from other substances, and which
is so extensively used in latgc cities for lighting streets,
Theatres, public Houses, &c.
liass,dis'illt d tretn real or cil, both of which arc ex
pensive materials, is the cheapest article that has ytt
been used for light. This being the case, gas obtained
by the distillation of China-berries, must be still cheap
er, as the Southern States afford them in great plenty
ami cheapness. The China-tree never fails bearing
large crops of berries. They afford an astonishing
quantity of gas. The towns ofthe south may he eco
nomically lighted with the gas distilled from these ber
ries. A pint of the berries, as I have found by experi
ments made since tho first,conducted in the laboratory,
yielded from S to 10 gallons of good gas, which burnt,
especially at night, with a most beautiful, mild, clear
light, lias light is more uniform and steady Ilian any
other, as there is no smoke nor snuff occasioned by its
combustion. Very simple appaiatus will be found to
answer fir distilling this ga* from the Chinn-heiries.
For a crucible, two pots cemented together with a cop
per, tin or gun-barrel tube h ailing from the uppermost,
io the gas receiver; or a still, with tho cap confined
d.Mvu with strips of iron, and a tube connected in
the same manner, may be adopted. Fcr a pas receiver,
a tin or copper vessel or a fight cask, with a stop cock
at top, may be inverted in a hogshead of w ater, sus
pended with cords and pullies 10 receive the gas. From
the stop cock ob >ve, it may bo conveyed by leaden
tubes to any resirable place for burning. Every joint
ofan apparatus for distilling this pas, should be care
fully luted ami confined, to prevent its escape. I found
two parts of wheat flour mixed into a paste, with one
part or more of dripped ashes, to form an excellent ce
ment.
There cornea over with the pas some cmpyrcunmtic
oil, which possesses a disagreeable smell, resembling
the odour of Cliina-hcrrics before distillation. The gas,
however, may be freed from this oil, by passing it
through one or two tight vessels tilled with, and im
meraed in cold water, before it is received into the last
vessel for use. During its combustion, this gas does
not give out the least smell. !• it known that many
of tho oily seeds yield this pa«, such as flax seed, cot
ton seed, &c.; but it is believed none of them yield it
in such large quantities as the China-berry, w hile none
of them are either as convenient or as cheap a mtteri-
lars a chaldron, oil 50 cents a gallon, cotton seed from
ed there inactive for a wliiJ.-j then took naamge to « a , , * c „ A . , . , „ • .
„ ' « ' . , 1121 cents a bushel, and flat seed yet more, our
.Marseilles, am! ilimicc to Boston. From Bo*t„ n lie I Chiua-trees which grow so rapidly without cultivation,
wiled to Neir Orleans, and there entered as a com-j will furnish us wit Jumincaicq'iinliiiefl of bcrries,which
Wo aro glad lo sro that our neighbor oftlie
Christian Repertory, hits thought proper to
say a few word* relative to tho recent arrest of
llio Missionaries in tho Cherokee country.
Much nhttso and cciisiiro lots been rust upon
our Slate authorities for this not; hut this
shows how far it has been just, nnd how
much, or rather how little cause tho Missiona
ries hud for llio course they have pursued.
Coming us this article does, from a Religious
paper, it ought to put to silence the unholy
cnnliiigs and croakings of uninformed or mis
taken zealots, who huvo raised such a liuo
nnd erv ngililist us i-~J\Iacon Messenger.
“The Missionaries Arrcikd-—["Under
this article some remarks huvo been ollcreu
to tho public, apparently ns much lo question
the humanity of our laws, ns to increase tho
unfriendly feeling of our Indiun neighbor.--.
Much is said and much more will doubtless
he said on a subject which seems to have eli
cited many painful feelings ; Imt the " mi-
righteous features of the Jlct,"{ or the violation
of which the “arrest” wns made arn yet to ho
exhibited. Tlm constituted authorities ol the
state hnvc ccrlninly the right, nnd are hound by
moral obligations, to enact and enforce surl.
lows within tho chartered limits of it* jurisdic
tion, ns shall cfloctually secure our citizens
from thn “ mock trials” and inhuman bruta!
treatment which some of them hnve received
at the hands oftlie Cherokecs—und ifl'ltristi-
nnily w ill justify a preference for the “ Sttvtige
Code,” and it* bonstod declaration of Inde
pendence, it cannot sustain the propriety of a
voluntary subjection of its votaries, to the
penalties of a law. which regards ns its chief
object, the suppression of crimes at which hu
manity must blush. The “conscientious
scruples” which the “ oath” is said lo have
imposed upon its subjects, mny bo ascertained
by a reference to its letter, viz : “ I, A, B,
do solemnly swear (or affirm, ns the case may
be,) that I will support and defend tho Con
stitution nnd Laws of the State of Georgia,
nnd uprightly demean myself as a citizen
thereof.”
“ Render unto Cesar the things which an
Cesar's, and unto God Ihe things which are
God’s, is n precept which all men arc required
lo obey.”]
Mdnction !—AVe lenrn that on AA’edncsda)
last a young man, in llio employ of a Mr. Ii.
W. residing with his fttmily about three miles
from town, on one of our most public roads,
had a misunderstanding with his employer,
nnd very unceremoniously threatened to per
form upon our astonished neighbor the opera
tion of throat-cutting, which idea being not
much relished by him, as one would naturally
imagine, he escuped through one of his hack
windows, leaving his wife and family in the
house, and made a precipitate retreat to this
city for such assistance ns would ho necessa
ry lo secure the ungrateful guest—which ob
taining, lie returned, when lo I tho young man
had retired, carrying with him not only Mr.
IV.’s wife, hut his horses and carriage,* bag o!
money, a double barrelled gun and his servant
girl—since which nothing has been heard of
them.— Vtrtt. Georgian,l 6th inst.
AVe learn from the most unquestionable au
thority that from serenlt/ fite to one hundred
pounds of Gold (the precise quantity not
known) were lately found upon a tract of tor/.