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he had a dangeroua hold. 1 put forth all
mv stit iiuj to xhake *'ff his grasp, striking
him at me same lime m tue face and breast
—O it without avail he stiii kept his bolu.
Finding that something decisive must be
dune, tor 1 could with but difficulty
breathe, 1 clasped him round the middle,
and giving him a sudden jerk we both fell
to tue ground. 1 tell underneath, and he
had rne iu his power. 1 struggled in vain
to tree myself He still held me by the
throat, and began to cry for assistance.
What was to be done? 1 had a jack knife
in my pocket—there was no time for re
flection— my left hand was free—it was
(he work of a moment —the hot blood spir
ted ftom his heart full in my face. Uis
hind relaxed, and giving a terrible groan
he lolled on the ground in agony. 1
•prang upon my feet and snatched the
titn.k: as 1 moved away iu the darkness,
the death rattle in the throat of my vic
tim came fearfully to my ears.
What followed, until I found mvself
chained in this dungeon I knew not: 1 have
a faint recollection of flying from the spot
where lay the dying man—of being arous
ed in the morning by the officers of jus
Ike—of a court room, where v.ere dis
pl.ivrd the tmnk found in my possession,
end tl k..f taken from the breast of the
ioi|‘M! with my name on the handle. I
have a more distinct recollection of an
after trial and of a condeinnation--and
tomorrow, the goaler tells me I am to die
—-lobe publicly executed I acknowl
edge the justness of my punishment-—I
deserve death-*--and may God shew mercy
to h iin who showed no mercy.
*****
By tracing back the life of the condemn
ed man wc will find his present condition
is the efleet of this simple cause—a lottery
ticket. He was led on from one foolish
act, the purchasing tl is ticket, to perjury,
intemperance, beggary, ami lastly, mur
der Os HO.
cabinet.
nA R R FJVTOJV, MAY 8, 1830.
Congress.—The Indian Em
igration Bill, was passed in the
Senate'of the United States’ on
tiie 36th lilt. The following
sketch of the proceedings on
the subject, on Saturday the 1
24th cannot but be interesting i
to our readers.
On motion of Mr. Ilayne, the Sen
ale proceeded to the consideration of
the bill providing for an cxch nge of
lands wish the Indians, and lor their
removal beyond the Western waters.
Mr. White continued his agument
in favor of the bill and in opposition to
the amendment proposed by Mr. Fre
linghuysen, and when he concluded,
the question was put on the first pro
vise, which is as follows;
Provided, always, that until the said
tribes or nations, shall chose to re
move, as by this act is Contemplated,
they shall be protected in their pres
ent possessions and in the enjoyment ol
nil their rights of territory and gov
ernment As heretofore exercised aud
enjoyed, from all interruptions \ en
croachments.
Yeas—2o. Nays—27
T* Is proviso being rejected the’
ques ion was put on the following pro
vide of said amendment, which was
rejected.
•* And Provided, also, That before
any removal shall take place of any of
the said tribes or nations, and before
any exchange or exchanges of land be
made as aforesaid, that (he rights of
any such tribes or nations in the pro
mises shall be stipulated for secured
and guaranteed by treaty or treaties,
as heretofore made. ”
Yeas—l 9. Nava— ‘2B.
Mr. Sprague moved the following
Bmcmimenl, at the end of the bill:
* Provided , always, that until the
said tribes •or nations, shall chose to
i rmove, by this act is contempla
ted, they shall be protected in all
their present possessions, and in
the enjoyment of all their rights of
territory and government, as promised
or guaranteed to them by treaties with
the Uuited States, according to th
true, intent and meaning of said trea
ties. ’
The question being put, it was re
jected.
Yeas— 20. Nays—27.
Mr. Kielingliuysen, proposed the
following amendment;
**Provided , always, that nothing
herein contained, shall be so construed
as to authorize the departure from,
or non observance of, any treaty,
compact, agreement, of stipulation
heretofore filtered.into, and now sub
sisting between the United States, and
the Cherokee Indians.”
This proviso also was rejected;.
Yeas—2o. Nays—27.
Mt. M'Kinley moved to amend the
bill by inserting a proviso; that, when
the improvements of any Indian who
shall emigrate, shall be valued and
paid for by the United States, the
property and improvements shall pass
over to the United States, and pos
session shall not, thereafter, be per
mitted to any Indians of such tribe;
was agreed to.
Mr. Sand ford proposed Ihe follow
irg amendment;
Andbe.it further enacted that,
where lands in any state, are held by
the Indians, and such lands belong to
the State, subject to the claim of the
Indians, or the state or its guarantees,
are entitled to purchase the Indian
titles, the President of the U. States
may givo and assign to any suefr lodi
ans, any suitable distinct or portions
of the lands described in the fm.t sec
tion of this act, when any such Indi
ans shall ( hose to remove to; and re
side on the Western lands, as to be
assigned to them.
This amendment was opposed by
Mr. Frelinghuysen* on the ground
that the United States were not bound
to purchase land for the location of
any Indians, unless where they bad
engaged to extinguish the title.
Mr. Woodbury proposed the follow*
ing amendment, which vVas Accepted
by Mr, Sandford:
“Provided that no part of the ex
pense of extinguishing the titles, or
paying for the improvement of the
lands, or of the removal, or oFtlie first
year f s residence of the Indians, refer
red to in this section, shall be borne by
tlitt United States.”
The amenOon.ort was then rejected;
Yeas—lo. Nays—or.
Mr. Forsyth moved to araoid the!
bill by limiting the operation of
the law to the States over the Indian
territory of which the United States
claimed jurisdiction and soil; and the
bound to extinguish the Indian claims
to lands occupied by Indians within
the same, which was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. White, thtfTitaujt.
was filled with five hundred tfidtisatfd
dollars, to carry the provisions of the
bill into effect. , v
The bill was then reported to the
Seriate as amended, and the anie/id
me nts, which had passed in the Se
nate, having been agreed to, >
JMr. Frelinghuysen moved farther
to amend the bill by providing that
bo hire auy exchange or removal shall
take place, the President shall
nominate, aid, by and with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate* appoint
three suitable persons to explore the
J country to be assigned to the emigrat
ing Indians, who snail, at the next
scMttion of Congress, report the
tity of good arable land, ami the pro
portion of them adapted to the wants
of the Indians.
This amendment was rejected
without a division.
The bill, after having been thus a
mended, was ordered to be engrossed
1 and read a third time by the following
vote;
Yeas—Messrs. Adani, Bernard,
Benton) Bibb, Brown, Dickerson,
Dudley, Ellis, Forsyth, Grundy,
Hay tie, Ileudrirks. Iredell, Johnston,
Kane, Ring, Livingston, McKinley,
McLean, Noble, Rowan, Sanford
Smith, S. C. Tazewell, Troup, Tty. j
ler, White, Woodbury.—2B.
Nays—Messrs. Barton, Belly Ru -
nett, Chambers, Chase, Clayton,J
Foot, Frelinghuysen, Holmes, Knight, j
Marks, Naudain, Robbi s, Ruggles,
Seymour, Silsbee, Sprague, Webster,
Wiley—lo.
The decisive vote of the Senate npon
this question, says, the U. Stated Tel
graph, indicates clearly, that the poli
cy of the President will ‘ c sanctioned
by Congress. We shall, as early as
practicable, lay before our readers
the speeches of Mr. Forsyth and Judge
White. The facts adduced by these
gentlemen, must satisfy all, except
philanthropists, that the only means
of saving a remnant of tha aborigenes,
is to locate them West of the Missis
sippi.
We tender our acknowledg
ments to our Representatives
in Congress, Messrs. Lamar,
Haynes, Thompson and Wayne
for various important public
documents, received during the
past week. Any or all of them
are at the service ol our pat
rons and their constituents, who
may be disposed to give them
a perusal.
We invite the attention of
our readers to the letter of the
Catholic Bishop England to the
Iri3h patriot, Daniel O’Gonnell-
Tt is stubborn truth clothed in
energetic and perspicuous lan
guage.
In digging a cellar on Mr.
Jessup's lot on Broad Street, on
Saturday, the laborers came to
a human skeleton. On exami
nation, it was found to be the
remains of an Indian Warrior,
probably of high standing in his
nation ’Hie lower and upper
Jaws are tolerably perfect with
their teeth,.but the rest of the
skeleton, on exposure to the
air, soon crumbled to dust.
He was judged to belong to the
Aborigines of the country from
the ornaments of Indian taste,
the imple • ents of war, with
which he was surrounded. A-v
round his neck were some kind
of metallic beads, and rings,
about half an inch in diameter
and as wide, resembling small
bracelets, which appear to have
been strung round the neck
with the beads. They are
formed of iron-wire. Amidst
these, were found brass points
of an inch in length, which
might have been arrow points,
which they most resemble, or
pendant ornaments of the neck
lace. But the most remark,
able were the wire wristbands,
at least six inches broad, made
in the same manner as the wire
rings above mentioned, but of
| too massive a structure, we
think, to have been mere orna-
merits only. It is most prob
able they were also part of his
armor, protecting the warrior‘s
arm from his enemy's hatchet.
The beads were connected
round the neck by silver loops
at each extremity of the neck
lace. He lay in an horizontal
position with his feet to the
east, and his face turned to
wards the north at an angle of
about 45 degrees There were
no signs of a coffin, or any oth
er structure in which tiie hotly
was deposited. Judging from
the bones, which were in a
state of preservation, their ten .
mer owner must have been,
as far as statue went, the ‘Wor
thy lord of the forest thro’
which he roamed in the pride
of manhood.
Augusta Courier, 3d insi *
Charleston, S C. Dec 8, 1830.
“Should auy one have told me thaf
a day would come when a seine of <W f >
and awtui duty, would require of me.
address yon, as I this day do, 1 would
have thought it possible.
I wrote a few week* since from
more a letter which you cannot I sop
pose, have yet received, in which Ia ti
ded to the injustice which you though'*
lessly did to a people,of whom you koow
so little as you do of the slave holding
Americans. But this day, I have had
an imperfect view of a letter which you
appear to have written from Derryoa- i ui
last September, upoo th* subjet f
our cruelty and injustice. That view*
imperfect as it was, was to my
blasting than any which 1 have fur veai*
beheld.
I now tell you that a more waaluti
peice of injustice has never been do
to a brave and generous people, than this
which you, ignorant of our history, of our
laws, ofour customs and of our pi wop ,
have dared to perpetrate. You have n t
only been guilty of gross injustice . a
people whom you know not, and w? o
aided you with a noble and dismt- 1
enthusiasm, but you have heaped shame
and confusion upon your own c luntryman,
and those who were once your aiiim. s,
and would still, if you permitted it, be
your friends.
Do you believe, that we, love freedom
and our fellow men, are the heartless
wretches that you describe, because we
cannot atouce do all that your imagination
conceives to be perfection, and which
who have the experimental knowledge*
have irrefragable evidence to be destruc*
tive folly? You have in the unfortunate
moment when you sent forth that docu
ment (if it be yours) (lone an evil, which
no*‘contrition can repair, no service ran
redeem. Asa Carolinian, I cannot rea
son with you upon ts of which you - e
ignorant. As an Irshman, I bewail your
infatuation. And wtiilst lam do: <i
to meet a variety of trials, one of the
keenest and bitterest of my feelings -II
be, that the most contumelious insu't
whic h was flung upon the land of my
adoption, was ungratefully and wa-v. v
given in the moment which she was flushed
with a victory won by American ad. by*
one whom I once valued as a dear friend
m the country of rny birth.
Should the Derrynane manifesto against
the proud American and their slave h<U
ding states be a forgery, I should rejoice
to learn the fact from yourself. Sh uni
it be your production, I would say in me
you shall find one amongst thousands o
your countrymen, who will not succumb
to your insult nor equail before four,
threat.
I shall make to parade of my love of,
liberty, nor send you homilies upon my ‘
humanity. But whilst with every Caro-,
linian, that I know 1 lament evil whicfe
Britain has superinduced, and which wo
cannot* at once remedy, I deny - *r •
right to interfere, and I pray you might
succeed in raising the ruined population
of Ireland to the level of the cctnloit- of
the Carolihian slave.’ Should you live to
behold this result of your labors, you w If
have accomplished more than is expected
by
fJOHV Bishop of Charleston
To Daniel O Connell, E*q.
crackerldictionary.
Badiaciously, Cnrporeonsly.
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Chawed-up, Having ear, nosi?
and lip bit <.ff
Contraption, Y Contrivance up*
Combesticle, j pendant; be
tween and
trapping.
CorO'f*ler t y Thumb and four
Tatar Grabber, j digits.
Pitjfied, Subject to fi.t^,.