Herald of the valley. [volume], September 14, 1822, Image 3

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Fraw ihe T’et.ongo Hi raid.
Cvrnplaiitefs >pn ch.—By ah ret oi
rh leg ulr. ure, tl.L-ir honors .1. Moore
ir.d Joseph Hackney, Mere appointed
commissioners to explain the low exon
|r«ting Corn planter from certain tuxes,
llter^'is explanation, tIte following
<rpee - S~~i < delivered hy Cnrnplunter,
(i lh . 4 h»u*e, at Vvurreu, outlie
fill da; * J ime, 1832:
1 '••Yt steiduy « ns appointed for us r II
jr meet here. The writing;* which the
iivrrnor sent litre pleased us very
lUt.h. I think tliat ihe Great Spirit
I* very much | leasnl ihnt the white
Iieeple have been iiulueeil tuassiRt the
Indians as lin y have done, end that he
it pleased to see the great men of this
Isluie, & of (he United Slate s, so friend
iy to ns. We are much u!eesed with
r* what has b"cu done.
k *' 1'he Great Spirit first made the
y world, and next the flying animals,and
fonnd all things good and prosperous.
He is immortal and everlasting. After
finishing the flying animals, he fame
down on earth and there stood. Then
he made different kinds of treps, and
weeds of nil sorts, and people of every
kind. Me made the Spring and other
seasons, and the weather suitable for
planting —These he did make/ but
still tu make whiskey to be given to
Sindians he did not make. The Great
Spii it bids me tell the white people
not (n give the Indians this kind ofli
jtpiur. When the Gretu Spirit had
| made the earth and its animats, he went
I into the great lake, where he breathed
ns easily as any w here else, and there
made the diilVrent kinds tf lisb. The
Great Spirit looked baek on ail that lie
- had made* The different kinds he made
<o be separate, and not to mix with ami
disturb eueh oilier; but the white peo
jjile have broken his commands, by mix
ing their color with the Indians; the
Indians huve dene hyttr by not doing
*o. The Great Spi^/ wishes that wars
und fighting should cease.
“He next told us that there were
three things for people to attend to
t —First, we ought to take care of oui
j wives Hi children—Secondly, the white
I people ought to attend to their farms
i »Hd cattle—.Thirdly, the Great Spirit
has given the beast and deer to the
Indians. He is the cause of all things
that exist, and it is very wicked to go
ug-inst his will. The Great Spirit
wishes me to inform the people that
i they should quit drinking intoxicating
diiuk as being the cause of disease and
death. He told us not to sel. any more
of our lauds, for he never sold lands to
i any one.—Some of us noiv keep the
seventh day; hut I w ish to quit it, lor
f the Great Spirit made it lor others, and
1 not fur ‘the Indians* who ought every
day to attend to their business He has
oruered me \o quit drinking any intoxi
eating drink, *ud not to lust after women
| hut tuy own, and informed me that by
doing so 1 should live the lunger. He
made known to me that it is very wirked
to tell iier.-j.et no ooe suppose this I
have said now is not true.
* I have now to thank the govenor for
whai he has done, and have informed
j him w hat the Great Spirt hqs ordered
me to cease from, and 1 wish the gov
ernor tu inform others of what 1 nave
communicated. This is all 1 have at
present to say.
CORNPLANTER.
We ure told that Captain Biddle is
tra. sferred to eammaud the frigate Con.
gress, that she will shortly return to
tue alaiiou w hich the .Vlacrduuian left.
From the AXr/o'k Herald.
The Hornet arrived tu our Haters on
the llth inst. in 7 d*y» I ruin Havana,
and anchored a shirt (1..lance above
C'mut-y lsliuil, » here a..e r. mained un
lit she was visited by the Health Oiti
eer and regnl irly permitted to eome
further up. Doctor Archer, the Health
Utiieer, on going ou board, found the
if**, alt heuilby with the exception of
Howards or 12 slightly indisposed es
w'VM'oe expected among a number of
meu equal to that which composed the
erew ot the Hornet. It was stated tu
him, that during her cruise there had
beeu no sickness onboard the ship be
Jond what then existed. There tus
been one death, (Midshipman Myers)
a few days previous to her arrival, but
the circumstances of this case did not
warrant any apprehension of unhealthi
aets in the ship.—It m.k not therefore
deemed ueccssnry to detain the ship at
this anchorage longer than iho usual
I time allotted to healthy vessels, after
which she came up mud anchored off
'1 ow o Point, whence she subsequently
proceeded up tu the Navy Yard
Early last week a p.rt of the erew
under tiie orders of Midshipmen Xont
xingar and JS’ewtun cumuieuctd break
ii;g up iLc hold hi.d lui.iling {i*e
contents; which proved fat»l to tfae
greater part of those engaged in it, ow
ing to the deleterious properties of the
air confined in "that pal t of the ship;
Tor on Friday night Mr. Zantzinger
was attacked with n fever, the syiiipu
toms of which were decidedly nfa 'ma
ligtiant ehBracter. On (be succeeding
night Mr. NetVton was attacked in a
similar way, and subsequently seven
teen of he crew Who were engaged at
work in the ship’s hold, were taken
sii-k, fourteen of whom, with dtfeided
symptoms of malignant fjver. On Wed
nesduy this intelligence was eommoni
emeu oy tne Commander of the Wavy
Van! to tSie Board of Health here, and
a meeting of that body was immediate
ly railed, at whieh an order wig pai
red directing the removal of the ship
forthwith to the bite of Craney Island,
and the transportation of thfe sick to
that lazaretto. In pursuance of thig
order the Hornet wag towed down yes
terday morning to Cruney Iilanil.
Wuh real concern we state that mid
shipman Zantziirger died on YY'ednes
i day, deeply regretted by hig brother of
ficers—indeed, by all who knew hira.
I On the evening of that day one of the
' seamen also died. The prompt ineas
ures token by tht proper authoritieg in
the removal of the ship and in the dis
posal of the sick, have removed every
real apprehension of danger; and wa
l trust will quiet the minds of those who
i are unacquainted with the eireiiitistin
I ceg of this dis.reusing case. The ope
rations ol the Navy Y’ard, we learn, are
going on as usual, and there is the beat
reason to helieve that the sickness will
be confined entirely to the persons who
are already suited to have been infec
ted by it.
It is proper to state, that from the
day of the Hornet’s arrival up to the
•ime her hold was broken up, the health
of the crew had continue! geuerallv
good.
YY e feel great pleasure in stating that
the Macedonian’s sick are all on the
recovery, with only three exceptions,
one of whiel. is not considered danger
ous. Captain Biddle and Doctor Cow
dery have been permitted to come up,
FOREIGN.
From {he Boston Palladium Jlu<r. 29
FROM Olfll*ALTAR. a
By the brig Cuba, Captain Atwood,
from Gibraltar, we received papers to
the Ittn ult. containing the following
INTERESTING NEYVs FROM
SPAIN.
GlBRALTER, July 9.
A private letter f. opi Madrid of the
3d inst. adds sever il interesting particu
lar* to the short account of the late dis
turbances in that Capital. Tbe provo
cations, repeatedly mentioned in that
account appear to have been the cry of
“Long live RiegoP’sent forth by some
groups of Ultra Liberals and militiamen
gestures indicating that his mijesly’s
throat ought to be cut, and the pelt 0g
of the guards with stones, after his
majesty’s reiurn from the hall of the
Cortes to his own palace, by which
several of the men were wounded. The
guards had fit first confined themselves
to answering the Liberals’ cry and d*s
! mnimratinns by the cry of “Long live
I the King!' but, when they saw them
selves unwarrantably assailed a small
party of them advanced upon the groups
tired a few shots which wuunded some
of the rioters, repeated their favorite
1 ery, adding the words “with absolute
power.’ The authorities exerted them,
•elves to restore tranquility, which did
not prove a very difficult ti«k as the
Liberals had dispersed; but great ei*s
peration continu'd to prevail on both
sides. The death of Laudaburn, one of
the most enthusiastic supporters of the
liberal principles in Madrid considerab
ly increased it and the Municipal Body
called the militia to arms. This eall
however, was not attended with the
consequeuees that might have been
dreaded, as the whole garrison was pul
under arms,four battalions of thoUuards
were known to he in their barraeks,
eager to display their devotion to the
king; the guards were doubled every
where, aud the palace was fully protect
ed.
The next day (the Ut inti.) the two
parties continued in n high degree of
irritation, but the people perfectly
computed, or rather indifferent, and
looking on the eonteat at passive specta
tors. in this state of thing*, the news
of the rising of the Carabineers, dfe.
reached Madrid, and an aecouut was
circulated, at the same time, that the
first corps of Copez Banos had been de
feated by the army of the Faith under
Qu;sada, at no groat distance from
Hoiical. T roops Were Tiotrlyjespecled; I
report got abroad thVt Murillo, appoint
ed Colonel ad interidi of the guard* had
offered to di*arm them, and appearances'
were in favor of (lie correctness of the
report. The inhabitant* thought them
selves on the point of witnessing bloody
scenes. At 11 A. M. two battalions of
the guards, which had hitherto been
kept in the palace, were sent to their
barracks, leaving only behind the two
companies which usually do duty there,
and the prince’s own regiment of caval
ry whose loyalty, (says the letter) may
ue relied upon. that guarded, fail
majesty i« considered as perfectly safe.
At 11 at night, two, out of six battalions
of the guards marched out of the town
through St. Barber’s gate'! half an hour
after, they Were followed by two more,
and rather later, by the 5th and part of
the 6th, which were joined by some of
the pickets, while others staid in Mad
rid, and incorporated themselves with
the two companies in the place. The
number oif men who went out, and who,
at the date of the letter, were encamped
about one league to the noith of Mad rid
amounts to 4-boot* They w*re abandon*'
ed by some of their comrades who enter
tained different opioions; a few ofiieere
remained, and they appointed to tbe
rommand of tfie whole division, a
Frenchman of the greatest merit, and
tried valor, who commanded the 3d bat
talion of the 2d regiment. “Thus head
ed, aud full of entbusiaem, this body,’
observe* the writer of the letter, “is nrj
likely to be slopped iu it# progress,
whithersoever it shapes its march. If
towards Navarre, Navarre will to a cer
tainty, side with it; and, indeed, in the
present temper of the population, the
probability is that it will follow the
impulsegiveti by the guards’in every
district they shall pass through.’
Tranquility prevailed iu Madrid when
the account cante owny. The shops
were shut; there had been no lull fight
on the preceding day, and it was doubt
ed whether the theatres would open on
the evening of the 2d. The number of
armed malcontents in Catalonia was
understood to be very r. spectabley some
aceounts state it to amount to 12,000.
H? it a © it SI ‘if !b SSs
SATURDAY', September 14,1822.
for the herald of thx vallet.
Friend Caldwell:
On opening your 52d number,
8th July 1822, my attention was sud
denly arrested at sight of that inesti
mable term, ‘Justic*’ at the foot of a
communication. Justice! said 1 to
myself, this is a personage of superior
note, whose company uni? conversation
would be of tbe first importance to me;
but guess my astonishment on entering
iuta his sentiments, and finding a mer
ciless Satyr, who would fain drain the
last drop of the juice of humanity, out
of our laws, and vest the tyrannical
slave holder with imperial sway, over
the plSor helpless victims of Avariee
aud misfortuur; to torture, mangle,
scourge and siay them with impunity
yet style himself ‘Justice!’ But, what
thickest thou, were my feelings ou read
ing ahead, to visit his libellous scur
rility, striving to stab the reputation
of a sett of the very best, nmst pious.
mo»t scrupulously l;swtt of men, who
preaeb in the name, and by the special
authority of the blersed Jesus, againat
that diabolical bane of America, that
blood sucker of repulltcau lit erty,
Slavery, style himself Justice. These
preachers are to him, what th- locus't
were to Pharaoh, a perpetual perpl xi
fy; go where ho would, he could hear
the locusts—.'Ph&raoh, Pharaoh, Phar
aoh;’ when he would look on thefr
wings, he saw to his unutterable terror,
one W, for Woe, and another W, fur
wurthe the day. So when this man
hears those hypocrites, (.is he styles
them) preaeh evangelical truth, ’tis
an tucessani buzz in ms ear—'Sinner.
Sinner, Sinner, yet the presumptions
wretch eall* hinneif ‘Jueiiee.*
How gladly wtuld he hear the an
nunciation from the legislature, that
the right* of man were utterly abolish
ed, end the privilege of pre*n’meut
denied to those good, honest-hearted
philanthropists, yet he calls himself
‘Justice.’ He seems to want the slave*
out of the way, by lome means, i sup
pose lie would be much elated to hear
the legislature, announce, slave-holder.
go fnrth, provide thy fsggoti of eow
hides, thy bundle of rods, thv plat*fall
of salt, and thy cords, bind thy wretch
ed property, stretch them up te th
limbs of thy trees, te theaomers bf thy
liodses, tie their feet together, lodg
betweru them a rail or log sutheient to
stretch* thchi. there whip aid aalt alter
nafelr, especially in tfases wfiere the
husband murmurs at the ioeoutioenee
of his wife with thee, or #here the v ifs
or young female, bearing those hypo*
erite preachers, learn to 'fear and lev*
the .Lord of Sabbonth, and refosy to sae
tiate tliy brut ality; for thus wa deem it.
that a man ought to do what he will
with his'ott'R; yet he calls himself ‘Jus*
tier.’
Did 1^, ever realize io Lia imagina
tion, that those staves ^re human be
ings, possessing ail human faculties,
both mental and corporeal, that to be
tortured to death by mangling rods,
might produce a tremor rn the feelings
sf a Nero? 1 trow not, jet be calls him
self'Justice.*
Did he ever refiect on the awful eoti
sequeiice of murder; or is befool enough
to think that kilting one's own slave
is not m\irder, in truth this land is too
much influenced by the latter, lienee it
is that the erime of slave-murder is so
extenuated, and just vengeance which
aecoi ding to all the laws of God, and
man demands life for life, it blunted bjr
the gingle of a few dollars into the
puhltck treasury.
Were 1 a juror cn sueh a ease, aud
the evidence dear against such murder
er, and il determined by the ecut, that
we should bo loektd'up iu the room un
til we acquitted the murderer,
f, in that room whold end my breath,
And starving face the tyrant death.
When €haries Campbell was ayonth
>nee st dinner with soma choiee emr,s»a
iv, Charles cond ucted somewhat dis
pleasing to his father, who slapped him
in the cheek; Charles instantly slap
ped tho one who sat next him, saying,
lend that round till father gets a slap
also. So if gentlemen printers will
please send this round till the man who
calls himself ‘Justice’ gets a reading
»f it, they w ill greatly oblige the pub
lick’s Intuible servant, &c. &e.
MOKDECAI.
THE CHOPS.
We understand that better crops of
Cora have never been made in Deck
bridge, und some of the adjoining coun
ties, than thosd made this year. We
also learn from the Danville Cenuoel,
that Coru aud Tobacco, iu th&t aeetiou
of country, are uncommonly fine. Con
tracta for Corn have been made at 0>is
dollar, per barrel.
Charlottesville Qaz.
Slavery in America—The Edinburg
Scotsiuau, io aa article on the subject of
Slavery i.i;America,remark8: ‘‘Our anti
jacobius have been Very eloquent upon
the eiistence of Slavery amidst the
bo isled freedom of America But be
fore they indulged iu invectjve, it would
beve been wise to inquire who were the
authors of the exit? Other nations may
have a right to taunt the Americans ou
the subject, but assuredly we have none*
Urn slavery existing tnere i| the major
tune of America—but it is the crime of
Bntmu. We poured foul;infection into
her veins; we fed and cherished the
leprosy wuich noW deforms the: other
wise happy country.’
NOTICE,
THIS is to forbid all persons froyrt
trusting or crediting my wife CatbX •
nue Urmy, on my account, as I uni de
termined to pay uo debts contracted by
her, io luiure, unless compelled 6y law;
JOHN UltViY.
S-ptcniber 9th 1922. 10—3t.
Tor-sale,
Two Hundred Acres ol
l.y iog in B itetoiiri eauu*,, about three
miles from Pattonsbu'g, on the waters
of Purgatory creek. l»u thb tract there
is a good APPLE orchard, «f a
bout onehuudredand lifty bearing trees.
There is also a quantity of good TO
BACCO LAND, und the balance pro
due.» (as far aa tried) good earn and
grain.
Any person wishing to purchase Will
pleaseapr.ly to John Gaheen, living on
the premia, s, who will show the land,
and state the terms.
JOHN GOHEEW
SALLY GREEN.
September I4»h ts22 10—tf.
CASH
Will be given at this
Office, for clean Linen ,,
and Cotton Rag^.
Constables’.LI an ks ^
. .FOB 8JILF, A l' FU1S OFFICE