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' " . ELEGY. f" V. : tfn tke Death of a Bl'adsmkL . .. ' VITR the nereis ot a Sampson this ion of . i . the Uedge, . p '" ' : ''-.!...-'.'; i By tbt-env'd bis livelihood got t r , ;, Vith the jskill of bkl Vulcan ccnrld temper A And strike while his iron is hoW. . . . Bjjirging he lived yet never was tried. Or condemned bv the "la ws' of the lrid ; fc'ut still 'tis certain, and cart t be 'deihi'd " ' Ho' often" was burnt In hheh'dni t :; WrUrtrfe sonr ot at. Jrispm no Kmarea nc claimed, !! ' ' V""T, .... lie hajdjedncr ai, arid yet in: "his ltime .-He ble w u'o no' coals of sedition, butitill ... " ij i His bellows was always in bjast ; , And I will acknowledge (deny it "who. will,) -7 . That one wee, arrti&rtone he possess 'd.' j Jlo attot vvas he, or concerned with the stage, KTrt aurii.'nr tn aurc him ann'earM t ; Yet oft in the shop (like a crowd in a rage) J . The Voice qtlimii was beards Thb' jrf'ifi'njfOfaxes wafpaft of hiscaresy i In thieving he never" was ioundv- ' Xnd tho' he was constantly beating on bars No vessel he e'er raff aground1. Alas T and alack ! what more can I say Of Vulcan's unfort'nate son ? TPhe jiriest k the sexton have b itMehim away, And the sound of the hammer is gone. ' ' from tht Quebec Mercurf. We Tome time pall mentioned in . oaf pVpcr the fate of a mifvr who perifhed irt . the fire at St. ThomVs, and whofe kelc- ton was faid to be fo'md. extended over , Ms iron cheit. Attached to fome St . , Cjoix Gazettes, we have'receiycil from a inendis a narrative of that fare in MS. Here follovv.j sx extract; , , . . v,'l:Amjngft, tfwe whx loft their lives was an old. German,' who had been ma- riv year's a refident, and by the dint of ifMrimu fchemes and illegal triffic, had accuniiilatrd much wealth ; "when liin, ,he was a horrid bid neighbour, a (hock . tng unmercifal' mailer, and no man's ciendwhen any needy wretch unftr:ti , natefy . tc!l into his clutches he always 11 dealt with h'uti moft unfeelingly toincreale' pelf for, ' " ; " His GoJiohi Gold, and fits' Rtliptit Thejt? ( An hour before the fire extended to h)s thpnfe one of his white companions, iiu iiiiii tiiai tw vwiw ii mi tin j m of grld and rfclUrs fcr Fri houfe, he might fend, them with his nef(es and ihst they would be Qfe ; but this Re retufed to du ; firefently -alter, as (lie fire was approach . ngfhe was requclied, by the fame man, to unbintf ohe of hi flivt. whom he had cB'iirned to a pott, for fotrre mifdeiTieaBOf, ' and this Re alio tefifed to'comp'y whh b.it Hiffered iiro to burn to alhe. . Tht reptile sou!, phost nascning 'pbw'er s evere 41 iiAjii tht logit bounds of cent per tent," wol:ld i ru (I no man, white or black, but fluck dof to fait chert, in the midil of ' ViW 0 m m t'lM M-ttlJ.l t r m falalnn . . j doubt, -hr had"' nor 'Wer. before, or ' at the la(l gfp, tcr beg fr irrercy : we are Ihfbrrned, that the lad exclamations of the fordid, fuu'.lcfsy nafly cankered wretch, "wt're ' ' ; ,. ' m Omj Djttars mj Dollars i my darling Dol lars! '. " ' ' The Jre is comuhhg me'.IJieu! adieu i f . ' ' -diev " ,T Next day amongrt the imrncnfiif , ofrulnji, expofd after fuch awful dtrjf. ta iom, his bones were found, clole by a largciron cheft, with the key of It clinch ed io the parched bones of his writ) No -lefs-ihan- o,oo ljllars -were lutied, which were lodged in the furl, to t e appropriated to the relief of the real fuf fcrers. 41 Hear thli, ill ye miTcf!", inJ tretn ble ;- of all the filthy, carniroinu ani mal,of God's creating, ye are noil dc teltble,' and hateful in hit eyn." 'WASinS'GTON CITY, June 24. CtVlLtATlbrTcTrnt INDIAN'S On no topic can the mind of an American dwell with more complacency than'the con dtjrtof his government to the aborigine, of then)iN In snrvtrting.nif the rtcortlfcf im ysrtil hitrrr)-, the ortft'tn and proRnrsuve Heps of concur t, we contcmpUtc the drk it picture which the dmbpement of the hurnancharaeter exhibits- .It Is there that we behnVl tin? united und destnuiits furce ff the worftpa!'n, uicontroultd by humini. ty, unchecked by policy,. Power, arke, ' ndlht, which unJef fther eimimiancf iespta?h othtr In cHeek-b wiuiiul colll ' iljn,1ien vnifrd pouY in one m'njMy torteu:, awecpinifl its impttboti c'me whattvtr .opposes its iiiMiftc. Whether wt cast ourttts' in the cail nr west we rxHnltta) ante Mleerind aM'spcttaelt r ffrrnU )irr ami hsppy rutia tnjyiflij tat vun tits of future, cutofXhy IheiwoiiTof lie in t Kuroi tonquviur, vr ewmea is acct atstery I ' ' ' It wiiCirteratey reserved for tht United fntale l ttUUufe t new i In the conquest Affitiitnt, and losei an enmpW, ro !! h.'.nvis than bt ntnteni in Its tfTcCti. Our neeuora comin ta thet shorts, pt incpl fy ta ttcat rel jicvi or pcll'.ital pcrsto tion, imbibed, at an early -period, sentiments enlightened and tolerant 'hey? found, nu merous" tribes of hardy eavages, scattered o ver the country Arotditthe-inevitable col lisions aftd war that ensued,, the v. never dreamt of following tne example oi xriui- , nation soj.ng,lqr3pisly' act hyiwhtr, iiallons, Yaheemefcts ln'mannfactoiy, &c. , ..... -y . i Weare-Diar fcirU-i. v ; respctfully Year' c They, perceived Chat a bounUful jrodence(, harf allotted landenotieh for thejr. acCorhtno- dation, as well as the actonimpdation of the natives jnd.they . soon, .learned tliat their mutual happiness deifended upon a spirit of compromise.4" It appeared on, the one hand, that the force of the liurbpeaiiswa's inade quate: tpithe destruction' or subjection of the savagesj while that of (he latter was note-, qual to preventing the .gradual and steady' erfcroachinenU of the i lotnW.",, A kind of ta cit convemion1 arose out. of these considerk ' tions and H soon became understood that ft? the emigrants increased aiid extended their settkment's, the natives' must retire' info the interior j c that as a compensation for aban doning their settlements" they , should teceive occasional or rteular dortations in the kha'pe of good', horses or implements of husband ry ; and that tlVe overn'mentsl with which they contracted, should maintain them in the enjoy mentf their lands against the lawleis acts of individuals. Under the ausnices of these rare and bono rable prihcvhles'the intercourse with the ha. ties coinmenced, anu nas,, wun om muc VHiition, been since conducted. 1 he con duct of the European Settlers rriay, in il e first instance hate been, in a gret degree, the offspring of Weakness . But to the honor :of the American character, in proportion, is the natiolV has acquired strength, has she manifested a spirit of philanthrophy, indul gence and even generosity to the natives.- Commiserating the unfort'utiaUlsitijattonitt which they were placed, exposed, frottt an in evivble necessity,' to the gradual dispossess siosi of their lands, there . ha prevailed bttt one sentiment, thai it betame onr duty, by "every meaii in our power to lighten their suf Terinss, and, while we deprived them of the soil, to give them,'' if possible, an equivalent. Hence has amen a system of intercourse, under which solemn treaties are formed, by which the-natives surrender to' the United . State's their rights to povtions of soil and re eeive in reutrn from them temporary gratifi cations or ieinianent subsidies. ; . With the growth of the national resources ;thii system Ins been extended and it has not been deemed unworthy of the philoso phic spirit that now presides over the cabi net to employ the best means of gradually at ta'chinqj the Indians to the pursuits of civili zed life. Already che effects of these efforts fcaveberotrfe manifest; -and have effectually disproved the geirerlly received opinion of llw ihtritctahil'tiv of the savage state to the ars of civiUjd'iifs The recent and au thentic statements, w'nich hve been pub liihrd prove that the taxk isnot half s ilim. cult cr had bj-n imagined. They derm)n-su-ate that the success entirely depends on the means. They prove that the Indians, so far fra.n bsi'ig insensible to the comforts of civilisation, arc gradually and sVjadily'em bracing them ; and that some or the trlbt have already nrndc no inconshlerable pro jress' in agriculture and domestic inanufac tnreii 'W much so that many families are well dressed, with the - habits ot civilrieU stale, made by their own industry. Anwm the evidences of this interesting fact, we have before us several specimens of cloth of a good lu'isiarrtul texture made by the Cherokee stjunws, which were sent to Mr. Cocke, a se tutor jbinTeancssee, as un evidence of the progress of their improvement', as well as of th:h regard for a fiivnd end behefictor, We have aho before us serial letters rc tciTttl by that gentleman,' fr6M- yout In. dian women written lit their own band wri ting the writing is perfectly legible, and by no means bid. We cannot resist the gratiB catiiiVftf prcstntinj atrawcript of them to tluf reader. , . ""VT sin, Cfdclmbgs, JJj26, 1501. - , ,- , YoQr Utter cflbis datj is now before me. In answer to it yoo may assure yourself, I will with pleasure furnish you with a simple cf our manufactory. PrubuMy the next lime you pats this wjy 1 shall be able to she you a bitter spctimcn. " Wishing you better health and an agree abl journey home.' remain Sir, respectfully yours, fcc. GenU William Cocke. Cheroiees, Dttetnler JSih, 1301. Dxat. 8t, We have the pleasure to acknowledge th! fkvor of yoar friendly letter cf the ttth ull.. In answer to it wewuU oniess we are Hor than pleased la find, that, owr worthy friend Genual C!ck spprotes so Mhly of our smsll trtnrt!S in nranu factory Srrotil4 wt agm ! lha pUaiurt of our friend's 4 company t our ijain, ptt.Uai.iy le would iUtcorer wc havi not procrastinatsd in cur ihdustry. , ,Ilwl it pleased tht Deity toplatr nur ancestors in this firt of.ll.e .GM whert tere was no opporttrmiy i ri, itajmuloii cul from ihen. wt art tol avtowd Ifwt malt sn error, but art thsnVM U.lt Riven ui a taVnt, and wt ,wih to irake on of it, viiuiwt to ltiry il irt the Seas of oblivion. Vener-alt I'ater, wt hope ou ,,l be so eourtecutsi to villi our dwclhn when yon ait lrailltrg thtwuph Mir louiiiiy ihst wt may have the pleasure of your ccmpmyi fnf iiiitDcr )ou art cip.Mc to jagc of avr ad Among the ntimerous features which cha ractcrise the policy of .trMs.rprese nt, adrninis .tratioa vfhe general govfrnji)5nti there is none that will descend to posterity wjlh more eclat, i than . the enlightened humanity' and friendship with which Ue aborigines of the soil are treated. In the measures pursued forth? prpmxrtion of their '-happiness will be tliscerned !a Sfpirit of ptifeand active bene'; tolencojand in the means mad. uss of to wards effectihsj, their civilisation, will be seen -a foliey at once simple and profound, such 'acivcmstnce9 require, btitauch as has in other nations- hevet been practised. Hitherto force has usually been embarked in every enterprise ''for reclaiming the savage statei Let us, say conquerors, first inspire I the savage's with terror, and then they will i lend a Willing ear to our advice, aDd obey j our precepts. Little . did these men know ! of the. human heart I, Little did they appre I ciate the stobbohiess ofi the "mate rial of i f which it 'is furmcd before it jiai learned to Tjow be'neaththe J oke of u'slirpation! Hence all their proua schemes have perished without success ! And tht-y have e'nded, at once, in the destruction of the innocent and the entire abortioiHpf their hones. May tlie Itsaofis which America teaches ' il. i.: : ... w., !sida ueepuuu ine ncuris ui prmtes, uiiu may .tiiey learn that policy, no less than justice, -ihculcates'lhe duties of forbearance and nier cy; . . . . . Itmrty add to the interest of .this merited tribute to the .ehli&htehed policy of our go vernment to give a short outline, drawn by the correct pen of Robertson, of the very, ; different' system pursued by tlie Spaniards in plaining their colonies in this' quarter of the Globe' - . ( , - ' ' i , 'V'i he first visible Consequence' of. the c- ' tablis'hments made by the Spahiardj in Ame- ' rica, was t"he diniiniiiioh cf the ancient inhe- ; bitants, to a degree equally asloiiibhing. and depld'nib!c.: I have already, oh different oc-'j casionsi mentioned the ". disastrous influence ; ! under which the connection of the. Americans !.' with the people of our hemispliVre comrhen- ' ccdi.hoth in the islands, and in several parts; of the continent, and have touched upon va rious causes of "their rapid consumption.- Wherever .tha inhabitants of America had resolution to tnke" arms in defence of their liberty an3 rights, many perished in the uhc-. qua! contest, and were cut'ofT 'by the fierce inv.ulr8. But the. greatest desolation ful lowed after the sword was sheathed, and the conquerors Were settled iii tranquility, h was in the islands, and lii th6sc provinces of the continent which strefchftom the Gulfcf Trinidad to the confines of Mexico, that the fatal effects of the'. Spanish doounion were first and most fensibly felt. .' All these were occupied cither by vf anderirig tribes of hun ters, or hy such as had made but small pro gress in euliivation and industry. When they were compelled by their new masters to fake up a fixed residence, and to apply to regular labor when tasks wereimposcd up ,on them disproportioncd to their strength, and Were exacted with unrelenting severity they possessed not v'ior cither of mind or ef bo'dy tottfotaln this tissual load of oppres sion. Dejection and dopair drove many to end their lives by violence Fatigue and famine destroyed more.' In all those extcn ive regions, the original race of inhabiiants wasted awa ; in tome it was totally e.tin gu'uhcd. In Mexico, where a powerful and martiAt pensile distingolshcd their opposition to the Spanrards by efforts of courage wor ,.ihy of a bf t'.er fate, gd-at numbers fell in the .field: and there, as well as in Pern, still greater numbers perished under the hardships of attending the SpanUh armies in their various expeditions and civil war, worn out with the incessant toil of carrying. their bag gage, provisions, and, military- stores. lint neither the rage nor cruelty of the Spaniards were so destructive to the people of Mexico and i'eru, as the inconsiderate po licy with which they established their n:w settlements. 1 he former were temporary calamities, fatal to individual the latter w as a permanent evil, which, with gradual consumption, wasted the nation. W hen the provinces of Mexico and Peru were divided among the conquerors,' each was eager to r b tain a district, fmm which be might expect an Instantaneous recompence for all hiscr vices. oh!ieis, accustomed to the careless nets and dissipation of a military life, ' bad neither industry to carry on any plan of regu lar cultivation, or patience to wait for its slow lot certain return. Initctd of settling in the vallics occupied by the natives, where the fertility of the soil would have atntly rc warded the diligence of the, planter, they ihme to fix their stations In some of the Ttiountaneous regions, frequent Loth In New Stvun and Peru. To search for mines cf puld and silver, was the chief r hieel of their activity. The protects which this opvps, and tht al!unnjr hopes whir h it ciftimukllv presents correspond onderfi?ly hh lt.tr spirit of ctrierpnze and adventure ini t am mated the Srtt cmlgrantsto Atnrritain eve ry parlor their condurl. In order to puh f'Hwaid the faouii'e projects, so many haads were wanted, Ihst thcteniet ofthe nstivti became u.dipcnkMy rmme 1 hey were arcovdmclt comptlicd to anaM d"n their ancient babitaticns in tht plaint, tnd lmn in crowds to the mount&irtt. 1 his tMentranUionfrtm tht sultry climate of j the tallies, lo iht chill xnttratirg air ptcu I'ir to highlands in tht torrid tent eantli j UntUbortcim) or unwlolciOme r&riiVJ fheht, aftd fit orspohrJehey occasioned by a species of onbression to Which ther vrco rrl -accustomed, - and of which thtf aiw noend4 " aneeteo mtm nearly as micK f as their Its . industrious countrymen ih tbe islands. They tunk. under the united pressure of tbose ca lamities., and melted away with almost equal rapidity; ;ln conatqtlerice of thisY tqgethe laitH the introduction of the' small pok, a jnaj lady unknown in America, ami extremely .'fas fal to the natives,- the number of people Jfpn 'A mew ppain ana rcru was somu.cn recnceu that in a few years tlie acco'unts of their an. cient population appeared almost', incred? ' to" ". ; - .7'.' ' "-!-"; . ' -; NORFOLK", June 291 ' ; - T tJy a passenger M ho landed frorri' the1 sch'f Baltimore 5 from Bermuda bound W Baltk timorei we learn, that hia Brifanic" majesty's i ship Cambrian,-and Driver have Captured, and sent into Bermuda the Spanish privateer' M aria, Antonio. Lebo, 'master of 10 guns.-i This is one of that neat of,pirp,tes that infest" Our coast. She had robbed arl vrnerjcaji,vesVj "f tl of three puncheons ofrum, -which were r on board at the tiine she yi-as captured. Pre- ious io ner capuire sne naa tascn " the' shK) naiics yMiici, I 1)111 jJKUIS wt inj poi v irom .1, iiHUBswii) mi i timiuuui. anu 1KB . shl HiinfrHli. nf Rnfhn. fvrti'iV.VI fr.i1Uniar:' j - vuiiu iu viiiuimi,. laden (as the master of tlie'prlva'tfcer report-' ' ed) with stot-ei for accoruHt ftf tlc GeterhiArnf mas to a portin the United States. OntKe 9th Inst, in sight of Bermuda, ahe Charles . Carter; and tlw Huntress, weeierCapmrVd by two British letters of marruc .and fiojl ,( the course they steered, were, supposed, to bo bound to .Utirooe. . A few; dav befniv. !h Marianas taken, t she wvas in company to tlje ' westwaid of Bermuda', witii' a jfrenchpfj-!.1 tcer, . . ' ' , '!', . r The Baltimore was'efiised hike K6urS by. 4, sch'r privateer, in hit. G3!'0O', 'and long. 10 In the chase the Bahitnp1'e'was"'compelled,toi saw down her tm-wlo's In ten or twelve " places, and by yt fiich Means with' slacking1. her unroucis anu backstays she escapee. The pri vateer was so near, as to h ave.ho doubt of .. her being French or Sppnibh.L&r. ..i. The following j a, copy of a jcner rfc--V ceived by thc'fciretaxv of the navy frctet . . : N I id (h i pm a in Ojjilvie commanding, ofiicer ffup-hoat No. 7i. built at NewYoik. , .., S. GuihBat A'. 7, Aew-Ttrkfllaj; Sift, I have the honor tranfmit frr; your information, the following account of my irinfacYi'ons, fmcc the I4h infl.t On that day,! got under, vt ay, :in com pany with the U. .S. fhipjohrt Ad-Ws and gon.boats Nos.j and 6' to proceed to th Mediterranean. We kept In cota-, pany that day ahd.thc; .eit j . but pn th i6th, it came-on to blow vert fieOiin ,lhe evening, from' p. fi. lent dowrt topfail and lower yanls, but carrying U' other fails to kcp up wijlj thcftigate- A it, wt lotl fight tof the frigiie and pun boats, owing to in,beinj( excefGvtly thick ami foggy i tut, morning and Tor three davt afterward tlefog continued r.a fail in fight, and. a hh fea ruimirtgi ws now difcovercd that in confcqueiicc cf our carying a prcf of fail to keep jip with the fliip, we had fprung our maft4 and foundji fp'it from tl.t heel, to "ilia partner!. I lmmedutcly.had two fir on jj mouldings clapped on below, and an iron band above the part ntrr, hoping it would be fufiicieni to prevent its going farther bet on he atfl, in lat. 37, 17, long. 1 found the mafl be fo much weakened and worked To .much, (ihe..fpHt hjyjag nuw gm five feet above ;he decje) I was induced to believe that fhqutd we gel Into a heavy fea, we would Inevitably lofo It my only alternative now was lo retort, as I thought the .ci'iifcQuencei rqijht c ' much worle were we, to lofe it 4tt mid dle ofihe ocean. 1 ' ifc r 1 cannot cxprefs to you fir, my morti fication, at the unfortunate accident-fijch has thus in feme meifure dcfr'ale1 I affure yeu my wifh, to-join the fquadrou as early as poftiIc but I trufl 1 fhall yet be there in time to participaje.tn jha glprf which I am couftdtnt our little avy..will acquire this fummcr,.4pin(t hi enemici be alTmed, fir itovjhiotflall bewsntlng by tht lime I- can hive the honor ta bear from you, I fhall be agaltweady for'Jes, No. 7. is a very fuit u(Tl td cipable of poing ro any p'art of th world the fails well, holds a good wtndjta fetf ft iff, ani an exteUint Ut blW " "- -v- The other ginvbrtatsy. 1 have reifon to believe were fepir4ted-. r the famnim with Myfelf, as iliey' were Oill Tartlier from t!.c f!ilp whtn 1 toll; fight Mj .tut thrre istiodout of tbeirpaUnJtV'eir vt acrof in fjleiy; i .' Kromthe time I determmedto retorn, wt cxpcriciiceif no Itivig-buf bsadrwlndi ai.l cafms and from thwwtffcfttfs nf tbt mart, we were obliged lobe vctyader In carrying fail-lndted, Iia4.rrtjtkjnaft been made of white pine; It ' newer WuU bast been fprurgf with tht fail str were then earning 011 it. I bftrp the htnof ! -bf . V. Sir, with the grencl rtreft, Your obJ:fnt fervin. P. S. OOIlMl.
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