Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-02-08
INDIAN ELOQJENCE.


INDIAN ELOQJENCE.
A writer in the New York Mirror, gives this
lament Of an Indian Warrior Of the Yamassee
tribe over the graves Of bis fathers and the reeol
Ilectons aud affections Of his youth. II is ''the
ms;esty Of grief without its weakness.
-. They are gone-all gone--the morning ilnds
them not; the night covers them. M feet have
no companion in the chase, the hollow rocks give
me hack only their echoes. Washattee! where
nrt thou1 On the fair hills-thou hast found the
valley of Joy, and the plum groves that are for.
ever in bloom Who shall find their bones, my
brothers; who take of thy spoilsl Their art all
untepded in the vallev Of joy, and the ghosts OF
the slain bend about thee with many fruwns.--
Where is the maid Of thy bosoml Comes she
with the smoking vcnison; does she dress thy
food at the board, where the hunter sits down at
EVENING" Thou art lain 10 the morning Washet'
tee, and thy sun forgot to Use. | sing tor thee
the hymn of desth-lhy war song for many vic
tories. Thou vert mighty in the chase 1.-The
high hill did not overcome thee. Thy boyhood
was like the manhood Of other men; thou dld'st
not sleepin thy childhood.
Well did they name thee young panther-the
might and the eye Of the young panther's mother
was thine. sickness fed from the atIighted,
and thou laughed in scorn at the black drinks OF
Estuto. The strong tide when thou swamest
b.re thee hot with it; thou dld'st put it aside as an
infant Thou vert long arrow in the chase, as
thy fight was on the strong winds. Who shall
mate thee, my brotherl What chieitain stood
up like Washattees and the day Of thy glory is
rune, oh Huspah! the father ii many kings
Yamassee, where vert thou sleeping when tn,
name and thy nation expired? When the belt
was burned thou did'st weave them. and the
temple Of thy spirit overthrowuP H"spah, thy
day has gone by in darkness, and the strong
night is over thee. Can't thou wake up the
brave who are sleepingi Can'st thou undo the
eye which is sealed up. and kindie the sharp
light fhat IL hidden therein9 What shall restore
thee. Yamassee; where shall the brave men oi
Hospah now End their abode!
The wild grass has taken root in their dwelling
place, and the hill fox burrows und er the hearth
Of the hunter. Thy spirit has no place in the
wigwams oil thy fathers; silence has made home
Of their ruins. and lives lonely among them. U,
spirit of many ages, thou art vanished! Thy
voice is sunk ipto an echo. and thy name is whis-
pereJ ON the hill,ops. Thy glories are the graves
of many enemies; thy own grave is unknown.-
rhou art scattered to the broad winds. and hast
fallen upon the waters. They have carried thee
down with them away, and the hunters OF the
hill find thee not. curse is gone forth upon
thee. and thou art smitten with DEATH"
Commercial La,O. call attention to the
following report Of trial, from late London
paper, involving point in the law OF insurance,
which may be Important to merchants:-
Campbell Us. Richards and others.-Mr Pol.
look stated the case for the plain,f the substance
! Of which Is as follows:-ln the yer OF 1927, the
plaintiff, who was merchant at Sydney, New
South Wales, consigned quantity Of goods to
] London, by the ship Cumberland, TO the care of
MIR. Emmett, who went passenger by her. and 10
the event of any accident to that gentleman. TO
( the care Of the defendants, who were merchants
Z in Leadenhall street. The plaintiff wrote BY an.
other ship, the Australia, to his friend Mr. Har.
ris, solicitor, requesting him to hand that letter
to the defendants, but mot Until after so days
from its receipt we're expired, IN order that The
defendants might insure the cargo for $4,000,
and the freight for R7OO As the Cumberland
did not arrive within so days, Mr.. Harris. at the
expiration of IS DAYS, handed the letter TO the
defendants, whs. on the following day, effected
the insurance at the ordinary risk. Tue Cum.
bvrlsud, aud her crew and passengers Mr.. Em.
met aud his teo 'dren.) have never since been
heard ot. and : 49, pIration of twelve months
his principal. 10 le under writers tor the amount
Of the policies, when ;hey. refused TO paw, allie.
g,ag that the defendants had aithheld from them
when the insurance was Effected, what appeared
to them material, viz: that the insurance was
moi made until 80 day. after the arrival of the
letter nf instruction. and declaring that the risk
in consequence was greater than it had been
1 represented to them.
I. The defendants brought an action in this Court
against the underwriters, but failed, because the
Jury were Of opiniun that the information which
had been withheld Was material, and ought to
have bern communicated. The defendants APP
piled for a new trial. and the judges decided
that the Information vas material aud the verdict
correct. The plaintiff then brought the present
action to recover the g47Oo from the defendants.
Oh the ground that, through ignorance and negli.
gence they, the defendants, had not effected pro.
per insurance.
A great deal Of evidence was brought to show
that the delay Of so days should have been shown
| 20 the underwriters, for it made material diff.
ference in the premium OF insurance, inasmuch
it showed that, for so days after the arrival OF
the letter, the plaintiff uutook the risk himself,