Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-15

wrote, "This is a faithful saying,
and worthy of all acceptation, that
Jesus Christ came into the world to
save sinners" A third questionwas
then proposed, eminently adapted to
call his most powerful feelings into
exercise: "Why were you born deaf
and dumb, while I can hear and
speak," Never, (said an eye
witness,) shall I forget the look Of
resignation which sat on his counten-
ance, as he took up the chalk, and
wrote, Given so, Father, for so it
seemed good in thy sight. "-Watch-
man.
The Cherokees have been removed
! from their territory and sent on their jour
ney beyond the Mississippi. The troops
have been dismissed, and General Scott is
on his way from the Cherokee country
to Washington The official account of
this national episode will never give the
details which belong to It's true history.
The broad fact that eighteen thousand hu
man beings were driven from their homes
by the American government, in compli-
ance with what is speciously termed the
"pollcy of removal" but in reality to sa-
tlate grasping cupdity, cannot be con-
cealed however We mi ght wish to throw
a veil over that dark and infamous trans
action. But the individual features, the
distress OF families torn from their fire.
sides, their native hills, their streams and
valleys, the scenes in which were center
ed all the associations Of infancy, of fam
lily, kindred and ancestors the sufferings
OF the aged and the mfrm, the women
and children in their long AMI dreary pill
grimage beyond the Mississippi, in charge
Of heartesS and avaricious contractors :;
the periIs by flood and field. the explo-
sions in steamboats, or starvation in the
desert; of these we shall hear nothng in
the cold and formal routine of the official
communications relative to this Cherokee
campaign. For thesr details, constituting
as they must, deep augmentation Of the
national guilt incurred by the expulsion
OF the Cherokees, we must if they are ev
er given, depend upon private memoirs
and narratlves.-DeL State Journal
THE ADMINISTRATION interesting
he APPEARS to every feeling mind! AchiId
robbed of his mother excites universal con .
miseratIon and affection from every b.
som. We Look forward with anxiety to
every future period Of lite, and our prayers
and our hopes attend every step on his
journey. We mingIe our tears with his
on the grave of her whose maternal heart
has ceased to beat, for we feel that he is
bereaved of the friend and guide of his
youth His father would but cannot sup
ply the loss In vain the whole circle of
his friends blend their efforts 10 alleviate
his sorrows, and to fill the place occupied
by departed worth; mother must be miss
ed every moment by child who has ever
known and right y valued one, when she
sleeps in the grave. No hand feels so soft
as hers-no voice sounds so sweet-no
smile is so pleasant! Never shall he find
again in this wild wilderness such sympa-
thy, such fondness, such fidelity, such ten
derness, as he experienced from his moth
er! The world was moved with compass
sion for that motherless child, but the
whole world cannot supply her place to
him.
SUDDEN DEArH.-We have seldom
had, in this vicinity, so many days in sue
cession Of very hot weather as at different
times during the last three weeks, which
have been marked by more than ordinary
warmth for the whole time. The mercu-
ry has often been from IS to 90 degrees
in the shade. We have had many and
very heavy showers Of rain, and more
than is usual of thunder and LIGHTNING
but the weather on Monday last was Of
peculiar character. The morning early
was dali, but the aspect soon grew more
pleasant; though, as we noticed the SEN
sbilitv of the Thermometer and Barom-
eter, we looked for day of various hues,
and we have found the experience OF 9TH
ers corroborating our own remarks Be-
tween the hours of 9 and 10 A. NJ, as
we were in the street, (the heavens, at
, the moment, indicating no approach of
thunder,) there went down before our
eyes, and but very little distance from
US, stream of lightning with such a
cracking peal of thunder in instantane-
Gus accompaniment, as we have seldom if
ever known. The effect was very pecul-
lar. As we were in a favorable point,
there were some twenty persons in view,
not one of whom did not, like US, stand
still as if to ask himself if nature made
a pause 1t was the only thunder and
. lightning throughthe day. As we point
ed to the spot near which We were conf
dent the shaft of heaven had fallen, and
were meditating on the suddenness of that
day of dread which must come, we were
7 told that at the very house over which we
4 saw the forked arrow play, very pious
and valuable young woman, as We were