Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-07-29

each other. We shall now take the tomahawks
away from them; and bury them We shall bu.
ry 'hep as deep as the depths Of the EARTH Thev
cannot remain there, because there is water under
the earth, there must be wind also under the
me WIND will blow them away where the war.
iiorS can see them no more. Where the blood
mas been scattered, have wiped it all away; and
where the bones have been scattered. I bove also
'o''ec'ed :hem together, and buried thom. have
covered them with the bark of the white hickory
"ooo; ana have LAID a white cloth over them. tba,
oieod shall no more be spilled upon them: and our
warriors shall remember the bones no more.''-
lhe warriors tnen spoke and said: sour Chiefs
are working alone for the good of the rising gene.
ratlon they cannot bo strong by themselves. bu,
the warriors must also, assist and and accent q,
this "Peace Talk" Tho Messengers of nence
'ncn sPoke' and said: 'Cherokees you are placed
IN the centre, directly under the sun, or where the
sun passes, (meredian) now leave this ..TaIk'
with you, belonging to all the red br4thren; when
you speak, your voico shall be loud enough to be
heard by all the red mon over the island. Two
wide belts OF beads represents tho paths. A large
bunch of beads represents the fire, stick, bench
dish, and spoon" This is the work of our fore.
fathers. You will this day take hold of these re.
presentations with your hands, as renewal of the
peace and friendship which existed between our
forcfathers, and to keep in remembrance of them.
These arc tho embems which unite all the diff
terent tribes together. You will now take hold
OF them. The Beads were then passed around,
and the smoking commenced
Tile american Colony in Afica.-A late dis
patch from Gov. ROBERTS, of Liberia, has the fol-
lowing gratifying passage:
"That the influence Of the colony is rapidly ex.
tending" the following facts will show. The
Kings and Chiefs of the entire Dey country, as.
sembed in convention at Kig Bromley's town. on
the St. Pauls river, just about the time Of the ses-
sion Of the Council, to settle all difficulties, dis.
putes, &C., &C., in that country, and to make
laws for their future government. From this
body, the Governor and Council received an inyi-
taton to meet with them and assist their deliber.
alton, declaring themselves entirely under the con-
tro! Of the laws of the colony. About the same
time. received communication from Ballasada
a Golah CHEF requesting permission 20 ons.ea ia,
a war with Gogomina, of Boporo. Both these
Chiefs, sometime in 1910, entered into q treaty
with this government, agreeing to give up tho slave
trade, to cease their native wars aud TO refer all
questions of dispute to the Governor of the colo
ny for his decision. Bnllasada is at the head of
a very powerful tribe, and resides about eighty
miles from the colony. in the interior. He com.
plains that Gorgomna hls killed six of his boys
captured on their way to the beach, and begs ear
Mostly to be permitted to commence war. In the
minutes of the Council you will find what dispo-
sItion was made of this matter by that boly. AZ
ter tho ad ournment of the Council. immndiate-
Iy tehp o., Ia, l.,
him that would visit his town in the course Of
two or threo weeks, an1 woIld have the '.paIavar
talk" and that under consideration would he
be permitted to make war until an effort had been
made by me to settle tho difficulty; intimating, at
tho sarno time, that we would sec that justice be
done to the parties, and that Gogomina, should
suffer tho penalty if he had killed his boys
This was also communicated to Gogomina, when,
yesterday, | received information, that the boys
were still alive and had been released by Gogo-
nina, solely through the influence of the colony.
and had returned TO their families and friends
But for tho colony, those six boys would certainy
have been killed, and the whole district Of coun-
try involved in bloody
To be bought oF:-We have already stated tha,
The steamboat New Jersey, built by the late Mr..
Ridgeway, had been altered repeatedly, until the
cost amounted to twice rs much as the boat was
WORTH In order not to lose by this bad MANAGE
ment, it is understood that he enioined it upon his
executors to send her to the North River, and by
opposition at a killing price, force the companies
already in operation there to buy he. off Con-
sequenly, she is now running between New York
and Albany, distance Of $50 miles, for tacelre
and half cents in the cabin, or sir and a quarter
cents on deck, with an understanding that she will
continue to run at that rate until she is bought off!
Now, there rs no one'who would strike a harder
blow against oppressive and heartess Companies
than we would, in a reasonable and patriotic way;
but there are modes and reasons for opposition,
which are any thing but commcndabe or iustifi.
able 1t is evidently for self interest, and to ex-
tort money from the North River Companies, that
the owners of the New Jersey have sent her there
and run her at such losing ratio rs six and
quarter cents! With this view Of tho case, we
plainly and unqualifedy denounce the cause of
the New Jersey on the North River, and trust
that the act will be looked upon as it deserves by
the public generally -Er. Paper.
Julius Cesar.--lt is possible to be very great
man, and to be still very inferior to julius Caesar
the most complete character $50 Lord Bacon
thought) of all antiquity. Nature seems incapa-
bic Of such extraordinary combinations as com.
posed his versatile capacity, which was the won
der Of even the Romans themselves. The frs.
genoral-the only triumphant poIilcian-inferor
to none in eledoence to any in the
atiainments Of wisdom, in an age made up of the