Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-19
AN INDIAN WJDON,

AN INDIAN wIDow.-A writer in th,
cnerohee ADVOCATE says that at the Office O
Governor Butler, the Cherokee apcnt Of On,
United States, he was introduced IN the widow
oi Gen. Mcintosh, who, for afixinp his s;yna
ture 10 the treaty OF cession made BY the Creel
Indians to the State Of Georgia, paid the pen
atty of his life. ~"
MIS-. Mcintosh Is n Cherokee by birth. nm,
n resident oi the Cherokee nation. All,s;o,
was matc, during the interview. TO the fate q
her husband, aud some one casually obssrve,
that She could not entertain a very friendl,
feeling toward those who had taken his life
The writcro the letter SAYS:
The remark was repeated before she app,ar.
ed TO notice it suddenly. however. the shawl
winch covered her shoulders and partially en-.
'eioped her form, was loosed. and with =
sparkling eye, anda voice full of tremulous
emotion, she broke out into an indignant re.
Duke OF that government which had beepared
her children and left her, portionless and a wild.
ow, to the cold, heartless, and uncertain char.
ity Oh me world. Destitute, desolate. helpless
a mother, u widow, and worse than all am I'm.
Juan, another relic of a once powerful people
last fading from the pages of the present. and
1t may be ere long only to be found on the rec.
ordso of the past.
No, (she exclaimed.) no, | do not blame
tnesc people for these things-l do not blame
the C~reeks-the Greeks treat me well. the
Cherokees treat we well-it was Government
caused me to suffer, il was by Government my
huspaha lost ms lie. Government say to my
nusoahu' go to Arkansaw, go to Arkansaw
and you will be better off, My husband wish.
ed TO please the Govemment-my husband he
lost his life TO please the Government-mv
nome rs burned, myself and children run-my
Cniidreh naked-no bread-oneb blanket is SAIL
IKE some stray dog, suffer-with one blank
et cover my three children and mvself-tbe
government say go-the Indians kill him
between two fires my husband dies-I wan
-uovernm does not feed me-Creek
does not iced me-no home, no bread, nothingi
ho,ning: TIL Gen. Ware gives me a home. I
suffer- like some stray Indian dog"
BABES IN THE WOODS.-A letter from
Harrisburg to Philadelphia paper gives an
account oil an exposure of q deranged mother
and her two children in that Vicinity. Ii
appears that a Mrs. Lupold, who has been
occasionally deranged, but was not considered
much out oil the way, until, one day last week.
IN the absence of her husband, she left her in
iant IN the cradle, and taking with her TWO 9TH
erchiidren, one about five years of age and the
other only three, fled to the mountains. and
nothing could be discovered of them until
saturday last, when she was found almost
Vanished and nearly naked; but the children
Were missing. The neighborhood soon turned
out to scour the momtainsin search of them
but IN vain, until Monday last, when some
men providentially happened to come upon
mem IN one OF the widest regions of that
Wlld country, where no one would have
dreamed OF looking for them. They had been
out iour days and four nights-cold nights.
too, baretooted, and half naked Otherwise
their clothes being nearly torn off them by
,he underbrush, and their little legs blackened
ny the ashes OF the confiagration Of the noun
tain which had been burnt a few DAYS preyi-
Gus, and their flesh a good deal lacerated.-
ihey mad cried themselves sick, and one of
them had taken of its dress to make a bed of
and there they lay, at the root of a tree. lock.
ed IN each others arms, unable to speak, bay-
ing eaten nothing, it is supposed, since they
lett home. Thu poor little sufferers were Ia
Ken to the nearest house and comfortably pro-
vlded Tor, and are said to be doing we'll
They were found ten miles distant from the
place where their mother was first discovered.
and that they did not perish is altogether
provldential, and almost miraculous.
says Goethe, "who knows distinctly what he
wishes. The greater part of all mischief i'm the
world arises from the fact that men do not
sufficiently understand their owns aims. They
nave undertaken to build a tower, and spend no
more labor on the Foundations than would be
necessary toeIccta hut. Isnot this an exact
description OF most mems thrivings? Every
man undertakes to buildhis tower, and no one
counts the cost. In all things the times are
marked by a want of steady aim and pat;ent
industry. There is scheming and plotting in
abundance, but no considerable, perseverine ef.
iort; The young man branches into life with
no dehnltc course in vew. If he goes into
uaoe' ne has perhaps a general desire to be rich
1ut he mas at the same time an equally strong
uesire Tor present qualification and luxurious
living. lie is unwilling to pay the price ofhis
ambltlon. lie endeavors to secure the present
and lets go the future. He turns seed time into
harvest, eats the corn which he ought to plant.
hhe goes into professional life, he sets ont
wltha general desire to be eminent, but with
OUT conslderlngin what particular he wishes
10 excel, and what is the price of that excell-
ence. SO he divides his time and talents
amonga great variety of pursuits, endeavorinp
10 De all thlngs, he becomes superficial i'm pro-
portion as he is universal, and having acouired
a brief reputation, as worthless as Il is short
hved, sinks down into hopeless insignifcance.
Every thing that man desires may be had
Tor a price. The world is truer to us than we
are TO ourselves. In the great bargain of life
no one isduped but by his unstable will.
IL any man fail in the thing which he desires,
1t is because he is not true to himself. He has
not sufficient inclination to the object in oues-
ton. He is unwilling to pay the price it
costs"
RobBERf.-A gentleman has given us the
lolowlng particulars ofa robbery which occur
REQ near rekln sometimes during last week.
Three men declaring themselves to be Mormon
elders, and advocating Mormon doctrines
came and remained several DAYS i'm a neiehbor,
mood where lived an old man, who was reunited
TO have a considerable amount of cash ON hand