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CHEROKEE NBW ECSIOTA, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5, 1828. NO. 36. ggwjggggggggM^gggggggi m in in mmmmm J&DITLD B* ELiAS BOUDliNO'A i V&INTKD WEEkLV IiV ISAAC H, HAIIUS, FOR THE CHEllOKEE NATION. At $2 50 if paid in advance, $3 in si jDB 0 ntlis, or #8 50 if paid at the end of tlv ^year. To subscribers who can read only th■ Cherokee language the price will be #2,00 in advance, or #2,50 to be paid within tli year. Every subscription will be considered as continued unless subscribers give notice to ttiie contrary before the commencement of a new year. Any person procuring six subscribers, and becoming responsible for the payment, shall receive a seventh gratis. Advertisements will be inserted at seven th-five cents per square for the first inser tion, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each continuance; longer ones.in nropor- S 401 '* tC?*’ ill letters addressed to the Editor, jiost paid, will receive due attention. owy jtfAue-J) AD hSi JF.C.fid. V’OAt.Xo^.I TAAJ» HW* JIitfBAJ B®j1C .lilts(iJtcSy KTA D^P wo.uia «&•*<».*, tctz t F.vSsoJ'’ YG*"Z Vt»P TJ60A TB De.I.5.*P-«!.I, KT veaBJi i^4oSa. d^ji^ez tb yiv 0-yVlT D?P (PO.Hl.I ^4^.1 »wyz (PC.R aht5h.l(^y, Wr*V D'-r-o «°8Jna vs-intf®, twz TF.,s}<Hr> do* KT/IZ C£P OcSy^ v.iR Dej^«'iv(ita. *m*w umtktiumu m piiti—mxemm mmm ■ (AGENTS FOR THE CHEROKEE PHOENIX, The following persons are authorized to "(deceive subscriptions and payments for llie Cfhcrokee Phoenix. Henry Hill, Esq. Treasurer of the A. SR. C. F. M, Boston, Mass. George M. Tracy, Agent of the A. B. ®. F. M. New York. Rev. A. D. F.nnY, Canandaigua, N. Y. Thomas Hastings, Utica, N. Y. Pollard & Converse, Richmond, Va. Rev. James Cambbell, Beaufort, S. C. William Moultrie item, Charleston, S. C. Col, George Smith, Statesville, W. T. William K. Combs, Nashville Ten. Rev. Bennet Roberts—Powal Me. Mr. Thos. R. Gold, (an itinerant Gen tleman.) 4 Jeremiah Austil, Mobile Ala. (fPHE PERSECUTING HUSBAND AND HtS PIOUS WIFE. We take the followiug anecdote from the Report of the Baptist Home Missionary Society of Lo.idon, \vhich held itr Annual Meeting on the 17th June. It excited" a strong sensation among the audielice, and was follow ed by an enthusiastic burst of ap plause. “A* the circumstances attending the introduction of the Gospel to the vil lage of Berwick are peculiarly inter esting, your Committee venture into some detail, believing that in them will he traced with admiration & gratitude the linger of God. The first seal to the ministry of your Missionary was a poor woman, the wife of a day-laborer.— Previously to this time they had liv ed very happily together; but now the husband became a bitter persecutor, and because his wife would not relin quish the service of God, he frequent ly turned her out of doors in the night, and during the winter season. The wife being “a prudent woman,” did not expose this cruelty to her neigh bors, but, on the contrary, to avoid their observation, she went into the •adjacent fields and betook hefself to prayer. Greatly distressed, but not in'despair, her only encouragement was that with God all things are pos sible; she therefore resolved to set n- paft one hour every day to pray for the conversion of her persecuting bus- hand. This she was enabled to do without missing one day for a whole year. Seeing no change in her hus band, Hie formed a second resolution to persevere for six months longer, which she did up to the last day, when she retired at about 12 o’clock as u- sual, and as she thought, for the last time. Fearing that her wishes, in this instance, might he contrary to the will of God, she resolved to call «o more t(poo him; her desire not be- 1 3 g umed, her expectation appeared . ue cut oif. That same day, her husband returned from his labor in a tiiie o deep dejection, and instead u sitting down as usual to his dinner, he nr pee dad directly to his chamber.— lis vv ie followed and listened, and, to ler grateful astonishment, ‘he wiio used to mock, had retired to pray ' He came down stairs, but refused to eat and returned a :ain to his labor u- tii evening. When he came home his wife aifectiouately asked him, What was the matter? “Matter enough,” said he; I am a lost sinner.’ About twelve o clock this morning,’ continued he, T was at my work, and a passage of scripture was impressed upon my mind, which I cannot get rid of and i <un sure I am lost.’ His wife eneo**- aged him to pray but he replied, ‘O wife, it is of no more use, there is no forgiveness for me.’ Smitten with remorse at the recollection of his for mer conduct he said to his wife ‘Will you forgive me?’ She replied,‘O yes, that 1 will ’ -Will you pray for me now? ’ “That 1 will with all my heart.’ They instantly fell on their knees and wept and made supplication. His t ears of penitence mingled with her tears ot gratitude and joy, Soon afterwards this pious couple agreed to have their house registered as a place of worship, and the sc^he of solilnfy intercession became a house of prayer, in vain did the parish clergyman visit them, to reprove and menace them, and order them to hold no more meet ings for prayer. Their house was under the protection of the law, and their hearts under the inlluence of the Gospel. Like the two blind men that followed the Saviour, saying, ‘have mercy onus,’ when the multitude said they should hold their pence, they cri ed the mo fie a great deal. The con sequence was, that their little habita tion soon became too strait for the at tendance; and having by great econo my, saved out of their scanty earnings, the sum of live pounds, they resolved to expend this their little ail, in the' enlargement of their dwelling for the accommodation of those w ho wished to hear the Gospel, Act ordingly, the wall of their house was carried back into the garden, and rebuilt with the wood and stone which their neighbors carried to them for that purpose; and in a little time the enlargement was completed and paid for. There was not a horse or cart used upon the oc casion; no loss of time, nor discord a- mong the laborers; the wall was built, and the roof thereof joined .to gether, for the people had a mind to work.” “Of this happy couple it may be re corded. that having a church in their own house, consisting of from twenty to thirty members, of which he who once was a persecutor, is now a dea con, and in the midst of which he reads the hymns e\ery Sabbath day, they continue with one accord, eating their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God and having favor with the people. So strong is the conviction that a larger place of wor ship is needed, that a benevolent lady who belongs to the Established Church, has kindly engaged to erect a Meeting-house at her own expense, provided a suitable piece of ground could be obtained for that purpose.” RELIGION TAMES THE SAVAGE. Nancy M’Kinzte, who is spoken of in the extracts below, was a promis ing girl, formerly in the school at Mackinaw; and, as is hoped, became while there, truly pious. Upon hear ing this, her friends visited her, and compelled her to leave the school, somewhat more than a year ago, and accompany them into the wilderness; where, as they supposed, being out of the reach ofher teachers, the influ ence of the instruction she had receiv ed would cease ter be felt, and she would return to the ceremonies of the Catholic.church. Her friends treat ed her harshly, and threatened to whip har to death if she did not ^ield. Ferry wnile on a tour last sum mer, visited her; and the following is die result oi Jiis interview: At the Siiult, I crossed the river to ine English side to see Mr. M Bean, iNancy s step-father, and though well leeeived, I found I was likely to have no favorable interview with Nancy; and proposed to the father to permit ner, with two of the other children, to accompany me to Mr. Schoolcraft s where I had left Miss Osniar. To ihis he consented, and said that hy •lOiild send a boat in a few hours for ihem. By means of Mrs. Schod- craft, who is an excellent interpre ter, I was happy to find Nancy lm- moveably firm in the faith. She, was in a very happy state of mind. Her trials and persecutions seemed only to have brightened Her gru ( fi ,. blie had keen most annoyed by her mother and brother. After she was takttn from t:s last year, they tried irtich by threats and otherwise, to biing her back to Catholic superstition. In one instance, she said, after she arrived at the wintering ground at Lc Cloche, her brother asked her to go out with him sailing on the Sabbath. She re- lused to go, and told him it i^as wick ed: but he insisted upon it and de clared he would make her go. When no reasoning would avail, she told him that it she went, he must carry her against her will, as she would sot use her leet; and then the sin wmld be Ins, if she could not help herself. Af ter some abuse of language, ie pull ed her ears and left her. At their wintering ground there was a woman connected with some one of the tra ders, with whom Nancy becanic inti mate, and was apparently inst’umcn- tal in awakening her mind to a con cern for her salvation. Hence she sought Nancy’s company frequently But no sooner was this perceived, than tbfey were separated; and. to use Nancy’s own expression, as it was interpreted, “I suppose they ridiculed and laughed her out of religion.” Her own family, after they found they could not move her, used for the most to let her alone. But when her mother’s sister came into the family, (which was either just before or after they arrived at the Sault this spring,) she commenced her abuse, and lias acted, Nancy says, a great deal worse than ever her mother did. Whether there will be any means for Nancy’s getting somewhere under religious in struction, is doubtful. She says her step-lather fold her, on her arrival at Le Cloche last summer, that she should never set her foot in the mis sion house again. The season we had with Nancy was a very interesting though short one. T believe we w ere all somewhat melted with the privil- of onee more bowing our knees togeth er. For one I felt as if I could commend Inr in faith to the care of that God, w ’ o rules as well in the wilderness and the storm, as in the hallowed dwellings and churches of Zion.—Missionary Herald for October. The Sinner his own Destroyer.—The decrees of God do not compel him to sin, and election, when he has sinned, does not shut him out of heaven. He is voluntary in loving the creature more then God, and lie is voluntary in re fusing to return t# God by Jesus' Christ. A complete atonement has been made for alf his sins, and a free pardon is offered, if he will repent.— But lie will not ropent. Christ is willing to save him, hut he will not come. Aversion to God and "his gov ernment caused his departure, and the same aversion prevents his return by Jesus Christ. God has built an eter nal prison, and the sinner fits himself for it, and goes there of his own ac cord. in spite of nil the restraints which God has laid upon him, and all the obstructions by which he has blocked up the way to ruin. God has done every thing, but just to exert, al mighty power, yet he will not turn. He will die! He shuts his eyes; lie stops his ears; and easts behind him Bibles, and Sabbaths,, and exhort^ lions, and entreaties; he treads under ioot the blood of the covenant, and does despite to tho Spirit Grace; and. through a host o; opposing means, and while Got, and angels, and men, are entreating him to slop, lie forces his way down to ruin.—Dr. Jieechcr. I have known many go back and perish, after they seemed to have al most reached the entrance of the way of life. I have seen them sensible that they were the chief of sinners, fully convinced that everlasting mise ry would he their portion unless they repented and embraced the Saviour, and assenting to the truth that he was able and willing to save them. I have seen them in this slate for seve ral days, unutterably distressed by a sense of guilt and tear ol God’s wrath, their understandings and jonsciences waged an ineffectual war with their obdurate hearts vain attempts to s .bdue them. At length their hearts, and made gained a fatal vi< tory their convl t-ion of the truth was banished, the voice of conscience was silenced, and they returned to their former courses, and their last state became seven-fold worse than the first.—Pay son's Sermon's. GENERAL COUNCIL OF TIIE CHEROKEE NATION. NATIONAL COMM1TEE. Tuesday Oct. 28. The petition of Reuben Thornton in regard to his Road and Ferry was a- gnin taken up. The following Reso lution was then adopted, and sent down for concurrence: Resolved by the Committee and Coun cil in General Council convened, That from and after the passage of this Re solution it shall be unlawful for any cilizen or citizens of the Cherokee Nation to cut or open any road or i roads from any public road in this Na- ! tion, in any direction whatever, or re- j pair any road or roads that have been put down by the authority of the Na- ; tion, or to open any road, or establish: on their own account, or in conjunction i with any white person, any ferry or ferries on any water courses bounding ! on this Nation or within the limits thereof, without first obtaining a per- j mit from the General Council on the j terms of the law passed Oct. 1819 on i the subject of roads. And that all roads and ferries which are now in op- ; ration within this Nation as aforesaid, and which have been opened and es tablished without a permit from the Genl. Council since the passage of the aforesaid law of 1819, are hereby dw. | dared to be unlawful, and the same j shall he forthwith stopped by the sl^- | riff of the District in which such 1 roads or ferries may he located, or by the Marshal of the Nation, giving no tice to the parties using said roads or j ferries, or at whose instance the same j may have been cut out or established, that the same are put down, and re- i quired to he stopped by them, by vir tue of, and in obedience to the provis ions of this Resolution. And any per son or persons continuing to keep o- pen or use such roads or ferries there after, shall be considered as if the same had been cut out or established after the passage of this Resolution; and shall be subject to such penalty as shall hereinafter be fixed. Sec. 2. Be it further Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the several sher iffs of the circuit courts of this Nation and the Marshal of the Nation, upon information being lodged with them, or upon any violatipw of the provisions of this Resolution coming to their knowledge, forthwith to arrest, such violators, and carry them before one of the Circuit Judges or Justices of the Peace, who shall bind them over "to appear at the next circuit court for the district in which the offence was committed in a bond with such security at the said Judge or Justice shall deem sufficient to compel the said violators to appear at the court aforesaid, & stand trial. And in itie e» vent of any person or persons so arrest ed refusing to give good ana sufticient security lor his or their appearance at court us aforesaid, then it shall be, the duty of the Judge or Magistrate, be fore whom such person or persons may he brought, to inflict upon them, the penalty hereinafter specified. Sec. 3. Me it further Resolved, That, any person or persons that shall vio late any of the provisions of this reso lution, shall, for every such offence, of which he is convicted pry a fine of live hundred dollars, one half to go to the arresting officer, and the oth er half to be paid into the National Treasury; which said fine shall be collected by any qualified officer of the Nation by seizing any property be longing to such persou or persons, as in case of other lines imposed by the laws of this Nation. bee. 4. And be it further Resolved, That this Resolution shall be consid ered as an amendment to the Resolu tion of3c!th October 1819, on the sub ject of roads: And that the following clause in said Resolution, “On any such cases as may be brought before them for trial,” be, and the same is hereby repealed. The Judiciary Bill was again taken up, and, after further progress, a Com mittee was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Daniel, Guntef and Ward, to draft a resolution, organizing and de fining (lie duties of the inferior Courts of the several Districts. The Resolution of the Council, tc appoint Committees to visit the sever al Mission Schools in the Nation and report, was read and laid on the table. Jos. Vann (of Hightower D.) Jclm Baldridge and John Timpson were ap pointed v Committee lo take into con sideration so much of the Chiefs’ Message as relates to the passage of a law regulating the manner of con ducting elections in the several Dist ricts, and to report thereon. A petition was presented from Jclm C. Bird, who was sentenced by the Supreme Court to receive one bun dled lashes on the bare back for the crime of horse-stealing, praying for the remission of a part if net the whole of the punishment. The house re solved that tho prayer of the petition er ought not to be granted. Wednesday 29th. Reuben Tlrornton appeared and exp edited a bond with security for the payment of the loan authorized to lie made to him by a Resolution passed the present session. The following resolution was passed, and sent down for concurrence; Resolved by the Committee and Coun cil in General Council convened: That the Resolution passed 21th October 182-7, prolonging the suspen sion of the poll tax law, be, and the same is hereby prolonged for the term of one year: and the law impo sing a tax on citizen m< rchants is also hereby suspended for the above men tioned term. The Principal Chief returned the resolution regulating the manner of issuing permits &c. stating his rejeo tion of the bill in its present form, and bis inability, on account of the death of an infant child this morning, to state his objections immediately. Laid on the table tiil the Principal Chief should state his objections. The Resolution of the Council re specting the appointment of Commit tees to visit the Mission Schools in ti e nation was taken up and several a- mendments proposed and discussed. Thursday 30th. The subject of visiting School Committees was resumed, and tie followin': resolution passed and suit, to the Council for concurrence,' in lieu of that submitted to the ' Com mittee by that body: Resolved, by the Committee and Council in General Council convened, That there shall be appointed by the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation two committees, of two mcinV bers each, one on each Judicial Cij?