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CfflDESlOKBE PSMENIX, AN© OBBANTS’ PRINTED UNDER THE PATRON AGE; AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF TUB CHEROKEE NATION, AM HEVO'IED TO THE CAEtfc OF INUIANS. 13. BDUDIVOTT, Editor. JVENV IDCHOTA, WEJ.VESDAY FE3BiARY 18, 1829. VOL. i.-AO. PRINTED iVEEKL*' uy P. toPHSS At $2 ad u f paid in advance, $3 in six Months,- <* $360 if i ,aid at thc end of the year. To subscribers wifl can read only tno Cherokee language he price will be ?;-,00 in a lvance, or $2,5Cto be p&*d within the year. Every subscription will be considered as continued unless sclscribers give notice to ibe contrary befor.the commencement o.‘ a mew year. \ny person prouring six subscribers, «n 1 becoming respasibla for the payment, phaH receive a snvnth gratis. Advertisements b,; ! nsfirte « »t seven- .votive cents per iqa.”® for the first inser- t] jo, and tbirty-sevn ana a h®* 1 . cents for ■e^eli continuant.; onger one* ln propol" tion. t* Vll Utters t4 dressed to the Editor, post paid, wiltreceye due attention. « iv y < <M U 0* J. J DUili I E •ppcVZotl.t T.\JH n (JhtTBAa I*4d®a. .IhU.'i.Iriey KTA D£P O'e.IB.I TGTZ TF.itSOT 5 VOlA-%1 «•<».*. f T"Z ft>P Toao»Y TB De.T/SiSIvc^.I, KT t»'F<lo>eina TB y v Dii&stb'&a, oy.iT D-pp (pa’RX i*4c*h. <twyz o»c*.r .iRUii.iAy, wi?«v* nsfi <P0M!U K4de.I TCr'Z TE.SJO-r’DO" jFS,^rv,s.J. KT.'IZ DjP QiZy^ (P^hIU' B IK 1)0 Ti&Aff&a. * « 1 min i m mi ii n mi ———i iiimn AGENTS FOlt THE CHEROKEE PHCENIX. The following persons are authorized to receive subscriptions and payments for the Cherokee Phoenix. Messrs. P-:incs &, Williams, No. 20 M a.rifPt S*- IVlfi(o n , Grohsr M. Thacy, Agent of the A. ii. (£. F. M. N'tv York. K?v. A. I). Enov, Canandaigua, N. Y. Thomas H • stings, Utica, N. Y, P it.i.ahi> V-l Gowerse, R chnrnnd, Va. Rev. Jambs Campbell, IDaufort, S. C William Moultrie Keid, Charleston, S. 0. Col. Gsonar. Smith, S a*esville, W. T. William M. Combs, Nashville T r- n. Rev. B bn net Roberts—Powa : M% Mr. T.ios. R. Gold, (an itinerant Gen tleman.) Jeremiah Austil, Mobile Ala. R. £* i!i‘l Ca\£ THE BIBLE. A nation would oo inuy blessed, if : •it wore governed by no older laws than 1 those of this book. It is so com,dele j a system that nothing can be added to ! it; it contains every thing needful lo ! be known or done; it gives instriu turn and counsel to a Senate; authority dikI j direction tor a magistrate; it cautions j a witness, requires an impartial ver- I diet of a jury, and furnishes a judge with his sentence; it sets the husband as .lord of the household, and the wife os m stress of the family—toils him to come: it settles all matters in do- hate, resolves all doubts, and cases the mind and conscience of all their scruples. It reveals the only living and true God; it shows the way to him, and seis aside all oilier gods, and de- fhribes (lie vaniiy of them, and of all that trust in them. In short, it is a book of laws, to show right and wrong; a book of wisdom, that condemns all lolly, and makes thc foolish wise; a book of truth, that detects all lies and confutes all errors; and a book of life. I| )nl shows the way from everlasting death. J* is the most compendious book infill the world; the most au- ihentic and the tKoal entertaining his tory that ever was published: it con tains thc most ancient antiquities, strange events, wonderful ocCw ,1 'iPint ! s, kproic deeds, unparalleled w;i£ : ’■ dos I’ibcs the celestial terres:.-he. and infernal worlds; and the o- ig.n of the angelic myriads, human tidies and devilish legions: it will i..struct Ibi most accomplished mechanic, and the profoumlest artist: i! will | ea( ^ best rhetor': ian and exercise every power of thc ne st si-.iIf n 1 arithmeti cian. Rev. xiii. 18 puzzle the wises.* anatomist, and exercise the nicest critic: it corrects the vain philoso pher, and vonlutcB the wisest astrono mer: it exposes the subtle sophist, and makes diviners mad: it is a com plete code of laws, a perfe t body ol divinitv. in unequalled nnrralhe; a book of lives, a hook ol travels, and a book ofvt>)ages: it is the best cove nant that t ver was agreed on, the best deed that ever was sealed the lies* <- • *i«ot «*ver was pnduced. the uesi will that ever w; s mode, and the besi testament that ever was signet) To undo si nd it is*to he wise indeed: to be ignorant of it is to lie destitute of wisdom. It is the magistrate s best rule, the housewife's best guide; the servant’s best directory, and the young man’s best omnanion: it is (be s bool boy s spelling book, and the learned iu »s master-piece: it contains a choice grammar for a novice, and a profound mystery fora sage: it is the ignorant man s dictionary and lly 1 wis. mans directory: it encourages the wise, and promises an eternal reward to the excellent Ami that whi- Ii crowns all is that the author is with out hypon-isy, “in whom is no varia bleness or shadow of turning.” • ot subtle speculative opinions, an active, vital principle of faith. but —iiM%1 aide. fcAPBi'tiAA.. Extractfrnn '■'Lrlt<>s written by the latr Earl of Chatham, to his nephew Thomas Hilt, Esq ’ -T come now to that part of thc ad vice I have to oiler you, which nios. nearly con ems your welfare, and iq - on which every good and houorahU- will purpose ol yor.i. tile wiil assureui) hiv lo rule, and her how to manage; ; turn; l m an (lie keeping up in your it entails honor to parents, and enjoins obedience to children. It prcscriht’8 and limits tho sway of the sovereign, the rule of the rolcr, and the authori ty of the master; commands the sub ject to honor, and the servant lo obey; and promises the blessing and protec tion of its author to all that walk by its rules. It promises food and rai ment, and limits the use of both; it points out a faithful and Eternal Guar dian to the departing husband md fa ther; tells him with whom to leave his fatherless children, and in whom his widow is to trust: Jer. xlix. 11.— It teaches a man how to set his house in or'der, and how to make his will: it defends the rights of all: and reveals •vengeance to every defrauder, over reaches and oppressor. It is the first book, the best book, and the oldest book; in the world: it contains the choicest matter; gives the best instruction; and affords the greatest pleasure and satisfaction that ever was revealed: it contains the host of laws a id profoundest mysteries that were ever penned: it brings the beBt of tul- ings, and affords the best of comfort, to tho inquiring and disconsolate: it exhibits life and immortality from everlasting, and shows the w >y to glo- £r: it i* a brief recital of all that is heart the tru•• sentiments of Religion If you are iii.t ii 0 hi low aid GoU you can never be so toward in: n Tin nobles! sentiment ol the. hi noui breast is here brought to the test is grati tude in the mimbtr of inr.n s virtues' If it be, the highest beiicfo 5or ii< mam s the warm si returns oi’gr; litmle love and praise. Ing ntuin qui aiierit, em- jitrt dixit. If a man wants this virtue, where there are infinite obligations to excite and quicken it. he wi 1 1 he like ly to wont all olliers towards his tel- low creatures, whose utmost gifts are poor, compmed with those lie daily receives at the hands of a never failing Almighty Friend Iiememler thy Crea tor In the days of thy yrvth, is big v ith thc deepest wisdom The fear of the Lord is the beginning of w isdom; and an upright heart, that is understanding- Hold fast, therefore, by this sheet- anchor oflmppiness, religion: you will often want it iu the times of most dan ger, the storms and tempos!s of Jife Cherish religion as preciously as you would fly with abhorrence and con tempt superstition and fanaticism.-— The first is the perfection and glory of human nature: the tw r o last the de gradation and disgrace of it. Remem ber the essence of roligion is a heart j in thc rr tion. void of offence toivard? God 2nd wanf From the Christian Advocate and Journal. Nashville, Dec. 2J, 1828. Dear brethren:—At the late jh ssion of the Tennessee l oulerence, I w as requested lo prepare for publication m the Advocate and Journal, the menioir oi brother Neeley. In com pliance with that request I submit the following brief and imperfee t obit uary. embracing » f*»' v «vtuu vf his stiori bui useful life. \ our brother in Christ. ROi ERT PAINE. Richard N'.elly, whose name must ever be dear to tie friends of missions among the American al.oti- gi.u s was born of reputable parent age in Row an county. North Carolina. nun) {^,1802. While he w as yet young bis parents removed to Ruthei- furd co. Trimessse. At ten years of age he lost his mother, not, however bfdore she had taught him the tiuths of ( lu islir.iiity, ai d impressed open his mind, in some degree, their great importance. On the 20th of August, 1810, lie professed icliyion at a <; mp meeting >ecame a menu'.cr of the Methodist Episcopal ( liurcti, and at cute com menced his useful career. Ife was In ensetl to exhort the 20th of April. 1821. and in the following Septem ber was licensed to preach and recom mended for admission on trial in the Tennessee Annual C onference. His first appointment v as to Jack-' son v-irMiuij ulitre hi iSzZ he labored acceptably nwi uiih suectss. Fired with upos.oiica! Rc-d, i,is labors were not confined lo iris regutur circuit ap- poiiiimenis; but crossing the Tennes see river he obtaineu a preaching , lac e in the Chcioket nation of In- cuaiis, at biothei Hi, hard Riley s. wilt e he pre; elit e! cn iy rouud. an* 1 enscu a society ol thii i)-'.ln«« ***,iw- s 'l l.is was the i si j* grin pn in I 1 the Me .io.fi'- & evei attempted, ek e li st so it i) tin) wen loili.eil in ic. , na ion: and litis w;s tho origin of the m st suev essiul mission imw in ilia United States. Ri< haid Neeley, ti .>oy. was the instrument! The ensuing yt'a.r lie travelled Wayne circuit. in the fall ol .Sin he was appointed to succeed Andrew J Clan lend, os iiiissioriai-y and ieath- cr of the-St huoi established thc yeni previously at Creek Path, in lire C!u rokee nation. He was in a si/un- ti >n for which he was admirably ijual- ified. Iks mild and gentle manners, !:is piety, i.eal and profound devetion ii tin- spiritual interests of the Cicr- kces secured to him their unbomd- cd esteem and confidence. The same enterprising spirif of ministerial benevolence which first impelled him to visit the Cherokees across tho Tennessee river, still marked his course, and he frequently made tours into all thc Indian settle ments, declaring to all “Jesus and the resurrection.” These visits we/e ol great importance for two reasons.— First, it awakens the natives to in quire into the subject of religion.— Secondly, they exhibited the prac ti cability of forming and travelling pir- euits in thc nation by most sjccesifnl commencement. Iu conversation tvith his presiding elder, brother M’Mahan, on the subject of forming and travel ling a circuit, about this time, lie rc- ntarked with evident feeling, after having reflec ted awhile on the uutiied experiment, that “lie was willing to devote Lis life to the mission cause a- mong the Cherokees,” and that “if one were formed he would willingly travel it.” At the next Tennessee Conference he was appointed to form and travel W’ills Valley circuit, lying altogether On this i ircnii he v as continued the second year; so sensible ,vire the conference of his usefulness ,ud qualifications lor this veiy respon sive work. This circuit led him a- tfuss the lofty Lookout and Raccoon lotimains After travelling all day through tiie pathless woods, often oin ic lie down iu the solitary w ild aim t rap himself up in his saddle bianke |ur the night; the lofty firmament his j 00 f—fiis bed the told earth. Many tioep and dangerous streams he was nrnpelled to swim, and in a word, In passed <f, e dilli, ulties peculiar to such ., .<.ate of so« iety with patience and ,India ss, to hum up the lost and s al tered over these dark and liithertc desolate regions. But our youthful soldier in the mis- flonary cause was destined to an t al i’ grave. These unremitting labiis id excessive exposures were tot Isavy for his tender home. The gi- ait spirit within tenanted a house of .lay. “The spirit was willing but the flesh was weak.” And like a cuing but lofty tree coveied with fo- iage, flowers, and fruits, suddenly tecuncs blighted and begins to w ithc-r; s our beloved brother sunk under ticse exertions, and in the midst of pi sent and-promised usefulness, bc- gn very perceptibly to fall into a de- elr.e. At the succeeding conference he wis t oinpelled to take a supernumer ary relation. lie still lived and la- boed in the nation acceptably and ust’ully, though it was evident his bouly powers were prostrated. At 1 he conference of 1S27. be was super- aujuated: indeed lie was then, and /»«J Uecn fo.. .nme lime, ifv tfi e grave’s nicK’.h. He preached his last ser mon, which was his farewell address 10 the Cherokees, in the fall ol 1827. He preached in great pain, and was almost all the time bathed in tears.— lie attended preaching but once af ter the preachers returned from con ference. Ii now became obvious lo all that liis dual liuui was hasu m. g on: but lie never ceased to warn a.id exhort, to admonish or suniulate, as their cases required, ail liial came in his way.— 011 tile loth Janua.y, ho was taken in a carriage in search oi medical aid.— lie arrived at L/r. Wrights, near ivuo.vviile, outlie Ibth, very inuih exhausied. There lie remained, s.iii rapidly sinking until the 2c. Fcbruniy. 1828, ivneii Ins spirit look its flight for eternity. On receiving a letter the day before Ins death from one of the missionaries, he rejoiced consider ably, 6c just i.uioro fiu .lied, observed to bis wife, [a Cherkee] that -he loved lijer next to God &i if it were the w ill of God he would like to recover his health that lie might preach Jesus 10 his dear Cherokee friends; bul that he was re signed, and was not afraid to die.’ The last words he ever articulated w ere, “ Heaven is a Letter place than this.” Thus lived and died our beloved brother Richard Neeley. His un derstanding sound and clear, liis per son small, neat anil handsome: his pie ty pure and deep: his course consist ent, and his ministerial career very successful. His memory is inscribed upon the affectionate hearts of his brethren in the ministry, and thousands of grateful Cherokees have treasured up his name as embodying all that is noble in man or pure in life. Sweet is bis savour! And while the majestic. Tennessee shall roll its mighty flood to the ocean, or the towering Look out lift its head amidst the clouds of heaven, sq lomr shall the missionary register, in revealing the progress of the Cross over heathen lands, bear up on its faithful page the name ef “Rich ard Neeley, the aspostle of J\icthod~ ism lo the Chercf.ees, and a martyr in the cause cf God.” The timid and weak are the most revengeful and implacable. The Church is out of temper, when Charity is cold and 7eal hot. Many that arc w its in jest, are foois .n earnest.. Missions of thi: American Board a.mo .o the Indians. Abstracted liom the Missionary Heiaid, for the New Yor» Observoi, Cherokees—Among the Cherns kees there are seven church, s, ein- orating 159 members,—. nd l'<4 t hil- tiren in the st fieo.s- More than iuO ol the scholars reside in the miss,on milics, periorm various kinds of ia- oor. and are trained up like the t i..l* dren of Christian paienls. About adO h< ve lett the s< l.wol al Liakerd a- lone most ol them having made t < biddable advances m knowledge. 'i'he Cherokee Rhccnix, a ive. iy paper, was comuu lit etl in Febi ; y list. Many portions of St liptuie, n (lie alphabet of Guess, have t.\ pi a; J in it. Mr. Worcester is now prist*- cut ing the study of the Unguag* lr the purpose of preparing st bool* books, portions of Scripture, and o- tber religious Tracis for the peo** pie. The following general remark, tak en from the nineteenth R. port, ie tvorhty of notice: It is an unexampled fact, that in some places, nearly all the n ull population, and in the triheat large, more than one-half, are actually cap able of reading their own language* in their own peculiar character, l av ing learned from small manuscripts, and w ithout ever having become ac quainted w ith any other : If hal et, or possessed a single page of a printed V>ool.-, fii ns:v lonpiiage. Ciiickasaws.—At Monroe station, there is a church of muriU s. The people in the vic inty oi wlunt there are 800 within ten miles. lu.\e been greatly reformed. There ar® several instances ol remaikai Ie pie ty, and many are exceedingly anxious to hear the Gosptl. Much serious ness prevails still. At Martyn ti.cie has been of late much serious attc-i* tion to p"eaching. and four five have been hopefully couvei ted. There are live schools at iiifl’erenf stations, tlnce of which comprise an aggregate of 64 s holars. Choctaws.—Four Choctaws no members of the churc h at . y- hew, n:.d 18 other persons rcsiuing ,n the nation, or in the neighboring w i i e selticm nts, who have been hope, .liy c onverted through the influence oi tie mission. Thirteen have joined ti e church while employed as laborers it the station. Ii i Imped that a fi \v Choctaws who have not joined tie church arc pious. Many of the pc o» pie manifest anxiety to hear (lie < os« pel. The prospects of the missi< n, especially in the North-East pa it if the nation, are thought to be more favorable now, than at any femu r period. There are eight schools taught at the mission stations. The v Iu lo number of pupils which l>a\e rite i A# ed them during the past year is w< e than 170. The average number 149.. Of these, 120 read in the Bible, about 90 write, and 40 ate attending to each of the studies, English, composi tion, geography and arithmetic, The first year after thc station at Moyhc-w was formed, there we’o a» bout 20 murders committed within a few miles of it, in consequence of in toxication. and 10 lives were lost f nm the same cause in 1825. Within he last two years only one death has wv cured, in c onsequence of intoxk alien, anil that arose of accidental drown ing. Severe laws have been made against the introduction of w hie! ev, and iu some parts of the iat ; en i>a vigorously enforced Several Chiefs ami Captains have been put out of office for misconduct on this sub ject. Cherokees or the Arkansas.— The church at Dw ight now contains M native members in good standing. Tlv whole number received ■« 16j of whutu three have <liwl in ibe fuitlr.