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The> congregation there generally ex ceeds 100. At Mulberry from 50 to There is stated preaching once in three or four weeks, at seven other villages: and the congregations Vary from 20 to A30. At «iic t ql these .villages the people have erected a meeting-house, and • there is not a family in which there is not some one tvho is hopefully pious. All these preaching places have iften establish ed at the solicitation of the Chero- kees; and more requests of this kind are made than can be complied with. ^ . . The hoarding-school at Dtvight con tains 60 scholars, and many applica tions foi admission to it are declined. Many of the scholars have made un common proficiency. At Mulberry more,than 30 scholars attend daily, all boarded by th«w friends. The latter station was formed at the repeated solicitations of the Cherokees, who erected the school-house and the teacher’s house themselves, and furn ish the provisions for his family. Osages.—No Osages have been received into the churches, nor have any given satisfactory evidence of piety. The wandering habits of the people, their utter ignorance of all the arts of life, their poverty and moral debasement, and the want ot competent interpreters, have hitherto rendered the communication of divine truth to th 'm intelligibly very difficult. There- are two boarding-schools, to which 161 children have been ad mitted. Tbd one at Union now con tains 35 scholars, and that at Har mony, 39. Most who have left the sonally & practically acquainted wiki the*missious of the Hoard among tip Indians from tbeir commencemenf, says: Prom all my observations f late, among Indians of different tribe^ I am impress®*! will* the idea, that there never has been a time sincfe missions were established among them, when the Indians were so generally disposed to receive the instructiouft and assistance of missionaries as at present, and when there was so fair a prospect that missionary labon a- mong them would be blessed, as the means of permanent good. 1 waild add, however, that, if the Christian public are resolved, by the blessingof God, to extend the influence of he Gospel, and civilization over tie heathen, tribes of our land, they mu\t calculate that it will cost a great ded of money, and they must be willing t* wait long for the result. From the Missionary Herald. CHICKASAW’S. Extract from a letter of Jftr. Holmes, dated 13t/i of Oct. 1828. An account of the revival ^Ion- roe, communicated by Mr. Stu.*.^ was inserted in the number lor Sep tember, of the last volume. T ok, FOiEUESl&N. From the Liverpool Courier. East of Europe.—The accounts in the German paper.* #f the reverses sustained by the Russians in their re treat into winter quarters, have prov ed gross exaggerations. They could scarcely hope to deceive a second time, and what they have said, both at the .commencement of the cam paign, and recently, may serve to cor rect the public opinion as to the for eign papers, the German ones espe cially. Over them the rich capital ists in several cities obtained influence by bribes, and there is a concert a- mpng these dealers in stock, from London to eveiy other capital, to play off their tricks upon public credulity when the thing can he turned to their advantage. The .true state of affairs appears to be, tlyit the Russians were so long detained by the stubborn re sistance of Varna and Silistria, that the setting in of an early winter has obliged thpm.>o retire to the left bank of the Danube. Varna only, and the fortress of Kalafnt, remain to them as (’•he fr.uit .of the >awpaigu; advantages '''tiieh have been purchased at a very >1 _ a _ nn . . . . J 'shish, the place at which Mr. Holmes ; d?nrrate. Their retreat into winter resides, is only a short dtstance from quarters appears^ however, to h?ve Monroe. There is but one church at been conducted with as little loss as the two stations, and the meetings on the state of the weather and roadst the Sabbath are held at one place. ivould admit. After tl>? army had Continued Mention to Religion. 1 Withdrawn from Shumla, U was at- . , , • tacked. by a chosen body of 8,000 “A week ago yesterday, we again „ ^ , re in the St. I'e- <1 thti nnvilpsrfi of commemoratinii f . j i , schools, were compelled to do so by " L ad their friends. Many of them ha learned to read the Testament, and pe. form various kinds of useful lahoi- The children while in school make good progress. Maumee Indians in Ohio.—More than 40 scholars have enjoyed the advantages of this school, of whom seven have become hopefully pious; and several of them sustain a charac ter for industry and enterprise. Hi ram Tlurbault and a brother have worked the last year, faithfully .and without compensation, on the mission fa.-m Snma« otbi»ra tiax'on «iv»ntt»oa«- services to the family. The school how contains 22 scholars, with the prospect of enlargement. Mackinaw.—This mission is not designed specially for any one tribe of Indians. The number of scholars in the schools, including those who. live in the village of Mackinaw, is 157: of the boarding scholars, 125. The scholars have been collected from a great variety of places about lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior, and some of them from near Hudson’s Bay & the Rocky Mountains. The yare bound bv legal indentures to the mis sion, with the sanction of the civil au thorities of the place, to be at the di rection of the mission family, to con tinue in the school, and to learn ag riculture and the mechanic arts,^ for a specified number of years. Their progress is very encourag’mg. Eight or ten of them have become hopeful ly pious. ... „ m. Tuscaroras and Senecas. 1 he consists of 14 had the privilege of commemorating the sufferings and death ot our Lord Jesus Christ. Messrs. Blair and By- ington were with us on the occasion f ._.sburg Gazette, to have been de feated; after which this corps pursued its march, suffering much, however, , | . i • ' I lk> HI d I L 1L OMIiril lll^ ■ 1114 v* 1J « UUWlil l-l J ington were with us on the occasipn - from the R uss ; an accounts, Foureolored persons, who give satis- 7roin l the col(1 ^ we#ther ._ lactory evidence ot a change ot heart, Th<j , vvhirh , lfld been employed were admitted to the privileges ot the c;,i,.,t,! church at Tiiscarora Dative members; at Seneca, of 49; at Cattaraugus 23, in all 86. There has been a great increase of attention to religion within the last two years; within which time the church at Cattaraugus has been formed and that at Seneca much enlarged. The con gregation at the latter place is about 200; at the former about 100. A meeting-house has been built, or is iuildino-, at the expense ofthe Indians at ea-h ofthe three stations. The school at Tuscarora contains about 25 scholars; the Sabbath School, 30; most of whom can read in the Testament- At Seneca, 184 scholars have been in the school, whose average attendance has been two years. The present number 70, most of whom are boarded in the mis sion fannilv. There is also a flourish ing Sabbath Sehool for the children, and one for the adults, who are taught to read their own language, in transla tion# prepared »hy ithe missionaries. The school at Cattaraugus contains about SO scholars, who board, at the itation, at the expense of tbeir par ents. The Indians have erected a building for a schQol-house and board ing-house for the children. Coutrtba- tious to a considerable amount are made among the Senecas to aid the jniasioii. general remark. ■JMLr. Kingsbury* »wbo has been per- privileges of the church; making the number of profes sors, exclusive of the missionaries, a mount, if I mistake not, to 63. Sev eral other persons are under deep se riousness. All our meetings wer well attended, and some of them, par ticularly the evening meetings Tokshish, were crowded, and intense ly solemn. The Spirit of God hi) appeared to be in a special mannd present, arresting the attention of sin npre, omt oadtihg Lhristiouij io pray with unusual fervency. Mr. Bying- ton remained here until Thursday, and spent the three clays in visiting the In dians, and holding the meetings.— Both in conversation and preaching he was understood well by the Indians.— We were encouraged to find them al most without an exception, listen at tentively to the Gospel. I frequent ly preach through an interpreter iq. different places; and am always inter-' ested, but my time is very much di vided. There has been no particular change in the school since my last. The number of boarders remains the same, and those who attend' from the neighborhood are very punctual. Proceedings of the Chiefs. The white men ami Indians select ed to explore the country west of Missouri and Arkansas, have com menced their tour. Tiie Indians gen erally are in Lite greatest suspense.— They have no confidence in each oth er, particularly on such an occasion as this. The people are unanimous in their opposition to a removal.” This step was taken on account of a proposal made by the Government ofthe United States to the Chicka- saws and Choctaws, to exchange their lands in the State of Mississippi, for lands lying west and north ofthe State of Missouri.' These two tribes, con sented to send a delegation of their own people, in company with some white men in whom they could place confidence, to look, at the proposed new lands, and report whether the ex change would be expedient. “The nation has recently formed some wholesome laws, and to our as tonishment they are strictly enforced. Whiskey is banished from the country. A thief is punished with thirty lashes, without regard to color, age, or sex, and is compelled to return the stolen property or an equivalent. Une hun dred men (twenty-five out of each, dis trict) are to carry the laws into 'exe cution, and are paid by the nation. These things are encouraging, and I .see nothing in the way, if these peo ple are unmolested, of their becom ing civilized, enlightened, and happy. The work of reformation is already coHnmenctfd: and if they could but en- io* tl -anquility of mind, I have no doubt b.wt that it ivould rapidly ad vance,” it) Silistria have withdrawn to their quarters in Moldavia fy Wallachia, & that without any attempt of the ene my, it.should seem, to annoy them.-— By this corps these provinces will he protected fiorn attack by the Turks during the winter- This is the state of things. That the Turks will be able, to effect much whilst the severi ty of the weather continues, is not likely ; but when the field is open, all will depend upon the animus and the preparations of the Russians. That their army must be greatly shattered is plain; and there «re three things on which th® Emperor Nic holas will have to meditate, the expense of a. new campaign; the vast reinforcements necessary to under take it with any prospect of suc cess; & the not very comfortable fact, that, Varna excepted, he has all his work »«> begin again. He must begin anew nith^W.ou.ia; look the formidable Shuinla in the faco; and run the risk of wasting another summer. If ano ther plau of operations could be tak en, which, with less loss of time and men, could bring them into circum stances in which they could force the Turks into the field, well; if not, the prcjspect of subduing Turkey is not one of tire brightest.—Negotiations are : active; but then the main party, the Turk himself, is not likely to con sent to any thing but the state of thhig& before the war, to submit to vyhich would be a great humiliation for Russia. So the matter hangs. All attempts have failed, it would seen, which have hitherto been made to bling the Sultan to accede to the treaty of London, and acknowledge the arraigements as to the Morea. The Allia seem to set their hearts on this, because nothing else seems to stand in the way of the ambassadors returtiing to Constantinople. They would then, it is supposed', become actite mediators between the Porte and Russia; England and Ifrance, and with them Austria, not being dis pleased to see Russia humbled, and to discover that Turkey, with a lit tle assistance from them, may at any tirri^ he made an effectual barrier a gainst the projects of Russian aggran dizement. If the obstinacy of the Sultin preveht this, it will look some what like infatuation, and may lead to singular results. The present hope appears to rest upon this, that ^he ambassadors have agreed to restrict the limits of Greece to the Morea and the Cyclades, which, it is said in a French paper, they purpose to erect, not into an independent state, hut into a province, administered by its own laws, hut still subject to the Porte. If this l?e so, they have come back to Mr. Canning’s project, only they have now the difficulty of bring ing Russia to return to the status ante hello. [From the Gazette de France, Dee. W.J" Bucharest, Nov. 14. It is said that Count Diebilsch has ordered all the Regiments of Cavalry to send agents to Russia to purchase horses, because the army is to be com plete by the 1st January. The Rus sian Councillor Taschkoiv, who has accused the inhabitants of the Prin cipalities of having caused the disas ters of the Russian army by not fur nishing the provision required, set out for St. Pelersburgh two days ago. The plague daily extend# its ravages, not only in tire city but in the surround ing country. * Count Langeron returned from Sil- listria to this place two days ago, with a great number of Generals and Staff Officers. A letter from Jassay says, that Count Wittgenstein arrived in that city with his staff, on the evening oL the 20th. As all the magazines in Wallachia are exhausted, and as tin 1 Russian ar my is still 80,000 strong, only 30 or 40,000 will remain in the province during the winter. The remainder will he cantoned partly in Moravia, & partly in Bessarabia. However, our country is so'exhausted that it will not l>© able to maintain, by its own resources, as orders have been given, such a number of troops, without runn- inzthe risk of famine.—Nuremburg Courier of War and Peace. [From the Meseager de« Chambres of De- „ cembf! 20.] Pvris, Dec. 19- The Courier of Smyrna, of the 8th Nuvemher, continues to anounce that every thing is preparing to retake Var na. A camp of 60.000 is going to be formed between Aldos and Sunda, and some troops and 80 pieces of cannon have already been sent thither. It will be under the command of Ahdur- atnan Pacha, late Governor ofBosnia. The coast ofthe Blaek Sea is going to he furnished with troops. Ten thou sand men are already gone to invest Varna. The Turks are preparing for winter campaign, and seem deter mined to carry it on vigorously. As for that which will begin next Spring, it may he expected that it will be ter- ■ihle, and H>n< Europe has perhaps this which 1 will preserve us from the com mon burialjplace of Indians—oblivion, in which many tribes are forgotten, & to which: many Would suppose us to be hastening. INDIAN CLANS.' ’ Most of our readers probably know whtr^ is meant by Indian clans. It is no more than a division of art Indian tribe idto large families. We believe this custom is uhi-' versal with the NoMt American Indians^ Among the Cherokeei are seven clans, such as Wolf, Deer, Pant, &c. ‘J’his sim ple division of the Chebkces formed the 5 grand work by which narriages were reg ulated, and murder pudshed. A Chero kee could marry into anfafthe clan9 except two, that to which his fther belongs, for- all of that clan are his ^thers and aunt6^ and that to which his tnoher belongs, fop all of that clan are his brithers and sisters* a child invariably inherilngthe clan of its mother. This customVhich originated from time immemorial vas observed with the greateit strictness. So law could he guarded and enforced with equal caution- In times past, the penal; annexed to it was not less than death. Bit ithasBearcety, perhaps never bcen violat'd, except within a few years. Now it is jwgded with im punity, though not to an qual extent with other customs of thrt^Cheikees. , * But it was the mutual)*tv of clans as connected with murder, vViith rendered the>' custom savage and barbarui. We speak of what it was once, not as,i\ is now, for the Cherokees, after experiencing,sad ef_ fects from it, determined {(, and did about never seen a more desperate and «™- The Sul guinary contest. 1 he Sultan io,-e, in three months, 400000 men un der arms, not including the garrisons of the fortresses, and all will repeat these words, which he hims-jlf pro nounced a few days ago—“Honour & tndeoendence are more worth than life.” will TVEW ECHOTAs WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18, 1829. twenty year* ago in a solemn count!!, a . bolish it. From that time, murder , , a s been considered a governmental criuje.- Previous to that, the following were too palpably true, viz: The Cherokees as a natiop, had nothijgr -to do with murder. Murder was punished upon the princi ple of retaliation. • It belonged to the clan of the murdered to revenge his death. If the murderer fled, his brother or near est relative was liable to suffer in his stcadv If a man killed his brother,he was amen able to no law or clam If the murderer (this howei-c* is known only by tradition) was not as respectable as the murdered, his relative, or a man of hi* clan of a more resueclstanding name to suffer. To kill, under any circumstance what-- ever, was considered murder, and punish ed accordingly. Our readers will say, “those were savage laws indeed.” They were, and the Glier- okees were then to be pitied, for the above Were not mere inoperative laws, hut most rigorously executed. But we can now' say with pleasure, that they are all repealed, and are remembered only as vestiges of ig norance and barbarism. NATIONAL ACADEMY. Sometime ago we inserted a short notice as an advertisement, headed New Echota Academt. From this circumstance some of our friends have fallen into an error, in supposing that the National Academt had commenced it* operation. The no tice above referred to, was calculated to dovoiv. those Trlio knew that it had been the intention of the authorities ofthe na tion to establish such an institution. A Seminary of a respectable grade, such an one as was contemplated to be estab lished in thiR place, is very much needed among us. AVe still hope that something will be done towards it. If the interest of the avails of the reservation expressly de voted to the support of education among the Cherokees, and which will probably be sold next falll, was laid out in the establish ment and support ofthe contemplated A- cademv, we believe it would meet the wish of the nation. The nation has not otherwise any means of supporting it.— The power of applying the school fund in question, we believe is left, according to a treaty stipulation, with the President of the United States. He will no doubt be willing to grgtify the wishes of his Chero kee children, more so as the funds proper ly belong to them. We consider it high tune for this nation to do something -for themselves in encour aging and supporting education. We Sre glad, however, to testify to the public, that there is a commendable disposition in this respect in a large portion of our citizens.— The Cherokees as a nation have had suffi cient time to learn and appreciate the ad vantages of knowledge: for what else dis tinguishes them from their brethren ? What but- a larger share of information makes them more respected ? • It becomes every citizen then, particularly every ruler, as a guardian ofthe nation’s welfare, to do his utmost endeavor to forward education. It »this which will ensure re»pect.. It i» DESPERATE ENCOUNTER'. 0 A most butcherly conflict between two runaway negroes, took place on Saturday night last, in Hertford coun ty, North Carolina, the particulars of which have been communicated by a gentleman of undoubted veracity, re siding in the town of Winton, in that county. Tom, who was a very likely fellow, a bright mulatto, feaid to be long to a Mr. Wamble*, of Southainp- ton county, (Va.) and Nat," who for merly belonged to a Mr. Jenkins, of Hertford, but was sold by him to a Georgia-man, had beeu 4 or 8 years ranging the forests of Hertford as run aways.—They had lived together like brothers during all that time, and had rendered themselves so terrible by their daring villainies, that numerous attempts were made to arrest them* whioh they had successfully eluded.— On the night above mentioned, they w T ere at a fodder stack, six miles from Winton; a dispute about some trifling circumstance hod brought them to to high words, and Tom at last became so irritated that he laid down his gun, and taking a fence rail from the stack peri, struck Nat a blow with t it, which felled him to the ground, and on b‘il repeating the blow, Nat drew a long bladed knife and plunged it into Tom’s breast; upon which Tom seized his gun,and fired the whole contents (buck ihot) into Nat’s bowels, and then r«- rersing the weapon, proceeded to bent him over the head with the breech; Nat at the same time stabbing him i* the side and breast with his knife, un til finally, Tpm having shivered his gun to pieces in laying on upon Nat, left him and walked about 60 paces, when he dropped dead. Nat’s cries soon brought some people to his assistance, whp removed him to a house, where he survived only a few hours, dur ing which he gave the preceding account of his sanguinary conflict. 1: ta .