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t-c: * - — ^tfirpMton or our race, in order to jr>t our lands, we shall willingly fall by our lire aides, and mingle our duat ivitii'that of our departed frienda.-,- We will seal the honor of our name at the altar of patriotism Our spirits will go to the land of shadows, where 01 Fathers have gone, and where we hue to he annoyed no mare by the avarice of the white man, who knows no law hut that of power. But I have forgotten myself. The inspiration of my theme has carried me too far. {l aha addressing myself to a patriotic, enlightened and Chris tian assembly. I have anticipated e- vents, which I hope, may never occur. For ray brethren and kindred,' the C'mrokees, are in the midst of a Chris tian community, and in the bosom of the United States. Behold, I am at this moment, not in the dominions of the Sultan, & in a Mahometan mosque, but in a land of freedom, pure Chris tianity and enlightened benevolence, within the walls of a temple dedicat ed to an Almighty & a righteous God. You my friends have read, with te ws, the Spanish cruelties in South America. As enlightened Christians, you long for tho emancipation of the Catholics in Ireland. You svn <athize very justly, with Greece n her present struggle for freedom. Your friendly bund is extended to foreigners from tcvery part of the Globe. Hare tlie oppressed and parse rutod in other ni- tio is find an asylum and a homo. They ‘are admitted, in time into the rights and privileges of American citizens In a word vour country is celebrated for the mildness of its government, the hospitality and humanity of its citiz-ns, and for its superior religion, based on these words: “Do unto others as ye would they should do unto you.” Surely then, you cannot concur m the policy of the day. to remove the natives, the rightful and original own ers of America, tantalized with hopes of civilization, from their native homes, to the wilds of the west. You will not, I ain sure, aid in the destruc tion of the Cherokees, and extinguish the last ray of hope left for them — htrinthem of every right, and all that .is dear and precious to their hearts.— But such a project is in operation.— O cruel! cruel! I call upon the Hon orable judges and gentlemen of'the bar, for defence. I invoke the gen ius of the Constitution of the United States, for protection. I call upon the Clergy who officiate at the holy altar, to defend the rights of bleeding Im munity. And may New 0 -leans, fa mous for \ts commercial imoortnnee, he equally famous for its friendship to this unfortunate race. RKIUAiltAf»rarV NEW RCSIOTAs WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1»20. We are extremely sorry to inform our pat- >ons that our last papers, a few houis alter leaving this place, were nearly lost. It ap pears that the post rider, in attempting to cross the Holly Creek, fell from U.s horse •no dropt the mail hags. The rider escap ed with difficulty, and the bags were not ^obtained until s.even hours alter. The Post Master of Springplace writes, that Jttbe papers are all injured, and the direc tions on the bundles which held together are delaeep—in short the whole mail is in fe miserable situation. 1 will however open And dry t.^em as well as i can, ami send Vhein on.” We regret that this unhappy bircumstance has happened. ■. — —r This Dumber closes our first volume.— *We lender our thanks to our patrons lor Ihcir good wishes and assistance, anp we hope these will be continued during the en- '•urng year. We canuotdo more loan wish •*&. pray that a full reward May be meted out to all friends of Indians. May they enjoy Uliat peace of mind >vhich always accompa nies bmevolent labours, and may their sym pathy for the poor Aboj-igines increase and become stronger and stronger. We are thankful that our past labors have been re- foeived with indulgence. We will still use 'efforts to rendtr the Phoenix Interesting to ■"our readers. We are informed that CoL Williams, 'who, as was stated in our paper, was des patched to the frontier of Georgia, for the purpose of removing intruders, has not been successful. He has requested that a mili tary force-may he sent to his assistance. We present to our readers, in our pres ent number, letters from the War Dcpart- Tnent, to Col. H. Montgomery, on the sub ject of emigration. We do not consider it necessary for us to make a long comment ’•D Ahese letters, as our readers will underr ' . Y stand them well enough without our aid.— WccannJt, liowevci, w.UmolU a woid or two. What was inc object oi appointing u secret agent? Was it to take us in ? Wiiy not act ingenuously ? Col. McKenHey says, that the object of Capt. Rogers is to explain to the Cherokees the nature of the son, cli mate, titc. of the country to which they art invited. Now was it necessary’that this should be done in the dark? if the soil ami climate were good and the country “fine,” was it necessary to employ secret measures to explain them? The fact seems to he that Capt. Rogers and Mr. Maw came to tell us a wrong story j (we do not say that they were so instructed) to say in secret that tho country was “fine,” when it was not; that the land was good, when it was not; anu that the climate was healthy, when it was to the contrary. Probably the Secre tary of War did not know, but certainly Rogers 6c Maw ought to have known, that there were men in this Nation who ar.- ac quainted with the country—men who would he believed in preference to these secret a- gents. We are told by these men that the country is poor, that the soil is not good— and in spite of their agency, Rogers and Maw have corroborateu the statement, by declaring to in lividuals, that Hie country ceded to the Arkansas Cherokees is poor, and is greatly inferior in point of excellence, to this. Thus they acquitted themselves as secret agents. INDIAN POE PRY. We did not consider the lines inserted in our fourth page, unucr the above title, as being th composition of an Indian. * *V< a Imitte-l them, simply b-'cause the subject of them was an Indian. We have conversed with a friend who informs Uj tna, he saw t hem, he belie ves, in print,a number of years ago; he thinks they were composed by a ladv inCharleston. Mr. Brown, the brother of the subject of the poetry, probably commu nicated the name o! the Supreme B ing to the writer, who,mistaking the letter e for c wrote galvlatichi, instead of galvlattehi. A few days since, a young man, while trying his horse for a race, was thrown oh' and killed. This happened in Chutooge- tla. To Correspondents.—Quixote has been received, and shall hat e a place in our next. POR THE CHEROKEE PHtENIX. Mr. Editor—in the 39th number of the Phoenix, under the title, “ True glory, * 1 observed a relation of an in terview that took place between Ig natius and Havier. The arguments urged by the former to induce the lat ter to exert his powers in pursuit of objects more rational and lasting, than the vain and empty things of time. I conceive to be very stiong. And the sequel ol Ilavier s history shews how fully he became convinced of the fone and reality of the subject. And really, Mr. Editor, if we pay that attention to the subject, which its merit demands, we shall irresisti bly come to the same conclusion.— We are born to die. The Christian religion is undeniable. If we have no hope of a blessed immortality, we ought not to postpone repentance: if we have, it is the part of wisdom to devote the best and noblest powers of our souls to the best of causes, the e- ternal well being of our fellow men. Many of the youth of our country, like Havier, exhibit marks of strong judge ment and vigorous intellect. That it becomes them to aspire after the best and the greatest ends, they will readi ly admit. That aside from the gloiy of God and the duties we owe to Him, all else is ynnity and vexation of spir it, they cannot deny: nay, they are sensible of the instability of all human affairs. “F,or the fashion of |he world passeth away;” and all its beauty and splendor leave but an aching void. “Verily every man living is altogether vanity: for man wnlketh in a vain show.” “He heapeth up riches and can not tell who shall gather them.” What will it avail to have governed provinces and nations, to have com manded victorious armies, and to have rolled in all the wealth, which the east and west cap give, in the great day of final accounts? , Our actions, then, should have a wise reference to eternity. We should fulfil the great end of our existence, by devoting ourselves, our talents and our all, to God. This is true and un fading glory. I have only to add, that Havier did well; may the youth of oar country “go and do likewise.” A Ciierokee Farmer. I^iUsioion, Fob- 23, 1820. ^ & jcfh JL a The Bon vivant.—A bon vivant cen suring his wile lor card playmg, was lulu mat sue would leave oil wins, w hen he did draughts. The Lcgislutuie of Louisiana have granted a lottery lu a Mr. Luinhart, to enable him tu raise a tuud to con struct a steam boat on an improveu plan, which it is said has received the approbation ol' all who have witnesseu it. ♦ The booksellers and printers of the city of New York have petitioned the State Legislature to prohibit the sale ol books at night. 1 he number of invalid pensioners, who are now recipients of the public bounty, is 3,768. The number of non commissioned officers anu privates, pensioned under the act of the iBtli March, 1818, is 11.029. Of the re volutionary and invalid pensioners, 516 were taken from the list by death du ring the year 1828. A membtfrof n southern legislature spoke five hours on the Tariff, “l’eoh! ’says a Kentucky editor, “we have mein: t s th<. s • ;. s, eech of three days long, and from Tartary to the Rocky mountains in breadth.” Mr. Benjau. Ru.gies, of Steuben ville, Ohio, proposes to publish a plan for a universal language: price one dol lar. The Rutland Vt. Herald, quotes the weather for four days previous to the 3d in6t. as a trille colder than Gieenland, with excellent sleigli- i"g* The Courier, a N. Orleans paper, says, under date of Jan. 13, that too thousand six hundred and seventy slaves have been brought to that place since the first of October last hv way of the Balize, a period of a little more than three months. A lemon of uncommon size was raised on Mr. S. M’Cutchon s planta tion at New Orleans. It measured 14 inches in the circumference taken between the stem and the opposite- end of the fruit, and 14 1-2 when meas ured lengthwise. About twenty oi tiers of the same size, produced on the same tree, were sent to this city. The N.Y. Enquirer says—It is not improbable but that the gallant Com. Porter will return to this country from Mexico, sometime in April or May next. The largest turnip we have ever heard oi, says me ivicfinioiiu (/jinui- ler, was exhibited, on the 23U. Dec. at the house of the Rev W . Davis, in Wilkes to in Virginia, it was three feet in circumference, nine inches in 11 nglh,weigheu twenty one pouutis with the top, and sixteen pouiuts without, it was pcife. ily soliu. There are wit nesses to certify ihe fact. A Dost on and a ualtiincre paper agiee in stating that a meteoi seen lateiy at Fiiiiadclpliij, disappeared about 20 degrees below the horizon. Who saw it? There are 52 AiUi-Alasonic papers in Hie Northern 8laus, and two in Canada. Mr. William K. Collier, ol Boston, has issued pi opus..Is tor tlie publication ot a regular series ol Anti- Masonic tracts. Among the committees appointed iu the New ioik Legislature, is the follow ing:—“On the abduction ol lYu- lium oUorgan-Mc.HHis. Hayden, trougli- lun and March.” The Ne,v Harmony Gazette has been transplanted Worn me western willderness, to the city oi New York, where ii is to he published weekly, under the care of a learned trio, Miss W right and Messrs. Owen and Jenk ins. • Superstition.—A melancholy instance of me effect of superstition among sai lors is related in the Journal of Com merce.—The ship President, on her outward voyage for Charleston, en countered heavy weather. One of the sailors attributed the storm to his wicked course of life, and to save the ship determined to jump into the sea, which he effected, and was lost, notwithstanding the exertion of the of ficers of the ship to prevent him from accomplishing his purpose. On the re turn of the ship another storm arose, & the sailors attributed it to the drown ed sailor’s chest being on board. 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SC U8CRIRLR commenced th* J. t.trues oi h.s station, as ed toi of th.fe i II I e, » " 'th a Irt-r,.tiling ban., and a rt-!ui t«. at-thfa.l, He had no experience to a.d h/ii , and bui iii.ntei! info: mat.on to ,u ma, tnentl Inal t<< the j'Ulilic. He liar however |>rugre»ije<s so Jar, prn< t ralh, tdln balisiso, lion ol his u ndei-, lor which he iMhanUi’t. As tin- hi st volume of the Pl )(111lX ls or ,; ie ev.- of ••••*>iiik> thr editor has thougln be.-* toappnze tfte public that a new vo time tt li be commenced next month, and that tin. great object of its founders, he bent-lu ol th Cherokees, will still lie ass V uoush pursued, it is unnecessary t< r>- j at anu jtai tictnaiize the |.r,nc■ t It s tmoer which the future numbers ci the Ph«r x "31 be conducted—(he principles will l,a siimlai to those tt Inch hate governed tiic past numbers. 1 he natter is sacrc, to-he cause of Indians, and the editor v ,li - rl hitiisell especially bound as far as Ins i n r- talents and information will permit, to i t ixcr it instructive a.nd entertaining os possible to las brethien, and endeavor to ■ nhst the friendly feelings and sympathies ol his subscribers abroad, in favor of the aborigines. As the present policy of the General Government, the removal of all the In iang beyond the limits of organized plates o r I erntories, is assuming an important av pect, the editor will feel himself bound lay before his readers all that may be sai 2 on this subject, paitieidarlv the^objections against this measure ol the Government. Particular attention will be given to -n dicious miscellany. Choice pieces on V«v ligion and morals, domestic economy &c* will find a ready admittance in the Ph,. nix. The original pan ot the paper will be rendered tin interesting as the means of the ‘ditor will allow. Owing to the want of an assistant, it is impossible to devote g laige portion of the puper to the Cherokee Ian* guage, asthe whole most be original—The' editor will however do what he fan. The friends of Indians are particularly called upon to assist in this undertaking by their subscriptions. Thus far, the Pl,„ n ;i has been # dead expense to the propr I”"' U is highly desirable that thei« should be sufficient patronage to serine iy fiojn the like pecuniary embarrassment in future; * ELIAS BOUDINOTT. IC7* Editors who exchange with the I he nix will :o us a *j rc ial favor by is sertingthe aliove in theirpapers. 1 LAWS ’ OF THE CHF.ROKEp NATION, for the years I8S6 1827 4 tfM ul t^a OficS.