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Jpoa-jjfHY. From tho Philadelphian. Mr. Enrro.i,—I received the fallowing lin’s from a ! a iv of this city, who informs me that they were wr.tten hv an Indian, and sent in a prvate letter to a minister wh > had been labouring as a Missionary a n »ng't the Cherokees.—By giving them an insertion in your paper, you will gratii v several, especially a j (! huve been tnU) th"y have never appeared in print. Yours rcsnectfdll . H. INDIAN POETRY. Written on the dcoth of Cathvrine B :own, the first- convert to the Christian fti'.h at Creek-path, Cherokee Notion. Ah Cuerolsee, where is the daughter of B own! She’s resting beneath the tall tr-e, But h’r spirit, so spotless, has silently *lown Far away, to Galvlatichi.* Death mark’ 1 her his prey in the blossom of youth, From his g ,- asp no kind angel coni! save; And innocence, meekness, religion and truth, .1 All slumber in Catharine 1 , grave. The heralds of grace drop affectionate tears, The mails of the forest all mourn; E’en the hoa'k of the warrior is sad when he hears, The flower of th<* valley »* gonp. Thou foef of the Ind.ans who love the true God, AVlio hast come from the Arkansaw wave, To stain thy sharp arrows in Cherokee’s blood; Step softly o’er Catharine’s grave. Ah! \vh > is this youth, in whose bosom »h“ fire . Of charity rises «o Ivgh? Who ardently pants in tli" 'and of his sire, To labor for T "•us, and die! Th ; s vouth is the brother beloved of the maid, Who sleeps in the dark narrow cave; H< hastes to the wood where in childhood he played, To preach beside Catharine’s grave. Ye daughters who dwell in the pleasan green sba 1e, Whom Catharine tenderly loved, She bale you repent; for your pardon sh n prayed, And went wh»nsh' > saw you unmoved! No more w 11 she point you to Calvary’s scenes, Or tell vou that Jesus will save, Come, chaunt your sad dirges in sorrowful strains, As ye stand around Catharine’s grave. Though cold be her pillow and dark her abode, As the shades which at ventide play, Inv : «ih!e spirit' encircle her sod, And wa‘ch her slow :noid l»ring clay. H w great is ih" p«- of heavenly alioir, O ' -a i silent and beautiful eve, Wli -n to Jesus’ praise they wake the sweet Ivre, A" they stand around Catharine’s grave. Th-ir notes snfflv sound through the si- l~nc B of night, “Dear Saviour all nraise shall he thine ” Ere long, in bright glory the gospel’s pure light On each Ch^rokcr’s dwelling shall shine. And when, at the voice of Galvlatichi, The dead their lone mansions shall leave, \ form wrapt in garments of light we shall see A .'sing from Catharine’s grave. •The Cn Mokee name of the true God. t The Osages, TO-MORROW. To-morrow! G.and deceiver of our •acet For thee, still unimprov’d to-day gives place, The heart’s bad choice,h p nce the tongue still says To-morrow. To-morrow! False foundation, broken reed I Who ever prosper’d that tothee gave heed?. Who madly wastes to-day w !' never speed To-morrovo. To-morrow! Phantom of the idler’s brain! To- imi a yesterday, has come in vain, To li m, who, triihng, w.sdom hopes to To-morrow. To-morrnw thou 'av. tho-d’t wiser hr f “Thou !%>•■* ! This night, iliy soul’s re quir'd of thei;” To-day is lost, nor shalt thou ever see To-morrow. Tn-mirrmv! L B tthe man of heart sincere,. The presm! time nnpv ' •, hi« Gal rever-. Who It.sely lives to-day, has nought to fear To-morrow. TIME FLIES—AND WHAT THEN? H 'W swiff the pinions Time puts od, T ■ urge his flight away; T *-dav’s soon yesterday—anon To-morrow is to-day. Thus davs, &. weeks, 8t months, 8t years, D p art from mortal view, A*, sa dlv, through this < &le of tears •ur journey w# pursue I MEMORANDA OF T1H SLAVE TRADE AND SLATERY. Slavery umongthe anutnU.—liomer often alludes to ilie custom of kidnap ping in the piratical expedlions, and of reducing prisoners of var to the condition oi slaves. Atlieis, on the lowest computation, contaned three grown male slaves to one freeman. The treatment, which they received, was comparatively mild. If able to purchase freedom, tlity. demanded it of their masters, at a certain fixed price. Only two imonsiuerable in surrections are recoded. At one time they seized upen the castle of Suniurn, and committed depredations tn the surrounding country. At Spar- la, the condition of slaves ivas dej loru hie in the extreme, and several times by their means, the Spartan state was threatened with extinction. Bgypi was early a mart for slaves. Strabo says that at Delos in Cilicia, ll),OuU slaves, a day, were sold for the bene fit of the Homans. At Si. ily ihert were very frequent insurrections oi slaves. Tivo consular armies were destroyed in one war. Some of the Romans had from six to ten thousand slaves each. A Roman nobleman being assassinated, four hundred slaves were put to death in conse quence. Adrian was the Roman Emperor, who deprived the master of a i'amil) of the power of life and death o\er its members. Constantine abolished personal slavery. Slavery, it Eu rope, in the middle ages, was such as now exists in Poland. Marriage n- mong the vassals was a relig.ons and solem i rite. They worshipped at the same alter with their lords, &c. The Slave trade and Slavery in mod ern times. About the year 1500 a few slaves were sent from the Portu guese settlements in Africa into the Spanish colonies in America. In 1511, Ferdinand V. of Spain permit ted them to be carried in great num bers. In consequence of the terrible destruction of the Indians in America, Bartholomew de las Casas, a benevo lent Catholic bishop, proposed 1o Car dinal Ximanes, in whose hands .the government of Spain was lodged, be fore the accession of Charles V. to establish a regular system of com merce in African slaves. This pro posal was in order to save the Indians from extirpation. Xeinines replied that it would be very inconsistent to free the inhabitants of one continent by enslaving those of another.—In 1517, Charles V. permitted one of his Flemish favorites to import 4.WO Africans into America. In 1542, he ordered that all slaves in his Ameri can dominions should be set free. Upon the abdication of this monarch, slavery was revived. The first im portation of slaves by Englishmen was in the re'gn of Elizabeth, in 1562.— Louis XIII. of France would not allow the introduction of slaves into his American Islands, til! he was assured that it was the readiest way to con vert them to Christianity. The first slaves brought into the United, States were bv a Dutch ship in 1620 which landed at Jamestown in Virginia. The number was 20. Abolition of the Slave, trade.-—In May 1772, by a decision of the High Court of England, it was declared, that the British Constitution does not recog nize a state of slavery. In 1785, the R.*v. Dr. Packend, President of Magdalen College, Cambridge, gave out as a theme for a prize essay, “Is it right to make slaves of others a- gainst their will?” The prize was gained by Thomas Clarkson. In May 1787, a Committee of twelve individ uals was forme I in London to procure the abolition of slavery. In one visit at the ports of London, Liverpool, and Bristol. Vfr- Clarkson ascertained tile names of 20,000 English Seamen, who had perished in the slave-trade. In February 1788, by order of the tCing. a Committee of the Privy Council took into 'Consideration the subject of the African slave trade The subject was introduced into Par liament. on the ninth oT May 1788- bv William Pitt. A hill was passed to limit the number of slaves to a ship In 1792, a hill passed the Commons or the gradual abolition of the trade 130 to 85. In 1708, a motion to a mlish tho slave trade within a limit •d time was lost 83 to 87; but agai'. 'n 1804. carried 69 to 36.* Januar till 1807, a bill was introduced inti the House of Lords for its immediate and total abolition, and carried 100 to 36. In the Commons, it wus pass ed almost by acclamation; two hun dred and eighty three voting in the af firmative, and sixteen in the negative. Onlhe 25th of' January 1807, just as the sun readied his meridian, the bill received the royal assent. United Stales.—In 1772, the House of burgesses of Virginia petitioned the Bi lush Government lor permission to piohibil the further importation of slaves into that colony. The petition was rejected. All children horn ot slaves in the state ol Peensylvunia alter March 1st 1780, were free, in the s.rne month the constitution of Massachusetts was ratified, which in terdicted slavery. By the constitu tion of New Hampshire, adopted in 1192, iio person could be held a slave; jy ihul of Vermont in I i9J; by leg islative enactment in Rbode-1 land m i 783; in Connecticut a law was pass ed in 1784, declaring that all persons oorn after that year siioirM be free, on attaining tho age of twenty-live years; in New Jersey, a law was lassed in 1804, declaring that every child born of a slave after July 4th of that year should be free. In Nevv- York, July 4th, 1827, slavery totally "ceased. The United Stales Congress of 1787, enacted a law, interdicting slavery forever from the country be tween the Onio'and Mississippi rivers. January 1st, 1808, the slave-trade ceased by the constitution ot the. Unit ed States. In March 1820, by act of Congress all citizens of the United States, who shall he found engaged in the slave trade, and be convicted of the offence shall suffer death. African Colonization.—In June 1787, the English Colony at Sierra Leone was established. This terri tory lies 8 (leg. 12 tn. north latitude, and about 12 deg. west longitude, in 1794, the settlement was nearly destroyed by a French licet. In 18j7, all the possessions of the company were surrendered to the British crown. The Colony now contains 18.000 inhabitants, 12.000 of whom are liberated negroes. The freight on the shipments made from the colo ny in 1824 was nearly UO,OOU/. The Amercan Colonization Society was formed in December 1816. In 1818. a portion of the African coast was explored by Messrs. Mills and Burgess. In 1820, eighty emigrants were sent out, In December 1821, Cape Montserado was purchased, and soon after, a permanent settlement commenced. The population ot the colony noiv exceeds 1.200, ol whom 533 were sent out in 1827. With.it two years past about 1,000 slaves have been, liberated in the United States,many of whom have been trans mitted to Africa. Miscellaneous.—In Austria, it was declared by royal edict in 1826. that every slave from the moment he touches the Austrian soil, or an Aus trian ship, is free. In 1825, a decree was pa sod by the Government of France, declaring that all engaged in the slave trade as proprietors, super cargoes.. &e. shall he punished with banishment, and a fine equal to the value of the ship and cargo; officers of the vessels rendered incapable of serving in the French navy ; and other individuals punished with imprison ment. In Brazil, it is to be abolish ed in three years afl^r March 1st, 1827. Six Spanish ships were captured in 1826, which had on board 1,360 slaves: one ship of 69 tons had 221 slaves. In 1827, a Spanish Schooner of 60 tons was captured; having in her hold 220 slakes; 30 soon died. It is accounted a good voyage, if not more than 20 in 100 perish. In the month of January 1828, 2,100 slaves were landed in Bahia, Brazil. The traveller. Burkhardt, says that the number of slaves in Egypt is 20,- 000; in a plague recently in Cairo, 8.000 perished. In the kingdom of Darfour in Extern Africa, the num ber of slaves is about 10.000; in Bor- noon, Bagerme, Haonssa, &c. the slaves are about 10,000 to 100 000 freemen. All the Bedouins are well s ocked with shves. In Syria there ire but few slaves. From 6 to 800 uinually are bought up by the Turk ish officers in Egyt. In the British Vest Indies tho number of slaves is 00, 000. They are constantly de- •reasing. In the United States, in 820, there were 1 764,833 slaves, nd 233,400 free blacks. , Quarterly Journal. MAKING BUTTER IN THE WINTER. 1. By Heating.—“The pans, with the milk just taken from the.cows, remain until a thin skin of cream is produced. They aVe then placed in the water, and in about thirty minutes thereafter all the cream contained in the milk is iormed on the surface. The crea/n thus obtained is managed as other rich cream is in all well con ducted dairies.” As soon as the milk is taken from the cow, let it be placed on a steady wood fire, free as possible from smoke, and scalded for thirty minutes; particular care must be taken not to allow it to boil. It must then be placed in a cool situation, and on the following day, a thick rich cream will appear on the surface of the milk, (which is excellent for dessert pur pose) which may be taken off and made into butter the common way. This method is practised in England, and it is said that a greater quantity of but ter, and of better quality, can be made by this than by the common mode. Butter may likewise be made in cold weather by freezing the milk. This method has been recommended by E. H. Dfrby Esq of Salem, and published in the N. E. Farmer. Y> e will give it again for the benefit of recent subscribers, in the words of Mr. Derby. 2. By freezing.— “The milk taken from the con is immediately strained in earthen pans, and set in the coldest part of the house.—As 60on as the (tost begins to operate, a separation takes place; the cream rises in a thick paste to the top, and leaves the milk without a particle of cream, frozen in the pan. The cream is not so hard but that it can easily he scraped off with a spoon, down to the solid ice; it is then set aside until a sufficient quantity is collected for a churning, when it is warmed just so much as to thaw the cream sufficient ly to put it into the churn. I have never known to it require more than five minutes to convert cream into butter after the churnin' had com menced “I ought to state that 1 think this method injurious to the cream for cer tain purposes; such for instance as whip syllabubs, as my domestics found after the cream was mixed with o- ther ingredients, the least, agitation brought it to butter,” jY. E. Farmer abr. The following curious story h told of an old lady living in Buckingham shire. Some time ago the husband of this ancient dame died without making his will, for the want of which very necessary precaution his estate would have passed away from his widow, had she not resorted to the following expedient to avert the loss of her property. She concealed the death of her husband, and prevailed upon an old cobler, her neighbour, who was in person somewhat like the deceased, to go to bed at her house, and per sonate him, in which character it was agreed that be should dictate a will leaving the widow the estate in question. An attorney was next sent for to draw up the writings. The widow, who, on his arrival appeared in great affliction at her good man’s danger, began to ask questions of her pretended husband,calculated to elicit the a ns we i s she expected and desired. The cobler groaning aloud, and look ing as much like a person going to give up the ghost as possible, feebly an swered, “I intend Jo leave you half of my estate, and I think the poor shoemaker who lives opposite is de serving the other half, for he has al ways been a good neighbour.” The widow was thunderstruck at receiv ing a reply so different to that whinh she expected, but dared not negative the cobler’s will, for fear of losing the whole of the propeity, while the old rogue in bed (who was himself the poor old shoemaker living opposite) laughed in his sleeve, and divided with her the fruits of a project which the widow had intended for her sole ben- «fit.—Buck's [Eng.] Gazette POWER OF ELOQUENCE. The accomplished skeptic, Ches terfield, was present when Whitfield presented the votary of sin under the figure of a blind beggar, led by a littje dog. The dog had broken his string. The blind cripple, with his staff be tween both hands, groped his way un conscious to the side of a precipice. As lie felt alongwithhis staff, it drop ped down the descent, too deep to send back an echo. He thought if on the ground, and bending forward, took one careful step to recover it. But he trod on vacancy, poised for a moment, and a* he fell headlong Chesterfield sprung from his seat, and exclaimed, “By heaven, he is gone.” INTEGRITY. Integrity is a great and commcn-. dable virtue—-a man of integrity is a true man, a bold man, a and steady man. He is to be trusted and relied upon. No bribes can corrupt him. I^o fear daunt him. His word is slow in coining, but sure. He shines brightest in the fire, and his friend hears from him most when he most needs him. His courage grows with danger, and conquers opposition by obstinacy. As he cannot be flat-, tered or frightened into that he dis likes, so he hates flattery and tempo rizing in others. He runs, with truth and not with time—with ^ight and not with might; his path is straight, soon seen, but loo seldom followed.—- Win. Penn's advice to his children. Judge Jeffries once said, pointing to a prisoner, “there is a great rogue at the end of iny eanc.” “At which end, my Lord,” asked the culprit. WAYS AND MEANS. Two Irishmen who were travelling- together had got out of money, mid being in want of a drink of whiskey, devised the following ways and means; Patrick, catching a frog out of a brook, went forward, and the first tavern he came to, asked the landlord Yvhat craitur that was. “It is a frog,” re plied the landlord. “No, sir,” said Pat, “it is a mouse.” “It is a frog,” rejoined the landlord.“It is a mouse,” said Pat, I will leave it to the first traveller that comes along, for a pint of whiskey.” “Agreed,” said the land lord. Murphy soon arrived, and to him was the appeal made. After much examination and deliberation, it was decided to he a mouse,; and the land lord, in spite of the evidence of Ins- senses, paid the bet. ADVERSITY". If adversity hath killed its thousands, prosperity hath killed its ten thousands; therefore adversity is to be preferred; the one deceives, the other instructs; the one makes miserably happy, the other happily miserable; and therefore many philosophers have voluntarily sought adversity and so much com mended it in their precepts Deme trius., in Seneca, esteemed it a great infelicity that in his lifetime he had no misfortune. Adversity, then, is not so heavily to be taken; and we ought not, in such caces, so much to mace rate ourselves; there is no such odds in poverty or riches. RESOLUTION. For a soldier to meet the enemy in battle, where leaden deaths are vvliiz- - zing on every side, must require no faint resolution; for a lover to pop the question of questions to his deary, \^hen his heart goes pit-a-pat, and his tongue threatens to prove recreant to its office, requires no eve ry day effort of resolution; for a toper to quit the beloved bqttle, and endeav our to stem the strong tide of his han kerings, requires a mighty resolution, aijd many a man, having proved victo rious for a moment, goes hack again to “treat resolution;” but of all the situations in life requiring a deter-, mined, heroic and prodigious effort of resolution, that of getting out of a warm bed, in a keen, cold morning, caps the climax,—we mean one of those mornings, when the windows are crusted over with frost when your breath congeals on the sheets, when, your fingers freeze fast to the door- latch, and the very air itself seems stiffened with cold. WHO SHALL HAVE THE PRIZE? There was once to be a meeting of the flowers, and the judge was to a- ward a prize to the one pronounced the most beautiful. “Who shall have the prize?” said the rose, stalking for ward in all the consciousness of beau ty.” “Who shall have the prize?” said the other flowers advancing, each filled with conscious pride, and each imagining it would be herself. “I will take a peep at those beauties,” thought the violet, as she lay in her humble bed, not presuming to attend the meeting—“I will see them as they pass;” but as she raised her lowly head to peep out of her hiding place, she was observed by the judge, who immediately pronounced her the most beautiful, because the most mode|t. I