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G-w y Jcf^uovj. CHEROKEE PHOENIX, AND INDIANS’ ADVOCATE. PRINTED UNDER THE PATRONAGE, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHEROKEE NATION, AND DEVOTED TO THE CAL’fcE OF INDIANS. E. BOUDINOTT, Editor. NEW ECIIOTA, WEDNESDAY APRIL 1, 1829. \OL«. IB.—NO. PRINTED WEEKLY IlY . JNO. F. WHEELER, At 50 if paid in advance, $3 in six months, or $3 50 if paid at the end of the year. To subscribers who can read only the Cherokee language the price will be $2,00 in advance, or $2,50 to be paid within the year. Every subscription will be considered as continued unless subscribers give notice to ,4he contrary before the commencement of a wew year, and all arrearages paid. Any person procuring six subscribers, «nd becoming responsible for the payment, «hall receive a seventh gratis. Advertisements will be inserted at seven ty-five cents per square for the first inser tion, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each continuance; longer ones in propor tion. VO letters addressed to the Editor, post paid, will receive due attention. poavr.»a TAj»r» u*v* jiuTea-i j-4<«j. BS.1E vIMJhaAy KTA D£P O’O.TBa t*4«).I, TGrz TE.SJO-l''’ D0J>5<*)I*<».J. TCTZ TdBO-A TB DeJA^PoU, KT Dt<l O’OJBJ Wof-I. WiJlA<XiV.7. tb yw 0-y.1T D^P 0>6JBa P4<*JI. civyz <y&.n aii«i»a<ay, vrr-v dvi <y>ojBa P4<x.i rf.iiKT’, tg-z tea'c-i** ne .I/ScSI-mI.I. \iTJ\Z DJP e^y^ O 5 ?JtB uau D0jr5dtiK<ie.t. fer that they should take the place o! his regular troops, in “the fore from of the hottest battle.’' The dancing and the howling der vishes are those least known to Eu ropeans. Btfth of these I have seen engaged at their peculiar worship, for such their extravagant movements and outcries are considered. The dancing dervishes have a well endowed establishment almost under hough he was some time busied n adjusting their garments and posi lion. During the ceremony, not even the youngest exhibited any symptom of uneasiness. Whenever any new dervishes enter ed during the exercises, the superior either gave them his hand to kiss, or received them with cordial embrace. During the whole time also, spectators were coming and going, or engaged in the palace walls of one of the foreign 1 conversation, with no other emotion ambassadors in Pera. I saw nothing than those of pleasure, expressed ' in their semi-weekly whirling, which an active lad would not soon be enpa- •AGENTS FOR ’I HE CHEROKEE PHCEN1X. The following persons are authorized to ^receive subscriptions and payments for the Cherokee Phoenix. Messrs. Peibce &. Williams, No. 20 Market St. Boston, Mass. George M. Thacv, Agent ofthe A. B. •. F. M. New York. Rev. A. D. Eddy, Canandaigua, N. Y. Thomas Hastings,tUtica, N. Y. Pollard St Converse, Richmond, Va. Her. James Oampdki.i., Beaufort, S. C William Moultrie Reid, Charleston, 3. C. Col, George Smith, Statesville, W. T. William M. Comdb, Nashville Ten. Jlrv. Bekhet"Roberts—Powal Me. ‘ BTr. Thos. R. Gold, (an itinerant Gen- irtetnan.) Jxremiah Austtl, Mobile, j^ia. • Rev, Cyrus Kingsijuky, Maj hew, Choc taw Nation. Ci pt. William Rosertsoh, Augusta, (Scot gia. RELIGIOUS. RELIGION OP THE TURKS; '^Communicated for the Religious Intel- ligt ncer, by the Rev. J\Ir. Brewer. J W5th Mahometans, theology and jurist irudencc, as with the Israelites of old 1 , are intimately blended togeth er. (The priest and the judge appeal alike ttb the Koran and to the com mentaries of distinguished Moolahs, ble of rivalling. An intelligent Eng lish gentleman, who accompanied me to the place of their exhibition, thought the description given them by Dr. Clark and other travellers, was much too highly colored. The howling dervishes I first saw in a miserable hovel, just without Pe ra. Their exhibitions however were far inferior in point of skill to those of another more numerous company in Scutari. I was struck however with the surpassing beauty ofthe “rams’ skins dyed red,” on which the three principal personages were seated.— That ofthe Superior, in particular, was of the deepest crimson, and would have been an ornament around the gorgeous Israelitish tabernacle. The Scutari dervishes, I visited in company with Mr. Jones, late teach er of Mathematics on board the Con stitution frigate, and now a Tutor in Yale College. (This gentleman, it is hoped, will soon favor the public with the results of Ins extended ohserva- tionsduring a three years cruise inthe Mcditerncan.) After having gone through with their introductory devo tions, which they did kneeling upon their sheep skins, they began moving their bodies backwards and forwards, accompanied with a swine like noise. They differ from those of Pera, in commencing while in the sitting pos ture. After n pause, however, they jtood up, and soon their rApid move ments, the distortures of their fea tures and their bowlings, established their claims to be worthy followers of Ilaal. By many it is believed that these riles are in reality of heathen origin. Those who have witnessed tlie ravings of the epileptic, or the mad mun, can form the best idea of their appearance. When several of these yits had gone by, a new exhibi tion was brought forward eh account of the strangers present. What pre ceded, had been only their regular weekly devotions. In the additional exercise, besides' the musicians, two or three of the principal performers presented tbem- holding large iron on that “Book of the Law.” The ■ selves in the midst, JMoolahe, or doctors of the law, are spikes and piallets, hung around with next in rank to the Mhfti. The Ima- , chains. Brandishing these with their ■urns, or parish priests, stand in much i bawls, as they danced t.o the music, *the same relation to the former, a? ; they pretended from time to time, yet parochial clergy to their Bishop.— in a very awkward manner, to drive vTlie/, Kadis, or judges of different m their countenances. The same re mark wit! apply to the females, who are not wholly concealed from us by the lattice work of the galleries.— We witnessed none of those expres sions of grief, which oilier observers suppose they have discovered. hi different parts of the city arc to be seen covered tombs of the most boly of the dervishes; some of these are reputed to have laid up for others such a superabundance of good works, as will be available by them during hundreds of years to come. Multi tudes are accustomed to resort to their tombs for this purpose, and to kindle their lamps around them.— The iron gratings of the windows are filled likewise with shreds of garments, which the sick have sent thither, in expectation of thus obtaining some re lief from their diseases. Many of the dervishes wear a long conical cap, and robe of a peculiar form. Others do not differ in their dress, and apparently not in their or dinary employments, from the great body of the people. The former class derive their support partly from per* manent funds, and partly from the present credulity of tho Mussulman, as well as the curiosity of the Chris tian. MSI* INT£MPEHANCE. ranks, are tal;en from both classes.— The Shieks. a re preachers, who lomr- times dcclaimi very earnestly against the corruption of morals. The J)er- vishes, correspond to the monks of oth er religions. In general they are es teemed as persona of uncommon sanc tity, like the moiof tho Eastern and Catholic chu fches; they are prob ably, however, Mie worst class of peo ple. There were said to be twelve orders of them, one of which has been suppressed, in consequence of its con nexion with th»* Jannis6aries. The differ ent orders of clergy in Constantinop /e, are estimated at from 10 to 30,0 00. If recent accounts may be err idited, to their ecclesiasti cal, civil a od literary character, they *re about 1 o add tho military, having been sumn joned by the Sultan, to put on “the w sr turban.” They monop olize mos t of the little learning which is found m the country, and are sup posed t.o be from principle, hostile to the progress of civilization and polit ical reform. If the Sultan is decided on following up his present enlighten ed '.policy, it is possible ho might pre- the nails into various parts of their bod ies. That it was not altogether a farce was evident from the wounded check which the principal actor exhibited with a smile, when in conclusion he came to demand payment of this exr tra service. The closing services were of an or dinary character, and appeared to be intended for the benefit of the sick. Vessels *f water, and perhaps of other liquids, were brought in and handed to each of the dervishes in order.— Over these they muttered their pray ers, and afterwards breathed into them. The same ceremonies were likewise performed with various gar ments, winch were in like manner pass ed around. Next the sick of all ages, from the old man down to the infant of a few days, were presented before them. They were laid one by one on the sacred skin in the cast, around which their prayers had'been concen trated. The superior then passing bis foot over the whole person, trod twice upon tho body and breast, evi dently with all h|s weight. Whether any support was placed by the feet of the children, I could not he sure, From the New-York Observer. DRAM-SHOPS. The population of this city is about 200,001), ot whom one-hall are under eighteen years of age, leaving only 1UU,DU0 men and women to support 3,300 dram-shops. On an average, then, 15 men and 15 women support one dram-shop. How many of the fifteen shall we deduct for those who do not buy liquor by the gill/ If we say one-half, (and for the reputation of the city, we dare not say less,) we shall then have seven men and seven women to support each dram-shop. Deduct one more for the keeper of the dram-shop, and another lor bis wife, and we then come to the con clusion that six-tippling mm and six tippling women drink so much that the mere profits on what they drink, mil pau the price of a retailer's license, and a fair proportion of the rent, food, fuel, clothing, and other necessaries oj one family. And how much is this? The re tailer’s license costs him $10—the rent of his shop and house is on an average at least $150—and the food, fuel, clothing, and other necessary ex penses of his family, cannot be less than $350—say, in all, $500. If he does not clear five hundred dollars then he does not make a living profit by his business, and if we suppose that only one-half of this sum is derived from the sale of spirituous liquors, it will be $250, or, on an average, more than twenty dollars for each of his drink ing customers*. It is generally conceded that in the sale of liquor, the retailer makes a profit of one hundred per cent. The customer then who pays him a profit of twenty dollars, purchases to the amount of forty dollars. Forty dol lars a year is about one shilling a day. One shilling will purchase two glas ses at six pence, or four at three pence—on an average, say, three glas ses for the shilling. Each drinking customer of a dram-slinp, drinks then, on an average, three, glasses a day and his bill for drink, is forty dollars a year/ 1 The man who is in the habit of drinking three glasses of ardent spir its every day is wedded to hi9 glass ILs cup is his idol. Drinking, with Him, is the summum bonum. To grati fy this appetite, he will sacrifice his health, his reputation, his property, his family, all his prospects here, and his hope of heaven hereafter. He is a ruined man. And can it be that there are forty thousand such men and woman in this city! Alas! there is too much reason to fear that this is the fact.’’ If we view these facts in their bearing upon our public elections, we shall find that whatever may be said of the morality or the patriotism of those Aldermen whose to trust to the votes of drunkards for their re-elec tion; they have not miscalculated the strength of their party. Of the 50,- 000 male adults in this city^ proba bly <10,000 are qualified to vote, and of thU number, the keepers of dram shops and their drinking customers, (reckoning six for each shop,) are a majority. But their strength does not consist in numbers alone. They have every thing else which gives efficiency to parly. They are of one heart and one mind—they meet every day, on the corners of every street— under circumstances calculated to produce oneness of feeling and purpose —and when the day of election comes, they are prepared with their officers, each at the bead of his little platoon, to march to the polls and bear down all opposition—lor what resistance can our sober citizens pre sent to this organized mass of vice. Divided, irresolute, unacquainted I with each other, and shrinking from ' r.U noise and hustle, they shun the con test, and leave the government of the city and the country in Uie l ands of the enemy.—Thus it lias been hereto fore, and thus it is to be feared it will be hereafter. But gloomy as the prospect is, we are not without hope, and our hope is under God, in our young men, who have not yet tasted the fatal cup. If they ran he prevailed upon still to ali- str.in, and to persevere in their abstin ence, in ten years the control of the city will be in their hands, and we shall then have in office those who will dare to respect the feelings of virtuous men, and to maintain the true interests of the community. We would ask, what ln.s i een the cause of all this crime and ims- iliiel? What tlie fotimnon of ail these falsehoods? The answer is at hand. It is that evil spirit, Wh, 8 - key! F< our years ago this fnan’s credit stood as lair as almost any person’s in ihe community. He had by hi* in,ms- try and frugality, acquired a hands, me property; lie had bought a let ,.nd built himself a neat brick house v ith a handsome store in fiont, and had it well filled with goods. JIis interest ing family, consisting of an amiable wite, and six lovely childien, appeared now to be happy and comfortably pio- vidcd for, and no doubt, looked for ward to many happy days. But, alls? alas! \\ bat is their present situation! miserable, drunkard sol of a bus* »and! a j oor bloated, intemperate, snarling, cross, wretched father! Philadelphian. Reader, arc you in the habit ofusmr ardent spirits? Do you find it hard resolve to abstain from ardent spirits, entirely, except as a medicine? Are you feeling that a resolution to do thi* would be a great as t of seif-drni;,l? Then we can tell you wliat your feel ings have been, as you cast your eyes over the -above incident. You said iq our heart, “there is no danger in u.y ase for I shall never drink moro than a temperate man can do inoemtf lv. Others may go into excess—npcj lose their property, and health, *< d reputation—but I shall never do it.” Just so, very likely, this man thought, four years ago, when lie read similar accounts.. He did not think it possi ble, that in four short years, his exam? pie would hr held out as a warning of* the ruinous tendency of drinking a vr-r rv little—of drinking ardent spirit* very temperately. There is an eld proverb .which men would do well to legat'd iu this case—“VYhen your neighbour's house is on fire, look cut for your own.”—What lias been, may he again. It would he nothing si ranee if four years should make the same melancholy change, in some who now * are enjoying the fruits of their indust ry nn<: frugality. There is no saMty hut in entire abstinence.—Can. OLs. INDIANS. •We arrive at Ihe «dme result by a dif ferent process. In New-Haven winch is proverbial for the morality of its inhabi tants, the physicians say that of all the a- dufis who die, one in three is intemperate. If in New-Haven the proportion is one in three, no one acquainted with the two cities will consider it extravagant to say that in New-York the proportion must tie two in five. There are 100,000 adults in New-York, anil two-lifths of this number are 40,000. EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE A retail trader, about fifteen moolhs ago, made a Purchase from a whole sale merchant, on a credit of sixty days. At the end of the credit, lie was applied to for paymeut. He begged a longer indulgence, which was granted. The second period ar rived, and he was applied to again, when he very abrubtly answered, it was not convenient, and you must call again. He was afterwards ealled up on every week or two, for a year, and the answer every time was, “call a* gain!” At last the account was put in to the hands of another person for col lection, which, when presented by the latter person he declared positively that he had paid. But it being proved to the contrary, he then declared he never purchased the goods, and knew nothing about them. This also being proved to the contrary, he said they were delivered to a drayman or porter, who proved that he had received the goods and sold them again, all his re- luges of lies failed him. He said he had nothing to pay with. Qn inquiry it was found that his last excuse was indeed true, foe he really had nothing to pay with FOR THE CHEROKEE PHIEKIX, CHEROKEE TRADITIONS. It is impossible, at this late ciay, to distinguish accurately between au- cient traditions of the Cherokee* and modern fictions, or between those which are purely original, and those which hnye been derived, w holly or in part, from intercourse with the whites. Their traditions are fading from memory, and only a lew aged men can give much information °rc^ spectuig them. I lately visited a Cherokee man of advanced age, for the purpose of learning from him such things as; when he was young, he had hcaid from the aged. His ow n age he can not tell. He recollects the com mencement of a war which took place between his nation and the British Colonies.when he was a boy. He was a man when O-co-na-sto-ta tf.ee* «*ab, [wrjtten in English history O- conesta,] visited England in 17G2. The earliest principal chief within hi* recollection was an old man, whese name he has forgotten. After him was Standing Turkey, re*A», next O-ka-na-sto-ta, <3ab, then Sa-wa- nu-gi u<v»iy, then Ti-kv-gi-ski then Ta-ka-si ml, the son of 0-1 a- na*9to-ta, who was the last in Echota tk.t, the ancient capital of the Na tion- The period* of the. three last were sho^t. Okanastota is consider ed ns the last of their great inen. At his death Echota, the honored town, began to decline. In each assembly among the Clier- okces, the old man said, it was custom ary to appoint some aged man, one of the head men of the villages, to rehearsa traditions; which he did ip «