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A Cause ii in ay scorn of difficult achieve ment. -Vay, forbid it Heaven! W me arduous suite, ibe eter nal laws, To wli.cfi lltc ti ium.iU of all good is giv en; llioa sacrifice, and labo* without PAUSE, Even to death. COST OF INTEMPERANCE IN JAMAICA, L. 1. From a little Tract just published in Jamaica, L. I., we learn that in that town, (containing little more than 2000 inhabitants,) at least 14,000 gallons of ardent spirits were con sumed during the last year, at an es timated cost of $7,000. The cost of eight district schools, two academics, and three irfluisle » of tile Gospel, and the m tinteiVance of till the potfr in (lie town, it is said, ebst only $5,320, or $l,d30 less than was paid for ardent spirits alone. Seven thousand dollars for two thousand inhabitants, is $3 50 for each naan, woman and child; or, reckoning five to a family, $17 50 for each fami ly.—How happy might the people of Jamaica be, if they would consent to part with the misery for which they now tax themselves so heavily, and what blessings might they confer upon tUe world, if they would devote the sum which they vvould thus save to the promotion of the weltare of their fellow-men!—Id. ‘'Except for Medicine.”—We ccC.ifess we are half dissatislied with this exception. Perhaps it may be ne cessary. Yet we cannot but regard it with jealousy. It seems too indefi nite. What is a medicine? Whatev er is thought necessary lor health? A potion for a cold—for indigestion—for a eliolic? An antidote against conta gion; against freezing; against melt ing; against hypochondria? We know of many who take ardent spirits very regularly once or twice a day, from the first of January to the 31st of De cember—purely as a medicine! And yet what should debar them’ from be ing worthy members and officers of our Temperance Societies “upon the prin ciple of entire abstinence, except for iriedicincl” But, says the constitution of some Societies—“unless prescribed bv . a physician.” This is better.— And says another Society, “unless prescribed by a temperate physician.’ This is still better, but still indefinite. What constitutes a temperate physi cian? May lie take distilled spirits every day in the year, ns a medicine, ahd yet be temperate? Besides: is it certain that the present state of medi- , cal science and practice is such that a really temperate physician will never jilakc prescriptions of distilled ingre dients which under any improved sys- tem&practice might be avoided? What was the state of medical science and practice, - before the arts of distillation were known: Was the physical condi tion of man worse then than at present f Would a comparison of bills of mortal*- ity. journals of medical practice, re cords of muscular achievements, and tables of longevity show a difference in favor of this age of distitlerics? Or, if improvements have been made in the healing art, have distilled spirits been instrumental in making theirf? On the contrary has not the use of distill ed spirits “as a medicine” proved a most fruitful source of intemperance? Have not the medicated morning bit ters the matronly evening slingf, and above all, the never ending process of infantile dosings, reared up whole ar mies of drunkards? If so, why the “exceptionI" Can no substitute be found for alcohol in our materia medi- ea> Must this wide leak be spared? Caulkers of the physical ship! what say you?—Phil, Inv. For the Cherokee Phoenix and Indians’ Advocate. Mr. Editor. Observing with much pleasure, that you devote a de partment of your paper to the noble cause of temperance, and being de sirous to lend my feeble aid in the promotion of so good an object, I send voir another piece in the form o r a dialogue between two neighbours whom I style Take-care and No harm, as being somewhat significant of the part that each one takes in this conversation. If you think the remarks worthy of'publication, you will pleaso give them an insertion in the Fluent*. : Yours with much es teem, PHILANTHROPIST. Mr. X-harm. Well .neighbour what think you of the crit ical situation of our Nation? For my pari, 1 ilium n is almost a gone case with us; for it really seems the whites arc resolved on having us over the Mis-, sisippi, regardless of consequences. Mr. Take-care. Why, my friend, it is true our condition is somewhat precarious at present, tor I btdive many of our white neighbours would not much care what becomes ot us, il they had our lands. But I think we have au enemy among us, that is like ly to do us more injury, than ail oar surrounding foe* pul together. Mr. X. Ah! who can that be, who dares io act go basely, and turn traitor against us? Sure 1 am that any man who would betray, and mili tate against the best interest ol bis nation, stiould have no privileges among us, and sliould be severely pifliiished tor bis conduct. But pray who is it? Mr. T. Why, sir, tne enemy to which I allude is not of the human spe cies, though it acts under itie control and by the authority of huinaiii agency; ibis foe to virtue, peaee and happiness is known among us by the name ol Whiskey. This, sir, 1 am persuad ed, is the worst enemy the Ciierokens ever had, and the most to be dreaded at this critical juncture. Mr. X. 1 confess, my neighbour, that there is too much truth tu what you say, and the tact must be deplor ed by all those who have seriously be held its banclul effects upon our peo ple. But what ean be done in this matter? For iny part, 1 would go al most any lengths to remedy this sore- evil. Mr. T. I am truly glad, my friend, that you manifest a willingness lo as sist in saving our country Irom the ravages of ibis arch-destroyer. Well, then, let us fortify ourselves against the invasions of ibis tell monster, by banishing it entirely from our houses, fields, and domestic circles; admitting it with as much pain and reluctance, as we vvould send lor the Doctor to amputate a limb, or salivate the body to prevent dissolution. Mr. X. 1 am aware, Mr. Take- care* that example is more effectual than prewept, and that some previous preparations are necessary, in order to successfully accomplish any import ant undertaking; but it appears to mo-, that your proposal requires loo great a sacrifice of, what l would eall oar innocent enjoyments of life. For I.- hafre been in the habit of believing, that there can be no harm in takiug a dram occasionally, and in giving a little to one’s friends, at particular times. ; Mr. T. Here, l am sorry to find, w r e very much disagree in our opin ions. Now, I think, the only sure way to avoid being captured, by this slayer of mankind is, to keep it at the ut most distance, and not suffer it to take any advantage of us, either by in trigue or allurement. In this strug gle between temperance and intem perance, the former can only gain the conquest by entire abstinence, and perpetual extermination. He who dullietli with this deceiver is undone. And 1 am very sure that that cannot be “innocent” which is productive of so many evils as is whiskey, ^be young serpent is seemingly “innocent now, but continue fondling with it, and it will bite you by and by. Mr. X You seem to think that a man cannot indulge himself In taking a dram now and then, without becoming a drunkard in the end. Now I know several men, (and I am' one of that class myself,) who have all tlicir lives thus indulged their-appetites, and are yet as sober men as any among us; yea, very good member* of society. Mr. T I do not wish you to un derstand me to insinuate, that in a gen eral rule there are no exceptions? I am happy to say, that in this rule there are many honorable exceptions. But of one thing I' an very certain, that if there were no modest tasters of Ibis deleterious stuff, the world would soon be rid of the beastly horde of drunkards that now infest our Na tion, and bid fair to envelop us in wretchedness andruin! Do not think hard of it, my friend, if I should speak somewhat roughly, for I cannot restrain tny feelings when 1 see and think of the misery coming upon our highly favoured Nation by intoxicat ing liquor. This is one of (he most specious and popular pretexls lor bur removal to the western wilds, where we would not be so accessible IK those unfeeling white men, who dp pear desirous of drowning us, as i were, in floods of poisonous liquid And has it'come to this? shall it hi said, to our reproach abroad, at t! moment when we are rising far above fitly of the Other aboriginal tribes in America, in point of knowledge and civilization, mat we must be driven lo the wilderness, lo keep/our people -from oemg destroyed by'whiskey! 1 devoutly hope that the Chiefs and counsellors, ike judicial and executive jafiicers of cur Nation, and particular ly tne professors ot religion among us, lyill unitedly strive, by precept and example, to wipe away this reproach from us, uud prevent us from becoming a Nation of sottish bacchanalians. Mr. jY. 1 do not see wfltal can be done to remove this evil, for.our citi zens are free men, and will exercise their freedom in using and selling ar dent spirits, all that you Philanthropist, our Editor, and as many more can saj against it, notwithstanding. Mr. T. It. would be very far from me, to try to infringe the natu ral or political rights of our people, bad I the power so to do. But when the freedom of which you speak has nothing for its standard, but a fair op portunity, and a corrupt propenrity, it runs into wild confusion; and is pro ductive of unspeakable mischief, and every species of abomination. Under the colour of this run-mud liberty, a man may pick your pocket, because lie bad a Jair chance, and a roguish in clination-, another may kill and rob you oil the high way, because he hail power to do so, and a covetous and murderous heart to prompt him to the act. Bat is it despotic to restrain such liberties? .. If so, the laws of God and man directly invade the rights of mankind; for they forbid and punish for such enormities. Vou know scripture, reason, and common sense coudemn, with one voice, an act of suicide; how much less innocent are they, who are killing themselves gradu ally, with the poisonous essence of com? AndO! how is their crime ag gravated, when they are habitually ad ministering this fatal dose to others, lor a pecuniary reward! Not being willing to ruin themselves alone, they iueaiding to fill destruction’s voracious jaws, with the unhappy victims of in- temperance. Every good, and patri otic man sliould lift his warning voice against such nefarious practices, though he were sure of receiving nothing but slanderous reproaches, as a remuneration for his labour. Mr. X. Some of your last remarks bear pretty heavily on several of your brothei Christians, many of whom are in thr* habit of both drinking and sell ing whiskey to their neighbours.— Now if this practice be so criminal, these good people should lay us sinners a better example. Mr. T. In this, sir, I readily agiee with you, and am only sorry that any professor of religion should pursue a course uf conduct, so detrimental to his own present and future happiness, and so ruinous to the souls and bodies of his fellow creatures. I do sincere ly hope that the religious part of our nation, at least, will abstain in future, from the horrid practice of dealing out misery and death to their neighbours for pay, and of treating them on partic ular occasions, with deadly poison, as an expression of their friendship!— These friendly good meaning people have aided in making many drunkards, and beggaring many families; by hav ing so much whiskey to drink at their log rollings, house raisings, &c. But Christians are not the only people in this nation that should lay good exam ples on this subject; there are many influential men among us, who doubt less see the injury of using and trading in whiskey, and they should also step forward to rescue thfeir countrymen from this fatal snare. * Mr. X. I must acknowledge, my dear sir, that you have almost convert ed me to your way of thinking on this subject; and I will now leave you to the quiet enjoyment of your own opin ion, hoping that our little controversy to-day will not lessen that friendship, let the Editor of the Fhoenlx, or sorno suitable person be appointee a Cories- ponding secretary, let active agents with Subscriptions be appointed indif ferent parts of the Nation; and it will be seen that many will signalize them selves as the friends and supporters ol temperance. Let the condition ol membership be, to entirely abstain from the use of intoxicating liquor, un less prescribed by .a temperate phys ician, when nothing else will do so. well, aiid not to give it any protection about our houses, so as to sell or give it away. A society of this kipd should have no sectarian cast, but should be equally patronized by all classes and denominations, who may be willing to volunteer in so good a cause. I wish some more qualified person would suggest a plan, and strive to bring a society of this kind into operation. I am anxious to know how many advo cates it would find in this Nation; and surely-no real friend to man would oppose an institution so benevolent and beneficial. - FOREIGN. From the New,York Advertiser. We see nothing in the speech of the King ot ureal Britain, that holds out any idea of peace, truce, or eveH ncgolLuon, between Russia and Tur key. All that is said is, that his Ma jesty deplores the continuance of hos- Uiilies between those two nations.— There is no interruption to their com merce complained of, no violation ot of neutral or friendly rights or rela tions; on the contrary, there is the most perfect harmony between the three great Powers, who, so far as the objects of their alliance extend, act in lull harmony; and where the Russians pursue their own distinct in terests, there appears to be, no jeal ousy or uneasiness on the side ol the otiiers. TIiub stands the matter, as far as we can form an opinion from the King s speech. Even the blockade eslablisned by the Russians at the en trance of the Dardenelles, docs not appear to disturb the trade of the oth er allies. There is one passage in the speech, which leads us to conclude that the British and French Governments ex pect the war to continue. In speak ing of the liberation oftheMorea, it is said, that “the troops of his Most Christian Majesty having completed the task assigned to them by the Al lies lia:c commenced their return to France. 1,1 We can hardly believe, af ter what has already taken place be tween the Allied land and sea forces and the Turks, if the British and French Governments expected a ces sation of hostilities between Turkey and Russia, that they would withdraw their troops. Instead of taking 6uch a step, they might more naturally be expected to add to their number; be cause in case of peace, the Turks will have a strong dUposenble force at command, with which, if so inclin ed; they might easily overrun, and once more subject Greece to their own domination. If the war should continue for a year or two longer, or should the Russians prove to be victorious, the affairs of Greece will have time to become' settled and arranged, and they may be placed in a secure situation, under the protection of the Allied Powers. If there were strong symptoms of a peace, and no satisfactory arrangements made for Greece, tye think the Allied Powers would find it necessary to increase rather than diminish their force in the Morea. which has hither exioisled between us. Mr. T. In this conversation I have spoken the real sentiments of my mind, though in an’abrupt manner; and I es teem you more than ever for candid ly stating your objections, for thereby I have been led to think more deeply on this matter, which will be of ser vice to me, and I trust it vtlll he of no disadvantage to you. And now, sir, I will show you my opinion. I do most conscientiously believe that a Temperance Society ought to be immediately formed in this Nation, in itaitation of mfiny such benevolent in stitutions in different parts of the U- hited States. Let a meeting be call ed at some convenient place, let a constitution be drafted and adopted, Condition and force of the Russian army.—The Constitutionnel has re cently furnished several columns on “the Probabilities of a new Campaign in the East, and a glance at the mili tary forces of Russia.” The editor begins by remarking, that the expec tations founded on the intervention of France, England and Austria, for the purpose of reconciling the combatants, are likely to be entirely disappointed. The winter has proclaimed amnesty ; but the parties remain under arms, at their posts, and restless to engage again. The events of the post season were such as to excite bitter and ran corous feelings on both sides, and to lender the Turk and the Russian a- like indisposed for an accommodation. The former has been stimulated to further and more resolute resistance by a success in opposing which the world at least did not look for; while tha alter cannot' but feel mortlficn tion at seeing hij sfiiiguirfo antieipa lions disappointed,- find reflecting that * the trxferlion of his whole power might perhaps have overwhelmed his oppo nent, whose strength he had under rated. These feelings, as the don- slitutionnel remarks, as they are id existence, we must expect to find id operation in the cabinet. Russia has defined in precision u hat she w as determined to obtain by_ force of arms, and would think il humilia ting to consent to a negotiation on those subjects, while the Porte, hav ing maintained an uniform attitude Of pride and defiance, will hardly de scend from It after a successful de-'' fence. It is therefore not improba ble that the expectations of -many will he realised by the opening of a new Campaign with the approaching season. Russia, it is fevidetit, calcu lated on too easy a triumph. The lopping off of that chief lfinb of Turk-* ish pow er, the Janissaries, proves not to have been a fatal,- or even a very enfeebling operation, thus far. YVhat may hereafter arise from it cannot be? foretold, but as yet the insurrections, disturbances, revolts and ci,vil tvarar which weie foretold have not occur - red. So far as the opposite forcer have been brought iuto conflict, it ap pears there is no perceptible inferior ity in the Turks, at least in the^ de fence of fortresses, and that is ifkely to be the kind of service on which the, fortune of war must depend. Russia is supposed by many to be able to as semble an overw helming force, if she chooses to employ all her sources; while others insist that her military power has been greatly exaggerated* The Constitutionnel inclines to the lattor opinion, and presents us' with the following considerations. Even supposing that Russia had' 989,001) men in her armies in 1820,' as was asserted by some, she has re duced her regular troops one third since that year. Besides, the 104,-' COO who were then designated in the general list as extra corps and garri son soldiers, were probably invalids, cadets of the colleges, local goards y police, &c. men unfit for an active and distant service. These two de-> ductious would bring down the num ber in 1821 to 625,000 men. But it is to be added to this, that the small pay tempts the officers to present exaggerated rolls, for which there are great facilities, because the care of- furnishing provisions, horse* and clothes, as well ns money, to the ' troops, is entrusted almost entirely lo Colonels and captains. Striking ofT 125.000 on this score, we have the regular Russian forces reduced to 400.000 men. With regar to the irregulars, the most numerous savage people at the command of Russia ore the Don Cos- sacs, who comprehend two thirds off all Cossacs of the empire. They are estimated by an English traveller at 318.000. One soldier out of six per sons would give 45,000, but they nev er have furnished above 15.000: while the Tchernormorski and Wolga Cos- sacs count only 7,000 soldiers. The Baskira and other tribes of Tartar® give hut about 22,000. These with regular Cossacs raise tire whole a- moUnt of men in the Russian armies, in 1828, regular and irregular, to only 442.000. From this deduct the loss-- es of the campaign, and you reduce r them to about 380,000. The new' levy of 350,000 is to .he added for 1829; but while that increase ‘ is yielded, the levy itself proves the weakness of the armies by which- it was required. The Turks are supposed to have’ but about half the same amount-—hut’ they are at home, and in possession of- the chief fortresses. From tluenos Jhjres and Rio Janeiro_ We have received, says the Balti more Gazette, from our correspond- ent at Buenos Ayres, a bulletin an-- nouncing the execution of Col. T)or- rego. The following is a translation. Navarro, Dec. 13, 1828. To his excellency Don J. M. Diaz- Veles. Sir—I inform (he delegate govern ment that Col. Manuel Dorrego hn» ; this moment been shot by my orders in the presence of the Regiments w'hir.h compose my division. His tory will judge" Wpartially wheth er Col. Dorrego has. or has not,* deserved to die—and whether in sfi> crifie'mg to the public tranquility otf# who has laboured to destroy it. IhaVe been actuated by any other tbafi feel ings of patrifaism 'thd people of Buenos Ayres mof