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>vor<i, whispiSf or murmar, was heard while any one spoke: no interruption to commend or condemn: theyoungei sort were totally silent. Those de nominated kings, were sachems dis tinguished by their wisdom and good conduct. The respect paid them was voluntary, and (lot exacted or looked for, nor the omission regarded. I lie I sachems directed in their councils, [d had the chief disposition of their unds.” NEW ECHOTA: THURSDAY, MARCH 0, 1SS8. To Readers anr ConitESPONDEjfTS, “Socrates” is deferred on account of the length of the report of the Committee in | the Legislature of Georgia, which we ! could not very well divide. It shall appear fin our next. — The Communication of “A Friend” we * have inserted with some corrections. Wc rather apprehend that the subject is not properly understood by either “A Friend” or “A Cherokee.” We consider the Con stitution to be in force, yet it does not affect the appointments previo usly made, until the election of 182^. The appointment of t Judge Martin as Treasurer ofthis Nation, (is not, in our opinion, unconstitutional. 4 Our readers will notice, that there are isnore sections in the Cherokee part of the constitution published today, than in the 8f*EnglisK. The mistake occurred in the ori- I ginal copy, and in correcting the proof [ sheet, it was accidentally overlooked, and before >ve could examine the second proof i sheet, the first side of this Number was Struck off. For the same reason, a number I of other typographical errors will be no- | iiced. [ We particularly requested our principal | Printer to change the order in which the | .English names of members of the Conven- j-tion, and names of Districts stood annexed 1 to the Constitution, as we thought it rather f uncouth to mention a person's name, alter f his place of residence. But he has thought | fit to print them as they are. United newly Lherokee It would ha to this c The situation of In dians is peculiar in the I history of man; and the disadvantages in the 1 way of t heir becoming an enlightened peo- i pie, which they are obliged to encounter, 1 are numerous and formidable. Such has I been the case from the discovery of Ameri ca to the present moment, and for aught we Javan say, vdll still continue to be so. Enr- f-to In Uan improvement, would do well r^in consider these disadvantages. When [ they are properly and candidly considered, wo cannot but believe, instead of creating astonishment why the Indians have not been eivilized before, they will at least suggest the enquiry why they have not degenerat ed more. What but pernicious effect must ^n. h a document as the report of the joint Committee in the legislature of Georgia, IS have on the interest and improvement of the Indians? Who will expect from the Chero- Jrece, a rapid progress in education, reli gion, agriculture, and the various arts of ci- Tilized life, when resolutions are passed in a civilized and Christian Legislature, (whose daily sessions, we are . told, commenced with a prayer to Almighty God) to wrest their country from them, and strange to tell, with the point of the bayonet, if nothing else will do? Is it in the nature of things, that the Cherokces will build them good and comfortable houses and make them great farms, when they know not but that their possessions will fall into the hands of strangevs &. invaders? How is it possible that they will establish for themselves good laws, when an attempt is made to crush their first feeble effort towards it? These are sad facts, & we beg our readers to bear with us, When we express ourselves so freely 8c fre quently on a subject which we consider to be of vital importance to the Indian race. But amidst troubles, ipfficulties and evil wishers, we can look around us with much satisfaction, and see those who are truly our friends, not only in profession, but in deed. a specimen of the feelings of such friends we take pleasure in publishing an extract *f a letter addressed to us by an esteemed •orrespondent. “The fact that a newspaper is to be pqt in circulation among the Cherokees, in their own language, and designed for their benefit, and edited byjjftnc of their own Na tion, is, in itself a the condition ere long, a guarantee, and prosperity bedim—pointing out icli the (Jherokees may, i enlightened people rovidence, to their rise ribe, a State,'prepared for the privileges of intercommunity, in all that constitutes political life, and health, and vigour, and enjoyment, among the States, composing the Great American Re public.” , to interfere with the ed government of the ion, are likely to fail, been a deep reproach after all the injustice the Indians h*ave suffered at our hands, and all the aspersions that have been east on their native character and c;*- paeity, if we shonld refuse to permit them to follow us in those paths oi civ ilization and moral improvement, which through our meaus have been already strewn with thorns for their feet. The prospects of the Chero kees are flattering in some respects. They are considered equal to any of the red men in their mental capieity; they have made very eonsiderable progress in civilization, and one oi their members has recently made an inven tion of a syllabic alphabet, which seems to afford the only means by which education can be speedily and efficiently introduced aihoug them; an invention,which is considered, un der all the circumstances of the case, comparable to that which the ancients ascribed to Cadmus. They have within a few months, by popular del egates, formed a government under the first liberal constitution ever adop ted by a savage tribe. This will form an era in a new branch of the history of constitutions, and if their plan succeeds, will furnish phi lanthropists new grounds for congratu lation, and legislators new subjects of reflection.—JV*. Y. Daily Jldv. e Cherokee Constitution.—We arehap- •y to see that the attempts made in he House of representatives of the houses of the General Council; and if the same appointment had often been conferred on a citizen Jiving in a re mote part from the seat of Govern ment, of the Cherokee Nation, 1 say let him have it, if he can give sufficient security, for the faithful discharge of his duty. A FRIEND. IMPORTANT FROM GIBRALTAR. A letter has been recei ved in town, from the House of Robert Anderson and Co. dated 22d Dec., which states that the GRAND SEIGNOR had DECLARED WAR against Russia, France, and England. From the re spectability of this House, there can be no doubt of the truth of the account. We have been politely favored with the above information by Messrs.G. W. and H. Bruen.—Merchants' (New- York) Telegraph, Feb. 6. FOR THE.CHEROKEE PHffiNIX. Mu. Boudxnott-I see in yonr paper of the 28th, a communication signed ‘A Cherokee,” on the subject of pub lic offices., in which he says, “In view ing the public offices ofthe Cherokee Nation now held by diffoient persons; it will be found, on recurrence to the signers of the late Constitution, that there is no conformity to it in their subsequent proceedings, compared with their asserted principles.” That the late convention which framed the constitution was composed of twenty-one Members, and that sev eral of those members were members ofthe Convention, and others members of the Council, I readily admit.— Those members were recommended by the Legislature to the several dis tricts in which they respectively i si ded, under a law which pass* d both houses of the Gen. Council on the 1 ;,h of Nov. 1820, and under whigh the delegates ft in the several districts were duly eie ted as members of the Convention to frame a Constitution for the Government of the Cherokee Na tion. This Constitution was submit ted to the General Council for their assent or rejection, and was unanimous ly approved by that body. “A Cher okee” complains of one person’s hold ing more .than one otlice; referring to the electing of the present Treasu rer of the Nation, lie appears to think that the Council, in appointing John Martin Treasure! for oue year, acted unconstitutionally from the pro vision made in the constitution, which expressly declares that no person shall hold more than one, office, under the authority of the nation; stating that the Treasurer now holds four different offices. It would appear at first sight ofthe Communication that a Chero kee thinks that the present Treasurer has abandoned principle for the sake of gain. Among the provisions of the Constitution, you will find in the 12th section of the 6th article these words. “■All laws in force in this nation, at the passing of this Constitution, shall so continue until altered or repealed by the legislature, except when they are temporary, in which case they shall ex' pire at the times resectively limited for their duration; if not continued by an act of the Legislature.” I cannot therefore admit or argue that the con stitution is in full and operative force, neither will it be until after the rise of the General Council in 1828, at which time the several offices of the nation will be appointed and commis.- sioned agreoably to the provisions of the Constitution, If the present Treasurer’s acceptance of his ap pointment is an abandonment of the principles of the Constitution, I am confident that other officers of the Nation are guilty, ofthe same, as some of them ore holding responsible offices under the United States Government. But this I do not consider contrary to the Constitution, as it is not yet in full and operative force. I will hot however pretend to say that the Constitution is without its faults, this part ofthe subject I leave for those who are more qualified than myself; hut the appoint menf of a Trea surer was made by a joint vote of both DIiEO DI»ATZ. S BFo> 9S.-IJI aECvhkt r ©/iCS^ DIiEG DhATZ DB EliEt,0B. DIiEG 04 b (b~ IiAJ.JCr VO Jot) AT. AEO.h-tPirT^ DIi~ AT 5WO-PT ShEI-S/iTT. (WiT(S~ M-EOSIv d/iat. ome.i -pz dreg Dir o’/igtcf o»r wow v'Opsvsaa.i. ic-May DJ.yi-B cpe- ©g\g, s-iirz o^Eecra, jbpz cssae-s r.a O’Eecra, O'OPiwiT, cpiivitt jhoew.,ir5> ir IiAT. G«V* SIi(h4T Dk$!S^EoeT. D.a' AA CPhhodAaA btr(A. b(AZ 0t> SI(.MC~ (BIi" j1T«TT DIiF.O DhATZ EIiEt r ®B 0*IiFPAT‘ *bcp drat. Dhr e»ry* u ic TE.eo-ir’ (Th.aTT. O'zacrvwyiiZO' L4r OShUASiAAA. D4Z DI> 1C SG/lffEO-T <eP<*:XjroM*T O^ifO-PT DKG DoiS.pE(*iL ?D“ ArT DRAT. G*r O^E-fO-TifT Flr./lT'll W Gl. DMicSAAoty. 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Cr Dh OArl-hT&P, I’.aa^ Jidutr 1 TGTI-mA' o^osi-cty. ladies, desirous of exammig sumjjtuous ornninc^ts, diovv near, and began to pry into the mystery, Jt w aft discovered that the ingenious fail ojn* had imprisoned some hundreds of fi re flies in little bags of muslin, the ventus dexlilis of Petrcuius; and tlrat proud it adorn so much beauty, they fluttered as she moved, it gave her the iq per • am e of being decked out with jewels oflivinsi lire, ©c\y oaa. yc sesa jbp r.a aasp DirZi AT o 3 z/i _ *'T O CAiCV\ C-.-l 1,5. Dtf (AZJl. TT 0 J EofMdt«6a^) D-jl-AT. PC,Z 0 J A-0'4T AAP hSo^iAE !rt)0&,J' > 4T. 00 TS/1T CHi* i’il DtfiSci. 0^y<V' 0-G1 5 0-O.W'Ar 0 J <TT. MURDER. We are informed of a murder be ing committed in the neighbourhood of Sumach. The name oi the per son 1 iiled is Wifiiam i 1 alien, and of me murdeiei lieai s Paw. We have nor heard ol the circumstances. SOE-d.—XGE,5> GIB SGE-iiT ifcGiTyoT-. h' AtTrS JaIiT 5 AoPE ba mE-u Si-o ylO.l Dip’ll D0,Io5-. Matrimony.—One of the Pbiladel* phia editors lias been at the 'trouble and expense of embellishing the hyme neal department of his paper w ith (he cut'of a mouse-trap; and lest the reed, r should be at a loss to u smell his de vice,” he has surmounted it with the adage, that “marriage is like a mous'e- trapj easy to get in, hut hard 1o es cape.” 'Die trap is represented 1 o ho full of prisoners, dissatisfied with their locus in quo; and, like Y orie l ’s starling, they are trying to “ get or.t.' ; ” but “can’t.”—JY. Y. 'dales. horses.—The following remarks upon hoists are copied iion, the pub lication oi an emii.tnl lamer in Eu rope, and we think them worth the perusal of larmeis generally. The pulse oi a lioise ui health is from 36 to 40 beais in a minute, and may be easily ^'eii by placing the 1m- gei gently upon the tempoial aitery which is situated an arch and a hail backwau.s iicin the corner oi the eye. Horses have not the faculty ol puk ing, or even belching w ;nu cut. of their stomachs, and theiefore are peculiar ly subject to w ind . holic. When a horse has been overridden, bloody spots may be seen in the v» hires of Ills eyes. A limber dock is’a sure evidence of a limber hack; tha» is ; a weak one. A hoi se that is hardy and good for business, has a short backbone which terminates forward ofthe hip bones. A decoction of white oak bark will kill hots by tanning them, and they will become so shrivelled as scarcely dis- cernable w hen discharged. The principal signs oi a good horse are these. The eyes set apart in the head, and large and bright; the quirl high in the forehead, one or two in the neck is a good sign; the neck well set on high, the shoulder blades pretty high, and converging to a point ; the breast full and large, and so also behind; the body round, for flat bodied, or slab sided horses, are weak liatured; the dock stiff; going w ide behind, for if (he gam brels knock together, it shows that the hoi se is feeble; chewing the bit, when provoked, is a good sign. It is a Spanish proverb tliat“a dapple grey will sooner die than tire.” Sde<ro AiSjf Jiitfrio- ©zro*. AAay <TRt>> DIAKP DIiJG, HiV’ D<£Aa TGr?aB<r 3 , 4tz vs, dfb o^a ouirna <r iXSlr, (PChiTO-f 0»IiXGh>TT A,«F a.\A5F k-EO'-l.’' «A StyiAT. 4,1 SBFC *aT miioiirsrT. exm-pt vusaat cpg- ota. xvviri To?y^A0’ yivtv TRr ifm 0"lA4ir DI.WOT. D4*V“’Z FI- B8A r D O itfl- 4T (Bii.rFT, wpyr ot^ajjt. *c,z d/ WOT yw4 w TP WdVXT DA" TBJT’ aEA-'X SBtfT, 8Gi3 Sift. AXS* ©.UC-T A(T.1t''T ON KILLING ANIMALS. “That man has a right to destroy such animals as arc noxious to him is undoubted. That he has a right also over the lives of such animals as are useful to him for food and other neces saries, is equally unquestioned. But w hether he has a right to destroy life for his amusement, is another question. Iflie is determined to act the tyrant, (that is, to consider power as confer ring right.) the point is decided. Power he certainly has. But if he wish to act on authorized and equita ble principles, let him just point out the passage in his charter of lights over the brute creation, which gives him liberty of destroying life fur his amusement.- Gilpin. In the year 1804, the number of persons committed for trial in Eng land and Wales was four thousand, three hundred and forty-six; in 1816 it hod iuoreased to nine thousand, and ninety-one; & in 1826, it amounted to sixteen thousand, one hundred and forty JYew species of Brilliants.—At a ball in Calcutta, a lady, remarkable for the splendour of her dress and ornaments, attracted the eyes of all the company on entering the ball room. Rows of brilliants, which thretv around her a light like that of the fabulous carbun cles of the Arabian Nights, glittered down her dress, and eclipsed all the jewels in the room. When the other .Q Good I.aw.—A law has been pars ed in South Carolina, that from and after the first day of May next, the books of account of tavern keepers, shop-keepers or retailers'of spirituous liquors shall not be admitted, allow ed, or received, as evidence in any court having a right to try the same of any debt contracted, or monies due for spirituous liquors, sokl in less quantity than a quart.—New York Ob. No less than 105,517 hogs have passed the turnpike gat e, Cumberland river, Tenn. the past season, The anti slavery Society of Wash ington have addressed a memorial to the citizens of the District of Colum bia, praying Congress to t ake measi: es for the total abolition of slavery in that District.—lb. A SCENE IN AFRICA. I stood on Cape Montserndo—night had spread oyer it her shadows—-si lence reigned, broken only by the sound of the distant, dashing w'aters. As the bright and beautiful constel lations moved through thO heavens ia their illustrious and unchaugingcour's- cs, evidences of invisible glory—of an eternal and immutable Gcd—what scenes of horror-—of relentless cruel ty. said I, have ye witnessed, along the whole border ofliirs afflicted, <hi« injured land. Here every day for centuries, has the human body been hound in chains, the ties of kind fellow ship, of nature’s strongest affections, ruthlessly sundered, and hope, which smiles in death, made to perish by living agony. Here has manly cour age been subdued by torture-—paren tal love punished as a crime, and fei male tenderness rewarded by the keenest sufferings. If the pure spirits which inhabit you, can look up. on human affairs, must they not sup.- nose that knowledge and civilization harden the heart, and that sympathy ’ives only in the breasts of barbarians. Rejoice they must, that the fair plan ets roll so far abox'e the Unholy and contagious influences of our w orld.— What multitudes of human beings on this shore, have been immolated on the altars of avarice—how'many have wished to die, as they hid a final fare well to their lovely homes, and saw for thelart time their wives, children, and friends! My God! who can de scribe the miseries of those crow ded to death in the dungeons of a slave ship? But shall everlasting nieht cover this land, and the records of African history forever contain nothing but mourning, lamentation, and xvoe?-'—- Heaven forbid it. The Omnipotent will not suffer it. A universe beauti ful aud grand, arose at his word from chaos; from the ruins of human virtue and hope, his wisdom is displaying a new moral creation, and the exile, suf ferings, and degradation of the Afri cans, may he succeeded by their re- t irn, felicity and honor.—African Re* pository. NOTICE. A LL persons are hereby .forewarned a- gainst trailing for a Note of hand, £;iven h v the Subscriber to James Cunningt hatti, of Ten. lbr the sum of £14 with a credit of five dollars; dated the 10th day of February 1828. A’so a Due Bill of thirty four dollars given by Alexander MeCov fn favour of Michael A. Rendey with a credit of about two dollars and twenty five cent# made over to said James Cunningham by me. As the consideration for which the said Note and Due Bill were, given, has proved to be unsound, I am determined not to pay except by due conse of lavv. EDWARD ADAIR. March 0, 1823.—3~tf,.