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owy CHEROKEE Jd\,9F(K& PHCEMX. VOE. I. NEW ECHOTA, WEDNESDAY JULY 9, 1828, NO. 20. | EDITED BY ELIAS BOUDINOTT. PRINTED WEEKLY BY ISAAC H. HARRIS, FOR THE CHEROKEE NATION. At $2 50 if paid in advance, $3 in six onths, or #3 50 if paid at the end of the ear. To subscribers who can read only the ^Cherokee language the price will be $2,00 Sn advance, or $2,50 to be paid within the year. Every subscription will be considered as continued unless subscribers give notice to the contrary before the commencement of a new year. Any person procuring six subscribers, and becoming responsible for the payment, shall receive a seventh gratis. Advertisements will be inserted at seven ty-five cents per square for the first inser tion, and thirty-seven and a half cents for leach continuance; longer ones in propor tion. ICPAll letters addressed to the Editor, post paid, will receive due attention. G VVy A D h#HEC»«J. VOABXAA TAAr 5 U4" JhrfBAA I-4AA. B6AE AhCShAAy KTVI D^P O’GJBA ' I-4o$A, TGTZ TEiSSOd” DGJAAJE-AA. TCTZ FBP TAO-A TB DOJAAI-AA, KT D(POJBA I-4AA. D$A>%AEZ TB yiV x>oj>5ai-aa, o-yjiT d^p o>oj»a B4AA. Gwyz (pcai aiiC5iici<«)y, wp*v« ds^ (POJBA 1-4AA FSAB(P, TGTZ TEUSO-J* DO' j»s>ai-aa. ktaz d^p yvv d&ix cpsaba- har doj»5ai-aa. AGENTS FOR THE CHEROKEE PHCENIX. The following persons are authorized to Teceive subscriptions and payments for the Cherokee Phoenix. Henry Hint, Esq. Treasurer of the A. B. C. F. M. Boston, Mass. George M. Tracy, Agent of the A. B. <C. F. M. New York. Rov. A. D. Eddy, Canandaigua, N. Y. f Thomas Hastings, Utica, N. Y. / Pollard fit Converse, Richmond, Ya. ; Rev. James Campbell, Beaufort, S. C. William Moultrie Reid, Charleston, f S. C. Col. George Smith, Statesville, W. T. William M. Combs, Nashville Ten. Rev. Bennet Roberts—Powal Me. Mr. Thos. R. Gold, (an itinerant Gen tleman.) LAWS OF THE CHEROKEE NATION. Resolved by the National Committee and Council, That all persons who may be found lurking about from place to place in the Cherokee Na tion, and who are not lawful citizens of this country, nor remaining Under a lawful permit, shall be viewed and considered as intruders, and it shall be the duty of the several officers to notice whether such persons are to be found in their respective districts, and to. give them ten days notice, to re move out of the Cherokee Nation; and in case of their not complying with the notification, it shall be the duty of the officers to arrest such persons, and to deliver them over to the Unit ed States’agent for this Nation to be proceeded against as the laws of the United States direct. New Echota, Nov. 16, 1826. JNO. ROSS, Pres’t N. Com. MAJOR RJDGE, Speaker. Approved—CHARLES R. HICKS, his . PATH !*! KILLER, mark. A. M’COY, Clerk N. Com. E. BOUDINOTT, Clerk N. Coun. Resolved by the National Committee and Council, That the Treasurer be, and he is hereby directed not to re ceive into the Treasury from the a- gents of the United States on account of the annual stipends, which are to be paid by them to the Cherokee Na tion, any other description of money than Specie, Treasury 1 or Notes of the United States Bank. JYete Echota, Nov. 16, 1826. JNO. ROSS, Pres’t. Nat. Com. MAJOR RIDGE, Speaker, his Approvcd-PATH * KILLER, mark. A. M'COY, Clerk N. Com. Ez BOUDINOTT, Clerk N. Council Resolved by the National Committee and Council, That no person shall be allowed to erect or establish a billiard table in the Cherokee Nation, without first obtaining a license from the Treasurer of the Nation, and paying into the Treasury the sum of two hun dred dollars as a tax pr. annum, and such license shall not be given for a longer period than one year at a time; and any person or persons, who shall erect or establish a billiard table without first obtaining a license as herein required shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of four hundred dollars, for the benefit of the Cherokee Nation. New Echota, Nov. 16, 1826. JNO. RUSS, Pres’t N. Com. MAJOR RIDGE, Speaker, his Approved—PATHX KILLER, mark. CHARLES HICKS. A. McCOY, Clerk of the N. Com. E. BOUDINOTT, Clk. N. Coun. Resolved by the National Committee and Council, That the resolutions passed Oct. 15th 1825, suspending the poll tax law, and the law imposing a tax on citizen merchants of the Chero kee Nation, be, and the same are hereby prolonged one year longer.— By order of the National Committee. New Echota, Oct. 24,1827. MAJOR RIDGE, Spk’r. Coun. ELIJAH HICKS, Prs’t N. Com. Approved—WILLIAM HICKS, JOHN ROSS. A. M’COY, Clerk N< Com. E. BOUDINOTT, Clerk of N. Council. Resolved by the National Committee and Council, That the resolution passed Nov. 13th, 1822, reducing the tax on pedlars of eighty dollars to fif ty dollars, be, and the same is hereby reduced to twelve dollars, so as to make it equal to the tax imposed on citizen merchants. New Echota, Nov. 18,1827. ELIJAH HICKS, Prest. Com. MAJOR RIDGE, Spk’r. Coun. Approved—WILLIAM HICKS. A. M’COY, Clerk N. Com. E. BOUDINOTT. Clerk N. Coun. AeeairAA cwy o’otfs. 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DBAyhZO- SMp.?TPBAA IiSF- AAABAA AaAA«y<5, Drf ACOCviPAA h- SJJAE TEC»OFABAA ECkTiAiPAAA hSP- AAAI-AA, TOT 6A*V^ (PhAS0-C= Drf £ GTh- ASO-C: O^OT’O-^y D^3P DOBO-BAy. From the National Intelligencer. DRUNKENNESS. ISTS CAUSES AND PREVENTIVES. Gentlmcn—Formerly, it was a trite proverb, that “Money was the root of evil;” but it has now become obso lete, since we never hear it mentioned any more. What then, can be the cause of the present state of our morals? I think ‘thatwe may trace it to the general use of strong- drink, which now per vades every class: what I call strong drink, is, any thing that, causes an un usual or more than ordinary flow of spirits. This is effected, in some, by half gill of brandy, in others by a glass of wine. There are several causes which lead to the present degraded state of society, in drinking, and which bid fair to make a nation of drunkards, surpassing all other nations in that vice. In the first place, the cheapness of liquor with us, & particularly our do mestic spirits, cannot but have a fatal tendency that way. If the States would recommend to Congress to lay a tax of 25 cents a gallon on all domes tic spirits, (with a corresponding ad vance on all foreign) for a fund for in- tarnal improvements, and pay over to the Treasury of every State all the moneys so collected in each State, then will that vice be made to contri bute much towards the general good of society: for such a tax as that would produce a revenue sufficient to make a new stone turnpike through the State every eight or ten years. Another cause of Drunkenness is, our mistaken notions of hospitality, in always offering our decanters of slow poison to all our friends, whenever they enter our houses; and when we call at the hotels, or other public places of resort, and call for some strong drink, every child, no matter how young, must have a share of that poison, given to them! Can it be won-’ dered at, if we turn to he a nation of drunkards, when we commence tipling while yet in the arms of a nurse? Another cause is, instead of having all our victuals cooked with the slightest seasoning of salt, and without any pepper, or other pungent article— all of which ought to be kept in sepa rate bottles on the table, so that each person could add to suit his own pal ate—instead of which all our dishes aie seasoned to suit the vitiated pal ates of the old, and not the purer ones of the children, who, if left to them selves, will refuse all pepper, &c. uu- less their taste has been already cor rupted, by using those articles, or by strong drink, &c. But, of all things, tobacco, whether in chewing or smoking, is the greatest [provocative to the use of, and a pref erence for, strong drink: For no sooji-