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was recently received in a communi
cation from the Rev. Thomas C. Stu
art, superintendent of the Chickasaw
mission, and contains dates as late as
July 5th.
“The season of refreshing with
whieh it has pleased the Lord to visit
our church, commenced about the
first of^pril, 182T. The first Sab
bath in that month, being the time' of
oar quarterly • communion, brother
Kingsbury and brother Gleason were
with us. Having had a time of revi
ving at Mayhew, their hearts were
warm in the good cause, and they
seemed earnestly to desire that the
Lord might here also display his migh
ty power and gface iu the conversion
of sinners. During the meeting, the
Spirit of God was evidently present
in a peculiar manner, exciting in his
people a deep searching o. heart, and
a spirit of prayer for the prosperity of
Zion. On the succeeding Sabbath,
brother Byington was providentially
with us, and preached once in English
and once in Choctaw, to crowded as
semblies.
A spirit of inquiry began now to be
manifested by some who had been the
most careless; anil from this time it
hecame evident that the Lord was in
our midst. A solemn stillness seemed
to pervade the assemblies which met
for the worship of God: our weekly
prayer-meetings, which had been for
some time suspended, were again re
vived, and crowded; and in a few days
we were encouraged to appoint a
meeting for anxious inquirers. At
the first of these meetings, which
were weekly, eight attended; at the
next.seventeen, and soon twenty, and
twenty-five which was the average
ritunbevthrough the summer. By the
first of July, the revival became gen
eral, the whole country seemed to be
Waked up, and persons came 30 and
35 miles to inquire what these things
meant. Some of the most hopeless,
stubborn shiners, were the first sub
jects of the work.
, There was nothing very remarka
ble in the character of the revival.—
A solemn stillness marked its course;
there was no noise, no excitement of
animal feeling: the deep sigh and si
lent groan might occasionally be heard
and a few cases of conviction- were
so pungent, as to bring the subjects to
sink down upon the ground and cry
for mercy. This however, was not
in the public assemblies, but in private
interviews and secret places.
Perhaps it should be noticed as a
remarkable fact, that in almost all
cases of conviction, the individuals
were peculiarly concerned, lest they
should grieve away the Spirit, or set
tle upon a false foundation. A Gos
pel hope, “a good hope through grace”
was what they all desired Si earnestly
sought for, and short of which they
could not rest. The good work con
tinued without any apparent abate
ment, until the middle of the winter,
when i» seemed to decline for a few
weeks; but since the opening of the
spring, it lias been gradually growing
in interest, and at this time, I rejoice
to say appearances are very encourag
ing. The season for another commu
nion is close at hand. Six new mem
bers have already been admitted-—
Two of these are native young men of
standing and influence: one of them is
from the neighborhood of Martyn.—
Wo expect to admit two or three
more on the approaching occasion.—
Besides these, there are six or eight
others who give hopeful evidence of a
change of heart, but we think it pru
dent to defer them until another com
munion.”
Under date of July 8, Mr. Stuart
adds:—
“The meeting above referred to,
has passed. We had a solemn time.
About 200 persons were present, and
1 believe God wh9 in the midst of
them by His Holy Spirit, operating in
a special manner upon their hearts.—
We have indubitable evidence, that
Rome deep impressions were made.—-
One young man, in particular, a native,
and a prominent character in the na
tion/was deeply wrought upon. The
people in this place are much stirred
up. The late season has been a time
of refreshing to their souls. A spirit
of earnest prayer seems to be poured
out upon them. A few of the young
male converts in the neighborhood 1
have resolved to meet together, on 1
every Tuesday evening, to pray for
the continuance and increase of the
good work,
“Our need of a meeting house is
every day becoming more pressing.—
Our school house will not now contain
the people. On the late occasion we
had to occupy the forest. A conven-.
ient place; in a beautiful grove of tim
ber, was prepared for the purpose.—
Our communion table was 45 feet long
ana well filled:”
Death of Sarah.
Mr. Stuart, in connexion with tho
preceding narrative of the revival at
Monroe, forwarded a biographical no
tice of Sarah, a colored woman, who
recently died near that station.
“Only one member of our church
has died, and that was a colored wo
man. As the circumstances of her
death were somewhat remarkable, I
have thought an account of it, togeth
er with a short history of her life,
would be interesting.
“This woman was called Sarah,
was born in Africa, from whence she
was taken, when small, to one of the
West India Islands. There she bad
an opportunity of bearing tlie Gospel,
but from her ignorance of the English
language, she was not instructed by
it. After dragging out many long
years in bard bondage in.the West In
dies, she was removed to New-Or
leans, where she resided a number of
years among the French. By this
time, she had passed the meridian of
life, and was beginning to decline, hav
ing as yet no correct views of the true
God, of her own miserable condition
as a sinner, or of the way of salvation
through a Saviour. “At length,” to
use her own words, “the Lord led me
by the hand, though unseen, into this
land, where He revealed himself to
me as a God pardoning sin.” As she
lived within a few miles of the sta
tion, she was a regular attendant on
the preaching of the Gospel from its
first introduction into the country. It
however, produced no saving effect
upon her, until about a year before
she died, when she became deeply im
pressed with her lost and ruined con
dition; saw herself exposed to the
wrath of God, and was enabled, as
she afterwards believed and hoped, to
throw herself on the mercy of the Re
deemer. Her life from this time was
strictly conformed to the precepts of
that holy religion which she professed
She generally enjoyed a comfortable
hope of her interest in Christ; took
great delight in bearing the Scriptures
read, and in attending upon the institu
tions of the Gospel; and appeared to
be fast ripening for" the enjoyments
of the heavenly state. As if warned
of her approaching dissolution she
spent the last ten days of her life in
going from house to house, exhorting
sinners to flee from the wrath to come,
and eucouraging Christians to faithful
ness in their Master’s service. On
the night in which she took her depar
ture from this world, she mingled in a
little company of colored people who
had assembled for prayer, it being the
first Monday in the month. She was
unusually happy: her soul appeared
filled to overflowing.with divine love,
and she could scarce refrain from prais
ing God aloud. About midway of the
exercises she requested that a favorite
hymn might be sung, in which she join
ed; and while it was singing, she rose
from the bed on which she was sitting,
went round and shook hands affec
tionately with all in the room, re
turned and laid herself down, and be
fore the song was closed winged her
way, Ifs we hope, to the realms of
light to join the song which shall never
end". So gently did she depart, that,
although several were sitting on the
same bed, they did not perceive it.—
How great was their astonishment
when at the close of their meeting they
found that happy Sarah had left them.
Indeed, they could nothelieye she was
really dead, but supposed she was in
a swoon, and used means to revive
her. It was not known to any one
that she had any previous indisposition.
Tier age was unknown, she could not
have been much short of threescore
and ten.
with desperation. But what could a
handful of men effect against a host?
Nineteen of my detachment were kill
ed, nine escaped, and myself and two
others, were taken prisoners. A coun
cil of war was held by the savages,
the result of which was that wq should
he burnt at the stake. - A fire was
made, ourselves stripped naked, and
everj thing prepared for the execu
tion of their horrid purpose. At that
moment their chief, who had been on
the field of battle to attend to the
wounded, arrived. It \vas Brandt, a
warrior famous in the annals of the
revolution. He had been in England,
where he received an education. He
had also been initiated in the myste
ries of free masonry. This I knew.
I, too, was a ma^on. These circum
stances stood betvteen me and a dread
ful death. Ilopeireanimated my des
ponding soul. Hi^ fierce eye glanced
upon me as he pasted. Now, if ever,
was the time for jeffect. I signed—
and was understiod! The chaffed
lion was calmed—savage vengeance
gave place to brotierly affection. He
interposed in my bihalf, and by his in
fluence end authority saved me and
my companions from the awful agonies
of an auto-de-fe. We were carried
through the wilderness to Quebec,
where we were ransomed, and permit
ted to return to pur friends, having
been absent three years.. Throughout
the whole of my captivity Brandt con
tinued an unwavering friend.
Bos. Trav.
The benefit oj being a Mason.—For
the truth of the following anecdote we
will vouch. It was related to us last
winter by an old gentleman, one of the
party concerned. I was, said the ven
erable man, a captain in the revolu
tionary army, and once came near los
ing my life. While encamped in the
interior of New York, my colonel or
dered me with a detachment of thirty
two men, out on a scout for Indians.
We marched twelve miles without in
terruption. But when within six miles
of old Scoharie, we fell in with
body of three hundred savages. Be
fore we could make good our retreat
we were discovered, and with demo
niac yells they commenced an attack
For three hours our little band fought
that two Commissioners in the service
of the General Government, and act
ing under its authority, are now exe
cuting their commission within the
Cherdkee Nation, in endeavoring to
excite a'spirit of emigration to the
West. The effect is represented as
being not only unpopular, hut hazard
ous ift the extreme, their lives having
been threatened, and poles erected on
which to exhibit their heads. The
Agent, Colonel Hugh Montgomery, it
is also stated, has received instruc
tions from the War Department, to
accompany them, and to protect them
against the execution of the threat by
which they are menaced. How far
the Agent w ill he disposed to lend his
official sanction to the encouragement
of such a, disposition, is a matter of
much doubt, if we may infer from his
apology to the Indians of the unpleas
antness of his duty which usually ac
companies his exertions. Should the
measure be successful, which is high
ly uncertain, the names of those dis
posed to emigrate, will hereafter be
enrolled, and measures taken for their
removal.— Georgia Athenian.
MORAL AND PATHOLOGICAL EFFECTS
of gambling;
In a late sitting of the Royal Aca
demy bf Medicine in Paris, M. Gasc
read a memoir on the above melan
choly Subject. This terrible passion
or propensity, is not so much out of
the boundary of the medical philoso-
pher’sstudy, as, at first sight, it may
appear. Whatever raises a storm of
conflicting passions in the human mind,
must induce a corresponding tumult
in the organic functions, and thus lead
to violent disorders, fatal diseases, and
not seldom to self-destruction. M.
Gasc conceives that the jdfcpensily to
gaming takes its source in the most
dominant passions of the human heart
self-love and self-interest. Hence lie
accounts for the habits of gambling
in all ages and in all nations, savage
or civilized. Hence, too, says he,
the total inutility of the lectures of
the divine, the exhortations of the
philosopher, and the penal statutes of
the legislator, in stemming the evil!
In depicting the effects of gaming on
the animal economy, Mr. Gasc exhi
bits the gamester, a prey, alternately,
to delirious joy, despair, and rage. / It
no wonder that the tremendous
shocks which the brain and nervous
system must receive in these parox
ysms, should frequently destroy the
intellectual faculties, and thus lead,
as they actually do, to imbecility in
sanity, and even furious mania. It. is
in the approaches to these conditions,
that the frequent acts of suicide are
committed. The circulating system
often suffers in these direful conflicts
of the passions, and aneurisms and oth
er diseases of the heart, are not sel
dom traced to the gaming table. But
no parts of the animal economy suffer
more directly and unequivocally than
the organs of digestion—partly from
the tortures of the mind, which des
troy appetite and suspend digestion at
once—and partly from the stimulating
portions which the gamester swallows
to support his courage or drown his
reflections!—Archives.
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does not relax from her dogged reiej
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being relieved from anxiety by the]
next accounts from Europe, as thel
same paper assure# us that the ob,l
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by a joint manifesto,, to be published]
when the expedition sails; and we are]
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NEW ECHOTAs
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1838.
We are sorry that we, Indians, are so
frequently misrepresented. The following
is from the Athenian. The two commis
sioners in the service of the general Go
vernment, are probably thfe tvro Arkansas
Cherokees, James Rogers and Thomas
Maw, for whom, for selling their Country,
poles have been erected on which to hang
their heads-^»this is done by their citizens
over the Mississippi. There are no poles
here for them. Whether these men are
entitled to the dignified appellation of Com
missioners of the United States, we, know
not. They have not been introduced to us
by the General Government—they may,
for aught we know, be secret agents, a fact,
the gentleman direct from Tennessee, pro
bably was well acquainted. Those editors
who exchange with us, aud have copied the
article in question, would do us a favour by
making public this explanation.
It is reported on the authority of a
gentleman, direct from Tennessee,
Europe.—The state of Europe is
unqestionably highly interesting at the
present moment and the aspect of
things in different quarters seems to
intimate that new and important e-
vents are soon to transpire. Perhaps,
however, the public mind in the Uni
ted States is more likely to be influ
enced on this subject by the tone of
foreign journals, t han by a simple ex
amination of facts.
Leaving the affairs, of Portugal, for
the present, out of the question
with the great and absorbing subject
of attention, the French Expedition is
the object which excites the curiosi
ty, the hopes, or the apprehensions of
all who feel an interest in the politics
of the world. There are several rea
sons why it is difficult to form an opin
ion of (he objects and designs of this
armament. In the first place the
three great powers have placed
themselves, by their Convention of
July, 1827, in a new position, with
regard to the Turks, to the Greeks,
and to each other. In the second
place, that attitude assumed by Rus
sia, and acknowledged and approved
by England, of open hostility against
Turkey on one side, ©n her own. ac
count, and of merely threatened oppo
sition on the other, as a member of
the alliance, is so unprecedented in
all its respects, and so unlooked for,
that no one can calculate to what new
complication such a measure may
conduct. The mysterious silence
observed by the French ministerial
papers as to the object of-the expedi
tion, and the complaint of the Monteur
of the freedom of tine liberal journals,
in publishing every thing that trans
pired in relation to it, prove that the
government have been solicitous to
complete their arrangements with se
crecy: while the wild and irreconcil
able conjectures-thrown out by the
prints of France and England, merely
tend to show that the truth has thus
far not been hit upon by any of them,
unless by accident.
The declarations of the London
Courier will give the subject, in the
view of some, a new shade of doubt.
We think however, that it discounte
nances a great part of the conjectures
made. That paper, whose intima
tions may generally be relied on,
where they are sufficiently explicit to
be understood, informs us that what
ever the design of the French expe
dition may be, it is undertaken in pur
suance of the course agreed upon in
the Convention of July, 1827: and has
the full approbation of the two other
great powers. We do not expect to
see France acting independently of
her allies, nor in opposition to them,
but how far the three powers may
thinlf it necessary to push their inter
ference, in any contingency that may
oqcur, still rests among the cabiuet te-
Atrocious Piracy.—Extract of a let.
ter from Capt. George Carrew, of the
barque Clarinda, to his owners in Loq.
don, Rio Janeiro, May 24.
“On the 7th of May, in lat. 2, 30,
south, long. 22, 30 west, just aftet
day-light, we saw a vessel right ahead
of us, standing towards us. It being a
light breeze at the time, We hoisted
our colors. At 30 minutes past 7,
found her to be an armed brigi and
full of men. She passed undpr our
stern, hoisted Columbian colors, hail
ed us in Englislwinfl told me to go on
board of him immediately with my pa
pers. Seeing him put his own boat
out, I thought it was not necessary
for me to do so. I perceived him ta
king the tompions c^t of his guns. I
hailed him, when he repeated, “Hoist
out your boat, and you (the Captain;
come On board with your papers.”-—
When I got on board of him, the Cap
tain took me into his cabin, and while
examining my papers, said an English
man-of-war five days before had fired
into him, killed and wounded several
of his men, cut his sails and rigging,
and thrown three of his guns over"
board, and that he had sworn to sink
the first English ship he fell into with
and destroy the crew. I remonstrated
with him on the cruelty of such a pro
ceeding in punishing us, who were in
nocent of the transaction. He said
he should detain me on board, and
supply himself with sails, rope, provi
sions, &c. from us and give me an or
der upon his government. I quest- .
ioned his right to keep me a prisoner
and rob my ship; when he spoke i«
Spanish and several of his men seized
me, bundled me down the hold, just
abaft the mainmast, beat me most
cruelly with their cutlasses, and lash
ed me down on my back to ring bolts
on the star-board side below, and evea
refused me a drink of water when I
asked for it. I soon heard my pigs,
fowls &c. come alongside. After
wards a continual hustle with boats
coming alongside, hoisting jn goods,
rolling of casks, cases, &c. on deck
over my head; at such times the tar
paulins were put over ( the gratings of
the hatchway,' which almost suffoca
ted me for want of air: rats and other
vermin running about me. Between-,
8 and 9 the two senteries, armed with
pistols and: cutlasses, Which were
placed over me, conducted me into
the cabin, winch was darkened. At
the farther end sat the Captain, and I
perceived a dagger glittering in his
right hand. He addressed me thus:
“Where is your money coucealed?”
I said there was none except what T
had in my bureau and writing desk,
in English and Spanish money, be
tween 71, and 81. “No, no,” he repli
ed, “it is the money you have to pur
chase your homeward cargo that T
want.. I know what the India trade-
is, so tell.me: if you refuse, your life
shall pay the forfeit.” I assured
him there was hone. “Is that your
answer?” he. said. I replied ‘Yes”
when he said something in Spanish.,
Two men seized me whom I had not
seen: each put a pistol to my head.—
He said, “mind, money cannot recall
life, or in the least avail you when you.
are dead. If you regard your life, at
once acquaint me, and yqur life shall
be safe, for this is my prosfession, and
in pursuing I am inured to blood,\ so
expect no mercy. If you are obstin
ate, or any way deceive me, I shall
either scuttle or burn the ship, and-
leave none to tell tales.” I still assured
him there was none, when he told his
men in English to prepare; they cock
ed their pistols, and I fell on my
knees, and in an agony of feeling im
plored his mercy, for the sake* of my
wife and children, who would be
thrown destitute on the world. It
w r as too much for me. My head
swam, my feelings overpowered me,
and 1 fell senseless. While in this
state, he took my wife’s miniature
from me, which hung from my neckj
that he had perceived me, in the prosr .
pect of immediate death, ‘grasp wit^,
convulsed feelings; he gave it me ,
back, but stripped and searched iroej
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