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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. 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O i oPMy. crets^tfe remember the which Ttie Convention contains, of p ro> | ceeding to extremes, in case the Ports] does not relax from her dogged reiej iution against the Greeks. I Fortunately ,_we have a prospect A being relieved from anxiety by the] next accounts from Europe, as thel same paper assure# us that the ob,l jects of the Allies will be made knows] by a joint manifesto,, to be published] when the expedition sails; and we are] informed from all quarters that it \vat| likely to depart in a very few days. JV, Y. Ads. and soften and m threat tell. I was I had life a Ah ashe who tant, crew he hi I mi dete tis, 1 Ir •arm cutl into witl c the WO! •c hro the cor Tint gin mu ■wh w>5 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 ms In ihi sp to bf be m to te re «l w tv s< tl u "V *