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V owy PHCEJYIX. VOL. 1. NEW ECHOTA, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12, 182S. NO. '3e. 'EDITED BY - ELIAS BOUDiNOTT. PRINTED WEEKLY BY ■< ISAAC H, HA51 HIS, TOR THE CHEROKEE NATION. At $2 50 if paid in advance, $3 in six Bionths, or $3 50 if paid at the end of the year. To subscribers who can read only the Cherokee language the price will be $2,00 in advance, or $2,50 to be paid within the ^ ear - Every subscription will be considered as continued unless subscribers give notice to the contrary before the commencement of a .view year. Any person procuring six subscribers, >c\nd 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 «ach continuance; longer ones in propor tion. ICT^All letters addressed to the Editor, post paid, will receive due attention. 'GW V J J) BOA Jl D h91 JEC.SJ. t"eAVJCo3J TAAP JInTBA.I P4.AI. BO./1E JUiUTiUcSy KTJ1 D-pP (PeJB.t ftV4<Se.I, TGTZ TEJiJO'ir’ DBJ/baifriiiJl.' TGTZ ft»P Td30-A TB_ DO.L&&KT 0>0,IBa P4o?.I. D?Jt75c»liz TB yvv oy^iT d£p o s ojra'-p'4c»a. Gtvyz cpg.R ahWiiJcay, wrw- us-a eporpa p-4tfta tnjB<r>, tgtz do* 3ASil**i;l. h'T.lZ D^P e^yp 1 * (BUB" ’BJR Dej»So<>I-o©.l. AGENTS FOR THE CHEROKEE PHOENIX. The following persons are authorized to Veceivb subscriptions and payments for the ■Cherokee Phoenix. Henry Him,, Esq. Treasurer of the A. B. C. F. M. Boston, Mass. George M. Tracy, Asent ofthc A. B. *9. F. M. N-'wYorlj, ~ ' Rev. A. D. Eddy, Canandaigua, N. Y. Thomas Hastings, Utica, N. Y, Pot.lard & Converse, Richmond, Va. Rev. James Campbell, Beaufort, S. C. William Moultrie Reid, Charleston, C. Col, George Smith, Statesville, W. T. William M. Combs, Nashville Ten. Rev. Bennet Roberts—Povval Me. Mr. Thos. R. Gold, (an itinerant Gen tleman.) Jeremiah Austil, Mobile Ala, • ■-I'll ill If fit firm rtM HAPPINESS. “Contentment, ” says the Philoso pher, '"is happiness. • The business of human iiie is the pursuit of this ' phantom. This is the true philoso phers stone—the ‘ divine possession,” the greatest good. Fame, honors, v and principalities sink into worthless ' baubles, contrasted with this inestima ble gem. Yet so long as man shall be * the abjeot thing he is—so long as he is the creature of circumstances, ha bits, and passions, agitated by the breath of destiny and upborne by ev ery smile of hope—he shall be remov ed an immeasurable distance from the sphere of happiness The pains and pleasures of this world—its toils, its joys, and its anxieties—are far more ■equally divided than is generally ima gined. It is in the power of almost every individual to possess a certain portion of the felicities of life. In the language of Mr. Ward, he that says, I Will sorrow and will not be comfort ed, knows little of human experience, and should condemn his own disposi tion for the greater portion of his mis ery.” It is seldom but a night of gloom is the forerunner of a day of sunshine. The path of life is beset with briars as well as garnished with flowers. According to the old adage, “all is not gold that glitters,” &many a splendid equipage and gallant train are the property of a very wretch at heart. Mere riches may he the re sult of lucky accident or blind chance; human happiness is not regulated so inconsistently—-virtuous deeds and Active benevolenqe contribute more to its attainment than all the af fluence of Croesus. Nothing is a better qualifier of man for felicity than a kind and contented disposition. The disposition is regulated exelusive- jy bj the feelings and paspion?-—con- sequently envy, maliee, hatred, and their sister passions, as the charac teristics of any individual disposition, are so many bars to that individual’s happiness. Envy is a fountain of much evil feeling, and the foster lather ol hatred and revenge. According to Lord Bacon, “envy knows no holi days,” but is perpetually on the alter, discovering new objects or superior worth, and new causes for its exhibi tion. Dr. Rush remarks, that envy is a monopolising vice.—Alexander en vied his successful generals, and Gar rick was hostile to all the popular players of the day. It is therefore that envy counterbalances a great portion of human happiness—it de stroys the fine sympathies of the heart, and chills the warm ardor of the dis position. From its exhibition arise innumerable causes of dissatisfaction, and innumerable unlooked-for mortifi cations "and disappointments. Indo lence is another great cause for the infelicities of life. Never permit your energies to become torpid, ex claims some experimental philoso pher, keep them all employ'd, and the wojld and its shadows will pass by like a dream of tlie morning. I never knew an indolent man who was happy. Mark the countenance of the indolent, and you will see the lines of care and disease prematurely ingrafted there. Inquire into * *hisHdisposition, and you will find it dull and woe-begone, and his whole history will be little better than a monotonous repetition of eat ing, drinking, and sleeping—of sleep ing, eating, and drinking. Such beings are rusty links in the great chain of creation. “When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?” asks the Jewish Solo mon, in a voice of lamentation—“How long wilt thou sleep, oh sluggard?” inquired the son of David, with grief. The. active mind of Solomon knew suf ficiently well that, habits of indolence not only contributed to the infelicities of life, but destroyd the mental ener gies. “Sloth,” says Dennie, “as a powerful magician, mutters a witch ing speli, and deluded mortals tamely suffer this drowsy being to bind a fil let over their eyes.” In nine cases out of ten, habits of intemperance proceed from those of indolence, and from the moment that the wine cup supersedes the use of exercise and the employment of the mental energies in the pursuit of happiness, adieu to the dreams of this phantom, and adieu to the honor, fame, and sunshine of this revolving world. Treasure well the bright hours of thy existence—ex claim- one who has past the rubieon of youth—for be, assured that when boyhood’s bright eye shall cease to glisten, and when a few fleeting years have shed their fruits upon the brow of manhood, the shades of this ■ • ng will grow darker, and its hopes vx ill fade away like the mists that rose in the fresh mornings of life's spring time. Ye who are young and glad of heart, ye who have not been out in the world’s contests, and who know noth ing of time s mildews, save in an old passage of poetry—treasure, I beseech you, treasure the getirdon of young existence—the romantic aspirations the verdant fancies, and the fresh feelings of youth—for be assured that these things will pass away, and, gath ering up the hopes ofyour early hours you will find them a baseless fabric, a wasted fountain, a broken reed. Be happy whilst you may, oh man! yet lay not up in joy to-day that which will be sorrow on the morrow. In the lapse of years the who?*' character of man is changed—his associations are not the same—his ambition is not the same, and the sources of his happiness are not drawn from the same fountain. Yet nevertheless, a contented dispo sition and a happy spirit, added to a mind habituated to exercise and em ployment, are most conducive to a pleasurable state of being. In old age, when our children are springing up around us; all our earthly felici ties are concentrated in them—their w elfare in life js our present happiness, and their misfortunes or vices pur mis eries. It is, therefore, that for their own sakes, as veil as for the sake ol those whose feelings are associated with their welfare, that the young should struggle nobly for an elevated character an< a spotless reputation in the world. Bnt he that expects to find no bitterness mingled with his cup of joy, is little better than a fool. A certain portion of misery is the lot of every member of the human fami ly; the wiie will anticipate this, and the magianimous will bear them selves up nobly whilst the shadows of adversity are* spreading around them.—[Phil. Jllbum. WASHINGTON AND NAPELEON. The age has been prolific of char acter, and it should be prolific n the lessons it conveys. I',think a mighty moral is taught by ^ie careers of Washington and Napoleon. A paral lel between these men’is impossible; hut a comparison is e»y indeed. To say that the former lived for others, and the latter solely fot himself, is to say no more than what'most men see, and feel, and acknowledge. To en deavor to magnify the exploits of the latter, by putting them in contrast with those of the foijmer, would be un just, since accidentand not merit, was at the bottom of thi^ distinction. It should, however, niver be forgotten, that the first achieved all he aimed at, which was all that man should do; and that the last failed, from an incompe- teney of estimating his own powers.— The error of the latter is the more unpardonable, since, to gross want of judgment must be added unvvortbiness of purpose; nor is it in any degree les sened by the circumstances that he sinned in the presence of so bright and so glorious an example. - If there be any so weak as to believe the asseve rations of Napoleon, that hp fought for aught but self, let them try his patriotism by the same test as that of Washington. It is true that, in mere extent of achievement, the hero of France vastly outstripped the patriot of America; but the latter not only wanted a theatre for his actions, but was deficient in means. Merit is of a nature too comparative to be rashly reduced to results; but strip these men of their advantages, and regard them steadily. The military career of Napoleon was run in the current of prosperity, while that of Washington was a constant, but manly struggle, a- gaiust a combinatipn of the most ad verse circumstances. In addition to this most important fact, the one con sidered his troops as the devoted in struments of his own purposes, and he used them accordingly; while the oth er looked on his followers not only as the sole guardians of a country to which they were devoted, but as an important portion of that community for whose happiness lie was contending. Na poleon was the greatest in prosperity; but the fame of Washington's as c- qual as his character.—Irvin". REMARKS ON BEAUTY AND DRESS. Beauty has been with very pleas ing similitude called “a flower that fades and dies almost in the very mo ment of its maturity;” but there is a kind of beauty which escapes the gen eral mortality, and lives to old age, a beauty that is not in the features, but that shines through them. It is not merely corporeal or the object of mere sense, and is not easily discov ered, except by persons ef true taste and sentiment. There are strokes of sensibility and touches of delicacy, which, like the master-straits in a fine picture are not discerned by vulgar eyes, that only are captivated with vi vid colors and gaudy decorations.— These are emanations of the inind whieh, like the vital spark of celes tial fire, animate the form of beauty with a living soul. Without this, the most perfect symmetry in the bloom of youth only reminds us of a “kneaded clod;” awl with this, the features that tinve itself has defaced, have a spirit, a sensibility, and a charm, which those only do not admire who want faculties to perceive. By dress beauty is adorned, and a want of that attraction is rendered less unpleasing. The rules of dress have been, not inaptly, compared to those of composition. It must be properly adapted to the person,-as, in writing the style must be suited to the subject. A woman of quality should not appear in doggrel, nor a farmer’s wife in heroics. The dress of a handsome female should be epic; modest, noble, and free from tinsei •and all the luxuriances of fancy. To the pretty woman greater license may be allowed; she may dress up to the flights and fancies of the sonnet and the madrigal. One whose face is neutral, and whose personal charms reach no higher than genteel, should be epi grammatic in her dress,—neat, clev er, and unadorned; the whole merit and attraction lying in the sling. But thfc ugly woman should by all means restrict her dress to plain humbie prose. any attempt beyond that is mackheroic and can only excite ridicule.—l^ond. Mirror. GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE CHEROKEE NATION. NATIONAL COMMITEE. Saturday, jSlov. 1. On motion of Mr. Taylor, it was a-, greed to dispense with the considera tion of the Principal Chiefs message on the subject of issuing permits to another time, and in lieu thereof the house proceeded to the petitions of in dividual citizens of the Nation. The petition of Robert Lovett was taken up, praying for a special law to be passed, granting him a new trial on a case of wrong judgment issued in his absence, at the District Court of Chat tooga; by which sixty dollars was col lected from petitioner as Security to Rabbit, who was defendant, and Kan- o-hee plaintiff. After considerable discussion and examination of some testimony, on motion of Mr. Gunter, the petition was laid on the table for futher consideration on Monday. Tuesday JV.ro. 4. The resolution respecting peimils was again resumed. Mr. Gunter moved that Missiona ries or superintendents of Missionary establishments be required to obtain permits, agreeably to thp pi (.visions of the resolution. The motion uns opposed by Mr. Taylor and Mr. J. Vann (C.) Here a warm discussion ensued, in which Gunter, Taylor olid v aim (C ) took an active part. Mr. Gunter ar gued on the inconsistency of introduc ing white men into the Nation, end granting them rights and withheld from natural hern Citizens. Messrs. Taylor and Vann argued on the blessing and privileges of c-dto.a- tion, and the good whit h h s been pro duced by Mission establishment? On motion of Mr. Gunter, ti. Eiil was laid on the table, until furl he; in formation can he produced iespec<ii.g the privileges which were granted to Missionaries by the National authori ties at the time when they w ere first permitted to make establish uients Jos. Vann (C.) moved that the law- passed in 1828. respecting Citizens hiring w ithout permits, 1 e so amend ed as to make the penalty of si 1 a tr^pass fifty Dollars. Mr Frbn moved that the t enalty be tvra.'y fve Dollars. For Vann’s motion. J:r id- ridge, Daniel. Downing Gunte:, San ders, J. Vann Hi.) J. Va m fC.) r.id Taylor, 8 For Bolen s motion. Fcuc- man, McDaniel Timpson, D. Vann, Ward, and Bolen 6. Mr. Foreman moved for the pas sage of a law- making unlaw fr ! for the owners of authorized Ferries 1< exa- t toll from the citizens of the Nation. Yeas, Bowlcn. Downing. Foreman, Gunter, McDaniel, Sanders, Tini|r- son. Taylor. J Vann (C.) D. Vann, J. Vann (H.) and Ward, i2. Nays, Baldridge and Daniel. 2. Jos. Vann (C.) moved that tl ? h w be a general one. including all Ft rvh s, Toll Bridges and Turnpikes. The question being put, the motion w r.s a- dopted without a disserting vote. The following resolution was passed and sent to the Council Resolved by the Committee and Coun cil in General Council convened: That it shall not he law ful to exa< t piker ge, bridges and fet rks, within the Chero kee Nation. Mr. Gunter made motion to have the rates of Ferriage, at bis fi rry ■ n the Tennessee river, regulated by law, whereupon the following rates were established. For Waggon & team, $1 00 U Cart, 50' U two w heel carriage, 50 a four wheel carriage, *75 it man and horse, 25 u horse, 12 1-2 ct footman, 12 1-2 u cattle, sheep, bogs &c. pr. head, 4 The petition of A. Campbell and John Gunter Jr. praying for letters of ! tollage or ferriage from citizens of the administration to be issued on the es- ; Nation at any of the turnpikes toll tate of Richard Riley, deceased, was taken up for consideration. On mo tion of Mr. Taylor it w r as indefinately postponed until a law shall be enact ed, regulating administrations on es tates. The petition of E. Wilcox was postponed for further consideration. The following petition was present ed and agreed to without a dissenting vote, and submitted to tlie Council for concurrence. To the Hon. Committee <5* Council: The under signed petitioner begs leave to represent to your Hon. Bo dies, that he is desirous of again re turning to.the Cherokee Nation, with his family and effects to live, having for some year's past been living in the state of Alabama. It may be necessa ry to inform you that thy wife and children are Chcrokees. I therefore pray that it may please your Hon. Bodies to re-admit me and my w ife and children to all the rights and privi leges of citizenship, and in duty bound your petitioner will ever pray. WILLIAM WILSON. New Echota, Oct. 28, 1828. The petition of Jesse Bushyhead was taken up. On motion of Mr. Taylor it was defered until next Sat urday for consideration. The Committee adjourned to Mon- Monday 10 o’clock, Nov. 3d. Monday, JVov. 3. The Committee met according to adjournment. The resolution regulating permits was taken up and read the second time, with the objections thereto made by the principal chief. The house adjourned after proposing va rious amendment* to the resolution A resolution was adopted authoriz ing the Circuit Courts to regulate tolls at all the turnpikes, ferries and badg es belonging to individuals of the Na tion and established according to law. On motion or Mr. Taylor the fol lowing resolution was adopted. Resolved by the Committee and Cnmci'l in General Council convened, That the law passed 8th Nov. 1822, pro*- hibiting gaming at cards under cert; in penalties therein specified, be, *a d the same is hereby, so amended- that no person or persons shall be allow d to game at dice, roulette, or tbimhlr x, under the same penalties as are pie- scribed therein for gaming at cards. Beit further resolved, that the above iftnendment shall go into full force rnd effect on the first day of January* 1829. The resolution submitted by the lower house on the subject of adver tising stray property, and making it the duty of officers to forward a copy of the advertisement to the Fd ; tor of ♦ he Phoenix, unde r the penalty of fif'y Dollaity yas taken up. After jKwft* j i