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CHEHOKEE
VOL. I.
NEW ECHOTA, WBDJTESflAY IOVEMBEH 26, 1828
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PHCENIX.
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NEW ORLEANS.
From a New Orleans paper,
It is certainly mournful ior a travel
ler to dwell among the mountains of
Pompeii, of Herculaneum, and of
Rome. There, if he feel at all, he
fees Is among these wrecks of past
grandeur, that he has nothing. A to
tally different sensation possesses the
in owl on entering an American city.—
In these, man beholds what be can
contend with, and what he can accom
plish, when his strength is not checked
by the arbitrary will of a despot.—-
New Orleans, the wet-grave, where
the hopes of thousands are buried, for
eighty years the wretched asylum for
the outcasts of Prance and Spain, who
could not venture one hundred paces
beyond its gates without utterly sink
ing to the breast, or heing attacked by
alligators, has become in the space of
twenty-three years, one of the most
beautiful cities of the Union, inhabit
ed by 40,000 persons, who trade with
half the world. The view is splendid
beyond description, when you pass
down the stream, which is here a mile
broad, rolls its immense volume of wa
ters in a bed above 200 feet deep,
and as if conscious of its strength, ap
pears to look quietly pn the bustle of
the habitations of man. Both its banks
arc lined with charming sugar planta
tions, from the midst pf which rises
the airy mansion of the wealthy plan
ter, surrounded with orange, banana,
Kme, and tig trees, the growth of a
^climate approaching to the torrid zone,
hi the rear you discover the cabins of
file negroes, and the sugar houses, and
just at the entrance of the port, groups
of smaller Houses, as if erected for
the purpose of concealing the prospect
of tho tovrn. As soon as the steam
mats pass these outposts, New Or-
s, in tive form of a .half jnoopj ap
pears in all its splendor. The river
runs for a distance of fdur or five miles
iu a southern direction: here it sud
denly takes an eastern course, which
it pursues for the space of two miles,
thus forming a semi-circular bend.—
A single glance exhibits to view the
harbor, the vessels at anchor, togeth
er with the city, situated as # it were
at the feet of the passenger. The
first object that presents itself, is (he
uncouth backwoods’ flat boat. Hams,
ears of corn, apples, whiskey barrels
are strewed upon it, or affixed to poles
to direct the attention of the buyers.
Close, by, are the rather more decent
keel boats with cotton, furs, whiskey,
Hour. Next the elegant steamboat,
which by its hissing and repeated
sounds, announces either its arrival or
departure, and sends furlh Immense
columns of black smoke that forms
into long clouds above the city . Far
ther unfl^re the smaller merchant ves
sels, the sloops and schooners from
Havana, Vera Cruz, Tampico; then
the brigs; and lastly, the elegant
ships appearing like a forest of masts.
Considered in a commercial point
of view, the situation of New Orleans
is, perhaps, without a rival on the face
of the globe. Although 109 miles
from the sea, its position is peculiarly
favorable for an immense, and indeed,
unparalleled trade, which in due
course of time it will most probably
enjoy. .Standing on the extreme point
of the longest river in the world. New
Orleans commands all the commerce
of the immense territory of the Mis
sissippi, being the market pointed out
by nature for the countries watered
by this stream, or by its tributaries—
a territory exceeding a million of
square miles. You may travel on
board a steamboat of 300 tons and up
wards for an extent of 1000 miles from
New Orleans up the Red River; 1500
miles up the Arkansas river; 3000
miles up the Mississippi to the Falls
of St. Anthony; the 6ame distance
from New Orleans up the Illinois;
1200 miles to the northeast from New
Orleans on the Big Wabash; 1300 on
the Tennessee; 1300 on the Cumber
land a id 2300 miles on the Ohio up
to Pittsburg. Thus New Orleans
b!is in its rear this immense territory
with a river 4200 miles long, (includ
ing the Missouri) besides the water
communication which is about to be
completed between New York and the
river Ohio; the coast of Mexico, the
West India Islands, and the half of
America to the south, the rest of A-
merica on its left, and the continent of
Europe beyond the Atlantic.
ZAPOROVIAN COSSACKS.
The Zaporovian Cossacks, who
now form an important part of the
Russian cavalry, draw their origin
from Creek Christians, who fled from
the ty fanny and cruelty of the Turks.
They once formed a warlike associa
tion towards the cataracts of the Bo-
ryslhenes, and became remarkable for
their manners, customs, and form of
government. Up'to the year 1667,
they were under the protection of Po
land. At that period they also lived
under the protection of Russia. In
1076 they Were entirely at the com
mand of Russia. They took part in
the revolt of Mnzeppa, but Charles
XII. could not induce them to join his
troops at PuKowa. They were al
ways disposed to plunder rather
than fight. After tho battle of
Pultowa they threw themselves
upon the protection of the Tartars of
the Crimea, and removed their Set-
sclia, or scat of government, eastward
of the mouth of the Borysthenes. In
1793 they put themselves again under
the Russian Government, & received
great encouragement. The Empress
and the Grand‘Duke had so much es
teem for the Cossacks, that they or
dered their names to be added to the
list of those Brigands, and became
members of their association. The
Zaporovians retained a strong attach
ment to the Greek religion, & a most
invincible hatred to all other reli^iees-
cism as the means of destroying the No
bles of the Ukraine.
Russia availeth horsel/ of their fanati-
The Zaporovians,
under their Chief-jfelesniak, entered
the Ukraine, & madt a general massa
cre. The details tffheir horrid cru
elties are terrific. They hung to the
same gibbet a priett, a Gentleman, a
Jew, and a dog, with this inscription
—“They are all ine. There is no
difference.” A Bother and her four
children were svspended together—
and several hundieds were buried a-
live with their heads above the ground.
Not less than six thousand human be
ings were, destroyed by those barbari
ans.
In their exertions they spared nei
ther friends iqk enemies. As their
numbers and power increased, the
Empress Catharine II formed the de
sign of Crushing them. They had
formed themselves intocorpi, amount
ing in all to 50,000, and at the time
she adopted that policy, die had en-
deavo' ed in vain to make tlem live in
civilized society, & take wkes. (Wo
men were expelled from their Sets-
cha.) She concluded that females
would gotten their manners; but all
was useless, they expelled every inno
vation. When Catharine summoned de
puties from all parts of her dominions,
to form a new code of laws,fie Zaporo
vians refused to send any* and the em
press at last found it neceisary to car
ry into effect her project., A In 1775,
her troops in a secret banner sur
rounded the Setscha. The' Zaporo
vians, surprised and enebsed, were
unable to resist.' Their Sctscha was
destroyed, and the whole cf the bar
barians disarmed. All who consent
ed to adopt a new line of life under
the Russian Government were embo
died as Russian officers. Those who
objected to the new arrangement were
compelled to return to the Tartars,
and the wild country which they had
formerly inhabited.
The Zaporovians, since the period
of their subjection, have advanced
further in civilization. They are su
perior to all the Cossacks in the Rus
sian army, and the most effective
troops in the rear of a retreating ar
my They thrust their pikes with
great precision, so near sp.lhat theob
ject with in their reach seldom es
capes. In the retreat of Bonaparte
from Moscow, the unfortunate French
troops fell victims by thousands under
the spears of the Zaporovians. They
will no doubt find themselves opposed
by the Turkish cavalry, and their at
tachment to the religion of their ances
tors may urge them to powerful ex
ertions.
TRUE GLORY.
To young men aspiring after this
world’s honors, we recommend a se
rious consideration of the following in
terview between Ignatius and Francis
Xavier.
Finding him one day more than or
dinarily attentive, Ignatius repeated
to him these words of our Saviour,
more forcibly than ever, “What shall
it profit a man to. gain the whole world,
and lose his own soul? After which
he told him, that a mind so noble and
so great as his, ought not to confine it
self to the vain honors of this world;
that heavenly glory was the only law
ful object of his a mb it ton; and that
right reason would require him to pre
fer that which was eternally to last,
before what would vanish like a
dream. „
“If there were no other life, con
tinued Ignatius, but the present: and
no other glory but thaCof this world,
you would have reason to take care
only how to appear in it, and to raise
your fortune among men. But. if
there be on eternity, as most surely
there is, with what sense can you
place all your desires here below; and
prefer that which passes like a dream
to that which will never have an end?
Believe me, the vain honors of the
world are too poor and inconsiderable,
for so generous b heart as yours.-—The
kingdom of heaven i? only* worthy of
it. I do not pretend to extinguish that
noble ardor which you have for glory,
nor to inspire you with mean thoughts:
no; be ambitious, be magnanimous!
but level your ambition to a higher
mark; and show the greatness of your
soul by despising all that is beneath
Xavier at this time was so disposed,
that he could not hold out against the
strength of these reasons, and the
kindness of such a conduct. After
many serious.thoughts, and after many
a hard struggle within himself, lie was
at length overcome by the power of
eternal truth; and took up a solid re
solution of living according to the
maxims of the Gospel.
Now it was that Xavier began ful
ly to see into the emptiness of earth
ly greatness, and found himself effec
tually touched with the love of hea
venly things. He resigned himself up
entirely to God, and became inflamed
with the zeal of edifying others. His
firm purpose, and the spiritual assis
tance which lie had from persons of
experience, made easy to him those
paths of perfection which were hith
erto unknown to him.
For the present he saw that his
main business was to subdue bis dar
ling passion. And as vain glory had
the greatest dominion over him, lie en
deavored from the beginning, continu
ally to humble himself, and to con
found his pride, in the sense of his
emptiness, and of bis sins.
His contemplations were wholly ta
ken up by day and by night on divine
matters. He found himself wholly
changed into another man. The hu
mility of the cross appeared to him
more amiable than all the glories of
the world. He formed the' design of
glorifying God by all possible means;
and of employing his life for the salva
tion of souls.—Life of Xavier.
GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE
CHEROKEE NATION.
NATIONAL COMM I TEE.
J\lo7iday, Nov. 17.
The following resolution was adopt
ed by the Committee.
Resolved by the Committee and Coun
cil in General Council Convened,
That any person or persons who shall
leave, their houses, farms, or other im
provements, and bind thcrnselvefc by
enrolment, or otherwise, with intent
of removing out of the jurisdictional
limits of this nation, as emigrants to
another country, such person or per
sons shall forfeit all right, title, claim
and interest that, he, she ? or they may
have, as citizens of the'Nation to
houses, farms, or other improvements
so left.
The Resolution passed by the low
er house, appointing Andrew Vann,
Cold weather, Chu-no-loo-hah-ski,
Capt. Old Fields, and Robert Parris,
to fix upsn some suitable place in
Hightower District, for holding the
Courts, was agreed to.
The resolution amending the law
passed 12th Nov. 1825, on the sub
ject of Witnesses, was concurred by
the Council.
The claim of Big Cabbin and others
was again resumed, for consideration.
After a warm discussion, the claim
was rejected, only one (E. Gunter)
voting in favor of the claim.
Edward Adair, charged with using
public money, appeared, likewise
Jesse E. Bean with his witnesses —
After the examination of the Witness
es, the Committee decided that the
evidence was not sufficient to convict
E. Adair.
The petition of Captains Brown and
Deer in the Water, praying for extra
pay for services rendered in assisting
Capt. McCall, in 1820, in removing
the intruders from this Country, was
submitted and .Rejected.
Small Wood’s petition for a grant
to open a road was rejected.
Tuesday Not. f8.
The report of John Martin, rin the
subject of public turnpikes W*| sub
mitted. In favor of the NaliOi., die*
deducting all expenditures, $221 34
cts.
The principal Chief returned (he
resolution on the subject of roads with
his objections.
A motion was made to reduce the
penalty prescribed in the resolution to
One Hundred Dollars. The motion
was adopted.
The following resolution was pass
ed.
Resolved by the Committee and Coun
cil in General Council convened: That
the resolution passed 12th Nov. 1825,
making it unlawful to attach arid sell
certain kind of property therein ; *-
fled, be, and the same is hereby, so a-
mended as to include sixty bushels of
corn.
The petition of John Bearner erd .
Walking Stick, to establish a ferry at
a certain point between Ihe ior er
shallow ford, and Gate s fc; ry on the
Chattahoochee was agreed to, but
rejected by the Council.
Wednesday 19th.
On motion it was decided to build a
Court bouse, in New Echota, for the
benefit of the Supreme Court of the
Cherokee Nation.
A claim was submitted by Wiliiara
Hicks which was rejected.
The Resolution, providing for the'
erection of a Court house at this place,
was agreed to by the Council.
The petition ofThos. Mannon and
others, for a road, granted by ihe
Council. was rejected by the Com
mittee.
The petition of Small Wood pray
ing for compensation, for paying A.
McCoy a certain amount of m6«fcy due
him without his orders, was submitted.
The Committee decided that the
Nation was bound to Small Wcod, in
case A. McCoy would not refund the
money. A. McCoy appeared and a-
greed to refund the money.
A communication was received front
the principal Chief, on ihe subject of
the controversy existing between A.
McCoy, and Jas. P. Chisholm & Co.
respecting the ferry landing, advising
that the subject inay be settled by
Legislative act. On motion of Pr.vid
Vann, the Committee decided that it
was not expedient toresume the sub-
ject.
The Editor of the Cherokee Phoev
nix made report respecting the estab
lishment. Additional regulations were
passed for the future management of
the paper. '
Appropriation Bill was passed, to
meet the contingent expenses of the
Nation, and sent to the Council.
A resolution was passed, providing
payment for the two principal Chiefs,
appointed in 1827.
Thursday 20th.
The Resolution providing payment
for the two principal Chiefs, appoint
ed in 1827, was concurred by the
Council.
The Resolution on the subject of
the Printing establishment, was con
curred by the Council.
The appropriation Bill, to meet the
expenses of the Nation, was also con
curred by the Council.
The petition of Samuel Ward, asH
ing pay for Four years service as Capt.
of the Light horse company, was sub
mitted, and after examination, was laid
over until the next (general Council.
The following communication was
addressed by the Committee and Coun
cil, to Col. Hugh Montgomery, United
States’ Agent.
IN GENERAL COUNCIL.
New Echota, G. N.
Nov. 20th, 1828.
Col. Hugh Montgomery, U. States
Agent,
Sir—The General Council of the
Nation has been in session several
weeks. The great variety of business
concerning the individual interest of
our citizens, has necessarily protract
ed the sessipn, beyond the day antici
pated for adjournment. During the
Council we have heard some unpleas
ant report* from that quarter, but not
e word
