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SEW ECHOTA, WE9SESDAAY lAATAHV 7,1829.
SO. 43.
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AGENTS FOR THE CHEROKEE
PHtENIX.
The following persons are authorized to
spceive subscriptions and payments for the
Cherokee Phoenix.
Messrs. Pierce &. Williams, No. 20
Jlarket St. Boston, Mass.
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t. "F..M. New York,
Rev. A. D. Eddy, Canandaigua, N. Y.
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Mr. T hos. R. Gold, (an itinerant Gen-
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Jeremiah Austjl, Mobile Ala.
OBmtOKESB
Resolved by the National Committee
(tut/ Council, in General Council con
vened, That if any person or persons,
not citizens of the Cherokee Nation,
shall bring into the Cherokee Nation,
at the seat of Government, during the
sitting of the General Council, any
shows such us wax figures, or such as
play actors, such person or persons
shall pay a lax of eight dollars, for the
benefit of the Treasury of the Chero
kee Nation.
New Echota, i8//i October 1828.
LEWIS ROSS, Pres’t Com.
Concurred, GOING SNixKE, Speaker.
Approved, JNO. ROSS,
Resolved by the Committee, and Coun
cil, in General Council convened, That
the law passed November 12th, 1822,
authorizing the several Circuit
Judges, to preside over the Supreme
Court, and the law passed 14th Octo
ber, 1825, requiring the Circuit
Jqdges of the several Districts to re
view and decide upon all cases, ap
pealed from the district Courts, be,
and the same are hereby, repealed;
and in lieu thereof, the Supreme
Judges elected agreeably to the Con
stitution, shall compose the Supreme
Court, and shall have full power to
try, and decide, all cases, upon the
Supreme Court docket, that remain
untried, which may come under the
jurisdiction ofthe laws of the Nation,
and shall have complete cognizance
•f all cases appealed from the several
•ircuit Courts, as may he pointed out
by law. The Supreme Court shall
also have power to act and decide up
on crimnal cases without reference to
appeals from the Circuit Courts.
Nuc Echota, Oct 18th, 1828.
LEWIS ROSS, Pros’t Com.
•oncur’fi—GOING SNAKE, So’k’r Coun,
.^Pprev’d-JN^. HO^S-
Resolvedly the Committee apd Coun
cil in Geneml Council convened, That
the Supreme Court of the Cherokee
Nation shall commence its session on
the second Monday of October in each
year, at New Echota.
Be it further Resolved, That each
session of the Supreme Court shall
not continue longer than three weeks.
Be it further Resolied, That in case
the Supreme Court docket shall be
cleared before the expiration of the
aoove mentioned time, it shall adjourn
until the next annual session.
Be it further Resolved, That the
compensation of the Supreme Judges
shall be, for each of them, four Dol
lars per day, during the sitting of the
Supreme Court.
New Echota, Oct. 20th, 1828.
LEWIS ROS«, Profit Com.
-Concur’*], GOING SNAKE, Sp’k’r Coun.
Approv’d, JNO. ROSS.
Resolved by the Committee and Coun
cil, in General Council convened, That
the National Marshal shall enter into
a bond with sufficient securities, in a
penal sum of five thousand dollars, for
the faithful performance of the duties
that may be required of him.
Be it further Resolved, That it shall
be his duty to attend the Supreme
Court annually during its session, and
to execute all decisions which may be
made, or have it done by the sheriffs
of the several Districts, and all other
business in which the Cherokee Na
tion may become a party, within the
jurisdiction ofthe Nation.
Be it further Resolved, That he shall
receive for services, a salary of one
hundred Dolla'-s per annum, and shall
so be allowed 8*per cent for collodion.
New Echota, Oct. 2\tk, 182G.
LEWIS ROSS, Pres’t Com.
Coneur’d, GOING SN AKE, Sp’k’r Conn.
Approv’d, JNO. ROSS.
of one month, as provided above, the
Treasurer shall 1 proceed to havethe
full amount of his bond or their bqds,
with the interest due thereon, collat
ed, agreeably to law.
New Echota, October 22nd, 1818.
LEWIS ROSS, Pres,t CommittC,
Concurr’d GOING SNAKE, Sp’k’r(pun.
Approved'—.JNO. ROSS.
Resolved by the National Comrittee
and Council, in General Council con
vened, That the resolution passed 14th
Gel. 1827, prolonging the suspenion
ofthe poll tax law, be, and the sune
is hereby, prolonged for the tern of
one year, and the law imposing a tax
on citizen merchants, is also heteby
suspended for the tibove mentioned
term.
New JTjCtWlU, Oct.. 2'Jlll, 1828.
LEWIS ROSS, Pres’t Corn.
Coricur’d, GOING SNAKE, Sp’k’r Coun.
Approved—JNO. ROSS.
Resolved by the National Committee
and Council, in General Council con
vened; 'l'nat all officers, appointed un
der the authority of this Nation, who
are required to give bond and sutiicient
security, for the faithful perlonnance
of their duties, and whose offices re
quire a Commission from the princi
pal Chief, shall be required to enter
into bonds with the Treasurer of the
Cherokee Nation, and shall be requir
ed to produce a certificate from the
managers of the election, certifying
that they have been legally elected;
and it. shall be the duty of the Trea
surer to receive their bonds, and is
sue a certificate to each officer so
bound, which, when presented to the
Principal Chief, shall be sufficient
evidence for his commission to be
granted.
New Echota, 22nd, Oclolcr 1828.
LEWiS ROSS, l’re’si Com.
Concurred, GOING SNAKE, Speaker
Approved, JNO. ROSS.
Resolved by the National Committee
und Council, in General Council con
vened, That so much of the law
passed 24th October, 1827, supple
mentary to the law passed 5th Nov.
1825, requiring the Treasurer ofthe
Cherokee Nation to call in all monies,
loaned out ofthe Treasurey, ( on the
first Monday in October, 1828, be,
and the same is hereby repealed.
Be it further Resolved, That any
person or persons, who may. be owing
the National Treasury by bond for
loaned money, shall he allowed one
month, from the passage of this reso
lution, to renew his bond or their
bonds in the Treasury, by paying up
the interest due thereon, and giving
sufficient securities; and that they
shall be required to pay up the full
amount of their bonds with the inter
est, by three instalments, six months,
each, the first instalment and interest
to he paid seven months after the pass
ing of this resolution, and tho second
instalment to he paid six months there
after, Sic.
Be it further Resolved, That in case
any person or persons who may fail to
renew his bond or their bonds, by pay
ing up the interest, within the space
Resolved by the Committee and Coun
cil, in General Council convened, That
there shall be appointed, by the Prin
cipal Chief of the Cherokee Nation,
two committees, of two. members
each, one in each judicial circuit,
whose duty it shall lie to visit .the
different schools in the Nation, within
the respective districts of their cir
cuits, at the public examinations of
said schools, once a year, and to re
port to the General Council annually,
on the number of scholars, progress of
education, &c.
Be it further Rcsotvcd, That they
shall be paid one dollar per day, while
in actual service, out of any monies in
the National Treasury, not otherwise
appropriated.
New Echota, Oct. 30th 1828.
LEWIS I?OSS, Pres’t Committee.
Concured—GOING SNAKE, Speaker.
Approved—JNO. SOSS.
Resolved by the Committee and Coun
cil in General Council convened, That
it shall not be lawful to exact toll or
ferriage at any of the turnpikes, toil-
bridges, or ferries within the limits of
the Cherokee Nation from citizens of
the Nation.
New Echota, Nov. 4tli 182S.
LEWIS ROSS, Pres’t Con.
Conenv’cl-GOING SNAKE,Sp’k’r. Coun.
Approved—JNO. liOSS.
SIGN OF RAIN.
Sir, I. Newton was once riding o-
ver Salisbury plain when a hoy keep
ing sheep called to him '-Sir, you had
belter make hast on, or you will get a
wet jacket.” Newton looking round,
and observing neither clouds nor a
speck on the horizon, jogged on, taking
very little notice ofthe rustic’s infoi—
formation. lie had made but a few
miles, when a storm suddenly arising
wetted him to the skin. Surprised at
the circumstance, and determined, if
possible io ascertain how an ignorant
boy had attained a precision and knowl
edge in the weather, of which the wis
est philosophers would be proud, he
rode hack, vvei as lie was. “My lad,”
said Newton, “I will give thee a gui
nea if thou wilt tell me how thou
canst foretell the w eather so truly, ’—
“Will ye sir? I will then,” said (he
boy, scratching his head, and holding
out his hand for the guinea. “Now
sir,” having received the money, and
pointing to his sheep, “when you see
that black ram turn his tail lovjards
the wind, ’tis a sure sign of rain w ith
in an hour.” “What!” exclaimed
the philosopher, “must 1 in order to
foretell the weather, stay here and
watch which way the black ram turns
his tail!” “Yes sir.” UIf rode New
ton quite satisfied with his discovery,
hut not much inclined to avail himself
of it or to recommend it to others..
The following strange and incredi
ble story appears in the York Herald:
“Last week a man passed through
York, who is subsisting upon precari
ous charity, & who cail himself Wm.
Leek; and describes himself as hav
ing formerly been at sea, and who is
laboring under the following very re
markable affliction. There is every
external evidence of a living creature,
apparently the size of a rat, being in
his stomach. It is incessantly in mo
tion, except when the poor fellow eats
and drinks, and then, the moment the
act of swallowing commences, it may
be observed to rise towards the throat,
and from the form the man’s stomach
assumes, it seems to be busily engag
ed in devouring the food he is taking.
When he drinks, on applying the ear
to his stomach, a sound resembling
.that made by a dog or cat when lapping
w’ater, may be distinctly heard; once
a month this unseen reptile, or what
ever it is, secerns the food it has tak
en, and tiie effect upon the man is me
lancholy in the extreme. The an
guish he suffers throws him into fits,
in the paruxsysm of which he used to
lev his flesh to such a degree that his
tedli have been forced out by, tlu:
ga;g which it has been found necessa
ry .o put in bis mouth—the marks of
’th< biles are still visible on his left
(oinslie termed it, his larboard; aim.
lid has been laboring under this sm-
gwljr malady tlnee years, and the on
ly account he can give of its origin, is
theuriuking about that time of some
wafer out of a stagnate pond in the
fensofLincolnshire. He says lie has
beenin the London hospitals, and mi
nutely examined by Sir Astly Cooper,
w hdpronounced his case a very sin
gular one, but for which he could pre
scribe no remedy. He informed us
that he had poison administered to him
to tljc greatest extent that the facul
ty durst prescribe, but it had produc
ed m effect upon tho strange tenant of
his stomach. He spoke with much
resolution upon his hopes, that after
his death the opening of his body
might unravel the mystery, and per
haps be of service, should any other
individual fall into a similar misfor
tune. He is obliged to take meat
w ith him when he Retires to rest, for
hough when sleeping, the motion in
his stomach ceases, ye he is not al_
w ays to repose long, before he is a
wakened by a craving for food,
which he is obliged immediately to ad
minister. The case is certainly a
most extraordinary one, and there is
from the frank manners of the man, no
reason to suspect any deception—in
deed, the nature of the external evi
dence is such, as in our opinion, to
prevent its possibility.—Lug. pap.
AN IMPOSTOR:
Frpm the Washington Republican, Ohio.
An impostor was brought in this
town, on the loth inst. w ho declared
himself to be Jesus Christ; and that
he had recently come Horn Heaven
for the purpose of judging the world,
w hich was shortly to be at an end.—*-
He attempted proving his divinity, by
showing the prims ol the nails on the
different members of his body; his
judgment here was rather nonsuited,
for tiie citizens invariably believed
him to be, not only an impostor, hut a
felon, wh sc actions at some period,
had merited an acquaintance with
’handcuffs and Tetters.’
This strange prodigy is remarkably
expert in quoting scripture, and is not
without followers, as expected; he has
erected his throne for the purpose of
judging the world on Leathenvood, a-
bout 7 miles from this place; where
he has been for about 5 weeks. On
the 12th inst. he ascended his throne,
with all the pomp and presumption im
aginable, and commenced the execu
tion of his mission. On the same
evening, after having suspended' his
judgments, he repaired to the house
of one of his followers, (who accom
panied him to this place) where all
liis proselytes, about 20, were col
lected for the alone purpose of wor
shipping him; at his presence they im
mediately prostrated themselves at
his feet, calling him (he true God.—
Among these enthusiastic devotees,
are found some who were formerly
considered the most respectable citi
zens of that neighborhood; even some
who have preached the gospel in at
least two different bodies, have tiow
descended to worship this strange , od
who declared that he can shaft la. v-
»n and earth with his nod, that lie can
engulf the whole human family u. the
vortex of oblivion, if he should but say
it, and that the whole hosts of heaven
are prompt in the execution of fig
word. ,
The imposter was taken before a
magistrate of this place, who tould
find no accusation (mirabile dictu!) »-
gainst him; no law applicable to a
;od, consequently, Jupiter was dis
missed.
The citizens of Lea flier wood, know
ing the injury lie had done to his fol
lowers, some of whom w ere entirely
deranged, others (Tireless of property
had turned their Hocks into their corn
fields could not permit him to go w itli*
out impunity, but immediately smote
the divinity and gave him an opportu
nity of escaping; he embraced it, and
left towm with 75 or 100 citizens af
ter him.
Such superstition and blind enthusi
asm as has been exhibited at Leather-
wood on the present occasion, of which
this isbut the outline, has been unpar*-
ollellcd in modern times, even a;-
mongst the rude and barbarous tribee
ol the west. The heathen mytliolor-
gy, the history of Hindoos, or Hotten
tots, can scarcely present us w ith any
thing exhibiting such a degree of hu
man depravity, or which has raised in
to such a horrid flame, all tiie impure
and diabolical passions which rage in
the human heart.
No doctrine, it appears, can be so
heterodox, as to not have advocates;
as not to suit the wayward passions
of the depraved mind, which prompt*
men to sanctify vice, to recognise i-
dolatry, or even to submit to the
wheels of Juggernaut, which has been
laved in the blood thousands.
CONGRESS.
SENATE. Jjecember 9th, 182S.,
Mr. Prince submitted the following,
resolution:
Resolved, That the Secretary of
War be instructed to lay before the.
Senate, at as early a day as possible, a
detailed statement respecting the sev
eral tribes of Indians now resident
within the United Stales and Terri
tories, exhibiting, as nearly as he can,
the number of souls, and the number
oi families in each; and where each
tribe is at present located.
And, that he also lay before the Se
nate a statement describing, as exact
ly as may conveniently be done, tho
location and extent of the several
tracts of Territory North of Red Riv
er, and W esl ol the River Mississip
pi, West ol the State of Missouri—and
West ot the Lakes Michigan and Su
perior, to which the Indian tittle lias
been extinguished; with any informa
tion in possession of the Department,
as to the measures now in progress for
that purpose; and the probability of
further extinguishments of Indian ti
tles in those regions.
HOUSE OF REPRESENATIYESr
Dccemcbr 3th. 1828.
The following resolution, offered
yesterday by Mr. Owkn, was token up
and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Secretary of
War he directed to lay before this
House the report ofthe Board of En
gineers, on the subject of making a
Canal between the lliwasse pud (_ on-
nasauga Rivers, and for the purpose of
connecting the waters of (he same-,
and that he be also directed to com
municate to this House the report of
Major Armstrong upon the same sub
ject, under the authority lately given
him to open a negotiation with the
Cherokee nation of Indians.
IVAN THE TERRIBLE.
I
FROM KARASIK’S HISTORY OF RUSSIA.
Ivan was but an infant at his fatlr-
er’s death, and he lost his mother, the
regent, before he had attained bis
senvenlh year. The administration
of tho government was in conse
quence entrusted to a council of Inty*
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