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CHEROKEE .J JcT^FO^. *" , -• ; *•«*& ' ‘■-•I *- " “ i’HffiViV. •VOL,. I. SEW ECHOTA, WE9SESDAAY lAATAHV 7,1829. SO. 43. Suited by elus bouuinott. PRINVCU WEEKLY BY ISAAC H. HARRIS, FOR THE CHEROFEE NATION. At $2 50 if paid in advance, $3 in six months, or $3 50 if paid at the end of the year. To subscribers who can read only the Gherokee language the price will be $2,00 In advance, or $2,50 to be paid within the year. Every subscription will be considered as •ontinued unless subscribers give notice to Che contrary before the commencement oi a «ew year. Any person procuring six subscribers, and 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 each continuance} longer ones in propor tion. ICj^All letters addressed to the Editor, post paid, will receive due attention, (iwy Jtf-AVO-A AD hSl JEC,flJ. TAAJ° JJhTB A.1 M&J. b®jae aiv«ua<»y kt^i d^p o=ejB.i TCTZ TEiSSO-lT’ f CTZ t*lP Tc30*A TB De.IiScSP'c*.!, KT It?-4 0»9.JBJ[ p-4cS)..I. D»a4>ovEZ TR y W • e.TAJnU-oO.I, oyAT D^P C80JBJ I*4o?»I. «vvyz o’c.n ahwiivioey, wfw* ns-n I-4c*.I VT-ABU”, TGTZ TF.ASO-tT’ DO* KT/1Z D^P 0wyW* O-S.IB" »JtR D0J,5»9Ivdiia. 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. Georoe M. Tracy, Agent ofthe A. B. t. "F..M. New York, Rev. A. D. Eddy, Canandaigua, N. Y. Thomas Hastinos, Utica, N. Y. Pollard &. Converse, Richmond, Va. Rev. James Campbell, Dtaufort, S. C William Moultrie Reid, Charleston, ifc c. Gol, George Smith, Statesville, W. T. Willi am M. Combs, Nashville Ten. Rev. Bennet Roberts—Powal Me. Mr. T hos. R. Gold, (an itinerant Gen- Aeman.) 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* •t