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been overwhelraned by the tide ot civilization. Civilized man lias pass ed them in bis onward march to the Pacific; and they have not proved vic tims to a movement, which, like the Car ot’Juggernaut, has crushed oth ers into the earth. i hey have es caped from most Of the frontier coU liSio.is and conilicts, which are pro duced by the advance of the pioneers of civilization into the wilderness. They have obtained a vantage ground, from which they can s ee the promis ed land; where, according to the words of their American father, “they may cultivate the soil, and increase their little sparks to great tires, * 1 ’ under the protecting arm ot this Republic. Let them cling to it as to the ark ot their salvation. It necessary, let them resist to the death. Better, a thousand times better, would be the quiet of the grave, than protracting a miserable existence, rendered wretch ed by repealed and compulsory re movals into the wilderness, before the advancing footsteps ol the more powerful people who occupy theii country, and treat its ancient posses sors with persecution and heartless contempt. Tantalized with the hopes of civilization which they are forbid den to realize, deprived of the hard vigor of the savage slate, and then called upon to relinquish the comforts of their improved condition, if driven beyond the Mississippi, they must share the late ol a race, whicii, seemed doomed to he scattered !>y every blast, hut to whom no spiing brings renovation. From this fate they have no hope ol escaping, but through the justice and integrity of the federal govern ment. By an implicit (it is to he hoped not an useless) reliance upon its guod faith they have stripped them selves of every other resource under Heaven.—With the solemn guarantee of the United States in their hands, they demand the interposition of the national arm to save them from deg radation, exile and death. This appeal cannot be answered by a reference to idle distinctions be tween the powei’3 of the stale and federal governments. The Indian af fairs are a common concern. The faith of the nation is plighted to them, and its character is pledged to the world, that the Indian tribes within the limits shall be treated with deli cacy, kindness and humanity. '1 he eye of Europe is upon us, and we cannot escape from this responsibility. These legal distinctions and constitu tional subtleties, repugnant to the common sense, and unpropit ions to the common necessities of mankind, will be regarded as mere inventions for the purpose of covering our par ticipation in the plunder of the abori ginals. The world will not believe; indeed it will not; that our constitu tion interposes insupportable obstacles to the preservation of national faith. The whole distinction will be re garded as a mere pretence, infidelity more offensive to fair minds, than the open avowal of injustice. Far bet ter would it be for the President of the United States to give to the com plaining Clterokees the short answer of the Dey of Algiers to some plun dered merchants asking redress.— “Do you not know that my people are a hand of robbers, and that I am their captain?” Far better, and far more manly, would lie this bold avow al, than a pretended distinction, which, under an affected reverence for legal observances and constitution al forms, abandons a helpless and de pendent community, to all the deso lating consequences of arbitrary pow er, stimulated to action by the most intense and craving cupidity. God forbid that the American peo ple should sanction this distinction.— I do not fear that they will. They spring from a generous stock of an cestors—from men who hazard all, and suffer all, through a steadfast ad herence to principle. The faulty part of their character does not savor of a spirit of selfish injustice, or of grasping rapacity. It rather inclines them to the opposito extremes.— Their principles of government and of State policy, are drawn from that great reservoir of jurisprudence es tablished by their English ancestors, and enriched and liberalized by the free discussions and masculine under standings of their own revolutionary fathers. These principles, their glo ry and their protection; at once an or nament and a safeguard; have sunk deep into the hearts of the people of the United States. They ave en- •irw* , cleared to them by the associations of childhood and the experience of ma turity. They are the great results of their past history—the fences and muniments of their present liberties— and the pledges of a long career of future glory and prosperity. They form the public sentiment of tlie coun try—a principle which, like the grav itation, prevailing apd omnipotent, at , once supports and controls their poli tical system. As long as they remain unchanged and unchangeable, giving aliment and life to public opinion;—as long as our government shall continue to he the embodying of the sentiments of an en lightened people—the concentration of the opinions of a free, educated, and Christian community,—the House of Representatives with its awful pow er of impeachment bringing these o- pinious into action;—the Senate, the guardian of state sovereignly and ol national faith—the body whose sanc tion gave existence &. value to those sacred guarantees, & the tribunal be fore which all violations of these' pledges must be arraigned,—as long as these branches of our government I shall continue to be guided by the will of the nation, so long will onr plighted faith guard the rights of the Chero- kees and of all other dependents up on our justice, “from the spoliation ol rapacity and the iron hand of oppres sion.” The Indians have a right, a natural right to the soil which they cultivate; aright which as Colonies and States we have universally admitted. By treaty we have guaranteed to the Cherokees the very land from which General Jackson would forcibly eject them. The treaty of 1701, conclud ed at Holston, contains this article:— “The United States solemnly guaran tee to the Cherokee nation all their land not hereby ceded.” The Presi dent now tells that nation, that he is unable to comply with his guarantee, and absolves himself from the obliga tion, with as much ease as Alexander cut the Gordian knot. In the exer cise of power, right is most shameful ly forgotten, and the poor Indian is ex pelled from bis property, bis home, and his inheritance, without even the ceremony of a mock trial. We pro nounce this an act of tyranny unpre cedented in the annals of our country; an act of oppression that would dis grace the most arbitrary despot. If the Indians are expelled, what is to become of their property? Shall we parcel it out among us os sold.ers do goods captured from their enemy?— The various tribes of Indians now own in the United Slates erst of the Mississippi, seventy-seven millions of acres of land, variously estimated at from fifty cents to two dollars an n- cre. It is hardly presumable that the Government will purchase this land of them at a fair price: it is hop ed for the credit of the country that we may not with the ruthless hand of power seize and appropriate it to our own use. The mandate has gone forth, and the peaceable and friendly Cherokees, are banished from their sacred homes, their hunting grounds, and the tombs of their ancestors. Mass. Journal. From the Christian Advocate & Journal. Asbury Mission, (near the Creek A- gency,) June 19, l&29. Dear Brother:—The time has arrived when I am required to make my second quarterly report of the Asbury mission. There is now no thing extraordinary in operation at this place. The school has increas ed since my last report from seven to twenty. They are improving as fast as I could expect. This people tire verily an oppressed people. I cannot see that advancement in civilization among them that I could wish. Vet I hope they are improving. The re lation of one circumstance, however, will evince to the world the possibili ty of their civilization and conversion to God, and when they are thus brought to its enjoyment their un willingness to give it up:—A full blooded Creek, a sister in the church, (Mrs. Hard ridge,) came to the mis sion house not long since to church, and stayed all night, (Saturday night,) as her usual custom was. Ou Sun day evening, after meeting, she came and knocked at the room door, and let us know, myself and wife, that she wished to come in. When admitted, she said; through an interpreter, “I have not got. much to say, but I wish to tell you farewell, for I expect ne Y too l ver to co;to here again to meeting.” I told her I was very sorry to hear that, sorry When said, s,” she replied, “1 am but 1 cannot help it.” iked her the reason, she ‘my people are going to the Arkansas, and 1 am obliged to go loo. Ah,” said!she, “it makes my heart ache whet 1 think about going to the Arkansas, and hurst into tears, while 1 could not refrain from weeping. While thus melted down and so inseparably united to us by the strong tics of Christianity, she inquired of lie whether llieie were any persons .hat prayed in the Arkansas. 1 re plied that whether there were any or iot, the Lord would never leave nor forsake her as long as she put her [rust in him; that he would be her lielp and her shield; and that if ive meet no more on earth, if faithful to God, we;; should meet iii heaven, where parting sounds will be heard no more; that there the red, black, and white men would meet together ere long in harmony, to dwell for ever in heaven. She then bid us farewell, no more to meet, in all probability, on this earth. But she, for one, bid us farewell with a heart fraught with sorrow. She who had tasted of the sweets of civilization, and more, the sweets of Christianity, now to be torn away into a wilderness, again to spend her life in solitude, (so far as it re- lales.to the company of Christians) till summoued by death to mingle with the ran iks of Christians and the saints of jrol in heaven. There 1 expect to ee many of the poor aborigines of jitferent tribes of the forest surround l!ic throne of God in heaven, while many of the poor wretches of Chris- sndom will be cast out into out er dark less, where there shall b e weeping &. flashing of teeth. O could the world see the strug gles that many of the poor aborigines ire making towards civilization and Christianity, and the many difficulties tnd discouragements with which they neet, they surely could not but sym- latliize with and feel for them, and iot only feel, but do for them that vliich would advance them in the way o its enjoyment. This work we have no hesitancy in saying is the work ol the Lord. O, sirs, come up to the help ot the Lord igainst the mighty, and of success ue rssure you in the name of our God.— flic desert shall blossom like the rose, and the wilderness become a fruitful soil, and mount Zion shall become the beauty of the whole earth. Amen. Yours in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, N. IL RHODES. INDIAN SAGACITY. It would be a pity not to preserve the following anecdote, which displays so much of that accuracy of observa tion which is known to be the eharac- terestieks of our red brethren of the West:—• An Indian upon bis return home to his hut one day, discovered that his venison, which had been hung up to dry, was stolen. After taking obser vations upon the spot, lie set olf in pursuit of the thief, whom he tracked through tile woods. After going some distance, lie met some persons, of whom ho inquired, if they had not seen it little, old, while man, with a short gun and accompanied by a small dog, with a bob tail? They replied in the alfirmative,& upon the Indian as suring them that them anlhusdescrib ed had stolen bis venison, they desired to be informed bow he was able to give such a minute description of a person whom be had not seen. The Indian answered thus: “The thief I know is a little man, by bis having made a pile of stones to stand upon in order to reach the venison from the height I hung it, standing on the ground;—that be is an old man I know by his short step9, which I have traced over the dead leaves in the woods;—and that he is a toIdte man, l know by his turning otrthis toes when he walks, which an Indian never does. His gun I know to be short, by the mark which the muzzle made by rubbing the hark of the tree on which it leaned;—that his dog is small, I knew by his tracks; and that he has a bob tail I discovered by the mark it made in the dust where he was sitting at the time his master was taking down the -meat. By'the express provisions of an act of congress, it is made a criminal of fence to convey spirituous liquors into the Indian country, and several of the Indian nations have themselves pro hibited, by their own Ians, the intro duction of spirits among their people. It is the duty of our government to countenance this policy. The laws regulating our intercourse with the Indians will never be properly exe cuted, unless enforced by their aid. Instead of pursuing this course, we have punished them for enforcing our own laws, and have rewarded unprin cipled individuals for carrying spirits into the Indian country in violation of these laws. In December 1825, several per sons without any license to trade with the Indians, took eighty two barrels of whiskey and two barrels of brandy inlb the Cherokee Country, which they were selling to these poor peo ple. The whiskey and brandy were seized by the proper officers of the Cherokee nation and destroyed. For this proceeding, So honorable to the Indians, and marking in strong charac ters their '-progress in civilization, they should have received the ap plause and support of bur Govern ment; but instead of this, more than one thousand dollars has been taken from the Cherokees and paid over to Miose who had thus wantonly violated our laws and disregarded the rights and happiness of the Indians. Let us hear no more of our efforts to civilize these people, of our humanity, or even justice to them.— Hamilton (O.) Int. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1829. Correction.—In our last, speaking of the examination of the School at liraineni, we said some of the Scholars were examined in English Grammar. We should have said Geography. The unfounded report of the hostile iu J tentions of the Creeks and Cherokee?; it appears, has had the desired effect. The two companies of the United Slates’ troops, recently stationed at Augusta, have been ordered to proceed to Foil Mitchell, where also, several hundred additional troops from Alabama and the Floridas have been ordered by Ceti. M’Comb. This indeed is a tine manoeuvre for nothing. The Miiledgeville Statesman observes, “Wetrust the Indians will see the necessity of submitting in peace to their inevitable destiny*” What destiny? To be sland ered, and then butchered? The Augusta Chronicle tells its readers, (which, by thp way, is not so.) that the ed itor of the Cherokee Phoenix is a half breed. If this were true we know not to what good purpose it would answer the Chronicle to tell it. Upon reflection, however; our readers will find it to be an ingenious turn to get out of a difficulty. Some of the Georgia papers have confidently asserted that only the whites and half breeds in this nation were opposed to emigration. It is ascertained by the editor of the Chronicle, that the editor of the Phoenix is opposed to emigration, therefore he must be a half breed; The following extract of a letter was ad dressed to a citizen of ibis place, by an old acquaintance. We publish it verbatim and by request. The writer intends to be in season for a slice of the anticipated spoil. We think his extreme devotedness to General Jackson has greatly blinded him when he says, “his will is the law of the laud”—“the B.g man said it and it must be so.” How many in these United States will subscribe to such doctrines?— In the view of the writer, if lie really be lieved what he wrote, the government of his country is farther from being republic an than many of the monarchies in Europe. I have not seen or scarcely heard from you for the last seven years, but seeing President Jackson’s talk to your Nation, I have with pleasure thought of and wrote you. I hove been a warm supporter of General Jacksons and feci the same sentiments yet but think it hard for you and who have been our friends in peace and war to either come under our laws or move to the Arkansas but so it is, his will is the law of the Land, and he has said to you that it must be done and there is no alternative. Judge Whites opinion I admire, But all is in vain the Big man said it and it must be so—write me on the receipt of this and let me know what is thought by your nation and you. and what will be the course you intend to pursue I mean the body of your nation if they intend going to the Arkansas those that intend staying will be allowed rescervations, there can something he done by fixing on sites that ivil» * •• ue valuable for a town &c let me he?"* t roth you ou the receipt of this lev me know what the creeks are doing w hither there is not some good sel- tlemeuts adjoining to your line and give mo a description ol the soil and. water of the best part of the creek country. Extract of a letter to the editor, from a gentleman in Pennsylvania► Respecting the oppressive conduct ol the Slate of Georgia towards your nation there is hut one sentiment here, and (hat is of decided disapprobation. Cruelties of this description towards an innocent and interesting race can not be viewed by any of us hut with abhorrence—However they may suc ceed in their nefarious designs to op press you, you have a never failing source of consolation; there is a day of righteous retribution coni ng, and if not in lime, in the eternal world a just and righteous God will reward (lie oppressor with the fruit of his own do ings and amply recompense the op pressed for all the injuries suffered by them. FROM TI1E SEAT OF WAR. A Russian Bulletin dated at War saw details the events of the war to the 22d of May. A severe battle was fought near Chounila on the 17th of May,—the Turks being the assailants —with nearly equal suceer.s. Tlu» Russian Bulletin says, the loss of (lie enemy was immense; 2000 remained upon the field of battle. We have also to lament the loss of Major Gen eral Rinden, and our loss in killed and wounded amounted to nearly 1000 men. A Postcript to the Bulletin re marks;— A courier has arrived from Admiral Greig, with news that the Turkish fleet which had entered the Black Sea, had hastened back to the Bos phorus, ou learning that our fleet was going to meet it.—Immediately after the hasty retreat of the enemy, the commander of the Russian fleet rein forced the squadron stationed off the Channel of Constantinople, and order ed some ships to cruise on the coast ot' Nalolia. About 20 Turkish transports fell in to out hands, and a new frigate w'lts set on fire by our Squadron near Sohilli, not far from the Bosphorus. After this, Admiral Greig retired to Sizeboli from which his report is dated. The Glasgow" Herald of the loth June, States that another Russian bul letin had been received, but no im portant operations had taken place. London, Wednesday Evening, June 13th.—The accounts from the Turk ish capital are three days later than those icccivcd yesterday. The ar rival of the British ambassador to re-open negotiations with the Porte was anxiously looked for by all class es, and a successful issue was helped' for at Constantinople. More reliance was placed on Great Britain than France, though their uni'ed exertions* were wished for. Trade was in a more depressed state in consequence of the great prepaiatipns for the war against Russia. Melancholy Shipwreck.—A few weeks ago we had occasion to record the melancholy shipwreck of the bark Granicus, on the island of Anticosti in (he St. Lawrence, in November last. Another similar case has just come to light, a full account of which is pub lished in the Quebec Gazette. It appears that the brig Betsey of Whitehaven, which cleared at Que bec for Ireland on the 15th of Octo ber 1827, was cast away soon after on the coast of Labrador. A large part of the crew must have escaped to the shore, but how long they sur vived cannot be ascertained. On, the Gth of November, 1828, some Esqui maux hunting on the coast, seeing a piece of rope on shore near the big Is lands of Watawistick, landed, and found a small wooden compass and a scraper; on examining further, well trodden paths in the moss showed that persons had been living thereabout for a considerable time. After search ing for some time longer, one of the Indians ascended a hill, and saw’ a hol low" among some trees something like a shelter, to which they went. The skeletons of three men were lying outside the door and three others in-' side; on the top lay a box' containing the log-hook of the Betsey, a v or i< miviplion, U» o( |he , )rig , '. articles, nearly destroyed. There | was no appearance that the people