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happiness oiiJ for the peace antf pros*
peritjr of the United States. In
behalf of the Cherokee Nation, we
have the honor to be,' Sir, very re-
spectfully, your obedient servants,.
jnq; ross. ,
GEO. LOWREY.
WM. HICKS.
MAJ. RIDGE.
His Ex. Wm. Carroll; Governor
of Tennessee. Present.
Mr. Boudinott:-—fcy a resolution of
the Board of Managers, ol the Sun
day School Society, it is made my
duty to send you ihe following Re
port, which you are respectfully re
quested tt> insert in the Phoenix.
D. C. M’LEOD Cor. Sec.
M. Wesley, Sept. 1th 1829.
The First Annual Report of the
• Board of Managers of the Gherokee
t Sunday School Society at Mount
Wesley,auxiliary to the Sunday School
(Juion of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
The right education of youth is a
iubject of primary iiitiporlance; and
Os soon as the tender germ begins to
bud, and the opening flowers show
themselves, the hand of cultivation
ihould be extended, that the rising
foliage, being entwined around virtue,
might grow up to maturity. When
ever the improvements of the young
v blind is neglected, it becomes a bar
ren desert, overrun with briers and
thorns, and it is then that the seeds
of vice are sown, which take such
deep hold, and which are so ruinous
and destructive in old age. Early,
then, should the precepts of morality
be taught, and the pure principles
of Christianity imbibed, that their
benign influence might properly mould
the heart, form the mannei's, and di
rect the life. The knowledge, fear,
love, and service of God constitute the
true dignity of man, and is that by
tvhich he holds his destined rank in
the scale of moral excellence; and
which alone can qualify him to add to
ihe felicity of his fellow-creatures
To aid the Missionary cause among
tbe Cherokees, to prepare the ris
ing generation to act well their part
bare, and for higher destinies in the
world to come, this Society has been
organized; the institution of which we,
the Board of Managers, hail as a hap
py ora in oUr rhofral and ^religious im
provements,' and cherish the must
sanguine expectations that, ere it is
Jong, these nurseries of piety will be
planted in every place, when the
light of the Gospel has shone among
us. We feel grateful emotions of
thanksgiving to the Father of mercies
in presenting this our first annual
Report, that, notwifstaudiUg w6 have
laboured under difficulties for want
of suitable books, and qualified teach
ers to extend our operations, yet we
Sre happy to say, that something has
been done to promote (his noble
cause.
Theite are,'tit present, three schools
Under, tbe superintendence of the
Board, in successful operation, and
which promise much and lasting bene
fit to the youth of those neighbourhoods
Sn which they are located The
School at Asbury.consists of an aver
age number of 20 scholars, who have
made considerable improvements in
spelling & reading, and have memo
rized and recited, since about the first
of last March, Si80 verses of scrip*
and 31$answers in the Wesleyan
Catechism. Two of the scholars have
been happily converted to God, and
We trust they will eternally rejoice
for tbe gracious privilege of Sabbath
School instruction. This school has
4 teachers, 2 recording secretaries,
and one superintendent.
The school at Mount Wesley is in a
flourishihg condition, composed of a-
bout 35 scholars* who have memo
rized, in about 7 months last past,
2636 verses of the holy scriptures,
And 1188 catechetical answers.
The officers of this school are the
Same in kirid & number with those at
Asbury; TWo of the members of
this school have recently professed to
find “the pearl of great price.”
The school at Sn-la-quo-jre has 20
scholars wbo have memorized 3000
verses of scripture and 1310 answers
of catechism. This school has 2 teach
ers, one clerk, & diie superintendent.
The total number of Scholars in the 3
Schools is 75. Total nnmber of verses
which have befeh recited is ‘7 f 345.
Total amount of Questions & Answers
recited u 28Tf. These three schosu
have, in all, 2 Superintendents, 9
teachers, and 4 hfcording secreta
ries.
The amount of funds chntriLutcd tt>
the Society by subscription is $7,
75 cents, 5 dollars of which have been
sent to New York for hooks, and the
balance remains in the bauds of the
Treasurer. The Board of Managers
feel very thankful for a donation of
$16, 29 cents, received from the
Rev. William M’Mahon, which has
been' of essential service to the insti
tution;*
We have only to say in conclusion
of this Report, that, from the incal
culable good that has already been
done by the formation of this Society,
we have abundant reason to thank God,
to take courage,& renew our exertions
in prosecuting this “labour of love;”
believing that time and great eternity
will unfold, to our unspeakable dfe-
light, the immense good accruing to
the youth of tnis Nation from having
received a religious education in
those schools, in the establishment
and support of which, we, in union
with many others, have takeu an ac
tive part.
jCF*By a resolution of the Board,
the Editors of the Christian Advocate
and Journal, and Zion’s Herald, are
hereby requested to give this Report
an insertion in their paper.
D. C. M LEOD, Cor. Sec.
'from, an httfentivedye may (race the
web, like a very fine thread of silver,
as it issues from the body of the in
sect, and pusses w ith a velocity truly
astonishing through the air. The
different, kinds of spiders, commonly
termed-geometrical spiders, from the
regular shape of their webs possess
this power; but whether it is peculi
ar to them', or not, we do pot know,—
New York Evening Yost.
•30 dollars 6 1-4 cts. were contributed to
the support of the institution at the conclu
sion of the Anniversary, which was held
at Mount Wesley on the 4ih 4 inst.
:o .o :o:o :o :o :o: ——
Srf'QGKlN i AJClDENr.
Last week Mr. John Gain, Tan
ner of Beaver township, having occa
sion to leave his bark-mill, went out,
leaving bis daughter Maria, a child a-
bout two years and six months old,
playingiu the building. On his return
after an absence of a few minutes,
he found that the child had accident
ly fallen into tbe mill.anJ was literal
ly ground to atoms, Ihe heavy roller
having passed twice over its body.—
Onion Times.
It is stated that the late Governor
Ridsely, of Maryland, has, by his
will, emancipated all his slaves to the
number of upwards of four hundred.
Those who have attaiued the age of
twenty-eight years, are to be free im
mediately; such as are over forty
flve to have some provision made
for their support out of his estate;
& those of the younger class are to he
free, the males at t\venty*elgh' yeafs
of age, and the females at tweuty-
five.
Flying Spiders.—It is mentioned
in a laie French paper, that in a
memoir read by M. Virey before the
Academy of Sciences, the author
stated that he had seen spiders, when
thoir progress was interrupted by a
brook or Othfer obstacle, raise them
selves in the air and ntofe along for a
distance of ten or twefVe feet, with
out bein£ assisted by Web, wind, or
any elictrfcal action. AJf. Virey ac
counts for this curious effect by sup
posing that the spiders’, by usihg their
feet as fishes do tins, gathering them
together and throwing them out again
quickly, have the power of swimming
through the air. The theory is in
genious enough, but we rather in
cline to believe that the circumstance
which acca&ions it may be much more
satisfactorily accounted for iu another
way. Several kinds of spiders, when
their course is interrupted by water
or some other impassable obstacle, as
stated above, have the power of eject
ing into the air a very thin, and, in
many cases, invisible web, which
floats alone in nearly a horizontal po
sition, until the end comes in contact
with some object, to which it imme
diately and firmly adheres. The spi
der then, after fastening the other
extremity, safely mounts on this deli
cate bridge, and with a motion not un
like that described by M. Virey,
seeiris actually to swim through the
air.
The reader, who is desirous of
witnessing this singular property of
the ingenious little animal of whioH
we speak, may easily make the ex
periment, by putting ope on a straw
or small stick, placed upright in a
saucer or basin of water. After run
ning up and down the place of its
confinement several times, till ap
parently satisfied that the water en
tirely surrounds it, the anxious prison
er moqnts to the top of the straw, and
immediately begins to throw out his
web as we have stated. If the spi
der be of a pretty large size, ana a
favorable position with regard to
light be chosen to view his operations
81MMARY
Count Diebitsch, who commramls
the Russian forces, is under 56 yeats
of age—he is a German by birth, h
soldidr of fortune, ana sun-in law of
the famous Barclay de Tolly, wild
commanded the Russians iu 1812 and
1813.
To judge by the event, is an error
al) abuse, and all commit; for, in eve
ry instance, courage, if crowned with
success, is heroism! if cloud -d by de
feat, temerity. Wlitin Nelson fougiu
his battle in the sound, it was the re
sult alone that decided whether he
was to kiss a hand at a court, or a
rod at a court-martial.
A correspondent of a southern pay
per complains that the trade iu th>
United Stat annually melt up tar
more than a million of dollars—.M>d‘
about one half of the amount ft A-
merican half dollars. In Europe no
person is permitted to nielf up the
current lawful coin. • ''
The Salina, N. Y. Herald, in spda'k-
ing of an oratioiddelivered at Syracuse
on the 4th, says, “It b known that
almost every word, and \ford for woid
of the oration, Was once delivered by
the late eloquent Hoopfcr Cuoiining,
at Albany, twelve yeats ago! on the
4th ot July, 1817; prifeted and pub
lished in a pamphlet forth.”
Among the recent arrivals at Ni
agara, are mentioned an English gen-
tleium, his lady and child, with seven
servants and ten dogs.
Tlia Cavaliers, during Cromwell’s
usurpation, usually put a crumb of
bread into their glass, anil before they
drank it off, with'cautious ambiguity
exclaimed, “God send this Crum
well down.”
In Stamford, Vt. 8 boar was re
cently killed by Mr. Daniel Oaks and
his son. The son shot and partially
wounded the animal, ami he fell; but
on the approach of Hie father with a
club to finish the work of death, Bru
in, in the most bear-faced' manner,
seized the old man, and gave him a
hug far too close for comfort. The
son reloaded, ran to the father’s as
sistance, and
Mars head.
The famous Christina of Sweden,
slept only five hduis out of the twenty
four. She was indifferent to chess,
ato but little, drank water alone, attd
would follow study or the efface 10
hours together braving all vicissitudes
and severities of weather. She affec
ted to despise her own sex, and for
got that the tender devotedness Of
wonfan is often superior in endurance
to the boasted fortitude of man.
Laudanum is said to give immediate
relief In cases where one is stung by
a bee. Sweet oil is also stated to be
a good application. The sting, how
ever, should first be removed.
The Worcester Republican says—-
Mr. Samuel Brihani, of Shrewsbury,
has eighty years in successson, mown
grass and made hiiy during each hay
Season oil the farin on which he now
lives. And what is quite remarkable
he has been able the present season to
cut his half acre of grass per day.
This furnishes n practical illustra
tion of the effect of temperance and
steady hapits, which in an eminent
degree have marked the whole course
of this aged and worthy citizen.
A Salem writer says that every
f ;entleman who sees a lady too tightly
need should inform her of it imme
diately. The Massachusetts Aurora
says, that every such lady should box
every such gentleman’s ears. This
is the way the Yankee editors talk
about the ladies.
The editor of the Androscoggin Fiee
Press says that the other day fie
saw. seventy-five ox teams, eao|i C ou-
tainmg fifteen females, all it whom
were going a blue berry-ing\
If, aays a distinguished ai/thor,
religion were every where else explo
ded, it should and would retain its
place in the heart of woman.
The Three Doctors.—An eminent
author saith “There are three doctors
Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Mer-
ryraan; they are reported to be ex
cellent physicians, and if kr'pt at a
C<Jii4Tant pension, thdi?' fees will nit
be very costly.
The Three Greatest Generals.—At
a celebration on the 4th of July last,
in Hamilton, Ohio, the following toast
was drank;—TAe Three Greatest Gen
erals that ever commanded ill the Unit
ed Stales—Getfernl Peace; General
Plenty, and General Satisfaction.
It is slated iif the daily Advertiser
that 75 graduates of Yale College, at
New Haven, are supposed to bo how
living, who took their degrees before
tho Declaration of American Indepen
dence. Tbe oldest of them is a gra
duate of 1759.
A correspondent suggests that in
these pinching times for money, the
fair sex should take compassion on
tho men, and form forthwith, “An an-
ti-kulics-dress-too*eXtrvagantly Sotic*
to.” *.i,
The number of personts directly
interested in the British funds, is
two hundred and seventy-five thousand— •
exclusive of those interested in Sav
ings Banks, of those who receive di
vidends, through the intervention of
.trustees, or those whose stock is ves
ted in the names' of tho officers of
the Courts of Exchequer and Chan
cery.
Mrs. Royall has paid her fine, and
given security to keep the peace.
Her securities arc stilted, by the
Washington correspondent oftheU.
S. Gazette, to be Major Lewis, the
second Auditor—Dr. Jones, the Post
Master of Washington, Mr. Henson,
a clerk in one of the public offices,
and Major Eaton, tlie Secretary ol
War.
The First Meeting Hoctee in Hub-
bardston has been robbed of the bell
rope ar.d part of the trifcmings of the
pulpit in the night season. Tbe Se
lectmen offer $200 fbr the detection
of the pepefrator.
sent a ball through (im
tk*i; MvsL.n ts, 1829.
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OF THE
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?»rJ nte,cs ^ n 8 flatter for publication.*—
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