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CIIBROKEE PHOEJTIX AND 1X011X8* ADVOCATE:,
FOREIGN,
By arrivals at New York London
papers have been received to the 24th
of August, and Paris papers to the
lame date.
The intelligence from the seat of
¥var is of an unusually interesting
character.
From Constantinople.—A letter
from Constantinople dated July 25th,
published in the Algemeine Zeitung,
•ays;
The situation of the Porte becomes
more critical every hour. The ene
my makes immense progress on eve
ry side, and nothing but a miracle can
save the Sultan, unless he listens to
reason, and shows himself willing to
make peace- The troops are losing
their confidence, and a spirit of muti
ny has shown itself in some corps.
The second battalion of bonbardiers
has actually refused to march against
the enemy, and its commander has
beet beheaded. A similar mutiny is
said to have taken place at YVidden,
tvhither the Pacha of Scutari is
marching, with 15.000 Albanians.
The measures adopted are not calcu
lated to inspire confiidenee, or avert
the dangers that threaten the capital.
The Russian columns are said to be
only six days march from Adrianople,
and I lie haste with which all the troops
coming from Asia are ordered to this
second capital of the empire, shows
the reality of the danger. Many con- I
siderable families have come hither
from Adrianople. A Russian squadron
is cruising at the entrance of the Bns-
phoro is, vhicb, the day before yester
day made a show of entering the chan
nel This caused the greatest alarm,
especially as the Turkish men-of-war
m ale no preparations to oppose them,
hut withdrew into the inner harbor.
J* seems that the wind was not quite
favorable, and that the Russian Ad
miral waits for a more favorable mn-
ment to alarm the unfortunate inhabi
tants of Constantinople. Despatches
after despatches are sent otf to As a
to hasten the march of the reserve to
Europe.
A letter from Constantinople, da
ted July 271 li, says:
The Sultan, notwithstanding bis
unaltered resolution never to yield to
tile tcims proposed by the Russians,
lias begun to experience some per
plexity with regard to the course of
his own motions, in 1 lie event of the
enemy arriving triumphant at the
gates of his capital. Little could be
expected from his presence near the
s cue of operations, whereas it is of
the highest importance that his per- ‘
son should be far from the reach oi j
the R 1 tssians. The oily of Broussa, j
on the Asiatic shore, about one hun
dred miles from Constantinople, across
the Propontis, or sea of Marmora, is
therefore the place supposed to have
been selected by the Sultan: s a re
treat in the first instance,
A letter from Constantinople dated
J I) 30, three days later than the a-
bovo, says.
A tartar, from Ruurga9 has brought
the news of the landing ol a Russian
corps of 12,000 men at Sizeboli.
The Porte lias also received informa
tion that this corps has joined »he
Russian army which lias passed the
B; Ikan. Aidos, Karnabal, and Jau-
b di are said to he already occupied
bv the Russians. Uul’avorahle ac-
oo nts continue to be received from
As a. Erzerum is said to he taken
b- the Russians, and the whole army
o r the Seraskier dispersed. The
Armenians every where join the Rus-
si nis as they advance. All this bad
news has caused the greatest consier-
nition, and preparations are making
vvi'h all speed for the defence of Adri
anople, of which Hussein Pacha,
Governor of Smyrna, is appointed
Commandant; entrenchments for the
defence of the capital are also being
thrown up with great activity. On
the 26th inst a fire broke out in the
vicinity of Pera, by which 1,000
houses and shops were consum
ed.
Another letter from Constantinople
dated also July 30th, says:
It is said that the Russians in their
march on Adrianople, have been sup
ported by the Bulgarians who every
where united with them. The Divan
was in session half of last night, dis
cussing the question, of sending
commissioners to the Russians head
quarters to negociate for peace.
Several members were for the mea
sure, but the Majority were for con
tinuing the war, because the empire
Qould nev«r be in a worse condition to
make proposal for peace. It was
resolved to do every thing to arrest
the enemy, and instantly tosendofl
all possible assistance to Adrianople.
The position of things is extremely
critical. The capital is on a volcano,
tho eruption of which may overthrow
the empire. The partizans of the
Janisaries already begin to Jift up
their heads and not content with cir
culating evil reports, they have com
menced action, frightening tho inhabi
tants of Pera by incendiary move
ments. It was by them that 1,500
houses were burned at Pera, and
others attempted to be set on fire.
Many individuals have been arrested.
A division of the guard has received
orders to occupy the capital, and day
and night patrols are maintained in
the streets. Oil! that the catastro
phe which menaces Constantinople
may not extend to Pera. Measures
of precaution have been taken at the
houses of all the ambassadors. Can
they be sufficient in the hour ol dan
ger?
Capture of didos, Hour gas, Ales-
sembria, fyc.—A Beilin article says:
Count Diebitsch had his head quar
ters at Aidos on the 26th ol July.
After the victorious troops under his
command had totally defeated the
Turkish troops that opposed them
they made themselves masters not
only of Aidos, but also at the same
time of the important places of Mis
sembria, Aehioli and Bourgas, and
are now advancing rapidly forwards
in the fertile and populous plains be
yond the Balkan, The Turks were
taken by surprise and instantly de
feated.
The Prussian Slate Gazette gives
at full length, the bulletin of the Rus
sian army, dated Aidos. According
to this document, Messembria was
taken, with 2,000 prisoners and ten
standards, and the Grand Vizier, at
Shumla. was not aware of the march
of the Russian detachment from be
fore that place, till four days after it
had taken place. In a word, the
denouement of the campaign is now
rapidly approac hing.
Baltic of Kirki- Lissa.—A Munich
article of August 15th says:
We just learn, from a quarter that
may be depended upon, that official
new s was received early in the morn
ing of the 12th, by the Russian Lcga-
tionat Vienna, that General Diebitsch,
after being joined by the corps that
landed at Sizeboli. had totally defeat
ed and dispersed the Turkish army in
a great battle, near Kirki-lissa, (20
German miles from Constantinople)—
tLc fate of ihe capital musl he now
decided. The next post, from Vien
na w ill bring ns the particulars
Capture of Erzerum by the Hussions.
—Offi in I 'accounts had been re
ceived at St. Petersburgli, of the
capture bv the Russian army, of
Erzerum. the bapital of Turkish Ar
menia, containing a populat ion of 130.
000 souls. 'Flie even! took place on
the 27th of June. The Seraskier
himself and foui other Pachas were
made prisoners, and 150 cannon had
fallen into the hands of the Russians.
The capture of this important city
leaves all Asia open to the Russians.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5:8, 1SL9.
CHARLESTON OBSERVER AND
THE INDIANS.
We have received the Charleston Ob
server of the 10th instant, containing fur
ther remarks of the editor on the subject
of Georgia and the Indians. As Mr.
Gildcrsleeve has retracted some of his un
warrantable assertions, we do not wish to
urge the matier much further, and are
willing to take leave of him, on this sub
ject, after republishing the following com
munication, which, the reader will please
to recollect, bears us out in our former re
marks;
New Eciiota, C. N. )
Sept. 23, 1829. \
To the Editor of the Charleston Ob
server.
Rev. and Dear Sir,—Your pa
per of Sept. 5th. having this week
fallen into my hands, I read with
pain a statement respecting the state
of the Cherokee Indians, which too
manifestly contravenes the represent
ations often made public from Mis
sionaries residing in the nation. The
statement to which I refer is the fol
lowing: “We have been informed
on good authority, that, so far as the
Cherokee® are concerned, while
a few are growing wealthy, the
majority of the people are actually
growing poorer and poorer every
year.’ This statement is acompnnied
with no responsible name, though said
to be made on good authority. 1 have
now risided among the Cherokees in
the capacity of a Missionary, for
nearly four years, and have had some
opportunity ofjudging respecting their
state; and I have no hesitation in rest
ing my reputation for veracity or
judgement on the assertion, that the
statement quoted above, is altogether
without foundation. On the contrary,
the condition of the majority of the
people, not including those who may
be termed wealthy, is. in point of
property, constantly improving and
never more rapidly than at the pre
sent time.
There is another editorial remark
in the same article, repecting which,
I beg the indulgence of a few words
of comment. You say, “though a
few may leel the sanction of an oath,
the majority of them—unless they
are greatly slandered—utterly disre
gard it.” This remark relates to the
Creeks and Cherokees. Willi the
Creeks I am not acquainted; hut in
regard to the Chcrokee3 1 must say,
then they are greatly slandered.
There is no foundation for the remark
in the character of the people.
The magistrates of the nation are in
the habit of administering oaths in their
courts of justice, and I am persuaded
that nothing his occurred to indicate
that they are less regarded than a-
mong their more civilized neigh
bors.
I am sorry, dear Sir, that these
unfounded reports should have reached
your ears, especially through any such
channels as to give them credence,
and make your paper, respectable as
it is, the means of circulating them.
With much esteem,
Your fellow-laborer in the Gosoel,
S. A. WORCESTER.
Mr. Gildcrsleeve says, “In relation
to the first statement to which Mr.
Worcester refers, the Phoenix admits
that it “has been repeated hereto
fore in Co. gress bv Georgia members,
by Mr. Mitchell of Tennessee, by
Mr. King of Alabama, and others;”
and if it be a misrepresentation, the
sin must lie upon those who made it.
Wo did admit that th n m'sreprosontation
has boon repeated by tho persons mention
ed, but it was to show how unjustifiable
Mr. Gildersleeve was to strike hands and
make a common cause with such known
enemies of the Indians. That it is a mis”
representation, we have declared over and
over again, and challenged proof. We
are willing that the sin should lie on those
who have made it, &, on those who have
circulated it.
Mr. Gildersleeve says further “It
was from another sour* e that we re
ceived the impression this was actual
ly the cose.
And again. “YVe are ready, howev
er. to admit that we may have been
misled but it lias been by one who
lias been intimately acquainted with t! e
Cherokee notion for a great number
of years, and in whose Christian char
acter and integrity we had reason to
place the utmost reliance.
We hardly believe, that any person
intimately acquainted with the Cherokee
nation, (tfheisa man of integrity) will
make the assertion which has misled the
Editor of the Charleston Observer.—
But this is not to the point. The asser
tion lias been made, and we hold the editor
responsible for it, until he reveals his au
thority , or retracts altogether.
CHOCTAWS.
We gladly present to our readers the
following communication.
roa TUB CHEROKEE PIIOCNIX.
Choctaw Nation, )
Sept. 22, 1829. j
Mr. Editor, Sir—The present
condition and future prospects of the
Indians appear to excite the hopes
amt tears of the philanthropist, and
the politician of the present day.—
The one hopes, that the Indians may
become civilized; and experience all
the blessings that civilization can give;
the other fears that they will obtain
civilization, and then they will loose
the most eloquent theme for popular
declamation that they have. To in
crease the hopes of the one, and give
an additional impulse to the fears of
the other, will you give us, Choc
taws, a chance of being beard through
the medium of your very excellent
paper.
The Choctaws, as a people, are in
a state of progressive improvement,
in spite of the discouragements that
are so repeatedly thrown in their way.
Learning is on the advance; a unan
imous wish pervades the community
to educate their children, and every
effort is made to improve their pres
ent condition. Strict attention is paid
to the enactment of good laws, and
they are faithfully executed; ardent
spirits has been banished from among
us, and has been compelled to take
up its abode among our more civilized
white neighbors. Religion has taken
deep root among us, some hundreds of
our countrymen have experienced the
divine efficacy of the religion of the
Prince of peace; the gospel has been
faithfully preached among us, and the
labors of the faithful have been most
signally blessed, and there is every
prospect, that the smiles of heaven
will yet be continued, until the Choc
taw Nation shall become evangel
ized.
We most sincerely wish that we
could close this communication, with
out adverting to circumstances that
are adverseito our future prosperity—
but jnstice to ourselves, &. justice to
those whose liberality towards us,
has enabled us to omerge from our
former state, demand of us an expo
sition of the policy that is pursued to
wards us, and the struggles that vve
are making, to obtain a mitigation of
the stern decrees that political ex
pediency has marked out for us—In
stead of being taken by the hand and
directed in the way that has been
recommended to us to pursue, our
great political father, has said that we
must not stay here, but we must go to
the west,and there the Indian charac
ter will again be renovated. It is
said webave no claim to the land licrc,-
tliat we arc mere hunters without any
pretensions to the right of the soil—
therefore, we must make way for
those who have a better right. Mow
different is this from the language of
the illustrious Jefferson,—“go home,”
said fins great and good man to our
fathers, “build your houses, clear
your fields, and cultivate the earth.”
Me gave our fathers a chain of gold,
“so long,” said he, “as you live in
peace with me and mine, so long as
the chain does not rust, so long as the
mountains stand, or rivers run, so
long will we or mine protect you, and
you shall live upon your lands undis
turbed; we will take you and yours
by the hand, and lead you to all the
knowledge that belongs to the white
men, and you shall become great and
; happy”—We have preserved our
friendship for the United States,- vve
have never broken our chain or suffer
ed it to rust. We did not understand
our great father to say, that this hap-
(lim-ss should be in chasing the Buffa-
loo over the snow crowned mountains
of the North-west. No: but on the
contrary, we should be great and
happy in the cultivation of the earth,
and in the enjoyment of the fruits of
' ur own industry—This was the hap
piness that we have been directed
to.
A wish to remain on the soil of our
birth reigns paramount in the breast
of every Choctaw. Notwithstanding our
chiefs have been charged with oppos
ing the wishes of the people, vve have
been charged with being under the in
fluence of vicious white men—The
President has assuredly been im
posed upon, by some designing knave,
or the Secretary of War would not
have repeated the charge, in a late
communication addressed to the A-
gent of this Nation. No man with
the least acquaintance with this na
tion, would for a moment believe
that there was the least foundation
for the charge. Instead of imputing
our wish to remain here, to a patriot
ic feeling, that is admired in all man
kind, we are charged with every un
worthy motive that ever degraded
human nature. It has always been
our wish to remain on this side of the
Mississippi river, vve still wish to re
main; vve are entirely beyond the con
trol of our chiefs in regard to the dis
posal of ourselves; we are free to go
or stay and are subject to the will of
no autocrat or nabob. We have
long since taken our resolution to re
main here at all hazzard. If ever the
Choctaw character is renovated,
here is the place to do it—if vve are
ever to experience the blessings of
civilization, here is the place. We
are well satisfied that the country in
tended for us is not suitable to our
present condition. If the country
was so desirable, what keeps the
white men from settling, for they are
known to prefer good settlements, good
water and rich lands. A convenient
market is what all farming people
want, and webave some pitteasion*
to that name.
Our hunters have long since explored
that country, and have been unani
mous in their report, vvhiclisays it
is in a great measure unfit for culti
vation eccept immediately on the
rivers And vve are well assured by
intelligent disinterested white men
that the Choctaws have not arable
land sufficient for their support with
out drawing largely on the Bcamer and
buffuloe. There was once a time
when our fathers sought the woods fpc
a precarious subsistance, but that time
is gone. Actual experience has
taught us that we can get a more'
comfortable support from our fields
with half the fatigue that the chase
formerly gave us—At some convenient
time we propose to give you some ac
count of die relations between tins’"
nation and the general Government.
Respectfully your friends and Bro
thers,
PUSHMETAHAW,
PUCKSHUNNUBBEE.
fiENL. COUfli C ILu
COMMIT! EE.
Tuesday, Oct. 20.
It was resolved, on motion of D.
Vann, in order to testify to the talent
ed author ot the series of essays now
in a course of publication in the Na
tional Intelligencer, on “the present
crisis of the American Indians,” the
respect and gratitude of the Cherokee
people; and in order to insure a more
extensive circulation of the same,,
and afford to the citizens of this na
tion the means of becoming more ac
quainted with the relation they sus
tain to the United States, to have
those able essays published in a
pamphlet form.
On motion of Joseph Vann, it vva»
resolved to have those essays trans
lated into the Cherokee language.
On motion of Mr. Gunter a resolu
tion was passed, regulating die duties
of the clerks of tho several Courts,
nnd requiring them to perform these
duties under the sanction of an oath,
and to give bonds with sufficient secu
rities to the National Treasurer for
their faithful performance, viz: The
Clerk of the Supreme Court, in a
bond of $1000; the Clerks of the Cir
cuit Courts, each, in a bond of $500;
and the Clerks of the District Courts,
each,in a bond of $200.
Wednesday Oct. 21.
On motion of J. Timpson, i,t was
resolved, that in case of removal,
death, resignation, or inability of the
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Na
tion, the Assistant Principal Chief
shall perform the duties of Principal
Chief, until the vacancy or inability
be removed by the General Council,
and the president of the Committee
shall then act as assistant Pr ncinal
Chief; and if the Principal and as
sistant Principal chiefs shall not he
able to discharge, respectively their
duties in consequence of removal from
office, resignation, death or other wise,
the president of the Committee shall
perform the duties of the Principal
Chief nnd the Speaker of the council
shall perform the duties of Assistant
the Principal Chief, until the General
Council in session shall fill the vacan
cies, or remove the disability.
A resolution was adopted, repeal
ing the law passed 12tli Nov. 1825, ,
authorizing the issuing of permits for
five years to mechanics, and making
other regulations on the subject. By
the resolution now adopted, it is made
the duty of the person who wishes to
introduce into the nation a mechanic,
to petition the Treasurer for a permit,
and to obtain three or more respect a*,
ble signers in his neigborhood to the*I
petition,
Thursday, Oct. 22.
The petition of John Duncan and.
William Rogers, pnying for on a-
mendment to the law passed 3-1 st
October, 1825, on the subject of
inine6, so that the discoverer may be
allowed two years to make experi
ments, after which time to become
the property of the nation, and sub
ject to such regulations as the nation
may deem proper, was presented.
On motion of James Daniel, it was
laid on the table.
The resolution of the Council, ap
pointing Edward Graves to take the
Journals of the legislative Council,
and cause the same to be published
in the Cherokee Innguage, was re
ceived and agreed to.
Messrs. David Vann and Samuel
Ward were appointed a committee^
