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CHEROKEE PIIOENIX AND INDIANS’ADVOCATE. lege of permitting so much as an in dividual Mahometan subject of the Sultan to reside there, or to retain, beyond the tenh of 18 months, one foot of land, however acquired. Es tablishments of troops are to be kept up by the Dospodars, independently of the Sultan, and they are at liberty to draw Sanitary Cordons when and Where they please, along the Danube. The Turkish government is forced to relinquish all claim to contribution in corn, provisions, cattle, timber, and other articles in kind, which it has heretofore recieved from those prin cipalities. Tn lieu of these contribu tions, an annual tribute of money, the amount of which is to be determin ed hereafter, is to be paid, but no call is to be made, until two years after the evacuation of those provinces by the Russians—which evacuation will hot take place, until Turkey ha* paid up the whole amount of the indemni ties—which payment she is not ex pected to make within ten years. Finally, the Turk binds himself to confirm every administrative measure which the Russians may have adopted during their military tenure of those provinces, provided Buch decrees do not infringe upon the rights of sove reignty of the Porte. The London Morning Journal, a paper violently opposed to the ad ministration of the Duke of Welling ton, contains the following paragrah: “The voice of public, distress call ing upon his Majesty’s Ministers to re assemble Parliament, and take into consideration the deplorable slate of the country, has, we have reason to know, been attended to by our gra- cibus Monarch. His Majesty lias de termined that the desperate situation of affairs shall no longer be left to the capacity of the Premier and his cabal—that the effects both of 'our foreign and domestic policy shall be made the subject of legislative inqui ry—in a word, that the meeting of Parliment for a despatch of business shall not 4 be delayed beyond the first week in January!” CHEROKEE PtHEMX. NF.W ECHOTA: DECEMBER ‘it, 1829. On onr first page we have inserted, from the Missionary Herald, able remarks of the editor of that popular publication on the letter of Mr. Eaton to Col. Ward, Agent for the Choctaws, and Col. Folsom’s speech in answer to that letter, published a few weeks ago in the Phccnix. The “Hiwassean” has stated that there arc about six hundred Cherokee Indians encamped at the Agency in readiness to emigrate to the west of tho Mississippi.— This we apprehend is a mistake. There may probably be about three hundred em igrants at that place, including women, children and negroes. The Joint Committee on the state of the Republic in the legislature of Georgia, to whom was referred the talk of the Presi dent ofthe United States to the Creek In dians, and the letter of the Secretary of War to the Cherokee Delegation, together with other documents, developing the pol icy of the General Government towards 4he Aborigines, made report, of which the following is the closing part, Wc would only say, we were not aware before that the President could withdraw a guaranty contained in treaties solemnly made, and approved by the highest authorities of the Country-. Such being the usages concerning Indians, the policy adopted by the 'General Government is clearly pr'-p- |pr, at least so far ofe it is intended to induce them to remove beyond the limits of the States, ot to withdraw From those limits; and to extend to them, in some favorable position, the aid and protection of the government. The advantages resulting from a lo- fcation beyond the limits ofthe states, depend on an exemption from the mis chievous intercourse of bad while Incn, and from the collisions of rival sovereignty, and upon the unobstruc ted exertions of the government, and various benevolent associations for their benefit, fn this view ofthe sub ject, it is not wonderful that the re ligious public are beginning to use their exertions to promote emigration to the delightful region beyond the Mississippi; for, however the son of the forest may be entitled to the fights of humanity, and however the states may ho disposed to avoid col lision with the General Goverrtndent, in relation to Indian affairs, a depend- put situation within tho states, is at tended with evils loo obvioufe and too serieus to be overlooked. These c- vils to the ludians might be greatly enhanced by the manner of exercising t(ie power, entering into the composi tion of sovereignty, of buying oil’, or otherwise removing, the permissive oc cupancy of the territory claimed by them; lor, although tho President of the United States has given a guaran tee-of ibis occupancy, it is not per ceived that this guarantee rests on ti ny valid foundation; and it may, there fore, be presumed, that it will ultim ately be withdrawn, when the Pres ident shall have reviewed the whole ground, including the exposition of Indian titles, made by au authorized agent with the apparent sanction, of a late administration of the General Government. In view ofthe premises, the Com mittee recommend the adoption of the following resolution, viz: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That they approve the pol icy oi‘ the General Government to wards the Indians, so far as it is cal culated to induce them to remove beyond the operation of those causes which evidently tend to retard their improvement; and to extend to them, in a favorable posision, the fostering protection qiid assistance of the coun try. The same Committee also reported a bill entitled “An act to add the territory lying within the chartered limits of. Geor gia, and now in the occupancy of the Cherokeee Indians, to the oeunties of Carroll, Dekalb, Gwinnett, Hall and Habersham, and to extend the laws of this state over the same, and to re peal all laws and ordinances made by the Cherokee Nation of Indians; and provide fo.‘ the compensation of offi cers serving legal process in said ter ritory, and to regulate the testimony of Indians.” The five first sections apportion the territory among >he counties named, The (ill) section extends civil and criminal laws over it. The 7lb section declares null and void all Cherokee laws, orders, regu lations, &e. &c. nor are defendants allowed to justify, or courts of law to receive the same in evidence. The 8th section imposts a tax of cents, as a full lax on every full blooded male Indian of 21 aiyj up wards. The 9lh section points out the man ner of suing out legal process, and its compensation. Officers serving tiie same, in case of resistance to call the aid ofthe citizens of the above named counties. The 1 Oth section provides that no Indian or descendant shall be a com petent witness in any court, until the Judge is satisfied that the witness has a due sense of the obligation of an oath. As the policy of the State of Georgia, concerning the Cherokees, is Well known to the public, we refrain from making any comments—oUr readers will judge for themselves. At no time before has there been such a public excitement on the subject of In dian affairs, as at the present. That the excitement is’still increasing vve have eve ry reason to believefrom newspapers which come to us from different parts of the country, and from private letlers. All this is encouraging. The good people ofthe United States need only to understand the claims arid rights of the Indians in order to protect them from oppression. We are happy to perceive that some who are advocates of Indian emigration, are ready, openly to discountenance the arbitrary movements of Georgia. Such persons, though they may differ from us in opinion, deserve our respect—we respect them, be cause they are willing to give us our priv. ileges as a people, St to protect us in them, and not to consider us as mere tenants at will, or as children; having no right to choose for ourselves. We are led to these observations from the follow ing ex tract of the remarks of the editor of fhe Freehold (N. J.) Enquirer. The editor is favorable to a removal of the Indians. What shall we do with them? [In dians]—Shall they be permitted to re main and be protected as independ ent tribes, governed as heretofore by their own laws? Shall they be com pelled to amalgamate with the whites? Or should they emigrate west of the Arkansas and there become an inde pendent people under “eveiy kind of guarantee,” from the General Gov ernment? The first queitiwi. has been answered by the Executive of the General Government in the negative, that they caiinot be protected" L^l us for a moment suppose the General Government bad nothing to do with this matter—that it was siniplj a question between Georgia and the Indians—then could Georgia exiel these Indians, destroy their * Govern ment, and compel them to become their subjects and their slaves? Fre quently when the Indians were string and the State weak, the former luid been treated with as free and inde pendent nations—their sovereignty had been acknowledged—it wes free ly granted they had a right to be gov erned by their own separate laws and customs, and that too in tlie very places where they now dwell—they were treated with as all other nations —upon the principle of tiro laws of nations—could then Georgia now say to the Indians, when the balance of power lias been reversed, you are within the state boundaries, your land is ours, we have a right to sell or tax it, and you have no right to en joy a separate and distinct Govern ment within the limits of Georgia? suppose <bey bad said so two hundred year's ago, wliat would have been the consequence? and have they greater lights now than then? Is then this conduct of Georgia just and honora ble? Have they a right to do wliat they say? We answer they have the same right that the Lion lias to crush and devour the Lamb. But in addi tion to this the Indians claim a guar antee from the United States Gov ernment—but this we are told by Col. M’Keilney is only a guarantee of pos session of tho land and not of sove reignty-ibis may be a correct through rather a new doctrine,—tie treaty with the Cherokees wo be lieve says no white man is to enter the Indian Country without perhiiss- ion of the tribe—if this be so, it is cer tainly coming pretty near sovereign ty— however we fire not disposed tc dispute ibis point one way or the oilier. Wo have been asked whether the Cherokees ami the other Southern Indian tlilies have increased or de creased, since their betaking them selves to civil and agricultural life, and if the former in wliat ratio? The question we have no means of answer ing, and we would refer it to the in telligence and politeness of the Edi tor of the Cherokee Pluenix. Afo iimo utk E:iqui m•. The Cherokees have been increasing within the last twenty or thirty years, anil oflate, iu a common ratio of increase a- inongthe whiles. Among the Choctaws amt Chickasaivs, the increase is probably nearly as rapid. We have no means of ascertaining the truth in regard to the Creeks. A number haye emigrated of late the west ofthe Mississippi. From the Augusta. (Geo.) Chronicle. Cherokee Relations.—The following letter from Gen. Coffee of Alabama, lo the Executive of Georgia, just re ceived, will show that the General Government are disposed to enquire into the justice of our claims without delay, and to put us in the enjoyment of them as 90011 as the extent of those rights is properly ascertained. We think any impatient interference on our part, while this aspect of things continues, would have no good effect, as it would so far evince a distrust in the intentions, as well es cast a cen sure upon (lie conduct of the National Government, which would be equal ly at variance with reason and policy. Nashville, Ten. 3d Nov. 1829. Sir—I came to this place a few days since on business, where I have received instructions from the Sec retary of Wafr, directing me to pro ceed to the Cherokee Nation, and collect such testimony as I may be able to obtain, relative to the true boundary line between the lands of the Creek nation, and those of the Cherokees, and to forward the same to the Government, to enable them to determiiie with more certainty on the true line between those nations, wherein the State of Georgia ha9 of late become interested; and between whom and the Cherokees there exists a difference of opinion aud a dashing of interest. 1 linvo undertaken to perform that duty, and for that pur pose l oxpect to leave my residence uear Florence, Alabama, on the 16th inst, and proceed direct to the Cher okee Agency ii> that Nation, and may reasonably expect to reach that place about the 32d inst. And as I pre sume you feel interested in this sub ject on the prirt of the State of Geor gia, aud majr have obtained much ii>- foruiation relative thereto, may I ask j the lavor Ol you to furnish me with ; whatever may be in your possession I which may throw light on the stihject; 1 and to forward the same si as to meet me at the Cherokee Agency as soon after my arrival there as may be perfectly convenient to you, as it is desirable that 1 shall collect the information sought for, and report the same as soon as possible. I have the honor to be sir, with great respect, your obedient ser vant, JOHN COFFEE, llis Excellency John Forsith. The question on ihe basis of rep resentation lias been taken in the Virginia Convention, and decided by a rnajoiity ot one, in favor of white population ami property iu the Senate, and white population alone in the House if Representatives, member ivus absent. bu Alexander Johnson of Connelsville, Fayette County. Pa. lias ubscribtd cue bundled dollars a year, lor ten years, to the Board of Missions ol the General Assembly. oSr O-AZ J*PE TJP CeUJlob DhB«c6 POlT O-dea* AA ChZfPAof, YIVitKA TeBIBF Drf omi'»sa..i ahi. AUftyh diib*^ o»- JcSAAcr hKi'S. AD«y/i G<«<V* T8TFAA qo*J>»T, U5)Zft- - (Pinaz tApr AyhSiico, cowm o-sajaa 4>i.u,ir»». 0 3 A.»cr.a,*o?yi. Ee.hT*j h*-*' no Tyc-Stfotul Ty«i»0-C=T, TCFtSPIiEE Dcf Tyotf'**V* ©-ASPm'A Ac?PotA, 0 OAIi D 4 (Hi HArvi-a Eivei-Aj-aj lkro i r y u*ys DIiE©,» Gi TASIAV. DIi#t8«e T- -RcSy Gin, <hI)Cr DIilVTot- JJ(S dSotiT 3 CHliA* - i'-P* <*'«" viizr^BT, eiVz oovtcj esca O'ClACT JliifO-J* TSF«1/)At4 TITFAA, V VV AAc5 TLGPolAil It-q^cA Dvir-op. Tcroty/i q,\Acri?e.v izu* oe- r&O IiEIiLAFotU, <hJiV /»AAMjC~, A.lf ©p o-yw. t»Gft-5cwy m/iSd, ;c.<y,5 ®^t 5, 1829. | 0-1?A iil'R ^«yK,l TUxil.lP DIiBeiAF. 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F.ui Uij’O- jitvit .'4rw/iT dji- Fromtbe Cincinnati Gszcttr. fitful.Occident —O-i Tuesday night, I at a late hour after the election, a man i in Hamilton county came home, and V™**,* h ?™***** ro»h««AC»y understanding that the lock ot his gun, "' 7CO ’ r ^' a new rifle, which he had lately got, was out of order, went to trying it, or fixiiig it, (for he is an excellent work-1 man as a smith) blit unfortunately, af ter several trials, the gun went oil’, and horrible to relate the bullet went through the body of his daughter, an interesting child of 10 or 11 years old, w ho died of the wound oil Thurs day niuht follow ing. 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Drf G^4" BSJ-», TEtJAy D® TSTPAA, TSA^op D«r TSTP LSFoiA&V SCTAPT 1^- .lTot.l-1 AD IrAZPrP. ADoiyii qIlS- r>f>?4lAiS Dll TSTFAA*, “s.v irOFoiVVJiAF DhliSAT? O’OTl-StfSoeA T-QAPT?” TCTZ 0-OTF TI-4o?A, “SAZ O^AA? DtT SAZ E- .1A DAlXIiAAA O'GTP FRT?” ADZ h-OAiA y«DB(*yh TyyiTA.i d<t LyGr; TyajAA.twyi,z TyyiToC.i* JiT’er’T o-p- O-IJCF qePjep.Top. O-hGWMiyji G«ty A FA.I O’GPASA.l Ir- q A A lriy-y®APAof. AD TSTPAA IiEGC 3 - T, KTJF TACBP GUI DliRO-Gl^A 1)G- 1 AoP y«Z AdpyJT? Tt4#BP Givi DOA- T ,’MOr ^T-l, O^GtC-r’T SB Jho* ATM.M? •S'A.% D.ll Pcf.yi, DGf O-ToiE; Glr.5 UAA fG 0-.lW'l.o?5*. D3 .'AP-B PZ<«yAy. ^ CASTSKGS; ^iptllF- Subsi r 1 r[ ba? tot- sp.le a nuar.tity J of CASTINGS, of almost every des- criplini.; lm will sell low for ICT , c.vs’h c £3» oi- lie will rrreive Hides, Deer sk-ns, and all kii’da ut Furs in exchavure for them. • NO. F. WHEELER. Nov. 18, 18?«s. L’ROM mji lot on the ht day of Oct A otier last, an old sorrel horse, very poor, large shonliters with a large sear on one, occasioned from a burn, other marks not recollected. Any pet son who will inform me where he is, will oblige JNO. F. WHEELER-. Nov 18, 1330. lyforj\m nay jv. ivied. rSNUE Subscriber living at the Head of A Coosa, Cherokee Nation, wishes to know where a ceitain young man now re side. by the name of JCKH H. GIB3SS, by occupation a Printer, who a few monlhg since came from McMinn county, East Tennessee, and got employment in the ofc lice of the Cherokee Phcrnix, at Nftv E- chola tor a short time; he was discontinued from that office in Ihe latter part of the summer, and has remained in the migh$ borhood of Ooukillogee, near that place* until a few weeks ago, when he staitej from that place in company with a gentle^ man who was going to Macon, Georgia? I am informed by that gentleman, that said G libs wept on to Macon with him and leA him at that place about the 34ih or 25tli August ami started for Milledgcvi’le G orgia, to seek employment during the sitting ofthe Legislature, ll he should be at that place or any part of the State, I should take it as a favor ifrome friend (to Honesty and fair dealings) would let me know by mail; as said G bbs has gone off. aod has neglected to p.a v his hook account with me,—the account he owes me is ndt much—but information respecting Lini would no doubt benefit some of his other creditors—Mr. Gibbs is rather inclined to low built, about live feet llure or four irT- ches high, dark hair, tolerably free spoken aud lias a blemish in cne of his F.ves?, which prevents him from seeing much out of it. It has become too common these hard times for those Rroad-eloth-cont g- if* tlemen, if l may style them such, to make accounts in stores &. move to another sec tion. They deserve the notice of publrfc prints as much as high-way robbers, as they are always on the lookout and ready tv nractice friud on the public at large, and they cannot he ftinsidered otherwise, than Swindlers. GEO. M. LAVFJjfDF.R. . Otoher 2$/A, 1830. 20.—tf LAWS OF THE CHEROKEE NATION FOR. SALE HERB.