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lien, in hunger and thirst, in fasting* of- 1
these children of bondage. In 9t. , ten,” ill sickness and death. And the
Oni.x the number annually bh.pti.ssd Lord ga\e them many proofs that
amounted to one hundred, and in 9t. ; “Christ crucified is the .power of God
John it exceeded filly. ' i and the wisdom of God unto salvation,
In 1760, ;i famine prevailed in these t 0 every one that believeth,” whether
islands. Many negrotra- died with hun- ho be bond or free,
gar. and the missioiyirica had a scanty - f
B. N.
supply of food*, but God give them the
bread of life; and ninny who wore in
bondage to man, and in- slavery to^ba-
tan, became lire Lord’s freemen. The
missionary labors, from the constant
toil of the slaves, were performed in
the nmiit; but God blessed them. i lie
children had separate meetings; the
believers grew in grace, mid missiona
ries rejoiced in their work <>1 love.—
Yet new trials a-.vaited them; for they
were of those who through much tribu
lation enter into heaven. At one time
a general insurrection of the negroes
occurred, with which the wicked at
tempted to connect the pious slaves —
In one station- the mission-house was
burned. In,two others, the churches
and the dwelling houses were destroyed
by a hurricane. Tins tempest was suc
ceeded by famine and. Sickness. But
these external distresses seemed to n-
wakcri tiio desire after the knowledge of
BOR1EST1C.
the vw.y of salvation, so that mat
ry month, were added to the emu
•h.
in i 132, fifty years had elapsed since
tile C.OUUttimecmoht lai.oic
b/ the oiethrcn, a.id the 21st of Au
gust was kepi a.? a jubilee. Within this
period they had baptised eight thousand
eigat hundred and thirty-three adult
negroes. Ui’ these two thousand three
hundred and eigc.ty-one had died. Oi
fiio missionaos and their assistants,
their wives and ehiidren’, one hundred
and twenty-seven had died,
Missions, hvthe midst of various tri
als, have oontiuucd to too present time,
exhibiting the scit dniiuii and zeal oi tiio
brethren,-and also the grace oijGod.
Tho Roman Gutiiolio proprietors often
obliged tiicit slaves to work on the.
Lord’s dav, and time.deprived them of
Um opportunity of attending Inc church.
Some of these masters required them
ty m.rg a stipulated sum ol money to
l icm wqokiy, when it was difficult to
p.v.caVe it.; and m case ol Ultimo to do
this, they rigidly itiuioted scvcie pun
ishment. Tips tempted many of the
uo'jroos t > rason. to fraudulent practices.
clt-
arms tv ero cured; frightening the wo-| for the stranger, and for the soje/vrner■. sadly disappointed by Tecetit ihlel
men and children, and warning them among than: fyc. Numbers, 36th c. loth gence lroaa that country,
to lleo immediately, or.they would tear The seat of their general council A bill of injunction drawn up at th
the houses down 1 over their hcadsy pnd Tiouse, aller the formation of a written instance ol Walter Adair and John l 1
constitution and laws; was called in Adair, charging that they are native
mllections of the old New of the Cherukee nation of Indians; am
massacre them before night. They ac
cuse the Rev. Isand McCoy,- instead- tenderest recollections
of acting the part of a peace-maker, j Echota [pronounced E-tsho-tali]
(as lie has stntttd,) of appearing at the ) It is not unfrequently the case, in
head of a company., with a gun on his passing through gaps of the mountains,
From tiio Columbian Coutinol.
Letter to (he Editor of tl;e Vmtincl dated
Washington, Feb. 13.
In my last 1 apprized you of a whis
per from those who have means of
knowing what is going on in the wig
wam, that important changes would soon
take place in the cabinet responsible
I told you thut’Messrs. Mcl.ane and.
Cass were like to bo turned put o’doors.
The fact has been known for some
weeks that tho President has not been
perfectly satisfied with their sentiments
and views on his schemes: he has re-
nhoiilder, ordering the Mormons to the traveller discovers large heaps ot
leave tho country forthwith, and surren- stones; weighing, peiliaps from one
der what arms they had; and, other pro- to five pounds. The Indian tradition
tended- preachers,, are implicated by of this is, that in times past, when they
them in the persecution.
The writers continue the detail of tho
flight, subsequent treatment, and suff
erings of their people, up to the time of
publication. The greater portion of
them tied to Clay county, ‘where the
started on a w ar, or hunting, and as
cended those mountains which overlook
ed their towns or homes, they would
all pray to the Great Spirit, promising
if he would keep them, and make their
enterprise prosperous and bring them
people are as kind and accommodating again in safety to that place, that again
could reasonably be- expected.’—j they would pray unto him ; and as a
But a number of families—consisting of j covenant, each would take up a stone
about 150 persons—went into the new and cast them in a heap: see Genesis
county of Van Buren, from whence, : 2oth c. 18, and 31, 45, 46.
will
contly indulged in putty face remark, | the writers state, an express had just,, doubtless be enabled to discover a very
and 1 have good authority for suying (.arrived, stall.-g, that these families : striking similarity between the eircum
that he lately remarked, in presence ol
a member of Congress .and another,
tiiat liis “own cabinet did not Come up
to the line called for by the people,”— :
“•the) feared the clamors of the Bank
meetings” >kc. It is now generally
understood here that Mr. Me Lane
has tendered his resignation It is al
so supposed that Mr. Ca^s is sinll inorb
out of favor than Mr. Me . one, but
were about t-> be d i> en from that coun
ty by face, ailer building their houses,
and carting g-ain for 40 or 50- miles.—
Several families had already lied.—
Van Buren county is estimated to con
tain 30 or 40 families, exclusive of their
own. sect. In ,a postscript Jhe writers
state, that intelligence, hud been reoiev-
cd from Independence, iri Jacks- n coun-
jty, of fresh outrages having neen coin-
stances related, and the senptu
currences and facts referred to
But, after all, some would still ob
ject to my supposition, by inquiiing
•how,, could any of the Israelites ever
have reached these shores. To such
1 would reply, we have every neoces-
sary assurance, that in the reign ot
ill
asserting the Cherokees to be an intle
pendent nation, has been aunctionei
and served upon Wm G. Springer esq
the states agent, for the purpose of re
straining him from executing an im
portunt act of the last legislature
whereby many good citizens who
entitled to grants for their lands, v.
be kept out of possession, and exclude
troni all the benefits intended by
act in question.
But the evil will not stop hero,
the State’s agent is to be arrested
the discharge of his duties, becalm
the Cherokees are a sovereign natio
every individual who has drawn or pi
chased land in that territory, may ex
pect a similar process against hirnse
in behalf of some sovereign < her ok
who may please to set up his claim.
It is time for the people- to look
their interests—to vindicate their right
and stand by, and support thoxe, wh
are willing to execute the laws.
' The Judge may grant injunctions
he may make decrees,—he may sou
out attachments for contempts—he nia
imprison put citizens—if he can;
me
that lie has no idea of resigning, pre- ' mitted near that' yiilagb, on the night of
lei niter t,, let the President exorcise the tj lt . 034 December, upon four aged and
Some masters, by acts ot cruelty,
ten,.ted the Christian negroes to the
commission of sin. Others indicted on ;
. ........ ... 0 - i.—...» j tor siiilht
many to rejoice even in their bondage,
and oy their patience, and meekness,
ao ! ,-ieadlastnc'ss, to show the power
of the cross. Some even Mossed God
that lie had suffered them to be stolen
from tiieir native country, and brought
where they had heard of Jesus. One
of them, whose name was Cornelius,
was particularly -distinguished for his
industry, zeal, prudence, and talent.—
With lac fruits of his labor he first pur
chased tiio freed om of his wife, and then
with a considerable sum obtained his
own. After his emancipation ho was
appointed an assistant in the mission,
and greatly exerted himself in the ser
vice of the Lord, often spending whole
dhys and nights in making Christ
known to his brethren. While thus en
gaged in promoting the salvation of his
countrymen; ne toiled hard, tiiat he
might purchase the freed »m of his six
children, and by degrees he emancipat
ed them. But fie was more solicitous
for their delivery froiq the dominion of;
sin tiiun of man, and he had the joy of
seeing his family thus blessed, and ev
en counted worthy to be employed as as
sistants in tho mission. While thus
•toiling for his family, he was •’ready to
distribute” to the’ poor, Though as a
preacher of righteousness, he was popu
lar with the white people as well a's
With the negroes* he was a humble ser
vant of Christ, ami thought too meanly
of himself to-despise .nr prescribe others
of inferior-zeal and gifi's. Me died us
lie had lived, ailer walking nfiy-two
years before God, leaning on Jesus.—
As his children and many of bis grand
children were gatherered around his
death-bed, he said, “Here, Lord, is thy
. poor unworthy Cornelius, and - tho chil
dren whom thou hast given me ,T
The trials oftbe oppressed negroct-
were the trials of their teachers, as
their joys also were one. But the
brethren had otficr alilictions. The
Lord often took to biofcelf those labor
ers who seemed ihosf needed below.—
The islands were conquered by a foj-
eign enemy, and the mission-house for-
a time was converted ruto a hospital.-—
Some of the. brethren who hastened to
help them were shin-wrecked; others
'were captured; and at one time a con
tagious disease prevailed, so that most
ot the missionaries suffered from it;
and in less than five weeks, three of
the dear brethren and two of the sisters
finished their pilgrimage, and entered
into the joys of .their Lifrd. But the
missionaries continued their labors of
love, notwithstanding these “perils ih
the hcr and perils on the land, in weari
ness and paiuiulness, in watchings ol-
powcr and the responsibility ol remov- infirm families, u'h
ing him from a post to which he was ^ r , remain th
called without solicitation. The lan
guage of the President is. tiiat he was
placed at (lie head of the Government
to restore the Constitution to its true
position, and to fulfil the wishes oi the
people, and that when he has done this,
he is willing to retire to the Hermitage.
He not unfrequently says that lie will
not have about him, those who are op
posed to his measures. Such a man
as Mr. Mci ane could not be expected
long fo remain patient under such hints.
The opinion gains gr mad that Mr.
Hives will he Secretary of State, and
M Forsyth would stand some chance
of taking Mr. Taney’s place, had lie
not admitted that he might he induced
to favor the charter ol a .rational Bank,
however he was opposed to the Bank.
I>V*e3idei!t’more Yn JJlP-
more so because he is from Fennsyl-
ratiia. Mr. Duane was last year ap-
had been suffered
10 houses were in
jured and the lives of the inmates en
dangered.—Republican.
Solo then, they learned to some degree 1 there is a spirit among the white
of perfection the art of navigation, one j of Georgia, that will Gokdown Judg
which no doubt they iinpi'oved until
the dispersion of the'fen tribes; when
perhaps numbers of the m scorning to
bo subjected t * a foreign yoke, eml ark
ed, determined to seek and colonize
some more peaceful clime Guided
by divine providence, they ultimate-v
reached this vast comine- t,— explored
its coast, visited its interior, gave it
a thin population, in process ot time,
lost the knowledge, in a great degiee
of God and their duty, of the arts and
H per and his Indian u.jucuonuj ti
Executive will do his duty arid the pe<
pie will sustain him. He will mamlai
their rights with tininess and indi
pendeuco—and they will stand h
with strength and spirit
hi
Vand vi.ia Jan. 18.
African Wait.—We learn from
Mstdison county, that a week since a
small party of men went into the African
settlement in that county, 111 oider'to
arrest n black man by the name of Deter, I sciences; and thus oecauie the wander-
vvhose case was decided at the late set- ing savages.
ting of our Supreme Court. The ne- A short account of their religion,
gro made tight, and bred his riile, which laws .and customs, will furnish matter
being struck by one of (he party at the 1 for a second communication,
instant, the ball passed through the roof’ Lebanon Jan. .1' 1834.
of the house. A pist il. was then fired . [13 udinott, the first President of the
at the breast of the negro, who fell, 1 American iimlo Society-, in his “Star
but immediately Arose, and made his in the West,” hq? traced many emu-
escape. The party being too weak to ’ cideuces between the customs *1 the
capture the runaway, left a man by tho i American Indians, and the israel-
FO Fife 14*3.
,pJ'.Adams to keep watch, while iites.]
absence, Adams \Vas jct upo'n by two
or three female negresses, who assailed
i,_ .- - pr"". , ' i y 1 » l,c " him with an axe and clubs, cutting and
cause fie was trom the “Key State:” _ ■ . . ’ b
th
I mauling him in f shocking nanner.—
J ln ' c !enasylyaiiia s r fhe next day 01; night tlie examination
favorite institution assassinated by one
of her own citizens at the head of the
Treasury: but Mr. Duane was refrac
tory in regard to tbe mode of opera
tions and that scheme failed: the blun
derbuss was well charged, but it played
foul and kicked over those who had
charged it. No doubt the rulin
ers would
and search was renewed; the females
defended thqrnsehes by throwing scal
ding wafer upon the whites by which
several were scalded severely. During
the fracas, a gun went off at half-cock,
: 1 if-' .-i__ 1 11 .1
Ed. Oiss. /
From f .ho fetanr.ari! of Union..
CIIEROKEE bG\ EKEi.G NTY
STATE SOVEREIGNTY.
The aspect of affairs, in the Cherokee • ol, 4 , P et l-
country, is assuming -a character and
complexion, demanding not only the
vigilance of the government, nut the
sober consideration of every citizen
who regards the sovereignty of the I
. -f rom tho N. Y. Journal 01' commerce
SPAIN.
Paris, December
The Courier Franeuis gives it as
report, that the Council is at this m
ment occupied very seriously upon
tolhiwing incident in Spain. Tweut
six battalions of Chnstinos Volume
have been completely organized m C
uloiiia, but they have toimeily denial
ed the disimssai of M. pea, und tne
tadlishmeut ol a Constitution. JU
itaynev’ai, it adds, lias expressed v
great uneasiness on the subject.
Bavonne, Dec. lb.—We have
pp«r . , VVr- fini-p. not Avon I)
... . . ...- „vnn
ot a skirmish, i et the roads are
entirely lice, since the diligence, wh
left this town yesterday, did not
lure to go beyond T oinsa, for tear
Travellers prefer
as is said, lodging t he ball in the groin ! ^ or the rights'of the peopto
pow-
ot one of the females, whose life it is
?akl,. is despaired of. The negroes
The state pf Georgia, a few years
since, acting upon her own constitu
tional sovereignty, determined to dis-
ment again through the^ agency^of a 1 IT'/r^° C |^* ® n< *, one , or t w<r lodged-1 tional sovereignty, determined to dis-
PcnnsvTvtunaii. " “ y I " S <f '’ le “ ) —‘W •*<■'e »mce b,ei I thnl p *,W „ fherWtri , thcn
it ia said that Mr. Seldcu of Now I , m ,'’'* - 33 Ull ‘ <--istand. 1 ho tie- | occu|>i.d Its the Cherokee Indians, and
York, is about to prortoso an amend- i K,"‘T «*“ d , ecl f' 1 k { '
to Mr. MoDt/iiCs rosolutiotlsJos”"' ;. 1 '” 8 - ” “ u<leKi, “ nil > '? alle ' l>,s
meat
I’lie above rnav not be a very correct
-count ot the ah-air, But wo believe
[Advocate.
accou
outline
s aic correct.
declaring that the reasons of Mr. Ta
ney are iusullicieiit, and that the depos
ites ought immediately to be restored, ^h
This, alter all, is nothing more than is
implied in Mr. Webster’s report’in I
tiie Seriate. The only object js to have j _
this question met at once in the House | ' From the DKptcrit MetO&I
as it has been in the Senate, without; ORIGIN O^-THE CHEROKEES.
waiting for the tardy action of the Coni- :
ixr ■ i n« ... ,,i Messrs. Editors.—The curious and-
mnteo ot U ay s and Means. Should i inquisitive have long since manifested
such an amendment prevail, and lead
■ accordingly it was surveyed: thrown
into the wheels of the lotteries—drawn
out, and thereby became the property
of individuals. *
The opposition to this measure, both
in and out of Georgia, and the various
arguments brought forward to defeat
it, are very familiar to tho writer, and
may l*o spoken of more at large, “at - a
more convenient season.”
The measure, however, met the pub
lic approbation by an overwhelming ma
jority in the state, and was fully sus
suen an amendment prevail, antl lead j anxiety to know, from wl,ich of Noah’s i ff'V. ! !1 * ne ; 8ta and was tul v sus-
to a joint resolution, the veto could m,t, M>nS) the aborigines of North America ta , ined by * hat 6 al,a, ‘ t a " d l? atr ‘ otlc r old
apply to it, and the Secretary would j |, av e their origin "' Ur ' 0, ‘“ " tUn
hardly dare to disobey the mandate of
both Houses. This, alter all, is the
only alternative, and the question ought
to be met at once.
Sr. Louis Jau’y 30.
The Mormons.—The last Western
mail brought us a handbill in defence of
the motives and conduct of the Mor
mons since their settlement in Jackson
county in 1831. It is signed by three
individuals of the sect—Dailey Draft,
Newell Knight and JohnCarrill; and
is dated on the litli December T his
publication -ascribes the persecutions
vyhich they have suffered, not to auy
criminal violation of the laws or the
right. s ot others, but to their religious
opinions'. These persecutions are said
to have b.ien unrelenting, and to have
been accompanied by misrpresentation,
end serious injury to property and per
son, Of cour&D, they differ from the
opposite party in th« details of th6 dis
turbances pi NoveiubL'r last, which ter
minated in their expuieioiT Rom Jackson
county. The burden of the blame is
thrown upon ‘the mob,’ as their oppon
ents nr called: the writers accuse <Lt
Gqv. Boggs, Col. J’jtcher aiid Col.
Lucas, of practising a stratagefn npop
them, and thereby depriving them of
their arms. The conduct of the citi
zens, ailer the arms of th^ Mormons
had been surrendered, fs represented in
strong nrtd indigunnt terms—bursting
I feel well convinc- : ® itizen > ' v , ho sits at ' the bcad of ° lir
Qd, that of this, we shall never be in- | G ^ 1 eral Go ^ e r nm . ent ’ , .. ^
1 llius sustained m her policy, the
formed certainly; unless He who made . , , . .. , - -
r ■ -• .... ! state proceeded to organize the country
of one blood nil nations that dwell upon j T™, P roceedea . .
the earth shall condescend to inake* us ? at a number of counties
, and a judicial circuit, and to appoint
! the proper officers for executing the
a special reyelation ou this subject.
It is. liQ\yever, allowable I believe,
to offer sonic speculations, built upon
hypothesis, and plain matter of fact.
laws of tho State
The counties have elected their offi-
and sent their representatives to
•On the latter 1 rely principally, in sup- cers > and sent taeir representatives 1
port of the notions which I shall here ^Legislature, who have taken the
full share in legislating for the state.
advance.
To me at least it is.probable that the
A Judge of the superior courts was ap-
Indians (as they are commonly called) P ointed . who has for more than a year.,
are the descendants of Shcm, . of Abra-! been ®*ercising jurisdiction over the
bain, ot Isaac, of Jacob. Permit me
to remark here, that I write directly
in reference' to the Cherokee tribe, a-
mong whom I labored as a missionary
one year; and from whom 1 learned the
circumstances and traditions ' detailed
I people by state authority, and who is
sworn to execute the laws of the s.tate,
within its jurisdiction.
Thus organized, we had hoped that
the handful of Cherokees who still lin-
! gered upon our soil, would either sub-
below, which go strongly to support! mit quietly to our laws, or accept the
the above supposition. They once had
u city of refuge, tlje site of whifch could
be pointed out—perhaps adjhcent, or
immediately on the line which divides
Tennessee State from North Carolina.
It wau called, and is yet known by the
name Ecliota,—“the beloved,” “the
holy cityi”
On this consecrated spot, human
blood was not to be shed. It afforded
not only protection to transgressors of
their own tribe, Inlt prisoners of war
Were safe if ever they pluced their feet
on lire sacred ground and continued
there. “ These six cities shall be u ref-
into houses without fear knowing the nge, both far the children of Israel, and
boon offered by the General Govern
ment, of removing to a country, far
better suited to their habits and pur
suits.
Of one thifig at least, we felt confi
dent; that however restless tho Indians
might be; whatever steps their conn-
scllorsmight advise—whatever interest,
Wirt, Webster, Freelinghuysen Henry
Clay and the Supreme Court might
take in the matter, the officers appoint
ed hy the state, and charged with the
execution of her laws, would under no
circumstances be instrumental in con
tinuing old difficulties or raising up
new ones; but • in this we have been
tl
and Sarragossu. El Castor has rctu
yd to Tplosa. His expedition agai
the l ai lists hus been attended
great difficulties. Tfie jcuds nave
come in such a terrible condition
consequence of the. ram that it
nearly impossibfe to advance.—1
Memorial has also the lbllowing, ft
Saint Jean-Fied-de-i ort, 'of the i
“A French jiestor, who has scon
insuigents, states that they are
most pitiable condition. 1 wo third;
tlfcm are without qny shoes on
feet, and have, nothing to covci tl
heads but a small linen cloth, in
state they wander for days togetlie
the mountains, which are covered
snow’, obtaining either by terror, or
pity they inspire, just sufficient lbod
enable them to drag themselves aloi
The troops ol Sarsiield or \ aides
have an easy victory whenever tl
come up with them. We have
here during the last three days a Spi
ish Commissary with, it is said, 80
OOOfr for the payment of the Quei
troops.”
Saragossa, Dec. 12.—The D(
of this date contains an account of
defeat of the rebels ot Morelia, at
landa, near Alcaguiz. The - result
this action has been the total disp
sion of the remains of tho insurgent:
Moreila, who, throwing down tl
arms, and taking advantage of the
turc of the country made their esca
The loss of the enemy may be estiu
ed at hfty killed, but 1 cannot give
exact numbers, as 1 have not had t
to collect the bodies. We have tal
only eight prisoners, on account of
shelter ufforded the fugitives by the
evenness qf the ground. . The Wh
family of Baron Hei •ves, coniprisj
his wife, his three daughters, atwi
servants, who were with him, haVe
len into .our hands. Don V incent
ses, Captain of the Royalist Vol
toers, and Don Juan Domene, have
so thrown themselves upon oUr rtei
W T e have _ got possession of a g 1
number of muskets, an.d large qua
ties of ammunition, clothing, and ot
stores. The precipitancy of the e
my’s flight ivas eiich, that he left all
equipments in the village. Tho Dij
also contains a despatch from the 0
ernor of Alcaguiz, announcing that
Queen’s troops entered Moreila
in tho morning of tho 10th inst.
Paris, Dec. 25.—The following
telligence, from Madrid, is of the t
inst. Tranquility is far from being