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the missionary. No 49 Vol. Vl.] LETTER OF GOV. TROUP TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR. Executive Department, > Milledgeville, 3d June , 1825. \ Sir —l have received by Maj. Andrews your letter of the 18th inst. The disposu tions manifested by your Government to do right io all the matters connected with the subject of my late communication, are only in accordance with my just expectations. lam happy that in the general,the measures deemed best, appear to be appropriate and judicious. Pardon me for making an exception. In searching the archives of your office, you will find at divers times and on various occasions, representations made of the conduct of the AgeDt, all or of which, should have disqualified him as a competent witness against the Govern ment of the State of On the recent one of the ratification of the Treaty of the Indian Springs, yourselves pronounced up on that incompeteocy,io terms not to be mis taken.—The Agent protested against tbe Treaty; the President submitted it to the Senate, and the Senate ratified it in con tempt of that protestation. If a single de claration of the Agent had been accredited, the President would not have submitted it; the Senate would not have ratified it. The IqfSt of your prominent acts therefore in re lation to this individual, places him io an attitude before yourselves which should have decided you to listen with great cau tion and reserVe, to any suggestions of his connected with any subject whatsoever. Whilst on the one hand he presents him self before you as an accuser of the Chief of tbe Government of Georgia, and the ac cusation is neither more or less than that the measures taken on his part have been the only exciting causes to the mischiefs and crimes perpetrated in the Nation, and you on tbe other hand so far sustain him in this position, as not only to receive it will ingtyi and to specify it distinctly, but to make it the basis of a most erroneous con struction of tbe Treaty, and inconsequence of that construction to address to me a most extraordinary request of the, Preei> dent, affecting important interests here; I must pray you to excuse me when I say to you iu answer, that I do not feel myself treated iD a very kindly or very generous spirit, and that if treated in the most kind ly and roost geuerous, such Hn expectation would be pronounced at once as unreason able on your part, and certainly not to be fulfilled on ours. Is it possible that the President could have consulted the Indian Treaty, and compared its provisions with those of the articles of agreement and ces sion, and at the same time have indulged this expectation ? Without troubling you with the argument, permit me to state (he fact. By the Treaty of the Indian Springs, the Indian claims are extinguished forever, The article is worded in the present tense. On the instant of the ratification, the title and jurisdiction became absolute in Geor gia without any manner of exception nr qualification, save the single one, which by the Bth article gives to the United States the power to protect, the Indians in their persons and effects against assaults upon either, by whites or Indians. For this pur pose your powers are quite ample ; and io /proceeding to the survey of the country, you will only find aids and guaranties on the part of this govermeot for the faithful execution of the article—beyond this you cannot pass—soil and jurisdiction go togeth er, and if we have not right of both at this moment, we can never have either by bet ter title. If the absolute property and the absolute jurisdiction have not passed to ns, when are they to come ? Will you make a formal concession of the latter, when and how ? If the jurisdiction be separated from the properly, shew the reservation which separates it; ’tis impossible—you have the same remnant of it in this case as you have by constitution and Treaty, in all similar cases, where Treaties having guarantied the rights and privileges of aliens, those .rights and privileges find their protection, ‘under the supreme law of the U. States, within the jurisdiction of the several states. If the President believes that we will post pone the survey of the country to gratify the Agent and the hostile Indians, he de ceives himself. To the9e poor deluded men, who have been hostile in peace and hostile in war, and the opponents of tbe Treaty, Georgia could make no appeal.— From Mclntosh and bis friends who made the Treaty, we sought permission to make (he survey, and obtained it. Scrupulously regardful of tbe stipulation of the Treaty, we asked them iu substance, if the survey would in any manner interfere with tbeir convenience or security, and they answered No—a ready answer, because the survey would in fact contribute importantly to both. The frequent recurrence to tbe conduct of the Agent may induce a behalf that the influencing motives here are impure, or tainted with prejudice—it is not so. As an individual, no angry feelings have been in dulged toward him, or any barm desired; as a publick officer, the most indignant sen timents have been awakened from the be ginning, because as soon as I entered upon the duties of this office, it was known to me that be had come to the resolution to pre vent the Indians from ceding any lands to Os all the dispositions and habitswhich teadTo u’ i Dd prea< r h lh ® ® os P e! to every creature.— Jesus Christ. — which lead to pel,t,cal prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports.- Washington. MOUNT ZIPN, (HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA.) MONDAY. JUNE 20, 1825. Georgia, so loDg as I continued in it; a re solution so ungenerous and unworthy of any officer in any station, that I determin ed to employ all honorable means to effect his removal as absolutely necessary to the prosperity of tbe State. You ought to have removed him long ago, and thus have spared us all (he evils which have follow ed your omission. Be pleased to present my respectful com’ pliments to the President, and assure him of my good wishes and regard. The frank ness with which it is my duty to communi cate with him, can have no tendency to weaken them on my part or to excite dis trust of their sincerity on his. Even opon the subject of intense9t interest to us, upon which tbe opinions of the President are known, allowances are made for tbe im measurable distance which separates us; in treating it, I have U6ed strong language, but he will pot on this account, believe that 1 make light of the Union. I would offer up my life with pleasure, to sustain it for a single day. The fearful consequen ces constantly in sight, keep us in a state of agitation and alarm. I strive to stave them off, and it is for (hi*, that language is employed, sickening to the heart, and most offensive to a vast portion of the common Family. Who can help it when they see wise men engaged in a playfulness and pas time like this, indulging their whims and oddities and phantasies, and causing this Union to tremble upon a bauble. HKh regard to the expences atteadant on our measures of defence, of which you are instructed to say nothing until those measures are submitted to you in detail, I have to congratulate you and myself that they will be so inconsiderable in amount as not to cause much trouble or anxiety to either of us. Whilst I took the precaution ary measures to make safe tbe women and children upon the frontiers, 1 remembered very well that we had been pleading a’ your Treasury for thirty years for similar expenses incurred in defending ourselves against the same Indians. 1 feel much more auxiety about the expenses which may be incurred by the friendly ones, who have sought refuge within our settlements, which they are quite willing to defray from their own scanty means, but which justice and humanity require you to defray for them. With great consideration and regard, G. M. TROUP. The Honourable James Barbour , Secretary ot War, Washington City. MISCELLANY From the London Chris. Guardian, April, 1825. JUBILEE AT ROME. The following extract of a letter, dated February 2, 1825, shews that this grand de vice of Antichrist for the promotion of his cause, is not now so productive as formerly. “ The holy year, or year cf jubilee, goes on rather stupidly. It is thought that tbe Pope is sadly disappointed in bis expeota tions; none of the cereroonie“ have excited much attention. The church in which the Holy Infant is exposed in the real cradle, had been strongly protected and barrica doed, to save it from the rush of the pious multitude; but, lo and behold, no multitude came, and the whole representation and procession, cradle, bambino, and all, were allowed to pass unobserved, except by a few strangers, attracted more by curiosity thau devotion! The breaking open of the holy door at St. Peter's excited more attention. This door is never opened but on tbe year of jubilee. The Pope is the principal ac tor in the scene. He comes in state, sup ported by the cardinals, and with a hammer in bis haod, and a fetv Latin words in his mouth, be knocks down the impediment to the ingress of the faithful, and opens (he way to the holy of holies. Through this door no one must enter but on his knees. I have seen people of all ranks, all ages and 9exes, from the dignitary of the church to the most humble laymau, from thp powder ed marquis to the shirtless begear, all crawl ing up the steps and prostrating themselves at the top to kiss the holy ground Wo men with tbeir petticoats look very awk ward at this work ; and the prostration at the third, or upper step, is most inconveni ent, as they of necessity fall on tbeir noses from the embarrassing exertions of the as cent. But the greatest disappointment of all, and that which ha 9 excited most uneasi ness in the Papal court, is the extraordina ry deficiency of pilgrims. It has been usu al, in the year of jubilee, to see travellers from all quarters of (he world, with their cockle-bats and staves, coming to Rome to enjoy the advantages of the occasion, and to have their feet washed by the Pope and cardinals. In the confident expectation that numbers of these holy and privileged people would be eager to shew their vener ation for tbe new Pope, beds were prepar ed, and all arrangements made, for the re ception of two thousand persons; and how many do you thiuk have arrived?—only thirty men and two women I!! Those about tbe court, who cannot hide the fact, but are frightened to admit the consequences dedu cible from it, are willing to attribute the deficiency to political reasons. They say that tbe Emperour of Austria, and other powers, owing to some differences with the court of Rome, have been reluctant to grant passports to cockle-hats and staves. But there are many others who, witb shrug ging shoulders, and sundry significant nods and winks, are obliged to confess, that they see in this occurrence the certain indication of the decline of papal power, and the breaking up of a system which has so long enthralled and enslaved the human mind.” From the Connecticut Observer. “STOP THIEF!!!” Mr. c,ditor, —When I was a student in College, the frontispiece of my Greek Tes tament had the device of an angel Hying with an open Bible, which, as I supposed, was intended to represent the Angel having the everlasting Gospel to preach, flying through the midst of heaven. But one of mv waggish classmates took up a pen and slily wrote under the picture, “Stop thief!!!” By which it would seem that he thought that the angel was flying away with the Bible. And really, Sir, I have lived since to perceive that there are angels who fly away with the Bible, as well as angels who fly to carry it to nations. And it has occurred to me that it is just as proper to advertise these angel thieves in a newspa per, as any other thieves, and as much more important to stop them, as revealed truth •“ more important than temporal prosperity. It may not be improper to apprise you that it has been my employment for many years, under high authority, to watch ibis sacred book, that it receive no detriment ; and that 1 have bad occasion to know that t here are two sort of thieves who lie in wait for it. One who would pounce upon it and carry it off at once, cover and contents and all. Aud another who content themselves with stealing certain parts of the book and carry it off piecemeal. But 1 have learned to know that in point of honesty, there is no distinction between them; those who steal a part only, being just ag regardless of the parts which remain, as those which take away the whole, and that their pretended reverence for the nnstolen parts is only a cover to enable them with the greater security to fly away with tbe rest; tor I have never known an angel who turn ed Bible stealer, who was ever satisfied till t.e bad stolen it all. It may be proper also, to apprise you that though I have found some in the course of my experience who fly away with the Bible, l have detected more who have attempted to run away with it; and that I have reason to believe that there is a perfect understanding and a strict alliance between the flying thieves and the foot pads. It is hardly necessary to add, that the angel thieves are seldom if ever detected, because of their invisibility and rapid flight, as wpII as because they steal more commonly by she aid of these two legged agents who are more bungling in their profession and more easily detected. You will not expect of course that I shall have occasion to advertise angel thieves of ten, and you may expect that I shall have occasion to warn tbe publick often against the depredations of the foot pads and to call out the posse commitalus , to assist in their detection. There is one peculiarity in respect to these Bible thieves which I must not forget to mention. It is this, that she laws made for the security of property and reputation have provided no punishment for stealing truth. So that however often they may be detected, they still rtiu at large, unhindered in their work, except by a vigilant publick inspection, and unpunished for (heir crime except by the retribution of an indignant publick sentiment, which they can neither gam-ay nor resist. Yon are not to infer from this, however, that thpy sin witb final impunity ; for the great King whose laws they steal, will himself bring these angel thieves, and their humble agents into his presence ; —will fix on them the rebuke of this terriffick eye;—will drive them terri fied from his indignant presencewill ex pel them from his holy dominions, to the place without, where are dogs, and scree rers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, aud whosoever loveth and maketb a lie. I do not perceive that I have but one thing more to say to prepare the way for yotir giving free course to my advertise ment in your paper. It is this: that the nature of the property stolen renders a more extended description of tbe article neces sary than is required in advertising stolen horses, or run away apprentices, or negro slaves. And as we have no assistance of the civil law, in (he recovery of our goods, it may require more words to identify and rescue stolen truth than stolen property. Without further ceremony I send you tbe following advertisement: “ Stop Thief !!!” Stolen within a few years past, the entire Bible, from a great multitude of families iu New England. The thief appears to be a man of good intelligence, of considerable learning and literary taste and polite accom plishments, and wherever he goes, profes ses great veneration for the Bible. But no sooner is be gone, than every family where he is entertained for any considerable length of time finds itself without a Bible. To cover up tbe theft, and if possible prevent detection, he commonly takes out the con tents of this holy book and places between the same covers, a treatise on Philosophy and Morality; so that families who have little acquaintance with their Bible, except the outsides aa it lie 9on the shelf, would hardly discover the change, should they at tempt to read it. Some times, however, he preters taking away the King’s imprimatur which gives authority to the book, and se cures it from material errour, which of course places the book upon a level in point of authority and certainty, with any other treatise written by honest and good men of equal capacity. If at aoy time be is de tected by the family in his nefarious work witb indications of alarm—he instantly de sists—renews bis profession of great vener ation for the book, and declares that all that he was about was only intended to render the book more legible and intelligible. But if they are too much attached to the letter to allow a change,—as it is his only.object to have the Bible be correctly understood, in his abundant liberality gives to every member of the family for his own particular use and behoof, a pair of spectacles, which he calls Rational Spectacles , and which are made of glasses of such variant powers that no two members of tbe family understand tbe book alike; and after jangling for a time about the meaning of the book, they begin to conclude that it has do meaning, and that Rational Spectacles, without a Bt ble, are about as good as Rational Specta* cles with ; at any rate, they rely on their spectacles to correct the book, instead of making its contents apparent. The conse quence ie, that when they read aloud aod interpret, there is as much discrepancy and confusion as attended the confounded tongues of Babel; until to save trouble and provocation they conclude to read softly, and believe each or disbelieve each for him selt without any explanation of terms. The man is supposed Io be a lineal descendant ot Socinus; to have resided in England, and formed an intimate acquaintance with Hume and Thomas Paine, and with Priestly and Belsham. He bas resided in Paris, and been on terms of friendship with Voltaire, and more recently has travelled in Germa ny, where he bought at a low price the spectacles which he scatters with such ama zing liberality in Ibis country. His thefts have as yet been confined chiefly to Massachusetts. He has stolen but a few Bibles from Connecticut, or any where to the south or west of us. But he is indefatigable and undismayed by detec* tion; so that it becomes the good people of this whole nation to keep their Bibles with all diligence, and the more so, as they know Dot tbe hour when the thief may come. The several printers who are friendly to the Bible, are respectfully requested to give the preceding explanation and advertise ment an insertion in their papers. N. B. There are a number of other thieves iu tbe region round about, whom I shall advertise as soon as possible. NEW ZEALAND CHIEF. In the Urania, Cap’ Reynolds which ar rived at Liverpool, February 12, from Bu enos Ayres, came passenger a king, or chief, of one of the islands of New Zealand. The Uraoia, oo her voyage from Calcutta to the west coasts of South America, passed through Cook’s Straits. A great number of natives came off in their cauoes to the ship, and, headed by their chief, were per mitted to come on board. Tbe captain, not overpleased with the conduct of bis visiters, sood desired the king to order his subjects on shore; fearing that these cannibals might, if suffered to remain on board, take a liking to himself and his crew, and over power them and feast on the bodies of the slain! They willingly obeyed the command of their liege lord, and returned in their ca noes to the shore. His majesty, however, when Capt. Reynolds wished him to follow his subjects, expressed an anxious desire to remain on board, and proceed with him to England, of which he had heard many won derful things, and was extremely anxious to see his “brother George,” our gracious Monarch. Finding all his endeavours to induce tbe king to return to his subjects un availing, and not wishing to employ force to compel bis departure, the captain per mitted him to remain. The Urania then proceeded on a trading voyage to the nest coast of Southr America, afterwards she sail ed for Buenos Ayres, and arrived at this port on Saturday night. The chief is finely tattooed, after the fashion of his country and is described as a very good looking savage. We understand, (bat a letter has been trane mitted to Lord Bathurst, announcing bis ar rival, and requesting to be informed of the pleasure of Government respecting the fu ture disposal of his New Zealand Majesty. REFORMATION. Having lately read in your paper a very affecting account of a person liberally edu cated, who fell a victim to intemperance, I send you an account of another person, the authenticity of which may be substan tially relied on. Permit me to introduce the person to whom i request your atten tion, by the name of W . He former ly resided in a town in the western part of this State. Here he married a young lady who lived in tbe same town. He soon per ceived that be made too free use of ardent pirits. Believing he could not succeed in [Price $3 50 per arm. his business, which was that of a physician, unless he relinquished the practice, he re moved into a neighbouring State, where he was a stranger. There he obtained business, and was so successful, that, in the course of a few years, be was able to pur chase a farm, and so much other property as placed him in easy circumstances. About fifteen years after his removal, be return ed to his cup with eagerness. Upon this, his employers forsook him, one after anoth er. His property diminished—his debts increased—one writ followed another, till at length he was so reduced,a rendered him unable to provide for bis family, and to ciothe them comfortably. One day, sitting io bis house, he looked at his wife, and was deeply affected at her appearance. He said to himself—What has brought me to this?—l caunot bear it—lt is rum—l’ll never take a drop agaiD—But I have drank so long, if I give it up immediately, I shall die—Then I will die From this time he relinquished the use of ardent spin's. For a few days he expe rienced pain in different parts of his body. Notwithstanding, he adhered to bis resolu tion, After a short lime hi* appetiie tor food returned, and gradually increa.-ed. His countenance changed, aDd he gave more aod more evidence of reformation. One and another of his former patients em ployed him. His business increased, in the course of a few years be recovered a part of his former property, and became a use ful and respectable man. From the above account, it appears, it is notan impossible thing for an intemp-Mate person to reform—that tbe best, if not the only method such a person caD adopt, is to relinquish the use of ardent spirits entirely. Though some addicted to intemperance, may suppose their reputation gone, and that it is too late to reform—in this they greatly err. He who abandons the. prac tice of intemperance, honours himself,- and if he conducts himself with propriety in other respects, will enjoy the approbation and regard of the wisest and most respec table part of the community.— JV. E. Farmer. RELIGIOUS. REVIVALS IN NEW YOKK. From the Western Recorder. The following valued communication, is from the pen of a correspondent, whose statements may he implicitly relied oo ; and though only a p.ir.t of the revivals at the west are here mentioned, the work must still appear to be vpry great and glorious. Mr. Hastings, — Having recently return* ed from a lour through most of the counties between Oneida, and the Genessee River, and having seen several accounts of the re* vivals-of religion in that section of the state, I have thought that a condensed statement of them, as far as they have come to my knowledge, would be gratify mg to the friends ot Zion; and I therefore submit the following to your disposal, which brings the facts stated, down to the first week in April, according to the information I have receiv ed, either in the towns, or of persons from the places mentioned. In Salim , the number of persons enter taining hope, was about twenty, and the work was progressing. In Scipio and Ledyard on the Poplar Ridge , the number of converts was about eighty, and the revival was spreading. Baptists,Presbyterians and Methodists, were the subjects of it. In Galen , (Clyde, &<•) the number was about one hundred and fifty, (Presbyterians and Baptists) and the attention was una bated. In Palmyra , between three hundred and fifty and four hundred had been united to the Churches; but there were no recent cases of conviction. In Manchester , in the vicinity of the Sul phur Springs, about one hundred had ob tained hope, and the work was advancing. The societies are Methodists and Baptists. In Waterloo , anout twenty five were hop ing ; some were convicted, and the work was as interesting as at any former time In Geneva , about one hundred and fifty subjects—forty were added to Dr Axtell’a church in February, and about eighty were expected to be received (be first Sabbath in May, and the revival continued. in Middlesex , about seveaty had joined the Presbyterian, and thirty the Baptist, or Methodist church; but the revival had abated. In Maples , the work had been pleasing but of the number of subjects I am not in formed. Id Prattsburg , the revival was very pow erful : about one hundred and fifty were the hopeful subjects, principally Presbyte rians, and the work was still progressing. In Pittsford, great excitement prevails, though but about twelve indulge hope. Meetings were said to be crowded and sol emn. Recently, it is stated, that the revi val has assumed a more interesting appear ance. In Genessee , ninety-four bad been added to the Presbyterian and forty or fifty to the Methodist church; the power of God was wonderfully displayed; and his work was progressing without abatement.