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SELECT EXTRACTS*
REPORT
Os the Committee on Foreign Missions. — j
Theological Seminary, Prim cion, January !
2, 1832. .
One of the most pleasing features of the age,
is the growing importance attached to the cause
of Foreign Missions. It is beginning to, enlist
the sympathies, and cull forth the efforts oftnu
ny, who ortce thought it a visionary project.
Hut its final success is no longer problematical.
The broad seal of Heaven’s approbation is
stamped uport it. ft will go On, till waters oi
fife shall have rolled their healing floods over
every part of our earth. And happy, thrice
happy, thCy, who are permitted the high privi
lege Os enlisting their energies in its behalf.
(tl this, their first annual report, the Com
mittee on Foreign Missions, have briefly sketch
ed the history of Missionary cflorts in the ,
American Church ; —glanced at the present (
state of the cause, at home and abroad: and |
drawn such reflections-as have naturally arisen .
from thjs view of the subject. I
The honor of coininerfcing the Missionary ,
enterprise in America belongs to the Rev. John ]
Elliot, as “the apostle of the Indians.’ In “ s I
bosom glowed a flame of benevolence, which |
could not rest, while the native tenements ot this .
western world were perishing in ignorance of ,
the Gospel. He Commenced Ins self-denied j
and arduous labors for their conversion in ,
and continued them with a success proportion- ,
ed to his zeal, more than halt a century, tfe- ,
fore l.is death, he translated the whole of the ,
Bible into the Indian language, and had the (
pleasure of seeing fourteen villages inhabited ,
by those who were called praying Indians.
After Elliot, the cause of Missions was sue- ,
cess fully prosecuted by the Mayhews, Bourne, ,
Sergeant, arid Brainard. These holy ami de
voted nl-ii carried the light of the gospel j
the darkness of many an Indian village and ,
wigwam; and gathered hundreds of these wild
sons of the forest into Christian churches. I* or
more than a century and a hall, the spun ot
missions was confined to the Imsom ot a lew
individuals. Bat the church, as such, slept
over the wretched and perishing condition ot
the heathen around her. The eftorts to evan
gelise the pagan tribes of this vast continent,
were .individual efforts. No united measures
in favor of missions were adopted till ofter
commencement of the nineteent h century.
Near tile close of the lust century, the flame
‘if missionary zon! and enterprise was kindled
anew m New England. The declaration
Vir.-t -g front the lips of Mills, “ that he could \
not conceive >f any course of life in which to
pass tlie rest of his days, that would lie so plea
sant, ns to go auci Communicate the Gospel sal- j
vation to tio poor heathen,” was tiio iir.st inti-,
nrition that it had crossed the Atlantic.
The spirit of missions, kindled in the bosom
of Mills, was soon Communicated to the kin
dred spirits of Il.dl, Richards and Newell.
Through tli m, its electrical influence reached
souv few ministers and oliurcheh in New Eng
land. They awoke as from a dream, to listen
to the chums of the dying heathen, as urged hy
men who felt the value of their souls, and were
determined to do something for their ies< ue.
Tne soul stirring appeals ol -Sills and his
associates, made them “ doers ol the word, am,
not hearers only.” In ISI, the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
was organized. This institution, v.-liica, toi
the wisdom and comprehension of its plans,
and the energy and success ot their oxecuMon,
commands the admiration of the wise and good
in every country, Ims now existed twenty-one
years. During this period, its influence, di
rectly on the heathen world, and indirectly, oij
the churches at home, lias been powertul and
happv. By sending forth Missionaries, Btales
and Tracts, it has curried the bread and water
oflife, to thousands of perishing heathen. By
circulating at home the report of missionaries,
mid heart-moving appeals in hcliall ot ti c pa
gan world, it has elevated the standard ot piety
in individuals and churches, and kindled up a
flame of missionary zeal and effort, which \ve
trust wilt not go out till lost ill the blaze ot mil
lennial glory. . ,
The American Board have established eigh
teen distinct missions, in different parts ot the
heathen world. Four in Asia—in Bombay,
Ceylon, Chinn, and Palestine, ‘three m Eu
rope—in Malta, Greece and Constantinople.
Ten among the Indian Tribes in our own
country—among the Cherokcca, Choctaws,
Clicrokees of the Arkansas, Oaages, Indians at
(been Bav, Indians at Mackinaw, Ophaways,
Indians in Ohio, and Indians in New Anns.—
One in Polynesia, at the Sandwich Islands.—
These missions arc divided into 51 stations,
occupied Ivy til ordained missionaries, In lay
assistants, and 126 female helpers, married
and single; in a112*4 persons Connected with
tlte several missions are I,o4sschools, contain
ing 50,00(1 scholars; also, eight presses, which
have issued not far from 1,000,0dd hooks, and
about 47,000 pages, in eleven different lan
guages. Thirty-three churches have been
formed, embracing more than 13,00.) members.
Besides those admitted to the churches,
there arc many hundreds, if not thousands, who
give some evidence of piety, but whom a cau
tious prudence forbids to be as yet leceived in
to full membership. “At three of the stations
to the Sandwich Islands, more than ten thou
sand persons have voluntarly associated them
solves together for the purpose of prayer and !
religious improvement, on the principle, that
they will endeavor to obey tie law ot God, and
refrain from all immorality; and this, in a
couutrv which, ten years ago, was one of the
most debased, ill a moral pomt ol view, under
the whole heavens.”
During the past year, a year of alternate hope
and fear, joy and sorrow, to the lrientls of mis- |
shins in this count! “, five of the missions of the j
Board have n tpc-i, nee Ia refreshing from on j
high. The hearts of the missionaries have!
been ch-’er.—l, and their hands strengthened, by j
eemg hundreds -of png ms inquiring, wUu;J
GEORGIA CHRISTIAN REPERTORY—DEVOTED TO RELIGION,
(tie y shift do to be saved.” All the other mis
sions, with the exception of five, have been
blessed With general prosperity. The Mission
aries are dttily ga rung new access to the minds
j of the heathen, and finding new motives to dili- i
gcucc and perseverance in their labors. Ihe
systems‘of idolatry, which, for ages, have with- |
stood the ravages of time, and the revolutions j
of nations, begin to melt away before the light
and power of the GOspel. The five cStcejited,.
are tire Cherokee; Chickasaw, Choctaw, Mau
mee, and Green Bay Missions. —Measures have j
been adopted hv the General and State Gov
r rnments, to remove the Indians, in the vicinity j
of these several nations, west of the Mississip
pi. The effect of these measures has been to
arrest the progress of civil and religious im
provement.
The thought of ‘caving his native land, where
sleep the hones of his fathers, where once burn
ed his council fires, and where now arc seen his
Christian schools and churches, and of going
to an unknown and distant land, dejects the
spirit, end destroys the energy of the Indian.
Suffering under present evils, and perplexed
with distressing (bars respecting the future, they
have sought relief in the intoxicating bowl.
Intemperance, like an overwhelming-tide, is de
basing their characters, wasting their property,
and destroying their lives, with fearful and af
fecting rapidity. The Missionaries themselves
have not escaped what many conceive to be
the sword of perseculioni ‘They have been
torn fiom their families, and immersed within
the walls of a prison. These events threaten
to counteract, if not suspended, missionary op
erations at the above mentioned missionary
stations.
During the past year, the Board have com
missioned sixteen new missionaries, and as
signed them their fields of labor. Eight, be
sides a physician and printel - , have embarked
for the Islands of the Pacific! Two have gone
to the Indians of the Northwest—one to the
Seneca Mission —one is destined for liberated
Greece—one to Palestine —one to the Jews in
Turkey—one to the Bombay Mission.
Although at the commencement of the past
year, the prospects of the American Board, for
awhile, wore a dark nod gloomy aspect, their
treasury withdrawn near $*20,000, their receipts
falling short of their expenditures, and of the
receipts of former years ; especially, being cal
led to mourn the loss of thir beloved and able
Secretary, who was himself a host, the master
spirit of his age in missionary efforts, —still the
year closed with brighter prospects for the fu
ture, than before. The God of missions reigns,
and has provided them a Secretary, (Dr. Cor
nelius,*) whose known and tried piety and tal
ents promise much for the cause of missions.
The revivals in our churches and colleges, and
the revival of a missionary spirit in our Theolo
gical Seminaries, promise that the Board will
no longer he embarrassed by want of men or
means, for carrying forward, and increasing
llieir operations.
The missionary efforts of oar Baptist breth
ren next claim our attention.
Two of the Missionaries sent out to India by
the American Board in 1812 soon utter their
arrival, changed their sentiments as to the
inode and subjects of baptism. ‘1 bis circum
stance, unimportant in itself, God lias made
(lie means of awakening n large and denomina
tion of Christians to attend to the subject of
Foreign Miss Vans. Messrs. Rice and .Unison,
the missionaries inferred ro", feeling some deli
cacy la being supported l>g tin Board that sent
them out, wrote home to their Baptist friends for
support. 411-. Rice also returned to the United
States. 110 visited the different sections of
the country, and was successful in exciting such
a missionary spirit, that :t large number of Mis
sionary Societies were formed. In 1654, the
Baptist Board of Foreign Missions was organ
ized, which immediately employed Mr. Jtwlson
ns their missionary in the large and populous
empire of Burmah.
Mr. Jmlson, and those who have been sent
to his assistance, have labored with much self
denial, perseverance and success, in spreading
tin- Gospel m Burmah. They have translated
the New Testament, and twelve important time ts;
and established three churches, embracing 200
members, and this in the midst of persecution.
The following interesting anecdote of the
Karens nt Tanev, shows the spirit of some of
the converts, it is from the journal of the la-1
metitcd Boar.lm.m. At the close of a religious
meeting, “ the Karens,” says Mr. Boardrnnid
“ came to me mid inquired by what name they
should designate the American Indians, t/fj
whom they had heard me speak, as a people
somewhat resembling themselves —for, said tlidy
we wish to pray fur them.”
Besides the mission in Burmah, the Baptist
Board lias six missionary stations among the
Indians, in our own country, and one at Lib l -
ria, m Africa. It has now in the field 51 ijis
sionaries and assistant missionaries. The
Hoard has found it more difficult to obtain iiir
sionarics to go to the heathen, than means of
sending and supporting them.
In 1819,the Methodist Episcopal Missionary
Society was organized. Previous to that., their
itinerant preachers had been employed to iome
extent among several of the Indian tribes.
Since the formation of tho Missionary Society,
missions among the nlioringines of this country
have been prosecuted with zeal and success.
From their last annual report, we Iqani, that
j they have 23 missionaries, besides interpreters
’ and school teachers.- They have received into
their churches about six thousand members,
and gathered into their schools nearly seven
hundred scholars. Besides those in/the United
States, the Society has several very flourishing
missions in Upper Canada. “ The whole num
ber of native communicants, in these Canada
Missions, is 1,218. There are fifteen schools,
’ containing 425, children, many of whom can
* Since this article was in type, we have
hoard with deep regret of the death of this very
active, ii t ‘ligent, judicious, and devoted ser
vant of Christ.
read the Word of God both ill English ami In
dian.” Our Methodi t Brethren have not hith
erto directed their attention to the heathen
abroad. We rejoice to learn from their last re
port, thatihey contemplate a mission to the dark
and benighted continent of Africa,
Within a few years part, the Episcopal
Church has directed her attention to the subject
of Foreign Missions. Li 1827, a Missionary
Society was established in Philadelphia. This
society has established two missions'. One
| among the Indians at Green Bay, the other at j
Athens in Greece. Both promise to be useful, j
From this sketch of missionary efforts, it will
he found that Protestant Christians, in the U.
States, are now employing about 100 missions- ‘
ries, and 250 assistant missionaries, for the con-1
version of the heathen world. They expended j
for the support of their missions during the part |
year, iicmjjy $162,000. Tho nuniberof church
members belonging to the different denomina
tions, which have taken a part in this work, is
about 1,180,000. Dividing the nmout contrib
uted liy the number of the church members, it
will give thirteen cents and six mills as the av
erage contribution of each professing Christian,
during the past year, for the salvation of six
hundred millions of immortal souls.
Ftom examining the reports of European mis
sionary societies, we find the cause of Protes
tant missions steadily advancing. The number
of missionaries sent out to the heathen,is yearly
increasing: The missionaries themselves are
finding daily new excitements to activity and
perseverance, seeing their labors are not in vain.
Their at home, are becoming more im
bued with h missionary spirit, and have new
motives to) prayer and liberality: Protestant
Christians!in Great Britain, and continental
Europe, have now c.iablished in pagan coun
tries about 500 missionary stations, occupied
by not less than six hundred missionaries, and
2,500 assistants. Not less than 50,000 converts
front paginism, are now enrolled in Christian
churches. Three hundred thousand learners
are receiving Christian instruction, by means of
the missionary schools. By the voice of the
living teacher, and by means of more than fifty
presses, the (iospel is daily proclaimed to many
millions of daik and benighted minds.
( To be Concluded.)
Fror> the Christian [iLpfist] Watchman.
TO A BIBLE CLASS.
The remarks which fallow were recently read
before Mr. Webb’s Bible class in Charlestown.
They are published in the hope of exciting at
tention to the sentiments and facts adduced.
“How many inhabitants are there on the
earth ?”
“llow many of them are called Christians?”
These inquiries, in the sth lesson of Union
Questions, vol. I. excited an interest in the
wriret’s mind, which may lie a sufficient apolo
gy for selecting this subject as the theme of the
present essay.
No certain calculation can be made of the
earth’s population, hut the most common esti
mate is 800,000,000. These, in relation to re
lin-ion, are separated into four general divisions,
to wit. : Pagans, 481,000,000; Mahometans,
140,000,000; Jews, 9,000,000 ; Christians,
170,000,0:30. Under the term Christian, we
have included all belonging to Christian na
tions, whether true believers or not, as Great
Britain, America, &c.
By this estimate it appears, that 63 eightieths,
or more than two-thirds of the present popula
tion of the earth, either are ignorant of Christ,
or deny liis claim to the Messiahship.
WJift proportion of these are true Christians,
it is ntjt possible for man to say, hut probably
not tuple than one-tenth of the inhabitants of
ehri.-t/aii lands even profess to have experienc
ed tli new birth. This would give 17 eight
huuifedtlis only, of the population of the earth,
protjlss ng Christianity. But to return to the
healu n
ft, urly four-fifths of the world, we have seen,
an now destitute of n knowledge of the Saviour.
Ihut they are under condemnation we cannot
dpulit, if we remember that Jesus said, he came
t seek and to save that which was lost; that
4, lost before lie came ; and if we remember,
ilso, that tfag condition of his salvation is, that
Ive on him. But it may be ask
j -d, hnwflHßy believe in Christ, since lie has
/never bePPppesented to them? The Apostle
asks the same question in his epistle to the Ro
mans, “How can they call on him in whom
they have not believed ? and how can they be
lieve in him of whom they have not heard ? and
how can they hear without a preacher ?” But
he asks these questions, not to prove that they
will be saved without the Gospel, but that un
less the Gospel wore preached to them, they
would all be lost. As Dr. Scott remarks,
“The whole passage most clearly shows, that
without calling on Christ, none can be saved ;
that without faith none can call on him; and
without the pleaching, or publication of the
Gospel in someway, none can believe in him.
The awful state of the heathen, and our impe
rious duty towards them, can hardly be more
imperiously stated ; nor the opinion of those
who argue that multitudes will be saved by
Jesus, who never heard of his name, more ener
getically reprobated.”
Six hundred millions now Without the know
ledge of a.Saviour ! Perishing for want of the
bread of life, which wc are now holding in our
hands enough arid to spare ! What can be
done ? Must they perish ? O that I could
raise my voice, till it should fall on every ear
which has ever heard, “Go teach all nations ;”
and till all God’s servants should arouse their
slumbering energies, and go to tell to dying
souls, that Jest s died.
It is a privilege for which we ougli forever to
praise the Lord that lie has put it into the hands
of Ins children to do something for the de
liverance of our rebellious and condemned
world, .and something, too, which will saw
them from going down to the pit. O, it we
shall be hailed on the happy shores of blissful
immortality, by a joyous spirit, that bows be
fore the throne, as the hdnoured instrument of
rescuing it from going down to the gates of eter
nal d'-nth, mid of raising it to the. full posses
sion of the glories of the upper world, will it
not be more than enough to compensate for a
longlife of toil and rigorus seif-demal 1 To go!
nnd tell the story of Calvary ; oh, who would be (
denied ? To bring heaven to the dbtor ot a J
heathen ; who can forbear ? No wonder a ,
Mrs. Judson could so cheerfully toil, and suffer]
and die. No wonder a Wheelock could snv,
j “In Burtriah let me live, m Burmah let me die.]
j nnd there let tny bones be buried !” No won- j
der a Boardmaii cduid leave the world with the
words of pious Simeon on his lips, “ Now let- j
j test thou thy servant depart in peace !”
! So let its lire, and so let us die, doing the ]
work of the Lord.
! ,i _ --——-
THE CHRISTIAN REPERTORY.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7, 1832.
Subscribers to the “ Youth’s Repertory,” who have
paid in advance will please call at our office and receive
the arnonnt paid—Those who cannot conveniently call
will please give us notice and we will return their money
bv Mail. We have not subscribers enough to warrant
the publication.
Having just returned from a tour in tire country, we
take pleasure iu stating to our readers, that the example 1
of our brother in Henry county is exerting a happy infltt
enco. Among the friends of Missions, we heard of a
number of Missionary patches, some as large as an acre,
which are to he cultivated in Cotton and the proceeds .
given to the Missionary Society. We hope that on:
Brethren will not be backward in a work which promises 1
so much mercy to the cause of Missions and to themselves.
“1 am glad to hear :he suggestion,” said a poor mail to as,
•• I will go into my field and drive down lightwood stakes j
at each corner of the patch, that my children may see j 1
them when lam dear! and gone.” Who will go and do |
likewise —how many will bequeath to their children such
memorials ofth" ir devoted attachment to the cause of
Missions ? that a goodly numbor will be
reckoned at our uKsl.i)nniversary.
A Bill.—A correspondent has sent us from North
Carolina, a Bill which was before tire legislature, “ for
the better regulation of the conduct ot Negroes,slaves and
free persons of color.” If this bill becomes the law of
the state, the 1 ist fragment of the appearance ot liberty is ,
taken from ail who have a drop of Airman Wood in their ,
veins. It will even deprive them of the privilege of mu
tual exhortation and prayer, when the labors of the day
are past. The tightening of the chains of slavery shows i
at once what are the apprehensions of the whites. But
is this ttie way to procure safety ! We are much mista
ken if it is. In proportion as the slaves and people of co
lor become more wretched, they will be more uneasy
under the yoke. Besides, He who heard the groaning
of the children oflsrael when they “ sighed by reason of
their bondage,” cannot heboid with indifierence the op
pressions of the African race.
The above article we have copied from the columns ot
n Brother —a Brother beloved, and united to us bv the
ties of sacred friendship. Why, may we ask, will he
suffer his local prejudices to trespass upon all that is dear
to the feelings el others ? Why should he aid the disturb
ing spirit in his march through our country I The Billn
of v. hicli he speaks, prohibits coloured persons from offi
ciating as Preachers and Leaders. Its equity we cannot
approve, but its expediency is a matter which should not
be overlooked. It is based upon tho bloody scenes and
plots of gone-by days and regards the protection of those,
who have had no agency whatever in the evils of slavery.
If the preservation of <mr own lives and the lives of our
i children, he a matter of minor consideration with those
’ who have much concern fjr tho privileges of the slave,
i it would be well for them to take no part in tho wicked
ness of our expedients. IVe are sure that we speak the
, truth when we say, that they have all been based upon
the bloodv sentiments which have been taught our slaves.
Here in tiic article before us. their condition is represented
■ like that of the oppressed Israelites. Nor is the sentiment
. no vel—they have been told such talcs again and again
i and under their unhallowed influence, meetings for de
: vising schemes and plots for murder and genera! carnage
have been opened and closed with prayer to too God of |
, Israel. Who have been the agents and abettors of such
. hideous crimes and who are the. agents and abettors of
the expedients which arc design cd to counteract their in
! fluence ? We appeal to the condition of the Southern
1 slave, to his labours, his comforts and privileges in com
, parison with the labouring class of any ruber country, and
; ask. where is the justice and mercy of these who would j
■ impose upon them the spacious insinuation of their affini
, ty to the wretched an and forlorn.—We are sick, indeed it
; is time for us to he sick of that selfish Christianity which
cries “give, give".end refuses to take n part in the acts of
i benevolence. \Our friends at Ihe North have objects
■ enough at home for all the means of their sacred charity.
I Let them look to these—let them heed their cries and
t employ all their efforts for the melioration of their con
dition, and they will find but little time to express their
• sympathy for those who are neither hungry nor naked.
Let them engage heart and hand in this work and there
i will be no necessity for our l egislative authorities to
adopt expedients repugnant to the genius of Christianity.
; rtTo onr Methodist Brethren particularly, We would speak
[earnestly in this matter. We have talked of our tin an i
: mity—we have told the world on the authority of our ven
erable Father in God, that the Methodists were one pee
■ pie in every country. Shall wo suffer our hail prejudices
to destroy the influence of this sentiment ? It is not true j
1 that our slaves are neglected. We have missions among j
them, missions which our fathers before ns, longed to
see established. They are sustained by Legislative au
thority and enlist the best affections of our Missionary
Brethren. Shall their merciful l.ibonrs be arrested by
: those who are called by the same name? While they
■ speak of the obedience of slaves and their duties to God j
‘ j and man, shall their own Brethren interpose an unholy
j influence ? Will they send to the dwellings of world-
I ly trended slave holders who have but just consented to
’ | welcome the Missionary, such sentiments as will drive
’ him from (lie doors of their negro huts?* We beseech
them to forbear. It is sad indeed to see the body rent by
the demon offaction—to seethe holy altar of God’s house
i sprinkled with the blood of strife, by our enemies, hut to
: witness the workihps of a kindred spirit in the heart of
our Zion, is enough to make an angel weep,
To Cr.RPrr: anr.vr: Aliqins,” \ friend,” and
*! others are on our file, and will have a place in our next,
i | gome of our correspondents would do well to abridge
• tli’ ir communication;-.
DOMESTIC ssUM3IARY.
MACON COTTON MARKET,
This week lias been brisk at improved prices.
—Prime Cottons have been sc-ilingfroni 9to9j,
[and we are informed that a little lias sold at 9£.
| A fair Quotation, from good to prime, is from
I to 9£. Liverpool dates are up to tile 15th Feb.
! Winch show an improvement in that Market,
j Receipts of Cotton ttt Macon, to Ist March
i 66,505 bales. Stock in the \S arc-houses 6,775.
[shipped 59,730. Last year, there bad lice it
I shipped up to 1-t March, 38,000 bags.’
, Messenger.
j We extract the following proposed
; Routes from a bill iknv before Congress in tW
j House of Representatives, which we have
I received from our attentive fellow-citizen Col.
[ Lamar. Several other new routes in this State
[are proposed in the bill, in distant parts, which
would not he interesting to our readers. Some
of those we have noticed are of considerable
importance —others would l of little utility.
Many of them will probably be rejected before
the passage of the bill.— lb.
From Macon, in Bibb county, by Perry, in
Houston county, to HawkinsviH'e, in Pulaski
county.
From Marion, Twiggs comity, to
Houston county.
From Vernon, in Troup county, by Lagrange,
West Point, Columbus, Fort f.litchcll, Ran
dolph Court-House, dud Fort Gaines, to early
C. 11.
From Perry, in Houston county, by Mariotf
Court House, to the trtwn of Columbus. x
From Hillsborough, in ‘Jasper eotintv, li-
MoGehee’s store, in Jones county, and Dover)
in Forsyth, iii Monroe county,
From Covington, in Newton county, liy Lat
timer’s store, Decatur, 8 and town, Campbcllloq
and Pumpkintowii,. to Carrollton, in Carrol!
county.
From Forsyth to Fayetteville.
From Macon, by Forsyth, Zebulon, Green
ville tint! Lagrange, in Georgia, to Tuscaloosa,
iu Alabama.
From Knoxville, in Crawford county, by
Centreville, to Talbotton, tn Talbot county. ’.
From Monticello, by Jackson, McDonough,”
Fayetteville, anti Cainphellton, to Villa Rica,
in Carroil county.
From Monticello, Jasper county, to the town
of Zehulon, in Pike county, via. Cargill’s ferry,
and the town of Jackson.
From Perry, in Houston county, by way of
the Traveller’s Rest, on Flint River, to Pond
town, in Lee county, (hence, to Lanhahassce
town, in Stewart county, thence, to Lumpkin,
in Stewart county, thence, to King’s Bluff, on
Chattahoochee river, in said county.
From the town of Columbus, in tlie State of
Georgia, to Appalat-hicola bay; in the Territory
of Florida.
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.
Nor borne. B. Powell, Esq. Superintendent
of the public hands of the Western Section of
the State, to fill the vacancy of Thomas Pace,
Esq. resigned.
William C. Lyman, Esq Superintendent of
the public hands of the Eastern Section of the
State, to succeed David P.!:tlt.iJou.se, Esq.
New Post-Office has lately been established
in Coweta County, under the name of “Wat
son’s P; O.” and Thomas VVa-sson, Esq. ap
pointed Postmaster.
Important and True. —The Council of Chiefs
of the Creek Nation, held near this town, has
just terminated. This Council, a6 we remark
ed in the last Enquirer, was convened to delib
erate on tho terms of a treaty recently prnpos- ■
ed by the United States, through one of the
Creek Delegation at Washington: The result
of the meeting lias been, that the Delegation
now at the seat of Government has been in
, creased which additional number, with ihe Uni
ted States’ Agent. Col. Crowell, pass’ and tiumigh
this town on the Ist iiist.on their way to Wash
ington. The entire Delegation is vested with
full power to dispose of the Territory, now in
the occupancy of the Crocks in Alabama.
We are unappnzed of the particular terms
on which the Delegation is authorized to con-
J elude a Treaty. We understand that'tbc Gov
ernment arqmcfc and in tli? propr ety of granting
| reserves in fee simple of one mile square, to
J such heads of families as chose to remain and
submit to the laws of Alabama. It was stipu
lated, too, we believe, by the Government, that
these reserves whenever the proprietors desired •
to emigrate, should be valued by lour Indians,
and a white man, n'commissioner, to be desig
nated by the U. Stales. The prevailing im
pression is that.the Delegation is instructed to
take reserves for the use of such Indians as are
averse to abandoning the Creek country.
Col. Enqr.
It is very generally believed that the Creek
Indians have sold their lands to the General’
Government. We have, ourselves, but. little
doubt of the fact.— Alabama Journal. 3 hist.
The Mobile Patriot states that the report,
I contained in a New Orleans paper, that the
Cholera had made its appearance in Mobile,
is entirely without foundation.
A correspondent oftlic Baltimore Republican
at Valparaiso, writes: —“ At the moment lam
endorsing this sheet, the 30tli November, five
o’clock P. M. there is a violent shock ofan earth
quake :—several buildings are prostrate : I mu
in a strong frame house, and so rudely was it
shaken that T could with dificully keep my feet.
The New-York Dispensary, which is suppor
ted by subscriptions, ch nations, &c. has during
the past year, extended its charitable services
to 23,362 individuals, of whom 4609 were vac
cinated
The literary nnd see ntifie war'd (says t Lo.i
don paper) will hear with much interest that
’wo enterprising individuals, of the unities C>u*
li.in-St and Tyrwhitt, gentlemen by birth am
education, are about to proceed immediately
to Africa at their own expense, with a view o
exploring the interior of that country-