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22 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-