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We bate rccsivcJ.frorn a privaro lowrce,
canuscript copy of a memorial which
til already been or will bo presented 10
Ccnirrt?, ia jbe course of the week,
from the Cherokee Nation of Indians. It
ii ta powerful a paper, and o feelingly
depicts the crying- injustice and flagrant
hardship of the case in quest ion,. that we
hasten to publish it for the information of
cur readers. ' The memorial is signed by
fificva thousand six hundred and sixty-five
perrons, comprising the entire population
cf the Cherokee Nation. If better evi
deuce be required of the perfidy- of the
government agentf, la calling the instru
ment of New-Echota, a treaty, we are at
a lost to conceive what kind of testimony
would be deemed satisfactory. It will be
recollected that iramediateJy after the con.
coction of that Instrument, the Cherokee
nation, both individually, and through its
authorized representatives, protested a
gainst its ratification. The protest a I leg.
ed that it was not the act of the Cherokee
cotfilhunhy, and that they had not been
consulted : but that it was the work of a
Tery few, (about iixty or seventy.) unau-.
tnonzea persons 01 oau cnaracicr, nua
were assembled cor pirtake'of (east
which 'had been provided by Mr. Sch-r-merhom.
the United States Commissioner.
In the face of this protest, which was
signed by nearly fourteen thousand per
sons, (nearly the whole nation.) the Sen
sis, without inquiry,' established the pa.
per, by formal vote, to be a valid con
tract, a bindin? treaty.; .
. General Wool, who afterward visited
the nation, oa behalf ol the United States,
returned to Washington, 'with a most
perfect conviction, the expression of which
be did not suppress, that the New-Echota
treaty has always been without, and
against, the consent of the Cherokees.
At the present session of Congres?, an
effort was mad 5 to institute an inquiry
into the' facts connected with the execu
tion of the New-Ec,hota instiument, but
inquiry was stifled by an indefinite post
ponement of the whole Question. The
paper, therefore, to all legal purposes,
subsists as a treaty, under the provisions
cf which the Cherokee will be driven,
in June next, from a cultivated and com
fortable home, to a sickly wilderness, in
the midst of savage (tribes. In their me
morial, they make a last appeal for pro
tection, still trusting that faith justice, and
magnanimity are virtues not utterly ex
tinguished m the American Councils.-
Ought not this appeal to be seconded by a
memorial from Philadelphia, expressing
the sorrow, humiliation,"andhame which
persistence in so unjust and unrighteous a
policy, cannot fail to inflict and awaken?
As the inheritors of the principles of
William Perm, Philadelphia ' cannot be
silent in an emergencr," involving all that
t
j precious ana uouoraoio ia mo nauouii
etcr..lJ-.
: 2Xmarlxl f t& C3irok Jruou
I To tt honor abU the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Slates,
in Congress atttmbUd, most humbly
and respectively thoxcelht'
That , whereas, "we, the ' undersigned,
citix-osof the Cherokee nation, have al
ways regarded the instrument purporting
to be V treaty i made in. December,-1835,
Mtv.Fhota. bv the Rev. John F.
Scbermerhorn, and certain unauthorized
individual Cherokees. to be a violation of
the fundamental principles of justice, and
an" ."outrage '.on, the primary rules of na
tional intercourse, as well as the known
laws and usages of the Cherokee nation,
and," therefore to be destitute of any bind
ing force on us. "... , .
And. whereas, at a general council of
he nation, held ot UeJ Clay, in Septem
Lf, 1836. oar sentiments were set forth
and oar solemn -prutert entered against it.
- And. whereas, at a substquent general
council of the nation, helit at Red Clay,
In August, 1837, a communication from
he President of the United States,, on
he subject of said , instrument, was de.
iiveied in full: council by Col. John Ma
nn, special nam of the United States.
And, whereas, 'after mature delibcra
ioi.a on the said communication, the res
lutiona of the preceding council, ioref
rence to thafcomf act; were re-affirmed,
jgether with 'the memorial which accent
mied the same.
And. whereas, we entertained the belief
hat, through the: medium of the special
jerit report, the President would - be
me :correctlv( informed, cf thtf. state of
s mauer. and of the; real. sentiments of
19 Cherokee people. :
We. therefore; cherished the confident
ope, that he would deein " it righ) to ab
ate that fiaudulent instrument, and at
ce, enter into arrangements with us, for
j ndjuitmcnt of all difficulties.
With these views, we then appointed a
legation to represent us tx-fjre the gov
.unent of the United Suites, and vested
-m with full power to make final ar
Trrements of all mauers. in controversy ;
Ave were animated, with the prospect
a speedy ter nination of our distresses;
.t the cup of hope is dashed -from our
ps; oar prospecta are dark with horror,
t! nnr hearts are lilled with bitterness.
onrxed with these emotions, language
lit ourtonrrues niter a weappioach
a bar of your august nsxemblies. before
horn Are - again tlg leave' humbly to
resent our irrievanCet. ... '
With the full details of our troubles,
f irbear to trespass on your indulgence.
TKev nre ex'eusivelv known, and our
d?!i"jtion at Washington .will be fmnd
fimiih anv information; which
mif neeJel. -
We therftre" respectfully, present the
".lawiiir, "which will show the appalling
trcumtjnce in which we are placed
th operation cf that' rerEdious.com
- .
A cc;r?.'nk:!'"n has recently ' issued
-i thfniti Ciit . 3ny, aidrrtied
to tha Chiefs, head - men - and people of
the Cherokee nation, in; which we tre
told, that the executive hat formally de-
clixed?' all intercourse or correspondence
with Mr. Ross in relation to the treaty,
and" that -m end hat been put to all
negotiation upon tie subject that it u
the unalterable determination of the Pre"
ident to execute the treaty the tine can.
not possibly be prolongtd another day,
beyond the time named, cannot and iritl
not be allowed yon:' The wriiera say
tf teiiZ not attempt to describe the evils
that nay fall upon yon if yon are still
obstinate and refuse to I conform to the
requirements of the treaty vi xcill not
paint the -horrors thai may ensue in such
an icent
It will be readily conceived that declar.
ationi like these, emanating from such a
source our country already filled with
troops cannot fail to fill our minds with
consternation and surpise. What have
we done to merit such severe treatment?
What is our crime? Have we invaded
any one's rights? Have we violated any
article of our numerous taeaties? Have
we in any manner acud in bad faith ? We
are not even charged wiih any such thing.
Bat we are accused of "laboring under
a dangerous eiror" and of being duped
and deluded by those in tehom toe hate
vlacci-imvlieit confidence" " Your pre
tended friends, say they, hare proved
themselves to be your worst enemies1
But what is our "dangerous error V
What is our delusion !' Is it delusion
to be sensible of the wrongs we suffer T
Is it a dangerous error to believe that the
great nation, whose representatives we
now approach, will never knowingly
sanction a transaction originated in treach
ery, and to be executed only by violence
and oppression t It cannot be. - Is it a
delunon" to assert that the makers of
this ill-omened compact tvere destitute of
authority 1 This fact we are prepared to
prove by incontetible evidence.
Indeed, it is virtually admitted by the
parties themselves; and the very fact,
that an armed force should be put in re
quisition to defend their persons and to
compel our submission, argues, not ob
scurely, a defect ot confidence in the
validity of the compact, is it obstinacy
to refuse our assent to an act which is a
flagrant violation of the first principles of
free government, and which sets foot on
the neck of our liberties and our dearest
rights? Are we to be thus frowned into
silence for attempting to utter our com
plaints in the ear of our lawful and cove
nanted protecor? Is it a crime to confide
in our chiefs the men of our choice
whom we have tried and found faithful ?
We would humbly ask, in whom should
we confide? Surely not in those who
hare, in the f tee of our solemn injunctions,
and in opposition to the reiterated express
ion of our sentiments, conspired the ruin
cf out country usnrp'd riKrpwT ef
the nation framed the spurious compact
and by artifice and fraud,' palmed it on
the authorities of the United States, and
procured for, it, the recognition of ihoe
high functionaries?
And now in the presence of your au
ffust assemblies, and in the presence of
the Supreme Judgj of the Universe, most
solemnly and most humbly do we ask
are we, 'for these causes, to be subjected to
the indescribable evils which aie designed
to be inflicted on us? Is our countrv io
be made the scene of the " horrors" w hich
the Commissioners "will not paint
For adhering to ihe principles on which
vour great empire is founded, and which
have advanced it to its present elevation
and trlory,, are we to be despoiled of all
we hold dear on earth ? Are we to be
hunted through the mountains like wild
bcat., and our women, our children, our
aged, our sick, to be dragged from their
homes, like culprit?,and picked on board
loathsome boats, for trmsportation to a
sickly clime?
Already are we thronged with armed
men; firt. camps, and military posttf
everr
grade, n'reiJy occupy our wnoie
country. With ns, it is a season of alarn
and apprehention. We acknowledge th
inrin
e
piwer of. the 'Unred States. We ac
knowledge our own feebleness. Our
only fortress is, the justice of onr cause.
Our only appeal on earth, is to your tri
bunal. To you, then, we look. Before
youf bonorable bodies in view of the
appalling ,eircum?tances wi;h which we
are surrounded relying on the righteous
ness of our cause, and the justice and
magnanimity of the tribunal to which we
appeal we do solemnly and enrnesuy
protest against that spu ious instrument;
nd we do hereby, alsa, respecttuiiy re-
affirm, . as a part of this ou1 memorial,
he resolutions and accorPDanvmc: memo
rials of the two last reneral councils of
the nation, held at Hed Cay. Our minds
remain Unaltered. ' We can never assent
" - .a.
to that comrjact: nor can we believe m;u
he United States are bound in honor or
in justice, to executive on us its degrading
and ruinous provisions.
it is true, we are a leeoie peopic , nu
as regards pLvaical power, we are in the
hands or the U. States ; but we nave not
forfeited our rights; and if we fail to trans
mit to our sons, the feedorn we have de
rived from our fathers, it most not be hy
an act of suicide, it. mast not be by our
own consent
With trembling solicitude and anxiety.
we most humblv and most respecttu'iy
ask. will you hear us! Will you extend
to us voar powerful protection ? ' Wil
you snieid us from the "HOBXOrj m
the threatened storm ? -Will you sustain
hopes we have rested on the public laith,
the honor, the justice of your mighty
empire We commit our rause to youi
fjvor and protection : f '
And your memorialists - as in duty
bound, will eTer pray.; : 1 '
Cherokee Nation. Feb. 22, 1838.
Signed by, rirTctit - IBousakd - six
uvduz9 ajeo sixtt-xivk of the Cher-
okee people as will appear;: by' referring
to the original submitted la thd Senate by
the Cherokee Delegation.
The iKDiaxa. The Seminola cam
paign, it appears, is to -end about the time
the Cherokee war will begin, v It is very
much doubted "whether the Cherokee
will; agree to suffer the treaty of New.
Echota to be enforced, obtained" as they
say it was, by fraud, and attended with
hardship and oppression. A remonstrance
signed by fourteen thousand of the Cher
okees agaiust the treaty has lately, it is
said, come in. " The treaty was ratified
by the Senate, by a majority of one rote.
No relief can be afforded, except by means
of a new treaty. The Cherokees will
agree to the emigration beyond the Mis
sissippi, on certain conditions, one of
which is that they shall manage their
own removal. The practice has gener
ally been to remove them, by contract,
and the contractors, looking only to their
gains, are very careless of the comfort
arid health of the Indians. They blow
them up in steamboats ; Keep them in a
state of starvation : dtive them, without
sh
oes or blanket?, during inclement .sea-Ure
sons, through Jong marches in the wtl-
derness ; and abandon the leeble, the aged.
the voun?. the wearv. and the sick, to
perish by the way side. The Cherokees
know alUhis, and, if they consent to the
execution of the treaty, they know that
scarcely h i!f of them will reach their
destination beyond the Mississippi.
The Seminole? are aware of the same
thing, afier the proofs they have had of
the degree of confidence to be reposed in
American faih, and even in the fiith of
our general officers. They have, they
say, lost only forty men, in b.ittle, since
the war com-neneed; and their places
hare been filled by warriors who havp
since grown up. But, in emigration, they
would lose half their nation.
The Cherokees. A pretended trea
ty has been made with these civilized
tons of the forest, by which they are to
give up their lands, and remove west of
the Mississippi. This treaty has been
from the first opposed by the great body
of the nation, as in opposition to their
wishes, and never having been author
ized by them. Their principal objection
is, that the treaty provides for their re.
moval by the whites; and their wish is,
if they move at all, to do it themselves,
and not be exposed to the tortures and even
death from those who would make the
most money out of the expedition, as was
lately the case of 200 who were sunk in
a steamboat. Their wishes should be
yieldedr- in this respec:, as they are as
civilized as their neighbors of Georgia,
and as well able to superintend their own
removal. It appears from the following
paragraph,-that the government is deter
mined to make them submit to their arbi
trary rquir merits. Such treatment can
no more be j us! i fled by the laws of God
and humanity, than the aggressive wars
of Alexander and Bonaparte. The motio
is. Might makes risrht." The Raleigh
Register sjvs N.E Spectator.
V We enteitain s-ncus fears that much
difficulty is about to be experienced, in
carrying into execution the treaty with
the Cherokee Indians, which provides for
their removal beyond the Mississippi.
We have a considerable body of them, it
is known, in the South-weste n part of
North-Carolina, and -o al inning are the
indications of hostility amon,' them, th u
the general government has made a re
quisition upon the executive of the State,
for a force ol volunteer infintry. The
adjutant general has. accor linjjly, by di
rections of Gov. Dudley, issued orders to
the proper co nm mding officers, to call
out their respeetive regimen's, with a
view to the immediate organization, if
practicable, of one or more volunteer
companies, in ca:h."
Methodist Mission at the Oregon.
In the summer of 1836, a mission family,
consisting of thirteen persons, sailed from
Boston, in the ship Hamilton, to reinforce
the methodist mission at the Oregon, un
der 'he snperintendace of the Messrs. Lee.
This f.imily. arrived at the Sandwich Ul
an Isabouttheofclose Dec. fjl owing.where
they had to remain for several months be
fore nn opportunity offered for the Colum
bia river. Subsequently another party sailed
from Boston in the brig Peru, which oriv
ed at the Sindwich islands very soon after
their friends who went out in the Hamil
ton had departed for the Columbia. We
are now enabled to iniorm the numerous
friends of this mission, that we yesterday
8 j vv letters from the O.effon.dited in June,
which bring the irr tifyiug intelligence of
the safe arrival of bota parties at the resi
dence of the Messrs. Lee on the Wilamau
ta. N. y. Spec.
Abolition. Mr. Silliman, from the
CommiUee in the New-York Legislature
to which were referred the numerous me
moriata on the subject of the reception of
abolition memorials by Congress, report
ed resolutions against the rule udopted on
Mr. Pattoa's motion, under which theab
olition memorials are now laid on the ta
ble, without reading.priuting orreference
Mr. S. also expressed a desire that these
resolutions should be disposed ol at once;
but they were finally laid on the table, and
on motion of Mr. Culver, five times then-
suai numOT ot copies of-trm, ana me
former series of resolutions, were oruereu
to be prnd.
The Daily Advertiser says a treat has
been concluded let ween France and tiav
ti, whereby the former acknowledges the
independent of the lauer, and is tare
ceive as indemnity for tne oi l iroihes
sixty millions of franc payable in thirty
years. tfoiOA Kress. . .
.. Rev. Howard Malcom, who recently tis
ited . the East-Indies as an . agent of ihe
Baptist Board of Foreign Missions, bat ar
rived al Newport, R. I., io the ship Hsn
over from Canton- Be Presks ; -
From the Friend of Maa.' -;S,,
GLEANINGS IX ALBANY, SINCE TAX Arf-TI-SLAVERY
CONVENTIONS
Mr. Goodell, As this city will here
after1 be a most important point for the an-ti-alarery
cause, it mar not be uninterest
ing to your readers to "know somewhat
how the leaven worketh in this good and
ancient city. Be it known then that, as
near is 1 carl guess, , the appearances of
things since the Convention, and since Mr
Stewart's lecture in the Capitol, (what au
dacious presumption t)
" Give signs of wo that all is lot ("
in the Empire State to the slave-holder,
and that a brighter era dawns upon our
ciuse, and upon the rights of our colored
people, and the crushed slave of the South.
The legislature will soon act upon the
anti-slavery memorials. A report from
the committee is expected to-day one of
that committee w.vs of opinion that their
chiirman was disposed to feed us with
crumbs ; but there seems to be a determin
ation by our friends in the Assembly, not
to tukn. up with s ich meagre fare, but to
i I n tat ti
warranted in this view of the subject,
require suostantui toou. we tninK we
from several facts, viz: the almost unani-
mous vote of the House, about 90 in fa
vor and only two voting against Mr. Stew
art's occupying the Capitol, and the fivor
able manner in which almost all the mem
ber of the Assembly speak of the object
of the memorials.
If it will not be thought amiss, I will
close this short sketch by relating an au-j
ecdote which happened here the other day.
Mr. Porter, the R.-gister of the city, mtt i
Mr. B radish, the'Speaker of the Assem
bly, and upbraided him and the Assembly
for granliug their chamber to Mr. Stew
art. Mr. P. wished to know how they
came to be so unwise as to let Stewart oc
cupy the House. Mr. B. very judicious
ly replied, the Assembly are the servants,
not the masters of the people ; and when
a formal request was made by them to oc
cupy the House, in a lawful way, and at
a time when not occupied by the legisla
ture, they had no right to refuse ihe sove
reign people the right to use their own
House. What a noble sentiment? wor
thy the mnn who uttered it. Two years
ago, Gov. Marcy wanted legislative action
against the inalienable right o free dis
cussion ! ! I Put this and that together.
Q IN A CORNER.
Albany, March 19, 1833,
West India Emancipation. The
writer of the following is an educated
New-England man, who commenced
study for the ministry; but HI health
compelled him to telinquish the desire o(
his heart, and seek a more congenial
clime. For some y-ars he has resided in
the British West Indies, as agent of an
extensive mercantile house in Connecti
cut. it will be reeolletted that Antigua
is one of tho islands which at first intro
duced toial emancipation without appren
ticeship. N.E.Spec.
Extract from u letter dated Antig-ua,
Feb. 1 2th, 1833. "lam assured Com
the best authority here, that real estate is
worth 100 per cf. more than it was a few
years since. I never saw a more happy
people than they sire here, and the appear
ance of the euliivation is cert.in!y very
beautiful. The crop this year will ex
ceed any former one ( t is said) ever
raised. In regjrd to the industry, sobri
ety and good order of the laboring peo
ple, I have heard but one voice and that
of nraie.
Mr. E's language i., "it is incredible
how well the people beh.ive, and how
entirely they have disappointed the fears
of those who were opposed to emancipa
tion, among whom I was one."
Paris, Jan. 23. 1838: Pari, during
the last week, has peen chiefly occupied
with the intense cold which set in on the
9th ins:., and " has frozen all Europe" on
this side of the Alps. Fony-three years
have elapsed smee a spell of equal severity.
A fiw days ago, the thermometer decend-
d to nearly zero of Fahrenheit We
hear of like weather in alt the middle nnd
southern parts o! France. The French
were less prepared for it, in consequence
of the unusual mildness of December, and
the first week of the year. To imagine
the suffering to which the poorer classes
are exposed, you must have seen how they
are clad, and know how ill thee can af
ford to use. anv fuel at all. Very few pos
sess woollen ofany description, and the wo
men rarely wejr or own a bonnet. The
cost of wood is twice or thrice as great as
in our cities. . The dwellings of the
French, moreover, are generally open and
damp.
Fodsdlings in Pari&. From 1816
to 1835, 1 03, 189 foundlings were received
at the hospital in Paris, out of whom in
the same time there died 80.764. The
number of children preserved, deducting
those sent back to their parents. 16.000.
being one to five. Each child placed in
the country by the hospital, cost 100 francs
per annum.
Another Explosion. The steam
boat Paul Jones, Capt. Eckert,from Lou
isville, reports the collapsing of the flue
of the steamboat Liverpool, on the 10th
insL by which accident fourteen persons
were scaldel, and three drowned, having
jumped overboard.
Frknch Indssinification. It will
be seen by a notice in another column, that
the sixth instalment will be pail at the
Bank of America on the 2i of April.
xY. Y. Spec' x. ..
A bill, passed the House of Delegates
of ihe afate of Maryland, on Wednesday
last, by 55 votes to 1 4. Ut the abolishment
of imprisonment for debt ; ; '
v Acommittee left Ne York on Friday
for .Albany, with a petition for. and to urrre
on ihe establishmeat of a baukcfCO.CDJ,-
033 dollars.
. Itn
circrlj cfs;:zh tl ICc'-Tci'; fcr th:
wee
-Tub SuarLcs;R8TKNUB.-The fol
lowing is an abstiact of the pro visions of
a bill, which has passed the, Senate -of N
York, to appropriate the VnoneyJ't,rti
from the United States under the distribu
tion law. of 1835: ' - , "
1 10.000 to be added to the annual dis
tribution to common schools. Tue gener
rai law is, at the same time, so amended
as to require scoofs to be taught boa qual
ihed person, sx months in the year. I
955,000 to be distributed in like man-1
ner ; and the trustees of each district to
determine whether their portion of it shall
be devoted to the purchase of a district li
brary, or the payment of teachers wages.
$6,000 each, annually, to Geneva col
lege and the university of the city of New
York, and 3000 to Hamilton college.
520.000 a year to be added to the dis
tributive income of the literature fund.
The general law relative to the distribu
tion ol this fund ia changed, so as to em
brace all and 011)7 such academies as have
properly worth V&50O, and to include
certain schools, having the features of a
cademies, though not; incorporated as
such.
The residue of the annual income to
be added to the capital of the common
school fund.
Gene8ee Silk Company. A Silk
Company, with a large capital, has been
formed in Genesee County, N. Y., and it
appears they are determined to take pre
cedence of p. 11 others, as they have made
one purchase of 20,000 worth of trees of
the Chinese moras muflicavlis, so celebra
ted for its superior qualities over the more
common sorts of mulberries.
Foreign Paupers. The average
number of paupers in Massachusetts is
4,017. Of this number, 2,533 are natives
of Enirlend and Ireland. Net amount of
expense of supporting and relieving pau
pers, including interest on alms-house es
tablishments. 306.548 96.
New-Orleans, March 15. A duel was
fought yesterday afernoon between a
French gentleman, and a merchant of this
city, with rifles at thirty paces. Tie
merchant, we learn, fell at the first fire.
N.O. Merchant.
Well done, Massachusetts I The
anti-slavery resolves have passed the Le
gislature of Massachusetts by a unani
mous vote ! Whigs, Loco-focos, Van Bu-ren-men,
and all ! ! Friend of Man.
A free native citizen of Boston (as he
claims to be) is advertised in Henderson
County, Kentucky, as being committed to
jail, on suspicion of being a slave, and no
tice given that he will be sold at a giv
en lime, if no owner appears for him !
Friend of Man.
Dr. Bowditch has made a bequest of
$1000 to the Salem Atheneum $1000
to the Salem Marine Society and $1000
to the East India Marine Society. Bos
ton Press.
Specie is now nearly on a par with
Boston bills. Sales last week of 840,000
American void, at 1 premium. Our
banks bought freely of Mexican dollars
in New-York, at f J premium, and re
plenished their stocks. Boston Press.
New-Bedford is resuming. On
Saturday and Sunday, nine vessels arriv
ed at that industrious port, with upwards
of 18,000 barrels of Oil, averaging 3000
barrels to a vessel, and valued at upwards
of $2)0.000. Boston Press.
New-York Canals. Tt is announced
cially in the Arjjus, that the Slate ca-
n-ils will be open f .r navigation on the
13th of April.JV.Y.ec.
NOTICES.
O.UARTKRLY ANTI-SLAVERY MAGA
ZINE -PRICE reduced. The Executive
Committee of the American Anti-Slavery
Society, with the view of establishing a
very larg? circulation of this important
work', have resolved to reduce the price!
so as barely to cover the cost of the paper
and type. It will b put at the following
Price. For a single copy, three dol
lars in advance. If payment be delayed
till the delivery of the second number.
fot dollars will be required.
vox five dollars transmitted to the Anti
Slavery office free of expense, in advance,
two copies will be sent for one year.
Papers which have copied the Pros
pectus are requested to copy the above;
also, if they shall publish the prospectus
hereafter, to substitute the above terms for
those named therein, and add to the list of
contributors the following names, two of
which were omitted by mistake, viz:
Rev. Cyros P. Grosvenor,
Rev. Charles W. Denison,
C C. Burleigh, Esq.,
Rev. John O. Choules,
Dr. Gamaliel Bailey, Jr.
Those who wish to become subscribers
on these favorable terms, are requested to
send in their names immediately,; as the
commencement of the work yet depends
upon the filling up of the subscription
list.
The next Anniversary or the
American Anti-Slayery Society.
We call the special attention of our friends,
to the approaching annual meeting of the
American Anti-Slavery Society. It will
be a season of peculiar interest. The
eye of the nation is upon our movements.
Our cause has urged its way into both
Houses of Congress, and into nearly all
the State ' Legislatures, challenging an
I investigation of its principles and objects.
i nis, witn ine opening jot tne state rloa
es al Boston and Albany, for our rneet-
i . i si i e ... i- i ' i. :
ings, ine xioou 01 petitions wni:a nae
been poured into Congress and the Le
gislatures of the free States, the respectful
and protracted hear" :5 which hive been
"granted to the petUi-.irr? Vrsome cf the:?
b-dts. und the furore',!, r ?i c :r
prayers by the L-tWiv - h' ,r::
ed the dignity and importance of ur
operations; in the estimation of all, and
especially of itjcseYwho do homage to
public sentimenLi j fU e
The murder of Xorejoy has rontriVul
ed to arresvihe public eye. The proba
ble substitution of unconditional freedom,
for the apprenticeship bV inanr of tho -
W. I. Islands, and the preliminary move-
ments towards the assembling of a Con-
vention to amena tne Constitution of Ken
lucicy, ui mese win renuer ids next
a -a - 'ii a a
anniversary of unprecedented importance.
It will be observed that the bcsin ess
meetiko commences on ,VVednesdaythe
2d of May, the weekf previous to 'tho
Anniversary. Important matters bearing
upon the . common - cause will be there
discussed, plans of-operation arranged,
measures for mutual co-operation between
the National and State Societies in regard
to petitions, finance, lectures, agents, &c.
adopted, and the campaign for the next
year marked out. We hope to see at
unusual number of ourfrieccb present or
that occasion.
Heretofore, complaint Las been made,
that from various causes, there was not
opportuni;y during the anniversary week,
for a thorough discussion of the numerous
topics which usually, come before the
annua) meeting, Rnd it was to obviate this
difficulty, that the business meeting was
calM a week earlier , than usual. Our
principles are well understood, and, we
trust, ned no amendment: but, greater
efficiency may, undoubtedly, be imparted
to our measures by mutual suggestions
and discussion. The Secretaries.
Fourteenth Anniversary of the
Baptist General Tract Society.
The next annual meeting of the Baptist
General Tract Society will be held in
Oliver-street meeting-house. New-York,
on Tuesday evening, April 24th, preced
ing the meeting of the General Conven
tion. The members and friends of the
Society generally are affectionately invit
ed to attend. By order of the Board.
I. M. Allen, Gen. Agent,
Philadelphia, Feb. 12, 1838.
WEEKLY RECEIPT3.
Asa Wilmartb$200.- J. Smith, ,87: Wm. M.
Field. 6 00: A. Mtteson, 100; E. Smith, ,15:
E. Holmes, ,50: D.H Landon.l 50: V. Wolcott,
1 00: E. tirtndy, 2d. 1 50.
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post-Office at
Brandon, Vt., April 1, ls38.
Andrus John 2 Hastings Shuba el
Amedon Royal Johnson Alonzo
Bump Cyrus Johnson Gayland
Britu l Columbia Lee David
Beardsley TJdney N.Leguien Joseph
or Moore Harry
Beards'v Kenned C.Meriam Samuel
Blake ttoyal w Munger Calvin G.
Klake& Hammond Mason Lucia D,
Bucklani Phebe
Plumley Bemis
Bartlett AlUen
Case E. S.
Cothall G. W.
Clarke. Ralph B.
Cutting George
Curtis Emeline L.
Clarke Jonathan
Reynolds Roxana A.
Roberts Almon C.
Sessions Walter fi
Stephens Richard
Stearns Anthony
Sanderson Ja's liL
Snow Nr.ncY s-
Crossman Milton E. Starky Abel
Dodge Adeline
Seger Sylvanus
Taft Horace .
Toleman Daniel
Daii.s Elias
Dwinell Sally A.
Greene Albey
Goodnow Ruth-
tXTL. 1-1 MT?1I -r
utjeier w imam
Wheeler Joseph
Goodrich Benjamin White Ceph
as
Greene Wm. P.
Goshen, .
Baker James - -Bride
William,
Clarke William ... ;
Kinsmati.pura 2 .' '
Lawrence Luke C.
Shedd Amos . - r
Goss Rufus
Goodrich Mason
Goodrich David
Greene Thomas
Howland Samuel
Hudson W. O.
EDWARD JACKSON, P.
NATHAN CARR'S ESTATE.
State of Vermont, ) The Honlthe
District of Rutland, ss. J Probate- Court
for the District of Rutland, To all per-
ons concerned in the Estate of Nathan r
Carr, late of Brandon, deceased; intes i
tate Greetino! J
WHEREAS, the Adrnkustraor of
the estate of the said deceased, T;
proposes to render an account of hb ad-f!
ministration, and present his account o- .
gainst said estate for allowance, at a Pro- '
bate Court to be holden at Rutland in said '
District, on the first Monday of May
next, Therefore, . . , ' "
You are hereby notified to appear before
said Cou rt, at the time and place aforesaid, .
to shew cause, if any you have, why the
said account should not be allowed.
Given undei my hand and the seal
(l. s.) cIfaii Court Rutland, in said
1 District, this twenty-sixth day of
March, A. D. 183b.
HL B. TOWS LEE, Regfr. '
DISSOLUTION.
.WOTICE is hereby given, that the
-LN co-partnership heretofore existing
under the firm of Clark & Davis, is thU
day dissolved by mutual consent
CLARK & DAVIS.
Brandon, March 22, 1838. -
The business will be carried enm atl "
its various branches, as heretofeWe-, under
the firm of Dayis tc Bums; aaa bv dil -gence
and good attention to their busihet
they hope to merit a share of public m
ronage. DAVIS & BDMpT
t N. The Books and Accounts of tb
late firm of Clark & DaviV are lefY ia
our hinJs tr.i trill K! i.
j
VIA PLASTER;
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