Philip, Daniel G. Gautier, Catechists. During the past year, the school at Til lipally has received the boys from Panditeripo and Manepy, and now bears the same relation to the Central School at Batticotta, that academies in this country sustain to colleges. This leaves the missionaries at two of the stations more at liberty to preach the Gospel. The school for girls, formerly at Oodooville, was removed to Manepy, on account of the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Winslow at Cal. cutta. See vol. xxii. p. 196.-The num ber of pupils was 31, of whom one-third were members of the church. The Central School at Batticotta, at the latest dates, contained 53 pupils, of whom 22 were members of the church. A full account of this school was given at pp. 347350 of our last volume. The difficulties in the way of assigning to this institution the name of a College, are enumerated at pp. 377, 388 of the same volume.—Mrs. Woodward died Nov. 24th, 1825. Mrs. Knight, formerly Mrs. Richards, died at Nellore, near the American mission, April 25th, of the same year. The Report thus describes the state of the schools: "The school system of this mission is very interesting, and promises the most happy results. At the commencement of the year 1825, there were 59 charity schools, containing 2414 boys, and 255 girls, on the list of pupils, taught by 68 schoolmasters. In the boarding schools, there were 126 boys, and 31 girls; mak. ing the whole number of children under Christian instruction no less than 2824. On account of the prevalence of the cholera, a part of the schools were afterward suspended, and some for other causes. The number of scholars in the Boarding Schools was somewhat above 200 in Fe bruary last; but no particular account of the other schools was then communicated. "Several of the schoolmasters have become pious, and a large proportion of them are deeply serious. They already exert a very favourable influence upon the interests of the mission. The more forward and intelligent of the pious youths pursue the same plan of publicly speaking on religious subjects, which has been mentioned in the previous history of the mission." With respect to female education, the following remarks are made: "The education of females, though ra pidly advancing, is attended with many difficulties, and will be thus attended for a long time to come. The whole frame of society must be pulled down and rebuilt, before women can enjoy their rightful privileges, and be elevated to their proper rank. This mighty work can only be accomplished by the all-pervad ing influence of Christian principle, diffused by education, by example, and by persevering labour in all these ways, ac companied by the special agency of the Holy Spirit. One of the first impediments to the improvement of females, is the dif ficulty of finding any employment for them compatible with cultivation of mind, or elevation of character. But such em ployments will be found, as true civilization shall advance under the auspices of Christianity," III. The Cherokees. A tribe of Indians, inhabiting a tract of country included within the chartered li mits of the states of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Popula tion about 15,000. Commenced in 1817. Stations at Brainerd, Carmel, Creekpath, Hightower, Willstown, Haweis, and Candy's Creek. BRAINERD.-One mile north of the 35th parallel of latitude, and seven miles S. E. of the Tennessee river; consequently in that part of the Cherokee country, which falls within the limits of Tennessee. This place is about 250 miles from Augusta, (Geo.,) near the road, which runs in a N. W. direction from that city to Nashville. Established in 1817. Rev. Samuel A. Worcester, Missionary: John C. Elsworth, Teacher, and Superin tendent of Secular Concerns; John Vail, Farmer; Ainsworth E. Blunt, Farmer and Mechanic, Luke Fernal, Mechanic; and their wives; Sophia Sawyer, Teacher. CARMEL. In the chartered limits of Georgia, on the road from Augusta to Nashville, 46 miles N. W. of the Chata hochee river (which is the S. E. boundary of the Cherokee country,) and 62 miles from Brainerd. 1820. Rev. Daniel S. Butrick, Missionary; Isaac Proctor, Teacher, Mrs. Proctor; Henry Parker, Farmer, Mrs. Parker; Josiah Hemmingway, Farmer. CREEKPATH. In the chartered limits of Alabama, four miles S. of the Tennessee river, (which is here the N. W. boundary of the Cherokee country,) and 40 S.S.E. of Huntsville. 1820. Rev. William Potter, Missionary, Mrs. Potter; Fenner Bosworth, Farmer, Mrs. Bosworth; Erminia Nash. HIGHTOWER.-In the chartered limits of Georgia, one mile south of Hightower river, and 35 miles 8. S. W. of Carmel. Elizabeth Proctor, Teacher, WILLSTOWN. In the chartered limits of Alabama, about 10 miles from the western line of Georgia, and 40 miles south of the Tennessee river, 1823. Rev. Ard Hoyt, and Rev. William Chamberlain, Missionaries; Sylvester Ellis, Farmer; and their wives. John Huss, Native Assistant. HAWEIS. About 50 miles S. of Brainerd, within the chartered limits of Georgia. 1823. Dr. Elizur Butler, Physician and Catechist, Mrs. Butler. CANDY'S CREEK.-Within the chartered limits of Tennessee, 25 miles N. E. of Brainerd, and 10 miles S. W. of the Cherokee agency on the Hiwassee. 1824. William Holland, Teacher and Farmer, Mrs. Holland. "As various portions of Indian territory are often spoken of, as lying within certain states of the Union, it is proper to say here, that the conventional limits of different states, whether fixed by the states themselves, or by Congress, do not affect the Indian titles to the territories in question. It has always been admitted by our national authorities, as it must be by every candid man, that the tribes of Indians in North America have a perfect right to the soil of their ancestors, now in their own occupancy, unless they or their fathers have voluntarily relinquished that right for a good consideration. When we speak, therefore, of Indian territory, as lying in the state of Tennessee, or the state of Georgia, it is not intended that the Indians there residing are subject to the laws of the whites; or that the running of a line through their country, or marking it upon a map, has any effect to impair their claims, or dispossess them of their patrimonial inheritance. The only way, in which this inheritance can be alienated, is by treaties fairly and honourably made, and with the full assent of the present owners. "So far as the Indian title is rightfully extinguished, the property falls into the hands of the national government, or of the separate states, according to stipula tions now existing. The right of sove. reignty will, in every case, belong to the state, within whose conventional limits the territory now lies. These remarks have appeared proper, as the right of the Indians to their own land, from the manner in which the subject has often been presented to the mind, is overlooked and forgotten." Mrs. Dean, who left Brainerd last year, on account of declining health, died on the 21st of May last; and Mr. Dean's services, in consequence of uncertainty whether his health would allow him to resume his appropriate work, were relinquished. He is succeeded by Mr. Fernal. Mr. Hall and Mr. Frederick Elsworth have also retired from the service of the Board with their families; the former on account of the ill health of Mrs. Hall, but with the consolation of reflecting, that God has seen fit to honour his labours in a somewhat remarkable manner: the latter on account of the very precarious state of his own health, which led him to submit his case to the Committee, who gave him an honourable discharge. Mr. Manwaring, mentioned in the survey of last year as connected with the station of Carmel, withdrew from the mission after having laboured one year. The number of pupils in the missionary schools at the above stations, is probably about 200. The survey of this mission will be closed with a few miscellaneous extracts, of an interesting nature, from the Report. "The schools at Brainerd were never in a better state than during the present year. The pupils have been orderly, obedient, studious, and making good proficiency. When the Corresponding Secretary visited the school for boys, in March last, not a word was missed by the whole school in spelling. One of the boys, ten or eleven years old, who had been in school less than five months, not having previously learned the alphabet, was spelling in words of three syllables, and had never missed but a single word. Considering what it is for children to learn to spell in a foreign language, and how very ambiguous and deceitful the English alphabet is, these facts certainly prove an extraordinary attention of the mind." "An Indian named Big Bear, and his wife, were admitted to the church last winter. The man is since dead. He appeared to be a true convert. An aged Cherokee woman, who had great grandchildren in the school soon after its commencement, and who had evinced the power of religion upon her heart for six years, has also been removed to a better world, as we trust, there to associate with Catherine Brown, to whom she was personally attached, and with several others from among her people, who gave evidence of intelligent faith and holy love, and are justly counted precious fruit of this mission.' Carmel :-"The state of society at this place is much improved. There is comparatively little intemperance in the vicinity. Not a few instances of hopeful conversion have been witnessed, and some of distinguished piety," (To be continued.) The Treasurer of the Trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church aeknowledges the receipt of the following sums for their Theological Seminary at Princeton, N. J. during the month of January last, viz. Of Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander, from Rev. Joseph Sanford, the annual col- Of L. Desauque, a quarter's rent of stable back of do. Amount received for the Contingent Fund $50 00 87 50 10 00 147 50 100 CO 175 00 132 75 Total $555 25 Of Rev. Dr. Moses Waddel, per Joseph J. Woodward, two instalments of Rev. Of Rev. Dr. Samuel Miller, for the Le Roy and Banyer Scholarships Diew of Publick Affairs. EUROPE. The news from Europe, during the past month, has not been very abundant, but yet of considerable interest. It appears that in various parts of this region of the earth, mortal sickness has prevailed, for several months preceding the last accounts, to a very unusual extent. Malignant fevers of different types, have carried many thousands to their graves, especially in Germany and the neighbouring states. Health, it was believed, was beginning to return to the places which had suffered most. BRITAIN.-Our latest advices from Britain are to the 14th of December. If we are to judge by the general scope and spirit of the last accounts of distress and embarrassment, arising from the want of employment in Great Britain and Ireland, we must think that the suffering there, in almost every class of the community, is not diminished but rather increased. Probably the augmentation may be attri buted, in part, to the season of the year-the approach of winter. Even in the king's speech, at the opening of Parliament, his Majesty admits that "the depression under which the trade and manufactures of the country have been labouring has abated more slowly than he had thought himself warranted in anticipating;" and he consoles himself chiefly from "the patience with which sufferings have been borne," and from a "firm expectation that the abatement will be progressive, and that the time is not distant, when, under the blessing of Divine Providence, the commerce and industry of the United Kingdom will have resumed their wonted activity." Parliament was opened, in a splendid manner, with a speech of which the foregoing is a part, on the 21st of November. The speech was delivered by the King in person; but it is, without exception, the emptiest thing of the kind that we remember ever to have seen and so it has been represented by the opposition members of Parliament.-It really contains nothing that we think our readers would wish us to detail. The subject of the corn laws was not to be discussed, till after the recess of Parliament at the Christmas holidays. It appears that our minister, Mr. Gallatin, has frequent interviews with Mr. Secretary Canning-on what subjects we know not. Great agitations still exist in Ireland, occasioned both by the pressing necessities of the people, and the controversy relative to Catholick emancipation. It appears also that there has been a falling off in the revenue during the last year, but we believe the amount of the deficiency is not great. : On the 11th of December, a message was sent by the king to both houses of Parliament, acquainting them "that his Majesty had received an earnest application from the Princess Regent of Portugal, claiming, in virtue of the ancient obligations of alliance and amity, subsisting between his Majesty and the crown of Portugal, his Majesty's aid against a hostile aggression from Spain." It is farther stated in the Royal message, that his Majesty, in concert with the king of France, had exerted himself to prevent this aggression, and had received repeated assurances from his Catholick Majesty that such aggression should not be made from his territory-That nevertheless it had been made, "under the eyes of Spanish authorities, by Portuguese regiments which had deserted into Spain, and which the Spanish government had repeatedly and solemnly engaged to disperse." After assuring Parliament that he would "leave no effort unexhausted to awaken the Spanish government to the dangerous consequences of this apparent connivance," the king concludes his message, with an expression of his entire confidence in the concurrence of his Parliament "in securing against foreign hostility, the safety and independence of the kingdom of Portugal— the oldest ally of Great Britain." It appears that measures were taken with the utmost promptitude, in both houses of Parliament, to forward the demanded, succour to Portugal. In the Commons, the speech of Mr. Canning, who was out of health at the time, is represented as eloquent beyond measure. In reply to some insinuations that there had been delay in providing the necessary aid, he said-"On Saturday, the decision of the government was taken; on Sunday, we obtained the sanction of his Majesty on Monday, we came down to Parliament; and while I have now the honour of addressing the house, British troops are on their march for Portugal." The next day, Mr. Canning, overcome, it is said, by his exertions, was taken seriously ill; and in consequence of this, Parliament, on the evening of the 13th of December, was adjourned to the 8th of February. When military force is once arrayed, and the adverse corps are brought near to each other, war is sometimes the consequence, even when it is not wished for or expected, by the powers who send their troops to the field. If Spain were not infatuated even to madness, we should think, that in the present instance, there was no probability of a war between her and Britain; especially as France appears to be seriously engaged with Britain to prevent it. As matters stand, we know not what will happen; but, on the whole, we do not look for war. The quid nuncs, both in London and Paris, are speculating on the subject. Some say that France is hypocritical, and has actually prompted Spain to the hostile measures she has countenanced. Others say, that Canning has got up this whole affair, to divert the British publick from the distress of the country. Suggestions of this kind, from party writers, usually deserve little regard. What foundation there is for these, must be left to time to decide. It appears that five thousand troops have been sent from England to Portugal, and we have just seen it stated, that an equal number had left Gibraltar for Lisbon. We do not, however, believe that such a force could have gone from Gibraltar; as we think it nearly equal to the whole that is stationed in that fortress in time of peace. A tremendous storm of wind and snow had been experienced in the Highlands of Scotland, destructive alike of man and beast. In some parts of the Highlands, it is said that the snow had drifted to the depth of a hundred feet. The loss of shipping on the coast has also been great. The convocation of the clergy of the established church of England, which is always called on the meeting of a new Parliament, but which is seldom permitted to enter on any business, did, at its meeting in November last, draw up, and present to his present Britannick Majesty, a formal address, of very serious import. The scope of it is, that the established church is put in alarming jeopardy, by the attempts of infidelity and the exertions of the Roman Catholicks: and that the Convocation appeal to his Majesty, as "under God, the Head of the church," for protection. Of this protection the king, in his answer, gives a kind of assurance-intentionally waving, as we think, any explicit pledge in regard to what is called the Catholick question. We may be allowed to express, most seriously, our sense of gratitude to God, that we belong to a church which, in no sense whatever, has an earthly sovereign for its head-which knows no other head save Him" who is given to be the Head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all.” FRANCE. On the 12th of Dec. the Session of the French Chambers was opened at the Louvre, by a speech from the king. Unlike that of his cousin in Britain, this speech is pithy, and full of matter. Much of it however relates to local concerns. That in which we feel the most interest refers to the slave trade-He says-"The punishments awarded against the slave trade have failed in their efficacy, and their application may be avoided. Amore complete law is necessary, and I have given orders that a bill to that effect be laid before you." We earnestly hope that this may have been said in sincerity, and that it may not prove of a piece with the shameful duplicity, which we have thought right to expose in another part of our view. The French monarch explicitly avows his opposition to the hostile measures of Spain, and his wishes for the continuance of peace. It appears that the revenue of France in the year past has exceeded the necessary expenditures, and that the surplus will be applied to relieve the “Communes from the additional payments which they have been in the habit of granting to their Curates." A reduction of "the most burdensome taxes" is also speedily anticipated. The speech concludes, with the following sentence-"France, industrious and tranquil, will acquire new greatness, and her success in peace will not shed less splendour than her warlike virtures will do, if honour should oblige her to display them." A British ministerial paper, "The London Courier," admits that this conclusion of the French king's speech was probably added, “upon receiving intelligence of the military demonstrations made by this country."-It is curious to observe how these two rival and jealous and mighty nations, watch all the movements of each other; and even the language which is held by those in power. Canning, in his great speech, had said, that although wishing for peace, Britain had still for war "a giant's strength;" and the French monarch, it appears, intended his flourish as an off-set to the British boast. SPAIN. It does not appear that the Spanish government have really sanctioned the irruption into Portugal of the rebellious troops of that kingdom, that had marched into Spain. On the contrary, it appears that this government have given explicit assurances to Britain, France, and Portugal, that they would give no countenance or aid to the rebels. Even a treaty to this effect has recently been ratified between Spain and Portugal. Now, we are inclined to believe that the government of Spain have not been able to fulfil their intentions-Not that they do not most cordially hate the constitution of Portugal, and would be glad to crush it at once-But we think they must have seen that they could not contend with France and Britain, and therefore, though very reluctantly, determined to leave the Portuguese rebels to their fate; and that they have been placed in the predicament in which they find themselves, by the tide of popular opinion, which they canno control or resist. We are countenanced in this opinion by a part of Mr. Canning's spech, in which he says, "I am persuaded there is, in the vast majority of the Spanish pople, a decided love of arbitrary power-so that whether the government do or do not partake in their sentiments-do or do not stimulate their passions-it is certain this vast majority do not require its orders to excite them to action." If Ferdinand and his ministers have raised, or rather cherished a spirit, which they cannot modify or govern-which seems to be the fact-we see not but that Spain must be conquered, or be put under the absolute control of other powers, before Portugal can be quiet-We observe that new attempts are still made to root out of the country every vestige of the late constitutional spirit. PORTUGAL.-Chamber of Deputies.-"In the sitting of the 4th of December, the minister for foreign affairs gave an account of the relations with foreign powers, in which he showed that the disposition of England was decidedly friendly, adding, that she alone would be sufficient to defend the nation from all its enemies; that the French government has recognised the present system of Portugal; that the instructions given by Russia, Austria, and Prussia, to their charge des affaires were satisfactory, and have been completely fulfilled by them; that in consequence of the well known intrigues of Spain, and of late events, a note has been given to the ambassador of that court to the Portuguese government, signifying to him that his functions were suspended till the conduct of his court was explained, and another to the Portuguese ambassador at Madrid, to demand satisfaction of that government, not for words, but facts relative to the said events. The minister stated verbally, that should the satisfaction required not prove what it ought to be, the English, the natural allies and sincere friends of Portugal, would take upon them to demand it; and that the government being authorized by the chambers to receive foreign troops, had already applied to England for them in consequence of the existing treaties. His excellency said that the Apostolick junta rules the cabinet of Madrid, and has unfortunately ramifications in Portugal, and must be considered as the greatest pest of monarchies, the most infamous league against monarchs and European civilization." The foregoing account of the minister for foreign affairs in Portugal, contains an excellent summary of the state of things in that kingdom. It further appears that the Portuguese nobility are, in general, ardent in their attachment to the present constitution; and that many of them are hastening to the frontiers, to take an active part in the military operations against the rebels-who, after some hard fighting, have taken the town of Braganza, in the northern extremity of the kingdom. |