That all Indians shall be obliged to pay for crossing at ferries in the nation, as the whites do; that all ferries are to be taxed for the same purpose, some as high as fifty dollars some thirty, some twenty, &c.

Laws are like wise enacted to establish their companies as mentioned above, and give them their proper power. The laws are in the follow. ing style, "Be it enacted by the general council of the Cherokee nation," &c.

I suspect their next step will be the partitioning out their lands, and entering into regular habits of husbandry. Thus far are the Cherokees advanced; further I believe than any other nation of Indians in America. These advantages they cannot lose ; and as soon as they are civilized their way will be open for the establishment of regular religious society; may the Lord soon hasten it. This is the most critical and eventful period I have ever seen; it is a time of anxiety to my mind; and a time which calls forth all the energy in the minds of the Indians. I feel, my friend, that I need more grace, and more strength of body and mind for this great business. Money will also be needed. The support of this mission may seem to be at a great expense, but let it be recollected that the object is great; and I hope it will not be lost for want of a little of that treasure which God has SO abundantly bestowed on his people. I would cheerfully sacrifice my little all, but it is too inconsiderable to add momentum to this machine. I have one of my schools at a sacrament this day; Oh that it may be a day of power amongst them. Excuse haste, excuse blemishes, pray for me; assist me all you can. Tell your female societies to pray for me, and my little Indians. Yours in the gospel of Christ,

GIDEON BLACKBURN.

Extract of a letter from the Rev. Dr. Bogue of Gosport in England, to Messrs. Lee and Gordon, missionaries for India, detained at Philadelphia.

We were all much disappointed that you did not proceed to India,

where you were so much needed and so anxiously expected. It would have been well if you had followed your own judgment in opposition to that of others. By Mr. Cran's last

letter we learn that there were no obstacles in your way.

However as things have turned out we are happy that you have found your situation so agreeable, and that you have been placed in scenes of so much usefulness. hope, that some will have reason through all eternity to bless God for your continuance in the western hemisphere.

I hope you will be able to take your departure soon for the eastern world, and have a happy meeting with the friends at Vizagapatam and Madras.

We had letters lately from Mr. Morrison; the good man was well at Canton in the beginning of this year, living by faith in the providence and grace of God. Uncertain how it might be with him as to his continuance in that place, but deter: mined if possible, to make himself master of the Chinese tongue, in order to present the scriptures to the inhabitants of that country.

Mr. Wray has been about half a year in Demarara with Mr. Paste a planter. He goes on well, and has very encouraging prospects. The negroes begin to be concerned about their eternal salvation.

Mr. Elliot is in Tobago and has just begun to speak the word of life to the people there. His prospects I think are very promising.

Mr. Weissenger is gone to Malta, with a view to learn the modern Greek, and from thence to pass over to Smyrna, or some other place where the Greeks reside. The motto of his life is, "I am a debtor to the Greeks." He is much fitted for the service, and I hope will have the blessing of God.

Mr. Creighton, after being compelled to leave South America, has been employed in Ireland, but it is expected that he will soon go to the

East Indies.

The directors have just come to a determination to send out three of the students, Mr. Davies, Mr. Hands, and Mr. Creighton to the East-In

dies; and Mr. Pazalt, Mr. Wimmer, and Mr. Adam to the West; Mr. Pritchett and Mr. Brain are destined for Ava, the capital of the Birman empire.

I hope the Lord will be with them and abundantly bless them; and that he will likewise be with you and make you good ministers of Jesus Christ, and successful missionaries among the heathens.

We have just had letters from Mr. Cran, he is well and going on well; Mr. Desgranges was gone to MadFas on account of his health.

The missionaries of Otaheite were laboring with diligence, though not yet with success; yet I think things are very promising.

The missions at the Cape of Good Hope are flourishing. Many heathens have been converted to God in the various stations.

Mr. T. Gordon is at Yonghall in Ireland. He was well some weeks ago, is much esteemed, and will I hope be a blessing to the place. He has commenced his labors with vigor, and I have no doubt of his perseverance and success.

NEW WORKS.

THE Philadelphia Medical Dictionary, Containing a concise explanation of all the terms used in Medicine, Surgery, Pharmacy, Botany, Natural History, Chymistry, and Materia Medica, compiled from the best authorities, by John Redman Coxe, M. D. Philadelphia; T. Dobson. 1808.

The American Law Journal and Missellaneous Repertory,No. III. By John E. Hall, Esq. Boston; Farrand, Mallory, & Co. 1808.

An Examination into the constitutionality of the Embargo Laws, comprising a view of the arguments on the question before the Hon. John Davis, Esq. Judge of the District Court for Massachusetts, in the case of the U. States vs. Brigantine William, tried and determined in Salem, (Mass.) Sept. term, 1808. By Francis Blake, counsellor at law. To which is added the opinion pronounced by the Court, on the constitutional question, arising in the trial of the case. Worcester;

1808.

The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Covenant, commonly called the Old and New Testament: translated from the Greek. Vols. I. & II. By Charles Thomson, late Secretary to the Congress of the United States. Philadelphia; Jane Aitkin. 1808.

A Sermon delivered at the ordination of the Rev. John Codman, to the pastoral eare of the second church of Christ in Dorchester, Dec. 7, 1808. By William Ellery Channing; pastor of the church in Federal street, Boston. Boston; JoshDa Belcher, 1808.

A system of theoretical and practical Chymistry, by Frederick Accum, operative chymist,lecturer on practical chymistry, &c. &c. &c. late of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Philadelphia Hopkins and Earle. 1808.

The Anatomy of the Gravid Uterus, with practical references, relative to pregnancy and labour. By John Burns, surgeon in Glasgow. Salem; Cushing and Appleton. 1808.

Exposition of the practices and machinations which led to the usurpation of the crown of Spain, and the means adopted by the Emperor of the French to carry it into execution. By Don Pedro Cevallos, first secretary of state and dis patches to His Catholic Majesty, Ferdi

nand VII. Boston; William Wells, and Farrand, Mallory, & Co. 1808.

The works of Mrs. Anne Steele, complete in two volumes. Comprehending poems on subjects chiefly devotional; and miscellaneous pieces in prose and verse; heretofore published under the title of Theodosia, 2 vols. Boston; Munroe, Francis, and Parker. 1808.

WORKS IN THE PRESS. Bradford and Inskeep, Philadelphia, are publishing by subscription, in iraperial quarto, price 12 dollars each volume, handsomely half bound in Morocco, on a rich vellum paper, vol. I. of American Ornithology, or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Comprehending those resident within our territory, and those that migrate hither from other regions, among which will be found a great number of land and water birds hitherto undescribed, &c. &c. By Alexander Wilson.

Farrand, Mallory, & Co. Suffolk Buildings, have in the press, Letters to the Rev. Thomas Belsham, on some important subjects of theological discussion, referred to in bis di course on occasion of the death of Rev. Joseph Priestly, LL D. F. R. S. and member of several British and foreign academies and philosophical soci

eties. By John Pye Smith, D. D. from the last improved London edition.

WORKS PROPOSED.

We learn with pleasure, that Mr. WILLIAM ALLEN, Regent in the University at Cambridge, has prepared, and is about immediately to publish, in a handsome octavo volume, of about 500 pages; an American Biographical and Historical Dictionary, containing an account of the lives, characters, and writings of the most eminent persons in North America, from the first discovery of the country to the present time, and a summary of the history of the several colonies of the United States.

From the talents and industry of the author, and the access which his situation has given him to the best sources of information, we doubt not his work will be highly deserving the public patronage.

J. Hoff, Charleston, S. C. is publishing a Treatise on Martial Law and Court Martial, as practised in the United States of America, by Alexander Macomb, Esq. Major of the United States corps of engineers, late Judge Advocate on some special trials. M. U. S. M. P. S. &c. &c. Recommended by Major General Pinckney and Major Davie. To contain about 400 pages 8 vo. fine paper, price $3.

ram introduced into each county of this State, has had a wonderful effect in extending that valuable breed of animals.

The proceedings of the legislature of the State of Connecticut are conclusive in proving two facts, that the wool of Merinos is superior to all other wool for making superfine cloths; and that it does not in any degree deteriorate in the fleeces of those which are bred from the pure blood in this country. This legislature (on the report of a committee for ascertaining the facts) have presented their thanks to the Hon. DAVID HUMPHREYS, late minister plenipotentiary at the court of Madrid, for having imported into his native State one hundred of the Merino breed of sheep from Spain. They have also decreed very important immunities to the workmen in his factory, for ten years to come.

The Philadelphia Premium Society have awarded the first premium, for superfine broadcloth ever granted in America, to Col. HUMPHREYS, for a piece of 28 yards, made at Humphreysville, (Con.) from the wool of his Merino flock.

ELKANAH WATSON, Esq. of Pittsfield, (Mass.) with a commendable zeal, is carrying into effect the noble and extensive plans of Col. HUM. PHREYS, by introducing into his native State the Merino breed of sheep, and the manufacture of cloth from their wool. We trust the legislature of Massachusetts will not be behind the legislatures of her sister States, New York and Connecticut, in patronizing efforts so patriotic and beneficial.

GENERAL MANUFACTORIES.

It is reported, that about one hundred different trades are now carrying on, with advantage, in Philadelphia. The patent shot and porcelain manufactures have recently been introduced. A domestic store is opened for the sale of all American goods, on commission.

We hope to have the pleasure of recurring to this subject in a future number.

EAST INDIES.

TIPPOO SULTAUN'S LIBRARY. The oriental library of the late Tippoo Sultaun, which on the capture VOL. I. New Series.

of Seringapatam, was preserved entire, and consists of 2000 volumes of Arabic, Persian, and Hindustanee manuscripts, was shortly after that event conveyed to Calcutta, and deposited in the college of Fort William, where it much facilitated the labors and pursuits of the professors and students of those languages. The library was, in the year 1805, minutely examined by the Assistant Persian Professor, Capt. Charles Stewart, and a descriptive catalogue, explaining the subject of each volume, memoirs of the author, &c. formed of its contents. Since that gentleman's arrival in England, and appointment to the East India Company's college at Hertford, he has revised the work, and added an Appendix, containing specimens in the Persian language, (accompanied by a translation) from the principal authors quoted in the catalogue, rendering it not only a useful book to the oriental student, but desirable by every person wishing for information on such subjects, or curious of knowing the nature and extent of Mahommedan literature, which, it must be remembered, had arrived to a great degree of splendor when Europe was overcast with ignorance and barbarism.-For the convenience of foreigners, to whom the English letters may not give the exact pronunciation of an oriental word, the titles of the books will be also inscribed in the Arabic character. Lon. Pap.

ITALY.

SCULPTURE FOR AMERICA.

The sculptor Thorn walson, at Rome, is now at work on a colossal statue of Liberty, 22 feet in height, for the presidency of Washington, the first that ever went from Italy to America.

MANUSCRIPTS AND BOOKS.

A decree from Milan, dated 10th June, orders, that the director-general of the domains shall take catalogues of the rare manuscripts and books in the suppressed monasteries, &c. and lay the same before the council of state and the gener al director of public instruction. The archives and libraries shall be put under seal, and the director of public instruction shall make a selection of the books; the most valuable 2 S