and various mechanic establishments. Snpefsntleus rites and customs are abol- isned.

 Oi inc CAerohees, about whom, par ticuiariy, tine public mind has been. aud contlnues 10 be much agitatad. the in- formation Is very, and, as 1t seems to us, studlously, defective. This very cir- cunistahee, however, so far from preiu- diclng their case, or creating doubts of their advance in civilization and the arts. and oi their competency to enlightened seli-goyernment, strongly induces the belief, that they arc fully capable of un- derstanding and managing their own af fairs, and are, in very many important respects, moral and mental, equal at least to the whites hy whom they are derided and sought to be oppressed.--- The acknowledged situationofthe Chic asaws and the Choctaws fully authorizes this belief. These indians are behind the Cherokees in improvement.

 The Cree&s have made little or no progress in civilization, but are given up 10 intoxlcation and other vices. heastly and cruel.

 The Indians in Missouri, generally, continue in pretty much the same abo- |riginal state in which the government found them. They cultivate little corn and beans, in very rude manner. Nc education.

 With the Miamies and Pottowatamies some few raise a little corn, and have stock; but there are no mechanics. and the whole population is degrade ee,fr;,saitsd and "utterly destitute of the blessings of civilized society,"" Liquor is killing them eff rapidly.

 The tribes at the North West, in the Agency of Gov. Cass, have made no advances in civilization within the last 8 years. On the contrary. every year adds to the moral and physical evils which surround them.

 Among the New York Hadio,,s, ad- vances ia husbandry exceeding expec- tation have been made, though their mode of cultivation is slovenly. They ire aourishine in most branches of civil

 zation. Children possess great apti- tude at learning, and exhibit aigii aaigii, at ailments. The succeeding generation will be new race.

 