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FOR THE WESTERN GEORGIAN.
1.10258 e
Mr. Editor: —Thu friends of our joung but
Nourishing village, have much ret shi to con
•gratulatc themselves upon its rising greatness.
But a short time since and its enterprising
founders, commenced their exertions in its be
half, against the combined energies <>t' settled
interest on the one Land and mushroom rivalry
“on the other. Nothing (Limited by ealtinmv,
nor embarrassed by systematick opposidon,
but urged forward by the promised greatness
'of their united exertions, they have tit last con
verted the rugged waste and howling wilder
ness, into a neat, growing mid aspiring town
The opposition that seemed at one time to bld
'defiance to reason, and wis as impetuous as a
‘mighty tornado, have a: length ycildcd up their
prejudices, and are now united with its origin
al fri .ndsin aiding to c nsun mate its ultimate
destiny. Situated at the junction of the Eto.
wah the OoslanolLi Rivers, it must be the
’hetidof Stfcv'tihoal navigation. —lt was long a
hhaftdr of specum'bn with many who w-ue
pleased to ’be ranked arn..:-j ’<s friends, wheth
er Steauibda's of any useful dm., ''-ions won! I
vv’C't r.m SMccnssfully on the Coosa Ri. p ‘o
ihis place-. But our euterprisi g fellow citi- ,
Ron,/(»ht» McComb Johnston Esq., has solved!
Ihr doubt, and banished the C ars of the most 1
sceptic on this suFj-ct. He has lately reach- !
ed this place from Wetumpka, w ith his beau-i
tiful keel-bottom boat Id.-tdcd with Groceries.
Keel bottom boat navigation iltrough tin
shoals, at any season of the year is therefore
now a mat er of ascertained certainty—But
many persons may be disposed to yield their
belief.as to K".al boat navigation, but doub'
thcsu.'cess of Steam l» »at naviga ion. Now I
io the proof—Mr. Johnson a-•sines me that
there is few or no obstacles above Fort Will
iams on the Coosa, to prevent Steaiu boarnav
igation at all seasons of the year—o at least
with an expenditure of a very small sum of
money compare! to the advantages dial would
result, an I the Coma wotid be co m t from th,.t
yniut an excellent navigable s ream. Ami
su cm.fi Lmt is h<‘, thaljds views are corn c‘,
t iat ihe is now in the eve ol embarking f>r
Cincwjnwlli, to purchase a Boat expies I;
fur the Const River, and h>* entertains
no dottbt liut lie will be able to bring it
over the shoals (kumg (he high water, which
usually occurs dtsriiig (ho spring season.
Add to ill's, the sTieres-ful efibr s of the Direc
tors of ti e Wetumpka and Coosa Rail Road
(lompany,'« c«lisiimaii:ig I heir n.>1,1 enterpt ise
witch is evs-ui now under partial con r id, we
- .1 • . . . I . -a >.. . 1 ..
hhiv uC IK* dfSl'iinl day < xpvvt t<> see a proud step I
met Iteaiilk: iiosoni of iht.'ttius’ lieau<i-l
ltd i iv<•«• in 11 e wotkl.ll.r << »i lit* t<i «Sc ii;«'i:sti \ j
<»f W. Georgia. i'lieu will Rom- lake: her des.
lined stand among fli« towns and cities o( tho|
count rx ,nn<! reward ’nor enterprisin r I’oiinders,
tor llks teoqwary reproach they s illered for her !
Let it IH’t be supposed that I am one o| those
dial projected this rising p'nee, so far I’rom
it, I was tlntu raH<k<;<l among its oppos.-rs,
lot lime mid cireiiinstmiccs have effected
in my mind, a powerful change.
v z • ?*v* *
If carl of C*Wf;l, Juit. IR, IS3S.
Cuhimfms b’e pirn I unit ll' r tld.
MEETING (»E THE UNION PARTY LN
'HIE LEGISLa 11 RE.
Thu members of ihe I nionparlv in the !.<••
gislalore, convened in the R pr s' nttitivv Hall
on ihe cveimig-of the 2TI <*f December, wili I
a view to ccivsult as to (he most suitable means
to he ado| led in nl.Uiod to (he nomination of
a ticket lor the next Congress, 'I he follow,
ing wene the proceedings:
Onuxilnitl, Charles). McDonald, L'sq. was
called to the chair, and Jos ph Sturgis. Esq.,
appointed Secretm y.
The iLPuaing Preamble and Resnhi'ions
were then p'es.mn dby M. Hall McAllister, 1
Esq. nnd mlop ed by the tnecting.
Whereas, it is desirable to oh ain a full and
fair expression of public si n’imvnl. as to those
who should represent the Union Democratic
party of this Statu in the ru .xt Congress us the
(nihil Stati st
/&* it I'ierefw, Rcsidved, That the Union
pnrty of this Slate will liohl n Convention nt
Milledgeville <ai the first Mondav in May next
with n view to nominate Hair candidates fur
Congress.
Rcsoh'rd, That each county sh ill be entitled
to us ninny votes in the t'oiivcution ns th< \
have nunnbvrs in each hrm.eh of the General
Assembly, whether they send one or more del
.egates.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
’inerting be signed by the Chairmm and conn
lersigtv d by the Secretary, tin I be published
l>y the I nion Presses ofthis State.
c. j. McDonald, ch’it.
JotßPii Stvkgis. Sec.
The most outrageous and brutit! net we
tmvv.cver lo urd of. and one which ought to
xitlkx au rve< last,ng stigma upon the habit of
wearing Howie knives, occurred in the l.egis.
lure of Atkaiisus, on the Ith instant. A Wes
lorn jmper *a\», that the speaker of the I louse
wf Rep<v«vtttkuvcs of the General Asm mb \
of Aik<Hisas, (Mr. Wilson of ('lark roumy )
rushed forni the Chair upon Mr. Anthony, oi
Randolph county, with a drawn Dowie knive,
and though res -ted by hi* antagotrM with a
jmnilar weapon, he almost instantly despatch
t 5 him. I'iio provocation was a personal re
mark aimed at the Speaker by the unfortun
nte member. Wilson was forthwith nrrestrd
by the civil authorities, and his name stricken
hem the roll of the House, by nearly a unan
iuous tote. Such a n.vustcr to be
11 hang.-d for thus violating the respect alone
I w hich is due to a formal legislative body. ||
Arkansas do not make an example of him, hci
society will well merit the epithet ol brutal.
Mobile. Citron.
t COXGRESSL.
from the Correspondence of the Charleston Mercuiy.
IFashingto-v, Dec. 20.
• Agdation in Congress—Meeting of
the Southern Members of the House
of Represent olives.
, The abolition question has come
5 to a crisis in the House, which can
not be evaded by the South members.
A Vermont, memorial praying the
I immediate abolition of slavery and
the slave trade in the District of Co
lumbia, having been presented some
,' days ago by Mr. Slade, he this morn
s ing called it ui>, and moved its refer
ence to the Committee on the Dis
[ trict of Columbia, with instructions
to report a Dill in conformity with
I the prayer of the petition. Mr.
| Slade spoke at length, in support of
i .'emotion, and expressed his sur
i prist, 'hat the House had determined
!to surpre/s these petitions, and ail
'debates upon while the feeling
and voice of the count’"/ was in favor
ofthc free discussion of the subject.
He said that, in England,such a thing
as die contemptuous treatment of a
petition was unknown, that, so in
consistent was it with the spirit of
the British Constitution, that the
proposition to surpress a petition
on anv subject, would bring the blush
of indignation upon the checks of
every member. He alluded to the
preconcert by which all these peti
tions had been as soon as presented,
laid on the table. Mr. IFisc inter
i j/Osed to deny any preconcert on
the part of the Southern n c nbers,
and Mr. Slade explained that ho
meant, only such a concert as was
the result of a common feeling on
the subject. Mr Dawson, also, sev
i ral times interposed to require ex
i a • i-i r 11 i i _.
planations, which were louoweu by
‘disclaimers from Mr. Slade. Mr.
S. went into a definition of slavery,
and an argument to prove that n
the abstract it was inconsistent with
the laws of God, the principles of
Christianity and the Constitution.—
The opinions of the North, he said,
were made up on this subject.—
The spirit which assailed si ivery,
• amid not lie repressed any more
than the light, oflhe sun.
| Mr. Legare interposed, to im
plore the member to pause—for the
sake of the North-—for the sake of
the common peace which all prized
—to pause, and give some reflection
to the consequmic's oflhe course he
was pursuing. If there was, as the
memher said, an irrepressible spirit
at the North on this subject, he
would assure him that he would en
counter an equally stubborn spirit
on the part of the South. He would
not, in view of his constituents, his
family, and his home, sit here, any
longer, and witness tamely their ag
gressions upon the rights and feel
ings of the South.
Mr. Slade said he respected and
appreciated the feelings of the gen
tleman from South Carolina on this
subject, though he could not sym
pathize with them: but his constitu
ents required that he should present
their views on this question. He
proceeded until he was called to or
der by Mr. B is:*, lor alluding to,
ami discussing slavery in the States.
The (.'hair said it was out of order,
but Mr. Slade disclaimed intention,
to bring in any thing but the ab
stract question, which the Chair said
,! was in order.
> Mr. Legare rose and moved :>nd
adjournment. but the question was
not in order, as Mr. S. had the floor.
Mr. Slade proceeded till about two
o'clock, when he was referring to
) some Virginia authorities, as he call
bed them, about slavery, Mr. Rhett
hen' rose to make a question, but
. yielded the floor to Mr. R ise,, w ho,
as the subject of slavery in Virginia
was again referred toT begged, with
! out the slightest feeling of excite
. i incut, he said, to call upon the Rep
s-resentatives of Virginia to retire.
e . WITH HIM, FROM TIIeHoUSE, for the
( purpose of deliberating upon the
course proper for them to pursue.
I Mr. llolsey, of Georgia, rose and
’ made a similar appeal to his col
leagues.
Mr. RhsU stated the South Caro
i Ima Delegation had already signed
! a paper agreeing to meet at 3 o’-
clock, this day, in the Committee
' Room of the Committee of the Dis
trict of Columbia, for the purpose
; of consulting upon their course at
this juncture; and remarked that as
■ the subject of slavery in his State
; had been introduced as a topic of
discussion here, it was proper for
the whole Southern Delegation to
withdraw and devise what should be
done.
Mr. Roberson, of Virginia, sec
onded the suggestion.
Mr. Slade attempted to go on, but
was peremptorily called to order by
the Chair, who slated that he could
not proceed without the permission
of the House, if any object! m was
nude. Mr. McKay and others ob
jecting, Mr. Slade asked him
ccod at order.
Mr. Rencher moved that the
House adjourn. Mr. Slade asked
the Yeas and Navs, which were or
dered, and were. Yeas 106, Nays 63.
So the House adjourned.
Before the adjournment, Mr.
Campbell announced that the mem
bers representing the Slave-holding
States, were requested to assemble
immediately in the Committee Room
of the District of Columbia.
From the Mobile Morning Chronicle.
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.
Great excitement on the Slavery Qnes
tion—withdrawal of Southern Mem
bers.
Our special correspondent, in a
note inclosing the annexed notice of
yesterday's proceedings in Con
gress, says:—We are in the midst of
o •
a tremendous excitement on the
Slave Question.
IN SENATE—Dec. 19th.
Moro abolition movements in the
.senate. More petitions—more dis
cussion—more excitement. Anoth
er firebrand was thrown into the
•Senate chamber this morning, in the
form of resolutions from the Legis
lature of Vermont. Mr. Swift, one
of the Vermont senators, was the
bearer of the despatches. At his
request, the resolutions wore read'
, by the Secretary of the senate, and!
the excitement occasioned by the!
reading was much more general and
extensive thin that created by the
discussion of yesterday. The reso
lutions made severe strictures upon
slavery and the slave trade, with
some harsh allusions to the slave
holding states.
The reading over, tw o or three se
nators sprang to the floor. The eye
oflhe Vice President first fell upon ’
ILr. King, of Alabama, who said
that the resolutions were infamous,
come from what source they might.
They contained a gross libel upon!
the south, and deserved, and he hop
ed would receive no respect, and no!
consideration at the hands of the
senate.
9/r. Swift replied that no threats
would deter him from doing his duty
to his state, and defending the Le- !
gislature of Vermont.
Mr. Calhoun followed, with some]
severe strictures upon the resolutions
presented by Mr. .Swift. They were,
■ lie said, a heavy blow' upon the con
‘ federacy—a deeper wound than had
before been inflicted by any senator,
or by any state.
I A long rotracfcd debate, was
! threatened. Some were for hurrving
. it on—for bringing the w hole subject
y before the senate, an I others for
>i postponing it fora week, and others
•. indeiinitely. At the request of J/r.
t. ( lay, who foresaw that a storm was
[ gathering, and that an angry debate
. would be the consequence, Mr.
i Swift withdrew the resolutions for
- the purpose of presenting them on
- 7’uesday next.
The resolutions were withdrawn,
. and the Pandora's box was closed fur
• today, and probably until Tuesday
next. The explosion will then be
i tremendous, for. .Mr Calhoun, ar.
I Preston, Clay of Alabama, and a host
• of others, are ready and eager for
discussion. The resolutions from
• Vermont will prove the greatest fire
brand that has been thrown into
Congress since the beginning of the
abolition fever. The end! TFhat
will it be? where will it be?
From the MobileMort.ing Chronicle.
Washington, Dec. 21.
Thursday morning.
The southern members were in session lust
night until 12 o’clock, consulting together in
' referrcnce to the interest of the Slave holding
States. Most of the delegations were in full
attendance. From Georgia, South Carolina
and Virginia, all were present. From Ma
ryland, North Carolina, Tennessee and Ken
tucky, a large majority of the members were
present. Messrs. Calhoun, Preston, Cuthbert, I
Crittenden, and several senators were in at
tendance, and addressed the meeting. A mul
titude of rumors are in circulation as to the
deliberations of the m-tubers. They are not
to be depended upon, and 1 will, therefore, on
ly send you what has been made public*
After a consultation of some horns, it was
agreed that the principles oflhe report intro,
duced two sessions back, by Mr. Pinckney,
ol South Carolina, and the Resolutions pre
sented by Mr. Pinckney, accompanying that
report, should be now agreed upon by the
Southern members as their guide of action
Mr. Patton, of Virginia, who presided at the
meeting, was authorised to bring forward a
resolution to that effect.
Mr. Pinckney’s resolutions, you remember,
were prepared two years since, and the part
he then took upon that question lost him his
election. The soutlv-rn members now do Mr.
Pinckney justice, and acknowledge his course
to have bean the correct one. An agreement !
to present such a resolution as was presen ed
by Mr. Pinckney, was the chief subject dis
cussed, and without troubling you with rumors,
you will learn what is more important—lac's
—in the report of this day’s proceedings in
Congress. Yours Ac.
From the Columbus Sentinel and Iler-dd.
SKETCHES, AD LIBITUM.
BY HORATIO WALDO, ES i.
Messrs- I’Flitors: With your permission, I
will occnpy a space in your col nuns weeklv,
with a view to descant in a general wav, upon
topics, persons and circumstances, as they
may arise and be developed, in the due and
natural progress of time, li has boon a cus
tom from the earliest ages of antiquity, to
wield the pen ag irist the vices, and in favor of
the virtues ol society—to exalt the human cha
racter in i’s morals, and the human intellect in
its noblest exhibitions—to sketch the manners
of every-day life, with a view to place inti
proper light, the correct delineations of char
acter—to satirise its loliies—to potirtrav its
beauties—toexpose its’deformitics. and in fine
to analyze all i s component parts; and he
who has read history to tiny useful purpose,
t cannot have I'tiied t<) learn the beneficial re
sults which have followed such a custom.—
With this brief, and perhaps unsatisfactory
t preface, 1 will begin by observing, that upon
a I'cceht visit to the Capitol of this State, I was
naturally led to the observance of much which
I deem wt II worthy of notice and record.—
i he metropolis ol Georgia the session oflhe
Legislature, which has just closed, was per- !
Imps, more lively and interesting than usual. I
I'he retiring of one Governor anef the sue- I
cession of another to his place, indu ed to the ‘
City ol Milledgeville, at an early day, a lartje
concourse of native Georgians, as well as
I strangers: and even up to the last week of:
: the session, the Hotels were throng.-., and
j each succeeding day, presented both the Sen
ate Chamber and House of Representatives, 1
full to overflowing— fluor, lobby and gallery, j
The Senate of Georgia is talented—as ait cn
: fire body it may be so considered.
I'o individualize, 1 should place them thus,
I—that is, the leading members, or slurs if the
expression may be pinioned. McAllister,
Colquitt. McDonald, Powell, Patterson, Black,
Harris, P. Bmler, King, Haralson, and so
on; but these are the orators of the Senate,
and, such, rendered conspicuous above their
fellow members. The debate in the Senate
I are conducted with much gravity and deco- j
rUrri, and with the exception of the Senate of
; the United States, it is the best conducted de- i
hburative assembly that I remember to have ;
seen. The honorable gentleman who pre- ’
i sides over this body, wears an air of dignity i
in ail his deportment which lenders interest
ng and illustrious the high s'ation which he f
occupies. May Ibe indulged with an item or |
two wt h regard to the honorable and learned
gentleman, who, by common consent, s’ands
firs/in the Legislature of Georgia. M. Hall
McAllister, Esq. the Senator from (’h.itham
county, is a man apparen'lv about thirty-five
years ol stout ami athletic in bis person,
with a countenance that could not be m S’akcil
for its expression of candour, magnnniiniiy
an : beuevol -nee. His hair is a light auburn,
an 1 worn in the style of a sludioso fresh from
the H ills of oiii Cambridg' ; his fice appears
beardless, at least across the Senate Half, and
consequently his appearance is quite youth
ful and interesting; when he rises to speak,
he most usually stands with his hands in his
pockets, n habit for which the tailors ire high
ly censurable. At the present session he wore
a drab overcoat, with side pockets, which are
entirely too convenient for a ‘'potent an I
erave” Senator, Asa speaker, he is flu nt, 1
persuasive, and for ible, and bmng a ripd
scholar, his ideas are clothed in hmgtiagd
chaste, rich and copious. As tin orator, he
is graceful, fiery, f.isemn'ing, and in all things
quite Shakspaerean—he'is a powc-rfiri debator,
and the able tmd gallant leader of the Union
party in the Legislature—he is an honor to
the State, but the State wrongs herself in not.
placing him upon the floor of Congress; there
he Would shine, and shine brightly.
The House of Representatives is such a
compound of men and mortals as would defy
the pen of Wafer Scott truly to describe; men
are there of all shapes, sizes and figures; of
complexions and dispositions various as the
tints ofthe rainbow; there also are grades of
intellect Irom the highest to the lowest; the
soi,nd reasoner, the shadow declaimer—the
learned debater, the ignorant talker—the
chaste and polished gent.omen, the rough and
untutored, but honest woodsman—all there in
ohe solid mass, and the ayeff and no,w are fre
quently heard to wring tike the voice ofan
army; and particularly when a Bnuk Bill is
on its passage, the uni’ed voices of the opposi
tion, as thev cry no, is positively terrific.
* * ■ * * * ' * *
- Di’. A.
NOTING permanently loctted in Rome. J Floyd
county, u-n.iers im services to llie
generally, in the pruciicc ol Medicine and iie collate
ral branches. ‘
Rome. Jan. 13—I—ts.
Out J EjOoR Oml ’ J Ohi»! J
"P R detennhif J on leaving the coun
fl ty, therefore all pcrnotisindt bted t<> me
eroer Note or ope i Account, may, alter the float
day ol February next, expect to flml their Notes or
| xx-.counts m the hands of an officer, if thev do not pay
| up before- th it time. ' 1
_ T „ WILLIAM K. BRIERS.
Rome, Jan. IG—l—tl.
c 3_n .is e 5-3. caa3. sg a t
Fioyd CtKiifiJy, Georgia-
BFEpiIE Subs r bar hiving opened bis
M. new Brick (louse in the Town of
Rome, as a Hotel for the purpose of ac
co-nmodating permanent boaiders, and
tra H ie.u customers, tenders lus services to the public.
Iletrnsts that hit accodatiom will be >u th ns will si
usfy the most fastidious. His table will at all times
be furnished with the best the country affords, and ev
ery exertion will be made t> conduce to the comfort
andco.iven e ice of all who may call u 10,1 him. Ho
will also be prepared to accommodate Families with
board and retire I R >oms during the summer s'ason
Ills st ibles will be atte ided by a laithlui and aitentiva
Ostler, and provinder supplied in plenty. He there,
lore feels himaell amh >ri3jd in soliciii.ig public pat.
foliage.
FRANCIS BURKE.
Rome, Jan 19 —l—l f.
SL'Gc Stig’Sits SZoli‘l,
.ms— /‘g&rffSJrW
’"'FgIHE subscriber rcspectfiilly informs Ins friends
.iT— and the public, that be lias removed from his obi
stand upen the west part of the public square to the
house lorineilv occupied by B. F .f'ditismi. He as.
sines those who ma; favor him with a call, that noth
ing will be wamins' on his part to render them com—
coinfortnble. His Table and >S ables will be furnished
wnli the best the country uffurds.
R. F. DANIEL.
Canton. Jan. 19—1—a6w.
Wa£ch JiJeirßii’HKg.
11). EDWA RDS respectful!v informs the pub.
lie that he has established himself in Cass,
villeas a Silver Smith, where lie ituends Io remain
permanily. He will uls >, attend ;U Rome on the first
Wednesday of each mouth, nnd of ciier if necessary,
to do such work ns may be offen d. Persons haying
i work to do in his line, will please send ii by the dis
: ferent mail routes to Rome, with the directions and
owners mum s, and deposit it nt some place in town
; and it shall be punctually nth nded to
All watches warranted to perform well for one year.
January 13. I—ts.
Sale.
I
,A GREEABLY to an on ler of the honorable thn
' .‘A Court of Ordinary of said cotiotv, wil be sold*
on the fir-t Tnesd.iy in Apr;! next, at the Court-house
in Cumming, Forsyth cotiniv, J,of of Land No. 140, in
die 2d District and Ist Section, of lormetly Cherokee,
now Forsy/h county. Sold as the property of Joseph
M. Waters, late of said cottniv, dece •*•<•<!.
JOSEPH WATERS, Adm’r-
January 19-1 -tds.
j * ■—
Strayed or Stolen
3} TIRO'I the residence of V. iiliam Srftith, Esq. liv-
A.' ing one mile from Rome, a small Sorrel Mare,
star in the forehead; one white foot white; no other
rha'lts ri collected. Any person deliver ng said mare
tot lie subscriber in Rome, or to Mr. Srfiith at Lis plan
tation, vviil be liberally rewarded.
JOHN .M. JOHNSTON.
Jan. 19, 1 ts.
Strayed or Stolen
TfIROM the enbeerrber Jiving threo
■y} Lt miles below Rome on the Coosnt
V ...g, f'< River, on tlie night of the 10th inst. two
Roan Mares, one s» ven years old, four
teen hands higf.; ll»e other two years
old, and well grown. Also, sorrel horse,
lourteen and a half ha .Is Ligh/with a white streak
in the forehea l. trots and rac : Any person de
livering s.a .1 Hones to me <>r information where
they m ty ba found, shall be hb/raJ!v rewarded.
KUWI.AND COBB.
Jan. 19. 1 2t.