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WE ST ERN <*EOR<4 S AN • Borne, Marcia 3, SB3§, The following named gentlemen will act as Agents for the Western Georgian. Howel! Cobb, Esq., of Athens, Georgia. E. M. Johnson, Esq., of Gainesville, do. S. Ripley, Esq., of Jefferson, do. A. Erwin, Esq., of Cumming, do. John S. Bell, Esq., of Spring Place, do. IL M. Avcock, Esq., of La Fayette, do. Turman Walthall, Esq., of Cedar Town, Paulding County, do. Leroy Pattillo, P. M. Monroe, do. Charles Murphey of Decatur, ds. The absence of the Editor this week, will serve as an apology to our readers, for oui scanty editorials. He will be at home hereaf ter, and make amends for his temporary ab sence. We insert in to-day’s paper, a letter addres sed by the lion. Wilson Lumpkin, to the Ed itors of the National Intelligencer. The ef forts of our vigilant aid talented Senator in Congress, to procure the publication of ccitain papers, written by Mr. Elias Boudinot, a ful. blooded Cherokee, in the columns of the Intel ligencer, was unsuccessful. The Editors, with characteristic zeal, were unwilling to dissemi nate any intelligence in favor of the tieaty with the Cherokees —the policy of the Adminis tration—or the sacred cause of truth. I hey have long struggled to keep the people of the United States in ignorance, in reference to the true condition of the Cherokees. To Mr. Boss, and his confederates in Congress and else wYore, the columns of the Intelligencer have always been open for any and every thing they might write or speak against the treaty with the. Cherokees ratified in 1835. But when any effort is made by the friends of the Administra tion, or even the intelligent Cherokees them selves, to expose the mischievous designs of John Ross and his party, the Editors decline its publication. Can a party that resorts to »mrhn rmrrsij ever secure the confidence of a free people? I trust not. Well might the} quail before the graphick pen of Mr. Boudenot —one, who not only feels the degradation that awaits his countrymen, if Congress should sec ond the efforts of Mr. Ross, their designing chief; but ably and efficiently exposed his wicked designs, partially concealed, as they have heretofore been, under the thin veil of false patriotism. Sufficient however, has been said to oxcite enquiry on this subject; the peo ple arc now alive to its importance, and error can no longer prevail, although the arbitrary Editors of the mighty Intelligencer, should thus decree. Eon the Western Georgian. Mr. Editor —lt is admitted on all hands, that we have arrived at a crisis in the affairs ofthe Union party.—And wc have been brought to our present condition, by an injudicious se. lection of individuals, to represent the party before the people. This want of discretion, on the part ofthe members of the Union party,has been displayed in a two-fold manner. In the first place, they have sought to gratify the am bilious aspirations ofthe bustling demagogue, rather than to seek out meritorious individuals whose retiring modesty, have always placed them in the rear of fawning sycophants. In the second place, they have uniformly select ed their candidates for high and responsible stations, from those counties and sections of the State, where the Union party have ever been in a very lean minority. The correct ness of this position is supported by the char acter of our present delegation in Congress— most of whom, although worthy and talented statesmen, cannot carry with them the major ity ofthe people in their immediate vicinity, on any great and exciting polit cal question. The Cherokee counties or the great Western Georgia, although recently organized, possess cs as large a population of enterprising citizens, as the same extent of territory in the older set tled parts of the State—And the unanimitv they have hitherto presented in our delegates to the State Legislature, in political sentiment, is nn anomily in tl»c state of parties, hitherto unknown in the State of Georgia or elscw ’..ere. And this has been effected by the united efforts; I of a few patriotic citizens, who have sacrificd their all upon the altar of their party. But, what has been the conduct of that party to some of these same individuals? In 1835, when every member of the Legislature from this country urged the claims of Col. Z. B. Hargrove to the bench of the Cherokee Cir cuit, the Union party in defiance of the wishes of that community to whom they were so much indebted for their success, elected a man contrary to their wishes, and in many respects obnoxious to them. Again.—ln 1837, Col. Wm. N. Bishop, one of the props ofthe Union party in this section of the country, —one who has braVed every danger to promote the inter ests of his party, having been called by the partiality of some of his political friends, to the situation of Teller ofthe Central Lank, as a partial reward for his many exertions to pro mote their principles, and a hue and cry was made from the mountains to the sea-board, that the State-house was polluted by the pres ence of one of our worthiest citizens. Can a party continue permanent that thus chastizes her own sons for devotion to her best interests? The sin of ingratitude cannot be stigmatized in terms sufficiently infamous, to servo as a beacon to politicians and statesmen, who may attempt to run hereafter for the golden prize of victory.—But the Union party oi Georgia, can never hope for success, until they have confessed this error, and proffered to these cit izend and this section of the State the amende honorable. Can we augur any thing in the present signs of the times mure favorable to the views of the people of this section of our country? Do wc see any calculations on foot, to conciliate this section ofthe State, for the wrongsit has suf fered at the hands of the Union men? So far from it, if the press may be considered as the organ of a party’s intentions, the rights of this community will again be trampled on, and the claims of our worthiest statesmen disparaged at the approaching May Convention. In view of these things wc would call upon the Chero kee counties to prepare at an early day, to send members to this Convention, who have both the disposition and boldness, to claim for this community their just rights. It is only neces sary for us to unite, to accomplish any thing; and by doing this we may rescue the Union party from that vortex of ruin, to which they have been rapidlv approaching. ROME. For the Western Georgian. Wetumpka, Ala., Feb. 7, 1838. James A. Wright, Esq.: Sir—Suffer me, through your paper, to in form the Stockholders in the Alabama and Coosa Rail Road, of your region, that the Board of managers for the present year, have entered upon their duties, determined to pros ccutc with all their power, the important on terprise undertaken. We now have 48 han » hired by the our road. They arc now on the last part ofthe third mile. Wc want one hundred hands at pres ent. The wish of the Board is, to graduate as near as they can, one half of the road the pre sent year; and as oar surface is very favora ble, it can bo done, with prompt support by the stockholders. Our plan of hiring hands, in stead of letting the work to contract, is a great saving. The average cost of what wc have done is 12 cents the cubic yard—being about one half the cost of roads generally. We al low stockholders to put in hands to work out their instalments. As many false rumors arc afloat about our work, 1 say officially, that more economy cannot be evinced in the man agement of any road; and that there is needed no better proof, than that we arc accomplishing more than any other company known, with the same amount of money expended. Be arc much indebted to you, sir, for the notice you have taken of our work. lam au thorised by the Board tosay to the stock-hold ers in your region, and to any who may w ish to become so, (as wc yet lack .stock) that five per cent, is now due on the capital stock; that five more w ill be due the fust June next, and that ten more will be due the first of January, 1-29—making in all twenty per cent. The following plan has been adopted by the Board:—Let each steck hclder give h.’s prom- isory note to the Wetumpka and Coosa Rail i Road Company, payable in the bank most con venient—here wc say the Montgomery bank. Let the first be due the Ist of Juno next, and embrace the first ten per cent.; and the sec ond the Ist of January, 1839, and embrace the second, Some do us the favor to have them endorsed so that the bank will discount them. Will you, sir, print for us some Blank Notes, and give them to the President and Cashier of ’ the Western Bank of Georgia, who I under stand are friendly to our road, and who arc hereby authorised and empowered to take notes from stockholders, and from those who wish to become stock-holders, and deposite the same in said bank for collection. I trust : there arc many of your wealthy citizens who will lend us their aid. The gentlemen above alluded to, will please open a book ofsubscrip tion to the capital stock of our road. Should any of the stockholders be disposed to make their notes so as to be discounted, we should like to have the earliest informa'Jon, as we greatly need funds. We can complete the road in two years, if we can have- the. co-op eration of the wealthy citizens on the upper tributaries of the Coosa; and surely we have a right to expect it, as wo arc alike interested. Who can calculate the value ofthis stock,when we know that our road must be a great thor oughfare for travellers, and the transportation of an immense amount of produce and mer chandise? Os what value will it be to the land holders and traders all along its whole length, and up through your country into East Ten nessee? Your obedient serv’-t, J. D. WILLIAMS. President of the Ala. <_)• Coosa Rail Road Company. Extract of a letter from the lion. Wilson Lumpkin, to the Editors of the Nat. Intelli gencer, dated Senate Chamber, ? Washington, Jan. 31, 1838, Messrs. Gales & Se vrox: Gentlemen—l find the columns ofthe Intel ligencer ofthis morning’s date, chiefly occu pied by the publication of the memorials, and other writings of Mr. John Ross & Co. remon strating and protesting against the justice and validity of the Cherokee treaty of 1835. 1 am familiar with the contents ofthese papers, and am apprized ofthe plausibility of their con tents, when exhibited in an e.r parte form, and to persons who are unacquainted with all the circumstances and facts connected with the subject. 1 feel it a duty which I owe to the country, to my government, and to the individuals who are implicated by these publications, not to I permit this delusive statement to be handed ; ! down to posterity, and that in the columns of' I the Intelligencer, without an effort to counter- , act what I deem to be mischievous error, and I to place the subject.in its tiue light before the I public. hi order, therefore, that the readers of the Intelligencer, now and hereafter, as well as the i historian who may collect materials from the ’ preserved files ofthe newspapers ofthe present day, may find the means of making up a cor ‘rect decision on this subject, 1 have, therefore,l respectfully to request of you, as faithful jour- i nalists, to publish in the Intelligencer, at as , early a day as practicable, the reply ofElias Boudinot, as rc-pubhshed by order ofthe Sen ate, being Document No. 121. This reply of, Mr. Boudinot, although not written as a reply to the particular papers now published by you at the request of Mr. Ross, will, nevertheless, be found a most conclusive refutation of all the most important grounds of Mr. Ross, contain ed in the memorials and papers referred to. ' Moreover, Mr. Boudinot’s reply will exhibit Mr. Ross in his ttue character, and give to the ■ i public the most clear and correct view of the : subject under consideration, of any publication which I hate seen. Should any cause whatever prevent ycur compliance with my request herein contained, I 1 then have to request tiiat you will at least publish this letter, in order that those who may rend and examine the files ofthe Inteili ! gencer after the present generation shall have ! passed away, may find this letter as an index . to point to a more correct history of facts than 1 that which is contained in the memorials and papers of Mr. Ross. Moreover, other and strong considerations tend to enlist all my sympathies in behalf of the Cherokee people, and to avert impending evils which threaten them, and io promote their present and permanent welfare. Therefore, 1 wish 'to weaken the mischievous influence which such publications as these memorials, and papers are calculated to | roduce, if per mitted to go to the world uncontradicled. These publications ten 1 to affect the inter est of the Cherokee people most injuriously, by misleading and enlisting the feelings of per sons of character and influence, and thereby cause such persons to encourage the Cherokee people in a continuance of their opposition to a treaty, upon the execution of which therr tem poral salvation chiefly depends. I am, gentlemen, very res: ectfully, your o bedient servant, WILSON LUMPKIN, of Georgia. Extract of a letter from Washington to the ' Editors ofthe Georgia Constitutionalist, dated February 5, 1838. I listened with great pleasure, the other day, to the eloquent and fervid speech of your dis tinguished representative, Gen. Glascock, in the debate on the appropriation to carry on the Florida War. It was an exciting and animated scene. Mr. Wise of Virginia, had opened the debate with an exceedingly vehement attack upon the Ad ministration, the gallant men who arc fighting the ruthless savage, and the exposed and al most defenceless people of that harrassed re gion. lie seemed to exult in the hope that the appropria-.on would be withheld, and the In dians be permitted to goon with their butche ries, until they should force the government to yeild to them the soil. Mr. Biddle of Penn sylvania, a federalist, followed on the same side, and assailed without measure, the fair lame of the gallant Jesup; and then added a vile insinuation, that if the question of aboli tion was ever brought to a head, by which he evidently meant a servile war, it would be ow ing to the unreasonable and unjustifiable con duct of the south. It was left for Gen. Glascock to repel both these ipfainous assaults, and nobly did he per form the duty. Though I have often heard him in his happiest vein of off-hand, manly el oquence, I never listened to him with more sa tisfaction; a feeling which evidently pervaded the whole house. I need not describe this happy effort, which was the prompt impulse ofthe moment, for you will see it faithfully and fully reported in the Globe, and will doubtless transfer it to your own columns. It is certainly one of the best specimens of ready eloquence and reply, of the whole session—and was delivered even more 1 smoothly and emphatically than it reads.— Wise writhed under it, ns his morbid sensibili ty for the murderous Indians, was traced in its close affinity to the fanatic spirit ofthe north, that feds no sympathy but for the colored race. You will perceive the point of this from the fact, that Wise of Virginia, was following the lead of Everett of Vermont in this mutter. There is here matter of deep reflection for the South,,and the speech of Gen. Glascock has touched the right chord. Agitation is the grand object of the federal opposition. They have purposely deranged the currency, and now resist the sub treasury bill, and every o ther measure calculated to restore confidence, for no other reason, but because their party feeds and grows upon the distresses of the country. Whenever she is prosperous, they are in a decreasing minori-y. When they can embarrass her and check the operations of the government, they hope to gain enough from the disaffected, timid and credulous, to give them the power they lung to w ield, for subjec ting flic people to their plans of consolidation, abolition, and a monied despotism, under an United States Bank. Mr. Biddle o! Pennsylva nia, who gave this hint of a servile war at the South, is* brother of Nicholas Biddle the Pres ident ofthe U. S. Bank—and well he merited the castigation he received al the hands of Gen. Glascock. I Mr. Biddle’s assertion, in allusion to Gen. J. i ' that a blow was aimed al (leu.Scott from behind which struck from his arm his sword, was most happily retorted on him. “I las he not himself,” said Gen. Glascock, speaking of Biddle’s cow ardly attack, “this day aimed a blow from be hind, at the character, honor and reputation, of Gen. Jesup? Is not the blow aimed too at a time when he is periling liis life in (he service ofhis country?” It must be gratifying to the friends of Gen. G. —who has Ihe feelings of a soldier,and knows how to defend a bravo one when traduced— to sec this speech so fully and fairly reported. That gentleman is careless of his reputation as a public speaker, an 1 rarely revises his speech es for the press. In the present case, he has done so, at the solicitation of his friends. lam not even a personal friend of that gentleman and know him but slightly; but as a spectator here, or as an American, I feel a pride in every manly effort to defend the reputation of brave men, the honor of the south, and the good and glory of the country. None of these will ev er lack an able defender here, while Gen Glas cock is a member of Congress. I regret to see an intimation that he may not again be a candidate. He was almost unan imously elected for the present Congress, and 1 earnestly hope his services will not be lost to the country, though he may desire the rep'ose of private life. The course which parties arc now taking, renders it. more essential than ever to the in terests of Georgia, to sustain the administra tion. The hopes of the agitators rest with the opposition party, and the strongest impulse gi ven to federal and abolition opposition to Mr. Van Buren in the north, springs from the stand he has taken in defence of the institu tions of the South. From die Washington Globe. BL A SPIIE M Y AND OU 'l' R A GE. The country has suffered deep mortification from the repeated occurrence in Congress of scent s which would degrade the bar-room of a tavern. The shameful violence and blas phemy with which certain Opposition members insulted a committee of the House during the last winter, has now found its way into the House itself. There is scarcely a day that in sult is not offered to the House, or a violation of its decorum committed, by the vulgar audaci ty of some one of the Federal party. The presumption of this party has broken all! bounds, under the idea that the dragooning in and out of Congress has tamed the spirit ofthe] Democracy ofthe country, and that Federal ism owes the assumed conquests it has been • celebrating to the thumb.stretes of its banks,' enforced by the swaggering insolence of its- press-gang, and the bravado and bilfingsgate of its attorney orators. Indeed Federalism be gins to crow again, as it did in the time of the black cockade. At the close ofthe contest for the seats oc cupied by Messrs. Claiborne and Gholson, Fe deral frenzy was excited to the highest pitch. When the Speaker discharged his duty, and gave the casting vote to leave the question be tween the claimants to the people of Mississip. pi, Mr. Wise mounted his high horse, and de. dared that if he were in the place of Mr. Pren tiss ho would present himself to be sworn— that if the Speaker refused 'he would swear himself, and take his seat, and that if any man dared to execute the order ol the House, which denied him a scat, he would make a judicial case ofij-, meaning, we suppose, that he would cm ploy that weapon in the House which he onco informed it he was prepared to use in its com mittec. Mr. Prentiss, we understand, caught the spirit of Mr. Wise, and in a most overbearing manner, declared his intention not to acquiesce in its decision, but that he would press his claims at the next session, or whenever cir cumstances induced him to believe he could succeed, We would not recur to the contemptuous conduct which is so well calculated to dispar, age the dignity of a body which it should Be the pride of every American to maintain, if it were not to point the eye ofthe people to the master spirit, who doubtless feels a deep in terest in degrading the character of a Demo, cratic Congress, and who, from the sway he holds over his party, ought to be held respon. sible for its systematic attempts to effect tiiat purpose. Mr. Clay, throughout the contest for the scats of Messrs. Gholson and Claiborne, was busy round the bar of the House, exert ing all his influence for Prentiss and Word, and encouraging the violent party zeal manifested by his adherents. He was there at the last moment; and when the Speaker gave his cas-- ting vote, Mr. Clay, with eye and gesture di. reeled towards him, •exclaimed, “Go home, Goa damn y(h;1 where voir belong.” Whe ther this was intended fur the Speaker, and meant to imply that he was unfit for the sta tion he occupied, or was intended for the ex pelled members, one of whom stood near him, wc cannot conjecture. Several members who heard him differed among themselves as to the application of his remark, but none as to the , expression itself. Not being present ourselves, we have obtained a statement of the fact, pre cisely as it occurred, from a gentleman who will vouch for it, if necessary, and prove it by the members whose names arc given by him. The statement is as follows: ‘•Being called on, I deem it my duty to state, that yesterday, in the House of Representa tives, immediately after the Speaker gave the casting vote on the Mississippi election ques tion, the honorable Henry Clay, looking in the direction ofthe Speaker, exclaimed, “G’o home, Cod damn you! where you belong.”— These epithets were uttered just as the Speak er gave his vote. Mr. Clay was standing near the western entrance to the Hall, and close to the bar of the House. I was standing within five feet of Mr Clay. Mr. Chaneev of Ohio, sitting in his seat, was so near Mr. Clay, that he heard bis remark, and immediately commit ted it to writing. Mr. Gul up of New York was standing near, and heard the same re mark very distinctly. Washington, Feb. 6, 1838. Correspondence of the Aiii»ustn Constitieionnlisf. Fort Clin, h, (Fa.) Jan. 16,1838. Gentlemen—ln my last I attempted to give you an account of a battle on the waters ofthe Walker Sassee or Cow Creek, near the Suwa nee, on the 26th December last; since which time, we have been scouting, day after dav, between those waters, (a most dreadful place, truly,) composed of hammocks almost impene trable. by cither man or beast: muddy water, vines, briars, brambles, thorns and saw palmet to—through many of these have wc passed, at the risk ofthe lives of both man and horse, — many, aye many, are now lying dead and dy ing upon those hammocks, melancholy objects ol the ingratitude of man to the most noble of animals. On the 10th inst. wc set out from Fort Fanning, down the river Suwannee; on the eleventh, early in the morning, we struck a fresh trail, pursued it about three miles, and discovered an Indian with a rifle on his shoul der, he made in'o a hammock, we surrounded and then charged it on foot, (the aJvanco guard,jjhc Indian finding himself safe gave tho war-hoop two or three times, and attempted to hide, but we were soon upon him, he did not' fire,nor did he attempt it,-the day was very wet and cold. As soon as he was taken, he said, “mo good friend, me good friend”—he was then tied. He gave us to understand that bis family was about half mile ofl’in the hummocks: we followed him, and wo were very soon up. on them; surprized and took five women, eight children, and one negro boy about 7 years old, without firing a gun. This, 1 think, was very wise, prudent and humane in (ihe old blue fox)' Gen. Nelson. I was in their midst when they wore taken, and I felt no fear, much less a disposition to shoot innocent children. We had to put back to the fort, with all possible speed, being destitute of corn for our horses, and subsistence, the wagons not being able to get within 30 miles of us. No white man in all probability ever went by land (mud and water) down to the mouth ofthe Walker Sas* see. If we had had supplies and could have reached the mouth of that stream, we would have made a good haul “right sure,” as there is no doubt but that there arc a great many Indians between those waters —so we under, stood from the little negro boy whom we took on the eleventh instant. I give it as it was received— you can take it Ibr what it is worthy Wc are very scarce of provisions at forts Fan-