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WESTERN GEORGIAN- Rome, October 30, 1838. The following named gentlemen will act as Agents for the Western Georgian: Howell Cobb, Athens, Georgia. E. M. Johnson, Esq., of Gainesville, do. S. Ripley, Esq., of Jefferson, do. A. Erwin, Esq., of Cumming, do. John S. Dell, Esq., of Spring Place, do. R. 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, do. Dr. Hugh Quin, Chattooga, Floyd coun ty, Georgia. John Woods, Esq. Woods Station, Walker County, Georgia. William Grisham, Esq. of Canton. Cherokee County, Georgia. Georgia Legislature. We conclude this week, the publication of the names of the Members elect to the Legis lature. Also, the number of votes obtained by each candidate for Congress, in all the counties in the state, ninety-three in number. Doth parties claim a small majority in the House. We know not how the matter stands; but this we do know, that the State Rights Party appear very uneasy for fear their mem hers will not arrive in Milledgeville in time for the Elections, But we will suppose for a moment, that they do arrive in lime, and pre pared to vote the Slate Rights Ticket; then we will further suppose that ihe question turns on Clay for President and the establishment of a United Slates Bank, against the Sub- Treasury Scheme. Where will they be found ? 'i lie Coosa River. We perceive by the Southern Register of the-24th inst. that the citizens of Talledega I county, Ala., will hold a meeting on the Mon- ' alay of their Circuit Court, for the purpose of; memorializing the Legislature for an appro? , priation for the purpose of promoting the itn- j provement of the Coosa River. The Editor j says, “We call upon the citizens to come to ibis meeting, to take that interest in the pro- ■ motion of the work, which its importance de mands; to embody their sentiments in a memo, j rial to the Legislature, and no longer neglect . to use the means which fl kind Providence has . given them to secure their wealth and happi- I ness.” Will the people of the Cherokee Cir- ■ cuit take this matter into consideration and memorialize their Legislature tor an nppropria- ! tion for the improvement of the River, at 1 ast, as far a.s the Alabama line. The Rail . i Road around the falls at Wetumpka is pro. | grossing to completion; the advantages of. which, to the citizens of this country, when completed, is well known, and needs no com ment from us. Let every man, then, who i jpcls an interest in this important work, lend a helping hand, and the day is not far distant, when wo will have steamboat navigation to . our very doors. „ | Fire in Coluuil»n<*. We learn from the Columbus Sentinel and 1 lerald of the 18th inst. that on Monday morn-; ing previous, the Court House in that city and the Clerk’s offices of the Superior and Inferior ' ’ourts, were discovered to be on fire, and the b ’dings, together with the books and papers be'ongingto both Clerk’s offices were totally uusumed. Il appears that the Clerks offices were separate and standing some twenty yards iistant from the Court House on the same lot, rom which circumstance, but little doubt re mains of its being the work of nn incendiary. The fall Term of the Superior Court was to have commenced its session on the morning of The Court met at the Council Room, was organized, and in consequence of the destruc >un ut the Court House and Clerks' offices, adjourned until the second Monday in Decern jvr next. Cotton. I’he Columbus Herald says the Cotton mar ket is very brisk, with scores of buyers and j :enty ofmsuey, and high prices afloat. Sales on yesterday, 10 1-2 a II 1.2. Georgia JLcgislatnre. Floyd— Smith, Lamberth, Pauldiog— Jones, Sparks, Walker—‘-Af’EarZand, Cross, Murray—Brown, Carroll, Dade—Street, Hendrix, Cherokee—Cttmden, Ford, Cass —Baker, Burnett, DeKalb—Wilson, Murphy, Lemmon, E vans, Collier-, Carroll —Springer, Awtry, Cobb, ■Coweta —Smith, Greer, Dyer, Troup— Harrilson, Dougherty, Webb, Baldwin— Hansell, Rockwell, Hines. Bibb — Baker, H. G. Lamar, Tracy. B ryan— Maxicell. Burke-- -Lawson, Berrien, Huett, Patterson. Butts.--Baily, Goodman, Byars. Clark—2Jowg/ier/y, Richardson, Stroud and FtncenL Chatham---Gordon, Bullock, Drysdale and Shaffer. Columbia---. Robertson, Crawford, Stapler and Gunby. Cobb---Guess, Anderson. Crawford--Bradford, Carr, Hancock.. E fli ngham --- Mo rg an, Sa nss ey. Elbert-.-AZZcn, Jones, Harper, Hammond. Fayette---»Stc/Z, Landrum, Martin. Forsyth-—Foster, Green. Franklin-Cleveland, Neal, S. Freeman and Ash. Greene. --Janes, Cone, Moseley, Porter. Gwinnett---Loveless, T. McGuire, Pittman, Hamilton, Stell. Habersham-—Mauldin, Phillips, Shelton and Sanford. Hall—-Dunagan, Hardridge, Hollingsworth, McLester. Roberts. • Hancock---Sayre, Hudson, Rabun, Sass nett. Henry- --Segur, Camp, Coker, Malone. Houston---Lawson, Kelley, Ladlcr, Bate man. Harris— Murphey, Pryer, 11. Cruuford. Irwin-—Sloane, Young. Jackson-SZmzo, Delaperrlere, Horton, Will. Jasper-Jourdan, Robinson, Waters, Wyatt. Jefferson-Tarver, Boyd, Cain. Jones-Hutchins, Day, Renfroe, Franck. Laurens- Wright, Guyton, Stanley. Lee — Janes, Greene. Ldnco]n-Lamar, Lockhart, Slutham. Lumpkin-Obarr, Stocks. Macon-Tilrord, Hunt. Madison-Polks, Daniel, Pittman. Marien-Bivms, Powell. Mclntosh—McDonald, Maly, Lfile. Meriwether- Alexander, Flcther, Chatfield. Monroe-BZac/r, Gaar, Poicell, Leshurc, and Turner. Morgan-FZoytZ, Swift, Whiling, Stallings. Muscogee. Calhoun, Woward, Feans. Newton. WZZZamson, Harris, Reynolds, and Clack. Oglethorpe. Billups, Hibbard, Hutchin son and Willingham. Pike. Pryor, McDouall, Neil. Pulaski. Bostick, Colyer, Johnson. Putnam. Branham, Meriwether, Whitfield, Shaw. Rabun. Mosely, Kelly, Cannon. Randolph. Moye, Harrison. Richmond. Miller, Jenkins, Crawford, IF. J. Rhodes. Scriven. Green, Conner, Prescott. Stewart. Byran, Ball. Sumpter. Tomblinson, Sullivan. Talbot. Drone, White, Smead. 1 Taliaferro. Harris, Stephens, Chapman. Troup. Harrulson, Dougherty, Webb. Twiggs. Pearson, Fitzpatrick, Daniel. Walton. Echols, Stroud, Bryant, Ilarral son. Warren. J. Harris, Lowe, Darden, Ro gers. Washington. Curry, Floyd, Worthen, Jones. Wilkes. Anderson, Towles, Brown, Tur ner. Wilkinson. Beall, King, Murphy. Bulloch. Cone, Wilkinson. Camden. Atkinson, Clark, Cone. Campbell. Cochran, VFtifts, White. Decatur. Carry, Chester, Arnett. Dooley. Bowen, Graham. Earley. Scarborough, Ward. Glynn. King, Scarlett, Dart. Heard. Brown, Dodson. Liberty. Spencer, Bacon, Gaulding. Montgomery. McClellan, McArthur. Tattnall. Surrency, Smith. Telfair. Rogers, Fryer. Thomas. Heath, McMillan, Seward. Upson. Gibson, Meadows, Cunningham. Appling. Hall, Smith. Baker. Holmes, Colley. Emanuel. Swain, Summer. Gilmer. Ellington, Jones. Lowndes. Knight, Hall. Union. Rutherford, Wellborn. Ware. Mattox, Hilliard. Wayne. Harris, Robinson. Congressional Ticket. Union. State Rights. Graves, 30789 Burner, 30705 Pooler, ‘30768 Nelson, 30570 Patterson,- 30912 ('ampbell, Hilly er, 30678 Iverson, 30967 MW horter, 30520 Great Sett. —The heirs of Dubreuis! and others, have brought suit against the first mu nicipality of New.Orlen ns, for the restitution of certain property, estimated in value nt $4,000,000, and for damages at $500,000. I’he suit is found* d on a grant made by the French Government in 1745- Dawson, 32128 Habersham, 32150 Alford, 32197 Colquitt, 32287 Nesbit, 31724 Cooper, 31602 King, 32090 Black, 31675 Warren, 31765 Fronrthe N.Y. Journal of Commerce, Oct. 12. NEW JERSEY ELECTION. There has been quite astir this morning among our politicians in regard to the New Jersey elections. The Van Buren men are •in high spirits, and offer to bet large sums that they have carried the Congressional tick et. There is a whig majority in both branches of .the Legislature, and a whig majority of Bin joint ballot. Last year the Council was divided 10—6; Assembly, 35 —18. Whig majority then on joint ballot, 21. Atlantic and Cape May counties to he heard from. Cape May gave at the Presidential election in 1836, (there was no V. B. ticket last year,) 255 whig majority. Atlantic gave last year a V. B. majority of 154. Result still doubtful. Not improbable some on both tickets may be clected. The intelligent editor of the Newark Daily Advertiser writes us that “the returns from the West Jersey counties arc chiefly estimates, and neither party of bet-tersare willing to risk any thing here.” October 13—3 p. m. New Jersey Election. —Ws have infor mation this morning which we think may be depended on as substantially correct, that Cape May has given a whig majority of 266, and that the Van Bunn majority in Mon mouth, instead ol being 90, is 263. 'Phis is said to be the average on the Congressional ticket. If these accounts are correct, the re sult will stand thus: V. B. majority by our morning edition, 157 Add Monmouth, 263 173 Less, 90 330 Cape May, 26S V. B. majority, 64 Mr. Southard is the Senator whose term ex pires next Spring, not Mr. Wall. So there is likely to be no change in the political charac ter of the representation of New Jersey in the Senate of the United States. From the Globe, Extra, October 14. OHIO. We have received returns from .this Slate for Governor. They show, beyond doubt, that SHANNON, the democratic candidate, is elected. His majority thus far is 8,321. — In the same counties two years ago, Baldwin’s (Dem.) majority over Vance, (Fed.) was 778: and at the Presidential election in 1835, Har rison’s majority over Van Buren was 411. — Vance was then elected Governor by 6,016 majority, and Harrison obtained the vote <>l ihe Slate by 8457. We think Shannon’s ma jority will be between 7 and 8000. Our esti mate, made since we received these returns, makes it 7,7 15. We have heard from the nine Congression. al districts represented in this Congress by Messrs. Duncan, Webster, Chaney, Leadbet ter, and Sheplor, (Democrats,) Alexander, Harper, and Coffin, (Federalists,) and Kilgore, (Conservative.) They have ALL returned Democrats to the next Congress. Partial re turns from the districts represented in this Congress by Messrs. Bond, Ridgway, Goode, and Morris, (Federalists.) who are running again, show them all to be in danger of being defeated. We were not prepare 1 for such a revolution. Will the Whigs be so kind as to loan us a gun? The swivel which they used in the city at their funeral of the Sub-Treasury will answer pur purpose. PENNSYLVANIA. Democratic majority for Governor about 10,000. “STOP THAT BALL” MASSA- i CHUSETTS!!— Ib. Augusta, Oct. 18, 1838. At a meeting of the Delegates from the j State of Georgia to the recent Commercial Convention, William Dearing, Fsq. was called to the Chair, und Ossian Gregory appointed Secretary. On motion of N. \V. Cocke, Esq. it was unanimously “Resolved, That in accordance with a icso. lotion of the Commercial Convention recently held in Augusta, that the Delegates now pre sent, recommend to the citizensof the differ- I ent counties in the State of Georgia, to send delegates to a State Convention at Milledge. 1 ville, on the second Monday in November next, to deliberate on such measures as may be i deemed proper anti necessary to recommend to the Legislature for tho purpose of promot ing a direct export and import trade with the foreign countries.” Resolved, That the Delegates present uill use their best efforts to procure a full atten dance of delegates from the different counties of this State. On motion of Jno. Phinzy, Esq. it was Resolved, That a Committee of be ap- pointed to prepare a petition and obtain signa tures, praying Congress to make the city of Augusta a port of Entry; and John Phinzy, James Harper, and Benj. H. Warren, Esqrs. were appointed that committee. On motion of G. B. Lamar, Esq., it was Resolved, That the public gazettes through out the State be requested to publish the pro ceedings of this meeting, and that the Chair man and Secretary be requested to sign the proceedings. The meeting then adjourned. WILLIAM DEARING, Chairman. Ossiax Gkegohy, Secretary. i • The President returned to the seat of Gov ernment on the 2d inst. from his visit to the Y Virginia Springs. Freni the Washington Chronicle' CONSTITUTIONA L TREASU RY'. /Another commoriobjection to this great re" form is, that ft will establish a Government Bank. This is Mr. Clay’s argument! He even piously thanks God, that the administra tion has been defeated in’its fata! project of establishing a Government Bank! Now, we pity a man who is reduced to such shifts. We feel humbled, when we hear one who has oc cupied sodarge a space in the public eye, de grade his intellect and his conscience, to such a depth. 'lhe pettiest Federal paper is al most ashamed to repeat such nonsense. And yet Mr. Clay even published his speeoh, called by courtesy, an answer to Mr. Calhoun, with a long label or sequel to this purport. How are the mighty fallen! What constitutes a Batik? Taking money on deposite, discounting notes, dealing in ex change, issuing pap?r, nominally at least, con vertible into money, that is gold and silver, for it is a modern innovation to call Bank notes rnoncy. Now, which of those things does the Government propose to do? Not one. If to keep and disburse its funds through the instru mentality of its own officers, with proper checks upon them, make a Bank of the Gov ernment, then, as has been said, every mer chant, every man in the community is a bank er, or rather a Bank. The Independent Tr a sury has not one attribute of a Bank, and the charge is not sustained by the slightest plausi bility, the most remote analogy. As we have said on a former occasion, it is hard to meet such objections, from their very emptiness and intangibility. There arc some arguments which can scarcely bo answered from their very weakness. You can get no hold on them. They arc shadows, nay, the shades of a shadow. It is impossible to reason with a man, who has neither facts nor logic. There is no aigding with one who denies first princi ples; who docs not, or cannot perceive the truth of self evident propositions; of elementa ry axioms. You can only answer him, as the philosopher did the man who denied motion— walk and be silent. Would it be believed, that the head of a great party, the man whom his admirers adu late with something approaching to idolatry, is compelled to rest his opposition to a great and vital measure of reform, upon such grounds md arguments? What stronger reason, we isk again, can be adduce 1 in its favor, than the weakness, the utter absurdity of the ob ■ections alleged against it? W hen people say it is to abandon all regulation of the currency, we can at least understand them. When oth ers, sometimes the same men, assort that it is to cripple and crush the Banks by its strong est operation, we can again comprehend the allegation, however contradictory to the for mer objection, and however erroneous both notions. But when they assort, that to sepa rate the fiscal opera' ions ./>,f fhp Gjjyurnriianl from those of all Banks, National or Stale, and to dispense with tlnir agency altogether, as was contemplated, and in fact established by the Constitution, is to create a Bank, although the Government neither receives money on deposite, nor discounts notes, nor deals in bills of exchange, nor issues Bank notes, wc can only feel pity for the cause which requires such support, and for the men who are con strained to allege such reasons. Such argu ments refute themselves, and only strengthen the principle against which they arc arrayed. These people have at length found oat to their sorrow, that a Bank is hateful to the peo pie, and so they call every thing which they dislike, a Bank, that they may kill it with a bad name. There is some consolation in this, however, for it is an admission that the favor ite situation of Federalism has become so ab horrent to the nation, that its very partisans can discover no imputation more odious. 'I Ins is, at any rate, a striking evidence ol the sal utary fame of the public mind on this great question, and furnishes us with a strong guar anty against the revival of that usurping power, which is a fraud upon the Constitution, a curse to the country, a withering blight upon the prosperity and independence of the bouth; for which wc feel a peculiar, though not ex clusive interest. This is a point, and a great one too, gained. “THEY WHO ARE NOT FOR US ARE AGAINST US.” It is impossible to occupy a neutral position at the present critical juncture. Poo n uch is at issue to justify or permit such an attitude. It is a question of freedom or slavery; of life or death, to the South, at least. Those who refuse to support the great question ol finan cial emancipation, from hostility to the men in power, give their virtual support to a party whose every principle and project is at war with our vital interests. Ti is is np time to quarrel .about men. The principles involved rise far above personal considerations. If the party last spoken of comes into power, the miserable system from which we have just been relieved by its own excesses, is fastened upon us again, and forever. A National Bank of enormous capital, dangerous privileges, and tremendous power, will be chartered for thirty, forty, perhaps fifty years, and under it will again grow up all the usurpations which it 1 engenders and nourishes, protective tariff, in ternal improvement by the General Govern ment, Ac. Arc., the whole progeny of Feder al encroachments, which feed upon tho vitals of Southern prosperity. “Now’s the day and now’s the hour.” This is the time to cut up this pernicious system by the roofs, so that it can never spring up again, and he who neg lects this precious, this only opportunity, from ambition, revenge, antipathy, or any personal motive, is a traitor to his country and posteri ty. This is the truth, the plain truth, without disguise or qualification, for it is not a time to m : nce matters. There is too much at stake, and too little time for action, to justify honey ed words or glazing speech. “Awake, arisd/ or be forever lost!” COLUMBUS RACES. Over the Western Course at this place, commenced on Tuesday last, being on the first day mile beats, a sweepstake of <s2oo entrance? —four entries —two bating paid forfeit; mak ing a purse of S6OO. The day was clear and fine—the Autumn winds bletV pleasantly? and a goodly crowd had gathered upon the Track to witness the sports of ihe Turf—-a species of amusement highly relished in the South. Only two horses appeared at the starting post: Count Zaklevar, from the stable of Messrs; Iverson & Bonner, and Bunckum, belonging to Messrs. Lovell & Hammond. Bunckum had the track, but was compelled to yield it to the Count after a few jumps, the latter keeping it throughout the mile, and win ning the heat in 1 m. 54 3., hard in hand. — 'l’he second mile was like the first, only won by the Count with more apparent case, in 1 tn. 55 s , beating Bunckum very handsomely.— 'l’he track'was rough and heavy. No betting of any consequence, owing to the scarcity of the rhino. Thus stood the race: Mile heats—purse six hundred dollars. Iverson & Bonner’s s. c. Count Zakle var. by Andrew, dam by Timolean, 3 years old, 86 lbs. (stallion,) 11 Lovell & Hammond’s s. g. Bunckum, by Hyazim, dam by Gallatin, 3 years old, 83 lbs. 2 2 'l ime—lm. 54s—Im. 555. Second day, two mile heats purse s3so— entries. Edmonson’s g. m. Alice Ann, four years old, by Director, it., dam bv old Gallatin, G 8 lbs. Jeter's bro. h. Brother Paine, 5 years old,- by Eclipse, dam by Enterprise, lit) lbs. Iverson Bonner’s blk. c. Lieut. Basscn gcr, 3 years o'. I, by imp, Fylde, dam by Roa noke, 83 lbs. Col. Crowell’s hr. f. Florida Hepburn, three years old, by Tramp, dam by Whisker, 83 lbs. Scott’s c. f. Big Nancy, 3 years old, by Jackson, dam by Gallatin, 83 lbs. 'I he nags were brought to the stan I an I placed as follows.— Florida Hepburn first; Lieut. Bassongcr second; Big Nancy third; Brother Paine fourth; Alice Aim fifth. At th r tap of the drum all got off in a crowd, ami went it with a rush-—Miss Florida taking the lead and maintaining her stride throughout the heat, winning in 3.52, beating Alice Ann by half a neck. The horses cr<n?c out in the following order:—Miss Florida Hepburn first; Alice Ann second; Big Nancy third; Brother Paine feurth; and Passenger fifth. After this he.it Brother Paine was drawn. 'i’he second heat was taken by. Alice in 3.5), beating Miss Florida about a length, and dropping Passenger and IX'ancy tUTtmrdThe distance stand. This was the most interesting heat we have seen run since the tilling nice between Miss Medley and Birmingham. For three-fourths of a mile in the second mile of the second heat, the two fillies strode together at a kil ling pace, head and head, as square ns a file of regular soldiers. It was a moment of thril ling interest, in which .*> tremendous contest waacariied on between n igs possessing equal purity of blood; whose game proved itself un flinching, and whose speed was enduring the severest test. The third heat was won by Alice, crowning her the conqueror of the day, in 4.3, beating Miss Florida by some two lengths; but while the one bore away triumphantly the purse and the laurels, tho other earned fbr herself a name which will ere long stand high on the roll of turf fame. * The third day, three mile beats, which was a race of considerable interest, although tho pace was too slow for ‘crack nags,’ and tho ‘old ones’ shook their heads and cried, ‘a very slow race, a very slow race.’ It resulted as fol Io v. 8; Cui. Crowell’s imp. f. Susan Dodge, by Tramp, dam by Whisker 3 ys. old, 73 lbs. 1.1 Mr. Jetor’s s. c. Henry Buster, by Eclipse, dam by The maid of Lodi, bv Virginia, 5 ys. old, 100 lbs. ' 22 Gen. Scott’s b. f. Reveille, by Ber trand, dam Sally Melville, by Vir ginia, 4 years old,, 97 lbs. 3 3 Purse SSOO. Time, 0. 3.; 6. 7. The contest on the four mile day was be tween Count Zaldcvar and Gerow, no other horses having entered. Result of the race: Four mile heats—Jocky Cluß purse SBO0 — inside stake of 81,000 aside. Iverson Bonner’s f». c. Count Zal devar, 3 years old, by Andrew, dam Tirnoleon, 86 lbs. 11 Hammond & Lovell’s c. h. Gerow, 4 years old, by Henry, dam by Eclipse, 97 lbs. 2 2 Time, 8. 14; 8. 8. Fifth and last day, best three in five, for a purse of S3OO, resulted as follows: Col. Crowell’s br. f. Florida Hep- burn, 3 years old, by Tramp, dam by Whisker, 83 lbs. 1 I 1 Col. Edmondson’s c. m. lone, 5 yrs. old, by John Richards, dam by imp. Expedition, 107. 3 2 2 Col. J. S. Campbells c. f. Four pence, by Jackson, dam by He phestion, 3. years old* 83 lbs. 2 3 3 Time, 1.54; 1.52; 1.53. Previous to the best three in five, a match came off between Iverson and Bonner’s b. f. Maria Reeves; by Wild Bill, dam by Timol'- . eon, and Edmondson’s br. m* Charlotte Barnes-, ' by IJertrand’, dam by Sir Andrew, 8100 aside; , mile boats. The Erst mile was won by M-arie,