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fatal in its tendency, to civil liberty, and solan investigation might be bad, at the same
directly subversive of the acknowledged rights time forwarded the Globe of 24th Aug. which
and sovereignty of the State of Alabama, be I contained an article'stating that the coril-
abandoncd. I protest ajrqinst it as an uncon-1 mander at the Fort had instructions to aid the
stitutional interference with our local and in- State in the investigation.' To this request,
teraal affairs, and as a measure of revolting the commander replied that he had received
injustice towards that portion of our iuhabi- no such instructions and that he. would not
tants who have not injured the Indians. Put comply and that the soldier who shot Owens
away, sir, the sword which has been unneces- did it in the execution of his lawful duty.,
sarily and too hastily drawn against this large Process was then issued out for certain sol
and unoffending community. It is the ap- diers and suspected persons in the Fort, but
propriate arbiter in contests of ambition, but without success,the Maji informing the Slier,
uot in questious of constitutional right.. It is iff upon a demand being made that he would
of Montgomery, acting for themselves and I not-to be forgotten that the American people, I not give up a man ; an attachment was then
also as the agents of one hundred of their on a recent occasion, pronounced emphatical- issued against the Maj. for a contempt of the
neighbors, by which the government, besides ly, that questions of juri sdiction between the Court, which was also disobeyed, the Sheriff
conveying to each 640 acres of land, had foreign and domestic branches of our govern- returning that he could not take the Maj
stipulated to remove by force, for five years, 1 meat, are to be settled by the tribunals which without danger of his life,
nil persons who might intrude upon any of the Constitution vests with the power of ex-I It appears also that a subpoena was issued
these tracts. It is quite apparent that such pounding the laws. To these tribunals I ap-1 for Lieut. Manuing and served,but he also re-
stipulation, as well as any attempt to carry it I peal on behalf of the good people of this State,
into effect, would be an unwarrantable inter. Very respectfully, I have the bouor to be,
fcrence with matters which can be regulated sir, your obedient servant,
alone by the laws of the State, and a palpable ! JOHN GAYLE.
by its own direct action. ,. One hundred years
might with equal propriety, have been insert
ed in the treaty, and there was the same au-
thority for extending the removal, to subse-
quent purchasers that there was to theludions.
Tfaat ths Indians within the limits of this
State are citizens thereof, and subject to its
laws, fn every respect, cannot be questioned
at least by the General Government. The
treaty with these people is noihiug more than
a contract with so'many citizens of Alabama:
Suppose an agreement had been entered
into with eight resident citizens of the county
encroachment upon its jurisdiction. And
yet this case is perfectly similar in principle I City,
to the one under consideration.
If the General Government have the right
to regulate the conduct of our’people in rela
tion to their land, if it can rightfully expel a
citizen who trespasses upon the lunded pos
sessions of his neighbor, by the summary in-
terposition of a military guard without even
the forms of military investigation, what is to
restrain it from the exercise of the same pow-
cr in relation to trespasses upon personal prop
erty 1 From this the translation would be ea
sy to the takiug cognizance of all irregulari
ties, misdemeanors and crimes, the right to
punish which, has heretofore been consider
ed as belonging exclusively to the State tri
bunals. If, by the treaty making power, the
ordinary oporation of our laws, upon the per.
sons and property of our citizens, can he sus
pended, as will be the cose if the 5th article
of the treaty is executed in the mode prescri
bed in your late order to the Marshal, the
fused to obey it; we learn under this state of
things and upon the affidavit of the Sheriff
that the force of the county was inadequate
to serve process on persons in the Fort, that
lion. LEWIS CASS, Secretary of War, Wash- the presiding Judge despatched a messenger
A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
To the citizens of the counties in the Creek
Nation.
The Secretary of War, by direction of the
President of the United States, has instructed
the Marshal of the Southern District of Alaba
ma, to remove all white people from the ter
ritory ceded by .the Creek Indians, by the.
treaty of March 1832, which territory is com-
to the Gov. of that State calling on him for
aid.
,We have also learned that true bills for
murder have been found against divers Sol.
diers at the Fort, and also against other indi.
viduals who were concerned in the trausac-
tion.
It now remains to be seen whether the
military authority is to control the civil.—
Here is a handful of United States soldiers
within the border of the State who hold them
posed of the counties of Benton, Tai idega,
Randolph, Coo'sa, Talapooso, Chambers, Rus-1 selves above the laws of the country, andset
sell, Macon and Barbour. - the laws and the officers at defiance. Will Al
These counties have been established and | abama submit to this?—Columbus Enquirer.
organized by the General Assembly, in con
formity with the views aud policy of the Fed-1
oral Government, and in pursuance of the
Constitution of this State.
The order, if executed, will result in a de
struction of property belonging to the inhab
itants of these counties, do an almost incolcu-
&eueral XnMU&ettce.
of this city, and the probable extent to which
could support the enterprise. \ - .■
On motion it was
Resolved, That the blank be filled by “ se
ven,” to constitute the Committee, and that
the Chairman appoint said Committee. In
accordance with which the following gentle-,
men were appointed—
John M-&Bereien, William C. Daniel,
George Jones, Joseph Cumhing,
Wm. W. Gordon, John D. Monoin,
Sam,’l. B. Pabkhan.
The meeting then adjourned.
WM. B. BULLOCH, Chairman.
Wh. P. White, Secretary.
Discipline of Abstinence.—The Charles-
ton, U. S. Catholic Miscellany of Saturday,
says : «*We are authorized to state, that by
a decree of the proper authorities, the obliga
tion of abstaining from flesh meat on those
Saturdays, which are not days of fast, on one
meal, has been suspended for the next ten
years, within those Dioctsaes of the United
States in which that obligation has previously
ekisted. The obligation of abstaining from
flesh meat on the festival of St. Mark, and on
the Rogation days, has been altogether abro-
gated within the same ecclesiastical province.
So that hence forward it will be no violation
of church discipline to use flesh meat on
those days. We onderstaud that this is like-
ly to be one of the topics on which the Pro
vincial Council summoned to assemble in Bal
timore, on the 2Uth instant, will address their
flocks.'
“ We believe the Bishop of Charleston is
the only prelate of the Province who- was op
posed to this relaxation. He has however,
united with his brethren, upon finding the
general sentiment to be in opposition to his
views.” •
lable amount, and inflict upon them other
whole field of State jurisdiction may be con-1 great and irreparable injuries, not less calam
sidcred as occupied ; and State sovereignty, I itous than those which would mark the iuva-
the reserved rights of the States, &c. are but I 8 ion of a.public enemy,
unmeaning spunds, totally unworthy of seri- 1 - -
ous consideration.
I know that these terms are used by ma
ny as mere cant expressions, and that they
have been brought into disrepute by the extrav-
ertionsof the patriot,
trace, with precise accuracy, the boundary
which separates the jurisdiction of the State
and Federal Government. We can at all
times, however, detennine nearly where it lies.
abama.
As before observed, the right of extend,
ibg our laws over the country from which our I
people are ordered to be expelled, is admitted
to the fullest extent. This necessarily im-I
these, means ? As enumerated in the Con.
Jtion of this State and the laws made in I
irsuance thereof, they are, that the State
shall be lujd off into counties, and convenient |
circuits, that the circuit courts shall he held
constables; that there shall be in each cir- ]
cuit a judge of the circuit court, who shall re-
side in his circuit; that there shall be for j
each cqunty a judge of the county coilii;
that there shall be also in each county a sher
iff, clerks of *the circuit and' county courts,
| or towns, at which it would* terminate, or
near which it would pass, but would tend
greatly to promote the prosperity of the State
at large.
That the time has ndw arrived when the
| spirit of Internal Improvement, which has
I been awakened throughout the State, will
probably lead to the adoption of some plan of
extensive communication, between its differ-
trade is vety dull and at a stand, very little
money in circulation.
[We have omitted sundry expressions in
the above letter as published ip the « Des-
patch,” derogatory to the government of San-
tander and going to implicate him in some of
.the outrages mentioned. We have no belief
that.he is capable of such villany.
Editors N. Y. Journal of Com.
Albon Chase and A. SI. NUhet, Editors.
Erratum.-—In Mr. Johnston's communication, in
our last week's paper, instead of the Messrs. Free,
mans, read Trumans.
- To Correspondents.—“ A Cosmopolite" has been
in typo for two weeks, but unavoidably crowded out.
It shall have a place in our next, as also shall the
“Requiem" of our friend •* Iskander."
From the Savannah Georgian.
Savannah, 14th October, 1833.—-According
to previous notice, a very numerous and res
pectable meeting of the citizens of Savannah
took place at the Exchange, at 11 o’clock, for
the purpose of considering the most proper
measures for facilitating the communication
between this City, Macon And Columbus.
By virtue of this treaty, the government of 1 The meeting being called to order by the
the United States have assumed the right of Mayor, Wm. B. Bulloch, Esq. was unani.
removing by an armed force, not only all 1 mously appointed Chairman, and Wm.-P.
persons who have settled upon the public White, Esq. Secretary,
lands, but those also, who in the opinion of its j The Hon. John M. Berrien then adcress-
agant pretensions and absurd doctrines ©i a agents, have committed trespasses upon the I ed the meeting, shewing the propriety of
sister Stale ; but* they imply things that are j improvements of the Indians, which are their speedy and energetic movements on the part
. . , private property, thereby undertaking, with- of his fellow-citizens upon the-subject before
sings of this Union are justly appreciated, j out lawful authority, and in violation of them, and concluded by offering the. follow,
they will command the best and highest ex- our common constitution, to regulate matters I ing resolutions, which were unanimously ad
It is often ‘difficult to | which belong exclusively to the laws and tri. opted : -
buuals of this State. I Resolved, That it is of the utmost impor-
The order for the removal of the settlers, j tance to the commercial prosperity of the
must necessarily be attended with the expul- City of Savannah, to facilitate the communi
sion of our civil officers, the suppression of cation between this place, Macon and Colum
But this treaty is for giving it a new direc- our courts, and, in fact, the destruction of the bus.
tion. It crosses the line designated in the 1 state Government throughout these counties. I That the establishment of such n comma
Constitution, in right angles, and runs into the The right of jurisdiction being admitted, the nication by a well constructed Rail Road or
very heart and centre of our domestic concerns, right to use the means that are indispensable Canal, is important not merelv to the cities
But, sir, (here is another view of this sub- ( 0 its exercise, attaches as a necessary con-
ject, which will expose in a light still more sequence; and yet a military force is dis-
glaring, the utter incompatibility ot this treaty pluyed upon our borders, to renderinopera-
with the jurisdictive rights of the State of Al- J tj ve all the measures which have been adopted
-L by the state government for the extension and
enforcement of its laws.
The course which the General Govern
ment has adopted, and is now pursuing, is a
, . palpable and indefensible invasion of the. , n „ „ T _
plies the right of employing the means that rights of this State, and its tendency, utterly ent portions, and that it behooves the people
“ra indispensable to its exercise. What are | subversive of our free and happy form of gov. of Georgia, to devise with care and intelli
ernment. gence, in order that they may prosecute with
There are now thirty* thousand of our peo-1 zeal and effect, the plan to be adopted,
pic, alarmed at the horrors of starvation on J That the local advantages of Savannah as
one side, and of milita ry execution on the the principal sca-port of the State, having es-
, - other. In this hour of their afflictions, I re- tablished facilities for the transaction of busi-
S° unt y a * e ® 8 '- twmc in every jear, 1 commend and exhort them to look with abi-1 ness, and having for a series of years contri-
t..at t e counties shall be divided into small ding and undoubting confidence to the majes- buted largely to the public Treasury, give her
istnets, in each of which there shall be ap-1 ty Q f the law. It wi ll cover them with a claims to the consideration of our fellow citi-
pomteu ^ two justices ot the^ peace, and two J shield impenetrable to the sword and bayonet. I zens of the interior, which will not be
In order therefore, .that “ the laws may be looked, if they are zealously urged, and pro-
faithfully executed,” and by virtue of the perly understood.
power and authority in me vested, I hereby I That the Citizens of Savannah, deeply im-
require all civil officers in the counties afore-1 pressed with the importance of establishing a
said, to be attentive to the conplaints of the communication by Rail Road, or Canal, be-
people, upon whom any crime or crimes may tween this place, Macon and Columbus, will
a coroner, notaries public, commissioners of I he committed, or upon whom or whose prop-1 cheerfully unite with their fellow citizens of
roads and revenue, die.; and that there shall I erty there may exist well founded apprehen- the interior, in exerting all means in their
be summoned,, previous to every circuit court, sions, that crimes are intended to be commit- power, for the accomplisliment of so desirable
a competent number of grand and petit jurors, t ed, by issuing all suc h warrants and other an object.
and a large number of petit jurors for the process as may be necessary to bring offen- That a Committee to consist of per-
eounty Court. AU these ministers of our laws ders1 0 justice, particularly such os are guilty sons, be appointed on the part of the Citizens
are required to reside in the counties to which I 0 f murder, false imprisonment, house burning, of Savannah, whose duty it shall be to confer
their offices belong. These are the ordma-1 ro hbery, forcible entries, and all such like with our fellow citizens of Macon and Colura-
ry means by which our State Government I heinous offences. • bus, and others taking an interest in this meas-
is put in operation, and effect given to our | And all good citizens are required, when ure, and to unite with them in endeavouring
duly and legally called upon, to aid and assist to obtain the aid of the Legislature, for its ac
in the execution of all such process as may I complishmcnt.
bo issued by the competent authorities, and That it bo respectfully recommended to
mitied the rivRt nf Ainhnm-i h, i according to the laws of the land. And fur- the Corporations of Savannah, Macon and
■ nght . °f Alabama to extend her ju- thermoro, it is enjoined upon the citizens in Columbus, to take an interest in the establish
r, ! d, C Uono.e,hece Je J.o U n lry ,t u ,, 1 has;,,, j, couuties Arosaid, to yield . ready ebe. me „, of U,'e proposed co m mum^,ioo!t their
itcd and encouraged such extension by sundry dience to any precepts or process that may corporate capacity—and that they be resnec-
, documents to which it is uoneceasary to refer issue from the coarts of the Onited States or ^000^* iStstoTuend
cnl S. *“ Wa ? ,he “““'"y “ r 8 a ”*- of this State; and especially to abstain from at MUIoScville durins'the omroachine acs.
tw^i^rr 6 TsX«r„r,^ra’+• i u " Uwfui ; ,b '™ d8 *»• >- *> »f
-of the Chataboochie, for the purpose of ex* f?* 1 7 g JfR ° k?T la , W ^ and ° f a common interest with them, on
pollin'* from this lareo and flnnrishW ’ *®* r n ghts, should Be: taught to look up to the best means of accomplishing this ob-
nil sec h° n their more mtelhgent neighbors for mforma- ject.
of tbo State, all « white persons,” including J
of course all civil officers and other persons U ° n ■ pr0te , _ , . Tltat the Committee appointed in behalf of
whose agency is necMsary to the execution ofl ‘ hia ">“•“& •» with tho Chairman,
our laws.. Wo will have no power to punish year of our Lord 183!1, and tho 56th year of the be requested to call another meeting of the
any ofienco committed by the Indians or to I Independence of the United States of America. I Citizens ot savannah at such tune, as they
subject them in any respeat to the restraints of JOHN GAYLE. m °y deem proper.
the law, because our courts will have been j Governor, ^ ' I That these Resolutions be signed by the
suppressed in all the counties in which they J AMES TnomroN, See, of State. J Chairman, nnd countersigned by the Secre-
reside. Now sir, if your order bo carried in- The superior court for Russel county Ala. toI 7 °f this meeting, and published in the
to ©fleet, will not an instance have occurred] has been during most of the week employed Gazettes of this City, and that copies of them
in our country, and the first instance, too, of j in investigating the murder of Owens. Judge so authenticated, be forwarded to the Gov
the government of a State being put down and Harris presiding. The Solicitor General 1 ernor °f the State, and to the Mayor and In
destroyed, in nine of its counties, by military Col. Picket, has been employed in ferreting tendant of Macon and Colutohis.
force ? Will not the alarming spectacle be out the testimony which was exceedingly dif- The Hon. James M. Wayne then address-
exhibited of the laws of one.pf the States of ficult to come at, as it appears no persons °d the meeting upon the great importance of
this Union, ia their ordinary operation, being were immediately present, but the detach- tlie subject-stated the local advantages of
compelled to yield in a time of profound ment of troops who were concerned in the I foi® c i l y 113 die chief outlet of this State, and
peace, to the dominion of the sword—to give murder. We learn that the Solicitor address- concluded with a motion (unanimously adop.
way to the capricious will of a Deputy Mar- ed a letter to the commander ol the Fort, ted ) that certain letters from Macon upon the
shal, whosefavorietmodes ofapunishmentseem l-Maj. McIntosh stating the difficulty and re- subject of Internal Improvement, - Which had
to lie the conflagration *of dwellings and the ap- questing a surrender ot the file of soldiers been laid before the meeting, should be read,
plioatiw of the bayonet. . , • who were present at Ihe killing of Owens to Col. Wx. T. Williams then made some
ly request that this project, so J the Sheriff of Russel county, in order that j uselhl remarks relative to tho financial affairs
laws.. And yet the late instructions to the |
Marshal, absolutely , prohibit the 1 use of nny
of them.
The General Government has not only ad-
From Jamaica and Columbia.—By the
ship John W. Cater, we have received King
ston papers of Sept. 16th, and the Brig Mary,
Montego Bay papers to the 14th. The Ja
maica Couranthus ceased to exist. The pa-
pers before us contain no news, except the
Carthagena. We have before published*
some account of the conspiracy at Bogota.
Carthagena, Aug. 25th. 1833.—On the
22d of last month, General Santander was
apprised that a conspiracy was planned
against the Government, and was to take place
the same night. A squadron of Hussars in
garrison in Bogota wak to join in it, and ufter
taking possession of the Capital, arrest the
principal authorities at tho* head of the Gov-
ernment and effect a change in'the Adminis
tration. The same evening Gen. Montoya
was ordered by the President to go to the
barracks of the Hussars and arrest the officer
on guard, (one Aijona) who was Colonel,
The next day parties were sent in search of
some of the conspirators,' who had fled from
the city ; several were arrested, and amongst
them General Sarda. One Captain Callc was
also sent with a party of soldiers to arrest
Mariano who was ia the country (a gentle-
man belonging to one of the first families of
Bogota, and having a wife and seven children)
whom they suspect to be connected with the
conspirators. He was found in a house at a
place called Usme, and on his coming to the
Capital, was killed under pretence that he
wonted to runaway. The murdered man was
carried to the capital half naked, and although
dead, tied like a sheep on the back of a horse
or mule, so that they might have a sight of
the mangled body pierced with daggers and
balls, and in that manner passed the house
where the unfortunate wife and children liv.
ed, vociferating the most indecent and dirty
language. The result was, that one of the
daughters of poor Mariano (a most accom-
plished and beautiful girl) as also a citizen by
the name of Fernando Cayado^became insane
and remained so. The greatest consterna
tion reigns in Bogota.
In this city we were not less alarmed on
the night of the 14th instant. A party of vaga.
bonds whom they denominate here Liberates,
knowiug they are protected by the present
system, had formed the project of taking by
surprise the barracks and prisons ; of setting
at liberty the prisoners, who were mostly
bad men and presidarios, murderihg the res
pectable citizens, robbing their stores and
houses—and committing all other excesses
and atrocities ; but luckily the hand of provi
dence caused the plot to be discovered a few
hours before the time appointed to put it into
execution. A number of these miscreants
were arrested, and amongst them Escalante
and Palmares, (both men of color ;) one was
to be commandant genera), aad the other gov
ernor of this department; the other situations
were to be distributed among their followers.
You have already heard of the dispute be
tween Monsieur Barrot,'the French Consul,
and the gentry of this city, which arose on
account of his remarks on tho murder of Co
lonel Woodbine, his wife and child. The
Court of Justice declared that it was for the
Superior Court to decide the matter, and this
last mentioned court thought it prudent to or
der the Copsul to be set at liberty. Mr. Bar-
rot, who was daily insulted in his own house,
took the resolution of leaving the country, and
on his going to embark on board a schooner
lying in the port, he was in a most dastardly
manner beaten and carried back to prison
-I don’t know how all this will end, and in
what manner the French Gdvernment will
take the treatment of its Consul, w ho they
say is the brother of Odillon Barrot, a slates,
man of great influence in France; some think
we might have a scene like that of Algiers or
Lisbon, and I can assure you it would be well
deserved.
It seems that Santa Martha is in the stir-
ring way also. The Commandant of Arm§
of that province (one Colonel Jose Maria
Gavetan) has arrived herej having run away
Irom prison where he had been lodged by tho
Governor, it having been proved he was tlie
person that sent a man on horseback with
blunderbuss loaded with 15 or 20 balls, which
was discharged some time ago in a ball room,
while the gentlemen and ladies were dancing.
In consequencp of al) the events mentioned.
The Creek Controversy*—To the exclusion of our
usual quantity of miscellaneous reading, we have to
day devoted a large portion of our paper to the Greek
controversy. This question is now a topic of absor
bing interest in Alabama, and if not speedily adjusted,
will be our productive of much feeling in the other
States. The measure proposed by the President,
even if sanctioned by law, (which we question most
seriously,) is beyond doubt one of a most arbitrary
kind, and directly opposed to the spirit of our insti.
tutions. If carried into execution, it will produce a
degree of distress and suffering among the citizens of
the new counties in Alabama, scarcely if ever equal
led in this country, and distress, too, to which the
guilty and the innocent are alike subject. We can
not but admire the mild and temperate, but firm and
decided course adopted by Gov. Gayle ; and suppor
ted as he is in a just cas8, by the whole people of his
State we hope we will be enable^ to stay tho hand of
desolation so imprudently outstretched. The candid
reader will perceive that he is perfectly willing to
concede to the Government every thing usually
claimed by it in such cases, but appeals to t!)e civil
tribunals to protect the State against what he be.
lieves to be unauthorized encroachments upon its
rights and privileges. Let the question be settled
in this manner, and we doubt not all may yet be well.
Roil Road at Alliens or Eatonton, will not be deter
red by the more labor of transferring it from his wag,
on to the Cars, in this place. But wfry should thiv
be tho case 1 The Merchants of Augusta have the
same facilities for obtaining ‘.roods with those of
Charleston—,tha saroo markets are open to thero^.
tlie samo prices, offered—the same terms extended.
The freights, from Charleston to this place,must he
paid by tho planter, if he mokes his purchases there,
bo will, therefore, expect it to be added to the. price
of goods here. Equal prices, with the exception of
weights, will afford us equal profits ; Custom Hook
bonds will he made payable here and importations
received. fresh &nd unopened. We have bdsides
*®e choice of the Rail Road to Charleston, or the
River .to Savannah for the transporting or receiving
our commodities. The capitalists of those pUct,
will extend to us branches of their establishment!,
and some of them remove entirely to this plan.
Thf supply of goods wUl bo as abundant, the assott.
ment as various, tho terms equal, the price the sans
tar in Charleston. Why then should we fear the
prostration of our commerce ? We are nearer the
consumer of our imports and the producer of our ex.
ports, than the Charleston Merchants, we have a
more correct and intimate knowledge of thn wants,
ana circumstances and the responsibility of our cue.
tomers, and we offer to them the same advantage;.
The novelty of visiting the seaboard once over, the
substantial business part of the community, those to
whom time is money, whose credit is best with those
who know them best—the industrious and the pane,
tual,grill prefer tho market nearest their homes. The
energy to offer equal, facilities and tho liberality to
be satisfied with equal profits, with the Charleston
Merchants, must of necessity produce these efiecu.
If wo fail to compete with them, on terms favorable
to ourselves, it must be attributed, not to Internal
Improvements^ but to our own supineness and want
of enterprise.
“But even supposing these views are fallacious, and
the Committe trust thoy are advanced with becoming
reserve—tho Spirit of the Country is aroused—in
sleeping resources are called into action—and tw t
indifference or opposition will not prevent or retard
the enterprise so seriously contemplated. Tho qoes.
tion for Augusta is not, shall the Rail Roads be con
structed, but shall we seek to secure their benefit*,
with their injury, if such should result, or sball we
fold our hands in inaction, until some rente shall be
selected .to shut us out from the profits, while it in.
flicts all the possible injury, of the enterprise ?
Influenced lay such views, the Committee wonld
close their Report by the following Resolution,
which is respectfully submitted to the consideration
of tho Meeting:
Resolved, That the Citizen* of Richmond Conntj
will co-operate in tho proposed construction of Bail
Roads fo Athens «hd Eatonton, and (will send Dels
gates to attend tho Conference to be neld at Green*,
boro* on ATonday the 21st inst.”
In obedience to the above resolution, Messrs. Wm.
C. Micon, John W. Wilde, and James W. Dim,
Esqrs. were appointed to attend said Conference.
Rail Road Conference.—We learn that the lately
proposed ‘ Rail Road Conference at Greenegborough,
assembled .on Monday last, the 21st inst. composed of
Delegates from Clark, Morgan, Putnam, Greene,
Taliaferro and Richmond counties,and was organized-
by calling E. A. Nisbet, Esq. of Morgan county, to
the Chair, and appointing a Secretary. Tho result
of their deliberations was unanimously in favor of
applying to the next Legislature for. a charter for a
Union Road," to coramenco at Augusta; and extend
to some convenient point, in the countiy, from which
to branch off in three directions, viz. to Athens, to
Madison, and to Eatonton—with the privilege of
extending the Athens road to some point in Ten.
nessee, the Madison road westwardly to tho Alabama
line, and the Eatonton road to Macon and Columbus.
A full report of the proceedings, we understand, was
ordered to the prepared by tho Secretary, and pub.
lished, we therefore omit giving any further details
at present: The Conference adjourned on Tuesday,
The utmost harmony prevailed, and all or most of the
resolutions passed, were adopted unanimously.
Rail Road Report*—Wo are pleased to observo
that the committee appointed by the citizens of Au:
gusta, to correspond with the people of Athens and
other places, on the subject of the contemplated Rail
Roads, have mado a report decidedly favorable to
them. This is what we expected from the enlighten
ed part of that enterprising community, notwithstan
ding it has been attempted to impose on their- good
sense, by the idle assertion that rail roads extending
into the country from that place, would ruin it. It
is seldom that men cannot be found to oppore any
enterprise, however beneficial its general or indi.
vidual effects may be, and sometimes tlicir narrow
minded views are temporarily successful; but in this
caso we hope the good spirit^ which now prevails,
may not be interrupted or destroyed hereafter, by the
efforts of the selfish or. the ignorant.. A pfess of
other matter this week, prevents ns from laying the
report at large before our readers. The following
extracts, however, c&ntain tho most important matter
of local application, and will be interesting to all
who haVe at heart the prosperity of the State.
“ The interests of a City, situated like ours and
of the Country around it, are inseparably connected;
increase the amount of productions in the Country,
and a proportional increase of labor and consequent
profit results, from transacting-the business between
the foreign merchant and the planters at home.
Double tlie quantity of Cotton brought to our streets,
and the commerce, springing from its sale, is also
doubled—increase the valpe, without increasing the
quantity of his .products, and. the planter demands
larger supplies of goods from abroad. Let the quan
tity and value of products be both ihcroasod, and
the trade of onr city grows rapidly, upon both the
transmission of the Crops and the vending of tho re.
turns. Is it not then apparent, .that upon the pros
perity of the country, depends our prosperity—that
its wealth is the only source of our wealth—its mis-
fortune our deadliest bane 7
Opening a free intercourse with Columbus woiild
bring to our market thousands of bales of Cotton
now shipped around' the Florida Capes, and if the
same facilities ore extended to Montgomery, it is not
unreasonable to calculate, that tlie quantity of that
product brought hero from places beyond Macon,
from which not a single bale is now sent to us, would
equal the amount received from all other sources.
If then, td this increase of our Cotton receipts and
consequent returns of. goods, wo add the new and
enormous commerce,.that must be created by a Rail
Road, connecting us with Tennessee, can wc douht
that our City will increase, , with a'rapidity heretofore
unknown in its history: A central point of Rail
Road communication; tho advantages ot that ^loca
tion wi‘1 bo similar, to those conferred by the junc
tion of navigable rivers ; while still at the head of
rivor navigation, it ,will onjoy the samo advantages
now arising from tho river, which will always be an
equal competitor fbr freight,
Tho many manufactures, that must spring up, from
the water privileges in this vicinity, will give risotto
a now* and important commerco, and our City \v ill
bo directly benefited, by fUrni?hing supplies for the
contractors and laborers, employed in the work.
Will these various advantages be counterbalanced
by facilitating tho intercourse with Charleston? If
so the work is already dpne—Tho planter, who would
carry his produco to Charleston, if placed on the
ELECTION RETURNS.
Counties.
Appling,
Baxor,
Baldwin,
Bibb,
Butts,
•Bryan,
Buiioch,
Burke,
Clark,
Cuerokee,
Cass,
Columbia,
Crawiord,
Camden,
Carroll,
Cowets,
Chatham,
Campbell,
Cobb,
Do Kalb,
Decatur,
Dooly,
Elbert,
Early,
Efiiugbam,
Emanuel,
Franklin, T
Fayette,
Forsyth,
Floyd,
Glynn,
Gwinnett,
ureene,
Gilmer,
Hall,
Habersham,
Hancock,
Harris,
Heard,
Henry,.
Houston,
Irwin,
Jackson,
Jasper,
Jones,
Jefferson,
Lincoln,
Laurens,
Lowndes, ■
Lee,
Lumpkin,
Liberty,
Muscogee,
Monroe,
MTntosh,
Madison,
Morgan,
Meriwether,
Craw'd.
Lump'n.
No Rat.
Rat.
112
118
61
146
79
Ill
347
391
389
350
552
5b7
595
501
203
404
234
441
39 .
5
97
7
30
276
102
150
629
311
858
■58
559
403
619
325
92
88
88
88
140
121
145
117
554
333
6u6
138
290
507
3o3
414
67
173
10o
119
364
75
3<>3 .
77
475
658
488 -
637
466
395
493
381
137
504
176
473
53
141
61
125
5-iG
928
573
889
256
286
245
290
140
275
167
246
831
165
1038
60
40
232
28
250
182
• 2
174
2
tie
tie
176
132
3U4
910
356
626
336
549
391
521
116
183
.131
166
16
49
' 18
47
57
91
94
39
957
902
1010
842
756
43
779
14
- 29
3
29
3
676
782
: 717
720
324
1126
305
1055
489
280
43*-'
35
568
516
553
481
199
257
191
257
499
961
639
775
481
•631
\ 546
5 32
2
220
00
231
493
668
519
643
726.
662
783
650
501
575
502
532
490
137
507
111
372
: 116
320
58
‘392
23
419
13
178
167
96
244
' 49
134
46
110
353
566
386
513
147;
98
493
476
499.
441
881
896
914
843
47
123
43
121
247
379
' 303
321
565
453
611
389
504 591 517
Montgomery,
131
15
122
Murray,
20
150
20
Marion,
253
274
268
Newton,
848
595
* 881
Oglethorpe,
587
165
620
Putnam,
731
280
810
Pulaski,
147
293
154
‘-Paulding,
69
58
81
Piko,
325
548
337
Richmond,
421
606
564
Randolph
144,
222
' 151
Scriven,
. 317.
90
405
Stewart,
256
358
179
. Sumter,
179
226
219
Telfair,
452
24
•' 450
. Taliaferro,
*- 432 '>
24
.450
Twiggs,,
418
505
470
Troup,
727
428
.803
Talbot,
523.
688
554
Tatnall, /.
224
183
Telfair,
Thomas,
Upson, ’
Union,
Warren,
Walton,
Wilkes, ,
Wayne, '■
Wilkinson, *
Washington,
137
'293
567
ft'.
624
347
537
48
I7J
410
145
58
546
91
217
868
527
71
C8S
540
163
323
582
773
437
622
69
203
571
565
20
144
237
520
143
183
283
45
531
421
313
12
331
183
10
10
442
319
643
125
129
25
517
20
738
441
44
644
305
87 Counties, 29426 30411 31925 2616fi
FoTTtHE legislature.
t ! , V, ' t; : [CONTINUED:]. ‘
Appling-'W^; P verstrcc,; -
Bakerz-Howard 5 ? l0rce * ^SL
Butts Cargilo $ Stark f JETarkncsSs
Camden—Brown; Cone, Ward.
Irwi „—Wilcox; Young. f'V*
Marion—Wall; Bivin.
Murray—Baker ; Wocasser. . ,
Paulding—Hubbard; McBride. . j
Randolph—Henderson; Rivers. . \ „. j'