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5 955 mam mm 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'