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GEORGIA COURIER. I_. G, M’WHORTER ^ AND WRY MEALING, PUBLISHERS. Terms.—This Paper is published ©very Monday aud Thursday afternoon, at $5 00 per annum, payable in ad- 7ance, or $0 00 at the expiration of the year. TIT Advertisements not exceeding a square, inserted the first rime or 62 1-2 cents, and 43 3-4 cents for each con- muanc*a State Heslsliitutre. IN SENATE. Monday, Dec. 10. 0®bnotion of Mr. Hendrick, the pre amble and resolution referring the Peni tentiary system to the people, was taken up. An amendment was then offered to the same, when On motion, the original resolution and a- mendment were both laid on the table for the remainder of the session—Yeas 36, nays 27. The Senate took up and agreed to the report of the joint penitentiary commit tee, is as follows: The joint penitentiary commitee have performed the duties assigned them, and report—That they have examined the buddings generally, and find no repairs ne cessary at present, and that the business of the different departments is conducted in a manner highly creditable to tire officers of the institution. Your commitee would refer die house for a particular detail of the transactions of the last year, to the re ports of the Principal Keeper and the Board of Inspectors. Your committee, in regard to the reference from the House of Representatives to inquire into the expe diency of abolishing the > ffice of the Board of Inspectors, are of the opinion, that the same cannot be done without manifest in jury to the Institution, inasmuch as it constitutes the only check to the abuse of power which might be exercised to the injury of the convic's. Your committee regret that the Institution from the defect of its internal police as yet, has not relealiz- ed the expectation of its founders in pro ducing that reformation in the minds and habits of the convicts which was so fondly anticipated. The most prominent of these defects, we hold to be the promis cuous association of the convicts; vice has its shades, and guilt its colors. The grey head of infamy requires the arm of omnipotence to work its reformation ; and youth with present hopes deceived and a dark futurity in prospect, are too apt to look with qomplacency on the demoniac smile of guilt. Your committee would respectfully suggest that the uncertainty of the dura tion of punishment from the frequency of pardons, tends in a measure to increase crime. For it is in direct violation of the . established maxim, that the certainty, tllore that the severity of punishments, de ters from the commission of crime. Your committee are of the opinion that no officers of the Penitentiary should be allowed to furnish any of the raw materia! necessary for ibe institution either directly or indirectly, disclaiming at the same time any intention to censure any of the officers of the Institution, but simply believe it to be h bad precedent ;and that abuses might in time, grow out of the practice ; and your committee would therefore recom mend the following resolution. Resolved, That in future it shall be the duty of the Prinnpal Keeper to make our a bill of the coal and lumber tuat may be wanting in the Institution from time to time, and ’hat ho lav the same before the Board of Inspectors, whose duty it shall be to give thirtv days notice in one or more papers in this place of the supplies so wanted, and receive sealed proposals, and let the samp to the lowest bidder. Mr. r’lavton of Clark, reported ins! an- *er, a bill to regulate intercourse between chartered Banks and Branch Banks in this State, so far as relates to demand of payment from one another of the notes issued hv them respectively——which was lead the first time. the State their claims to certain tracts of and drawn by them in the late land lot tery, through a misapprehension of the law. Tuesday, Dec. 11. On motion of Mr, Daniel, the House took up the report of the committee of the whole, on the bill to reduce the fees of the county officers, and the salaries of other public officers—The same having been read, Mr. Daniel, offered, a substi tute, which was read. On motion to agree to the substitute, the Yeas were 45—Nays 60. If the fact were as stated, then would has nothing to fear from the encroachment the plea of the Enquirer, for its present course, be of some avail. But it is not the fact; the worthy editors have relied too much on their memory, and too little on the record, when they made this state ment. The fact is directly the reverse of what they assume it to be. The frequent condemnations of Gen. Jackson as a po litical person—as a statesman, a legislator, and a jurist, were unequivocal, and un measured. In several successive papers, in the year 1824, when there was not the ! least danger of Virginia going for him Mr. Habersham, laid on the table a re-1 they pronounced opinions of that eminent solution, requesting the Governor to pro- 1 citizen, such as we cannot even now as cure from the Governors of the respec- tivfc*states in which Penitentiaries have been established copies of their penal co des. The following message was brought from the Governor, by Mr. secretary. Executive Department, ) December 11,1827. ( The act of the General Assembly, to admit certain persons to plead and practice in the several courts oflaw anti Equity in this state is with great reluctance, return ed without the Executive assent. The only objection to the act is found ed on this clause of the 17th sec. of the 1st. art. of the constitution, “ nor shall any law or ordinance pass containing any sent to, and probably never shall. They seeered at his “ modesty,''' in “ aspiring to the highest office in this nation^’ appear ing to consider it a great pieceofpresump' lion. Did they not declaim against his Pierce, his ! proceedings in the case of Louallier, as ; “ an odious scene of military power V’— Did not they say that those measures of his “ bespeak that speciies of temper in of Russia, by the way of Persia, upon her Eastern domains. » But what will Austria say to this? We apprehend that the Three Powers care very little what she may say or do.— Perhaps they may appease her appetite, by throwing her the Provinces of Bosnia, Servia, Wallachia, Bulgaria, and Molda via, and thus render the “ dark rolling Danube” wholly an Austrian River. But will the Turks be tamely driven back to the regions of their Saracenic an cestors I Will he shrink from the imposing appearance of the lion banner of England, the lily of France, and the black eagle of Russia/ No—he will stand by his conquest and unite with his neighbor Persia, which is again becoming a martial nation after a long lapse of luxurious weakness— From the sands of the south shall the Saracen come, And the Tartar shall rush from his den”— and the shores of the Hellespont will be erowded with an army more numerous Gen. Jackson which is disposed to make ! than they have seen since the followers of his own will the sole rule of his actions ?”! Xerxes encumbered them. There needs no prophetic spi it to fortell the result; the Moslem will be driven into Asia, and the His defect of information, too, they said, was “ alone sufficient to disqualify him for the Executive chair.” Again : “War j face of Europe will be changed is continually floating before his eyes”— “ what kind of President would this ‘great civilian make?” Again: “ Ifthis individ ual be a Republican, then, as he says him President and Mr. Clay, already begins to flal back to its original source, and will sweep away in its course all the noxi ous weeds that have for a time floated up on the surface. Nat. Intelligencer. The article of foreign news now going COLUMBIA, DEC. 8. To the Editor of the Southern Patriot. You will perceive by the proceedings of the House, Mr. A. Black of yeur city asked leave to introduce a bill to incor porate a Company to establish a Rail way or Rail-ways, between the city of Charleston and the towns of Hamburg, Columbia and Camden. This was about four days since—on the next day a bill was prepared and read for the first time— this bill, according to a rule of the House, was ordered for a second reading on the morrow. In the order of the Budget it j came up to-day for a second reading ; | when on motion of the gentleman who in- ! troduced it, it was referred to a select! committee, composed of seven, viz. A.! Black, B. F. Duncan, B. F. Whitner, j A. P. Butler. Thos. Lang, C. — Boon- ter. It is usual to refer all bills to commit- ! tees to perfect them before they are lead a second time ; I have no doubt, from the AUGUSTA. MONDAY, DEC. 17,1327 The New-York Canal is entirely fj r ._ of ice, as far west a* Rochester. i ernor of Gov. Giles is re-elected Gov Virginia, without opposition. matter different from what is expressed in i self,‘names are mere bubbles!’” “We the title thereof.” The second section yf j “ cannot consent,” said the Editors of the the act contains a provision that the per-! Euquirer, on the 14th October, 1824, “to sons therein named, who it seems are minors, shall on’a certain contingency be bound by any contract which they may make or enter into, as fully as if they were of full age, a matter believed to be differ ent from what is expressed in the title of the act. JOHN FORSYTH. Wednesday, Dec. 12. Mr. Holt of Richmond offered a reso lution which was agreed to, authorising the Comptroller General to allow to Ed mund Bugg, Tax Collector of Richmond county $423 50 cents improperly charged against him, through mistake. Mr. Lamar announced to the House the afflicting dispensation of providence by which the House, is deprived of one ofits member, in the death of John Bell Esq. a Representative from the country of Deca tur. The following resolution offered by Mr. Lamar was read and agreed .0. Whereas it has been announced to the House that the afflicting dispensation of providence has deprived it of one of its members, the Hon. John Boll, a repre sentative from the country of Decatur— Resolved, That a committee be ap pointed on the part of this House, to make the necessary arrangements for the interment of the deceased, and for offer ing the respect due the memory 67 so ho norable a member of society, and of the Legislature of this State. the rounds of the Newspapers, in relation ! zeal of the chairman, but the bill will b® to the partition of Tjrkey bv the three j reported on Monday. He certainly was Legislation.—Most readers must g* so far acquainted with the ancient form of the Polish Diets, as to know that their resolutions were not legally valid if there was one dissenting voice, and that in ma ny cases the most violent means were re sorted to, to obtain unanimity. The fol lowing instance was related to our infor mer, a person of high rank. On some occasion, a provincial Diet was convened lor the purpose of passing a resolution which was generally acceptable, but to which it was apprehended one noble of the district would oppose his veto. To escape this interruption, it was generally resolved to meet exactly at the hour of summons, to proceed to business upon th .HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday, December 01. Oil motion of Mr. Hop of Jefferson, The House reconsidered so much ofj the journal of Saturday, n3 relates to the agreement of the House to appropriate $o00 to the late Surveyor General for a $ap of the lately acquired territory. On motion of Mr. Saffold—The H use reconsidered so much of the Journal as relates to the rejection of the resolution to appropriate to the same person $235* for 94 certificates for the lottery commis sioners. On motion of Mr. Haynes, Resolved, That the members of the select committee to whom was referrpd the charges against the Hon. Moses Fort, be exempt from the services of this House pending the investigation of said charges. The House took up the appropriation bill. Mr. Short?" offered an amendment ap propriating to Geo. Charles Phillips $350 for laying out are’ marking a number of lots in the town of M^con, &c. The amendment was rejected—Yeas 41, Navs 50. The bill was then amended so as to appropriate to said Philips $284 50 cents. The bill was then laid on the table for the present. BJLLS passed. 1 o provide for the recording of deeds of mortgage upon real and personal pro perty, <fcc. To amend the 2d section of the act of 1822, to distribute the bank dividends and other proceeds of-the poor school fund among t.ie affierent counties in this State, so far as respects the county of Jones A message was received from the Go- •° Venn? a communications from Moses br,:!son and Sarah Smith of Jeffer- son county an d from Jacob Barrow of -1.Hedgevi 4J e, in which they relinquish to pose ot their meeing. They accordingly met at the hour, with the most accurate precision, and shut and bolted the door of their place of meeting. But the dissenti ent arrived a few minutes afterwards, ani- enfranee being refused, under the excuse that the Diet was already constituted, he climbed upon the roof of the hall, and it being summer time, when no fires were j lighted, descended through the vent into j l h e stove by which, in winter the apart ment was heated. Here he layperdu, un til the vote was called, when, just as it was about to be recorded unanimously in favor of the proposed measure, he thrust his head out of the stove like a turtle pro truding his neck from his shell, and pro- j li° D nounced the fatal veto. Unfortunately j lor himself, instead of instantly withdraw ing his head, he looked round for an in stant in exultation, to remark and enjoy the confusion which his sudden appear lend a hand towards the election ol any “ such man as General Jackson.” But they have consented, notwithstanding; and in the teeth of such recorded opinions as the above, they are now supporting him with as much zeal as if, instead ef being in the political arena, he were again “ in the tented field,” and they his ancient and his adjutant. Three short years ago, they vowed that not only they would not lend a hand to elect General Jackson, but they would not do it to elect any such man. So that it was not a matter of comparison which then influenced the Editors to support Mr. Crawford, in preference to General Jackson; it was not a comparative distrust of General Jackson’s civil qualifications upon wnich they acted, and in speaking of which they scorned ail degrees of com parison. If upon this point there could yet remain the least doubt, another quota tion from the Enquirer will settle it.— “ Compare him with Adams and with “ Crawford, and how inferior must he be “[to either] when we take into view the “ series of his pursuits, and th* want of “ evidence which he has exhibited."— This is from the Enquirer, of February 2(?, 1824. The Editors, it seems, did, pending the last election compare General J. with Mr, Adams, and we see what con clusion they arrived at. It was not, therefore, only “ in competition with Mr. Crawford” that the Enquirer applied its “ terms of disqualification” to Gen. Jack- son ; and the editors fail in their attempt by this equivoque, to escape from the charge of haviug gone over, horse, foot, and dragoons—body, soul, and faith, to a cause which they have, in better days, denounced in the strongest terms of which our language is capable, and whose suc cess they have heretofore deprecated, in so many words, [October 10th, 1824) “as a curse upon the country." What can one sav of such monsterous abuse of ihe public trust, reposed in the Editors of the Enquirer, as the ‘ watchman of the ci ty ?’ The more we think of it, the more we are astoni bed’ In the case of those prints, which are alternately to be found in the ranks of either of the parties of the country, the mere followers of the camp, j an extract of a letter from a gentleman of the language of that ghest confidence of the Allied powers, carries improbability on its face. What gentleman occupying a “ responsible official station” would dare divulge so important a secret as such an agreement implies? Secrets of State are not revealed to the world in casual cor respondence. If we can suppose any person intrusted with the knowledge of so important a fact, being so silly as to di vulge it, we must imagine that the succes sor of Mr. Canning in the Foreign Office has been remarkably unfortunate in his se lection of confidential Agents The whole story is intrinsically impro bable, because the project, if not imprac ticable, implies an utter abandonment of all those high and honorable principles which have governed Great Britain in the greater part of her struggles abroad and in the negociations of her Foreign Policy. The disastrous consequences of one par tition are too fresh that another of greater magnitude should be attempted in the same century. Better principles have got the ascendency and they will maintain it. We do not believe, besides, that any Brit ish Ministry oftiie present day would dare, as regards the preservation of their own offices, enter into such a scheme of parti tion. If the people of that Empire were disposed to give it countenance, there is such a monstrous sacrifice of national con sistency, such palpable contradictions to recent public declarations and a lofty course of policy, implied in the project, that it would never become popular with the leading Whig Statesmen of that coun try, who have agreed to lend their influ ence and support to the councils of Mr. Canning’s successors. It would in short present as sudden and striking a change as ever was wrought in the foreign policy of a State, that after waging a war of al most thirty years, with little intermission, for the maintenance of a balance of pow er and the integrity of the territory of Na tions, that State should make, as one of the first fruits of the victory she has ob tained in the restoration of just principles, as broad an impugnment of them as ever characterized the policy of Bonaparte.— The thing is impossible, almost inconceiv able.— Charleston Patriot. The Trenton True American publishes very fortunate in anticipating the wishes of his constituents, as I perceive by your pa pers the subject lias burst with full force on the miuds of vour citizens. The me morial when received will of course be re ferred to the Select Committee above, where it will meet friends. I think the plan of the bill better than the limited views of the advocates of the measure in your place, although there is no question, but the Hamburg road is of the first im portance to the interest of Charleston— and it is the only measure which could be devised to resuscitate the fallen condition of your city. All the Delegation I believe are friendly to it. A Member of the Delegation. We are informed by a friend, that the Insurance Company, with Banking p,i vi . leges, to be located in this city, has bee- authorized by the Legislature ; but tfiat i* was probable the charter for the JJ er chant & Planters’ bank would be rejected" W e publish below, a corrected list of th& Officers of the Grand Lodge of Gaor^ our last being deficient. It will be seen among the advertise- ments that our Tax Collector has closed his official career, as all public officers should do, with a receipt in full <,f a {i de mands, from the Treasurer of the State. instant, and thus to elude the anticipated Sllc!l absolute transfer of all theirMaculties i Burlington who, in attempt of the individual to defeat the pur- fr° m die service of one power to that of its j print, enjoys the hi ad Swiss pverv-where—but that the Editors of'he Richmond Enquirer ; the sticklers for a hair in the construction of a rule or the interpretation of a statute ; they who can discover that it is unconstitntional to furnish soda-water to membeis of Con gress, and that it is an abomination to pro vide furniture for a desolate hall of the President’s residence ; that these gentle men, whose personal integrity we should be among the last to detract from, should have enlisted under the banners of their present leader, and taken the field armed capapie for him, “ so late their hate,” is a fact so astounding as to defy exaggera- "orsary, :s not so surprising—there are i People in New Jersey relating some curi _.! *- * - ous particulars of the manner in which the election in the city of N. York was carried on. This letter states that one of the citi zens of Burlington “ was in the city of N. York when the election was going on; that three of his acquaintances, (whose initials are given) all residents of N, Jersey, put in nine Jackson tickets ; each voted in three different wards.” This citizen of Bur lington was importuned to vote also, but declined. We do not suppose that such practices as this are confined to one party only, if one resorts to them, the other pro* bably does too ; hut it exhibits a looseness of moral principle in the management of elections in some parts of our country which we have never before suspected. Nat. Intelligencer.”—N. Y. —9©©— j The following remarks of the New- | York Morning Courier, which were sub joined to the article headed “Important andinterruption had excited in | Private Intelligence ” copied into our pa- assembly. One of the nobles who stood per yesterday, (stating that the three Extract of a letter from an American gentleman at present travelling tn England, dated Sept. 30th. “ A few days since I visited ihe tunnel under the Thames, which is one of the most gratifying curiosities I have seen in London. It is about three miles below the London bridge, and on the Kent side of the river. We first descended the shaft, a tremendous cavity in the earth, about one hundrod feet deep ; and then proceeded through one of the arched car riage-ways, which was beautifully lit up with gas. We passed to the extreme end, where the workmen are employed which is 565 feet from the shaft, and of course a considerable distance under the river, and whichl believe to be about half way across. As yet they have hot recommen ced their work of boring, but they expect to do so in a few days, as the break in the river is completely stopped, & the tunnel free from water. The steam engine down the shaft draws away the dirt in carts, as fast as the workmen fill them by the other arch-way, which is laid with a rail road. I, have great confidence in its success ; for what is there that men cannot do, when they have at their disposal plenty of money and plenty of force. “ On the same day we visited the Tow er, and inspected every thing it contained. The armory, which can contain 300,000 stand of arms, was a magnificent spectacle and a sight of the crown jewels was truly dazzling. The present king’s crown is valued at 1,000,0001. without the precious ruby, which is above all price. “ Amongst the astonishing wonders of the age, there is actually in existence a steam carriage which was put in operation a few days since in the Regent’s Park,and elsewhere. It goes up hill at the rate of five miles an hour, and on a level, of four teen ; down hill it goes too fast—sc much so, that the man who had the care of the wheels, forgetting to lock them, one of them flew off, but did not upset the vehi cle, which alone is a great advantage over the machines drawn by “ bits of bloods." They are now finishing on a large scale. When the accident above mentioned hap pened, there were twenty, persons in the carriage.”—Penn. Gaz. Fromthje Library of Useful Knowledge. The following statement is copied from the Lexington (Va.) Intelligencer, of the 29th November, (ultimo.) If any by, unsheathed his sabre, and severed, at j powers of England, Russia £ France had body needed any testimony to satisfy ui u._j . r.i.jt ..... J- I determined J ‘ to conquer|and partition the Turkish dominions in Europe and. Africa) their minds on the subject to which it relates, ihis would ofitselfbe conclusive.—* one blow, the head of the dissentient from his bodv. Our noble informer, expres-> cc i . ,, , - r , * i „ ■ — —*»-—r sing some doubt of a storv so extraordina- i ;, ? 0 , rd S P robab i e explanation of the policy j For ourselves we want no further testimo- ‘ ! of these respective powers m such a course. ’ ~ We publish it for the amusement of the ry, was relerred for its confirmation to Prince Sobiesky, afterwards King of Po land, who not only bore strange scene as what he nessed, but declared that the head of the ® " i speculative upon such subjects, testimony to the j f n the partition, France appet ■ had himself wit-, whatshecaB -d. , appears to take not what she would nto*;,, ' , • V ”, '.wish. The object of England is obvious Dietm rolled over h.s o,v„f„o',a!mosl as |, erJ „ A(I , ra ji wm - soon as he heard the word veto uttered.— pass through the Me diterranean to the fine and spacious har- Such a constitution-required much ameli- f r ' TT- * oration : but that formed no apologv for £ I, “' C» «tr sttuated,» la, ( i,o . i j- b f . 26°, on the borders of the Red Sea, would the neighboring states who dismembered L, . and appropriated to themselves an inde pendent kingdom, with the faults or ad vantages of whose government they had not the slightest right to interfere.—Scotts Napoleon. “ We would respectfully ask these gen tlemen, [citizens of King and Queen County] whether they expect to convict us of inconsistency in preferring Jackson to Adams now, by shewing that we former ly preferred another to both of them.— And yet this is exactly the state of the question. Whatever terms of disqualifi cation were applied to General Jackson, or to Mr. Adams, in the last election, were predicated of them in competition with Mr. Crawford, who was our first, our last, our only choice..” Richm'd Enqurrer. make a port of immense consequence for vessels to and from Hindostan, and thus the most dangerous part of the na vigation of the Red Sea (from Cossir up to Suez) would be avoided. The route from Alexandria to Cossir (’not -200 leagues) might be made safe and commo dious. The immense produce of the East would flow into Egypt—it would form the point of union between Europe and Asia and become the centre of the commsreial world. For these great advantages, England may well yield the Euiine with all its vast resources, and with its key, Constantino ple, to Russia, for the best of all reasons that by the bargain she obtains still great er resources. Russia can never compete with her on the waler, and w#h the im mense advantages arising from the posses sion of the communication with India she ny on the subject. Some of our readers, however, may. “We are authorized by several gentle men, and requested to state, that Col. Ben ton, a few days since, in this town, on his way to Washington, stated to a gentleman of this place, of the first respectability, that he “ did not believe there was any corrupt understanding or bargain between Mr. Adams and Mr. Clay, with regard to Mr. Clay’s receiving the office of Secretary of State, in consideration of his voiing for Mr- Adams. That Mr. Clay had, as early as between the 1st and the 15th of December, previous to the election, une quivocally declared to him his determina tion to vote for Mr. Adams, and that he would not vote for General Jackson. That he (Col. Benton) left tfl&iijKy of Washington to visit his family!^'this country, about the 15th December, and that Mr. Clay’s declaration to him was previous to that time. Col Benton, it’will be borne in mind, is the fast friend of Gen. Jackson. The People will get right upon this subject by and bye. Things are working together for good; and as Gen. Jackson said on another occasion, “truth is great and shall prevail.” The almost overwhelming tide of calumny that has rolled in upon the Speaking of the eye-lids of birds, the writer remarks.—“ A third eye-lid of the same kind is found in the horse, and called the haw: it is moistened with a pulpy substance (or mucilage) to take off the dust on the eye ball and wipe it clean off, so that the eye is hardly ever seen with any thing upon it, though greatly exposed from its size and posture. The swift motion of the haw isgiven to it by a gristly, elastic substance, placed between the eye ball and the socket, and striking obliquely, so as to drive out the haw with great velocity over the eye, and let it come back as quickly. Ignorant persons, when this haw is inflamed from cold, and swells so as to appear, which it never does in a healthy state, often ’mistake it for an imperfec tion, and cut it off; so nearly does igno rance produce the same mischief as cruel ty ! They might as well cut off the pupil of the eye, taking it for a black spot.” The other extract relates to the horse’s hoof, and is as follows:—“The bones of the foot are not placed directly under the weight; if they were in an upright position, they would make a firm pillar, and every motion would cause a shock. They are placed slanting, or oblique, and tied togeth er by an elastic binding on their lower surfaces, so as to form springs as exact as those which we make of leather or steel for carriages. Then the flatness of the hoof which stretches out on each side, and the frog coming down in the middle between the quarters, add greatly to the elasticity of the machine. Ignorant of this, ill-informed farriers nail the shoe too far back, fixing the quarters, and causing permanent contraction—so that the con tracted hoof losses its elasticity; every step is a shock; inflammation and lame ness ensue.” We publish a letter to the Editor of the Southern Patriot from one of the Charles ton delegation, stating that he believes the Legislature of S. C. will incorporate a company for the construction of a R a '• Road from Charleston to Augusta and Hamburg. That this scheme will be complished, and that speedily, w e hare not the least doubt. Its object is a plain one,—to divert to Charleston a part of the trade of Georgia which now goes to Sa vannah, and to insure that of the rich dls-- tncts of S. Carolina, which border on the Savannah river. That it will have this effect, not a moment’s reflection is ne-. cessary to determine. The causes which will produce it, are the uncertainty of na vi gating this river with any kind of boat^ and the enhanced price of freight in con sequence; the diminution both of expense and risque on the rail road, and the expe dition with which produce can be hurried to market on any em jrgency, arising ei ther from the necessities of the merchant orfromarij’ sudden alteration in the prices. Savannah^ destined t. be the great suf. ferer, unless our Legislature adopt soon some more energetic as well as intelli gent measures than they have yet dono on this subject. Augusta must necessar: ’ ly be greatly benefitted ; but Hamburg, which has always been the child of Charleston, is the spot on which the ff: operation of the measure is intended to fall. If tides bpyond dispute and contro versy could be effected to its lots, wo have i not a doubt but the most eligible would instantly command prices in specie, if rc- quiied, equal to the highest sums given at any time in depreciated currency. We know nothing about the difficulties which existed formerly, or which are said to exist in consequence of the late sale at Edge- field Court House ; but we would be will ing to throw politics as well as “physic to the dogs,” if we had a certain reversion of its rents in the event of the establish ment of a Rail Road to Charleston. If 40,000 bales of Cotton were annually stored there under the competition which formerly existed, with the disadvantage of unsettled prospects, and an uncertain, expensive and dangerous navigation, what sum might not be added to it by the es tablishment of a Rail Road, which would send its deposits to market is one day without danger and at less expense? At present it takes s;x or seven days to get to Charleston with a good river, at much expense and risque On a Rail Road, the same trip would be accomplished in 10 or 12 hours. With a knowledge of all the advantages, both of a general and par ticular nature, the Legislators of Carolina w ill not fail to assist in making the neces sary arrangements for so important an operation on the prosperity of their prin cipal city. Besides, without any abstract consideration of public good, the State has too deep an interest in Hamburg to let pass unimproved the present opportu nity of promoting its prosperity. The following correspondence relates to the story of General Jackson’s being prevented by Commodore Decatur, from entering the Senate Chamber of the Uni ted States, to chastise a Senator, who had* questioned the propriety of his conduct.— We published the statement containing the accusation—we now publish its denial, with much more pleasure than we gave currency to the former, which must have been bottomed on the public conversation, whilst certain discussions interesting Gen-- Jackson, were going on in the Senate: Nashville, Nov. 15, 1827- Dear Sir—On this day I received a let ter from a friend of mine in Richmond, (Va.) requesting me to ascertain from you, whether there is any foundation in truth, in 'certain statements circulated in that section of country, respecting a conversa* tiou alleged to have taken place between Commodore Decatur and yourself, in the anti-chamber of the Senate, in the year 1819, I understand the charge, as mad® against you, is—That on the last night of