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f rom ih * Philadelphia Ossetia.
VV > ,-isk the attention us our renders •
the c.iiritniviiraiion of Messrs, Shorter &
JoNUi, i.t she Qazctiebf tc-dnv. winch jne
I.ic'H iiic article entitled •' Trial of t/u
Missionaries," from the Milleilguville, (Ga.)
Journal. The character of these gentl, in* i.
is deservedly high -they are both na'iv
ciSr-‘.na of Georgia j and Ju !ge Shorter ha
presided judicially over one us her districts
His acquaintance with her laws is insur
passed by that of any persons of his pro
session in the northern states, who have dif
fered from him tn reference to the question
on which he has written. We have not yet
been pul into possession of the documents
mentioned, save those marked in the Jour
m 1 enclosed by <«m correspondents. We
have nu desirocr design to enter into a dis
•;uot;toti of the missionary question in Geor
gia *, but wo may be permitted to remark,
♦ha» the communication from Judge Shorter
and his colleague, places tha matter in a
light entirely different from that in which
people in this quarter arc accustomed to |
v;cw it. The fact, that one of the mission-1
aries, and eight laymen accepted the pardon
from the Governor of Georgia, seems to in
dicate in those who declined to accept it, a
great share of stubborn hostility, calculated;
to excite unmerited commisscration, rather
than that obedience to the law whose source
:n the language of a great expounder, “ is
he bosom of God.”
For tha Philadelphia (fcazeUa.
We have seen with pain and mortifica
tion, a spirit displayed in many of the pa
pers published in (he Northern and Eastern
States, to misrepresent the facts out of
•which has g own the unpleasant controvert
*y between the State of Georgia, and a few
Missionaries lately residing in the Chero
kee nation. It is but sheer justice to the
State, that the facts should all be accurate- 1
ly known, and that none of them should be
wilfully suppressed. The course which her
revilers have deemed it proper to pursue,
has been to publish to the world in the must
Bggrevstcd shape, every allegation, no mat
ter from what source, or upon what author
ity, fending to put her in the wrong ; and
to withhold every fact and explanation how
ever well authenticated, shewing her justi
fication.
Wo only ask that she shall not be con
demned by the moral ami religious portion
of the American people, until after that peo
ple shall be made acquainted with all the
facts.
We are both native Georgians—we have
resided from our infancy within her borders
ami we have been attentive and we trust,
impartial obseivers of her acts and policy,
particularly in regard to the existing con
troversy, ami may therefore be permitted
to say, that her course has been misrepresent
ed» Iktkd ia sat tHo CObMiJUnltT
by whom we are at this time surrounded.
The object of this note, is to dispel as far
ns we may be able, the errors into which
many of our fellow-citizens have been led
in reference to this subject, and to provoke
a spirit of impartial investigation ami in
quiry such as may result in the ascertain
ment of the truth.
The Slate of Georgia, after many years
of foibearance, exercised her unquestiona
blc constitutional right of extending hei
laws and jurisdiction over all persons re
tiding within her chartered limits. In thi
exercise of this right she did no more thai
had previously been done by many of he
•liter States, some of whom (strange as i
may be) are now her most relentless rcvil
crs. That she did not in this step Iran
ecend Her constitulional power, has been as
sorted by the President of the United States
and virtually by Congress, and the Suprcm
Court. Id justise to Georgia, it should b
remembered rhat she forbore to exercise th
power under consideration, until afier th
head men of the Cherokee nation had de
vised, agieed upon, and promulgated a re
gular and permanent form us governmen
of the State. In this aspect of affairs, i
was not to be expected that Georgia or am
other sovereign State, would remain silen
and inactive, and permit within her owi
limits, and upon her own territory three se
paratejfindependent, and inconsistent go
vernmenls to exist. To prevent such a stat
us things, she extended her own laws ove
that portion of I lie Cherokee country with
io her limits, and abrogated the Chcrokei
Jaws and form of government. Among o
ther things, the laws of the State provide!
that all white persons (whether citixens o
Georgia, or poisons coming from othe;
stß‘i*s) who should be lound residing upoi:
the Cherokee territory within the limits o
the State, on or after a particular day de
signaled in the act, should take and sub
scrihs an oath to support the constitutior
and laws os the State ot Georgia, or be held
and considered guilty of a high misdemea
do’-, subject to indictment therefor and on
conviction, tp be punished as therein sped
,oV* iiOu t;.e day mentioned in the act
arrived, many while persons were found re
siding upon the territory, some of whom re
nmved, and many took and subscribed the
s&lh required ; but a few absolutely refus
ed to dc either, and among aud at the head
of these were the Missionaries. They were
laen reapectlu ly notified by (lie authorities
of the Stale, of the provisions of the law
and urged to a compliance with them, but
they utterly and peremptorily refused.
I heir arrest was the necessary ami iuevita
hie consequence. 1 hey were however dis
barged (tom their first arrest upon the
ground taken by themselves that they WC re
°f the general government. This
' was subsequently ascertained not to be tne
■ ct, and they were again respectfully no
died by the authorities of Georgia, that their
continued residence was unauthorized and
llegil, that they should have if desired a
easonable time within which to remove, or
f they chose to remain they cou'd do so, by
‘king and subscribing the requisite oath. —
1 bey again braved the uuihonties and laws
of the State, took to themselves (he right to
h’Cide upon the constitutional power of the
State to pass the law in question, and made
known their determination to disregard ite
provisions. It was not to have been ex
pected that a sovereign and independent
Slate would have suffered herself to be
brow beaten by a few men, though they
were in holy orders. The State was thus
forced to the alternative of either permit
ting her laws to be deliberately violated
with impunity, or to cause the missionaries
to be a second time arrested. The latter
course was promptly pursued ; the mission
aries wore not only arrested, but indicted,
tried, ami sentenced in due form of law,
jAml to show how tenderly the state was;
disposed to act towards those misguided j
and unfortunate moil, and how regardful
she was of the rights of others, we will in
conclusion state, that after (hose moo had
arrived at the Penitentiary of the State as
convicts, and before their commitment, the
Governor of the State tendered to each one
a full and ample pardon, on conditio* us an
assurance that they would in the way most
agreeable to themselves obey the laws of
the State. One of the missionaries (Mr.
Trott) and eight other men not missionaries,
promptly accepted the pardon, but the other
two, Messrs. Puller and Worcester—main
itained their original ground, that the Slate
had no right to pass the Uw by which they
iWere about to be punished, and rejected the
pardon.
1 We now beg the favour of you to pub
lish in your paper in connection with the
foregoing, the passages in the Savannah pa
per herewith enclosed and marked We
also request you to procure and republish
in your paper the correspondence between
the Governor of Georgia and the Mission-1
aries; the letter of the Governor to thei
Rev. Jos. Howard ; two letters from the lat-i
ter gentleman on the same subject. The
documents referred to may be found in the
Georgia Journal or M icon Ad vertiser of the
early part of last month.
When those documents shall have been
consulted, and when the facts which they
shall devclope shall have been aiade public,
• no one we think can believe, trart the Mis
i sionarics have paid that regird to the laws
, of the land, and to magistracies, which is
, most plainly enjoined upon them by the Ho
■ ly Scriptures of which they profess to be
I the heralds. They utterly deceive thain
- selves—they are not martyrs to the cross of
r but they are martyrs to their own
. folly and stubb rrness. If it were ne.oessa
r ry to th* defence of the State, we appre
b hend there would be but little difficulty in
J establishing a farther important fact, to
e wit : that these Missionaries had been most
- active and mischievous agents in exciteing
'* l '*e Indians to a course hostile to the mild
and philanthropic policy of the General Go
s verninent toward that unfortunate people,
i- and in engendering the most unfriendly
ir feelings towards Georgia and her citizens.
:• But we forbear to insist upon this for the
ie present, and content ourselves with the
m foregoing statement of facts, by which it will
er'appear manifest, that unless the Missiona
it ries were clothed with power to resist thi
1 hate ul Georgia, and nullify tier legisletivi
n- acts, the reprobation of an enlightened com
s- munity must tall on teaml not on thi
s, Stall whose sovereignly they have denied
le and whose authority they have contemnei
>e and defined.
>« ELI S. SHORTER,
« SEABORN JONES,
is- Philadelphia, 10th Oct. 1831.
H From the Georgia Journal,
iy
at EatonUm Coiwfciatioia,
' n The Journal of the proceeding ot this body w«
e- nc.ived by ihe hands of Major Wilkins, on th
0- 12th of October, and was immediately put in typ.
t e f° r the paper of the 20th. !t was crowded out, a
. uggesied by Mr Turner, by the proceedings o
the Anti Tariff Convention. The paper of the 27tl
1- was occupied to » ‘urge s-sient, with the conclu
■8 sion of the proceedings of the Free Trade Con
j. ventiun, which it was desirable to dispose of a
ij at once; and an article on the "Rights of the Pen
rj plc,” which we had engaged to republish. Thi
1,1 1 Journal of the Batonton Convention was, therefore
!tj again crowded out. It is now inserted. & with tfcii
n 'explanation of the delay that has occurred since i
if cime into our hands, we trust, both (he Auth> n
Jof ihe correspondence below, end those interest
' in the proceedings of the Convention will bt
’"j satisfied.
ill It is a suitable occasion to remark that, dunn;
il j 'he P»*t year, there has been a good dea! ot dis
.jsatisfaction among writers for the Journal, on ac
n i count of the unavoidable delay in the nublicalioi
of (heir article?, although more thaa'ihe usua
1- i space has been devoted to them. don<
d our best to oblige them—and thoflPßnly onr
. i inode remaining by which all cause ofcompUini
Icm be removed. —Let our subscribers say that tot
jmusr publish the Journal twice a week-, threuqhow
year — <v:4 signify I heir-willi niftiest to bear the a J
’ diuenal e.-ficr.se I .ere'y incurred — say FIVE deHart
il a year, instead of Tilt EE. ,
e—
a (OOP if.)
I, r wr Am»p,r*, 17th October, 1331.
It 1 6 1 ‘‘im Turner, Esq,
I. , ' >IAB Sl “— I»m altogether unable to account for
ne non sppearanee of the official report of the pro
ceedings n( the Convention at Batonton. My fel
* boon ! !?™..'T? " 0t ,CV “ « • «o»l -nd I. who am
‘ , } l "' , ‘ ■*, to satisfy them, must request you
.o u nisi me the means. v„ t i were the Secretary
if that meeting m,,) „„trn<-lrd, I think, to publish
■ltoe wrote? forthwith in a MillcdgcrtWe paper.-
s i Pray, Ifit be in your power, inform me wh-*t tut
. jprevented the publication,
.; Very respeot'ndy,
Yo»: obedient servant,
(Signed,) WM. GUMMING.
I |
(COPY.)
Potham, October 25, 1831.
Col. William Cummins'
I>e>h bin— Your letter of the 17th instant i
1 before me.
I’he r«,n appearance of the proceedings of lb
;! Katonton Come ition, bus given me great pain.
I made out a akiTch of the proceedings, before I
I left Katonton, on the adjournment of the Conven-
Ition, and requested Mr. llarri*, one of the Store
taries appointed by tlie Convention, to make
r.opy, and transmit it to the printer, i t pursuant
. of tn-Jructions from the Convention. I hecopv wa
, made out in due lima, and placed in the hands of a
friend, o Carry in Milledgeville. On his return to
Katonton, he tound he had forgot to place tlie
• na. kei In ihe hands of the printer. A packet sup
-1 posed to he the Copy in question was aftertr/aid
placed in the hands of KaJ. Wilkins, who carrb <
*' to Uilledgeville, and left >t nl the Journal vfiicj
and alterwards learned from Mr. Ragland that hi
received it. Under these circumstance - -, ». CPtifi
dent expectation was entertained that the proceed
ings would appear in the Journal of last wielr.i yut
they have not appeared; and we can only account
for (he continued delay on the supposition that
it hey may have been crowded out by the lengthy
1 proceedings of the Free Trade Convention as pub
hahed in the last Journal. The Editors of the Jour
nal will be in.ir-t-o-»t. ly addressed and other steps
taken, to ensure the publication, of the proceed
ings in question.
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
WILLIAM TURNER, Secretary.
rOURXAL 01 THE WTERXAL IMPROVE
MENT C OXVEXTIOX.
Eatoxtos, Monday 26th September, 1831.
A considerable number of the Delegates ap
pointed to take into consideration the practicabili
ty and expediency of promoting Internal Improve
ment in tiiis Slate, convened in (lie Church, in tlie
town of Katunlon, on Monday 261 h Sept. 1831,
On mmion of Mr, Irhy Hudson,
Resolved, I hat the Hon. Thomas Stocks be,
and he is hereby appointed President, and that
Wm Turner, Sampson W Harris and William
VVnkins, Jr. E qrs, be appointed Secretaries--I die
Internal Improvement Convention.
1 nc to lowing Delegate's h um the counties hero
ii after iinmcu, were then c.iiin.uiitcii, vie .
From the county of Bibb—Oliver H. Prince and
!Wm H. Rogers, Esqrg.
! rl tht; 'un yof Butts—lrwin Case & James
H. Starke, E-qi-s.
| „ From the county of Campbell—Marlin Kolb &
R imu , 'd I), 1 homp«oii, Kbqrs.
Krom the county of Chatham - William B. Bui
loch. I . rdt cai U. M ers, John C. Nichol, and
Thomas Young, Ksqrg.
From the county of Coin nb.t- Nathaniel Bai
ey, hdmynd Bnwdre, James F. tiauidton and
George W. Hardwick, Eaqrs.
Krom the coun y of Coweta—Wm. B. Cobb,
and J meg i n irnpaon. Kaqra.
Krom the county of ElHngham— John 11. Hines,
( and Clm Powers, Knqrs. - •
Krom the county of Jayette—Finly G. stew
'lan and Nathaniel Blanchard, Esqrs.
'! From the county ot Greene—Thomas Daw
• son, I humau G. Janea and Thomas Stock i, K, qrs.
. Prom the county of Hancock—Joel Crawford,
e John Gray.bill, James D. Ransom, and Wra. Ter
‘ rell, Enjrs.
’ *' rurr ‘ tb * -JHsnty of Harris—Henry J. flatwcll,
- B,qr.
f rom she county of Hesrd—Wta. H. Hough
j ton, and John T. Leftwich, K arg,
q ir un the cuuuty of Henry— Abner Davis, Fran
eis t.. Wansoo and Ame-a Spencer, B-q-s.
1 From the county of Jasper—William ». Bur
j ney, Eli Gl-.ver, Jacob McLendon, Alexander
| McDonald and Win. Williamson, Ktqrs.
J From the county of Jefferson—John H. New
;ton, E qr.
’ From the coun'y of Jones—James Grey, Thos
y i Hamilton and i'homss M hone, Esqrs.
i. j From the c nitty of i.iberty—Joint Uunwooj
e'die and Chanes West, E>qrs.
e! From the county of Meriwether—Alfred Well
borne, Esqr,
*1 From the county of Monroe—Thomas M. Bell,
t-| George W Gordon, and N. B. William*. Kiqra.
ie Krom 'be county of Morgan—Stewart Floyd,
r e „ V,n ,r '2r, John B. Walker and John Winy
Sold, Rrq •»,
From the county of Muscogee—John Milton
« B q-.
**! 1-rom *he oyunly of Newton—William D. Con
(j Vpth (.linrlfg f|. Sanders & Jjsiuli Perry, fcibqrs.
From the county ot Pike—John Neai and Join
13. Reid, E^qrg.
From the county of Putnam—Henry Branham
Irby Hudson, L, W. Hudson, W. W. Mason am
James A. Meriwether, E.qrs.
From the county of Richmond—Wm. Cummint
and John Moore, Eeqrs.
From the county oi Talbot—Samuel W. Fleur
nay and Charles Pace, E-qrs.
From the coumy of I aliaferro- Marcus An
drews, Absalom James and Simon Morris, Eaqr.,
is From the county of Twiggs—Nimrod W. Lang
, e Stephen F Miller So Matthew Robertson, E: qrs.
, e Ffbtn the county of Upson—James K, Cox am
Bg Moses Wheat, E-qrs.
From the tountv of W arren—Gray A. Chan
Ij dler, Esqr.
j. From the county of Washington—Win, Hurst
n- B‘<lr
. From the c maty of Wiikinson—Thomas Gil
u. bert, E q,-.
ie Mr Irby Hudson moved certain rules for thi
. government ot the convention i and the same be
•* tog taken up aid amended, were sgreed to.
Mr. Prince then offered certain resolutions
Ps concerning the subject before the convention
t and some debaitt being bad,
e Mr. Gumming offered the following resolution
to wit -.
Jtuolvcd. That a committee of nine be appoint
s h ed, to report to this convention, the best mode ol
, proceeding to the discussion of the purposes lot
„ which its members have been assembled, and the
~ same being read, was adopted by the convention
I fie convention then adjourned Eu hail past twt
e o’clock, P. M,
it Monday Evening,
’c Ihe coi-vent on met pursuant to adjournment
„ when tlie President announced the appointment
I if the tollowing members on the committee, to
, t report (he best mode of proceeding to the dis
cuss'on oi the ( urpowr* of the convention—name
iy, M-sr-rs Ciimming, Nicholl, West, Prince, Mil
ton, Crawford, Branham, Wingfield and Cjiiyen.
The convention then adjourned to S o’clock
te-moriuw moraiug.
Tuesday, 27th Srftl. 1831.
r The convent on met pursuant to adjournment,
• Vr. Cum.nmg trom the committee appointed I
suggest to the Convention, a course of proceed
i >r-g, presented a Ileoort < and the same being
i read taken up by paragraphs, several amend
1 ments mi fe, a id agreed to as follows, to wit ,
i The committee unpointed to suggss* a course
-of proceeding to this Convention, has the honor
,s to the following Resolutions, the adoption
' which it recommends.
Ut, Resolution—This Convention earnestly rr
mmer.d; a system of Internal Improvement, to
ue patronage of the Slate.
2d. Rnohi'-ion The Convention recommend?
at the Legislature authorise 'he Governor m
tnnfoy s competent Engineer or Engineers, to
isae i- m nute and careful rurvey of the pnncipa
i nes of commercial communication In the State,
.th reference t.-» their fitneas fnr Bail
urn; kes or Canals, and to difiuse among our
eltow iitizena gcneral'y the tnpograph od in
I urination thus obtained.
i- 3d. Resolution, The Convention n commit ds
. ir survey, the following lines,
Ist. That from Savannah to Augusta, thenna to
Katonton, and thence in a westwardly d;reotion to
i lie Chaltshocchie,
t 2d. The line from Savannah to Uacoti and t
e hence to Columbus, and a line connec'ing Md- I
t edgeviile, with that route.
3d. Tf»e line from Savannah to (ha hesd of navi 1
gat ion on Flint hjver, and (hence to Columbus,
t 4th. The line from Augusti to Athens, and .
. thrree in the most advistble direction towards 1
f tie N r!h Western boundary of the Stale * to
i- gether with any other line or lines, which may 1
[ i.ffurd the prospect of important commote.id r.d- 1
it vantages.
i 4th. F.ess’ulion , If the State is d.s.iuc!iiu.d Jo un
i derlake wilt, fu-r own resources, tho-e improve
yr meota the convention recommends that by sub
.. sc.options fur stock, loans, or other pecuniary aid,
. co-operate with such companies as may be chut
s tered fertile purpose oflmproving the whole of
. a part of any of the routes above mentioned
The Convention .then adjourned to three
o’clock, P. M,
Tuesday Evening.
The Convention raet pursuant to adjournment.
On motion, Mr. Wingfield had leave of absence
or, account of the indisposition of hit family. (
On motion of Mr. Ninoll, (
Reso ved, That the thanks of this Convention ,
be tendered to the ilev. Adiel Sherwood, for his
valuable donation of a map of tlie Stale, to tho
- Delegation of each county represented in this ,
- body. j
: On motion of Mr. Branham,
Resolved, That the President be requested to
lay before the nrxt General Assembly, the result
, of the deliberations of this Convention,
i On motion of Mr. Harwell,
i Reso'vrd, That the Secretary be requested toj
= enclose a copy of the proceedings of inis meet. 1 ,
ing to the Editors in Milledgoville with a requen, I
' that thpv malr** fhf comp* pnhlif*.
On motion of Mr. Nicoll.
3 Resolved. Unanimously, that the thanka of this I
Convention be tendered to ita President, for the {
s impartial and dignified manner in which he has i
presided over, and for ihc facility which he has
• by his ability, given to ita proceedings.
On motion of M- Harwell, (
Resolved, f hat the thanks of this Convention 1
3 be given to the Secretaries, for the faithful di.-;- 1 !
charge of their duties. 1 1
The Convention then adjourned without a day
1 THOMAS STOCKS, President. '
WIET-IAM TCHSSU, ) ,
i Sami-soh W. Hahhis, C Secretsrie*.
William Wilkivb, Jr. 3
'■ . Katomtoh, Sept. 27th. 1331. '
The Delegate* r or,rPg» n iip{v those counties, '
• winch are moat particularly interested in the con
struction of a Rail Road, or a Turnpike Road,from
• Augusta to some interior point of the State, con
|- v «ned in the Church, in the town of Balonton, at 5
I’ 0 c,oc ' l °i» Tueaday evening, the *7ih Sept. 1831.
The following Delegates from the counties
hereinafter memioned, were present, to wit \
From the county of Butts—irwin Case and Jas.
H Starke, Eeqrs.
From the county of Columbia—Natu’l. Bailey,
Edmund Bowdre and James H. Ilaaiilton. Eaqi-i,
From the county of Campbell— Marlin Kalb and
Edmund B. Thompson, F.aq^s.
From the county of Coweta—Wra, B. Cobb and
r James Thompson, Bsqrs.
From the county oi Fayette—Finley G. Stewart
'* and Natlianifcl Blanchard, Ksqra.
From the c uinty of Greene—Thomas Dawson,
1 Thomas G. Janea and Thomas Stocks, Esqr.s.
From the county of Hancock—Joel Crawford,
• James B. Ransom anl V7m Terrell, Esqr*.
From the county of Heard - Wm. H. Houghton
I and John T. Leftwich, Eiiqra.
From th-G county of Henry - —Abner Davis. Fran
'• ci* C. Manson and Amaaa Spen-eer, Eeqrs. ’
i tne G, ’« nt y °f Morgan—Stewart Floyd,
’> 'Vro Porter and John B. Walker, Fl»qrs,
>' Trom the county of Newton—William D. Oon
yers, Charles H. Sanders and Josiah Perry, Esqrs.
i. From the county of Jasper—Wm, B. Burney
Rh Glover, Jacob McLendon, Alex. McDonald Ik
i Win. Williamson, Bsqrs,
From ike county of Pike—John B. Keid and
»» John Neil, Esqrs.
~,F « ™,, he C( ’ u "*y of Putnam—lrby Hudson, L
\V. Hudson, Henry Branham, Wile? W. Msson
in and James A. Meriwether, Etqrs.
Fr-'in the county of Richmond—Wm. Gumming
g and John Moore, Esqr*.
From '.he county of Taliaferro— Marcm An
r- drews Ab alom Janes and Simon Morris, Esqi-a.
Fmm the county of Warren—Gray A Cband
v ier, Eiqr.
. On motion of Mr. Irby Hudson,
J, Ihe Hon. 1 tiomas Stock*, \v-as unm’moua'y
chosen chairman and 3. W, Hams, Secretary, '
id On motion of Air. Irby Hudson,
A committee of five was appointed to re: -*
n- upon the object of the Convention at 7 o’clock.
The committee appointed consisted of Hpaore [ r .
it. by Hudson. Gumming, Janes, ol Taliaferro, 'Vi*.
hamson and Kolb.
I- On motion of Mr. Lewelleh W. Hudson
It was agreed that the Convention adi- urn, to
ie assemble at the Court Hom e, at 7 o’clock.
3* Ihe Convention then adjourned.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment,
s. Mr. Hudson, from the committee appointed to
! report upon the object of the Gonv--,.iJ0 8 , pre
sented a report —and the same being read, v. a. - -
i. taken up by paragraphs, and adopted without al-l
teration.
t They reads as follows—
*• Ist. Resolved That the Convention rrc in 1
>i mend to the next Legislature, to incorporate a
e company to construct a Rad Road, or Tump k
i Road from Augusta to Katonton, and if deemed id
-0 suable by the company, to be continued from
thercs Westwardly. to the line of 'his b'n'e, with!
a capital stork of one million of dollars, uith thri
, right of increasing the capital block to lwo mi!
t lions of dollars.
° 2d. Resolved , That the Convention recommend
'* the appointment nf live si a commiiiec, to dra'l ai
' petition to the next Leg'slature, requeuing t\
1' charter 'of incorporation, to curry me object
'. contemplated in the first Resolution into el
k (ect.
3d. Resolved, ThM the charter of ire -rpora
'on, as contemplated in the second rea n !ution be
J drawn by the Commi'tee name') in the said se
loond resolution and that said charter of incorp -
oration t. qu'rc, that when the Capital Stock of
B laid Rad Road, or Turnpike is subscribed for, tha |
1 he Stockholder abaii pay 2 1-2 per canton each!
share subscribed (or at the time of subscribing,|
c md that when three fourths of the stuck is sub-'
r icr'hed for, thst the Stcckholdera shall (n^
iright of <?!(*otinpf Directors, commencing the
jwork, if the Mine should be deemrtl advisable by
'majority of the Stockholder* i and that said Di. y
Irectora he authorised to have nude, alt the ns
pessary surveys, if the State does not authorizs
'•he ame to be done, at the next session ol tba
Lr f’iGt'fe.
Mr. Janes, of Taliaferro, moved that Eatonton*
in th* first of the foregoing; resol miens, be strict
en out, and that Kingston in the county oC Mor
gen bo substituted. There being a division of
sentiment, after some drbite, the yeea at d naye
were called for
Which were as follow* :
YEAS, NAY 3.
Andrew* Brsnhira
Bnardre Burney
Bailey Casa
Blanchard Cobb
Conyers Crawford
Dawson Camming
Floyd Chandler
Hamilton of Columbia Davis
Janes of Green Glover
Janes of Taliaferro Hcughton
Kolb I. Hudson
Morris L. W. Hudson
Porter Leftwich
Perry Mason
Stewart Meriwether
Thompson of Campbell McDonald
Wslkcr 17 ' McLendon
Mai.sou
Moore
Meal
Hansom
Starke
Spencer
T horn peon o.' Co wet*
Terrell
Williamson 26
The commutes finally agreed noon, to efleoC
the <*lijcc.!s of ths second foregoing resolution, is
composed of Messrs- Terrell, Mason Glover, Neaf
and Meriwether.
On motion of Mr. Lewellen W. Hudson.
Resolved, That the Secretary be requested t,«
use the neces ary means of having the proceed*
inga of this meeting made public.
The Convention then adjourned sine dia.
(Signed) THOMAS S POCKS, Chairman,
Siurjoa VV. Mauris, Secretary.
Nkw-Youk, September 28. ' '
One, \atev from France^
"By the ship Union, at Portland, Paric
dates to the evening of Sept. 12th are re
ceived- We make the following extract*
from the Portland Gazette.
An interesting debate look place in the
Chamber of Deputies, Sept. 10, in which.
Lafavette took part.— The Minister of
Foreign Affairs deprecated military inter
ference in behalf of Poland, urging as aa
argument, that if the French phalanxes
were inarched towards the north, they would
come in contact with troops already intact- .
ed with the cholera. Lafayette closes his
speech with the following strong language "
“ The Emperor of Rj»«.ia, though cer
tainly at a diotai.ee from us, had prepared
ito arm himself against us. lam ignorant
lof the extent ot injury the Emperor may at
jpresent be able to tuflict upon us. Extent
Isive movements ere spoken of in the mili
tary colonies of Russia, and that 800 offi
cers have been hanged. It has been, said,,
that the Emperor compared the conduct of
the insurgents of Novogorod to that of tha
rebels ot A'oland and ot France, who wer© ■
ail animated with the same spirit, You.
know how he has treated the Polish rebels,,
and may easily Judge what would be hie
treatment of the French rebels, if he had th©
means of reaching them.— I therefore insist
upon the immediate acknowledgement of
Poland,
i •
The moat urgent step, however, is to pr«*
vent Prussia from overwhelming Poland,
and thereiore 1 conjure the government to
display the most determined resolution os
this point, and use towards the Prussian
Cabinet the language which it could uot fail
to comprehend in the first days of the revo
lution, since that language prevented it in
terfering in the affairs ot Belgium.”
Paris, September 12.
We learn from Vienna that a band o! 100
smugglers having attempted to break thro'
the cordon at Bruck on the Leythu, a com
bat ensued, in which the smugglers were de
feated. A great number were killed, and.
fourteen were taken and executed. Tha
Austrian troops suffered considerable loss.
The Augsburg Gazette has the following
oi the Ist mst. from Vienna—“ A report
is current that the Russians, upon attack
ing a battery situated near the military hot
pnal outside ol Warsaw, have been repulsed
with considerable loss. We learn that the
capital is amply provided with every thing
necessary for the army, and the inhabitant#
1. r several months. Under these circum
stances many well informed persons are of
opinion, that a reconciliation will be effect
ed by the rnedialion of France and England,
so as to render the situation of Poland mora
supportable than ib generally expected,”
j The St. Petersburg!! Journal of the 27th
jAng. announces that the cholera has entire
ly subsided at Cronstudt. On the 18th
there was nut one patient remaining. The
disease still continue# at St. Petersburg!!.
I Stock Exchange, Sept. 10,—Half past 4
jO’slocK, She Maiket opened at an iraprove
jinent, which is attributed to intelligence of
jhe reform Bill having passed a second read
ing in the House ol Commons. Kusines#
has been much more brisk than for some
days past, and price of Stocks not only
maintained its ground, but made progrest •
and closed at a marked improvement.
SEPT. 12, 2 P. M.-de Latour Mad- J
bouig, who was scut to Brussels on a spe- *
jciaI mission, returned to Paris on Sa'urday.
I A Secretary attached to (he French Em- ||
jbassy at St. Pelersbuig, arrived at Paris oa
' Saturday with despatches tor the Minister
for Foreign Affaits