Macon Georgia telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1836-1844, September 01, 1836, Image 3

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IA COW GEORGIA TEEEGRAP MR. VAN BUREN. The (.lobe ol the 20ih contains a corrcspon ilcncr between Hon. Sherrod -Williams of Ken tucky, and Mr. Van Bureu, in which the subjoin- nigs for the welfare and prosperity of the citizens know of- n diminution, generally frotn this cause, which, 1 trust, will be a sutticicnt apology, in attempt ing, so far as in me lay, to avert the storm now gather ing, which in its consequences will. in my humble opn. ~~ MACONs ed queries are addressed to the latter by the for- T’/ notav ® rte , d * bc UJOre d «trucuve to .. „ _ u ° ,allLr U J llle ,or of Macon and a large portion ol oar now Tlntrstlmj, September 1, 1836. .dominations of tlic Union Party. ron PRESIDENT OF TUB UNITED STATES, JIAltTI’Y VAN ISUICEN, of New- York. FOR VICE PRESIDENT Of THE UMTED STATES 0ICIIARD M. JOHNSON, of Kentucky. Georgia Union Electoral Ticket THOMAS F. ANDERSON, of Franklin. WILLIAM B. BULLOCH, of Chatham. SAMUEL GROVES,of Mad won. THOMAS HAYNES, of Baldwin. REUBEN JORDAN, of Jasper. WILSON LUMPKIN, o' Clark. WILLIAM PENTICOST,of Jackson. THOMAS SPALDING, of McIntosh. JAMES C. WATSON,of Muscogee. WILLIAM B. WOFFORD, of Habersham. THOMAS WOOTTEN, of Wilkes Georgia Union Congressional Ticket JOHN COFFEE, of Telfair. GEORGE W OWENS, of Chatham. CHARLES E. HAYNES .of Hancock. SEATON GRANTLAND. of Baldwin. GEORGE W. B. TOWNS, of Talbot. JABKZ JACKSON- ofClark JESSE F. CLEVELAND, of Dekalb. THOMAS GLASCOCK, of Richmond. HOPKINS IIOLSEY. of Harris Bibb Union Ticket. FOR THE SENATE, LEWIS LAWSHF.. FOR THE HOUSE OF REPKESF.NTATIVKS, SAMUEL B. HUNTER, JOHN B. LAMAR. Houston Union Ticket. FOR SENATOR, JAMES DEAN. Esq. FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JAMES E. DUNCAN. JNO. A. DUPREE, JAMES M KELLY Carroll. Union Ticket. WILLIAM BEALL, Senate. JAMES II RODGERS, ) D ABEL H. HARRISON, i Ke P*- thecibzeu .. v - — a™.. large portion of our now flourishing ....... r. Van Burcn has been acctt- d of noil county, than that of a tornado, andfor the accomplish- committalism, of evasion, of equivocation &c. U1 ® IU »f which, 1 hope I may, without giving offence, Are ar._ 1 . ’ ' point out some of the inconsistencies and iutproprie- can rcad the numerous intcrro- tie* of the corporated anthoritieii of Macon, o.s well as gatories that have been addressed to him, and his the suicidal policy of some of he worthy citizens, pn ansners thereto, and believe these base charges f duced “ uder a somewhat feverish excitemnnt, and con- | , b | nequently subject to many allowances, bat, unfortuu- ” n,lt has Dcen more open, more frank, more ex-1 ately the result is the same. plicit. than his opinions on every subject on which * W 'H D0W » 10 h® br *ef, remark that I cannot, from - - all the facts presented at the first called meeting, and which I believe was not denied, arrive at but one however respectable, until South Carolina and Alaba ma shall bleed and impoverish by Rail Roads, not ou- ly a large portion of your country, but destroy your own seaport, (Savannah) and make desolate your nvii city. (-Macon T) Can it be possible that the citi zens ol Macon, and more particularly the properly from the fact of selling in the largest market and where competition was the greatest. If then, under these circumstances, he planter finds liis way to your market from competition alone, suppose you enhrftice v the facility by roads, equal to turnpike roads if you please, leading to and from your city, is it not fair to in ho has been consulted ? Really some other epi thet thuu non committal must be attached to Mar tin Van Burcn. The following are the queries alluded to—and to which masterly aostvers are returned—which we regret we have not room at present to publish. 1st. Will you (if elected President of the Unit ed States,) sign and approve a bill distributing the surplus revenue of the United States to each State, according to the federal population of each, for internal improvements, education, and to such other objects ns the Legislatures of the seve ral Statesman see fit to apply the same? 2d. Will you sign and approve a bill disrribut ing the proceeds of the sa £ of the public lands to each State, according to the federal pnpulatiou of each, for the purposes above specified ? 3d. Will you sign and approve bills making appropri&tious to improve navigable streams above ports of entry ? 4th. Will you sigu aud approve (if it becomes necessary to secure and save from depreciation the revenue aud fiuauces of the nation, aud to af ford a uniform sound currency to the people of the United States.) a bill (with proper modifica tions and restrictions,) charteriug a bank of the United States ? United States ? 5th. What is your opinion as to the conslitu tiuual power of the Senate or House of Repre sentatives of the Congress of the United States, to expunge or obliterate from the journals the re cords and proceedings of a previous session ? conclusion relative to the official conduct of the corpo rated authorities towards tiro Monroe Rail Road Com pany, that of having committed an unwarrantable, an unjustifiable and unprecedented error. And 1 appre hend uo one who attended the first called meeting of the citizens of Macon, by the Mayor, will attempt to justify that body in their late proceedings. Aud, by way of illustration, I will ask why was the Rail Road company allowed to commence and continue for some six mouths under the eye of, as well the citizens as the corporated authorities, their embankment and excava tion upou tiie public domain, unless by the sanction of your body? Wherefore, if without consent, were they not rejected instauter t Why (as appears to be the fact) have put this company in peaceable possession, with a verbal assurance, that as soon as the necessary surveys and deeds could be made out, that a grant should he executed to the company for a certain por tion o. the public domain, with the right of way. be holders, cqn feel indifferent at the suicidal policy now fer that the planter would sti I find his way to yom in successful operation ? a policy without a parallel: market, and that iu proportion as you enhance facility a rare invention: aperfect nondescript, and carries so in the same proportion you mducethe planter to upon its every feature murder the most foul! aud of yourmarket? \Veil then, if this reasoning will (told policy'tire most destructive to your city; and 1 chal-; good, and 1 apprehend it cannot be refitted, we will lenge the world for a narahel. No act could have I suppose in addition togood roads we will have a rail been invented, with all tire wisdom of the age and the road, which instead cf one two and three days in tra-. experience of man, that is so well calculated to elicit veling to market it can be done in as many hours, support from die citizens of the up country,it the con- won’d not the inducement be still, greater by such fa- nertion of the Georgia Rail Road with that of 'Vest cilitjes ? Or, contrary to ali usage, to all practice, and WARE HOUSE Point. It will operate as a stimulant upon the citi zens of our sister States upon eitherside of us, and will be,used for argument iu .he consummation of, at least, uieir apparent plans, that of dividing the pro to all experience, is your city to be ruined by the en hancement of facilities and competition and conse quently capital, by carrying trade fioiu instead of bringing it to your city ? If so, allow me to suggest ing the amount asked and agreed upon, if they did not ; ally, and inquire if it is not the fact, that the late ex- ducts of Georgia by a connection of the two roads, | for your consideration, (and I mean no disrespect,) the (gided by the Georgia Company)at West Point, there-j propriety of abolishing the road laws, and instead of by carrying trade from your city, driving mechanics opening new roads bancade the old ones; ot struct fa- I'roni employment, revenue from your State, and tie- cilities: drive competition from your city: capital from cessarily depopulate to some extent, a large portion of your'uow flourishing country. But I have now done with t;i3 corporate.! authorities of your city, and in ta king my leave of thorn, al ow me most respectfully to ask them to review their late proceedings, and then ask themselves ns men, and as honorable men. if they could justify their official conduct in relation to the Rail Road company, as it is known to the citizens of Macon in that of auother, and if not, which I appre hend must bc the response as candid and reflecting men. do not condemn those who would avert, if pos- j sible, the evil and save the country. elusive benefit of the ware house merchant. Already I will now appeal to the citizens of'Macon, gener- I you stand on dangerous around. Do you not behold your ccuutry; revenue from y»ur State—and levy taxes upon the planter, the mechanic, e.nd the laboring class of community ; and drive those who have sought refuge in your country, and a home in ynurcity from your doors—no longer allow the generous ?*cot, the valiant Pole, the gay Monsieur, and tfie warm-hearted andiudustrious Hibernian to tread upon vour soil, aud soon, very soon, you may say. with much propriety, “Macon was.” Again, is it not enough that you are surrounded by enemies, made so from interest, with out originating them within your own city, for the ex- Cp.pi.JllbSIC. i • B L'g&V£SS. Y iiL"ifhtieragn«.*u;wui ;< cm:,r ue P truii-act the above biisiicSs in ainis M various forms at their olit They "'is® i. c' will, us hitherto. Uiake liberal «tivaf.rt.s on produce and merrhcufiize in store, iu io uv . .ppedeither 10 Savannah, Chain atdn, New York or Liverpool, and will devote the (time perebiia! and undivided attention to all business entrusted to, their care, and particularly tu that of selling cotton from the warehouse or wagons. Having dtspo.-ed if their warehouse in, l ast Macon, they will in luuue confine their business'to one house, which they are enlarging considerably for the storage of Cotton, and where they wih be nappy to serve those w ho havo given them their patronage from the t ast side of the river. Feeling grateful for the liberal patronage here tofore received, we hope hy a strict attention to busi ness to merit a continuation of the same. HAMILTON, HAYS A CO. Af aeon, 1st September. 1836 Hof) pieces Best I letup Bagging for sale nt market rates, by , II. H. A. CO. sept i 62 intend to comply with their verbal official contract ?— Why have made this promise, and gave tins assurance, if they required the approbation of the citizens before they could equitably and legally execute this grant f— Why not have made this provision in their official ver bal contract? Why have attempted to du that they traordinary panic, in opposition to the Rail Road from entering your city, had uot its orgin or was not con cocted by the ware house merchants, and through their influence the compauy ejected, and the resolutions denouncing Rail Roads'as injurious to your city, pass- McTntosh as usually represented, and now by their ex- Senator sowing broadcast, his arithmetical calcula tions, attempting to prove the impracticability of ruil roads? Have yon not too, been told from undoubted authority that the avowed object of the Georgia Rail Road companv is to connect their road at VV’> st Point ed, and if so, should they not be held to an account, ' with the Alabama road, thereby Diking from your city had neither right or power to do ? Wherefore too, j and presented before the world as accessary appar- a large portion of your trade and dividing it out to the have done that in their ' ' ‘ " ‘ ‘ ‘ ol au individual wi sidered as morally dishonest? Could it have been j will also ask, although legislating .. .. possible they had any private pique to gratify, or any , own exclusive interest and emolument, without regard j to the North. What then will be your situation ?— selfish motive by which they could have' been found j to the great mass of proper y holders iu yourcity, and what the situation of your coiiutry and • mr seaport capable of reiterating their verba] assurances to this : the general welfare of the country, if they have not (Savannah?) Will vou still sleep as if by some company who doubtless without design themselves, j shown great want of forecas-t ? This I shall, however, strange fatality, or as if by common consent, until you was unprepared to look for it in the cilv authorities, j attmupt to prove. ’Tis true they do not require oth- re destined to become a 'rightful wreck of your own but depending upon their plighted faith, until ill ay | nrsfo think for them, and I frankly confess, so far 1 folly? Again let tne entreat you by the interest you shall have drawn from the pockets of this company J through life, judging from the ; r ostensible means, are have in your own commerce—by the love of country A collar almost slinnut ’ ti if „ some thousands of dollars without an equivalent ?—' capable of securing their own interests, and dunking —liy the experience of the age—by your own obser- . ,, . 1 10 Me8scn S® r goes agin 'phis*, we will not suppose fora moment to have been for themselves, stili I claim the liberly of thought, and vation—by the efforts now making on either side of Ciircai-Improvements au p /; w\ ju .7 jy jj j p. VMT E, the committee appointed to examine the im- V 7 prevemeuts of the Scholars wlm have been under the care of Washington H. Brows, through the term of one course of Lectures on Penmanship, do certify, that they have made great proficiency hi that art As such, we recommend the said Brown to the public as a fine scribe, and hope ho will meet the confi dence of the people, as he writes various hands, well calculated to advance the youths of our country in fine Penmanship. Respectfully. do, neighbor: slip your collar manfully, or don’t run pany by a reference to the by-laws of tliat body, said few reasons for what I conceive wanting in forecast, I haps from your city on either side of you, and for down your 'fodder.’ j to have'been passed, making their nets out of doors in that ef the opposition to enhancing facilities. And j aught I know, the city baricaded to prevent their en- „ ; and out of council, nugatory and void ? was it that this first, if the experience of the age proves any thing, it > trance, and then you may soon very soon, be compared j member was not prepared to face the citizens least of proves that in proportion as you ehance facilities you ; to a ship u >on the breakers or a magazine on fire— Our young sister ColuodmMon't intend to be beat in their demurrer, and consequently attempt to nullify produce comp tition; competition necessarily produ- | neither of which the bystanders, however anxious to doing the amiable. If shecan’tbc/frxt in buying, she ‘ his own acts? Or why this attempt to throw off the ces capital, the benefit of which is re. lized by all^ clas-! afford relief, dare approach from the fear of be moans t'- he fast in biddintr Go-heed • c ' .responsibility created bv that body, upon the slioul-: acs of citizens in proportion to their means. Facili- j coming a sacrifice from tiioom; or receiving a blowup a puss • compe | ,| crs „f the citizens of Macon, in the doing of which ’ ‘ ' “ 1 " ‘ tition is the soul of business. Hear her organ: i you not only violate the pledge made as an honorable fluctuation,—in a more healthy condition—with the lumbus Enq. loth Aug. under any pretence whatever, os a candidate for re- election.”—Buffalo Journal. The General may save himself the trouble of ma king any such pledged. It is not the second term that is in dispnte; let him secure the first: there will be time enough then to decline for a second term. FLORIDA. We have nothing of interest from Florida. The Floridinn states, llint the Governor is organ izing a force to make adesrent upon the Withla- coorhec, in order to destroy the crops uf the !Se- minolcs, and heard them in their strong hold. The arrival of the Tennessee Volunteers is nnx- iou-ly looked for 1 he Floridian represents rital territory ns healthy ns most Soutbejn countries : in the teeth of which statement, the St. Augus tine Herald dates, thar one hundred and ninety sick troops from Micanopv aud Black Creek wore daily expected there: a large proportion of sick, we should suppose,for the numb rof men. The Herald slates that a military post is to be established iurthivith. at the plantation of Philip j At a meeting of the members of the Bar residing in Weaduian. Esg. on the Picolntn Road. ! the city of Ahinon, the Hon. C. B. Strong being called Tho Globe states, that the President hat, at! m the Chair, V. J. McDonald, A. H. Chappell and the request of .M ajor Gates, ordered a Court Mur- f Washington Poe were appoinied a committee to draft dial, to re-examine nn<? pronounce on the cir- j suitable resolutions relative to the death of Gen. Ro- cutnstauces of the affair at Fort Barnwell. f 2BRT U ' OUST °s which resolutions were to be — presented nt a meeting of the Bar of the ? hut Circuit, to be held at Knoxville, Crawford county, at the Au gust term of the .Superior Court, it being the first court after that mournful event. The Hun A. M. D. King beiug called to the Chair, and H. G. Lamar. Esq. appointed cecietary, the Committee made their report. In obedience to the above appointment, it becomes the duty of the committee formally to announce to the members of the Bar of the Flint Circuit, the mourn ful intelligence th it our professional brother aud friend, General Kobebt Augustus Beall, of Macon, is no more. Resolved, That in the death of Gen. Beall, our so ciety has lost a valuable member, the profession one of its brightest ornameuts. religion a zealous supporter, and the State at large a worthy and useful citizen. Resolved, Tiiat his Honor Judge King be requested to have these proceedings placed npon the minutes of the Superior Court of the couLty of Crawford. Resolved, That the Secretary be nstructed to for ward a copy of tho above proceedings to the family of the deceased; and pnblished in one or more of the public gazette.* of this State. ANGUS M. D. KING, Chairman. Hbnrv G. Lamar. Secretary. A true extract from the minutes, this 17th Aug. 1836 E. M. A.MOS, Clerk Crawford Superior Court, August Term, 1636. ‘A bale of new Cotton, first quality, made on the man. but the faith of the city through their constitn- plantation of .If, R. Evans of this comity, was sold on tional organ? I, for one, was nut prepared for such yesterday by J. T. Niles &. Co. at public sale in this an issue tn short, if necessary fora meeting to have j merchant less liable to bankruptcy and bauks to over j ilace torforty-one and a half cents per pound.”—Co- been called of the citizeus of Macon, for their sane- issue; aud the whole community less liable to losses. —l— *-— -*-- 1 ‘— ‘ tion or rejection of this grant, why was it not done ; Neither is this all. for it gives employment to the ine- when the petition was made hv and through their rr p-! chanie; value to the laborer for his hard earned ser- reaentative. tha President of the company, some six j vices;, the planter ] a home market; increases corn- months since ? Wherefore this delay until the com- \ merce; creates revenue; diminishes taxes; and ori- froin the other. capital; this brings down tire articles of consumption j But I have done, and in taking my leave of the sub- ton standard value, and keeps the market less liable to J j e ct and the citizens, allow me to again repea*, that n;y One term.—Timed.tor of the Ohio People’s Press slates tliat he has been authorised bv General Harrison pany shall have expended some thousands of dollars, ginates individual enterprise—Urn antidote to monop- to confirm the statement previously made, that "he and contracted for the execution iftid completion of the olies. A the great physician in republics. And I cha*- (Gen II ) was pledget) to serve but one term, if olected work, under, as well the eye of the citizens, ns the cor- j lenge the world for an iusiauce, where, by the iucrease President, and to prevent his name from being used, i porn ted authorities, befure the idea was conceited, or ; of facilities and competition, any injury has ever result- ■ 1 (trior tint# nrnfilnoo lulmtocnv no n o • *(* • J I 1 .1 _..l _ *»* * J _ t 1 t . *.• . . . _ r I >. if conceived, concealed, that tire citizens had to be con-: cd to either town, city, country, or its inhabitants.— MEXICO. Recent arrivals at Now Orleans from Vera Crus, bring indications of a general commotion thrnughout Mexico. The Federal or liberal par ty .ire making rapid advances; they have made a boM attempt ro abolish the present order of things and restore the government to its former features. A battle was fought at Ella. Mexico. between 900 Government troops ami fiOO Feder alists, in which the former were victorious. The Federal party Imd 100 men killed, and 228 taken prisoners—including their chief, Col Miguel A co- vedo. The officers taken were principally shot. It is quite probable the domestic troubb-s in .Mexico will be sufficient to keep her bands em ployed. without iuvading Texas. Backing out. Cob John H. Howard of Bald win. declines running on the State Rights’ ticket as a candidate for Congress. His ostensible rea sons for so doing, are, to allow his party au op portunity to support Gem Glasscock ! His real motive may he guessed. Col. II. is a thinking muu: this step proves him to ho prudent also. suited? Wherefore this sudden and extraordinary panic, aud by whom created? Shall we be told that a tew ware bouse merchants, though not less respecta ble, originated this panic and demanded this meeting in justification of their body? Or was it produced from the presentation of the map of the survey, ac companied with the deed for execution, in conformity with their verbal contract made under their oificia! au thority ? Of the rightful cause, the citizens are left in part to conjecture. But be thev what they may, the result is the same, and mark well the consequences.— The grant is refused, tiie company ejected, without e- venany alledged violation, and marshalled out of your city, while in the peaceful execution of their eq liable rights, without even the common courtesy due from man to man, thereby adding insult to injury, with re solutions deuounciiig rail roafis as injurious tn the ci tizens of Macon, and of fatal tendency, when too, but a few months since, such was the excitement and in- dignatinnagaiustsome of those who happened to op pose a charter foi a rail road coming to Macon, tha: their effigies were burnt in, and by your citizens,-and such the rejoicing that bells were broken cannons fir ed and bonfires made to the illumination of yonr city, for a mere charter for a rail road. Here then is con sistency, equity, and internal improvement with a ven- genance. Here then are the acts cf the citizens of Macon as they were, and as they now are. It is pos sible, however, the causes which originated this meet ing, (if chargeable to the ware house merchants) inay to some extent, extenuate, in the estimation of some, the acts of the corporated authorities of yourcity.— But as one individual, I can find n« justification in no But the experience of the age proves tiie reverse. If | yon doubt allow me tn ask yon to take a view of the I city of New Y'ork, whore you will be presented for competition aud facilities the “London of America,” without her rival, made Irnui competition and facili ties. If you still doubt, ask your own experience and every southern merchant why it is he trades in New York, and all will say from the great competition there. Still it has been gravely asserted, that by a Rail Road to Forwth Macon would be injured and Forsyth benefitted. By carrying trade from instead of bringinu trade to. If this is the principle upon tha enhancement of facilities aud competition, why was not the discovery made at and before a charter was granted for Kail Roads ? \Vhy too had not the citi zens of Savannah made this discovery, which, to car ry out the principle, in connecting Savannah with Ma con by a Rail Road, Savannah would he ruined, and doubtless Macon i<ecomo the port of entry? Was ev er such doctrine before advocated by man, or if advo cated practically demonstrated ? If you still persist, go but to the history of Dewitt Clinton's canal, aud learn, by pocular demonstration tire benefits resulting to town city, to country, and to every portion of its inhabitants, produced by the enhancement of facili ties and competition. See what but yesterday was towns, hamlets, and even uncultivated wilds, now ci ties of commerce, with their spires pointing to Hea ven as if in grateful adoration to a beuificeut Provi- object has notbeen to impute to intentional motive's the incidental acts in relation to the Monroe Rail Road Company with their attendant consequences, but to give the history of facts from the inferences deducible from the premises, as well as to attempt, ho-.vever fee bly. to show the fallacy of some of the many arguments adduced by some ef the citizens who are oppose ! to enhancing facilities by Rail Roads as being in jurious jo your city, white I subscribe for my friends and fellow- citizens, and my country, inv whole country, in weal or woe, J. BENNETT. deuce for their unrivalled aud extraordinary prosper!-1 entire militarv tv. produced from facilities. If you still doubt, go to is about "hroe h”tS the city of Albany, and from thence to Buffalo, some three hundred miies, and see nlm->st one entire chain part of their proceedings, for they as public servants, [ of cities produced from facilities. (Jo to, and but ex- and as the guardians ju trust over this domain, or as I amine the revenue produced therefrom, and stand con- THE ELECTIONS. Such as arc alarmed from the crowing of the opposition upou the recent State Elcciious. should call to mind the similar demonstrations ol the same party heretofore. In 1832. they raised similar shouts, predicated upon the same causes, nod known to he equally fallacious. The 'Vhigs crow for effect. Growing with them, is not the consequence of victory, but a means ! They claim electious that are past, in order to gain those that are to come. Like the broken gambler, the more desperate the game, the more desperate do they play. Alabama. No sooner was tho election over in Alabama, and before half of the counties could bo heard from, a great shout was raised by the Nuflifiers, about the White prospects in that State It was said by them that they had mado a great gain,and that Alabama was lost to Van Bureu! Aud v hat is the fact ? Why that there is a ma jority in the Legislotuie for Vau Bureu; that there has been again for hitn since last year; and that there is no reasonable doubt of his getting the vote of thatStiite! Il'they are candid they will admit now that the prospects of White in Ala bama are pale euough! North Carolina. We give it up: Dudley, the iVbig candidate is elected Governor over Spaight the Administration candidate. The presidential question however did not control the election.— There is believed to be n majority of Vau Kuren men elected to the Legislature ; nnd Graham, (supported hy the Administration party,) is elec- P® cn ? iar >' ted to Congress. There is but little doubt hut North Carolina will bc for Van Burcn. The account given of General Hnustou having received presents from Santa Anna, is all h fabri cation. Santa Auua’S|Saddlc, which the General obtniued. was bought fur him at tho sale of the spoils, without his knowledge, by J. II. Whar ton, Esq , aud for which he gave $325. Illinois. In Illiuois, so far ns beard froip» th® Elections are in favor of Vau Bureu. Missouri. Here ns in Alabama, at first, great brags were made by the opposition. They are getting tired of the sport. From the couuties heaid from, the prospect is highly flattering foi »an Burcn. Kentucky. In this State the influence of Hcn- r J Clay has prevailed. Clatke, the Whig can didate ha* probably succeeded for governor: but the majority will not ho so overwhelmning as it firxt anticipated. We shall not yet despair of Kentucky. Louisiana. The Whigs claim this Stato also; but according to our best advices, tho boot is op ®*her leg. FOR THE MACON GEORGIA TELEGRAPH. Dr. Bartlett—Permit rue, through the culupius of your paper most respectfully to inquire of the City Council, th*- object ol expending the city finances in sending a delegation to the Knoxville Convention, le gislating for, and inviting Rail Roads to your city, to say nothing of Jie Convention to be held'in Macon in November next, when immediately preceding, there is an apparent effort made, to check the one e'en now in embryo, from entering within the corporate limits of your city. I, for one, am at a loss for the real cause of this strange procedure—to me it is inexplicable. It is possible, however, there may be a cause, but that of a good one I have yet to learn, and to say the least of the late proceedings, the two acts are diametrically op posed, inconsistent with each other, and utterly irre concilable. But that there was any intentional wrong upon the partof the corporated authorities of Macon. I shall not pretend to say, e’en were their acts liable to such a construction, my acquaintance and almost daily intercourse with, ns together their standing in society, all forbid, Neither am I prepared to impugn the motives of any citizen, no matter whatever his stand ing may be, but of public men, their acts and the at tendant consequences. I claim the right of discussion; and in the doing of which, least I may be misunder stood, I will take occasion to remark, tliat I cherish no unkind feelings either towards the body corporate, in dividually or collectively, or any other citizen of Ma con, however we may differ politically, or in local and pecuniary matters, and should any of my remarks be calculated to elicit other feelings, or be liable to any o- ther construction I hope they may not be attributed to design, but to the causes which original ed them, that the constitutional representatives of the citizeus of Macon, had noright to grant, in their official capacity, that which was prohibited by a statute, and more par ticularly when in violation of vested rights, and in op position to all law In short, why have called for this purpose, a meeting at all, when it was. nr should have been known to the Mayor and Aldermen, that hy a statute (I think of 183t)_tbey had not the right, neither the power, under any circumsUinces, not even with the approval and sanction ofevery citizen in Macon, with out an act of legislation ? In fact, the whole transac tion. is as well ambiguous as inconsistent and unpre cedented, and is at war, as well with common sense and justice as the best interest of onr country. And what justification thecorporated authorities of Macon can find to sustain them tu the sport cf men’s rights, in tiie squander of their property, and in the violation of an express statute, and the fundamental principles of our go 'eminent, remains yet to be seen. It may however he askt d, by what means then, under snen circumstances, you would foster internal improve ments. or otherwise promote the interest of the citi zens of Macon and die country contiguous thereto ? To this I would answer, that I would, under no circum stances violate any law by wiiv of promoting facilities, but that I would, if compatible with the interest of the citizens of Macon, with their will legitimately express ed, aid this company by a lease fora term of years, or otherwise offer at public outcry sneha portion of this domain as should he necessary for all the legitimate purposes of-arail road; I would then place the pro ceeds of this domain into their lawfnl depositories, cre ated by this statute, and from that portion belonging to tho city, I would grant to this company, by donation or otherwise, with enough of the city finances to make it equivalent to the sale of such domain. In the doing of which no law would be violated, no rights infringed, but for which the citizens of Macon would reap their reward soon, very soon, with a treasury overflowing, by the augmentation of competition and consequently capital; as well as from the ingress of population and tho increase of all species of real estate; by which the merchant would flourish, the laborer be rewarded, the mechaoic employed. the planter husbanded, the wood- man marketed, taxes diminished—in short, the vender andconsumerofaliatid every commodity known to our country, benefitted And here permit me to ask the citizens of Macon, and I do so with the most pro- found respect, if they feel prepared to stand indiffer ent at the scenes now acting before their eyes, and al low the ware house merchant (aud I mean uo disre spect to this very respectable aud worthy class of your citizens) to dictate to your corporated authorities, and of the importance of the subject, upon which, in my humble estimation hang -impended tho salvation of j demand exclusive legislation for their own emolument, the city of Macon, onr seaport, (Savaunab) and the 1 to the prejudice of every other class of your citizens ? country contiguous thereto. But it inay be asked why this solicitude bv an individual for the prosperity of the citizens of Macon, who is no longer a residenter, tax payer or property holder there ? To which I an swer, bring one of the first settlers of Macon, and in timate with a large portion of her citizens, and trans acting bntiness, and having almost daily intercourse with them, naturally identifies my feelings with all the good orevil incidental to the prosperity, or adversity of the citizens, and nothing is more natural than for a man, at nnv, cither real or anticipated misfortunes in cidental to friends and tellow-citizens. to participate iu their calamities, and sympathies with tl?etn in their af fliciions, no matter by what cause produced; and while my interest has passed into other hands, and I am sorry to sav without an equitable equivalent, which, but for the melancholy associations, and their sad realr ity, would appear more like the illusions of a dream, Is it not sufficient that they already control a very large proportion of your capital ? In a word, will yoi; fore go tne advantages presented at your door, least you in cur the displeasure of those who have au eye. appar ently tor their own exclusive interest; or least some few of yonr citizens, from their peculiar location may reap sooner than the great class ofyourcinzen* a larger dividend from their property; or least this company, after taking the risk and disbursing tiie earuingvof a whole life devoted to business, should thereby be rewar ded ? Will you, in consideration of such real or imag inary results, check facilities, curtail competition, and drive capital from yourcity, and trade from your doors? Will you forego the advantages of capital incidental to the facilities offered you ? Will you quit your own for a foreign market ? In a word, wifi you close yotir ears from all reason, and shut your eyes against all ex- founded. Neither will I stop hero, but take you in imagination to the city of Albany itself, wh se local situation, both as to seaport and country, correspon ding with Macon, now from fuciliti s. second, in point of prosperity and busmens, to none. You see there her three aiid four hundred boats laden, arriving and departing daily: her eitizens becoming wealthy : real estate advancing: facilities increasing: compet.tioa and her handmaid, population, augmenting; and stdl we are told that facilities will ruin Macon—and inde pendent of this canal, the citizens of that country are now erecting n rail road alongside oftbis canal, from tho factof not being able to transport tiie commerce of die country upon this canal. So much then for enhancing facilities And yet when the projeci ol that cnnal was conceived, and trie idea ad\ anced, although hy one of! the first men of the age, (Dewitt Clinton) it was j deemed visionary and entirely chimerical, and utterly I impracticable. But no sooner than a change in public 1 sentiment began to make itself manifest, than the toc sin of rnin was sounded throughout tho land as the certain result; and the citizens of Albany becoming alarmed for their fate from the canal entering their city, remonstrating and contending, that instead of a com merciat city it would thereby dwindle away into that of a mere depot. Precisely the same arguments were tlien advanced'by some in opposition to the increas of facilities, that are now advanced by some at this day, with the experience yf the practical results to the contrary everywhere manifest. If you still doubt, go but to the history of every canal and rail road in the United States, arid I challenge you to point me to the first, where either city or country have been injured or impoverished bv the production of competition, or the enhancement of facilities.—If you still doubt, return hut to yonr own experience, and your own < ’cmtilgee, nndse i cveu there, upon your own river, whut bene ficial results to your city aud country have been pro duced by the enterprise of even one individual. Tell me die cause why cotlon has been driven almost from the door of your sister eily, (Columbus) if it has uot been from the effects of compe tijiop in your market, A the want of it in Coiumbus! Tell me to the cause of this late and extraordinary rise of real estate in your city, but for the charter oi a rail road to your city?— Tell me too, the cause of capitalists now investing their capital, which hits been yielding them an income of some 26 to 50 pr cent, iu real estate, giving employ ment to the mechanic and daily luhorer, but from the anticipation of tiie increase of facilities and competi tion in your mutket? But bare with me a little lon ger, while I nsk you what has been the experience of our country and village merchants upon this subject? Do they not tell you they might as well almost attetnpt to stop the current of the river, as to attempt to stop file planter, when started, from coming to your mar ket, with roads oft almost impassable, owing to the great competition in yonr market? Have yon not oft beeu told too, that frequently, by way of experiment, the village merchant has offered one, two and perhaps thiree cents more than your market price, nnd us often been refused? Amt whnt reason is assigned for such refusal? Why. tha* he wants to go where there is competition, both in the sale of his cotton nnd in the purchase of his supplies, mid that if the villuge mer chant con afford to give this; rice, it is fair tn infer that it is worth that and as much t i«re ns will cover tne ex pense of transportation or the offer would not have been made, as'the planter is fully aware that the mer chant. like all and and every other p)ass of citizens, do business for gain and not for loss, Buta.sk the plan ter. in the event of not having sold his cotton even as well in your mnrket as hp could have done by selling INDIANS IN LOWNDES. A most respectable and intelligent citizen of Lowndes has just visited Milledgevillo. in order to eoromuuicate to the executive full information of the unhappy condition • f his ft-llow-ririze'is,— For the last two mouths there have been par ies uf Creek Indians almost coustaiitly in that county. Lowndes lies on the route traveled by the Creeks iu escaping from the Alabama Creek country to Florida ; and ft abounds iu wide, deep, anddeti'e swamps, forming a continuous covered ami seiret way for the passage of the Indians. Parlies of savages, or their recent traces are so frequently seen, that the county is kept in a state of con titrual alarm. No family can leel safe at night, unde.* a belief that there inay be a party of hostile and cruel savages lying hid within a few miles of them. Maiiy plantation-, have been plundered of ever* artilrie that could he carried aivay by lu- diaus. The people of Lowndes have acted with extraordinary alacrity and spirit.—On the dis covery of Indians or iheir fresh signs, parties of citizens immediately assemble and pursue them. Whenever they havo overtaken the Indians, they have attacked them successfully ; but most fre quently the savages elude their pursuers in the pnpulatiou of of whom one Peyton H White. George Doris, Roherf Greer, John A’. ?i< try, James H Stark, David F Hailey, A. L. Robinson, Ste hen Pa He y, Noah W. Taylor, San.uel Snoday, Pleasan M. Compton, Robert C. Mays. John R. Dicken, II illiam L. Wilson. James M Magbee. Jackson, Butts Co. August 12, 18*16. All the papers in tile United States that nre. favora ble to the Fine Aria and Sciences will give one or more insertions Sept I 62 It Bespn.'rh. Till. PUBLIC is notified tiixt the. Ocniuleee Stennibeqt Cn’« dearubont Com ft will contin ue to run to lLiWkinswJIe. or as high as she ron get, thereby givifig greater despatch than usual at this season of the year, to merchandize shipped by the Co’s boats. KF.A A COTTON, sept 1 62 4t Agents. '^~A\~iTfn7rreTv7oixTP.lT~inid~\~lji7bilffiC, —2r\y 150 bugs prime green Coffee, 40 hhds prime retailing Molasses. £0 bbls N. E. Rum. 40 ,, American Gin, 35 „ Whis 1 oy, 250 ps heavy Hemp Dundee Bagging. 50 coils Rope, 6000 I Its lincgi:ig Twine, SALT. IRON. NAILS, CASTINGS Sf A General stock of (Jioi i tii s, in store and for sale on arcommedating trims by EDMUND KUStiU.L, sept 1 62 Mulberry st. trijrdo.'r Glass. 8 By 10, 10 by 12. 12 by 18 Just recciv ed and for sole bv may 10 (.'HAS. CAMPBELL. For Sale, BRICK H<t!JSE and lot, en tire rerner of New and Poplar streets, within 70 van s of Comm Avenue. It is a two story house, new unit convenient. There is an abundant boiling spring uf good water on die lot. Its situation as to health, eon- venieuev to husinws- and the Female College! render.: it valuable. Apply to Messrs IlnmiUon A t ort or myself. Also its Fnmimre.' Private boarders will be accommodated until ihe prqrertv is sold. An.? 25 r.-l V B. COOK. third have been in constant service for a month past. These parties of Indians have killed uone <>f the whites, except in battle; hut squaws who have been takeu in one of the engagements say, that when the women and children shaft have been conveyed iO Florida, the warriors, aided by the Somii'oles. will return, and tarry on a dif ferent kind of war.— It is believed that they are now collecting provisions in a very deep swamp lying on tho border of Lowndes and Ware ; and that they intend to make a permanent lodgment in this tangled, boggy, and almost impenetrable wilderness. We donht not that the government wifi do all that is proper for the relief of this afflicted couii try ; aud that vigorous mca-ures will immediate ly ho adopted for the expulsion of the Indians, and the future security of our people.—Federal Union, August 30. DIED, At Windsor Hill, near Macon, on Saturday last, Mr- George Augustus Smith a native of England. Crawford Co. Avgust 25,18-16 Mr. Editor: ‘ ISA IR—Seeing a statement going the rounds in the l-S newspapers, purporting to give nn account ot an engagement that took place between Capt. Carr’s company, a part of Captains McCrary and Parham a companies, and the hostile Indians .it Boykin’s planta tion on the Chattahoochee, on the 3d of June, butcom- manded b Maj Brown, Ac. Sir, through tiie chan nel of your papor so far as regards my company being commanded by Maj. Brown I pronounce to be direct ly false, and that if I am superceded iu uiy command it must be by some one higher-iu command than Ser gennt Maj. Brown. There are other reports in circu lation injurious to my character as a citizen and officer, nnd having traced said reports back to Wni. M. Brown of this county, I pronounce them to be positively and directly false, and am ready to prove them so to the world/ WM- A. CARR. Valuable Uots for 8alc. rip HE subscriber will sell lots number 7 and 8 in JEL square 17—having their fronts, one on Waluut. and one on Bridge street, and the other on the Court House Square, Also the valuable wharflots and ware house at present occupied by Mr. Butts. Apply to Charles J. McDonald, or Sept I 62 2t PARISH CARTFIL Notice. T HE subscriber otters tor sale the House and Lot occupied bv him as a residence, also, one hun dred and fortv seven acres of Iru.d iu the t.tcnitilgee bottom, adjoining the town reserve, with a good sup ply of valuable timber, good soil, and a convenient place for brick niakin". Septl 622t CHARLES J. McDONALD^ Bibb Sheriff Sale. ILL be. sold on the first Tuesday in October next, at the court house in the city of Macon, be tween the usual hours of sale, The undivided half of fractions Nos. 117 and lift, lying on file east side of the Oc niilgec river, ns tho property of Drury Thompson, adjoining land of John Loving, to satisfy sundry fi fas. from Justices Courts, and from Bibb Superior Court, ill favor of Gei rgo Northern and others, levy made by a constable and re turned to me; the above property has fiqcu sold and file sale not complied with. The fourth part of Lot No. 1, and iraproveuionls thereon, it being at the tu rner of Bridge and Clivrry Streot. levied on ns theproperty of John I’liilpot. to sa tisfy one fi fa from Bihb Superior C’opit. in favor of Alien Dormon vs. Joel Kitshiu.’Vyilhaui Moor*and said Philpot Property pointed on* hv PinjptfRis's attorney. H. IT. HOWARD, sheriff. Also, trill be sold as above., at the same time an- ■ ‘ace. One negro man. Isaac, nbnnt 25 or 26 years oicl. le vied on as the property of William E. Boren; also, Charles Crawford’s interest in two. negroes, to wit. Polly annul 35years, and 8enlv about 15 years old. »U to be sold to satisfy one ti fa from Bibb Inferior court, in fivur of tiie Bank oftlie State of Georgia v« Charlet Crawford and Wi! ium 1 . Error; Laac pcipted 0111 by Ambrose Baber, and Felly and Scaly pointed out I y George p. Wagnop, nil sold as the property of the. said Crawford and Bureu. One Lot and improvements in East Macon, con;fill ing three fourths of an acre more or less, whereon David J. Davis, now resides, it being par: 0/ l ot No. eight, enntahiing ten acres, levied on as the property of Daniel B. Brooks to satisfy one fi fia f rom Bill) In ferior court, in favor cf Edmund Russell vs. Daniel B.i Brooks; property point<dout bv tohu Oliver. Sept I BENJL RpsjSEI.l,. dip, shff. O Houston Sheriff Sale. POSTPONED SAT E. \ thr.frst Tuesday in OCTOBER nrxt. i-illlr. sold before the court house door, in the toten of Perry, Houston county, between the lawful hours of sale. Lot of Land No 13. in the 15th district of Houston county, containing 202A acres (oak and hickory land) more or less, levied on by two I’i Fas issuing out of a justice's court of Jackson county, against James It Raney in favor of Jared W Motiigomerv—levy made mid returned to me by a constable., sept 1 <>2 GEORGE M. DUNCAN. Pep Sheriff perience, and allow yourselves to be lulled into fatal ; _ u t| )(; actual phenomena of rea|. life; still, my fceC security by tho few misguided ware house merchants,- at home, and he will tgii you that he is better satisfiad lit Jfiaccy. Steens licest Ctmpmnv ILL run two or three iigbiex.- during uie sutu- V v mer and fall, between Darien and Macon.— The lineris prepared to take all merchandize that may bo offered or shipped to their agents at Darien, and for ward them without detention. Their Lighters are made of light draft, andean run at the lowest stages of the river. J. GODDARD, Agent. May26 48 4m is FF HI rtibscribrrs wish to hire immediaiely nbont fc . ; (; gooci hand.- to work 01 Flint River, and will give iiherr.l vvigcs. It wm bv well for those disposed! to enti ge lor that purpose, 10 remember there are few marshes rear ihe river, end consequently less dan-) gei tri m sit knessthanonnlptostany river inthe State. T. HINES, Decatur. I A. SHOT WELL. Lee P URSUANT to tiie last will and testament of Nathan Williams, late of Euttfi county, deceased, will be sold before the C* urt House door in Jackson, on the first Tuesday in Novemlerue.vt: One negro woman, a negro man ai d five rle’drvn, all likely, ihe plantation on which the deceased resided at the time of I,is death. In hirbcullivatii.ii pirtfeweli mis. proved; a cotton gin. fan and tt;iesh< >'• Also will be sold on the tohr^ii g cry. at 'he Into residence of the deceased 1 rived wapen Mid C been of horses, a considerable stock ofcr.tlie, in ps, and rl eep. AI.-o a large quantity cf < pnf (odder.Mu oars, foim og utensils, household and kilrher ftunittoe rid various other articles of peril I aloe properly. Tf Has made- known on the day of sale. NATHAN H. WILLIAMS, ? , STEPHEN W. PRICE, sept 1 62 r x'i#.. L ■' L be sola rn tr.e first 'it i.-.*- y ft; fcl Yf M- BFR ncxt. lefarf thhtciiit havecetr iu Halitr- etiunty, within the I gal hears gf sale. Lot No. 16, in the 28th district 2d section, for the- benefit of the orphans o< William Jout-s. late of Camp bell county, deceased. An* 20 62 -JAMES- McCRACKIN, Adm’r.. F OUR momk»afterdate,scfikaucu will he rr;.dc' to the Inferior Court of Pik« county, when sit—■ ui.g loi ordinary puip.cse*. fer leave to tell ti e real and personae estate of Samuel Leak, late cf srid coun ty, deceaseds GAR l INGTON ’LEAK, ?>*•..,- TIIMGN I f AK. JAM I.hAR Exwncrrx. AnsnstSft' (■ Apply to sept I <52 3f GREEN TINSLEY, Baker 1 GEORGIA—Lamp:*u <i./.i,(p rSnOLl.LD before me (Ath nst JCtb, L'3f’,) hy.Tcktt_ JL GW Brown, o! said cenn.j tM?Utr> district G. >1. one Gaj bank Mare, black mane aYin tail. E.ai?" ded with C fcj on the nahi sbonifitr. sr.d aten 7 ero years old. Appraised to fortv ir.i pisly If'* Fh 1 ■ ip'f and Darnel M estel. EDWARD hLASif P- A tme extract from ihe-cMraj 69• E.-p. BOM'AR, c r. 9 ;