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Kail Kcal Mcetin? in day Cos.
Four Gaines, August 21, 1850.
At a meeting of the citizens of Fort
Gaiucs a id the surrounding country, on
Thursday 21. st of Aug, for the purpose
of considerit g the propriety of extending
the S. W. Rail Road to Fort Gaines,
nml also for the purpose of hearing the re
port of our delegates, to wit: Col. .1. F.
Ilrown, and Judge “itliuin Custlebciry,
sent by us to attend a meeting of the
Hoard of Directors of said Rood, at Sili
con, August 14th, tiie so lowing pream
ble nnd resolutions were unanimously
passed, to-wit :
Whcras, at a meeting of the South
Western Railroad Company, held it. M
acon, oa the 14 inst., it was resolved by the
Hoard of Directors, that estimates of cost
of Road he made by engineers, fir the
distance from Cuthbert to Fort Gaines,
and that so soon as estimates are report
ed said Company wiil lie prepare! 1i say
and will say upon what terms of subscrip
tion for Stock and labor for the Stock of j
1 he Company they will undertake to ear- j
ry the Road to Fort Gaines ; ant where- j
ns, such action, on the part of tht Bo nd, j
commends itself to the immediate notice i
of the citizens of this section of f*crgiu,
mid the adjacent sections of Alabama, in
view of the ultimate inti rests they must
feel and have in the extension of said Road
to Fort Gaines, and impressively calls for
corresponding action on our part
ite it resolved, That we, the citizens of
this place and the surrounding country,
lu re this day pledge ourselves to rentier,
to the utmost of our means, every aidanu
facility in our power for the speedy pros
ecution of the work.
Resolved, That a Committee ho ap
pointed hy the Chair to be styled the “Ex
ecutive Committee’’ whose duty it shall
be to confer forthwith with the citizens of
the several sections interested in the ex
tension of said Road to F rt Gaines, and
report as soon as possible what favorable
action the said citizens will take in the
enterprise ; whereupon the Chair appoint
ed the following named gent emeu such
Committee, to-wit.
For. tiib town or Four Gainks.—
James Mcßae, John II Join-*, .Ins E.
Brown, Win. Mount, Dr. Win. J. John
son, John West.
For the 7tu Disti.ict or Ci.ay Coi n
tv.- William Castleberry, Robt Ricks,
Thas. Tow son, R. Thorton, Dr. W. B.
Gilbert, II F. Rucker, John Thompson,
•I Grior, Jr., Thos. Greene, J. L Sweet,
AV . C Estes, Geo R Holloway, John.
M- Smith, John R Fitttuan.
Fait the McElvy Divr.—Win. E!vv,
W. Suiton, M\, Peter Lee, N. McLen
don, Henry Engrain.
Fun Caliioun Countv.—Sul G. Beck
nm, 15 R. Hodge, 0. M. Davis, B. Duke,
11. Hays and Dr. W T Mereliison.
Fon Early County.—Mj. J. Craw
lord, Col. M. W. Stamper. Joshua Har
ris, B. 11. Robinson, R B. Hid.
Fon Henry County, Ala. — Col 0. V.
C. Morris, Gen A. McAlister, Gen A. C
Gordon, II E Owens, Col .1 Bennett,
tCn I! W. Herd rson, A. McAlister, J.
L. Irwin, Howell E. Chatty, Esq
Resolved, That the Chairman of said
committee, ia connection with the mem
bers, be requested to call a Mass Meet
ing of the citizens from the surrounding
country, to be held at Foil Gaines, at
somo day convenient for the objects of
said cnteipri.se and that said committee
invite the President of the S. \V. Rail
Road, and such oilier persons as they
may seem proper, to lie present ut said
meeting, to lie held after the survey and
proposition of said company is nmilo.
Resolved, That the thank; of the
meeting be tendered to Judge Win. (as
tioberry and Col J. E. Brown, for their
able services rendered in attending the
meeting of the Board of Directors, at
Macon, aud their report made to this
uioetiug.
The meeting then adjourned.
JOHN If. JONES, Chrn’n.
Lewis Paulujs, Secy.
Overhauled.—The Montgomery A<!-
veitiserol Tuesday morning savs Marshal
Lukins in company with A. G. Hall,
of (he Police, yesterday afternoon aires
led a scoundrel, lately escaped from Cos
lumbusjail, calling himself Joseph Don*
bon. Tins fellow broke into Winter’s
Mill last night and abstracted from the
sale some filly dollars, which was found
secreted in his sock. He was also con
cerned in the robbery of John Campbell's
jewelry store, in this city, some time
since A negro fellow was found in
company with him, but in tie ir effort to
apprehend the while rascal, the Marshal
and his aids suffered the negro to esenpe,-
They were found in the ravine, nenr the
Railroad, lie stoutly resisted, and the
Marshal deserves great credit lor the lear
lessness and efficiency displayed by Inin
on the occasion.
A Washington letter says:—"The
dispatches (rum Mr. Dallas do not convey
the intelligence contained m tl.e London
papers, ol the settlements of all disputes
relative to Central America. The reason
i>- that lor the present the negotiations ate
only between the ft dish and Central A*
meiican G vermne t \\ lien they are
finished, a direct correspondence between
Lord Clarendon and Mr Dallas wilt cum*
tnence, which is expected to result in a
comprehensive adjustment about the end
c 4 October.”
A census of Nebraska Territory hajirs(
been taken by the !'"iled Slater Mur*
shals. The returns weie to be made by
the first of September, and would il was
thought, show a populitiou of between
fifteen and twenty th U:ai,d civilized
v. Lite inhabitant:.
THE REPORTER.
CtrTKBEHT, GA , SBPTEMBEI* 13.
JOHN WHIT i hs¥a ’ Eli r
The bitw of Newspapers.
1. Subtrriljsr* who do n>t sivo express notice
to tlia conlriiry. nr.- i ni, iiicicd us vi idling to
comiii'it- their .-•iitiscrip'ioii.
X. If mibicribers older the discontinuance of
llirir npivs|>ii|pri, llie publisher niiy e.uriiiuuc
to m mi llnon iiinil all irrcnragns arc paid,
ti 11 Mitm-iu ers nr gleet “r refuse lo tnkn
their iif-WMiapcrK from ih ofli. cs to which iln'y
ayn direr ted, they arc held responsible an i! ihry
Imvc settled lire bills and ordered theirs dicoii
ucil.
4. If subscribers remove to other places with
out inl'orming die publilu is, and the newsp ipers
are sent to Hie former direction, they are held
rospnn* ihle.
5, The (biurts h-vo decided that refusing to
(alio neivsp,ipers f.oin the office, nr removing
and In.ieing lliem unc'illed fur, is prima facia ev
id’ iiee of intentional fraud.
ti. T he United Slates (foilrt* have “Iso re
peatedly decided, that a Piistmaster vvlm tie
jrleeis In p.-rfnrm his duly of ijoi l1 tr reittinnnb.'o
not ice, ns. required by llief Post Office Depart
mnnt. of die neglect of a person to lake from
Ihe nfii'.Q new papers addre s-rl lo him, renders
die I’o lnunli r liable lo the publisher for d'C
mdiscriplio - price.
Niwislrati'.'s Imiiiimons,
We liave ju t printed a lot of Magis
trate’s Summons, which will be sold at
Columbus prim s,
(jrje Persons at a distance having busi
ness with the editor, will please address
“The Editor, Cuthbert Reporter.” Those
having business connected with the Of
fice, will address “ The Reporter Office,”
Cuthbert.
(£jf* In order to meet the mail arrange
ments, the “Reporter” will be issued
hereafter on Tuesday, instead of Saturday.
No paper will be issued until Tuesday
23d inst-
By request, we will republish the
two Platforms, for two or three weeks
longer.
T o Correspondents.
After cur outside was run off, several
advertisements were sent in, requiring
immediate insertion. This we were com
pelled to do at the expense of leaving out
articles which we intended should appear
this week. We apologize to “Rinaldo;”
his is quite a sensible article, and shall
appear next week. Our faithful “Del
lean” is on file. “ Eioisc,” we would be
glad to see yours regularly. Your first
will be issued next week.
$3“ The business season is beginning
to open ; the merchants are returning
fPfnn movhot, uml our Ibtouoo will eoon bo
tilled again with new goods. All those
who “ seVgroat store” on good clothes ,
will do well to read the advertisement of
our young and enterprising merchants,
Messrs. Jenkins & Atkins, which will be
found in another column,
Also, the advertisement of Messrs.
Harrison & Rioidan. They liave put
their Warehouse in thorough repair for
the reception of cotton. Give them a
call.
Read the advcrtis’ inent of S. Daniels
& Cos., of Americus, and if you want any
thing in their line, call on them.
Swan is still dispensing favors. Read
his advertisements iu another column.
The attention of executors, administra
tors and guardians, is directed to the ad
vertisement of J. 1) Lenuard
Notice P C Purkerson’s advertisement
lirown’s llotH.
There will be found in our advertising
columns, the card of E. E. Brown, Pro
prietor of Brown’s Hotel, which has late
ly been opened in Macon. In sending ns
his card, he tenders his thanks to the
traveling portion of this section, and of
this town particularly, for their past lib
eral patronage. To the present large and
commodious Hotel, he is putting an addi
tion of thirty more rooms. ‘Hie Hotel is
situated opposite the passenger depot. —
Persons visiting Macon will find it very
convenient, being near the business por
tion of the city. We see that some of
our citizens are circulating The arrivals
from Cuthhcrt the morning he wrote, were
Mrs. Henry Taylor and family, Col. I).
11. Janes, and Maj. 0. P. Beall.
Meeting In Clay.
The citizens of Clay held a Rail Road
meeting at Fort Gaines, on the 21st u!t ,
and appointed committees for the purpose
of procuring subscriptions sufficient to car
ry the contemplated extension of the S
W. Road to that place. They recom
mend a Mass meeting, to be held in the
county, for the advancement of this cause,
| after the survey and proposition of the
Company has been made.
—t
Land Warrants. —The Land Aar.
rant market, says the Washington Organ,
has undergone no change since our last
quotations. Dealers are buying cautious
ly to day, at the following rates :
For 100’s aud SO's ‘JI cents per acre
For 120’s ‘OO “
lurid's 108“
The lion. Ciias- J. Jeiildns
L out in a letter, defining his position
in the Presidential contest, in reply to
Dr. Willis Willingham, of Oglethorpe,
Ga, requesting Ids views on the subject
He sets out by saying “there is but a
’ ingle exciting question now before the
American people, viz: a proposition to
repeal that feature of the act organizing
the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska
which expressly abrogn cs the Missouri
restriction.” He then takes a survey of
the three parties, denouncing rightly', and
handling with the right kind of a spirit,
the*Biack Republicans. “It presents,”
he says, ‘ as its candidate, Mr. Fremont,
famous only for wild adventures in explo
rations of our Western wilds and snowy
mountains—-a fit instrument in the hands
of the desperate faction who have com
mitted their black banner to bis bands.”
He thinks the strength of the Republi
cans D far beyond tlm general estimate
given them by the South.
He next refers to the American party.
Ho confesses the principles of this party
are good. “The object is a good one,
and when pur ned by legitimate means,
without being made primary to others
mme exigent and more important, will, I
trust, claim the favorable consideration
of the whole ptibl c” Me objects to the
American party because, “although not
sectional, is of doubtful nationality.” lie
objects to Mr. Fillmore because he (Mr.
Fillmore) lias publicly denounced the re-
peal of the Missouri Compromise—that
ho failed to endorse tin Platform of the
American party of Georgia He sums
up ins objections to Mr. Fillmore by ask
ing three questions. “ First, does not the
emphatic condemnation of a legislative
act justify the expectation that lie who so
condemns, will concur in and approve its
repeal ? Secondly, lias or lias not Mr.
Fillmore publicly and emphatically con
demned the abrogation, by an act of Con
gress, ol the Missouri restriction ? Third-
he be content to stand there be
fore Southern votes, where ought he to
stand in the ides of November ?” With
all this, lie says “ Mr Fillmore is a most
worthy man—an able statesman, who, in
llio legislative and executive departments
has clone the country good service, and
made his name honorable.”
lie then turns to the Democratic par
ty, aud sets out by saying :
“But there is a third contestant in the
field, the ancient iron ribbed Democracy
Theie it stands, armed and equipped cap
n pie with imposing mien, but with un
numbered sins upon its hoary head l’ry
iniueut among these, in my humble opini
on, is that of having brought our present
troubles upon us, by inordinate indulgence
ot its 1 hso ft r teriitori.d acquisition, glaz
ed over by the fallacious pretension of
“extending the area of freedom”—-the
demagogue’s hobby aud the filibuster’s
apology. That will be a dark day for
the country, when conservative old line
Whigs identify themselves with this party.
In their palmiest clays they could only
partially check, not arrest the downward
tendency of its misrule. Their mission is
still and ever to combat ifs errors and
counteract its objectionable policy
But with all its faults, that party now
stands forth, alone in its reliable nation
ality—alone in its unqualified pledge to
maintain the present status of congression
al legisluliou on the slavery question.—
For the redemption of this pledge their
orators at the l.listings and their editors
through the press are now faithfully la
boring. Exceptions there may be, but
in general, even on freesoil, they come up
manfully to the work. The party is plan
ted on this policy, their committal is com
plete —with it they must sink or swim, —
Their candidate, as broadly pledged, as
deeply committed ns themselves, is Mr
Buchanan, the wisest, most conservative,
most reliable Democratic aspirant to the
Presidency. I hey call him an old fogy
I have an instinctive leaning to old fogy
ism, when put in competition with young
Americanism. I would take him in pre
ference to ilie most, promising sprig of
of young America that Democracy can
boast.”
Then follows an appeal to all conserva
tive men lo rally to the preservation of
the Union. Mr. Jenkins as yet, is not
deeply stuck with the Democratic party.
He makes more a convenience of it than
a permanent choice. “ Let us save the
Union now, through the instrumentality
of the Democracy, if may be, and oppose
than hereafter when occasion shall require
the same indomitable spirit they have en
countered in us heretofore.’' 1
Mr. Jenkins is a man who has more
warm admirers among the old line Whigs
thau any man in the State. He has
fought hard and long against the Democ
racy, and we do not think that it is a no
ble and generous spirit'now to o over to
their ranks, in the day when prosperity is
smiling upon thorn, and at the same time
say that so soon as the majority is wrest
ed from their hands, he will forsake them,
uud fight them again with the ‘ same ia
domitablo spirit.” We love to see men
open and consistent throughout in all
things. Our space forbids us publishing
Mr. Jenkins’ entire letter, it coming in
J after the gi eater portion of the matter
Wus in type.
Mass Meeting in Enfaula.
We gather the following from the Spi
rit of the South, of the 9th. The con
course of people was very large. “ Here
and there you could see a representative
of gallant I'ike. and ever faithful Dale,
unyielding Coffee, and indomitable Hen
ry.” A liberty pole, upwards of a hun
dred feet high, was erected, on which was
hoisted a flag, presented by the ladies of
Eufauln, 36 by 18 feet. T L Gucrny,
E-q., of Randolph, Ga., acted as one of
the Vice Presidents. Toe speakers pre
sent were lion. Eli S. Shorter, the im
mediate representative of that District in
the House of Congress. The next came
from our own State, the Hon. Martin J.
Crawford, the Representative of this Dis
trict in Congress, His effort was beauti
ful aud logical, nobly maintaining an J de
fending the position of his party and their
principles. There was also Hon. J.N
Ramsey, of Ilairis, Ga., whose speech
created more applause than any of the
orators of the day. The barbecue was
bountiful and excellent.
Our Acknowledgements
Are due to the Hon. gentleman from
the Sandwich Islands, for a copy of the
last Coast Survey of the Equator, accom
panied with Charcoal Sketches from the
Zodiac Also, a Daguerreotype of the
1 man in the moon,” taken from the orig
‘nal by Prof, llantzke, as represented to
him by Lord Ross, in his lute astronomi
cal observations, while on a bender at
Cape Horn.
Also, to lion. Charles Sumner, for a
small volume, bound nicely in black cali
co, called “ A Guide,” showing all ambi
tious and aspiring young men how to pro
perly apply and construe the Constitution
al provision, called “Freedom of Speech,”
aud thus to avoid coming in contact with
well directed gutta percha. In the pre
face, is a recommendation of Dr Barlow’s
Adhesive Plaster ; also, notes Lo the
above mentioned book set to common
metre.
Our thanks to the chairman of the
committe of the Whole, for a geographi
cal account of the Mosquito Government,
with a beautiful entomological specimen
of a large galianippcr.
Pea and Scissorings.
The Chinese tea crop will be a full ave
rage one.
A horrible murder was committed in
Preston, Webster county, hy a man bv
the name of Pynes,—upon his wife, —af-
ter killing her he threw her in a well.—
He has been arrested, and we understand
lias confessed tlio deed
Rev. L. Pearee, well known to the peo
ple of this section us a leading member of
the Methodist denomination, is now com
ing out in a series of articles in the Co
lumbus “Enquirer,” setting forth his rea
sons why he supports Mr. Fillmore.
Henry M. Law is now delivering thro’-
out the State, Lectures on Oratory.
The Camp-meetinsr near Hard Money
will commence on Friday before the 4th
Sabbatli in this month.
The Postmaster of Shennstone, Virgi
nia, had a true bill found against him by
the Grand Jury, for circulating the New
York Tribune, it being an abolition docu
ment.
The Editors of the New Orleans Cre
ole, propose to send their paper to all
Democrats for one year payable when
Fillmore is elected President of the Uni
ted States.
Artists are now busy at Niagara, pain”
ting new views of the falls and rapids to
be engraved in Germany, for a sumptuous
work on the “Scenery of America,” now
preparing for publication.
Ileadly's “Life of Washington,” whir h
has been for a long time coining out in
Graham’s Magazine, has been published
in book form by Charles Scribner of New
York.
Prof. Morse has been invited to the cor
onation of tho New Emperor of Russia,
and has contracted with the Government
to establish linos of telegraph throughout
the Empire.
Hon. George T. Hodges, of Rutland,
Yt., has been nominated for Congress to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Meaeham.
L. F. W. Andrews, Editor of the
Georgia Citizen, has had his dwelling aud
household furniture completely consumed
by fire.
Crisp has again opened the Theatre at
Savannah, with Miss Rosalie Durand
and Mr. Fredrick Lystre, ns Stars.
For the Reporter.
Mr. Editor: —ln an article upon “Our
Town,” in your issue of the 30th ult., you
indulge in remarks, which, we think, are
calculated to impress a very erroneous
opinion upon the public mind. As none
of u3 can be injured by it, let ns have the
truth, and the whole truth, of the matter.
I ask, therefore, the privilege of replying
to so much of your article as refers to the
Town Council.
You ask, “Where are our Town autho
rities ? What has become of our Council ?
Men, leading men, of our community have
time and again been selected, and elected
to fill the position of Couucilmen Leg
islators liave gone to the trouble and ex
pease of passing incorporate laws, and of
again extending them at our solicitation,
and to-day what benefit is arising from
them ? No) one. There can’t lie found
even the Ghost of a Councilman who will
publicly advocate the enforcement of
Town Laws, or raise his voice rightly to
wards putting down the disgusting exhi
bitions of street affrays, dog-room de
bauchery, or night-annoyances, See., &c.”
Now, the evident intention of this, is to
attribute the present deplorable condition
of our town to the Council, when it can 1
be proven that there never lias been a:
council ttiat did not suffer, and finally die |
out from the want of sympathy and co !
operation on the part of the community. |
The last Council, particularly, went into
office, knowing the failure of the preced
ing ones, aud the causes of the failure, and
were the more determined to sustain aud
enforce the Town O.dinauces became of
the predicted failure of it, also, ‘l’ney
commenced their duties with vigor, amen
tied and adopted the old Ordinances, e
lected an able Marshal, and declared to
all offenders that they would punish accor
ding to the letter of the Law. It was not
long before this was put to the test. The
Marshal, in the discharge of his duties,
called upon the citizens lo aid him. They
refused —aud not only refused—bat deri
ded him, and openly declared themselv es
opposed to his authority. Men, thus en
couraged, were open and defiant in their
misdemeanors, knowing they could not be ,
brought to justice when the popular feel- j
ing w „s with them in their opposition to,
the Council. The Marshal resigned, and I
the council, after trying for some time to j
procure the services of another competent j
officer, satisfied that they could aecom- I
plish nottiiug with the existing state oi \
feeling towards them, finally disbanded, j
ordering their clerks to publish the fol
lowing notice :
“Whereas, there appears to be a mani
fest indisposition ou the part of the re |
spectnble portion oi the community to !
maintain Law aud order, not only by a !
total neglect to aid the Council and Mar
shal in enforcing order, but an evident in- \
clination to wink at and encourage Row- I
uyism by sneering at, and deriding the )
officers for attempting to enforce Law.
And whereas, we are tired a running
against tne popular cunrrnt, and attempt
ing to promote the wellbeing of society ;
contrary to its own inclination, aud at our |
own expense.
And whereas, we believe that a longer
continuance in office under present cir
cumstances but engenders riot, Rowdyism
and a mockery of Law. Therefore
Resolved, By the lutendant and Coun
cil, that we hold the- citizens no longer
subject t - the by laws of this corporation.
Aud further
Resolved, That we recommend their
Honors, the Judges of the Inferior Court,
the Justices of the Peace, the Road and
Patrol commissioners, to put iu immedi
ate force, the Statute Laws, and especi
ally those in reference to Roads aud Pa
trols. And furttser
Resolved, That we resign our present
position, recommending this place lo the
special notice of Missionaries.’ 7
And men presume to throw the blame
of this failure upon the Council ! When
■ they have been actually driven out of office
by the contempt and derision of the eom
j munity—aud that, too, by “ the respecta
; ble portion of the community’’—the very
j men, who now bewail in loudest tones the
defalcation of the council, and hold up
their hands in holy horror at the scenes
they are compelled to witness in our
streets.
So much for the Council. VTe heartily
join you in your appeal to the business
’ men—the respectable portion of the com
! munity—with them rests the respocsibili
ty of all the failures to have our Town
| Laws properly enforced. These are the
men who must begin and carry on the re
formation. No Council can do it without
their sympathy aud co-operation. Let
them elect a of competent men
and aid Let them submit to a tax
1 (“ay ! there’s the rub”) necessary to sup
port a good Marshal, to build a guard
house, and horse-racks, &c., &c., and the
thing is done. ’Till they are willing to
do this, in the name of Justice, let them
hush their reproaches and not seek to re
commend themselves to Mercy by visiting
their sins upon an unoffending party. *
ONE OF THE COUNCIL.
Letter from fapt. 11. D. Clayton,
Kansas Emigrants.
The editors of the Times, of this
are in receipt of a letter from Captain
Henry D. Claton, date 1 August 27, in
which he gives the most flattering account
of the progress of his Company of Kansas
Emigrants. We extract such portions as
will interest the public “This 1 ” says
Capt. C , “is written from Paducah, Ken
tucky on board the small steamer Com
merce, moving slowly down Cumberland.
The boat is very light, and draws about
eleven inches water, but it strikes ocon*
sionally on the flat rocks and gravelly
bottom. There is, however, no danger
from this source. It only occasions de
lay. The crew jump into the water, and,
by pushing and prizing with their hands*
or else, by the nse of the windlass and
rope, we are soon on our way again.
‘ My company consists of 94 white per
sons, and one of the darkest specimens of
our pecular institutions; and, believe me
when I say, a more orderly set of men nev
er traveled on any boat. The small size
of the boat made it necessary for us to
take deck passage, and that too, very
rough, yet I have heard no murmur of
complaint from any one. * * All
are well and doing well. * * *
“Our expeuses have bceij very ligb**
thus far To the Mobile and Girard, Co
lumbus and Opelika, Montgomery and
West Point, and Western and Atlantic
Companies, we are iudedted for a free
passage. From Chattanooga to Nash*
ville, we were charged only half price.— 1
But on the Railroad from West Point to
Atlanta, we were forced to pay full price,
and what was absolutely mean, to use no
stronger word, we had to pay .three dollais
cx<ra, upon baggage, when 1 know we
did not have as much baggage as we were
entitled to carry. * * * *
“Excuse me for repeating—the good
conduct of the men, and the harmony
with which we have proceeded thus fur, is
without a parallel in Kansas Emigratrou.’
Kansu s.
The news from tnis Ter itorv continues
to be ot the must exciting character.—
Civil war still rages (here. The Kansas
Herald published at Leavenworth city
came lo hand a few days since piloted
only on one side, as U e editors, printers,
‘‘devil” and all ha l left lor the seat of
war Tlie Herald calls upon all the pro
slavery men lo collect dioir Luces at
on e to meet the aggressors, as the Uni
ted States troops have proved themselves
traitors and cowards, and the Abo!itionisi3
are invading the Territory in large num
bers, murdering the inhabitants, burning
houses, driving off women and children,
aid co.nmitiing all manner of depreda
ti n- - . Such is the slate ol afl.iiis there,
and yet the South is unmoved when
wi 1 she ever arouse lo toe necessity for
action ? The latest intelligence is con
tained in the following teiegiaphie dis .
patches :
New York Sept. 4. Gen Atchison
has a force ot fifieen hundred men under
his command, and is prepared to attack
Lawrence first.
Sept. s—lt is rumored that a battle
lias been fought on the Ossawatiomie, in
which the Abolitionists have been routed
with a loss ol 25 killed, Five pro-slave
ry men were wounded. Ossawatiomie
was then burned.
The Chattahoochee Murder.— We
learned yesterday from Mr. Sharpe, one
of the guard who accompanied John Cole
man, the apprehended murderer, to the
Jail of Chattahoochee county, that the
name of the murdered man was Elbert
Thotnass. m, and was from Marion coun
ty, Ga. He says that Amos and Benj.
Bently, said to have been prescut at the
killing, had been released from prison on
habeas corpus, and had turned States ev
idence against Coleman. They say Colo
man knocked Thomasson in the heat'.
Thomasson it appears, was on his way
from Marion county to this city or vicinity
in search of an overseer’s berth. He is
said to have left home with about slls
iu money, and had had paid to him in
Chattahoochee county, SSB 10, making
$233 10 cents he was known to have a
bout his person, lie stayed the night
previous to his death, at or near a place
called Pine Knot, and was killed a short
distance from that place while proceeding
on his journey When found, he had on
his person only $1 85 in money.
One of the Bentley’s is said to have al
ready served a term of six years in the
Penitentiary for murder.— Col Sun.
y t
The Habersham Rice Mills iu Savan
nah, were burned on the Gth inst., and
20,000 bushels of rice consumed.
The effect of the storm at Apalachicola
was terrific ; the water was driven back
into the city nearly to the Mansion House
sidewalk.
Elections which are yet to come off be
fore the Presidential contest, are Califow
nia, Sept. 3 ; Maine, Sept. 8 ; Florida,
Oct. 9th ; Pt nusylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and South Carolina, Oct 14th.
The sum of $1,114 has been raised is
Savaunah.to aid the suffering Georgians
iin Kansas.
