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Foreign.
Nkw*Y *rk November 17
Still Later From England.
The packet whip New York, arrived on
Monday mght b: inging advices from Liv
erpool to the I7tu October, inclusive.
They the ulficial copy of the Trea
t\ of Peace between Turkey and llu-sia.
Toe length of this document prevents u
from publishing it entire this morning, and
in t*ie meantime we present our readers
with the following summary of its provis
ions, copied from tin* Liverpool Citron i
ci^ #
TULA FY OK PEACE.
Since ou: last publication the Treaty of
Peace between 44 i->aa and I'u; key, has
been published. It contains sixteen arti
cle-. by the las’ of which the treaty is to
la* ratified within six week 4 ami is signed
by Count Diebitseh, Count () loss& Count
Pahlcn. Moldavia and Wallachia, Adri
anople. Sdistm, the who! * xtent of th>
15 dlt m f utn Etnine. a- fin as K ‘/.an. IJoui -
gt-, Sizopolis, and all the pi ic s which the
Kussian troops hai e occupied m Routneha,
are ’o be r< stored t' the Pot te. The
Prutlt. from Moldavia to the Danube, and
t!* Danube to the mouth of St. George's
w I continue to form th n frontier line be
ttveen th-: two empires.
The Danube is to be navigable to the
merchant ves-els of th PoAera, but the
Russian ships of wa< are not to go beyond
the junction oftheDanub with the Prulh.
The lin- following the limit of the Gunnel,
from lie Black Sea as fir as Imentia and
from thence, to tie- junction of the Akhalt
zik, iCa’ sand Georgia. including the. town
of \f. ia; /.ik, is to be the frontier of Geor
gm, bmgreliu, and otlu 1 provinces of the
Caucasus united to Ru-sua. All thecoun
tries to the south and west of this line, to
g h r with Kars, Erzeroum, and other
towns and pachalicka which have been oc
cupied by tlie Russian trOops. ate to be un
and•! the dominion of the. Porte The prfvi
le:;“a f the principalities of Moiduvn and
Wo'iachia are secured- to them The six
<1 s 1 ts detached from are to b
rehiored; and she clauses of the treaty of
Ake manri, refer! ing to Scivia, are to be
iinm distely obscrv dby the Po te. 1 lie
flit article claims great privilege and im
mn ‘Hit's fo*- Russian v.\->el- trading to Tur
key and bn Russian sir .jo ts residing in
thf h 01111003 of the Pmti*. T'ii• > lutt.-r
aif to be under the exclusive j 1 isdiction
and police .<f the Ministers, and Consul
of Russia; and the Black Sea tin* Da<da*
miles, and the Canal of Constantinople,
are 10 b open to all merchant vessels of
Powers at peace with the Sublime Porte.
An infraction ut any ot the stipulations in
tins article, without prompt redress, is to
be t tken as a det l nation of hostility. By
th* Bth trticle the P rtf is to pay, m the
couis ol IB months, 1.500,GU0 ducats of
110 mil. (about 760.000) as an indemnity
to Hu can mere hauls fur losses m conse
quence ol th ■ measuies relating to the
navigation of the Bosphorus, at and lie rent
jo'iimls, since 1809. the next article
refers to the in lemmty for the expenses
of war the amount of wlnrh is fixed in a ;
separate treaty. The Porte is to ueclare
its entire adhesion to the treaty of July
Oth, 1827. concluded at London. Until,
the complete era. 11 atton of {lie territories
occupied by the. Russian troops, the tune
for which h fixed bv a separate treaty, the
administration of affairs ttiere is to be
unde r the influence of Russia. The thir
teenth article provides, that there hall be
an entire amnesty for the subjects of both
powers lor every thing they may have
done or said, during the war.
All prisoners of war, on both sides, are
to l*e sei free, without ransom or condition,
and furnished with means to reach tbe
trot.tiers All previous treaties and con
ventions, wdh the exceptions of those an
nulled by the piesriit treaties, aie lo be
earri and into effect. Ry a separate treaty
the inder *ty for the * xpensi sot the war
to In* paid u. the Porte 1- fixed at ten mil
lions of'ducats (atou; fivt millions sterl
ing) to be pa and m ten qua! annual instul
inents. I'he indemnity to the merchants
is to he paid in f, ur 11 stalme ts, on the
111 si ol which Adiiatmple j- to be evacuut
ed; on the second the Russians reheat be
yo; <1 ti e Balkan; on the thud b yond the
D nub ; and on the payment of tiie whole
sum 1. 1 11 500 000 dui ats, they leave the
luikish lerrito’ les Altogether
* rtaiidy, lemarks the New YorkAme
ri< 10, upon the first glance at tins tieaiy,
on i- disposed 10 pronounce the terms 1111-
1* ■ •’moil ate; more especially as no
tv'rt’nnai aggi'Hiid-z inert in Lur. pe is
asked by Russia. Jsut when the extraor**
dinary provisions are considered which
secure to Russian resid p nts wi<hin the
Turkish dominions, exemption from Tur
kish law and usige. and render them a
menable.only to their own Consuls and
Ministers; which give to the Russian flag
in the port of Constantinople, immunities
allowed by no other nation even to its
own posts —which stipulate the payment
co Russia of a sum, including the indem
nity to the merchants of about twenty Jive
and a half millions of dollars —a sum a?
much exceeding the resources or means,
ot Turkey to pay-as though it were ten
1 ones greater—and when, in addition Lo
all this, Russian troops are to occupy
Turkey till the terms of the treaty are
complied with, and any infringement of
any one of tne provisions, unless followed
by immediate redress, is to be taken a$ a
declaration of renewed hostilities—when
we say, all these ciri umstances are consi
dered, we shall b** tempt and to doubt the
reality of the moderation which yet his
so fair an outside. To us, we confess, it
seems, that Tuikey in Europe ha* ceased
to exist—and that the treaty of peace will
prove robe a mere hollow truce.
CJAJiiAiSi’.”
li.lltfl F..\ T().\ DIC 5 1899,
iian a< p <Bst*s3 (J the spirit ol pro
pin sy, our predictions could not have
been more amply verified than they
have been. We have said, the Clark
p irry would be disappointed in all
ueir anticipations of golden harvests
under the administration of Governor
Gilmer; and we said so under a settled
conviction that the Troup men who
supported bun, would turn their backs
upon them, so snort as they had used
them fr their own purposes. How
stands the case? Mr. Gilmer is elect
ed by an immense majority—the
Clark papers pulf him to the skief—
boast of hm talents, liberality and ail
that sort of thing—predict tnat he will
divide the patronage of the govern
ment with them—extinguish patty
ft cling and bring about a political mil
leiiniirm. The Legislature meets. Tie
Gilmer men are to carry every thing.
Make me this, and make ms that, and
you shah divide the Suae House olli
c*rs. Rut now cornea the sequel
Those elections are all over—the
Clark men are defeated horse, foot
and dragoons—the Executive appoint
ments, so far, look rather Troupish,
and tue CUrk men are becoming weli
satisfied that they have labored hi
v kin.
Some of the presses which so lately
lavished their cm oiuitmrs upon tne
Governor, are standing mute, whilst
others are preparing for a retrograde
movement. The biaiestuun 6c Taiiiot
has broke ground, in a spirited ** Ap
peal 10 the Clark Party*** in which
their lamentations are poured out in
no measured strains. i hey say there
.ere eight offices of huuor and emolu
ment within the gift of the Legisla
ture, • you [the Clark parly] urged
your just cl uns lor Uui three ui im m
—a Secretary of the Semite ana iwo
Slate House appointments. The two
last, it was understood, you should
have received. That no charge of had
1- - till on your purl might be made, you
preserved inviolably what you con
ccivid to be a s u red and mutual obh
gation. '* Now what was this mutual
obligation and who were the hign con
tracting parlies, we are in some mea
sure left to conjecture, although puu
iic opinion seems to puint to certain
individuals who made themselves, tor
a while, conspicuous for the part they
acted 111 bringing Mr Gilmer into the
field. Rut teat nothing shall remain
in douot—that tbe people may know
who have been faithless to their en
gagements, we trust the Statesman 6c
Patriot will lilt the curtain, utid lead
then, into open day, that they might
be held up u the Sioru and contempt
of ail In nest men. it is due to lim
Clark Party to expose those who have
deceived them, end it is inure espe
cialiy due to the friends of Maj. Craw
ford, it they are innocent ol the acts
ol bad faith alluded lo in tile ** Ap
peat to the Claik Patty,” that the
guilty sbuuld be mat 110
unjust imputation may rest upon them 1
who, we are v**ry sure, ti ve made no
political combinations, or given any
ph dges.
When Mr Gilmer was induced to
take the field, we put our veto upon
the proceeding, not because we had no
confident* in Mr. Gilmer, but because
we had very little in those most active
in bringing him out; and we hazzard
nothing when we assert that, at this
day, the friends of M ij. Crawford
have a higher confidence in G ‘vernor
Gilmer and his administration, than he
himself entertains for most of the
Athens Junta, who brought him in
competition with Maj Crawford.
But what matters it with us—we
are mere lookers on in Venice—vve
belong to a little minority which has
been swept down by the great confede
racy , and their quarrels are nothing
to us. We must stand or fall upon
our own principles, and the integrity
with which we support them; and be
lieving, as wc and >, that truth is mighty
and it will prevail . and iliaf wean
based upon a permanent foundation,
vvith a charity ihat hopeth all things
and believeth all things we 1 .ok for
ward to no distant day When the T*Bt
sheep of the llous-* of Israel will re
turn to the fld. We earnestly desire
all who have gone astray will come
back to the great political sanctuary
where there is room enough and to
spare.
Before we dismiss the subject, a
p -ssiiig remark to that pink of perfec
tion the Augusta Chronicle. Have
you seen, Mr* Chronicle, the first
chapter of lamentations, alias “ An
Appeal to the Clark Party,” from the
Statesman 6c Patriot ? Have you sren
that * Parker has been fooled with
Corn Cakes,’*eh! DmJ you know that
yur folks had bargained for three
offices, paid down the considv ration in
advance, and when the quid pro quo
was called for, the other party was
out ot funds ? Did yon know that no
Gilmer man, who is a Clark man, has
received any appointment during this
session of the legislature ?
From our Correspondent.
“Millkdgkville. Dee. 4. 1129.
The Bill authorising a survey of
the Territory obtained by treaty from
th * Creeks and ■ 1 timed by the CJhero
keee, being the special order for tliis
day, the House of fl* prosentat!vt*s
went into committo of the whole, Mr.
Rea in the chair. Mr. Dougherty, of
Clark, moved a substitute fi r the Bill
m the shap'* *f Report, concluding
with the following resolution—-
Resolved, 1 ha* Georgia p >ssessing
a high rcefpe* t fi.r the Chief Magis
trate of tic Union, and actuated by a
desire to comply with his wishes on
this occasion, will, for the present,
forbear to cause to be surveyed, and
possession taken, of that portion, of
Territory red- and to the U. Stat-s for
the use of Georgia, by the Creeks aud
now claimed by the Cherokees— R.*-
serving to herself the right of taking
possession hereafter when her inter
est require it.
Mr. Haynes, of Hancock, moved as
a substitute a Bill having for its fib
jet tto survey tbe Territory in dispute
and the whole of the Territory in
Die occupam yof the Cherokees. Be
fore any question was taken on either
ol the substitutes, a motion was made
and prevailed that the committee
3hould rise & report progress and have !
leave to sit again—The Bill was made
tiie order ot the day for Tuesday next.
brom the Georgia Journal.
* legislative heprese\tation.
rhf bill to call a convention for the pur
pose of altering the constitution in the
provision which relates to the r> presenta
tion of the counties in the legislature, was,
on Y\ ednesday last, rejected by 48 votes
against 20. The friends of the measure
deser.e praise for their exertions, pa, tic
ulaHj Dr. Branham who introduced the
ii. publish in our next the
debate, ihe senator from Baldwin de
serves commendation for the independ
ence of his vote on this occasion
All the talents and eloquence wnagma-
Wp and all the best arguments th and could
nave been advanced im—u u.ort ol
proposed amendment,-Sc many unanswer
able ones were employed by Dr. Hr wi
hmi and other cjentleoien,—could not
have had any influence with mr, v.
aware that should the majority of the
people succeed in obtaining a majority in
botn branches of the General Assembly,
the minority, to which they belong, will
cease to exercise in tin legisda'ure that
influence to which they know are
not entitled They arc aware that,
soon as the people are equally represent,
ed, a majority of that people will always
make the laws, in spite of the minority,
which is not the ea*e at present, owing t.*
the unjust and unfair manner the count es
are represented.
It was surprising to hear senators from
the small counties, speak of the righ's,
privileges, and interest of their const! u
ents. They insinuated, that c mokes
which can hardly poll from one to two,
three, or four hundred votes, are equal
to, aud entitled to the same power with*
counties which can poll from twelve to
two thousand votes; a .cl that those one,
two, th> ee, or four hundred v. ders, arc.
better men and worth more, than the
1500 voters of either Jon s, Pinnae ,
Vlotiroe, or Gwinett If ■;* n ndr.d n
of lone of the small coundes a-e equal ia
pj>int of in us ul ar strength, inu-liig uts
pa riotism and devotion to tlie b *s. r
est of Georgia, as it was insinuated, wa
vviP grant, that they should be repse and
in the legislature in Jh** manner pi ovoj and
f.*r in the constitution. Du> until we
have occular demonstration of the fa t, vve
shall certainly continue to believe, and to
u ge the subject on the consideration off
the people, that, according to republican
principles, the 1500 voters of Jones ;re
entitled to that increased ratio of p< iv. r
in the legislature, which the 100 of a
small county pug-ess, or, that the jod
shall nos possess more power than itX)
voters of Jones. AH we contend for is art
equal representation m both biunchis of
the legislature. Eve y citizen cannot ask
ore; he cannot be satisfied with I -s.
And we col aider that man selfish,
aristocrat in prin iples, and 11 enemy to
free aud representative gov rnmciit, who
maintains that territory should be repre
sented as w.ml a? population and who
aims at power and dictation, against the
maj • ity. No man can be a republican,
who claims for Himself the political power
of fifteen of his fellow citizens.
It appears that no alteration will be
made to the constitution, a* long as a mi
nority of the people has the ascendency u
th** legislature. The people themselves,
without the intervention of the
will have to bring about the change
much desired,—Some plan should be ad
opted, by which the voice of the majority
can be heard and obeyed. Until thvn;
a majority of the people will always be
enabled to thwart the views of the ma
jority, aud the measures they mav pro
pose to promote the best intere t of Geor
gia.
In the Virginia Convention, no# m
session, the delegates of one section of the
state contended for white population
alone as the basis of representation in the
house of representatives, while tiie other
section contended for white population
aud taxation combined. The latter basis
has been rejected by the convention, to
Georgia, the representation is neither ho
sed on population atone, nor on p pulatioa
and axo ion combined; tor many of ffrg
counties, which contain a large m;;j<rnfy
of the people, are not only un quailv
represented in the legislature, hut they
alone have to upport the government by
the taxes tney pay, and to contribute m
paving the representative of the other
counties, the annual taxes of which do not
amount to the annual pay of their mem/
b f rs. Is this fai .just, and democratic.
> If reason, justice and argument, cannot
prevail in the legislature, the followm**
statement, made out from the census T
, 1824, and from the report of the Comp
troller General presented to the legisl; -
ture on the 12 h instant, may open’ tbe
eyes of th* people.
People of Georgia! Sixty*eight senators
voted on this question. Forty eight were
against the ca I of a convention, and twen
ty for it. Do you belive. that the 48
senators represent more than double
the population, or representative par na
tion, which the 20 repr sent? It should he
more than double, becau e the measure
was rejected by a majority of 23, which is
more than the number of senators who
voted lor the call of a convention, -y ‘l'l
do you believ . hut those 48 count ie*
have paid in the treasury more than do*t-