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WP"P?fr'-'gl "JI-L wn?*HWIC?? From th? ClnrloMon Courier. Below we give a part of the procceedLn^sof .1 Raihoml meeting at the town of HeiWcmon, in Kentucky. Tho citizens of that State, it appears, }\ave been awakened by the Nashville enterprise to the importance of a Railroad connection with the Atlantic. The Resolution p issed expressed fully the views of the meeting nnd the advantage* of the route recommended. It in truly gratifying to witness such demonstrations from that quarter. The en? tcrprise will realize nil the enlarged objects contemplated from our Louisville, Charleston and G'incinntti Railroad. It brings Tennessee and Kentucky in intimate communion with Georgia and Carolina, mid opens by the Illinois Railroads, a highway to the Northern Lakes. [From (lie S> uth K'entuckian.'] RAIL ROAD MEETING. At n meeting in the town of ilundcr_ \ t . ._ J * ?!._ o i it. .1 . ? . r ..... sou, uii .uuuuay me uay 01 oepieinber, 184'.), composed of the people of Henderson county. Kentucky, nnd of citizens of the city of Kvansville ?nd Vandorburg county, Indiann. H.J. Eastin was appointed Chairman, and 1). Banks, ?Scci>stury. The chairman having stated the object of the meeting, introduced the Hon. Samuel Hall, President <>f the Kvansville and Mount Canned Railroad, who addressed the meeting. Judge Lockhart ami Messrs. Jones, Carpenter anil Ingle, of Kvansvillc, and Col. K. II. Hopkins, of Henderson, havlug been called upon, also addressed the meeting. Whereupon, Hon. A. Dixon moved ; the following resolutions, which were se- j couded and sustained in a b| eeeh by L. W. Powell, Ksq., and iinanimou-ly adopted. Rinolvdi, That in the opinion of this meeting, it is all important to the com- i mercial, manufacturing and agricultural interests of the people of the Western Utate.i, that the Railroad now bring constructed from the cities of Charleston and Savannah to the city of Nashville, should be extended to some point on (ho Ohio river. Resoloedjurthcr, That in the opinion of thin meeting, the town of Henderson is the most eligible point on the Ohio river for the terminus of said road. Firs!, because the country over which the road would pass from Nashville to Henderson is almost a continued level, and the co.it of construction wc uld be less per mile than to any other nou; on (he river: and wcondly, because it would bring the terminus of the snid road within twelve miles of the city of Evansville, Indiana; at which point the groat central canal, from the Lakes through the (State of Indiana, terminates, and which is also the terminus of the contemplated llailroad from Evansville to Mount Carmel, branching and terminating at different points on tin: Lakes, and thus with the aid of the Ohio river from Henderson to hvansvule, a distance of only twelve miles, and navigable at all stages of the water by the largest clans of steamboats scorning a continued chain of Railroad and canal communication from the great I.akes in the North to the cities of Charleston and Savannah or. the shores of the Atlantic in the South. Resolved farther, That the citizens of <South-Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Ken tucky and Indiana have a common inter e?t in the construction of the proposed road, and that they be respectfully invi t'dto co-operate niih us in piocunng from the Legislatures of Kentucky and Tennestee a suitable charier, and of pro euring subscriptions for the amount ol stock necessary to its completion. MISSISSIPPI CON VENT J0N. I hasten to forward you the J/i>sissippian of this date, on whose second page you will find the declarations and resolu tions of Mississippi in convention, irrc ppcctivc of nny parly, concerning' the Sast and impending aggressions of the forth. The address nnd resolutions of the central meeting in this city, on the 7th ol May, were published in the Washington Union, to which 1 refer. In pursuance thereof, between that date and first inhtant, all of the 00 counties of this State, (unless some four or five not heard from did not act) in joint primary meetings, ratifiod the action of the central meeting appointed delegates r..s proposed to t lie October Convention, and a majority ol them gave vivid expressions of the South ern sentiment, that imn.ediite, concentrated, and undiv ided action to arrest the Northern coalition, and rescue the Constitution, the Union, and the >S'outh, wa> demanded by the crisis. In our ,State Convention both partio vero equally, and, it may bo snid, ably represented. Courteous and profound haimony prevailed. It sat three days, .Aclion was inc onjcci. j ne admission 01 California as a 8t<itc, under Northern auspice#, and in refcrencc lo the coursc of the Norlh in the last Congress, and tho pubscqu?MU coninucd and existing agitations in the North to deter Southern emigration, and in \icw of the population and pirvccss out of which a Constitution for Cnlifor^i" Kfffi originated, and the tirca proposed to he rnibrnccd, fiom which H^r iVou'h Jol?e rxch d< d, I ecnme r.oj iii principle, but in mere detail, a subject ' of prolonged discuss'on, nnd, the Convenj (ion becoming inipatient, laid all the pro1 jeets hs to that matter on the table, but appointed a committee to prepare an Ad ( dross t<> the Southern people, 111 winch, | 1 as I hope, that subject will be commend- ; : cd to the consideration of our Southern j ! sisters. It will, doubtless, soon appear. ; i It will be gratifying to the patriots of! ' the maternal Suite, both Whigs and Dem- j ! oc;a!s, that, oil this momentious question in Mississippi, all partisan controversy j and fuelling have been brought as a sac! rifiee to the altar of the Constitution and ' i the Union, and that, instead ofremonstra- ! ! ting further, or dcclaiing resistance upon | contingencies, we have appreciated the ! ciis.is, and ventured to call the South into ! oonradtation. We have named Naslnilieas the place nT (K A r* ! ? ? *!* < 1\a Q<\utl\Ahn ^ */tiua/>n ; tion, instead of the city of Richmond, to i avoid the imputation of wishing to inter- ' I fere with the next Congress, nml in pre- , fercnce to other points in the South on ' account of greater centralitv. All desir! ed it at an earlier day; hut it was the prei vailing opinion that the other Southern Stall's that might choose to concur might I not have tune to go into Convention, or I constitute delegates at an earlier day. The greatest anxiety 1 now feel is, that | i Virginia will he the lirst to support us i : and co-operate with us.? Cor. Richmond i Jin<juircr. K10 O W E15 COURIER, sateirday, Oct. ?7, i 849." With n view of accommodating our Sub. scribors who live at a distance, the following gentlemen are authorized and requested to act as agent* in receiving and forwarding SuV script ions to the Kkowki; Coriuirn, viz: Maj. \\ . N. (.1 itisiiam, at \\ est L moil. ; Edv. av.u IIloiils, Esq., " Horse Shoo. E. 1*. Vi:!ixi:n, E sq., " Pnchelor'fs Hot rent M. V. MiniiKi.t., E q.. " 1'ick'citsviUc. J. E. Hauooi>, " Twelve Mile. T. J. Wi:nn, for Ander.-< n District. j AND STILL ANOTHER. When it was urged in oppositiou to tlrjolccj lion of ( oi>- Tavlor, tliatliis feelings and priiii oii>! os were in favor of (he restriction of slavery froiii iho Tenitorirc, ami that he was opposed j to the incroaao of the kIuvc power in the govI eminent, the idea wits Bcoutcd by the fricmU of "old It nigh an 1 Ready." But since the dec* i >:\ little if:.;r little ha* bnen developed until the fact fctarOH ub in the face that in n Southern President wo have a decided opporentof the extension ofalavory. Our readers will recollect that not longHince the people were star, i t'.ed by a proclamation of Gen. Taylor for the repression of a (.apposed invasion of Cuba. Without the fact of such invasion being generally known-?so far as we are informed without legal accusation of any kind? and ccrtainl ly with t ut any regard for the person andprop, erty of the citizen-", the military and naval forI Ces at the single an I sole becx and nod of the ) {'resident lt:ivc dealt with freemen a-if the v Coil-tituted the entire powers and functions of the government, aiul represented an Autocrat whose will wiw hi t law. No one seemed to understand it. It came upon us like a clap of thunder in a clear sua, without a cloud so largo a-i a mania hand appearing upon the horizon But governments do not always reveal the mo tiven which prompt them to action, and a high I regard for our honor in preserving Treaty stipulations was the avowed cause of the proclamation, when in truth and in fact the real spring of action is to he found in a desire to prevent , Ot'.bu from becoming an independent republic, ! and then a member of our confederacy, as she would add to the slave power in the govern? t * fin - \* i - " ? < ?- " ; men-, i lie .uassacnuseus ? nig Dime Oon| volition have used the following language in | ilirir address to the people of tliat State, wliieli tin) organs of the Admini .'.ration have allowed to pass without eomiii nt or qualifications: "Hut Qoncnil Taylor's views upon the. subject of .slavery extension are not to be inferied from bis previous declarations; > for during the past summer, upon informn ; tion that an expedition was lilting out c .1 i * .1 ... . *.i. ~ .1 n uoin uit * iiuuu oiuiuh, wiin <i uvsign oi ; making : . viccnt upon Cuba or tho norf | them provinces of J/exico in view of i J their ultimate annexation to this country ; as slave tcjritorv, the y>resideiit lias orJ dered the vessels and munitions of war I procuwl lor the enterprisise to be seized; I and in a proclamation, breathing the prin I ciplcs of morality and peace, has warned 1 the Million that any attempt to carry out i the object of' the proposed expedition, will draw upon thu persons engaged therein, the severest penalties of the law. If General 7'aylor had been willing to increase the slave territory of the United Staf.es, or had been in any degree negli ? gent of his duty to preserve the peace of ! the nation, a little credulity at this junci tare would, in all probability, have drawn ub into a war similar tothnt which grew out of the annexation of 7'exiis. It any dmihl existed r.f the. sinr.nrit.v of liis nt-?>. vious declarations upon the subject of slavery, it must have been removed by the general tenor of his conduct since lm ban > .occupied the Executive chair?-in the appointment of five of the seven members composing his Cabinet who are wholly un concerned with slavery, or any intertst therein, and in the promptitude with which be suppressed the fust attempt to extend it its nrca. I pon this evidence their can exist no me on why every (no.m( of huhmn freedom should not givo to Genend Taylor's Administration a hearty 1 support." TEXAS. I i The roijfn of HoustouLsui in this State, oncc the I<one Stor Republic, is at nn end, rj we i loam from the extract of a letter under dato of | October 3?1. It mint be gratifying to the South i to ?ce one by one the opponents of the Southern i address die a political death. So complete is the j downfall of Houston that if it is known that a ] candidate for ntiy office is in favor of him, that i is sufficient to insure hi.-) defeat. Even at his own home the people have so fully and abso. lutnlv proscribed this a lhorcnt of Benton, that ... ? . . ?. r.._ ,i._ i i ail ailOliijH u? gui uj> u iiitTimf; tui nit* Wi-uiruv ; j of Houston anil Rusk was a complete failure, ' i nnd 8am Houston nnd his friends left the ' plnoe, nnd when called for were 'like the *pir- j i ts of the vaity deep.' did not appear. < GREENVILLE .1:COLUMBIA RAILROAD. A meeting of die Stockholders of the road ] was held at Abbeville C. II. on the li)th iu?t. ] From alnief report inthe Banner, wo suppose : that the meeting wa? fully attended. The | I.. AI.WIIloP II I .......v.. ... ,???VVV|/IVUU; ...*- | Company, after Home debate and opposition ] from the people of Anderson. The terms on j which t his this Branch wasieee.ved was not , I stated. The proposition of tho union of Green- ; 1 ville with the Company at Brown's then came : 1 up, on which there was much warm discussion ! ' until a late hour at night; the Convention ad- ' i turned until 12 oel c: tlie next (lav. W c 1 1 have received no fu rtlier report of the proceed* i ings of the meeting, but are informed that the decision of the Company .admitted the Greenville stockholders into the company and allow-, ed them to unite at Brown's. THE WEATHER. It rained nearly every day last week, and ' the ltiver win considerably swollen. On Sun- ' day evening it cleared off; since wo have had j 1 cold nights and mornings with frost, and warm j 1 days. We arc informed that ice was Keen in I i the village on Thursday morning last. TUB LAST CENSUS, From ti statistical table in the Telegraph we learn that the whole population of the election District of Pendleton is much larger than any ; other District, being 20,220, an increase of 1,8- | 90 within ten years. The next highest is St1'hilips and St. Michaels, having n white population of 183*12. We see by this Table that scv oral Districts and l'ar.shes have fallen oil". We will venture the assertion that in the next ton years the population of Pickens District wilj have greatly increased. For the last several | years there lias been a considerable immigration iuto it, and when the contemplated Kadroad to Anderson and Greenville shall be completed, the whole of our good lauds will be settled up, making ours one of the most popu. lous Districts in this part of the State. COURT. The Fall Term of the (\?urt nfllcnarnl So-i sioiii and Common l'loas, for tho District will coinmcncc its session here on next Monday. His Honor Judge O Neull will preside. RAILROAD A1KKTLVG IN HENl,ERSONVlLliE, N. U. The citizens of our sisicr State seem alive to their interest in the road being completed to UruL'Uvillo. Tho meeting held at Henderson-; villi; wes addressed by Dr. Thomas, who stated j that tho roud would without doubt be coniplc ; toil l/? Aliilnrjnn ?n?'' ..1 1 - * ?..?UVigUM UHUIUIUVU UtU IU IUU SIUVK' | holders free of debt?that the road from lirowns 10 Greenville, u distance of only'20 lulled, would cost on tin average $3,000 per imlu. 'l'hat the iron hud been bought extreme- ' ly low, and that ten iiule-t of the road was now completed. The meeting wan addressed by several other gentlemen, among them we notice the name of Col. Duncan, of Greenville. The Atfhcville Messenger t-ays, he made "a I speech combining good practical sense, plain, j homespun thought!*, and effective eloquenceI reinovillLr liioiiv nrAimlinnu O...I ?J J I J ? """* VA|<IU1.IIII(J many points that tin; people iliil not underotaud, and pie-aged that tho?u subncribiiig there nhouid not bo culled on uiuil die road was completed to Urccnvillu, und tlmt wa^ beyond doubt." Tho Messenger t-ayn that the uum of $13,000 was Mtlr-ii nbud, and concludes his account of > tlio meeting with the following: i "This is the way to do things. Let ! our people keep alive to these things and I do it in lime, and wo shall soon be what ! wo are destined by nature to be a gjeat, prosperous, anil happy people, i litineoinoe and Henderson have now 1 gone over *30,000 to a railroad entirely in fc). C. What would they not do tor j one running dircctly through our own oor ; tier-? Wnen will our own ?Staie do her duty to her own subjects? We hope very soon." Tho Pendleton Mo Mon^cr of lint week say* thiii Mo.ijrrt. J. J. Oilman and Uko. Hcaiiou#; will commence about tho limt. of January next the publication of tho Planter u- Fanner, h i uiontltly periodical dovolod to Southern Agriculture. Succoss to it. j Wc acknowledge the receipt of a bunch of , ci^ar.H, from Capt, S. It. M Fall. which arou'lit | tie'of tho best wo li.wo tried for sumo time, ! time. Wo would miy to tlio.se Ami of'puffin# I t hu wood* to call ftt his store uxd try ?<onioof ! his be.it, und if they do not pronounce them 1 good llion wc hi c Jiiistnkcn, and we've smoked j home. "THE SOUTHERN PRESIDENT." | Tho follov.injj mo (ho comiucnt* "f the X Y. Tribune, the organ of the Northern Whig Abolitionism, on the appointment of John P. > r<?:. ,.et\ ...... \V? ilmt ' UiiiiitM uuu'iuur ui vivrgwn, n u ouj^/v>v % ?? ?. , the "no party Admini <( rat ion" will claim tin? | Acknowledgements of the South for this act of kindness?tlioappointmcnt of ft regular A bolt tioniat to ofllee, beeau-to his constituents refuse to endorse his Hill to abolish the ahvve trade 1 in the District of Columbia. This is another link in the chain; Southern men should look to j it: "Hon. John J', unities, 01 iveniucKy, wo rojo:cc to state, lias I eon appointed Governor of Oregon by General Taylor, j iind has accepted. Ho is one of nature's noblemen, and was chosen to Congress in j ' 17 110 majority in a district usually | igainst us. This year he has been run i)ut simply because he reported a bill last j winter to abolish the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and would not, like his dennpcratic opponent, go he whole 1)0" for slavery extension, at all hazards nnd to the last extremity. Slavery is ' A .. 1 1!.! . . _ r - L _ 1 I usi, now in me couuiiioii 01 u somoouy foretold in tlic Scriptures as "having great wrath because he knoweth he hath but a short time. ' (R v 12,22.) Wo regret that the Whig party lias to bear j the conscqucnces of that flurry, through tliu defeat of such men as Majo- Gaines, but the reverse will work out good in the nd. Meantime wo thank General Taylor and his Cabinet for their admirable selection of a Governor for Oregon. For t h v Keovoc Courier. Messiis. IjDIiohs?Pickens District is equally interesting for its natural scrnery W 1111. i!i!iri' in/'iilcnk nn/1 liwlinn li? [rends, as it is desirable on account of its [rood and productive lands, its salubrious climate, its pure water, and the hospitali- ; Ly of its citizens. There is scarcely a wa- ' terfall, mountain, or plain that is not' made doubly interesting by some dating icat, some nnvci lought Dame, or i omc tradition Within its borders the poet can ! lind food for the imagination, and the i lover of the marvelous scenes ol thrilling interest it is much to be regretted that our citizens know so little of the early history of our District, and we have been often surprised to hear men say, they have 1 never heard of the battle of "Gap-hill," ! "Pickens Ring-light," and the numerous | other contests between the whites and In dians which were fought within the Umn; /k .. ito vm uvti 1/iuuui, VUIIWVI Ut'Ulin Ul 4% number of these, have been with their actors, consigned long since to the narrow limits of the tomb, leaving only sufficient information to locate them in some neighlk-i hood, and to satisfy us that such things actually occurred. The b.ittle of "Gaphill" has, however, in this respect fared much better than the others, and though we are unable to ascertain the exact date on which it was fought, enough is known to fix it about that of 1700. The battle ground has often been shown to the writer, and is just such a place as wc would suppose the Indians would sclect, being a narrow pass between two high hills which arc covered with frowning rocks and projecting cliffs, ll i- situated abou t four miles a little East of North from i>: -1 n it ii -? * ? ? i icKuus v... ii. rxerc uie uneroKees under their Chief Attaknllah assembled to dispute the passage of the whites into their settlement. They occ upied at that time a country broad and beautiful along the sides of our lofty mountains, which encircled ihjir homes with natural fortresses. Their mountain fastnesses had nev. er known the presence oftho whites, and to pv^serve their country from spoliation by the whiteman had they assembled in force at the puss of "Gup-hill." The Cherokee nation at this lime numbered at least seventy towns and villages, and could send several thousand warriors to the lield. The fancied securities of their natural fortifications, and their metr.orical strength had rendered them insolent. Instigated by the French, a portion of the l/hcrokdiS poured down upon our defenceless frontiers, killed and scalped the inhabitants indiscriminately and plundered the country, and thin retired to their mountain homos, To chastise them for thejr treachery. a large forcc under Col, Montgomery was dispatched by Gov. Lyltloton. The Indians learning of the intendc t invasion by the white* with nc i small presumption of success, assembled ! their warriors nnd nroeceded to "Oan I * f hillhere their ambyscade was so adroitly placed, that not a vestage or a tract was left to warn the Carolinians of tlu dose proximity of an enemy. Having completed all their preparations?cacl wage imung ensconccu mmscii behind j Home trco, rock, or cliff, and so quictl) di'J fhr\ rnnnin, tlmt each might 1>c sup m "i"1 - - 1 ' "-'I- ? ? H 1 ? jx)scd to form apart of his hiding place, they awaited the approach of their foe. They cmne at length, and as they neared the pnss they were enraptured with the beaut if il and magnificent view tlmt lay before them. The dusky heights of tho Blue Ridge rose from tho valley, and reared their lofty peaks until their summits were "cloud capped"?on ineir right and left the. rugged hills were covered \\ ith frowning rocks, gnarled and limbless trees?in front the vale of tho beautiful Keowco River, ' That by a livelier jjroen, Betrayed its silent course Itself unseen While the f'sirolininns fi?;i<jfr>rl llipiroro# upon this "Bucna Vista," the savages with death like silence unci quiet awaited the signal of attack from their C'hipf. At length the march is resumed, the passage is commenced, but ere the van had reached lialf its limits, the wild war whoop had sounded, and the hills, the rocks, cliffs, and trees seemed one blaze of fire, while the shouts and yells of the savages min-i gled with the roar of musketry carried terror to the bravest hearts, and many a gallant soldier lay "biting the dust," ere the had t ire to prepare for battle. The van fell back, but being soon sustained they rallied and recovered their losj, ground. A heavy fire followed on both sides?the Cherokccs each aiming at his man and the Carolinians firing at the Hash of the enemys guns. So obstinately was the passage disputed, th.?* the issue was left for some time exceedingly doubtful,. The moment called foi decision and extraordinary exertion, and Ool. Montgomery proved himself equal to the crisis. Throw nig u |m;i u\;ii ui mo iuii;i;a un iiic of caoh hill, the bayonet laid bare the thicket, and drove the savages from their h ding places. The woods still resounded with the yells and shouts of the Indians but the whites had become familiar with them, and they no longer fell with terror i on their ears. The indian retired slowly as the bayonet advanced, turning and I filing nt their foe whenever a rock or tree afforded a shelter, until driven from all I their hiding places, their retreat became a flight, leaving their foe in full jKVisession ' of the battle ground. This victory wns ' dearly bought, for a large number of the j Carolinians had fallen or were severely wounded. The Indians suffered, howevj er, more severely leaving more than one i nunureu 01 incir warriors dcntl on the field. And now gentle reader we have \ given you all the details of this battle as ( they have been furnished us, and if we ! have rescued this much of the history of our District from oblivion we are content. Should yoa ever pass this battle ground stop as we have done, and pay n suitable tribute to tho memory of those noble and hl'flVA fiblk-ltc mn* Ka../* KEONVEE. FLORIDA ELECTIONS. In this State there were five Senatorial vacancies to fill. In those Districts the Whigs had four; the Ztamocrats one. The icault of this electioa is a gain for the latter of three, thus just reversing the figures. This county (Leon) Columbia and Nassau have put Democrats in the places of Whigs, and as the matter now i stands, we have one majority in the Senj ate, instead of five against us as at the j last session. A littly more of ^he same spirit next fall will redoem the Stutc. Sl'KAM BO.ILKIt KXPL08I0MS ON RAILho ads.?The casualty on the Gergia Railroad on the 12th inst., by which the enginoer Richai? E. Ailen, was killed, has produced a produced a profound impression in thin community. Mr. Allen was [ an estimable und industrious man?the I son of ?>no of our oldest and most respectable citizens?and his loss is deeply deplored by a large cireje of fiends. It therefore was natural that some inquiry should bo made into the cause of the bursting of the boiler of the steam locomotive. The result of our inquiries is that Mr. Allen lost his lifo by reason of tho disgracefully and criminally negligent 1 manner in which the bp.tyorof thislocom otive was built. The manufacturer is M. W. Baldwin. of Philadelphia. Any one who will cull at the Georgia Railroad Depot and cxamino the shattered wreck of i this shameful picco of handiwork, will become satisfied that it calls lor the severest , rebuke and indignation.?(Ja. Constitutionalist. '' Scest thqu not, oh man, the lovelincw of the Heaven at night, and dost thou, | ; by it, know, though tl\ou canst hco bim [ not, that still the ?\in exists? Why . tl\vi>, when every whpru thou beholdcst ' I .glorious works, wilt thou any, because thou seest not llim, There - Ci od!