Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-01
DOMESTIC.
GEORGIA.

MuLrnuErlLLE, Nov. 20.
| .s,c..~,ox-tien. John W 4. Sanford has rcsirn.
ed the agency which he held under the Federal Govern
nent Tor superInrndng the removal Of the Creek In
dams TO tIctcrltoy allotted to them, West Of The Mis-.
slSSippl.
! CnEKoXE EArFAIRs.-There are four Cherokecs in
Alcdgeve, who state, that in the absence Of Colonel
bishop, the second officer Of the Cherokee Guard with
detachment, crossed the boundary If the State pro-
ccrded to the residence of john Ross, i'll Tennessee
srlZed him, and brought him prisoner into Grorga-
They state, tlr: this outrage pcrpctracd the sug-
geslion OF Schrrmerlorn and Curre, agents Of the u.
States ana tina, lis motive was TO keep Ross from 60
Ing to Washington, to represent the Cherokces with the
Federal Government These four said to be
puabe most Indians but they belong to the Ross party
and there is srsng to believe that if there any
truth IN the statement it partia and Supprcsses material
facts be true outrage has been perpetra
ted which canrot be too severely conemned and which
We shall the deeply eplorc because it ma produce
an impression umivurable to the continuance Of guard
which has been found necessary to the peace and good
ordr OF The Cherokee country An officer Of that guard
may Go wrong and may sheriff. and so may Judge
and so may the governor Of the State. Who, for the
ian!t Of Of these latter officers, would think Of abo
fishing our courts or destroying our governments Ii
gross outrage has been pcrpetraed, the offenders ought
to be prnshed but il ought not to be permitted to exert
any Influence the decision Of The question: whether
1t be proper to continue to abolish the Cherokee guard
Mr. John Howard Payne also, gentleman well known
TO The literary world has been arrested under the susp
clon Of his having conspired with Ross against the well
fare OF Georgia, and it said that his papers give ey
dence OF the fact. We have no precise information on
the subject but fear that this gentleman has suffered
injustice, from the excited temper Of The times An au.
henc report of these Transactions is hourly pccted at
Nilledgeville. Federal Union.
RoASoKE AND MISSISSIPPI RAIL-koAp-A meeting
OF The citizens of Pitlsy rania county held on the
10Th instant "to take into consideration the propety
making immediate application to the Legislatures of
North Carolina and Virginia. for charter 10 construct
Naii Road from some point on the Roanoke. the
Southern termination ul the present Rail Roads by Dan.
VILE to kvaAshaIn in the county of Wythc."
The following resolutions unanimously adopted:
Res0tred That "ur Delegates III the late Convention
which assembled al Danve, make immediate appli-
cation to the Legislature of North Carolina aud likewise
application 10 the Virginia Legislatures its approach.
ing session, for charter 10 construct Railroad from
point nn the Roanoke the Southern ternnu.
ton Of said Roads, by anvil!e 10 Evansham the coun.
ty of Wythe
Rtsoleed That Delegates in the Legislature from
this county, und our Senator, far this meeting Gun
instruct him. be instructed their best efforts TO pro-
the foregoing charter with upta of two millions Of
dollars liberal in its provisions the great interests
TO be subserved thereby, seem 10 dernand
meeting upon the same subject was held in Patrick
county on Thursday, the 18th instant. Resolutions ST.
milar to the above were adopted and lin case Of the
failure of the Delegates already appointed attend) the
gentlemen were requested 10 represent the
county in the next meeting Of the Convention. viz
alessrs. b. w. 5. Cabel fhns Newton, Charles f. Os
borne, George NJ lntosh Stephen Cowlcy Samuel Nor
decai, and J. T. Brown.
The Editor OF the Danvile Reporter, who has Just
returned from an excursion through the counties Of
Henry and Patrick represents the great BODY of the
people in that section Of country as being warmly in
favor Of the proposed improvement lie says, tha;
almost all agree that the valley OF the Roanoke and
its tributaries, 10 their sources the SUBMITS Of the
Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains prcscn, in their
gradual approach To that elevation choice of several
routes for their passage, by steam carriages far more
eligible than had been supposed, till public was
dirccen TO the investigating of the subject. The gatii
The route by survey, was visible in almost every coun
enance All aPpeur 10 contde in the liberaty Justice
and wisdom OF the Legislatures of Virginia and North
Carolina in granting to the company which proposes to
its funds in Improvement Taught with 90 mapy
md such Important advantages to both States, liberal
charter. charter, we mean which shall hold out ade.
uate inducements to the capitalist invest funds in this
eneilcent enterprise. intsUigeneer.
PORTSMOUTH ASD Ro,HoKE Observation-Disclosures
7TTans tmtM-We are graicd to learn that sixty miles
1 the Rail Road are now finished, and open ior the