The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-09-19

Charleston and Georgia II. r. Con. 10000
STATE loan, 100000
Total s3os6. 900
II the lowns and villages and wealthy
people oi North Carolina were 10 initiate
the enterprise and public spirit Of Geor-
GA and Tennessee. The Central Rail Road
would soon be built. Raltigh Rig.
Georgia Railways-The people Of
Georgia have already doue Inurh in the
way Of constructing railways in thai Stale.
The snrress Of their etfDris. SO far, sIinu-
laies them 10 continued and even greater
exeriions 10 extend these Improvements.
The Two railways terminating II Macon
have. during The last year. transacted
business worth about ssOO.O00.
A convention composed Of large num-
her Of delegates from Georgia and South
i'arnlina. was held al Macon on the lsi
instant. A line Of railway is travelled from
Portland. Maine. 10 Wilmington. North
Carolina. anil track has been graded.
extending Ills line 10 Manchester. ON the
Columbia branch of The South Carolina
road. The convention was called 10 de.
fine The route for and extension Of the line
across the Stale Of Georgia. southwest by
The way of Macon. towards New Orleans.
This ronic il j. insisted. will shorten ihe
distance 10 New Orleans by 2iO miles,
when compared with the proposed route
BY The way Of Pensacola. and will even
compete with The Mississippi river for the
travel Of the entire Gulfregion, embracing
Central aud West Florida. South Alaba.
ma. Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and
Mexico.
Great efforts are making 10 complete
the railway cnnne xinn between Charles.
ton aud Savannah. By WAY Of Nashville.
with Memphis on The Mississippi. The
route from Augusta, through Milledge,ille
10 Macon WAS recommended by The con.
vrniinn. railway was recommended
also from Macon 10 some point on The
Georgia railway west oi the Oennee river.
The proceedings al the Convention wee
spirited. aud eyincc commtndahle reso-
lnlion TO 90 ahead with the works Of inter.
nal improvement. Republic.
l,is due 10 The Government, and People
81 Florida 10 place IN our columns The fol-
lowing positive contradiction. from source
entitled TO high credit. of the iuiimstious
that the late ouirages hy individual Indians
IN Fl-rida were caused by irI-Iealment by
the white inhabitants Of That State:
Naf. INTEL
Extract u a Lctttr from Judge Bronson, dated
ST. Augustine, (fla.) Angst II, 1919.
/ You will see by the papers that we
have another Indian war on hard. The
effects Of il upon the settlement and pros.
Peri,y Of the country are likely 10 be very
disastrous.
The frontier settlers are, many of them.
abandoning their homes and their crops,
and seeking safety in flight; while others
who remain are in a stale of constant ex.
posure aud alarm. Nothing shor, Of q
removal rf The Indians west of the Missis.
sippi, where they belong, or the total ex,
termination OF them, can give peare anJ
lquicl 10 The settlers, aud restore confidence
so that people will come in from abroad
10 occupy The land; aud peace and quie
We must have
The had been no provocaiion whatever
for their late atrocities.
sec IN snme OF The newspapers an in
lmation that they had quarrelled with Tho
whites al Indian river, and had moi beer
well treated by them. That is moi so.
have had occasion TO investigate the mat
Ter hy the oa,hs Of witnesses. and am salts
fled that in both The recent instances III,
murders and robbery were not prompte,
hy any harsh treatment or imprudence OF
the part Of white people. bu, solely by lib,
innate and savage desire Of The Indian.
for blood and plumber.