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The Wife to her Husband.
Linger not long! Home is not home without thee,
Its dearest tokens only make rae mourn *,
Oh! let its memory, like a chain about thee,
Gently compel and hasten thy return.
Linger not longl
Linger not long! Though crowds should woo thy j
staying,
Bethink thiee ! can the mirth of friends, though
dear,
Compensate for the grief thy long delaying
Cost the heart that sighs to have thee here T
Linger not long 1
Linger not long 1 How shall I watch thy coming,
As evening shadows stretch o'er moor and dell.
When the wild bee hath ceased her busy humming,
And silence hangs on ail things like a spell.
Linger not long!
How shall 1 watch for thee, when fears grow
stronger,
As night draws dark, and darker on the hill!
How shall I weep, when I can watch no longer ;
Oh! art thou absent —art thou absent still!
Linger not longl
Yet I should grieve not. though the eye that scetb
me,
Gazeth through tears that makes its splendor dull;
For oh ! I sometimes fear, when thou art with me, |
My cup of happiness is all too full I
Linger not long!
Haste —haste thee home into tby mountaiu dwell
ing!
Ha-te as a bird unto its peaceful nest!
Haste as a skits, when tempests wild are swelling,
Flies to its haven of securest rest!
Linger not longl
[From the N. O. Picayune, 39fh
Gen. Taylor’s Pleasure Trip.
[special correspondence of the picayune.]
Monterey, Mexico, July 10, 1817.
I have just learned that a party is to start
for below early to-morrow morning, of which
opportunity I shall avail myself and Will Oil- i
deavor to give you an account of Gen. Taylor’s i
trip to Mamalequi, the plantation of Gen.
Arista. I apprized you in my last he was to
make an excursion, and of my intention of
making one of the party.
It was quite refreshing to see the old gene- !
ral mounted on his horse on Wednesday ‘
morning,the 7th inst., surrounded by the mem
bers of his stalf, about to leave the monotony of 1
his camp, to enjoy himself for a few days—a
gratification he has denied himself till now.—
Gen- Cushing and his aid-decamp accompanied
the expedition, escorted by a dozen dragoons.
We took the road to Salinas, which lies in a
direction a little north of east, about twenty
miles from Monterey, and passed through the
village of San Nicelas de las Cagas, a flourish- |
ing place for Mexico, of some considerable ex
tent, six miles from Monterey. At this town
they raise considerable corn and vegetables
for the Monterey market. We left camp at
noon and arrived at Salines about 5 o’clock in
the afternoon, where the alcalde received the i
general and party with every demonstration j
of respect, invited him into his court-room,
and treated him to figs and unripe water-mel- I
ons. Ido not mean to speak slightingly of
his treat, because it was evidently “the best he
had in his shop.”
Salinas, once a flourishing town, but now
going fast to decay, is situated upon the nor
thern bank of the Rio Salinas, a pretty formi
dable stream that rises near Parrass and emp
ties into the San Juan. It is very brackish
and hardly drinkable, but it is all the inha
bitants have to depend upon, as they have no
wells in the city, carrying out the national
trait of the count rv, to “leave well alone.”—
The town contains about 2700 inhabitants
and a very well conditioned alcalde. Sugar is the
principal source of revenue; but owing to the
saline qualities of the water, the sugar is of
an inferior quality- A small amount of rice is
also raised, but no more corn than to suffice
for the consumption of the inhabitants- There
are several very thriving little ranchcadtros on
this stream at different points. I beg you
will not attempt to look on the map for this
stream, for it has a dozen different names, and
probably is not noted, the Mexican custom be
ing to give streams a fresh name for every town
they pass.
We encamped upon the southern bank of
the river for the night, and in the evening
some of the party attended a fandamo, got up
for their amusement in the town. It was the
first I ever attended, and rather a dull affair,
very few sehorita; being present. On the Bth, j
by sunrise, we struck our tents, crossed the
salt river and arrived at Mamalequi about
noon.
Arista’s hacienda is situated upon or near
the Rio Pecacho,and at the foot of a spur o f the
Sierra, In a northeasterly direction from Mon
terey, about twelve miles from Salinas, and
from a distance has quite the appearance of
a baronial estate. His plantation is a very
extensive one, comprising fourteen square
leaugucs; but miles of it are useless, low chap
<paral, only relieved by the tall Spanish bayo
net plant, which bristics up in every direc
tion. Arista purchased the place about four
?ears ago from a lady residing in the city -of
lexico, for $35,000, and has since exptmded
about SIO,OOO in improving it. There is a
very fine sugar and saw-mill upon it, the mo
tive power of which is water of course. The
dam across the river forming the mill-pond is
a very fine solid piece of mason work,, and
was estimated in the bill of sale at SII,OOO. —
The estate is managed by an admimstrador,
who has under him an overseer. There are
about ninety men and boys, peons , upon the
place, and as many women and girls, all of
whom are fixtures for life, as are all peons in
ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, and quite
as bad off as slaves ip. your section of the
country—worse even, as when they become
jiast work their landlord (?) is, not compelled
to support them, and this duty deolving upon
their relatives, serves to bind them the firmer.
I am afraid Arista does not find agriculture
quite as profitable as the profession of arms,
for according to the accounts we received from
'the overseer, the profits of the estate are little
or nothing. The nominal wages of the peons
is from two to ten dollars per month, but as
they are compelled to purchase every article j
they consume and all their clothing from the
proprietor of the estate, every month finds
them deeper ip debt. Two crops of corn are
raised, and twenty-four fant gas of seed is the
usual amount planted. The yield is generally
one hundred fold, which would make the an- ,
nual crop 2400 fanigas or 5600 bushels. Os
this but little is sold off the estate, as it is the j
principal article of food. The crop of beans,
which is also one of the “stand-bys,’’ is esti
mated at 80t) funtgos —-2200 There ;
arc about a thousand head of cattle cn tue es
tate, and a few sheep and goats; but is one
beef is killed nearly every day, the sale off the ,
estate is very small —not more than tweiity
five a year. The cane crop is as yet small, but ;
more land is dedicated to its cultivation "every *
year, and it must soon yield a handsome profit;
at present not more than 40 arobas (1000
pounds) of sugar are made in the year, but of
a good quality. A small amount of rice, of a
fair quality,is also raised. By far the greatest
source of profit is the lumber, some. portions
of this extensive domain being heavily tim
bered with pine. The growth of cotton has |
been attempted, but without any decided sue- ;
cess.
The administrator and overseer came out to
meet Gen. Taylor and offer him the hospitali- !
ties of the place, and we encamped about half ;
a mile from the main building, under the shade I
of some pecan trees. The residence of Arista
is spacious and very strongly built,with walls
three feet thick, loop-holed for musketry. It
is constructed of the large sun-dried brick,
stuccoed and whitewashed, and better adapted |
for comfort than almost any house I have been
in. These bricks, which are about a foot square
and four or five inches thick, arc made by the
peons for a bit and a half (un real y media) a
hundred —by those off the place for three bits |
a hundred.
I have said that we encamped near the main
building, and under the cool shade of the pe- ,
cans we remained tranquil during the rest of
the day. The statistical information which I
have given was imparted to General Taylor —
who takes the liveliest interest in every thing j,
pertaining to agriculture, and is anxious to ob
tain all the information relative to the produce ;
of the country —by the ad minis trader* In the j
evening this functionary, who is a young man (
born on the estate, invited the general and par
ty to a fandango, and much to his satisfaction
evidently, it was accepted. As soon as it Was
quite dark Gen. Taylor and Gen. Cushing And
the rest of the suite, repaired to the fandango.
In the open air in front of the house three j
rows of benches were arranged, forming three
| sides of a sqUafe, leaving a large space be
tween, and upon these were seated the male
and female tenantry, the daCing ground being
lighted by two torches of split pine wood. —
When the affair got well under way, there j
were about sixty female peasants present, all j
of them as brown as berries and very ugly, ;
notwithstanding which they found plenty of
partners. The music consisted of two violins ,
and a couple of guitars, and the musicians j
played some very pretty tunes, too. After one
1 or two national dances, consisting of alternate !
dancing and discordant, wild singing—the
dancing resembling very much that peculiar
to the negroes in the States, and the singing
an Indian chaunt —a waltz and quadrille were :
started. I can assure you that the scene was
not only novel, but wild and picturesque in
the extreme. There stood the victorious, war
worn, but hearty old veteran, surrounded by
his brave companions in arms, who have stood
! the brunt of battle with him, and those who
hope yet to share new victories under his lead
ership, gazing with a smiling face at the mer
ry-making of Arista’s tenantry. A little more
than a year ago, while Arista was rusticating
upon tins same hacienda, he received the noti
fication of his being placed in command, and
his first order on assuming his authority was
dated Mamalequi. During that brief period
be has been vanquished, disgraced and strip
ped of his command —his vanquisher has pene
trated to liis very household, and is entertain
ed as an honored gilest by his dependants.—
What strange events come to pass? Who can
tell what the morrow will bring forth? Here
i let me remark, that a letter was received from
Arista by his administrador recently, dated
“Mexico, June 16.” He did not allude to
matters transpiring in that quaxder at all, his
letter being purely a business one. 1 mention
this circumstance merely because we had not
! heard of his whereabouts for some time.
On the morning of the Bth, we took our leave
of Arista’s hacienda and tutned our horses’s
i heads towards Monterey, but not the same way
that we had come, intending, en route, to pay
a visit to the Villa Real which is about 12
miles from Mamalequi, in a southerly direction.
Before arriving at the villa we were met by the
worthy and hospitable proprietor El Sonor don
Jose Maria del Villa Real, who warmly wel
comed the general and expressed great pleasure
at the honor of his visit. The only peculiari
ties I could then discover about the Sonor
were a redundancy of upright shirt collar and
a good deal of cotton, umbrella which was not
opened; I afterwards discovered that gentle
; manly courteous bearing and great hospitality
were his distinguishing traits. His hacienda
is very extensive and well ordered, as he is
always on the spot himself, and a handsome
fortune has rewarded his exertions. No sooner
had all gathered under his cool roof, than a
cart load, literally a cart had of water and mu'k
melons, and a large bushel basket of most deli
cious figs, bursting open as if from impatience
to have their lusciousness appreciated, were
brought in. Need I assure you that they were
duly honored and praised? Although quite
early in the day, the Scuor insisted that the
! party must take a little refreshment and Lu an
hour a long table was rich and glittering with
the display of silver plate; plates, dishes,
spoons, forks, salt-cellars, ike., all silver. The
j “little refreshment” consisted of seven courses
of well cooked meat and fowl, a la Mexieano,
also served up in massive silver dishes, and
! continual relays of tortillas . Nearly every man
had a breast work of tortillas before him when
• the re jast was concluded. At noon we bid
adieu to the extremely liberal Don and started
for Camp Taylor. I don’t like to destroy the
idea o the liberality of the Senor that I have
created, but it was said that he was thrown
into a great state of agitation a short time since,
i by a report that Gen. Taylor was to send an
expedition of search his place for goods taken
from the captured wagons, supposed to be con
cealed there, and that ho imagined the general
had come to confirm the report. I am not dis
posed to credit the on dit myself, but if true, it
may njore fully account “for the milk in the
cocoa nut.” Sixteen miles from the villa the
road strikes the Salinas road and crossses the
Agiui Fria, which, although fresh, was nearly
warm enough to boil an egg. Six miles more and
we were again at Camp Taylor, were the paid y
dispersed, all apparently much gratified with
the excursion.
When at Mamalequi, the alcade of a small
town near Marin arrived, and applied to Gen.
Taylor for a force to capture a small band of
robbers headed by Mucho Martini, a one arm
ed robber, long known in this region, who had
commenced sundry outrages on the Mexicans.
For manifest reasons the general declined.
Since arriving here I have learned that a
private named Carleton, of the Massachusetts
Regiment, who left here with Capt. Paul and
Lieut. Fuller on the 7th inst . was* killed by
Mexican robbers near Marin; the rest of the
party escaped. A train of wagons bound up
from Cerralvo and Camargo, when fifteen miles
this side of the former place, was recalled by
Major Abbot, stationed at Geralvo, in conse
quence of a report that Urrea was in the road
in force. It was a false alarm and the train is
: now on its way up. Lieut- Keene, of company
B, Massachusetts Volunteers, had his right
hand badly shattered this afternoon, by the
premature discharge of three barrels of a revolv
ing There is no news here from Saltillo
or San Luis. d.
The steamer Princeton left the Capes of
Delaware on Saturday, at 12 o’clock, and is
now on her way to the Mediterranean.
The Crops, Weather. &c. j
GEORGIA.
The continued rains which we have had for <
the la*dr month) have blighted the prospects of | ]
the fhimers for a good average cotton crop, not i i
only in tiire region hut in the entire cotton re
gion iii every part of the country we have <
heard frettn. The late and cold spring made j
the cotton very backward, and the rain since
has caused it to run to weed without form
ing’, "and tho-grass too, has <lone its part in re
tarding the growth and preventing the farmer
from realizing a good crop. From all accounts
there will not be over half a. crop made.—* Go
lambus Enquirer, 2,7 th hist.
. . _
ALABAMA.
Tire accounts of the growing crop that have
come to hand since our last, are of a gloomy
character. The heavy rains with which we ,
have been visited here, have extended to the
interior, pnd the. effects upon the crops have I
excited very general alarm among the plan
ters. We have seen letters from the counties ,
of Greene, Perry,, Sumter, Marengo, Wilcox, j
Monroe and other counties, comprising the
best cotton growing region in this State, and
they are of uniform tenor, representing the
prospects as gloomy in the extreme. Many
plantations are completely submerged, while
iti others the weed is growing too luxuriantly, ;
and the squares and bolls already beginning to I
drop profusely. In some places, too, there is
complaint of the worm, though we doubt
1 whether on this point there is yet any serious
cause for alarm. Certain it is, however, the
prospects in this State at present are discour
; aging. Nothing but the most favorable weath
er during the remainder of the season, and an ;
entire freedom from the casualty that proved so
fatal last year, can give us even an average
crop this season. From other portions of the
: cotton growing country our accounts are any
thing but favorable. In conclusion, we give
the following extract of a letter received in j
this city from an intelligent planter in Sumter
| county, dated “Livingston, July loth —“I
have just returned from Nashville, Tenn., and
mark what I tell you : the cotton crop of this
year will not be as large as that of last. The
further you go North the more rain has fallen.
! and the cotton is growing entirely to weed.—
We are completely hooded here, and if the
rain continues,we shall have the worn again.” I
—Mobile Advertiser,'list i/id-.
From all sections of the country we hear of
tiattering prospects for good Corn crops, but
| more deplorable accounts are given of Cotton.
| And if we were to judge from the appearance
of some fields we have seen during the last
week or two, we would say they were deplora
ble. One field in particular, in Montgomery
county, of about one hundred acres—the cot- j
ton was almost hid from sight by the grass,
and had commenced giving a yellow appear-
I ance. It was lost, almost beyond redemption, 1
for it is an imp ossibility to get it clear of grass
in time for it to do any thing in forming, and
; consequently will make nothing comparatively, i
i This is the case in many instances all through
1 the country. In consequence of the continued
rains, in many places it was beyond a possibility
for farmers to give that work to their crops
which was required. And then, those who
have been more fortunate than their neighbors, j
to get their cotton clean, it has “run all to
weed,” and consequently will not, unless dry
weather commences soon, make any thing like
a fair crop. We also learn that the worm, has
commenced their ravages in many parts of the
State. Taking all these disasters together, we
apprehend great fears that the cotton crop in
Alabama will be much less than any previous
year. — I Vatumpha (. l/a) S afe Guard, July 'll.
LOUISIANA.
The news of the crops, says the Villager, a
paper published in the 'Parish of Avoyelles,
throughout the parish, arc of the most cheer
ing character. Our com fields promise to :
yield a rich harvest, not withstanding the In
cessant rains and cloudy weather of the last
four weeks, which prevent its early maturity.
Cotton, in some parts, has attained an al
, most gigantic size, and the bolls arc plentiful.
As it might be expected, during a wet season,
; the rust will cause damage: we have already
heard planters complain of it; however, that
, disease of the plant has not yet spread to any |
j alarming extent or created serious apprehen-
I sions.
The canc, in our fields, will compare with
! that of the most renowned sugar districts in
the State—and rice has water in sufficient
quantity to defy the longest spell of dry
weather.
The prevailing opinion is, that should no
accident happen to mar the hopes of the plan
ter, the present crop will be the most abun
: dant made for many years past.
All the reports about the caterpillars have
I not received confirmation. Some time ago, on
Fay on Rouge, about fifteen acres of young
i cotton were destroyed by the cut worms or
, grub worms —but no real caterpillars made
j their appearance in our cotton fields.
The New Orleans Delta of 25th hist, says—
“A letter was received yesterday by a respoeta-
I blc commercial house in this city from a gen
tleman at Lake Providence, dated July 21st,
| which communicates the important intelli
gence that on the day previous the plantation
of Madam 11 os worth, near that place, was at
tacked by the army worm, and in a few hours
her whole crop was nearly destroyed. The gen
tleman’s name who wrote the letter is known
; to us, and the information is to be relied on.
This news produced, we are told, quite a stir
j in our market yesterday, and fully 6000 bales
: of Cotton were purchased at full, and, in some
; instances, at better prices. It is well to re
mark, however, that the excitement was at
tributed by some, partially at least, to the re
! ception of the Britannia’s accounts by express,
reporting an advance in Cotton at Liverpool,
and a considerable decline in Bread duffs.
A report, says the Bayou Sara Ledger of the
I 17th inst., was in circulation a few days since,
! that this terrible pest to the planter, and
i scourge to the country, had made its appear
ance on the plantation of Dr. Ira Smith, in
this vicinity; but, unon inquiry, we are inform
ed that a careful investigation of the insect
proved it to belong to some other of the worm
tribe much less destructive in its habits.
Reports of a similar character have reached
us from the neighboring parishes, but we hav
not met with, any mention of the fact in the
respsetive journals published in these parishes,
| and, consequently would fain hope that they
were unfounded.
The cotton, corn and sugar crops in this sec
tion of the State are unusually promising.
Later from Santa Fc.
Lieut. R. !S. Elliott, of the Laclede Rangers,
and a large number of the volunteers compos
i ing that company, reached St. Louis, alto
gether unexpectedly, on Saturday evening,
the 17th instant, in the Monona, from the Lrp
| per Missouri. This company was discharged
i at the end of the year for which they were en-
I rolled and immediately left for home. From
the accounts published in tq ie Reveille, by
Lieut. Elliott, we make up the following in
teresting sketch:
! Lieut. Elliott and the other volunteers left
Santa Fc on the 13th June, in company with
a merchant train of wagons, belonging to Mr.
: Houck, of Boonville; Mr. Branham, of Platte
city; Col. Davy, of Independence; Mr. "Webb,
jof St, Louis, and others. Thev had eight
: wagons and a number of mules. They left the
! Wagon Mound, 125 miles from Santa Fe, on
, the 17th of June.
We have already announced that Lieut. Col.
i Willock had left Taos on an expedition against
! the Indians and Mexicans, who had" an en
gagement with Major Edmondson. That ex
pedition has resulted in nothing—no enemy
could be found in any direction. Major Ed
mondson was exceedingly desirous of having
another chance at his enemy, but he was over- ;
ruled by a council of officers, held the next
day after his arrival in Santa Fe- From the
number of mounds in which the Indians had |
buried their dead, found in the neighborhood
of the place at which the battle was fought, it I
is supposed that at least forty of their number
were killed,
'lire Mexicans were much elated by the vic
tory which they claiificd to have achieved over
Edmondson —said that they were expecting aid
from Chihuahua —-and were congratulating
themselves on the prospect of re-capturing
their country, as soon as Capt. Angney's Bat
talion of Infantry and Capt. Hschers Artil- ;
lery company should leave. Capt. Angney s
company was to be mustered out of seri i;e
on the 14th of June, Capt. Fischer’s on the
20th, and Capt. Murphy's (now Capt. Wood’s)
on the 26th, and all were expected to leave
for home immediately. Whether the Mexicans
would attempt to carry out their plan, is un- j
certain; but Col. Price, although said to be
under such an apprehension, had made no ar
rangements to meet the crisis. His forces were
scattered, and some of the outposts were in
differently supplied with provisions, although
the stores in Santa Fe were abundant. Lieut.
Elliott thinks that the Mexicans could not
take Santa Fe very easily, but they could
cut off the detached parties and no force could
be spared from the capital to relieve, them. —
The condition of things was critical enough,
but not entirely desperate.
Capt. Dent was in the country when Lieut, i
E. left, with Major Edmondson. The term of
service of his company expired on the 11th of
June, and they were anxious for their dis
charge, but Coi. Price desired them to remain
some time longer.
When a hundred and forty miles from Santa
Fe, a company met Dr. Hcrriford, with a train
of merchant wagons. They had been much
annoyed by the Indians on the Arkansas, but
were getting along very well, having succeed
ed in preserving their stock. On the 2Gth of
June, they met two quartermaster’s teams, ac
companied by Mr. Smith, who had been in
command of a little Fort on the Arkansas. An
account of the attack on this Fort is given
by one of our correspondents. Afterwards,
the defend ns of it, and the trains of the Gov
erament and the traders, pursued their course
i towards Santa Fe —each driven with a loaded
rifle on his shoulder, and in front of all, a
piece of artillery. It was believed that they
would get through to Santa Fc, without fur
ther difficulty,
j On the 30th, they met Maj. Fitzpatrick, and
an escort of dragoons, who had Lieut. Love’s
company for the purpose of informing them of
1 the close proximity of the Indians. The Ma
jor communicated the news of the attack upon
Lieut. Love to the party,and of his loss,and in
j formed them that Lieut. Love was moving on
slowly, determined to get the trains as far as
the fort at the Caches, and expecting troops
soon to come Up to therm
At Cottonwood Creek, Liciifr E. met a train
Os merchant wagoris, a Quartermasters train
and two companies of infantry, Under Capts.
Shepard, and probably Wa-ckiier; Next morn
ing, he met Lieut. Col. Easton, with the other
three companies of his battalion, ahd Capt.
McNair’s cavalry—with a train of wagons, and
the cattle for Lieut. Love’s train.—They were
all getting on very well. Col. Easton was ttioV
; ing with great circumspection, so as to be ready
for any emergency.
About 20 miles front Council GroVe, the
companies of mounted men under the com
mand of Capts. Korponay. Buck and Clarkson,
were met. At 110 mile Creek, met another
company; and the Rough and Readys, Under
I command of Capt. Jones, 50 miles from In
dependence.
Three companies of the Illinois Regiment
were mot near the Lone Elm, on the 12th
J uly.
Capt. McNair, was still at Independence on
the 13th, and Capt. Lane’s company left that
morning for Fort Leavenworth.
[Correspondence of Vie Savannah Georgian l\
STONE MOUNTAIN, July 2.3, 1847.
I am still looking at this stupendous rock.
■ It is the shape of a cone, estimated to be from
1500 to 2000 feet high, seven miles in circum
ference, enclosing an area of 1400 acres. Long
i and deep rents may be seen on different parts
of the mountain. On its east side arc two
long fissures, five or six feet deep and four
broad, called by the singular name of the De
vil’s Cross Roads. I have not been able to as
! certain why it has received this name. The
refreshment house, over which the star span
gled banner of our country floats, is situated
at the beginning of the road constructed by
; Dr. Wright, to which the ascent is on horse
back or carriages. Here visitors arc in the
habit of stopping to gaze on the beauties of the
landscape, and to refresh themselves with ices,
cakes, &c. One fourth of a mile from the re
freshment house, on the very summit of the
mountain, stands the tower, one hundred and
eighty feet high, divided into five apartments,
one above the other, and an open balcony
above. The first apartment is appropriated
for refreshments, the second is an elegant sa
loon ornamented with carpets, pier tables, so
fas, piano and other musical instruments.—
Here ladies and gentlemen amuse themselves
with drawing, music, and conversation. The
third is intended as a room where landscape
views of different cities may be seen. In the
balcony above, is a telescope for the purpose of
extending the views. Here, as my friend Dr.
Wright says, you are free from the oppression
of summer’s heat, the cares and animosities of
• life; you breathe an atmosphere which inspires
elevation of soul, the breezes of Heaven arc
playing around with delightful freshness,
even whilst the sun is pouring down its rays
with noon-day fervor. The view from the top
is unobstructed, and it is interesting to gaze
i upon the evidences of civilization and comfort,
spread far and wide. On a clear day, the
mountains in the Cherokee region of Georgia,
and portions of North Carolina, can be seen,
together with the villages of Decatur, Law
renceville, Monroe, Covington, McDonough,
O xford, and Atlanta, and to add interest to the
scene, are the cars on the Georgia Rail Road
winding their course through hills and over
valleys- Sometimes clouds settle upon the
summit, and around the sides, while a specta
tor in the tower above sees the sun shining in
full splendor, darting its golden rays with
electric speed over all this wide and uninter
! rupted ocean of waves; occasionally the sun is
seen rising in the east above a panorama of
clouds resting on the surrounding valleys, and
as its tide of light and heat pours down upon
the fleecy envelope, its gradual dissipation and
the dawning of objects beneath afford many
striking changes of spectacle, and like the ris
ing of the sun at sea, has never found an eye
to gaze upon it, uncharmed. To make this de
lightful spot more attractive, there flows from
the rock one of the finest springs in the South,
which, according to the analysis of Dr. Means,
contains oxide of iron, magnesia, and soda. —
Large crowds of admiring visitors are con
stantly pouring in to see this wonderful moun
ument of nature’s God. This summer the
number of visitors has been greater than at
any former season, owing to the uncommon
cheapness of railroad travel. At the foot of
the mountain are two spacious hotels. The
one in which I sojourn, is kept by Mr. John
son, aided bv Mr. Colidge, a gentleman of
much experience, and whose politeness will be
sure to make an indelible impression upon the
; minds of visitors. Liberty Hall is 60 feet in
length, three stories, with two long piazzas,
and a large dining room in the rear. A better
house Georgia cannot produce. It is worth
while to come to the Stone Mountain just to
partake of the good things of Liberty Hall. —
Butter, milk, beef, mutton, custards, pies,
fruits, and indeed every thing which the most
fastidious appetite can desire, can be obtained
at Liberty Hall, in all their perfection.
The rates of board are 20 dollars per month,
6 dollars per week, and $1,25 per day. Chil
dren and servants half price. There is a tri
weekly line of stages running from this place
to Clarkesville via Gainesville. Conveyances
to different points may be had without much
difficulty. Mr. Johnson authorizes me to say
that if the citizens of Georgia will support him,
he will make such improvements and addi
tions as will render the Rock Mountain one of ,
the most attractive spots in the United States.
Bathing houses, &c., are in contemplation.—
Let me inform the citizens of Savannah that
no necessity exists for going to the North to
See objects of curiosity or to seek health.—
! Georgia, in these respects, cannot be surpass
i '-‘d. ft
In point of health, pure water, delicfops cli
mate the region around Stone Mountain is un
rivalled. I wish that they would visit this sec
tion of country and judge for themselves. —
Would you believe it, the people of Savannah
are called foreigners.
[From the Columbus Times.]
The Infantry Battalion.
C. P. Hervey, Adjutant of the late Georgia
Regiment, assisted by F. M. Levison, Esq.,
and A. Iverson, Jr., has taken the field to raise
another company to fill up the Battalion, now
partly organized here. Hervey was boin with
a soldier’s taste, which he has ripened by study
into an acquaintance with a soldier’s duties j
and a comprehensive knowledge of the mili
tary art. We know of no officer, under whom
men can enlist, with a stronger assurance that
the corps to which he belongs, will be a “crack” j
one, in its discipline and tactics. An accom
plished drill officer, he was in Mexico, assi
dious and untiring in the performance of his |
duties; and any company that he commands
is obliged to be No. 1, in its regiment.
He and bis associates seeing how slowly the }
battalion was formed, have come forward as
much in a spirit of State pride, as to gratify
their own tastes, to lend a hand in completing
it, and marching it to the seat of war.
These gentlemen have opened a recruiting
office here, and will also, in person, beat up for
volunteers in all the adjoining counties. We
hope all who feel the martial blood stirring
within them, will come forward and devote
their services to the continued honor of the
fiag that has covered the country with glory
j in so many fields in Mexico. The following ap
peal is made by the gallant Harvey and his
associates:
VOLUNTEERS FOR MEXICO.
" Now's the day, and note's the hour.'*
The Battalion of Georgia volunteers called
for by the Government of the United .States,
in April last, lacks one company to complete
it —the other four companies being now at the
rendezvous in Columbus and waiting for the
fifth, to take up tire line of march for the seat
of War.
The Undersigned are raising the fifth com
pany, and now call upon the patriotic young
men of this and the neighboring counties, to
join the standard of their country, and while
vindicating the rights of the Republic by their
valor abroad, at the same time, save the repu
tation of their native State of Georgia from
the discredit of a failure to answer the appeal
to its courage and patriotism.
One of the undersigned having served with
the late Ga. Regiment as its Adj’t. believes
that from his experience and knowledge of the
country, and the duties of the camp and field,
that he can offer superior inducements to young
men to join him. He well knows how to pro
vide for the Wants and comfort of men under
I his command, and he hopes he knows how to
take advantage of opportunities for meritori
ous services and distinction.
Who will join? The splendid city of Mexi
co is the point of immediate destination—
Those celebrated “H;dls” winch have fired
the imaginations of poets and dreamers, arc
now standing the real prize of the valor and
daring of American youth. Let Georgia be
| fully represented, when the triumphal entry
of the American army takes place,and the stars
and stripes are spread to the breeze, over the
gilded domes and towering spires of that rich
and gorgeous city.
The inducements offered by the Govern
ment arc liberal rations and pay, and forty
j three dollars per annum for clothing, half in
i advance; also, ISO acres of land, or SIOO U.
S. scrip, for which the cash can be obtained; I
each volunteer is also entitled to receive 50
cents for every twenty miles travel from his
place of residence to the place of rendezvous,
and from the place of being mustered out of
: service back to his home. In addition to Jill of
which, the undersigned will pay a Bounty of
Six DolUirs, for each private who may enroll as
soon as the company is mustered into service.
But the great inducement to ambitious
youth, is the surpassing beauty and riches of
the country through which we are to march;
the manly excitement of honorable war; the
conquest of the finest country, and richest
city in the world.
C. P. HERVEY,
late Adjutant Georgia Regiment, Captain.
F. M. LEVISON, Ist L’t,
A. IVERSON, Jr. 2d L’t.
Columbus, July 22, 1847.
The following article from the Kingston
(Jamaica) Times, of the 2d June, goes to show
that there was more in the scheme of intro
ducing a monarchical form of Government in
to Mexico than was dreamed of in the phi
losophy of those who scouted the idea as
chimerical:
Tub Mexican Monarchical Government.—
It will be recollected that we have on several
occasions referred to the movements which it
was reported were taking place for the pur
pose of erecting a monarchy in Mexico, on the
ruins of the present unfortunate republic.—
Spain, along with England and France, it was
generally considered, felt disposed to promote
the measure; and a large party in Mexico, at
the head of whom was Paredes, had openly
expressed themselves in its favor. Santa Anna
was said to be against it; but so was he against
hostilities with the United States, and yet he
is the only General who seems latterly to have
taken any active steps to resist the invasion.
We may naturally conclude, therefore, that in
this respect, as in others, Santa Anna will be
found ready to bend to the force of circumstan
ces, the more especially after the recent re
peated defeats which his army has sustained,
and the almost hopeless nature of the strug
gle in which he is now engaged. The moment j
is, therefore, we conceive, a highly favorable
one, for carrying out the measure, if it be re
ally seriously enterntained by the several par
ties named. And certainly, so far as the in
terests of Mexico are concerned, we can imag- j
inu no change better calculated—while it
maintains her integrity as a nation—to pro
mote her improvement and prosperity.
One tlhng is certain —that she cannot long
continue as she is, and must obtain the sup
port of the European powers, by adopting their
form of government, or fall, at no distant day,
into the arms of the United States. This lat
ter event, we should, on many accounts, be
loth to see take place; for although Mexico, as
a country, would no doubt rapidly advance,
. the injury which would certainly be done to
the present race of Mexicans is incalculable,
who would soon find that they were just as in
competent to cope with their Northern neigh
bors in the arts of peace as in those of war,
: and being subjected to a similar line of policy
to that exercised in the case of the American
: Indians, would ere long cease to possess one
inch of that territory for which their fore
-1 fathers had so long and valiantly struggled. —
I Besides, even putting the Mexican state of
the case entirely out of view, it ought to be a
serious question with Great Britain—possess
ed, as she is, of so many colonies in this part
of the world—how she permits an independent
nation, in whose commercial integrity she is
so deeply interested, to be overrun by bauuls
of marauders, such as those which first peacea
bly settled in and subjugated Texas. Under
i such domination, we fear that the value of
Mexican bonds, already low enough in ennse
! quence of late events, would soon cease to be
represented by any appreciable coin.
[From the N. O. Picayune, '2sth inst.] ' -
Lieut. Col. Hunt. t «
AVe find in the Courier of lust evening a cor
respondence between a number of our most
respectable citizens and Col. Hunt, induced by
the announcement of his being ordered to
Washington. For the first time, and with as
| tonishment,we learn from the correspondence
j that misconduct in the discharge of his duties
j as quartermaster has been imputed to him.—
We have never before heard a syllable breath
ed against his character, but on the contrary
have invariably heard his integrity and ener
gy spoken of in the highest terms. The gen
tlemen whose address to him is referred to
above, speak in the manner such charges de
serve, and with the positiveness of their falsity
which liccomc those who have the best oppor
j Utilities of knowing their injustice. Crowded
as our columns arc, we cannot forbear publish
ing the subjoined extract from the reply of
Col. Hunt:
“That I have had arduous and almost over
whelming duties to perform, all will admit,and
Under most embarrassing circumstances, none
know so well as myself. I have performed
those duties incessantly and cheerfully, with
out the slightest relaxation, for more than two
years. I have received and disbursed several
millions of dollars; and in all my transactions
my greatest aim has been to serve my country
faithfully. I have tried to be Just —I know I
have been honest.
“All I ask is, that I may have a full audtho
rough investigation of my official acts; ami
this I shall most assuredly demand at the pro
per time. I have no reason to fear the result.”
ditga st a , (Georgia.
SAT URDAY IWOHNn^G'JULY 31.
FOR GOVERNOR
HON. G. W. TOWNS.
OF TAEBO I*.
Wc copy a letter the Savannah Georgian
giving an interesting description of Stone
Mountain in DoKalb. The writer, however,
has indulged somewhat in the traveller's pro
pensity to exaggeration, or has been misin
formed in reference to the height of the Moun
tain and the area of ground covered by its
base. We think his estimates will be made
more correct by dividing them by the figure 2.
In other respects our recollection of this ro
mantic and grand spectacle, and its attractions
j to visiters will corroborate the description of
the Georgian’s correspondent.
State Credit, and Democratic Legislation.
The Chronicle, with the modesty character*
i istlc of whig pretension, arrogates all the credit
of the financial prosperity the State, to the
whig party. Its editorial of yesterday objects
(of course) “to the very bold and complacent
j manner, with which he (the editor of the Con*
i stitutiortalist) claims for the Democratic Le*
gislation of 1842, the origination of the mea
s Tires which Gov. Crawford has so successful
ly and happily carried out/' It therefore, af
ter quoting a portion of one of our editorials,
asks us “how did Democratic Legislation ele
vate the State Bonds, and Central Bank bills
; as stated in the prefixed extract.”
; We passing a tax act in 1842, in
creasing the taxes 25 per cent —by diminish
ing the number- of Central Bank directors to
I one—by prohibiting the further issues of Cen
tral Bank notes —and by ordering the notes of
that Bank to be burned as fast as they were
paid into the Treasury——also by passing an
act that drawers of land should within a pre
scribed time take out their grants or that the
lots should revert to the State. These acts
elevated State Bonds and Central Bank bills,
j These acts, connected with the acts of re
trenchment of the Democratic Legislature of
1841, placed the credit of the State on high
ground, and by the time the whig legislature
assembled, and the present Governor was in
ducted into office, left but little for them to
; do in the way of “the origination of the mea
sures which Gov. Crawford has so successful
ly and happily carried out.”
The Democratic Legislature of 1811 -had
already commenced the work of retrenchment
and economy. It reduced its own pay—it re
duced the salaries of the various officers in
the State, from that of the Governor down.
It suspended the work on the State Rail Road,
diminished the number of Civil Engineers,and
abolished the salaried Board of Commissioners.
It passed an act making the Sessions Biennial,
and thus took the initiative in saving S7O or
SBO,OOO per annum to the State.
That State financiering has not been fault
less—that it has not been in all respects in
times past the most skillful and prudent im
aginable, w r e freely admit. But a large share
of the responsibility is with the whig party,
and the democratic party is entitled to the
credit of being the first to retrieve errors and
enter upon the path of retrenchment and re
form.
Reinforcements,
The Washington Union of the 27th inst,
says—“We understand a large corps of Texan
Rangers, headed by Jack Hays, has been or
dered to A'era Cruz, They will assist in ena
bling Gen. Scott to keep open'thc coramuftica--
tion between Vera Cruz and the capital.”
Southern Medical Journal.
The August Number of this valuable pub
lication is on our desk. The editor. Dr. Paul
! F. Eve, is absent, but has made arrangements
for the continuance of the Journal during his
absence. The number before us is filled with
j interesting essays and extracts.
| The barque Exact was got off on AVednes
day by the wTeckers, and towed to town by the
1 steamer J. Stone. She was half full of water.