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From t/ic Portland Courier.
To Uncle Joshua Downing, Post Master, up
in Downingsvillc,in the State of Maine. This
to be sent by my old' friend the editor of
the Portland Courier, with care and speed.
Philadelphia, June 10, 1833.
Dear Uncle Joshua:—We are coming
on full chisel. I’ve been trying ever since
we started to get a chance to write a letter to
you; but when we’ve been on the road 1
could’at catch my breath hardly long enough
to write my name, we kept flying so fast;
and when we made any. stop there was such
a jam round us there was’nt elbow room
enough for a nmskeetcr to turn round with
out knocking his wings off.
I’m almost afraid now wo shall get to
Downingsvillc before this letter does, so that
we shall be likely to find you all in the suds
before you thiuk of it. But I understand
there is a fad mail goes on that way, and I
mean to send it by that, so I’m in hopes that
you’ll get it time enough to have the chil
dren’s faces washed and heads combed, and
the girls got on their clean gowns. And if
Sergeant Joel could have time enough to cull
out my old Downingsvillc Company, and get
their uniforms brushed up a. littJo, and come
down the road as far as your new barn to
meet us, there’s nothing that would please
the President better. As for victuals, most
any thing wont come amiss ; we are as hun
gry as hears after travelling a hundred miles a
day. A little fried pork and eggs, or a pot of
baked beans and an Indian pudding, would
suit us much better than the soft stuff they
give us here in these great cities.
The President would’nt miss of seeing you
for any thing in the world, and he will go to
Downingsvillc if he lias legs and arms enough
left when he gets to Portland to carry him
there. But for fear any thing should happen
that he shouldn’t be able to came, you had bet
ter meet us in Portland, say about the 22nd,
and then you can go up to Downingsvillc,
with us, you know.
This travelling with the President is capita!
fun after all, if it was’nt so plaguy tiresome.
We come in Baltimore on a Itail-road and
flew over the ground like a hurrycane. There
h’nt a horse in the country that could keep up
with us, if he should go upon the clean clip.
When we got to Baltimore the streets were
filled with folks as thick as the spruce trees
down in your swamp. There we found Black
Hawk, a little, old, dried up Indian King.
And I thought the folks looked at him and
the prophet about as much ns they did at me
and the President. I gave the President a
wink that the Indian fellow was taking the
shine off of us a little, so we concluded we
would’nt have him in our company, any more
and shall go on without him.
I can’t stop to tell you in this letter how
we got along to Philadelphia, though we had
a pretty easy time some of the way in the
steam boats. And I can’t stop to tell you of
half the fine things I saw here. They took
us in a great hall this morning as big as a mee
ting house*, and then the folks began to pour
in by thousands to shake hands with the Presi
dent ; federalists and all, it made no differ
ence. There was such a stream of them
coming in that the hall was full in a few miri.
utes, and it was so jammed up round the door
that they could’at get out again if they were
to die. So they had to knock out some of
the windows and go out ’tothcr way.
The President shook hands with all his
might an hour or two, till he got so tired he
could’nt hardly stand it. I took hold and
shook for him once in a while to help him
along, but at last he got so tired that he had
to lie down on a soft bench covered with cloth
' and shake as well as he could, and when he
could’at he’d nod to ’em as they came along.
And at last he got so beat out, he cculd’nt
only wrinkle his forehead and wink. Then
they concluded it was best to adjourn for to
day.
And I’ve made out to get away up into
the gaiTet in the tavern long enough to write
this letter. We shall be off to-morrow or
next day for New York, and if I ean possibly
get breathing time enough there I shall write
to you again. v
Givo ray love to all the folks in Downings
ville, and believe me, vour loving neftu,
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
are public property. There can be no harm
in applying the rule to them. If a man feed
at the public crib, he should surely be wil
ling that- the public know what he eats.—
Let us look at the last congress. There’s Mr.
Webster. What does he eat? Read his
speeches. Observe the rich style—the close
argument—the pungent satire. There is
substantial corned beef, with plenty of mus
tard in every line. Mr. Calhoun eats roast
beef, but he has of late spoiled bis elo
quence by putting too much cayenne on his
beef. M r. Holmes eats ducks; but he is
not as particular as he should be ; sometimes
tiro ducks are fishy, and then bah !
i what a flavor it gives to his attempts at wit.
West Point.—The annual examination
of the Cadets at this institution terminated on
Friday last; and iu the afternoon of that day
the Corps marched into camp, in wluch they
remain until the 1st September.
The very thorough nature of the examina
tions i t this instiution (which occupy, as we
have before said, from twelve to fifteen days,
nine hours each day,) have justly rendered
them alike remarkable and interesting. Not
less so are the accuracy and extent of the
knowledge acquired by the Cadets; and sure
yve are, that no fair minded persons, however
previously prejudiced against the Military
Academy, could witness the results, as dis
played at these annual examinations, without
The day he wrote his letter to the legislature feeling & avowing that it is mo-4 va ua\>l ,and
of Maine, his ducks were very fishy, and the
lawgivers “ down east” suffered for it. Mr.
Tyler, eats hain and greens the whole year
round, and the consequence is, his speeches
are ham and greens, ham and greens, ham
and greens, to the end of the chapter. His
colleague, Mr. Rives, hood-winked every bo
dy as .o his sentiments on nullification. Do
you know how? He isju3t from France, and
he dined every day on some French dish that
nobody knew any thing about; of course,
how could they tell what he was going to say.
George Miller used to eat plain boiled rice,
and was a plain good sort of man, till cor
rupted by Mr. Calhoun, ho began to eat cay
enne on his rice ; the effect is seen in his
speeches—all Mr. Calhoun’s cayenne, with
out any of his beef. Air. Adams eats corned
pork with mustard, and sometimes with mo.
lasses. The way lie came to eat molasses is
curious. When he returned from abroad,
he had acquired, 1 know not how, a reputa
tion for monarchical feeling, and fondness
for diplomacy and ceremony, which was
thought to be quite un-American. To rid
himself of this—to prove that he was a Yan
kee—true Yankee—and nothing but Yankee,
he took to eating molasses with his pork.—
At first, like all now converts, he was over
zealous in the use of his molasses, and the
cons -queuce was, his famous Fourth of July
oration. Oflat he only takes a dip now
and then, generally preferring mustard. Still
you sometimes taste the molasses in his el
oquence. Even his celebrated Bank Report
was not entirely free. He had finished his
dinner, when he thought he would take one
dip—that dip, (so mysterious is the connex
ion between mind anti matter) induced him to
put four lines of doggrel poetry at the end
of his report, which, (could any thing have
done it,) has most completely damned the
whole concern. There is one member of
congress who puzzled mo for a long time,
tie is a perfect Gratiano—“ speaks an infin
ite deal of nothing” as any man in Washing
ton. What he ate 1 never could imagine
Beef, mutton, or pork were out of the ques
tion. It could not be fowl, or game. Per
haps ’tw.is tisli-—1 heard him again ; . no—it
could not be fish ; there was more substance
even in paugies. I was at fault. I knew
his mind, yet could not tell what he ate.
went to lus landlady’s—“ Pray Madam, what
does Air. eat?” “Eat, sir?” “Yes,
ma’am, what is his favorite dish ?” “ Dear
sir, he is the strangest man—he absolutely
eats nothing—nothing at all.” “ Well,
thought so.” Al v rule is a good rule, after ail.
in every sense a thoroughly uutio .»i instiiutio
The class graduated this year consists of
45: the class entering, of ubou* 120. It is
of r re occurrence, such is t(ie sev re >r le..l
of stud • d conduct through wbieh a < ’adet
must pass—tuat more than oue-third of tlie
! number who enter pass through the whole
j term of four years. Of those who do thus per
fect, their course, it may therefore be fairly
assumed that they are of more than ordinary
merit, tali*-t anti attainments.
The Report of the Board of Visiters will,
we hone, soon be made public. When it is,
we shall tak'* occasion, fit laying before our
readers, to otter such rein rks as seem to us
called for, bv some recent proceedings and
orders respecting the .Military Academy which
are, in our judgment, of the most injurious
tendency.—A 7 . F. American, 18/ft ult.
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THE PHILOSOPHY ~OF HUMAN GREATNESS.
“ Upon what meat does this same Cxsar feed that
ho is grown so great ?”
Glorious Will! Alatchlcss Shakspcare!
Thine is the true philosophy of human great-
ness. You ask not in what school was Caesar
taught? to vhat system of mental cultivation
was he subjected ? Still sless, with modern
philosophers, would you ask what bumps has
this samc Ctcsar! No—-you go at once to
the source of all that is great in human char
acter, and ask, upon what meat does Caesar
teed ? This is the true, the solid basis on'
which human greatness is built. Of all the
modern speculators on the philosophy of pol
itics, but one has followed this, the true path
—the Hon. Air. Twisston, who attributed
Mr. Pitt’s war policy, to his eating devilled
beef, and Mr. Burke’s horror of the Bloody
French Revolution to his stimulating with hot
wator. Tell me what a man cats, and I will
tell you what he thinks; or, vice versa, tell me
what he thinks, and I will tell you -what he
cats. Here I could, were it worth while, be
very learned on “the connexion between
mind and matter,”“nervous influence,”“the
Galvanic fluid.” I know it all; but will not
trouble you with any of it. Away with a priori
reasonings. The best proof of the truth of
any theory is obtained by reducing it-to prac
tice—if it'work well, that is all the practical
philosophers in the Utilitarian age will require
Apply tha rule then. Solve the problcrti
The mint! of any man being given, find out
what he eats ? But on whom shall we apply
it? The distant or the dead were the best
subjects, for to them no offence could be gi
ven; but on the other hand, it is difficult, and
in most cases impossible, to find out what they
ate- Where, then, shall we go? I have it.
In this land of popular sovereignty, public men
ANOTHER “ SNAKE STORY,
Mr. Editor,—I have lately noticed a “snake
story,” going the rounds of the papers, in which
it is stated that a snake having been cat inti
three pieces, the head and tail were rejoined j
to the exclusion of the middle part, and mo-
ved off as though his snakeship were uncon
scious of having been deprived of any part of
bis corporation. I do not refer to this story,
because I doubt its truth ; for it is nothing
more than an every day occurrence ; and
there are some species of snakes that haye
all their joints marked and numbered ; so that
if any of them happen to be severed from
each other, they go to work and replace
them with the same accuracy, as a carpenter
ivould tlio tenons and mortices of a house
frame. I have frequently seen snakes cut
up into pieces not more than an inch long ;
and in less than five minutes afterwards, seen
them running off at full speed and in every
respect, as perfect in their appearance as
though nothing had happened to them! But
the rattle snake, and the black snake, not be
ing acquainted with marks and numbers, arc
sometimes liable to sad mistakes in this res
pect ; one of which, I once witucsscd. I fell
in with one of each of these species of rep
tiles near to each other. The black snake
had coiled his tail around a small branch, ami
the rattle snake in the act of springing at him,
made such a furious lunge, that in uncoiling
himself, he snapped in two in the middle 1—
The black snake, iy throwing himself out of
the reach of his enemy, keeping his hold on
the busli at the same time, performed the ev
olution with so much force and velocity, that
he suffered the same fate! Each of the
heads, forgetting for the moment, its hostile
feelings, scrambled for a tail. But in their
haste, the two heads backed up to ouch other,
and the moment they carne together, they
were completely united. Here wus a dilem
ma ; one head supposing itself united to its
own tail, made a movement to bo off. The
other supposing the same thing, mado a simi
lar attempt. But as one was pulling one
way, and the other the other way, “the more
they tried, the more they could not do it;”
until at length, they pulled themselves apart!
American Sunday School Union.—We
have perused with gratification the ninth an-
mal report of tuis useful and bnnevoleut (or
ma'ion, for imparting the light of moral in
struction and religious truth to the youthful
mind. The Society, since its institution, has
been instrumental in establishing 14,553
schools, i:i which 109,000 Teachers have la
hored gratuitously, i'- the instruction of 700
000 scholars. Of these schools, 2309, em
bracing 13,118 teachers, and 45,088 scUol
ars, have been formed during the l ist year
Tho average annual increase for the 9 years
has been 1600 schools, 12,000 teachers, and
84.000 pupils. The publications of the S<»
cietv, amount to 2! 5 library-books, of the av
erage size of 114 pages, and 100 varieties of
children’s books, unbound, containing in al
2000 p,'«ros. To these m ist he added 1
new varieties of cards for infant schools, of
which the lithographic prints in Natural His
tory are decidedly the most perfect and pop
ular that have ever been published. The
number of these, and of the form books, &c.
pertaining to the ordinary routine of a Sunday
School, which have been circnla’ed by the
society, it would be very difficult to ascer-
tain. Eight octavo volumes of the American
Sunday School Magazine, containing a vast
amount of in'elligence on the general subject
of Sunday Schools; the Sunday School Jour
nal, a weekly paper of full size, now in thetljird
volume ; a scries of sermons, by distinguish
ed clergymen of different denominations, and
sundry other documents, illustrating the prin
ciples and enforcing the duties connected witli
the grand objects of the associn'ioti, hav-> al-
so been extensively and advantageously dis
tributed in almost every section of tho cou -
try. Of honks in foreign languages, the first
volume of Union Questions, and 10 volumes
of reading books, making a total of 713 pa-
ges, have been published in 'German, and 6
volumes, making a total of 543 pages, in
French.
Tiiis interest ng.i st fiition seems to be
vh 11\ free oi’ s.ctari -a spirit, and to be ani
mated with the desire of uniti; g the whole
Christian family in its labor of love, “ It
hould be kuown distinctly throughout the
land,” says the Report, « that the first grand
principle of our . association is Union—that
as a society, we recognize the existence of
various evangelical denominations, only so
far as to avoid their points of difference—that
there is no representation of them, as such,
in our body, uor of us iu theirs. We rest on
the broad basis of the Christian Church ;
and esteeming every true disciple of the
Lord Jesus Christ, as one with us in this gen
eral purpose, we invite his co-opor .tioa in
building up the kingdom of our cotmdbn Re
deemer, on the foundation of the Apostles and
Prophets—Jesus Christ himself being the
chief corner-stone.”
The report recommends the consecration
the Buenos Ayreans to solicit the coopera
tion of Chili iu \the war, as it was presumed
the Indians would seek refuge in t‘ie strong
holds of the .Cordilleras, where it would be
difficult, if not impossible, to follow them from
the Eastern side of the mountains; or per
haps unite with the Araucanian Indians, with
whom they have always had friendly relations.
Gen. Guido had been nppoi: ted Minister to
Br izil, in order to conclude the deiinitive
Treaty of Peace between the two countries.
The election ofDelegates to the House of
Representatives, took place on Sunday, April
28th.
It is calculated that this country has suffer
ed a loss of more th in two millions of cattle by
the drought; and it is appalling to think
wh it must luve been the consequences, had
the rai .s been much ton r delayed.
ccounts from Mo te Video to April 20th,
prese.it the country us i.i a distr icted state.
Pre.-Ment Riven was expected to arrive on
the frontiers about the 16th; with 1500 men.
The Aloati-video U iversJ repons th.ir 4009
stand of arms, upon private speculation, des-
ti u.d for the Die a'or of Paraguay, have left
o ;e of the ports of iir izil.
Chili.—Chili dates by this arrival are to
March 16th. It seems that a revolution had
been meditated to Santiago de Chili; ■ hut the
Government there had early notice of it,
closely watched the proceedings of the dis-
coute ted, and in due seaso arrested various
individuals connected with the proposed at-
tempt, and cashiered and suspended several
officers. Among the latter was the Inspector
General, (Gen. Jose Ignacio Zenteno.)
In the newspaper Aicrourio, of Valparaiso,
it is slated that Cupt. Wafford, of the firi:
Ovalle, has communicated the news that a
mine has been discovered in Copiapo, and
•hat it is a great deal richer than that of the
Channrcillo when it was first discovered.
The Author of Junius’ Letters.—From
the following article in die B -Iftst Whig, of
(be 9th ult. it appears that the public will soon
be put in possession of a secret wltich has so
long excited the curiosity of the literary world:
“Lord Grenville, nosv very old, is scrims-
ly indisposed. On his death, the secret res
pecting the author of Ju ins’ Letters, will be
disclosed, his lordship having long been in
possession of it. The documents are at Sow,
the seat of die D ike of Buckingham, who is
also ill.” /
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Another attempt was made ; when by anoth
er sad mistake, the rattle snake took posses,
sion of the tail of the black snake, and tho
black snake took that of the rattle snake ?—
The black snake, unused to the appendage
of the rattles, became very much alarmed at
their unwonted noise, supposed the rattle
snake to be close at his heels, and actually
run himself to death, to escape the imaginary
pursuer! The rattle snake on the other
hand, continually brandished lus stolen tail,
but without effect; until discovering the fatal
error, he swelled," bursted, and died, of sheer
rage and mortification ! VERITAS.
of our approaching National Anniversary, to!
one grand simultaneous cilort throughout tiie
U. S. to'ascertain, by exploring every neigh
borhood in the land, to what extent suitable
subjects of Sunday School instruction can he
collected; and expresses the fervent hope,
« that the sun of that day shnll not go dowu
upon a single dwelling in the U. S., in which
the voice of a kind, judicious, Christian friend
lias not been heard, inviting every suitable
subject of Sunday School instruction to repair
to the place where it may be had freely, as
the gift of God, without money and without
price,”—Charleston Courier.
Latest from Buenos Ayres.—By the
brig William, Cupl..ia Marini, at New-York,
Buenos Ayres papers tiave been received tb
April 27th. The W. sailed the 2d AIuv.
The expedition against the Indians was the
great topic interest. Gen. Rosas, comman
ding the division from Buenos Ayres, com
menced his march on the 2nd March; and on
the 30lh had reached Tupulque, where he
was joined by the troops of that Canton. A
division of troops from some of the other pro
vinces, under Gen. Huidobro, had been earli-
er in tho field, and had a battle yyith the In-
dims, in whiqli the 1 iter was represented to
have been defeated with a loss of 160 killed,
and “a vast number of wounded and prison-
ers: 700* horses were likewise taken from
them.” The loss on the part of Gen Huid-
obro’s division is stated at 15 killed and 36
wounded. The Indians generally had taken
alarm at the preparations making againstthem,
and were seeking the means of defence by
returning to the fastnesses, dec. on the other
side of the Rio Negro. It was proposed by
The following remarks upon a contemplated Rail
Road in Virginia, addressed to tile editors of the
Richmond Enquirer, ire not inapplicable to tho one
spoken of here. We iclievo ours can be coristr ictcd
at is cheap a rate, and yield as groit advantages, as
the one there spoken of. Wc are pleased to see a
spirit to engage in these valuable improvements, ex
tending through the country. The time will not
lie long before the extremes of our extensive Repub
lic will be brought comparatively near each other,
and tho increased intercourse between our remote cit
izens which will be the result, will serve, more than
any thing dse, to engender kindly feelings among us,
and strengthen and perpetuate our bond of union.
Gentlemen,—I am pleased to see the
suggestion for a Rail Road from P tom tc
Creek to Richmond. The writer is not aware
perhaps, that a company has-been incorpora
ted, and is now actually engaged in construc
tin'' a ro td ofth.it description from Potorn ic
Cr ek to Fredericksburg. Th.it road, how
ever, can only be used by horse power, in
consequence of the tremendous hills to be
encountered. But from Fredericksburg to
Richmond, a road may be constructed at an
expense not exceeding S4000 t mile, that
will admit of the use of steam power. From
Fredericksburg, pursuing the fiat land east,
a level is presented eight miles in extent,
which leads to a ravine that affords an. easy
ascent to the ridge between the Alattapony
and the Rappahannock ; thence, on that ridge
about twelve to fifteen miles, you are let
down almost imperceptibly to the flat lands
of the Alattapony, and in that way a route is
marked out to Richmond that will require but
little excavating or tilling up. Very compe
tent contractors offered to furnish mat ri ids
and do the work from Potomac Creek to Fred
ericksburg at rather less than $4600 per mile
I should therefore conclude that one tract
with suitablo turn-outs, may be constructed
between Fredericksburg and Richmond for
about 3000 dollars per mile—at any rate, in
eluding all expenses, not exceeding 4000 per
mile. that rate of expense, the prose,
travel on the road would pay udecent divide .
—hut when we add to that the increase' of
travel to be produced by the Rail Road be
tween Baltimore and Washington, the light
merchandize, the immense quantity of pro
ducc raised on the fertile lands of the Mat'
tupony and the Pamunkey, and other arti
cles that will be attracted by the expedition
and certainty afforded by the Rial Road, we
inay rcasoably conclude that it will be the
best stock, or at least as good stock of the
kind as any in the State. The farmers who
now pay nearly half the price of their pro
duce for waggonage to market, will find it to
their interest to encourage the enterprise
und I should suspect would take the whole
stock. The expense of getting their produc
to market, I presume, will be reduced 50 to
75 per cent. . To the enterprising’ capitalists
of Richmond and Fredericksburg, this por
jeet affords a fine prospect oi' profit, and
should hope that it can be patronized by them
without interfering with the great central
work of the State. With the rail road here
spokeu of, a journey may be performed from
Richmond to Now-York in uliout a day and
half. If you deem the above worthy a place
in the Enquirer, you can publish it, or use
the information for comment.
Yours, respectfully,
. O’ The following are tho remarks of the Augusta
Constitutionalist of the 28th ult., after copying the
“ Rail Road Notice” for a meeting of citizens iu this
place:
The meeting of the citizens of Athens was
to have been held on Wednesday Iasi: and
we hope that it did take place. But whether
it lid or -iot on that day, the attempt will no
doubt create a spirit of enquiry amoug the
people which cunuot fail to produce a most
beneficial effect. If the meeting did not t la-
place then, the citizens of Athens possess too
much enterprise and patriotism to delay it ve
ry long ; and ;ts with them the plan of a rail
road has originated, with them must rest the
duty of giving an impulse to the undertaking
and a spur to the citizens of the Counties
which will be deeply interested in the con
struction of such a rail road. Meetings slioul
be held not onlv in Athens and An ust but
i.i L xington, Greenesborough, Cravvtbr villo.
Washington, Elber on, Danielsvillc, Madison
Appling, Warrenton,an-l Liucolnton, and com
mittces appointed to examine and i tves'tq t
thoroughly the subj.c*, and the pr ette bile
of a rail roa' from Athens to Augusta. L
al! the. information of rail ro..as he procured
and placed before the public; let correct ts
timates of the cost he furnished : let an #|>
proxim.niou of the quantity of produce whirl
might be conveyed upon th r i ro 1 he n
and let tables be prepur d o the om, r tiv
expense of transporting produce ,o market b.
the mode now practised, and by a rail road
We must not go blindly in the undertaking
and expose our capital to loss or ruin. But
if w ■ examine the matter coolly and deliber
ately, and avail ourselves of all the informa
tion within our reach, we may .arrive at so me
practicable result; und we may undertake
the construction of a rail road, without ex
posing the capital employed for its cample
tion. Lc? us examine the subject, bui with
the intention of accomplishing a rail road if
it he found practicable : let us meet and ex
change ideas and opinions, to some purpose,
but we should not let oar pro-e lings on the
occasion, end as the proceedings of former
meetings, have ended, in smoke.
It is time that the people of Georgia should
awake from their slumber, and be alive to
what is oiog on around them. No people
t;..,. be more sensitive to whatever relates :o
their political rights, and more alive to their
private interest ; anti yet no people appe ir
to be less enterprising more impassive in
mv improvments which-might meliorate their
condition, and so ten ciouS of old customs,
old plans, and old habits. They have been
ardent in their opposition to the encroach
intuits of the federal government, on all things
hich interfered with the rights of the State,
id the policy of protecting by heavy duti
on imports, the industry of one class of the
citizens, to the detriment of -all other classes
and yet, they witness witli indifference the
States of the Union striving to surpass each
other, in the exhibition of what their internal
resources, their industry, and their enterprise
can pro iuce. We must confess that we are
surprised at the reprehensible conduct, of our
:llow citizens, and at the neglect, which they
xve dmost always manifested, to seize every
opportunity presented to them to reader them-
selves more independent of foreign capitalists^
enterprise. For some ye rs past almost ev
ery stale in the Union has effectually shaken
off the dust of old an-J inveterate habits, and
endeavored to better its condition by the em
ployment of its internal means and resources.
The increase of population, and the wants
which began to accumulate, taught the poeple
of our sister Siates, that it was not by indo
lence they could provide for themselves anil
for their children; a spirit oi' enterprise and
emulation arose ; the people with avidity gras
ped at the prospect before them ; their inge
nuity created new machinery, and their iudus-
and perseverance found a profitable omlc for
the products of their lands', their forests, their
rivers, and their inventions in the mechanic :1
arts. Look at Muss ckusctts, Riyode lsfa.nl,
New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Alu-
ryiand, Ohio, South Carolina more recently,
and other States. Have those Stales better
lauds, better navigable streams',ora moreex-
te .sive territory ? No. But their people are
more enterprising, and possess more public
spirit; they depend less on prospective chan
ges than we do in this State. They work
ami accumulate means of livelihood for them
selves and llieir posterity. We wish to en
joy while we live, leaving it to our children
to shift ior themselves in the best mannner
they can. Our northern brethren look to per-
m.an-at establishments. We establish only
for present gratification. Is it then surpri
sing that we should be backward, and they in
tin- con ation of enjoying the fruits of tlieir en-
!• rprise unfl industry? Is it surprising that
they should have become capitalists, and we
a people of expedients, and depending entire-
ly on the seasons for bread and the means oi
buying clothing ? What has Georgia done 1
Nothing. What have other States doiie ? Is
the New York canal nothing ? Are the canals
and turnpike roads in Pennsylvania nothing ?
Is the Alaryland r»ii road uothing ? Is the
Charleston rail road nothing 1 Can we look
with apathy, on the improvements undertaken
by our sister States, and not make an attempt
to imitate them J We hope we shall: and we
expect that the citizens of Clark county will
set us an example which other counties will
tollow; and the day may not be far distant,
when the rail road lroin Athens to Augusta,
may extend further, and connect our princi
pal sonport with the most productive sections
of the State.
^boq Chaw and A. *t. Xisbea, Editors.
.l/m Ratifieatiin Meeting—Clark county his set
a noble example to her sisters. The meeting at Wat.
kinuville on the 4th inst. was well attended and resul.
ted in the ni;>nifestution of
a unanimity of sentiment
By Rail Road from Baltimore to Washing
ton, calculated for - - 2 hours
By Steam Boat to Potomac Creek, 5 to 6
By Rail Road to Frede fcksbufg, 3-4
By do. from Fredericksburg to Richmond
say - - > - 4 r
The Savannah Georgian speaking of our conteui.
plated Rail Road, says s _
« We are rejoiced to find that an enort is
about to be made in our State to establish a
Rail Road. Let one be but completed and
she evident advantages arising therefrom, will
open the eyes of our People to their true in
terests, rebuke the sloth which oppresses them
and awu! «h a spirit of State pride, which will
impel Her onward to the stand, to which her
resources, if aided by the intelligence of her
sons, will exalt Her.”
on the su'iject of tho amendments to the constitution
pro josed !>y the Lte Convention, unprecedented in
this history of her political meetings.
Z idock Cook, Esq. was called to the chair, and
Ro'icrt Ligon and Appling, Esqrs. were appoin.
ted Secretaries. Mr. George R. Cl .yton oTered re?,
olutions opposing the ratification of tho proceedings
of (lie Convention, which were ably advocated bv
hiti.self, Joseph Ligoa and As’mry Hull Esqrs., air!
oppose:! by Junius Hillier, Esq., when tho question
was put by the chair, &. out of about200 persons pre..
ent onhj twn voices responded to the negative! The
proceedings ind resolutions will appear in our next.
Ril Roa I.—I is juI elightful to witness the
ent lusiastic feelings which prevado our whole com.
inanity on the subject of the contemplated rail roa( i
to Augusta. The Capitalist warmly advocates the
scheme bccauso it promises a profitable investment of
his surplus funds—the planter because it will add to
his agricultural resources, and save him the necessity
of expending so large a portion of his hard cumin"*
in getting his produce to market—the merchant uid
mesh nic.‘la;cause it will enlarge their sphere ofaction
anil extend their bussincss, and tho holders of rca!
est ite because it will necessarily cncliancc the value
of their possessions—indeed so general a feelin* U
mmifested in favor of tiie -xperiment by all classes
our fellow citizens, and so convinced are tfiev of
its practicability and utility that, we hazard nothin"
in asserting if Books were opened, ono half of the
amount of stock would, in a few days, ba taken up
in this place alo ac.
We can now imagine nothing to prevent t ie pro.
iect from going into complete and successful opera,
tion. The only possible contingency in the wav—
tho obtaining an act of incorpontion front the Leg.
ishture, seems t a be ill that prevents immediate ac-
tion on the subject: and this we look upon as barely
a contingency, far we can hardly imagine a single ca.
jection that could be urged against it.
A rail road from this place to A-tgusla would can.
fliut with the interest of no other section of the State,
and the company, pu'ting in no claim to exclusive
privileges, will yet oift-r advantages so great to the
whole North Western portion of the State, tint the
Legislature could not hesitate far a moment to grant
a charter.
Mnreli of M : nd—The good old adage, v.diicii savs
that “ young folks think old folks to be fool j, See."
and which has carried with it. for ages, almost the
power and intluenc" of inspiration itself, seems al the
present time, when the “ M-.rch of Mind.” is making
such rapid strides, to have lost not. only much of its
point, but to be. in great danger of an entire rever
sion.
The present generation seem disposed to arrogate
to themselves not only superior wisdom to their Fa.
tliers. but "o know more of their minds and the very
sentiments which actuate the.ir actions th in they do
themselves. When Mr. Madison and Mr. Jefferson
attempted to explain tho true meaning of the cele
brated Virgin:: and Kentucky resolutions (which
were the offspring of their own minds) politicians o:‘
yesterday in bmath Carolina—mere unfledged polit
ic il goslins, when compared to those great md ven-
cnblo fathers of the land, impudently asserted that
they kn*av nothing about them, and were r.ot capa
ble of interpreting the w ork of tlieir own hands.—
Tho followers of these self-important dogmatists of
South Carolia ., on this side of tho Savannah, have, it
scorns, caught a portion of their inspiration. The
M. con Messenger of tho 20th ult. in some bitter
comments on Judge Crawford’s letter to the Editor
of tho Sav mnih Republican, says, that Judge Craw
ford, “ now openly denounces those who practice the
same principles that he once professed, as promoters
of mischief.” “ Mr. Crawford himself,” Bays the
sapient Editor of the Messenger, “ to be consistent,
should be a professed and practical Nullifier.” Mr.
Crawford says he never was a Nullifier ; yet, agreea
bly to this convert to a school possessing in such an
extraordinary degreo the powers of divination, Mr-
Crawford knows nothing about his former, or what
ought to be his present principles—that he has been,
and “ to bo consistent, should still be, a Nullifier!
And has it come to this in Georgia, that a radical,
(o ice tho humble follower of Wm. H. Crawford) die-
tales to the “ Radical Chief” himself, not only hi*
past, but what ought to be his present sentiments?
And those sentiment too, tho sentiments of the onto-
radical chieftains of south Caiolina—Calhoun, M’-
Uviffic and Hamilton !
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CC r^e Life and Trials of Pcstalozzi, "ithtdi-
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Three Years «* sutHics of Crime i» France-
Poo^ T. Eflects
6. Free Tr*», * 8 « y of Tlthe s. 8. Con-
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