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General Wm, 0. Butler*.
Some of the Whig papers, of Kentucky, have been
assailing the purity and fidelity of this distinguished
Democrat, and gallant veteran, upon the slavery
question. *. • T
Th< Kentucky Flag says:
“The leaders of that party are well aware if Gen.
Butler should receive the nomination of a Democrat*
ic National Convention, his election to the Presiden
cy will be ascertain as that the day arrives for ta
king the sense of the people, and this induces them
to assail him with such insinuations as may serve
to prejudice him in the estimation of the Southern
Democrats, and thus defeat his nomination in the
Baltimore Convention.
“They think, that if he receives that nomination,
Ee cannot fail to receive the electorial vote of his
own State; and, in that event Kentucky will return
to her first love, and Whiggery loose its power for
ever. This is the great cause of Whig opposition
to the brave Butler in this States, and we hope our
Democratic friends in other portions of the couutry,
will so understand it."
The Frankfort Commonwealth, (Whig) asks “If
at church on Sunday morning an hoar before
the service commenced, and, taking his seat on
a tombstone, read aloud to his flock previous to
entering the church. On one occasion, when
both pastor and flock were deeply interested in
aa article which tho former was reading, the
sexton approached and told him that the hoar
for the service had arrived ; on which the old
gentleman, deliberately folding the paper and
putting it in his pocket; said 'Never mind, boys,
we’ll finish it when we come out of church.’ ”
Sllbann, ©corgia:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1852.
To Correspondents.—“Iskander,” shall have a
showing next week.
Our Arkansas Correspodent—Our Flint river Cot-
Butler should be elected, will not the Van Ruren, | ton Boxes arc 80 feet looj». 22 feet wide, sides and
Benton, and Blair dynasty be again in power. To I ends 5 feet high ; cost about $200 ; freight about
this the Flag replies : “We answer unhesitatingly,j 630 bales cotton; they float or drift to Apalachicn-
No! There is nothing to warrant such an inference | F| in from , l0 10 d „.. ,hey are manned with
nor is it reasonable to suppose that such a slate of *
tilings will ever exist.” We refer to this matter be- frora 12 t0 20 men ; wl ‘° worli a lar 2 c 01 r »* ca,:h
cause some of the Whig papers in this section have I end to keep them in the proper course.
been republishing these slanders upon the character m m mi —
of Gen. Bnticr. It is but the growling of th© dog 1 . The Savannah & Albany It. R.—The form-
in the manger. It would be well if these patriots! atlonofa European Society for Its con-
gentry could only see themselves as others see them. f
They assume that Mr. Benton, Mr. Blair and Mr. ' .
Van Huron will support Genera! Butler if he should ^publish from the Savannah Republican and
be the nominee, of the Convention. Well suppose j the ^avannah Georgian, our communication to the
they do. What of that ? Will that make General j e dito/ of the Republican, with the comments of each
Butler what they arc ? Suppose he should be voted on t , (e gubjecl .
for by a Northern free-soiler, or a negro will that . _ , ,
make him a free-ttoilcr nr a negro ? Who did these | Tbl3 Sivannah and A,ban y R - R ' P ro J Mt “ ac *
immaculate saints vote for, fur President and Vice knowledge illy a subject of the first importance to
President, in 1848. It is true they said Gen. Taylor Georgia and we think it offers to capitalists a aafe and
was against the Wilmot Proviso and all that. But : profitable field for investment. We are pleased to
the Northern Whigs said he was a Wilmot Proviso find , h>t „„ s , v , nnaIl ^temporaries appreciate and
man and opposed to the extension of slavery. Did ;
these pure and devoted sons of Whiggery, and the i a PP rove lhe wor ’ t - and we thlnk lbe Re P ubl,can 13
South, raise their voices against Gen. Taylor, be-1 wrong in characterising tlic European scheme for
cause he was supported loudly and cheerfully by ( constructing it, as wild and visionary. If the pro-
Northern free-soilers ? No, they were as silent as j po^ed amount of capital ($2,500,000) be raised,
the grave on that subject. Did they tell the people whe|her b capitalisto a | ono , or by capitalists and
that Millard Fillmore never gave a vote in Congress . , , , . ,, „
that was not against the South. No, on the other j em 'S rant ® combined, or whether the capital be all
hand they proclaimed from the housetops, that he . taken in Europe or a part there, and a part here, it
,.\yaa a marvelous proper man for the South. After seem to us that the result will not be changed; that
-committing all these sins they now have the assur- J amount of capital will be sufficient to extend a road
.nee to come forth and slander General Butler, and ffora Savaflnall the Chattahoochee. We do not
denounce him, beforehand, because a free-soilermav _
perchaoce vote for him. ' | cnnslder the perfect formation of the European So-
We have an abiding confidence in Gen. Butler, ciely as by any means certain, but if it should be
and if he should be the nominee of the Baltimore 1 perfected, judging from the character of the men
Convention, it will afford us great pleasure to do engage d, we believe they will accomplish the object
what we can to elect him. If free-soilers should * _**__• .• . .
n . of their organization and will make a new era in
see proper to vote for him, Mr. Buchanan, or any | 7
other good and reliable Democrat, what of that If ^ ie prosperity of Georgia.
we get a true man what is it to us who may vote I •
for him ? There are now no sectional issues before | Our Advertising Columns,
the country. These Whigs have mainly aided in j Godwin’s Hotel.—By reference to our ad-
seining the slavery difficulty by an unjust Compru- j verlisiug co l umu s, our readers will observe that
mlse, but, one in which the whole country now ac- u _ „ , . . , , - . __ i
quiesces, Whigs, Democrats. Abolitionists, frecsoil- Mr ' T - G - Godwm > 1,as taken ch » r 6« ° f
ejrs and all can now vote for men and measures upon hd formerly known as the “American,” and pro-
their abstract political merits. While we say this,; poses to keep a house that shall compare fa-
however we do not believe that any very repectable j vorably with the best hotels in middle Georgia,
portion of the free-soilers (we allude to numbers) j We are lificd t0 b( . )ievc „, at Mr . Godwin
will vote for the Democratic candidate, whoever be ; ... , , . . , .
may bo. We have no fears that these Whig lumen- r ° lfiI 1,13 l ,ron,,3c ,0 ,be leltcr -
tations and piercing shrieks, about the safety of the j See the notice of Reed Brothers, 6c Co., Phil*
South, will have any other effect than to expose their adelplii i, wliolesnl* dealers in Clothing and Drv
OWtl-'hollow-liearted hypocracy. Their motive, are , Good , j bhn T . Sinilh> E , atc of Milledge
plain enough. They wish to keep away the Demo- 1 ’ . , , , .
Chits from the treasury pap that they may get at it v,llc * hftV,n ? l>ecome connected with the bust-
A word to our Subscribers.
We are at length again at oar post, and feel
much the same gratification in resuming our
weekly intercourse with our patrons that we do
in meeting friends from whom we have been
some time absent. The condition of the coun
try at the present time, politically and financial
ly. is most singul ar. Many politicians and finan
ciers are groping their way in the dark—blind
leaders of the blind—without seeming to under
stand tho effect of any present policy upon the
future. An interesting field is now open for
investigation .—Politically, the dissolution and
the re-formalion of parties, the approaching
Presidential contest, and the proper policy to
be pursued ns States and as a Confederated
Government:—Financially, the effect of Tar
iffs, and the production and the exportation of
gold upon imports and exports and upon property,
productions, and consumption, and the effect of
these causes upon the general prosperity of the
country—these are subjects to which we shall
from time to time apply the unerring test of Dem
ocratic Principles, and evolve the laws which
ought to govern our political and financial econ
omy. Whilst wo shall keep steadily in view
the great general interests of tho country and
of our own State, in particular, we shall not
lose sight of the local interest of odr own sec
tion of tho State. In all these respects, we
shall appeal to tho reason of our renders, and
we hope to be sustained by their candid judg
ment We shall endeavor to do our duty faith
fully; and now, may we not ask our friends to
Extension of tbe South-Western Railroad
—Reasons for the failure to get State
aid.
The reasons for tho failure of the State to
loan $200,000 for the extension of the South-
Western Railroad to this place, is attributable
to the opposition, open and secret, of parties
who favored the extension across the Chatta'
hoochee River. At the beginning they opposed
it openly; in conference they refused to unite
in a common application to the Legislature; in
tbe Committee on Internal Improvements, they
reported against a loan to our road, whilst they
reported favorably on their own application for
subscription by the State of-$300,000, with
an appropriation of the first two years interest.
Notwithstanding this opposition, the loan to the
Albany road was lost by only four votes, whilst
the Chattahoochee project was lost by sixteen
votes. After the reconsideration of the two bills,
the prominent friends of the Chattahoochee pro
ject carried on a secret opposition, which de
feated the extension to Albany, and this bad
faith, which they had calculated on as a means
of success, was tho cause of their own defeat.
Although we knew the means by which our
own favorite project had been defeated, yet wo
informed the friends of the Chattahoochee route,
that if they would place their bill upon the same
footing of our application, which had been lost,
securing the State against tho payment of any
interest, we would vote for it; otherwise, wo
would not. After the refusal of the Stato to
loan to the people of this section her credit for
second our efforts by extending our circulation?' $200,000, when the principal and interest were
Let each subscriber endeavor to add one morej to be secured before the bonds could issue, we
to our list, and in that way give us the substan- j determined not to favor a project which propo-
tial encouragement, which will add energy and j sod a subscription for Railroad stock for $300-
[FROM OCR NEW-YORE CORRESPONDENT.!
New Yosk, January 20,1852.
This is the severest winter that has been ex
perienced in this city for several years past—-
The poor say 60, and they onght to know. I
saw a couple of men bearing into the office of
Emigration, in the City . Hall, an unfortunate
foreigner whose legs and feet had been frozen
over-night. A city journal estimates the num
ber of unemployed poor, within hearing of the
bell of St. Paul’s, at 100,000. This is an cx-
ageration, hut I presume that there nre as many
as that in tho entire city. - Tho thirds of these
are emigrants, who on landing, ought to have
pushed out to the Great West, and obtain agri
cultural and domestic employment, if practica
ble. Many of them, it is true, had not means
or strength to get any further than this point,
but I suspect that this was not the case with
thousands who are now idle and suffering.
One thing is certain, either a stop must be
put to tho immigration of paupers to this port,
or immediate and efficient steps must be taken
to facilitate their transit to the cheap, rich, un
cultivated area of the West. At present, their
emigration from this point westward is very
materially obstructed by the shameful imposi
tions practiced by emigrant land lords and trans
portation agents. It would be exceedingly on
erous and irksome for our citizens to have such
n job, 60 costly* and laborious, on their hands—
but if they should not create some drain, or
sluico way, or efficient medium, by which this
tide of emigration shall be prevented from over
flowing at this point, we shall be swamped past
remedy.
What makes the presence of so many unem
ployed and hungry-eyed people the more disa
greeable, is tho fact that unoccupied lands of
Iowa, Wisconsin and Minesota, are crying out
as it were, with the most pressing invitation, to
all these idle folks, “come and till us, and we
will yield you bread enough and to spare, and
wo will load you with tho abundance of our
riches.”
defends but an usurpation, falsehood
lence, I am not suitably placed to speak t?’
comes a teaching member, of right and foir*
“I have therefore to request you, MonK!!??
Rccteur, to b<9 so good as to consider tU*!/
ter as tho official intimation of my rerimT*-
and to transmit it as soch to the MrnhiJ
facto, who aft present is at the head of
Instruction. As I do not recognize in that? 8
son either the legality of the public chara i
or the honor of the private one, l canflot ***
sent to hare with him any more direct conuT
ideation. Accept, &c., moi# *
“Alexander Tho***.
“Doctor in Letters, Professor of Ui«inr.
“Versailes, Dec, 12, 1851. ° f ^‘
power to our labors. We would ask also, that
those who have not paid us the small sums due,
will do so as soon as convenient
Arrival of the Iltu&boldt.
We condense the following foreign news from
our Savannah exchanges.
The Humboldt brings Liverpool news of the
This cordial invitation from beyond the Fa
000, and appropriated two years interest from jther of Waters, is ringing in the ears of many
the treasury without compensation. They did
not heed our suggestion ; their own project was
defeated, and they may look to their own course
for the cause.
of the younger and more enterprising people,
and a few are making active preparations to
leave this scene of physical want and moral
Savannah, Jan,3!,l8a
To the Editors of the Savannah Republican .*
Gentlemen :—fn your paper of the 2'Jth
find a statement of the contents of a French CireL
which purports to give the outlines of anenternrW I
about lobe undertaken in this country by a '
of Europeans, the subject of which is, teeo««lzI
a Railway from Savannah through Alban*
Gaines, Ga., and from thence through Alabama liu
Mississippi to Natchez. In your comment!, *
state—“so far as Georgia is concerned, that no chT
ter or grants of land for such a road have ever W
obtained from our Legislature,” and consequent
you suppose the scheme a humbug, designed toell
trap and defraud emigrants. You regret^o find
name and Gen. Brisbane’s of Charleston, mentioS
in the circular as provisional agents or directors
and say—-“These gentlemen owe it to themself
to explain this connection, and we doubt not
will be able to do it satisfactarily to the public.” *
As you are entirely mistaken in your premises it
will be easy to show how yon arrived at erroneous
conclusions. So far as Georgia is concerned, the
Railway charter referred to in the Circular, i.*^
Savannah and Albany R. R. Charter, which extend
from Savannah through Albany i>nd across the Chat,
ahoochee River; and the land referred to r ia i
two hundred thousand acres, which was granted b*
the State to Gen. Brisbane, lying in Irwin Conot*
on both sides of the Ocmulgee and Flint R. R, /
work which is in the direct line of the contemplated
Savannah and Albany R. R., and will probably for®
.cave tins scene ot pnysic. want and moral , of „ 8hou|d tlie , atler rolMl ever £ ^
desolation, and go out thither, but they are cloudy '-yhe ci.aracter of your comments m»kc.
O* We learn by the Journal Sc Messenger of the
4th inst., that S. T. Chatman, Esq., has sold his in- ^ m
12th and 13th of January—sales of cotton 12,-;terest in that paper to James T. Nisbet, Esq., who j ^ ca8 °l s , * ts course, and I got bravely har j
1 1 over it. But what l object to in this matter of l
. . - .- , - | i nr oi your comments mokes the fa!
Americans, whom the fore.gn bon, are crowd- , owin tacmcnt if to „£
mg out. Don t misunderstand me: I have no dcr8t ' ndir , g of ollr Relive p 0s iii„ M .
prejudice against the immigrant, I was once | In 184()i G „„. u risb ,neunder;o.,k to ron,tructthe
infected with Nnl.ve.Americanism, but, like the ! Ocmulgee a Flinl K. K„ and after three ? nn U
and the expenditure of bis in<!ivk!«al
000 bales, market firm, and nil animated de- will hereafter conduct the editorial department.— j. . * . . * 1 ~ . ,n 118 er OI ! means to the amount of several thousand dollar**
1 r | immigration, is that tho foreigners instead ofj afterh
mand. Trade
healthy.
tbe manufacturing districts j Mr. Cnsnux proposes to establish a daily, tri-week* pansujngtlie eoarato the UVsFideluivmariterl' ed’sume "-esetriy 6 mi'e*'«»d < hrd''n'
| l.v, and weekly, commercial and family newspaper out for them by Providence, linger lazily in j !f roctBre "„ n :1 considerable part of'tl,,.;
The British Government disavows and dis- in Savannah. _ populous places in order to pick up a livelihood | lhe pattie;s in t,> rM t e d had expended in the * 2 *rmu
approves tho Prometheus outrage, and will de- i - ] , i , ” re ,, sur ’ e '^ an< * ^ ess physical exertion. over two hundred thousand dollar!
11 , - w# 1 After all, God may have an all wise purpose in
our hardy, enterprizing, energetic and
jrade the perpetrator. j
France.—The President has issued a decree I
Laws of the last Session.
We shall, as a matter of interest to our readers, j drivii
.licenlt inir Vniinnnl Ptm,. i. i. mi j publish the most important general laws passed at. we ^ i n f*Jrmed native Republicans to lav the
dissolving the National Guards, and will organ- j . I foundations of the future eommmiities of the
ize them when wanted for public order. Victor he recent session or the legislature. We publish . p w , (0 p] ,| m citius , vi ||. . and
Hugo, Gon. Chagarnier. Thiers, and Ciradin, tbe changes made m the courts.nd some nn- the 6( ’. irl | deniocratic n J eduea-
with six hundred and twenty Representatives,! portant laws for which we are indebted to the Re- institutions. There is a vast deal in be-
aro banished from France. Arrests continue to | corder. j ginning right. At this moment, there are sever-
themselves—Constitutionalist Republic.
From the Southern Democrat.
A Gang of White Black Birds.
In another column may be found the proceedings
of the “If-nothing-intervenes-parly,” at a meeting
recently held at the capitol. The meeting was com
posed of that portion of the members of the Legis
lature, which formerly belonged to the once Glo-ri
be made daily. This is a perfect reign of terroi
—the President is using despotic power before
proclaiming himself Emperor. French funds
have fallen.
The Georgia and Florida Rail Road.
A Charter was granted by the rycent Legis
lature for a Rail-road, a Plank-road, or a G raded
road from Oglethorpe, or some other point on
the South-western Railroad to Albany, and j where it is published for the first time,
from thenco through Tbomnsvillc to the Florida j notice of “Some Irish Poets.”
Tho Savannah Republican ami the Macon ! aH.ssoviationson fool, (ami some “on tho high 1 ifl's Und,
_ , , . 1 r ,„ horse ) for settling the members—artizans ami
Telegraph appear in new type. 1 he general; agriculturists—in one or another of the States
west of the Mississippi. In a few eases those
projects are the merest humbugs, but on the
whole the movement is a good one, ami I would
like to see it imitated in Boston, Philadelphia,
in Baltimore, ami throughout the Eastern and
.Middle States. *
prosperity of Southern newspapers, argues a
growing intelligence among our people.
Iri.sii Poets.
We find the following exquisite Love Song,
the “ Deniocratic Review” for December, ;
Jane ary 26.
For a wonder, New York rejoiced ye*terdai
in hi5or aod
money > tlie work was suspended, by embarra-oment
and want of rhe means to complete it. At that time
Gen. Brisbane and myself, as agents of tlie compa
ny, cn me to Savannah and appealed to her City
Council and her people for aid. Fail og here,on
account of her embarrassment in other work*, «
sought aid in Charleston, then in New York, and
lastly in Europe. Gen. Brisbane has sought ronuke
d the prospective advantages and profits
which would accrue from the const ruction of a Kail
Road from Savannah through these lands and nems*
the State to lire waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the
basis for vhe formation of a company which sh-mld
furnish the means to complete such a
pean agents have been sent to examine the lands and
the route for the road, and I believe they Ikivc bero
satisfied with both. The European jKirtiPu «vIh#f
name appears in tlie circular to which you referred,
arc, if I havebeen correctly informed,men of high
ling and wealth, who would he incapable of any
ness-of this house, is a guarantee that Georgia
merchants will be fairly dealt with.
See the notice of Chockalogee Academy, in l ,er a cent, and yet would have secured a Rail
The song was ,
line, in tho direction of Tallahassee. We have j written by Joseph Bkknan*, and is the gushing j in a lovely sabbath. It was like May, brilliant inol j ve g ,, r conduct as you seem to sn-pect
’ ' ’ - 1 " 1 " • ’■ " ■' " " ' " ' " ' ’ ply to ilu alt I culU.
been dtMiied a loan bv the State, of her credit, j forth of a warm, trusting and affectionate heart: | balmy. Tho snow began pretty
under conditions which would not have cost
Lee County, under the superintendence of Mr.
James Y. Gardner, and other advertisements.
road to Albany. But there is one plan by which
the same result may now be secured, the ac- J
complishment of which, will depend npon the!
South-western Rail road Company, or rather j
upon the Central Rail-road Company, who own j
“Come to me, dearest, I’m lom ly without thee,
D.vy-tiino and ui^ht-tinii' I’m thiukin 1 ' about thoi
Ni-dit-timi* and day-time in dreams 1 behold tint
Unwelcome the waking which ceases to fold tho
Come to rue, darling, my sorrows to lighten,
Comet in thy beauty to Mass and to brightci
Ansustn. Charleston, and Sarannah.
We have recently had tho pleasure of visitinj
ous, but now defunct Union party, and its proceed-i three cities, and were gratified with the general j the chief stock. If they will, upon the subscrip-1
lags may be chronicled among the “seven wonders 1 appearance of prosperity which each exhibited, j tion of $200,000, issue their bonds for a similar j
of the age”—that meeting being the eighth, the - ! Augusta has recovered from the depression J amount: or, if they prefer it, if thev will loan J
moat wondeful of all, and more inexplicable if pos- j wh|ch conscqnelll „ pon tho completion of tl.eir bonds to an independent Company, they j
tible Ilian the caption selected for tins article. . _ * . * . , . , .. . * , .
In the strictures we have to offer upon the unique j ,hc Geor g'« Railroad. She has capital mves- be,ng secured ngnmst the payment of pnn-j
proceedings of that honorable body, we design no j lt *d * n cotton manufacturing, amounting to cipal and interest, there will be no difficulty in
persona! disrespect to any of the gentlemen who $450,000, and $100,000 in Mtichino works, at extending the Rail road to this place—from
composed the Committee appointed to report matter . iJ ie C.nnal in the surborbs, besides other works ■ whence it would doubtless extend to -Thomas-
for the action of the meeting, or to any other gen- • |j ic c Ry ; and to this cause, more than any ville and Tallahassee,
tleman who had any participation in the action of. J J
that meeting. other, perhaps, may be attributed the improve-
We regard them as honorable a body of gentle- ment in trade, the increase of population, and
men as are commonly collected togetlier on wire j the growth of the city, by the erection of sub
pulling occasions, but as the fabricators of a medley . gtantia | buildings. Her Medical College—its
of political inconsistencies, which are without a ! r i. j . 7 . . . l
parallel in the history of American politics. Aa j <i*c» R y and stndent.-«re «n ornament to tbe
politicians their acts are before the country to be I nnt ^ an l 5 °nor to Georgia,
judged of by the people, and are the subjects of , The business of Charleston is increasing, as
general investigation and criticism, and ought to may be seen by the receipts of her Railroad for
receive from an enlightened constancy a candid.' thc past „ and , increllse of her forc ;
fair and deliberate consideration. |. . .. , , __ ,
By reference to their proceedings, it will he seen 1 ''"l» r ‘"" 0 " 3 I ba Charleston and Hamburg
that they have mounted thc Democratic Platform and ‘ Railroad is now one of the best roads in the
voted themselves into thc Democratic Party—nay 1 Southern States. Its receipts the past year,
more, they have made the wonderful discovery that J exceeded a million of dollars, and after paying
they ore and olooys ha re been the true Democracy j a divi) | end 0 f 7 dcr CPnt . „„ it9 stock, and tbe
of the country. .
Now Who aro these «•true Democrat, 7” Is it'" 1 '" 031 on " 9 r,abili, ' ,c3 - "’ere carried
necessary to ask who are Bartow, Meriwether, Mil- the reserved fund.
ler, Clark, Robinson, Trippe, and others ? Are they! The' comparative prosperity of Savannah is
not known all over Georgia as all whigs of the Har-: even greater than Charleston, as is shown by
ri»n Clay and Fdlmore schools? Have 1they nott| hcr i|K . reillM) of , rade and capital, and tbe in-
•pqnt many long rebellious vears in defence of 3 • , . , . J , , ,
Whigery and in battling against the Democrat par-1 creas ® d value of real estate in and around the
ty, and Democratic principles ? Have they not ser- c, ty* ^
ved in every campaign of “log cabins, coonskins, [ Charleston and Savannah, though rival cit-
cider barrels, and red peper,” from the days of mil- j i es in trade, nre a mutual benefit to cacli other,
lification, up to the time of their recent conversions ? 1 rp. . - _ • „ • i . t
„ ’ ... ... . , .... , I heir competition is an inducement to each to
Have they not, time without number, publicly advo- , „ ' ... . , , ,
rated the doctrines and principles of the once ador- j ex ^“d lhe facilities for trade, and render their
cd,but now justly despised whig party, and abused markets attractive to the people of the interior
and the West, and thus they secure trade which
would otherwise find a more Northern market.
These cities have but recently commenced a
career of prosperity, to which, if they shall wise
ly continue their efforts, we can see no reason
for a limit. The trade of tho vast west is just
opening upon them, and they may secure its
advantages.
A brighter day, we trust, is opening npon the
South, which we see evidenced, not only in our
principal cities, but in every part of the interior,
and in every department of industry.
i thy w
Come in thy loveli
Swallows will Hit
Telling ofsji
And iIkhi
f thy I.
Are circling my heart
Oh! spring of my spi.-
Shino out on my soul till it bo
Tho wa ?to of my liti* lias u ro
And thy ibndne-is alone
kI, ntcekly and lowly ;
queenly and holy.
1 the desolate min,
4 j°y°,
told trvasm
rith the promise of utea^ui
, Oh! May ofiuy bosom,
an.Udo*oi
the sunlight
e which moves like a song through thc
ires lit iq» with th<* rvtlex of heaven,
like the skies of poor Erin,
re sunshine and shadow are
s coniine scltlom, but childlikt
ijr each other
id simple,
th.; hv-art of a drniplo;
iour that even thy mining
briehten his dreahiiug.
My own position
by the exjH'mliture of :»»y means and my
develnpe and improve tbe .southern and SoiitfwMt-
ern part of Georgia, by opening that fertile ami neg
lected part of tlie State to an Atlantic
onr own seaboard. \N her. I found that the Ocmnl-
gee and Flint road could not be completed,
1 obtained, in 1847, the charter for the Savannah
j and Albany Rail Road ; fearing that the meaiis could
! not be obtained at present to construct that, I had
to authorise a Graded,or
merest, nor have I ever
k of the proposed Enro*
nsented, provided »
caches j in the land
! pean Company ; hut 1 h:
and villified the Democratic party and their princi
ples ? Did they not for years denounce every meas
ure proposed by the Democratic party on the one
hand, and extol every measure great and small, that
had the smell of whiggery or federalism about it ?
There is but one answer that can be given to all
these questions, and that is an affirmative.
Now, the question arises, •*ichnhas changed;” these
doable refined, fourth proof whigs, or the Democrat
ic party ? Ah! that is the “white black bird.” No
body has changed, and yet the “lion and the lamb”
are said to be nestling together, The old idolizers
of “coon-skins and red pepper” are mysteriously
transmogrified into devotees of true Democracy ; and
Democracy has oozed out of itself into these “Union
Preserver*” where it can get additional help to watch
th%A u eame old coon sitting on a rail “Coop d’etat,*
as tbePrenchman would say—bold stroke that.
Newspapers la England.
The London Post relates the following:—
“Not forty years since a newspaper was rather
a rare thing in the agricultural districts of the
West of England. A friend at at our elbow
**yt that iarbfs early days, it was no unpom-
tnou tiling for the curatc of the parish' to arrive
Got. Cobh’s Appointments.
We are gratified to learn that Gov. Cobb has
thus far made very judicious selections to fill
the offices which are placed at bis disposal by’
law. We refer to the appointment of Mr Zach
ary, as Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary,
and Mr. Wadley, ns Superintendent of the
State Road. We understand that both these
ntlemen are eminently qualified for the offices
to which they have been appointed.
We take the following from the Macon (Ga.)
Telegraph: /„•
Chief Engineer on the State Road.
We understand that Gov. Cobb has tender
ed to Wm. M. Wadley, Esq, late Superinten
dent of the Central Rail Road, tlie appointment
of Chief Engineer on the State Road, and that
the latter has accepted the appointment. This
is a good appointment, and, wo doubt not, will
give general satisfaction. There are few men
in the State who could bring to tlie'petfblttiancG
of the arduous duties connected with this ap
pointment, a greater amount of practical abili
ty, a more energetic and determined character,
or a more single-minded devotion to tbe inter
ests of the great work entrusted to his manage
ment, than Mr. Wadley. Under his aministra-
tion of the affairs of this road, we predict a
speedy change in its condition, and while we
congratulate biin upon his appointment, we al
so congratulate the Governor, and tho State,
upon getting the services of so valabte an officer.
Since the abovo was written, wo learn that
Gen. J. W. A. Sanford has been appointed
Treasurer, and Williams Rutherford, Esq., Au
ditor for thc State Road.
Democratic meeting.
The Democratic Party, togetlier with all who de
sire to unite with us upon Democratic principles,
You have been jilad when you knew I wav gladdened;
Dear, are you sail now to hear I am saddened l
Oar hearts ever answer in tune and in time, love,
As octave to octave, or rhyme unto rhyme, love;
I cannot smile, but yo ir cheek will !k- glowing;.
You cannot weep, but my tears will be tin wing;
I could not die without you at my side, love ;
You will not linger when I will nave died, love.
Come to me dear, ere I die of my sorrow;
Rise on my gloom like tlie sun of to-morrow.
Strong, swift and fond ns the words which I speak, love,
With a song at Up, and a smite on your check, love;
Come, lor my heart in your absence is dreary ;
Ha te, for my spirit i-» sickened and weary;
Come to the a rim which alone shall curctM thee;
Come to tlh! heart which is throbbing to blcoa tliee.”
the day to evince a disposition to go off without
waiting (like Mr. Hulsemair) for pasports. Nu
merous individuals, more eager for a ride on
runners, than for u decorous observance of the
sanctity of the day which our Eternal Benefac
tor expects us to devote to his “reasonable ser-
vice,” made the most of the sleighing it enti oly
disappeared from our main avenues. * •
'Piie long agony of the thirty days trial is over,
and the exhausted jury heartily tire,I of its „,a I thc charter so a , llondt , d
zes cannot hat rejm.-e that they are at length j Piank Rll , d . , have
out ol the Forrest. Before tins letter
you, your paper will have received the result
Of this tedious and disgusting yet important t.i- j C1>lnpany sha!1 p t . formed of 6ufficien ,
*•' Vt/^ 11 ’,!' i Si *7 '!•' • ( look - i ■>* an agent or dire'etor in carrying oa tlte confine
mg “like the little end of noli,mg whittled down lion of , he road,
to a junt, ) and lie informed me that it was tint
yet public, but on Saturday night he with the
others had rendered a sealed verdict. • »
Well pleased as wo may he with a good pins’,
we cannot deny that many players are utterly
unworthy in private life, and that those who
countenance them in their performances, imli-
rectly sustain them in their vices. .
linmnm’s .Museum, (a theatre under a moral
cover) is conspicuously advet tised just now by
a series of tolerably well executed transparen
cies, copied from George Ciookshank's illustra
tions of Intemperance., in his scrap lunik entitled
From the Columhm Sentinel.
The Colton Crop,
Tlie following table, fromlho New Orleans
Price Current, furnishes a most interesting state
ment of the cotton crops of the Union for tlie
hist thirty years. It will he seen that the aver
age price of cotton, during that time, has been
over eleven cents. The crop of 1851 was
worth inure than 840,000.000 over thc most
valuable crop ever raised before.
Statement showing amount, value and average
price per lb. of cotton exported front tho
Departed,
3rd inst. Flat lloat, -Little Belle,” Griffis,
with 300 halos cotton to Sims Si Cheever.
Flat Boat “No. 5.” Saucer, with 400 bales
cotton to Sims Si Cheever,
03“ Hon. Mr. Mallory of Florida, and Hon.
Mr. Donglass, of Illinois, will please accept
our thanks for public documents.
Cuba,” die, Tho Chevalier passed up tbe Cen
tral Railroad laat Saturday night, remained in
Macon on Sunday, and then departed westward,
lor New Orleans, we suppose.
Years.
Total
flu.
Value.
Average
priee per U,.
1821
124,893,405
20,157,480
10:2c
182-2
141,075,095
24,035 058
10:8
1823
173,723,270
20,445,520
11:8
1824
142,309,G03
21,947,401
15:4
1825
170,449,207
30,810,049
20:9
1820
204,535,415
25,025,214
12:2
1827
294,310,115
29.350,515
10
1828
210,590,403
22,487,229
10:7
1829
204,837,180
20,575,311
10
1830
298,450,102
29,07-1,882
9:2
1831
210,979,784
25,289,492
9:1
1832
322,215,122
31,724,082
9:8
1833
323,798,404
30,191,105
11:1
1834
381,717,907
49,448,402
12:8
1835
387,358,992
04,901,302
10:8
1830
423,031,307
71,284,925
10:8
1837
444,212,537
03,240,102
14:2
1838
595,952,297
G1,55G,8! 1
10:8
1839
413,021,312
Gl,238,981
15:7
1840
743,941,001
03,870.307
8:5
1841
530.204,100
54,330,341
10.2
1842
584,711,017
47,592,404
8:1
1843
792,297,105
49,119,805
0:2
1844
CG3.G33.455
54,003,501
8:1
1845
872,905,990
51.789.G43 .
5.-92
1840
547,558,055
42,707,341
7:81
1847
527,219,958
53,415,848
10:34
1848
814,274,431
01,998,293
7*1
1849
1,020,002,269
69,390,907
6:4
1850
635,381,004
71,984,010
11:3
1851
927,237,989
112,315,317
12:11
“The Pottle,” which is the foundation of a plnv
now performing at this popular establishment.
The American Museum is in so conspicuous a
a place, that these pictures plating its front, at
tract constant attention day and night, and j J G( £^ ^ticulark S«lnnsi,TndThc&«tW
make a very effect,ve dumb lecture on temper-| Rnd South-Western parts of the State. I kso*
carrying
i* f lliat I will do more : I will «v
I may slate,
sist, by all the means at my command, lo conrtfift
t2iis or any other Railroad that will reach Albany;
and many planters in South-western Georgi
do the game. If we cannot get h railroad, we wiH
have a plank road, or even a gradt cl road. Wf it
determined t« do what we can, in thc present ti<*t
trusting, with unwavering confidence, in tbe merit
of the work, that tlie great end which we haveia
view will ultimately he accomplished.
My knowledge of the progress of lhe for®** 0 *
of the European Society, and their proposed pho
of opcration» has been obtained within the prrtW*
week, and if I understand the plan, its accompli*
ment would result Jin great benefit to all the part**
interested—llWswnigrant, the’ eapiulist, Aw** *
nected with the Ocmulgee and Flint road, ffitf
. si ~ i c ..... • | miu ouuii,- »* cstern parts
ance to all passers-by. People that ether can-1 of the plaD J operat io„s beyond the ft*
uot orvvtll no react a temperance tract ami L f G ia . Tne ' wei) caplta j, *2,500,008,
shut them ears to temperance orators, and for. I w0 ., d f „ fficient Vconstruct a Railway f«®
ctgn res,dents who read no Lngltsl, Imre see t0 llie Chattahoochee river, 250 mile,
some foretble arguments against the bottle and
the tippling shop.
Since writing the above, tho little dissemina
tors of great news have become vocal with the
verdict of the jury in the Forrest trial. Mrs.
Forrest is acquitted, granted a divorce, and ali
mony to the tune of $2,500 per annum. The
husband is said to have been in a high state of
excitement while the jury were out. Whether
he will carry the case to a higher court, remains
to bo seen.
A fleet of steamers worked their way through
the ice on Saturday, and cleared the coop for
various ports, foreign or coastwise. Among
the rest was the U. S. Mail steamer Georgia,
with att immense number of passengers for the
gold regions, and Adams 6c Go’s. Express mes
sengers and large express freights JiacJ^ew Or
leans and California. •
A Right hearted Professor of History.
Tho extract which we give below has been
translated from a French paper for the Loudon
Spectator:
M. Alexander Thomas, one of tho editors of
tbe Journal des Debats, and of tbe Rccue des
Deux Mondes, has addressed the following let-
ter to the Rector of the Academy of Paris:
Monsieur le Recteur—The events which have
just taken place, aro of a nature to trouble hon
est minds, even in tho obscurity of the most
humble positions. It is impossible forme to
guard any longer the chair which I occupy at
the Lyceum of Varsailes. The teaching of his
tory is nothing, unless tho professor endeavors
to awaken in tho mind of his youthful auditors
tho sentiment of justice and right, Professor of
i State at a time when the State no longer
and if this can be completed there would be but lit*
tie difficulty, 1 imagine, in extending it further west'
ward.
My regret ia that the European Society fa*
yet been perfected; my hope is that it will be; hot
without relying upon this uncertain prospect ofK*'
eign aid, it seems to me to be the duty as it is
the interest of Savannah and the whole section of 1
State through which this road will pass, to uD ‘ w .
once in the opening of a road through the wotfi*
ern part of the State ; should we foccccd in obuio*
ing the aid of foreign capital, a railway coI ^k
made; but in any event we may construct a P* 8 *
road under tho amended charter of the Satan 0 *
and Albany Rail-Road Company, which would
more than its con to the value of property
neighborhood; would be the means of protnot* 0 *
the settlement of tlu? southern part of th» SuW»
would cheapen tlte transportation of pnxio* to**
ket, and would bring to Savannah a l ar £®
ble trade which now finds it» way to the gon ^
kets of Florida.
If I have been somewhat prolix in my
it has been because I have deemed it nfCf8S * r ^
answer to your call.io give to yourself andtbaPV
lie a full comprehension of tbe plans, P 0, P 03 f*g gi
views of myself and Gen. Brisbane* and of
ropean Society, so far as I know them. y
I trust it is not necessary to state, th»*
Gen. Brisbane or myself be appointed ^
rector of a foreign company, it mast be ..
spectable and responsible one, in which
would be tolerated which would be i$jwioaj *
to individuals or the public.
Very respectfully, ;
NELSON tlTi-
r ' r~T ..
ET We shall notice jam yoMieattotu n**