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BY MRS. L. 11. SIGOURNEY.
The trrte hath beauty rare ;
W« train its tender shoot,
We t tvine it round the trellis fair,
And praise its fragrant fruit ;
Yet there's a secret vein
Os poison near its bower ;
And he will find it to his pain,
Who tampers with its power.
So, from life's earliest morn,
While we, -like shadows, pass,
Beneath the rosc-cUp lurks the thorn, —
The adder in the grass.
Be ours the love of heaven,
Clear mind, and cloudless view,
To share the Kden it hath given,
And shun the Serpent too.
From Surtain s Magazine.
RICHES AND UESI VS.
An Allegory.
BY MRS. M A K Y S . WHITAKER.
“ Riches and Genius once started on a journey;
hut they soon parted company, for riches rode in
n splendid car, and was carried by large and rapid
coursers, while Genius walked by the way-side,
and often paused to contemplate the skies and
earth-—with her mountains, rivers, trees and
flowers. Riches had not proceeded far, before
he perceived the castle of I’leeMire, in a green
and sunny meadow. All around and within it
was enchanting. The air was soft and balmy,
blowing freshly, fraught with odors, and reviving
to those on whom it breathed. The birds sang
melodiously the streams fell with gentle mur
murs—and the fruits were golden. Pleasure,
lightly and magnificently’ arrayed, came smiling
forth to meet her guest. Bowing gracefully, she
invited him into her luxurious halls, whid), wide
and lofty, were filled with musicians, dancers,
and all who could in any wav contribute to charm
away the hours. Her tables, covered with in
viting viands, were set in the midst. The mis
rress of all things delightful was herself surpas
singly fair. Dimples beautified her delicate
cheeks ; her silken heir fell,in wreathed tresses,
around her marble neck ; her eyes had a laugh
ing and sweet expression, blent with a soft dream
iness. Poor Riches, not knowing her to be a
coquette, soon became violently enamored, —
while she, amused at her power over him, smiled
more bewitchingly than ever. Long time ho
tarried in the abode of Pleasure; hut, at length,
becoming ill,and chancing to groan, site became
offended, —told him that Pain was iier mortal
foe, and that she thought it best for him to leave
the castle. Richesobeyed with reluctance, for
Pleasure seemed more charming in his eyes when
he knew himself obliged to leave her. Being
Ibrced, however, to comply with her commands,
he ordered Iris proud chariot, and, melancholy
and dispirited, again commenced journeying.
M can while, Genins pursued his path to
wards the dwelling of Knowledge—a memora
ble and wise sage. He paused, it is true, at
Pleasure’s attractive abode, but, after some con
sideration, resolved not to halt—knowing Rich
es to be there, and distrusting the smiles of the
siren. Now Riches was gaily dressed, while
Genius wore garments that were threadbare. He
was proud and sensitive, in spite of this, and
feared Riches would insult him. Continuing
on, lie soon arrived at the habitation of Knowl
edge. Tile old man rose to receive him. His
countenance was dignified,, and his bearing no
ble. Time had sli«d its snow on liis head, and
had increased instead of diminished his strength
and majesty, fie led Genius into his well filled
library, and addressed him thus: “ Here, O, Ge
nius, is food for the mind. lam glad to see thee
scorn Pleasure and seek better things, for her
voice is deceptive, and she often leads to death.
1 know that thou wert tempted to her hall—for
who is not? but the wisdom of thy choice will
appear in the end. The way to renown, O, Gr’-
nius, is before thee ! It is sleep and thorny ;
yet lie who has conquered the wiles of deceitful
Pleasure, evinces greatness of mind, —and thou
lias but to persevere in the path I show thee,
to win fame.” Genius bowed himself to the
earth, assured that tho words of the sago were
those of truth.
“ Riches, oppressed with pain—a weary pil
grim—at last died in a wretched hovel, never
ceasing to deplore the loss of his beloved Pleas
ure, though she had proved so false and heart
!“•;. anrJ nlicrinp una hia pnr) »r»H
there is no record of his vain life to be found.
“ Gcnios climbed the hill of Renown, lived to
a good old age, died lamented, left a name dear
to the world. Pity weeps at bis urn, Glory un
folds her banner over the place of his repose,
and his memory is honored among men."
Beautiful Allegory.— Night ki.-sed the
young rose and it bent to sleep. And stars shone,
and pure drops hung upon its blushing bosom,
and watched its pure slumbers. Morning came
with her dancing breezes, and they whispered to
the young rose, and it awoke joyous and smil
ing. Lightly it danced to and fro, in all the
loveliness of health and youthful innocence.
Then came the ardent sun-god sweeping from
the east and he smote the young rose with his
golden shaft, and it fainted. Deserted and al
most heart-broken, it drooped to the dust in its
loveliness and despair.
Now rhe gentle breeze.vvho had been gambol
ing over the sea, pushed on the light bark,
sweeping over hill and dale—by the neat cot
tage and still brook—fanning the fevered brow
ot disease, and tossing the curls of innocent
childhood—came tripping along on the errands
of mercy and love ; and when she hastened to
kiss it, and fondly bathed its forehead in cool
refreshing showers, the young rose revived,
looked up and smiled, and flung its ruddy arms
as if in gratitude to embrace the kind breeze;
but she hurried quickly away when her gener
ous task was performed—yet not without reward,
for she soon perceived that a delicious fragrance
had been poured on Iter wings by the grateful
rose, and the kind breeze was glad in her heart,
•and went away singing through the trees.
Thus charity, like the breeze which gathers a
fragrance from the humblo flowers it refreshes
unconsciously reaps a reward in the performance
of its offices of kindness and love, which steals
through the heart like a rich perfume to bless
and to cheer.
The Human Heart —‘The velvet moss will
grow upon the sterile rock—the missletoe flourish
on the naked branches—tho ivy cling to the
mouldering ruin—the pine and cedar remain
fresh and fadeless amid the mutations of the
dying year—and, Heaven be praised ! something
green, something beautiful to see, and grateful
to the soul, will, in the coldest and darkest hour
offatc, still twine its teudrils around the crum
bling altars and broken arches of the desolate
temples of the human heart.
Friendship. —Friendship is a vase which when
ft is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident,
may as well be broken at once ; it can never be
trusted after. The more graceful and ornamen
tal it was, the more clearly do wo discern the
hopelessness of restoring it to its former state.—
Coarse stones, if they are fractured, may be ce
mented again ; precious ones, never.
From Godey's Lady's Book for April.
RI TIIi OR, THE REWARD OP THE J
Daughter-in-law .
BT REV.-JOB* P. DURBIN, D. D.
As tho autumn approached, the husband
men of Judah prepared to sow their seed.
All things were ready, and they waited for
the first rain. The mouth of November
was fast passing away, as each morning
the eyes of the inhabitants of Bethlehem
Judah were turned to the west, hoping to
descry the gathering cloud impending over
the Mediterranean. Not a speck was seen
in the skies, and the glorious sun continu
ed daily lo ascend to his meridian and
scorch the dusty bills of Judea. At length
the vernal equinox arrived that should
have brought the latter rain, but it came
not. The wells were dry, and the cisterns
had no wafer. The flocks fainted in the
fields, and the herdsmen returned t.o their
masters and sat down before them in sor
row.
Elimelech, the chief of the Bethlehem
ites. looked upon Naomi, the wife of his
youth, and beheld her womanly form yield
ing to the famine. He scarcely dared to
cast a steady glance upon his two sons,
Mahlon and Chilion, who a year ago, were
two vigorous sprouts shooting up iu his
house, and promising to overshadow and
refresh the old age of their parents, and
maintain the supremacy of their family
among their people. Elimelech ascended
southward to the heights that overlooked
the Dead Sea and commanded a view of
the land of Moab. He beheld its fields
whitening to the harvest, and its crystal
streams sparkling in the sun. And al
though it was a land of the Gentiles, where
all the people bowed down to Chemosh,
yet he resolved to go thither, that he might
obtain bread and water, and his family
live. He quickly found a grave in this
land of idolatry, and Naomi was left a
widow with her two sons blooming into
manhood. Obeying the dictates of nature,
which triumph over conventional rules,
the young men looked upon the ruddy
daughters of Moab and loved them. They
chose from among them Ruth and Orpah
for wives. In a few years the widowhood
of Naomi was rendered unutterably hit
ler by the loss of her two sons and the
bereavement of her daughters-in-law, who
were doubly afflicted by being left child
less. In this dark hour Naomi turned her
thoughts towards her people in Bethle
hem-Judah, from whence the report had
reached her that plenty had again blessed
her land. She arose to depart to her own
country, and Ruth and Orpah accompani
ed her to the borders of Moab.
Here Naomi proposed to take leave of
these iwo young widows ; and her address
to them is one of the most touching pas
sages ever pronounced by the lips of wo
man. Ihe essence of woman’s heart and
hopes, as God hath made them, is disclos
ed in i f . She begins with a profound and
touching expression of gratitude—“ The
Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have
dealt with the dead and with me." What
an exalted character of these two young
widows docs this expression suggest !
1 heir conduct towards their husbands had
been such as to satisfy even their mother
in-law, and to bocome the measure of the
divine blessing which she desired should
be given to them—“ The Lord deal kind
ly with you as ye have dealt with the dead
and with me.”
But when she comes to specify the bles
sings of the Lord which site deems a just
reward for their fidelity and kindness
to their husbands and herself, she descends
into the secret fountain of the female heai t,
and utters forth the precious truth which
dwells unchangeably there. “ The Lord
grant that ye may find rest, each in ihe
house of her husband" Her words recall
ed to these young widows the happiness
of former days; and as their mother-in
law gave them the parting kiss, they lifted
up their voices and wept, and said—” We
will return with thee to thy people.”
The reply of Naomi glows with the
great living truth, that woman can find her
natural and permanent rest only in the
4 ‘ house of her husband.” And Naomi
said—“ Why will ye go with me ? I havo
no more sons that may be your husbands ;
lam a widow: and had la husband, and
should 1 also hav r e sons, would ye tarry for
them till they are grown ?” And when
she had uttered these words, “ they lifted
up their voices and wept again.” Orpah
hearkened to the advice of her mother-in
iau’, gave her a parting kiss, and returned
to her own people in Moab. But Ruth
clave to Naomi. Now’ commenced a still
more earnest struggle between these two
rental kable women. Naomi was unwilling
that the beauty and bloom of youth should
he wasted in her service; and she took
the advantage of the example of Orpah,
and said—“ Behold, thy sister hath gone
back unto her people and unto her gods :
return thou after her.” For three thou
sand years the answer of Ruth to the ear
nest and disinterested advice of Naomi,
has stood forth in the history of filial affec
tion and duty as the sun in the firmament
ot heaven. There is no parallel to it in
the records of Lumainty. And Ruth said
—“ Entreat me not to leave thee, or to re
turn from following after thee ; for whith
er thou goest, I will go; and where thou
lodgest, I will lodge : thy people shall be
my people, and thy God my God. Where
thou diest will I die, and there will 1 be
buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more
also, if aught but death shall part thee and
me.”
To these words Naomi made no reply;
they were unanswerable ; and silently the
two widows journeyed on foot towards
Bethlehem Judah. \Y T hen the relict of
Elimelech appeared among her people,
they said in amazement—“ Is this Naomi l
The sound of her name used to suggest
to us her beauty and happiness. She de-1
parted from us with her husband and sons,
and 10, she returns to us in sorrow, and
with hut one poor hand-maiden.”
And Naomi said—“ Call me not Naomi,
but Mata; for the Almighty hath dealt
very bitterly with me.” Truly a dark
cloud hung over the house of Naomi and
Ruth. But they had given brilliant ex
amples of the brightest of womanly vir
tues—fidelity to their husbands and to each
other. This was remarkably true of Ruth;
and now God was about to honor her with
very great honor, even to make her one of
the builders of the house of David.
Naomi and Ruth arrived in Bethlehem
in the spring, “ in the beginning of barley
harvest;” and this apparently small mat
ter was the opening of (he magnificent de
signs of Providence towards Ruth, the
Moabitess widow. The custom of the
country permitted poor young women to
glean in the fields of the rich ; and the
pressing wants of Naomi quickly prompt
ed the excellent heart of Ruth to say to
her—“ Let me now go to the field and glean
ears of corn after him in whose sight 1 shall
find grace.” And Naomi said—“ Go, my
daughter.”
The first adventure of Ruth suggests
clearly the magnificent destiny which a
waits her. Upon returning in the eve
ning, she related to Naomi the beautiful
and prophetic incidents of the day. “It
was my hap,” she said, “ to light on apart
of the field that belonged to Boaz. And
when he came out to see the reapers, he
inquired, * Whose damsel is this V And
being informed, he said to Ihe young men
‘ Let her glean even among the sheaves,
and reproach her not; arid let fall also
some of the handfuls of purpose for her,
and leave them, that she may glean them,
and rebuke her not.’ Then turning to
me, he said, ‘Go not, my daughter, to
glean in any other field, but abide here
fast by my maidens. I have charged the
young men that they shall not touch thee;
and when thou art athirst, go and drink of
that which the young men have drawn
from the wells. * For it hath fully been
shown me all that thou hast done unto thy
mother-in law since the death of thy hus
band. The Lord recompense thy work,
and a full reward lie given thee of the
Lord of Israel, under whose wings thou
art come to trust. At meal time come
thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip
thy morsel in the vinegar.’ And as I sat
with the maids, he reached me jiarched corn
with his own hands."
As Ruth related these incidents, the
blanched and withered countenance of
Naomi glowed with sudden visions of
hope ; and she saw the star of her family
about to rise again. She perceived, in
the language and conduct of Boaz, and
particularly in that “handful of parched
corn, his young affection fur the enchan
ting Moabitess widow. At the same time
she remembered that Boaz was “ a kins
man of her husband, a mighty inan of
wealth,” which instantly brought to her
mind the law in Israel, that the childless
widow should become the wife of the bro
ther or next nearest of kin of the deceas
ed, for the purpose of raising up seed on
the estate of the departed, so that it might
not pass out of the original family. She
was now old, and note childless ; but Ruth,
the young and beaulifttl widow, was, in
the eye of the law, in her place; and she
said—“ My daughter, shall I not seek rest
for thee, that it may he well with thee V’
And the ardent and dutiful daughter-in
law replied, ( for she had seen and loved
Boaz the lord of the rich fields in which
she had gleaned, and with the instinct of
woman on such occasions, saw the bearing
of Naomi’s questions, ) “ All that thou
sayest unto me I will do.”
The introduction of Ruth to Boaz is too
beautiful, delicate, dangerous and sublime
ly virtuous lo be recited here. Read it in
the Look, and you will see that Boaz ri
vals Joseph in that virtue for which his re
nown has come down to us through 3,500
years. But there was one dark cloud im
pending over the hopes and wishes of Bo
az and Ruth. The law' of Israel gave
Ruth to the nearest kinsman of the deceas
ed, brother , and Bcaz was only second of
Kin. Loaz feared God as well as loved
Ruth ; and observe with what dignity and
frankness he unfolds to hei the appalling
fact that another had a right to her by law’.
It is true, said he to Ruth, “ that lam
thy near kinsman: howbeit, there is a
kinsman nearer than I. Tarry this night,
and it shall he in the morning that if he
will perform unto thee the part of a kins
man, well; let him do the kinsman’s part,
but if he will not do the part of a kinsman
to thee, then will I, as the Lord liveth.”
Ruth related to Naomi the result of this
interview with Boaz, and her teply is
proof of woman’s sagacity and judgement
in matters of the affections. “ Sit still,
my daughter, until thou know how the
matter will fall; for the man will not be in
rest until he have finished the thing this
day.”
Sue spaKe truly, for in on hour Boaz
took measures to test the matter legally.
He went up to the gate, and sat him down
there, and beheld the kinsman come by,
unto whom he said—“Ho! Such-a-one,
turn aside and sit down here. I thought
to advertise thee, that Naomi, the widow
of our brother Elimelech, selleth her es
tate. If thou will redeem it, redeem it:
if not, 1 w ill, fur I am next of kin to thee.”
And lie said—“ I will redeem it.”
When this kinsman, Mr. “Ho! Sucb-a
one,” declared that lie would buy it, lie
seems not to have known that a young and
blooming widow was a necessary part of
the purchase. He supposed tliatthe aged
and neglected Naomi was the only embar
rassment; and it might have occurred to
hitn that he might wholly disrespect her
as a wife ; and at her death, without chil
dren, the estate of her former husband
would come to him and his children. 130-
az immediately reveals to him the condi
tion of tho purchase. “ What day thou
buyest tho field of Naomi, thou must buy
it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of
the dead, to raise up the name of the dead
upon his inheritance.” And the kinsman
answered—“ Then I will not redeem it.”
The heart of Boaz beat high at this an
swer, and he immediately turned to the
elders present in the gate, and said—“ Ye
are witnesses this day that I have bought
all that was Elimelech’s. Moreover, Ruth
the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, have,
I purchased to be my wife, and to raise up
the name of the dead upon his inherit
ance.”
And all the people said —“ JVe are wit
nesses. The Lord make the woman that
is come into thy bouse, like Rachel and
like Leah, which two did build the house
of Israel; and do thou worthily, and be
famous in Bethlehem.
Behold now the reward of fidelity in the
wife, and of affectionate duty in thedaugh
ter-in-lavv. The aged Naomi flourishes
again in her old age, and receives into her
bosom the son of Boaz and Ruth, who
ate transcendenlly honored in being the
ancestors of David the King, and Messias
the Prince of Peace, in whose veins,
therefore, ran the blood of the Jew from
Baoz, and of the Gentile from Ruth.
Riches— When I was a lad,” says one,
“an old gentleman took some trouble to
teach me some little knowledge of the
world. With this view, I remember, he
once asked me when a man was rich e
nough. I replied, when he had a ihousand
dollars. He said No. Two Thousand ?
No. Ten Thousand? No.? Twenty
Thousand ? No. A Hundred Thousand ?
which I thought would settle the business,
but he still continued to say no. I gave
it up and confessed I could not tell, but
begged he would inform me. He gravely
said, when he has a little more than he
has, and that is never ! If he acquires one
thousand, he wishes to have two thous
and ; then five, then ten, then twenty, then
fifty, from that his riches would amount to
a hundred thousand, and so on, until he
has grasped the whole world : after which
he would look about him, like Alexander,
for other worlds to possess.
A young person once mentioned to Dr,
Franklin his surprise, that possession of
great riches should ever be attended with
undue solicitude and instanced a merchant
who, although in possession of unbounded
wealth w’as as busy and much more anx
ious than the most assiduous clerk in his
counting-house. The Doctor, in reply,
took an apple from the fruit-basket and
presented it to a child in the room, who
could scarcely grasp it in its hand. He
then gave it a second, which filled the
other, and choosing a third, remarkable
for its size and beauty, he presented that
also. The child, after many ineffectual
attempts to hold the three apples,dropped
the last on the carpet, and burst into tears.
“ See there,” said he, “ is a little man
with more riches than he can enjoy.”
Educate for Happiness. —lt is a cu
rious pheomenon in human affairs, that
some of those matters in which Education
is most potent, should have been almost
the least thought of asbranchesof it. What
you teach a boy of Latin and Greek, may
be good ; but these things are with him
but a little time of each day in his after
life. What you teach him of direct moral
precepts, may he very good seed ; it may
grow up, especially if it have sufficient
moisture from experience; but then again,
a man is happily, not doing obvious right
or wrong all day long. What you teach
him of any bread-getting art, may be of
some use to him as to the quantity and
quality of bread he will get ; but he is not
always with his art. With himself he is
always. How important, then it is, wheth
er you have given him a happy or a morbid
turn of mind ; whether the current of his
life is a clear, wholesome stream, or bitter
as Marah. The education to happiness is
a possible thing,—not to a happiness sup
posed to rest upon enjoyments of any kind,
but to one built upon content and resigna
tion. This is the best part of philosophy.
This enters into the wisdom spoken of in
the Scriptures. Now, it can be taught.
The converse is taught every day, and all
day long.
Michael Angelo. — A friend railed on Mi
chael Angelo, who was finishing a statue. Some
time afterwards he called again ; the sculptor
was still at his work. His friend, looking at
the figure exclaimed : “ You have been idle since
1 saw you last.’’ “By no means,” replied the
sculptor, “ I have retouched this part, and pol
ished that ; I have softened this feature, and
brought out this muscle ; I have given more ex
pression to this lip, and more energy to this
limb.” “ Well, well,” said his friend, “but all
these are trifles.” “It may be so,” replied An
gelo, “but recollect that trifles make perfection,
and that perfection is no trifle.”
Cheering Thought. —Sound instruction is
like a ebs!l stone thrown into the w’ater; it
sinks to the bottom, and disappears, but when it
struck the surface, it raised a wave ; this again
produced another wave, tiil the whole was in
agitation. This thought may often cheer the
mind, in seasons when all looks dark; and
though for the present the work may not be
“joyous but grievous,” yet afterward'the most
trying parts of the discipline may be those which
will call for the deepest thankfulness.
Temptation. —That temptation which atfirst
is but n little cloud, as big as a man's hand, may
quickly overspread the whole heaven. Our en
gaging in sin is the motion of a stone down hill
—“ it strengthens itself by going,’’ and the lon
ger it runs, the more violently. Beware of the
smallest beginnings of temptations. No wise
man will neglect or slight the smallest spark of
fire, especially if he sees it among barrels of
gunpowder. You carry gunpowder about you—
O, take heed of sparks.
(Tj* Avery polite young lady seeing a doctor
opening his laHcet to bleed her, begged him to
desist, as she never had any thing to do with
doctrinal points.
MACON, G A .
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1849.
StccKwell’s Panorama —The exhibition of
this magnificent Painting will commence in this
city This Evening. It is spoken of as a master
piece of art, and is said to be a true delineation
of the “Father of Waters,” and its picturesque
scenery. We would advise all to visit this Paint
ing, as they cannot fail to be well pleased in so
doing. See advertisement in another column.
O'We have been requested to state that Mr.
Kilmiste and Family have been unable to pro
cure a suitable room in which to hold their ex
hibitions at present—but that they will return
to Macon in a week or ten days, when the
citizens will have an opportunity of witnessing
their unrivalled performances.
Herr Alexander. —lt will be seen by the
advertisement in another column, that this chief
of magicians will perform wonders at the City
Council Chamber on Monday and Tuesday eve
ning next. It is said that lie has astonished the
natives, wherever lie has displayed his magic
delusions, enchantments, miracles, &e.
Godey s Lady’s Book.— We have received
the April number of this justly popular Maga
zine, which in the exquisite taste of its original
articles its superb embellishments, and the
beautiful typographical execution; is far superior
to any of its “illustrious predecessors.” We
are not surprised that the “ Book” should be the
model one, as it cannot be excelled—particularly
as it is not only pretty but good. We have
drawn on its “Treasury” for the article which
enriches our second page to-day, from the pen
of the Rev. J. I’. Durbin.
Small Pox.— We understand that Mr. Her
ring died of this loathsome disease at Atlanta,
on Wednesday morning last. Ho was on his
way from the North to Tallahassee, where he
resided. The disease was contracted at the
North, as the deceased complained of being un
well on the Wilmington boat, a few days before,
and having arrived at Atlanta was unable to
proceed further.
TheCassville Standard of the stli inst. states
that thirty cases of this disease have occurred at
the Iron Works of Messrs. Cooper & Stroup.
None, however, have proved fatal as yet. Dr.
Maltbie, is now confined at Cartersville with it.
Agricultural Meeting.
By a referrence to the proceedings of the
meeting in another column, it will he perceived
that a portion of the citizens of Bibb county pur
pose the formation of an Agricultural Society.
This is a praisewhorthy effort to supply a defi
ciency long felt in this county, and needs
only the zealous co-operation of our citizens to
prove highly beneficial to the best interests of
this community. It is needless to introduce ar
guments to prove the utility of such associations
as their beneficial effects wherever they have
been established, must he apparent to the most
casual observer. Wcnood here, at home, a more
thorough knowledge of our resources—with a
soil and climate admirably adapted to the pro
duction in abundance all the comforts of life, we
present the humiliating spectacle ofa people al
most destitute of the common necessaries there
of. Why is this so ? Is it not in a great degree
our own fault as a people ? Are there not many
amongst us who can unravel the intricacies of
metaphysics and define the source of the Nile
and yet cannot tell the nature of their soil or the
time to plant corn ? This is unfortunately too
true ; and whilst the one with propriety may be
done, the other should by no means he left un
done. But the evil in this respect exists not so
much in the want of useful information in rela
tion to farming operations, as in a proper com
bination and direction of the knowledge possess
cd and the formation of county associations
will tend greatly, in our opinion, to extend the
desired information. The late hour at which
we received the notice of the meeting prevents
further remarks from us at present. Wishing
success to the effort, we shall endeavor to aid the
enterprise by publishing at any time, such infor
mation as may tend to develope the rich re
sources of our State, and promote tho interests
of the Farmer, in comparison to which all other
trades and professions, may be said to he hut the
•riese and cornice.
Cotton Factories.—We learn from the Sa
vannah Georgian of the 3d inst. that a Company
is being organized in that city for manufacturing
purposes, who will in a short time enter the
contest with the most flattering prospect of suc
cess.
The Augusta Sentinel states that the Augusta
Manufacturing Company have contracted for the
building in that city of one hundred and twelve
Power Ldonis. The demand for machinery to
supply cotton mills in this and the adjoining
States will soon be large ; and of all places for
the manufacture and distribution, Augusta is un
questionably the best. Its immense water pow
er, its railroads and navigable river, give it un
rivalled advantages. May the power loom be
come more popular than the piano forte; and
young ladies prefer tho music of the shuttle to
that of vibrating wires.
Scarcity of Money.— The tightness in the
money market felt here for some time past,
owing principally to our Banks having to make
their senn-annual reports on the 2d inst, still
continues. The pressure, however, is not con
fined to this State, but exists in a far greater de
gree at the North and VV'est. In New York the
money market was tighter last week than it had
been for some time previous, and the prospect of
reliefis small until there is an influx of gold
either from California or Great Britain. First
rate paper in New York sells at 10 a 12 per cent
—very little under 12. The pressure will pro
bably continue during the present month, as no
gold can be looked for from England before the
first of May, and very little from California.
From the West there arrives at New York about
$25,000 a day, but between that city and Boston
and Philadelphia there is very little coin mov
ing. There are also some receipts from Canada
but the balance of trade with the South is no
longer in favor of the North sufficient to draw
specie from this section oflhe country.
The Proposed Memphis Convention—ll*l],
Road to tlie Pacific*
We would call the attention of those of oui
readers interested in Railroad enterprises to con
sidcr the propriety of appointing delegates from
this section to represent them in the proposer
Railroad Convention which is to convene at
Memphis, Tenn., on the 4th of July next, foi
the purpose of considering the propriety of con'
structing a National Railroad from the Missis
sippi River to the Pacific Ocean. This sub
ject is now attracting considerable interest in
the South Western and Western States, and
strong efforts are being made to fix the location
at St Louis instead of Memphis. We are glad
to learn that a meeting of the citizens of Nash
ville, Tenn., was held at that city on the 24th
ult. at which Gov. A. V. Brown presided, and
twenty-seven delegates were appointed to the
Convention, among them we notice the names
of the Hon. James K. Polk, Gov. NeilS
Brown, Gov. A. V. Brown, A. O. P. Nichol
son, V K. Stevenson, and other prominent
citizens of Nashville. We hope the people of
Georgia, Alabama ar.d South Carolina, will lose
no time in appointing delegates to represent
them in the proposed Convention. The citizens
of Macon, Augusta, Savannah and Charleston
are peculiarly interested in this matter, and we
• hope they will not suffer their more zealous
brethren of the West to fix this road in that sec
tion to the great prejudice of tho interests of this,
the most feasible one, and their own. Shall we
be told that this road is one of too great magni
tude ever to be accomplished ? We do not be
lieve it. What, we would ask, cannot American
ingenuity,industry and perseverance accomplish?
What have these great levers, the peculiar
characteristics of the Anglo-Saxon race, accom
plished within the last century ? It would be
vain to attempt an enumeration of them—they
stand out in hold relief everywhere from the St.
Lawrence to the Rio Grande—and from the At-
lantic to the Pacific—they tell out in the pop
ulous cities—in the blooming fields—in the me
chanic arts—in the halls of science—and in that
prosperity and happiness, which every where, in
this widespread Republic encompasses our peo
ple—all tending to prove that our march is “on
ward and upward;” and that this nation has em
phatically entered upon anew era. If we are
true to our trust, wo will become not only the
crcscet but the meridian sun, whose effulgence
shall shine brighter and brighter, unto “ the per
fect day,” when all the nations of the earth shall
enjoy, as we do, the inestimable blessings of
civil and religious liberty.
Already have the prominent men of some of
the Western States discerned the great advan
tages likely to accrue to us from the construction
ofthisßoad—particularly if it should commune
at Memphis—and hence their great desire to-lix
the terminus at St. Louis—and if tho proper ex
ertions are not made by the people of the South
to bring it to Memphis—whence a hundred or
two miles of additional road need only be built,
(from Memphis, Tenn., to Rome, Ga.) to pour
the almost unbounded treasures of the Chinese
Empire, into the cities of Savannah and Charles
ton, and Mobile and New Orleans.
This gigantic scheme, if completely carried
out, would remain forever a lasting monument
of the energy and enterprise of our people—sur
passing in its grandeur—the cost and labor oftho
materials necessary to its completion —and gen
eral utility—the wondrous public structures of
the ancient Egyptians ; —whilst the different
manner by which they were erected would ex
hibit clearly as long as it endured the distinc
tion between oriental despotism and American
freedom. The one was the compulsory product
of slaves, forced by the lash or sword to do their
master’s bidding—the other, the voluntary effort
of freemen, to ameliorate their pecuniary condi
tion, and elevate their country to an unparallel
ed height of grandeur. The one was the caprice
of a tyrant—the other, the product of the sober
reflection of freemen.
The advantages which such a link between
our Atlantic seaboard and the Pacific would af
ford us, cannot be reasonably estimated. Divi
ding the distance which now separates us from
the East, by this route, new channels of trade
would he opened to the enterprise of our people
whilst their merchandize would be conveyed in
one-fourth the time and not one-tenth the risk.
We know that objections to this magnificent
enterprise will be urged by many—as they have
been to the powerful agency of steam—the mag
netic telegraph—and many others of the most
valuable inventions, improvements ar.d enter
prises which have blessed our race—but have
not these objections been overcome, and the
utility and real value of all these schemes been
fully demonstrated ? Certainly—and we havo
not a doubt that this Road will, at some future
time, be completed. Possessing, as we now do,
this, the only speedy channel of communication
with the rich and populous countries of China
and the East, the whole trade of that quarter of
the globe will he wafted through our land, upon
this great national highway, fertilizing whatso
ever it touches.
But there are other consideration to be taken
into the account of the benefits likely to accrue
to us, in a national point of view, by the com
pletion of this Road, besides the mere dollars and
cents it would bring to our coffers—a few only
of which we now have time to glance at. In
the first place it would, we think, perpetuate our
Union by enabling the South to maintain her
true position in tho confederacy—and in the next
place it would give to our country a still more
exalted position among the nations of the earthy
thereby increasing her capacity to promote the
welfare of mankind, by the dissemination of
those great moral principles of civil and religious
liberty, to which we are so much indebted,under
a kind Providence, for our past and present en
joyments ; and upon which rests our hope for
future prosperity and happiness as a nation,
111 war, who could compete with us on the
land or on the seas, with such a highway of
transporting men and munitions of war from onß
end of the Union to the other—and from the
Atlantic to the Pacific ? In peace, what nation
could rival us in securing the vast trade of the
East, possessing as we would so speedy and di
rect a communication with it?
Wc may notice this subject further hereafter.