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Edited and published weekly, by WM. B . II A It It 1 $ O \ . city r n i.v 7 r. i; T II K VINE. 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.