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SOUTHERN TRIBUNE.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
WHI. It . II A It K I S OX.
WM. B. HARRISON, f
Aim > Editors.
WM. S. LAWTON, )
From the Federal Union.
Osr. Town*,--The Compromise,--X'aolivillc
CcnYCnllon and Mate Contention.
The inquiry has frequently been ad
dressed to us what are Gov. Towns’ \ iewa
in relation to the Conpromise now before
the Senate, —what are they in relation to
the Nashville Convention, —and what will
be his course, under the resolutions of the
Legislature, directing him to call a Con
vention of the State, in the event of the
admission by Congress of Califoi nia.
We cau.we think authoritatively,answer
these questions. TbeGovernor entertains
no opinions on the agitating subjects now
distracting,the county,that he would with
hold from a people in whose service he has
devoted the best years of his lite, and with
an increasing confidence on their part, in
his patriotism and prudence. In the liist
place then, he regards the report of the
Committee of Thitteen, as adding insult
to injury, and as a measure, unless materi
ally modified, that should receive the uni
ted and unyielding opposition of every
friend of the South.
In reference to the inquiry what are his
views,in relation to the Nashville Conven
tion, it is surprising that any doubt should
exist upon this subject. In his letter ad
dressed to the people last summer, in re
ply to interrogatories propounded to him
self and Judge Hill,he took a high, open and
undisguised stand in favor of the rights of
the South. The people endorsed his views,
as evinced by the large vote conceded to
him. His annual Message, calmly, ex
plicitly and firmly amlverted to our wrongs
and uiged upon the Legislature, measures
for their redress. In his inaugural ad
dress, that succeeded the message, before
both branches of the Legislature, and an
immense auditory, in language bold, fear
lessand patriotic,he reiterated his views and
pledged himself as far as power was vest
ed in him by the constitution and laws, to
maintain the rights of the South and de
fend her honor, and urged with a force
felt and acknowledged by all who heard
him,the absolute necessity of harmony and
concert in order to the accomplishment of
these objects. The Legislature patrioti
cally 4 responded to the recommendations
of Gov. Towns, by their resolutions in
favor of the Nashville Convention, —a
Convention designed for Southern men to
consult about Southern wrongs, and to
determine what measures were best adapt
ed to peserve their constitutional rights and
at the same time the harmony and integrity
of the Union. Gov. Towns stands now
where he then stood,the firm and unflinch
ing advocate of this measure. He is one
who does not despair of the South. An
old-pannel Union man, sympathizing with
the people in their wrongs ; he is ready to
defend that Union, so long as it protects
their constitutional rights; and heconfiden
lly believes that the first will be in no dan
ger, if the people, regardless of the tricks
of cross-road politicians and aspiring par
tizans will unitedly rally to a common
standard in defence of the last.
Whatever others may do, it is his deter
mination, regardless of all the efforts of
pretended friends or open foes, to intimi
date hitn or thwart his plans, in this event
ful crisis, fearlessly to discharge the duties
confided to him and indicated l>y the voice
of the people, and the action of the last
Legislature.
In reference to the remaining inquiry,
to wit: whether in the event, ofthe admis
sion ofCalifornia as a State into tho Union,
coupled or not with other measures,
will the Governor call a Convention of
the State, we unhesitatingly give it as our
confident opinion, that he will. He re
gards the action of the Legislature too
plain to admit of cavil. He deems it his
duty to carry out the law. He is not un
willing to trust the people, in that which
relates to their honor, their safety and in
terest ; nor upon a mere quibble of words,
will he prevent them from having an op
portunity of making their own decision up
on a question which may ultimately deter
mine the future destinies of the South.
Tuskeegee Republican tries to
be very sharp on J udgo Colquitt’s letter.
It complains bitterly ofits “had grammar."
We wish the “Republican” would stand to
the rights of the South, as firmly as Judge
Colquitt docs, even though it defended its
aggrieved and persecuted section in gram
mar ten times as bad. Smooth and well
rounded periods, giving "aid and comfort”
to the enemies of the South, are ill-timed’
in Southern newspapers,at a moment when
courage and resolution are demanded of
all her sons. But the “Republican” can
think of nothing but the “ Whig party” and
“old Zack.” He is engaged in pai ty fid
dling, while Rome is burning, and like
Patrick Henry’s army contractor,is coarse
ly crying "beef," “iikef,” amid tho tu
multuous appeals of patriotism, rallying
Southern men to the rescue of their out
raged rights. —Columbus Times.
Powers’ Statue of Mr. Calhoun.—
The New York Tribune has seen a fine
daguerreotype, which a friend ofMr.Pow
ers has just received from Italy,of his anx
iously expected statue of Mr. Calhoun.
It represents the great Senator in the Ro
man costume,standing beside a trunk of the
Palmetto, supporting his left arm, in the
haud of which is held a scroll with these
words : “Truth, Justice and the Consti
tution.” The head, of impressive and
majestic dignity,is erect; and the right hand
points with imposing significance to the
inscription, which is held aloft so as to be
•early upon a level with, the head.
From the It ashinotim Globe.
The Arctic Expedition.
The following is the Letter of Instruc
tions received by Lieutenant 1)e Haven
from the Secretary of the Navy, previous
to his sailing in search of Sii J ohn Frank
lin :
United States Navy Department.
Washington, May 15, 1850.
Sia : Having been selected to command
the Expedition in seaich of Sir John
Franklin and his companions, you will
take charge of the brigantines, the “Ad
vance” and the ‘‘Rescue,” that have been
fitted out for that service, and as soon as
you are ready, proceed with them to sea,
ami make the best of your way to Lancas
ter Sound.
These vessels have been furnished to
the Government for this service by the
munificence of a private citizen, Mr. Hen
ry Grinnell, of New York. You will
therefore be careful of them, that they may
be returned to their owner in good condi
tion. They have been provisioned for
three years.
Passed Midshipman S. P. Griffin has
been selected to command one of the ves
sels. You will therefore cousider him as
your second in command. Confer with
him and tieat him accordingly.
The chief object of this expedition is to
search for, and, if found, afford relief to
Sir John Franklin, of the Royal Navy, and
his companions.
You will therefore use all diligence and
make every exertion to this end paying
attention as you go to subjects of Scienti
fic inquiry only so far as tfie same may not
interfere with the main object of the expe
dition.
Having passed Barrow Strait, you will
turn your attention northward to the Wel
lington Channel, and westward to Cape
Walker, and be governed by circumstan
ces as to the course you will take.
Accordingly you will exercise your own
discretion; after seeing the condition of
the icc, sea, and weather, whether the two
vessels shall here separate —one for Cape
Walker and the other for Wellington
Strait; or whether they shall both pro
ceed together for one place or for the o
ther.
Should you find it impossible on ac
count of the ice, to get through to Barrow
Strait, you will then turn your attention to
Jone s sound and Smith’s sound. Find
ing these impracticable, and failing of
the missing expedition, the season will
probably then be too far advanced for any
other attempts. If so you will return to
New' Y ork.
Acquaint Passed Midshipman Griffin,
before sailing, and from time to time du
ring the voyage, fully, with all your plans
and intentions; and before your sail from
New York appoint a place ofrendezvous;
change it as often as circumstances may
render a change desirable, but always have
a place of rendezvous fixed upon ; so that
in case the two vessels of the expedition
may at any time become separated, each
inuy know where to look for the other.
Nearly the entire Arctic of the conti
nent has been scoured without finding any
traces of the missing ships. It is useless
tor you to go there, or to re-examine any
other place where search has already been
made. You will therefore confine yout
attention to the routes already indicated.
The point of maximum cold is said to be
in the vicinity of Parry Islands. To the
north and west of these, there is probaly
a comparative open sea in summer, and
therefore a milder c.itnaie.
I bis opinion seems to be sustained by
the fact that beasts and fowls are seen mi
grating over the ice from the mouth of
Mackenize river and its neighbouring
shores to the Nonh. These dumb creu
lures are probably led by their wise in
stincts to seek a more genial climate in I hat
direction, and upon the holders of the sup
posed mote open sea.
1 here are other facts, elected by Lieu
tenant Maury in the course of his inves
tigations touching winds and currents of
the ocean, which go also to confirm the o
pinion that beyond ihe icy barrier that
is generally met with in the Arctic ocean,
there is a Polina, or sea free from
ice.
\ ou have assisted in these investiga
tions at the National Observatory, and are
doubtless aware of the circumstances
which authorize this conclusion; it is there
fore needless to repeat them.
A his supposed open sea and warmer
region to the north and west of Party Isl
ands are unexplored. Should you suc
ceed in finding any opening there, either
after having cleared Wellington Strait, or
after having cleared Parry Islands bv a
northwardly course from Cape Walker,
enter as far as in your judgment it may be
prudent to entei ,and search every promon
tory, and conspicuous point for signs and
records of the missing parly. Take par
ticular care to avail yourself of every op
portunaty for leaving as you go, records
and signs to tell of your welfare, progress
and intentions.
For this purpose you willercclflag staffs,
make piles of stone, or other marks in
conspicuous places,with a bottle or barrica
buried at the base containing your letters.
Should the two vessels be separated,
you will direct Passed Midshipman Griffin
to do likewise.
Avail yourself of every opportunity,
either by the Esquemaux or otherwise, to
j let the department often hear from you ;
! and in every communication, be full and
particular as to your future plans and in
tended route.
If by any chance you should penetrate
so far beyond the icy barrier as to make it,
in your judgement, more prudent to push
I 0,1 titan to turn back, you will do so, and
j put yourself in communication with any
j of the United Slates naval forces or officers
[of the Government, setving in the waters
of the Pacific or in China, according to
your necessities and opportunities.—
Those officers will be instructed to afford
you every facility possible to enable you
to reach the western coast of the United
States in safety.
In the event of your falling in with any
of the British searching parties, you will
offer them any assistance of which they
may need, and which it may he in your
power to give. Offer, also, to make them
acquainted with your inteded route and
plans, and be ready to afford them every
information of which you may have become
possessed concernig the object of your
search.
In case your country should be involved
in war during your absence on this ser
vice, you wjll on no account commit, or
suffer any one of the expedition to com
mit, the least act of hostility against the
enemy, of whatever nation he may he.
Notwithstanding the directions in which
yon have been recommended to carry
your examination, you may, on arriving
out upon the field of operation, find that
by departing from them, your search
would probably be more effectual.
The department has every confidence
in your judgement, and relies irnplicitv
upon your discretion; and should it ap
pear during the voyage that, by directing
your attention to points not named in this
letter, traces of the absent expedition
would probably be found, you w ill not fail
to examine sucb points. But you will on
no account uselessly hazard the safety
of the vessel under your command, or un
necessarily expose to danger the officers
and men committed to your charge.
Unless circumstances should favor you,
by enabling you to penetrate, before the
young ice begins to make in the fall, far
into ihe unexplored regions, or to discover
recent traces of the missing ships and their
gallant crews, or unless you should be in a
position from which you could commence
operation in the season of 1851 with deci
ded advantage,you will endeavor not to be
caught in the ice during the ensuing win
ter, but, after having completed your ex
aminations for the season, make your es
cape, and return to New York in the fall.
You are especially enjoined not to spend,
if it can be avoided, more than one winter
in ihe Arctic regions.
Wishing you and your gallant compan
ions all success in your noble enterprise,
and with the trust in God that He will take
you and them in his holy keeping, I am,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
wm. Ballard preston.
To Edward J. De Haven, Lt. command
ing the Am. Arc. Expedition, &c., New
York.
We append a list ofthe officers and men
of the expedition :
The Advance. —E. J. De Haven, com
mander , Wm. H. Murdaugh, first officer;
Wm S. Lovel, second officer; Elisha H.
Kane, surgeon. Men —Wm. Morton,
Janies Smith, Edward Boyd, John Bun
tton, Lewis Coster, Edward Wilson,
Thomas Dunning, Henry Derode, Win.
Holmes, Gibson Caruther, Daniel Vaugh
an, \\ m. AY east, Charles Berry, and Ed
ward C. Delano.
The Rescue. —S. P. Griffin, commander;
R.R. Carter, first officer; Henry Brooks,
second officer; Benjaman Vreelan, sur
geon. Men —Rufus C. Boggs, John AY il
liams, Robert Bruce, 11. G. YY’hitc, AY m.
Benson, AY’m. Lincon, J. A. Ktiaup,
Smith Benjamin, David Davis, James
Johnson, James Stewart, Alexander Daly
and \Y* r . J. Kurner.
Railroad from Chicago to Mobile.—
1 ne Boston Allas, in referring under this
head to the bill recently passed in the Seti
ate, granting alternate sections of land to
aid in the construction of our railroad,
says it has always regarded this mode of
aiding public works in the new States as
founded in the wisest policy, and such lias
been the view entertained by members of
Congress from New England. It is a
plan which every intelligent holder of
large tracts of unoccupied land has al
ways most gladly adopted, and the govern
ment, which is the largest of landholder,
is most benefitted by such grants.
An examination of the map will show,
that if any appropriation whatever is to
be made none can be more wise than this,
lt connects in the most advantageous man
ner, the whole Lake with the Gulf of
Mexico, and it will require the construc
tion of a comparatively short line of rail
roads to connect this road with all the
great lines leading west Item the Atlantic
coast.
Savannah, Charleston, Baltimore, Phila
delphia, New \ oik and Boston, will each
thus he brought into connection, bv con
tinuous railroads, with the most fertile re
gions of this or any other couutry ; and in
a short time. Missouti, Louisiana, Ar
kansas and Texas will connect with the
line, and of course, with all the great rail
reads of the country.
It is not, however, wholly or mainly the
advantage derived by tho ciiies on the
seaboard which furnishes the chief recom
mendation of this enterprise. The thou
sands of miles of railroads which will thus
he connected, will each be benefitted and
add to the advantage of each other.
lt is difficult to tell w hich portion of the
country is most benefitted when the ad
vantage to all is so great. AY’e hope that
the House of Representatives will afford
the measure even a more cordial and gen
eral support than it has received in the
Senate, and that it may soon become a
law*.— Mobile Tribune.
(£5” Constantine, King of Scots, in the
year 870, punished the crime of drunken
ness with death. He used to say that
a drunkard was hut the mimic of a man,
,and differed from a beast only in shape.
From the Sew York Express.
The Galphin Story,
Is “a short horse soon curried.” One
George Galpbin, in 17G1, began to sell
rum, red ribbons, beads and other trinkets
to the Creeks and Cherokees in Georgia,
and, in 1773,, run up a debt which they
could not pay for without some of their
lauds. Then John Bull slipped in, and
said to the Indians; ‘We will pay Galphin
out of the proceeds frem the sales of your
lands, if you will let us have them.’ ‘A
greed,’ said the Indians. Galphin brought
the Indians in debt 843,418, and the Bri
tish Government stated the fact in acirtifi
cate, May 2, 1775, —agreeing to pay him
for the Indians when the land was
sold.
Meanwhile, 177 G, 4th of July, the Uni
ted States, and Georgia among them, de
clared themselves free and independent!
Squatters settled on these lands that the
British Crown held in trust for George
Galphin, and Georgia was so glad to
have them, it: order “strenghen its fron
tier,” that 1780, Georgia gave them
title.
Galphin was a Whig of the Revolu
tion, the Whigs say—a Tory of the Revo
lution, the Tories say. Being a rich man,
and wanting to save his property, he was
probably on both sides, as was a large
part of the w'ealthy men of Georgia and
the western part of South Carolina pend
ing the Revolution.—All the Indian Tra
ders, interested in the Treaty of 1773, fled
to Great Britain, when it was decided that
John Bull had lost his foothold on this con
tinent. George Galphin died in 17S0;
and if he wanted to go, could not go of
course—being dead. His descendants
settled in Georgia and South Carolina, and
are men of influence, who all aver that
their great-grandfather was a Whig of the
first water; and feel the more sure of it
because in 1789, when John Bull paid
all the other Indian traders who or whose
heirs were British subjects, he would
not pay the dead Geoige Galphin as
they say, because he was aVVhig of the re
volution.
What his politics where, however, is of
little moment; for if he were an angel,
and the United States owed him nothing,
there is no reason why his heirs should re
ceive money from the public treasury.—
From 1788 to 1840, constantly his heirs
tried to make the Slate of Georgia piv
them this 843,518. Georgia, they said,
took the lands cf the .British Crown held
in trust. Georgia stood in British shoes,
and Georgia, therefore, was the debtor.—
For sixty odd years the Galphins always
pressed their claim as a debt of Georgia.
Somebody, in 1832-33, attempted to bribe
John Ross, the Cherokee chieftain, and to
get him to inseit this claim in the then pen
ding, afterwards the New Echota treaty,
but Ross spurned the bribe. John Ridge,
therefore, in 1535, was got to make the
treaty. The Galphin claim was putin.—
The Senate struck it out; ayes 26; tines
12, only. Nobody knows what Ridge
was paid for this Galphin article in the
treaty, because the United States struck it
out, and the consideration failed. It is
more than probable, how ever, that John
Ross broken down, and John Ridge hol
lered up, because of Ross’s refusal to
recognize this claim, or to make a treaty
with it in.
Well, on a Saturday night about 8 o’-
clock, in the hottest weather of August,
1848, the Galphin claim got tbrous.ru the
House of Representatives of the United
States! When Georgia would not pay,
and for GO odd years, had repudiated, Un
cle Sam was tried, successfully tried, on
this hot Saturday, August 12th, 184S, as
Congress in hot haste was adjourning.—
A whole raft of claims went through that
memorable night,—with notone word said
about this, no ayes and noes, — but all in
silence; the bargain being, that if one
was objected to, the whole raft would go
over the dam.
The claim then for first time made a
“Law” of was to be “examined” by Mr.
Secretary Walker, “adjusted” under the
treaty of 1773, and if found all right
“paid.” Mr. Walker never examined it,
never “adjusted” it under the treaty of
1773, blit “paid it” on the certificate the
British crown gave May 2d, 1775, viz.:
843,518. Feb, 28th, 1849, just as Mr. Wal
ker was going out of office, and Gen. Tay
lor xvas coming in ; all this was done in
haste and hurry, without any examination
as required by law.
The principal of the claim being thus
settled to be, by Mr. Walker. $43,518,
which the Galphins were delighted e
nough to get of course, the tipxi tiling was
to lix the interest from May 2d, 1775, on
that principal. The principal was a tri
fle, when it was pocketed, and the interest
was everything. Mr. Meredith looked at
the big bundle of papers, did not like
their size, and turned over all of them to
bis Comptroller of the Treasury, Elisha
Whittlesey. Elisha read them all,through
and through; the only man that ever did
read them till this resurrection day of the
Galphins in the House of Representa
tives. Elisha pronounced the principal
rotten, and the interest more toften, if
possible, than the principal. Elisha put
a black mark on the big bundle, and sent
it back ro Mr. Meredith. But the Gal
phins were tint to be foiled so easily ; and
no wonder, after their Saturday night op
eration in August, 1848. Mr. Meredith,
being importuned, sent them to the Attor
ney-General for his “advice” audopitiiou.”
Mr. Johnson did not read them, as Elisha
did, llftougtr; for if he had, he would
have seen that among Mr. Crawford’s
“Georgia friends” the most interested was
no less a personage than the Secretary at
War himself, who had $115,000 invested
in 1 1 jo claim. Mr. Johnson rubbed out
Elisha’s black mark,and painted the whole
thing up as bright and beautiful. Mr.Mc
redith having more confidence in Rever
dy, the Magnificent than in Elish, the ju-t,
ordered the interest (8191,352) paid ; and
$115,000 have glided into Mr. Crawford’s
pocket.
This is the Galphin story. We, too,
have tried hard, with o’her Whig edditors,
to take it down as a “Whig principle,” but
it choked us; and we should die if we did
not print this much about it. We beg to
be excused for thinking the Whigs are an
honest party, and intend to maintain only
honorable transactions.
Popular Political Errors. —No one
can close his eves to the fact that
the Governments of the States, and that
of the Union have changed places in the
popular mind in one very important res
pect,since the adoption of the Constitution.
Under the articles of confederation, the
Government of the Union was nothing
more than a general agency invested with
few powers to be exercised for the good of
’he whole. The purse,which is not only the
sinews of war, but just as much the sinews
of almost every thing eisc, was in the
possession of the States. When money
was wanted, Congress voted a request to
the States to make up the necessary suras.
This request might be refused, or not; it
might be complied with by some and de
clined by others, just as the States in the
exercise of their sovereign pleasure, saw
fit to determine. Arguments and persua
rious were addressed to the Stalesto obtain
their assent to this or that measuie.
The inadequacy of the powers conferred
by the articles of confederation, to enable
the G eneral Government to act efficiently
and promptly for the good of all th: j States,
led to the adoption of ihe presentConstitu
tion. By that instrument,additional pow
ers were conferred upon the central gov
ernment, the most important of which was
that of laying and collecting taxes, duties,
imports, excises and borrowing money. —
But the political relations of the States to
the Central Government, or vice versa, re
main unchanged. The States still contin
ued sovereign; but having parted with a
portion of their sovereignty to the general
government became sovereign to the ex
tent of the powers conferred upon it, and
no farther.
At the adoption of the Constitution, the
snpei ior dignity and authority of the States
filled all men’s minds. The small circle of
powers conferred by then: upon their com
mon agent, were so few, in comparison
with the multifarious powers and duties
retained and exercised by the States, that
it occupied a subordinate place iu pop
ular estimation. But do they stand in
this relation to each other now! Alas, no.
'i he States have greatly multiplied. The
actual power exercised by the Federal
Government lias grown with the growth
of its monied means. The States deal in
hundreds, their agent in millions. All
honors, distinctions and emoluments come
from the common agent. The principals
have none to confer that are worth accep
tance. The agent lias become a colossus,
bestriding the continent, while the princi
pals pass between its legs like pigmies,
seeking dishonorable graves. All eyes are
turned to the one, for its glittering honors
and the broad acres it proposes to scatter,
with a profuse hand, to whomsoever it
will. The others, having no such favors
to bestow, have dwindled into insignifi
cance. In_short, the popular mind of our
day has come to regard the General Gov
ernment, without any limitation upon its
powers-as the sun of our political system,
around which the States revole ns corpo
rations existing only by its authoriy. Does
not every man’s observation teach him
that this is so'! And how completely this
is an utter inversion of our whole political
system, tending to centralization and the
absorption of the States in the federal au
thority, no reflecting mind need be told.
Another popular error, next of kin to
that we have noticed, is the idea that the
Union can exist outside of the Con
stitution, forgetting that the Constitution
itself is the Union. How common is it to
hear men admit this or that measure to be
unconstitutional,and remarking at the same
time that it furnishes no adequate cause
for dissolving the Union. The remark
implies the Union is one thing and the
Constitution another. We do nyt contend
that any unconstitutional enactment works
a dissolution of the Union per sc, because
the instrument itself provides a remedy
for most of the infractions which may be
committed cf it. But the common error
we have brought to notice, carried to the
extreme to which it leads, pre-supposes
that the union of the States may exist in
tact, even though the Constitution were
committed to the flames. There are few,
if any political errors and misconcep'ions
more dangerous in their tendency than
these. —Mobile Register.
Late and Important from Cuba—By
the arrival yesterday of the fast sailing
schooner Merchant, Capt. Tessiek, from
Havana, we have advices up to the 30th
ultimo. The United States steam frigate
Saranac, Capt. Tatnall, arrived at Ha
vana on the 26th ult. with important des
patches for the Captain General of Cuba
and Gen. Campbell, the American Con
sul at Havana. It was stated in Havana
that the Saranac had been put under the
orders of the Captain General, to assist
in capturing any a.imed expedition from
tlie United States. The timely arrival of
the Saranac off Havana prevented vxhat
would have no doubt been a bloody en
gagement.
The United States sloops-of-war Alba
ny and Germantown, while lying in Hava
na, received information that several Span
ish vessels-of-war were expected in a few
days with a part of the Cuba expedition
on board as prisoners, (no doubt those ta
ken on the coast of Y’ucatan.) On receipt
of this intelligence they immediately l*f t
port for the purpose of intercepting them
and demanding the prisoners from the cuv
tody of Spaniards. They met them a few
hours sail from the Moro, and weie about
exacting their relief at the cannon’s m>uth
when ihe Saranac coming up an inteiview'
took place between Capt. Tatnai.l and
commander Randolph, after which the
Spaniards were allowed to take their pri
soners into Havana. The prisoners are
confined on board of a Spanish seventy
four in the harbor.
Five of those taken at Cardenas, under
Lopez,, were shot at Matanzns a few davs
previous to the sailing of Merchant.—
Four of the number were said to be
Scotch and lirish, and one an American
(a boy,) who stated to the last that lie
joined the expedition underthe impression
that it was going to Colifornia, and that he
had no idea of invading Cuba. The Mer
chant left iu port the United States steam
frigate Saranac, and sloops-of-war Ger
mantown and Albany. The conduct of
our Consul at Havana, under the trying
circumstances which surrounded |jj m £
spoken of in the highest terms.—Charles
ton Mtrcury 6th inst.
MACON, G A
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 8.
To Correspondents.— ln consequence of an
error having occurred in the publication of the
effusion of our fair friend “Dorothea,” which
appeared a few weeks ago, we insert it correct in
the present number, which we hope will prove
satisfactory,—and we trust she will not let this
be her last contribution to our columns.
“Thoughts of the Up-Country,” &c. shall ap
pear iu our next.
(CP\Ve regret to announce the death in this
city this morning of ScoVr Cray, Esq , in the
6Dth year of his age. lie was a gentleman of
strict integrity, and bore through life an unsul
lied reputation. His death will be regretted by
all who knew him.
’I he Lanier House. —This splendid new
Hotel, under the management of Messrs. St.
Lanier & Son, is now open for the accommo
dation of the traveling public. The experience
and accommodating disposition of the landlords
will doubtlessgive satisfaction to all whopatron
ize the establishment.
De Bow's Commercial Review —The June
number of this valuable Monthly, has been re
ceived, and as usual it is well stored withvalua.
hie information to the commercial as well as
the general reader. Published at New Orleans
Monthly, by J. D. De liow, at $5 per annum, in
advance. Anew and improved Volume com
mences in July next. This is an invaluable
work, and wo advise all in want ofit to subscribe.
Holden s Magazine. —The June number of
this excellent monthly has been received. It is
a neat and cheap publication, filled with inte
resting matter. Published Monthly in New
York by \V. 11. Deitz, at $1 per annum, in ad
vance.
A Very Important Enterprise. —A large
and respectable meeting ofthe citizens ofMacon
took place on Thursday evening last, at the
Council Chamber, to take into consideration the
propriety ol constructing a plank road from this
city to lilountsville, or some other point in Jones
county, with branches thence to Eatonton and
Monticcllo. His Honor, G. M. Logan,wascall
ed to the Chair, and S. Rose, Esq., appointed
Secretary. As the official proceedings were not
prepared in time for this impression, we will
barely remark that S. T. Chapman, Esq., ad
vocated the scheme in a lucid and forcible man
ner, showing clearly the advantages which
would certainly accrue to the citizens ofMacon
as well as the farmers in that section, from the
completion of the proposed road, lie placed
his figures intentionally low, but nevertheless
succeeded, we think, in convincing all present
of the entire practicability ofthe undertaking
J. A. Nisbkt, Esq also addressed the meeting
in a few practical remarks, when Isaac Scott
Esq. introduced a series of Resolutions which
were unanimously adopted ; and iu accordance
with which the Chairman appointed the follow
ing Committees, viz:
Committee of Correspondence —J. A. Nisbet,
8. T. Chapman, T. G, Holt, M. A. Franklin and
A P. Powers.
Committee to procure Subscriptions — J- J.Gre
shain, Isaac Scott, E. Graves, C. Campbell and
C. A. Ells.
VVe hope our citizens will give this subj l -’*'!
the attention which its intrinsic merit demands,
and not suffer the enterprise to fail.
Nashville Convention. —This body ° r ? a "
ized on Monday last, by the election ofthe H Oll
\V. L. Sh ap.kev, of Miss., PresidSf.t, an' l *h
Hon. C. J. McDonald, of Ga., Vice President.
and \V. F. Cooper nnd E. G. Eastman, of 1 e nl, |
Secretaries. The President stated the object 1
the meeting to bo to devise means to perpets -* c
and not dissolve the Union. The Conveflimir
will oppose Mr. Clay’s Compromise scheme a"
adopt the Missouri Compromise line to thel’aci r .
There were nine States represented, viz : M a
bama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississipr-
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virgin*
The Convention will vote by Slates, each
ing one. \Ve expect to give the proceeding’’
our next, should they he received' in time
(ETTlic Rev. Dr. Boring, with Iris travel I*"=
companions urrived at San Francisco,Califor" 1
on the 15th of April. _
Launch.—The steamboat Isaac Scott '
launched at Savannah on Wednesday I*- g
This boat is 130 feet long, 27 feet beam, « l!
Icet depth of hold. The extreme bread!
the guard is 45 feet—draught of water,
now is, without machinery, II inches. *• ‘
destined for the AlaUmaha ami Ocniulgee r ‘
and is owned by Messrs. Brigham,Kelly
of Savannah, and Messrs. Scon, AB
Cos, and Capt. Wm. Tailor, of this « *•
