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Is very important, then, thet do not adopt an opinion too has tily. Experience is a torch lighted in the ashes of our illusions. They who weep over errors were not formed for crimes. Contentment brings solace to all who enjoy it. Profanity and politeness never associate together. The rich man lives happily, so long as he uses his riches temperately; and the poor man, who patiently endureth liis wants, is rich enough. BOMER'S METHOD OF MAKING MANURE. Some time since there was an inquiry in your pa per, in regard to the “Botnar method of making ma nure.” Bomer adopts several methods, or several modifications of one method; and by far the better way for any farmer is to send to the proprietor and purchase the pamphlet , together with the right to use it; as it is patented. It may, however, be of in terest to the agricultural portion of your readers to learn something of the rationale of the method, even if they do not get the details. The principle paten ted i3 the application of quick and active fermenta tion to all animal and vegetable substances, so as to speedily and thoroughly decompose the entire mass, and this is done On the same principle that guides the housewife in the preparation and preservation of yeast, for the domestic manufacture of bread, but of course on a more extended scale. All farm*’ r are had occasion to observe the ma nure heap, are; . ially the one from the-horse sta ble, while undergoing ‘he process of dry fermenta tion, and they are welt aware, that this kind of de- . composition greatly injures the quality and lessens l the quantity of the manure. * Burner proposes to avoid this, and accelerate the ] process of decomposition by constructing a vat in a f convenient place, into which may be deposited all j kinds of liquid manures, and all substances—especi ally animal substances that will dissolve —and into it put some bran of wheat, oat meal, cider emptying or any other material that will lead the mass to fercnont —and then to use this as yeast to produce similar fer ” tftentation in the material from which the manure is to be manufactured. The many applications of this principle in the manufacture of manure from various > and the best method of procedure can be b'-st and cheap *eet learned from the pamphlet; and it would obvi ously be improper to enlarge upon it hors. On the .the principle of the Scoten clergyman who, when preaching against the sin of ekeating, said, after enu merating many modes of deceiving in trade, “in the north country where I came from, they Lave a way -of cheating in the weight of wool —but the whilk thereof I’ll not tell ye, lest you go Louie and do like ♦wise. j SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE. I am much [leased with the farmers’ department j tof the “Newspaper.” Some time since I saw an in- J -quiry whether stock could be kept all winter without ! being fed, and whether laud out west could be culti vated any length of time without manure ? Now, as I am an old citizen of the south , I will stale a few ; facts relative to my section. The Bayou Macon is navigable for steamboats from six to eight months in the year. On the east bank the lands are rich cane alluvial soil, on the *rest are high table lands produ cing a bale of cotton p< r acre, ...J the . portion of it public land, subject to pre-emption settlement, or located'by warrants. Our lands are not manured, and some have produced good crops sinee 1814, the | •oldest Our cattle support themselves on j cane in the winter, and grass in summer. They get i nothing from their owners but a little salt to keep j jjfrflTt jrntio lings do well also, and this season ! many planters will get their whole supply of pork ! ‘from the forest w here the hogs get fat on the white j oak mast. Sheep and goats do finely, and are not subject to j any disease as far as my experience extends, having : raised sheep many years. Corn, oats, Irish snd j aweet potatoes, garden vegetables, and in fact eve.)- i thing raised north does well here. I have raised ! good wheat, timothy and clover, also sugar cane for ten years as an experiment, so as to plant it ;ihogetk- ! cr, if cotton gets below six cents again, as the most ; profitable crop. This season, by the 17th Oct., it ri- I pened from 4 to > feet high, which is the average on the cost Ibis has been a remarkable fall, and we | have had no frost to kill vegetation yet. I have po- j -tatoes now bearing a line crop, having come up, | voluntarily, where the crop was dug in July last.— My little son has also just shown me a peach tree full of young peaches, as large as filberts. Muniicdlo, Catroil Parish , La., 1849. -- ----- Curious Mode of Making Butter. —ls I want butter on- , ly for my own breakfast, I lay a sheet of blotting palter upon a plate and poor the cream on it. In a short time the milk filters through and the butter is formed. If I wish to expe dite the operati i, 1 turn the paper over gently upon the . cream, and ke . utaet for a few moments, and then press a it, and •!:■• .. hr is formed in less than two min- 1 H*.Bs. J you s'. .dt it severe pleasure by a screw press, it becomes as Lu;i us w.k o/e®. I cannot think but the simplicity of this - mope -ol proceeding would be universally adopted, if any better material than blotting paper could be thought of for the filter—the paper adhering too firmly to the butter, and the finest muslin admitting the passage of the •cream.— Gardener's Chronicle. Mode of Bottling Fruit. —Fill tire bottles quite full with fruit not quite ripe; place them, with the corks put lightly into them, into a copper of cold water up to the nec ks, and gradually raise the temporatue of the water to 100 deg., and not exceeding 1.7-0 dee. Fahr. Keep them at this te; n peratuie half an hour; then take each out seperataly a nd fill it rp with boiLng water from a kettle to wit inn an in ch •of the cork. Drive in the cork firmly, tie it over, and dip it immediately into bottle wax, and lay the boitie down on its side to keep the cork always damp. To prevent forme n tation, turn each bottle half round tvJee or thrice a we< ;k, •for two or three weeks; after that, they will need no furth er eat--. The corks should be soaked in water two or three days before they are used. —English Paper. Agriculture. —The great principles of Agriculture are ■the same everywhere. Animal and vegetable matters consti tute the food of plants; and heat, moisture and atmospheric ■*ir tie active agents of vegetable nutrition. With a knowl edge of these great principles, it is the province of man to ap- the various coirtingenees of climate, soil, as-; is a labor in v.!ii< tii ■ mind. 1 elegraphed for the Savannah Georgian. New York, March 16, 6, 50, p. m. The cotton market was quiet to-day. The sales amounted to one thousand bales at yestarJay's prices. Holders were more anxious to sell, % Idle buyers were waiting for the news by the Niagara. Freights on cotton to Liverpool 3-16 c. Rice is quiet—prices unchanged. Flour and grain unchanged. The demand for sterling exchange has been active, at S 1 -2 per cent. United States six per cent Treasury notes sold at 13 1-2 premium. One thousand bags St Domingo Coffee sold at 9 1-4 cts. New York, March 20, 8 o’clock, P. M. This being the day on which the steamer was expected to arrive, there was little business done in cotton, and prices of thai, and all other leading articles, remain unchanged. Boston, March 20, Evening. The trial of Professor Webster, for the murder of Dr. Parkman, commenced yesterday in this city. The prisoner looked melancholy and haggard, the jury was empanelled af ter fourteen peremptory challenges—during the examination of the witnesses for the prosecution, the greatest excitement prevailed. €arn'!j}ifliikim\ LETTER from CALIFORNIA. Haugtc~.cn , California , Nov. 26, 1849. Dear Doctor. —ls my memory is to be relied upon, I wrote you from San Francisco, stating that we were upon the eve of starting tor the mines. Since that time, we have seen the grisly bear, the wolf, the panther, and have heard screams of the great American Tiger ; in fact, have seen all —all but the Elephant : and he, \ “allow”, is just behind yon clump ot bnshes which intercepts the view from our cab in door. Should we succeed in scaring him tip, you shall be duly informed of tho important fact. We left San Francisco at the time I informed you we should—l do not recollect the day, indeed. I have nearly for gotten everything except Sunday, my own name and the friends “ I left behind me. ” A passage across the bay on the deck of a little schooner loaded to her scuppers with freight of every description and the clunks filled up with passengers, may be a pleasant theme to speculate upon, but experimentally, a most miserable situation, especially if it be prosecuted In the night as in our ease, and a “first rate” pi lot sees fit to run her aground a dozen times before morning. After entering the river we had a delightful trip up to Sac ramento city, one of those mushroom towns which have sprung up since the breaking out of the gold fever. It is situated near the junction of the Sacramento and American rivers, two miles westerly from Sutter's Fort. The ground it occupies is low, and heretofore has frequently been known to be overflown during the winter. It existence must be ephemeral. There is nothing remarkable in tlic scenery of the Sacramento. Occasional herds of elk and deer were seen quietly browsing upon the hill-sides, and the whirr of a covey of partridges startled in their shady retreat by the lit tl “Mary Taylor’s” unceremoniously tltrusting her bowsprit mto the nu.-.hes, sometimes relieved the monotonous plashing of the water upon her bo tvs. We remained in the city some five or six days making preparations, and, armed and equipped with ox team, wagon and the various et ceteras of a camp life, started, heigh ho! for the gold regions. Our route la) directly past the fare famed Fort of Capt. Sutter, and we could not resist the op portunity of making a short call to examine the premises.— But you all have seen so many descriptions from able hands that an attempt on my part would be to violate the legitimate expenditure of ink and paper as well as an aet of trespass upon the rheumatic pains that are tliis moment shooting through my neck and shoulders, like blue-devils through the brain of a delirious toper. The road for the first twelve or fourteen miles is through an almost unbroken prairie which is divided by the American river. Much dust, intense heat and a little “old Manongahela” were the necessary aceom panyments of our day’s travel. We accomplished but little more than twelve miles the first day, encamping at night up on the bank of the South Fork. Near this place we were encouragingly told by an individual occupying a mud house, that “ none but brutes and fools ” were fit to dig gold. This was truly alarming information ; and it would be difficult to determine the effect it might have produced, had we not shortly after learned the character and occupation of the in former. lie had been a soldier in Col .Stephenson's regiment, had been twice arrested in the mines for desertion, and had not peace been opportunely made, would probably not have remained hereabouts to tell his bug-bear teles. He is at pres ent engaged in keeping, in the aforementioned above domicil, a “house of entertainment,” where weary travellers are ta ken in and done for to the tune of two and a half dollars for a rasher of bacon and cup of coffee, and one dollar per head for the privilege of sleeping on the ground under Ins roof, making use of their own blankets. This is all right enough, and i only refer to it in order to give this caution; —should any of your kindred, or friends, or acquaintances, or even St. Crisp. 1 lumseit, unless he speu* by inspiration, assert that it is a common saying that none but annuals of the above classes are lit to dig gold, do not believe it. It is a foul assertion upon the poor wight who is now rocking in the rain within a stone’s throw of where I am writing; upon many a worthy fellow who is this mo ment laboring industriously and severely to bag a few of the scales; upon Alex., and your humble servant who has been scientifically bespattered and besmeared with mud and tnuck for the last six weeks. Alas! for human depravity. “Brutes I and fools” ! let any man dare to make the assertion in these essentially “dry diggings” and he would be treated worse titan if he were a thieving indian. But we have been lin gering h>o long, and nu.st now non our seven league boots or I shJl not be able to bring you to our cabin door in this p. - per. On the fourth day, without accident, or the occurrence of anything particularly interesting, we arrived at Weaver’s I creek, then dry, which empties into the South Fork about twelve miles below Sutter’s mill Here was the firs* digging of any account that we had met with, and our oxen being wearied, and their owners foot sore, we came to the conclu i Bion to remain a few days and recruit. After spending a i week at this place, in the mean time having taken a few in i iatory lessons in digging, and pocketing a few ounces of the i precious metal, we again got under way, and on the evening j of the same day brought up at Ilangtown. Hangiown ! what emphasis there is in that single word! W hat associ ations does it awaken, and what reflections does it occasion in the mind of one who does not fully understand it. Is it that there the wild rose droops its modest head, as if to hide its blushing beauties from the rule gaze of those who pass ? there the clustering vine bends to the weight of its HHHLsfruit, a free-will offering to all who would partake? mi.i r trees throw wide their arms, hvm tai. V. moll - Wm i ‘ @ i @> iiii u. m m . youd the river on the north, nor more than seven or eight miles in other directions; but go which way you will there is nothing but a succession of mountains and ravines; the former increasing in rudeness and magnitude as you proceed eastward!)’. I have stood upon the brow of one of these “little hills” where it seemed tliat with the assistance of a ten-feet pole I could easily have leaped into the top of a gi ant pine, at least two hundred feet above its base. Some of these mountains bear unquestionable evidences of violent vol canic action. Many interesting specimens of mineralogy might be obtained by one who had time and inclination and j sufficient physical force to prosecute researches. The tops of ; highest mountains are now covered with snow, which they are destined to wear till the sun of midsummer shall send them in foaming torrents down the ravines. The gold in this vicinity mostly lies upon a bed of clay slate, which lias been disturbed in its original position, the layers now occupying a vertical one, or varying but a few de grees from it. In the valley this state is covered to the depth of from two to twelve feet with masses of granite, si- ! enite, bazalt, quartz, sandstone, various compounds of a for- ! ruginous character, clay, Ac., Ac., which have been brought down and left by the mountain torrents. To remove this de posite is of course the first thing to be taken into considera tion ; and no lightsome task Ls it found to be. In mud up to his knees and water a little higher than is strictly conducive to comfort, the poor miner toils on with no certainty of be ing fully rewarded for his labor. Gold he will certainly find, if it be no more than sufficient to pay for the food he con sumes and the raiment ho wears out in obtaining it. lie may do much better. One circumstance will illustrate. Six of our party opened a pit fifteen feet square, say, fifteen by twenty —the lmnd that now records the fact here j.l.cd. the , shovel and swung the big pick most beautifully—and after ‘ working it out, several days being requisite thereto, each j hand received about the .fourth of one ounce per diem. On i the same day that we commenced, two men dug a hole two * and a half feet, by five immediately on our line, [each indi- ! vidual is entitled, by law , to fifteen feet square, and when ; that is worked out to another fifteen feet,] and before night iiad taken out nearly ten ounces. So much for uncertain ties—for “ luck .” There is, however, one advantage in it, even if a man Utils in his prime object. It is a first rate apprenticeship to vari ous fancy employments, such as railroad grading canal dig- { ging, well cleaning, swamp draining, stable yard scraping, Ac., Ac., by no means so bad, but that much good may result from it. It does require the hardest ‘kind of licks, though.’ Bill says lie has many a time hooted and thrown rocks at the poor Irish canal* digger, thinking the occupation beneath the dignity of civilized men, but if he is ever guilty of the like again, you may place him in a pillory and beat out his brains with addled goose-eggs. Alas! I fear the poor gold digger is more frequently the subject of envy than sympathy to those who know but little of his trials! Compelled to sub mit to imposition here; to envy and ridicule there, he toils to live and lives to toil, with the faint hope that on some J lucky day he may, in miners phrase, “strike a lead” that, will repay him for all his sufferings and privations. But I trust there are some few whose sympathy may be awakened in our behalf. Take by the hand, for instance, the beautiful maiden who has just passed your door, on whose pure bosom gleams that splendid “jewel of gold”—say nothing to that whiskered dandy who is ogling her over his shoulder, and j twisting his massive watch-chain with majestic pomposity; the only answer expected from him would be i 'dem ’ im let ‘ ini dig," —l say, take her by the hand, softly, gently, my dear fellow, do not forget your years, and by a coup de clairvoi ance transport her, if you phase, to Hangtown. The sun has just raised the misty vail that has been hanging heavily before him through the day, as if to bid good night to the weary laborers of the valley, aud calmly sunk beneath the western waters. Look you there! point out to your fair pro tegee that “nice young man,” with buck-skin patches upon the knees of liis unmentionables and elsewhere, as he slowly and wearily emerges from his pit; water and clay seem ooz ing through every mesh <n his garment*, and ! * . cry beard is dripping with mud ! Verity, it is a sight to make old Mo urns weep. She need not heed the occasional aurora borealis streaks that shoot across his sorrowful countenance as he easts his eyes into the tin pan which contains a half ounce, the re sult of his day’s labor ; but let her follow him to his rude habitation, if that miserable hut is worthy of the name, and after depositing his treasure in the corner, see him examine the palms of his once soft hands, as if to determine wheth er or not the shell of some patriarch terrapin has usurped the place of the original cuticle. Watch him as he prepares liis homely supper; view him with a rasher of bacon in one hand and a slap-jack in the other, just ready to commence his repast. But no farther, at present —it is not polite to watch one while eating. His meal is now finished; and darkness overspreads the land ; bur by the dim light of the cabin fire you can discern him sitting with his face buried in his hands. His mind is dwelling upon other climes and brighter scenes; upon times when the offices of friendship and love were experienced each day, and happiness aud peace the concomitants of every hour. Mark the tear that trem bles in his eye, and the deep-drawn sighs which tell that the spell is broken ! Now view him as he calmly bends his kr.ees to the ground, and with eyes upturned, in all the eloquence of silence, invokes the blessing of heaven upon far off friends, and returns heartfelt thanks for the mercies that have been vouchsafed to.him this day. lias she seen enough? Oh. no, let her linger a moment. Sin has never entered that artless heart, and her spirit is as pure as when the spark first emana ted from the bosom of its God. Site lias no fear. Let her stand, at a respectful distance if you please, and sec h e. as he wraps himself in his blanket and lies down upon the ground to rest. Rest! Do you call that ceaseless tossing rest? But, hist! he slumbers now, oh, how unquietly—and words of endearment break from liis unconscious lips; surely his spirit must commune with those he loves. But see! he smiles; some loved and loving form, perchance, is now before him— his arms extend as if to clasp tho object to his heart—he starts and is awake! lie slowly turns his gaze upon the rude walls of liis apartment; a bigger tear is in his eye and a deeper sigh escapes his bosom as he gathers the folds of his coarse blanket around him, and again endeavors to court the forgetfulness of sleep. Take her away now,doctor; she has seen enough— only tell her that the jewels which adorn her beautiful person are the fruits of toil and privations and sacrifices, greater, per haps, than those she has just witnessed—and if, with a tear in her eye. brighter than the gem which sparkles upon her bo som, and a heart purer than the precious metal that surrounds it she does not exclaim, “‘Hehven bless the poor gold digger, and send him flour at less than one dollar and a half the pound, and bacon, salt, sugar and coffee at less than a dollar and a quarter, and treacle and vinegar lower than twelve dollars per gallon, and a little tolerable whiskey at fifty cents a dram, should liis outward man chance to require it,” then, indeed, must he be unworthy of human sympathy, and fit only to be an outcast and wanderer in the land. But plainly, and oom mon-sensely and seriously speaking, if I Live not already spo ken with sufficient earnestness —this gold digging is anything but a fancy employment; much more laborious than 1 had been led to believe, even after reaching California. The high prices which provisions of all kinds bear in the mines, partly owing to the difficulty of transporting them, adds to the gloom iness of the prospect, and many have left, and are still leaving in “perfect disgust.” What do you think of it? On Satur day last we of flour which one of the party for which we had to pay twelve LETTER from MARIETTA. Marietta. March, I*3, ISSO. Friend Andrews : —You ask me to write you something , from the beautiful village in which I live. W hat a simple request and yet how difficult of compliance! Ihe incidents of every day recurrence in a town like ours, would supply hut little of interest to your city gentlemen, however much they might become of speculation among village gossips. 1 have dwelt long euough in the marts of mercantile strife, to un derstand the value of a splendid ‘‘crash,” or the importance | of a sudden “rise” in cotton, to those who alternate between ; the “ups” and “downs” of either. There is an excitement in j this sort of “news,” not to be paralelled by any thing from villagedom. Nobody “breaks” lure. The dull routine of chicken trade, is little likely to produce a “panic,” unless, indeed, on occasions like the one not long gone by, when ex pounders of the Holy Writ, with suits of glossy black, pud rotundity of stomach portentous of evil to poultry stock, crowd in upon us for a seven-day feast. Then, alas ! the market is “up,” and chickens, whatever they might luive beenbefore, are chickens now. Oh, the experience of a few weeks past is fruitful of solemn reminiscences, Blest with the presence of the Lord's anointed, there was a rise in barn yard stocks, and the fatted ealf, and pullet too, supplied a holy unction to pious stomachs ; but we poor sinners, superadded to the con sciousness of our manifold transgressions, with which our weary souls were freighted, were doomed to the pangs of an abstemiousness little short of actual starvation. Dark mclan chollv sat upon her throne and laid her wand upon us. All the errors of our previous life stood forth in judgment against us. We called them up with gloomy satisfaction, one by one ai'-d a- - v ■ r-'frogaded toward the davs of our juvenile misde muui e paused with a feeling something akin to exulta tion, over the expect abstraction of Sunday dough-nuts lrom our honored grandma’s Sunday store. Our mouth fairly wa tered at the thought. And then, as in our mind's eye the spacious pantry opened to view, and discovered, arranged in order of precedence, rows of apple, pumpkin, mince and chick en pies, upon the well scrubbed shelves, we felt that our mis fortunes were intolerable. Among all our misdeeds, we nev er had stolen a chicken—no, never! But so desperate were we in our sorrow, that even now, after weeks of revelry on “chicken fixena and flour doins,” we tremble at the thought of what we might have done had an opportunity offered. Aye the veriest scape-goat of the flock, if blesred with flesh enough to hold his bones together and strength enough to crow, had, tempted us to‘pot’him ! Heav . be praised! that sin is not upon us. We survived that trying week, albeit a little thin from fasting, and we flatter ourself that its history is fraught with an experience that will leave us a wiser if not a better man. So much for the vicsisitudes of the chicken trade in Mariet ta—indeed, we may note the Butter and Egg Market as subject m similar mutations, from similar causes. But nobody breaks —not even an egg, until after it is sold, and then it sometimes breaks badly. Os Marietta proper, it were useless to write. It is already known abroad as one of the most agreeable and elevated sum mer retreats in Georgia; and 1 will simply add that preparations are making for the better and more extensive accommodation of visitor's. Our hotels are being added to and refitted; be sides some plans for varying the monotony of country life are being perfected, whereby our low country friends may consult their tastes for either the gay, sedate, or sentimental pastime. On Monday, the 11th inst. we had a so-called meeting of the citizens of Cobb county, to take into consideration the pro priety of sending delegates to the Nashville Convention. It was a one-sided affair, and might with equal propriety have been held in California, so far as the people of Cobb werer ;> resented, or their opinions expressed. In my humble judg ment, die whole scheme is a trick of politicians for sinister purposes. God forbid it should rank beside the Hartford Convention in after years ! Actum est de Republica if this agitation continues to be urged must longer on both sides of the line. * On Tuesday, the survey of the route for a Plank Road from this pfttee to Dahlonega, Lumpkin county, was commenced, under the supervision of Mr. James M. Cooper, former su perintendent of the mint, at the last named place. The sur vey complete, the prevailing opinion here is, tliat the work of construction will be at once commenced. Having run through with my budget, and wearied you e nougb I ween. I shall conclude by subscribing myself, Respectfully Yours, KENNESAW. A not tier front tltc same Correspondent. Marietta, March 17, 1850. Friend Andrews: —You may think, this day being Sun- Jay, that l have been, as in duty bound, in regular attendance on Divine service, and that I am about to dwell, in eulogistic strain, upon the merits of pulpit oratory as impressed upon me j by someone of the able divines of our village. Alas! forme, j such is not the case. The day is fast drawing to a close, with out my sinful foot-tread having awakened an echo in the sanc tuary of the Lord. Perhaps this is not as it should be, and I may not much extenuate my fault by pleading inclemency of weather in j ustification. But alas! not a ray of sunshine dispels the gloom of overhanging clouds; dark, damp and melancholy, is the aspect of the outward world—with now and then a flash and a roar as the hosts of elements meet in angry contention, the thick clouds hurrying hither and thither, like aids burthen ed with the swift commands of military chieftains on the field of battle. Anon the heavy roar of the deep-toned thunder comes rumbling n the ear, and then a crash, as if the united battle ries. j heav en had opened in the strife. Flash upon Hash! the lurid lightning traces its zig.zag course upon the distant sky, then spreading out in one vast sheet of flame, envelopes the heavens in a mantle of fire ! Oh, what a day to desert the cosey chimney corner, even to go to church! We did not go —but listened attentively to the oratory of I leaven, as uttered through the voice of nature, and pondered the omnipotence of Him whose hand was over all. This brings to mind a Sunday evening, not long since spent n your most pious (?) city; when sundry youths, ofgoodly and respectable appearance, did practice—somewhat to the detri ment of their morals, and the patience of John Bult’s represen tative—an untimely joke upon a stranger It is not my inten tion to give a history of this rogueish atrocity upon a traveller, but simply to admonish young m< n that they denu an them selves ith more propriety in future. lienee we take occasion of this day, as likely to give more impressiveness to our exhor tation, to advise those persons (whom we will not specify too closely) to eon over their Sunday readings for the ninth com mandment, and, in the language'of Capt. Cuttle, “wheu found j to make a note on’t.” The “ Florida stage leaves at twelve j does it ! It may ill become me to rebuke the rash youths of your city, for the premature start of that vehicle, Florida bound, by which a somewhat testy gentleman, just from Cork. was unnecessarily despoiled of at least two good hours’ sleep—inas much as / was cognizant of the sin; but indeed, I have repent ed me since, and as an expiation of my fault, have vowed a pil grimage to the State of Irwin, so soon as the gentleman from Cork sliall have established his city of the Factories there! — And in consideration of my youth and indiscretion, and ignor ance of city ways, withall, methinks your youth should some slight atonement make for thus misleading me ! At least, let them repent so far, as in future to stop before the joke grows stale, and not attempt to play si y mouse, after the “cat is out of the bag /” Yesterday our citizens convened in the court house, to hear a Flank-Road Address from Mr. John G. Winter. He took very coni “ehensive and, to the people here, somewhat orig >oap agency f< >r trans- I our heads proportionally high, as denizens ot a grot C) ) ;rs prospective ! Seriously, there was a deliberative figuring up of results likely to accrue from an enterprise of th<*kmd wor thy the consideration of our people, and I should pot besurpri sed if Georgia were yet to become as celebrated for her Hank as her Railroads. Yours. Ac. KENNESAW. I LETTER from ATLANTA. S Dear Doctor :—With many misgivings as to my ability ‘ to execute the task, 1 shall nevertheless (in compliance I with a promise sometime since made to you ) endeavor to i keep yourself and readers advised of whatever of interest. ■, may, from time to time, transpire in the bustling, if not re fined city of Railroads and Locomotives. At present, 1 have nothing particularly interesting of which 1 to advise you. Our city continues gradually to improve.— There are a number of new residences now going up in va rious directions; some of these are neat and tasteful, but the majority of the buildings are mere shells, without convenien ces of any sort, and comfortless. I hope the day is not far distant when a proper regard will be paid by our citizens to the construction and finish of private residences. The new Foundry of Messrs A. Leyden A Cos. is complete, and in : full blast. I have not had an opportunity of visiting their es- I tablishment, since its completion: but learn that it is in ap- I pie-pie order—and that its enterprising Proprietors are pre ! pared to fill, with promptness and fidelity all orders intrusted to them. I wish them every success. Our Steam Flouring Mill and the new Machine Shop of tli“ Georgia Rail id !'■ .op , q.. are near'q A. — I'hese buildings, t getner with tne Foundry above noticed, ; may be justly regarded as the ornaments of our city. The passenger trains of the several Railroads having their confluence here, have run with much regularity of late. 1 hear frequently of accidents to freight trains on the State I Road, however, which are wonderful, when we-consider that the Road and its appendages (according to the oft-repeated assertion of its officers) are in such excellent oi-der. A j freight train ran off the track one day last week, breaking one or two freight ears: and I learn that a passenger car | was considerably damaged yesterday. The damage to ears ! and freight on this Il(ad. since the Chief Engineer s last Re ! pot, lias been immense. I will keep an eye to its business j and management, and report to you from time to time. There are, occasionally, some queer antics •• up in ties lair city of ours. I w ill state one, of rather recent occurrence; j i Two Ladies of high respectability, engaged in the praisewor j thy enterprise of seeking out a few of the hundreds of dissu- I lute children that swarm our streets and by-ways, for the ; purpose of inau ing them to attend Sabbath School, found it I necessary to extend their visits to a portion of the city known ; as “Snake Nation,” and inhabited principally by fillcs de joie and other kindred spirits. While preceding quietly along the street of this polluted region, a few days since, they were ae eosted by one of their frail sisters, who, by means of coarse bil lingsgate, sticks and stones, actually expelled them from the “Nation !” This circumstance being made known to a friend of mine, (who, rumor says, is bethrothed to one of the Ladies,) he forthwith armed himself w ith a formidable switch, and, go ing to the harlot’s hilkse, literally “brushed her out,’’ in the presence of her “man” and several hangers on ! My friend (who deserves the thanks of the virtuous portion of the commu nity for this prompt infliction of a merited chastisement,) was subsequently, at the instance of the frailed one, liound over to answer for his offence, at the next term -••f our Superior C —rt It s sa : 1 ‘hat, on entering the h<m=e and making iiov n >.!, e! ect 1 his vis'* t three follows rust pro tect the girl; but he had no notion of being foiled of lil pur pose, so drawing his revolver, he remarked : “The powder and lead in this shooting-iron cost me just ten cents, and if any one interferes to prevent me from punishing this , I'll spend the whole amount on him!” It is needless to add, that, after this pointed speech, the “Squire” had his own way. A somewhat romantic affair occurred on the State Road a short time since—the particulars of which, as I have learned them, are these : A married man, the father of ‘several chil dren, residing some where on the line of the Road, became en amored of a young woman, whom he succeeded iu luring i from the paths of Virtue and rectitude. The woman was dri ven from the house of her parents, and her seducer resolved to abandon his lawful wife and picaninnies and elope with j her. With this intent, he went to Tunnel Hill, expecting to meet her there, but finding her not, he took the return train, in the hope of meeting with her at Dalton. On their way down, our hero took liis stand on the platform of one of the ears, in company with another passenger to whom he impart ed the particulars of his “scrape.” While thus engaged, a few miles above Dalton, lie espied the fair object of his solicitude standing on the roadside, and exclaiming, “There she is, now !” he leaped from the ear, (the train being under full headway-,) and was instantly killed ! The poor girl was seen to walk up to the spot where her lifeless lover lay : but seeing he train stop, she struck out into the woods at race-horse speed, and was not afterwards seen by- my informant. The gallery of the Methodist Church in this city gave way on Sabbath afternoon last, during service by the colored con gregation. No damage was done, except to precipitate a few “geinmen and ladies ob color” to a level with their broth ers and sisters on the lower floor, and causing a sudden hut temporary fall in wool! After a week or two of delightful spring-like weather, it has again turned cold. The roots of houses and other exposed objects wire this morning completely covered with a very hea vy white frost. I fear we shall have another /> ■ ■ • year. GABRIEL. LETTER from COL. INTI BUS. Coli-msvs, March 10. 1850. My Dear Doctor : —Since your departure for Macon, our goodly city has heen one continual scene of Fanaticism, Phar isaism, Onderdonkism, Rushinism, Persecutionism, and many other isms and seisms too numerous to mention. You have, no doubt, heard of the Rev. Dr. M ost, Lecturer on Christianity, lie arrived in our city on Saturday after noon, four weeks ago, put up at the Oglethorpe House, sent to or visited our godlike ministers, told them his business, presented Ids credentials, received pressing invitations to preach next day, in the several Churches, and k , to -;*isfy his ministerial brethren, preached in the forenoon... .he Pres byterian Church, at the Baptist in the afternoon, and lectur ed on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday- nights in the Methodist Church. The community was delighted w ith the lectures, and the Lecturer ; liis style of explaining the scriptures, liis learning, eloquence and superior ability above any that we have i had in these parts, soon won the attention and admiration of all. liis lectures tended to make man love God, for his good ness and mercy. I have stated that the Rev. Dr. arrived here on Saturday. Well before Sunday noon, the whole lai ty had been informed tliat a -‘great man m Israel'’ was come; and contention arose between some of the “first families” w ho should have the honor of entertaining him. The honor was confined on our worthy fellow- citizen Dr. Specs, who proce- . ded immediately to the Oglethorpe House, and in a few- mo- ! ments afterward he was seen arm in arm, conducting to his I beautiful mansion, a venerable limb of the “Root and branch j Society.” The Dr. bore “his blushing honors thick upon j him” noon, when “there came a frost—a chil ling frost.” One Oliver, New York Oliver, notorious for keeping a fine house for the accommodation of his “South ern .ends arrived here from Appalacbioola, and reported j that he ha J taken many toddies with our Lecturer t the P>. y, and that he had seen him right reverendly rectified. The com munity, (with the exception of know ing Tom,) doubted the statement, but matters were soon alter set at rest on that an up Hill statement. The Rev. Dr. re fal.-ih.:rp.• Ib.us. . his fri.'u.i •)’ ■ n. ■ liant knights of the goose quill, and appointed them adjutants and Inspectors of public morals and defenders ot tac *nlg-, j Being exceedingly puffed up by the honor thus c >n e rr<d upon them, these worthies, mating ioth to engage in personal scurrility, (one being a gentleman, by birth, and the oti. r being recently endor* ias such.) commenced the w ar.are a gainst the stranger, by denouncing him in great e -of diction as a “hypocrite.’ “blackguard.’ ‘scamp, impostor Ac. Such language, coming from sprigs ot the church, caused many citizens to call on the Rev. Doctor tor an explanation He gave it in public, at Concert Hall, and every one that I beard him felt satisfied that his only ‘besotting sin was the love of the ardent. Th > “Sons’ then took hold o! him, intro dictd and initiated him a member of Chattahoochee Divi*i,.n. Tlis caused another fit of excitement. The Clergy oppo- 1 hi%admission into the order of “Sons,” but “Love. Purity s.vl I Fnhiity” triumphed over hypocritical persecution. Ihe old man was initiated, and good authority says, that on account ! therif, two of the Clerical members w ithdrew frpra the or der. rather than aid in the restoration of a fallen brother. i.._- withstfadittg this was the aim and intent, avowedly, of tie- Associates ! By this time public feeling waxed warm, and the Re\\ Dr. found himself surrounded by troops of friends, who willing to sustain him, now- that the evil was re moved iAh laudable purpose of combatting Infidelity. A raong theVnist zealous of these were to be found our reve rend Steak Doctor, whose baptismal name is Michael, as right suppose?, and “orderly Bob with a certain kii at of eoach-laee, ala- ‘Anti-French boots,’ as Deaeons, assist and by the high as Chorister. Then it was that the Church fulminated its anathemas a guinst those übn-bo-s wii hotdd attend ’ • ! •-*"•"' I *- , W. and threw.... mur- >: I God !th i -lit I, is this the re r t oesus ... Nazareth, ! which taught ust- love one another, and if our brother erred to go to him andWliisper his faults in his ear, not to east him 1 off forever. But \ these preachers stand at the corners, mi. - gling w ith the pukicun* and sinners, for the pur pose of sink ■ ing into the lowesfldepths of degradation and vieo, a poor old brother , who, fallen from his high estate, begs pa. don of God and forgiveness ts man. Oh hypocrisy ! hide thy mi blushing face, tliai unerring virtue may not behold thy defor mity. But Sir, these men are like many others who rush ■ in with the crew of tl. - good old ship which will land her righteous cargo into another and better world. The Dr. fin | ished his leetu. es on Sn day eveving last and left next morn ! ing for Montgomery, vLeva, I am told, he was assailed by a | nother knight of the quill in the person of the Editor of the 1 Journal. The Democrats and Whigs held a meeting last evening, to nominate Delegates to the Nashville Convention. The first meeting at the Court Hour in the morning of yes ter lay was a failure, and the second we * not, by any- means, as full as I was led to expi-ct from tlu fuss which the Editors are_ m,.- king on the subject. The meeting was rather a sassy one, all the patriotism of Georgia and Carolina being embodied iu it ; the latter in a Mr. M. who spoke in favor of a Dissolu tion of the Union, in the event* that the North would not re trace her steps and California was received into the Union. ! Col. Benning and M. Crawford. Esq. both lawyers of this city, were unanimously nominated, and Resolutions supposed ! to express the w ishes of the ‘"dear people,” were read and 1 passed. The proceedings of this meetirg you will find published in the city papers, but I do not suppose that the w hole will ap pear. Our old friend “Sam’, of the ‘Enquirer,’ on being no i minuted on a committee, took occasion respectfully to decline j the appointment and to give his views generally-, as to th 1 objects of the proposed Convenfa i lie dissented fr< m ery thing that looked like disunion, especially- if based on the admission of California as a stafa. On this point, there are many Whigs and Democrats who agree with him, and tliink thnt Stale oi National Conventions ;re ofdoublful utility, cs- j peeially when gotten up by briefless lawy-irs and fishy phfiii- 1 eians. ( ; Foincrade's Panorama of the Mississippi lias been exhibit ing every night, last week, to crowdon houses. It w ill go t ■ Macon, in a few days. Prof. Williams, the Psellyoologist of Mesmeriser has be n lecturing here lately or. the Science j/ Animal Magnetism, i with some success. He cannot, howevV , compare with Fi-k and Spencer, as Lecturers on that philefnphy. The California gold fever has broken tat afresh in town, since the return, a few days since, of on of our citizens riek | ly laden with the spoils obtained from that modern, if not an cient Ophir. And lam lorry to add, tliat several of our re spectable young men, of pious parentage many prayers, are now* preparing themselves, by a diligtuc study of “L low-, jack and the game” tactics, to procAvl, shortly, to the same goal of glittering dross ! The that ihe -ram blers are the only successful visitants to and those i who now go thither, mean to take s while th y may, in the wheel of fortune, wnieli is thci%g king its ■’■lin ing revolution, albeit the result should a wr<ek of all moral principle, and the ruin of all good ePft seter^^^iß A model of Remington’s Bridge is now onu-xhlEitioD ati j the Oglethorpe i louse. Only think of it ! AJ i ? ge CO ft long, with longitudinal stringers of only three 1 ‘ghths of an j inch thick in the middle, capable of sustaining a burden : of ten Tons ! If half that is said of the principle and capa bility of this bridge be true, it is one of greatest inventions of j the aaro. But we are prepared to lieliere almost buy thing-, ; being fully satisfied, long since, that there are “nire thmge j in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in our pltosophv.” !w e must however close for the present. Adieq Signor, | “May your shadow never h*e N-ss !” 1 VTO LETTER froui STI AAAASkJ Savannah, March 16/A, ,850. Dear Doctor.—Tliat is. my dear “Citizen,” I All had | your first appearance with pleasure, and am cofaVLt you ! will find many patrons and admirers. lam sure theUvan ’ nali public will appreciate your efforts, for I believe y l have j always been a friend to Georgia and her own seapol and i will sustain her when right, defend her when r>su: \ I when wrong, {mint the error out. 1 the intercom* tfaHj ! “Citizen” will have- with the people of Savannah will of mutual interest to each othor. and tliat your will be thrice welcome more than any other sheet i lished in Georgia; of this 1 have every re:.von V* hope. \ HE Os the Savannah press I will say a few words. the dailies is plodding along in the safiie course it lias • some ten or fifteen years past, with long-wliuied leaders, a few (more or less) extracts from frees oil and tion papers with comments and etcetera, a-lfi seems to -yB der how it is tliat others, its eotemporar'es, get so far ah4vfl| , in enterprize and geu* “al appearance. Tlie other, its nei:M her has its favorite hobby too, on which it mounts sometimes j namely, good old English custo:British statesmen. Rial I ‘ j certain stamp of American politicians, the opera and Italiai music generally, and up<*n this it goes the whole figure; anA when we sit in the Parquett, we w-aitfor the cue to applaJ M , and when vve do it is done as ‘tis done in Italy; we e'ap ur. our li.m.ts are sore. But more of him hereafter. This edi torial ire. is a good follow- notwithstanding. We have also* i | s J>iey little daily, which is destined to take the lead of al! in -‘A | few years, if it advances as rapidly as it has done of late. Mk has its “Mrs. Stalling,'’ a good c>ld Georgia da^ l ** “h ‘l sume is a relation of the celebrated Mrs. prui)gt..u more of newspapers hereafter. Tlie atnuat4P t! ’ have been Miss Kimberly's ! Ber tsbv M.im Ho a J .vetoes and Cuxa. Mbellch. • r ' £ 1 •I.voe foreign i..tm< *, but then a music in them, you krn-*'. “Daniel in tlie lion's Den,” lire lions as the little boy sai*l--*j Miss Kimberly is a most accomplished reader. 1 heard l* B ® 1 read King Joipt. It was a brilliant effort, and her j or mistress of the pie.oe was Constance, the widowed the child, prince Arthur. Her reading of .this character **■ perfect, and elicited much applause This fa fly has w ell eJ h< iv. end a Savannah audience, such as she hail, know j how to appreeia* 1 such rare talent, tibeaking of Cone jR [ some of ihost* given by these foroigne -s with high i pretensions and uy k.nd of notion -o'v Jo- lh fjrf : '-"k ? •;