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I 'nd spake saying. “Yea shalt thou command
l hc armies ol the land, in the place of Zacha- l
riah, and in the place of Winfield, the Chie.'i
Captain—lor what are the countenances of
Zacharinh and of Winfield, as compared with
thy countenance? And it shall come to pass
when the Mexicans shall hear thy voice and
see thy shape, they shall begin to say unto
one another, aR the coons spake unto the
mighty hunter of the West, saying. ‘lt is o.
no use, we give up, spare us yet one moment
and we will come down unto thee.’ ”
And the King spake unto the counsellors o
the land of Jonathan, saying, “Make ye Tho <
mas, ‘the humbug,’ chief captain over the ar •
mies, in the place of Winfield and in the plac
of Zachariah.” But certain of the counselors
refused to obey the commandment of the King
—howbeit Wick, the son of Wicked, am
Brinker, the son of Hoff, and Jacob, the so
of Thompson, and Sawyer, the Sausage, anil
many others of the council assented thermit
to. Anti when this was told unto the Kinj
and unto Matey, the scribe, and unto Thom
as. the humbug they were exceedingly wrotl
and rent their garments. And the King com
sorted Thomas, the humbug. “Behold. I wi!
make thee second captain.” But Thomas
the humbug, answered saving. “I will be se
cond to no man. Behold. Winfield hath hi i
plan, and thy servant hath At* plan, and i
shall come to pass when I go to the camp c.
Winfield, straightway there will beconfttsioi
Thy servant hath read Humboldt, and undei
etnndeth what he doeth.” And Thomas tli
humbug, went from the presence of the Kin, 1
in anger j nevertheless, tvhat was the plan c j
Thomas, .untamed the humbug, no ma
knotveth unto this day.— Tallahamrt Srnt. |
JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
S. T. CHAI’MAN & S. ROSE, Editors.
JIAC\, Or.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 18477
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
For Vice President,
GEORGE tV. CRAWFORD.
Public .Heellegs.
We give up a very largo proportion of our eolumr
to-day to the proci'odings of various political, niilitai
and Railroad meetings. Our thanks are most cordia
ly tendered to our friends of all parties, who sec,
anxious to extend the circulation and usefulness of tit
Journal k Mssssngcr. and we take pleasure in inform
ing them that our extensive and rapidly extending cr
dilation will aoon enable us to give their proceediu)
a circulation unparallelled in the State
Dr. Hanning.
This gentleman remains in Macon another wee’
for the purpose of consulting with those persons wh
may desire to test the practical operations of his bod
Brae’. He may be consulted gratuitously at the l’loy
House.
Stammering Cured.
Those of our readers who are afflicted with imped
ments in their speech, are respectfully referred to tl
Card of Dr Butterfield, who has been eminently But
eeaaful in his efforts to relieve the afflicted.
Fife Insurance.
The attention of the public is refered to the Annua
Statement of the Nautilus Mutual Life Insurant
Company, of which Messrs. llvde Sc Jones are th
agents fur this city. The capital ot the Company seem
ample for the payment of all its risks ; and a declare
annual dividend ofM per cent, is the best possible evi
dence that it is not only a safe institution, but mot
admirably managed.
Graham’s Magarinc.
The July number of this magazine is already upo
our table. It contains an admirably engraved liksnee
of Gen. Tayi/ir by Sartain; anti also what purport
to be, but is not, a sketch of the Tailullah Falls. t' ro i
an oiyimai an.™, iw Xioaornn. r nis magazine h; I
generally been better sustained than works ofits clast |
and some of the articles in the present number, hat
decided merit. Mr. Gffibam is a gentleman of nntirin
energy ami enterprise, nnd deserves much credit tor th
efforts he has made to sustain this enterprise
Return ofthe Military.
The Macon Volunteers, Capt Conner, and Floy
Rifles, Capt. Ross, returned on Saturday lust,from the, •
trip to the Mountains During their absence they v is
ited Griffin, Atlanta, Mai tetta, and the Stone Moun
tain, and in each place did camp and fi -Id duty imdt
Capt Isaac G. Seymour, acting As Major. We hav
heard both the military and personal deportment of th
officers and men s|stken of in terms of rite highest
pra,ae. The various evolutions, particularly in Mariet
ta, were performed we understand, with a regularity and
precision that would have done credit to the veteran
under either Scorr or Taylor At both Marietta and
Atlanta, the camp was visited by a large number of la
dies and gentlemen, and the officers and men wer ‘
treated with the utmost kindness and hospitality by tin
■itiaonauniversally In returning,the Volunteers an,’
:.ifles act ’d as nn escort to a number of Volunteers br-
Imiging to Lieut Shelton's Company, who were return
ing from Mex'eo.
Tho way to mnho Money.
We have frequently heard persons express a curiosity
to know how certain venders of quack medicines have
managed to build up such an immense business in the
United Suites, and to realize therefrom r.ueh overwhelm
ing fortunes. The success of Jaynes, Brandredth, Towns
gpd. Sands, and others, is no great my lay after all
They understand human nature and the power of the
press. Instead of being close and niggardly in adver
tising, they have patronized the newspapers with n lib
eral hand The New York Express says that its Edi
tor was recently shown a receipt for nine huailied and
eighteen dollars and serenty-flve cents, for money
pmd in advance by Dr Townsend for one year s ad
vertising in a Philadelphia paper! The Exp, ess
adds that ihe Dr. annually pays one ofthe New York
Ppern more than double the above turn I It not as
tonishmg then that lua medicines have met with almost
umveraal sale in the country.
The question which we propose to put is this: If the
sy*tem of advaitiaing liberally will succeed even with
quack medicines, will it not be much more certain o,
aucceas in cases where persons are doings legitimsle
business, and where tlwy offer to their patrons some
thing like an equivalent for their money I Experience
has proved this to be the ease A man who does bun
ness on a picayune scale, who seldom or never advrrti
ses, may by chance gel into a good buainess, just as one
man in a thousand may draw a capital prize in a lotte
ry; full the only sure road to succew is lo prove to die
people that we have energy end rmerpriac, that we se. k
their patronage, and are prepared to deserve it. llnw
eon this Is- aeeomplislird so successfully as by a judicious
system of advertising?
It la a sate conclusion for the people to anive at, that
merchants who are unoble.to advertise or who have 100
little energy to do so. arc not likely to have either the
best or cheapest goods for sale If men are csvwious
of these things they gmaiully take the must direct meth
od of letting the public know it through the press
It is not enough, however, merely to advertise. To
be profitable it must be dune judlrumsly in die papers
hiving the large* circulation m the particular district
at country which trades at any given plaor. It mum
•iso lie doneeofrerot.fly, so as to keep the name of the
dealer and the character of his wares continually baton
the people It ought sat to be done by standing adver
tisement-, because tile people after reading them a few
times become wearied and turn from them widi distaste
Goods sltuuld be sdvrrttmd as they are reeeieed, in
brief, comprehensive notices, giving prominence to
each particular claw of articles offered for sale.
A proper system of advertising will do much towards
extending die busui -as not only ot each individual mer
chant, but of a whole community or city. The subjoin
J worthy of attention, and we commend it especially to
our mentantile friends of tbc city of Macon, who are in
the midst of a denar, reading population, whose prin
cipal trailing ought to be done in that city.
The Magnetic Telegraph.
Our friends in Savannah scent to have been unneces
sarily aliumed in regard to the detennination of Mr
Hailey to carry the Telegraph by the way of Atlanta
If rbev will plank down the Ynrr-V we Tve-*"’ n-e ‘Si-r-
ran still bo but little difficulty in bringing tho lin- by tho
90 mile station; but prompt notion is required. The
people of both Savannah and Macon have been rather
dilatory in moving in thin matter, and oven now, their
greatest security consists in the fact, that the patent of
Mr. Morse is likely to be rendered comparatively valu
less by recent and more important improvements.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM .MEXICO.
Rctsidilution of Nanta.Anini.
The New Orleans Picayune of the 11th instant, has
Vera Cruz dates to the 3.1, perpchooner Zenohia. San
ta Anna, on the 29th ult., resigned the Presidency, and
assigned a* his reason, that thin step alone could prevent
the outbreak of a Revolution on the npproach of the
Americans. He says thnt the Capitol is now in a -iti -
ntion to successfully resist any force tie* enemy could
bring against it. He reminds Congress thnt h* has d<
voted his time, his money. Ins blood nnd his limbs t< t!i*
service of his country, and now, with pride, he resigns
forever his public career Herrem.it is thought, would
Is* chosen President—the votes were not to be counted,
however, till the 15th inst.
Tho nomocracy in a Stow.
It is now pretty well understood thnt there is ft large
fraction of the Democratic party of Georgia, who arc
resolved to advocate the nomination of G.*n rnl Taylor
for the Presidency. This wing of the party consists
mainly of the honest planters, who arc sick nnd disgust
ed with Polkery and its extravagance, nn I who wish
an honest, old fashioned administration of the affairs of
the nation. These men have watched closely the
movements of the Wilmot Proviso clique, an I are sad
ly disappointed with the anti-Hoiithcm vote of certain
Georgia Democrats on the Oregon Territorial Bill.—
They are satisfied that while Gen. Taylor is a
moderate Whig, he will be firm ami uncom
promising whenever the interests of the South are in i
jeopardy. They have convinced themselves that the
old Hero is “honest,” thnt he is “capable,” and that he
wdl be “faithful to the Constitution,” and have eonse- |
quently determined to vote for hnn at all hnzzards
This fact having come. to the knowledge of th’- teirr
pullers, they have concluded that the only way to save
Democracy from complete annihilation, i- to nominate
Taylor as the candidate of their party,and make him a
Democrat by resolution
This is reported to be the policy of the “Coon Killer”
and of certain other aspirants to the Gubernatorial
chair. It will probably be most strenuously opposed ! y
the Athens Banner junto, aided by a certain distinguish
ed Senator, whose son-in-law was rendered somewhat
notorious last winter by his unscrupulous attack upon
Taylor as a Whig General. What the result of this
contest will be, we know not, but we are disposed to
think, that after a tremendous blowing of trumpets and
rnttling of kettle drums, the party will draw off, as Santn
Anna did at Buena Vista, and proclaim the achieve*
ment of a great victory over Old Znck nnd the Whigs!
For ourselves, we sincerely hope thnt they may have
moral firmness enough to nominate the old Hero.— j
Their action can have no effect upon the Whigs, who ;
•hav* already,almost unanimously, resolved to give him ‘
their support, not only because of his distinguished
services to the country, but because of his unwavering
devotion to Whig principles. We have nothing to fear;
because the fact thnt Gen. Taylor receives Whig or
Democratic votes, will have no influence uj>on the policy
of his administration. He will be in the cabinet, as in the
field, always ready to hear the opinions of his subal
terns, but ever certain to follow the dictates of his own
clear, sound, discriminating judgment.
Mr. Calhoun and the Democracy*
It is now apparent that a pitrtion of the Democratic
party have resolved to immolate Mr Calhoun. The!
moment that he exposed the truth in regard to the j
origin of the Mexican War, his destruction became !
necessary to the existence of Messrs Polk, Ritchie,
and the Democratic party. Hence the assaults of the
Washington Union —hence his denunciation by the
Wilmot proviso men, and hence the vindictive nnd
frequent attacks upon him by Mr Benton.—Hence
the declaration of that gentleman in his recent letter 1
that the next candidate of the Democratic party, must
be a Northern man—hence his Oregon letter, and his I
denunciation of Mr Calhoun, as the representative of
the “ slnvocrucy ” of the South. The friends of the
distinguished Carolinian have borne all these things
with such becoming meekness that the Washington
Correspondent of the Mobile Rrgiater has at last de- 1
dared that Mr. Calhoun, like the Whigs, has been
giving “ aid and comfort to the enemv,” and that “ his
anti'tear speeches have been republished ,n Mexico
andetnboldened the people to continue the war /” This
is certainly going tolerably far, and we presume that
the next move of the Southern Democratic presses wiil
lie to declare that the Abolitionists have carried South
Carolina for Gen. Taylor.
The \*hens Runner and the Wilmot Proviso.
The Editor of the Banner, in his opposition to Gen. |
Taylor, breaks over ail barriers on the slave question,
and forgetful of hi* recent denunciations of the Whigs
and their Northern allies, exclaims:
“is the (Democratic) party to be disorganized on the
Wilmot P. aviso, and the dragon’s teeth to be sown, to
spring up armed men north and south of Mason and
Dixon’s line, first to shake nnd then to rend the Union
into fragments I Had we not better hush our unneces
sary grow lings upon this subject, and meet our North
ern brethren in convention, in the confiding spirit of
brethren, and trust every thing to the combined opera
tion of their sense of justice and the fidelity and wis
dom of our Southern Delegates,” See Slc.
Here, then, tho secret is out. It is not the security of
Southern rights or interests, but the unity amd ascend
ancy of die Democratic party—it is not the integrity of
the nation, but the spoils of victory, that our cotenipora
ry is after.
What is that “sense of justice ” among his Northern
allies, which he seeks to rely upon ? Have not Silas
Wnght and the Northern Democracy declared thnt
they will plant themselves upon the llflmot proviso, ntui
that they have determined to force it upon the country?
Did they not declare, in their recent proceedings in St
Lawrence county, New York, that “they would, not 1 y
their voice*, their money or votes, plant slavery* upon a
■oil that is now free?” Is it the policy, therefore, of
the Editor of the Banner to allow the infamous Wilmot
proviso to be fastened upon the conquered territory of
Mexico, as it hss bcetj done upon Oregon? Will
Messrs. Cobb anil Lumpkin, and their Dentocratic
allies from Geoigia, rely in thisca&e too, upon the'^ sense
of justice ’’ of their Northern brethren ? Will they vote
to recognise the principle* of the Wilmot isrouso in
territorial hill* for California and New Mexico, as they
did in the case of Oregon ?
This i not the first time that the Democratic preaee*
of Georgia have hinted at conciliation and comptomise
on this subject of slavery If they really intend to be
tray the interest* of the South, the sooner the people
know it the better. If it i* really the purpose of such
men a* the Editor of the Banner to make all other in
terests suharrviem to those or party, let them proclaim
their principles and fling out their Wilmot Hag at once ;
but let them not insult the good sense of Southern
planter* by prating about conciliatum an.) compromise,
or about relying upon the **nse of justice of such men
as Wilmot, Bila* Wright and their allies in mischief.
The Way the Mmiry tioot,
Mr Yolk can make war at hi* pleasure, and the
Democratic presses, as well as the Democratic leaders’
will all say amen ; hut the people, whohavt to “pay the
pryier,” would occasionally like to be informed when*
the money goo*. We give them, then, the following
ptaUMucnts, made by tin* Wrn Uruz correspondent f
the N<*w Oilcans Delta— a neutral pn per, prune some
what, however, to advocate Mr Polk and his free trade
notions The letter from which we copy,is dated May
the 29th, and the writer utters the truth as follow
“ I frel that I can do my country no beter service in
my idle moments of garrison duty, than by calling the
attention of the government and the country to the
wanton and extraordinary waste of public money nnd
property It ui a nintter of comntem Wherever I go—
every one talking about it—yet no one lifts up his voice
to direct public attention to it. Binec the surrender of
Vers Crui there has been me 1 tored at bus place at
Hacrtfioioa, laJkjh, nnd Anion Lizardo, vessels varying
in number tkfb) *) to HU, in tiie government employ—
■ll chartered by the day. ai priocs varying from to
SIOO per day. Home of them have been here three
months, with ttor**--the brigina) cost of which, one
month'* demurrage would pay for. You will sre an
chor iFwithin pistol shot of each other, fiv** and six vn
aels, with coal for the army—the quantity contained in
the whole sir not being sufficient to fill the hold of any
one of them The demurrage of not one of these ves
sels is less then SOO per day. Is it not the duty of thuw
who have charge of such matter* here, to attend to
these things? Could not the coal in the five vemeia lie
transferred to the one, and let the four be discharged
Th e, M> 4f* Editors, is not an overdrawn picture It
w-*tM ♦•V*’ m*e rime than ! can spa*** m this p* r*i
lar moment, to give n faint idea of the Immrns wast*
and I might add, bare faced plundering of the govern
ment property as carried on here. The cas** of the
coal vessels as given above, is but the hie lory of all stop
vessels employed by government. The c -plains report I
on their arrival, nnd are ordered to wait orderr—the
owners ore getting an immense per diem for their ves
sels—they are satisfied to remain lor ever, and take
good care not lo remind th** quarter-master of their ex
mtonce, having once reported. The surf-boats, which
cost us at least $o()0 a pice*, arc scattered along th*
beach for miles in extent. Sixty-three surf-boats an*
bilged and strewed along the bench in every direction
One day’s attention of tin quarter-master, or his nss s
taut, and one of the hundred vessel* or steamers in th--
pay of the United States, would have saved every on •
of them. The country ran never know the utter waste
of public property, ns exhibited in the operations nt tins
place, and the reason is obvious, for most every man
here is the recipient of this same plunder—nnd if an 1
noncst man raises his voice against such doings, lit**
sharks, whose very existence hangs on this state of
thing*. rai*e their voic—s in most admirable harmony
nnd cry him down—nn humble volunteer officer would
be utterly demolished ”
Things to be Kciii'-iiilh'ku!.
The Editor of the Cherokee Advocate, in his pap r
ofthe Bth inst. after contending that General Taylor
is n Democrat, remark*: “Was there ever anything!
more absurd than this result of Whig policy Cure
strained by either patriotism or fair dealing
in their opposition to the war and the Democratic pofi- ‘
cy of government, they have chosen n candidate for the
Presid -ncy who has given the most unqualified appro-’
baiion of all our (the Democratic) measures.”
The Griffin Jeffersonian of the 9th. taka pn tt\ J
much the same ground, nn( J odds.
“ Why not nominate him (Taylor,) as the Deuu J*j
erotic candidate ? If the Whigs choose to nominate
him too, so inueh the better. The Democrats can
have no objection to Whig votes, when those votes go
to support their own principles.”
We put these sayings of our D mocratic brethren
upon record, so that hereafter, when they lavish abuu*-
upon the old hero and his principles, they may be rc
minded of what they once thought of him. I
“ When the Devil was sick, the Devil a saint would he; •
When the Devil was well, the devil a saint was he ! ’
Never have wc been so forcibly reminded of the
truthfulness of the above lines, as on reading the recent
numbers of the Southern Banner The venerable Ed
itor, only a tew months sine?, was chief fugleman in
the upper counties of Georgia. lie was unceasingly
beating up recruits or war meeting —indeed,so devoted
did he seem to the fife and drum and Polkery,
“ Tint, but for those vile gun*,
He would himself Live been a soldier”
Now. however, when the President is actually begging’
’ for recru ts, nnd when he distinctly informs his I. lends t
lint the road to the “Hallsofthe Montezuma*” isopen,
! tlu* energies of the Editor of the Banner are no longer 1
I (iii3Cted to giving “aid and comfort,” either to Mr Polk,
or his pai ticulnr friend, Santa Anna. He is seized with
a perfect horror for military herns, and is suddenly mov
ed by the most profound admiration of “civic acquire
ments and civic honor*!” He can no longer be drawn
from the tru* Democratic principles to the ear of Whig
gery.even by old Zac. He has discovered that Taylor
is a Whig —a vile Mexican Whig, we presume—and
j therefore will have none of him. Too old a bird him
i self to be caught with chaff, he flutters and chatters at
j o terrible rate, thinking thereby to keep the simple
! minded “young brood of Democracy” from going into
the Rough and Ready net.
General Taylor a Whig.
Those Democratic Editors who have recently shown
some disposition to favor the nomination of General
Taylor by their party in Georgia, have certainly not
read the recent numbers of the Washington Union
That paper taking the alarm from the recent letter of
the old hero, announcing his willingness to run for the |
Presidency, is lustily striving to indoctrinate its follow-’
ers and to drive them off from the popular vortx into
which they have been madly hurrying. Among other
things the venerable organ-grinder adduces tlxe follow
ing fnun the Cincinnati Atlas to prove that Taylor is
as goitd a Whig ns Henry Clay.
“An eminent gentleman, of the highest character for
probity and truth, and well known as a bosom friend of
Gen Taylor, assured us. in the most emphatic man
ner, what were hs sentiments on that s abject. We had
asked fiini: ‘l*General Taylor, lining a cotton planter,
m favor of a protective tariff {’ His answer was: As
decidedly as Henry Clay’ The same gentleman as
sured us, likewise, that General Tuvlot was opposed to
the annexation of Texas; and as to his g eneral politi
cal s iitiments, he remaiked, in the same emphatic
form of expression : ‘Heus as good a Whig is Henry
Clay.’ Our informant used this comparative mode of
representing General Taylor’s sentiments, because he,
like most other people, regarded Mr. Clay as a stand- ,
ard expositor of Whig principles; and there was the
more significance ui that form of speech at the moment,
because we were both returning from a visit to Ash- *
land, whose venerable occupant was (and still is) |
regaided by both os the greatest and best statesman of
the age,”
The Lexington Observer, published in the ioimedi-j
ate neighborhood of Mr. Clay’s residenc**, occoriling
to th* Union, ridicule the veiy idea of Gen T a yl- >r’s
entertaining Democratic opinions. It laughs at the
proceedings of the Montgomery meeting, ami deria.-es,
its own clear and positive belief ol his politics. It su> s:
“General Taylor, we should imagine, will be vc- r y ;
much amused at the reasons given by these Momgom- f
ery Locos for their exceeding regard for him politically, i
But he will lie puzzled to find out by what acts of Ins ‘j
they derived their authority to attribute to him political
views nnd opinions which he never for a moment enter- /
tained If Judge French, Harry Daniel &Cos , wipj* f
lobe wise in time, and, lik” rats and -serting a sinking ship,
desire to forsake the tottering fabric of Locolbcoisin, j
lest they be crushed beneath its ruin*, they w’ill have to !
frame other excuses than that General Taylor in one of
their stripe, and that, therefore, they are for him for I*re- ‘
sident! Take it all and all, this Montgomery allair is
decidedly the L*st joke of the season.”
The Union, as if to clinch the matter, adds the fol- j
lowing from the Louisville Journal, of the 17th nit.
“ We know thnt General Tailor condemned the late j
Locofoco interference with the tariff of 1842.”
Would it not be a most capital joke under such cir
ciicumatances, to ce the Democratic presses of Geor
gia wheeling into the support of Old Rough nnd Ready.
Great consolation it would no doubt afford to fathers
Ritchie and Halsey of the Washington Union and Ath
ens Banner. Oh, why, why wdl the younger and rash
er brethren persist m piling up sorrow iur their vener
able Waders!
Tho Crops mu! Seasons.
The provision crops in New York. New England and
New Jersey, are said to pfotnisc. unparalleled return*
The farmer* are cultivating every inch of ground, and
tlic return will lie immense.
In Maryland and |xirt*of Pennsylvania the prospect
is less fluttering, but there has been nearly dnuhlfMlw*
usual quantity of lund cultivated, and the yield will In*
larger than usual.
In Ohio, Illinois and Missouri, much of the wheat has
been winter killed, and the promise is not mi good,
though there ulso, the me re asc of ground in cultivation
is very great.
In the valley of Virginia nnd portions of’ North Caro
lina and Maryland, boili the w heat and com crops look
w*ell
in M.sMixNippi *nd Alabama the proviaion crops arc
fair, Lit the cotton has suffered gristly from the coM
and for want of ram. This is particularly the ease an
the R< and River, where thu plant is withered nnd hmiw
•d. A re|*rt was atso in circulation, that the entet
pillar had comm *need it* ravage*, but the Vicksburg
Sentinel discredits it entirely
Tle Victoria Advocate of the 90th ult .aoys that the
crops in Gon/alcs and DaWitt counties, Texas, an
doing finely, but that in part* of Gmdaloupo, Bexar,
■nd Han Antonio, vegetation has been nearly destroyed
by tlic drought.
Hook*, for Youth*.
Uto W, Cool.spur and Brothu<, of New Y'ork.
have commenced the publication ol th • “lUwrratcd Li
brsry” a senes of American Lsksby American auth
or* intended for Hcli'hjl Libraries and g<*iieral rending
The lives of Marion, Greene, Capt. Jno. Smith. Frank
Hn, Putnam, Ae. Ac have already been issued. The
volumes now on our table are :
1 Idfr of Capt Bmith. by W. Gilmore Hitnins.
2 Incidents of American ||i*t>ry. by J. W. Barber
3 The life of Putnam, by Wm. Cutter,
They are all illustrated with rather indifferent wood
cuts, but the mechanical execution, in other respect*
a very creditable. It is apparent that these works an
not strictly the result of patient labor and rntut U
thought. The materials are abundant, but loosly
thrown together; and th- whole bears evidence that the
authors were working by the job rather than the piece
ond thnt they were thinking quite an much about the
quantity as the quality of their handwork.
The Life of Smith and the ‘incident* of History” are
particularly obnoxious to this criticism ; and yet they
ore both valuable books— -valuable on account of the
information which they contain, rather than the man- j
n*r in which it is presented.
Mr. Simms has spun out 37<> page* of a story which |
might have been all told in less than one fourth of the j
limits. II” ought to r* met t**r that an author should j
have some regard lor the patience a* well a* the pockets i
of his readers, and dipt uim* and incidents are not nl
ways valued like dm numbs in proportion to their scar
city. Hi- Sill* of Capt. John Smith, however, is one of j
the Lest of his e e nt pr ducOons, and is not withstand- j
ing the faults we have mentioned, an agreeable nnd in- |
st rue live book.
Mr. Buinr.n in his “Incidents of American History.”
has run into the other extreme, and crowded too much
innttei into a given space. His volume contains “a lit- j
tie of every thing anl not imuhofnny thing;” but tin
thnt very account is ike more valuable for the youthful
reader tor whom it isintended. The object ofthe wri
ter evidently is to gi\f a few leading facts in regard to
each event and topnsent them in such a way as to in
duce hi* young renders to search else were for the whole
story. II is volume roman is a vast amount of useful
information and is veil worth twice the money asked
lor it.
“The Life of Putiam” is altogether the best, ns it i*
the most unpretendng, volume of the three. The inn- 1
terials seem tohave frecn ample nnd are well handled i
“Oid But” even w hei young, to use an Irishism, was a
“ranting, roistering roaring blade,” and Mr. Cutter
hap piesented many tmusing incidents of bis early lite, j
as well as the daring and chivalrous feats of his maturer
years. Os Putnam it would Ire very difficult to write an |
indifferent life, and we think the one in question is a
very c* ditahle pioU^on-
Upon the whole we arc inclined to think that “Tin
Illustrated Library” will be found a most useful work,
well adapted for the very class of readers for which it i*
designed. It may be haoofMr. Boardman, to whom
we are indebted for the voliunes above noticed.
“All marriage notices, ami obituary notices of over
ten lines, will be charged at the usual rates.”
The above portion of our published terms seems to
have escaped the attention of many readers, as we are
frequently asked to publish marriage notices and obitu
ary notices of unlimited length, fox the “aecommoda- j
lion ol some old suhscribrr,” of our “friends and pat
rons,” or the “public genera v.”
Our reply, once for all, is that while w*c have every
disposition to accomniod te our friends, we cannot
a fiord to do it; ond though these items may appear (
small in th unselv’s, yet, when we have four or five
thousand patrons, all of wiom have equal claims, they 1
will amount annually to hundreds of dollars, nnd ul- .
tiinntely ruin us. No reasonable friends would exact j
such a sacrifice, nnd the sooner we get rid of those who
arc unreasonable the better.
We have to pay cash for rent, for materials, for
lnlor. for every thing—how then, can we he expected
to labor gratuitously, even for subscribers. Indeed we
are under us little obligation to them as to any one else,
for we give them the full worth of their money, and the ;
longer they have taken the paper, the more willing and
able they ought to le to pay for these little extras. —
They might just as well expect the merchant to furnish
them goods, or ihe hotel keeper to feed them, gratis,
the preacher to marry them, or the sexton to bury them j
for nothing, ns that the printer should toil and labor j
night and day for their gratification, or that of their
friends, aid yet ask no reward. For out Selves, we will
not do it. We are willing to make a simple announce
ment of deaths, but marriage notice*, and obituaries
of over ten lines in length, must be paid for at the reg
ular rates.
Important Railroad Movement.
The Wilmington (N. G.) Journal of the 11th inst.,
mentions a rumor to the effect that a company of Bos
tonians have purchased the Portsmouth an 1 Roanoke i
Railroad, and have in view also the purchase ot the
Raleigh and Gaston Road, now the property of the
State of North Carolina. Agents of the Company are
now said to be in North Carolina for th • purpose of coin*
pl* img negotiations for th** building of the Road from
that place to Camden, or Columbia, S. C., a distance ol
n<*ar 300 miles. This movement has of course elicited
a corresponding one on the part of the people of Wil
mington, who contend that ihe route from that place to
Manchester being only IG2 miles in length, and through
a much more iavarable reg on, ought to b.* the one se
lected. Wiiat the result oi the contest may Ik* we know
not. Charleston, Columbia, and the Northern capital
ists united, may find it an easier task to raise three inil- .
lions than it will be tor Wilmington and parties inter
ested in the lower route to raise one million of dollars.
Tie* people of Wilmington have the game however in
their own hands, if they have only nerve enough and
spirit enough to play it out to their own advantage.
Tin 1 Mexican Privateer.
The Spanish authorities hit ve refused to recognise the
American vessel captured try the Mexican privateer
I/ntcu, as a prize within the Oi'niitnnce of the laws of
nations,and consequently have restored the vessel and
cargo to the proper owners The Government of the
United States has ordered the steamer PrinceUm to re
pair at once to the Mediterranean for the double pur
pi sa* ol capturing the Cairo mid protecting our com
merce in that quarter.
Well Done,
The citizens of Macon, it will he seen, have taken
measures to do proper honor to the returned volunteers.
After their long and tedious marches, their toils and
sidle: .rigs, it at hut right and proper that they should re
ceive u heany welcome from their friends and neigh
bors, and hear the plaudit of “well done” from those
whom they have so well represented in the service of
the country Incuts. Shi lton, Kot.ers and Griffin,
have all arrived since onr last, ami we presume that by
Saturday next a majority ol the officers anil men will
have reached ihe city. To one and all, then, let us
give a hearty, cordial welcome.
The following approved Roll of the Company on the
day It was mustered out of service at New Orleans, has
been kindly handed us by Lieut. Shelton.
MUSTER ROLL OF MACON GUARDS
F.ijvh L. Shelton. Lieut. Commanding.
Edmcnd S. Rogers Ist Lieut. Brevet.
Wvt. D. GtiirriN 2J Lieut. Brevet
John B. Climating, Ist Sergeant,
John A. McGregor, 2d ••
Peter J. Shannon, 3d l;
ThoV E Orcutt. 4th “
Rieli’d T. McGregor, Ist Corporal,
James E. Flint. 2d “
P. A. Logon 3d “
Edmund Barnard. 4th “
A. R. Ralston. Drummer.
PRIVATES.
Jns. A. Abbott, Win. King,
W. J. Addcrhold. John T. Lamar,
<). W. Buffington,* Wilson Logue,
Edward Curd, John Loughbrrdge,
P. W. Clayton, John 11. Lane,
Win. J. Camming, Win. Motiwm.
John Cleasby, Robt. McCarthy,
Rums Cook. S F. Maynard,
J. W. Cooper.. Robert Melton,
Joint R. Candler, Titos. J. Moody,
James Carson. A. J. MiG uw,
A. W. Coombs, Alfred A. Park,
Win. Davis \\ m. A. Robinson.
Isaac Domingos, Alexander Reynolds,
Wm. English, Win. M. Ralston,
John L. Fella. Marcus Roberta,
Elijah Foster. Sebastian Sltaw,
A. 11. Franklin, Wm. Spnitt.
< Ims. E. Flanders | Robert N. Sneed
Solomon Groce, Robt 11. Tindall,
Richard M. Head, John Tileston
Elliott Higgina, Gilbert K. Thigpen,
Wm. Ilughra. Win. Walker,
Simeon llorton.f Robt. Walker.
Wm. Kennedy, Edward Wood,
David ti. Kennedy, Franria Wright,
Mm. L. King, ClairbaniaVougbitn.
tIEATIIH.
Captain Isaac lloi.men.
Private* Jus W. Ready, Titos. McCrary,
Wm. M. Wright, Alfred McKee .
A. T. Fratklitl.
DISCHARGED,
A. B. Ruhr, T'hos. MeNeuiy,
Edwin Harris, Jus. Martin,
Simon W. F■ > mill, Wm. A. Harris,
Win. S. Johnson, J Wm. Carter.
Sanford Moore. 1. T. 1). Wood,
D. A. Ralston. Seaborn Moore,
CW. Hetnbi rt, s’ <leo. A. Grime*,
Thus. Siiurlcy, A. 11. Hawkins,
A. L. Ross, ‘ John McGowan.
Df.sertld — Wm, It. IVoodctfi.
* Sick in Hospital at New Orleans
+ Le ft sick ot Monterey in December.
Public Meeting.
Pursuant to public notice, a large ami respectable
meeting of the citizens ot Macon, convener! on Mona#)
cv< ning. the 14th inst., to make suitable arrangement
to tender n public entertainment to the Macon Guards
who have recently returned from the service of their
country in Mexico.
W hereupon the meeting was organised by calling Na
than C. Monroe, Ksq. to the Choir, and the appoint
ment of Cnpt. Benj’ F. Ross, na Secretar>
On motion of George M. Logan, Esq.
Resolved. That n public Dinner he tendered to the
Macon Guards, on Saturday next, the 19th in°t , and
that a Committee of thirteen citizens Ire appointed by
tie- (’hair, to make suitable arrangements for the same.
Whereupon the Chair appointed th‘ following f**n
tlemen to compose said Committee: George M. Lo
gan, Robert Collins, Col. A P. Powers, A. R Mc-
Loughlin Cnpt. 11. F. Ross, Capt Z Connor. B *nj
Fort, A. S. Wingfield, Maj. Murk D Clink, Maj.O.
G. Sparks, Henry C. Fieenum, John Kuthcrtord, Jolin
P. Gavan.
On motion of A. S. Wingfield, Esq.
Resolved That Capt. Samuf.l It. Blake, Esq. be
appointed by thi meeting to prepare and deliver an Ad
dress, at tne time referred to in the first resolution, com
memorative of the object for which this meeting was
convened. The meeting then adjourned.
NATHAN C. MUNROE,Chairman.
Benj. F Ross, Secretary.
Comp’imcntary Dinner to Volunteers.
Alter a Company muster under the command of Cnpt.
Joseph Johnson on the sth instant, there was a general
meeting of the citizens of Macon and Houston counties,
for the purpose of giving a welcome home to the Vol
unteer*.
The meeting was composed of the most substantial
yeomanry of the conntry,—simple in its proceedings—
manifesting plain, and heart-felt gratitude to the noble
boys. j
Upon motion, Ilhabod Davis, Esq. was nnimimous
ly tali, 'i( to the Chair, and Major Cicebo H. Young,!
requested to act as Secretary.
After some preliminary remarks by the request of the \
Chairman, James McCoun Tilford, Esq. offered the
following resolutions: j
Ist. That we deem it our duty to give a complimen
tary dinner to the citizen soldiers of Macon county, who f
volunteered and were honorably discharged from faith- :
ful s**rv.ce in the existing war
2d. That we believe the aforesaid Volunteers have ‘
nobly discharged their duty, in connexion with their
brother soldiers from other counties of the State, when
ever circumstances required a mama-station in opposi- |
tion to a merciless and vindictive foe.
3d. That Capt Turner and his portion of the com- !
pany from Sumter and other counties, be specially in
vited to participate in the festivities of our approaching
welcome to the Volunteers, and that this invitation be ;
extended to tin* citizens of the State generally.
4th. That a Committee of thirteen be appointed by
the Chairman, to make suitable arrangements lor the
time and place of this national festivity of grateful feel
ings on the parCof republican citizens.
The above resolutions being unanimously adopted,
the Chairman appointed the following committee, viz
E. H. Adams, Esq. Dr. T L Rives, Wm. J. Tilmau,
Esq. J. W. Horne. Esq. Davis Gammage, Rev. John
McKenzie, JohnC. Rogers, Willis Beddingfield,Capt.
Joseph Johnson, William Sowden, Esq. Sha irack
Felton, John Jones, and William Felton ; and on mo
tion, the Chairman was added to the above committee
The Committee having retired a few minutes, return
ed and made the following report, which was unanimous
ly adopted.
Ist. That a free dinner be given on Saturday, the 3d
of July next, at or near the residence of Davis Gam
rnage, in the vicinity of Horse Head Pi>st-office.
2d. That the Rev. John McKenzie be requested to
act as Chaplain
3.1. Thai Major Cicero H. Young, read the Declara
tion of Independence.
4th. That J McCoun Tilford, Esq deliver an ad
dress.
sth. That J W. Home, Wm. J. Tilinan, ami Dr.
1’ L Rives, act as a Committee of invitation.
The meeting then adjourned, with the determination
that no political differences should mar the anticipated
festivities. Ami wth a resolution that the Journal and
Messenger and the Telegraph of xMacon, be requested
to publiTi these proceedings.
ICHABOD DAVIS, Chairman.
Cicero II Young, Secretary.
Hailroad Meeting in I'u'nxki.
At a meeting of the cit zens of Hawkinsville and its
vicin ty, convened oil Wednesday the 26ih day of May
at the Court House in said plac°, after some discussion
and delibeiation on tht* subject of availing themselves]
ol the benefit of the charter granted by the legislature
in the year 183 J, 101 the constiuction 01 a Ranroad from
the Flint to the Ocinulgee river, not diverging South
more than fiiteen miles from the original line between t
Houston and Dooly counties; that is to say, trom the
town of Bristol oil Flint river in Dooly couUty, to the
town of 11awkiiisviUe on the Ocmulg e river, to con
nect with the line of steam boats so Savannah ; and an
extension of the Central Railroad from Mclutyie's to
this plac —.t was
Ur ml ted, That the adjoining counties and all inter
ested in the success of this noble and praiseworthy en- !
terprize, be requested to assemble at iiawkinsviile on
the Join l/i Monday in August next, to devise means
for carrying into execution, and reaping the benefit ol
the charter of the said contemplated Railroad.
Resolved, That we hail with enthusiasm, the project i
ol connecting the city ol Macon by Raihoad, w.th the i
South-western counties, and to assure them that wi ‘
are not indifferent to their success, will stiain every •
nerve to form a junction with their contemplated Road t
on the day that it is constructed to the town of Bristol; i
und then celebrate with our co-woikers in the cause ol l
Internal Improvements, a grand Rniboad jubilee.
Resolved, That this meeting in sanguine of the suc
cess ol said scheme, and of the heavy profits and rich i
rewards which its completion promises: and assures; 1
all concerned, that the major poition, if not the whole •
of the one hundred aud fifty thousand dollars of the cap- i
itai stock which is by the charter, n prerequisite to the |
organization of the Company, will be reudily taken up 1
in this county ; as to the remaining one hundred and j
titty thousand dollaisof stock. We corifiJentiy appeal to ‘
tli * known liberality of our sisier counties of South- !
western Georg a
Resolved, That our Railroad brethren of Savannuh ;
generally, and the stock-holders of the Central Uad m 1
paiticujur, be and they are hereby specially invited to j
met i*tiid coaler with us upon the best means for effect- j
uig an extension of their Road from Melntyre’s to Haw
kmsville. J T CARRUTHKKH, Brest ,
D. Jones, 8 cretary.
Whig Meetnm in lloutdon.
At on adjourned meeting of the Whigs of Houston,
held at the Court House in Perry, on the Ist inn., Dr.
Win. 8. Townsend, was called to the chair,and julm !
J. Wimberly, requested to act as secretary. The ob- i
] jeet of the meeting having been stated by the Chair, the
following resolution was introduced and adopted :
Uesulred, I h. t tins meeting now proceed Ui nom
inate liy lailiot, and without tic amuum cement of any
mute*, two suitable persons to represent this county m 1
j the Representative branch ol the next Legistuturr 1
that to constitute auch nomination, tie- nominees shall
receive a majority of the whole number of votes given
(>n the second balloting. Or. Creed T. Woodson and ■
David (). Smith, K*q, were declared duly nominated, j
und on motion a committee of three were appointed to
wait on the nominees and solicit th.-ir acceptance
It was tlion teat lived, that tiie meeting proceed in
like manner to elect lour delegatee to represent the I
Whigs of this county ina convention soon to he held
in Milledt'eville to nominate a candidate tiir the nflute
of (inventor of this Suite, and that we recommend that
“aid Convention la- held on the tirsl day of July.
Under this resolution Dm John j. Hampton and
Win. S Townsend, an I M-wara. Robert Redding and
Hilus Rawis, were elected.
llesnleed, That the proceedings of this meeting Is
forwarded to the Jourmt St Messenger at Macon, for !
publication WM S. TOWNHLND,
Joitx J. Wmarm.v, Chairman, j
Secretary
VM* Intiwiil Pfßwltftfwti i
Agreeable to previous notice, the delegates sppointed 1
■ y their respective counties of t l„. sJ7t! Senatorial Ihr 1
Tel of Gc ogla, amembierl at Hoot, nst ille, I jss.iie atn- I
ty.on th>’ Wilt inst. |
The Convention waa organised by calling Smt f*
son, Esq., to the Chair, and appointing Daniel Grant,
Esq., to act as Secretary.
On motion ci'Col. Win. M. Brown, the name of Cnpt
Edward Holloway, of Upson county, w in suggested
as a suitable candidate to represent said disfric t in the
senatorial branch rtf the next Legislature, which resolu
tion was carried unanimously and by acclamation.
On motion, it was—
Resolved, That the Chair appoint a Committee of
five to inform Cnpt Edward Holloway of his nomina
tion, and solicit his acceptance of the same, and also to
draw 1 up suitable resolutions in token of our respect lor
tin* past services of the Hero of Buena Vista.
The Committee appointed were Messra. Duke Will
iams, Alvis Stafford, Samuel T. Feagin, Daniel Grant,
and (Job Wm. M Brown.
Said Committee i fie red the following resolutions:
Result'd, That the conduct of the respective armies
in Mexico, under the command of Gens. Taylor and
Scott, including officers an J private soldicis, by their
brilliant achievements and good conduct, deserv th<*
thanks of the nation.
Resulted, That Gen. Taylor by the evidences of his
p- 1 iotism and ability man Tested in the conduct <i the
present war, nnd by that skill and judgment which
have marked his course informer life, has proved him
self well qualified to discharge the duties of President of
the United States, and we heartily respond to the feel
ing so generally manifested throughout the entire ex
tant of our count y,ol bestowing upon him the highest
of lie- * in the gift of the people.
Which resolutions were unanimously adopted.
On motion of Col. Brown, it was
Restated, That the proceedings of this Convention
be published in the Georgia Journal Sl Messenger.
On motion of Samuel T Feagin, Esq . the Conven
tion adjourned sine die.
SETII CASON, Ch’nin.
Daniel Grant, Sec’v.
>lr. HoMowniN Acceptance.
Upson County, June 12th, 1847.
Gentlemen —I have received, and 1 trust proprrl.
appreciated you. note of this day, informing me* that I
have been unanimously nnd by acclamation nominated
by the Whig Convention, convened at Hootensviile on
the 12th inst . as their candidate to represent tin* 27th
Senatorial District, com posed of this county and Craw- ;
ford in the ensuing Legislature.
I consider the time now past for arguing the propriety ‘
or impropriety ot your selection, but 1 know you will do ■
me the justice to say that it has been done without any i
solicitation on my part; and, notwithstanding my ad
vanced age, and precarious health,such are my feelings
at the evidences given of your unabated confidence in
me, that they constrain me to accept of the honor con
ferred.
In conformity with a custom somewhat prevalent in
our country, it may lie expected that I should say some
thing in relation to my views of Whig principle s, and
my reasons for suppoi ting them Slc As respects the
principles, they have been so much more obiy handled
by those more competent than myself, that it would be
van in me to suppose that I could say any thing now
to enlighten your minds or the minds of the community
upon that sub.t ct. My reason for suppoitmg them is,
because I do honestly believe them the best calculated
to sustain us in our Independent Republican Institutions,
and should your nomination be sustained by the sove
reign people of the district,and I,on my part, fail to c ir- !
ry out those principles n* your Ropr^eentatire, then 1
and in that case 1 will forthwith resign the trust revised
into tiie hands of those that gave it.
So much, gentlemen, upon the subject of our political
principles; but my political iriends must not, and 1 pre
sume will not calculate that those party principles w 11’
be suffered by me to clash in any degree with the loc il
interests of my immediate constituents, or of those of the
people of Georgia.
In conclusion, gentlemen, give me leave to assure
you of my high personal c msideration for each of you
individually, and also for those w hom you represent
EDWARD HOLLOWAY.
To Messrs. Alvis Stafford, Daniel Giant, S. T
Feagin, Duke Williams, Wm. M. Brown, Committee.
Whig Meeting in Twiggs.
At a meeting of a portion ot the Whig Party of
Twiggs county, for the purpose of nominating Dele
gates to the Convention to be held at MiHedge ville, on
the first day of July, to nominate a candidate for Gov
ernor, Dr I E Dupree was called to the Chair, and
H S. W imberiy appointed Secretary.
On motion, the Cnair appointed n committee of five,
consisting o A McCollum, R. Raduud,T. Denson; if
K P< ck, and 11 Hughes, to sell ct Delegates to n pre
sent this county m said Convention. The committee
reported the names of Dr Ira E. Dup;e . R R. Sb.ppy,
and L) G Hughes, who were unanimously chosen
T R Denson offered the following resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted:
Resulted, 1 hat the Whigs of Twiggs county deem
it inexpedient to offer any candidate to represent the
party in the Representative Branca of the next Li msla- !
ture
Resulted, That we will unite in any measure with ‘
our Whig brethren of Bibb, as regards the propriety of j
running a Whig Senator lor the District
Resulted, 1 hat (hough the W higsoi this c mnty run 1
no candidate of their own for the Legislature, th- y will !
vote their full strength at the ensuing election lor Gov
ernor.
On motion of II K Peck, it was resolved, that thi
proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chairman
und countersigned by the Secretaiy, and published in
the Georgia Journal Af Messenger.
IRA E. UUPREE, Chairman.
H. S. Wimberly, Secretary.
Whig Meeting in Wilkinson.
According to previous notice, a portion of the Whig
paity of Wilkinson county, convened at the Court
House ii lrwintonon the ist inst., tor the puipose ol
selecting three Delegates to represent the county in the
Gubernatorial Convention, to be held in MiUedgevilk*.
on Thursday the Ist day ol July next; also to appoint
Delegates to attend a Convention to be held at Stan
ly’s mills, on the third day ot July, lor the purpose of
nominating a candidate to represent the counties com
posed ol Wnkinson and Laurens, in the Senatorial
Distr.cl.
On motion of J. 1,. I,n taste, Esq. Chablil C It call
ws* cniied to the Chair, and ‘I aliaui.bo Jones re
quested to act as Secretary. The Chairman explain
ed the object of the meeting, on motion ol William
A. Vincent, a committee o! five were appointed to s.
leet three Delegates to attend Ur said Convention.—
The chan then appointed Wesley King, James Colhns-
Josejih liill, K l* Crutchfield, and Willian A Vin
eenl. who alter a short absence, reported the names of
Wesley King, James Taylor and tien. James IS Host
wick, as delegates, with lull (mwer to fill any vacancy
that might occur
On motion, the chair appointed the following I> le
gates to attend die Senatorial Convention: Taliaferro
Joins, William A Vincent, H. Whitaker, J L. Ln-
Dr K. J Muasey, James Whitehurst, James
Hall, Robert Daniel, John Lowry, Joel Del*se, W 111.
IS Smith, Thomas J. Holnnan, Lyman A Hall, Jus
Taylor, tien James IS. Baatwirk, Green H Hughes,
Dr A W. Aril and John Huike.
On motion, the Chair appointed W VV. Beall, Tali
(erro Jones, and William A Vincent, ns a coimiiiilee
to notify wild delegates of their s|i(snntment, and to
fill any vacancy that might occur.
There bring no other business before the meeting.—
the Secretary otiered the following prrsmble nnd rest)
lutinns, to the consideration of the meeting:
We m beliuil of the Whig party ofU’nkn son county,
rongiatulute our fellow-citi/erw generally, tqon (tie
distinguished ability with whicli Ins excellency Govern
or Crtwlord lias disehaiged the arduous dutn s oi the
fiee comet red upon him, and as he is soon to take h.n
leave ns Governor ol Georgia, we sliall in enoacqiicnn
ol tlie impnriam service* lie has rendered th” State, ev
er cherish his twine us one who justly deseivca the lust
ing gratitude & highest esteem ol Ins teiluw citizens
And It iSa sou.l e ol no |. -Mcongiatutniioii towiittewith
reeuperoiivepow isol Mb,g principles, m reclaim..ig m j
State Irom tlw miserahle eoislitinn ol enthnildoin aim
embariaAsiurnt, into which it hnd b>vn plunged by ina
ny yents ol D. uioeratic imsnil., aud bad ni.imi. ■mem
We now I. el it our doty lo call on die people to awake
to tli'ir best interest, to look back and exam
ine the eon btioii id their State tout years since, an J
contrast tlie past with the present minaprincm of the
nlfairs ol tlie State, and di cide which tliey will wlsn
lor the lulure. While we thin congratulate our fru-nds
ti|s.n the happy nianagemrnt ol Stale attain, we regret
tint we cannot say as much lor the administration oioat
National Government. The people have been imlinin
nati-ly misted into the su(i(iort .and a man lor the I'resaf n
cv, whnsi'i Ills to po*ac* only a genius for g-tt ng inn.
National diltieiiliu-s, and at Ummdm time, total y de*.
titut. ol a talent that slaaild eharsoterixe u statesman
and diplonistist Wo do honestly In jvr that with i
wise and just min at ihe h -od ol the Goveniinenl, nil
tlie Calamities of Ihe existing wars with M'Xteo mifot
lisv been averted and the matter of eontruveroy sun
cably KHib-d, without c'miptoDnsinirrhe hnn **.’*’ I
Republic Yet while we deeply
tunes mi a nation, so faras regards our Chief*/
we arc confident that aftcro l.ttio while of ,
duranev they shall be removed. In the ■
( icn. Z. Taylor,—“he who emulates the Wu’ ‘ I
• ountiy/’ to him do wc look forward with raJ/ ° f
• uit.cqiatUm i.>r a restoration or our Nations!
uetit t,. its jireatino purity, aa it was u ij„ ,| I
iraii.mof\V:.Hhi! :• n, .1 fl-raom in J uthrl9 Wl '> I
Ur it threjorr retuir „i, Thai we recomme-,.1, , I
State Wing Convention to he held in Milled.., ° !| * I
I lnj.aday. the day ol July nut, the
“I Mti.i- tjii-n z Toy lor, for the Presidency - u ,! ■
W. < rawfortl, for the Vice I
motion of J. J, I.': taste, Esq the f,, re „ i\
“i.tUeand resolutions were unanimously udm'.'T'B
the meeting. yv.fl
On motion of W W. Beall. Esq, i I
the Jtrofeeding o! this meeting le lotwarded"W
(ieoigin Joti.nainnd .Messenger und Southern It “*■
?r,o: The meeting then adjourned ‘"“‘ i
EH\RI,ES C. BEALI n„- 1
Tai.iafehro Jones, Secretary. ’ m ■
Whls Meeting in Telfair.
P osunnt to a previous call, a portion of the uo
imrty of the county of Telfair met in the ooq. t i ‘ '*
in Jacksonville, for the purpose of selecting t Wo [) "*’
Rates to the proposed Cills- matorial Convention .
bcM in Mille.lgcville, on the firt day of July n °
On motion of Maj. A. T Dopaon, Dunam b'g ‘
hnm. Esq , w as called to the chair, and John F .M,.’) 1 *”
appointed accretary.
The object oi the meeting having been exp| aiM
was moved that the ('hair appoint a Coimnitte |'th”
who should select two Delegates and report their 11/”
for approval. The Chair appointed Maj. A T Ip?
son. Jacob I'ussell and James S. Townes,
The Committee repotted the names of Cos! W,„ 1.
Manning and Col. W W. Paine, which selection w
unanimously ratified by the meeting. On motion
or was given the Delegates to fill any vacancy j n T
number. After a few remarka, Col. \V. \v, p ajlJt , “
(t-rcrl the fhllnwiiMi rctM lutionu, wliioh Wcr* ... • * Ul
j ly adopted.
Re salted, Tlint Henry Clay is our first choice, f
| Ihe Presidency! that as friends and fellow citizens
! ‘k uply simpnthise with him in the loss of his heroic s
j —and as wliigs we feel proud of the sacrifice. **
Resulted, That if Gen. Taylor, whom we all j.
jli-litto honor, becomes the candidate of the pam-J
i 1 • rhief Mag strocy ol the Union, non will
Inin with more cordiality than the Whigs of Ti*iia, r
On motion of Maj. D< jison,—resolved, that a (Vlr
of the proceedings of this meeting lie sent to the W
nah Republican, Southern Recorder, nnd
Messenger, with a request that they publish the
On motion,the meeting adjourned..
DUNCAN B. GRAHAM, Ch a
J. F Mcßae, Sec’y.
June 5 1847.
COMMUNICATED. \
Thu Next Governor.
Messrs Editors. —As th-’ time is approaching wvj
the Whigs of Georgia, thiough their RepiesentitvJ
are to select one of their number to be proposed to J
voters of the State for the Gubernatorial chair, wetnj
1 that a communication which we heliey*, speaks J#|
unanimous voice of the Whigs of Troup county wjl
not le deemed intrusive.
The considerations which should influence the Con.
vent ion need not here be enumerated. Our nofcl*
Crawford aided by two successive Whig Legislature I
has redeemed the State from the thraldom to which J
miserable demagogueism had degraded her, ami the
same unanimity and harmony which secured his vsk
! a file services, will in like manner presetve and niajJ
tain what has been so nobly achieved. In his nomina ‘
tion and election, personal motives -and private mdj
were waved lor the general good. If, in the enaoajj
canvass, the same motives impel us, we may with cat
fidenee expect another triumph and a continuance oH
the t rait ford Administration.
But whom, among the noble worthies that adornik I
Whig party of Georgia, shall we select? This is* I
puzzling question We will first name some of;l*J
qualities which should be combined in th *tnanwl|
hears our banner—
First— He should Ik* in the highest degree qhalid]
as a man of talent and fully jkiss/ssed of those abiiita
requisite to that important station.
Second—lt is des.ruble that his political lifesboaidl
h av * romWxl him g-nrrnlly aud favoratdy knawn.l
while it should afford no capital for the use of his ad-J
versa ries.
Third—His location should lie one which would be I
favorable to secure the strength of the State. Wetml
and North-western Georgia should be remembeiai-1
as these portions *( the State have never yet been mp-1
resented tn tins office.
A ;ai —lt would be desirable for bin) to be as far re* I
moved, in jmncip.e and in practice, from Polk jm I
Ritchie, as it is poss.pie for men to be, who I
same age.
There are other considerations which wiliigp*|
themselves to the Convention.
In conclusion, we may be permitted to name as
lioin the Western lielt, wiioiu we are pi oud to pr< pie.
Y\ e believe him to be an ava luide candidau*. ontvrbi
more than meets the qualifications above lueiitiuuet
and one to the mention ot whose name the bean* i
thousands will simultaneously respond. W’emeantk
Hon. Edward \ouno Hill He has of recent yew
only, become a resident among us, yet the true VVhif j
ol 1 roup would elect him to day by acckuinua-
Piiis is the testimony of the people at home.
\\e sp. nk adv.sediy, when we say that lAin pueitiu j
would not be the choice of Judge Hill—.liuuy yr.nU I
cousiderations would induce him to decline a lumn'.ia- J
tion and a friend would scarcely advise him to accept
Still, if his acceptance would Ik* necessary
the integrity of the pnity.and his services be deiRUUd,
we believe he would ucq tiesoe.
lie there fine run up our Western Jlaj- 3j
hearts are in the cause. We speak not from theik*
ration of a caucus, for it is a “ Taylor” enthusm*, ,
which needs not the formalities of organized hdiei* j
be interpreted. I
June Bth 1847. Troip. I
COMMI-XICATED.
i Give the Farmers nnd Mechanics a Chaun.
Messrs, JidHure: Among die many excellent ua|M
suggested fiir the nomination ol the Mllleiigevillr f*
vention of the Ist of July, Ido not recollect lan W
that ure not immediately connected with the bar. Ik
names id Col. A. W. Redding and Gen. CljkulW
the only exceptions.
1 have no wish to strengthen the prejudice aliwnly ■
istmg in the minds ol many, against the Legal Pio:*
siou, cut ueci unit of itsalledged rxCiUtiveuees,— hers*
1 believe, that, m this country, every man shuul.l lx*-
limnted according to his intrinsic merits, without te
gard to Ins protessinn or euqiloymeut, provided, ilk
luw.ul and iionest, —but, Ido tiold, Uiut it tshiglt tuo*
l’'unners and Meeliunies should have a ‘‘abowiim'"•
soineol the honors, and that our brethren oi the li*.
owe it lo themselves, to aid at tiie approaching Coui'tis
lion in giving lo the (lenple for their suifrnges. a nW
of the people, it we wish to see a rally of die uidhoo,
just give them a candidate fiom thetr own nrik-s
titun, who sliall he identified with them m ha hits, a
leehugs, in interests and pursuits.—Surb, lor instanee.
I as either ol the honorable names I have already ava
il.me.l. | hey are men, around whom, cluster s:ron|f
and irres stible influences, slid before whom, or crUK’
ol whom, the ranks of Dcmueiuoy would unit.
the Mexican hosts helote the 111 vucibf ’ hero ol
Vista The Democracy knows tius 10. - aud bent
j mmibelli ss objection* tin y always stmt, wheneWieitle
er o| those IIUIII-S ate mentioned before them.
OCMULUtf
t'oMMI'.VII'ATED.
Messrs Editors: —.) not oue planters lose b l **
j time and money inut. c -xs irily, in topping an I Wading
their com f It. g it-raHy don.’ si tiie btw -st snwid
•lie year, and when it, • op rations id the hnnJ<arr W-
Uetub” ini'mipled lrvq.troily tiy heavy rams If “**■•*
binding and oqijiiii,’ in it:n.illy eli ek tV pi ‘
miituruig, and in a large crop tlie hiss in the w (it and
me g.um i- nearly equal to the value of the foddet *•
cured. Would it not tie is-tter,therefore, bir plarttets to
allow their usual coni crop* to mature, and when ifr
earn is pulled, turn licit stuck upon the fi l ls! I**
* ottc ol tin tod ter lit this way would not be very g rid,
lad beiM.lea, tiie entile mid horses would ent ‘r Hi”' 11
winter m much better condition. Rut l “in lok ‘•
wliut are wc to do lor (odd ?r, il this system is adopt 11
Tic answer is, that corn sown broad-east or in dull*.
osp. eoilly tor liodder, is cultivated easily and si hid'’
cost, and j tel is inuoh better fodder than that eared i”
i.te ii .li wiy wiy, in ()U grou id it will yell lrrt *
‘(ini to seem lo.is per ac - Il requires hut Inti'’ * ‘* t|
i* 1 can bo cut and cured with half the labor anil lo*
ol time The ground must tie rich, deeply plots* 1 ’