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- . IB J. - ‘ JOURNAL & MESSENGER. S. T. CHAPMAN •V ;S ROflß, Gonuis Jerusalem Yrtichoke. Helimnthug Tkberoeum, Linn. Wc find the following Enoy on the culture, proper ties anj value of the Jerusalem Artichoke, in a late number of a news and political paper, the South Caro -linian Prompted by his own good taste, the Editor compliments his readers by supposing .hat information like this may be as acceptable as never-ending party disquisitions and abuse of political opponents, and henct his paper is often enriched with suggestions on the sub set of Agriculture and Horticulture, far more import tint and useful to his patrons than su b as serve to keep the people in the Country iti a state of perpetual and, too often, angry excitement; breeding •||-:„ otl between icighbors who ought to live like brothers, and drawing tnem off from the improvement ul tliejr estates, the education of their children, and the cultivation of their tv.i minds and resources. It seems to be clear, that besides its value a* a provis ion for other slock, when due 1 preserved, it may be had recouifc to with gicat profit ns a pasture jar hoge —Farmin’ Library and Monthly Journal JIRCIAIEM ARTICItoKf.. This plant having recently excited sonic attention a mang agriculturalists as a valuable root crop, wu pro eed to give* few hints reapectmg its culture, de.iv.d ii oiu our own experience, together with some account >f its yield. Althocgh it is called so, it is botanicaliy in r.o way allied to the Artichoke, but it is oi the smile genus ot the sunflower, which it much resembles, ‘i lie term Jeru salem, is, according to Webster, a corruption ot giro sole, the Italian name for sunflower,; audit derives the appellation ol Artichoke from some tnucied similarity 1 die taste of the tubers with tile Artichoke bottoms, t is a native ot Brazil, and was lirst carried into Eng and about the year 1640, and beibie potatoes were so generally in use, was extremely popular as an edible toot Mention is made of it in old ag.u-ultiinil tteatis es, us the Canada l'otato, to distmguieu it from iht common potato, and it was sometimes called ihe I'll - ‘itmm Potato. Ii was regarded as wholesome, and is ol ui agreable taste, though it is never dry and ineuiy like the potato, being lather moist and soft in its u-nuiro uid is nutritious Being hardy and perennial, u sue eeds ill almost all kinds of soil. It was almost lost eight of in Agriculture, until within a lew y.-ars Lat terly it is obtaining notice as an article of tood for do me*tic a inrush. Twelve or fifteen hundred bushels have be, n obtain •;d from one acre, when properly cultivated, anti being relislied by Lorat", etude and hogs, it is undoubtedly th loos profitable root crop which can !• planted in ti, .South i and perhaps it might succeed in more northern ■gions It rs rich in tarinaceous substance, and ail mmals do well and improve when fed upon them .ast spring a friend sent usa quart of tuheis We did ot think this siimh quantity worth planting, ns the. sere much injured and dried up by long exposure _ hi the third ol May, fully two months alter they should ra.c been planted, we had a small space of ground iKiuttwo rods, prepared nnd put them in. A drouth nsued, and they did not come up soon, and consc aently lost a great deal by their being so late. They -vere planted in drills two and a half Icet apart, and .'veiny inches in the drill; but the seed being so badlv .toured, the plants were very it regular. They were plowed once, and the grass and weeds afterwards re moved with the hoe In November we had then, plowed up, and upon gathering them found we had ten bushels; and it is our opinion that, if they had lieen pick-d clean from the land, th- yield would have reach-. J twelve bushels The tubers filled all parts of the J, and some of them are two feet long consisting of •ill bull is connected by succulent roots. I he roots are white, and extremely tender, while the bets are slightly tinged will, red The roots make me best slip*for planting, and, if cut up. leaving an ey to each Slip, they readily vegitate. When it is intend ed to feed this crop to hog-, they r-quire no harvesting !-r they readily withstand our mild winters ; nnd if the ■ •ogsere turned ui on them they usually provide for lemeelves For calves, sheep and horses, they mu-t ■ gathered and washed, but unlike oth-r roots thev ..-■quire no cutting up. They might be fed to sheep, V merely plowing up a few daily, and letting the sl ,-en •at then, immediately from the ground. In cor-urn „ • Alls crop, the hogs give the ground a thorough plowing md by turning trader the stalks nnd leaves, they add irnch to the soil. Some hnve assert! 1 that it is an ex acting crop, hut from the genus of the plant wo era is not. The leaves are large and the stalks are e, owned with beautiful yellow flowers. The above was substantially the contents of an ar • c.e contributed by us to the Albany Cu’liralor. tor “bmary, 1845. In the spring of 18)5, in preparing the .at of ground spoken of, for potatoes, more than si, chols oftubers were gathered, (makin ■ ihe yield six •en bushels,) which had not iteeii affected in the least V the fret and vegetated fin !y The ground was anted in potatoes, but then still remained innumera ie small tubers of Artichoke which had not lawn gad, red, and these vegitatmg brought up a fine stand befor. a potatoes came up They took p .asemion of it. and , ■i toad of a eropof potatoes, one of Artichokes was sed, which produced the second year over twenty .shels on the ground above mentioned, dor e M „ ri’- oe of thiaqilaiit does not cease with th- two instances ove mentioned. Several acres were planted in a ach orchard at Pomara, last year, nnd under all the ■sadvantages of dens- shade, drouth, and exhausted Oil, they produced quite a fine crop ; and its adaptation •s food for swine has been fully tested. A number of OWS and pigs are now running on this last mentioned b and keep fai from what they glean from ,he field, hirh has been partially dug over, without a pnrticN i other lood It is a great promoter of milk in ail an nals, and fully sustains the opinion ah. ve exprotwed once mine its being good food fur cows and sheep It vould perhaps, supply better lood for • w* and lambs ■ban any other root crop we could grow, as the mbcis .re extremely succulent and emlssly more farinaceous latter than is usually allowed to it, by those pens,,,- ho wish to discountenance its culture, because the vrtichoke happens to contain 76-100 parts of water ‘he great quantity of this constituent rend- rs it th- ve y t article which we can gwe to our stock, in corminr •n with the dry food which we Iced out in winter _ i nisi* wisely ordained by the Creator, who with the ,wers slid mightiness ol omniscience has thus conse nted vegetable substances, in order that they may be t and proper lood for the beast of the field w ithout dir rtificial aius ul preparation, which man is forced to p. !y to the articles of his diet. Owing to the large yield ol this root, wc are lully satisfied that one acre of it ! ill furnish more fartnaeeous matter than an acre rnlcd in any other root crop. The Jerusalem Arti loke contains one-third more nutriment than the beet, 1 hich is extensively cultivsted in France ns an article | ! economical food It will compete and tar exceed die yield and profit of the carrot in our soil, being more i nritiuus, and at the same time more productive ; it a ill grow luxuriantly on soils too poor for the difiereni iniUes of the potato, the beet or the carrot, and we ivc tested its power of withstanding drought and cold ; ,r our crop grew well amidst the desert h-als of the li ininier, and the roots which remained in the ground unrig the late seven- winter, have not been igjuird in in* least; while it is never attacked by insects or dis ease, both so fatal to the interest of root crops in the southern latitudes. Wc believe, from a fair trial, that it is destined to take the first rank among cultivated root*, and finally work great changeß in the economy of leedmg domestic animals The shading ol old worn out land* by a plant which lives from atmospheric ourcea, should be sufficient inducement for its general novation. Y yard, the distinguished agricultural Pro ■toor at Alport, recommended its cultivation both by rreept and example. Arthur Young affirms the net I refits of its cultivation ti be much greater, beyond all loubt, than that of any other ordinary agricultural pro i union i and finally, it remams in full production on be sat'.- spot for tell yeura and upwards. Our rxprricfce induces us lo prepare the land and 1 mi them as follows: Break up the null ns deep as you an in the winter, either with turning, Katie, or subsoil lows, aa voon as the bust is nut of die ami, in Keh • jary or March, croas-plow it with common twiste ror corn plow, so as to have the land perfectly friable ; lay nfl ui lows two feet s|uot, and drop the tuber*, pre pared for planting t>y being rut into p : eres, ten me In* , . part in this row i cover them with a plow When the P*ante are ten meheajngli plow them oyer, following a rjatn when they become twenty inches high and the rop is made They grow well in any soil, und being { i hardy perennial, flourish lirr s spot” of years on the >me ground They can be eradicated by hog*, but will lways come, even after the hogs have gleaned tie reM,ia sufficient i|uanhliea to make a crop the nej! year After the firm year nurl.W af pointing them, ■ they must be plowed down to a stand by three or four | w orkings ns soon as they come up in the spring II A ( O V a. WEDNESDAY, JUNE *B, 1847. FOR PRESIDE IT, GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR. For Vice Pri rident, GEORGE W. CR v u i OHD. •lore 4 ono utioii. Tiie renders of the Journal Cf Mes i?ng*r will be pleased lonee that our paper this vv -ek, a’ nn contains trews of a highly important character from the sent ol war, not one word ot which is to le found in tlie Mil - ledgeville paper*. We only allude to tin 1 tact, iti order to let the people know where they mu: t apply, il th *y wish to obtain th- most important news ut the earliest .lay, A Word to flic Wi*e We take great p -risure in calling tin- attention o| planters to t! advertisement of Robert Findlay, in re gard to Straw Cuttem We goalw iy for h nu* man ufactures and home in cimi i< . and hope our friends one mid all, may do the same. A Kieh nmi Karo Trout* I**t no one fail to read the eloquent address of the Hon. S. S. Prentiss to Colonel Davis’ Regiment of M s-.reippi Volunteers, on their arrival in New Orion: •- It wiil be found on the first page, and according to th- Picayune, from which it is copied, has been revved Lj the g lted author. The editor very properly reuiaiks that “it i* a just nnd proper tribute to the valor, service and sacrifices ol all the volunteers, abounding in super! itlus rations, nnd enriched by huists of tire eloquence It w.h be read ami recognized aa the oyci flowing of (mud tun of nobl • thoughts and a heart exulted by pure and generous sympathies.” The Southern Presbyterian. We tak** pic asm • in calling attention to the Pro spectus of the Southern Presbyterian, published m another column. The Editor selected by the Synod, we have known long and intimately. lie is a rip*- scholar, a man of tried piety, and varied attainment.*, j mm we r.re inchiied to think, is in eveiy way admira bly qualified t> till th- Chair Editorial with gredt <-redit I ti* himself and uaeiulness to lus church lie is now at his {Mist, and writes us that the publication will be tie- ! layed afiei the fust of July, <niy for th** arrival of the 1 new type, which have been ordered express 1 )* for the I Pres yirrian It will, we leel confi lent, lx-an able J a.m a u-tu: pap* i, ami we corduiiiy coinintfijJ it to the , members of the Church, of which it w ill be the on!) j organ in the South. The (ieui ;>a iii .a.ion. The Muscogee Democrat says that Copt. Nelson's company is nearly full, ami that Cnpt. Gnulden's com- j pany, fioin Stewait county, some 70 strong, had arrived, I and was encampeJ in the vicinity. The V< mocrat ! says, that the reciuiting service is progressing very slowly, and that ihe military spirit which existed a year ago has about died out. What a pity that the peculiar triends of Mr. Folk should thus allow him to he desert ed in the midst of this most righteous war. We almost fee! constrained to make a special appeal to some of th** stump oratois and editors who have talked so much about Whig “aid nnd comfort ” Why don’t they piove their faith by their works l It is absolutely cruel to make the \\ lugs do all the lighting 20th Senatorial District* The Whig Convention to nominate a candidate for Senator from the 26th Senator.nl District, compose.l ot the counties of Monroe and Pike, will meet at Barms ville, on Friday, the 9th day of Juiy ne.it it is hoped that ali the dilegates t om both counties wul be present. i in order that a judicious selection maybe made. Inasmuch as the Whigs ot Monroe have r.ppomt.-d three delegates from each district ind th<- meeting in | Pike for want of a sufficient unde island mg on this point J appointed tut two, it is suggested that the delegates p- i pointed iu th* different districts of Pike select from thei respective districts anothei man to attend the conven tion in order that a full representation may lx* had —- Dinner to the Volunteers. The compliin. ntaiy dinner to the Macon Guards on Saturduy last, was attended by the M<n on Volunteer*. Copt. C onner, and llie FUtyd Hijte.%, Cnpt. H'w. and a large number <*i citizens. A truly eloquent nu touching addiess was delivered to the Guards by Samuel R Blake, Esq. Hit vemaika in regard to the iiard ser\ ; ct of the Georgia Regiment v\ ere very appropriate, his coL.pluncnta to th** company and its office re lor me manner in which they had rendered that service, were well timed and just, while hie allusion to the iate of their brave Captain, touched and m lted ma ny a heart. Col. 13 was responded to in a few appropriate re marks by G. A. Thigpen, Esq. of the Guards, aitci which, ad partook ot a most excellent barbecue, and the military returned to the city at an rarly bout The compliment was highly deserve !, for the Guards an* uinloiudy represented as having b*-*-n one ol the best drilled and disciplined cot pa ui in* Regiment. The New Georgia llattnlion. We k-arn tiiat there are now but two Companies wanting to make up th*- battalion rt quired of (>eorgiu for the war with Alexico. Cnpt. NGson’s has lieen mustered in. Capt. Gnulden’s of Stewart, and Cnpt Grant’j of Cnss, ate either at Columbus or en route. Dopaiturv* of Troo| s. The Company recruited ot this place by Capt. Scott and Luut White, vi.d ieave tins tuormng ior tue >*et ol war, unde; command of Lem O 11 Prince. Lieut D. L Clinch, Jr., now on the recruiting reiv*c*, is expected ultiinuteiy to take command. Capt ScoTT is on leave on accouut ol ill health, ami Lieut \\ h.tk j :or the s:.ine reason ih allowed to remain Irere on the . reciuitmgaeivio’ Dertth of .fumes ( nniuk. Th** Suth-n Recorder huiu>uiic**s the d* ath of Jas ('a.;.K, *_“q ,ol Athens, *‘.ong all 1 w id -iy known as the Editor ol uu Geoigui Journal, us the H.st Piesnlent oi the Central Bank, and of tut'-ns the Kditoi ig the Smitli em ( uitiratur, and for his pracucui efforts prouiotive ol agriculture.'’ Mr. Camak was a worthy gentleman, a g<*od neigh ! bor,n sincere friend, ami a public bem-t ictor li.- died , of an u fleet ion ot tlie heart, u..J h.s lots win l** gieatiy arid universally lamented. lion* Webster* We take great pleasure in referring to th* letter of | the Hoii Dan i hi. Wehntlr, addressed to thu Chair • man of tlw Committee of Arrangcnients, for his recep tion in this city By no portion oi hi* Souiheru follow citizens, has the mteiruptioti of Mr Webster's v i>u been more sincerely regretted than hy those ol Macon. The tender of our hospitalities to lum wus no men* idl- for mality It was intend dus an evident** ot the stiicere admiration aiul regard of our ciiizeus for Iti* varied and important aerviccfl to the* nation. .Mr Webster has not been well known to tlie South generally, nor have hu viewsand principles been properly understood or ap preciated. lie .sag ‘tiUemaii oi too expanded intellect and of too noble a hem t ever to bo carried a way hy the various isms whtdihave recently curs-d New Eng.and He has no sympathy witli tlie visionaries who are stri-1 vmg to turn the heads and hearts of the people and the North against the Church and the Constitution. Hu is too familiar with the nature and history of our Govern ment, and prize* too highly, the heritage bequeathed by j Washington, the Klancoca*. an l to counts-1 nance the n.noil but tren*otinhh* gang, wh an* en leuv-. or mg to overturn our institutions, and embroil uin > I civil strife The recent denuneiations of him nnd Ins I southern tour by those ianutn-nl hoards allow cteaily tlie I understanding which they have of Ins feelings anti prin ! Clples. It teach**.” a leawin 100, of which we of the South ught not to be regardless ft should induce us to treat kind ly our friends whrrever tin y uie to be found, and to judge of th*m only after w have become faunlinr with their viewy and feel :>g* .vlt \\ krntek. we trust, will not diaiit from lur porpoae to s*** me K*hh!i, tin* whnit rtouth, her peopl*- and institution*--n* y her peeuUai institution*— ior we challenge an mv atigation of them by men whose nnnda and characu'rs enable them to comprehend their practical woiking* To such judg*-.* and such a jury w- would l;cely roiuiiut <ur oause, oon | iid< ’it tlim every honest man would feel roiiviniafo that * the “poor opprrare 1 Afar—i” so pathetically s|s)k* i. i of, re infinitely happier and better off than the grrrt mass of the laboring ek—tA, even in enlightened and luippv New England A* to old England and the lain me stricken kingdom* of th? continent, we will not al i low that o Comparison is ad.iussable In the scale of intellectual and moral culture, of ease and comfort, the ’ negto* <>f the Southern Suites have infi.otcly the ad vantage. It is to such men as Mr WebnTER the j j people of the South love to submit a qu nion, l*cc:Uße , j they believe that he has mind enough to grasp it and j inotai c* urttge enough to decide it net* . m g to the lacta which may be picsented. The Wilniot I'nity in Georgia. I We last week called the attention of out readers to J ! the remarkable proposition of the Southern Danner, to j mi ..u.t the question of the Wilmt Proviso to th •“e .;i buie-leensc of justice” of the Noithem ullies, and “t! li U iity and wiJum” ot the So ithern IX .u -cr.;i cD. le gates in a national convention. We also nientioneu that tie- .South had but hide to hope tir tioin th<- recent demonstrations of the Mends of Silas Wright at tin St. Law ce meeting in New York. Mr Wr:giit is to be i*i** canditatc of th- Democratic party at the 1 next eK-ction for President. ll* is the person alluded toby Mr. Benton in his recent lett**r,when he declared , thn* ut.:e*ssa Northern man were the next Deiuocr.itk nominee, the Democratic party would cease to exm lie is the same person who prompted Preston Kino nnd his colleagues during the hist session of Congrem to steal p(x>r If ilmol'g thunder and appropriate it to peuty purposes, h is to build up Silas \\ r gut, that Mr. Benton is traversing Missouri unn making apireclieude nunciatory ol Mr. FalHoun We lielieve it W’.id for the same pm pose that ceiluiti Democratic R- p r e- nta tives from Georgia last w inter voted for the Oegon Territorial Bill, niter the Wiliuot proviso had been nt t ched to it Hence, too, the anti-C alhoim and Ritchie meetings gotten up in Georgia by the Athens junto, md hence, fiualiy the proposition of the Southern Ban i er to sub.iiit this delicate qustioti to the “sense of jus nee” of liis Northern brethren in a National Democrot i<- Convention, even alter the friends of Mr. Wright had oleinniy resolved in public meeting that they would NEVER either by their rotes nr their money consent to tolerate slarpry in the Territory to be acquired ! No wonder that such a proposition a* the at>ove from the Danner should meet with a hearty respond- *uJ a cordial endorsement from the New York Evening Post. But it can sea ready meet with the hearty approbation of very many of the Georgia Democrats who reside out j the rang* of the influence of Cobb, Lumpkin & Cos lhe Charleston Mercury, with true and nol le inde- I penile ice, thus speaks of it “The value of the Post's endorsement to a Southern “Democrat” may lie estimated from the fact, that it is tlie leading Wilinot Proviso paper of the North, and Unit its editor is among tli* most determined opponents of slavery in the Union.” After qnoting an article from a Northern paper, the Mernii y adds: “Th- people of the £outh wail be enah!*-d to judge from this aitieiewii.it are the views of those v horn the 1 Danner calls upon to meet in “the confiding spirit of brethren,” and to whom we are to‘ trust every thing “ They will see the precipice to wh.ch party lenders, in their blind devotion to the spirit ot party, are prepared to leu * I them ; and they will determine whether tor the triumph of party they are w iling to sacrifice their rights, their interests, and their honor.” \ Comment upon such a text is certainly unnecessary Gen. Taylor anJ the Government* The conduct of the Department at Washington, to - wards Gen. Taylor, has been highly improper an and disgraceful. It appears that prior to the sppoiutmen.l of Gen. Sc*tt to the command of the anny, ibr lour months Taylor had been wholly uegi -cted by Mr. Re. * and his Secretaries They had sent him noortlers.no de - spatciies—they afforded him no ‘ aid an 1 comfort” i a his efforts to conquer a peace. They .h I n**t c >m:nu-n - ente wit!i hi.u had osorien as th y did wuh Santa An - na and tiie M -xican aatiioritiea Not only this, but they persuaded Gen. Scott to no • ceptof th<* coin.mud of the army, and str>p the old hen > of nearly the whole of .has regular force. Not sat-stiei 1 j with lobbing him of his men, they ordered him t > , suit himself up in Monterey and act on the defensive . j Dis ippointed, however, in all their * -h* n<-s, and sur - prised at the gloriou results at Buena Vista, th *y hav ; i resolve 1 to take from him the larger proportion of th new levies and thus render it impossible for him L > move except with a force wholly inadequate to the ser • vice. Even now it is doubtful w nether he wiil ’-e ena • riled to advance upon .nn Luis before the mid T- < f August Strang*- many, that under c.rcu.nsthnces lik< • these,Gen. Scott ha 9 been addiesatng Gen. Taylor a San Luis, taking it for granted that he must at least hav- reduced that strong hold of die enemy. ‘The old hero who has ginned such impe ishable renown for hi ns ls and the country, is thus called upon to make brick without straw —to conquer a peac • without the phj hical force to advance into the country. Time * things have all been done with the view of in juring G Taylor: and the Washington Union, as if thorough*) acquainted with the scheme, i9 busily en gaged in declaring that the new levies will reach the s*.at of war rally in time to replace the numbers w hose term of s rvice hav expired. So fur as (d*n. Scott is concerned, it is well known that there is not one word of truth in the declaration of the Union. A statement in th*- Matamoros Flag,shews that with all the m w levies Gen Taylor will scarcely have men enough to garrison the various posts in the country, and keep open his line of communications. Only lour of the Ten Regiments have been ordered to join him.— S veral of the companies Itelonging to those regiments have not yet even moved from their recruiting p*n*ts, and b.it lew of them have reached the Brazos. But tlie Fag says “Supposing these four regiments u> Is* complete, and here is nil the force that is even jnomised to this division ; of the army. The three and a half regiment* above alluded to, ‘ comprise,. *2,400 1 Four regiments, consisting of the Virginia. N<. th Carolina, Massachusetts and Mississippi 2,400 Six companies Artillery 420 j Four companies of Diagoons *2K> ; And of mounted Texans, about 350 ! i >•>! From th * leduct for sickness and other casual ties at least twenty per cent 1,100 And w.- have Gen Taylor’s real effective force,.. 1,710 j “From this small force, garrisons are to be supplied I for the longest line of communication known to modem i times, extending from the Gul of Mexico to the con- ; fines of the desert beyond the Sierrc M xdre. By strip ping this line Almost to th’* verg * of total nlumdonment, j an I jeopardizing im*nense and pots of provisions and mil- [ itary stores, kVe dte.Gen. fiylor Anti *dy so- able | to leave riuttillo at the hea i ol -ibo.u 2tXA) hi- .i.'* With such fitetius these l>efore the p- opfo ( >f the Un ion, what would they oay in case any misfortune should befal the old hero? If ors-red forward he will g’ whatever may lx* lus ow.i force or that of the enemy He knows nothing hut Ills duty nn i will perform it whatever may be the consequences Again and again h.as he been compelled to meet the enemy numbering from three to five times hi* own force, and us often has he defeated th**m. Now he is expected to inarch With he thousand men n ;iuiM th po|mlous depaitmenf ot San l>nis, containing a strongly fortified city, numlier uig some 40,000 inhabitants’ Would it not **ein as if the Department bud conspired witli Uie enemy foi the destruction of the old hero I A Genuine Mexican Whig. Th** Columbus Enquirer has been furnished with the following paragraphs, by a gentleman who stoo I side by aide with the brave man ot whom he *pt*aks, during die whole of tlie rat e,n campaign in Mexico. General Bird i* one of those vile Mexican Whig* spoken of by Mr Pwlk und hi* presses, uj being engaged in giving “aid and comfort” to the enemy. Ih* is now a candi date foi the Senate in the District composed of the coun ties oi Cherokee and Cobh, and we understand that it w.'itld require Old Zac him*. If to bent l.mi “During the month ot May, lAM), the Governor of Georgia, in obcdi**iic<- to a tequiwtuMl tioin tlie War Department, called for a regiment ot volunteers for a twelve monuis’ campaign in VI -xico At that time ih>* *.hj-ct of lint notice D ll U.id.WiuiU Miij Gen mc..u mand ot a Division of the Militia this Suae When the “Cunion Volunteers” met ku tlie puriione of auth r.*ir.g a tender of their servars to tlie Governor. G’-nerul Bud was called upon to addrere tie- Company, and in the cuu m* ot hit spirited and putru tic remarks, pledged mmrall if a man of the company sin add go to Mexico lie Would U* with lum, “mde by side.” I(e has udlwred to the very letter und spirit of In* promise “While si turned t Camp Belkn;>p, th't plr-ce )f pea ilence nnd oi deutu,prirale Bud's b nlth foiled lum so nm*h bm to incline that excellent surgeon. Dr HX'' y, n di*cb • him ; and it required fllroti r and urgent ft lonsti • noes to prevent it, not, how ver, liefore private iird had arranged with his brother privat -s to divide with huu then ration , that he unglit continue wall them to the end. as he had before leaving home, promised to do. His health gradually, but very slowly unproved , nn during the fifth month of his service, he was unanimously el'*cte i capt- nos th company, vacated by the resign • - tion of’Cept. Gn.riiblhig-who-e i. health induced turn to return home. The comiact of Lieuts. Keith, and others, on t..at cceCHion, was worthy of ali prais—lor according t > all mditaiy usage they were emit!*• :to promotion. This they declined, and urged the election of their faithful p ivat . And nobly did he sustaiti their choice, lie endeared himself to every man ot hie company, nnd never had cause to inflict the slighost jiunisutnent u|w.i one of them. Enlightened, liberal, and generous almost to n iault—courageous and determined, amiable raid bland in his depot tiuetit, he returns h >me beloved and respected by e ery member of t!ie late Georgia R -giiiient, and hy every ;f<*titlemnn in the army who had the pleasure of making Ids ac quaint nnre. “His example is not only worthy of admiration, hut should Ik* followed by every patriotic citizen.” Walking the flank. Mr. Cottrell, another of the Alabama D- mocrat*, who in the i;.st Congress voted to censure Gen. Taylor, has been compelled to walk .ii plank by his own friends They nominate I over his head the Horn Samson W Harris, of Wetumpkn, Mr Cohtell receiving only thiee votes! Is it not time that some of the Hon. Sena ttc sand Representatives of Georgia were hegiiming to think of that terrible retribution which awaits them, should they ever again .ask the suffrages of the people. We would not he surprised if some of them were yet to woe the ghost of the Lieutenant General Bill, or ot Ja cob Thompson’s proviso, before the ides of March, 1 >lB (icn. Taylor in East Tonnrwe* The great mass meeting which assembled nt Knox ville, East Tennessee, on the 14th of June,unanimously nominated Gen. Znchaiy Taylor ns their enndi late for the next Presidency. Though n large majority of those in attendance were Whigs still many Democrats were present, nnd among others, Gen Alexander Anderson, formerly nU. S. Senator from Tennessee He advo rated the nomination in a speech of much |K>wer anil eloquence. Interestin'* to shipper* of Com. It has been ascertained that the “shrinkage'* of com shipped to Europe, is about equal to six per cent. An account of soles of 13.04X1 bushels sent from New Orleans to France, gives a loss of 40,000 lbs.— Those who ship ought to t ike this item into their cal culation, as it is an important one, and would be equal in many cases to an average profit upon a cargo. Corn flora Georgia and Tenn ■’see would probably shrink less than that which is carried to New Orleans in flat I t- and which is consequently exposed to moisture on the river. fo'. Datiip'tatiN Re‘*im* This intrepid officer it appears has concluded to re turn home with his “B The Mstnmons Flag ot the 7th i ist , all i h ig to th ir appearance us they passed down th - river, says: “ r.ie *1 lshoni th irds and b*er skin clothes ot many of th :.n, re.ni i I * 1 us >l and -scnptio.is we have read ol the inhabitants of suin'* of countries ofth? 11 tssia.i em pire. They st >ppf liu to*v l a couple of hours. Col. D niphan is a stout, r > ig i-fnture I, good-nature 1 look ing sort of a mvi II brought along with him Clark s batt-ry, a id ten pieces of can.ion captured at Sacra mep'o. The s*ck, etc., 40 or 51 wagons, with several hundred mules, were turned over to the quartenmsue. ’’ The Sou s h-Western llai'ronl. We are happy to state that the very best feeling pre vails in regard to tlie p jsecution of the above work The only opposition thus far, has come from :.n intend ed clique of citizens, wh< st-; c-cket neive hasbee n touch ed *SI. who coiisequ* ntly imagine all other-to b#* prompt ed by selfish motives iik** tlremseives. Their efl**r.s will be as futile however, --s they were when exerted in behalf of anot ler enterpnze. Indeed we think it very fortunate far the South-w st -rn Road that it has met with the opposition of this very class of men. They haw so completely ost the confi lence of the pu'.ffic both in and out of Georgia, that th ir embrace of any enter prize, would be fatal to its prospects While tuerefore wchav-the aJvantig'of opposition, it may not be am.sflto state that real friends of South-western Georgia are not idle The Board of D,rectois of the Central company have given an ernest of what may be expected of them by unanimously recommending the Stockholders to authorise a subscription of $25),000 u the woik. This, t geiher wih the fneiuties of transpor tation which wii: be offered by the company, nnd the private subscriptions iti Savnnnah and Macon will fui nish a basis of at least half a million of dollars upon which to commence operations If the Planters will ra sea like sum,there is.no r -nson why the surv) slioud not be made and Uie work commenced the coming autumn. Let it be kept in mind therefore, that the adjourned meeting of the Convention to be held at Americas, on Tuesday the 27th day of Juiy next, and that the com mittees appointed “to ascertain the amount of wealth, capacity nnd production, and consumption, and the pro bable increase of both in the ’•<*gion of country through wliich the Road wiil pass, and which will lie tributary to it. and also the amount of St ck which will be taken by th, citizens of those counties,” are expected to report at that time. The following are the names of those oorn mittees, viz: For Bibb County. —Mewr* R. Collins, E Alexander, A H Chappell, 1. Scott and J. Cowles. Fur fltuiton County —Messrs. C West, A. Bum ham. A D. Kendrick, 1) Gunn, If. D Dennard. For Marion County.*— M ssrs J B Hunter, M J McMullen, J. A Clemens, B. W Dowd,C. Wamniack For Dooly County M ssrs I) .1 Both well, J. S 8ea11,.1. Wat-on, D. B. Jones, J. B. Lewis For Su nter County Messrs J K Daniel, J Tom- Hinson, N. Me Bain, G R HarjM-r.Ci D Doiiglins. For Biker County. —M-sars G W. Collins, A Y Hampton. N Tift. B S Bell, W Dennard. Far L°e County M**ssrs. (* S.mth, A Harris W James, D. Lawhon, R *uben S Williams. M -ans will als*bi* taken toobt m similar iniormation in regird to the counties of Stewart, Randolph, Ivtrlv an 1 other section* not represent'* I in th- forme-Conven tion, and tli *.* counti -s -ire r*sp -ctfuliv requ *g- Jby t:i comm'ssumers. to send l)-!egit*s. It is now with i the power of the people of the South-west to secure :i eotninunication which wiilenable them to reach an At lantic port in a lew li sirs, and wc tnist they may be found equal to the occasion. Hlin*tfeiarrHi niuHo Cities* The Wheeling Tim**, referring to the ndvuntag--* nnd facilities of thn* place for manufacturing piirjH*KK, remark*: “The Rolling Mill here bow produce* nt the rate of $590,000 annually, and another larger establishment o. the same kind is progrearing Our founderies yield a bout f 150.000, engine shop* #IOO,OOO. cotton factories SSO ,000, Kteel factory 590.000. w *g*>n make** i's ) 0K). paper mil's f 140 000, udfow chandlers gIOOJNK), an I glass work* itiOO.OOO, silk factory $75,000, capper and tin workers $50,000, boat far Is $159.0)0, caltin*t ma kers A ion.ono. tobacco $!20,000. sa Idle and ha r n*-** makers. $75 900, chaira $40.0.10. white lend $35,000, hats an I caps S.V).(K)O, besi.l numerous works of vari ous other k nds yielding, in all, not fans than four mil lions annually These establishments are ail prosper ous, having rs much as they can d< and having s mar ket misapplied that would be equal to the supply of live more estni.liahmems itt each branch of luMiueM ” Whst is to hinder the city of Macon, ui bome half dozen other places in G jrgia. from en;oying the rme manufacturing prosperity wh.ch boa bui't up the city of Wheeling, wuhin it* recxiliect. of the prerent writer Wheeling hia tw w.it r power, nnd her c *al i* s! pp-d in great part from the in ne* ot Western Vug. un and Pvnnnylvtinis. The iron u*e I i.i her foanderie* and machine sliop*, is suiH>lie<l from 11*> very h *ait of fV n sylvama, and ** civ*y l hnlrnU of mde* hy Railr >a Is, rivers, aid enuufa Bo.il ni it isevcn earned over the summit level of the Alleghany Moun tain** Her raw eoureii cirri.* lup 11 • VliMiwippi !iun dreda of uaiLoi, alt a c*JSt nearly as gr* it .is wnd 1 :*e re quired to ntutufo *ture it in Yat th • man i f.tctarmg an 1 mechanic in lustry of Wheeling, yu-l Is an ! aanual reiurn of over f our mil itm .#/ dollar*— e arly four ti nes a* much us that ol th * w role Si ite ot Geor gia Why w.d our p --y 1 • p.*rs,si iu okMi.lg t!-r ey.s Against their oar i true mis rata f Wny c.Mitii je to war aguiMl • sys(e.,t winch il p opeffy earned out m Georgia wo dd, in . f< .v y *ars, and i'.D th* value of ev ery doliara worth ol'pr >pftjr iu th At it- f Mic m, for msnnce, in a few y jara, will have Railroad c n n ini cation with a larger exta**t of back country than Wheel ing, and though ahe iuay not have the ric!i Btat • of the M • ..** ppi * .• 1 1 iu v*. she *s upon tiie brink o* the Atltmu:. and Insthe markets of the wurUl open to her enterprise. II w 1 >ng will it be before our r*emr. res will be properly developed, und before we will st>op to gather the rich**® which are strewed eveiy where i round our fret ? Savannah Tra-le an>l Georgia Interes’s. ‘Hie Savannah Republican notice* th • clearance nt that port of a v cane l with twenty Hewn hundred bushels of corn for New York. Order* have also been received at rftvnnnnh for corn for the Baltimore market, and the parties are only now awaiting the arrival of the requisite vessels to ship The Republican adds: ‘ Our fanners in the interior will thus perceive that th- demand for their com is unabated. It is ns act.ve now as it has been nt any time duri gthe winter The demand lor Florida especially, and the southern sea coast has been incessant.’* If we an not greatly mistaken in regard to the prom ts* of the growing corn crop, there will b<* thrown into th*> cities of Charleston and Savann h the coming sea son, something like a half million of bushels Now is the time that our f r :’*rd- -n Macon and Savannah should be making tli<*ir arrangement* to control lids trrde Every re|x*ctablr house in both cities, should at once form a business connexion at one or more important points in Upper Georgia, Tennessee, or Alabama. It will never do lor u* to allow Charleston to continue to monopolize the trade which legitimately Ire longs to Georgia. Why should the people of Georgia expend money and build Kail roads tor the benefit of Carolina? Why should we pay taxes to sustain a State work that is pouring wealth into the pockets of men who are alien to us in interest, and w ho are busy libelling our State at the very time that they are drumming and electioneer ing for our trade. We believe it is high time that Geor gians should exercise more State pride and self-reli ance—that they should resolve to benefit by the opera tions of their own great works of improvement. It is w ithin the power of our merchants and Banks to remedy the evil. Our inomed institutions owe something to the people of the State and their interests ns well ns to their stockholders. They are bound to use their means where they will benefit th *e who have granted them Banking powers, and not in the daik comers of Florida and oth er distant States. Th-y should establish Agencies nt At lanta, Rome, Cross Plains, Chattanooga, and at nil other points where trade is likely to concentrate. Until they do so the produce trade which might otherwise be secured will continue to enure to the benefit of oth ers. Col* Doniphan and lit* Hoys* We have, before said that next to Gen. Taylor, Col. Doniphan had won more reputation than perhaps any other mail engaged in the present war. He has returned to New Orleans with his l rive Missourians, and the Picayune of the I7tli says, they are emphatic ally the lions of the town, and, that a more martial body of men has not returned from the seat of war. We copy from the Picayune, me to lowing brief, but lughiy interesting and comprehensive history of the ex pedition, turn.shed by one who participated m the Stir ling scenes whicn he so graphically describes: “ The first an and main branch of the Western expedi tion, commanded by Col , now Brig Gen. S. W. Kear ny, commenced irs march by detachments on the 22ri of June, 1816. ‘Plus expedition was fitted out at Fort I Leavenworth and consisted entirely of volunteers from I the State of .Missouri, excepting about 3tH) of the Ist Di li goons The whole command numbered 3,3u0 es- i frct.ve, well-armed nieu, cavairy, except two coinpa- I niesof inia.itiy, -nnpli yed as flankers to the artillery in d.fli-ult passe-’, and SX) Mormon* destined for Caiifor- 1 uia. Gen. Kearny, with a battalion of artillery and nnr 2,‘JUOnv-n, mending Col Doniphan’s regiment, triumphantly and without opposition, entered the city of Santa Fe, the capitol of New M**x.co, and took form al possession m the name of his Government on the 14th of August, 1846 Having Trained a cxle of laws for ihe b iter government of the people, (which he ac complished by lie aid of Col Doniphan ami Willard 1* riaii, a private, and now member elect to Congress Tom Missouri,) Gen Kearny took his departure from Sant * Fe to California on the 25th of September, with 300 dragoons and two mountain howitzers, passing di r *etiy through the mountains. Two hundred dragoons were afterwards sent back to Santa Fe under Captain Bmgwin. “ Previous to Gen. Kearny’s departure from Santa Fe, he ordered Col. Don phan to nuke a campaign against the Navajoe Indians, winch was accomplished in the dead of winter, w thout supplies, transportation or tents, and under circumstances and embarrassments which would have tried the nerve of a Hannibal or a Bona parte The district of country inhabited by this tribe l es in the Rocky Mountains and partly on the Pacific slope, and was invaded by several detachments of our troops, hea led respectively by Major Gilpin, Capt Reid, Lieut. Col. Jackson, and Col. Doniphan in person. A treaty was formed with their Grand Sachem. “ On the December Col. Doniphan, with his rrg l iment and Lieut. Col. Mitchell’s escort, commenced j hi3 inarch from Valverde against the .State of Chihua hua, Col. Puce being left m comman 1 at Santa Fe December 25:h his .. ivai.ee, 450 men, nut and defeat ed the Mexicans. I,3‘JOstrong, at Brazito, without the loss of a single man, having only eight w< uu led. The loss of the enemy was fifty-three killed on the field, eighteen some distance ofT—seventy-one in all and a great number wounded. One piece of cannon was taken and the city of El Paso submitted without further struggle and was occupied by American troops on the 27th. “Col. Doniphan having been reinforced by Captain Weightman’s battery of cannon (6 pieces,) commenced hts inarch upon the city of Chihuahua on the Bth of Febru lry, and on the 24th of the same month fought the battle of Sacramento, where, with 924 men, he drove Gens Heredia and Garcia Conde from a strongly forti fied position, defended by twenty-eight redoubts and intrenchments, ten pieces of cannon, six culverines and 4,420 Mexican soldiers, killing 300 of the enemy on the ti*d i, wounding not less than 400, and capturing all his artillery, baggage, ammunition, wag >ns, forty or fifty prisoners, and a vast number of sheep, cattle and beasts of burden. On the Ist day of March he took formal |M>ssession of the capitol in the name of his Government and planted the American flag on its walls. “Col. Doniphan, having received orders on the 231 of April, from Gen. Wool, to march his command forth with to Saltillo, accordingly directed his course thither l iking in hi* way the cities of San Pablo, Snnta Cruz, Soucillo, Santa Rosalia and Giiajuquilla in the State of Chihuahua Upon his approach to the confines of Virango.Gov Ochoa prepared to surrender the enpitoi without a struggle, for the army had already fl-d or lispersed ; but our rout- lay further to the north, thro’ the cite- f M ipiini. San Sihastian, Sm Lorenso.and i:i the St'ite of Coalnula, thr >ugh Parras, Castanii -lla, the Hacienda de Pntos, and thence, by Kncanta li, to Saltillo On the 22 iof May, the Regiment was review 1 by Gen \V 00l in person, and a compliiuciiia- j ry order issued in which he said : “ No troops can point to a more brilliant career than those commanded by Col. Doniphan, and no one will -ven hasrof the battle* of Brazito or Sacramento with out a feeling of admiration for the men who guim-d j them. “ The State of Missouri has just cams* to lie proud of the acli.evcincntsof the men who have represented her m the array against M xico, and she will, without 1 j doubt, receive them on their return with all the joy 1 nil I HHufacuoii which a due appreciation of their merit* and service* so j istiy entitle them.’* Fpontue arrival of this cdm on at Monterey on the 2'nh. aid after hiving pass-d under review by Mij G ii. T.iybr, an lh<*r lnghly c anpluuentary order w.is is uc i by Gen. Taylor, in wfrcli the Col. w-t* directed to convey die tiophu * captured nt S icramento to Mis souri, and deliver them over to th- Governor, subject to the order of th- War D-'partin’ nt The mass of the Regiment w-u ordered to return by ! the Unzoa, while h detachment from each company was detailed at Ctunargo, to Convey the borsen, etc , by . land to M ss-uri ” We arrived at Carmnrgo on the 31at of May, and nt RcytHsta on the Ist of June, whence we were convey- ; •and u tin* mouth of the Rto Grande on th- 7tli W- j were sfiipjM -I from t!ie Brazos on the lUih, on toard the epi n lul Mad shg) R public. Capt \ Rdf in, and. un der a ifivorabfr gale, arrived m New Orleans on Uu- is.h. h iving in twelve month* performed a circuit of mar tom thousand mil s by laud and water. *■ oie more remaik Col. iKmipliau'* command h* been isolated from every other branch of the army, cut oiffnnn ail r mm in Qttion wnii th • Government, and. hi the absenoe i uutiuc ions, tea t>cit in wiy through tlu* c mvitry oi* a •unit? and tfuac i *rons enemy. Deo titut-o( cloth ng an I the ui- i.isol procuring n—imi nnvmg r**c iVt-d s d<.u* since the day of anffUnent, and iiu.u- the:i—*he ni-n have almost grown ns did ffebuch uducAzar, being indeed nnigh auiupies o| Rocky Moun trnn lif- Ttteir long-grown bear.!* flow m the witi.l. similar perhip<* to those of tli • ru.k- Cossack*, whik th** r garm- nts are worn to *hrel* bivouacking oti th .•nkn and *u.,d of bi a.co Yet, tliougn they a. somewhat uuJiscipluicd, they are hardy unshrinking independent men, * oh a*, indeed, wouid not‘ flutei Neptune ior nis trident, nor Jove for In* pi-wvr to thun der.” Wc nr*- anxiously awaiting our final dinchargi Ottilia city.” John T Huuues, Ist Regiment Missouri Mounted Y l. llnl Service. The New Orleans HuHetin says that some idea the nature of th* service of Col. D niuiav’s Regiment may he forme l from the fact that during their twelv month’s absence, they marched nearly 4000 miles, most ly through an uninhabited country, and that the m-r on an average lost three horses each, and the office five Some of the latter had lost ns many as eijht— Their pay will amount to from SSOO to S7OO each, n they furnished their own horses and were allowed 40 cents per day besides forage, and pay for nil that wen lost. Th Regiment was compose iof healthy, athlet ic men, and when they had substituted fine clothes for their buffalo robes and buckskin pants, were pronounced the best looking men in New Orleans. An Elegant New Scamcr. Wc arc indebted to the Savannah Georgian for a slip, announcing the arrival nt that port of the Metamo ra, the nearly new and magnificent steamer, recently purchased by Capt. Brooks, for the daily line between that city and Charleston. The Georgian says that the Metamora made the entire run from wharf’ to wharf in 7v> hours, and we learn from private sources that her timp from Charleston to Savannah was just six hours! With unother such boat, we see no reason why the Central Line should not carry through her passengers ntid mails from Charleston to Notasulgu in less tune even than the Carolina and Georgia Railroads. There is certainly not in the Southern States a better ordered line than the one between Savannah and Charleston. No where are there better or safer Boats or more gen tlemanly and accommodating Captains, and we unhes itatingly advise ail our friends to give the preference to this route. Fanning by Steam. “The leading article of the London Agricultural Ga zette, May 8, is on the employment of steam in farming, to which the editors are favorable, considering it a more docile and less costly power than either man or horse. Every 100 acres of ploughing involves the passing over 1,000 lenear miles, by 500 consumers of food. They calculate the saving by steam on every ploughing at $1 per acre, or $100,000,000 on as many acres.” Cotton lllooms. The following table, shewing the time of the appear ance of the first Cotton bloom and of th** first killing frost, also the extent of th° cotton crop for each year, we believe annually takes the “grand rounds” of the newspapers. It s rather a curious statistical table, hut not very reliable Wc have taken the lipcrty to add the probable amount of the crop of last year. Year. Date of bloom. Killing Frost. Crop 1836. June 4 Oct 14 1.492,1*30 1837. May2B. Oct 27. 1,*>1.479 1838 June 14 Oct. 7 1,360.5-42 1r39. May 24 Nov. 7. 2,177,'35 1840 June 6 Oct. 16 1,634.9*5 18-41. June 10. Oct 20 1.684,211 1842 May 20 Oct. 27 2.379,460 1813 June 9 Nov 18 2,030.409 1841 M y3l Oct 23 2,416.448 18)5. M y 30. Nov. 3 2.100.000 1846. June 10. Nov. 1 1,800,000 Ilaptis** ill the United The Baptist Almanac and Annual Register, contains the following facts: Regular Baptists Churches in U. S. 7 883 “ Ordained Ministers 5,75’ “ Licensed Preachers 1,065 “ Communicants 655,536 “ Baptist Colleges 11 “ Theological Schools 8 “ Religious Newspapers 20 “ Stated Periodical-’ 14 Indu hug other branches of Baptists, th-’ total number of Ba, ti?ts Communicants in the world is 1,430,711 Gen. Taylor. Concerning Gen. Taylor’s politics, the New Orleans Bee says: “That General Taylor is a Locofoco we utterly deny, and call for proof. Wc know that in a recent letter he remarked that h s first choice for the Presidency was Mr Clay, and after him Mr. Crittenden, or John M Clayton, or Mr McLean. If any Locofoco is in favor of either one of these gentlemen lor the Presidency, we should l.ke to see him.” Southey’s Life of Was'ey. Life of John Wesley, or a history of the rise and pro gressot Methodism,by Robert Southey, L L. D with notes by the late Samuil Taylor Coleridge, Ac —second American Edition, with notes by the Rev Daniel Curry, in 2 volumes octavo—pages 920. Here is a work which is destined to be generally sought after and universally read. It is the lifr of one of the best men ofh.s own, or any other age—i man, who for purity of life and purpose, for burning zeal and unceasing efforts in a good c. use will compare favora bly with the vpry be9t of the great reformers He was not only the originator of the Methodist Church, but for yeare was almost the sole impersonation of the doc trines which he taught. Wesley poss -ssed the wonder ful power of imparting his own fiery zeal and earnest ness of purpose to, not only one, hut all of his adherents Nor does that zeal scein to have been weakened by dif fusion ; but each of his million of followers appears to grow earnest m the good cause almost in pro portion to the distance of his removal from the great fa ther of Methodism. It would be very strange if a man possessed of Wes ley’s positive nest of character should not have violent enemies as well as di-voted friends. The adherents of the established Church felt chaied ami angered at his open denunciations of many of their practices, and hence they denounced linn as a visionary zealot—as a wild fanatical leader of a deluded flock On the other hand, his peculiar followers regarded him almost as an inspired being—os an instrument set apart by Provi de ..c ‘ to perform the very work in which he was engag ed. Hence, neither friend nor foe could do justice to either the character or motives of the man. Southey, though belonging to the established Chu-rh, it is thought, has done Wesley more strict just ce than any either of his numerous biographers It is not pre tended that the work before us is faultless. On the contraiy, it has many and glaring errors, some of which ore welt exposed is a nmst able paper, from the pen of the Rev Richard Watson, published m the first vol ume, and entitled ‘‘Observations on Southey’s Lite of Wesley.” It i* a calm andju-t critique upon the work, and should be read by ali who propose to peruse the volumes. The little flock which Wesley led consisted of men like himaeit, of indomitable energy and qu ncli lemzeal. They have now grown to a mighty host and exert an immense influence ujm.ii both continents By each and all ot them this B>ok ought to be regarded, an I doubtless will K* regarded, with absorbing interest It is from the prolific press of Harper A Brothers, and may lie purchased of Mr Boak;>m4N, ol this city, to whom we a e indebted for a copy. Nominntion in Houston and Huron. The Whigi of Houston an I M icon countie* met in convention, on the 17th June, at the Camp Ground, for the jMirpo** of nominating a candidate for the 17th Sen atorial Distiict. On motion of the Hon. C B Strong, M*j J M Cooper, of the county of Houston, was appointed Chair man.and W.n. P Green, of Macon c< iuty, Sect, try The Chairman having stated the object of the n, *t ing. on motion of A E Alien, Revolted, That the Convention now j>rocecd to bal lot for a candidate, without the name of any person fry ing put in nomination, and unit the individual having a majority of the whole number of v*t. ,be the \V h g candidate lor Senator of this District Th* convention then went into the election, and on rnunt.ng the votes, it npjn-ared that Dr. E J MrGi: HR*, of the county of Houston, was duly nominated, wluch nomination, on motion id Judge Hi rung, was unanimously eonfi rued. S*ius A K'wls, J. W (’ Home and Wm Felton, 1 Eaqr s .were apjsunicd a committee to wail on Dr. Me-iehee, to inform him of hi* m m nation, and request 1 hi* acceptance. On motion of Dr. W H. Townsend, Resolt*d, I'tiai tin* meeting recommend thnt here after the nomination of n candi late fnr 8 -uator to r i - this district, be Ik Id biennially nt Murstwilvilfr . in Mncon county, on the third Thursday in July, tin., that tiie noininathm b* made by five delegate* friar each mililiu distiiet in the two ct>u:ilt m. On motion of Judge Strong, resolved, that the pro pending* of this conventual he signed by the CiiaittlMi and Mwrrttfy. and published in the Journal and Me* SCUg'f. The Convention then amounted. J M. COOPER, Chairman. William P. Green. Secreiniy. Whiq .)li-'*tiii'; in Crawioril. The Whig party of Crawford convened at K u Monday, the 7th inst.,and w.isurgmisej j ! 01. James M Miller to the chair, and r.l’ ‘ I L. Wimberly to net as Secretary. 1 S!j ‘Phc object of the meeting having fet lotion of Samuel Hnll, Eteq., the Ch.ii - -i.Miel Hall, William M Brown, Jolu, Curtis^ 1 * vTyilch, c. H. Smith, Wm. L Johnson, j oUut j*’ * 1 George Moore and A J Preston. Esqrs. to sc) e . gates to represent the county in the ensuing •orinl and Senatorial Conventons. After* ret !.■■ niituitcj*. thfy reported A J Preston, end John K Trout'nan. an delegates t 0 t!, P !’ ‘ vention mhe held in Milledgeville on the fi, ** July next, forth.’ purptw of nominating a s.iitnlV* rlnlate forCov. mor of Georgia, and a dtlegf ; nine to attend the convention at HootensviHe held the Uth instant, to nominate a candidate if ‘ twenty-seventh Senatorial distriet-and alao the i f ing resolutions: lo ‘*°v That we hail with pleasure the co triumph of our arms in Mexico, and thnt the th""?’ this meeting and this nation are especially ,| llp Jr Tavi.or and Scott. and the brave officers'fi who fought under them Riimlvril, That wt proclaim Gen. Zaciiaby T of Loniaiann, ns our next candidate for the Prcsd ‘ ‘ nml shall, with hmh grntiiicntion, support hint i confident that Southern men of all parties’ i unite in his support—not as the candidate nr P°" ? of a party, hut of the people, whose licen, and whose honor he has sustained i n th'. (j.,. The tepott was unanimously adopted hy them 0:i motion of Col. Hall, nno’rrd, That the proceedings of this me.,:.,- ptthlrshed in the Journal tj Meucngn and Recorder. On motion, the meeting then ndioumed JAMES M MILLER,Chai raiiF J I. V\ imberly, Secretary. llutls W his Meeting. In compliance with a previous call, a portion of Whig party of Butts county, convened at the r House it! Jackson, for the purpose of selecting ,l e ] p 10 the proposed Gubernatorial Convention „„ ! day of July next. *‘* 1 When on motion of R. G. Duke, the R,, v , James was called ui the Chair, and O. H. 1> ‘ don appointed Secretary. On motion, a Committee of eight was appo-nte 11 the Chair to select delegates to the Convention com. ing of .1 A McCui.t, W. S. Bivens, R (J. ‘ Buttre'l, W. \ Tanner,S. C. Little, T. J. J.les Dr 1 M Roaser, who utter a short interval, tvpcno their selection the tininesof Col R. \V McCune 0 n )’ McClendon, and Britton Buttrill, which wascunfo, cd by the tueming. On motion of J. C Little, Resolved, That the proceedings of this mccimcj signed by th” Chairman and Secretary, and py,,. ed in the Journal and Messenger, the meeting they J° un "'‘ l JOHN JAMES, Ui lM O H. P McClendon, Sec’y. COMMCNICATED. Messrs Editor : Vs the b -st ni. le of accantpU ing lit.- object of tile writ.-, you wili please pa.ilifj annexed let er from the Hon. Daniel H' nfln Msssnchusctts, mid oblige Yours, wry respect J H. R. WASHINGTON Mar.-hfield, Mass,, June 10th, By Mv Dear Sir— Although the gentlem-n of Mi , are pro! ably acquainted with the causes which dep-n j nte of the happiness of seeing them, I yet deem r, more than respectful, to express t ) them my diuppjn. ment and regri tat t'ne lossoft.ie opportunitv. >(,„ is a place which I fully calculated on visiting, being * unacquainted with the interest attaching to it fr uni ,, position, its rising importance, and the c.iaracfcr ol a citizens. I must nsk you, my dear sir, to present my cordiri thanks, both to the Committee and to your frllow cin r*’n, for their hospitality, so liberally tendered mg. vance, and to assure them of my respect and htart good wishes. Youi obliged friend, and fellow citizen, DANIEL WERSTtI, J. H R Washington, Mi eon, Ga COMMUNICATED. Messy, Editors: —Having seen the namm.jfs>veu distinguished Whigs recommended in the puHicprmn as suitable persons to be put in nomination lor thr: ecutive, at a convention to be held in Milledg-Villrtt the first of July, for that purpose; and without dim agement to the claims and patriot jm of others, aik me, through your columns, to suggest to thepenpie, Georgia, tin- name of the lion. Hines Holt, of Con. bus, Ga. Col. Holt has been before the peoptr Georgia and was triumphantly successful. H urn known in that powerfully populated and growing par lion of our State, the Cherokee country, and Sunt western (.eorgia, where he would command a pr avrlit influence , and in him the people of Georgia wont have a Governor not interior in any point to die pn.tr. incumbent or any oi h.s predecessors. I have heard * jections urged to some names that have been spoitead on account of Railroad interests. In Col. Holt iht whole people ol Georgia would have nothing to tear or that point, he ts, and has been, separated from ail K roads, and.no doubt, would extend to that inte.es.s well us till others connected with the public good, apt! and undivided just.ee, free from all prejudice. Col. Hi.: holds no office—and I am not lor taking men from hull and important trusts, which they satisfactorily fill, to nominate them for other offices, tielieving, astha we can always lind good men and true in , gwi Whig ranks, that hold no office, to bestow ofnc a. 8188 COMMUNICATED. Mfsara. I'd it fir a —l have seen the names oi natty gentlemen suggested as suitable to till the Gubernauwv al chair, and a majority placing their claims u|x>n **• tionnl or rather local interest. To remove all teeiingt of this kind, would it not be better to select a canJiJtf living at the seat oi Government, whose local interest would be as the centre of a eircie to th? periphery It fortheranc * of th*s* views 1 would suggest the naan of Iverson L. Harris. (TWIGGS CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL AND MESSEWEI MiLLHDGEVILLE, June ii, Hl* Gentlemen—The perplexities of Detn cracy ar 1 baA amusing and interesting To be sure every Ik ly knows that, and every body is laughing at it, hat you will • case th” remark by way of preface. The Democratic Convention to nominate a can hi*** for Governor, will have met before th; kMU? ol y ‘-w next p:nv*r That they (or *>m*ol th *ir lugl.Mi*ii) r* riously contemplate m iking a grab at t!ie naui *< diJ Zaek,” ill ‘re is no and Mot. Waether the public are W lie indulged with tins new comedy, depen Is i g vj 1 d.*d on the preparation of tie* actors. It is by no Mi>‘*n cenmn, that their parts hive be<*n well rencar.vJ. ot can Is* harmoniously apportioned. Certain vot”* * n l opinions ol cerium Democrat c to Gen. Tnyiof, m iy ,** up like sp*cti ;s Rt th* It they une upon the name of Taylor, wusi u tJ** come of tuoso who, as Congressmea, wa uJ iwv* g need tn • idol of toe p *aple 11 the eye >ofta * cou l! 7 Th i > n itic \■• pi ii ■ [i. ■. pii sHl*et io doubt th * poi.hr il character of G? i 1* ‘Y*’ This is nil g mi.non. sheer affectation, which ci hit I* ly deceive Lie moat ignorant, w.ulsi ury prove and democratic estimate of the itiwifg? ioj of th* p ?•* The Democratic press daily te nni w*th stite.ii > l41 ’ bout th<* politictl views nil 1 pouooii ofiJ’i • y>f winch it is n ’Xt to iminmible can b- believe Iby ll ti\joyiug sui'li varied means ol information ns i 1 1,4 generally eity>y. Tlrur ostrich* tart elfrt* us 111 preposterous, n ltd decidedly more bar*-Jdeed, tliu* l th* means ol concernment allubiited to the tieet-iooa*Jbtf ot the desert. In vain do t:i y attempt to iirad 1,1 heads into the circle ot a ‘VVing Gen iaiV vuiii attempt to J'uik then h ads Leneuth the **V% l Pioviao.” ’1 hr litst but thiowa n bioudei 4ml |l their cliup-luikui Cviunit uuiM-.'f-ithe lust is too >*'*'** to conceal ili ui. VVlutt anno man liaving s proper r apect h.*f"P* utatroii, u> u puohc muiiot an editor, will fi'"* *> net ilmt any uiemU'r ot the imsculud Democratic l’ coUid hud lav way into die cabinet ot Gen. D) ,u> iV hat mteiiigent and well imoitried man in the i vun iiy, knowing any thit.g oi the private and political “ lions it the old hero, call leusomiLly deuU that J ,,H> * iiitti Ni'KN. ol Kenuieky. and such as lie. wouiJ 4:4,l se 111 ( übiuet ot Gell. Taylor, it electrd t h*et •irate ot the United State i { i l Democratic editors and other* who or > “ .tiny harping on this subject, answer the**- q“'" 4t “' 1 ‘ md indicate tlo* proper estimate tube placed 00 11,1 veracity and responsibility