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JOURNAL & MESSENGER. S T S. ROSE, Editors. Ml A < 0 ,\ , (in, WT.DM-:tI)AV, JI N'E 30, 1M:. FOII FKEXIDI2NT, GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR. For Vice President, GEORGE W. CRAWFORD. m r*. “■ S3F At the moment of putting our piper to proas, we received a letter from C. F. M. Garnett, Esq., Chief Engineer on the State Railroad, relative to sonic strict urea.which have appeared in the Savannah Republican with regard to the influence exercised in directing the trade &c .pawing over raid road. We would nt once cheerfully comply with the request of Col. G., if cir cumstance permitted, but are compelled to defer it till tr At week. A Serious Charge. The Federal Union thinks we gull the people by giv ing them almost every week from the seat of w ar, im portant news, just one week in advance of the Mil ledge rill c papers ! Judging from the manifestations on trar subscription list, the people love to be gulled just in that way, and shall continue to apply the hoarhourul. though it does cause our brother Campeell to make wry laces. The news of the attack on Col. Mclntosh reach ed this city on Sunday, and ought to have appeared in the Milledgeville papers of last week, as the Editors of the Union admit that they do not publish till Tuesday. Had we known th-y were not in receipt of the news, we could have sent tliem a Journal Messenger Ex tra by Monday's mail. II they will promise not to lose their temper, we will remember them next Lino-. lourth oi July—Macon Volunteers. A National salute will be fired at sunrise, and the ~hty Bells rung. A procession will he formed at the Washington Hall 10 o'clock, A. M., and psocecd to the Presbyterian urch, where an Oration will be delivered by private if.rt A. K-vnrn, and the Declaration of Indcpend *? reed by Ensign Barnes. Religious services will lerformed, with suitable music for the occasion. .he citizens generally are invited to participate with m in the festivities of the day. The Pk Nic. We take pleasure in calling the attention of the citi -27* o| all denominations, to the Pic Nic which is to \C place at \ ineville on Saturday evening next. The object is a praiseworthy one—a few dollars may just as well be spent in that way as any other. The place ha.- i**en well selected, ami the refreshments will be of the most agreeable kind. &-T AN ADDRESS will be delivered at ’ ° baptist Church, on Saturday next, before r. Sabbath School, by Joseph Willet, Jr* Services to commence at 9 o’clock A. M. Wesleyan Female College. *V c tic happy to inform our readers that this institu .i is now ..i a most flourishing condition. The an d Catalogue, which h fust been published, shews following list of students for the present term viz— ‘*ihuol 13, First Cla&s 24, Sophmores 37. unui-s 22, Seniors 17, Irregulars 14—Total 127. The acuity rre represented as accomplished, competent caiaful. The students seem to be contented, healthy nd industrious. Oi their acquirements wc shall speak uove particularly after the approaching examination. Yhe commencement of the Institution takes place n the 16th of July, when an address will be delivered by the Hon. Rost. M. Chatlton. We confidently affcert that this address will be worthy of the occasion and of the high reputation of the distinguished author. Fie-paying Postage. The Washington Union says that the Postmaster General has made arrangements by which he will lie en abled, about the Ist of July, to furnish the large offices in the Union with postage stomps. They may then be procured in any number by persona desirous of pre-pay ing their correspondence. To such they will doubtless prove a great convenience, ns a letter with one of these stamps on it may be deposit >d in the office at any hour, day, or night, in the same manner as letters on which A Proper Kes;-oos'. The Lditor of l. .* Federal l nwn has tuken occasion to cast some Mt. ctions upon tt. citizen solJiere of Georgie by asking in derision : “ \\ ii**re are the volun teer Companies on the peace establishment that a year ince so proiaptly tendered their services ?” To which the Coimubus Enquirer respond*, “ Where are the 40,- - K) Democrats oi Georgia who in 1814 voted for James -v Folk, that they should be unable to raise acorporalf* guard to “ aid and comfort” him in Ins present distress es. * The question is well put and has especial bearing upon the military editor of the Union. Wlii;! Senatorial Convention* The Whig Senatorial Convention for the i!. r nh Dis trict, composed of Jones and Putnam, is lo meet at Stamordviile on the 10th of July, and the following gentlemen have been appointed delegates on the part of Putnam, viz: Wm. H. Searahrook, Thomas J. Davis, Dr. John Gault, Wm. T. Cox, George W. Wrenn, Benj. W. Clark, Elisha Perry men, Alexander Reid, Wm. Little, John Hargrove, .1 J. Stubba, Uriah Ward, John C. Bearden, David Rosser, H W Sanford, John D. Diomatari, C. W. Saddler, A A. Underwood, Wm. P. Robey, Wm. Hearn, Thos. Clopton, Joel i/alkcr, Elmore Callaway, Wm. C. Davis, Joseph nford, Wm. Dennis, Jr , Wm Gilard, Isaac R, Wal i t, Arnos Ward, Wm, D Terrell, Alexander Enkin. a 1 Wm. H. Gregory, Esqm.—being two from eaeh tia district in said county. Senatorial Nom n.ttiion. “be Democratic Convention! which met at Marion, -gs county, on Wednesday hist, nominated Col lA.u W Wiui.ins, of Twiggs, ss their candidate e State Semite for the district composed of the es of Twiggs and Bibb. Luov Nuiu, Eq b, has also been announced as a candidate. As strtet is Dcnice.atiC by at least two hundred votes, presume the Wings will scarcely nominate a cundi . hut leave the contest entirely to their opponents, will no doubt be a very closely contested election. .Melancholy Accident, Tin- heavy rain which fell on Friday night lust, oc ens oiled a bretu It of some twenty-five feel in the cm lar.kuient of tlie Central Railroad about four miles be low Mar Hardwick's The up Cars from isavaunah reached the bleak a few minutes after day light, but ui the midst of a dense fog. It being on the very best of the road, the tram was naming at hill speed, :hc break was not discovered in time to cheek the ity. The locomotive win consequently procipita ito the ehastn, killing the Engineer and both Fire - Out of the men waa killed instantly, but the and Mr England the Engineer, lived se.tral a. Mr £ was a worthy, industrious, steady man and been in the service of the Coni]iany for nearly ,'nra and was regarded as one of the most careful n the road No blame ia attached to him, ns rain wok entirely u local one, tlie heaviest ever cx icrurd In that region, and tlie ltruk ala part of the ck sti) >oaed to be perfectly safe. Mr. England was brought to this city on Sunday ■ht, and buried on Monday with appropriate honors the Odd Fellows 11c was a worthy nu mber of Dr ib Dodge, Buvaimnh. The bn'aeh m the rnihank , i ent was fully repaired in tune tor tlie down train on ___________ The Tcleitraph, We are pleased to announce that an arrangement has been eflected, by which the Magnetic Telegraph Com pany have determined to carry the main line of the Telegraph from Washington to New Orleans, through Jtlamn, provided tmr city subscribe the sum of S3OOO to 1 hestoik. Wm. Henry Cheater, Eaq , the gentlunan who hua the ag-nry of tlie Coni|>atiy for the State of Georgia, will re main in the city I hi* da y for the purpose .if sffording those interested an opportunity to subscribe. The amount for Pifunih, $15,000 has iMy been I jacured, and if m iinpoitnni thut whatever is done by *lfeou should Is* dona instantly. Os the profitableness of tin stock ve have not the highest doubt The Nrw York nod Buffalo hue paid to tlie stockholder* So per •etit on tin* first five inot.ih s business The Boutheru we will, it ia confidently believed, be luoie profitable iiAU auy other so tlie count iy There ia no difficulty ... getting tlie at*ck elsewhere, but tb* Company prefer .r tin* security U tie? wire, that it uhouM be distributed t the various point* win j* legittu* arc allowed. It in expected that the entire line to New Orleans will be complete by the first day of January when our citizens any moment communicate with any point city and New York in an instant ol time. To Gentlemen of the Press. As the Magnetic Telegraph between New York and New Orleans will be completed by the first of January next, it has occurred to us that the gentlemen of the press who are so deeply interested in the enterprise should enter into some final and uniform arrangement with the Company, by which the intelligence can be obtained upon reasonable terms. That such nn arrange ment can be made wc have not a doubt, provided it is not delayed until the line is completed and the prices fixed. Would it not be well, therefore, for the proprie tors of newspapers in the several places where registers are to be established, to hold a convention at some cen tral point for the purpose of deliberating, and if neces sary conferring with representatives of tlie Board of Directors of the Telegraph Company upon the subject ? We suggest Savannah as a central point between New York and New Orleans, and easy of access, and would lx* glad to hear from our cotemporaries whether it would accord with their views to meet nt that place. The grant pecuniary interest* involved, it appears to us ren der such a convention absolutely necessary. Mhcoii and her Prospects. It is impossible not to perceive the existence of a very decided spirit of improvement in our city. The mcr- . chants have very generally recovered from the eflects of the pecuniary revulsions which marked the period extending from 1837 to 1841, and are not only sound in ! credit but have surplus means which they are investing in permanent improvements. Capital is flowing in ; from abroad, and it is now apparent, that Macon is des tined to enjoy a constantly increasing trade as well as permanent prosperity. From the very position of the place, it must continue to be the point at which a large proportion of the cotton crop of Georgia will change hands, and whither the planters and merchants of the interior will repair to purchase their supplies. The bu- | sincss of the merchants the past winter shows that the trade of the place has been nearly doubled, and we find by a reference to statistics that the freights on goods purchased in Macon and sent beyond Atlanta, from the first of October to the first of May last, amounted to more than half as much as the freights on all goods for warded from Savannah, Charleston, New York, Ac., Ac., by the way of the Central Road and the Riv er. This too has occurred in the face of the fact, that many goods have been forwarded from both Charleston and New York free of charges at Savannah, and that in most eases the purchasera have explored all the markets carefully lbr themselves. The secret of this, in part, is that our large dealers have been doing more of a cash business than formerly, and consequently have been en abled to both purchase and sell goods ns cheaply as they could v be procured by small dealers, even in the large markets. The very transit through the place, of be tween four and five millions worth of cotton annually, would of itself give to our merchants remarkable facili- ! tics both for purchasing and paying for their goods, but I when it is remembered that seven-tenths of this produce | changes hands here, and that tiiis is the point at which the money is issued for the payment of the producers, it I must be apparent that the place has in itself, almost ev er) desired element of prosperity. In the very centre of l the most densely populated and wealthiest counties of; the State,there i-no reason why we should not “go on prospering and to prosper.” One thing only is lacking, viz: a spirit of manufactu- i ring enterprise. If our capitalists could only b induced j to go earnestly to work and build up Cotton Factories, and machine shops, if they would invest their means in such a way as to make the productive labor of the city correspond with that of the country, Macon would be come a large and prosperous city. One cotton factory established in the place andproperly conducted, would do more to advance our permanent prosperity than the re moval of the State House thither; because the one would bring to us an industrious, enterprising population, the other would draw from every quarter a hoard of office seekers, and broken down politicians—the one would rheiish u class of quiet, unobtrusive producers, while the other w ould gather around us principally a mass ol noisy, and brawling consumers, ft is out oi the ques tion for a city to he prosperous without the presence of productive industry. The profits upon the transporta tion and forwarding ol the whole cotton crop of the State would not employ or feed more than double our present population. It i* useless, therefore, to rely upon that alone to build up onr my. it is true, wc nave a nauu uriuduouK>uo, enterprising, and thrifty mechanics, and some of the very best machine shops in the South; but all their ef forts will be unavailing unless they are sustained and cherished by the capital of the place, and unless busi ness is created for them ns well as given to them in preference to workmen residing without the State.— These are things which ought to be attended to, and which must be attended to, if we hope to avail ourselves of the advantages which our city enjoys of becoming populous and wealthy. The Coast Survey. The Charleston Mercury mentions that Professor Rahil, Superintendent of the Coast Survey, is on a visit to that city, and that operations will at an early dny be commenced on the sections embracing the States of South Carolina and Georgia. This, we pre sume, refers to the actual survey, as the preliminary ob servations on the coastgvf Georgia have been progressing for nearly six months under Mr. Williams, one of the corps organized by Professor Bacbe One result from this survey we hope may be realized. It will settle fi nally and clearly w hat has already been too little known or felt, by the people of the South and particularly of Georgia, viz: that the harbour of Savannah has facili ties lor heavy shipping not enjoyed at any other point upon the Southern Coast, aiul that all that is required to give Georgia tlie position which nature intended be r to occupy, is a more perfect union on the part of her own citizens and a fixed determination to insist upon | our rights before Congress. If the general Government j had spent one fourth of the money in removing the ob- j stacles placed in the channel of the Savannah river by < its directions, tint has been squandered in digging har bours on the Northern coast, ships of heavy tonnage would now he able to reach the wharf’ at Suvuunah as easily as at New York. Cufortunately our politicians while indulging their hair-splitting propensities, have held such doctrines on the subject of Internal Improve ment, as have forever precluded the posilulity of attain ing justice at the hands of lire Government Happy are wc that there is one mail in the State who is bold enough and has energy enough to labor for the public good with peculiar reference to great nfltibnal results Though thus far almost unsustained, we hope that Mr Ki.no wiii press Ibrwuid his various measures to a suc cessful issue. The people of Georgia w ithout respect of party, may one day perhaps, do him or lus memory justice. (■host Stories. The Editor of the Albany Patriot ia endeavoring to frighten tlie good people of Savtumah.by marshalling before them the ghosts of Darien, Brunswick, St. Jo seph's, Ac., Ac. He will hardly thus prevent them from consulting their own interests and sustaining the South-western Railroad. There are aonic ctrcuinstan ccb of Shantee and Bacon ” memory, which have made quite too deep an impression on the minds of the good people of Chariest on and Savannah, to allow them to become alarmed at any little 6ug-ga-600 which the Pat riot may conjure up for the occasion* Tennessee Fleur. It is singular that a person of the knecuness of percep tion and sound practical sense of Mr bTkvsxsow. should have omitted, ns that gentleman has done m ins letter to .Mr. Calhoun, to enumerate Hour ns one of the important products of middle Tennessee. It is very nppnrent that if the contemplated Rond m completed, Tennessee will product ksscom and raise bus stock; that instead of growing a* she does now, over seventy millions bushels of corn, and only eight and n half mil lions bushels wheat, she will probnbly produce between twenty and thirty millions bushels of wheat and ex port a corresponding amount of Hour The reason is this. She will be enabled to get her Hour into mark et one year in adrance of the Northern und North western States. In western New \ r ork, Pennsylvania Michigan, Ohio, Ac the farmers cm mot get any con siderable quantity of Hour to market before the closing of the lakes, l ivers and canals by ice. Hence in June and July, we notice at New York the arrival of freak four; but it is of the precious year’s growth Not so with Tennessee and upper Georgia, when our Railroads reach tlie valley of the UuiiiU'rlnud. The navigation of that river ismver interrupted by ice, and the whole region through wtueli it passe*, is admirably adapted to the culture of w heat Tlie consequence w ill be tliat the ianners of that section can force tie ir flow into a Southern Atlantic market many mouths in advance ol 1 the flour made nt the North and West. The conse quence will be that it will have the preference for the European, the South American and West India mar kets. ‘l’liis will greatly increase the production ol wheat by rendering it more saleable and perhaps more profitable than corn or any other kind of small grain.— It will not only be more profitable to the growers, but to the Railroads; because it will not be merely a local busi ness, but one which will extend to the neighboring States 1 1 Kentucky and Illinois. Even if the trade should be limitedto Tennessee, it will be nil sufficient to muke the Road one of the most profitable in the coun try and will greatly benefit the Stute of Georgia and our Atlantic cities. Gen. Clinch. The Savannah Republican snvs: “We have been repeatedly a Aed—is it sure that Gen. Clinch, if nomi nated for Governor at the Whig Convention, will serve? We answer, ami we nre authorized to do so, that lie will not feel at liberty to decline a nomination if con ferred upon him. From present appearances in the in terior, we apprehend there is no donbt that the fellow citizens of the gallant General intend to confer upon him the high office in question.” General Taylor Superceded ! The New Orleans Daily National says “We have what we conceive to be undoubted authority for stating, j that General Taylor lias been superceded in his com mand. An express passed through Matamoro* some weeks since, with the credit of bearing such news to : Gen. Taylor; in due course of time the rumor comes from Monterey that such is the fact, and that Gen. Taylor is hereafter, os a subordinate, to report to Gen. Scott, and through him to the War Department nt Washington. This Inst act of nn unhappy Adminis- I tration, will seal its fate, with the American people.— | Its conduct towards Gen. Taylor from the commence- I inent of actual hostilities, has been characterized by ; neglect, and not an opportunity has been permitted to | pass, that could he taken advantage of, to annoy and harraas him. The intention has been to force Gen. I Taylor into some net of indescretion that would render him unpopular before the people, and compel him to resign.” An Honest Confession. As the Democratic press of Georgia have denied that the memliers of their party in Congress passed any cen sure on Gen. Taylor, it may not be amiss to record a ciicumstance which occurred recently in Lunestone County, Alabama. It appears that all the candidates Idr Governor, viz: Mr. Davis, Whig, and Messrs. I Chapman and Martin, Democrats, were present and j addressed the people. Col. McClung, of Huntsville, put it to vote, and the Democrats of Limestone decided ‘ that both Chapman and Martin ought to retire in favor I of some Democrat who could harmonize the party, and j ns they urged Chapman’s vote of censure upon General! Taylor as one reason why they could not vote for him ! he replied by asking— “ Why they did not censure James K. Folk for con- j detuning Gen. Taylor’s course just like that had not! I been done, from one end of the country to the other.” ! “Mr. Chapman also argued that lie could not be’ | blamed for the vote, for this, that all of his party voted , i the same way,save five or six.” Ah, ha ! What say you to that brother Democrats of : Georgia ? You have declared that no censure w'as ev er cast. One of your own men rnye the censure was east, and that 1 - ought not to be condemned because he only followed the example of his illustrious predecessor, 1 i James K Folk, and was accompanied by the whole of j j the Democrats iu Congress except Jive or six J I So much for Democi atic consistency! The Northern Allies of Democracy. The Charleston Mercury, hitherto very good author ity with the Democracy, thus exposes the new coalition between the Northern Democrats and the Abolitionists: “For a while Northern Whiggery had a monopoly of the favors of Abolitionism, but recently the Democracy, by their extraordinary efforts in the way of competition, bid fair to divide the spoils. With the zeal of new con verts, they are placing themselves at th- head of this fanatical crusade against the South, and have taken the management of it into their own hands. Preston King, Wilmot, Brinkerhoff, Hamlin, Ac., have super- j ecdrd Gidebugs, Adams, Hale and Garrison in the com mand, and are likely to monopolise all the honors. The Democratic Governors of Democratic Slates are like wise beginning to speak out upon this subject. Gover nor Dana (Democrat) says to the legislature of Maine: “ The acquisition of new territory, as the probable result of thin war, has presented to the country, more distinctly than at any Former period, the question ol slavery’, its lights and its extension. Perhaps the agi tation of this question, by Congress, was premature;} but the agitation exists, and the whole Union is moved with intense anxiety for the safety of the Republic. “ In the annexation of Texas, the increase or dimi nution of slaver)’ was not involved, for it existed there, and would exist, whether within or without the Union, until her people saw fit to abolish it. That measure was consummated, like the purchase of Louisiana and Florida, trom important considerations, both foreign and domestic, disconnected with the question of slave- ry ; although that question undoubtedly had its influ ence upon individual minds. “ The territory which we may acquire as indemnity for claims upon Mexico, is free—shall it be made slave ! territory I The sentiment of the free States is profound, ■ sincere, und almost universal, that the influence of slavery upon productive energy, is like the blight of mildew^ —that it is a moral and social evil; that it does violence to the rights of man, ns a thinking, reasoning, and responsible being—that its existence in this territo ry will shut out free labor, because the free man will not submit himself to the degradation which attaches to labor wherever slavery’ exists. Influenced by such con siderations, the free States will oppose the introduction ot slavery into the territory which may he acquired.” “ And the Lantern Argus, the leading (Democratic) ; paper of the State, thus responds: ‘There cannot he I any doubt but that the public sentiment is fully up to ! the doctrine of the message on this subject, and the j times and the occasion eminently demand that the voice 1 of Maine should lie distinctly heard upon tliis impor j tant topic.’ ” Governor Williams, of New Hampshire, (another Democrat,) in his inaugural address,says: “ Slavery is indeed opposed to our free institutions, and in urious to the highest interests of the nation; and our duty to our Republican institutions, and to the hon or and glory of the country, requires us to use all hon orable and law fnl menus to prevent its further extension. The members of our last Congress from the free States of our Confederacy hove well declared, by their votes for what is termed the Wilmot Proviso, their fixed and unalterable purpose to oppose the further extension of slavery, and the nditiission of any more slave territory into the Union. This vote has given form and sub stance to the united desires of the people of tliese State*—has made a deep lodgment in their hearts, and justly received, through their primary assemblies, their cordial response ond approval. Tin* proposition con tained in this proviso, embodying as 11 does the deter mined will and true principles of the American people, affords a pledge that these principles will be faithfully carried out in our nationul legislation, which must give ; joy to every friend of the Union und rational freedom.” “ This,” adds the Mercury, “ is tlie gentleman whose election gave so much satisfaction to the Editor of the , Washington TJnum t who proclaimed it as a great Pern ! ocratic triumph over Whiggcry and Abolitionism, ami called upon the Republicans of Virginia to follow the lead of glori* us New !lanq*hire!” Tliese are the men “ to whose acute ol justice” the people of the South art* invited, by the Athens Banner, to submit, in n Democratic convent ion, tlie question of the Wilmot Proviso. Iron mid Itnitiond in TeiincuMf. Few of our readers are acquainted with th** extent of the iron business in Tennessee. Mr Morgan in his able report to the last Legislature, estimates the capital employed in the business at $1,100,000, and the annual products at the same amount. Three-fourths of this capital is employed in Middle Tennessee, ond would j contribute to the support of the Nashville and Chatta ( nooga Rml road. On the Cumberland River near Nash- 1 vilie, there are “HI Blast furnaces, 11 Forges, and 3 splendid Rolling Mills, which yield annually aboti s#oo,ooo ” On tbs Tennessee River, “there are h furnaces* and H forges, and bloomaric* w hich product about 180,000 urns annually.” F.ast Tennessee is par Ocularly rich in iron ore, water power, and fuel of ever) kind. At present the products of their mines and fur naces are carried down th** Tennessee, over tlie inttscb shoals, thence to tho Ohio, and up that river to Fitts burgh, where they are manufactured and returned t the Month for consumption! At Chattanooga we an informed thr.t Pig iron can now lie purchased for sll | per ten, while it commands in Suvnnnuh something like , $27 Th e moment tlie Georgia Improvements read I the Trnitebs;c, ’be wli ‘lc trade of th country border ing upon that river and its tributaries above Chattanoo ga will he turned towards the Atlantic. The iron, the com, the flower, the fruit, the tobacco, the heinp, and the thousand other products of that region will swell the trade of our State works mat least double, perhaps (pii fold, wlmt it is at present. Iron tor instance could then be brought from Chattano ra to Macon, commis sions included, for about the same freight now paid from ►Savannah, say 30 cts. per cwt , which would give it to the people of Macon and the planters of middle Georgia at a little over two-thirds the price now paid. It would therefore be n short-sighted policy in the people of Georgia, to delay the prosecution of the Stale Road lorn single day. Indeed the completion of that road to the river is essential, for unless that is done it will l e utterly worthless to the State. The moment the valley of Cumberland is tapped, that moment, and not before, will we realize the bright anticipations of the projectors of our great lines of improvement. According to an able letter addressed by V. K. Ste venson. Esq., to the Hon. John C. Calhoun, we are surprised to lenm that the agricultural products of Ten nessee are in value equal to $57,531320, while those ts Oltio are only $57300304, and of New York $57,685,- 400; shewing Tennessee to be the third State in the Un ion in productive wealth. According to the same au thority the annual value of all kinds of agricultural and manufactured articles produced in the immediate vicin ity of the proposed Railroad between Chattanooga and Nashville, amounts to $12,642,576. And yet in the items enumerated, we find Mr. S. has entirely omitted the article of wheat, of which Tennessee produces 8,340,000 bushels per year—nearly one half of which is grown in the Cumberland valley. The Road from Chat tanooga to Nashville would be 152 miles long, and would cost less than $3,000,000. The corporation of Nashville has already voted to subscribe half a million to the stock. Under such circumstances the least that Georgia could do would be to carry out her original design and complete the Road to the Tennessee at the earliest possible clay. The road once built to the river its com- j pletion to Nashville is certain. On the part of the State of Georgia, it would be matter of economy to complete it, because the increased business which would be brought to the State work would more than pay the int'*r- j est upon the money required tor its completion. Georgia would thus instead of increasing her present debt actu- j ally make money by the operation. Besides she would hasten the day when the trade of the great valley of the , Mississippi will be opened to our own atlantic son-port, and when the traveller could pass from St. Louis to N. j York by way of Savannah, in less than six days. That ‘ this is no mere imaginative statement will appear from the facts. Mr. Stevenson rays that from St. Louis to Nashville, even in steamboats, the distance can he made l in 40 hours; from Nashville to Savannah, including all j delays, 570 miles, say 35 hours ; from Savannah to New l York say 68 hours—the time actually made lately by the Metamora. So that the entire trip ran be made even nt the present speed in five days and 23 hours, and at about one half the cost incurred on the northern routes. These things nre worthy the careful considera tion of the people of Georgia. ns well as of Tennessee and the West generally. The great thorough-fare from the Atlantic to the Valley of the Missouri, must one day be through Tennessee and Georgia ; it remains for the present generation to say whether they will renp the profits of the magnificent works which their wisdom lias devised , and their energy po nearly executed. Too True to be a Joke* “Well, George,” asked a friend of a young lawyer’ who bad been “admitted” about a year, “how do you like your new profession ?” The reply was accompa ny Jby a brief siiih to suit the occasion—“My profes sion is much better than my practice.” How many of his brother chips might lay their hands upon their hearts, and with all sincerity, sigh and say, “ Plato, thou reosonest well, Else whence this pleasing hope, This fond desire, this longing after Fees substantial.” The truth is, joking aside, there are scores and hundreds of young men now pressing into the various professions, who w’ould be both more respected and re spectable beliind the anvil or the work bench. Many of them who have sufficient intellect.have in other re spects “mistaken their.calling,” and are wasting their lives as briefless lawyers and patientless doctors ; while those of them who manage to get into the sacred desk, seem only intended to try the patience of their hearers, and to make the punishment of the poor sinner tempo ral a* well as eternal. How much better for such men and their friends, were they to be engaged in adding to l he productive wealth of the country by the honest la of their Haaife t More New Hooks* The Lawyer's Daughter. —This is a Domestic j story, from the pen of the Rev. Joseph Alden, D. D., and constitutes one ol the numbers of the “Fireside ; Library.” It is admirably printed on superior paper* | large and elegant type, and like every thing from the ! pen of the distinguished author, is not only gracefully ! written, but imports many instructive moral lessons. It 1 is illustrated by a series of tolerably good w ood cuts by j Hewitt. Bentley's Pictorial Reader —Of this we have but a few specimen sheets, and can therefore speak only of I the general plan. This is certainly very commendable. j The lessors* arc easy and instructive, the print large and plain, and the illustrations attractive. The Reader is | one of a series of Pictorial School B*oks, by the same . author, all of which have met with great public favor Orators of the Age.—This ns far as it goes, is a most ; admirable, “critical, biographical, and descriptive se- j ries of portraits” from the pen of 11. Francis, Esq., a discriminating and tasteful writer. It is rather sin gular, however, that the author should entirely have omitted to notice some of the ablest orators in the Brit ish Empire. Why should th* names of Brougham, O’- Connell and others, be omitted in a work which is in tended to do honor to Peel, Wellington, Macaulay, Palmerston, Lyndhnret, Morpeth, and even Roebuck and Sheil ? It is exceedingly to be regretted, that in so good a book such important portraits should have been ouiitted, for though it does not really impair the value of the work, it IcaveH the impression upon the reader that the w riter was either negligent or not sufficiently impartial to give a faithful delineation of the leading characters of his nation Miscellanies o f John Cotton Smith. —'This volume of 326 pages, consists of an eulogy upon the life of John Cotton Smith, pronounced In-fore the Connecticut His torical Society, and of various selections from his exten sivecom-s|onilence with President Dwight, Judge Dag gett, and a number of others. To this is appended a se ries of essays upon miscellaneous subjects by Mr. Smith. He was sue of the most remarkable men ofhis nge, and the present volume is w ell calculated to give a correct idea not only of his life and times hut of the early history of Connecticut, with which his ancestors were most in timately connected. All of the aforementioned works, with the exception of the “Pictorial Reader,” arc from the press of the Harpers. The “Reader” is from the publication of fice of Geo F Cooledge A Brother, anew hut enter prising firm in New York These volumes may all be found at Mr Boardman’s, to whom we ore indebted for copies. The American He view. The June number of this periodical haa remained for some time unnoticed upon our table,for the vrson that we desired to give it a careful perusal The work is so v triable both in its tone ond tlu* merit of its articles, that it can scarcely be said to have any definite character, j Occasionally we meet in ha columns, a well digested, well reasoned paper; but it ought not to be concealed from either the editor or the public, that the Review con- j tains much that is trashy, indifferent, and weak. It bears on its face intrinsic evidence of the lack of a mas ter mind It greatly needs a keen, discriminating, crit ical judgment, to determine upon what articles shall he admitted, and what excluded, from its columns. There is too much transcendentalism in huth its literature ami its politics A work like tins ought to b<* a depository of facts and arguments arrayed with discrimination and presented in the fewest possible words Idle declama tion slumi ld Is? left exclusively m cross road politicians, and verdant members of Congress. A periodical like that in qu nhould always b calm, instructive, ami argumentative This character especially should be sustained by a Whig Review, wl. eh proflesw** to be conservative in Its d<M:irin<*B, and to ap peal to the intelligence ami eoiiiniou sense of the nation ! Wc are sorry thut we < umot accord to tlie work in ques tion full praise on tins point. Tlie leading Whig politicians who loaned thshrßßmr* and promised then contributions to th** R-view, seem to have abandoned it to a set of authotlings, who write by the page, ! i* l lor their own especial gratification. We seldom <*l n its pages without regretting the aWucc of that , plain, practical, common sense, which characterized the earlier political writers of the country Would that this Review were in the hands of men upon whom th” ] mantle of Madison, Jeffemon, Jay, or Hamilton had I fallen—men who could write common sense for com ’ mon people, and who could enforce their views, what ever they may be, with that simplicity which always characterizes true greatness. ‘The statistical part ol this Review is quite well sustained, and in the number before us there is an article which embodies many valu able facts in regard to Western Commerce and Wes tern improvements, also a graceful sketch of the late Brevet Maj. Vinton, who fell during the siege of Vera Cruz ; but these are more than compensated for by a se ries of ginger pop articles, among the most prominent of which is one whioh foams and sputters at a terrible rate over Lester’s silly effusions about “Gen. Sam Hous ton and his Republic.” The writer is a man “not un known to fame,” and capable of efforts of a much high er order. We are sorry to find that he is suffering hi* style to be corrupted by his associations. Whiff Delegates* The following persona have been chosen Delegates to the Whig Gubernatorial Con | vention. to meet in Miliedgcville on Thursday the Ist July: Api tling: Daniel Smith and Abram. Hiers. llnk< r: R. F. Lyon and Gen. T. F. Smith. ( Baldwin: Miller Grieve. H. T. Bethune i and Dr. F. T. Granlland. Bibb: Holm Bivins, T. M. Ellis, J. J. Gresham and J. 11. R. Washington. Burke: John T. Brown, James M. Pepper and Drury ('orkcr. Butts: Britton But trill, O. 11. McLendon and R. W. McCune. Camden: Col. J. Dilworth, Judge R. P. \ Burton and A. J. Bassent. Campbell: W. P. Menifee, IL J. Tuggle and J. H. Coryell. Cass: Maj. A. S. Wooly, Col. L. Johnson and James Milner. Clark : Ja’s. W. Harris, Green B. Ilaygood and Col. J. J. Sell nan. Columbia: Carlton Belt, Alpheus Corvard, Gabriel Jones and Win. H. Murray. i'lwlham: R. A. Allen, J. S. Fay, Asa Holt, J. L. Locke and B. Snider. Chattooga: Dr. G. B. T. Maddox and S. C. Finley. Coweta: Jno. H. Johnson. George W. Hol land, John B. Wilcoxen and Britton Simmons. Crawford: A. J. Preston, Samuel Hall and John F. Troutman. Decatur: J. P. Gaulden, D. J. Dickinson and Maj. Wright. DeKalb: Col. Ja's. M. Calhoun, Ja’s. Loyd, Wm. 11. Clark and S. P. Wright. Effingham : W. McGahagin and A. Guy ton. Emanuel: Neil McLeod and W. H. Con nelly. Fayette: G. L. Warren, L. E. Case, John M. Huie and Wm. Reeves. Forsyth : S. C. Elam and J. W. Thompson. Green: James M. Porter, Stewart Ander son. Henry Sanford and Ambrose Hutcherson. Glynn: Hon. Tho’s B King, R. S. Piles and Rev. V. Woolly. Gwinnett: Col. Z. Norton, K. T. Terrell M. R. Mitchell. Habersham: Maj. Reuben Nash, A. G. Pitner, Hiram Taylor and Jno. W. Martin. Hancock : Dr. Ja’s. D. Mackie. John Grey bill. L. S. Stewart and Tho’s Whaley. Henry: Wm. Beck. Jacob Crow, F. F Dodson and John C. Smith. Houston : Drs. John J. Hampton and Wm. S. Townsend, and Messrs. Robert Redding and Silas Rawls. Jefferson: P. Connelly, Geo. R. Stapler and Tho’s. H. Polhill. Jackson: Giles Mitchell, B. H. Overby. Middleton Witt and Maj. John Dawson. Jones: Benjamin Barron, Hearndon Pat terson. Robert Woodall and Col. R. V. Har deman. Laurens: J. H. Yopp. Roh’t. Robinson and F. H. Rowe. Lee: J,. ph Bond and Tho’s Moughon. Liberty: J. B. Barnard, F. S. Moody and C. H. Haywood. Lownds: T. B. Davies, John Stapler and 11. W. Sharpe. Lumpkin: Jesse Riley, Maj. W. P. Reed and John Davis. Marion: Messrs. Crawford, Morgan Kemp and Robert Burton. Madison: Dr. Sims and Jas. S. Long. Meriwether: Col. J. H. McMath. Dr. E. C. Hood and B. F. Kendall. Montgomery: E. Tillman and F. Mcßae. Monroe: John K. Simmons, Mead Le sueur. R. P. Trippe, M. B. Merritt and David Ogletree. Morgan: Oha’s. J. Baldwin, C. R. Hanlei ter, J. 11. McHenry and John K. Hubbard. Muscogee : G. E. Thomas, S. W. Flournoy and A. G. Foster. Murray: Joseph H. Stokes, Jessee Wade i and James L. Mclntire. Newton: Dr. W. D. Conyers. P. Reynolds. L. Baker and L. Thomas. Oglethorpe: G. F. Platt. G. 11. Lester and T. E. R. Harris. Bike: John R. Reid. Wm. M. Leak, J. C. Freeman and Charles G. Turner. Putnam : Jesse King J. W. Mappin, B. B. Odom and R. J. Wynne. Randolph: Mason Tiller, Samuel A Grier I and James Suggs. Richmond: John Skinner, W. J. Rhodes, A. J. Miller and C. J. Jenkins. Scriren: Tho’s. Parker, John R. Kittles and Wm. J. Maner. Tattnall: IJe Lamotta Sheftall and Henry Strickland. Talbot: Dr. H. P. Smead, Dr. E. C. Moy er, A. G. Perryman and Wm. Holt. Telfair: Col. Wm. IL Manning and Col. W. W. Paine. Thomas: Dr. T. B. Wynn. P. E. Love and J. G. Fondren. Tatliaferro: Dr. E. W. Alfriend. Thomas i Pittman and David E. Butler. Twiggs: Dr. Ira E. Dupree, R. R. Slappy ’ and I). J. Hughes. Upson: Allen Me Walker. David B. Grant i and P. W. Alexander. Wilkes: Dr. John W. Heard, Dennis Pas chal. Robert Toombs and L. J. Gatrell. Washington: Ja’s Gainer, Benj. Brookins, j Win. P. Hardwick and Dr. Wm. G. Mcßride. Wilkinson: Gen. Ja’s. B. Bostwick, Wes j ley King and James Taylor. Coolness of Gen* Worth. “During the lombardinent of Vt-rs Cruz, rays the De troit Free Press, this gallant officer, finding his horse coDsidershly exhausted, despatched a servant for n bucket of water. Just as the man was raising the buck -1 ct to the horse's mouth a large shell struck the ground at the distance of s few yards The man started in ter- ‘ ror ; but Gen. Worth observing that the fuse was not ! quite burned out, said, peremptorily, without moving. Halt—empty your bucket on that thing!” The man mechanically obeyed, and Gen. Worth captured the shell whole. It was thirteen inches in diameter, and weighed about 190 pounds.” Grit* Titytor’s I'olitics The Columbia (Tenn ) Observer, a paper printed at j the residence of Gen. Pillow, in Tennessee, says: Major General Pillow, while here on a recent visit, 1 took occasion to say, in the hearing of many persons, that Gen. Taylor ui a H’Atf : that lrom his personal ac quaintance w ith him, lie knew him to be so, and that there is no doubt on this subject amongst those who have j ever heard un expression of political opinion from him. ; Another Meiicnn Whig. The Mobile AdrertU*r says “ Col. Alex ander W. Doniphan, tin* heroic comtnunder of the Chihin mi expedition, whose triumphant march resembles the progress of Cortez, is kjh>- ken of as tin* Whig candidate for the next < iovertier of Mi oun. How happens it that nearly every conspicuous officer of the Army in M xico is a ** Mexican Whiff”? Keep it before the jHsople that Mr. Webster after ail eollateral question* were disjoined ul promised, in the Senate, a naked vote of thanks to Genera! Taylor, his officers and men, for their courage and good conduct nt the sitqpe of Monterey, and that alt the Democrat* in that | body voted apuiwtt the resolutions, with the ! honorable exception of Messrs: Butler, C\l -houn, Wcstcoti, Yulee and Lewis. Twenty three Democrats voting in the negative! <su cannak IU public an. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. MILLEDGEVILLE, June2B 1847. Gentlemen:—The Federal Union of lost week, re ferring to the tardiness in making up the battalion re quired of Georgia by the Federal Government, enquires “what the Executive is doing in this emergence.” am! pathetically neks, * Will h<? make no ether appeal?— Is this all the ‘aid and comfort’ he can afford his coun try V* As usual, progressive Democracy gets things in a “snarl,” and then depends on Whig eloquence and in fluence to get them out. Taking a one sided view of the case, they have been too long and too often indul ged in this way, and but for the sake of the country, they should be left to the worst possible punishment— j the unmitigated consequences of their own acts. They | have always proved themselves unequal to successful { and prosperous government—always mighty in profes } sion, but feeble in performance. If official audacity ’ and wordy patriotism had constituted vigorous war, Polk Democracy would long since have achieved the j conquest of Mexico by “spontaneous combustion.” Hut as to the particular instance of the Union calling ( upon the Executive of Georgia, the appeal may be re garded ns not less cool than extravagant. Is not the Governor one of those denounced as “anti-war Fedcr f alists?” Is the Federal T r nion in despair that it rails | th us piteously for help, on a “war opposing Whig I”- | To be sure the Governor did go on a former occasion. t> Columbus, when a regiment composed of “anti-war !’ Feds” had assembled, and there, pointing out the “road to Mexico,” he encouraged them forward toad minister “aid and comfort” to the enemy. And his late appeal to the patriotism of Georgians, it seems lias been I generously responded to by the “anti-war Whigs, for ; the three companies now mustered into service at Co | lumbus, are commanded by Whig Captains! Now is not this as much ns could reasonably be expected of “Mexican Whigs?” They have proved themselves more prompt and ready than the war-loving Demoeacy. If the Editor of the Union himself were to make an honest and eloquent appeal to the Democracy, perchnnee they would rally at his call, and the bnttalion would soon be complete ; but if he should be unsuccessful, he might possibly derive ns much Christian consolation from having endeavored to afford “aid and comfort” to his country, ns from pointing his feeble insinuations towards a political opponent. Hard Run.— Those Democratic organs who pick up extracts from little village abolition thumb-papers, such as the Xenia, (Ohio) Torchlight, and re-publiah them ns extracts from “a leading Whig Journal,” as samples of Whig abuse towards Gen. Taylor. Ignorant or Worse. —Mr. McAllister, at a late Democratic meeting in Savannah proved Whig incon sistency in relation to the war, by quoting from Gen. Taylor's proclamation at Matamoros. Every body else—except the “Standard bearer,”—knows that that proclamation was issued by the War Department , and sent to Gen. T. June 4, 1846. If Gen. Taylor had not signed it, he would have been guilty of insubordi nation and subject to a Court Martial. Old Zack fights with no such ad captandum fooleries, and even the “standard baarer” ought to know it by this time. Yours, &c. A. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. MILLEDGEVILLE, June 28, 1847. Gentlemen :—The Democracy assembled in Con vention at 10 o’clock this morning—about 150 in num ber—6B counties being represented. Gen. Sanford was called to the chair for the purpose of organizing, and F 11. Sanford, Esq., appointed Secretary. Carlton B. Cole, Esq , was elected President of the Convention. Judge Cone, of Green, recommended the two third rule, which was adopted. An effort to adjourn was defeated, and the balloting commenced. No candi dates name was announced. l#f ballot. Towns 122 Johnson 98 Fhilips (of Habersham) 5 Mitchell (of Clark) 4 Colquitt 1 Lumpkin 1 Total 231 On motion of Mr. Gardner, the Convention then ad journed till 2 o’clock P. M Hon. Howell Cobh is here, and it is undetstood, is struggling with desperate energy against the nomina tion of a Whig General by a Democratic Convention j It is thought such a struggle is necessary to prevent the j nomination. Among the boldest in favor of Taylor, are Gen. Sanford, Judge Cone and O. II Kenan, Eeq At 2 o’clock the Convention met. On the second balloting Towns receeived 142, Johnson 86, Philips 1 After some consultation the name of Johnson was with drawn, and Towns was declared unanimously nomi nated. A proposition was then made by a member from Cobb, to have appointed a committee of five, to prepare an address to the Democtatic party of Georgia. Mr. Prior opposed the resolution, and in the course of his very chaste remarks, assailed Mr. Calhoun. This cal led up Mr. E. J. Black in defence of him whom he has faithfully followed as his pole-star. Judge llillyer offered resolutions expressive of confi dence in the democratic party of the Union. Mr Black offered resolutions denunciatory of the Wilmol Proviso, and all who would not denounce it. Motions were then made to udjoum. Great confusion, such as democracy only can enact, ensued and continued un til after, five oclock. Judge Cone at length succeeded in obtaining the consent of the convention to appoint a committee of two from each Judicial District to rejiort resolutions at 9 o’clock to-morrow morning. To that hour the Convention adjourned. 1 suspect that the name of Gen. Taylor and the Wil mot Proviso will be very cosily mixed up in the coming resolutions. Judge Cone was asked very pointedly by his namesake from Murray, iJ he did not design to re port resolutions favorable to the nomination of Gen Taylor by the Convention. Judge C. stated “ that the idea had never escaped his lips or entered his mind to commit the Democratic party to the supjmrt of Gen Taylor.'” (Oh no! they would only use the influence of his name in the Governor’s election.) Mr. W Flour noy, declared, very frankly, that for his part he would not touch Gen. T. with a pair of tongs! As your paper goes to press at noon to-morrow, and j this cannot reach you until 9 o’clock in the morning, l will not say more at present. But there are racy re marks to Is; commented on, if, afar reflection, the gume should be thought worth the candle. Yours in haste. A. CORRSPONDENCR OF THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER NEW YORK, June‘23, 1817 Gentlemen :—The steam ship Washington, winch left this port on the first inat., (the Britania having sailed the same day intending to beat her,) lihs been spoken a number of'times in diilcrent luti'udes All accounts represent her as miking progress at the rate of nearly nine knots, and the conclusion here, is that she proba bly reached her destination in England, in about fifteen days. If so, it is very fair for a first trip, when her ina- I chinery was all new and comparatively stiff. She will prolmbly do better tlir next run. The news hy the Cambria at Boston, took the spec ulations in bread studs hy surprise, disappointing all their confident hopes of an advance on the other side 1 Since the steamer’s advices, Hour sells readily at 97 ‘25 a 7 374. At these rates I‘2 to 15,000 bbls. were dispo sed of yesterday. In all this region the appearance of the crops is very | favorable. There is, however, much complaint of a falling off in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana; | probably the failures tire exaggerated The money market continues full and easy, on the best securities, loans arc made at 4 and 11 per rent. The Bank discount six month* paper freely with first rate names, at 5 per cent. The President is expected here on Friday, mid the immmpfil authorities are making preparation* to receive him with becoming honors. Pains will be taken to innke his visit an agreeable one, though it is certain that not a great ninny of our citua ns can give Inin u very cordial reception, if they consult private personal feeling. Anew and splendid steamer called the United Suites, and intended Jor the New t >rleans& Liverpool trade, is uiuli r way here, ami will soon be completed Hhe nos grand demeusions, larger it is staid, than the bigg *t war-ship in our navy, not excepting tin Pennsylvania , yet notwithstanding her tounage i* 3.(81 tons, it unex pected her draft will 8* light, and her speed very great We have lieeit expecting the first of the French lint ol steamers to arrive lu re, it having been given out that she would leuve Havre on the Ist mat. it seems now from letters hy the Cambria, that she would lie delayed till the 10th. The tide of travel from the South for tint watering paces and other fashionable resorts, has fairly set in, and numerous arrival* are hooked at our principal hotels. The ordinary business season is ov r, here. Never theless ttu r s considerable casual trude, and an early and heavy fall trade iaexpected confidently |, v h men. liter*- have been numerous arrivals of ships with merchandize front foreign ports the, and though the annum brought by each, is not the aggregate is considerable. To-day* the sit arrived from Liverpool, with a large cargo oftlrv** I am advised that the imports from England and’/ 0041 the renting srnsnn, will he heavy. Our large Nortl ” markets an- in a good condition to receive then, , Storks on hand are n*t heavy, ami die demand f the country will no doubt lie great. The New i; ~ manufacturing companies are declaring ftirdivitUj ■mme of the largest from three to six per cent f„ last six months, witlt a reservation of one to tv T , ‘ j ’ rent. Manufacturers have complained of the |,j„v P 7 res of cotton, and arc loth to make heavy purely Pn ’ present rates. The news per Cambria lias had th* 7 feet to raise prices about l cent. The. sales on Hat'! | amounted to 2,000 hales, principally f,, r export (7 Monday 400 hales for home consumption— I Tuesday 2m ditto, ditto, and to-day the sales reached 550 bales ( home consumption. Shippers were holding off. Tile present rates are as follows: Upland*. Nen 0 . Ord. to middling, 10* a 111 JO* all Goodnril. tomid.fair 11} al2 121 a Fair to good fair, 12* a 131 13 a ‘ Money continues quite abundant. Stock have „i ced rapidly tie- past week. Very truly yours, py\] CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGte PINKY WOODS, June 25th, i w .lfes.tr*. Editors :—l have recently been witnderin nbout through Southern and South-western Georgif mid propose in my own plain way, to give you „ f”, hints in regard to matters and tilings in general. Thi-7 yon catt put in shai>e and print them if you we nm,’ All I vouch for, is the facts. I have been through Lowndes, Thomas, Baker, Decatur, Sumter, pv!f Dooly, Lee and Houston, ami a better Com cron lhaw never sent in my life. The fine roasting ears which have smoked for the last three weeks U|tnn almost ever, dinner table, made me think repeatedly of the atarv millions of Ireland nnd of the striking contrast betw ” the condition of the fat, slock, hearty and eontemej negro, nnd the poor, wan helpless subjects of th.. Briris!- monarchy. What an nnswerit furnishes to the miem, ing a hits*- of themiscalled philanthropists, both nthom and abroad 1 Not only the corn, hut the oats and r ; . small grain generally, through all this region promised well. In Thomas, Lowndes, Baker, nnd Decatur, thecot ton crops arc remarkably fine. The p l am is i areP „'j thrifty, the fields generally in good order, though m some places rather grassy. I saw blooms on the l a of June, and on the 10th they were very numerous a all the fields. The cotton in these counties, It| would average nearly throe feet in height. I neversaw finer crops of cotton in niy life than in Baker, on tig plantations of Messrs. Bell, Bond, Moughon, Mott Hampton, Spicer and others. In the Other counties through which I passed com and small grain were almost equally good, butfe cotton was not so lair. The plant was small nnd 4, stand occasionally was not very good; but the col* was fine and the grass much less troublesome. Upon the whole the prospect of the planters isexceed. ingly good, and the only thing they want is a Railroad to Macon. They are in earnest too about it, and gen. e rally favor the route ntnning in the direction of Brown’ ferry on the Chatahoochee, near the Florida line. Tha would penetrate the heart of the cotton region. Even the people of Albany I find arc willing to let the Stock holders determine upon the route, notwithstanding a few interested persons are keeping up a terrible bark ing on the subject. Small dogs you know always make the most noise; but there need Is? no apprehension no* that the Central Road and Savannah are likely to give from a quarter to half a million. The planters would be much more willing to give their money however,if they felt assured that it would be in the hands of per sons of experience and property. I think I could name a certain man in your town, who would push the matter through if he could he induced to take hold of it He plants in Houston Yours, &c. G. The Putnam Resolutions. Unfortunately the proceedings of the Whig mcetin, in Putnam county, which were ordered to is- published in the Journal R Messenger, failed to reach this office, and consequently have hitherto not appeared in our col. I minis. We regret this, especially as the interest of a j part of the proceedings has been thereby lost. The res ! olutions, however, are of two much importance not to he placed upon record We therefore give thwiiAplace below, and ask for them a careful perusal. They w*>** reported by the following committee, viz: John M. Ashuret, Elmore Callaway, John A. Cog- ’ bum, Elisha Perryman, Wm. Hearn, Adolphus A.Ue* derwood, Davis R Andrews, Isaacß. Waller,R. Ladd, Thomas Clopton, John T. Blount, Alexander Red, John Farrar, B W. Sanford, B W. Johnston, A B Harrison, J. D. Diomatari, Thomas Regpass, CullenS. Cridelle, Dr. C W. Sadler, and Samuel Pearson, Esjrs “Resolved, Whenever our country is involved in war, it matters not what may he our opinions a* to its propriety or necessity, the first and highest duty of eve* ry patriot is, to stand by that country, ‘right or wrong’ “ Resolved, In common with our fe.llow-citizens, we sincerely rejoice in the brilliant achievements of oar arms in the war with Mexico; and while we unite a the homage of a Nation’s gratitude lor the valor and patriotism which won them, we offer our deepest sym pathies to the friends and relatives of those who (ell on the battle-field, for their unhappy late. “ Resolved, The battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de .< Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista, are a successionoi brilliant achievements, unparalleled in the history of our country, through which our troops have been borne so successful, against such unequal numbers, by the in domitable courage, unshaken patriotism, and masterly wisdom of Major General Zachary Taylor, and winch stamp his name as the first and greatest General of the age. “ Resolved, As American freemen, we condemn the injustice with which he and the gallant troops under him have been treated by the administration of our env eminent. He has been compelled to march upon the enemy with a totally inadequate transportation, and to fight them at all times with a force greatly Inferior i numbers to theirs, notwithstanding Congress had fa nislied fifty thousand men for his support. He hashed ordered far into the enemy’s country, nnd there in very face of that enemy, with an army of more tn’ twenty thousand choice troops, well appointed, and of fleered by the first nnd best generals, and led by the** nnvvned Santa Anno—there his best disciplined soldi** have been taken from him, and he compelled to w that host with a mere handful of inexperienced vote leers, and either to triumph over them in this unequal contest, or he disgraced by surrender or retreat Tt* l gallant old soldier deserves no such treatment at th ha.ids of our rulers ; nnd we cannot withhold the** piession of our condemnation of the indifferent* regard of those rulers, who would thus unjustly exp o * the lives of our gallant men to the rapacity of * **** and vicious enemy. “ Resolved , We disapprove of every effort made by Congress or the President to supersede Gen. TBykt l ® the chief command of a war of which he is the great I hero. It is ingratitude and unmerited reproach thoit® censure one whose only fault consists in whipping enemy upon every field on which he has met him recognize in him a fit representative of a great and mac nanimous people—unconquerable on the field of battif yet generous, kind, and humane to a fallen foe. “ Resolved, The attempt made at the last seteifl* l Congress to censure Gen. Taylor lor the eapiudauon * Monterey, was an ill-natured ebulition ot party ness, and has met such tiniveraol conilrtnnatwo men of all parties, outside of the ofßoe-boldeff. *• give to the actors in the disgraceful scene tla* ch* r, t) our silence ; premising that among the whole caW o ** ol those who would attempt to cast reproach upoahm oral Taylor for that act, we do not recognize not one, whose name is endeared W> his country l v 8 act of gnllnrftry on the field of battle in Mini! “i 1 countiy. Wtiih* tie- ‘ • 11>111 m m tin; assault approve the act, his reputation w •*u'ler from any nttuck made by disappointed politic al Washington. . ( “ Resolved, We deeply regret tlint three of I” ‘ Representatives, Howell Cobb, John II Lumi^ 111 Sea lioni Jones, should have forgotten the w*l*‘ cl , )Q the character of our people so far as to Ist emfi-’ ■ th** disreputable conduct of traducing the charter f an old soldier who had perilled lus Ufa on six h& r ‘* ****’ fields m behalf of his country. “ And while we give to the President our cow ,nrt of every lues sura adopted for a vigofo®* preesiun of our unqualified disapprof*suon <4 ** duct, in inviting said itcmuttuig the return *t f 1 *ml blood-thirsty Santa A nun t<> Menu**7 we tactions, and to lead her umiies to Iwittie. 1,1 have no feats lor our soldiery, though opi***’