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JOURNAL & MESSENGER. S. T CHAPMAN 4 S. RQ3K. Bnirons. TIME’S CHANGES. I saw Vis-r once—so freshly fair. That like a blossom just unfolding, Shu open'd to Life's cloudless uir, And Nature jov’d to view its moulding ; Her smile, it haunts my memory yet— Her eheek'* fine hue divinely glowing— Her rosebud inouili—her eyee ofjel— Around on ell her light bestowing. Oh ’ who could look oil such a form, So nobly life, so solilv tender. And dnrklv dream that earthly storm Should dim such sweet, delicious splendor 7 For in her mein, and in her face. An 1 in her young steps’ fairy lightness. Nought could the raptur'd gazer truce But Beamy's glow, and Pleasure s hnghtnrse I saw her twice—an altered charm— But stillnf mag e richest rarest, Tliao gidhnod’s talisman less warm. Thr.no i yet of earthly sights the lairest; Upon hei breast she held a child. The very in.age ol its mother; Which ever to le-r smiling smiled, They scorned'live hut in each other; But matron ernes, or lurking woe. Her tho ightiess. sinless look. hail banian u, And from her civ . ‘he roseate glow 01 givlh'io I's balmy morn had vnmsli and ; Within her eye, upon her brow, Lav something softer, fonder, deeper. As ifin and true some vvion'd woe Had broke the Elysium of the sleeper. I saw her thrie- —Fate's dark decree Ih ueKturiTlr-nvstss),W-'J.s*raved her • As e'en my reveries portray'd her; The glow the glance had p-- ‘ 1 y. The sunahm. .a;;J the sparkling glitter; Still, though 1 noted pale decay. Tlv rntrosiiect wasscaiccly bitter; For in thi ir place a calmness dwelt. Sere - . . i sluing. soothing, holy ; In feeling .vhieh, the Vosoni felt Tnut cv ry loader nurth is tolly— A ■ ens'v -i “%-which is not grir A p'illreis— ,sos sunset sl-enm.ng— A in ry g ow on flower and lee Till eaith looks like a landscape dreaming. A last time—anil unmoved si c lay, Beyond lile’s dim, u certain river, A glorious iru old ot lulling clay. Front whence the spark had fled f never. I gazed— nv breast was like to hurst— And os 1 thought of years disparted, Tlv years wherein 1 saw her itret, When she a girl, wa9 lightsome-hearttd: And when 1 mus’d on later days. As moved she in her matron duty, A happy mother, in the blaze Os ripen'd hope,and sunny beauty— I tell the chill—l turned aside— Bleak Desolation's cloud came o’er me— And Being seem’d a troubled tide, Whose wrecks in darkness swum Ivforr me ‘ “ The following linos are from PereivnPs Cla.*wic MHodie*. Thov nr* in the Anapertif iiMnsnro, niter the manner nfTvrlinu. apfiroprinte 10 the patriotic ele gy, and nre found in n volume of his poems published in 1543. The author is regarded by ninny of our la st scholars as having been more successful than any Amer ican writer, living or dead, in his imitations ot the an . mt classics. At this time (remarks the Philadelphia American it Gazette,) those lines possess a poeuliat in terest, from the apposite ness to the obsequies in honor at the remains of Ringgold, Clay, Lincoln and the many brave youth, reclaimed hv mourning friends from hostile lands, to give them a lust resting place in their natal soil. Hut for the fact that the poet meant to commemo rate those who fell, in the defence of their own homes, these versos would seem to h ive been prepared express ly for the melancholy occasion referred to.” In the silence of night, and in solemn array, l*y the glim mer of torches is wheeling Majestic, the funeral train, on its way, and its music is plaintively stealing— Is plaintively stealing, in echoes afar, awaking emo tions of sorrow ; It mourns, how the youth march to-day to the war but return to ns never to-morrow. Spear and buckler secured, slow die army moves on, its standards and banners low trailing ; Not a shout now is heard for the victory won ; all is hushed, but the flute Roftly wailing. Light and still glide their steps, and m unison all attun ed to their solemn emotion ; One flint hollow murmur is heard at each foil like the far echoed roar of the ocean. Home, in urns, tli*v nre hearing the bust of the dead, dark veils Vr eech uni tow iVr/jr-inllim low sacred the relics of those who have bled, lor hearth and for altar contending. Not a trophy they rear, till they lay in the tomb the ashes that sleep there in glory— Till their piesris nre sung : and the words that illume transmit their proud record to story. So on through the streets cf the city they move, and th* old and the young there attend them They meet them with greetings, of sorrow and love— fondly welcome the brave who defend them And they wept from their hearts, ns each urn passed by, a child or a parent enclosing As ho left them, hs patriot fosom leat high; now in ! death he is darkly reposing. Power of eut eve Whoever understands tvs own interests, and is pleas ed with the bcamifui rather than the del. ined, will be careful’ )cherish the virtu of gentleness It requires but a slight knowledge of human nature to convince us | that much oi out happinesb in hie must depend upon ( the cultivation of thi3 viitue. (lentieih-sh will assist its possessor in all his lawful undertakings; it will often make him successful when nothing else could. It is exceedingly lovely and attractive in appearance: it wins the beaits ot oil; it is -vn strong.-: than argu ment, and oftt n prevails when that w ut I l e powerless and ineffectual; it shows that a man <■ n pi: n brill* upon h s pawio-c, that he isatove the ig u-bie v.dgai. vnose charact riptic p to sto tn and rage l.k. the trou bled ocean, at every little adversity and dis ppoint inent that crora*s tlu.r path It mows that he can soar uway into the hiighl utinosphen* of gool feeling, and live in a contimv! sunshine, when nil around him j are, like maniocs, the sport of their own pnwions. Qwprn CanTe nnd hor S|h>iim>. A correspondent ofthcCoonei dcnEt.i Unis ti lls an an?c lte j.‘Q ieen V.cto~:n an l lv*r spouse, wh ch lay be taker*, rs n illustration ts the domestic man iem of the Jour, or the invention ol th'* Court domra ica, a** the loader chooses. The royal hushnnd mv.ted to a tele received permission to go. on condition that nc would return by midnight but having lot the fhti ujur pis th * Prince found on his return, the door ol the apartment which he and hia royal aj*ous occupy dosed against him—lie calls—no answer He the same silence. At last, impatient, he remounts hia carriage Bnd drives to the castle or Clermont, where he yoes to bed and eiceps the steep of the just man Awa .ing in the morning he his the Duke of Wellington •ailed to him, to whom he says,—■•* My lord, 1 pray your grace to see the Queen on my behalf, and sav that 1 relish these pleaaantriea very little. She is Quern I know it— nth! I, in public, am but the least of her sub t*eta; but I claim to be King m my own bed-chamber, uid and that displeases her, 1 start for the Continent.” Hie story com nines that the Queen, alarmed at the m-asage, Started forthwith tir Clermont, and that the entente cwdm/was re-established. In allusion t the tittle incident, Prince Albert gets the credit at the French (’our*, ol Ining worth “ hull a crown a day, uud a sovereign at night. Process of Coming Gold* The process of coining gold is very accuratt ly yet succinctly described in a recent letter in the Boston Fort We condense the description as follows -The miner* have lo grind the gold rock line, keeping it wet constancy, and mit bccoinev fine, it wushes off. IVy hive a hard kind of stone for grinding They then mix ,uick*ilver with it, and that collect* the gold dust his washed out, dried, and goes through some kind ot u testing proce,* The gold dust is then usually sold to the superintendent ol the mint Sometime* the miners ralt the dust und cast it into a bar before offering it at the mint. To find the value, each parcel has to ne as sayed The assaying is the most eunoua and nciemilic of all the busmen >n tl* mint The meiter* take the gold dust, melt it, and csst it into a bur. when it is weighed accurately, and a piece is cut oil'lor the uMayer He takes it, melts it with twice ns weight of ilver, hi id neverul times iu weight of lead It is melted in some m.ali cups made ol bone-ash***, which u\mv)m all the •ead, when u large part of the sdver is extracted by an other proc w, and the uample is then toiled out to a thin y having,coiled up and putui a sort id i>\nm vial called a nattreHS, along with some nitric and The mattress *‘re |Hit on a furnace and the acid is boiled some lime’ toured oil, anew supple put in. and hilled again This s done several time* ull the acid ha* extracted all die ilver and other mineral sulwtance*. leaving the unpj* .ure gold. Th** sample is then weighed, and hy he dd .erence between the weight before assaying and after •**e true value is tound. The Bold alter it lias lmen *ayeti.is melted, refined, md being mixed with its lue pvo|MMiiou of alloy, (equal part of silver and copper) • drawn mui longstrips, in shape not unlike an iron ia#p for a cask : the round pieces cut out with a sort ol aneb each piece weighed, ami brought to the right rise ♦ a file. It lo** heavy, when it is milled, or the edge i*. .in I put into a sumping proas, wtiMice it come* wthu perfect cm,bearing the endorsement of “U 8 H Char /.re Newt “Vcw-OrlcHiis, n it is mid wit*.* Under this caption. the editor of the New-Orleatu ulng Mercury write* as follows: tun Nrw-Orlenns presented the as I *rt ot Hfciwerful and populous rity. ||er street* were rort*ted with tiie native ol every Bute in the Union .nd of If with uimds intern , *ii n* seeds ol W*ttuiie th** v wre shout to sow, and !d mi!?.™* 1 ‘H K '?| *'**"* “ f ,lM ‘ ,r . *JjT Meehamo and the artist, the man oi trade and t|r nnui id mil were all busy in thefr re along Chtftrea ard Royal atrrets,and the gto . *ou§<Mof our Houtbsrn Rhine illuminated the azure < % nap vof it* lavon te land—glittered ‘hrmigh the tree tops and danced in every stream. The levees were filled with the rich productions ol teeming valleys that had been born on the internal war rs of onr country to this great mart of commerce, to be again wait, and on the broad bosom of tlv Mississippi to the Ocean, and from thence through every sea, and to every snore where our banner floats or the American tmnio The gallant stripling and the powerful uihii from rv, ry village-town and city of tlv great g.n.l were congn k •>- ed fa-re for tlv purpose of carrying the baimeua a i f arms of Uieircoutury through ta-ids ol peril and I g ry. The example'of then fellow-citizens was before them for gallant soldiers, who had placed th. aur 1 wreath on the brow of their countiy.were around li-. ii, and pointed to the bottle* Uiey had won he .111- trioua and enterprising citizens of every fc ‘ 1. ’ , ‘ through our city, leaving kindred nssociations and the security of private life, to be the pioneers in th<u u march of civilization, and to make the echorrs o the I n mitivc (meat answer to the sturdy strokes a t.u tool * r its existence Tin y also had an example before then,. and were determined ,0 have „ alter,.as it has le ; „ heretofore, that lie who built the squatters hut ui in wilderness lived to In* Mayor of the city that round him. But wh.it a changed aspect ,\. w-Orlean nw presents!—herstri-etsare almost silent, her public places are deserted ; beauty and laslnon, tlv meicliai'l and the mechanic,have all flown , and even thy vagnr.itr, whose noses, which hung like I sign I'oaid before h groggery, were familiar to the city pedestrtun, have also flown, God knows whither. ♦I A t A , tiia. WEDNESDAY, SETT’K. I, 1H47, FOB PRESIDENT, GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR. I'Hi mrvcmvn GKN. DUNJiAN L. C LINCH. To Post masters and Subscribers. We have omitted to notice the charge of one of tS Post Office regulations, which is explained in the fol lowing statement of the National Intelligencer of th* 7th inst: On vi 1 after Saturday last (31 p*t July) postnwstciß were prohibited from forwarding subscriptions for pub lic journals, as they have been in the habit of doing for n long time past, the regulations which conferred thi* privilege having been rescinded. HereafterpernonHde siring to subscribe, or to renew their subscriptions to newspapers, must enclose the money in a letter. The postage under the new low is very trifling to each indi vidual suliscriber. The Cotton Worm. Binee our last, wr have learned upon the very best authority, that th<* Roll Worm h*s nr*de its appearance in the low lands and is making sad havoc ntyo i<r the cotton. Planters who ten days since, thought they had a fi ie p-ospect for an average yield, now would so- per fectly sntiefi *d to he insured two-thirds, or even half the usual crop. In addition to the ravages of th° Roll Worm, we understand that the;e is a small fly which pttnol’tr ike y • for him . r*:itisiM*T the nt ) Ot) *n pr ‘- maturely. As the cr* pis come two in-‘ks shod, ris feared by some that the desttuetion wih be almost com plete. Tall ( urn. There is now in < ur office, n specimen of a corn stalk taken from the pinntation of Mr. Rylander, in the Octnulgee bottom near the city, containing two good ears of com, the first being eleren, and the second twelve feet from the root. How high it grew beyond th** ears we know not, as it is reported some mischievous ‘ boy ciimed it, pulled the fodder and cut the top off tor a Jinking pole ! Seriously however, as anevidance of the | productiveness of the Ocmulgee land it is worth looking at, especially as we are informed that in the field i whence it was taken there are, as the “razor strop man would say, a Jew more of the name sortie ft. The Southern Presbyterian. We have received the first number of the above pa- published at the office ol the Southern Recorder, MUlidgeville, and edited by the Rev. Washington Baird. It is neatly printed upon a super royal sheet, and is filled with interesting general and religous mat ter. Mr. Baird is n ripe scholar, and an able and rca- J dy writer, and we take pleasure in commending his; paper 10 tnr eouihrni l*,v.A. T . U—. !,, r| v . • present geographical divisions of the Church, it is im portant that they should hav* an organ that is not only J round on the subject ol slavery, but that will defend our j institutions against the assaults of northern fanatics j From our long and intimate personal acquaintance with j Mr Baird, we feel confident that he will sustain th'* j enterprise with distinguished ability. The Georgia Almanac. We are indebted to Charles E. Grenville, Esq., of l Augusta fora copy of the Georgia Almanac for IHIM. The astronomical and other calculations are by that old and well known Almanac maker Robert Grier, Esq. .of Butts County, which is of course a sufficient guarantee for their accuracy. Mr. Grenville has also compiled and published in the AWr.onac much useful stalist en information which will be found convenient for daily rrfrrence. The )l iwofee Kaiirna*l. By a private letter from New York of the 10th List the Editors of the Savannah Republican learns that the Wall-street proprietors of the Macon & Weston Rad road have made their arrangement to run from Barnes vdle to the Flint River, leaving the connexion from that point to the people of Columbus. Messrs. Cooper A Stroup will, it is said, furnish the rail at seventy-five dollars per ton, and take a projKirti nos the stock it payment. Portraits of Geu* Taylor* We deem it our duty to warn our readers against pur chasing too readily any of the likenessrs of the hero ol th'* M “xienn war. Gt*n Ta ymir's fare is no common one and cannot, it is said, be deliniated by any but u master artist. All the attempts thus far made, even in c'udivg that of Mr Atwood, have been perfect failures and the a Hedged endorsement of th**ir correctness by persona who profees to be intimate with him. are eith* - forgeries or manufactured purposely to gull the people The Editor of the New Orleans Delta, a gentleman o evi dent taste, in speaking of Mr At wood*s attempt aay* ‘ We have seen the obi hero a thousand times and in a thousand different situs lions, and we never yet ss%n upon his bild, slirewd, benevolent fee*, anything lik’ the imbecile, common-plac’- this portrait.’ Let tin* people then In*ware how the) waste thei money in pu.chrising ol “Old Rough and! R.aJy,” The (teorgla Iloys in >1 -vino. It will He seen from the particulars of Mexican new copied into another part ot thin paper, that the inagn.fi cent ••avnlry eoipM iroiu Newton county, under coin* in and of Capt Loyal*. Inve already distinguieed them •elvea in action, having in a *.n<U charge killed aume twenty Jite Mexicans. Tin* a just what might have j been expected both from tlie character of the corps and [ of up commander, who by the way. is a perfect lac ami J A/e of Old Hickory in every thing except his polite* Unfortu mtely he is said to be one of those poor, imfor i tunate Mexican Whigawhoare accused by Mr P.lk, | Col. Towns and other Democratic leaders, ofalford- I tag “aid and comfort” to the enemy. Well, perhaps some of these Mexican Whirrs may yet be permitted I |lm’ atnvtular pleasure of capturing and returning to these | gentleman their |Htrtieuiar Irictid 2<axta Anna. The houtli.westeiii l(<u bond. We err pleased to refer to the active mriwuircr now I in operatian lor the iintnedinle orgsnuntion of tins Com • j pany By the advertisement of Mr Alkxantif.r in this j day’s jwper, it appears thnt th* Board of Loaimkuioneiv, of which lie i. Chairman, Imvr resolved to rail in the subscription list by the 90th of the present month. We need not say to tln*se in the South western counties who are interest'd in the enurpriw, that prompt and ihioided action is nil important The Stock* holders who now sulsM'htM will have a voice not only | h the selection ofdirertora, but also ingoing direction to the route ‘Hie people of Macon Sumter, M *rum,, H(rw*rl nn.l ,Mu*c< nrr cpratiSly iutcp-Htci It rwnaim* to hr dctr-nniiiod what rourw- *urll l * [tiin'U'J, whether tlie work will (• pn-arii l.rwjrJ durct, or bo diverged westward *o m, to . cure a connexion with Columliu*, and pcrh,.|. with Kuluuia, Alabama Tit people of Colombo* will duuiMknw .• tout it tfto Uon.l i carried to Lnnnulin**... or wur other couveL.cnl point in Kt. wart county, tlw, will have it m ilwir|>* cr, tcilh Ihr outlay of a r •injmiatirely email turn, to connect with both the Atlantic and tin ( toll by Uni-j way.arid at the same turn *.*. ui. to theme, .tree p> riM “ally, thi’ trade “i tlre count!, n lying north. < ael and Wat >f Mmrcogi-e Throe are odvnirlagt-* lit wiuch thru will u| courec aven themmrlvf* at orn e Tire val ue ol property in Mac ’ll .Sutnur, Marion and Stewart will ol eoitrar be more or leae aif ch.d by the rout.- wit cn the Road pursue*; the real erevtr boid.n ought there fore, to move at once, in order to control that matter. The same remarks are equally true of the counties of Randolph, Early, Lee and Baker. If was therefore *.vdl *oid at the Fort Valley meeting, that “ whatever the people intend to do uwt be done at once .” Houston , county has nobly responded. We feel confident from j the character of the men who were present and the in terest manifested at the Fort Valley meeting, that tlv* ; people of Houston will raise One Hundred Thousand ; Dollars for the work. If they who arc so near a mark et can do thus much, wlr i ought w<* not to expect from | tin* wealthy landholders in the more distant counties? — We take pleasure instating that such is th* satisfactory | state of public feeling on the subject, that the Commis- j siom rs have employed an efficient corps of Engineers | under Mr. Holcomb, to make the preliminary survey Mr. H. is now in this city and will enter upon his duties m a few days. We now feci confident that the Road ; will he made—the intrinsic merits of the project and the heavy interests involved, will insure such a result—pro vided the counties I will only assume prompt ly th*ir part oftlie burthen. < 01. It uimi ittifl ben. Clinch. In their fiery zeal and desperation certain of the lead in;! Democrats have been itidutroiily circulating in this region and in the upper portions of th** Stale, that Hoi. Kenan, had declared hhnself opposed to General | ( i,in< hin consequence of certain charges made against the latter, growing out of his connect ; >n with the St. Mary’s Bank lu rasq <•e< of this report, Mr O Saltmarsh. f this c.iyat the request of several Whigs. 111 I rested Hoi. Kf.nan a brief note asking ifthesnte mritts were true. The subjoined letter wh : eh has been nnnncci io ireio’pirmn;nr A j . , MIELEDGEV-LLE Aror*T‘M. HI7 My J)-ar S'r :—You *n • r ’v*-e my tmth in the report which is currency c <• il ■! I in your commu nity, of my having abandoned th-* cau a e of Gen. Clinch an 1 cotne out openly afninsthim, &e Sfnng'* ques t-on thi*. t > o>k n 1 V-'ig and personal I intimate friend of G*n Clinch! No enrreney of wily muior, My dear Sir. could be more spr.riou- —\< ot- feels more interest in hie nec lino I. on ! need additional incentive, would bund in t’le un fair and unctindicl efforts tostrun h’s well earned repu tation by unjust alliiMiona to Isis acta while connected with the St. Mary’s Bank Very respectfully, y*mrf iend, A II KENAN. To O. Saltmarsii. It is scarcely necessary to accompanv the foregoing 1 frank and manly note of Col. Ks an w ith any *einarks. further than t warn ou*- Whig friends in mg-,rd tosim ilar reports louching other members of the Whig party. Only he other day. while in Cherokee, we heard it stat ed tl'* t the CE r k of the f*u Court. Robt. E. Mar tin, l>q.. had siti*l th t <en. Clinch would not get his party v te H tlv* Middle nnl South-western coun ti**s. TVe staled then, whet w • now repeat, that wehe ii v- I gr.* tm u t : ee h*d been done to Mr Mart n— th**t h- was too w.! nf mi* f .„, t K.. thor n st.'it uiionr w-*ui(i b fdw> in fret, and th'*f lie w s a gen tlun n n of too much honor ev nto gve counte.nonee to a story which was not strictly true We mention these facts to sh'*v the n'iworthy means resorted to by some of the friends o f ’t Towns, in or der to operate upon public opinion in the upper counties. We have yt to learn of the first Whig vote which Gen. Clinch will lose, ami we know many, very many, Dem orrnts who are disgusted with the unmanly and disrep utable policy of certain Democratic precis, who arc tired and sick of Democratic wastefulness, and who art resolved to give a cordial support to the gallant old far mer and patriot. G**n Clinch. The very fact that the Democrat-tare endeavouring to find out some recusant Whig, proves that they nre aware of their own weak ness and are alarmed at the distracted and dismember ed condition of their own party. Like the affrighted boy in the grave yard, th*-y have found it necessary to whistle in order to keep their courage up. Mr. Towns ami Direct Taxation. We wish to ask Mr Towns, distinctly, how he pro poses to pay the enormous public debt which hits been already accumulated by Mr Polk and the Congrew of which Mr. Towns was a member? It is already con wL<i .1,0 nvjwmcpanfYiw u-nr nml of the Govern ment up to the commencement of the next year. H4S, will he about One hundred and Thirty-fire Millions of Dollars! The receipts for the same period will be alnut Forty-right Millions, leaving a PUBLIC ef.rt of Eighty-seven Millions as a Democratic legacy! Deduct from this enormous sum the amount of 15,000,- 000 and 23.000,000, the loans already authorized and ob tained, and there still will remain to he paid the snug little sum of Forty-nine millions of the Polk and Towns debt. Now how will Mr. Towns provide for the pay ment of this money ? Will he go for an increase of the Tariff and a tax upon tea andccoffe r,—<>r, will lie favor direct taxation ? He has been aiding Mr Polk in his financial policy, and he has recently endorsed cv**ry act of the national administration. Now.before he aspires to tnk’ charge of the finances of Georgia, we call upon him to explain how lie ond Mr. Polk intend to provide 1 for the enormous Democratic debt of Eighty seven mil lions l Mr Towns seems to legislate upon the princi ple that a public debt is a public I enefit and that taxing the people to pay a iVmocrstic debt, is legitimate and proper. Now, if Mr Towns and Vr Polk,could in one year and a half create anr tv.mil debt of Eighty seven Millions, how long would it require this great Democratic financier to bankrupt the State of Georgia and destroy her credit l These a e q testions which not only the Whigs, but tin- thinking, tnxp ‘yirg D-m oents of Georgia ought to reflect upon before they vol .or Col. T >wns. They have refuse l Dr-nut him t i Congress from his own District, because ofh* Firm, ful o<*g!e t ol dutv in I his recklessness of hinised and friends in increns eg the national debt. \Y th what reason then can they L i, mn the keys of th<* Suit* Treasuy, efp**cinl!y. whci j -bey have ho recently felt the bu;th u ind the sting , lankruptcv brought übout y Democratic mismaii g icnt l Let pru.lei t men answer. Mr. Toubi uni Nouiiern ImtituHons. We thank our neighbor of the Telegraph especially for calling our attention to the reia*'. e reliability of th. two candidates for Governor, in r. ;*:rd to *• u soutiu* institutions. It has caused u- to U. k into the mattu uid to ascertain tint Mr. Towns is , ally urn I prop, *l - upon iluit vety point In il fitsi p!m- •. i appears that whil- n member id C< g -* on j. p a . , occasion, he ruled for the admiaeutu ot .1 ohti n /*.• In tone, i.tid that even during the iita Cong ess, he tlqdx ed ,iim usual, i*l l**st on one *c *asion, when the vote wu taken on ih • Wit.aoT Priviso, a* uie.ujed mtheOiv 4011 Terrt rial Bill We weie under the iinpretwiHi. ih it Mr iow.Ni hoi voted in oppuaitioti to tlieotlu-i ii iiiocnt e uteiuU*r* of Congress from Georgia upo Uih question ; hut ace*>rdi:ig to the record, whic tli* been npp •d< and to by the Bavannah tiep* dices, th fact appears otherwise , it was not till |,547 that la ,! made up his m ini to stand up fully for south* n n^n* I Will tlie friends ol Mr Towns bt gx>d euoug 11., g. v | us tome excus-j for his absence 011 tne Cib 01 August. ,! when a question of auch vitil itnpo unce to his cun*tit , u *nts aa the Wtltnot Proviso, was betorc the House 01 ,| Represents 1 ivos ( it h n *giected the puMiq uuerest** 1 then, what security have wc that he will not do so again. 1 j the moment his own pleasure or h n own interests ! prompt him to that curse f Mr. Towns cau well af ford to denounce ihn Proviso in Georgia, w.u re he will knows that every man, woman and child are in favor of the position he assumes; but the people want some oth er evidrnoc of his sincerity than his vote 111 favor of rr eeivmg Abolition petitions, his skillful dodging of the Wilmot Proviso vote, or hi* unequivocal approval of 1 Mr. Polk’s administration, when one of the prominent 1 ucls of dmt g otleman w is the Hpj*oiutm *nt of Vlu* os Morton, the notorious Abohtmniat, to in offiei m the ! ; pla*i‘ of a (■ rsoasl fra nd ol.hdm ( , Calhoun! The people ..I Georgia will not liirgrt that Mr T .waa |ia now candidate, arching the mifhngc* id auuihenr im n Tint bin citcuinwamuw have been entirely ehaoged amor he played tin- Artful Dmlger in Waeli ontton I iiat he win, then piobaidy an exprrtttHt ot Federal fcroar, and did not w.eh to anew nnli-eiui ry “Pl"Stk! I.'ii Unit now, bring a candidate, b-g ----gmg pubiin'ly u(/>n the atump lor vol bur violence a> j mreiurly m pmpnriioit to hie lortner lukewarmncm. Aa to l,ell. I ‘hitch, tie people know him to he a man ol tiinineee—a nun fqoal to any cum, and j to that which tie’ Ttlrtruph anticipate* it, regard to our peculiar nMiluinaia The in on-at that “'inject ia j touched, we want a man ol iron nerve, ol .tubbom wilt I aii.l uuwsvermg I i"im.notion •ih le'l.n ol State |, |l'ol T'.waani'h u gentleman! Hava not hia pa.i vaarrilauone, liia rvaatonaof rrepntr.rbili.y, hieperpelai | I Trdgieye, ptuved tlrat he I’ieka thoae qn.i.ti aliofi , I ‘vltteh l” *” etaetitml hir nn-h a po*t I Go th* .eo.pl I look tit the brlcl htatory hie e n>gr. , **iituu| nrer, t I mother pun ol tin* paper, and anawer tiro. q e vtlou to | til.- polia. Our netchb ,r ofth Ttlfj-of I, V, |e pl-aha* rru l : - ] to most of the c!i ug *s wh.e.l w made against lus party last week has made a iimsi unfortunate allusion ton Wilmot Tarty in Georgia. It ?• hup]iens that llu only m n mGeorg.it w.io haw ver voted for the \vil mot proviso, were M f-.s. l - i.b, Ei mfkin and Joms, the {Kiliticai fra n i ii ass.r -les ol Ixitli th’’ Editor of the Telegraph au. I CoJ v T “■•• r. F -w, ns Mr. Com w. l * the leading spirit ot the iut • D mociaiic Conv.-u ----tion, we take it for granted that his course upon that subject was sanctioned by dm Convention. Mr Towns has sppnw *,l j'-tMicly oi the entire proceeding of tlv* Convention, and therefore in tie- tTinlnid beurc of the Wilmot party in (ieorgis. How then can h* be longer sustained by the exclusive friends * I the H iih We arc fully of the opinion thnt our in gnbor i tin Telegraph wiil nt once, and for v ry consistency s sake, abandon both Col. Towns and his Wilmot trio. becausi* of their “ timorous, shrinking ptAicy,” and be cause of ’ their want of courage and patriotism” in not meeting their Wilmot allies ol the North as ‘'incnoueht to have met them.” Win upon the SoNlie The Democratic organs are manifesting their tra j feelings,by their uucerein >nious a! uk- oi th-* very meo ; who have he -n figiiting their battles. Gen Taylor, j Gen. Clinch, ('apt. Bird, and (dipt Sar.ent, hav* | nil come in for a full share of opprobrium I.ike Gen j Harrison, tlvy are men who have not entitled them selves to any favor at the hands of tlv* people—they have punctually received theft- pay,and therefore, in th language of Gen. Twiuos, Copied and approved in the Savannah Georgian, iiiuf, c.y quits Wiiat most as tonishes u* is, tb it state ip -<>H iik • th *s • should meet ; tiic opprov and of the present E litor of the Georgian, tmus'Ni rec • 1111> in nt** rv>( >. his countrv We still , t u*t there .u ist t soiu-* mistake about the matter. It cannot lx.* that he prvsu; i- tint tliemn. hundred G--or g a.iswiio w.thh.m cros.-r*.l the Chatuiiioochee some i s xteen in out hi ago, were prompt -d only by mercenary , Cx'us.demtions. It canmt be that he supposed the brave in :i and giilaut office:.* vhom h • c mi.nanded, did not lo- k beyond their pay to dial reward which is peculiar ly the soldiers Had sue . been th fir feeling, they would | not so quietly have submitted to the exposuie.the toil i and privations of the c inp and tlv* ti Though it , was not their lot to gitEr such laurels a a were won by th-hrav - Miwippiansau 1 otln-rs wdio taught at Monte r y a:i I Ba.-na Vista, - il their sufl’-rings w. re not the , less severe, their discipline not less pe.tect, nor their ma.ctiesand watches Ess painful. If it was not their ! fate to meet the foe, who will say that on thnt nccoiru they deserve teat ol the gratitude and thanks of their ! fellow Citizens For ourselves, we are sle w to oel.eve t'uit th p pie of this co.. try wdl sauc ion sue.ii -se iti iiiems. ih y win n’waio, ..ot only those wlio have served them, but cu i those who nav<* inaiuiestea a deposition to do ho Th- s- rein irks have been induced by tiohcmg certain charges against Cupt. Harrison J Sargent, of the late Georgia Regun-*nt. Capt. S. was a worthy and efficient offic r, an 1 against him no breath of slander, :io sound of rep ooch, was heard u nil lie c nsented to become the Whig candidate tor S -unto, .a ins district. Th.m it was at one.* discovered t mt he had joined the company from improper motives— in other words, tor the mere pecuniary consideration ■poken of by Gen Twiggs. It is in vain that his com panions in arms declare that he was averse to the re ceiving of the appointment, and sought u nvud us cares and responsibilities. It is m vam that t.-y and - he begged the company to reconsider ih. ir decis ion and give the Captaincy lo someone more experi enced and more competent. The blood hounds of party, as in the case of Gen. Clinch, next charge him with pocketing the money raised to equip his men, and when the brave men who accompanied him through the whole campaign rush for ward and brand the propagators of the charge with false hood, they are coolly told on good Democratic authority’, that no matter how pure and spotless the character of the soldier—no matter what his services, his toils or his sufferings—no matter how elevated his patriotism, he had his filthy lucre doled out to him from the treasury and must expect nothing else from his follow citizens He must hu nbly y “quits” and gve place to the par ty hack or th c *s* icau polit can who has served his country at h pair l Fie upon such doctrines. They m:gin pass in a po.it.cial pot house, but they can never be sanctioned by the free in uof Pike, of Monroe, of th** State urcreorgM, or nrrrv tmton m large. Another General sent to Mexico. Mr. Folk aeeniH to persist in ml and comfort” to the Mexican*. Finding that Santa Anna c ,i vv lup neither Scott nor Taylor lie has conclu . and to * :id home Gen. Paredes to “conquer a peace” The p rea dout it was given out hid stationed agents in Furrqieto watch the movement-,* and the Ex-President of Mexico and arch enemy of the United States. They appear like Col. Towns to have been dodging or to have gone a sleep and allowed him to eseajw from Paris without giving any alarm When he arrived at Ilavanna and his actual intentions were known to another of Mr Polks agents, the Amu lean Consul, we find him delib erately sitting down to writ** a note by regular coarse I of mail instead of despatching a special courier, who could have communicated the news mid secured the arrest of Pareoks the moment he set foot upon Mexi can soil Really it would seem as if the ” three mil lionwere operating both ways. Paredes, though the enemy of ftanta Anna, is said to la* still* more the enemy of pence, an 10l the United States. His return at this moment has doubtless been arranged hy the war party in M xico who nr avowedly su-picious of Santa Anna, and who are irr ify in need of just such a lead er an Pareien. He is n bold, brave and skillfull gen eral : a wileypartiz.au, .a powerful diaplnmatist, and i.s fo*s s m r ■ personal infl i • ie *th in any in in in Mexico II < r*t irn th *r so r w I \i ohnS’y p it ail **ii I to all pros ’ pectsofau ear'y peae**, especially if h- should arrive at Mex'co b .ore it: ills into th** hands<f the army under O n Sarr it is said that he was : in*vl immediately i o i quitting Vera Cruz, an I escorted directly tothecap :t *1 by a band of mine three or four hundred uu<n‘illu* . He expected to rea !i Mexico on th • 17th or H?h by ex , trnordinary express, hut n*he did not lam! til the 14th i and as the distance is sour* 3ty> miles it is probable that he arrived just in time to *ce the city in the hinds of the A nertcans. an I the Mexican Army scntt*red to the ! four wills Tl is is our only hop* Bit even that is n ’ flint on-, as his arrival would even then h* opportune; | for he may sticeee lin collecting th • hr*k *n fng>n'Mit* of j the de bated army, rallying them nt *om * other point, I aritf st II furth*r prolonging the strif*. Weil, w e pTsii,lie that father Ri’chie will in tlv rr.se | ofJUnta Anna, contend that the return of Pun.jn: s j a masterly str* ke of policy, on th pair < i M• J’o.g - We p esuuie that the patty leaden* w h ndniin* ill w - • doni of the Prrsi lent, uud that Mr. Towns, th** Urm* ’ ocratic candidate for G>venw*r in Georgia will cntin | tinae to approve and sanction every measure and every j ret of the a huiniatratior—this among the real. It will polinps enable Mr P**lx and Mr. Towns and heii Irien ‘* to squander another hundred miliums of the people s money upon their political associate*—it will prolong the war and enable the politician* a little longer to subsist upon the hjmhlb of party victories at home. Really however it would ac'.m to b* quae tunc for the peop.c to uwake to the character of the p: s. r> j govemuicnt and its sopporwra. It they wodi u bt oy the admintatration kt Uiem begin u.mmi its apoloj.su ’ at home. The IVi|u tii.il Dodger* Tlie Unnocratic noimii *e Ims ccrta nly rumed f.r htinsel! the tale,not ofth- “uitful” but” I’m. i-ervet ual KWiR. His political history mty K* given m thrn* word*. He has done little fv>ules dodge, ravtu.K, UODtiK Like the lrislimun* H'-a/ I* you put your [ fiug’T on him he ts not. there “ It w.* putsii’ him in I Congress, Mild hold him t * the reenr !, we will li t ! him voting regularly qpoii all minor q i stions where but link* respmisibiUty is involved, hat t‘i • ,n Mi*m h • is re tpiiredui nsk his pupa srity, u• ii /* I w i:i a mou wonderful ail'vtio i lor si.ne per-* *.i, or s>uu • place out- ! ■id** the lsr ot the 11-u’.ual al novt uaiku.u.y Inis to U* reported among the miasiny Oar Ir.end* l ’ • u Lie and iva.i.ia.i |{ pi .. j:i have gt.ur into a niima > uud nc • t.nte caieu.atun and ti id tlnai l ihough Mr. Towns did not tak h. ; it in tils firsts 1 sion nflat rorjress until ths ifitii of January, yet fa manag'd to doig* t*v yea* and noynonlg iSf TWO lII.NUHED NNl> SIXTY Fiv.i i.d j i, nng that s i.o'i Wuat a p.< tui <i oiiic n i.m umi•• - | Wfiiit a commentary upon the claim** of Mr Tuw.is i | ih’ Executive chair! U-t the propb 1 of th* Ante o.iiy | n**d tie. following result of tha examinttkiti of ihe J.mu i alsinidohy oor Irieudsof the fiepubAeunoxAmy it the) j will again cmiiide an unpoitant puhl.c interest t* one. who has UMif. rmlly dimvgnrifad h * pahllc trust The Blit or speaking of Mr. Tows* says “He only do 1I tiie tnitgnjictini qnet lions, wh c'i wen* hrloit the H.u ‘On th* iit'h.h* dodged th -vu on dr Apjo primtion Jor the. Improvement of the Sjrtnnoh Htoe, “On th • same day, he and • lfed th v.v nith • //ir.. U’lrf//irV M-'l “On the 2d of April, he dodged the vote on the Sub- Treasury Bill! -On the ISth of April, lie dodged the vote on th- R solution of Notice to Great Britain that the Joint Occupation of Oregon should cease. “On tlie 2Sth M y, he dodged the vote ‘on the (r *neral Appropriation Bill, which involved over four ; Mdlions of Dolhts. “On th f * Ifith July, Ii * dodged the vote on the Bill ap propriating money for th** pay of the Volunteers anil other Troops emp’oyed in the War with Mexico. ; Amount appropriated, twevlo millions dollars. ‘ (hi th** rth of August, the ()n*gon Bill being under , ii-vn.-;iioii. lir h- the vote on the following I dan***.c<mi:nouly calk'd d.e Wilmot Proviso! to wit j That neblv*r Slav ry nor involuntary pervitud** shall | exist in said Territory .” Immediately after, he voted I on a clause making a grnnt of Land to Martha Gray * < )n the 20th May he tlodged the vote on the increase of pay to the Volunteers “While the gentleman did not vote on the unimpor tant matters above refered to—he was ready to give vo*••** for adjournment even as early as 12 o’clock. We g'veafow samples; * (> iili<-22d May, lie voted to adjourn at 12 o'clock, a item laborious session of s: xty minutes. On the 18th May, lie voted against a resolution that the House should meet at 10 instead of II o'clock. On the 7th May, he voted against a resolution that C ongress should adjourn on th** 13th July. On the fith June he voted agianst a similar resolution. “On the23d May, the yeas an 1 nays were called re* pe<**t*d!y during the day, and in every instance Mr. Town f*d'idgad as usual, except when a resolution was again introiluc il that the House should meet at 10 in st-*ndol IGv’clock, and tlien he voted— No. •On tn ifitli \lmj- rh* evil of the alxsence of members had become so great, thut the attention ol the House was call*‘.i toit,nndo resolution introduced to the following • flct; that the speaker shall deduct eight dollars for every time any member fails to answer to the call of his name, unless his absence is caused by the sickness or hiinselfor family. “Here was a q i* stion aflecting Mr. Towns’ pay, and he ** toed the mark'’ like a man, voting against the Res olution. As he was absent from a call of yeas and nays only two hundred and sixty-five times, the deduction from liFs pay would have been only two thousand *>NE HUNDRED AND TWENTY DOLLARS. Fr< m the fith of March to the 7th May, tin* name oj Mr Towns does not tipper on the Journal of the House— an absence of over two months!!! “it w..i be reiiieinbeied that the above votes re ler to his faith ■u! attention to the public interests only at the first s s -on The li st* >. y ol tin* second presents some rqual j i eh m t rials, but the session <l 1836 reveals more l.n m nlou* tacts which will be shortly revealed to tin* asio itailed gaze ot the people ol Georgia.” 1,-! the reader alter he has attentively read the fore g nog als peruse another article upon tut* faithful ser ncesut Col. Towns in congress which we copy from the Southern Recorder and li- will then have a laint con *• option ol tin* dodging powers ot the Democratic nom inee. It would be u curious calculation lor someone compute the amount ol money Col. Towns pocketed lor eac l vote which he actually did give daring the last Congress. Ii would be indeed u round sum—enough to excite any mans aspirations toi public hie, especially ii he could enjoy its honoisan I emoluments as Col. T. •ins dom* w.thout its cares and responsibility s. Will t:i<- p vpfo oi G o g.;.—can they in justice to themselves, place one who :s so fickle, so t me serving, so faithless, in the Executive chair at a time when the destinies ot th state are to lx* determined, when her resources, her wealth and prosperity may though all time be effected by his neglect ol Ins public duties ? It is out ol tlw* question—they cannot do it. Important from Yura Inn. It is said that Guntimalannd Honduras have declared in favor ol Mexico and that a very extensive insurrec tion had taken place at Campeachy on the 15th and Merida on the Bth ult. and subsequently nt several other points.* The Indians were massscreing the whites in grent numbers and appeared resolved to gain entire pos session of the country. (ion. Pillow** I>ufences. Gen. Pillow declares, over h’s own signature, thnt he did not write the non sensical letter which was publish ed ns his by a committee in New Orleans. It appears that the committee supposed that they ought to have ui t such a le-ter from such a man, and therefore wrote and published it Bit he General thinks they mode as gn at ni sti.ke.as lu J.d at Ca nargo, wuen lie placed the ddeh on the wrung si so of the parapet, and conse quently, repudiates ho tli the letter and its sentiments. A Word to Tax Payers. The people of Georgia, who have spent thousands and hundreds ol thousands ol dollars to pay the debts contracted under the various Democratic administra tions. hu\e recently had n piectical illustration of the benign influences ot a Whig government. I'nder Gov ernor ( raw ford the faith, and honor, and credit of the Stat - have been restored, her currency has been appre ciated, and wealth and prosperity have succeeded tc bankiuptcy and disgrace. During Ins term of office, the most rigid system of economy has been practised, and the scattered assets and resources of the State have been converted into cash and appropriated to the liqui dation ol the public debt The State Railroad, former ly only an object of expense, has been gradually extend ed, and been so managed that it is now yielding an in come ot over seven thousand dollars per month ; and we think we may solely say, and reiy upon the records to prove the tact, thut by the expiration ol his present term, Governor Crawi <>rd will have paid off over one million oj the liabilities of the State! What a com mentary is this upon Whig principles and Whig man agement, and what a lesson to the people of the £tate in regard to the lutuie! As it has been in th** post, so will it beherealter. Ihe worst of all governiu *tits is a restoration government, and the election of Mr Towns would be nothing but a restoration of the prin ciples and the practices of his “ illustrious Democratic predecessors.” lfoing a mere partizan, he would, like them, regard e very official act with reference to its in fluence upon his party, and upon the question of his re election and the peipetuntion of his power This would oi course leud, as heretofore, to a free exercise of Ex eeut ve patronage, and a too free use ol the public tun.ls. We are indebted to the able Milledgeville correepon ,l'in o. the S van oili Rejtu iluun tor the following he*:* til regard to the contingent fond, which fall/ U l’ *.rut , ‘ lit* lor -40.114 view* II- snvs - For the political year Ito, SSO,W were appropria ted In Governor McDuttald oe a contiuitnt fund. (II thiahe spent gd.a 3.14 ti 7. “For the year Oil, #2O,(KM were appropriated to Governor .McDonald a* a contingent final. Ol this he spent # l‘J,l*2o SJ. “for the y*ar 1849, B'iO.OOO wert appropriated to Governor McDoiiaM as a contingent fund. Ol this he spent O'*. “ For the year I(M3, (10.(MNt were appropriated to Governor McDonald aa n coat.ng. nt lutid. Ol tlua he .pent tlw v. hole s 10,000, and utterditw from the ‘J .etisu y, without authority ol - law, $633 33. And in ald i ot! to this, 9 s,Out) vete appropnated by tlte Legia i ua.e of Hl3, to pay for continuent aneuragee due by it a administration, < very dollar of which waa drawn Irom the Trensury. “ t theae four year* then, of a Democratic Extern live Adiminetratum, 1840. ’ll. ‘42 and ’43- veure at great iluxi't* among the people on aivnunt ol tig- great pressure tdr money—we til id a IViii.a-ralic Klecutivi expending from me contingent hmd— lit,id placed as a aacred trust with him—fSl,l4l 4*l. ” Now mark the conlnun! “ For IHI4 $20,1)00 wer.’ n|i|>raprinted aa a contin- K’ trt fund to Governor 4'mwlbrd. Os tins, he spent $2,709 09. l or I Hr, $20,000 were np| ropnnte 1 as a contin ent hmd to Governor Crawlord Os this he (prat ‘ 914,731 fl) lor iHlti. SIO,IOO w.re appropriate,| aa a eontin p"t fond to Governor t iawlord Os this he sm-nt $4,203 34 “*” •h)- 1, three y. are. 1341,1)413 and H|fi,t| u aggre gltc a.nud eapt-nded |,y the present bixecutive, amounts only to $33,314 oh Showing it ddierence Is w en IVtttu exp - It’ ll’ “f th” c atting tit hind an,! th'iiiJi’iui.r, ol 4').” f'li I'le p . s',l. y-*ar the amount nppropro|irinte<l lor ■ h commgent hind m l -.taw The amount expend , is not yet known | but allowing that even the wltol. “i It should I lave been need the same able writer goes ‘ ‘t “ tiler ■ w.Hild I*• a .saving in the lout jraol $ lo.< J 7 40 —more than enough to pay all the ‘late sol Governor, Stale House oHicera, Judges and • “ ‘tots m the State lot the cuireut ycur ‘* I tit* in “it!y one ol the small evidence* of the reault Whig management and Whig cemony, Mr .otrnhxa leaa ugpericnce and Is. tact in the man- I men* r * noney matter.) than Governor Mi I’onxth, I *'hil* Gen. Clinch is known to be ;.s pm •. nt, as • • nomicsl and successful even, as the present Che Ma gist rate. The question, then, bo far ns th tax payers nre con c -med, resolves itself into one of dollar** and • ,*nts. It they wish to increase the public expenditu. es*, and i pr* y money which is to be squandered npou polit leal favorites, for the rpose of perpetnatinir party ascend ancy, l*i them support Mr. Towns. If. on the contra ry, they desire to get clear of \ u’llic debt and consequent taxation ;if th< y would have their till ;• honestly ami economically administered, lrt them rally around the standurd ol ‘ old Withlncoocheo,” and make him the successor ol the present excellent Chief Magistrate. Railroad Meeting at Fort YaHey, Houston ( omit y • The meeting ol the citizens of Fort Valley and vicin ity called lor the 25th inst., was organized by appointing j the Hon. F B. Strong, Chairman and VV.w .I A . eh .son, Secretary. The Chairman inn few brief hut ap ! proprint** remmks explained the object of the meeting to he to consider the ini|*ortance ol a Railroad commu nication from the city of Macon through South-western Georgia in th* direction of Pensacola, or some other ( equally elegible point upon the Gull ol Mexico, and to ascertain what amount of money could he raised ii aid ‘ of such an enterprise. Aiter dwelling lr some time • upon the ol Railroad emeipri-'’ in (Lorgia an I the highly favorable results which were now id out to | he realized by both the Stockholders and the co niuurn- , ty nt larg *, the Chairman rclerred to the importune *>• th* particular work in question, and introduced to th' 1 meeting R. R. < < yi.i k, ISeq.. President ot the ( ••■rtral , Company, who h** said had much practical experince in Railroad mnttoiv, and would more fully explain ilie ad vantages to be derived tiom die successful completion ot the South-western road. Mr. Cuvler. addressed the meeting nt l**ngth upon the importance of entering at once and earnestly, into such measures ns would insure the completion of th*’ work. He explained its relations to theoth**r Railroads ot the State, and showed thnt its construction wis ne cessary not only to the full development ol’our resources, but to the ultimate success ot* the great works already ; completed, and which were destine*! at no distant day to connect the great valley of the Mississippi with tin j Atlantic on the one hand and th<* Gu.f of Mexico **n the other. The Road, in hi-* opinion, wn- important not only as an outlet for the produce of South-w’esternGeorgia, but i ns a national undertaking The Government lias an extensive naval station nt Pensacola, with which it had no means of communication except ruound the distant Copes of Florida, ly a tedious overland route or by a scarcely less tedious journey down the Mississippi te New Orleans. Every article required for government use at that station could he obtained only at an enormous price. Il* need not remind those present of the im mense saving which would have been made to the gov ernment in the transportation of men and munitions of war during the past twelve months, had this Road been in existence. To say nothing ol tin* speedy receipt of news, this single consideration to the government, ghoul l in bice Congress to fevor the construction of the work in question. The people of Pensacola were anx ious t form s nne crn n '*xion of the kind—th**y had in vain scught one with Montgomery, Ala . ami now if we of Georgia would omy nr k • n suits..t • effort h** h and not a doubt but th** people of P “...’aei la \v .> ! ! ehang* tlieir route and s* *k an Atlantic out! *t .-tn applic ‘tam on | tlieir part to Cotignss for alternate s-cti •*< * t ‘i would doubtless h** fiicc* and a g.-ai t * f tlr t kin i would enable them to construct th l ir roa I to the , Chattahochee river I ’nder such cTCuastancesthe i!k of the people of S.-utb-W? stem (teorgin wou*d be o**lll - light The men of coinin**rce in Maeon and Snvaruah, ha l at an expense of nearly three trillions > I dollars, built the Central Rond through a comparatively •mpt'-du. tive country. The Road now contemplated was pecu liar m this, that if only twenty miles of it w ic made, it would pay. and every additional mile would add to its income. So convinced had the Central Company become of this tact, that he hesitated net to say, thnt they would almost unanimously agree to put down a quarter of a million for the work. Citizens of Macon ‘ hnd pledged themselves to furnish one hundred thou sand dollars, and now it remained to be seen what would tx* don® by th- planters, who were, aft r all, the most deeply interested in the result. Mr Cuvler next proceeded to show that the Ron*’— aside from nil the previous considerations urge*!—would be a safe investment. It the route were judiciously chosen, in his opinion, it would pass thr* ugh or near! Fort Valley, in the direction of Traveller's Rest, until it | reached some convenient crossing place on the Flint: 1 thence westward, to some point 40 or 50 miles distant from Columbus, and thence south, on a line between the Hint and Chattahoochee. This route would sweep the whole cotton region. It would t*ke the produce of Houston, Marion, Mr^on, ! Suinter, Stewart. Randolph, Early, Baker and Lee, and ; perhaps parts of Crawford, Talbot and Muscogee, as well ns a large extent of country in Alabama. The cotton from this region he estimated nt 120.000 bales ’ Now r , with a freighting business of this amount of cot- ! i ton, the Central Road, 190 miles in length, would earn the present year about $400,000. The Georgia Road, * 171 miles long, would clear about the same amount on j a basis of less than 120,000 hales. Ii tins amount of cotton were to puss over the Road, goods and travel would be returned in like proportion, and the cores*- quence would !♦•, that the Road being shorter and cost- j ing less money than either f the Roads mentioned, the dividends upon the stock would be larger ill proportion Besides, Columbus would be compelled in self defence, to connect at the nearest point with the Road, or lose j both her cotton and grocery business. This connection would at once s •cure to the route tin* through travel, which would of course swell its profits. The ineusur* could not Is* a liifpre.ns had been other Roads to which h'* might allude. The outlet was complete, through tin Road already finished, to the nnttiral market for this region, an J every mile the line was extended towards the Gulf, would increase the income of tin* company. Mr. Cuvler dwelt ut length an I with great ability, upon the general and particular advantages of the w ork and finally yielded the floor to Judge T G Holt, who read and explained portions of the charter, and urged upon the people the necessity of immediate and vigorous action. Ib* said the amount of subscription osiimai'd toi the people of Fort Valley and the surrounding portion o. Houston county, would fw* about $75,000. It was h opinion that SIOO,OOO could be raised m a few days, an it was desirable that t should be don qtrcklv, in ord< u> secure the charter of the company. Mr. S T. Chapman, of Macon, having been invited made a few remarks, particularly upon the effect ot Railrods upon the valu • of landed property and ot agri cultural product*. Lauds in the Vic.iuty of large cities, he said, would bring twice or three rimes a.* much much money as those ot equal quality hut more remote from market. The fP ct of th se works wis to anni hilate time and space, os well ns the expens • of carry ing produce to market. The people of Cherokee, fb r ail p int.i*M p rposcH, were now nearer the seuboard than were the o tixen* of Burke county before the con- j structlon cf rail* j* I*. bant use t icqiiie-I less time and iesa money, either to go in p •’•sou or ae;i J th *ir p o hie to market. The people ol Ciuttc > ,7. T n:i asec, arc npw actually nsurerte Sivimah than th ■ plantera residing west of the Flint R;ver, i:t •at i-w-at rn Georgia. In Cherokee thepiople were l ‘inning to und'-rstiiiid this matter practically. Lan * \ hicli w. i * sold befon* t!p ct Mstrurum <f i’ ■ i i,n!s I'm’ , f,, r Mirer, four or live dollars prr arcc, woul l rmw |>.., l# , tan, fifteen, ami even iHI/m* Sor* uh * advance very uiin’ tsotnlili*. A (con! i* u frum .| Cnascoiimy formerly a St'.li* S rmti ‘, h~| |*, i vv iii.• *- ivcn th*’ speuker a rcaaun for the chuiif. il w.m rriuriiin from Hnvannah, where Id- lind l*een to dhpiss. of Ins com crop, or n portion >! it. mul sui.l dtui he had then in his pocket something over thre- djousniid did* 1 l ira, re<ili/.*il ujo'i pro lu* , wlik h prior to th • cun st met ion of tlw KailroaiL, at the then H.'Uin- prie would not have m urJ him over rlcvni or twelve Inin* | drcfl dollnrs’ That farmer sold that h< would willingly 1 P*F tax of one thou*an,| dt.llnis p r nnnum, rath, r | than lie deprived of tlie advantages of work* A itothr import am fact had been menlion-d t. Mr C ! that mornintf. by n gentleman now po wm.v i: thnt on account ol tlir diflh-uliiea of transportation, cotton had U'cnbi ughi lor 91 cent* per pound in H. utb wchumii (tcoruta. w ii.-ri tlie Niime qrnlity had been sold tin arm week by the planter in question, at A tents, in Mnnoti ‘ —Now if land* arc valuatWc in propriioti to the m t profita tin y yield to tin* cultivator, tie* planter c.m I easily see bow h*s inter-st would le* -r; ~ JI v th- ‘ Road in qii-Htiou. At (| if rate eoltonv U ;v now earned between Mneon uu I rtavannah. tls- freight ii|ou th contemplated Road, between M .ooii and Fort Games, would Is fmm i ti, i of n c nt per , M ..ri! , n kiajt i aavmg ol two cema to tin- plain-- Hut e*.*a sup (Miatrig the dtfli'mnce to Is? hut one e -nt p. r |>o*!iJ on a bale of 400 pounds it would b- lour and rihrs. aim . on a cn*p if Itvi halt s it wisild **juul 9tKt, or ihe I inf .rev* -I* 7p* r cn epon 70 I* follow**.}, there J >re, ui t j.:air? •*• mak.a- ,00 i. ; • ivi.g surplus *’d . c i!! nlfnVd ta t C ill tin l p:,.|s*ed Ku mI -lily. t mnke 1,;,... “ 1 nil mu. * “>h ~ Fuels,heconleiuluJ,caald bs u.ultiplj^j, correctness ul the position, that even a.i,,, iti ” ‘” J shonlil no! pay n dm.lnn I, lie plant, is ’ ly ropnid tor building it, by the me sa*’ 1,'!'!” “i •4ive t thcii property. Il wasnpporent V> A'! .bat the inveftimnt would |wy, and that |, UII liy the c.Hu,.ielin of tb - road Iroiu the so” o.i tlie (leurgitt Hoad, n, Teimill,. “ W tj ills trnvellroin Amrosta to Mi,con Woil 151 miles. Then construct the Hostli with a branch toColumhus/md the whifo . ‘ el must nesccasiirily mke this route |. rn ’ nt01 fr.m 10 („ ft i ../.* t/mrler I aily “ “d’l then could gel (ns Mr Crvi.tß, bid 11 000 hubs of cotton, and a coresnond in, 9 trawl and back freight*, it could not foil ~ tlnti troy in the S mill Mr Ctuyati* ,| w “ |W) ’ poinmbriefly, mid then yielded lo ‘ Mr DeOnAFFttxßMtn, of Kurly ormttty,wli 0 i to n call of tlie meeting, stnted thnt ‘ t . , * ,v “'IS Jtfi.s,.^ •lie reprenenunvo purely of tile n .cultural / . 1 the South-west, end thnt while Im edniittfo? 1 . force oi tb” general considemlions um.d 1,, ‘ , i tl- he believed that the proper nerve ed on occnsions ol this kind, wasthe Il W',s well enough to appeal to genii..,,,,,,, A"*’ j err: lions ot pniriotiam, and to stir their local J I'tide. but that was not the mnterinl with w’ 4 .* Ruilronds. That kin.l of undertaking re, mi lhe was unwilling that any nnnsho.dj A .mbs-nbe, unless he could lirst !• convince,l Z” would art bark his innury teithinterett. T| nl * 1 only kind of nt which would indue,.,l 1 10 P 1” fl°wn their menus, esp-minUy since th,- v feted from the Flint R vm Rond and, other 1,1 \ ionary ctitcrpriz*‘s.’ For himself, he firmly believed that this w ,„ k y.eld an ample interest upon the amount mve* , mating its cost nt the mark indicated hv l| r r ’ viz. SS,(HKI per mile. Allowing th” receipt,,, i bun to be Hii.ooo I nl, s, those of Kufau!„„ n ,| im ** landings 3),000, nnd those nt All tiny p,,. ( | and other points on the river 20,000, hnd the | of I30.(KI0 bales, 100,000 of which woul f j *’oiiL inphtv**l r*m*l because itcoul.lbe lai.J \ ork at least one cent pi*r pound cliPiper than 1 ! Kay Route; to say nothing about the fo interest on money, or the advantage which th? yl would have in gelling his own Cotton in M. f „ . thus saving the commissions. To the 100.00n’ t!ien ns nbov* if we ad ! the local product; . Counties through which the Roa lv. -I |n*s. n j j s ii ,; w wagoned to Macon,say 40,000, weh V pj • business for our Road of 140,000 hnles. This A *>:•** dollar per bale would equ 1 $140,000 [> • ipleon Railroads, that return fmg'nts an* . , f to th<* value of the pro luce carried, ts it **d, however, that the South-western Rflv ’ when carried to th * Chattahoochee, supply , ot iniddfo and upper Georgia nmili groceries n.U .*st India and South American products, then ifi - that the earnings upon freights other than Cotton 5 he solely estimated at t| 120,000. To this, ad.l from mails and travel, tny $25,000. awl we havpuj receipt ol 0255.000. Allowing the whole R ( ,J ~ Ch ittnhoochee, 160 miles, to cost,at SB,OOU per S! ,280.000, and allowing SI,OOO per mil** p* r n f r repair® and rument **xp*pses of ttansixmaiiand thei • would b*n ***t °n plus earning of frl*.s;jm. I annum— *q r i t*> n -irlv 10 p.*r c nt. Tts'ipiWl was !.**tt r than a.iy p!a it;rco:iM ex;)’'*.t ta ein lid I his land and neg xw s. It was mxnif st, under arv coming rcy, the man who pnt his m j into the South-w**t--m Raifroad. must itbt with a/feayflegnl interest. Mr. IX* Graffevkibelil ; at some length upon the g*;iersl advantigsoiß Road to S utli- wesiei . Georgia, and ptejwjh. J t!r t th** planters of Early County w* u‘ I s*.i’ ** ih-in i full proportion of lie* hind uecessa y for iLscuns'y.i (hi motion, a Coininittee consisting of Dr. J ton, Judge T (i. Holt, and A S Ed.a*w..!tb , was ap|K>inte*l to wait upon persons present, cit subscriptions t* the stock. The Comm ttee having reported that nbours| i hul been sul>scribed by persons present.it was.oni I turn **f Judge Holt, Resu'ral, thnt a committee consisting of WffliJ Anderson, Dr J J. Hampton, Geoli. S(appey,J* A. Everett, and C B. Stiong.be appointed lu i < n llu* Citizens ot Houston and the adjacent Con ’ anl urge them to subscribe to the sti ck. On motion, rosolwj, that the citizens of the an ctmnt.es in Western and South-western Gm through which the Road will probably be run,berqi t'*fl to hold similar meetings without and iay.andip* i table persons to solicit subscriptions to thcitoA Resulted, I hat the proceedings of thisme published in th** Macon papers and that other pal | ( .*azettes in the State be requested to copy them. On motion the meeting adjourned. C, B. STRONG, Chun* Wm J. Anderson, Secretary. [CORRESPONPENIE OF THE JOURNAL AND MESSEML MJLLEDCiEVILLE, August 30. \< i Gentlemen —The most overwhelming reply ti! < h I’ges relal.ng to the appropriation received by G ( I inch for the destiuciiori cf his property in the Ftf War, would Ih- a publication of Dawson** Report, 1 I tii*: titements of Gen. Jessup, Col Fierce and id annexed thereto. Al! the details in relation toik struct ion of cane and com on Gen. CVaplant*u tiiat time a mditary de|K>t —will is* tound in Coq 1 sionu’ R*p. No. 1103, first s< s. 25th Congreai. length ol the I? -port and dt cuments can be th*’on- 1 ! , ciion to Us public it ion on ourpatt. S.ireiy the |M*ople of Georgia need not be r-iwa that the Federal Croveniinetit is not veiy up tops t ravaganily, libeially or promptly for los&s the service oithe United BtaU*s, when ii jpktMCi tl* jusi claims ot Geoigia for moneys expentWk 0 iorida War arc yet neglected and unpaid—ski J Known that Geoigia haaofft red to accept th* i'tl <d her debt, Without the interest, in order touts* settlement with her fnithless creditor,but thattkrH • rntnent still remains a delinquent. In connection with this subject I will nt< .a 4 '* ‘ot he geneialiy known, that Gen. Clinch’s .st.llery. sugnr-liousc, store - houw ;i slwit. a 1 Hiiidings nppur tenant too sugar plantntioi —a > ’ the gioiuitl by the Indians, alt r tlu piaceba*' l omidoned by the Ainetican tioiqis, c>in|ws'iw. 1 . two thousand cxvnhy. The luu.Ur,m ..nub those buildings were erected, wosliauUi . iiiy's Ferty, the n< mot point from wheim J 'tuiued, a distance ol Hevv niy mi- - . i•• “K * which he rebuilt those buildings waslnu -: Sain * distant |Kint. it will at nice t* ••* 4 tint under sitcli circumstances, the cost oi baoha# 1 r building must have been unusually heavv ; aiuo** 1 loss thus incurred (ten Clinch has never leceivniM lar byway ol reimbursement. Without cafk n g 4 Gen. Clinch for his opinion as to the amount 0* cauiury losses by th Florida War. for wn.ch br N to vad nothing, it is the opinion ol ufiir pro.nment actors m that wai—md of sows ot th* l **® w*if stntioned ut the plantatuui— that the It* c fi'* than twenty thousand dollars Tn.is ttk'ti stun is the case : Like nn army l i pasH.ng ovei t u tai! fi.u .ot Lgfp'- th* An*' 1 "'! and -ry swept every stalk of cane, ev ‘y ff ,r ' 111 j *-.e-y blti i ■ ot g US, triuu tlie |dai)t •liu.’l t* **’’ —b< ud. cir.e a.id waving com van *h Is-M’ Li a phaiUom hccii seiaed (osupply th and wuiil*—and ill * l*iu- i '’ l 1 ! niton nf!r t u-dy fuel to tlieir hand- *ln )l I-aving 4liMoba.cn in their track, diet’ “ stealthy *.ivja • w.thiiis tiglitcd tewre-i* m*J r -tniii .s— -the empty hoik..ug*oil lucdcM,un , -i* l,ll ‘ uu J you now behoi.l a desert wlwre lat- 1 ) I ,H ” promiseti iinrvest lint “ slander th’ tetil* v 1 Min,” must lind in this u sweet morsel lor fas ‘ el tongue; and even the paiti I reiiiai‘' M,! '’ { to tie* sulli-rer by the (iem-rni (•■•v.*rm.i nf 141 1 ’ ly r*preM nted us a g.atu.iy utulcaeived or R; tdilumed. The editor of the Ueorftnu * . m* t- - mg lewou* on cominoii sens*- (as h'* adin” - ’ ‘l'wigg* He ought ertamiy tub* gint- iul‘ eral,becuii'M* few trochei* would have tlie Hi” 11 niP'inpl the inculeutton of so difle ull * K * t ” ae!i discouraging onoumstattces. H “*#n tli • Ue.iimuri s Ifosonat “Rut tktwral. - ,l lib. ) th'-sr men havesp<'ut their hvee it* fb* * r ’ _ their ornmtry/* “ Service. fiiMlestirk* ’ t er haven t they been fund for it regaiad) have > , rved the Guverttnient, and fie* v ' ,f puidm -, Tlie Ihivenini-tit hntl I<* foii ,n( , > I had OM’ for tlie office. This moment ** nerhiifta I hare mane tkr ad rorto a’ ’ •liwettes, | - hsl 1 tmt arraign his rf/m*/!’- “’'’ V’-'irs. A' 1