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JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
8 1 < HAPMAN & s ROM. JSitrroKs.
MONTE CIAVO.
Still wc went up the Via Triumphalis. un
der oi.ennut boughs of freshest green, delicate
branches of pule y.ilow laburnums drooping j
over on the banks os either side, wrought like
i tiiick carpet with wild thime and countless
blossoms of every lovely shape and color, and
under our leet the great smooth broad stones,
that the Roman consuls and their trains had
inarched over, going to sacrifice on Alban
mountain. In the full tide of these heroic
memories my mind was suddenly recalled to
the Christian Republic to which, if it is but j
wise and virtuous, God seems to have appoint
ed tlie greatest empire of the earth in the i
roming centuries. A turn in the road shut I
out Rome and Albano, and Castle Gandalfb
and tlie volcanic lakes, while the wood-screen j
through which we looked, showed n bold,
lonely sweep of forest scenery, mountain side
t oiling down upon mountain si ie. all clothed
with waving woods:; great bare and desolate
patches all scared with slumps of noble felled
trees; the black mounds of the charcoal burn
ers, sending their blue and silver smoke up
against the hill salt s in exquisite wreaths ol
grace and briguuesa; the dark purple ridges
beyond, the clear brilliance of the sky, and i
for one utter loneliness; no sight of human
habitation village, monastery, palace or way
side chapel—it was really like America; and
as 1 gazed at it from the heart of this land of
great past things. (Italy.) how deeply my
spirit was stirred with tlie thoughts of the
probable fortunes of that land of futurity, that
land wituoul memory, that land ot hope.
1 cannot express tlie solemnity of emotion 1
with which ail that 1 see in these countries of
Europe impresses me with regard to Ameri
ca. Here, o;i these great hearths heaped with
the ashes of many civilizations—here, where
one national existence alter another has been !
kindled, burned brightly and been extinguish
ed—here, where tlie fine Etruscan vase was j
ground nut beneath tlie iron heel of Koine—
tiere, where the deluge ol’ northern barbarism -
swept the degenerate Roman empire down— ‘
here, where tlie huge conception of spiritual
dominion took body in that great church eu- |
prem.tcy, wmch is vanishing like the ghost of
i giuni before tlie breati ol Almighty I’ruth
t..e immortal, universal conqueror of the later
and ivs of tlie earth —here, amid lues • stupen- ;
u >u in Jinories and thougnts now often do ii
uiase apo.i tlie wonderful world beyond ihe j
Atlantic! Dowered w.th a nalurul wealth i
unparalleled ; Uie latest bornofti.no; peupl-i
. i by tue and sccndanls of 1... lines.! ami wi csi ;
i.alij l nv • i cart ‘ r.at led llirough doubt
lul twilight ages of barbarous savagem ss and
feudal seaii-civilizuliou, nut born like Palin,
from tne head of Jove, inheriting tlie knowl
edge of all previous times; endowed with tlie
experience ot a'l former nations; whose hero
ic age boasts ol but one victory of Freedom —
but of one demigod. Washington.
Oh! if wisdom and virtue bhould yet by
times govern the counsels of that people; if
the cons, loub.iess ot’ their unexampled posi
tion. betokening a ministry of importance in
the world, should ever appear to them in all
its most majestic significance; if the spirit of
that nation should ever lit the gigantic mute
rial proportions and incalculable physical re
sources of theie country, then indeed, a glo
rious Christian commonwealth may arise,
and that kingdom of God, lor whose coining
all Christ’s followers daily pray, begin to
manifest itselfin the holy national existence
of a people who have made Christianity a
government.
How much these speculations on the possi
ble glorious future destinies of that wonder
ful country are darkened hythe strange and
in.xpii able in inite-tntions of tlie present spirit
of its people l can hardly sty —,ny perception
</ the one in e puil to my anticipation of the
...J.—. Awtvrmn l ..-omlii'r 11 ,e God-glfled
earth a.al say, the huge expanse of territory,
the variety ol climate and soil and produce, the
bee and noble theory of government, the fret
and welcome action of the spirits of men. the
marvelous rapidity of progress, the porten
tous mental and physical activity at work a
nmng all these mighty elements —admiration
and astonishment, disgust, dismay, and tear
and hope alternate till my mind, till all re
solves itself into an earnest prayer that God
will save that people from becoming, by tin
light of their own great gilts and greater
promises, the despair instead of the hope of
the world.— Mrs, JJntler.
The Interior ol a 11 urent.
“ Tlie women made me sit down; and when
i placed myself in the usual Eropcan nian
ntu they begged nie. in a deprecating tone,
not to remain m that constrained position, bul
to put myself quite at my ease as if 1 were in
my liuusi. Howliirl was at my ease, in-’
■tailed u la J'nrquc. on an immense pile of
cushions, 1 leave to he imagined by any one
wi.o ever tried to remain five minutes in that
posture.
“1 was determined to ornit nothing that
•houiu give them a high idea of my savior’
according to their own notions, ana began by
vivre gravely accepting a pipe. At tin
pasha’s 1 had managed merely lo hold it in
my hand, occasionally toueinng it with my
lips, without really using it; but I soon saw
that with some twenty pairs of eyes fixed
jealously upon me, 1 must smoke here —posi
tively and actually smoke —or be considered
a violator ol all tlie laws of good breeding.
Tlie tobacco was so mild and fragrant that
tlie penance was not so great as might have
been expected; but i could scarcely help
laughing at the ludicrous position 1 was plac
id m; seated in state on a large square cush
ion, smoking a long pipe, the other end of
which was supported by a kneeling slave, and
bowing solemnly to the sultana between ul
most every whits. Codec, sweetmeats, and
bneroel (die most delightful of ail pleasant
draughts ) were bruugut to me in constant
succession by the two little negroes, and a
pretty young girl whose duty it was to pre
* ame richly emhrynled napkin the comer
a. which I was expected lo make use of as it
1 y on her hliouldt r us she knelt l>cti>rc me.
’trUhc relresiuneuU wire uttered to in. in
beautiful crystal v;.--s littl- gold cup* and
siivt. trays ot winen, tor my tins ortune, they
seemed lo pobsess a large supply, us 1 was ob
liged to go through a never-ending course of
dainties, in order that they migut have un op
portunity of displaying them all.
‘’tVly bonnet >-adly puzzled them; and
when, to please them. I took it otf, they were
most dreadfully ujiisdalizcd to see me with
my hair uncovered, and could scarcely believe
that 1 was not ashamed to sit all day without
a veil or hankerchief; they could not conceive,
either, wiiy 1 should wear gloves, unless it
were to bide tlie want of henna, with which
they otlcrvd to supply me. They then pro
ceeded to ask me the most extraordinary
questions—many of which 1 really found it
hur lto uuswer. My whole existence was us
incomprcticnaible to this poor princes, vegeta
ting from day to day Wltilin her four walls, as
that of a bird in the air must be to u inole
burrowing in the earth. Her hie consisted,
n *i.e tonl mu. of sleeping, eating. dr< ssi ig,
iuhl bathing. Bbe never walked further titan
from one room to another ; and 1 can unswar
for her not having art idea beyond the narrow
limits of her prison. It is u stiunge and most
unnatural slate to winch these poor women
ire brought; nor do I wonder that the Turks,
wt.ose own own detestable egotism alone
causes it. should declare that they have no
•'inis.’ —O'leaner.
Partiidwr, the Weather Prophet.
Every une remembers the pleiuwnt anec
dote told of Partridge, the celebrated Almanac
maker, about 100 years since. In travelling
on Imrsebuckinto the country . he stopped tor
his dinner at union and afterwards culled for
his horse, that be might reach the next town
where fee intended to sleep. “If you would
take my advice. ir,” said the hostler, ns he was
•bout to mount.lds horse, “you will stay
where you an for tlie night, as you will sure
ly be overtaken by a pelting rain.” “Non
sense, notisenae,” cxrhumed the almanac mu*
k*r, “there M i sixpence for you, my honest
tellow and good afternoon to you.” He pro- ■
ceedcd on his journey, and sure enough, he ‘
was well drenched in a heavy shower. Par
tridge was struck with the man’s prediction, j
and being always intent on the interest of Ills
almanac, lie rode back on the instant, and was
received by the hostler with a broad grin.—
“Well sir, vou seel was right after all.”—
“Yes, my fad. you have been so, and here is a
cro-wn for you but I give it to you on rendi
tion that you tell me bow you knew of this ■
rain.” --'i'o bn sure sir,” replied the man; j
■‘why. the truth is we have an almanac at I
our house called-Partridge’s Almanac ’ and I
the fellow is such a notorious liar that when
ever be promises us a fine day, wo always
know that it will be the contrai). Now. your
honor, the yist of June, is pul down in onr ill
maiittc in-doors us settled fine weather; lie
rain. I looked at tlmt before I brought your
honor’sjliorse out. an—so wa enabled to put
you on your guard."d (ileancr.
How Mu. Pipkin Hiowkd Himself.—Bill I’ip
kin htulu'l been Married very In tig. ujvi budn’t
quite- gut out us the Imbit “I taking a little punch at
drikiii” frillies w ith !ii old friends, on p.irticulin
occasions, lie was lirst rate at making excuses far
staying out at malils, now and then: lie was terribly
pressed with business; and lie took very eniHlrure
never to eon;.- liomn cross-legged, bis w ili* never
suspected iuiy thing, mill all went on very well.
One nigh I, Iww-ever, Bill got rather more than In
could can y straight, but he didn’t tl net it nut until
lie was on his way liuine. lie wouldn’t have Su
san know In- was in such a situation lor all lire
world, and he begun thinking as well as he could
with tiis head spinning round so, what was best to
be done to keep her from finding him out.
“Hie—l’ve got it, ’zsclv,” said In—“(hie.) Su
san knows I’m (hie) terrible f-f-foud of m.m-uiilk
Well, I II jest take alig (hie) swig ofm-nnlk, mid
(hie) that'll fix all right—o (hie) sb-she'll never
sus-sispeit nut lull'pool gal.”
Home he went, practising straight walking all
the way, uud studying in Ins luiinllmw he should
talk straight, so that Susiin would not find him out.
When In,found the latch, which wason the w rong
side ot the door, which opened the wrong wav,
too, he felt round in the dark for more door, than
was ever in the house before, and got into ever so
many shaped rooms, till he lomid the pantry,
where he expected tofuitl%oinemilk. lie had no
very clear idea as to where it ought to lie; so after
feeling alioiil in every place hut the light sue, lit
came to the conclusion lo go up in his room and
ask his wife where it was. The stairs seemed to
be turned up side down, and the bcdrcoin bail
changed places vvilh the kitchen, hut he made out
at last to tiud tie-dour.
After clearing Ins throat and saying over Ins
speech so that he should lint make any mistake,he
opened the door, uud leaning against the dour post
lisioued to In n if bis wife was awake. She was
souud asleep.
“All ci fui dial,” thought he.
. mi’ e usual” mild lie vt ry low and pluin.
“Eli!” suia Susan, ju.a waking out ol u doze.—
“Is ilint you i • lie It on , my dear, so lulef—l—-”
“rfusau! Eiisai.! 1 ’ s.u.l Bid, mil paying any atl u
tinn to what she said —his head being lull ol'nnlk;
■Susan!”
“What, my dear!”
“Is there any milk ill the house?”
“Yesdear—but what in die world—”
“Susan! Susan!”
“What dear?”
“V\ liar is tin milk?”
-11 l the pantry, in the dinin’ room, dear. But
you’ll h tlei come ui bed now, ii'ss. —”
Bill didn't say a word, but took some terrible
long steps in the dark, lie found tliedining ro.nu
again, mid the pantry, but he couldn't find the milk
anywhere. After trying for about five minutes, I
be w cut up stairs again, and leaning against the |
door to steady himself, asked his wife again:
“Susan, Susan!” said he, very particular.
“Eli—what?” said she, waking up again.
“Is there any milk in tlie house?”
“1 told you there was some m.lk m the pantry,
dear—”
Dowu weut Bill again. Tlife time be felt every
where, uucl up.-.el every thing, inak ug a terrible
racket among the crockery; but not u drop of milk
coufei he find.
“Cuoilhe m.lk!” bai*J he, “whar could they put
it?”
In a minute he was nt the bed room door again:
“Sushi'. Budilii!” said iie.
Busau suiilHled the snore short oft’ in the middle. |
“Wlmtf” said she rather crow this time.
“Isthere any milk hi the houses”
“Yes 1 fold you!”
“Well whar is it?” said he.
‘ i told you, on the shelf'—in the pantry—m the
dinin’room/’r>ui*l breaking il otl’ in short
mouthfuls of pretty loud italic.
That rather scared Bill, and put* him ofl’ his
guard.
‘•Well Susan, said he, /is it tied up in anythin,
or is il layin } about looses ’
That wus enough—the cat won out of the bag,
and no help for it. Mrs. Eipkin was bright awake
m n minute, aud tin* way is ill got a Caudle thut
nigiit was enough to sober the drunkest husband
in creation. 11 <* never got corned again—and it
was more than a year uttervvurds before he could
drink milk in hia coffee, w hen Susan was ut the
tabic.
Shakspeark’s House. —The English Public has
been lately startled (suya the New York American
by *m mliuiatioii that Mr. Uarnum, of the N. York
Nluauem, a dealer in curiosities of various sorts,
Tom Thumb inclusive, was about to purchase
Shakspeare's house at Stratford, with the view of
having it conveyed to th*; United Slates. The a-j
larm Ims become general—so mu* hbo that it has |
reached Prince Albert, who is uot supposed to have I
any illiug outside of the Royal Palace, and has
prompted a subscription from that personage to ,
tlie amount of two hundred and fifty pounds to re
tain Shnkspe.ire’* house ill England.
Other subscriptions have been proffered, clubs,
associations, uiul societies, literary, dramiuc, Slink
uperiun, und others, have moved m the matter; uu*l
coumiilt;es, iuciudiugSir Robert Peel, Lord Mor
peth, ami long catalogues ot liltied persons of vari
ous note, have been f. uiued t**r raising funds. The
property which is actually ior sale may he bought
• t is ascertuuicd, for five Uiousand pounds—a sum
scarcely large enough, out) would liuuk, to cause
so great astir among so many wealthy people.
Sir Robert Peel might tulvauco the whole sum and
think th.ti he at the lastele* turn.
Mi'S Mairiikeau enters into the subject with
wiiiuiinly oiithusiaam, and pro|oses that th** u
inouut requircii shall be rais**ii by penny subscrip
tion*, so as to make list* amount us national us pos
sible. s*ln* has published an appeal lo the People,
iu which site Bays.
“The way is clear, the time is short; let us all
do souk thing fur&hukspeatVs memory before we
*le p My appeal <s to your better afl*>ctious—t
your revere me aud love. By all the noble tin nights
that Bhakspeaie his aroused in you, 1 appeal to
to you to u <uor him now. By all hi noble thought'-
—by lh plid-s**phy of Brutus and the nin th ot
K f.rabmt; by lo** i* iO'*roe of M u belli and inno
cence o) Dcs■!* ucui.t; by the dreams of iiuiulet
and tb* Ifeh iitv oflinogem; by the misiry of u
tUclloundthe patience of Cordelia, 1 appeal l**
you to b<uior Sh *k-pe ire now. And uccordiiiu t
your love ami reverence oi him be pm k ami dili
gent iu your w.rk.”
Secret or Usm Am Homki. —Why go*# forth
thut mutt this Saturday evening from the roof tiu
der whk h hi* children live? Why turn* he from the
engaging little attempt* to detain htin, and rough
ly move* them away, while he loves them dearly /
Why sits another by his fire, sullen, discontented,
un willing lo speak the kindly word, while hia heart
is yearning for converse and enjoyment/ Why
flic* the cruel speech to her f*>r wh*inthe hosoin'* \
strongest aflccti'm is iiouiiahtHl? Aud why, search
iug iuto deep depth*, why dM*s mail bec*Uie so of.
ten a tyrant, to often a criminal, in hi* home)
Truth has to hr told: but, oh! listen to it kindly,for
it is hard to tell, ltis because woman does uot
truly appreciate her mission in domestic life.—
Under the present cu*litous of existence, she ha*
bnoome weigbad dowu by cares. As n wife sh
is different to w hat she wu* as u tnutr* •>. Mie is
evar employed iu drudgery iu drudgery for chil
dren und household. Nile neglects her dress; sin*
forgets her manners. Her hushund s*es the change
(!<>■ not perhaps find sufticit ut excuse for it from
the conditieu*abe labors uuder. He flies to the
tnvein and billiard table; uud she increasing in
sourness and asperity as she increases in years.—
That much of this blowing to the present circum
stances of social life is true, but tlmt much ot it is
chargeable to a sad submission to those circum
stances, i ulso but too true. It is more or It s* iu
the power of women to make their domestic lib
more attractive to their husbands, and more hoL
in its discipline oml rials than they now do. A
great regularity in time —a great simplicity i.
( l r ,. wtf _ n more determined adhere uce to tlmt which
is right iu one's owu eyes, rather than that win* h
is well thought of iu the eyes of othei s—au orderls
apportioning of varloua perimls foi ditferenl oecu
put ions— would make evenings nt liouie puss owav
eery diflereutly to what, in th** great majority of
cases, thej arc now doing.
Pr.Kf Elfins. —A friviul called on Michael Angelo,
who so finishing * statue, aoiuc ase r afterward li*
again rilled, th** s< ufetor was still at hia works. His
friend looking at the figure, ea* laimcd
“You have been nils since 1 saw \ou last ”
•Ry do Means,” ffeplied the sculptor, T havs aotf
ened tins feature, and brought out this nutsclei I ha-c
! given expression to this tip", aiai more euer, y to this
i limb.”
-'Well, well,” said his friend:“but these are trifles.”
j “it may he so.” replied Angelo; “but recollect that
trifles make perfection, and that perfection is no trifle.”
n A t O \ . (tit).
1 liUK!- 1 AY. OCT’P. 6. lr 47.
™
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. / (CHARY TAY LOR.
The Election—i he Result.
The following is the result of the Election fur Govern
or and Members oi the Legislature in Bibb county, on j
Monday last. Though we have not done quite ns well ?
as we anticipated, wc have nt least shown a slight gain I
over even the vote thrown for Governor Crawtord in
To Gen. Clinch then, this is a great triumph,
aa it was supposed that no man could approach the vote
of Governor Crawford in a county where he was person
j ally so much esteemed, am! where lus administration
i was so deservedly popular. In 1844, the majority o 1
Chappell over Poe was 131 and of Polk over Clay, KT.’
In 1845 McAllister’s majority over Crawford v,e. 71
votes. In 184 C, Towns beat Jones tor Congress in the
county 137 votes, und now his majority over Clinch is
only 63 votes, being eight votes than the majority of
Mr. McAllister over Governor Crawtord. This will do
tolerably well. It is but proper to say, that while the
great mass ol the people voted lor members of the legis
lature according to th**ir preferences, a large number of
votes were thrown upon personal or local considerslions
We regret exceedingly the defeat of Mr Bivins, especi.
ally as he proved himself, when previously in the Legis
lature one oi the most industrious, laiilituland ellieient
representatives the people of Bibb county have ever had-
Here is the result: ,
GOVERNOR.
City. Rutland. Hazard. Warrior. Tot.
Clinch 446 83 51 £2 . Go*2
Towns 463 83 13 iOG 665
SENATOR.
Napier 380 94 41 09 51 j
Wiggins 357 Cl )4 95 507
: Rii*% * 7 3 101
representatives.
Nisbet 521 91 48 15 678
Bivins 401 lns| 49 576
Atkinson 434 59 12 % 600
Newsom 328 CO 17 112 5J7
Monroe County.—Clinch 688, Tow ns 670 Demo
cratic gain 70. Cochran (D.) elected Senator—Battle
j (W.) and Pickard (D.) Representatives.!
I*ike. —Towns’ majority 109—Whig gain of 32, two ‘
Democrats elected to tlie House.
Twiggs —Majority lor Tow is 140—a gain of 57--
Wiggms(D ) Senator, and Fitzgerald (L>.) Representa
tive.
Upson County —Clinch majority about 250 votes.—
Whig ticket elected.
Houston. —Only three precincts heard from showing
a slight gain (or the Whigs.
Geu. Taylor and the Proviso.
“ Mr Crittenden denies in the Cincinnatti Atlas
that he has ever received a letter from Gen. Taylor,
stating “that he was opposed to the ext ns.uii of slavery
into territory already tree,” ntr did he in any form evi r
express to him any opinion on the subject’’
The N. O. Delta, also states that a letter from Gen.
T. received in New Orleans, places the question forever
at rest, by sh-w.iig him to be a true Southerner—
a thorough anti vV ihiiot man. No sensible man ever
expect.d ai*|’ thing else ol Gen. Tayl r and the Dem
ocracy have not manifested their usual cunning,, by
circulating a story so utterly ridiculous and devoid of
truth.
The Female Army of Switzerland.
W e have mentioned in a previous number the two
regiments of the women of the Canton of Un, but we
find in a French paper a notice of them, which we trans
late literally: “Ihe two battalions numbering four
j teen hundred females in military dress, present an as
pect at the same time formidable and captivating. In
their evolutions and discipline they are drilled to perfec
tion Curiously enough, mjK-noruy of form and beauty
lias been very much the reason of ddfoience of grade ;
the handsomest are oi the advance guard, and this post
of and atinction and danger seems willingly conceded them
by their companions who are less iavored by nature.
Some classification has been guiaed by temperament
also. The vivid and flighty have been enrolled as voi
tigieurs, or light-horse—the more phlegmatic as grena
diers. Those who have figures of more emponpoi nt
are stationed at the wings. The coarse and rude are
enrolled os dragoons and cantmutres. The creation of
this corps (which, with its discipline aud enthusiasm,
seems likely, at the first throe of th-* coming political
movement of Europe, to take possession of the Helve
tian soil) is an exercise of thepowerfitl genius of Solis-
Sogiio.who has reserved to himself the general com
mand.—London Tunes
The C’otlou Crop.
The Vicksburg Sentinel of 21st ult. says: “It :s
perhaps our duty to stale that so far as we are inform- and
j fit** alarm as to the w orm has proven wholly groundless.
| Neither tlie first nor the second generation has done any
I injury worth speaking 01, and it is now too late in the
| season lor them to do any real damage, even should
they ap|>ear in their greatest numbers. So lar as our
observation and inloimaiion extends, the cotton crop
will be a tair one.
War on Ihe Cotton W orm.
The YVoodville (Miss.) Republican records a very
interesting circumstance in what follows. Alter saying
—“We hear little or no complaint of the worm at pre
sent ’ that paper of the 18th mat. adds—'A little fly,
called by some the ‘icluieumun,’ In tonaequenc ol some I
similarity between its habits and thoae ol the Egypt;un
animal, seems to have taken the worm and crysahs m
liftnd, and devoured nearly all ol them. This they do,
we are told, by boring into the shell or crysalia and tint
ing its contents Myriads ot Hie cry sans may be lound
ui titt cotton fields thus conditioned,uud had it not been
for tills loci our cotton fields would doubtless have been
destroyed before now. What a wise oider of Provi
dence’ and what an impressive example of a trust ui
His disinflations!”
Tall Cotton Picking.
The Columbus Enquirer of tlie the 28ih ult. says: *C u
{Saturday last twenty of Col. J Woollolk's hands in
a race, ten on a side, picked out eight thousand three
Hundred uud sixty-four pounds of cotton, at hat Cus*-
seia pittiitutiou , on tins river. The largest aiuou; it
picked by a single hand was five hundred pounds ; tl e
siuullest,3z7 pounds. A grit picked 361, and quiu* a
a small boy, aixleen years old, *4Ol pounds. The av er- 1
g* picking was 418 pounds lor the iweuiy hands. ’) ’fie
winning side, three days before, just lo s.*e waul li ley
could do, picked 3,893 lbs., being ail average ol 387 lb*.
Tin cotton being ou up-land, wus well opened.
CothMi iu .tlivMiHsippi.
The Vicksburg Sentinel of the 31st says. ”It is j ier
ho)is our duty to state that so far as we are inlor tiled the
! tiurin as to the wunu hus proved wholly groiiin Hess.—
Neither the first nor tlie second generation fiusdone uny
injury worth ope.ikmg of, and it is now too lute m the
season l*i tin in to do any real duiuage even if they
aliul*l app-nr in the greutest nuinljers. So Ini as *jur
übscrvation und iiilbriiiattoti extends, the cotton crop
will be a lair one.”
The Georgia Infintry.
We learn from the Montgomery t Ah* Journal, e*\ the
•JOth ult lliat the lour c unpames ol Uu liuumofi,
which recently felt Columbus, for the seat ol war. ri ach-1
ei that city on the 29th,under couiuiand <l (‘apt. Nel
son acting hs Lift Colonel pro tern They were iu line |
health an*l*p,nts
Am 1 * of OH>emi ti
Ol our distinguislie I public men John Quincy Adams
bom in 1707, is the Ne*ior II * in 80 yeata of age
Henry ( lay com* s next, being 70 ycaiaold on the l&th
of April Martin Niiii Buren, H M Johnson, J. C i
Calhoun, L**wia Cam, Daniel Webster, singularly !
enough, were ull born in 1789, and ol course ore j
yeorsof oc Tyler is 8 year* younger—bom in 1790 .
l'olk is about the some ngc Dallas C years ytuinger I
yet, lxm in 1613 Gen Taylor is nearly 60 The rest
ofour prominent public men are generally younger by
year*. U we Croat the Atlantic we find a statesman in
Wellington, unimpaired in intellect at the age of 76
The ago of Reel correspondfl with that ol (len Taylor
is that ol lord John Russell doea with that grade o
public ?liaiacfers. being lanrly bom in the lari century
Ex Paper.
The Na.hvillfHail lloftd.
Now. that the tlectionsore over in Georgia,there are
other grave matters which demand the attention of our
people. We therefore ask them to peruse the able
& li.eid letter ol Col. Stevenson to Mr. Calhoun in re
ginl 11 th •pm Inctions of Middle Tennessee. It is im
portant th t tli*- L gislaiors as well as the people should
be informed on tins subject and wc advise them, after
reading this fetter, to In y it aside for future refer
ence. The innnen.v production even of Middle Ten
nessee, would be sufiicent of itself to giv. to our State
Road, when completed, a business, (including, both
freight and travel) unsurpassed by many of the northern \
ron .s To sav nothing of its ex tens,on to the mouth of
the Ohio or Louisville Ky. it 1* apjfarent that our Geor
gia Hoad would have ns much ti ansportation ns could he
carried upon a single track. Then, if we add the busi
ness that must acme from the Hiwoasee road ami the
Tennessee river and her tributaries, what on unlimited
prospect opens before us ! That both the Hiwassec
and Nashville roads will finfelied, at a comparative
ly curly day, we infer from the vusi Aalueof the produc
tions of Tennessee. It cannot be that Fnty s> veil
millions of agricultural wealth will remain forever lock
ed up from a market, save by tlie circuitous route of the
Mississippi river. T i<* very spoil of the age would
force a ii._i, w ~.. .gh mounln.; pol a.lautunt to the
Atlantic l ceao—much more through the slender olista- J
cles offered to this enterprise and devetopedin the re j
port ol the Chief Engineer.
We beg therefore those citizens of Georgia who ore I
honestly opposed to the extension of the State Road to 1
the Tennessee River to ponder upon the wonderful ar- ;
ray of facts presented in Col. Stevenson’s letter, The |
very increase of travel upon the Road, in the event of its
Extension to Nashville, would more than pay the in-
X crest upon the additional money that would be expend
ed by Georgia tor the work. Under such circumstan
ces w ould it not be the height of folly and madness in
our legislators to hesitate as to their action I Tennes- 1
see is already wide awake and active. She is putting
forth ilercuhan efforts even in advance. The little city 1
of Nashville has subs'-ribcd half a million of dollars to
the stock and committees composed of the first nun in
the Cumberland valley are travelling through me state
f |,r Lie purpose of presenting the subject in a prope f
light before the people. Dirge subscriptions are being 1
made and the eloquence and intluence of such men us
Ex Governor Jones, the Brown s, the Nicholson's, the .
Ewing’s, the Whites, less &c. &c. cannot tail to secure
the Early commencement of the road front Chattanoo- j 1
ga to Nashville. Judging from the feeling manifested j
at the recent Improvement meeting in Knoxville and
the resolutions unanimously pissed by that body, we |
have reason to hope that the State of Tennessee now
comparatively out of debt, will subscribe largely to the ]
stock, or a 1 lord other pecuniary aid. Under all these 1
circumstances, then, we appeal to the reflecting, busi- (
ness portion of the people to take such measures as will 1
present this subject forcibly before the next Legislature. 1
The day for “hastening slowly” has now passed—the 1
Credit of the .State has been restored and her finances 1
are now in a sound conditon. Every thing prompts to ‘
a fowaid movement. The present trade of the State J
Road will amount to only about $75.000 per annum 6l it 1
is estimated, by the bestofjudges, that it wnl be extend- t
ed to $ 59,000 tlie first year after the line is opene Ito t
Chattanooga. I’he t-nv .*• ooetul coruplrtlu ai.dcqn p- 1
inent cannot reach half a million, tlie interest upon ’
which at 7 p*r cent would by oniy £35, 0. It follows 1
that the completion of ihe work * ugln to be hastened ’
merely as a matter of Ecu omy to ih* State treasury 1
and for the purpose o. reducing Luxation.
Is it too much then to beg the people n i fleet upon J
this subject especially in the new ar.d important light m 1
which it is presented hythe able and satisfactory let
ter to which we lutv alm.ied. What is so true of 1
Chaaleston must be doubly tiue of otir own aeapyrt.
The linoxvilJe Improvement Meeting. 1 ,
We arc pleased to learn from the Knoxville Register
and Tribune that the Internal impi\>vement moving in
that place on the 24th u!t. was well attended. D lega- i
tions were present from Charleston and from most ol the ‘
Comities in East Tennessee The time for the meet
ing was unlortunately fixc<i on the eve of an important
Electron in Georgia, which of course prevented the at. 1
tendance f]> leg - not is that would otherwise have been
pre sent
Ju ige Green act* and as chairman of the meeting and *
the Committee on business presented a long report
which ccncluded with the following resolutions :
Ist Resolved, That in the opinion of this Conven
tion it is important to the interests of the State that the 2
Georgia Rail.oad be extended, ut as early a jieriod as
may lie practicable, to the Tennessee river ; and that
we recommend to the Legislature the passage of a law
authorizing an extension of the time within which i l 5
was required that the road should be completed.
2*l. Resolved, That we earnestly recommend to the
Legislature the passage of an Act authorizing a sub- 2
script ion on the part ol the State to tlie Hiwassec Rail
road, of an amount which, added to an equal sum sub
scribed by individuals, will be sufficient for its comple- .
tion to Knoxville.
3d Resolved, I lint the Convention recommend to
the very earnest and la, >;uble consideration of Ten- *
nesete and Virginia, t.,e constiaction of a Railroad
from Knoxville, Term ,to Chariottsvi le, Va —or to the
State ii 1 no- -sehv, *.i. ctfiistruction of a McAdanuzed
road from Knoxville, graded suitably for a Railroad, to
the Virginia line, to meet the Virginia road now in pro
gress , an*l that the respective Legislatures of Virginia
and lennessee be requested to grant charters for the \
the construction of such Railroad or McAdamized road,
and to subscribe for one half of the stock thereof.
4th. Resolved, T tiat East Tennessee is justly enti- (
tied to the bonds of tlie State, for works ol Internal Im
provement, to an amount equal to the difference be- I
tween the sum already expended and the amount ap
propriated to this division of the State by the compro
mise act of 1837 ; and that our Legislature be request
ed, out of this fund to set apart the sum asked for in
the 2d resolution, for the purpose therein specified ; and
that the residue lie appropriated to the object set forth
in the 3d resolution.
sth. Resolved, That our delegation be urged to con
tribute liberal md to the construction of a line of rail
way, from Nashville, ma Chattanooga and Knoxville
to the Virginia line. ’
Cull Resolved, That we acquiesce and concur in the
pro|>otuition of the Greenville Convention, for an ap
propriation for the improvement of the Hois ton river
from Knoxville to Kingsport, and the French Broad to |
the mouth of Nolacliucky, with a view to steamboat
navigation.
7th. Resolved, That we recommend to the legisla
ture the passage of a law, authorizing Counties, and
Town or City Corporations to subscribe for stock in
works of Internal Improvement, and to issue their
bonds for the same, payable at some futute day.
Bth. Resolved, ‘Hint all the members of the Legis,.
lature from the Eastern division of the Slate, be ear
nestly requested to use their utmost endeavors to ac
complish the unpoiUtni objects designated in the pre
ceding resolutions , and, if it should be impossible to
succeed in all. that they g.v • their united support to
such woiks as it may be practicable to accomplish
And, be it further resolved, that ou, Representatives be
requested to present each of these proportions aepar- <
atelv to the consideration o’ the Legislature, so that
neither one of these great works shall te- trammeled by
any opposition to the others, which may arise among I
the members of tin* Lgnlutuie, flour otner divisions of ,
the State.
Theso resolutions, after some discussion, were imam -
mously pass* and The meeting then adjourned over un
til the next day when Col Gadsden, of the Carolina
road road an able np.>it tiom the (.0111111 it lee on Sta
tistics I’lolessor Moultrie, of the South Carolina
College, also read import upon the health of Charles
ton ! Both these reports were adopted and are prom
ised 111 the Knoxville p ipera of next week The ac
tion of ihe convention was entirely recommendatory,—
ifefoie udjounimg the following R mdutmn was agreed
to: ,
Revolted, That it is the opinion of this Convention
that the cause of Internal Improvement m the States
of South Cainhim. Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and
Vug,ma may d*- p.omoted by a l onveulton ol dele
gates from loose States, and a Convention is therefore j
recommended 10 meet ut Atlanta on the 23d day of
Novemlier 1847. 2>
That such a convention will be held is now certain
Its objects are not stated, but may b fniily guessr I at.
f>y those wfei liave attentively watched the heating of
entam Carolina influences upon Georgia impiove
nieiits Most sincerely do w* 1 trust that tli**se portions
of our population that nr.* most Joeply interested may t
see to it, tluit public opinion is not manufactured within t
then own hunts, that may result in their entire over- *
threw, so far as the trade of our own and adjacent *
Spites is concirned.
—— - - 1
The lllwusscc Unit Kond „
The New Board of Direct*?r* of the iliwaaser Com- „
pany mot at Knoxvilfe last week and, among other c
things, n solvsfbpoo the following j
Ist T*) apply for an amendment of the chart*? ,
changing the name to that of ,, 'l , h’ East Teuiiesscc Rail
Road Company” and to require its extension to the
town of Knoxville begining at the southern terminus.
2J. To pay off’all the old claims against the compa
ny, as far as its present means extend, and then issue
Bonds bearing interest nt 6 per, cent. These wilj
shortly be paid, ns the State Treasury is indebted to
the Company nearly enough to liquidate .the whole of its
indebtedness.
3*l. To reduce the present stork, from its nominal to
its reaf value, and then to ask the State to Subscribe
! for stock to in amount Equal to that which may be sut)-
‘ scribed lor and actually paid in by private individuals
These and other measures adopted by tlie Uourd it
is thought will insure the resumption of the work at no
very distant day.
Hon. Reger Li Gombto*
The (.Sandernills) Central (Georgian notices the
reappearance, at Washington Superior Court last week
of the Hon. Roger L. Gamble, “bearing the marks ot
renewed health and vigor.” It will be recolected
that < ’of (i , some time last Spring, resigned the Judge
shipol the Middle Circuit by the advice of his Physi
cians for the purpose of making the tour of Europe.—
It w Hi give great joy to ms numerous friends and adini
* rersto learn that the object has to a great extent been
attained and that the people of Georgia have in pros
! pect to enjoy, for years to come, the advantages of the
bright and pure example and wise counsels of one who
has been alike the ornament of his State and the belov
ed of las fellow citizens.
I>r. linclu* not Ifintf.
We published an extract of a letter from the Pensaco
la Gazette, on Thurs lay, which announced the death ol
Dr. Buche, ut Anton Lizirdo, o:i tlie 26th of August
‘Phis we are rejoiced to learn from a near relative of
the Doctor is incorrect. He left this city some two
weeks since tor Rio Janerio. There is no other Dr
Baclie in the Navy — Phil. Ledger.
The weather and the Crop.
The weather for the last fortnight has been particular
ly fine for picking cotton, as well as the various other
pursuits of the planter. The cotton suved will be in fine
order although the product will scarcely be as great per
acre as usual; still when we consider the increased quan
tity ol land planted, we are inclined to the belief that
there will he found no great scarcity of “ the raw ma
terial ” after all.
Loiter from V. K. Stevenson, Esq., to the
Hon. John C. Calhoun.
Nashville, Dec. Pith, 1846.
Dear Sir:—ln talking over the prospects of our con
templated railroad from Nashville to Chattanooga, to
connect at that point with the great railroad improve
ments of Georgia and South Carolina, last winter, you
agreed that il 1 would furnish the statistics of Tennes
see, that you would write such articles upon the imuor
tance ol the work to Georgia and South Carolina, and
Charleston particularly, as the suite of the case would
justify ; and 1 have not prepared this sooner, because I
was anxious that your articles upon the subject should
appear near the time of the publishing of the report on
the railroad survey, which I expect will be ready for
publicnt on now in 10 or 12daysbyJ. Edgar Thompson,
C. ii.igmeer, who inclosed to me your note in answer
l* • : uun inq iDies, <3tc , stating that I had promised
statistics, wun.ll 1 nau not iorg jtte.i. Below you will
tniu taut 1 have, 111 auaitiou to the statistics, taken the
hbeity ol m iking a lev/ suggestions upon the various sub
jects connected with which you can make such use
of as you think best lor tlie interest of the great work.
is: l give the amount and value of all kinds of agn
culiuie ud manufactured articles produced and ship
ped from the line, and immediate vicinity ot the con
templated railroad line, and all nearly from Nashville,
except the iron, which is produced mostly below Nash
ville, on the Cumberland river, and a laige proportion
of pork and bacon, which is now driven and wagoned
ofl to th South.
*30,00u hogsheads Tobacco, average
weight 1667 lbs., 3cents—making
§SO. perhhd 81,500,000
150,000 bales of Cotton, shipped from
Nashville, average weight 450 lbs. t
worth 33 dollarsper baie 1,666,666
500,000 sacks of Com, mostly from
Nashville, and all from the Cumber
land river, 21 bu. to the saekßJc.
per sack. 400,000
350,000 fat Hogs, in all shupes, tak
en out ot the railroad vicunty 111
Middle Tenn., average value §5 00
each 1,995,000
21,000 Beef cattle, chiefly dnveu out
and boated from Nashville to mark
et, S2O each 420,000
30.000 Horses and Mules, annually
driven and sold from Middle Tenn.
S6O each. ... 1,800,000
-Country made Junes, linseyg,
and socks, shipped chietly troin
Nashville 9011th *200,000
There are 9000 bales of cotton man- •
ufactured in the different factories
in ALudie Tenn., one tlurd of the
goods and yarns from w hich is ship
ped and sold out of the State, the
estimated value of which is, I think
reasonably placed at 400,000
Wag* *ns, carts, drays, carnages, gigs,
kc §350,000 —one third exported
from Nashville, &c., 116,000
Cedar, lumber, staves, hoop poles,
and other products of the forest.... 166,000
Iron in all shapes, estimated in a re
port of Mr. 8. D. Morgan to our
last Legislature, the capital being
$4,100,000, and the products annu
ally estimated as equal to the capi
tal, makes it $4,1000,000, and of
this I fully is made and shipped
from Middle i’enn., and the largest
part from the Cumberland river, be
low Nashville, (ihere being 21 blast
furnace*, 11 forges,and three splen
did rolling mills, the products of
which lo sßoo,oooper annum; there
are on the Tennessee river, hr Ten
nessee, 12 furnaces and 8 forges and
bloomeries; estimating the 12 fur
naces at 1500 tons to the furnace,
which is considered lair by our iron
men, and they make a grand total
of 180,000 tons of mettle.) (1 send
you with this Mr. Morgan’s report
whieii was gotten up by bun with
great cure, at the request of our Gen
eral Assembly, and although this
may look large, I have no doubt but
that it will be double in ten years,
for capital is firing invested in tins
branch ol manufactures constantly,
from auroatl as well as at home, and
our hugest fortunes have i>een
made from it 3,075,000
600 tuns of Hemp; .aw and inanu
fictuie l, ut SBO, b* ;ng an average
low enough, i. 48,000
Po j try.shipped south from Naahville,
MjM
7tM 000 lb** 1* liners, worth at Nash
ville 23c per lb 161,000
180,000 B eswax, do, 23c |kt 1b.... 31,100
100,000 lbs Geiiseng, do 26c per lb. 26,000
1,040,000 lbs. Wool, do. 18c per 1b... 189,000
15,500 bushels of Flaxseed, do 70c per
bu?* 10,850
Dried pouches, apple, nuts und pea
nuts —apples, iOc perbu., peaches,
60c , nuts, 100 c , pea-nuts, soc 11,4(A)
12.000 b*jh*‘ls pets and henna, at 60c
p m busi 1 ■ 7,20*1
23,100 gallons of Beach and Apple
Brandy, country distilled, 60c |>cr
gallon 13,860
1.5(A) fibis , Whiskey, worth $8 00
per hbt chiefly made in Nashville 120,000
120000 lbs of Furs and Peltry, worth
121 c per lb , from Nashville...... 15,000
Sidlery, hartleas, iirichines, cotton
gins, cut stone, Ac., from M-I lie
Tenu , '"scc 36- >t >oq
sl2 642376
Miking a total of twelve million six hundred and lo t
ty-two thousand five hundred and seventy-six dollars
ties riy half us whieh is shipped from Nashville, and 1-6
from Ul.irWsvtlfe, about 40 mifos Mow Nashville, mtl
the fmilince hauled and driven to the States south of as
Tfe* estimitea below are taken from the report oi the
Connnimonet'of Patents lor 1816. except, ns to cott> m
in*lulac ’<. which I hav * taken the liberty of corrod
ing . mi l it any he that N w York and Ohio may have
r •rm-tiona to make that would take their products tea
point largely beyond th e *
As it ip, it present* a surprising state of facts, and Mich
ns I am certain would justify the belief that our railroad
stock will be valuable, particularly when the contrast in
prices here and at Charleston for all our products is ta
ken info consideration.
.■Comparative value of tlie products of Agriculture in each of tlie following three States, placing each article at a
[ t itr price or value. —Taken from the Report of the Commissioner of Patents.
1 Quantity an.! vu;u-- <>l th-- ■■ ulmrii product, of N*-w Quantity and value of agricultural products! Quantity &. value of the agricultural products
’t ork. ?i” ponnlation tiei'-g 2,6-16,000. : of Ohio, her population being 1.76 U, 000. of Tennessee, her population being yIO.tKIO
I N > bust,.-is wheat. I6.ntw.noo. at $1 per hush. 13472.000, at $1 00 per bush ; $1347-2.000 8,340,0007at$T 00 perbushT $5340,000
I Do. barley. 3474.000. at 50e. per bush 1,787,000 15.400, SO “ 7.700 5 500, 50 “ 2,050
Do. oat, 23.700.000. at 25c. per bush 5,925.00 C; *4.447.000, 25 “ 6,111.750 8.625.000, “25 “ 2156,250
Do. rye, 3.560.000 at 50? per bush 1,780.0001 2441000, 50 “ 1,274 .000 384,000, 50 “ 192.000
Do. buck wheat. 3.347.000, at 50c. per bush. 1673.5 81 ‘..>0.000, 50 “ 475000 26 000 50 “ 13.000
Do. Indian com. 13.23 ‘.OOO. at 50c per hush 6,625,000 57.600.000, 50 “ 28,8181(88) 70.265 000 50 “ 35,132 500
Do p0tat0e5.21.986.000. at 20e per bush .. 4.397.200 4.120.000, 20 “ 824.000 2,2.56,(88) 20 “ 451,200
Xo. tons hay, 3,703.000, at $5 per ton 18,515.000 1,251000, 5 00 per ton 6,255.000 42,5(K) 5 00 per ton. 210,000
“ hemp A tlai.manufi-cturet! and raw,
“ pounds tobacco
“ “ eonon
“ rice _
“ “ silk cnemaH. 7.850, at $2 per H).. 15.700 39.370, 2 00 “ 79,740) 30.110 2 00 “ 6)1,220
“ “
j 557,695,400 j $57499,394; $57,551,820
Thus it is seen that in agricultural products Tennes
see stands in the front ranks with the great States of
New York and Ohio, notwithstan ling th*- former has
a population ot near 3 to 1, and Ohio nearly 2 to 1, and
that this population has to be supported before there is
a surplus; and further, that stock m et!i-*r of those
States have to be fed twice as long in the w.liter, our
winters being but halt the length ot theirs; all whieh
lustifi-s the belief that it we had th** sa n • motives in
price for our produce, that wc would have nearly double
as much to sell as either of those great States, that are
paying railroads so well.
Teno. twelve yea s ago, Tennessee purchased con
siderably oi every kind of agricultural piotiuce, chiefly
from Kentucky, except cotton and corn, notwithstand
ing she stands now even ahead ot that great State in
the same products that she w is dependent upon her tor
so lately; and I am well satisfied that with the addition
al inducements furnished by the better prices atforded
to her by a railw iy to Charleston and Savannah, that
she would double the amount ol her products for sale
in five years, for this great revolution in her prosperity
h is been created mainly by the fine McAdamized roads
that pass from Nashville to almost every rich neighbor
hood in Middle l ennessee. To give you an idea o 1
the number, &c., 1 will state that we have running out
of Nashville nine roads, and six branches leaving them
within the county, and numerous others in the adjoin
ing counties running in every direction from Nashville.
Two of these roads reach to Louisville, Ky., taking
different routes ; another leaves one of these at Bow
linggreen, Ky., and runs through the richest counties
in southern Kentucky, to Eddyviile, on the Cumber
land river, Bolinggreen being at the head of sfockwater
navigation from the Ohio river, We then have various
McAdamized roads of different lengths, reaching to
wards Alabama, but one of which reuches the line, a
branch from which goes through a fine iron district to
the Tennessee river, at Carrolville ; and others running
eastwaidly in different directions to the highlands, from
fifty to sixty miles off. In fact, every rich county in
Middle Tennessee has its McAdamized road or roads
to Nashviiie, but one, Eiaukiin, lying on tlie line of
this contemplated railroad. The Kentuckians propose
that if we will make our railroad, they w ill extend a
turnpike road that we have begun towards Russelvilie
through that place, and to the Green river,at the mouth
of Muddy river—it being slack water to above that place
from the Ohio river.
We will also siackwater the Cumberland to the Ohio,
if we can get an amendment to a charter obtained at
the last Legislature, which 1 have no doubt we will be j
able to do. We would have been at this work now, ;
but for the detect''in the charter b iiig ol so serious a |
nature that the commissioners (1 being one of them) re- |
fused to open the books under it.
With this siackwater and our railroad to Charleston!
and Savannah finished,our system of internal improve
ments would be complete; for our river is south of the
point where water freezers hard enough to im
pede steam navigation ;it ulso empties into the Ohio
below that point, which now gives us great advantages
over our more northern neighbors, when their rivers are I
frozen over and ours open, in supplying New Orleans at
ull prices.
There is one fact with regard to the commerce of our
country thut will operate tog ve.at an important sea
son, u very heavy trade to tins railroad, il made, and
that is this, at the breaking up ot ail of the northern wa
ters, a vast uuiouut ol com, pork, flour, und wheat is
poured into New Orleans just as the cotton and tobac
co from the more southern Stales is arriving, which,
taken all together, gluts the New Orleans market and
lowers tlie puce of produce at the very time that the
. same cause creates a demand for shipping which raises
the demands ot ship owners, and the two causes, tend
ing both to lower tlie price and raise freight, niukc it
ruinous, many Aimes, to holders ot all kinds ol produce,
and mote particularly those holding such articles us ba
con, flour, and tobacco, that ure so injured by the cli
mate ; and ut the same time the canals ol New Y'ork
are closed up, and ve?(Ms are begging freight, and also
at Charleston freight is lowest when highest at New
Orleans—as an instance, last March freight from New
York to Liverpool wus I penny per pound, and the same
at Charleston, when it was tlie sum d*y • at New Or
leans, or $1 7b per UK) U*s. at New Orleans and svl cents
at Charleston—giving an advumage oi $1 -a per 100
lbs. to Charleston, and ready snipping. in $1 25 j
would more than pay the carriage from Nashville to ;
Ciuirlestoii and place the produce from ihe upper Mis
aimippi in market ut Liverpool at least une month soon
er. us well us afford a large saving in iiahuranee ; to. u
good summer w.*uld reach Nashville from St. Louis,
witn good slacltwuier, in forty hours, wh*n she would
be five oi six duys to New Oil'*un*<, and tne insurance
thence lo Liverpool is muck higher than from Charles
ton, <Jk.c.
ft tue construction of this railroad lme to Charleston
should hav** the Mimic effect upon tlie quantity ut out
produce taken to uiurkei tint has been shown on what
is called tlie eastern branch ol tlie ifolgnii railway,
(when the total amount ot tonnuge reaching the Ger
man frontier was twelve thousand tons m 1841, the
amount transported alter tne railroad went into up -ra
tion was sixty seven thousand tons; in 1542 More the
rndwuy took the traffic, the amount of light goods was
one hundred und ninety-tour thousand tons , in 1614 it
exceeded five hundrsdthousand tons, Ac—see Edin
burgh Review for Oct. IB4fi, page s64)—-we will, with
our present Inrg+* productions an.l the go al mereaae,
expect to keep the road busy and supply (inrun,on
with shipping of every variety in aullicit*nt übuudann* to
make her on** ol our largest cities Vou will be gieat
>y aided m coining to this conclusion by a r* iference to
our Nashville price current a#* l that of Chniieetuuoi
Nr* Yoik , uii,l I uin fin th r satisfied that by m iking
•T his is the amount lined from our atcamiioai
manifests, uud • consequently correct, though n greater
amount ihutt is act down by the Coin o Kutenta,lor ilit*
wltole crop of the Hiatc —yet this goes out of the Cutu -
berlaml river alone.
tThia ie eetimated for tliieye.tr from th<* hcet data to
be had. and n allowing h i ii ea*** u|*<>iffti • -hipm ni*
from *Naelivflfe* tint year ot >Jtxi bales, which i* 1 think,
nottoo large, n* our crop ot cotton is much h.*tt**r th n
last , this is hl** neurly ms much ns th Coin ol Patents
estimates the whole crop at , but in alJitioi to thi*—
.hjemplna ahi;>s 150,000bale*
this railroad cuinp,cit to Nashvil!,- that w f
Cliari.-Htou with such an abundance of Wu i,. ‘ ‘ .
seasons as to bring th? price at that point ,” !“
low the prices of New York as to induce #Ch bt ’
there the foreign ports. 1lr i;
You may be tn lnc -J to think that our river u
good as it really is, from what 1 li-,v e ,-,b uv , “' IU)
Therefore, 1 will here assure yon that it is ‘
to the Ohio below Louisville, and is navimhU
eight nnnthsin the twelve for tine boats,’ ! ““"M
balance lor smaller steamboats; but we huend
better titan any navigation in tlie valley, by Q ?
mg it and making,)* six f-et at all time's „i
II 1 have omitted anything, please cal] upon :1
it it is in your power lo do so, please comm...
articles immediately on this subject, as I |- m j f
nt Charleston are much alive to thia subject “V ‘
that they maybe diverted from this, as I th*!!; ft “‘
point.—l should like to hear from you, ■ ni, i
Most truly.
P. S. At this date, (May 31,1847,) fl our J N
ton, lor shipment to Europe, is worth $8 5u lu ‘'™ lr - f "-
barrel, when it is worth b.n $5,30 t 0 6,u0 , u \ ’ OU
leans—leaving a margin of *3,00 per bbl. to i n !* ° r ’
Louis and Cincinnatti to send their flour bv v“? 1,1
to Charleston, winch would not cost on,- Hollo ‘*'' l
more than to send to New Orleans. leaving Z “
bbl in lavor oi sending by Nashville to Chari™ W
wheat there is a difference quite equal-aav an *“
New Orleans; and corn, 69 to 79 cents p e / ’ 3 11
New Orleans, and $1,12 to 1,16 at Charleston T v “
York. All of which proves that the Missii*,™,, ‘ *
could gam 30 per cent., at least by sending
and flour to market by Nasnville, if this rail,—, sr *“ I
built; and Tennessee would gain double, and wl?!
would have her return in warehousing, drayino a ..'u I
warding—ail of this gam brought to our wtwrf,
hundred steamers iltui it would then take to / * I
business. * o .. 0S! I
. V. K. S I
From the Columbus Enquirer I
vliinulueloricN. I
The Troui> Factory A fiie.,,l t, I
luriiisheii us with tire fuels given bel H P ““ t ' , ?|
u,- ted with tills thrivingeatabUsbuieiit if* I
utod nt the simth-ciist corner of Tr.mn .’ lt “ lt * , l
stream of surtieient water power / “Untv, or, t l
Messrs, it,dm,sun and Leslie T', “ 1 mv “ l ' 1 ‘I
A. Buglaud, of Meriwether county l ’’ Ah U I
month since, it was mtt in operation, and siu“!Xl
time has iniployineut to 35 bauds „ ?*1
1,900 spindles uud consuming up* ards ,’f
ot cotton per day. There will in a few d.v.’■
addin,mo! (iOO spindles and go |,„, 111S t( - ■
quire a sum-mJded force of 15 or 20 hands t’l
whole will be started ut a cost of about i n , l( “■
Our inlot main ineiitionsa fact highly com,l
‘he chauical skill of our state ‘” I
tlmt the concern lias been started and put it ‘B
ressful operation liy Southern men, u‘,
Gcorgi.-iu being employed to direct or super JIB
any ol lire works. The machinery is equal
, southern ,-oimtry, the yarns, u
winch we have lielore ns, is of superior, euiv
spun In,m good cotton, indeed we are
that (mother kind of cotton will be used ,
tablishmenl. It is tlie opinion of the .imnrvu!9
tin, w-ie-a they m-l fairly to work the, .'ll'ZM
some ,-,i leas. 1,000 pounds of cotton per da, ■
The llowarii Manufacturing Comi-am-t;.B
corner stone of the large building about
ere, ted for the use ot tin.. comp ilU y, wasU| r jß
nnprnprmt.i I, mors on tie 28 li alf. „t
tmi,- ol day I.r all so. h d,.ug. lo be. Th.. J. J
rock work tint w-is iutemded as the fouu B
tins splendid establisliuieut israpull, e „ U ,V ‘ I
the whole building will be up uud li, ml, ,J |, ■
Ist ot January. By tlmt time the , X
to receive about a third part of th,‘ m ., |, , B
Bnd soon we shall have no interval nt"l
tween the clinking of hammers, tin* nm ~ I
spinning jinnies and Ihe click clack „f th,-
rnovhig looms. \V, love to coiiteinpluto
sent improvement and future pros -eriiv r
beniititiil city, uud these tilings ure i, - ltir ,
ol co,mug events. MainifncUiries give
m in aud g (od wages t,> „ large n ,
dustrious women and children of the euuuti
add immensely to the iiidepemlence mid - ,-.]H
aui-e Ol the people; hence Wn rejoice to Sc*- ■
springing up in our midst. We hove the n
terial .-n.d experience i., rl.iily proving tlmt ,ii,-
pi. line the ability to do a portion of th,
Ol tlie “CoMJMBtrs Factort” some thrr,
a bine our city, aud the “Coweta Falls f,
in our immediate vicinity, it is a waste nf :, H
drop a word of commendation. In ihe lull i. ■
sueces-tul mid profltabio experiment. Ur
week! v turiiiug out thousands of vanlsufeS
and ihousiiuds of pounds of yarn ns good w
country can require, or the world ever . f
‘i'tn y are, as ure also the others noticed in ih B
uectioti, in the hands of men of pecuniary a’ ■
ol gre.it ent-rd . and enterprise, an,l nqnhly ,-
to a condition at once to supply all dele
bid detiauce to all competition from a
Columbus Enquirer. I
The Encaruaciou l*riM>ners. I
We notice by the New Orleans, Picayune oik*.
the arrival at that city.ot a considerable number ol
unfortunate prisoners, who were captured w:ili Hi
Borland and Capt. Cassius M. Clay prior ai
buttle ol Buena Y’.sta. Th *y were liberated upn:3
parol ot honor not tos**rv** again during the pro ; i
but peremptorily refused to give such a pied.’ 3
their term of servic* had expired. T'leirofi
ure r*‘presented lo have been very great an l w >.i i j
been still more so, Hut for the humanity ot the Hi
trail W(Hii'*ii, who supplied them riotli.iii
|**rson und while on the march and frequently ■ y i
through tli-’ guiirtl to turnisli them with ■
Machine for .Making Face Brick.
Among tin* great variety of specimens ol A
ingenuity on exhibition nt th** .Mechanics’ Fa.:
excels m utility flint above mentioned. Ur.cK ?
*1 isp-’iisiihi** article, und if any thing can be mo
ii'immsli tie* expense an<l tli-* ti.ue *:ii’n*ii **i m’
<l l n.irv ii**L• oi its pr< piir;tiK.ii tor tli?'kiln.^’ieli
i- worthy the patronage of all tli*- sum \an I
italists in the country Tli** common pr-?** -- • 1
oil.', r- ipnring tin* employ incut ol m iny ha i.-
ilivis.oii ol laiH*r Tins M irhnn* ree- tv-M- H
open tunnels at top, th * clay b *intg
Hough in its natural stale for adhesion.
ami |r**sses iftnuh r plat- s, t<?nus it in iiioui-i
----tion of the machinery making lour bricks,aud
at tlie rate of thirty thousand m ten hours I
The bricks are then inn fit condition to
the kiln They nre not ready in the old war |
liave been dried two days. This machirn
action by a steam engine of six horse power |j,
s*‘t up at small expens**, and is neat in it*r? I |
simple in its o;wrnti()ii It can l*e worked iy >
nuiulx rot hands wlnch nre employed to A |
brick . and is tin* production **t A. Woodwax ?
cestev, Masq.— lioston Taper t
Another Recipe.
The milk sltuiiu'd in large tubs over night
stirred in milk, and in morning strained in
milk heated to natural heat, and color an*
whey off, and curd broke fine inh*H| w ith le’
and put in strainer, pressed twelve hours, l *^ n
from li'Hip, and salt rubbed oil th* surface . t!‘ ,B
h-nip without strainer and pressed forty-cil'*
th**n put oil tables, salt rubbed oti surface. 81,1
in sail six day. lor cheese weighing thirty
li*K>ps to have holes in th* bottom ; the ■
*av-*d, set, and chuniej.to grease the cfr*e* ‘ W
h*ive method is for making on** cheese pr 1V |
Keunet or Wine i'u*ta M 'B* I
Very simple, ami prepared hi fiv** n>n v I
of rennet about four inches square into * ! * ■
into a buttle filled with win.* —lt will bent
two *>r thr**** w*** ks— make you*
sweeten the milk, then stir into it <’ t, n 'i
hlespoonful *n the renn**t will*’. aec*rliu ‘ ’’ 1
as you prefer, put nwuy iti a c-**l pl ar '*
an-l giat>* iiutiii -gon them The win.”
Ciiiiiuak** euoiigh, by th-* a I liU'’i oie-ttf 1
you prepare it, is a very miunslitiig tliina H
llc.-rcdsc Id hc ’-(/.(• “I H
In the last numb*rot tli** Noith Bnt fl
curious lact is stated, on the authority
statistician, Tapica that the h* ight o*
Frau**** has d**cr**ased since the br*tikin | *
volution toward* the close *'! th*’ lu*’- ’’ nt ’ 1i;
The pliysienl development ol th**
France, s ivsth-* Reviewer, wrli**tl**r
the co’i*. i iptmn, or from ili ’ 4 *‘ “1 **”
ervusmg divifroii *1 tli** 1-ui 1. 11 ’
i’hi* Ins be. ii cursorily remarked b> r
without any pr.*t*iiHi-ms t> accuracy ,
li?w.’v* r, t he ii:eontrovcrtiNy tr,, *’
li**tglit In* Im’l'ii dtminishmu gr?i hi ill) 11
B-i re t! R.-volution th- standar 01
wiis :> i****t U) indies, lEnglish.) * ,u ‘ tr
feet 9 inches, under tli” Einper ,r ‘ .jH
at tli* pi* •* ut time, men id 5 * ,,K H
into th* lme. , th< ,
It bus been calculated, that even
vorahl-* eircutnsinnces, it
tl*Mir* I', enable th** liumafl specie* *“ ra ‘ H
w hat it was in 1790. Hj