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JOURNAL & MESSENGER. . T. CHAPMAN A S. ROSE, Editors. \ ERY LITE PROM THE Cl Tic OF MEXICO. By C J. Biddle't Express, received on Monday night. A.rivni ot'iiic steamship New Orleans Th? erenmshlp New Orleans, Capt AtilJ, arrived fng left vent ( uj on the Ist inat. The British courier arr . J ni Vera Cruz on the 31st of October, having left Mi-a w ott ths 29th, to which date we have letters “nd papers. Gen. Lane entered Peubia on the 13;h nit., with 3.000 men and six pieces of artillery—so says n despatch of Samn Anna, ‘i’he fatter could effect nothing against him on the Pinal. X (Jen. Smith has been appointed Governor of the city oi Mexico. (Jen. Quito on is about to return to the i nited States (Jen. Shields, Capt. Phil. Kearny, < ript. Davis, Lieut. Kigeraud oilier others will aecoin- ; . nt him. From the Durango Journal of the 14th ult.. is derived C. * informs'ion, that the U. S. frigate Portsmouth nr- ( i ived in the waters of Mnzntliin on the 22d of Septeni- f her, from .M- nterey, in California The U. 8. squad-i i, . n ati : ‘.’n frijgt ft • Jongreas, l lnlt. tbs ■ .ne. and a transport, left Monterey en the Ist of ptem’>er, for Mozatlmi, and San Bias, and for those cI G'in uiaonnd Acapulco. r i health of the army is fir from being good. The climate of the \ alley of Mexico is not. ns it appears, congenial to ;h>* coustitut ions nf the South. It is ns en ervating and fi.tnl to the southern, ns is that of Vera Cruz t-the northern constitutions. The effective force of the entire army is reduced ten or fifteen per cent. Th? city of .Mexico was filled with rumors of peace . It was said that a quorum had met at Qneretaro, and 1 that the maynity decided in favor of an amicable ad justment ot difficulties. The train Vviiieh is to come clown will he under the command oi’Vol. llamey. A great number of wound - ed officers are to accompany. Aia ■ r (Ja is Capt. Cassius M. Clnv.Cnpt. Heady, M ■ i Borland.Capt. Donley and Midshipman Rogers ( • 1 rn •. and we are happy to add our associate Mr. Kendall. 4r rfaifav ad, the British Minister, arrived at Vera t tzon tfa* 3Jth ult. and was received with military honors. er f.< m an Eng’fah hou r dated Penbla, Oeto- I ber 2(th, has been received at Vera Cruz, from which our correspondent makes the following extract: Peubla, October 21), 1847 * * * II iwever, w’ miy soon have our cotnmuni • 1500 Americans i♦• 11 yesterday wid| * in c-*s of artilery, andentevd Atlisco.as wc un ci f.i., v. i; ivc i y Si.ght i-.ji ■’ • Paiticuiawhaw not yet transpired. This will i ike our State Government remove to a distance,and e.irry along with it the guerrillas which have been o so mucli injury. They all (guerrilles) c mic from a! -t ;cc—the population in our immediate iieighberhood j.* ver having shown any great disposition j to rake up arm? in this present w ar. i principal part of the for*: recently under Sane . ;ni :*■ .i!i;n istood to have march* 1 1m Penbla. Bu in i ei'.tireiy unprovided for, they subsisted by rapine ami plunder. Lieut. E. B. Daniels, of the 2d Artillery, hus died | h ? wounds. •it i* s.vi(i. and we W-.fave truly, thatCnpt. Walks'| oi dir ii .lb- was killed in the affair at Huamontla - , (.’apt. W. left t:n* castle of P* rote in con*.maud of thre • * :np,wt.3 in advance olGer. L ine strain. Nineinih ! tn t Peufaa he met 900 Mexicans, said to lx unde i:..me.hate command of Santa Anna. In charging, (. . received a lance wound entirely through th f ‘*'y,and m- ! *t a \es by a cannon shot. His pci son-.l antagon ?t a the charge, are! who lanced iiin , ” n -ichiateo ucrrilla chief, it is sui.l he has swor i .v figii t Oapt.W . But be, too fell in Ihe con ffa • ‘ind by Walker’s hands, receiving two balls but , h. ■ r volver. Capt. Loyall, and eighteen men of his company i i im and Georgia ns, and from i\ to ten of the Rifles are also known lo have been killed ill the charge { Cnpt. Wall. r. A man named llaborg, of Baltimore, rs r Capt. Walker, lost a leafrma dfacharg e Wj nfc 1 p m im uia be Mi lion, w, re slaughtered after rins like sheep ” ‘I Hi s, the editor of the Monitor Jlepuhlicn no, wa , •• • vni led fur aspersing the character of a lady. \ duel was i<'light near Vera C ruz, outride the Gat ot riercy, on the Ist inst., betw n ('apts. Warringto. a., i White, wiili muskets, at sixty pa<. h At tlie tin tire Capt. V. , _ion received u hull through the flesh, part of both legs below the knee. I’he stuamei Ann Chose and two thiee-mastedachoc rrers have gotu ashore m the fan bur of Vera Cruz. Al it i? Mippttsetj. v..i be totally lost. A duel was fought about tin 1 s4th ult. between Capt I•. ;• rof die ini and Copt Andier of the voliigeun Amlk-second lire Capt. was shot in the u!tk Ji. i \v. ’ i,! not a dangerous wound. We wi , t tua pans ulars to-morrow. Gen. Yioin v Villamil tins been appointed Mexica •secretary oi war. Lieut, v'liuc ke .ford, of the 2 J Artillery, has died ol h i wounds. As tar back ns the 14th ult. Gens. Pillow and Shield , v. ere nb.e to tv about. The political by thisairivai iivnage ui.| unsuiMJC. y, ii.ough as yet we i.ave nut had time i| r: r < J a t.-.de l .ur letters or puptis The “ Leon das ’ letter made a great stir in the arm. We ijhaif g ver nple deta.ls about it. One of the abo\ l v e s grew out of .t. Th Aiuer:ca?j star says that die Americana have et * 1 ved Orizaba. Their force wns 400—-we suppose urii • cvpauy mourt and men No opposition whs made i them. Many merchants went m with them. Is “m frigate Mississippi arrived at Vera Cruz t f the zJtnl ult. Gen Patter?on’B command hns not left Vera Cruz -l 1 ihe composed of at least h<JOO men. The Texu I Roug’ i? go up with him. V- iMrtm tiara, on Tredwell died at Vera Cruz on tl i C” i utt. of the vumito. \ c < tit martial was in session nt Vera Cruz on tl | 2 ... in; the ti al of Capt. J hn If King, Miiitrvy St; r V keeper. t. n. Mur*! li i? ill nt Vera C >iz and will not l.e al l t 1 up w ,'b :i Patterson tl” will wait till (Jr I ( 1 ‘lu's division r • riv* . The strainer A K. Hetzel, Capt. Baker, arrived i ti Ciuz In :n Mobile or the 3i‘tli. He had to thro t ih‘ :rd a l Inn bora . l aving encountered aw. ! w -t- ,•• r ‘J 1 steamer Florida was in the same go j a; uad to throw o vet board nil her mules. Int. an I ! ( Cie 14th 1 ifimtry, tu • dead; ti I j l*' r - er of h.? w. ::ids, and the latter of a bowel con.l i p.. nt. 1 rc were several shc eks of an earthquake at tl j city of Mexi'*o * n the morning of the 2d of Octobe ondagarn at i<ndmghl on the sth. They do not apperl j to have b en vtry revere, ns no damage was done i J j then y, with h- ‘ xceptron of cracking ji f-w walx. ♦ An wu • per hns been esUiMi?h< and in the capital, ei j ! tided La Rax i. It is piblished entirely in Spanish! I i l in ’.t ol the constitution of *24. Y • r jr• ■! to learn from the Star that Col. RohertM ‘ of tl: 2d i\ ylvnnia r giment ot volunteers, died tl ti ‘ nptiition th 3d ot October Li- it Joseph D. Bacon, of the 6th Infantry, died o | ] t 12.:. ult. oi v umkrcc iv Int the battle f Churul L co ‘J newapnp* rEI Mfxican* of the 11th uit say* ii I ved i n tram (|Mif tiro in which iliiMAle that Gi-ii, AUuoi.te has been received liw re with murk id • .it i\ hy u persons who*‘appeared t*> be moot i p. .1 a v b< tired thnt tin y were concocting. p : u .* u ento t.gaimt the luwiul Government. j: A .* iicnn.u new pi* per eataMiahed in th c i • !>hed in both Spanish *nd English, aayi i •> 14th t ‘li appear* that large number * I> juries of the Congre-s, forming u junta, having go tin n pi meatgainst Pena y Pena holding the rica ulniti *! power. Dr William Roberta, of the Medical Start’, and at tached io the sth Inlantrvaa Surgeon died on tle 18th n't ,ofa woun i received at the Rmu's Mills < pt,C. 1 . Huddleaon, of the 11 h Infantry, died at . M.'xh on th* 11th tilt of (’ arih ii. Hr waain hudj j h • ‘h from the time bt left V*m Cruz. C , • IVwn of th*- New York Regiment ot Volun teer..! tdon the 10th ult of wound* received inatorm i Cm pllltej fd. U< •■a the Mexican S. erctary nf State, hnsl I tin hr tli** inaniKV *ns ot Penn y IN nn.nddresaed Santa’ j Ai r-a ■ wf. m Toluca, ordering lnm to give up the , c ‘doil! ** my t't ieti. Umeon, until Ins eon cl tin the lair hat tie* shall have been investigated by n i. it- mum ’ t court martian sh ilWc-re olt;ie Mfx ( fin army, who had gone to Qt ’■ ;o nr.d T'*'ura were hooted, it is -aid, hy the p on both men and women, and scan ely dated to ir a. n the street* lor lear oflicing hot. ” yoftiitr *on the rood between(duerettroand a rnpitnii nJ are plundering every trav.Her they mitt. Ah-ttn dated the 14th ult . received at the capita! ft. i . q ert t.iiM *iy IN ‘tu y Penn had iiwt arrived, m company withu lew deputies, making the total number In cn pita I about liny. It was thought, aaya the Star, ei ‘ iv rs would <* made ut om * to organize a Gov arm * nt, which would untie the (mention of m ace or w, Isa quotum ol Congress could beaMHubled, the li’ |ti*tu i: which would he brought up Would be the pi- :* uey. Almonte wa fan*ken ot aa the candidate ol n Puri - ’in I antne of the >lod* radue. and Oinguilsd. Govmoro# tie* State ol Mexico, tb* candidate oi ii; ■ • j Neaitv uli th nffh * • I tin dm L<*ri*d airny wcie at Queietaro, and it }* mid found it hard to obtain mhaistcnce. ‘Hie military force at g. istero consisted of about 100 calvary and infantry, wi h sin p*ce <<i net tilery from Guadalajara, under the co maud of Gen. Heredia. 11 r is arntiied hy a Mexican thnt the cathedral | ol iiuidv lajara had been sacked bv tlie party opposing thr church Th* Sou thinks thera ia 0010 c thing im- | por'.i i * nd “and p looted’’ ill this ‘I ho Star of the IGthaav-th** sssadnat ion of American wd eisiiy tl ? Meglcant had again commenced. Ser grnt SutUftv cd ihefciflei*. waaailled the night before. A mate i f or <* of the infantry regiment! was nlao kill’ • i. w aamenight, and it waa reportad that two other* v ft ‘i.. . vea:iT iHaropemat tha capital, an Ameti ei p .1 Ihe itre, several elmusea, and besides th 1 is fs-ncen* andbniU are frequent. trt>}U*k**, say* the North American of me fifth nit , ai pi * ’ me *)i very trequem occurrence in It.. . o’lluU m ly. Af w day# ago the village ot J’ .ns tut;‘;> deatroyed. The Canton de la Barca l,p* mw mlf* re n severe hake, throw ing down houses aud the tower of rhe principal church. We have had K ‘*r of these unpleaaam vodtora ui this city ainee oc t’s aumot it. 4 W t f j. -n The “ Mexican Eagle,” is the name of anew Mexican journal, just commenced at tin capital. The editor dost not believe in oppesmpobstacles lo any negotiations that may lend to n amicable adjustment of the differences, and says that Pn \ idence has decreed the destiny of the nation. The following is the substance of a motto nt the head of the Eagle : “ An honorable ponce ennobles na tions, nnd the inngnnnimity of the North will not let them offer in terms other than honorable.” JOI RN \!. & MESSENGER. MA c o\. on. WEDNESDAY, NOV. n, 184 T. FOR PRESIHEXT, GEN.ZACHARY TAYLOR. At n meeting of the citizens of .Macon, held at ’he Council Room on Saturday evening last, the following gentlemen were chosen to represent this city in the Rail Rond Convention to be held nt Atlanta on the 23d of the present month, with power for each delegate to supply his vacancy in the event of his noti-att’ ndence. viz : A. H. Chappell, J. J. Gresham, Thomas Pinkney Smith, 8. T. Chapman, S J. Ray. L N. Whittle Isaac Scott, John Rutherford. Charles Day and A.J. White, Esqrs. The South-Western Kuilroad. We publish in to-day's paper n communication signed u South- Western 6’ < urgia,” nnd hope our readers will give it an attentive peruaal. It shows the claims of the Boath-Western counties to an appropriation by the Legislature. It shows, furthermore, what are to be th< fruits aris.ng from the construction of the South-West cm Railroad. We do not believe that the picture has been overdrawn. Slate Agricultural Association. Ii is announced in the Milledgeville Recorder by D; Cutting the corresponding accrrtary that; ‘‘the annual meeting of tins Association will be liolden in Milledge ville on Wednesday the 17th of November next. Offi cers and delegates from the several county societies in the State, are requested to give their punctual atten dance. The Agricultural Fan will be held at the same and place. Elections. New York —We have returns from almost the en tire State, tilth nigh scarcely twenty-four hours Lava elapsed after closing the polls and the date of >ur in formation. This is the result of the Magnetic Tele graph. ‘i’he election was held for Lieutenant Govern or, State Legislature and some other State officers. — The Whigs have carried the State by a very lorg • ma jority—florae of the papers state it os high us 2g,u00 ! They have 24 or 25 Senators out of 32, and two thirds or more of the Representatives. The majority in the city w’as about 2,(X)U. This secures a Whig U. States Senator, in tin* place of Mr. Dix. New Jersey has followed u bad example, nnd been Georgia-ixt’tl in its election —having a Democrat! • Governor and n Whig Legislature. I’ennsylvania.—The official returns of tliis State show that Governor Shunk’s majority over the other candidates, is 5,093. —Tile Senate is 19 Whigs and il Democrats, and in the House 35 Whigs and 65 Deni. Louis'ana.—The returns are not complete. The New Orleans Times of the 14th, thinks that Thibol deaux, (W.) is re-elected to Congress, and gives n gain of one Senator and three Representatives iu the Legisl ature. The Convention. The suggestions of our correspondent B. (n portion of whose communication follows) have in part been artici pated by a meeting held in tliis city on Saturday last. Some of his remarks, however, we still think worthy of attention, and therefore append them. >“ That Macon ought to have ail able and experienced delega tion in the Atlanta Convention, is to us most apparent The late meeting at Knoxville proves that the people of Charleston, emboldened by circumstances, have resol ved to carry the war into the heart of our State, to di rect the trade from more than hai/ of our great line ol improvements and to press their se.fish schemes in re gard to other roads with earnestness upon the Legisla ture now m session. Shall we remain listless and in different under such a state of things, or should w r e nol rather present a bold and dt cided front at the v *?ry outset ol the warfare 1 Let us thens nd men of proper intelli gence and frim.eß—men who have cot oniv the w ii but the capacity to both spc:k and write —men who know tne tustory of our iuipioveinems, tne extent our resources and the probable influence of the great works winch have already been completed as well as those now in contemplation. Such men and such on ly can do us service, and we t:ust to meet with them at Atlanta on the 23d instant.” Ik Mexican \\ higs. We notice among the several officers thosen by the present Legislature/’ a right smart sprinkling” of Mex ican Whig*. Mr. Diuby, the worthy Messenger to the House of Representatives, lost an arm in tiie battle ol Buena \ ista, and had the honor ofserving in Col. Jef ferson Davis’ celebrated Rifl’e Regiment. Mr Digby though a resident oi Randolph county, was on a visit to M ssissippi, and was inqelled by liis patriotism, and Mexican Whiggery, to enter the service Major Charles. J. Williams, who served with hon or, through tlie entire campaign with the Georgia Reg iment, has be**n chosen Solicitor if the Chattahoochee Circuit, and Mr Wef.rs, the Solicitor of the Not them (’irciit, was a private in the same Regiment. It fa thus a f i|>nient that the people nre resolved to render those who have periled their lives for their country. If they lira thus regardful of the lioye, what will they not do f r Old Zac ” I'tlitoriu! ( om spumleni c. MILLEDGEVILLE, Nov. 4th 1847. Tire proceedings of the Legislature to date, tuny be given in a few words On Monday the General as sembly organized and elected its office:*. On Tues day, tlie Message of Governor Craw vord was read and the nece.-s.iry perl in unary preperations made for the in stallation of Governor Towns. Chi \\ dnewluy, the ceremonies of the inauguration took place, and were concluded by a brilliant Bull at Humou s Hotel. To day the election of Judicial Officers wum entered upon, and resulted os follaws, viz: Tor Judge of the Supreme Court. Eugeniua A. Nubst,(W.) 93 Elected. Henry G. Lamar, (D ) 79 Blank, 1 Judge of the South Western Circuit Lott Warren, (W.) 91 Elected. Dinitl KkfdoOi (D) #2 Blank, I Judge of the * oweta 1 ircuit I-Mward Y. Hill, (W.) Iff# Elected. . Murphy, tD.) (W Blank. Judge nf the Middle ( irruit W. W Holt, (W.) ** Elected. Ebenzer Starnes, (D.) H 5 Blank, I Judge City Court ei Savannah 1 • t M SheffUll, (W.) #4 8H 9 Elected R J Harden, CD.) M 7 H 7 Blank, 3 1 .. The General Assembly, next proceeded to tlie Elec tion oi an Attorney General for the Middle Circuit, when on the 3.1 Bullo* Mr Coi.vard of Columbia Coun ty, was elected. Mr. C was chosen over the present able incumbent, and owes his cfact ion mainly to hi* po litical opponents. For thvar minor oflic<*a, the party (wliether w isely or ttiiwisefy I pietcn.l not to s iy.) de termined to make no nomination* There are hosts of candidates and therefore your readers may not be sup prtsed should u lew Democrats be elected That party will doubt I *hs, g cue rally cut th.ir Vdti for th** candi date who is least oomprteut and least desired by the whigs In all cases, they will strive to defeat the in cumbents. After several uiimucc. ssfid balloting fora Solicitor General of tlie Houth Western Circuit, th* assembly took s receart and both branches ad|outurd until lUo'cloik to-morrow But little business of n general churaeter Ins tlius frtr been louchcd. A resolnUon was ofieied by Mi JonE: | i. the D inocratic Representative from Paul bag County, Ute on Tue dsy Evening,calling upon Gov Craw rrit)fbr information hi regard to the S|<pointment of Lieut. Cq%. Calhoun. The member desired the power of his G*ci\>ncy to make the up.Kdntiuent and declir ed that the nglu of voUntteera to elect own officers was Ivy law egpaaflfiy ieetired. He was probably either ignorant of the forts, or supposed that Gov Crawford would in the hurry ts busmens have no opportumty to rvspouu before his term of office exp red. To his sur prise, however, the answer was promptly laid before die House, developing tlw fart that tlie appointment had btu made U the regut ei of the authorities at Wash ington : The Secretary of war requested IBs Ex. 1* fancy to make th’ appointment, and named Col. Cal houn. The reply wes, that w'hile the enrire Battalion ren:lined in the State the Governor bad no authority under the law to net. The Secretary immediately or dered a portion of the command out of th • Stan* nnd renewed the request. The. Department having thus created the neceeiiy, the conunisMon was tendered to Ci I Calhoun. A gentleman cognizant oi the fact informs m • further, thru th Colonel would have been toe o.‘ most unanimous choice of the Battalion and liint an informal vote was actually taken in two of the Chero kee Companies, when rnly four men expressed a pref er nncfl for another commander. The other companies were raised by, and consisted of his immediate person al friends nnd would oi co use have unanimously sus tained him. Tims it appears that Governor Crvw foru is triumphantly vindicated and that this appoint ment was not only legal, but an act of simple justice to Col. Calhoun, on whose recommendation the Mount j ej Battalion was rais*dand whose patriotism had call ed forth tlie approbation even of Ins political opponents at Washington. The assault was made either in profound ignorance of the farts or for the purpose of annoying Governor Crawford, and making little political capital. A -iinilnr attempt to annoy llis Excellency was made by another member ofthe House, who presented a Resolu tion calling for certain information in regard to the Western nnd Atlantic Rail Road and State Bonds The whigs however promptly passed the resolraion avowing that they desired a full nnd careful examina tion and scrutiny of every act of the Into Executive. By the way, the Message of Gov. Cr aw ford and eserves more than a mere passing notice. If is emphatically, a business paper ; simple in its language, lucid and sat isfactory in its statements nnd in every reap* -ct worthy of the source whence it eminoted. It shows that the present credit of the State is based upon son icthing sub stantial. It establishes the gratifying sac that during this four years, in which George W. Crawford hns managed the affairs of State, the liabilities < } f the Gov ernment have been reduc and over ONE Ml LLION OF DOLLARS? nnd that even the Penitentfary which had previously been an annual tax upon the Treasury of ticelve thoumnd dallare has, during the last two years alone, yielded a net prt fit of $L0,753, being an nnunl net profiitof 5(5,376 ! Results like these cannot be attributed to rontengen cies. They are the triumphant, unanswerable eviden ces of financial ability of the Viighest order and of a devotion tit the public intere? ts unparallelled in the History of Georgia. Upon them alone Governor Crawford might rest his reputation os a statesman ; but time and circumstances wil 1 . develop other facts equal ly important and equally creditable to him and his ad ministration. Yours due. MILLE DGEVILLE, Nov., 7th 1817. GENTLEMFjt:—In my fast I threw out a lew com ments upon the adrn irable message of Gov. Crawford. \ our readers will family fail to contrast with it the In augural Address of Gov. Towns. The one is as char acteristic of its a> ithor ns the other. The one is com pact and dislingi tished for its unity and postiivenesa, the other is disjointed, deficient in unity and entirely non committal except upon general and national issues.— The address Trade better than it sounded upon delivery ; lor although the manner of llis Excellency was digni fied. Ins grammatical blunders were almost sufficiently gross, to disturm the repose ofLindlay Murray in his grave. These errors have to some extent been correct ed in the printed copy. The position of (Jov. Towns upon the Rail Road question is still equivocal, w hile he seems to favor ex tension in one breath he, qualifies his position in the next and even intimates the contingent exercise of the veto upon a question of mere expediency; One thing is certain. He intends to use tlie road for the benifit of his political friend**. Places have already been prom ised and it is even w hispered that he finds some diffic d ty in procuring anyone to take the place of Chief En gineer because of the policy whicli he seems resolved to pursue in reserving to himself the control of the Subor dinate appointments ! Only think of a Governor ; a lawyer ; a man who knows nothing of the operations of Rail Road undertaking to direct the minutia of ho complicated an establishment as the State Road ! Is not int tiling ridiculous, pre|osterouß, absurd l Should tliis policy be carried out, the whigs will be forced eith- : erto stop the operations upon the Rond or to place its , entire management nnd control in the hands of one or | mora commissioners, who will be separate and distinct fr< in the Executive and raspo: ble only to the Leg.isia- 1 ture. ‘l’he Report of the Principal keeper of the Penitenti ary, a copy which I send you, exhibits the affairs jftimt institution in a most favorable light. It shows die net pi ofits of the concern in four years to be #31 ,542 30, of whuffi there are in the Book Keepers hand? #15,315 35 and in the Principal Keeper’s, for improvements affeJ expense has been paid $16,22695. Ap pended to the report are several tables containing most valuable infor mation ; in Met they present in tabular form the corn- ; plete history of the Institution from its establishment to tlie present time ; except only its financial troubles On this point it inn v be enough for the people to know l hat prior to the appointment of Mr Redui vo, the Pen itentiary was an atiunl tax u|ron the Treasi iry of 7 trelr* Thousand Dollars, fnd that now it cont) ibotes to sup-. port the government! I need not odd that this fa simply the mult of em ploying a man possessed of n high order of common sense, old fashioned honesty and business ca parity j Such a man fa Mr. Redding ; the only mstr in the State |>erhapscapable of innnngeing tlie Institution suc cessfully ; and yet he will doubtless have to give place to o poll lien 1 favourite of the Democratic fai th. Such men are seldom met w ith inoiir day and the ir charac ter ani labours cannot be to highly appreciate and. The canvass lor the United Slates Senate progranes with some animation. Among the whigs the only names mentioned are Messr Berien, Dawson . Dough erty and Crawford. The impression seems io he tlint some of their friends will not submit to a cauc u s notni- * nation and that therefore the Democrats may h uve the \ power to make a choice among the w higs I can ! scarcely suppose that either ol the gentlemei i named i would consent to hold an office of the dignity -of Sens torship tendered by his opponents. It would b•• almost n personal in Ii uiity, the very brooking of whic/r would degrade the holder in the eyes of honorable men Yours &.c. C- Novetuber Bth, 1847.. Gentlemen :—Since ny Inst the timeof the L"gi da tura lias been entirely consumed in efforts to elect S oii citors lor the severs! Judicial Circuits. The candid it* * have been very numerous and very pertinacious, ca us ing frequently ns tunny us twelve ballot tings before a ch*ice could be made. The following are the successful flompetitors, viz: Attorney General ami Solicitor of tlie Middle Circuit, Mr. Golvaud of t olumhia county. Solicitor General of the South-Western Circuit, Mr. Perkins, of Ran dolph- f the Southern Circuit, Aim rsriN Y llans.’.u., of Pulaski—of the Chuttahoochee Circuit, Cmarle*. J Williams, of Colutubus—of the Northern Circuit, Mr Weems, of Wilkes—jf the Western Ci.xjuit, Mr. Wai ker, of Walton—of the Flint Circuit, K W Me- j Cvnf. of Batin,- of the Cherokee Circuit, Mr. Word, f of Cass,—of the Eastern Circuit, Mr. Gaumv'Nm, of | Liberty—of the Ocmulgw Circuit, Mr. Barli *"T, of j Jasper. The experience of the Legislature in regard to thxw* j elections has been any thing hut agreeable. On Satur day, for instance, there were twenty-six candidate*,! and yet only one election. Th** daily expense of the j Legislature is over #BOO. Thissum whs theretiHc sp**i t | to gratify some twelve or fifteen candidates, and to se j led an officer w hose salary is #245 per annum! Would • it uot be w'll for us to take a leal from th* b*sk of Car olina experience on this matter f There the Solicitor receive a aolnry of #15.10 with, perquisites; and are re quired to aiU'iui upon the Legislature and prrfonn the imponunt duty ot preparing and putting in pioperalui^M* 1 tlie various bills intended ui be reported by ntemben— thus suvuiga grant expenditure of time und money an I securing, generally speaking, wise and consistent It -1 gi-*! itioii. The salaty commands a high order of tul j eni* and respectability on the part of the incumbent, thus diminfahtng the number of applicants and msu j ring o v.porous proaecutiou ol offenders. ‘Fhe adoptio i ot it siiufair system iu Geotgia coulJ not foil lo operat< 1 ben finally, ft would si least save much tune now wasted in th ‘amendment ot imperfect bills drawn b> membns who are profoundly ignonnt of ths nature and , inter, .station of existing statutes, i Immediately sucaeiing tlie election of So lie tors I will be that ot Suite lion*- Officers, and lam inclined to think tliat th. incumbents will, with perhaps a sin gle **xc ption, be retained B|M‘akitig of * lections, 1 must not omit to mention that on fnday tight Unt, the Whig members of the legislature OHwtubledat B -’ chofA ii:own’s Hotel, i*i the purpose of cousidenng tlie prnpn *ty of uonuiiatifrg Cat J.uaG, foi the Unit'd Btat’ H -nare. There were ighty-lour members present. After some discussion a resolution was unanimously adopted to go into a nomi tion on Tuesday evening next. A resolution was then adopted inviting th several candidates spoken nf, to appear in peraon•before (he meeting, and express their view's upon the subject. \ committee was according ly appointed who w sited upon Messrs. Dougherty, Dawson, Crawford and JYuril.\. and them to the meeting, where they all in brief but manly addresses annouuc. J their entile wdiingiu-ss to submit their names to the party, and to übide the action ol their friends. The proceeding was a novel one—and was an admi rable illustration of popular sovereignty. Here was u case w here tlie leaders were called upon by the subal terns to give an account of themselves, to crush their ambition, check their aspirations for power and to fall into tlie ranks or march to the head of their column at the bidding of the majority. Il was not only a novr 1 hut an interesting occasion, for upon it greatly depend ed the integrity, the unity nnd harmony of the Whig party. What the result ol the nominating caucus may he, I know'not. Any of the gentlemen named would fill the station with ability and honor to the State ; and the only regret should be that Georgia has not four places of equal dignity to offer lo four such noble sons. Yours. &.c. C. Inaugural Add res* olGovernor Tow ns. Senators and Rrpresentailves :—Upon you devolves the duty of enacting such laws, authorized by the Con stitution, as will best promote the interest, and secure the prosperity of the people es the State; upon me will soon rest the responsibility of seeing all such enact ments, faithfully and impartially executed. Whether we contemplate our geographical position ; the variety and extent ol our agricultural products ; the means of intercommunication—natural and artificial; the value of our mineand minerals, and the condition of die people morally and intellectually, we are forcibly admi ushed, that the interest, as well as the just exjec tation of a common constituency, require that harmoni ous concert of action in the discharge of our official ob ligations, which will secure to them the advancement of a system of permanent benefit in reference to all these imp o tant objeets. It w ill be my greatest plea ure to give efficient aid to any system of intellectual and moral improvements that may he equally accessible to all classes of our citizens- Your attention will doubtl ss,he directed to the pre sent condition of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. Whatever difference of opinion may exist with regard to the enterprise, the advantage which may he amici- ] pated to the State, or th amount stiil nccirsity toils! completion, all will agree that the action of the present L ‘gislature should permanently settle the question of j its extension. 1 do not propose to indulge in unmeaning praise of | the benefits that are to result to the State from this work. It speak? lor itself. It stands as a monument creditable to the enterprise and preserving industry of our people, and will continue under judicious management to dis pense its blessings not only to the present generation, but to those that are to come after us. It rests with you however,as the representatives of the people to de termine, whether this great work shall be prosecuted to completion as well as the mode of’tiie prosecution. I can now but repeat, what I have frequently said on other occasions, that I shall cheerfully co-operate with you in anv action which you may in your wisdom think proper to take on this subject, nut inconsistent with the Constitution or burdensome to the people, Public faith and private integrity, are the sure foun dation of our free institutions. The one cannot exist without the other. There must be no repudiation by Georgia. I’he credit of the State must be maintained, its honor vindicated, and if from any cause, the one has been made, to langu sh or the other to blush, let it Ik* your patriotic duty by the wisdom of your mearsuresto elevate the standard of both beyond the reach of possi ble contingencies. While we have interests peculiar to ourselves,, there ora others which we p< ssess in common with the other States of tne confederacy. During the pre-ent year es pecially, we have seen the capital of the whole country j actively employed, its industry, throughout the length and breadth of the land, abundantly rewarded. While) famine and misery have fallen with a heavy hand upon j the inhabitants ol other countries, we have enjoyed a season of unexampled prosperity. Whether thus is the result of that system ot liberal trade adopted by the pre sent adminismtiou in part or the whole, is not now’ ne cessary to enquire. Prosperity is every where seen and felt, it exist not in theory merely, bt actu il, posi tive, palp ible, and nothing short of rank folly would sug gest or desire a cliang. in tin- respect. Bui i the midst of all tins we are reminded that war exists between our | Government and the Republic of Mexico. This war was not of our seeking, nor is our Government respon sible for its consequences. Forced upon us by the act of the Republic of Mexico, I have never entertained a doubt that justice to our ow n citizens nnd the honor of the country imperiously demand its prosecution with all the power and energy of the Nation. Intimately connected with the war, is a question of vital concern to the slave-holding States of the Union ; should the pemicions priuei det of the Wilmot Proviso, receive the sanction of Congress, and become the fixed policy of the Federal Government in reference to its territory hereafter to be* acquired, it w’ould constitute a case of Federal usu: {ration too intolera <ie for endurance. An act repugnant to the Constitution, destructive of our rights, and dishonorable to (Jeorgi* as one of the par ties to th • Federal Compact, should receive ns I doubt not it would, the uuited resistance ot every true heart ed friend to the State. Senators and Representatives, I am prepared to take the oath of office, not less sensible of my own weakness than solemny impressed with the responsibility of the arduous duties tlmf await me. With no past experience to aid and direct tiu*,l bring to the tusk, an earnest wish, to promote the prosperity of the State whose des tiny, under Providence, is for a season entrusted to our care. Georgia. We have long thought Georgia the greatest State in the Union, but have never been so well satisfied with our opinion as we ute now. We have to boast oi a great er variety of country, climate, soil nnd natural produc tions than any other State—of a tropical seaboard-—of n mountain region allied to the frigid North—of our gold, copper, iron, coal, marble and granite—of our broad cotton and rice fields, and of being a perfect Egypt for corn and wheat —of our rich lands, mountain scenery and waterfalls, nowhere surpassed. But our fru-nd Ware of the Dultou “Mountain Eagle,” has ad ded the cliiuux, and •nows that Ins bird lias not souu and tor nothing. It adds a volcano to our other produc twns No other State can boast of the like, therefore we consider our cherished opinion ns settled. Mr. Ware is a man of truth, therefore hear him ; Yolcttnir Eruption. Great excitement and alarm prevails at present a moiig the inhnbitans of Walker and Dude counties, produced by s burning volcano, w Inch is “aid to have bursted out from among the high peaks of the Lookout Mountain, at a place called the narrows,’ on Tin sdny Utli inst We understand that many of tins* who re sided on the mountain and in the in ighboihood, have abandoned tlieir homes, and if not gone into a * far country/ have nt least placed themselves out of harm’s way. A grave looking gentleman from Walker, tailed on us one day this week to g've its th** full particulars, who states that ou the day above tu •iituun*d, a series of soun 1* resembling the tfoi*e of d.etant thunder, accom panied with a slight shaking of the earth’ were distinct ly heard by many person:* in tlus county. Thut tw<> or three days afterwards the cause Was usee turned to be wuui we have alrcuJy st it and md that the report and effects of the crupuou ui in immjdute neighborhood Were leiitble beyond description. Lnoriiious rocks were thrown from the ntouiitsitun to the valleys below, nn l ninny oilier strange and powerful things done which we have not time to enumerate or and suibe. Aa a large bed of bituminous coni is known to exist in the L wkout Mountain, we should not be supriaed toheur a partial confirmation of the account given by our Walker triewf Tin* Trcn-nry. The New York Express of Saturday last states that Mr Walker, Rscrttary of the Treasury,had been there to see h'*w the money market stood. The Express adds: “He iiatcouiwto the determination, ws are as sure I, to a*k for a l>an of only tweniy millions of dol lars at the commenc-uirnt *>* the sppnmuhuig meeting of Congress. It being a fangfcwwoM. hi ouii afterwards cal! for what may is* req ilred.” Tlifl Expre® forthay swrtflfl ihai Am* amendment ol the Bub-Tr j*ur> law will be asked, so as to ssiufiton the pieneut plan of reuniting funis to New Orleans (the specie plan being eiil'ndf diaregatd d,)Ubd should there be any difficulty In a_fcan at sift per cent, treasury notes of tlw dcnqiiduMiua ol #lO u 4 #2O. without interest, riJ htfillti : wiik udviats#*.. I cr>*REirONJM.N<JL L IHLJurRN.VI vNI MESStNOER. NEW ORLEANS, Oct.*26, 1847. Proclaim it in Gath! publish it and let tha people the great multitude of wonderers, know that the antagonis tic Jacks have met, and that the hoary headed veteran haa demolished, defeated and subdued his subtle oppo nent Yellow Jack, who has lie., to parts unknown.— Over-coats and thick clothing hive been in demand for the last three days, wh le blue noses have scarcely been scarce.” The city is rapidly titling up with its I usual heterogeneous winter population, ‘*rooms to let” ; are “snapped up” with avidity, and every thing beto ’ kens a giy and busy season. The ravages of “Yellow I Jack” ore scarcely remembered, and in a few short 1 weeks, will have been entirely forgotten by the pleas ure loving population of the Crescent city. It is wisely ordained by Providence that it should be so—yet as I pass along the streets and enquire for this or that once familiar face, it saddens the heart to learn that they have passed away—peace to their manes! We have five days later intelligence from Vera Cruz, without a particle of additional intelligence from ihe im perial city of the Aztecs, &vour readers must philosophi cally conclude, that the comninndcr-in-chief & his spar tan band urc “doing as well as could be expected.” The übiquitous Santa Anna, as you will have observed by the papers, appeared at Puebla, and with “the most distinguished consideration,” kindly offered to Don Thomas Childs to spare the effusion of blood, if he Don Thomas would only retreat from him—kind eery! ! —But as the place was too hot for both of them, and as (Hoi. Childs i could’til go away, why, “His Excellency” from the impulse of humanity altogether peged ofl” he did. Gen. Patterson was still at Wra Cruz and 1 would march “immediately if not sooner,” for head quartars, having already some four thousand men un der his command. Gen. Lane had advanced os far as Perote, without much opposition ; Gen. Cushing was also at Vcm Cruz, and report says evincing marshal ar dor in preparing for the advance, but with its accus tomed practice ascribes it to the fact that the fair Em moritas of the Capitol, are exceedingly attractive. — Malicious rumors! Gallant General! Base calumny! We have the foreign news per British and French | steamers in this morning, and it is as u l favorable and disastrous as any wliich has been received for years,— Its influence on our Cotton market, is very decided— ’ although the news was only in private hands yesterday per private express?, yet rumors of its tenor having transpired, sales of some 4,000 bales were effected for English and French account, holders submitting to a decline ol 4 to i cut, at which it is freely offered to-day , without purchase: s. The receipts thus far have some 50,000 greater than to the same time last year, and the accounts from all quarters continue to be so fa vorable, that only few anticipate less than 2,200,000 for the crop of ’47. In provisions the quotations are almost nominal. The crop of Sugar is said to exceed by 80,000 hhds the crop of last year. Prices must re cede as soon ns the new crop is thrown on the market. Bagging is worth 154 and Rope 7 cents, with small sales and an increasing stock. Truly Yours, ELBERT. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL &. MESSENGER. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 3d. 18-17. Another week has |mssed and with it the Louisiana State election, for members of Congress, Legislature* Sheriff’s, &c. &c., and as far as this city is concerned, was at the same time exciting and peaceable, as could be desired. The Whigs in inis Parish have been badly beaten, “ for all useful purposes,” which is mainly ascribable to the injudicious selection of candidates and the extreme popularity of those on the other side. The Hon. John Slidell, threw the weight of his metallic influence into the Democratic scale, with considerable effect. Large sums of money changed ownership, principally stakes, upon the Sheriffalty about which the principal interest of the day centered. Gen. John E. Lewis, the present incumbent is re-elected. The oflice is worth thirty to forty thousand Dollars a year. The Catholic festival of “ All Saints Day,” which is regarded with such superstitious veneration, by that class of the population, also passed ofl'quietly and with the usual ceremonies and formalities, among which may be classed, to swell the variety of the occasion, the feats so uniquely practised by the respectable class yclept the “ light-fingered gentry,” who were doing no light business, as your correspondent can avouch, for he sj>eaks feelingly upon the subject—superstition or what not, the sentiments which give rise to it, is beautiful in m the extreme, which once in every year strews around the graves of the departed, the remembrances of aflec i the shape of wreaths, boquets, garlands, evergreens, &c , and it is to be lamented, that this pious festival is growing into desuetude. Beautiful monuments cover the grounds of the cemeteries, but a simple tablet in an obscure comer most attracted my attention, with naught engraven upon it, hut the Cross, with the sim ple touching words,” My Mother.” We ore without further intelligence from Mexico, though a steamer is hourly expected with interesting in telligence, whilst of local items there is a very abundant scarcity—the gossips however, have not been wholly without capital, the shooting of a Dr. Easton, by a man named Noe, keeping them partially supplied—it is saii to be a repetition ol the old story, of “ love and infidel ity”—with how much truth 1 cannot say ; of course the murderer “ surrendered himself,” as that has got to Ik* th-’ most approved method, for obtaining a verdkt of “ not guilty.” Dr. Easton was a man much esteem ed by those who knew him. The market has not been active for a week past, except lor Cotton and Molasses. Large sales of cotton have been made, but at a terrible decline—“ strictly middlings” being now quoted and easily purchased at 74 to 74 cts., which is a decline of a cent per pound a week, for the last four weeks—the crop is coining very freely to market, the receipts up to this time being 141.623 bales, against 85,134, to same time last year, with a stock on hand of 100,391 bales. No English buyers are yet in the market, the sales being principally for the continent. Molasses and Sugur, as 1 stated, would inevitably be the case, in my last, have declined. Molasses has however partially rallied, in consequence of the light receipts for two or three days—it is quoted now at 23 cents. The Bacon Market is dull, and sales small—Prime Sides a c held at 7 to 74 cents. Shoulders 7, and Hams, canvassed and hare, ranging from 10 to 131 cts. Bagging and Rope, almost nominal, 154 cts. being demanded for the former, and 7 cts. for the latter, with an increasing stuck. Prime Lard is worth 10 to 104 cts. Flour and Grain dull, with no export or de mand—” Superfine” < >hio brands are held at $5 —Rice 51 to I Coffee, dull with small sales of Rio, at 7to 74 cents. Very truly Yours, ELBE JIT. COMMUNICATED. The South Western Hail Hoad. The time has arrived when it becomes the friends of the above enterprise, toexhihit their strength in the ad vancement of u work calculated to develop the resour ces of a large portion of Georgia. The utility of the project has never been doubted by the most skeptical friend of internal improvement. The eye lias but to rest upon the map of Georgia, and a wide field for oper ations is at once taken in and appreciated. Besides eminently conducive to the development of the re sources of Soii'h W estern Georgia, it has a high na tional purpose to accomplish, by the connection of the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico. Whether this link of Rail Road, wliich is to open a market to a large por tion of the people of Georgia and Alabama, and at the s.iiiie tim * to become the great thoroughfare of tr ivcl between the North uu South-Western States, siudl be pushed forward to a speedy completion, m a quest ion sku ll to be settled by the parties concerned. Ido not doubt its success, if ns many friends can only hamionizr in support of it it requires conciliation mid mutual sue- i rihoes to be made upon the alter of public pr< sperity ! Wiicn tins shall be case, it requires little foresight to See * tile beneficial effect it w ill have, in a quarter uow to be conciliated m behalf* of the enterprise. It is not only the planters of Bouth-Western Georgia and the travelling public, who are to benefited by it* construction, but it will nsnist in in eminent degree to render Savannah an important commercial emporium Rapid n* her growth has been wituiu the lust tew years, sli* will go on to improve and prosper under the great | and powerful stimulus, of winch seventy.five or one* Hundred thousand bales of cotton, witch is confidently predicted by intelligent gentlemen, well acquainted with the resources of Houth-Western Georgia, will reach he r : through the medium of this enterprise. We have only to look to the unrivalled fertility of the cotton lands of tiouth-Western Georgia, and her commercial ember- | r> oeut* to bn convinced of the utility and imthlulnes* ‘ of in * prophecy. Nature has denied h**r tiie navigable stream**, uid tar removed Irmnany pile-of commercial importance, she Hand* isolated from the benefit* winch spriug toui our system of improvements, Hhall her dcs- Ui remain hope lew in tUisfrgatd ? or wil not the Leg islature, patriotic, enlightened and just in Its dejluig* wth tlis whole people of Georgia, boldly esjMja-o the eau'i of the Bintth- I Western counties, and render Oh* B Western Rail Road, such assistance as will guai* anpc with the uid of the friends ol the enterprise, ns speedy completion ? To doubt the willingness of the Legislature to render some assistance in the construction of this work, is to impugn its justice and liberality. Georgia hna spent already more thud three millions of Dollars, to develop the resources of the Cherokee region of the State. Not one cent has been given to any project which can uid the South-western counties to relieve themselves oi the commercial and agricultural difficulties wliich en viron them. Daring this profuse outlay of money the S. Western counties have nobly submitted to every sacri fice which has been deemed for the, public good. Tax ation has been increased, to complete the great West ern and Atlantic Railroad, and yet not one word ol dissatisfaction or disaffection has been heard from the counties of South-western Georgia, in opposition to the poliev of the Legislature. The officers of the law have been met by the plant ers of South-western Georgia, not with murmurs and complaints, but with open purses, to sustain the good faith and advance the prosperity of the State. It is a miserable subterfuge for any member of the Legislature to reconcile his opposition to a subscription by the State to the South-western Railroad, to say, that he is not responsible for the millions expended on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and that the present Legisla ture is not committed to any previous 1 tie of policy adopted years ago. If the State were like an individu al, subject to die, it would be prudent, perhaps, to change its policy to meet an ever varying exigency in public ailiiirs. Five hundred years in the history of a State when compared with the life of an individual, is but a small subdivision of time. He who can see the vista of the future—who can contemplate population multiply ing—resources rapidly developing—permanency and stability given to homestead?—n ready and cheap mar ket always attainable within our own limits—occupies an nnomolous position if he falters when the time ar rives for him to act upon these solemn convictions of his mind. 1 have assumed that 75 or 100.000 hales of cotton would be brought to Macon, and from thenec to our favorite seaport, Savannah, in the event the S. W. Ra.lrond should be built. It is foreign to my purpose to convey the idea by this statement, that this amount of bales of cotton will reach Macon only after the comple tion of the South-western Ruilrond to Pensacola, the ultimate destination of the work. It is believed by ma ny gentlemen well qualified to judge of the resources of the South-western counties, that when the South-west ern Railroad shall reach fifty miles, that it will bung to it 40,000 bales of cotton, which is destined in the pro vidence of God never to see an Atlantic port. And as the work shall progress South-westerly, such will be the volume and extent of trade drawn to it, that when it shall reach an 100 miles, it will have increased to 100,000 bales Suppose Columbus should build her branch to the South-western Railroad, which is greatly to her advantage so to do, it will increase this quantity of bales 50 or 60,000. Suppose Eufa'.a, Ala. shall con struct a branch, a short distance only, she would give an additional quantity of 40,(XX) bales. The South western Railroad promises to keep within our own bor ders, our own productions, and so far as they can add to the wealth and growth of a city, to aid in the building up of our own favorite seaport, Savannah. It is not as suming too much, to say, that when the South-western Railroad shall be construct**! to the Chattahoochee riv- I er, and its lateral branches completed, that it will throw j into Macon and Savannah 150,(XX) bales of cotton annu- I ally, which belong, under present circumstances to the Gulf ports—lt passes into a wide and extensive region ! of country where Railroad competition is unknown— where rivalry &. conflicting interests in the way oftrans portation is hushed amidst the surrounding commercial embarrassments. It will complete the iron-link which is to unite the Atlantic with the Gulf—it will increase the commercial and agricultural facilities of the citizens of South-western Georgia, and elevate us by opening a great high-way to the people of Atlantic and Gulf Sattes. A few more remarks and I will close this article, but will recur to the subject again as cocasion may require \ It is impossible to unfold in an article hastily written for j the press, the full benefits to be derived from the construe- I tion of the South-western Railroad. I intend to show in a series of articles the claims this work has upon the munificence oi the State, and that legislators cannot disregard them without turning deaf ears to appeals founded injustice and right. SOUTH-WESTERN GEORGIAN. COMMUNICATED. Messrs. Editors: Looking over my Tax Receipt for 1847, 1 find that there has been no tax levied for the unfortunate Buffering poor of Bibb cou .ty. Have they been excommunicated by their agents, or are they turn ed over, solely to rely on the humanity of the people. Permit me through your paper, to refer to this subject once more, and ask the Inferior Court of Bibb county what was the cause of their not levying a tax to relieve that suffering class of our population ? 8188. TO TIIE EDITORS OF THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. In my communication upon the subject of the suit in favor of the Central Bank vs. Towns, Bturgisand Hen ning, there was an unintentional error in o matter of feet, which I fear has done great injustice to Messrs. Towns and Benning. This error has just been discov ered, without even consultation with those gentlemen or their friends, and I hasten to Bet myself right and make the “amende honorable.” It is stated in the communication referred to, that these gentlemen did not answer the rule—l am now convinced that 1 misapprehended my infoimnntß of thi facts of the case upon this point—both of them 1 under stand, answered the rule, denying upon their part any personal knowledge or participation iu the various transactions embraced in said rule. Please* insert this in your next paper, and oblige yours respectfully, A SPECTATOR. Origin of Roast Pig. Charles Lnmb gives the following account of it. The moral to Ik* derived would very well apply to the inven tions and discoveries of many geniuses and philosophers other than th* Chinese. We need not look very far into our political world to find the mail who is endeav* ering to perforin an experiment equally wise with that of the Chinese ; of “burning the house to roast a pig.” “This article of food was a delicacy profoundcdly hid den from the world, untd the occurrence oi an accident, unfortunate indeed to the pm ties immediately concern ed ,but uncommonly fortunate for mankind in general. Pigs in China formerly enjoyed hii estimation, higher, if possible, than that in which they are at present h *ld in Ireland. Tiie oriental pigs hKe the occidental, were joint tenants with their owners, of the family mansion. It happened, one day when the old folks were out, that a parcel of mischievous Chines*’ hoys indulged them selves in the dangerous amusement of playing with five Asa natural consequence, the house was burned up.— The boyseHcnjK'd, hut the pigs were toasted to a crisp* Shocked at the accident, the uieldiis approached, so soon ns the bent would let them, and endeavored to draw the bodies of their favorites 11om ilie ashes. In doing so, the brittle skin gave way, and the finger* of the boys p- iieiiated the m aiding fat. They sought re lief from the pain, as boys will, by sucking the suffering digits. Then fii *t was revealed the mortul preccption, tle deliciousness of roast pig. Pretty soon, conflagra tion after conflagration bmke forth, m rapid succession, throughout the length and breadth of China. It seem ed as it all th<- incendiaries in the Universe had been let loose upon that and voted country. The Emperor, in alarm, institute ! n co.n mission to investigate the causes of this great national scourge. Then a.l the truth come out the inhabitants were burning ih**ir lious* s, to roust their pigs. At length uprose one of thorn: rare geniuses, whose advent jerves to stamp the ngc m which they live, ns an era in the inarch ol mind. He went through China, preselling to the benighted inhabitant* , doctrine hitherto unheard of, that a pig may be roosted 1 without burning up a house. By slow degrees tins sub lime truth dawned upon the nuiids of the orientals.— ; Th** coiirtagrntions ream’d, and the mgs-mr icwurded 1 the reformer, by decorating him with the gold* n star of I the honorable order of oh -hush-now, and-granting him | pcrunrrioii to w-ar ti scarlet button on die np**x of ius j js*/.kcd hat, of the full a ze of a piece of chalk. Cotton Crop. From the circular for Europe of the N. (J. Commer cial Tones, tii** following estimate of th * cotton crop is j extracted: ” With regard tu the crop, the weather during tin* pas. three weeks has been fa character to ensure a ni<wt abundint yield in this section of the country. Not only have w hod an entire- x amp tion from ram,hut the tern-, perattire has hrm so g< mat Hut the* seeontl growth its ripened,and th • plant may now almost be considered beyond tn<* uiHuence of a frost. The planter slid so bus ily en.fsgvd m picking, that the urriv.ds have c in.* for ward s. Jv/ly compared with other laiyt - nn p i .ison* but tlier** can no longer tic a question that ilu total re cciptsut sins port will vie with those of any prcreduig year. Tp the eastward, the pio*jK*cts have hkewif mMienoily unproved, i.f winch jou w,ll be , Vised through your correspondents <-lsewh. r ‘“ ! S: we have no longer any hesitation in aettim. /.T* 1 l!li! mate of 2,200,000 hnles lor the entire cron of n “.I** l, States” * Ul “vnu.j ’I he Shipping ol'Specie to Tat free-traders arc making a lame the force of the (to them) quite ttn*. pecte,| f. pir 7 tariff of id 16 is causing the shipment ot g!” ver to England to balance accounts between I?I''’ 1 ''’ countries. So longs a short crops in Western p ,w ° culled for the large importation of AmerirT h Hinds, tite evil indttences of this system were It concealed. They tire now hengining to’ in the low price of cotton, and the exeesßiveimi * of foreign goods, calling sot American g,,|j j : ” its great agricultural staples. Facts are tilings, and often make sad work with the m ’ fultheoiies. * a a. Muscogee Ituil-Kond—lmportant it merit. ‘ 0,p * We tire happy to be able to announce, ti, ot , lias been adopted during the past week! wln,.!,’ end to all doubt oi iiie construction of tl„. u i UISU Rail-Road. At a large and enthusiastic meeting of cit l2 . Council Chamber, on Saturday evening, i t *u ‘ llr unanimously (with the exception of one d'"*’' 1 voice) that the city of Columbus he ndv ;>,! “T"”* for 1,500 shares of the capital stock of that rosl ** issue her bonds to the said company, it, pe ynien ’ BnJl ° stock the bonds to ran to maturity, from 185 J at 7 per cent, interest, and the Rail-Road ™ take them at par. and Cosm MjU> The Council acting on the suggestion, havem tu „ referred the subject to their committee on Finance He “TFT l ” rl ' PO, ' , “rT tH ” Wa>S “ nd ‘oeansto^ vtde for the payment of the bond, and an ordittanc ! make the subscription of $1511,000. We umle * that it will pass at the next meeting o fAe (W*! without dissent. nc ‘> We further leam that the Rail-Road company k determined, forthwith, to put a large force on the The Engineers having completed their surrey 5,,™ cation, have been two or three weeks, busily cn .J*j in this city, making up their estimates. * We congratulate the citizens of Columbus and ot k,. interested in its prosperity, that the day lias al | en ? dawned on tins long-talked of enterprise, and tlutu short time, the work will be actually commenced 15 J that its completion in the shortest possible time, , rendered certain.— Cjiu.ll tu Timet. Georgia Troops. Tite steamer J. L. Day left New-Orleans forMohib on the 27th ult., to take on board the last oi Georgia mounted men, for Vera Cruz The Infantry Battalion has reached Vera Crut was no doubt in lime to march with the up-tram 1* Gen. Patterson. Pule ol (.leu. Taf ior. Under this title the Richmond Republican dw*lj with emphasis and trutli upon the conduct of the Ai* ministration towards Gen. Taylor, ever Su.cc hi! growing renown made him an object of political ousy in high places. It is occasionally recorded in his tory that weak monarch*, possessed by a morbid vanity have hated with implacable malignity the succe*,/ generals and statesmen of their own appointing whose glory seemed likely to eclijise the legiumait splendors of royalty. Thus, Belisarids served na country too well. The Emperor, dwarfed by his gw ness, could not bear the sight of the hero who had ilk trated his reign by brilliant Victories, who had restored to the Roman name its ancient jwestige of invincibility. The warrior was sncriticed ; the brightness of his kune made imperial insignificence too clearly visible. Tiie victory of Monterey, imparting lustre to our arms and filling the whole country with admiration of the prowess of our gallant soldiers, lost to Gen. Tai lor the favor and friendship of the Administration. He was henceforth an enemy in their sight. Every blot by which he shattered the power of Mexico was fen throughout their array of partizan cohorts. But the time is coining when the People will mix by their own. In quoting the eloquent language of tit Republican we do not join in the implied recommends tion of the last paragraph. No. Let Gen. Taw* stay where he is ordered to stay, if but half a regimes: is left him. It does not become a man of his afifaa pout and show peiulence. Those that strive tuheapm dignities upon him will be well paid bnck. one of tW days. Let the brave old man maintain the calm im movable aspect, th* serene composure, which the con- j sciousness oi duty imparts. The Administration can not humiliate him. The people do not forget h.ui But what was the course ot the Administration f It sought to supercede him by placing a civilian overhi j head. It repeatedly made the unworthy effort and war repeatedly toiled. Its triends in Congress en-Jeavomi to cast censure upon a name that had ever been linked to victory and honor. On. Scott, who at one time,ap plied in vain tor active service, was ordered to tux? tie chief command of the line of operations from Ven Cruz. Gen. Taylor was condemned to the apparent seclusion and retirement of the Rio Grande The whole of his regular ioice, with the exception of some j*ix hundred men, was taken horn him by Gen. Scot: Three times has he been stripped ol* die flower ot h* army, to swell the legions of the new commander - Eac h time he has pnuently submitted He has give: his sword and his armor to another. Who has eve heard him murmur? Who has heard him complai. There is but one instauce of Ins declining to yttie immediate acquiescence in the wishes of the Admm> tration. Its orders he has always obeyed. TJw oc casion to which we refer was when Gen. iScott, alter re moving all his regulars, advised him to tali bactoa Saltillo from Monterey. It will be recollected tiK during the rumors of our defeat in the memorable con test which ensued, the Union publish’ and letter* froa Gen Taylor, showing very clearly that the responaihiutf of his situation in that battle rested upon his owobeaii It did indeed ! He declined retiring to Monterey-* even advanced beyond Saltillo—not from but for military reasons which he gave in thoae pw lished letters, and wh.cli, but a few days after lication, were stamped by the broad seal ot a viewy that ustonislied the world. The Mexican defeat, iatk desert, proved what he predicted it would, the utut-i*- organization of the finest army they had ever new and has hung like a millstone upon the neck ot that Re public up to the very hour of her convulsive anil Jy4 effort at the gates of her cnpitol. Surely, now the Administration could give voice 1 the swelling heart of the nat'oa. Sa.. 1> aov •• c say. “ Go i.oin itus spot, where your gieam.ng L "-“* iias destroyed the last vestige of hiAtility—jo, tud country, and reap new laurels in another held no longer w ok to keep you in obscurity and inacw* But no. The great warrior whose victory ot B** Vista has been acknowledged by veteran genera* 1 Europe ns one ot the most extraordinary tchfete**® of history, was consigned to miserable garrttua which the youngest ot our Brigadiers would h* w abundantly capable to fill. From the 2 hi o) f fDTU last, up to this hour, General Taylor hat bent too demntd to a position of greater obscurity and Ittti** |pu nubility than that which he held before j blow had been strvck on the Rut Grande, and I the v'orld had ever known that there was tun t dier! Why is this sot Had he done tnghl (hat period to render him less worthy the coiiti I ls government,or less able to serve his country ? Winter, spring and summer have passed ‘ still he sits beneath the Walnut (trove, near 1 / knowing no change in his monotonous connn- I save that occasion*} by successive depart** I Hons of his small force tor the line ot l ’ rH 9 Theft he remains, his victorious sword rusting scabbard, while Billow, Cushing, Lane and 01 -“ • permitted to seek distinction and renown in s l,lll field. There lie is imprisoned, like ■ f #n j i while Ins ear entches the roar *t the distant • j Ins heart |miits to break its inglorious bonds, an* r Loiih into the centre of the storm. Such • 11 ,te 1 440c1i a patriot's reward! Tisi 1 | The country, we are sure, would deem G , n m I fbore than justified should he now rHff 1 | couniittiid. W ithout a complaint, or u eii’4 ’ ,nl j word, he has here long enough the itidign*n f! Situation. Hif-respect may at l ist and njr ,il ‘ should leave* post where lie esn in* longer . ‘ u iade except ss a aamiftol over fields which hi v®* ul I immortal. —Multi more /’rtrfet. Another Powder Mill K*pl° 4 * ,,^# f , The Lowell Courier has sit account td OrK n \tr Uiwr • plosion ol n powder unit belonging * M ■ ‘ VVhippiii, Hud jiiemioue the consoling ‘ IlHl r i that, during twenty-nine years’ occupation u ‘ ’ lacture ot this article, Mr NV hippie hn “ 1 ® |||( > fifteen <*r twenty men by the blowing sjt *’ How gratifying isthn <• the trie lids ol “*•’ h . gl men who have given thei .selves ss martyr* “ ufseturs ol an article so forth* man life!