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JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
S. T. CII VPMAN Ai S. ROSE, Editors.
W. & A. 1< \ 11, ROAD REPORT.
ANNI'AI. REPORT
Os the Chief Engineer, W. f* A. Rail-Road.
Ilnuiueer-i Office. )
Atlanta, October 23, 2847. S
ifi* Excellency, Geo. IV. Crawford:
mr :—lt is with feelings of no uncommon sntisfac
•. that 1 submit the following report of the business,
i t* .tlition and prospects of the Western aud Atlantic
R_il Hoad.
The experiment has been fairly made and the ulti
mate and complete Huccejwof this greui work is no lon
ger a problem Every day adds to the extent of coun
l. / discharging its surplus and receiving its supplies
th ough this channel. This trade, although still bur
tire in and with the heavy n.x of 33 miles of triinsporta
tion by wagons. to teach the great feeder, the Tennea-
Si c river, lias already far exceeded the aiitieipations of
me most sanguine friends of the road.—lt is now evi
dent that a woik, which was look-ad upon as valuable !
chiefly tor its indirect effect on the agricultural, com- >
mercial and political prosperity of the Slate, is destined
to become a great source of revenue. It must he re
membered that the work is still incomplete and its pres
ent receipts must bear a very small proportion to what
may be expected when it is carried to its original desti
nation.
The nett profits of the year have been $37,806 93
It is believed that the current expenses ot the road will
c mpare favorably with those of any road doing die
same amount of business. The per centngc of these
expenses must always b< large when the business is
email, and as the one increases the other will decrease.
Th- cost of maintaining the road has been greatly
increased by the total inadequacy of Locomotive power.
Two of ttic engines in a-e were bought second hand
at a reduced price—the constant serv ce required of
them was such as the very best new machines could
not have sustained—and a** might have been expected,
the repairs on them have b-cn very costly —Few En
gines have ever performed better service than these un
der more d.sad vania geou* circumstances—Since the
purchase, one of them has run 42.377 miles, and the
other 33,921 mile*—and they have been inconstant use,
uever going mto the shop for repair 89 long as they
could be kept on the ioau. It waa not possible to repair j
each delect as soon as discovered, as sound policy would
ihcate, since there was no engine to sulstitute lor either
Ci them.—'l'here have been lew periods within the last
ytar when it was not nec* asary to hue one, and often |
two locomotives, —and even that expedient could not
St cure the important end of having, in each case, the
n.ochiue best adapted to the efficient and economical
performance ot the woik required An accident to one |
of the new Locomotives winch tlesuoyetl all the flues
fccasioned an extraordinary expenditure in its repair.—
r l hi .wo passengei cars have und .gone such thorough
rt pair as to be almost entirely renewed and to equ q
the coat ol two new cars.
The difficulty arising from scarcity of motive power
was seen in time and would have been provided agauift
nut lor the impossibility ol commanding the means
Those who have not tried it, can scare* <y estimate the
expense and inconvenience resulting from tins cause.
There should have been eight wheel locomotives ol
about thirteen tons weight, employed in the mad eer
’ ice. These could curiy I ur freight cais With the pas
sengers, at tlie head ot the road, and obviating the ne
cessity of running the freight trains through daily
‘J tits process would have .resulted ill n great saving with
u. injury to any part ol the service,
i here has been ai.oilici bouicc of heavy expense.
At li'ust 13 percent, or me necessary expenses of the
year has been loi i< pairing and giving additional secu
niy to the Bridgets, about $5,750 U 0 have been used m
•us way. When it is remembered what consequences
would follow a delect neglected in one of the Bridg. s, J
it wdl readily be granted that too strict an ecouomy I
w ad here be misplaced. The policy iias been to ex- !
p. ..a every dollar on the Bridges winch was deemed i
*-A r ient, and to make.lhem secure beyond the shadow }
oi a doubt.
i ne real paid for the use of freight c irs amounted to I
w reins not,siiic..y apeakmg, an item oiex
e.. . sos trail'illation, though it ha* been so consul- j
atom accounts, it is an liuupeculiar to tires work
. it should be recollected that it diminishes the ap •
it profits cf the roc i, as compared with other roads
. irly its full amount, li ihiee-ioutiiis ot this were
. to Uie pronts they would be mcreased lo *42,474 ;
So account has been uk n oi the woik uooe for 1
th- io.d it seif, consisting of transportation of wood,
thuber aud iron.—The iron alone if transported lor an !
individual or a company, would have added to our re- j
OeiptS !•*-.!, >49 36, which Is entitled iu its wigbl in •
co.. paring the expenses with the piofits.
Gudei mu the circumstances of the case, the amount
ci clear profit noru the buoineas of the fast year cannot ,
f. i lobe considered highly satisliic ory.
r s deemed pioper, white enumerating die various
c i->5 ol extraordinary ex pen* u> rec uuueud a mess .
u e w hich Should Ire nm.i feately adopted with regard (
to the Bridges. Four of them, Whetstone, Anna, Noon- !
Uoy and Proctor's creek, should be substituted by cu! i
verts and embankments—and the length of Chattahoo- 1
c ee aud Etowoh Bridg* s should be greatly reduced
This might be economically done by employing a loco- j
motive and train of gravel cars, with a small party ot [
hands, and allowing mem to continue at the work until j
*1 ie completed.
At the penod of my last report, the road wns *i np. |
erauou to Oothcatoga, a distance of 80 miles. The
completion of the work beyond thai point wan much re- [
tarded by the delay in the arrival of the iron which ha*
been ordered The superstructure was prepared idr the
reception ol the iron and had to lie in that condition lor
months before its arrival. Nevertheless the road went [
into operation to R**saca. a poiti 6 miles farther on, by j
the Bth of April, and to Dalton, (formerly Cross Plains* I
by the 22J of July The benefit,-* resulting from tilth !
extension of road were fully equal to what wa* autici- j
pated. The receipts, both from freights and passengers, I
during the month of July, were just three times thus,
of Uk previous July, although there were only six miles ;
additional rood in use except during th*- last n ne day-,
ot the month, when the increase < f distance wa* 21 miles. 1
The rales of freight having been modified from trim >
to tune, care being taken to protect the interest of the
oiat ? on ‘be one hand, and to meet the reasonable de- j
minds of the community on the other.—Tire results I
huv proved the tariff udoptej to be judicious. But it j
is believed that still farther reductions must be made ut
* *...€ future uay, especially on the agncultuml produc 1
lions ol the country. Every reduction in the charges
ou oar greut staples lends to develop lire productive en- i
s of the eountry • and us these swell ilie amount ot j
t. nnge transported, tire* road is e minified profitably to j
reduc tli charges still lower— until, eventually, when |
the c jinuiunjcauoris with the interior are perfected,*) 1
as io enlarge the country to be acted on, and the resour- j
ces of the country itself ure doveii.pod fully, the freight
cnarged on agricultural products must be brought lo the
lowest point consistent with profit.
f’htre are many reasons to believe that the shipment ‘
of oie;id*ttifl* ( lr< m tlie Ports ol our sea-hoard, is to in
crease vastly in amount and importance. The gram
sent to those markets, bring trati*poited by rail-roads,
cun reach these without exposure to ram or dampness,
and thus be d* liven’d in better condition for shipment
Hum that recciv and at any other port ill tho Union.—
M ucover, grain grown in the vicinity of tlie Western
unu Atlantic Kail Road, can come to market at an
i ...r period than that or any oilier important gram
giow ng region ol om country.—The greut bulk of the
gi a shipped through the New York improvements,
p io in nk< i after the opening of navigation in the
apting, thus giving the gram sent over the Western and
re nii c Had Ruud an advantage of from ( ur to six
months. Thee.-reasons are of equal force in guarding
u* against tbs competition ol New-Orleans —if indeed
N* w -Orleans, which can only be reached by 20UU miles
of i.’diow* navigation, can Inr considered ns senously
f *", the grain of this region-—one great argu
rmnt against New-Oileans, as a gram market, and
winch applies, thouqh with tar less force to ('harkstun
and .ijVttimah, rathe dumping of the climate, us an
■. ctioa toator.ug tor any coiisidcable length of uuie
i‘ he greui ispiilay ol run-ioud inti.*rcourts*.carrymg Ki
te h g nee ura little more llran a day from the sea shore
to t.. rennemue river, wdi prevent the neceawity lor
this .auon in our case The grain may be stored in
the |Hits of the run-nor. and th* owner rnay be con
siamjy mlorimd of every fluctuation in tlie markets, so
aa io se id ;t forward at the proper time. The great im
piov Ui muijf Am* *g-, which has wrought such o change
oi lit . flair*of tin vN uld.gill have Hsyfi pt l|ere too,
U'M. ’u still more to the numerous a*lvsutages now ttm
lem fc'lhls trade. V\ lieu the nmgtietic wires are stretrh- i
cd along aii ihe unportam lines of i ail way, the daily an*i
houily prices current will lie as well known to the grsin ,
glower in tfs inferior as io rhe itihsbiisntsof the sea- i
posfd ,
i.ne number o! persons from lower Georgia ana Car
olina, who spend the summer m the Cherokee country
must increase —For they cannot fail to pee the incalcul
able benefits growing out oflhis intercourse. Wc have
! here a country of vast, though dormant, resources and
energies.—These when properly stimulated and devel
oped, will build up on our sea coast, markets which may
rival the great Emporium of America. —Is it not then
most clearly the interest of those more directly interest
ed in these growing marts, to add to the prosperity und
stimulate the enterprise of the people whose commerce
supiorts them !—This they may do most effectually by
spending among them money, which will, in the course
of trad* , soon return to their own pockets, instead of
throwing it awiy in other States, without the remotest
prospect of any profitable return.—The very luxuries
must be bought from themselves.
There is another strong motive to ninke this region a
favor te summer resort lor Southern people.—Every year
adds to the violence of opposition in some parts of the
union, to an institution which is valuable to us, and, as
many believe, even essential to our political prosperity
It is impossible fora taindy to carry a pervaut to the
North ‘ For even when th • slave is unwilling to leave
lus master, he has often to submit to a persecution from
; these sickly Philanthropists, which drives him to seek
the protection of the law —Tins then, is another motive
’ to induce the people of Georgia Lo spend dieir summers \
’ in Georgia.
The Cherokee country has improved and is improving 1
with a rapidly never before witnessed in any Southern j
States. The more it is resorted to the more rapid will
■ be this amelioration—and it certainly bids lair to abound
in v r> . gi . ‘.lily tlie taste us it now dues hi all
tilings to please tire eye.—ln short, n volume would
scared) . numerate tlie advantages,soc.al, commercial
I and political, whieh must result from the constant and
intimate intercourse of tlie inhabitants of the mountains
and the s“n hoard.
The rail roads may f*ster and stimulate this inter
com * and be amply repaid by itsmerea. * —After ma
ture reflection, founded on actual obeerva ion, it lias
been determined to recommend a consideration reduc
tion in the charge on passengers, to last from the lsi of
June to the Ist of October, in each year and not to ap
ply to any other period.
This will enable pens *ns from the unhealthy parts of
the country, to leave home and spend the sickly months
in this healthy region at a coat so moderate as will
tempt hundreds to avail themselves of the opportunity.
The suggestion is respectfully submitted to the sever- j
al rail road companies interested, and can be uci*-d on
at any tune before the season approaches. In this case
there is a mass to act on and a reduction of lare will in
evitably increase the number ol passengers. Avery
I large proportion ol the people who crowd the northern j
railways and their Hotels during the summer ore from !
the south. It but a Ulhe of tins travel cun be mlluenc
; ed, our Rutirouds will be largely beneflued by the ex
periment.
The Railroad spirit is thoroughly awakened and ex
hibiting itsell in the commencement or protection ol
; lines which must ad as important teedeis to this:
The munch to Koine is in full progress and may be
expected to go into operation in all the ensuing spring ;
This will secure to us a most valuable trade from the
valley ot the Coosa immediately, and its ultimate effect
will be to cherish and promote the project, which has
already attracted much attention, of ext* ndmg tin* line
of toad, in that direction, to Tuscaloosa and perhaps
thiougii the heart of Mississippi to Vicksburg, by way
of Biandoii and Jackson.
The feeling displayed in the late convention at Knox
ville leaves no doubt of the eventual success of the Hi
wassec Railroad —a line ol more than 100 miles,exten
ding into a region abounding in mineral and agncultur
• al wealth.
But the most important road to connect with this the
Nashville <SI Chattanooga Railroad—which is indeed
the extention of this to the great west. To say anything
•bout the value and importance of this extension, noj
only in its effect on tlie State load of Georgia, but in its
general and national character, would be to repeat,
truths which are now feme liar to all, and whieh have
, engaged many of the most active minds of Georgia and
adjinning States for twelve years past It is the great j
I line of connexion between the Atlantic ports and the
j mighty valley ofthe Mississippi.
The line of tins road has been carefully surveyed
and, from the report of an eminent practical Engineer, !
it will be seen that there is no serious difficulty in con- I
1 siructing a good road over the ground. Such progress
ls already been made in obtaining subscriptions o 1
the early commencement of the w* rk
The Legislature of Georgia ie now called on once
more to give the ia9t impulse to her great woik. Thir
ty-nine Hides of the Western & Atlantic Railroad arc
yet unfinished. The graduation of this distance has
long been completed, with the exception of the Tunnel
and a tew other unimportant places. The cost ot the
woik now required to cv*m(dete the road to its original
destination ou the Tennessee river *ri]J be S37S,UUU
| There is not a shadow ol doubt entertained \t,R t t f ilg ex _
penditure will at once add $125,UU0 per annum to ikv
profits ot the road So thai the net income from the
woik will be increased by a sum equal to 331 jer cent,
per aiin'inion the amount required to complete it, and
the whoie uught be finished in one year Thus would
the increase ot profile, in four years, return the money
invested Whereas, if the road were left to the alow
process of completing itself, by its own income ; which,
in its present unfinished state, must be comparatively
small, eight years would be required to accomplish the
work. During this eight years, the sum of $3,305,165
already expended in tire rood, would be useless capital,
m.l mribesmite space ol lime would the whole conmry
be deprived of the incalculable benefits to result rom
the completion of this great work. More than haifu
milliou has been expended be twee ft Dalton and Chatta
nooga, w inch re liteiaily useless until something more is
don* to bring it into active use.
The appropriation now demanded possesses the high
recommendation of being intended, like all the expendi- |
lures ot tire last three years, to reader active and profits
ble, a large capital, now lying dormant, which is alrea- 1
ily expended and beyond the reach of legislation.
To enumerate the many advantages to be derived i
from the completion of the mad, and to multiply argu- !
uienta on the subject at (his t#mc would be idle. There
can be but one opinion, ‘l'he Leg>s*alure eaimot hesi
tate as to the proper course.
An examination of dre ground m the neighborht>od
of tire Tunnel was made during the summer to ascer
tain tlie practicability ol going around it. The tunnel
cannot be avoided without an mcreasr of three miles
ill distance aud of 40 fee’ in elevauoii to be overcome ;
disadvantages of tlviuselvi-s more than equivalent to
tlie cost of the Tunnel. There is no practical difficulty
in the way of executing lias tunnel iu a short time and
ut a reasonable cost.
In obediencs to your Excellency's orders, the Chief
Engineer proceeded to Savannah in May last and bor
rowed from tlie Bank o| tire State of Georgia, the Plan
ter's Hank, and lire Mi mo a id Fire Insurants Bank ■
tlie sum of 3AW. Tins sum was used to meet cer
tain payments to the Bunk ol Charleston lor loans ef
fected ut various dates from March 6 h to June 16ih,
1845 Georgia six per cent. State Bonds being hypoth
ecated as security for said loan**. Tire money thus bor- j
row* and tiom lire Bunk of Charieuiou was used for the
disbursements of HJ4S. At tire close of 1845 the only
valuable means left ill (Ire hands of the Engineer were
Railroad Bonus amouutiiig to #130,'“00. authorised by
tlie act ol,December, 1813. .‘.’oine difficulty was exp**- j
rienced in converting these bonds into cash, and this
could not have been done,at fliut time, on terms pre- i
scribed by the Legislature it the negotiation had not 1
been combined with the purchase ot the iron. Some
time during tire summer ol IH|6, an arrangement w.is
effected with Ure South Cordons Railroad Bunk by
which they came under unohligitum to sell SIOO,OOO
of dress ratlioad bonds at par, and, as a part of the con
tract, the irontheu tube purchased was to be ini|M)rted
to Charleston By this means alone could the intentions
of the Legislature of 1845 be carried out and the rail* j
road compk ted to Dalton.
There are now remaining in the hands of the Chief;
Enguieer #2-\3onol these bonds unsold, thoughai .ange.
menui luive been made lor the sale of $7,000 of that a
mount. Twenty Thousand dollars will cover lire pres
ent indebtedness of the road lor expenHtur™ chni gable
lo its construe .ion, which is an oflact against Ure s2*.
ft too of bonds on hand
Ol die loh ll supported by an hypothecation of lioiid*,
reported St the last session of the Legislature, those to
to die Bank of Charleston and the Bank of Hamburg
have been paid off, andu |s>rtion of tfioaa the Mechan
ics'Bank, nnd George M Newton The debts of thi 1 ’
nature are as follows.
Due to the Slate. Planters’ At Insur
ance Hanks of riavannah, $74,00 00
Due the Slav, Augusta and Mechan
ic's Banks of Augusta, 80.000 00
Due to Ker Boyce, 20,000 01
do Isaac Henry, 5.000 lit
do George M Newton. 9,500 Ot*
SIA3AOo no
As security tor each ct these did t ti.eJe re like S
m omit of Georgia 6 percent- State Bonds u*p< sited.
With tire surplus amount of bonds released l*y tire
j |tay:nents to the banks ot Charleston and ot Hamburg, .
i together with a portion of accumulated interest, $37,628-
52 were paid to die Georgia Railroad Bank
This was in part payment ol a debt due to them fo r j
certain loans nml transport;!! urn of iron, mentioned in
the report of October, 18-45. There is still a balance due i
to that Bank, which is included in tin* 20,(XX) ofindebt
edneas above mentioned.
Tire usual tables arcompnny this report, and will ex
plain themselves It is gratifying to compare tire results
of this second year of the operations of the road with
those ofthe first year The nett profitsofthc road have
been used for its extension, as directed by Inw, as fast as
j the accumulated. All money used in this way is drawn
i from tin* Treasurer by a regular warrant from the Chief
| Engineer, and then disbursedby him the Engineer’s
accouut current will shew the sums thus expended |
, The interest on the bonds issued under the ict of 1845,
i paid by the Tieasurer, also cornea out of the profits of
road road.
Great care has been taken to keep up the repairs, so
as to ensure tire thoroughefficency, as well aa aa perma
nent preservation of the work. The road audits ap
pendages are in excellent condition—and it* business,
| highly prosperous, giving every assurance of increased
’ profits.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
CHAS. F. M GARNETT,
I Chiej J-jtiMttierr.
f OKLiGIN.
J'rotn the BalUtmne American, Sue. 0.
lUHIUL ‘ I ft lit: < l
JElcven Days Later from Luiope.
The Bteamer Caledonia reach and Boston yesterday
’ evening from Liverpool, having staled on the lUih Oc
tober. Through the medium of the Magnetic Tele
graph we received fiwin our Eastern correspondent the
lolluwi g summary ot intelligence fir* ughi by her:
By Magnetic Telegiapk.
| Liverpool Corn Markets, Oct. i‘J, 1847, noon
We quote best VV esiein Canal Flour at 23 fa) 27s ; per
bjf. Richmond ami Aiexandiia ai 25 fa) 26s ; Fhiiadel- i
phia and Baltimore at 25 (a) 20s; New Orleans and j
Ohio nt 22 (ut 2ls ; United Stales und Canada at *0 (a)
2is. W b-ut, U. B. white, and mixed, per 70 lbs. 7 (a)’
; 8s; red 6 (a) Vs id ; Oats, per 45 ins. 2s 3d (w 2s 8d ; j
Oat M al, per 240 lbs. 23 f<j) 24s ; Indian Meal per bbl. |
14 (ai iss.
’1 ue Corn market is, of course, sensibly influenced j
by the unparailed stringency oi die money iuurket, and
snows a general decline, particularly in quotaiious for
| inferior parcels. Indian Corn bus depreciated from 2
’ to 3s. u quarter, ami Meal has also receded in vaiue,
and is in very united demand. The above quotations
represent die maximum price, but occasional forced
sales have been made considerably under these fig
ures.
in London yesterday, there was on extensive sup
ply oi foreign Wheat, but trade was dull, umi Aiiren
; <‘au receded from 2 to 2s. sd. per quarter, without any
progress being made in safes.
F. iS—2 o'clock —The markets up to this moment
are losing giouud. t lour cannot be quoted u< yond 265.
pel bbl., and Indian Com shows no tendency to rise u
tove 3l)s. Ihe stoppage of the Liverpool Banking
Company is just announced—iis liabilities are not hea
vy. The Cotton inaiket is much depressed.
Cotton. —New -Orleans ordinary to middling 4!d to
5Jd per lb ; good lo middiiUg law bid to 6U ; g*jod lo
fine 7d to 8a ; Alabama and Tennesste oidiUary to
middling 4i to ild ; good to good fun std ; Mobile or
dinary to middling H to siu; lair to good fair std to 6*i,
good to fine 6i io bid; Bowed Georgia ordinary to ‘
middling 44 toss; fair to good fair 51 t > 61; good to 1
fine 6i to 61 , Sna island ranges fiom U to 18d; do.
-tamed sio Bd4. ’1 his market also largely participates
ui the general vicissitudes of trade and shows a gradual
deterioration since our last Telegraphic advices. The
! quantity ot Cotton pressing upon the market greatly
j exceeds the demand, producing sacrifices on the part ;
j of sellers who hnve been compelled to submit to prices ’
j considerably under our quotations for the week ending
! the 15th, amounted to 21,700 bales, of which 3‘JOO bales !
j were oil speculation, and 1200 bales for export. The
i transactions of the 16th amounted to about 2000 bales,
while yesterday they reached only 1200 bales at a de
cline. Iu the manufacturing districts business wears
the gloomiest aspect, every week adding to the num- j
her of mills woiking short time or closing entirely.
Provisions —Beef, prime mess, per tierce. 86 to 925.
and ordinary 75 to 83s; Mess, \* rlb 46 to 52a 6d; or- l
dhiary 40 to 45; Prune 32s to 365; extra India family
Beef per Perce 100 to Rss: Pork, pi in re mess, new,’
per lb. 60 to 67; old 40 to 50s; Mess 65 to 70s; Prime I
45 to 50.
Money Matters —The disastrous monetary pressure
recoided in our last advices has, during the last fort- I
night, continued to rage with unabated severity, involv- ;
•ng several additional failures and diffusing a deep and ‘
impel ret ruble glooui throughout the whole commercial
community ofGret Britain. To such a point of inten
tfty has the inaccessibility of money now turived that
there is scarcely any one house which can be lookr.i
upon without suspicion, no matter how exalted ib> posi
tion We may avoid Anther enunciation by stating
that altogether 55 houses have either broken down or
suspended since the departure of the last steamer.
Y sterday it was announced that the Royal Bank of
Liverpool had been compelled to suspend payment.—
The Money Market continues m the most stringent
condition, but the London papers of last night indulge
ill sUong hopes oi a puiuai restoration ol ease, * w’i g
lo the circumslrance of a very heavy payment on the
Consols hnvingjmst been made. The sales of Consols
commenced nt 81 (and) 814. but fell to 801 tor tnoisier to
day; time bargains 81* to 814; the quotations closed at
81 i to Bl{, Exchequer Bills have Isren done at 15 to
30s discount. Bank St*ck re quoted to 182 to 183
MrsceiUmeou* -Tatliumeut .ure ;j. en p:*.r>gu*-d till
j the 11th December, when it will be then further ad
j jounred till January, lor the despatch of business.
Tire Lord Mayor of Loudon gave a splendid enter
tainment to tire Duke ol Cambridge and a large com
pany on Satuiday week The invitations included his
1 Excellency the American Mnuiter and three Polish
, Princes. Mr. Bancroft’s health was proposed, and his
address m reply w as very win inly received.
Femum is about to be completely evacuated by the
Austiittii troop*, and ihe Pop- will be preserved undis
turbed in his career ot civil and administrative reform.
The civil war in Switzerland is still impending, and
serious disturbances have laked piece in ihe iwo Bicil
| hes.
Iu Spain Eapurtero lias been suddenly displaced from
the Head of the head new Mummy, and Nava
rex installed in his stead. French influence has U m
I again swcceadul in thnt countly
The prospects lor Ireland during the approaeliing
winter are gloomy enough—famine in an aggravated
form has already re-appeared, and the Queen s letter
I has been issue*! coiuimmdiug general collections u> be !
made in the Church establishments.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Another Decline in Cotton*
Tire Bteamei Waslnugton arrived at New* York on
the lOth, having sailed from Boathampton on the 24th
ult. tuid biiiigmg five days later intelligence.
. The prcAHure m the money ma'ket continued to in
crease, and (allures were multiplying, with unparalied
j rapidity. Every specie# of husnress was pamlued
1 Beversi oommeiCiai Houses of guut supposed strength,
hud tailed in Liverp.N>l and Vienna. The iAn4vn
limes of the 20th says:
S “ Sorry ate we to say it,but the truth must be spokon ,
the country is />oor. To say that it wuma money or
1 credit will not oonvey a very oven whelming idea of us
lieipicHMicHsM some of our resdeis. So We Will rcpeut
tuut Eng.and is actually poor in tire grossest and most
j tangible sense. The country bus till jusi now b**eii tins-
I erabiy destitute ol food. Tusi diliciency re hardly sup
I plied, und ui supplying it so far we have both to part
1 with our gold, and put ou.selves iu debt to the world
Plus is being poor in a very plains** use. Again, we arc
unusually aliort m die mater mis ol liiaituiacture, and I
ooiurquently ill Ui*sh manufactun'd ooinmodities
wirerewithwe have lutli.*rto purchased what we wanted j
from our ireigubors. Now, there i* no the*)nxing. no ‘
currency-spiutung, in tlrese simpi* facts, drey are per
•ectiy intelligible in the cane of one person, and are .
•|Uaily s in tire case of tire nation There are people, 1
indeed, who appear to iniigim that while poverty in die
ease ot an individual is a very solid afluir. national pov
erty in a sentimental abstraction which an argument or
a word can demolish There is, however, no differ
*ncebetween them, except Uiat tire aggregate povutty
is lire worst an>l most incurable ot the two.
“'l'he rtheta ol the dearth have been seriously aggra
\ tied by III* hunialiity ol tlre- nation. Besides the nat
ural rise ill the pnecs of fo* *i, a fact alone etdhcieiii to
tun us into debt, we I* It it our duty t> fee*] for many 1
months aev< ral luillioiia in Irsittij l. Tins eot us LI ’, 1
tovnnn n f w hj**h wera o fie twrrowrd ‘
Here is th r 9(: .it ti man it:; l'-or already,ami
Bunted ii his household, is further impoverished by |iis
pour relation®. It ss tie art ol o.i*Mvho divitka hit last
loal with the beggm ’
The tilths advom ..! >ve iillu led toby the Times.
was in consequence of |ij..oli* led distress in Laiic:ih
terahire and in Ireland .where some serious disi urban -
ces hu<l already occuned. At Limerick, a collision
has already taken place betweeu the populace and the
military.
At Liverpool, on the 233 alt.. American Flour was
quoted at 2'is to 26s per bbl. When the Caledonia
sailed it was quoted ai 24s 6d, to 26s 6 1.
Indian Corn is now quoted at 26s to die per HO
pounds, a decline of about 2s
Indian Meal fs quoted at 13 a 1 is per barrel, a de
cline of Is per barrel.
The decline in cotton since the Caledonia sailed is
about three-eighths to n hall penny per pound.
The following are the quotations at Liverpool on the
23d —Upland, ordinoia 4„d ; middling, lid ; full SJ-d ;
good fair, 5$ I ; gooA and ‘choice, fill. New Orleans
1 (ordinary ten,) 3J.1 to lid ; ordinary, 4LI; middling,
! 5d ; fail, 51 1 ; good fair, 6id . good, 611 ; very choice
gin marks, 7d to Hd. Mobile.ordinary, Ift 1; middling,
! Wd ; fair, 5H ; good fair, 6 I od and prime, 611 to
! f*ld. Sea Island, std. and saw ginned, 4d to 3.1 ; ordi
-1 nary, 9d to lOd ; middling, lUd to lid; fair clean, not
| tine llid to ltd ; good clean, and rather line, ltd to Ifni;
fine and clean 17d to 25J.
In the Manufacturing Districts scarce half the Mills
were working full time, and many ol the operative®
were wholly unemployed. Sales of manufactured goods
\ were extremely dull. The Manchester Bank luid fail
ed, and general depre—ion and despondency prevails,
i The present aspect ot afiairs on the olher side of the
water is truly alarming, and well calculated to excite
serious apprehensions at home. Thus nu the Lurope
on failures have not been seriously felt by the American
merchants, but the immense and cinie in produce and
(miticularly on Cotton, cannot fail to be followed by
most serious results.
JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
M A C O N . Ga.
WEDNESD4 .. -V >V. I7 t 1847.
FOR PREBtBEN i ,
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
The Decline in Cotton,
The European I telligence which we give in the pres
i ent numbe , possesses a most melancholy interest for
our planting fiienJs. Cotton which twelve months
since was woith 10 to II c- tits, w ill now bring scarce
halt that price. Lviv tiling upon the other side of the
water is discouraging. The slat* oi trade, the coiidi
i tion of tlie money inaiket, the numerous h* avy tailuies
I and the general bn nee of coididei * , aii lend to cre
ate the most painful appiehensio.is ioi ttie luture.
The opinion set ms to he gaining gtound that the in
fluences which produced the disastrous results in Eng
-1 land, will eventually extend to this count! y. Indeed
failures of no little significance have alteady taken
place in the Union—particularly in New York, and the
heavy importations of foreign goods having greatly in
craeed the indebtedness of the country, we caunot rea
sonnfciy expect any thing but a pecuniary revulsion. It
may be deferred, oritsevils greauy nmga ed.hy the
unpnrelled ptoductiveness und boundless resources of
the country —but tt cannot be wholly avoided. A crash
imrei com* —indeed it has already come to the Planter.
Men who have be'n paying an advance of twenty to
foity pei c* nt advunce lor then suppj.is—ureir oaggrng,
their ro|H*. their iregroclothes—are now nut in a situa
tion to tak* five or even six cents foi l eir Cotton. They
have been told by the wise men who expound tlie mys
teries of Democracy, th t the enhanced price ol cotton
would ni re than remunerate them tor the thousands
ami hundreds ol thousands of dollars paid out as above.
Like every thing els£ emulating iroin the same source,
| these prophecies have proven talsc—the illusion has
I passed—tin* charm has been broken—D uiocrucy has
been unmasked, and the deluded but honest planters as
I usual are the sufferers. As adversity is favorable to re
flection, we hope the lesson, severe and calamitous as it
may be, will not be without its beneficial influences
upon the people.
Manufactories in Macon.
The people ot Georgia will probably lose between
four and five millions ol money in consequence of die
fall in cotton, to say nothing of the decrease in the val
ue of negroes and other property. It becomes wise
nien and prudeut men to pause and refl* ct ; to ascer
tain what good, what corresponding benefits are to result
from such an unforeseen and unfortunate calamity
The planter, with all his toil, and i hour, and anxiety,
realizes only three or four pet cut. upon Ins capital and
even mat is subject to the contingencies of a distant
market and the tricks of foreign traders whose every in
terest is adverse to the producer. Ai the present crisis,
if iwo thirds of the. cotton produced in the South were
unmulactitred at imi re we would not t> dependent upon
Liverpool quotation- io iix the value of the raw materi
al. Wc could supply in*- markets ot the world with
inauulhctuied aiiictes comparatively uninfluenced by
•ny considerations touching the prosperity or adversity
of merchants resident in London or Liverpool. Indeed
the very monetary revulsion in Europe would give to
us the control of the South American and other mar
kets, aud thus add to our commercial prosperity. Ihe
advantage to the producer, the manutacturer and the
exporter would tails b* nnmeuae ; varying troin 30 to 100
per cent in proportion to the pr ces oi provisions, latremr
and transportation. Would it not be wise in our cap
italists to avail themselves of advantages like theae and
by a timely iuvesiure*u *>* ih* surplus means which they
already have, avoid similar occurrences in future l
While the plants r is thus suffering iroin the decline m the
raw material it musi not be io gotten that ih profit- ot the
inanutaciuier are iciiiauy increased. Tins is the ex
perience of all shrewd men engaged in the business.—
li follows therefor* that it is tire true policy of capital
ists at tlie South, tq divide their investments and to direct
a part of their energies to production and a part to
manufactures When cotton is high the profits of ag
riculture are increased and those ut iiftauuf..ciurea di
minished—and rice vena. Thus th uve.age gains
would be augmented, and the iudepeiid nice oi th * pain
ter secured He would hive a home unmet not only
for his cotton, but lor num Toas qtlier products oi the
soil ; products winch are now comparatively valueless,
becdus* ihey are without demand.
These considerations are equally applicable to the
condition of tlie planter, tne merchant ana tire private
capitalist at the South. i\i n nit-Tests are so inunnie
ly mended Uiat one cannot •ml**, without effecting re
motely or immediately the otn r. Ah snould me more
combine to clung the pres* m coadmon ot thing-* —and
what moment am. piopiliou* man *.i ■p < n Lire
lesrons tuagnt by sot'U sad exp mi* me may, il propeiiy
improve *, read to result* w.ncu win uio.e Uian reinu
nerate our people for their present looses. Need we
repeat tire considerations already *> frequently urged
to prove tliut Maeon is on -of the most eligible points
ui Georgia lor the oomiuencatueiit ol this g *-ut re
form l The amipb fuel tliut **> many planter* unnuu.iy
visit the place for the purpose of drepomigol their crops,
and would Uius have an opportunity towilnes-t ..* pi -xti*
cal o|M'iuii*ms oi lire ent rprise Whuout in* w *ight.
Besides, lire very extent of our muik t wouldenabl. the
pntics to procure the Irest ininy oi cuttoii**. a. he ow
es! prices. Alike convenient to lire great pro* , ‘em u -
gionof the Boulh,aad to lire markets ofthe AtiuiincanJ
lfi* Gull, w* would pos-. s, u.m i. i icihtii s loi avamng
ourstiveaof the llueiuuturns ol trade aud prices, .Shah
we longer delay I Tlreie is capital ei. ugh unem
ployed in Al .con umi tin surrounding country, to ju-uiy
the experiment. An opporlundy is now prese:iteu,uf
securing the serviees ol a gentleman pre-eminently
qualified to take oim.ge ol lire (iflaiis ot one or mote
Companies Tire Ireg.lUiUri* w* in and liberal
chnrterican doubtless b • secure 1 Ev ry thing prompts
lolheeffbil. VV ill it liot be in tde l Tire pu lie 1 11 IIid
is prepared for action, mid it icq urea the coiic*.lied ef
fort* ot ouly a rew nren to s** ur<* Mooes* 8o lavurabit* |
u conirrtHice ol ciretmisiimces may not again occur lor
year* We trust tireretore that out citizens may ui
with that promptness and efficiency which become ti**
magnitude of the interests involved.
IjlccHou oi I . £. icun ors.
No buMiresa ol unpoitaafe was iratreaeted in th • L *g- t
isiutme on .Saturday, exempt lire eleeiion of U. B Sena- i
lota. Outlie first ballot, Ji/imk Bikkii.n was re-elect
ed to fill uis own vacancy. Tire vote stood .for Berrien
nj, Alct))iutid 86, Biank I. I*or the vacancy wiireli
will iuk plac *on tire expiruinsi ot Mr.
term, ihe ti**u Win. C. Da Waox was cimsc.i on th<
tiUii ballot. Tin* fodoWt.ig are tu * balbHings :
I- ’ 2 3 t
Diwsun, fW 87 H 6 87
I $5 f! (el 64
TVirfheriy 4 9 H II
, J. H. Howard, ... 1 3 00
Hull, 1 1
Get* Tavlor, 1 1
Judge Thomas 1 0
H. V'.'Johnson 1 0
Geo. W. Crawford, “” 4
W. Dougherty, 2
Gen. Twiggs, 1
j It is hut due to both Judg * Dougheity and Governor
! Crawlord, to state, that their names were used without
their consen , and against the appeals and protestations
of their if mediate friends. The votes given to those
gentlemen were generally cast by Democrats, who
doubtless hoped thereby to draw off the Whigs from the
s ipport of their regular nominee. On the fifth ballot, Mr.
Colquitt was w ithdrawn, and the name of Gen. Twiggs ;
was formally announced. Mr. Dawson received V# 1
vote*. Gen. Tw.ggs, 67, and the remainder were either
blanks or were given to Gen. Scattering, who seemed
to be quite a favorite during the race.
Lieut* Col* Seymour.
It will lie seen by the subjoined correspondence j
w hich we copy Irom tlis Dst Telegraph that our citi-!
zeiis have not been unmindful of the duty which they !
| owed to tins gentleman on the eve o| It's d-q,artnre for 1
Mexico. The response of Col. S. is modest and ap- |
proprinte, just such as might have been expected from |
one who intends to perform service that will entitle !
him to such a notice upon his return. On Tuesday i
evening the Col. accepted a complementary supper from I
* l is old frit nds and fellow soldiers of the Macon Volun- j
Vers. On Saturday he left lor New Orleans whence I
he will embark at once for the seat of war. Owing to •
*hc necessity of his travelling post some of lus friends
were thwarted in their purpose to present him in Macon
w ith a fine charger and trappings. An order has how -
ever been sent to New Orleans for the purchase and
preseutatation to him there of one of the liest animals
that can be procun and. Georgia has sent no nobler son
or truer soldier to to the field and whale’er may be his
•ate we feel assured that her people will never have 1
cause to regret that he has been pent forth as one of the ‘
representatives of her munhood and her chivalry
MACON, Nov. 10,1817.
LX. Col. I. G. Seymour:
•-'lK—Your friends have learned with much grati
fication, that you have accepted the command of the
Battalion of Infantry, now on their march from this
State to Mexico, and desirous of extending to you, per
sonally, their kind regards before your departure, beg
to ask at what time it will suit your convenience to
meet them, and partake of their public hospitality I
Wry respectfully,
Yourob’t. servants,
ELAM ALEXANDER,
R B WASHINGTON.
CHARLES COTTON,
J. H R WASHINGTON,
SAM L. J RAY,
ROBT. COLLINS,
wm h McCarthy,
EDW D TRACEY,
T. A, BROWN,
Committee,
MACON. November 11, 1847.
Gfntlimen—l am in receipt ol your note of this date
congratulating me on my appointment to the command
of the Battalion of Infantry, now on their march from
the* State to Mexico, and conveying to me expressions
of the kind regards of my Macon friends. These as
surances of good will, from those with whom 1 have
been so long associated,are inexpressibly grateful, and
the last recollections of my parting from my home and
valued hie: ds, will be the saddest, and yet the most
gratifying to my feelings.
A> you have kindly left it optional with me, to choose j
the time when 1 nmy partake ol your public hospitaly,’
1 propose that we defer our meeting to my return, wfien j
1 shall have been honorably discharged, and if favored,
have proved myself worthy of the compliments which ‘
i you have in advance tendered to me.
W ith my best wishes for the prosperity of Macon,
an*i the health and happiness of its inhabitants, I am,
very respectfully, your ob’t servant,
1. G SEYMOUR
Mesrs. Elam Alexander, R B. Washington, C.
Cotton, J. H R Washington, Samuel J. Ray, Robt
Collins, Wm. H. Macarthy, Edward D. Tracey, Thom
as A. Brown, Committee
Editorial t orn
MILLEDGEVILLE Nov. 10th, 1847
Gentlemen : Last night the whigs met in Caucus
for the purpose of nominating candidates for the office
of United States Senator. It was agreed among the
candidates that Messrs Berrien and Dougherty should
be supported for the first vacancy and that Messrs Craw
ford and Dawson should l*e named for the vancaney
which will take place on the 4th, of March 1849 by the
expiration of Senator Colquitts term. On calling the
roll it was found that 86 of the 90 whigs in the Legisla
ture were present.
Dr. Terrel, the highly intelligent Senator from Bald
win Sl Hancock, moved that the thanks of the meeting,
be tendred to the several gentlemen who had addressed
the previous meeting and announced ihetr purpose to
abide by the decision of the party; also pledging the
members present to adhere in good faith to the nomi
nations which might be made. This was carried u
nanimously. The meeting then proceeded to ballot On
the first trial Mr. Berrien received 58 votes Judge Doug
herty ‘26 Blank 1. For (he second place Col. Dawno* re
ceived 41 voter Mr. C raw ford 38 Blank 1 Messrs Ber
rien &. Dawson were therefor proclaimed as the notn
i meet ol tht Whig Party and will be supported accord
■ ngly.
That this result has produced entire unanimity and
harmony of action I will not pretend to say. Both of
the gentlemen defeated, have numerous and devoted
friends—friends whose hopes were fixed ujK>n a differ
ent result and who will doubtless feel momentary disap
pointment. Whether, they will resort to any overt act
of opposition to the party behest, remains to be seen-
They have both been laithiul, laborious, efficient, self
sacrificing members of the party—have been with us
in “six troubles” in the sere nth, will notbe likely “ to for
’ sake us.’*
The position of Judge Dougherty is one that mus
challenge universal admiration. Twice did he submit
i to be supported lor the Executive chair, when his friends
were in a hopeless minority and when he had nothing
to anticipate but the abuse of his enemies and ultimate
defeat. So too, when he was a candidate for Congress
Indeed his purpose throughout his political career seems
to have been to serve his trieuds and maintain liis prin
ciples, regardless of sell. Even on this occasion he
fell unwilling that his name should be presented at the
hazard of endangering the harmony of the Whig|>arty,
and consequently begged his friends not to announce it
in the Humiliating convention. He finally yielded to
tlii ir importunities mainly from the consideration that
its presentation there would cefio.ually preclude either
friend or foe from using it before the Legislature. For
vucli a man the Whigs of Georgia should certainly do
something more substantial than indulge in mere emp
ty expressions of gratitude and admiration. Whenever
they have w anted the prretire of high mental and mor-
ill attainments he liuh been willing (o lona ihetn the
power of hi name and of hi* charucter. It is their
nliame, ns well an Inn honor, if they allow his modesty
l>* prevent him from wearing the chaplet of victory
when it has been tiiuly won.
Governor Cai wn ki> is not a whit less deserving than
his worthy comp* ntor; nor liuh he leas hold upon the
aiiectioii* ot tin- masses. Indeed, the impression seems
g nernl, that he hue been clearly soon Heed by Ins devo- ;
tioli to Judge Berrien It ih not pietended to be con
cealed, that liih name would have be en successful had
he consented to have it presented tor the first vacancy,
i ni’ he would not allow, preferring, as is understood, to
r mum lanhiulio an old tnend, rather than to be made
Senator. Ihe success ot hit Executive career just
clused.haH given to Governor CliwroiiD a national rep
utation —one which it would have been the interest us
wed oh the duty ot the \\ lugs to uiamtoin. The ma
jority of lire Legislature having determined otherwise,
lie will submit cheerfully to the public will, and retire to
private liter.
Tiiese remarks are not intended as any reflection
upon me successful can.l dates. They have received
the sanction of the party —a compliment more stthsiuii
tail than words, undone which places them above either
! the praise or censure of the preas.
The Democracy wnl of course, strenuously endeavor
to defeat both the nominees To tlun end, their prom
mettt men have remained at diet apital during (lie en
ure Heasiou, hoping 1 presume to find some Whig weuk
enough, or wicked enough to jom tiiem in their mucin*
nut oils W lie the r tficy will do so remains to tie seen.
At present 1 predict an entire failure of all their
schemes.
Quite an interesting discussion was suddenly sprung
upon the Henate )• stenlay, in reference to the reaulu*
■ u iiigttig on the election of two l niteu Suita* Sens
tort. It was dually agreed to, yeas 24, nays U4f Th*
Joint Standing I'oniiuUtrr* were announced Yoffwui
find them enclosed lor publication In the ll< ie a .
number ol Bills were read the first time. Both brand,
cs of the General Aaseir b|y adjourned over until s
morrow, for the purpose of all ending thefjouiirrr.c
ment at Oglethorpe University, but in >r ljy
presume to hear the Addn ss of the Hon. W. <t: ,1.
Simms. Your readers may be pr- pared to h**rn 01 • •
onginal announcements, as it is currently repo: id i!i;
the above named gentleman addressed “ the niileri
had” nt Buffington’s last night, and declared in s,.
stance, that in his historical researches, he had ma<l<
the gratifying discovery, that “ Jesus Christ was tin
great lounder of Democracy, and that his govern linn
was a Democratic government,because lie had selectei
his disciples from among the masses and not from tin
! Aristocracy !” II it were justifiable to retort upon ar
maikso infamously blasphemous, it might he replied
that the disciples from their vety location and pursuit
must have lived upon “fish and oysters;” and that
the re fora, according to the Democratic theory in the
late canvass, they were entitled to the appellation of
j “ swelled-heads”, Mr. Simms’ premise is tin refore not
j oorrect, aird his conclusion, of course, a non sequitur.
I But more anon. Yours, &c , C.
MILLKIM iKVII.I.H Nov 12th 047.
Gentlemen: Yesterday the members of the I. iisla
j ture anil strangers generally repaired to th** College
! Chapel to witness the ceremonies of the commence
| me nt occasion. The exercises, I regret to say, were
I not of the high order of those which I witnessed here
I two years since. The s eechea ol the young gentlemen
j were too long, rather prosy and badly delivered. There
was an u| parent want of confidence on the part ol some
of the speakers ; w hile others went to the opposite ex
treme und w r ell nigh realized Pollock's rather curious
idea of an “ oratorical collapse.” I allude to this mat
ter only from a sense of justice to the public us well as
to the institution. 1 think it is not t>e fault of the Pro
fessors. 1 know it is not chargeable upon the highly
gifted president, Dr. Talmage, whose sermon upon sun
day lust, was one of the most able, tasteful, classic and
eloquent performances winch was ever listened to in
the state. A man who can write or speuk us he wrote
and spoke on that occasion could not tail to impart some
of his rare powers toothers, unless they are sadly defic
ient in native capacity, or application. That ihe latter
s too frequently the cuse with young gentlemen is made
but too appuient by the sad experience of thousands.—
Rigid discipline will not alwayaaecure a lmppy result *
unless tempered with kindness and unless the youth be
stimulated by appeals to his personal honor and the
nromptiness of a wisely chastened ambition. In some
cases even these tail and the best directed efforts are
without u corresponding impiovement.
The young gentleman, Mr. Wells, who delivered
he valedictoiy, evidently sustained himself better th n
ny of the oilier speakers. Ills speech how ever, was
oo long and the points of his subject not tastefully se
eded. His delivery was good; though at tunes too
nuch upon the Colquitt order. It is really a iiiislortune
hat some of our public men, and preachers particularly*
lave never yet discovered that ranting and elequence
•re not synonymous terms; and that the mere length
‘fa discourse is not always the best evidence of the wis
iom of its author. When great men are guilty ol these
thugs, youths of genius and promise, like Mr. Wells,
may well be excused.
The address of the orator of the day, Mr 8 mms
was emphatically a nondescript. In style it was ver
bosely sententious —in deiiveiy pompous l .y emphatic—
m sentiment tru ascendent ally incomprciienswle—De
livered in an inst.union not only confessedly sectarian
but Presbyterian, it took the broad ground that man
has the control of his ow n late for time and for eternity f
and . y inference, dial he could save lunutej at Ins
j pleasure, and of course without the intervention of a
! mediator or a propitiatory sacrifice. If the remarks,
I of the speaker meant any thing, they meant this—such
ct least was the impressions ol those who listened most
1 attentively u> the oiu tor, during the whole of his long
and tedious harrangue.
Today no business of importance, has been trans
acted in either branch of the Legislature. Resolutions
being on the Election of the stale House otnceis and
public Punter to-morrow, and of two United Slates
Senators on Saturday, were agreed to, after some oppo
sition on the part ol the Democracy, particularly to the
loiter. Notwithstanding the paity was tallied during
the canvass upon the ground, that two Senators were
to be chosen and notwithstanding,some ol these prints
*• at muted their Inendsat one U>< e upon the tact, that
they had gained the Lt-g.slalure and thereby secured
two Senatois in Congress; still there are members here
who aiicet, to believe that tlie choice of a successor to
Senator Colquitt w-ould lie unconstitutional and im
proper. The opposition,however,is futile and the reso
lutions will be approved by Governor Towns.
Youra&c,. C.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Nov. 13th, 1847.
Gentlemen .-—Prior to the election of State House
officers yesterday, but little business was transacted in
either House
lu the Senate, Mr. Moore presented a Resolu’ion
which was agreed to, calling upon iiis Excellency fora
copy of ail the correspondence, in regard to the Florida
Boundary Also a Bdi requiting Cleiks ol Interior
Courts to record Constables Bonus in certain cas- s
A Bill was also introduced by Mi Baiclay, to levy a
tax on Negroes brought into Georgia, from other States,
for sale.
In the House, Mr. Atkinson of your county, intro
duced two Bills—one to giant certain privileges to the
Floyd Rifles, and the other to change the name of Wm.
A. Ftewellen, to W\ A. Napier.
The project ol constructing a Rail-Road from Atlan
ta to West Point, does not yet seem to have been altau
doned, us a Bill for that purpose was introduced by Mr.
Rohnisou of Coweta A much more practical scheme,
and one which would benefit the people of ihe State
vastly more, would fie a Road from Gnflin, via New
nan, to some poun on the Chattahoochee, at or near the
Old Mclntosh Reserve The River aliove Weet Point,
is navigable tor a considerable distance, and while the
trade ol the immediate country penetrated would sup
port the Road, it would extend almost in a direct line
tow ards the rich, mineral and agricultural region, sur
rounding Tuscaloosa, Alabama—a region which is now
anxiously seeking an outlet to the Atlantic.
At 11 o’clock, the General Assembly met in the Rep
resentative Hall, and proceeded to elect State House (
officers, and a public Printer.
On the third ballot, N. C. Branett, was chosen
Secretary of Slate. On the second ballot VV. B Tins
ley was elected Treasurer. P W Compton was on
the Second ballot, declared Surveyor General, and D.
E. Bothwel! was chosen Comptroller on the third bal
lot. For State Printer, there was quite an interest
ing race. There were a host of Candidates and corn
bi nations, were the order of the day Your nighbours
of the Recorder, however, tunned to have driven the
heaviest trade. Ilavuig taken to their embrace at one
and the same tune, the Democracy of the mountains and
the seaboard, and having drawn to their aid the ( ass
tulle Pioneer -and Savannah Georgian, they were elect
ed on the fourth ballot. Your Mr. Rose, made a most
creditable race with ihe IFAtga.nut tit*- three-lold com
bination above aliuded to, waa too strong tor huu.
Yours, Ac C.
COMMITTEES OK THE SENATE
The following ait* the suuJmg committees of the
Semite
(hi J'nnleye* and Election*.- Messrs. Simmons
llollowny, Hilliard, W illingham und li. B. Jobm-on
On Veiitiunt — Measrs. Stapleton, Barclay, Little,
Camp ami McAithui
On Enrolment* —Measrs. Chastain, Moore, Han* ;
dersoii, Maxwell and Kudoid.
On Joui nalth—W mi*. Collins, Camp, McLeod
Smith and Duncan.
Oh the Stateoj the Republic — Meiwis. Williamson,
Wiggins, VI a run. Lawton and Siuiili.
On finance— Messrs. Boynton, Hunter, Maxwell,
Cochran and McLeod.
On /lank*— Messrs. Snider,Fort, Willingham, Hun*
mo us and Hem lei son.
On the Mdituy— M *asr*. Hilliard, I dale, Cofl’-e
Collins nml W ui wrs
On the Judiciary —Messrs. Wales, Glenn, Rctse,
Mmue and t'l mat uni
On/nteiHiii hnf’nnrmrnt— Karris,
Montgomery, Kofiuan ano Bark**
(hi fublic fruitin ‘ —Messrs. Holloway, Camp, Kui
ford, Martin slid McArthur
(hi fuuiie Laura!ton— Messrs. Hunt, Marks, Dun
can. D.ii.ii-ii and Buicluy
On the fenitentiary —Messrs. Dana vm, Clayton,
Irwin, Stapleton and S. C. Johnson.
On the Lunatic Atylum —Messrs W. J. Johnson.
Terrvll, Beese, Stewart snd Barks.
COMMITTEES OK THE HOUSE
( nmnnUee uh the Slatent Ike lirpitoUc
Mesa s llairisof B u.iwni, Unwind, Canton, Bolin
son td Ja per, Bartow, Jackson of VYuiton, Towns* no,
Tsfrell and M> cly.
Limunttfr oh lu< Judicial y
M mi- K''Man, L w*o Jouss 4artrrli. fr'icefiiart’
Harris us Baldwin, Clark, Seward Shaekl
Committee on l’ mine.
Messrs. Phillips, Bethune, Black R
“(id, Atkinson, (lien,,. Hue", Daniei’l u N
OH Agricultural and InternT,
m#|. ‘"‘Priu
M,’sr Bmow, Kenan, Gtartrril Ami,.,,
n, Nisbet, Perkins, Pinckard, Philij, 2“***
, ’ 1 C,JW ‘ lll ’ Walker ol Richmond, Pri Cl ”, R **
Committee on Public Education and t. ’
Messrs. Shockley, 11.0.1, Uuniwy. „ ( “ *hk
Mover ol Jasper, Giover ol Joins, *''• k,
McConnell ol Cuss, JVleCaira, .Vie ‘ iy,
Committee uit bank,. ’
Messrs. Harris ol Clark, RoUiiisun ot i.
uue, Kilgore, Bryan ot Houston Cm MlV " r hi
Cabinets. ’ lrr ’
Committee m, Manufacture,
Messrs. N, suet, he., tune, Ward, Wiliia,',,. ~ .
net! ol Cobb, Reed, Anduws. 1
( ummittee on ttie Pciutenturv
Messrs. Mostly, C;t,tiding, R,„ y , Ulr *
.10w:,,-1, Atkmsem,y.,.„tL„„u„, Donuiuv‘w-H
l-'ianklin. Ward, .n sham,
Committee on Printing
Messrs Sanford, Hedden, Wi11.,,,
lerrell, Black, Reynolds, Freeman, Prate ‘
Committee on Privileges „nd Eieetin
Messrs. Jones, Arnold Andrews, BalC „
Heard, Maloney. Vnrdeinaii, Fleming, jj r]J ‘ ,i, ,
emu, I .aw lion, Smith of Cass, Shelheld
Committee on Petitions
M tssrs Jackson ol Walton, K-,ih, Crtki,
un. Ale( ‘oniieli ol Cobb, Sumner, Wlu lffor .
I'nlbot, Smith ol Oglethorpe, Graham,
Committee on Juuriui.s.
Messrs Robutson of Coweta, Andenwn ot Wil
Battles, Fitzpatrick, McDuffie, Brown, Neal
of Craw,uni, Pollock, Wilson, Holmes, Mel, i* 1 ’”
Committee on M it., „ry A fair, ‘
Messrs. Seward, Morris, HarrisotTalltaferro.ee
land. Speir, 1 ilhnan, Jackson of Sumpter Cone /
ary, Peutmost, Biyan ol Wayne, Stockland
Committee on enrollment
Messrs (faulding. Hodges, Reynolds CoiW
Cluarlennan, Hat ns ot Morgan, Be. is, Wootlp
of Jasper, Pace, Candler, Raw leu, Kali
correspondence of the journal a usasam
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 12,
Gentlemen “ A change has come o’er tl, t ’
our dreams.” Two short weeks ago, and bluT#!!
were superabundant, whilst over-coats and fin*
“ not to be sneezed at.” AW, we are Hflhinn ?
delights of what some call the “ suit, dreamy,
Indiun summer,’’ but which, to my thinking
nothing about Jesting,) is of nearer kin to u*
s*r. in whose “illustrious footsteps” it treads.
cousins!!ip . and yet the city continues penecny
and free from disease. The Mew GrieaMUagarnJJ!
from Vera Cruz, as also the Galveston, bringru*!-
an I interesting intelligence from the Aioiy.ft. ia
important item of which, is the death of
id, chivalrous Wnikei—the incen paiebi,
and the terror of Gueriiilas. Tlie reporta
the manner ol his death are vuious and com ti?
one alleging that he was lanced by a Me\,aicld
whose son he hud just stain , and another, than m*
non hail was hi. death messenger—but be foe !& c . ai
may, his tali is a serious 1 ut* to the Couiitiy,mtj
army, and thousands of manly hearts will
soi row therelor. Walker was one oi ka —-J
love the perils of battle for its high excitement. J
thunder of gnus, the fic.ee and beadloug cuargp k
• o ad.y shock, weie music to his biavt and
Walker met Gen. Lane at Peiote and utgefoTtu
advanced some durance, when Wulkei w. 0l rj j
with his command ot ;.Lout ,50 men, to tan- ix*
vance. lie passed saieiy ihiough seveiatstnaii : n
und finally arrived at Huamantla, where Santa Ax
who should be surnamed “ the mdoiiutauie,’’ wasp*
**d w <h some *2.(KK) men and several piect*.<ut’ ar^
W nlker led the charge, and coinpl* teiy routed awes
my . killing many ol them, and taking severalp-eul
aitdieiy. He died as he would have wished, iraidii
dm of battle, and in th. arms ot vicioiy —wUs LRaj
c.ind he was. B'iiito Anna's report ol the aliar woi
you will find in tin city papeis, is decidedly amosinj
The Caty ol Mexico is qu.et, u i.j good oiUr. snial
cuiity pievail, Pena y 1\ 11a, ihe new pn v.sioi.nP*
idem, lias issued a well w i iiten and paincUc a
his couiitiyineii, and has called ihe Congress ui a
nation together at Querelau— hut it wdJ probatht
about as effectual as calling sprits from liie “o|
deep.” Ail is anaichy and discoid, and each ntif
veh ement hut brings to light some new “ cu;.jm I
woise confuaed.” Santa Anna has been ikpnwi I
the counuaiid of the Aimy, and in a veiy coa.tmg I
worded document, has been iiUoiiued Ui.a He wu. ii I
court-niartia.Ed loi the defeat-* he tluss.lfr4red.aaL’* I
licularly tru ihe loss ol the Lap .a. if? I
! with the spirit of a patriot martyr, m the ufonMiij I
1 government, (.) and then puts forth another of fri I
| ex ha us Uc as proclamations, winch are > petum I
; ctiaiacteiionc of ins race. “ Tiiatieg” I
1 betore tin- people,and from the whole tenor ol u*ufl I
ilesto, on*- w ould sujipoae that he could truly say, I
sutleniigs is inioileru *le !” There are several expm I
sions in it of rather obscure meaning. but whidmsd I
less hate their /mi jatse Paredes is suffered toraM I
1 m the country on his parole d’honeur, and has ra I
i to the provisional President, begging lor money w* I
support of tnmsell and laimly, and avowing utc fflU I
ardent piunotisni. I
You will have observed, also, that a thanks-gwi I
was ordered by Lien. Scott, lor the victories gainmi I
the Aim ricau anus Mr McCarty. Chaplain tul I
-Vimy, preached a sermon upon the occasion, and*! I
wlule we thank God, we must not forget the I
soldiers!” It is naid to have been the first Prof* I
sermon preached in the city of Mexico. |
Within the lust week bei ween five ami six thin* I
troops have arrived, consisting ot the Indiana. lit I
lucky, and Teimesaee Regiments, and have U I
promptly dispatched for the seat of war Citu Hi ■
But.er und stall, airived yesterday, and leave mil H
or tw o. ‘l'he Geneial is in fine health and good sjtfl H
I'lie new legimeiits are us linen looking body of melt ■
I ever saw ; young, athletic, sober and modem H
j show mettle enough ! I
The 111.11 ket the past week has exhibited no nr I j
change. Cotton has been coining in very free: 1
selling very freely. Middlings are ijuoted no* lI H
to 71. The stock is now 110,000 bales.
Caledonia is awaited w.th anxity by operator* 4
visions, Bacon, Lard and Beef liuvea deenteddc* I** 1 ** I
tendency, with small sales and fair receipts t
und Rope are almost nominal at 15 to 16 cent* |
the former,and7 to 74c for the latter v• hisker H
‘2 (* —Sugar, lnfr-nor to choice, 3 to 51c —Mem** ■;
to *2ic. Lxchunge lnaiket dull, and salt* ddi** I
rllect. Yours, I
elbftt m
First Congressional District* H
WHIG MEETING.
A im-rting of ill*- Wfugs of the First
District, now m Vldn Ig- vilie, was h< ld at tw*
t my House,” on vV e.t.i. sday the 10th Nov W®-
(>ll motion, Maj Ij H Bacon of Liberty
called to (he chan and De La MuTTA Swi t'*!- 1 ,
(nail Cos requested to act aa secret ry.
the im-eiiug oemg explained fiy the chairman.
|re tar ponveded t* call a lisi oi tm osiuti
1 tli first ctMig.eMiomd dist iru ot G> orga • r,r '[ “
peine.i 1 1 ml lie-manures o| t hattiaui. Brj an - 2
Ah lutush, Giytin, Lownd.es, Thomas,
lan, Montgoineiy, IV.tl.iah, Emanuel, L‘ ar, ’ ul ’
1 luck, and i,fii>igli,iui were repu-scuted.
The following reso'utions were then
adopted.
tutored, That a convention of die M ‘Vd
j the In*i congress* oiiuf district be licui s ul “ J n )g
I m lie- county of ‘J'etiuiron liu.- * ootui tbutu. )
| next, lor the purpose aoui uatmg a csudaL 1 *
potted by the \V lugs, to lepreseUt said 4>H^ C
Cong., ssof the l imed States ■, ixf
lie.,u,red, That each county in the di* rK '* g.
a un and by Uie aume umbel ul delegi* lea Iwf *
(led to Uhder tin- old appot tlolUilt 111 t* l ' l ..^fl
Remitted, Thai tin* proceedings *>i ,n ’
publish -,i in the Macon Journal \ M ■'** "ll”
v.'OUii‘i, Souuieru tl< cutdet,and Savannah h ' v
I ‘.ie meeUtig liiell adjourn* and S*Hf die. .
E H BAUM* 1
Dx La Motta Suxdiki.L, Stey
flow to K I llil ut u i ||c •IIIU* r ,
gill Jiff*
f )lUf of the Secretaries ot State ts me t ■ o
*rut a good inode ol getting lid olan illirud. t .
oularcase. It iippt an that the door-k* jmi
cmtnry Hoflicc was remaikably oblign , 4f*
the thing foi u ramd oflHHi-aet-aer, * *
,o get in every day and Isnlief the S ji
MeaiiOoyanc - hud continued lime or oui
. , , , . lu’ lliH** k ’ 1
H.-cfeuny supp and ui* *rM- moiui g #
# 11 . it,.i uialtC jU *
.lid lllquu* u whelm- 1 lie knew wllul w* - jgjr
*r daily. * Yea,'said the luitcunnaiy* u ‘
‘Tne , but do you fclH*W WlU*l
. Wi tlieu, I “ in tali )"■ r J■ *
ac*’ ’1 lie meeting n- ai nn tn.ua o*’ 1 ’’ j 4
ecftiraiid tne pouu u’oi-k“P* “* “** |Ul ,g4s
eh/fnan the peruhui inamiil’ in wI,M ‘
wa* Infiemed th * -cfetary was not s