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c | .r|<>re Cha pul tepee aiVi rHiising to retire—ns well ns
I), Mr ifficers and men of the column—Quinnan con
jej topics* firwnd, mid *• d.mk .1 lireci tires;
• -ried an intermediate battery ot two guns; ami then
\ \ gate, before two o'clock in the afternoon, but not
\v..h)nt proportionate loss, increased by his steady
ni lintenanceol that position.
Here, ot the he.-wy battery—till artillery—captain
Drum and l.u i. H iijamin were mortal y wounded,
uid Liei Porte.. its third in rank, slightly. The loss
oi those two distinguished officers the army will lot .g
m u"n. Lieu.-. J. H. Montgne and Win Canty, oj
tn South Carolina volunteers, aisonf high merit, tell
on the sum<3 occasion—oesnljs many our bravest
11 ‘.l commissioned officers and men—particularly in
C .pt. Drum’s veteran c mpany 1 cannot, in this
pi.ice, give names or numbers ; but bnl returns ot the
k:o 1 und wounded of ailcj.pq m their recent opera
to is, will accompany this tv-port.
Q i tinan within to’.* city—adding several new and fen
ces to the position he h id w on, a i l sheltering his corps
as w i. as practicable—now awaited the return ot day
lie.u m ider the g:t ot the formidable citadel, yet to oe
su > tued.
About 4 o'clock next morning, fcfept 11, a deputation
oi . .yaninmicnio ,'city cu ic.l) waited upon me to
i.*p >!, mme that th. .vd**rit gov rniiieni mid the army
*>. vi vlco bn.i fled from the capital some three horns
, , .br| to and msnd 1 ns ol c pats stion in favor
1,-'the church, th. citizens, and the rnunieipal authri
s I promptly replied, that I would sign no camtu
, 1..0 1, mat the ‘coy 11a I i..*eii virttvilly in on: nos.-es.ion
.1 I • tulle ot the lodgments • iiocted bv Worth and |
,1 k.: nan ilie lay ,>elore ; m it i regr. tied the silent ••*-
of the M x r. m army . that i noui 1 icvy upon the
tv 1 ni 1 derate . o itnoiti >n, for special purposes; and
I .... the American army should oo.ne unJer 110 terms,
. > ‘//-impos'd—inch oniy as its ow.i honor, the dig
. y oi the United States, and the spirit ot the age,
sir .and, in my opinion, imperiously demand and im
pose.
in the terms, so imposed, I refer t!i * department to
subsequent General Orders. Nos. 257 and 28J—para
graph 7, 8 and ‘J, of the latter—Copies ot which are
n . . w.ih enclosed.
Ai me termination of the interview with the city de
putation, 1 communicated, about davli^h{,
(Vi guard against treachery) towards th * heart of the
c*i) . and to occupy its stronger and more cominanding
p. . Q:i tin. ii proceeded to the great plaza or-square,
, ■ ie.i fcU.ou& aod hoisted the coors oft ne U. States
01 me national palace—containing the halls ot COll
-and executive apartments ot federal Mexico, in
this grateful service, Quiunaii might have been antici
pated by Worth, but lor my express orders, Halting,
the mtter at the head ot the Alameda. (a green park,)
vwihiu three squares ot that goal of general ambition.
Iti.-capital, however, w'*'s not taken by any one or
two corps, but by the talent, the science, the gallant
v the prowess ot ttus entire army. In the glorious
nque-*t, nil had contributed—early and powei.u.i)
• killed, the wounded, and thelit fur iluiy —*t Vc<a
cmz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Sun Antonio. Ch 1 1 -
b isco, (three battles,) the Moimos dei Key, and Ciia
puliepec—as much as those who tought at the gates of
Helen ami San Cosine.
Soon after we had entered, and w re 11 the act ot
occupying the city, a tire was opened upon us from
the lint roots 01 the houses, from windows and comers
ot streets, by some it,ooo convicts hbcrnied the night
be tore by the dying government—joined by, perhaps,
as many Mexican soldiers, who had fiisb* tided thein
selv sand thrown ofi” their uniforms. This unlawful
war lasted more tlian twenty-tour hours, m spite ot the
exertions 01 the municipal authorities, and was not put
down t>ll we had lost many m mi, incmning several of
iu’eis, killed or wounded, ana had punished the miscre
ants. Theu objects were, to gratify national ha tied ;
and in th* general alarm andcuiuuston, to plundei the
wealthy inhabitants—particularly thedoseit*l houses,
liu: families*are now generally returning; busmen 01
every kind has leen resumed, and the city is already
.ranquil and cheerful, under toe admirable conduct,
with exceptions very few an i trifling) oi our gallant
troops.
. ms army has been more disgusted than surprised
; irtt. by soul''sinister process on the’ part ot certain iti
d viduaJsal home, its numbers have been generally, ol
i.i -n trebled ill our public papers—beginning at Wash
i.i .ion.
Leaving, as we nil feared, inadequate garrisons at
V *ra Cruz, IVrote and Pnebh—w th much larger hos
p ti;s; and being obhg. 1, mos, reiuct*.it,y trom the
st . • caus (general paucity ot numbeiej to abandon
.1 j, we marched [Angu.-t 7-lUj from rurbla wuli
oni v 10,738 rank and hie. This number includes the
g.i: .son of Jalnpu, and die 2,4 W men brought up by
linn Gen. Pierce, August 6.
At Contreras, Churubusco, Ac., [August 20., w
had but 8437 men engaged—af'er deducting the gam-1
son ol San A'lgu.'vim, I'-.ir .e;ul depot, ii • inter-’
iiale s.ck an! tii .. •!. at the > del Key.
[.-•*, itv bui ti.. > withs -me cavnhy i
I artillery—making 111 all 3231 men—were in the t
t He; in die two days—September 12 and le—our
v ile operating .orce. alter vieductmg, apu.ii, the re
c 1 killed, wounded, and sick, together with the gar-
II i of Mixeonc lie then general d* pot] and diet ot
‘i .cubayn, waabnt tIHO and ti.viuy, a. 1 dedocting
th*-new garrison of Chspuitepec, with the killed and I
w glided ol the two Jays, we look possession [Sept
of due great cnpual with less than biM men And
1 ...ttUMMrt 1 r.,, I CVI
- *e, tliat, in nol one oi those coiitbets, w.is this army
c** rosed by fewer than three and a hah tinu s its nuin-1
:. —iliseverulol them, !•* : \el gic; t -.vress.
i i< capitulate our lobs s since we arrived m the basin
ol vl -xico
Atut -i U). 20 — Killed. 137. including 14 aflieers—.
It •./ dal. K 77. including 62 officen*, Miasmii, (proba- *
l. y K nod,) 3‘J rank amt ti.c 7aim', l,v 32.
t?.!*TKMBEJI B— kil.ru, H 6, including ‘J officers |
Wounded. ts 3. cciudiiig iJidt.cMS. Muwir.g, it* unk
•ml h . i on. . 7,'is
*?Ei”ri mbi'.r 12, 13. H— Killed, 130. including lOof-1
li :s .11 </ ’. (/. 703, im iiuinig 6A oiiio is. .Uismng,
23 :ank ile Tula /, t<6'2.
(i 1 1 total of loss* >, 2.703, including officers.
•ocher 1 I,th 01 n non the
• ... .■ visions, in vn v/oi tneir capital, th-- whole Ale 1
ica :*1 iy, of (at the beginning! thirty-odd ihousan ! (
—posted, always, in chosen posi •< ue, t ehmd en- |
c icr. uents, ormo.e formidable detencea o. nature an 1
• * killed or wouiidrci of that numb* r. more man 7.'K>)
■ aim m u ; t-*ktn 3,730 p :.-o - .'ei>\ one-seveirli
S uc!tiding ‘ 3 wner‘M-1, wn in 3 bad been I
int of tins repul he ; cay ;ured more than 20<joi- 1
and standards, 75 poe *s ot ordnance, besidt s 57
p eces, JU.OU) annli him.*, uii umnense quantity of
•in .Is, powder, Ac., Ac.
Oi that enemy, once so lormiimbir in numbers, ap
pv., i nts. artillery, Ac. twenty-odd thousand have
iei • ted Ih l mm Ivt -in deep nr, at 1 known
not more than three fragments—the impest about 2>w
—.low wandering ui different u.icctio..s, w.tn, ui mag
azines or a military chest, and living at jree quarter*
up their own people.
G .. -al Santa Anna, himselfa fugitive, iabelieved to
be on tlie point ot resigning the chiei magistracy, and
ea-aping 10neutralGuammUa. Anew l’resident, no
doubt, will mon be declared, and t e te feral Congress
i- xp cted to re-aaaenible at Queretaro, 125 miles north 1
• : a 5,0,1 till- Z icateeus road, s *me time in October
ilk ve seen and given sate conduct through this city to j
e veralof its members. Th* government will find it- I
evil without resou.ee* ; no army, no nraeua!:-, no mngu- >
ziocs,and but little revenue, internal or external. Still,’
•u< h is the obstinacy, or rather intaiuat.on, ot tinspeo-1
pl< .that it is very doubtful whether t ie new authorities
w .* dare to sue tor peace on the terms w Inch, 111 the re
cent negotiation*, were made known by our minister.
• * * * i
i 1 conclusion, l beg to emumernte, once more, with
<! ..* couimsndation and thn.ik*, the di*tiugui , *hed staff
cer*,g iu rol and |K*im*!iid, who, m our lust op rations
in front ot the enemy, accompanied ui.-,aiiJ couiimii -
le ited orders to every point and through every danger.
L eutenant colonel lluchcoek,acting inspector gem ml.
major Turnbull n.id lieutenant liardcaatle, topographi
es l engineers; major Kirby, c’.iiet paymastei , c.iptain
Irwin, chief quaitermaster ; captain Gray on. cimi
commissary; captain 11. L Scott, eimt in tue o.fuia. t
general’s department; lieutenant Williams, ai.l-dc
camp; lieuteuatit Lay, tmtnaiy secretury, aid maj
J. I*. Gamas,Kentucky cavalry,volume 1 ad-de-cam,..
Cap'ain Lee, eng neer, so constantly distinguish and, als •
bore important orders trom me (Sept. 13) until h • lamt
ed from n wound and the loss ot two mg.its sleep at the I
batteries Lieuts Beauie-u 1. Stevens and Tower,ill!
wounded, were employed with the divisions, n.id lieuts
t. \\ . MiiitliiiMl ti B At. t'lelian with tiiecompany
ol aappersand mineia. Those live lieu*eiianu of engi
neers, hke itkir captain, won the admiration ot ui!
1 bout mem. ‘J be ordnance otliceis, cupiHin tlug *r,
Vutentinte liagner, Stone, and Reno, were highly el
lertive.and dwninguished in the several Ik. times . and
1 must add that captain McKinstiy, assistant (juatter
i.iaster.nt .ne close ol the ojM’iutitiiis. executed several
n, portnut oonunissions 101 me ns asp nal volunteer.
Surgeon Geiiertt. and the medical staff
g. oeritJly, w 1 e skiiliil and untiring in and out 01 lire, 111
n.miateiingto the namerous wounded
1 o ilius> 1 ate th** operations in tins basin, I enclose
two iNMiutilul under the dircciiotis ot
iui..,of TuitihuU, tinauiy l r <nn ae'unl survey.
I nave ti IhiiHm to Vi, fit, with h.gii r**spect, you.
111. vtobediei.t Servant,
WINFIhLD SCOI T.
IheJitU!. Wm Marcv,
H xuetary of War.
r i'li - Post Ollier* lr,n incut*
FhtK'rnte efloitt serm to b • making to set up Cave
Jo..iuonLi agr -an..an; dv iy of a
e. General. Sme ot i.*f. nls claim the uicut lor
h .oi hftvtog reduced the a must and -tiency of the de
p irnt to forty tlou*>nnd dollar* only, during th • Inst
y .1. Woniemo financier! Ou.y #4U,UIU mu us Id*
r-* . ptsf
If a cltf’ap postage rysteni list inerrared the revenue oi
th* h partns'iit, as uige.ija to he irpretei ied.it is in
s ;• t tiie jK.liey of the Piwtiiiastcr General, or any ot
b employe)* ‘I lie b t ca I jutpeniary onhiscoudujt isa
s meat oftlv simple fact, ihut during the last ynr
t. 1 ned s unJ bundled* of Uulur‘*s Imv** taken piece,
a 1 that he 1; been nentuhy rq tsldin/j with the con
t ohks.nnd paring and /wu their allowances, In fact,
if t ie department if in any degree prosperous, it is in
sj te of tits efforts and blunders tending to Hie contrary
Tti.airpanm nt ought tol* revoJtttuiiUs4#oinpl ts
l). and we tru-t tliat Congress w{ll takß?’ n up. ‘1 h
. igfsdi t. hgraploc system (4 the country ought to be
•se> in. i wdh the f*(isi Oflijc Departutottt, and mad*
a, Ua i huJ th* *anK'; and but feu the tolly and i mo*
ra4:e teyave Johnson, who had the oiler made to him
avi.‘ V *, tnc whola c arvt y would at thiad y t,t
>ov .el wgh uHtgrupha* aailttic teve
fks tnrvyattetji v h gHVyanlnpp *vf k *o u
JOURNAL & MKSSKNGKU.
11 A C o \ . fit,
WCDNKSDW, DEC. 1, 1847.
POR PREfIIDEffT,
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
The Fort Valley Academies*
We cannot deny ouraelvea the pleasure ol calling es
pecial attention to the advertisement ot the Board t
Trustees ot the above institutions ntid of saying to on
friends in Houston and adjacent counties, that tli
have now in prospect the establishment ot iiiPtiiutioi
every way worthy o! their patronage and liocrnl u,
port. Mi. Wise and hi* lady bring with them tcstim
nials ol the highest order, in regard to their standm,
as scholars and tcachci*. They have bad ample cxp<
re iic* tn)ih at the north and ut the south; having during
the ia u year taught with eminent succ •§ in the Fe
male Department of Uhatlinm Academy in Savannah
Mr. VV i*t, we have known personally trom boyhood
and can salely commend lumas a gentleman ol plaiii f
unassuming mnnneig; of hjhhlcss character and oi
sound,substantial scholarship. There are few men.ol
his years, tn hi know more, and pretend to less. We
cannot but think that the Trnsteeaof the above semina
ries have been exceedingly fortunate in procuring the
ter vie sol ruch accompl.sued instructor*. It is a mat
ter ot congra illation in many respects, but especially
as their vill ige is destined in time to become a thriving
and populous town. In lact.it is the only town ol any im
portance which can spring up east of the Flint river
me i lie ot trie dohlii Western Kail Road and it
is the more desireable therefore that those who remove
hither should find the means of preening, for their sons
and (laughters, the iaemtiesut a substantial and ac
complished education.
Drtgnenian (Gallery*
It w ill be seen by the advertisement of Mr. Caiey
that he has taken the “Apollo Saloon” and fitteu it up
a* a Daguem-an Gallery. Mr ( is well knows at the
North mid in Savannah as one of the most successful
Dngueireotypis.s in the country. Ii s instruments are
o. the must ;.pp.>.ved kind, uno ht* n ever fnils
in his •:11 .s nt ai..gi< ..kc,.c-.-v-e gioups. V\ e
take pleasure in commending him to our citizens ns an
artist who i* in every wr y reliable—as one who never
slights hia work and who never imposes an in iHerein j
picture upon Ins customers.
The Necessity < 1 ll< rue 3ianufactures.
\\ c c 1 1. tho tncl gyci.i. ii and to the mui.tier, c
our i ei deis, the mi.aikt h e deveb jk rm i;t oi tacts coti
tn ined in an nit.tie t< pitn n. m t .ht i to.t nn. ti.iit.to
“ 7he nn ” eime ta ue of her Cotton Mni.uiactoiies to
Great Luta.u “ ii wiunitU pen ot an chit coires
poudtntol the -\uhotuil Intelugi i.cei —one who has
Fad acres* to the pit pu it colds, and who speaks uc_
cording to the Bo< k. it show s:
Ist. That Lug.,m.l pays America for raw Cotton, an-’
Unrly-Jite millions J dollars.
2d. Thai tin- pi.y- in c sis and clung s for the traits- ;
poitanoo ol this C otton, (mostly to her own people) j
something like three centspei pound, o i about d/.e thud !
ot its original cost.
3d. That, notwithstanding this outlaw, she (after fur
nishing employment lor millions ol her operatives) ex
po ts sixty-nine millions aoUars worth of manufactur
ed poods, made trom tin cotton thus pi retired
4ui. liiat from the lesmue ol said cotton,she makes
for home consumption, good- to the vuiue ot twenty
sri t n million, five huuured thousand dollars!
5,n That her (imiiuhl national income, thus arising,
from ilia portion of the Cotton crop which she receiver
from this country, is nearly one hunndred millions oj ,
dollars !
N*e.i we remind the reader, that by a judicious sys
tem of Home manufactures this money, nay much more :
than this, could be saved. Fingland not only imports
the raw material, hut the very food in part, upon which J
hei operatives subsist. The difference m the pi ce ol
labor in the two countries is, alter all, an insignificant ,
item compared with the difference in the price oi pro- j
visions, and the costol the raw mateiiul.
it the cotton now exported to England were manu
factured at the South, one thud of its value, or between j
ten and twelve millions, would be saved on transports- ;
lion alone. This added to the ilumiied millions leal- ‘
iieu by Great Britain, would make that portmn of the
crop now h> ut to England wortii to us, neatly one bun- i
dred and fifteen millions, msi end oi, at at prisent, ihiriy- !
five millions! Is not this an item oi lumonui wealth,
woitli the atieuticit of our capitalists ami our law-giv
ers f li thi money, orevi n a moiety ol it, can be saved
to our people by wise and libera! legislation,ougni it not
to be done l
That it can be done by a little temporary encourag**-
nic it, is demonstrable. In South America, in the
West indies, and the Dutch East India*, the
TANARUS: gland Manufacturer* have already duven H eir Brit
ish competitors neatly out ot ihe market. Even in th*-
British possessions of the East India’s, this competition
has become so string as to induce the government there
to raise the duties upon American fabrics, to 20 jer*
cent, w hile ih sc upon Biiti-h goods lunge from 5 to 7
percent. Yet, even with this difference, John Bull is
trembling lest his Yankee competitor may ogam un
flerseil him.
If tiie North can do fins, i otwithatanding she pays
nearly as mucti tor the ruw material as England, what 1
tire we to expect from a propel system ot nuuuuuciures j
at the sottth, wnere labor is cheaper, piovisions at h&ii 1
price, the seasons longer, and the raw material so con- j
vemeut, that the saving m iraiirpoitation alone, is ,
nearly equal to one hall the cost ot manufacturing the *
goods l 11 the South isnuc to herst il.stic will n a
lew yearsduve, not only Old Engiaud, hut New Fing
iuttd, troiu the maikets ol the world. She huh a politi
cal, as well as a ptcumary, incentive to embatk in
manufactures, if she proponrs to retain li -r position
ui Congit iM, sue must adopt those industrial puisuits
wh'ch will give to her a dense rating jmpu atwn —and
wiai wui mum th s letuil ..nu mo elfectuui
iy as wane legal encouragement tow nU the uuiverwil
esutwmuiiK. toi noiiiv luuiiUittClures ( Lu oar L gis
iatci* answer.
South Wes.eru .liitlicuil Circuit*
Tiie Bill now befeire the Legislature providing u n
change ot the tun* *< of holding the Supe.ior Uouits ill
thu Several countusot the Wnsteru Cncilit pro
po*. * that the m s.oun Im* held us oik>*s .
L .mlv. Ith Monday ui February and Augu t
Kanjolvh, l*t ** M M uch and September.
Sc.sriLK, 31 “ “ Match and Septeui'.ier.
Macon, 4th “ ** March and S ptember.
Dooly, Ist m 44 April and Octidter.
Lee, 2nd ‘* “ April and Ik’tolier.
BaEIR 2nd M 44 May and November.
DbcaTVX, 3d m ‘* May and November.
I'reuUs of the scumi •
The past aunt ner has been a mo*i remarkable one
1 In the apring and su..i.ner, we hud continuous heavy
rain*. Since the middle ol September, until within u
few day*, there hnn not been rain sufficient to lay the
i duet, and there was t-cnic ly frost enough prior to last
we. k to check vegetanon Lv n the butt tree* under
this unnatural atale of things have bl<N>med atresli. ami
in m ‘in* m-t. ice* neatly imtnred a second crop. Wild j
Uh rry tree*, ou tae piennsesof one of tin* Editors of |
this paper, produced un sbimdsnt crop, winch had si- {
most ripened when cat off by the frost on the 26th ult. 1
On the 24th ult. we were presented hy Mr J. H. Sain
-1 pees ot Crawmrd county, with a specimen ol apples*
, andoi Bu'pW* “ Mogul Blums” oi *ee.std growth, winch
! w ere matured. The plumt* were of usual .ze and per
fection, quite ripe and weie grown upon a tree which
find produced finely in the early part ol tiie season.
These thing* augur badly for the fruit crop next year.
T ‘tin •m.” F. H* Senator,
The CKniUnou f f GsteUi announce* the election of
! the lion John Bell to the United Htatcs ft mate from
t.ic ol renneswe. We are t r uiy happy to leurn
that ofter such a protracted atru rgle tn puty ehaulJ
h.ve made so goo J a choice Many Wb.gs throug i
out the country have 1 ok*d with fear an 1 appreh-nsio •
to the result of a drflic ilty which was. to say th • least,
scarcely credit able, to thoee angigcd in it. Mr L .\. -u
gentleman of ability, a genume hig und well known
as a distinguished member of the Cabinet of Pr i I *nt
ilarrisru.
Wonderful Ti’lng ,ih Improvements.
‘Hie Lin l m mg a tine of Science mites the
Ebdnc Company have iiiv-nt'*d a mnc[ikfiwh(pr vi!|
►coiumuiiioate imellijpuoe siniuttaiieously to loiiie foity
• or ii ty British cite erwoug tfem Livet|■ool.Cßnsg-iw
A General Mnnufertaring Law.
As there are many applications before the Legislature,
for charters for M uni .coning purpo.A*s, w< take the
liberty oi making a few brief suggestions, to those hav
ing mat important subject und *r consideration.
l iiat some legislation should be h id, of a nature to
encourage tiie investment of capml.m tins panic ilai
ciasaof industry, all will admit. That it should be t h
character to protect the people as well as the Stock
uideis equal.y Oar taw-givers should
endeavor to avoid exircmcs—to be just us well as gen
erous.
ihe Manufacturers may ask for extraordinary privi
leges and exemptions. They mu> ink * advantag e l
tie change in popular sentiment, tavornblqt their new
and en. eavor to ext ct Itotn the Legislature
f jiivileges, which would make them monopolists indeed.
Ju tiie other hand, there are hosts of D uiingogues, who
ire always watching tor an opportunity to oppose every
hug that is really c&lculnted to develop** the industrial
i sources ol the country. It is the pari ot wise legisla
tors, to lemeuiber tiiut the medium couise i** generally
lu • safer one.
li iqipenrs to us, that all the applicants for charters,
; th mid be required to lay before the Committee, on Mun
i utile lures, i heir views and wishes, and that after mature ,
I deliberation, a general law should be framed under
which any man, or all men, could associate lor Muim- f
factuung put poses. Such a Bill would be free from
all objections, on the ground ol exciusiveness or lav-r
----1 itism. It would open the door to the poor man, with
his hundreds, as well as to the wealthy capitalist, with
Ins thousands. It would not injure the planter, because
it would withdraw capital and labor horn th.* production
of cotton, and thereby increase the price. It would not
i injure the farmer, because it would increase the number
i~t A.iiiamn.*is und consequently the demand lor pro
visions. lr would not injure the merchant, because it ■
1 would enlarge the number and the means of his purcha- j
seer. It could injure no one, because if the pursuit were j
profitable, any man may successfully embark in it.pro
vided he possesses, energy, honesty and industry. 1
Such a Bill should be so framed as to protect the
creditors of the Companies formed under it. This could j
lie done, by making tin* individual Stockholders liable, I
until ad the Capital Muck has been, ia good faith,
, paid in.
A similar liability might be insisted where their
1 is a misapplication of the funds, or wnere the company
-iiuld b come largely indebted to it* operatives ; or
where the amount of indebtedness shall exceed say, 20,
JU. or 50 per cey a . upon the Capital Stock paid in.
M ah thdse and other reasonable and wholesome re- I
strictious thrown around the subject, w e believe that the ,
Legislature might safely exempt from taxation, for a j
lim ted period, all capital invested in any species of j
Munulactures. Such an exemption would be no ulti
ui.it:* loss to the Tieusur), because n would build up u !
new interest in ihe State, and develope wealth and re- !
sou. cos hitherto undreamed of.
Let us look a little into the effect of these manufac
turing establishments, in lostenng indusny, in giving
employuiciii to the p *or, and in circulating money—a
poitiou ol winch will fail to every man of enterprise in
the community, where they are located. We have be
| fore us soul* statistics of a single establishment located
in Philadelphia county, engaged in dyeing and printing
j cotton and woollen goods. We copy from the North
i American, and V. S Gazette.
“ Hands employed, males, 200 ; females, 20 —Goods
produced annually; printed calicoes, 150,000 pieces .
yarns and warps dyed, 600,000 pounds ; pieces dyed
20,000; assorted goods, finished from the loom, 20,000
puces ; value of calico, s produced, s4si) 000; of yarns
and waips, $120,000; of dye pieces, $45,000; of as
sorted goods, finished only, $40,000. This establishment
uses two steam engines ol 80 horse power each, con
suines ten tons of coal per day, and pays lor labor SSO,- j
000 per annum. Total income, as above, $655,u0U !’’
The amount of capital invested, is not stated, but we 1
venture to suy. that it is not greater than would be re
quired in Georgia, to produce 2000 bales of cotton.
Yet, who cannot calculate, und who is not startled with
the difference in the results, not only upon the commu
nity ai large, hut in dollars and cents! Hcie a* the
true secret of the marked desparity between the nortn
and the south It is not in our institutions, but muu
pursuits. Is it not a subiect worthy the mature consid
eration and action of oui luw-ini hers! Ought not oui
thinking nun, cui monieu in*u, to examine st:id
ly into tiles.- mutters and dueci their energies and cap
ital accordingly l Cotton is now wortii say £25 pei j
hale, and yet t costs nearly £f> per bale, 0r25 percent. I
of its value to transport it to the Mills ol New England
This advantage alone would be un immense pmfit t< 1
ihe Il< me Manufacturer. Oui labor is cheaper, ou
provisions ait* cheaper, e'ery thing ( xc pt ent’igy
and skill m the management of m chnk iy) is in our tu
vor. All we want is a unlloim system—a general law .
which will g.ve to tins branch of imiusny the preqx*.
impulse. We want no extensive privileges. Nay, tncy
may be limited both asm tune and extent, but let th
.mpulse be given,t>nd ittilcune tiotii die Leg.slatui*
whose shield a.id proticticn should he exienued to ad
alike. We present these lew thoughts to the luembeis
ot the pres ut Legislature, mid beg them to reflect upo..
them before they pass hastily upon individual cuarter*,
w'iuch may be opposed, at l**asi with some show of rei*
so.i, by honest, well meaning men, wuo have an uu -
c nqucrable aveision toiiiouopoiies.
The decline in Cotton.
Twelve months ago the Democratic Tariff-that
| “great measure ol deliverance und hbeity’—went into
j operation. The planters were promised anadvunce in
the price of cotton und a corresponding reduction ii>
, bagging and staple goods generally. U hat ihe result
| has been let the laise proph* is oi Democracy answer
j Cottoii will now bring but httl * over hall the price it
| then commanded, bagging has udvuiiced nearly 3t> per
cent, and staple goods have risen in a corresponding
proportion. Uh, the wisdom, the foresight mid the I
nuns of Democracy ! In this state ol things we ask. 1
in ail soberness, how is the country to pay the enour
mouft national debt now being incurred by th** “powers
mat lei” Let the reader ponder upon the probable
expenses of the war, us set forth in another column, and
iben reflect upon the tulure prospects ol tiie nation
it sadness, and bitter regrets do not yet sieze upon the
people w<- -hull be must agreeably disappointed. Even
l l tli** iirnket should react and prices again advance, it
will be almost impossible to calculate the extent of the
oases und the nuffi ring which must follow from the re
cent decline in oui gre.it staple. That reaction will
-i.oii take place we have Dot a doubt Cause*, which
cannot tail to produce th.t result nre already in opeia
non and the Gleets must loliow The pr.c<* i* now so
neat ly and wn to the cost ol production that a still turth*
•*r decline would drive capital into oilier channels of
nive-nneiit. The stock on hand, in L.verpoid and the
shipping putts, is lui slioit ol w hat it was nt the same
jieuoU lust year. I hets und other causes will doubt
less produce on advulice ill the price ot cotton, Uhie-f
die lolly and extravagance of the government should
induce a crisis in the money market and a general Ue- i
invasion in the trade and business ol the nation.
The DeNpatches.
We conclude th.s week the publication of those *les
patch*s, which we think are requisite to give a clear and
connectad idea of the nc tit iqierutions in Mexico.
The conquest has been etf. ct**l it appear*, with a
little over fIUUU men They p**.. tian dto llte heart of
u nation of flJUOOJlUfi—travelled over three hundred
j iiulcs o a country which may b* termed one continu
ous natural fortification, gnim-d seven ptch and battles,
; nguinst immense odds,and finally entered the capital, 1
containing a population of 2tK*,out. with fighting,
and un army wmch n lew days Mott, numbered dn.dtm
men strong! Buch achievements would be regarded with j
interest, even if presetiteJ m tin* mt*f homely garb !
Gen. Sc Tt however, by his peculiarly felicitous style, |
Uas invested the conquest utmost w ith tiie charm ol r.-
maiiee. Speak.ng of these s ondeilul productions and
their author, the New-Orlesna Oe la, of the 21th ult.*
I y ,;
” I he letters of G*n Scott, exlvhit the literary abili
ties ol that um* quailed soldier, in h more brilliant light
i than any previous etumitions lr* nh * pen. bkdltui,
| effect iv**, rapid and overwhelming, a* is sue strut.-gy of
j tiie (ie.ieral.it does not *urpsss the vividm-a*and graph
|ic power of hi* descriptions. We are at aI. *m winch
to K Inure m the man, the Vigor ot h * sword o< In* p >n,
j Kn * Iy do we find file Achilles and lioiner so InujiVy
fouiinned, ns in Gen tteutt His cF i, rtpti*mßre c./iai
to th- Ik i pict iresol Xenophi n or Thticyhdcs.< ffiCie
•*n and Pulyl'u*. There is oopro yd g id, prbflUdn 1
emt, or technical of *, a.ity shout them. Tfi*w-4i n<
vapnl boaei*i ig or unmanly exw.t mon in then style, n i
jmy undue u-.Bu .pt.on *if glory or prqit n to tin* writer
ind chief amor, iusti* ** str ely *:td fripvni.illy rfleh
t*d out to all our brave ofh r* oi i
t ihuted tu the giono a f ruit’ The liUrasy on tfilu
ftpcciiii i oiTt*i>ondeiM!s
MILLRDGEVILLS, Nov. 221.1817.
Gentleman i > • nte, this morning, Vlr Wig
gi h prtM miu*J .li ■ m*m >rial of the M iyr and Aid -
men of Mac ‘ii in rel ition to connecting the U ul Roads
wliich terminate nt Hint City—referred to the commit
tee on internal Imp v n *jh
Mr. Chastain Irani t;i * imno ity of the committee on
Internal |.u,rov ment*. inn l** cqiort ngiirwt the ex
1, icy and ol ‘xtoptling the Wst rrn Alt
luntic U til-Road m-youd Ddton.
Mr Chastian intro In *• Ii Bill, to change the name ,
of the villag •of Cro*s PUins, in Murray county to that
ol t ie City of Dillon, to *-xt *n I ii*li n t*. an I to point
out the in >Je of electing the \1 iyor and Council.
The Bill, t provide for the electio ol Comptroller
General of this State by the people, wu* lost on its
third re idin r,— Yeas 12—Nays, 27. The yeas are
Messrs. I otl -e, Du agan, Duncan, Farris, Glenn
Henderson, Hilliard, Hunter, Rnlord, Simmons,Stew
art, Walters, 12.
Nays —Messrs. Barclay. Boynton, Camp, Chastain,
Clayton. Cochran, Collins, Forman, Fort, Ilalloway,
Hunt, Irvin, B D Johns >:i, \V J Johnson, Little. Mc-
Arthur McL-’od, Marks. Martin, Motitgoaiery, Parks,
Smith, Terrell, Wales, W’.ggins, Williamson—27.
Mr. Lawton was ex cased from voting on the passage
j of the Bill.
About two hours were consumed by lebating on the
expediency and merits of this Bill. Mr. Terrell oppo
sed its passage on the ground, that it was a had prece
dent. Our Government was not, ‘an some had conten
ded it was) a pur * D mi cracy, but it was a representa
tive Democracy, wh*re the people ruled through theii j
chosen representntiv •*, Szc See.
Mr. Glenn r *pli -1, th it he was a strong advocate for j
giving to the people the election ol their officers He
fitted that that lb* Sl it * House Officers, were the Cab- j
inet of the Governor, and consequently sliouid enter-!
‘ tain the same poli ical opinions, &c.
Mr. Forman,stited., that lie would oppose the Bill -the ,
people did not weh th s power, and whenever they did, |
they w*mt I then ii-truct their Representatives to pass a
I Bill for that purpise.
Mr. Simmons am followed in a very long and un
j necessary speech.
Gen. WilLamsin, being entitled to the floor, showed
that the 811 was vry incomplete—it only provided for
the election ol Comptroller, on ihe election day, and
did not provide fir the manner in which said election
should be ascertained, &c.
Thus has perished one of the grand schemes of some
of the present D. niocratic members of the Legislature—
-1 a echein • winch uas every appearance ol being con
| ceived in the veryworatoi demagogueism.
The President (resented to the Senate, a communi
cation from the Chief Engineer ol ihe Western &z At
| lontic Rail-Ri.ad, with accompanying documents.
| which were referred to the Committee on Internal Im
provements. *
In the House, Mr. Harris of Baldwin, introduced a
Bill to annul and declare inoperative, all rules ot prac
tice which have not been agreed upon and assented to,
by the Judges in Com ntion.
Mi. Holmes introduced a Bill to change the time of,
holding the .Superior Court of Bibb county.
On motion of Mr. Ti.t, the House took up a resolu
tion, which was adopted, requesting the 8p;-nkei toap !
point a committee ol five, to be ms'ructed to report a
Bill, regulating the lees of all Judicial and Executive
officers of this State, tog liter with the fees for print
ing and publishing s c!t proce ses and mutters as are
required by law to be published in u wspupers.
The House to. k up the r* port on the Bill, to exempt
all persons of the age ol forty-five and upwards, from
pi.y.nent ot poll tax—on motion, th* same was referred
to the Cotnmitl- e on F’niance.
Tne Speaker pieseuted to the House, a communica
tion from the v ine! Engineer of the Western and At
lantic Rail Road, wi;h accompanying documents, which
on niouon, were ordered to u* on the table lor the
present.
Mr. Atkinson introduced a bill to amend the net, in
corporating the Macon &. Western Rail-Road, and to
repeal certain acts therein menu* ned.
Mr. Hauls ot Claik, laid upon the table n resolution
requiring llis Excellency the Governor to draw his
wurruiit upon the ‘i n usuiy in isvoi ol the Hon. Jo
seph H Lumpkin, the lion. Hiram Warner, and the
Hon. Lu ‘emus A N.sU-t, rath tor the sum of $356
72,being theuue pi*; * ilions of their saiaries as Judges
oi the .Sup*eui ■C* t..t of Geoig.a, hom the Ist day ot
Nov. the beginning oi the fiscal year iBS, up to the
24th December, tii. y huv.ng heietoioie drawn
their pay from the latter date.
Mi. Jenkins the Speaker, who has been absent for
the past week, appealed and occupied the Chair this
morning. Yoms. tiuty, S.
MILLfcIDGi.VILLE,23J Nov 1817
Gentlemen. — T e Senate reiused to reconsider so
much of yesteruay’s Journal as relates to the rejection
o. me bill giving i:ie election ot Comptroller General ol”
tins slate to the people by u vote of Yeas, ii—Nays,27.
Mi W iggms introduced a bib authorizing Hie consuuc
tionofthe Magnetic Telegraph ihiough Georgia and
providing tor its protectior..
Mr. Barclay reported a bill to regulate the issuing of
Cn Sa’s, and to define the duty ot ofl.ceis in relation
thereto.
The Senate took up the report of the committee of
the whole, the b li to limit the lien of Judgments hereto
fore entered on personal or real piopetty in the ‘*osses
sion of purchasers fora valuable consideration, and to
exempt trom levy and sale under execution, personal
property in the possession of bona fide puichasers with
out actual notice o! existing Judgments, and to limit the
iten ol Judgments on leal piopertyand to provide for
the extension of lire same on certain considerations —
which was lost.
A message was received from liis Excellency the
Governor, by Mr Smith his Secretary, informing the
j Senate that he had assented to and signed a preamble
and resolutions, relative to the construction ol a Kail
Rond across the continent ol North America.
Several bills were read a second tune this morning.
In the House, n motion was made to reconsider so
much ol yt Sunday's Journal as relates to the adoption
ol the Seuate’s resolution authorizing the Governor to
purehase 150 copies ol *‘\Vlute’s Statistical History ol
Georgia” which did not prevail—vote ol Yeas, 5‘J —
Nays .63.
Some discussion arose on this motion, ami it was
| made apparent that some members are quite willing to
j spend the people*§ Money by introducing resolutions
relative to our nationsl affairs for the purpose ol hear
ing themselves talk, but vigilant guardian.* oitlie Tieas
| ury as they are, they will not vote for an appropriation
ol the ptiuul sum ol #uso to diti'usc uscml knowledge
snioiig the people ol the Suite.
The report ol the Chi f Engineer of the Western &
! Atlantic Kail Road was luid on the table tor further
1 consideration.
\lr Nislwt offered the following resolutions which
were unniiitiiously adopted
Retailed, Th.it the noble and chivulr.c t* tiring ot j
C'npi Isaac Holmes s* an officer in the Georgia K< gi
j uietn under couniiandot Gol Henry R. Jackson tti Meg- •
. ico, Ins untiring devotion to the discipline ol the Reg
inient and Insloity patriotism winch caused him to lose
t li.s valuable ble m die m iv.c ol Ins ( ouiidy, coininumi
, the admiration and grntciul remembrances ol this Gen* .
eml Assembly
And Ik? it .urtlii He Molted, Tint this general aimciil*
bly deeply condole wad the W.dow and eliildren ol
Capt. Uoinies and that the Cn ik ol tbs Hons, lunuHi
! her with a copy ol tlic*c resolutions.
The bill to incorporate tue Columbus Fnctmy Com
pany, was referred to the commute - on manuluctutes.
Tim* lull to grant the same pnvih g sto the Floyd
• Rifle* ns arecn,oyed by tltcoibei volume*. c psoi the
city ol Mucvit, Was mid me ind tune and passed.
The House took up the report to irtcoiporate the
1 West Point Rail Ro.nl company and to furnish those
who may w .Unity injure the wum* and on motion that
tog thei w.th ail bills oi a similar nature w. .e made
the special order ol the day lor Thursday week.
You is truly, 9.
MILLEDOEViLLE, Nov. ttftli, ISI7.
Gentlemen .-—/•• the Senate, Mr Cliisuiu moved u
reconsider the vole ol ytsieid. )on lb* ii. . to built die <
levy on judgments &c. agieed to, wsfi, Nijs 11. j
and the Hni was referred to a select enimutee, c m- ,
Misting ot M‘■ -mit> (. Iris; stu, Wimamson, Uarciay, K esc
mid Eiwtou
Mr. Terrell, reported a Bill for the protection and
preen vativift of the nfftits of Manic l Women, and to
provide a imly’loi the fee v ry and wile ot tb i
p operty in c rt.iin e iw-j and the lU-fotit .• and preset u
lion <>i suns in rrlsp'* ol th |
abov • n . were ofi rrti lobe printed-
Tii* Lilil to pretrribc fo*w the hws*ml t**l it,mis m ‘
HhU dm -duff! be c pafCil. j
The Bid to nwsmioc jbe t me, pfoc • mid ttnnner oh]
Leave o) temporary übfeneewas granted to Merer* 1
R iitord, and Boynton.
The Senate adjourn -1 until Friday morning; V
. dock, to-ni >rrow b Mug set apart ns a Iny of Thank
I 4 vim aid pray *r. 1 learn that “ Mr. Duuagau’sres*
iiiii *ns” will !>'• brought up o i Friday.
In the House, Mr. K nnon from the committee on tli
* Judiciary, to whom was reterre ! the Bill to simplify an
j curtail pleadings at law. and regulate admission >t
, lee Is ami muniments ol title ns evidence in certa n
j eases, and settle Hi • ights of pn s alter eviction, unu
! dter recovery in claim c ises, reported the Bill, and r -
j commended ns fivorable consideration and passage, by
the House.
Mr Tift, introduced a Bill to provide for improving
the navigation of th? Flint river, by means of the credit
of the State, and to provide for the payment of the prin
-1 cipal, without loss to the State.
Mr. Barratte, presented the memorial of sundry cit
izens of Camden county, praying the enactment of a
law, more effe •tually to protect those embarked in the
“ Turpentine Business,” referred to a special Coin
nvttee.
Mr. Shockley, moved to suspend the order of the day,
and lake up the following resolutions, viz :
in view of bringing to a close with as little delay as
, possible, the unsettled business of the Central Bank g
Be it there fore Resolved, That the Director of the
! Central Bank at hiseailiest convenience, communicate
! to this House the nature and extent of the unsettled bu
| siness ol the Bank. That said Director furnish the
1 names of each Attorney in default, in the settlement of
1 his account in the Bank, and the cause of their remain
j mg so long unsettled, together >\ ith the amount claimed
| by said Bank, to be due from sai < Attorney.
And be it further Resolved, That the said Director
inform th s House, the nature and extent of any service
i now performed by the Bank, that might not with pro
s’ priety he turned over to one of the other officers with
■ out injury to th** Fubl c interest.
And be it further Resolved, That the said Director
: communicate any further information that will in his
1 opinion tend to accomplish the object aforesaid.
it must be conceded by every lover of good manage- J
| mem, that the above resolutions are of the right stamp. 1
The people can sec, that it is the object of the Whigs to ,
cany out the economical example, set us by Gov. Craw- j
lord, and to bring toa close the arduous duties imposed
upon the late administration through, and by the mis- |
management, and profligacy of the Democracv.
Mr. liardc-ii laid upon the table, the memorial of Ker j
Boyce, ol C harleston, and Ins asociates, for a charter to 1
construct a Raii-Road, from a point on the Savannah .
River to the Central Rail-Road, and also to Augusta,
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture |
and Internal Improvements.
‘Fins is rather a modest movement on the part of cer
ta n interests in Carolina, to make the i rhole State of
Georgia tributaiy to Charleston. 1 trust the result will
be a rebuke, worthy the dignity and independence of our
. late. Carolina arrogance seems to know no reasona
ble limits, and it is well nigh time that it should receive
an effectual check, and 1 am happy to say, that the j
“ signs of the times are propitious.”
Mr. Jones, of Paulding, intr< duced the follow ing res- !
oiutioti—
Resolved, That in appointing James S. Calhoun,
Lieutenant Colonel, to command the Georgia butta.-
hon of mounted men, and in app. mting Isaac G.
Sermour, Lieutenant Colonel, to command the baital
lion ol Georgia volunteer Infantry, his lute Excellency,
George W. Ciowford, without any necessity, acted
contraiy to usage and law,and in violation of the rights
ot the citizen soldiers, who had volunteered in the ser
vice of their country.
‘Phis attempt made to censure a faithful, high-mind'd
and able public nicer, 1 do not think will meet even
with the approbation of each and every member in the
Legislature ol Mr. Jones party.
Mr Bartow, introduced the loliowing:
Whereat, Capt. J'*iah ‘Fatttii.il of the United States
Navy, a native of the State of Georgia, has greatly dis
tinguished himself in eveiy portion of his professional
career, and has illustr ted the State which gave him
birth, by uniiortn devotion and bravery m th* service of
that gallant arm ol the national defence, and more re
cently at the seige mml bombardment of Vera Cruz, as
commander oi the “ Musqnito Fleet,” signalized him
self by the most noble and heroic conduct, and added
new laurels to his service, and greatly honored Georgia :
Therejoie, be it unanimously Resolved, by the Sen
ate and House oj Representative* of the State oi
Georgia, in G ueral Assembly met, That his Excel
lency the Governor cause tube pi< cured an elegnn
sword,suitable tonn officer of Ins rank, to be inscribed
with pioper devices, and present the same to Capt. Tat
nall in the name of the State, together with a copy of
these resolutions.
Mr. Gartrell offered the following among other reso
lutions, which were icieired to the Committee on the
Slate ol tin K public.
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Represnta
tives o) tne Slate oj Georgia, to General Assembly con
vened, That the resolutions emulating from that Illus
trious Sian sinae the Honorable Henry Clsy, in re er
ence to tne existing War with Mexico, are hereby
adopted as expressive ol the true sentiments and views
ol tins General Assembly.
And belt Jurther Resolved, That the principals of
tie“Wiimof proviso” are obviously at variance with
the Constitution of the United States, violutrve of the
rights of the Southern States, and detrimental to the
dearest interest ot the whole country, and while we
solemnly declare that upon this subject, there is no di
vision ol option among parties at the South, and that
ail are unite ® the firm determination to upho>d and
protect its dearest interests and honor—y* t, as Patriots,
and lovers of the Union, we are opposed to the pi use -
cution of the existing War with Mexico, with any vie vs
to the dismemberment of that Republic, or the acquisi
tion by conquest of any port ion of her territory.
Resolved unanimously, Thu the thanks of the whole
American people are eminently due to our brave offi
cers and soldiers in Mexico, for their patriotic and in
domitable bravery in hearing aloft in triumph, the stand
ard of their country.
The House adjourned until Friday morning lOo’clock.
Yours, truly, S.
MILLEDGLTILLK.Nov 26th, 1817.
Gentlemen /—This being the day for the considera
tion ot Mr. Dunagans Resolutions on national af
firm-, Mr. Williamson the Chairman of the Committee
on the State ol tfie Republic, in accordance with the
wishes of a majority of the committee, presented a re
port and resolutions on the subject of (he \\ ilmot Pro
vis*) Tliis report too, was in obedience to the instruc
tions of tlie Senate, under tin* resolution of Mr. For
man, a Democrat. The repoit distinctly declines that
a.* there may be u difference of opinion in regard to the
acquisition f territory, and as it is desirable that llie
people of Georgia should present un unbroken front,
oil the subject of the Proviso, the ultimau? object of
winch is, die Abolition oi Sluvery, therefore, it his
been thought bet to present that isolated question to
the Senate. To the report ate uppended the following
resolutions, viz :
Resolved, That th** Government of the United States
i has tiu control over the institution of Slavery, and that
I in taking or attempting to take any such control, it
transcends the limits of its legitimate functions
Hr it further Resolved, tuat any territory acquired
i by die aims of the United States, or by treaty with a
foreign power, bee* m s the common property of the
several States conqiosiiig this confederacy, and whilst it
so continues, it is the right ot each citizen, of each and
every State, to reside with Ins property of eveiy de
scription within such territory.
R* mitred further, That it is the duty ofev* ry man, in
eveiy* dual of this confederacy, if the Cnion he dear
to In ut, to oppose die passage ol ai ymw ot resolution ot
Uong.e-s, by winch nurd >ty acquired may be sunjccted
to any restriction against Snively.
And be tt further tiesi ted, Tint his Excellency
tlie Governor ol tins Stale, cause s copy <>t die loi♦■go
ing prcainoie find it-soianoii* to be iorw.irded to each
i oi on, Senators and K preseutunv •' hi Congi.-ss; also
to the Uovemoi oi eacn State in I tie Union.
‘Fins punn, un* qutti Vocal language did not suit the
puiiizuii puip'>scsui me U mocidcy , so n*ey pn sound
mrougfi Mr L iwto i, a m nor. v report, m wmch they i
Ciaiumi in ‘,,. *. ivi s in lav oi of me n ipitsilion at tcrittu
y uiiJ dictsrc that it m, “bin advancing towi.4* die
*n si my w m* h t.wa.ts on gU iiousuiii* ii” drc. dtc.
‘Flu* ies iUnons vary, but l.ttie on other points per*
ups Uie D .iiocmey oi Georgia arc not luiiy aware, mat
by ‘iK-uimug tfu* position they a. * playing dimly into
tu • liamis oi Hie W'nmnt in *n. ‘i ney too are “gran.i
j e<.i.iy lin n ; tin ymo are til iavor of “ucquis.Uoii ol
i cnitory” because they, know and Jeelthot they hnn
i-e strength larxe u*ie ulaoery jrom it jot ever, li it
i *r tins p l.pus * alone, mat m y iavor die acquisition
j ’ ll- y eveu imw boast, tii.xt they ore rrsoiv Ito muU
l tli t me, an I dm Urey hi’'Mid loose tin* presetn ten
[mg *u i.iyur of territorial Iw g rt **Wb*c incut in order u>
li die Semite, are m iavor of mixing up this question op
’ iv iy not only with flint of territory, but with th
whol - b itch ot political issu s now beloie the count
ilence th v endeavored to postpone both the repot
•111*1 io tuk • ip the sti iug of piit,cal r< solutions, off
ed by M D ingun. Anxious ns they had seemed
lie to get up the Wilmot Proviso, it now clearly pp
ed that th y were struggling not lo th • >otidi or h*
ustitut ons, hut tor th • poor, p iltry, ignohl* pu po
pnrty ascendancy. They even opposed the motion
t do* up t!u* reports, and it finally prevailed,by ast..
party vote, viz:
Yf.a*-—Boynton, Clayton, Collins, Holloway,B. I
JohiiHiui,L.tde, McCaiter, AicL“od, Ma ks, Muxw ,
Moore, .Vlontgouiery, Pinks, Reese,Stmth, Snider, sch.
pie ton, 1 e i nil, Wales, Williiiiuson, Vv niingh.mi—
Navs—ott.clny, Camp, Chastain, Cochran, cutlet
Dunagun,Daucau,Farits,Foinuiti,F*>rt, Gh n, Hende -
son. Uilhurd, Hunt, Hunter, Irwin, Lawton, Sininioi..-
Waters, and Wiggins—*^o.
Failing in this motion they next moved to post pom
I nnu print. This was also vole I down y *as 21 nays 22.
! Ihe vole stoo l precisely as the above except thut Mi
Stewart, Democrat, was present an i voted with Ins
party.
The entire morning was consumed in the diascussioti
of motions o/a similar cuaracter, all pointing towards
a postponement oi action—-and all decided by a strict
party vote, viz 21 to 22. Finally the senate adjourned un
til tomorrow. The object of the Deim c.acy was to post
pone the vote knowing that Mr. McL od a wiiig senato<
would be compelled to leave on account of severe indispo
sition in bis faintly.
In the House— Mr. if arris of Clark introduced a bill
to abolish the allowance ot Tare on bales ot Cotton.
Mr. Mclntosh, a bill to incorporate the Broad river
manufacturing company in Elbert Cos.
vir. Philips, i bill to incorporate the Clarksville and
Athens itail Road Company.
Mr. Spear,n bill to incorporate the Commissioners of
the Poor School lund in the several counties in this
j State, to pay out of said fund arreages due tor teaching the
| children from the year Ih3‘J to the year 1817.
Mr. Harden, presented the following resolution which
was agreed to.
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance examine
into the condition of the Ontral Bank, its account
current with the State, the amount of its original cupi
i tal, ot what it consisted, and how and when the same
| was increaced ; its profits and losses—to what the profits
have been applied—what portion of its stock has been
wasted, if any,—what are its present aspects, and what
provision the State will have to make to meet its iiabil
, ities, and report to this House without delay.
The hills giving to the people the election of Judges
! of the Supreme Court and Comptroller General, and
Judges of the Superior Courts, were referred to a special
committee, consisting ot Messrs, Jackson, of Walton,
Harden and Lewis.
Yours truly, s.
Atlanta Convention*
The Convention was organized by appointing the
j lion William Ezzard President, Joseph S. Fay and
i O. R. Hanleiter Seaetaries. The following delegates
were p.esent.
From North Carolina Alexander Mcßae and
Henry Nutt, Esqs.
From South Carolina —James Gadsden. J. R. Math
ews, Joel Adams, Ons Mills, J. G Holmes, O J Dob
son, f'l homas Kerr.
From Tennessee —F A. Parham, W. B Deery
G. M. Rogers, Dr. Chester, Mr. Lenoir.
From Georgia. —K. R. Cuyler, President Central R.
R Cos. Dam* 1 Tvler, Piesh.em M. & W. R R. to-
J. P King, President Georgia R R. Cos.
From Savannah M Hall McAllister, A R Law
ton, Joseph L L eke, Joseph S Fay, Octavus Cohen,
H. li; gliam.D r Halsey, J V\ ashbum.
From Augusta M M Dye, C. B Hilt. John Da
vidson, G. f Parish, W. W. Holt, J. W. Fleming.
From Macon. —lsaac Scott, J. Cowles, C J.
McDonald, Sunn Row .
From Marietta —Col Dcvid Irwin, N B Greene,
L?q., Col. N B. Nnight, John S. Andcison, Esq , John
M. Eilge, i ,s*i.
From Decatur ,—William Ezzard, James M. Cal
houn .
From Atlanta. —G. G Smith, C F. M. Garnett,
J Noicross, B. F. Bi iiiai, John Collier, James
Lloyd.
From Cobb County —James S. Bulloch.
From Clarke County — C Peoples.
Lett! rs were read Horn the Hoti Jno. McPherson
Berrien and Ex-Goveiiior Crawford.
On m0,,0n oi M. Han McAhisb r, a eonuni't'c of
s<*ven were appointed to report upon the internal im
provements ot Georgia. That committee consisted of
Messrs McAllister ot Savannah, Hon. W. W. Holt of
Augusta, J S. Bulloch ol Cobb, C. Peep ea of Clarke,
Isaac Scott ot Macon, John P. King President G''oigia
R R. Company,and K R Cuyh i Piewdeut Central
K R Company, and subsequently submitted thiough
Mr. McAllister the loliowing Repoit and resolutions
which were read and unanimously adopted :
REPORT.
The Committee to whom was referred the duty of
making a repoit upon the subject ot Internal Improve
ments in the Slate ot Georgia os connected with the
communication between the West and the South At
lantic Coi.st, submit the follow mg report:
To develop the resources of that portion of the coun
try we inhuh —.o add the iaciiiiie* ol art to the bless,ngs
ot natun —to improve the bounties ot Heaven by the
enterpuse and labor ot man, is an object which com
mends use it, not vnly to our interests and patriotism, (
but even to our gratitude to Him who has been pleased
lo cast our lot in pleasant places. The partial accom
plishment ot such un object is the design ot the present
Convention. l;s more immediate aim being to im- I
press upon the public mind the importance of connect- i
ing the West with the South Atlantic Coast, it may not
be inapprop.iate to recur to the action of the past upon ;
tins subject To connect the grnmeries of the West
w ith the ports of the Atlantic, has been for years the
object of every great Slate of our Union. The Empire
State led the way—the old Keystone State has scaled \
the Allegany— Vfanachusetts has extended her arm— j
Virginia and Marylund are urging onward their gigan- !
tic works—South Carolina has made a great, but unlor- I
tunutely, an unsuccessful effort, by means of her Charles,
ton and Cincinnati Railroad, and our own Georgia bus
entered the arena of State competition for the trade ol
the West. Thus each State has endeavored, or is en- !
deavoring, to fertilise her own territory by the deposit
of that mighty current which, iti passing through, is to
enrich it.
It may not be foreign to the occasion to recur to the
origin and progress ot Internal Improvement in the
State ot Georgia. On the 4th of July. 1836, a Conven
tion assembled at Knoxville, Tennessee, having lor its
object a connect ion between the West and the ‘outh
ern Atlantic Coast, deteiniined on the gigantic plan ol
connecting the Cities of Charleston and Cincinnati by
means of a Railroad. In such an eniei prim*, praise
worthy ns it was, the State ol (ieorgia could liHve little
direct interest , her a- legates in the Convention, there
fore, h< Ida a meeting in the City of Knoxville, and de- j
lertiiined upon the cull of a C onvention to In* held at
Macon, in t ,is State, ** hose deliberations might ungul
ate a plan which, while it would uilbrd an outlet to the
productions of the West, would rewound to the pros
perity of their State. ‘File Convention, composed of
representatives from every section of the Stute, wus
held subsequently nt Macon, and the present plan of In
ternal Improvement as now neurly completed wus re- !
commended to tin 1 Legislature <>i this State who adopt
ed fully. This plan was as grand in its outlines as it i
was pv’iiecl in us details. An nt nine oi its own was
tube constructed by the State from her coniines, bor
dering on the mountains, to this plac *, to be continued j
hence by individual enterprise, by the way of Macon to !
Savannah, while by a line ol Kadioad diverging hum j
this point mid pn.-N.ng across die Suite to Augu.ua, at
the bead ol navigation on the Savannah rivei, the pie- ,
i ducts of the \V *t might fi xl another outlet to tlx*
ocean. By the execution of tins p.uu n was intended
that da State ot Georgia ahoutd ivu.l Ik iseU ofieT ;; ■>
graphical position, wh.le at (he same time two putts m
the Atlantic were to he ( pelted to tin* Wt st those o ;
ChmleMon mid Suvatin ill ‘l li c .pnbiuues ol th.
tom nr have been emb >died m an*iahorute report made
to a Convention recent > u* I*l ut Knoxville, T< uiieiss■•*.
Aew rrni-uks in reiut.oii to those oi the tnttei may not.
then-tore, Im* deemed iliappropiute.
‘File City oi Savanna i.wikin population of about 15,-
iKK), is distant, according to die c airs.* or mnti’Jsitiea ,
the river, 17 miles Irwin the ocean. Her hariior iat til
limesaceessdle tot m> ichant vesselsotth target* s
A run of from two to throe boms will carry u ve*e*
from In r w!riiv**s to s*-n —Steam Ikiuis leave In r* dm y
lor th- North—tri-weikiy lor tin* South ; soiiich vsii * i
lislif I I.M claim !u te con (ierrj , np
rcapabiliiif, ,
•y wlmmicJ by u:i alius,im tll w)l il ‘
die puriHMc ot elkci.nu a coin ,j *',
soltn.i.l ili,. W.w and North. With *'
><• ‘C.l.ii.!. m ilie s.s||,’, iK| ’ ‘ i
HlmcM .ii oi dm L'vmrm Kiiilioini, <A”" 11
, an I hcrcitia.ii* of iipwmils ‘ 1 <
•u comp toil tlnougiiou, us \n,U c t . uo ' 3 “•i
.h.’t.uyof Mil, on, Witlnn a j,’ -
.1 Kt.IKA, tins been ra, v.l i y a p..i1,..,,
Oijiiui'tion w nil certain uuUviduul* U i \ ‘
.* >’> operations at in rally psriinl ,* K
r ” 1 .Itrectly ami n gut irly b iw vn |,, ra ,‘ 1
Guy. u 11 i..,
■■ ll C< lime have deemed those „
t ;ev.int, bin iniiiniilely connected
they have hud und> i cotietderaiion In
k "‘ hy Uiiilwny, winch involve*so niuch^' h ’
is .mpoitani to shew, that the route , MilJ
ed 111 ihecoimnumoHtiuns It will efleci iiej” ‘ ’ ‘
that the polls on the Atlantic aflurdii'l,
•he prodncluins, not only ol lie- interior uiT ‘ “ f
to those ol the valley ol the Tennessee
la view ol the loiegon!*consideration, VIW( .
lee cannot bill lo urge eaimsuy upon you ,
legislature of th ir State, the tniportwice’^ :
prosecution ol the Stute woik n, a sjsrjy
( Such a course is demanded, alike by ihe
the past and the interests of the present
eight miles of Railroad, from Oiilton to “c'li’
are all that are required to l- >, ||, order J l ’"I'’ 1 '’
tile plan originally comeinplated. The cup*
migbly column can be lilted at an
mg 37f>,lKKt, In view of the great icsulis
arise I rum the consummation of this w„ r k, a „j ‘
nection with the interior of T.*nneN*e hy a | -
1 which your Committee believe will be com;C.
I the enterprising citizens ol that State, the hope 5 ‘
ished that the Legislature ot Georgia w,|| „ ( ,th
complete a structure which is almost finished ‘
In connection with this subject, your Comms^j
it not inappropria e to refer to a inoveme i
I made, having for its object a junction between 11*1*.
! gin and South Carolina Railroads, at Augusta orm
I neighborhood, by crossing the Savannah River’ To’ I
feet, for the prosperity of her borders, what her s I
States, each for herself has endeavored t., ICCOI . ,
Georgia has already constructed Railroads w^ l
verse her territory for a distance of GOO miles,
penditure of Twelve Millions of D*)llais .aiui vl w * 1 I
passing strange if her people should ever consnit 10,
bondon the fruits of their labor, enterprise a id nt .j
If treasure has been expended and the bnnheisdtyl
ti*>n imposed upon, and borne hy her people,to
the State of (ieorgia into a mere watering stumS
tween adjoining States then, in the opinion of wj
Committee, it had l>een far better had the puliitoftl
the State never been incurred, nor taxes
her people. When, your Committee would ask. ini
history of this Confederacy, nay of the world has i; .1
hap|M*ned that a State, having a seaport of her oh
taxed herpvoplcand lavished her treasure tohtiidafl
ues through which oer trade in.ght pass for the
of others ? An ordinary attention to our own
demands that (ieoigia should not In* the first to |>q!*l
cours*’ s* suindal. We have a seaport of our own r,
already pays oue-elcvetithofthe whole tax - |
besides upwards of S7,<HK) Bank tax. The couan
through which the Central Rniliond, in which :ha"j
1 s imine li.itely interested, passes, themselv*”* •
one-twelfth *<t these taxes, and it is evident, that a*a
se port increases ir p- pulr*tion and r* sourer?, and j
property ot these counties appreciates in value,ih** 3
portion of x**s paid hy th.-in into the public Trv
must In* greatly enhanced. Apart from every corsw
ation of what is due to our nterests, in the opinwi
y>ur 1 1 ‘ii iii 1 n *■. the plighted faith est In* State pata
the IjCgislnture of fcore’s f*'>m ev:-r giving wsir4
to the in* vement to which your Committee hav -s
ed —Upon the taith t the ougi al plan ot lntenri
provements recommended hy the Mucon Coev J
.md adopted by the Legislature ot 1h36, and nnxl
adherence to it by the State, her citizens hav -v I
millions of dollars in Radroads At thot tin* I
; o. a ‘unction between the Geoigia and South U I
j Railroads was not ven sugg* st* and and t w. ui iwi I
) con dude that up winds ,>! UO.OOO would not wl
I been expended lor the pui pore o• creating a tine and J
| niunc.it.on be twee n ivuo.iah and th Btat-kii)il
the idea 01 dir* cm g ihe trade ot Geoigiauut ottr I
its hy tiie ni .ins low pteposeu wl -en n.c..p'iikj ill
thera.g.na plan I
Your Committee have dwelt upon this point, V.,-1
mg it one worthy of the cousideiation of evuy 1 J
of our State. B
In the lurtlier performance of the duty cnufiM j I
them, y>ui Uoniiiuttee w* uld state that then* isa;eti4
; tCnhoad enterprise, c aiming ihe attention • ft!^pJ
of Georgia, which is intimately conm cted wvfh th* -0
|ect **l coimiiui) cation etween the great W sian.j
cites.-i rfovannan an i Uhuh*stun. Tfiy in**nhi
road from the city of Macon, thiough South
Geoigia, towaids th* t* wn ot Peiisacu<ti,in
ida, No waeie in om c*uiit.y .s t*> l 'found a i>£ I
the same n*ea so advantage.<uslysituated, lx.ih r I
tion to soil and cnniaie, lot the cultivation ot th.
st <p *-, l oiioti, as that lietween m Oci:iuig'eaiuuß
lahoochee Rivers, and extending *N*t*-w Maconaal(B
hunt.us to the Florida Line. A Railroad which
velop that legion, will bring vusi benefits, uvt om*®
I the State of Geoigia, but also to the grain-gruvinj ■
gions of tile West. f
It view of the importance of this Road and tkfti
inducement itaffoids to the invesinien: ofcipiwi.
! Comm 11 tee express (lie hop** that the eaterprisr uidfl
j cit zeiis ofG ’orgta will insure its completion it
ly day. When it shall h iv* been budt, uerf*iire
| openeil to the |x*ople ot Cherokee, East
I V'lrifinta the most rapid hue of travel to lire city 0.
Orleans. The way will then be periect ux#
( Mountain regions, throrgh Georgia, ootu to Aatj
i tic and the Guit of Mexico. When this road*iH' l3 i
j been constructed, and our State Road finished, (<■
will hive been secured lo the Stale of Gesrga. m
1 within five years Iron tins dy prH-emiiie
i road faciluesover all her sister Biat<*s.
YourOo n n.ttee conclude, therefore, by sa'jiiu#
I for adoption the following re olutions:
Resolved, That In the opinion ot this ConwfWV
1 speedy completion of the .Statu K lilroad, from IkJ
j Cliatta nooga, ia demanded by the o digiumw 01
j past and the heat interests ol the State
R*<o!r* l, That n jnnetion of the S-mth F
(ieorgia Railroad*, by crossing the Savannah B
boundary of the two Stales, is forbidden by J |Kr |
gard to the interest, as well as the plighted honors I
| State, I
1 A conimitte of two from each state, viz
.1 F King and C. J. McDonald —South Cer^" 1 ’ I
1 Gadsden and Joel Adams— North Carohntsf^' 1
Rae and If. nry Nutt— Tennessee F A Paihao*
W. B. I>*rny— was appointed to report up*>
eral subjecta ol internal improvements as eoWW
’ by tin* Knoxville Convention That coniim ,,ff
j ex-Goveruor McDonald submitted the loliownfl
wnsunaniiniouely adopted:
REPORT. ,J
Tin* Committee l the neveiai State* ,J
thin ( invention h*ve con<*itkreil the
thi'in, miilri'poit ilmi tho groat work* 1,1 lm “* J
liiuvcinoiit undcrtirkoii 1) tho Htaicaundhy tl .
j xim* ouiiipniiie*, though oniiiitructnd *•’ v *
|x-iihc, hogill to n-aiMi* till* hripca ollln***^,,
[ 111 inir invriniiii mom linn.. mid t*ntiy d |r ' r 11
j 1 In- v. I lull’ Agricultural oocliutia winch th*y I* gj
| Aw lli< y mooxtoiidoil,ihodvuiitagotnlh<' c ’”n |J 1
| mid iilnnt.iij inter. ala .if i.iore.ia and, “"'l l ”
| l lt. j.mpi ntori, mo ciihnrccd. O* nil t*' c ‘
| liilhorit.ini loiii,kon tlioy legurdth
with a rtowul mailing ino lind* . tin’ ‘
I Icily ill’ must lino rowing to Burton uKd ***
I ngticuliure midoenmirirc. Wh. nit *'*'’ |,,0
tod tu it* orgmul domination un tho l*” nll r
ji no vii*i |i i.iuolo 111 Iho oi unity winch al at#*
| tnl.utniy n* it, ctiuiinl ml to create
• ni Aumit ciHiitii crjunl tu tho*’ o! ®
and Nr w V..,k Nr hill’ |> ivu 0 ci'P ...
cniiipk n and thou win lon. itud.'i tho plight >
111 u. ihcfctaur llmt till wuik nli ih l’ c ’ *•
,< ill bi-cunor|ioiid.iigi> lMi.oh't*>li Wt !w , i * JI
*,iil, Ui the uMiaUucuuii us uilnr w'it il( |, 1’
Lr.iig 1110 i'hh.ui t uud counticrei’ 01 1,,u ’’ jiniiiu**
In* wink, ’IVy cannotlt hcli vi 1 11 B n,i A**
now i*jh kou l will h w „i 1* r
11 nor wurknmionduig ovoti t'tli” 1 0 ih-o*
I,*, tod unit o.l,lotiuoi’ il 1 1,in, n*l 1,111 ~ r i‘
y,,.„ t iiinill.ttco mtmi.lt Imi regro’ dwt** (> (
1,111 mI ii.ni tho n*.,t ul U-orgi'i. uniy ‘
dI.I “I Tonic—on. W *<#** “” I j I
• .. ii.vinol. 1 * , „
mil imrtoi tin* WoWJni uitt AI , -‘ ,, “ „ t* tatijfJ
vioinl* k> yu.id the iuliitnul t |f 1 -