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Vrr mconvt ni**m for them to suslam a government, .1 n were forme. 1 ; and they are very much obliged to the United St.lt - for undertaking the trouble, knowing that on the attainment ot then majority—-when they come to man!i .**d- -at twenty-one—they will be introduced to an equality with all the other members of the Union [t iti t lyi fl rent .;u \i- xioo \ov have non* ed ot armies to keep your territories in subjection. But whe-i von in., ‘j-orate Mexico, you must have powerful rmies to keep them in subjection. \on may call it mnexnfion, but it is a forced annexation, which i-* tm.fiction in i*‘iins,according lo my conception —I 4 4,„ wjil he involved. i:i one word, in all the evils winch ! I attribute to holding Mexico as a province. In fact, it ‘ will i** but provincial government, under the name ot a ( territorial ;*>v* lament. How long will that last ? How j long will a he before Mexico wi'l be capable ot incor- , Duration into our Union ! VN hv.if we judge from tin examples before us. it will he a very long time. Ireland i has iw.ll held m subjection by England for seven or eight hundred years, and yet still remains hostile, although her people ai .f kindred race with the conquerors. A few French Canadians on this continent yet maintain the attitude of a hostile licople ; and never will the tune come, in my opinion, r President, that these Mexi cans w ill tv i. artily reeonciied to yoir authority. I h<*j have Castilian blood in their veins—the old f lotlnc, quit* equal to tin Angio-Snxon in many res|jects—in some respects su;. ;i >r Os all nations ot the earth,they an the most pt'rtiv.i. >us—have the highest sense of nation aluy—hold . a longest, and otten even with the leas prospect ol effecting their object. On this subject al 1 have con eised with officers ol the army,and they al ( entertain the same opinion ; that these people are now liosi tie, mid w ill continue so. But, Mr President,suppose all these difficulties re moved Suppose these people attached to our Union I andd-SiU us ol incorporating with us,ought we tobrin* th< ... Vn they tit to b connected with us! An they tit for s. If-govcrnment and for governing you ! An you any of you willing that your Suites should he gov erned by tlit— twenty odd 51 -xican States, with a pop ulation ot about only one nuUioi. of your blood, and two or three miiu ..u u’ mixed hldo.l, informed, all the I 1 vijually jgnoia,,! and until for liberty, impure races, not as good os the. Cb trokees oi ( hoc taws We make a l li take, ar, w m i we suapoee that all people are capable of self-government. We are an xious to force ire** government on ail ; and I see that it hits been urge i in a very respectable quarter, that it is, the mission ot this country to spread civil and religious liberty overall the world, and especially over this con tinent. It is a great mistake. None hut people advan ced to a very high state of moral and intellectual im provement arc capable, in a civilized state, of maintain ig fret* go\ mm nt . and amongst these who are so pu litied, very I. w indeed, linv** had the good fortune of for nuiig a Con.tituiion capable of ■ ndurtinee It is a re i * ark able tad m the history of man that scarcely evei have tree p , i. n institutions been form ’d by wisdom flionc via l l,a . eiuiurcd ft has been the work of fortunate circumstances or i aii'Miiui; i of circumstances, a succession of for lunate incul .. -of some kind, which ;iv t any peo ple ai. v government. It is a very difficult task to ~ k* a (M miration to last, though it may be supposed some that luey can be made to order and furmsiied Uk* suorteHt notice. Sir this admirable Constitution oi our own w as the result of a fortunate combination of cum lances. It was superior to the wisdom of the ten w m .• bn h tcforei 4 eii umsf ii rich indue id them to adopt most onts wise previsions Wc.i, *ir, of the few notions who have the good fortune to adopt self-government few have had the good Miuue long wMj to preasivs that government •r it is hm\vr to preserve than to form it. Few people alter ycdiri of prosperity, remember the tenure by which tneii liberty is held ; and I tear, Senators, that is our own condition. I fear that we shall continue to in . *.ve out selves until our own system becomes a ruin, on-, there is no solicitude now for liberty. Who talks oi liberty when any great question conies up ? Her* is a question ol the first magnitude as to the conduct ot tins war ; do you hear any body talk about its effect up on our liberties and our free institutions ? No sir Tb it was not the case formerly. In the early stages of gov< r iment the great anxiety was how to preserve , ly. Tnegr- ut anxiety n.w is, is tor the attainment ot mere military glory. In the one we are forgetting , the oilier. The maxim of former times was, that pow er is always dealing from the many to the few ; the | price of hn it. was perpetual vigilance. They were constantly looking out and watching for danger. Then when any • -at question came up, the first inquiry was, how could it nff*ct our free institutions—how* could it affect our lib ity Not so now. Is it because there has been any decay of the spirit of liberty among the people ! *\. t it all. I believe the love of liberty was never in >re ardent, but they have forgotten the tenure of liberty by which alone it is preserved. We tiiiuk we may now indulge in every thing with impunity, as if we lieidour charter of liberty by ‘right divine”—from heaven itself. Under these impressions wc plan: • into war, we contract liesvy debts, we in crease the patronage of the Executive, and we even talk of a crusade to force our institutions, our liberty, upon all people. There is no sjieciee of extravagance which out p- will imagine will endanger their lib erty m any u . ■ ‘C. But it is a great mistake. The . yof retribution will come. It will corneas certain j :y is 1 am now addressing the Senate,ax:J when it does e wc will lih the reckoning ; heavy the responsi bility somewhere: ..lr. President, with these impressions I cannot ap prove of the j • iicy recommended by the Executive, ii can l, w.tti my present views, support it. The qu< a.o.i ns now, what shall be done ? it is a great and uilhcMi question, and it is daily becoming more and l. .r .Uticult. What in to be done? Sir, that question oagui not tote* for me l o answer. 1, who have used very effort in iny pt w •• to pu vent tins war, and al ter its comae *:iei rnent have done every thing in my pow er to diminish the evil to the smallest possible amount— out 1 w*h not brink from any responsibility whethei it properly fi , O aiouie or not. After saying that 1 cannot support the cour-c recmnnietided by the Execu tive, 1 uni proceed lo state that which I would propose as the l>*st to be pursued. VN ell, then, I will say that there is not the smallest chance of our disentangling our selves from tills .Mexican concern which threatens us so much—then has not been in my opinion the smal last cha ium lomineiK ment **i the war atnii tliis time, but by taking a defensive line, doing that uow win i th Fre-.- dent recommends should le done finally afief tin . otiqu si and taking indemnity into oui own uands. To do ihir depends on our own volition, and not mi th fi * ting consent of Mexico. Sir, if tun. nadheeii am wed to tfie Senate when the Message o he Fie.-idcut recount ending war was be.or.* them, —i,’ time had b - at. wed to the Senate 1 would have an nounced tl* corns** of policy which l thought right, but time was not permitted. My opinion was that wc •lioui 1 ha\.- imply voted Taylor the im atm of defend ing himself. Thai ought to have been done. Then then sh tid . as* 1* inn rep at from the pvopet Commit , m : into all the circumstances, showing that tlie republic ot Mi xico had not yet recognized thes* liostiliti* s—recommending u provisional army to be di rected to a proper p> .at, giving time (othe Mexican Congress and the Mexican people to have considered wheiner they would avow or di-uvow the attack upon us; and if’ no sat -laciioii were obtained no: to make war in this set form but seize upon the |k>i - tio is ol tb<* C ’untry co.itiguous and most convenient to ui, and then have assumed the defensive im**. ‘J’lies. my view.-, but un!<Kuuateiy, we were all actin. he u ul* ran uige.icy wi bout time to reflect. We were pu h * i on aud toid, if you do nut act to-day nothing can be .in Well now, sr, os to where the defensive line should I*, .it ih *j r. •i. tin e, Ido not presume to offer an Opinion i . ‘• ted <i line at the lust session. | am t prepared tu say what would be the proper one at at the pr -•ul time, but Id” say tii.il we must vucat. tli ceutiui pails ot Vie xico. We must fall buck, if you ciaK m‘ to use t 1 icword, or take a hue that sfia.. covei ample tarntory lor iiuierimiiy. ior my putt lam not for charging M xico w ith th* whole r xpeuse of the w ar ;but 1 would t ike ample ter i.l ay,and hold it able i to n goiiauon. Now, *r.i know it will I Hind that tin ■* wifi lx* ns expensive u the v. I lit uk 1 huv<* nod enough to sltow 1 1 m Hint can .thatit will fall ar sdott of it, !*nt 1 wii lid npt at th* urguuieiit. But udunitiiig it should ;ad imUUig that by no means concln lea the argument ;fo. :hc oacnfMH* *.i:. • n would Is* it.finitely t**sr,und what it u. rt mqioitu i . >ou Will thereby b aide t* di- uumgl. , . -i iis it* dy way by w ii • m I ■tone. \ uui* tied at pteaenl,us it were loacoiptr My object i** lo get nd ot it tissoou us possible. (look not to Mexico ; 1 l*k m our own countr) 4 iu*r institutions. I look to the liberty of this couu and i Mr Pres d* it, if w.- but preserv* • i liberty l>) t* prot*er comse f moderation, acimgjust f kowai s our neighbor, and wisely in regard to our , ■, if we reiuuin quiet, resting in idle and nmstei , .. ctivity, ami let our uestinies work out their own uits, w. .-I in 11 do more for liberty, not only tor our *.. shut lor the example of muiikmd, thuu can be d> if bvs thoufAiid victories. .Sir, 1 find 1 Hiii becoming old; I almost feci that I live among ahung is If I have expressrd anything t is uuoongeiaul to Mi fe* lings ot this Itody, put ii nit as pine**. ling from the old uss<>ciatii>iui *t ifiirt) thirty-live y* u*> ago, which are still clinging around i*. this is not the first tiui* I have taken my send against war When lien. Jn**ksou rrcotninniu e<i letters of itiaiqite and reprisal against France, I tiros* alone in the tivn ate and remonstrute I ng* o i ouch in justice And, in i*o:nt of met , the Treaty which was subsequently i icfuded with Erunc *, was rutifi and with the expo un rstanding, which was known to our government wo • ti I'r. nty wnfonited,tint u w'ould requires v il>. Chamfieisoa the jsirt of France to sustain it, as it would r* quite u vote to sustain it on tin part of tins country . and that they were no furtliei responsible ifisn to us* tlieirbest efli.rts to obtain tint vote And yei,th->ugh it wm seknowlsdgcti that th* Exec ua vs ol Fi anetM don* ad in hw power to ob tain the vot* , w<* w r** nearly nusfied into u war. Noth ing but the im rpositiun of Ureal Hr man prevented it , As loriiiy*c]l,i>!umling on this side of th** (')iamber, I raised my voi* singly against it. Mr Fresiilent,in my **pimou sllpmtbw arc interested In giving tins ip.:ter ibe only direction that can lie giv en to a with any prospect of a favorable rrsufl. uet me say to the fn* i<ioftlie Adniiiustratton, if you goon *s i.4 *• de.n docs not meet yon -if yen g*'ii in th * pi* cutioti of this war from year to year, you will find tbai it will on •hrow yo i Do you not sec that as for ■ * oft;. f.vvrnuiKnt are concern* and yo* aiv leveling the* policy *f which you have hetrto fore pfnfrso’d i 1 ■ the aj. cos * Wbut party tuts •r**’! ‘ It hie re-< .a;oii ot a great national debt ?—\he IHniscratJc or R. publican jwrty Well * r, tin w.*r <s involving y-nt in a greater debt than the i o • j rtj u iv* <l*>r.e, j>erhsps, Inonyehoum • 4?k**> m,■. it •! v. or Th ■ v*■ ty * ii!ip ugu, wludi you i mk u;* t is**will Is atiUost u* great a diarg* o k.ii liie c*iMnuy <WW tVlrt of the UevoTutiun What P Vjf uiw j becnag. otMt Ui** t'otension of the Ex tcuuve palrormg Wflliir you are rfamg more to-1 Wai. . rind ab-ve til to W ■l*. , i .| ft*9t Well, sir, whai What party ha* always been in fkv**r **l Free Trade!— Do you not see that by accumulating charges and bur dens upon the people by the debts which have now been contracted, you never will during your time have an apportunity of making any considerable reduction in the Tariff? Sir, 1 know what is at the bottom of the com*** of policy which is recommended to Im* pursued. It is that pride of opinion to which we ore all subject. No doubt it was thought that that course of policy would lend to the consequences which were contended for ; hut if has not But, sir, the alternative is pressing. You will have the choice between that and the worse, in my opinion. It is ningniniinous nnd honorable to retract when a course of policy which has been pursued turns out t> be wrong. It would do great credit to the party in power to act now precisely as they would have acted if they had nil the liglits of'experience ut the com mencement of this war which they now have. _lt would be doing a high act of patriotism, to sacrifice their feelings ot individual pride to the good of the coun try Now let ine say that in asserting that a defensive line was the only alternative to the plan recommended by the President, I have put out ol the question the course wh.ch hum of you advocate—making no indem nity ot territory ; liecause, I believe that the voice of the country has decided irrevocably against it; and that to keep.it as the alternative would but render more certain the adoption of the policy recommended by the Executive, and in consequence the conquest ot th** who'e country U**t me say farther, to my friends on the other sure of the Chamber, lor I regard them as such —(it is our good.fortune todiflej iu politics here, with-, out permitting oui personal feelings to he affected)— 1 that they hnve contributed by their cours** to give the public opinion that strong mid fixed determination, not to terminate the war without some suitable indemnity. I do not allude to your voting on the hill recognizing the existence of wur between the republic of Mexico ami the United States. No one knows better than my s*lf, that you vote* I for the bill v ith the view of furnish ing immediate relief to (leneral Taylor and bis army— and not in reference to the war—that you even protest e 1 and remonstrated ngain-t that interpration being put upon your vote. Hilt 4 r rtt**r the bill paMw<j.nnd the war was authorized, most of you have continued to vote ap propriations to prosecute the war with the object ex pressed of acquiring territory as nn indemnity. Now, I must say, I cannot see how the two can be reconciled —how your vote to acquire territory can be justified, and at the same time your opposition to the acquisition of territory ns means of indemnity, when it is acknowl edged on all sides, that that is th** only means by which it can be acquired. The people will find it hard to be lieve that if was necessary to vote so much money for the purpose of getting territory for indemnity, which you intend to throw away when you get it! But what ever may the causes which hnve led to this state of pub lic opinion, it lias, beyond all doubt,decided gainst any conclusion of this war that does not involve territorial indemnity to some extent. Hence 1 repeat the alterna tive whether this war shall go and consummate it self, is between taking n defensive line and adopting tfie course pointed out by the Executive, and that the decision must Im* made now : for if it be passed over un til another session, the end will he, 1 doubt not, the sub jugation of the whole country, thereby involving us in in all the difficulties and dangers which must result from it. Now, l have delivered my opinion with that candor and frankness which. I hoj>e, ntay become my position 1 on this floor. I shall now propose nothing, hut if I find that I can lie supported in these my views, I will mule take to raise a committee to(ielilx*ratc, after con u ting with those oflieers who are now fortunately infthis city, upon the best defensive line that can In* taken. If it should be fortunately adopted, we may not get peace im mediately The war may |continue tor some years, but we will accomplish that all important considera tion, the extrication ot ouraelvea and the country from this entanglement with Mexico. Results of Hail Ronds. The last number of the American Kail Rond Journal publishes the following interesting facts about Kail- Koads : By refer ing to the first number of the Journal—dated January SM, 1832—we find that there were then in use the following roads, viz : Baltimore and Ohio 61 miles. Albany nnd Schenectady \'i “ Charleston, S. C 20 “ Mauch Chunk D “ Quincy, Mass 6 “ Making in this country about IHO miles. while there was not then half that extent in all Europe completed ; whereas now there is in this country at h ast tour thousand five hundred miles in constant use [ and about six thousand miles completed in Europe—by j which the mode of travelling ami the transaction ot bus- : iness is nearly revolutionised. We find,also, that coal was selling in New York at i that time, for Jit teen dollars a ton ! and hickory wood ; at thirteen dollars a cord l Whereas,at the present j time, the first may lie got lor i|5,50 to $6 per ton, and the latter at $7 p**r cord, delivered. Then the people ot New York paid, in winter, 6 to 8 cents a quart so milk, but now they g* t a better article for I to 5 cents. The evidence, of tne advantage ot railroads to the peo ple of New York, may be interred from the amount of a single article carried on the New York and Erie road J--.„ 4i, a J.BMJ ****** viz: ten million quarts of milk —l whicii at tin* toriner average price, sil ccuw, s<>oo,ooo, and at the present average price, 44 cents,! the saving, on what passes over this road alone, will be $150,000 a year—hut, us not more than one-third, if even that proportion,of the milk used m this city comes by tins iuie, the aggregate economy to the people of N* w York, on milk alone, one of the smallest items of expense ofbouse-keeping, is over $450,000 a year!! But New York is not uloue. If such ure the advantages to New York, from her short lines now in use, how much greater will they be when her roads, now under way, shall be completed.” Randolph find the Clergy. In a debate in the Virginia Convention of 1829 ’3O, oil u proposition to exclude ministers from being elected to the legislature, John Randolph said—‘Figure to yourselves, sir, a minister o’ the gospel of peace about to reprove tor his sms, a man of wealth and in fluence in nis county, having at the same time a desire to represent that com ty. This is no exclusion on ac count of the profession of any opinions. It is an ex clusion of ail occupation ; of an occupation incompati ble with the discharge of the duties ol a member of either branch of the legislature The task of legisla tion is nt war with the duties ot the pastor. The two are utterly incomputable. No man can busy himself in electioneering tand in these times who can be elected without it?) —no man can mingle m legislative cabals. 1 say no man can touch that pitch without being defiled No man can so employ himself wilhout being disqualified for thorn* sucred duties which every minister of the gos pel takes upon himself, and for which he is accountable ; not to his constituents at home, but to th** God who mude linn, aud who will cuii him to a much more rig orous account than that he renders to his parishioners. There is an indecency in this thing. We have heard much about exclusion of the ladies, but there is not greater indecency and incompatibility in a woman's thrusting hersell into a political assembly and all iu*ca bsls, that a clergyman's undertaking tie same tiling, i One of lh<* greatest masters o! the human heart, and of politicut piidosophy too, declares that while the French are in their manners more deferential t<> woman than any oilier people, they have less reul esteem tor woman than any other nation on earth. Let me illus trate this. The l urk shows that he values his wile by locking her up ; it is to be sure a mistaken mode, but he allows that he estimates the value ol the ireusute by putting it under lock and key The F uchinun pei imiN his wile to mingle in political aiiaua; nnd it Madunu- Roland had not been engaged in sucii affairs, Madame Roland would never hove ascended the scaf fold. It women will unsex themselves and if priests (what shall I say ? ) will degrade themselves by ming ling in scenes and m affairs tor men, they will loose the | deference they now enjoy ; they will he treated roughly —like men. Just so it is with priests They loose ail deference which belongs and which is pmd to their office (wiit tliei 1 4. v merit it or no.) Rely upon it, it you pr nut priests to h * inn l members ol the legislature, they wffi soon constitute a huge portion Ol ail your asoem blies ami it bus been truly said that no countries were so ill governed n*< ‘hose which were ruled by the coun sels *>Twomen, except such as have been governed by I the counsels of priests.” Nut** for the Abolitionist*. We copy MVS the ( hat eston Courier of the fith Inst ** the paragraph which will be found below,from the Al •xandria uuMitte. Scenes of i similar description are of daily occurence in our fettat**. The viNituiion of tlu* planter to hi* csiale in the full of the year, is flailed w ith universal joy by the slaves, and his departure the * nsuinz spring is a time of regret and sorrow l >unng the holy days it is only necessary to visit tin* plantations m South Carolina, to convince the mind of any observer, that the slaves are ns happy and eo ‘tented a people us the labor ing e.assotuuy i.uiercoutiliy in the woiid/’ “ We wish softie of the ruu-imJ Northern AMition ists eould have been present, aud w itnessed n scene on the line of one of th*- Ynginis railroads lust week. It wss Hi**.parting between u family of slaves and their unstress, u wulow lady, who hud been to spend the Christmas holidays ou hrr farm, and was returning to ntsv during ls vuit* rin a neighboring city Her slaves, male and temule,old and young, to toe number of twen ty or thirty, accompanied their unstress to the railroad, and there took leave of h* r wuh such affecting demon strations of gratitude and affection, that there were hut few dry ry*s among the lookers on Thcjf*implored blessings upon her head, crowded aiound Uci with pray er* lor her welfare and happiness,and held up then chil dren to her that they too might look upon otic whom they so loved,and who, it was evident, cared so much for their welfare. As long ns the ears rem.imcd ill then sight, they stood wuvmg their huts and liaukerciuets, and sending after their mistress their e\id*ntly heart felt wishes tor her health and safe ty, and their hope for her *|MH*fy return. The good lady, overpowered with the scene, sank in her sent and sobbed aloud.” Eclipse* in I*l*. There will be six : four of the sun nd two of the moon March sth, a partial eeiqsie o! the sun, vi*ib|p. March lihb.a total eclipse of the moon, partially visible A pril if,eclipse of the sun. invisible August 28t!i.anoth er eclipse of the sun invisible. September 12th n total eclipse of the luoon, visible. September 21th. a total eclipse ot (be pi?i invisible. Naif n I'nnl >1 hiiure for Celery. A root and a stalk of Celery weighing fourteen pounds without the leaves, and measuring fourteen inches iu afoimifcrencr.wag exhibit** 1 st n recent meeting of the Citirinnnh llort-uit irsl Society It was exhibited to show th** Value of salt ass manure for this plant, the g**u tlemon who raised the article having made the ex* pcniiient of treating portion of his plants in the onli riPTUi'ta “ P* rt th** l ” with *lt. Th * MACON, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY, JAN. I!), IM-. FOR PRESIDENT, GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR. The Northern We find it utterly impossible to keep up any con nected chain of the Northern n*w. Sometimes w* get no papers north of Charleston for three or tour days in succession, and men they come to us in regular scriptural order, “ the lasi first and the first last.” The usual time for the Washington city pnjieis is eight to ten days. Is not this a most glorious state of affairs? Mr. Cave Johnson quarrels with the Richmond Line alsjut the pitiful sum of twelve and a half dollars per mile for carrying the great Southern Mail. The case is brought before Congress, and that body at nil expense of $3,000 per day discuss the question for ten days* thus costing the country $30,000 to settle a question in volving some $6,000 or SB,UK). The public scrv.c *, in the mean time, is wholly neglected, and the miscalled mail facilities of the country are a perfect nuisance—a “stench in the nostrils of the people.” If the Repre sentatives in Congress have any regard for the wishes of the people, instead of spending time and money in discussing particular cases, they should pass a resolu tion requesting the President to remove Mr. Johnson from office,and to appoint some fit nnd competent per son in Ins place. One thing is plain, he ought to lie re moved either for incompeteney or neglect of duty. Ii he has capacity to fulfil the duties of Ins office, he ought to lie removed for shameful neglect of the public inter ests. If he is non-competent, and must be supported for partizan considerations, then let Congress vote him a pension ut once, and send him back to Tennessee.— This course should be adopted simply as a greatJ/oa cial and moral measure! It would save the govern ment a vast expenditure of money and the Post Master General from the unrestricted cursings oi at least nme tenths of the people of this Union. Mr. Calhoun’s Speech. We give place to the speech of Mr. Calhoun upon the Mexican war ; first, because it is the production of a great man, and second, because it isn great speech. Though we do not agree with Mr. Calhoun in all his positions, we advise all men of all parties to study his speech with care os it is destined to make a deep im pression upon the mind and heart of the nation. New Drug Store*. We call attention to the advertisement of Dr. Town send, of Perry, Houston county, who has opened in that place a fine assortment of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, and all other articles usually kept by persons in his line of business. By the way,our country trieiidsare begin ning to set a good example before our city patrons, in the matter of advertising. They ought never tc for get that, in influence, the newspaper is only second to the “ almighty dollar,” nnd that there is scarce one in’ stance in fifty where a man continues to prosper and grow in business, who has not been materially aided by a judicious system of advertising. We have several instances of striking significance in Macon, where young houses are making heavy inroads upon the busi ness of old established firms, mainly because of their foresight and energy in this particular. The Tuscumbia Rail Rond. We observe by an advertisement in the Chattanooga Gazette that the Tuscumbia, Courtland nnd Decatur Rail Road has been leased by Messrs Van llusen. Downs &, Cos. for the ensuing season. The Company ( pledge themselves to place the road in proper repair and to attend strictly to ihe despatch of business. Wc* question much whether the work alluded to will ever be found to be profitable until it is directly connected with the Memphis Branch road at Rome, Georgia That being done, it will become an important line in th ; great chain of improvements connecting the Atlantic with the west. The Muscogee Rail Road. It will be seen by the advertisement in another column ; that proposals Wifi be received until the 10th of February ‘ j next, for the grading and masonry of the whole line of the above Road from Columbus to Bamesville. We rr - *■’ <>* il>4i Wpsi waking uu ! to the importance ot a connection with the balance o‘ the world, and trust that the day may speejily arrive | ’ when (inr triend Winter, may he enabled to substitute I th e Locomotive and a magtuheent tiain ol Hail Road Cars lor his present “coach ami four.” Tri-Weekly and Weekly Republic. We have the gratification of acknowledging the te j ceipl of the first numbers of both the above papers. I published by our friend James M. Smvthe Esq. ol Au 1 gas la. They are nest, elegant, well filled sheets, and we most Cordially comm end them to the support ol our Whig friends generally. Mr. Smyibe has been well , known lor several years as the principal writing editor I ol the Chronicle h, Sentinel, and all who were conversant with that sheet must be aware of its inr provement aud prosperity while under his editorial con troul and management. He is a ripe scholor.an accom plished gentleman, und a ready aud pointed writer \V e cannot suppose that one wiio is so lavourahly known to the Whigs ot Georgia, and whose labours have been so efficient iu die good cause will he allowed to fait ul so ’ praiseworthy an enterprise as that in which Mr. rinrythe is now engaged. We cordially extend to him the cuur ’ tesies ol the prolcssiou accompanied with our must hearty wishes lor Iris success. We will take pleasure mexibiting the Republic lo al| who desire to examine it, ami in fowarding the names ol those who may wish to suhseiilie. American Whig Review. | The January number ot the Review, contains an en- ! graved likeness ot the Rev. Dr. Chalmers, and the us- \ ual variety of political and miscellaneous mutter. The i a immwlrutoisof the lain Editor, Mr. Colton, announ ce that the work will he continued under the control ‘ olthe Hon. D. D. lUrneru and James D. Whei.pi.ky j Hs.| us Editors both these gentlemen have been cou- I nee ted with the Review tor several years, and are fa vorably known as able writers in their respective de partments. Th e Florida l/rgislntim*. This body adjourned on the eighth inst after a session l of forty eight days Among many other acts passed, we notice die following of importance, via Ist. To Compensate Jurors out of the Slate Treas- 1 ury. ad. To pay Solicitors a salary us fsoo per annum in lieu of all other compensation. 3J. To increase the existing taxes do per cent. The Legislature also elected Col. Lancaster lute Speaker of the House, Judge of the Southern Circuit. He isunahle Lawyer, an accomplished gentleman and will till th r station with distinguished ability. The Legislature ol Florida will meet again in the autumn of I did and thereafter biennially. The Hull Rolling. A Hireling of the citizens of Eulauls, Alabama, was to have taken place on thr Hffi inst. preparatory to a general meeting to be hel*! at some future day to take into consideration the propuuy of diverting the South Western Ran Road tium the more .Soumem crossing i of the Chattahoochee to thut place. We have no idea 1 that the Hoad wrffl terminate either at Fort Gaines or any other point on the Cha tahooehcc ; hut of this we feel confident, that a Branch road to Euiaula, would secure to that place more than double the cotton uow received there and perhaps buffd a up as a rival of Col u.nbus tie iv** if IH'Utli of John 11. I*nttt'u. We regret to notice the death of tlr above nnm<*d gentleman, formally of Chum County, but more recently Private Secretary to His Lxcellency Governor Town*, lie won inoet amiable and agrealde gentleman and in hi* ollic.ul relations at the Capital,(lining the session of the I* gesture had won many devoted Iriemls. His remania have been carried to Camville lor interment. Finn Pictures. Mr CaEKY,stilleoutinu* to take most inimitable Daguerrenn likeness at Apollo Hull. We have recent* ly examined several of his specimens, (both single and group*) and are coni|*lled to any that he has succeeded loall appearance in bringing the art to projection. It is scarcely conceivable how his pictures coui I be in-j proved. Buefi an artist should be encourage.l. The ‘ citizens of Macon will not be likely soon to have ano ther such opportunity, ns persons and hia skill and sue- 1 cess, can always tind more profitable empHryment in lar ger cities. Ilis iaiinly groups a c inimitable. (iovcinmeiit Hipciitcs. An official statement made by tlm Register of the United States Tn aaii'y, shows that Uia expenditures o|j The Telegraph at Last* In anticiration of the opening of the Telegraph, be tween Charleston and th*.* Cit.esof the North (which it j H believed, will take place during the pres ent week,) ■** Proprietors ot the line,have established n temporary kgency in this City, through which com munications may be sent and replies received,from any point on thr hue between Charleston and Portland, M *ii/, or th** Western Cities in three days. Mr. J. B Ftonv, the Agent, may lx* found nt the store of .Messrs Scott, Carhnrt A Cos., nnd will take pleasure in attending to the calls of business men and citizen! generally. Thaik (*>d, we have nt last some slight prospect of being tendered permanently independent of Cave John son's low line. .llarMiHl of Georgia* W notice that Thomas M. Griffin, well nnd favora bly hiown in this community, has been appointed mar shalif the state, vice Henderson Willingham Esq. re signed. New Method of Raising Water. We have examined the newly invented Engine, for raising water, which is advertised by Mr. Knode, in our paper to-day, and li.nve no doubt of its importance, and the advantage which it possesses over any similar in \ention ol the kind. Though the machinery now used by Mr. 'Knode is imperfect, yet it sufficiently devel opcs tlf* principles of the invention,and proves that with oproper apparatus, water muy be raised to any de sired bright with great facility and with coinparitively little power. Tennessee l*rodncc Coining. The Dalton Eagle states thata gentleman from Ten nessee, is in thm place with several hundred bushels of apples destined for the Macon and Savannah markets. We trust that he may be amply rewarded for his labour and reedve such encouragement as may induce him to come alain, and bring others with him. If these Roads t#e to be of any service to the country which they penetrate, it must he !>y encouraging the trans portitiin of all classes of produce. The amount oj cotton|trown must lx* to a great extent, limited, hence w*e thick the true policy of the roads is to carry the in crior jroduce of the country merely at remunerating prieesjn order to cheristh and buffd up that particular class ff trade. Mitcoi!— Her lf'isine****—Prospects, Arc. Wl notice with very peculiar pleasure the growing prosperity of our city. Public attention in all parts ot Georgia and adjacent States,seems thouroughly arous ed to tke | osition and business facilities ol the place Professional men, business men, and capitalists, are conrfnntly making inquiries in regard to the prices of property, and several of them liave already established thrir “ household gods” in our midst. We allude to thise facts merely as evidences of the tendency of pub lic sentiment, and of the probable results likely to flow fr<jn those advantages enjoyed by Macon, both ns a pllce of residence and business. To unequalled health fulness and salubrity of climate, have already been ad ded the facilities of easy access to every part of the State. In the very heart of population and enterprize, nnd with an annual receipt of cotton amounting from l-tt to 110,000 bale?, tto other roeults should have been anticipated, and hence the only matter of astonishment is, thata greater amount of substantial capital has not hitherto found its way hither from every portion of the South. No where could such capital lie more profitably employed. Already some thirty or forty thousand bales of cotton have accumulated in the ware houses. This immense mass is daily increasing. During a short stroll through the streets, on Thursday of last week, we counted (as early ns 9 o’clock in the morning) over one hundred cotton wagons, discharging the great staple or receiving supplies for plantation and country consumption. During that day alone there were re ceived between two thousand aid twenty-fire hun dred bales ot cotton. This produce must all find a market; and strange to say, we are almost wholly de pendent tor this forward movement upon the operations of a lew agencies of Banks located nt a distance. Th** planters, the merchants, all are at their tncrey, if they see proper to be exacting. We have every confidence in the gentlemen having control of those institutions still they are but the agents of others, nnd are bound to obey instructions. It has occurred to us as Strangely* uiiarly anomalous, that in a place like Mocon, trans- ct business Ot from SIX l*> • i-m 04. u .t even nine millions of dollars annually,every important, nay, almost every unimportant, monied negotiation, should be made through the agency of third parties in distant places. Surely these tilings ought not thus to be. The reason of it is not, as has been alleged, that Macon is deficient in those qualities necessary for the proper control of Banking institutions. The truth is, that the institutions which previously existed here, were generally in the hands of men without capital* and who established them lor the purpose of borrowing instead of loaning money. Leagued together for the pm pose of sustaining each other in ffieir necessities, a rational public could scarcely have anticipated any thing but disaster from placing confidence in the notes of such institutions. Since then, however, times have changed, and Macon has changed with them The veiy difficulties of procuring money have thrown our merchants more upon their own resources, their busi ness has been restricted, their means have been hus banded, and they have gradually hud the foundation of permanent business prospects. But beyond thi-*, they have not individually the means of sustaining the necessary Banking institutions, and business suffers in a corresponding degree. It is ap{mrent to every one that there is net capital enough in the place for its husi mse wants. If other c ties were destitute of these fa cilities, perhaps it might be us well for matters to re main as they now are ; but while the business men ot Augusta, Savannah und Charleston can fall hack upon their Banks iti times of commercial restriction, it is bu t proper that those of Macon should have similar advan tages, without the annoyance and expense of distant acceptances, or without passing the oideal of the Bank parlors of neighboring cities. Hence we are hnppy to leain that business inen, men of capital and enterprise, ure looking to Macon ns a place ot residence and one eminently adapted for busin* ss purposes. It augurs well for tin* future, and leads us to hope for important changes in the business and bunking relutions of the place and surrounding country. NEW IIOOKS. We have received from the Messrs Harpers the fol lowing new works viz: 1 Ellen Herbert or Jamilf change* —Tins is another of those touching little which compose the “Fire side Library/’ which are very ncuiiy gotten up with ill ustration*. and lire moral tendency of which is wholly unexceptionable. *i. The Hoyt Winter Booh -giving descriptions of the seasons,scenery and rural hie,with illustrations Ac. Slc. It forma a part of“ Boy's Own Library’ und.ia one of an agreuble and instructive series of Books lor youth. 3. The 1 ontulnr t itiet of < hinn par t ‘l —This is one i of the most important and instructive works, in r< gaid I to Chuia, whicii has been giveu to tiie public in many year*. Tire author, though not permitted to iwnctratc to the interior of the ‘Celestial Bee Hive/’ has,never theless, managed to gather a vuat amount of information touching the manners, habit, iusioims, religion,climate agriculture &c. &0. ot the Chinese. It is indeed a most vul unble Book and may be studied with profit by 1 by both the religious and secular n-ader. 4. I*irtonal HwUny of England —*Yo. 33—This number conclude* tlie third volume of the work and bungs the history of Imglaiul down to the commence ment of the Revolution of It*is. As we have lint been favoaui with the intermediate numbers, we are uot able to speak of the rharacter of the volume at large. We meution this matter because we believe that the Messrs Harper do not belong to thut class of publishers, who impose upon the press by sending occasional numbers of works, to procure notice*, without any intention of sen ding the remainder It is no doubt uu unintentional omission; still, wear*’ resolved to notice no books, what ever may be their merits mil **oll the number* are fur nished, much less are we disposed to aid tu giving not one ty to publishing bouses, by gutlieiing up the odiilfrom their book stall* and |uimmg it oil* upon the public os mtelectuiilliiod worthy to be placed before either the pre vent or rising generation, ll publishers desire proper noti ces they cun send the right elm* of U ok*; othrv|s’ they must expect to bate their fervors (f) priced upon, either in silence, or with oenaure. Book notices, tube of ben efit evm to tin* publishers, should r> fe*r to valuable,stan- | dtrd w orks such a*can be honestly reqnuiiiicnded to the reader, and a* tuay be read with pffdjt; and not such na arc puffed merely lor the purpoee of imposing upon pur chaser*. The Harpers, we are happy lo say, form nn In storable exrejitjon to Urn general rule pursued by pu lish.rs in regard to this mitter We speak tir m *rr pi ttil> there, fore because, we presume, th y vs'dl not be lrk> !y totsk-- oflenco wliere none is parp and w here tii- remarks made are so plainly intended to correct a tio.is exist* Gen. Taylor it* he ii. The following truly graphic portrait of Gen. Tylo r is taken from a long and interesting letter from the Editor of the Southern Christian Advocate, who is at present on a visit to the Mississippi Conference of the Metho dist Episcopal Church. The writer is <o well and so favorably known to the people of Georgia, that w * need not say a word in regard to the faithfulness of the likeness Let every man, woman mid child in Georgia read the sketch and then ask themselves if indeed the a* l ? or nation foieproduced another such character and if lie is not well worthy to till the chair of Washing ton and the place of Washington in the hearts of the American people?—The Editor says: “At 11aton Rouge, where we touch a few minutes to take in passengers, there stands, in company with two or three other gentleman, an elderly plain-looking man, who, altera brief leave-inking, i otnes onboard.— \V c shove off, the breakfast bell rings, and we find our way to the table. 1 observed that the entrance of ou r new fellow-voyager occasioned a subdued remark, and brought upon him the curious glance of several specta tors ; and whispering to the clerk, who wus about to take the head of the table, 1 asked who he was ? “Gen enil 1 uylor,” was the reply. “ Indeed !” Lucky chance thought 1, that threw me on board this craft. There was the veritable “ Rough and Ready” sitting opposite , me, sipping his coffee ; the meet remarkable man, in many respects, on the Western hemisphere. 1 had i missed the gorgeous spectacle of his New Orleans re ception—the most magnificent aflhir which had ever shaken that city with excitement; but vastly better, I had lum now where I could see and study the man—a j muu vv ‘*ost- name belongs to history and whose achieve ments place him side by side with the great captains of j the world. 1 he first thing that struck me was his simplicity, an unfailing attribute of true greatness. lie ate, and talk. and and carried lumself with the uustudied euseof a little child. \ou would have supposed him some plain coun try gentleman, who dreamed not of attracting a look or calling out a remark. Ail right in that line, thought I but how different looking, and better looking, than the million ol lithograph likenesses which stare you in the face at the shop windows and everywhere else. There is in the living original none of that extreme breadth bctw en the chin and the back of the head, very little of the protusion of the lower hp to be tound in the litho graphs. In a w’ord, they are a bundle of caricatures, one and all. He is precisely the height of your present correspondent; has a considerable sprinkle of grey haira, is sixty-two years of age, erect and firm when on his feet, with one of the kindliest expressions of face you ev er saw. He had on a common blue frock coat with flat buttons, the covering of which was worn off, showing tiiat it belonged to an order of things which had passed away some two or three years ago. Still his dress as a whole was suiiiciently becoming, though exhibiting no trace whatever of the military. As we rose from the break fast table I was introduced to the old hero. I told him I was from South Carolina, and rejoiced in the good fbrtune which had allowed me to to see him and tell him how much the people of my native State honored and loved him. His eyes filled with tears as he shook my hand warmly ; and I saw that the simple assurance of love could affect profoundly a man who faced the storm ofbnttle with a nerve that never moved. Hiscon versation exhibited fine clear common sense, without the slightest tinge of any sort of affectation or personal vanity. In the course of the day he gave me the details of 6 rral battle of Buena Vista, the key to all the suc cesses of the American arms in Mexico. Had that field been lost, the fate of the war would have been entirely different, even though indomitable courage might in the long run have cut its way to the Mexican capital. That victory, won against odds so vast, gave a prestige to A inerican valor that made the subsequent battles com paratively easy afiairs. But 1 must put a curb upon my galloping pen or you 1 w ill never see the end of this epistle. The General i remained with us until after breakfast the next morning, and was landed at kisown residence on the river, some distance above Natchez. I smiled to see the Republi can simplicity with which a couple of his negroes, field hands, who happened to be at the landing, walked up as he got on ahoie, and shook hands with him without doffing hat or cop, and the expression ot delight with which they looked into his face as he spoke kindly and familiarly to them. Our engine bell ;ang as soon as he touched the shore, and we were off The Speakership—Mr. Holmes. | We give below the letter ot tne non. Isaac E. Holmes I to the C harleston Mercury, explaining his motives lor j ai( ling n the election of the present Speaker of the i House of Representatives. Walhington, Jan., 1848. ! To the Editor of the Charleston Mercury: j Sir :In on editorial article you have thought proper : lo condemn my refusal to vote on a third ballot against : \lr. Wwthrop ; ami you commence your essay by a I remark : “That you had hoped that Mr. Holmes would j have explained his course to his constituents.” As you have called on me thus publicly lor an expla nation, 1 shall give it. The Southern Whigs, opposed to the Wilmot Proviso, nominated Mr. Wintiirof in caucus in opposition to a majority oi the Northern Whigs, who were m favor of the Wilmot Proviso, and who opposed the nomination of Mr. Winturop. Why this? Because Mr. Win tiirof had leen successful in defeating the Wilmot Proviso in the Massachusetts Whig Convention. This circumstance I thought was well calculated to attract the attention of Southern men. In addition to this, when the voting commenced in the House, the Aboli t.onists were found voting against Mr. Winthbof. My attention was arrested by the fact. 1 saw at once that the Abolitionists were playing in Congress the precise game so skilfully played in the States of New Hamp shire and New York, viz . acting as a balance party, and though small in numbers, contriving to control af fairs My attention being thus roused, I made inqui ries of the precise mode of action by which the Aboli tionists proposed to effect their object, and I did learn that they had proposed to Mr. Wimthbop to vote for him as Speaker, provided he would give them the or ganization of the important Committees: the Judiciary Territories, and District of Columbia, upon Abolition principles, with a view to abolish slavery in tins District, prevent its introduction into any new Territory, repeal the act which compels the return of the fugitive slaves atul defeat the law of my own State in relation to the entrance ot colored persons within our limits. That Vlr. Winturop preferred to lose the Speakership rather than comply with these stringent demands. This fact was leurnt during the progress of the third ballot. The danger to me was manifest. The Democrats would not vole for a Whig, and therefore a Southern Whig could not lie elected. The Northern Whigs would not vote for a Democrat from the South ; because, with few exceptions, the Northern Whigs are opposed to slavery. I The Abolitionist* would not vote for any Southern •nan —be he Whit? or Democrat. How then could the House lie organized T In one mode only : by the Northern and Wilmot Proviso men merging every consideration into Aboli tion, and electing an Abolitionist or Wilmot Proviso mail upon tle condition* proposed to and rejected by ■ Mr. WiNrHßop. I send you the correspondence between Mr Fai.prky and Mr. Wimtmbop. ‘Phis correspondence will sub stantiate these lacts ; and now Ink, ought 1, with this knowledge, to have placed the organization of the House in the hands of the Abolitionists? Ought I,* sentinel on un outpost, to have hesitated, in an unet pec ted approach of danger, to defend the great, the by tor grmttl ol all, intriests committed to me by a gen ‘■rou* constituency ? 1 did not hesitntn. Ail party con siderations faded before the deep, intense, burning nc i cessity. lat once acted,acted promptly, and 1 grant decisively. Mr. WiKTMRor wua elected,and the Aboli -1 tiomsta defeated The committees have been properly organized, and Mr Palvrky. Mr. Giddinjm, an I Mr Tuci excluded from the ini)>ortatit muiiiittees they were so anxious to control. 1 have thus acted ; and I have the satisfaction to Know that when 1 explained the grounds on which I act ‘d, 1 have the approval ol wtiuos judgments 1 deem eminent upon such subjects. The times are full ol perils- perils to the country general!)—perils to the South emphatically. 1 acted under a bur ml responsi bility If in the exercise of that responsibility! have incurred tle disapprobation of the editor of the Mercury, I regret it. It will certainly be pleasing if my explana tion shall satisfy him. If not, I riu*t submit with that meekness which ought always to eliaracierise • Rep resentative. Yaurobedient servant. I E HOLMES. Fublic l.niids* The report of the Commissioner of tlie General I*aml Office. |ut submitted to Congrem, shows that during the year acres ol the pub ic lathis were segd, iiiioUiithig to #2,704JW7 ; snd in the first, second, nod tlifr-l quarter* nf the joist yeur, 1,H3d,(U4 acres have been The Difficulty betnecu the two Generals. , The Washington correspondent of the New York Evening East gives the following account of the cau ses winch have given rise to the difference between (.Jen VV ortli, and tlie arrest of the latter:— “Official intelligence has come I understand, of the arrest of Gen. Worth by Gen. Scott. “ The difficulty is believed to have arisen out of the issue, by the commanding general of the order against letter writing. It appealed to be the general impression of the officers of the army in Mexico, that Gen. Worth was alluded to as one ol ihe “vain, conceited and envi ous heroes.** (Jen. Worth addressed a very respectful note to Gen. Scott, asking a frank avowal from him. whether he must consider himself obnoxious to the re proof conveyed in that order. Gen. Scott evaded a di rect reply, but answered the note. “ (Jen. Worth respectfully repeated the request. To this second note Gen. Scott declined giving n more specific answer, and informed his correspondent that he could not hold himself responsible for the references it might please the officers to draw from his phraseolo gy- “ Gen. Worth thereupon drew up a statement of the entire correspondence between the commandei-in-chief and himself, and addressed it to the Secretary of War, with remarks of his own as to the injustice with which he had been treated, and assuring the Secretary that but for his regard to the public service, he should file char ges against Gen. Scott. “ This statement directed ns an appeal to the Secreta tary of War, he sent unsealed to Gen. Scott, requesting him to transmit it to Washington. Gen. Scolt refuse** to forward it, at the request of Gen. Worth, put forth with put Gen. W. under arrest; and reported him to the War Department for insolence to his superior offi cer, &c., and to sustain the charges, transmits the state ment drawn up by Gen. Worth. “ This is the gist of the controversy, as I have it from good authority. I cannot undertake, of course,to give the exact language of documents that 1 have never seen “No doubt the papers will be called for by Congress’ aud then the truth will out. It is surmised that the government may recall Scott. One Hundred Million Wanted ! The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore A meric an, in a recent letter, makes the folowing state ment in reference to the wants of this Government: “ The estimates ofexpenditure furnished by the Sec retary of the Treasury are deemed so unfair and errone ous, that but an opportunity is wanted in Congress to ex pose them. The measures recommended by the pres ent Administration will require an apropriation of more than one hundred millions of dollar* from the present Congress. The Secretary asks for 55,(XX),IKK) for the ordinary expenses of government, and this, as is shown by the recently published letter of Gen. Jessup, after cut ting down the estimates of those more cognizant than than the Secretary himself with the wants of the ser vice. “To these #55,1KK),000 add fourteen millions to meet deficiencies for the past year, and to these $14,000,(XX) again add thirty millions more for the thirty regiments now asked for as a necessary augmentation for the ar my. Here you have ninety-nine millions ot dollars—an and if the percentage ofdeficiency for the year 1848-’4'Jshal| bear any proportion to the known defiency for the fiscal year 1847- 48, the sum will be immensely increased be yond the amount named in the estimates. There are unusual denrmds upon Congress of a miscellaneous char acter, all of which are calculated to swell arc o BR .-c. K ic greatly if the war continues. The wish of the Depart ment appears to be to keep not less than 50,000 men in Mexico, and more if possible.” The Northern Allies. The Baltimore American say 9: “ The Chaileston Mercury administers a severe re buke to certain politicians of the North who are sus pected of having made bids for the Presidency in the way of proffering concessions to the South in the mat ter of the Proviso question. The Mercury declares that their proffered concessions are no concessions, but in sidious semblances merely. “The policy recommend ed by Mr. Dickinson and Gen. Cass,” says the Charles ton paper, “and we see no material difference between their views and those of Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Dal las —to a superficial observer, aeem plausible—seem Democratic; yet of all the schemes which have been devised lor disfranchisement and degradation of the South, i is by far the most adroit and effectual. “The substunce of the policy here referred to, is, that the inhabitants of territory which may hereafter be an nexed, while it continues to he a Territory, shall deter mine for themselves whether slavery shall exist in such Territory or not. It is known that slavery does not ex ist in any department of Mexico; and the inhabitants of the portion which may become the territory of the United States are known to be averse to that institu tion. “Regarding the subject in this aspect, the Mercury affirms that the problem which perplexes the Northern aspirants for the Presidency is, to prohibit slavery in all the territory w f e may acquire from Mexico, without arousing the apprehensions of the South; to seem to abandon the Wilmot Proviso, and yet retain its princi ples and thus unite the North and the Soutti in the sup port of a Northern candidate for the Presidency.” The Mercury is doubtless very nearly correct in the opinion above expressed. We have no confidence, nor have we had any lor years, in Northern politicians eith er Whig or Democratic. The Whigs ore inorere liable because they have less duplicity, are less agrarian in their feelings and seem to be more favorable than their opponents to stringent and conservative laws; but ou the subject of slavery, they are all alike and nineteen twentieth of them are in favor of restricting it within its present limits, and as the Mercury very properly in mates, their sole purpose is to deceive and bamboozle the South and to secure the loaves and fishes of the government for a few more years, when they will have the power to destroy the institutions ot the South ut their leisure. (•rent Taylor Meeting in Alabama. The Montgomery Journal us the 10th inst says: “The popular demonstration in this city on Saturday night, was a glorious manifestation of the intensity the feeling, in the of heart of the musses respect and admiration of the old veteran of the Rio Grande.— There is a mighty spirit at w’ork against which the effort of cliques is hut a feeble barrier of the frailest gossamer, and which laughs to scorn the puny machinations and intrigues of party demagogues. “ The people have willed it, and who shall gainsay their wish? Although the meeting was held ut night thecopitol was densely crowded throughout its whole extent, by the people of this and the surrouuding coun ties. Great numbers, we regret to say, were obliged to leave unable to gel within hearing of the speakers. u 8o eager were many, that finding that there was no aceesa to the Representative's Hall, they filled the Sen ate Chandler, and demanded speukcr* to talk to them about Zachary Taylor. The nnHciuhly in the Senate Cha nber was addressed, by request, very eloquently and animatedly by Jefferson Noble, Esq. Owing to the proximity of the two rooms, and the confusion con equeiit thereon,the sj>euking ill the Senate was aban doned to the regret of many. Sonic five hundred of the the audience nt the cajiitol were ladies, who were out in laige minibet*—e ver patriotic, ever foremost to ap preciate heroic character and gallant deeds, and ever ready to add the cheering impulse of their smiles to the cause of iheir country. “The meeting was addressed by Mr. Ja*. K. Relscx, | of Montgomery, Mr. Mt kpiiy, of Greens Judge Abtiu’r F. Hopkins, of Mobile, Mr. JilusC. Ar.- I Foao, ol Macon. Mr. Sami kl Rice, of Talladega Judge Porter, of Tuscaloosa, Mr. Taylor, of Greene, Mr. S. Rf.man, of Wetumpka, and Mr Parsons, of; TaHedag.i. Owing to the dense throng our reporter was not able tog >e full and accurate reports of the sev eral speeches ;]neither have we sp ice to publish them,-- suffice it, to say the speeches were in character with the reputation o( those gentleman for eminent a bility, and their tone and spirit, that of lofty patriotism Minor differences were trod lon tin ler fool in the over powering conviction of the iiimiituiiioy of th* crisis Gen Taylor was presented ih the min f*r th* ir Wf country, and one on whim jiatriots everywhere could , unite, ond the linn determination declared by all, to sup port him on the grounds which be himself has takenns tlie candidate of {Unpeople, ” The noble diameter of the man, the incorruptible integrity evinced throughout a long career in the pub |ie servics ware sufficient guaranties that in his hauls the interests of the republic might with safety be trust ed. ” Regarding the hollow profession* of polities 1 trick sters as worthless and deceptive, they choose to look to one the purity of whose faith has never b*en question ed, wh<wj heroic patriotism, whose devoted fealty to his whole country, the breath of suspicion, even ho* never dared approach. Judging ol his character by fils acts as tested by his long career In th • public service, taking his whole lift* a* tbs standard they have the tru- u goummy U | fidelity that ,uatt can fun,*), ... „ „ Imn.is of the patriot veteran they are willim. .’.jtursr “The proceedings of the meeting were marked win great enthusiasm, and the remarks of all the with ability and earnest eloquence. I Ker ' l Gun. Taylor in \irgmia. The following resolution received the almost • mous sanction of the Whig membeta of the v ‘ Legislature on the 22nd ult. They also passed cons callings Slate convention on the 23,1 ol P . lu ~ tor the purpose of framing an electoral ticket Resolved, As the opinion of the Whig members ’ fT General Assembly of Virginia, that ZACHARV Tav* LOR will be a most acceptable candidate to tl„. . , ot Virginia, for the Presidency; and that he will from them a most zealous aud efficient support tCe ' ,a A Good Speech. The militay of New Orleans as is well known ways have a magnificent display on the Bt|, „i , ~ ary. On the recent Bth, this was rendered d„ ub |. b "“’ ham and imposing by the presence of the nn.ie . , vortte, Gen. Taylor, who participated in the ‘ and reviewed the troops. That admirable and !, ..’ sheet, the Delta says: Pitted. “ ter t,ie review was over the General tnm; round to Gen. Lacoste, grasped lui hand LdTi[~ ed-‘ General, lam proud to see the veterans of ,t war of 1814 and 1815, particularly on an this, and I hope to have the pleasure of meeting tlf* “gain. 1 am a soldier, General, but I believe thatei.i are soldiers and sohliei* are cuizens; therefore Ih. r Washington himself never uttered a nobler a „„„ or more Striking sentiment The Delta adds’ ? “Alter this the General was escorted to the rotund, r the St. Charles by Gen. Lewis and his brilliam s ,ff Here he received the congratulations of numerous friend, -all Os whom were eager to press the hand of a b£ and gallant man. Whilst there, with a Ctnctaa.?™ Jffie air, he turned to one ol his friends and remarked 1 only came down here fora few days on business , nH not thinking that this honor would be paid me Id|d„ , bring my uniform.” This little remark put nnnd ot the interview between the General and Com- Conner, when “ old Zack.” as some say, hurried offha, old brown coat and rushing to his military t |, en grasped his full dress uniform, and in buttoning up coat missed two buttons!” B m Georgia Abroad. The spirit of enterprise which has characterized th, people ol Georgm is begining t 0 be felt and acknowled which Anion * “tatty complimentary nob*, winch have me, our eye, we copy the following from 2 Southerner published in Richmond Virginia Georg,a at this time is doing morelo pnah her ail roads and manufactories ahead, than any other South ern State. The liberal and enlighten e/pj” present Legislature in this respect, entitles it not only io the thanks ol the people of Georgia, but of the whol, country. In twenty years from now, she will show re salts torn her policy that will shame the people o fher Southern associates.” Such being the position assigned to our State fo*d I Georgians should not forget that they have taken but minatory stepsm tt.eg.v. ment T J it becomes them now more than ever to be pmit J wise, sagacious and persevering—to confine their i | penditures to such works of improvement as are of to. I and substantial value, and to invest all their surf J means in budding up an extensive and judicious systenl of manufactures. Such is evidently our true policy be-l cause it would lead to certain and lasting prosperity I unaccompanied by the usual dangers of a monetary rc’l vulsion. I The Great Apostle ot Temperance. j Father Matthew has written a letter to Thuriwl Weed that he will embark for New York Oil the 2k ol April. He says: I “Although it will be a great sacrifice to me [ojtavJ Ireland yet still 1 am exceedingly anxious to gratify t J wishes ot the patrons and supporters of our sacrnJ caJ in America ; and also to express in person my warmal acknowledgments to your high-minded count™ i M the noble aid they aflbrded our destitute poor in tneil late calamity. I regret to be obliged to may that M prosjiects are still very gloomy in Ireland. Thekitaß mg population are not in general employed, and ;noafl provisions are cheap, thanks to the supplies of I; .fl corn, they are without the means of purchasing U. S. Senator from Maine J The Governor of the State of Maine has the Hon. Wyman B. S. Moor, of Bangor, l’ * n tor, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the deaih oi l 1” airfield, until the Legislature shall fill the vacancy I Mrs. Mo watt in England. 1 1 lie friends of Mrs Howatt, the celebrated actress nut but be gratified with the success winch she is: vwtli m England. Her first engagement was in elicoter. winch is noted tor its critical audiences result has been, that she passed the ordeal and triumphantly, and was called before the every night. V Rumored Treaty ol Peace. I A Telegraphic Despatch to Saturday’s New Herald, dated Washington, Jan. 7, IS4S lows, hut we do not think it correct. V A letter is in town, dated at Jalapa, on the 16cH cernber, etating that the British courier haJ . through that place on the day previous, the ing the intelligence, that a treaty of peace concluded at the city of Mexico, between -Vr and the J lexicon Commisstoners, C antu, A tristain ; and t/uit the opinion prevailed in .Wm co that the army could return i uxty day* ■ Palmetto Regiment. I The following extract is from a letter written stor A. P. Butler to Judge O’Neali; ■ “ T roin what the President said the other day< design to confer w ith Gen. Snieid# on the discharging the South Carolina Regiment, and ly do so, in a general order complimenting H duct, and perhaps giving the officers the he will advance them on all future occasion*. they ask lor employment.’* Flare up fu Washington. The Richmond Republican of the 10th init *7 ” We learn that quite a scene took place at th rnont trial on Friday. “Gen. Kemey called attention to the bet,- -1 ring Ins examination as a witness, Col. Bento’ * posite to him, frowiung and making grimace* M ly with a view to intimidate and confuse lum H< | ed tlie attention of the Court to the cireuuw' 11 I,! J with a view to nak any protection for hmiseil. *1 ’ the tribunal might preserve the decorum due to dignity. I “Col. Renton, in reply, sddmitted that h* J frowned upon the witness, who hail quails glance ; snd after the rising of the Court, show *1 we did not hear, denounced Kearney in the G’ u 'l | a* a perjured witness, (not in his presence, h"* J Something new and Iniportan'* I A Washington correspondent of the Baltimore * ■ one who seems to le behind the curtain, K 1 lowing stuteuient which he says, limy be it"!’ 1 I 1 lied upon ; ~ Ist That nil the differences between fjn Worth will he submitted to a Court ol I’N” ■ held in Mexico. Roth officers will he w ■ command nnd duty lor this purpose M 2d Gui. IMIow and Col. Duncan will B bellre a Court Martial. These are laets ■ “It may be that Gen. Taylor willbsput o’ ■ oi commander in chief of the army, * 1 H p wers confided to luh judgment.” ■ It may be that,Mr. Folk finds that l keep general Tuylor, out of the Mbits *’ ■ him to the Hull* of the Montexunia*. J ■ do so, but the peupls will recall him on ~|t , H l ‘H'J. The decree has gone forth. I' ,r H supon the wall. fig A good Interpretation* I In III* very able speech recently deli’ 59 war, in lli* United Stales Henate, “Mr. Ui.vytov, of [Via ware said h’'’ ’ “ netlv un.'oMtand what the President ■ nity for the past snd *Tirity J^B getiiotiS Irietid had told him that In •' |^B moai.tone li.ilt of M.-iieo, and security H th-o-j.er hall.” n~ inugh- r I H