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JOI R STAJL X MKSSKMIKK.
s* T. < IIAFMAN A S. ROSE, Etiitnn.
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Dairy UasiMH at the South.
During tlie short time we have been in the
Southern States our attention has been di
’• I ! the Bitbject of making Butter and
ei .3 quarter of the Union. It is a
b.a.s a ot’ rural industry with which we have
b. . :i fimiiiar from our earliest boyhood.—
Finding the statistics of the number of cows
milked ni the Stare of New York given nei
ther in the United States or State Census,
\v had that and other defects corrected in
1341. The census of 1845 disclosed the un
expected fact that there were over one mil
lion ot cows in the State, of which nearly
that number was milked. As the dairy husi
ne-s was very profitable in 1816 and 1817 and
n. ny mu have been driven into New York
from Ohio and other States, us well as many
hein is < one to maturity which were reared
within its limits we estimate the number of
milkers th ■ pant season at one million one hun
dred and fifty thousand. It is impossible to
say with any approach to accuracy, what is
the money value of the milk, butter, cheese
and pork realized from the cows of New York.
It will not do ta estimate the product by the ;
returns fr >.ri the milkers, kept by the writer
and Ins friends in therily of Rochester. The ,
v: product of the 1,230,000 cows cannot be |
less than tinrly millions of dollars.
\ cow which will give ten -quarts of milk a
day w irth two cents a quart, tor 200 days in a
y< a y , ids in that time liirty dollars, worth
of i! s most wholesome lood. Ol course a
million ol i h cows would give forty millions
of dollars ai milk.
Kn nvina that the dairy business is profit- I
able, we f:i i commend it to the favorable no- j
tire . : Sa.it.hern farmers with nil confidence. — .
Is it sound policy to depend entirely on one
crop—a single article—which may be low in j
price, destroy ed by worms or adverse seasons. ;
lor the m. ans to purchase every thing need
ed bv tie igriculturist. his linnily and labo
rers, tiii ‘ i..i a wholejyear? We do not ob
ject to th growing ot cotton, so far as its cul- ]
ture will pay better than any other branches
ol rural labor. But we are confident that the
over proa ‘ion of this great staple is close
nt ht"d. The State of Georgia, according to
it., o.i . ; . y-s. contains thirty-six mil-1
a-o . es. Oie third of this is. certainly,
i .in 11 i.mds. Cultivate oae-l'uurtli or one-j
third of her whole territory in cotton, or throe !
mi!1 1 las of a res out of tliirly-six so that tiiey [
will weld a bale to the acre, and the product i
will lie three millions of hales —six hundred :
thousand more than all the cotton growing j
Siales have ever produced in any one year, j
The wise foresee the evil and hide them- !
selves.” Wise cotton planters will look out
lor other branches of agriculture insects 0a,30
that their annual incomes shall never be less.
Can you not procure twenty, fifty or one
hundred cows, and with a little pains both
keep and improve them? Wcdare not speak
of Southern grasses, and yet we see a thick
gross sward covering the dry commons ol'Au- <
gu .a Milledgeville and elsewhere, on which !
cows feed ;.s though they relished their food, i
\in.--tenths of all the corn fields, and not a
few cotton fields, are covered with a dense
c irpet of grass. Certainly, it requires not
ai li wit. nor labor, to make grass grow in
...iis climate and soil. What they would do,
u . I :■ judici ms management, as liiod for cows,
we do not know, anil beg to be informed.
Suppose a farmer should set apart a ten 1
acre field, manure and cultivate it as itsliould ;
be to give him a large yield of sweet potatoes? :
Suppose lie drills in another field of twenty I
acres to corn, cuts it up before it is ripe, and 1
cures it well lor fodder ? With a plenty of I
such tooii in addition to grass, rye, millet, peas. |
turnips, b ets. and carrots, can he not keep
any reasonable number of dairy cows? We
esteem very highly the* yam and the sweet I
potatoe; and if they will notmake cheap milk
butter, beet and and pork, our judgment is at’
fault.
Having procured the cows and a generous ‘
flow of mil > how will you extract from it ail
tb butter and cheese at the least expense ? j
‘.v pn. t iin a condition to keep well in!
1... cuai.i:. one or two years ?
From a 1 kof experience in making butter I
and cliei ~e. it is unavoidable that Southern
farmers should know as little of this business
as we do of growing cotton. It is our pur
pose to study closely the culture of the lalter
crop, and to giveonr readers a chance to learn
something of the best process for making good
cheese and butter, and keejang them good the
year round.
In summer there is much difficulty in
making all the butter rise on milk in the
shape of cream, before the milk becomes sour
and thick. Hence to avoid loss, not the cream
only but the whole milk should lie churned,
so soon as it is coagulated. In a cool brick or
stone milk-house, well shaded and dug deep
into the earth, like a cellar, milk may be kept J
from twenty-four to thirty-six hours before
churning i : the hottest weather. Our rela
tives m New York make a heavy sheep do the
charm j. \ sheep is better than a dog. and ‘
a mule better than either sheep or a man. lor
so oh churning. Cold pure freestone wa
ter will not injure butter in washing out butter [
-mi! and particles of curd, in working over
new butter.
A- much cannot be said of hard lime water, i
whir generally contains an appreciable a- j
mount ol cpsom salts copperas ana chloride of i
iron us well of suits M lime and soda. We
prefe r to work over butler without any water—
the brine o. pure salt tarnishing waterenough.
In no ease should the hand, with its animal
heat and insensible perspiration be applied to
the working of butter. All the suit should be
dissolved. atness in every particular is
quite in lisp-usable in all dairy operations.—
The butter brought into the Augusta market,
shows a lamentable neglect in this important
particular. Where milk and butter are kept
in a cellar, nothing else should be; nor should
uny wood eomeiuto contact with earth to de- j
cay. Nothing but pure salt, and not a great 1
deal of that, at the last working ol the i
b ilt ris ceded. Our practice is to work but-1
.■always twice, nnd often three times over to
remove every animal substance, but the but
ter and n delicious aroma. As stone ware
can be in ule very cheap in tins porcelain re
regiou. we advise pans for milk, and crocks
for paekiugjbutter in. be made of the white sili
cate of alumina, ol which we have seen so
much in Q. urgia. Many tons of this mineral
lire transported from New Jersey to Buffalo,
t leveland and Detroit, to lie mould, and ami bak
ed into • .inus. jugs, crocks, &.C. If we mis
take not. “ queen’s ware ” can be made out of
the material tiiund in this State at a profit.—
We know of but two establishments of the
land in tiie Union.
We sb II have more to say on the subject of
“ Dairies nt the South;” talk of cheese, and
tin way that women milk, whn don't know
hole, and l.enee get about two-llurds as much
in the course of n season as one might whn
and ies up the business secundum orient. There
is but one cheese dairy in all Georgia. We
w ant to *'i’ five thousand—a number that ran
ni.i.o fortunes at the business. —Southern
Cultii mer.
Analysis olllie l oil on Plant.
F;om u recent letter received from our ror
respindetit ill Germany, we learn thut the
fir ‘ oniplete analysis of tiis Cotton plant,
seed, and cotton wool, ever attempted in En
rol*'. i.i now m progrci s in the Laboratory of
ol the renowned Libsio under his superinten
dence. A private pupil of the great t'lieniist
linn it in charge, and as tlie plant nnd fhlit
from winch the analysis is to tie made, was
m ill from tin plantation of our friend John C.
KiNociiToN. Ksq.. tho forthcoming experi
ments will he ot singular interest to Houtii
faroliiiH Planters. Baron Likrio, next sea
son. li, determined to grow cotton from the
seed sent by artificial means by furnishing the
pi “■! ► m ire will diet ite may open fields
“savoiui nt in the culture ofour great sta
le she analysis will be furnished us lor
publication ; soon u- liuule. —Cdro/ifttan.
\ stall tint Solid Argument.
They ilist deny a God, destroy man's nobility : for
estuu itv man is of kin to th*’ beasts by his body ; sn.i it
her* not Main to God l>y ins spirit, he is an I'tioble i
X est •tan .- td. Baron I
MACON, GEORGIA.
\\ EDNESDAy, FEB. 2. 1848.
FOB president,
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
< ongres.iiHial News.
Both House of Congressseems to lie busily engnxeil
in discussing the war and collateral questions. It is |
generally supposed ihnt the new loan of eighteen and i
a half million will be authorized, but without any !
provisions for the use of Treasury Notes. The Gen.
Regiment Bill will probably be defeated or amended ;
so as to Empower the President to fill np the exist
ing Regiment to a number equal to the aggregate of
men asked for. The object seems to be to restrict I
the under patronage of the executive. No other men ,
eurcs ot importance arc ns yet prominently before ie- j
ther House.
Proposed New Market Ordinance.
A correspondent in another column,makes some sag- !
gestions in regard to a change ill the market regulations
which seem to meet wilh general approbation. The i
universal opinion is, that the market cannot !’ worse
than at present, and therefore, that any change must i
be an improvement. It seems to be but reasonable that
if we are to have the nntnc of a market nnd the ripe me
of a market, we aliould also enjoy some of its advanta
ges. Otherwise the whole nfihir should tic abolished,
nnd then all can enter with equal zeal and equal pros
pect of suc.-ess into die general scramble for the pigs
and turkeya. We make theae remarks not from any
personal inconvenience, hut simply in obedience to the
wishes of a large and respectable class of sufferers.
Proposed National Convention.
Asa number of Whigs at Washington have deter
mined to hold a National Convention for the purpose
ot nominating cnndidatcß for die Presidency and Vice
Presidency, it becomes important that the W higs of
Georgia, in their primnry meetings during the approach
ing spring Courts, should express an opinion upon the
subject. It will be exceedingly proper for them to do
so, especially ns they wdl he appointing delegnies to
the June Convention, and as the action of that Con
vention may greatly depend upon the instructions given
to the Delegates appointed. Even if tile Convention
should nominate (as we have no doubt it will) a Taylor
Ticket, it may be proper to send Delegates with limited
in’ auctions, to a National Convention, in order to con
sult and confer, in regard to the Vice Presidency. W’e
regard it therelore as a question for the people them
selves to settle. We believe they will settle it priqierly
and promptly, just oa they have settled the question in
regard to “ Old Rough and Ready,” and they will do
it without any reference to leaders or their dictation.
They will follow men ns the representatives of their
principles, only so long as they can be made useful in
carrying ilioac principles into practice, but they will not
allow cither their former personal attachments ;or the
ambitious views ol old favorites, to lead them from the
plain path of duty. To the people therelore, we are
jierfeclly willing to submit the question.
The Him. John W. Jones.
The speech of the Representative from this District,
seems to have produced some little excitement both in
and out of Congress. As we have not yet received a
corrected copy of it, we are of course not prepared to
pass upon its literary merits. Some oi the m<*t intelli
gent letter writers sp.uk of it as a siieeeli embodying
many sound and statesmanlike views, though perhaps
j somewhat encumbered wilh a redundancy of words.—
As Mr. Jones has been hut little in publi life, and has
l ad but limited ex|ierience in either writing or speaking,
this may lie true ; hut we feel assured that for sound
ness ol judgment and general correctnes* of conclu
sions he has few superiors either in liis District on in
j Congress.
The Treaty of Peace.
By our latest advices from Washington, it appears
i that tiie 1 reaty ol Peace spoken of, was not a result ol
the election ol Herrera as President, but of an unthori
zed negotiation carried on between Mr. Trist and
Messrs. Cuevas, Couto and Atristian, Mexican Com
missioners. It is not a treaty, butthe basisof anagree
ment winch may easily be converted into a Treaty by
tiie Mexican and American authorities. Tiie agree
ment embodies substantially the demand made by Mr.
Trist betore the city ol Mexico under the directions of
Messrs. Buchanan and Polk. It has not yet received
tlip sanction of the Mexican Congress, but it is thought
, that it will readily be agreed to by that body. It was
under consideration in the Cabinet at Washington on
the 26tli ult., and it was generally supposed that Mr.
Polk, as usual, anxious to shill die resiioiisibility, would
submit the whole matter to Congress. It is believed in
Washington, nnd so stated by the correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, that Mr. Trist has acted under the
advice and with the consent of Gen. Scott. What
will be done in the premises remains to be wen. The
whole affair seems involved in more mystery than ever.
It is doubtful w hether Congress will countenance the
1 reaty, as it will provide for the acquisition of territory,
and then again it is still more douhtl'u I whether, if ter
ritory is obtained, it may not be incumbered with the
Wilmot Proviso, crvrilh the white instead of the Fed
eral basisot Representation. On this subject the Na
tional Intelligencer of the 27th ult. says, “it has receiv
ed a letter from its correspondent at New Orleans, un
der date of the ICtlt instant, in which he says that he
lias received inlbiillation from a source such as to leave
little doubt on his mind of its correctness, that “Mr.
Trist has signed a treaty, and that it will be received
here [New Orleans) by the next arrival.”
Private letters from officers in Mexico mention ru
mors there which look to tiie result above indicated.
Capt. Croghan Ker, of 2d Regiment U. 8. Dragoons,
arrived at Washington, yesterday, from Mexico, l.y
way of Vera Crux and New Orleans, bearer of depatch
es, which it is thought may throw some light on the
subject.
The Washington Union,of 27th ult says:—“Wash
ington is full of rumors about peace. Hut we cannot
understand any official accounts have been received to
justify these sanguine calculations. The only thing
which we have heard of any authentic character, is a
letter Iroiu a distinguished officer, who writes from Ve
ra Crux, on the 3d instant, to a member of Congress,
reporting the arrival of the courier from the capital,
with rumors about negotiation, and the opinion ot the
commander-in-chief that we should have peace at no
i distant day. We have no continuation of these re
-1 porta from official sources ; though we should not be
surprised if Mr. Trist, without any instructions or nu
! thorny, was receiving proposals trom the Mexican
, commissioners.”
Odd Fellows IVlvb inliou*
It is not our purpose to attempt even an imperfect j
analysis of the very chaste and elegant Address pro- !
nouncedon Thursday last, In-fore the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows, by the Rev. Brother Myers.
It was a clear and able exposition of the principles and
prncticesot Odd Fellowship—so far at least, ns tis
proper lor them to Is* imd before the public. It was
matter of much regrvl, that so few eitiaeus were pres
ent, to benefit by ;tlie wise counsels of the Speak- j
er; we are however gratified to learn, that the mflu- j
ence of it may not tx* entirely lost, ns efforts are being
made, to induce the speaker lo yield In* assent to its
publication m pamphlet f nu
With one portion of the Address, we were particu
larly struck—that which illustrated the practical char- j
ity of tiie Order, and proved in the language of the
Speaker, that Odd Fellowship “ is not all plan without
I performance— mere syateni without result. From relit- !
hfc statistics, it appears that the benefits paid by the
1 various Lodges in the Union from 1811 to 1816, amount- 1
ed to ss4o/kJO In 1846, to $06,00(1. In 1847 to S3OO.- ‘
000. In Georgia for the yenreruling July Ist, 1847, j
tiie benefits were #3.500, and in the City of Mncon |
alone, $775. Hince the establishment of the Order in
Macon, no lew than twenty six hundred dollais have
been dispensed in charity t*#the various objects deemed
worthy us assistance “ We intend no invidious com
parisons, hut we sincerely question whether ail tin
chanties of all the churches in the City, during the tame
time, would amount to one halfof the shove sum. Like
the drwsfr*mi Hruven, thase lienetii* hive distilled upon
the unfortunate and the helpless, and yet there is no
noise or excitement crested upon the sublet
Well and truly did the worthy Speaker alter pres* sit
ing ih*ae and other lads equally striking, exclaim :
“Oh ! that the thousands of humble and industrious
poor—the men gaining their daily bread by their daily
toil—cut off’ from every resource, when prostrated by
sickness—-their disease haUie to be aggravated by the
distress of a watching, mid care-worn wife, and die
cry of famished bafirs (4h ‘ that the hundreds of
widows and thousands ol orphans, but for our Order
left to the cold charity of a wot Id fully istssessrd with
its own gnefr—to pine—to starve—to sin—< Mi! that tin
(numberless exiles from home, and the assiduous atten
tions of home-friend.*, who, but for us and such as we
might have sickened uud died, unattended, unwept, and .
unhonored, with no memorial placed to mmk. a strang- ,
engrave—Oh! that these—a 11 these might appear be
fore you to-day, to testify of the anguish quenched, tho
bliss conferred by the unohstrusive, quiet working of our
system ; then there would be no need of an Orator so
unskilled ns I, in stirring human sympathies, to speak
of our charities—to testify of our humane labors—to
enJist your hearts in our cause—for every look and every
word would be a tongue, which eloquence herself might
he proud to substitute for her shimmering gifts.”
We will not mar the beauty of the performance, by
I making further extracts, especially os we trust that our
! readers may have the pleasure of perusing the Address
entire, in print.
| The Order appeared in full force during the day, and
while in pi occasion, mode quite an imposing appearance.
Not Dead Vet.
j On the outside of our present number, will be found
lan extract from the Hamburg Republican, including
an article, from the pen of the truly celebrated ;
“founder of Hamburg.” The great object of Mr. I
j Shultz, seems to be to announce to the people ol (ieor- I
j gia, that after a quarter of a century’s toil nnd trouble, j
so far from his being swallowed up by a “ soulless eorpo - (
1 ration ,” he haa at last succeeded in dragging it More |
; the Chief Tribunal of justice, and placed himself in a
! position where his rights will be fairly passed upon, by !
the Supreme Court of the nation. Verily, there is not j
another man in Christendom, who could have manifest
ed such dogged |>erseverance, such on unyielding deter
mination to “ have his rights or die” in the attempt
He has proved a very “ Old Zac,” in litigation and the
word “ surrender,” does not seem to have a place in
his Lexicon. Should he succeed, he will have gained a
real Buena Vista victory. We do not think however,
that even if he should recover, the public will be serious
ly in ured, ns the Bank is doubtless perfectly able to
meet even the large amount claimed, without injury
either to its Bill holders or creditors. At the same time
no man would enjoy the princely fortune gained, more
than would Mr. Shultz—none would be more charita
ble or just with it, and no one would spend more of it
for the support of the poor and unfortunate, than would
the celebrated “ Founder of the City of Hamburg.”
The State Road,
It will be seen by the advertisement of the Chief
Engineer in another column, tlait proposals will be re
ceived at Ins Office in Atlanta, until the 20th of March,
for the grading, superstructure, &c.,of the unfinished 1
portion of the Western and Atlantic Rail-Road. Un- j
der the provision of the law of the last Legislature. Mr. i
Mitchell we think, very properly invite* bids for the
work, both by sections and as a whole. We have no
doubt now, that the work will be pressed to completion,
at the earliest practicable period, particularly as Ten
nessee , by the prompt and noble response of her Legis
lature, seems to have settled the question of Extension,
both to Nashville and Knoxville. The Road once ex
extended to Nashville, and “ there is no telling where
it will stop” Louisville, St. Louis, and even Chicago,
are now earnestly looking forward to an ultimate con
nection by our Georgia improvements with the South
ern Atlantic ports.
.
The Dalilouega Mint.
The Editor of the Marietta Helicon, who has been
wandering among the gold mines for a few days, gives
the following table showing the monthly and aggregate ‘
coinage of the above Mint for the year 1847. The j
amount is much larger than we had supposed was yield
ed by the mines of the. State. Their product during
the year must have been considerable over half a mil
lion.
January, $7,465 August, 39,097
February, 29,490 September, $32,660
March, 36,855 October, 40,605 (
April, 32,360 November, 17,385
May, 15,505 December, 40,880 ,
J une 33,227
July, 35,855 Aggregate, $361,485
A Small Error.
It has been announced from the Treasury Depart
ment to Congress, that an Error has been discovered in I
the estimates of only $0,914 078 ! This error it is true, J
is in favor of the Treasury, but it proves, that Mr. j
Polk’s Agents are either very careless or very incompe
tent. When they see the government throwing away
hundreds of millions upon conquest, and rapidly run
ning up a national debt, it is but natural, that they
should regard an error of seven millions, as an insigni
ficant affair. When” pay day comes” the people will
begin to hold the followers of Mr. Polk, responsible for
the conduct of their Chief.
The President’s Wars.
The Louisville Journal is afraid that the Administra
tion is getting more wars upon its hands than it can
manage with any sort of convenience, nnd enumerates
its war upon Mexico, its war upon Gen. Taylor and
his friends, its war upon the Constitution, its w r ar upon
the currency, its war upon the rivers and harbors, and
its war upon the old ladle’s coffee-pots and tea-kettles.”
The lowa Legislature.
The legislature of lowa, was organized on the 3d
inst, Thomas Hughes,(Dem.) President of the Senate,
and J. B. Brown, (Whig) Speakerof the House. The
Democrats have a majority on joint ballot ; hut the 1
Cincinnati Gazette, (Whig) seems to hint at some ma
tt ceuv re which threatens to supersede two of the Demo
crats in the House.
Whig National Convention.
A meeting composed of the Whig members of Con- ;
gress, and ol Whigs from various sections of the Un- j
ion, was held in Washington ciiy, on the 21st ult.,
and they unanimously determined that a Whig Na
tional Convent ion for the nomination of candidates for
the Presidency and Y T ice Presidency, should be held a*
some future dny.
Democratic National Convention.
The Democratic Members of Congress, held a meet
ing on the 21st ult., in the Senate Chamber. The Un
ion, of Monday night, thus gives the result :
“ A report from the committee of both Houses, ap
pointed at a former meeting, was made, recommending
to the republican party to hold the National Convention
for the nomination of President and Vice President, at
the usual time and place—viz : at Baltimore, on the 4th
Monday in May. Motions were successively made to
substitute Cincinnati as the place, nnd the 4th of July,
as the time of meeting, both of which were rejected.
| The original report of the joint committee was
I unanimoutiy adopted ; and the meeting ndjourned at
1 an early hour, in the best feeling and spirits”
Tin’ Fruits of the War.
The national glory, great it* it is, won in the Mejicau |
: War, has tarn purchased at a tearlul sncriiicc of treas- 1
■ ure, ami of brave men. We “[tenk not so much of the !
leaders as of the subordinate*, the comparative youths
who have Ireely yielded up their live* on the Held. All |
remember the fateot the heroic Roliert-, who, though
a Hurgcon in the service, threw himself at the head o* l
[ his Kegiment, when all its officers were cut down and
tell, in the act of cheering on his men, in the bloody
tight of Molino Del Key.
j The South Carolina paper* mention the name of a
young” Palmetto,” who was equally distinguished and
j equally unloriunate. fit* remain* were recently inter
red at Columbia, w ith military honor*, and a writer in
, die Omly Trlvgru/ik, say*, ol him :
| “ A beardless hoy, scarce seventeen, when he volun
’ eered at the first eallot Carolina—he assumed and dis
tcharged unfaltering l ? tha sternest duties of manhood.
In a lew weeks alter his eighteenth birth-day (10th Ju
ly, 1W17,) buying passed unscathed tluougli the horrors
of Contreras and Cliurubusco, he fell at Chapultepec,
on the 13th September; being, in the words of hi* brave
. Captain,’ amongst die foremost when lie received the
j land hall.’ A mysterious warning reached Ids soul dial
| his hour was come, fie told hi* comrades die night he
j tor* the battle, that be should not survive the morrow
Hr wu* serious and reflective, and hi* bible was often
in hi* hand*. And, when that morrow came, calm and
unfaltering lie pressed onward to hi* doom, ami soon |
the last pulse* of his hrave young lienrt beat beneath I
the bible, a* it lay, where so long it Imd bean in hie,
upon his bosom. To ins bravery, hi* lotty hearing, the
i’almrltoeu all bear witness. The noble DeSauwurr
close* hi*affectionate account ol hi* career hy saying,
second to none in the Palmetto Kegiment i then was 1
no spirit more chivalnr than that of Hkywood Tina- 1
vast, none more proud of the title ol Carolinian ‘ C> n !
rhtiELtw, when lie hi* portrait, immediately recog
m*cd it,sud *uid butt he would have known it any
where, and inn lew brief words, repressed his ehitrae- I
ter, ’ a brave, noble gentlrman, dine was not a heller ‘
soldier in the Regiment.’
These are only isolated car. Hundreds have ilonbt
iess Is He n, who were equally brave and equally devoted
to ilieir country, but whose mimes and deeds w ill re
main unknown to fame. The heart ’sickens at die
thought ; yet such isthe tale of war
All Honor to i mu fod*
We have omitted to nv-n'. * d.at the * - *!it m •
in (’n vsfbt I count n- ‘
the whig Candidates f'*r ba Hi •*’ * Ih'b’*’ v S . riti
E. Wes* Esq, was c!> i'. * Hi mil Will be as
sisted by J. B. Morgan ii • Mt s ■ i'h’ ynr
both gentlemen of known and ntw
habits. Tiie spring term -J t 1M ‘ ‘ unit c*m
me lines on Monday next •< ‘• ‘ v ’ 1 H sue to it that
the good people of th • ( y have Ht oj;
ty of becoming sit!wons to the .hum it Messen
ger. They have now many good realms for g;vin:
us n liberal support, ;i 4 •heir g'ii advertisements wil,
be inerted in our paj r, m.! as the niuiis have at 1 st
been so arranged as to hs ns t < transmit it to
nearly every part 6f th" 1 ceinty within twenty four
hours after its publication.
Kuilrciuls.
The Nashville Un on of the 13th ult. Mates that “a
bill has passed the Semite of that State oppiopriating
S6II,(MX) to the Hast T niv - id \ n n 1 Railroad ;
SIOO,OOO to the Nashville a. i h ittiii M 1 Railroad;
and $611,000 to the O 1.0 nnd M bile R idroud.
“On the same day tilth) uk bill to i;icr pointc the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad pa and 111 1 Ten': oe
Legislature to a third r ading. The \ -le <.ll it wai j
ayes 35, nays 26.”
111 addition to the above, the Chattanooga Gazette
says: “The amount of private subscription* to the
Nashville and Chattanooea Railroad i.i now H , v) ).000.
The Board of Directors are cnd -av-Mi 14 t ■ 1 the
Legislature to appropriate $500,000 more, to enable the
State to obtain the subscription of $1 ,<XK),O( r U born the
cities of Charleston and N *w Vei l. “
We presume there must bes .1 •mi -uke i.i the last
paragraph, as the Nushviiie Banner states that Gover
nor Jones, in his speech before tli3 Legislature, said the
amount of individual sub-cription was $1,490,000. — ;
This, add? and to the $44*0,000, would m*ik‘ the $1,800,000
spoken of by the Gazette. The allusion to the pro
curement of $1,000,000 from Chari* ton and New York
we confess ourselves at a 10-s to comprt lieiufr and would
thank our friend of tbc Gazette to explain.
The South Western Rail Road.
We are happy to announce that the gentlemen who
have been traversing tli t nth Western Counties, for
the purpose of securing sub-eriptions to the stock of the
above work, have succeed* and in securing an amount suf
ficient to justify the organ 1/ • ? i* *ll of th < omnnny under
the charter. The election ot Fresu . ill, and a Board
of Directors, will therefore t ike place as advertised on
the 10th inst. If on that occasion the proper officers
are chosen, men of experience, character and practical,
common sense, there will 1 no difficulty in the way of j
the immediate prosecution o the work to an early com
pletion. The able and practical report of ?vlr. 110 - |
comb has already done 111 u* ii to arrest the attention of
p radical business men 111 the north to the important,
national character of the work. The must influential
presses in Philadelphia and New Yoik, have already
been enlisted in behalf of the ent -rpris*?. We recent
ly copied an able article from the North American ty
U. S. Gazette, and today, give another from the JSew
York Journal of Commerce These articles are from
the pens ot business men and are published and en
dorsed by sagacious, business Editors. They take an
enlarged, national view ol the enterprise and must con
vince every thinking liuCn Yhat the work will ultimately
be finished aßa great national thoroughfare between the
Atlantic and the Gulf.
Asa local enterprise it fortunately has advantages
which must commend it to the patronage ot the
great planting interests of Georgia and Alabama. On
ly a day or two since, we had from the lips of a rcspec-
I table gentleman, a statement of facts which go far to
j illustrate the importance of this work. He gave us
‘ item of the sale of a crop of 69 hales pii.i.e cotton at
Eulaula,Ala. at 6± cents, at the very time when the
same cotton would have brought in Macon market, 7i
cents, nnd in either Charleston or Savannah 71 (a) 7J
cent. The crop averaged 520 lbs. per bale and allow
ing only let. per Hi difference, would have yielded $5,20
t per bale more in Macon, than it did in Eulauln. Now
the South Western Rail Road w ere coinpleteiftnd the ,
! proposed branch to Eufaula constructed this cotton
could have been laid down in Macon at a cost of 120
cents per bale. The planter would therefore have had
a clear profit of four dollars per bale, or $320 upon a
single crop and only a moderate crop at that. Here is
the interest at 7 percent upon upwards of $4,400, which
the planter in question might invest either in money or
work 111 the proposed road and yet grow rich under the
operation. Tl. se planters therefore who have invested
money in the South Western Rail Road have acted,
w’iscly and we think the new Board should encourage a
similar spirit in others by discriminating in favour of
B tockholders, both for freight and travel. It is not rea
senable thut men who venture their means for the con
struction ot these great thoroughfares of trade and trav
el should be placed upon the same level with those who j
play the miser with their means, nnd wait for others to I
open up the way to a profitable market. Such a dis- j
crimination would be just aud fair and ought to be
made,at least until the road is completed and the stock
holders are in the full enjoyment of legal interest upon j
their investment. Such ak _ ilaii* 1 would do muchto |
increase the subscriptions to the stock as it w’ould op
erate as a partial guarantee to the subscribers.
The Suspension of Gt u. Scott*
It appears that the administration after much hesita
tion, and infinite pother, has resolved to decapitate the ;
Army in Mexico. Cen. Scott, alter a series of the ;
j most brilliant achievements of either ancient or mod
ern times, is summarily suspended tiom Ins command*
and is compelled to submit to a Court of Inquiry, com
posed exclusively of partizan -übolternE —one of them
a civilian, not recognized ns entitled to rank in the Ar
my, and another, a mere political tool, who has sold
himself soul nnd body, k* a little brief authority. In
the U. Senate on the 25th ult. *
The special order having been called,
“Mr. Critteneen desired an opportunity to ask the
I Chairman of ini! tary affairs, “ whether General Scott
( has been suspended or recalled l and whether Gen
eral Worth hud been relieved or hupended troin arrest/
“Mr. CASSsaid'he w ould not reply in his character of
’ chairman of the committee on mihatry affairs, but he
j was ready to give the S nator from Kentucky all the
information he had on the subject. He did nut suppose
that the Government would feel any difficulty in giving
any information on the subject. (Jen. Scott has been
I suspended,and the coin I., and of the atmy, has devolv
, ed on the next in rank, Gen Duller. Cm. Scott, will
j attend the Comt ol inquiiy, which lias been ordered.
j Gen. Worth haa been relieved or suspended from ar-
J rest.
j Thus it is, thut Mr. Folk andhia nrilafertnls, treat the
brave men who have ■ n figiitin,; thu battles of the
j country in Mexico. ‘Fhe pnni/.un Generals have oil
been ordered t • report in persen, at Head Quarters in
[ Washington, while Be ti lasuepemii .1 ,on charges prs
| Jarred by inferior officers, and ‘Fa vl ris treated with
j s.ient contempt, by ih*. president and Ins miserable
hoard of political trick- erf. “VV utc greatly nustuken
it the conduct of the Adiuittfetruiion, does not excite u
storm ot popuiur indignation, win* h wui sweep from
office, the entire clan who arc now p!-.ii ring the peo
ple lbr their own benefit.
The following just and discriminating remarks we
copy from the Ne w f Orleans Delta Though made at
u time when it was supposed that Mr. F"lk had chang
ed his mind 111 r giird to G orr, they have lost
none of their force, now that the deed has been done.
The Editor says;
“ We arc glad to perceive that the Government has
countermui ded llu? recall of Gen. £cott. It was un
unwise and injudicious iiu aßure. Ail ;gree that Gen.
Scott, is ein inmtly qualified I r hi* present position.
We have never seen an 4i .<• r In 1 1 tl * a.-my who did
not a Unit his capabilities and sti|K i nrity is the I eudo 1
a large army, iim experience and peiicct knowledge !
of his profession, his civil qualil. in. s nndgi at fa
miliarity with the provision* and details of military or- j
gamzation and martial law, render him eminently the
’ man lor the post lie now ocoupirf He Ikih Wm, eurned
hiap sitioound honor* by si vac and trying toils, bril
liant d.splay* ol genernishtp and glonous vk ion a. To
deprive lulu ot in* present ootninand \* 10 finite-m from
him the hard-earned rewards and featimonialo of grunt
deeds,and to insult the veteran .and im who li.as thus
worthily and imbly sustained the Id-nor ami 1 of the
(ration. The pretext trvoloiM efiftrg* * have Inch
preferred sguinst him, by t JliocM wl.o lum incurred life
just censure, is not sufficient ty justify the Gu.uuuisin,
111 reselling Gen. froott, fiotn a |s *.lloll whore n is sr>
necessary to tho public safety and honor that lie should
remain.
*’ I o allow subo.diiiti of ui u>-t lidos s comman
der w!m> is ile ter un 1 led b uppn>B mipn>|cr |u.<clicus in
the army, by send mg in efisrgi * to tin* Cfen* rnineni.
wou'd cstnhlirh a riMK*t *L:igerofts precedent in milita
ry alia ire.
Tuyloi Demonstration in New Orl ans.
The people of Now Orleans irrespective ol |xii ty held
a; i ‘-ntliuaiastic >n the24iliult. to promote the election
.(i n•• il Tayl’ .i to tli * Office of President ol the
i hiited States. Col. M. White presided ut the mcet
itit;. Patriotic hm-oohes were made and the following
resolutions adopted:
Whereas union,concert and co-o|eration arc essen
t and to.the success of all great enterprises, eapecia ly to
of (i political character, and to produce such co*
Iteration it has been proposed to hold a convention of
ites from ?!i •* * t ; n.s Star . n the
-2iid day ol February next, to nominate electors who
i;e favorable to the election of General Zachary Taylor
to the Presidency: It is therefore,
I. Resolved, Tnat we cordially approve of the said
convention proposed to be holden in the city of New
Orleans at the time aforesaid, and that one hundred del
gates be appointed by the chair, to represent this city
and parish in the said convention.
-• Resulted, Thatconti ling as we do in the wisdom,
iiimu *, moderation and republican simplicity of Gen.
Taylor as illustrated by his whole life, and in his patri
j otic devotion to his country, as displayed in so many
! battle-fields, we will not approach him to ask for pledges
! iiv n on moot occasions by politicians, but we are con
tent to look upon the past n9 a sulKcient guarrantec for j
hi - future conduct; wc wish to present him to the coun* !
! try the candidate, ns he will be the President, of the
j people and not ofa party.
| 3. Resolved, That we take pleasure in announcing
to t.ie friends of Gen. Taylor,all over the Republic, that
we have the best reason Tor assuring them that, come |
what may, Gen. Tny lor will not retire from the position 1
ii relation to t!i Presidency in which the people have |
placed him.
•T Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that l
the refusal of Gen. Taylor to become the candidate of
any particular party, so far from constituting n just
| ground of complaint, should be considered as evidence’
of his superior qualifications for the discharge of the du
ties of President.
5. Resulted, That in electing Gen. Taylor to the I
Presidential chair we secure in the administration of
of public affairs n strict observance of the constitution I
and the general principles of policy maintaned by Wash
ington, Jefferson and Madison.
f>. Resolved, That the lofty patriotism, the sound
judgment, the sterling integrity of Gen. Taylor, and
more especially the eminent services he has rendered
the country during the present war with Mexico, con
stitute the rorest guarantee that the future conductor
this war will be safe in his hands, and that no treaty of
peace can receive his sanction that will compromit the
honor and interests of our country.
7. Resolved, That our hearts are filled with joy and
pride at the hope of seeing in the elevated place, once
| filled by our illustrious Washington a man who like
■ hint, can know no party but his country, be ruled by no
motives but duty and patriotism.
Taylor feeling in Indimin.
A letter to the Louisville Journal, giving an account
<*f the proceedings of the Whig State Convention, held
in Indianapolis, on the 12th inst,says:
About three-fourths of the Convention are in favor
<>fnominating Taylor ; but Clay, Scott and McLean
have their friends. The name of the illustrious Ken
tuckian was always sure to draw forth the most vocifer
ous cheering of the meeting as his services to the coun
try were alluded to by the speaker.
Mr. Clay not in the Field.
The Daily Advertiser, a newspaper published in
Washington city, says—“ The report that Mr. Clay is
not and will not under any circumstances be a candi
date for the Preldency, is now regarded here as a fact
about which there is no dispute.”
Triumph ol the Leatheon.
A most successful application of the Letheon was
recently made in Forsyth, Monroe county. The case
was that of a Mr. Spicer, aged 60 years, who accord
ing to the Bee, had suffered from an ulcerated leg for
tv\ enty seven yeare. The Letheon was administered
by Dr. A. Bean, and the leg amputated above the knee
by Dr. R. L. Roddey with perfect success. The pa
tient at the latest accounts was doing well, though it is
generally believed that in consequence of his age and
debility, without the use of the Letheon, he must have
died under the operation. The usefulness ol this won
derful agent in skilful hands, is now no longer doubted.
1 he only question is, wiietiier n may not yet be super
cceded by the recently discovered agent known in Eng
land by the name ot Chloroform.
A Vegetable Toast.
At the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of
New Orleans, at Washington, Mr. Dunnington gave
the following toast, which is not only in the “ vegetable
1 line,” but decidedly verdant :
By ( VV . C. Dunnington—The Cobb of tieorgia
and the Cobb of Alabama: The short Cobb and the
long Cobb—both I lemocratic Cobbs . and the more you
shell them, the fuller of com are these two democratic
| Cobbs.”
Whereupon Mr. Cobh, that is the short Cobb, must
have looked for all the world as if he would like to take
a passage through one of the most approved modem
patent Com Shellers.
The Ocean Steamers.
I lie Steamer Britannia sailed from Liverpool lor
Boston on the 15th inst. The Propeller Sarah Sands
j 1 h Liverpool on Saturday, and the French steamer
Philadelphia was advertised to leave Havre at the same
, time for New-York. This hardly agrees with the an
nouncement made in the New-York papers, that this
line has been discontinued.
Good Fees.
It is reported the three Attorneysof Mrs. Gen. Gaines
are to receive $50,000 each for their services in the
great case recently decided in the United States Su
preme Court.—Den. Walter Jones, the Hon. Ueverdy
Johnson, and Mr. S. J. Burr, are the fortunate gen
tlemen.
Improvement in the Telegraph.
‘l’he Cincinnati Chronicle of the 17th ult. says—
We have conversed with Dr Roe, of Illinois, who is
proceeding to Washington wilh the model ol an inven
tion whtcli he calls the Telegraph Manipulator. Des
patches, messages or large documents are set up in elec
trical topes, locked in a chase, in a manner similar to
printing types, and the form placed upon the machine.
Dr. Roe is sanguine in the belief that he can by this
machine transmit to nil points connected wath the wire,
as much matter ns would make one entire page of the
Chronicle in tirnity minutes
1 lie Manipulator is represented ns being remarka
bly simple, and not likely to get out of order. And, to
secure correctness, as well as speed, a proof is taken
Irom the types, in the ordinary manner.
The Doubtful Gender.
\\ e last week published the case of u temate recruit,
■t Port .Man It upjH-nrs, that she was enlisted under the
name ol 11 Bill Newcomb “ The tlrrnmn Tribune, con
tains a copy ol one of the morning reports, made by
.one Lieut. O’llsrs, and winch exhibits a most amu
si ig contusion of the genders. The report is as fol
lows:
” Bill N.mcomb can’t serve because he iss girl.”
! 1 certily that the above is correct.
Lieut. O'Hara.
lining lircthren.
One of the bent writer* and best men of his nge
thus allude* to the almost universal and disgraceful hab
it ol oppressing the unfortunate :
” Would you throw a brick bat at a friend who had I
i fallen overboard f Would you gather stone# and pile
them on a bank that had fallen on a brother! Would j
you throw n keg of powder to a Iriend who had fallen in |
j the fiw 1 f l hen why heap words ot reproach upon him I
who hnd erred from the path of duty t Why denounce
! him and spurn him from your presence f Can you I* a
| tratiger to the human heart—yon who have yourself,
-> often fallen f
ll** cannot know the human heart,
Who, when h weaker brother errs,
Instead of acting M Tcy’e part,
f vrh base malignant (Mission stirs,
llurt-h words and epithets hut prove
That iw liiii seh t a hi the wrong—
That first he need* a brother's love,
T o Drive his heart and guide his tongue.
I!nd ot tfic Npccii; I>rnin•
The New \ ork Kxpress, speaking of the favorable
hn meter of the (nmhrm’e news says :
I he general impretadon, is that there will be noniorr
-'liipinenta ot specie for the preaent. The Cambria lm>
brought out five thousand dollars in specie; that sum
i is already been entered, and there may be more.’*
The Northern .\llu -.
Those ol our readers who have examined critically
the letters of those nsrthem Democrats who are aspir- ,
mg to the I’reskiency will have notic dthat they all op- !
P< se the Wilmot Proviso because it is a mere a , <tract- 1
ion and lias no practical bearing. The New For/.
Globe, the same Democratic organ which recently a
vered that the co-existence of Demon acy and slavery
were incompatalffe, thus lets the cutout of the bag.—
The Editor says:
“ Negro slavery can neverliecom ■ one of the iusiitu.
tionsol Mexico, west of the Rio Grande, and this fact
may account lor the st 1 nag opposition to conquest*
with a view to annexation, by Mr Calhoun and oth
ers. They want no more territory, unless it will ad
mit of slavery. On the Mexican side of the Rio Grande
slavery cannot go.”
Abdication of the Emperor ol Russia.
On the first ol December, says the London :sun,‘‘ the I
Emperor of Russia completed the twenty-second year
ol his reign; in three years, therefore, he will hnvear- !
rived at nn epoch which has not been attained by any
ol me czars before him. A fundeinental law exists in I
Russia, which dates before the time of Peter the Great,
and by which the Emperor ol Russia can reign no more
than twenty-five years. After this period he is obliged
to abdicate in favor of the heir presumptive of the hope- \
rial Crown. It is thought lie will try and have the law
revoked.”
[COMAICXICATLD.]
THE SOUTH-WESTERN HAIL-ROAD,
vs.
FLINT RIVER, AND APALACHICOLA.
The Editor of the Apalachicola Advertiser, hn s
thought proper to contradict a statement of “ South’
Western Georgia,” of sth ultimo, published in the
Journal & Messenger, in relation to the cost and eliarg- j
es on a crop of cotton, grown in Baker county, ami
shipped to New-York, during the last Spring, via Ap
alachicola Bay. He charges disenevnnousness in the
schedule of freights, insurance &.C., sod alledges it to
be an “ isolated case,” and that no reliance ought to be
placed upon it. To fortify his assertions, heap|iealed
to some of the respectable merchants of Apalachicola
who fully corroborated Lis previous impression, viz: that
“ South Western Georgia” had perverted the truth.—
How lias South Western Georgia been guilty of a per
version in the premises! Why, simply by publishing
an extract ot a letter from a Commission House of New
5 m k addressed to the gentleman of Baker County, who
grew the cotton alluded to, to show the cost, charges,
freight ar.d insurance which were paid on his crop of 151
bales. Would it not hove better comported with the
nature of an entire refutation of South Wes em Geor
gia’s statements to have adduced some tangible proof
in support ol the “ low and high charges ’ upon ship
ments other than that founded upon the statements of
those interested gentlemen who have voluntarily come
foward to prove that the cost, charges, insurance &.c.
from Allbany to New York via Apalachicola is either
$4,75 or $7,50, these being the minimum and maximum
rates. The former the present, prices the latter caused by
high freights by sea. “South Western Georgia” contends
that random assertions of interested witnesses are in
admissible when there is documentary evidence and ap
peals to the legal knowledge ol the edilor if such is not
the fact 1 ” South \Y estern Georgia ” has heard numer
ous complaints against the “high charges” made on cot
ton shipped Irom Baker county to Yew York rid Apa
lachicola. For the editor of the Advertiser to deny that
the schedule is untrue generally, is not at all stiangc.
It has no relation to the present state of things. It is
merely an “isolated case.” The Editor goes still furth-
er. He has talked with one of the oldest and most res
pectable mercantile linns of Apalachicola, and liasliecn
assured, that it will undeitnke the shipment of all
the cotton carried from Albany to New York, at the rate
of one cent per pound,so long as freights and insurance
shall remain at the present established prices. This
assertion is doubtless true, and yet it is singular, that
among the many planters of Baker county, who have
shipped to New Y'ork, via Apalachicola, not one of
them has ever found the returns of his cotton to corres
pond with the promises made by this respectable mer
cantile firm—nor has any of them found the cost and !
charges as low as the maximum rates which the editor
Bays, is caused by increase of freights by sea. The |
present published rates and the promises ot what can ■
be done by mercantile firms in reducing the rates of
freights, costs and charges, brings seriously into question
the integrity of those who have been engaged in this
branch ot business. ‘ South Western Georgia’ is not
prepared to believe that the numerous complaints of the
planters of Baker county against the high charges paid
upon the bale of cotton is to be imputed to the dishon
esty of the merchants oft Apalachicola A chunge of
agents would suggest itsell and die remedy would be
effectual.
The Editor assumes that the South Western Rail
Road will cost $1,000,000 and that 30,000 boles of cot
ton will be the utmost that it will take to Macon. The
freight on this will be $2 per bale, making an aggregate
of $60,000 and by this way ol settling the results of the
work, the stockholders in the enterprise will receive
six per cent on their stock only. Tins is mere specu
lation on die part of the editor. It shows that he know*
little or nothing about Rail Roads—nor the sources
whence they derive their profits—nor the agricultural
resources ol tile South Western Counties. It may be
asked him why he did not add to his schedule of the
operations of the South Western Rail Road, an ade
quate sum for passage money, mail service &c. Why
are these and other important items suppressed! tail
it lie that the editor was disinclined to swell the amount
of business which will result from the completion of
this great enterprise I He calculates that the South
Western Counties make only 30,0 CA) bales of cotton I
This assumption is remarkable when the statistics to be
found in nearly every printing office will show that the
crop of Stewart county for the year 1833 was little short o|
13,000 bales,of 400 lbs. the average hule. Tin- was lie,
, thirdcrop after the Indian war of 36 Her crop is now
| supposed to be, by persons competent to judge of her
j agriculture, 25,000balcs of similar weight.
There is the crop of Randolph County, which fall H
but little short of Stewart, swelling the aggregate
amount of bales to nearly 50,000. It is passing strange
that the editor who has lived lor a long time in the val
fey of the Chattahoochee should totally forget such
items which ought to have mude up the sum of his cal
culations. “South Western Georgia” is willing to
make liberal concessions for a difference of opinion
where nn honesty of purpose is manifest. There is a
limit to ones charity. The Editor tells his readers that
if cotton should take the South Western Road to .Mu- j
con, It will he charged ss£oto Savannah,on the Cen
tral Rail IL ud ! This is a grossexnggi ration, and lh’
editor is inexcusable for not consulting the records of [
hi* office. For his enlightenment ’South Western Geor
i gia will say that 10 c ults per hundred, or 16u cents jier
| huleut 40U pounds,is the present established rates, and
J this 100 w hile the Oeuiulgee, like the Flint River genet - \
ally, is extremely low.
In ust hasten on with a review of the editor’s argument !
to prove the inutility ol the South Western Rail Road.— j
j He says :
” There are times whn the planter does not wish to !
I send forward Ins crop to its ultimate market too soon . j
The present season offers a practical example of this
fact! ”
The present season offers a practical example of tli f
entire sh Italy of the editor's premises, so fur as excep
tions can disprove a general benefit. Hud the South
Western Ruil Hoad been completed it is probable that
the great majority of planters of South Western Geor
gia wttuld have sold their crops ol cotton at greatly en
hanced rates over the present reduced prices. Hut there
was no South Wei tern Hail Road, and to all available
benefits, no Flint or Chattahoochee river. If the ed.
itor is right he in doing the planters of South Western
Georgia, a wrong by urging the openin'.; of Flint R iver.
It should remain as it is or be limit worse if possible.
Dues the Fditor meant* argue that restraint* upon
trade, are wise? A resoit lo such flimsy uigumcijt as
the above quoin non shows, has a tendency to bring into
disgrace the libera! understanding of its author. If
such views had to be endorsed by any portion of the mer
chants,'Houih Western Georgia’ would sooner believe
that the me roil mi us ol Apalachicola would furnish the
endorsement tlmn any other community. It dors not
result Iron n want of confidence in the integrity of her
merchant*. It grows out ot the peculiar circumstance*
by winch th y are siirmutided. Miemii eais may run
fromotir end of ih< muon to the other—the magnetic
wires may flash their intelligence hourly ihiouuliout the
length and breadth of the Reputdtc. Apalachicola
stands ns she has ever stood beyond the hope of c ru*
mercinl redemption ! Sustained exclus.vely by river
cirriog*', always doubtful aud disa*w us, sujh radded to
n sickly locaity, and a transient population,site will go
on in u lingering condition nli the Mouth Western Rail
Road shall teach Sotilh Western Georgia,when theday
of her dissolution wiU draw nigh. ‘J’ime will fulfil tie
prophecy I
Tl.t object of the editor of the Aplac!„cola a,
riser is to show that cotton is shipped ehenner ‘N ‘ -
York rin Apalachicola than .. can h'riu Nf *
\V estern Ran Road. Towards the close of h* &U ' h
vs ~. South Western Rail Road he !„ r e„, LJ"* ar,,cl ’
lan I proceded to prove, that there was i erni! *
having a direct connection with the AtlamV! u''*”* 1 ’ us
the Honda Legislature by its recent acto fog"’* l^
provision for this purpos •by devutm , ;he , 1 ni,,l
| l! ‘ P“ l,1;c lu " da ’ Tl ‘ v-iilurlvid “IwwnsnieEtT
Ins own min I, bow nbsu; I „ wuß (l)r „ , ‘ eu,n ’>’ to
South Western Counties to look t„ nn \ • ‘“' ra “ the
and yet the ink was scarcely drv before |„.
across the peninsula ol his stare, to reduce miiT”' 1
the present charges upon cotton to New Y,„U a
Flic planters of South Western Georgia are i, x
to open Flint River and unite with Ffoiufa itlt , N
• iQlßmc she has recently broached! Hearth* V
vvho endorses this magnificent project. edllor
] “If a canal were dug through th* peninsula * , ,
[ Flint river cleared cut. tin, expenses of a bale oui't
lof cotton from Albany*. Ga. to New York ritv i
be ns follows : Freight down Flint river 50 cents • *
1 “"‘"■JJ'tot 5HS cento—wharfage (twice) 121 ce,,-,’ m 7
mg. It) C oits draying, 8 cents commission
hi-e in (Iran.* 41 cents-.!,ip fmighi to NewvN
•* ““WWW Nr •15 cento-total, $3 7r, ,
‘* ,cr ,or •* fuilrood Income in competition will, o “
rates, the stockholder* would Ik, coni;-|fe l
a dividend of only three jter cent ]ter annum ” *" 111 °
Tli ■ editor ol the Apalachicola Advertiser fojx .
opinion* which the Hon. Daniel Webster ‘ W
twenty-five years ago in the Congress of tfo nTTf
States, in advocacy of a canal across the p,.,,
Mr. Webster took high national groiuid in
the enterprise. “rairof
Since tins period, a period when canals. “ aa w . „
posed” were the only modes of facilitating the l’”I’’ 1 ’’
merce of the countiy, by atimolating it. -T™’
tore and budding up its cities, the public mind haaS’
gone,.,, entire change. Rail, ouds have been substiruo’
and the substitute lias been endorsed by th ■ fir r
Europe, and the United States. Mr Webster aTsf
vani.nh, spoke of his advocacy of t l, o canal across
* lur “ la lwel "y flw yvara before that tune,bate .asi.U
ed it at the present time ; n “obsolete idea ” He lock*!
foward to the South Western Rail Road as a great T
noiml undertaking, superseding all other schemes tubind
the Atlantic und the Gulf in the fraternal embraces or
commerce, agriculture and national [lower Mr W
opinions a re quoted in this article because it seems appro
pnate to offer them to the editor of the Advertiser
his serious consideration. Before h • shall decide „ m
here to the ‘obsolete idea’ he should ascertain o meetly
the ability of his state to dig a canal, tig, reg.on 0 f
country whether adapted to the work or not, and ,ks
advantages it will give to the great mass of the people
in forwarding their produce to market. Whenhe shall
institute an honest comparison of the relative advanta
ges between bis favor.le undertaking and the South
Western Rail Road , it would be uncharitable to his
intelligence to suppose him capable of a pers, stance in
present errors.
” South W estern Georgia ” will in some future arti
cle make an exhibit of the whole commercial machinery
ot Apalachicola Bay It will be a curious ‘ picture’ to
look upon where 108,000 bales of cotton were concen
trated for shipment during the past commercial year-
It will contain some startling developments to those
who are unacquainted with the way and manner or
doing things upon the Gulf. It will show she is too Is!
“reefward and not near enough landward ” ever to
contain the important elements of a great city.
SOUTH WESTERN GEORGIA.
fOR THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER
Messrs. Editors. —l see that the Council have chosen
two gentlemen to prepare and report anew set of Or
dinances. Allow me to call their special attention to
the importance of nn entirely new arrangement in re
gard to the Market. The present Ordinance operates
entirely in favor ofa few favored persons, men of wealth,
I warding-house and Hotel keepers, to the injury and op
pression ot those in moderate circumstances, and espe
i cially the poorer working classes.
It is nn easy master lor men of means, to secure, by
contract, all the choice meats and other provisions, at
! low prices. The poor man whose hours are all eniploy
j ed, has neither the opportunity nor the funds to make
j such purchases, and when he is lucky enough to find
any thing in the Market House, (winch is seldom the
case) he is compelled to pay an extra price, for an infe
rior article. Ihe fact is it would be be better to have no
Market, tlmn to have one as badly arranged as ours is
at present. I need not suggest to the gentlemen selected
to compile the Ordinances, nor the City Council, iny
particular provisions, ns they are doubtless familiar with
the Market regulations of other Cities, and can select
those portions of them, best adapted to the circumstan
ces ot our people. 1 trust that a matter which so deep
ly interests the entire population, may be taken hold cf
with energy and determination by the authorities, his
just as easy to have a good Market as a mean one. A
little firmness is all that is required. Let us have a lair
equitable Ordinance, properly enforced by the Marshal
and his Assistants, and in lessthffn twelve months, (he
cost of living will be reduced, at least one third below
what it now is CITIZEN.
St MM \ RY.
U“ ,s were an invention of the 15th century.—
‘l’lie hat which Charles the Y’lll wore on his public en
try into Rouen, in 1112, is one of the first noticed in his
tory.
t. 5?“ England’s war debt is nearly HOO million pounds
> terling! Her former wars now cost tbepeople nearly
thirty inillonaannually,besides the current cost of the
army and navy.
There are two things which ought to teach us
to think but meanly of human glory—the very best
have had their calumniators, the very worst their pene
gyrista.
£ The imports of Coton into Boston in 1H47
reached 127,824 bales. In 1816 the imports were 191,-
764 bales.
£ ’ The Wing Convention, at Columbus, have now
muted Seabury Ford, Esq., for Governor of the State
of Ohio.
t3TT he New York Tribune, says: “John iacob
.IsToR, who ha* been dangerously ill for tow tune
past, we leum with pleasure is now convalescent.
£ jr/° Dr. Troost, the geologist of Tennetse, has dis
covered, in Sumner county, a large and valuable depo
j site of the purest gruiiular silicioui rock, fit for the
manufacture of the finest kind of glass. He tecom
! mends the establishment of a glass manufactory in Ten
nessee.
t The New York Express suya: “Private letter#
! from Washington state that the new eighteen million
I loan proposed in Congress, is to be a six per cent, stock
and not to be sold l>elow par, wilh no permwenm to -
! sue Treasury notes.”
£sT The celebrated Dr. Br&ndrelh is one of the
members of the New York Democratic Central Com
mute. Os course ull their candidates are bound to go
tiitough by daylight.
aMud has 246 bones: the head and face 63, the
| trunk 32, the arms 61, und the lower extremities 60.--
! There are in man 201 muscles or pairs of muscles.
£■ fT’ During the lust year, M.tsmchuis‘tls has sup
ported 18,717 paupers, ut llw expense of $347,411.
£ The existing military und nuvul foreo of Gn*i
| Bntuiu cost* **>,ooo,ooo per year.
ur Uncle Hum’s property in Washington Mity *
valued ut 12,331,180.
fc. */” The whole nuinlrcr of failures in Qnd Bttain
from August 1. 1817, to January 1. 1818,1 wm mouth*,
is about JMI, for bayond twenty-Jour miUw’i*af
tier ting.
I A Isu kclor m Detroit having advertised k •
wile to share his lot, an “anxmue enquirer” Us •‘ii'-iM’d
information as to tin sixcof h mdlut
y /’ The expense# <>i New York tor the current y ftr
are e iimutei at ul,Ul-g,;k7. For UMd.ai
•'die has a debt ol f,Ub,l*.MI. Auiouni ot lb*
and county taxes, *3/5
at llw W hig Delegates lo the Nutiunai C’onven
lion from lowa, have leeii instiucted to eipres* u l ,re *
none* lo* Gui. Tsyloi ns the Whig omidnJai* fur *!•
FiWidoncy.
ttib* J'lene .So ulr (Democrat) has been cliosra l
Mena tor from the Mtuieni LouiHanua, lor lixycaiW l
the 4th of March next.
* J‘\ New Vork latter says that Charlotte and
t min nan, turn Faimy Kemble liutirr are couxil^*'^
< aumry topiuy uu engag uism iu New Yu*k
t tT Ihe Governor of Alubuma lias vetoed tb* BiH
chartering tlir Mobile und Ohio Railroad Company
t j& j tip lo (lie 10th mst. between duity and ‘thirty*
live thousand bog* hud been siniq;ku ied st
wenty-fiv# thousand of them we* di tveu traai lUft#**