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INAL & MESSENGER.
. .-. ;i V i'.M V\ XX. HOSE, Editor*.
: >r I'VbriMry Gardening.
v .ii ivo a little better garden 11lia year
. ii. ~1 In-iorc. or plow
,.< /■ iii.m.ti uud apply well
la • v.1.i.-i, should bo thoroughly
>.... .i .vhh tho Koil. If your garden is
..(■., or naturally too wet, be sure to
ui .1. no i;. It may need a little clay or n
g and according to circumstances.
. atom of /('(■ will hardly fail of do
ing mu.’ll rood.
.. o. ,o kill all insects and their larva)
a ; i, appear in spring. Makecliildren
, . ~ i, in on shrubs plants and fruit
;i . j .1 -i.oy the parent breeders early in
. Remember that if you were to
ho i Ir, i .iii.l sweet potatoes to ashes, the
hr . wi.i i .tain about 31* per cent, of pure
j’.oie the iiint. and mix w >od ashes
~i m which a hill of tubers are
. jw, not forgetting the manure,
■j .. a very nutritious healthy vege
t . . . we think, (perhaps erroneously)
rn „ ..i- .1 i.i tills climate from the seed.il’
S . ~ y good land, and thirty tended.
1 .1. .vi fre the rows Ijor I8 inches
.ae earth firmly over the seeds,
v.” aon ibe covered not over on inch deed.
own many aid plant after this
I'm i e a long bo ml (plank) with a
i id phi e it lengthwise with the
bt ii. , - edge will be where you design
to , ... I row oi onions. With a large
T- . it bandle. mark the earth, fbllow
i edge an i ich or so deep. Into
i . >i . ti, while standingon the board,
a. ■ on. i.i two or three inches in the
i V t row is dropped, cover with the
h i . . ■; the i attli ou r the seed with
i . , of (lie board. With one to
and. l mother t > cover it, a couple of
b • u soon plant ground enough to
\ ...... o good onions. Kvery body
k:i how to putout the sets or bulbs ol this
pla it.
< be . md raise li,- own I,act, carrot and
r- • ; esoeeiuily h he wishes t.> grow
... 4 le vegetables.
. iking one year
w, . , ..an... o jUJ ousocls ol carrots
or - .he grow ion a five acre field. —
1 :. very cheap food for man or j
b.-.- peeially for making cows give
rn. v. mow from experience. Drill
tl. in in rows of from two to three feet apart.
S a. land is rich, deep-plowed. (15 j
in ‘. a ) and finely pulverized. This
ii ail ore, where they are to be plowed ]
on ,ii : or hoist-.
; , w sale bean is an excellent crop to
pi | i. in.id tor wheat. Several triale, under j
have prevail the beau equal to
r ~ i ro iavator of the soil, (your oow
. .; Why cun you not grow white |
fir m-:. .c and make money by toe i
, . .1 uu hern w.th a drilling machine,’
. gnodoae. Yry and raise ui
. . and be sure to save jrour seed.
woman boru may have vTiiat they
...'j g os peas will grow and may be j
• 1 ‘ ...
- . ._ asparagus bed. and give it a top |
e4U.1l to a bait’ gallon to a j
;r,iu and with some well-rotted
1 . , eda it. Daa’l torgetcabbages,
, any otoer garden vegetable
tv . .. • planted this month.
enlarge your fruiteries, by pro
c ieties, 1 ew •otoßs, or buds. —
1 .1, \ in.. .is how to graft and bud. how to
1 :.i 1 gra,‘c vices and raspberries. |
T 1 uiiiid know hotv to propugnlc
r; : .yers how they should be trirn
m to stakes. Perhaps you all
e present we will skip over a
<• at might be caid about growing
si. iduekbt rries gooseberries cur
ra *. ~ i , oilier small garden fruits.
. these thing* is quite too much
rj . iri o. m > > y-getting
~. ... ,: is . .1 v. neat, elovei.
h A ttu South, it is hug.
h a..d mouey. \lnn yis the end
..uu.--. Suppose we so improve
o ~ui .1. ‘gricultur. and horticulture, as
to; v. v ’ mie li money we now do,
an lanes more ol all the comforts
o’ ■!., j refined civilization"? Ladies,
I* . . vote on tins question. .Sustain
lie ...ii .1 roa in Its etibrts to render your
h ; .lereeable and attractive by the
m u fi-iwers that adqrn your garden
;n ( ,. 1 ynirr dwellinijs by the abun
tln• ins fruit which you can place
oily u >! -• 1 very day in the year, and by
\vi n “f the heart of man those wild
n which yi Id nothing but bitter
ns n. Trie culture of tlowers. fruits
ge. , ,1 ales, surubbery and loresl trees
in 1 . e . lead to ttie cu .ure of tlieintei
l> e o li . Huai oi society needs ini
pn, less than gardens, winch arc
tb e i with weeds, and plantations
wl . .haunted fields, dilapidated len
Ce ui a.i.mings. and desolation slumped
u, / /or .!• ’ ll is a word ol
gr, ir -. ii w0.i... relieve us mucli
to k . .. .a our fricaUs in au ctVort to ex
cite , a 1. love of unprovemetit among
tin ; u -of planters and farmers, li
will a rour purpose to reach one man
in ~ii 1 half a dozen States. Our
fne “ la . rip. or very little good can be
do . o-rve our tiiuuk* for assisting
wito ,r , aid influence. Others should
do 1 . —Suit h'-rn CiUliratur.
v illiitu toll
ly >st o tiii inodes now in use. the beet
bn to.. much impregnated with salt, anil
is not ns n consequent!*! so fine furcating. IS\
the ! ;ni ig process thisdilli. uliy is prevent
ed. a 1 ilii- !. el'will keep till the lollowing
i> o ..j t u >. <er. add 3 lbs. us
l ■ i . ,; u ii... ►..<*. 4 ox. of ni
.. en ‘u . .nr i • 0.U..4 1 i qu.irn rs oi beef. It
Inis ‘i i. itedly tried and found very tine ;
a in . in ■ a if cuter says it is the only good
way.— Sotti.'t ‘ U CullirtUur.
;. •■limit on the Itriuht Track.
Mb. .! ‘.e lur.R. a planter of Coluinbiu
cou i. G•. i oiuniunicated to us, verbally,
the..’ .-.m l interesting tacts.
Kir., i his plantation Mbadly worn un
der t.e lid y -tem of cropping or planting a
ione.
H • is . i ant by manuring, subsoiling nnd
row.- ihn e feet apart, and al
fin, ’)• .Ulk a space of 18 inches in the
ro.s a.i wii the past s usoiiMi bushels
oi ,- oi an acre and 79 buoliels the
y ar i.More oil tile same ground.
Hi .ills all ms butter in Augusta
. •e- -a |iand. and finds that by keeping
sr, a.id cooking thesr toou.be get*
t , ue .mu ll tutlk and butter a* lie Ibrraarly
dm. Ue, ,y Iroin our own expcrieuce, tliat
one b o’ m ■ mil., we* pay ail (lie expci.se,
>i. u.g lieu a lelpmtilol iHi p-r cent., whilst
ti.e an ii! on, rovcincul oi lets neat stork, by
tlieir si: i. i. ~ . p will, should lie have 50
cow ,i into a handsome awn.-— Houthtru
( V Uutli.Jt.
\\ i a his and ileasures.
As all lam ‘icsare not provided with scales
on) w> iiti-, i ierriMg to ingredients in general
use bv i very housewife. Ur. llruwuc gives
the liillowi ig ‘..-t:
W K.IIT AM) MEASURE.
Whent flo i. 1 |niuiid is ] quart,
1 Han meal. 1 pound if o*. is 1 quart,
. .. - od 1 pound I ox. is 1 quart,
. •- l 1 [ • . . . i quart,
ruoti powdered 1 |nmd 1 oz is I
quirt.
1! brown sugar. 1 jiound i ounce* is 1
qu i, t
Ei ■ • aver •. size, 10 eggs we 1 pound.
I.lul 111 NtAStmi.
Sixteen lar qe table .|.oiil'ull arc 1-2 a pint
li. ;lit lab pisiiiiulle are 1 gill,
Euur lar, t.,hb -s|hk.ii!u!!s arc 1- in gill,
A romthou i/i 1 tumbler bold- 13a pint,
common sized nine gla. b liuMh I*2 a gill
MACON, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY, FEU. 9. 1846.
POK PRESIDENT,
GEN. ZACHAFIY TAYLOR.
Court i nUudor.
In another column will be found a copy of the
new Court Calender lor 1848 &, ’49, revised and correct
ed for the Southern Recorder. It will be seen that but
few changes have been made and they generally for the
purpose of giving increased time for the transaction of
business in those counties where it has largely
accumulated.
The Yankee in a shower Hath.
On the first page of our paper to day will be found
an amusing article under ibis title copied from the“Bpir
it of the Times.” It is published specially lor the en
tertainment of our bachelor friends who enjoy n good
jniigh. It is not presiiineabje therefore that the ladies
would think of such a thing as t iding it.
So Telegraph Yet,
The Telegraph north ol Chart- stun was u* have been
put into operation on Saturday last but the Courier says
Providential causes prevented. The delay will only be
lor two or three days. The wire to Augusta from
Charleston is distributed and that to be used between
this city and Savannah is j rcbnbly in the latter city as it
has been due there for several days.
’The Merchants Magazine.
Some person has either borrowed or taken without
leave from th e Journal Messenger office the copies of
Hum’s Merchants Magazine for the months of Novem
ber and December 18-17. These numbers belong to a
complete set of the work which we wish to have bound
and canllot lie replac'd without much trouble’ The
person or persons having them will please return them
immediately.
Tine Musical Instruments.
Those who love the “harmony of sweet sounds’* are
respectfully referred to the advertisement of Messrs.
Bruno {*s Virgin*, who have in their store, and offer
for sale, a very laige and judiciously selected assort
ment oi Musical Instruments, embracing almost every
variety that can be named from Nun’s & Clarke's best
Eoiinn Attachments dow to the huiultle “Fife and
Kettle-drum.’ They nre offered at prices to suit th<*
times.
NEW HOOKS.
We have received from the Messrs. Harpers, copies
of Jam Eyre , an autobiography, and The ImsX of the
Fairies, by G. P. R. James, being Nos. 109 and 110 of
the “ Library ol select Novels.” They maybe found
ut Mr. Boardmans.
Hon. Henry Lamar.
A compliments* y correspondence between this gen
tlemtii and certain members of the Bar, and citizens of
Macon, will appear in our next. Mr. La.var being
about to remove from this City to Athens, it was deem
ed but right one j loper, th; * his leliow c ti/.tiis, t -ost
who knew him best, and whose associations with him
had been of the most intimate and confidential charac
ter, should give expression to the estimation in which
they held bun as a gentleman and Citizen. The com
pliment was well timed, and our only regret is that Col.
Lamar's engagements, did sot allow him to accept o*
the public entertainment offered. In leaving our City,
Col. Lamar carries with him the esteem and kind re
gardsof u large circle ol friends of all parties and pro
iefisioii®—men who love him for his generous, social
qualities, lot hi* fin- intelligence and ucighbuily depuu
uifiit, through a residence ol many years in the City of
Macon.
Heath ol Hr. Myron Haiti* It.
It becomes our painful duty to announce the death,in
fnis city, on yesterday morning,of Doctor Miron
Bartlett, tho former Proprietor and Editor of tins pa
per. Hr. Bartlett wi iin hissoth year. He was a native
of Concord, New-H.impshire, but has been a citizen of
Georgia for the last twenty-five years, For nearly twen
ty years of this time, he was connected with the news
paper press of this Slate, firsi in Savannah, and after
wards in this town. The sterling integrity and merit of
his character obta ned for him in this situation, the res
pect and esteem of the good ol ail parties. His talents
were ol the happiest, fr cause of the most practical
and usrlul kind. Never attempting to dazzle others,
his mind was too well balanced to be shaken itself. Jt
was of that description, which throw ing aside the soph
istriesof mere eloquence, turns to the nobler powers o!
argument and reason. But the writer of this brief tribute
to Ins memory desires to bring no powers of fancy to his
aid. He comes to bury Caesar, not to praise him.”—
Doctor Bartlett was mortal,and therefore not perfect;
he had his faults, and who has nor t Bui surely as ma
ny of the uirtuesandas tew of the lollies and errors ol
hie as usually fall to the lot of man, centered in his
heart, the leaven ol humanity that was mingled with
his nature wc may kindly forget and forgive, while
we hope that the “ recording angel of Heaven will drop
a tear over his taults and blot them out forever.”
7etrgrnph of yesterday.
Apnlachicola ottou Mstrket.
Tire total receipts fur the Season,to ihe ‘27th ult., a
mounted only to 17,1165, against 49,748, bales during the
same time last year. As the Chattahoochee River, is
now in good boating order, we presume that the stock
in ilnsgulf port will be very rapidly increased.
The Allnnta unit l.a<Grange Bail Bond.
An adjourned meeting of the persons interested if:
the above work will be held ai Newnan, Coweta coun
ty on the 22nd inst , when the officers of the late meet
ing held at Cormth, Heard county, are expected to re
port the result ot then conference with the Presidents of
the Georgia Rail Road, the South Carolina Rail Road,
Macon and Western Rail Road, and Montgomery and
West Point Rail Road, in regard to their willingness to
aid in the enterprise. What encouragement wdlse
given we know not, but presume that it any road i*
Guilt across the State to West Point, it will he the one
from Griffin to that place, which wns authorized in
the old charter of the Monroe KailßocJ Company,and
which was revived by the last Legislature to the Macon
and Western Company. However it is much easier to
construct Rail Roads on paper than on terra firma , as
all parties will find before they ate through with one
hull the enterprises now projected.
Not*o u*.litir Either.
The Editor ot me Atlanta Mwellany think* we act
ed with unlairiieHj heemue we copied a paragraph from ■
a Washington piqier, staling thal“ Mr. CMay in not nnd
will not be a candidate for the presidency.” If he had
scrutinized the name paper from which the nlove is ta
ken he would have found another paragraph stating
that Mr Clay’s claim* would be prettied. We ate not
in il* lubit ofexcluding or publishing items of news be
cause they either conflict with or ronlorm to our own I
notions. They are ulwtys given for just what they nre i
worth. We ate greatly mistaken however, if the par- 1
agmph In question is not found to be true in fact, for
even Mr. Greely, eof the most ardent supporters of
Mr. Clay, plainly intimates that he is not a candidate
and that he would so declare himself but for his friends.
Our most recent advices from Washington,justify near
ly the sume conclusion. Mr. Clay will never consent,
or we are greatly misinformed, even to go into conven
tion, while conscious that his claims w ill be resisted by
a respectable minority of the wing puily. That seven
tenthsof the party ni the South are apposed to his can
didacy must he apparent to any one who is at all con
versant withtlr popular feeling and il Mr. C!uy . friends
Would deal faiily with him, they would so mtoi.ii him.
Gcii. Scott’s Recitll*
The Philadelphia North American has the follow ing
w lueh may be regarded as at least a partial explanation
of the recall of gen Soott. The correspondent says, it
is an extract from a letter of the general in regard to
the order of Mr Folk touching the new mode oflevy
ingcontributions proposed by the l) partutent The
general is reported to have said :
‘* And In respect to other internal sources of ordinary
revenue, I suppose they eaimot h - made available to
wards the support ol the army ; except by the occupation
of (lie State capitals, and through the State audio (ties
To collect such revenue directly, and by means ol a
gents of our own, l Mexican or American,) would re
(pure a host of civil employees, involving much extor
tion, wasu* and corrupt* :i The superintendence of
iturh a lytlem would be extremely repugnant to my
habits Slid ire hugs.”
•’ In oilier words,” continue this correspondent,
“Gen. Scott Intimates that be is not disposed to under
take the dirty wink of the administration. A/i %y not
thu U in pari a Ary to the recent proceeding • T*
The Autihtn nml Wav newborn ll.uilrtmil.
We learn by the Savannah drain an, ib it tlu* Uxiks
ol inf the Augusta nnd Wayne4ofo Kail
toad wtU be opened on the 15th mat at M aynesburo
ftrsigimtion of Kemttoi C olquitt.
The Federal Union nnnotmees that Mr. Colip inr
has resigned his g*at in the United States Sen ite and
wc learn fioin other sources, that the place has been,or
will be oil red to HrjisciislV. Johnson of Coo ;-killing
memory. A portion ofthc|wriy, we understand, had
strong preferences for tin* Hon. Charles J. McDonald
and it in said tliut a recommendation in his favour, we
signed by a large majority of the Democratic members
of the last Legislature. Wo Kdow not whether the
above rumour is true, hut infer that there must be “some
thing in it” from the fact that the half sin there J cur
ies of some of the friends of the disappointed, have oc
casionally been heard even in public places. It is how
ever a family quarrel with which strangers have no right
to intermeddle. •
Heath of the Hon. John \\ . Jones.
The Richmond Whig, in announcing the death of
lire Hon. Joun Winston Junes ol V a , late sjjeaker ol
the IJ. S. House of Representatives says:
“ It was our fate to differ very widely horn Mr Jones
in political sentiment; but we were not insensible t<>
h .- private worth, and we cheerfully hear testimony to
the courtesy which he always exhibited towards his op
ponents Him death, which was not altogether unex
pected, will be deeply regreted by a very extensive cir
cle of friends. ”
Na'hvile Hail Bond.
Wc are informed that the Bill loaning the Bonds of
the State of Tennessee to the Nashville and Chattanoo
a Company has passed both branches of the State LcgJ
islaturc of that State. The company was organ
ized at Nashville on the2sth ult. and th following gen
tleman chosen Directors, viz : V K Stevenson, Jno. M
Bass, A Allison, Edwin H. Ewing, Francis B. Fogg,
A. () P. Nicholson, R. 1. Moore, J.J Gill, Jeremiah
Cleaveland, Levi Wade, J. C. Moore, Jno. Eakin, \V.
S. Wat tenon, Peter S Dechard, Jas A. Whiteside.
V. K. Stevenson Esq. was unanimously chosen Pi s
ident of the Company—Ex-Governor Jones having de
cline*! the apninttuent in u letter in which he takes oc
(>(.-< asion to remark that his only ol ~rtin ttuvcramg tl.*
the State was to organize the Company and having ac
complished that purpose he desired to l tire to private,
life. The road will now be built.
The Muscogee Bail Hoad.
The CityCouucil ol Columbus, hove subscribed hr
1,500 shares (150,000 dollars) of tin capital stock of the
Muscogee Rail Road, and agreed to pay quarterly du
ring the years 1848 and ’49 . the sum of $7,500. Should
the Company require more than the above sum in the,
time specified it agrees lo take the Bonds of the city
bearing seven per cent, at par value payable at such
times as may be ngieed upon.
This subscription is mac e on condition that the en
tire road shall be put under’contract and completed as
nearly as practicable at the same time, and that the
money in question be expended on the west half of said
road. The road to take city scrip in sums not exceed
ing twenty dollars for freight or passage at par.
Annexation ol New Mexico.
In the House of Representatives on the 31st ult. Mr.
Ti rner oflndiantia offered a series of joint resolutions !
proposing the formal annexation to the United States!
of New Mexico, Upper and Lower California. Anoth
er resolution was off red by Mr. Meade declaring it in- 1
expedient to annex the trAo/eofM* xico expressing th
opinion that the iim proposed by Mr. ‘Frist would Ik* i
satisfactory—in other worth that one half of Mexico
would at present sitisfy our Anglo-Saxon longings’
after land. Both Resolutions were of course laid over;
and wiil doubtless be made the basis of a protracted
debate. {
Mr. Clay and Father Iticliie.
One of the most significant signs ol the times i*. that’
the Editor of the Washington Union and sundry of his;
Locofoco coadjutors arc speaking in “ honied terms” of |
Mr. Clay—some ol them even go so iar ns to couple
their praises with the expression of a hope that he may
be the Whig nominee ? Why this sudden change of
tune ? If these men supposed Mr. Clay could be elected
would they be likely to urge lus claims? Far from it.
They knew full well tbat,howev r devoted the friends
ol Mr. Clay may b they have not the strength to make
hin.F resident.
A Word to the Taylor Men.
The friends of Gen. Taylor in Georgia ought not to
l'ely too implicitly upon their kuown superiority of num
bers. It is not to be concealed that there are Whigs in
the Slat'*, and some of th; m hnrli in authority, who-*
personal friendship for, aad devotion to Mr. Clay, may i
induce them to attempt to thwart the wishes of the peo
ple proper. These men though few in number, have
power, and may attempt louse it tor the purpose of!
sending a Clay delegation to a National Convention. !
The only way to prevent this and to secure an expres
sion ol the real feelings of the people is through prima
ry meetings, where delegates may be appointed with at
least qualified instructions. The more we reflect upon
the matter the more thoroughly are we convinced that ‘
the true policy ot the Taylor men of Georgia is, to send
representatives to a National Convention with authority
to act according to circumstances. For this purpose the
ablest and best men of the State should lie designated—
men fresh from the people—such men as Crawford, and
Dougherty, and Miller, and men of like character and
prudence. In the hands ot such men, the destinies of
the countiy and the Whig party could be safely enLlist
ed. Any course w hich they might adopt, would lie cor
dially approved by the people at large, because they fully
possess the confidence of all parties, and are men oft vied
integrity and approved judgment. These hints are has.
tily thrown out for reflection, among the friends of Gen.
Taylor. Should the course here suggested, or some
similar one Ik* adopted, we leel confident, that it would
result in the harmonious and triumphant action of the
Taylor men not only in Georgia, but in the Union.
The proposed National Convention.
In our last we suggested that the whigs of Georgia
should in their primary meetings timing the approach
ing Spring Courts, express their opinion in regard to 1
the policy of sending Delegates to a National Con-j
v intion. The propriety of that suggestion is confirmed :
by the timely developments of our able and intelligent l
Washington correspondent, whose letter will be tound !
in another column. The question is not who is the !
tavorite candidate of the people of Georgia ? That
Inn already twice been formally and authoritatively j
settled. In the July convention, last year and in obe
dience to the declared wishes of the p ople in at least
seven-tenths ol the Counties, Gen. Taylox was unan
imously nominated. With that nomination we went ‘
j into the election, ami a majority ot whig? were return- ,
ed to each branch of the State Legislature. Tnat body j
again,“ireah from the people,*’ assembled in Conven
tion in Milledgeville and unanimously reiterated the j
nomination.
To contend under such circumstances that the wishes
of the wings of Georgia, have not been iinrly and fully
expressed* exhibits a degree of pertinacity of which we ,
cannot suspect any true and genuine wing who recog
j nixes the right of the majority to control the action of the i
party. That question then has been settled; still it may •
I not be improper tor the people to reiterate their preier
. cnees at the sume time that they give utterance to their j
[views touching the propriety of a Nulionul Conven
tion.
The friend* of Gen. Taylor can do this in Georgia,
because they Bit* so clcurly ma majorny, tliat they can
ullord to lx* liberal towards those who may diller from
ihcm m regard to mere personal preferences It is true, j
they have run up the Taylor Hag and nailed it to the ‘
mast —it is true that they will not lie moved from their
purpose even by the power and induence of tneir ancient
and devoted attucUmcitt for Mr. Clay, still Utey can af
ford to act magnanimously and to sublet the question
to every reasonable test.
If then it is apparent that a majority of the friends ot
Gen. Taylor are an\ ous to go into into convention it {
remains to le decided by the people ot the state wbelh- I
er they will send deb gates to such convention with
even limited powers for purposes of couterence, uud |
consultation. This is a question which no pre sor uo I
individual can or ought to piesuine to decide. It is one !
which properly belongs to tla; people in their sovreign
capacity und wlucii we think they might to determine^ 1
for themselves, ft h with them to say whether they }
will abjure nn National Convention* or regsnl them i
under exisuug cironuisumcos.as n -caasury evils, us the
only ready mean** o( ascertaining und cencentrating tlie
National s- ntiui *nt on an imp ntant question.
In regard to til* success ol Get). Taylor belore such
a body, w hive but htti” I übt Notbuig can defi'n \
Inin but fraud or corlMption, and in that event the action
of the body would nt Is- binding upon its nieinliers.—
(ien. Taylor is emphatically tiw* man of tin* people.—
lie is no trimmer—no trick-ter—he bus sworn by no
need except that winch pledges him to pres, rve the
•iisiitutioti m its pmity, to administer the iuwn faithful
iy and preside impartinlly over the destinies of the na
tion Hueli a chief magistrut* was never mote needed
tha st present— and such a chief magistrate, or we aie
greatly mistaken, tits fwople ate determined to have.
Colonel UeddLu ‘S LeiJ^r*
\ . ‘Ml*
renduis to the yen’ rkar, c•: it n'i I M ‘A 1 lofofy letter
of Cak Andtrsoif. Redding <>• <"’■ sn ‘'-t “1 man
ufactories. If nn?nVf/ii b*-‘ c >:iv • *y in'-’.so. ,rgu
menthis letter m.iM c'Jfnii .y ; ii **. decided mfii
ence upon the umals ‘•'!>•! Cui it. is a stock
holder in the Milledgev f<ctory and of c *ur-osp iks
understandmgly imi aufri to p k from m;tu
alr.-nljpithat. Hi and. > ‘ VvViv-1 •t. u I
his general reputot!<>. o n w k.iown cnaructo: io;
accuracy in regard to matters of tins kind. All who
are acquainted with his a’m- rnanagemem of the Pen
itentiary during the hm four irmet I* in - ned
that no man in the < it'* prepared to give ac
curate and reliable hlnmnrimi on the Hub- • u of whir U
h-npeaks. .Wc are n; h* l .-- 1 > learn tint th • Cos! noi
is teady to“prove hi-l-'Dih i y luwwoiks and tlut, under
the urgent .*>•'-c fiti • I• ) n ‘four citizen**, he Iris de
clared his willing: ; to enfe into th* m < vifuctu: ing
bu. iru’as in Jed he can bejirt, y sustain
ed by Oar capitalists Ne -d \ • lid f a .-.nine word in
order to ii luce those lmvmg tin m uns to embark them
at once in such an enterprise .’ Fhe -m i.Diini; it of
iiianuinclories and the inllu nee ol the practiral, busi
ness capacities ol j-i.-h u citizen ns Cos . ii. d.nn upon
the value of property in Macon and ttpon rair in !u. tiiul
prosperity generally, nr not easily caicu;:.t*-.i ‘l’he
great difficulty which ins hitherto pren-n.t I capital.fts
from embarking th ir means in uiauutbctures, has been
the want of a practical, tmsi i,■. mail, of known and
tried integrity to take the gn?rai ip dt-muc • of
the affairs of su li a comp iy. Tiiis i\a. :i no long er
exists, for we have the most positive ns-umiic s that it
will be the fault of our citizens alone, if the b- rvices o 1
Col. Redding are n>t see n I.
Every thing seems to favor the rapid upbuilding of
our city. Our trade, o lbo i e- nre \i! dy on the
increase, populat ion is oopcc ;itrati*ig iu: • .Vosn abroad,
our central posit ion and out improvements-,i oth existing
and pi",, cted, nil tend to make Macon the first ininnd
city in rlie South Atlantic Slates. To • place isincreas’
ingand *vill rapidly iucrease but it cannot, it will not
retain its population unk; - the capital au ndy hetc mid
lobe brought hither is employed in manufactures. Uir
less this court* * is pursued nnJ that with eii'-rgy , our
prosjierpy will be a mere “day dream” ; we will contin
ue subject -to the fluctuations of trade, to the influ
ences of long or short ct p- of cotton,and our progress wilj
have a limit, if indeed we Jo not retrograde. Colum
hus and Akguia both, •• •-• i’i -I. r r *•’ us in il.i-i pur
ttcul.tr, and are alrectiy begining lucx.no.t evidences
of their wisdom in the revival of prosp lily nnong
their |>eoplc. Let Macon look to her true interests in
time and lake the “tide upon its Hood.”
Ei.: a* >LIE 1 ( T Os 1U E, I
Harris! maty, Jan,, ry IS, 1818. >
Dear 18m: In answer to your letter, received at
Milledgeviile lust w ,-k , I u tut < and a note, prom
ising to write more m dei:*il in a few days. My do
iD'#. •• aflairs have mi -i and >o nHUeiinl y duung my üb
scuicc, as to require my pcifenal attentiou, lor a few
days at least, until 1 ran n, l them pioperly arranged.
1 propose in this communication, to anticipate a lew of
the enquiries which I shall presum.to form some of
the preliminaries to the toiinaiion oi ;t c _*ij ;my tor man
ufacturing purposes.
First then, how docs steam compare with waterpow
er ?
\\ t; w ill supp,;c that a company wishes to employ
4,000 spindles and 80 looms and appurtenances. It will
require pile engine of 55, say 6J horse pow er, \\ hich will
cost laid flown at .M cn, including every thin $4,500.
J’his we Will b- tin* sain, outlay that would
have to be made fora Waterpriv;: g. wiiTi dam,"dooms,
wnter-wlweU, and every thing ready i > ap
ply the belt to the machinery, i lu re remark th.it 1
know of no water piivik * *, which can be bought and
prepared tlms iar, lor any such sum. You wiil imder
stand I do not buddings and machinery in either
of these cases; I am only c n sideling the motive pow
er, and what belongs pi operiy to it.
A good steam engii •* will urn - ly, us w ith very lit
tle cost for repairs, for it sh ,dd be renv inhered, that it
has less wearing machinery tiian any other motive pow
er in use, and that it is cinstructed ol i.iuie d.uubl:
materials. Wat i-whoe>, }>. u i *eks. and ilooms will
not average in this climate more than five years with
out anew fit.
Steam engines are not liable to damage from high
waters or sudden floods, i- tli.-y are not necessarily
coupled with much w’ i • am mybe p c i*
healtiiy location free irom niiazran. and also where no
small amount may be saved in refei nee to freight
from an 1 to the mill—exp -uses <t ug oi- may likewise
be saved m the sale of R>ods. by locating the mill nea:
the market. The supplies or the ( jje’ai.ves may be
obtained at less cost when they op-mate near to them,
and w hatever is saved to the operatives in this way, re
duces in like proportion the price ol their wages, and in
creases the facilities cii < }nieg labor.
But it is not to be forgotten, that this engine will cost
you for wood—say2i cords hard pine wool , r day,
for 300 days in the year, at $2 per cord delivered—
about $1,500 per annum, and 100 ndlnrstor im Engi
neer—say $2,000 for wood and Engineer. You risk
now’, how you will cover this exp'ns. : I answer, that
if the foregoing considerations fnil to make it up, ft wdi
be fully and more than c* \ red by the following item.
Tlie water mi Is in thi Mate, average annually ;i
loss of CO working day m cli ve \r, on account of low
water, high water, and wuter work repaiis: whereas in
steam power, five days per aimum will cover th** entire
loss. Then we have Jijly-Jioe days in favor of steam,
which will amount m ;>5.000 at least, but it it amount
to only $2,000, it would cc\er tie- cost ol wood, engin
eer, Sic. and leave a handsome advnmap. in its favor.
What will sucli a mill as the above perform ?
It|will spin 4 lb. yarn per spindle per day the year
round—it will weave MHK) yardsoznaburgHp>.-r diy and
consume 2,000 lbs. cotton, including 8 per cent waste.
Then we have the f0110w.., , per diem expenses,
2 ICO lba. cotton fa) 7 c< tits, slsl 29
120 hands (a) 30 cts per day, 36 00
l Agent $l 5.) apd 1 Superint .id’t $1 50 9 CO
3 Overseers and 1 Enguieer, $1 50 each, 6 00
Oil and Wood $3 si>, contingencies $1 50 700
r lY>tal expenses per day, $209 20
Now from th<> ■ 2,1601b5. can be made
I 4,oooyds. oznaburgs, weight • lb. per
yard, and worth at 8 eeiii- per yard $320 00
Th> j leaves a net profit per day of 110 80
Auo.ig iOO w* ■. Jay pe. jr.
and we have uu annual earning of, $33,210 00
Lew insurance on S3OJXX) (all you
cun get,) 900 00
Total earnings per year $32,340 00
This on u capital *■!'$100,000, an amount quite suffi
cient for such u nil.i ui have and cub i, would, 1 think,
be sufficient to satisfy your cnpin.hu:.-, und y t I have
put down the hands und supcrititeiidunce high und the
goo.ls low.
Permit me to vary this calculation a little. Let ua
empl- y these bO , uni* in weaving 40 inch aiicetinga in
stead ol oxnnburgs and find the u -ult. Each loom
would w ave 35 yards per day or U, *UO, wight
yards per lb., equal to lOIH lbs. leaving from tho
lbs., IKK) lbs. per day to be nu.de into o/uabiirgsor yarn.
Then the account would si.md tliu..
•J.-vuo yardsslieetmgs w ‘J eeins, xiJji 00
1,800 yardsoz’i ia> 4 cents, or
0(H) ibs. yarn (a) Id cents, lit 00
T -nti daily qeruinfc** oo
This gives a difliTcnoe in favor of fine g.
per day.
If this ‘J,OOOII*. of yarn could Ik* • rid hi Isl cell's per
Ib. or 8’ cents per bufi. li l 5 lb*, it would come to
the same ns oznaburg4, ■ *o 00
1 linn l mast not go kudu r *... > Jet;.i. mi this sub
ject. as my letter will ,v died to nn undue lengllt.
\N mil will thin n i . v..*‘i 1 1 - appmtena e -
This (pies 101 lI c uui ‘t (’ wvi with precissioii, as I
do not know exactly the vnue ii .Mu on of bid;,
lauin-r or wag *s. I think the build.eg prop, r, engine
house, picker house, und two woi and su< and iniget Ih’
built lor about —niac.i.uery i.k , n.lmg engine,
s4s,ooo—4ooperative.*lion- fors; Otach,
and one Superintc nidunt s nu.l on - h i** tor
mI OK) the two—ffe.ghte, *Ji) acres pine land, uud other
contingencies, sl3,4oo— aliout L a\ ug’f*o,-
000 n eipitnl to pUielt'iH’ Cotton, Sa.e.
It would be u*ei ss lor me to sjs*nii of the u lvautagi *
I that M icon |Kjssess< ovej uny oilier lo ’atio iin Geor
gia; you ail under l nn! tl, ’tertUu ildo.
1) > you uV* me w iiaf are toe Ciiauot * ol latime ill saeli
an enterprixx I
A dishonest or HI ‘ufupqhnit Ag nit or Maii iitct jrer*
Constitutes tile only chsoce ngauist you that present*
itself to my .tulfid. 4 Vfy cii .HAt h upon the op
erstKNw of thetmil, t Wtiow .ll he reli. .1 up >u Tlhjh
of tlie buihlhtd and m u Uhicry, cannot be fur wrong
yei they qte net sai l to I* accural v
1 h Milirdgevill. mill > ‘tu* s'*o,ooo, ,■ h!‘ 3.5 0
3 ( .i:i<Ji s, 33 looms, and a wool carder. The operators
•;ou- •), cost us SOOoach, 13 by JO feel, 14 stories high, ‘
i ( imi j-y in the middle, an I two five places. 1 should
ik a l caton one ot two miles from the city would be
ii * disadvantage.
1 am - opuiiou that 20 per cent, may be safely count- ‘
cd on for a .'erica of years,—but would prefer that the |
I'ompauy .should fix their eights at about 10 per cent, as
covering all fluctuations—if cotton is high, profit t are
small, ii cotton is us low ns 7 cents, they must be iutge.
i.. calculation tor large profits are in iavor of tine
j m.Js. as your work in much labor, and keep out the
n a. 1 think it you understand my mode of convey
ing my ideas, you have the data upon which you may
inuke any calculation you choose,
i K pectfully, your obed’t servant.
A. W. REDDING.
I’- James A. Ni>iet, Esq.
Judge 31cLean and the War.
The Hus. John Mi Lean of the Supreme Court, has
written the following Liter upon the Mexican war, to a
l.i i. lm Cm> innatti who has furnished it to the Ga
. . lor publication. It will be seen that the Judge
l:.k -very decided ground agaiust Mr. I’olk. As his
n ie has been m< ntioned in connection with the Prcs
t • .. y, and as he was an old friend and warm supporter c f
G n. views will be regarded as of suffic
ient interest to warrant thcii publication.
W ashing ton, Jan. 7th, 1348.
My Dear Sir : To all human appearance the termi
nauon ( l this miserable war with Mexico, i3 more re
hi ‘te than when the first blow wusstruck. In myjudg
inciii it was unnecessarily and unconstitutionally com
menced, by marching our army into disputed territory
in the possession of Mexico. And, 1 think, that Con
\ s who,umjncstiouably, have the power, should put
an end to the war on just and honorable principles.
A ;or agreeing upon the terms on whicli a treaty
i la •, they should call upon the Executive by
< lution io oiler a pence to Mexico upon that basis,
a ‘d ■ uriug the negotiation hostilities should be suspend
>d. if the President snail refuse to do this, in the mili
tary appropriation bills, the army sliouht be required to
take cell positions as shall carry out the views ol Con
gress. These bills the President could not veto, and he
would be bcund by their requirements. This may be
done by the House.
I liopo Congress will refuse to issue any more treasury
notes. The notes demanded, in addition to those al
r ady in circulation, would flood ihc country with that
description of paper Such an emission would consti
tute a government bank, controled and managed by a
party administration. We have now fifteen millions of
treasury notes in circulation, and authority to issue five
millions more. 1 would not increases!his circulation a
dollar, but reduce it as rapidly as possible. Such a sys
tem would be incomparably more dangerous m the pub
lic liberty .than any other system of banking that could
be devised.
To meet any deficiency of the revenue to pay the
currmt expenses of the war, 1 would authorise loans at
par,paying not more than six per cent, interest, and if
loans cannot he made at this rate, let the administration
n sort to a system of taxation, which shall cause* the peo
ple to fee 1 the expense of the war. All wars should be
arc n i allied by a system of direct, and internal taxa
ti"ii Nothing short of this can show, in addition to
th'-sacrifice ot life, what we pay for military glory.—
This was the policy in the better days of the repub
lic.
The late war with England was nobly sustained by
tli people, not only in ihc field but by the payment cf
lax. s. And they will sustain every just war, in which
our country shall Ik? involved. Put I risk nothing in
s tying that an attempt to adopt such a system of taxa
-1.. .it would w ind up tliie Mexican war hi OO days. And
tin-*-shows that the war should be put an end to. This
may be done by Congress in ninety days, and I pray
God that they may do it.
Very truly yours, John Mclean.
The Presidency—Mr* Clay.
The Richmond Whig, until recently, uncommitted on
tij.* subj ct of the Presidency, has assumed a distinct po
sition in favor of Gen. Taylor. The Editor thus inild
!> but frankly confesses his true reasons for assuming
this new attitude. If all the friends of Mr. Clay were
equally candid and honest in expressing their opinions
tb Whig Party would be a perfect unit upon the Pres,
idenual question in less than six weeks from the present
time. Ihe views of the Whig accord eo nearly with
our own, except in a single particular, that we bcgle? ve
t<> present them to our renders in place of what we had
Hill'd to say this wet k upon the same subject. The
Editor remarks:
“Our own admiration of Mr. Clay is not less arden*
and sincere now than it has been tor more than twenty
yt ais past ; but we believe that circumstances exist at
this time which inay deprive Mr. Clay of the votes of
sunn* S:ates which he received in 1844, and consequent
ly render his defeat at least probable. Not the least in
fluential of these circumstances is the fact, that both m
the Southern and Northern {Stan’s, but especially in the
former, many of Mr. Clay’s most zealous and enthusi
astic friends, believing that he would not again permit
his name to be used as a candidate for the Presidency
have irrevocably committed themselves to the support
ol Iren. Taylor. This is particularly true in Tennessee
and in lus own State. Kentucky,—the vote of the form
er of w hich he obtained by so small a majority in 1840,
that a much smaller defection than is likely to take
p.uee ,it he be the Whig i < minee, will deprive him of it
i.i 1848; while, notwithstanding his overwhelmingma
joriy in Kentucky at the former period, it is not impos
sible certainly, that he might lose even that State, now
Whether this loss could be made up by gains elsewhere
may well be doubted, notwithstanding the sanguine
terms in which his friends predict that event.
“ There is no man in the limits of this Union who
has a higher and admiration and love for Mr. Clay than
we. And when we are asked, therefore, why we do
I not urge h • nomination , to which we were averse even
before the culmination of Gen. Taylor’s star, our reply
is, not that we love him less, but that we love our couu
-1 try more. Indeed, ou very attachment to him impels
i us to desire that he may not, in his old age, be subjected
| to the mortification even of a possible defeat.”
The Vice Presidency*
The able correspondent of the North American
has the following lemarksand suggestions winch will no
doubt lie most cordially responded to. Abbot Law
klni t, is one oi the few Northern politicians whose
character seems to link the present to the past, and
remind us of the days of the Hancock* and Elder A
damses, the Jays and Patrick llenrys of the revolu
tion. He has ull the energy without any of the fa
naticism of New England, and would luuke a most
wormy officer. The writer in question says:
“ Among those gentlemen who lavor the nomination oj
Gen. Taylor lot the Presidency, as the best adapted to
the present situation of the country, there is a very con
siderable influence inclined to Mr Abbot Lawrence for
the s< coal cilice. He is also the choice tor that posi
tion of others, who prefer different candidates. How
ever vse may tidier in our preferences or our views of
policy, there cun be no difference among the Whigs of
the Union as to the fitness, the chniccter, and the abili
ty of Mr. Lawrence for this or for any other station for
which his friends would nominate him A* a states
lu .n. n philanthropist, and a noble illustration of the
American citizen, m his most elevated capacity, Mr
L 1 wience possesses the contidsnca and appreciation oi
the whole country, without respect to party. He has
livd to raise bis own monument, and to see his virtues
his patriotism, Ins charities, and his integrity inscribed
upon it by the approbation of society at large. No
public honor could elevate him higher than he now
stands , and if just ambition Pecks tile applause of the
good, lie need not aspire to political station to find his
rewind or ins appreciation. It will be a happy day for
iii’ U’ puUic wlien men like Abbot Lawklnck arese
l'-c:n to administer the Government, w ho have no mo
live to lake ollice hut to serve tln ir country,and no pur-
P to gratify bulthat of leaving an cAampic worthy
East linlirt ( otton.
, The annual -tst.uient of importsot cotton into Eu*
1 giu nd show the amount of East India Cotton received
m IfHT to b bales against 74,7*23 in 1N46. Ame
rican planters should remember that while the policy
of Mr IVlk is to cherish Brit Mi manufactures, tire ef
torts of England are directed towards builunigup ■ rival
nriiket k>i the raw material. How tar site m likely to
succeed may peihn|is appear by considering the program
..• ..as made in a single year as above developed.
Notre it ynl .Hint Props.
\ Washington Correafsindent informs ua (list th 4
Mmt I>tu|n” arc melting away so rapidly thut some
of the clerks at the West end ot Pensylvania Aven
ue have been put off with “promises to pay.” Only
tuiik of that! Mi I'oik repudiates liank notes und
gives his own! No wonder Mr. Benton thinks seri
ously of quitting such s party.
L VTlift AM) IMPORTANT I ROM
EUROPE.
The Steamship Acadia , at rived at 1J ston cn the 2d
im-t. with Liverpool dates to the 16ifi. Trade was sui*
unsettled and failures continued, though they were most
ly confined to the India Houses, net more than th. eor
tour being among the numnfac! tiring classes. There is
still how ever a general want ol comim .rial confidence.
The rate of mlt icbt in the Punk ot England, had been
continued at 5 percent, but the n.< ;;i y market bad
slightly improved.
Cotton bad fluctuated very slightly during the fort
night. Prior tp the 7th, there had been u full advance
of id perlb. on uplands, but during the week ending
the 16th,prices bad again receded, especially on tin
better qualities and a majority of the quotations are
about the same as |>cr last steamer. Some of th * letters
quote 1-6 and, lower. We append the relative potation*
for the corresponding months in 1817 and ’IS, viz:
Uplands. 1317 1843.
Ordinary lo middling, 6 (3) 6f :?jf rd) 4t
Fair to good Fair, 7} (a)TI 41 4*
Good to Fine, 7i ( <j)7i 5 (& 5f
These quotations arc taken from W diner and Smith’s
L'verpool Times mid are perhaps ns reliable as any
which have come to hand. Several of the papers which
i we have seen quote fair cottons at 41.
i The sales of the fortnight ending the 14th, hud run tip
J to 5,0140 bales, and the deficiency of the stock as cum
! pared with the Ist of January, 1847, omounted 500.-180
| bales, and the operations seemed to be bused upon an
estimated crop of from 2,200,000 to 2.500,000 bales, and
upon the confidence licit that the planters and merchants
on this side of the water could not much longer hold on to
! their crops. The falling off of the imports of Ameri
can cottons for the year, had been 117,713 bales.
The French successes in Syria, continued. Abdel
Kader had surrendered to the DukeD’AcMAi.i. on con
dition of being allowed to retire to St. Jean and, Acre.
The new Pope continued to press toward his propos
ed reforms with great energy and success. The Ro
man,Tuscan wild Sardinian governments, hud combined
to carry out his measures and the hostility to Austria w*as
rapidly increasing.
Some slight evidences of rebellion had manifested
themselves at Koine.
Austria, Russia and France it is said had determine 1
to demand the w ithdrawal of the Federal Swiss army !
from the conquered Cantons.
Ireland still suffers from fomine, and several deaths
are reported as the result of starvation. Disturbances
continued and a division is reported to have taken place
among the young Irelanders, in regard to the extent to
which physical force ought to be resorted to against the
landlords &c.
Important from the llrazos.
We find in the Picayune later news from the Rio
Grande brought by the Maria Burt. Among the pas
sengers on her was Lieut. Franklin of the topographi
cal corps, who came directly from Gen. Wool’s camp,
which he left on the 13th. The Picayune, says.
Just before he left an express was received from Sal
tillo from Col. Ilamtrumck, in command ol the forces
there, stating that u report had reached him from a
source entitled to credit, that a force of Mexicans, 10,-
000 strong, under command of Gen. Bdstnmente, were
marching down from San Luis upon Saltillo. The re
port even particularizes i lie points from whence the
troops had been raised, but so frequent are die stampede*
upon that line, very little credit was attached to the re
port. Our forces there were in good ooudition, and per
fectly willing to be attacked whenever the enemy!
thought best to make the experiment.
Upon the receipt of this news (4en. Wool had appri
sed the merchant at Monterey, Ci.niargo, Matamoras,
and other poet**, thnt hr could n flout them no protection
in the way of escorts. Fioni another source we learn
that Col. Carasco, a Mexican officer who has rendered
himself rather conspicuous, is at Monterey, proposing
to enter into negotiations with Gen. Wool fora pronnn
ciurnento against the existing Government of Mexico
and infavoroi the Un ted States, on the part of the
I States of Tainaulipas, Nueva Leon, and Conhuila
I He also proposes to bring itvGen. Canal’s, thut cowar
dly chief of guerrillas, who has given us so much trou
ble upon the Rio Grande. Col. Carasco has been for
a long time residing in Matamoras with bis family,
and appears friendly to the Americans. We know not
what degree of credit to attach to tins report.
Mexican Cla ms.
The correspondent of the Journo! of Commerce thus
alludes to a joint resolution pn.uc;utu to the U. S. Sen
ate by the committee of For ign Rnauous. It pro
vides lor the creation of a Board to ascertain and deter
mine the amount ot each of the claims of the citizens
of the United States against Mexico, the United Stales
not to be rendered liable therefor. The correspondent
in question thinks the proposed scheme opens the door
for immense fraud and says :
“The commissioners are not confined by the bill to de
cide the claims that come before them upon the princi
ples of justice, the laws of nations, and the treaty ol
1831, between Mexico and the United States; but the
bill expressly says, thut they are to lie governed by the j
principles and rules established and embraced in the un
ratified treaty executed by the plenipotentiaries of the
two powers on the 20th ol November, 1843.
“This treaty has never been acknowledged or publish
ed, so that its provisions are not certainly known ; but
it is understood that this treaty acknowledges all claims
on Mexico, of every description, and we include the
English claiuiH of millions of dollars, or any claim of a
Mexican citizen, however it may have origaniied, wliich
any citizen of the United States may have purchased.
It is well known that the old inhabitants of Mexico
hold claims on their Government tor millions of dollars,
which are as worthless in their hands ns our>ld contin
ental money; but, it transferred to a citizen of the
United States, would become equally as good as any oth
er claim. Neither is the bill limited to claims ar sing
prior to the commencement ol the war, but includes all 1
manner of claims which may have arisen since. 1 have ;
heard it said that American citizens at Tmpico,Vcra
Cruz, the city ot Mexico, and many other piac s, whose
business was interrupted by tire wai, are prepured to
present claims to the amount of twelve millions. Thus
it appears that, instead of proceeding to ascertain the
amount of bonajide American claims, a plan has been
devised to swell the amount of claims on Mexico to three
or*foiir hundred millions, and muke them an offset tor
the whole county.”
Texas a Free Strife.
‘‘The idea is held out that Texas is to become a free
Stute at no distant day ! Tire Germans now coming
in by ship loads and settling, are, to a man, opposed to
slavery, and this has already been manifested in thf-ir
local elections. It is stated that Governor Houston
was compelled, by the force of public opinion, to divest
himself of his slaves in order to secure his re-election to
the U.S. Senate.”
The foregoing paragraph is copied from the Balti
more Sun, and may serve to explain the meaning of Mr
Ingersoli and gentlemen when they advocated
the annexation of Texas, because it would tend to pro
mote the euthanasy, or easy death of slavery. It may
be that it will also throw some light upon the course of
the abolitionists in supporting Mr. Polk and the annex
ation of Texas. It would be strange indeed it the
Soutli were to realize the very opposite result of that an
ticipated from the policy of annexation.
A Northou Ally,
Those Southern Democrats who rely upon the influ
ence of Northern Democrats on tli*- slavery question
may perhaps take some cuiit'.lntion from the following
passed at a rcoent Democratic meeting in Hiitfido New
York:
Besolocd. That we recognise in John Van Huron one of
the most able,and unwsvinga Ivooutex of popular lights
The manly stand lie lias taken m d--fence of the prin
ciples and usages of the democratic party and ol jree
toil , free labor, and free speech, endears hint to the de
mocracy of Erie, who wdl bo proud to sustui.i him, with
all their energies, for any office wiitrn the g it ol the
I‘nithf lEiirss of >lr. I'oik***
The l*o t-ui'ihtei at Columbia, South Carolina, re
signed hi* office four months ago, and yet Mi Gave
Johnson has riot been pn vailed upon to appoint a sac*
censor, l'lie obi post muster, growing wcuiy oi delay,
has left tor hi- country residence and the good pc.|li o!
Columbia have been compelled to advertise fur * font
master! Verily we hope that Mr. Wentworth limy
Succeed hi pel Ice ting his hill which provides for the
rue on 11 Post to ‘icis by the p i p!e. This is one of
the lk\norrat e ref ‘fin** wluch w ui • ilisp ■ < I ;ofavour,
not only because it w ould greatly reduce die pu4ioinigc
ol the government, but would see tire to the |sopie po-
htr, fiithitd ami aceointlK dating dinars.
More M wilier* Coming.
Tire propellei Baiuh Bands was advertised to Isavi
Liverp.sil on the ti tilt.. ‘fhe f reneh sleamehip finis
delphu was to Wave Havre, also, Oil that day The
next Cumtid steamer, for N w York, Ml lb** Nile mm
which left Liverpool on tie 2Vi’i nit , her Kguinr dsv
I low lo ::rcu Hid,,
H'le, Monition to which ovc-v s
glad to give a practical answer- „ * Vt Mke
lncwn pcraonnlMperieivo. Mn r ‘ i
“-•f-o; theit neighbors in this particular
; ur loriunc, titan to industry, f 1,1 V
, once and sound judgment. Contniui-ii
pumcu!ar,cxc f p, [:!Zr,r ellk< “>•
’ u '^ u “‘ ‘•“>1 and,. . .... it, utcuite,,.,,..’ ‘"""Wlsre
individually, At ii h we have )
ot cuicuig the poor Yankee,, because 0 , lh l"” Hit
thr.lt, Ue suiibute it to n nnn . ‘“"l'Lor
vvciy lliiug. but them...
“gynmi persevering m clnnical ‘and Zi ""““S*
ind'-'iy. Let any one who don!,is, re. i o'"'” ” i
;,uo ‘, -r onltimn entitled ; “How Yank,', „ “T"*' *“
‘ l ? a I ,lc ’ rarral
through the manufactories cf the little nair f ! ° toUr
ti.-nt — n Mate not larger than aonv of cur i . Cosr “*c.
lies and possessing nothing like the
mate, soil, or production. Why sacha ditfe. ‘'fcli
induatii.il wealth of the two suites ? j,- ‘’ nci ’ “> the
I have done thus much for Connecticut, w ’| l l !'" if,cl “ rif
rent similar results in Georgia I d 18 to pre-
rOKRESfoNDMCE OF THE JOT’RNAI. AM. MEsstrrr
WASHINGTON CITY, J,„.
My Dear Chapman: The Whig Members
> gress assembled on the ‘dTlli inst. at their u, u Co ' l ’
| rendezvous, for the purpose ol conaiderini th. P *“ of
ty of holding a National Covcntion at
tim and place, for the nominoiion of ... ,*" llabl
1 , President and Vice-President of the Cnited g'"’ fcr
am inlormcd that there were hut lew ‘ “ tP ” 1
j deed the friends of Gen. Taylor here ,n ’
■ who perhaps, without mature reflection ,"”? W “ ere >
i dround in oppos lion to a National Convene laken
been g dually decreasing in number, um, !” te
prebend tliey hardly exceed a dozen. | t W 1
I diflieult to imagine upon what lair or enuitabi'.’ “”
pie their opposition could stand. A 10r,... I r "' ci ”
the Wings ol the Union, are in la Vor of a
Convention, ns an estubi.sited and cqu,table
ascertaining Ihe will of the peoplc-a, a proper m
ol stamping authenticity upon .hen o m 11 .a,i
Ingl. oflices, and placing the candidate.- m prone,,?
j tude before the country. 1 u ’
! Gen. Taylor will not, I apprehend reject
nation, and his formal acceptun re of a party
Mon, as such, ounot be c .-.s'| ;,,.|. , ,
even perhaps consistent w.tti 1,.s posit,on
I'll., apprehensions of his being defeated in a N at ‘ , ''j
Convention, entertained by some ofhis ftien.l. j„'„
humble opinion, are entirely unfounded. The c" y
Volition must and will lie held, and the only „■
defeat Gen. Taylor's election, is for Ait/rfe„* L
nbxn,t)rum that Conaentiun; and by their u|. lx „ 10 „
to tins usual and ancient mode, they may throw ul a !
cles 111 Ins way, that would never have existed I | m .j
ibis day hastily made a calculation which I submit to
you lor what it is worth:
For Taylor in Convention For Clay in Concern,™
Maryland, 8 Massachusetts, w
Virginia, 17 Rhode Island, j
Ninth Carolina 11 Connecticut,
South Carolina, ‘J New Jersey
Georgia, 10 V York, (divided) 36
Alubnixin, ‘J
Mississippi, 6
Louisiana, r,
Tenneaaee, 13
Illinois, 9
| Missouri, 7
Arkansas, 3
Michigan, 5
Florida, 3
Texas, 4
lowa, 4
124
Necessary to a choice, 141.
Doubtful. —Maine, 9
New Hampshire, 6
Vermont, 6
Delaware, 3
Ohio, 23
Kentucky, l‘>
Indiana, 12 divided.
Pennsylvania, 26 certain not
for Clay
97
Here Gen. Taylor in Convention is certain of 124
votes ; and there are 97 out of which he Ims b chance
of obtaining only 20 votes to secure his nomination
The minority Str*te can have no hope of success with
vlr. Clay. They love him, but
more , and some of the majority States occupy a like
|K)tion, and are actuated by like motives. I believe
file above calculation to be as liberal to Mr. Clay*
prospects, as truth or good judgment will permit. The
details may not be accurate ; but lire conclusions, lam
satisfied, ure quite moderate. ’
j But I have lost none of my faith in the pairiotisn,
magnanimity and judgment of Mr. Clay. H-ispiedg
i <‘d to the world never again to be a candidate lor the
Presidency, unless by a unanimous voice of therm
tiy—meaning, I suppose, the unanimous voice of the
| Whig party of the country, ‘fins contingency is im
possible. lam not prepared to believe, that now, near
| l l ,e close of a long and useful life, he will hazard a great
fame to which the Presidency attained eould add no
1 additional lustre, by the feeble display of a common
weakness Henry Clay is an extraordinary man, and
1 utn not prepared to believe that he will make aa or
dinary exposure of septuagenary ambition.
OC MU LG EE.
[communicated.]
Macon and C oliimbu* Kail Hoad-.
Messrs Editors: —lt is generally understood by the
friends of the South Western Rad Road, that the
Muscogee Rail Road Company in refusing to aban
don the Bartlesville Branch for the Fondtown,-
1 at their recent meeting, did not close the door to
| terms of future negotiation. The object of this
j i- simply to point out the mode and manner of an am
| icable adjustment of the present question, that has aris
en between the South Western and the Columbus Rail
Road Companies, relative to the connection of .Vacua
I und Columbus.
Ist. The present South Western Rail Read survey
mightjbe changed for one runtng higher up.
j The Albany Courier advocated during the spring
last year, a route or survey which would give Columns
| an opportunity of uniting at, or in the vicinity, of Li
mer, Macon county. The Courier assumed iioma
soaul knowledge of tho e *r*i.y lyi g b* tw-■ i V
and Lanier, and between Luniei and ii*si *
Railroad connecting Macon and Columbus, could ik>ibe
build upon ground so eligible. An intimate acquain
tance with the features of the country for ten years
enables me to endorse the opinion of the Courier, that
Lanier is an eligible point where the stockholders of tis
Companies cun write, promising most important ad van
tage to Innli woiks. It will open the Atlantic Ocean w
Columbus, and plant her firmly on the duect line of
travel. It will entend the area of her trad-, north,
south and west, and bnug into full play the industrial
energy of her people. It will in the event of the uiu*
m ite completion of the South Western Rail Koad
Pensacola, force tides and refluent tides of trade in'!
travel, to swell her greatly beyond her present liinu*-
Su* h w ill be Columbus, when the Atlantic and the bud
shall Ik* at all seasons of the year, propitious and unpro*
pitious,attainable within fifteen hours.
When the proposed junction of Rad Roads shall l |r,vt
been effected, the South Western Rail Road Company
will be forced hack U|oii its original sphere of
i. turn towards the South Western Country—to f i*o’
out its chartered privileges—to meet the wish** old*
friends below, and to hasten it to iu* ultimate Bestina
non. Buch is conceived to be die imperstivs duty
the South Western Kail Road Company
To infuse into th* Rail Road Companies *l ‘ ‘
| hanuouy, concession and co-operation. 1 propo*’ • i ”
res|H*f lfully select five delegate* clothed with adeq l
powers to meet at the village of Lanier, to agree “I** 1
point where the Cohtnihus and the Bouth Western al
| Road Companies shall form their junction. Ihe * N,ul |
j Western Rati Road cannot refuse to change ilsp 1 '* 11
survey if the commissioners si (ill so decide, i<•
1 umbio- Rail Road Company apprecEtug the
gee ‘iiui'-d by it, could not refuse to accept tli*’ P 1 *’
’ 1 terms when she m to play no subordinate pt’n t‘ *
1 i'.i • tmie for the meeting ol tin Commum oll
nicr, ts of no consequence to the South- W cstertl 11,1
. , t. ll . my fi i- how< v 1 r.d Hi rent with ths ’
Company*-It i* iinisntuut that they meet M 1 “ n
iiay, and diercby Uccule wisuiwr the Cohnnb’* 1
’ p.mysh. .. ■ opciauonsujonthe Bint* > j
*i'unite her destiny with Savannah and tie
pro|Kseftc first Monday in Mnrcii as the dsy I,r
wtc tiugof the CutmitissamerM st Lnm*b t' , d*
. hinge necessary, (if utiyj hi die suro)
* -util- b astern Railroad, to unite the l oi'iin
,nny iu its support The writer bus no connection
. I dna i••
ißUiestly lie lieves to he the public gootl
CUMI’RUM^ 1