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JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
Hi T. CHAPMAN & S. ROSE, Editor*.
The Ooddcss ol Poverty.
Paths sanded with gold, verdant lieaths, ravines lov
ed by the wild goats, great mountains crowned with
stars, wandering torrents, impenetrable forests, let the
good goddess [vias through, the Goddess of Poverty!
Since the world existed, since men have been she
traverses the world, she dwells among men, she tra
well singing, aud she sings working—the goddess, the
good Goddess of Poverty 1
Some men assembled to curse her They found her
too beautiful, too gay, too nimble, and too strong.
” Pluck out her wings,” chain her, bruise her with
blows that she may suffer, that she may perish—the
Goddess of Poverty!”
They have chained the good goddess, they hare bea
ten and persecuted her hut they cannot disgrace her
She has taken refuge in the soul of poets, in the soul of
heroes, in the soul of peasants, in the soul of martyrs, in
the soul of sinners—the good goddess, the Goddess of
Poverty I
She has walked more than the Wandering Jew ; she
has travelled more than the awallow , she is older than
than the Cathredal of Prague ; site is younger than the
egg of the wren ; she baa multiplied more upon the
earth than atrawberries in the Bohemian forests—the
goddess the good Goddess of Poverty!
She has many children, and she teaches tlte secrets
of God. She has talked to the heart of Jesus, upon the
snouutain ; to the eyes of Queen Libusss, when she
became enamored of a laborer, to the spirit of John
end Jerome,upon the funeral pile of Constance. She
knows more than all the doctors and all the bishops—
the good Goddess of Poverty!
She always makes the grandest and moat beautiful
things that we see up.tlie earth ; it is site who has
cultivated the fields and pruned the trees; it is site who
tends the flocks, singing the most beautiful sits ; it is she
who lees the first peep of dawn, and receives the last
mule of evening—the good Goddess of Poverty!
It is she who inspired the poet, and makes.the violin,
the guitnr and the flute eloquent under the fingers of
the Wandering artist—it is she who carries him on her
light wing, tram the source of the Moldau to that of the
Xhraube ; it is she who crow ns his hair whit pearls, and
makes the stars shine for him more large and more
dear—the good Goddess of Poverty!
It is she who instructs the ingenious artisan ; who
teaches him to hew atone; to carve marble, to fashion
gold, silver,brass and iron ; it is she who renders the
flax supple aud fine as hair, from the fingers of the old
mother or the young girl—the good Goddess of Pover
ty !
It is she who sustains the cottage shaken by the
worms; it is she who saves resin for the torch, and oil
A>r the lamp ; it is site who kneads bread for the fami
ly, and weaves garments for summer and winter; it is
she who feeds and maintains for the world—the good
‘Goddess of Poverty !
It is site who has built the grand churches and the
•old cathredrals ;it is she who carries the sabre and the
igun, who makes wars and conquests; it m she who col
lects the dead, tends die wounded, and hides the con
quered—the good Goddess of Poverty !
Thou art all gentleness, a'l palieuce.allotrenglh, and
all compassion, oh, good Goddess! It is thou who mu
test all.thy children in a holy love, and whogivest to
them faith, hope add charity, oh,—Goddess of Poverty !
Thy children wil cease one day to carry the world
bpon their shoulders, they will be recompensed for
trouble and toil. The time approaches when there
•hail be mother nch nor poor; when ail men shall con
-•time the trunsof the earth, and equally enjoy the gift*
•fGod, but thou wilt not be. forgotten in their hymns,
on, good Goddess of Poverty!
Tii.-y will remember that thou wen then fruitful moth
•l, uieir robust nurse, and theirchureh militant. They
Will pour balm upon thy wounds, and they will make
the rejuvenated and embalmed earth a bed where thou
Bansfjai last repose,—oh.good Goddess of Poverty !
Until tile day of the Lord, torrents and forests, moun
tains and valleys, heaths swarming with little flow
and little [birds, paths winch have no masters
•and sanded w.d, gold, let pas, me good goddess-oh,
Goddess ol Poverty ‘.—Mrs. Childs.
-v The Temple of ttte Suit.
most renowned of the Peruvian Temples, the
tmde of the capital, and the wonder of the empire, was
t< ureo, where, under the munificence of successive
•overeigns, it had became so ranched, that it received
the name of CorUamcka„ or'The Place ol Gold.” h
•on- vted ot a principal building and several chapels, and
toft nor edifices, covering a large extent of ground in
toe heart of the city, and completely encompassed by
• wall, which wnh the edifices, was ail constructed ol
•one The work was of the kind already described in
*e othar public buddings of the country, and was so
uiic.y executed, that a Soari in r.l, wt, <*.• Ji m nsgjo
ry, usaures us, he could call to mind only two edifices
in Bpmn, which, for their workmanship, were at all to
lie compared with u. Vet and, substantia.!, and, it,
•ome respects, magnificent structure, was thatched
arith straw!
The intenor of the ’emple was the most worthy of
admiration It was literally a mine of gold. On the
western wall was emblazoned a representation of the
Deity, consisting of a human countenance, looking
*>rth from amidst innumerable rays of light, which e
■munated from it in every direction, in the same manner
s the sun ufofien personified with as. Thefigurewasen
*mved on a massive plato*fgold,ofenormois,dimensions
Shickly powdered with emeralds and precious stones.—
Jt wasso situated in front of the great eastern portal,
that the rays of the morning sun son fell directly „|>on
4t at ns rising, lightening up die whole apartment with
n effulgence that seemed more than natural and which
was reflected back ftuni die golden ornaments widi
winch the walls and ceiling were everywhere incrusted.
Gold, m the figurative language ot die people, was
“the tears wept by the suit” and every pan of the inte
tor of the temple glowed with burnished plates and
•tads of the precious metal. The cornices whichsur
tounded the walls of the sanctuary were of the same
•Mtly material and a broad belt or frieze of gold, let in
to stone work, encompassed the whole extenor’ of the
l£f.c.
All die plate, the ornaments, the utensils of every de-1
■option appropriated to the use, ot religion, were of
gold or silver. Twelve immense vases of the latter
natal Blood on the Hour of the great saloon, filled with
grain of the Indian com, the censors of the perfumes
toe ewers which held the water for sacrifice, the pipes
Which conducted it through subterraneous channels in
to the buildings, the reservoirs that received.it, even the
■gricultural implements used in the gardens of die ten,
W. were all of the same rich materials. The gardens,
Ike those described belonging to the royal palaces,
■arkled with flowers of gold and silver, and various
toiitauona of the vegetable kiugdom. Animals, also.
Were 10 be found there—among which, the lama with
IWgoldrn fleece, was moat conspicuous—executed in
tou same si yle, and with a degree of skill which in this
■static,, did not aurpaas the oxcalieuce of toe material
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Rest mid Labour.
The more we accomplish, the more we have to ec
totoplish All things are lull of labor, and therefore the
■tore we acquire, the more we care, and the more we
toil, to secure our acquisitions. Good men can never re
toe tram their works of benevolence. Their fortune
■ never made 1 never heard of an apostle, prophet,
to public benefactor retiring trom the respective fields
•f labor. Musas, Paul, anil Frier died with their har
ness on. So did Luther, and Calvin, and Wesley, and
• thousand others as deserving, though not so well
%to>wn lofame. We are inured to labor. It was first
• duty; it is now a pleasure. Still there is such a thing
gp over-working man and boast, 1 mind and body
Tbs mainspring ofa watch needs repose, and it is die
batter lor it. The muscles ol an elephant, and the
Wings ola swill bird are at length fatigued liraven
ovss rest to the earth because it needs it; and winter is
toorr pregnant with bteaamgsto die soil, than summer
With its (lowers and fruits.— A. CttmphsU.
Wht M lie.
It i utonuhing to ee how well a mail ma y live on a
■nail income, who htu a luuuly and mduatnou* wile
•orae men litre and make a lar better appearance on an
eight dollar* a week than othera do on fifteen o’
dollars. The man does hia part well; but the
/ • food fur nothing. She will avcn upbraid her
’ I lor not living in at good style aa her neighbor.
4bl ‘he fault ia enurely her own. Hia neighbor huea
capable and induatrioua wife and that makea the di
Hia Wife on the other hand. a whirlpool into
■ great many silver cups might be thrown* and
appearance of the water would remain unchanged
Wm Nicholas the divar, ia there to restore the wasted
It ia only an insult for auch a woman to talk
♦•fm tnrsUnd about her lota and devotion .-Tip*.
MACON, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH i, I*4B.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
Can Taylor accept a Nomination f
Our coteinporaries of the Recorder have expressed
repeatedly the opinion that Gen. Taylor cannot con
sistently accept the nomination ofa Whig National
Convention. The following letter from that distin
guished personage will conclusively settle the question.
It is of recent Jute, having been addressed to t lie late
Convention which assembled in Harrisburg Pennsylva
nia:
Baton Rouge., Jan. 30th, 1848.
Sir—Your communication of the 15th inst.,hns been
received, and the suggestions therein offered, duly con
sidered.
In reply to your inquiries,] have again to repeat, that
I have neither the power nor the desire to dictate to tlie
American people the exact manner in which they should
proceed to nominate me lor the Presidency of the Uni
ted Suites.
If they desire such a result, they must adopt the
means best suited, in their opinion to the consumma
ination ol the purpose; and if they think fit to bring me
before them for this office, through their Leg slatures,
mass meetings or conventions, 1 cannot object to their
designating those bodies as Whig, Democratic or Na
tive ; but being thus nominated, 1 must insist on the
condition—and my position on this point is immutable
—that I shall not bo brought forward by them as the
candidate ol their party, or considered us the exponent
of their party doctrines.
In conclusion,! have to repeat, that if I were nomi
nated lor the Presidency by any body of my fellow citi
zens, designated by any name they might choose toa
dopt, [should • iteeni it an honor, and would accept
such nomination, provided it had been made entirely
independent of party considerations.
1 am, sir, your obedient servant,
Z. TAYLOR.
P. K. Smith Esq. and others.
The Money Mnrket.
The papers and despatches from New-York, repre
sent the .Money Market as much easier. In the event
of successful termination of the present Peace negoti
ntions, a vast amount of money now hoarded up tor in
vestment in govcrmnciit securities, will be let out, when
a radical and important change lor the better, will no
doubt take place in every department of business-
The Muscogee Kail rood.
We understand that the City Council of Columbus,
on Thursday night last, confirmed its previous action,
and that the sum ol $150,000 has been subscribed to the
work on the partol the city. The private subscriptions
now amount to $120,000, and the Macon & Western
Company have ogr “and to endorse the bonds of the Com
pany for the sum of $250,000, provided the work is
commenced at Bartlesville, and the money expended
east of tlie Flint River, and provided further that the
Company aliall have previously expended upon that
part of said work, in bona fide subscriptions, at least
double the amount of the bonds endorsed ns above—the
value of the w ork to be ascertained by appraisers chos
en for that purpose.
From this k appears that the company w ill find it
nccessaty to increase the private subscriptions to SSOO,-
000 before the whole amount of the Macon &, Western
Bonds can be made available. This, it is hoped can be
accomplished. It is Estimated that the work, complete
and equipped, will cost $1,000,000. Talbot ami Up
son counties alone could, if they would, furnish one
quarter of the amount. In addition to the vast and ac
knowledged, importance of the work to the citizens
of Columbus,and the Macon & Western Road, we
connol doubt that the advantages to the agricultural
interest would amply repay the planters along the line
for any investment they might make in the work.
Public Spirit in Randolph.
We understand that a proposition is about to lie made,
or has been made, by certain citizens of Randolph, to
grade the track ol the South Western Rail Road ex
tending through that county and to furiiish the super
structure on terms highly advantageous; the parties
agreeing to take the stock of the company in payment
Whether the preposition will be excepted or not we
know not, but it proves one thing, viz: that the peoplt
iu that region possess the pioper spirit and are resolved
that the enterprise shall not fail. They have ample
means and are resolved to use them for the develop
ment of the wealth and resources of their own section
(lo aud see them.
The Coeinoramic views now on exhibition by Mr. Van
nuchi on the Avenue near Ross & Co.’s store, are real
ly well worth a visit. Some of the paintings possess
absolute merit.
J me Silk Cotton.
Our attention has been called to alot of silk cotton
rau*d by James H. R. Washington Esq. on his
plantation three miles below Macon, from seed pro
cured from Mr. W. L. Lawton of Charleston. It
seems to be the very perfection of Upland Cotton and
and approaches nearer to the Sea-Island, than any
other variety of cotton yet discovered. The plant is
healthy and productive,—bearing fruit to the top and
ends ol the branches. The Bolls and seed are large,
and the staple long and silky. With some slight im
provement iu our common Gins, so as to prevent the
staple from being cut up with die taxes, it ia believ
ed the silk cotton would folly compete with the lair
quality of Sea-Islands.
Last year when common upland cotton waa selling
at 10 cents, it was stated in the Charleston papers,
diat some parcels of the silk cotton sold in that city
at from 30 to 40 cents per. lb;--A.id on the 18th.
March, 1847, Mr Lawton stated in a letter to a gen
tleman of this city, that he “ had sold during the sea
son, Sea-Island Cos ton, not bo good asjthis (silk cotton)
athOcu. per lb!” Mr. Washington informs us, diat
“the culture is in all respects the same as the com
mon upland cotton. Samples of this remarkable pro
duct may be seen at Haidt iuuu 4c IlaiaiUona Ware
house ; also at the State Bunk.
Mr. Washington also offers h fe w of Ked (or
tole, us will be *. h by lie advertisement in another
column. It is well worth the attention of those plan
ters who feel an iuterest in temng the different varie
ties of the staple, espt-ciaily as it gives infinitely better
promise than any ot the new species of tins valuable
plant which we have seen for years.
NatioiiHl Fouiuli rjr iu Georgia.
We are glad to see dun tin* gradual development ot
manufactures in Geoigia is likely to result in benefit to
the nation as well as the State. In the House ot Re
presentatives on motion of Mr. Lumpkin, the follow
ing resolution was agreed to, vis:
Resolved, That the commutes on Military Affairs be
instructed to inquire into the propriety and expediency
of establishing a national foundery ui Cass county, Geor
gia.at or near the point where die Western & Atlantic
tic Railroad crosses ihe Etowah River, an J report to
tlie House by bill or otherwise.
Georgia Cottons*
The Boston Prices Current, ui die 16th, says ; Up
lands Irom Georgia and South Carolina tins season are
of excellent quality, as to staple, color, and cleaubnew,
and are becoming more in lavor with spinners.
< ouinM'trtnl ProfrMorkhlp.
The young and talunted editor of the Commercial
He Vie IT, haa been elected to till the newly created pro
fcaaorahip of commerce in tlte University of Louisiana
Mr. lX*Bow haa conducted the Review with auch
marked ability that we cannot for a moment doubt hia
entire successfulhe in portant department winch he have
been called to till. The people ot New Orleans, ban
aliown their appreciation ot tns tab nts and persever
ance, and will doubtless profit thereby.
Lit*lit* Cal. Seymour*
We aregratifi *d to learn that Col. Hkyuhil left Jo
iappa with’Capt. Foster's Company and joined his bat
tallioti at IVrote on the sth of January. On die iOtit
of tiie tune month he was constituted, by Gen. Mar
shall,commander of the celebrated castle and governor
ol the Departiu'-m of Perots. By a letter from Col.
CatJRiUM published in tin* CaUsm'mn KvjHirsr w
learn that when th*; Mounted Battalion past'd throijli
Perote on the 14th ot January more than two thirds ol
the troope at that post were untit tor duty on aocouiu
•fsickness and that three or tour deaths were occurring
daily. Os Capt. Harvey a Company acarce a doaon
were tit for duty The MUM ol Capt H. is recorded
among the passengers by the Orleans, from which
we inter tint tua own health haa entirely failed Col
BiTMotn it Is atated had entered with much spirit up
on the diacharg* of his and itiea and it was hoped that by
the observance ot strict discipline and of proper sanalo
ry regulations the h -iitli of the pUci in g u b.* im
proved
Railroad Oiganl/nlioii.
The new Board of Din or* for the South- W&l ;n
Railroad, met iu tins city on fh<-22ad ult , lor the i ‘tf
pose of organization &-c. We leani that iueoiif- q;< nee
ol an increased number of applications for contiue x an
also with the view of facilitating the work, the Board
concluded to change to some extent the arrangements
entered into by the Commissioners. Accordingly, with
the consent of those concerned, the heavy contracts
were somewhatreduced, and the work let toothe a. in
this way we understand the grading will be comm n ! n
immediately, on something like 35 miles ol the line .
and several planters are now seeking contracts, so tint
we may safely conclude, that the Road will be finished
to the Flint River iu nine Ibr the crop of 1842. The
subscribers are now paying in the first instalment ui
five Dollars, and the second instalment, ns will lx? seen
by the advertisement of Mr. Alexander, will lx paid
on the Ist of May next. The Company may now be
regarded as fairly under way,and we have no doubt that
the high character of the Board will inspire increas
ed confidence in the enterprise, and that the remainder
ol the stock will be sought after with avidity, by plan
ters, particularly when they find that they can pay u
portion of their subscriptions in work, and when it tnnst
be apparent that th y can make more money on the
Rond, than can be realized from the culture ol cotton
at prerent prices.
1 Mr. King and the South Western Rail Road.
We have before stated that the memorial from tiro
citizens of Florida, taking a grant of alternate sections
of land to aid in the extension of the South Western
Rail Road to Pensacola, had been referred to the com
mittee on naval affairs.” In the House ol Repp s nta
tives on the 18th ult. the Hon. Thomas Butler King,
the Chairman of that Committee, reported an act grant
ing to the Florida, Alabama and Georgia Railroad
Company the alternate sections of the public lauds
along said railroad route ; which was read twice, and
referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of
the Union ; and a motion to print an extra number of
copies lies over.
“Mr. Col lamer moved a reconsideration of the refer
ence to the Committee of the Whole on the state of
the Union, for the purpose of having the bill referred to
the Committee on Public Lands. He contended that
there was no propriety in having the subject of an ap
propriation of public lands acted on and reported upon
by the naval committee.’*
Mr. T. B. King explained. The object of the bill
was to aid in the opening ol an available communica
tion w ith Pensacola, Florida, which was a most impor
tant naval position ; and, for want of n proper commu
nication, was subject to capture in time of war by an
enterprising enemy. The object being one peculiarly
belonging to the naval interests of the country, the sub
ject had been placed in the hands of the Naval Com
mittee.
The motion after some further remarks was agreed
to and the matter was accordingly relerred to the Com
mittee on Public Lands. We should greatly regret it
this bill should foil, especially as the favourable action
of tlie government would at the present time insure the
completion of the enterprise. A charter now exists
authorizing the Company to construct the road from
Pensacola, to any point on the Chattahoochee. Nor
would Alabama, now be likely to object to the construe’
lion, as the road might he extended to Mobile Bay -
This however may by no means be the case if action i *
deferred for two or three years. In this State of th
case, the members of the Georgia Delegation should be
vigilent amPactive.
Georgia becoming tras 10 herself.
The receipts of cotton at Savannah, up to thc2sth
ult. were 115,011 bales, and the receipts at Charleston
to the 18th ult. were 131,070 bales, showing a differc; <-<•
of only 16,956 bales. The difference in the receipts of
the two cities to die corresponding dates lust year were
58,967 bales, making a difference in favour of Savan
nah, during the present season of 42,011 bales. This
shows that the eyes of the people of Georgia, arc be
ginning to be opened and that they are resolved to as
sume their proper position in regard to the trade and
productions of the state. It shows too that the unea
siness manifested by our Carolina coteinporaries in re
gard to the tone of the Georgia press is not without
some real foundation in an apprehension that notwith
standing all their efforts,Charleston may yet fail in her
struggle to become the Queen city of the South. Tli
trutli is, the Carolina Rail Road was last year pressed
nearly up to the full extent ot its capacity for business.
The pres ent condition of the road,encumbered as it is,
with an inclined plane and a debt of nearly three mil
lions ,is conclusive proof to us that the commercial em
porium of that state, has well nigh reached her highest
point of prosperity. Georgia on the contrary has just
begun to feel the benefit of her great enterprises and, as
§he has made no extraordinary efforts to force trade out
of its natural channel, has every reaaon tobope fui a
bright and prosperous future. The manner in which
the Charleston Merchants and Charleston Banks were
doing business, led sagaceous business men in Georgia*
to remark two years ago, that they would ultimately
exhaust their resources and that with a little constant
and judicious effort on tlie part of Georgia, the trade of
the State would soon How back into its natural chan
nels.
Railroad Installment.
W'e are requested to state that Mess. James A. Ev
erett of Houston, William A Black of Marion, Richard
J.Snellinga of Stewart, David Kiddoo and Seaborn
Smith ol Randolph and William Castleberry of Early
are duly authorized to receive the Sum of Five Dollars
upon each share of stock subhcribed in their respec
ive regions to the South Western Rail Road and to
issue the ‘ rip of the Company for the same properly
signed by die officers of die Board.
Fire Proof Ware House.
We take great pleasure in calling attention to die
advertisemeu’ of Messrs Dyson,Cooper and Roberts in
regard to their inagnihcc nt Fire Proof Ware House
Their accommodations for storing cotton are very ex- !
tensive and very Superior, and they are taking die prop’
er coarse to secure s large business the coming st asoti
by placing their business cards thus early in the hands
of the planters.
The Treaty before the Set ftte.
The Washington correspondent of die Baltimore !
.Sun, alledges that the treaty was transmitted to j
the Senate on the 23rd ult., accompanied by tlie
distinct approval of the President and Mr. Buchanan.
‘File same writer nays he can count but sixteen Sena
tors, who will oppose its ratification, In that event,
Peace, so lar as tlie act of the United States can ac
complish that end, will lie reanzed. The recent news
from Mexico is by no means so flattering. With ull the
Mexican prole anion, we have some sort of apprehension
dial they are again** playing for time ” It so, the sus
pension of Gen. Scott, will precipitate hostilities again ‘
upon us.
Immediately on the receipt of the Treaty by the Sen
ate, Mr Alien proposed to remove the injunction ol se
crecy, but the resolution was resisted, and the Sen
ate went into Executive Session, when die Treaty was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mr. Clay aud Mr. Polk.
It is the province of small -fry politicians, to be most
furiously übusrve of tlieir upi*onrnt* and particularly
of the leaders of the op|>oatte party. We have no doubt
that hundreds who think they have done “Cod’s ser
vice’'by veniiug curses upon the heads of Meagre Polk
and Clay, will he aatoiuuhed to find that the great rivals
of the canvass of 1814 have recently bean cracking belli
their jokes and their Champa gen over the same table, and
that too in the White House. The Correspondent of
the llnUimare .Sms, says that Vlr Clsy, recently made
a call of rer-niony upon the Pr sident; where upon the
President, not to he out dun* m courtesy, invited M.
Clay lodine. The dinner took place on ilie lthh ult
Messrs Webster, Calhoun, Crittenden, Butler, Bell of
Tennessee and some forty of the most distinguished
.Senators and Representatives composed the company
and the oecaenm is said to have been marke t with re
markable hilarity and good feeling Why should it not
Is* so I There w only one reason dial we cun think ol
and that is dial Mr Poik should have consented to
meet in social intercourse those M* xtcati Whigs h •
soon alter charging them w iih Airmailing “aidand com*
tort” 4o the enemy.
Difficulty Adjusted.
The Aeie Orleans Picayune of the *JOth ult. in t.-
tmna the great gratification felt in that city at the ad
(itttneut ofa personal difficulty between the Hon S .
Prentiss of that city ami a Mr Erwm of Kentucky, ti
rrambamof Henry Clay, which came well mgh terim*
luting in a duel. The difficulty grew out of some i<
mark made m the Court House by Mr. Prentiss rofieci
mgupon tlu* ciuiauarof Mr Erwin’s Father
Ii hmb-loij, he* Ntuii>iic- fti.ii Policy*
V-:,tee ii. u><*v‘ pui ii*n of the .Trie' l hi the c;rules*
/111 Merr.j, ?/, which • i foiled our remc.rk* of last week
<aj r gfird to the ‘relative value of tha- : ; harbors of’
Oh.t ,esio!i and Savannah. The Ediior
in ;■ ad of exciting prejudices against the city of Charles
ton, we, of Macon, ought to lx- cherishing a kindly
feeling between the two places lor the reason that “A
LARGE FOR I ION of our trade finds i;s way to the
t< Lieroinl emporium of Carolina ! {This “La me
jV i lion ’’ he elsewhere designated as“ ten thiusand’
bales of cotton.
N'W let us look a liulc at tfie facts. Macon inn re
ceived well nigh 100,000 bales of cotton the present sea
son. (JI this 75,000 bales have been fow.irded by
Rail Road m Savannah. And up to the 21st of Febru
ary, only 4,722 bales, (instead of 10,000 as alleged by
th • Mercury) were toiwurded from Mucon via *Snvan
nuh to Charleston ! We have this Ironi reliable au
thority. The remainder of the 10,000 bales spoken of
by the Mercury, were forwarded from Augueta, via
H.tvaqnali,because the river transportation was cheap
tr tb.inlhe heights on the Carolina Rail Road.
Vv e submit to our cotemporary of the Mercury,
whether it does not s quire more “liveliness of limey**
than even we possess to magnify 4,722 bales of cotton
imo a large portion ol the trade of Macon. Be it
reinentb led that this “forge portion” has b cn carried
through Savannah by the direct action ol the Charleston
merchants whose agents and who* fends have been
employed for that purpose. This is not wonderful when
We consider that the receipts of cotton at that port the
l>r< •■x.'M season have fallen dff nearly one hundred and
twenty thousand bales and that that her people find it ne- 1
c ssary to make extraordinary efforts to sustain their
t ad *. The only astonishing part oft ho matter is. thatun
tier tlie hist bed process which has been adopted they have
not succeeded to a greater extent. The Merchants of
Charleston, do no 4 trade in Macon, as n matter of fa
voritism or affection—they come here because they
hope to profit by the operation. We have no
desire to drive them away ; nor do we flatter ourselves
that we could do so, even'if we were to undertake so
fooliih aud ungracious a task.
At tlie same time we are not disposed to stand idly
by and witness the machinations of the moneyed pow
er ol Charleston, in regard to the trade and improve
ment;; of Georgia, without at least moking some fee
ble effort to point out to the people of the State, their
true interests. If Carolina should tall into a pet on
this account and demand a business divorce ; he it so.
Th* day she carries her threat into execution should
l “ celebrated with “bonfires mid illuminations” in j
Georgia—it would be the day of our commercial regen- ‘
fra ii*>n—the day ol all days to be remembered.
We utter this in no unkind or hostile spirit. It is the
solemn conviction of our judgment,and we believe it can j
he demonstrated to any impartial mind. Why has all 1
this xpt uditure been made in Georgia? Has it been ■
for the purpose of building up the commercial empori- 1
uni of Carolina, of swelling the profit* of her mer
chants more than half a million per annum, and filling
her treasury in like proportion ? Is it for this that
Georgia has expended twelve millions of dollars, that
she has incurred n Slate debt of three millions, and for
the repayment of which her citizens are allowing them
selves to be heavily taxed ? Surely, surely not. Is it
not enough foi Carolina to share her proportion of this |
immense business without, charging Georgians with a
spirit of hostility for merely suggesting to the citizens of
the State l that they have a harbor of their own and that
by keeping their trade within their own limits, they
would increase their own wealth replenish their own
treasury and diminish their own taxes ?
Wzi °i’ tli* iV/tortrarff, v\’;o tSli frank
arid candid gentleman, il lie would allow such a state
of things to progress in Carolina, without remonstra
tion, withoutappsalmg to the state pi ide of his fellow cit -
izenw and without, ot least for the moment, losing sight
of his favourite theory of free trade ?
We are not without faqjs on tbiapoint. A few years 1
since permission was asked to bridge the Back River
and causeway the lowland* opposite Savannah, in or- |
dor that the uiiizeirs<oi Beaufort might trade convenient
ly at a city within the limits of Georgia. Was the re
quest granted upon the liberal and expanded principles
of free trade now so clamorously poured into the ears
ol tiio citizens us Georgia l Not a whit of it! The 1
nppiic ation was unceremoniously hustled out ot the
L gHature of Carolina, having, as we are in
formed, hut u one, single, solitary friend ” ! There
was u< ceremony on the occasion ; no Jeremiads were
uttered about the fatal effects of this movement upon
the principles of free trade. Out it w'ent; and the
‘‘Chinese wall” still stands between the chicken coojis,
the Pumpkin piles and potatoe patches of Beaufort
and the antient city of Oglethorpe ! What a theme for
the eloquent pen of oor gifted cotemporary of the Mer
ely ! How important that these startling facts should I
be filed away among his statistic's of free trade ! We
commend them to the Charleston Chamber of Com
merce, as proper to be placeed side by side with the re
cord of their exports of salt, coffee, &c., Irom the city
ot Charleston to the foreign poit ot Chekaw !
Joking aside, Free trade in Georgia, has some refer
ence to the term reciprocal. In Carolina, its tracks*
lik those at the entrance oi a certain cave of which we
read in our classic days, always point one way, and that
way is ia the direction ol Charleston, the upbuilding of
which employs the time and capital and intellect and
legislation of the wliole state. This of course conflicts
with the interests of nearly the whole people of Geor
gia and hence we war against it. It is a simple de- >
fence of fireside interests which we feel to be not only {
a duty, but a pleasure to make.
Colonization— Fire negroes.
. We are requested by the Rev. Mr. Bkn'ntno, agent
of the American Colonization‘Society, to call attention
to his advertiserpeptin. anpjher column. He informs us
that the expedition will .• <;tun|!y.*uil from Savannah, on |
the Ltd May next, for Liberia. Although some sev”
enty-iive are uhcady ej., ged, the Society will not re.
ject any who may offer and who can be accommodated.
They lmve already cqt over about two hundred this
year and havq engaged, in addition to the seventy-five
above to qurry out about 3GO more. The
Colony of Liberia, tnAty the Republic of Liberia) is in
a ,mt t nourishing condition. Its territorial limits have
within a few }vara Ken yery.miwb extended by the
purchase of lauds from >upiceui native UiU's, the em
igrants are general! y\ very healthy and nearly all ol
them, who have made the requisite effort, have been
prosperous in business.
To all free negroes and to tkqpe who wish to inauu- ,
mil slaves we have not the slightest hesitation in wiy
iogthat Liberia presents the only rationul hope of an
jmprm uvnt in their condition, in the South, there is
for the African,. l'course no opportunity ot advance
ment, and in the north his condition is infinitely worse,
becati*’ tlie misguided 1 aunties therearem iu think that
their work is entirely accomplished wh<n they have
su.'oec iled in stealing him from his master, and turning j
him loose to starve.
A lew years since we met with uu honest, spright
ly in ~ro m Philadelphia, who with hia wife and two
children had been inveigled from Ins muster in Virgin
ia The entire earnings of the family, were about fif
teen dollars per month, which in that climate was bare
ly enough to pay h >i? rent, to feed and cfouthe them.
11 silliness betel them, or either ot them weie thrown
out of empluytn nt, privation, or to speak plainly,star
varum was the consequent. ‘Hie jioor fellow hid, be
luid tra and freedom to hVheart's content, lie had (ip- ;
plied t> the .abolitiouisls lor aid but all their funds and
sympathies were employed in stealing, secreting and
leading runaway legrot*. He had next relented and
begged permission to return to hia old muster, who, he
frankly confessed, laid always treat.id him kindly ; but
hia master refused to receive him, fearing that he
might lie only an cniiHaary sent back to corrupt Ins
other negroes. In a fit of despair lie was proposing to
every southern man he culd find to enter with his
whole family into voluntary and perpetual servitude
providedh< might lie |*i milled again to return to the
Mouth- lie tifhnned that ho was yv. rue treated and
worsi 1 cured for at the North than iu Virginia .that when
wnh Ins master and aickn. ss oh uuuic lam lie was pro*
vided foi and that m case of death he knew dial the
survivors in his iuiiuly would have pt least the ordinary
comforts and neceasanes of life. At the timih he hud
laen earn used only for a tew w**ks, and then turned
over to tiie tender mercies of tire cold, calculating,
money mukiiig crowd.
What was true m hia caw ia true of nearly nil of
them in the nortuern state*. lire most miserable
liuu is of vice and penury and .crime, on the North
American Continent, we wittore to soy, an the free
negro quarters of the Northern Ci ties Moinan, who
is utall utqummed with the condition of ihe negroes
ot the Month, can kpend m*!¥h w ike Northern States
and have any thing but shew. onmmgnted contempt
uni eeuru fur the Bun■ ya, the Halts, the (lurrisoru,
the(iieelys,and tire boat at wild, aenaefeaa lu*
rmfii sos that region. * t *
Th< piOject of cokmtaattop isprafciioAWc, feasible atV*
acii uu* Ji loc k* to aometltmg brvnud and above the
it’ snivel?B*i cry for freedom. It opens llie door lor
moral, intellectualand social advancement, and, if the
m-grob* found 10 have n him die element* ofprogress,
it may secure and che.'ish their development. We
Venture tosiy that this single little expedition from
savannah to Liberia, will do more for the elevation of
the African race than has been accomplished by the
, whole race of Abolitionists and Fourierites from the
days of Wilberforce, down to those of Greely.
Liui we have other and stronger inducements to fa
s’ ur this colonization scheme. It is the only way in
which we ol the South can hope to get rid ol a popula
tion winch however it may improve and advance else,
where, ia but a nuisance and a source of endless annoy
ance here. One halt of the corruption, the crime, and
misery of the African* at the South may be traced
••liber to the tree negroes,or their associates among the
white population. It we could get rid of the former
the latter would seek a different sphere of operations
and our slave population would advance in a corres
( ponding degree in moral and physical worth. To ev
< iy free negro then we would unhesitatingly say, “go
to Liberia, because while you benefit yourself, you will
also equally lienefit those of your own raee who are left
behind.” We believe it may be clearly demonstrated
, that as a financial measure the people of Georgia, would
make money by paying the expenses to Liberia, ol ev
ery free negro row in the State, besides giving to each
a bonus of SSOO as an inducement to go. If our insti_
tutions are'to be preserved bi all and perpetuated, it
must be by keeping them in their purity and avoiding the
tolerance of a mixed class of the same color. The exis
tence of a free negro population is wholly incompatable
with our present institutions and ought not to be tolerat
| ed.
We of the South are too much in the habit of look
ing lor enemies abroad while |>erhnp9 a more immi
nent danger is to be apprehended nearer home. We
have laws for our African population, but they are not
observed. Our negroes are allowed to hire their own
time, to live apart from their owners, and to indulge in
ail the vices of actual freedom without being subjected
to any of its restraints. This results mainly from their
association with free negroes, a class of people, who, as
a general thing, accomplish no good lor themselves but
intinite mischief for their race. We hope therefore
now tlint an opportunity is offered to all such, not only
to enjoy freedom, but to make that freedom profitable
and respectable, that Guardians and all others may use
their influence to swell the number to embark at Sa
vannah,on the Ist of May next. They cannot in any
other way do a better service either to the South or our
present colored population.
The liesignalion of Col. Fremont.
The withdrawal of Lieut. Col. Fremont, from the
service of the country will be likely to create no little
discussion and excitement. By his rapid rise, his great
services ami his distinction as an officer and Engineer,
he has become endeared to the people of the nation,
lie now sutlers on account of no offence of his own,
but because of certain blunders of the Administration,
which weie well calculated to embarrass a commander
of much greater experience and age than himself. The
nature of his offence is simply this. The President
despatched to Gala lorn ia, both Com. Stockton and
Gen. Kearney, with orders to conquer the country and
set up a military and civil government there. Stockton
achieved a comparatively bloodless conquest. Kear
ney in the meantime, in obedience to the preliminary
part of his orders, had taken New Mexico, and estab
lished a temporary government there. On his approach
to the confines of California, he heard that the country
was already in the quiet possession of Stockton. Leav
ing his military force behind, he traversed the interve
ning wilderness with one hundred dragoons for the pur
pose of executing his orders, and perfecting the or
ganization of the proposed government. On ap
proaching Stockton’s Head Quarters at San Diego,
he found the whole country in a state of revolt. Their
tbrees were united, and proceeded, 700 strong, to Los
Angelos, where they encountered and defeated the
Mexicans, with great slaughter. The enemy retreated,
but On their way, met Fremont, with 500 men, on his
way to join the Commodore, and surrendered.
The war being ended, Kearney claimed authority un
der his instructions, to organize a government. Stock
ton denied his right, and produced his own instructions
of similar purport. Kearney demanded the submission
of Freemont. The latter replied, that he held his com
mission from Stockton, and was bound to obey him.
Here was the offence. For this he was arrested runder
three distinct charges; “Ist, Mutiny,'2nd, Disobe
dience of orders, and 3rd, Conduct prejudicial to good
order and proper military discipline.’* There were
twenty-three specifications, and the Court found him
guilty under every one of them, but commended him,
on account of his distinguished services, to Executive
clemency. That clemency was extended, but Col.
Freemont very properly, treated it with scorn and con
tempt, threw up his commission and quit the service.
Thus has Mr. Folk by a single palpable blunder, blight
ed the prospects of one of the most promising officers
in the Army, and inflicted a serious injury upon the ser
vice. It seems to be a matter of no consideration with
Mr. Folk, who is destroyed, provided his schemes enure
to the benefit of his party.
LATEST FROM MEXICO.
The Ncw-Orleans papers of the 24th, contain intel
ligence from Vera Croz to the 17th, and the City of
Mexico to the 13th ult brought by the Steamship Globe.
Rosa the Minister of Foreign Affairs, had published an
Address to the Governors of the several States, an
nouncing the fact, that a Treaty.of Peace had been sign
ed, and urging the members of Congress to repair to
Querretaro, lor the purpose of deliberating and deter
mining upon the question of peace or war. It is a strong
and undisguised peace document.
Notwithstanding all the precautions used, the terms of
the Treaty transpired. The American Star has an ar
ticle on the subject, in which it seems to be taken for
granted, that the terms agreed upon will be satisfactory
to both governments. The correspondent of the N. O
Commercial Tunes, repents them as follows, viz:
1. The United States acquire all the territory deman
ded in September, giving an indemnification of twenty
millions of dollars as follows:
*2 Five millions to satisfy the claims of American cit
izens, which have already been liquidated, or remain to
be liquidated ; three millions to he paid, the moment
after the treaty shall have been approved, and ratifica
tions exchanged.
3. The remaining twelve millions at such period and
in such amounts as may suit the Mexican Government.
4. The capitol shall be evacuated one month alter
information shall have been received of the ratification
of the treaty.
5. The ports to be given up three months after Mid
approval of the treaty provided always, that in case this
should occur during the sickly season, the troops may
withdraw into the interior, to a distance of thirty
leagues, there to remain until the period should expire
6. The maritime custom-houses to be delivered over
to the Mexican authorities, on receipt of the ratification
of the articles of peace. The American tariff to remain
in force for such a period as may be mutually agreed
on, and then to be succeeded by the Mexican custom
house regulations
One report is that Utters had been received from
Messrs. Calhoun, Clay ond others, advising Gen. Scott
to retain Mr. Trial, and to negotiate a Peace on the
terms proposed. This of course is a lubrication It is
nmehmore likely, that while Mr. Polk has been mdu
cmg Gen. Cams and a few kindled spirits to shout for
llie “ wMe or more” ol Mexico, he has been quietly
instructing Mr. Trig to make another 49 treaty.
It wus generally understood that Pena y Pena, the
provisional President, had agreed to co-operate with
G<*n. Scott in regard to the arrest and imprisonment
Santa Anna. Another report was that Santa Anna,
had applied to Scott for a passport to quit the country,
having first advised his friends to make pence. Rumor
says that Scott replied that he had no authority to grant
the requisite document, hut referred the celebrated
cock-fighter to hiafriend Mi Polk, a gentleman whose
spirit of accommodation in such matters was well un
derstood.
Gin. Lank had returned to the Capitol from Oriza
ba and much excitement existed m tin* army in regard
to the suspension of Gen. Scott. It was generally con
ceded, that in case there should Is* any more fighting to
lie done his loss would b irretrievable. He wns report
ed to be highly indignant at the procedure
Some pretty hard stories nre told by the correspon
dents from the nnny, in regard to the financial opera
tions of sundry of the army agents by reason of which
tin* government has been s loser to the tune of nearly a
quarter of a million. These losses arc in a great meas
ure the result of some of Mr. Walker's instructions and
on tracts. _
Mr. La wren 00 and th* %’ie*-PrPsidccy.
The connection of the name of the Hon. Abbot
Lawrenot with tha Taylor ticket for the Vice-Presi
dency seems to meet with almost universal favor. He
is a gentleman of eminent talents and elevated chnrac
| ter as well as a profound, practical statesman. No
in m would be more acceptible totlie conservative,busi
ng men of the country.
death or EX-rEsiDi:> r auahh.
The venerable Ex-President John Q . ncy Adutns.
died in Washington city on th • 23;d of February. Ib
was attacked with paralysis while in Ins scat in the
House on the 21st, and sank rapidly notwithstanding
every possible mod cal aid was procured. Immediately
on the announcement of his illness huth Hou.i ad
journed and Mr. A. was conveyed to the Bjx akers
Chamber, where h elingered until a few minutes past 7
o’clock, on the evening of the 23rd, when he expired.
Almost lua luot words were,; “ T//ia is the last uj
earth—l am content .” During las’illness, the deepest
excitement pervaded the Capitol. Mr.. Clav visited
him in his dying moments, and the scon * is reporte I to
have been a truly melancholy one, the great Statesman
having completely lost control of his feelings on the oc
casion.
Though differing widely ns the poles from Mr. Ad
ams on many very important questions, we fell it due to
his distinguished ability, and the important stations
which he has filled, to pay to his memory the honors due
to an Ex-President of the United States. He is gone,
let the evil he hath done, die with him, and his good deeds
be long remembered, by a grntelul people.
The Baltimore American , accompanies the An
nouncement of his dissolution, with the following re
marks :
“ The death of this distinguished man, though not an
unexpected event, will cause a profound sensation
throughout the country wheresoever the intelligence of
it shall become k'nown. A personage who has so long
stood as a living pillar around whom were twined so
many fibres of the national growth and being—so many :
associations political, social and now historical—could j
not pass away without sundering by his fall innumem-!
ble ligaments which bound him, his person and charnc- j
ter to the hearts and minds of the American people.
“ A void remains. Something has gone which s* ‘ ined !
to have acquired the solidity of a fixture in the sphere
of national affairs. The chasm between the pre.-mt |
and the past widens, and becomes deeper, upon the dis
appearance of this venerable sign e which united both.
We seem to lose our familiardiold upon the early days
of the Republic, winch recede farther and farther, as I
one by one, the patriarchs w'ho lingered as the relics
and representatives of that memorable period, are trans
ferred to another world.
“ The public life of John Quincy Adams is well
known to his countrymen, as was that of his father be
fore him. Succeeding to a heritage oi renown, he
accumulated by his eminent services a glory of his own.
He was at different periods the Ambassador of the Uni
ted States, at all the prominent Courts of Europe, his
diplomatic career having been begun in 1731, when he
went to Ru.-siu as Private Secretary to .Mr. Dana, our
Minister at St. Petersburg. That was sixty-seven
years ago, and from that period, with rare exceptions, I
Mr. Adams has been in public service. Ip Congress, in i
the Cabinet, in the chief Executive Chair of the Re-1
public, ranking always among, the first statesmen of the
country he has exhibited a unity of character not le&s
remarkable than were some of the peculiarities that
distinguished it. We propose to enter iuto no analy
sis of his qualities. The impression which he has left
upon the mind of the nation bears the image of his pe
culiar characteristics, as well aa the strong outline of
his figure as a statesman. He will be known in history
by both aspects.
“ For many years, perhaps during his w hole period of
public service, Mr. Adams kept a journal, in which the
events of the day, with his own comments and reflec
tions thereupon, were recorded with steady regularity.
This record of a long life amounts now to many vol
umes, which will, nodoubt.be given to the world.
John Quincy Adams was born in 1767; his death
occurs in his eighty-first year. His bodily powers,
which were retained in remarkable vigor up to a com
paratively recent period, began to tail rapidly after the
first attack of the malady which has finally proved fatal.
Yet, with the indomitable resolution which belonged to
him, he continued to hold his seat in the House of Rep
resentatives in spite of physical infirmities; and at his
poet he fell. There was no waning of intellect The
concentrated fire of a powerful spirit to its
inmost citadel, shone in the eye until the film of ap
proaching dissolution obscured that last portal of the
earthly tenement —Full of years and full of honors,
after a life of arduous service, distinguished by great
abilities, integrity, republican simplicity and honest
patriotism, the sage of Quincy goes to his rest, breath
ing his last in the Capitol, surrounded by the Renresen
tatives of the people, and leaving a nation to pay res
pect to his memory. In view of such a life so closed,
after a race fully run, the feeling of regret inspired by
the event is blended with the perception of its glory,
and we find ourselves repeating the touching excla
mation of Burke, upon the death of an illustrious
friend”— #*
Hail and Farewell!
A Tribute to adopted Citizens.
Colonel Wynkoophas addressed a letter to one of
his friends in Pottsville, in which he pays the following
tribute to our adopted citizens. Before this gallant
gentleman left lor the wars, he was au ardent “Native:”
“ The Irislunan and the German ! I have seen
many of them in one rank—l have been with them in
battle—have seenthem wounded and dying—have trod
den over their dead bodies on the field—have witnessed
by proof stronger than revelation, their affection for the
laud of their adoption ; and trust in God that the time
may come when I shall be enabled, in some degree,
by future conduct, to repair the wrong honestly done to
wards these people, by myself, during the past. Isay
honestly, because us a politician I was honest in my o
pinions, and I believe, unhesitating in my expressions.—
Time, however, has corrected the error ; and in a school,
too, not easily to be forgotten.”
A Neighbour’s Testimony.
Th e Richmond Whig of the 15th inst .says: We
venture to publish the annexed extract from a privet**
letter from an old and esteemed friend, who is a neigh
bour and acquaintance of Gen. Taylor, lie speaks
the sentiments common to all who know Gen. Taylor j
personally. We have never seen the man yet, nor heard
of him, who, having been with Gen. Taylor either in
cainp or in private, did not speak of him in the highest
terms of eulogy. There is no better test of a really
great and good man than the fact that he impresses
deeply and tovourably all who approach him. The ex
tract is from a letter dated Louisiana Jan., 31st 1818
and reads as follows:
“I don't recollect that we have ever differed ou any
important principle or measure of the Wing party, and
1 am since rely pleased at seeing that we do not yet dif
fer ou ‘ Whig men,’ as you advocate the claims of the
veteran Tayforto the gratitude of the country. I amper
sonally well acquainted with Gen. Taylor, and you do
him no more than justice in ranking him with Wash
ington, to whom alone he is second honesty of purpose
and stem Republican simplicity of character. He has
always been u decided Whig,” Ac. A.
Southern Comforts
Some of our Nothern cousins regard us here at tie*
South ns very naughty people and addle ed to very
vii and vicious practices. We must be permitted,
however, to congratulate ourselves upon an almost en
tire freedom from many ridiculous lollies and outrage
ous enormities which are found characterising our ac
cusers. We may lie very had, but we are not bade
nough to breed and tolerate m our midst the many
monstrous isms which agitate Clmrch and State in
other portions of our land. We are not apt to have
Infidel Conventions to gloniy To n Paine and Abner
Knceland, and vote the Bible a hum!mg and the clei gy
a pest to society. Nor do we have Anti-Hanging
Conventions, the upshot of whose proceeding* is to an
nul wholesome laws and pay a bounty on murder We
have had no such Conventions as the intelligent oorres
pondent of the New York Recorder describes us havin 1
lately met in the city of lfoston. The object of this
Convention was to devise wiy.-und means tor abolish
ing the observ in ‘ of the Christian Sabbath. It pro- >
claimed the Sabbath an imiinugatud nuiauiic , the in >si
serious*’ let and hindrance” in the way of the prg ‘ *
of” Anti-Slavery,Temperance,Purity, Iliiinm Buth
erhood.’Ac The choice spirits that pi- d*d ovn
this assembly, whose proper place of me ting was Pan
demomum, were Garrison, Theodore Parker, Mam
W Chapinun, Edmund Quincy, Abbey Kelly I outer. |
C. C. Buleigli, et id oinne genus. It may be a4pn*i!
proof that Charleston is far behind in intrlligen and
morality, that we have no Marllx>ro Chapel, vs uli i m
annual a*cnibl.‘jg' a s to inveigh agnm*t • xotitig inautu- j
tkma and hasten the introduction of tin iiiilcnniuni of’
impiety mid misrule ;it may indicate stagnation of in
tellect, coldness of heart uni turbidity ol conseienc •
that we have no Reformer* amongst us ; but we are
free to confess (though the confession may excite pit y
and contempt) that we are content with this pint* of
things. We should deem it a moat stilus evil, if the
M itch of reforming ’’ were to s* \ic our people, and
our soil should become infested with such violent and
relentless haters of everything ancient and good -
lately made Marlboao Chuptl the tissue of utroeitu -
Sout/n m Baptist.
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Tiio South-Western Kaii.f 1
The rtenio, Editor of the ttbuve pa„.’ I
Inm n certain gentleman who once ii„ , m ’*|
and goes on to argue certain points hl fl
Oi my identity, i„ his own opinion ‘ \ V h .* Ven ’ I
; ‘duaion he true or fake, it,unite™ 110 l , ‘fl
The .Senior should rem.inWr thnt hil ‘ |Rm l
e.tta have rescued hiaoaine hop, obneuritv “fl
l out before the country, .domed
all the ennobling virtues of Editor, J id™
nor. Statesmtin and fimmeier,ai and that p ■
ate an anonymous writer, shows that |„ “ ‘’ “’f ■
! the exalted position occupied hi the
j acquit his associate, “ neology,” 0 f j.* ID|e 111 H
|>ect responsible lor the false represent i't„,” *”
lions contained in his (ficider'e) attack m'"”
tyol these who composed the Americas “r* “"B
Tile first objectionable remark is, “” fl
played by the Senior, in alledging!.'""'” wM
Ins (the Senior's) views are darkened he “'’""‘fl
‘ wire-grass country.” This is s J' 1 "* fl
my views, and I Should be glad to know
ly so, on the part of the Senior. The a*-!.,, , “fl
ertlteleso wholly unfounded und unauthorm.j fl
words quoted trout inynrticle by the p atri() eu ‘ V H
the author of the perverted article, 1 wi11,,",’ f’ ‘I
hope, little grounds will be left for cavil orn,’ HIH
lion, in future. Here is the sentence. “"“'l'*®
“ Tl>® Editor has never seen the light—he h 1
1 ways had his views obscured, and h's m ‘* “*■
darkened by the inspiration of a wire-.... W,l "fl
lv i uiterst
Hoes this quotation show that there was . ■
tion to reflect upon the region of country in
| Senior Editor lives ? Does it even show any
’ disposition to brand or to stigmatize the citizen* fl
j ker, with the offence of living ,n the •* wire-i* fl
try !•’ No such (also interpretation eould he Xlfl
a iy one whose intellect was not dmkened, an.!e|lM
ed by a lew thousand dollars invet turem inui'lS
| lan,la ot ’ South-Western Georgia. I charge ‘fl
I ’"V'lalion to the Senior than that growing , ■
exclusive ownership of a wire-grass interest, |
■udi ns can be measured by compass and chain ‘'■
The Senior is rich and original in saying, hr
the duplicity ol certain persons at the dL.iM
volition, held during the month of May. He
demonstrated at that Convention, that the .fl
to build a Railroad in a direction different from til
po tended by the friends ol the ,■ prise, mill i, fl
ges that the same was well understood by thos
gaged in it, l he a nue, to obtuitt suhscriptie..,- „r .fl
plume,s,el linker. This is certainly a gr av
against the integrity of the gentlemen who compel
that Convention. How the Senior Editor ran ,M
Snell a \ rsion of the proceedings of that
mu mm lie explained i,\ the extraordinary
of a wire-grass interest. The Senior sa>.:i„ ufl
rectum ol the S. W. Road was mis-stated, and t
readily exposed the duplicity. With due drt-r fl
the Senior, I declare, that no member attemptedt
line the route of the S. W Railroad, except the Setufl
himself, whose proposition was scouted hv‘.B
tion, as an utiempt to eonuml the Company [Jtt; . : ,fl
turely. ■
l lie Superior Court of Sumter was in seapixn at
time, and sundry gentlemen, well known to the
profession, attended the Railroad Convention wh-v.'fl
disinterested and minute obseivers of the pro,n iu::t a fl
tors on the occasion. I have addressed totiiemccfl
tain queries, asking, if agreeable, to furnish me with fl
impressions made upon their minds by the course fl
sued by the Senior, of the Patriot. The iollowmg'ifl
ters were received from the gentlemen alluded to. I
February 28th 1848 fl
Mr. Pindertown : ■
—^ our letter asking information of the
pursued by the Senior Editor of the Albany l'amut, fl
the Railroad Convention at Aiucricus, has btv. fl
me severa 1 days, and contents duly considered. fl
To your first query, who proposed the route for :fl
S W. Railroad ? I answer, I heard no route projiosefl
by any one except by the Senior Editor of the A b.ofl
Patriot, who urged that the Flint River valley, vuvfl
only way to reach Pensacola, and that Albany wastifl
only place in South Western Georgia, where th- afl
trade lying east and west of Flint River could k c-afl
• •••Ntratrd l'r tiie South-\V--stein ii mr-ad. 1 : -gH
privately denounce tiie idea of giving alternate
tions of the public laud in Florida to a.ssist to carry ouH
the great project of connecting the Atlantic and imH
Gulf, in consequence of its bt*i:ig unconstitutional andfl
anti-democratic. I heard him repeatedly assert thatfl
h lint River would be better navigation than the sh&i*-fl
sippi, were it not for two things, both of which could fl
be easily remedied by energy and capital. Thr reasons I
assigned were, that there were too many shoals, audfl
not sufficient depth of water in the channel. 1
I heard him declare, that no planter or merchantoffl
Baker county, would send his cotton to Macon by the fl
S. W Railroad, unless the Road went to Albany. I
I have no hesitation in declaring, that the Seniors!
conduct at the Convention, was ridculous in the ex*!
treme. Respecfully, I
JOHN DOE. I
February , 2Sth, 1848. I
Mr. Findertown: I
Sir :—I hasten to reply to your letter asking informs- ■
tion of the course pursued by the Senior Editor oi the!
Albany Patriot, at the Americas Railroad Conven-B
tion. fl
My recollection is that Ins course was arrogaut,dic*B
tutorial, and unworthy the character winch he bearefor!
decency and good conduct generally—l regarded iumfl
bewildered by some malign influence, and felt no little!
anxiety for his peculiar situation. I was not aware then.!
though subsequently informed, that the Senior isdnvenfl
occasionally, wildly from the moorings of comm afl
sense, by tlte inspiration of a wire grass interest TL’fl
only route proposed for theS. W. Railroad, came from fl
the Senior, lie announced publicly and privately thatfl
that the planters of Baker and Lee, would not sendfl
their cotton by the Road, unless it went to Albany I
The President of a certain Ruiiroud, pronounced the I
statement untrue ! The Senior and others doubtless ■
remember the contradiction. 1 have been informed the I
Senior boasted on his return home, of the ingenuity be I
displayed, in exposing the duplicity of the Conven I
tion. I
Inconclusiou, 1 will state, that the Senior finding it I
impossible to swerve the Convention, from its course by I
the urgumeuts adduced by him wound up by threaten
ing to demolish the S. W. Railroad project by the re
vival of the Ocmulgec and Flint River Railroad—yu
are at liberty to make any use of these remark* y° u
may deem proper. Respectfully,
RICHARD ROE.
February 28 th, 1848
Mr. Pindertown—
Sir —ln answer to your letter, asking me to Ktuti the
course of the Senior Editor of the Albany Patriot, it
the Americas It. R. Convention, held m May, I reply- ‘
that i did not attend that Convention. 1 howevert*
tended the adjourned Convention in July, and observed
th** Senior’s course on that occasion—He took the
same ground that was aerified to Inin ut the find ° 00 ’
volition, to wit: that the S. W. Railroad should unit*
With the Flint at Albany, and that any other progriifst
of Railroad to connect the Atlantic and the Cud #**•
mingled with ignorance and duplicity The lonvne
tion was pressed until it was agreed and adopted • 1
basis of subsequent action, that the people should i*
consulted hs to the stock they were willing t*’ guatan*
tee in the event a couple of routes should be survey*
(the Albany and Pondtowu.) The Senior gaiufd thi*
much by pressing the Flint River valley upon tb
tion of the Convention.
A report of the amount suliseribed by the friends o
th respect-w routes, was toU‘ coiuiuuinciued it #ll
early day. I learn from Ingli authority, dtsi ,lU
f;>ni the Senior of the Albany Patriot, hi* rV,,r
received. It is to be re grated that he forgot, or
ircted to attend to a duty which devolved, ‘ ,r ! ui
of In* persevere no*’, und ingenuity, inexjsisiiig the < *
plicity of the Convention. There being no‘ on f
in tns assertion at the Convention, and his subs* qu* ll
conduct, I take it for granted, that his course wj* m
decidedly for self, that the planters of Raker and D*#
cliow to fiave nothing to do with the Senior, nor 1,1
scheme of Railioad. .
1 will iuithsi *ay, that 1 regard Ue Senior
s uti/i man, from what 1 saw of him m ferutmig
the duplicity of the Convention.
Ktspeoiully.
GEOKGE STU.k.”
I will hr re take i.uvc oltlw Hemur of he Alta-f
Patri( t,and turn him over to those time hono •
tleinen, wlio have come forward to findieat 11* 1
<*t truth, by a bold and manly exposition of
pursued by him ut the Atmncus Convention Af *
unexceptionable testimony, it ha* the nurit ©
clear, corruhoratlve, and to the point in issue. AC ‘