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JOURNAL & MESSENGER. S. T. CHAPMAIf & s. HOSK, Editor*. TiXTiTeciiii. To the honorable the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Unit'd States of America in Con cress ase tabled: The memorial of the Alabama, Florida and Georgia Railroad Company respectfully repreaenta That in the winter ol 1834-'3f> the Mid company was incorporated by th* general assembly of the Stute of Al abama That the object of the company was to con struct a railroad from the ciiy of Pensacola, in Florida, to Montgomery, now the capital of the State of Ala bama. That the aaid company, immediately after ob taining its charter aforesaid, was authorized by the governor and legislative council of the Territory oi Flor ida so construct iheir road from the boundary line be tween Alabama and Florida to the waters <>f Pensacola bay That the aaid company, in the latter part of the year 1836, commenced operations, which they were compelled to abandon in 183d, after an expenditure of a large sum. in consequence of the pecumaiy embar rassment ot that period, which not only paralyzed indi vidual enterpriz**, but seriously affected the operations of the government. Your memorialist* feeling confident that the enter prise m which they w*-- then engaged, and which they were cotnpeiled to abandon temporarily, was one of great iinpormnce.not only to the section of the coun try wh'cb the comiemplated road and its brandies would traverse, but to the whole Union, resol veil that they would renew their exertions at a more propitiom period Your memonauats, believing that time to have arrived, as a preliminary step towards the renewal oi their exertions.sppued to the general assembly of the State of Alabama, at fls recent session, lot aa exten sion, of the limitation in which the work was to be completed ; and that legislature, being aware ol the im portance and utility ot the proprwed road, promptly extended the tune for its completion to 1852. Your memorialists now’ propose, under n new or ganiza ton, top.osecute their work with all the vigor and means they can command . and knowing ns they do, that the completion of the proposed rood would b. ot immense advantage, not only m a national but in a pecuniary view to the general government, would res pectfully ask tor it the favorable considerations ot your honorable body. Your memorialists will briefly advert to some ot the ad vantages they would deem would accrue to the general government by the construction of the proposed road Tne road will traverse about the middle space between the Alabama and Chattahoochee rivers, and will pass through large bodies ot public lands which are now val uless tn consequence of their isolated position, and Mill be so in nil time to come, uufess facilities to market are created by railway communication, thereby 11 creasing the sales of the public domain and giving value to tho* lands which have been m market 18 or 20 years, at the minimum puce, without a bidder. In addition to which, it woulu cause populous settlements of a w ild and uncultivated countty, which your memorialists wm show of a paramount importance to the general gov- i eminent i;i that section ot the Union It being con trary to the policy ot our institutions to have large stand ing armies, it follow’s that,in tune ot war and invasion, we have to rely on what has been termed the bulwark of our liberties, the citizen soldiery The harbor ot Pensa ola, since the acquisition ot Florida, lias been considered by the most distinguished military engi- ; iieers of the country as the point tTappui ol the gui! ot Mexico, from whenee the vast commerce ot the sippi and ns tributaries has tube protected and defend ed from the aggression of an enemy. That the harbor of Pensacola is viewed in that light by the general gov ernment, your memorialists have only to refer to the large appropriations that have been made, from time to tune, to place it in a state of defence, and which de fences are now nearly completed ; and also to the fact that there is a large and extensive navy-yard located there, which is now being placed in a situation to afford facilities tor refitting and repairing the national ships that resort tluther,and where a dry rock is contempla ted to be built. Your memorialists would suggest, that it will appear by the annual reports of the Engineer Department for several years past, that the fortifications erected in the harbor ol Pensacola arc comparatively useless without n speedy and direct communication with the interior of Alabama, clearly demonstrating that the •road, independent ol other considerations, becomes in dispensable in the general plan ol the defence ol the gulf of Mexico. Your memorialists would further represent, that the construction of the said road would cause a large popu lation to locate at Pensacola, which is celebrated tor the salubrity of its climate and the adaptation ot its har bor for commercial purposes; thereby having a suffici ent number oi citizen soldiery at the spot, n cased sudden invasion to detenu that point until troops could be obtained, by means of the railroad, trom the interior countries of Alabama and Georgia Another great advantage that would arise from the construction of the said rail road, your memorialists would suggest, is this : it would, by tne time ot its com fileiion, be a continuous lineot railway communication rom the extreme eastern section ol the Union to the gull ot Mexico, (there being only about one hundred limes to construct between the piesei it terminus of the Montgorueiy railroad and the Georgia oads.) thereby affording gieatand increased facilities to the govern uietu in . ie transmission of the mails and speeJy and direct commnmcation between the At'antic cities amt those on the gulf of Mexico. It would, then, appear that the construction of the said road would give value to large bodies ot the public domain now perfectly useiess.and which would (amain so without some improvemeut of the kind. , It would afford the government a cheap and spe. dy mode otobtainiqg troops, muon ions ot war, and supolie* from Alabama. Georgia. South Carolina, and indeed, from all the northern and eastern States, lor tne defence of the Gulf and remedying the detect which now exists It womd brma into cultivation an extensive region of country which oan never be iiopulated without a railroad to afford facilities to a market It wobld secure the general government an cxjic diUous mode ultra importation of the mails between the Atlantic cities and those on the Gulf, and aloe enab;e the goveruineiit to communicate with the gull of .Mex ico in about ♦ Oor 70 hours,from whence a communica tion by steam to Chagmi, and trom thence acroM* the Isthmus to thePactriu ocean, communication with the portion the Pacific ami Chiaa will be established. for these reasons, .andothers that wiil obviously sug gest themselves, your memorialist* are xatistird that the general government will derive great advantages, not only ui a national but in a pecuniary point of view, and would theiekne ask that your honorable bod; have set span out ot the, public lamia ntrough which thin said road and its brauches will pass, tin* alternate sec tions tor eix milea on each aide thereof, which shall in ure to the benefit of your inrmonalista, provided they will finish their said road and branches within the period fixed in llieir act of incorporation for its completion - Vour niemuriahaca deem tiiat-auch a reservation of the public lands from sale and entry, and the appropriation of them for such a purpose, would not conthct w ith any conatnuiionstpnucipk,inasmuch as it would be a mere contract with your memorialists to add value to the pub lie domain. ami alisrd great facilities to the govern- j merit, which cannot be obtained in any other manner than by a railway communication. Ail of which is respectfully submitted For and in bahaii vs the stockholders of the Alabama. Florida and Georgia Kailioad Company T. M BLOUNT, President 0/ the Hoard of Director*. Ala bn ina. Florida ami ttor|(ia Railroad. The Committee on Moral Affair*, to whom were re ferred thr me nutria l oj the Alabunui, blonde end Gertetm Hatband ( ampantf, and Ike memorial* of numerous citnen* of Alabama and Florida, ask inn Concrete 1a grant the alternate sections ol the p.iblic landthrouflk which theu contemplated road will pass, to the *etd Hatlrand ( dm/tany. to aid in the construction thereof, hare had the subject under consideration, and submit the following report : The haibor of Penaaooto has ever been re carded by the governments of Spain, Great Britain, ana the l?m ted States, aa 11 Hording more important advantage* lor the establishment oi a naval depot for the protection of the commerce of the valley of the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico than any other |Hrt on the shores of ‘ the Gulf Wtale us salubrious climate and command ini’ situation have attracted universal attention, and pointed it out as a place which may ultimately become of vastcommttcial importance, the views of govern ment have been limited to its rapacity tor the accom modation aud protection of extensive naval armaments and military defences The discovery was made, how ever, ui an early day, that as it was surrounded by s i barren unproductive country extending tor hundredsof liiil. s, anJ not being reached by any Targe navigable ! river,it would be necessary toform artificial ©omnium - cations wdh the fertile regions of the interior, tor the purpose of procuring supplies ; or this position, of so much importance in all other respects, could not justly be considered as tenable in the event of war with n great naval power With this view, the British gov eminent, as early aa the year IT7l,Qftu ed exiimnuilioiu and surveys to be made, with the intention °f connect ing tin* Ibfiervillc with the Mlssi*tiptH rwet by a canal, thus tbrimng a communication through the ibb**rvilc rlvi I. ms h m hart rain and Borgne *nh Mobile imv. • l I ruin thenot by canal to the water* t IVn.m bay All the surveys and estimates neotaoury to carry this design into effect were ore pared under the direction ol tlis British governor of West Florida,and the cor respondence between Inin and the government at home from 1771 to 1775, shows that, had the war of the revo- | lutiuu not broken out, tin; plan would have been adopt ed and the work completed hi thr shortest |>o**il4e time The purchase of by the government ol the Untfrd Btaies, rendered Pensacola comparatively of little importance to any other power, and, consequent y when ftonda Irilsgs 111 into the hands of Bps in, she simply msnitsineu it as a military post, though at an calier day she had entertained views similar to ihtwr which rams so near being earned into execution by the British government, raapecting a communication with the Mississippi,and also of making a canal across the peninsula of Florida, to connect the narbor of pen. Icola with soma port on the Atlantic Aa cultivation extended in the valley of the Missi* aippi. and tlw* increasing products of the great Wesi found thf lr way to thr Gulf of Mexico, it was prrceiv ed that e were in want of a position from which they could be protected, end the acquisition of Penaacoi. became absolutely essential to the sreurity of the com meres of that vast and fertile portion ol the Union It conasouenily aaauuu and a pursmount importance 11 th* conaiJerations which finally led to the purchase ot Florida from Spain, 111 the year 1819 Aa soon as that event occurred, Pensacola assumed vastly more than si its former value aa a naval depo’ It had beeon.* united to its natural glfirv not only in the great val ley of the west, but ill thr whoie Union. The gov eminent of the United States almost immediately took the nsetoperv steps to devote this beautiful harbor to th* purpose# for which nature had so evidently d#aig"cd it A naral depot was erabitahed. and large eppropWioPf were made to fortify the harbor and render secure (he naval armaments and stores which it was designed should be collected there. These establishments nave been progressing from year to year, and vast sums have already been expended, though the plan which was adopted, and the perfect execution of which is necessa ry to the security of our commerce in the Gulf of Mexico, is far from being completed. It will tie wen by the letter of Commodore Smith, in the appendix, marked A. that there has been expended improvements in the navy yard at Pensacola $*448,989- 45 There was appropriated by the last Congress the sum of $250,000 towards ihe construction of a dry dock ‘Phe letter of Col Totten,marked B, shows the amount ex}>ended on fortifications to be $1,400,654- % These sums make $2,524,VJ0 40 actually expended and appropriated to the naval establishment und milita ry defences of Pensacola. The plan originally propos ed, and which, in nil probability, will ultimately be car ried into execution, embraces an estimate of exnendi ture of more than fifteen millions of dollars for the na vnl depot and the fortifications necessary to its security Without an easy , rapid, and safe railway communica tutn to the interior, all this money and all the nation al considerations which dictated the purchase oj Florida, with a riexoof obtaining Pensacola for n na tal depot will result so much bene fit conferred on any great naval power with which wc mag hereafter hap- pen to be at war. During the troubles in Cana Jr a:;d on onr northeas tern boundary, the British government removed the station for their North American fleets from Halifax to Bermuda, where they have expended many millions ot dollars, and have rendered if so impregnable that it i properly regarded as the Gibraltar ot the Atlantic.— ’Phis island fortress is within one day’s run ot a •teamer (280 miles) of Charleston or Savannah. Imagine that power, in the event of a war with this country, in pos session a Is. >of Pensacola, a lid what would be the condi tion of onr commerce on the Atlantic and in the Gulf ot Mexico i Grent Britain has shown in more than on<* instance, if not in nl! eases, th*'t wfe-ti she intends to He el ire war she strikes first, and sends out h**r manifes toes afterwards Remote as Pensacola now is from ra pid intercoursewiththeinterior.it would almost cer tainly fall into her hands, or those of any other enter prising enemy. If. however, we had a railway and tel egraphic roinmnuication, by which intelligence and troops could be sent for its defence, a sufficient force might he collected there to resist succerafully the ap proach of a hostile fleet. The attention of the govern ment has been repeatedly called to this important “ob ject hy Golonel Totton. the dfetingnashed chief of the Engineer Department. In liis report to the Secretary of War, dated Novem ber 2. 1M43, lie says ‘The foilificatione of this harbor, at the present moment, so tar as the w orks themselves are concerned, constitute a formidable and efficient ar ray of strength ; and, within two or three years, the entire system of local defence will be complete,except ing only such auxiliary means a.* may. without danger, be left to he executed when about W he needed. “ But there are other considerations oonaroted with the security ol’ this gresi harbor, which are 1 ndepeadeut of mere defences, wliether naval or nniitary . such, 1 mean, as relate to a sale and easy communication wltt so*.lT'*” of wmnlv and relief These are of more than common interest here, becaust * n ? *'iH *ny that should be able to lest the arrangements for defence would, in di<mg so. completely cut off all the ex isting channels of commumcaiion. This isolated po sition of Pensacola, in reference to any productive or populous region, is its peculiar disadvantage; which has all along been kept in view by those connected with the defensive preparations, and by them has been re peatedly presented to the notice of the government. “ There was a time when private enterprise seemed about to connect this mere harbor of refuge into one of the great entrepots of w estern commerce, by opening a direct and speedy communication with the interior; but, since the failure or postponement of that hope, the extent to which the general government may, in such a case, interfere to carry out enterprises having such an object, would seem to have become a very important question.” In his report, dated November 30,1844, Col. Totter, uses the following language : ‘ Pensacola Harbor. Florida. —l beg leave to refer to previous reports from this office tor strong expres sions of opinion as to the value of this harbor to the nation, and the importance to the large public interest already established therein, of opening direct com- i munication with the interior. The works of defence, in charge of tins department, have been improved to the extent admissible with the funds at command, nnd ore now in progress of such improvement, Some further aid will tx- needed, hs stated in the following reports on the particular works.” Colonel Totten, in his report dated November 1,1845, uses the following emphatic expressions in regard to the necessity of a communication to the interior trom Pen sacola. “ Now that the defences of this harbor are in a con dition of efficiency, inviting the resort tluther tor shel ter, in lime of war,of vessels of every description, and warranting any extension which it may be desirable to give to arrangements for their repair, re-equipment, and refreshment, it uppears to be quite important to look to the means of getting access to the productive and populous interior districts. The sterility of the region contiguous to Pensacola is the only defect which its har bor has as a naval station or a point of rendezous, but this defect may be a very serious one in certain mo ments, and invites, therefore, the particular attention of th - government, it is presumed, dial if no opportunity be afforded for the national government to act directly in the matter, any pnvate enterprises, tending tore move this and flii ulty, will be eagerly patronized.” In his report dated 10th November, 1846, he again calls attention to this subject, and says: “ 1 have so of ten, in my annual reports, invited the attention of the government to the importance of tins harbor lor nation al purposes, and to the need of opening a communica tion with the rich country of the north, und shall, there- j foie, on these subjects now restrict myself to referring buck to these communications.” It would really seem tfiut nothing further than these reiterated opinions, trom such lagii authority, could he wanted to allow that, without a railway communication to the interior, all the mouey which has been expended at Pensaroia has not mtreiy been thrown iiW’ny,us tar as any benefit maybe expected from it in h maritime war, but that n has actually been invested tor the ben- , etit ol die enemy It w.ll be seen by the map which is appendcd to this ; report, and to which the attention of the House is invi ted, that the memorialists propose to extend the main trunk of their railway to the city of Montgomery, the j capital of Alabama, and to construct one branch to the ; Perdido river, and from thence to the waters of Mobile bay or Tetisaw river, and another to unite with the railways in Georgia, at some point at or near Fort Gaines,on the Chattahoochee river. When these roads shall le completed, there will be a direct communica tion from P • .sscola wtih wlmt may lie called the g. eat railway system of the Union ; and when the railway now m progress from Nashville, in Tennessee, to join the Georgia Stale railroad at Chattanooga, and those which are contemplated from Nashville to Louisville, Kentucky, and to Cairo, at the junction of the Missis sippi.'tnd Ohio, the great circle of railway communica tion from the northern and western cities will be coin pi. Aisiumi—lion ..t the map will not only feow tire commanding position of Pensacola, us concerns the ■aval defence and commerced rin United Stales, but also its situation with respect to Mexico und the West Indies, and, consequently, the vast importance of the connecting links of railway winch the ineinorialists propose to construct. The connexion with the Geor gut railways will complete ih iMMMHlifl■ution from the Atlantic,si Bavnnimh, and Charleston to the gulf Since die acquisition of Florida, several projects hove been entertained by the government und incorporated companies for the purpose ol making u canal or rail way from aonie port on the southern Atlantic coast to Pensacola ; and lurgemnus have been expended in pre- 1 liuuimry Huive\Hot various routes But while th great iumottaitce ot such a communication has been tell and acknowledged by alt, various causes have combined to pi event Its execution. This work, which is so essen tial to the naval and militaiy defence of a large portion of tlte Umoil, and to the commerce and intercourse of our whole country, may be accomplished by a grant to die memorialists ot die lands along the line ot their proposed railway, which are, m then present state, ot no value to the government. When this shall he dour, the passage trom New York to News fileun* may be made in tour days and a halt, and trom this city in three days and a halt When the railwuys through Tettnes see and Kentucky, muting with those in Georgia,ahull In* timstied.tt passenger may go from Louisville to New Orleans, by way ot Pcnsucola,m one halt the time now required to go by steamer. The |tasMge from Louisville to New Orleans, on the river, takes live days, by railway to Pensacola,and thence by steamer, it will require but sixty hours, or less, it tin- rate ot tra vel shad be more titan twenty tudes per hour on the railway. From Cairo,at the mouth of the Ohio, the puwage wdi tie iu*de in the same nine. When the . uphshall be established on ail these UttSUUI rail way, the imagination can hardly glance at the rapidity with which troops may be assembled trom all quartets tortile defence of our naval and military establish ments st Pensacola It is reg*r<iei by military inch as quite proper to estimate the me lease *f population which may be caused at partrulur points, by upeuiug new and rapid chuti els of communication us mi avail able meanso| defence ill tune ol war; und us it cannot be doubu ithit w tie ll Pensacola shah be i >..;< ct I with tliu railway yatriu ot tin* Lmoii.n wilt soon h. come a place of great coinin’ rcml importance , us menus uide leue • will.ot course, keep puce with die immune ot us population. Wliuu the number “Usd litve reached twenty five di'iisamt, their |>reseiior will, in all reaped*, lor deleiiMveoperations,U nt least a* valuable tuits govern i lie tit ass periiiftintMit gurtisonot live regiments. It will Is- seen by the letter and statement ol Major General Jrup. in die iiqs'iulix, marked 0 and D.diat to maintain au< h a tome would cost site uidtMMiliUy-hve thou Kind five hundred and eighty-six dollars auU tatty cents per annum ; aotliat,nide|MMi<iemiy ot nil the other national coumderutione winch Itavebt en urged in this report, and art lortu in die uiemortal appended to g, it ts undoubtedly If* • that the security afforded by ilu re sulUi ot die n*erprise of the tUvrmoriaUat” wdi ulti mately be o! vastly more value to the country, ui the event ot a maritime war,ut one year mini all me iand they ask to aid them m the uinfci taking it will not he drilled (list llie general gov riutient has the entire control <4 tin* public tan.la. I hat it can uicrrasr or dun 111 isti the price at pleasure 1 list il has uniformly exercised this pow 1 I imi couaequ'*uhv. it has the right to dispose ot them at one dollar or one cant an acre, or to give them away N**r w this right restricted to any particular party or parties to w.kmii they may sell, give away, or other* i** dispose ol them. Consequently it h is the |iert*rt right to grant to the me morialist* the lands along their cotttocupialed railway, **ti the conditions set fotth in tln*ir 111 inorial ll laca are required to amU.im Una \t-Wottlia matter, tney will be tbund 1:1 the letter and utileiistlt of Mr John I Robb, Commiasionet, ad interim,A tlie Central L-itid 1 Office, in tlie appendix to this report, marked K and F. , snowing the quantity of land which hsa bean granted to each >tste and Territory for internal iiapavimruu This statement shows t .st, while Ohio has received one million one hundred und eighty thousand on# hundred and ninety-two tofts,and Indiana one million mx hun dred and nine thousand eight handred and liUy-nitMt acres of the public lauds for the** objects *icltMvc of the&ct4th September, 1811, Aiabutna has received but, tour humlr and thousand acres, and Florida none. It will, therefore, be perceived that while two ot tin* north western States have received 2,790,044 acres of th*- pub lic landsto nid in various works ol internal improve -1 ment, Alabama and Florida have received but 400,000 acres. As the works proposed to be constructed by th-’ * memorialists are strictly national in theircharectcr.and i must necessarily be so in their resulia.it will be but an net of mere justice, not only to the peopled’ the States 1 through which they will pass, but to ail the national in ! terests which will necessarily connect themselves with 1 those works, 2o pass the bill which the committee hove ! reported. Your committee have examined the report which whs made to the last Congress by the Committee on Roads and Canals, on this subject, and, finding that it gives h very clear and concise account ot the objects ot the memorialists and u true description of the section ol the country through whichtheir proposed railways will puss, they have adopted it as a part of this report. It says; “ Thai ihe road has been commenced nt Pensacola, j in the State ot Florida, and it is contemplated that its northern terminus will he Montgomery, the capital of the riuite of Al&hanin, with such lateral routls or nranchrs to one or more points on the Alabama and ! Chattahoochee rivers as may be deemed advisable. Thai the distance between Pensacola and Montgom ery, according to the actual local ion ot ihe said Road, i*< about one hundred and titiy-six miles That the me morialists irak Congress for n iaw grunting to the Com pany the alternate s*eiions of public land within six miles of each side of their contemplated road. Most ! of the lands in Florida through w hich the road runs ate sandy pine barrens, which, although they have been in market for twenty years, remain unsold ; and many of the lands in Alabama which th>* road will traverse, . though fertile, are nearly vnloelefis, owing to their dis tance from, and the difficulty ot access to, a market for > th*ir produce. The lands near the not them part of the road nay.* been settled tor many years paM. hut, lor the causes ntxive intimated, the country contiguous to it in Alabama und Florida is very sjiarcely populated, and is now chiefly used as ranges tor large slocks ol cattle, and unlew a road like that proposed bv the memorial ists he built, will remain unsold lor a long time. The memorialists urge the argument upon Congress, that a grant to them of the alternate sections ot land, upon the condition of building the proposed road, will he beneficial in n pecuniary point ot view to the United &utcs, not only because the road will enhance the value ot the sections retained by the government, hut also, because the facilities which the road will afford for transmission to market of the products of all lands within twenty-five miles of each side of the road, will occasion the speedy sale by the United States, at en hanc -1 prices, ami tiie rapid settlement of these lands ” The committee appreciate the force of this reason ing, and were uo other facts or arguments adduced, it w ould besotficient with them to recommend the grant ing of the application of the memorialists . but there are other and cogent reasons in its favor. ‘The propo sed road is directly iu the route of the great mail to New Orleans and Mobile from ihe metropolis of the Un ion and the north At.antic Cities, and its completion wii; expedite such mail several days. The vast impor tance of such a measure, when the anticipated increas ed extern of our interest in the Southwest la consider ed, must he admitted. But there is a sail more con clusive argument m favor of the wwe policy of this measure The southern terminus of this imiirosd is si Pensac. .a, in the State ot Florida. The port of Pen sacola is bv tar the most important point to the United States on tne Gulf ol Mexico. A wise policy With re ference to the interests of every section ot the Union demands, that the federal government should adopt every efficient means to strengthen it as a military and naval position. It is the only sate harbor on the main land ot tbe gulf that can admit vessels of war of the largest das?;, and where they can remain with perlect safety at all seasons. Extensive fortifications have al ready been erected, and others aie in progress there. It is a naval station, and, of course, there are always large amounts of public property at that point. In time of war it would be the “ point d’ appui’ in the guM from which this government could not only strike at the commerce of an enemy in that quarter, in the Car ibbean sea or Spanish main, and in the West Indies.hut it would be the place from whence protection could hr afiorded to the vast products of the entire valley of the Mississippi shipped from New Orleans, and also that of the other gulf States, comprising in value 1 two-thirds of the expo t trade of the whole Union. The easy de fence and safety ui the cities of New Orleans anil Mo bile, and, indeed, ol the entire gulf coast of the States ol Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Flori da, in time of war with a naval power, will much de pend on the stale of preparation of offensive and de fensive nirnns nt Pensaooia. Ol its importunes as a military and naval position, the first military and naval officers of this government have from time to tune borne ample and conclusive testimony. No enemy, however formidable in naval and military force, will venture to assail Mobile and New Orleans if liable to that attack in the rear which might be successfully made from Pensacola, if suitable facilities were cre ated for its communication with the interior, as now proposed. Owing to the sterility of the lands for up wards of fi'ty miles from Pensacola, the consequent sparseness of the present population, and the present dif ficulties of communication with the more thickly set tled counties of Alabama, weeks must now elapse be fore a force of 500 men could be raised for garrisoning the fortifications protecting the harbor, and which force would be entirely inadequate. The completion of this road would enable the government, within twenty-four hours alter admonition of danger, to throw from the in terior a force of at least 5iA) troops into those fortifi cations at a little cost, and who could return readily to their homes and occupations when their services were no longer required, lienee, too, the completion ot this road would dispense with the necessity of a large perma nent force being stationed there m tune ol war ; all that wouid be requisite would be for the citizen to be prepared to go at early warning, and m the meantime their industrial occupations will not be disturbed. Immense advantages would also result to the govern ment from the increased facility.as well asm the cost of transportation of munitions of war and subsistence, afforded by this road, even if the memorialists had not proposed, ns they have with great liberality, as a con ditional the grant applied for, to carry, nil the troops in the service of the United States, and munitions oi w'ar, free of cost. The committee have forborne to urge any consider ations in fuvor of this npp ication, growing out of the beneficial efll ct which the completion of the road would have upon the agricultural and commeicial prosperity jot a section of country contiguous to it. They have confined themselves to the advantages that would re | suit to the federal treasury, and the aid it would afford t the national artii'itt time of war. They have consider- j ed the subject with referenoe alone to the pecuniary in- , terestoi ii- federal government, and to the meatus ot defence and offence against an enemy it would give ; an : they fed satisfied the tacts they have briefly adver- | led to prove that the measure is not one of sectional or j local consequence, hut of great national importance, and ; is without the scope of the objections to the constitu tionality or wise jndicy of the federal government inter- ! tering in such improvements within the Stales. The j committee willotwcrve that the tnemonalibtsdo not auk . that the grant should become complete until the rood is built and pul into operation, mid that they have im posed the condition of completing and putting into op eration by the Ist of January, 1852. Tlte bill, there fore, if passed, can jeo|rd no interest of the United States, even if the memorialists should tail iu fulfilling the conditions. The memorialists alone encounter all ; the risk and loss resulting from such failure.” A BILL grunting to the Alabama, Florida, and Geor gia Railroad Compuny, the alternate sections of the public land along the route of their contemplated roads, on certain conditions. He it enacted by the Senate and House of Ferne- ; i senlativesot the t inted Stutes of America in Con gress assembled, That, for and iu consideration that the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Compa ny, mIihII and will construct a railroad front the city of lYnsacolN, m the State ol Florida, to Montgomeiy, the capital ol the Suite ol Alabama, by the firat day of jail- j uary, iu the year otic thousand eight hundred and fifty two, or by th • expiration of such time as may be allow ed iu tlteir chartered privileges, the said railroad com iam shall be entitled to the alternate sections of public land lor miles rut each side of the xaul road, and the brunches they may construct through the public domain, n the States ot Alabama and Florida. Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That from and alter the tMuwag' 1 of this act, the Commissioner of the General Laud ( Alice shall cause to be reserved from en- I try and sale th ■ public lauds through which the said company propose to construct thor road At. its brunches, uiu.i the saute he located Frocided, the said location shill be m * le within twelve months next ensuing And after the said c mipany sfisll have located their Mid road auJ its branches, there shall be reserved from sale and entry, w.thiu six tunes on each side of said road und us bruuche*. the alternate periion*, quarter sections, and pints of sections of the public lands, so curding lo the legal su (divisions m each township, which ahull l* for the benefit and use of the an id cotnpa nv. upon the following limitations and conditions, vu Whenever the **ni eotimany shall make it apix-ar, to the satisfaction of the Couunisuoner of th* 1 General Laud (Alice, tint they have constructed, bona fide, tea utiles of railroad, then tie* said company shall be entitled to receive patents lor the uilemuie sections, quuiier sections, and Irani.dial part* ot sections of pub lic lands for ihe space of six miles on each ride of said rood and its branches, so finished mil const rue ted, slid in like maimer foi every ten miles of rail iosd the said rvnqisoy may cuuetrucl through the public lands, until the main stem or trunk of *U4 i null-m l and its hrunrhee be tiiiidicd. Sai . 3. And be it further enacted. That when the Und* along the route 01 autd road nnd its branch*** have been heretofore entered, so that the said company can not iroeive the alternate sections, quarter sect ions, und lisclioiiml pints ol sections in the msnner specified 111 tin-torcgonig section, then, and ill that case, the said company shall l>e entitled to the same qtisntiiy of public lut'd any where withal twenty five miles ot th** main stein ol the stud rou i and its branches, it hr mg the in tention to grant the said company public land equal us quantity to lit* ailriuate sections ol land along tlie route of tin *sid road and its branches, tor six imUs on each aide thereof Provided, however . That in no instance is tlie said compete/ to be emu led to any public land, except upon the limitations and conditions mentioned m the proviso to tin* second section i. And be it tuither enacted, ’Hist all the sd vantages wnh the unmanon* and conditions herein granted tu the Alabmm. Florida and Georgia Kabroad Gum pan/, hi. extended to the Penstirola and Perdido K nlruad and Canal Convnny, ami th- Blakely and Perdido Railroad Company, provided tlie Mint eonipa inesaliall Const yet ur.ldio.lU trout IVnaucuia, 111 the .State cf Florida to ilia watcisot Mobile hay or Tofts** liver in tlie BtuWr of Alabama, within such time as tnav 1 b■ 1 united by then chartered pnvdagra !?K’ 5. And he it further rnuctrd. That the said ’ companies shall at all times, whenever r**qnred by the | Go\ eminent of Uk* I'uitrd Buura, transpoit, free ot ex- I • > m ti *ns of war nnd troops belonging to I r in the vetvic • f the United Slates 1 ty Bva i twic , and refined to the Commute or, Tuniic laindo MACON, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY , M ARCH 89, 1846. FOR PRESIDENT, GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR. (Ti* Advertieemente must be handed in by 0 o’clock Tuesday mornings, or they cannot be inserted. Whig Meeting. The Whig Party of Bibb County are requested to meet at the Court House in Macon, on Sheriff’s Sale day, the first Tuesday in April, to appoint Delegates to the Convention in June, to nominate Presidential Elec tors ; and to consider the propriety of sending Delegates lo the National Convention. Cottun Statement. As w'e are apprehensive that some errors have occur red in our previous Cotton statements, we beg the pro prietors of Ware-Houses to make an accurate estimate of their Stock on hand, Sept. Ist , of their receipts from that date to the close of the present month, and of the stock on hand on the Ist of April. It is desirable that nil accurate statement should be obtained. A little la tar on the part of each establishment w ould save us much trouble, besides obliging all who are concerned in the trade. ■ 1 “ - - Itixhop Reynolds. Wc have been requested to state, that the j Bishop Reynolds, of Charleston, will the Catholic Church in this city on Sunday 2d. Tne public is most respectfully invited toattepW Pews free. The New Schedule.. On Monday last,the contemplated change in the run ning time on the several railroads terminating at Atlan ta, took place. The connections were nil funned and the cars on the Macon & Western Road reached this c ity a few minutes before six o’clock, thus making the entire run from Da!ton,.2ol miles, in fourteen hours. — This arrangement will give our citizens the northern mail hereafter r.tsix, instead of at three o’clock P. M. and in this respect will be an inconvenience,as it throw* all the mails into our poet office late in the evening, or at night and will render it impossible to deliver them until the next morning. We understand that when ever it is practicable, the Post Master will deliver the letters over night, but on certain evenings of the week thedu *!■? are so onerous that it will be almost impossible. The jaaours of the office are very heavy and the revenues in rfuficieDt to justify the employment of additional Clerks. Ilorroivittg without leave* A subscriber whose paper has been missing regularly tor several months dost week discovered that it had been “iilted” as the phrase goes, and gave us the name of the person guilty of the offence. Our first impulse was to publish the tacts and name. Upon more mature reflec tion, we have concluded to withhold the latter at least for the present, lu the meantime we wouid inform the indi vidual in question that the “poor Carrier Buy” has been repeatedly and severely censured lor his neglect and that he has worn out “any quantity of sole-leather” in e upplyiug the missing papers, while we have been reg ularly lurnishing the subscriber With two copies. As an act ol justice therefore,and iu order to give relief tohis troubled conscience,he ought to enclose to the Carrier a written apology find u three dollar bill in order to replace the shoes worn out on the occasion. To the subscription, he is welcome* We will besides furnish him with a c py in future “free gratis for nothing ’ provided he wiUouiy pledge huuseit to allow other peo ple to enjoy what they have bought and paid lor. The Freuch Revolution. For a most interesting account of the origin and pro gress ol the French Revolutibn, the reader is referred to our first page. The narrative is condensed with in the smallest possible compass, and yet we believe contains every thing which is impcitaut to a complete understanding of the whole affair, ‘i he latest intelli gence ou the subject is found in the tollowiug Post script, to a letter dated at Liverpool, Sunday morning, Feb. 27th. The writer says : “ The King has not yet arrived in England. A Re public has been established ill France, and tranquility is nearly restored.” An Englishman writing from Boulogne, on the 26th, thus expresses his gratitude at having escaped trom the scene of contusion. The description of the flight of the English Royalists from Paris, stro i„iy reminds one of the old story about the rats quitting the sinking ship. The writer in question, as if terribly frignened and nearly out of breath, exclaims ; 14 Thank God! I have escaped from the scene of car nage und convulsion. 1 rode on hors mack from Paris to Clermont, and then caught the tram for Neutchatel. The rush of English from Pans has been immense 1 . It is staled that all the steamers from Folkstone have been ordered here. A tule of a rising in all the towns in the North is confidently referred to by well informed persons. Liile and Amiens have already pronounced for the movement. The mails are in arrears from Par is.” Fine Carrittge*. We have glanced through the establishment of Messrs DeLoache and Wilcoxson and can safely say that their adviiiueineiit in another column Mcuttreiy within rea sonable limits. Their stock of carnages, buggies, &c., ,&c , is not only very extensive, but some of the articles are of incomparable beauty and elegance. We no ticed particularly one fine family carriage which was a perfect model of neuttiess, which is almost too elegaut tor this Republican age and country, and which no man ought to think of owning unless he have plenty of mon ey and a pretty wife to boot. The domestic manufac tures ol Messrs De Lose he and Wilcoxson too, are very fine and we have not the lightest doubt that our coun try friends ran be just as w ell suited with all articles in the atave line in Macon as they can in Savannah, Charleston, New-York or rvun New-Haven. If they will only look well to the advertisements, they will not be likely to go amiss. The Planters Factory. Georgia enterprise is beginning to tell on the subject of Manufactories. Our recent notices the produc tions of the Upxonand Mtlledgevilie Mills, are eliciting a rivalry which we are pleased to see and which will result in incalculable good to the State at large We have now in our Office a specimen of No. 15, weft Twist, Irom the Planter* Factory, Butts Coun ty, which is pronounced by all who have examined it, to I be a little superior to any thing oi t lie kind they have ever aern. It is spun u|Min a self-acting Mule, aud lor round - ness, evenness and all other quiilue* would term to he | the very perfection ot yarn. The bundles which we j have are apecimetis of’ n Urge lot of Twist, sent for ward to the Philadelphia Market, where it has tlie pre- j ferenoe over th.* Northern article M Nutting the in- I tellig**nt Superintendent of the Planters Factory, in- ‘ forms ua.tbnt in a tow days they will commence weav ing these yams into i shirtings, and will produce an ar ticle equal to any thing that can he procured from nhroad Hev. Dr. Baird’s Lectures. We understand thiough a mutual friend, that the K**v Ur. Baird contemplates visiting Macon in n week or two and will, if suitable eucour igemrit b** offered, favour our citixena with a co irs# of hi* admirable lec tures upon Burope At tliis particular juncture them* lecture* cannot fail to tlie and *cp -hi interest. Dr Hmrd resided for several years in Puns and is intimate ly acquaint’ and with the political, as well as the moral condition of tlie French people. He will therefore he ena bled to throw much light upMii th ‘ causes winch contrib uted to the recent French devolution If** la heaidaa a close obarrverofinennnd things .an 1 remembers as much of what he see and hears a* any person we have ever heard speak His lectures will doubtless be very nu ineroudy attended and we feel assured that they wdl richly repay th**** who who may he present P, H. After the above was in type, we weir pleated to learn that Dr Baird will deliver bis Introductory leeture in tlie Presbyterian Church in Macon on Fri day night next Ilia subject. ” The Ci overtime til* of burope—the rhmrmcD r of their Holer* - the numner* of their Courts, etc. etc M The arnes will consist of etfht lecture* Tlie Introductory will of comae he free, and in it will he develop'd the whole plan of the others #0 that all can hear and judge for thrmaeWeu. Successor of >lr. Atlnins. Th‘* Hon Manx lias been nominated as thr candidate for Congress in the Bth district o| Mnsna cli iartts, in place of the lion. John Quincy Adam* Th** abolii! intuits atrove to noniituite the ion of the B* Prevkfsnt, Mr. Charles I . Adonis who ia the ts lc iwppvftei of* semi •H<4iMon paper 111 Boston Very I<u( Iroin .llnico. An Extra from the N. O. Picayune, dated 23rd uw. p. M , places us in possession of news from the City ol Mexico to the 14th, and Vera Cruz the lJhh inst. Geii’ls. l’owson and Cushing, and Col. Belknap had arrived at ihe City of Mexico. Gen’ls. Scott, Worth, Piilow and Duncan, were in attendance, and it was supposed that the Court would enter on its duties on the 15th. The Army are represented a* being unanimously op* posed to the terms of the Armistice agreed upon by Gen. Butler, with the Mexican authorities. They seem to think that it gives up every thing gained by our in domitable Army, and that it peace should not be made, the sighing will all have to be “ done over again.” The Mncerity of the Mexican President is questioned by 111a i ny while others think the fighting is no wall over. In con - 1 sequence oi this opinion several officers have resigned ; and are preparing to return home. A nong the number on leave, we notice the name of Gen. Lane, who returns in consequence of the destruction of his plantation by the great flood in the Ohio. Also Capt. Denny of Pittsburg, whose roinan'ic marriage on the eve of his departure for the 9eat o! war, rendered him somewhat notorious. One report is that Santa Anna wa actually a passen ger on board the steamer which brought the above news to New Orleans, but this is not credited. We copy the following from the Picayune : “Santa Anna has applied to Gen. Twiggs, through Col Hughes, for permission to pass through Vera Cruz and out of the country. A special ejqireAH fruin Jalapa reached Vera Cruz the evening of the 16th inst. with the application, and as the general at once granted the permission asked, it was supposed the ex-president would arrive there in a day or two” Valuable Schools Hooks. We have to acknowlede the receipt from Thomas Coxcperthwait, Sj Cos. of Philadelphia, of Copies of the follow ing Books, prepared expressly for Schools, by M. D. Swan, viz ; The Primary Reader , Parts 1,2, and 3, The Grammar School Reader, The District School Reader. This seems to us to be th“ only series of Readers which iye have ever seen that is based upon the princi ples of co.union sense, which commences at the begin ning and finishes the work which is undertaken. Part I, contains instructions and exercises upon each of the Elementary sounds of the language, with a few simple stories calculated to interest the reader. Part 11, contains Exercises in articulation, calculated to improve the young indistinctness ol utterance, and to give them a correct idea of the sound of every let ter both separately and in its relation to others. This also is very simple and contains some interesting reading matter for youth. Part 111, is a continuation of the same general sys tem, and impresses more particularly the principles laid down in the preceding volumes together with such ad ditional lessons as are suitable to those just entering upon the study of the Elements of Grammar. Next in order is the Grammar School Reader, con taining a series of admirable selections in prose and po etry, and extensive exercises in articulation. The last of the series is the District Reader, which is intended for the higher classes. It has exercises in speaking, articulation, pauses inflections, &c. &.c , to gether with a glossary explanatory of many term3 used. Accompanying the above series, we are pleased to find a translation of IVelmsen's celebrated Reader, or Childrens’ friend, a work which has long been used in the High Schools of Prussia, ami which is unequal led in its arrangement an! the instructive character of its selections. “ Last, but not least’’ in this valuable series of School Books, is the celebrated English Grammar, recently published by Joseph R Chandler, Esq., formerly Editor of the United States Gazette, and long known as the Grammar King of the Union. To say that it is Gram mar compiled, arranged, and presented by Mr. Chan dler, would perhaps be enough to commend it to most teachers and parents. It has however intrinsic merits of a high order. These works, so far as we have had leisure to examine them, are not only admirably arranged, but contain nothing that is offensive to the Southern reader, and this we regard as a sine qua non, iu School Books. Persons desirous of examining them for themselves, will please call at Mr. Board mans Mr. King’s Report. We publish, at a considerable inconvenience,to day, the very able, clear and conclusive report of the Hon. Thomas Butler King in regard to the great Pensa cola enterprise. It is a document of sufficient impor tance to be entitled to precedence in the columns of any southern paper. It gives a dignity and a national bearing to the great enterprise already commenced at tliis city which places it altogeher above the cavils of both the interesteed and disappointed. We ask for the report and memorial a careful perusal. The Farmers Library. The March number of this invaluable work is upon our table The first forty pages are occupied with a continuation of the publication of Stephens's celebrated Book of the Farm The Journal as usual is filled with a variety of useful articles on planting, farming, anJ gardening, accompanied with suggestions in regard to almost every climate and soil. We are greatly at a loss to understand why it is that planters and farmers neg lect to avail themselves of the important instructions contained in this important work. At least one hun dred copies of it ought to be taken in and around Ma con. It is the Bookofail Books and should be in the hands of all tillers of the soil. Specimen numbers may be seen at the Journal Messenger Office. The State Road. The contract for the completion of the State Road from Dalton to Chattanoogu, was, ou the 2let instant, given to Col. Allen Cochran ol Monroe county, for the sum of s*#>3,ooo. We understand that the new Engineer increased the estimate* of Mr. Garnett $40,- 000, making the actual ci*et of the work something like $415,000. This was done by estimating for heavi er iron and an increase of Masoury. Col. Cochran therefore takes the work under the new estimates for ten tiiousand dollars less than the limitation placed upon it by the Legislature. The Telegraph open to Savaunah. The Savannah Republican of Thursday last an nounces the completion of the Telegraph to that city.— The first communication was had with Charleston, on the day previously, as follows: ‘ Savannah sends her respects to sister Charles | ton, and hopes she is well. Your Loving Sister, Savannah.” Tile second mea-age or uuswer to the above was as i follows : “God bless you and the young Ladies. From the Operator.” The time of sending the message and receiving the i answer was D minute#. The work is rapidly programing between the TJ mile station and this city, and th* line will be in full opera tion to Macon in less than a fortnight. We mention j this fact so that persons desirous ol receiving intelligence Irom this point may make their arrangements in anti cipation. __ Thu Goorgiti Ml niuto.l Hen. The American Slur, p<iVi*heJ in Mexico, states that a loiter daui at O ivS.iivacs in March, urmtions thut “ the tro >|* in that quarter were generally Will, ex cept the Georgia mounted men, who wero dying rapid ly. The weather wa warm, ih-y hid IrtrJ duly to per form, an 1 were not particular hi regard to load.” Cuer navaca • the portionoi Mexico niu.*t generally occupi ed by the Hugur Planters, uul tliero had been ail insur rection tliere among th • Indians, winch it is probable the mounted inenhsdtK'o t mt t > 1 1 *ll. I'.ie sugar estates are located south of the City of M *xico, 40 to 12) miles, sit I from thnr peculiar position b tween the mountains are probably in the hottest part of Mexico, ex cepting perhaps the (terra culunt*, immediately around 1 Vera Crux. Minikin to Nnico. Mr Slviir Minister to Mexico mid Commissioner with lull powers to conoiude s treaty of peace with that -ountry passed over the M icon A. Western Road <hi iiKHiduy last ou his way to Mew Orleans where a vessel >s in waiting to carry linn to Vera Crux. Attorney General. The President lias appointed Mr Gillrtt of New York Attorney General vice Mr Clifford who has gone >o Mexico ns sswriate Commissioner with Mr. Hlvier Sana Mull Ntrameni. TV New York Sin Mate, that the amount of mon oy to lie expend-J tufi malting ol the Ocean Mail Hie.in i up., now txiiliii>4 unier contract m that city, will be l I aM *3,M0,000 Democratic Interference. It is plain tint the more canning anl insidious of the Democracy are striving by e/ ?ry p iisihic rn • ms to ex cite harsh an 1 improper feeling) b th • frie.i Is of Messn. Clay and Taylor. The Dmucratic press manifests evident alarm at th? pjwer an 1 prestige ol Gen. Taylor’s name and is therefore striving to cist him in the shade by lauding Mr. Clay to tha skies. The rank and file of th? party, it is said, cm bold ad by th.* conduct of tin leaders, hiv • even g >:ie so fir as to min gle in the meetings of the respective frien Is of those gentlemen, apparently for the purpose of giving direc tion to their proceedings or of disturbing their harmo ny. This latter course was adopted nt the recent Tay lor demonstration in Baltimore. Til? meeting was called by the friends of Gen. Taylor without distinc tion of party, and we believe contemplated a se pc rate and distinct organization. The Hall was pre-occupied by a host of rowdies, win, by preconcert, had resolved to create such a scene of disorder as would prevent all action. It was estimated that at least two thirds of them were Democrats, who were most vociferous in shouting for Clay. The meeting waa fin illy dissolved and much tumult and the scene altogether is said to have been a disgraceful one. The 11. States ami European Capitalists. The Baltimore American says: “The fact that a large part of the late government loun was taken by tiic Rothschilds elicits some observations from the Courier dcs Etats Unis on the degree of security for invest ments protTered by our Government and by European monarchies respectively. The rate of interest iu this country is higher ; and the profit which the difference of interest would bring to a house like that ol Roths child, which lemb its millions to Europe nt four per cent, while it coulJ readily reulize six from the United States, is of itself immense. But not to place the question on that ground, the Courier considers it in respect solely to security. — “We must see,” it remarks “an J state the matter frank* ly:—there is no government on the face of the earth which offers, we will not say more, but so much, secu rity for order and stability as that of the U. States.” The general reason assigned for this declaration is that this country has passed through the ordeal of change from monarchical to republican institutions—an or deal which the nations of Europe, many or all of them have yet to undergo. The Courier adds: “That the advent of democracy and of popular sove reignty is the end towards which all the great powers of Europe irresistibly tend, is one of those facts which no man of commoii intelligence can dispute. In vein do timid hearts and alarmed interests combine to ar rest this movement < f the social world ; it draws them on to this and its march may derive only ve locity and the imprudent efforts which are made to stop it. Who knows what events, what revo lutions may grow out of this struggle,—what institu tions shall spring in the future from the ruins of the past? Let th i grand social catastrophe in Europe coine to morrow, —'et the war of democracy hurl its torch under all those old thrones, which are but wood covered with velvet, and who dare say that the debt® of the best of them all, —that the hanks of England ami of France would not be swept away in this vast confla gration ! The bank of the United States, with founda tions almost as solid, disappeared under a storm far less violent. In truth, in financial disasters, ancient as well as modem history has taught us that every thing is possible. That stern record seems even to take pleasure in showing us that that which popular prejudice regards as the most impossible, 19 precisely that which is the least so. In the lexicon ol the philosopher and the finan cier, in these days yes means no, and no means yes.— The wise man will no longer assert —he can oniy doubt “But even if Democracy should become enthroned in Europe without shocks or disturbances, still the condi tion of things in the Old World and the New would not be equal. There this form of government would be only one step in the path upon which men’9 minds w r ould be driven by their necessitiesit would not be an end, but a means, for the leading spirit would look beyond. Embittered, maddened by that inward com motion which slavery develops in the intellectual, like condensation or exhaustion of the air in physical na ture, these minds would console themselves for the er rors and defects of reality by the delusions of dreams j and of utopias. Checked by a r public, they would j leap beyond it and fall at once into Socialism, which I to the denial of royalty, adds that of the family and of property, those two great pillars of the social ed ifice.” What was supposed to be conjecture when the above ! was penned a fortnight ago, tnms out to have been re alitv. France had already undergone the throws of re volution, and the result anticipated in the concluding paragph is likely to be fully realized. Tennessee Coming. We clip the following from the Chattanooga Gazette of the 17th instant : The Steamer Ptckawan, Bledsoe, master, made her first trip up on the lllth instant having a cargo of ‘361 bales of Cotton consigned to J. G. Did lake & Cos. ami 35 bales to J. F Brooke St. Co—departed next day for | Decatur. 14th. The George Nicholson from above— i departed same day tor Decatur. The Sain Martin from Knoxville—departed next day for Brown's Ferry. Flat Boat a—Arrived March 15th, James King from Sulli van county, with two boats,3oo barrels otFlour, Bacon, Iron,Onions, Chairs, Szc 11th, Robert West front! Grainger county, with Flour, Peach Brandy, Onion Sets,Oats, Dried Fruit, Ac. 16th. A. Kettereon from ! Claiborne county, with two boats, with about 90,000 j pounds of Bacon. 10th. M. W Nelson from Carter county with Iron and Castings. Important to Wagoner* —We notice that there in a large amount of Cotton, Bacon, Ac at the river ready to be hauled to the head of the Road, and learn that I there is some thousand bales of Cotton below ready for | shipment, and destined for Charleston Augusta and Sa vannah Any number of wagons can be kept constant ly employed between this and Dalton. Rome Railroad. The Coosa River Journal, says the branch road from Kingston to Rome will be opened to a point within ! about seven miles of Rome by the first of June, and i that the entire work will be finished in the course of j the present summer. Mlllcdgeville Railroad. The Milledgeville Recorder, mentions that at a re cent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Milledge ville and Uordun Railroad Company, it was unanimous- i ly determined to put the Road under contract, at an: early day. The Recorder thinks that the work will lie commenced in the course of a month. Death ol Col. s. 11. Butler. The Tallahassee Floridian of the 16th inst. says:"— “ We learn with the moat sincere regret that Col. SanrsoN H Birina died at hi. residence in Madison County, ou Thursday afternoon luM.the 16lli instant We did not learn the particulars of his death. Col. B was a native of South Carolina, where he had filled im portant public atationa, having been elected to Congress and served hia State with credit and honor. He re moved to Florida several years since, and had become a permanent citizen nmong us. lie was universally es teemed and admired, as a gentleman of high intel lectual attainments, of amiable and social habits, and as u warm and devoted Christian—” the highest style ofman. 1 ’ ilia death is a lorn to our young mil growing Slate. sitiitit Anna—his purposes. Speculation ia rde in regard to ihe views mid purpo ses of this fallen Chieftain. Some eup|ioa* that under the armistice, ho w II agnn organize an I equip an army anil once more try the fortuneaof wur; others, that he ia striving to urronge ail insurrection upon an citensive scale ; while the more probuble surmise is, lhat he in tends to make hit wuy lu Guadalajara, for the purpose of participating in the revolutionary struggle now in progress there. Alinniu In Trouble. li appears tiint Mr. A. K. Jnimsov, a* admmutru •or of ihe estate of Benjamin Beckman, ol Pulliam county, has advertised for sale a lot of land ill DcKalh county, which embraces about tiro tAmis of the most jKipulous jiarta of the town of Atlanta The good citl lrnan! Atlanta, judging from the tone of their press, are quite indignant und seem disposed lo gel up another French revolution. We simply mention the abstract (act without being able to give particular’ Nomnlhing Kitruordlnwrj. Th* Cltarlcetun .M-rrary of ihe Slat instant, says:— ” During the entire day yesterday, not a bale ol Cotton was sold in our market This we think is without a parallel in the history o Cotton business in our city at this aruson of the year, and is one of the tesitll* of the establishment of th * Thelegysjilt “ L jropeai Coin aerciai \t-w,. We fin-1 ill! follow,n- rei,nrk'> in rc-nrd ,u mereial artkira of Europe at thej-iili,,. o(tlr r l '"®- m WtlmerltS-mMrt Euroyen Tim; o! the . | “Al.'.'oagn dm hwWe., only a s |„ Ul , I m:ntln ‘h-K'-i'ral a V octot ca.n.n t.v,| nti urs , itl the pwttwowwki, t ure is, n?v.-r(li le* . , | return ofc’onfi len ;e . arUugm .i .lytr,,;,, t |,',abu,,W lof nun-y al l the easy te.,m on which item h■ K Tn?Wio * -ok, lwr tnrWcot portancamayba looked 1,., m,,,,*’, „„ th , v j n-'arly alldejcriptionso! pro It:- I, ,y 0 to tcV-lth ■ 1 “ !*>•<• Tito pro lac- nn km am depre,.*’ , “ ’*’ j holder, generally mani.ejt tirm iew and reirni i ‘ ■ U prening large parcel, upon the attention of buyers T : the manafict iring an.l mining part, of the country ,7 I ,alr3 commas to proves.,favorably: both home an ! . j r.ugn ord-r., are on me hwiwwa, i:. i. erettiax in faT i proved demand for labor, nn I thereby crusmv w , j to rule higher. * j L n tivity his prevailed in the Cotton market ring the lost fortnight th in we have had occasion to n* j lic * n previous publication, and our prices t 0 fa : cxl,,blt a decline on those last quoted. Durinir th! ( week ending Feb. 19, the demand having lailea oF j huldersol American, anxious to realize, acceded | decline of il. to id. per l. Long staple kinds, a* In j J lB r <ast Indian, maintained the prices we last quoted J , This w *ek the demand has been exceedingly limited"". 1 but although holders are willing to sell, they are sic rs l in maintaining the rates previously current. A ! j the causes which have led to this limited demand is tlf. great reluctance on the part oi m trial icuivrs to pay eu ! hanced rate# in consequence of the extreme di/ficuhy which th *y experienced m disposing of their iinmifact ured goods or yarn at higher prices. No doubtfiJ feeling is greatly induc'd by the uncertainty which |)re . vails as to whether the rates now current can or wi | > maintained, and not s> much from the price We do not offer any opinion on a point ot so much un . certainty, but would merely observe that, taking ev ,- y ! thing into account—the extent of the new crop, “ now m hand in this country, and the probable a emand not only for home consumption hut also for exportation there arc legitimate reasons for considering that t }, ’ prices which we tins day quote will be maintained ll, r a coneideiable time, if not advanced The state of trade iu the m ami fact ring districts does not (Mossess any feature of -uifliei -at important W 'i ( - n would warrant lengthened c >mm *ut. At Mancli i ; ! r the demand for Goods and Vara continues very du and little business doing. Ilolders, however, lookbr h -h er prices, which buyers are unwilling to pay. The; < , t returns of the state of employment among the operative of Manchester shew, in th? course of the week e,i , - Feb. 22, there were 1633 fewer hands on full ti:, tr, of that number belong to the Cotton factories. In t ;, e Woolen districts the report received during the fort night state that u moderate amount of business is dome hut without any improvement in p; c >. At Manchester on the 26th the Parisian newsisrepre nented as having had u decided effect on the market I particularly for cloths. ! The price of cotton had accordingly declined especi ally on the lower grades about a farthing while on the | better qualities the decline was merely nominal. Fa;r j uplands were on the 26th quoted at sd. per lb. The Money Market. The tightness in the New York money market ap pears to be on the increase, and loans are negotiated with more difficulty. Discounts, it is stated, are made out of Bunk at one to one and a quarter per cent, per month. A loon is advertised for at seven per cent secured hy the deposite oi Treasuiy Notes. The Boston Journal of Wednesday evening says: Money has been in good demand and the market is rather tight; for good paper 1 per cent., and m some instances lfall jier cent, a month has been paid At Philadelphia, on Thursday, first class paper was selling in the street at 12 to 15 per cent, per annum.” At Boston money is represented as being worth 3 $ 31 per cent, per month. Not one ol Unit Sort. The members of the legal profession should, general ly speaking, be the healthiest and happiest fellows in the I world. They have more opportunities to “faugh and 1 grow fat” than any other class of citizens. We cite the | following as a fair example. It is given in the Orleans Delta, the Editor of which says he heard it re cently related, with great effect, by an eniuient member of the Mississippi Bar : j “At a session of the Circuit Court of Mississippi, in some county town, the law yers who were in attendance were in the habit of putting up at a house of entertain in?nt kept by a buxom widow lady, of a very higiisense of propriety and great dignity of deportment. This lady always presided at the head of the table tiunng meals, and the place of honor on her right was regard ed as due to the most staid, proper and elderly member of the Bar. By unanimous consent of the lawyers. Colonel B , a very modest, discreet and piomcoun sellor, was selected for this distinction. Now, though possessing many sterling virtues, Col. B possessed one weakness, but it was not a weakness of the head or of the heart, but of the eyelid. He had the habit oi winking involuntarily and incessantly, which with per sons who did not know the cause of it, left an unfavora ble impression of the Colonel's seriousness and smceri'v He was eternally being susi>ectedol what he was the lasi man to conceive of, to-wit: a design of quizzing orjokni- ■ everybody, all on account of the perpetual motion oil bis eyelids. Well, on the first occ ision the Colonel took ■ possession of the seat nearest to “ uioW uostess, ua ■ bland and amiable expression, an ! dignified address, ■ created quite a favorable impression upon her ladyship ■ Tlie soup was over, and hostess began to ply the Coi3- ■ wl with various tempting dishes, all of wlncn ne dt“ H clmed or accepted with a pleasant smile, and with htf H invariable wink. At last it was perceptible to thecoji- H pany that the hostess was eyeing her dmmgjished H rather inquiringly and signiiicainly tnes • glw 4 * ’ H always met hy tlf Colonel with his usual smile and *-:a H But ihese amiabie demonstration* were far iro.n p <*l- ■ cingihe effect designed upon Madame, who l frown and look very threateningly at the iinoeeiit C >i- Be onel, who only sin led and winked tli ■ mare rascriat ingly. Finally, however, to the very great hurra" o ’ H the Bar, and the utter annihilation of me worthy l l '*’ H nel, the hostess slapped the table indignantly right hand, utid fixing her eyes very pointedly aiJ n •’ Bj ceiy upon the object of her wratti, cried out at lie UV B 8 of her voice, “You sanctified, weazen-faced ol 1 vii.*m- Bj I’ll let you know lain not one of them ar sort ‘ might have followed this explosion of wrath, it w be impossible to conjecture, us the unfortunate b-***” tor of the weak eyelid decamped in haste from B of honor, and never ali. rward could be jH-rsuad* . a w the agreeable to buxom widows ” A Case ol Swindling. A man calling himself Win. J. Carpenter and >’ seuting hiuisclt to be from the Commercial kot'htd Charleston recently swindled the good people ol I* * hassrout of$6U(W by furnishing them with Bill** 0 amount on the firm of Brown, Shipley St, Cos. of • •* York. He is represented by the & aimed ss genteel, prepusamsing appearance; tali, with 1111 whisker* and (/coure) a goatee. He was dine wined, cultivated by the cotton buyer* and admire” the ladies as a lU'srt exquisite gentleman non these fact* not with any expectation ting lo the delection of Iba financier in queano” simply to remind our citizen# that there may bele* > ol “the same sort left.” The ouly way to he - L ’ j against the recurrence of such mishaps, is to a ‘ J monied operatiuns with strangers and especially *’ who wear muztachet or g oaten ! Walking Hie Plunk. Th* Atlanta Miscellany of tlirßlst only removal that we have heard of since III* cy's arrival is lliat of the Agent at Kig**oi>’ been compelled to make room tor n , |frt from Athens—a relative of Mr. Mitchell, Pity that the Cherokee country i of trustwortliy men, that the Chi*fEW' M * to import men from distant aeetion* ol i ‘ * tlie minor ofticea on the Road A Capilul MM 7lm* Auguita Chronufo ami f| The ofipoeiiimi ot tfo* Amthtrn &****_ |gn#r ) tfitnon >f intniilncturaa. 1 . sn nee | saving machinery at the 8 m'h remits * -.jjtinJ'* ! dote pleasantly tol lby Hir Wxi.rta - Vj iM , the introduction of fanning mill* •"•” I Holland,about a cenluty ag” • Jea*J ” Vnur ladyship ... J the Stewmt I. M ’ * £ Is* propose, that my son Cud lie should ltd 1 with ti new (angled machine for dig t „ j p.vi tile Mirth thus impiously thwarting 1 . ,„# p* 1 Providence, by raising wind lor yo’ ’™*^ i „ng ‘ 1 liculsr use, by hunum srt,im*cad gigeiiu' w prsyer or waiting patiently > ot ,***'..g opo*’ 1,1 |of wind Providence wa* pies'-’ 0 - heeling lull H