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The Macon Manufactory- The friends of innnufacluring enterprise in Macon will be pleased to learn that the steam tvos first applied to the engine in the Macon Manufactory, on Monday evening last. It was of course only an experiment made to tost the character of the works, and the adaption of their parts, but we under stand that it was entirely successful and sat isfactory. Tbisextensive establishment is now near ly comple'o. The great part of the ma chinery is in position, and the mill "ill ho in complete operation m less than six weeks.— The buildings are universally pronounced to ho tire most substantial and host arranged of any in lire Southern Slates. They are so constructed that in case of file it will he al most impossible for the flames to communi cate from one to the other, as they arc sepa rate and distinct, and connected only by iron doors. The main building is 160 feet in length, by 00 in width—and is three stories high, with basement and attic. 'I he basement is 11 feet, and the other stories each 13A feel pilch. It is admirably vontilatcd, as there are no less than 44 windows, 4J by S.V in each story. The walls arc from 2 to 3 lect <liick, and are secured by immense iron an chors ultached to each end of the cross-beam Tins third story is suspended from tho roof, while the first nml second are supported by iran pillars. The Picker House is 70 feet by 32, mid two stories high, each 41 feet pitch.— The Engine llouso is 24 by 20 feet—two stories, each IS feet pitch. Tho Butler Mouse is 42 by 34 feet, ono story high, 15 feet pitch. The Engitio, which is ono of the finest ever brought into tho Southern States, isuf 100 horse power, high pressure, upright, mid is from tho manufactory of Corliss, Nightin gale & Co., of Providence. Tho shafting, which is from tho same manufactory, is all in (place, and is cortainly equal to any thing ol the kind we have ever spoil. There are four ipickors, and sixty cards, capable of prepar ing and using about 1G0O liis. of cotton per day. There are two drawing frames; tho former w ith six, the latter w ith eight deliv erers. Thoso are of novel and very superior construction. Thoro are six speeders, from the manufactory of Higgins fi Mon, Man chester, w hich embrace all the latest En glish improvements. These are all upon the first floor. In the second story, there arc three dres sers, and 128 looms, capable of producing about .(1,300 yards of cloth per day. We understand, that for the present, tho Compa ny intend to confine themselves to the pro duction of No. 14 sheetings. |h the third story, there a-o six self-acting mules, two spoolers, three warpers, ar.d twenty spinning frames, running 0103 spin dles The whole building is honied by steam pipes, .which connect directly with the boilers. Tho basement will ho u.-cd as a machine shop, and is most admirably adap ted to the purpose- The water is supplied from n reservoir which has been constructed at the liaso of the hill, neat the rcstdenco of Mr. Ralston It is 66 feet i.i diameter, and will hold about 76,000gallons. l-Yoni this the water is con veyed to a smaller reservoir, nenr the budd ing, which is IS feet diameter and capable of . rra** 1 r , "'~ about u.nnn gallons, jvhonco it is pumped by tho engine into tno boilers. This Manufactory, when running full time, will employ about 150 hands. The opera tives are furnished with dwellings on tho premises. There are already constructed fbr this purpose eleven two-story double tene ment houses, and three one story single houses, and three ono story single houses, and auite a number more will he in readiness by the time the mill is put in operation. This entire establishment has been con structed ill a little over thirteen months, on- •Ser the personal superintendanee of Mr. I 1 . II Pond, nt a cost of about $130,000. We haweno hesitation in pronouncing it decid edly the best mill of tho sizo in tho Southern States, and not a whit inferior to the finest model mills of New England. IVe venture this opinion with confidence and are ready to test it by the netoal performance of the es tablishment.—Jour, tf Mcsr. Chops of Tpjmf.—The Houston Tele graph, of April 11th, says : •‘The crops that were planted early arc exceedingly promising this season, A gen tlemnn who hus recently visited rovernl of the interior counties,, informs us that lie lids never seen the corn and cotton fields so promising as they arc at present. The corn on several plantations that lie visiled was nearly two feet high, and the cotton in some instances had been worked the first time. The plants were all growing luxuriantly, and scarcely a hill Was missing. If the season should continue to bo favorable tho crops bf sels and railway trains now propelled by steam. It was a novel spectacle to witness a car smoothly and quietly emerging from its place of shelter, with none of its machinery visi ble, and travelling over the rails without the usual accompaniments of the pulling steam, the glowing furnace, the dense volume of black smoke, and the clashing of heavy en- ginry, and only occasionally emitting n bright flash under the car; the miniature lightning of this wonderful invention. Having gone out some distance on the load, the locomotive then returned as noise lessly ns it went, when it was again safely housed. Whatever doubts may lie entertained as to Professor Page’s ultimate success, it should be rememliored that his present efforts have nlrondy compassed much moro than those expended in tho first cxporiincntt with steam ns a motive power, during an equal period of time. THE COURSR. K05RMK CffiOMlA s THURSDAY KOBIHNG, MAY 1,1851 " J.' TCN O IV 1,'esTeDITOR “ Should Congress at any time exhibit its purpose to war upon our properly, or withhold our just ionstitiilionnl rights, tec stand ready to vindicate thohe rights, in the Union as long ns possible, and nut of the Union when we arc left no other alternative.” had it nearer home, but believe it is right and proper to give it to Macon this tune, ns ill addition to tho liberality and enterprise .of her citizens, it occupies a very central posi tion. Wo hope Cherokee will be largely represented on the occasion. Wo pcifeclly agreo with the editor of the Chattanooga Gazette, that Atlanta is on ma ny accounts, a more fuvoralile point fot hold ing the Fair than Macon, and if a perma nent place is to he selected for holdiilg it hereafter, which we think should be done, wo shall go for Atlanta in prefetenco to any other location ; but with those admissions; and views, we are very well satisfied with the ar rangements for the present year, and so should be our Tennessee and Kentucky neigh bors. They will perceive that it is to jJelhrld tho last of October, instead of mid-summer as formerly, and thus they will have a fivoi- able opportunity of sending down to the heart of Georgia, at small cost, stock of ev ery kind, nnd the products of their farms, at a season when they will find a ready market, at good prices. Wo shall, however, he glad to seo Atlanta selected as a permanent loca tion for the fuir, nnd tho last week m Octo ber as the time for holding it. W. P Wilkins, Esq., is authorised to act as Agent for this paper lie will attend the Superior Couits in most ot the counties of ' is Circuit, nnd wo hope our friends will avail themselves of this opportunity to sub scribe. (Jtgp. Tho accounts of the old firm of tho “Engle & Bulletin” nro in the hands of Mr. W. for immediate settlement. F. M. Eddlemax is authorised to act ns our Agent, in Atlanta Georgia. np he r.t -l him ns of til WVa ds of COL. D. S. PRTNTUP nnnounce cnmli.lme for BRIGADIER GENERAL of the 2d Brigade 13th Division, G. M. nnthoriseil to nnnounce Colonel A* K- PATTON, « Cnndidnie lor BRIGADIER GENERAL of the 2d Brigade, l2th Division, G. M. W E nro authorised to nnnounce F. I. SULLI VAN. Esq- ns a Candidate for BRIGADIER GENERAL of the 2d Brignde, 12th Division, G. M W E me authorised to nnnounce Col. SAMUEL STEWART.™ ^ Candidate for BRIGADIER GENERAL of the 2d Brigade 12th Division, G. M. W E ARE authorised to nnnounce RILEY J JOHNSON. Esq-, nun Candidate for COLO- NEL of tho liOth Regiment, G. M. For the Courier. UNION RALLY. THE UNION PARTY OF FLOYD County, arc requested to meet nt the Court llouso in Home, on tho 1st Tuesday in May next, for the purpose of selecting delegates to tho Gubernatorial Convention to be held at Millcdgeville in June next. MANY CITIZENS Fail iiiecaons. Already in boatd ill different parts of the Slutc, Ihe nolo of preparation in anticipation of the fall elections, which will involve prin ciples and measures of vast moment to tho people of Georgia, and possibly, cither dir ectly or remotely iilleet Ihe stability nnd per petuity of our free institutions. A Governor, members of Cong ess and Stale Legislature are to I10 chosen by the people, into whose Kinds will be measurably committed Ibc in terests and renown of tho Empire Slalo of the South. At present, In many respects, the attitude of Georgia is proud and com manding. Last fall the wisdom and patriot ism of her sons, placed her upon a pinnacle of glory which elicited the respect and ad miration of the good nnd patriotic through out the land. The friends of Constitutional Union, North and South,expect her to main tain her noblo position to tho last. Shall they bu disappointed f It is especially important at this time on every accbtint, tha should have an able State Executive—a man of enlarged views and conservative principles and feelings—one who is able and willing to do his whole duly regardless of consequences. Besides weighty poli.Lai questions which are likely to claim his ailentiun and perliap- require his decis- Texas this year will exceed thoro of nry I ion . lllcre “ 10 mali y ulhor matters of vital previous year.” j importance to the reputation and prosperity _ . ~ ' of Georgia, which will parlicularlv demand Prnfeitnr Page’s Experiment!!! Trip. j ’ ’ . . 1 Owing to the nnnounc ement that, on Sat-j *’ s 111 c. pos.uon. urduy^- Professor Pack's Electro-Magnet Locomotive would Inn c a preliminary trial on the railroad, a large number of persons, including many of scientific attainments, wore in attendance, hoar the .station-house, mani festing a-marked interest in the success of the' experiment. A report that an accident had occurred excited apprehensions in the miadsofagie.it many that there was to l-e either a postponement ora failure. How ever, this stale of fueling was somewhat re lieved by the appearance of Professor Page himself on the platform of his car formed the spectators that two of tho colls in the middle of the battery which he was about to employ laid exploded—an occur- j rence, he said, which had not before taken! place in the eourse of his two years’ oxperi- 1 meets ; hut that, in order that the company which had assembled might not he disap- 1 pointed, the locomotive would nevertheless I shortly move. Like the sun which at that \ moment emerged from a dark rain-cloud, j this brigf nunouncemoatbrighlened the coun- ‘ tenances of-ail who heard it, and, much to Tito State, lit this time, in the Western k Atlantic Rail Road, holds in her hands to a large extent tho commercial reputation and destiny of her enterprising sons. For the last few years this g.eat and beneficent work from soma cause, has failed to meet public expectation, nt.sj complaints loud and fre quent liayo been heard from every quarter in relation to the administration of its affairs. It is not our wish or design in tilts brief who in- I nrticlo to stop and enquire whether these complaints arc well founded or otherwise i but merely to suggest, that this great inter est in the approaching contest bo steadily kept In view by all concerned. Lot our Execu tive Chair And our Legislative halls hereafter, he filled by men of enlarged and enlightened views in relation to the true interests nnd wants of tho whole State—by men "ho are not afraid to extend a liberal and fostering hand to internal improvements, agriculture and commerce. Then will our great State The Cotton Prospect- We do not suppose tho amount of cotton usually raised in Cherokee, Georgia, is a matter of much moment either to cotton buyers or cotton spinners, or that tho an nouncement ul this early day of a probable short crop in this region will produce any great excitement in tho Liverpool markets or Manchestrr mills'; nnd yet, vv e are informed that tho late cold rains and winds, have en tirely destroyed the prospect of a good stand from the first planting, and many are com pelled to re-plant. Whilst upon this subject it may not bo im proper to stale that an erroneous impression is entertained by some in regnrd to tho ca pacity of Cherokee Georgia, to produce cot ton ul all. But our own observation, as well as tho testimony of inlelligont nnd reliable planters, convinces us that the nverngo yield of cotton in this region is ns largo as in lower Georgia or Florida, and its s'.nplo equally good. A Jo', of twenty hales sent to Augus ta last winter by a worthy neighbor of ours who plants largely in Cuss county, com manded the very lop of tho market. Tito Patent Office Reports for 1S50, ostj- mates the average products of Mississippi at 1000 pounds per acre, and the same for Ar kansas,—Texas, ono btdo per acre, nnd Flor ida, 800 pounds per acre. Now wo are pre pared to say, that the product of 1000 lbs por acre, including the valley and river lands of this and adjoining counties, is by no means an extravagant ostimato. It is true our cot ton seasons are shorter, and ns many hales nor linnd cannot perhaps he made as in south, western Georgia or Florida, hut it is also true, that moro provisions of every kind, ex cept perhaps the sweet potatoe can he raised. Corn and Flour-Mill- Rome und its immediate vicinity would he greatly benefittod by the erection of a good steam grist-mill, with one run of stone fur corn and two for wheat nnd other small grain. To our mind no investment would yield a more liberal dividend, whi st the convenience of our citizens would he greatly promoted. It would also by making a market for the produce of our farmers, add greatly to the commercial prosperity of Rome. Now, ma ny of tho farmers of Chattooga and Walker, take their wheat to Gordon mills and buy their supplies at Calhoun. It is somewhat strange, but nevertheless true, that Rome is measurably supplied with foreign flour. It is true there are ono or two small mills in the country which furnish a very fair article of flour, hut much of the wheal raised in Floyd is ground olsov here, barreled or sacked, and labelled, Augusta, Atlanta, &c., it comes hack to Homo to lie devoured perhaps by the snirio men who originally handled it iu wheat. Rome should become an exporter offlour not wheat; at any rale,- she should he able to meet the demands of her own citizens, which by-the-wny are likely to bo considerable.— Tho rich bottoms of the Coosuwatlee, Clona- sauga. Etowah, Ooslanaulla, Coosa, nnd the fertile hill-sides which overlook them should bo stimulated to pour their rich products into the lap of our growing city. Fleets of keel boats, and steamers, of light draught,'Should ho engaged in the work of transportation all along these beautiful streams, bringing to us wheat, buck.wheat, rye, corn, onts, bacon, &e.,and carrying hack for the consumption of thrifty farmers, Hour, sugar, salt, cofi'ec, kc. We say again, (his is a great country, who will aid in making it greater ? husbandry. Whilst cotton factories are spring ing up in every direction, and are adding to the commercial independence and prosperity of the South, vye heur of but lew for tho manufacture of woolen fabrics. There are, we believe, ono ov two in the Carolines, und probably two small ones in tho large Slate of Georgia. These establishments, we loam, are all profitable investments, and find a rea dy sale (or all their fabrics. Now it is con ceded that our cotton factories can success fully compote in tho coarser articles, with Northern and European manufactures, nnd wo believe it is equully true, that we can both rnise and manufacture wool os cheap as in any pnrt of tho world. All that wo need is n will nnd the work must successfully go forward. It is a burning shame that with such a soil and climate as ours, with unsur passed natural facilities nnd resources for raising and making every thing needful for food and raiment, we are dependent upon oth ers,-less favorably circumstanced, for much that wo cat and nearly everything (hat we wear. Wo purpose to give our readers an inter esting artielo upon this subject from the So. Cultivator next week. „ Next Tuesday- Our friends will hear in mind that next Tuosdny is the day designated for hoiditt; meetings in several of tho counties compos inn litis Congressional district, for the pur pose of appointing delegate! to tho Union Gubernatorial Convention to he held in Mil ledgovillo on the 1st week in Juno next. We would urgen general attendance. Ono moro rally of the fronds of Union, and cur cause will be safe. It might he well ul the same time toseloct delegates to a Convention for nominating a candidate for this Senatorial District to meet at such time mid place ns may hcreaftor he designated. Grand Division- Quite n number of Delegates are present to the semi-annual meeting of the Grnud Division of tho Sons of Temperance now be ing held in this city. Owing, however, to exaggerated rumors of small pox, the atten dance will not he ns largo as could have been desired. 0$»\Vb regret to learii that three or four freight cats were destroyed by fire on tho Stato Road hear the Cassyille,Depot oh Tues day last, together with somo 80 or 100 bales of cotton. {ajyA New Post Office has been estab lished at Cedar Springs, Benton county, Ala. R. M. Draper, Post Muster. Religious Services at tub World’s Fair.—A meeting of gentlemen of various denominations has been recently held in Lou don, at which it was resolved that “it is highly desirable to make provision lor extra English Sabbath services for our own coun trymen from the provinces, mid also for our friends from America, who may he visitors to tho Greut Exhibition duting tho ensuing summer; that the use of Exeter Hall ho se cured for the purpose; nnd that such servi ces ho conducted by accredited cvnngclican ministers of thosqvcral denominations-” Funds have been raised, and ministers of am'erent denominations engaged to aid in car rying out this design. Railroad Progress- The work for tho junction of our railroads at Macon is going Toward mqst satisfactorily. Timber is being fast got on the, ground for tho coder dam of'tho viaduct over llie.Oc- camulgeo, and the lattice wqfk is also being got out. The members ol the next Legisla ture will pass over this now viaduct on o continuous track, nnd thoro is not the most remote doubt that the river will be cross ed long before that limo, for it will not be necessary to wait for Iho pier in' tho middle of tho river. (should its construction be re tarded) as tho viaduct will ho omplo strong to ho used temporarily without it, Tho Macon & Western road have ordered their iron, surveyed the route, nnd made ovary other requisite arrangement to gain tho level from tho new depot on tho Macon Common to a point at some distance from their depot. On this sido of tho rivor tho grading, &c., for the connection, will ho dono In nniplo season. Mr. Reynolds is, at tho same time, grading through the streets nt Macon, and preparing tho site ol his new depot for the South Western, nt which tho other tracks arc to join. Tho Millcdgeville k Gordon, and Millcdge ville & Eatonton roads; will bo much better roads than was at first anticipated. In other words, (hoy will bavo tho thick flange rail from the Macon & Western road, instead of tho old fiat bar from the Central road, as first intended. Tho wliolo summed distance from Gordon to Eatonton is 37 miles. Of this distance, 34 miles will ho laid down with the newest nnd host finngo rail, now boing removed from tho Macon & Western.— Ilenco these now roads will ho quito equal to tho original Macon & Western road — Already tho cross ties nro distributed along most of the distance from Millcdgeville to Gordon. The wliolo distance is 17 mile.-.— Tho members of tho no.xt Legislature will find nt least 14 miles of that disluuco dono, A heavy rock excavation, not far from tho Oglethorpe University, may, nnd probably will, retard the construction of the temaining three miles. All the contracts on tho Millcdgovillo & Gordon road have boon tnkou, except those for one or two bridges, and a now saw mill commenced working yesterday to cut out the stringer.!. Another new saw mill is be ing put up not far from Millcdgeville, to cut out timber for tho Eatonton road. The .con tacts for grading on this last road nro ull ta ken, and this pnrt of the work will all ho done by tho first of January next. Spuittsli Troops for Cuba. Tho Captain of tho ship Thomas Watson arrived.it Philadelphia from Now-Orleaqs reports that lie passed on the 10th hist, two Spanish frigates, with Spanish troops cn boaid, hound for the Island of Cuba. Uuatli of a Slumber of Coiiercsir. Judgo Ballard, Whig, recently olected to Congress from tho second distiiet of Louisi ana, to fill tho vacancy caused by tho re signation of Mr. Conrad, died in New-Or- leans on the 19th inst. Milt Thoy Como. fhe total number of immigrants arrived at New-York during Iho last week, was seven teen THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY- SIX ! a spelling which seems to indicate an origin. In tho snme spot, two English guin eas were found, the dates and inscription of which we did not learn. All were probably deposited by some free-booter of the oldeu timo —Florida Sentinel. The Wheat Crop.— Tho wheat crop of south and middle Alabama was, ut our last accounts, unusually promising, and it tho re cent light frosts hove caused no material in jury, tho yield will be larger thon at any for mer period. Tho Wotumpka Guard has a specimen from Coosa county, which was headed out and In full bloom, nnd would in a few days commence filling up and maturing. -Mr. I-Iornlson, tho cultivator, hnd tho very host kind of a prospect for an abundant yield, if no accident or bad luck happens to his crop. Tho Guard hears accounts of good prospects for a large crop of wheat from oil sections of that part of tho country. If no storm or .other accident occurs to the wheat, it says, a larger crop will be made than in any year for tho last ten years.—Alabama Planter. Re-vaccination —Medical men aret- very often asked if one vnccinntiph is sufficient to protect the system, through life, from sttiMI pox—or how often it is necessary to have the operation performed f The late Dr. Fisher, of Boston, for n long time gave at* tenlion to this subject ; and in January last published, with others, the following propo sitions, which are supported by numerous statistical facts, and are lully telied on by the profession : 1. That one single nnd perfect vaccination docs not, for all time, in nil casses, deprive tho system of its susceptibility of variolous diseases. 2. That ono or moro re-vaccinations do \ and that consequently, a physician should recommend ro-vnccinution, when questioned as to its necessity ; 3. The system is protected from various contagions when it is no longer suscuptiblo of vaccino influence ns tested by ro-vncci- mition. Every person, therefore, mio would he ful ly protected from small pox, should be not only onco vaccinulod, hut should have the operation repeated, ono or two times, or un til tho system ceases to ho n(Teclcd by tho virus. For most persons ono operation would he found sufficient, while others might require sovcrul. Re-vaccination, at least onco, should always ho practiced. If this wore tho case generally, (his dire disease would soon becotno almost unknown (hair satisfaction, in. the course of th e min KBS The, will Sir great bta utes the car came Torth limn its slietl, mov- . ,, , ° ing steadily, and wended its way on the rails | continue steadily to pursue her prospero ' for several hundred yards; then paused and j ‘ backed to another track, niid again moved 1 forward in (ho direction of Baltimore I We had no meansofascertaining its speed, j aid judge that it was at the rate of I career with a new and still moro powerful pulse. Stato Fair- It appears that the next Agricultural Fair, six- miles per hour, which, Mr for this State will he held in Macon some 'i a crippled battery ibpwith a c ible-well, we think. Jn- time in October next. The people of Macon , - ... contribute two thousand dollars to he dis- IIy » doubt, from what •' omplislied. lr| hotcu m premiums and appropriate t\yo al np- thousaud more to prepare the grounds^ ko^fy rjidc-'T" ' 1 — r-tdii^ldA-tvo been gratified.LS'-‘I’L-i-’"Ml,t; ‘fPa fjnileriiriiitnyffgiiUihn*-*, Ot- goad oak A ti d liicS-my j gft&yw ! Sheep Husbandry- We believe that no part of the globo fur nishes a belter country for wool-growing than Upper Georgia. Upon her innumera ble knobs, hills and mountains, which are in many instances too steep nnd rocky for profit- ble tillage, tens und hundreds of thousands of sheep might graze, fatten and multiply.-— So mild is our climate that we aro rarely vi sited by snows, so that with comparatively little pro,vision, sheep would thrive both in winter mid summer, without much trouble or expense. A litllo attention to clovor, blue, orchard and herds grass would, at litlto cost, also give them green pastures in mid-winter. Indeed,oursmallest furmers might have one or two hundred sheep, which, with,but little ex pense or trouble, would in meat and wool, add largely to their nnnual income and per- rosnerity. Tdcir and important benefit Kossuth not to re Released.—The Government of Turkey having been charged by compact with Austria, with survoilance of Kossuth and his companions, and finding the expense of maintaining them burdensome, applied to he relieved. The application was granted as far ns respected all hut Kossuth and eight or leu others. An appeal for tho relief of Kossuth, is about to he addressed to Austria by our Government, agreeably with the spirit of the Resolutions adopted by Congress, urging his removal to tho United States. Death of Commodore Barron.—We have the melancholy duty to perform of an nouncing the deatli of Commodore James Bnrron, Senior Captain ol the United States Navy, who expired nt his residence in this city; yesterdny afternoon at 5 o’clock, iu the 83 year of his ago. Until his last illness, which commenced its attack about five months ago, the w eight of years bad but slightly bowed his tall, majes tic person, or dimmed the lustre of his bright and intellectual eye, or paled tho florid glow of health ori liis manly cheek; nnd as he mov ed in our midst an object of veneration and love to his friends, nnd of admiration mid in terest to all who behold him, tho anticipa tion of health to sustain him yet many years longer was loudly indulged. But the charm is dispelled, and he lias fallen as n’shock of corn ripe for the sickle. He departed in full possession of tho faculties of his mind—se rene, resigned, and without pain. It must he reserved for another occasion to do justice to the noble qualities of his nature and the excellence of his character, as well as to sketch the events w hich connect him with his country’s history —Nor. Herald. Death of Commodore Baron.—The death of this vetcrian commander! the senior officer, of the Navy, took place at Net-folk on tho evening of the 21st inst., in the 83rd year of his ago. He died in the full possession of all liis faculties. (jtjc The President lias recognized E. C. :Vngolrodt ns Vice Consul of Baden for the Stale of Missouri, to reside at St. Louis. Iron for the State Road.—Mr. Mitch ell, Etigiueor of tho Stato Rail-Road, says the Savannah Republican, lias lately been in this city, lor the purpose of purchasing iron for lbo road. lie Iin3 succeeded in purcha sing from Messrs. Padelford, Fay & Co., one thousand tons of iron, of a very superior quality. The mils are of the T pattern, weigh fifty-three pounds to the lineal yard, and are at least equal to any ever placed on any road in tho South. These ono thousand tons will suffice to Joy down aboutj^wclv miles of the road, beginning at Marietta and coding at tho Chattahoochee riv6r. We are heartily rejoiced to see somo beginning on the amelioration of this great work. It should have been commenced long since The interests of the Stato demand it the voice of all intelligent citizens demand it, and any responsibility assumed by the Gov ernor of Georgia in furtherance of this object, would be sanctioned by any future Legisla ture. May the work of regeneration be continued 1 The neglect of the road lias cost the Stato an ample sum already. Any expense devoted to its reconstruction will soon he reimbursed. (jc§» Lately, in Michigan, two neighbors a- grecd to a natural exchange of their families— one giving his wife and two children for tho blher’s’wife ! Daniel Webster arrived in Springfield, Mass., April 9, and the people turned out c:i inassec to receive him. Ho was greeted with the most enthusiastic demonstrations of delight. In nbout two and a half years—the time since the discovery of the gold mines of Cal ifornia—itj is estimated that $95,000,000 have been taken out, or nt the rale of $38, 000,000 per annum. It is said that there is a man in Indi- vso thin, that when the Sheriff is after ads into.his rifle and watches his A Curiosity- While Gov- Brown was in Key West, ho was presented by Hon. A. Patterson, with a iriiticaluro bust of Gen. Washington, found ten years ago, in the neighborhood of Mr. Pat terson’s premise, imbedded in the limestone which forms the island. The bust is of mar ble, and is evidently the work of a master The expression is said to he identical with that of the famous statue of Washington at Rich mond, allowed to be tho best likeness in existence The little'bust is iti a stale of per fect preservation; all the delicate chiselling in the plaits of a rudled shirt remaining as sharp and well defined as ever, end the mar ble without discoloration. Across the sheut- Tkrridle IIunniUANi:—The Snedersville Georgian of Saturday, speaking of (he hurri cane which swept through Washington county last week, says- “In passing over a part of the plantation of Col John J. Long, it levelled every thing in its course; fortunately no houses were in- juro l. Over the plantation of C. T. Hines’, Esq. it swept with resistless fury. Trees of all sizes were uprooled ; fences carried en tirely away—some parts of which will never he found—fodder stacks swept off and soma of it carried for miles, nnd even ltirge pind logs which had lain until they were half hur ried in the earth, were raised from their bedt ami removed. Tho plantation ol Mrs. Haines, widow of the late Nathan Haines, near the- Ogccchce river, sudered severely, dn it every negro house "-as unroofed—poultry dogs, &c., were carried off, nnd have 1 h6t since been seon. Providentially no lives wert lost so far as we liavo learned, although manj hair-lircdlh escapes might bo related. Ou# young man, finding the house in which he was, going to pieces, spruug from it and' wh* whirled by tho wind some distance into pouch tree ; to this he clung for n moment, wlien it was blown up ; losing his hold-of this, ho was swept on into another, to which he clung until the storm hail passed. It is impossible to estimate the damage sustain by those who have suffered most, but it is very heavy. The Season.—The weather has been mod eralely cool for the first part ol the week, we have not heard of any frosts to dectrt the lruits or vegetation. Having now. pa the Faster, according to titWo-hohored fail there will he no. more frosts in.tho, J $quntl Should this he the case, and the su'mm^ soason propitious, the “fatness of the lan will he almost past comprehension. ~ wheat in this section of country looks 1 ceedingly fine—fruit trees, generally, arel ginning to feel burdened by the weighij their odspring and nil nature is’smiling jj most happy mood. For these bl-essin comforts all should he thankful to Him J governs Universe—improve-the ndvantjj generouly offered— he happy, be conteotfl and pay the Printer.— Chat. Gas (j^. The Storm, which we had hop« had seen the last ofon Friday, recotnn on Saturday with redoubled fury.' Tj[ out the early part of Saturday night-i fell in torrents, and the tide rose j nsildidon Wednesday night, eight tho wind blew hard from accompanied with a brisk snowlj continued till after day light, up to the sewers, and overflows streets of the first ward; in Greenwich street, afoivdooisl the v. ater was full three foetg the inhabitants oflhe'’neig the police station men on duty dec]; khowe; f‘