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From the Knickerbocker.
THE YOUNG WIDOW.
Ye bid me mingle in the dance,
And smile among the young and gay—
Ye say that grief will dim my glance.
And turn my raven tresses gray ;
I care not. yet 1 strive to bow
In meekness to my lonely fate—
I dry my tears and smooth my brow,
The while my heart is desolate.
When last I joined the festive throng,
I heard—it seemed my brajq to sear—
A stranger breathe the very soug
That Gist ho warbled in my ear.
The words, the tone, but ah 1 that tone
What living lip could imitate ?
Mid 1 aughiug crowds I stood alone,
Unutterably desolate.
I miss him by tire evening hearth,
I miss him at the silent meal.
But keenest in the bower of mirth
My joyless solitude I (eel;
But late 1 saw a h.ippy bride
Bmiiefondly on hei wedded mate,
While I—oil ' would that I had died
With him who left me desolate.
Ye sp.-ak of wesltb—ln Mammon's mart
There's nol a single boon 1 crave ;
Gold cannot h -a! 'he broken ! eart.
Nor bribe the ur> '■turning grave ;
Itcnnnot fill the vacant
Where owe mr 1 t..,' - ! husband sate,
Nor still my he w - convuoive beat,
Nor make my home les desolate.
Alas I the base on which we build
Hope'-faire-t fabric, is but air,
And laughs the heart, when G > I ha. wii.e .
To lay his chastening fn.g< ■ th. 10,
A brighter, happi r dream than mine
Did never love and hope create;
I bowed before an earthly shrine.
And Heaven has left inc desolate.
And yet not so ; my soul be calm—
The hand that smiteth will sustain ;
Thou hast a helper on whose arm
The mourner never loan'd in vain.
O I may that aim the pilgrim guide
By the straight path and narrow gate,
To w here the loved in bliss abide,
And hearts no more are desolate.
MISCELEAEOUS.
Nt TABJLI'I YOF FORTUNE.
A youg lady, a nativo of Martinique, was o/,
a voyage to France with a design of being <sla :a.
ted there, when tiie merchant vessel, on board of
which she was passenger, was captured by an
Algerine cruiser, and taken to Algiers. 'J’n::
poor girl was at first overwhelmed with affliction
at the prospect of captivity before lur; but as
paoion gave way to meditation, it camo to b r
recollection that an old woman had predicted that
she would one day become one of the greatest
princesses in the world. “Alii'’ exclaimed she,
for -npi.r-tilK,**, wa , iu this instance but the lianil
inaid of iiiclinutiou., "it is doubtless so ; I am to
be a princess. Well, I mirit not quarrel w ith
fortune. Who knows wh.it may come out o:
this!” So strong did this preposition grow on
the young lady, dint ere >he reached the Harbary
shore, she was a.miuh a fatalist iu point of re- '
s>,'n it ion as any devotee of Rlamisin could po .si
bly be. The Frcnrli Consul at Algiers immeili
ately oHere'l to ransom his country v.omrin , bill
no. she would not be ransomed, for fear of of
b tiding foi lime, by re-ortiug to so vulg'ar away,
'd recoveiing her liberty. So to the seraglio ol
the Dey of Algiers the lady went; and, strange
•'» te|). from his highness’s seraglio she was sent
><s a present tothe Grand Seignor, who was-o
’’(rm k with in r beauty and manner.-, for in both
*lio was e .( oiling, tb it he < levatod her lo the
dignity of his favorite Sultan'! Surli was the
singular rue of the rbilmna .'.'alkie, who died in
Rl'hand was the mother of the present Grand
Seiguor.
A PAPAL ANECDR'I E.
I »’ c Si»tii. , . v. as born of an obsi ure parent- I
age in the year 1.>51, in Ancona. Ho entered
tile priesthood at an early age—and although of j
a < ha alter haughty and morose, bv pcirevm iu : |
IBilp trf
;: al add be cu.i: ived to ■; himsi’ 1 '’ I'.i.-f,;
from 0.. degree to im.,,.1 r ti'ili: iw oiituiued a
• nalsh :>• But hem ; pos ,sed of imiuiu.. (■'
(U ,ouio" .<• 1 ..>■ 11 ■ ppßtifl ’•. ’1 o tic-
cord in this de gn. h > totady diortid ids dispo-i
--i’,..n and „f iving. .io 1... idl’e-'ivTn-
■ ' himself w itii pul.lie idfairs. ..nd < ■< ni| .i.ieed
, .d’ th? iuiirtniti' > of old age. mid lived
; .1 clud 1 i » il th -I- mi,, indy to restore his health.
1 ills ... her e.i binds w e the du; gs of tins tirtl-
, m<! llf red t.. m elves to bo so much de-
ed t>y le iiimter :eit<<l simplicity and ill
tedth II it nil the dee hoi < ■■•■;■ <. y X1 i 1.. af,i r
! •» '..eat deal of e ihallmx they elected him '. ope,
in l.'.s’. Thu craft' ni.-.n who had for year.
i'o'iiv i rf‘i'e.’ i n 11 man' ow e I down to the 1
. e:i th with iafirmi'ie: .ns soon as the election v,: s
decided threw his staif into the m.dillo of the
li J|—set himself i plight, and suddenly appeared '
I as straight ami vigorous as ;f man in the prime
of life' A few days afterwards, on being coin-[
: | pbmeuti d on the goo I hetdtli he cii/’yed since |
bis elevation to the papal < hair, who wa < alwai s ;
Iso iuHrni when a curdmsl, ho answered —"i-o .
1 I nor be surprised at it. 1 sought then the hoys of'
[ ' Paradise—and in order to find them. I bowed
i down, and stooped my head. But since I have |
; them in niv hands, 1 only look towaids Heaven, |
having no occusiim for earthly things.'— iArsluii j
Journal.
From the New Orleans Bulletin.
.MEXICO AND TEXAS.
The message of President Burnett, which we |
published yesterday, is a well wrilleii and aide
document, and uufolds in a dear mid satisfactory
manner ail the advantages, necessities and pros- i
pects of the Infant Republic, The t nor ol the
whole ptoduction is m .my am! dignified, «:.d sen
timents in the main me sueh a . might be au.id
| pat. d from the first magistrate of a people light
ing iu defence of their own frredom ami rights.—
: liie views of the writei, upon thesuhj.ets ol most
' importance to the country, teejust, and evince an
acquaintance with its wants and resources, winch
was hardly to be expected from cue so recently
called to preside as the b.ea 1 of a newly org'.iiu.ed
Goverumodt. Tho fiuances of the country are
first presented to the consideration of the Con
gress, are demanding their earliest attention, and
alter detailing the proceedings of the provisional
government, togtJther w ith those of the < 'onntiis
siouers and other authorized agents, for the pro
curation of funds to sustain them in the ardious
struggle in which they were engaged, the matter
is relerred to Congress, w ith an iiijunctmii as soon
as possible adopt some perm in tit and regular
system, for the raising of revenue to defray the
expensed of the Government.
J The circumstances of the late loans ci '.acted in
I thii city, and the difficulties consequent upon
those loans and narrated btiefly, ami then sub
mitted to decission of the representatives of peo
ple. This we are glad to perceive, as we have
tntiierto feafed from the wide misunderstanding
' which seemed to prevail between the takers of
the loan and lhe Texian Cabinet, that the credit
of that country was serious all’< cted. We anti
cipate however, that the wisdom of the new Con
gress, w ill provide some way lor the fair adjust
ment of the difficulties to the satisfaction ot all
concerned. The takers of loan as we have been
infurmeii, refused to advance the balance of the
I loan, because lhe conceived the government of
1 Texas to be acting in ban faith to them inrel ition
lo the compact uno with their authorized agents
and couuuissiuucrs, induced by an ardent syni
put.iy fol lhe su.nmgs ami afii.cti ms of an op
pressed peopie, they Imd advanced muney in* tt.e
suppoit of toeir < ails'.*, at a time when it was in
i great demand flora, ami was bearing a iii;:h val
' ue, upon condition that die Government ol i'exas
w ould assign them lauds, at a fiixed price, which
i price it wilt be remembered, was mt-cii lower than
the rate at w nich Te .as lands were th< n selling;
; io be by them surveyed and sold as scon as they
■ tuougot fit, after a certahi r iuibur.emenl of their
■aiiMiey. Upon this stipulation a part of lhe mon- ’
| ey wtw paid but when the Government refused to
ratify the conditions, the balance was withheld.
I Ttie credit of a nation, ami particularly a new
■ one. must grentiy dependent for its continuance
upon the laitlnuiuess with which all its coni.acts
are obseiveii, and in die case of Texas we very
very much fear that in this instance the course
win. ti has been pursu. <1 wid aflcct tii?irereditun-
I less tbu j.mUim.e of Congress can avert the im
pending danger. '1 he i kers a.e di stitis.led ; the
1 can neiiiier.get back their money ncr their land
tor which they gave it.
To satisfy ..11 pftrties, it would be the be-f, we
think, as bus been recently suggested, lo fulfil the
. com.act tu ih . utter, so tar as die money has
ueen rueeivcu but uo 1 .rllicr, and rescind it as lai
. as icgards the balance ol the lo: u yet to he paid.
This would cm.ble the takers of the loan to re
, ceive t ■ the full amount all that they bad origin
al.y i on,, i, ted, and w ith a small sacrifice on the
pa.t oi 1. xas would p.ace her credit <m immov
ca'it. basis.
-<’.Uw imaa.es, the defence of the country
nd tile proper org .iizatr u .if th ■ miiitaty fm- e
s alluded i •, and some useful suggestions rela
tive to ;ha period of enlistment, the payment of
bounty m lands, and tile proper clothing and pa ? -
ment m me Hoops.
Afu.-i a passing uofice of lhe Navy of Judicial
; Department &.c.tl>e treaty which was begun and
' completed la t .' j.ri.ig witn Santa Anna, as Pres
ident of Mexico is spoken of. We have already
viewed this transaction of the Cabinet of Texas
as one of th : mo .t novel pioeeodiiigs in the hi-ito
-1 ry ol diplomaiieatiairsthatever fell under otu'ob
servaiien. How they could thin!; ofireating w ith
a captive as the fiend ol a free ami independent na
tion seems in our humble judgment somew hat as- !
tomshiug. And even grtuilmg that Sant'i Anna
hid bo;n th ■ power a.id ability lo treat, the idea
of turning loose sofaitufoss a mmi.-t. r ata period
when Lieu* coa itry waipro.trat : and I femmles,. :
seems unaccouutaide. A:i i however much Pres
ident Burnett and his advi :ers tn >y disapprove of
lhe prompt and elm ient nieusitri’s adopted bv the
: army, we siiali oven regurti them as the j reser
vation of Texas.
'1 o the hero :s of Ban Jacinto, I’resi'lont Bur
nett. widies not only the lionur an.l gratitude, lint
i inso the liberality and generosity of their country
to bc’c .t. nd"d. '1 hi, is as it should be. 'i tie de-
I' lidcr.oi the soil, tin,, uiidniintcd hem's, who
stood imumved and feailcis when hope was fill
ing around tnem, and all seemed lost, who resolv
ed todie or be h< :', and bravely met, and rush'’.’!
upon an enemy ol ov' rw helmii’g nunifx rs, con
quering -.olely by di-ir lirmne—. ami bringing de
liverance and -.mciy t., thei, - country, deserves
.-'/melhiiig mur - t!um empty honors. Tb ■ coun
try wh:cu ifi, y hav" saved from utter ruin and de;
oiatm.i earnin’, pay them too li," rally.
I m:‘mill*'.'inc ..ng -oi President Bin nett, i; rc
p ■ w>itb inter.-,t, mid by p , ealm -ml di,j>;i-s':oii
am survey ol allairs. and sen :ib!e r■•vie.v> of their
w ants, is well c. li iilated to in - pi. e additional con ■
fnleiico in !,n* stai'ihty of T. x.i , amcmg all classes
’ of otwcommuniiy.
li'mi’.eH. ol rulici. , deli'.,■red to Col. Don
! rancisco Gariy, in Mexico, to be condueicd to
; ilia army of operations.
Clothing v.c.—> uiris 40000; lim n jackets
'IL ,0; lim n pants |()!)0) ; do of cloth 40!ft)'; 400(1;
caps lOOli: ffOO var. of matmi.l f.,r blan'i ts •
■4O ho ■ ■ >. anoth r ki > I <>: do
prs; sacks, er infantry bag-,or knapsack...
. l; ho. ■: root - l(I’ji); ”(;o ( ,f | jf < ad ;
’ medi' iiics in nine Imxi I box ..irgical in .trimieiits
liaudi' l, 21; axe. wooib n ,pad< . !X) J uke
lift), iron spade . IOd; Irov a-.-, : 20 I hoi’. 1 ma
lou . hl mill'-. ■ •; < .. with , >■> i C.ar
for pack, mid .'.z iOt) tin plates.
.1 meni!ion— An ;• .sortmenl ol iriiis, a!l ;h > u;en
I -il, ror :i g m,mi:li, , c.innmi I.ail. !:. pouti-
I d'T.i I'-’O; grape in tin caniste. • for 8 poimdci .
z■ ’: do fur G poll ml or '!■'!; do for 12 pmm !. -.* ~ti!>
| tis<! hinrafcngo, some inf.rrnal cmnl>n-tit>l<’ ; SGO
lio of i io:’iiring cdf Ci;m: ;n. i.'i u :1, i.n-
- ... TMIj ...C:., X ,AGrE<^6i.£ z .gf? 7?
ee.... y for IJ niou carpenters, Ac. Ibrldacks;nith«,
u.'. h’j'ti'-' men, for 8 armorers, all die tools need
cd ; jjj car rid-es, with two balls of 15 1(1
ol an eu ee r h ; l.iilb lbs. camion powder, and
(>i..l lbs for sin ill arms; char, cd carkidges for be
siegiug artillery mid battle; Wi cartridges ehar
<l with Illis,H powder alone, lor 12 pounder; 111
do ol Jo charged with 2,lns and S ounces of pow■
. r. with ball &e 72 ol do for do charged wild 2
lbs, and Boz pow(' •;•, lor 8 | minder with ball
c. 7 of do charged with oniy 2 J lbs powder,
- * " 'th ils ece. mid 2 lbs powder for ti poau
derdo.of do, efiarged with two lbs of powder a
'on -';do fm do: f..r ! p. under charged w ith 2
I >s powder and ball. A a. 555, do dfdo fordo LJ!>,
pioyder ?nd .'■•rap ■ 122; infantry 2<)f); mrrtars,
.’nt tor ;’; ■ cauijiaign ; mid aJ] other mite
lia.s lor an eq-.<:p:i ,e iwecisazy to carry on op-
| < rations against Tcai’.s.
j ii Rosajl
veau’diem.
Macon, Mtir, day, Nov. 7, 1833.
i At 12 o’clock the Convention assembled
-nt the Methodi-t Church. On Motion, 11.
si. Ij uii.ic was appointed Chairman, and
Asbury Hull, ol Clark, appointed yecrela-
I O’; ,
The Rev. Mr. Wilson addressed the
throne of Grace.
I lie Relegates present their
credentials; and the secretaries recorded
their names : From the county of
ija/dirin— J. A. Cuthbert, V/. Rutherford,
i M. J. Kenan.
Bibb — 1. G. Sevtnour, W. Poe, John La
mar.
Camrb.l!— E. IT. Thompson, AV. Bomar,
W itt. Cantrcl.
Ct/sd—’.V, Hardin, T. Hamilton.
Chatham—J. M. Wayne, S. B. Parkman,
J. id. Berrien, Wm. Scarborough.
Cherokee— S. Thompson, Al. J. Camden. |
Clark— A. S. Clayton, E Payne, J. A.
Cobb, A. Hull.
. Cobb— J. R. Brooks, J. B. Green.
Cratrfortl —11. Crowell, J. A. Miller, R. 11.
Slappey.
DeKalb— R. Cone, ’.V. Ezzard, A. McLar
ty, E. Bird.
Cattle— J. 1). Stell, J. Lambirtb, T. C.
Coleman. |
Bioyd— J. H. Lumpkin.
il/yitn— T. Butli r King, Geo. Dupree.
Cirtene— F. 11. Cone.
Guinnetl— John S. Wilson, A. IT. Smith,
E. Winn, J. Mills.
Habersham— R. W. Habersham,jr. John
Brannon.
iiaucock— J. B. Gondor, J. B. I.evvis, R. i
P. Sarstiett.
Henry— T. D. Johnson, B. Pettit, J. John- !
son, J. S. Calloway’.
llotislon— D. C. Campbell, J. A. Everett,
E. E. U, rocker, Geo* Fatten.
Lumpkin— J. Hansell,!:. W. Randell,
At. il. GatliriglH
Iclntosh— T. Spalding.
Klonroe —A Speer, O. Rodgers, J. Tliwcatt,
A. Redding, W. H. Frit hard.
Borman—ll. 11. Randolph, C. Campbell. '
id J. v>. Campbell, E. Hepburn,
W. S. Chipley.
Neicton— J. N/VViHiihnson, J. W. Graves,
A. J.Lttckie, John G. P'loyd.
' ihe— J* Adams, J. Whatley, J. Eppin
ger.
Pidas.':i—S. B. Taylor, A. Rosse’.er, J.
Raw is.
i-'iditan.— P. S. Holt, 11. T. Shaw.
RtzSamuil Beck, 11. IL Armstrong,
B. Dover, Sitton.
lii-hinond— J. P. King, D. St. Johns, T.
Glascock, VV . VV. Holt.
Su.'iittr — F. C. S.diivan.
—A. V\ . Sneed, B. Hill.
J dliafcrro — T. Cl.aL’m, T. Foster.
J —L. Emm, J. B. Dupree, G. al.
Welch.
Upson— J. Beall, W. A. Cobb, S. S.
Crute.
/I ulker—W . Jones, R. M. Aycock.
/, ashiuglon— M. Brown. Q. Screetie, Wm.
b take, J. W. A. Dawson.
II ayiie— T. B. King.
Idoiiroc a. il. Co.—L. L. Griffin, A. 11.
Chappell, S. T. Bailey, 11. G. Lamar,
J. ii. Nisbet, T. G. Holt.
Georgia B. 11. Co■— O. H. Fringe.
Some debate took place on the question
of admitting Delegates from the several in
corporated Rail Road Companies in this
State to seats in the Convention ; —the qnes
tion was finally settled by withdrawing the
objections.
O-siAN Gregory and C. A. Higgins
Lsqrs. were appointed Secretaries to the
Convention.
Ou motion of T. Butler King, the Con
vention proceeded to the election of Presi
dentby nomination JAMES Al. WAYNE,
o! Chatham, was thereupon nominated by
Mr.Hu I of Clark, for President of lhe Con
i v entiotf; which nomination was unanimous
ly confirmed.
On being conducted to the chair, the
President elect addressed the Convention
in an appropriate speech, in which the ori
gin and object oi the Convention were brief
ly unfolded.
Air. Clayton, from a committee appoin
ted at lite Knoxville, Tenn. Convention
in .? •ry last, made a report accompanied by
liic ioi Hjivinicsuiiiiioii, wliich wus
i lo :
I Besotted, That a committee of 40, eon
-1 stsiiiig ol one member irom each county,
i and one from each of the Rail Road com-
I panics represented in this body be ttppoin
[ led, to w Lieb shall be reler’i d the documents
j already' presented to this meeting, and such
resolulioits as tn ly hereafter be adopted by
ih (’onveniion
'i lie lolio'.ving gentlemen were appointed
| by th." Chair: viz Alessrs
Clayton of Clark,
Poe of Bibb,
(.’uihbcrt ol Baldwin,
J1 i.rdia oj U.txs,
I’arkman of Chatham,
Thompson of Cherokee,
(Jrowell of Crawford,
Tb impsoii ot (kim’ibell,
Brooks of Cobo,
< lone of Duly alb,
Stell ol F.iy ette.
O.sz Oisr i'ciisctrif- JS v ar J.-,:.
Lnmpkm of Floyd,
Wilson of Gwinnett, z
King of Glynn,
Cone ot Green,
Brannon of Habersham,
Gouder of Hancock.
Campbell of Houston,
P. id. Johnson of Henry,
Hanseilof Lumpkin,
Spalding of Mclntosh,
Speer of .Monroe,
Randolph oi Morgan,
Campbe.l of Muscogee,
t > Hliam-.oii of Newton,
11 >;t of Putnam,
Eppinger of Pike,
Taylor of Pulaski,
King of Richmond,
Leek ol Rabun,
Sulhvan of Sumter,
Dupree of Twiggs,
Sneed of Talbot,
Foster of Taliaferro,
Cobb of Upson,
Brown of Washington,
King of Wayne,
Aycock of Walker,
Chappell of iheAlonroe Rail Road Co.
Prince ol the Georgia R;ui Road Co.
lhe Convention then adjourned until to
morrow morning 10 o’clock.
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1833.
Ibe Convention m t pursuant to ad
journment—After pray er by Mr. Speer the
journal of yesterday was read. ■
Considerable debate took place on the
question of referitig the Charters of tin;
several Rail Road Cotnpauies totheC'm
veutiou, to inquire what amendments, if t
tiy, v. re necessary, to induce the State to
emua; k in a general sy stem of Internal Im
provement—i;i which Alessrs. Clayton,
Griffin, Spalding, Bailey, Poe, 11. G". La
mar, Cone, Prince, &c. &.c. took part. The
motion was finally laid on the t. bin.
, iie Viewing Resolution ollered by M..
Chappell was adopted :
Hesolttd, That the committee of 4Q be
instructed to mipiire and report what me ur .
by legislation or otherwise, are best calcu
lated to bring about a harmonious and effi
cient co-operation of the various sections
ami interests ol the State in constructing a
syst in of Raj] Reads, connecting tiie com
mercial cities of Georgia with the Tennes-
On motion oi Air. Cone,
Resolved, That the committee of 40 be
mstrufied to inquire and report’ what sys
tem of Internal Improvement, by Rail
Roads and Canals and the tmvigable wa
leis ol lhe .state wnl subserve the great In
terests of the State.
On motion of Air. Brown of Washin”--
ton.
Resolved, That a committee of 7 be ap
pointed by lhe Chair, to report Rules for
t :e government of this Convention in its
deliberations. Vv hereupon the Chair ap
pointed Messr. Brown, Berrien, Glascock,
King, i ayce, 11. G. Lamar and Bailey
that committee.
Adjourned till to-morrow ten o’clock.
Wednesday, Nov. 9.
1 he Coiivention met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Prayer by Air. J. S. Calloway.
Air. Clayton from the committee of 40
made a Report to the Convention, as giver)
b.low.
_ Aie-srs Clayton, Spn'ding, Berrien,
vriaxcocl. and others addressed the Conven
tion, on the subject ol Interim! improve
ment. Mr. Snee i ol Talbot moved that
the Report be amended by striking out that
part of the Resolution which recommends
tiie main trunk to be constructed at the ex
pense ol the State—winch motion was lost.
REPORT.
The commitice of the Alaconßail Road
Convention to whom !;.:s been assigned the
duty of inquiring ami reporting what
means are best calculated to bring ai)o;:t a
harmonious and efficient co-operation cif the
various sections and interests of the State
in cotistrijctiug a system ol Rrd Roads
connecting the commercial cities of Geor
gia wittt the 1 ennessee river, have, in their
I consider ition of the subject been deeply
I conscious of its exceeding magnitude and
of its vital connexion with the permanent
grantietir and prosperity of the State.
Wiiea acommerctal intercourse shad otice
be opened by means of a judiciously devi
sed system of Rail Roads between the sev
eral leading, places of trade in Georgia
and the navigable waters of the Teitn-Xe
river, it reqmrcs not the gift of ; rophecy
to enable us to foresee dial a powerful im
pulse and vast expansion will be immediate
ly imparted to ail our resource ol greatness
and social improvement. Tiie wtmle val
ley ol the Alississippi and ol the Ohio,
i o.nprising regions equal in extent to two
thirds of our entire country, ami of tuisui
possed fertility in productions dillerfiit from
those most congentable to our own soil and
climate, would be thrown open to an easy
cheap and rapid trade w ith us. Ot:r com
merce in the direction of (be West would
know no barrier short of the Rocky Alouti
laitis—in th it of the North it would find an
easy accessto the margins of lhe Great Lakes
—lo ill.- La>t ol the Mississippi and above
tin mouth of the Ohio, the Allegha-.iv
.mountains would be its only boundary——
whilst below the mouth of the Onio, the
aav tgiilton ol lhe airl its tribu
taries would invite and favor its transit
j diroagh extensive regions of kindred char
i actei and productions with our own.
' I'or all this vast, various and fertile ex
panse oi country ii'iture has provided tin a
vetiue of commerce with ti c rest of the
world save th it of the Mississippi Evi ; ;
An avenue it e, true, fu’iy comporting, in
point ol physical grandeur, witu the niag
mlicient extent ot territory w h c i it was des
tined to accommodate, and adequate to the
wants of that territory whilst it was vet but
slightly reclaimed froma state of wilderness t
but wholly' iiisiiffieieut for the necessities of
the present day.—when the forests have
given place to culnvattid fields and to the
thick abodes of high civilization ami enter
prising industry—so soon as society and
population iu the valley of the Ohio and
upper .Mississippi approximated to this stage
in their onward progress, the disadvanta
ges of a paut position barred by' mountains
irom commercial access to the Atlantic
States aud x -apwrts, began to press with
grievous weight «u the W< stiT'i people.
Tti.* Atlantic States aud Cities were, ii.
tlti’ir turn quick to perceive and appreciate
the rick feyiiell’; to themselves, tiiat would
necessarily accrue, front opening, ehannt 1
us coiHtneiTu, through which tliey might
supply the augmenting wants, and rece.v.
to return the overil >w in < productions ofthe
West. It was this view of the subject,
coupled with a patriotic, solicitude to couso
date the bond of our political union by the ties
ol commercial interest ; that prompt 'd
Ur ashington, to the infancy ofour Retxudjliv
to conceive, and sedtilotislp to cherish anti
urge the idea <>f connecting,by canals, the
Ohio river with the great Atlantic streams
nf Virginia. Such an idea, deliberately
entertaiaeJ, am] earnestly patronised by
the Father oi his country, could not' fail to
s;..k deep in the public mind. It termina
ted at length, and at this time it is seen in
td.'rtlie great Atlantic States, from New
York to Georgia, produci '.g its betiigf!
iruiis in works cl commerri 1 corinectimi
wii ’iti a process of successful cxev.mion, m
engaging an anxious public attention pre
paratory to the cotumeneenu nt of •active j
labors."
T he great Stale of New Turk stands f-r.st
■ to point of time, and foremost in tje gr,*nt
| de: r ami success of her exertions to this
lend. She wms siimtdr.ted to the v- -k, not
less by the peculiar advantages cl’ tier geo
graphical pusiliou and features, than by the
necessities of imr interim’ poptdfftibii, and'
: !i-r precience of (lie mighty fit unfits lur
jco nmercc would derive from making the
valiry of the Ohior accessible to her great
empai'ium. The sttbsidtmee of. the Alicga- I
iiy range ot mountains intothat vast'extent ‘
of plain eomitr;. which spreads out from the
liea l of im.v.'Z 't. n:, on the Hudson Ri'Cr
to tao b'v.'.ers oi Lake .;.:ie, mimed and
laeii.iatid tin* construction of her Grand
Caeca!. From lhe western termimiti ni of
the canal her commerce was carried, l;v the ;
imvigation of tin* Lake, t;> the sltot : s of the .
State of Ohio. The people oi Onio, taking i
up the work in their own borders, soon ex- •
yeuted a chai'i of canals, colmrclhig the 0-'
! !m> river with Lake Erie. So t’,;at by the
ij'.imt result ol t'ie internal improvemesrts of i
■ New Tor!; am! Ohio, one great outlet, etn- !
i barrassed however by mucti cifcutv, and
; numerous Irm:mipm-mts, inis been opened :
from the great t est to the Al! mile coast. ■
: Pennsylvania has vied active!v witn New ■
i T ork in v, orks of intermt! impr.,v;".ne>it, for j
! attr.ietmg the I'mnmociities ami commerce j
|oi His ’vest to her borders ; ami her com- i
; mutiic’itiotis are now complete through a
| succession of canals and Rail Roads. Vir- i
gitita, Maryland, am! South Carolina, as |
well as I’emi yivama. Have till distinctly j
entered tiie lists as competitors forthe same I
western trade, upon which New York has ■
grown so great: but ail these States lack I
the fidirity of po-ilimi enjoyed bv New I
Yo k 'Bhe nirntnhii: is toieir up across their'.
io I!> est. It i; not mil:! we reach
[ Georgia, that we meet with anv tlting nmd-
Sagou- or comparable to die Geographical
i lucihties possessed by Ixew fork lor con-;
j strnct’mg artiljbial channels ol commerce i
' with lhe west.
! The dispersion and subsidence of th-’inounr :
tains in tiie N. W. angle ot Georgia open a '
way throti ra our territory fin* a connection
' ofthe Atianti.- with the. Altssissippi w.iters :
j strongly analogous bat greatly superior for
! all purposes of exto.-tsive trade with the
>V est to that wire!) N. York owes to the
I non-appearance of the same mmintnin chain
‘ across tiie mate of h r leng’h connects with
th" steamboat and sloop navigation of the
Hu Ison nd ■K'b i.lot'gdoi
oj the l)ii> anla'l t'n Nestern risers but
oniy with that of’L tke Eire.
And from the like, through several
other clmmr i;, and after divers tranship
ments. at betiglh with Irie Ohio ; whilst a
single trunk -if rail m i l offr >m 110 to 130
| miles in length, hr inc.hmg off into three
prongs varmrtg !’mm 100 to 150 or i(>o
miles la length, would connect our main
navigable .3 rivers with a point on lhe Ten
nessee Imin waii'li v.’o’have an a i'tir ioce of
cqntinttmis steamboat navigation through
out the whole length ofthe Ohio and Alis
sissippi, ami al! their tributaries.
In point geographical of position and
eircumstane ?s th m, t!:e advaiitapes of. Geor
gia over New York for forming artificial
channels of commerce with the West, seem
to be neither snriil or questionable, whir;;
( her advantages in the same regard over
I i-’eiiusvlvania, Virginia, Maryland and S,
I C trolma are great an-.l desisive to«the full
extent o! ! i ■ ■im ■'■.■ace of di t '.m-e tn her fa
vor,ami to tie - e.'f "nt a'so ofthe difi’efence
'between the !a.’il:t;<‘s of plains and the ob
i stacies of mountains to the construction of
jßiii roads. Assuredly not one ofthe At
■fan'tc S ate te. th? cast <>; Georgia wc.itld
aave ih•earned of tee gigantic enterprise ol
j surmounting at; 1 pernirating mountains'at
I enormous expense with lines of rail road:
j Imicing tothe (vest, ha I imtn re vouchsafed to |
| them so direct and easy a patnway as that I
! Which she has thrown open to Georgia. !
Will d;e people ai d government ofGeor-J
gia slight so b.'iiign and maguiiicienl mi I
overture of nature ii their favor? Wills
they refused to lend their own concurrence I
ami co-operation to effect a complete fid-J
tilment oi tiie gram! destiny wliieha par
tial I’rovid’iice has put so clearly apd ea
sily within their achievement? Are they?
content that the State shall forever resolve!
as a secondary orb, although manifi'Stiy cm-I
titled by her position and capabilities to ns-j
. serf her claims to the highest and most brill-
iaut sphere? Nay, more: are they willing I
that comparative poverty, discomfort ami ;
desolation shall bav.e.a perpetual reign over j
the extensive domains of Georgia which
I might be speedily and permanently convrt
ed into seats of wealth, high social improve
ment, ami ol a dense and llorishing popula
lion, by the simple process of executing a
system of intern il improvements which all
approve and desire, to which the resources
ot the State tire inlitiitely more than ade
quate and which, over am! above its ever
■ uowmg advantages m other regards, would,
| m t.ie very next moment after its completion
i more tha.i repay to the people the whole
I cast, ci < O'istrmtion by the single eflerl off
Urn augmeniatton wlticii it would occasion ’
hi (he rulin' of their lauds ?
Tiie comuititee have propounded these
questions, which nothing but the future
history of Georgia can positively answer,
not in (be desp.im eucy ofdouht, but in the
fervor of confidence. Every Cimsidt ration
of putronism a.nd enlightened seif love, till
the views ofsoqud policy and noble ambi
| lion, by which a great and sagaious people
| can be expected to be governed, must fail
; m our aangfe case, of'their usual and natu
i ru. results, if the execution ofthe greatwor'u
' referred to the committee, be tint in a vert
lew years placed beyond doubt ofcoutiogeu-
This confidence on the part ofthe com
mittee wul nut be considered as tin warranta
ble enteriained, wiu-n cioser views is taken
ol ch«.’acier and extent of the proposed j
work, the vastness of its utiliiy, and its al- |
most equid diffusion of benefits to all the ;
vurmtts-secliops and interests ol the State.
ni Lel it be remembered, the.), that the Big
a-emicssee river, to winch jl is proposed to
uarry our contemplated system of rail roads,
is uavagiible by steam boats, throughout
us whole length to ils junction with lhe
Ohio—with tl;e exception of the obstniclious
at ti.:e Mitsuk* Shoals. Around these shoals
a rail road is aireapy built tmd in ami
the construction of a steam boat canal is
<ii.-.o iur advanced, which is expected lo be |
soon ir..ide passable by steam boats, and
wfiicii, when finished, a di furnish a constant j
steam beat navigation at ail season of the
\ eur.
R? ;s' Landing, or some neighboring point
. ti the Teniiessee river, just above the com-.
mmicement of lhe passage of too river,
through the Cumiieriam! Mountains, is
thought to he the mo t eli'-ri'iii* p’aee for the
proposed riril road to strike the TenncfSeeq
river' The Tennessee, from this point, .
would be our clianm i of trade with ilie !
West and South-west, seconded and aided ;
however, by rail roads, by which it is con- j
teirtblatod in th ".t quarter of the country, to !
connect the Tennessee river with Memphis, I
Nii-iiville, ami other important towns.
From Ross’ Landing, t.h<-- road coming j
in (his direction Would proceed o:;’v five :
milts before, entering, the territory of Gci.it’- i
g;a, at or,near Ross ville, a blare just with
in <• r boundary. It i n matter übont w hich
tin doubt is entertained by those well ac
quainted with the localities of tiie country, j
that ai>. excellept route f r the road requir- |
i>'.;>’ not a single inclined >pl<’.ne or station- '
ary engine, can be obtained from Ross’
lauding to sOinc point On the ClrnttahmifliV
in DW'.ilb eouuty. The dismuce Would I
probably be about from one litindrcd and !
ten to one Immlred mid tirirtv miles. At !
tins point, or at sorne neiglilioriMg ■■■cini:— '
the road might be made to divorce in?
ti'i’cc branches, thg most casierlv proceed
ing lo meet tii.' R iil Roqd from Aiisrusm m
Ataens; the next to in -et tiie Monroe RM!*
Road from Forsyth to Macon ; tin* most
westerly pursuing it.; wav down the Uiimta
iioociiy so. Columbus. The thru? brandies '
would thus be respectively united to the !
three le admg Commercial towns in the infe
rior ot *bc Irt itc, Augusta, Macon,land Co- '
lambus and to the navigation ofth'eseveral
r.vers on which tliev a,* resptciivcilv situa
ted. ' i
i hose lira aches like thj comiu.i i .trniiks j
beyond tiie Cbattabooehy, would pass over '
a country so lavorabie as to require no in- '
Ciineti place or stationary power.
It will at. once he seen by an inspection o! !
the map df tin - State. t| la t this system o! ;
rtnil Roads would ddl'ise over all-parts e-i
the State almost a precise eq’iiniity ofadvmt- |
tagcs. Ti.e tipm tru.di wan'd be actiiallv ;
common m it. s use, ami eqmii in is utilitv :
a,! parts of tiie State; and the several dilTci-j ;
cut sections of tig. State iVoithi (‘crtaftilv re- *
cciye eqmii, nearly equal bim'.'ils frbii: '
tiieir rc-pcc.ine bran’ lies.
s here is a -pace es live miles from rtc.ss- I
mde, on the houmiary !>< tween G< orgia ;tm!
i nitmss- t: and R<>W Lamiinv, on the bank !
■ol tiie 1 cmies-ce, canmil, of course, be cov- ;
eieil i:y a vtai! Roaij constrticied hv Geor
gia. j. o supply this chnsm, ami tmtk? tm‘
lino eomplvt.. to’ the Temms-ee ri»er, dime
oat> b? no didi rnliy In eik'cdng a suit Id?
an- iimen-.eui v.ith th? Hiwas-m* liail Road ■
oonm-myei) n-.'mGd by t!;o la-t Legislative
ol .» enhesseo for the verv purpose ofcaf’rv-'
i'lg iq miy point that may he selected e.n l.'w '
t euue.-see river any ..»:til l load <’XMni.nu i
irom Georgia to die Tmine-see line, 'i'h?
■'tod; im.lcr { t.; s ~|,n - |iter was mk-n la-i
y'pi ii'. i, toe mmnpny i< crg:ii;;<';d, ami npw '
it N ui) i?;-.-,(.,>•) I are wa-.'.;;; o;;r move men
and ready to co-opmmte with its.
|.-.m>di •;■ striking recomm-'nd.uinu of the '
sy imne of rail road mmm'i-'iions v.ith t!;r
1 enniissce riser, who l.i tiie committee have I
skedi(’d, is the facility will) which il may.
at any future day, be united bv a hraneii
widi the Loui-viHe, Cind’mmtti. and
Cimrle .1 m ‘l'.uil Rm;.] K.mv die. A
branch of only :; u huiidr- il and tv.entv or
thirty mdes m length wmiid !>■? m < e:..-ary’fbr
inis purpose, and the Legislature of Ten
nessee, in emx-dug the den ier of ;he Citi-j
einnatti am] Charleston r.iii >■ :.'d, resort mi I
to itsell the l ight id art imizing such ■ a !
branch.
In the event of" tliis.connection widi the!
Ciiic.iMuaiti ;.|, : ] Cluu leston Hoad, we should ;
have two openings to tiie trade ol’tbe iVist ; <
PjbYi.LfSlt I?. LI. ry,
tt ■«•* T vsir:* ~i'*r»"cry r/xrr* i -o——■ ■ -
I —one ibroegb the du um i .of the Tm in >-
i see river into the Ohio and Mississippi—d e
; other through that of C’mdimat’.i and
Clinrlestoi) road. And should this coiiiicc
tiou with the Ciucimiatli an - ’ Cltar!ertm»
road never tukep plate, we .-ball hat eacces;
to the trade of ail East Ttimessee ami a
part of Nyrlh Carolina mid Wot< rn Vir
ginia, by rqpaiis. of the navigation of. die
Temiess.ee river and its tributaries, i.Loje.
Eo .s’ Landing.
'Tiie Road when completed, w.i;!; tl e.
three brandies, le .d’mg to Augusta,. Macon
am! Columbus will be fed mid sustained by
the tr msportation of ail Vfe lern supplies
; introdued lor tin: internal coiisumpt'oii <d’
a 1 Gemgia, apd r'ioi ida-T-ilie s mibern
10l Sotitii Cnrg.i.ia, an(l tjp Eastern ;:y.e<■•!’
Alabama: uisoUy tiie tr;u:sportaljpn i.f ;;il
Wester;) commodities seeltipg a foreign
mail; t tlireuigii the seaports of Giorgi.i.
r i o wiiidi must be added lhe vast aiimur.t
of transportation, arising cut ofthe inter
na! trade of the state —(lie productions of
tier soil, and the foreign merchandize con
sumed by our own people, The revenue
ol (be ;o.;il tvoulu be still further swelled by
the convet iug of all foreign goods ctyaqtjpl
irom or through Georgia for die Western
markers-—to w hich must be likewise added
the important item of the steam of passen
gers that would be continually flowinga
iong die lines of tiir road.
The commercial (owns of Georgia would
also I come to a very large extmit,*!!..-
i medium through wijich the foreign trade of
| the west would pass, and thus be emd;m lu
taxe their stand as competitors with Nyw-
Grimms, spew York, Pliuads |pbm and !;>?i
timore, for the general commerce x;f the
West,
With these great and num; rous ; ,adv.anta r
ges—almost equally diffused llirougli every
part of' die Slate—profiting alike our agri
culture am! our commence —'Vritii die < er
laiiity too i;mt the amuiiut of travel, and
transportation .would be sufficient to render
the work a sale, investmeut of .capital, il;e
j eumm.ttVv see every giound fi.r livlit v'mg
I that when lhe enterprise shall Le ihei omi L
j ly caiiyasi d. and understood, if. will unite
die sufiiages and be siqiporteu bv the geim
al co-operytiop pl the peopje o! the. wium:
Slate, , t!
't'iie mode in which tiie pitblir eom ci's
would mm.t adv autageon.-ly be <.ir. cn <. tin;
acmmipli-liment of lite work has ocivyimd
the anxious attention, of tlu; c< ;. m?(o .
; Ami.ti’.eu-opiuiuu cn the best u, r.e; :i< i s
■ they have Le-.n aide to bestev, is dr t
i Ae.gbiy reasous concur in mi kii'i; It i .m.c
. uici.t t.;:it in? Suit trunk of r: •- l!o:.n ,
j.iiom tne 1 viiiiessey riytrlo the C.imtlim
i elite, (Rich would be coppmu; in hs use to
; ail the three branches and equal inits lien
. effi to <di pans of ll.e State,-.ovghi to be( mi:
jd< riaken .’gul eoustriwtcd en,di ( ]y bv da.
>jt,a.i: at me publip expense, and crrinhati-?
as a .suite work, twe bnnic!) imu
oe ii;|va;ii:igco;tsly constnicted by Lm,;
■ ctock Congiquit's, iH'.i'ticiilai’ly intt'im-j.,<l
; in tiie sepdims of St ile through wLi; ]. tliev
| woujd rt-sp.c.c,lively pass, aided by the State
| subscribing for a pmium of die Stocks.
The cojirmi.it.ee ::i accordance will; ti.esc
views submit .the (ol!e\viug r. colutiom
j? s.dpe.s, dial ;t be I’rixmmendcii to du-
I i<egi J?.i:,.r , l.p cpmni?nce asv stem of Rail
I Road improvempiit by, lst,..< onstrnctiiig«
foul Road li.om a pqint on the Teime-sro
!im.r, ;it’»-,r near Rrtssv illx’, to some suit.!:],;
jmji;t mi or j;e;>r tire CtHHaimochi-e; River,
nap.iing tbrougii the Ciierol.ee counties on
ice most practicable route Uuuveeii said
■ points, Ju-fcaficg to bp ascertained by Lv
gisiaiivq provisions. 2d, '.to ai.iimi ize any
companies iliat may now have c!:ar’ei«, am;
'<o cr.cate otliejs where they do not exist, to
1 branch from any point of said main limn;
io lhe towns of Columbus, I’kirsvi;;, Atb
l.ens, ami to such other places as tiie Leeis
iatiire may liesignate, die Slate investmg
: one fourth of diecapital necessary for em h
■ branch.
Aujqujaeu to i o crock tins vvitiim’.
; . ■
Brum he Bondtn Kiirich.
I anecd’oti: of nap-glib n.
i Napoleon waj (-ax? a recent
i writer,) to. wear.a coat of mail inmei' i>,s
: clotiss, and- wfitch lie ran!j vy.ui wid<-
i out. On his departi;r;.- for Byig't'.r.), t,-.* ’
■ iliougiit it b st io g,'-mrd against liiusc da.n
gy ics nidi which he was dir.egjyije.d,uiavn.u
; .d| Europe ieugqcd f,g;i:u-.t iiim,d;y ever-,
i means in his ppwejd t ic-, ;<e< (;i’uin. : ;.i\ sem
■ for a clever .workman, ami aakeji if |,e
I dioqghi Ijimseii eonipcivut to make a et.m.
: oi im;i. ofstieh tex'iin.' ibalao w eapon wl;a;-
i ever could penetrate. On die artificer i.us.n-r
i mg iu die anp-mative,l.cagreed to give i.m<
I i 3,01)0 Irs. d;e sum asuyq. On die cay Ex?..,
ii,e imiubrogh (hi.- wo: k tothe palace.
po!yo:i quicl.iy eyatnim u ;t_. um] ~.q
: ole wOv'i.iifiiii .to pul ii on um;. <■!]'. '1 !?•
ui:.i.n obeyed, A npoit on tian, took IV.o
; aistids.— •?.' lii.-w see ii this coat <>f
mail is qf the iexltire yqu promised n.e.—
' ide fired the Iji st at lfi« breast: the < uin.-s
i rcsisied. ‘’Turn rouud.” Tl.e man
i beyed ; the second b.di struck his ba< k
■ aid w ith tiie same icsidl. The poor m
inicyiy iu.ifi.cad with frighi, liiptiglu da i;
! '.rials wou.qbc jafficii iiC.biii by was itijstu
',; n ih his* Valmuatiom ’ JKmttpane next
i aritied himsi.’i with Vlung fowling pitic,
anti made the same expo, iim tit on the s’iioui
ders, back ami iirea.-t oi ia;- poor, trei;:b;:ig
patieni. Thip'pi!;. die cuirass resisted, mid
saved die inventor Irom so yrtivl a tri
al. “Low much am Ito pay vmi’,” sa'ki
Na >oleon ‘•idler this noble exploit?'” Eieh
tt'< n ilioi;-iuid tratics.’i’ stamered ou t lie
Iri'glitmicd artilicer, and almost lie: ibycd < f
bis senses.- “No ■ such -thing, sir,” replird
Napoleon, “! sit.ill give you thirty-six dioit
s:i:u::’’ and lie give an'onler on' bis treas
urer tor lllat amount.”
One "of Uuhapaihc’.+grentes!
(says i\i. de l.'fwi rienne) coii.-isted in Li',
not believing in friendship, and not fe< li:'.'..
the neee-sin of li'.vine.* Jlou often as Le
evdaiined in my hearing, friend ship i; L;.(
