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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;.(
