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ICr.V. It. Seles of LANDS, by Administrators. Execu
tor.-, or Guardian*, ere repaired by law. to be held on the
first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the
forenoon, and three in the afternoon, at the Court-home, in
the county in which the land ii situated. Notice of these
tales unut he given m a public gazette SIXTY DAYS pre
vious to the day of aale.
Salea of NEGltOES must he made at a public auction
on the first Tuesday of the month, between the usual h jura
of- de. at the place of public aales in the county where tho
letters of tcalatnentary, of Administration or Guardianship,
may have been granted, first giving SIXTY DAYS notice
thereof, in one of die public gazettes of thia State, and at the
door of the Court house, where such sales are to be held.
Notiee for the sale of Personal Property muat be given in
like manner. FORTY dots previous to theday of sale.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an estate must be
poblisbed FORTY days.
Notice that application will be made in the Court of Or
dinary for leave to sell LAND, must be published for
FOUR MONTHS.
Notiee for leave to sell NEGROES must be published
fur FOUR. MONTHS, before any order absolute shall be
made thereon by tbe Court.
Cn vTtoss for letters of Administration, must be publish-
ed thirty dayt—for dismission from administration, month-
/y tix month*—for dismission from Guardianship, forty
days.
llut.es for the foreclssure of Mortgage must be published
monthly for font months—fur establishing lost phpbrs. for
the full space of Ihrte months—for compelling titles front
Executors or Adminisitators, where a Rood lias beet) given
by tbc deceased, the full space of three months.
Publications will always be continued according to these,
die Irgnl requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
HEM 1TTANDES BY MAIL.— *A postmsstermay en
close money in a letter to the publisher of a newspaper, to
pay tho subscription ofa diiid person, and frank the letter if
written by himself.”—Amos Kendall, P. AI. O.
SlrjticuXtut'ai*
From the American Agriculturist.
The Policy of Auierlcnn Fnriuera.—tSo. 1.
If the f.ir.ncrs of the United Stales are ever
to reap ihc full bent-fit of their labor, they must
do sontelhingbeyond raising the largest amount
of products, at ihe least amount of expense.—
An enlarged arid Comprehensive view of our
cv omittances and commerce as a nation, and
its internal and foreign relations, and a gene
ral systematic, and concerted octon, on the
part of the agricultural interests founded upon
such i formation, is indispensable to their re
alizing all the advantages to which they are en
titled. We see this intelligent nnd embodied
effort in every other profession and craft; the
clergy, acting through regular and ft equent
assemblies, for the more effectual promotion
of their more benevolent objects; the phjsi
cians associating for the protection of their pro
fession under law, and securing to it the high
est amount of intelligence; tbc lawyers, in
controlling legislation so ns to secure to the
profession the largest kill of fees; the mcrcan
tile and commercial interests, by their board
of commerce nnd other active and well remu
nerated agents, influencing na'iomd laws and
commercial regulations for their own benefit
the manufacturing and mechanical interests,
hv concerted movements, effecting the same
objects for their own pursuits; and even the
laboring classes, by tho well-drilled and effi
cient strikes, not unfrequcntly compelling an
attention to their own interests, beyond their
intrinsic merits. The farmers, it is true, are
well, indeed amply, protected by an impost on
the objects of cultivation in this country sutf
cient to exclude every article they are now on
gaged in producing. The staple productions,
gruiu, vegetables, beef, pork, cotton, See,
have always been fully protected, and by the
late tar-ft the duties have been so increased on
wool, lump, silk, and some other products,
to which America us have been recentl turn
ing nn increased attention, that they can now
defy competition from abroad. It is not the
want of higher duties on their crops, which
they now.require; it is a weli-org nizt-d, effi
cient, intelligent, central board, supported by
fends from the general government, which,
procuring information from cvctv portion of
onr wide-spread Union, anti from every for
eign naiion, with which we can have any pro
fitable traffic, wriJ bo enabled to suggest new
and profitable objects of cultivation ; give ad
ditional value to such as arc already receiving
a’tenfon, and mature and’ communicate for
acceptance, such mod filiations of adop'ecTsys
tem*, as the constantly varying circumstances
of the country require. Such a board was re-
commended by the illustrious Washington,- in
Ins last inissago to Congress, Dec. 7, I7DG,
and had I is wise counsel been at that time
adopted, and efficiently carried out to the pre
sent time, we might confidently have looked
for a success and intelligence in American ag-
rtcullure, far beyond any thi g t |, at t| !0 wor jj
can now exhibit.
That the creation of such a board, is at any
time within the power of our landed interest, is
clearly manifested in the fact, that every offi
cer of our government, legislative of execu
tivc, is either directly or ind rectly elected bv
the popular vote, and at least two-thirds of this
vote is given by those whose entire support is
dorivedfrom agriculture, and ono half of the
remaining third is under their controlling iuflu-
• nee, so that not less than five-sixths of the
popular voice cart be brought to bear in favor
«»l any measure calculated to promote this ob
ject. The neglect, hitherto, to secure the
rightful interests of this great pursuit, evinces
an apathy and ind fforcncc, alike discreditable
»o the intelligence and patriotism of the nori-
cultural community.
In selecting books for reading, we say t«
farmer’s bovs reject such as are founded on
fiction, and choose those only which deal with
instructive facts—as on natural history, voya
ges, travels and biographies, ancient and mod
ern history—that of your own country in pre
ference to all others. You will worse than
waste your time by devoting it to fictitious
reading—which, though sometimes unohjec-
tioi able in its tendency, is quite often of a
contrary character, and seldom indeed really
aseful. As some writer has observed, you
should be as particular in the choice of your
books as in the choice of your friends. If you
rhrly contract a habit of devoting your leisure
hours to useful reading, you will find the taste
for it to “grow With your growth and strength
en with your strength’’—and your minds will
become improved by the exercise of the merit-
al powers, asyorir boditi3aie by action.
If the young could but justly appreciate the
inestimable value ttf knowhtdtftl the power it
has ov<-r ignorance—the Influence it has in se
curing virtue-, respectability, and even world
ly thrift—they would n-vor spend in frivolous
nmus< ment, or waste in idleness, a single
hour of winter evenings, which they might
de vote to profitable study or reading.
Where there is no opportunity for farmers’
sons to get books from libraries, their parents
should by all means purchase them for them)
if possibly within their powen Evert one or
two good hooks each winter) would be of great
advantage to them—an s, indeed, this number
would bo better than too many—ns they would
be likely to derive more profit from becoming
teell acquainted with the contents of a few,
than from a superficial perusal of many. Once
interested in reading or study, progess is cer
tain, and profit untima'cly sure.
“Knowledge is power;” it is pleasure—it
is Wealth, tie who to a pure heart unites an
eplighted mind, possesses a treasure, compar
ed with which the costliest diamond is meaner
than the common dust. Farmers’ sons, we
are addressing you in particular: improve
whatever opportunities you have to inform
your minds: he assured that when you shall
have become men. your influence and stand
ing in society will depend a vast deal upon tho
extent of your knowledge. A man is. in ono
important respect superior to another, inas
much as he is snore intelligent than another—
and ignorance must always pay tribute to
knowledge. Store it, then, in your youth—
for, remember the truthful aphorism of Gold
smith—“The bov is father to the man.”
JjoWfral.
From the Washington Constitution.
ANNEXATION.—Bj a New Yorker*
No. 1.
It is insisted by some of the wiseacres who
oppose this measure, that its consummation,
without the consent of Mexico, would be a
breach of faith on our part, likely to involve us
in a war with that country, and probably with
Great Britain. In this view of the case, the
proposed ‘‘scheme” of annexation is charac
terized as an attempt of usurpation nnd nation
al robbery, and the American people appealed
to, and members of Congress invoked, not to
commit, for the first time in our history, so
gross nn outrage upon a neighboring power.
Texas achieved her independence as our re-
volutionary fathers did theirs—by the sword.
For nine years she has exercised exclusive ju.
risdiction and sovereignty over her territory,
which, according to Va'tel. is the sole requisite
of independence. Site lias proved that she is
able to maintain that position against MeJticO.
Her nationality lias b-en acknowledged hv the
civilized world, which implies her ability to
treat, on equal footing, with other powers—
she h is treated ; commercial relations, by mu
tual compact, have been established with the
United States, England, France, and Belgium,
by which ministers and consuls are exchanged
with these powers, and tlicit* merchants pay du
ties into the custom-house of Texas, which, ac
cording to the strict dejure doctrine of numc
From the Baltimore Republican. 1 Sth inst-
The Sib *f January in Xcw Orleans—General
Jackson—The President It loci.
A large meeting was held in New Orleans
on the 6th inst. for the purpose of making ar
rangements to celebrate the two great victories
—the one won by Jackson and the other by
Polk. A committee was appointed to proceed
to Nashville, with an invitation to these two
illustrious citizens, who have proved their de
will please
represent;
These acknowledgments you
communicate to those whom you
and, on your individual behalf, respectively,
accept my thanks for the very acceptable man-
nerin which you have been pleased to inform
me of their wishes.
With sentiments of high consideration,
Your fellow-citizen,
ANDREW JACKSON.
To Messrs. A. M< niton, J- B. Pluuche, J.
R' Grymcs, and others, committee;
roils u objdciors, is a bre-iclt of faith with
Ilonic of (he Dciiarlcd.
I"Perhaps the mourners learn to look to the blue sky by
the d»y and the stars by night, and to think that the dead
are there, and not in grave*.” said the child, in an esrnest
voice.—"Psrhapa so. replied the old man, doubtfully—
“it may be.”—Boz.]
The tangled briars have overgrown
That little bill of earth,
Ami sweeping rains hare worn the stent— 1
I cannot read the birth.
Or when this mouldered frame within
Left this vain world of care and sin.
It breathes, I know not vfrbat of drear
And desolate toreeifnlness ; -
This grave, unwetby thoughtful tear—
Untiod by foot of mourner—yes,
Deserted utterly ai.o left.
Of visitant and friends bereft.
'Tis hard to bring my heart to feel
That thus the world can wear away
The yes-rning sadness that will steal
Upon our soul on that sad day.
When we lay down the one we have,
.n:o the cold and silent grave.
Methinks it cannot be that life.
And busy care can e'er efface
The memories of the bosom's strife—
That sometime i to that resting place
The pensive wanderer may not'stray.
To spend the hours of parting dny.
Ba still, fond heart! why dost thon cling
Thus ever to this lonesome spot 7
Does not a higher impulse spring
In mourner's beans, and hear’st thou not
Those standing by the narrow prison
Say, “He ia not here, for lie hath risen!"
Oh. child of fancy ! gentle maid 1
May I a lesson team from thee—
To those who in the grave I’ve laid.
Whose forms no more on earth I see,
Are nnt beneath ihe crumbling sod,
Bu: in the spirit-land with God 7
And when with them I would commune,
I will not seek with tearful eyes
Tbc grave yard's melancholy gloom ;
But look up to the clear blue skies.
Or to .he silent stars by night.
For thither have they winged their Bight.
From the Charleston Conner.
THANKSGIVING.
When summer's past, and trembling fear
From pestilence, gives place to peace—
When autumn's hat vests crown the year.
And yield from earth theirblestinciease-
Wlien peace our border smiles around.
And vines and fig trees yield their shade
When tnvr. and truth, amt faith abound.
And inan of evils, not alraid—
When virtue sltiel.l# our daughters, pur#
From all contaminating vice—
Wlien truth our sons in Inve secure
The honors Of their rising race—
Then let the grateful anthem rise.
Of thanks to God, who dwells otr high.
Anil tills the earth, the scits. and akies.
With glories bright, and majesty.
He senJs" abroad his - messengers.
With stores of love for thankless man.
And yields us warmth and light, and cheers
The heart through life’s contracted span.
Oh! let this day our poor return
For such transcending love declare.
And make our lips, our heart* to burn.
With accents pure, and feelings rare.
High let the chaste and tuneful voice
Its rich, melodious accents raise:
The pealing organ, loo. rejoice
Our hearts in our Creator’s praise.
Fanner’s Uoys nnd Winter Freningi.
A\ e copy t!#c following good and timely suc:-
fWliorw from the Farmer’s Cabinet.
‘•AH know that it is by little and little that
tire bird bufids Iter nest, and the bt e her cell.
IinJustry end perseverance will accomplish in
t me; for more than the reflectin
for
suspect.
nnnvr s
are ape to
Ai.y.f, lor instance, tvfio
would spend a couple of hour* these long win
ter evenings in some useful study, or^in the
ol useful books, would accomplish in
what would surprise ono
tvlio is accustomed to loitering utvav the quiet
portions of die day witlrout employment. Six
ty hours i t the month’, saved from evenings,
Toad
throe or Ibnr inontl
which might otherwise Iravo been idly spent'
would amount, in the course of a lorry winter
f»r as much time, and wou’d enable a lad to
accomplish as inn*:li as would several weeks
schooling. And the boy wi.o Will tlms- pert c-
veringly attend to his own improvement, may
rely upon il that. Ins it creased intelligence will
not only add to his respectability, but lie wall
be all 11 to better fitted torQRic active ainf re-
sponsible duties of life, towards which hoitt^f-
'-v i 1 ■'!;•jitettlly looking.’’
Tlic Grave of Daniel Boon.
The St. Louis New Era, in the course of a
Risible article, suggesting to thcpcople ofKen-
ucky nnd Missouri the propriety of erecting n
monument over the remains of Djniel Boone,
tym—“The celebrated pioneer, after a life of
credible hardships, and innumerable perilous
ad enture'v died in the year 1824, near the old
Cltajette village- in what is now Warren coun
ty, and was burled about a mile from the town
of Martbasvillc. His wife, the first while wo
man who entered Kentucky, is buried by his
side. Several of the old sellers ofMissouri are
buried at thespot and-the grave yard has grown
over with a thicket of briars several feet high
and almost impenetrable. The traveller pas
ses f he spot and never knows that there lies bu-
riedone of the m >st wonderful men that has ex
isted in oftr country. For many years there
was not a toomb stonfc to mark the grave, but a
fewyearsngo a very aged settler of Si. Charles
county, named Jonathan Bryan, with his own
hands cut' out a rough tomb tomb stone about
two foorhigh; and placed it’at the head of Dan
iel Boone, and that isrtho only monument that
has ever been erected to bis memory.”
Mexico, inasmuch as the tatter is thus “ rob
bed,” to use their language, of a large amount
of revenue, in point of equity hei due. If their
proposition be true, Mexico can demand indem
nification for such payments of duties resulting
from commercial treaties with Texas, and, in
the event of non-payment, declare war against
the four powers who have had the temerity to
form treaty relations with a revolted province.
But there is authority for the proposed an
nexation *‘without the consent of Mexico,” by
the way of precedents in negotiation, that the
friends of Messrs, t’layand Adams, Geu. Jack-
son and Mr. Van Burcn, at least, should be sat
isfied with. It is fresh in the recollection of
many, that under the administrations of Jack-
son nnd Adams, Messrs. Van Buren and Clay,
each entered into negotiations with Mexico for
the purchase of this same territory of Texas,
while tho former occupied the same relations to
Spain, the mother country, that Texas now
does toiler. Indeed, while Mexico was in a
state of war, her independence unacknowledg
ed by Spain, and her territory invaded by a
large Spanish force, with a hostile fleet in the
gulf, aiming at Ihe re-subjugation of the coun
try, Mr. Clay was earnestly negotiating with
Mexico for the purchase of Texas, and its an.
nexalion to Ihe Unit' d States, regardless i>f the
consent of Spain. The Mexican Government
and Mr. Clay entered,- without reluctance, up
on the negotiation. Hence Mr. Clay, and, by
parity of reasoning, Mexico, is estopped from
objecting to the proposed annexation, without
the consent of tbe prior proprietors of Texas,
If the dortnne of the ubjeclionists be true
the odium they would attach to us of attempt
ing to rob M‘*xico of her territory, has been n]
ready incurred. We have settled the de jure
right of Texas to that territory by our own act,
and Mexico has now the same cause of war
that she would have in the event of annexation
In 1840 or ’41, in compliance with atreaty sti
pulation with Texas, which was the mere adop
tion of a pre-exisiing treaty with Mexico, for
the settlement of the disputed boundary be
tween Texas (originally Mexico) and the Unit
ed States, commissioners were appointed—
Geo. Hunt by Texas, and Judge Overton of
Louisiana by this Government—to survey and
settle the disputed boundary between the two
countries. The United Suites claimed beyond
the Sabine on the West, and Texas, as did
Mexico before her, claimed and exercised ju
risdiction over the same territory. Suppose
the decision of those commissioners hud settled
tho boundary one hundred miles West of the
just and true fine, which would have been in ac-
Cnrdance with the oftO we then contended for—
let these sapiefit objectors point out the d ffo.
rence between such occupation and consequent
private appropriation of the soil, and the an
nexation of all Texas with her consent.
The jhrisit ioiY assumed by them is this: “ that
possession alone docs not give Texas the right
to the territory, inasmuch as she is a rebel pro
vince of Mexico, and her independence unac
knowledged by that power ; hence she has no
right to dispose of the territory.” If this pro
position he true, Mexico herself never bad a
perfect title to Texas, for she never had tho
possession and the right at one and the same
time—si e t-xercis'-d jurisdiction over and dis
posed of lands there without the prerequisites
of a good title. Mexico was a revolted pro
vince of Spam, and her independence was not
acknowledged by the latter until 1838, a peri
od after the declaration and consummation of
tbe independence of Texas at the battle of San
Jacinto—nav, the nationality of Texas had
been acknowledged by several powers, before
that of Mexico was acknowledged by the moth
er country. The question then recurs, who
does Texas belong to ? It is not the property
of Spain, for by her silence we are to presume
she has abandoned ail claim ; nor of Mexico,
because when she had the profession, she had
not tiie right, and she lost, before fhe acknowf.
edgment of her own independence, all the title
site d'd : have, which was that of mere pnsses-
sion—the chimera which the enemies of an
nexation a fleet to seek under the specious name
yotion to their couulry—the ohd .in the field
nnd the other in the councils of the nation.—
We gntherfrom the Nashville Union an ac
count oftheir arrival, reception ani interview
with General Jackson and the President elect.
“The committee visited the Hermitage, and
communicated to its illustrious tenant the ob
ject oftheir visit, delivering their letter of in
vitation, &c. Having leurned on their return
to this city H at the President elect would pass
this place tho next day. on a Christmas visit
to his family friends in Rutherford, they resol
ved not to go to Columbia, but to wait on him
during the hour ho was expected to remain at
Nashville; Accordingly, on Tuesday morn
ing, soon after his arrival at Nasltvillc Inn,
they waited up-nt him as a committee, when
Doctor Dcshtells approached him with a brief
nnd pertinent address. After a graceful nnd
eloquent tender of tin* Salutations of Louisiana,
ncknowledgi g ber gratitude to Jefferson and
Jnck*on—to Ihe former for her annexation to
the Empire of States, and to the latter for pre
serving h»*r cupitni and protecting her soil from
a ruthless foe—-Dr. Deshiells advert' d to their
late visit to Gen; Jackson, for tlie purpose of i sacr, "ce of personal convenience
inviting him to bs present at the approaching m y !! on the honor of accomp.mvinj
anniversary of diet Battle of New Orleans,
January 8th, ISI5—and he added that they
were ulso instructed to invite the Presidp.nt
elect, the successor of these two great benefac
tors, fefferson and Jackson, to vi .it the gcnial
clime of Louisiana upon this occasion, or al
such oth'-r time as lie might designate; that in
her sunny fields', her fertile soil, and her patri
otic sous, he might witness what the principles
of democracy had accomplished in extending
tho benefits of civilization and freedom 1 ,* and
form a clear and just estimate of what may yet
be accomplished by a further enlargement of
Freedom’s Area, in planting the Star Spangled
Banner along the valleys of the Del Norte, or
icy tops of the Cordilleras, even to the shores
of the Pacific.
, The reply of the President elect, was one of
admirable fitness, well suited to the occasion.
Entirely impromptu, incon equence of tins un
expected meeting with the Louisiana commit
tee, il was one of his happiest ready efforts.—
He a vowel the sincerity of his gratitude to the
patriotic citizens of Louisiana for the confi
dence which they had reposed in him by a ma
jority of their voices at the late election—de
claring that while all personal inclinations bade
him to accept the generous ofler of their hospi
tality, he thought il would be incompatible with
arrangements already made, commanding his
attention until the day when lie expected to en
ter upon the duties of tbe oflice to which he had
been called. Indeed these kind invitations had
become so numerous from different sections*
that he found it necessary to resolve upon the
determination to go to the capitol of the coun
try in n feu’ weeks on the most direct and usual
route, turning neither to the right nor left.—
Yet he could not say,- that if the illustrious
chieftain and statesman who was the Hero of
the day they were abotit td cel- brete were to
conclude to make one more visit to ihe scenes
where he achieved sti much for his principles,
his country, and mankind, it would be impos
sible to resist the inclination to accompany the
veteran side by side—nay, I would go uritJi
him. Irr the most felicitous terms he participa
ted in the offering of gratitude to Jefferson and
Jackson for acquiring and defending Louisiana;
assuming that it is not nor ever can be a local
sentiment inasmuch as the public sentiment is
co-extensive with the benefits which these acts
have so liberally diffused throughout the whole
country. Nor was he insensible of the force
of his example, pointing out a pa’li of duty
which takes its course through n wise arid pru.
dent policy to the annexation of the Texian
T- nitrify, and the addition of the ‘lone star’ to
our already glorious constellation.”
The committee haring addressed 1 k-HCrs of
invitaiion to the venerable ex-President and
the President elect, received the foilovring an
swer i
Hermitage, December 28. 1841
Centletnen:—Your letter of the Till instant,
.t
Columbia, Tenn. Dec; 81, 1S4 4:
Gentlemen :—l regret that the necessary en
gagements, which must occupy my time pre
paratory to my removal to the sea* of govefn-
ment, place it out of power to accept the invi
tation which you have conveyed to me from a
large ‘‘meeting of the democracy of Louisiana,
called by the Electoral College of that State,”
to visit New Orleans) in company with Gene
ral Jackson, bn the Sth of January next.—
These engagements will, probably, detain me
in Tennessee until the euliy part of February,
when I must proceed to Washington by the
most direct route.
If the venerable patriot, with whom the
meeting of citizens whom you represent have
done nte the honor, In their proceedings, td
associate my name, had found it either conve
nient or possible to have re-visited the scene of
oneoftnc greatest achievements of hip useful
and evcn’ful life—an achievement which has
made the Sth of January one of tbe proudest
of our national anniversaries—I would, at any
have done
myself tlie honor oT accompanying him. Ilis
feeble state of health precludes tho possibility
of such a visit on his part. I hope, at some
future time, to have the gratification of visit-
•ng Jour great and growing city.
I am deeply grateful to the democracy of
Louisiana, whom you represent, for the fa
vorable .and kind feelings of confidence and re
gard which they have been pleased td express,
personally, towards myself. I beg, gentlemen,
that you will present to .them my sincere ac
knowledgments for the honor done me by their
invitation, and you will accept for yourselves
my thanks for the kind manner in which you
have communicated it to me.
I am, with sentiments of high respect,
Your fellow-citizen, JAMES K. POLK.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
It must be gratifying to every Georgian,
who feels for the depressed condition of the
agricultural interest of the State, to find that
many of our citizens, distinguished alike for
intelligence, wealth, and influence, are about to
combine, in order to devise some means, by
which the depression under which all branches
of industry now labour, may be arrested, and
by which a new and favorable impulse may be
given to the vast resources Georgia possesses.
Every one must desire success to any under
taking ; and no one would rejoice more at
such a success than ourselves. As success,
and the complete redization of our plans and
hopes, should be constantly kept in view, we
lnnc ventured to oflbr to our leaders a few re
marks, in this rrorning’s paper, which will be
coutinued hereafter, on the various plans pto-
p 1 sed and spoken of, to arrest the downward
tendency of our agricultural and commercial
interests; and to give to those interests a profita
ble course. One of the plans proposed is the
establishment of manufactures. A few obser
ve foils upon this plan; will, we hope, be ki dly
received. If taken into'consideration, they may
lead to proper guards against a too extensive
dev< lopment of the plan, by which all the bene
fits anticipated may be defea'ed.
The plan proposed is the establishment of
manufactures in this county,- especially and in
Georgia. A preliminary question should be
solved before the undertaking. Where is the
produce of such manufactures to fid markets ?
If manufactures were established alone in Rich
mond county, their produce would find a s de
in Georgia. But if manufactures arc es'ta!hli>h-
ed in every county of the State, as is generally
proposed, where are markets to be fountl, for
the surplus of manufactured goods, when the
manufactures of every county will be aide to
supply more titan its tVeignbbrhood requires ?
Snail we find markets inf the adjoining States ?
Certainly not, if the plan proposed is carried
into effect let tho whole extent, because the re
commendation is for every southern State to
manufa'ciure to the extent of its own means and
The northern manufacturers finding that they
could manufacture more goods than the north
ern States could consume, and that they had to
encounter a formidable competition in the other
States of the Union with the Europeans, thev
obtained a protective tarifT, which, by enhanc-
! ing the price of imported European goods, com-
J pelled the other States of the U tiion to buy their
■ own goods at their own prices. By a tax in
Georgia on goods manufactured in other States
[ of the Union, the Georgia manufacturers would
compel all the citizens of tiii; State to supply
themselves from the Georgia manufactures,
and would repel any competition in their way
from, abroad. But, would it be just to tax the
people for the support of the manufactures'
thotigh such manufactures should be located in
the State ?
We will here admit that a tax for the pro-
tection of State manufactures, would not be so
objectionable and injurious, as tbe duty impos-
ed by the general government on foreign woods
for the protection of northern manufactures.—
The State tax would be levied in the State
paid in the State Treasury, and the net pro!
ceeds di-bursed in the State ; while the duty
imposed by the general government, is paid b~v
every citizen in Georgia, collected by United
States’ officers, transmitted to the north, and
there disbursed, without Georgia deriving the
least benefit from its,disbursement:
It must hot be inferred from these remarks
that we are opposed^to the .establishment of
manufactured in oiir State; Far from it. We
should like to see the plan carried into opera
tion ns soon n3 possible ; hut tho plan must be
laid on a permanent foundation, and not as an
experiment only. And to have the character
of permanency,' etery contingency should be
anticipated, in ofdi-r to be prepared for any
event that may retard the ohjet Is contemplat
ed by shell an establishment, or that may pro
duce loss, instead of benefit, to those who will
have embarked in the undertaking, it is in
this view of the subject that we have written'
these remarks, and that wo may write others in
illustration < fthe positions we have assumed.
We are well convinced that there must be tj
beginning; that delay in beginning is frequent
ly attended with injurious consequences, vrrv
difficult to overcome by an increase of obsta
cles not calculated on ; but at the same time it
will have to be admitted, that in undertakings'
of that description, the great point, if we wish
to succeed, is to make a good beginning. We
shall have attained our object, if we can con.
tribute in tho smallest manner in the adoption
ofa proper plan of operatioss. Those citizens •
who are at the head of the intended improve
ment, can, by their superior experience and in-'
telligence, digest a proper and practicable'
plan, not only from tliejr own knowledge, but
from the suggestions of other citizens who may
have taken the subject under their considera
tion. But when a plan is once adopted, if
must be steadily pursued, without regard to nnv
opposition that may hereafter arise, from those
who may think their plans the best, or may re
commend a deviation from tbe plan adopted to
suit their paiticular interests.
The Prraitletilinl Election—'The Popular Vole
Assuming the vote of S. Carolina to' be, ns
stated, Gov. Polk has t:ot only a large majori
ty over ail—and this too upon an increased
voteot 343,992 since 1840, when Gen. Harri
son’s majority was 145.900.
I it a
wh
\Vl
ical
Let
lire
resources. If Georgia then manufactures
more than is sufficient for its own consumption,
enclosing the proceedings of a public mt*etin<»! I aiu ^ South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee,
by which l am invited to visit tho city of New ^ 0f lh Carolina, and Florida do the same for
Orleans on the Sth of Ja 1 miry, or at such oth
er time as 1 may please to designate, has been
placed in my hands by Mcss>s. Felix lfo>wortn f
J. G. Desliiells, J. S. Crockett, J. M. P. Rich
ardson, A. W. Green, and J. B.McF rlar e.
1 be unequivocal inn tfestutions of affection
and Confidence which I have reCc Ved from the
patriotic citizens of Louisiana, with the truest
motions of gr-titude, ate too numerous and
decided for me to mistake the hearty good
vydl and “wa r mth of spirit in which the invita
tion is given. ”
Nothing could afford me a higher degree of
atisfuction,- al this Ia,e hour in the evening of
Humor and Politics.—The Editor .of the
Niles (Michigan) Courier, u Whig paper thus
humoiou-iy aliiidesto his loft.es oii the recent
election:—“Ihe Loco Focus round this town
are gelling quite drossy, while the Whigs look
us poor as church mice. Well, w<- won’t srrowl
but it grates confounded hard, to rig a fellow
out from head to foot, and then have him cut
your acquaintance.”
of the dt jure title is in equity with Spain, they
having robbed Texas by their argument of the
title which we are accused of attempting to
plunder from Mexico. If, then, carrying out
their assumption, Mexico has no title, and it is
admitted Spain will not set up hers in any
event, we are driven, ct necessitate, to negoti
ate with the people of Texas for the territory
so necessary to our security and interest inas*.
much as they are the sole possessors of the soil,
having established a Government and maintain
ed an undisputed jurisdiction over the country
for a period of nine years.
If these itinerant title hunters, not satisfied
with the inevitable arguments drawn from their
own premises, pass into Mexico in quest of the
dejure proprietors of Texas, they will then as
suredly be found in pursuit of an ignis faluus.
The present Government of Mexico, never had’
the title or possession; ft is not the same Go
vernment which deposed Spain. The Consti
tution under which Texas came into the Con
federacy of the Mexican States during their
revolution, and which invited the inhabitants of
Texas to emigrate thither, has been subverted,
and constant civil wars and local revolutions in
that unhappy country have .-If ced the c- mpact
of confederation.- The ptbsent revolutionary
Government, like several others preceding it,
has a doubtful title even to sovereignty in Mexi
co, much less lias it the shadow of title to Texas'.
my life, than to mee: once more on the plains
of Ciialmetie the bttle remnant of that gallant
blind who stood'by me and with mo nearly
•bitty years ago, contributing to stive your me
tropohs from the rapine and pollution with
which it was threatened by a foreign soldiery-—
defending and protecting the great and gro w
ing commercial emporium of the West/ °
And, gentlemen, this pMtsare would be en
hanced by the opportunity thus afforded mo of
interchanging congratulations with the noble
and triumphant democracy of your State upo
the late election of an honest statesman and
pure patriot to tho Presidency of the Union
onewho has never faltered in a uniform and
energetic maintenance of democratic republi
can principles, who understands the Constitu
tion, and will never suffer it to be violated.
But it is painful to dwell upon the almost ir
resistible inducements ofyour kind invitation,
for so great is niy debility, and so inclement is
the season, that it will be impossible for me to
embrace and enjoy them by a personal parti
cipation in the contemplated celebration of the
8th of January, at New Orleans. Nor would
it be prudent for me, in this precarious state of
health, to designate any other day of the fu
ture. Nevertheless, gentlemen, in this, and
the consumptioutif their own inhabitants, where
can Georgia fi d a v e nt for the surplus of her
own manufactures? Where can those States
and the territory just mentioned find a market
for their surplus of manufactured goods ? We
may be told that a great point wifi be attained,
if Georg a can manufacture for her own con
sumption. Ibis is very true. But how many
bufo.s of cotton will it require to manufacture
goods sufficient to meet tiie demand of the po
pulation of Georgia? Perhaps not five per
cent.of tho annual crop of the State. Besides,
vc must hear in m ild, that if manufactures are
established i the adjoining States to the extent
recommended, Georgia will have to maintain
a competition which will be more formidable
than the competition already in ext-tence. We
will have to compete also with northern manu
factures as well us with Europea’u improve
ments m manufactures.- hi this c mpetition,
Gemgai will not be worse off* it is true, titan
th« adjoining States; these Suites will have to
sustain a competition with each other, which
may prove ultimately ruinous to the manufac
turing establishments) and to other branches
ol industry, which thrive only when a ready
sale is obtained fur any surplus of products. It
is true also, that this competition may have
the effect ol reducing the pr'ce of manufacture
ing goods. But the question arises ; if prices
ate reduced so low, that a loss is sustained by
the manufacturers, how can that be remedied?
If Georgia manufactures are established, which
can supply goods hr the whole population at a
reasonblo and remunerating price, well and
good; but if by competi'ion from abroad—
from adjoining and the northern States—.the
price becomes a losing one to the manufactu
rers; where is the remedy? The manufac
turers of Georgia will demand, on a small scale,
tiie same protection that the manufacturers of
the north have demanded of the general gov-
State*.
Maine.
New Hampshire.
Vermont,
-Massachusetts.
Rhode Island,
Connecticut,
New York.
New Jersey,-
I’cr-rtsvlvnnia,
Delaware,
Maryland,
Virginia,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Georgia,
Alabama,
Mississippi,
Louisiana*
Tennessee,
Folk.
4.-..7I?
27.170
18.041
53.039
4 847
29.841
237.383
27,495
167,535
5.971
32.676
49.590
39.287
50.000
44.154
36.022
25,726
13,477
59,917
Clav.
34 347
26.770
67,009
7.322
32.832
222.432
38.318
161.203
6.258
35.984
43.677
43.233
3,034
4 2.115
24.373
13,2017
12.813
Birnev
Sc Scan.
4,637
4,161
3.9.-V
10,833
pre
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paic
mot
1.94.1'
15,813
131
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give
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tiers
was
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your:
(lead
Kentackv.
Ohio,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Michigan,
•Missouri.
Arkansas,
57.983 61,255
149.959 755.113
70.1 SI 67.367
57.920 45.528
27.703 21.537
41.369 31.251
9.545 5,122
8.0.V
2.106'
2.500,
3,637
403'
land,
btrre
jiamc
/- 1-ttet
the t
1,335,250 1,099,706
1,299,706
6l,53« .
brass
show
Polk’s rnnj.
1840, Harrison,
*• V. Boren*
35,554
1.274,203 1 1844,pop'lr. vote
1,123.303 | 1840-
2,746,498
2.402,'SOil
fon>ye
ht M®
f V-
2.402.506 |
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1 PbiJa
COUNCIL CHAMKEK,!
Jnciini) 34 1S15. j
REGULAR MEETINU - .
Present.—The Mayor.
AM. Collins, Watts. Ross. GroS'es BomJ.'
Absent.—Holmes,-Denton, H\ lander.
The minutes of the last regular meeting were raed ani
confirmed.
reek ending lo
in all similar undertakings, my spirit shall be ( ernm . ent * * he manufacturers of Georgia wi
A Small Spnnkling of Crime.—According to the late
accouoti. London cunuina 60,000 thieves, 70,000 courtc
• ins, and 40,000 gemblera, to say nothing of the beggars, Joe
with you.
I thank my God that he has spared mo to
witness the late triumph of democratic princi
ples in the Presidential elect on,- to which your
own Louisiana has contributed her full share.
It is as a halm of heuliug.to the wounds which
fcderalisHh, whiggism, (or by whatsoever name
it may be known) had inflicted upon our be
loved country; arid,' with feelings of the most
perfect resignation, 1 can adopt tho invoca
tion of Simeon of old—‘-Let ThY servant de-
p'.utTtN peace/—for 1 have lived to see the
salvution of my country, and the perjietuity
of our glorious Union preserved.
require of the State Legislature tabe protect
ed against the manufacturers of South Caroli
na, Alabama, lennessee, and North Carolina,
much as the nbrtli-
obtained protection
within the Stale power, a
eru manufacturers have
against tho competition of England' France,
niid other European nations, Tim protection’
to the northern manufacturers was effected
the sinpe of duties oft imports, and the protec
tion of the Georgia manufacturers would be ef
fected in the shape ofa tax on go.-ds in the
stute of foreign manufacture. There would,
however, be this difference between the protec
tion afforded to northern manufacturers, and
the protection given Georgia manufacturers.—
The bridge keejiet reports tails for the
day, $109 32.
Tbe special commlaee to whom was referred Aid. Col
in's resolutions in refetenre to the brick yard on the Oc-
mulgee river, report favorably and recommend the same te
leased under proper restrictions. Ths report was received
and adopted. The resolutions having undergone some a-
nicndir.ents. were passed as follows :
Resolved. That the clerk of council advertise that on tbe
29th day of this month, al the Market house ihe brick yard
on the Oanolcee river, belonging to the city, be leascJ ti
the hichest bidder for fire years on the following terms an i
conditions, all of which shall be expressed in the lease, l®
be executed and signed in duplicate by the Mayor ami tW
Lessee, with proper attesiation. and recorded In theclerk'i
oftire of tbe Superior Court of Bibb county, viz :
1st. Tbe Lessee to pay to he city treasurer one fourihcf
the amount ot the lease, and to execute to the Mayor and
Councjl his obligation with approved personal security,
conditioned to pay the other three-fourths in four equal an
nual instal nents. before tiie signing and deli very of the leasr
2d. The Lessee to use tbe ground only and constantly i»
and about the business of making brick, and lor nootW
purpose whatever; the lessee to keep it well ditched aid
drained j and if water, is suffered to stagnate upon il at a'.'
time, the lease to be forfeited-, alter proper examination ani
action by the City Council; and that the said LesseeM .
Lessees shall at all tihtfcs hereafter, during the reeu!« r
brink making season keep constantly employed in the'saiJ
brick making business not less than seven good and elliciett
laborers on the leased premises
3. The ground to be subject to tbe visitation Vthe M< : -
shol and Deputy Marshals, and tbe members ofcouncil, at.
if al any time die use and occupation of it as a brick y s'-
shall in the opinion ofa majority of council, prove injurtc-'
to the health of the city, the lease shall be determined by
council refunding such portion of the lease as may
been overpaid, and surrendering such note cr notes at attj
not have matured, or indemnifying the Lessee or hit fl; *
signee therefor.
4tit..The lease tube transferable, subject to the abac 1
conditions. , |
On motion Aid. Collins, Resolved, that the overseer -
tile puElic hands, ill conjunction wall ila, rnsrshal.be
they are hereby required to report to Co illicit at the;tw c "
ty meetings the sitnation'of tha streets, alleys,
Ihe amount of labor performed—the condition of the la**
employed, ntules or horses, carts and implement* usedb;
tne contractor, and to note particularly any and every o®”'
sion of duty on the part of the contractor.
On motion Aid. Bond, Resolved, that the principal
shal issue warrants against all persons who have not
out licenses, in pursuance of the ordinance, on WcdneK**-
next, and bind them over to tbe next Superior Contt, 30 ”
that tbe Mayor also be authorized to issue it;juncu» El
against all such defaulters, in his discretion.
Permission was granted to Cha’s M. Jtvde to retail
tonus liquors without license. .,
Bills passed, viz : Doct. Jas. Wood's for
Georgia Messenger, l v
Georgia Telegraph, V
The finance committee report the'following contract ape
with the proprietors of the Messenger and Telegraph u ,v
for printing, viz: For priming .romances, minutes aial
veniaemenis for the year, to each, f’- 11
Financial reports, extra, at one-half the common p rlCf ’
for advertising.
All jobs as inaV be agreed upon by tbe finance comn’j 1 "
John P. Ballard, Esq. was elected keeper of the
zine in the place of Tiro’s M. Self*.
Council then adjourned.
Attest. A. H: FREEMAN. C- 1
J an. 28, 1815
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