Georgia telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1844-1858, February 11, 1845, Image 2
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MY O. Hi PMINCE,
AT THliEU DOLLARS PBIl ANNUM,
/ .Y F .4 li 1 A li LY 1N A D YA N C E.
\OVERTIMEMENTS t re fouled it 91 00 per
. fjr (hr first in.rrtuv.!, and 50 cmU per Mjoare for
,...n ; d*Briion ihrrolirr.
. r m ■•(•liable deduction will be mode to those who adter-
Holftfcal.
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lir»t Tucul
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tUc «
\NDS, by AJmini«trators. hxccu-
enutiCd by law, to be licit! on tbe
uh, between ihe hour* of ten to *•
* rnoon. at the Court-house, in
i* situated. Notice of these
xette SIXTY DAYS pre-
ch the lan-i ii
n in a public C
hall be
of HEGR0E6 must. be made nt n pub!., auction
, „ ilu, first Tuesday of the month, between the usual b iu«
. f„l t .,» thr place of public sales in the county where me
Ir-crs of testamentary, of Administration or Guardianship.
‘ h.vc been granted, first firing SIXTY DAYS notice
ZL*.* one of the public fate.,e, of this State and at the
door of dw Court house, where such rales arc to be hr .1.
N„m e fjr the sale of Personal Property mu.t be g.ven m
like manner. FORTY days pterions to theday of sale.
Notice in the Debtors an! Creditors of an estate must be
published FORTY days.
Notice that application will i e made to the Court of Or-
dinary for leave to sell LAND, must be publ.shed for
FOUR. MONTHS.
.Vmiee Tor leave to .ell NEGROES must be publ.sned
for FOUR MONTHS, before any order absolute
made thereon by the Court.
ClTATl
rd thirty days
/» six months—for dismiss
Hu» M far the foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
nlkly for four month:-(°r establishing lost papers .for
the flit! f price of three months—fox compelling .itles from
F secutors or Administrator*, where a Bond has been given i
l.*r the deceased, the full Space of three months.
" Publications will always be continued aefcording to these, j
,1, 0 | r .,i requirements, nnles* otherwise ordered.
.UM1TTANCES BY MAIL.— ‘A postmaster may en- |
,1.o, ev in a letter to the publisher of a newspaper, to
, he .ubscrintion of a third person, and frank the letter if I
B b nimself.''—A*e* Keni.ll. r.M. G.
„ t u.r letters of Administration, must be publish-
; -for dismission from aduiiilljlraiion.month-
ssi6n from Guard.nHshipjJerly
V Richmond Enquirer,JiOth ult.
Home word* in Senwii.
Wc received Tuesday morning the following
! j e u ev f ro m Our able Correspondent iu the
North rff Germany. His correspondence has
l)., en interrupted bv a lour which lie 1ms made
for three months, through Belgium, Holland
! and Germany. 'Ve hare no doubt our read-
t ers, when they recognize tbe old and familiar
1 signature of “Agrico a,” will rejoice at his re
appearance, not less than ourselves. lli> pie-
sent letter conies exactly in time. Little did
he dream, when lie wrote it, that Ins appeal
to the Senators of the United States would
come exactly in season to arouse their atten-
| lion to the great interests of ii'xas and the
! Un on. We give the letter precisely in the
I form in which we received i', as well as the
communication (to be pub'ished on to morrow)
' which it encloses, translated from the Bremen
Gazette, mutilating and extenuating not a line
; or a .-syllable. L.-t them go for what they are
worth—and let them have nil the respect to
which they are entitled, coming from one of
the ablest American observers who ever visit
ed Eur-'pe, and with his heart still bound,
though by a lengthened chain, to the interests
of his own free and great country :
FUROPEAN correspondence,
No. 40.
Frankfort on the Maine, )
■SflvfcuUural.
(F, cm the Floridian)
IT!o.l* of Call! rating Tobacco iu the 1st. of Ciitin
Your nurseries are the first to be attended
to in your preperntion for a crap, by selecting
ntrtlic proper season a rich and tolerable moist
piece of ground, and prepare it by burning «
off very clean, and breaking H up. J he see.
is then to be sown broad cast upon it. and when
they are up, they tire to be overlooked daily, to
see that the cut worm docs not commit ravages
among the young plants; and as fast as the
nl mts arrive at n proper size, they are to be
tranafrfSd to the Tobacco field, to maae room
or the smaller plants of the l urserv, Aa cas-
ualilics often arise to destroy some or the nur-
* series’ it is necessary to guard against a proba
bility of not having a suffeient number of plants
by making three or four nurseries, at an inter
val of two or three weeks each. Much atten-
f|oo should bo observed to keep both your nur
series and field very clean, particularly of grass
ami for that reason new lands are prefered .or
both. In Cupa they plant on an cyen surface
nod distutb it as little as possible with the hoe
only picking out the grass or weeds which
fprir.g up. The plants, when trairofered to
the field, are to be planted in squares, at about
from two to three feet apart, according tp the
Strength of the land. The high lands liv-Cuoa
arc such ns produce the quality of Tobacco,
both I.s 10 strength and color, that suits the
American market best, and such lands corrcs-
pmtd nearest our high hammock, ihe great-
,-m enemy to the plants, both in the nursery and
fie ds (while small) is the cut worm, which lins
i , be looked after early every morning, and
wherever they have eaten the plants, they are
,o he found and killed, either on the plant, or
„„ the ground near it. When the plant gets
to be larger, then the large green Tobacco
worm is to be constantly guarded against, and
the suckers also continually broken off as a-t
as th' V appear, and when the 1 obacco is judg-
<•<1 to be of a sufficient height, it is to be tap
ped and allowed to mature for cutting. t he
tune of maturity is ascertained by the leaves
changing gradually their color, beginning at
the bottom leaves, from their deep green grow
ing color, to a yellowish green ; but tl this is
not sufficiently obvious, mid you deem your 1 o-
bacco ripe, you may test it by crushing tooth
er the tip of any of the upper leaves, which. «
k snaps, is a sign of its being ripe, but on the
contrary, if it docs not snap, it is not fully ma
tt red. When ripe for the knife it is cut down
the ground, h aving two suckers, which
week or two prior, ready
ice a second crop nrd ai-
bi! realized in the same
near
have bean sparer
to grow up ui d prod-
so a third crop nriv
manner. The Tobacco is to be conveyed
carefudv iu wide thongs of cowhide to the
house, to be hung up; a shed is preferred
with free space for ventilation beneath* andet-
ter tying the plants together, two to each string,
nn 1 leaving space enough between them to in-
Kelt a wo..dei.p- S , you hang them up. bv m-
N-ud ng them above each rafter up to the ridge
of tl jo house, being careful not to bang them so
near that they will touch or crowd each other
in diving, or your Tobacco will mould. Also
when the weather is moist, you must make
small fires enough under it, to keep out the
moisture, but no. enough to heat your lobac-
co:- Wnen the leaves are perfectly dry, me
whole are to be taken down, and placed in a
press fora few hours, the object of which is,
j<*. the T.dmccoia too dry to strip oil run
out breaking the leaves, that they may become
soft and pliable, but great care must be taken
that it does i ot beat, and it must be strctly ex-
n nined, by i isertinglhe hand to ascertain that
it becomes not too hot. Tbe press is made
by pulling rads or poles crosswise nl each oth
er, in form of a rack, and placing cowhide.
under, over and m ound the Tobacco, and pla
cing upon it-something somewhat weighty.—
It is to he stripped lea! by leaf from the stork,
and being selected, tbe wrappers from the
fi lers, to bo tied at tho butts, and prepared for
market. It is sometimes usual to put it again
in press alter being stripped.
Change of Climates.—Wc believe it was
Dr Sherwo d, who a few years ago broached
ib* theory that climates change every GG6
yt . R ,- s . lie also announced, if we arc not mis-
ta’ on. ihutnnr climate in conformity to l.issys-
t. in. would become miWer, while that of Eu
rope would become colder, during the present
an.I succeeding centuries. Observations on
temperature in ibis country and Europe con
firm this theory, and go far to convince many
persons that it is well founded. Ihe public
would no doubt be pleased to know more ol Dr.
Sherwood’s theory.— Weekly Sun.
The steamboat Si. Charles, bound from New
Orleans to Nashville, was snagged and sunk in
ihe Mississippi, about one hundred miles above
Memphis, oil the ‘2d in si;
January 1, 1S4
To the Editors of the Enquirer:
Dear Si.—In my letter of June 1st, 1 re-
matked that, although M. Guizot, from cur
rent rumor, had protested against the annexa-
tion of Texas to the United States, yet such a
measure would find no favor with the peop.e
ol France: That it was a Governmental act.
which, ifitm-ant any thing more than words
could never be carried into execution. Of tue
truth of these assertions, I am now most tha-
roughlv.convinced. Not a day elapses, that
have not additional evidence that the Ministry
which could have the temerity to espouse the
quarrels of England, would be speedily super-
ceded.* The protest was intended ny brrat
Bri'ain fur » scare-crow, and thus far she could
use the Government of France, humiliating as
was the spectacle to chivalric and noble mind
ed Frenchmen, as a cat’s paw. But let M.
Gu zot dare to make tlm annexation oT lexas
a cause of war against the United Slates, and
ho will find himselfm the midst of a revolu
tion of an utterly different character front 'hat
which occnrred in Palis in July, 1830. The
wounds of deadly hate have pierced too deep
in the t osoms of Frenchmen, for them ever to
become reconciled to the ‘"Island Giant; and
the ou'break of indignation would be perfectly
terrific, if the proposition was made to them to
fiobt its “battle's. If I could think so disre
spectfully of my countrymen, as to believe
that they were to be intimidated by threats
(proceeding from any quarter,) when engaged
in the prosecution of an honorable object, as a
stimulus in the case, I would say to them, you
have nothing whatever to fear from France;
She has sufficient employ mcnl in taking care
ofherself.
How marvellously strange does it apppar to
the disintetested portion of the civilized world,
that our country should manifest any hesitation,
under the circumstances of accepting the over-
Hires of the “lone star." The battle of San
Jacinto was as fatally decisive to the hopes of
Mexico, as that of York Town was to Great
Britain. The independence of the two Re-
publics was consummated by these ever memo
rable victories. Tne war which has been wa
rred against Texas since, can he regarded in
no other light, by just minds, than as exclu
sively a quasi one; and it is disgraceful to
Christian notion* and will darken the page or
history Which relates to the age in wkicn we
live, that it was not brought to a termination
sooner by the intervention of other powens.—
An opinion is no where entertained, that Mex
ico has had—has now—or ever will have, the
ability within herself to subject her former pro-
vince. . j / r.v ...
The Annexation question is one oj such mag
nitude, as to completely involve the future cles-
linies of Great Britain. If it should be deci
ded adversely to her wishes, she cleirlv fore
sees a rival in the Western world, that, in
coming lime, will ob-tcurc and cast into per-
p. tuafshade, bet real and vaunted, greatness.
The extension of territory, and consequent
augmentation of population, will not be more
withering to her ambitious schemes of aggran
dizement <m the American Continent, than the
dependent condition in which she will be pla
ced for the sletple, from which she deri'ea not
only her prosperity, but the very means of suh-
siste ce, will be humbling to her pride. If
Texas, through her wicked machinations could
have been forced into the cruel embraces of
Mexico—she laid the flattering “unction to her
soot”—that, for a tr.fli* g consideration, she
could have become its purchaser, and that ul
timately, availing herself .if the weakness of
revolutionary Mexico and Spain, she would
appropriate the cntiie territory nf the one, and
tl.n noecoccinnc of the other, in the West In
make durable advances towards that standard (
of greatness by which nations are measured. |
The “London Times,” (and when 1 quae j
from the “London Times,’ I quote om tie j
sentiment of the British reading public, as it .9
more read than all the other journals in ^t> 0 -
laud,) in a recent editorial—its leader—-upon |
the Presidential election, concludes with ’be .
following remarks: , r |
“If we, in common with other States ol kir (
mne, are prepared to resist the Annexation o ,
Texas to the United Slates as an act of ratine, ;
calculated to deprive us of a USEFUL ally, to I
rEKFETUATE SLAVERY. AND TO CREATE A RIVAL j
OT MARITIME POWER IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, j
il icnuld he no more than just. to maintain the |
independence of Texas against Mexico itself ;
and, above all, by a declaration of the prmci- |
pal States of Europe to termi-ate this Mate ot I
uncertainty and menace. Itad Texas con
seated to abolish slavery, all htr political r if- •
fercnccs would loi g since have been term mated;
and, instead of being an ooject o, mingled con
tempt and desire fo the population of the Lai- ;
ted States, she Seoul I hove placed her whole ,
social condition on a higher and more secure
itAbis than theirs, and would be prepared to
play a conspicuous part in the history of the
new world." w
Yes, truly, if under British dictation Texas
had co- seined to abolish slavery, she would
have been “prepared to play a conspicuous
partin the history of the new world. liar
“political differences,” without any regard to
Mexico, would have been at once settled, be
cause, as a “useful ally,” Great Britain
would have n qix red no higher justification for
terminating the war of “uncertainty and me
nace.” If Texas will consent toab-dish slave
ry, and thus become a “us.ful ally ’ >o G eat
Britain, why, she is undoubtedly an indetend
ext uetublic ! 11, however, sue wishes to be
annexed to the United States, the case is alter
ed, according to British notions of justice, and
the measure must be resisted as an act of
‘ ratine” upon Mexico. Lord Aberdeen, in
his celebrated despatch to Mr. Packenham,
ilso supreme
the
abiding evidence that the law of equal rights
the soul of f ree institutions—rules the popular
thought. You will find that it is
m Text s. Though tbe youngest, she is
real imd legitimate sister of tne O <1 I hirtcen,
nndhkc them, wdlendiitv much evil b f >n; she
will submit to dishonor, rflic w ll not utm the
lustre of her Lone Star by either unjust de
mands or base concessions, any more than ibe
Union would shame her constellation by tak
ing undue advantage of its power and influence.
1 am glad to see our honorable and talented
friend Ex Mayor Morris, leading the .advance
of the republican doctrine of fair equality. It
belongs to no party, «ud proves that be can
look Uevond present expediency, and k-ep step
with the age. He is a man of the people, and*
does not believe a blessing loses its value by
I becoming universal. Those conservatives who
! expect to regulate the men ol to-day, by coit-
veniio -s and observances as a hetd of unen
lightened seifs, and who would arrest the pro-
rr^s of liberal principles and enlarged vu-ws,
by chaining the nation to a narrow and stationa
ry poliey, will he left in the distance. Repub
licanism is progressive and all embruci g ; and
lie who cannot comprehend and share US march,
or who would attempt to teach it to make sel
fish and unequal exclusions, is an alien to its
spirit, and must not hope to govern us councils
or direct its operations.
Yours respectfully,
MIR ABE AU B. LAMAR.
MACON, GA.
TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 11, 1845.
said, “Great Britain desires the general abo- We ^,p y t ]7 e f.,flowing information
lition of slavery throughout the world,” and, iv„.„ v„ri/ or Post :
hi the accomplishment of tliis object, Texas
would be to her a most “useful ally”—an al
ly. which her constant exertions would make
instrumental, in destroying the ;peace and se
curity of the Southern States of the Union.
Would to Heaven, that Manpum, amJ Rives,
and Archer, and Berrien, and Crittenden, and
Morchead, and Jarnagan, and Foster, and
Barrow, und Johnson, and Benton, could be
placed in the centre of'civilized Europe, and
behold from day to day the stealthly move
ments of the haughty “mistress of the seas, in
derogating from our national fame, and plod
ding our national ruin. They would, 1 feel
conscious, because 1 know them to be patriots
and individuals of the highest elevation of
character, exclaim “It is desirable to have
Texas without a war; but Texas must be ouis,
a3 fur as relates
Annexation in Michigan.—On the 22J ult.
the House of Repivseirat.ves of Mrohig m pas
sed to a third reading, the joint resolution in
structing their Senators and Representatives m
Congress to use their ex-rtions lor the imme
diate re-unnexation of Texas to tlieU. Stales.
The resolution was finally ordered to be en
grossed, by a vole ol 31 to 16.
From the Georgia Constitutionalist.
At this time, wnen the minds of tlf Southern
people are turned towards manufactmi-g es
tablishments, the flowing improvement in cot
ton spinning must be peculiarly iuteres-mg,
We copy the following information irom tne
New York Event g Post :
Imptrrtant Improvement in Cotton Spin-
jiinrr.—Frances McCully, an American by birth,
ancf from his infancy a resident "f the town of
Patterson in New Jersey, wheiebe has been
engaged in ttie eon*lructioD of machinery, lias
recently made an imp >rtant simplification in
the proc-ss of spinning cotton. He has invent
ed an improvement of the machine called a
Throstle, which wea e told by compelentjudg*
es is lik.-ly to .work a great revolution in tin-
cotton manuf.during business. The new pro
cess requires less than half the power i» q nr-
ed by tbe ordinary machine, takes less oil. d
We are again indebted to the courtesy, and
hereby tender our thanks to Messrs. Cobb,
Chappell, Sti’es, and Lumpkin, of the House of
Representatives,for valuable public documents.
We publish in to-dny’s paper an able letter
signed Agricola, from the Richmond Enquirer,
and commend it to public attention How
creditably does its broad, liberal and American
like view s contrast with the petty, selfish, and
sectional views of those who nave done all that
thev could to def-nt that great national meas.
ure, the annexation of Texas.
CONGRESS.
We have not received our Washington City
papers regulaily this week. The Senate nad
not up to the latest advices from Washington,
acted upon the Texas resolution*, though we
have little doubt judgingfrom the toneoflhe pa
pers at the scat of Government as trefl ns' from
private advices from that quarter,' th'.t the
resolutions will pass. Benton and Niles and
one at least of the Ohio Senators, with the
newly elected Senators from New York will,
il is s .id, vote for the Resolutions in their pres
ent shape. We are indebted to the Charleston
Mercury for the (bllowi g synopsis of the pro
ceedings of Congress the past week.
“Tne Senate was i ot in Session, Friday
and S-ilurdaj’. In tne House the Oregon bid
was debated, mtd on Saturday the Committee
of tbe Whole voted on ihe amendments and re
ported it to the House. O. e of the amend-
was discovered to be on fire, Which being of a
very combustible nature, as well as the build
ings immediately adjacent, the fire spread with
<rreut rapidity. In less than an hour nearly the
whole block between Main and Company
stivet was destroyed. The fiamts rapidly
passed to the West side of Main street, and
suddenly enveloped all the VV est side in flumes,
except the store house of Messrs. Logan and
Stone.
The new brick ware-house, lately erected by
Mr. Wm. T. Hartnett, ns well as the wooden
building, was destroyed with d large amount of
Co'ton, not 1< ss than 1600 bales.
Tue fire simultaneously passed to the east
side of Company street, burning all soull^ of
the Brick building occupied by Messrs McRle-
r-y and Heard, including ttie same, and the
Post Office. Bv very great exertions, the Ho
tel, at present occupied by M's. McNcel, was
saved. A gentle breeze blowing lo the South
East earii.d the flames across the street and
consumed tne fine new brick edifice, nearly
completed, and belonging to Mr. A. Hugerty,
as well as an old brick building ; thence to the
the American H t -I; and thence to the small
brick building occupied as a law office by the
Messrs. Graham ; from the house last mention
ed the fl'mes spread.to a small duelling in the
Tear, oCcup'ed by Mr. Woodruff, and with the
destruction of this building and out houses thtT
fire rerr-cd. .
Estimated damage §200,000, besides $G0,-
000 which was insured.
The Arg ‘S office by great exertion was sa
ved ; but the Whig office, with the ,.ress and
most of the printing materials was destroyed.
TEXAS—OUR rRIXflPLeS.
We extract the following just and inc.gnant
rebuke upion the opponents ot annexation, from
that old and staunch republican banner the
Richmond Enquire!. It expresses the senti
ments adopted, provided for not ce to the Brit- j mmts of the gr.at u publican P arl >
ish G> •Venime.il of the termination <>f tbe Trea- I try, and we care not whethei that gnat nation
nenses with'the use of bands, makes a smaller tro ieabl > ; bui not so if you cho . S e to defy the
L „r enables one person to att- ltd Boris 1 Government in t'.e manner propos d in
whatever the consequence
to other nations.”
A r sidence of more titan (wo years abroad
has but served t<» increase my admiration ol
American institutions. At no period o »n\
life has my love of country oeen so strong as
whpn I have witnessed the wanton vitupera
tion t<> which it has been subject, d unceasingly,
in the columns of the London and other Euro
pean papers, within the last few weeks. 1 arti
sail feeling, which I entertained to- a limited
extent at home, has utterly expired in my bo-
^ som ; and I no longer look upon “every d ti -r-
GrCal ence of opinion” ns “difference of prmripte. J
We must save the United States., Tins wn
duty—an imp rative dny—one above a 1 orir-
ers;—and closely identified with i*» >n Tact, t av
inn- an immediate hearing upon the result, stands
the annexation of Texas. If ever there was a
question wliieh should b« decided purely upon
its own merits, it assuredly is tins. In ns ad
justment, a pariy voice should not be raised,
nor a party vote recorded. I he treaty should
1,0 regarded, as I ant sure it will prove, if rat
ified, as one making the Americ-n Repub he
tbe most independent a. d permanent of Ml the
States and fiuti-ms on tr e fice of the globe.
In several of my letters to tbe Enquirer, 1
remarked, “the Government should take care
of Tobacco; Cotton will take care ot itsc.t.
ft i s now quite certain, that the duty on cotton
iu Great Britain, will be entirely removed du
ring the next session of Parliament. 1 h • man
ufacturers throughout the Kingdom unite ih
asking such an act as oVe indispensable W thcr
prosperity. This will benefit our planters in
the depressed state of tlteir staple \eiy mate
" a iif the languishing condition of the tobacco
trade, I am persuaded that the producer of
the article in Virginia, are anxmusly enqm
ring, Whether there is no method by negotia
tion or otherwise by which it can he unproved .
Say to tliem, from one who. if they will lake
the trouble to lo->k at bis former letters, will
perceive, that his predictions have all been ve
rified, to be of good cheer. In twelve months
they will see a larger European demand th n
has ever before been known, with steady and
uniform, but nothigh prices. AGR , C0LA>
ty of Joint Uccupaecy. Ou Friday, Mr. Ad
ams spoke at length on the .-ubjeet. He said
he was ready to say that the terms of the tre -
ty with Great Britain, were he-ehy termi aled.
He did hot agree that the President should
take it upon himself to give this notice. Tliis
House was the war power.
No act of this House, that ihe had ever as
sented t<», or probably ever could consent to,
would be given with more pride than that giv
ing notice to Great Britain that the treaty of
1827 was terminated. If tins notice was giv
en and induing e’se done, we had the prospect
of a more immediate and more happy settle
ment of this question than we could l>y any oth
er meins. This done, there would be a pros
pect tif putting an end to negotiations and that
the possessions of the other,
dies. Then, then indeed, in tbe majesty of
power, the chorus to the National Air, “Rule,
Brit.mia rule,” would have re-echoed over our
heads from her dominions on the North to her
dominions on the South, its a tantalizing requi
em :o our self-immolation.
1 have sa d that Great Britain has not only
her prosperity, but her very existence, in tbe
article nf raw cotton. At present slio has no
ot her a terna.ive titan to receive her supplies
from ttie United States, and hence she sees and
feels that sin; is tributary to them. Is it nor
natural, apart from thaf monopolizing spirit of
dominion which knows and recognizes no high
er principle than interest, shat she should be
desirous of creating comp -tirio i in cultivation 1
A nd in what qua‘ter. afier tho partial fai ure
o effectually as Texas'! The
Mi-
in India,
ted Stales li ive
selves, \\ nenever
sell-defe-cr
Uni-
all tin* means within theat-
b.-cornes necessary, in
otherwise to establish a basis
of rite exclusiveness f om Ml tho world !
How is it with England ? By the way of de
monstrating, so as to make the fact apparent
to the dullest mind; i' tins but simply to be re
marked, that Hie $38 000.000 worth of the
Southern staple which she annually takes from
us. when manufactured, yields the enormous
amount to her of $1.50,000,000 !!! Now,
what would be her condition, if slm weie cut
off sudd -nly from the profit of §112,000,000,
which ihe product of our luxuriant htMJs enables
her to realize? A destitution more appalling
tlia-i that which would be attendant upon fam
ine. 'The more drjiendent wc make other
States upon us, tin more independent, ns a
consequent mat’er, we become ; and therefore,
"Our (-r.rrcpnni'.rnt •»< not aware, at .lie lime lip wrote
tlii-i. liow strongly lia.l liis words been confirmed. Mr.
t’aliioim writes to Mr King, (August 12. 1844.1 thus : —
‘ Tne rre-i.le.il in particular highly appreciates the decla
ration of ttie K *ng (of the French,) ihat. in noevent, would
any sfps l.e taken bv his rtovernment in the slightest de
gree hostile, or which would give to tbe United Chutes just
From the Georgia Constitutionalist.
We c - opy from the New York Sun the fol
lowing letter from Gen. Lamar, on tlm adop
tion by the House of Representative? of Con
gress, of a resolution for the annexation of
Texas. As regards the people of Texas wo
have no doubt tiiat Gen. Lamar represents tru
ly their feelings on that g'eat und important
measure. _
Washington City, Jan. 26, 1S45.
Moses Y. Beach, Esq.,
Dear Sir— I congratulate you on the re
sati.m of your favorite hope. Y-u were
among ttie first to enter the list fur the annexa
tion of Texas,- and may fairly rejoice on the al
most certain success nf that great and Amcii-
can movement. Tiie bill lias passed the House
of Representatives, in affirm which I have no
doubt will be readily accepted by the peopled
Texas. Although it contains a restriction
which I do not fully approve of myself, yet its
general provisions are just to that country, and
honorable to the United States I cannot be
lieve for a moment, ttiat tbe Senate will attempt
to defeat a measure, which Uie nation at latge
has so emphatically pronounced upon; and
which is so indispensable to its permanent peace
and prosperity. „ .
The me.-ti g at Tammany Hall last Ft ula>,
judging from newspaper reports, was signifi
cant. 1 do not recognise it as a party move
ment. It was a voice from tlie heart of Ame
rican repubheamsm, welcoming vviilt gen ro is
affection, the return of her expatriate l kindr-d,
to the mammal embrace of roe Union. Tex
as will respond to tbe call with filid *armth ;
for never since s' e erected Iter own household
ultar to free lorn, has she faded to remember
with grateful love, ttie shrine at which she lit
the sacred flame. The expressed detennin i-
tion of the American people that no igivminj.
ous conditions, nothing which they would re
fuse, shall be offered to Texas, is a strong and
amount of waste, enables one person
to a larger number of spindles, yet with Jill us
economy in these several respects, product s
more yarn and of better quality- A *m .11 mo
de! of the invention, con aiuin* about 132 spin-
dies, is now and lias b« en for several we* ks in
operation nt the factory « f Gen. Godwin, m
Patterson, wnere its utility and success lias
been demo si rated to tbe satisfaction of all tbe
practical men who have seen it at wo-k. Mr.
M.-Cnllv, the inventor, has already secured pa-
tents for his machine in E gl*nd, trance, Bcl-
gium, Mexico, and tliis country, and is.likHy to
realize co siderable for - tint*.as^well as exten
sive f.me as u mechanician by his. ingenuity.
The c .se of Jk. McNulty, the alleged de
faulter, is now u d'T investigation in the Grand
lurv room before Justices Morsel I and God
dard. To prove the chanre of embezz ement
under wbch Mr. MeNuhy was arrested, seve
ral witnesses from New York, as wi ll as oth
ers. were examined on Wedntsduy and yester
day. We understand that the testimony was
nut closed yesterday, when the justices adjourn
ed their sitting until ten o’clock this morning.
[Nat. Intelligencer.
Anti-Annexation.—The following resolution
was adopted by the Legislature of N w Jersey
on Wednesday. In the Assembly by a vote
of 33 to 13—m the Senate unanimously.
Resolved, by the Legislature of the State of
New Jers-y, That the Senators of the St .teof
Nt-w Jersey in the Senate of the United States,
be requested to use their influence and exer
tions to prevent the passage of the resolution
for the annexation of 1’exus to the U. States,
recently pass d by the Hous* of Representa
tives ; and .lie Governor of this State be re
quested to transmit a copy of tliis resolution to
each of our Senators iu Congress.
Tragic Fnle of Burton in iVIissom-i.
A y..ung lady, belonging to a genteel and
,verv proud family in Missouri; was beloved
by a young man named Bu to •; but utiffifu*
imtely her affection* were fixed upon another,
less worthy. He lef' hT with a t -roisued re
putation . She was by nature energetic and
high spir ted ; her family were proud, and she
lived in the midst of a society which considt-r-
. d revenge a : virtue, and named it honor.—
Misled by ffiis false popular sentiment, and
her own excited f clings she resolved to repay
her lover’s lidaCaery wirii death. But she
kept her secret sh well that no one suspected
her purpose; though shd purchased pistols,
and practised vwth them daily.
Mr. Burton give evidehcb of his strong at
tachment by renewing hi-- attentions when
tno world looke.l most coUly tipon' Iter;
His generous ku dm ss won her bleed)' g heart,
but thu sufie-ring influence of love did not lead
her to forego the dreadful purpose she had tdr-
med. She watched for a favor-ble opportu
nity, and shot her b- ttuyer, when no o .e was
near to witness the horrible de' d.
Some little i cident excited the suspicion of
Burton, a--d lie induced bet to confess to him
the whom transaction. It was obvious enough
that suspicion would naturally fasten upon him,
the w. 11 known lover of her who had been so
deeplv injured. He was arrested, but suc
ceeded in persuading her that lie was tn no
danger. Circumstantial evidence w'as fearful;
| y against him, and ho soon saw that his
chance wasduubffil; but with affeetionutc
magnanimity lie concealed this from her. He
was convicted and condemned,
A short time before the execution he endea
vored to cut his throat; but bis life was saved
for the - cruel purpos- of taking it away accord
ing to tlie cold-blooded barbarism of the law-
Ptie ai d wounded, he was hoi-ted to the gal
lows before the gaze ofa CluistHin community.
The guilty caus-- of Ml this was almost fn.ntio
when she found that lie had thus sacr ficed
himself to save her. She imme.riutely pub
lish, d the whole history ol It :r wro'igs and net’
revenue. Her keen sense ol wounded honor
wism accordance with public sentiment ; tier
wrongs excited indignation and compassion',
and the knowledge mat an innocent, magnum-
m ous man had be.-n so brutally treated, exci
ted a general revulsion of popular feeling.—
No one wished another victim, and she was
left unpunished, save by the dreadful recoids
of her memory.
tins Bill. It would turn out that Great Br.t-
a n claimed to the mouth of the Columbia riv
er. I am nut ffir giving it to them, said Mr.
A , never will I consent to give them to the
m. uth of the Columbia river; but if we pro
ceeded in this rash way, there was danger of
ti.eir g.-tting mis, ,.nd more loo.
Mr. A-tams then read from the letters of Mr.
Gall .tin to Mr. Clay in regard to exclusive ju
risdiction. Tue population of ttie country was
then 10.000000. Since ilien it had been
growing at the rate of 100 000 men a year.—
Our population was increasing with young,
fighring men—with arms, hands, and heads
rea.iy to lake the fi.-ld and m.rcli wherever n
field was open to them. In alluding to this
class of people, Mr. Adrim* said that Governor
P-.pe once told him, that meeting a company
nf young men at home, he asked them wh.-re
thev were Hoing.l Going said ti ey—“ Going
To Texas to fight for our right!” (Great laugh-'
ter.)
This class will take possession of the Ore
gon coun rv. let the Governments of ihe Unit
ed Slates and Great Britain do what they will.
This country belonged to us by nature, as
the young man said to him in regard to lexas,
(laughter) by discovery, by treaty, and by Ml
the claims tint could be given or presented.—
Mr. A. said he was ready to»ay that to Great
Britain, now, which he was not ready lo say in
1818, liecause we were not then prepared to
dclei d ourselves, and because we had just
come out of a war. . We were strong now. our
cause was a good one, and we might abide the
consequence. If the noiice was given in the
proper way we should probably avoid a war.
If we did not. we t,lionld probably have a war.
At least he feared so ”
try,
al measure the annexation of Texas, is oppos
ed by Abolitionists, Whigs, or doe-faced De
mocrats, for tbe time, we have the most un-
doubiing confidence of its final triumph and
consummation. We care not who opposes it
now, the annexation of Texas was inscribed
upon the banner under which the republican
partv fought and conquered in the late elec
tion, and it is too late in the day for abolition
ists, whigs, or pretended Democrats, to come
forward now to set aside the will ol the jjeople.
It is a question of country, and not of par
ty now, and the public man who opposes it,
strikes at the honor and integrity of the Union,
and is greatly mistaken if be believes that such
will recommend him to tbe patriotic
no matter in- what
IfATDBAt.mTION EAW8.
The Judiciary Committees of the two Hou
ses of Congress, have had under consideration
this subject. TheBiil rop' rted by Mr. Saun- Texas'abandons tri.-
a course
portion of his constituents,
section of the Union they may reside.
From the Richmond Enquirer, 31st. ult.
Xs tbe Eric-oil* of the YTuion !
We should be blind t > ihe signs in the Hea-
ven>, if we did not foresee the storm which is
rising. The opponents-of Louisiana once de
clared, that site must be excluded from the
Union, “peaceably if we can,- forcibly if vve
must.** The Abolitionists are now declaring,
that they must exclude Texas “peaceably il iiiey
cun, forcibly if they must.” The quasi t’nends
of annexation exclaim, she shall not come in
unless her lauds South of 36 J degress are. posi
tively divided between the North and tho iiouth.
Is there no danger, th .t in this st ruggle of con
tending i terests, Texas m y entirely slip thro’
our fingers—that even il these terms were
adop ed, site would not assent to them—and
that the South would say in her turn, Texas
must be ours, “peaceably if we can, forcibly if
we must.” . _
If the Senate should reject the resolutions of
the House of Representativts, M them not hug
the hope to their bosoms, that the question is
put at rest. We tell them at once, to yield to
no such illusion The breeze is only rising,
and, from that moment it will increase into x
tempest. The South will rise in the majesty
of her strength, it will sweep off the anti-Tex
as Whigs, and every Southern and Western
State w 11 stand together. Nothing can sub
due their indomitable spirit. They will .eel
themselves wronged by the'opposition and at
tacks of rite. Abolitionists. They will see at
once, if they yield to the Abolitionists on tirs
"round, and with their threats boldly uttered
a" in>t us. we shall be driven* from post to
iiida-, f nm one entrenchment to another, un
til we shall be driven to the wall, our domestic
i-s itulioiis controlled bv tl'eir fat alicr 1 spirit,
and our v ery hbai th-stories invaded b\ their fu-
We will uoi abandon Texas then, until
ders iif N. C. in behalf of the Cofnmiitde of
the House, os h substitute for' and repealing all
laws heretofore en.cted, on that subject’ ap
pears not to prolong the period of probation,
but more effectually to guar.t against frauds.—
Its leading features t:re a* follows.
“First. The person naturalized is to make
known his intention before the Supreme, Supe
rior, District or Circuit Court of tue State of
Territory where he is, two years before his
admission to the privil ges of citizens ip. that
it was ti is bona fide intention to become a citi
zen- «^f th - United Suites.
An alien, two vears after he shall have made
a declaration of.intention-to'bbc'jme R citizen,
and shall have resided five yeais Within toe
limns and jurisdiction of the United States
preceding Ins abpltcarion, shall be a citizen of
the Uni‘e l States upon taking an oath to sup
port the Co sntution of the United States.
The persons claimi ig the privile es of citi
zens are to swear that they are the buna fide
persons naturalized.
The reside.it isiobe one year in the State or I
territory before voting, but this is to be one of j
the five years. _ _ j
Aliens m a minority may have their time
counted ns in a majority, if they arrive at 21
years before asking to vote.
Every Court of Record having common law
jurisdiction is to be regarded as proper for natu-
ruhz .lion.
Tue expense of naturalization is to be three
dollars.
Six months imprisonment Or a fine is to be
tiie price of fraudulent sweating- The Dis
trict Mtorney is authorised to prosecute persons
fraudulently voting.
FIRE AT WE t UMPKA.
We regret to b arn by the loil .wiiig slip from
tin: office of Wetnmpka Argus, that a large
portion of that flourishing town was destroyed'
by fire on the mornmg of the 29tii ult.
From the Wetumpka Argus—Extra.
Wednesday, Jan. 29, IS45.
WETUMPKA IN RUINS.
It becomes our unp ensant duty to a .nounce
the des'ructtoit of two thirds ot the business
part of our town by fire. About 3 o clock
this morning, the store house of J. S, Oliver
But to our frietilis in the North, who have
hitherto stood by us, and are yet now tbrowing
stumbling blocks in our way, who say, “You
may have her,-but you must divide the spotle
w : tn us—after too we own north of the 36i,
and aw .y off to the Pacific Ocean,” we must
respectfully say, in our torn, “Look at the
see whether you will not
signs'of the times-
deffiut 1 the object w rich you have professed to
have at heart. Reject these Resolutions; in
sist upon 34 degrees, instead of 364 ; or claim
peremtoHly a portion of the territory below
36i, without allowing us a share of tiie- immense
territory ooiih of the Missour. line, and do vou
not see that the Sooth will reject it V Have
you any doubts of itT Then read the follow-
in"-bold declaration',- which came to us yester
day tnorni g in the Charleston Mercury of
Tuefidav morning?
“iVcw York and Texas.—We insert, for the
information of our readers, the New York plan
introduced hy Mr, Robinson of that Slate ...to
the Housu of Representatives, Tor annexing
Texas to the Union. It pro|x>ses to admit one
State with slavery, but generously leaves it to
the State so admitted, “to determine whether
si .very shall or shall not exist in said States ..
A -d as to the rest of Texas, comprising it is
estimated at least four Stab s more, it shall be
surrendered to the jurisdiction ol Congress,
“in which slavery shall not exist unless Con
gress shall hereafter so determine by law. —
The majority in Congress being from the free
States, of course it is a permanent allotment
of four free States, anc- one slave State. We
are really at a ffiss to know how to treat this
proposition. As to the Representatives, from
the Ninth, they cannot have the least expec
tation ot annexing Texas to the Union, on
such terms, we cannot believe, consistently
with the least respect for their understandings,
i If a traitor from the South could be found to
vote for it in Congress, there is not a man in
T.-xas who would not reject it with indigna
tion and scorn. We oan only View it in one
of two lights; it is either derigned as a flat in
sult to the South, or as a method of announcing
eternal hostility to Texas annexation. In eith
er even', i’s intended effect must be to cut off the
South from every party association with its
j supporters, and leave her to her own course
j of self-protection and self-vindication.
Thore