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From (he GatV'ston (Terror) Seres cf the -Sd ult.
A YN EX.4 TION MEETENG.
IN THE CITY OK GALVESTON.
Uonn the reception of Hie undoubted intelli
gence. by the steamer New York, that the
Joint Resolutions for the Annexation of Texas
hud finally passed the Congress of the United
States, a meeting of the citizens of Galveston
convened ut the Verandah on the lSih instant,
where upon motion, Gen. Mewncan Hunt was
unanimously called to the chair, and Mr- A.
C. Hyde appointed Secretary. i
The Chairman briefly stated the objects of our national existence,
the meeting, and
Upon motion of Gen. Hugh McLeod, a com
mittee was appointed to draft resolutions to be
referred to a future meeting, and that a salute
of 100 guns be fired in commemoration of the
success of Annexation. The Chair appointed
Gen. H. McLeod, M«ssrs- P. H. Merrit, A.
C. Crawford, M. B. Menard, and \V. Richard-
son, said committee, and upon motion, the
Chairman was added, and theme ting adjour
ned until Friday evening next at 5 o’clock.
Friday evening 5 o’clock. Pursuant to ad-
purpose of ascertaining the will of the people
in regird to ihe Jomt Resolutions just adopted
bv the Congress of the Umicd States, and
with the further purpose, of acting upon this
important subject by a convention of the peo
pie of Texas, according to the provisions of
our constitution.
lltli. That wc recommend to the people of
Texas the propriety of their immediately con
vent'g in the r respective counties, declaring
Iheir sentiments upon these deeply inter sting
questions, in primary assemblies, nnd indicat
ing such preliminary steps as they may deem
necessary and expedient iu this great crisis of
file meeting was then addressed, in answer
to the call made upon them, by I)r. Branch T.
Archer, Gen. Hugo McLeod, Mr. Thomas M.
Joseph, Mr. William H. Rhodes, and Col. M.
B. Menard.
The question was then put by the President,
“shall the preamble and resolutions he adopt
ed.” Wit n it unanimous response in the af
firmative, was given. It was then moved and
carried that a committee of five be appointed
to write an address to the citizens of Texas ;
and on motion, the chair was aUded to the
ggvt cultural*
prom the Southern Cultivator.
BEIUII7D4 GRASS.
The Macon Telegraph, in a notice of the
Cultivator, (for which it has our thanks,) spetdts
thus on the subject of Bermuda Grass :
“A coummunication on the subject of Ber
muda Grass, we transfer to our columns from
those of the Cultivator; and while we appreci
ate the value of that gras3 for grazing, we
would ask the Ed tor of the Cultivator at a
leisure time to inform us ns to the most practi
cable plan of getting clear of Bermuda Grass
when the land is wanted for other purposes.—
Our formers generally deprecate its taking
root on a corner of tneir plantations, as they
would a great calamity. Its spread is slow,
when undisturbed by the plough, but sure and
steady ; and we have never yet learned how
it is to be entirely eradicated from a field on
which it has hold.
“Ifthis paramount objection can be remedi
ed und it can be destroyed at pleasure, we be
lieve no grass, or scarcely any grain, would
be more useful to the South.” •
No one, neither Mr. Spalding no.- Mr. Af-
fl-ck can have a higher opinion than we have
of the very great value of this grass both for
hay and pasture; and we are, at thesame lime,
fully aware of the extreme dislike with which
it is regarded by our planters. It would seem
to be contrary to nature that what is of so much
value should, at the same time, be so great a
pest. There must, therefore, be a mode by
which it can be subdued. We beg leave to
call ihe attention of Mr. Spalding and Mr. Af-
fle k to this point, with the hope that they will
furnish us with the result of their experience.
If they will do this, and shall propose a plan
by which Bermuda Grass may be effectually
r.zomd out, whenever it is desired to use the
land it occupies for other purposes, they will
confer a favor on the planters of the South that
will not soon be forgotten.
In Elliott’s Botany we find a notice of the
Bermuda Gras**, which goes to confirm all our
impressions as to its great value. He says:—
“We havo two varieties of this plant, one coar
ser. (perhaps a species,) growing in damp
soils, uni native; the other, said to be import
ed, a tender, delicate grass, growing over and
binding the most arid and loose lands in our
country, and apparently preferred by stuck
u f all descriptions to even) other grass. The
cultivation ofthisgra3s on the poor and extan.
s ve sand lulls of our middle country, would
probably convert them into sheep-walks of
great value ; but it grows in every soil, and no
grass on close, rich land, is more formidable
10 tli- cultivator; it must, therefore, be intro
duced icith caution.”
Lags and Poultry.—Mr. Elsworth, Com-
minion r of Put-nis, in his annual report, cm.
bracing a vast amount of agricultural informa-
tion, says it is supposed that there may he an-
i>nailv consumed in tbe U. Sta'es 1,400.000 000
of eggs; aad averaging live value at six cents
the dozen, this would amount to SS,000,000.—
If wc allow an average of five chickens, or
other kinds of fowls, a year to each person, at
a cost of 12J cents average, including turkeys,
geese, ducks, <5cc., this will amount to more
ihan 97,500,000—equal in value to $12000 000
annually; making the aggregate value of the
consumption of poultry, to say nothing °1 the
nmount which might be added for the feather?.
It is said to have been ascertained that half a
journment the meeting assembled at the Venin- ; Committee, winch was accordingly named, to
tlali, and being called to order bv the^ Presi- I consist of the following gentlemen, Messrs. W.
dent, the committee reported through their
chairman Mr. Richardson, the following pre
amble and resolutions.
Whereas, among the earliest acts of tbe peo
ple of this country, after ihat Declaration of
their Independence, and the glorious and deci
sive battle of San Jacinto, was the almost unan
imous announcement to the world of then set
tled attachment to the American Union, and of
their desire that this R-public should he reuni
ted to that great confederacy of States.
And whereas, our first and only application
for re-admission, was then defeated by insu
perable obstacles arising from the extreme in
fancy of our existence, from our want of recog
nition by other powers, from the customary
law of nations requiring that some time should
be allowed to Mexico to assert her claims and
vindicate her pretended rights, and also from
the universal apprehension by our friends, as
well as enemies abroad, of our total inability
to maintain that separate nationality which we
had then just entered upon, in the fearful strug-
g!e with which we had to contend, for our lib
erties against an ancient and powerful Empire
—presenting to the world, as .ve then did, the
most unequal conflict recorded in history—a
handful of scattered colonists in a state of des
titution and poverty, contending against a na
tion numbering eight millions of souls.
And whereas, our re annexation, to that
confederacy has since been procrastinated by
the peculiar state of parties in that country, by
the intrigues and machinations, of political as-
pirants, and by various collattcrul issues, and
circumstances, not only independent of the po
licy cf this measure, but in opposition to the
popular feeling of the nation.
And whereas, tbe question has recently
been referred directly to the great tribunal
of the people, and by them our re-admission
to the American confederacy has been triumph
antly and authoritatively i.ffi med in the elec-
tion’ofMr. P«.lk, and we have received the
jovful assurance that their representatives in
Congress have faithfully ratified the express
will of the people, upon this question, so that
it now only remains with the people of Texas
to determine whether they will accept the
pioffered Union, or take the chances of a sep
arate and isolated existence. Therefore,
Resolved, That we believe the people of
Texas, true to their early and undeviating at
tachment to the American Union, will hail
with heartfelt joy the responsive invitation of
the American people now extended t«» them,
to accept the guaranties of that great constitu
tional c impact formed by our ancestors, and
imniorialized by a Washington, Franklin, Ad
ams, Jeflerson and others, whose names are
imp-risliably identified with the great cause of
human liberty.
2d. That we have looked with feelings of
deep and intense anxiety upon the great strug.
gleforour restoration, and upon the untiring
and patriotic exertion of our friends in the U.
States, and that we now congratulate them,
and the friends of civil lib rty every where up
on the complete consummation of their labors
in a final and glorious triumph.
3d. That in this triumph ofjostice, truth and
liberty, we recognize the Hero of the Heimit-
age as foremost in the galaxy of patriots, to
whom our thanks and gr.titude are especially
due for his undying zeal and powerful influ
ence in behalf of our adopted country.—May
his last moments be blessed.with the full reali-
zation of Jvs fondest h"pes.
4tli. Tlint we ten ler our unfeigned thanks to
that bold and honest patriot, John Tyler, whose
official elevation has given him the direction of
our destinies, and whose steady and perseve
ring support of this great cause entitles him to
the lasting r gratitude of the American people.
To' him peculi.«ly befo'g the honor and fame
of restoring his country’s integrity. The ma
ny brilliant nchievennenis of his administration
will yet be appreciated, and illumine the bright
est pages of American history.
5th. Tnat we shall ever hold in grateful re-
memhrunce tbe distingui-hed services of Jo’in
C. Calhoun, whose gigantic intellect is only
equalled by the purity of his patriotism, his
blameless life, and entire d-vo»i<>n to ihe best
interests of his country. His official despatch
es are marked by that power of research, ori-
ginaliiv and truth, which carry conviction, and
command the admiration of the world. He
has been the Ajax Telamanof the true Ameri
can policy, tand will not be forgotten in 1S48.
6th. That we shall ever remember the emi-
Richardson, J. T. Do»well, J. M. Joseph. Win.
II. Rhodes, mid T. P., Anderson.
On motion, it was ordered that the public
journals of Texas, friendly to Annexation, and
also the New Orleans Bulletin, Picayune and
Jeffersonian Republican, be requested to pub
lish the foregoing Preamble and Resolutions.
On motion by P. G. Merritt, it was ordered
that the friends of Annexation bo requested to
make an illumination throughout the city on
Saturday evening the 22d inst. On motion,
the meeting then adjourned sine die.
MEMUCAN HUNT, President.
A. C. Htde, S c’rv.
public councils, the “forlorn hope’’ of the South
will spring up into a leg'on of dauntless men.
And from that event we may date a new era
—the dawn of belter times. For ramparted
by new States, in possesson of a productive
and magnificent territory producing the lever
staple of the world, we may thenceforth cease
to petition a grant of our constitutional rights
from the exacting North. Her commercial re-
stricimns will vanish before the sweep of pub
lic. opinion throughout the vast domain of the
Empire South; and rebounding fiom the leth
argy of years, we shall once more be the fre
est, the most flourishing, and powerful people
of tiie e rib.
Below we give our readers extracts from the
D< rnocratic Review. Tim sketch of General
Lamar’s character and administration is in the
main correct. We may l'.ereaft r indulge our
own pencl in tire portraiture. Our earliest re
collections are associated with Iris name, and
we have watched his eventful career with the
interest of a friend, and, we hope, the impar
tiality of the historian.
million of eggs are consumed every month in , neat services of Mr. R. J. Walker, Mr. C. J.
the city of New York. 0.» woman in Fulton lngersull, Ex-Chancellor Bibb, Mr. Boebau-
city i
market sold 175,000 eggs in ten weeks, sup
plying the Astor House each day with 1.000
for five days, and on Satnrd iv 2,000.
The cultivation of the grape, with a view to
wing making, is becoming quite the rage in
Kentucky. Among the many vineyards now
in successful operation in that State, that of
Edwin Forrest, the tragedians is in a very fl >ur-
ishing co .dition. This delightful property of
Mr. Forrest bids fair to he as prominent a lo
cation for n private residence as it is for a vine
yard. The grounds in fron' of the house (a
beautiful Swiss cottage) and the lawn which o-
verhangs the Ohio, opposite Ciocinnatti, are
planted with a great variety of shrubs, and fruit
an 1 forest trers. Upwards of .3,000 vines have
lean planted during the last autumn and the
present sjwing. Tim wine made from these
grapes is a rich red wine, and finds a re idy
home market nt one dollar per gallon. Tne
crop from one acre, in a fruitful season, will
produce 600 gallons.-—-D. Post.
At on» of the late “receptions’* at the Chat,
eau of the Tuilleries, on unusually largo num
ber of American citizens wcie present. A
fit Kentuckian lady, overpowered by the adroit
attentions of the S >\ercign, exclaimed in the
overflow of her feelings, “La, King PUillippe,
how vou do talk English!”
an, Mr. Woodbury, Mr. Douglass, and other
distinguished friends of annexation.
7th. That w.- feci ourselves b ‘ttnd to ac-
knowledge oar obligation to Mr. Merrick, Mr.
I Job is"n and Mr. H nderson, who have nobly
I renounced party dictation, nnd sustained the
! popular voice of the r country.
Sih. That we most cheerfully respond to the '
sentiments of his Excellency, President Polk,
in his inaugural address, expressive of his de- j
termination to carry out liie wishes of his con- I
stituents for tbe final consummation of this '
meas ire. and that we believe lie will fuithfnl- ;
ly, honorably and zealously fulfil this solemn
pledge, end discharge the important trust now j
committed to him.
0th. That we recommend to our Executive !
the patriotic sentiments of President Polk,
with the hope that he will t’eel it his impera
tive duty to use all proper, necessary and con
stitutional measures t'> co-operate in the most
cflectud manner with him, and bring to a full
and final completion, and ‘‘at the cat liest prac
tical jteriod," the great measure of annexarion,
according to the well known and acknowl
edged wishes of the people of Texas.
10th. That we dP’in it our privilege and
duty to recommend, to Pres dont Jones, in the
most resjmc ful terms, the propriety of speedi
ly culling a special session of Congress for the
From the Republic of the 2d instant.
THE PRESIDENTS OF TEXAS.
Tne Democratic Review of March, contains
a spirited at d grnphicsketch oftho “Presidents
of Texas.” It is written by one evidently fa
miliar with ihe private nnd public characters
of I he distinguished individuals who have pre
sided over ike destinies oi the young Republic-
The word distinguished, however, can only
be applied with much significance to hut two
names that have filled the measure of their
country’s glory, by giving to it nationality and
rank among the independent sovereignties of
theeaith. Those two are the Ex-Presidents
Houston and Lamar.
The first of these distinguished men, with
out the courage and force of character neces
sary to accomplish great tilings, bos most pre
eminently the talent to appropriate men, cir-
cumstanccs and events, to his oum advantage.
Thus, for example, the battle of San Jacinto,
which ought forever to have disgraced and
sunk him in the estimation of the brave and
patriotic, has given him a fame as enduring as
the recollections of that splendid victory, made
him President of one Republic, and may e-
ventually elevate him to the Executive chair
of another. The prolific wheel of the incon
stant and eccentric Goddess has evolved stran
ger events than even this. Be that as it may,
the concurrent testimony of every creditable
historian who has written the history of Texas,
supported by the evidence of those heroic braves
by whose undaunted courage and more than
Roman daring, the country is indebted for its
liberties, establish the fact that Gen. Houston
was actually comp'lied to fight the battle of
San Jacinto by the indignant soldiery. Bra
ver spirits repose not in the pass of Thermopy
lae, than were to be found on that memorable
day in the ranks of the “forlorn hope” of Tex
as. Houston bad already, by I js supinunen,
cowarrlice, or stupidity, sacrific d the chival
rous Fannin, the heroic Travis nd Crockett,
and the brave and unfortunate Ward, together
with the gallant men who fell with them, be
fore he could be induced to rally to the rescue
of his bleeding country. Even then, after
the army bad been recruited, and he was
enabled to take the field with an imposing
force, lay for some days within reach of ot e
division of the Mexican army, eight hundred
strong under Gen. Sesma, without striking a
blow. And at length after hearing of tbe fate
of Col. Fannin, lie “broke up camp” nnd re
treated as if panic stricken, with an effective
force of sixteen hundred men, before the ap
proaching Mexican. It was then that his sol
diers lost confidence in him. and hundreds
disgusted with his want of courage and decision,
abandoned him, until at length after retreating
across the Buffalo Bayou he found rite army
reduced to seven hundred fighting men;
In this condition Santa Anna overtook him.
Houston stiil insisted upon retreating across
the Sabine, remembering the old saw that,
“in a multitude of counsellors there is safety.”
But, happily for Texas, the subordinates
were greater and braver than their chief.—The
authority of the commander was merged nnd
forgott-n in the heroism ofihp snldieiy! 'They
resolved to fight! For the first time in the
history of Anglo-American warfare, we saw
an army, in the place of being led, actually
leading their comman ler 10 the field.
Houston was dragged to victory. And by
Sh'rmm, Wells, Lamar, Frmklin, Cannes,
Smith, and thpir brave compatriots, tbe Mexi
can host were swept from “the soil indignant
with a hurricane of death.”
So much for Houston’s military fame.
To tlw heroic, men—to .lie common soldiers
of that little army by whose unsurpass' d gal
lantry the victory was achieved, Houston is in
debted for his past and present fame.
Not so with his distinguished cotemporary,
General Lamar.
The sworn enemy to tyrants, he left his coun
try to become a soldier of liberty. He enter
ed the army as a volunteer and fought himself
into command. He was the Chevalier B »y-
ard of the Texas revolution. By liiscouragb
in the field he aided in avenging the disasters
ofSun Antonio and Goliad, in demolishing
the-army of Santa'Anna, ami establishing the
independence of bis adopted land.
His services and bis acknowledged talents
placed him in the Executive chiir. While
there he succeeded \n perfecting ihe national
ity of Texas. It was during his administra
tion that the haughty powers of Eurepe were
induced to recognize the independence of the
young Republic.
By his energy, his genius, and the confi
dence inspired by his private as well as public
virtues, tie succeeded at once in placing his
country in a respectable political p osition with
the nuti ms of the earth. He may be truly
said to have.sown the seeds of her future great
ness. They are now springing forth into lux
uriant growth. In a few years her bright des
tiny may even surpass his most sanguine hopes.
May he lire to see the reunion df states dis
severed by stupid diplomatists, consummated
by the great nud good of both Republics. As
patriots we should pray to see this aspiration,
most sincerely ; as Southern men, most de
voutly. For w ith such characters to adorn th«
From the Democratic Review.
“With Mirabeau B Lamar, we open it new.chapter
of Texian history. Hitherto Texas baa existed by suff’e-
ranct. She had stood at the door, but had not entered the
Hall of Nations. Lamar felt that she deserved and must
have a place and name, and baldly took the helm. If he
steered too diligently to his landmarks—and this is the on-
,1 y accusation—without due attentioa to the shoals and
drifts of the channel, it must at lea3t oe conceded that he
made a splendid and successful voyage. To hisadminis
tration the young nation had lived on in the chaos of revo
lutionary expedients. She had no revenue on which to
base credit, and her rich wilderness of unappropriated
land could only be made available under a settled govern
ment and with an increased population. Meanwhile a na
vy was to be created, and an efficient border defence or
ganized, for Mexico was continually threatening invasion,
and the Indian tribes pressed sorely on the frontier settle
ments. Lamar reduced public business to form and order,
and strengthened the navy so effect a illy that so tar from
being molested at home, the Lone Star became a frequent
and dreaded victor in the Mexican waters. He effectual
ly protected the Western frontier, by carrying the govern
ment thither and establishing the capitol at once on’ the
spot Congress had designated as its eventual site ”
•' The cause of education received its firs* national im
pulse under Lamar. The Texians are intelligent, -liberal,
and alive to the vital importance of this great element of
republicanisn , but there were so many calls upon their in
adequate means that they had overlooked n aking provis
ion for its support. With a broad forecast for the future,
Lamar pointed out how the timely appropriation of a min
ute fraction of the national domain would secure oventusHy
the blessings of universal instruction, and urgently recom
mend that suitable grants should be selected and set aside
while the be9t lands were vacant.
The venturous expedition to Santa Fe was the best and
boldest, though the most unfortunate and least understood
feature of Lamar’s policy. It has been called by ignorance
and fanaticism a plundering excursion. Men do not go,a
thousand miles through the untried wilderness to bring
back a bgrd or two of cattle when they can have them for
next to nothing at their own door. Nor could a few hun
dred men. nt that distance from home, encumbered with a
long train of lieav}- trading wagons, reasonably expect to
conquer and lead into captivity the whole State of Santa
Fe-
It was a wise and well conceived though unsuccessful
mission—partly private and mercantile, partly public and
diplomatic. inasmuch as ihe government lent its aid, coun
tenance, and flag, to effect a national good. But for a con
currence of adverse circumstances, it would have effected
more for the honor aud independence of Texas than any
thingdone or attempted since tbe day of San Jacinto.
Sure intimation had reached Texas that the inhabitants
along the'Rio Grande, crushed and down-trodden by tbe
intolerable tyranny of Armijo, the Mexican governor, were
ready to withdraw from the Mexican confederacy, and
make common cause with Texas. If, as Texas claimed,
and was eager to have 'breign powers admitied. this was a
portion of her territory, it was essential to make some sh »w
of sovereignty in iu defence, and if possible bring the in
habitants into the comman fold. All things seemed to fa
vor a decisive blow, and Commissary General Cazneau,
a man of approved ability, received orders 10 fi: out the ex
pedition When, with as much promptitude as tbe resour
ces of the country permiued, the preparations were com
pleted, the intrepid adventurer* set forth, under the com
mand of the gallant and accomplished General H. McLeod.
In the face of a thousand discouragements they traversed
the Prairie Desert, and would have accomplished their ob
ject but for tbe black treachery of one of the officers. At
the worst it was not altogether useless. To open a new
commercial route to tbe distant settlements of their claimed
territory, to give them assurance of tbe good will and co
operation of Texas, and to arrange the preliminary steps
fora final and perfect alliance, was the honorable and poli-
.tic aim of the Santa Fe expedition.
^ Lamar cannot be portrayed in a few bold strokes like his
Presidential compeers. He has as it were a double char
acter, not inconsistent, but in strong contrast; and the
shades, as they cross and blend, can only be traced by the
hand of a master. He is scarcely of middle height, and of
tb» full and rounded proportions that we ausociate with a
love of ease and self-indulgence. This is true of him. but
with an exciting cause he courts peril and is indifferent to
privation. This benign, meditative, repose-loving expres
sion indicates strong domeslic virtues, and a *.emper not ea
sily chafed. yet his impetuous energy in his hours or trial,
startles even* his friends, and bis enemies h*ive good rea
son to speak severely of the fiery har?hness of his anger —
He is remarkably gentle and affectionate in his manners,
habitually self-controlled, as menol volcanic passions some
times are. careful of the feelings, and studious of the hap
piness of all around him. but there is withal an occasional
quickness of gesture, and a Intent sparkle in the mild blue
eye. that hint strongly of the dangerous fire that sleeps be
neath that placid exterior. I7ach of his high qualities and
he has many, walks hand in hand with some collateral fault;
but liis faults spring so natural from his upturned virtues,
that they are excused with a warmer love than we give to
the cold merits of more correct men.
Gen. Lamar is a Georgian by birth, and of that rough
old Huguenot blood, which for so long a space seemed on
ly created to be poured out for freedom. He is a legiti
mate scion of that honorable stock, and wherever liberty
has work t«» do. keU ready to bleed or toil for her sake.—-
His local predilections are of the strongest, but his indomi
table sense of justice protects him from unfair prejudices.
All liis associations nre with the i?outh. and lie loves the
Southern land with a filial and unreasoning devotion.—
Who but glances contemptuously nt her institutions, in
sults his household gods, and he would deal with him ns a
heretic and a stranger ; but he would war with equal ve
hemence against him who would invade the repose of the
North. With StiU de&per enthusiasm he loves the beauti
ful land which has lavished so much affection on him It
has been well said of him. that His native Union he hon
ors as a mother—to Texas he gives the passionate love of
n bridegroom ; he wooed her by his eh quence. lie won her
with his sword. He may chide her wayward fancies, nnd
fly from her caprices, but he perpetually retraces his tru
aut steps to repose at her feet.*'
- A gentlemnn lias this morn'ng given us a koy
to the mysterious oriifin of many a conflagra
tion. On opening a desk drawer in his office,
he found tlie papers a"d sides of the drawers
ctmrred, and on further exnminaiion discover
ed the cause in « box <>flucifer mutches. Nut
that he supposes it to have hm-n spontaneous
com bust ion—.matches do not play any sur.lt
tricks. Tne cause of their ignition, though
much less likeh to bn suspected, was soon re
vealed. The paper box w s nibhled in tm ny
places by a mouse, and. the probability is that,
having eaten through th“ paper, the little in t-
rauder plied his work upon the matches, turn-
inn O’>e or more ot" thorn reund by the proc ss,
and producing the friction, a slight degree of
which otl) v is necessary to ignite the combus
tible matter, Tire mouse was guilty of at-
trmptid arson, no doubt; hut, as our couits
have tm jurisdiction m mouse'lom, would it not
hr b-tt-r to use o ly rtretalic boxes for lucifer
matches? Had nut the draw.-r been almost
air-tight, the fire would have communicated
to the desk arid the building, a-id how could it
have been accounted for? We give the fact,
as eo' veving an important caution, and the
possibl solution of a very common difficulty.
N. Y. Com. Adv.
Clairvoyance.—M. Raymond, n medical
writer, rather celebrated in Paris as a wag, oar-
rales the following incident;
A friend, puzzled at the apparent accuracy
of a somnambulist, asked what his (the interro
gator’s), father was then doing. In answer, "tie
was tore] that liis fath' r whs visible a long way
off; and a number of details were given, ex
actly specifying how tbe father was engaged.
“I fear you lave made a slight anachronism
my father,” said the triu nphnnt di»hehever*‘has
been dead these twenty years.!’
“No, sir, no mistak- ! Yon appear to forget,
replied the quiet somnambulist, “that it takes
a wise child to know its lather.”
A certain Justice of the Pence would only
hear one of thepartiesin a case before him, be--
cau e, ns he said, it always puzzled him when
h« heard both.
From the Washington Globe.
The following letter o; General Jessup to
Mr. Cobb, representative of Georgia in Con
gress, gives the facts in relation to a mutter
which has been greatly misrepresented by the
abolitionists, &to the prejudice of this merito
rious public officer:
Quartermaster General’s Office,
Washington City, Feb. 12, 1845.
Sir : l have received your letter, dated yes
terday, in relation to tire claim of the heirs of
the late General Watson, of Georgia; and I
have the honor to state, in reply, that in the
year 1836, when 1 commanded the army oper
ating ag.iinst the Creeks in Alnbnmannd Geor
gia, I was ordered by the President of the Uni
ted States to raise a coipsof Crei'k warriers
and send them to (he nid of General Call, then
commanding the army operating against the
Seminole Indians in Florida.
I raised a regiment, and placed it under the
command of the late Colonel Lane, and author
iz'-d him to promise tbe chiefs and warriors all
the Seminole property they sboulc capture, or
a fair equivalent for it.
The regiment left Alabama in September,
joined General Call early in October, and ser
ved under his immediate orders during the
campaign in which lie commanded. Having
closed tbe Creek war, I was ordered to Flori
da; and in December, 1836, relieved Gener-
| al C dl in the command of tee army there.—
Up to that period no negroes had been taken
■ from the enemy, except about forty by a de-
I tachmeut under my command, composed of
i three hundred Alab unu volunteers, eighty reg-
I ular soldiers, and a single Indian warrior.—
1 Fn ding, wnen 1 assumed the command, the
• n< my di-pcrsud over the whole Territory of
Florida, I was compelled to divide my small
force into six different detachments. Four of
these detachments were accompanied by Indi
an warriors.
In January and February. 1837. many ne- j
groes, as wed as cuttle and horses, were cap- I
lured. The cattle taken by the Indians were j
paid for by the commissary; the horses they j
were allowed to sell; :u d the i egroes were j
sent to the depots, in order that it might be as
certained bow many of them were the bona fide
property of the Seminoles. how many were
fr< e, and how many of them belo’ gi d to. and
had been captured from tire citizens of Florida.
In regard to thenegn.es, it was difficult to de
termine which had been taken by Indians and
which by the troops. Generally, the women
and cilureii ban been captured by the com
bined force, and the men almost entirely by
the volunteers and regular troops. I could not
permit families to be separated, as would have
been the consequence of a pro ruta division of
the slaves. Besides, I hoped to make some of
them useful as guides, should hostilities be re
newed, ur as mess ngers to the Indian chiefs,
should neg- tinlion be thought advisable. I
proposed to those who were interested that an
equivalent should be paid to them in money.
All assented to the preposition, and left it to me
to determine the amount to he allowed. As
the army had aided in the Capture ot the slaves,
& the public had bee ’ at theexpen.se of guard
ing, feeding, and clothing them fur several
months, I considered eight thousand dollars a
•air equivalent for the claims of the warriors,
and directed that it should be paid to them at
Pass Christian, where they were to be mus
tered out of service. They h ft lire at Tainp ■
Buy. perfectly satisfied; / but, influenced by
white men, as 1 have reason to believe, the}'
expressed dissatisfaction when they arrived nt
the pass, and refused to receive tbe sum which
I had directed should be paid. In addition to
the sum of eight thousand dollars, they had
been promised twenty dollars each fi>r thirty
five negroes belonging to citizens of Florida,
which they had captured.
In tbe foregoing stafroent you have all t !i e
facts in the case,so fur as I am concerned;
and it is not, perhaps, necessary to the correct
understanding of the matter that I should add
anything to what has alre ady been said. But
my right to make the arrangement with the In
dians, on which the claims of General Wat
son’s ln-irs is based, has been questioned bv
men of abilities and intelligence, and whose
integrity is undoubted; and it seems to be due
to myself that my own view of the case should
be presented, in order that my conduct and
motives may be distinctly undi rstood by my
countrymen, and pirtic dariy by that portion of
’them composing the national legislature. The
commander of an army, like an embassador or
other pub ic minister, nets under tire laws of
nations, wuere bis authority is not modified by
the laws and constitution of liis own county, or
by the positive instructions of bis government.
Congress, though it nas h gislated in regard to
captures nt s> », lias not legisla'ed in regard to
captures on land, but has left them to be dis
posed of according to tire laws r>f nations. In
a land war, all moveable property captured
vests, under the laws of nations, absolutely in
the captors; and whether 1 had made any
promise to the Indian or not, they would have
bad a fair cl im to their proportion of the cap
tured prone rty. I believed 1 was bound by
the only code, npplic ble to the case, to allow
them that proportion; hut I claimed no right
to put forth any nt h trary defi ition of my own
ns to. wbat constituted properly. The prison
ers who were free l recognized as persons,
those wh’> w-re slaves ns property. • As the
commander of the army 1 was the
live ol a n uion composed of »laveh( ldmg and
non-slavePold’i g St tes. Had tha-army been
operati gun the northern frontier, 1 would not
have recognized negro prisoners as property;
but operating in n slave-hol ling community,
1 wa§ bound by the lex loc.L a d could not a-
void can’.sidering aid tie ting them as property,
particularly when third parties were concern
ed. 1 intended to do that which was right; if
1 erred, I had high authority to sustain me.—
The disri iguished statesmen who fumed the
Commission at Glrent, a majority of whom
were citizens of nun-.slavehoMing States, so
lemnly recognized and .stipulated lor, as prop
erty, slaves c ptured by the British forces in
tbe late war.
My arrangements with the Indians was ap
proved by tiie Secretary of War, with, as I
have understood, the sanction of the President.
Under that arrangement, tiie hold' rs of the
Imlitn claim are justly entitled to eight thou
sand seven hundred dollars. Of die claim of
General Watson, founded upon tire purchase of
the negroes from the Indians, it Washington, j
under the authority of the Indian Department, !
1 was nut aware until this morning. I was ap- j
prised of an order to surrender the negroes, I
but protested agai ist the measure, a d proba- |
blv liaJ some influence in prevent ng it from I
being carried out. If the Indians were, in fact, |
dissatisfied with the sum 1 assigned to them, it j
was sound policy on the part of the govern- j
merit to satisfy them by the payment of money, |
but it bad no right to give them the negroes. I
I am, sir, your obedient servant, |
TH. S. JESUP. '
To tbe Hon. H. Corb, House of Representa- ,
fives, Washington City. |
MACON, GA.
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1845.
V. B. PA L.TIEB,
Is Agent for the Telegraph in the Cities of
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston
His office in New York is 30 Ann Street
“ Philadelphia, 59 Pine Street.
“ Baltimore, S. E. Corner of Haiti-
more and Calvert Streets.
“ Boston, 16 State Street.
j TIIE CONVENTION.
j The Federal Union suggests the 3d Monday
; in June, as a suitable time for holding the Cot).
| vention at Milledgeville, to nominate a candi-
| date for Governor ; and the suggestion meets,
j as far as we can learn, the assent of the party
j und press everywhere.
| In looking over our exchanges, we feel grat-
; ified at tiie temper of our friends on the subject,
j There seems to be a determination that no pre-
j dilections for particular men, shall emburrau
| the party, or endanger its success. We haTc
j never seen a better state of feeling, and taken
I in connection with the elections of last year,
! we are assured that nothing but Vigilance and
eneigv is necessary to insure a pe>manent tfi.
' umpli of Democratic principles in Geoigia,
I The foliowing from tbe Georgia Jefferso.ii.
an, indicates tne healthy feeling among our
| friends we speak of:
“It is gratifying to find sucli an array of fine talents in
j the Democratic ranks, to that the puzzle is, not where we
, will obtain a candidate of competent talents, but which, of
the large number, the people will settle upon. We pre*
sume. however, the e wilj Le no difficulty. A Convention
of Delegates from each county, from the people, will bring
together the sense of the party, and the majority of vote*
will secure the nomination. Then every other nominee
inusi be dropped, and nil bands lay their shoulder to th^
regular nominee. The- Democrats have the strength and
can elect whom they please, provided they unite their ee.
| ergies upon one man. That is all they need to secure «
] triumph.”
The Columbus Times, in tbe extract below
' speaks we believe, tbe sentiments of the parly
{ gener lly.
j “We have no individual preferences. Our motto is—
i Detur dignusiwo. and that principle being observed we
: ca»\? not upon whom the choice falls Such, we believe. i»
I the temper of the mass of the Democratic parry. They
i. appreciate the importance of the election—feel that the
r great principles decided by the Presidenti.il election are
• to be sanctioned and sustained by another nnuress of the
i popular seal, and that t’.ie high and responsible station of a
• United States Senator is to be filled by one fairly represen*
i ling the feelings, opinions and principles of Georgia. This
is the right spirit. It if. one that deserves and will insure
| success. Letthe public inen who are spoken of for caudi-
, dates and their fri.nds. become animated by the same feel*
I ing. Let them sacrifice private ambition and personal pre*
ferenc^s at the altar of a patriotic devotion to the cause,
and thus show themselves truly worthy of the honors in
the gift of »lie Democratic party. The people will have it
so. They know the- value of success at this juncture, and
they will forgive no mm who dares to thwart their wishes
aoc embarrass their efforts to succeed, by holding hack
from the fight, throwing obstacles in rite way of their
friends, or g'ving succor to the enemy, because he has not
been selected to lead, or is dissatisfied with the chosen
man. The Democratic party of Georgia "expects erery
man to do. his duty.”
Mevli.igR Imve been cubed in several coun
ties, ro appoint delegates to the Convention,
;ind~fi is time chat Bibb should begin to move
in tbe matter.
MAKE CEE AN COTTON.
The extract from the Augusta Constitution
alist. which we give below, is another instance
ol tire profit of taking pains in handling co.ton.
There are similar instances in our own market;
the name of T. Moughon, has but to be seen
on a lot of cotton to insure it a price much be
yond the goina lutes. And live first safe of
cotton in the opening of each season, regularly
announces that Isaac West of Houston, hts
again brought the earliest cotton to market.—
'Ve are glad that others are entering into the
generous competition, aud among them Paul
Dinkins of Houston is making a character for
- bis cotton ttial will amply repay him for his
pains.
Tbe time has come when ihe producers of
trashy cotton, packed in round bags, can scarce
ly <-ke out a bare subsistence, and when those
\v ho take pains and put up good cotton in neat,
square packages can make money and get
rich, in spite of the low prices; provided a!,
ways, they raise all their own meat at home-
and it few mules every year.
We view the present condition of the cotton
trade differently from most writers whose views
vvt: have read, and think the low prices indicate
an important transition state that will result in
transferring almost a monopoly of cotton grow
ing to the United States. Tiie excessive pro
duction, already seriously affects tbe inferior
cottons of other countries; and in some instan
ces makes them almost profitless. If to this
increase of supply, our planters should pay at
tention to me mode of handling their cotton, ao
as to make it more sought after in foreign mar
kets, the time is not remote when the names
of Surats, Brazils, and Egyptians, will make e
small figure in the quotations of the Liverpool
and Havre markets.
e have been info-ined. that (tie
nouming to lfc!> bales,
“ It
cotton
which
of 61 <
s well to note
crop of Dr. T. N. Po
vas sold last freek in this market, obtained thepric#
•nts, which was at least or e cent more per lb. th«*
the average price for other crops in tnis market. Th
high price is owing to the manner the cott* n wt; banditti
and ginned. We have learned that this cotton was ginnfd
epr» senlil- ! by one of Carver’s patent gins. It is due, however, to oih-
' • • er gin makers, to say that they nre making gins not much
! behind in work, to the patent ones. Should theginmrgof
j cotton be well attended to hereafter, by our planters.
f have no doubt that Georgia Cotton will stand in Me Kuro*
peon markets on a par with other cottons; ami that the in
jury of one-half of a cent gener lly sustained by the Gear-
• gia planter* in the sale of their produce, will not bereaftrr
be felt, to the amount of about one hundred and fifty tho»*
j sand dollars annually.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
If tbe whole Umted Sutes were searched,
a more suitable man could not be selected, f° r
the head of this great department, than Cave
Johnson. Anyone who has ut all noticed hint
iu Congress for many years, cannot have fail
ed in marking bis talent for detail-sand bis un
flinching d sposilioii lo clx-ck imposition on th#
Government by th ’St- presenting specieus claims
of any description. He has been the embody*
ment of that principle which every body pro
fesses—every body who wants office—retrench
ment.
After he is fairly in the discharge of his du
ties as Post Master General, we venture (her#
will be an energy in the mail arrangement ot
he -U nted States, which we have long iiofied
for, but hardly ever expected to realise. Ih#
lost mails, will be so rigidly charged to con
tractors, in the beginning as will slor lire them
of remissness. 1
The whole mail establishment, pest offices,
stages, and all treed “ stirring up with a long
pole,” and unless we are greatly mistaken,
Cave Johns.>o uml his assistant, are tbe men
do it efficiently.
(ff* Jon* Rutherford, Esq, has been
pointed Attorney at Law for the Mcrcha Dt>
B ink of Macon, and B. H. Moultrie, E*4 r
lias been elected Cashier, in his place.