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nately mad.de.peme.nd successful restore | several parts of which are
'o the Doctor’s nrooOKtioa to shave my head j sides of the hills and ruer l a k ar.o tier
daring mv late illness. But seriously, there are winds along the heads ol the several mllie*. and
many beaux and belles in our dry climate who presents most picturesque v iews. I m en ire
arc looking sndlv. at their yelhm-fying faces, leng'h of the carnage way. ts from four o foe
o'rvin" nrcmaturely up in our climate of violent miles, and the foot walks about three mi es.
extremes—when, if thev would only come to Denches arc provided at convenient points on
cmp cra'te England, they would “ cast their | the river and elsewhere, for the repose of wea-
do.Si" like insects, and renew their youth al- j t ied pedestrians, or of those who may des rc to
to-cther. (I trust the “ Cunard line of steam- ! enjoy the refreshing breeze m summer,
ers” will give me my next passage gratis for : I he number of lots tak-n .s one hundred,
the hint.) Ladies look as fresh at fifty, in this ! most ol which are handsomely improved by
climate, ns ladies, in ours, cease to look at thirty. | monuments, shrubbery, &*« and handsomely
enclosed, some with non railings. 1 should
also mention, thut besides the Masonic lot al-
we had no legislature to pay in 1S44, and none
of the heavy incidental expenses of such an As
sembly—with the taxes as high as ever, and
great economy churned for Ctov. Crawford,—
and yet the slate more in debt, by $43,0*2,
than we were the the year before, without con.
sidcring the "apparent" balance of S67.927 75!
Ave, even so—and this is but the fair whig co.
hiring—whirl rr.ny be beyond, we know not.—
Tlic folly and extravagance of this hopeful whig
administration will be more clearly exhibited
when the democrats assemble in Millcdgevillc
next November—then an opportunity will oc
cur to more closely canvass the merits of an ad
ministration that Ins evinced no very common.
£ looked in, fora few minutes, an evening or
InTtitiUc'and saw a Chinese Mantrin ImdAlS j ready referred to, the Odd Fellows of the city j .fable acts of industry, intelligence or sagacity,
p u m ’ aaoatr olUer celebrities. It struck have tlie.r burial place of similar dimensions— that ordinary mnf m avc.ety are not fully qual-
nic (not fur the «—• »••«•' l.mv i.nenunllv ! but one brother however, ns yet, rests within t ified to exhib t. But on tho other hand
males and female
cold—seeing this Chinese .
consecra'ed resting place. I ! ose who repose
other celebrities. It struck It five inc.r uiiiiai pace ui nmiuni uiitou™,,-
ic first tim*,) how unequally i hut one brother however, ns jet, rests within
Ips dress, as to protection ftom j its enclosure.* By the side of this, “that an-
is Chinese with n close coat i cient ond peculiar people,”tli»* Jews, have their
beneath its sod were brought from other towns,
that they might rest with their brethren, in
imitation of their ancient patriarch' when lc
was “a stranger and sojourned in the laud” in
whirli he dwelt.
Neatly all the Cemetery was tbiek'y nood-
and a huge cashmere shawl over his shoulders,
while the ladies around him were in full-dress
nudity. Most of tho London lions, I under-
. , 0 od, were in tho crowded rooms beyond the
threshold were l halted, but I needed n«y lied
more than to hoar them “roar.” As 1 it a !e
my exit a lady passed me on the staircase,
whom the servants passed up with an announce
ment of the “Countess Calabrella,”—(a litera
ry lioness of tlie most luminous mane.)—and a
pair ol very pretty feet nnd ankles stepped from _ _
a showy equipage at the street-door—nil that ( ering height and gtaM dimensions.
is attractive going, (ns is sadly frequent in this ) hank is skil led with immense oaks,
wicked world)
we ar<; commanded to sho v mercy, even to the
guilty.
L t nj post up the books.
As we have no data by which we can tell the
“portion” of hour's hypothecated for the loan of
20.250 debars, wo would be compelled to put
eown the entire amount of$l 12,178. If we do
this, though then tho “apparent” increase will
la; much greater than 110,999 75. Tins brings
cd when laid out, with almost every v iricty of j us back, then, to the first statement of the Com
TELEGRAPH & REPUBLIC.
auijskcorw-
Tncsday, Angnst 26, 1845.
FOR GOVERNOR.
iH. BALL fffcAJLJLlS jFER,
Or Clmttmm.
For Senator of the 20th Distri'f,
A. 12. CHAPPELL,
Op Binn.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES.
, s.uin:i, n. stkoxg,
JA.TIES XV. AIOIMTKOXG.
‘•The oilier way; tlie oilier way."
It wants but haif an hour of the mail’s clo
sing fur the packet of to-morrow, and here is a
music-grinder just commencing under my win
dow, and I can neither think nor write to nil
Italian air. S '*, my dear Morris, adieu for this
packet. Yours faithfully,
N. P. WILLIS.
ROSE HILL CEMETERY, MACON.
W'e had occasion to visit Macon not long
since, and tiaving heard much of ‘Rose Hili’
wo took a s'roll up the river to that consecra
ted spot-
“On enterimr tho gate the first object that
attracted our attention was n monument of
white marble, a column with its top broken olf.
This lively and most impressive Masonic em
blem struck us so forcibly, that we stood mule
nnd gtzed with mingled emotions of solemnity,
uiro and interest. Wo bad never before seen
this beuut'fiil, impressive emblem so significant
ly displayed. The mind was filled with those
sublime ideas which the monument was caused
to give, and which none but a Mason knows or
can feel:
The enclosure which surrounds this column,
is a plot of 96 feet by 45, belonging to the
Macon Lodge. A durable and ornamented
fence protects it, and every thing about it is in
tho most perfect and neat order.
Wo spent more than an hour in wandering
over this mos' delightful Ccmctety, for, though
there is a solemnity and sacredness about ‘Rose
Hill,’ yet there a-e many things that make it a
truly delightful place. A retreat—calm, qui
et, peaceful and still—so toothing to the trou
bled spirit and yet so full of holy teaching, that
the pensive mind loves to seek these retreals,
nnd commune, ns it were, with the departed.
The location of this Cemetrv, the plan, and
the rural manner in which it is laid out, as well
ns its scenery und the natural wildness ai d
beauty of the place, must eventually give it the
reputation of one of the most distinguished in
our country.
Wc have visited most of the Cemeteries in
Now England—even the far-famed Mount Au
burn, wc think, is far inferior in its natural lo
cation, as well as its rural beauties; and when
the hand of art and affection shall do as much
for ‘Rose Hill' n9 the Bostonians have done for
‘Sweet Auburn,’ then can the South boast oftlic
most beautiful Cemetery in the United States.
There ore now to be seen a large number of
splendid and costly monuments lifting their
stately heads among the green foliage, which in
contrast with tire wildness of nature iibouf, give
n picturesqueness and beauty with which noth
ing else can compare.
Tnc impressions fust made, from the con
templation of that Masonic monument, ns well
as our farther meditations as we wandered
about this lovely spot, we trust made us a be:ter
man, a better Mason, a belter Christian.
But wu did not intend to write so much
when we began. Wo will only add, we hope
all strangers, especially brethren of tho mystic
tie, those of a contemplative turn of mind, and
who love rural scenery, will visit‘Rose Hill’
before they leave Mncon.”
The opinions of the editor of the “ Signal”
arp sustained by every traveller I have seen
who has visited the several “distinguished”
Cemeteries of the North—that Rose H It, for
tho variety and beauty of its grounds is r.ot
equalled by any in the country. A prominent
feature in its scenery is the Ocnwlgee River,
the banks of which are from thirty tosixty feet
high, generally rocky and precipitous, and form
mi impenetrable barrier against all its approa
ches. The higher parts of the ground urc one
hundred nnd forty-two feet above the river.—
From the river, deep and narrow rallies pene
trate the groond, a distance of from fifty to two
-hundred yards—one of thorn divides it entirely,
in which a branch murmurs over a steep and
rocky bed to tho river. This is suj plied by
tour springs, in and near the ground. This
brunch is crossed in two places on rack cul
verts, by carriage ways, constructed with great
labor. Tho principal spring is not fur from
the c< n'nt of the ground, where the valley is
deep und thickly shaded by the sturdy beocli
and lowering poplar nnd a variety of smaller
trees. This is one of the most secluded and
quiet spots that could bo conceived, and is tlie
most attractive nnd frequented one in lire Cem-
etory. It is approached by several foot walk*
along the branch and cut into the steep sides
of the hills. The waters of this spring, for
coolness and purity, arc hardly surpassed by
any in the State. This spot, indeed, well rep
resents one of those fairy scenes of which wo
have read, but never expect to rea'ize to the
tree known in our forests. Most of it was of
young growth fiom twenty to £>rty feel high,
here and there iutersp'-rsed with trees of tow-.
The river
poplars,
sycamores, beech and other trees. Over, per
haps, two thirds of the ground, the trees have
been trimmed and the smaller growth removed.
No trees have been cut, except when necessa
ry; and the ground generally presents tho ap
pearance of a beautiful native forest.
AH the labor performed on the ground, to
gether with the cost of enclosing, hearse-house,
<fcc. has been effected with about three thousand
dollars—all of which, (except $150) was raised
from the sale oflots.
On the whole, “itesc IIill Cemetery” fur
nishes one of the most diversified and beautiful
pieces of landscape that coull he crowded into
the compass of fifty acres. Its height outrivals
Mount Auburn by seventeen feet. The river
(a feature which the other does not possess)
murmuring over a reeky bed, wheeling around
immutable cliffs of granite and flint, rolling on
and on, like tho tide of.human life, forever to
mingle in tlie unfathemrd nnd undefined nby.-s
of eternity, affords a freld f.-r deep a; d impres
sivc reflection to the contemplative mind, whi'c
it imparts an instructive lesson. The beauties
of the scene disarm death of half those terrors
which one feels in the contemplation that his
last narrow house is in sonic barren waste,
where scarce a stunted shrub shall throw its
meagre .shade over if, or in some gloomy and
f irgotten place, where no one tint ho has loved
ever comes to drop a tear or spread a flower on
the parched and neglected spot, whore the lit
tle hillock is soon reduced to the common level,
there to be forgotten.
GREENWOOD.
Macon, July, 1845.
•It non. rantainz three—two oilier* having died iince the
shore was written.
eye.
The ridges between the vallies arc sleep and
generally terminate abruptly in rocky cliffs at
or near the tiver. On their summits urc most
beautiful sites for burial lots, most of winch are
occupied—and the sides of deep, shady vallies
arc most appropriate locations for vaults, or for
lots, to those who prefer a secluded retreat for
tho repose of their dead. Several portions of
tho ground aro comparatively level, and laid
Out in lots from twenty to forty feci square,
and tho prices 1 imited at from $10 to $30
Lots arc also laid off free of charge, fur resident
faniili-s who nro unable to purchase; and a
portion is assigned for the burial of strangers,
and a record is kept, and the grave so designa*
ted as to he known at any future tinr.o.
Tho entrance to the Cemetery is through n
high arched gateway, constructed after an ap
prove I model of Doric architecture. From
this guto a centra] avenue extends to and ter
minates on a high bluff on the margin oftlie riv-
or. Cnrringc ways extend to every part of tho
ground, one of which makes its culiro circuit,
LAST SETTLEMENT OF THE INCREASE OF
PUBLIC DEBT. UNDER GOVERNOR CRAW.
FORD.—BOOKS POSTED.
I now take up the consideration of this
question, and in order that I may not subject
myself to tlie slightest censure of garbling,
from tire most fastidious whigs, I insert that
entire portion of the Report of the Finance
Committee, of December 1S4-1, ns prescutetl
to my attention by the editor of the Georgia
Journal, in ids paper of the 12th iusr. Here
it is:
“Before closing this branch of tlicir report, the Committee
deem it proper to he more explicit in reference to the ap-
parent increase of debt for the present year. The amount
uf bond issued ami charged in this year is 6133.000. Of
this amount. £22.822 have been paid out tor work mi the
Railroad—the balance of said issue, to wit: S11C.1T8 are
in the bands of the Engineer, of which a portion has been
hypothecated for a loan of 830 S30. The actual increase
of debt is, therefore, only 813.07:1.
Iii n previous portion of this Report, and
which accidentally escaped ibe observation of
my Georgia Journal friend, this committee say:
“ Malone the necessary corrections, the debt then due
(antler McDonald,) would ap|iear from the report, to be
6I.G14.I3S 9S. * * The total amount of debt as now
(under Crawford) existing, would therefore appear to lie
DEDUCTING PAYMENT, 81.725 138 73.being an in-
create, since last year, apparently, of 8110,900 73. '
By an examination of the above extract?,
from the Whig Report of the Finances of our
Stole, mads more than one year after Gov.
Crawford look his seat ns Governor of Geor
gia, no person can he otherwise than satisfied,
that the public debt of Georgia has largely in
creased under Whig management during that
time.
Do the wliigslell us that Gov. Crawford paid
$50,000 of lire public debt, in 1SI4 ? They
do. But they omit to mention that this “appa
rent increase of debt of $110,999 75,” was
admitted, and shown to exist, even AFTER
DEDUCTING the $59,000 previously paid.
Then why do they harp about this payment?
It is merely to prevent an examination
into tlie increased indebtedness of our s'atp,
which has been brought about by tlie folly and
extravagance, or bungling management of the
present whig party, in power, in Georgia.
This Committee say, at the very po.nt they
apparently, originally intended to close the ex
amination of tlie condition of the public debt.
“Before closing this lira licit of their report,
the Committee deem it proper to be explicit in
reference to tlie apparent increase of debt for
the present year.” Why was it necessary or
proper? Had they not stated tlmt the public
n'ebt bad apparent \yincreased under Governor
Crawford, $110,999 75? Could they appa
rently increase and apparently decrease this
indebtedness ad libitum1 If the ob igntions of
the State had been delivered to others, there
could I>3 no doubt of tin; liability of the State—
it was not only apparent but a real indebted
ness. If those liabilities hid not been issued,
there could not exist any evidence* of either
apparent ur real increase of state indebtedness.
It certainly follows then, that tho tdereused in
debtedness of $110,999 75. was »e tKlttnl in.
crease, (or ti e obligations of the state ha I lieen
issued, and were in the hand* of other parties.
It is sheer nmsensu to argue otherwise.
“A PORTION has been hypothecated for a
loan of $20,250. 5 We are not told what por
tion—to whom hypothecated—nor for wh -t
purpo'c—upon what terms—nor are wo in
formed, by this Committee, any thing mare
than dial a portion of Lords amounting to
$112,178, have bean hypothecated, or pledged
or pawned, to raise the >um of $20,250. And
this financial operation took place under tho
administration oftlie matchless Gov. Crawford!
Lt t li : s admirers encircle Irs brow with a rid)
wreath for this specimen of fisoali/y• I would
hardly insinuate that this “loan” involved any
principles c.f corruption, of so black nnd atro
cious a character, that the pubiic must be kept
in the dark in relation to it. Why prefer durk-
ttess to light ?
“1 ire* ACTUAL increase of debt, is, there
fore only $'13 072.” Who* is this? An ad
mission that the public debt of Georgia has in
creased under tlie ftscaliziug, and economical
administration of Geo. W. Crawford! When
mittee, that tho pulife debt of Georgia had in
creased, in one year, under the administration
t.f Gov. Crawfi rd $110,999 75.
Tlie whigs may torture this offitir, to their
heart's coutei t—blit the FACT, that the pub
lic debt, under Gov. Crawford, HAS IT’?-.
CREASED $110,999 75, will cling to them,
—the people,—tlie tax-paying and anti-hum.
bug people, will tell them so, and point' to thtr
Whig authority, in tlie Finance Report of l ist
December.
Let the whigs, then,in the “great and mighty
workshop” in Millcdgevillc, prepare for the
change of climate and situation, which awaits
them by the result, which will be proclaimed
in tones of thunder in the Capitol, by the results
of the elections in October. Tlie people will see
it. The democracy, ofour state, from the moun
tains t f Cherokee to the Atlantic, will shortly
send up a shout for VICTORY, which will be
so long, and strong, and joyous, that the myr-
midoms of humbug coon skins arid gourd vines,
will tremble.
Friends of democracy, notv is the time for
action. The subtle machinations of whigery
arc now being put in opera’ion, and it behooves
you to foil them at every pass; expose tiieir
humbuggery. and adopt all honorable moans to
advance the principles of Democracy. Let our
watch-words he DEMOCRACY and Me A L-
LISTER—a Democratic Legislature and a
Democratic Governor, and we well know, when
we obtain those, tliat, the sterling principles of
the democratic partv of tlie country, will be
ptomo'.ed, ’ FINEY WOODS.
J~roM Ilf. Pennsylvanian.
MR. POWERS, THE SCULPTOR.
We present n few extracts from a letter
written by Mr. Powers to a ftiend in this city,
which will be found interesting, as presenting a
view of the difficulties which are attenda it on
the progress of talent towards its develope.
ment, and may likewise prove ail incentive to
those who are more addicted to despondency
than the writer. It will be a subject of con
gratulation to his numerous personal friend-*,
and more numerous admirers, to know that his
day of trial is passed—that perfect success has
crowned his arduous studies and unremitting
assiduity—and that orders, more numerous
than he cun fill, arc now pouring in u*>on him
Ir^nt Europcon putruna. J^i»|
condition will he best explained in his Own
words :
‘•Florence, June 27, 1S45.
“If you want to know how it is that a man
may often think of those dear to him, and re
solve and re-resolve to write to them, and yet
rarely do it, turn sculptor yourself, get a lot of
children, and como to Florence, to buffet tho
thousand obstacles in your way, such as I have
met with—and you will be satisfied. When I
look back upon the last eight years of my ex
perience, 1 wonder to find so few gray iiairs
upon my bead ; fur I have passed through tri
als which distress me, even n iw f to think qf.—
Biit I do not wish to write you a croaking let
ter ; nor would I have you suppose I think to
justify myself for not writing to you. I would
only let you know why 1 !r.ve become to neg
lectful (in appearance) to mv friends in Amor
ica. My first finished statue is now exhibiting
For Lie Hampaisn.
At the solicitation of a number of friends,
the Telegraph will be furnished front this time
until the middle of November, to new subscri
bers, on the following terms :
For one "opy, > 50 cents.
For six copies. 2 50
For twelve copies, 5 00
‘During the present month the paper will be
enlarged and issued on new type, und will con
tain as much reading matter as any weekly pa
per published in Georgia.
STATE GOVERNMENT.
We now approach the occult administration
of Governor Crawford, and if there is anything
in it to command the approval of the people of
Georgia we have failed to discover it. In our
humble conception there is much which calls
for their unqualified condemnation. It will be
for those who have emblazoned it to the world
ns one of consummate financial ability to set
forth the grounds on which their statements
have been made. They have not yet made any
satisfactory developement. The Legislature
of 1843 with a wise forecast, {for party purpo
ses) enacted that the Governor, every alternate
year, during which there shall be no session of
the Legislature, shall appoint a committee to
examine into the condition of the Treasury, and
especially to examine into tlie situation of the
public debt, the payments which have been
made upon it either ns to principal or interest.
Acts of 1843 page 142. This was a strange
com ningling of Executive and Legislative func
tions, contrary to tlie spirit of the Constitution
which declares that these departments of the
Government shall be committed to a separate
body of magistracy. It is tlie invariable cus
tom for the Legislature at each session to ap
point their own committees to examine into nnd
report upon the official acts of the people’s Ex
ecutive officers. It is the first time that the
Legislature has ever called upon the Governor
to make the appointment for them ; and it- ap
pears to us singular that a public officer should
be required to appoint a committee to examine
into his own administration of the finances or of
the Government. Such, however, is the policy
introduced by a Whig legislature and its effects
have been such as might have been expected
from a strictly partizan Governor, viz: that he
slioull mike the appointment exclusively from
those who voted for him. Wc presume that
ncifticr ortncgentlemcn oftlm conunitico -will
deny, under his sign manual that he voted for
Governor Crawford. If he should, then shall
tve admit our error in this respect. So much!
for this most extraordinary, and we may say,
injury-working innovation upon the practical
operations of the Government. That this com
mittee has exemplified the fatal effects of this
policy we shall perhaps see in the course of this
edi/orinl.
We have carefully examined tlie Journal of
the two houses of tlie General Assembly, and
have been able to discover nothing entitling
George W. Crawford to the slightest degree of
credit for tlie relief of the finances.* Indeed,
as far as we have seen, he has made but a single
recommendation on this subject, and that cannot
quired the Treasury to resume specie payments,
&c. Sec. It was supposed that to accomplish
this it would become necessary to borrow at
least $150,000, and accordingly the Governor
was authorized by the 2nd section of tlie act to
borrow that sum. But the committee of Dec,
1844 (the same appointed by tlie Governor) say
that the sum has net been borrowed nor any
part of it. We presume bis Excellency found
specie funds sufficient in the Treasury to com
ply with the act without a resort to the loan, as
it is well known in the country that man}' tax
collectors, from the scarcity of Central Bank
notes, collected the taxes of 1843 in notes on
specie-paying banks. The committee say that
the “act lias produced a most happy effect upon
the finances nnd credit of the State.” How
this great effect was 'produced, the committee
has not explained. They have said it was pro.
duced without borrowing the money which it
authorized, and the only inference is that the
treasury was sound when turned over by the
Democratic Governor. Wc shall continue our
remarks. .
If any tiling were needed in addition to what
we have said, and extracted from Gov. McDon
ald’s messigc'to prove the absolutely sound
condition of the finances, at the time he left the
Government, it is to be found in the report of
Messrs. Phillips, Meriwether and Kenan made
in December last to the Governor. They say
that “during the past year, all the liabilities of
the state have been promptly met, when pre
sented, and discharged with specie or its equiv
alent.” See page 7 of the Report. This was
done without borrowing the $150,000 or any
part nfit,” which tho Legislature had author
ized the Gov. to borrow. AVncnce came the
means to meet these liabilities except from the
Treasury ? Wc are sure, that unles his Excel
lency is greatly belied, they were not furnish
ed from his private means. The truth is they
were met from money in the Treasury, at the
time his Excellency was sworn in. If they
were not, it was the duty of this Committee to
have placed tlie information, whence they were
before the public.
Perhaps his Excellency was not lavish of
of his disclosures to them, of his modus oper
ands Certain it is, he made no opera-
tion that has been disclosed to the public ear,
he borrowed no money,pr so says Lis Commit
tee. See the same page of their Report.
* Hi* Excellency is lauded for tiis great atiilily. we be
lieve, in more mailers tlian those of tinance. As evidence
of it in some tliines we make the' following extract from bis
message oflOik Nov. 1843. Journal of House 83. “Tlie
plan of setting fire to ibe Penitentiary was concerted by
means of a slow match, with communicating trains of com
bustible materials used by them in their daily ocrapation."
Now what would hare been the consequence if ilie plan
had beeu concocted by means of a quick laati-h. with ’lie
same combustible train !! ! His Excellency must hare
been blowed up! He tells the Legislature ,‘ji the same
Document dial the generous exertions of the citizens of
Milledgeville and a volunteer corps under Captain Kenan
saved any of the Convicts from making their escape ! ! !
t This exper ence was made by the House of Repre
sentatives. In the senate it was referred 10 a select com
mittee, with full power to investigate the affairs of said
bank and to semi for persons ami papers when ne-essa-
rv. Journal of Senate 93. With so much indifference
did this select committee regard thr Executive recommen
dation that it is not in the slightest degree alluded to in the
Report. See Journal of Senate, page 389 and onwards.
in London, and I have received very favorable enti|lo ,, im , 0 - eat crc(]it as a fi nanc ier; we
news from it. It is “The Slave, of which „ . _ „
you niav have heard. I will not tell vou what
has bees) surd of it; for I suppose you will s-. e
it in the papers at home ; and \ou would not
think any better of me for repeating anything,
in favor, at le ist, of mv own work. I have
received orlers Irom England for two copies of
‘•The Slave,” anti another from Lord Egerton
fornn original work—the subject to bo left to
my own choice.
* * * “Speaking of Cincinnati, I fear I
shall never recognise her in her magnificence;
and, much as I rejoice at her prosperity, I shall
still feel n regret nt not finding the same dear old
city that I left, when I started upon (what ap
peared to tnc at the time, in spite o( my fijrced
hopes) a ‘wild-goose chase.’ ‘What folly,’
thought I, in moments of despondency, ‘for a
man at thirty, with a family, mid without prop
erty, to think of going into the very nest of the
arts, and there distinguish Ifmsclf as a sculptor!’
But, to tell you the truih, tlie family mid the
poverty have done more to support me, than 1
have to support them. They have compelled
me to make exertion* that I hardly thought my
self capable of; mid often, when on the eve of
despairing, they have forced me, like a Coward
in a corner, to fight like a hero, not fur mvself,
hut my wife and liltle ones. I have now as
much work to dons I can execute, unless I can
find some more assistance in tlie marble ; and
I have a prospect of further commissions. I
was delighted, at last, to send Mr. C. his bust
of Proserpine. 1 hope lie will like it- It was
hard to make him wait so long; but it could
not be avoided.’?
Profitaldc TFin7.'.—Wo understand that a
son of El io was yesterday employed in exca-
ti"gn cel’ar at tho corner of Congress and.
Jefferson Ms. and that he had not been at work
much over n half hour before became to a d3
po.it ol Doubloons. No sooner was the discov
ery unde, than lie told tire boy, who was as
sisting him, ho would load tlie wheelbarrow by
himself, and, it is said, 1m pocketed ninety-six
allude to his scheme for restoring Central Bank
notes to credit. It may he found iu the Jour
nal of die Senate of 1815, page 94. He ad
vises lire issue of certificates of deposit bearing
an interest of S per cent, redeemable in eighteen
months or soo tier; or in other words, the sub
stitution of post notes, bearing interest, for notes
payable on demand, bearing interest. Tlie ex
treme weakness and folly of this measure must
be apparent to every man who wastes ja mo
ment’s reflection on it. In the first place, it
would not enhance the credit of the notes, for
the broker would immediately have depreciated
them to a still lower point on die pretext that
they were payable on time. This is their in
variable practice; to the holder, then, who had
the notes fur market, it was of no advantage.—
In the second place, to the bolder who did not
wish to dispose of them and yet draw interest,
it was of no benefit, fur he could have invested
them in bonds nt 8 per cent., or, lie might have
presented them and had them protested, nnd in
that manner put them on interest. Wed/d not
expect to find that the Legislature had been
guilty of so great a folly as to treat the proposi
tion seriously. But that body, we presume,
thinking there might be something in it too
profound to be seen on the surface, ami that up
on it a financial celebrity might bo built for his
Excellency, actually referred the resomtnenda-
tion to the Committee on Banks,) nnd that com
mittee responded to it by reporting through its
chairman, Mr. Grieve (also a considerable fi-
nancierj “A Bill to requite the Central Bank to
issue certificates ofdcposit in certain cases,”&c.
Journal of House 208. This great financial
measure teas actually passed by both branches
doubloons, which was supposed to have been j of the General Assembly !! ! See Journal ol
deposited there for safe keeping by the late —
Mr. Jos.'oli Grand, the former occupant of tho
Innue. It is said, we know not bow truly, that
shortly after the discovery, he was taken sud
denly with violent pains in the stomach, drop
ped Iris spade and started for home, and that
since that time nothing has l»oen heard of him.
The premises on which the money wns found
belongs to tire Estate of Lawrence.—Georgian.
T<> Preserve Milk Siceet.—It is said that a
spoonful of horse radish put in a pan of milk
will preserve it sweet for several days, either
in the open air or in a cellar, while other milk
will sour.
House 394 and of Senate 86G. What became
of it afterwards, wc arent a loss to know. We
presume, however, that the "Financier,” asha
med of its ridiculousness, stifled it in his bree
ches pockets, as we cannot find his vote in the
Journals nor the statute amongst the published
acts. That tho notes of the Bunk should have
appreciated without its wonder-working agency
is truly remarkable.
The great financial measure of the Legisla
ture of 1843 is to be found in the act of the Le
gislature of that session, page 144, which rc-
SE.Y1TOH BtlCSSSKEX.
Previous to tlie Presidential election of last
year and Lis course upon tlie Texas question,
while none have been more opposed to Senator
Berrien’s political opinions th in ourselves, we
had ever respected him f>r Ins talents; we be
lieved him sincere, anefif wrong we still thought
him honestly wrong, and that lie thought him
self right—that if lie could not plead any th ng
else for his extremes in politics, he could at least
off’.r in extenuation the great tests alike of vir
tue nnd honor, sincerity. But Ids course upon
the Texas question and his conduct throughout
the campaign of last year has left no one in
doubt as to Ids true character as a public man.
Indisputable as wj3 tire fact last year that the
enemies of annexation opposed the admission
of Texas upon the ground of its slavery alone,
and not as Mr. Ben ten and such apologists con
tended upon high grounds of national honor.—
There is no proposition in Euclid clearer now
than that tlie entire whig party nt the North
were influenced in their opposition to it by the
narrowest sectional prejudices and the wildest
and most dangerous fanaticism. Lot any one
look at the leading organs of the whig party
there—let them look at the Albany Evening
Journal, the New York Tribune, the Boston
Atlas, or Connecticut Courant, and see if
they can that the whigs and abolitionists are not
one and iht same in feeling o.n the Texas ques
tion. Let them look at the recent convention
held in Ohio ; let them look in any of the non-
slavcholding States and find if they can any
evidence that wc are wrong in the charges
we make—such was and is beyond all question
thedetermining influences which have front the
first inception of that great national question
animated nearly every whig nortli of Maryland
and west of the Ohio. While the whig? of the
north have been professedly animated by the
most exalted piety to God and mercy and love
to man, &’the leaders of the party at the South
were willing to betray and sell the people as
Swiss and mercenaries, and their country fur
thirty pieces of silver; and if thirty,had not
b ‘en offered, it is plain enough they would
have taken even less: both had the same ob-
joct in view, the defeat of Texas.
Foremost in this base treachery was the
Whig Senator from this State—the man whom
tiro people of (jeorgia arc now called upon to
support by voting for Mr. Crawford and his
measures; and who in the event of a Whig
legislature, will ho again returned to the Sen
ate. A? a cutious specimen of the political
history of last year, we subjoin tlie following
extracts from tlie Whig circular issued by Sen-
eslly the question. Cun you put any confid enca
in a man or party that have once attempted | 0
deceive you so treacherously and baselv as th e
whigs have, at a time, too, when the decisi' 0a
you were called upon to make, might have sea.
led forever tho destinies and liberties of y 0llr
country—when tlie work of a day m : glu hnve
decided what a life of unavailing sorrow could
neither alter or atone for.
People of Georgia, you are now culled U p.
on to sustain a party, who, like tho base and p er
jured Judean, while professing friendship
were preparing to deliver you, hound h aTlc j
and foot, to your worst enemies. Will y ( , u
do it ? Will you not rather consign them to
that infamy which their insults to a proud and
free people so richly merit ? Will you not
teach Senator Berrien that even though tlie
sword of the traitor may he formidable, the
traitor himself has ever been held, and always
will be, while human nature remains the same
in utter detestation.
Avodsta, Oct. SB. ieu.
Dear Sir :—The present interesting aspect of our po.
litical affairs, anrt the near approach of the Presi l l tR [j s |’
election, hare inJuceiJ the undersigned to address this let
ter to you. We beg you to receive it in the spirit in which
it is sent as an earnest, friendly communication, from one
political friend to another.
We have arrived nt an erentfa 1 and solemn crisis «
our public affairs. The success of the Whig candidites,
in tlie Presidential election, secures to us, tranquility
home, peace with Foreign Nations and a rapidly advancing
prosperity.
Tlie distribution of the proceeds of the public lands,
which would relieve Georgia from debt, without increasing
our taxes, and entbie us promptly to complete onr Public
Works—the establishment of a National Bank, should the
people desire it, which is a cherished object with ns—the
continuance of peace with Foreign Na.ions. and prosperity
nnd happiness among ourselves, will be the result ol the
election of Mr. Clay and Frelinghuysen, not merely {„
foor years but probably for a quarter of a century.
We add a single, bat decisive motive : AIK. POLK. IS
NOW. THE AVOWED FAVORITE OF THE AB
OLITIONIST ! AIR. CLAY. Id THE OBJECT OF
THEIR BITTERSST CALUMNY!
A print, procurred from the office of “The Liberator,'
abolition paper in Boston, presents a negro woman, half
naked, chained to a post and a man whose likeness to Mr.
Clay, cannot be mistaken, with a lash in his hand, is whip,
ping her—underneath is the motto, “ The Atilt Hoy of the
Slashes.” This vile print has been extensively circulated u
the North, audits object is to excite the people against Ur.
Clay.
Jt remained for Mr. Birny. the trader of the abolitionists,
not only to express hatred of Mr. Clay, hut prrfertncc for
Mr. Polk! THIS PREFERENCE HR HAS K.Y-
PRESSED! He declares his preference for Mr. Polk,
and too plainly manifests his motive, and that of his party,
to be this: Mr. Clay is a strong man. and possessing the
confidence of his party, will be^tble to resist the abolition
ists. Mr. Po!k has neither personal nor party strength to
resist them. Their first movement is to derlare ever}
slaveholder incapable ol holding an office.
“The spirit of the Times.” a Democratic paper, publish
ed in Philadelphia and widely circulated, justifies Ur.
Jlirney’s preference of Mr. Polk, on the ground that thr
principles of the Democracy justify it.
MR. POLK THEN AVOWEDLY SUPPORT
ED BY THE ABOLITIONISTS!
Mr. IH RNEY, their Nominee for the Presidency, arors
his preference for Mr. Polk—and a Democratic News
paper, of high authority in their ranks, speaking fur die par
ty, justifies it. After this, what patriotic Georgian, whig
or Democrat—what man of any party, who lores bis State,
what meansto defend her institutions at any hazard, will
consent to r.ite for Mr. Polk—to be round side by side with
the abolitionists, supporting Mr. Polk—with an abolitionist
f.irbis lite t-a t-r—sacrificing his own dearest interest to
elevate Mr. Polk to the Presidency, that his imbecility
may enable them more easily to accomplish tiieir nefarious
designs T We pray you to make ibis fact extensively
known among your countrymeu, before and early on the
day of election. We adjure vou by all the motives which
may have value with patriotic Sons of Geo. —in, to devote
y mrself, uncessi xjly, to this subject until the day of the
election.*
We arc respectfully, your friends and fellow citizens.
JOHN M. BERRIEN,
ROBERT TOOMBS,
O. J. JENKINS,
A. J. MILLER
It. L. GAMBLE,
W. W. HO LT.
A copy of this letter has been addressed to - ■
and 1 —-, and Ksqrs.’ of your rnttn-
try. Tlie fort is mentioned, that you may. ifyou thinkpmp-
er. consult with them. We would especially reenmmewd
that some honorable persons be selected, distinguished fun
their activity and zeal, as the time is short, to aid you, es
pecially on tlie day of the election.
Tiro Scat of War.
Ti c question of peace or war is sli’l in a
doubtful stale. At the last accounts from tliat
country, there had been no declaration of war,
nor did there seetn to he any immediate pros
pect of hostilities. Such a course by tliat gov
ernment, dejrends on so many contingencies,
tlie miscarriage of tlie least of which would Lc
fatal to any such enterprise, that we are inclin
ed to think that tho relations of the United State*
will net be interrupted unless it may be by tri
fling border difficulties upon the line. The N*
O. Bulletin makes the following remarks upon
tlie prospects of a war:
The most belligerent indication is, the recommendation hr
the Ministry to the Chambers, of an act authorising a decla
ration of wat against the United States, and. the negotiation
of a loan of fifteen millions of dollars, for carrying it on.—
The measure was under discussion by the Afexican Con
gress, but whether any such bill as the one recommended
would be passed, was highly problematical. The gre«tob
struction in the way or a hostile demonstration, evidently,
is the want of money. In the act providing for a dec'arstion
of war, it is apparent that the Ministry bases its recommend
ation on the ability ta raise a loan of fifteen millions »f dol
lars. The two things are so coupled together, that the
Chambers in their deliberations will he compelled to stare
both evils in the face at once. For this reason, we think
that the warlike recommendation of the Ministry will oslv
result in a wordy and protracted debate. The impossibil
ity of borrowing "the sinews of wsr.” either from domes ic
or foreign capitali.us, will be on unanswerable srgnmeet
against the Quixotic enterprise of taking Texas. Abrmd
Mexico has ns credit, and her bonds could hardly be dis
counted al sixty per cent. At home the only class of eiti-
zens who have money to lend, are the priests, nnd thev.siiiee
the downfall of their favorite Santa Anna, are not is fa
vor of the new order of things, nor disposed to trait tb*
Government. In this entire desti ution of resources, it»
hardly possible that a deliberative body, like the Mexico
Congress, composed ns it should be of the most enbgi'tecri
men of the nation, would conclude upon a measure so >b-
a nrd as a declaration of war.
The arrival and departure of troops at Neff
Orleans, nnd the requisition made on the Gov
ernor of Louisiana by Gen. Gaines for 1000 men
to repair to Texas, has created quite an excite
ment iu that city. Tlie call for,troops, a* "^1
be seen by the subjoined extract from the Pie*
ayune, was responded to with the noblest alac
rity by the patriotic Otleanois. The Picay
une of the 20tli, says :
The offic ial orders of the Governor to the Adjattnt aw
Inspector General «f the State, calling on him to farttuS'
forthwith, for.servico in Texas, from the First BivisiM «
the State Alilitis, two companies of artillery, with ur
pieces complete ; and from the Militia of the State, two:'*;
iments of riflemen and two regiments of infantry, eqn'PPf*
fur service in the best possible manner, appeared in *
Courier of last evening. .,
Before the time at which these orders appeared in P r ’V
they having been previously communicated to Gen. Le*~
nud by him to Major Gaily and Captain Forto ; lb*J* .
latter officers had mustered a volunteer force all sumcic ^
tn fill up the two arlillgry companies. Captain
rottunand is mustered, as we write, at the Armory cl
Washington Regiment.
Major Gally’s men, we understand, are busy down
and to prove that he is “always ready.” the new nr ' :
midable fi«rid pieces oftlie State under his con ml, lie
along St. Peter streer, opposite the Arsenal.- A £ lir -
career to the brave Orleanois I
atop Berrien and others, upon the eve of the
Presidential election last fall. Wo commend ,or at Cor P us Christi, has not been
It to the people of Georgia, Whigs and Dem
ocrats—to every one who feels tliat he has an
interest in her soil, or a part in the common
destiny and honor of Iter citizens. Let these
extracts be carefully read and the charges
made be compared with what you vourselves
know to be the true position of the Abolition
ists, and than ask yourselves calmly and hon-
Tlic rumor that 10,000 Mexican treops nCVl -
advancing upon the command of Gen. Tn.'
confir^*
The Messenger is welcome to all that it cin
make out of the election of Martin to -Ahtban' 3 *
A'few more such victories as have been acln e '
cd by the Democracy of that State, North C**
J — - • - * - — c. (lDG
oitna, and Tennessee, nt the late elections,
the mildew blight of Federalism will
from the Southern name and fly away to > ls “
live soil, where Webster, Slade, and Ad 3U
live.