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REPUBLIC. SAMI El. M. STRONG, Editor. MACON, JAM Ain 99,1946. THE KGPI BI.K FOIt IMS. While we stand at the threshold, and are just enteiing upon the labors of a New Year, it is a source of the highest gratifi cation to us that the great principles of Democracy, the spirit of the age, lor which the Republican party of the coun try have always so strenuously contend ed, are gloriously in the ascendant. This result is a source of unfeigned exultation to us, tor considerations far higher than any which may relate merely to our own |tersoiiul success, or that of the enterprise with which we are connected. It is gratifying to us because it gives an unfailing indication of the public senti ment of the country in relation the great cardinal principles upon which our Gov ernment is founded, and invigorates with renewed confidence the hope that we have .always clierished —the reward for which we have always toiled the victory lor which we shall always struggle the es tablishment of the great principles of equal rights and republican Government, while like the good seeds scattered broad cast by the winds, quicken into life and beauty, by the ennobling and soul inspir it,g fruits, die most solitary places. As to the future course of the Republic it is not necessary at present to enlarge; that has been briefly stated betbre, and we will now only add that in politics the Republic will be thoroughly democratic— democratic in that enlarged and liberal sense which includes all the main ends of that virtue breathing and elevating spirit which is at present abroad among the nations, and which is at this day si lently, yet surely, revolutionizing the world. Democratic in that sense which, while it holds the maxim that majorities should rule, still claims that the fruits of lhe earth, as well as die rights of the peo ple, aue die gifts of Heaven, and not the uHMiiiiiecnce of" Government; and that whenever Government violates or infrin ges this obvious truth, whether by major ities <w otherwise, it is the duty, as well ■as the right, of the minority to oppose it. Front what we have already stated, it w ill he elcairly liafbnnod that the 11 kiu bmc will -steasd?illy and earnestly oppose with et-s utmost energy, -ill partial legislation ami grants of peculiar ptivileges. It will also zealously insist on the repeal, or mod ification of the pernicious tariff with which the country is at present cursed. On the great question of annexation, (he attention of the people has been thoroughly awa kened. The Republican party of the •cooitiny have already pronounced in its (favor:; utxi tfnc popular voice in every «celi(Ni swells louder and louder, and pre sages with unerring certainty the final •consummation of that question to lie just at It.utd. .Should we be disappointed, (however, in lA*rs reasonable hope, this jour <na'l will he 'ibuiuJ to season, and out of sensor,, >C!«ntOßclfet£ for the rc-unriexntion ml our dismembered territory. Nay more, •it will lie one of the constant find earnest •oljjeot-S'of tihis paper to show the impoli cy, sts'wdH its danger, of delaying it longer. Wo launch our humble barque upon the waters with this avowal of our prin ciples, and the promise that if the exer •oiseof such talents as we have, can be «« any way auxiliary in advancing the great leading interests of our own slate and people, they will be employed on every suitable occasion to promote what ever rimy promise to conduce to the mo ral character, social relations,agricultural, commercial, or political prosperity of our own cherished clime. .KOMIOH It All. HO AD. A correspondent of the Savann.ih Re publican recently gave that paper the fol lowing information in regard to the pre sent condition of the Monroe Rail Road. His attention appears to have been called to the subject by some remarks appearing under the editorial head of that paper: “ The Monroe Rail Howl, extending from .1/a- , con to White Hall, one bundled and one miles, has been completed, as liir as Jonesboro, eighty miles, '■ except the laying down of a bout two miles of iron, 1 which tins been delayed tor th< want of nails ; 1 these will probably be bad in a week or two, and the cars will then run regnlarly to Jonesboro.— , From Jonesboro to White Hall, twenty one miles, the grading has been entirely completed, unless there should he some change of the line at the up per end, in connecting with the State Road—and even in that event the grading to he done would be very little. The wooden sti|>ers!meture is com pleted fourteen miles above Jonesboro—leaving nn'y seven miles to perform, and on which the Ibr ces now employed, are finishing three quarters of a mile per week, so that in nine or ten weeks, or by ihe first of April, the whole work can be completed if the company ran furnish iron and nails about! ten miles, which is all that will lie wanting to com plete the Road to the Stale work at While Hall.i “ The Road below Griffin, has been in very had order, hut with the Ibrce now being put on to re pair, it may soon be run over without difficulty, or much additional ex|tense. “ A meeting of the Stockholders is to take place *>n the 25th inst. for the election of President and Directors of the Company, after which it is hoped, dial the most active and energetic measures will he adopted to procure the balance of the iron, and put the whole Ruud in complete operation during die spring.” The editor in animadverting upon the above statement, says that bis remarks •‘were made in no spirit of unkindness towards tlie Monroe Company.” He then proceeds to slate that upon the completion of “ that link, (the junction of the Monroe and State Roads,) in our great chain of improvements, and upon the capacity of dte company to sustain itself, will depend da sun ess of Savannah in her competition ! with Charleston for the trade of the great Valley of the West.” It is natural, quite natural, that those whose interests tire identified with Savan nah, should feel intensely upon the sub ject of its commercial prosperity. And we arc not ourselves so peculiarly local in vur attachments as not to desire to see (he lune-honorcd city go on prospering and to prosper. But we must be pardon ed in suggesting that there appears to be too much of isolation in feeling , as well as locality , about Savannah and its citizens. Cuibono is a poser, whenever public inqui ry or action are demanded upon the impor tant matters connected with the subject of internal improvement. Os what ben efit is it to us and oar city? Which shall be lire controlling point? Is it reduced to an absolute certainty that Savannah is to be the recipient of the benefits accruing from the accomplishment of the measure? These questions are both natural and proper; but after having done all that duty requires, to subserve our own interests, the sphere of our thoughts should be some what amplified. “ Live and let live,” ap plies as pointedly to communities as to individuals. And we feel assured that our venerable sister will never be iuqre ded in her commercial prosperity by al lowing to the up country a just measure of influence in the din-dim of the Central Rail Road, or in yielding to Macon those commercial advantages which she at pre sent enjoys, as well from her centrality of location as the disjunction of the Central and Monroe Rail Roads. In the article referred to, the Editor be gins with soap and concludes with saw dust. He gravely stales with the placid ity of Oily Gammon, that it,.on “the com pletion of that link in our great chain of improvements, and ujkiii tlic capacity of the company to sustain itself, will depend the success of .Savannah in her competi tion with Charleston lor the trade ol the great \ alley of the West.” And then alter making divers suggestions about the condition, prospects, capacities, 4tc., &c., of the Monroe Railroad, concludes some what with the acidity of (Juirk, tiial in the event that no compromise be effected with the creditors of the Monroe Railroad, and the junction of the Central and Mon roe Rail Roads not completed at Macon, so as not to afford an unbroken line of com munication between the Tcnntsstc rteir and the seaboard, it would be best lor Savan nah to etiect a junction with the Georgia Railroad at Augusta or some other point. An unbroken line of communication from the Tennessee to the seaboard, “is the word.” Eel the authorities of Macon ev er assent to that pnqiosilion and our city will be served in the same way that Col. Altbrd predicted would be the late of the wire-grass cowpens, “knocked into a cocked hat.” Macon would degenerate into a mere country village—a tavern, post office, and gin shop, the only eviden ces ol its being a habitable spot. But long before Savannah can carry her magnificent work through, the junction of the Monroe and Slate roads will have ocen completed. The company is now re-organ sed under ellicient officers, their energies icnewetl and their prospects brightening, mid we feel assured that ibis great Work destined to redound so much to the advantage of Savannah, will lie in successful operation be lore the end ol the present year. In the mean time it would no doubt be greatly*facilitaled by the diversion of the 5-300,000, intended for the Branch road, to its own collet s. The application would be equally as just and much more rea sonable. Till: COUPS DIUMATIgI'E. We have been delighted with the per thrmunces of Mr. Rotter’s Theatrical Corps. Mr. W. G. Jones cannot be ex celled in the characters he tills. His * William,’ in Black-Eyed Susan, and ‘ Ben,’ in Ben the Boatswain, are done up to life. In dress, action, appearance, and the bold, blufli right up and down character of the jolly tar, lie lias few equals and no superior on the American stage. His stage action is highly graphic, his readings admirable, and bis selections exhibit both judgment, and good taste. On Monday night, Mr. Jones appeared in the celebrated play of “the Carpenter of Rouen.” This drama has been per formed night after night in the principal cities of the worth with the most brilliant success. We understand that it is to be repeated. It is the most popular drama of the tluv, and those who can afford it ought bv alt. means to lake their families to see it. Mrs. Bolter is evidently an actress of line genius. Os all the criterions by which to determine the true appreciation of a performer, the most certain is that where the actor most nearly indentifies herself with the character represented. In ibis Mrs. I*. is perfect. Soul and body seem to be wholly absorbed and but for the occasion and place, the deception would be complete. Site requires no prompt ings, and so natural is Iter acting that the dialogue has the appearance of extempore speaking. This is the great secret of good playing. To give every thing the appearance as if the occasion suggested it, to melt into the sentiment, of the au thor, and identify one’s self completely with the character performed. With all, Mrs. I*. is unc la belle femme, which is another and not very immaterial secret of her attractions. Kemble is inimitable in comic character. He would shake a hypochondriac into good humor in despite oi himself. In fact, the whole corps arc well organ ized and deserve the patronage of our citizens. Nothing is more instructive or amusing than a good play well jterforin ed; and we cannot see why it is that crowds will throng to sec an English cockney thrumb a piano with an execu tion but little superior to a boarding school miss, while they neglect those most at tractive and improving exhibitions. The performances are chaste, appropri ate and well ordered, and our citizens who have the taste to appreciate and the liberality to patronise a good theatre, now have the opportunity of doing so. It is true no place for ‘nice young men,’ nor ‘simpering old maids,’ but the truly en liolitcned, chaste and virtuous cannot be tnore edified, with so little sacrfice of time, than to see the genius of the finest authors personified on the stage. Mr. P. is determined to please, and we arc glad to see from the well-tilled houses nightly attendant, that he has pleased. r the NEW YORK EVENING POST. This is certainly a wonderful age —a very wonderful age—an age of very fine theories, as well as of very indifferent practices,—an age of great events as well as of very little men. The following from the New-York Evening Post, copied of course by most of the whig papers of the Union, is the coolest specimen of the mock heroic, that we have met with lately ; and if it should, by anv possibili ty, meet the eye of Cen. Jackson, why it cannot fail to change entirely the long cherished opinions ol the old hero, upon the Texas question. But seriously the audacity of this drivelling Swiss—this federal abolitionist—this very little man who has always been known to belong to that school of patriots, who are willing to fight on either side, provided they are paid —for this man to claim to have advised ■ Cen. Jackson in his palmiest, or anyothen days, is ridiculous in the extreme. Ilis advice at any time with Cen. Jackson, would have about as much weight with him as his doggrel verses had when lie vainly imagined that he could write down Mr. Jefferson and his Republican administration in 1&0G. The Republican party now as then, whenever the sacred names of country, honor, or freedom call, vibrates at the sound—and the efliirts of! factionists to stay or impede its proud march will be as fruitless in the one case as they were in the other. The annex ation of Texas is in unison with the great principles upon which our revolution was based, and he that would oppose it or limit its purposes is himself scarcely fit to enjoy the blessings which the revolution secured : From the New York Keening Post, Jan. 13. PROCEEDINGS 1% REGARD TO THE TEXAS QUESTION. They keep pestering Cen. Jackson still on the Texas question, and, with the llame ol life yet flickering in its socket, the brave and honest old man writes fel lers in favor of the annexation scheme.— The zealots for that scheme know the es teem in which General Jackson is held a moiig the people, and hoping that the ex pression of his partiality to the measure will help to do away its unpopularily in certain parts of the country, they make his last moments uneasy with alarms about its late in Congress, and succeed in get ting him to write a letter about Texas once in about three weeks. We yield to no man in admiration of the c haracter of General Jackson, but we used to tell him in the palmiest days of his popularity that he had his infirmities and committed his mistakes; and one of the saddest of his infirmities is the hutry he is in to add Texas to our Confederacy .We can easi ly imagine how Cen Jackson is besieged | —intrusion and importunity are too much the habit of our dear countrymen — besieged in the chamber to which ill health and the debility of old age have confined him; and we suggest to their sense of humanity that he has been wor ried enough about this affair, and should be allowed to pass his last moments in peace. The letter which we publish to-day urges the necessity of immediately annex ing Texas, inasmuch as, if the measure be postponed, all hope of effecting it is lost. The only ground for saying this is the opinion of Mr. Douelson, an agent ol the American Government now in Texas. We heard the same story last winter.— Mr. Tyler was very emphatic in the asser tion that Texas must be annexed then or not at all. I’pshur said the same tiling, the Government agents in Texas said it, and the Madisonian repealed it in daily echoes. Texas was not then annexed to the Union, and now, when another at tempt is made to carry the measure, the same spur is applied to hasten a tardy and unwilling Congress. “Now or nev ,er” was the cry last winter; “now or never” is the cry this winter; and, if the matter be postponed, “ now or never” will be the cry next winter. Dr. Wallcott, in some of his earlier verses, relates a story of certain blooming female cousins from the country whom lie was accompanying to look at the majestic edifice of St. Pauls. In their way they were attracted by a tihand-shop, into which they rushed with squalls of delight and in a moment were deep in discussions on the many-colored tissues on the coun ter. The poet, after a long delay, began to be impatient, and reminded them ofthe object of the walk, to which they coolly replied— “ Don’t be afraid, St. Paul’s can’t run away.” We say the same of Texas. It did not run away last winter, notwithstanding the predictions of those who were in such i haste to annex it to the Union, and it will not run away next winter. The members can lake time to pass the appropriation bills and go quietly borne on the fourth of March, and allow the whole interval Itc tween March and December to pass over without the least apprehension that Texas will run away, lfit be so important, as many pretend, for the welfare and pros perity of the two countries that they should be under the same Federal Gov ernment, a little delay will not alter their interests or their inclinations. i “Marry in haste and repent at leisure” is an old proverb, as applicable to com munities as to individuals. Here is a union destined to endure to jterpetuity.— Let us not rashly take any steps that may draw on a subsequent repentance. Let us weigh its expediency with the greatest deliberation, and settle its conditions with the greatest circumspection. Gen. Jack son thinks that there are too many projects of annexation before Congress. This ( very fact is a reason for deliberation and postponement. It shows the perplexity and disagreement of men’s minds on the question. TEXAS. We heartily concur in the following re marks from that sterling ami able Demo cratic journal, the New York Plebeian. It speaks out frankly and manfully as the times require. It expresses the free sen timents of a free press. That journal has sustained the Texas question from the first, when others around it either halted or evaded the issue, with a firmness which opposition could neither shake nor move; and we cannot let the present op{x>rtu nity pass without according to it the merit of having accomplished more for the ques tion of annexation than any other paper north of Mason’s and Dixon’s line : “Democracy regards die last struggle as some thing infinitely higher and nobler than mere strug gling tor place and |Riiver. “ Principles. , first, lasi and Ibrever; me.v only as iLe instruments to carry om 'hose principles,’’ is die inscription marked in characters ol' blazing light ii| xm me broad folds ol tlie Republican banner. It has lieen recorded by the late election, lhal Terns must be incorpora ted icilh the Territory of this Union, without ask ing the assent ol any (lower, hilt flint established by the sovereign people of Texas themselves; tiiai Oregon must have extended over il the protection ofthe stars and stri|)es; and we think we do not say too much, when we assert, that the people in the election of ,Vr. Polk have said “the inroads of British empire on this comment must be stayed.” In Ins election, they already have confidence that the strongest tincture of nationality will mark his administration ofthe government, and that he will watch, with an eagle eye, every opportunity to add strength to our institutions aiai enlarge the sphere of their lieuign influence. * “The election of Mr. Polk has no) hcen favorably received in Great Briiain,” say the English pajicrs. How compli mentary lo the noble progressive Democracy.— With iioseeming knowledge ofllie man, British in stinct has already discovered the secret of his tri niiipliijnt election. “Opposition to the further extension of British Empire”— “a revenue tariff”—“no Bank”—these' are the principles which .1/r. Polk was {unclaimed our candidate thionghout the campaign, and they ; were Sanctioned by the victory.” SIMMS’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE. This new periodical is edited by W. Gilmore Simms, who has done more than any oilier writer lo exalt anil maintain the literature of the South. We are glad to see such a man at the head of a southern periodical. With a fertile genius, a glow ing fancy, and an amor litem that is incx h.itisiible, he cannot fail to make his mag azine one of die most readable periodicals among the ‘starry host’ that already l>e spanglc the literary firmament of our country. A distinguishing feature in Mr. Simms’ character is one which most strongly at taches us to him. The Mantuan bard never more deeply loved the rural banks and sweet vales of the classic Arno, than doth the author of Guy Rivers the sunny land and balmy breezes </f his own native south. It is this patriotism of the poet that gives vigor to his pen and melody to his song for he wriieth mote to exalt liis country lli.m himself The first number is on our table over flowing with interesting inattet. We in vite our friends to examine and subscribe. We acknowledge the receipt of the first number of the Southern .Medical and Surgical Journal, edited by Paul F. Eve, and J. P. Garvin, and published by P. C. Guuiu, Augusta, Uu. (l is n work ablv edited bv learned and able physicians, and ought to be in the hands of every gentleman of the profession in the South. It is peculiarly valuable to those ofthe profession resident at the south, because of the interesting treatises contained in its columns on diseases incident to our dim Re. It however affords to the stu dent much useful and general information in regard to the science of medicine, in iis reviews of new works and reports of cases occurring in foreign climates. THE BELL-RINGERS. We have at last seen anil heard this eighth wonder o/ the world, and had our cu riosity gratified. As an evidenec of great industry, indefatigable practice, anil as tonishing execution the Swiss Bell Ring ers may be considered a rare wotnler. — But this said, we cannot think with the amateurs of the day, that the melody of their bells would rival the music of the spheres or charm Euterpe from the ’skies. They looked like automaton and the measured tone, mechanical regularity of their notes increased the delusion. They were certainly curious and agreeable and “ that’s all.” to our ear Ole Bull could jerk more music out of one string of Cat gut than was ever “dreampt of in their philosophy. We have belles in Macon of iiir sweeter tone although 11 wir elapjtcrs oc casionally get out of order. Certain it is that “our nice young men” would much prefer ringing them. But of all music that vibrates most sweetly upon our tym panum is the ringing of Newcomb’s dinner bell. lie that is so dumb as not to hear it, or so lost to the melody of sweet sound as to interrupt its tinklings, ought to be with ae/uakortis lathered well and shaved with a handsaw. Doitit, the political martyr, is still in prison. An outrage upon the |M>lilical in stitutions of our country, which to future historians will appear as a strange and reckless episode in the practical opera tions of a free government. If it was right to imprison Galileo for demonstrat ing the beautiful truths of the Copemican system, or to execute Hampden Sydney for maintaining that the only legitimate sovereignty resided in the people—then it is perfectly right to immure Thomas W. Dorr in the four walls of a prison. Thomas \V. Dorr. —Tlie Legislature of llie Slate of Rhode Island, on Friday last, passed an act for tlie liberation from confinement of Thomas W. Dorr on condition that lie should lake the oath of alle giance to the Slate be lore its Supreme Court. The vote on the passage of this law was, in tlie House ol Representatives, yeas 49, nays Id—in the Senate yeas 33, nays 3. The application made by Mr. Tread well, the counsel of Gov. Dorr, fora ha bca corpus, to bring hiin.to Washmgt’n in or der to enable him to remove bis case into the U. S. Supreme Court by writ or error, has been decided by that Court and rejec t CONSTITUTION OF THE 8188 COUNTY . AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. This Society shall be known by the name of “ The Bibb county Agricultural Society,” and its officers shall consist of a President, two Vice Presidents, two Se cretaries, two corresponding Secretaries and one Treasurer : all of whom shall be elected by a vote of the Society, and shall hold their respective offices for one year. It shall be the duty ofthe President, to appoint meetings, to organize the body, lo keep order, to appoint committees, and to carry the Will ofthe Society into exe cution, and to decide questions of order, but on appeal, may in all eases, be made to the Society in questions relating to or der. It shall lie the duly one of the Vice Presidents, in the absence of the Presi dent, to discharge the duties ofthe Presi dent. It shall be the duty of the Secretaries, to keep a record of the proceedings of the Society, and to correspond with other So cieties or with individuals if necessary. It shall be the duly of the Treasurer, to receive and disburse the money, and to keep and exhibit a record of the same. No qualification shall be necessary to become a member of the Society, except a good moral character; nor shall any member be expelled from the Society ex cept by a vote of three fifths ol all the members of the Society. No privilege shall be claimed by arty member of the Society that is not com mon to each and all of the members. No question shall be brought betbre the Society except such as relate to agricul ture or the mechanic Arts, nevertheless the Society may appoint separate meet j ings to discuss questions that relate to public education or political economy, I but the Society shall in no wise discuss ! any subject of an exciting tendency. Any member may withdraw from the Society by discharging all the obligations which he may be under to the Society, without giving his reasons for so doing, but he must in that case have his name erased from the list. This Constitution if adopted, may be altered, amended, or abolished, by a vote of two thirds of all the members of the Society, but no law, ordinance, or rule, shall be passed by the Society contrary lo its provisions until it is so altered or a mended. nut THE REPCBI.IC. CAUSE OF HARD TIMES IN THE SOUTH, ANU THE REMEDY. Il is a good sign that the people ol' the South are becoming convinced lhal there imnil lie a change to a great extent in their pursuits —tlie fliictuuiiou in the value of their great staple has eilecled this. It is to be regretted, however, that they do not seem to perceive the true remedy—il can never be eilecled by any great change in agric utturat crops. As long its slavery continues in the South, so long must the sugarcane, cotton, and tobacco remain the great staples, at leas qlbr several generations. “Per haps the time will come ivbtn other agricultural products may be exported largely from the South with profit. I do not, as some do, Itelieve that slavery is an obstacle loour most flourishing peo ple on earthen is iu ourselves, not in slavery that we are tailing behind the rest of the world. Until we learn to be content with small gains to ensure larger, I orego a demoralizing thirst liir,larger present gams lor a certain future prosperity, we cannot hope loi ns we shall not deserve any ihing hut ruin. No patriot, no Christian, can regard the devastation which the earth every where presents as the effects oft his wicked spirit ofs|>eculatioii and avarice with out the most heartfelt sorrow and gloomy Ibrt-bo diugs. The lairesl purl of God’s creation—a soil titled to enrich many generations, is hy this worse i hail savage spirit in one generation si ripped, devas tated, amt rendered almost a desert, as if hy the Iblloiversofa Tamerlane ora GanghisUlian,instead ofthe natives, the offspring ofthe country. One tiling is certain, this evil spirit must be ex jtelled lielore any permanent pros|>erity can await us; we must try to imbibe in its stead enough ofthe old Roman spirit to lie content tos|>ciid a tKirtioo of our time and money for those who are lo live af ter us—let farmers remember and feci that it is a ruinous system of farming which does not improve instead oi' exhaust the land—that does not per mit the lather to hand down lo the son a farm tidi er and far more valuable than lie ibund it. So much for the first step towards prosperity— the next and only step is, we must have manufacto ries, and bv this term 1 mean to include all useful arts. There is no law of political economy more lixed and eternal than this, viz: An agricultural country cannot long tic prospeious without inmu factones; certain it is that agriculture is the forma tion and sup|Hirt of alt other pursuits, but what is the foundation of a house good lor, without the su perstructure. Not in iiiv years ago a fanner in Ohio,wrote to his relative ill New England, not to send letters lo him any more by mail, lor that Ins last had lain in the office three mouths, because, he could not raise the “quarter” to release it from orison for although he had a “quarter section” of land, and out of debt, with more than he and his could consume of eula bles, yet that it was rare that his "quarter seetiou” could'be made to raise a ‘quarter of a doUar.” There is no such thing as absolute iudepcndeuce —neighborhoods, and nations are more or less de pendent on each other; it is right they should Lie— it is,one ofthe laws ofeivilizatiou-yet none hut those iu a hojN'lcss state of idiotc.v or national debasement would long consent lo be at the merry of either friend orfoe. A great agricultural community is in that hope less condition; they are constantly subject to shocks from the fluctuating legislation of those who look only to their own interest and who often perceive that to lie in tiie ruin of their dependent. A manu facturing people have the world litr customers and tind markets w here the farmer cannot go with his raw material. A vast majority of the children of Adam cultivate the ground while hut a lew are mechanics. Again what immense sums of money does man ufacturing not only retain in the country, but bring into it—look at the millions which annually flow out of our country lor things which we ought lo pro duce lor sale. What resources must any country possess which could eudure this drain as long as lire South has, unexhausted 1 Nothing bill her soil (richer than the mines of Potosi) in its vigorous youth, could have stood it —no wonder that the grey hairs and decrepitude of age begin already lo warn her of a premature grave. But how can we have manufactories —foreigners do not choose to come among us to build them.— Build them yourselves and have done with your eternal dependence on others —you can get up a subscription lor a dozen Rail Roads or swindling banks of a half a million a piece any lime in a week, and cannot you in like manner get a lew factories of a hundred thousand apiece which would not only enrich the owners but the whole slate, all that is wanted, is the resolution to start the project.-- Let tlie planters subscribe each, what lie pleases, and you could soon have a factory in each neigh borhood. In this way you not ouly supply vour selvec with what you now buy lor cash, but find a cash market at home for your cotton and produce; instead of sending your money out of the State, and thereby out of your reach, you retain it and bring in more. Again you get ridot the expense ol two million and a half ufdollars annually spent for cotton bagging, lor this article_wonld not be needed to get vour cotton lo the factory at home. As to the profit* to tlie stockholders, no pursuit in life lias ever been as profit ah e or as certain. TW is thegniform testimony of both English and Amer ican manufacturers. The writer was assured by those in Manchester in England that it was all m mistake that it was ever a loosing business; they said that by foolish speculation ot by acndtng hia goods lo an unitirtanate market, or by befinmHig surely for othets, and the like casualties, a nrsnn lacturer might become a bankrupt, but not from the nature ot his business.—l asked them why they so often turned off their operatives or put them on half lime. Their reply was either to give time to find a market, or because the workmen asked more than they wished lo give liir their services. They said they had lost heavily in limes past from failures in America, but that such losses could not be charged lo their business. The testimony on this side of the water is still more satisfactory to come near home. 1 was told the other day by a slave-holder in the Roswell fac tory, in Cotib county, that tlieir average dividends were twenty-two per cent., and that they would be iiinrh larger if they did not expend large iuoii an iiusllv in enlarging their improvements. The manager and superinletidant of a factory in Upson county,assured niv informant, who icofun questioned veracity that their Ihctorv the past vear, 1814,cleared sixlv-liuir percent. With such facts lielore them, will the |ieople ofthe South still per sist in their down hill course to RUIN. M.4RKIKD. In Culloden, .Von me county, Ga. on the !6tb iust. hy the /fev. A. Spear, Gkokce Ci.ark, ol this City, to Miss .Sarah E. daughter of John Cas iltn, Esq. ofthe firmer place. In Areola, Ala. on the Ist inst. bv the Rev. A. J. Craw lord, Dr. Jonathah VV. Williams, to Miss S, A. Rebecca Dozier, both formerly of Gritfiu, Gu. In August*. Ga. on the 14th inst. by the Right uev. \\ . |\ Brandy, Mr. Thomas Stansell, ol" Barnwell Distiict; S. C. to Miss .Sabah Amahua, youngest daughter of John C. .Lewis, Esq. deceas ed. DIED. In this City, on the 9th inst. of Searlet Fever, Mary Elisabeth Evi.vrr, only child of George B. and M. A. Rolierls, aged nearly 2 vear*. THEATRE. On II ednesday Evening, Jan. 99, Will he performed Kolxhue’s celebrated plav, in live acts, entitled TII3 M IUIU.R. Stranger, Mr. W. G. June*, , Brandon, Loin", Mehen, Mrs. Haller, Mrs. Potter, Countess, Miss Birchard, DANCE, t,y Mr, Goodwin, COMIC SONG, _hy_ Mr. Kemble" To conclude with the nautical Drama of lIEAC'K-EI'ED SUSAN. William, (the sailor.) Mr. W. G. Jones, ADMISSION.—Boxes 75 cent«; Parquetle and Gallery 50 cents. Tickets procured at the Box Office. Doom open at 6; Curtain to rise at 7 u’cloek precisely. No Smoking or disorderly conduct allowed, i roper officers are appointed to enforce decorum. UJ-.For particulars see bills ofthe day. Macon, Jan. 22, 1845. * 16 It SILVER PLATED ANU. B rittania Ware . qq JUST received bv tlie suhncrihe Q/nr-sN a fii'f lot of SILVkU PL.ITKD fiU- J HViff E, such as Fine Castors, Cake jnefjlm Baskets, Candle Stieks, (with ami without branches,) Snuflera ami Tray*, Tea Pots, &c. &c. &e., whieh together with Ins New Stock of Watches, Jewelry, and Fancy Goods, he oflers at prices corresponding with the present low rales of cotton. Purchasers will find it to their advantage lo give him a call before pur chasing elsewhere. Wntcbes Repaired nnd Warranted at prleaa which shall sire *ati*ii*eflon. G\ K. WENTWORTH. Watch Maker and JnrtUer , Adjoining the store of Mr. G. A. Kimberly, Mul lierry street, Macon, Georgia. January 15, 1845. 14 (f SUPERIOR COTTOJY GUYS. THE Subscriber’s Improved Gins have lieen thirty tested Ibis season by a trial of more tli- n five hundred different ones, all made and sold by him within the last teu mouths, and have proven to be decidedly the be3t performing Gina ever used. He will tardier improve those ottered for next crop, which will make them not only better perfuming, hut more durable and convenient than any other. They are constructed upon a plan of his own, only his own workmen have ever made one like them, and hy having n better shop and machinery, more and better workmen ofhis own, with a steam luudier mill, amt steam power to his factory, can afford gins on belter terms than others, and if those wanting to purchase fiir next crop, will wait until called iqion hy one of his agents, or apply to him by letter, beibre they engage else where, he will asrree to furnish them at a lower price according to quality, than any oilier man or firm. His agents will visit planters throughout the State, during the selling season. Address letters to Clinton, Jones county Georgia. Gins will be de livered at the purchasers residence, warranted to perlhrm as recommended. * SAMUEL GRISWOLD. January 20, 1815 it; 4tw-mlf GEORGIA, Vrmrford county. KST HEREAS, Robert Hicksand Louisa Brook* applies lo me tor letters of administration on the estate of John S. Brooks, late of said county, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to Ik* and appear at my office within the time pre scrihed bv law, lo show cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted. Given under mv hand at office, this 28th Janua ry, 1845. JAMES J. RAY, c. c. o. January 29, 1845. It) — flw ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. AGREEABLY to an order of the Inferior Cour ofCrawford county, when silting lor ordinary purposes, will he sold on the first Tuesday in April next, before the court-house door in the town oi Knoxville, within the legal hours of sale, one hundred one and a fourth acres ofland more or lea*, it being part of lot No. 140, in the aernnd district of’ originally Houston, now Crawford county. Sold as the property of Isaiah Culpepper, late of said countv, deceased, sold for the benefit of the heirs. LEWIS F. HICKS, Adm’or. In right ofhis wife. January. 22, 1845. 15 ■ jXOI'K MONTHS alter date application will be made to the honorable the Inferior Court ofCrawford county when sitting for ordinary pur poses, lor leave to sell, all the real estate belonging to the estate of IRilliam Matthew* , late ol said count v deceased. PATRICK M. CALHOUN, Admr. January 22, 1845. 15—4*. BARGAINS! BARGAINS!: only a few weeks longer, you will Sad th* cheapest Goons in Macon, bv catHwifet H. BERHEIMER & BROTHERS, at Ray k McNeil'sold stand. January 8, 1845. II ts