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llis services anti ins acknowledged ta lcnta placed him in tlie Executive chair. While there he succeeded in perfecting the nationality of Texas. It was during his administration that the haughty powers of Europe were induced to recognize the independence of the young Republic. By his energy, his genius, and the con fidence inspired by his private as well as public virtues, he succeeded at once in placing his country in a respectable polit ical position with the nations of the earth, lie may be truly said to have sown the seeds of her future greatness. They are Ilo w springing forth into luxuriant growth. In a lew years Iter bright destiny may even surpass hit most sanguine hopes. May he live to see the reunion of states, dissevered by stupid diplomatists, con summated by the great and good of both 1 Repo Elies. As patriots we should pray 10 see this aspiration, most sincerely; as Southern men, most devoutly'. For with such characters to adorn the public coun cils, the “forlorn hope” of the South will spring up into a legion of dauntless men. \nd from that event we may date anew era the dawn of better times. L*'or ramparted by new States, in possession 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 restric tions will vanish before the sweep of pub lic opinion throughout the vast domain of [he Empire South; and rebounding from the lethargy of years, we shall once more be the freest, tit i rn >s'. flaurishi lg, and powerful people of the earth. Below we give our readers extracts from the Democratic Review. The sketch of Gen. Lamar’s charaeter and adminis tration is in the main correct. We may hereafter indulge our own pencil in the portraiture. Ourcarliest recollections are associated with his name, and we have watched his eventful career with the in terest of a liiund, and, wc hope, the im partiality of the historian. From the Democratic Ileuicic. “With Mjaabeau JS. Lamar we open a new chapter of Texian history. Hitherto Texas had existed by sufferance. Slit 1 had stood at tin; i! Mir, t,,t hid tint entered 1 fie Hailed" Nations. Lunar felt that she deserved and must have a place and Mine, and boldly took the helm. It he steered too diligently to his l.imlinai ks—am! this is the only ac cusation —without due attention So the shoals and drifts of the'channel, it must at least he conceded that he m ule a splendid and successful voyage.— Tu to his administration 'he young nation had liv ed mi ia the chaos ot" revolutionary expedients.— She had no revenue on which to base o edit, and her rich wilderness of unappropriated land could milv In made available under a settled government ami with an increased population. Meanwhile a navv was to he created, and an etlicieut border de fence organized, for Mexico was c uitimia y threat etnmr invasion, tin ) the Indian tithes pie-sml sinrly on the fro flier set dement-a La mar re I need public business to lorm an order, and strengthened the iiavvso ellecaially that, so far from being m nested at him*, the L ine Star become a liequent and dreaded victor in the Mexican waters. Heelico tuaiiv protected the Western f ontior, by carrying the orivernment thither and estaf isnutg the capi ai at orce on the spot Gotigiess had designated as ns eventual site.” “The cause of, and ication received a first nation al impulse under Lamar. Io ' isxiansnre intern et nt, i ~-ra . a i I »l ve to the vita this g"e»t fittMnent of republicanism, but Ii e wen so maiiv calls upon tin ir inadequate naans, that thev had overlo deed making provision tor its sup port. With a broad lon e ist lor ti e t imrc, La mar pointed out how Hit.' lime.v approjv laiion o! a m'rmtte friction ot the national domain would se cure'eventually the blessings -u i; livers and ir ~ true - lion, ami urg.’uily reconunemh and that suitahle grants slmuWl he Actecfe-1 and set aside while the best lands were v: cant. The venturous expedition to Santa Fe was the best ami boldest, though the most mili.rtnnate and least understood feature id Latnar's.poliey. It has beea called hr ig nnature and plunder ing excursion. .Men do not vn a thou-nad nii.es through the untried ivihh tncss to bring had, a herd or two of cattle, when they can have them for next to nothing at their own door. Nor could a few hundred men, at that distance from home, encum bered with a long train of heavy trading wagons, reasonable expect to conquer and lead into captivi ty the whole .State ofSanla Fe. It. was a wise and weli conceived though unsuc cessful mission—partly private and mercantile, part ly public and diplomatic, inasmuch as the govern ment lent its aid, countenance and flag to effect a national good. Hit lor a eoiiein retire ot adverse circumstances it would have c tied eel more tor tiie honor and independence ol Texas than anything dune or.attempted since the day > l San Jacinto. Sure intimation had retched Texas that the in habitants along the llio Grande, etushed and down trodden by the intolerable tyranny of Armijo, the Mexican governor, were ready to with dra.v Irom the Mexican cuufeioWfey, an I Bisk tcommonca with Texas. If, as Texas cl tint td, an I was eaget to have foreign powers admit, this was a p >nioa ol her territory, it was essential to m ike some show of sovereignty in its defence, and it possible bring the inhabitants into tbe common told. Ad tilings seemed to favor a decisive blow, and Commissary General Cazneau, a man of approved ability, re ceived orders to lit out the expedition. \\ lien, with as much promptitude as tbe resources of the country permitted, the preparations were comple ted, the intrepid adventurers set forth, under the command of the gallant and accomplished General H. McLeod. In°thc face of a thousand discourage ments they traversed the Prairie Desert, and wouhl have accomplished their object but lor tbe black treachery of one of tbe officers. At tbe worst it was not altogether useless. To open anew com mercial route to the distant settlements of their claimed territory, to give them assurance of the good-will and co-operation of Texas,and to arrange the preliminary steps lor a final and perfect alli ance, was the honorable and politic aim ol the San ta Fe expedition. “Lamar cannot he portrayed in a few bold strokes like bis Presidential compeers. He has as it we e a double character, 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 the full and rounded proportions that we assoc a e with a love ot ease and self-indulgence. This is true ol him, Gut with an exciting cause he courts peril and is iu ditierent to privation. This benign, meditative, re pose-loving expression indicates strong domestic virtues, and a temper not easily chafed, yet his im petuous enemy in his hours of trial startles even it is friends, and his enemies have good reason to 'peak severely of the tierv harshness of his anger. He is remarkably gentle and affectionate in his rnanners, habitually sell-conlrolled, as men ot vo’ca nic passions sometimes are, carelol ol tbe feelings, and studious of the happiness of all around hint, but there ir withal an occasional quickness of gesture, and a latent sparkle in the mild blue eye, that bint strongly ol tbe dangerous fire that sic ps beneath that placid exterior, loach ol ids high qualities, and he lias many, wa Its hand in band with some col lateral fault; but l.is faults spring so natural from his upturned virtues, that they are excused with a warmer love than we give to the cold merits ol more correct men. Gen. Lamar is a Georgian by birth, and of that rough old Huguenot blood, which lor so long a ■\ttce seeinrd only created to be poured out lor freedom. He is a legitimate scion of that honora ble stock, and wherever liberty has woilt to do, he a ready to bleed or toil lor tier sake. His local pre. , delcclWtu are of the strongest, but his indomitable 1 \u S f- °* j u&t i ce P ro, ects him from unlair prejudices. I All Iris association . u re with the South,and lie loves the Southern laud with a filial ami unreasoning de votion. \v ho hut glances contemptuously at her | "tstiiutions, insults his household gods, and he would deal with him asa heretic and a stranger; hut he would war with equal vehemence against him who would invade the repose of the North. With -dill deeper enthusiasm he loves the beautiful land which has lavished so much affection on him. It has been well said of him, that “Uis native Union he honors as a mother—to Texas he gives the pas sionate love of a bridegroom; he wooed her bv his eloquence, he won her with his sword. He may chide her wayward fancies, and fly from her capri ces, but he perpetually retraces ills truant steps to repose at her feet.” TEXAS. We lake the following letter and com- 1 ments from the Richmond Enquirer of the 28th March. From this, as well as the! tone ol some ol the Texan journals, we icar the danger is not yet over. We, however, hope for the best, trusting that aa enlightened public opinion will iu due! time overwhelm British intrigues in that country as well as in this. BRITISH INTRIGUES. The following letter, from a gentleman nfintelli gence and high standing, has given us no little un easiness as to tlie stand which Texas may take nit on the terms of admission tendered her by the Uni ted States. .Vast deeply do we regret to hear that Houston, the g.ilktnt victor at San Jacinto, is now “heading tlie English party” and tarnishing bis laurels by suh an affiliation. Has lie lost all sym pathy Ibr the free institutionsatid noble associations of bis native land, and is be, from rampant ambition, or some other sinister motive, about to destroy his fab* fame, by turning his back upon his native and adopted country, and surrendering tlie “Lone Star” mine intrigues and cupidity of Great Britain?— Wlut a short-sighted policy does lie pursue, if h* Impes, by such a suicidal course, to push forward his own schemes ufnggrandizement! Let hint but lake a retrospective uhnee at the grasping policy of tlr* Ocean (| leen in all past time. Site may, for a time, fluter the hopes and the vanity of Texas, by the plausible show of “independence,” and its consequent blessings; but a few vears will demon strate the treacherous nature of British possessions. When tbe pub ic m'.nil is fl ittered by rich promises, and, in the security ofnpparcnt prosperity, is blind ed to tli-* machination; (.film wily mistress of diplo macy, England will stealthily introduce her subtle poison and her faithful agents into every corner of Texas, and by her intrig tes and bribes and import ed ’.iitcr y vv.ll snbj ‘ct toe c .untry to her cunning | policy, and reduce the p np’e to thfe vilest subser viency. M fibber anaconda coils ol treachery and artifice, she wi.l eatbl l the young Southern Giant, aiii), when tlie proper seas m arrives, will crush thy list vesilgu of lib rty and nalioi.nl pride. The “Lone Star” tvdl he lost from the grand constella tion of ituiepeu lent nations; her glorious struggle with .Mexican tyranny will he shrouded in oblivion, and her noble origin and valiant deeds will be for gotten, i.i toe T.-grac f;l event of being merged, as an humble and opprt ssed colony, in toe ov vshad i owing power of Great Britain. l;not this a true outline ofwh.it will necessarily ensue upon the suc cess id" the macliiua:! >.n of the “Eagl: o parly?’ 1 — We appeal to Houston, not t > sacrifice Ids own repatatiu >, a a I tie' destinies of Texas, so gallantly rescued by li.s courage from .Mexican oppression, to the su.l more Total, though more insidious and canning, tyranny of British diplomacy. IFe ap p ail to the people of "Texas, “b m•* ol our hone anil lie Hi of our fi:>n,” to stand tip lor themselves, and . hurl bark upon Great Britain the insult which she olf.rs to .Im- rir iu horn free.non. Upon the pre sent experiment much depends. Tbe grand ques li ,a is to be deluded, whe’her the gold and cunning of Great li -it,tin are to succeed in spreading her in definite dominion over the A meric m continent, and gradually break in upon the sovete’gaty and safety .of the >taiet of tli. 1 Union. What A icrican can think of tbe fatal consequences of such an event, and not feel bis blond boil with indignation? And \ei the lltohuin id Wliig“an/ri»fh/ hopes - ’ that the annexation of 'Texas will be defeated by our own ..... stirred up, as it appeals, by British agents. lint admit that Texas is not enslaved by Id tgland, (a most unnatural supposition in vie, of tlie glar ing fadts of her past history,) and c intitules an iu- I dependent nation, who can rationally doubt the tvillicriag inti letiee of that condition of affairs up -lon the welfare of the U,tiled Stale?? It will be to the ime.est of England to make with 'Texas a trea ty, by which the agricultural products of ihe latter, her Colton, sugar, indigo, ami perhaps tobacco, wit! be introduced into E igl mil fiee of duty; am!, in re turn, the msmt'actmed goods ot Eug'and wi.l be b:oag.it io.o "l’ex is a. o 'wuiboi.t duty. Can there be ! .1 r, a'l inaldo d6.. it, that u ltb these facts it; vie .v,atid also ;::e ii ether tit c .that smuggling w ii! be success ful! / a..tl till'., c lined oti along our S utli Western lioiu'.e.-—a deadly b.o.v wi.l uc given to ostr agri cultural and industrial pursuits —me products ot our soil will become drugs in ihe market—and the work shops of oar manufacturers cease their hum ol bu sincs*-? Mr. Lvons, in his speech at “tbe little clique” meeting on Wednesday tiiyht, |»ourlra\ei! all these consequencel in a:i eloquent and logical manner. We liope he will excuse our “insiurous and treacherous | tatsc ’ —(see 11 ehmouil \N logoi last yea passim) when wo add, that be placed i:i the cleare-t Ifi'ht the c mstiait mulily ofutiuexation by jo.ill resolution ot Congress. Does it then hccontc us, under tlie ih r ca'enirg i aspect of affairs, to lie upon ouroais and let ihe prison ol /In iso intrigue be udused into the heart „f 'Texas, without the slightest objection on our 1 pan? 1' it temper that we should, without remon strance, allow Great Britain to dele it a measure winch lias he n resolved ujkjii by 'be American people, which has been solemnly sanctioned by tin American Congress, and with which the best des tinies of the nation arc wrapped up? .Some days i since we ventured to throw out a few respeodul suggestions to the Tie.,idem and the Secretary of State on this subject, li e advised, if there was 1 one constitutional objection, the appointment of a ! new commissioner, who should carry the latest wishes of our Government, atid should assist Jiaj. Donelson in urging and persuading the Govern ; incut of Tex ts to accept our offer. .Vucli good might lie done by such a mission in explaining the views of our Government and our people*, in setting ' thrill the advantages to ’Texas ol accepting the terms of admission specified in the joint resolution and looking iotbe justice and liberality ol the Uni ted Stales 7n adjusting, hereafter, many questions of interest to Texas. U’e beg leave, again, res i pectfullv to renew the suggestions, and invite the j attention of tbe President to the new light lurnisb ed bv the following letter: “Gentlemen: Letters received by this evening’s mail, direct from 'Texas, and Irom those fully ac quainted iv i'll the s'ale of things there, leave not tbe least doubt, that an extraordinary struggle is going on in Texas, between tlie Iriends ol annexa tion and the Engbsh party, beaded by Gen. Hous ton. livery possible inducement is held out by the English .'./mister and Agents, to the pto V of Texas, to reject the proffered terms. .Vign.ficent , offeis are made, a reaction lias taken place, and I am warranted iu saying that the issue is dot llful. I trust the President will heed your suggestion, or we may yet lose tlie country; and, if lost now, it will lie lost forever. .Mark it!’ Tlie New Orleans papers contain no important news on this interesting question. We cut the following from the New Orleans Republican ol yesterday week: . , i.\y e understand that M. ij. Donelson, our Charge d’ A Hi) ires to Texas, will sail in the next packet lor Galveston, bv which time lie supposes that tbe in structions. said to have been Ibrwarded to him by the way of Nnshviilc, will have arrived. “W’e trust that the bid which has passed our Com Tess in regard to annexation, will be ratified by the people of Texas and that the inferences to the c rntntry, derived from the tone of some ol the newspaper publications in that Repub'.c, will prove be unlit it led. If injustice has been done to Texas bv tfie provisions ol the bid, so hi as they re late to the cession iff her public property salt lakes, mimriH &(*., «e have but little doubt thalhercu i7eiis hail much rather reiy on the■ future- legislation nf.he United Stales to restore what is proper and jpan liazard the kn-i of the measure by fittfh- or Jelay. Iu uo event can we anticipate that the j advantages of union with us can he thrown away, in order to embrace an alliance with Ureal Britain, whose fixed policy is now declared to be the aboli (thin of slavery, and whose interests, in other res pects, wMI turn out to be adverse to those ol'Texas.” I SPEECH OP COE. CHAPPELL. V. c invite the reader's attention to the able and masterly effort of this gentleman, pronounced in the House of Representa tives in support ol the joint resolutions for the annexation of Texas, ft i3 worthy of its author and of the great question that elicited it, and will he read with a lively interest by his fellow eitizens throughout the country. Ingenuous and manly, in the premises laid down as well as argumentative and forcible in the treatment ol bis subjects, it may be re garded as among the most powerful and statesman like efforts that were made in either House of Congress during the ses sion just closed. In this connexion, now that Col. Chappell’s Congressional term has expired, we embrace this occasion to mingle ourown, in common with the heart felt regrets of our Democratic fellow citi zens, not or.ly of this District but of the entire State, at the loss of the services of such a representative in the national Congress, at a period when they can be; so illy spared. His retirement will be deeply regretted by the liberal of both; parties, and deplored as a public calami-| ty by every friend of Texas and the South. Nothing shows the patriotism of a : man or the character of a statesman bet ter than his conduct in times fraught with peril to his country. Col. Chappell lias been tried at such a time, and the noble fidelity evinced by him must endear him to the people of Georgia, as long as pa triotism has a votary in the state. If Col. i Chappell had aimed uo higher than office, mere official public station, his course i was a plain one. By yielding the interests of iiis constituents, he might still have j hud that. But he w ould not do it, his j aims were lir nobler and higher, the pre servation of the constitution, the constitution j as it is, intact, anti inviolate, his country’s; honor and his country’s glory,were the only ends at which he aimed; for doing that, he Ins been proscribed, denounced and vilified by the leaders of his former poli-; deal associates. But there is one tiling in the character of Col. Chappell which j party detraction nor malevolence can neither shake nor move, that his detrac tors will he as far from reaching them-; selves ns they are the bright world upon which they may have sometimes gazed, the firmament above their heads ! It is this; the confidence of the people in his in trgnUj; and whatever inav be said of his I course while in Congress by a few inter ested politicians, the people regard bis| conduct, as a perfect model of public I virtue. “Honor to whom honor is due,” I such men cannot remain long in retire-j ment in their own State, or unknown to the people of the Union. The enquiry is frequently mule by persons desirous of exploring Florida, in regard to die facilities and expense of get- j ting there. We are apprised that boatsj run from Savannah to the St. Johns River, : hut tlo not know the amount of passage money required, the time occupied in the passage, or die highest point on the St. Johns to which they ascend. Will the Editor of the Georgian favor the public with u response to these questions? By doing so they will enlighten many who tire now raging with the Florida fever, and confer a favor upon all who are de sirous of visiting the land of the citton, the orange anil the olive. TO COItRESPONDENTS. W e have received several communion-1 lions which are unavoidably postponed until our next number. One in regard to our State Convention, signed a “Wire grass Democrat,” contains some admira ble suggestions. They shall appear in due time. SLICIDE. The Savannah Itcpublican of Saturday last, says: Our city las 1 ecu thrown into a most painful stace of agitation at <1 distress, by the it elat.eboly lei initiation of the life of a young ami piomising clergyman of the Episcopal Church of this place —the Ilev. Jvn;s Jackson, late of the Diocese of Jl/nssachusetts. lie had just returned hut a lew days from the South, where he had been trav elling two months for the restoration of his health, which had been impaired by a laborious perform ance of his clerical duties. He was apparently very much restored by his absence, and his friends hoped that he wonld be enabled to resume his ve ry acceptable services in St. John’s Church. It ut their buttes and his were doomed to a wretched disappointment, for alter exhibitingon the few pre vious days strong evidences of wildness, tic sud denly leit the city ou Wednesday morning, with out giving any notice of iiis intended departure, and although suspicion was immediately excited and search made during that day and night, tie was not (bund until the next morning, having drowned himself in the river opposite Buna venture. His hodv was recovered and the Coroner’s inquest had no hesitation upon the very strong testimony submitted 10 them, to bring an instant verdict of "insanity.” Thus has perished a voting clergy man, whose pulpit perlormances had given high evidence of intellectual power and whoso blame lessuess of lile had won him many friends in the city. The National Intelligencei of the 20th ult., says: The members of the Diplomatic Corps waited upon the President of (he United States on Wed nesday in a body, and, through their senior, the Minister of Russia, made an address to him,on the i ecasion of his accession to the Presidency,expres sive of the friendly sentiments entertained towards the United States by the sovereigns and Govern ments whom they represent, and of their earnest desire to continue to maintain the existing friendly and peaceful relations between this country and theirs; to which address the President made a fit ting reply, reciprocating these sentiments on liis part as the Chief Magistrate of his own country. MANUFACTURES AT COLUMBUS. The Columbus Enquirer, of the 19th ins*., after alluding to the newly erected cotton manufactory in that citv, says: “fUe are happy to learn that an other large factory is to he erected very soon, the contract for the same having already been com pleted ; and we cannot doubt lhat, in the course of a few years, Columbus will, if not compare advan tageously with Lowell; at least have begun the good work in such n manner as to place beyond conjecture the feasibility of the South’s manufac turing her own cotton goods, without being the least dependent on htr brethren of’ the North.” STANZAS. To Gen. M. D. Lamar, Ex Par of Texas. BY Mas. CAROLINE M. SAWYER. How sha'l I wake the farewell strain, or weave The simple lay that may my theme befit ? For tlion hast hid me sing, and I would leave Some echo in thy soul, to linger yet When thou an far away ! High sons' should greet the gallant and the orave, And lofty numbers swell the proud refrain; Yet o’er thy hrow, though verdant laurels wave, And mine is but a woman’s loitering strain, Thou wilt accept the lay! Bv die oil-meetings round the social hearth ; The thoughtful mingling*, mind with kindred mind; The quiet converse and the gentle mirth: The generous glow and sentiment refined I shall remember thee ! So in thy home—where fadeless beauty dwells, Aud broad savannas drink the torrid rav— When in thy breast some pleasant memory swells Os by-gone scenes and friends far, far away. May l remembered be ! Yet. think oTme, as thou would’st think of one For whom ’twere best dial earth’s vain dreams were o’er, Whose sands of lile, perchance, are nearly run ; Whose spirit yearns to seek the better shore— The beautiful and far. But fire thee well!—thy country calls thee back— Lone and in peril, she hath need of thee! Go! anti, m all your proud and shining track, May you and she alike victorious he ! Adieu to thee, Lamar ! Florida. —Gov. 13ranch has issued his Proclamation appointing the 26th day of May, for the election of Governor, a Mem ber of Congress and Members of the Le gislature of the new State of Florida. Massachusetts Senator. —The Hon. John Davis was elected United States Senator, in place of the lion. Isaac Bates, deceas ed, on Monday, 24th inst. The Canada press is very indignant at the passage of the annexation hill, copy ing largely from the Whig papers, and adding an equal proportion of their own abuse of our Government and institutions. Respect for Englishmen at Damascus when Lord Falr.ierslon was in Office. — Until within a year or two of the time at which I went there, Damascus had kept np so much of the old bigot zeal against Chris tians, or rather against Earopeans, that no one dressed as a frank could have da red to show himself in the streets ; hut the firmness and temper of Mr. Farren, who hoisted his flag in the city as Consul General for the district, had soon put an end to all intolerance of Englishmen.— In the principal stree sos Damascus there is a path for loot passengers which is rais ed, 1 think, a foot or two above the bridle road. Until the arrival of the British Consul General none but a Mussulman had been permitted to walk upon ibe up per way. J/r. Farren would uotofcourse suffer that the humiliation of any such ex clusion should he submitted to by an Eng lishman, and 1 always walked upon the raised path as free and unmolested as if 1 had been striding through Bond street. The old usage was, however, maintained with as much strictness as ever against the Christian Rayahs and the Jews.— Not one of them could have set his fool upon the privileged path without endang ering his life. 1 was lounging one day, 1 remember along “ the paths of the faith ful,” when a Christian Rayah from the bridle road below saluted me with such earnestness, and craved so anxiously to speak, and be spoken to, that he soon brought me to a halt. He had nothing to tell except only the Glory and exultation with which he saw a fellow-Christian stand level with the imperious Mussul rnen. Perhaps he had been absent from the place for some time, for otherwise I hardly know how it could have happen ed that my exaltation was the first in stance he had seen. His joy was great. So strong and strenuous was England ( Lord Palmers ton reigned in those days) that it was a pride and delight for a Syrian Christian to look up and say the Englishman’s faith was his too. If 1 was vexed at ali that I could not give the man a lift, and shake hands with hint on level ground, there was no alloy to his pleasure, lie follmved me on, not looking to his .own path, hut keeping his eyes on me. He saw, as he thought and said, (for he came with me on my quarters,) the period ol of the Mahometan’s absolute ascendancy, the beginning of the Christian’s, lie had so closely associated the insulting privilege of the path with actual domin ion, that seeing it now in one instance abandoned, he looked for the quick com ing of European troops. His lips only whispered, and that tremulously, but his fiery eyes spoke out their triumph iu long and loud hurrahs ! “I, too, am a Chris tian. My foes are the foes of the English. We are all one people, and Chrial is our King.”— Traces of Travel. Monday, March 17, lsi>. The Journal of til.’ last sitting having ticen read; and— The Hon. Simon Cameron, Senator elect, from Pennsylvania, having been presented by his col league and sworn in- Mr. Webster rose, and, with a solemnity which he!J in the deepest silence the crowded auditory, and with an emotion which penetrated every heart, which at times drew tears from many a manly as well as female eye, and which more than once em barrassed and suspended his own utterance, ad dressed the Senate as follows: While we are hastening to bring our session to a close, a melancholy event, the forecoming shadow of which, growing every hour deeper auj darker, has bung over us for some days, at length arrests our attention. One of our number is no more. Isaac Chapman Bates, a Senator from .Massachu setts, departed this lile, at his lodgings iu this city, yesterday, at twenty minutes past 6 o’clock in the afternoon, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. At the moment when we were are about losep arate li»r our respective homes, to meet the circle* of affection and friendship widen are ready to wel come us, it has pleased Heaven that he should pass that bourne whence no traveller returns. Mr. Bates bad undoubtedly much overworked himself in the discharge ol’ the duties of his station during the late station of Congress. Already fa tigued and exhausted, he vet lelt it to tie lus duly, on one of the fast nights of that session, to make an eff irt which severely tasked his remaining strength, and seemed to prostrate lus p overs.— lie appeared mini scat, for the last time, on the last and cata a pi hr so 1 At his s. New , Hindu. His ah able charac.. and in due time |. eminent lawyers anil i... -■», country in wliich lie resided. But the bar was not long his only sphere ol ■>,. lion. The confidence of the community iu his ability and fidelity, and its npiwotiatmn of his prin ciples, summoned him early into public lile. He rendered long aud valuable service in boili branches of the Legislature of the State, and in its Execu live council. But a larger field opened to him, and nearly twenty years ago he became a rnemh-r of the House of Representatives in Congress. In that body he remained eight years, sustaining his character thrvuigh the whole period, as a gentle man of probity and honor, of a deportment at once manly and courteous, and ns much distinguished for the firmness with which he maintained his own opinions and principles, as for the liberality and candor which he always manifested to tho .e who differed from him. His subsequent election to the Senate shows the sense which his native state entertained of the value of his public services, and he? confidence in his further usefulness. Os this body he was a member for five years.— 1 may not now and here speak of his political prin ciples or opinions, the meat -es he espoused, or the measures which he opposed. But I may speak of him, 1 am sure, with the concurrence of everyone wim hears me, as a gentleman of uprightness and talent, of manly aud honorable hearing, worthy to fill a seat here by his intelligence anil character, his just conception of the duties of his situation, | and his conscientious devotion to the discharge nf those duties. In this chamber, I am sure he had \ not an enemy. The morning salutations of all of us were given to no one with more hearty gyorl will. While Ins intelligence commanded respect, his social virtues and his eminent kindness ahd good feeling won universal esteem. The interest felt in him by his associates in this body, could in no way have been more strongly manifested than by their daily and hourly and most solicitous inqui ries during the progress of his illness; and all feel that his decease has left a void in our circle, as men and m senators, not easy to be filled. A/r /dates was not over ambitious to attract at tention as a public debater. In that respect he was far n ore distinguished tor abstinence and re tirement than lor ohstrusivencss. He left occasion to find him out and call him out. Yet he was an able speaker, and an eloquent man. His thoughts were clear, his topics well chosen and his illustra tions often quite nappy and convincing. His man ner was natural, simple, earnest. These qualities reu lered him eminent and successful in addresses to'the jury. To the hour of his death he had no superior for such efibrrs among those with whom he practised. He spoke with as much manifest | fairness of purpose, dealt so ingenuously with op posing .arguments, and put so much of his heart i into his acts and into h:s words, that those who \ listened to him were apt to find themselves persua-1 tied and convinced, without once thinking that | there had been nnv exhibit ion of oratory or rhe-j toric. It was his case wliich lie put forth, and not himself. With no studied power of speech, no artistical preparation, be appealed at orce with singular felicity to the good sense and the right ] feeling nf those whom lie addressed. In this body, while not neglectful of more pro minent and conspicuous subjects, he gave constant attention lo the duties of the Committee on Pen-j sinus, nf which he "«s chairman. All know that ihe application lo particular cases of the general principles which the Government has adopted on that subject, is difficult and delicate in no incon siderable degree. Carefully abstaining from going hevond established rides, he spared no pains in the investigation of cases in which parties appeared to have a claim oa the bounty of the country. .Many a Revolutionary veteran vet lives to Idess liismemorv: many an aged widow owes her daily bread to his benevolent, patient, and assiduous labors. A/r. B ites’s death will severely wound many hearts among family, domestic, and social Iriends. There is a partner of his life, now soon to follow Iris remains to the family vault; there are sons, and daughters, and kindred of various degrees. I will not invade the sanctity of their sorrow by empty words of attempted consolation. —They will look for solarc to resignation and religious faith, and btev humbly to the will of God. When information of his death shall reach Ihe beautiful village in which he lived, it will be a day of general grief. I see many an aged and vener able form, known to me, and belter known to him, leaning tremulously on his staff, and shedding copious tears at the sad intelligence. I see the middle aged pause in their pursuits to regret ihe death of a neighbor, an a Iviser, and a friend. I see the youth, of both sexes, lanienirng that the i mansion, always open to their innocent associa tions, always made instructive by the conversation and kindness of its head, is now closed against ils accustomed visiters by the stroke of death ; and I hear the solemn tones which shall call alllicleil families an I an afflicted neighborhood into the house of God. to pay respect to his memory, and supplicate the consolations of religion. Mr. President, I have spoken of my deceased col league in Iris professional an I public character, and in Iris sneia l and domestic relations. But Afr. 1$ ties was conscious of a relation higher than all these, lie lelt deeply and sensibly that there was a Supreme Author of his being, and all beings, and that he had a connexion with a world to come. He was a believer in Christianity, arid devoutly thankful fir the revelation of the New Testament. Several years ago, and before his entrance on public life, he unite I himself with a church in the town in which lie lived, a nil continued a member to his death. There is reason to believe that his last hours were cheered by the light of Christian hope. He uttered no repining, hut expressed liis willing ness to depart, if such was ihe will of his Afaker. Not that he did not desire life; for he enjoyed life, and had much to live fir.— Domestic love, genera! respect, public honor, and a consciousness of use fulness— til these conspired to render liis life happy, and its continuance desirable. Nor was it that he looked with indifference on death; for who hiio such iev stoicism, or, rather, who has such blunted sensibilities, such a stupid mind, r.s to contemplate with in difference a r 1 an gc of being and a change of Worlds ? But ho regarded death, with all its terrors, orilv as a passage to another slate of exist ence—a state in rvnic.li ‘'this corruptible shall put on incorruplioti, and t'fis mo. ul shall put on im mortality.” ‘‘True, ‘tis an awful thing to die; Tvvas, even to him; but the and irk vale nice trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting porta's high, And bids th pure in iieai t bchuU their God.” Mr. Preside. it, when one of.is rises here to an nounce the death of a colleague, he cannot but re fleet tha:, if he star* here, the time must come, and he knows not how soon, when another colleague shall perform that sad office towards liirtiself. We all know that we must follow our departed Asso ciate, aud no one of us can tell bow few steps lie may be even now, behind him. I hope this reflec tion may chasten us in our too heated pursuits of worldly objects; may tench us to regard the world but as the world ; may inspire us with kindness, forbearance, and mutual good will; and lead us, while we serve with ad our powers the country which honors us, to recollect still that we are not here always, sad that scenes not vet beheld, nor comprehended, norcapable of being fully conceiv ed, are before us all. A/r. W. having resumed hit seat— A/r. Huger, of Sooth Carolina, rose and said, that from his general habit nf alwtamipg from par ticipating iu the debate'’ of the Senate, and con \ t>ou... l-aac C. at 1-2 o’clock, inertuM. _ the same. . —- Resolved. , That the Senate go in mounting tor •be deceased, by wearing crape on the lelt arm, for the spaec ol'thirty days. Resolved , (as a further mark of respect,) That tiie Senate do now adjourn. * The resolutions were unanimously adopted, and .Wessrs. Evans, A/angtirh, Woodbury, Borrow, i .Sevier and Cass were appointed the committee in pursuance of Ihe first resolution. An then tiie Senate adjourned. < J died, ~" m " 1 Savannah, on Sunday the 16ih February last. Dr. Monroe, Dentist. He wax aboat forty-five years of age; a native r.fVirginia; am! for the last j seven years practised his profession in Georgia. NOTICE. rgIHE subscriber' having sold out his whole stock J- of Drugs anil Medicines to Dr. Thomson, S take* this method of calling on such as are indebted to him to make immediate payment, as he is not iu a condition to grant further indulgence; and his bu siness must therefore be closed as soon as possible- JAMES W. BAILEY. Macon, April 2d, 1845. 24 if, imi dfi AND MEDICINES. jts THE subscriber having ptrr chased the entire stock in trade of it Mr. James W. Bailey, wouldres pectfullv announce* to peisoos wishing ro buy such articles, that he will dispose oft hem at rhe lovv “i\i. est possible prices for cash or € 1— " *■ ■* small noles with good security, aml ‘ doubts not that he can make it to the interest of ! such purcliasers to call before supply.ng themselves elsewhere. Mr. Bailey will superintend the business in that 1 department lor the present, till further arrange ments can be made. M. S. THOMSON. Macon, April 2d, 1845. 24 tC , GREAT SALE OF SIIOIN AT AUCTION, BY W. A. ROBERTSON'. §J Y an order of Court, will be sold on Wednes day, Thursday, and Friday, the 9th, 10th, aiul I lilt instants, UAOO pairs of Boots and Shoes : consisting of Kip brogans, Children’s shoes, Russet brogans, Women’s boots, Round do. Ladies’ slippers, Men’s slippers, Calf sewed bools,. Calf jregged boots, Sic., Sic. JVfacon, April Ist, 1845. 21 Si •Yew Family Grocery. w. A. lIOUEK-rSON, HAS just received and offers at Whole sale and Ih tail , on reasonable terras, the (browingcomplete assortment ofFdiMJL Y GRO CERIES. Everything is of the very best quality. Country merchants, planters ami families in ilm city can now supply themselves with every thing they want, and will do well to call and ex nun no j for themselves. LiJ- Entrance opposite Scott, Carbarl &, Co's., and next door to Geo. M. Logan’s, l’ickled Beef, Black Tea, Smoked do. Cloves, Pieklerl Pork, Not mega, Do. Tongues, Spices of all kind;., Smoked do. 6'yanue Pepper, Codfish, Beans Fresh Salmon, Canal, Flower, Sardines, Rice do. Mackerel No. I, Rice, Do. “ 2, Tobacco, Scaled Herrings, Segais, Butter, Suuff, E ig!ißh Cheese, Brooms, Lirri, Blacking, , B t tier Crackers, Carb. Soda, Soda Biscuit, Sal iEratns, Pilot Bread, Lemon Syrup, Pic Nic Crackers, Copperas, Adamantine Candies, Glue. Sperm do. Isinglass, ColM Wax do. Indigo, Family Soap, Madder, Toilet do. Mace, Castile do. Matches, Capers, Mackaroni, Olives, Verma cilia, Oiive Oil, Rose Water, Pickles, Cologne dp. Catsups Rotten Stone, Mustard, Barth Bricks, Preserved Ginger, Starch, Dried Figs, Washing Soda, Currants, . Pipes, Raisins, Powder and Shot, Prunes, Saltpetre, Almonds, Epsom Salts, Huzlemos, Seidlilz Powders, Pecan Nuts, Soda do. English Walnuts, Turpentine, Cocoa, Table Sait, Chocolate, Champaigrve Wine, Java Coflec, Claret, do. African do. Madeira do. Itio do. Port do. Crushed Sugar, Malaga, do. Pulverized do. London Porter, Loaf do. Fine Brandy, Brown do. Do. Gin, , N. O. Molasses, Lard Lamps, Sugir House Treacle, Solar do. Hyson Tea, Sop. .Sperm flit. Imperial do. Do. Lard Oil, Sts, Together with a large lot of CROCKERY Macon, March slb, 1845. /f JEST* RECEIVED, A LARGE nud*plendid flMoncment of SPRING —and SUMMER GOODS, at a verv low price lor Cash only. For sale at the Store next door to Graves, Wood Sr. Cos., and formerly occupied hv Messrs. Rav Ik. McNeil. By A. BETTANM & BRO. Macon, March 12, 1845. 2» ts AD TI J \ ISTK ATOR S SALE. T A GREEABLE to an order of the Court ofOAli -'"™- nary of Houston county, will be sold on ffre first Tuesday in June next, before the court-hnVse door in Perry, Houston county, all the real estate of William 11. Iluild, deceased. Sale lo perfect ti les. A/OR TIN N. BURCH, arlmoV. de bonis non. A/.rrch 26, 1545. 23 tiU GEORGIA, Crawford county. 'EK/'H ERE AS, Jason Castleberry applies lo fne “ • fir letters of administration on theestate of Peter Castleberry, late of said county, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish ali and singular the kindred and creditors'of said deceased, to Ire and appear at my office within tire time pre scribed by line, to show cause, if any they have, why raid letters should not be granted. Gives under mv hand at office, tins 21th A/arch 1845. JAMES J. RAY, c. c. n ’ January 29, 1815. 28— srv