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.. Of these most brisk and gifidy-p teed times.”
MR. MONROE.
VV ere sorry to learn that Mr. Monroe,
■ic cf our patriarchical Ex-Presidents, is a
'’‘ .t t 0 resign his scat as one of the visitors
. institution, and that he has decided to
lie iiis permanent residence in the city of
Vn - York, for the sake of passing the remain
of his life with his Daughters, one of
; o’ii has long resided in that city. Thus to
■ his native state, the scene of his iirst
litical distinction, the theatre of much of
. • , ui'iie service, and the fountain of that
■lonalarity which elevated him to the highest
; ,4 or; of his country, must have occasioned
' iii and mortification to a mind of much less
than Mr. Monroe’s. But while
, ~rct the separation, as well as the occa
iof it, wethink that, under all circumstan
ce has decided rightly, and we sincerely
e-v' that tins venerable patriot of the revo-
will find in the society of his daugh
,, ", an din the respect of his fellow citizens
;.4lace for his late domestic afflictions as
~.e ] ] n5 for other vexations he has endured.
That it ha? cost him a struggle to sever the
lies* which bound him to Virginia, appears
4a a recent letter to a professor of this lo
cution, (Mr. Tucker,) hy whom wo have
, een favored with the following extract: Af
ter sneaking of t’ne necessity of selling his
}aid in Loudoun, ho says: "It has been ve
ri-painful for me to part with this property,
: being the last I hold in the state, as it would
.hlbrd me pleasure to visit it occasionally, if
mv health permitted; when 1 should meet
many old friends there, from many parts cf
rile state, with whom I have been connected,
;,nd have labored through life. But the obli
catio:i is 50 imperative as to leave me no al
ternative. 1 shall resign my scat at the Board
m time to enable the Executive to fill the va
cancy, that my successor may attend the next
i•leetiim. This also is a painful circumstance
lor reasons that will readily occur to you.”
Charlottesville Chameleon.
A P-.ris correspondent of the London Ex
aminer reports the following conversation as
having pass and between Lafayette and the
King of the French. It would seem that the
former lias spoken truths that the “Patriot
King” did not altogether relish.
“Lafayette has come to an open rupture
with the court. Louis Phillipe lately sent
for him and retained him to dinner. lie ask
, tl him what he thought of the state of poli
tics at home and abroad ? The incorruptible
patriot summed up his opinion and his advice
i.i these words:—“Sire, the keys of the Pa
i iis lloyal are at Modena, look to yourself, if
vou allow them to be taken by the Austrians.
A- for internal politics, it is my firm convic
tion that there is no safety for your dynasty
but i:i Dupont and his friends the honorable
patriots, whom a certain party think to dis
grace by calling republicans.” Two days
afterwards; this conversation was renewed.—
Lafayette persisted in his sentiments. Lou
i; Phillipe in his credulity became e
i7i arrogant and scornful. “Sire,” said the
veteran, “I perceive that my counsel lias be
t-une disagreeable: permit me, therefore, to
address to you hereafter only from the tribune.
1 should have abstained from importuning
; t>a with my advice, did I not feel for whatev
er concerns you, as it were the vanity of an
author.'' “Do it so,” replied the monarch
touched to the quick, “but I think it right to
inform you, General, that the tribune way ve
ry possibly be closed to you in less than six
necks." “Do you think tiien, Sire, that 1
. hall not be re-elected 1” 1 do not know, Gen
eral.” “I hope I shall. Adieu, Sire.”
A postscript to a letter from Boston, dated
•iUi inst. says—Duff Greek is here— he is
quite a lion—the scandal'ie, that he has come
onto oiler Mr. Webster the Secretary of
State’s birth ! or \ ice President under Mr.
Calhoun ! !”
Shari- Fight —The following curious ac
< ount ol a shark fight, by an eye witness, ap
pears in the Calcutta Oriental Herald, of the
~ Stii of May :—“An instance of intrepidity
and dexterity on the part of an up country na
me, well worthy of being recorded, occurred
lately in this neighborhood. I was walking
on the bank of the river at the time when
some up country boats were delivering their
cargoes. A considerable number of coolies
were employed on shore in the work, all of
whom I observed running away in apparent
trepidation from the edge of the water —re-
turning as before. 1 found, on enquiry, that
the cause of all this perturbation was the ap
pearance ol a large and strange looking fish,
>wiimriing close to the bank, and almost in
tiie midst of the boats. 1 hastened to the spot
to ascertain the matter, when 1 perceived a
huge monster of a shark sailing leisurely u
loug now near the surface of the water,
ami now sinking down apparently in pursuit
of prey. At this moment a native on the
Luoppnh roof of 0110 of the boats, \i it!i a robe
m lii* hand which he was slowly coiling up
surveyed the shark’s motion with a look that
evidently indicated he had a serious intention
of encountering hint on hisown element.
Holding the rope, on which he had made a
sort of running knot in one hand, and str> tell
ing out the other arm, as if already in the act
°f swimming, he stood in an attitude truly
picturesque, waiting the re-appearanec of the
stark. At about six or eight yards from the
ooat, the animal rose near the surface, w hen
ike native instantly plunged in, the shark im
mediately turned round and swam slowly to
wards the man, who, in his turn,nothingdaun
f,-d, struck out the arm that was at liberty,
and approached his foe; when within a foot or
f"o ot the shark, the native dived hewnth
thin, the animal going down almost at the same
instant. The hold assailant in this most fright
-1 and contest soon re-appeared o.i the opposite
side of the shark, swimming fearlessly w ith
fl ie hand he had at liberty, and holding the
rope behind his hack with the other. The
shark, which had by this time made his ap
pearance again immediately swam towards
•im; and while the animal was apparently in
die act of lifting himself over the lower part
'•I the native's body that he might seize upon
v lls l )r 'Yi *ho man making an effort, threw
41 1 ’•P I' rpcMdt-'-i’ir and tye.it dawy with
AhVERTISIiH, A.%1) AGRICULTURAL AND MERCANTILE INTELLIGENCER
adlii. lL Ins feet foremost, thr, sKd.o wn^— ■■ - ■ ■ vijii,
his feet foremost, the shark following him -o
simultaneously, that I was fully impressed
with the idea that they had gone down gran
pling together. 1 1
As far as I could judge, they remained
nearly twenty seconds out of sight, while 1
stood in breathless anxiety, and 1 may add
horror, waiting the result of this fearful en
counter. Suddenly the native made his ap
pe*ranee, holding up both hands over his
head, and calling out with a voice that pro
claimed the victory he had won, while under
neath the wave. ‘Tan, tan.’ The people in
the boat were all prepared : the rope was in
stantly draw n tight, and the struggling victim,
lashing the water in his wratii, was dragged
to the shore and dispatched. Y\ hen measur
ed, his length was found to be six feet nine
inches; his girth at the greatest three feet sev
en inches. The native who achieved this
intrepid and dexterous exploit bore no other
marks of his finny enemy than a cut on his
left arm, evidently received from coining in
contact with the tail or someone of the fine
of the animal.
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Thc following is ex-President Monroe's
reply to the letter of the Committee of Mobile,
enclosing him the amount of contributions in
that place :
New York, April 8, 1831.
Fellow Citizens: I have received your let
ter of the 21st ult. communicating the kind
and fr endly feelings which iny fellow citi
zens ol Mobile entertain for me, anti ihe gen
erous manner in which they are disposed to
contribute their aid to render me justice, and
indemnify me for my losses and sacrifices in
the service of my country, in the long course
of my public life, in the mo3t critical con
junctures, that have occurred since our revo
lutionary struggle.
In presenting my claims before Congress,
which I would never do, for reasons which
have been explained, until the moment of my
retirement from office, about 30 years after
the first and heaviest injuries w r ere received,
it was to that body, that I looked for com
plete redress. Under oar happy free system
of government, the sovereignty is in the peo
ple ; but my hope has been invariable that
their representatives would meet their sense
and perform what they deemed just and prop
er. No part of our Union was neglected by
me, while I was in office. Every part I well
know received the attention in the stations
which I held, which the pressure on it requir
ed, in the great emergencies through which
vvt: have passed ; but those bordering on the
Mississippi and eastward of it, being particu
larly unpressed, received corresponding ex
ertions for the establishment and protection
of their rignts, which were rendered and with
good effect.
Although I have never looked beyond Con
gress for redress yet I have received the com
munication you have made, of the generous
sentiments entertained of my services, by my
fellow citizens of Mobile, with great sensi
bility, and well knowing that the provision
made bv the act, falls far short of a just repa
ration, I cannot decline the aid they are dis
posed to render me. For the delicate and
interesting manner in which you made the
communication,accept my acknowledgement.
With great respect,
1 am your obedient servant.
JAMES MONROE.
•***s ©
The Philadelphia United States Gazette,
says—“Mr. Van Boren has, we understand,
been appointed Minister to England, in the
place of Mr. M’Lane. Mr. V. B. will cm
bark on **l° !♦ cf .Tnnn in rorrmniv With
Mr. Vaughan.”
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The Post Master General goes to Philadel
phia, where he will remain a few days with
his son, w hom he is about to place under the
care of the physicians there. Major Lewis
makes a journey on public business to that
place. Mr. Kendall, the Fourth Auditor,
has leave of absence for a month, and intends
taking his family to see his aged parents in
Massachusetts. Will not this fill the oppo
sition prints with alarm in relation tothecon
duct of the public concerns? How will the
President possibly get along under such a
deprivation, especially as he has not yet
brought his new Cabinet about him? We
trust our opponents will find some relief in
their anxieties from the same considerations
which suggested themselves to an honest
Pennsylvanian who came to this city in the
midst of the hubbub about the dissolution of
the Cabinet:—“What, (said a gentleman to
him,) what will they think of this business in
Pennsylvania ? will it not produce great con
sternation there?” “Not at all—not at all:
(replied the worthy man from Mifflin,) the
people of Pennsylvania know that with a few
good Clerks their President can manage the
public business as well without as with a Cabi
net.''—Globe.
JVOTMCE.
\\f E, the undersigned, Merchants of the town
f® of Macon, viewing the practice of sending
out parcels of goods servants, lor examination,
as prejudicial to our own interest—affording as it
certainly does, an opportunity to those servants
of appropriating many articles to their own use,
without reflection —Vo Resolve, that wo will in
future entirely decline the custom; believing, at
the same time, that our alleged reasons will be
a sufficient excuse for adopting this measure.
HUNGER FORDS k STODDARD,
COOKE k COWLES,
11. BLAIR k CO.
A. SHOTWELL & J. J. SMITH,
JOB MAGIK,
CHARLES CAMPBELL,
N. B. & A. THOMPSON,
\VM. 11. IiURDSALL,
T. L. k .!. P. SMITH,
M. FELTON k CO.
JOHN C. IIELVENSTON,
GEORGE JEWETT,
KIMBERLY A CHISOLM,
RALSTON k JONES,
I). YOUNG,
E. GRAVES, k SON,
J. It. WICK it CO.
E. L. YOUNG U CO.
A. R. FREHMAN J CO.
Macon, May 19, 1831. 10
JW.ffO. V.'
m Pounds prime BACON, just re
•?) ceivcd. and for sale by
RALSTON k JONES.
May 24 N-’f
Tuesday, lay 24, I *3l.
Hr. Ambrose Baber,
We are authorised to say, is a candidate to repre
sent this County in the Senatorial branch of the
next Legislature ; and we are also authorised to
announce
Tarpley Holt, Esq.
For the Representative branch, at the ensuing c
ection.
BCLI/s CASE.
Our men in buckram shall have blows enough,
And leel they too are “ penetrable stuff:”
And though 1 hope net hence unscathed to go,
\V ho conquers me shall find a stubborn foe.
1 he time hath been, when no harsh sound should
lull
From lips that now may seem imbued with gall,
Nor tools nor tollies tempt me to despise
I lie meanest thing that crawl’d beneath my eyes :
uut now, so callous grown, so changed since
youth,
i , V ? r !m r " ed ; to * sl,nk ad sternly speak the truth;
Learn and to deride the critic’s starch decree,
And break him on the wheel he meant forme ;
1 o spurn the rod a scribbler bids me kiss ;
Nor care if courts and crowds applaud or hiss :
Nay, more, though all my rival” compeers** frown
1 too cun hunt a” politician “down :
* * * * * *
Thus much I’ve dared to do , how far mv lay
Hath wrong and these righteous times, let others
say ;
I his let the world,which knows not how to spare,
let rarely blames unjustly, now declare.”
W e have been disappointed iq the Tele
graph. Ihe editor, it would seem, cannot dis
tinguish between an honorable and a disho
norable opposition, or between a fair and
manly investigation, and a silly and base tra
duction of public acts. In refraining to ani
madvert upon his ridiculous and unfeeling at
tack upon Governor Gilmer, with the severity
it merited, we were actuated by the charita
ble motive of giving the editor an opportunity
of correcting an error, into which we supposed :
he had unconsciously fallen. We presumed, I
that upon cool reflection, he would become
convinced of having committed an act of in
justice, and in consequence make the amende
honorable, by a magnanimous recantation.
But this has not been done. On the contra
ry, in his reply to us, lie merely deals in irrel-!
evant generalities, for the purpose of justify-'
ing his unwarrantable assertions, and divert
ing the public mind from the true merits of
the question, which he has unneccssaril
raised.
The Telegraph substantially said, that the j
Governor would not have dared to issue his
proclamation, or to have “ enforced the law,”
it lie had not “ deemed” Bell a “ poor and
; man. Now, (his assertion we
pronounce, either a wilful and malignant mis*
representation, or an unpardonable display of
ignorance as regards the duties inc unbent
upon the Executive. W c state, without the
fear of successful contradiction, that Gover
nor Gilmer has never .suffered such an influ
| once to operate upon him, either in his offici
al conduct or in private acts. It then, tnc as
sertion is a wilful and malignant misrepre
sentation, the editor deserves the execration
of the community. But, if it is the result of
ignorance, although lie may be entitled to pi
ty, he has convinced us that he i3 incapable
of supporting the high responsibilities of a
public Journalist; and that he is therefore
continually subject to abuse the trust which
he has assumed, as well as the patronage
which he enjoys. The editor may choose ei
ther ol the horns of the dilemma, upon
which he has hung himself. As re
lates to the duties of the Executive, in cases
of Proclamation, they are so palpable, that it
would be an insult to the shallowest under
standing, to explain them: But, for the edifi
cation of the Telegraph, we will do it.
Proclamations,.offering rewards for the ap
prehension of criminals, issue according to
the established rules of the Executive office,
only in the following eases:
Where a person is charged with the com
mission of a crime by affidavit and a warrant
issues, and the arresting officer returns that
the criminal has fled.
Where the Sheriff or Jailor gives informa
tion that a criminal confined in jail lias escap
ed from his custody and fled.
Where evidence is sent to the Executive
of the commission of some very high offence
by unknown persons.
No proclamation is ever issued when it is
known that the criminal is residing within the
state, because it is then the duty of the Judi
cial department, or the officers connected
with it, sheriffs particularly, to cause such
persons to he arrested.
No proclamation is ever issued offering a
reward for the apprehension of a criminal, ex
cept upon the application of those w ho know
(he circumstances attendant upon the com
mission of the crime, and the escape of the
prisoner. It is even then a discretionary au
thority vested in the Executive Department,
and exercised only in such cases as arc thought
to require exemplary punishment.
Now, previous to Bell’s case, we know that
the Governor had no official evidence of the
commission of any crime whatever, in the
| county of Mclntosh, the perpetrators of which
were unknown or had fled. What then, must
w e think of tlie assertions and iuuendoes of
the .Telegraph ?
To put the public in possession of all the
facts relating to Bell’s rescue, we lay before
them the fallowing documents;
[COPY.]
Citv of Darien, April Uth, 1831.
SIR I have the honor to enclose you a copy
ol the commitment of Joseph Bell, charged with
tbc murder of Matthew Sapp of Tatnall county,
who was ioreibly rescued from the City Jail, on
die night cf the tith, or morning of the 7th iiu.t.,:
by sundry individuals; and to inform your Excel
lency that the City Authorities are using all the
means in their power to bring to condign pun
ishment the perpetrators of the outrage.
V ery Respectfully,
Y’r Excellency’sob’t ser’t,
JAMES TROUP, Mayor.
His Ex. George R. Gilmer, Milletlgeville.
GEORGIA, Tattnall County.
Elhanan Hall, one of the Justices of the Peace
for tiie said County, to the Keeper of the com
mon Jail of, and for the county of Mclntosh:
Whereas Joseph Bell, of the county of Mont
gomery, hath been arrested for a felony committed
by him the said Joseph Bell, in, or by killing and
murdering Mathew Sapp of said county, and in
said county of Tattnall, on the 24th day of Febru
ary instant—whereupon the said Joseph Bell
hath been duly examined by and before me, con
cerning the same—and the examination before me
taken doth prove the same without doubt, that he
is guilty of having committed said crime. These
are therefore to command you, to receive the said
Joseph Bi il in tfour custody in the said jail, ther.
to remain until he be delivered from custody by a
due course of law. Fail net.
Given under my hand and seal, this 28th day of
February, in the j-ear of our Lord 1831.
ELIIANAN McCALL. (Seal.)
I do certify the foregoing to be a true copy from
the original. Darien, April 11th, 1831.
ARMAND LEFILS, Clerk of Council.
Darien, April 19th, 1830.
Slß—Some weeks past, there was committed
to the jail of this county, by a Justice of ihe Peace
of Tattnall county, a man named Joseph Bell, a
citizen of Montgomery county, charged with the
murder of Elijah Sapp, as will more fully appear
from the copy of the evidence sent down here. —
On the night of the 6th ; ad 7th instant, the jail
was forcibly broken open, and the said Joseph
Bell set at liberty, who has not since been heard
of. We understand that the Mayor and Aldermen
of the city of Darien, laid this case before you—
and in conjunction with them we suggest the pro
priety of a reward being offered for the apprehen
sion of the prisoner. We also take the liberty of
soliciting your Excellency to offer a reward for
the ppprehension and conviction of the persons
concerned in breaking the jail in Darien, which
is conjointly City and County property. The cir
cumstances are of such a daring and heinous na
ture as to invite the solicitude of the Executive,
by all legal means, to bring the offenders to jus
tice. The facts, we are informed, have been sub
mitted to you hy the Mayor of the City. In mak
ing this communication, wo conceive we perform
a duty imposed upon us by the particular circum
stances of the case.
We have the honor to be, your Excellency’s
most obedient servants.
JACOB W’OOD,
JONATHAN THOMAS,
THOS. SPALDING,
Jut fires <f the I. ('. Mclntosh County.
Ilia Excellency Governor Gilmer.
Governor Gilmer declined issuing procla
mation upon the receipt of Dr. Troup’s letter.
The letter of the Justices of the Inferior"
Court stated the affair particularly, and re
quested that a reward should be offered for
the Jail breakers, and was accompanied by
the return of the Inquest, and the evidence ta
ken by it. This will be discovered by exam,
ining the dates of Dr. Troup’s letter, that of
the Justices of the Inferior Court and the
Proclamation. This was a case which came
within the immediate purview of the Execu
tive. v
*
Rut, in the case of one of the mast horrid
murders,——one too of recent occurrence—and
one in which if lie had any sympathies to en
list, he would have enlisted them, —did the
Governor on that occasion,we ask, depart from
the high duties of his office? No. lie felt
bound by the custom which the Department
imposed upon him to refuse an application
made for the issuing of a proclamation, Offer
ing a reward for the arrest of the guilty ; be
cause those who marie it, stated that the
criminal was then within the county where
the offence was committed. The Governor's
answer to them was, ‘•'The Sheriff nlvst ar
rest." We hold ourself responsible for the
truth of these statements—and from them it
w ill be perceived that there is not a sem
blance of justification for the charges of the
Telegraph.
The Telegraph attempts to torture into in
consistency , our preference of Mr. Crawford,
duringthe last gubernatarial canvass, because,
forsooth, w e now come forward to shield Gov.
Gilmer against an unfounded allegation,
which strikes at the very base of his moral and
official reputation. It is true that we did
prefer Mr. Crawford at the time—but it was
an honest and independent preference, which
did not go to depreciate the services, or ca
lumniate the character of his rival—and,
whatever may be the course which we intend
to pursue in the approaching canvas, it is, at
least, unknown to the Editor of the Telegraph.
Wc can, however, assure him, even should it
be opposed to his system of political ethics, —
that we intend to maintain the character of an
honorable combattant.
Let us notice a few more of the sapient re
marks of the Telegraph- The editor says,
that lie “ took up Mr. Gilmer, as the choice
of two evils.” This is certainly a very extra
ordinary admission ; for it unquestionably
infers that the party to which he is attached,
could not present before the people a candi
date who had talent and popularity sufficient
to compete with the greater cril, as he terms
it by indirection, llow he will be thanked
for this, by “ the partly self-created Trustees
at Athens,” it is no business of ours to en
quire, neither is it our intention to say, that he
has slandered Lis party by the admission. O,
no —we would not impute any thing like that
to him.
Again—the Telegraph says: “We do nr/,
•believe him (the Editor of the Advertiser.)
entitled to explanation from us on the present
subject, unless he explicitly state (?) that Go
vernor Gilmer’s veracity is pledged for what
he has asserted.” Truth requires no pledges—
and we arc not in the habit of waiting for “ au
thority ’ to denounce its violation ; however
congenial such a course may be to the feel
ings or policy of brother Bartlett. (Wc use
the epithet professionally, and in no other
sense, —for we now feel convinced that we
ean claim no consanguinity witli liim-—ci
ther in relation to men or to principles.—
W e would as soon attempt to cultivate the ha
bits ot a Hottentot—espouse the principles of
a Swiss guardsman—or claim kindred with the
moral obliquity of a Calaban.)
To conclude. W henever the Editor of the
Telegraph chooses to treat men or measures
witli decency and argument, he will meet our
attention. But it he continues to disregard
them, we will consider it our province to
bring him to a sense of his duty.
RAIL ROADS.
The superior advantages of Rail Roads in
facilitating the transportation of all kinds of
produce—in expediting the movements of all
animate as well as of inanimate creatiorf—and
at the same time in considerably lessening the
expenses which arc incurred by other modes
ol conveyance—are now too well established
bv tiie most successful experiments to remain
any longer a subject for speculation.
It is true that, many natural obstructions
have been removed by the introduction of the
t anal, and that it has also hastened, and im
proved in many instances the incans of ordi
nary intercourse between different sections
of country. But the Canal must eventually
give way to the Rail Roau, as a more con
slant, certain, cheap and speedy mean of com
munication. It is more constant and cer
tain, because it can be travelled at all times
of the year, without being subject, as the Ca
nal is, to the fluctuations of the tides, of the
winds, or of the high and low waters—and t' is
:s a consideration of primary importance,
"'hen we reflect that the navigation of our
Southern rivers, is not available for more
than five or six months in the year. It is al
so more cheap and speedy, for the run of a
Locomotive Engine upon a Rail Road, is, at
a rough calculation, at least five miles faster,
than the paddling of a steamer—and we need
not say, to the man of business, that the state
of the market is improved, or that his inci
dental expenses are lessened by his ability to
dispatch in a shorter space of time the object
"'hich it is his intention to accomplish. These
arc not fanciful theories, but demonstrable
and demonstrated facts, which defy contra
diction.
Wc have been led into these remarks, from
reading the late annual report of the Rail
Road Company of South-Carolina, and from
the animated and successful exertions which
that state is making toward the completion of
that important work, which is to extend from
Charleston to Hamburg. It wili inevitably
prostrate tiie Commercial prosperity of Geor
gia, if she continues to view with apathetic un
concern, the spirit of enterprizc, which is now
actively at work for the purpose of draining
away her resources, and making them tribu
tary to South-Carolina.
After some preliminary remarks, the Report,
to which we allude, says:
“ The whole extent of the Itoad to.llamburg is
one hundred and thirty.five miles crossing the
Edisto at tbeForks, sixty miles from Charleston.
Of the latter portion all is under contract, except
about six miles and these are mostly in the
swamps, beyond the Edisto, only thirty-four of
the seventy miles are under contract, the others
were not finally surveyed until a lew days ago ;
offers for these are likewise received. All, even
the most extensive contractors are bound to com
plete their work by the Ist May, 183a’.
“ The average cost per mile of these contracts
for eighty miles is $2,600 exclusive of iron, be
ing less than the estimate of Dr. Howard. On the
article of iron alone, according to the late advices
from Liverpool, the Company will save SIOO per
mile, that article having fallen in value since the
date of Dr. Howard’s estimate. The whole ex
pense per mile including iron, transportation, and
contingencies will be less than SI,OOO.
The Direction have purchased a tract of pine
land chiefly for timber, to be used in constructing
and repairing the road, and have engaged and au
thorised the purchase of some other small tracts
on the route, with the same object in view. Great
liberality continues to be evinced by the proprie
tors of he land through which the road passes, in
ceding to the company all the land necessary for
the Road, and inmost cases all the timber on such
land, suitable for the construction.
“The Locomotive Engine constructed by Mr.
E. L. Miller,continues to exceed the most san
guine expectations of the Direction. That recent
ly recieved has not performed as well, and until
fully approved, will not he paid for.
“The surveying and location of the route being
now completed, the Company w ill soon be reliev
ed from all the various heavy expenditures inci
dental to that very important preliminary measure.
Other expenses will likewise be curtailed, when
ever practicable, and the concerns of the company
rendered as simple and easy as possible, by hav
ing the work, of every description, put under con
tract.
Tiiesc flattering evidences of the successful
prosecution of the work, leave no doubt on
our mind of its speedy completion—and as
little arc we disposed to doubt the injury
which it will inflict upon us, unless it is arrest
ed by a counteracting operation. Already
does the Board of Direction look upon the
wealth and resources of *• the upper part of
Georgia” as within their grasp. Tiny con
clude their report, by saying—
“ The State of Tennessee and the upper part of
Georgia, are anxiously looking forvvanl to this
’ event, wid antiripr'.r vuv -"?.iitag'’S which they
may derive from an extension of our line of ro
to their part of the country. Their best informed
an-1 most respectable citizens are already calmi
lating the probable increase in value of their lam s
and products, from tiie increased facilities o
transpiration and intercourse, resulting from the
establishment of a line of Rail Itond Weawardly,
as to them tiie anticipation is a source of so much
interest, how much more so must it he, to the
proprietors of our road, and to the citizens tf Cha: -
leston. The calculations of profit on our Stool.
are made on a portion of the t:ade of Hamburgh
and Augusta alone ; even this limited source o
income affords very encouraging prospects; but
if to this be added a portion of the trade and pro
duce of the upper part of Georgia and Tennessee,
the profits will be tound to increase, with every
mile of additional extent, likewise to increase an
nually,with the continued experience of the man v
and great advantages to those who use the Ra'l
Road in preference to all other inodes of convey -
mice* \\ ho can calculate the advantages to
l. harlestrtn, it by this establishment it becouu a
one of the chief Atlantics cities for the Imports
and Exports of “the great West ?*’
And will our State, —our Planters, —our
Merchants, —-our Capitalists,—particularly
those of Savannah—look with indifference
upon this subject? We hope not. The dis
tance from Macon to Savannah, does not ex
ceed, in a direct line, the estimated distance
from Charleston to Hamburg—and the sur
face of the country, Ac. between the two for
mer places, is much more favorable to Rail
Road operations. This circumstance, taken
in consideration with the fact, that Macon oc
cupies a positiou which can controul thu
trade of “ the upper part of Georgia,” points
out to us at once the course which we should
pursue to keep pace with our sister state, in
the march of improvement-—and prevent her
from making our industry and resources sub
sidiary to her wealth. This we believe, can
only be effected by the construction ofVftail
Road between Macon and Savannah. Wu
have thrown these loose suggestions hastily
together, and hope that others more compe
tent to the task, will improve upon them, —
Wc shall, from time to time invite the atten
tion of the people of Georgia to this subject—
and if (in connection with others, whose ef
forts are the same,) we can succeed in arous
ing them th a true sense of its importance, we
shall he more than repaid for any labor or ex
pense wemay incur in the prosecution of the
object.
MR. BRANCH.
The citizens of Bertie county, North-Ccro
lina, have had a meeting and appointed acoin
mittec, who were instructed to address Mr.
Branch,and request him to become a candi
date to represent th fir district in the next
Congress of the United States. The follow
ing is his answer to the address of the com
mittee. It will disappoint the sanguine ex
pectations of Mr. Clay’s friends, who have
calculated to a “ dead certainly ” upon the
defection of the honorable ex-minister:
EntielO, May 17//i, 1831.
Gentlemen : —Your communication of the 10th
instant, in behalf cf a number of the citizens of
Bertie county, conveying their wishes that I
should become a candidate to represent this dis:
trict, in the next congress of the United States,
was banded me yesterday evening.
This manifestation of continneu confidenc and
support, especially at this time, has deeply af
fected me, and I pray you, Gentlemen, to assure
iny fellow-citizens of Bertie county, that while t
entertain a deep sense of my own unworthiness,
yet under the influence of the strongest, tieswhich
can bind man to his fellow man, 1 feel incapable
of denying to them any services within my ability
to render; and further, that were my public servi
ces ten times greater than I know them to be, tho
kindness of my fellow citizens would more than
compensate me for any personal sacrifices which
they have eost me.
Sly official connection with the present admin -
istration has been dissolved, under eircumstanct i
painful to me, yet rest assured that no consider. -
tions shall induce me to change my political
course, Or throw me into collision with th
friends with whom 1 have hitherto most heartily
co-operated.
Accept, in return for your generous wishes for
my prosperity add happiness, assurances of pro
found respect and esteem.
JOHN BRANCH.
For tlic Btueou Advertiser*
WOMAN’S LOVE,
Say can this beauteous orb below,
Dr those bright spheres above,
Reveal a soul whose tender glow
Surpasses woman’s love.
It is not like the lurid flame,
That marks the warrior’s path,
111 would become her gentle name.
Its glare of blighting wrath.
It is not like the vain pretense
By adulators shewn,
Which seeks a sordid recompense,
At some terrestrial throne.
But it is like the mellow light,
Of an Autumnal even’—
Its soothes awhile the human sight
Then re-ascends to I leaven. R.
“ free Trade and Sailors’ Right*.’'
COTTON. —We arc yet without later advices
from Liverpool than Ist April—We quote Gottoit
as in our last 5 to b. —Our River i very low and
falling.
Fort of Hlacon.
DEPARTED,
Boat Oemulgee No. I—soo bags Cotton, La
mar & Cos. owners for Savannah.
Boat Wildair, Lamar & Cos. owners for Savan
nah, 450 bags cotton —Lamar it Co’s, lighter No
2, for the Forks, 100 bales Cotton.
VIED.
In this place on Saturday last. Thomas Jf £
Ham, youngest son of J. C. and Esther Helve n
ston, aged I months and 34 days,
“ So fades the lovely, blooming flower,
Frail, smiling solace ofan hour.
So soon our transient comforts fly.
And pleasure only blooms to die I”