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From the Rio Grande, Direct, j
The following extra is from a leiier re
ceived in tbl* city dated :
Brownsville, ‘(Texas,) May 19,8552.
• • • Our relations with itie autliori-j
lie* and people ol Mexico are very pre- |
rarioui. Depredations by resident* of
Mexico are committed every day upou :
our line*. Our fanners are killed and i
robbed by ilieie marau ling Mexican*. j
who ere raid to have order* from their :
Government *n to do. And idler tlte ar- /
romplishment ol their outrageous deeds, I
have hut to re-cro* die Rio Grande, and
find prnlerlinit within tle limit* of the
Republic of Mexico, where neither nor
law* nor treaty stipulation* can reach
them.
More than thirty American citizen* I
have already fallen victim*, and -a far no j
*tep have hern taken, either by the Fed
eral or the State Governments, to secure
to oi our right* and persunal safety to
•uch an extent a* we have a right to de
mand and expect. Some days ago, the
riticeni of Rio Grande City, on this river,
caught two of the above named traveling
gentlemen, and executed them, “a la
Lynch.” They confessed, before they
were hnng, that they and about ninety
more were acting under a commission is
sued by General Aunt**, commander of
the troops of the State Tamanlipns, and
the reason the dead (tltose they killed)
were always found without the right hand,
was that they always hid to produce the
same lo the General, in order to get n re
ward of thirty dollar* for killing each anti
every American on this frontier; and fur
liter, they slated, that their oi tiers were
to detlory all ihe rancho* (plantations) on
the river, and take all the property tliey j
could lay hold of, into Mexico, and apply j
the same to their own use and purpose.-;:
and that their Government would hold
them harmless of nil consequences. A
general panic is here prevailing—and
• ven in this (own, though under the pro
tection of Fort Brown, with plenty of ar
tillery and about one bundled soldiers,
we do not consider ouselyet *afe.
Gen. Aiialaslius gathered under his
immediate command, without nor view,
5,000 Mrxiran toilder-, well armed and
equipped, with the following number of
cannons, to-wit: 1 sixty-eight pounder,
directed from Fort Pamirs directed to
this town, 1 fifty do. do., 2 twenty-four
do. do. 3 twelve do. do., 4 six do. do.—
And in and about Mai-tmorus, opposite
Fort Brown, 2 forty-eight pounders, 5
twelve pounders, 3 hotvixers, 2 t rive and
4 four pounders, with I ten inch tnorutr;
to which, in rase of an invasion from tlieii
side, we could not oppose 200 fighting
men, on account of our want of arms.
A beam'd il state of affairs this is l and j
well may we ask, what is our Government
about? Will the sages at Washington
not take measures to guard and protei t
this frontier, or are we to he treated like
step-children, and in their opinion not
worthy to enjoy like privileges with other
parts of the Union *
Yours, &r. J. F.
Speak in g of the Democratic nomina
tion, the N. York Times savs: * Tl.e
Democratic Convention has ended it,
ardorous labors. Fuur days’ session, and
forty-nine ballots, were spent in the effort
to eclert from the half doxen leadiuu
Democrat* of the Union, a Presidential
candidate. The ta.-k wa* ion much for
them. The attempt was finally aban
doned, and every candidate named du
ring the first three days, or voted for do
ring the first thirty five ballots, whs
thrown aside. r J’he Democracy took re
fuge from their embarrassment* in utter
obscurity. They have selected n candi
date whose name not one in a thousand ol
the American people have ever heard be
fore, and who has neither high < haracier
nor eminent service to show as hi. wairant
for so high a trust. The fist I that he was
unknown to the country, is the great lad
which controlled the action of the Con
vention.
••ll ii very clear that he it relied upon \
to carry the F ree-Soil rule of the Sorth- j
ertt Slalet. New York ha* coni rolled
this nomination, alih mgli by an adroit ;
management of the wires, the Southern
puppets first popped up the play. Mr.!
Grover, of New York, in Convention, :
With well feigned consultation, -when the
leading Free-Soiler of this State hail said
in this city, a day or t n loiore, “We
shall let them hollot a while longer, nut!
then Franklin Pierre will he the man.”—
Ms. Pierce had taken good care not to
answer the letter of Mr. Knlieit Scott,
and the remark of the Richmond Enqui
rer, in publishing the other letters, that it
would “undertake to guarantee that his
“reply, fully and affirmatively responsive
•to Mr. Scott's interrogatories woolddtave
also bean received, but for hit distance
“front the city, ami the irregularity oj the
ntailt,” indicates that both the Equirtr
and Mr. Scott were parties to the game.
About a month ago, moreover. General
Pilfow made a visit to General Pierre, in
New Hampshire; and alllnugh I* fa did
in secttriog for hinisel r ,in Convention, the
Vice Presidential nomination, the tripiel
may (how that he did not irhu/fy tail in
<h object of his mission. It was appa
rent Iron# the begining that, as the friends
•i' Csss, Buchanan and Douglass, would
not sacrifice either to the other, and ns
one-third of the Convention had always
no absolute veto upon its action, the
Free-Sopers of tjie North ooWd roniro l
the ■>,-lection. And hy presenting Marry 1
as their ostensible choice, and thus diver* j
■ini; to him the special hostility of tin
South unit! the prop r moment had arri
ved, they weie enabled, hy the cn-opper
uiiou of tho-e Southern leader* who were;
ill llie pi..i, i(> li iig General Pierce, wiih
resistless strength before tile Coti venton.” .
INDEPENDENCE ? j
The Wcshiugtnn correspondent of tin- :
New York Times furnishes the following
account ol die influence which ’*s
brought to ft-ar upon the Georgia dele*
nation, in casting tfieir vote for Mr.
Pierce. He says:
‘ The Georgia delegation, after nil the
other caudidatrs had proved to be short
winded, consulted ten/i Mr. Dickinson,
and were advised by him to nominate
Gen. Pierce. They did so, and the re
sult is known.’
We wonder, wiih the Sational Intelli
gencer, that the Convention did not le
jveise the order ol things and seek relief
from their dilemma, by placing the name
of King first on the list* Certainly, King
uas seen more service and is by far the
more distinguished man of the tw o. And,
judging from the biusiernf the Democrat
ic buulurro Rights party in Georgia last
fall, we little dreaim and that llie Georgia
delegation should lude beep influenced
by a Northern mail to have gone solar
North to select a nominee from among
die ‘•cliecse-e.nivg, onion-smelling” van
kees, as the Columbus Times smeriuglv |
! termed our Northern brethren. But dims
change and men change with them, mm 1
from all quarters the lire eaters South ami ;
free-stiller* North, are throwing up tlu-ir j
liats aud shouting, “tin: most lit,” “thej
most proper,” “Hie most popular,” “the;
1110*1 nuexce|itionable,” “the most fortun
ate,” “the must available,,’ “die most sat-1
islartwry"ihe most GLOR/UUS mini- 1
ination that could have been made l” j
And so we presume they would have said j
of Mr. anybody else, to w limn chance may j
have given the noiuitiation.
[Cortespoudence of the Baltimore Sun.]
Washington, June 9th. j
l mentioned yesterday that n portion |
of the democratic Iree-soileis have ex-j
pressed much dissatislaciion at the deni’ j
orratic platform, anti nominations. J
now leflfc that a number of them have
held a caucus, in this city, and agreed to
oppose the nominal ions. The result ol
dds caucus will be found in the able and
well written article which appears in the
National Era f this morning. One Os
die editors of the N. York Post was pres
ent, and look ground in opposition to the
views which have been fill.e expressed by
the t.ra. ‘J he Post deems the platform
a nullity, and significant of nothing—for
die alleged reason that the convemiuu
was in a -late of confusion and disorgau- .
nation when the resolutions constituting
the platform were read and that tln’ir a
doption w as merely nominal.
The majority ol the free soiled, how
ever, hold the convention responsible for
llie endorsement of the fugitive slave law
and have, therefore, opened the campaign
against the ticket of Pn ice and King.—
I I,i- split will greatly lend to strengthen
the independent tree soil patty, who art
to hold a national convcutinn, erect a
platform, aud nominate a candidate- fur
the presidency- A* all [tauits now look
for a granite bi**i< for their nomination,
it i* probable that Mr. John P. Hale, of
New Hampshire,w ill ietlte heesnil nom
inee Ivl president. Mr. WebMii, an
other son of tile Gianite State, will pio
hilly lie the nominee of’ the National
Wing Convention ; for the Scott whig*
in New Yotb have, al length, become
convinced that they cannot curry him
without a united party, and without an
iiiiequivncal declaration iu snppiiil of'the
fugitive slave law. The Boston Courier
say*, truly, that if Mr. Webster be not
elected President, Franklin Pierce will
bl ’-
Mr. Webster's Prospects —The
Washington correspondent ol the Boston |
Courier, in a tabular arrangement of the !
votes of the wing national convention,’
gives General Scott 122, Mr. Fillmore i
133, and Mr. Webster 40. ll>* say s that i
;very liberal allowances are made in this j
statement lor Gen. Scott, and adds:
“Every Fillmore man elected, whether!
lie hail lioiii the South or the North, who |
has been interrogated, ha- nasweid to the
1 question, ‘Mill you support Mr. Welt-
I ster in the convention next to \lr. Fill
! more,’ emphatically in the uffii illative ;
! and it is well known that very many elf
led to np| ort Gen. Scott’s pretension*
have net st rood choice hut Daniel YV-li
ster ; and will come out for Mr. Webster
as soon ns they are convinced that, with
| their votes, be can be nominated. This
[is particularly true of New York, where
| a large number of delegates, elected for
Scott, are among Mr. Webster’s warmest
political nnd persunal friends.’*
Dividend. —The Plnulei’* Bank of
■hr Citv ol Savannah, has declared a
seiui-anetial dividend of six per cent.
A touching Incident. —We hear yes
terday ol one of the most touching aud
sorrowful incidents that, in the wbplc
course ol our life we lone been called ;
upon to record.
An aged mother—a w oman of seventy j
years—left her home in the Emerald i-It- j
some ten weeks ago “in set k the abode of J
her children who are now re-idnts ol j
Louisvlle.
j. After a tedious passage, and the. trouble !
incident to a long jonrnev, she reached I
j this cityimin New Orleans last Monday
I night on board the Alex. Sent; ; and soon i
I *he was surrounded by Iter children.
| Her sou was tire first to See her, and he I
I hastened to inform his sister ol their |
! mother’s arrival.—They met—(die modi- i
* ‘ I
j cr and die daughtet) in one long embrace j
■ w hich only ended as die infirm mother I
| sank w i l l l excitement to the floor. Silt- i
i had swooned away tu the rapturous ;
enjoyment id’ beholding once more a ‘
1 daughter so long lost to her. She pro- 1
! noun red a blessing upon her children,ami !
then fainted aw ay. Whenever restored!
1 to consciousness, the sigjit of Iter children.]
and (lie pleasing recollcrdons of iheir j
presence, would overcome her with etno-.j
tio*, and again am] again she would
faint in their arms. I
j Phy sii inks were culled to tier aid, but
j could afford her no relief. For two days
she cnminur.l in this condition until worn
out w iih fatigue ami excitement, exhausted j
nature gave way, .uni (he mother now j
j “sleeps well” i- the given earth of tier
j new made home, llmv strange, how
’ sorrwful, and how touching, are die im
dents of life.— Lots. Democrat.
j There is another war anticipated he
tween llnyt’i and St. Domingo—llie Kin
! perior Soldi qne, refusing to < know ledge
! the independence of the Duininiciau Re-
I public, nnd ihreatnitig unless the Haytien
! flag was hoisted by it he would invade
l it in October next. Arrangements ate
j making to meet hint on the frontier under
[General Santa Anna with n force of
I G.OOO. men.
j
j Interesting fmn Washington.
j Waslii no i on, June 5—9 P. M. —
Prepiiruliius\ij the ll'higs—the new
j Judges for Utah, S^c. —The Whigs are
1 actively engaged in preparing for the
j Convention next week. Secretary Web
! ster’.- frieiui- have a club room on Eighth
! street, Fillmore's fiiends on Pennsylvania
avenue, near Fout -nnd-a Half street, and
Scott’* on Four-aud-a-Half street.
The Senate was engaged this morning
fur a long lime in executive session, in
discussing the nomination for Judges in
Utah. Two of them are Mormons, and
there is a strong disinclination* upon the
part of the Senate to confirm them. No
decision, however, was united at in their
cases. The other nominee, who is from
Ohio, and is not a Mormon, was confirm
ed this morning;
Late Freni ‘The Wist Indies. —The
,Briti>h Mail steamship Meihu, Capt.
?CnrE. united at New York ort Saturday
lYom St. Thomas, via Bermuda. The
crop of sugar „ this vear at Barbndoes is
likely to lie the largest ever made in that
island. The difference between the. Gov
enor and the House ol Assunhly of Dom
inica, has resulted in a dissolution of the
House. The drought continues very
J severe at St. Lucia. The the
, new steamer ol'tlie R. M. W . I. Packet
i Company had arrived at St. Thomas
from England, in a very quick passage
; ind had left again on ln-r return. Messrs,
j Cook Iz Cm, merchants of Ponce and
j Gnyania, Porto Rico, had failed.— Mar
■ feels at Deiilerara were very flit.
Henry Clay--The following tribute
to Henry Clay is from the Inst number of
; the Knickerbocker :
Passing the National Hotel at 2 o’-
clock on tilts bright and cloud hss warm!
Sunday, we saw a tall figure, dad, in a
blue cloak, attended only hy a lady and
; child, enter a coach before the door.—
Once seen, il was a face never to be for
gotten. h was Henry Clay. Thai
eagle-eye was not dimmed, though the
great statesman's natural fotee was abat
ed. We raised our lint, and bowed our
reverence and admiration : our saluta
tion as gracefully returned, nnd the
carriage was driven away. As we walk
ed’ on, to keep an engagement to dine,
we thought ill the feite w ords of that euing
oent patriot: 4 If the days of my useful
ness. ns 1 have much reason to fear, be
indeed passed, I desire not to linger nu
impotent spectator ol” I Ire oft-scanned field
o’ life. 1 have never looked upon old
age, deprived of (lie faculty of enjoyment,
of intellectual perceptions arid energies
with any sympathy ; and for such I tliir.k
the day of late vannut arrive 100 soon.*
One ran hardly choose hut drop a tear
over such a remark from such a man.
The House of Representatives have
laid on the table the Bill granting Land
to the construction of the Florida aud
Alabama Railroad.
The loss sustained by the recent fire in
Si. Louis, amounts to only $ 12000.
Cholera lit Rintucky. —The cholera
has broken out in the city ofMaysville,
Ky., nnd ‘twenty deaths had occured
since tiit- sdt ins'. |
THE SOUTH-WEST GEORGIAN
CHARLES B. VGIttGBLOOB,-- ... ..TidlmT.
on cousm’a good is ours.
j OGLETHORPE JUNE, 18, 1852.
! Agents for the Soiilk>Wcsi Georgian
Spencer Caldwell, Fort Gaines , Ga
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i Gilbert M. Stokes, Slade, Lee eo. do.
Dr. M'm.’M. Stokes, Dooly co. do.
; M. L. Holman, BrooksriUr,, Sls&'rtdo.
| A. A. Blakel \\ Griffin, Piktc& do.
John W, Griffin, Grijin, do.
J. TANARUS, May, FrancUville, do.
W, j. Parker, Chenuba. Lee Cos., do.
; A. ./. Williams, Agent for Sumter co.
GullMn Webb, Traveler's Resit do.
Fit bn on Haggard, Alliens do.
Itcdsiction in the term* ol the
sioutlfWest Georgian.
! Af/cr the first day of October the Geor
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j at the following rates :
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We have been induced to offer the above
-te.rins in order to increase the circulation of
our paper, and for that purpose we earnslly
solicit the co-operation of our fiiends. If
we meet wiih sufficient enroragetnent, we
intend getting new material in u few months
and enlarging our. paper.
fIfofILECOMrrfHERES.
CUE?
We would again appeal to our patrons
to rome forward and pay up, and if not
convenient to com e, send the money. The
amount that each is due is lint small, and
[we presume noone would find il incon
venient to pay. We should certainly
spare our rendeis the pain of reading this
dun were it not that we are compelled to
raise money forthwith or suffer our office
taken from us and thus be thrown penniless
upon the world without the means of sup
porting 1 our family. If we can get that
which we have earned we are safe—if we
fail in gH it, those who owe us are all a
like contributors to our ruin. A word
t > those who have a heart is sufficient.
The Mexican Ministry Resigned.
Col Sloo has reeeieved a grant of the
right of way across the /slhmus ofj Te
huantepec, from the Mexican Senate, in
consequence ol which the Ministry have
resigned.
Another war with Mexico
From an article in nnotlrer column, it
w ill he seer, that another bloody war w itlr
Mexico isalntost inevitable. Gen. Analas
has gathered together an army of 5000
upun our frontier nnd is committing the
most inhumane depredations upon our ci
jxens. Our Government will certainly
take cognisance of this affair, and forth
with put a slop to the outrages coinmit
tud on the persons anil property of our
frontier rilixens, by these treacherous and
marauding Mexicans.
“ Mr. Pierce, “who is he T
Oor Macon street cotemporary ‘in
llie abundance of the milk of human
kindness that courses every avenue of his
sympathetic heart,’ has labored extreme
ly hard in his last issue, to rake up or
manufacture some information, in order
to enlighten us as to who Mr. Pierce is,
lint in spite of all his toil and deep re
search into the forgotten events of the
past, lie has only been able to bring forth
those truths, when removed from the
chaff nf embellished exageratioi, that we
knew before as well as he. It will not
lie improper to stale here however, that
lie has discovered what even llie citizens
of New-Hampshire never knew, that Gen.
Pierce was once Governor of that
Stale.
We are inclined to think that the Edi
tor of the Democrat, from his remarks,
knows but very little himself about Mr-
Pierop, or his public acts. He says that
lie was once a member of Congress.—
Very well, vvliat did he do there—what
important bill did he introduce—what
great speech did he make—what impor
tant vote did hr cast ? Here, we must
confess that we need enlightenment, and
we presume, so does every other citizen
of die United Stales, but we will not ap
ply to the Editor of the Democrat, for
i the information ; For, he don't even
know fluff Mr. Pierce, in 1831, was ap
pointed an aid under Gov. Dinstnoor
With the rank of Coloftel; or tlse in his
eagerness to enlighten u*, lit: wbuld cer
tainly have mentioned the cirffithstahee:
He is ignorant of the fact i,;nl Mr, Ptettfe
was in 1828 a member of the H wse nf
Representatives in the New HampsirWe
Legislature or he would certainly have
made mention of this crowning honor in
the history of this distinguished man !
It has certainly escaped his memory, that
this great mail! resigned his seal hi the
United Slates Senate almost as soon as
he came in possession ol it, and retired
home to resume the practice of Law, or
lie would have most assuredly recurred to
this as an instance of the extreme, mo
desty of Mr. Pierce in receiving and oc
cupying important stations in the affairs
of Government. The Editor of the
Democrat is certainly very ignorant as
to the arts of the great men I of his party,
or lie would have known all about this
|
long since. Perhaps the same friend
that informed him that Franklin Pierce
had l>e'en Governor of New Hampshire,
might have given him the above ihfiirma
tion, and thus have saved him the etnbar
rasment of exhausting his entire store of
biographical knowledge in one shot t nr
ti< le.
In conclusion we would say that if our
coteniporary bus so limited a knowledge
of the past, it is by nb means probable
that lie can pierce with his keen eye of
pinphesv, the uncertain mystei is of futur
ity and correctly predict the result of the
approaching Presidential canvass, ana
until time shall reveal that result, we shall
consider his effort to enlighten ns as to
“who Mr. Pierce will be,” an entire fail
ure.
A Cliance for a Plank Hoad ansi
Kail Itoad Connection with Pciesa
cola,
YY'e learn the following from Mr.
Tift of the Albany Patriot, who has
lately been down i t Thomas and Lowndes
Counties: ‘ YVe conversed with Gen.
Wright and other gentlemen of that sec
tion, wl'o seem to enteitain no doubt that
the Brunswick and Pensacola Ra.l Rood
w ill be built speedily. The company is
to be organised al Brunsw j. k on the 1 Tilt
tnst it is Faid that one and a half mill.-
ion have been subscribed to the stock in
New York.’ 1
It is understood that a branch of this
road will be built to and it oul\
remains to build a plank road from thi.-
place tn rtlbany to make the connection
with Pensacola complete, it will require
but very little reflection to convince any
rational man, that this connection w ill r
ventually be tirade, the necessities of the
country demand it, and if it is not made
by a plank road from this place to Al
bany, it will certainly be by Railroad.—
While the former would be the lastitjg
salvation of our commerfial interests, the
latner would completely prostrate the
promising trade <>f our city. /Titlt these
lights before tlrern it is important that the
fi iends of the Plank Road should redoti
ble their exertions for the speedy accom
plishment of this enterprise. A good
start itas already been made and a little
more exertion in the shape of action w ill
ensure success.
MR. PIERCE.
The follow ing communication was han
ded us by a gentleman who is personally
acquainted with Mr,'Pierce. —a native of
the same State, and his political friend.
We hesitate not to place this information
before our readers, for we doubt not that
it is perfectly correct, but when it is said,
it is all that can be said In justification of
Mr. Pierce's qualifications for the Presi
dency.
(COMMUNICACED.)
The Democratic Candidate for Presi*
dent.
Gen, Franklin Pierre, the fourth son
of Gov. Benjamin Pierce was born at
Hillsboro, N. H. Nov. 23d, 1804, gradu -
ated al Bowdoin college, in 1824,
cowimmenced the study of law under the
direction of John Burnani, E'q., in his
native village, and pursued his course sub
sequently, in the Law School, at North’
nnipton, Mass., at that time tinder the
direction of Judge Howe, and in the office i
of the Hon. Levi Woodbury, at Ports- j
mouth, N. H., and the Hon. Edmond i
Parker at Amherst. He was admitted to ‘
tbc bar at Amherst N. H., in Sept. 1827.
In October of the same year, lie opened
an office in Hillsboro’ and continued it
until (838. When he returned so Con
cord, the capilol of the State where lie notv
resides. In 1831, he was appointed hy
the kite Gov. Dinsmoor, one of his aids,
with the rank of colonel.
He represented his native town in the
State Legislature, four years successive
|y, from IS2B. In 1831 and 1832, he
was elected speaker of the House of Re
presentatives in N. H. In 1833, he wa<
chosen a member of Congress, and con
tinued to represent that Suite $ the pop!
filtir branth of the National Legislature
Inrttil the 4th of March 1837, when he took
his seat iiv the United States Senate^ljclt
he siibtetjuftily resigned nnd renewed the
practice of !a* tn hi* native State. AC
the jroniiDcncenieflt fifth* hlrr.wnh Mexi*
I COi he voiu'. n,fert ‘ c * his seirtices and re
ceived
General in the Army S ' a,es *
and be fUsiinguished liinise* r
ability in many important engagei.7 enl *’
He is an eloquent and abk pleader, 3
sound jurist, aud is considered to be one
of the most able criminal, lawyears iu. Newr
England. ♦
If the above described qiialifjfatidqs,
are sufficient to make the possessor elligi;.
ble to the Presidency, it would require
least fifty thousand, years to elevate all,
within the limits of the United Slates who
: are now qualified to fill that office.
; We do not intent! by these remarks to
i detract’ one honor from the career
j of Mr. a public man. We have
■ no inclination to'under-rate his talents as
a Lawyer, as a Siatesman, or as a Gener
al, but we must confess that while he
would acquit himself with honor be
fore a emit I,or fiill w ith dignity the speak
ers chair iu a Slate Legislature, or even
| command respect as a tacit member of
| Congress, we cannot admit that these
’ qualifications are sufficient to claim for
’ him the suffrage of the people lor the
highest and most responsible office within
the gift of the government. We nin* t
take the liberty to correct our correspon
dent in one instance, and only one, in re
gard to Mr. Pierce having ‘‘distinguished
bim-elf with signal ability in many im
portant engagements. ‘We know perltap*
as much about that particular period in
the history of Mr. Pierce's career, as any .
one else who was not present at the bat
tles of Contreras ami Chembusco. If
history dors not lie, Gen. Pierre was.
thrown from his horse at the commence
ment of (he former battle, and so badly
hurt that lie was compelled to leave the
f’n-Id. On the next day he attempted nc
t’uin at Clieruhtisco, but al the fir>t charge
the cxi ilenien! was too great lor him and*
in Hie language of the historian, “lie was
taken from the field, fainting w ith | ain."’
From (hat moment until his ncminmion.
for the Presidency, the name of General
Pierce lias never been mentictied. We
do not pretend to say that the teneral
would not have dktiugui-hed himsell and
reaped blood-stained laurels of renown,
had it no-1 been (or this untimely and ill
fated accident. It is wrong however tn
accord to city man that which was possi
ble yet not accomplished.
( C o ui m u n ic a t e and.)
In no section of country, where Pi.mk
Roads are iu operation,do the people con
demn ihrni or de.-ire their disuse: and the
! arguments of building and iiiainiai-uing
with success, a plank toad, in compari.-on
with a Rail Road, are as strung lor the
former, as lor the latter. The Plank
Road iu the first place, rail be built at ail
expenditure of ten to fifteen hundred dol
lars per mile, and can be maintained and
kept in good repair for an aggregate cost
of 20 dollars per mile per annum. A
president and treasurer are all the officers
necessary to employ at high salaries; the
toll gatheres may be employed at uiodeate
expense, for an honest man. or even a boy
not above the middle oi Ids teens iu age
that can count and change money will
answer every purpose, and of sorb the
country always affords an abundance. No
Engines no cars, water stations, wood
yards, switches, Turn tables, depots, con
ductors, enginenien, agents, and scores of
hands to load and unload, w ill be neces
sary.
The Plank Road bull! and toll pates
established; and your thoroughfare is fuU
!y equipped for service.
And again: the planter can with Ids
own team carry at an average estimate,
three times the ordinary load drawn on
common roads and travel the same dis
] lance in two thirds of the lime, and with
fjr less danger to wear, tare and break
age of the wagon or carl. Another ca
i son may be adduced, in favor of the in
j creased values of all real estate on or near
] the line of the road, which, in all cections
! where plank roads have been constructed,
is fully equal to the increase arising from
any other enterprise of Internal improve
ment. That increase in the State of New
York where more plank roads are in op
eration than in any State, in no case falls
under 25 per cent and iu many places
reaches double the former value, or 100
per cent. In Ohio it is about the same,
nnd so with Pennsylvania, and I believe
is true of all other sections. Another
very important item, and the last 1 shal