New-York daily tribune., 1845-03-01

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s.a,,sying hIg ravs to The owliest hut as
we'll as on the lotiesi palace-aye dare 10 oeie'S'
| when ne recnonz with his owr SOUL thd tts oolu-
| age of nan bv man Is Just iha' on4 0' h9e uh
Ike another, shall lit the riVet ahu lhe roc ahu
! h",, I1wn on his fellow, whose soul may thu. be
o,nsbad and his l,ps sealed with terror? God for
. ~, Tbev may bind and best-they may iauen
ad dive IN ,narket-hu in the end. i snail not be
nead IS sufficient excuse, that so nrc qu'ck nerve
and sinew so rauch Guve!ins lite, forfeited lts night
10 humanity, because God gave 1t black skin, II
MAJ be that tley are not thus bea'-bU. II &c, they
,Dgv be tomorrow; end in ali the SoITh, should
slaT. dare return blow for blow, be- the excuse
what i might, who would shield hin from ceath
ptv people who live en- the tci' of slaves, They
know not that The sun Will smile On them atte- the
Nights rest There is under their feet mine tu!!
Of danger and death, which il viii ever be nature
end just for the oppressed TO spring. The People
cf the South feel and know tbs, aid many ot them
would De glad, doubt Lot, to nave Slavery al
once done away.
Savannah is ore CT the fines. cities between
this and New-YoIk; regularly and beautifully
laid ont; the streets, crossing like those OF Phla,
delphi. al right angles, are very WIDE, ano ineo
with one, two, and come with three r0Ws OF
Delightful shade.trees Intersected with iaTge
squares, and the buildings that line them look
really pTincely amid their abundance OF shrub
berry The city is built upon hlgh bluff, and Is
very healthy, and adapted peculiarly TO The trade
upon which it exists. large Monument 10 the
memory of Pulaski grdces the Park fronting the
| Post Office and State Bank; and large Hotel
! the best N the city-close by the Monument- also
/ bears MS name OF late tner. have been several
/ fires supposed 10 be the work OF saves, and very
strict police is kept. The fires have mostly occurred
in the Factories and Mills buli; within the year pdst
Savannah streets have peculiarly winch you VIII
see where e!se except at AuSusta.-beIng very
| wide, they slope from either walk 10 the centre,
which is regular gutter, where, when II storms,
the water pourS down. making miniature rVer,
and In an hour after the seyerest rain IN either OF
these cities the walks and streets are Passabe 10
the most delcately-shod pedestrian. There Is
something pastoral in the appearance OF these
cities the COWS who seem perfectly al home in
the streets, lie basklng about the pumps, and al
noon of a sunny day, when the air Is tn! OF yel-
low INST peculiar 10 the South tnc whole scene Is
more like some engraving we have seen, than
real city itself. Here, al Charleston, there Is
citadel where IN case OF lnsuuectOn, the citizens
can hv and be secure. The military sprl, OF the
South lives upon the necessity OF being prepared 10
subdge any rebellion of its Slaves nor do the peo-
pie disguise the fact.
Leaving Savannah, you go 10 Macon by railway.
so miles, at the modcrGtc p:Ice of 81. Macon Is
clever business town. more famous for being The
locale of Major Joness Courtsnlp,' and the In
dian mounds near it, than for any thing else These
Tumui of which there are two within halle "a mile
Of the city, have been matter OF mystery, as they
for ever will be- That they were reared III iormeI
ages is evident as the soil composing them diflrre
from that on which they rest beside there are moi
far from them huge hollnws from which they Were
taken Another proof that they are ar'i!icia Is 'ht
positions III. occupy, the beauty and regularity OF
their proportion and the absence oi any hing sin-
lar in their vicinity. The two which ! visited are
nearly of a size {; | should think them twenty rods
in diameter at the base, nearly round, IRON ~ 10
100 feet gil, and about 100 feet IN diameter al lhe
ton which is level or perhaps followed liule like
saucer They are covered with shrubs and trees,
some of them three feet through, old and veherd-
bic oaks that may have stood Tor many centuries
The Indians who pitched their wlgwams about
them when the country was discovered, Knew
nothing of their founders, more than from the ira
di,ion that they were always there. BY digging IN
in the SOIL pieces OF curious stone lars are dlscov
cred of which have some, not unlike those iound
at Pompei Were these the thrones, or sepul
chres or fortresses, OF past rude but mighty peo-
pie T! Who shall divine their ann ana Use, ana un
bury when this riddle is dissolved, the archives OF
a race tha, was, and is not ? There ls one which
| did not see, very large, and surrounding II are
fifty small, slmllar-shaped ones. Here the kings
and priests and the great host oi people may nave
worshiped their Gods it looks not unlikely, Tor,
divcstinc them of barbarsm, they stand there, fit
altars for the highest human worship. From Ma
con you take the cars TO BranChvllle, So miles, and
then the stage for 80 miles TO Columbus; iare
50 30 Wewere nine hours gong The hrst 80 miles
| by steam The whole country iron Macon TO Co.
| lumkus so far as Sec Is barren and almost
uninhabed. have often ed where the people
live and was always told, ION the other routes
Columbus is business place oi about D. o lnhaol-
tants, living upon Cotton, like all MS neighbors a
large factory tor making coarse ciohS IS Just nm
ished but not vet in OPERATION there Is also one al
Tholtaston, which manufactures coarse basslDs.-
Whether either will live, Is questionable Al 90
umhus the Shnp plasler Currency begins 10 develop
itself, and the stranger must be careful oi wiat
money he has and what he takes. Situated as It is
on the Apaachicoa, Columbus will yet be larst
md Z has HIm
eges and only needs Yankee enterprise and little
more civilization.
From Columbus you go 10 Montgomery, in Ala
bama, 10 miles by stage, and about 10 by Steam-
Ietwevll these places We saw rude wooden mon
umept, erected to the names OF two stage loacs, OF
travellers who were murdered by the Indians, led
on by white man, few years ago. The coach
es horses and passengers We're all burned Oh the
spot The man who led the Indians secured The
mails md onlv person. the driver OF one oi the
stages escaped 10 tell the tale. Montgomery Is
second to Mobile only in size, situation ana ilnpor-
tauce. The river which connect, II with The sea
is navgabe for the largest ol those monstTolS hlsh
pressure steamers, some oi which carry z,otOoaies
ot Gotten as iaI W Wetpmpke, ihe apl'at,
| Qately more hau aaf burned DOWN. and thou
sands OF bales shipped from here daily Inc
streets, from morning TIL night, ale hronged with
wagons each bearing It's load ot nom one 10 'hree
bales; while files of slaves, for sale, are kept
marching round the market house, exhibiting them
selves 10 all who may wish To buy. Whls al
Montgomery, hspTeaeG 10 converse with the Ed
tor CT the Alabama Journal sbOu, The Tribune and
the Oxford news He seemed 10 think the course
OF The Tribune perfectly correct, especially as the
subsequent news lalhed so closely with il: and he
farther said tha, the Nc, York Herald, notwith-
standing It's vir,uous indignalon,' had some
months since, by quoting rise of cotton whent
was ony I, lost over SlG9OJ0 10 Montgomery
breaking no less than -four firms. The Herald al
that time came on by GrpreSS Speaking OF ex.
presses, there is much congIatuauon manifested
for the united manner IN which the New-Iork
press acted in pr 'cunng II counteractlns Govern
neni express which is now in full operation The
leader ci the Empire Club in your city, am iu-
formed, is well known in these parts gambler
and blackguard, and people are surprised TO hear
that such a character should give tone 10 public
meeting Montgomery is the residence OF Hon.
AIR Belscr, Member OF Congress, The passage
down the river from this city 10 Mobile, about 10
miles, would be very pleasant were l, not thai the
boats halt wherever they can get bale Of Cotton
10 carry. Sometimes they stay Whole day al one