The Port-Gibson correspondent., 1845-11-26

w NJ. GWIN, as candidate for United States
Senator.
THE MEMPHIS SCONYENTION.-owin2
to the great length Of the proceedings OF thu
body, we are unable to publish them at length
After it adiourns we will give synopsis oi ey'
cry thing of interest that transpires during li'
sitting. The Hon. John c. Calhoun Presides
over its deliberations. About six hundred del
cgates are in attendance, composed principally
of merchants and business men, representing
twenty-one States and Territories, including
Texas. The Southern and Western People
entertain the opinion that their interests have
been neglected by the Federal Government,
and they resort to Conv venton to make known
their sense OF the neglect which theirinterests
have suffered, and to insist that henceforward
they shall receive fair proportion Of lis dis
bursements as they have hitherto borne its tax
alton.
The Convention is held free from political
partzanship, and among other subjects there
will be considered the following: The militia
nv and naval resources of the West and South !;
the improvement ofthe Western rivers; the inn
provement Of the ohio river, tn, connection Of
the Illinois river with the Lake BY a ship ca
nal; the Western Armory; the military road
from Memphis through Arkansas to tue from
tier; the forts and defences Of the Western In
dian frontier; Western mails; Marine Hospit-
ais on the Western waters; levying and re-
claiming the public low lands of the Mississp-
pi and other large Western rivers; the rail road
connection between the South Atlantic States
and ,he Mississippi river; the agriculture Of the
South; manufactures in the South.
p. 8. Since the above was in types, W. havs
received The New Orleans Tropic Of the Goth,
which says the Convention adjourned sine die
on Saturday the 18th, having been in session
but days. The haste, with which the Con-
vention adjourned, leaves US to infer that the
important questions before it were not suffi-
ciently discussed and investigated; but, reports
were made upon most leading topics, acted on,
and referred to a general committee, with iE-
structions to lay them before Congress.
THE NEW COURT HoUsE.~our new
Court House attracts the attention and calls
forth an expression Of admiration from every
stranger who visits our town, and our own citi-
zens look upon it with mingled pride and salts
faction. We have attempted below to give a
briefsketch Of It's dimensions and general ap-
pearance, that those abroad may form an ade-
quate idea Of its style and finish. The reader
will perceive at once that we have no talents
as an Architect, and if FIVE have not commenced
and finished our description at the right point,
we hope he will not tell any body, as it is not
our wish to detract particle from the merits Of
Messrs. Posey English, who are justly en-
titled to, and we hope viii receive the credi'
of having erected and finished in a very hand
some and appropriate style the best and most
substantial Court House in the State:
The building is 63 feet square, from founda-
tion to cave SO feet high, height to top of spire
SO feet-the roof presents sides, or what i.
termed in architecture hip roof, meeting OF
connecting a base in the centre 90 feet square
from which rises large dome, with its cornics
and entabature supported by eight columns
forming an Octagon The main roofand deck
floor of base is covered with copper. The from
portico is l6 BY 8 feet, its columns, eornice and
entablature is entirely brick has fiat tor
of hydraulic cement, mounted with neat iror
railing. All the doors and windows are linec
with iron. In short the whole building pre-
seHts neatness and durability, and is after the
Tuscan order of Architecture.
The interior is handsomely arranged, show
ing taste, comfort and convenience. A hal
IA by 60 feet runs through the building Is
pitch of story Is feet, I'd I8 feet. Sheriff,
Office 90 by "a; Circuit Clerks do % by "a
Probate Clerks DO 90 by %, Probate Judge',
do 10 by "a; Court Room 40 by so; the bar is
80 by q feet and is elevated two feet sil
inches above the main floor, enclosed with 4
neat iron railing. The Judges Stand is fee
wide by feet long-the front is fancy iror
work, with the Scotch harp in the centre. The
Grand Jury Room is 90 by "a; Pet. jury
Room 90 by22. The stair case is stone, en-
ire. All the floors are brick, covered with
hydraulic cement.