The State guard., 1847-08-17
IVetuETnDska.

are going on within it's border, and more particularly, 10 that class of individuals whose interests and domestic welfare are identified with the gro wlh, prosperity and improvement of the place. The opinion has, enormously, gone abroad that "Wetumpka has been going down." Such. we could not dispute. until within the lastyear orso. In '35 and '36, many men wthfctiious capital commenced lh, rap i'd improvement of the place. and conin- ued its growth much beyond the means of support furnished by the trade of the up country, until '37, when many of the in- dlviduas who had been engaged largely in tue establishment of the place, failed and were crushed with the downfall oi
 the paper institutions of the country.- Business to a great degree was suspend' ed, houses became vacant and conse quenlly, the report was riff that "We tumpka was going down hill" Such was the case, and such remained the case, until within the last few years, when the attention of a new set of men was directed to the location and situa. tion, and almost an entire new class of business men located and commenced business on a firm basis.
 Then the destructive fire that happen ed in '45, retarded greatly the re>im, provement that had commenced, destroy ing the entire capital of many energetic and persevering J oung men, who were doing a fair business, consequently blighied their prospects and retarded their energies. But independent of these many calamities, we now witness im> provements of the most magnificent kind going on. too at time when times are considered hard and business dull, which are compelled to be continued, as the business of the surrounding country demands. The large Hotel that has been in progress of building during the Summer, will be great acquisition 10 lhe place when it gets in full operation (which we learn will be the case by ihe middle of October or the first of Novem Der nex:,) giving to those travelling through and 10 Wetumpka, an opportu. nity of luxuriating on many of the pro. ducts of the country in the vicinity.-- Next, we notice the rapid erection of the large Store Rooms of Messrs. Har- rell, Coniff and Harvey, which adds much to the beauty Of that part of the town where it is located. Many other improvements in the way of building are going on in other portions of the town. In fact, every thing is preparing to do a heavy business this fall and winter. which, no doubt, will be the case, much more SO than has been for seyer> al seasons past. From the fact that many of the planters in Cherokee, Ben. ton, Talladega, and Randolph counties have become fired of the experiment Of shipping their produce to Charleston and other places, where they do not get any better price, but have to pay much higher for their groceries than they do here. They are determined to again return their trade 10 this place. These are not the only inducements for the still further improvement of the po2ula ton of the place. Many natural causes render it more desirable than many oth. CT up country towns--every facility is afforded which talent. industry and en terprise can afford. Being surrounded as it is, with lands as fertile for all the necessaries of life, as any other portion of the State of Alabama, in a high state of cultivation by ihe most intelligent and industrious farmers, it is certainly made one of the most bountiful countries to live in, so far as sustenance is concern ed. Such society is rarely found in any town, for its peculiar adaptation to the tas;es and desires of the most re, fined as well as the moral and religion ls's, while il will become more and more chaste by the spread of literature among our young population.
 Several schools, both for males and females are in the place and tie vicinity, in charge of competent teachers, and in every way well calculated 10 inspire useful instruction to the young. The mechanical arts are practised to a small degree, and are generally sustained well,
 while the mercantile portion cannot be excelled by any town in the South, for they are men of intelligence, taste and
 lloerality. Goods can be bought as cheap here, by retail particularly, as can m Mobile or New Orleans, and by
 the package or wholesale, in many in.
 stances, as can, in proportion to the ex,
 pense, in any Southern town. This
 is the case beyond dispute, for many of