Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-02-21
TENNESSEE.


TENNESSEE.
The Wings of this State held Convention
at Nashvilleson the 9th instant the Hon h. ii.
Foster, presiding over its deliberations. They
put forth an able address, accompanied with the
following resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted
Rssolved. That WILLARD FILLMORE is the decided
choice ofthe Wings of Tennessee for the next Presden
Cyl and delegates to the National Convention are
hereby instructed to use all honorable efforts to secure
the nomination OF this able statesman and distinguished
Pesolrsd That we hereby recommend the Hon. JAS
C. JONES for the office of Vice President of the United
States
Resolred That we have an abiding confidence that
the Wing National Convention will nominate cand-
dates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency who are
sound ON the Union and the Compromise measures and
in favor of maintaining their fnaty in principle and
substance and therefore appoint Delegates to SAID Con
vention to aid in making said nominations
We hazard nothing in saying that should the
National Wing Convention nominate the tick
ct above named, it will secure the enthusiastic
support of the Wings of Virginia. The Off
cial conduct of Mr. Fillmore since his unforeseen
elevation to the Executive chair, has been such
to justify to the fullest extent the confidence
reposed in him by Southern Wings, and to af-
ford the most triumphant refutation of the ca
lumnies heaped upon him in the last Presiden-
tial canvass. No public man North of Ma
son and Dixon's line now enjoys in more emf
nent degree, the respect and confidence of
Southern Wings. than Willard Fillmore; and
should his name again be presented to them,
we have not the slightest doubt but that his
claims will be supported with far more zeal
and mo in hon hoy in,
Mr. Fillmore was among the first to take ground
in favor of maintaining the finality in princi-
pie and substance" of the Compromise mea-
sures; and has never for moment departed
from that position. He here stands side by side
with tn e entire Wing party of the Southern
States, for it is upon this platform that by
common consent they have~ agreed to rally.
His fidelity to the South and to the Union has
been tried under circumstances of the greatest
difficulty, and we are well persuaded that nc
true Southern Wing would hesitate for mo-
ment again to confide to him trust which has
never yet been abused.
CALIFORNIA AND HER RESOURCES.
An interesting memorial has recently been
addressed to Congress by convention of citi-
of California, held at Washington, setting
forth the condition. wants and prospects of that
country. The memoralists estimate the yield
of the gold mines for the next three years at
S150,000,000 annually and when the instru-
ments of art and science shall have been brought
into full operation, they think that the annual
production will not fall short of three hundred
millions. They maintain the theory of Mr.. T.
Butler Kings report California, that quartz is
the matrix of all the gold found in that region,
and that the auriferous deposites discovered near
the surface, are but the washings of the immense
mineral region extending some five CT six hun
dred miles in length, and from twenty to fifty
in breadth. We make the following extract,
showing the marvellous growth of the country
in wealth, population and commerce:
The rise and progress of the commerce of the
west coast of the United States within the last
three years. or since the discovery ofgold in Cal
ifornia and Oregon, and the settlement of them
by Americans, are without parallel in history.
The commerce of San Francisco alone per an
mum is more valuable than that ofall the Pacific
ports of Mexico, Central and South America
The value of the exports from that city are
twice as large as the foreign exports from New
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Southern, Northern and Eastern States of the
Atlantic; and the exports from California are
more valuable than four of the largest exporting
States of the Union. The products of our mine
raj and agricultural lands are OF greater value
than the cotton, sugar, rice, and tobacco crops
of ali the Atlantic States. There are never
less than fleet of 400 sail in the bay of San
Francisco and yet California has been in pos
session of the Americans but little over three
years, and we have had an existence as a State
but few months over one. During the short
space of two years cities and towns have sprung
up along the coast and in the interior, rivaling
in wealth. industry and trade the more favored
and prosperous cities of the West and South
west. Canals for fifty miles in length tunnels
through mountains, into which the streams of
large rivers are driven, have been constructed
In the incredibly short space twelve and eigh-
teen months, by volunteer companies. Large
cities have been established even on the side of
the Sierra Nevada, one witha population off
teen thousand, in and near which some thirty
steam mills are constantly employed in crushing
the quartz rock. However strange and Won
derful these statements may appear, they are
none the less true. Indeed all the scenes and
developments around Us almost impress Us with
the belief that we have been born century too
soon.
We expect it will break Col Morgan's heart
when he compares the following result of the
Penitentiary operations elsewhere with the slen-
derprofts ofthe establishment oserwhich he pre-
sides. We would, however, at parting, drop q
word of comfort He ought to find consolation fol
the low degree of crime in Virginia, and in the
comparatively small number of visitors to his de-
ightful retreat, in the fact that we have not tbs
contributions ofso large city as New Orleans
grooming under foreign pauper population