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Nannfaclnre* at tin; Sons;.. The history of manufaefures is a singular and useful one, whether we regard it as a matter of in dustrial enterprise or political speculation- Nations a* well as individuals; are sometimes compelled to serre apprentiesbips, nnd nothing illustrates this remark as well as the historv of those countries which by their manufactures, hare become Wealthy nnd We will go no further back thaii tlie time when -England was m a condition of yassalage to Holland and the Netherlands, in respect to the most important feature of her in dwstry and greatness. The markets of ■ London we are informed, were Allied “with iron, (timber, and leather ready manufactured. The English grew food for the Dutch and the Dutch ate it; wool for the Dutch, ami the Dutch wove it.” But this condition lasted only long enough for En- ; gland to become as thoroughly acquainted with manufacturing as her task maker was; when throw- j ing oft’ the shacklcsss which made her dependent, that imperial system of British manufactures was established which has rearer! an empire the most magnificent in wealth and power the world has ever seen. America, in her colonial condition, was to Great Britain, what Great Britain bad been to German States. The House of Commons so considered it, when they declared “that the eretcing of manufac tures in the colonies tended to lessen their depen dence upon the mother country.” It is well known to every one at ail conversant with the early history of his country, dial it was only after political in dependence was achieved that we turned our at tention to profitable manufacture. And no lover of bis country can ever forget, thnt from the year 18H17 to 1815; during the embargo, non-inter course act, and the war dates our industrial inde pendcnco of Great Britain; and those very acts gave an impetus to manufactures, trade and business, which were beyond precedent profita ble. We do not mean by these comparisons to ex cite sectional jealousy, or persuade the South that she has been in a condition of degrading vassal age to the North. We only wish the §oiith to feel the term of her apprentieship has expired.— We would desire to impress upon the minds of her people the conviction that the advantage which they possess over the North for the manu facture of clteßp and coarse g tods, (for to manu facture the finer qualities will require more exper ience and capital than they now possess,) are many and important. Cheap living, low wages, cheap cotton, coal and iron, constitute the great elements of success in the introduction and success ful prosecution of cotton manufacture. No coun try in the world possesses these elements in a de free equal to the Southern and South-western tntes. Heretofore the capital and industry of this large section of the country have been almost en tirely devoted to aggricultural pursuits. By dc versifying their labor, in the manner wo have pro posed, they ensure their independence both of England and the North, while their labor thus deversitied, is muije more profitable to them selves. The Cotton is ready at their doors, and costs them one.ceut per pound Iras than it does the Northern manufacturer. The cost of transporta tion from the field to some southern port, thence to Northern factories, the cost of insurance, pay ment of agencies, profits to manufacturers, arid cost of retransportation back in the form of doth; all these arc items which go to swell the difter enec in the profits which tho Northern and South ern manufacturer receives. Nor are wo without hope that the interest which lias been excited on this subject will not be profitless. Already it is estimated that Geur gia has in operation 40 cotton mills, using 80,000 spindles, and consuming 45,000 bales of cot ton annustlly; in Tennessee there arc 80 factories, anti 36,000 spindles; in South Carolina there 16 fac tories, 36,500 spindles, and 700 looms, consum ing 15,000 bales of cotton: Alabama has 14 fac tories, 1*2,580 spindles, and 300 looms, consuming 0.500 bales of Cotton. Thus in four States alone there are 98 factories, besides those in process of building, working 140,000 spindles, consuming probably 75,000 bales of cotton annually, and if they go on increasing for the next five “years a< they lmvc for tho past five, we may safely calculate ons ome 200 cotton mills in operation in Southern States, consuming nnnnually over 200,000 bales of cotton, and giving employment’ to some thirty or forty thousand operatives. Thus we see the work has already commenced. Southern planters have tho monopoly of this great staple. They wilt not hcarafter bo so entirely at the mercy of English or Northern purchasers. They can manufacture that description of goods mostly in demand by tho planters themselves, such as osnaburgs, sheetings, yarns, jeans, and linscys, cheaper by far than their competitors.— They can lav the foundation for future wealth and power as Great Brittain did. They will add both to their commercial and political power.— They will encourage the immigration of an indus trious, hardy and enterprising population. By this increase of ]K>pulntion nnd of wealth, the South ern States well bo enabled to bind themselves to gether by a net-work of railroads. They can per fect their internal improvements, increase the fac ilities of intercommunication dovelope their bound less resources, and become what they long since should have been, among tho richest, most active and powerful States of the U niou. From the Southern Press. Progress of Submission and Aggres sion. In 1843-’49 the Southern States were unani mous in asserting their equal right with the Nor thern, to the new territory. In 1850, the South ern delegation divided on the question of surren dering this right, but a majority persisted in as serting it. In 1851, tho Southern States were as unanimous in the surrender, as they were in 1848 ’49 in resolving that they never would surrender. 1 In 1648, tho Northern States were unanimous in resolving to grasp all the new territory. In 1849 ’SO they determined to abolish the slave trade in this District besides. And now we behold the Southern States praying that their conditional sur render by the compromise may bo accepted by tho North, and tho latter spurning by successive elections tho recognition of any terms, but insist ing on unconditional submission. The compromise was as great a bluuder ns a ; wrong. It was based on gross ignorance of hu man nature, as well as departure from justice. It assumed that fanaticism’ and covetousness could i bo sated by cowessions—only a little short of! their demands: whereas, nM history shows that their demands increase as they are submitted to. ■ Tho restitution of fugitives was the mosttrival of all the rights of the Sout h involved in the contro- j versy, and lienee was reserved in the capitulation ’ to make a show of a treaty. It would- have been better for the South to have retained her share of California; or to linvo preserved the territory of Texas, It would have been even better to have I prevented the abolition of slavery in the District. For the right of recovering fugitives, although of little practical consequence or pecuniary value to j the Sooth, is nevertheless the most odists to Nor* there fifiiaticiem of all the constitutiorialftovisions concerning slavery. The clause was inserted in that instrument, when the States, but one, i were slaveholding. But when in the course of j sixty years slavery was abolished* or excluded ifroin . fourteen of the State*, and that ofcaccount ‘of a general belief that it is a wrong, it resulted that the people of these States could not execute a [ Fugitive slave law w ithin their own borders, with jout violating their conviction# of right It be j came inevitable, therefore, either that tho .comj ! pact must be as to exonerate them J from that clause, or they must secede from the I Union, or they must violate the Constitution. — 1 They have determined to resist the law; and ac jcordingly we have witnessed, since the compromise I was adopted, a more general, open, frequent and violent resitance to the Law, than thin country ever j witnessed before. We have seen men in every i condition of life, in the pulpit, the press, in court, j and on the stump, proclaiming the duty of resis j tance to the law, and yet claiming and enjoying i the benefits of the compact which expressly pro ! vides for it. Such a conjuction of fanaticism and ! fraud has seldom been witnessed. But the extent to which the sentiment has gone, [is by no means realized. In Pennsylvania the election which closed last evening, turned princi ! pally on the maintenance and observance of this I law. It was tho principal topic of discussion.— i Heretofore the Abolition part)* has been a small j one in the State. Now, through this law, and ‘particularly the recent outrage at Christiana, the j sentiment of Abolition will be developed in ono of the great parties in the State—a party depen jdent on the Abolitionists for success, and thus I made their allies, defenders and friends. What i evSr may be the result of the vote, Pennsylvania I is to-dav ten times as much ol an Abolition State :as ever before. The same thing is going on in I New York, and the result will be the same ; for the:,; aiso, r.n outrage has occurred, in Syracuse, even more audacious than at Christiana—and in both cases thcSe events will increase rather than diminish the strength of the party that identifies itself with the sentiment that prompted them. But this is not all. Scarcely was the compro mise consummated, when the banner of Abolition was publicly unfurled in Kentucky by Cassius M. Olay, and to tho astonishment of the State, lie received between three and four thousand votes for governor—enough to determine the ba lance of power in that State between tbe two great parties, as in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, j Massachusetts and other States, Nay, more than all that: the Whigs of Virginia have nominated Mr. Summekb for governor, and lie was one of the most zealous and intemperate advocates of eman cipation there, about twenty years ago. His speeches are now republished, and although he has probably recanted or qualified tho sentiments he then held, he will extenuate, and to some de gree avow and defend them. And will many of his party. Wo predict that the pending canvass in Virginia will terminate in the developement of more abolitionism than ever has been known there befoi e. Such is the condition of tho South. Abolition invading her Northern and Western 1 (orders and submission triumphant in her midst, and over all her States but one —and this too when at the North tho last vestiges of resect for her rights, or faith in her power are crumbling into the mighty torrent of invective nnd reproach that rises against her higher and higher. Direct Trade. We take the following extract from tho Mobile Tribune. “Wo believe that direct intercourse with all places with which we trade if they be important enough, is the first essential for southern indepen dence and prosperity. Without it onr railroads and manufactories will lie nil; and this fact is so apparent that even those exponents of ptfblie sen timent north, whose interest lies in encouraging us to the contrary, have given frequent utterance • to its truth and fullness. The New York Times —a Sew ard organ—has a passage on this sul j>ct, which wo cut out for reproduction but the. wind or a rat carried it away. It reads us a lesson which is as plain as the alphabet in a priirnr.— The Journal of Commerce, in an article concern ing secession, shows its merchant readers the la tent power of the south. It says: As the south grows the cotton, and as England and the northern states are rivals in its manufac ture, a convention would probably be entered into between England and tho Southern Republic for their mutual advantage. Give England a mo nopoly of the cotton crop; or tho principal part of it, and let the south allow her ships free acoass to their ports, while the north should be excluded, or placed on a less favorable footing, and we should soon find that the south was as necessary to the property of the north, as the north to the south. The more this subject is examined (unless it is done through abolition spectacles, which turn eve ry tiling topsy-turvy,) the more deep will be the conviction, that on the face of the earth there does not exist a more deadly enemy to human happi ness, than lie who seeks to widen tho breach be tween tho north and the south. Next to him stands tho mau who is indifferent on tho subject; who can look on and fiddle, while tho most glori ous political fabric ever reared by man is burning to ashes.” A great deal more “necessary” tho Journal means; and that is the stimulus lying at the bot tom of the New York Union movement. If the South escape a vassalage to'New York, the workl, in tl>e opinion of its sagacious people, will present ly come to au untimely end. But this is not all. Cities outside of Mobile, tho South, see that the inevitable tendency of things will push wise men in this section to a di rect trade; and they who get the start in the new order of tilings will be apt to keep it sonic time. The laggards with the best natural advan : tagos, they also sec, will be left behind—as they ought to be. Kossuth. The Newark Daily Advertiser, in noticing the desire of Kossuth to tarry in England and! else where, remarks : “Our own privato correspondence, received somo time ago, intimated a similar doubt as to his ; movements towards this country, on account of a disappointment which lie felt at the United States : officers sot permitting him to visit, under the j American flag, various ports in Europe, to confer i with his conferers about what now seems to lx; his j purpose—to excite a general revolution on the I continent. \Ye did not, however, deem it worth j while to mention tho fact before.” ! The Courier des Etats Ulfisstates that after Kos suth had arrived oil board the Mississippi, he re eeived a despatch from tho Turkish government* informing him that Austria had taken serious uro-i i hrago at his liberation, and suggesting that he j ! should delay his departure until the difficulty was | arranged. The generous Hungarian was disposed’ | to accede- to this request, but tho captain of the ; Mississippi interposed, and declared that he would wih mi •_ii , - Ar , * mHMHHHph her fftwhv. * Administration of AiKta, which the m-ot fiat!. was Iho-.iiflit to .mmen<|^^^ktctv of peace and* j rosperitvi^^^H^Mif ‘(Rynniry; is not various factions of"ConsorVailyes’ Santanistas. Ac., are mustering their forces to attack it, and there can lie little doubt that any vigorous assault will suffice for its overthrew. There is now scarce ly a leading paper in the Republic that rapports Arista. The Monitor Republieano and the Siglo : Diezy Nueve, the principal newspapers in the capital, both adhered to him at the commence ment of his administration, but both have now dropped into the ranks of the opposition. A roar ago, the name of Santa Anna was not breathed but with execration, now it is mentioned as tljgt of the only man who can icscue the country from its unfortunate position. It is evident that the wily Mexican chieftain is not yet surfeited with’ the sweets of power, and that he has been enga ged ever since his compulsory exile, in trying to prepare the people for his ultimate return. We have before us at this moment, a supplement of the Siglo, which shows that the movement in his favor is approaching a crisis, and that partisans expect soon to be able to recall him to the head of artiiirs.— New Orleans Picayune. Sir .3oilli Fraukliu. The London Morning Chronicle publishes the following interesting statement, vouching for its accuracy, and saying that the Admiralty lias or dered an inquiry; Gloucester, Friday. An extraordinary circumstance has just hap pened here, which I hasten to communicate. It is almost incredible, but for the fact that the authority is undoubted, and tho Admiralty have been induced to order an official inquiry, which is being proceeded with. These are the facts;—Last Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Russel, a lady living in Wooton, near this city, observed something fall in the garden, while at dinner. On sending out the gardner, he found it to be a small balloon, in tho car of which was a card, bearing the following inscription: Erebus, 112 W. Long. 71 deg. N. September Blocked The mattter was at first looked but subsequent events led to a comiimninlt being make with the Admiralty, who sent air die balloon and card, and immediately on their re ceipt sent down Oapt Beeeliy, R. N., to Glouces ter, with another officer, to make inquiries. These inquiries are now being prosecuted; Capt. Beech v having been twice at Wool ton; examining all par ties resident there. It turns out that it is a real Government balloon, of exactly a similar kind to thoso sent out with the Eribus, when sho sailed from England. Beautiful Car.—The Augusta Chronicle of the 28th ultimo says, “We had tho pleasure last evening of viewing ono of the most beautiful and highly finished ears just turned out of the Geor gia Railroad shop, that we have ever looked at.— All its timbers are of Georgia growth. Tire seats are made of Walnut, and look nearly, or quite as well ns those made of Mahogany. On one side is a beautiful view of tbe City Hall of Augusta, and of the Stone Mountain as you pass it on the Georgia Railroad; and on the other a fine North ern view of the same mountain, and a beautiful view of the Macon female College. Tho painting is executed in the finest style. The ear will seat seventy-six persons quite comfortably—and re flects the highest credit upon the company, both for its beauty and finish. Riiil Roads. The New Orleans Picayune refers to the extra ordinary results of Railroad improvements in var ious States. Iti Massachusetts (it says) there have been $75,000,000 invested in Railroads. Real estate has increased there in value, in ten years time, $200,053,552. In four counties in Ten nessee, traversed by the Nashville and Chattanoo ga Railroad, the value of real estate has increased in value, in ono year, $2,554,739. In Georgia the beneficial effects of Railroads aro wondcrkdl Population, production and wealth have thenri increased in a ratio that seems alt magic. In New York, the inHHMfl| in population and on tho valuation-of praLjQK) in counties traversed by the Erie Railrotah’wits! 1 0*t(124 in population, and $40,511,670 in real estate. Singular ank Important.—A despatch from Cincinnati, dated the 24th tilt., says;—“Judge Iloadley, of tho Superior Court, decided this morn ing in the ease of Childs, arrested on tho requisi tion of the Governor of Maryland,charged with ob taining goods under false pretences, that the re quisition is illegal, and that the law of the United States, and all the decissions of our highest courts relative to fugitives, are unconstitutional.— The Case will now betaken before Judge McLean, 1 of the United State Supremo Crourt. The Cotton Crop.—The Demopolis Argus ; of the 4th inst., remarks that the majority of plan ter expect to be done picking cotton within eight or ten days. Witli even an ordinary crop, pick ing could not l* titiished before the Ist of De cember. The Greensboro’ Beacon of the 18th nib, pre- j sumes that cotton picking on the sandy lands is ! pretty well finished. But on the black lands there is work for several weeks. Tho crop in the sec-! (ion of Greensboro’ will it is believed, slightly ex ceed that of last year. Houston (Texas) Telegraph of the 17th ult., learns that the coru crop of the Guade loupe has been so abundant that there will be several thousand bushels for sale in the counties i on the river. Some planters have actually raised j more cot n than they could harvest, and have al lowed their neighbors to gather it free of charge. Dcfalration. We learn from the Nashville Banner that Mr. Reid, Teller of the Bank of Tennessee, has proved a defaulter. At the quarterly examination of the J bank, on the Ist of October, the cash account 3f j Mr. Reid was found to be sho# between sffgg* and eight thousand dollars,’ana upori vestigntinn sundry errors or . were discovered, by.which tire amount will be runT I tip to some twelve or fifteen thousand dollars.— I j The bank, however, will sustain no loss, his seen-I rities being amply able to repay largely more than the amount. He has eonveyed to his securities ! his whole property, indemnifying them as far as it will go. “'ll late from iWexico. T The steamship Mexico arrived at New Orleans; Tuesdav morning, with Glaveston papers to the . lTth irtet. She marie the trip in 38 hours and 15 minutes. The following are the principal items The. ItrlLii.'l arding of the United States troops at scverhfmc posed points on the Rio Grande had caused much alarm among the inhabitants for the safetxMfthe settlements, being thus left exposed to thJ"dii#RsV The ‘ I t r ting dehireSalions ‘at (RtleTTut places, and have ] mission. Wild Cat and his colony of Indians and ne ; groes, on the western side of the Rio Grande, are j i said to have joined the Mexican troops lately sta- j tioned opposite Eagle Pass, and proceeded to- j wards Camargo, in order to oppose the revolution ary party. The San Antonio Ledger states that : much anxiety prevails at Eagle Pass, in conse quence of the hostile attitude assumed by some of Wild Cat’s tribe. The arrest of Gobper John and other runaway negroes, at Eagle Pass, have ex asperated them, and they threaten a rescue and ; vengeance. These negroes arc now confined in the .American camp. The Chihuahua trade is increasing, being chief ily supplied from El Paso. The feeling of insecur ; ity is, however, very great. The Gila mines are reported to be very pro ductive. A large party last summer gathered a j rich harvest from them, and increased i mmigrr- j tion is expected there next spring. A party from Alabama, Gen. Davie being of the party, were met on the Pecos. They have suffered exceedingly.— Mobile Register. The Male Fair. The annual Fair of the State was opened in this city on Wednesday morning the 20th ult,, with appropriate ceremonies. The products exhibited were more varied than were perhaps ever collect- j ed for a like purpose in any State in the Union.— All these in their national forms and in the many shapes given them l>y man to meet his wants or gratify his tastes could be seen at this Fair, and we are glad to know that the attractions presented by this exhibition more than realized the expectations of the most sanguine. For several days previous to the opening of the Fair, the city was thronged with visitors from all I parts ofti.is, and the adjoining States anxious to witness the exhibition. The number in atten dance was larger than at any previous meeting . since the organization of the association. It has been variously estimated from 0,000 to 10,000. he former estimate is perhaps too small—the I '’ ‘Her probably nearer the reality. On Thursday, ’ udge Andrews delivered the annual address be ore the association and a large assemblage of la i dies and gentlemen. We did net hear it and con- Isequently cannot say anything with regard to its | merits. On Thursday evening Bishop Elliot de ; livered a very interesting and appropriate address at the Presbyterian Church, on the subject of ! Floriculture. j But the space at our disposal to-day makes our j description of this grand exhibition necessarily \ very limited, and we therefore close tip our notice | this morning with a promise to say more hereafter and give a full list of the premiums awarded as j soon tis we can obtain them.— Macon Telegraph. Ten Hessttc. I We learn from the Nashville papers that Gov. Campbell was inaugurated on the 16th inst.— | Gov. Trousdale's valedictory is strikingly appro priate, chaste and beautiful. Ilis pathetic allti : sion to his past connection in the service of bis country, and his cheerful retiraev to private life is touchingly affecting. All honor to the gallant I old soldier and patriot May the evening of his days be as serene and happy as his services to his country have been honorable and beneficial. | Gov. Campbell’s inaugural smacks of the dema j gogue ami swaggerer; has a long rigmarole about secession, disunion and the like, when there Is not a secessionist in Tennessee. Glorifies the Com promise, and closes a eulogy oti Fillmore and Cos. thus: —“At! honor, therefore, to Millard Fillmore, i and Iris aide and distingnishad cabinet!” Which | all will admit, to say the least of it, is in exceeding bad taste A Horse Without Stair. Among tiie novelties on exhibition during the Fair, was an extraordmry specimen in the way of horse flesh, which was brought to town by some Yankee showman, and exhibited to the sovereigns at 25 cents per head. This singular animal is *-" : d to have been captured on the plains of Vene- V ila by a party of American hunters, headed by Lb -we!l,,kriown traveller, Juan Percy, and Capt. PRiJL It is 15 1-2 hands high, of great beauty taiidsy .metry, and without one particle of hair on any part of the body. The skin resembles India rubber, and is as soft almost as velvet. The owner of this singular animal intends spending the winter in the South, and exhibiting her in the principal Southern towns and cities, as it will bo rather cold to venture to the North, from whence he brought her, in her present hairless condition.— Macon Telegraph. Melancholy Casualty. We are pained to learn that on Friday last, Wm. Fleming, an interesting youth about eigh teen years of age, son of Mr. James Fleming, of Columbia county, was shot through the heart and killed instantly by the accidental discharge of his gun. Wo have heard no particulars of this most mi ancholy event, except that young Flem ing was out hunting and slipped up. In the act of falling his gun went off, the whole load enter ing his side. On the same day this event occurred in Colum bia comity, our paper contained an account of a similar catastrophe in Liberty county, resulting in tiie death of Mr. Le Conte. Thus, by these mysterious dispensations, two among the most estimable families in the State havo been suddenly plunged into the deepest sor row. These are impressive admonitions of the uncertainty of life.— Constitutional (£• Republic. Mr. Thrasher.— Advices from Havana, to tiie 19th ult., announce that the Spanish authorities have arrested Mr. J. S. Thnisher, formerly editor of the Faro Industrial, the publication of which was suspended by order of the Captain General. Os the precise nature of the charge against Mr. i T. we are not informed. Although he does not i appear to have taken any part in the outbreak in i the island of Cuba, he. was an excellent friend to j the invaders, after their arrest and imprisonment, and did much to alleviate their sufferings. The Charleston Courier of yesterday says: T9affirihv us considerable gratification to notice |jMpWfl6'!irdUl l| wllafves, of another Charleston intended tor the trade be tween this port and Liverpool. She was built at t Medtorcl, Massachusetts, and is owned by our en [ terprising fellow townsman, Jas. Welsman, Esq.,; and her commander, Capt. James Conner. This ; ! line specimen of naval architecture is of 722 tons ! j register, and will it is presumed, carry from 2,700 12,800 bales of Cotton, i ‘ SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT. OCLETHCRPE, A. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1851. S3R PRESIDENT, JOHN M. MASON, Virginia. ■^ > l " , *F6i? r Vlt'E PRESIDENT, C. ’T. M C DONALD, of Georgia. Cotton Receipts. I There has been up to the Ist itist, near 5000 | bales of cotton received at this point, of which ! 2367 bales have been shipped by the planters and 1 buyers. There are in the different Warehouses at this time about 2500 bales. This statement iis rather indefinite from the fact that one of the Warehouse proprietors has failed to furnish us with a statement of receipts and shipments. The above, however, may be relied upon as nearly ac curate Avery small proportion of the crop of | South-West Georgia has been brought to market. Buena Vista Female High School. The citizens of Buena Vista, with a zeal which | cannot be too highly commended have determin ed to establish in their beautiful village, a Female ‘High School, with a view to its ultimate conver sion into a Female College, to be placed under the exclusive direction of tiie Baptist Association. Wc have been politely favored with the circu lar of the “Committee of Correspondence,” from which we learn that James Bulloch, Z. L. Cham bless, Rev. James Perryman, C. 11. McCall, W. D. Philips, and M. W. McLendon have been ap pointed a committee to solicit and receive contri j butions from the friends of the enterprise. They ‘propose t(■receive subscriptions made payable to them (as a committee of subscription) one half due and payable 25th Dec. 1852—tiie other half ‘2sth Dec. 1853. We wish the committee the [most abundant success in their laudable efforts to secure contributions, to this truly praiseworthy enterprise. We rejoice to see that the Baptist Denomina tion is waking up to tiie importance of Education. Hitherto they have not as a denomination, kept pace with the other Christian denominations, in tiie establishment of High Schools and Colleges, and this desideratum is bring seriously felt, l.y tiie in telligent portion of their Ministry and member ship. A most favorable opportunity is now presented to the friends and brethren of the Baptist Denomi nation to evince their appreciation of Education, and we may be permitted to remark if tiie Buena Vista enterprise should fail, that it will lie a reproach upon the intelligence and piety of the people of South West Georgia, j We doubt whether a more favorable location I for a Female High School or College can be found !in the State. The town of Buena Vista is most | beautifully situated on a pleasant ridge, in one of j the most healthy sections of Georgia, and in the ! midst of a beautiful farming country, densely pop ulated. The character of the citizens of the i Town county, in point of respecta ; bility, wealth, intelligence and pit tv, will compare | favorably with any other section of the State— and in short—they possess all the material necos j sary for a school or college of the highest grade, i The question tlien, is, will tire people of [ South Western Georgia, and especially the friends of tiie Baptist Denomination have a school of high character in their midst We will not in dulge in any misgivings upon this subject. We know, they have the means—the ability, to ne j eomplish the thing at once. All that is necessa j ry to the success of this most noble enterprise, is | tiie will—the inclination. A meeting, in furtherance of the enterprise will | Ire held in Buena Vista on the First Tuesday in December next, which we have been invited to | attend. We should be pleased to be present on ! the occasion, but engagements of a nature we cannot in justice to ourselves and others neglect on that dag, will prevent. We hope, however, that the meeting will ire fully attended, and that tiie most abundant success may crown their , efforts. The Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge of tiie State of Georgia held its regular Annual Communication in Macon, commencing on Tuesday the 28tli ult. M. W. G. :M, W. C. Dawson presiding. The representa tion waybill, and the attendance larger, than at [any previous communication, we have ever wit nessed. The representation it may be said, | embodied a large (na tion of the best talent and [ highest respectability of the State, j Hon. W. C. Dawson was re-elected M. W. G. M. for the ensuing Masonic year, and our Fellow I citizen Rev. W. W. Corbitt, R. W. Dep. G. M. for this Masonic District, both of which were good selections. We will publish next week a list of the officers elected for the ensuing Masonic year. The Fair. ! The great Fair which come off at Macon last week, was numerously attended, and taken as a | whole, was a splendid exhibition of Southern en terprise and genius. The number of visitors may lie estimated at ten thousand. The location of the Fair grounds, and the skill and taste exhibited ■ in its arrangement, entitles the committee charged with that duty, to the highest praise. Tire place j is indeed a beauty spot, and the improvements ! tastefully arranged. The Exhibition was fine, in i every thing except horses; but in that department, we considered it rather poor, than otherwise. We hope to secure a list of the premiums for publication in our next issue, and prepares more extended notice, which we have not time to do this week. Who’ll be King?” The Acw York Courier <t Enquirer is out in favor of Daniel Webster for the Presidency, and says that his nomination would be equivolent to an election. Tiie Washington Republic , the or igan of the Administration, copies the article and coincides in opinion with the Enquirer. Hence i it is to be inferred that Fillmore and Scott hare I both been dropped “like a hot potato,” by the i Constitutional L nion party, and that Daniel Web ster, the notorious Federalist and Freesoiler, will ! i iie run by that party for the Presidency. It will [ be really amusing tc see the Southern Democrats, who formerly “loved to live to hate”Mr. Webster,, walking'tip'So the polls and depositing their votes for him, and yet they will have it to door be read [out of the Union Church. This comes of follow ing tiie ignis fatuus Union. We warned them ‘ of it in time, but they turned a deaf ear to our ad monition. Poor fellows, we foci sorry for them, i but we can’t help them. Like all persons who run after strange gods, they have been “led to believe a lie that they might be damned.” Our Position. At our mast head to-day, we unfurl (h, t, I of Southern Rights, upon which is instfiblfl names of oflr favorite leaders, and with fi, H are willing to go forth to victory or dangers which now environ the South arid J and threatening, and to all appearance : hut the interposition of Divine intervene between her and the impendin', I ‘4 Every day but senes toincrea.se lliisdnni~., < ?B little cloud which but a few years .irr 0 vi; s r ~b* ger than a man’s hand—a mere speck oai), gfl expanse of ether—has gradually widenj spread until its dark and murky borders have'**® ed the zenith, while flashes of lightning , ■ [devastating, are continually emitted fron; and storm-heaving bosom. The Abolitii, ence of tiie North, which until a tew vears was too insignificant to be felt, has now ‘,,’ ‘ be *uch a mighty giant that its colossal es everything before it. No man at t] )o \ who aspires to popular favor, dares to oi>i influence—for it would be a certain prestiVf kl feat. They all are compelled to court it trVli defeat is inevitable. It now holds the b'alan [*■ power between the Whig and Democrat . ties, and if it continues to increase fur tiie (” ■ ! succeeding as it has for the two preceding a ! it will be the dominant party of the North'vrl I arc not one of those who believe that the free it 1 : sentiment is confined exclusively to tLe Na 1 [ Whig party, as some of our Democratic poraries are endeavoring to make appar pjj [parties there, are strongly tinctured with it tone party is less open in the .espousal of I trine than the other, it is only a stroke 0 f t „i"’ I intended to appease the offended honor ofll I Southern allies, and not because they arc ,[.. f I better friends of Southern interests. * All c -i. ’ I I of the Northern people are opposed to slavery,*! only in the abstract, but also as it exists If I States, and it is natural that they should C 7 they have been reared in the belief that siav.'n* Hu evil—a moral leprosy on the body .*£* | which should be eradicated however severe J cauterization may be to tiie patient. It is ed from their pulpits, taught in their schools ml instilled into the young and tender minds oftfe children in the nursery. It is thought bvnj., ;to be a virtue to resist tiie law of tlie'l'iitj I States, as well as a provision of tiie Constitotior | providing for the extradition of our fugitive slats | In view, therefore, of the universal sentiif [ against slavery at tiie North, and tiie manifestb [ tendon, not only on the part of the Abolitk.rif and Freesoilers, but also of wlrat is called tin Conservative party, to circumscribe slavery toil, present limits, and eventually to abolish it , A | it now exists, it is no time for the Southern l.’idts party to form alliances with any National until we can have a guarantee that our t - , will be respected. If tiie South is to beef t despoiled of her rights and her honor, let row assist in doing it by aiding .to place in the Pre dentin! chair a man who is inimical to our <m.* vm m institution, simply because he is a Democrat. If I we now disband the Southern Rights party, at,l I reorganize on old Democratic principles, willl not be a tacit admission on our part, that n I [ have boon vanquished—that tiie South lias |*t I [so far degraded, “that there are none so roots I ;to do her reverence ?” Though defeated in sm-1 [ral sanguinary battles, let us not le intimidated. I ‘nor acknowledge ourselves as conquered. If our I [revolutionary fathers had despaired of success 1.. I cause of their defrut at Lexington and Jteeiik-i I Hill, the brilliant victories of Monmouth, Swat,. I ga and Yorktown would never have Been nchiei- 1 j ed, and they, instead ot being denominatol p;iui- I ‘ots by tiie world, would have been field as re!,., I and traitors. Wc are engaged in a like glorior* I 1 cause, and tiie odds though great against as. are I no greater than it was against them, ami we cor. I titlently believe that, if wc do not waver and vuoii- I late in our course, that we will eventually h-Hir- I , cessful. It there ever was a time vxlieu lin -;h required her friends to stand by in ;-, now is tk time, for tiie results of the elections in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina will cm j boldcn the North to commit new aggressions up- u the South, which if not checked in time will lead to our ultimate overthrow and ruin. It is, there fore, no time to tamper with the subject, or to seek to conciliate the spirit of Northern fanaticism by making further concessions, arid manifesting! sincere repentance for past transgressions hv join ing with them in electing a Northern President In the present emergency, “he that dallies is a dastard, and he that doubts is damned.” We are therefore in favor of standing by the South until she has passed this alarming crisis in her affairs, and until the country is restored to tran quility, then we will be as ready as any of our co temporaries to fall back upon old Democrat:! principles. We should detest ourself as a politi cal driveller and demagogue were the though', ever to enter our mind to desert the Southern Rights cause because of the adversity which ha attended it, although by so doing we might re organize a party which would be certain of suc cess, and with which we have heretofore triumph ed. W e shall therefore remain as we started in the outset, an unflinching advocate of .Southern Rights, choosing rather to suffer defeat with that party tiian to enjoy the pleasure of success with anv other. In assuming this position we are aware that we differ with most of our Democratic brethren of the press throughout the State. With but one or two honorable exceptions they have all return ed to their first love, and have deserted the South to her enemies. While we accord to every one tiie right to think and act as tliev please; with regard to this matter we also claim (lie same | right for ourself, and though it is anything hut : pleasurable for us to differ with our friends upon matters of moment, we at the same time will not sutler ourself to be. influenced by our friends con trary to our preconceived notions of right and wrong. We follow the lead of no man or set of men if they lead in a different direction from that which xve conceive to be right. It is not our de sire to sow discord among our friends, but we can not consent to promote harmony at the sacrifice of principle and conscience. We conceive the of tiie South a more desirable end to be obtained than tiie success of Democratic principles aud to further this object we shall devote alt our energy and ability, believing that our brethren of the press will soon see the utter impracticability of reor i ganiziftg on old Democratic principles, when they will return to the fold and again assist us in bat’ [tling for Southern Rights, We therefore flbig onr banner to tiie breeze with renewed confidence that it will finally wave in triompih over the walls of vanquished Federal Consolidation, As our first choice for President and Vico Pre sident, we place at our mast head to day, tho names of JqhK M. Mason-, of Virginia, and Cuas, J. Me Don” ami, of Georgia, Two more devoted friends of Southern Rights cannot be found, and we apprehend the sticklers for Democratic princi ples will not object to them on that score, for they have both been Democrats of the first water all through their lives, and wc doubt not they wi!)