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ACTIOS—MOT uemosstkasce.
I'lic South has so long exulted in the inoral
strength of her position in all controversies with
General Government or with sectional par
ties arrayed against her, that through this ad.
vantage alone, she has looked for triumph. It
j. true that this sort of reliance implies some
thing must honorable to her and most creditable
to human nature, but it also implies a want of
knowledge of this same human nature and a great
lack of worldly wisdom. The intellect of mass
es of men acts with dispatcli enough on all sub
jects connected with self interest, but not so with
the conscience of the masses. With a sort of
mstinctive quickness xve find out what it be
eonics us to do for ourselves, but when we come
to define our duty to others, why then, we are
joitc circumspect and must take a very prudent
survey of the whole ground. Wo have some
nines, as a matter of curious speculation only,
wished that the positions of the North and South
could be reversed in the present litigation of
ri»lits now raging between these sections. No
doubt the man of quick and prompt resentments
—the high toned and proud patriot, as well as
the conscientious lover of fair dealing and the
admirer of its splendid vindication, would he
equally delighted with the vigorous and harmo
nious policy which would have been displayed
on the part of the North. Had our case been
theirs, wc should have seen no delay in bring
ing matters to an ultimatum. There would have
been no paltry minded concern about conscyuen
cct, when they were in nowise to bo charge
able for those consequences. Wc misjudge the
self-respect of the North greatly, if its men could
have with maudlin tenderness and sensibility,
wept over the loss of the good will of the men
who despised them or deprecated and bewailed
a separation from those, to whom our very pre
sence was loathsome. Nor would empty re
solves have satisfied the men whose arms were
strong enough to take indemnity and compel re
pose. Had tlioy protested as wc have done—
had they appealed to our sense of right, and
failing in that appeal, had then addressed them
selves to all that was patriotic and sclf-rospect
ful among their suffering people, think you
Georgians they would have failed as disgrace
fully in this last recourse as in the first? Novcr.
Those men who in their aggressive and un
righteous course towards us, have evinced such
a unity of purpose and such a tenacity, that has
never unco suffered a lapse in their onward
inarch, would with our cause and our vantage
ground have given to the world a display of no
ble self protection and redress that would have
shed anew and splendid lustre even upon the
name of American freedom.
Hut wo have tried every thing, and in every
thing made a miserable miscarriage. We have
not the heart, nor the conscience, to explain
away or extenuato the late miserable fuiluro we
have seen tho State of Georgia make in respond
ing to the call for a Southern Convention. It
limy seem to many prudent men, an ill-advised
policy to disregard the consczuences of a fair
avowal of our weakness as indicated by this de
plorable abortion. To many, no doubt, it will
seem best to have it go fortli that there was no
division among us, and only a settled and quio'
purpose tc hide liic coming time. But as an
honest man wo cannot say this, for we do not
believe it, and even if it were trnc, we still
think that it would he worse than useless to de
clare it. But whatever the facts of tho case
really are, our enemy is far too perspicacious to
ho misled. The North has not let one of tiie
indicia of our temper or of our preparedness for
the issue tocseapc. All is noted and treasured
up, and of all that has passed will the North get
the fullest and best avails.
Hut can wc do nothing to avert the startling
dangers that arc meeting us ? Let us review the
present state of the argument between the North
and South, before we answer this vital question.
To proceed by legitimate steps and by the r cry
same forms to right ourselves, that have been
used against us, is what alone will be tolerated by
thousands of Southern men. We repeat that
this late war between slavery and anti-slavery,
lias settled this much, and we fear little else,
that this Union of States is a consolidated, cen
tralized Government—a Government not sub
sisting by the express will of the States as co
ordinates—not by specific grants of all its pow
ers ; existing not by those concessions to it and
by those reservations to the powers that created
it, as should forever retain the impression of its
subordination, hut that the Federal Government
is the Government, greatest and strongest of all,
of supcrcminonl authority, overriding all other
sovereignties, and holding tho right of dictating
to tlieso States upon final appeal, even unto
death and chains. If the right of secession by
any State is not now virtually disavowed by tens
of thousands, (possibly u majority) of Southern
men, wc openly declare we know nothing what
ever of the state of feeling or of opinion existing
in our midst. Then if the peaceable withdrawal
•of a Stuto from tho turmoil and wrong that an
oppressive majority insists on perpetuating is an
exploded doctrine, and Southern men who
make loud outcries against this wrong, arc tho
very strongest assertors of the consolidation doc
trino, why we will ho compelled to relinquish
all idea of this policy which cannot he sustained,
"itliout first conquering in a war with our own
forces. Then wo are left to tho forms of law
arising out of our Federal Constitution, and the
free reserved rights not yet questioned and de
nied, belonging to the States.
l'o begin with Congress. Cun the will of
man suggest another plan than that already a
dopted, of calling the yens and nays to defeat
legislation, unless it he a downright bargain
struck between the South acting as a balance of
sower party, and gome one Northern faction,
strong enough, under this league, to prostrate us?
11 there is another plan wo would rejoice to
hear of it. Then as to these two projects.—
H hat Southern man has not had cause to blush
from very shame at the degradation of his birth
right, when lie remembers that this contempti
ble shift, this twisting of a parliamentary for
mula, is all that is left of the Constitution of
bis country, and is now the sorry shelter of a
Southron’s liberty. Away with it, for it robs us
even the poor boon of pity and sympathy,
'bat the defenceless and unresisting always ex'
tort. Then as to the other expedient. The
day lias long since pas-sed when wo might hon
orably and successfully have adopted tiic balance
of power policy. But we preferred, as Napoleon
said of the tiny Republic of San Marino seeking
alliance with France, “to be crushed in tlieJra
ternal hug of a giant,’’ rather than live without
tlic pale of the blessed ll unity of the party.” It
is too late now to meet the present emergencies
by this policy, which it takes time to mature and
bring to fruition.
Then what if those plans of defence will not
avail ? This is answered in a breath— the true,
the only plan for us is to raise the cry to all the
Southern States, "save yourself who can.” For
every inch of the common domain shamelessly
filched from us, (yes that is the word,) by petty
larceny tricks of low down political tricksters,
let us make them pay before wc arc done, in ten
fold restitution. If our lands shall he too em
poverished in progress of time, or our territory
too restricted to furnish surface for our field la
bor, let us then set our negroes to spin as well
as produce our cotton. They have done it, they
are doing it, and can always do it. We hare
always been able to Jearn them whatever we
were resolved oil. I.ct us get up, with every
new attempt to infringe «n our rights, a counter
spirit of practical retort that shall tell on their
pockets,and that proved all powerful in revolu
tionary times. Let us see the day, ifthis outrage
docs not stop, when a merchant among us trading
to New York, Boston or Philadelphia, will make
himselfodious and ruin his business, when he
can supply us from a Southern market with
what he buys from our enemy. V/e can, we
are inclined to think, make up a party on this
issue; it was once done and can he again.
Then, as to the surrender of fugitivo slaves,
the groatest of all tho practical evils we yet
have to complain of, resulting from this crusade
against us. Upon this issue, short and effectual
work can be made ofit. Whenever a legal de
mand shall ho made for a runaway slave and it
shall he disragarded, as has been often , done;
upon the instant that the Governor of Georgia
shall he properly informed of loss or injury to a
slave-owner of Georgia, from the laws or inter
ference of any anti-slave State, let us empower
him by law, to order the door of every Court
House in the State closed to every suitor from
such offending State, until we are redressed in
the injury inflicted upon our citizens. Tais vve
can do, without dissolving this “glorious Union”
or seceding either. If the devil is offended or
disgusted by fighting him with tire, then 1c; him
drop his weapon. Ifthis policy should be adopt
ed it would give us a foothold aeaiin with the
mercantile interest at the North, (which was the
last to desert us,) that would build us up a strong
party at tiic North, in less than six months.
The glorious uncertainty of mercantile credits
would then force them to abandon our trade,
which they could not do; or at once abandon the
miserable reptiles with which they are acting
against us, which they could very well do.
It is true to carry out these schemes, wo would
have to fight a terrible battle hero—hut what of
that ? When was the South ever united ? But
we could draw the lines, and upon the issue here
presented, go into the fight and conquer them
or kill them. Politically, wc arc sure we could
sink any set of men in Georgia, who should raise
the cry of injustice or wrong on our part towards
the North, after enduring what we have. It
would be worth while to try this or something
else that had more of action in it, and less of
remonstrance. But tho “ides of June will test
our quality.
Agricultural Prospects. —The Albany
(Georgia) Patriot of the 12th inst., says, the
Spring season in this region has been cold and
wet, hut vegetation seems scarcely to Jiavo been
injured. There is much corn and cotton up,
which, if we should have no more frost, bids
fair for good crops. Wheat, and other crops of
small grain, look woii. The fruit crop has been
hut little injured.
Asotiier Cotton Factory. —The Milledgc
villeßecorder of the 16th inst., says:—While
the citizens of Hancock county were assembled
at court last week in Sparta, hooks were opened
for subscription to stock in a Steam Cotton Fac
tory, to he located in that vicinity. The eapi
tol proposed to ho raised was 80,000 dollars.—
Seventy-eight thousand was rerdily taken, and
noduobt, ere this, the full amount.
Although that village was a short time since
visited by a destructive fire, consuming one
third of its improvements, still its enterprising
citizens are in no way discouraged, and one of
the effects of the fire will he to restore the town
in a more beautiful and substantial manner, and
tho erection ofu manufacturing establishment in
addition, which will doubtless give brightened
prospects to its untorerprisiog and agreeable cit
izens.
Charleston and Memphis Rail-road.—
The papeas generally in Alabama and West
Tennessee are earncssly urging upon the people
the completion ofthis important Railroad. The
leading men in that section arc delivering pub
lic spccohcs in favor of the enterprise, and the
people along the line are coming forward and
subscribing liberally for tiie purpose ofensuriiig
the building ofthe road. The entire cost ofthe
Road is estimated at a million and a half, and of
that amount one half is already subscribed. The
Memphis papers are discussing the question as
to the propriety of tho city talking a portion of
the stock.
Wilmot Proviso. —The Michigan Legisla
ture has rescinded the resolutions instructing
the Senators from that Stato in Congress to vote
in favor of tho Wilmot Proviso. Why ? Be
cause the Territory will be freo without it.
Militia ofthe United States.—Wc learn
from tiic late report ofthe Adjutant General of
the United States Army, dated February 4,1850>
that the aggregate military force of tl)o United
States, (Texas entire and lowa in part not inclu
ded,) under thn head of militia, amounts to 1,-
959,G82, including officers and men.
fI~T Mr. Campbell, Clerk of the House of
Representatives in Congress, died iu Washing
ton city on Saturday last, 13th inst.
THE I SIOS, PAST AND PllTlflE ,
How It Works, anti How to Save It.
We are indebted to the Hon. J. W. Jackson,
for a pamphlet copy of the above very interest
ing sketch, by M. R. 11. Garnett, Esq., of Vir
ginia. It is well written arid should be gene,
rally read, and wo regret that its length precludes
the possibility of our inserting it entire at this
time. In noticing tiiis work wc adopt the lari'
guago of the Floridian & Journal, when it says
that it is a masterly production, worth a hundred
of the public speeches with which the mails
are now burthened, and the country flooded.—
The author sets out with a comparison of the
relative condition of the two sections of the
confederacy, at the commencement of the fede
ral Government, followed by a vivid sketch of
Northern demands,and Southern concessions.
He goes into an elaborate and luminous, inves
tigation of the benefits which the Free States
have derived from the Union anJ their connec
tion with the Slave States, under the Legislation
of the Government at Washington. This is
acccompanied by an inquiry into the natural ad
vantages possessed by tiic South, advantages
which would make her in case of the dissolu
tion so much dreaded, one of the wealthiest,
most powerful und independent communities on
the globe. The author’s conclusions are based
upon a course of reasoning, and fortified by an
array of statistics, which we believe no ingenu
ity can overthrow or discredit. Yet he dots
not advocate disunion. So far from : t, his pam
phlet, if read throughout the North,will do more
to preserve the Union than any other publica
tion of the day. Its statements address all ap
peal of overwhelming force to both sections of
the confederacy ; un appeal to the North not to
jeopard, by persistance in u course of aggres
sion, a Union which bus been of sucli incalcu
lable value to her; an appeal to the South,
(will she not heed it?) not to submit to degrada
tion to save a Government; which she lias known
only in the enormity of wrongs, when the re
sult of a separation front her rival w ill be, to re
tain within her own limits, the wealth which
she has furnished for enrichment and aggrandise
ment of the North.
Asa favorable spccimn of the author’s style
wc give an extract from the concluding portion,
in which he portrays the danger of an overturn
of Northern society from its-very basis, from
the influx of Fourierism and agrarianism, in
case that portion of the Union is deprived of
the conservative influence of the South. The
extract which wc give, is not more striking for
its eloquence, than its profound political philos
ophy.
“At the bottom of all French politics, and the
same applies with equal truth to the free States
of the North, lies the idea that might makes right;
in other words, that a majority of mere numbers
nas a natural, indefeasible, and absolute right to
govern the minority. No matter about the in
justice-a nd oppression of the rule, the minority
has no remedy, short of civil war. This theory
acknowledges what it calls the right of revolu
tion in extreme cases ; bnt that right can only he
established and legitimated by the success which
proves the minority to he the strongest party,
and thus converts them into a majority ; which
brings us hack to the starting place, that migld
makes right. All the free States, like Finnfco,
are organized upon this principle of a majority’s
unlimited right to rule : their idea of n perfect
State is a highly centralized consolidated Gov
ernment, where the will of the greater number
may he expressed and executed with the greatest
rapidity and certainty. Such a Govcrnnientdors
notconfine itself to the external relations ofthe
State, and the protection of life and property at
home; but it invades the interior of the family ;
it destroys the unity of married life by creating
separate interests in the parties; robs parents op
tho education of their children, so as to destroy
individuality of character, and train and prune
them to the same moral and mental stature.—
The majority of numbers is more powerful than
the Czar, because it is itself physical might; it
is more grinding in its tyranny, because it lias
less feeling of personal responsibility, and its
Argus eyes can search every corner ofthe coun
try its infallibility is less open to attach than the
Pope's because it is, itself, public opinion. Like
other despots, it never hears the truth ; its ears
trained to feed upon a fulsome flattery; and
throngs of fawning courtiers are ready to cail its
unbridled passions, greatness, and its lavish ex
penditure ofthe taxes, wrung from tho minority,
goodness. The love of true liberty, and manly
independence of thought cannot flourish in such
a community ; the greediness of office, and the
love of power, takes their place; there is an
eager courting of popular favor, a feverish fear
of differing in opinion from the majority, a ma
king haste to leave the few, and join the many.”
“The conservative character of the Union
rests upon the slaveholding States. With them,
a very different idea of government prevails.—
They believe that the sovereignly rests with the
people, not collectively, but individually. As
the Union is a federation of sovereign states,
with thei several reserved rights, so in theircyes
is each Slate a federation ofsovereign individu
als, (or families if you will,) witli their reserved
rights. In their belief there arc institutions ami
rights, derived through the laws of nature from
God alone, which arc independent of, and prior
to, all government. Such arc the relations of
parent and child, of husband and wife, of mas
ter and slave, and the right to property, which
all goto make up the great corner-stone of the
social edifice—the family, l’o preserve those
institutions in all their incidents, and all their
derivative rights, is the chief duty of govern
inent, which it cannot fulfil without such an or
ganization as will give a full and fair voire to
every interest and every class, and confer upon
each a veto upon the assaults‘of the others, so
that legislation shall not he the voice of mere
numbers, but a compromise between the majori
ty and the minority —not merely tho will ofthe
greater number, hut the resultant of the wills of
alt. Such a government rests its authority, not
upon force, but upon the universal consent;
tlioro is no despotic public opinion to stifle free
dom or thought; no King Numbers to flatter;
no rapacious majority can use the forms to grati
fy its ravenings for plunder but every class lias
to consult the interests of others, withour whom
it cannot act, as well as its own : and the people
are trained up to tho statesmanlike practice of
government in the spirit of union and harmony.
The body politic becomes instinct with life and
healthy vigor. Public opinion works in its true
calling, as the moderate, not the silencer of in
dividual differences.”
Cotton Factories— Steam Power.
The Natchez Courier says: “We conceive
that the name of General Ciiari.es T James,
a gentleman who has done an immense deal
for the cause of Southern Cotton Manufacturing
throughout tho South, should he held in special
consideration. lie is tlie demonstrator of South
ern ability to manufacture their own great sta
ple, and has thus conferred upon that bread sec
tion of our country an obligation similar to that
which was conferred upon it by Whitney, tho
world-renowned, inventor of the Cotton-Gin.
The pamphlet of Gen. James, before us, which
has been rudely assailed by one of the Boston
Lawrences, was written at the request ofSouth
ern gentlemen, and the attack upon its state- j
ments has, or will assuredly he, productive of
much good; he has not only silenced antagonists,
but established his first statements, and spread '
farther and wider the knowledge of his own a'
gency in erecting and bringing to their present
perfection tho various Cotton Mills of the most
reputo in the country. For the past fifth of a
century, General James, who modestly calls
himself “Civil Engineer of Providence, Rliodo
Island,’ has been engaged in building and pro
jecting Cotton Mills. He is the real father of
the application of steam power to tho fabrication
of Cotton in the United States. He built the
two Conestoga Steam Mills now in operation in
Lancaster, Fa., and is now building number three
at the saino place. Tlieso are the most produc
•ive mills in the country. He lias added great
ly to tho improvement ofthe Washington Mills
in Gloucester, New Jersey. Ho was the build
er of the great Nuumkcng Mill, in Salem, Mass.
—one of the largest in the world, propelled also
by steam; and by letters from the principal man
agers and stockholders of the Conestoga and
Naumkeug Mills, written since the commence
inent of present year, has proved to the would
the truth of all his statements both with regard
to the economy of steam, and tho increase ot the
mills.
Gen. James is at present engaged in the erec
tion of six stcum cotton mills in various parts of
the country, including his own at Cannclton,
Indiana. It is no cause of wonder that a gen
tloman of sucli practical know ledge should have
come off triumphant in the contest carried on in
Hunt’s Merchant's Magazine, during the last
twelve months, and which has attracted so much
of the attention of the practical men of our cotin.
try. From one of his letters to that sterling pc
liodical we make brief extracts to show his posi
tion in the cotton mill enterprise in the south and
west, as well as to prove beyond the possibility
of doubt the practicability of using steam, profita
bly, as motive power, in tho southern country :
“But does Mr. Lawrence recollect that if Mas
sachusetts and New Hampshire have water, the
South has wood and coal quite as abundant, and
it inuch lower rates ? Does he recollect, too,
the southern and south-western people have
cotton, and that the saving to them, in the cost
of that article alone, compared with its cost in
New England, will be more tfian tlircic the cost
of steam power to them to manufacture it ? Os
what use, for instance, would the waier power
Thames he to the manufactuers on the banks of
the Ohio?—say at Cannclton, whore with the
best of coal at ninety cents per ton at the mills,
they can have a motive power better than any
water-power and at a cost less than that of heat
ing a water mill at Lowell and save, also at least
$20,000 per annum in the cost ofcotton for 10,-
o<fl spindles, compared with its cost at Lowell ?
Can Mr. Lawrence tell what competition Cati
ncllon, or other places with locations equally
favorable, have to fear from New England wa
ter-power. or New England corporations? And
at to the time for the erection ofcotton mills—
daring nn experience of more than twenty years
in the busiucss, I have never witnessed a period
more favorable than the present.”
“For years, the northern press has been loud
and frequent in rccommcdations to ttie ißonth,to
enter the field of enterprise and manufacture her
o«n staple; and, by way of encouragement, the
success of New England in the same branch of
business, with the enhanced cost of the raw
material, has been held out as an example. No
fault,to my knowledge, has ever been fouud in
that course. During the time, however, mnnti
ftclucrs have uttered no note of encouragement,
keeping a continual studied silence, when their
business was prosperous, and only opening their
lips to give utterance to doleful complaints, if
occasionally a reverse occured. Though myself
a New England man, I am also an American, and
claim brotherhood with the American people, ns
a whole. It gives me pleasure to witness the
prosperity of New England; but, as an Ameri
can citizen, it gives me pleasure to witness the
whole country. Hence, in whatever lias been ;
written by me on the subject, of manufactures at j
the South, my object has been to promote the in
terests of that section of our common eguntry,
without the most remote wish to injure that of
any other. Business has never been sought by
ine there, nor never will be.”
“ Why all tiiis hue and cry, like the cry of a
mad dog, aftor un humble individual like myself?
It is envy, jealousy, hate; because, without the
patronage of overgrown and aristocratic corpora,
lions, I have, after more than twenty years of
patient and unremitting toil, by means of self
culture alone, qualified myself,by erecting about
onc-cighth of the cotton mills in America, as an
engineer and manufacturer, to construct a better
mill than the best of theirs, at less cost,and will
manufacture a greater quantity of better goods
at less cxpence. This I proclaim to tho world,
without tho intention of boasting, and appeal to
my works as evidence. It is for this crime—Be
cause I can beat Lowell— that attempts arc made,
and not now for the first time cither, to hunt ino
down ; but the pursuers are mistaken in their
game, and in their powers. They may as wcl|
give up the chase—the manufacturing spirit is
fast gaining strength in tho Middle and Southern
States. Cotton mills arc rapidlyon the increase-
As their owners begin to handle the profits, you
cannot cheat them out ofthe evidence of their
own sonsos. Southern competition must coinc.
Tho South can manufacture coarse goods cheap
er, and at greater profit, than the North. If the
northern manufacturers are wise, they will, in'
stead of fretting themselves on this account, make
all necessary improvements in tlicir manufactur
ing establishments, and supply the markets with
such fabrics as tho South will not find it toii s
interest to supply for many years to come.”
We hope the above extracts will have due and
proper weight. We have always contended
that, if the loom was brought to the cotton, we
could use the power of steam to greater profi'
and advantage than could our brethren of the
North the water power which nature has placed
at their disposal. We have given the above
observations and extracts in justice to General
James, the great pioneer in southern and west
ern cotton manufacturing, and although we
would like again to enforce upon our readers
the great advantages attendant upon home manu
facturing in every point of view, tho length of
this article admonishes us to close.
A Great Invention —Dick's Anti Friction
Tress is one of tho noblest and most perfect ar
rangements of power ever discovered. Its ap
plicability to tho various purposes in the art
where immense force is required, together with
its ompactnoss, renders it almost invaluable to
the construction of all kinds of printing, embos
sing and other pressos. Wo have seen an em
bossing press in the Methodist Book Concern,
that is superior to anything in use. For punch
ing, the power is so intenso that ahoy can punch
cold pi.ties of iron an inch in tliicknes with
ease. The machine used to hoist the piles in
the cofferdam, at the Navy Yard, only weighed
thirty five hundred, yet it exerted tho force of
GBO tons lifting power, by tho aid of four men-
Wo have seen a stump machine, that weighs on
ly about a ton, that will draw any stump in A
merica, worked by three men. The strongest
testimonials have been received from tho “Book
Concern, and numerous other sources, confirtii
ing all wo have seen and more. The vast es
tablishment, corner of Jane and Washington
streets, New York, is thronged with orders from
all parts of the country, and the number of uses
to which this invention is applied, make the
manufactory a curiosity shop ofthe first water.
Novel Enterprise.— Considerable of astir
was created in Baltimore a week since by th 0
arrival of a herd of eleven Syrian camels at that
port; and every body was wondering what on
earth was to he done with such a number. We
learn from a reliable source, that Messrs. Sands
&. Ilowes, the well known enterprising circus
proprietors, are about to establish an overland
line to California with them, which is to l?ave*
Independence, Missouri, direct for san Francis
co, early in June. These gentlemen huvo al
ready thirty-one camels in this country, and the
brig Catharine, Cnpt. Gordon, now on her pns.
sage from Algiors to Ncw-Orleons, has on hoard
twenty-two more, making in all fifty three, mos t
of which have been selected with care as brood
stock. We are told that a caravan of twenty
five or more, will leave each point once a montln
and continue through tho year. Success to this
new enterprise and its projectors, say we.
A New Discovery for Millers. —A discov
cry of a chemical nature which seems to awaken
some interest at the West, lies been made by
Mr. Carpenter, of Pontiac, Michigan, a practic
al miller, consisting of a process in preparing
wheat for flouring ; the operation of which is to
cause tho grain to pulverize so much more readi
ly, that in grinding, considerable less power or
pressure of tiie mill stone is necessary in reduc
ing to the required fineness. Dr. Dcsnoyers, of
Detroit, accompanying his report of an analysis
of sonic flour made from wheat subjected to this
process, says, “The gluten was very fine, be
ing exceedingly tough and clastic qualities es
sential to successful panification.”
A Singular Cure of Disease in the Spine.
The Glasgow Examiner relates a case, endorsed
by 1 lift innct roanopltiUn niitlmritv rtf n vrttin n
J ~ 1 J 1 ““ “ J a
woman, named Jane Carrick, who had, been n
confirmad paralytic confined to her bed for 8
years, that has been completely cured by the
application of air vessels, on the principle of
cupping on the hack (without extracting blood)
und taking no medicine. Her spine lias been
restored to its proper position, and by two weeks’
treatment was enabled to walk about. Experi
ments can easily be made to test the correctness
of this mode of treatment for a disease which
generally baffles the skill of our most eminent
physicians. If there is any truth in the state
ment, it cannot he too widely known, nor too
soon put in practice.
Centenarians. —A correspondent of the New
Orleans Picayune, writing from Havana, says
that there arc few places that can show so
much logevityas Cuba, centenarians being com
mon. The Statistical Commission, at a little
town in the interior, containing about 300 peo
ple, found eight whose combined ages amount
ed 851 years. The eldest is an old negress Irom
Africa, who counts 120 years. Another is an
old soldier who served in the defence against
the English in 17G1.
Heavy Failure. —The failure of Messrs.
Richmond JSe Carr, calico printers, Providcncci
R. 1., is announced. They commenced business
three years ngo, with a capital of between one
and two hundred thousand dollars, and after
struggling gravely for sometime against ruin
ously low prices, have been obliged at last to go
by the board.
They will make a statement of their affairs
to their creditors in a few days — New York
Mirror.
Q.T Tiic smallest bird of America is the hum
ming bird, and of Europe, tiic goldcn-crosted
wren. Tho smallest quadruped in tho world is
the pigmy mouse of Siberia. The most diininu
tivo plant is the arctic raspberry, which is so
small, that a six ounce via! will hold the branch
es, leaves and all.
Well Stokes. —ls we would enjoy ourselves,
wc must take the world ns it is—mix up a thous
and spots of sunshine—a cloud here and there
—ahrighsky—a storm to-day—a calm to-mor
row—the chill, piercing winds of autumn, and
ho bland, reviving air of summer.
Foor> for Reflection.— At the present excit
ing epoch id our political history, it would be
well for the soher-ininded people of the North
to turn hack a few pages, and reflect whether
the South has not already given to the North as
much territory as they could reasonably expect.
Give, give, is shtl the cry; but a perusal of the
following paragraph will convince onr readers
that the Southern States have already given a
way to their political enemies a goodly portion
of their heritage :
“Before the adoption of the Constitution of
the United States, Virginia owned the whole
oi what was once called the Northwestern Ter
ritory. That territory now inclodcs tire Srates
ol Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wis
consin, which are free. The objerct of the Ces
sion was to equalize the area of the two sec
tions of the country. Besides this, the South,
in a spirit of compromise which is well worthy
of being imitated by the North, agreed to tha
Missouri compromise, which gave them one
jiftli only of the territory of Louisiana. This
is,the area of that acquisition added one miltibft
one hundred and thirty eight-thousand one hun
dsed and three square miles to our territory, of
which the South obtained only two hundred and
twenty six thousand and thirteen square miles.
It must be recollected that the whole of this
was slave territory at the time of the Missouri
compromise ; hut notwithstanding that, tho
South surrendered four-fifths of it to freedom.—
How is it with Florida and Oregon? By tho
treaty which ga''c us those territories, some sev
en hundred thousand square miles of territory
were added to tho United States, of which tile.
South got only fifty-nine thousand two huudred
and sixty-eight square miles.”
The Juny in the case oe Dr. WedstEk.—
In the Baltimore Sun of the 6th inst., We no.
ticc a communication from one of tho jurors
who sat on the Webster case, taken from a Bos.
ton paper.
He says the jury was composed of lioncst
men of good sound sense ; tiiat they had pmycr
every morning, and nlso when they retired for
the last time to make up the verdict. Iln states
that they were much surprised that the defence
could offer no stronger evidence ill favor of tho
accusced und that they laid great stress on the
fact that the evidence seemed to point to Dr.
Webster, and “to no one else.” Tiiis quotation
ho puts in small capitals, showing the impor
tance they attached to a circumstance that should
not have carried one father’s weight against tho
prisoner. Tiiis is enough to indicate the kind
of reasoning employed by the jury to convict
Dr. Webster.
Because the accused could not bring up a long
arrray of witnesses to prove hinfinnocentj-thcre -
i fore he is guilty ! And, because the evidence
pointed to “no one else,” thorofore, Webster
must be the man! An innocent traveller found
by the side of a murdered man on the highway
might he taken and hanged, because the sapient
: witness who found him with the victim,’ could
! sec no evidence to prove his innocence, or that
pointed to any one else as the murderer!—
I The jury in the Boston case were probably hon
| ert enough, but we doubt the sufficiency of their
i intelligence to decide such a case as that. Not
ono inan in fifty is fit to act in an important case
of any intricacy or perplexity of law and testi
mony.
No explanation has yet been given, nor do wo
believe it ever can he given, of tho fact, sworn
to on Dr. Webster’s trial by Eliza Puzzle,- a' fe
male relative of Littlefield, that on Friday after
noon of the murder, Littlefield waS talking of
disappearance of Dr. Parkman ! The witness
sworo positively to that fact, her testimony was
not affected by tfic cross-examination, and tfre
question now is,how could he have learned that/
rs^"— 1 -■ ■
MACON MARKET, APRIL 20.
COTTON—The market has been dull during
the last week, and we have no material change
in prices to note. Wo quote 10 all cents.
Beamy ami Economy Combined
'The Oltl W*irgitiia iiyc-itousc.
( Phcenix-likc ) has from its ashes arisen, withal
its various virtues, its original colors to bestow.
THE Subscriber most respectfully informs'
his customers and the public generally, that
his establishment lias been rc-built, and can now
he found on (ET COTTON AVENUE, West of
the Washington Hall.J~ fl where he is fully pre
pared to execute in tho best manner, all the
various branches of Dyeing,Renovating and Re
pairing all kinds of lleady-Madc Clothing, and
Ladies’Dresses, Shawls, Bonnets, and all sorts
of Fancy Goods damaged by use. Ladies and
gentlemen will please label all articles sent to
this establishment.
Goods from all parts of the State sent as be
fore, shall receive prompt attention, and be for
warded back with care.
Factories and others having warp fitting to co
lor,will find it to their interest to test the virtues
of this cstablishement. Persons wishing Home
spun dyed, will please observe, for black tho
warp must be purple or blue ; for brown a cop
peras color, arid for green the warp tnust be
white
(O’ Cash must be paid on the delivery of Goods
JOHN C. LOGAN.
O’ Ladies, by calling at his establishment,
will always find specimens of his workmanship
on hand.
april 20 15—ts
SILKS, Satins, Batiste and Muslins, all new
styles, just received and for sale by
april G LOGAN He ATKINSON.
Napoleon capes—a new and superf*
article. Parisian ditto, of every style and
price. Just received by
april 6 LOGAN &. ATKINSON.
Mourning GOODS-Mouming silks, Mus--
tins, Lawns, and Batiste, a large assortment'
just received by
april 6 LOGAN & ATKINSON.
Cl LOTUS, CASSI MERES, DRAP DC
J ETES, and summer stuffs of every quality,
just received by
aprilG LOGAN & ATKINSON,
Canal and Baltimore Flour.
It i k BBI.S. Extra Superfine FUQUA
I." * 25 hbls. Extra Family Flout, very
choice, just received and for sale low by
april G GEO. T. ROGERS
Mercer Potatoes.
| A BBLS. Mercer Potatoes, very superior,
I * * in fine order, just received and for sate
very cheap by GEO. T. ROGERS,
april 6
Wanted Immediatclv,
rnWO OR THREE JOURNEYMEN CABI
JL NET-MAKERS. None except good work
men, and such as arc willing to make thcmselvea
useful, need apply.
WOOD & BRADLEY,
oct 20 47 —ts
