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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. 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