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THE LATE FROST. We have taken some pains to collate the several items of intelligence contaiied in the country papers relating to the extent and degree of the late very severe weather, and its effects upon the growing crops. -The papers ofSouth Chrotin, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana rep. resent the frost to have been very severe, and to have done great injury to vegetation genrally.-J Soutb Caroliua..and Geor: idlie early -wheat is totally destroyed. n the Cberokee conotry of Georgia, where the wheat crop is a source of great proft,_ the wheat 'generally had turned black,'th'effect of frost; and while it was admitted that the -early wheat was entirely ruinied, it was as generally believed that the late wheat would make little more than seed; In theSoutheri States the corn crops have suffered severely; but the .ijury to this crop is not irreparable; for it may be replanted, and there is full time for it to mnaiure, and yield an abundant harvest. 1In.the uplind 'cotton region of South Carolina, the cotton was generally up, and it is represented to have been. con pletely killed, with a scarcity of seed to replant. From Georgia we have. similar accounts. .From the central part of that State these accounts are very gloomy. Some of the papers state that the crops in the larer pdrtion.of the State are thought to be ruined, others qualify the extent of the destruction by itaiing that the crops are very materially-injured. -While others are still more specific, and designiate one half as the quantum of mischief. In Sou.th western Georgia, as fine a cotton country as there is in the world, the paper pub lished in that section of the State, repre sents the cotton on many of the planta tions to be so greatly dbmaged, that the owners were having the fields ploughed up for replanting, while others were de nied even that forlorn hope of a crop, by the want of seed. In the lower part of the State, the cotton which was up was universally killed. in Alabama, atone extreme of the State, it was estima'ed that three-fourths of the Cotton will have to be planted over, while ihe other fourth was hardly reliable. In South Alabama the planters for the most part were ploughing up their fields for the purpose of replanting. A severe drought of some weeks duration was also operating very seriously to the injury of agriculture generally. M ississippi has also suffered extensively; severe storm of sleet and rain, with three or four saiecessive nights of hard frost, des troying in some places all, and in others, nearly all of the Cotton above giound; the atierage estimate of what is to he re-plant ed, is from a half to three-fourths. There also we no.tice a scarcity of seed, which is worth one dollar per bushel, with a pros .pect of going up to five dollars. In Louisiana, the destruction, although dery considerable, is not as great. as we -nfer from the various notices of the inte nor press, as in the States further North. The terms used in describing the'.ravages qf the frost are more moderate and quali ed. The injury is represented to be con ble, and we are. told that in some W2stances- whole fie have been nearly hieper- nanwle%At "the entire Cotton crop, but upon inspec -it-was fOaqud that there had not been -much damage done as was apprehended. It very little Cotton on the front and -.high lands was injured, wvhile all on the lY owv lands wae killed. This can be planted '~over by all who have seed, which appears ~ to be a very scarce article. - f.. -. .These accounts are bad enough, yet they must be taken with a grain of allow ance. That the frost has been very des tructive, end that the greater portion of the ieotton that was up, has been destroyed, there can be no doubt. But planters are remarkably disposed to anticipate short eropsn. and their fears and solicitude are 'very apt to bave the effect of making things'a little worse than they generally turn out to be. Under no circumstances can we calculate upon a full crop in the Atlantic cotton States. In moat, if not all .of the fields there must be a replanting, and, with the usual improvidence of plant ers, they are mostly destitute of seed. But there must he very many who havo an extra supply on hand, enough. for them selves and neighbors, and if the drought, which has generally prevailed in Georgia and Alabama be not too continuous, and they he favored with timely and modcrnte raitts. two-thirds of a crop may be antici pated. The seas'tn will be put back from four to six weeks, and an early frost in the fall would be seriously prejudicial,. so that after all, there are so many contingencies -to be etncoun'ered, on safe calculation can le made-N. 0. .Bulletint. LA W OF NKWSPAPE RS. 1. Subscribers iGiho do not give express notice to the contrary, are cotnsidered ishing to continue their subscriptions. 2.:'If subscribers order the discontintu-. ance of their papers the, publisher may continue to seitd them till all that is due be paid. 3. If aubscriters neglect or refuse to take their papers from the office to which they are directed, they are held responsible till they have settled their bill, and ordered their papers discontinued., -4. If subscribers remove to other places, without itnforming the publishers, and the -paper is sent to the former direction, thgy are held responsible. 5. The Courts htave decided that refu sing to take a paper or periodical from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is prima facie evilence of intentional frand. -- . Judge-Thompson, of Indiana, decided recently "That where a subscriber to a periodical failed to notify the editor to dis continu6 the paper, at the end of the time for which he subscribed, or pay up the ar rearages, he was bound fur another year. A year or twvo sines, the Circuit Court of Pennsylvania decided "That where a Postmaster failed to notify the publishers of newspapers that their papers were ntot lifted or taken out of the office, he rendered himself liable for the subscription. FA-rar. ACcIDENT--A negro ta was killed on Friday last, 4th inst. about one mile below Chester C. H. on the line of Rail Rtoad, by the falling of a bank of earth.-Columbia Telegraph. eve EDGEF1ELD C. H. WEDNESDAY MAY 16, 1849. 0" We call the attention of our readers ta a seuies of articles to be published in our paper signed " One of the People." 07On Friday last the four negroes which had been lodged in jail, charged with the murder of Mr. Michael Long. were put upon their tri al and found guilty. .-One was sentenced to be hanged, and tie others to be whipped. Three mote are yet to be tried. Temperance Lectunes. Mr. Duarza, has delivered several interest ing and cloquent addresses in our Village on the subject of Temperanice. - Lyceum. A public meeting will be held in the Court House on Saturday the 19th Inst. at 12 o'clock, fot the purpose of forming a Village and Coun try Club, for the reading of Lectures on various branches of knowledge. Gentlemen from the country and village are particularly requested to attend. Canadian Affairs. Things are quiet in Canada. Loyal addres ses are pouring in to the Governor General from every part of Upper Canada, and both Houses of Parliament are quietly pioceeding with business. It is said that the Peat of Gov. ernment is to be alternately four yeats at Que bec, and four years at Toronto. Beading Boom and Library. In connection with the Lyceum we would -respectfully urge the propriety of forming a Reading Room and Library for the public ad vantage. This may be done without any im mediate expense. Many gentlemen would be willing. doubtless, to place the papers they re. ceive by private subsetiption upon the files of a Readir.g Room; andthe various Public Doc uments from time to time received by the inem bers of our Village would form the nucleus of a Library, whish, in a few years, would largely increase. - The advantages of these projects must be manifest to all. If carried out, they will give the public access toa great variety of papers and Periodicals, aid furnish us with a mass of Na tional statistics and other valuable inrormation, highly cennducive to the intellectual improve ment of the conmunity. We hope these matters will recommend them selves to the serious attention of the public, and prompt to immediate action in the premises. CinaGRen 6eyh'raft i1rt~rpubh'ctitinil. Volunteer Company. An effort is making to raise a Voluanteer Corp, to muster at the Court House in this District. T[he young men of the village and neighboring. countay are urged to assist in forming the com pany. It is almost disreptutable to thne Military character of this vicinity, that it should be wait ting in a good volunteer company. The mnili tary spirit of this sectioni has always been high; and until within the last few years, it has been kept up by a good Volwitcer- Corps. Is this spirit departed front among us ? Are the young men in our midst no longer pleased with the military exploits that illuastrate so much of the history of our State antd District ? Are they no longer animated by the zeal and spirit, which distinguished many of their Fathers, and ren dered sacred, by deeds of military prowess, so many points and spots ef old Edgefld ? They should not allow this nolble spirit to die out. It Ia their birth-right--au inhteritance left them by a patriotic ancestry; and as faithful progeny they should strive to cherish and improve this ancestral vitae. A proper intermixture of military traininig is an admirable element in the education of young Republicans. The sturdy virtues of the soldier furnish a strong guaranty against the effemi nate inifluences of an easy life, and the erect and maitly discipline oif military life elevates the character and pride of man. It teaches a just principle of subordination, and instihs into the minds of the young a self-sustaining tehiance by which they learn to endure hardships and to bravo misfortunes. Militaryj Education tends to develope many of the manlier qualities and feel ings of thme heart, and where its vices are well guarded against, it is obliged to elevate the characteir of a nation. It was the nice blend ing of civil and military Education in the Re man commonwealth, that rendered the Roman arms every where invincible, and so greatly ex tended that powerful empir.e. Every Republic should have an eye to Milita ry education in pro per subordiniation to civil, if for nothing ee, thtan the manly virtues it is calculated to inspire. A proper Military spirit. theorefbre, should be kept alive. And one of the best means under our instittutions to effect this, is the influence of Volunteer Corps. We take this for granted. As young Republicans, therefore, ambitious to excel in all the duties of republican life, and upon whose efforts rest the military defence of the nation and the preservation of our rights and liberties, let the youth of the country culti vate the manly duties of the soldier, by. so or.. ganazing themselves as to receive military in, struction and to cherish a military spirit. No timne more favorable than the present could offer itself fur this movement, when our country is beset with danger and may need the strong arm of the soldier to preserve and de fend it. Those wishing to become members of the "Volunteer Corps," will find a list at Mr. Lyon's Tailor Shop 'n this Village. A neat but cheap uniform is designed. Let the young men within'ten or trieve miles New York Riog. . Most disgraedful scenes have just been acted in tile City of New York. The rivalry be tween the.actors, McCaEADir and Foasea, has excited among their respective admire:s the most heated partizan zeal, which has recently shown itself in very outraefuial cts of violence. A large mob on the 11th ihst.. sacked and set fire-te.the Astor Opera How in which M Cready was playing-upon wlicb the Military was ordered out, and forced to do execution. The number killed is estimated-at 27, and near ly 100 were wounded. The excitement is still high. And more blood shed is-expected. . it is disreputable 4o4ggintelligent commtuni ty to be made th'theatre of such acts of vio lence and outrage from causes so trivial and in significant. That society most stand on a slen der basis indeed when it can be so terribly con vulsed by the small bickerings of two stage actors ! European News. Another steamer, the Hibernia has arrived front Europe. The news is without much ia terest. The Cotton market has undergone no change since the departure of tile America. Uplands are quoted at 41; Orleans at 45. France still enjoys tranquilty. The expedi tion for the restoration of the Pope has reached Civita Becchia. But the Pope will remain at Gaeta antil the revolt at Rome -is suppressed. The agesit or the Roman Republic (Mr. Frap. pold,) has presented his protest against the French expedition. Germany is still in a State of distraction. The Huagarian Ttroops continue to be suc cessful against time Austrians. Denmark and Germany are still in a state of hostilities-though no decisive action has taken place. German Troops are entering Judand in con siderable numbers. The Hibernia brings over ?83,000 sterling. FOR TOE ADVERTISEL. No. 1. "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and in all thy getting, get under standing." Proverbs. The tendency of the age is to radical ism! Society seems falling back into its rudimental state. Look to the present aspect of the civilized world! -All Europe is trembling to her centre. France is pros trated by the terrible convulslonis'of Demo cratic epilepsy. So of Germany-staid quiet old Germany-milhary PrPasia. des potic Austria, sluggish Italy aW Irelar.d. The sturdy old political edifice of England herself, with its massive pillars of colossal grandeur, has been shaking to tbe- summit from the deep, though noiseless throbbings of popular commotion.-E ven America happy America-already democratic to the core, is in a state of factioiuphrenzy, scarcely known out of the bord44oi exci table France. What is the .endency of all this un heathful excitement in these bodies politic? Like feverish irritation in the natyralsys tem, it is culculated to distemp ia *hole body of society. It has. a 2,4den to.canze nnjtidnx amani A.tL L sod istitutions ar.d bringing on. a' state of social anarchy and confusion. In the des potic governments of Europe, it will, it is hnped, be ultimately productive of popular liberty: though, judging of the future by the past, severe ordeals are yet to be passedl before that desirable end may lbe expected, in which wrill be sacrificed mucb blood and treasure. But in our own countvr this spirn of anarchy can be of no avail for good. Here we aro already republican-already demo eralic. With us popular liberty has ad vanced in prodigal freedom, till it hue reached the verge of liceniousness? We, indeed, present at this time. an anomaly in government. The people's rights are usurped where the people have absolute sway. The people have furnished tyrants for their own oppression:, From a spirit of faction, already grown to) an alarmiing prevalency, constitutional guards and po litical rights, once the boast of our nation, are cruebed by the strong arm of the infu.. riated many. Political virtue, the chief corner stone of Republics, and of which our early history gave out so fruitful a crop, is, we fear, no longer a living, active principle among uis. It is, itndeed, scarcely thought of. except when invoked by the orator as a theme of inspiration, or by the demagogue as a salvo for personal ag grandizement. Equality and justice, worth and talent are become too often the mtere mocking-stocks of the community t while intrigue, deception and even fraud are daily practised in the political world with the most unblushing effrontory. Ina word, the order of the day, is blind fumnaticisnt, and the lowest forms of political demagog ueism ! This language may appear strong; but we wvrite to utter the truth, and not to flatter the stational vanity. We have thus already experienced the ill ell'ect of an excess of that disorganizing spirit, from wvhich Europe, with her des, potic forms of polity, htopee to derive the great blessing of popular liberty, Already it has worked with us a serious distemper in the body-politic, which has made the "whole head sick, and the whale heart faint." W~e think we know something of the history of this political malady. It had its origin, if we tmistake not, in the great city of Gotham-the splendid metropolis of the North ! In that centre of progres sive Reform, began all those disorganizing movetments and peurile innovations, that were 10 astonish the world by their happy success, hut have, in fact, gregtiy lowered the moral and political tone of the country, and endangered the permanency of the Republic. The firsi result in the process of Reform, were the Revised Statutes a weak at tempt at codification-a miserable failure to introduce minute and special law for every case arising within the limits ofjuris prudlence ; the moht palpable effects of which, have been to make all law vague and uncertain, and seriously to degrade the profession itself ofilaw, by rendering fruit less, in a measure, all legal learning and science. The next result wvas of a nature more seriou-still. I: shook the foundation of the whole state fabric. The good old con titet.ion of the state, fortned by' the patri otic. wisdoam of har Revolutinnary saes. at "justly celebrated, bothn E .urope a4 America as one of the bestpf the r.itm or' government established in this counI'y,". after having been matured by the .experi coca of years under acareer of State pros perity altogether without a parallel, has been'forced to give place to a formless com pilation of political rules and doctrines& deduciions from the idle theories 6f Tam many Hall politicians. Th'eso political doctors, in their efforts at reform, seem to have put to the task all-their resources of. wit and ingenuity. No bounds were set to their rash experiments. As ifto cast censure upon the whole wisdom and experience of their Forefathiers, they.havep-turned ihe old order of hings, v1iich tim'e should have rendered sacred, and placed upon the ruins an entirely-new and fanciful arrangement. The Goddess of Republicanism so fair nod beautiful to the eye of the young Ameli can, has been recklessly dethroned, to.give place to the ill-shaped genius of Moboc racy, with her shabby and. Ackle rule. The whole burden of government, is thrown back upoo the mass of the people alaost as absolutely as in the pure de mocracies of Greece and Rome. The people are made to take back the powers they, at first, ao wisely elegated, and mus, in future, be perpetually hasassed in attending to the clog.roork of the govern mental machine. In addition to electing their officers under the federial government. they are now to elect all their State Oi cers-Governor, and Lieut. Governor. Secretary of State, Attorney General Comptroller, Treasurer, State Engineer, Surveyor, Canal Commissioners, State Prison inspectors, Justices of the Peace, and of the county, and even the Judges of the Superior Court. The* Court of Equity, also, has been abolished, and any mile citizen of the age of twenty-one, though he may never have seen the inside of a law ofice, is entitled to admittance to practise in all the courts of the State. To complete this picture of ruin and de vastation, the old Ito-third vote-one of the wisest provisions in any government has been destroyed, and the power is given to a bare majority to alter or amend the constitution. Thus to effect a cure of an imaginary disease in tWle body politic, these wise Doctors, after having exhausted all the ingenuity of political leech-craft in boasted efforts at renovation, have physicked, the State patient into a lingering distemper, of which, without some desperate remedy, he must eventually die. These master eforts of political reform were achieved in the year of our Lord 1846. The state, doubtless, had been ripe for them years before, but had been hinderd in its action by the conservative check in the old constitution. The Spirit ofReform! has been long at work in that land of change and political chimeras. Its' de velopments may be distinctly traced in the movements of the' Abolitionitts, of the Native Americans, of the Hunkers, Barn burners, et idomne genus portentorum! One would suppose that this reckless spirit, after haviog achieved so very much, uhad naturally exhausted itself. Not so. The work is still going on bravely. Pro ress is still the order of the day, During powered to draught "Codes of Procedure," to at re as substitutes for the practice and pleadings hitherto used in courts of civil and criminal law. This modest commis sion proposed only to supplant by a new work of individual creation t1%t great mass of wisdom and good practical sense, styled Practice, which has been accumnu lated out of the wisdom and experience of ages. A Report has been made .and a Code submitted, with wilat success re mains yet to be seen. They who ktiow something of the fate of paper constitu ions and parchment code., will not stuffer themselves to indulge the fondest hopes. History is replete with athor'ive eflbrts at codification. And general es perience at tests4 that so far from renderinig the lawv simple and certain, it is the surest means of introducing cavil, uncertainty, and mystification. hlow was it with the code Napoleon I And howy is it with the present codes of France ? innumerable doubts and quibbles have arisen, where formerly all was clear and definite. in the inter pretation of many articles of the French code., not less than half a dozen- different opinions are advanced by learned com mentators on the same pbintf. But our limits forbid us to pursue this tmatter. The Albany and Tammary H all reform, era have undertaken to achieve entirely too much. They propose to themselves the removal of all inconveniernces in legal and political matters. But in so doing hey engage to perfotut an Utter .imnpossi. blity. flo they not know, that "delays and little inconlveniences in the forms of justice, are the price that all free nations must pay for their liberty in more sub. stantial mtattersP" t And have thev. no ears last a too free indulgence of this spirit of change, may so bring od reckless inno vations, by destiying all respect for exist ing objects, as to render their political institutioos too flimsy and mutable to secure real liberty and happiness? Let them not overlook the warning lessons of histoty ! On Tr-rE PEoffE. "Federalit-Alexander Hamilton. f Blacksate. TALUOTTPE Daiwrreo.-A friend of ours has sent us a specimen of Talboff pe drawing, an improvement on dagnerreotyp ing, which consists in fixng the object on paper instead of ott a metal plate. It is a new invention, and the pictuze before us --a cottage, the residence of Dr. Blaney, in Chicago&-is remarkabily clear and dis tinct. We are not aware that any picture after the Talbotype method have yet been taken in New Orleans. The one under notice was executed by Dr. Bianey. Pro fesor of Chemistry in the Medical Col lege of Chicago, who, we are Informed, has made still further improvements in this beautiful art.-N. 0. Picayune. Every column of a newspape~r, con tains several thousand distinct pieces of mtal; the misplacing of anly one of which would cause a bitunder or typo graphical error. With this fact before the reader, he must wonder at the gene ral accuracy of newspapers, and be more disposed to euse rather than fuegnify rrrs of the nrcss. SHALL THE SOUTH' U(0 ~ SLEEPjAGAIN. Certain yery cautious people in some o( the neighboring States-and a few in out' own-are soimewhat terrified at the bold attitude assumed by the Southern Stateb of late, ahd fear it may lcrese excit'eitent at the North!" These sage individuals, whose doubts and suspicions sbrpass the "unutterable ponderiogs of -Walter the Doubter," (immortalized byItving) would counsel "moderate measures," Wich being construed means quiet submission, and resignation to the will of the Northern ma jority-and would have the South Vteekly deliver up her dearest equalify. as thh lamb holds forth its neck to the knire bf the butcher. They are against "agitatoi" when that agitation has for its idle bhject defence and not aggression; they are bcah datized at. The fbomation of Cominittees of Safety whose sole dutyie to keep Watch and ward over their iown domestic lhtef6sts and snuffup "treason to the Unibof" in the open convocation of freemen for purposes of cunference anil deliberation on the ieas ures necessary tb ensure Southetn Safely. '.'d all such feeble winded counsellors we would say, that in somecases timidity is the greatest rabbness, for the times, are not settled to 'rose-water remedies. The public sentiment of the North is diseased and strong remedies must be applied td give it a healihy tone. If the Unton is to be preserved and the Equality of the South maintained, it will be due to the warning given by the Address to the South and the subsequent action upon it. They are the traitors, who have frowned upon tb move ment, traitors to their own interests -add honor, to the South and to the Unidd; Our sentinels should not slumber ad i field but half won, or their fAlse seedrity will be fatal to the fortress. The North is watching eagerly every movement. made. Let her then see no signs of divided cdud sels, nor any relaxation of vigilande dhd determination on our part-for the pedcbful issue of this controversy depends Ud the demonstration of our4tbility to piotect odr selves. The Committee of Safety which meets on Monday will bave charge of great inter ests and of heavy responsibilities-and from its material we doubt not that cenced, harmony, firmness. and wisdom will char acterise its recommendations and proceed sogs. Its duties are more deliberai* than sug gestive of action, if we rightly understand the intention of the call; it is intended for a free conference on common interests. Our Legislature pledged the State to to operate with her sisters when necessary it is for the people to confer asto the time, mode and manner of that co-operation, and to prepare to do so efi'ctually. For the benefit of our nervous neighbor of the Augusta Chronicle, we will promise that should anything " reasonable " be sugges ted in that convocation, that he and the public shall have the full benefit of it. If the champions of Southern Equality--the " Agitators " as their enemies designate them. are conspirators, they certainly do not plot in secret, like true Southern iden, They shun no questions The secret spy system. the anonymous li bels., and all tite machinery of dirty de traction and defamation they leave to those whose patriotism centres in their pockets. and who consider "the greatest blessing of the Union" the privilege of plundering and hetraying their Southern brethrea.-Co lumbia Telegraplh. DIAsoLIcar, A-rsMPT TO DLstaot A IfantL.-A bout 10 o'clock on Thursday night, a man disguised as a negro, called at the house of lawyer Warner. and hand ed a package to tho servant, at same time stating that it was for Massa Warner,. ad dressed to Ti. Warner, Esq. (confidenia.) Mr. W. being absent from the City at the time, the package temained untouched by the members of thme family until yes terday when Mr. Wat-ner returned from Philadelphia, and while the family were at dinner in the basemen;, he ordered his son to bring the package to him. Mrs, Warner having described the appearance of the man and his manner, to her hus band, led Mr. WVarner to opetn the pack. age. which was wrapped in a copy of the N. York H erald of March 29, wit h some care. The newspaper contained a strong mahogany -box with a slide lid. Mr. Warner proceeded to draw ofthe lid with great caution and very slowly and dis covered a faint blue light and immediately warned hi. family to fly for their lives. All itdatantly left the room: and closed the door, and they had but just possed into the hal leading into the rear yard when a tremend ous explosion took place, after which they passed around the house and discovered the-front basement to be on fire and the windowv shattered to pieces and blown out of place. Mr. Warner with some persons whti had stopped at the house, then en tared the room and extinguished the flames, and as soon as the anoke had subsided it was discovered that the basement door was completely shattered,. the partition well broken and very much displaced, the dining-table at which they were a few mibutes before sitting very tnuch broken, and a picture of Gen. Wasbington and the door pistforated with slug-shots. 'the box in question was about the siae of a small cigar-box, and contained a cannister filled with powder and slugs, and several bund dIes of friction matcnes, which were so placed that on withdrawing the lid, on the inside of which a piecq of sand paper was glued, they would instantly take fire and cause an immediate explosion. Mr. War ners caution-in withdrawving the lid is the caude of the wonder ful escape ha and bis famIly experienced.-N. Y. Tribune, of Saturday. STRaatoE YstToas.-The Houston Democrat, states that swarms of beetles are extending themselves over the whole face of the country between the Brasos and Trinity, and that swarms of grasshop pers equally or- more numerous are et tend ing themselves over the whole country be tween the Colorado and Nueces. They feed upon the foilage of the forest, and as yet hatre done no injury to the crops. Tihe hogs, turkeys, and other fowls feed upon them greedily, and they in a manner sup. ply the wvant of mast in that section 'When men' speak ill of you',.livc so that nobody' will believe them. - TIE PLATI0Xuf OF TH11 SOUTH6 The etnt Ue*6ora'tie Biate Conven. tion of Tennessee, passed, with -entire doiblibity, the following resoulations. Em. biilyiig; as they do, the resolutions of the Virginia Legislature, their reiteration is peculiarly - opportune at the. 'moment they havewreceived the etphatic endorse. ment of the people of thei Old Dominion: -Mercur. ResolVed, That the dovertnebi't, th& Udited States has no control dir'-wyoijr: iudirectly, meditatelr or lediately, over the institution of i.iathfJ at to impalk the rightb of the biaveholder, and that ai. taking sadh .dnkial it transeds~ the limits of its legii.maie functions by destioying the internal organisation -of the *o4id6igatis who created it. Resolved, Thai afl territory acquireti b the arms-of the UniWd States, or yielde by treaty by any foreigini power,. belongd to thO several-States of this Uniop, is thei joint end commoo-prbperty; in W Wih hiei and all have common rights; and that th enactment by the:Federal Government of uay law, which shoilld directly or by its eifects, prevent the citid of ji FSid ron bmisatlng; with . theiF pldpeigt- ot thatever description, into such terhtoryj would be a discrimination unwarranted by; and its. violation of the rights of the:Stated from which such citizens emigrated,:. and in detkgation of that perfect equallty that belodms to the several Statei as mdrmber. or this Union, and *duld id directly t subvert the Union ilse. Resolved, That if in distegard Aiie - every cdnsiddiation of justide; dtconstita. tional right and flatuirbal feeling, the fearful issue shall be forced upon the country, *hch must aesult from the adoption and attedhpted enforcement of the Wilmat Proviso as an act of the General Goverti ment, we can have no difficulty in .diods ing between the only alteiuatives i't iill then remain, of abject submission to ag gression and outrage on the one hand, or oa ihd. other, by The addptlda; t 11 hazards, and to-the last extremity of such measures# as will vindicate our constitutional rights. Resolved, That we hold it to be the duty of dvery dian in .this Confederacy to op pose the'passage of any law by thidh o* netvly aciluired territory may -be subject to such restriction. Resolved. -That the passage of the above mentioned proviso makes it the duty of every slaveholding State, and of all the cititis thereof, as they value their dear est privileges, theit sovereigntyi theit inde pendence, their rights of property, to take firm, united and concerted action in this emergency. Resolid, That we regard the passage of a law by the Congress "of the United Stdtes abolishing slavery or the slave trade in the District of Columbia as a direct at tack upon the Institutions of the Southern States. Resolved. That .in the recent' ments of a large portion of the: the Norib, in Congress; the the States;_ in-the civil Cg mary assemblies of :the. continued efforts to abolis District disregard ~n reklessvai pledges In the ConstilttA not only to prevent th int.) the newly acqui abolish it forcibly a the States of tniod StietTA aT Rcsouacgs -OF * We find the following in the C6 Telegraph The desighe of Rlussia on Turkey haee not escaped the notice of politicians oa the Contiuent and various speculations on the subject have been made totsching the r'ehd iness and the ability of the Ottoman Porte to make an effectual resistance. Thougfr the odds are in favor of Russia owing to the vast resqurces and prmdiguous popola tion at the disposal of the Ctar, still Tur key is by no means so helpless as is ge. rally suppoded, and would not yield stith out a protracted and bloody connfict.. Besaides the lniervention (armed or pa cific) of England and France, both of whom could not consistently stand by and allow Russia so greatly to increase is already gigantic power by the absorption of the Tdrkish Etmpire, the country itself is not etirely devoid of means of pro tection. The todomi Times, in a late article upon the aussian question, says, that a!' thrwigh it dnea not entertain a very lofty opinioo of the military resources of Tur key, it would be an error to estimate themi no higher than they were during the cam paigns of 1828 and 1829:i "A t that period," says the Times, "the fleet ef the Suktan had just been destioyed at 'Navarino, and Adiniral Greigh wats complete master of thme Black Sea. The reforms of the Turkish army were in their infancy, and Egypt contiuted litate to the defence of the empire. At the present time the Turkish arsenals will, send .our forty ships, of which eight-or ten are three. deckers; the army now in preparation amounts to three hundred thousand mea, of which shoot half are irregulars, who are already on their wvay from the Asiatic Ps.. chalic t o Constantinople, the revenue of the Ottoman empire has prodigiously in,, creased since the abolition of monopolies in 1828; and there is every- reason to' be lieve that Abbas Pacba, mow hereditary ruler of Egypt, who has just received his Invesiure at Constantinople, would place. the whole naval and military force of that -dependency at the disposal of the Porte, his suzerain. Such a force, animated by religious fanaticism in the defence of the cities and provinces which they haie oc cupied for four hundred years, is. not to be despised, even by the great military Power of Europe; sond wre still infer that the Em- - peror Nicholas will not push this contest to extreitiea." The *'Times" thinks that the real ad vanftage of the Russian party, atlthis mo ment, lies in the "dihision of the European powers, and espectally in the want of confidence between tire two most paciflo of them, AustrIa and Great Britain." - - A colored minister said to his hearefr, at -the close of his sermon. "My obsti naceous brethern, ILiad its no more use' to preach to. your, thant it is for-grasshop jer to wear kneebuckles."