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Southern shield., 1850-03-02
For the Southern Shield 1

MR. EDToR-I have just risen from the perusal of Mir. Clay's great speech his Compromise Resolu- tions. have no language with which to characterize it. do not to say is above or beyond criti csm but treats of subject deep-seated in the heart of every lover of his country, in manner that no Ian guage of mine can describe It meets the issue which has threatened our existence nation but Mir. Clay dare meet it. Curus like, clothed in all the panopy of his intellectual might, he casts himself into the awful chasm that is open swallow the American Union. His sands have nearly run, the tide of his life is ebbng fast he has ambitious schemes gratify and he has up to meet the crisis in the true spirit of Patriot statesman; with the frosts of seventy win ters clustering around his brow, his intellect maured by the experience of half century in the councils ofhs country, he presents well digesed scheme which must form the basis upon which settle the intestine commotion that has well nigh imbued each mans hand in the blood ofhis brother. He boldly and at the same time, calmly and dispassonately presents the only means of preserving our National existence
 Present advices from Washington indicate that countless thousands of this great speech will be struck off for circulation throughout this vast continent It is a speech that every ought to read for himself It will not bear mutilation It Is vast whole offered in spirit ofcompromse, and should be considered only as whole The who would mutilate it. or torture its meaning, Is viper who would sting the breast that nourished him. and would rejoice in the destruction of the dearest interests of mankind, provided some pal try pecuniary benefit should flow to himself. In his present position, Mir. Clay is not connected with any party, with any sect any section. There Is not 8 word of party in his whole speech. Every word of il Is addressed to the patriot wherever he may be found tha To he eali ilxe interested in hearing him. And if they will hear him calmly and dspassionaely, and apply the test of req son to his words they will be thoroughly mbued wltf a spirit ofconservatism, and we shall be saved
 repeat MT. Clay may be considered as mighty saesman on the verge of that dissolution which IS to send him to his eternal home, presenting to his coun trymen as legacy beyond all price, the Union, as 1t IS blood stained as it from the patriots ofthe Rev oluton- tme-honored although in the dawn of early manhood by every association that car bind man to earth or to his ellow-man and now only valued as 1t should be- because nearly lost. Stand ing then in this attitude he should be listened to apar
 from the political schemers of the day. And If listened thus the warning of his eloquence Will rol the hills and valleys of this land, arousing the spirit of conservatism that long has sumbered Tn qule places queing forever the factious parsans of the hour and thus again will preserve in the days of ht Missouri Compromise, the sole landmark of Freedom on earth. AMERICUS.
Southern shield., 1850-03-02
From the New Orleans Picayune.

There are some who would, did they possess the power, rend this Union asunder, whose lips the fatal cry of dissolution has already passed. For the honor of our common country, for the honor of humanity itself, we must believe that the number of those who harbor such designs IS but small indeed, compared with he uast 7.tsoa6er '0ho ,coad De thrilling to sacrifice their fortunes and fheir HUes on the olter of the coyederacy. Should the question be put to- morrow for dissolution, we firmly believe that, from the granite hills of New England to the cane fields of Louisiana, from the storm-beatel, coasts of the Carolinas to the shores of the calm Pacific, there would go up to Heaven a universal shout of NO, that would hush forever
 all murnlur of opposition. But if, by any sad
Southern shield., 1850-03-02
E. EEs. ey @ g'ES $ CO. WHOLESALE {. RETAIL GROCERY PRODUCE STORE TWO DOORS SOUTH OF MARTIN & NoRTON's,
 Helena. ArIxs.
Countrymen, Citizens and Strangers, Look
 Before You Buy!

Countrymen, Citizens and Strangers, Look
 Before You Buy!
 A T the above place you will find general assort- IEA ment of GROCERIES, Wooden and Willow Ware, and everything usually kept in a a well arranged Produce and Grocery Store
 Golden Syrup, Sugars, Coffee, Teas, Cheese, Fish, Salmon Goldfish, Candles Pickles Preserves, Salt, Mustard, Rice, Raisins, Citron Currants. Prunes, Sugar House and Plantation Molasses, Almonds Sal aratus, Starch, Clothes Lines, Bed Cords AlIspice, Ginger Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmegs, Brushes, Brooms, Tacks Mat ches, Cotton Batting, Extra fine and Com mon Soap; Lobsters, Salmon and Sardines, in cans; w ashng Soap and Soda, Cotton and Hemp Trot Lines, Clothes Lines and Bed cords FAMILY FLOUR: Brass bound Cedar and White Buckets, Powder Shot and Lead Indigo, Madder, Market Baskets Clothes Baskets, Grass and Manila Mats; Zinc and Wood Wash boards Fish Lines, Grass Cords, Cotton Rope, Gun Caps, Horse Cards, Painted Tubs and Buckets; Cap and Letter Paper; bed cord in coils clothes lines in coils; Hemp Halter Rope in coils; 10 by l2 window Glass, Backing and Brushes, Cigars and Tobacco f. 6. S. 10 and l2d Nails, LlQUORS, TOBACCO.
 To supply the public with every thing in our line as cheap they can be bought in Memphis, and to ena- able to do this, must sell entirely for Cash; we hope friends will not ask for credit, for we should be under the necessity of refusing them Helena February 23, 1850
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HELENA MARKET.

FLoUR-St. Louis city Mills, S7 co to $7 25 country brands, $6 co. SALTED PoRK.-Hams, 5 to 6c.-Hog round, 4c.-LARD-7c. WHIsKEY-25 to 29c. MoLAssEs-26 to 30c... BAoG1Nc & RoPE-Bagging lsc. per yd.- Rope, 9c. per ID.
 SALT.-Coarse, $1,7O C $l $l,75-Fine, $1 ,9C c 200 per sack.
 hOn 5 C Sc. per ID.
 Castings, 42 C 5c. per ID. NaHs, 5 SIC. per lb. POwder, $6 $6,50 per keg. Cheese, s. 9ac. per ID.
 Sugar, 5 C 7c. per ID.
 Co6ee l5 c 163c. per ID. Candles, Star 25, Tallow l5c. per lb. Rice SC. per ID
 Mackerd $l 50 to SIP per bbl. WindO1O Glass. $2,5O $4 per box.
Southern shield., 1850-03-02
The Slavery Question.

The signs, we think, are all favorable for a satisfactory settlement of this question. Mir. Clay's resolutions seem to be generally we'll received, and we have little doubt but that they will be adopted, with some mod ifcations, as a basis for the action of Con- gress upon the subject.-The House of Re presentatives have voted down, by a ma jorty of 30, Mr. RooT's Territorial bill, which incorporated the Wlmot Proviso. The Legislature of Pennsylvania has also refused to instruct her Senators and Repre- sentatives in favor of that obnoxious mea- sure, and better and more proper feeling on the subject is evidently gaining ground generally throughout the country, particu- hr y in the free States. Every day shews, and we have no doubt will continue to snew, how unnecessary and premature is the proposed measure of a Southern Con- yention. We can see no good result from such a Convention, but much that would | be injurious and miSchevous. Let the Le- gislature of the Southern States speak, and speak decidedly on the subject, but let them avoid, at least for the present, joining in any sectional convention. We at least hope that Louisiana will keep herself clear from any connection with such an assemblage, and our advices from Baton Rouge lead us to believe that such will be the determna- ton of the Legislature.
 Nea0 Orleans Bulletin.
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Dissolution The Nashville Convention
 Sentiment Of the Southern Press.

As the position we have assumed respect ing the proposed Nashville Convention, dis solution of the Union. etc., has been some- what subjected to animadverson by few persons in this community, we take the lib- erty publishing the subjoned articles from several of the most influential and respecta- bIe Southern papers, to show that the Shield is not the only paper in the South that op- poses any unnecessary agitation upon those exciting questions:
Southern shield., 1850-03-02
From the Brandon (Miss.) Republics
DISUNION.

We regret that men are to be found so per- fecty regardless of our country, and the blessings which the people enjoy, as to use efforts to arouse the prejudices and passions of few Southern States against the entire North and West, in consequence of a few misguided fana- tics giving utterance to sentiments pre- judicial to the institutions and rights of the South.
 The MiSSlssppial boasts of the amount in our treasury, (&500,000,) which can be used if necessary in effecting disunion. Better by far had that chivalr0us organ recommended the payment of our honest debts, and wipe out the stain which has so long sullied our escutcheon. There are descendants enough of our "Revolu- tionary Fathers in the North and South to pro- tect and shield the inheritance transmitted to us by our fathers. It wW be protected in spite of NMiifers and DiSuniOnists; and we speak the sentiments of M Americans when we declare the rights of all shaN be equally protected. We deprecate a disposition to inhame the public mind, already too much excited, upon question which has no existence in fact but in the ina ginations of few madcaps and fanatics. We are bound to the South by the strongest ties birth and education; but we love our Union too well to harbor for q moment thought of its destruction; and we have little confidence in the
 
 barter away the choicest boon ever bestowed by Heaven upon man-our free and happy coun- try. Our Union is safe, and until those holy fires which glowed so brilliantly in the bosoms of the Patriots of '76 shall have become ex- tnguished in their descendants, our blessed country will, we believe, withstand the united efforts of foreign ensnaisSaries and dOmestic faaaticS.
 From the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel
 The organization of such agitation meetings will only tend to infame the passions, prevent the exercise of reason, and deprive wise coun- sels of their proper influence.
 We are persuaded they are unnecessary be- cause we believe that there is no immediate danger of any such violation of the rights of the South as this meeting contemplates, and to resist which other meetings are recommended. The admission of California with her present constitution would be no violation of Southern rights, because that constitution has been formed by her people, who are alone competent to de- eide upon the character of her form of govern ment, provided it be republican. Congress has no power, under the constitution, if administered in good faith to abolish or establish slavery in any State or Territory; and it would be an out rage upon the rights of the people of California for our National Legislature to attempt the ex- cIusion of her as a State because her citizens choose to exclude the institution.
 In the formation of State Government, the people of California, two thirds or three fourths of whom are citizens of the United States, na- tive or adopted, have the same rights as the citizens of any State in the Union, and are, therefore, equally competent to decide upon their form of government
Southern shield., 1850-03-02
PROPOSALS FOR CARRYING THE MAIL
 IN ARKANSAS.
Ertract from the act of Congress of March
 3rd, lS45, section IS.

OU, lO4C, SeCt2OU 10.
 "And be 4 further enacted, That it shal be the duty of the Postmaster General, in all future lettings of contracts for the trans portation of the mails, to let the same, in every case, to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guaranties for faithful perform ance, without other reference 10 the mode of such transportation than may be necessary to provide for the due celerity, certainty, and security of such transportation; nor shall any new contractor hereafter be re- quired to purchase out, or take at a valua- ton, the stock or vehicles of any previous contractor for the same route."
 OP Bidders will be careful to read the forms and instructions appended to this ad vertisement. They arerequested to state, in their proposals, the mode by which they intend 10 convey the mal Where the size and weight of the mails, or the speed called for in the schedules shallrequire it, the con- tracts will be made for coach, steamboat, or railroad conveyance, as the case may be, and, consequently, such routes will be let to bids proposing such mode of conveyance In all other cases. the routes will be assign ed to bids proposing the cheapest mode Of transportation.
 0JP Railroad companies are specially no- tifed that their regular bids are to be un- derstood as including the supply of each office on the line of their respective roads, not over a quarter of mile from a depot. Separate proposals for offices more than a quarter of mile off will be considered
Southern shield., 1850-03-02
From the Louisiana Gazette.


 Edited 5y Ron John r 1T Claiborne, former
 ly c Democratic member of Congress from
 Mississippi.
 For ourselves we scout the idea of dissolu- ton of the Union. Ihe PEOPLE rise up in mass against it, and if Government pretermts its |duty they will take the law into their own hands, and hang the traitors that attempt it. Aaron Burr stands infamous on the page of history for la suspected conspiracy The members of the Hartford Convention, for mere constructive and unpledged treason, were slammed to ever- lasting fame." Great statesmen, personally pure, have since fallen irrecoverably for suggest ling the "rightful remedy" and peaceful se- |cession from the federal compact And yet members of the present Congress dare to pro- |claim that they will dissolve the Union! NOt one cf then has right 10 speak of the disso- |tatti0n of the Union. Not one of them can pledge the South or the North, the East or the West, to any such thing. They have no such function. IHe South adores the Union. She has proved faithful time and again. The great name of Mir. Calhoun, backed by State full of chivalry and talent, and by deep prevailing sense of the injury and oppression visited upon us by the Federal Government, had not he oOeigM of feather acith the South acben pau m he scale against the Union. We are na it, and intend 10 remain ua i, and the men who say otherwise say what they can never accom- plish, and whatthey have no authority for saying
Southern shield., 1850-03-02
T H E SOU T H E R N s | B L D.

vention, how we shall remedy the evil, and it could then be called in mode that would clearly show that it was the deliberate voice of the people, and that the delegates really represented their views and feelings.
 If Convention were now to assemble, what would it do for arresting any measures in Congress that could not be done more properly and more efIectuay by the State Legislatures? Such a Convention would not and could not be clothed with any actu- al power Their decrees wouldin no way be bindidg upon the State authorities or the people, and, in the very nature of the case, and in the mode in which the delegates are to be appointed, they could not be consider ed as giving, by their resolutions and re- commentators, a fair expression of the views and sentiments of the South. The utmost of their power would be to pass resolutions which no one would be bound to obey, or make recommendations which no one would be bound to adopt or to follow, and we think the whole proceeding would only tend to injure the moral force of the South.
 Those who think such Couikntion un- necessary at this time would, of course, not participate in it's organization or become delegates 10 it, and the members who com pose it would therefore be exclusively from among those who are in favor of prompt, decided, or violent measures. It would only represent what may on this question be called the 6eAfgerent portion of the people Ot the South, WHO AT THIS MOMENT, WE TRULY BELIEVE, ARE IN A SMALL MINORITY. A Convention thus organized, as we have already said, would not offer a fair repre- sentation of the views and feelings of the| South, and their proceedings would in all probability onl y be of nature to increase| the excitement, and render less probable al settlement of the whole subject on terms in| accordance with the just rightso the South
 DP Absence and indispoSition is our apol ogy for the scarcity of original matter in our paper of to-day.
 OuerfoCed Lands-We shall next week publish the bill introduced into the Senate by Hon. Solon Borland ''to grant to the State of Arkansas the Public Lands remain ing unsoId on account of overflow, in that State"
 We notice that the "Gazette and Demo- crat" (which is decidedly the most inhuen- tia paper in the State,) does not endorse the views expressed by Representative Johnson in his recent address.
 It has been determined to construct the Hospital at Napoleon, in this State, and the work is 10 be commenced without unneces- sary delay.
 The River is still falling slowly. It has fallen about two and half feet
 OF We shall, at an early day, take oc- cason to speak of the propriety of the next Legislature passing Homestead Exemption Law.
 DJ As the course we have pursued re- specting the Nashville Convention has been uniustIy assailed, we shall next week take occasion to more fully define our position, and we think will be able to satisfy every one, except open disunionists, ot the cor rectness of such course.
Southern shield., 1850-03-02

;ive, in Arkansas, will be received at the contract office of the Post Office Depart nent, in the city of Washington, until 10 a n of the 10th of April, 1850, (to be decided oy the llth of May, lS50O on the routes and in the manner and time herein spec- fed, viz:
 ARKANSAS. 590I From Little Rock at 6 a m three times week, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday;
 By Pine Bluff, Dugan Landing, New Gascony, Richland, Nickatoo, South Bend, Arkansas Post, and Yelling ton;
 To Napoleon by II p m next days PTS miles;
 And back between ? p m Monday Wednesday, and Friday, and l2 m Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Proposals 10 carry Uia Grand Prairie Reagan's Bluff, and the White River will be considered; also for extension of the first mentioned service, once or twice a week, to Fort Smith and back, supplying the offices on the river.
 Separate proposals for this extension by schedule to be specified in the bids, will be considered. 59G2 From Little Rock at m, tri-week. ly, Monday, Wednesday and Friday By Collegeville, Benton, Fair Play Rockport, Raymond, Antoine, Ora yes, and Marlbrook;
 To Washington by , a m Wednes. day, Friday and Sunday, l27 miles, And back between 6 m Tuesday Thursday, and Saturday, and 9 m next days.
 Bids to go by Philadelphia, emitting Raymond, are invited. Bids for branch mail between Fair Play and Hot Springs three times a week from lst June to lst October, residue of year once a week, making the trips each way in eight hours, in close connexion with the mails to and from Little Rock, are invited. 0903 From Little Rock at ? m tr-weekly Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday; By Oakland Grove, Searcy c. H. Pleasant Plains, and Rock Point: To Batesville by l2 m next days, 100 miles;
 And back between 3 m Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, and l2 p m next days.
 Bids for two trips week are invited 59O4 From Little Rock at p m, twice a week, Monday and Friday; By Lewisburg, Hurricane, Galley Creek, Norrstown, Dwight, and Scotia;
 To Pittsburg by l2 p m next days, lI2 miles;
 And back between 10 m Tuesday and Saturday, and s p m next days. Bids for tri-weekly service are invited 59O5 From Little Rock at ? m once a week, on Wednesday; By Maumelle, Perryville, and Petit Jean,
 To Danville by 5 p m Friday, s5 miles;
 And back between 8 a m Monday, and II a m Wednesday. Bids for trips once fortnight are in- vited. 59O6 From Little Rock at 3 p m twice a week, Sunday and Wednesday; By Mary, Grand Prairie, and Ten Mile Point;
 To Reagan's Bluff by 10 P m next days, 75 miles;
 And back between 4a m Wednesday and Saturday, and l p m next days 59O7 From Little Rock at } a m once 3 week, Thursday,
 By Cadron and Quitman; To Kinderhook by T m next day, 7C miles;
 And back between , a m Tuesday and 7 p m next day. 590S From Oakland Grove at 6 a m once week, Monday;
 By Hickory Plain;
 To Des Arc by 6p m, 90 miles; And back between 6 m and 6 p IT Tuesday.
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WDROPOSALS for carrying the mails of -sl the United States from the lst day of July, 1850, to the 30th of June, 1854, inclu- sive, in Arkansas, will be received at the contract office of the Post Office Depart ment, in the city of Washington, until 10 a m of the l6th of April, 1850, (to be decided by the llth of May, l05O) on the routes and in the manner and time herein speci- fled, viz:
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NO. 47.

week, Monday;
 IoSurrounded Hill by l2 m, l6miles And back between m and ' m. 59l0 From Helena at ) a m once a week, Thursday;
 By Beech Grove, Walnut Ridge, Lan- guile, Ruin, and Mount Vernon; To St. Francis by l2 m next day, 60 miles;
 And back between p m Friday and 5 pm next day. 591l From Helena at ' a m once a week Monday;
 By Planters, Big Greek, Valley Grove, LawrenceviIle and Duncan Prairie; To Clarendon by , p m next day. 68 miles;
 And back between a m Wednesday and p m next day. 59l2 From Helena at 8 m once week. Thursday;
 By Sterling, Walnut Bend, Council Bend, BIedsoe's Landing, Blues Point, and Grayson; To Marion by i p m Saturday, S1 miles;
 And back-Itervvrcrf-9 6 n, Monday and 5pm Wednesday. 59I3 From Helena at 6 a m once q week, Thursday;
 By AskeW's Bluffs;
 To Panola, Miss, by l2 m, Friday, 50 miles;
 And back between pm Friday and s m Saturday. 59l4 From Helena at m once week, Saturday;
 By North Creek, TullyvilIe, Oakland, Cache, and Chickasaw Crossings; To Elizabeth by p m next Tuesday, l36 miles; And back between $ a m Wednesday and l2 m Saturday, 59l5 From Helena at 6 a m once a week, Monday;
 By Oldtown and Laconia; To White River by l m pext day, 50 miles;
 And back between l m Tuesday and p m next day. Bids to carry only between Laconia and White River (by schedule to be proposed by the bidder) will be considered. 59l6 From Marion at 10 a m once week, Thursday;
 By Oldham, Pecan Point, Osceola and Mill Bayou;
 To fickman's Bend by m Satur day, 95 miles;
 And back between 10 m Monday and m Wednesday. 59l7 From St. Francis at i m twice week, Wednesday and Saturday; By Green Plains and Marion; To Memphis, Tenn, by 8 p m, 4S miles;
 And back between 4 a m and p m Monday and Thursday. 59lS From St. Francis at 3 a m twice week, Tuesday and Friday; By Oakland and Clarendon; To Reagan's Bluff by II p m, s miles;
 And back between a m and II m Tuesday and Friday. 59I9 From St. Francis at a m twice week, Tuesday and Friday; By Mill Ridge, Elizabeth, Oil Trough, and Sulphur Rock;
 To Batesvile by 9 p m next day, S5 miles;
 And back between , m Monday and Thursday and m next days. 5920 From St. Francis at , m once "CChs T Ilud15
 By Wittsburg, Walnut Camp, Farm Hill, Bolivar, and Delaware Hill; To Walcott by ' p m next day, 8l miles; And back between ) m Monday and 7 p m next day. Bids for a second weekly trip will be considered. 592l From Batesville at a m twice week, Tuesday and Friday; By Curia, Reeds Creek, and Smith vile; To Jackson by 9 a m next day, 50 miles;
 And back between 10 m Wednes- day and Saturday, and p m next : day. 5922 From Batesvie at a m once aweek, Thursday; By Rocky Bayou and Mount Olive; To North Fork by Il m next day, 66 miles;
 And back between m Tuesday and p m nex: day. Bids for two trips week will be con- sidered. 5923 From Batesvlle at 6 m, once week. Friday;
 By Wallace Creek, Little Rocky Bay, ou, Richwood's, Sylamon Creek, and Locust Grove;
 To Wylie's Cove by 6p m next day. 65 miles:
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lv We are authorized to announce JAMES 5. SHELL as a candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court of Phillips county
Southern shield., 1850-03-02
CANDIDATES.
AUGUST kMNgTT0No

Ly We are authorized to announce E. H. COWLEY as a candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court of Phillips county.
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The River is still falling slowly. It has fallen about two and half feet.