"Not Guilty."

-We find the following in thaDetroit Advcrtiser. "The Memphis Enquirer of the 28th uit., snys he circuit court of Shelby county Tcnnessee, vas occupied tho greater portion of last week, vith the trial of the Jones', chargcd with tho murderofCol. Ward, several years ago. Tho ury brought in a verdict of 'not guilty." That our readers may have some idea of the manner in which atrocious murder is regarded among the slavocracy, we will extract the account of the whole transaction from the Virginia Advocate, Jan. 26, 1833: "Below will be found a dotailed account of ono of the most unnatural and nggravated murders ever recorded. Col. "Ward, the deceased. was a man of high standing in the state, and very much esteemed by his neighbors, and byall whoknew bim. The bro'.hers conceined in this 'murder, most foul and unnatural,' were Lafayette, Chamberlayne, Ctesar, and Achules Jones, (the nepheW8 of Col. Ward.) 'The four brothers, nll armed. wentto theresidence oi Mr. A. G. Ward, in Shelby county, on the evenihg of 22d inst. They were con. ducted into the room in which Ward was sitting. together with two or three ladies. his intended wife amongst the number. Upon their entering the room, Col. Ward rose, and:a nis nana to ïjayiayeue. ne reiusea, saying ie would shake hands with no such d- - d ras:n. The rest answered in the same tone. Col. iVard remarked that they were not in a proper )!acc for a dilíiculty, if they sought one. Col. IVard went from the room to the passage, and .vas followfid by the brothers. Pie said he was unarmcd, but if they would lay down iheir arme, ue wouíd .whip the whole of them; or if they would place hini on an equal footinp, he could hip the wholc of them one by one. Cseser (oíd hnmberlnync to give the Col. one of his pistols, liich he did, and both Went out into the yard, 10 other brotliere foücwing. While standing a ew paces from each other, Lafayette came up nd remarked to the Co!.. 'Ifyou spill my brothr's blood, I will spill yours,' aboul which time haniberlayne pistol's lired, and immedintelv Laityette bursted a cap at hiin. The Col. turned to jáfayette, and enid, 'Laiayette. you intend to lill.' and discharged his pistolat him. The ballstruck the pis'.ol oi Lialayette, and glanceü niti hio arm. By this time Albert Ward, being close hy, and hearing the fuss, came up to the a9sislance of the Cülonel, wlien a scuffle ainongs! all hnnda ensued. I'fíe Colon el stumbledand feil down - he received several woumla from a large bowie knife; and, after being stabbed, Chnnibcrlayne jumpcd upon him, and siamped liim several times. After the scuille, Cacser Jones was seen to put up a large bowie knife Culoncl Ward snid he was a dead man. Hy the assistance of Albert Ward, he reached the house distance about 15 or 20 yards, and in a lew minutes expired. - On examination by the Coroncr, it appeared that he had received several wounds froni pistola and knives. Albert Ward was also badly bruised, not dangeroii8ly." Such affrays as these pass off among the slavoholders as mere acts of justifiable homicido. KPThe Marshall Statesman says of the Boundary question: "Bcfore the terms are declared. or the line made known, certain southern gentlemen choose to QBsail the condition, on the ground of their 'j)eadiar institutions' being affected. 4Vc have learned to understand this term. lt is another name for their acursed systcm of slavery. A truce to its btack extensión over the free northi- If the south wishes the north to look with any indulgence on their 'peculiar institutions,' and to oppose them only by moral suasion.she must keep them to herself, and not obtrude them intoevery act of national policy. ifshcdocs, slie will find self-preservation will arm us against her and hor in8tituuons, and the hitherto reserved powers of the ballot-box, which freemen know well how to use, will be brought lo bear upon them. uhtil iliey shall have no more power than they may justly claim. The north has her peculiar institutions."EFThe Detroit Advertiser, in common wiih other whig papers, has soinetimes represented the principies of the Liberty party as too impracticable ever to be reaiized - and endeavoring to obtain their triumph by a polilical organizntion, noihing better than a wild goose chase. Yet it is quite amusing to hear the same paper? urging upon their readers the same anti-skvery issuea that wemake, as marters of the greatest importance. The Adverliser denounces the Locos for iheir base subservieney tö the South quite as much as we do. Read the íbllowing answer to the Free Press. ETThe Free Press isuneasy under the charge of subservieney to the south, and aecuses whig editorsj who niake the ciharge, of "l'ederalism " Is it "íederalism," to stand up manfully for the rights oi'thc north, against southern encroachment? ís it "federaltam" to maimain inviolate the sacred right of petition ond freedom of the press? ís it ;'federalism" todefend the constitución and tlie Union agninst the assaultsof the nullifieis? Is it "federalism" to deniand adequate protection for home industry? Is it í%ít;deraisiii" to resist all attempts to place the free labor of the North on a par with southern slaves? Js it ' -federal ism" lo denounce those political doughfdces who barter away northern interests for sosthern votes that they may enjoy the honors atd emoluments ofoiïice? We would not, however, mislead our readers as to the course of the Advertiser. It is not 'abolition' in any sense of the word. It defendí these principies becausc. to a certain extent, it iagood póhcy to do so. It opposes the encroachr inents 'of the South' in some respecta, but it does not oppose the reign of the Slave Power; over the Nntion. In a short time, it will probably come out in full for that impersonation of the Slave Power. Ilenry Clay, for the Presidency: how much relinnce can then be placed on its rcsistnnee to southern encroachment? The whig papers w;ll advocate our principies just as far as ihey think they can get votes by doin iit und if they could get votes by opposing them, ;icarly every one would be ready to do it. Undordtanding these things, we shall know. how much reli. anecto place on iheir aitf. . (ETPoliticians aro but men. and their judgments are Hable to be misled by their wishes upon political matters as well as other things. Tliose who expect that a majority of the legal voters of this State can be obtained for Mr. Clay in 1844, we think are deceiving We ust give this as our opinión, and shall have no quarrel with any one about it. The Democratie party have been in power since the State was organizee, three-fourths of the time, and they are Ww