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risen. Peon .—Ameelean Itietoriane ; General
°Wine of Oity Life;
PeneginValia :Nattiest ; Senora liews; 'Signing
the Onthmatei,of SOORNII013: FOURTH Pass.—The
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/444?bligtOhed of the new. Legislature, of
Penneylvan* assembled at Harritibtirg rater;
dates* , were duly sad peacefidly, organized'
by tin Nekton 'of a Republican Speaker in
tbe 9 Seititer; i -Republican Speaker in the
Hotiiiii; aid ' bY'reentheit of the same party, to
'l6."PAiquea, the-new
Spetile* Ofthesenate,,is a Citizen - of Schuyl
kill VOinify, an eminent member of the bar, a
gentles- of high character, and will, we
haveae doubt, make en impartial and fearless
presidingoMeer. Mr. D.tvls, Speaker of the
House, is a tOpresentative from Venango
li esuitylaviauste wati unanimously nominated,
he ''ititlititistionshly possesses the requisite
quigitleS, for that important poidtioh. The
GOVertioris message will be sent to both
Howes today, at-twelve o'clock.
Mantua' interest is felt in regard to this,
the last communication from the present Chief
Maglatriteaf Pennsylvania. His three years'
terthivill expire en the - 15th of Jannexy, when
hid :successor, Hon, A. G. Guam, will be in
=prated.. During this period Governor
Pdiss haSobtained and secured the strong
est** Upon the, confidence of good men of
all.Partilis. • His early difference with Mr. Be
muses, however embarrassing at the start,
gave the succeeding 'acts of his "AAmin-
Wadi& greikinfittence, and preyed that when
a Vitale nisi does right on one great reassure
biScenstitnents are willing to believe in him
everything else. It may, with Jug
tlie, be said that he Is one of. the few Gover-
Dm gods* whom the shafts -.of party =dig.
aittbave been ineffectually levelled'; indeed,
the attacks of the corrnptionists it Washing-,
toe lipcialdinself and• his Administration have
aided, instead of injuring, him.. We.do not
doubtitharel ore, that his forthcoming message
to the tyresentatiVei of the people whim hi
has so .fithilfally served will be worthy of his
threis t iears' record. The members of that
Legislature—particularly those who belong to
the Republican or People's party- 1 -should pon
der carefully 'upon. Governor PACKER'S
sage, foi they Maybe well assured that the
people, stand ready to welcome any, proper
sun' *aliens, in smell a aisle' as this, from so
patifetic end fearless a public servant.
"Atenda Of Hr. Lutootatare in an over
whebnini-majority in both branches of the
Legislature; but they are not, - therefore; in a
condition to carry , things with a" high hand,
ROT; iisolee4, do we suppose this to be their in
tention. The President elect is daily giving
luilleatiene of his determination to do all in his
porter to„ protect the Union from overthrow.
Sortiewhat. hampered by his own record, and
the., comnion cry of ki platform," be is evident
ly.releasing himself from contracted surround
ings in the front of his country's danger. If
this brine purpose, as we believe ft to be—and
as indeed it ought to he, if he desites a tran
quil and honorable career, and a good name
toillve after him—why should not those who
haviiided to elect him, and who are interest
ed limit), Success of his Administration, follow
hitexemple ?
Tim'itnesiches of . Palmer and Dans.
Both lamella of our State, Legislature or
raised "yeaterdiy, the Senate electing Mr.
Pawns, of Schuylkill county, its Speaker,
MA the, olloice of:the ROM , devolving upon
Mr. DAVIS, of . Venango. The • speeches of
these gentlemen, upon being conducted to
their cbatratireftect-the almost universal senti
ments of our people, viz.:. a desire to die.
chrOti,ivith 'strict fidelity, all our coisatitu
tionsk obligations,- and to insist upon every
other . State also raregnizing the authority of
dia.:0;10ml ; Government., The Union Will
ne4es: be' dissolved while Pennsylvania can
prevent sc, Calamity, and "she will exert
te'aVold It, first; by. striving
to- deal • justly and generously with • ali :her
'Statei, - asid,'second, see last resort, by
sui4tbig harsher measures, U necessary. We
'billies la Cheering indication of a Colleens
tive sentiment in the dominant party - cii• our
COmpionweidih, the tone of the, speeches of
tber4lnt gentlemen whom , its_ _rep : •
- sunsimportant
,'.."4 l liiit - COntested Election Case.
.Thisiiirocentilny of the investigation in ro
gai~ td contested election 'case in the
Eitiiitinegressional district are attracting con
sidisiile = attention: The remarkable discre
pant:oo*m "the return from the Seventh
&Vision if :the , Fourth ward and the count
oY - the ballots in the box which was
s aPSib,ed to have been used in that • di
vilinti,einited ranch surprise, end, appitentli
dindined ,a, , very important error prejn
dlekoe Mr. -Barris. We _publish this
IrklikOlts bowgver, a card from Mi. Lyn
xes!, explanatory of this affair, from which it
w 4, ' Teen taut he believes the box "thus
counted le have been actually used in the
Ninth division, where the. vote, as returned,
ceekespended very nearly with the ballots of
tlititiOX.coun4d. As there appears to have
betH'iYo,other way of identifying the boxes
used In these two divisions than a chalk mark
upon 'them; this statement certainly appears
plausible one. The discreponcies
tkeentber Adivisions 'are ea:lnverses* Mahn.
Eiciipee of Mr. Michanan.
:Yfttettlay's New. York Thnir says, ic Mr.
Beaman' came very near giving the nation a
AM* yesterday. ''Re hid a narrow escape
limn bringing ,doirir upon his bead, as a New
greeting, the' thanks and applause of
zoilliansof AMOliCall freemen. The telegraph
announced, in the afternoon, that General
fik*Jr, bid been appointed Secretary of War
ad r irlierins and that the Cabinet Councils bad
been tarried of their disunion cites by the
roinignitiona of Messrs. Thompson and Mous.
Wherever the report went it created universal
*Mang."
SIIMiANAn bee bad just such narrow
,
encapes. He narrowly escaped doing right
when .heintended to sustain Gov. Warm,
inMansaa, 'and 'failed. Me narrowly escaped
when Pei hesitated abort the Lecompton Con
solation. 'Re narrowly escaped ,whert be de
termined to make the tariff question a test in
hie •Cabinet, „and failed; and he narrowly
enrolled- an immortality. of honor when he
14 #1 ,1 etd General Gass to go.out of his Cabinet.
•• .4 astonishing that, in . iew of ail these
nintrow escapes, he does not make a sadden
plunge, and consent to do right for the sake
of.biricerusiiy. It might be a showei.bath to.
histilithili present feverish. condition, but we
think the reaction would be delightful.
p . ourunans should remember that, while
they. Ire hesitating and refusing to yield up
tbethrecorgi for the common 'good, 'the bid-
Migie Men of the cOuntry, including manufac
p~tr, merchants, and rnechanlcr, are com
to sutler for the present, condition of
ignite. If those who produce that which
others consume are ready to Ore uptheir own
sithiMmce o why should not .the leaders of par
ties ba ready to giro up their own theories in
orderthliv!iierreio us a united country ?
of Mere ettekij !vide*. the, intensity
of Asitthers feeling daring the present odds, than
the.datitanised Nand taken by their view, in de
rtit &Nam: isuditatioxya gspolaDy is this
irt . ,t *tong thit,Preakettisian, Methodist, and,
lIMI. .sMakiktise7.-lfono., Haves, fießis,
, Ala iiiithing - More , atioigly evidences - the
htrihtittir4 IncOn#teue7 Of those who pro
fo. till# l l**o.4inspil 0, Mtn who; taught
pote 4mcduthinut4ood will towards men,
amitivOi iiikidthiitintioichle4us *dad of
takil__ ;‘rafaiied-10: 'they • see civil
stir' athrtellkbaositatieri, alienation between
11 10 4 0V80 1 *'.7140, - and probably s6rvile
iligliiiii,_ . iafidliapproeohingas the result
4 4.. !„ illif!dl * oll# Ariottttlia and disunion
-4
u 11... _ , - ,54 fil ,.. * - iWafiltl.to, invoke God's
Ordsibtiupon the enterprise. There - may be
i thaf
. , !UAW. : ' If there is; we' de. not per.
;"*.1:..
Nirtheen: people, aPpreciat4 afiti-sho,
veil - sisitiofi rioittl' imitate Miele- ' Anitthein
Waste In denouncing Southern people from
the *pit with ridicule and contempt.
The Territorial Question.
The chief cause of the' bitter sectional
feelings which prevail in "our
.• country has
doubtless been the wide diversity of opinion
in regard to the proper mode, ofgOverning the
Territories, and the different viewe enteFYdned
"by our politicians in reieretice to the amount
of influence and control the Federal Govern
ment should exercise in determining the
iiharacter of their institutions, and the mode
in which it should intervene.
Some':re earnestly contended that the
people 'of "die - Territories 'should settle all
questioni relating to elaVery for themselves,
others thatAtie' Federif_Goveriiment should
intervene to protect slavery, and others that it
should intervene to prohibit slavery.
The discussion of this subject has now been
continited fiir a long series
,ofyears, and the ex
citement engendered by it has reached its
most dangerous climax at a period when, in
reality, the whole Territorial question has
nearly virtually settled itself by the operation
of laws of climate, soil,, and of the inherent
Capacity and desire of the actual settlers Of
every, part of our country to regulate their own
domeatic affairs in their own way, in spite of
any action, which the central authority may
take.
The Union appears to be almost on the
potnt.ot dissolution on account of a quarrel
about the manner in which its influence is to
be exercised over the Territorial question, at
a moment when it is seriously questionable
whether it can exorcise any real influence
at all over the subject! We may, perhaps,
state this proposition almost too broadly, but
any candid and intelligent man who carefully
considers the exact position of our territories
will see that it is nearly, if not quite, correct.
It is substantially settled that slavery will not
be introduced into Kansas, Nebraska, or
Washington Territory. In Utah, it is scarcely
probable that slave labor will prove profitable,
while in New Mexico and the Indian Territory
slavery is now as well protected as it can be,
by the existing local laws.
s Why, then, cannot our statesmen at Wash
ington agree upon some honorable and just
basis of compromise 1 It is a thousand times
more important, practically, to all the great
interests of this country that the dispute should
be Settled peaceably, finally, and conclusively,
than that any particular favorite policy should
be adopted; because, experience has shown
that the people of the Territories will even
tually, sooner or later, do very much as they
please, - and this nation would be, the most
foolish that ever existed if it madly rushed on
to self-destruction, on account of a mere di
versity of opinion on' an abstract question.
There is at least one cheering indication,
we think, in the spirit in which the various
propositions submitted to the House Commit
tee of Thirty-three and the Senate Committee
of Thirteen have been discussed. The feeling
is almost universal that the time has arrived
when Congress should make a final settlement
of the whole question, and thus forever remove
this exciting subject from the sphere of na
tional legislation. This seems to be the basis
of all the projects which have been seriously
Pressed. The difference, too, between the
only propositions which have commanded any
considerable degree of attention has not been
very Important.
On the one hand, the plan of Mr. Cerrrins
nes, to declare that the principle of the Mis
souri Compromise shall be revived, and that
slavery shall be protected south of the line of
86 deg. 80 min., would, It is supposed, be ep
tirely acceptable to nearly, if not quite, every
Southern member of both Rouses.
On the other hand, the proposition made by
Ron. C. F. .Altrans, that an enabling act be
framed, for New Mexico, so that she may be
promptly admitted into the Union, will virtu
ally protect slavery in nearly all the valuable
territory south of 86 deg. 80 nibs., because
New Mexico has already adopted a slave code
—and it is supposed that this proposition
would be Supported by nearly all of the Re
publican members of both Houses. •
Other 'propositions which have been sub
mitted would practically produce nearly the
tame results.
The plan proposed by Mr. UWE, of Mince
sota,nas very nearly acceptable to Mr. SEw-
AID and Mr. JEFFERSON Days. We quote
from an account of the proceedings of the Se
nate Special Committee, contained in a special
despatch to the New York Tribune, dated
Washington, December 28:
Kr. Bigler then presented a proposition to par
cel out the Territories, which was put aside with
out a division.- This brought the committee to Mr.
Rice's projeol, as follows :
" Rsseived,Tbat all the territory bias north of at
deg; SO min; shook' he at once minuted into the Union
,
as -a State . awl an .estrusi motif? with the on net
States and be ea led "The State o Washington; end
*hearth the tarritou south of 16 rtes. Samba. should be
Moo an eskeelert mill with OA
w j'in each ea' s, r °vision should be made that n
ever any wottionof said States snail contain. tunso
area of not ten than segue steam yaks, LlO,Cnoinhobf
Mal tle formed and admitted into the
..Mlfeigarifieh boundaries as Congress may.preioribe.
Eul a t o o ts earrY theirrormto i nsof i jhis resolution into elfeet ,
resealedno lsa ar=ror rho G"."eaTi shou
also ld to
th l e Pr aVir sh Vi l di b e e triria Th' Z re . ., fiTittihae expenses
could sroviue for the lesi..ative an.. 11 %atil t
of esiols State when formed under proper Ilmlted , OniM .
" Mr. Seward, on behalf of the Republicans,
moved to amend by excepting Kansas from the
proposed State north of the Missouri line, so as
This
amendment
her under the Wyendot Constitution. This
amendment was voted down by the Democrats, in.
eluding Mr. Rice, and was supported by the Re
publicans and Mr. Douglas.
"Messrs. Seward and Grimes stated that their
friends rejected the plan &mauve Kansas was jai.
properly denied her rights. Mr. Jefferson Da
:nu spoke favorably tn. 'enerdl terms of Mr.
Thee a proposition, and at was annoyed by the
Repubisean Senators, with the yuallfitation
stated. There Indications are considered as favo
rable to the idea that a basis of settlement may
yet be obtained and certainly without any sur
render of principle by Republionat"
• Considering that the admission of Kansas
at a very early day ia a foregone conclusion,
it would seem scarcely worth while to perpet
uate animosities on account of a difference of
Opinion on that subject; and if Mr. Rion and
his friends are sincere in supporting the other
features of this proposition, it would be no
very great hardship for them to sustain the
amendment which the Republicans and Mr.
Devotes voted for.
The plan of Mr. BEEEMAN, to admit all the
existing Territories into the Union as States
at once, and thus leave them . to settle the
whole slavery question for themselves, does
not differ very materially from Mr. Rica's
proposition, and certainly Popular-Sovereign
ty Democrats could have no great objections
to it, so far as the regulation of their domestic
institutions is concerned.
The proposition of Mr. GuNaLay, con
tained in his recant reply to LESLIE Coolies, is
of a somewhat similar character. Ile said;
" I propose, then ' that we settle the Territorial
,question on the basis of Mr. Jefferson's proposition
reported to Congress in April, 1784—within two
months after the Confederation ern had any terri
tory to deal with. Dlr. Jefferson was one of our
greatest Revolutionary statesmen—he was a Vir
ginian—a ilaveholder—and especially honored and
confided in by Kentucky till his death, which hen
pened forty years afterward. New York was then
a slave State, yet she supported him right heartily ;
so did sixteen out of the twenty-three members
present and voting, though nearly all wore from
slave States. I propose that we now take up Mr.
Jafferson'a bill or projected ordinance, adept and
apply it to all the Federal Territoriespresent and
prospective, and Ow settle the Territorial tines.
don forever. Tide will give solid and lasting
peace to the country, so far as the Territorials ran
affect it."
We have thus briefly sketched a number of
different propositions. The practical results
to be obtained from them would certainly ho
very similar, no matter which plan is adopted.
The people of the Territories, after all, will
decide the slavery question for themselves, in
nearly every case, in spite of all the legisla
tion that Congress may decide upon.
Is it wise, prudent, or statesmanlike, to in
volve the nation in the most serious perils on
account of our viesys of the to differenee 'twixt
tweediedum and tweemiledee 7"
The Coxitested Election.
(For The Prim 1
go prevent an error becoming seated iri the pub
lic mind in regard to the vote in the Beventh divi
sion of the Fourth ward, I make the following ex-
Ossetian
Volpe twenty boxes were produced from the of
of Alderman McMullen. Very few of them
contained 11117 marks to identify them. One of
them, supposed to be the Worth, because it bad
an old chalk-mark on it that resembled the figure
"7," was opened, and the counting bed not pro-
Goaded far before it was evident that we had the
wrong box; in feet we were counting the Ninth
division box.
The vote in, the Seventh division, as returned,
and now on file, was : Lehman, 230 ; Butter, 44;
King, 6 ; Lotighlin, 246; White, 30; Sloan, 3;
Lute, 241; Were, 24; wearingen, 4. •
The box that was supposed to mania the ballots
of the Seventh division: (hawed the following re
sult: Butler, 176 ; Lehman, 103; King,lo; Scatter
ing, 2.
The yetwof the Ninth division, as returned, end
now on Ole, was; Butler, 176; Lehman,, 100;
King, 10 Nosy impartial man will see at a slepo,4
that the box of the Ninth was counted in mistake
his the Soma To :prove •this beyond a demEt,
the Moms of the ; Seventh • division, now on Ma,
was verified by three watoberp" appointed ' O P;
behalf of Mr. Butler. Could they possibly have
overlooked a miseount of 250 votes?
Rospeotrally,
Major General Patterson.
At a tituo lira this, when The value of the
Union is discussed in every circle, and when
the proitpect of a eollislon between the sec-
tions is ' anticipated on the one hand and
threatened on the other, the opinion of Major
General PArransmt, of the First Division
of Pennsylvania Volunteers, is entitled to
great respect. His large experience in milita
ry matters, his undoubted patriotism, his ser
vices in the Mexican war, his connection with
mercantile pursuits, and his devotion to his
own State, are wellknown. Should hostilities
grow out of our present unhappy divisions,
the counsels of General Pam:newt will be
sought by men of all parties. With these
feelings we print the following correspond
ence.
It appears that the Adjutant General
Wmsox, of this Commonwealth, rented
the Arsdnal lot in this city—which was con
veyed by Philadelphia to Pennsylvania
for the exclusive purpose of erecting there.
upon a State Arsenal—to , certain per
sons, hucksters, and others, as a place to
dispose of their produce during market days. It
is alleged that this act of the Adjutant General
was without the authority of the Governor,
and it is evident, from all the fadta of the case,
that it is in violation of the agreement between
the city and the State. In other words, the
city pays a ground rent of fifteen hundred dol
lars a year—the annual interest of twenty-eve
thousand dollars, for objects purely military;
and after this a portion of the property thus
set apart is used for other purposes.
It seems to us that the conduct of the
City Solicitor, Mr. Lux, requires immediate
explanation. Whatever might have been his
opinions on the general subject at the begin.'
ning of the correspondence, it is clear that the
appeal of Major General PATTERSON, at the
present time, is worthy of s. prompt and fa
vorable answer. General PATTERSON occu
pies a highly responsible military position. He
never loses sight of his military relations. In
the midst of great commercial distresses, him
self, being a chief sufferer, he had always ex
hibited the most earnest desire to cultivate a
martial spirit among our young men, and to
build up an effetive militia system. His hos
pitalities have been constant, and his energies
unabated. He receives no compensation, and
we believe, when the tocsin of war shall
sound, he will be found in the foremost ranks,
defending the flag of the Union against all its
enemies, North and South. The matter in is
sue should be promptly decided, in accordance
with his suggestions, by the city authorities.
Cray SOLICITOR'S OPTICS:, /
PRILMALPHIA, Nov. 17,1880.
MAJOR GENiellAt. RODER? PATTZSIION—Dear
Sir : I have examined the proceedings in the case
of the oity against the Western Markat Company
I do not fee what more can be done in a legal way
to abate the nuisance complained of.
The only remedy I can suggest is that a fence
be plated around the square by the military, and
if the market company attempt to tear it down,
let an action of trespass be commenced against
them, which will test the' right of the Adjutant
General to make the lease complained of.
Yours respectfully,
°manias E. Lax, holloitor,
IMADQUASTERti FIRST DIVISION, P. V., I
PUILADIMPUIA, Nov. 22, 1880.
Cnanbna E. 1 az, City SolloSor—Dear Sir:
Your favor of the 17th is received. The mea
sures you suggest are doubtless the proper ones,
" that a fence be placed around the square, and
that an action of treapyr be commenced against
the Western Market Company," and they are
what I have asked the Cour:oils to adopt
Our Views as to who are the proper agents to in
stitute and carry through these measures are at
variance.
I cannot bring myself to believe that, when
Cannella refe rredmy oommunicatton to the City
Solicitor, they intended that officer to tell the
military to, put up a fence around the arsenal
yard, to employ men to watch for the person who
tore the fence down, and whose butcher, huckster,
and fish wagons were put on the arsenal laid or
lot, and that then, when this was ascertained, the
military or the Major General was to employ
counsel, commence an action of trespass against
the offenders, waste hie time and dance attendance
at courts, in a controversy with persons who ne
ver had a transaction with him, and who, when
he got a verdict, would probably not be able to
pay the mots, and all this to test the right of the
Adjutant General to make the lean complained of.
If this be your view of the case, and you think
that the °entails intended, in referring my com
plaint to you, that the military should,,incur the
expense and trouble of protecting the public inte
rests and property, I will thank you to say so I
will then lay the correspondence before the cloun
oils end thernlittary, and relieve myself from fur
ther responsibility in the case.
Respestfally youre,
R. P6TTEII.BOII, Major General.
CITY tomorrow's OFVCE,
PHILADELPHIA, November ZT, 1800.
To Major General ROBERT PATS/MOON,
DEAR SIR : The that assistant in my °Moe, who
is more familiar than I am with the matter of the
arsenal, is at present absent from the city. I will
hand him your letter on Ms return, and rend you
a reply. I expect him about the commenooment
of next week.
Yours, respectfully,
CRAB. E L.n, Solicitor, Ao
HEADQUARTERS Must DIVISION P. V.,
PHILADELPHIA, DEO. 17,1800.
- •"'gay a&Reiter—Dear Sir • On the
221 ult. I wrote - yetz; -- rvuuroung to Sir fictormea
distinctly and clearly what construction I was to
put on your letter of the 17th ult On the 27th
you sent me a note, saying your first assistant in
your office was absent; that youexpeoted him home
about the commencement of the next weak, when
you would send me a reply. I have waited throe
weeks for a reply, but have received none. Will
you do me the favor to refer to my letter of the
221 nit, and give m* the desired answer, without
further delay? Respeotfully yours,
R. PATTERSON, Motor General.
CITY SOLIC/TOR'II OFYIOX,
PRILADZLPFILL
MAJOR GENERAL, Itoaaso PATTIRSON—Dear air:
I owe you an apology for my seeming negligence,
but Mr. Sellers, who is familiar with all the pro
ceedings relative to the arsenal lot, was absent
when your Bret note was received, and since his
return it has escaped my attention. Upon consul
tation, he informs one that he cannot see what fur
ther proceedings eon be had in this apartment. A
lease having been made by the Adjutant General
of the State of the lot, whose right can only be
tested by the city taking possession and fencing it
in, and letting the parties to whom it is leased sue for
tsarinas. I suggested that the military should do
this, simply because it was a matter in which they
bad a greater interest than the test of the commu
nity, and no department of the ally Government
has, at present, authority to fence in the lot.
If you will give me the name of the Adjutant
General, I will write to him, and see whether I
can persuade him to abandon his unwarrantable
claim, or, if you deem proper, you can apply to
Councils to have the lot fenced in, which will en
able as to reach the question.
Yours, respectfully,
CHAS E. Lax, Solicitor, ,ho.
PAILADELPBIA, December 2d, 16.60.
TO TAM ULU! AHD COISSION COUNCILS OP vex
Czry OP PH/LADELEUTA—GentIemen : Some mottle
have passed since I informed you that the Ad
jutant General of the State without authority
from the Governor, and in violation of law, bed
rented to the Western Market Company the
arsenal lot, which was required for storing certain
articles, and for the use of the men in artillery in
etruotion, and requested that you would take Im
mediate measures to proteot the interests of the
city, and have the fence, removed by the market
company, replaced.
Councils referred my communioation to the City
Solicitor, with the intention, I presumed, that the
law officer of the city should take legal measures to
abate the nuisance. In this hope, I regret to say,
that I hive been disappointed.
I enclose topics of a correspondence between the
City Solicitor and myself. Borein you will see
that this officer proposes that I should do what I
supposed Councils had directed him to do, and
that the military should do what he says " no de
partment, of the city government has, at present,
authority to do."
Tinder these elroutnatanoes, I avail myself of the
last suggestion of the City Solicitor, and respect
fully " apply to Councils to have the lot fenced in,
which will enable him to reach the question.
I remain gentlemen, with high reapeot,
Your obedient servant,
R. PUTERSON, Major General.
From the West.
(For The Prom)
Thinking, perhaps, a few words from the Prairie
State may be acceptable to your readers, I venture.
With grain enough to feed the Union we feel poor ;
high exchange, bad ourrenoy, and the stagnation
of the produce market bears bard upon us; but
all are, atter all, rich. Since " cotton is dead and
corn is king" we will gat the gold for our crops
by-and.by. Just Imagine three fine turkeys for a
&War, and everything else in same ratio, and
don't we live if we are poor ? corn 12/ to 113 c., ko
The sturdy farmere and mechanics of the North.
west are hard to move, but recent events from Rest
and South are creating a profo a ond and intense
feeling hero, and when you have os once aroused,
you might as well try to stop an avalanche Shun.
dewing down some Alpine elope as to pat us bark
into our old conservative track. I voted for Mil.
lard Fillmore in '66, and John Bali was my first
choice in '6O. I have voted with and for the South
over since- could vote ; but I believe I represent
the feelings of the forty thousand men who voted
for Fillmore then, and who have always wished
to give the South their rights in the Union, that
the day for compromise with Southern fire-eatera
le feet passing away, and the whole great North
west will demand, in thnpder tones, Orat the axe.
aution of the lewe, and oompromise afterwards.
Mr. Lincoln will carry hie State with him
as a unit in the execution of the laws at all
and every hazard. The supremacy of the lair
must be vindloated though the Palmetto tree
be bleached in gore, and the plains of the sunny
South run red with blood. Mr. Lincoln is mild
lint.ifroe. We know him well ; we have every confi
dence in him, and look to bim now as the last hope
of our beloved but unhappy country. I am a Penn
sylvanian, but how I blush to think my dear old
State has nourished two suoh men as Buchanan
and Black ! Traitors ! My clod what a word, and
yet ken , true! ." Un.ty
Pp:kw, Reaczaher g 4, 18,90.
Upon O'NZAL, ono of the oldest, and j:lept
mooted members of the Indianapolis bar, died
suddenly on Thursday.
THE PRESS.-PIiMADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1861.
American Relations with Japan.
It would not be surprlidng if the intelligence
of the capture of rekbilay the Anglo-French
troops, the plunder of the Emperor's summer- I
palace, the flight of the Emperor himself, and
his subsequent submission, by paying a great
subsidy to his opponents;—in fact, the down
hill of all prestige hitherto associated with his
Celestial Majesty, the Imperial .. Brother of
the Sun and Moon"—would operate to break
up all friendly relations between foreign
States and Japan'. ' The people of the East—
and especially the Chinese, Siamese, and Ja
panese—perfectly acquainted with the manner
in which England has obtained possession of
Hindostan, are extremely jealous of her in
terference, from a dread that it may'lead to
thew Subjugation also. • England, with some
small aid . from France, hie completely put
the Emperor of China in a degraded condition.
The divinity, which Shakspeare said •doth
hedge a monarch, has been completely broken
through in the case of this poor, Weak, abso
lute tyrant. Merely for an interior to look in
his Imperial lace was a profanity punishable
with death, yet he has had to fly forhis life,
his city captured, his gorgeous palace plun
dered, and his personal safety assured only by
payment of an immense ransom.
What has thus happened to the Emperor of
China may be dreaded by the Tycoon of Japan
as 'likely to occur to bimself; if the British
once get a footing In his country, hitherto
kept so intact from foreigners. As regards
ourselves, the treatment which the Japanese
Embassy received here, ought to go a great
way to put us in high favor with the ruling
powers in Japan. A correspondent, from
whom we have already published several let
ters, written en route, has sent us the follow
ing,
dated U. S. steam frigate Niagara, har
bor of Hong Kong, October 26,1860, which
contains matter for painful reflection :
.6 • Thus far have we travelled on without imperil
meat' My last, from St. Paul de. Lamle ' of
August 12, 1. suppose yoU have received ere this
shall have arrived. It was our intention, when'
leaving that plate, to have stopped to at Cape
Town and Mauritius, but.having experienced atreug
head gales off the cape, we were driven oonside
rably to the south and east, and concluded to keep
on; and the Japanese being quite anxious to hear
from borne, we headed our course for Batavia,
island of Java, where wo arrived September 30,
remaining there ton days—long enough to Coal and
water ship. During our stay there our ship was
visited by the greater part of the population, hav
ing created great curiosity, from being the largest
vessel which had ever visited those waters, and
being the receptacle of the Japseeae Embassy.
The Embassy were the recipients of a dinner, ten
dered by the Governor of the island, where all
passed , merry as a marriage bell,' the aural
sohnap '-drinking, toast-giving, and expressions of
good feeling having been gone through with. Be
fore we left a day was set apart for a levie on
board, and our desks presented a sight rarely wit
named. Besides the v arious nations represented
by opr ship's company were to be seen Chinamen,
Malaya, Arnim, Turks,and Japanese—making, in •
deed, a motley crew. On the 10th of October we
left Batavia, and, after steaming all the way
against light bead-winds, we arrived here on the
22d instant. On our arrival we found the Saginaw,
the Hartford having gone to Japan to await our
arrival. We will leave bore en the 29th instant
for Jeddo, expecting to arrive there about the 12th
of next month.
" Little has occurred of interest during our trip,
being in snob a hurry to get the Embassy home.
They still have the moat !avidly feeling to our na
tion, but are perfectly disgusted with the manner
they have been treated by our captain during the
voyage. Be has entirely overlooked the fact that
the ship was fitted out for the express acoommo•
dation of the Japanese, and he has treated them
more as servants than guests, earryintrinto affect
many rules which are very good in the discipline
of a ship's company of the navy, but might have
been well done away with In this ease. For la
stance, preventing their having lights in their
°abase after nine e'clook, although they pardon
larly requested it; and preventing them from
smoking around the ship, but at stated intervals.
By such like little aggravations as these, he has
procured for himself the dislike of them all, and
they are by no means (Atoka in their expressions
of disgust. Moreover, by making !Ong passages,
it bas been impossible to furnish thlim with fresh
water for washing purposes, and as they have a
dislike to salt water, their quarters have become
overrun with vermi n.l I think if some of those
lovessiok damsels who were so carried away with
Tommy were to see him of a warm day, bugging
himself and kissing their likenesses, they would
sigh for hint no more. On Tuesday !net we re
ceived a visit from our American minister Mr.
Ward. It is his intention to wait here until we
return from Japan, (which will be about the Ist
of January next,) when we will convey him to
Aden ) and thou return to the United States, where
we will arrive about June. The health of the offt•
oera and craw, thus far, has boon unusually good,
little or no sickness having °coursed. As regards
the news Gemming the war here, I cannot poet
you, as we have been so very busy aboard of the
ship that I have not had much opportunity to he
ashore, and the reports that we hear are to contra
dietary that there is little faith to be placed in
them, although I understand there is a great deal
of sickness among the English troops. The Sohn
Adams is in Poo Elbow,"
It is a pity that, any circumstances should
have occurred, on the voyage, to weaken the
feelings of gratitude which the Japanese ex
prosed at their reception in the United
States. What our correspondent says
,of
«Tominr”is not exactly so explicit, as the
account given of him, by the correspondent
of the New York Times, as follows :
" Tommy' is in exoellent spirits, but as ho
draws nearer home ho is becoming moro intimate
with the servants, whom be frowned upon in Arno •
rum) wnou tio thought he was considered a high
officer of the 14moaeor, and ilia ht.od.ealation of a
Prinoo. For the benefit of the ladies who utade
so math of him in the tinned Blates, and one of
whom be says he is going to marry, I will here
state that he Is nothing more than the adopted son
of the second interpreter, Tateish Tokoguro, and
oame out as his servant, hut, being a bright boy,
and quioir to learn, he soon got up a reputation,
but which I am sorry to say is now fast drug
away. Poor boy t little does he think that if be
were tq return to the United States, as be is still
bent upon doing, end wants tq have an applioation
made by some of our (divers to the Tycoon' for
permission for himself and several other Japanere
boys to go to the Naval Academy, he would
not be noticed, and moat likely, before many weeks
would elapse, he would be under the painful ne
cessity of selling ground-nuts in the streets of New
York."
It would hence appear that i , Tommy"
cruised here Tinder false colors. That, after
all, ho should have been no Prince, but a me
nial servant, will disgust many of his ad
mirers 1
Tan following note from Bon. LANSING
&"u; the able member of Congress from
the State of Oregon, will show that while cot
tan is king, iron is not far behind it, and that
in proportion as the people of the Pacific bor
der anticipate the construction of the Pacific
railroad, they stand ready to offer their lop
to help to build it
Wearimaron, D. C., December 30,1800.
/dr. EDITOR : Allow me to call your attention to
the article nave marked on the 52d page of en.
61osed paper. A notice of it may he of interest to
your readers, There are other extensive deposits
of iron in our State, and It boa been sufficiently
tested to prove conolusively that it Se of the first
quality. Very truly yours,
LAwsitio STOUT.
[From the Portland (Oregon) Farmer.]
Tam Moorman; or Onwoors.—We have within a
few miles of this city an inexhauelible bed of riot
iron ore, easy of access, and with plenty of timber
near by, excellent water power, and a navigable
river within a few rode of it. This property oan
be purchased at a low figure by an Individual or
company who will improve it.
A vast amount of iron is needed and used In
Oregon, of all the kinds usually oalled for any
where. We believe that iron could. be made here
to profit; and castings, for the single article of
stoves, could be sold in the State to the value of
fifty thousand dollars a year. The stoves fur.
nished here are e*oeedingly frail, and will wear
out in a very short time where fir wood is need.
, „ .
The iron other than castings, is in great and con apeotation of making prey of everything needinf
tam demand, and which would give full employ- bgielative ald -
'cent to a large iron establishment ,*
We shill be thankful if papers of Pennsylvania The Governor elect hag scleote4 his Cabinet.
will introduce the embjeot of this article to the &meet A. P,arvianee, of Butler, to to by A.ttorpey
iron mesterei of that State. Wo are quite snre:fleneral, emit ph glifer, of Union, Secretary of the
that an extensiv iron manufactory established' Commonwealth. Mr. Purviance is a very fair
here would he a f ortune to the owner; and while .
it would thus benefit him, it would confer a vast aner,
A and is at the present time in partnership
benefit. upon Oregon—putting a atop to the ire in Pittsburg with Titian T. Coffey, BR., late
manes amount of money sent ant yearly from tb Senator from Indiana. lie represented the Butler
ritato for the artiolo of iron in the various forms a district in Congress from 1854 to 1858.
which it to brought here to be sold. .
Every dollar that we can save in Oregon, ' y Mr. Slifer has also been in public life moat of the
producing the articles we consume, will beneat•la.. imp since 1850, at which time he was I OePalaf
country. There is no reason why Oregon, when e M it t en. I n 1 :,`F. r.
ant
she produces all the articles of the pest necessity
ir and re.eleotod in 1859 and 1850. This post
she consumes, shall not be one of the richest soon- '
tries on the Pacific coast. nor offered to Hon. Pranolslordan, of Bedford,
ACADayr OY Music LAST Ninnr.—The second
representation of " Macbeth," last night, with Mr.
Edwin Booth and Miss Cushman in the leading
Mies, attracted another perfectly overflowing au
dience, which, throughout the entire performance,
was alike ()Miming attentive and opthustastio.
AU first representations of a great work like
"Maoboth," in a theatre strange to the company,
and but recently proven to be fitted for dramatio
purposes, are liable to some drawbacks from per
fection of ensenald. The few that took place on
Monday evening had entirely disappeared, and
the result was an admirable 'rendition of this fine
play, thoroughly eatteraotOry to the audience, and
worthy of the name and fame of the management.
Mr. Booth and Mies Cushman seemed to warm into
thoir several parts, and played up to each other in
a style that created many outbursts of enthusiasm
on the port of the audience and unanimous recalls.
"Macbeth," as produced at the Academy, 10 an
immense bit. It will be repeated, with its great
Oast, this evening.
FROU TURES ISLAND.—A letter [dated Deem.
bar 13, 1860, from Grand Turk, Turks Island, re
ports that the bark Cordelia, Roberta, master,
sailed on the 12th ultimo with a Ono cargo for thy
port. The mat bas become roam, andnot over 20;
000 Matteis remains, and the new will not bo ready
for shipping until May nest.
SALX or REglnmeogg, dwellings, ground We,
stooks, so., on Tuesday neat. Pamphlet cata
logues is on Saturday.
Bale of furniture on Thursday.
Large ode of outtirgs; Clothing, ho., by older of
the patted States; on Saturday. .••
Stook of boots, slioes,on Monday neat.
Bee l i e Ttionina 4 Sotto'a.dyerttinnentp pride?.
ttn9001114•44,
WASHINGTON CORRESPOND/NM
Letter troza "Occasional."
Ceivavoadenu: cf Tho krona
NVesunraToN, asztnaly 1, Isea
I wonder what Thomas. Jefferson and Andrew
Jackson would have said, if they tumid bane beard
the speech of Judah P. Benjamin, from Louisiana,
pronounced sesterday in the United States Senate,
in favor of the right of a State to secede from the
Union, and against the right of tho Government
is enforce its own laws, made In pursuance of the
radoral Onnstitntion. One of these .palrioni wee
the author or the idea which ended in the pur
chase of Louisiana from Fiance, and the other
was the leader of the American forces that pre
vtnted it from failing into the hands of Great Bri
tain. The first intended it as a perpetual boon to the
whole Union, and patticularly to the mighty
empire watered by the sources of the Mississippi,
and by that mighty river itself the second
sealed the boon, actlthe bond upon which the boon.
was made, with some of the best blood of our coon-
trymon. Mr.• Benjamin is, however, one of our
tow Belie, end knows more then the ,fathers wise;
bought and the heroes who taught Louisiana, into
the Union lie tells the Jtifersons and Jaokaone
of the past that Louisiana was eeoured, not to
strengthen, but to cover, the Union, Lie argues,
in ettbctinee, that when we acquired her from a fo
reign Power, we admitted Unotherforeign Poseei—
not a brother, and a friend. Tbut'she came on to
poison, not to perpetuate, thilloyinblle. That all
the millions of money and torrents of blood ex
pended in her behalf, retro so expended that, at
any moment, she could annihilate the commerce
and destroy the lives (by precipitating a ()Missal)
of hundreds and thousands of human beings.
Mr, Jefferson, like General Jackson, believed
that the instinct of self.presorvation pervaded the
Federal Constitution. Mr. Benjamin coolly asserts
that a State hna not only a right to secede from the
itionfedentoy, but that the Govornment cannot
bring her back ; and, more than all, cannot oolleat
its own revenues, (which is death to all govern
ment.) Thus it la that our modern statesmen show
their gratitude to those who conferred upon and
ensured us our liberties. Mr. Benjamin ought to
bare left the task of making thliargument to some
ether casuist. Able and eloquent as he is, if he
could not speak after the example of those who
gave Louisiana a position among the nations of the
earth as a smell member of a Mighty Union—he
should have remained silent In his seat. If
his argument it . coned, we hove no Govern.
went. A single State of thirty-three can
paralyse and prostrate all her sisters at will. Be
hold the dragons' teeth he sows in Southern soli!
He argues against feria on the part of Govern
ment, and concedes the right toierm; anti (per con.
sequence) the right of making war, to a' Oteedmg
State upon that Government ! He taunts the Re.
publicans with violating the compact, and almost
in terms applauds those who are doing the same
thing in the Booth ! Is it not enough, when ouch
theories are as boldly uttered as they aro raptu
rously applauded in the American Senate, to make
the dead patriots start from their graves—to in
spire them with life, that they may protest against
these persistent efforts to destroy our country?
Nobody seems disposed to second Mr. Buchanan's
proclamation invoking the American people to de
vote Friday next to feeling, humiliation, and
prayer.• I have perceived but two responses to his
call, both from Governors of New England States,
One of whom, Governor Sprague, asks the people
of,llhode Island to i" assemble in their respective
places of worship with offerings of eupplintion to
Almighty God for the safe deliverance of our be•
loved country from her impending danger and cor
rupt rulers ; that our laws mey be faithfully and
fearlessly executed; that our Constitution and
Union may be preserved in their original strength
and purity; and those who have charge of our mei
tweed affairs be imbued taithentfictenepaertotism
and courage to maintain the Government in
violate, and to uphold the constitutional rights of
the potpie in every section of the country."
Governor Paoker, of Pennsylvania, properly ig
nores the pharisaical dodge. No better evidence
could be given of the feeling of the people in re
gard b President Buchanan than the manner in
whiohhis invocation to prayers has been received.
An invention to prayer, by President or Gover
nor, hal, heretofore, boon so rarely exercised, that
it has rover been disregarded In anraingle case,
yet Mr. Buchanan finds his ignored by the Mule.
Lien wo:ki, with scarcely any exception. And
yet, notrithstandiog there is an almost universal
jadgmen against hies, he does not seem hhnseif to
realize be position. All the stories to the effect
that be his lost his mind, and it in weak health,
are unfoutded. Re crooks jokes and talks about
mon and things as gaily as ever. Re does not
/target hi; habitual profeesions of piety. when
thrown into association with those who call upon
him for enionragement and, advice.
llow eaw Ills to do wrong—how herd to do right !
Let any non canvass and weigh the careen that
animate the Secessionists and Dieuniontste, and
then turn his attention to the fact that these
and flippant aa they arc—are deemed
suffielent b carry the great body of the Southern
people into the very laws of civil war and novelle
insurrsistes, and will ho not doubt the boast that
our poops are an intelligent people and fit for
salt,-government ? Mark how them causes aro di
lated uponby able and influential' Senators and
Reprosen hives ! How they have combined booth
Carolina •, low they fire up the Southern press,
and will !tenet admit that it is very easy to do
wrong? The turns to the other side of .the pic
ture, be wit then be convineed how hard it is to do
right. Adrew Johnson, a Southern Senator, a
man of uuoubted integrity, devotedly attached to
the inslittions of the South, Rata up in his place
and makes a speech, in which he does nothing
Moro thyr repent the doctrines end extol the
example °Ube fathers or our Repriblio ; nothing
more thaeto plead for the Constityttou and the
Union they gave to es ; nothing mote than to tell
his fffitorreitliens of Tennessee that ho will stand
by them in she Union until all hope is gone.
And what lathe result? Ile is hung in effigy in
Memphis, ant burned in effigy at Molly Springs,
Miesissippl. le is assailed as a traitor, Blank lie
publioav, and and one authority gravely
threatens thsv be will not be permitted to return
to his min Stab. Is it any wonder that the Union
is goirg to pleas, and that the breed of noble
bloods is exthot ? Is it any wonder that pulite
men oil oravea and silent when they eoe treason
and re:olutios applauded and patriotism de•
flounced? While Mr. Buchanan perverts the en
tire ffiawrnmem to the basest nets, and lives in an
atmosphere ruelidious with the hosannas of his
officeholders, Orvernor-Illoks, of Meyland, an 4
Gove'nor Letchor, of Virginia, are execrated as
fatssto their trust because they trill not assist the
Disalonists in giving up the capital of tho Unlo'n
to se hands of the spoiler. I repeat, How hard it
is a do right—how easy to do wrong I
Letter from Harrisburg,
porrespondenee of The plum]
ILLURIEqIURII, Deo. 30, WO.
A me,ting of tho cashiers and president; 01
tine country banks which do not redeem their
nets in Philadelphia took place last evening.
ThKeen of these Institutions were represented, as
follies: Look Raven, West Branch, Lewisburg,
Hariaburg, Gettysburg, Ohambersbarg, York
(tio), Farmers' of Reading, Farman' of Pottsville,
Devil's, Northumberland. and Wilkesbarre.
Mier the aot of 1857, the interior banks are not
recalled to redeem their notes in Philadelphia,
bw nevertheless some or them do so. These, how•
over, are not of the number, and they determined
no. to change that policy. They tweet a law to
beipeedlly passed, authorising their suspension of
spate payments, otherwise they will go into llqui
deton. 411 the gentlemen present' intimated that
to black mail would be paid to the sharks who
isiment these waters in the winter time, in the
... _ .. - . ... "
go &alined, at he is looking forward to be the
81:140880r of Judge Kimmel!, of the Somerset, Bed-
fad Franklin, and Fulton Judicial diatriot.
PRNN.
Statue A.lado to Speak.
tatrac't from the xiwoont of the
The statue of Gen. Jackson, botoro the Pres!.
Oat',e Ileum, was most curiously ornamented on
Oanday morning. The old "onti.Scoessionist held
h hie hand the stare and stripes, while the blue
eokade was tied under the tail of the bovaa,
(real bidloation 19 felt by the Bsocaera, and it is
araored that they will 'request the 061t1U11801012013
3 ask for an explanation
A rATruchic PRAYStt
The venerable Chaplain of the Ileums, the fey.
tdr. Btoekton, of Philadelphia, is known for kis
fervent lova for the Union. When he uttered in
title morning's preyer the 'following words, " Oh ;
Lord Theh knoweet that thdro aro traitore in the
land, want to destroy this glorious Union,"
the Pisunlmitate were perceptibly affeoted, and for
a moment they eoemod to ho thrown into perfect
oonfasion,
ar Eztx RICHARDS," in one of his graphic
eontribu done to the NV ashington Slates' and Union,
rails attention to the telegraphio despatches re•
ceivrd by the President from uhariestoxi, those two
especially, which ho received at the Initiation and
coneummatton of secession. The Goat was in May,
from George N. Sanders, advising him, in view of
the °riga and tie eonsequmices, to forego his per
sonal enmities and help to unite the patty on a
Dtmoorat for' the Presidential nomination; and
the last he received in Da:ember—a natural con
legume Of his not • heeding the brat—lnforming
him of the secession of Routh Carolina.. The first,
which made him grumble, cost him 6v:oily:Stg
dollars and eirtifree pole; the last! lOW
ladder biro hum e,boat not* 14frilie aha dupe
Nam 'pat th preildent an Belton hare joet gg
On, In pelf -reap* and the respecl tie the
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to The Press.,,
PROM. WASHINGTON.
Special Tiespatcshes to " The Press."
During thu last two or three days every patriotic
heart here, acqnainted with the real Mate of of
fairs, Lae throbbed with the deepest anxiety. The
root of 'the whole difilaulty has bean the unfortu•
nate timidity and vacillating nature of Mr Bu•
oulatart, which he hag not been abloto subdue even
at a. moment when considerations of the highest
importance should have compelled him to assume
and maintain a position of inflexible firmness
Your readers can form no idea of the pressure
brought to bear upon him by Southern Senators,
Congressmen, and other influential sympathisers
with the &scansion movement, to induce him to
oompal Major Annansox to abandon Fort Bump
' tor. Not a atone has been left unturned, and day_
after day, entreaties, threats, appeals, arguments,
and every possible expedient, is recanted to
force him to change the present judioious military
arraugements at Charleston.
The special necessity of the present hour is that•
the voice of the people of tha North, without dis
tinction of party, should snake itself heard at the
Prlatidential Mansion. Your people should remora
ber that, in a great oriels like this, they still have
Some claims upon the ruler of our country, no
Matter what way be their opinion of bis past and
present policy, and they should not be backward
in stimulating him to a discharge of his duty.
When traitors mina, patriots ehould countermine
While he le urged to betray his trust on the one
band, he should also be earnestly appealed to to
prove faithful during the short period yet remains
Log of bis °Moist term.
Dr this spirit the Northern and Northwestern
Democratic members of Congress have called upon
him, to implore him to sustain Major Annnason.
Let his political friends in your State, and all
others who possess the least influence with him, at
once pursue a similar policy.
Several times, quite recently, it was feared that
he was on the point of wavering, and theft Messrs.
'hang, STANTON, and Ifor.c would thus he oom•
pelled to resign, leaving the whole Government
completely in the hands of those who seek its de.
atruotlon, as the only men from whom the Presi
dent could gain the least sympathy or support.
The national flag is hoisted to-day on many pri
vate houses.
Parts of Benjamin's speech were blued by the
galleries.
IL 13 feared that there is a well-organized sehame
to simultaneously seize all the national forts cn
the Southern seaboard.
BLACK, Swum and Hour are doing their best
to induoe the President to sustain Anderson. If
they should be forced to resign, what could be ex
pected of any Northern men who would take their
places?
It is said that, on hearing of Major ANDERSON'S
moving to Fort Sumpter, FLOYD, withoutoonsulta
tiun with the Cabinet, sent an immediate order to
him to return to Fort Moultrie, even if be wee to
die in the Jett ditch, to which ANDERSON, with
Spartan brevity, immediately replied, he preferred
to die at Sumpter. FLOYD has been acting all
along with the traiters. Without the knowledge
of the President, and secretly, he has been quietly
ordering arms and ammunition s South for months.
Startling to relate, Toncar is also playing into the
hands of the Disunionists.
The revenue cutters are under the o ontrol of the
Secretary of the Treasury, and it is feared that the
recent capture of the revenue cutter at Charleston
nee facilitated by the °connivance of a high Federal
official.
. The friends of the Ucion, even those who yet
move in Administration oiroles, are earnestly in•
quiring whore is the Rome Squadron, and why is it
not now stationed at important pointson our coast?
ft is to be feared that Toucar bee designedly made
it unavailable, as far as possible, for the enforae
tnent of the revenue laws in Southern ports.
Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet.
While the ultras are announcing that, under no
circumstances will Mr. Lurconu concede the dog
mat of his own party to the present crisis, he is
quietly taking his own course, and selecting eon
aervativo men for his Cabinet. The appointment
of lion. EDWARD BATES, of Missouri, is assured,
and the rumored selection of Hon. SISION CAMERON,
of Pennsylvania, Indicates that the President elect
ben more than one thing in view. CAMERON la
popular with the Southern Senators, and may be
confirmed. Ile came into the Republican party as
a thorough tariff Demoorat, and, therefore, will his
useful to the great industries of Pennsylvania, and
if he goat into the Cabinet he will make another
vaeanoy in the senate after the fourth of March
next. There is no doubt that Mr. Mucous ap
plauded ALEXAZIDZA lt. Sammons' great Union
speeoh, in his own house, at Springfield, and that
4:417.11161 soothe - en t animated his immediate friend,
Senator Tonneau, now in this oily, and there is
also no doubt that if Mr. Srarustra would accept
a placo in the forthcoming Cabinet ho could obtain
it. Now, could Mr STAMM take, or could Mr.
rancour offer a pleat to Mr. STY.CIMNS in Mr.
LINCOLNN Cabinet upon the haw of the Chicago
platform, or upon any other platform bat that of
strict regard for the rights of the South, as un
derstood by the Union. men of the South?
Important Bills rendipg is the Senate
Certain Southern leaders insist that the Re
publicans will make no °anomalous, and yet,
while doing so, they have now hung up the eye.
lids, in the Senate, the following important bills,
in which not only the free States, but the entire,
Union islutensely interested :
First. Tb 9 Blount tariff bill;
Second. Who homestead bill;
Third. The PROMO Railroad bill ;
Fourth. The bill to admit Kansas into the Union.
' Rare are four measures, not one of which is SM.
tional—not one of which can be successfully op.
posed, and yet all kept back by those who say that
they are animated by just and honorable motives,
and that no concessions will be made by the Re
publicans. Why does not a atateemart
like Jalr
reason Davis perceive that, with those obstacles
In the way, no permanent adjustment eau ever be
reached ?
The Latest from Charleston.
CLIIMESTOX, Jan. I.—Commander Pettigrew,
in command at Castle Pinckney, has given orders ,
that no boats can be allowed to approioh the
wharf head without pertrilialen, and if thin rule Is
violated, seriond oonierpienoes may mutt.
The . eity river front is carefully guarded.
A number of ladies have tendered their serrjose
at the forte, and are engaged th furnlehmg bedfflng
for the troops.
Thero is, a free postal oommumeatiop between
the forte and the ony.
The Vigilant Rtitos haye gone on secret ;terrine
to Morris - Island; and the German 0.11408 proceeded
down the harbor at' oon.
The tripe of the steamship to yeirnenclia haye
been disoontinued for the vestal.
siz companies of military are out on drill In the
city this evening.
The Palmetto (lauds, One hundred strong, have
charge of the arsenal, and the Palette has die
placed the national flag.
Commodore Shubriolc is the guest of Col. Isaac
W. Rayne.
A telegraphio deepatch from Montgomery an
nounces the arrival there of J. A. Elmore °mule
stoner to South Carolina. _
OFCIABIONAL
A correspondent of the Charleston Courier ad
vises Hawthorn Merchants to be careful how they
ehip merohandise' on' long voyages, and to beware
of privateers. He also advises that preference be
given to British and French vessels.
Anothei correspondent recommends cmnprqsod
cotton for breastworks.
Several of the Interior hooka have agreed to
take their reapeetive proportion of the State loan
of $400,000.
ctillecter Qoleook gives natio that the masters
of all vesicle front ports outside of Charleston rust
enter and, clear at Oharleiton,
The President of the Convention bu appointed
the following peroona eornmissionera to the
slaveholdfirg Staten:
Floridat-1. W Sprait.
Alabama—N. P. Calhoun.
Miseissippi—M. L. Bonham.
Loulelana—John L. Manning.
Arkansas—A. C. Spain.
The commissioners to Georgia and Texas have
not yet been named.
The Convention passed yesterday, in secret ea*
atom and have made public, an ordinanou to de•
tine and punish Omen. Zt declares that, in ad
dition to the 631 e already declared to be trea
son the Assembly, treason against the State
shall consist not only of levying war against
the State, but adhering to the enemies of the
State, and giving them aid and comfort. The
punishment is death, without benefit of clergy.
.An ordinance is also published concerning 4adi
dal powers It declares that the Indio's] power
heretofore delega'ed by ttis State, eons to form a
part of the judicial power of the United States,
having reverted to South Colones, it shall be ex
eroised by ouch courts as the General Assembly
may direct.
An ordinance concerning the powers lately
vested in the Congress, is published. It declares
that all powers which the State heretof4a dele
gated to Congress shall be verged in the General
Assembly, event during the existence of the Con
qgution.' The power of the General Assembly shall
not extend, without the direction of the Conven
tion, to duties on imports, the poet alio, deolara-
Lions of war, treaties of the Confederacy with other
States, citizenship, and t;ease,e.
A Baltl;loTOdelpateh has been received in whi c h
henry Winter Davis figures, saying that the Com
mittee of Thirty•three bad agreed to an tradeable
adjustment of the Southern ditroulties, emu of
the minor Medals and the ladles were delighted,
b u t tb o Rothe! frepresehm that the despatoh is
false. ' It May have some bearing on the oontem
plated attack on kart Sumpter.
The Bond Abstraction.
Weliniauvorr, January I.—Russell will probably
be liberated on ball on Thutsday.Ten for the
neaessary amount were received to-day from the
East, but Ms Missouri Mende prefer that it should
be furnished by them. For the 5150,000 now defi•
clout, a party hero undertook to brokorise, asking
five por cent. on his prooming it, kut
promptly re)voted the offer.
The Deputy itorgeant•nt•Arms of the House Is
now in New York suminoning witnesses in relation
to the abetraotion Of the Indian tenet bonds, t‘e,
appear before the eeleot oommlttee.
-
4 liflote 111 Honor of Anderson,
VioTTsvor,z, Jan. I.—A seloto of thirty•three
OM hi bettor et Major Anderson, for hie glorious
Rthitivement in beading off be 'mensal= treason at
Oharloston, woe bred here today.
WASII/270MT, January 1, 1861
PENN9YLV - AII4..LEGISLATURE
iiirtgllllloll6, Ifrlrmary 1, 1861
SHHATE
The members of the Senate assembled in their
chamber at three o'clock, and were (sailed- to order
by Mr. Palmer, the Speaker.
The .eoretary of thi-Comm‘wealth (Mr Hies
ter) presented the returns of the election of new
members, which were read, and the roll being then
called, It appeared that Mr McClure, of Franklin,
only was absent.
The Senate then ptoeeeded to the election of a
Speaker, when Hubert M Palmer, of Satinyllol,
received 2.5 votes, end Jeremiah Sitiodle, of Lehigh,
7 voles . Mr. Palmer voted for Mr. Shindle, and
Mr. Shladle voted for Mr. Palmer:
Messrs Gregg and. Shindle cionduoted , Wr Pal
mer to the chair, when be addressed the Senate as
follows:
SPEECH OP 3tR. PALYER
Brinarons S The duties of the position with which
You have honored me are delfoate anti important, and
require for their proper discharge a more enlarged ex
r
ience and, higher quidiff oations than I. can pope to
re Messabstaineduained and satiated b! your
kinindfaet to
s t g
fa'r u as earnest e ff ort and Janet impartiality
may mace, I shalt endeavor to Justify' your °anti
donee.
In
enforcing suenaleintlY the rulesofar d or. your co
operation will he indispensable. One of the most whole
noire and necessary of these rule, and the one perhaps
heretofore most frequently violated, le that which pro
tects the floor and rooms or the Senate, during its see
alone. from the intrusion of unauthorized persona. I
shall hope for ,our supoort in the enforcement of this
rule, at lean until the Senate shall sin proper to MOW!
or rescind it
The barmiest of the section upon which we are about
entering la likely to prove of a most Mewling and
important character. Indeed. were there nothing more
than the ordinary course of legislation.. effecting the
vast interests of the great commonwealth-of nearly
three mulions of people, which were present, it could
not be otherwise than interesting to all of as, and im
portant to our constitueme i bur in the patient threat
ening einergeticy in our national affairs. the position of
Pennsylvania. the great stake whieh sae hes in the
Union, and the large inflames which she Intl dentition
exert upon the other States in the decieien of the great
national questiona at issue. render the proceedings of
the Present Legislature of far more Man usual gravity
and COOMMInion.
On taking this chat , at the afore of the lan minion. I
' took occasion, in view of the then approaching Presi
dential election, to say that, " no matter what party
may auoceed in electing the next President of the Uni
ted States. or what candidate may be satiated to fill the
chair of Washington and Jefferson, there shall be no
rebellion or cavil, with her ( r ennselvania's) consent,
against the fairly-expressed will of the people ; but the
t.onstitution, and the Union of the States under it,
mast he faithfully and inviolably sustained and perpetn
ated."
The result of that election has been ascertained, and
has been made the opportunity of attempted and threat
ened revolution and disunion on the part c reme of the
States which participated in it; but I cannot doubt that
the sentiments which I expressed to you on that Deci
sion are still the sentiments of Pennsylvania.
The people of Om Mate will never consent to dis
union It was upon our soil that the Declaration of
American Independence was made, and the ConstiM
non of the Muted mate' framed ; and the Union wfficitt
they meowed cost our fathers too much blood and trea
sure, and hoe brought to us too many blemingli and bene
fice, shared alike by all American citizens everywhere,
for us ever to Agree to surrender it. Every enneiple o f f
patriotism, and every consideration of interest—vene
ratter, for our tethers, regard for ourselves, love for
our oluldrep, the present and future welfare ofc an
kind, all Mtn in solemn protest against the present at
tew,pts at the destmotton of the Coestitutinn and the
Union. it cannot, must net, shalt not he. if Pennsylva
nia amprevent it. and Cos she will endeavor to have
necessary, by all the means that God and nature
placed in her power.
Out it hoe been alleged against Pennsylvania, by per
sons high In authority in our sister States, that there
are laws on our statute-books in derogation of the Con
stitution of the United States. and of the act. of Con
gress passed in accordance with it. provision,. If this
be so, which I am not prepared to admit and do not be
lieve the country ought to know that it was not inten
tionally done. ibis greet State has siven sufficient
proof, by her ante in times put, that she is conserva
tive. lawabiding Union and Constitution loving, to
relieve her from any imputation of intentional infnnge
ment of the Constitution, or wilful attempt at nullifica
tion of oonatitutional Congreesional enactments.
But let us be cure of our misition, not only in intention.
but in fart. I venture to exprese the hope that the
whole body of the law bearing upon the subject matter
of complaint alluded to, the rendition of fugitives held
to Iry or or service in other States, will be referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary system, or to soak
other committee as the Senate tnay direct. end carefully
examined and reported upon. and if any just cense of
complaint exists. that it will be promptly removed.
Pennsylvania is too just to be guilty of intentional in
inSlloo to other Stamp, and too great weakly to:refnae
to acknowledge and to rectify more In her legislatton
affecting their rights. when pointed out to her. - and her
Legislature made sensible of their existence. And this,
without regard to what other States are doing or may
do, not from fear of threats or eel:sequences, but cheer
fully, freely, and gladly, because eh. loves the Consti
tution, ordained .• to form a more perfect Unlon,, esta
blish justice , ineure domestic tranquillity', provide for
the common defence, 'promote ghe general welfamand
secure, the blessings of liberty to ounietregend ode pos 7 ;
tent!'" and (Ware.* to see it istirpettisteig= MU* Innis
a. '
r S y enators : Your attention will be:neoesiearily palled
to these and other matter, of the greagestmagertaime,
and never sees there greater oeoesioaillivexerense of
tee highest wisdom on your part; never greauer.ne
cant/ for amietance from test higher Wilt busuln
wisdom, to. whom our fathers uniformly tooled in
their great emergencies. May we all be enlightened
to a faithful, able, and conscientious discharge of our
whole duty. -
Yon will please designate a Senator to administer to
me the offline obligation required by the Constimbon.
The Speaker -woe then sworn by, Mr. Wei"di.
The nowly.elested members "were duty gozilSed
by the Speaker. - -
The Senate. then proceeded to the ideation, of a
Mark, when Russell Nrrett• received 25 votes" and
was declared alerted.
C. 11. Ramsdell wits elated assistant elerk
. . .
The .usual oommittees, to inform the Roues of
Representatives and also the; Geverner .of the
orgenisation of the Senate, were appointed,• •
Mr. littstann moved the app' mtmenbof a corn
mitteo, to not in oonjunotion with a like committee
of the Rouse, to make arrangements for the publi
cation of a legislative record The motion was
agreed to
Mr. Burn, of Philadelphiaombmitted a pre•
amble and resolutions in relation to the oondition
of affairs in South Carolina, and the Was of Penn
sylvania relative to the condition of fugitives, e?
Whereas. A flonvention or Delegates. now stumbled
in the city of Charleston. in the State of Booth Carolina,
did, on the gOth day of Decerriber,la the pear of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and etry, adrt an"
ordinance. anti tied' nordituume to Mao ire the elan
between the State of South . Carolina and other States
united with lme. ender the oorapact entitled the Coneti-
Lotion of the united,egetoes,of sposnies.r? wi t egphy is
qeolared that the said UnionJediasalsede ,
And Whereas. It - becomes daty of the .pitoele •
of.
Pennsylvania. through their reprileentatwee in this
general itteem*. to make known what they °molder
to be the °Weds sought. and the oblong/one and Mama,
imposed Ire the Constitution. Be it, therefore,
Resolved By the Senate and Souse of .Reprcientai
lives of the COlnmOnWeelth of Penneylvania, to 0150-
ral Assembly imet,and it te hereby' •
Resolved, That the Coeiritution of the Volta, States
pf Americaves ordained and established. as set fotth
in its preamble, by the people of the United Mates, se
order to form a mons perfect mien. establish 'Justine.
Insure , domestio tranquillity. providelfor :the common
defence, eremite the generel weßare. and seourethe
blessings of liberty_ tot halamic:me end their noeterity.;.
and if the people of any State in this Union are not in
the full enjoyment of alt the benefits intepded to be se
en red to them by the said Constitutor:lof theireighte.
under it are disregattied.their tranquilbty disturbed..
their prosperity retarded, or their liberties imperilled,
by the people of any other State. full and adeqnste re
dress can and ought to be provided forma* artevanoes '
through the action of Maitre/le and other proper depart
ments of the national GoverropenL
• llelolved. That the peoploot Pent!. fiVituia efitertaffi.
and desire to cherish. the meet fraternal sent•nonts
for their brethren of other State', und,are reedy now.
as ther have ever been, to ed-operate -in all %rewires -
ncedful for their welfa'e, secuzity.and happiness under
the Constitution. which makes us one people • - thate -
while they eannot :so f tsurren hei love of liberty, in
herited fthni the founder thew Stets. sealed with
the Wood of the Revolution. and witnessed to the his
tory et their legislation. they nevertheless maintain;
now, as they have ever done, tho rights of the people of
the elaveLolding States to the Uninterrupted enjoyment
of their own domestic Institution.. and all their comb
tution.l. rights in relation thereto.
esolved, unSnimouely. , ftett we adopt the senti
meet and languag e of President ndrew Jaakson. oe-
Preesed tha t "* mmage to Congress on the leth of Janu
ary, lefilt, the right of the peo ple of &Single htate
to absolve themselves at will, and without the consent
of the other States, from the -most, solemn oblthatione,
and hazard the tibertieir and happiness of the tendons
Composing this Union, cannot ,be acknowledged; and
that suoli authority is• utterly remnant both to the
principles upon which the Generaetraovernment OM-
Stunted, an dthe objects which it was e.lPTOlisly - formed
to attain
Resolved, That the Conctitution of tho,United States ,
of America oonteme all 'the Powers necessary to the
maintenance of its authority. and at is the solemn and
most imperative dut,'of the Government to adopt and
carry into effect whatever mantes may • be necessiary
to that end; and the faith awl the power 9f ltehntylva. I
ela are hereby pledged to the unveil of such mea
sures. in any manner and, to any extent that inky be
required of her by the oottedttieed authorities of the
I)mted States.
Resolved, That a 1 plebs, ecnoptraothe. and, - nor= ,
like demonstrations against the United States. in any
section or the ciountry. are treasonable; An their clothe
ter, told whatever power of this Government in neces
sary for their aupprethfon, Shogdd I>e Molted to that
purpose without hegitatlon or delay.
Resoive4, That tae Goveynor be, and Ise t her e by,
requested. to transmit etre) of these sea utions to
the President of the' State,. proper ty attested
Under the great seal of thip Commonwealth, and like
Attested copies to the gee mots of , the several Staten
of this Union, and also to our Senators and Repro
qentatives in thoogress. who are hereby requested to
present the same to the Senate an d House of Repre
sentatives of the United States.
- The resolutions were, on motion,' referred to a
seleat committee, condoling of Mews. e,Anit 3 / 4 ,,,,
Hall, K () bindle, indle, and 01.1Sitt.
Messrs. Mitten, Bitokhook, mid Berry Were
elected tranatiOvDa Glutei ; Human Thrlaes, ter.
pant-hi-ow; . E. Mogi,fee, habitant sergeant
at-arms ; John G: Martin, doorkeeper; 4. 1).
Hindi and - George Babb, militant doorkhepers
W. B, Huddleeon, rausenger ; geeepll. J. Brewer,
anistant meatenger.
Mr. Paszcr mond tiot Wm. P. Brady be elect
ed librarian valetch 'gas agreed to.
The ,
then, on motion of Mr. PEWMY, ad
.IPIOO.
ROUSE.
The member! of the Rouse of Representativea
mot to the Ball of the Mouse at 12 o'clock: -
Mr..g. IL Ranch, clerk of the last Route, called
the Rome to order, after whioh'prayer was offered
up by the Rev. Mr. Batten, of the Old School Pres
byterian Church.
Tho Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth was
announced, and presented the returns of the elec.
tion of members, which were read.
The roll of members was then called, the only
absentees being Messrs. Peter Byrne, pf lateens,
and David Btoneback, of hlontgomery,
The Houle then proceeded to the election of a
Speaker, anti the first lrellot resulted as fellows:
Blithe W. Davis, (Rep.), of 'Penang° 71
But, (Derr.), of Montgomery 27
Mr. Davis wee declared duly elected Speaker,
and, on being conducted to the chair, made a brief
address of acknowledgment, as follows:
. .
session OP Mn. nivre. ( mini. Governor elect, tr A s written a l e tte r o n the
•
oOttdition of affairs, in Orbloh he says :
Rxr3IIIIOIOTATI or PRIINSILvANIA.: 1 return You
my thanks for the hie ) y bettor done me in MY election ea ~ Bed I been sietbag' Governor of the State,. I
your Pee, ker. Siaoo I ewe among you, one year age. should have Qiilecltte Legialature toe th er -before
my bigimat ambition bas been to unteharg• my duty in now , in otter that the g
y might oonsider the Ores
suoli a stunner am not only to reeettredaut deserve and
merit, your respect. and con fi dence. That I have sue- Gen o: sailing a Convention , and at the same time,
(weed oven beyond my proudest hopes, tide day's pro- if thought proper, te.despatoh a oonnoissioner to
a... Mince amply p rove ; and .I. can only say now, that 1 South Olitolille., 4 21•Orgia, to . do., taking th em as
will endeavor so to discharge the Males of the position I
in which poutl Kindnela ham Placed me, that our pro-
friend!' not to go oat of the Tinton by any unity'
eeeding. may be as orderly and decorous as our organs- stop, but remain with tie and meet us in Genvellt
esti on Ilse been hopeful and entienreging. ties, and, if go we must, let as all go out together.
Since the adjournment of the Legislature, death has L ot os oz h ooot all t h e meant in our power , t o
been among us. Our able and beloved Speaker has been
strioken down to the days:alum strength and hie useful- maintain our rights in the Union ; let ne preserve
pees. Tue heat eulogy that I can pronounce on the the Bovernment if possibly in our power; brit If,
thhareeter of Wm. 0. A. Lawreece is to point with after having tried all the remedies within opt
is to his youth, to the position which be occupied in
his louse, and to his memory engem:Led in the hearm J Veal', these should fail—as I fear they will—'
of his fellow.members. The sunablaand aceomplisitd then I say let 111 dissolve the commotion anti
J. W. Coulter ' too, hag feeen by the band of dea th . maintain tko rights which belong to us AT ALL
And within a low &ye of our coming togethee Henry
l i. IiAzAR . TO TA P L
H. Steens, one of Peppsylvania's noblest eons. whole DB ANDAST arrnamirr."
nOlest qualttles of heed and heart aro known to all. 1 13.NrOtrrlin SHOOTING or GIaDISHAL GAnwir..•-
lota been called away. They need no eulogy front ILO. I Deli —The Baltimore Sun of yesterday says: "...b.
May God comfort their bereaved friends.
I need only say Oust I deeply feet the reeponeibilities I report readied this oily yesterday, from a seine
of the position to which,/ bank Welk concert. frlut I. will sold,* entitles it to credit, to the creek that Gem
endeavor to discharge its duties uninfluenced by. any George Cadwalsder, of Philadelhia,
other consideratien than my deliberate convictions of p had beam
richt. I eel- tour indulgence and corneal-come, your on shot, and seriously injured, on Saturday, on Thish
operation and support, .I how too well the chem.:ter of river, Harrold county, where he owns several
the in et nbe re alibis Reuse reap ereh end meek diffieultl, dunking shores. In the absence of the partionlara
Our nosition is one of no ordinary 'inverter:me. l'enn- •_f the affair, it is inferred by the Meade of the
sylvania, in the vastness of her resources, the amount ,
ot her wealth, and the number, intelligence, todustry. General in this city that the ahooting was the act
and integrity of her oilmen. has few equals as a Stele. i of come party - engaged in the unlawful Militia of
Bet interest' are committed to our obarge. duke from " sink beats," and against whom Gen.-
The eyes of her three mtlliens of people are Upon tor,
:Vour notio ns will be Measly watched and severely Cadwalader was known to be engaged in bringing
en+ zeil. Let ne ant, not only es the repremuna the law to bear Neither the nature nor extent of -
lives of a free people, but as men who appreotete the ! the wound was known. The General wee removed.
honor and feel the responsibilities of our p to osition..
While reckless medium rules LIAO oornoar 01 some of Philadelphia, whore he resided."
the other States. and Neuron' tames its Weedy heed , Tan Woßgracieres or KeareCxr Felt Ultloo,-
within their borders to strike down the National Go- 1 The loodsville Dentocra t publishes an IV Collitt . aif
vorument, the greet nerd of Permar yaws WWII TO- ~,2 43 moottor o f wor ki ngmen , which was herd in
isongOirrOOlr, as it ever ate done. to • the mum() Ire . a ..,
nion." I believe that I Rpm* the aimtimegie o he r . that city on Batarday. Amou.. the aPfe4atione :
entire beagle, when I say th t t the OM ;tender:le S ter ! ildoted were the following. The salerhi is very
to the extent of her power, will turaniale the Comm- • al
tint ,
Lotion and encores the laws nor toles lz. and &twilit' . V 1
ed Th o - ti 0010 oat - t are " o i d - i o r ma
hoe been. .• A tee pales, alder AAP sIALL 55 taw- • Os° 0 1 aUM Si
eenven." If Acre 10 Any law upon lief statute-troika , harmony and an moloabie sdlturtmeat of diffieol.
wi tln h can lie term,' way tortured lutes!) 6kouse for tree- . tee now di e t rae u ns enz tr,, no n 7 , we will not'
a n'ejl wofild advise its nutuoiliate repeal i and that she al d , ....
Votild then den/. i l /lE NlTrp , oanneltr, Mos right alai anriutinan, Or iniport to .. .say___pataiLizi „.,.... iiii
of," State tor , , r ......,„e r e. 11 . tie ver- oily or Oommow,realtb, whew 0.17 nuLErse.
ilia or the pea Pis a t 0 i•gent aao lens as. en for
the boristi O.Oon and the omen, and that verdict mna,
......' - ke or hilly glean in behalf ofthe - watts
be respected sod enforced at all hazards. Pennsylvania 1....tng104yita.... honor, and its ed ßeeesd irritiestn o en ri t.
hne antlered t her interests have been trampled Wren. , RAW t That should any err
There fa no State in the Union that-hat croft !net cause wit our city and endeavor to comsat as to s t lik ttle- - -
of complaint. She has sought the:redress through the.
ballot-box. en a conetitutiepal manner. She him s et h er WAWA movernewt,,wil resPecitranY requalt goat to
seal of oondemnation ens wicked and imbeolie Ammo- leave in a Riese time.
Inragon ; and I. for ono.;etn any readtAo,4ll/Itign that
Verdi.ot itmy country requires It, With WY lath
I again thank 3qu for the honor lon tutor, no erred
uotut me . and promise you that an the abilitithe / too
coin wtu be faithjully elettniedSztha disobArg• et aim
The gpaaher anti utemborn were then neve:any
smart'.
Mr. ACEER offered a resolution for the sipt
ment'ot a committee ol two to wait on the
end inform that body - that the Rouge is agonised:
Adopted.
Mr. Enteric, of Luzern, who was absent VIM . ;
the voto was taken,
obtained leave to record ADI'
vote for Dr. Hat for Speaker.
Mr. lishrzga offend a reso/utiort, - *hid wail
adopted, for the appolutnient of a committee to in
form the Governor that the House is alga iced
Mr - Remnsia,,offered a sories , of-j*lt mein ,
tions, that, it Is not oily the right het the duty of
every citizen to aid in the emanation of the Cowie
tution and laws of tt e, United Stites; that any
act of Assembly which impedes 'or postpones the
exercise of such right, is a plain and direst viola
tion of said Constitution; that the provisions con
tained in article font, seotion two of - the Con
stitution of the United States, securing to the
owners of fugitives from servioe or labor the right
to deliver up to thest'said fugitives if . Colored
nod inviolate grant, and any legislative hang-
Ulm of this provision is, therefore, unconstitution
at ; that it is ospedierieto - repeal he third, fourth;
fifth, and seventh rdstions of ther set' te prevent
kidnapping, and to repeal certain slave laws,
passed the 1d March, 1847, and also the airier:-
fifth .and ninety.siatL sections of the act to lumen'
/Wale and amend the pensl code, passed the fflet Of
March, 1880.
Mr. RANDALL also submitted the following:
Revolted, Theta committee be appointed to prepare
an report a bill embraoing the mint:osier; Contained In
the foregoing reaolutto is._
Latd over under the rites
Air. Ifutr. moved that the contested *eats tram
Luserne be made the special order for Thunday
next, whioh was agreed to. Adjourned.
Address to the. People of the Utitort.
A RALLY FOR SYNATIM CRITTENDZIeD COMPAIONiNII.
WASHINGTON, Jim. .1 --A 'brief thbrigh sunset
add race to the people of the United States has been
prepared, reoAnmettding them to rally to a eom
promire on the basil, of the propositions of flikostomr.
Crittenden and Bigler. It has already Sat
signed by a nornbcr of members of Congress' and
tienwors.
The most intimate friends of the President my
that it is his present determination not to moMmd
Major Anderson to Fort Moultrie. "
Certain Southerners were openly indignant to
day under the belief that troops havebems - ordered
to Charleston harbor, and it is said that they tele•
'graphed to the South accordingly. If any snob
order had been given It was revoked.
Members of Congress just returned trona visits to
their homes, in the border . slave States, exprelle
their alarm at the progress of the asoession move.
ment, while others' from some of the non-slamtkold
ing States represent the people is rapidly and
earnestly consolidating in the opposite direction..
The U. S. steam aloffp-of•war ,BrooPyn has
been, ever since her return frwn the Obir4sl
pedition, at Norfolk officered and manned ready
for any emergency. -
llf the message of the President, relative to South
Carolina affairs, and embodying the propoaltlona
of the Commissioners, be sent to the House, it will,
according to the present programme, be promptly
tabled.
. .
A report that the South Carolina Couttoisaionsui
were to be treated to a Calitharopian apsasid i rbas
night, caused a otonsiderable polio% fordo to repair
to, and stay in, • their neighborhood all algid, to
prosent it It wag altogether a fate alarm.
Great Rejoicing in Baltimore.
GOOD NEWS 1,110/1 WIMUMISON.
BALTIMORE, Jan I.—The oily has been in *elate
of jubilant excitement all day, in emorequesee of
private letter received from Henry Winter Davis,
giving a positive assurance that the Committee of
Thirty • three will present to the HOUMA anazdmima
report, embracing an enabling sot for New Mexico,
a provision that no new State abaft be admitted
without the consent of all the States, and pledging
the repeat of all the liberty bills. . _
Gen. Cameron going into l clickers
Cabinet.
EtILUISEttIiG, JAMfi ors
tar
ri
field, Illinois, received here to-night, from
authority, Bays Ch...Carearon will'havat a ISM is
Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet. This selection is regarded
as a step in the right direction to mum Me twit
interesta of Pennsylvaida,
The Coutes! for ThOted Sta t es Senator.
PROBABLI APPOINTMEIII.
HARRISBURG, J. I . —XSSari. Wlltaet, Ruder,
Conran,and Walker, of : :Brie, ire here eetirsly
oeuvasing forttalkdStittosVenator..„ „
It,-is reported that Georg* ht. RIR
potated harbor master at "
Rammed- 8. A: matron II strongly
lestbasfiespeotor, but it is supposed the appothetee
wilt come trom the estuary._ - _
_ _
Democratic Senatorial Cannon.
Ifseniestrao,Jaimary (—The Darmstadt) mem
ban of the Satiate met In onions this morniag, sad
nominated Arsenal( Shiedle, of Letdi b i. fop
Speaker; Frank M. Ilatehlosen, for. Clerk; Jolla
M. Steel, for ,kestetant ensile; 11,:',q
for Sergeant-at-Anne- Aaron' IL Moludetiok: - AA-,
Anent Sergeant-eV/thee rand Alut eteinsllta,
Door-keeper. , - , _
?The Proposition of B. Wioter Dorm
Wenntanroir, .1..--The Beithern , sainbora
of Concrete have discovered-amothing
illi r
in the propealtiona of U. Winter Da ins an enabling aot forliew Matinci, anttleir~ in
thi. House! is rpm , . condderod'Oubtfaik,
BY THE =MUG/TT ' varia.t;:i
The (Motivates of k i wi Shiseptee.
[From tbp Olutrlutal fdervarriloWe.*l ' '
%tie =hurry movements pregremd yew
lerday. Nothing transpired toghattga thflteneril,
::.aspect of affairs. .The pablio exolteMent &affair
asperation Was not a 'whit lop than that wbieb
- prevailed on Thirsdity, and elf daylong ear bulle
tins wore tknaged with °lrian. =clout for tidings
from Wellaington; In the meantime, some oltengea,
; wertt,made:ln the - dispeeittow of the :noels •tw,
- envying the - tarnial military 'puts uow: be , this
-hands of.
G us State. Thirty mashers of ,by
''W.tedttngfon :light - Infantry . were ..trartafernd
- to the girdles. of Fort, Moultrie, c ad's dis•
tlehment- of artillerists. took • . t heft '4IC,
Osatielluckney. • So that liti.fore] tit ilte.'haffie,"
' plum. now-candela of silty lean et the Wouddseow
light Infautryi thirty•liveaof
- Infantry, thirty-Ike of the ifeaglier.Goardit, ask
the thirty artillery-men—one hundred' and Sixty_ •
in ail A temporary , Beg-staff has been ereettok,
and the Palmetto deg flutters frosithe top.
strong guard is detailed, nod malissithe masses,
but on the wharf and breakwater.
At Fort Moultrie matters - are very ',M.-
guns have been rendered utterly, madam by
free application of spikes, tilt', astilre. -mem. ap.
nem are in good spirits,, and- an rouglsintit -
trutt Scadielly
The Arsenal was guarded on Thurnitty-SliltS
and yestanny morning by the:Telmatto .Gtuanii
and the Cadet Riflemen. The orders were shaotlyr
carried out, and no entrain') whatever wee made. -'
Nothing pined within the inaloarlre iy tie Bede.
ral Government was touched, but nes:detest mgr.
veillanee was kept around , the walls. •At 4P. M.' •
yesterday, the two companies on guard were re.
Hera by the Irish Volunteers. The Palmetto
Guard, when relieved, numbered tiS• men, and this
Cadet Riflemen 54 men. The Irish Volitteisiii
will be relieved at eight o'clock this - moiling' Sy - U ermaniers.
We 'hi e -state Omit' -
th mG report current at-a po m t a o y of r the
stonier •
arms end ammunition In the Arsenal have bees
injured or destroyed, is wholly without founds.
tion.
' -
Ittesnusnan Conattsrasurosen.—The Washing
ion &ales, of last evening, publishes the following;
ATLANTA, as , Deo. 26, 1860.
Ron S A. DOUGLAS or ROIL J. J. Ontrrawnin
Air. Toombs' despateh of the .22d instant unestilid
conservatives here, Is there any hope for Benth
am rights in the Union? We are for %Onion of
our fathers, if Southern rights can he menerveCin
it. If not, we are for seoession.lnuit ye a
the Union will be preserved wands prinolple?:lrees -
are looted to in tilts. einergenoy. Give ea your
views by despatik end. oblige , • -
• WILLIAM EZZAiItI;
RODZST W. Sue.,
JA.ltus P. Hinalseen,
Trtonss S. Pownet,
S. G. Holt - an,
J. A. HATDIN,
G. W. Anent,
It. C. Hormusenn.
WARRINGTON, Deo. 29, 1880
In reply to your inquiry, we have hopes thatthe
rights of the South, and of every State and autlest,
may be protected within the Union: Don't give up
the ship. Don't despair of the Republio.. -
J. J. CaITTUDU,
S. A. DOUGLAS.
A CONVENTION OF DEMOCRATS IN C RIO ...Th e
Cincinnati Enquirer suggests the pro - priety of
milling a Convention of thi Democracy ef Ohio, at
Collate - bun. early in January, for the par of
counselling together on the Mamba,'" Con of
the country.
WASHINGTON RUMORS...." Reek Radiants" tbu
proposes a eudoessor to &oratory Floyd:
"Talking of suitable names, why would nob that
of Humphrey Marshall do? He is a West Nett
a Mexican hero, a man of considerable experitekb
in shirt,. both at home and abroad; fitirlese
man ; and, above all, a recent convert to .the Ad
ministration programme for the PresidAutial su.
cession.
"The Hon. John V. Wright, a v rsther youthful
M. C. from Tennessee, is soon to wake out in a letter
to his constituents, which does "not endorse the re
ocut epeech of Senator Johns . ,,n
MISSOUIII ON THE CRISIS...—MT. Jackson, of Mb.