THE WATTHRAN,
J. S BARNHART, EDITOR. |
BELLEFONTE, PENN'A.
YRURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1551.
Col. W. W. Brown.
The Harrisburg Telegraph states that
there is a strong probability that Col.
Srown, of the Centre Democrat, will be ten -
dered a responsible and lucrative appoint
tment from the present administration. -
Now, while we abhor Col. Brown's political
principles as much as it is possible for us to
abhor anything, we can say, in all sincerity,
that we hope the ramor may turn out to be
well Toanded. If there can be such a thing
as deserving an office by political services,
anflaging zeal and watiring devotion to a
political party, by doing its drudgery when
others feared to soil their dainty fingers ;
ind always “standing up to the rack fodder
or no fodder,” then Col. Brown is entitled
10 something handsome from (he powers
that be. We predict that ‘our cotemporary
will be taken to “Abraham's besom.” Why
fot 7 Carl Schurz, whe has not been a cit-
szen ‘of this country leng encugh to wear out
a decent pair of boots, has received a first
class missien at = salary of §7 500 per year,
while Col. Brown is “to the manor born.” —
Comment is unnecessary. We hope in a
week or two at most to head a lscal item
thas: “An Editor in fuck.”
Stig
Pass Him Round.
Mr. Jon's. E. Potter, of 617 Sansom st.
Philadelphia, ert us an advertisement Some
time ago, with the réquest that wo should
publish the same six months, payable in
books at catalogue prices. Not knowing
anything about the raseality of Potter, we
inserted the advertisement ‘in the Lope that
we should find no difficulty in getting ott
pay. After continuing the same about nine
months, we vent ineur order with a friend,
and thet friend was politely informed that
we'had wot fulfilled the contract. After
considerable negotiating, Potter concluded
that the best he could do would be to send
«8 a Bible worth (twelve dollars. Having
shewn our friend one at that price, he un-
‘doubtedly packed up another and forwarded
it, with the intention of defrauding us. —
We have compared the Biblo sent, with
hose kept for sale by Mr. Livingston, and
Hind that it is just such a one as he 1s offer-
ing for sale, at four dollars and a half, In
addition to the foregoing the book sent us
was ina damaged condition, This is the
anner in which John E. Potter paid us
tweaty dollars for advertising. We would
say do the putiic, beware of Lim. Thesnan
who will cheat the printer, will cheat any
person else, and is unworthy of public con-
fidence.
The bible in question can be seen by call-
sng upon the editor of this paper.
A
Tribute fer an Lippenont.
The follewing just tribute te the sterling
“merits ef a faithful and patrictic public ser-
¥ant, is frem the Philadelphia. Inquirer, an
able organ of the Republican party :
Wo deem it to be but an act of justice to
Senator Bigler, who has just completed his
Senatorial term, to respond to the marked
“tribute of respect paid him by Senator Crit-
*tenden, on one of the last daysof the late
‘session of Congress. The venerable Ken.
‘tuckiar, ‘according to tie telegraphic report,
devoted a portion of hisfinal speech on com
promise resokutions to a high compliment to
‘Governor Bigler’s untiring zeal in the cause
“of the Union. This was well deserved. —
Senator Bigler has shown all through the
“secestion controversey, that he is a states-
‘man who can rise superior to party when
‘the country is in peril. But there is annth-
«r point upon which he is entitled to the spe-
«cial acknowlegements of the people of Penn-
“sylvania. ‘fhroughout the long struggle for
“the present tariff, commencing mare then a
‘a year age, he proved himself to be not only
‘a faithful, but an able and intelligent guar-
“dian of theinterests of his State. To his
“assidious and patient labors the success of
the measure in the Senate is largely due.—
"Differing from him, as we do on many of his
party ‘doctrines, we yet feel it to be an act
of justice to extend to him, on Uis retirement
Arom office, that meed of praise to which he
is entitled.
AWC
‘Arras begin téhave a warlike aspect. —
The Admmistration hes determined to reine
force Fort Pickens at-ell hazards, and troops
* Republican Peace Policy.
| The Administration at Washington pro-
| fesses an anxiety to concitiate and satisfy
i the South, and thus save the Union from to-
[ tal destruction. It has, however, a queer
way of showing its peaceful intentions. —
Let us see :
It refuses to say whether it means war or
peace. ft declares that it intends to enforce
the laws, except “in the interior.’’ It makes
arrangements to reinforce Fort Pickens, and
keeps up a standing army at Washington.
[t declares that if Sumter is evacuated, it
will be from necessity, not choice, and pro-
poses, if rumor may be credited, to send the
troops now at Sumter to reinforce Fortress
Monroe, in Virginia.
It sends a Minster to Austria, a man, of
all men, most odious: to the South, Anson
Burlingame, who in behalf of his party, de-
mands “an anti-slaver+ Constitution, an anti
slavery Bible, and an anti-slavery God’'—
a man who in the last Presidential campaign
| addressed a promiscuons concourse of ne-
groes and whites, offering them as a reward
for their votes participation ia one hundred
millions of dollars of spoils.
It sends to Spain, as Minister, Carl
Schurz, that blaspheming infidel who spuke
of the Saviour as *<that imaginary gentleman
above the stars’—thus shocking the feel-
ings of all Christian men and women—and
who declared thav if the Declaration of In-
dependence was not intended to include ne-
groes, it was “a cheat, a wooden nutmeg, a
Yankee trick,” &e., and who is looked upon
by all Southern men as one of the boldest
and most dangerous of all the Aboli:ionists.
It sens Joshua R. Giddings, the father of
Abolitionism, as Consul General to Canada,
who, it is understood, is to reside at Chat-
ham, “forthe purpose of superintending the
runquay negroes, and looking after the un-
deraround railroad.”
Tt sends to Russia as Minister Cessius M.
Clay, who has done mugre to give Abolition-
ism a footheld in the South than any other
score of Abolitionists in the whole North—
for he has courage and will.
These are some of the conciliatory acts of
the Administration. Verily the South ought
to fall on its knees and worship so kind,
thoughtful ‘and considerate a President, —
Pennsylvanian.
reo i
Hegro Applicants for Office,
Says the Washington correspondent of the
N.Y. Express:
*The number of applicants for minor offi-
ces by colored men is perfectly astounding
from Massachusetts alone. I am informed
that for Postmasters’ berths. there are on
file over 200 applications, and the SUPPOSi=
tion is that there are several black applicants
filed away among the white ones.”
As Mr. Lincoln is wont to say “this is as
it should be,” Itis but natural that the
negroes of the Northern States, especially of
Massachusetts, should have an itching
palm” for the spoils. Did not many of them
contribute money towards Lincoln’s elec.
tion ? Were they not led te believe that
his success would be their success, and that
Slack Republican ascendancy would make
them & power in the State Did not Bur-
lingawe, the applicant for a foreign mission,
invoke their support in the Presidential
campaign, and excite their cupidity and
lustof office by parading before their expand-
ed eyes the ravishing prospect of a partici-
pation in “one hundred millions of spoils 2
Did not Carl Schurz, also an applicant for a
foreign mission, deelare that if the Declara-
tion of Independence was not, intended to’
include negroes as well as whites, that it
was ‘‘a cheat, a wooden nutmeg, and a Yan-
kee trick 2” Did not Mr. Lincoln denounce
the Dred Scott decision, and thereby pro-
claim to the world that negroes are cit
zENS ¢ And if citizens, have they not the
right to vote and to demand office ? Then
«cease (0 blame the negroes for their suppos-
ed presumption, and reserve your censure
for those reckless demagogues who have
taught them to aspire to an equality with
the whites. Who is surprised to find ne-
groes applying for office at the hands of this
Administration ¢ Who will be surprised
should the negro Government of Hayti be
allowed a representative gt the American
Court 2
———.e oe
Massacurserrs PREPARING FOR WAR. —
We perceive, by a report presented to the
House of Representatives, that Massachu-
setts has been preparing for civil war ona
large scale. The contracts made for the
equipment of troops Yor active service include
two thousand knapsacks and two hundred
thousand ball cartridges, and an appropri-
ation of 825 000 has been made by the Com-
monwealth to defray the expenses of putting
the State troops on a war footing. It would
have been well for the country if Massachu-
setts had been as ready with her troops dur-
ing the war of 1812-14 —when she refused
to allow them to leave the State—as she has
shown herself in the present instance.—N.
Y. Herald.
+ ez woe
| some decisive step be taken in the matter,
respondent of the New York 7imes, under
Adjournment of the U. S. Senate.
The Senate adjourned sine die at 4 o'clock
on the afternoon of the 28th ultimo. There
was a prospect, at one time, of a formal ex- |
pression of sentiment on the question of en-
forcing the laws and holding the Federal
property in the seceded States. 4 motion
recommending that course of procedure,
was made by Mr. Trumbull, (Repub.,) of
Tilineis, and on that motion he desired that
a vote might be taken. The Demgerats
unanimously concurred in desiring that a
vote might be taken, but the Republicans
fought shy, and finally, with only two ey-
ceptions, (Trambull and Wade,) refused to
allow the vote to be taken, They preferred
to maintain their non committal policy—un-
willing to disavow a purpose which, if car»
ried into effect, would be sure to inaugurate
a bloody war, and also unwilling distinctly
to recommend it. Thug the nation, or what
was the nation, is left to drift where it may ;
for, without a special session of Congress,
no more legislation can take place upon the
subject untii next December. Without such
legislation, the President can make no ar-
rangement with the seceded States for the
adjustment of differences. He is left to be
alike applicable to the seceded and the ad-
hering States. Bat he can ekcuse himself
from their enforcement, if’ he so elects, on
the ground that Congress has provided no
means to enable him to enforce them ; or, if
has, which is just enough to get ths nation
into a war, without the possibility of bring-
ing it to & successful issue. Whether the
Confederate, or even the border States, will
be able to keep quiet, in such a state of un-
certainty, until next December, remains to
be scon. We hope they will.
il eed
Playing Jackson,
We suppose that Mr. f.incoin has found
out ere this, as a cotemporary pungently
observes, that playing Jackson is a‘kind of
atausement more pleasant to contemplate
than take a vart in, and less difficult in
Slavery How ang Then.
the first term of his administration, the gen-
we Eg
Letter From Hen. John J. Critienden
In the days of Washington, and during | Explaining the «Crittenden Compromise.”
Frangronz, Friday, Magch 25.
sus returns, certified by Thomas Jeficrson, | Lary Anderson, Esy., Cincinnati :
Secretary of State, exhibit the following
enumeration of siayes :
5
Vermont,
New Hampshire, 158
Connecticut,
New York,
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Delaware,
Maryland,
Virginia,
Kentucky,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Georgia,
B. W. Territory,
21,324
12,430
8887 after acquire
20'104 | Peace and union.
I observe that ane of your respectabie
newgpapers in Cincinnati has misstated my
16 | motives and my course in relation to the
Foypintiony ali 1 Inbuiied on the Si
1 04x | of December last to the Senate of the Unite
Rhode Island, : ion States, It represents me as having “repu-
1 55; | diated” them, and as having
12/455 | €d” with them, after, | t
5737 | had been Jase to embrace all territory here-
a by the United States, as well
103.036 | 3 that which they now possessed. A sim-
192.627 ple statement will correct theso errors.
a These resolutions were proposed in the
100.572 | Pure spirit of compromise, and with the hope
107.104 of preserving or restoring to the country
, They were the result of
3 407 | the joirt labors of, and” consultations with,
“=! | friends having the same subject in view, and
This was twenty five years before the | I believe if those measures thus offered had
Missouri Compromise, and yet the people in | been, at a suitable time, promptly
all sections were contented and happy. But
fathers in the time of Washington, of course | io
mast be spurned in this day and generation,
mists. Since the Missouri Compromise has
by the Congress of the United
fi i i would have checked the progress of the
the condition of things which satisfied our rebellion and revolution £nd saved the Un-
n.
For myself, 1 had no objection to inclnd-
: fh ee te _| ing in their scope all "after acquired territo-
by the fanatics and crazy political econo ry, ‘because that made a final settlement of
been *‘disgust-
by an amendment they
States, it
“w
vane
Gen. Houston's Protest Against Secession.
The hero of San Jacinto coneludes his ad-
dress against Secegsion to the people of Tex-
as, as follows : :
Fellow citizens, in the nance of your rights
and liberties, which [ believe ‘have been
trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath.—
In the nam: of the nationality’ ¢f Texas
which has been betrayed by this Convention,
[ refuse to take this oath. ~ In the ngme of
the Constitution of Texas, which has bepn
trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath.
In the name of my own conscience and my
manhood, which this Convention would de-
grade by dragging before it, to pander to
the malice of my enemies, when by the Con-
stitution the privilege is accorded me which
belongs to the humblest officer, to take my
oath of office before any competent anthori-
ty, [refuse to take this oath.
I am ready to be ostracised sooner than
submit to usurpation. Office has no charms
for me, that it must be purchased at the
sacrifice of my conscience, and the loss of
my self respect. ie
I love Texas too well to bring civil strife
and bloodshed upon her. To avert this ca-
lamity I shall make no endeavor to maintain
my authority as Chief Executive of this
State, except by the peaceful exercise of my
functions. ~ When I can no longer do this I
re ite cerned ETE
been repeale
| President.
| acted, State
voluntarily,
officious inte
d, the slavery question remains
guided by the existing laws ; and these are | PTeCi#ely as it was when Washington was
Before the Compromise was en-
after State abolished slavery
and without the treats and
tference of the Beechers, Park-
crs, Greeleys, and others of that stamp.—
he so elects, he can use what little power ho | When the Meeibowrathy began ‘tn Bgitate,
provision, by prohibiting slavery in all after
30 min. of north latitude, and allowing it in
Southern States would not be inclined to in-
al! south of that line, would have the effect | to take this oath.
of preventing any further acquisition of ter- ed vacated, ]
ritory, as the Northern States would be un- | be but as true to the interests of Texas as 1
willing to make any Southern acquisitions, | have endeavored to be, my prayers will at-
in which slavery was to be allowed, and the | tend them. :
the distracting question of slayey in all time shall calmly withdraw from the scene, leay-
to come,” and because I hoped that such a | ing the government in the hands of those}who
have ysurped its authority, but still claim-
acquired territory rorth of the line of 26 deg. | ing that I am its Chief Executive.
I expect the consequences of my refusal
My office will be declar-
If those who ostracise me will
Fellow citizens, think not that T complain
emancipation ceased. . crease the preponderance of the North by
During the administration of Washington, | N
invoking its interposition to interdiet the
slave trade, and submitting the interrogation | te
how far the powers of Congress could be | should be made. ]
These were my reasons for submitting the | again.
proposition in relation to future acquired
m s és territory, But my great object was compro-
The subject was referred to a committee mise—compromise on terms satisfactory, as
exercised toward the amelioration and aboli-
tion of slavery in the States and Territories. |
orthern acquisitions.
rritory, and I did not desire that any more | er
at the lot which Providence has now assign.
uis And thus I hoped | ed me.
the Society of friends memorialized Congress, | that the provision respecting future territory | career should close thus.
: would prevent any further acquisitions of it.
Our troubles had arisen from acquisitions of
It is perhaps but mcet that my
I have seen the
patriots and statesmen of my youth, one by
one, gathered to their fathers, and the Goy-
nment which they had reared rent in twain;
and none like them are left to unite it once
[ stand the last, almost, of a race
who learned from their lips the lessons of
human freedom.
because [ will not yield those principles,
I am stricken down now
composed of men perfectly conversant with | far as possible, to all parties and all sections: | which I have fought for and struggled to
the weaning of the Constitution, for they | 80d when I found that this provision in my
had made it. They reported —¢ The Coa-|'°
gress, by a fair construction of the Consti- [11
tation, are restrained from interfering in the fo
speculation than in action. In the quict of
a rural residence, it was doubtless sweat to
ruminate upon coming glorles—sweet to |
hear the buzz of approving courtiers, to seo!
the bowing multitude, and to feel the com-
forts of snug quarters and a heavy salary —
sweet to anticipate the pleasure of being
President. But distance leads an enchant-
ment to the view, which in the Executive
mansion, very decideqly fades on a near ap-
proach. Mr. Lincoln's chapier of sweets
was doubtless as soothing as that in Don
Juan. But Mr. fsincoln’s realization of
sweets is bitter as gall. “1 am utterly dis-
gusted,’” said he to a confidential friend the
other day, ‘and am mighty sick and tired
of the whole thing.” We don’t doubt he 15.
It is a very hard matter to play President,
much harder to play Jackson. But if Mr.
Lincoln has made up his mind to go through
with it, that he first and straightway make |
up his mind to cast from him his own party |
|
|
by saving the country. — Hollidaysburg Stan-
dard.
—————— eo
Nor Yer Evacvaten.—Major Anderson
and his command still remain at Fort Sum-
ter, notwithstanding all the reports about
the order having been issued by the Presi-
dent for its evacuation. The Administration
are evidently undetermined what to do, and
would doabtiess be rejeiced it the command-
ing officer would assume the responsibility
of abandoning the Fort without orders from
the War Department.
But delays are dangerous, and Mr. Lincoln
ought to do one thing or the other without
farther procrastination. Either let him send
reinforcements and supplies to the little
band ot soldiers in Charleston harbor, and
thus redeem his own and his party’s pledges |
before his mauguration ; or else back down |
at once, surrender the fort, draw off the
command, and acknowledge his inability to
prevent it falling into the hands of the Se-
cessionists. This temporizing policy of the
Administration will not do ; it will neither
gatisly the people and save the country from |
distraction and disunion. By all means let
and let us know the worst.
asa
SomermiNGg IN THE WIND ! —The Paris cor-
date of March 10th, says that the French
and English Governments are fitting out a
powerful fleet of war steamers for the coast
of the United States. The precise object of
this naval demonstration it will bo impossi-
ble to ascertain, the writer says, as the fleet
will probably sail with sealed orders. It no
doubt grows.out of our troubles, and is in-|
tended to protect the rights of French and
English subjects in the event of a civil war
here.
It is also said that Spain is preparing to
send to the waters of the Gulf of Mexico a
emancipation of slaves, §c.’’ but that «Con. | Ul
gress have authority to interdict the slave
trade.” view, the peace and union of the country, T
And when Congress was about putting an { would, rather than have witnessed their to- | of
abrupt termination to the siave trade, af
off
perfiet storm of remonstances caiae from | >
Massachusetts and other holy States of the Lac
present day, demanding that the trade should | in
out.
maintain.
The severest pang is, that the
solutions was’ much and par ticularly ob- | blow comes in the name of the State of Tex.
jected to, and might prove an obstacle to | as. y
eir adoption, 1 determined, in my anxiety speak for Texas. ha 3 A
her sake, and am willing to do so again.
ra compromise, that [ would not insist
on, but would consent to have it stricken
To accomphsh the great object I had in| th
I failure, have yielded to any modifications | th
my resolutions, that would not. in my be
dgwent, have destroyed the essential char- | Lis
ler and their pacifying effect. Indeed, I
tended, if the opportunity had been afford-
chief object has been fulfilled.
I deny the power of this Convention to
I have received blows for
I protest, in the nama of the people of
Texas, against all the ‘acts and doings of
is Convention, and declare them null and
void, [solemnly protest agamst the acts
its members, who are’bound by no oath
1<tlves, in declaring my ofiice vacant,
cause I refuse to appear before it and take
© oath prescribed.’
It has accomplished its mission, and its
It to drive
be prolonged eight years beyond the time | ¢d me of making several amendments in the | me from office and defeat the will of the
proposed ; so that they be enabled to fulfil os
the lucrative contracts in transporting the possible.
thousands of poor Africans agreed upon from
their native country to the Southern plan. [ta
ters. Some were “building expensive ves.
sels,” others had “just purcnased and fitted | wag accomplished.
out sleve ships,” with a view to the profit of
the trade, and if it were suddenly abolished, Conference or Convention, that met at Wash y
ington upon the invitation of the State of | days are gone.
Virginia, made a report to Congress of the | th
resolutions or measures recommended by | se
they would be crippled, if not ruined specu-
lators in human flesh. The journals of Con-
gress show that the South were in favor of | th
the immediate termination of the inhuman | I at once determined to support their meas-
ures, rather than those I had before propos- | pe
ed. Idd this, not only because their prog- | in
trafic, and that the States now under the
whose resolutions or by whose measures it > €
was brought about, so “that the great end | he claimed his pound of flesh.
] Lion prescribed that time as the limit, but
under their language as little offensive as | ve
phraseology of those resolutions, in order to | people is an honor, it may wear it. To pre-
ut wy having an opportunity to send a
message to the Legislature, which meets on
I wish to see reconciliation and union es- | Monday, March 18, I am required to appear
blished. It was of no importance by | at
its bar to day and take the test oath.—
Even Shylock granted the full three days ere
The Couven-
It was in'that spirit that when the Pence | its President has been léss gracious than
em for the restoration of peace and union, | of
Wear TUE
both in the S
thirty in the
of fanaticism for a party of principle and | spiritual guidance of the sanctified Beecher,
patriotism, who will help him play Jackson | Parker, Gzecity, Seward, and Garrison,
were unanimously against it.
a
Late CoNcress Dip.—The last
session of the Thirty Sixth Congress began
on the 3d of December, 1860, and closed on
the 4th of March, 1861.
cember thirty three States were represented
On the 3d of De-
cnate and the House of Repre-
sentatives ; on the 4th of March, twelve
members were absent in the Senate and
House—six States having de-
ositions contained, as 1 thought, the sub-
stance of my own, but because they came
twenty-one States, and would, therefore, be
more likely to be acceptable to Congress
certained to my satisfaction that the resolu-
tions I had offered would not be adopted in
the Senate.
will discover the met
s of my conduct in
the above recited transactions. and that I !scientious convictions.
did not so act, either because I was *‘dis- | that the Republican platform was not right
gusted”” with, or had ever “repudiated” the | so far as an abstract truth was concerned ;
Shylock, and clamors for the bond ere two
If I am thus deprived of
¢ poor privilege of putting upon record my
ntiments, through the refusal on the part
the Legislature to receive my message, 1
will lay the same before the people and ap-
al to them, as I[ declared I would do in my
augural. Sax. Houston.
——— 4 BP me
A SexsisLe RepusricaN.—The St. Louis
with the high sanction of a Convention of Republican states that the Hon. W. B. Og-
den, of Chicago, member of the Illinois State
and the country. Besides that, I felt myself | Seuate, and a very popular gentleman with-
somewhat bound to act with this deference | 21, was called upon by a number of gentle-
to a Convention so distinguished. I had as- men in that city a few days since. In a
speech, he made use of the following lan.
guage in reference to his own {the Republi-
From this hastily written statement you | can) party :—
‘He could rot be untrue to his own con-
le wou!d not say
clared themselves out.of the Union, and re-
called their delegates in Congress. at
Nearly all of the session was consumed
in discussion relating to the crisis, and but
ninety seven acts were passed by Congress
and approved by the President. Of these,
one in the House.
EA
resolutions wlugh I submitted to the Sen-
e.
1 am, very respectfully, yours, &ec.
J. J. CRITTENDEN.
The New Government Loan.
! yo is 4 : Waeninaron, April 2, P. M.—The bids
sixteen originated in the Senate, and eighty for the new $8,000,000 loan have just been
opened this afternoon.
There were in all one hundred and eighty
War News. —The Baltimore papers pub- | bids, amounting to $30.000,000.
lish a letter from a young Baltimorean now
at Castle Pinckney, «Charleston, who has
oh m
become disgusted with soldiering. Ile says:
Wo don’t get enough to eat, and what we | bi
do get is of the coarsest and most common | Bank of Commerce,
description.” Drexel & Co,
231 2
A good many young gentlemen who now | Whitehouse, Son & Morrison,
g Frog g James Gallatin,
> Bank of America,
disgusted when they are brought down to a | ()s0an Bank,
Second joints and tenderloins are | Bank of North America,
talk glibly of fighting, will become equally
war fare.
scarce in camp, and not over soft is the bed | M
the soldier has to stretch his legs upon;
that is, if he can find them after battle. i
GEN. Lewis Cass.—The official career of
Gen. Lewis Cass commenced when he was
elected a member of the first State Legisla-
ture of Ohio, in 1803, and he has been in
high public position ever since —a period of | ligved that this heavy bidding was mainly in
Within that time | consequence of assurances from high quar-
policy on tho part of the
nearly fifty-eight years!
he has been merhber of the Legislature, Gov-
ernor of a Territory, Indian Superintendent,
Secretary of War, Minister to France, United
hundred.
The average of the bids was
aximum $95.
The highest bids, of course. take the loan.
“We are treated worse than negroes here. | The following are the principal successful
dders :
5 for one
The minimum was $83, and the,
$2.500,000
but he would say that the Republican party
had made a mistake. The doctrine of that
platform, that there should be no more slave
States, could not be carried out.” The at-
tempt to carry it out would put an end to
this Government. He saw the mistake they
had made before the eleétion, and had anti-
cipated the result. When, on the evening
after the election, he stood in the hous? of a
friend on Beacon street, in the city of Bos-
ton, and saw the long procession of * Wide
Awakes’ go by, with torches and banners
and shouts of triumph, a lady standing near
him remarked, ¢Mr. Ogden, you do not
seem to enjoy it.” ¢ Madam,’ was the reply,
‘1 am ever merry at a funeral.” With
some surprise she inquired what he meant.
His reply was that he FEARED THE PRO-
Bliss, Williams & Co.,
John A Dix, i
Sweeny, Rittenhouse, Fant & Co.,
500.006
100,000
250,000 | re
180,000 | yy
100,000
arie & Kants,
W. Wolcott & Co., Boston,
Washington, 150,000 | St
No bid below 93.18 will be successful,
1.000.000 | GESSION THEN DP ASSIN Si
400,000 | PRUYE 10 BE THE FUNERAL PROCES.
150,000 | LOX OF THE NATION.
THEN PASSING WOULD
timo
Tra Secepep Stares.—Referring to the
sources of the seceded States in order to
eet the burdens of their Government, Vice
25.000 | President Stephens, in his recent speech at
300.000 Savannah, held tho following language: —
«The taxable property of the Confederate
ates cannot be less than $22,000,000,000.
ters of a pacific
administration.
— Se ED re
A Fayiny Porsoyep By Mistake—Two
A considerable amount will be awarded
between 94 and par.
About $27,000,000 were bid for.
This, T think, L.venture but little in saying,
may be considered as five times more than
the colonies possessed at the time they ac-
chieved their independence. Georgia alone
possessed last y ear, according to the report
of our Comptroller General, §682,000,000 of
taxable property. The debts of the seven
Confederate States sum up in the aggregate
less than $18 000,000; while the existing
debts of the other of the late United States
The Spring Elections if ti
Maine.
Porrraxn, Me., April 2.
as, Republican, was to-da
of this city. 1
Wm. W. The
elected M
Connecticut, 4
{ Hartromn, April 2, 1 A. M. ~The Re
| publicans have elected their State tioket..
They have carried both branches of the LL
gislature, and carried the First and Thi
Congressional districts. They have ,. it the
Second, with the Fourth nit fully heard
from. ?
New York.
Eryira, April 2. —The Democrats to day
elected their candidate for Mayor, and al;
| the minor offices, with one exception.
Ohio.
CLEVELAND, April 2.—At the Municipal
Election at Sandusky, yesterday, the Dem.
ocratic candidate for Mayor was elected by
155. The Democratic candidates for Treas
urer, and Solicitor, and the Republican Clerk
and Marshal were elected. The Board of
Councilmen stands two Republicans to three
Democrats.
Toreno, April 2.—At the City Eiection,
held yesterday, the Democrats elected their
candidates for Mayor and Treasurer, and
seven out of ter; of the Councilmen.
Cixcrsyary, April 2.--Fall returns of the
City Election yesterday, show a Democratic
Union average majority of 2800, the highes
majority being 4196, and the lowest 2077. -
The Democratic-Union party elect 26 Coun
cilmen, and the Republicans only 8 mem
bers. The total vote polled was 23,000.
Kansas.
Kaxsas City, Mo., April 2.—R. T+ Var
horn, the Union vandidate, was elected Ma;
or of Kansas City, yesterday, by a larg
majority. i
—_——eep
Our National Affairs,
THE RHODE ISLAND ELECTION.
De feat af the Repuplicans—Re-clection
Gov. Sprague—rioss of two Republica
Congressmen.
Provibexce, R. 1., April 3, Midnight. —
The State election was held to day with th
following result :
The Republican ticket, headed by James
Y. Smith, for Governor, is defeated.
Gov. Spregue, the Unign candidate, is re
clected by a large majority.
The Legislature is of the same politica.
character. .
The Union eandidates for Congress, Wm
P. 8hefficld, from the Eastern, and Geo. If
Browne, from the Wesfern District, ar
elected over the late Republican ‘members
Messrs. Robinson and Brayton.
MUNICIPAL ELBCTION.
1
Unica, April 3.—At the village electior
held at Rome yesterday, the Democrat.
elected all the village officers, and two third
of the ward officers. The majorities aver
age 350. George Barnard is chosen Presi.
dent. ; 3
_— — ta 4
Death of Judge McLean.
CixcrvNar, April 4.—The venerable
Judge John McLean, of the United States
Supreme Court, died this ‘morning.
—— eave
EvroreaNy DeMasp FoR BREADSTUFFS. —
The New York Markets Active.—The Ey;
lish news by the City of Baltimore, to th
14th instant, {published yesterday) is favor
able to all American interests. Cotton i
better ; breadstuffs in good demand at a
advance, and a full business in Agerica
produce of ali kinds. The private advice
received at New York concerning brea
stuffs are said to be very encouraging. Tb
Erpress of Thursday evening says :
There was considerable activity and ex-
citement on the Corn Exchange to day, con-
sequent upon the receipt of favorable Euro
pean advices by the City of Baltimore.
There was a very heavy business transactec
in breadstufls, chiefly for export, and price:
show a decided improvement, the advance
being 10a20 cents per barrel on flour, 2a:
per bushel on wheat and 1a2 cents per bushe.
oncorn. The azaregate business is unusally
large, and in fact there has not been so muck:
animation and buoyancy exhibited on any
one day for a very long time past.
Reference to the official tables of Britis!
imports shows that of the increased pur-
chases of breadstuffs a very large proportio:.
is received from the United States, and unti
another crop is gathered in Europe, nothing
can prevent a continuance of this advantage
Agricultural authoritizs are by no mean:
sanguine of the crop prospects of the King-
dom for 1861, and argue that, by reason o
the severity of the winter, which has impe-
ded the planting of wheat, there must, with:
an averge yield upon the breadth of lan
planted, be a serivus deficiency in bread
stuffs, to be made up from American source:
in a great measure. At this moment th
crop prospects of the United States are good
and it is proper to assume, no casuality io-
tervening, that a large export will be mads
to the great advantage of the grain section ¢.
the country. In less than ninety days nev
wheat from (Georgia and other Souther:
States will be in market, and in large quan:
tities, judging from the erop reports recent-
ly made.
(mee
Tue New Territories. —Three new Ter-
ritories have been lately created by a vot.
of Congress ang the approval of the Presi
dent. Of these Colorado is made from par
of Kansas, Nebraska, and Eastern Utah.-
It has been known as Pike's Peak, and ws
called, at first, in the Organic Act, Idaho.—
It extends from thé 57th degree of Nort
Latitude to the 41st, and lies between the
102d and 109th parallels of West Longitude
It contains 100,000 square miles, with a pop
1t is chiefly valuable a:
pr
. 7 ir . o 3 3 A : 9
are being concentrated-at New York prepa aes States Senator for twelve years, candidate | Deatns.—Gn Saturday morning a family re- | Sum up in the aggregate the enormous sum | ulation of 25,000.
g edrat. New 3 TR lo
The Rocky
atory to a descent upon’ the €£outh. Tho
¥outherd Government is algo, preparing for
ithe .gontlict, having collected an army of at
‘least four thousand men at Pensacala, which
-is being daily augmented, to repel any as-
“suult that may be made, or, possitly, to at-
SuarL tur UN1oN Dik ?—Tacitus said «it
is much casier to praise, than tp establish,
a republican government, and when it is es-
tablished it cannot be of long duration.” —
When Mr. Randolph, of Virginia, in the
Convention to frame the United States Con-
formidable force in men, ships and material ;
and an attempt has already been made, anf
partially successful to annex the Island of
St. Domingo to Spein ; and this, if entirely
successful, is to be fullowed by the gnnexa-
tion of Hayti, with the consent of France.
for the Presidency, and Secretary of State. | Siding in a portion of a house, Germantown | of $174 000,000.
: road and Washington street, Philadelphia, | 10 g 2
tion debts, and railroad debts, which press,
He is the patriarch of American Statesmen, -
so far as length of official service is concern- | yr
ed, and has now retired to private life at the | paper contaming what she sa posed to be
lay : P a Tying in one of the : iy The | debts, added to others, make a sum total not
advanced age of 79.
oved away, and after they had gone Mrs.
This is without taking
to account the heavy city debts, corpora-
‘Gee, the tenant ‘who rémained, found a |and will continue to press, a heavy incubus
upon the resources of those States.
rere
powder was taken and put into bread, which | m
These
uch under $500,000,000. With such an
present for its mines of gold. |
Mountains divide the Territory, and furnis!.
the water shed for branches of the Souther
Colorado on one side, and those of the Ar-
‘kansas and Platt on tke other. Its, capito!
is Denver City. :
Nevada includes parts of Utah and Cali-
Its boundaries are irregular, and if
ws . (6 i 6 ea of territory, with such an amount of | fornia. r
PriLApeLpiiis MerRODIST CONFERENCE. nti Sarons Woman ar wim, & climate and soil unsur- | extends South to New Mexico. > It include:
The Philadelphia Methodist Conference last | diately taken ill, and a physician who was | Passed by any on the face of the earth, with | Carson's Valley and the newly Fistoresos
weds adopled the report of the Committee! called in discovered that arsenic had been | Such resovtoes already .at ll She Binoy bin 16 Joud es ig :
03) hg 8f8te of 48 church repesling he nee aps fhe i 3 0 r Br Ti gs i Ce is ER agricultural os
chapter on slavery, inserted in the Discipline bla i dat sbi ihe prehensions as to our success, whether oth- | es, besides béing rich inl ndinerals.
4 y one 1 “ Weare on the eve of stirring events.
“tack the fort in case an attempt is made to Stitution; olgjected to the ratio of represen- —_———essoe—
“reinfores.it. Charleston was thrown into a | tation, beceusein.a hundred years the House | Ax Inquiry.—Our Legislature is so intent
- great state ef excitement on Thursday by | would become an uninanageable multitude ; | upon passing measures in defiance of the
' the appearaize.a® 2 schooner off the harbor, | “who,” said Mr. Graham, of Massachusetts, | will.of the people, that it scems to have {ore
<and her attempt iopeass the batteries. She | is so extravagant as to suppose that this | gotten the fact that the people have demand.
‘was firéd into, and turned «bout ang disap-
peared. It is supposed that she contained
sreinforecments for Fort Sumpter.
While the administration hesitate-concern-
sing the evacuation of Sumpter, the Charles-
“tonians are becoszing impatient, and rumors
were current that an attack would be made
upon it from the fortifications in case the
wtrocps.were pot.writhdrawn, The suspicion
begins to prevail that .the Administration
have d¢iayed the evacuation:for the purpose
of inciting the Southern Government tomake
an attack upon the fort, and thus to throw
upon it the responsibility of commencing &
war which the Lineoln Administration has
Jetermined upen.
ro a
iLowaas the grave is, you cannot elimb
aigh enough to soe Leyond jt
:
Union will last a bundred years 2’ This
was a strange question then. Shall it die in
«its 4th? is now the question.
eto
The Southern Confereracy has established
ports of entry on ll the railroads and navi-
gable rivers, leading to the loyal States of
the Union, as well as at the old ports of the
sea coast. Collectors have been duly ap-
pointed to .collect .dpties upon goods and
wares, agreeably to the tariff Jaws of the
Confederacy. Officers will alse examine
closely all boxes and trunks carried by pas-
sepgers, with a view to prevent smugghng.
eee
The Ghio Journal boasts that the country
has endorsed the principles of the ‘Republi-
can party.~dizchange.
i And like most “endorsers” of-bad pereons
{it.has got into trouble by doing go
ed the repeal of so much of the Revised Pen
al Code as interferes with the execution of
the constitutional provisions for the capture
of fugitive slaves. The Judiciary Commit-
tee of the Senate has failed to report the b.ll
repealing the objectionable portion of the
(05th section. Why this delay? Why is
this bill not permitted to see the light? Is
it to be smothered in comsittee and defeat-
ed by indirection 2 Is it possible that the
valiant Republicans, who a short time ago
were ready to vote men and money for the
this question openly, lest.it may disclose the
diggord in their ranks.?- ~Harrisburg Patri
of.
some kind. Delusions are as necessary .to
| our happiness as realites
be
A
subjugation of the South, are afraid to meet re the passage of the secession ordinance;
inion
b
At the last Conference, leaving future Con- | Gee died. The other members of.the farpily | €rs join us or not ¥”’
ferences to make their own regulations on|are in a critical condition.
the subject ; concurring in the resolutjons of | Were both over 70 years of age.
the last Baltimore Conference, and request-
ing. the General Conference at its next 5esg- |
publican party prevailed in November, the
The deceased
——— re C
nee tl QA neem.
Soyenony 1s Hurr.—Even the New York
ommercial continnes to learn.!—but how
Cosy or ‘REPUBLICANISM. —When_ the Re- costly the education of these Republcan
ion to repeal the chapter on slavery, and | federal stocks were above par. Since that |JOURAIS :
instead thereof empower each annual con. time three loans have been made to carry on
ference within whose boundary slavery ex- | the Government, with this result :
- - . . ag .
sts to make their own regulations ja regard | Dec. 28--6 per cent. extra intorest =
to;it.
eee GPP
wanting in the Virginia Convention, to se- |
2nd that the Union men in the Convention
are inclined to follow the example of Arkan.
sag, adopt the secession ordinance and sub-
is evidently gaining ground in the .0ld Do-
Jan. 20—44 per cent. extra mterest
Fh " on’ $5,000,000, :
At is said that there are but three yotes| pop. 2393
narter premium! The public debt has in.
bron . pips :
ed SO nics yy ii . . | creased, is increasing, and ‘bids fair more
No man is happy without a delusion of it it to the people. The secession feeling end more to ‘increase. ’ X
Beautiful —The Weather to-day
is
on £5,000,000, $300,000
$225,000 | ™
per cent. discount on
£.000,000, fad
Total,
: ; iv fu
On eighteen million, over 2 million and a
tu
tr
ee otter
are emphatically “**haid times."
current.
curtail ‘their credit.
760,000, | of incurring further indebtedness. The
{7 | commiinity reduce expenses and hoard their
$1,285 000 carnings, each man apprehensive of yet
“The times are out.of joint—indeed, they
Business
paralyzed. The stream of commerce is
agnant or flows with a feeble and unequal
Csdpitalists fear to employ their
oney in ordinary enterprises. Merchants
Storekeepers are chary
rther financial troubles.’
meee $A bre een
= G. W. Lane, recently confirmed as
dge for the Northern and Southern Dig.
ict of Alabama, will, it is said, endeavor
' to hold his court at Athens, in the Union
i part of the State’ ’
“-Dacotah lies betivetn tha parallels of 42!
and 49. It reaches British America on the
north, anfl is'surrounded by Iowa, Minnoso-
ta aid Nebraska. It contains 70,000 square
niles. Tt has many valuable mgvérs, but
the land is mostly prairie. Itis u3w mostiy
valuable for its furs. It is very sparsely
settled. i
0
A spreran dispatch to the N.Y. Evening
Post, of Saturday, says: The official census
of the United States has just been comple-
ted, and it shows a tatal of thirty-one ‘mil:
dons, four hundred andl twenty nine thous
and, eight hundred #&nd ninety-one. (31
429, 891.)
Of these, three millions nine hundred a
fifty-one thousand cight hundred and ©
are slaves. 4
een a &
177 The President déelines farmstidy
o &e., from Mf
Anderson, deeming
‘the present time,
Senate: with degpatph [
i ient to do's