BEDFORD MQTJIRER. j BEDFORD, Pa. Friday Morning. March 29. IS6I. "FEARLESS AND FREE," l>. OVER—Editor and Proprietor. Fort Sumter, The Gazette, last week, has sn article in j which it admits that Mr. Lincoln does right in ' evaouatiug Fort Sumter. But it charges him w\th being weak in ths knees for so doing, and states that the Republicans were in favor of Buchanan's administration reioforsing that fort. This is true. The Republicans were in favor of reinforcing Fort Sumter, and would be now, if the matter was feasible. Ilad Mr. Buchanan, aecording to the advice of Gen. Sco't, and others of the best men in the coun try. sent reinforcements there, we would not now be iu the condition that we are in. It was thea an easy matter, and secession would have been nipped in the bud. But how have mat ters changed within the last two or three mouths of his administration, at Charleston! Forts have been built, batteries erected, and everything is iu the most formidable condi tion, and defended by some four thousand soldiers. Gen. Scott advises the evacuation, and says that Fort Sumter, could net be rein forced with less tbaD 20.000 men. In the mean time, there ore not .that many soldiers in the service of the eountry, and of the few that arr, that traitorous administration took care to have them at great distances away. Congress ia not in session, and it would take months to raise an army sufficiently powerful for that pur pose, and to crown all, Maj. Anderson report ed that he had only about fifteen days provis ions on baud! The people can see to what a pretty pass the last administration has brought us, and they , will lay lbs blame of this new humiliation, to that most infamous administration. The Gazette of last week has an article in which it charges that the Republicans intend to remove tho "widow Statler," at Scbellsburg. j Now, we can't say that we arc in favor of re- j moving this lady, who, it is said, makes an exoellcut Prst M:stiess,but that paper's luggiog this matter before the public, is not calculated to aeenre her continuance in that office. But the Gazette's statement that she is a " widow," is not true. Iler husband is living, and in California, and, wc hear, has occasionally 6ent ker remittances. Neither is she, we under stand, in very needy condition, and her friends are in quite able circumstances. Nor should the Locofccos tnako a fuss, even wcro she a widow, if she should be removed, for four y ears ago, in this place, they removed a lady who was the widow of a Democrat. Post Master? Appointed. The following appointments have been made in Bedford County. Bedford—Wo. Kiser. Alum Bank—Nathan H. Wright. Hopewell—John B. Oantosr. Bloody Run—Eli B. Ramsey. Rays Hill—John Nyeum, Sr. St. Clairsville—Geo. B. Arnick. David Welch, has bceu appointed at Burnt Cabins, and Obeduego Edwards, at New Gre nada, Fulton County. We are requested to that by an act of As sembly of last mission, Township Auditors, are required to take security from Supervisors, in double the amount of the money supposed to come into their bands- SPUING ELECTIONS. —So far as wo hare been able to ascertain, the elections in Bedford County, for local candidates this spring, have resulted qnite favorably lor the Republican*. A bill has passed the Legislature, and been signed by tb Governor, changing, the time of holding the municipal election in Philadelphia from May to tMober. SubscHwra changing their residence, and Post effice, will pk-ase inform us of the faat. What is the difference between par au.l ttyrmf hinds, on a note of s7l 7 Is it $1,75, GaztUt 7 The order for the evacuation of Fort Sumter has not y t been sent. Senator Hale's reference to 11, Sam., chap ter 15, verse 4, as applicable to tho deatrgog. ueryof Douglas,and his affectation of sincerity in supporting the Admmistiation of Mr. Lin coln, was very sharp. The verse reads as fol lows : "Absalom said, moreover, oh, thet 1 were made Judge in the land, tbat any man which bath any suit or eauee, might come unto me, .and I wculd do birn justice." At tbat memetit Absalom, tho prince of hyp ocritical demagogues, was endeavoring to se duce tho people from King David, bis father, to make-lust king in bis stead. Tax NEW CONSTITUTION. —The Constitution adopted by the Congress of the Southern Confed eracy is reported to contain the following clause : The Presidential tena is extended to six years. Offices are to be held during good behavior, and officer* to be removed only for cause, and on a written eoiuplaiat being preferred against them. The slave trade is prohibited. Members of the Cabinet rrva o" O be excluded fVom eats in Con gress The following appointment* have been made by the M. E. Conference: Juniata District—Rev. Mr. Chenowitb, P. E. Hollidayaburg, P. B. Snyder. Altoona, W. L. Spottswood. Woodbury, J. A. Melick, J. B. Mann. Scbellsburg, k N. W. Colbnrn, W. Evans. Bedford Station, Samuel Kepler. Bedford Circuit, C. Cleaver, J. G. Moore. New Granada, A. Smith, 0. 11. Kitoheu. Cassville, C. Graham, Thos. Greenly. Huntingdon, S. L. M. Conser. Manor Hill, A. M. Barnitx.J.C. Clarke. Williamsburg, E. W. Kirby. Birmingham, J. A. Coleman, W. Houck. Philipsburg, S. CroightoD, J. Olwine. Curwenaville it Clear T. D. Gotwalt. New Washington, A. Bender, D. M'Claaey. Glen Hope, J. S. Lee, L. D. Wataon. Bust Baltimore—Rev, Samuel Barnes. A TRAITOR SHOT IN FORT SCMTEU.— A Charleston correspondent writing under data of the 12th of March, relates the following, aa an illustration of Maj. Anderson's loyalty to his country in dealing with traitors : "There is HD Irish ruffirn who loafs upon tho wharves, who bus, as an irouical tribute; of his extreme ugliness, been dubbed 'HAndsoino Charlie.' This vagabond is to Charleston what Billy Mulligan was to New York—as notorious a scamp as ever went unhung. The brotfaer-iu - law ot Charlie was a soldier attached to the garrison at Fort Sumter, and ws often sent by Maj. Anderson, with others, for provisions. These two villians, brothers in 'ctinie' as well as in 'law,' had, it seems, been plotting treasou against the Government of the United States. One of their plana was to smuggle iu files for tho purpose of spiking the gnaa of Foit Sum tci. How they expected to accomplish this rascality is another question; but certaiu it is that dies were introduced ioto the fortress con cealed in loaves of bread. The files and the traitor were both discovered. A messenger was dispatched to Charleston for a priest. The cause assigned tor requiring his preseuce was the premature eon Quo mem, and oousequeut danger, of a soldier's wife. The real need for him was to shrive a dastardly wroleh fur the next world, who was utterly unfit to live iu this. The brother-in-law of 'Handsome Char lie' w.s shor, a fitting doom for a traitor." THE SKIiLUISU BETWEEJY DOUGLAS AJi'D FESS E.YDE.Y. The passage whioh lately occurred in the United States Senate between Douglas and Fesaendeo, is thus graphically described by the Times' correspondent: Douglas and Fessenden bad a sharp verbal pasatge of arms iu the Senate to-day, iu which "Douglas suffered severely. lie made a set speech attacking Republicans, for not de clining their policy, and Senator Wilson re plied to hiuo. Douglas rejoined, and was un derstood to say "th Senator from Maine," which Mr. Feeseuden oorreeted. Mr. Douglas denied that ho usod tho language attributed to him; and on Mr. Fessendeu persisting, Mr. Douglas prououueed it -'false," and that Mr. Fessenden "knew it to be false." Mr. Fesseodeu replied iu a keen, cool, and perfectly scathing speocb, as seveie a piece of polished invective as I ever beard, lie said be would concede to Mr. Douglas everything he claimed, except that he was a gentlemen, whioh he couJd nut acknowledge, because be had used language which so gentleman, with out greater provocation, ever used. Mr. Douglas rejoined, saying as Mr. Fessen den proposed to settle the mutter elsewhere, he had no more to say. Mr. Ftsaeudeu replied, denying tbt lie had said so, and souurgiDg Douglas again on the Code. The skirmish was very sharp. Douglas was angry and in the wrong, and he committed the great fault of refusing to aokuowledge it. He lost ground decidedly. John AJ. Daniel of the Richmond Examiner, fairly boils over with wrath because Virginia will uot secede. iiis paper reeks with the foulest billingsgate, aimed at every one who adheres to the Union. He says of Virginia. "ller timidity anil indecision are wakiug her the buit of Yankee boot blacks, truckmen, hack dtivers, short boys, red necks, dead rab bits. What the shivering Submissionists here tall "the Conservatism ot Virginia" is looked upon by the North as an exhibition of "white feathers." Even the brutal and illiterate dan gerous classes u: toe North, the wretches with broken noses, uioutbs iike bull terriers—the fellows whose brains are located in the back settlements of their thick skulls—have cor rectly gauged the Convention at Mechanic's Halt." A WasLiugton correspondent, says : \Y e learn that Fort Sumter will soon be a bandoued by Maj. Anderson. If no, it will he simply the result of a military necessity. He has bread for but two or tnree weeks. We have uo army to send him supplies. All the men-of-war at command could not relieve him —says the highest military authorities here.— James Buchanan would not allow Scott and Holt to do it whan the thing was possible— now it is impossible. So at least our military authorities here assert. Wbut can be done, the Administration will do to uphold the honor of the Government, but such was the infamous conduct of the late Administration, that some of is blunders and crimes are beyond an im mediate remedy. A TERRIBLE COMPANY'.— They aio organ izing a new millitary company in Memphis, Tenn., to be callad "The Difttints:" The' jivafanch says of theui—"Their uniform i* to be black homespun, with red plumes.— Their banner is black—the arms of the State of Tennessee beiog inscriot'd on oua aide, in ttiimsoo; on the other side will be represented a right hand grasping an unsheathed sword, with the name of the ooiupany—the De&ants wiittcn iu red letters above—the whole out fit will be emblematic of death and defiance, and will cost forty dollars." MOVEMENTS.IN XUE NAVY* AND ARMT.— All the naval ships now on the Pacific and in the-Mediterranean have been ordered homo to enter Northern ports. The troops that were under Twigg's command iu Texas, 2,500 in number, havo been ordered to take up their line of march for the North forthwith. Some of them will come to Washington. Others have been ordered to other poets. All the troops new io New Mexico Lave been recalled. BBDFORD MMMM. From the -V. F. Tribune. Cobb's Contingencies. Everything relating to the personal habits and official life of so distinguished a financier and statesman as the late Seoretaty of the Trea sury, Mr. Howell Cobb, must be interesting to the people whom be fleeced, and of these bis account of Contingent Expenses for the last year of his stewardship contains some pleasing bints. We learn, for instance, that the chief newspapers aud periodicals which the Govern ment supplied to bim were The Richmond En quirer, The Washington Constitution, and De Bow's Review —a discovery which sheds light on the oblique and stupid oourse of this re spectable person; we And that his luerary stu dies were principally confined to lexicons of the Greek and Latin languages, copies of these valuable though not exoiting works being charged iu the account; from the flowery fields of literature, thus represented, he seems to have strayed into the realms of art, for we se that he bought a statuette of Gen. Jackson and an engraving called "The First Blow for Free dom," though it is not easy to couceive why he could want a butt of Old liiokorv, unless to wreak his spite on it After the manner of Quilp, who thrust gimlets into the wooden effigy he imagined to resemble his enemy. Kit Nubbles; may uot one fauey the Ex-Secretary chipping tLs classic uose of the plaster General, or goug* ing his eye, &t the same time taunting him with the war-cry of Secession? The modest sum of $255 50 was expended for peuknives duriug the year—and this only for the chief man himself. Caleb Curbing, for "professional servioes, * received SSOO. Is it possible that the brilliant Mexican General's peculiar abilities wero called forth in the pre paration of the wonderful Treasury reports which annually mystified the eouutry? Or was this amount intended to remunerate him for his &*sir:UtjQe iu breaking up the Democratic party at Charleston? A horse figures largely iu the account under consideration. We have first the absolute cost of the horse, $200; -then other items, as fol lows: Livery of horse, $ LOG 20; hire of horse, SIIG 87; dootoriug of horse, $22; shoeing of horse, $126 02 ; harness of horse, SSO 41 pasturing of horse, $22 75; fly net for horse, $3 75; making the total disbursement for the quadruped, S7OB 60. This < xperieiica of .Mr. Cobb may aceount for the small display of cav alry in the Southern army, for no treasury, even aided by an export duty on cotton, cue of Howell's most luminous ideas oould sustain the draught of many ruoh horses. In the midst of so much extra vagHtice it is refreshing to coma upon a bit of economy, though in this case it was not judicious; we learn that the charge for whitewashing was only five dollars! Surely this was uot wise; surely it would have been brtter to have bought fewer penknives and to ha'e used more white wash, it certainly was needed. Two huudreJ ID J fifty dollars for penknives, seven hundred dollars for a siugle borse, and only five dollars for whitewash! The esse is worse than that of Jack Falstaff's saek and biesd. But the most astonishing item of all is this, which the reader will look at, then rub bis eyes, aud lock again; i "Vaini.'hing Mr. Bushman $6,50.'^ Varuishiug Mr. Buchanan! Consider the work! Three dollars and fifty oenis! Consid er the pay! As we revolve this bewildering and fruitful topic in our tortured miuJ, what a picture rises before u! The OU Public Func tiouary presents himself iu the Treasury De partment for bis coat of varnish— it may be his secoud coat: percbauoe his third. The Se6lld hands of the tiage of WbeatLud waodsr aim lessiy about in search of something to grasp, while the puffy Georgian applies the brush; perhaps they fall on the ponderous lexicons charged among the contingencies, perhaps they steady themselves by the Constitution aud the laws—bouud in sheep. With piteous accents implores his friend not to "lay it on so thick." The job done, tue Secretary picks his teeth with one of his peukn : .7es, whilo the President outs a "chew" Iron bis favorite weed with au otber, aud then goes out to dry. 'i'ho apparent imbecility of Mr. Buchanan when he should have acted is now explained; he was was not allowed to move ; the varnish was harden ing! What was the purpose of tha varnishing? Ws it to preserve the great tnau? Was it to keep him from orsckiug? Was it to restore his colors aud biiug back the blush of youth? Why was tbe natioo asked to pay obly $3 50 for this important work? After having saved so much iu whitewash, even though the peukuives had bled us, aud that horse baa been ridden rough-shod over us, could we uot have afford ed more than this poor fraction for such a job? It must be that the ex-Seoietary made his toil a labor of love nnAonly charged for the mate rial. The publication of this account will do muoh for the obaraoter of Mr. Cobb. He reduced I the eouutry almost to bankruptcy; be snarled end twisted nil the threads in which his elum-j ! hands became enttngled; he turned traitor j inmself, and sided others to do likewise ; but i this last deed shall be told to posterity &y the one bright spot in his dull life.auJ the epitaph engraven on his monument by a grateful coun try should be: He varnished Mr. Buchanan ! | David Wilmot, the successor of Simon Cam eron iu the United Stites Senate, was born at Bethany, Wayne county, Pa., on the 2<Jth of January, 1814. Ho was educated at Bethauv Academy, aud at Aurora, Cayuga county, New i York; read law aud was admitted to the bar in 1834. He was a member of Oougress from 1845 to 1851, and bus since beeu president Judge of the thirteenth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, and resides at Towunda, Brad ford county, Pa. lie was a prominent member of tbe recent Peace Conference, and has long enjoyed a national repuiation, but is chiefl} distinguished as the author f the celebrated anti-slavery proviso introduced while a member of Ooogre&s, aud which boars his uume. He is a clear headed and decidedly able man. FOR THK USION. — A traveler VISING through one of the counties of Tennessee on horseback, stopped at a modest cottage on tho roadside, and askod for shelter, as it was quite dark and raining. The "head of the taini!y" catn to the door and accosted the traveller with, "what do you want I" "1 wan't to stay all night," was the reply. "What are yer 1" This interrogatory was not fully under stood by the traveler, aud ho asked aii explana tion. "I mean what's yer politics f" rejoined the former. "Air yer for this Union or again it?" This was a poser, as tho traveler was not certain whether the "man of tho house" was a Union man or a secessionist, and he was auxin us to tie up for the night; so he piade up his iniud and said, "My friend lam for thq Union." Stranger you kin kum in." FKO.TI WASHIWTOX. WASHixarojr, March 24. Coloue! Lanaon, who will, undoubtedly, bo tho marshal of the District of Columbia, started for Richmond, Va., on Friday evening, bearing a mes sage from tbe President to the Union men, now in Convention, assembled at that point. He is the vgry man for so dalicate an errand—secret, prudent, and bold. The news from Virginia is by no means favorable. Even Governor Letcher begius to favor secession, in view of the stubborn opposition of the ultra Republicans to tho peace policy of tho Administration. The iocesaant calls upon the President are terri ble. He is disturbed early in the morning and late in the night, and nothing but the persistent etfoits of his irieuds induced him yesterday to issue an order to the effect that he would receive no visits, either of friendship or official, and yet ho was in truded upon by some who ought to have commis erated his troubles. lam disposed to believe that informal ion has been received Dy several members of the Cabinet that Jefferson Davis' prophecy, that in twelve months the Secessionists will be in possession of the capitoi of the United States, has been repeated In certain anonymous letters, and that Mr. Lincoln's Administration is determined to do ail in its power to prevent tho Border States from going out oi the Union. The President has been disposed to hesitate about removing the Secessionists iu office in the Border States, hut recent news from Virginia, Kentucky, and Maryland has induced him to change bis opin ion, aud wo shall have a number of appointments to those important places in a few days. The uumher of resignations of officers in the army and the navy has by no means alarmed the Administration. Applicants from the South are numerous, and every vacancy created by resigna tion calls forth a dozen applicants from the South ern States. Tbe Union is still strong. The distinguished Representative in Congress from the Second Congressional district in Penn sylvania is waruiiy presented lor a high diplomatic position abroad, for which he peculiarly qualified. The Swiss mission, now filled by Mr. Fay, is gener ally set apart for Mr. Morris. Vice President Hamlin vacated the chair, ac cording to immemorial custom, yesterday after noon, and was succeeded try the unanimous elec tion of Senator Foot, of Vermont, one of tho most popular and agreeable members of that body, llis speech was a model of good taste and brevity. The Disunionists in Virginia have a double trouble. 1 hey may not be able to pass a Secession ordinance; and if they do, tbey will be deflated before the people, inasmuch as Mr. Lincoln's Ad ministration is resolved to do all in their power to retain the Border States in the Union. It is ut terly false that Colonel James Barbour, of the Culpepor district, has declared in -favor of Seces sion. • A number of the members of tbo Virginia Con vention arrived here lrom Richmond on Saturday, aui they declare the rumor that the Secessionistt are within three of a major.ty of the Convention to be entirely without foundation. The Union men are still in a decide ! and controlling majority, not withstanding there has beeu some detection from their ranks, and those that remain cannot be tempted or forced into the disuuion movement under any circumstances. If Mr. Seward, ia bis forthcoming reply to the Commissioner* of the Southern Con. federacy, recommends, as it is expected he will, the calliug of a Convention of the States to settle our national difficulties, tha Virginia Convention will promptly endorse the plan. II ex-Governor Pollock, who is from the interi or, should be appointed collector of the port of Philadelphia, most of the other leading Federal offices will be given to the city. Hon. Wm. Mill ward still continues to be prominent for United States marshal. There is but little doubt that lien ry Goggsliai] will be the geueral appraiser. Chailes M. Neul, Edwin T. Chase, Reed Myers, William Mo ran, and others, are named for navy agent, and William Elliott, John 11. Bringhurst, Robert M. F oust, and C. Walborn for postmaster. Quite a formidable petition is made for the retention nf J. It. Snowdon as director of the United States Mint. The contest among various Applicants prevents the immediate removal of James 11. Walton as trea surer of the same institution. It has been discovered that there is a deep laid scheme to carry California out of tho Union, and the appointments for thst State will be made at cnce, iu order to siipcrs.de the tools of Gwin, who now hold the Federal offices there, and are all in the Secession conspiracy. General Johnston, in command of the western division of the army, will also be recalled, and a more reliable officer sent out. Wm. Jayne, of Illinois, has been nominated for Governor of Dacotab. Detective Keose, of this city, has seized, and re tains by older of court, bogus aud counterfeit notes oa twenty-seven banks, amounting to $200,- IMKi, and also platvs and dies for their manutacture. ihe larger packages contain tho following : S3O, 000 counterfeits on the Bank of Augusta, Maine ; ] SOO,OOO unsigned counterfeits on tho State Bank of Ohio ; $30,000 bogus notes on the Columbia Bank of Washington; $30,000 counterfeits on the Farm ers & Mechanics' Bank of Virgiuia; $8,600 of seven denominations, ail counterfeits of the Camden Bank, New Jersey, and four plates on tho same bank. There are also dies of the denominations of teu cents, one dollar, and two dollar and a half gold pieces. The Cabinet was in session yesterday, occupied in prcjuriug nomirations for the action ol the Sen ate, which body is anxious to close the session as soon as practicable. Colonel Sumner. We perceive with much pleasure that the post cI Brigador-General, made vacant by the dis uissat of General Twiggs, has been conferred upon Colonel Suuiner. This gsllant officer baa seen a great deal of service. Indeed his whole lite has beeu a very active one, and the record is as brilliant as it is long. A recent southern paper undertook to say that the northern States have not produced ablo military commanders. It is, therefore, proper to place prominently before them an officer whose ability has been signally tested. Colonel Sumner is oue of the most eneigetic and skilful comman ders in our service. His arduous and perilous Iu- ■ dlan campaigns lull? prove ihis. In the qualities j required for a lleld-otiicer Twiggs caunot compare with him, while as an honest and brave man he is as far above ths wretched traitor as Olympus is above a molehill. Sumner has all tho ult-nt and capacity requisite to command successfully an army of any size. Not long since General Harney insulted him, and refused to light because he was not his equal.— j They aie both generals now, an Sumner has rather I more of the confidence of the public and of the ' Administration than Harney, hut we presume that uuloss Harney makes the offer there will l>e no fight. Harney is rash, spleuetie, aod harsh in his conduct, and quite unpopular everywhere. He has little tegard for the usages of civilized lifo, where they couie in cot tact with bis policy in the field. Col. Sumner is a striking contrast to this. While even more enterprisiug and vigorous than Harney iu his actions, he never loses sight of tho duty he owes to humanity, and therefore is better calculated to succeed. Scott and Wool are both very old. Twiggs, who was also quite aged, has been dismissed. Worth it dead and Riley aiso. The brave old generals who adorned our service so long will soon have all disappeared from the service. It is, therefore, a good thing to see a race of bold, able and chival rous men,like Sumner,rising up to take their places. VI hen the vacancies created by tbe resignations and dismissals in the army shall all have been filled by the promotion of promising juniors, the service will be all the better and more vigorous for the change. Such men as Slemmeraud Hill only need the opportunity to become distioguiseed on a wider field than Flor la and Texas, wbero they have ren dered their names memorable.— North ~lmtr>cau. COLLECTION OP THE REVENUE- —It is said that tbe A-ttoruey ueueral, Mr. Bates,has givon the opinion to President Lincoln, that the rev enue cannot be collected, exoept under tbe law of 1809, which rondeis it necessary for col lectors to reside witbiu their respective districts and therefore it will b- 1 impossible to execute the laws with propriety, even it otherwise feasible, in vessels. Death of aa Ex-Empress. _ An Ex-Empress died in Philadelphia, last week. We refer to Madame fluate de Ytur bide, widow of the former Emperor of Mexico, whose deoease took place on Thursday last, at her lodgings in Broad street. This estima ble lady, who has resided in Philadelphia sinee the exeoutioo of her husband by the Mexican Government in 1824, belonged to a distin guished Spanish family long rcsideot iu Mexico. Her misfortunes, as well as her good qualities as a woman, had secured ber the regard of the aociety in which she moved. A pension from the Mexiosn Government enabled her to edu oate her family liberally, and sho has perform ed her duties as a mother and a member of so ciety in a faithful and exemplary manner. One or two of the soos cfMadams Yturbide have, we boleive, resided iu Mexico of iato years, aod have held offices under the Govern ment. Her daughters were unable to be pres ent at tho funeral, whioh took place on Satur day morning, at St. Joseph'-! Church. The service was of the simplest, most unostenta tious kind. There were none of the kindred of the uoble lady, who once wore a crown, to follow ber remains to the grave. A few gen tlemen of Philadelphia, whoso social position had hroagbt them into intimate rotations with the family in past times, attended the funeral; and scarcely one in ten thousand of the vast population of the city where sue bad rung re sided, knew that tho grave had that dsy closed over one who once held rank as an Empress. Ihe sad affliotion that has thus befallen the family of Madame de Yturbide recalls to the memory tho heroic career of her noble husband. He WBs the groat mau of the best days of Mex ico. He was the auther of her seperation from Spain, and tho Mexican people, in the first flush of their gratitude, fairly thrust upou him the crowD, which he had designed, in the fa mous "Plan of Iguala," for a Spanish prince. He was proclaimed Emperor with the title of '•Augustin tho First," on the night of May 18tb, 1822. For a long time he refused tbe proffered crown, and if was only after tin Congress bad voted for him by a vote of 77 to 15 that he accepted it. |a the following month the Congress voted unanimously for making the crown hereditary ia the fauii.y of Yturbide, and soju alter he was solemnly crowned. But the fickla and faithless Mexican people did not stand by the monarch they bad clroseu. lbe military leaders that have been tbe curse of the oouutry began to conspire agiust the Government. A civil war arose, ia which iSanta Anna, soon become a prominent leader agaiust tbe Emperor. A republic was pro claimed and on tbe 20lh of March 1823, after a turbulent reign of Icsy than a year, Ytur bi'ta abdicated. Permission was granted to him to leave the eountry, and a pension of $25,000 a year was allowed "him. He went with his family to Italy, but returned, in 1824, to Mexico, where, in tbe meautime, be had beou proscribed as a traitor, though he did not know tbe fact. Gen. Gam, tbe Governor of T maulipas, pretending friendship, betrayed him to the Congress of that State, aud he w*s imme diately arrested, aud, without a trial, was sen tenced to death. Tbe sentence was.carried iuto < ffect at Padilla, July 19tb, 1824. less than a week froui tbe time of hia landing on the coast, and before an appeal could be made to tbe Government at Mexico. He died like a hero, addressing Some manly words to the soldiers, and himself aijistiDg tne baudsge over his eyes before be was shot. Mexico has never bad a braver man or a purer patriot iD ber Government.— Phiia. Bulletin. TRUE VIEW OF THE SUBJE JT. - Mr. Lincoln was uot elected to destroy the Union, either by precipitating its dissolution or by becoming accessory to it after the fact. He was elected to preserve both Freedom and the Union by restoring the Adiuiui.-tration of the Government to the principle* of the Con stitution. If now, be should rashly discard the Union ou the one hand, or on the other ' should attenips to maintain it by precipitate measures of force, —a war that would not car- j ry with it the moral sentiment of tjie North. 1 —he would throw bis Administration iu'o the ! power of the eooroies of freedom, who by clam- ; oring for the Union or aguitist a civil war pro I voked by rashness, would secure for themselves j the next Presidential election, and the oun soquent subjugation of freedom to slavery We beleive tnat Mr. Seward foresaw ail this, and that his great speech in the Seuate was frauio ed in the spirit of wisdom *Dd patriotism to meet either of these contingencies. Ho sought to preserve the Union for freedom, by throwing the responsibility for disruption or for civil war where it properly belongs— -upon the party of slavery. One of the most sagacious aiiuds iu the oountry, long publicly committed to the abolition of slavery, has given us a view of that speech, which, though not sent, for publication, we caunot withhold from our rea ders. Ueferiug to The Independe it's view of •Mr. Howard's Truo Position,' this writer 6ajs : "I waut to sty how much I was gratified by the appreciative article on Gov. Seward in The Independent of Febuary 14th. I think his Ute speech has been most unjustly, most unin tflligently dealt with. People were looking to huu in a kind of foolish expectation that he could settle the nation by a speech! Nobody else could do it, but oertainly Seward mast be able. Nonsense! It was not iu tbe power of a mortal, eveu if he were close upon the rank of a demigod. He could issue no phitlipio, make no onslaugh right or left—nothing plain ly was to be done in that fashion. He could offer no compounding measure—fire and water could as easily be quieted by a marriage What then could he do with a apeeoh! Never wis an orator in a closer pinch. See, tbeu, how adroitly and wi.h what masterly skill he leveled bis aim to the occasion. What be is after is plain as the "mo, vi*., to smooth away exasperations and gain time for the work <>f slvatioo. lhere was never a finer, grander act of statesmanship in tbe world. I believe it baa really had more effect than any other speech delivered in the country. By it, to gether with Gen. Scon's soldierly arrangements for a snow of force, ths tide has, 1 think, been turned, and the sophomore rebellion is getting rapidly sobered. When it is well over, and men get reflection enough to view things sober ly , this great speech of Mr. Seward will bo celebrated as no of the noblest instances of moral and morally wise stlfmo luiatiou to pas.* the straits of a difficult occasion that has ever been given by human statesmanship."—-V. Y. independent. * What Mr. Douglas Wanted. Day after tomorrow Mr. Lincoln'sadministration will l>e two weeks ol'l. When it was a week oM Mr. Douglas introduced a resolution in th Senate calling on Mr. Lincoln, virtually, for a detailed and specific account of the means and agencies by which he proposes to carry out the theories of his inaugural. Recognizing the vast difficulties that lie in the way of the enforcement of the rwvetine laws. Mi. Douglas was evidently anxicsa that the administration should "put its loot in it" at the first start, and in a revolutionary period, when events follow events with unexampled rapidity to preclude itself from taking any advant.ij/e of possible changes in the aspect of affairs u r Douglas virtually said to Mr. Lincoln—"My dear sir, I have the highest confidence in your states raanship and patriotism. Fou mean peace. y o ur message Itears1 tears that construction. Now tell us you mean peace. Will you do this, that, or the other ? Make yourself a Procrustean bed fl. youreelt immovcahly upon it, and then tnyji, r Mr. Lincoln, I'.l chop you off or stretch you out as may suit my fancy." I It is a beautiful sight to see how indignant is , Mr. Douglas, because Mr. Lincoln will not w|- I into this trap, so pleasantly baited. But it U after j all not so very unreasons'>le that the Adminutra. j lion should take as long to decide upon its u)tj. ! mate policy, as a country Judge would to adjudi cate the merits of a horse suit .—Buff. Com. The lUtibinu Cabinet. While remark ing upou the Cabinet which Mr. Lincoln has seleotea to assist biro i n his labors, let us pay cur parting respeots to the gentlemen about to nt;re, who came to the assistance of Mr. Ku eiiauan at the crisis of his country's fortune. When the treachery of former agents, Cobb, Floyd, and Thoruvon, had almost surrendered the government into the hands of the rebels, i Mr. llolf, of Kentucky, Mr. Dix, of New York, | Kiotr, of Maine, and Mr. Stanton, of Penn sylvania, stepped in to save the Administration from destruction and the nation from utter dis grace. Their efforts since have been arduous and unwearied to behalf of the Duion. They succeeded in arresting fbc tendency <c disin tegration, restored the confidence of the people in their government, recovered its commercial ; credit, rebuked the traitors OB every side in no "pa.'iug words, and handed the public power over to their successor*, iu all its integrity 1 and uiiLout a breach o! the peace. For theio services luey deserve, a9 they will receive, the lasting gratitude of ibeir countrymen —AT. Y. Eve. Post. Ooe expreifiou of Andrew Johnson's de serves to be everywhere remembered. In re ferring to the secediug members of the Cabi net, he said : "Uobb remained in the Cabinet until the treasury w bankrupt and the natioual credit diagraeed at home and abroad, and theu he conscieatiou>ly seceded; Thompson stayed in uutil the poor Indians were robbed out of a large portion of their patrimony, and then he eons.icntiousty -needed: arid Floyd, more hon est tbau tbo rest, w.ited until be and his friends Lad taken some eight millions of public aod private money, aod then, he, pious soul, consci entiously sectded too." Let the L'ottox States Go A number of the citizens of Massachusetts have -igneJ a petition caking the Legislature to pass a reso lution in favor of allowing the cotton States to leave the Union, "provided that they declare freedom of uavigation iu the Mississippi river, and surrender all right to a district of territory, of six miles square, bordering on the Missis sippi and opposite to the city of New Orleans, aa a port of entry of the United State*, and farther, ' they resigt ali right and claim to partioipition in the territories now belonging to the Uuited States, and in consideration of which alt forts, custom houses, and other pro perty of the United States, lying within the boundaries of the above named States shall be made over and surrendered to them." K. J. Walker a Kica Man. —A Wash ington correspondent says: Uobert J. Walker Lis suddenly became a millionaire, by the de cision mode yesterday in tbo Supreme Court, involving the title to a quicksilver mine iu Cal ifornia, estimated ro bo worth millions of dol lars. Mr. Walker is proprietor of one fifth of this valuable mine and was off-red out long ago §2 000,000 for it, provided the eourt should give a favorable decision. That deci sion has cow been given., aud Mr. Walker, who was, to uso bis own words, ,: a beggar in the morning," went home to dinner a millionaire. Th" disastrous condition of the country, may, however, prevent bis immediate realization of his "expectations." South lb k asd Nortukrx Orncxxa. —It is COM? plained, aud with some justice that northern mili tary officers are denied their due shire of public applause. The heroic achi-vmenta of an Anderson in the army, and of Ingral.am in tho navy, are duly blazoned forth and credited to their respective States of Kentucky and South Carolina. Bui we hear nothing of the equally heroic acts ot North ern men. For example, Lieutenant A. J. Slem mer, of the First Artillery, has kept his post at Fort Pickens with a small command, and the vast, ly greater insurgent army before it under Ciiasa has melted away. Slemmer has only two officer* to gh<tre with him the fatigue of watching a largo fort. His merits are not by any means lets than those of Major Anderson, hutlSlemmer is a north cm man, and that is reason euougn in tie mind of an old northern soldier to account for the almost entire indifference with which he is treated. An Appropriate Pkbskxt The editor of tho Norwich (Ot.) Pulletin has sent Jellbrson Davis, the President of the "Six Nations," a pen-holder, made from a rafter of the house iu which Benedict" Arnold w.. bom. In closing his letter of prwvn tation, the editor sy• —'•! have taken occasion to present you this penholder, as a relic whose as sociations arc linked most otosely to the move ment of which von arc the head. Let it lie upon your desk for use in your official duties. In thd eternal fitness ot things, let that be its appropriate place. It links 1780 with 1861. Through it West Point speaks to Montgomery. And, if we mif lielieve that spirits do ever return and haunt this mandace sphere, we may reekon with what de light Benedict Arnold's immortal part will follow this fragment of bis paternal roof-tree to the hands in which is being cons urn mated the work which ha begun." " t. j .'•The Family at toe Whit* Hops* —The fami ly at the White House consists of the following persons: Mr and Mrs, Lincoln and two sons; Mrs. E4- w-.uds and Miss Edwards, of Spriugllidd ; Mr. a*<| Mrs. C. H. Krllog, of Cincinnati; Mr. and Mrs. Baker, of Springfield; Mrs. Grunsky, of Spring field; Mr. Lockwood Todd, of Springfield; Dr. Long, Springfie d; Mr. Nioolay, Private Sec Mary; Col. Ward H. Lvuion, formerly Mr. Lincoln's law p irtner ; Captain John Cook ; Oapf ain Maga't. of Ohio. An irishuiau, says the Pittsburgh Po->U working on the canal, lately walked tuto the water, and coming across, a large turtle, W-"* head aud legs extended, retreated under excitement, boliertog to tits companions "Unit he had found a box full of sntkea.
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