P.Y DAVID OVER. $o r I n;. 1\ PLtUIBUS imi Thr-ngh rdmy and brbrh* ar? the stars that a rip tr. In Doit Flue by car country tiofurh-1 ; And the stripes that are swelling in majesty there, Line a rainbow adorMCg the World; T aeri liibLeww nto a'he.! as those the sty, By a deeSi that onr Fathers bar- 4one; And they're J earned in as tnie and as holy a tie, la their motto of '-Mast rx Oxe." Front the honr when those patriots fearlessly flung, Th it "banner of starlight abioad, F.vet true to thtsmielres, to that motto thev rlurg. As thej cluSg to the pro niise of Go-! ; pr tie tiaycttet trowed at the luidmjht of war, On ti;e floids where our f tory was won ; Oh I perish the hatel or the heart that won'd mar. Our ruotio of "Sixr fx Oxk." 'Mid the smoke of the contest - the cannon's iLsep roar,* How oft it hath gathered renown ! While those Urs were reflected in rivers of gore, Wbea the cross and the Bob went down ; And though few were the r lights in the gloom of that hour. Yet the b,-xrts that were striking below, Hfcd 'God for their bulwark and frstli for their power, Arid fbey stopped not to number the fie. Frotu where onr green mountain tops Meed with ' the shy, A" i the giant St. Lawrencv is rolled, To tie waves where the balmy H-sj rilie, I.ikt the dream of some prophet of old; Th y conquer"*!—and dying, bequeathed to onr i carp,— Not thl-4 brjimdh-ss dominion alone— But that Banner, whose ICTeluvss hallows the air. And their motto of -Maxy is <>ss." T. sre -M :r.y in tine,*" while ther •gl tiers a star. Io the 1 lite of the h .vens afore ; And tvrnEt* shall quail *int.l t'erir d melons afar, When they g,ze ori that motto of love. It siiali gleam o'er the sea, 'nod to: lio.ts of the storm. Over bit tie. and tempest, an 1 wreck; And fljtae where our p.tr.swhh their than ler grow •*N-stb the - . • • The opprcsn'd of th • o iri'i to that ftar. larl sh.il fly, WfccreVer its folds shall he .'prrad, And the < iHe shall fed 'th his osr. bat ire sky, When its stars sh til float o'er Lis in ad. Ac t I:use stars st all increase till the ;'dasss ->f time. Lsadtlions of eyelofc lis: Is ran— t il: the worl 1 sh.i" have * iAcmd :ii its mission #V time And the nations of earth shall be one. • Though the old Allegheny may tower to heaven. And the Father of Waters divide, The ilnks of our destiny cannot he riven, While-the truth of tliess words shall abide. Then edi! lit them glow on one": helmet and brand. Though onr Hod like our rivers shall run ; Divide, as we may, it, our own native land, To the rest of the wo:Id we are or.o. Then np wfifh r.nf dig, let it stream on the air, ** Though our fathers are cold in their gravis : They luwi ban Is that could sti ite, they hid souls that could dar *. And their sons were not born to lie slaves. Up, up with thit banner, w tiere'er it may call, t rur ißiili m shall rady aronn-i : A nation of freemen tint moment shall till, When its stirs sh ill b: trail'l on ths ground. For the Inquirer A FRIKMI. '•Blessed is he who bis a friend! Twice blessed is he w!k lies a true friend ! Thrice OUoseed is he who has a tsiend affectionate, rs weil as true.'"— Siray Seoant*/- Is there a heart on earth, sacrid enison with tha music of soma friendly bsart! huca nit the green Casts of lbs desert of this woj'd ,a which t'u: weary traveler finds rest and re h.Mjiwt to bis prating spirit. Let such past sOeSca he zcabiusly cherisacd in the of the to ad—let fond remembrur aa call up the boiy feei iag—let it not bt forgotten. Friendship is i ';h. isi'i • is a child d the skies, dwelling in :he l.i irts f the good—ctwdliag in ths centre ot the ■.tt'ts man— tbe great ceuiral p,lnt whoso at t" .i-tion-hoWs the mind of tbe gems together— "* • sister i f itve—cou; .u-gcriuin of Kcligion raoUK-r of Fence. Courteous reader,remember yoat friends, preserve •heiu by kiaiiness; they are jewels bright aud ile.-ira ble, rx-A lo be dug ireta tbe mines of tc i JSki mdo A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature. Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. I —not sought in the seniiid, groveling dust, can the reader call to the mind's eye son:e dear friend more loved than others. Yea, some sweet remem brance now flits across the miod and paints tbe loved im-ige In chi-rs'n? w many fond recall lotions piss on like the. gorgeous scenery of, some well designed panorama—ere they pass. Have j yon any fond relic of memory ? Look upon it for a ; moment, and lo! what myriad sof iuchlmts spring up *t rf by th* mystic touch oi *he migieiaa's wand !—fre>h and full of vigor of by gone day*.— The rich and influential- Ihe mighty great have friends: yet, sordid, servile, se'flsh friends; but cole not for such frb trlship—for the Week winds of adversity will destroy It s the solar 6re licks .np the morning daw Header , seek not the friend ship bought by tbe evil genius, M minion ; rather buy t'oenla by kindness and affection. Your un. j known and humble writer is happy to say h i ha a Irier: i—a friend in whose h.-i: rhe ia hall dear— , as unworthy as he ; s he eon say with gratitude : j 1 have a friend ! May you count many, many in | whom you cn rely—many with whom you may ] iire—many from wham the "go'diin knot" nuv 1 i: -it be unsevered Genuine frieudship is iraprrishable. It 'ivcth on . ; ever. It dies not when the fri! breath g usiies t>r ■ the lest time forth tit.ic the nostril**; it leadeth j th- 'ontly <-ue beside the fresh t, inl> and drops a : tear for the departed treasure; it draimeth the ' ' . , pensive footstep at evening s quiet hour to the grass'* mound year:, after, au i still the heavy sigh | for the lung lost, spa mis its grief, upon the careless l.reea _•; it pimteth > u the besom of the dead an.l norishes tbem with alt':-zlion's tens Mar we still be Hest with friends, ami may we not : --out live titem," but may we *dd daily to the ■ living spiritual, bolv Bioriument ; and may wo in -1 scribe ou do upper piumcle this imjM-rishaM • ; motto "Facr-.-d to Friendship ." For the Inquirer is ihe \orlh Mad ? The "Mobile Register" asks the above question, and giv. its comments accordingly. It aeema to ; be very much jKt.i -1 at the enthasiaatic response a iron to aid and su;.pu*t the g >vc:nm.nt. It has: ; heard that i'lc N" lit is arouse !, lit consequence of ' the st .rs slid sir.pts . au i a (j.-l.ftti.a- 1 pcr,i is •to put d wn a'S c-iiuoi- of ceiispiracus. The very net. that the .,usni' ft-ioHMii % uwj *,M .. * com tort, are now that rp against the rebellious South are enough to make it ask tbe above qnestion Di i th i ••Register" - xp -c* chit th • g -vainmoot would not be snslaiued 1 Did it expect tint the President's procla'aati-in would in treated with disdain and cotstetopt in the North like it .s In the South ; it so. it has been greatly mistaken. Tbe patriotic response on the part of the N -rth—the proSbred ai ' of mnney and soldiers—is en mgii to cause the Kvgis't r la as c—ls the North goinx mad ? To change the imprry, we may app'y ItVith itu rs farce to the secessionists. Tbe South is not gcicg, but it ntr'-i'dy gone mad. But her canse is' righte; us—the cruaade of conspiracy, revolution and despotism. She lias steeped Imrself in robbery and plnaderings, c-f the public property, and ; treasures and endeavored by every ni sr.s and ! stiategems to beguile and eon apt the purest patri j idisas in her wicked ends. She has aimed at do j stroyfug tbe Ceioa for some years, but could nev- ; i er tin ! a pretext to pat into operation her design.', , i ;ntd afier Mr. fincath's .tfevvirm t the c'.ai'r of j-'tste. Her lawicrs have beiriyci fbetr cnititu ! tntft in ..yingins upon them a fearitil retribution. — In their wimrw they havu d'v i' .p-d t'i -ir distem pered minds, in laying * censors-rip on ev-ry thir* tending to irive information „f their plans ri> Use I North F-.trio.ts ar- no 1 cie.-r safe—th . r lives i are in danger—an . their p-oper*/ -jt :,,ing coo j fiseated. Every thing, dor.e t • j.re crvc and pro tect the Union, in ilie N >rth, is d.-nmiac d as ;*•- irg HI pj! anl n-rottfitutionni b'-" these seci:-bi.-.Ti ibts II . i fer> i'y has lately increased to snc'i an exU-nt. which knows na hounds. But with di this ferocity* mini Tilted o,i the part i f T'ie .ulh. she raust rera.-rnleir th.it the North- j OTB Hon hi* tesea arouse 1 an { is arming himself ! fur the c-M-fl *t- The a iurii is ut to realize th;* fact, tiiiit the north is n >t going ma 1, but a dr- j feroeine I purpose L< shown to uphakl, prate :t and i sustain the rights of t.ris Gavornraeni. The north i has given her verdict, th ,t revoiurion and anarchy mast erase—it must bit stuped at vi haZirdi. The question now retf.ivcs itsel; into t is—have we a govemmeut, or hsve "6 nt> government. We have a government, let us uphold, protect and ius tain oar govcoiment. traitors be d'-alt with tbe utmost severity. UNION. HotJTfIES.N CmvAi.av.— Oa the ocsssi m of the p :-?tr to, no Friiaj list of a swnrd to Major Andarson, by ibe cri'zens of Taunton, he spoke of the conduit af the c4t"7/*"j at the bombard meet of Fori; Satnp'or ia the followiog tcims: 41 It it one of ujotd painful recollections of tfcit event, that wUcti oar bar- tcks wrrc ou iire, and the men were Compelled to cover • ib'tr free? with wot bandkerchte'e aui lie with their faces upon the efcur.d to avoid suf fccatio::, instead of sending a white fhgwitk ns-sistjoce t> extinguisb the flin:**e, threatentng u? with destruction, they ripidly increased I heir fire upon us from, ec-ry buttery in total di&rrz>jrJ oj every feeling of hun*- tii'y. The Wi steropart of Virginia is still loyil to the otinßtnutiou. Every eff*rt hn been :u*>le to seduce Ler from her allegiance, but so far without ."uccess. SenstorJobn Sbermso is at Jar:carter, with !.o Oiiio volauteers, aad will g * wi:h t'iuu t. Washttt'.oU, ur.d : nil will'go into t-" ruiy uLii sLouidt'i bis uiirilijt in toe rahks. HKDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY. MAY 10. 1861. GOV. fIRTINS MEBJJ|E, EXECH'TIVE VH amber, ) HtirriK'.-rq, April 30, 1861. i To the Senate and House of Rrpresent at iocs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvui'i; Gentlemen :—The present unparalleled ex igency iu tbe ffiirs of our country, hs-ijiiiduo ed uie to call you together at this tun*.— ; With an xrtued nktsa in Rom's of tbe States of tbe (Jniun, mouientous ques tions have been thrust up ou us which call for your deliberation, and that ycu should devise means by legislation for tbe maintenance of the auiborityjof the General Government, the honor and digoity of our State, the protection of our citizens, and tho early establishment j of peace sod order throughout the land. On tbe dav* of my induction into tbe Exe*;- ntive offire, I took occasion to utur the foi- S .wing sentiments : "No one who knows the history of Pens y vatiia, an ! utylecstaod? tfca optßioo* an i | of her people, can justly charge n. | with hostility to our brethroa of other States. We regard them as friends and countrymen, ; iu whose weifsre we feel a kindred interest;' aud *<• in their broadest extent, ail our con; nfo-e the laws, and PeCaaylwrm, wiib a nnited people, will give thcui i,n hoceßt, faithfal and aclivo -upport. The people mean to pre-crvc the IWegrity of tbe national Uxi<'Bit evtry l.az zanl " It C u;1 scarcely have '.CCD rtif-ii.at.il at ib"t tiiu c, tlict we should s<> saoo he called upon for hue practical applieitian of th-s troths in caiiijc-et;c>n wTth their soptmi-t and tie fonec by tbe s'mcg irm of inilit ,rv power. Toe un xamp! t-, and wt.'h tbo cltiniate ob ject of d;-:Yn iing our o-.itii'.iion Capital against i an armed tii i rob il ons lova-ion, together with r.ue oba iaction of our Pcocsytvmia troop? when dtrpvtcbed on t'l-iim* nstriotie uiissicri, ' impose ocw 'd -tie- r.d respoßsiblliiiea upon onr State Imiuistra'i *n. At !.,at a Ivi ;e* t'." Geuvral GavcrotttC' t htd t;iifr• * i-cssk>ts of tre r : i> t asi ing't'i; t'lrougti Annap;*- ;s ; .ut (he tran-.t .f tr • p- had crn grea'- |ty e ;da .pared ,?r i delaye-1, an ' ~o tifely of ;V\ .islikig!* n it- e.'f i uibtirently rbrc> ued - : "i'Lia e-taot ( boxu mittcd to. VVh.-tii r Mary laud rnu-t pref ss to be .oyal to the Union or j otherwise, <:rere <\iri be pruii'ted no boatilu .-oil, no obstructed thorough arc, between 'he States that undoubtedly arc loyal and their j u.ti.iual sest of Government. There is tea- a c:i ) to hope that the route through Baltimore uiav i ts no longer closed against tbe peaceable pas- . -age of our people armed and iu the service of the Tcicrai l^uveroiu.'nt. lial we must be! fully assured of this, aud have tire aointerropt- , ed enjoyment of a passage ro the U-tpital by any and every route essential to ths purposes | of tire G reernnient. This must be attained peaceably if possible, but by force of arais if not accorded. Tire time is past for temporizing or forbear lug with this rebellion; the rna-t o.iae! • iu his i t rj. 'the North has noi tnvad .d, nor has sife sought to invz'J.* a aiugle gutuntied right of the South. Oo the contrary all political par tics and all adminiatr tions have ed the biudtng force of every provision of the gr. at compart between the States,''and regarii . less cf cor trews r.f tfce Slits policy, our peo ple hove respected them To predicate a re bellion, therefore, upon any alleged wrong iu flicted or sought to be inflicted upon the South s to offer fihoo*i as an ap.dogy for treason. So will trie civil Ixed world and history judge this inad . over-brow tbe most bcuefi* aent structure of Government ever devised by man. The leaders rf the rebellion in the Cotton Stales, whi-h his resulted iu the enUblishuieut ufa provisional organization assuming to dis charge ail the functions of Governmental pow er, have Diii-uken the forbearance ef the Gen eral Government; they have excepted u fra ternal indulgence os an evidence of weakness and have insanely looked to a united Soarit, ;• j i divided Xartl to give sncetss to the • ! wrid liuihitiv:! Lat has .e f to tbe seizure of OtU { national arseuab arm, the investment ami bombardment of cur fort-, the plundering of our mints, has >ni ed piracy upon cur com- . nierce, and onw aims at the p'o*#saHrti of the ; >Vti>o! Capital. T : : i:t?*3rreeti->a -w-t be met by force of artos and to re-estab'hdi the government upon in enduring baiiv by avert ing its emire supremacy, to re-posses* the forts #ud other government proper'y so unl-iw fully s tiled and beid • t er, so re personal free- i df* *p-i lafety.to'tji* people #nd t:nwje§e or the Union in evary sec tun, ilo people of the loy.l b'ates demand, as with one voice,! and w|M cootend Jfor, as with one heart : and a qu-ifte* of a tuiilion of Pennsylvania's sons will answer the call to arms, if need be, to wrest as from a reign of anarchy a-cd plunder, i and seeme for themselves snd their children,! 'or sqes fa come, the perpetuity of this G v i cru.-uent and its feeoifi cent institutions, i Ka f ertaining these views and anticipating that ;j re troops wculd be required than the \ number oiigiuaiiy caiied for, I petitioned to receive companies until we bad raised twenty three regiment* ia Pennsy Ivanis, ell of which have been mastered into the service of the Uuite-i Stat.-s. In this anticipation I was not mistaken. Oo Satardff last, an additional letjaiekiuß was made trj>oo me for twenty-five regiiUiijts of infantry and one legirreot of av- j airy , and there have been already more eom pitiies -tendered tbsc will mike up the entire j cenifl'ißeß'. W&WG the could be clothed, three i of theui were ordered by the National Govern- j merit to proceed front this point to PbiUdcl- ; phi*, i cannot too highly eomteeo i the patri- ! '•tisin and devotion of the men who, at i mo ment's warning, and vritVout any preperatbn, ' obeyed the ciTer. Three o: the regiment-, uoocf tisi;j .r < ireu!Urt iiiccs. bv direction of, : *nd accompanied by officers of the United • . .tea Army, wore tnrsported to Cockeye--! i vt'le ncsr Baltimore, at which point they ram* r>ed for two days, snd until by direc t el the General Government they wer i ordered bat:;- end want into euuip at Fork, j where tlmre are now five regiments. Tb'-ee regtmrnts mustered into service are now cn outn- fd at Ohambershafg, under orders from tb General Government: and five regimrots i are tow in camp in this place, and seven hive boea org.u aid and mu-iered into service at j Ph ia-ielpbia. The regiments at this place ere still crplied j by i&* (Jftcmhiirj Department of theStat a,— j •is- wtw w-ai i-f .* k oxr th 'ir supply of provisions afurnitnt j as.il a tier the iiwtrMtimief competent officer-* i , they are rapbiy improving in military knowi- ' . edge and skill. 1 hare made siraßgeaienis to clothe all our regiments with the u'most dispatch consistent with a proper eeouomy, and I am Bfist happy to suv tb t be fere the cl-se of the present week all our people BOW under arm- will be abao Ufitly supplied with good i and appropri .'e uniforms, blankets sni othet i ciothing. t Fr ur hundred •n i sixty of our voluoteers, j tl.e first to faeh Wasingfea from any of the J Ss3tes, arc now at that city ; these f3 new , provided for by the General Government: but j 1 deHcn to send them clothing at the earliest possible opportunity. lam clad to be able to -tale that these mttv, in t oir progress to the National Capital, received no bodily injury, ' although they were subjected to insult in the . city of Baltimore, such as should not have ; been offered to ar.y law-abiding citiz-n, much i le'gj to loval maw, who. at ike call cf th" P;es— i bnh, had promptly left their '"vn in :JC performance of the highest du'y and in the service of their eountr.'. A large body of ur rae.? men who vo r ? ' not at th 1 time orgaa : ' is a pcrtroo of • militia of fbiy CoOiiDonwe t t'. under the enmiaaaJ cf officer? without nmiasi.ns attcuiptetl under fce cali of the Nation-"!' Gov ernment, as I under?" ud, tr, reach Washing ton, and we?e as-a'.' .ed by aruied men in the j city of Baltimore: toitsy of thuir nuoiber were j seriously wooudef, ar. 1 four were kilted.— The larger p. t of this body retnroed dtrectly to Fhilsdelphio; but many of !!■) wer-> f.-r- ; ciblr detaiued ?:i Baltimore", some t l them were thrjyst into prison, and others have not I yet reacliet|tbi;ir hours I have the bott'T to say that the officers and i ! men behaved with the utmost g llantry. Tbi- i j body is now organized into a regiment, and tbe i officers ore commissioned; they have been j \ %occ]Sted into tbe secviec, sad will go to i VVasbicgtnn by any route indicated by the Federal Government. I have established a camp &t Pittsburg, ot which the troops from Western Pennsylvania will be mustered into service, and organized | and disciplined by skillful and experienced j officers. 1 eomaiao'iOZte to you with great satisfaction, ' the fact that Ibe btnks of tbo GoaimnnweaHh hsvj volunurily tendered aty atnouot of tnontey that utvy be uecessjry for the comm n : | defence aud general welfare cf the Sta'e and ; i the fiti n in this emergency: and tte tempo- | 1 rar- loan of five hundred thousand dollar*' authorized Iv the Act of the Genera! Asretn- | b!y cf iho 17:h April, 1861, wis pr "itipiiy Ptaken at par. The mrey is not yet esbau--;?-:j ! '( as it has beeu impossible to have the eecounts properly ansited and settled with the account- ; !i- an-t paying r.fficer# of the government -is [ J by bw, oti account of thw esptcds- ; | i*.e t-snuut now '* faroiahed. The Auditor: General and State Treasurer have eriablt.Hbed | a system of settietnent and ps\meat, of whusb ; I entireiy tpprove, ibtt provides ateply for j I the protection of the State, t:nd to tsbieti ail | parties having claims will be obliged to conform. ■ A much larger sum wiil be rrquired tfasn } has been distinctly appropriated, but I could not receive nor make engagements for a com plete re-orgatiisstior) of tbe tuiiiua of the j State, hut also, thit you may give ute authority j to pkdge tbt. iai-U of the Odmuiouwialth to ! borrow such snm? r.f m-acey as you may io your discretion, deem necessary for these i exrraordfioary reqnwmrnts. • It is fmpoeaffee to predict the lengths to which "the im-ines? tint rules tbe hour" in j the rebellions States shall I d us,or when tbe j calamities which threaten our hitherto hippy ; eouhtry shall terminate. \Ye know 'bat many i of our people have already iefi !ho State in j the acrv'ea of tbe Gane-sl G 'veroieent, and j that - many more iu-1 ftJicw We have a long line of border on States serioosly disaf ! fected. wbieb xhonld tie protected. To fnrubh ready support to these who have gone out, ami to protect our borders, we should have a wall regelated military toroe. f J, therefore, recommend the immediate organ:- i Utina, di-eiplmiug end arratnj of at least i fifteen regiment- of cavalry and infantry, ex- : elusive of these ealled into tbe service uf the United Jstatesi as w have olrea-iy RUipSe wir ; niug of the necessity of being prepared for any sudden exigency that .'my ari-a. I can ant too much irepre.-s t as upon you- I cannot ri.raiu fr-ui ilurp.irtioiss have rc | coism adc-d the appropriations of moneys from their funds, for the ®ihb commtudafcle pr- . i pose. I would rec itomend the passage of en j Aet legalizing a.*:-l authoriziug such sppropria j ii->cs and eXfwttditnnea. It nt >y be expected that, ia the present d.-rcugeareat ot trade end cutaijercc, and the withdrawal of so much indu-irr from its ■ ; ordinary an i productive chaoneis, tha selling | value of property gen r Ily will te deprecia ted, and a large porti o < f our cittzros i ■ deprived of the ordinary ru *ins <>f mae'-ing ongageaoeoU. Al'bougb mttah forbearacce ui y 1 e expected from a generous aui nwgnani t mans people, yet I feel it my duty to recoet mend the pa®>*ig of a judicious liw to pre vent the v.orifice of property by forced sales • iu :he Collection of debt- . * • 1 meet together at this special session, i sttrrnu] d by cirentnstatreea involving the awst -<> ■ n,n responsibilities; the reoollcotiox } I of tire gt rres of Ihe pist, ti-.e retloctions of the : gloomy ire cot, and the unceitahuv of the ( fu'u e, all alike call upon you to uischarge j your duty in a spirit of a* trio tie C'*urt!gj, gc-irenre'- '• - Vf- *.rwd'*aKSr.d y.jsp.rnsain*'*?- H N ver in t?,e history of fur pace loving Commonwealth Lsro the hearts of our p<*op ? ' bt nso stirred iu th'ir depths >;t the ' pretet.t moment. And, I feel lli-t I need | ; hardly s-y to you, that io toe performance of j your Juti s on this occasion at..l in providing the ways and means for the m iuttnsnce of j our country'* glory ar.d tur tu egriiy ta & ■ I nation, von sliould be inspired by r dings of i R' li sacrifice, kindred to L ore which aniinat tUe brave men who have oevoled their l.ves - to the peri!* of the battle-field, iu defence cf our nation's flig. G-ntiemeu, I place tbe Louor of tbe ?ts:e in , i your Lauds. And I pray that the Almighty i God. who protected our fathers io their eff>rts I to establish this out great constituiional . liberty who has controlled the growth c-f ' civilization and Christianity in our midst, may j uot now forsake us; that lie may witch over ' | your counsels and any, in His providence, j lead those who hive left the path of duty, and j ire aeriog iu op--u rebellion to tbe govertment, imcis again to perfect layxlty and vestow peace i haruiooy, aDd fraternity to our di-tracted waotry. A. G. UURTIN. ; TBK FIRST SNUB FOR THE SOU F HERN COMMISSIONERS. Tha three U tma'sroners who have g -ne [to endeavor to obtab the reuojnitioa of J=*ff ' , D-vi.,' GovornmetJt, got a pretty essentia! : j -rub at Havana, where they hid gone to take ship far Europe. As the story his never ap peared in print, we will give it, prefacing it with ..the remark that we obf-*n it through a p&ricctly reliablo source, i: seems that a ; : dny was fixed when Messrs. Commissioners should be presented to General Soratie, tbe [ Captain-General. TL * ceremony of presentn . Hon was performed by Mr Helm, the Ain ri eao Consul at Havana, whi inlroJavi the 'rio as UoromissioDers from tbe Confederate S.'a'cs af Ainertcß."' The reply of the C-p --! tain-General wire iu substance as follow.-: 44 GentlemiD, I trcei- • you as cttiztms of I tbe United States; but I tin not acknowledge any such power tu the Loafed rate States 'of America." | Tbuk to Turn Oaths.— Thirty naturalized j ei' zans, it is said, Germans nod Irish, who : ban been compelled to enli-t in the Rebel : artny, positively refused to ire on the Aureri oun flag during the botnhutdetent of Snmpter, aud were consequently arrested ao-i put ic j Prison in CfaarUeton, where they yet remito, 1 The i-rturalized eit tens know that their j allegiance is to ihe Uuited States Government, j and that none other can orcteet them frcm tha I cbimx of European Government iipun them ! ; for eeiviee owed before they kccatae eit letis : of the United St-tex. Mr-French, fornvtlrodit-r ol the Baltimore Patriot , a llepoLlieau paper unring tbe last Presidential c impaigo was compelled to fly ! from that city, on Monday last, a h ; s lilis ! was threatened by the tnob. Louisiana has a fancy block o! ujartJe at j .the Washing tea Uionauaot, to eater into its I •runs motion, with tire following inscription on it- side : "Presented by tbe State of Louisi- j na—ever faithful ta hc Constitution and the j Union." A beautiful and appropriate grave j s'one that will make. VOL. 34, NO. 19. J TBE APPORTIONMENT ACT. We present below the Act apportioning the State ! into Congressional Districts as it passed both Houses of the Legislature : ! AN ACT to divide the State into Congressional Districts for the election of Representatives in the Congress of the United States- Section i. Be it enacted by the Senate an I Honse of Representatives of ths Commoawealth Of Pegn ' sylvania in Geneial Assembly met, and it is hcre- Iby enacted by the authority of the same, That for the pus pose of electing Representatives of the people of Pennsylvania to terra ia the Hmse of Representatives in the Congress of the United States, this State shall be divided into twenty three districts, as follows: 1. Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Ele venth Wards in the city of Philadelphia. 2. First, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Warda, In the eity of Philadelphia. 3. Twelfth, Thirteenth. Sixteenth and Nine ; leenth Wards in the city of Philadelphia. 4. Fourteenth, Fifteenth, T vreatieth, Twenty first and Twenty-fourth Wants, in the city of Pbilad.-lpsia. 5. Twenty-second, Twenty-tf.inl nd Twenty fifth Wards in the city ct Pbiiadtlphia, Bucks county, and that part of Montgomery county era •vicing .Hor,-knd, Anfngton.Cbelteahaia ,Rot-strata, C( {ver Danfin, tt'efeu M .rati, Springfield, Mont, g •-! ry, Gwynne id. Hatfield, Towa ncacin, Fran co uia, and L wer 8 ilf-rd. o. iJeUsrarc county, Cheater county, and Upper an ! Lower Marion, and tlie Boroagh of B. i ! airport, in the county of Montgoretry. _ 7 Berks connty and the talmas of Montgomery county. H. Lancaster cooutv. 9. Schuylkill and Lebanon conatleS. 10. Lehigh, Pike, Monroe, Carbon and North ampton counties. 21. Susquehanna, Wayne and Lus-.-rne counties. 12. Bradford, Mootour, Columbia, Sullivan and Wyoming counties, and balance of Northernbera lind couutr, not incluied in the Thirteenth Dis trict 13. Dannbin and York coa-dies, aad Lower Ms iic-ny township, in North amber lund county, not in cluded in the Tw.ifth District. 14. Union. Snyder, Juniata, Perry an I Cuinber -1 aid counties. 15. Somerset, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin and Adams counties. 10. Cambria, Brair, Huntingdon and Mifflin counties. 17. Tioga, i'otter, Lycoming, Cliuton and Cen tre counties. IS. Jetfcrson, Erie. Warren, McKean, Elk. Cam eron, Forest atri Clearfield counties. 19. Crawford, Mercer, Venango and Clarion ' ermeties. 2't. Indiana, Wcstmnrdaud and Fayette coa lic-. 21. Allegheny county, south of tha Ohio and Allegheny rivers. 22. Ailegt ecy county north of flic Ohio and Allegheny rivers, and Hurler and Aiiastroßg coea f ties. i SB. tmnnß ,JJifcsaV ?*•. atu counties. T •• ' I .MASSACHUSETLH. Eiglry.-'.iz *t j> . e.-, Mas schß-rts hsd elort'.os precedence -u . fferng the first sscri ficc tii human life t > the c.u-e of the Ameri can Revolution, or the pleins of Islington. Ia the streets of Baltimore, on Friday, the same noble state once again laid down the live? of lo or three ot her children—the earliest sacrifice in a war to maintain what ibi patriot sires eon. The coincidence of tune is remarkable, tbat i the 19th cf April rhonld stand in the calenders of hi-lory as the firs; da? of spilled Wood ia j that earlier aud gr t nd contest, waged against a great nation by vonng colonies struggling to be free, and in this liter contest, whose great '■ cess the cwful future hides, betwern a great | and free nation and its rebel states struggling j to be sUvc. The coincidence of precedence is sliil tucra remarkable. To .Massachusetts, the Old Bay State, whose -t"ca;og Joins bre helped to ■ people the continent upon which her territory {is a dot; to the stale which nur'e