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TIE NEWS.
A resolution requesting Congress
to call a National Convention, passed
both houses of the Ohio Legislature on
the 21st,
The London Times says the new
tariff bill of the United States estab
/ishes protective duties, on the most
extravagant scale, and the result will
be the almost absolute prohibition of
imports from Europe, and be more
detrimental to the interests of America
than Europe.
—Hon. John Sherman has been elec
ted U. S. Senator by the Ohio Legisla
ture, in place of Hon. Salmon P. Chase,
the Secretary of the Treasury.
—The U. S. Senate is busy daily
confirming appointments of the Presi
dent. A clean sweep of old hangers-on
is being made.
Nearly all of the army and navy
appointments for the Southern army
were formerly Federal officers.
WASHINGTON, March 24.—Occasion
al of The Press writes:
"I have just time to send off by the
3.20 afternoon train of to-day the in
telligence that the Administration leas
received late news that the Secession
ists in Virginia have, within the last
week, been inspired with great hope
of being enabled to carry out their
scheme of attaching Virginia to the
Disunion Confederacy. Their agents
have traversed the State from tide-wa-
tor to Wheeling. Every kind of offer
has been made to leading Union men
in the Convention to unite in a coup
d'etat, and some in whom great confi
dence has been .placed, have yielded
to these inducements. Proffers have
been made to make Norfolk the great
port of entry of the Southern Confed
eracy, and an organized plan is un
donbtedly on foot to seize fortress
Monroe. It is clear that letters have
been received by members of the Cab
inet stating that an attack upon this
capital is threatened should Virginia
arid Maryland be carried \off by the
Secessionists. I write hastily, and just
as the cars are moving off; but 1 have
no doubt that Mr. Lincoln's Adminis-
Airation will be up to all the demands
of the crisis, and :that the most ultra
Republicans will, in a day or two, ap
•
Union.
[Special Dispatches to The r108.1.]
WASHINGTON, March 24.—Colonel
Daman, who will, undoubtedly, be the
marshal of the District of Columbia,
started for Richmond, Va., on Friday
evening, bearing a message from the
President to the Union men, now in
Convention, assembled at that point.
He is the very man for so delicate an
errand—secret, prudent and bold.—
The news f'rom Virginia is by no means
favorable. Even Gov. Letcher begins
to favor secession, in view of the stub
born opposition of the Ultra Republi
cans to the peace policy of the Admin
istration.
The incessant calls upon the Presi
dent are_ terrible. Ho is disturbed
early in the morning and late in the
night, and nothing but the persistent
efforts of his friends induced him yes
terday to issue an order to the effect
that he would receive no visits, either
of friendship or official, and yet fie was
intruded upon by some who ought to
have commiserated his troubles.
The Disunionists in Virginia have a
double trouble. They may not be
able to pass a Secession ordinance;
and if they do, they will be defeated
before the people, inasmuch as Mr.
Lincoln's Administration is resolved
to do all in their power to Atain the
Border States du the Union. It is ut:
terly false that Colonel James Barbour,
of the Culpepper district, has declared
in favor of Secession.
_ A nutnber of the members of the
Virginia ConvBntion arrived here from
Richmond on Saturday, and they de
clare the rumor that the Secessionists
are within three of a majority of the
Convention to be entirely without
foundation. The Union men are still
in a decided and controlling majority,
notwithstanding there has been some
defection from their ranks, and those
that remain cannot be tempted or
forced into the disunion movement un
der any circumstances. If Mr. Seward,
in his forthcoming reply to the Com
missioners of the Southern Confeder
acy, recommends, as is expected he
will, the calling of a Convention of the
States to settle our national difficul
ties, the Virginia Convention will
promptly endorse the plan.
A special dispatch to the Herald
says: " There has teen some change
in the programme about Fort Sumter
since Col. Laman left. I am inclined
to believe that•the evacuation is to be
conditional; that is, Col. Leman is au
thorized to examine the provisions now
in that Fort, and if he is satisfied there
is not a sufficient supply to sustain the
troops now in the Fort, then-to deliver
the President's orders to Major Ander
son. I have no official authority for
this declaration, but circumstantial evi
dence leads to such conclusion."
FROM CH A RIsEStON.— Washington,
March 24.—The Charleston Courier of
Friday says that Surgeon Fox, of the
Ti. S. Navy, had arrived with orders
from Washington to visit and report
in relatpn to the condition of Fort Sum
ter. He was permitted to visit Major
Anderson, on condition of being ac
companied by Capt. liartstein.
Virginia is Dishonored.
The Atlas calls Virginia dishonored
"We are melancholy. We've got the
blues. We have been living for some
time on hope, but hope deferred hath
made us sick at heart; in short, we
would sell our moiety, our one-thirty
millionth part of the national glory,
domain, sovereignty, &c., very cheap.
The nation is defunct. The politicians
have " shut up its eye." What with
corruption and treason,and the selfish
ness and ambition of bad Men, the
boasted strength of - America is the
perfection of weakness. The patriot
ism which immortalized so ina-nY of
the citizens of Greece and Rome is
dead. The partisan has his foot upon
the neck of the patriot; Fanaticism
has possession of the Capitol, and
Treason stalks unmolested in the halls
of legislation.
Virginia, the mother of Washington,
is represented in the Senate by a hoary
headed slanderer of her ancient fame.
Virginia, the mother of Presidents and
statesmen, is humiliated by the bab
lings of a dotard in the national coun
cil chamber, and dishonored by the
representation of a miserable politician
rather than of a dignified, statesman
like, reasonable Senator.
Mason, whose first name we do
not remember and do not want to ;
Mason, who tried to have himself
elected to the State Convention, and
was defeated, in his own district, by
the loyal people of Virginia ; Ma
son, regardless of the position of his
State, has, of his full will and accord,
placed himself alongside of drunken,
besotted Wigfali, of Texas, and has
begged to be registered in the cata
logue of traitors.
Virginia, through Mason has
said that she owes no allegiance to
the Government of the United States,
but only to herself. Virginia has said
that she is to be counted out when the
roll call of States is made. Virginia,
if her Senator is to believed, is recreant
to her honor, and is a traitor to the
Union and the Constitution."
Alas ! poor Mason !
The Struggle In Maryland
In Maryland, the small party of the
disunionists, failing in their attempt to
convert Gov. Hicks to their way of
thinking, sat for three or four days
last week, in what they called a 'State
Convention,' the object of which was
to demand on the part of Maryland
some decisive action. After long and
rambling debates, in the course of
which the most opposite opinions were
expressed, the Convention finally com
promised its discussions by agreeing
to appoint five Commissioners to con
fer with Virginia. The Baltimore
American, a strong Union paper, re
s'&
tie L6niinis
sioners thus appointed do not represent
the sentiment of the people of Mary,
land. We copy the closing remarks
It would hardly be reasonable to
expect the gentlemen Who composed
this body to do anything more than
they did. They sent delegates with
ill-defined powers and duties, and then
adjourned. The insurmountable ob
stacle in their way all the time, was
the fact that no measures that they
could consistently propose would ex
press the sentiment of the people of
Maryland. If they did not sympa
thize with South Carolina as the rep
resentative of disunion, there was no
~real occasion for their action. They
met to confer upon questions affecting
the policy and interests of Maryland,'
and the policy and interests of Mary
land are not on the side of the ex
tremists, and are not benefitted by the
action of conventions. Our policy is
to remain quiet and attend to our or
dinary business, waiting for some de
velopments that have not yet appeared
and which may never appear. We
want peace and unity; we desire to
keep the States that remain in the
Union, and to entice back again the
wandering stars that have tried to
break away from their natural orbits.
If our rights are violated, we are men
enough to contend for them, and brave
enough to die rather than relinquish
them, but we mean to contend, and
die, if need be, in the Union.
OCCASIONAL
A SIGNIFICANT INDICATION. -A gen
tlemen residing in lowa writes that
the land offices in different , sections of
the West are flooded with applications
for information from Southern people.
These applications are generally made
in writing and refer to the state of af
fairs existing in the South as render
ing emigration to the North desirable.
Many of these applications come from
as far south as Texas and Louisiana.
The fact is, the " reign of terror" pre
vailing in the " Cotton States" must
ere long drive tens of thousands of
the best inhabitants away.
Office Seeking in 'Washington
A Republican writes from Washing
ton :
" Applications for office continue to
pour in. 4 , llrready at the Treasury
the clerks have noted and filed away
for future reference thirty-two bushels of
well endorsed documents. At the Post
Office Department fifteen thousand
applications for office have already
been filed. The War Department em
ploys three clerks to note and file away
the applications. The worst disap
pointed men who come to Washington
are the little town and ward politicians,
who, having " stumped" their own
localities, fancy the whole world, in
cluding Mr. Lincoln, must he fully sat
isfied that but for each of these the
Republican party would have been
defunct.
DEATH OF THE HON. MR. SCRANTON.
—The lion. G. W. Scranton, member
of Congress, died at his residence at
Scranton, on Sunday, March 24th,
Shall We Have Peace or War?
A writer in The Press of Philadel
phia, of the 22nd inst., argues the
question as follows :
I shall take it for granted, in this
article, that the independence of the
Southern Confederacy will be ultimate
ly acknowledged by our Government,
as a matter of necessity, if not of right.
All things are evidently tending to
this point; and it appears to be the
only peaceable solution of the question.
Although the President, as the Consti
tution now stands, may feel bound to
maintain the laws, and no doubt is so
bound by his oath; yet Congress and
the people will be obliged to act, and
to act speedily too, for his relief; other
wise there will inevitably be a conflict.
It must be borne in mind that in this
struggle, the South claims not only
the right of secession, but, in the last
resort, the indisputable right of revo
lution. IL may be difficult for us to
yield to them on this point; we may
find it hard to believe them in earnest
to the extent of actually carrying out
their views; still we must take things
as they come. Facts are stubborn a n d
irrepealable. They must be confronted
by at least an open acknowledgment
of their existence, which many very
wise people seem to overlook.
If the South are determined, then,
to assert, at all hazards, their inde
pendence, the momentous question
then arises, whether we of the North
are equally determined to maintain
the Government, as it now stands, at
the expense of civil war and all its
manifold horrors. If we are, then
there is no use in further disguising
the alarming condition of the country.
Let us look a little into this question;
for there is matter here for the most
serious consideration of every citizen.
However much, we may all think
the South in error in her present re
bellion against the Government—whe
ther their acts be fraught with trea
sons, conspiracies, or other unwarrant
able crimes—still it all comes back to
the practical question at last, of war '
or peace. If they are wrong, it must
be admitted that we cannot convince
them of their error. Argument has
been exhausted by our ablest men in
the councils of the nation, and no set
tlement is yet possible by arbitration
or,compromise. And why ? Because
the South demands from the North it
constitutional guarantee for the protec
tion of slavery in the Territories. It
says we must acknowledge the justice
and divinity of their institutions at the
peril of dissolution or war. Slaves
must be protected as property just as
fully as horses, cows, or sheep; and
not only this, but we must extend to
them a right of representation for their
slaves, which is allowed by the Consti
tution to no other species of property.
If, therefore, the question must be
transferred from the field of debate to
the field of action, and the only alter
native left us shall be either war or an
acknowledgment of Southern indepen
dence, let us by all means, decide upon
the latter. Let the Northern and South
ern Confederacies run their course side
by side, while each may strive faith
fully to develope the institutions pecu
liar to itself.
My position, therefore, is this:—
While the Constitution of the United
States remains unaltered, it is clearly
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lessly defied or overthrown. The laws,
so long as they remain on our statute
books, should be unanimously support
ed. But this position is not necessa
rily inconsistent with the maintenance
of peace. Such I believe to be the evi
dent intention of the President, as de
clared in his inaugural, where he says
that he intends to "hold, defend, and
protect the public property with a view
to peace." It will be his endeavor,
without doubt, to have the laws every
where executed, without unwisely
bringing on a conflict with those in
arms against the Union. The evacua
tion of Fort Sumpter has already been
ordered, as a matter of necessity. The
other forts and public property will be
held by the President, until it is other
wise ordered by Congress or the peo,
ple. But there are other difficulties
arising which will soon have to be pro
vided for : such as the collection of
thotrevenue, which is, perhaps, the
most complicated of all. I can see but
one course left for the President, wriieh
is, to at once convene Congress. It is
said that tho duties cannot he collected
in any other way than in the ports of
entry. If this be the case, Congress
will be obliged to pass a law against
all Southern ports in the Secession
States being hereafter acknowledged
as ports of entry; or else empower the
President to collect the duties outside
of the ports on vessels-of-war. The
one or the other is inevitable, unless
we allow our revenue laws to be set at
defiance.
If, however, Congress should think
best to acknowledge the independence
of the Southern Confederacy, means
might be provided for the collection
of the revenue on the line separating
the two Republics. This course, per
haps, will be preferable to any other,
in the end—for, by acting thus; we
shall retain the Border Slave States,
which now threaten, in case of colli
sion, to leave us. If this should be the
case, our country will not suffer very
materially in the future by the seces
sion of the few slave States which have
already left us. In time, perhaps, even
those few will feel a desire to return
under the ample folds of our protecting
flag, if left to the exclusive manage
ment of their own people. It is even
now said, and thought, that the majori
ty in those States are looking forward
to the time when they can assert their
ancient love and fraternal sympathies.
Let us, then, hope for the best. Let
us neither force the Seceders out, nor
compel them to stay; but, in the mean
time, stand by our country, in all its
beneficent designs, for the welfare of
the race. If our erring friends come
back, let us open wide our arms to re
ceive them. They will, perhaps, yet
understand that we have meant them
no harm,' while we possess the most
ample power to confer upon them un
told and inappreciable good.
war- A. M. Barbour, Esq.;who lately
resigned the superintendency of the
Harper's Ferry armory, is not, as has
been charged, a Secessionist. On the
contrary, he is an unconditional Union
man, and tendered his resignation be
cause he feared that the holding of a
Federal office would impair his influ
ence in behalf of the Government.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of Tim Press.]
Wasumart)N, ➢Larch 22, 1801
Shall the Southern Confederacy be
recognized by the AdMinistration of
Mr. Lincoln ? This is the question
that begins to excite the attention of
the country, North and South. Like
that which preceded the proposition to
evacuate Fort Sumpter, which may
now be regarded as almost finally de
cided upon,this discussion will awaken
intense resentment in many quarters,
particularly among those who have
taken the ground from the beginning
that the revenues.ought to be collected,
even if bloodshed should ensue. But
may not the Administration in this, as
in the Fort Sumpter matter, be driven
by circumstances to recognize the Con
federacy ? Many Republicans take
the ground that it is better to pursue
this course than to embark in the fruit
less undertaking of collecting the rev
enue at the risk of precipitating a con
flict with the seceded States. The
paralysis that has settled upon busi
ness, the growing demands upon the
Treasury of the United States,
the
daily resignations in the army and the
navy, not to speak of other indications,
all establish-the fact that we are in the
midst of extraordinary exigencies, and
that no past example of administrative
skill or party craft can be imitated to
deliver us from the novel and threat
ening occurrences of which we are the
'creatures. Ono politician regrets that
Gen. Jackson is not on the stage to
take the place of Mr. Lincoln; but he
ought to reflect that the hard realities
and new difficulties the latter has to
deal with, would have perplexed any
man, and could not' have been imme
diately baffled and disposed of, even
by the iron will and prompt courage
of the Hero of New Orleans. Gen.
Jackson ought to have lived when Dis
union reared its horrid front in the Bu
chanan Administration, and then, doubt
less, his foresight would have crushed
rebellion by anticipating its designs,
and by arming the Government at all
points to meet the monster, when he
finally exposed his purpose. Another
politician, while denouncing the evac
uation of Fort Sumpter, and railing at
the Cotton States, declares it were far
better to get rid of the latter forever
than to be making ineffectual efforts
to being them back into the Union.—
Others—and this class is rapidly in
creasing—assert that the only way to
produce anything like system out of
disorder is to recognize the Southern
Confederacy, and to leave its authors
and engineers to their own fate—in
other words, to their own people, who,
it is predicted, will soon become sick
of the experiment, and at last, con
vinced that the Republicans have not
intended to do them wrong, and that
the loyal States of the old Government
can prosper without them, will depose
their leaders, and demand readmission
into the Union. It ought to be borne
in mind that, throughout the Border
Slave States, whose adhesion to the
Union is of the first and last impor
tance, there is a unanimous sentiment
against coercion. Now, this sentiment
is alike against collecting the revenues
if such a step is to be taken amid war
like preparations. Meanwhile, it is
not to be denied that the free States
themselves aro greatly disturbed and
divided in regard to these issues. The
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D IAT
tare, a peace party, and the emocrat
ic party, with some "exceptions ' stands
upon the idea that nothinp•canbe done
to enforce the lawsupon th'e revolution
ary States of the South until every
honorable means has been tried to con
vince them that their rights are safe
in the Union, and that the Administra
tion of Mr. Lincoln intends no assault
upon their institutions. These are un
deniable, notorious, abounding signs of
the times.
The alternative of an extra session,
in order fto take some steps in regard
to the new tariff; is demanded by a
number of leading Republican journals,
and may be sot down as another proof
of
- the eagerness of the people in regard
to the future. And what does this fu
ture promise to us ? If we may judge
from intelligence froth all quarters of
the Union, nothing but bankruptcy,
poverty, and despair. Spring ap
proaches with no indications of revival
in trade, in the great cities; our ship
ping interest is at a stand-still; there
being no market for manufactures, our
forges and furnaces will be suspended
or entirely stopped; and, although
money may be said to be plenty, capi
talists clutch it tightly iu their hands,
because they see no safety in invest
ments when the Government itself
seems to be rocking to its ruin, or, like
a rotten ship, in a stagnant sea, slowly
falling to pieces. Something must-be
done, and that soon ! A National Con
vention can only be called after the lapse
of a certain _time, during which inter
val our complications and distresses
will be multiplied. Is there no remedy
immediately at hand by which tempo
rary relief may be obtained, and the
public mind so tranquilized as to give
the Administration a chance to• look
around ?
The National Intelligencer flatters
itself that this remedy is in the with
drawal of our troops from certain
named Southern fortresses, and the
refusal of the Government to resort to
any violence in the ;collection of the
revenues. This may be the proper
plan. At all events, the predicament
of the Administi.ation and the country
may drive the servants of the people
to resort to it as the only means of es
caping from what is unquestionably a
most calamitous and gloomy future.
OCCASIONAL.
Recognition of the Confederate Staten
WASHINGTON, March 21.—Thh Na
tional Intelligences, of this morning, has
six columns and a-half, entitled " The
Past, the . Present, and the Future,"
which causes sensation in political cir
cles. It reviews the action of the se
ceding States severally and jointly,and
takes positive grounds against coercion,
or the employment of force in any
way to restore the Federal authority.
The Intelligencer's opinion is, that
the existing difficulty can only be set
tled by the inter V 'osition of a General
Convention of the States, and that the
relation of the heeded States to the
Federal Government can be changed
only by their voluntary return to the
Union. Failing that, the editors see
no way open but to acknowledge their
independence out of the Union. It is
said that many Republican leaders
haxe'expressed very similar opinions,
but it is equally true that they are de
terminedly opposed by others.
0. E. J
The Confederate Commissioners
From the Phila. Daily Nowa (Opposition.)
It is thought that the subjectof treat
ing with the Commissioners of the Con
federate States causes anxiety to the
Administration. It is assumed by
some that the peace policy of Mr. Lin
coln requires that he shall give at least
a soft answer to the Southern Embas
sadors, and endeavor so to treat them
as will conciliate the people of the
States by whom they are sent.
We think there can be no doubt as
to the plain duty of the Administra
tion in the ease. Nor, we judge, is
there any more room for conjecture as
to what the President's policy will be.
Mr. I , incoln, in his Inaugural, expressed
himself unmistakably as to the right
of secession, and he is not the man to
pursue a course directly at variance
with what ho considers his duty. He
has no authority to acknowledge the
secession of the Southern States, and,
of course, no right to recognize the
Confederate Commissioners in any offi
cial capacity.
A morning contemporary is very
anxious that the Administration shall
not offend the secessionists by refusing
to recognize their Commissioners, and
suggested that the President immedi
ately call an extra session of Congress,
and that Congress authorize such rec
ognition. This proposition is as ab
surd as most of the political articles of
our pretendedly independent contem
porary. Every man who possesses the
ordinary intelligence of an American
citizen, knows well that Congress has
no more right to go outside of the Con
stitution than has the President, and
that so far as the reception of foreign
embassadors is concerned, the Execu
tive is the sole judge of this authority.
The Commissioners of the Confeder
ate States cannot be recognized by our
Government without an amendment
to the Constitution recognizing the in
dependence of the Southern Republic,
and such authority can only be con
ferred by the people. If Congress
were in session, it might by a two
thirds vote, recommend such an amend-
moat to the Constitution as would
cover this matter ; but even then the
people would have to decide upon it
by their State Legislatures or Conven
tions. We do not think that Congress
would be likely to pass a resolution for
such a purpose. The people alone are
competent to act in this matter, which
they should do by a National Conven
tion, if such is their wish.
What may be the policy of the Ad
ministration, in delaying a reply to the
Confederate Commissioners, we do not
know, but we know well what must
be their final decision. They may
have an object, and a good ono, in
withholding their answer while things
aro in their present state, particulary
as respects Fort Sumpter. We have
no doubt that Mr. Seward, to whom
this matter will probably be entrusted,
will treat the envoys of the seceded
States with all the courtesy they de
serve, but he will not recognize them
in any official' capacity, directly or in
directly.
Missouri State Convention
ST. Louis, March 21.—The resolu
tion relating to coercion was taken up.
Mr. Donnell .offered a substitute:
" that it is necessary for the preserva
tion of peace that the President shall
withdraw the Federal military from
;gs owl lqtnin from.
revenues.
MCI
LCEICE
Mr. Hall offered an amendment to
the effect that the Convention is not
sufficiently acquainted with tho posi
tion of the Federal troops in the South,
to request their withdrawal, but they
earnestly entreat the Federal Govern
ment to abstain from any act calcula
ted to bring about a collision.
Mr. Shackelford offered a substitute
to the amendment: " that it is the
opinion of this Convention that the
cherished desire to preserve the coun
try from civil war and restore frater
nal feelings would he greatly promo
ted by the withdrawal of the Federal
troops from such forts within the•sece
ded States where there is danger of a
hostile collision, and we recommend
that policy." This substitute was
adopted, and the resolution as amend
ed was passed. Yeas, 89 ; nays, O.
The Convention adjourned on the
22d till the third Monday in December
next:
The following, from an editorial in
the Republican (Douglas Democratic,)
is a very fair resume of the proceed
ings of the Convention :
" The voice of Missouri has spoken
through the Convention called for that
purpose. That voice pronounced that
further concessidns should .be made
with a view to the restoration of the
Union of the States. Definitely, these
concessions should have the Crittenden
resolutions for their basis. It declares
that such a re-union would bc imper
illed by the use of force on the part of
the Federal Government against the
people of the seceded States, and es
pecially those States where a collision
threatens. Firm and steady in its ex
pression, it declares for a National
Convention, in the hope that its delib
erations may result in measures which
will secure that object. The same
voice consistently pronounces that
there is at present no adequate cause
for retiring from the Union, and refu
ses at this time to pledge Missouri to
secession, even in the event of the se
cession of the rest of the Border States
or the refusal of the North to accede to
ma plan of adjustment.
" The inference may be drawn from
the action of the Convention that Mis
souri is in favorpf every peaceable
mode of adjusttnent,calculated to call
back the seceded States, and, in de
fault of obtaining such measures, will
favor steps for bringing about a peace
able separation between the Union and
the Southern Confederacy. Also, that
her mind is in a State of suspense aa
to the question of retiring from the
Union, until the happening of the con
tingencies which have been mention
ed."
GALVESTON, Texas, March 21.
The State Convention has passed an
ordinance declaring vacant the Guber
natorial chair andrlhat of the Secreta
ry of State, on account of the refusal
of those a present holding theta to ap ;
pear before the Convention, as did the
other State officers, upon duo notifiett
tion, to take the oath of allegiance to
the Confederate States Government.
Lieut. Gov. Clark is to assume the
functions of Governor at once, and the
Secretary of State is called on to hand
over the great seal of office and his of
ficial records.
The Legislature suet out the 18th
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER FROM LEROY
Chambersburg Situation .Residences
—Public Buildings—Graves of the
only Settlers—Ml E. Conference.
ORAMBERSBURff, March 18, 1861.
During the past few weeks, it has
been my privilege to visit quite a num
ber of the towns, and some of the cit
ies of our State; and among them all
I think I have not found a prettier
town than the ancient borough of
Chambersburg. It is situated in one
of the loveliest vallies in the country,
52 miles from Harrisburg by the Cum
berland Valley Railroad.
I have observed many handsome
residences, where, if peace and con
tentment dwell, the inhabitants must
live "at home." The public buildings
of the place speak well for the intelli
gence, enterprise, and taste of the citi
zens. The Court House is a large
brick building, surmounted with a fine
statue of Franklin, for whom the coun
ty was named. The Public School
building is commodious and neatly fin
ished. They have also a good Acade
my and Female Seminary. Both in
stitutions are well patronized.
Taking a stroll the other day, I
found myself in the old Presbyterian
Cemetery. Among other inscriptions
I found the following :
" In memory of Colonel Benjamin
Chambers, the first white settler of the
county of Franklin, and founder of
Chambresburg,• who died Feb. 17th.,
1788. Aged 80 years."
Near him lies the dust of a man,
who, tradition says, was shot on the
spot where he lies, by an Indian. At
the head of his grave is a stone slab,
bearing the following words:
" DERE LYES WILLIAIL PORSYTII
WIIO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MAY YE 1 1 9TH 1759."
The East Baltimore Conference of
the M. B. Church is now in session
here. We have, so far, had a pleasant
and peaceable session. It is feared,
however, that we will have some trou
ble with Slavery before we are through.
Yesterday was a great day in Cham
bersburg. Three men of great emi
nence preached in the M. B. Church.
Bishop Simpson preached in the morn
in
The house was not opened until an
hour before time for service. The mo
ment the door swung on its hinges
there was a general rush, and in a few
minutes the large building—galleries,
aisles and all—was filled beyond com
fort. Very many did not get in at all.
The sermon was just what we expec
ted from such a man. Full of eloquence,
but fuller still of the Holy Ghost.
In the afternoon Dr. J. P. Durbin
preached with great power to an over
flowing houseful of interested and ap
preciative hearers.
In the evening Rev. R. S. Maclay,
who has been twelve years a Mission
ary in China preached. His sermon
rekindled the Missionary fire in many
a heart. I must close. More anon.
LETTER FROM THE WEST.
MONMOUTH', 111., March 13, 1861
FRIEND LEWIS :—As a great many of
your readers are interested to some
extent ih the Prairie State, many of
them having friends settled here, some
owninglands and some, perhaps, think
ti,..„sl,t-th.4,-
sOme account of our laws Might prove
interesting to them, though, perhaps
I may not be very weir qualified to
give a concise idea of the peculiarities
of the same, but I will devote this let
ter at least in an attempt.
Our Governor is elected for four
years, and the election takes place at
the time of the Presidential election.
Our State Senators are elected tortoni'
years; the members of the House for
two years. We have but one session
of the Legislature in two years—and
the pay of members is limited to $2,00
per day for forty-two days, and after
that time to $l,OO per day, while the
sesssion lasts.
The intention of the Constitutional
Convention being to limit the time of
members, under the impression that-it
would thereby prevent the passage of
too many laws which appears to be a
growing evil in many States, But
such is not the effect, it is true it saves
the making of a great many speeches
for Buncombe, but menibers soon see
that the only way to get a favorite
scheme passed, is to raise no objections
to those in advance, and the result is,
that laws got sup by those interested
and introduced by some membei, are
ground through like the resolutions at
some packed political convention, each
member afraid to raise an objection
for fear the time consumed will defeat
his pet scheme, whatever it may be,
for want of time to vote on it, or afraid
that he will be compelled to remain
longer than he can afford to stay at
the Capitol on expensd; and so in the
few clays of a session they pass a mass
of ill-digested general laws and private
bills, which, when bound together,
show tlt once that they have not been
properly examined. A man cannot
read theni in less than three months,
to say nothing of critically examining
them and the laws to which they re
late.
In this county the Circuit Court sits
but twice a year. The Probate busi
ness is all done in the County Court,
there being one in each county author
ized to hold a term in every month, for
the purpose of attending to that -busi
ness. In our county the County Court
has concurrent jurisdiction in civil
suits with the Circuit Court in eases
where the amount claimed does
. not
exceed five hundred dollars, and ,is au
thorized to hold two terms a year
the practice being the same as in the
Circuit Court; this plan relieves the
Circuit Court- of a great many cases;
still the Docket is crowded.
Our Sheriff holds his office for two
years, and is not eligible to a re-elec
tion. The County Treasurer holds his
for the same time. Eaoh county elects
a Surveyor who holds his office for two
years; also, a School Commissioner
who holds for the same length of time.
We have what is called Township
Orgartiation in force in a portion of
the State; it is copied from the New
York system, and is adopted by a vote
of the county wherever a majority de
sire it, our county acts under it, each
township in the counties adopting it,
elects a Supervisor and they all form
what is called the Board of Supervi
sors; they meet at the county seat for
the transaction of county business, and
have the control of the county proper
ty, the same as your County Commis,:,
sioners. The County Clerk who is
clerk of the County Court is elected
for four years, and is also clerk of the'
Board of Supervisors. Under this sys
tem every township has control of the
roads and bridges within itself. The
system is rather complicated itnd ex
pensive, yet when once adopted, I be
lieve, is never laid aside for the old
plan.
Under the old system the County
Judge and two associate Justices, as
they are styled, have the control of
the county property, much the same
as your Commissioners. The plan, I
believe, is copied from Kentucky, and
is continued mostly in the 'southern
part of the State, or Egypt as it is
called, while the other plan is mostly
adopted by the Yankbes in the north-:
ern part. But I must , close this time.
P. j.
MARRIED,
On Tuesday evening, the 19th Inst., by Rev. Mr. Zahni
or, Mr. HORITIO O.IIMM and Mien MARGARET F., dough
er of lion. Jas. °win, all of the borough of iiuutingdon.
"Mr. Irm. Lcwis :
Dear Sir—You will please accept the
accompanying Cake with the beet wishes of Mr. and Mrs.
11.0. Fisher." ,
That's the kind of doctrine printers like to hear
preached, and to see pagticed. Wo knew we would come
in for a share of the spoils of victory, and in this most
public manner we return thanks, and wish the happy
couple a long, happy and prosperous life. To all others
of oar young friends, we say, go and do likewise, and you
will do well.
After the above was in type, we received another largo
cake with the respects of Mr. and Mrs. Gavin, for which
they have our thanks, hoping they may live many years
to enjoy their fondest anticipations.
On Tuesday 10th inst., by Rev. S. li. Reid, Mr. GEORGE
A. Macs to bliss Damian MeCenau, ail ( of Huntingdon.
Another cake I Thank ion! May peace and plenty be
your portion through a long and useful life.
On the 12th inst, by Rev. Zahnizer, Mr. Dxrrn•McC.tur.
and Mies Anna B. MCDERMOTT, all of this place.
On the 10th inst., by David Snare, Reg , Mr. llrmrr BA
non to Miss HANNAII WESTLET, both of Davidsburg, Blair
co., Pa.
DIED,
At her residence In Schuyler co., Illinois, on the let
inst., Mrs. HARRIET C. ltAoiaeT, daughter of Israel Cryder,
torah rly of this county, In thoh2d year of herage. leaving
a husband and four childron to mourn her departure.—
She died In the triumphs of filth.
PHILADELPHIA DIARKETS
Fancy and Extra Family Flour
Common and Superfine
Rye Flour
Corn Meal
Extra White Wheat
Fair and Primo Red
Rye
Corn, prime Yellow
Oats
Cloversecd,V 04 Dm
Timothy
EitiNT/NGDON MARKETS
CORRECTED WEEKLY. -
White Wheat
Red Whea t...
Rye
Corn.
Oats .....
Cloverseed..•
.seed... .
Pried Apples
Butter
Eggs
Lard
Shoulder
Sides
Tallow
ADMINISTR ATORS' NOTICE.-
(Estate of John Cbider. Deceased:l
bolls° is hereby given that letters of administration on
the estate of John Golder, late of Porter township, dee'd.,
have been granted to the undersigned residing in said tr.,
all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment, and those having claims to present
theta duty authenticated for settlement.
JOHN W. COLDER, '
THOS. N. COLDER,
Administrators.
March V, 1361-6t.*
o.lloo_l, TEACHERS WANTED. --:even
'even teachers are wanted to take charge of the public
schools of the borough of Ilmitingdon. for the ensuing
terra of 11410 MODULI, to commence about the 15th day of
April next.
Applicant:, will be examined in tho presence of the Di.;
rectors by the Co. Snperintendont, on, Saturday tbo 6th
proximo, commencing nt 9 o'clock, A.ll,
By order of tile Board of Director&
J. sruesoN AFRICA, '
Secretory.
March 27,1801
DWI], BLAIR. B. 1t1.7021 SPIER, t
TA AW PARTNERSHIP.
BLAIR & SPEER,
A TTORNEYS--A T-LA IV,:
HUNTINGDON, PA. -
Office on main Street, ono door went of Wilson & Petri
ken's. All professional business promptly attended to.
Huntingdon, March 27, 1861.-3 m.
WANTED, .
A GOOD PLAIN, COOK.
The party wanting the Cook hn almuly, two servants.
$l.lO or $2.00 per week will ho given. Inquire at Lewist
Book StorO.
Huntingdon, March 27, 1861. -
AIILNWOOD ACADEMY,
A School for Young Ladies & Gentlemen,
SHADE GAP, HUNTINGDON, CO., PA
The next Session of this Institution will open the first
Wednesday of May. In the Commercial Department
young Men are thoroughly prepared for the Counting
Room.
TERMS:
Board, Tuition, and Room Rent..
' EXTRAS
Mtrsic.
Lessons on the Pinno.per Session,
Use of Instrument,
Lessens on the Guitar,
Use of Instrument
Lessons in Vocal Mimic
ORNAMENTAL WORE..
Lessons in Leather Work, per Session, —3 00
Lessons in Ornamental Needlo Work, per Session, ' 300
DRAWING AND PUNTING,
Lessons in Oil Painting, per Session 16 00
Lessons In Drawing and fainting in Water Colors, 800
Grecian and Italian Painting,
Antique and Oriental Painting, each,
Monochromatic Drawing
Lessons in French, per tielkaaa, •
Balm KREPING.
Single Entry,
Don bin an try,
OR* Young Gentlemen In the Academia Department aro
only Lai r the above prices for Book Keeping.
Fur further particulars, address
" - "
Shado Gap, 'awes 27,1861
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-
Letters of administration on the estate of Samuel
Miller, fate allure() township, dec'd., having been gran
ted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to the estate
are requested to make payment, and those having claims
to present them duly authenticated for settlement.
JOSIAH. CONNINGIIANI;
Emma township.
GRAMS MILLER,
Iluntingdon.
Administrators.
NOTIOE TO PRINTERS
March x,lBBl.—Bt
OFFICE FOR SALE.
A first rate Newspaper and Job Printing Office, located
in ono of the wealthiest mineral and agricaltural counties
in the State orDissouri, with railroad and other facilities,
and on the highway of travel to - California, Pike's Peak
and all tho Western Territories, inn pleasantly situated
and thriving county seat, and extensively patronized, will
be disposed of for the low sum of sl3oo—flue hundred
down, five hundred on the first of January next, and the
balance in January following with Interest. Tho mate
rial is all nearly new, and is well assorted. The office
pays about $3,000 a year. The paper is Dmocratio—would
pay egally well independe,nt or neutral ; is the official or•
gan of the, county, &e. No charge for good will. Title
guarantied.
Le-For further particulars address,
DM J. S. MCEWEN,
Editor Press*, Georgetown, Pottle co., Mo.
March 20.-3 t.
NOTICE TO COLLECTORS:
Collectors of State and County Taxes who have not paid
off their duplicates, or nearly so, by the April Court, will
have the amount ien remaining unpaid, put Hato the
bands of the Sheriff.
The necessity for money to carry on the current ex
penses of the county requires this notice.
JOHN FLENNER,
M. T. cAikumiLr i , C0111.77'5,.
J. CUMMINS, .
Itlveh 40.1861.—it.
acAHEUMATISM CUBED. ' .
' Mr. 101 IN WESTBROOH, Sr., manufactures 4
, MENT which is sure to cure Rheumatism. Homan',
no pay. Persons aill toted should call and try the medicine,
Call at his residence in Washington street, one door west
of Levi Westbrook, •
Huntingdon, March 20, 1801,
OIL CLOT El WINDOW SHADES,
GILT GOLD SHADES,
P4IISL/N SHADES, •
BAILEY'S FIXTURES,
TAPE, , CORD AND TASSALS,
A FULL ASSORTMENT
AT LITSFIS' BOOK STORE,
ENVELOPE'S.
By tin, hot, pack, or toss quantity, for sale et
ittflrfer .00047.14 YD 270.NER I-STORE.
clutch 20.
..$5,62@6.75
45,00(05,50
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