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Gov: Curtin's Nessage—Pennsyluania
To be Prepared; • '
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ILUMISIIURG, April 9.
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• The following is the message of Gov
Curtin in
EXECUTIVE CJIAMBEA,
ILVRRISBURG, April 9; 1861.
'To the Senate and' House of Represen
• atives of the C6'nunonwealth of Penn
- 'sylilanfa : . •
GENTLEMEN : As' the period fixed for
the adjournment- of the Legislature
rapidly approaching; 'I feel con
strained by a sense of, duty to call
your attention to the condition of the
military organization of the State. It is
scarcely necessary to say more than that
the militia system of the State, during
a long period distinguished by the par
suits of peaceful industry exclusively,
has become wholly, inefficient, and the
interference of the; Legislattire : is re
quired.to romovo. its.. defects, and to
Tender it , useful and available to the
public service. •
Many of our volunteer companies do
not possess the number of men re
quired by our military law, and steps
should ha forthwith taken to supply
these deficiencies: There are numer
ous companies, too, that are without
the necessary arms, and of the arms
that are distributed, but few aro pro
vided with the more modern applian
ces to render them serviceable.
I recompepd ) - therefore, :that the
Legislatinie make immediate provision
for the removal of these capital defects;
that arms be . procured • and distributed
to those of our citizens who may enter
into the military service of the State,
and that steps be taken to change the
guns already, distributed, by, the adop
tion of such well known and tried im
provements as will render,
employment
in
effec
tive in the event of their mployment
in actual service.
In this connection I recommend the
establishment of a Military Bureau at
the Capital, and that the militia laws
of the Commonwealth be so modified
and amended as to impart to the mil
itary organization of the State the vi
tality and energy essential to its prac
tical value and usefulness.
Precautions such as I have suggest
ed are wise and proper ?it all times in
:Cgovenment like ours. But especial
and momentous considerations, arising
from the condition of public affairs out
side - the limits, yet of incalculable con
sequence to the people and demanding
the grAvest attentibn of the, Legisla
ture of Pennsylvania, invest the sub
ject to which your action is invited by
this communication with extraordina
ry interest and importance.
We cannot be insensible to the fact
that serious jealousies and divisions
distract the public mind, and that in
portions of this Union the peace of the
country, if not the - safety of the gov
ernment itself is endangered.
Military organizations of a formida
ble character, which seem not to 'be
demanded by any existing public exi
gency, have been formed in certain of
the States. On whatever pretext these
extraordinary military preparations
may have been Made, no purpose that
may contemplate resistance.to the en
forcement of the laws will meet sym
pathy or encouragement from the peo
ple ofthis Commonwealth.
- • Pennsylvania yields to no State in
her respect for and her willingness to
protect, by all needful guarantees, the
constitutional rights and consitutional
independence of her sister States, nor
infidelity to that constitutional union,
whose unexampled benefits havdbeen
showered alike upon herself and
them.
The most exalted public policy and
the clearest obligations of true patriot
ism, therefore, , admonish us, in the ex
isting deplorable' and dangerous crisis
of affairs, that our militia system
should receive from the Legislature
that prompt attention which. • public
exigencies, either of the State or the
nation may appear to demand, and
which may seem in your wisdom best
adapted to preserve and secure to the
people of Pennsylvania and the Union;
the blessings of peace and the integri
ty and stability of our unrivalled' Con
stitntio nal -government. '
The government of • this great State
was established by its illustrious foun
der "in deeds of peace." Our people
have been trained and disciplined in
those arts which lead to the promotion
of their own moral and physical devel
opment and progress, and with the
brightest regard or the rights of oth
ers have always cultivated " fraternal
relations With •the.
,people of all the
states devoted to the Constitution and
the - Union, and always recognizing the
spirit of concession and compromise
that underlies the foundation - of the
Government.
Pennsylvania offers no counsel and
takes ho action in the nature of a
menace: Her desire is for peace, and
her object the preservation of the per
sonal and political rights of citizens,
of the true sovereignty of States, and
the supremacy of law and order.
Animated by these sentiments and
indulging an earnest hope of the speedy
restoration of those harmonious and
friendly relations between the various
members -of this confederacy which
bare brought our beloved country to a
condition of unequalled power and
prosperity.
I commit the grave subject of this
commanication to your deliberation.
(Signed,) A. G. CURTIN.
_ war The State Convention of Alaba
ma has passed an ordinance providing
that the General. Assembly of the
state of Alabama shall cede a district
of ten miles square, fora seat of Gov
ernment of the Confederate States.
rierßy bestowing blessings upon oth
en we entail them upon ourselves.'
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WILLIAM LEWIS, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XVI.
The Government,
What, is Government? What does
the. word Government mean ? Does it
not•mean .force? , Does it not mean
coercion? Webster defines it as—
" Direction; regulation; calltiol; restraint. The exer
cise of maim ity ; direction and restraint exercised over
the actiow of 11105 w cuninhuitties, societies, or States;
executive power."
None of our statesmen have been so
enthusiastic.; in insisting upon the en,
forcement of the laws as the Southern
statesmen. The laws, in truth, were
the fortress of their domestic institutions.
When General Jackson issued his proc
lamation in 1834, it not only crushed
the head of Rebellion in South Caroli
na, but it stirred the, popular heart of
all the Southern States to its deepest
depths.., It obliterated party lines in
the free States, so far as that act of
the administration was concerned, and
it gave, to the - administration of the
General Government, and the hero at
.
its head, a moral power that was felt
to the uttermost ends of the earth.—
So characteristic is the attachment of
the Southern people to the enforce
ment of the laws, that when this same
General Jackson declared martial law
in New Orleans, in 1315, to protect that
city from the traitors in its midst,. he
was denounced by all its publicists and
statesmen, and he himsdll was not sat
isfied that he had , proceeded legally
until many years after, when the argu
ment of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in
the House of Representatives of the
United States, on- the bill remitting
the fine imposed on Jackson by Judge
Hall, was read to.him. This was 1845
—l6. It was to save a Southern com
munity from turbulence and to pro
tect the ballot-box that President Bu
chanan ordered out the marines in the
city of Washington,-and directed them
to fire upon the mob, an : act raptur
ously applauded by the people of the
slave States. Under the counsels of
Southern statesmen troops were sent
into Kansas to quell what was called
domestic rebellion, provoked by the
acts of the slaveholding minority in
that_ 4 lrritory. It was John Tyler, a
Soutifern President, who sent troops
into Rhode Island to put down what
was called "the Dorr Rebellion," a
movement representing the majority
of the people of that State, and so en
listed, the sympathies of the Democrat
ic party that the National Democratic
Convention of 1844 incorporated a res
olution hi its platform endorsing "the
rebellion." And yet this popular de
monstration, proceeding without blood
shed, and looking to the overthrow of
an old royal cnarter, *as crushed out
by the strong hand of power, hacked
by the bayonets and bullets of the U.
States army; and this act of President
Tyler was loudly applauded in the
South. It was to enforce the execu
tion of the fugitive slave law that the
United States Marshal, Freeman, un
der President Fillmore, the favorite of
Southern Americans, was authorized
to call out the troops, and did call
them out, and his prompt conduct, on
that occasion prevented a riot, and es
tablished the authority- of the Federal
Government. Wherever the fugitive
slave law has been resisted, full power
has been entrusted to the officers of
the General Government to call for
civil and military aid. These examples
prove two things conclusively: that
'the whole current of action, on the
part of Southern men, has been to in
sist upon the enforeemenVof the au
thority of, the law by military force,
against their- own countrymen; and sec
ond, that it has been enforced by the
regular troops, in repeated cases, for
the purpose of protecting their pecu
liar property, when assailed by mobs
in the free States. It will be borne in
mind that, in every one of the install-
COB quoted, the military of the Gener
al Government have beery called out,
not against armed combinations, but
against unarmed mobs.
And what is the present - attitude of
the statesmen who have so long been
the conservators of the public peace,
and the defenders of the authority of
the Federal Government? The advo
cates of " coercion" wherever the law
has been interfered with—the eulogists
of "force," wherever that' force has
been applied to secure the execution
of the law. Admitting the right of
revolution, which they claim, is it not
undeniable that their revolt has as
sumed the proportions of an attack 14)-
on the Central Government, of - an attack
upon the commerce and the manufactures
of their fellow-countrymen, and of an
attack upon the property and treasure
belonging to the entire people P
They are, in truth, in arms, in battle
array, against their own' Government.
No attempt has been made to coerce
them, although the word government,
the deriVation, of which we give from
Webster, clearly suggests that• Mr.
Lincoln and his Cabinet would be jus
tified in reducing them to submission
by the use of arms. All, however,
that the Chief Magistrate and his con
stitutional advisers have done, or pro
posed to do, is to defend the public prop
erty against assault, and not to initiate
civil war, but to prevent it by rescuing as
much power from the revolutionists a s
will enable hint to keep the balance of the
Union together. Wo have thought such
a reference as this not inapplicable to
the present condition of afiairs.—The
Press.
.00.7- The oldest man in Mr. Lincoln's
Cabinet is Mr. Bates, Attorney-Gener
al, who is 68. The youngest man in
it is Mr. Blair, Postmaster General,
whose age is not stated, Mr. Seward
is in his 60th year. Mr. Chase is 53,
which is also the age of Mr. Smith.—
Mr. Cameron is 62.
gEir The Boston Post says that
there aro more sinners now seeking
"Abram's bosons" than have before
been on the anxious seat for some
years.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1861.
Free Banking in Pennsylvania,
Final Consideration by the House—Main
,Features of the Bill.
[Correspondence of tho Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
HARRISBURG, April 8, 1861.—The
House, to-clay, resumed the considera
tion of the bill relative to Free Bank
ing in this State immediately on its
meeting, at three o'clock this afternoon.
After receiving numerous amendments,
the bill passed by a vote of 53 yeas to
28 nays.
The following is an abstract of it :
SECTION 1. Provides that any person
or association of persons, not less than
five, may establish Banks of discount,
deposit and circulation under such
name and style as they may adopt,
subject to certain limitations. The
capital of no Bank"is to be more than
$1,000,000 or less than $50,000.
- SEC. 2. The person or association
shall make certificate, under their
hands and seals, when a Bank is to be
established or its capital increased.—
Notice is to be given in at least three
newspapers for six months. The cer
tificate is to be certified by the Attor
ney General.
SEC. 3. The certificate is to specify
Ist—The name assumed such person
to be used in its dealings, and the names
and residences of each member of any
partnership or association. 2d—The
place of business. It is not to be
changed without the consent of the
Auditor General after six months pub
lic notice. 3d—The amount of capital
stock; the number of shares and any
contemplated increase of capital stock.
4th—The shareholders names and res
idences, and the number of shares held
by each. of them respectively. sth
The certified certificate is to be recor
ded in the office for recording deeds in
the city or county where the Bank is
to be located.
SEC. 4. Every person or association
authorized to carry on banking shall
be held and adjudged to be a body cor
porate with the right of succession for
seventy years. Each Bank shall have
power to loan money, buy, sell and
discount bills of exchange. Treasury
and other notes, and all other written
evidences of debt and speculation,
ex
cept such as shall be prohibited by
this act, from buying, selling or dis
counting; receive posits and the
notes of the Banks of other States at
their current value, buy and sell gold
and silver coin and bullion, collect and
pay over money; and transact
. every
such other business as shall appertain
to banking. It may acquire, hold and
convey such real estate as necessary
to the proper transaction of business.
Sc.E 5. Relates to the duty of the
Auditor General.
SEc. 6. Any increase of capital, al
teration or addition is to be advertised
six months, and then submitted to the
Stockholders at a general meeting
called for that purpose. The Auditor
General is also to approve the same,
SEC. 7. The Auditor General shall
cause to be engraved and printed, in
the best manner, to guard against coun
terfeiting, such quantity of circulating
notes in blank, of different denomina
tions not less than five dollars. The
notes are to be countersigned and reg
istered by the Auditor General. All
notes issued by him to be uniform, and
have stamped on them secureq by the
deposit of public stock.
SEC. 8. The plates, dies and' mate
rials are to be held by the Auditor
General.
SEC. 8. Relates to the Auditor's seal.
SEC. 10. That Banks, upon legally
assigning to and depositing with the
Auditor general the bonds or evidences
of debt of this State or of the United
States, shall be entitled to receive an
amount of such circulating notes in
blank, of the denominations such as
they may require, numbered, regis
tered, &c., for the bonds and stocks to
be taken at their market value, provi
ded the amount ,to be invested shall
not exceed the amount of capital now
employed in corporate banking in this
State more than $15,000,000.
SEC. 11. Bonds or evidences of debt
may be exchanged at the option of the
Auditor on receiving other approved
bends, &c.
Sic. 12. An average of the State and
United States stock pledged for the
redemption of notes issued to the sev
eral Banks, is to be made twice a year.
SEC. 13. Each Bank to be managed
by not more than eleven directors. If
necessary, a cashier and agents may
be appointed, subject to removal at
pleasure. Every director to be a cit
izen of the State. The cashier may
be a director.
SEC. 14. Relates to elections.
SEc: 15. No officer, clerk, teller or
bookkeeper of the Bank is allowed to
act as proxy. No stockholder, whose
liability to the Bank is past due and
unpaid, can vote.
sae. M. Shares shall be $5O each.
SEC. 17. Failure to pay any instal
ment on stock gives the Bank the priv
ilege of selling the stock at public auc
tion, after due notice.
SEC. 18. Any Bank refusing to pay
United States gold or silver for its
notes of circulation, will have the same
protested for non-payment, by a notary
public. If, after due notice, it omits
paying the same with interest; at the
rate of 12 per cent. per annum and
costs of notifying, for twenty days
after such notice, the Auditor General
shall thereupon notify such Bank that
it has committed an act of insolvency.
SEC. 19. After notification of insol
vency, the Auditor is to appoint an
investigating committee of three judi
cious and discreet citizens. If a ma
jority of them report the suspension
by a Bank, of its notes in gold and sil
ver, the Auditor is to forthwith apply to
the Court of Common Pleas of the proper
county, if in suspension, or to the Presi
dent Judyc of the District in which the
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Isaid Bank is located in vacation, appoint
a. suitable Receiver to take immediate
possession of the books, &e., of the
Bank, and hold the same for the joint
use of the creditors of such Bank.
SEC. 20. Relates to the sureties of
the Reciver. He is to settle up the
affairs of the Bank without delay; to
pay all liabilites on account of the notes
of circulation, to pay them on demand,
and set aside a sum sufficient to meet
all the said notes outstanding; to pay
all the deposits of. the Bank; to dis
charge all remaining liabilities; to di
vide the residue among stockholders
proportionally.
SEC. 21. The cashier is to monthly
publish a statement showing the Bank's
condition.
SEC. 22. Relates to - di9rldends.
Sac. 23. Relates to ale tax on divi
dends as already established by law.
SEC. 24. On dividend day the cash
ier is to state, Ist, the amount of capi
tal stock actually paid in, and then re
maing as the actual capital stock of
the Bank. 2d—The amount of the
bills and notes k 1 circulation, specify
ing the amount of each .denomination.
3d—The greatest amount of notes in
circulation at any time since the mak
ing of the last previous Statement, spe
cifying the time when the same oc
curred. 4th—The balances and debts
of every kind due to Banks of this
State and the amount due to Banks
not of this State. sth—The amount
(ie depositors. Gth—The total amount
of debts and liabilities of every descrip
tion, and. the greatest amount since
the last previous statement, specifying
the time when the same occurred.-
7th—The total amount of dividends
declared on the day of making the
statement. Bth—The amount of gold
and silver coin and bullion belonging
to such Bank mid in possession at the
time of making the statement, desir , -
nating the amount of each. 9th—The
amount on hand, of bills, bonds, notes
and other evidences of ebts discoun
ted or purchased by the Bank, speci
fying particularly the amount of sus
pended debt, the amount considere'd
bad, the amount in suit, or judgment.
10th—The value of the real and per
sonal property held for the convenience
of the Bank, specifying the amount of
each. 11th—The amount of real es
tate taken for debts due the Bank, and
and still held. 12th—the amount of
the individual profits of the Bank.-
13th—The total amount of the liabili
ties of the Bank by the Directors there
of, collectively-, specifying the gross
amount of such liabilitivs as principal
debtors. and thegrooca, nit as endor
sers and sureties. 11—The total amount
of liabilities to the Bank by stockholders
thereof, collectively, specifying the
gross amount of such liabilities as prin
cipal debtors, and the gross amount as
endorsers or sureties, which statement
shall be forthwith transmitted to the
Auditor General of the Commonwealth,
and a copy thereof immediately pub
lished three times in two newspapers
of the county in which said Bank is
located, (in one German paper, if any.)
SEC. 25. Any Bank denying its in
solvency, may apply to any Court of
competent jurisdiction foe an injunc
tion.
SEc. 26. In ease the Auditor fails to
proceed against the failing Bank, the
holders of any notes of circulation or
other c..editors of such Bank, when
their lawful demands have been re
fused, may apply to a Court for a writ
commanding the Auditor General to
proceed.
Sac. 27. When any Bank refuses to
conform to the law, the Auditor may
take out an injunction and enjoin such
Bank, its officers, agents and all others
in its employ or connected therewith,
from doing business.
SEC. 27. Upon the allowance of an
injunction, the property, &c., shall be
vested in the receiver or receivers ap
pointed by the Court.
SEC. 29. No Bank shall take as se
curity for any loan or discount, a lien on
any part of its capital stock.
SEC. 30. The capital stock shall not
be diminished; no dividends shall be
paid in case of loss by the Bank; no
dividend to exceed the net profits.
SEC. 31. No Bank shall issue any
paper, as money, except as is sot forth
by law.
SEC. 32. Each Bank shall receive at
par, in payment of dues payable at
such Bank for notes of hand, bills of
exchange, or other evidence of debt
discounted or purchased by or belong
ing to such Bank, the notes of circula
tion issued by any other solvent Bank
incorporated under the provisions of
this act.
Ss:c. 33. Allows the Bank to take,
reverse, receive and charge six per
cent. per annum discount, and no
more. If a bill or note is paid at the
place of discount instead of the place
where it is made payable, it shall not
be deemed usurious to charge the note
of exchange between the two points.
No loan to, or discount in favor of any
director in which more than six per
cent. shall be taken, reserved or
charged, shall be forfeited, but the
same shall be valid against such party.
No directors shall be allowed to pur
chase any note or obligation which
has been rejected by the board of di
rectors, except upon the same terms
prescribed by the Bank.
SEc. 34. Any attempt to show a pre
ference (after insolvency) of one cred
itor to another, except in payment of
circulating notes, shall be null and
void.
SEC. 35. Any director who shall
knowingly violate or permit to be vio
lated any provisions of this act, by
any of the Bank's officers or servants,
shall forfeit all rights and privileges.
SEC. 3U. Any officer or agent of a
Bank, who shall embezzle, abstract or
wilfully misapply any of the moneys,
funds or credits of such Bank, or shall
fraudulently and without authority
from the directors, issue or put in cir-
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culation any of the notes of such Bank,
or shall fraudulently put forth any
certificate of deposit, &e., shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor—pun
ishment, hard labor from one to ten
years in the Penitentiary. '
SEC. 37. Banks Under special char
ters arc authorized by a veto of the
stockholders to call in and cancel their
circulating notes, and to carry on busi
ness under this act. Any association
which have advertised their intention
to apply to the Legislature for a char
ter, may take the benefit of this act.
Szc. SS. Banks incorporated under
this act have their notes at all times,
receivable in payment of State taxes
and other State dues.
SEC. 39. The Legislature may alter
this act, provided it does not wrong
any stockholder.
SEC. 40. (New section added by Mr.
Ball.) That the Banks of this Common
wealth, doing business under other
laws than this act, are hereby author
ized by a vote of the stockholders of
each of said institutions, to call in not
less than 25 per cent. per annum of
their circulating notes, and upon de
positing with the Auditor General an
equal amount of the bonds of this
Commonwealth, or of the United
States, as provided in the tenth sec
tion of this act, shall be entitled to re
ceive an equal amount of circulating
notes in blank of the denominations,
such as they may require, numbered,
registered, countersigned and stamped
as required by the provisions of this
law, and when 50 per cent, of the cir
culating notes of the old bank aro
called in and cancelled, the said Bank
shall be entitled to letters patent from
the Governor, and have all the privi
leges and advantages of this law, as
fully as is provided for, if the said
Bank had been originally formed un
der this act; but, the remaining 50
per cent= of the notes of the old
Bank shall be withdrawn and cancelled
within ten years thereafter, and their
place, or so far as necessary for the
uses of the said Bank, supplied with
circulating notes under the provisions
of this act, or the said Bank shall be
proceeded against by the Auditor Gen
eral and closed, as in case of an act of
insolvency under this law.
SEC. 41. (By Mr. Ball.) If the direc
tors of any Bank,
established under
the provisions of this law, shall dis
count for themselves or either of them,
or for any shareholder in the said
Bank, an amount equal to the stock in
the said Bank owned and held by the
director or shareholder, with the intent
and for the purpose of his or they
withdrawing the amount of capital
stock paid in by them or either of
them ; or if any Bank shall, either di
rectly or indirectly, pledge, hypothe
cate or exchange any of its notes of
circulation for the purpose of securing
money to be paid in on its capital
stock, it shall be taken and regarded
as an act of insolvency, upon which
the Auditor General shall institute the
proceedings provided by this law in
case a Bank has suspended payment
of its notes in gold' or silver.
SEC. 42. (By Mr. Ball.) Any laws of
this Commonwealth changed or altered
by the provisions of this act, or incon
sistent with it, are hereby repealed, so
far as applicable to the Banks, which
may accept of its provisions or be in
corporated under this law.
SEC. 43. (By Mr. Wilson.) That each
Bank shall at all times have on hand
in gold or silver coin, or its equivalent,
in its vaults, an amount equal to 8 per
cent. of all its circulating notes of
every description whatsoever, and
whenever the amount of its outstand
ing circulating notes shall exceed the
re nameeproportion, no more of
its notes shall be paid out or otherwise
put in circulation by such Bank, nor
shall such Bank increase its liabilities
by making any new loans or discounts,
nor make any dividends of its profits,
until the required proportion between
its outstanding, circulating notes and
gold and silver coin, or its equivalent,
Shall be restored.
A MARYLAND VIEW OF VIRGINIA.—
In an article on the Convention of the
Old Dominion, the Baltimore Patriot
says:
The Virginia Convention, in Com
mittee of the Whole, are completing
the work to be presented for official
and final action. The Union has been
well defended by the most able speak
ers of the body, and doubtless will be
maintained by a very decisive vote.—
The action of the committee upon the
different resolutions proposed, as far
as they have proceeded, is very clearly
against secession; various amendments
of a disunion feature have been voted
down, and those of an opposite charac
ter approved. From present prospects,
the Convention will be largely against
secession and in favor of sustaining
the rights of Virginia and the South
in the Union. We have always believed
that the last thing Virginia would do,
would be the deed of voting herself
out of the Union. She doubtless feels
with the South, and is determined to
secure her rights as a sovereign State.
She will be satisfied with nothing less
than a full and perfect equality with
any and all of the other States of the
Confederacy, and if she cannot pre
serve this equality she will secede;
but while there is the least hope of
success for the maintenance of her po
sition, she will cling to the Union.
ae — A Dutchman the other day,
reading an account of a meeting, came
to .the words—" The meeting then dis
solved." He could not define the
meaning of the latter word, so ho re
ferred to his dictionary and felt satis
fied. In a few minutes a friend came
in, when llonty said—
" Bey must have worry hot wedder
dere in N' York. I rot an agount of
a meedin vero all de boobies had melt
ed avay.
TERMS, $1,50 a year in advance.
The Revolution in the south.
Newspaper Facts and Rumors
THE POLICY OP THE ADMINISTRATION
The peace policy of thO Administra
tion has been taken advantage of ,by
the South, while at the same time
their representatives have been here
begging the President to keep hands
oft: While be was holding back, in
the hope that some disposition, on the
part of the authorities of the seceded
States, would be manifested, to his
great surprise, he found that, instead
of peace, they were investing every
fort and navy yard with rebel troops
and fortifications, and actually prepa
ring to make war upon the Federal
Government. Not only this, but while
the Administration was yielding to
the cry against coercion, for the pur
pose, if possible, of averting the cala
mity of civil war, the very men who
were loudest against coercion, were
preparing for it, the Government was
losing strength with the people, and
the President and his Cabinet were
charged with being imbecile and false
to the high trust conferred upon them.
At last they have determined to en
force the laws, and to do it vigorously;
but not in an aggressive spirit. When
the Administration determined to or
der Major Anderson out of Fort Sum
ter, some days since, they also deter
mined to do so on one condition—
namely, that the fort and property in
it should not be molested, but allowed
to remain as it is. The authorities of
the Confederate States would not
agree to this, but manifested a dispo
sition to get possession of the fort and
United States property therein. The
Goernment would not submit to any
such humiliation.
It was immediately determined up
on to keep Major Anderson in Fort
Sumter, and to supply him with pro
visions forthwith. A portion of the
fleet which should have left the port
of New York last night will reach
Charleston to-morrow for that pur
pose.
There is no desire to put additional
men in the fort, unless resistance is
offered to the attempt to furnish Major
Anderson with supplies. The fleet
will riot approach Charleston with hos
tile intent; but in view of the great
military preparations about Fort 6um
ter, the supply vessels will go pre
pared to reply promptly to any resist
ance of a warlike character that may
be offered to a peacetul approach to
the fort.
The responsibility of opening .the
war will be thrown upon the parties
who set themselves in defiance of the
Government. It is sincerely hoped
by the Federal authorities here that
the leaders of the Secessionists will
not open their batteries.
Captain Talbot conveyed instruc
tions to Major Anderson from the
President, that his Government would
supply him forthwith, and in the event
that the vessels performing that duty
were fired upon, to open his batteries,
and the Government would sustain
him at every hazard. This is the
stern condition of things.
The moment the President has any
official knowledge that a blow has
been struck, he will issue a proclama
tion calling Congress together, in
which he will make some startling an
nouncements to the country, showing
to the people of the South, as well as
the North, a state of facts the most
extraordinary ever known.
TILE POSITION OP THE ADMINISTRATION
The N. Y. Tribune says
The statements which have gained
currency in some quarters, to the ef
fect that President Lincoln, or the
Secretary of State, entered into an
agreement or arrangement with the
rebel commissioners at Washington,
concerning the United States forts in
the South, or the course to be pursued
by the Administration, are entirely
without foundation. No such agree
ment, no such arrangement, no such
understanding, has ever existed. Mr.
Seward has uniformly said, in reply to
inquiries as to the policy of the Ad
ministration, that its acts would dis
close its policy. On all the questions
that have come before the Cabinet in
relation to the course to be pursued in
suppressing the rebellion of the slave
holders,andpartieularly in regard to the
recent warlike measures of the Admin
istration, the President and Mr. Sew
ard are entirely agreed in opinion.—
The reports to the contrary are mere
fabrications.
COWARDLY CONDUCT
A deplorable example of the demor
alization of the public mind in the
Smith has recently come to light bore.
In hastily opening one of the mail
bags from Virginia, a small box was
thrown upon the floor and broken,
from which escaped two venomous
snakes. It was addressed to the Pres
ident of the United States, and, but
for this accident, would have been
sent to him, and opened without hesi
tation, according to the design of the
cowardly wretches who conceived the
infamous plot. Being free, there was
no postmark, by which it might be
traced.
NOTICE SERVED ON JEFF. DAVIS.
A messenger started yesterday mor
ning for Montgomery simultaneously
with ono for Charleston. The Admin
istration has served fair notice on Jef
ferson Davis and Governor Pickens of
its intentions, and loaves with them
the grave responsibility of inaugura
ting civil war, if they should make
that election. Tho simple purpose is
to relieve a starving garrison. Should
that act of humanity be rosistnd, the
crime will be theirs, and the judgment
of the country will justify any retri
bution, however severe it may be.—
On this question there can bo no divi
sion of sentiment in the North.
THE FIRST BLOW STRUCK FOR THE STARS
AND STRIPES.
The war has commenced. The peo
ple of Richmond county, who do busi
ness largely in Virginia, and are far
moved from the influence of " North
ern prejudices," on Friday last gave
evidence that they were not disunion
ists, and would tolerate no insult to
their flag or to their partriotism. - A
schooner from Charleston, S. C., ran
into Tottenville, having the Palmetto
flag flying, and continued to display it
after she had anchored- Some of the
people then insisted that it should bo
hauled down, and the stars and-stripes
hoisted in its place. This the captain
refused, but refused with so much in
solence and abuse that the ire of one
of the remonstrants was excited, and
he gave the captain a severe beating.
What became of the flag we did not
learn.-11T. Y. Co»nnercial Advertiser.
NO. 4a
THE YOUNG LADIES ENCOURAGING TEM
VOLUNTEERS FOR PENSACOLA
The Atlanta Southern Confederacy,
recording the arrival and departure,
on the Ist inst., of several companies
of Georgia troops for Pensacola, says:
Two hundred and twenty-three
young -ladies of the Atlanta Female
Institute, came in a body and were
formed in a line at the Atlanta Hotel,
under Professor Mayson and Howard.
Each young lady had a small flag of
the Confederate States, made of paper
cambric, with the " bars" and " stars"
beautifully printed thereon. Each flag
also had the inscription : " From the
young ladies of the Atlanta Female
Institute. None but the brave deserve
the fair." Miss Kane made a few re
marks, when all the young ladies in a
body stepped forward and presented
to each member of the Gate City
Guards one of the very beautiful min
iature flags which they held in their
hands. Three cheers for the Female
Institute, were given with a hearty
good will by all who were present, and
and then three more were given by
the crowd for the Guards.
At two o'clock all the soldiers had
taken their seats in the cars, and the
train of the Macon and Western road
moved off with thirteen passenger cars
attached, amidst the booming of can
non, and the cheering and shouting of
unnumbered throngs, and waving of
hankerchiefs by the ladies from the
windows and balconies contiguous.
UNION PEELING IN TENNESSEE
Of the Union Convention, held at
Raleigh on Monday week, the Mem
phis Bulletin says :
All men seemed to realize the fact
that the permanent separation of the
free and slave States would necessarily
entail hopeless ruin upon the Border
States—Kentucky and Missouri first
giving up the institution of slavery,
and Tennessee being forced to follow
next.
The creation of two antagonistic
and rival republics was conceded to be
an insufferable calamity, breeding jeal
ousies, perpetual differences, and fol
lowed by intestine fueds and civil wars.
The continuance of peace would be
impossible, as is seen, even now, in the
restrictions sought to be imposed upon
the navigation of the Mississjppi. The
Border States must make terms with
the - .N.7orthwest, and if nothing better
for the Border States can be done—if
the Union cannot be reconstructed—a
middle confederacy becomes a matter
of absolute necessity for those States
contiguous to the free States.
The proposition to hold a Conven
tion of the Border States at Frankfort,
Ky., met with unqualified approbation.
Burial of John McLean.
[From the aucinnati Commercial of April Bth.]
The funeral of the late Judge Mc-
Lean was very numerously attended
from his residence in Clifton, notwith
standing the disagreeable weather.
A spirit of profound sadness pervad
ed the large concourse of assembled
friends, earnest of a grief that was sin
cere and heartfelt. The ceremonies at
the house were opened by the Rev. J.
T. Mitchell, of Wesley Chapel, with
the announcement from II Samuel,
38th verse: "Know ye not that there
is a Prince and a great man fallen in
Israel." He then read the 90th Psalm
and a portion of the 4th chapter of let
Thessalonians. Rev. Dr. Clark follow
ed in a few remarks pertinent and
well-timed. Rev. Mr. Allen then read
an appropriate hymn, and Rev. John
F. Wright closed the exercises with
prayer. An opportunity was has by
the friends to take a last look upon the
earthly remains of the distinguished
dead. His marked, noble features had
been left by the spirit in perfect repose,
and wore an expression of remarkable
serenity, disease seeming to have caus
ed him but little pain in his last mo
ments and to have produced no ema
ciation.
The plate on his coffin bore the fol
lowing inscription
JOHN McLEAN:
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States.
BORN, March 14th, 1755
DIED, April 4th, 1861
It is worthy of remark that the date
of his death was the twentieth anni
versary of the death of Gen. Harrison.
The following named gentlemen
served as pall bearers :
Judge Leavitt, Judge Este, Judgo
Storer, Judge Hall, J. H. Grossbeelc,
Nathaniel Wright, Henry E. Spencer,
N. Longworth, R. Buchanan, Flamer
Ball, Henri Stanborry, and John
Reeves, Esquires.
A long retinue s of carriages followed
the remains to their resting place, in
Spring Grove Cemetery, and closed
the earthly relations of one in whose
great achievments was fully verried
by the proverb, "Nil sine magno vita
labore dedit mortalibus."
In the review of the life of 'Judge
McLean, in Friday's papers, it was
stated that four children were born
to him in his first marriage—two only
remaining alive. This was erroneous.
Four daughters and three sons were
the fruit of that marriage—of whom
three survive, two sons,Nathaniel and
John, and ono daughter, the wife of
Col Joseph Taylor, of the U. S. Army.
The one child born of his second mar
riage died in infancy. Instead of re
ceiving the degree of L. L. D. from
Transylvania lJniversity,"that honor
was conferred upon him by flip "Ohio
Wesleyan University," and also by
Harvard University.
A sermon suggested by the life and
character of the Judge, will be deliv
ered at some time to be designated
hereafter.