AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. J9M B, BUTTON, Editor &.Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., FEB. 21, 1861. ’ Appointment of- Auctioneer. —Gov. Cur tin has commissioned Rout. , M’Cartnkt, Esq. (at present the'High Sheriff of Cumber land county,) Public Auctioneer for Carlisle, in plaqe of Hr. Wm. Gould, removed. We wero'not aware before that a man could hold IV State office and a County office at the same time. We arc authorized to state that Mr., Gould will continue to sell old furniture for those who desire his services, at his Auction rooms, next door to Hannon’s hotel, as heretofore. The Wheat Prospect.— The present sea son is said, by those whose interest it is to keep booked up in such matters, to bo an ex ceedingly favorable one for the growth of the wheat crop. So far ns we have hoard, the wheat fields throughout Cumberland county, 'and indeed throughout' the State, present a very flourishing appearance. Providence still, smiles upon our land, notwithstanding the political troubles with which wo are af flicted. Blub'Birds. —The blue birds, those sweet and'welcome harbingers of spring, have alrea dy made their appearance, and in the morn ings the air is vocal with their delightful mu sic. This certainly looks like the approach of spring, and the weather, just now, favors the delusion! Wo hope we may not he disap r 'pointed by having rough weather when we should have spring. More Troops fob Washington. —Another detachment of forty-five troops left the Car lisle Garrison on Friday, destined for Wash ington. They took their horses with them, and were fully equipped. , Di?” The Hon. Horatio King, Post Mas. lor-Goneral, will deliver a poem before the Literary Societies of Dickinson college,, at their aniyersary, on the day before, the next commencement. Mr.. King is a gentleman of fine literary attainments, and wo doubt not, his poem will be worthy the man and the oc casion. Daring Outrage. —A most daring and dia bolical outrage, by a fiend in human form, was attempted on a respectable widow lady of our town, bn Monday night last. . The particulars, as welearned them, are about as follows; About 2 o'clock bn the night wo have mentioned, a man rapped at thc door of the lady in, ques tion, (who resides in Irvin’s Row.) Finally, the lady being waked up, hoisted the window of her chamber and asked “who’s there'?" The man informed her that she was wanted at her sisters, (a widow, residing in Pitt street,) who “was at the pbintof death.” The lady at once dressed herself, came- down stairs, and pro ceeded with the man up town, to witness, as she supposed, her sister’s death. After walking up town as far as Hanover street, they proceeded south to Pomfret street, where they, turned, at, the Post-office corner, west ward. After proceeding a few stops, .the man or devil seized the lady in his arms, and informed her that be intended to commit an outrage upon her person, and advised her to keep quiet or he would kill her. She resist ed the brute,, and screamed “ murder.” At this the villain choked the lady, but yet she continued to scream "as loud as she possi bly could. Finally ho knocked her down, and than ran> leaving, the lady in a fainting condition. She finally recovered sufficiently to walk to-her sisters, who she found well. The lady is much injured about the neck and face from the blows of the scoundrel.- He had concocted this plan to take advantage of a defenceless lady, at an hour when he supposed he, could accomplish his base pur pose. He was a stranger to the lady, but we hope he may yet be discovered and severe ly punished. “Attention, Young Menl” —lVoperceive, by the advertisement of Messrs. Horace L. liegeman & Co., of Now. York, that the re nowned “Stimulating Onguent” invented by. Dr. Bellingham for a healthy stimulation in the growth of beard or whiskers, has now had its American market confided to their agency. The high reputation of this article in London; Paris and other cities of Europe, seems to have been fully justified, by experi ence in this country. We find that its prais es are re-echoed among all classes. . A. few weeks are. said to prove its almost magical in fluences upon, the board or whiskers, The British volunteers have made such free use of it as to attract the attention of The London Punch. See advertisement of Messrs. liege man. & Co. inanother column. Thieves at Mechanicsbubg. —Our neigh bors in Mpohanicsburg are much annoyed by thieves. Mrs. Mcloy, of the Union Hotel, has recently bad, quite a number of chickens sto lon, besides a number of articles from her cellar. Even the olergy do not appear to bo exempt from the forays of the scamps, ns. the Bor, C. Eightmyar had a lot of corn, and several coats stolon from his stable a few nights since. Thera are-several persons sus pected, and a suitable opportunity is only waiting to have them nabbed, . The Inauguration.— The “ ides of March” are fast approaching, and the President-elect is wending his way to the National Capitol. "Washington City is now a garrisoned town; its streets and avenues bristle with bayonets; caunon are planted at every corner, and war like preparations may be seen on every hand. And all this military display—this marching and counter-marching, this pattering after the despotic governments of Europe—is done, It is said, to overawe the people, and preserve the peace at the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln ! Never, since the formation of our government, has such a humiliating spectacle been, seen;- In a free country, whore the voice of the-people is potential, brother is armed against brother, in order that a scc iional President may assumo tho reins of gov ernment without bloodshed 1 This parading of United States troops on Pennsylvania ave nue every morning, causes deep indignation in the minds- of Southern delegates to the Peace Convention, and will do more to alien ate the people of the South from their loyalty to the Union, than could all the ravings and hdwlibgs of Greeley and his traitorous com- peers. Truly, we have fallen upon evil days, and." our country’s future" who may fore tell it? MS. UipiS’S SPEECH AT PITTSBURG. The President-elect is now,wending his way to the capitol of the nation, whore, in a few days, ho will assume the responsible duties entrusted to his care. On his route from Springfield, he has made numerous short speeches, but his principal speech was deliv ered at Pittsburg. Wo publish this speech in full, that our readers may form some idea, if they can, of the course that is likely to bp pursued by the new President : after he has been invested with power. It will bo seen that Mr. Lincoln speaks of our national difficulties'll! a tone of indiffer ence and levity. Notwithstanding the deep distress our country has been plunged into by Mr. Lincoln’s adherents, he tells us “there is really no crisis except an artificial one!”— “ Keep cool," says Mr. Lincoln, “ and these troubles will come to an end.” Is it not won derful to see the President-elect thus indiffer ent ? Ho talks about our national calamity as flippantly as bo would talk about a cock fight—a sport, it is said, be was formerly Very fond of. Wo can tell Mr. Lincoln that it will require more than coolness on the part of bis Abolition supporters and himself to bring our difficulties “to an end.” Any boy can say “ ke,ep cool,” but wo want the words of a statesman now; we want something tangible. Keeping cool will not satisfy, nor should it satisfy, the States that have left and are. leav ing the Union; nor will it alleviate the dis tress and suffering which now oppresses thou sands'and tens of thousands of our people.— No, no, this kind of light flippant talk served ts purpose in the last political campaign, hut it will not do now when our citizens, North and South are arming for a deadly Mr. Lincoln had bettor abandon buffoonery,- look our difficulties in the face, and attempt their solution.' *Ho don’t appear'to appreciate ho calamity that has ffvertakon us; and seems to have no conception of the misery of the in dustrial classes of society. “Keep cool” is the only advice he gives 1’ What a lack of heart, and head, and statesmanship, is here exhibi ted. “Old Abb” is no Solomon, it is , quite evident. , ■' * On the subject of the tariff, tho “ rail-split- ter” also indulges in empty talk. In the iron oily of. Pittsburg, with the soot of hundreds of forges and’furnaces falling around and "about him, he appeared to consider it a good Oppor tunity, to refer to the subject of the'tariff—a subject the people of the “smoking city” are so deeply interested in. Yot his remarks amounted to nothing.. Indeed, he confesses that he does' “ not un derstand the subject in all its bearings,” and this, is certainly true, as-his speech indicates. Ho says, too, that the, tariff - plank of the Chi cago platform is liable .to two constructions, and this is true also, and in the last campaign,' the Republicans' of the New .England States contended that the 12th plank of theChioago platform advocated free; trade, or at most very low rates of tariff duties'. , Hero in Pennsyl vania, however, the Lincolnites took the oth er, position, and insisted that it was in favor of high duties. Mr. Lincoln is therefore right when lie says this miserable, deceptive, rotten plank in the Chicago platform is liable to dif ferent constructions. From big, speech' wo quote: '. . ; ~ - .; “I have long thought that if thore bo any article of-necessity which can bo produced at home with as little or nearly the same labor as abroad, it would be hotter to protect that article •of labor at its true standard value." There; iron men of Pennsylvania—there, protectionists, is not “ Old Abe" a great tariff man ? Why, if wo could manufacture iron at as littlp cost as they, manufacture it in Eng land. wo would want no protection whatever. But England manufactures iron one-half chea per than we do in America, and can therefore afford-to pay cost of carriage, and compote with bur iron men. It is because we can't manu facture it here at the same rates the English people can that we want a tariff. But, Mr. Lincoln advances the sage conclusion that if the article of iron here can be produced as cheap as in England, then he is in favor of a tariffl Nonsense. We repeat, that as. soon as we can make iron as cheap as they make it in other countries, we will require no tariff for protection. 'Mr. Lincoln’s idea is novel and certainly original on this subject, and it is well that ho told his hearers that he was not fapidiar with the question; Again ho says: ; V If I have any recommendation to make (to the next Congress.) it will be that every man who is called upon to serve th.o people in a representative capacity, should study the whole subject of the tariff thoroughly, as I in tend to do myself, looking to all the varied in- terests of the common country; so that when the time of action arrives to advocate that pro tection may bo extended to the coal .and iron of Pennsylvania, the com of Illinois, and the reapers of Chicago.” Well, as iron needs protection, and “the corn of Illinois and the reapers of Chicago" will thrive bettor without protection on iroii, wo would like to know how ho can benefit all these interests bya tariff on iron. The Mem bers of Congress from Illinois have almost in variably advocated “free trade,” and their constituents have sustained them. They want no protection—corn and reapers require no tariff, because they have no foreign competi- tion. They want cheap iron, and are opposed to high duties on this article. But, “ old Abe” says protect iron, and corn, and windmills— no; reapers, we believe ho designates. How will you do it. undo Abb ? That is the ques tion. Ona interest (iron,) is best served by protection; the other is best served by having little or no protection for iron. This is one of the difficulties of adjusting a tariff—a diffi culty the tariff men never explained jon the stump, for the very reason that they wore afraid to present the subject in all its bear ings to the people. The tariff, like the slave ry question;.has been used as an electioneer ing hobby in this State. Out of Pennsylvania few advocates of a• protective tariff can be found, and'it'was because tho Republicans know this fact, that they adopted that hum bug resolution at Chicago, (the-12thi plank.) No one protended to understand' that resolu tion, and the high-tariff men of Pennsylvania 1 contended that it favored protection, and the 1 Now England and AYostern Republicans swore it meant free trade. AVe think it is evident that the President-elect sympathizes with his own Stale on this subject—he is for tho corn and reapers of Illinois first, and'tho iron and coal, of Pennsylvania second. AYo shall -see what we-shall see. Jjgy-We are indebted to Hon. Wm. Mont gomery, M. C., for Congressional documents DO THE PEOPLE DESIRE WAR t Ninoty-nino of every hundrod of our people 'will answer the above question- In the nega tive. And yet, to road the Republican papers, w;e would bo led to believe that ljho,“ great North” is anxious for a conflict. What folly. Have these Republican editors ever'consider 'ed the cost of an intestine war?—ito mean a cost of lives.as well as of treasure. Can they estimate the amount of misery it would entail upon us ? Can they have an idea, should war once bo declared, when%t will terminate?- Wo.trow not. They have not made the "esti mate ; they have not counted the cost. They “go it blind," assail the South, and speak of war. as flippantly ns they would speak of an every-day subject. Wo are. opposed to civil war—opposed, to it, because it is barbarous, and will entail misery, not only upon tho country, but upon all the people. It is horrible to contemplate. One half of the families of the North are related in some Way to one-half the families of the South. Thousands of our sons and daughters are mar ried South, and thousands of Southern sons and daughters are married North. How can a people thus related go to war? The very thought sickens tho heart. But yet some of the Republicans—not all of them, thank God —talk about forcing tho South to obedienoo. They say the Chicago platform must be. ad hered to, and the extreme doctrines enuncia ted in it carried out to tho letter. They ap pear to think tliatu platform that was patched up in a back room of a hotel in Chicago, by Horace Greely, Carl Schurz, Lovejoy, Wil mot, & Co., of greater importance than tho. Union! The people, however, will say “ away with all platforms, if it be necessary to save the country.” Tho.Chioago platform is a swindle and a cheat—the joint production of as great a sot of demagogues'as ever, dis graced our country. We never knew a plat form of any political party that was strictly adherqdv'to. Generally speaking, platforms are humbugs, and this Chicago platform is the greatest humbug of them all. Let us then, for the time- being, discard all political plat forms, and save the platform of the. Union. —■ Let every means bo used to bring about con ciliation and harmony between the different sections of the country; hut in no cage, resort to civil war and fratricidal strife. . ■ figy Tlro Carlisle American of last week contains a long article in defence of Wilmot. Our neighbor affects to think that tho appoint ment of this arch agitator and demagogue as one of the Peace Commissioners to Washing ton, is evidence of Gov. Curtin’s patriotism 1 Indeed 1 How comes it, then, that a large number of Republican journals denounced the appointment as “one not fit to be made?”— There arc a few free men yot in the Republi can ranks—men who ara hot chained to the abolition car-r-aud they speak thdif senti ments, ■without fear and trembling, and ike;/ censured the Governor for selecting the whole seven . Commissioners from the Republican ranks, and particularly did they object to the selection of Wilmot. Tho assertion of the American' that the “only act he (Wilmot,) ever did in his regard to slavery, was the offering of the Wilmot Proviso in Con gress,” la simply untrue; The offering of tho ’Proviso (of which' 1 howas not the author,) is' the least of his offences. He. is a ranting, vi-. olont, red-hot Abolitionist, of tho Greelv and* Garritson school, and every man knows this, and every fair man will admit it. He is Greelv’s riglit-hand man in this State, and when Greelv noticed Wilmot’s appointment as one of the Commissioners to the Peace Con gress, ho expressed the'hopo (in his lying Ab olition Tribune,) that “all the Commissioners from Pennsylvania may coincide with the Hon. David Wilmot in opinion.” And, the Tiibune might have added these words to con clude its sentence and express its meaning, “-for then wo will he sure that no compromise wilt he agreed upon." . It is fashionable for certain editors (partic ularly those who have an axe to grind,) to deny that Republicanism and Abolitionism is one and the same thing. ;Wilmot says he is a Republican, not an Abolitionist; Gbeelv says the same thing; and we have no doubt, that if the negro, Fbed Douglass, was asked 7u's politics, ho would, like Gbeelv; Wilmot and Beecher, answer, “ I am a Republican." Now, there_may have been, in the last cam paign, a few men who supported “old Abe,” who refused to subscribe to the doctrines pro mulgated by Gbeelv, but they were like hen’s teeth, hard to bo found. Certain it is, fill Ab olitionists are Republicans; and they all vo ted for the “ rail-splitter.” The Abolitionists organized the party, christened it, and kicked Know-Nothing editors and Know-Nothing principles into its support. “ Sam” was cap- tured by “ Sambo,” and so-called “ American principles” made to yield a willing support to rank abolitionism. This was rather “ unman- ly” recreancy on the part of Know-Nothing editors, but yet they submitted, like whipped spaniels, and now some of them put on airs and talk more nimbly in defence of “ Re publican principles” than the old Captains who always held to the dogmas of that fac tion. A traitor to his cause is always more zealous and unreasonable than those who nev er changed. The American of this place is a case in point. The Herald, the recognized or gan of the opposition for half a century, is anxious for a settlement of our difficulties, and advocates a compromise. But the American, a forced convert from Know-Nothinffism, is as - ... ° 7 belligerent ns a game-coek, and rank as a pole cat. It is in favor of breaking things—oppos ed to peace—opposed to compromise—thinks the Chicago Platform must bo sustained, even at the expense of the Union—and, to cap the climax of its servility, defends Wilsiot, and represents him a conservative, law-abiding man ! Comment is unnecessary. “ Gone to Grass.” —A number of weak kneed Insurance Companies and Savings Fund have recently gone under in Philadel phia. Among the number are. The Neptune Insurance Company. The Eastern Insurance Company. The Quaker City Insurance Company. The Seaman’s Saving Fund, The-Spring Garden Savings Fund; The Pennsylvania Safety Fuud. The State-Savings Fund. Those are said to be all bad failures. O’T.nn.GiRARD House, in Philadelphia, will bo-closed on the Ist of March, and will 1 probably, remain shut up for a year. The losses of the building are about to open a new house-at Nashville, Tenn, THE GREAT BOND ROBBERY. On our first pag# will bo found a very full abstract of the Report of tho Special Commit tee of tho Houso on tho fraudulent abstraction of the Bonds of the Indian TrUst Fund. The disclosures are startling* and place John B. F loyd, late Secretary of War* in a most unen viable position. Was it .to. bo wondered, at that this old pat in the pantry considered that his honor required him to resign the position of Secretary of War?—a position he had used for tho purpose of robbing the Government of millions of dollars. It appears that the Gov ernment is involved in a loss of over six mil lions of dollars by the malfeasance in office of John B. Floyd, and other "persons connected with him. Mr. William 11. Russell is fear fully involved, and Godard Bailey appears to have been a tool in the hands of more distin guished and responsible rascals. The report fully exposes the" whole plan of tho robbery from its inception to its consummation. Tho Philadelphia Press, which publishes tho re port entire, remarks that Mr. Morris, its au thor, traces this unexampled robbery frpm its inception to its close, and tho picture he pre sents of official carelessness, profligacy, faise hooaiand crime, will not only bo road by our own people with sorrowing hearts, but will go before the nations of the earth as the proof positive that our rulers have proved them selves to bo unequal to tho task of honestly ad ministering the Government.. There is, no esr timating the exact amount which has been ob tained on certain false pretences from banks and private citizens. • The Government itself has been directly robbed of a little less than a million of dollars, but how much private in dividuals, and various Eastern, Western, and Southwestern banks have lost,by discounting the drafts /if ’Russell and Company, accepted by Governor Floyd, as Secretary of War, can not be exactly ascertained. When it is ascer tained, the question will remain whether the Government can be held for these acceptances, which were issued to an amount nearly equal to §7,000,000, some portion of which Mr. Rus sell claims, on his testimony, to have redeem ed. The other damning fact appears that, while Russell & Company wore realizing upon those acceptances, they were receiving pay for their services from the paymasters of tho Uni ted States stationed at Washington and Leav enworth. It will be recollected that the ac ceptances were issued in advance of the per formance of tho service by the contractors, on the express understanding, according to Gov. Floyd’s testimony, that when the contractors received their pay from the Government, they wore to lift this discounted paper ns .it matur ed. But it is manifest that an amount rang ing from five to six millions has remained, and still remains, in the hands of those who had advanced on thes.e.acceptanccs, many of whom will be ruined unless the Government shall indemnify them. The extent of this nefari ous transaction may bo conceived by anticipa- ■ ting alike the distresses of those whodiscoun- ' ted these acceptances in good faith, and the I immense amount'd! private claims, fabricated and otherwise, which their appeal to Congress 1 and the Court of. Claims will inaugurate. Proud to be a Democrat. —Tho question ■mas asked Uitelyvijf there was a Democrat in all this proud not prqud. of he-, ing a Domocr^?'?S i f'o cnn answer for this County, that we have ho' other kind hero.—. They feel a pride and a satisfaction that their rotes have not been, the moans of bringing on the hard timesit was not Democratic rotes that destroyed the business of the country; not their votes that have set the North and South to wrangling; not their votes that have, year by year, destroyed the fraternal feeling of a people; not their votes that have snapped the morals of the matiog; not their votes that have sundered oneihy|ong.-the ties that bound the Union of Our-States ,'-not their votes that have made imminent a revolution in our midst, and imperilled the greatness and power of our country. The;Domocraoy are not chargeable . with any of these calamities—present or pro spective that affect the people. Free Negroes'. —Sixty free negroes, from -North Carolina, bound North, passed through Maryland the other day. Cause: the South ern secession movement. We may expect hundreds and thousands of those unfortunates before long.—^Exchange. This is but one.of the'evils which will be inflicted upon the border free States, by the wild fanaticism'of the Northern abolitionists. In a short time, thousands of free negroes will be driven north of Mason - and Dixon’s line, where they will remain and settle. Unlike tho fugitive slaves, they need not seek refuge in the frozen regions of Canada, and they will not emigrate to tho bleak- shores of New En gland. Pennsylvania, whoso climate is more congenial to the colored man, will be overrun with them, where they will remain and swell tho already largo number of bur worthless black population. In summer, if they work at all, they will compete ruinously with our own industrious white laborers, and in winter our jails and poor-houses will bo crowded by them. This is agratifiying consideration for the tax-payer to ponder upon! Verily, the so-called “ Republican” party, and its allies, will have much to answer for. The Defence of the Capitol. —The Wash ington States gives a list of the troops now concentrated at the Federal capitol. There are eight companies of artillery and dragoons, numbering five hundred and ninety-nine men, besides a corps of sappers and minors from West Point, numbering sixty-four men, under Lieutenant Duane. Companies Aof the sec ond, I of the first and the detachment of dra goons from West Point, are accompanied by. light batteries. The remainder are all acting as infantry, with the exception of the dragoons from, Carlisle. All the troops, with the excep tion of the sappers and minors, who are sub ject to the orders of General Scott and the War Department, have been placed under the com mand of Major Harvey Brown. Those, to gether with the marines, who number about three hundred, make the total number , about one thousand men. A letter from - Berlin states that the se vere cold which prevailed during the' funer al of the late King caused illness among many of the persons who were present. More than 200 of the soldiers who lined the streets wore obliged to go- into hospital, and some of them have since-died. A number of horses have also perished from the same cause. jjgy Troops from all quarters are daily ar riving at Washington. IMPORTANT FROM BABRISBDRfI. Passage Hfthe hill through the House for the Repeal of the Tonnage Tax. On Saturday last, the bill to release by law, tho Pennsylvania Rail-Road Company from the payment of what is known ns the' Ton nage Tax, passed a final rending in tho House, and'w'as sent to the Senate. The" following is tho voto on tho final passage of tho bill: Yeas—Messrs. Abbott, Acker, Asohom, Austin, Ball, Bartholomew, Blair, Bressler, Brewster, Burns, Butler, (Carbon,) Butler, i Crawford,) .Byrne, Caldwell, Cowan, Craig, louglass, Dufiield, Duncan, Dunlop, Eilen bergor, GaskiH, Gibbony, Goehrlng, Graham, Harvey, Hillman, Hofius, Huhn, Kocß Law rence, Leisenring, Lowther, M’Donough, M’Gonigal, Marshall, Moore, Morrison, Mul lin, Obor, Ostorhout, Pierce, Preston, Pughe, Randall, Riley, Ridgwdy, Robinson, Roller, Seltzer, Shafer, Sheppard, Smith, (Philadel phia,) Taylor, Toller, Thomas, Walker, White, Wildoy and Davis, Speaker —6o. Nays—Messrs. Alexander, Anderson, Arm strong. Barnsley,|Jßisel, Bixlor, Blanchard, Bliss, Boyer, Brodhcad, Clark, Collins, Cope, Dismant, Donley,. Elliot, Frazier; Happor, Heyes, Heck, Hill, Hood, Irvin, Kline, Litoh tenwallner, Manifold, Myers, Patterson, Reiff, Rhoads, Shrook, Smith, (Berks,) Stchman, Stoueback, Strang, Tracy, Williams and Wil son—3B. Final passage of the Bill for the relief of the Sunbury and Erie Rail-Road. On the same day, in the House, tho bill to authorize tho Sithbury and Erie Railroad Company, to borrow five millions of dollars on a mortgage which shall come in first and’take precedence of the lien now held by tho State, was passed by the following vote : Yeas—Messrs. Abbott, Acker, Anderson, Armstrong, Aschom, Austin, Ball, Barnsley, Bartholomew, Bisel, Blair. Boyer, Bressler,. Brewster, Butler, (Carbon,) Butler, (Craw ford,) Byrne, Oaldwellj Collins, Cowan, Craig, Douglass, Dufiield, Duncan, Dunlap, Ei.on berger, Gaskill, Graham, Ilapper, Harvey, Hayes, Hillman, Hood, Hofius, Huhn, iline Koch, Lawrence,Leisenring, Lowther, M’Don ough, M’Gonigal, Manifold, Marshall, Moore, Morrison, Mullin, Ober, Qsterhout, Peirce, Preston, Pughe, Randall, Reilly, Rhoads, Ridgway', Robinson, Roller, Shrock, Seltzer, Shafer, Sheppard, Smith, (Berks,) Smith, (Philadelphia, ) Stehman, Strang, Teller, Thomas, Walker, White, Wildoy and Davis, Speaker--. 72. Nays—Messrs. Alexander, Bixlcr, Blanch ard, Bliss, Broadband., Burns, Clark, Cope, Dismant, Donley, Elliot, Frazier, Gfbboney, Goehring, Heck, Hill, Irvin, Liehtonwalluer, Myers, Patterson, Reiff, Stoneback, Taylor, Tracy, Williams and Wilson—26. An Extensive Gold Field.— Thomas Starr King, in a letter about tho California gold re gion to the Boston “Transcript,” says: “.It is an area equal to the whole of New England, and its riches are scarcely touched as yet.—- There is no more danger that the wheat pro duce will give out than the gold harvest will. The hydraulic. pipes, fed by 6,000 miles of. aqueduct, may pour out their wrath without stint; the 300 quartz mills, that cost §3,500,- 000, may roar day and night without foar«of draining the yellow crop. It is said by some geologists hero, that there are single quartz veins in the State which contain more gold than is at present in circulation in all the world.” Importance op having a Pamii.t.—lt is really encouraging to see how many mOn tayo all at once, discovered .that they could ot bo spared by thieir famUies.tq go soldier ing 1 The value of husbands has advanced, to hear them speak for themselves, (not that they wish to have an excuse not to go to war, oh I no!) and if they wore'to bo taken away .at this juncture, there is go telling how much their wives and innocent children would have to suffer! In this connection wo may add that many young men who have been courting for'the Lord only knows how, long, have all at once made np their minds to mar ry, (who would ask a young married man to. go to war?) having come to the conclusion that it is not right ,to trifle any longer with the affections of their Duloinoas. Here’s a go I Ladies, this is a hopeful time, surely, and all you will be asked to do, will be to go in for Union I Hurrah,, for tho Star Spangled Banner. Abundance of Grain. —The Montreal Ad vertiser learns, from Upper Canada that the receipts of Wheat from the farmers are great er than ever known before. The storehouse upon tho railway lines are filled to repletion, and the amount "accumulated at the various ports on navigation already, will furnish many weeks’ employment for all the lake and river craft. Farmers show much anxiety to sell at present prices, and largo quantities have been disposed’of on four to six months’ credit. Resignation of Army and Navy Officers. Since the secession movement commenced, resignations in the army and navy have been, plentiful. In the army, two lieutenant" colo nels, two majors, eight captains, ton lieuten ants, and four cadets have resigned. In the navy three captains, three commanders, three pursers, two surgeons and' two assistants, six teen lieutenants, three masters, four midship men and twenty acting midshipmen, have re tired from the service, believing that their first allegiance is due to the soil upon which they were born, and that they cannot under any circumstances draw tho sword against the South. The Twentv-Second of February has boon appointed for’the colored folks to fast and pray. A good many of them fast every day in this section. — Exchange. A large portion of the “ colored’ folks,"’ in and about Carlisle, prey a great deal more than they fast 1 jjgy Major Anderson is considered one of the best artillerists in the army. Ho is the author of the standard book on that arm of the service, used' at West Point and in the ar my. ■ . jjgg- jtw exchange thinks that the seizure of Fort Moultrie by the Carolinians looks a little billions. Precisely; and the seizure of the forts at Mobile,, looksVlittle Mo-billious. jgy Sheriff Miller returned last week from Christiana, Chester county, with Wm. Weav er in custody. Woavor was arrested while at tending a vendue. The verdict of the-coron er’s Jury is that Mrs. Weaver's death was caused by poison furnished by her husband. The stomach has not been analyzed on account of- the chemists in Philadelphia refu sing to do it for less than $3OO, or $5OO and all expenses paid if they are required to testify in court. The commissioners agreed to_ give $lOO, but the chemists refusing to do it for that sum, the consent of the commissioners will have to-be obtained for the larger sum. Perry County Advocate. THE PRESIDENT ELECT IN PENNSYLVANIA. SPEECH OF MR LINCOLN TO THE PEO PLE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY.. Pittsburg, Feb. 15.— Tho -weather this morning opened inauspioiously, a heavy rain falling up to eight o’olopk, when it -subsided. During tho morning Mr. Lincoln was waited upon by tho Pittsburg Councils in a body, and many visitors called to pay their re spects. . > In accordance with Mr. Lincoln’s invita tion to tho people of Allegheny county last night, a large crowd gathered this morning in the vicinity of the Monongahola House, to hoar his Speech on the peculiar interests of tho country. When he was introduced, and advanced to the railing of tho balcony, he was greeted with vociferous cheering. Mr. Lincoln then addressed tho assemblage as follows; Mayor . Wilson and of Pennsylva nia ; I most cordially thank his Honor Mayor Wilson, and the citizens of Pittsburg gener ally, for this flattering reception. It is the more grateful because I know that while it is not given me alone, but to tho cause I repre sent, yet it is given under circumstances that clearly prove to mo that there is good will and sincere feeling at the bottom of it. [Enthu siastic applause.] ' _ And here I may remark that in every short, address I have made to the people, in every: crowd through which 1 have passed of late, some allusion has beenmade to the present distracted state of the country. 1 It is naturally expected that I should say something upon this subject; but if I touch upon it at all, it would involve an elaborate discussion. Tho groat number of questions and circumstances would require more time than I can at present command, and I would perhaps unnecessarily commit myself upon matters that have not yet fully developed themselves. [lmmense cheering and cries of “ good,” “ that’s right.”] . The condition of the country is an extraor dinary one, and fills the mind of every patriot with anxiety and solicitude. My intention is to give this subject all tho consideration that I possibly can, before I speak fully and defi nitely in regard to it. [Cheers.] So that when I do speak, I may be as nearly right ns possible. ' • ■ . When I do-speak, I hope I will say nothing in opposition to tho spirit of the Constitution,- or contrary to the integrity of tho Union, or which will prove inimical to the liberties of tho people or to-the peace of tho whole coun try. [Vociferous applause.] And further more, when the time arrives for mo to speak on this greet subject, I hope I will say noth ing to disappoint tho people generally through out the country, especially if their expecta tions have been based upon anything which I may have heretofore said. [Applause.] Notwithstanding the troubles across the river, (the speaker pointing southwardly to the Mononganela and smiling,) there is really no crisis, except an artificial one. [Laughton and'applause.] What is there now to warrant the condition of affairs presented by our friends over the river? Take even their own view of the questions involved, there is nothing to justify the course they are pursuing. [A voice—“ That’s so.”] I repeat, then, that there is no crisis, ex cepting such a one as may bo gotten up at any time by turbulent men, aided by design ing politicians. My advice, then, under the circumstances, is, to keep cool. If tho groat American peo ple only keep their temper on both sides of the lino, those troubles will come to an end, and the question that now distracts the coun try will bo settled just as surely as all other difficulties of a like character, which have originated in tho Government, have been ad justed. Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation continue to prosper ns heretofore. [Loud applause.] : But, follow bilizena, I have spoken longer on this subject than I intended in the outset. [Cries of “Go on, go on.”] I shall say no more at present. Fellow-citizens, as this is the first opportu nity I have had to address a Pennsylvania as semblage, it seems a fitting time to indulge in a few remarks on the important question of the tariff—a subject of a groat magnitude, and one attended with many difficulties, ow ing to tho great variety of interests ipvolvcd. . So long as direct taxation for the support of the Government is not resorted to, a tariff is necessary. A tariff is to the Government what meat is to h family. But while this is admitted, it still becomes necessary to modify or change its. operations, according os new in terests or new circumstances arise. So far, there is little difference of opinion among pol iticians,but the u question as to how far im posts may be adjusted for the protection of home industry, gives rise to numerous views and objections. , I must confess that I '3o not understand the subject in all its multiform bearings ; but I promise you that I will give it my closest attention, and endeavor to com prehend it more fully. And here I may re mark that the Chicago platform contains a plank upon this subject, which I think should be regarded as a law for the incoming admin istration. [Jmmonse demonstrations of ap plause.] In fact, this question, as well as all other subjects embodied in that platform, should not be varied from what we gave the people to understand would be our policy when we obtained their votes. [Continued applause.] Permit me, fellow-citizens, to read the tariff plank of the Chicago platform, or, rather, have it read in your hearing, by one who has younger eyes than I have. Mr. Lincoln’s private secretary then road section twelvth of the Chicago platform, as follows: \ “ That while providing revenue for the sup port of the general Government by duties upon imports, sound policy requires such ad justment of these imports as may encourage the developoment of the industrial interests of the whole country; and we commend that policy of national exchanges, which secures to tho workingmen liberal wages, to agricul ture remunerating prices, to mechanics and manufacturers an adequate reward for their skill, labor,- and enterprise, and to tho na tion, commercial prosperity, and independ ence.” Mr. Lincoln continued; Now, I. must con fess that there are shades of difference in con struing this platform, but I am not now in tending to discuss these differences, but mere ly give you some generabides of the subject. 1 havelong,thought that if there be any arti cle' of necessity which can be produced at homo, with as little, or nearly the same labor as abroad, it would bo bettor to protect it at its true standard of value.-, If a bar of iron got out of the mines in- England, and a bar of iron taken from the mines in Pennsyl vania, can be produced at the same cost, it follows that if the English bar .be shipped from Manchester to Pittsburg, and the Amer ican bar from Pittsburg to Manchester, the cost of carriage is appreciably lost. [Laugh ter.] If wo hove no iron hero, then we should encourage the shipment from a foreign coun try, but not when we can make it ns cheaply in our own country. This brings us back to the’first proposition, that if any article can bo produced at home with nearly the same cost ns abroad, the carriage is lost labor. The treasury of the nation is in such a low- condi tion at present, that this subject now demands the attention' of Congress, and will demand the.immediato consideration of the now Ad ministration. The tariff bill now before Con gress may or may-not pass at the present ses sion.- I confess I do not understand the pre cise,'provisions of this bill. I- do not know whether it can bo passed by the present Con gress or not. It may or may not become the law of the land; but if it does pass, that will bo an end of the matter until a modification can bo effected,, should that bo deemed neces sary. If it does not pass, and the latest ad vices I have are to .the effect that it i« „ni pending, the next Congress will have to it tho earliest attention; According hi T ° political education, I anl inclined to b o ii? y that the people in the various sections of a country should have their own views carries out through their representatives in Concres If the consideration of the tariff bill shoulri bo postponed until tho next session of tl,« National Legislature, no subject should enenrn your representatives more closely than it,?, of-the tariff. If I have any reconimomlaS to make, it will be that every man who in called upon to serve the people in a represent tativo capacity should study the whole subject thoroughly, os I intend to do myself, lookim? to nil the varied interests of tho common country, so that when the time for action ar rives to advocate, that protection may be ex tended to the coal and iron of Pennsylvania" the corn of Illinois, ond the reapers of Chic»l go. Permit me .to express the hope that this important subject may receive such conside ration at the bands of your representatives that the interests of no part of the country may be overlooked, but that all sections may share in tho common benefits of a just and equitable tariff. [Applause.] But lam trespassing upon your patience, [cries of “no no,” “go on,” “we’ll listen,”] and must bring my remarks to a close. Thanking yon most cordially for the kind reception you have extended to me, I bid you all adieu. [Enthu siastic applause.] At tho conclusion of the speech, immediate arrangements were made for leaving tho ho tel, which occupied considerable time, in con sequence of the density of-the crowd. Tho procession then moved through several street!, tho route being shortened, owing to tho pre vious delay. On arriving at the depot, the solid mass in waiting was almost impenetra ble. The enthusiasm manifested exceeded anything ever before witnessed. In h few minutes the special train approached, and the party embarked amidst the shouts and cheers of the excited multitude. THE SOUTHERN CONGRESS. ARRIVAL OF PRESIDENT DAVIS—HIS SPEECH, Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 16.—1 n Congress to-day, number of model flags wore presented arid referred. ... . A communication in relation to war miss ies was referred. A bill was reported from the committee in relation to. citizenship,, presenting a uniform rule of naturalization, which was read by caption only. ' Applications made for patents, and rights were referred. The remainder of the session was passed with closed doors. 1 : President Davis arrived last night, and was handsomely received by a military escort, and also a civic procession. Salute was fired, and much enthusiasm manifested. ■ Montgomery, Feb.; 17.—-The trip of Presi dent Davis from Mississippi to thiscityhas been perfectovation. He made twenty-five speeches on the route, returning thanks for. the compli mentary greetings to the crowds assembled at the various depots, where he was received with military escorts and salutes. The committee of-Congress and the Mont gomery authorities mot President Davis about eight miles from this city, and formally received him. Two fine military companies from Columbus," Georgia, joined the escort at Opelefca. He arrived here at ten o’clock last night, and was received with shouts from the large crowd assembled. In returning thanks at the depot President Davis said that he felt proud to receive con- , gratulations and hospitalities of the citizens! of Alabama. lie briefly reviewed the pres ent position of the South, and said that the time for compromise had passed. We hie now determined to maintain our position, and make all who, oppose us smell Southern powder, and the :.Soiithorn steel. ' If » ertion is persisted in,‘ ho ha'd no doubt of wore Wilkins’s sentiments, it was a time now to make a commence i oing the weapon at the breast o t , fired; the ball entering his hoari a^ 1 ; him instantly. No arrests were maa