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
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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<hv
result.. Wo will maintain oiir rights and oa
government at all hazards.; We ask nothing
—wo want nothing; and will have no compli
cations. If the other States join our Cotiiod
eration, they can freely come on our terras.
Our separation from the old Union is com
plete, and no compromise, no reconstruction,
can now be entertained. ■ . " t
.A .large.crowd ..awaited ,President .Davis
arrival at the exchange Hotel, and the ladies
were equally enthusiastic with the gentle
men. In response to enthusiastic calls ho
appeared on the balcony and said:
Fellow-Citizens: Brethren of the confed
erated States of America—for now we are
brethren, not in name merely, but in fact
men of one flesh, of one bone, of one interest,
of one identity of our domestic, institutions,
We have henceforth, I trust, a prospect of
living in peace with our institutions tno sub-'
jeot of protection and not of defamation. It
may be that our career will ho ushered ■ in 1
amidst a storm. Itmay hie that as this morn
ing opened with clouds and mist and rain,
•we shall have to encounter inconveniences at
he beginning, bnt as the sun rose ho hftci
the mist, dispersed the clouds, and left ns the
the pure sunlight of Heaven, so win tne
progress of the ’Southern Confederacy
us safe over the sea to the safe,harbor of con
stitutional liberty [Ap ,
plauso.l Thus wo shall have nothing to fear
at home, became at home w'e have homogf•
nity; we have nothing to fear abroad, beoauss
if war should come; if we must again bap
tize in blood the principles for winch oat
fathers hied in the Revolution, we shall snow
that, we are not degenerate sons, but will re
deem the pledges they gave to preserve the
sacred rights transmitted to us, and show that
Southern valor still shines as brightly oa w
1776, in 1812, and every other conflict. [A? -
plouse.] I was informed, iny friends ,of yo u J
kindness, and that you only required that I
should appear before you. Fatigued by trav
el, and so hoarse thot I am unable to spaak
at any length, I came merely to assure y““
of my gratitude for these,manifestation*
your good will. I come with diffidence
distrust to the discharge of the great duM*
devolved on me by the kindness and conn;
denco of the Congress of the Confederated
States. I thank you, my .friends, .fie tm.
manifestations of favor and w
exhibit on this occasion. Throughout, »
entire progress to this city I have rece
flattering demonstrations of generous support
I did not regard them as personal tomyseii,
but tendered mo as the humble ropres
of the principles and policy of the Oonftte
ate States. 1 will devote to the Jut os of to
high office to which I have been called all^
have of health, of head. If m thoj) g 1
of events it shall become necessary or j
services be needed in another posii.
be plain, necessity shall require that Ik
again enter the ranks as a
will welcome mo there. [Applans .J -
my friends, again thanking .you for. thi ; •„
ifestatiori of your approbation, allow
1 bid you* good night. _
A Southern SrwPArnirEß
Zanesville (Ohio) Courier of the Ist me
contains the particulars of the shoe g
dor of William Wilkins, a few day B If
at Sewellsvillo, Balmont county,
deredman was engaged ina.heatc ‘
sion of the national troubles, during
earnestly sided with the South, an c
a’ pistol, expressed his willingness to «1
her. One of his companions, who
part in the discussion, requested w'
let him see the pistol, and upon 18
anoe with the request, remarked that >
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