AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JBHN B. BHlTToN.'Editor & Projirletot.
CARLISLE’, PA., MARCH £B.IM.
Letter from -Ant wERP.—We publish to-day
ha interesting letter from Antwerp, which
Will well repay a careful perusal. It is the
production of a gentleman connected with the
V. S. Consulate at Antwerp, and who has fa
torable opportunities to see the sights. His
next letter —which we expect to receive about
May-will give an account of the amusements
■and character of the people of Antwerp.
Tisst or April Changes. — Those of our
subscribers Who intend changing their places
of residence on or about the first of .April, are
desired to give us timely notice, always being
careful to state the place from, and the place
to which they remove. Early attention to this
matter will save trouble and prevent any in
terruption in the regular receipt of their pa*
pors. ~
Post-Master of Carlisle.— The agony is
over, and George Zinn, Esq., ed'tor of the
American, is tho Post-Master of Carlisle, hav
ing received tho appointment on Fri4ay last.
Vfo congratulate our neighbor on his good for
tune, and on Monday next, April 1, shall he
happy to introduce him-to his duties as our
successor. . ..
There were some half-dozen .anxious, appli
cants for the office,'but finally the contest nar
rowed down to two, Mr. Zinn and Mr. Jacob
Rheem. Both had their friends, who con
tended manfully, hut the, former hud the Re
publican' Elector from this District, which
gave him the advantage and the triumph.
Of course there is considerable grumbling bv
the friends of the disappointed applicants,
hut they may as well make an effort to hear
up, and hope for better luck next time. The
fortune of office-seekers is very uncertain.
Apples, Dried Fruit, &c. —Miy. A. A.
Line —who may he considered a town beho
'factor—continues to receive choice New York
apples in large quantities, which ho soils at
very low prices, considering the scarcity , ot
the fruit and the time of year. Ho also keeps
on hand the very best dried peaches, dried
apples, &c., which ho will dispose of at rea
sonable rates. The quality of his fruit is the
very best fo bo found in the markets. It os
tho intention of the Major to keep himsell
supplied with green and dried fruit , at a’l
times. Our. citizens, as well as our country
friends, can therefore supplythemselvOs as of
ten as they please; ,
First of April.—This general “ pay-day”
is close at hand, and the printer needs all the
money he can raise to square off accounts.
IVe hope our customers will ho as ready ti
pay us os others that they owe. Mafiy .ot
them owe us bills of long standing,, for sub
script 1 on, advertising find job-work and a* I
. they failed almost entirely to answer our calls 1
•on the first of January, we have a right li |
expect to he remepabored on tile first of April.
Those in the country who.cannot come to town
themselves, will greatly'oblige us by sending
thb amount of their indebtedness by then
neighbors who; may be coming. It is veri
strange, but, pity' ’tis.’tis. true, that of all win
: have money to'receive about these Utiys, tin
printer generally comes in last, and v ery of
tends not paid at all. This should not he.
The printer’s bill is always a small one, that
anybody can pay, if ho will. The printer is
■ also less able to give long credits than othei
business men ; and those who take bis pnpei
or bring him their. advertising and jobbing
custom with the intention of keeping him out
of his pay one, two. three or even more years.
do him an injury rather than akindness. .As
for ourselves, we don't want such customers.
Distressing Suicide.— Mr. Michael Dak-I
BH, a respectable farmer residing a short dis
tance east of the borough, hung himself yes-,
terday morning, in the woods near the ore
'bank. Ho left the house, probably about
two o’clock, with nothing on but his night
clothes, and when ho was missed, they follow
ed the tracks of his feet in the snow, until
they found the body suspended to a tree.
"We understood he was a very religious man.
and has been quite ill for some time— Her
ald.
■ As Extra Session of Congress. —The
country should not bo surprised at hearing ol
a call of an extra session of Congress within
the next two weeks. The President and his
immediate advisers are daily becoming.more
convinced of the all but imperative necessity
of such a measure. - .
The Southern Confederacy.— The Con
gress of the. Southern seceding States has ad
journed until the second in Slay
Jhe now Constitution and Tarill which ii
has adopted nro not satisfactory to Soull
Carolina.
Mr. Buchanan at Wheatland.— Letters
from Wheatland from some of Mr. Buchan
an’s friends state that ho is. rapidly recover
ing from the fatigue of the final labors of hie
Administration, and ho hopes soon to bo ro
rtored to his wonted health and vigor.
The California Senatobsbip.— Late intel
ligence from California induces the belief
that there will bo no election the present ses
sion-for Senator to fill the vacancy caused by
the expiration of the terra of the Hon. Wil
liam M. Gwin.
The President. —Mr. Lincoln's health is
Improving, although ho is evidently care-worn.
The illness of Uis children, the condition of
the country, and the importunities of the of
■ doe holders, have produced thoir effect even
upon bis robust frame.
Postmasters Atfointed.—The President I
has announced the following appointments of
.Pest-Masters in Pennsylvania:
George Bergnor, Esq., editor of thfi .ZWo
’ ttraqh, Postmaster at Harrisburg.
John. J. Coohran, Esq., editor of the Lax*
easier Union, Postmaster lit Lancaster.
Geoboe Zinn, Esq., editor of the American,
Postmaster at Carlisle.
. It appears that “old Abe” has a due. ap
preciation of the editorial fraternity, and for
(his he deserves credit. Beikiner's appoint
ment at Harrisburg, however, is unfortunate,
and was, opposed by nearly every man in that
place. He is a foreigner, and his appoint
ment has revived the old Know-Nothing feel-
J
Fqrt SETaciJOttrd 1
at last bbon issued to Maj. An-
Derfon, ordering him to haul down the Amer
ican flag'and surrender Fort Sampterto South
Carolina 1 We presume the order will he
obeyed to-day. Poor Lincoln— what a Jack
son he is I This order would have been made
out' much sooner, but "old Abe” was ,too
much engaged in the important, duty of ap
pointing his tools to office. After he has
spent a few more months in hunting, up pla
ces for hungry Abolitionists, it is supposed
he will then devote a portion of his time to
the affairs of our suffering country.
A Splendid Exhibition Coming to Car
lisle.—Wo are pleased to announce to out
readers that Morrison’s Grand . Pau-tec-na
tlicc-a, one of the largest and most splendid
exhibitions in the world, will visit this place
and exhibit, at Rhoom’s Hall, for four nights,
commencing April Ist.
Wo copy the following description of, this
exhibition from the New York papers. It
will bo seen that the attractions offered sur-
pass anything ever yet brought to Carlisle.
This great exhibition consists of five splen
did panoramas, painted in a new and novel
style, with Dioramic effect on a scale of mag
nificence never before attempted. They pre
sent to view ns distinct and plain ns though
one stood on the spot represented the follow-
mg scenes
The City of Washington—the Capitol, with
the new Dome and Marble Extension —the
inside of the Capitol—the new Senate Cham
ber, with its gorgeous decorations—the Hall
of Representatives—the public buildings of
Washbgton —the„ Patent Office —the U. S.
Treasury—the Smithsonian Institute—the
President’s House and Grounds —and the fa
mous East Room, in the President’s House
where all the Levees, are held —showing all
its furniture, marble mantles, magnificent
mirrors, and glittering chandeliers, even to
the colors and pattern of the two thousand
dollar carpet that covers the floor. ■
Then comes five splendid vieies, of Niagara,
Falls, showing them in every aspect in sum
mer and winter —the Lake of a Thousand
Isles on the river St. Lawrence —the Hudson
River —and the entire scenery of the .-White
Mountains, from the snow covered dome of
Mount Washington to the old map of the
Mountain— magnificent scenes in *New Eng
land, Virginia, Minnesota, and California,
with three .-beautiful views in Mammoth Cove
—showing the great Gothic or Arched Galle
ry—Echo River—Lake Lethe and the .Fairy
Grotto with its Starry Dome, magnificent
columns and limpid waters, making the scone
oho great resplendency of Gem Work, Blazing
Carbuncles, Rubies anil Motion Gold. .
But the great feature in this Exhibition is
the Voyage across the Atlantic. Ocean from
New York to Liverpool, with Storm at Sea*
in which all the incidents of three thousand
miles travel on the water are presented to
view; with a distinctness and vividness mock- ]
mg reality, and.leading.the spectators to be
lieve themselves on the briny deep. . .
The Great Phenomenon of ihe Moon Rising |
from the Sea , is to bo witnessed by all, while
In the Storm at Sea, all the elements in their
majesty are,to be seen and heard with buch
tartling reality as to cause old men to shiver
,nd the young children to cling closer to their
'parents. .
Arriving at Liverpool we have, a view of
that city—then a splendid view of tlie great
City of London—with the Iliver Thames and
Bridges—the now Houses of Parliament, St.
Paul’s Church, &c.
Leaving London, the beautiful scenery of
the River Rhino is presented to view—the
Swiss Alps—Scenery in Italy—Ruins of Pom
poil the whole exhibition concluding with a
"rand view of the eruption of Mount Vesuvi
us, as it appeared in the year 79, when it
destroyed the cities of Herculaneum and
Pompeii.
This magnificent entertainment was first
exhibited in London for over 280 consecu
tive nights, and was visited, by more than]
half a million of 'people. It has recently
been brought to America, and exhibited in
| the New England States, where it has been
visited by admiring thousands.
The Exhibition will be shown in this place
precisely the same as in .London, and all who
visit it are guaranteed two hours of amaze
ment, wonderment and delight.
Coal Oil for the Hair.—lt |s s P l d, wK
what truth wo do not know, that m addition
to the other -virtues belonging to tho coal oil
now being pumped in such extraordinary
abundance in Western Pennsylvania, another
virtue has been discovered by a distinguished
chemist to bo possessed by this mineral oil,
which will, in the estimation of many, quite
throw tho others in the shade. In a word,
I the oils, just as they are pumped from the
bosom of- the earth, are said to be a certain
cure fur baldness; wherever hair has over
grown, hair may bo made to grow again by
its application; whore it is getting thin, the
oil will strengthen it; where it is turning
gray, the oil will renew its youth and bring
it back to its fading color. Wigs, toupees,
and scratches are forever rendered null, void,
and of no effect whatever. Nature, in her
bounty, has superceded forever till necessity
for tho artificial and flimsoy disguises. The
oil is said to renew thpUmir bn simple vege
table principles, by re-invigorating the bulbs
beneath tho scalp and renewing the energy.
Should this discovery prove to bo all that is
claimed for it, what changes will be wrought
in tho condition of tho human family—long
years of vcnerablenoss will bo taken away,
and miracles of youthful vigor will bo wrought
in its appearance. Could some medicament
in Nature’s storehouse be found which would
remove the frosts of age, as well as tho frosts
of time—some catholicon which would restore
constitution broken, sight dimmed, step feeble,
and pulse slow and faltering—then wo would
bo prepared to enter on that, long vista of
youthful longevity, of millcnial blissfulness,
to which, it is promised, time, after tho pre
liminary throes of parturition, will soon give,
birth.
To Newly Elected Justices.— The law
requires that persons elected to the office of
Justice of the Peace, give notice to the Pro
tbonotary of their willingness to servo, within
thirty days after the election, otherwise no
commission will be made out for them. Those
Interested will please attend to'this necessary
dn*y,
TUB CUB WIN AMENDMENT,
The proposed amendment to the Consti
tution "of t'.io United States, says the Read
ing Gazette, which was adopted toward tho
close of the late session of. Congress, by a
vote of barely two-thirds of each branch, has
boon transmitted to our‘ Stata Legislature,
and we observe, by the proceedings in the
House on Thursday, that Mr. Armstrong,
the leader of the' conservative, wing of the
Republican members, had leave to introduce
a joint resolution providing for the ratifica
tion of tho amendment. It is in tho follow
ing words:
Joint Resolution to amend the Cohsliluiionofthe
United States.
Be it resolved, by tho Senate and Ilonso
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds
of both Houses concurring,) That tho follow r
ing article bo proposed to the Legislatures of
tho several States as an amendment to the
Constitution of tho United States, which,
when ratified by three fourths of said Legis
latures, shall ho valid, to all intents and pur
poses, as part of said Constitution; name-
ly:
Art. 13. No amendment shall be mado to
tiie Constitution which will authorize or give
to Congress tho power to.abolish or interfere,
within any State, with tho domestic institu
tions ’’thereof, including that of 'persons held
to labor or service by the laws of said State.
This is really the on'y tender of concilia
tion that the Republicans in power, have yet
condecended to. make to the Squth, and the
only tang'ble evidence they have, thus ftu:,
been willing, to give, of any intention to aban
don their aggressive interference with the
domestic institutions of the Southern States.
Practically, even this poor offering amounts
to nothing! It merely prohibits, in express
terms, the exercise by Congress of a power
that tho Constitution does hot now'confer,
and that never could be exercised under it,
without a flagrant usurpation ; of authority
■ that was wisely denied to tho Federal Gov
„ eminent by the framers of the Constitution.
But, valueless as is this boonj.it is grudging
ly given. Instead of receiving tho unanimous
vote of Congress,—and, surely every member
■ who regards his oath to support the Constitu
tion as it is, should, havo voted for it—it barer
ly received the two-thirds voce that was re
quired to pass it. Thorp was not a vote to
spare in either branch; and the large mi
nority of twelve Senators and sixty-fica Rep
resentatives voted" plump against it. AVc
give the names, as recorded in the Congress
ional Glohe.
News in the Senate.-JsUßzrs. Bingham,
Chandler, Clark, Doolittle, Durkee, Foot,
King, Sumner, Trumbull, AVude, Wilkiuson,
and Wilson—l 2.
Mws in.the Uouse.— Messrs; Alloy, Ashley,
Beale, Bingbaiu, Blair, Blake,
Buffiiiton, Burlingame, Burnham, Carey,
Carter, Case,' Coburn, Conkling, Conway,
Dawes, Buell, Edgprton; Edwards, Eliot, Ely,
Farnsworth, Fenton,' Ferry, Foster, Frank,
Gooch, GROW, Gurley, HICKMAN. Hind
man, Hutchins, Irvine, Francis.ly.. Kellogg,
Ue Witt C. Leach, Lee; LONGNECKEK,
Loomis, J.ovejuy, Marston, McKean, Pettit,
Putter, Pottle, Edwin R. Reynolds, Royce,
Sedgwick, Somes, Spinner, Stevens, William
1 Stewart. Tappan, Tompkins Train; Vandevor,
Van, Wyok, Wade, Waldron, Walton, Cad
-1 waladcr, C. Washburn, EUlm B. Washburn,
\ Wells, Wilson and Woodruff—Gs.
This vote is a sorry commentary upon the
oft repeated declarations of the Republicans
that had no desire to interfere with slavery in
the States where'it exists—that the Constitu
gavo them no right to do so, and that they
did not mean to attempt it. Hero are twelve
Northern, Senators and sixty-five Northern
Representatives—among whom wo regret to
find Jive wis-representatives of the conserva
tive State of Pennsylvania—who, when the
direct question is put to them -. “ Do you be
lieve that the Constitution confers no power
upon Congress to interfere with the domes
tic institutions of the States, and arc you
willing to give the South a, guarantee that
you will never attempt to exorcise any such
unconstitutional power’” deliberately answer
No! After this, and similar exhibitions of
the extreme sectional spirit of Northern Re
publicanism, and its manifest abolition ten
dencies, is it any wonder that the Southern
people have lost all confidence in it, and dis
trust the professions of friendship that its.l
representative men, now at the head of the
Federal Government, are. so roadj to make,
but so,slow to put in practice? Is not this
vote significant Indication of the ultimate de
sign of the Black Republican party? Docs it
not plainly say that the cry of “No more
Slave Territory” is but the prelude to a dec
laration of war against slavery in the States,
and that they only await the time when they
shall be secure enough in power to carry it
into execution? If any thing had been want
ing to prove how completely abolitionizod the
Republican party has become, this large neg
ative vote on a simple proposition to pledge e
faithful ailheretiod.to'tho Cons itution as it is,
supplies it. Under these circumstances, then,
can wo blame the South for asking surer
guarantees for the inviolability of their con
stitutional rights, and for the security of the
domestic institution which is at the very ba
sis of their social system, and which has be
come a necessity to their very existence ns a
people, tlinn this more negative amendment,
passed after a fierce struggle, by a bare con
stitutional majority, is calculated to afford ?
National Base Ball Clue.— A club bear
ing this.name has been organized by a num
ber of young men in our town, and on Satur
day Inst they played for the first time, in tho
presence of a largo audience. Our engage
ments prevented our attendance, but wo
learn that tho contest was quite animated,
and the game well contested.
A member of tho Club sends us the follow
ing history of this game
Base Ball.— lt is only within tho last
fow years that this game has become so pop
ular, and has taken the high position which
it now occupies, as tho leading game of out
door sports, tho popularity of,jind the increas
in'* interest in, this games is mainly to bo
attributed to thopublio journals, which have
supported and encouraged its participants, by
reporting their games, and advooatin 0 their
claims to public favor, as important and noc
ossary ns a branch of physical education.
This invigorating exercise may nowbo
ustly termed the American Game of Ball,
for though of English origin it has been so
modified*and improved of ycarB ' n ‘l'!®
country, as almost to deprive it of any of its
original features beyond the mere ground
work of the game. It was first introduced
into tliis country in 1845, at Hoboken and is
now the principle game played in the Eas
tern and Middle States,
i A' MeHnr.a or the N. B. B. C.
Now is tho time to commence planting
fruit trees,
A Disappointed Patriot. . 1
It seems that ll.vui. Senouz did not travel
tho country before the election speak in i
behalf of Lincoln from entirely disinterested •
motives. His liopes wore fixed all the time i
upon the Sardinian mission, which ho ex
pected the new Administration to‘ give him i
for the asking: But this was a little hit :
more than Mr. Seward would consent to; so
Cam. Senunz became sulky, and, tho AT. Y.
Tribune indignant. Finally he was compell
ed to come down n peg and take tho appoint
ment of Minister to Portugal, which is a
great deal more than ho deserves, fhe-fol
lowing from, thd Washington correspondent
of the North American discloses some of the
reasons for the.refusal to appoint Schurz to
Sardinian, and also tho opinion entertained
of his services and deserts by a portion of
tho Republican party:
Newspapers in the interest of Mr. Carl
Schurz seem to think that he had a prescrip
tive right to the Sardinian mission, and are
quite exercised. over his failure to obtain
what was pressed almost in tho nature of a
demand. The diplomatic corps have present
ed reasons against this appointment wlnc.i
could not bo overlooked by the President
without involving unpleasant complications,
and perhaps subjecting the Government to
annoyances which ought to bo avoided at
this time particularly. Wo exercised the
privilege of dismissing Mr. Poussin and fllr.
Crampton because they were unacceptable,
and Sardinia might possiblfbave declined to
receive Mr.'Schurz, had he been appointed,
without assigning any Letter reason. It
would have been far more to his credit, when
i he knew his political exceptions we:e made,
to have relieved the President promptly, and
, sought some other place where he would not
bo exposed to such objection. ■ That would
1 hiive seemed the natural and proper course
• for any true friend of the Administration.
This whole claiiii to official recognition by
a particular interest is altogether unbccom
' in"-, and is not sanctioned by. the mass of the
• respectable and intelligent German populn
• tion, who acted from principle in supporting
. Mr. Lincoln, and not with the expectation
of rowardT There are many others who did
quite as good service as ho who assumes to bo
! the peculiar and exclusive representative of
‘ that interest, and exhibited only disinterest
- ed zeal for .the cause. It is high time that
: those distinctive elements in any and every
party should bo fused and moulded into the
great aggregate of political organization, for
1 while “tho German vote” and “the Irish
• vote” are thus separated, prejudice must be
• excited and unity destroyed. The Secretary
, of State obiild not ignore the remonstrances
’ against Mr. Schurz without a culpable ne
glect of duty, and to arraign him before the
public for personal hostility oh that account
ouly exhibits a sense of spiteful disappoint
ment, which' carries an antidote to the injury
intended to bo .inflicted. It is understood
that he was offered tho refusal of any of the
South American missions, which will doubt
less be acepted, as' a plaster for bis disap
pointed aspirations. ■.
’jO@-The East Baltimore Annual Confer
ence, met in Chambersbufg, adjourned On the
20th inst. The following is a list of the ap
pointments made for this (Carlisle) District,
Station—Joseph A. Boss.. :
“ Emory Chapel—Win. A. Snivel yv •
“ Clpcult—N. S.Buckingham, J. C.Coofc.
Mechamcsburg—R. Wesley Black.
Mt. Holly Springs—l. CoUine Stevens.
Newport—G. W. Bouse, M. K. Foster.
Petersburg— -'Daniel Tlartman, ’ "
New S. Mendenhall, luos.
Care. : w - , ...
Mifflin Station—John Stine. • ■
Mifflin Circuit—T. F. M’Cluro, J. T. Wil-
S ° Concord—R. E. Kelly, J. W- I D'eavcr.
Lowistowh Station-J. S. M’Murrny.
Lewistuwn Circuit— S. H. C. Sm'th. t
M’Veytown —J. Moorehead, J .11. o. wanto.
Kishacoquillns—John Anderson. _
: Shirleysburg—J. M. Clarke. G. W. Vanfos-
Shippensburg Station—Wm. Earnshaw. _
Shippensburg Circuit—W. Howe, J. v-.
Hagey. „ .
Chamborsburg—Wm. Harden. .
Cumberland Valley Mission—W. H. Eet
dig, W. II; Maxwell.
Tue New Tariff.— The Philadelphia .Press
says it is evident that a desperate effort will
bo made' to change tho new tariff before a
fair opportunity is afforded to teat its real
merits and to enable the industrial interests
of the country to derive from it the aid and
protection they, anticipate. This scheme is
based partly upon the allegation that, it con
tains inaccuracies and contradictions, and
that there will be great practical difficulty , m
carrying out its provisions in reference to
specific duties..and partly upon the idea .that
by levying higher rates of duty than tho tar
iff of tho Southern Confederacy, it will stim
ulate tho importation of foreign goods for the |
Northwestern and some of tho Border slave
States into the Oulf ports. If an extra sess
ion of Congress should bo called to devise
measures to assist the President in executing
tho revenue laws, a fierce onslaught upon tho
new tariff may bo expected. But it is to be
hoped that ail changes which actual experi
ence does not show to bo absolutely necessa
ry, will bo avoided. Tho Morrill Bill should
have a fair trial.
Collection of'the Revenue.-. It 19 said,
•th,nt the Attorney General,. Mr. Bates, has
given the opinion to President Lincoln, that
the revenue cannot be collected, except under
the law of 1709, which renders it necessary for
collectors to reside within their respective disr
triots, and therefore it will bo impossible to
1 execute the laws with propriety, even were it
otherwise feasible, in vessels.
Republican paper.
Another dodge for the purpose of evading
responsibility.' All the promises made by tlio
week-kneed Lincoln and his friends previous
to the Inauguration, are to bo disregarded.—
A great deal of abuse was heaped upon Mr.
Buchanan because he did not reinforce Fort
I Sumpter and collect the revenue at Charles-
ton. But now tho boot is on tho other leg,
and Fbrt'Bumpter is surrendered to the ene
my, and no effort is to bo made to collect the
revenue 1 Thus, tho lie is given to all the
boastful professions of old Abe and his Abo
lition supporters.
For the Volunieei
Beware, Pennsylvania. —Already the free
trade interest which seems to control the Bin
coin administration, is laboring with giant
power to snatch away from poor, betrayed,
insulted Pennsylvania tho long-sought and
reluctantly-granted benefit she obtained at
tho close of the late session of Congress.
' The repeal of the new tariff is the real object
o f (he " extra session of Congress, which the
Black Republican, press, led by the New York
Evening Fast, is 1 now iirging so pertinaciously.
Roly upon it, this is tho real object. Such a
session vfduld deeply injure the cause of peace
also, and should be avoided for that reason.
Lot those Republicans who arc in favor of
a repeal of tho tariff-and tho inauguration of
civil war, advocate an extra session of Con
gress,
The Constitution of the Southern Confederacy.
', Tho Constitution of tho Southern Confeder
acy,- adopted dt Montgomery, Alabama, may
with propriety be regarded as tho ultimatum
bl the seceded States. Heretofore tho ques
tion has frequently arisen, especially among
the conservative men of the North, what was
to bo proposed in order that tho, cotton States
might bo reconciled to the Onion. , They have
shaped a Constitution for themselves, and wo
presume this Constitution may bo regarded as
containing tho conditions upon which the On
ion may bo re-established, or divided, without
war—that is if both parties can bo made to
agree to either the one thing or the other.
This now Southern Constitution is the Con
stitution of the United States, with various
modifications, and some very important alter
ations. Wo find them in tho Now York Her
ald, ns follows; , •
Ist. That African slavery in tho Territo
ries shall be recognized and protected by Con
gress and tho Territorial Legislatures.
2nd. That tho right to slaveholders of tran
sit and sojourn in any State of the Confeder
acy, with their slaves and other property,
shall bo recognized and respected.
3rd. That the provision in regard to fugi
tive slaves shdll extend to any slave lawfully
carried from one State into another, and there
escaping or taken away from his master,
4th That no bill or ex post facto law (by
Congress or any State.) and no law impair
ing or denying the right of property in negro
slaves, shall be passed.
'sth. That the African slave trade shall be
prohibited by such laws of Congress as shall
effectually prevent the same.
Such are the provisions of this Southern
Constitution which we may accept ns the ul
timatum of the seceded States on the subject
of slavery. Upon some other questions, hbw
evor, there are certain stringent provisions in
said Constitution which it would bo extreme
ly difficult to persuade our Northern fisher
; men, raanufai turers and-lobby corruptionists
[ to swallow, oven to re-establish the Union.
1 These provisjons include :
r Ist. Tho absolute prohibition of all boun
ties from the federal treasury, and all duties
• or taxes on imported , goods intended to pro
• mote or foster any branch of homo industry,
i 2nd. A positive prohibition of federal ap
• propriations for internal iniprovements, and
, the substitution of local tonnage duties for
1 such improvements.
3rd. The restriction of Congress by a ma
jority vote to such appropriations as may bo
recommended by the President or some exec
utive department, all other appropriations rc
-1 quiring a, two thirds vote.
, 4th. Tho bolding of contractors to the strict
letter of their contracts.
sth. 1 That tho Post Office Department shall
pay its own expenses.
" These are excellent Constitutional amend
ments. If they had been in force in Wash
ington during the last ten years they would
have prevented the wasteful squandering in
swindling lobby jobs, contracts, &c., of throe,
four or five hundred millions of public money
and public property that have been squan
dered.
The Accidental Firing into Fori Summer by
the tharleslonions.
Tho Now York Herald's Charleston corres
pondent, writing under date of the 9th, gives
the following account of tho accidental bom
bardment of Fort Sumpter;
Yesterday an accident occurred at the Cum
’mine's Poiift Battery, which will, doubtless,
1 ho misrepresented in tho Northern papers.
1 A squad of recruits, from the regulars of the
South Carolina Army, were practicing at the
heavy guns of Stevens’ iron battery. Iho
guns were intended to be fired with blank car
tridges. Some person, or persons, acciden
tally or otherwise, placed in cannon No. 3 a
ball cartridge:, The order was given to load
and fire tho guns in their order. No. 1 fired,
No. 2 fired; and then No. 3 fired. It was no
ticed by the commanding officer that tho re-,
coil from No. 3 was considerably greater than
from tho other guns. Suspecting something
wrong ho immediately jumped from the top of
the battory to assure Major Anderson that the
shot was accidental. The result of tho shot
could easily be seen from Morris Island. It
struck near the gateway, and richochetted in
to the water beyond. Soon after the shot was
fired, Major Anderson unmasked three of his
guns’ bearing on the Cumibing’s Point Batte
ry; but soon perceiving that the shot was
purely accidental, he closed the port-holes and
made no farther demonstration. ,
A boat, as sodn as possible, was dispatched
to Fort Sumpter, hearing an officer, who ac
quainted Major Anderson how the accident
occurred,"and who conveyed tho deep regret
the*commanding officer felt at the occurrence.
The Major received the explanation in good
part, and this is the simple, foot of tho whole
matter, which for a time created a considera
ble stir over the city and harbor.
The Policy of the Republicans.
Tho Washington correspondent of.tho Phi
adojphia Press, says:
“Another indication deserves to bo men
ioned in this place, and that is, that a,large
portion of the Republicans, in and out of Con
gress, are quite willing that the Gulf States
should be permitted to remain out of the Un
ion entirely. They argue that if they are
brought back it can only bo done by such
concessions as, will degrade the people of the
free States, and that they never would con
tentedly submit to the.rule of the majority ;
that they would bo the source of constant
trouble, and that treaties, of commerce and
amity could be arranged with them, leaving
both sections to pursue their own course,
without being accountable for the peculiar in
stitutions of either. This body pf.mon is in
favor of peaceful separation, and, therefore,
opposed to force.”
A peaceful separation, rather than a com
promise, is the programme determined upon 1
The peonlo, for the sake of Union, would
make any compromise that has been offered
in Congress. If any body doubts this, lot the
question bo submitted to the people.
Cabl Snoaz Minister to Portugal. —It
is stated that on Tuesday Carl Shurz was of
fered by tho President and Secretary of State
either the mission to Brazil, Peru or Chili,
which ho declined. Tho mission to Portugal
was then tendered him, which offer ho accepts,
The Cleveland Plaindealer says that there
are two excellent reasons why Carl Sehurz
should have a foreign mission: 1. Because
ho wishes to. leave the country. 2. Because
the country wishes him to leave.
Tiie Difference. —When tho Southern
Commissioners reached ■ Washington under
Mr. Buchanan’s administration, the Republi
cans said the President ought to be impeached
for not hanging them. Why don’t Lincoln
hang the Commissioners who ore now in
Washington? Why don’t ho arrest them for
treason? Why don’t tho Republicans im
peach Lincoln?
K7' Waldo 11. Johnston has been elected
United States Senator by the Legislature of
Missouri, in place of James S. Green,
Correvpoh 'ence of the Volunteer
torrctpo)
Foreign
LETTER-FROM ANTWERP. . j,
' Antwerp, (Bolgjutn,) |
i ' February. 28, 1861. i ;
J. B. Bratton, Esq. : ...
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glSsBS®
SiriS&^ ri S
ft her crowded marts he is compcU-
fa What is the cause of this rapid ( * cc ' l “®.’
question difficult to bo answered P ro P er |y- ,
Hs generally attributed to the cruelty and
tyranny of Alva, when ruler of the country
under that bigoted and cruel monarch, Phil p
II This is, doubtless, the principal reaso ,
but it.is more than probable that en ® fj.
of the London merchants, and the cuter F
Inc character of the Anglo-Saxon race, dievy
off much of the trade of this city, and ninde
London, pre-eminent. The . 8ltull ‘‘“" ?. f j
nlace is none of the best, being difficult, an;l
K dangerous, of access. Whatever may
be the reason, it is a fact which none can dis
pute, that the city has gope rapidly down and
though its area is twice that o tho days of its
prosperity, its population is hardly half as
Antwerp, being very strongly fortified, has
been the “ bone of contention in many of tlio
rrreat European wars. It bus suffered,much
by the hands of its own citizens, much more
by those of foreigners; has undergone several
sieges, the most memorable being the terrible
one of fourteen months against the Prince of
Parma, in 1585. The churches were pillaged,
and almost ruined by citizens in the year
1500: the city was given up to fire and sword
by the Spaniards,: in 1576. It had to share in
thcTwarrof Napoleon, and finally, in the Bel
giuni revolution of 1830, it was partially bom
barded and considerably damaged by fire.—
In spite of all these calamities, the appearance
of the city produces a more favorable impres
sion than we Would expect. Many of the
streets have been widened, and adorned will
beautiful buildings. A really beautiful stieet
cannot be found, it is true ; but an American
traveler in Europe soon gives np the hope ot
finding a: city, taken as a whole, which can
equal those of his own country; hence when
I speak of a place being you may
understand me as meaning that it is so, only
when compared with European objects.—
Thus, after walking through the narrow lanes
and allies of this place, where nothing is seen
save the peaked, moss covered, dingy gables
of old Spanish houses, we emerge into a re
spectably sized street, wo are apt to consider
it fine, beautiful—sometimes.splendid—-when
in fact; it may be nothing more than ordinary.
There is not a “ square” in the city worthy of
the name. The largest open space, dignified
by the name of “ Green place," is situated
about the center.of the city, and is nothing
more than an almost bare niece of ground
containing about one and a lialf acres, three
or four rows of small trees, a huge shed, which
serves for an exchange in summer, and a stat
ue in bronze intended to represent Rubens.
Let mo quote something respecting Ant
werp from books of travel, “indispensable
guides,” &c., in order to See how much, they
can bo depended upon for necurnoy. Speak
ing of it.m former times, Murray says, “its
merchants indeed, were princes in wealth, and
their houses splendid ptilac.es.” This is,
doubtless, all true; but, at the present day,'
the “ splendid palaces” are few indeed. Ru
bens’ house, and the King's palace are, I
think, the finest residences, and they cannot
boast of more, than an ordinary share of beau
ty. Again, says the same author, “no city
of Belgium presents grander streets and
squares, the finest of which is the Place do
Moif; and its magnificent lino of Quays along
the Schelde are unrivalled in tlio country.”
When the writer penned the first of the above
quotations, he must have forgotten that Brus
sels was in Belgium ; with regard to the lat
ter, it is not at all suprising when we remem
ber that Antwerp is the only commercial town
in tho country of any importance.
Prom some one’s “ indispensable guide for
travelers in Belgium,” I find the following
fabrication concerning this city“ tbe width
of the greater’part of its streets, the number
of its public squares, the vustness of . the ba
sins of Sts port, the splendor of its churches,
the elegance-of its numerous mansions and
private Residences, render it one of the most]
remarkable towns in Europe.” From such a
description, d travolor would imagine that all
his vexations and troubles would bo more than
repaid by a sight of-Antwerp. There is one
very wide street; but it is wide for a very short
distance, soon running into narrow, crooked
streets. Such a thing as a good pavement is
unknown ; the paving of street and side-walks
being about the same, with sometimes an ex
ception, in favor of the street..
■ Now'lot us coino to the objects-of interest
to bo seen hero. First,of all is the Cathedral,
or Church of Noire-Dam', begun in the thir
teenth century; required eighty-four years for
its construction. It is four luiudrod and eigh
ty feet in length, and two hundred and forty
in width. The tower, or spire, of this build
ing is as beautiful a piece of architecture ns
can bo imagined. The more it is seen, the
more it is admired. It fully deserved the com
pliments of Charles V. and Napoleon I. The
fatter, from the delicacy of its workmanship,
compared it to Mechlin lace. Its height is
1 variously given by different authorities. Mot
ley says it is nearly five hundred feet; Mur
ray, four hundred and three feet, seven inch
es; another pats it down at three hundred and
ninety-one. The latter is, I believe, nearest
the truth. It is ascended by 1,22 stops, and
from the lofty summit the eye ranges over a
largo plain, level os the sea, with the “lazy
Scheldt," working its tortuous way through
tho center. On a clear day can be seen Brus
sels, Malines, (Mechlin,) Ghent, Breda, in'
Holland, and Flushing, on the North Sen, tho
latter being sixty miles distant. But the
storms of centuries have worked their accus
tomed effects upon this beautiful monument of
human skill, as upon all other works of man.
Being built of soft material, it has, in many
places, a dingy, crumbled appearance. It is
being, however, gradually repaired; workmen |
are constantly engaged upon it, and every
year an appropriation is made by. the city for
its reparation. The tower contains more than
eighty bolls, most of course, being the chimes.
The largest is seven and a half. feet in diame
ter at the mouth, woighs sixteon tons, and re
quires sixteen men to ring it. Descending,
we enter the interior, and lire by its
wonderful simplicity and plainness. Read
tho description, given by Motley, of the con
dition of this interior three hundred years
ago, and compare it with the following sketch
of its present state. The main body of the
building is divided into five aisles, forlnmi by
massive fluted columns, which support the nu
merous graceful arches of the coiling; The
floor is covered with stone slabs, commemora
tive of tho dead, giving one the idea of a grave
yard. The cold grey color of this paving, the
1 dipgy white of tho columns and ceiling,
(joined with the dull light—admitted by mis-,
erably painted windows, and the damp at
mosphere, afford no pleasing sensation to the
visitor. Tho walls are almost naked save hero
and there a hideous death’s head grinning
from a private tomb. I say almost naked,
but not entirely so, for, this church contains
the masterpieces of Rubens; the one repre-
Tenting tlTTraisingAfthocross; tho other, the
descent from the cross.: These works are tho
nrincipal nttrnctipns .for strangers, and they
nto well worthy of being so. ihe altars, an
usUiT are richly doooratqd with gold, pic,
“ 8 “V Everything beside is cold and
Sdn. so rigidly, and tetrib o so that we ar«
P'p to imagine the principal merit of tho built
mng isße alone. tUuo. that to stand
“n the midst of iho forest of columns rising up
from the floor, and see the clouds of incense-,
ascend from tho altars, and hear the peals of
tho magnificent organ as they roll like thup
der along the vaulted roof, high overhead
produces a feeling of reverence and awe But .
£here arc now the beautiful monuments, the
almost fabulous ™ s f mi
treasured up m this place ? Where the.
riclms yielded up by tbo four cornors of the
" Vrt, to decorate this temple raised for the
vvorshipof tho Almighty ? The hands of Goth,
and Vandals could not have made more com
plete desolation, than did hose violent rolig-:
foils fanatics of this country. The penitou r ,
tial feirs of centuries had covered the, Wiolo
interior.with,their glittering stalactites a day,
or two, and they wore gone. Centuries have ,
“To return to timely. The next building "
of interest is the Church of St. Jaques (S
Tames ) The tower of this church is but ha £
finished, and the probability is that work will
never be resumed upon it-mdulgences not
being such good investments as formerly, it «
difficult to raise the cash
handsomer than that of the Cathedral. Uis
profusely decorated with marble statues, and
carvings in marble, of beautiful wbrkmansnp,
and many paintings by B re ?l m “ steri -,
church contains the tomb of Rubens and fam
ily and a beautiful paintmg by the great ar
tffi, representing a holy family, m which he
and the remainder „of his family form he
principal figures. The ancient church of tho
Jesuits has a very fine front, richly decora
ted, but nothing more worthy of notice. St.
Paul’s Church is smaller, but neat. This
building has attached to it a representation of
calvary and the cruoifiction, formed.of a kind
of rou-'h material similar to cinders. It is a
curious affair ; however, the people seem to
like to kneel down to such objects, and count
their beads. Idols are stuck up at almost eve
ry corner of the city. The Town Hall is a
very large, rectangular building, presenting
a massive and fine appearance, though some
what lessened by being too closely crowded m
bv private houses of the lowest orders. Near
bV is the former palace of Charles V—a very
high, narrow gable, filled with windows, is all
that is seen from tho street.
The fortifications of Antwerp are very largo ,
and strong. The citadel is one of tho strong
est in Europe. In the present state of mili
tary science, these fortifications would bo ol *,
little avail, strong ns they are. Hie govern
ment is. therefore, endeavoring to be ready
for any emergency, by erecting an immense
wall around the city, at a considerable distance
from it. The estimated cost is about §lb,'Mv
000. ■ Whether,' oven these ■ works, walled,
render tho city secure in case of attack, is ■
doubtful. It seems consumate folly to expend
the above amount for such an object, requi
ring an average of four dollars per head upon
every inhabitant oftho country. .
Like all other European cities, tins has an
“ Academy oi Find Arts," and a Museum
containing many celebrated .works; all of
which have been so often described, praised,
and criticised, thaf.it is not necessary to fiiiy
anything about them here. There is one
thin o’ about the Academy worthy of being
adopted iri'all our cities, i. e. free instruction
in drawing, painting, &c., is given, by the
best professors, to all who choose to aitoml.
About eight, hundred young men and buys
avail themselves of the advantages offered by 1
tho Academy of Antwerp. As a consequent#
i of such institutions, and such instructions, too 1
mechanics of Europe are, as a class, prcciu/ J
neht.. i’.'Yv'- ; . ; • I
Thus far, I have spoken of the ihteriuv’K M
tho city alone. All can see that there is
thing much to be soon ; hardly anything wor
thy of more than a passing notice. It is well
for iho inhabitants that they have such beau
tiful promenades, gardens of Zoology. Bur*,
inony, &0., outside the walls. • Were it nofcfor
these, life would be. almost insupportable to
them. Every fine day the boulevards are
crowded by the fashion, and what little beau*
ty there is in the place, and everybody cine
who. can manage to get out. , It is, in faot,
very pleasant, after being confined all day be
tween bricks and stories, to got out and breaths
the pure ftir, of tho country, and ramble nt
leisure among flowers and through such mag
nificent avontioa of trees as those winch arc
here to bo found. • -
H have said’imthlng about the amusement*,
character, &c., of the Belgians. Some future
day I shall try to give you some information
in tips respect; thinking, that those of your
readers who may wish to travel in this coun
try, have nood to bo “ posted.” - |
s@“ A, largo tree, supposed to over sen
centuries old; near the eity of Mexico, is «ai
to have been struck by lightning more th
two hundred times.
. sg?“Tho Republican, majority in N
Hampshire is now reported to bo only to
thousand, and may go oven.lower , then tin
This is tho smallest Republican majority tl>
has boon given in Now Hampshire fur »*
years.
ggy The Union Bank of Beading, on
day, received a" deposit of about §20,000
coin, principally gold, on account of tli
tato of Mr. Philip Do Turk, an agedfarmt
Olcy township, who died on the 6th in®
This is a significant indication of the innn
amount of substantial- wealth that is in
hands of the farmers of Berks coijnty.
' BSy The New Orleans Delta says this
Southern horses, which are chiefly relied
on for the Northern races, will bo retninr
homo this year, and the Northern
be very tamo affairs. This is hati
sporting gentry of the North.
Jtar-On tho 2d inst., M f\ John ®'ij
old and much respected citizen ot
S. C., suddenly fell dead, while in the
shaving. Tho sister, of the deceased «
for, who, on reaching the room of her 1
fainted and died in a few minutes.
Bad iron the Workingmen.—lf itlE '
any truth in the following dispatch, w>> l(
poarod in the New-York Herald oftl> f
inst., the passage of tho new Tariff to*
ving, an effect quite the contrary to *
friends predicted. But wo sincerely k®
tho sake of the workingmen.at Ph® lll
that tho report is untrue i
“ PncsNuyiLLE, Chester county, P°'
18, 1801.—The. Phoonlxvillo Iron t-»>
doing" business at this" place, aim |
largest iron manufactories w * el
States, have just given notice to tn 1
oos, numbering from 1,200 to 1.5"” 1(
their wages would he reduced -
twenty-live per cent, on the first
the same day the,Morrill tariff “
effect.”
The Troops in the: District- -
has offered a resolution in the en ,
upon the President iDform “ in .
the number, of troops
triot, when they 1 nro'to the'
what purpose-they are m “‘“ 80 il
whotlier the force is 1° P
what extent, •
■fxm