JERICAN VOLUMER,
iHN I. BRATTON, -Editor & Proprietor,
CARLISLE, PA.,’APRIL-11,1801,
The Carlisle Presbyter* with which the
■I School Presbyterian' Church of this place
connected, is now in session at Harrisburg,
Eire.—On Friday night last, between 12
11 o’clock, the carpenter shop belonging
Mr. John Turner, in Mulberry alley, was
irely destroyed by lire, together with a
intity of carpenter tools belonging to Mr.
Two stables near by were also 'epusutuod.
8 work of an incendiary.
Enforce tue Bird Laws*— Tho Logisla
es of several States have enacted stringent
no, laws' for the protection of animals,
Is and fish, and it becomes farmers parti
trly to see that they are strictly enforced,
far as pertains to birds. Scientific men
high authority very generally agree that
alarming increase of destructive insects,
oh cause the loss' of so much grain and
't, is mainly in consequence of the wholo
s slaughter of' their .natural'enemies, the
Is, that had previoqsly- kept them in due
■ • ,nds. Let every cultivator post conspicu
i notices upon" his farm, forbidding all
■ sons to enter the fields with a gun, under
, nlty for trespass-,. This may he done, and
i offenders punished,, a bore no game laws
'st. Let every bird murderer 100 dealt
h rigorously.
The Month of April. —April is generally,
d wo hope will he now, recognized as the'
mth of genial suns, of -happy, smiles and
yous tears'—for tears arc joyous at times, as
lof us have experienced. March is gone,
id we are glad of it—not that we feel harsh
wards it, hut March lias boon “ uncommon
• bad,” and, of course, has not won our good
ill. It baa been severe, pettish, cross, whim
'.cal—how cold, now hot, now snowing, now
lining, how smiling, now sombre, a hoteb
ntch of weather, and, by innuotilatiun, of
eling. It has not allowed an hour’s uniu
•rrupted hope of comfort.
Life of "Washington.—One of the most in-
resting books of the day' is the Life of Wash-
gton, by Headley, recently published; It
written in the best stylo of. that attractive,
ithor,, and presents a -faithful portraiture of
o “ Father of his Country.” Regard as rev-
ently aS ho may the memory of that immor-
I man,,in whoso majestic presence, it 'seems
us, common men must have felt emotions
iproachiiig even to awe, the reader cannot,
■ruso this excellent work without having his
•veronce and affection heightened. In those
, iys of degeneracy, when the wise and saga
ous councils of Washixuto.v appear to ho
irgotton, and men are threatening, the de
traction of the free institutions for which wo
we him so much, it would he well for all to
ofresli themselves in the pure waters of his
jatrlotism. ■.
Tho agonts for tho.salo of. tills work are now
in our county, procuring subscribers, and will
goon call upon our citizens of the various towns
and townships. ' . ■
Welcome Spring.
That dreaded visitation, that closing chap : '
ter to the gloomy hook of Viator, ami that
prelude to the fascinating poem of-spring—
.-the equinoctial rains,-—may now he regarded
as over. We may now expect green leaves
and golden sunshine, dowers, and singing
birds. Nature is now beginning to renew
itself, and the work of vegetable and animal
pro-oroatiou will ho rapidly carried on. In
the woods and meadows and by the willow-,
lined’.streams *ho birds will warble their
loyes and choose their, mates. The flesh re- •
lieyed from tho encumbrances of ice will dis
port themselves in tho, orator and bask in
sunshine. The teeming earth, in which
myriads .of inferior creatures lay , hurled
during the winter, will now pour out its live
armies of insects to play their part, in tho
great drama of universal life. That old ene
my of man, tho serpent,, recovered front his
long torpor, now crawls from his hiding-place
and warms himself in the sun preparatory
to manifesting that subtlety and venom which
desolated. Eden and made sinners of father
Adam and mother Eve. But welcome as is
t/ho- opening season to all, it is dimbly wel
come 1 to tho poor. They can get warmth
from-heaven without the degradation of beg
ging,or tho necessity of expending carefully
hoarded pennies. They are also relieved of
the necessity of asking, tho shelter of alms
houses and police stations. If more comfort
able quarters are denied, them, they can
-loop upon the green grass, with the stars of
icavon to watch over .them. .All Nature
ises up from its recumbent posture, to wel
>me the spring.-
Final Adjournment or the Legislature.
-Both branches of the State Legislature have
-reed upon the 18th of April, as the day fur
lal adjournment. Tho only good act of the
•siou.
Post-Master at Chamdeiisui; no.— John AV,
al, late an agent on the cars of the Cum
•land A'lillcy Rail Road, has been appoint;
Post-Master of Clmmborsbnrg. Tho np
intniont surprised himself more than any
0 else, ns ho had never been an applicant.
JBQy Tho scarlet fever prevails to a consi'd
ddo extent among cliildrcn in Harrisburg
I vicinity. Several-, fatal cases have oc
:rod within a few days.
S@* George C. Fcrrec, of Altoona, lias been
jointed a mail agent on. the Pennsylvania
iltood between that place and Harrisburg.
AnjouaNrinsT or the Senate. —Wo con
tulato the country upon tho adjournment
the Senate, which, rids tVanhin gum of a
of unscrupulous Republican agitators,
tho Administration.could be persuaded to
ow suit and adjourn sine die, tlio- sountry
jld.be much better off.
Ikou'.nt.o. —Wo learn from tho Middletown
rued that on last Monday, night a week; M.
mph, an aged man, ■ residing-near that
•n, accidentally fell into-the Aqueduct and
i drowned.
WjiiT Next ’!—lt is actually contemplated
several prominent spiritualists in the Uni-
. States to issue a new edition of the Bible
±e proof sheets of which shall bo through
•odiums,” revised by the -original authors.
Republican Nonsense.
’ It is all nonsense, says the Pittsburg Post,
for the Republicans to protend to hold Mr.
Buchanan responsible for the necessity for the
abandonment of the Southern forts. Before
the election the Republicans insisted that
there, was “no danger of secession ;” after the
secession of South Carolina the Republicans
contended that “ there was not going to be
much of a shower.” When the suspension
came, and business was prostrated, the Ga
zette said there “ would bo no panicand the
New Fork Tribune in derision said, “ let us
have a high old panic.” IVhen State after
State went out, the Republicans, said it was
“ only a passing cloud,” aud that even South
Carolina herself would bo “ knocking fur ad
mission into the Union before six mouths.”—
Mr. Seward, in his Astur House speech, in
January, predicted that “the crisis would bo
passed within sixty days.” Everywhere the
Republicans’ridiculed secession as insignifi
cant, absurd, and impracticable.
Tito record shows that the Republicans held
these views" (if secession. Like Toots they
said, “ it’s of no 'consequence;”, and what
right have they to say Unit Mr. Buchanan
should have held and acted upon a different
view. Bid they know they were lying all the
time? IVas it their fixed purpose to charm
the people with' their syreu song of no danger
until they could insure the dissolution of the
Union? It looks that way, when we take a
-retrospective view of the past six months and
it’s occurrences. Mr. Lincoln said nothing
was the matter, ami that “ nobody was hurt,”
and yet in his first month of the Presidency
lie follows the advice of his party and aban
dons Fort Sumpter, says the revenue cannot
he collected, will abandon Port Pickens, treats
with the Southern Republic as if it were at
least a quasi government, and by his every act
shows that he aud ilia party, htiviyg dilhscd
the dissolution of the-Union-are making eve
ry preparation to acknowledge their'own han
diwork, and by an acknowledgement- of the
dissolution, admit that the Republican, policy,,
the Republican party, the Republican lead
ers,'and the-Republican President have de
stroyed the power of. a great government, by
taking away the-only-element of its power—
the consent’ of all the governed. .
The, whole responsibility ofthc abandon
ment of the government property in the Sou
thern States rests, first with the Republican
Congress, and next with Mr. Lincoln. When
they could act they would not,- when compro
mise would have saved the Union, they said
there was no danger; and now the}'cannot
'save, it even if they, would.-. This .country can
never, bo governed' oil the- principles of the
Chicago Platform.
Ban k Bir.i. Passed.—The Senate on the 3d
■inst.,-passed the hill which had boon reported
from-the Committee on .Banks, removing the
penalties incurred hy a suspension of specie
■payments, and fequiriug-all Banks to resume
on or before the first day of June next, and to
'pay into the State Treasury oho quarter per
cent, upon their capital stock as a punishment
for thoii violation of the law. Those provis
ions are only applicable to such Banks as sus
pended since last November. As quith a num
ber of Banks deny that they ever suspended
specie payments, a provision was'inserted in
the act. whereby the Auditor General will be
enabled to ascertain the facts, in those cases
where it is suspected that Banka seek to evade
the payment of the special tax upon tlicircap
ifa] stuck upon,the allegation that they never
suspended. Mr. Mott proposed td.ineorporale
'.the.section of the act of 1857, which,granted
(I slay of execution during one year, for the re
lief aiid protection of debtors; hut if was rill
ed out of order hy the Speaker, and for that
reason, Messrs. Mott, C'lymcr, Blood and Craw
ford recorded their votes against the-final,,
passage of the hill. . Wo observe that Mr.
Mott has since introduced the section alluded
to.ns a separate bill, and intends to press its
passage. Let us now see whether our Repub
lican legislators-care as much fur the protec
tion, of th’c suffering people as they do fur the
Banks.
DOES It MEIN WAR'?
If .we may judge from the active propnru
•tions now going on in the army mid navy,
wo are soon to have war. Thus far in his
administration', Mr; Lincoln's- time has'hoen
occupied iif distributing, the ’ spoils among
thousands of hungry Abolitionists, lie’ lias
had n:> time'to bestow even a thought upon
his distracted and unhappy, country. Office
first, the country last, appears to ho the idea
entertained.by tho weak creature now at the
head of tho Northern portion of pur once
happy and prosperous country. Now, how
'evor, {wo are told by Fornev's Press,. G reely’s
Tribune, and other leading .Abolition pa
pers,) the administration'-is about to declare;
its policy, and Hurt policy is to lie war. We
shall wait and see;
: Speech or 'Senator 1 Breckinridge. —On
the 2d instant, the Hon. John Ci Breckinridge
addressed the members 9! the Kentucky Leg
islature for about two hours. Ho favored a
Border Slate Convention, with- tho Crittenden
.amendments aa an ultimatum, and' intimated
that if the seceded States will not comeback,
even upon those- tdrms, the only appropriate
and safe resting place of the b irder States is
in the bosom of tho Southern Confederacy.—
The bill for the election of delegates to (lie
Border State Convention, which had previous
ly passed the House, was passed in the Sen
ate after the delivery of tho speech.
What a Triumph 1 What a Tiiiumimi.
Tile-Republicans in their triumph over Domo
-cracy, triumphed over tho Constitution and
laws, triumphed over tho Union with all its
mighty interests—triumphed over its great
and glorious name, and’oven its strength and
pride—triumphed over its peace and prosper
ity and even its future hopes—triumphed over
justice, equality and fraternity—in a- word,
triumphed over everything.sacred, uoblc. and
valuable in tho nation.
Its present results arc: discord’and' confu
sion; the ruin of trade; the elbslng of work
shops; the'arrest of industry ; the production
of want;.destitution, poverty, demoralization,
humiliation, and shame. Its prospective re
sults are: waramongst brothern; blood and
tears; tho- cries of the wounded ,and the
groans of tho dying; the curses of fathers
and tho-wceping. of mothers over their slain
eons; the sighing of patriots over their once
united and happy but lost and ruined coun
try. What a triumph 1 What a triumph!
Tim Philadelphia Conference,-
Tho Philadelphia Conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church closed on theSOth ult.,
having been in session nine days.' As is usu
al, largo numbers of tho laity from the differ
ent churches composing tho Conference, as
well as others, were present to witness tho do
ings of tho convocation just closed in Phila
delphia. The Committee on tho state of the
Church for the last year reported the fullow-
iVliitc members,
I’robal loners,.
Deaths,
Local preachers,
Adults baptized,
Children .baptized,
Churches,
.Virltjo of Churches, $1,724,88(1
Increase over last year, $00,780
Parsonages, . - OS
Increase over last year, 4
Probable value, '5139,350
Conference claimants,
Missionaries,
Tenets,
Bibles,
Xu in her of Sunday Schools,
Sunday School Scholars, .
.ncroasc,
On Friday tho Committee on the state of the
Church reported the following resolutions,
which wore adopted by three to one:
Ihsolnd, That we concur in the resolutions
of the East Baltimore Conference, requesting
the General Conference, at its next session, to
repeal tho Chapter on Slavery; and instead
thereof, empower each annual Conference,
within .whoso'hounds the institution exists, to
make such regulations upon this subject as in
their judgment may host subserve the inter
est of the Redeemer's Kingdom among them.
JirmliKii, In view of our present national
difficulties and embarrassments, and the con
sequent' disturbed condition of the. public
mind on the one hand, and the conflicting
opinions. of our churches in Delaware and
Maryland on this subject, wo deem it inexpe
dient to divide the Philadelphia conference by
State lines at this time. But we recommend
all the Quarterly. Conferences of the Peninsu
la, during the coming.year; to consider this,
matter, and give such expression Of- their
working as may aid in determining tho action
of this body at its next annual session.
This action of the Cunfcrenee-will relievo it
considerably of tho adimre of negro idolatry
that has boon creeping into it for some- years
past.
IVlicn tho'ApostTe.Fiuir preached to the Ro
mans, ho did'not preach to them of the sins
of the Hebrews.; - neither did ho preach to the
Hebrews of'the sins, of the Corinthians; hut
to each of their own sins. That, is not tho
case with’ negro idolaters.
! IV'ir.iT say they Now.? —When . Mr. Bu
chanan intimated the difficulty of enforcing
ithe laws in those States whore all the, feder
al officers had thrown up their' commissions,
and ino others could bo found there to fill
them, tho whole Republican camp, ' says a
cotompornry, raised their howl at him, am]
denounced him as ah “.imbecile,”' a “coward
and a traitor!” What have they to say now,
when their own chiel tolls them that “ while
the strict legal right,may exist of tho govern
ment to enforce the execution of these Offices,
the attempt.-to do so would ho so ..irritating
and so nearly impracticable, withal, that I
doom it better to forgo for the time, tho uses
of aue'.i officelie says too that ho shall
only ast on the defensive in reference to' tho
ports'and other property—and when Mr.-Bu
chanan said-the same “ traitor, coward im
becile,” was the un ivcrsal luiwl. What, say
■they now ? .
■ The Pennsylvanian.—The publication of
this well-known journal, for more than forty
years the leading Democratic Organ in Phil
adelphia, was suspended on Tuesday last, for
want- of proper support. The experience, of
its late proprietor lias boon tliat of the pub
lishers of- political papers generally, ami is
briefly told in the following paragraph, front
his valedictory :
“In ii'city numbering nearly fifty thousand
Democrats,"it is strange to have the fact made
known, that there is an almost total neglect
to.sustain their party press; the r/rcal mass
see'mia;/ entirely satisfied to leuceany one who
will enter upon ike unclcrtahiny, to battle for
them an their cause, unsupported'and unsus
tainrd. This has been our lot as a Democrat
ic journalist, as it has been ,tho lot of those
who have preceded us.’’
A.Bank.Sueu fob Refusing to Redeem.its
Notes.— We learn from tile Pittsburg Chron
icle. that Mr., Lauf'mari, a merchant of that
city, lias instituted proceedings against the
Allegheny Bank, looking to a forfeiture of its
charter, under the Banking Law of 1850.
Mr., Lanihian, it appears, presented §5O in
[hills of the Bank for payment at its counter,
and (he Bank refusing to cash them, a poti
,tion was filed in the District Court setting forth
'the filets, whereupon tho usual citation was
;ordered to ho issued. The. Bank will have to
make answer on Friday, and then if, after
heating the entire facts of the case, the Court
is of opinion that tho respondents refused, as
petitioner states, to redeem-' their hills, tho
Bank will ho ordered into liquidation. AVo
believe this is the first caso of the kind that
has occurred since (he present suspension, and
the issue, be it what it may, will bo looked for
with interest
Gen. Lewis Cass. —The official career of
Gen. Lewis Cass commenced when ho was
elected a member of the State Legislature of
Ohio, in 1803, and ho has boon in high pub
lic position ever since—a period of nearly 58
years! Within that time he has boon a mem
ber of the Legislature, Governor of a Territo
ry, Indian Superintendent, Secretary of War,
Minister to Franco, United States Senator
for twelve years, candidate for the Presiden
cy, and Secretary of State. Ho is tho patri
arch of American -statesmen,, so far as length
of official service is concerned, and has now
retired to private life at tho advanced ago of
70 years.
jjgy The oldest man in Mr. Lincoln’s Cab
inet is Mr. Bates, Attorney General; who is
08. Tho youngest man in it is Mr. Blair,
Postmaster General, who is 48! OTr.-Soward
is in his 00th year. Mr. Chase is 58, which
is also tho ago of Mr. Smith! Mr. Cameron
is 02.
.Woefisii. —A Republican paper iu Wiscon
sin has the followingWo have been to
the expense of having- a cannon engraved to
adorn our columns the-morning that wo should
receive tho nows of tho reinforcements of
I Fort Sumter. But what shall 1 wo 1 do with it
now ?” Throw it away, and put in its place
tho engraving of a sick rooster sitting on the
| head of a dilapidated darkey.
hat Lincoln's Visit to Harrisburg Cost,
The present session of the State Legisla
ture will bo memorable • in history ns one of
the most corrupt that over assembled at Har
risburg. It has been one succession of swind
ling from tho beginning, and will, end in in
famy. It would seem as if members stud
ied nothing but the art and mystery of plun
dering the State.
The Committee having in charge the ar
rangements for tho-reception and entertain
ment of President Lincoln at Harrisburg re
ported in the Senate a bill amounting to
§2155 to defray expenses* Every item ot this
bill is most'-'exorbitant,' Horse and carriage
hire to convoy the President and suite from,
the cars to the hotel is set down at §l7B 00;
refreshments at the .Continental Hotel §67,-
50; bill at Goverly’s Hotel, Harrisburg, §OlO,.
00 for dinner supper and night’s lodging,—
This item t\as originally §1190,00, but ns it
whs for tho State .Mr, Coverly consented to
abate his demand and take §OlO, which was
very kind and liberal on his part. The Com
mittee charged one hundred dollras-m-picco
for proceeding to Pittsburg to invito Mr. Lin
coln to Harrisburg, and afterwards to Phila
delphia to escort hi in homo. As members of
the Legislature travel free on the railroads,
the allowance is nearly all clear gain. Tho
Senate refused to pass this account without
at least a show of hesitation, so it was refer
red to tho Finance Committee. The expens
es Of the flag raising 22d of February are not
included in this bili. That charge has riot
yet been presented. Seven hundred dollars
has already, been paid for the flag and rig
ging! The cost of the flag alone was but §5O.
48,780
0,922
020
843
'.- 1,200
’ ■ 48,087
$54,018
$24,263
$3,505
$3,208
■' 002
5,554,434.
The 'Western elections are surprisingly an
ti-I!cpublican, and show a remarkable change
in the vote; since last fall. Cincinnati .then
gave its vote for Lincoln. Now the average
Democratic majority is 4,000. Cleveland, :
Sandusky, Columbus and Toledo; now Demo
cratic, gave their votes for Lincoln, if wo
mistake not. llemarking upon the rdsult in
Cincinnati, the Gazette (Rep.) says:
“ At the' election hold in this city yesterday,
the Republicans, to use a somewhat vulgar
but expressive term, wore cleaned out. The
returns do. not present a,single redeeming
feature, every candidate on the fusion ticket
having been elected by a swooping majority.
The average fusion majority is now, judging
from the returns at hand, up to, the prosont
writing, over 4,000.” '
Possibly the following reasons assigned by
the Gazette for this defeat may have had their
influence.upon other elections. It says:
“Anticipating the questions that will be
asked as to the caitso.of this Waterloo defeat,
wo may say that Sumpter did it. The Re
publicans, dissatisfied and discouraged, had
no 'heart to work, and they.surrendorcd with
out seriously contesting the field. And if a
temporizing policy is to'ho continued at Wash-'
ington; this but the bcginning;of the end.”
Besides the election in St. Louis, Kansas
Cityj.and Jefferson City, those in Michigan
have chiefly resulted favorably to the Demo
crats. . Grand. Rapids elected the entire Dem
ocratic ticket,,with a gain of 350 votes since
last fall. Democratic (mayors wore elcctodon
the first.inst.; in SagindwCify, Lansing, I ’lTmt,
Coldwatcr, Owosso,. Pontiac and Ypsilnnti;
and the Democratic' township tickets wore
successful in Corunna, T?ontonvUio, Manbbos
lor, llamtramek, livownstown, Springwolla;
Canton and Dearborn;. Six 'township elec
tions are reported as carried by the Republn
cans.
Bi'vi’no up Supporters. —ln noticing tlie
general complaint of the appointment by the
President of Rcpubliqm ultras to office, the
Press ol this city says:
“.May not the Executive be acting under
the wisest philosophy in providing fur the men
with whom he has been acting politically here
tofore? May it not be well, that ho should
provide for them in (food compensating
and so secure their aid in his announced and
forthcoming 'policy of peace and adjustment i
—that policy by wliich alone the Union can
bo preserved."
The Chevalier Forney has faith in one thing
.—the virtue of office. .'lie knows its effect in,
influencing the action of politicians..- lie has
fejt it—he feels it now. and is not ashamed to.
avow it. Wo do not recollect ever-to have
soon a bolder and more unblushing avowal!
The Abolition leaders arc to bo bought op by
offices and, thus seduced into the support of
lus (the President’s) announced and forthcom
ing policy of peace and adjustment. Of course,
all will’understand that this is a,trick to rec
oncile the American element in the Republi
can party to their exclusion 'from office.
But passing over this unparalleled effronte
ry, wo would bo glad to learn when the Pres
ident “ announced”peace and adjustment”
to bo his policy. This is the first wo have
hoard of it.— Pennsylvanian.
Lincoln- ’a Popularity - .— The Portland
Courier, a. Black Republican paper, speaking
of the proposed surrender of Fort Sulnptcr,
says
“The depth of infamy to which even Jhs.
Buchanan dared not, descend, it appears, is
reserved for Abraham Lincoln to sound.”
Another Republican paper gives vent to its
indignation in this stylo:
“A Government so cowardly, so craven,
has sunk itself beneath tho rospootof a bravo
and loyal people, and the quicker it is dead
and buried out of the way of sight and smell,
the better. Oh, for an hour of James Buchan?
an I’’ .'
A, Logislature Punishing Driderv.— A'
crcnt many very hard things is said (if the
New York- State Legislature, and the influen
ces which control their votes. One of its mem
bers has just been detected in taking a bribe
of 5100 for voting to increase the salary of a
State officer. The other members, by a vote
of 101 to 8, voted to expel him.— Exchange.
If all the members of Iho'Pennsylvania Leg
islature who have received bribes were expell
ed, both Houses would bo loft without a quo
rum..
. Death of Judge M’Le.vn.— Hon. John M'-
Lean, of Ohio, Associate Justice of the Su
premo Court, died at his residence, in Ohio,
on the 4th inst., in his 7Gth year. Mr. M'-
Loan was a native of Now Jersey, and receiv
ed his appointment to the Supreme Court from
Gen. Jackson, lie had previously filled pub
lic office ns a representative in Congress from
Ohio, Postmaster General and Land Commis
sioner. Ho was a man of learning, but was
not distinguished as a jurist for profound or
original thought.
Death 1 of Jos. Konigmacher.— 'Wo learn
from the Lancaster Express, that Jos. Konig
machor, of Lancaster county, died in that city
on Thursday, after a 1 brief illness. Mr. K.
was in public life a considerable time, having
served in the Legislature several terms. Ho
was well known, and his extended circle of
friends ‘trill bo pained to hear of his demise.
The AYestfra Elections.
Gen. Hairston’s Protests Against Secession.
Tho Iloro ot San Jacinto o includes his ad
dress against secession to tho people of Texas
as follows:
Fellow Citizen* ; In the name of your rights
and liberties, I believe have been tram
pled upon, I refuse to take this oath. In the
name of tho nationality of Texas, which has
boon betrayed by this Conveiition, I refuse to
take this oath. In the name of tbe ConstitUr
tion of Texas, which.has boon trampled upon,
I refuse to take this oath. In tho name of
my conscience and' my manhood, which tins
Convention would degrade by dragging before
it, to pander to tho malice of my enemies,
when by the constitution tho privilege is ac
corded me, which belongs to'tho humblest of
ficer, to take my oath of office before any com
petent authority, I refuse to take this oath.
I am ready, to bo ostracised sooner than
submit to usurpation. Office has - no charms
for mo, that it must bo purchased at the sac
rifice of my conscience, mid the loss of my
self-respect.
I love Texas too well to bring civil strife
and bloodshed upon her. To avert this cal
amity I shall make no endeavor to maintain
my authority as Chief Executive of this State,
except by the peaceful exercise of iny.func
tibris. WlfcriTceuTiodonger-do this-1- shall
calmly withdraw from the scene, leaving tho
Government in the hands of those who have
usurped its authority, hut still claiming that
I am its Chief Executive.
1 expect the consequences of my refusal to
take this path. My office will he declared
vacated. If those who ostracise me will, he
ns true to the interests of Texas as I have en
deavored to ho, my prayers will attend them.
Fellow-citizens, think not that I complain
at tho lot which Providence has now assigned
me. It is perhaps hut meet that my career
should close thus. I have seen tho patriots
of ray youth, ono by one, gathered to their
fathers, and tiio Government which they had
reared rent in twain ; and none like them are
loft to unite it again. I stand-the last, al
most, of a face who learned from thoir lips,
the .lessons of human freedom. lam stricken
down now because I will not yield those’
principles, which I have fought for mid strug
gled to maintain. The severest.pang is, that
the blow opines in the name' of the State of
Texas. I deny-tho power of this Convention
to speak for Texas. ’ I have received blows
for her sake. and.am willing to do so again.
' T protest, in the name of the people o f Texas,
against all acts and iluintjs of th is Convention,
and-declare them nidi and void.
I solemnly protest against the acts of its
members, who are - bound by no oath them
selves, in declaring my office vacant, because
I refuse to appear before it and take the oath
.prescribed. . ’
It has accomplished its. mission,' and its
chief object has boon fulfilled. If to drive
mo from office, and dcfeat.tho will of the peo
ple is an honor, it may wear it. 1 To prevent
my having an opportunity to. send a message
to the Legislature, which meets, on Monday,
March 18, I am required to appear at its bar
to-day, and take the tost oath. Even Shylock
granted the full three days ere ho claimed his
pound of flesh. The Convention proscribed
that time ns the limit, but its president has
been loss gracious'than Shylock, and clamors
for the bond ore two days are gone; If I hhi
thus deprived of the poor privilege of putting
upoii record my sentiments, through the refu
sal on the part of the Legislature to receive
my message, I will lay the same before'the
people, and appeal to them, as I declared I
would do in iny inaugural
Another Outrage,
. Our Hcpubllcan , Legislature have again
shown their utter disregard of justice and
popular -rights, hy passing, a hill changing
the time of holding the municipal election in
Ithiladelplua frmw ’M'nyto'Oetobor, and uu
thomihg the present llepuhlican incumbents,
who wore elected for one and two' years re
spectively, and whoso terms .would properly
expire next June, to hold over until Decem
ber, next—thus lengthening their tenure of
' office six months! The hill wits’ signed by
the Governor in hot haste, and is therefore a
law ; but we are glad to learn that its consti
tutionality is to be tested by an appeal to the
Supreme Court.' If the right of electing their
own officers can thus bo taken from the peo
ple for six months, what is to prevent a Leg
islature from depriving them of it altogether,
and totally abalishipg the elective franchise?
We have never known a more.dlagrant out
rage upon the public liberties than this.
The fact is so notorious that the originators
ofthis infamous bill do not attempt to deny
it, that it passed for the solo purpose of
avoiding the overwhelming defeat which the
Republican party would surely sustain, wore
the election to take place at the usual time
in May. Such ah event, they well knew,
would bo a terrible rebuke to the Adminis
tration at Washington at its very commence
ment ; and hence they conceived the plan of
outraging tho'vights of the’people by prevent*
ing the legitimate expression of their senti
ments at the ballot boxes, while at the same
Lime they would bo able to retain the offices
affd control of the municipal Government, of
Philadelphia a few months longer. If these
were got the motives that governed them,
why did they not make the law prospective in
its operation, and add the extended' time to
the end of the next term ? Had they done
this, there would have been pome show of
fairness in the bill, because then the people
would have settled the.matter for themselves,
and elected their officers with a view to the
extension of their terms. But, the truth is,
the Republican leaders are afraid to trust the
people; and, conscious that their power is
fast slipping from their grasp; are using what
little remains to . them in promoting their own
mercenary ends, to the injury of the rights of
the people.— *-Reading Gazette.
Effects op BAn Writing. —lt is stated
that Mr. A. B. Dickinson, of New York, tile
newly appointed Minister to Nicaragua, was
an applicant for the office of Marshal of Ne
braska. His handwriting being indistinct,
the Secretary of State thought asked for the
post of Minister to Nicaragua, and being a
friend, appointed him minister instead, of
marshal.
“ Our Flag is Still There.” —The Iticli
mond Whir/ says:—Some person or persons
signalized their repugnance to the American
flag by ascending in the darkness of Friday
night, to the roof of the Whiff building, and
cutting down the stars and stripes which have
waved over it, for several months past. It
didn’t stay cut down, however, for ns the tres
pass was discovered, the banner was again
raised. Look oiit in future for man traps, &o.
[C7* The now tariff went into operation, on
the Ist inst. At Phosnixvillc, the wages of
about one thousand workmen were reduced,
varying from fifteen to twenty per cent. This
is another evidence of .the good times prom
ised by the llepublican leaders last fall.
The Peach Crop.— The Now Jersey peach
crop does not, it is stated, promise a failure.
The rumor of nipped buds and frosted blos
soms is annually started by peacb-growcrs,
that a panic in the fruit market may bo pro
duced' and tno prices raised.
; O* Captain Gorges, recently resigned from
the army, has tendered his services to the
Confederate States. Ho is a native of Penn
sylvania, and was formerly in command of
the Charleston Arsenal.
From Washington and the South.
SYMPTOMS OF WAR I
Warlike Movements of the Ariny
Great Activity in the Army and Navy.
The nows from Washington isln-jlily impor
tant. Movements nro on foot indicating the
speedy dovolopomont of the policy of the Ad
ministration. Greater activity prevails in the
army and navy limn lias been known since
the ‘war with Mexico. Troops have been
placed on board ship with sealed orders, and
all the vessels of war on foreign stations have
been ordered homo, while, at the navy-yard or
ders have been received to make ready tor
sea such vessels as are available.
The occupation of St. Domingo by tho
Spaniards is regarded by the Government, it
is said, as. an act of hostility, and it is conjec
tured that the extensive naval preparations
nro but tho beginning of a contemplated dem
onstration in support of tho MonroC doctrine.
Our latest accounts from the capital assert
positively, that the administration, yielding to
tho pressure of the war section of the Repub
lican party, has determined to blockade the
Mississippi River, and if possible collect t ie
revenue at that point from on board ship.
Tho vessels-of-war now preparing for sen arc
intended to co-operate in this design.
Rumored Reinforcement of Fori Ptclcens.
It is reported, upon tho authority of a Cab
inet officer, that the troops sent out on board
the sloop of war Brooklyn were really intend
ed for the reinforcement of i'ort Dickens. It
is also stated that within the. past forty-eight
hours the government have received .advices
which lead to the belief that the troops have
been lauded at tho fort;- On the other hand,
Lieut. Gilman, who arrived at.AVashington on
Wednesday night, direct from Pensacola,
states that no supplies have been landed by
the Brooklyn at Fort Dickons. There arc
now five, thousand of the Confederate States
troops about the'fortj all anxious, for tight,
and Lieut. Gilman, is of opinion that it will be
impossible to avoid a.'Collision at an early
day.. . ' ;
The corps of sappers and miners have been
ordered from Washington to New -York, and
it is said their ultimate destination is Fort
Dickens. It is stated, hdwe.ver, that Fort
Dickons is not in want of inert. .
■ Extreme solicitude -is everywhere manifest
ed relative to the movements concerning forts
Pickens and Sumter. The fear is expressed
that,a collision may hojprccipitated. .
Humored TAvasion oj Texas hg Mexico.
Wo have - important news from.the llio
Grande;. Gen. Ampudia, with three thousaiid
Mexicans, was a last accounts within .sixty
miles of Brownsville.’ The Texans report
that his object was'to plunder. Brownsville
and Matamoras,.and pillage generally. It is
also, reported that Ampudia hits aroused the
Mexicans with the design of rcnmiexing Tex
as to Mexico. lie announces that as- the Fed:
oral Govern ment no longer supports Texas, flow
Is the time.to retake her. The Texans were
preparing to repel the. invaders.
Spanish Occupation of. Si. Domingo.
By an arrival at Key Weston the26th nit.,
it was reported thaf- the .Spanish ling had been
hoisted at St. .Domingo hy the . Spanish and
French. The Spanish President had prev
o.u'sly written to Havana, stating that if Span
ish forces wore not sent.thither immediately,
Sam llol’sto.v
the Spaniards would hoist the Spanish flag,
whereupon five Spanish war. vessels and 1000
men sailed from Havana, and took formal
possession of San Domingo aided by a French
corvette;.
Departure of the Steamer Ddienre—• Opinion
in IVnsJiinf/tnh—The Troops Designed for
Texas—The Settlers to he and the
Fo'is Occupied.
Washington', April G.—The. steamer Paw
nee, which has Icon lying at the 'Navy Yard
since the Ist of March, left to-day for Norfolk.
Sho is in full Avar trim. Her ultimate dcsti
naainn is not publicly known.
Lieut. Talbot returned from Port Sumpter
to-day. lip first reported to the Secretary of
War, who accompanied him to the President’s
■honae,-where he remained for several hours.
Washington, April 7.— The army and na
vy officers appear, in common with the pub
lic, to he unacquainted with the military de
signs of the Administration, so cautions are
the Executive authorities in this particular.
Buf, from the best,available sources, it is al
most; if not quite certain (hat thegroaterpartof
the troops leaving the Nhrtlierii ports are de
signed for Texas,, to operate on the frontier,,
for the protection of the inhabitants against
•Indian incHysions.- They will occupy the
forts on the Bio- Grande, and, according to
official representation,.find a cordial welcome
among the settlers,, who have been driven
by the savages.from their homos'. Gov. Hous
ton has.given full' advices to the Federal au
thorities, and the result, it is anticipated,
will bo to re-establish him in his position ns
the Executive of that State.
The troops in the neighborhood ofFort Pick
ens, oh hoard the IT. S; vessels, are consider
ed sufficient in number to re-inforcc that post,
if this.design has not already beep consum
mated. ' ,"
Washington, April G. —Nothing further
has transpired regarding .the designs of the
Administration in sending forward, so formid
able an array sf vessels, troops and munitions
of..war. The fact that the Atlantic will car
ry out small boats of great speed leads to the
inference that a re-inforcement of Fort Pick
ens or Sumpter (and perhaps both) will ho
attempted at night, by which means it is
thought a ro-inforcement can bo accomplish
ed without bloodshed.
A very prevalent report is that the A. will
land about 1000 troops lit Brazos; but the
question is asked, “Why send troops to Tex
as when- the Government has just been bring
ing thenv away from that point ?” The .whole
movement is still wrapped in mystery hut
ifls generally believed that it will involve se
rious consequences if any attempt should be
made to rc-inforcc the forts. ,
Dispatches from Charleston assort that the
excitement there is at fever heat, ami that it
would not he surprising if Sumpter was at
tacked at any moment.
It is confidently asserted to-day that an ex
tra session of Congress will ho called, to as
semble by the first of Juno.
There has boon no decision ns to the
manner of disposing of the remainder of the
eight million loau.
From Charleston—The war feeling—Await
ing Outers fur Action—Marine Disaster.
Charleston, April o.—The city is flooded
with rumors of the most warlike nature from
the North, and the all-absorbing belief is that
war is about to commence.
In consequence of the increased naval and
military activity of the Federal Government
at Washington, a corresponding degree of ac
tivity is perceptible here, and everything will
bo found in complete readiness when the long,
looked for emergency shall arise.
The batteries at all points are in as com
plete and thorough condition ns military skill
and experience can make them, and General
Beauregard only awaits the action of Presi
dent Davis before opening a fire
The brig It. E. Wright, of Baltimore, from
Cardenas, bound for New York, put into this
port yesterday, in distress, having encounter
ed a gale on the 3d inst. She will 1 sail again
in n few days.
The schr. Henry Travers, from Baltimore,'
with a cargo of wheat, was also compelled to.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT!
and Navy.
put into this port yesterday, haying, first
thrown a portion of her cargo oveabo;.rd.
The Effect South of the Military and Kami
Movements North.
Charleston, April 6.—Tho supplies to Fort
Sumpter have not yet bectycut_off._ Affairs,
however, appear to bo culminating in war and
warlike events. All points have boon strength
ened, and nro now ready for any emergency.
Governor Dickons, accompanied by his prin
cipal officers, mlido a final inspection yester
day afternoon ol tho batteries at the’ various
points in the harbor. They report that all
nro ready for action.
•The Latest from Charleston—'Hostile Prepa
rations Fire Thousand Troops Ordered
Out—New Batteries. Constructing.
Charleston, Anl. B.—Gen.'Beauregard has
ordered out 5,000 troops.
Companies are constantly arriving and be
ing put in position. . 1 . ,
New batteries are 1 also being constructed.
Major Anderson’s mail facilities have not
out off, ns reported. Only his supplies have
been discontinued.
Considerable activity is being manifested
in military quarters, indicating that matters
are approximating a crisis.
Reply of the Administration to the Southern.
Commissioners.—Their Official Capacity
not Recognized.—Precautionary Measures
Taken for the Safety of the Capital.—The
Anxiety to hear from Fort Sumpter.
Washington, April B.—Evening.—The
Slate Department replied to-day to the note of
the Confederate States Commissioners declin
ing to receive them in their official capacity
but expressing deference for them as gentle
men. The Secretary indicated a peaceful pid
iev on the part.of tho Government, declaring
a purpose to defend only when assailed.
The reply is of such a character ns to re
quire a continuation of tho correspondence.
It is not known when-the Commissioners
will leave Washington,; not, however, for some
days.
However much the reports of .the Southern
desi.'ns on Washington may. bo discredited,
it is'certain that officers high in authority are
taking precautionary measures for the safety
of the'capital. The anxiety to hoarfroiu Fort
Sumpter and other Southern points, whore
conflicts nro .apprehended, is intense..
linporlnnt From Harrisburg.
The Shite to he Pul. on a War. footing—Mes
..- sage /iimi Our. Curtin Calling ;/?«; 5500,000
for 'Munitions —The Appropriation to he
’ Pained hg a Loan.
H.utnisnuitu, April B.—Governor Curtin
will send a message into the Legislature, to
morrow, recommending an appropriation of.
half a million of dollars,,for the purchase of
munitions of war:
Ho will take the ground that, as our people
have been so long engaged in peaceful, pur
suits that they hare dost all military habits,
it. is necessary, amid the disturbed condition
of surrounding States, to begin to prenaro for
the mcaiit of self-preservation, and that it is
the duty of the State to assist in the enforce
ment Of the national laws.
Theltopuhlican members ofthc Legislature;
will bold a .Caucus on this subject to-morrow.
The State Treasurer declare that the appro
priation must l.c raised hy. a loan.
A Pair.— When the President refused to
appoint either of the notorious infidels, Bun
t.ixUAMK and Caul Shurx, to the Sardinian
mission, we congratulated his party upon this
one good act, ami; the whole country seemed
to be flattered with the idea that such fanati
cal knaves as they wore not to have the ear
of the President in the future.' But to tho
snpi'isc of every body, the former lias been
lappointod. Minister to Austria, ami the latter
1 to Spain.
'Candidate. —This word is from the Latin,
Candidas, moaning while. Among the B -
mans,.says Trench, those who'intended-to
offer themselves to the suffrages of the peo
for any important office, presented themselves
in a whit, toga, and .such wtero oallud candi
dal!, 6i- candidates. If all office-seekers in
our times wen; required to dre.-s in white,
our streets would present quite a gala day
appearance, and .“ old Abe’’ would be sur
rounded by a pretty ghostly looking throng.— ‘
Conn. Com. Sch, Journal!
ffiiu-mik.
On the 4th inst.,by tlio llov.-A. H. Kremcr,
Mr. Henry Khoads, to Miss Caroline Cajil’-
iiEi.L, both of Carlisle.
On the 4th inst., by Bov. Jacob Fry, Mr.
Pbteu A. Pi leer, to Hiss Caroline. Beitzel,
both of this county.
On the same day, by the same, Sir. Ben
jamin K.'Spangler, to Miss Maggie Buoaus,
both of Carlisle-
lirit.
In tins Lofongh, on the 6th inst.. Airs. -A.vx
E., wife of Alfred S. in the
year of her. age.
In Moehankjfihurg on the first inst., Mr..
Adam Sierer, aged 70 }ts. 3 mos. and ft days,.
3&drto.
CARLISLE MARKET,—ApriI 10,1801. '■..
Corrected Weekly hi/ Woodward tC* Schmidt-
Flour, Superfine, per bbl., $4,50
do., Extra, do., 4,62
do.. Family, ’ do., 4,75*
. do., Rye, do., 3,12
WniTß Wheat, per bushel, 1,20
11 ci) AViikat, do., I,lo*
11 yk, do.> , .65.
Cou.v, • ‘, do., - -45-.
Oats, do.;
Fall Barley, ■ do.,
Spring Baulky, do.,
CLovnssEin), ' do.,
Tiuotiivhkej>, do.,
PHILADELPHIA MAHKETS
Puiladei.l'HlA, April 0, ISGI'
Fi.oirn and Mkal. —Tho Flour, market is steady
with a light inquiry for. shipment at $5 31(§)5 37*.
per barrel for superfine; $5 44@5 81 for extra; $5 87
@8 12 for extra family, ami $0 50®7.25 for fancy
lots. Very little doing in llyo Flour or Corn.
Meal, ihe former is soiling at $3 50, The latter
is dull at $2 81* for Pennsylvania.
Grain. —Tho offerings of Wheat continue light.
It is in demand, however, only for milling. Sales
of 2400 bushels fair and prime Pennsylvania andi
Western red at $1 32 @1 33. White is scarce and!
ranges from $1 3C(o)l 50, llyo is soiling at 08 cents.
Corn—Sales of dry now yellow at Cl cents afloat,
and at 00 cents in'store. Oats are steady at 32
cents for Pennsylvania, and 32 cents for Delaware.
Now York Spring Barley is worth 78 ooiits. Bar
ley Malt ranges from 85 to 95 cents,
Ci.ovkiiskdd is in good demand. Sales of fair*
and prime ats4 50@4 75 per 64 lbs. Timothy*
ranges from $2 75 to 2 81. Flaxseed is steady at
§1 so;
Whisky is dull though steady. Sales of Ohio
barrels at 18 cents; Pennsylvania do; at 17* cents;'
hhds., at 17* cents, and Drudge nt 17 cents.
LETTERS, of Administration on tho 0811110’
of Adam Siorer,lato of tho Borough of Meehan
icsburg, deceased, have been issued by the Register
of Cumberland county, to the subscribers residing,
in Monroe township. All* persons knowing-tho®*
selves-indebted to said estate nro hereby
to make immediate payment, and tho 6» barltig*
claims will present them duly authenticated for so*-
tlomcnt to
ADAM SIERER, Jni, ) A ft n
1 •. JACOB SIERER, J AdmniBtra .
Aprillith, ’6l,
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