f6rina.ie•e faeliogs now arercams Lis
with tears in We eyes ho.concluded;
••Ciood bye again. daub. and Dud bless you'.
e a man, and so honor to your native
State,s,ad stover be so mann us to Jim for
i thej,egislature, or try to get into Congress;
to ijo either is worse than keeping a sweat
.cloth at a ;auk) race, or thimble-rigging at
,e nigger camp Meeting."
here the old man fell upon Bob's neck;
the two wept together and parted. pub will
,be heard frutn yet, that's certain.
TE aohnabia sij•
C6I".I.TNIIIT.
SATURDAY, APRIL 13. IRGI
zoo-We rake pleasure in calling the at
tootles of 111:llintrs orc.. to the Straw and
Lace Goods iiouso of 11. Ward's, Nos. .103,
105 & 107 N. Second Street, Philadelphia;
3,rhose adv. nrpeurs in anotherCulnmn.
Zl:Z . ll , ahleinati's third arri%,al of Spring
goods is advertised iu to-day's paper. This
is a large ami general stock, and buyer. ,
will do well to examine it. The dress goods
we wig wzrrant as tasteful and elegant.
Vir*Fondersmith announces the first in
voice per steamer ".J. Edgar Thunipson," at
tin slurps ; Pi%e bun a euJf , ant) our Nytgt3
for it you will IjndJ ;olnetlu ng handsome and
pheap, that you cannot qi.p.ciihe with.
Nr.wsvArca Cn.iNot.-I)re notiim that the
American Protedionist, of York, has passed
into the hands of Messrs. Kolb ,f; Boyer,
who assumed the editorial and publishing
charge of the paper on Monday last. The
paper will he independent of party. The
preys firm have our best wiNhes in their en
terprise.
GOVERNOR CURTIN'S MEsSm:E.—We ;lice
in another column a very important mes
sage from Governor Curtin to the Legisla
ture, tecouuntnending an appropriation fur
amain... and organization of the militia of
the State, in view of the hostile attitude of
the secessionists, and the apprehension of a
eulJisioe between the rebels and the govern
ment.
CHANCE OF SCOCIWLE ON Tun PENN'S
13A:LOO/D. — Oil Monday the Summer ar
rangement of trains on the Penn4ylvania
Railroad will go into operation. The Mail
train East, now stopping at Culumbia at
6.42 P. M., will resume its route on the
branch road, and to connect with it at Lan
caster the Columbia Accotnmudation, under
the charge of its old conductor, Mr. Hayes
Stuith, will be again put on the roaJ, leav
ing Columbia, at 1 P. M., reaching Lancas
ter at 1.33. Returning . , it will leave Lan
easter at 2.33 and arrive at Colombia at
3.20.
Westward. the mail train will arrive hero
at 11.27 A. 31., instead of 11.57, as at pres
ent. The Harrisburg Accommodation will
be thirty minutes later than now, reaching
Columbia at 6.40 instead of 6 10 I'. M.--
The Lancaster Accommodation will run as
heretofore.
ICCRNED IVITV GAR.-011 'Friday of /: , yst
week Mr George J.Smith met with an
ac
cident which verged closely upon serious.
A new gas meter hal been put in in the af
ternoon, and detecting tee escape of gas af
ter dark be went to examine the meter with
a light in his hand. A!tbough he held the
lamp somo six feet from the meter so much
gas had escaped that it ignited at this dis
distance and flashed like powder, burning
Mr. Smith rather severely on the face and
one hand. Fortunately his eyes escaped.
Ile is recovering, rapidly, we are glad to
learn.
LIC LEGISIATION.-A number of bills
have been passed by, and arc before, the
Legislature, of local interest, to both
town and county, among others,
t supplement to the Reading and Colum
bia. Railrocd, author:zing the Company to
build branches to Lancaster and to Corn
wall, with other privileges, has passed both
louses, and has probably received the Gov
err s signature.
An act incorporating the Dellis and I...tn
easter Ital(road 4 ,...oznpany, ha 4 raqsed the
Senate. This is a rival tn the Heading and
CL.lombia, and we imagine, nhoull the char
ter Le cLt.tined, will exist only on paper.
An act incorporating, the Columbia Boom
Company, an act exempting the tild Colum
bia Public blrouna Cnmp.tny from State
taxation, and an act to divide the present
Columbia School District, hare been igtro
duce•l into the Senate by Mr. Iliestotta.
An ant relating to rer•taurant-4 and beer
I l i.oses in the onanties of Laneaqter, Ches
t. r atol Delawaro--providing for the grant
jog 01 license, by tho Court of gii.i.rtur Ses
sions, as in the ea-e 4 of taverns and liquor
s•ore , ‘—lian pansed the Senate. Sena
nays G.
OF DI RUC EVIIS.—TiIe Board of
Pirectorsof Readin,z awl Columbia Railroad
bet at Lancaster on Monday, fur the pur
poe of olectinA a Dresi lent to fill the tines
rred term of Joseph N. iniginachcr,
t•wently decease I. Sweral gentlemen were
proposal for the p thin, but as there was
not a fall board it w l 4 ,12..11n0 , 1 proper to ad
journ until do. wa )Ie h ).w.l could unite in
an °lee ion. A meeting will be held on
Monday, at Eplirat t whoa a President will
doubtless be elected. Ainntig the names
ypentionad in this c inneetion is that of W.
Esq.. of the firm of Maltby & Case, of
Coluini,ta• at present one of the Directors.
A more tittiL.g selection in our opinion could
:tut be made, no: .ine mire beneficial to the
inzerests of the road, I.mt. at the same time,
it our town. Mr. C-su h. had considera
ble railroodiny eriiinlimee, and probably no
ilidkidual is tn,op dirvedy interested in the
i•ompktion of the Iteaditig and ell/ .01.61 a
Mall load. 11. s influence at the lirad ' or the
I be and
twit.
C. 4 4 I T 111.% lion. a(l
Stevens. !onto e.,:p;nate.l for ridership at
IVe.t Point. riederic4 painem, Fmr, of Mrs.
Frederiok Mine?, of Marietta. The ?nein
oy ereitte.l I.y the rehignation of Mr .
I
NE.II - Pospllaszrats,—The ;:bliu.sring ad
ditiormlppip,., .ents of Post-Masters is)
this county'hiliben Announced:
• jateivowse-4 1 . f. Soldcmaridge.
New .golland-ceozga W. Smith.
Elizabethtown—Robert Russ.
Leacock—Ematuyel Swope. •
RortAir..i .- Aiiciniyr.—Crn Thursday ,af
ternoon last, while Mr. (fumy P. Carson, of
Lancaster, was• driving along tha Columbia
turnpike, in the neighborhood of Zgouutville,
in a buggy with his daughter, Miss Kate
Carson, the horse took fright at the ap
proach of a locomotive and became unman,
a,genble. After running some distance Mr.
Carson was thrown out, and had his right
side severely injured. Miss Carson remain
ed in the buggy until it was smashed to
fragments, but escaped with no other injury
than a sprained thumb. The escape of the
latter from serious injury seems to be really
Marvelous.
HOW TO GET A PATENT.—One of Fowler
& convenient little hand books. It
gives directions for the preliminary steps
towards obtaining patents which :nay save
inventors much waste of time and consider
able embarrassment in their endeavors to
patent. products of their study and skill. It
is written by Thomas I'. How, an experi
enced Solicitor of eatents, and published by
Fuw)er & Wells, IIOS Broadway, N. Y.
31. a. Wan:lir—Dear Sit:-1 Nee by the
tipg of la,t Saturday, an editorial notice,
calling upon 3our friends in town and coun
t try to post you up in any local items which
comes under their notice. I will here pro
ceed to give you a few:
Well, Columbia Bridge still stands in the
same place, and they charge live cents for
walking over it. Columbia Q e Company
don't take off live per cent. Hiram Wilson
is starting the Hardware and llonsofurnish
ing business. The correspondents "Hawk."
and ".'cubody Hurl," are telling naughty
things about Colombians in the U. S. Po
lice Gazette; and Old Uncle Abe Lincoln
ocotillos the White Ifouse at Washington.
But now, sir, one of t' o most important lo
cal items that I know of, and one which
deeply interests every one of our citizens,
is, that I have jusy - received one of the must
superb assortments of Groceries, Fruit and
Confectionery, Class and Queensware, ever
before offered. "Come a running!" and buy
the first new styles of Queensware in this
market.
MR. EDITOR —I ofFer through your col
umns a few hints on the quality and culture
of the Japan "Pie Apple Melon," which
may serve to introduce it to more general
use in this neighborhood.
Tun. I'ir. ArrLe MELos.—This greatest
and best of all melons is a native of Japan.
Its appropriate name indicates its quality—
when cooked its taste closely resembles that
of an apple. Last season I planted, about
the first of May, nine nods, of which five
grew. From my five stalks I obtained
twenty-five melons, very few weighing less
than 30 lbs—several reaching 40 lbs. In
planting I gave plenty of root room, digging
holes 2, feet square and 1.1 feet deep, fill
ing up loosely with the sante earth mixed
with a little well-rotted manure. it requires
much surface room, being a great runner.
It is easy of culture. Wh'en ripe the melon
is of a golden green hue.
HOW TO Use fr:—For pins, cut into small
pieces, stew till well done, adding a little
lemon juice and sugar, than k 4.4 as usual.
For tarts use milk and sugar. For pre
.serves, stew until not quite done, then pre
serve in the usual way, using pound fur
pound of fruit and sugar. T.
Important sews and Startling Eurr o tors.
The country editor has nu more ditficul t
task . , even in the dullest times, than that of
selecting from the week's accumulation of
news and gossip, that which shall not only u
be most reliable, but freshest and most in
teresting to readers, of whom a large ma
iority have carefully read the dailies. How
touch is his embarrassment increased, with
the seething turbulent e!.. - eitement Lf the
past week? How shall he winnow the crop
of startling telegraphic rumors, sous to save
the handful of grain hidden in the bushel
uC chaff? or bow shall 110 apply the touch
stone to the voluminous "special correspon
dence" of the prosy, and extract tho line of
fact from the paragraph of fiction? We
have been beset this week with startling rut
mors, contradiete I neat urinate, iunportant
de:patches, one evi uteracting the other:
I well subudantiated facts, bearing the stamp I
of untruth on ti.e face. an 1 here and there
a bold, bare-faced lie nhich sometimes !
I comes incredibly near the truth. We have
more important matter before us titan we
„
C. 0111,1 crowd into the four pages of our pa
per, issuing a daily edition for a week, and
from this we must condense an article con
tabling as much of the substance of the ru-
RIM'S and the iv:is (always supposing it
possible to discriminate) as we can rind
room
. for.
During last
, riek the public mind was
prepared for exiteme:it by the reports of
active mivements at New York and the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. On Monday last the
intelligence published indicated important
movements on the part or Govoromen t. We
car, boa give these by copying the telegrams
as fur:tie:Jo] by Monday morning dailies:
CHato.csrm April G.—Wo are by no
means disappointed at the news, aad are
now ready to receive our enemies, come as
they may. Affairs, however, are culminat
ing. All points here have been streeathoned
land we are now ready for any emergency.
The ball will probably soon open. If the
;authorities do not soon act, the people may
I take the matter in their own hands.
Oni.tuaws, April G.—Tits news from
Washing:on and New York produced an
unwonted °reit:Anent. The report that war
iessel were about to visit the mouth of the
Mis-issippi aroused the whole city.
NEW Tura:, April 7.--Major Holmes,
Commander of the United States f4ree; et
this station has resigned.
Major Johnson is also said to have Te
-1
.11PPigried.
If FIN
I ;44111i. I/Ia :4py
A. M.rL Mn),
a
Old Fellow,' Hall, Columbia
For Om Cojupplß SPY
Cuntaio Barry's tattery t.card.rlue
steamer Atlantic. .
The steam frigate Powhatan was ordered
to atop at Rat Hamilton for troops.
_Captain bleigs and a company of carpen
ters -and mechanics from Washington left
yesterday for parts unknown.
Large gangs of men are at work on the
Wabash, Roanoke and Perry.
A au mter of long clinker-built boats were
put on board the Atlantic.
The steamer Powhotan crossed the bar,
bound out, at sis o'clock last evening.
The steamer Atlantic had not 'mild up to
a late hour last night.
The steamer Illinois had steam on last
night. and it was reported would leave with
stores during the night.
The steamer Nashville, which was to have
sailed for Charleston yesterday, has Leon
detained till the 9th.
Tueday'e telegrams were in no wise
more pacific.
Cu t ni.esTos, .April llcauregard
this morning issued an order and sent n
special messenger to Major Anderson giv
ing him official notification that all inter
nourse between 1 , ..)rt Sumpter and the city.
boll postal via supplies, cre prohibited
from this date.
All the posts around the harbor Muse been
strengthened and two additional regiments
are hourly expected from the interior. The
men at the different fortifications are in ex
cellent spirits at the prospect of some speedy
result.
CI! tI11,1: , TON, Aprij S.—General Beaure
gard has ordered out five thmmand troops.
Companies are c o nstantly arriving and be
ins put in position. New batteries are also
being constructed.
?.kiv Yong., .I.pril 8. —The steamer liar
riet Lane sailed fig. the South this forenoon,
flying the American ensign iuste,td of the
IZevenue flag.
The steamer Vixen has gone to the N.tvy
Yard.
1 ergo shiromeats of army stores are g , tin
aboard the steamers Illinois and Baltic to
day.
Busr)s, April S.—Sixty tong of cannon
halls left the arsenal 1 :4, Waortown on S.st
urtlay fur New York.
The steamer Baltic stile 1 this afternoon
and passel tho narrows at 7 o'clock.
Nottrot.s., April S.—The Milted, tes
steamer Pawnee sails to-morrow morning
with scale.' orders for the South.
The excitement int:rem:3s with each d t y's
dispatobes.
Movruoucav, April o.—President Davis
made a requisition to-ddy ( on the G wernor
of Alabama for three thousand troops.
The 3lississippi brigade, eighteen hundred
strong, arrived at Pk:Orli:MAL on the 7th.
Georgia troops to the. number of three
hundred and seventy men, en route for Pen
sacola, have passed through here within the
last forty-eight howl's.
CIIantESTON, April o. Affairs here are
culminating to a decisive point. About SOO
men left here this morning fur different
points. It is estimated that near 5,000 men
are stationed on Sullivan and Mirris Is
lands and along the coast. Companies are
continually arriving from the interior and
all the posts will be further strengthened
to-morrow by near one thousand additional
troops. The greatest enthusiasm prevails
among all classes of citizens.
Cnanr,EsToN, April 9, Evening—All is
quiet to-night on the surfitee of affitirs, but
there is a deep feeling among the penple
Prodigious preparations aro progressing.
Rifled cannon arc arriving an 1 being
placed in position.
Nu war vessels have been seen outside
the harbor, so far as known here.
.Nr.vr Imo:, April O.—Jasper, the New
York Times correspondent at Charleston,
under dato of yesterday, telegraphs that
erorything, there is prepared for action.—
Vessels are ordered to keep out of the range
of fire between Sumpter and Sullivan's Is-,
land. floating battery was to sail last
evening fur a point near fort Sumpter. A
house had been blown up near the fire gun
battery. All business was suspended, and
the most intense exAtemeat prerailel.
NEw VonK, April 2.—The steam trans
ports ao I Illinois went to sou. this
miming.
WelineSti4Y . , IleXq %Ca , as fellow.:
Cuartm:sTarr, April I i --I'. M.--The
floating battery having been tloished, mount
ed and manned, was taken out of the dock
last evening and anehored in a cuvo near
Sullivan's Island ready for service.
An additienal regiment of one thousand
men is hourly expeoted front the interior. .
The State Convention has just adjourned
subject to the call of the Presidebt. Before
adjourning the Convention passed resolu
tions approving the conduct of General
Tv% g ;2:9 in resigning his coalman 1 and turn
ing over the public property under his con
trol to the authorities of Texas.
.About 1,000 troops were sent to the fora
! fications to-day, and 1,800 more will go
; down tomorrow.
Es-Senators Wigtall and Chestnut, and
Messrs. Boylston, Means. Manning and Mo.
Gowan, have received a;spointments to Gen.
Beauregard's staff.
Large numbers of the members of the
Convention after the adjournment volun
tered as privates.
About seven thousand troops cre now at
the fortifications.
W.tsur.viros, Arra lo.—Mr. Chew, spe
cial agent of the Government, was sent to
Charleston on Friday, to ask permission of
Gen. Beauregard to provision Fort Sumter.
Ile made his report to Gov. Pickens on
Tuesday night, and Beaur9,ge . rd telegraphs
to the Commissioners that such no -tpplica
ticn has been made.
1k awaits advice:4 from 310n7 ;omery.—
Mr. Chem• is a clerk in the State Depart.
ment here.
The Government demands. through Mr.
Chew, that Anderson must receive provi
sions from Charleston. or pl.e they will be
supplied him at any 411 E.. this is reliable.
Nonrcod:, April 10 —The steamer Pawn°
sailed from brlow at 6 o'clock last evening,
with scaled orders fnr the South.
NEW YORK, April 10.—Thc steam-tug
drools Ben" sailed last night from this port
with scaled orders from the Gurorameut.—
She Lad sailed previous/5 , , but raturned to
make repairs.
PHILADELPHIA; April 10.—Despatches
from Washington state that the sloop-of-war
Jamestown and frigate St. Lawrence, now
at the Navy Yard at this port, are to be fit
ted for sea forthwith.
The latest intelligence we can obtain is
that given in Friday morning's dailies. The
dispatches from Charleston dated Apr. 12th
state that at 2 o'clock on that day formal
demand was made upon Major Anderson for
the surrender of Fort Sumpter, which de
mand was refused by Maki:. Anderson. A
later dispatch states that it is currently
reported that Major Anderson had entered
into negotations for the surrender of the
fort on Friday. This is probably n canard.
The Harriet Lane is reported as having been
seen off the bar on Thursday evening.
It will he seen by the above that import
ant events, probably the inauguration of
civil war, are impending. Accompanying
each batch of news we have had "special
dispatches" and "special correspondence"
fur each daily paper, most of which was of
the sensation order, and none reliable. The
intentions of government have been kept
profoendly secret, but as each day passes it
begins tit be more generally understood that
the extended naval and military prepara
tions and movements point towards the re
sumption of authority in Texas, the provi
sioning of Fort Sumpter, and the reinforce
ment of Fort Pickens. Should a collision
take place in Charleston harbor however,
through the rashness of the secession rebels,
and the peaceful provisioning of the fort be
resisted, the entire strength of the Govern
ment may be directed to that point and the
traitors obtain what they have so long pant
ed for—an opportunity to measure strength
with the United States forces. We hope for
a peacable solution of the / deplorable diffi
culty, but should the worst come, then with
every true American wo must desire to see
the arm of authority fall, and fall heavily.
BOLD AND DARING ROIMERY.—On Monday
night the house of John Spickler, Sen., in
Penn township, about two miles south west
Litiz, was forcibly entered and robbed of
three hundred and thirty-fire dollars.—
Sometime in the night a man broke in the
shutter a! d window, and entered the house.
Mrs. Spickler hearing the noise. got up to
ascertain what was wrong. The thief told
her that ho wanted the money in the house.
It appears that Mr. Spickler had received
three hundred and fifty dollars from a neigh
bor a few days before. Mrs. Spickler gave
him the money, and begged that no other
harm should be done them. She got ot.t of
the house, and was going to her next neigh
bor's, when the scoundrel went after her anl
brought her back. Mr. Spickler git ii.to
tassel w;th the thiet; and throw him down
but was not able to secure him. Ile was
armed with an axe, which he used in his de
fence againse the old coupe, hut did no se
rious injury. The man is described as of
small stature, and had blacked his face.—
It is supposed that he is from the immedi
ate neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. Spickler
are nearly eighty years old. There was no
other person in the house at the time. A
reward of $173 dollars is opered for-the ar
rest and conviction of the cillian, and it is
to be hoped that he way be secured.— Lao- ,
caster Uaio3.
'LIE PENNSYLVANIA Rxmaoan.—An in
teresting digest of rho sources of revenue of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company fur the
year eighteen hundred and sixty, showing
a most satisfactory increase of the local
freight business as compared with the same
smrces of revenue in 1559, appears in the
last number of the -Vining, Itegi3ier. From
it we gather the fact that the total earnings
of the read for IMO was $5,03-2,701. against
$5,3G2,356 in 1859, an increase of $570,346,
or a sum equal to $47,527 per month for
the year round. The .12e,girtcr says: "The
freight earnings exceed the passenger earn.
ings largely more than two to one. The
Pennsylvania Railroad, therefore, is most
distinguished for its freight bus'in,:ss, for the
part it r erfornis in the commerce of the
country as a carrier of produce from the in
terior to the seaboard, and of merchandise
from the seaboard to the interior."
Ttu: Scsri:xstos LEGALtzt:n.—The Senate
on Wednesday, 3rd inst., passed the bill
which had been reported from the Commit
tee on Milk% removing the penaitics incur
red by a suspension of specie payments, and
requiring all banks to resume on or before
the first day of June next, and to pay into
the State Treasury one quarter per cent.
upon their capital stook .s a punishment
fur their violation of the law. These pro
visions are only applicable to such banks as
suspended since last November. As quite
a number of banks deny that they ever sus
pended specie payments, a provision was in
serted in the act whereby the Auditor Gen
eral will be enabled to ascertain the facts
in these case 4, where banks seek to evade
the payment of the special tax upon their
capital stock upon the allegation that they
never suspended.
Nessap from the Governor
The following, important message was sent
to the Legislature on Tuesday. After being
rend in both nooses, committees of confer
ence were appointed with instructions to re
port by bill on the subject as early as prqc
ticablc:
PENNSYLVANIA EXECCTIVE ?MEE, }
Harrisburg, April 9, 18G1.
To the Senate and Muse of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
GiNTLE4EN: As the period fixed for the
adjournment of the Legislature is rapidly
approaching, I feel constrained by a sense
of duty to cull your attention to the condi
tion of the military organization of the
State.
It is scarcely necessary to say more than
that the militia system of the State, during
a rung 'period distinguished by the pursuits
of peaceful industry exclusively, has become
wholly inefficient, and the interference of
the Legislature is required to remove its
deficits, ant render it useful and avail
able the public service.
Many of our volunteer companies do not
possess the number of men required by our
militia law, and steps should be forthwith
taken to supply these deficiencies. There
aro numerous cunpanies, too, that are with
out the necessary arms; and of the arms
that are distributed, Lut few are providedi
with the more modern appliances to reader
them serviceable. _
I recommend, therefore, that the Legisla
ture make immediate provision for the re
moval of these capital defects; that arms
be procured and distributed to those of our
citizens who may enter into the military
service of the State, and that steps be taken
to change the guns already distributed, by
the adoption of such well known and tried
improvements as will render them .effactive
in the event of their emplayment in actual
service.
In this connection I recommend the estab
lishment of a Military Bureau, at the Capi
tal; and that the militia laws of the Com
monwealth be so modified and amended as
to impart to the military organization of the
state, the vitality and energy essent al to
its practical value and usefulness.
Precautions, such as I have suggested,
are wise and proper at all times, in a Gov
ernment like ours; but special and momen
tous considerations, arising from the condi
tion of public affairs outside of the limits,
yet of incalculable consequence to the peo
ple, and demanding the gravest attention of
the Legislature of Pennsylvania, invest the
subject to which your action is invited by
tine communication, with' extraordinary in
terest and importance. We cannot be in
sensible to the fact that serious jealousies
and divisions distract the public mind, and
that, in portions of this Union. the peace of
the country, if not the safety of the Govern
ment itself, is endangered. Military organ
izations of a furmiable character, and which
seem not to be demanded by any existing
public exigency, have been formed in cer•
fain of the States. On whatever pretexts
these extraordinary military preparations
may hare been made, no purpose that may
contempiate resistance to the enforcement
of the laws, will meet sympathy or encour
agement front the people of this Common
wealth. Pennsylvania yields to no State it,
her respect for, and her willingness to pro
tect, by all needful guarantees, the consti
tutional independence of her sister States,
nor in fidelity to that constitutional Union
whose unexampled benefits have been show
ered alike upon herself and them.
The most exalted public policy, and the
clearest obligations of true patriotism, there
fore, admonish us, in the existing deplorable
and dangerous crisis of affairs, that our
militia system should receive from the Leg
islature that prompt attention which public
exigencies, either of the State or the Nation,
my appear to demand, and which may seem,
in your wholotn, host adapted to preserve
and secure to the people of Pennsylvania
and the Union the blessing of peace, and the
integrity and stability of our unrivalled
constitutional government.
The Government of this great State was
°established by its illustrious founder "in
deeds of peace," our people have been train
ed and disciplined ha those arts which lead
to the promotion of their own moral and
physioal .development and progress, and
with the highest regard for the rights of
others, hove always cultivated fraternal re
lations with the people of all the States de
voted to the Constitution and the Union,
and always recognizing the spirit of con
oession and compromise that underlies the
foundation of the Government, Pennsylva
nia vtnrs no counsel, and takes no action in
the nature of it menance; her desire is for
peace, and her object, the preservation of
the personal and political rights of citizens,
of the true sovereignty of States, and the
supremecy of taw and order.
Animated by these sentiments, and in
dulging an earnest hope of the speedy res
toration of those harmonious and friendly
relations between the various members of
this Confederacy which have brought our
beloved country to a condition of unequalled
power and prosperity, I commit the grave
subject of this cummunication to your de
liberation. A. G. CURTIN.
The News
The “Confederato States" have issued
tre.tsury notes to the amount of one million
of dollars. The first bond for a thousand
dollars was taken at a premium of twenty
per cent. The article is likely to soon be
come too common to be bid for as a curi
osity.
lion. John MJLmn, of Ohio. ono of the
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United
States, died on the 4th init. Judge McLean
has been for some time past in feeble health,
but when he recently left Washington city
for his home was supposed to ha\ o in some
degrc' recovered. Judge McLean was a na
tive of New Jersey, whore 4e was born in
1785, but remov3d at a very early age to the
western country. lie went to Congress
from the Cincinnati district in 1812, and
was returned in 1814 by a unanimous vote
from his constitneutQ. In MG he became
a Supremo Judge of Ohio; in 1822 ho was
appointed Commissioner of the Land Office
by President :Sladison, and in 1823 he be
come Postmaster General. In 1820 ho was
appointed Judge of the Supreme Court by
President Jackson, having previously de
dined the War and Navy Departments
which were tendered to him. In this latter
position, ns is known, he continued until
his death.
The reportel intention of England and
France to send a joint squadron of observa
tion to the Gull of Mexico is not confirmed
by the Inter foreign advioes, but still meets
with a good deal of credence at Washington.
On the other hand it is also believed that
the Spanish Government will disavow the
action of the Governor General of Cuba in
seizing Dominica.
Gov. Houston still contends the action of
the Sovereign Convention in deposing him
from the Governorship of Texas, and has
sent a message to the Legislature, claiming
that he is still Governor of the State. The
Legislature took no notice of his message.
Four fugitive slaves from Mississippi, a
negro, with his wife and two children, wore
arrested at Chicago on the 4th inst., and
sent to Springfield for examination. Con
sidorabie excitement ensued at Chicago
among the negro population, after the ar
rest became known.
The Secretary of the Treasury, it is un
derstood, will receive oilers for Treasury
notes, redeemable in two years, for the re
mainder of the eight million loan not
awarded. An offer fur two million at one
eighth premium has already been made.
Messrs. Line and Pomeroy have been
elected United States Senators from Kansas.
The schooner Lucy R. Warren, of Balti
more, li.is been seized in Hampton Roads
fur an alleged violation of the inspeJtion
laws of Virginia.
The P.uly Express brings California ad
vices to =;•1. The California Senate bad
voted that no election of United States Sen
ator had been had, and incited the Assem
bly to proceed to another vote. The Assem
bly rejected the proposition.
Jute Logan, of Illinois, Mr. Lincoln's
4te law partner, and a conservative member
of the Peace Cunzress, is flawed as the
probable successor of Judge McLean on the
Supreme Beath.
An issue of forged . trirgiciis bonds is re
ported to hare been detected in New York.
A large amount is said to have been issued,
but holders of the bonds will do well not to
allow such reports to street their value.—
The parties making the issue are known
and an investigation is in progress.
In no part of Virginia, perhaps, have the
Secessionist claimed to have more thorough
ly reversed public sentiment since the Con
vention election, than in the vicinity of
Norfolk, yet at an election held in Ports
mouth on Saturday, the Union candidate
for Mayor was elected by over two bunered
majority.
It is a noticeable incident that in the
midst of the prevailing excitement the four
fugitive slaves arrested at Chicago and taken
to Springfield, the capitol of Illinois, have
been delivered to their owners upon proof
of their rights, and taken to Missouri. All
this was aecomplished without violenee and
without any apparent excitement.
lion. A. J. Hamilton, who was a member
of the last Congress from Texas, and who
opposed secession from first to last, remain
ing in the noose of Representatives after
the State seceded, has been elected a State
Senator from Austin, the Capitol of the
State. the still opposes secession, and it is
said will refuse to take the oath of alle
giance to the Confederacy prescribed by tho
"Sovereign Convention." This election
shows that the Union has still its staunch
supporters in Texas.
The schooner Julia, of Maryland, has
boon seized at Norfolk for a violation of the
inspection laws of
John Morrissey, the noted pugilist, is
dead.
The rumored revolution in New Mexico,
and the seizure of Fort Marcy is pronounced
a hoax by_the Missouri Republican. A se
cession Convention was in session at Mesilla,
Arizona Territory.
The Virginia Convention, on Wednesdy,
after a long debate, adopted, ayes 75, nays
63, Mr. Preston's resolution declaring the
uncertainty which prevails in the public
mind as to the policy of the Government to
wards the seceded States, to be injurious to
the intet oats of the country and unfavorable
to the adjustment of the pending difficulties
and appointing a committee to wait upon
the President and respectfully ask to him
communicate to the Convention the course
he intends to pursue. The Convention ap
pointed as the committee, Messrs. William
Ballard Preston, conservative; A. 11. 11.
Stuart, Unionist, and George W. Randolph,
Secessionist. Tho Committee will reach
Washington to-day.
The recent arrest of five fugitive slaves at
Chicago, (effected by a Uuited States Mar
shall appointed by the present Administra
tion,) and their quiet return to Missouri.
has created a great consternation among
the fugitives in Illinois. Over one hundred
of these fugitives left Chicago on Sunday
night bound for Canada. A large number
from other parts of the State were also
making their way to Canada. At Detroit
three hundred passed into Canada since
Saturday.
Washington city is still excited by a be
lief in the rumor that preparations are mak
ing in Virginia, under the lead of Major
Ben McCullough, fir an attack upon the
city. There seems to be . a ground for such
a belief, but precantioaary measures have
been adopted fur the safety of the capital.
The steamer Canadian, at Portland, bring,-
Liverpool dates to the 27th ult. Strikes
and turn-outs among the workmen in Eng
land were assuming serious proportions.—
Fifty thousand workingmen were thrown
out of employment in London. Parliament
had a !journal over for the Easter holidays.
The reinforeement of French troops at Ilatne
had been countermanded, but those there
were to remain. Count Cavour in the Ital
ian Parliament declare! that Italy had a
right to Rome for its capital, but that it
must be with the consent of the French Em
peror. Popular demonstrations at Warsaw
continued. There was trouble in Japan.—
The Secretary of the American Legation at
Jeddo was murdered. The English and
French Ministers had retired, but the Amer
ican Minister still remained there. The
Paris correspondent of the Landon Times
says that hostilities between Austria and
Sardinia are imminent. The shirt crop ad
vices from this side had cause!. a further
advance in cotton with large sales. Bread
stuffs were dull with a declining tendency.
' The latest despatches from the South rop
' resent that President Davis has made
another requisition upon the Confederated
States fur troops, and that the new levies
were rapidly moving towards Pensacola.—
At Charleston afTuirs are coming to a cleci
sive point. Five thousand moo are stationed
around Fort Sumter, and companies of vol
unteers were continuing to arrive from the
interior of the State. The report of a war
vessel having been seen off the harbor is
discredited by the Charleston despatches,
and was not credited at Augusta. A de
spach from New Orleans reports that a war
vessel, in disguise (?) had entered the Mis
sissippi river and was reconnoitering in the
vicinty of Fort Jackson.
Intelligence from the fleet off Pensacola
as late as the 2.1 inst. render it certain that
no attempt had been made to reinforce Fort
Pickens. The Brooklyn bad returned from
Key West, and hid received from . the St.
Louis the artillerists transferred to her.—
Letters from on board the Brooklyn still
speak of the reinforcement of Fort Pickens
as n matter of easy accomplishment.
Governor Curtin sent in to the Legislature
on Tuesday his message recommending the
organization of the military of the State and
other measures which he regards as proper
in the present crisis. In the course of the
message be states that the President has in
formed him of the existence of a design to at
tack Washington city.
The steamer Persia, arrived at New York
on Tuesday, brings foreign advises, via
Qoseastou-n, to 31st Lord I / Amen:ton,
in .1 speoo.'i to his had again
expressed a hope that, this county would
reach a peaceable adjustment of its difficul
ties. Warlike rumors continued to circu
late, and attention was strongly directed to
the concentration of Austrian troops in Ye -
aetia. The discussion in the Italian Cham
bers had closed by the adoption of a resolc
thm declaring the urgent necessity fur pro
claiming Rune the capitol of Italy, and ex
pressing hopes of non-intervention by
France. Business was suspended by the
Easter holidays, and the general condition
of the markets was unchanged.
The latest despatches from Charleston
announce that the floating, battery has been
mounted and manned and anchored in a
cove near Sullivan's Island ready for ser
vice, and that about three thou and more
troops were being sent down to the fortifica
tions, making in all about seven thousand.
The State Convention adjourned last eve
ning, subject to the call of the President,
and many of members had buckled on their
armor for the anticipated fight. Senators
Wigfall and Chestnut had taken positions
in General Baauregard's Staff. The people
are represented as,fixed in their purpose to
meet the issue, let it be what it may. More
troops were hourly arriving in Charleston.
The report of a Mexican raid npon Texas
by General A.mpudiu is now announced to
be entirely untrue. The General has retired
from the army and is in the interior of Mex
ico, without means, if he had the intention,
to get up such a movement.
Intelligence is said to have been received
at Fort Pickens that Lieutenant Slommer
does net consider the reinforcement of that
Fort necessary, his present complement of
men being equal to the emergencies of his
position. Another 'despatch, received by
way of New Orleans, states that there is at
present no danger of a collision. The Uni
ted States officers and those of the Confed
erate States joined in the funeral ceremon
ies of Lieutenant Berryman, late com
mander of the Wyandotte.
The frigate St. Lawrence, and sloop-of
war Jamestown, at the Philadelphia N a vy
Yard, are to be prepared for spa immedi
ately.
The reported intention of a raid upon
Washington city appears to be credited by
the authorities there. A portion of the
uniformed volunteers of the District have
been mustered into the service of the United
States and placed on duty at their armories.
A portion of the men of some of the compa
nies refused to respond to the call. A com
pany of United States Artillery and two
companies of cavalry, dismounted, were ex
pected to reach Washington on Thursday.
The District and Maryland aro to constitute
a new military department.
Jokelings
SErSerrnon on the vaulty of wealth.—
Shrouds have no pockets.
rtlt is very natural that a man who is
fast should often flail himself in a tight
placo
Aer•Why is cold weather like "'Roots"
in a hotel? Bacitoci it changes one's shoos
into slippers
Min all matters except a little matter
of the tongue, a V.'01:1211 can generally hold
her own
fl .Why arc the Seeding States like the
Plagues of Egypt?
Beeaure Seven Went Out. anti "they were
exceeding grievous to be borne with."
tas...You have a right to unhorse your en
emy if' you can, but not by stealing his
horse.
att emey haling; diel in prior cir
cum,tances, one of his friends observed that
he had left but few elects. ''That is not
much to be wondered at," said another, "fur
he had but few causes."
Every household has its pet names.
Mr. Jones onelhatts his helpmate by calling
her "his idol." Junes, however, privately
spells it i-d-l-e.
gCrThe Niagara Kills Gazette tells a
etory of two young ladies who worn pronte
noding along the street recently, when ono
of them slipped and came down on the icy
pavement "like a thousand of' bricks."—
Jumping quickly up she exclaimed, solo roce
"Before another winter I'll have a man to
hung to; see if I don't."
A Qcsar.—The New York Commercial
asks "if the President of the Southern Con
federacy should be unable to negotiate either
the bonds or the treasury notes would net
the geographical situation of Davis's Straits
be materially cbanged?"
Thatrric.—Why will immigration from
Ireland be less the present than in former
years?
Because the now tariff imposes a duty on
fifty per cent. on Unwashed Paddy.
)OE4I.We of Arkansas hare tasted tha bit
ter fruii; of the Union tree.—Ark. Exchange,
Well, eat to the core, and then perhaps
you can—see seed.--Prenlice.
serWbut if the worst fate befalls South
Carolina?—Charleston Courier.
Why then the worst will have come tq
the worst. '
SOCTIICRN STOCK OPERATION.—SpeCUIR
tion must prosper. The Southern Confed
eracy, having no money to lay out, has In.
vested Fort Pickone!
A MODEL MUNICIPAL INAUGURAL—Mayor
Moody, of Eelfast, was inaugurated on
Monday last. After being sworn into office
he addressed the City Council as follows:
"Gentlemen of the City Council—,l presume
those who voted for me on Monday last
knew that I was not a talking man, but a
working man; and now, gentlemen, I am
here ready to go to work."
ta,„Wairgs went to the depot of one of
our railroads the other evening, and end
ing the beet car full, said, in quite a loud
tone.
"Why this car isn't going."
Of course thews words caused a general
stampede, and Waggs took the best seat.—
The cars soon moved off. In the midst of
the indignation the wag was questioned by
a passenger.
"You said this car wasn't going."
. 'Well, it wasn't then; but it is now?"
The "sold" laughed a little—but Wag,gs
came rather near a good thrashing.
WILL. Brosius, of Lancaster. has been
appointed to a first class Clerkship in the
Interior Department at Washington. Abm.
Shenk, son of Christian Shenk, of the same
place, has also been appointed a Clerk in
the Census Bureau. Dr. J. M. Parke, of
Drumore township, has recently been ap
pointed to a clerkship ;n the P. 0. Depart
ment