r
SAMILL WRIGHT, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XXXI, NUMBER 40.3
J.IFE EIFERMANCE.
TlitNIS Eq., has , been appointed
ent of the Penn Mutual bile Invurunce Com.
many, of Philadelppia, for Columbia ann neighbor
hood. This isan old established Company. Persons
%visiting to provide for their fans:lies in case ordesith
aid better call on the agent and get insured.
.Columbin,Jaly 16, 1833-tt
COLVZIEBZEI. IRON FOUNDRY
OPPOSITE-THEOLOMBIAN
A
CAL BASIN,
CA, P.
YEE Subseriber has removed to the eaten
sive slams connected with the ColuMbin Iron
°undo , . which he has thoroughly fined up, with new
and first-rate machinery, and is now prepared to
,manufacture Steam Engines and Pa mpt of every de.
reription, Machinery for Furna:tes, Forges, Mills.
Factories, Cm. Work - , &c.
Iron and Brass Castings furnished to order. Bridge
Sohn and Blacksmithing in general.
UTEteptairing promptly attended to.
.101 IN Q. DEN'NEY.
Columbia, July 3, IMP
lILIEIMOVELTA OF
JOHN SHEN BERG ER'S
FURNITURE WARE ROOMS.
THE undersigned having removed his Far
a_ niture Ware Rooms and hianufactory.to his new
brick buildings, on the south side of Locust street be
tween Second and Third streets, respectfully inform
his friends and the public to give him a cull. A large
and superior stock of
CABINET-WARE ANDCHAIR-WORK,
of altdescriptions, will be kept constantly on ,
hand, which will be sold on the most tea •
'enable tenni:. As he nianuractures his own work
he is enabled to warrant every artier e to he
what it Is represented ;andto be asgood asiti seheap.
Ills stock is very large t endi n part embraces Dres
sing, Plain and Fancy Bureaus ;Sideboards, Sofa=
Card End ,Softt .Centre .Dressing,Dl sing n nd Brest
fastTABLES; Common. French and other 13E11
STEADS; Common and Fancy CllA I RS, and SEI
TEES of every style.togethe r with agenara:assort
meat of all kinds ofFURNITURE.
Funerals %%41 lbe attended with a Splendid Hearse
on shori notlee.and al 'necessary attentiongtven tc
UNDERTAKING.
He respectfully solicits a share of public patronage
as well as a continuance °fate custom with which he
lies been liberally favored.
Columbia, April 1 1,18.37.
More New Goods
AT THE CORNER UNION & THIRD STS;
JUST received, a fine a.sortment or Ladle,' Shoev,
Latest Style Mack Ground Figured De Leine.. La
dies' Long and Square shawls. Cloth.. Cassimerei and
Veetinga for gentlemen. All are invited it call and ex
amine. 1. 0. & H. F. 13R UNER.
Columbia, Dec. 1, ISCO.
Ropes, Ropes, Ropes.
400 COILS Just received and for vale, at whole
sale. and retaili, size and length, to FOIL par
t:huger+, at my .tore, near the out-let lock.
March 31, idGo. THOS. WELSII.
GEORGQ J. SMITH,
WHOLESALE and Retail Bread and Cake
Uaker.—Constantly on hand a variety of Cakes
too numerous to mention; Crackers; Sods, Wine, Scroll
and Sugar Biscuit; Confectionery, of every description
ke., &c LOCUST STREET,
Dee. 3.'59 Between the Bank and Franklin House.
FOX RENT.
rimy: room in the Blue Front, now oecupied by
I Thomas Welsh, Esq.; also, several hooves. Ap
ply to WM. WHIPPER.
Columbia, February 23, 1559.
Soap and Vinegar.
ZBOXF4 of DuiTy's Brown Soap; 20 barrel of Vin
Z 0 egos, wholesale aad retail, at
BRUNPArrs.
Corner of Third and Union zglinetn.
Jane% 19GO.
SALI' 1 SA LT !!
000 Sacki around Alum Sall iii4l received, and for
1 /ode at the extraordinarily low price of One dollar
and five rents Per .aelt. THOS. NV 1.:L.511.
Cala. April al, 'On: Canal Ila•o n.
NOTICE
ALL persons indebted, on the Books of the
Livery:Stable, from the 1M at April, 1.457.10 the
undersigned, are requested to make immediate pay
mem, and those having claims will present them for
settlement, as he is desirous of closing his business
without delay.
Oct. 3. 1857-tf THOMAS GROOM.
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
THE subscriber has made arrangements and
in now prepared io receive on cominivaiosi, at his
wharf.
North aids or Walnut street, Columbia, Pa.,
COAL, LUMBER * WOOD OR TIES,
Hawaii be happy to receive commission• for buying
or selling, the above articles to any amount. From
his experience in the Lunatic Busitin.a he 'reliever
that he will be able to render wit 'faction. Strict as
tension will be given to all butane.- entrusted to his
Care. ABIOS S.C.REEN.
Columbia, March 27, 1858.
THE COLUMBIA MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
Second St., below Union, Columbia, Pa.,
IS prepared to execute all orders for STEAM EN
BOILERS. suAeriNa. PULLEYS,
PUMPS, MACHINERY FOR tii.Asir FURNACES.
ROLLING MILLS, SAW AND FLOUR NULLS, uud
every variety of Machinery, in the mn.t thorough and
improved manner. Iron and Grass Castings, of every
description, made to order. Repairing promptly at
tended to.
Cash paid for Old Iron. Britoil, and other metal.
Orders by mail should he addressed to "Columbia
Manufacturing Company. Columbia, Pa."
z.suPPLIK
T. R. SUPPLER, ISuperintendents ,
J. LLEWELLYN.
Colombia. June 19, 18.57.11
T ANE'S Expectorant, Jayne's Alterative,
CV Jayne's Carminative Balsam, Jayne's Ilnir
Tonle. Jayne's Liniment, Jnyne'n Sanative Pills,
Jayne's Ague Tills, and Jayne's Tome Vermiruge; all
the above popular remedies are guaranteed genuine
and fresh. For sale by B. WILLIAMS,
5ept.24;1959. Front st., coltunhin.
EOM, GROCERY STORE.
THE subscriber invites the Ritual ou of the
J .uboc to the
NEW GROCERY, FLOUR, FEED AND
VARIETY STORE,
jest opened by him at N 0.71, Locust !tree. between
Seeond and Third. He will keep on hand a complete
stock of all kinds of Groceries, Queensware. &c.. Ac.,
and irnures everything In be mood of its kind and prier.
He will furnish DREAD from the Fhtladelphis Ale
nbauleal Bakery• fresh every evening; Ten Bis
cuit, Crackers, &ec., Ac. Those desiring it earl be
served at the houses. He will give the imsiness bit
strict attention, and by foreseeing and promptly supply
ing the wants of citizens hopes to deserve and receive
a liberal share of their support.
SAAFL F. I:REALM N.
N 0.71 locust street, Columbia. Pa•
Oct 9;59
•Ipnu Wear,
CLOTHS Capaimeran, Vem '
inca P..annetia. Jeans;
a tall aawirment now on Linid,lo which we invite
the attention a the gentry.
t.o & tt.r.nnl7viln.
Cot. Third and I; n on.
Oct. 27.
To Lumbermen Sr. manufacturers!
HUEY'S
Patent Shin& Machine.
"TIIB subscriber having perfected the
above machine, offers to Pell Smite, County and
Et rns Rights on reasonuble.sertus.
is• machine saws and planes Shingle• to any
st idt i or thin anesa.and produces a very unirarns and
clean article. which has given perfect satisiaction
wherever tried.
.
One of The manbines and 4ipeeameno fir it• work can
h, seen ot the leunquelsanna Planing Mull, Columbia,
la. rot tanker information, addreat.
WM. HUEY,
Columbia. hapenster Co PO.
Ur The eonsivortion of th e nave stfd frame. ellen , *
of one, nepenthe from the planer, in fearing all kinds
of invalid', and bevelled work, such its Flooring
Clapbosinling. fed.
Columbia. Flay 9'l, 1157.
B. W. .111W0LIO,
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GENERAL FORWARDING AND COMMIS
'SION MERCHANT, mi la ,
ift =MYER OF
VOA LAND PRODEICIE,
And DeLiven' nn y point on No e CoNnabia sad
PAiladd:Aia Railread.to York altd
Balitsureaad Ca "qtaintrg;
LIKALER IN COAL . Fbolat AND GRAIN.
WHISKY AND BACON, hove J not received a
largo lot or Sooongabela Rectified ‘Vhiqkeyfrom
sso org, orwbieloboy willkeeps supply conotstoly
on losod.oilolopriees.rioo.l,22and I Llano IDasan.
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otheir business.
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from Locust. over Saylor & McDonald's Hook store
Columhia, Pa. I:l7.7.V.ittrance, same a. Jolley's Pho
pgroph Gallery. [August 21, 1859.
THOMAS WELSH.
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k J OFFICE, ht Wltipper's New Building, below
Black's hotel, Front street.
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H. M. NORTH,
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Collections .r. romptl y mad e 4 n Lanen,ternnd Itori
Jounues.
Columbia, May 4,1950,
J. W. FISHER,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Calizasikrizo,
Columbia, September 0, 105041
S. Atlee Bockius, D. D. S.
PRACTICES the Operative, Surgical and Meehan
ical Deartments of Dentistry:
OFFICS L ocust street, between he Franklin ['atm
and Post Office, Columbia, Pn
May 7. 14359.
Harrison's Coumbian Ink
i wrurctl is a superior article, permanently black,
TY and not corroding the pen, con he had in any
oantity. at the Family 51edicine Store, and blacker
get is that English Boot Polish.
Columbia, lime 9,1859
e Have Just Received
CUTTER'S Improved Chest Expanding
Suspender and Shoulder Braces for Uentlemen,
and Patent Skirt Supporter and Brace for LndiEN
jnst the article that in wanted at thin time. Come
and see them at Family Medicine Store, Odd Fellows'
Hall. (April 9.19:19
Prof. Gardner's Soap.
IVElinve the New England Soap for Mose who di?
Y not obtuiti it from the Soap Man; it i. plencant
to the skin, and will take greike vol.! from Woolen
()clod., it k therefore no humbug, for you get the
worth of your money at the Futility Medicine More.
COIUMIIia, June 11,1 M.
aRAIIAN, or, Bond's Boston Crackers, for
Xjl lly.pernics, and Arrow Root Crackers, for in
valids rind (1111111C11—new articles in Columbia, ut
the l'amily Medicine Store.
April 10, lhal.
SLDINC'S PREPARED CLUE.--The want of
k,_,7 such nu article is felt in every family, and now
at can he supplied; for mending laminae, china
ware, ornamental work, toys. &r., there is malting
superior. %Ve have found it useful in repairing many
articles which have Leen useless for month.. You
Jan.d in it at the
mound.: FMILY MEDICINE STORE.
IRON AND STELE:La
TESoliceriber.thave received u New and Large
Stock of 01l kind. nod ni7en of
•
BAR IRON AND STEEL !
They are constantly suppned with Rock in this branch
of his business. and can fattish it to customers in large
or smell quantities, at the lowest rates
• J. RUM MEd SON.
Locust street below second, Columbia, Pa.
April 24, IMP.
I.)ITTER'S Compound Syrup of Tar and
Wild Cherry, foreough., Cold, &c. Fcr ante a
he Gokicn Mortar Drag'Store, Front at. l'uly2
A TEL'S Compound Concentrated Sxtraet
L.l. Sarsaparilla for the cure of Scrofula t s King's
Eve!. mid all scrofulous affections, a (resit att.:lo just
received and for sale by
R. WILLIAMS, Front at , Columbia,
Sept. :4, 1859, •
. FOR SALE.
200 fi n tt u O e SaT;ge . coil Matches, yew . IgifilrAcAtThoi
Dutch Herring!
ANY one fond of a good herring can supplied at
S. P. EsEßLEirvs
N0v.19. 1859. ' Grocery Store, No. 71 Locian rt.
LION'S PURR 01110 DHABI BRANDY
and PURE WINES. especially for Aledicinea
nd Sacramental purpo•es. at the
Jun. 23. FAMILY MEDICINE STORE.
MICR RAISINS for 8 ets. per pound, are to
LI be bad only at
EBERLEIN'S Grocery Store,
March 10, INIO. No. :t Locum street.
GARDEN SEEDS.—Fresh Garden Seeds, war
nulled pure, of all landt.junt received nt
EBERLEItn'S Grocery Store,
March 10,1960. Mo. 71. Losunt rimer.
POCKET BOOKS AND PURSES.
ALA ROE lot of Fine and Common Pocket Rooks
and Purses, at from 15 cents to two dollars each.
Ne tdquarters and News Depot.
Columbin, April 14.1 WI.
AEEW more of thaw beantital Prink
telt, which will he cheap, at
SAYLOR & hicIDONALD'S
April 11. Columbia, Pa.
Just Received and For Sale
1500 SACKS Ground Maui Salt, in large
or small qua nu t les, at
A PrCILD'S
Mays,-GO. Warehouse. Cana I Un.in.
COLDERBAN OP GLYCERIN !.-- Far the eon
and prevention fa chapped hand.. &e. For vale
at the GOLDUI 9 MORTAR DRUG STORK
Dee 3,1859. Front avert. Columina.
Turkish Prunes!
T; OR Brat rate &ruche of Prunes you mu et go to
S. P. EUERILLIN'S
N0v.19,1939. Grocery Stow, No 71 i.OOUSI at
GOLiiPEN, GOLD PENS.
elreceived a large and fine n.aortment of Gold
el Pens. of Newton and Orisvrold'a otantifactsee, at
SAILOR & .111cDONALD'S Book Store.
agril 14 Front street. above Lomat.
FRESH GROCERIES.
0 1 ;i m t i ue , 40 . sel r l . the o r tocLeee:yanaNytmig.hte It and 6
to hew! in Columft i l l a at the New Corner Store. op•
postte 04 t Fellows' Hall, and at the old attond adjoin
tog the 'nit. H. C. FONDERSMITH.
Segars, Tobacco, trc.
LOT at first-rate Segura. Tobacco and Sane will
Abe found at the store of the subsc abet. He keeps
only a first rate article. Call it.
S. F. EBERIX.IN'S Grocery Store.
Oct.G,V r Loran at., Columbia, Pa.
CRANBERRIES,
NEtV Crop Peones, New Citron. at
OeL 1 , 150. A. M. RAMBO'S,
SARDINES,
Wotrettetytire Sauce. Refined Ceres, tc .. on re
" ee,eed and AVOW! b 7 IL P. EIBERL,F2N.
Oct. 2u, MOO, tin. TI Locum St.
CRANBERRIES.
ITST reeerreAl a fraOb Jot of Cranberries and New
J
Corrantp.st Mo. 71 Lor.a.t Street.
Oct 4t, B. P. EBERLEIN.
"NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING,-NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
gtiettins.
Alexander Dmnaa.
SOSEG ACCOUNT OF HIS DOINGS AT NAPLES
PARIS, Feb. 28.—A Neapolitan correspon
dent gives some amusing details of Alexan
der Dania& doings at the capital of the
Two Sicilies, just after his appointment by
Garibaldi as Director of the National Mu
seums. Although Naples is many miles
distant from Paris, you will permit me to
observe that Damns is a Parisian, and I have
consequently, a perfect right to talk about
him, even if the scene of his oddities does
happen to be under the soft sky of Southern
Italy. I dare say that it wilt be remember
ed, in the United StateS, that Dumas occu
pied one of the Neapolitan Royal residences
the villa Chiatamone. Some innocent peo
ple actually suppose M. Dumas to have in_
habited the villa Chiatamone as plain M.
Dumas. The better informed portion of hu
manity aro perfectly well aware that the
author of "Monta Cristo" is also the sole,
genuine, original Jacobs, who invented the
Neapolitan Revolution, and that the future
historian, when all the facts come to be
judged coolly and impartially, will mention
the name of Joseph Garibaldi as a species
of minor satellite, receiving its illuminating
rays from the refulgent orb, Alexander
Dumas. The great French thinker did the
planning of the campaign, and the coura
geous Italian soldier merely obeyed his or
ders faithfully. In testimony of the nation's
gratitude, Garibaldi installed his Homer in
a royal palace, of which Dumas deigned to
take possession. The servant of the villa,
accustomed to wait upon Four Grace and
his Hiehness, considered it a terrible falling
off in dignity to call their new master by
the plebeian name of Dumas, so it was re
solved; in solemn kitchen council, to dub
bins with a military title; and, not to do
things by halves, he was promoted to the
rank of General at once. If a visitor called
and demanded—"is M. Alexander Dumas
in?" the major-donso replied, with imper
turbable seriousness—"llis Excellency the
General is not visible;" or, "His Excellency
the General is engaged with His Excel
lency's barber;" or otherwise, as circum
stances might require.
"The 'General' occupied the entire pal
ace, with the exception of one suite of apart
ments reserved for the use of the Crispi,
before his return to Sicily. As the great
man only found time to receive visitors
during meal hours, his courtiers offered their
homage in the dining room, which, at the
same time, was used by the General as an
arsenal. The principal piece of furniture
was an etagere, groaning under the weight
of ornaments and toys, the least ponderous
of which were six barreled revolvers. The
rest were composed of formidable bowie
knives, (probably presented by some of the
hero's Arkansas admirers,) rides, muskets
and other guns of all dimensions beneath a
Paixhan. It was to this array of deadly
weapons that the invincible Alexander al
luded, in a memorable message to Farini,
which will 'doubtless be fresh in the souvenir
of future generations, when 'Head of the
Army,' My foot is on my native Heath,'
'Gen. Taylor never surrenders,' Rc., &e.,
shall have long been consi,gnel to oblivion.
After Farini came into power at Naples, he
conceived the notion that the overshadow
ing magnificence of Dumas was too danger.
ous to he tolerated, and, screwing up his
courage to the requisite point, he sent to
valorous Alexander an intimation that he
might rancor."
"Go tell the Governor of Naples," was
the Spartan reply, "that I have twenty men
and twenty guns with which to give his
shirr' a warm reception!"
Never did a dining-room present so
bellicose an aspect as that of Chiatamone,
It was there that the most romantic char
acters of the most romantic of armies as
sembled, to court the smiles of their histo
rian, together with a throng of, French
exiles who had known Dumas in times past,
and many young enthusiasts who knew him
through hie romances, and were them
selves just then engaged in writing with
their sword's point the romance of Italian
unity. Each head was a distioct type, and,
in the agglomeration of costumes, from
the Circassian peaked cap of the servant•
brought by Dumas from the Caucacus, to
the eccentric gown of Garibaldi's chaplain,
Fra Pantaleo, who bad more bullets in, his
revolvers than beads in his chaplet, there
was enough variety to have mounted all
the comic' operas ever written. In the
midst of this society, so unlike the society
of the real world, Dumas was quite as much
at his ease as a fish in its native element.
lie found himself in his favorite sphere,
the marvellous. Ere himself was dressed
with appropriate simplicity, miens cravat
or icat, and in his shirt sleeves. On gala
days he donned an extra garment, in. the
shape of a Garibaldian shirt of red cotton,.
so deeply red that all the fires of Vesuvius
paled in comparison with it. The careless
negligence of this costume had the merit of
softening the brilliant halo of genius, so apt
to strike ordinary mortals with awe in the
presence of the great, and the eccentricity
of the wearer was in perfect keeping with
the appearance and behavior of his visitors.
The dining room of the Villa Chiatamone
opens upon ,s terrace, leading by a long and
gentle slope to the sea, whose indolent
warni ripple over the pebbly beach at its
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA," SATURDAY 'MORNING, MAY 4, 18
foot. The terrace' itself is a master-piece of
romantic poetry, a love-page written by an
architect. In a pavilion overhanging the
sea, Dumas established his sanctum. Above
his square writing table was a window
commanding a magnificent view of the Bay
of Naples and a horizon. of unrivalled
beauty. When occupied in his cabinet the
great man would receive nobody, the soli
tary exception to this rule being any fallen
Minister who might come to lay before the
historian a newly-painted scene of the
Revolution. It would hime been entertain
ing to have witnessol, in this palace of a
dethroned dynasty, an interview between
Liberto Romano, who gave his sovereign the
coup de grace, and Alexander Dumas, con
demned by the ex-king's father to fuur years
hard labor in the galleys!
The air of Naples, whose elements are
hydrogen, oxygen and laziness, had no en
veratinp, effect upon Dumas. As usual, he
was pen in hand at 5 o'clock in the morning,
and, except the time consumed at meals,
remained hard at work until eleven p. m.
He never dreamed of correcting his manu
script, which, is certainly an. enormous
saving, if it is considered how many hours
he would have lost in reading his hundred
volumes; and sovoral nimble coplists have
a hard time to keep pace with a pen which
never stops. As fur punctuation, the cross
ing of t's, dotting of i's, and other breath
ing points of ordinary writers, Dumas proba
bly is not aware that such absurd practices
exist.
The Independente, the journal which the
author of Monte Cristo established at
Naples, (and I belieru it is still continued,)' '
was intensely amusing, in a country of mas
querades, and its grave political diatribes
were funnier than its minor paragraphs.
Its Italian was abominable. To those fa
miliar with the majesties melody and well
rounded periods of this noble language,
nothing could be more ludicrous than the
short, spasmodic sentences and chop dia
logues, peculiar to the most fecund of French
novelists, dressed in a mongral Italian
garb. Imagine a Chinese journalist, with a
very limited knowledge of English, writing
the leading articles of a New York news
paper, and you may form some notion of
Damns' Independence.
But, in spite or his disinterested friend
ship for Garibaldi, and the pints (not to say
gallons) of ink he had shed in the cause of
the Italian Revolution, Dumas aroused in
the Neapolitan bosoms the demon of ingrati
tude; set on by the demon of envy. Evil
minded people pretended that a novel-writer
is not necessarily an archeologist, and
actually had the impudence to hint, in the
journals of the opposition, that if an author
of romances must be Director of the exca
vations of Pompeii, the Italian, Manzoni,
would doubtless perform the duties as the
Frenchman, Dumas.
When this pusillanimous attack appeared,
donto Cristo retorted by publishing a tre
'readout; programme, whose execution would
have enriched all the beggars in Naples;
and from this "platform" I call only. one
immortal phrase: "I would build, in the
midst of the ruins of Pompeii, an inimenso
Greek theatre, in which the tragedies of
Eschylus should he performed in the origin- I
al, with all the wise men of the universe fur
an audience."
To those who carried their bold insolence
far enough to ask why ho had taken up his
residence in a royal palace, Dumas replied
by publishing, in the buiependente, the
history of the Neapolitan Revolution, or, in
other words, the recital of his own astonish
ing exploits in favor ofitalian liberty, and
intimated that the municipality of Naples
might choose between presenting him the
freedom of the city, in a gold box; or go
down to posterity, followed by the execra
tions of unborn millions.
The warning was thrown away,•and, as
everybody knows, the ungrateful Neapoli
tans forced the heroic Damns to quit the de
lights of the villa Chiatamone, and seek
lodgings elsewhere. However, unlike Cae
sar, ingratitude made no sinister impression
upon this groat soul. Never has Dumas
been gayer, fresher, lovelier, more mousquet
sire, or younger, (if he had ever grown old,)
than since this atrocious act of black injus
tice. tic snaps his fingers at the Neapoli
tans, and defies the power of their Govern
ors, past and present. They may drive him
from the villa Chiatamone, but not from the
Broad ocean . Tho Emma, his trim little
schooner, dances lightly in the harbor, ready
to spread her white sails on the first signal
from her master, who himself recognizes no
lord but his own wayward fancy.— Corres
pondence N. F. Express.
Proclamation of Jeff Davis.
OUR COMMERCE TIIREATENED.
PRIVATEERS TO BB FITTED OUT.
LETTERS OF MARQUE. AND REPRISALS
TO BE ISSUED.
BlaNroomittr, April 17.—The following
proclamation has just been issued by Davis:
raOCLANATION Bit Tr I PREPITDCNT or TEM
Whereas, Abraham Lincoln. President of
the Coked States, has, by proclamation, an
nounced his intention of invading the Con
federacy with an armed farce fur the pur
pose of capturing its fortresses, and thereby
subverting its independence, and subjecting
the people thereof to the dominion of a
foreign power, and
CONTZDERATIS STA.TIS
Whereas, It has thus become the duty of
this Government to repel a threatened inva
sion, and defend the rights arid liberties of
the people by all the means which the laws
of nations and the usages of civilized na
tions place at its disposal,
Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis. Presi
dent of the Confederate States of America,
do issue this, my proclamation, inviting all
those who may desire, by service or private
armed vessels on the high seas, to aid this
Government in resisting so wanton and
, wicked nn aggression, to make application
for commissions or letters of marque and
reprisal, to be issued under the seal of these
Confederate States. And I do further notify
all persons applying for letters of marque
to make a statement in writing, giving the
name and a suitable description of the charac
ter, tonnage, and force of each vessel, the
name, plaee,and residendo of each of the o wn
ers concerned therein,and the intended num
ber of the crew, and to sign sucks tatements
and deliver them to the Secretary of State,
(or the collector of a port of entry of those
Confederate States, to be by him transmit
ted to the Secretary of State.) .
And I do further notify all applicants
aforesaid, that, before any commission or
letter of marque is issued to any vessel, the
owner or owners thereof, and the com
mander fur the time being, will be required
to give bond to the Confederate States with
at least two responsible sureties not inter
ested "in such vessel, in the sum of five
thousand dollars, or if such vessel be pro
vided with more than a hundred and fifty
men, then in the penal sum of ten thousand
dollars, with the condition that the owners,
officers and crow who shall be employed on
board such cominissioned vessel, shall ob
serve the laws of these Confederate
States, and the instructions given them for
the regulation of their conduct, that shall
satisfy all damages done contrary to the
honor thereof by such vessel during her
commission, and deliver up the same when
revoked by the President of the Confeder
ate States.
And I do further specially enjoin on all
persons holding office, civil or military,
under the authority of the Confederate
States, chat they be vigilant and zealous in
the discharge of the duties incident thereto.
And I do moreover solemnly exhort the
good people of these Confederate States, as
they hive their country, as they prize the
blessings of a free Government, as they feel
the wrongs of the past, and those now
threatened, in an aggravated form, by those
whose enmity is more implacable because
unprovoked, that they exert themselves in
preserving order, in promoting concord, in
maintaining the authority and efficiency
of the laws, and in supporting and invigor
ating all the measures which may be adopt
ed for the common defence, and byt which,
under the blessings of Divine Providence,
we may hope for a speedy, just, anl honor
able peace.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my
hand and seal, this the 17th day of April,
in tho year of our Lord ono thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one.
JErrensox DAN-tit
Attest, Railcar Toeurts,
Secretary of State
Proclamation by the President
Blockade of the Seceded Port a..
WasnmoTos, April I9.—The President
•has issued a proclamation stating that,
whereas, an insurrection against the Cloy
ernment of the United States has broken out
in the States of South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Texas, and the laws of the United States for
the collection of the revenue cannot he ef
fectually executed therein conforthably to
that position of the Constitution which re
quires the duties to be uniform throughout
the united States; and further that a com 7
bination of persons engaged in such insur
rection have threatened to grant pretended
letters of marque, to authorize the bearers
thereof to commit assaults on the lives, ves
sels and property of good citizens of the
country, carefully engaged in commerce on
the high seas and in the waters of the United
States, and whereas the President says an ,
executive proclamation has been already is
sued, requiribg, the persons engaged in these
disorderly proceedings to desist therefrom,
calling out a militia force for the purpose of
repressing the same, and convening Con
gress in extraordinary session to deliberate
and determine thereon. The President l
with a view to the same purposes before
mentioned, and to the protection of the pub
lic peace and the lives and property of the
orderly citizens pursuing their lawful occu
pations, until Congress shall have assembled
and deliberated on the said unlawful pro
ceedings, or until the same shall have
ceased, he has further deemed it advisable
to set on foot a blockade of the ports within
the States aforesaid, in pursuance of the
laws of the United States and law of na
tions in such cases provided. For this pur
pose a competent force will be pasted so as
to prevent the entrance or exit of vessels
from the ports aforesaid. If, therefore, rot ith
a view to violate such blockade, any vessel
shall attempt to leave any of the ports, she
will be duly warned by the commander of
one of the . said blockading vessels, who will
endorse on her register the fact and date of
such warning; and if the same vessel shall
again attempt to enter or leave the block
aded port, she will be captured and sent to
the nearest convenient port, for such pro
ceedings against her and her cargo as may
be deemed alitisable.
$1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,00 LP NOT IN ADVANCE;
61.
Proclamation of Gov. Curtin.
HARRISI3URO, April 20.—The following pro
clamation has just been issued by the Gov.:
EXECUTIVE CEAIIBER OF PENNSYLVANIA, t
HAsalsimac, April 20, 1861,
Pennsylvania ss.
In the name and by the authority of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Andrew G.
Curtin, Governor of said Commonwealth—
=
Whereas, An armed rebellion exists in a
portion of the States of this Union, threaten
ing the destruction of the National Govern.
ment, periling the public and private property,
endangering the peace and security of this
Commonwealth, and inciting a systematic
piracy upon our commerce; and, whereas,
adequate provision does not exist by law to
enable the Executive to make the military
power of the State as available and efficient as
it should be for the common defence of the
State and the General Government.
An whereas, An occasion so extraordinary
requires a. prompt exercise of the Legislative
power of the State.
Therefore 1, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by the Con
stitution,do hereby convene the General As
sembly of this Commonwealth, and require
the members of the Senate and house of
Representatives to meet in their respective
Houses, in the Capital, at Harrisburg, on
Tuesday, the 30th day of April, A. D. 1861,
at 12 o'clock, noon of that day, then and there
to take into consideration and adopt such
measures in the premises as the present ex
igency may seem to them in their wisdom to
demand.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the great seal of the Com
monwealth to be affixed at Harrisburg,this 20th
day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1961,
end of the Independence elf the United States
the eighty-sixth.
By the Governor,
ELI SLIFRR,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
message of Gov. Hicks to the Maryland
Legislature.
FBEDERICE., MD., April 27.—The message
of Governor Hicks to the State Legislature
was sent to that body to-day. It is as fol
lows:
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of
Representatives—The extraordinary condi
tion of affairs in Maryland has induced me
to exercise the Constitutional prerogative
vested in the Governor to summon the Le
gislature in special session, in the hope that
your wisdom may enable you to devise
prompt and effective means to restore peace
and safety to our State. I shall detail
briefly the startling events which have in
duced me to summon you together, and
which have so suddenly placed us in the
state of anarchy, confusion and danger, from
which I sincerely trust you may be able to
extricate us.
Believing- it-to be the design of the ad
ministration to-pass over our soidtroops for
defence of the city of Washington, and fear
ing that the passage of. such troops - would
excite our,people and provoke a collision, I
labored earnestly to induce the President to
forego his purpose. I waited upon him in
person, and urged the importance of my re
quest. I subsequently communicated with
him and his Cabinet by special dispatches,
entreating an abandonment of their designs.
Tu all my requests 1 could gat but the re
ply that Washington was threatened with
attack; that; the government had resolved
to defend it, that there was no other way
of obtaining troops than by passing them
over thesuil or Maryland; and that the mil
itary necessity-of the case rendere/ it im
possible for the government to abandon its
plans much as it desired to avoid the dan
gers of a collision. .My correspondence
with the authorities at•lVashingtoo is here
with submitted. The consequences are
known to you. Oa Friday last, a detach
ment of troops from Massachusetts reached
Baltimore, and was attacked by an irre
sponsible mob, and several person on both
sides were ki I led.
The 3laynr and Police B Jard gave to the
, Massachusetts soldier 4 all the prnteetion ;
they could afford, acting' with the utmost
.romptness and bravery: but they were
powerless to restrain the mob. Being in
B.tltimoro at the time, I ci-operatel with
the Mayor to the fullest extent of my cower
in his efforts. The military of the city were
ordered out to assist in tho preservation of
the peace. The railroad companies wore
Irequested by the Mayor and myself to trans
port nn time troops to B ilimore city, and
they promptly acceded to our - request.
Hearing of the attack on the cildiers, the
War Department issued orders that an more
troops should pass through Baltimore city,
provided they were allowed to pass outside
of its limits. Subsequently, a detachment
of troops was ascertained to be encamped at
or near Cockeysville:. in Baltimore county.
Oa being informed of this, the War De
partment ordered them back. Before leav
ing Baltimore, Col. Huger, who was in com
mand of the United States arsenal ut Pikes
vile, informed me that he had resigned his
commission. Being advised of the proba
bility that the mob might attempt the des
truction of this property, and thereby com
plicate our difficulties with the authorities
at Washington. I ordered Col. Pether
bridge to proceed with a sufficient force and
occupy the premises in the name of the
Graited States government, of which pro
ceeding I immediately notified the War De
pertinent. On Sunday morning last I dis
covered that a detachment of troop., under
command of Brigadier General B. Buller,
[WHOLE NUMBEIt 1,602.
had reached Annapolis in a steamer, and
had taken possession of the practice ship
Constitution, which during that day they
succeeded in getting outside the harbor of
Annapolis, where she now lies. After get
ting the ship off the steamer laid outside the
the harbor and was soon joined by another
steamer, having on Wird the Seventh
regiment from New York city.
Brig. Gen. Butler addressed me, asking
fur permission to land his forces. It Will be
seen by the eorresnondence, herewith sub
mitted, that I refused my consent. The
Mayor of Annapolis also protested, hut both
steamers soon afterwards landed and put off
the troops. Subserviently large bodies of
troops reached here in transports, and were
landed. I was notified that the troops were
to be marched to Washington. They de
sired to go without obstruction from ror
people, but they had orders to go to Wash
ington, and were determ;ned to obey (1/0,“!
orders. In furtherance of their designs th,y
took military ra.ssesbiou of the An , ,apolis
and Elk 'taiga Railroad, in regard to which
act I forwarded to Brig. Gen. Butler the
protest, and read tho reply herewith soh
, milted.
Oa Wednesday morniug, the two detruli
' meets firct lauded took up their line of
march for iVoshington, The people of An
napolis, though greitt:y crasperated, acting
under the counsel of the most prudent citi
zens, refrained From molesting or obstruct
ing the passage of the troops through the
city. Seriously impressed with-the condi
tion of affairs, and anxious to -avoid a repe
tition of events similar to those which had
transpired in Baltimore. I deemed it my
duty to make another appeal at Washing
ton.
Accordingly I sent n special messenger
to Washington with a dispatch to the Ad
ministration, advising that no mote troops
be sent through Maryland, that the troops
at Annapolis be sent elsewhere, and urging
that a truce be offered with the view of. a.
peaceful settlement of existing difficulties
hy mediation. I suggested that lord Ly
ons, the British Minister, be requested to
act as mediator between the contending
parties. The•result of the.mission will be
seen by the correspondence • herewith' sub
mitted. These events have satisfied me
that the War Department has concluded to
make Annapolis the point for landing
troops, and has resolved to open and main
' tain a communication between this place
and Washington. In the brief time allow
ed, it is impossible fur me to go more into
details. The documents accompanying this
message place before you all the informa
tion possessed by me. I shall promptly
communicate such other information as may
reach me. Notwithstanding the fact that
our most learned - and - intelligent citizens
admit the right of the government to trans
port its troops across our soil, it is evident
that a portion of the people of Maryland
are opposed to the exercise of the right. I
have done all in my power to protect the
citizens of Maryland, and to preserve the
peace within [our; borders. Lawless occur
rences will be repeated, I fear, unless
prompt action be taken by you. It is my
duty to advise you of my own convictions
of the proper course to be pursued by Mary
land in the emergency which is upon us.
It is_of no consequence now to discuss the
causes which have induced our troubles.
Let us look to our distressing present and
portentous future.
Thri fate of Sinryland, and' perhaps of her
sister border stare States, will undoubtedly
be seriously nffretc•l by the action of y - 1-
hon,irable Therettre should eve
Rood' eitiz•: t all his energies to the
Ware:ay. and therefore should the animos
ity and bickerings of the past be forgotten.
and all strike bands in the bold cause of
restoring peace to our beloved State and to
our common country. I honestly and most
earnestly entertain the conviction that the
only safety of Maryland - lies in preserving
a neutral position between our brethern of
the north and of the south: We have viola
ted no rights of either section; we have been
loyal to the Union. The unhappy contest
between the two notions has not been com
menced or encouraged by us, although we
have suffered from it in the past. The im
pending war has net come by any nct or
wish of ours. We bare done all we could
to avert it; we hero hopea that 'laryland
ant the other border slave States, by th , •ir
conservative pnsition and love foi• the Colon,
might have acted as mediators bet sm , -n t J
evtremes of both sections. and thus havo
prevented the terrible eti ils 1-,f a proLnz,':
civil war.
Entertaining these siewF. 1 ,7annot c-,ur.-
sel Maryland to take sides against the r ,
eral government until it shall commit out•
rages upon us which would justify us in re
sisting its authority. Ss a consequence. I
can give nu other counsel than that we shall
array ourselves for the ITnion and peace.
and thus preserve our soil from being pollu
ted with the bleed of oar brethren. Thom.
if the war most be betwcou the n )rth an.l
the south, we may fot:e the c)ntendin4
parties to transfer the field of battle frnu
our soil, so that our lives and property may
be secure.
It seems to me that, independently of nll
other considerations, our geographical
tion forces u 5 to thin, unless we aro willing
to see our State the theatre of a long and
bloody .Ivil war, and the consequent utter
destruction of every material interest of our
people, to say nothinz of the blood of brave
mon and inuccuat vromen and children,