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CLEARFIELD, PA.
Wednesday Morning, March 8. 1861.
THE EXODUS.
Every fnrco rrust have il comedy, but
the recent extraordinary exodus of "Uncle
- ....
Abe," the raiUspliiier, from Unrrisburg
to Washington, i cartainly without a
.ri..l! in tho hilorv of modern perform -
l
r il.. ....1
anres. tl R ;rciuKiiiiv ic vi iiuiiuiim. i o nun in i. I
v. L i' . I,Jl, ;.rf fort, nnd nonebut true
prompted by miro than mere, mentiil ap- i Hepublicnn and patriotic Abolitionists be
parition. Joseph, of old, warned by afRll0rvcd to approach tho TresidentT If
had better hsvo des-
young child and its mother, and departed
into Eypt by night;" aud Nicodemus,
stung by a se.iie of tin, nought the Savior
betweun two day.; 1 ut we ore really at
loss to detcrininc vrhut thing Abraham and
led him to give his fiiend. the cold shouU
dcr, and sneuk iiiguis.d ut 'right into
Washington. Scnio say that Scvurcl told
-hiai to doit; and, ready to follow rather 1
than lead, Lincoln obeyed his instructor.
This tony bo so, and yet it seems incon
sistenl with tho representation, we have
had of the President's ' back bono," "iron
will," and unflinching firmness; others,
till more charitable, think it ivasjbecnurte
Uncle Abe having learned that something
wus " wrong in tie country," got afraid of
assassination in Baltimore, and therefore
pnrsed Ihrough in a bag, without giving !
tho Tings, Ihugs, " Jawbones,' or Lip-
Jtaps a peep at him. 1 Int. iiowsvcr, crems
more difficult of reconciliation than the
first hypothesis, for Baltimore is the city
in which tho Opposition have for years
held their bloody revels, and where all
but Diuiocratf aro allowed to vole, with
out being shot. It was at Baltimore, too,
that the Jlepublican candidates got that
1arjs vote, uhicl. our little down town
neighbor, directly afier tho election, pa
raded before- the people with such pom
posity, to aliow tho strength of Black
Republicanism in Southern cities. B'Ay,
then, did Abraham ileal putt the Edftimortans f
TUo cue to this ridiculous stampede is very
easily unwound, the cause is as natural as
he act was unnecessary, so far ai the Pre
sident's personal safety wm concerned.
Tho Republicans have endeavored for
month, Ly niiaroprajntc.tton mntX nlo..
3iood, to Inflame the minds of Northern
-men ngainst thoir Southern brethren'; for
this purpose the columns cf the Neiv York
Tribune, und other leading Republican
papers, havo made utartling revelations ;
"great armies,'' "bloody conspirator.,"
" .won: ass.wsins, " " cool murderers,"
Kniii'ils of the Golden Circle," with
hundreds of o'.her ghastly things, sinco
the Pre(idenii:d clcctio'n, have been
plenty. Washington was to bo taken by
"fire nnd brimstone," i.nd the President
elect, and the Republican parly, were to
suffer death by pi:en. This was made the
excuse, or l ather tho justification, for the
gathering of an-'nrmy nt the seat of Gov
ernment. Every Abolition and Republi
can Governor tendered men nnd money
to avert the terriblo calamity; "tho
streets of Washington wero to stream in
fclood ;" that a dreadful battle wus there
to be fought, was aforgone conclusion.
No human sagacity, no pat.iotism, no act
i,f man's, could avert it ; and tho only
a'ternativo was, to send a Northern nrtny
to tho national Capital to repel this mur
derous invsaion coming up from the South,
headed by awful "fire eatert." Lincoln
'wa to bo hot- at Springfield ;" ho was to
"be stabbed at Indianapolis," ir Iho train
in v. hi' l) he and his suite travelled, was to
b "precipitated down on embiinkmeut
and all crushed to pieces;" expert gar
roters had been dispatched to strangle
him at Pittsburgh, if by any possibility
he bhould ever reach that point. His
death by violence was beyond all -question
i "infernal machines were at every
r li'rohd station ;" and powder plots, ready
j . imod, were waiting to blo- Old Abe
into eternity. In tho face of tl.cso repre
acinations, (t' every ono of which hun
dreds of shivering Republicans were ready
to Le qualified,) Mr. Lincoln had every
where been received in tho kindest man
ner, the greatest enthusiasm marked hL
coune, all men of all parties everywhere
met, and welcomed him ; lr.s journey whs
a perfect orulian, bright faces wero all he
saw, pleasant words were all he heard,
kind act. wero all he received. So differ
ent was the reception; of the President
from the prediction, of Ihofanatict, tint,
after getting to within a few mile, of
Washington with the uiot-t perfect tafely,
.ORie grand frriU must be performed,
some terrible plct must be discovered, to
givo at least the tmblanro of truth to
those miserable mentions with which
Northern conrcioo'iita, for their own base
furposes, had fiofeixl tho country. And
then the army staii oed at Washington,
at an enormous exptase. Some necessity
mmlseem to xist for this grand military
display. So the " irrepressibles'' suddenly
discover a "mare's rest" at Baltimore,
and the President elect of a free people
permit, himself, a. contraband good., to
1 emvgglad Into Waihlngton to the mer-
'rimcntor humiliation ot every American '.
ciliien
Such U the sequel of thi strong, and.beto.e u, anil we nave "
" ' n .. l. . r..1 :i. innnr nnr'a ilpinnnd. ' In
unnecessary
net. That Lincoln was m ..K ...
. ... t (...'..(.rmnmillinn It ! n fair Slato TO.
rlnmrer of assassination or bou.iy nnnu uy
.. i. . ;. not at all'i
passing
w.ruuBu -
re.
.i.nfcliw but if he wero in immincm.
...
.....mr how doe it cotnport Willi uie
t fuct r.gror a brave man, In a
free country, to hide himself from tho
7nl Wb2e rrcsidcnl he is, and crawl
clKiw - theseato, Oo,;
jernment. This
it indeed Jatkton lke. 1 tot ,
isanauul .VWrfld-m I'neU Abet "back,
lont." Dut what did Mr. Lincoln expect
t0 accomplish by rnnniug away and hiding
himself from the people 7 Doer ne.menti
to run away whenever he hears of danger,
I. Ma l.;m.lf from
or is H III inicniiuii
iho citizens of the Southern States tha.
... , j l :., T, ..:!
! may want to can on nun uun..K
idential term! I it to be presumed that
1 tho i oor.U have dete:mincd to take his
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vi.. . :. U'..),!milnn I'llv to
to turned !
potUm at once; declare tnaruai .u,nu.i
hide the Executive in a cave.
The people trusted Mr. Lincoln by
choosing him as their President; why.
frnid to ttuet the
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11IVII. ....... w .
I eople?
He had every asmiancc that his
at Bait imore, like his reception
reception
! in other cilies. would have been courteous,
uind,' and worthy of the Americ.n char-,
'tor; these assurances had cotco Irom .1 sui-li declarations as tnese, acattvicu
hilufnir.ded, honorable m.-n ; men in ; ihrough hi speeches mean anything . 'I
authority; whoso integrity repelled the j have always hated slavery, I think as'inuch
i.lrn that Hi-saF.ifis would receive the.a any ntiolit io-.:ist : .' This Government
TresWent. "and welcome him with bloody
i i j t.Aci.iinL'n LM-ave " The faith
Lnj lloi,0r of a '.overmen State, a con.erva-
.lllAn .v . c-
tive olaio in wn crisis, ju:Mgti.
i,:. -...r,,( v ii ml lo nrevfnt tho l oen-
tho j oen-
bilit v of
any
lnun,
disturbance, hundreds vote that it should. It ;s from surh ex
of Mr. Lincoln' own ' tracts as these lound in Mr. Lincoln'
0f picked
... .-. i:..:.:n. 1...-I Kcnn nopi:.llv
j political iirvcin . ' -i j
deputed to be "on guard that night," and gathered their apprehensions and yet lie
extend a hearty welcome to tho President 'asserts that they have never had any
elect. - Why, then, did Abraham tntak ;wMauso to distruit him. Mr. Lincoln must
Bahlnwret Was it to ttrengten the false have tn ide an untmo istatemcnt in hi.
predictions of.tlie " irrcprefsiblcF," or Intgural, or he must be sadly unreported
was it. because " the wicked tlec when no j in hi. written speeches, to which ho has
man p.rfi
1"
Mil BUCHANAN.
James Buchanan is no longer President.
Mi. official term exp'.rcd on Monday last
t noon, and he retires to enjoy the peace
and security of private lifo. However men
may differ as to '.ho propriety of certain
measures of his administration, we believe
thero is cne thing to which all aiscnt, that
a more thoroughly abuted man, never left the
1'rttidrntial e har (save, perhaps, tho iin-
lum lt J.h.iiii.) I2very -ci of I.i- oi..,!..-
Ut rut ion has beon subject to a succession
of assaults, from open enemies and pro
fessed friends, every senlei.ee he uttered
has been tortured into treason. Standing:
between the fanatics of tho North and
tho South, he has patriotically latiore I to
hold them apart ; to avert bl o lshed, un
til some fr.ir adjustment of their conflicts
ing claim could bo made. By strong,
constitutional appeals, ho has called
upon tho conervativo nien .Iho t:-uo men
of tho notion to nsMti in allaying this
fierce sectional controversy. Treating the
American people as an intelligent people
a oynl people ho has endoavorod to
restore peace and good fcoling to different
partions of the country, by an appeal to
reason, and not a resort to arms. Ilanpy
would it now bo for this nation, had the
wise counsel and patriotic ruggestions ofj
lliA rnfirinit VtimmiI'va Lnnn L..a.1
" " - ww-,.-..
nut, to our national snanie be it said, con -
sei vausm is no longer Honorable, and the
heroic concessions that u hundred times
have staved the tide and si.i'cd tho countrv
can now no longer be made , party must
now live, tl.ot.gh patriotism should die ,
unheard, thes.ir.ing calls ofthe.ruomcn
of .ho na.ion have died in the very breath
that gave them utterance ; the irrepresM-
ble cor diet was going on, and the people,
frenzied with abolitionlexcitem.mt.facainst
tho nrotesl of the P.-e.i.lont and ,!,,, in.
....
uie men ti.ot nave sustained Dim,) by their
voles were precipitating "civil war" or a very much like coercion, and coupled with
dissolution of this blood bought Union.l n,c nibcquont declaration, tl.at there
The goal has bee. won, the whirlwind has ,.ini on ll0 bloodshed, or violenco, unless
swept the land. Seven States now out of 'r....,.,i v.. f .,..i. l... s.
the Union, with eight more vainly asking
niueircr-zea victors a recognition or ,is ruturo intentions, Me. Lincoln on this Gen. Fessenden, a day or two since, ap
thur rights, spenk out too plainly of the quctltion dsdaratory at least, is mere! y fol-TPared before tho District Court and niov
ruin tl.at is wroucht. Mn;,.,i it,. ri.ii,.fi!.. .1 . ed that a colored gentleman from Boston,
These unhappy con.eoue,,ces Mr BtJ , m , 1 . "r',ho sva. then will, him, bo admitted to
... unnaj i y con equemes Mr. iui nnd while he doe this, ho cannot go far practice an attorney and counsellor at
cl.annn has patriotically labored to avert. LP0Ilg. ir0j(,nies tho contitutional right 'w in theCourte of Maine. The motion
Many have been his warnings-verified to of u State to secede. Iles.-ivs that seces-' wn' made under the new law, which makes
.i... I...... i i i . . .?
uiu ii-iirr iiiito neon ii is predictions, no
forernw, as nil great men hnve foreseen,
that the triumph of n geographical party
must herald the dow nfall of the Republic.
Ho regarded il ns a public calamity, nnd
when forced upon the counlry, he, at
the sacrifice of all, but honor, prin
ciple nnd life, hat eagerly sought to peac-
ably settle Hi. ho. been a triumph,
though clouds around our country loer,
nnd when the bitter parly spir t thnt rules
the hour shall hnve passed away, and the
unfounded charges of personal enemies
ii ii luii Hutu tutu gro ui personal enemies
.1..1H..V- L. rLn,,Ji. t...-s..- I
... , ... . ... ! j , should revoke its decisions ; this is evi-
andhisadministrstion like Andrew Jack.1 , ,, , ... . , . .
son and hi, adminutration-lik. James .T" lh8b.oh,,ionisU'
K. Tolk and hi. adminia.ration-will UT ons,der,,n8 'Je.r services, ,t ha, been
pointed toby hi, present persecutor, ni' "T L,nc,n lh "k. time
.landerers a, a ma for the iim. i
better and purer day, of the Republic.
Twenty-two pick-pockots were arrested
by the BufMo police during the occasion
ftheviiitcf tho President elect.
THE INAUQUEAL.
The inaugural of President J.indoln i
t .. Is, tl... ititva.
yum . .
- er.iwd. n, is right and proper, bears the
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.runs hi-
cal nnd grammatical, and labor. with cv,
dent ca.-nr.tnc. to c abhsh a fact that
"one but membe.sof hi. own part have
-
" " " " y .
intention tointerfero 'w ith the institution
of slavery in the States where it exists,'
and quotci tho following from oi.o ol his
written Bpceches to provo his orthodoxy :
' I have no purposo to interlere, directly
or indirectly, 'with the institution of. akr
very in the Statef where it exUti) 1 bo
liove 1 have no legal right to dj sn, and I
have no inclination to do so.' Mr. Lin
oln nay that such assurances as these,
found 'in nearly all my published speeches,
. ... . n . i ., Ar
should have, ut.sf.ed the apprehension, of
the Southern people; that, by the acces
sion of a Republican Administration, their
ir..perty aud their peace and. -.person al
i.ircty are not to bo endangered.''.;! From
nucli declarations as these, found ui nearly
nil his p'u1)lihed spcecht-s,' the oUVh'erii
neoi.le have never felt insecure, but a
i a
diilerenl class of expressions, -found in
; nearly all his Hpefrches havo givn the
. Southern peoplo considerable uneasi-
ne. As .Mr. Lincoln lias reierrcu us to
those speeches, wo would simply ask
jcannot permanently endure, half slave.
uni half free ; ' if I were m Lon?rcav,anu
-
a vote should come up whelhcrj slavery
r.w...o..v.
ia a new territory.
ji1 spite of tis Dred S'utt dectuon, I would
b.i1.i-1i.. llin tho SoutIurn iinnl. linvr.
.-j- , j
more mane re.rence, u is on'y irom
'these, and many similar exprcisioi.i cou
jpled with tho record of his' party,
in voting for the 'Blake resolution,' in
'endorsing the Helper Book,' in 'excusing
the John Brown raid,' and.like' acts, that
the Southern people have at length been
brought t feci insecure, in their pVoperty
aid persons.
U.'. 'Lincoln
i ni! iiiiponiuiuil oi n
difl'cr materially with na. 'he manufactures oi ii on. anion
Is, ho thinks the "Fugrt'vCi1,"'-,,'-00 forll, lftH year and
. ..;,. L to$4.458,000. Tho estimated incr
ny of his friend
SI are Law is h plain provision of the Con
oiitutioti." Ha y "iha HK-Ulticri cf
Congress who swear to support the: Con
stitulion.' Swear to support the provis
ion that 'persons held to labor in one Stati
and (neaping into another, shall be do-
livercd up on claim of the master to
whom such labor is due.' Mr. Lincoln
thinks they might, ii they only would pas
such a law it would cnablo them to sfti
port this provision. Why the man who
knowingly violatosthc nrovisions of the
Constitution, would h.. mn.-1ilrl, lnnl,,
, , , , . ' . '
a law founded thereon, is we confess, to us,
something of n ntvsterv.
The member of
Conirress. who' violates one provision of
:n .. i ' i ,
..it i i'iiniiiuiiuii in vioiaic nor law cai-i
eulnted .to giro that provi-don efficiency.
Mr. Lincoln, however suggests that a law
might be passed to relieve the consciences
of 'delicate members' of Congress on this
question, by exempting them from pcrju..1
... IT.. I ... . .. .. ... I
J10 winrver ininas mo rui-ilive
'Slave law will have to bo obeyed,
until
sonic such a law i enacted.
Thi IVotidout ih.rlnri.1 (l.r.l.
n 1
I,,.... r... i.-
ad(N. th(ll wIier0 I:08tiiily i ny
bclllitv, lmlUc , x am, Jtfml
t0 ,,ro;er.t CO!1)rolent ,,wk,ent dliu,n8
from holding ofli'e., there will bo no at-
twnill lo forL obnoxious ..ranger, amon,
L. ,e0ple for that object, wtile the let
..t ,;.s . ,
5 ..... .
ui,,,, uu,ln lu uvier, iur a nine, mo
; U9e of such offices." This does uol look
ralhcr eonciliatory. Whatever maV be'lean f'the" Pond ZtriZtTluZ
llIV.U Ul'VI. ..IV 4 ..WILPlllll ilUlllLiril.V.. 11
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is anarchy or revolution. He t dks
considerably about parties, and .eems to
.i.i.i. it . . . . 1.. i
think that tho majority ought to rule,!
without apparently realizing the fact that
. . . i
lieu a minority President. He speaks
very nrudentlv of the dnn,.i.r. .ml B,.I
venienre lo whl.
disso'.ution would
drive us, and expresses a willingness to
bnvo Uie Con,titulion omended lyeon.
ventionof the people, if they should de-
sire it. He kind of crawls over the de
cisions of the Supreme Court, by hinting
.i,., i. j ,
lbRt rP1' under certain circumstance,
.i,-i"n" uc uo rocn to anay .true,
and counsel deliberation, closing in the
following full and pretty sentence: 'The
mystic chords of memory stretching from
every1 ba'.tlb field and patriot erave toev
ry lovio heart and heirtheton.e all over1
'this brond land, will yet swell the chorus
of the, Union, when again touched, us
surely as they will be by the bolter angel,
of our nature.'
. A Northern Drsuniomst on Record. :
Tho fact that Senator Chandler and
Bingham, of Michigan, hud telegraphed the proprietor of one-fifth of this valua
and afterwards written to Governor Blair, y,, ni;nei 8d waa offered not long ago
of that State, desiring him, if possible, to o.uOO.OOO for it provided tho Court should
hare tho Legislature reconsider its refusal H favorarfle deciaion. That decision
to appoint Commissioners to the leace
Conference at Washington, ana suggest-
ing theniselre. as proper candidates for
the appointment, lias already uecn amioa-
The Oovornor, it appears, has abused the !
confidence reposed in him by allowing'
the morfest nnd patriotic correspondence
of theso gontlemen to be made public.
Bothlotters appear in the Detroit 7'rre
Preu ; both nro to tho same c fleet. That
of Senator Chandler being the briofest
and most pointed Of the two, we publish it
below ;
WiiuixcToy, Feb. 11, 1861.
"Jy Dear Governor ; Governor ' Iting
ham and myself telegraphed you on SaU
tird:iy, ut the requestor Massachusetts and
New' York, to scud delegates to the Peace
or' Compromise Congress. Tlisy admit
that we were right, and they were wrong ;
that no Kepul li-Jin Mate should havo
sent delegates ; hut they are here and can't
tret aivay. Ohio, Indiana and Hhode Is-1
land a.ie, caving in, and there is danger of
Illinois, and noa1 they beg us, for God's
sake, to come tn their rescue and save the
Republican parly from rupture. 1' hope
you will send stiff backed men or none.
The whole thing was gotton up against my
judgment and advice, und will end in thin
smoke. Still, I hope, a a milter of cour
tosy to some of our erring brethern, that
you will send tho delegates.
"Truly your friend,
"Z. C.IANKI.KR.
"His Excellency Austin Blair.
"P. S. Porno of tho manufacturing
States think tuit afiht wonld b awful,
Without a little lloo'l is shed this Union ic:.!l
not, in my estimation, be worth a rush."
' The New Tariff Bill.
The new Tariff bill, which has paised
Congress, is expected to yield an increas
ed revomie of 510,92(1,850 on the principal
imports. At least such is the estimate of
Hon. Wm. Biglor, of Pennsylvania, who,
in defending the bill in the Senate, re
marked in substance a follows:
' For tho last year the importation of
woolens amounted to $37,937,000, and the
dulius to $8,155,000. The estimate is
that tho bill pending a ill increase these
duties $2,'J7o,000. Tho importation of
silks for tho lait year amounted to $30,
767,000, and tho duly to 5,580.000. Tho
estimated iucrenso under the pendinc
bill is $2,312,000. Tho importations last
'year of nmnu factum of (lax and homp
amounted to J 1,500,000, and the duty to
$1,728,000. Tho importation of iron, nnd
amountod to
the duty
increase un
der tho pending bill U $1,123,500. The
hnptii (u.iuiik of ines for the last year
amounted to $4,775,000, and at tho pres
ent rate of duty 30 per cent the reve
nue was $1, LI 4,000. Wo have concluded
to put it at 10 per cant, which, of course,
gives an increase of $447,000. The im
portation of brandies for the last year was
$3,937,000, and tho duties amounted to
$1,181,000. Tho increasf under the pres
ent bill i.ould bo $1,317,000. The impor
tations of cottons amounted to over $27, -4
UliU.Wtl last year, and the duties exceeded
$6,500,000. Tho csliinated increase is $1,-
rtt'' ." tl!" Vast variety of fabric of
mixed gootls, clotlimg, Ac, the increase is
estimated at $4f9,ti0O. Tho.se IcxIiiil' ar-
tnies an.ou.it in about $200,000,000 of the
dulmblo goods, leaving $79,000,000 of mix.
td : vast vari
lety on wlr.ch Ihavecstima-
ted the increase at 4 per cent, makinp
$3,160,000.
The total gains, thereforo, on t'.i's esti
mate are $13,764,840. Deduct fro n this
$1020,840
rt7i, . n- -r i.
iiw . ucu csaciiucu ui Ulaiue ?
Senator Fvssenden, of Maine, has made
himspl: eoniiiicuons durinc the nresont
session of Congress for his rudeness, im-
L ' ' "nlt ' J com prom i-i ng hostility
"T V T"' T 7"
'"? ,U,T T "n
i 'ZrLT
Zi!JX
nr) l,"n,tJ character.
! ' 10 be, a. 0 suppose, tho Gell.
Fei-
senden whi
sendon who figures in tho subjoined ex
tract from an old file of tho Boston Post,
thon his character is sufficiently explain
ed, and his vulgar manners are readily
accounted for, Says .he Pott ,
J'-.f. .1 y-I . ' . . , n ...
A' Colored Gentleman at the liar.-
n - eJ .n0rftl cl,,lrscler e,i?-'
cnte was produced but Ihe Court rerus",l
',,ourolU8,.a
tho motion on the ground thai the candi.
,,e was not n fact a citizen. Asuccess -
fill flimliiif Inn u-ill siHAKn I.! ( Iva .1 . s
,T V', V " nv,,n nnc nt,olu no legislature Dave been
Jct0Dr ,r,.,, th """ promoted by rewlution of that hodv. to
Tie recent freshet in tho Susnuehannah
! 1 10 ""nt freahet in the Susquehanna!,
has caused
is caused much damage. In the North
iwancn uie water was b.gl.er than it has
been known for fifty years. Many bridge,
were carried away, and much nronertv!
iron. . c. iNiDinclc, il. U. rrom Indi
ana, was on Saturday nominated by the
Pre.ldet to be Chief Justice of the Tcr-
nlory of Nebraska, vice Augustus Hall,
deceased.
it U .positive,, stated Greeley is to
go into the Cabinet of the new Adrninisv
tratipn. He i, to be Secretary of the
bxtenor-his principal duty being to
watch the IhorihAtnlsiAe s1 ii L-
ifUeut.hr. Ti.ti.:t, ' "
KEWS ITEMS.
1 Robert J. Walker hat suddonly become
a millionaire by thedocWon made in the i
Supremo Court involving the title to a
quicksilver minoin California, estimated!
id La worth 110.000.000. Mr. Walker is
;1BS Il0W been given, and Mr. Walker, who
,T. 0 use bis own words, "a bepgar in
,ll0 tnorningl" went home to hi dinner aj
millionaire
Tm JIohi Suauro.n at Fensacoi.a. At
the mouth of Pensacola harbor, on theCth
instant, appeared the Macedonian, Brook'
lyn, Sabine, St. Loui and tho Powhaltan
The Wyandotte went up to tho city On
the Cth instant, tho Pioneer Guards, from
Alabama, numbering 70 men, arrived. It
ii said that Ave thor.snnd men could not
take Fori Pickens. It is supposed that it
.vas reinforced in tho night. Lieutenant
Slemmer admits no strangers now.
The legislature of New Mexico has pas
sed an act for tho election of delegates to
form a Slate Constitution, which is to be
held in May next. The delegates are to
meet is June u u.scnarge me uuues
which will thus be imposed upon tliem,
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and the Constitution they form is after
ward to bo submitted to the people, for
ratification or rejection, at n general eleo
tion to bo held in September.
It i said that ExSccretary Floyd is
preparing a lengthy and elaborate defence
of himself and his official act.. Ho will
take the ground that his nets were justified
by precedent and tho necessities of the
Government; that tho business of the
Department could not proceed without!
some expedient to relieve the Treasury,
and that the Treasury Dvpsrline.it nnd
Congress are at fault i.fnot properly ro-
viding for the fulfilment of tho contracts
Hon. Horatio King, now Postmaster
General, entered iho Department over
which he now presidos, when twenty-Tire
oi six years of age, w ith nn appointment as
copying clerk, and n salary of $1,000 per
annum. Ho was called to the First Aj
sistaut Posmnstcr Generalship on the
death of Gen. llobbio. He began his
public career as conductor of a newgjiap. r
at Pari,. Me,, having Hon. Hannibal
Htmlin, now Vice President elect, as his
partner in the business.
Tekriiii.k Tragkdv. We have been in
formed of the outlines of a terrible tragedy
which occurred in Sumter county, near
Adamsville, on the 13th inst. A man by
the msmo of Andrews, who was, until re
cently, a Methodist preacher, killed, on
tl.at day, two persons, Messrs. KcClellnn
and O. M. Condry, and wounded two
others, Lang and Clj all, Ho wa immo
arrested and hung on tho following dny
Floridian .
A largo number of influential citizen
of Kansas havo published a card warning
the people not to credit the storios of want
and .starvation rocenily published by
Thadditi Hyatt. They say about one
fifth of the peojde of Kansas do need as
sistance, but that none huve starved or
are likely to starve. They also cay tha.
tho contril otions coming in are quite
equal to the demand.
Mas. Douglas is a Fix. A newspapet
cotemporary says that tho Loautiful aud
accomplished wife of Judge Douglas made
a wager of $100, prior to the late election
that she would tleep with the next Presi
dent of the United States I She has ei
ther got to fork over, or have a homely
and most uncouth bed follow. We think
the Judge ill prefer to advance the mon
ey nnd pay the wager.
One of the largest cotton planters in the
South lias written a letter to John Covode
believing him to be in the confidence of
the President e!ect, in rcferenco to our
national troubles. John writes to him
that the future of New Orleans is gloomy,
and that he had better move up North.
We are not advised of the intention of the
gentleman in question.
A Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, says that the Administra
tion is silisfied, from official channels of
j information, that none of the foreign
Governments sympathize with the seces
sion movements in the South : but on the
contrary, expres. the utmost solicitude for
the preservation of the entire Uhion
con non ! .... ,...nii.. .,.i.i
"o vu.ici.nj iti-fucu
Ilarrisburg, during the past week, that
SEVENTEEN SFNATOIIS had formed aj
"ring," and demanded the
sum of
i1"0'000 eRch to Tut lh Sunbury and Erie
I . r. J V . """ufju
the Senate. Is th s true?
i mi. uer
I The small army of posters nnd folders"
; I , . .
1 the rank of Assistant Doorkeener.. nnd
the rank of Assi.tant Doorkeeper., snd
; 'heir wages increased accordingly. Great
economizers, these Bepublicans - when
they ain't in office!
Tl. Via p...:.i-i x s.
jrl'eril while journeying to Washington,
tuan was Air. Lincoln. He ca.Tie near
losing his life in New Haven. The ears
started very .uddenly. and he was drawn
upon the platform, and just escaped faU
ling under the wheel.
In gre.s, on Monday, the .Sonata
passed the House bill authorising the dis-
' continuance of the postal service in the
seceded States. .The bill now goes to the
. Vttmidktii tor hi. .t-.,, tl.
Ekort ro President Bicbivav fi., '
battalion or Haiti more L.ty Guard ,
t Atw 1 AfAil Bin Aannrl tn PrAaMant IK.t
an, or. his route from Washington to
Wheatland. On the day of hi leaving
Washington, not yet determined upon
.1.. i ...:n t... ..:. . . .
1UO vu.iuiivll ni.t ivn.o imj, Ullj jy
tour o clock morning train tor Washing.
i .. :u i s. .i . r .
j ...v aiariii
Band cf that city, A special train will b
run over the Korthem Central railway on
the oocasion, snd it i.expeeted lkt, iviia
the btnd, the escort will number twohun.
dred and twenty men. They r ill 8iW)rt
hint to Wheatland.
"Goou Evsmiko Bsrsr." The Mahon
itig tientiuel wben the delegation from
Cliicago and Milwaukie boirds of trade
called on Seward, at Wa .hington, th
other day, he said: " I will tell you my
friends, the question of slavery will Bu
be taken into account; we arc to itri
the Union and then .nvo all the rest worth
saving."
that what the rremierof the in com.
ing Administration .ays. Down goes tin
Republican aleratus factory.
" Since I am soon to bo done for,
What the deuce was I begun for." ,
From Tixas, March I. Galveston advV
conlaie l)iat cpt. Hill, in his roply to
1 tie Texill rommimionerf, refused to tmi.
uate Fort Brown or to surrender the Gov
ernment property. It w sho stnted that
(.'apt. Hill has ordered reinforcements
from Ringgold barracks to enable him to
maintain hi post and to retake the prop.
erty on Braza Island. A collision Is immU
ncnt between tho Federal troops apd this
State forces.
A KistARK.'Ri.a Ci.n.n. There is an in
fant; about one week old, birn in this
place, with double head, one facing in
front and tho other backward, tho latter
one is the largest, but not perfect, snd
leititute of the organ, of sense, Th
child appeared healthy and takes refresh
ments from its mother. SLvnotin i?i(.
trr, th uh.
Chicago Religion. A Chicago Innler,
a member of the church, during the m
cnl crisis, has been in the habit of porktt
ing ten ppr cent, on the spr eie which lis
collected in church on Sunday, by the
veiy simple process of rendering back sn !
equal amount in Western fund. '
Tub Failvre or Bowrv, Holme .1 Co.
We find ihe following in the Jwnnljjl
Commerce, of last week :
" We regret to leurn that Messrs. Bow.
en, Holmes 1 Co., n Urup dry irond tab
bing house, und well known a rliief pro
prietors of the Neiv York Indepmdent; hart
tell impelled to haIc the aMisUuce of their
leading creditors. Their liabilities are about
$1, 000,000 and the assets-, inclu-Une 3iWl,.
000 in the newspaper, show n lar;;e ur.ilui
said to be upward of $1,000,000. Tbeir
imposition i to pay all their obligation
l maturity, they furnuh t0 per cent, in
cash, and .50 per cent, in stock orthe M-
pern en', where (lie emourits are hrce en
tin ir Ii ti warrant it. the creditor funilth
the latier nnmunt in cash, nnd Ink" tht
sharer. It is said the uo of ay $.100, 0
of the newspaper slock in thin way will
place Mm house in an independent posi
tion. The. proposition meets with favur,
but Homo ot the crcmlor ohioct to fsb-
ming any ownership in a sheet sustair.ity
such a violent partisan character."
Murder in Lycoming County.
a iiorri(:ie muruer was committed in
W i Tamsport on the night of the Jltli.
Tho pariiciilnis of the uifuirnre as follow:
A man by tho name of Buriiey llindlrr,
formerly of Philadelphia, residing or. lli
corner of Front street and Pine alley, in
Williamspcrt, wilh a wife and f.-ur inisll
children, the youngest about sixUrn
months old, killed hi wife, Mary Hind
ley in the most chocking manner, and
buried her. She was teen on the 1 III
inst., suit e which time she has Lecn mis
sing. Inquiries concerning iibsoi.ee wers
made of him, by the neighbor, some Of
whom ho to!d that alio had gor.e to Phila
delphia, nnd to difiorent pertons he told
difiure.H stories concerning-her where-.
about. Suspicion wa s?on oxcited b
Iho difference of stories, nnd secretly, 'tha
ou.ccr went to svoric to ferret out the yet
undisclosed tnytory. In a few days, one
of the officer went to the house and tiisr
a quantity of feathers tcattered about the
floor, and some tied up in n cloth. In the
course of conv crsai ion, he raqu ired of llin:
dley why the fenthers were strewn over tht
floor, to which he replied (bat his wifs
uaa tanen tliem to I'inladelphia lo got
new feathers for them. Similar inquire
were made by dillereut persons, to some
of w hom, he replied he had em plied iheai
ii.mso.i, una to otners that lie lin'1 anoth
er person empty them that they might bt
nosnea.
Uindlev n nrrai.n. 1 tha mn.,.;, .ml
t. . .... . .,. . .v "Mo ..
"fioiuuruay, me zid.and commflteil to awH
the result of the investigation
liunng tue forenoon of Sundny, II ind-
ltV. Wh'.lft 111 I, ftt nail Bii.nnA.ln : .nln
i " ; ""t "'t'" 6"s
1 rSUir iNlm llll.lli ml.iB.. .n.l ....Ii.
ally cut his throat, nearly .eve: ing the
',D; v"'8 uauon w.s aimosnrn-
mediately discovered, and a physic an wm
oallod and the wound drewed. When he
becntno able to sneak he suted that b
i ... .
, una Killed nnd buriod his wiU; that M
Kcd her on Monday night, put her
!nt. "Lrmt .barrel in th house, dug
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day nieht
About the time that these confessions
i era made to the physician, tho body of
; tie deceased wn. lound bur.ed, almost nv
three reet under cro.ind. hnvini been
coverea wuu
T,h "bed in
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murder, and during the time .he wt
.buried. The body was exhumed and car
iV.nq
ery. . .
On TuesJay morning, about half put
n" 0 clock, liarnoy Hindley died in. im
c.eIl fromthe effeets of the wound in h
U.roat.iBfliet by hieelf.-, W