LAO : Z`: 4 BIAROiI 18 1: imposegton rlis4owl r e Ism , r MlNEW lllll. lliliati lt Igor Y e 311'1"111°.... ebb aZ iwsdo NUF*lll9l bergratilltemls, 48;r1 Abe Writ oar *rest so der Y. B. Palmis t the Maoism Ntrow..4'w.4 N. .111. ample Chstunt, Streets, mulia*Phia, andbortad torio4nr sobtaiptions and advatbeinents ibr this Pliordskosirlowei mos. El' r.aefph will be le• We _44;100 our readers this week, to theimakiloitotormusual variety,. the great speaoh . *4' reti ed by the Rev. Dona W: Nevitr, D. D., IktlnAtaitaoratio State Convention, at Harrisburg,, the Met „ult. It attracted, proStatifi att ention *the _tittle, because of its remarkable ability and the breadth and depth of the views expressed, and we are sure all our readem,*lll be gratified with the opportunity afforded them for its perusal. It will be eagerly'vead,as an evidence of the opinions entertained by one of the leading minds of the country, Att the clauses of our National trou ,, grim lAVQUR4TIoN. The inauguration of Assault LINCOLN, as President of the United States, took place in Washington, on yesterday. He was attended from his lodgings at Willard's Hotel to the Capitolby ex-President BUCHANAN, and by a large concourse of military and citizens. The oath 'of office was administered by Chief Justice Teener, and everything passed off without acoident and to the satisfaction of all who witnessed the proceedings. The Cabinet is not certainly known as yet; but it is rem deted pretty certain that Messrs. Szween and Clexascier will be the two most prominent members of it, although both of them have been' bitterly opposed by the ultra or abolition wing of the Republican party, in their own _and other Northern States. We think the selection of these two distinguished gentlemen augurs favorably for the conservative cherao ter of the new Administration, and if Mr. LINCOLN follows their counsels peace may soon be restored to oar beloved country. PRESIDENTIAL LEAVE-TARING. On Thursday, the officers and clerks of the several Executive Departments met, at three o'clock, in the East Room of the President's House, for the purpose of taking leave of Mr. BUCHANAN. The President entered the room accompanied by Dr. Blake and Hon. Horatio King, Postmaster General, and proceeded to bid farewell to the several officers and clerks. There were no set speeches, but each person was introduced by the chief officer of his department, and a cordial shake of the hand, and a brief expression of good wishes for future health and prosperity, concluded the ceremonies. After the close of this interview, the judges and officers of the Court of Claims were an , nonnoed, who, in like manner, paid their respects to the Chief Magistrate. THE PEACE CONVENTION The Peace Convention, which was in ses sion at Washington, finally adjourned on Wednesday evening last, after agreeing upon a plan of settlement of our National difficulties which we publish in another column. The first and most important article is substan tially the extension of the Missouri Compro mise line, so called, across the Territories to the eastern boundary of California, prohibit ing slavery north of said line, while south thereof, no change shall be made in the con dition of persons held to service or labor. It also provides that there shall be no interfer ence on the part of Congress or the Territorial Legislature with the right to take slaves into such Territory. The next great question is, has Congress agfeed to submit this plan to the States for ratification in the way prescribed by the Constitution for its awn amendment. This requires a two-thirds vote of both Houses. Should Congress have failed to do this, the next best plan is to submit the proposed amendments, to the people in the way pro posed by Senator BIGLER. Let this be done, and the popular majority in favor of a settle ment upon the basis proposed, will be so overwhelming as to assure the border States and compel the next Congress to submit the amendments in constitutional form. MR. BUCHANAN COMING HOME Ex-President Boman - AN will reach Lancas ter, in a special train from Columbia, at 2 o'clock on tomorrow, (Wednesday,) accom— panied by the Committees of Escort from this City, and Washington, and the Battalion of Baltimore City Guards who kindly and court teously proffered their services as an escort from Washington City all the way home. A schedule of the arrangements entered into for his reception here will be found in another column. Should the weather be favorable, we expect to see a large crowd of people in town to-morrow to witness the ceremonies. THE CLOSE OF CONGRESS, The Senate were in session all of Sunday night, and the House met again yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. We presume both branches adjourned sine die before 12 o'clock, in order to witness the inauguration cere— monies ; bat what was finally done, or whether anything, to restore peace to the country, we are unable to say, as everything appeared to be at sixes and sevens on yester— day morning. After the fog clears off a little in 'n day or two we shall be able to know what was, and what was not, done. We hope for the best. THE TARIFF BILL PASSED. The new Tariff bill, having passed both branches of Congress and received the Presi dent's signature, is now the law of the land. We have not had time to examine its provis ions, and therefore da not know what impor tant alterations have been made in the sched ule, of duties. The contemplated tax on tea and coffee was stricken out before the final passage of the bill, and this itself will give it favor in the eyes of the masses. We hope the workings of the new law will fully realize the most sanguine anticipations of its friends ;and we trust also that both the tariff and negro questions, will be taken out of politics, and settled on their own merits, as there never can be a permanent arrangement of either on Party . growl& THE TREASON OF GEN. TWIGGS. The_iuune of Generel DAVID E. Twzocs has been stricken from the roll of the U. S. Army, for treason and cowardice, owing to his ihfa mous conduct Surrendering the public property to the secessioniste of Texas. If he could be caught and - brought to Washington, he deserves thsfatO of BENSDICT AlikOLD, and should be hung as , a traitor. GEN. Duns CAls.—This veteran statesman reached his home, at Detroit, on the let inst. It was rumored in the papers that he had in tended ateempanying: - Boca/mew to Wheathiruit but , of*arse, , the rumor wee unfounded: - 7,!_4491614 I,IIIIW, TARRITORIEIII. The. tille , orgrtteing thetbree Territories of Colorado.. Armada, • and Deeotah, have "" passed- bfilk syleson have doubtless been 11 P ea l " . 7 ' •• - A.WSPIENCIT. The city of Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, has assumed such a sudden impor tance as the capital of the Southern Confed eraoy and the seat of the Federal operations of the new government, that we give below .a brief sketch of its locality and surroundings. It is situated on the left bank of the Alabama river, 331 miles by water from Mobile, and is 839 miles from Washington, D. C. It is the second city in the State in respect to trade and population, and is one of the most flour ishing inland towns of the Southern States, possessing great facilities for communication with the surrounding country. For steamboat navigation the Alabama river is one of the best in the Union, the largest steamers ascend• ing to this point from Mobile. The city is also the western terminus of the Montgomery and West Point Railroad. It has several extensive iron foundries, mills, factories, warehouses, numerous elegant stores and private residences. The cotton shipped at this place annually amounts to about one hundred thousand bales. The public records were removed from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery in November, 1847. The State House was destroyed by fire in 1849, and another one was erected on the same site in 1851. The present population of the pity is not far from 16,000. The election in New Hampshire for State officers and members of Congress, will take place on the 12th of 'March, and is regarded with the deepest interest by every true patriot and national politician in the country. If ever there was a time when every consider ation connected with country required men to sink prejudices and all mere personal and party things, and act in a broad and liberal spirit, it is the present time ; and it islrati fying to see, in the declinations of candidates, whose continuance in the field might divide the votes of conservative men, an exhibition of that high spirit which real national peril never fails to call forth. The prospect of a thorough union of the friends of a peaceful polioy for the country, in opposition to a civil war policy, brighteias every day. Dana or THOMAS L. Wasox.—We regret to learn that Thomas L. Wilson, for many years connected with the State improvements as Clerk of the Board of Canal Commission ers, died in Harrisburg on the 28th ult., aged 61. Mr. Wilson was a man of marked probity and uprightness, and as a citizen was universally esteemed ; as a public offioer he was invaluable, and the State never had hie superior in trustworthiness and devotion to her interests. It is said that the Emperor Napoleon has given his sanction to the prcdoct of bnildipga railway between Calais and Dover. This an. dertaking, probably the most stupendous in the history of the world,_ contemplates the tunneling of the British channel between the points above named---a distance of 19 miles. It is intended, we believe, to build a number of stations or _islands along the route. The bed of the channel along the propCerxl route has been ascertained to be of ic4id rock, which will render the prOpp,sed:turmel, when coMpleted, impervious iratei. --- Confxactors are busy preparing their estimates of the probable'expense of the work., - iiiii•X'be new Teriftbill wu signed by the President ell Seturd*ly. • • • intelfigenee of the cepitnlatbm of !hetet to the Sardinian tomes, and the withdrawal - t t4 Rinds 111, and the rayed family in > vessel._ The garrison raisin' 'prisoner/ of .war the s surriinder ol'lN4ftft4el 'of Mani* widekit*Vltemelfteretteenikre khe test*too lefloseatiliee -at-the N , apohte *OOO , 1 710-44108widayiw of Rola!' will temlol4 tfliSiethibetitt - Italian revulitkm of:1860-:61. Driven from Naples, the Wing fiedth#ll -- eregl y in Septem ber laajand haamain' tained a defame stab horn and- protracted beyond the expectation et ininfediete partisans, and exceedingl3rjrci: - yoking to the friends of Italian unity and freedom, -Theler6fications of Gaeta, :hereto._ fore renowned for their great strength and_ endurance, have acquired additional notoriety from their persistent protection of the last -Of the Bourbens., They, eustained rkteerible siege in 1707, when vigorously attacked rby the, Austrians. 1n,1734, when a Praneo,Spanish army of 16,000 men assaulted thein, and the defenders were only 1500 in - number, with-110 pieces of cannon and an insufficiency of- am munition, they held out five months, and only 3rieldedin_oonsequence of misunderstandings among the garrison.- - • - - • From the 13th of February to the 18th of July, 1806, when, under the command of Prince Hasse Philipstadt, Gaeta resisted ,all the attacks of the French army. It was un doubtedly the strongest point in his , kingdom to which the unfortunate Francis IL could. have retired ; and he had an additional in ducement to seek its kindly shelter in the example of. Pope Pius IX., who, as our read- ers are aware, went thither in the perilous days of 1848. Their flight from Gaeta will probably complete the overthrow of the Boar•' bon power. THE PENNSYLVANIA. DEMOCRACY AT WASHINGTO N. The committee of thirty-four leading Dem ocrats from Pennsylvania, headed by Gen. Foster and Judge Lewis, 'appointed by the Democratic State Convention which adjourned on Friday week, to convey a copy of the reso• lutions to President Buchanan, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the President of the Peace Conference, arrived at Washington on the next day, and had an interview with the President the same night. Excellent speeches were made on both sides. The President informed them he had read the resolutions, and that he endorsed every senti ment therein contained. The resolutions en dorse the Crittenden plan of adjustment, are decidedly against coercion, and are important from the fact that the entire Democratic party of the Keystone State have planted themselves squarely in opposition to the policy of coercion. THE MINORITY PRESIDENT. In point of fact, the two Demooratic candi dates, Douglas and Breckinridge, received together a much larger number of votes than Lincoln did. The Tribune Almanac gives the full returns as follows Douglas Breckinridge Dentocmtio vote Lincoln Democratic majority 356,819 If it be said that the Democratic vote as thus given, includes some Bell men in those States where were Fusion tickets, we admit it; but on the other hand, the vote of South Carolina, whose Electors are chosen by the Legislature, is not included at all. Being unanimous for Breckinridge its popular vote, if cast, would have added 0,000 or 50,000 to the Democratic side. It is plain, therefore, that the Democratic vote, notwithstanding the split in its ranks, was some 300,000 to 350,000 larger than that given for Lincoln.— If we add the 590,631 votes given to Bell, we have an aggregate majority against Lincoln of 946,950 votes, or, including South Carolina, 1,000,000 in round numbers. THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY. FEW u.a.mpsfiEst.E. A GIGANTIC PROJECT. REV JOHN W NEVIN OF LANOMITER, DereeenZ in the LOweratie State Cronemskas' , at Harrifbaitc Feb. 21, 1861. lEn.ffaskirgi qui GaiiiimortliAstirsvesikat Itis UMW paserwary *ripe Urge,/ Mal tun te rm mast, no rear er poiltilinn, theromilnagyeentimedthe tem haen Image addrineed • Means like the pessed, and* is, I ie„yeit. with no Medi sunount of dMsma cis)tdistrast T mutate, IS oberthenee In pris tOtiejleit beifOrtelail now itireb plabl i wa . Le ordinary d ,t o OWoW takae netti hi'l ngmasidered = at posttonmenitap any such body. Bat, Kr. President, these are not ordinary tines We are in the mart of a aids which goes beyond ordinary Tarty questions and veneer—s crisis which is radical and revein in its matane—a arida which rashes to the very of our palliest existatms, and which,- in this-view cludiemme the concern and it votes the active lutenist oTevery ant ra thacountry, in hie personal character of 'silken and• patriot. The time has comesa fety when ill who have any hltered It'stake on the of the country are bound to both mind and the perilous condition of Us country, and to join hands, also, so far as God mayitome given them any sort of Power for the lenrpeen to the adman, all noseese7 tank of saving tt, if it SW be posible, Limn Impels* csnehohne and rein. One.of the most iliewsmegheg tldnetle fad, snitentad W with our national troubles just the that *Au been found so difilerdt, I might saylnmenetinable, thus far, to astablith, in this way, any 'Bred ommennicatkrn between Mete troubles and the gamest mind of the people Men dos= on old party homes to t the people, and bound themselves by party plat<ams made to snit the imposes of other these altogether, and having no atoms whatever for the resonstionary crisis which is upon us nom Isyer insisted on amiddsring thetopolvers the only true teeffesennnees of the people still,•in theme changed circumetammre—mid to make the matter worea have In sisted also on making their old platforms the necessary rule and measure of this representation. Gould we well concedes of any greater absurdity? The very Idea of pretending to deal with the Wis and death question through which the nation is now pasting, by the merthan. fed formulas and stereotyped shibboleths of a platfonn which was got up dr political purpose, in a time of cons wain quietness and pane, delerve to be set dons as the most arrant politicai quackery. As litthr mono might hope to stay the course of a deadly fever by admialdMeg pills }mewed for an ordinary fit of indigestion, ser little may it be imagined that the life of the nation is to be laved now by any similar doses of past party docket's) and rule, For my own part, I can have no patience with any platform of the past year applied to our present dream stances In any such mechanical way. Away with all such Procreates' beds, employed to tyrannise in such a time as this over the free minds of freemen. No true public man, I em.bold to gay, no politician worthy of the name, no statesman of broad and comprehensive views, can be will ing at the present time to stand party.bound, the slave of dead formulas and abstractions. What the country now needs Is, above all things, to be delivered from all patent nostrums of this sort. A living revolution, to be guided aright, calls for the free, living activity of living men. It is a great misfortune then, I repeat, that the represent'. Gym of the people chosen before these troubles, and governing themselves, as It would seem, for the most part, by party views and principles belonging to a different state of thinp altogether should claim, nevertheless, to be the only true exponents ' now of the popular mind and will through all these convulsions and dangers, and so refuse week after week, and mouth atter monde, to make room for the people to utter their feelings in regard to , them, in their own name, and with their own proper voice. Never was there a time in the history of the'country when it was more important that the people, in their original private capacity and character, should have an opportunity, not only of thinking for themselves on the affairs of the nation, but of expressing also their collective thoughts and wishes in a perfectly free manner, entrain. meted by all , perty technicalities and watchwords. The national trouble now upon na is organic, constitutional, having to do with the very life of the body politic. It requires for its help, therefore, an organic movement on the part of the tuition Itself' The people must put them selves in motion. They cannot be saved by their miens— least of all, by professional politicians If saved at all, they must, under God's blessing, save themselves In these circumstances, sir, there bee been in the hearts of many, for some time past, a growing desire, an Inward cry I may say, for some lit occasion and opportunity through which to have the sense—the present sense of the people taken on the subject of our national difficulties as they now stand. With this feeling I have all along sym pathized from the bottom of my heart. Especially has It appeared to me desirable and Important that the mind of Pennsylvania should be known In this way; not by con. =Ring her Representatives either at Weehington or Har risburg, and not by appealing to her last State vote given when no one dreamed of what has since come to pass; but by securing for the people at large the opportunity of speaking directly for thernselvee, in foil view of our public affairs as they show themselves at the present time I have welted anxiously for some movement looking to this end, which might without regard to party altogether, having for its object aimply an unbiassed expression of the mind of the people, so far as they should see fit to give utterance to it In such free way. In this hope and wish, however, I have found myself, along with thousands and ten thousands of others, wofolly disappointed. It has required in the end, as we all know, a movement of the Democratic party, in its established party organization, to onset in any way what we have seen to be the crying necessity of our great and mighty State at this time—an opportunity for hearing and knowing directly from the people themselves their mind and feeling with regard to the present crisis. In this view, I could , not bat hall with aatisfaction the calling of this State Convention; and, when my fellow-citizens saw proper to send me here as one of their delegates, knowing as I did the special object of the occasion, and having hell sympathy with it In my heart, I felt it to be for me in the present juncture a duty, not only of patriotism, but of religion also, not to refuse the appointment. Such is the spirit In wh ich I now find myself a member of your large and respectable body.l For me this is no simply Democratic Convention. lam will ing to allow it, indeed, all due honor and respect, under this time venerable title. But I me in it far more than this For me it is the organ of the universal conservative spirit of Pennsylvania It la the first form absolutely in which the people of this State have had it in their power to speak for themselves on the state of the Nation, since the beginning of our present troubles In this respect it may be said to carry with it now more weight than the existing Legislature of the State, or its representation In the National Congress For these at best show only what the will of a bare majority of the people was in former and altogether different times; whereas this body springs directly and immediately from the present will of the people. It is born we may say, out of the burdened heart of the country, as it now stands. It comes fresh from the people, and is animated with the existing soul and breath of the people more than any organization besides There can be no question, moreover, but that it represents in reality now by far the largest portion of the population of the State. For very many thousands, forgetting all party names end distinctions, it is as I have just declared it to be for myself, no Democratic Convention at all, strictly, but a Convention representing the whole conservatism of Pennsylvania, in which all other questions , are for the time sank in the one great purpose of securing the pre servation and peace of the country. Looking at it in such light, they are ready to rally around it with their hearts, and to bid it God speed in its mission of patriotism and love . In view of all the circumstances, then, the present Con vention well deserves to be considered of much more than ordinary significance and moment. Let it only -be true and faithful to itself, • let it be but united and harmonious in its action; let it show itself wise, judicious, calm, earn est, and firm in its declarations, holding itself strictly to the one great object of its coming together; and, beyond all question or doubt, its voice will be heard and felt ea a voice of authority and power—healing apd refreshing power—throughout the length and breadth of the land It will be met with a cordial, grateful response from all the mountain tops, and valleys, and plains of this broad Commonwealth It will be recognized throughout the Nation, as the tine and genuine voice of glorious old Pennsylvania, the Keystone State . Two grand questions—the eecond turning on a wrong answer given practically to the first—loudly bespeak now our solemn attention. The alternatives sat before us in the first are, compromise or separation. In ease of separa tion, the alternatives in the next place are, peaceful di vision, or coercion and civil war. These questions we are bound to look steadily in the face, and to meet with some explicit answer in our own minds. With the progress of events they are rushing every day, of themselves, to a practical solution. We owe it to ourselves to consider how the solution in either case ought to come, and by some rational determination of this beforehand, to see that, so far at least as may depend on ourselves, the conclusion shall not overtake us blindly and with helpless surprise . The first alternative, as just said, is , compromise with the Southern States, or separation In this simple form precisely the Issue is now before the country. It is per fectly Idle to resist the idea of compromise, and yet dream of an ultimate continuation of our national existence, in some form that shall be found to involve in the end the submission of the South to the wrong which It now Sup poses itself to be suffering at the bands of the North Those who allow themselves to believe that the South may be either cheated or forced into any such submission, be • tray a wonderful want of acquaintance with the actual sense and meaning of the difficulty which now needs to be composed and settled between the Northern and South ern sections of the country. And it is hardly necessary to say, that the question here regards not simply the States which have already gone into secession, but the slave holding States in general. The Border States South, it is true, have made thus far a noble stand against the spirit of disunion ; but we have no right in the world to presume on this as any assurance that they will remain in the Union under all circumstances, and without regard further to the Southern idea of Southern rights.— The very object of their patience and forbearance has been to allow time and opportunity for the amicable adjustment of their righter in the bosom of the Union itself Let the North refuse to meet them in any such spirit of honora ble compromise, and it is perfectly certain that they will also in a abort time withdraw, and join themselves to the new Confederacy of the South. To separation in this wholesale form it must assuredly come, if there is to be no compromise. This is the terrible alternative—this, and nothing lees than this—to which In fact all seek to drive the cation who set themselves to oppose the policy of making what are called concessions to the , dissatisfied spirit of the Bondi, Let the term, of the dilemma be well considered and Well understood. The watchword, no compromise, means simply in other words, neither more nor less„ Disunion—two confederacies instead of one. Those who oppose compromise speak of it often ea though it were intended to mean mere concession, the giving up of an acknowledged right on the one side to humor some per versity or weakness on the other side This, however, la itself a wrong done to the South in this ease before us, which must be felt to be wrong, and so given up, before any real program whatever can be made In the work of solid and lasting reconciliation. Compromise here means no more favorable terms of Linton than those which have existed before between the Northern and Southern por tions of the country; - it is merely the re adjustment of the old terms, so explained and guarded as to secure their proper construction and right observance in all followin ewe d g time The South claims to be in this difficulty the !vi party, and charges the North with having virtually die owned the original spirit of the Constitution. Either , the charge Is right, or it is wrong.. If It is wrong, there can be no room, properly speaking, for any compromise, and any negotiation for the purpose, if it seems at all successful, must end in hypocrisy only, and falsehood. But if the charge bp right, it mutt, prat of all, be felt and owned to be right In that case, compromise bec o mes a settlement and correction of wrong, alike hpnorable to both sides . This, then, is the very first thing ibout which we need to have our minds tally made up, in this business of ream ciliation Has the South been wronged thin' constitutional rights on the part of the North' ....1,365,976 .... 847,963 Those who' deny thu make a epeeist merit commonly of standing by this Constitution as itie, and charge the friends of compromise' with a design to tamper in some way with .14 sacred pdnalples: Bat when you tome to examine the matters It Je found that whatthey mean by the Constitu tion Is simply a -certain. construction of thie organic law established for the time' by, the authority of a reigning pa r ty. Their doctrine le , that what the will of a majority of the nation may determine at any time to be the sense of the Constitution, that must be taken and held for the true =moor it, until It may happen to be reversed and changed by the will of some ,new maJority, agreeing to think,in a different way. So, for the preeent, the sense of the Constitutfon-is made to be the Chicago platform, as sanctioned and endorsed in appearance by the late Piesi. =pail election. But tide is Melt to violate the fonds mantel contention of the Ocestitittion. let thbprer veil, and it would be enough of itself to provoke op, not only here, on the part - of the &nth but en t ern of Penney/nide aleo, and e very other State. posseam of a. particle of proper regard for its own rights; for ip that case the Oonetitution would be 'not a bond of freedom at all, but is mere orgau of tyranny. sad oppression, at the service of any Venetia= that Might be able to lay hold of What we need to madder here js not any each party construction of the ConstltutiOn, nor even the mere lerter itself of the writteer instrument; but the spirit, the genhu, the Menai soul and iffe of the Constitution. That this has been violated in a way In' ruions and Insulting to the Southern States, is too plain, It seems to me, to admit of any serious question. If anything in the amid is certain historteal/Yiltal that the Constitnwes intended to bi a. bondot unitn between the Northern and Southern Shiites, under which they should he , ,elleared •to maintain their plarkte, hastitutions .nwrttivel,t, without bit: or hindrance, as also without any tort of mutual savored.' tinny. Moto Mbar tam Was It tweeibleite•nhtte thews several: Ittdeyetwlent ItignwoutweslttuLti -et dwoznow. (Yon fethowy,' Ity th the wiry tut orthW tor, that' thii Orwtatlithw *Awl abo s id tootywOs • amidtaadnoSoytb, no stit and no, • ehiellet-entioniane the goistitmerbythist Ithe Wend fpbft aftbei ea tin in th is skirls eo longer prectlesitraregarded.on the ;.• of the Iffeth,.bot thee on the mentrary a matesirof .. bas organised Itself be., end gradually= theamiedianyorbich lelt to be sindy by thiConstitation; while it to maks it at-thefe.' awns lime a party agsdnat the fide pollthed equality eta*, anthem Statekendlos orepen.lbr ends :dean see ay thervery paints of their ,psodiseindlikeyetiM.Booti4i . tine conaphint ma we malt ghat elir Womb thie troth. not-to me that the complaint is only llett: wellal . Smafihrd In these cinsumnatess, who d wiaratlms net': to own the reessonsbleams and of_the lorneede upon os to settle the ,Imlerthe en of mmeedon and - mplimotehreeMetluat ales: , shoaldheidtate Bea ineessot to do this on the bale which • tom flu this_ -means by ;Virgin* . a nd less Roder &Meat liftmen be so apeman to such an arrenement„ that it .I t for some new .adjustment of the Ormstitution. That dose not imPV any change in the spirit of the Coestantion; It Is mew the way in which sultehleibent andexpremben *to lelegiveacts thie in order, to Insure its presereadon more truly than before& Tldailtneenslina Sea entre:corm Ate/Wm in the Moe of those fintalternathes,comprcenleicei division. Let it be by ou mow compromien sincereaelL and fahiy factory-to the Statorwhieb stillosibenrin the Ihrion in the South. Thateoppoes this refused, and the nation unhappily ddlesetto tbereattentity , ofilivlMm, we are then' at once confronted siertlineratiter finest- l the separation be. pseeefol, with mutual consent and common settlement of teems, or shelltteinaceed through vicdencee Ind • bletaLAn. the way of Meenapted coercion end consequent cleft war? In annum etallehatis iscrotln hemmay and religlim, let us not hodtate about the answer with whkh OM most solemn quegtion Is to be mat. If welch - not mansint to respect the constitutional eig;htsend reasonable demende of our brethren In the Boutta--.lf we sleet them op to the neosisity ofa'genesadieparation.fiom us as the penalty and price of retesting tesurrender basely what they am- Cele, to be their propereetvil and political rights—let ter not than be so inamm'as to think or compelling them to remain with ea seal, In spite of their own, purpose and a n d is It le of the utmost importance , th at the Mind of s u m people generally; grid above all now thit the mind of the people of Pennsylvania: should be .distinctly . determined, and proclaimed abroad m it one on the tar winds - of heaven, behire the - time ' - shall' hare come for theory to Imee Into actual work and dead.. Webber ate dd at times, that We must maintain the attitude of unbending authority ansEpower, in order to open the way fee lemeelni negotiatim, that absolute submission to the misting goe ernment must bath/Med open as a nee qtecinens of all settlement of our present difficulties, and that to give n • opiuly before bead the idea - of enforcing such snbmin if - need be, in the way ofoutward Power is in fact but ettoonSage -the spirit of .secession: and treason.: All.thts might sound well enough for °nanny circumstance, and times.- But when win men learn to make full earnest with the fact, that wears in altogether extraordinary times, In the throes, in truth, of a great political revolution, which must end in the disiolntion or In a separation and _new birth of our national existence itself, and it teen be no better, therefore, than politicil Pedluatty tOthinit of going through with it by ordinary maxims and rules. Let us, in the name of common sense, be done with speculations and abstractions bene,and set:ourselves to deal with facts'. in their own character of facts, Let us not be children. in this tremendous drama •of real life, but let ni act as remonable and foil grown men: Does, any man in his lenses believe, that a resort to tame, under any circum stances, in this controversy with the South, can ever bring back any part of it to Its true place again in the , Union ; or that the talk of coercion can ever carry with it the least weight there in favor of reoonciliation and peace? And in the event especielly of a general secession embracing all the sbrveholdtog States, the event of which as an immi , nent possibility I em now speaking, must not every Imagi nation of this sort become still more, I might almost say, infinitely Insane/ Can any threat of-coercion operate with the weight of a feather, to prevent euth States as Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri and Tecirressee, from throw ing themselves into the arms of the new Confederacy, if snob a course seem necessary to maintain their rights/ Nay; It is this very threat; or rather the bae.kwardness which is shown to disown it, the studied referee with which it seems to be held as a sort of rod behind the back, to be used hereafter as occasion may . require, instead •of being flung away at once as it should be—this it fa, I say, as much almost as anything else jest now, which goes to irritate and inflame the mind of these States, and to make it difficult to bring our negotiation with, them to an surd cable and peaceful result. " The Constitution," says Andrew Jackson, " cannot be maintained, nor the Union preserved, in opposition to the public feeling, by the mere exertion of theroercive powers confided to the General Government. :The foundations must be laid in the affections of the people; in the security It gives to life, liberty, character, property in every quarter of the country; and in the fraternal attachment which the citizens of the several States bear to one another, as members of one predicate the bappiness of one another." These are true Political family, mutually contributing to .and right. words. let them be deeply pondered, and solemnly laid to heart, by all who care for the peace of their country at this time. The idea of fighting for the preservation of the Union, in Its present circumstances, is simply preposterous. No victory in such a war could deserve to be considered a tri umph. No rational olject could be gained by it in the end. It could be no better at best than national suicide in the most wholesale form. The very thought. of it is something from which the soul turns away with unuttera ble horror and disgust. ' • . But what is needed now le not simply an abhorrence of all such war, but an open, loud declaration on the part of the people that no war of the sort, with their coneent,' shall ever be allowed to take place. In other words, the time is already upon us, when to save ourselves from the vortex of misery into, which we are in danger. of being madly dragged In 'such form, the voice of the nation—the overwhelming conservative majority in , particular of this State---should be heard proclaiming in trumpet tones—no coercion I Let it be' fairly known and understood, 'that Peeneylvanie has no mind in this case to be ruled by the. dictation of New England and the Northwestern States— that ehe is not willing to be made use of as - their battle field in any war offensive or defensive against States so intimately related to her as those which border on the Potomac—that her adhesion to the Chicago platform itself, so far as it , went, war in no such sense as to involve any Issue so madly desperate as this; let it be fairly under. stood, I say, that she is ready to protest against all force other than that of love and persuasion for the settlement of our existing difficulties, and the fact will be felt itself at once as a message 'of peace and a rainbow of promise throughout the length and breadth of the land. Looking upon this Convention as an organ, created by the special providence of God for giving such voice to the -true heart of the State as is needed at the present time, I trust that it may be enabled wisely and faithfully to dis charge this high function and most deeply importantoffice. I consider It a privilege, as I have felt it my duty also, to be here, and to make myself heard in your councils, both as an American citizen and as a minister of religion. May your work be so done, that it shall commend itself to the judg.' meat and conscience of all good men, and, what is of still greater consequence, be crowned with the approbation and blessing of the great God in Heaven. IN CONGRESS. On Thursday, in the House, Mr. Corwin's proposed amendment to the COnstitution was adopted by a vote of 133 to 65. It reads as follows JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Be it Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Con— stitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the said Constitution, viz: ARTICLE Xll.--" That no amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give Congress power to abolish or interfere within any State with the domes—. tie institutions therein, including that of persons held to labor or servitude by the laws of said State." For The Intelligencer Messes. Runes : Originally the following queries were intended for the Examiner, or the Union; but despairing of being board at those avenues, and believing In the t a e d lli g n c " e d r e la h y o s p ainrge ahnage o ro u u r sR"e I p u c b o l n ic clu n d or gans t w i the In also notice them and give. their readers an opportunity to answer, as we are very much In need of information on these topics. I shall not address them particularly to Mr. It. J. Houston or Mr. Burt, but to the public, so that all will have a chance to reply. Firat Was not the United States Government at one time an excellent institution, a glorious earthly heritage? What has been the cause of its presentdegradation? Was it not because the people :scorned the advice of the Father of his Country, - the greatest man America ever produced, by creating and supporting a sectional party, thereby engendering hostility in one section against another? Was it not a preconceived view of our present trouble that led Mr. Jefferson.to "tremble when he contemplated the fate of hie country, and when he remembered that God Is just?— Which is most to blame, and which most deserving of our symthy `Haveassion, in this- dilemma, the North or the South? ever the South, as a section, tried to impair the rights of the North? If so, in what way? Had they united against the Northern institutions, as the North has done against those et the South, - could . they have frightened us? -Would they not even then have found themselves - too weak to Injure us? But the North being the more powerful, and being united as a section, have the South no reason to apprehend a curtailment_ of their rights, - particularly when this powerful party was formed for the ostensible. purpose of oppoalng their inatt. tntions? Is it courteous or friendly in the people of one section, or have they a right to oppose the lawful institu tions of another? Was not slavery at and after the time this government was formed a lawful institution in every - State in the Union, exceptonel 'ls slavery in the - South an evil? Do not the Southern people know better than we what institutions are best suited to their own • condi- I lion?. Is slavery the only cause of the slow progress of • improvement in the. South, or is It not because white la. borers do not wish to commingle with the blacks, especi ally where the latter predominate? Would white laborers be more likely to move to those parts If - the blacks were all free, than while they are held as elates? - ; Would the migration of slaves from those Stater; to the Territories not , thin out the blacks of the original States, and be likely to induce more free white•laborers to remove thither, and consequently better enable these States to improve their country Is it right for Congress to legislate almost ex "elusively for the good of the Territories, which have but few inhabitants, to the manifest neglect and Injury of the older and original Shaw?, And, lastly, were not the un precedently large majorities in favor of the People's party in Pennsylvania for the last three years calmed either on account of theprotection and tariff principle, or the anti. slavery principle, or both? If so, why de the Republicans. In Congress not give rts the promised protection, so Unit we shall have hopes of better days? And why do they hesitate to agree to the proposition of the Border States; and let the people have an opportunity of affilig whether they are in favor of forcing slavery from the Territories under - all eirournatinced'or not, which: that preposition will enable them to do, - there being no other' principle involved In the conteett Or are they, es was Charged' by the Democrats and -Union men In the late contest,. really, a free.trade party, and have only pretended to be a tariff party In order to secure the spoils of office, and to put the antiebsvery gentiment in. the ascendency, and cone- Ineptly dissolve the Union of a heretofore happy and pros.: perms people? ... • ; , ' • • . • I would like to knew much more, but if these are an swered satisfactorily Ishall be content for the present ' February 26th, 18SL • • Tax FLICItUr Aszemor.—The late esca pade of the ancient Almaluun - oontinues 'the subject of numerous "sensation " despatches and letters, and much comment by.ito means oompliwentary to. Preeident eleat- The question wbetberanyhody has been has given place to the certainty OA ,soute, bodylas been frightened•ont of his propriety;; . The New York Day - Book - likenti the:flight-of, Mr. Lincoln JO' that of Mahomet. The: Barb. ford Times says all the features of this extra ordinary hegira wiil read withanore curiosity, fifty years hence,z than any ;chapter dii thS. "Pickwick Divers?' • or "Peregrine Pickle.' iirThe 'officers-of the. Atinir and Navy in; separate botEee, waited : On - President 0 4 - fistiida7t 'and family' took . „ i ,v.~ .: --~=~ - - Mumma OP Teri emmies' Gainer. Cox,- maim ar Azasionanamarraz nert Nam ettoz or Plagranne Suonsamr.--Tbe Committee mat at...llllMaere Hotel, on. Ilaturdiren at 8 o'clock . Mad Warder by Dr., jOar r lmlce.tman. Ths fcaliwt oit gentlemenomatitate Amory CierimMs4 - 11halimai4 !Alpe "reMa...lirdal .4smsee Ityanobb n ItillApert. JohnßearkLeamibir tim 4 = ll bank , :da; ^CM .Frants, dmltem. Team W: INfeeN. Lightner,, de •. WilllpnDmer; • Jeleafetesir, Jr.i.7.616n A. Eiktmlf, Michael:Withers, Web.: lifaulafm twil.f Dr. Bast Cal Wardwell. 2lint,Jokilellff_Andm‘Roalliestat,Wfred aa..larame.Egemisapaohn ClarMfavai r , Ohariese,:: Beal, Aifirew MeGbude, John Mic.haill, Gen. George M. ittetemen, Cage H. Krug, Hurry EL Taman; Jacob hey, bebn twa&Pard Hamilton, do; Wil li am Miller.. A. W. Bolealus, John Bertaarase B. Tmdwell, Cape Henry Bliakenderfer, bliehael Ramp, Maj. Ohm. M. Howell, HeauT_Franke, biomes Wenger, Obaries.R. Wentz, • Hea.--John _Ziataerista;-.l9hn _Lteirliotti - Lewis biddy Clement IL - Grubb, Jahn - Omr, Dr. Wm. B. htui r t - ciik: :ea Jan PAWN JelunWillogia - IL B. Swam, Req., reed two despatches from wasieingtos and Baltimore, stating. that-President Buchman- would invilie is Lancestercer Wednesday, 6th host; anzennitiiied by the BaltlatoratEtyAlmrde Battalion. , The selection by the itolkusamittee Of Samuel H. Rey nolds, Esq., ea Chief Marshal, weennanimmaly confirmed. On motion the following gentlemen were appointed • Committee of -Eirsortto President-Bctehattesa from Wash- . Ington to Wisealland: • Abraham Peters, Maier; John Forney; WeetEarl Par- Hatollton, Manbeim twit: lienry.E. Leman, C 149 Prof. - John Wine, do.; Dr. Isaac Winters, Earl; John Maparran, Drumore; H. hi. - Norlt,- Columbia; .Itieltuird Mt:Gram, Kludesim twP; John Gam West Donegal; H. A. Recta. Am; 1311 j; William Spencer, Strasburg Bor.; William stil ler. City: Manheim HenryFranke, City; 'John' Metzger, Jr., do.;•CoL James Patterson, Little Brit ialna H. B.LNlcarr, City; Hon. Emanuel Schaeffer, do.; Dr. John N. Eckert, Salisbury; John W. clack, Marletia; d. J. Caldwell, Drzunore. TM , Committee ere requested to meet at Mr. Leman's room;National HotekWashingim, on Tussle'', 6th hart, at 10 delock,A. IL , On motion the following_ gentlemen were appointed a Committee - of Escort from Columbia to Lancaster: Adamitown--Henry Stanffett:Elleaßedczy. Bart--Harrison Graham, Dr. John Martin. Breeknock-Reuben R. Shober, Jonathan Smith. tkernarvon-Itartori ;linkman, Dr. B. F. Bunn. Clay-John Meer, Esq., Martin Banta Oolerain-Dr. George F. Dare, William N. Galbraith. Columbia-LewisTrederdck„ Peter A. Kimbnrg, Wißfam Mathiot. Michael Olepper, Samuel EL Marton,. Jeseph M. Watat, Samuel Eberly, John A.. Hook. Cocalico East-Cyrps Ream, Dr. Richard Ream. Elocalloo Weet-Dr.- Samuel Wiest. Joseph Landis. Conimtoga-..Henry D. Stehman, John Martin. Oil:toy-John H. Smith, Emanuel Nagle. Donegal Ead-..P. 3. Albright; Jacob Gomm Donegal West-Jonathan Diffeltderfer, James Hewes, Dimmore-Alesander Holton, J. B. Jordan. Wat:lfilmaker, Anthony Carpenter. . Earl Rest-George Duchman, M. E Stauffer. Earl Went-Mark Oottnell, , Jaeob Romer, Jr. Ephrata-John IV; Gross, W. H. Spars. Elizabeth -Joseph S. Keener, Oliver Caldwell. Elizabethtown Bor.-Jolm A. Grout, Jacob H. Bits. Eden-Robert Montgomery, William Dungan. Fulton--Sam-el Wicks, Daniel D. Swift, Jr. Hemplield East-Henry Hoffman, Jacob Bauer. HempfleleWest=-Dr. Edwin Haldeman, John AL Weller. Lampeter East-Dr. N. W. Sample, Henry W. Gars. Lampeter West-Samuel Long, Samuel Weaver.- Lancaster City-Cal. John Rankin; John Senor, Charles G. Beal. Daniel Altick, Henry Saner, John A. Beheuren brand, John W. Jackson, Benjamin !dishier, Frederick Senor, Frederick s: Pyfer, Dr. H. Beemanyder, Jacob Frey; H6ry 0. Wentz, Lewis Rally, John Lippincott, A. W. Russel, lfaj. A. W. Bolenitut, David King, A. Z. Ringwalt, Hugh E. Dougherty, Anthony Lechler, Michael Malone, 0. Widmyer, Col. William Gumpf, Jacob Effinger. Henry Fisher, James Barnes, Jr., Charles Gillespie, John Wit linger, Henry Shams, John A. Shea.ff, Dr. Henry Carpen ter, Dr. John McCann, Michael Withers, Alfred Sanderson, Henry Wilhelm, James Jones, James P. Boyd, Joseph Bar nett, George W. Brown, James B. Tredwell, Jacob H. Smith, Simon P. Eby. Lancaster Tsvp.-BenfaMin Huber, Jacob id. Frantz. Leacock-John L. Lightner, M. R. Sample. Leacock Upper-Dr. Isaac 0. Weidler, Wm. Weldman. Little Britain-Boardly Patterson, Wm. Hayes, Jr. Mitcham Bor.-Jaeob E. Oroas, A. J. Eby. Manhelin Twp -Henry Shreiner, John llicGrann. Manor-John Brandt, Sr., Charles J. Rhoads. Marietta-Charles Kelly, James • Duffy, Thomaa Stem*, Dr. John Huston. Martic-James Haddon, William Wentz. Mount Joy lior.ATohn 11. Brenneman. Henry Shaffner. M.ount Joy Pep-Jonathan Nichols, Jacob Hiestand. Paradise-Lewis Eckert, John G. Offoer. Penn-,-Aaron LongeneckeriEmanuel Keener. Pequea-john Saner, Michael Zercher. Providence-Dr. John K. Raub, John Tweed. Rapho-EL M. Becker, Frederick Chintz. Strasburg Bor.-Wm. T. McPhail, Robert Spencer. Strasburg Twp.-Franklin Clark, Henry Spindler. Sadebury-Isaac Walker, John A. Rhea. Sallabury-Dr. John Wallace, David Kurtz, Truman Wallace. Warwick—Benjamin Kreiter, bum F. Bomberger. Washington Bon—Col. Joseph Schoch, J. K Charlee. This Committee will report themselves to Dr. Henry Carpenter, Chairman Committee of Arrangements, on Wednesday morning, 6th inst., at 9 o'clock. • A.number of enb-committeee, for . procuring carriages, quarters for visiting military, - Bring cannon, &c., were ap .Peinted t. also, a finance committee. . • • The Chief Marshal was requested to form the procession at the intersection of the Harrisburg Turnpike and the Pennsylvania Railroad. A signal gun will be fired as the train leaves Columbia, which will be announced by tele graph; and one, also, when the train arrives in eight of Lancaster. On motion It was agreed that the Committee of Arrange.. merits extend an invitation to the citizens of the city and county, without distinction of party, to participate in the reception.. • The formation and route of the: proceasfon will be duly announced by the Oiler Marshal. The Committee adjourned to meet on Tuesday evening, sth Inst., at 7% o'clock, at the same place. PROGRAMME OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RECEP TIOMOF HON. JAMES BUCHANAN. The citizens of the City and County of Lancaster, without distlnetlon - ef party, are invited to participate in the fol lowing Reception Arrangements: The President, with his military and civic escort from Washington and Baltimore, will reach this city on Wed nesday, Bth inst., at 2 o'clock, P. M. A signal gun will be fired as soon as the train leaves Columbia, and another as soon as the train arrives in eight of Lancaster. The line of procession will be formed at the intersection of the Harrisburg Turnpike and the Pennsylvania Rail road, the right resting on the railroad, at 'PA o'clock, P.M. Upon the arrival of the train, the line of march will be taken up and proceed in the following order: • Chief Marshal and Aids. Military of Lancaster. Baltimore City Guards. President and Suite, and Mayor. Committee of Escort from Washington. Citizens' General Committee of Arrangements. Committee of Escort from Columbia. City Councils. and Municipal Officers. • Faculty and Students of F. and M. College. Citizens of City and County on foot. Fire•Compsples according to their seniority. • Societies. Delegations on horseback from City and County. BoI7TR Os PROCZEzioN. Along The Harrisburg pike to James street, along James to North Queen. down North Queen to Centre. Square, up East Kitig to Lime, down Lime to Church, down Church to German. down German to South Queen, up South Queen to. Centre Square, where an address of welcome will be de livered by the Mayor of the City; after which the Presi dent will be escorted to his home at Wheatland by the- Military and Committee of Escort from Washington. The various organizations intending to take part will assemble at their, respective places of meeting, and report to the Chief Marshal, at his headquarters, at Reese's City Hotel, NortliQueen street,. at 1 o'clock, P. M., of that day. • Each Society, Delegation and — Fire Company will select their own Marshal, who will receive their orders from the Chief Marshal and his Assistants. By order of SAM'ir H. REtNOLDS, Chief Marshal. • Ams—Afaj. Cats. M. Howria,, Maj. Jomv METZGER. ARMOUR? MARAHALB—ADAM MOIST, GEORGR W. BROWN, EDWARD McGowan, col. Damn. Heim, Jones S. Hannan, Lieut. HENRY NAGLE, Dr. Sarum WELCHEM Maj. A. W. Botanms, JACOB G. PETERS, BERNARD MCGRANN, JAMIE B. Tarrownt, Jr., R. R. TnnTenon,Aims!' Murat, RICHARD MaGnairs Rmaxous.—The pastorate of the First German Reformed congregation of this city, lately filled by the Rev. Dr. Barbanel, is about to be supplied with a worthy successor of the former Incumbent. • Some time since, the congregation tendered an unanimous call to the Rev.-A. 11. Kremer, of Carlisle, Pa. We learn, officially. that the reverend gentleman has this week forwarded hie formal acceptance of the offer, and expecte to enter on the • duties of his new charge about the first of peat month. Mr. Kremer's sucrose as a pastor is a known fact In the bounds of his own church. We 'have no doubt bat that he wilido , mnett towards building - up the old and once large eohgregition at whose bead he is now placed, and proves desirable accession to the 'clergy of this city. • THE JUVENILE CONCERT.—We are happy 6 Learn that the concert given by Prof. Kevinakrs .auvenfle Band, on Thursday evening last, was a most gratifying success, and reflected the highest credit upon all concerned. d moat interesting feature wee the singing by the children of the " Home," who • acquitted themselves very happily. About $OO were realized clear of all expenses, for the benefit of the "Home for Friendless Children." A SALur op HONOR.—A salute, of fifty gulls was fired in this city, on Saturday lest, In honor of the passage of the tariff bill by Congress, the action of the Peace Conference, and the passage of the Corwin amend-. ment by the lioness of Itepresentativee. PARDONED.—The President,. on Saturday hurt, pardoned Judge Vonderomith. He reached hie home in this; city yesterday, and let therefore, once more with him family. There to n general feeling of gratification, among odr citizens on account of him liberation; ADEOINTIIENT IN THE NAPY.—SAMIIEL J. - ,T 037.8, M. D., of Bainbridge, ibis county, has been appoint ed an Assistant Sargon in the tr. S. Navy. He will ammo his poet immediately. A NOVEL EXHIBITION.—Mr. HENRY WHIT BY, of this city, well known throughout the United Stites for his prominent connection with verb:ins circuses, will give an exhibition onHome Taming at Fulton Hall, on this and tomorrow evenings. The exhibitions will be practi- AmErillnstrated by the introduction and subjugation of the most vicious and unmanageable horses that can be pro duced—lnd also embracing &series of instructions to ladies in the art of mounting and dismounting. the position on the home, and the use of the bridle hand. We advise all our lady readers to attend, not only for the purpose of gaining instruction on a very important subject, but to witness the operations-.of one of the most accomplished horsemen in the country. &velar. Whitby's advertisement. • • NE-APPOINTMENT OF POSTMAETER. bIVARR.- -Several of the city papers in noticing the re-appointment of H. B. SwAYLS, Esq., as Postmaster of this city, have made - two or three mistakes. . The facts of the caw are these : Mr. Swum wee originally appointed November 17. 1866, and acted under letter of appointment until December 81., 1856, when be was confirmed by the 11. S. Senate for tour yaws • thaVoommission baring expired a new appOintment was necessary—a vacancy having occurred. . . THE: BiLTIMOIt& CITY Gunßos.—This spleh— did Battalion of Baltimereldllitary, accompanied by' the celebrated 11. S. Marine Band of Washington, will act sie an escort to President Buchanan from Washington to Wheatland. The President and his military end elide escort, consisting of the 'Lancaster committee, will leave Washington this afternoon, tarry in Baltimore over night,' and arrive In this city to-morrow, at 2 o'clock. P M. , Iffie Guards will - number 146 men, including officers, 'priests and =defame, and commanded by Mt. Josue R. W 432172. . . , TICK MILITARY UADITTR.—W e unaeratand that thu fine military organintion of young men, width now numbers forty members; have leased the commodious ,hall over the the Trick room of this new 'Ravin! Nook and Ladder Row, in Ante street) which,: 'On wm p l e l ed , , 4111 be need as their Armory. - A finer body of young men were never organised in any similar movement, and With such an able •militery Instructor ae Lieut. Young, we ox. . pest to lee the Ceuleta =does - ftemiattoilreven In mMtary circles.ybuß Young, lain thoroughly vetted in all the minutia) of dillltery science And tactics, and takes such a - deep interest in their ptudy,,that no Wants wilt be Spared to make . th Sbg country. e ' ,onia of the beetdrilled 'oompardes . AN -Fdkrf SPHING.-81100 WedneadajlAdt, the rfth nit , tie have imbued the geed - Wad or Erg rcather. If It shouhleontinoe slew den looges'iht oda. mate their apperance, trgt the danger ikrbat the s.llgainoettal 'will blast, the hobos of 'those *ha looked'for- - ward to a good trot year. It Is said that many of the peach trees have already been Injured by then's:* winter . . Whimithat 3 1 1 4 b rianaled dative:Ow:at of ~.Tardutry.—.... ,t ::r. , F ';' :411442;*ir1W4146' - licinssafroteuk-a 'on Win '' Evening last. in ilt. Paulblif: lg. &nth Queen street, WO tiuly an sada intelognent , :orb* Vague Sue of. Anserka" vu . the ' subject. and the.andlence yews held spoll.bbnid by the a -buni iiime = . ry portndture of the futare of our glorigffig . 'lle spoke of the despondeney offifeng ,iutilift, owing to the tronhious - . state of the tuna; bat tikOntimpt,_btliesed that thw God .of N , had.poeverl pgKngt , morn America to its lritto*,:- __ _Amoditiost-AbrAtte purpose of proving =wave, spbodid failiffiL:' _ hillyrOf th* re Pounges in the ' leetntitwawfvfleilitnergo,_ lbong.mitl hbrtbsetwe to the . politic - ma alutimind old Outftmwealth be the Confeder• soy wee One ilfai L .oe most isatallfte faltbte of elegem= we tutirsstrv, Attioud. , , Mr.; IL glininldgh as a preacher and tvplecitinr, ..toputsaluily sustained on the THE HOWARD ETICaI/NGS.—The Court ROOM was crowded on Tuenday .evenft.,last. The lecture of Jenne Bum, wis abletWal interesting as could him been .pcmcibly made on the threadbare subject of Temperance. Mr. B. condemned, without qualification, ail sicecholieeed intazieatimbencreg es , in which category . he hieltideilleinienteil'wines; and he branded these hei.: emcees as the direct cane of the human ram. The dimension was puticipatedin by Mai. Ditmare, Bev. -Mr. Boseenuffien Rev. Mr. dpidedon,... Mr. %dwell and D. We:aline Whim stestained the !octanes views. The remciblest Silver Band were present, and enlivened the ocataion by their souletirrlng music. The lecture this evening will be delivered by J. Hamm IBnoarr,bjece: Nelda Mandy. Beggary tad Ve.. penis tebe by hard lib& ler a limiMd period!" E=M=aM There is probably no doubt t at the Press. -dent will approve the' new tariff sit, and it will go into effect forthwith: - The moat im portant change made by the bill isitluit with reference to sugar, The first - proposition in the Senate: was to tax common raw sugar,one cent per poend, and the better-grades, not refined, one and a quarter Cents, reducing the latter from one and a' half - cents; atiai first passed by the House. This has been changed so as to admit alt sugars not technically re— fined, at , the rata of three quarters, of. a cent per pound, thus bringing in the .finest white. Havana, and indeed the .whole produce of the West India Islands at this single rate. The aim, of course, into retaliate upon Lonisiaisa, for upon no other ground -of " . rhyme and reason"could such an - indiscrimmate tamp ing of qualities be defended. The duty upon melado (or concentrated molasses,) is also the same as sugar, and , the duty upon molasses is reduced from four cents, as proposed, to two cents per gallon. These changes are nearly all in the bill which reduce the duty from the present tariff. The average of the present ad valorem charge on sugar is one cent, and upon molasses about three cents a salon for Cuba and five cents for Porto }boo. The proposed duty upon tea and coffee was aban doned. In the sixth section of the origins bill, after the specification fixing the duty upon brandy, there was a clause, heretofore noticed at some length„assessing various rates of duty upon wines. The latter was stricken out, in order that all wines might pay an ad valorem Linty of 40 per cent.; and we presume that it was the intention of the Senate to append a section to this effect. That appears to have been forgotten, and •as the bill now stands, all wines of every kind will ,fall into the list of non•enumeratcd articles, and pay a random duty of twenty per cent. ad valorem! Not the most singular feature of this change, showing the haste with which it was done, is that all the restrictive and explanatory clauses following the enacting rates have been re tained; and thus we have limits to the " imi tation of the said wines," and specifications in regard to the bottles containing them, when there are no " said wines" previously, men tioned. The duties on segars are changed from fifty cents per pound as at first proposed, to a scale of 20 to 60 cents per pound, according to quality. The duty upon various items of iron wire, crosscut saws, skates and other hardware are slightly varied, but the immense protection .to the wood screw business is re— tained, with a nice paragraph' to quarrel about as follows:—" Wood screws two inches or over in length five cents per pound ; two inches and less than two inches in length _eight cents, per pound,"—thus including two screws at both rates! Cleaned rice is ad— vanced to one cent. per pound • linseed (now free) to sixteen cents per bell3hel ; and figs to three oente per pound. The original bill ad— mitted wool valued at eighteen cents and under free; the amendment adopted, taxes these qualities at five per - I cent..ad—valorem;. and the as : passed leaves them id both schedules: The clause measuring and squaring woollens is stricken out, leaving cloths, shawls, and most other woollens to pay a duty of 12 cents per pound and 25 per cent. ad valorem; blankets are changed to range from six to twelve cents per pound, and ten to twenty five per cent. ad valorem. It is proper also to remark that woollen shawls, after being provided for by name as above at twelve cents per pound and twenty•five per cent. ad valo— rem, are also done up again in another part of the section at sixteen cents a pound and twenty per cent. ad valorem.—Philadelphia Argus. THE NEW TARIFF BILL. The new Tariff bill is expected to yield an increased revenue of $10,920,840 on the prin cipal imports. At least such is the istimate of the Hon. William Bigler; who, in defending the bill in the Senate,, remarked in substance as follows For the last year the importation of woolens amounted to $37,937,000, and the duties to $8,155,000. The estimate. is that the bill pending will increase theseduties $2,276,000; The importation of silks for the last ,year amounted to $30,767,000, and the duty to $5, 589,000. The estimated increase under the pending is $2,312 000. The importatione last year of manufacturea of flax and hemp, amounted to $11,505,000, and the duty to $l,- 728 000. The estimated increase of the duty is $575,500. The importation of iron, and the manufactures of iron, amounted to $lB,- 726-000 for the last year, and the duty to $4,- 458,000. The estimated increase under the pending bill is $1,123,500. Theimportations of.wines for the last year amounted to $4,775,- 000, add at the present rate of duty-30 per cent.;—the revenue -was $1,434,000.. We have concluded to put it at 40 per cent.,, which, of course, gives an increase of $477,- 000. ,The importation of brandies for the last year was $3.937,000, and the duties amounted to $1;181,000., The increase under the pres ent bill would' be $1,347,000. The importa tions of cottons amounted to over $27,000,000 last year, and the duties exceeded $6,500,000. 'The estimated increase is $1,645,000. On the vast, variety of fabrics of mixed goods, clothing -&o., the increase is estimated at $849.000. These leading articles amount to about $200,- 000,000 of a dutiable goods, leiiing $79,000,- 000 of mixed; a vast variety on which I have estimated the increase at 4 percent., making $3,160,000. - . The total gains, therefore, on this estimate are $13,764,840. Deduct from •this the reduc• 'don on sugar and molasses--$2,843,000—and it would leave an increase of $10,920,840. The proposed duty on tea and coffee, which was stricken out by the House, would, it was estimated, yield a yearly revenue of from $5.- 000,000 to $6,000,000, but this was not inolu ded in Mr. Bigler's. estimate. _ THE HANSAS*RELiEP FUND. The Legislature has Passed a bill appropria ting $30,000 out of the Tresanry for the - relief of the - Kansas sufferer% What proportion of this fUnd will be applied to the object for which it ie designed, will perhaps never be known ; but, judging from past operations with reference,to KallBllB, his not improbable that much of it will never reaeh Abe destitute in that State. Indeed, there has already been a great deal of speculation in Kansas affairs. "Bleeding;Kansas" was at one time the pretext for relieving the people of much of theirourplus earnings, and now it is starving Kansas. • If the inhabitants of that unhappy region ever get one•half of tbe money appro. priated by 'State Legislatureia and raised by private charity for their relief, they will be about the beat "fed and clothed. poptilationin the country. Tite would advise the destitute of our towns rind cities, - who am not deemed .. worthy of consideration by the Legislature, to emigrate to .K.ansas, ; where their. waute may be abondantly suppliedlyrthat charity which does no begin at bome.--Jiai riaburg Patriot. LOAN FOR 'FRE NEW VONFILDFRACF.--The President of the ''Southern. ; Confederated States" has been atithorized to borrow *15,. 000,000 at 8 per cent payable in ten years, and the act levies aa expert duty on cotton, of omit per `Piind; to - pay the principal and interest. Hurrcorr.—The"orchvd of offioe•eeekera Washington is said to be ilplllollB% — al'illf greater than Over befon3 itneso'otitii mcoii ing ols new Administration Mr. laxop 'e tfoublee o.'oll aenntenaing: =' Amriktommosi . , PLAN OT ADJtraTiflear ADOPTItti BT , PBACIII emierterie • * The 'following irti the plim - Molted (in a form to oorilltiteteatie 211 t0iimiti - ailicle to the Constitution) yvit - eVetecie Mich *Natio • X 5 21. 9 1 1: teltriter9 of the Milted : ; t3 , inortirlof the parallel of:thirty-six degrewarthirkainimitele of ncrrthlatitude; invcduzi- I t 2 17 staltlidk excen in ralilelenent ihr crime, la preiibitsd in all -ier37.mweenearirrikiry south of that. lta fg lhe Mama .y tif pawns held to hsvoluntary aereialwrir bilier,;4l itouraiNxistikaball not be atusiged. MOheir any law-be passed by Consmis or the Territorial Legislature to binder or prevent. the taking of Kish persona from any of the States of this Union to said territory, nor to impair the rights arising from said relation: But the same shall be subject to judioial cognisance in the federal courts, amording totter:emu of the common law. - When any territory north or south of said line, with such boundary as Congress may prescribe, shall contain a population.equal to that required for a member of Congress;italiOl,lf Its form cirgoverrinierit te publican, be admitted Into. the,Union mien equal footing with the original EitiOasiwith or without in ' voluntary servitude, as the - ooriktifulion of the State wiay - provide..:f.ThiLwaesdeptedby a voteof 9 to 8.4 - Samoa 2. No territory, shall, be a c quired - b y the United'Stateri 'except by discovery and for naval and commercial stations, depots;'- and transit routes, witheet - lhe' concurrence of a' nakkity of all the Senators from States which allow involuntaiy acrvi tide, and a majority of all the Senators from States whickprolaibit that relation; nor shall-territory be - acquired by treaty, unlicithe votes of a majority of the Senators from each elate of States here:lnhaler. Mentioned be east as a part of- the two-thirds ma joritynecessary to the ratification of such treaty.-- , [Adopteriby a vote of 11 to 8.1 SECTION 3: Neither the Ootstitation, nor any amendment thereof, shallhe construed to give Con -gress power to regulate; abolish,, or control, within any State, the relation established or recognised by the laws thereof touching persons , held to labor or involuntary service therein, nor to interfere with or abolish involuntary service in the District of Col urn- Ma without the consent ,of Maryland and without the consent of the owners, or making the owners who do not consent,- jest corepiansation . ; nor the power to interfere with or prohibit representatives and others from bringiog.witlithem to the District of Columbia, retaining and taking away persons so held to labor or service;nor the, power - to interfere •with or abolish involun ta ry service in places under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States within those States and Territories where the - same is estab lished or recognised ; nor the power to prohibit the removal or transportation of persons held to labor or involuntary service in any Stateor Tiiii.ritory of the United States to any other State or Territory thereof where it is established or recognised by law or usage; and the right during transportation, by sea or river, of touching at shores, ports, or landings, and of landing in case of distress, shall exist; but hot the right of transit in or thtough any State or Territory, or of sale or traffic, againet the lama thereof. Nor shall Congress havepower to authorise any higher rate of taxation on persons bold to labor or service than on land. The bringing into the Die- - trict of Columbia of persons held to labor or-service for sale, or placing them in depots to be afterwards transferred to other places' for sale as merchandise, is prohibited. (Adopted by a vote of 12 to 7.] SECTION 4. The third parogranii of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution shall not be construed to prevent any of the States, by appropriate legislation, and through the action of their judicial and ministerial officers, from enforcing the delivery of fugitives from labor to, the perion to whom such labor or service is due. [Adopted by a vote of 15 to 4.J Seamen 5. The foreign slave trade is hereby for ever prohibited; and it shall be - .. the duty of Con gress to pass laws to..prevent.•the importation of slaves, coolies, or persons held, to service or labor, into the United States and the Territories from places beyond the limits thereof. [Adopted by a voteof la to 5.J SECTION - 8. The first, third, and fifth sections, to gether with this section of these amendments, and the third paragraph of the second section of the first article thereof, shall not be amended or abolished without the consent of all the States. [Adopted by a vote of 11 to 9.J ' SECTION 7. Congress shall .provide by law that the United States shall pay to the owner the full value of his fugitive from labor, in all cases where the marshal, or other dna er, whose duty' It was to arrest such fugitive, was prevented from so doing by violence or intimidation from mobs or riotous assem blages, or when, after arrest, such fugitive was res cued by like violence or intimidation, and the owner thereby deprived of the same; and the acceptance of such payment shall preclude the owner from fur ther claim to such fugitive. Congress shall provide by law for securing to the citizens of each State the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States. [Adopted by a vote of 12 to 7..1 PASSAGE OF THE TONNAGE TAX AND SONBURY AND ERIE . BILLS BY. THE. SENATE. HARRIEISURG, Feb. 28th, 1861.. SENATE—The . Speaker laid before the Sen ate the'anttrittl'repoq' of-the Tittining School for idiotic and feeble-Mitided children. BILLS IN PLACE—Mr. Connell read in place a supplement to the act incorporating the North Second street Market Company. Mr. Hamilton, a bill for the relief of Wil— liam Griffin, a soldier of the Indian war. Mr. Smith offered a resolution, which Waa adopted, for holding an afternoon and even— ing session to-day. The Senate then resumed the third reading and consideration of the bill to commute the tonnage duties on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mr. Welsh spoke at .considerable length in opposition to the bill. Mr. Hall earnestly advocated the passage of the bill, and in closing his argument put his action on the ground that his constituents and others along the. line of the road who were• shippers, of, coal:freight, paid the whole amount of thetas, and that as one of the con ditions of the repeal takes the amount of the tax off the local freight, he was advocating their interests in urging the repeal. Messrs. Bound and Irish also opposed it earnestly. The debate was further continued by Messrs. McClure, Ketchum, Penny and others. The question was then taken on the final passage of the bill, and 'it was agreed to= yeas, 18, nays 15, as follows: YEAS- Messrs. Benson, Blood, Connell, Finney, Gregg, Hall, Imbrie, Landon, Mc- Clure, Meredith, Nichols, arker, Shindel, Serrill, Smith, Thompson, Wharton, and Pal mer (Speaker)lB. Neys—Messrs. Roughter, Bound; 'Clymer, Crawford, Fuller, Hamilton, Hiestand, Irish, Ketchum, Lawrence, Mott, Penny, Robinson, Welsh, and'Yardley-15. ' So the bill passed. . The Senate then took up the bill to change the name of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company. The question being on its final passage, the yeas and nays were called, and the bill passed Yeas 25, nays 8, as follows: ' • Yses—Messrs. Benson, Blond, Bound, Con nel, Finney, 'Fuller, Gregg, Hall, Hamiltim, Hiesmnd, Imbrie, Landers, Lawrence, Me, - Elbenny, Meridith, Nichols, Parker, Robinson, Shintlel, Serrill, Smith, Thoiription, Wharton, Yardley and Palmer (Speaker) -25. Nexs--Messrs. Boughter, Clymer, Crawford; Irish, Ketchum, Mott, Penny and Welsh-8.- The Senate then, on motion, adopted a res olution that when it adjourn to-morrow, it will adjourn to meet on Tuesday, the 12th of March. • After passing several private bills, and' among them'one for the relief of Themes Mor- • ley, the Senate adjourned. • " HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MO first regular order. being the reception of petitions a very ,large number were received and. , referred. Mr. Collins- offered a joint resolution that when the two Houses of the Legielature adjourn on Friday, the -Ist of March, they stand ,adjourned until 'Monday, the .11th -of March. This resolution lies over under the roles. . The House then took upthe joint resolution from the Senate 'appropriating $4,000 to ,pay the Peace Commismonerti tolVashington. •-• After a long discussion'the resblution passed. The resolution from the Senate for an ad journment from to morrow ,to, the r.l2th March, was taken up and passed. Adjournedc THE RESULT OF THE PEACE CON.. PERI/NCB IN VIRGINIA. ' • RICHMOND, Va.,. Feti . 28 • • Messrs., Tyler and Seddon were serenaded to-night. Both made speechos, and,denounced the result of the peace conference as a.worth• less affair. They:declared that the Sonth had nothing to hope from the - Republican party: Mr. Seddon said that the pro Positio n -adopt• ed by the conference was a delusion and a sham, as well as an insult and an offeruge to the South. Lieut. Governor Montagne is pow making, ; a secession speech. • - • The secession sentiment is increasing among the people, and if any measure of coercion is adopted, the s North may-rest assured that''='- Virginia will secede. - • ' • The peace conference is generally eon demned. • • ' Sr. Louie, Feb. 26, _ The -- 118118a8 Legieleture, before their ad . , journment; adopted a memorial to their , sister *tee,' setting fottlt that 30,000 people ' - are , '*•" dependent for, dusk, kubeistenee ,upon; outeidez* iesoureee, and, that _the., enoty m eovetho, gm aa •of the' prairies , causing etargation among. great number of cattle. They .asTelfpi.loo,7t 000 bushile Of:eeed and ilitiffioletkiy •• , of corn and potatoes epring They also state that the oommitteirkielitecT at a Atehieoni Ivith which Jibe New:Yoik.iootuthit. a.: tee ee ' e PePiterlae44, 9wlldctaoc ottbe edam: try, atjdd theCtexdaeent, to the eeid 4 3pAptaittees,,, are faithfalloe4-etlaitabri-dilttOtitl&tel Ottl sOfelen:- ' " - - - • • MEM PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. KSESAs. MNMRSME
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