Cje (Centre Democrat. . . 1 1 ■ ' ■ 11 11 ■-! 3ELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MAR., 14 1861 T'WRAIOWN. - - ASSOCIATE •EDITOR MOTTOES FOR THE DAY. 1 will tuffer death before I trill consent or ad- I my friends to consent ta any concession r com- j promise tcltich looks like buying the privilege of 1 taking possession of the Government to which tee have a Constitutional right; because, whatever I ; might think ef the merit of the various propositions j before Congrem, I should regard any concession in j the face of menace as the destruction of the Govern- , ptenl itself, and o aowent on all hands that our eye- 1 tem shall be brought (if ten to u level toith the extsxng disorganized state of affairs in Mexico. But thts thing will hereafter be, as it is now, in the hands of J the people ; and if they desire to call a Convention • to remove any grievances complained of or to give nets uuratifies for the permanence of vested rights, it TI not mine to oppose. [ABRAHAM LINCOLN.] fnetnguiatien ffrst ; adjustment afterward. [SALMON P. CBASE. [ act it to myti'f, I otct it to truth, I owe it to . he subject, to Halt that no earthly power could in duce vis to vote for a specific measure for the intro- j due lion of Slavers *V*rs it had not before existed, i either South or if hat line. Coming as /do from a Slave Sta.o, . h my solemn, deliberate, and tstU-matured de. filiation that no povei—no j earthly power —si. i'! e impel me to vote for the pos itve introduction ef Slavery either south or nothr \ •f that line. Sir, while you reproach, and justly, \ too, our British ancestors for the introduction of this institution upen the continent of America, sa m , j for one, unwilling that the posterity of the pre cut inhabitants oj California and New Mexico ska'i reproach us for doing just what ire re proach Great Britain for doing to its. If the citizens of those Territories choose to establish Slavery, J am for admitting them with such provisions in their Constitutions ; but then, it will be their own work, and not ours, and their posterity will have to reproach them, and not us, for forming Constitutions allowing the in stitution of Slavery to exist among them. [HENRY CLAY. ■_ ■■■"■ - ■ ■■ r_i , v The Inaugural. Have wo a government? For the last four years it seemed a little doubtful wheth er there was a government in this country or not. That question has, however, been defi nitely fettled by Mr. Lincoln's Inaugural. Thank God we have a government, a Presi dent who knows the rights of tha people of all sections of our country, and knowing dare maintain them. Cease to prate, ye dis eatiefied, about- the clearness and candor of lbs rew President's Inaugural. We have kad enough of inuetdo and vacillation in the laßt administration. What we want now, is a plain, simple administration of the govern ment, that all may understand it. We want the government breugbt back to its original purity—we want the rights of all the people respected—we want tbem all to obey the laws and the Constitution, and if any rebel, we want the rebels punished. This all the people, at heart, desirs, and if any one will lay aside passion aod party prejudice, and calmly road the Inaugural, it will bs found te meaji just this and nothing more. It solicits peace, but dees not hesitate to declare that it will punish rebe'lion. The Inaugural has not disheartened any one, on the contrary, it has stimulated all union men to make renewed exertions to preserve our glorisus country ete and ioseperabla. The Southern fire-eaters have been disappointed, they expected a stone and they hate receiv ed bread —they expected menace and they have received kindness. Crittenden, John on, Hicks, arid all tha goad and true men of the border States, declare they are entire ly satisfied, and go home to unfurl anew the banner of the Union. l'he Inaugural is ev erywhere received with approbation. A few mad and infatuated men, who, blinded by party prejudice, seek to misconstrue its teachings, will be frowned down by an in* efignaot people, and taught that their duty submission to the Constitution and the constituted authorities. Rebellion has run iti rase—the sober second thought of the peo ple has decided against it, it is dying out, and even now a great Many of the people of •the Gotten States would rally around the flag f the Union, should war become necessary. The Inaugural has given us new hope, and ita calm, determined tone, we feel confident will allay the feverish exaitsment that has prevailed throughout the nation for the last ■is months. Judge Hale's Reception. Jndge Ilale had a magnificent reception last Tuesday night on hie raturn home from Washington. Early in the aftoruoon the people from the country began to gather into ttvp, eno by night quite a crowd had con gregated about the Hotels. A little after dusk theßelleforte Brass Band, hj a number of citizens and the special Com mittoo, waited upon Judge Hale nt his resi deuce, and escorted him to the Court House, w'asre be was received with loud che-ers, The room was densely crowded, and the utmost enthusiasm prevailed. Mr. McAllister made ihe reception speech, and at the conclusion of bio remarke the Judge took tbe stand. He made a strong compromise speech and de clared that he would sacrifice his party and everything dear to him on earth in order to preserve 4h& Union. Wo do not endorse qui'e all the.Judge ssid. but believe he is au bnn •st.pprtght man, acd did just what he tho't ws right, ilowever hia* constituents may differ about hit policy none will deny his honesty and sincerity. V a cannot give a more extended notice ef Ms speech at this time, but will take occasion to refer to it hereafter. Hon. Geo. Boal of Harris town ship, Presided over the meeting, assisted ty Vice Presidents James Gilliland and ;fclugh jLarimv. "Narrow Escape. Jehn Covode, representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, had a narrow escape from death a few days since. On# of bis friends, a distinguished member oi Congress from Pennsylvania, happened, by aocidcnt, te examine a beautiful weapon of war, of Sharpe's invention ; and, in making tbe ex periment of trying the trigger, the rifle went ,off, ai d 'he ball pierced through the door of one room, passing into the adjoining apart ment, and cutting its way through tLe rail of •the bedstead upon which the honorable mem ber was seated at the moment. The ball ,passed within about a couple of inobes of his .person. A di zen persons, at least, were in ; the same room, and by greatest good luck in J.Ue .w".rid, nobody was hurt. The Republican Party. We often hear it remarked by those with whom "the wish is father to the thought" that "if our national difficulties growing out of the Slavery question, should be settled, it would be the end of the Republican party or, in other words, there is nothing in our party but the negro. Let us see. The Republiean Party, in their Chicago platform, resolvo in favor of the principles promulgated in the Declara tion of Independence, and "embodied in the Federal Constitution," and that the "Unien of the States must and shall be preserved." Is there any "nigger" in this? They resolve that it is the "right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively ;" and denounce '"the lawless invasion by an armed force of the soil of any State cr Territory, no matter under what pretext." Any "nigger" in this ? TLey denounce in their platform the reck less extravagance of Buchanan's administra tion, and recommend a return to rigid econ omy. Any nigger in this? They resolve in fivor of a revision of the present Tariff, and in favor of "sush an ad jastment of the duties upon imports as to encourage the industrial development of the whole country." Any nigger in this? They resolve in favor of Free Homesteads far actual sett'ers. Any Digger in this ? They resolve in favor of appropriations for river and harbor improvements, wbero such improvements would bo of a national char aoter. Any nigger in this? Tbcy resolve in favor of a Rail Road to the Paoific. Any nigger in thie? Vv'o find this party, too, unlike some other parties that have "rose, reigned, and Jell." in our midst, as soon as they get power, and whereyer they get power, going quietly to work to put into practioa tbo principles of their platform. They have passed a Pacific Rail Road bill; .they have passed the Tariff Bill; have passed a Homestead Bill, which was vetoed by a Democratic President, and are busy in Congress legislating for the great interests of the White Men of the country. — Whilst it is true, and we thank Heaven that it is so, that the Republican Party has plan-, ted itself firmly upon the doctrine that Sla very should Dot bs extended over our West ern Territories ; yet they do not devote their whole time to this one idea of their faith by any means. What legislation has the Republican Party ever proposed in tbe Congress of the United States that looked to this Slavery question in any other light than in opposition to its "further extension ?'' They have never pro- Dosed to interfere with it where it now ex ists: but, on the oontraiy, hare passed a resolution unanimously through Congress, declaring that tbey have no desire to do so. How is it with our Democratic friends ? Ilavs they not recently bad some little family jars over this inevitable Sambo ? Whilst the Democracy claim that the negro questi on unites us and keeps us together, in fact keeps us alive as a party, history shows that this snm9 "negro question" broke up the Democratic party, end sent them into the last contest with two leaders, agreeing upon everything elso, but disagreeing about tbe negro. (For facts ws would refer inquir'ng Democrats to the history of the Charleston and Baltimore Conventions of 1860. Whilst we claim that there are some other questions that help to unite and keep together the Re publican Party beside the Slavery question, we know that in the Democratic party this same question was of such potency and pow er that it rent the party asunder. It is a question nl seme magnitude, is it not, Dem ocratic friends, if it brought your proud old house down about your ears ? Is not the settlement of this queston prop erly, worthy th 9 highest aims of a political party? We think so. "And properly we in tend to settle it, ia favor of FREE TERRITO RIES, and against the dogma the Democracy are trying to re-unite their scattered family upon, that "Slavery shall be recognized as an existing institution in our Territories, and that neither Congress nor any other power can in terfere with it." The Democracy may re unite their forces, but they will have to meet this question of the further extension of Sla very ; they must take some position upon it, and when they do they will have just as much negro in their platform as we hava in ours. All there is in ourß is opposition to the further extension of Slavery ; they can't have less than for extension, or against it in theirs. A Dirty Bid for Patronage. The publishers of that humane, truthful and meral " Journal of Civilization," known as Harper's Weekly, finding that the South was losing confidence in its " soundness," bare made a desperate effort to regain its lost character in that section. This effort iacon ceotrated upon a wood cut, containing two scenes. The first represents Henry Ward Beeoher administering the sacrament; by his side stands the ghost of John Brown pointing to a Higher Law motto. In a group are Seward, Lincoln, Greely and others, in a devout attitude, preparing to .partake of the elements, while Washington, kneeling at tbe tablo, is ordered to stand aside as aa unwor thy, because of his relation to'slavery. The second scene represents Mr, Lisicoln in a drunken frolic, with an empty wine glass in one hand and a misused hat in the other. — Upon the whole, this is the lowest and most outrageous publication that has ever dis graced the pagea of a journal making the slightest pretentions to respectability, and it should secure for the paper and its publish ers a position beneath the oontempt of deoent people, North and South.— Harrisburg Tele graph. .FORI .SUMTER TO BE EVACUATED. WASHINGTON, Marcn II The Administration has decided to with draw the United States troops from Fort Sumter, acting thus, under advice from GeD. Scott, predicated upon late.despatches from Mt\j or Anderson: The movement is also de signed to conciliate the Border States, and to give them a proof that the policy of Presis dent Lincoln aod his Cabinet is one of peace. There is no doubt of the truth of the inten ded evacuation, and orders to that effect will be issued by the War Department on Wed nesday next. THS CJErSTTR® DEMOCRAT. Change of Sentiment The Sprinefield Journal says "There has been, since the late election, a wonderful change among our Fusion friends. AD election, if held to-day in our city, would undoubtedly give a majority for the Repub lican ticket. The action of the South will soon make a united North." The New York Township Eleetions show Republican gains among the farming peo ple—cool, calm, reading men, who vote in telligently and dispassionately. The course of Slavery in her present Revolutionary at tempt to destroy if she can not rule, has made thousands bate who before regarded it with indifference, aud makes its former op ponents more set and decided. Honest men, everywhere, begin to see the fact that Slavsry ba9 no more regard for Whites than for Negroes—it us6s them both for its ewn ends, and when it cannot cheat or cajole tbem, it tries to alarm, injure, and coeroe. — It is the oause of most of our troubles a9 a nation, and should be allowed no more pow er to agitate and degrade the mass of the people. Now is the tincß to put it down as the ruling power, and unite all good men in the Union Party. American Life Insurance Co. We have before spoken of the expanding business of this institution ; and the state ment of the office for the year ending Decem ber 31st, 1860, affords a very satisfactory il lustration of it. The present value calcula ted from July ist, 1859, was §817,619 84. By the lust report, the present value calcula ted from date of statement, was §1,185,543- 75, a net increase in 18 months of §367,923 9T oents ; and, as in the policies pending at tbe earlier date, ther9 was of course a de crease in present value of future premium at the second date, the reader can understand something of the extent of the Company's new business. With the augmenting business of the in stitution, we notice a corresponding increase in wealth. During the year just ended, the investments and other present means of the Company increased §40,577 56, which is am ply sufficient, we should think, to meet the added matured liability under the policies. Tha Trust Department of the office is kept entirely distinct from tbe Life Branch, and the investments belonging to the former are of eourse not included in the statement re ferred to. As a Trust Company, tbe Ameri can is popular with a large body of our citi zens, and its recent prompt disclaimer to take any advantage of the proposed law, requir ing depositors to give three moDtha' notioe, before withdrawal of over §IOO from saving funds, has secured for it a greater share of publie confidanoe. A letter from Lieut. Slemmer, in command of Fort Pickens, eays that the State troops, near him, are disgusted with playing soldier—that only about three hundred re main—that they are much afraid the fort will attack tbem— and that be could do so and retake the navy yard, forts, and all the Gov ernment property in an hour, had he permis sion. lie gays farther, that he has mounted nearly all the guDS —that they have worked like horses, and that with his small force they have dooe more work than bis oppo nents do with their two thousand men.— Five hundred men, he says, could defend the the fort against any attack. Ho adds, very modestly, and only brave men speak so: "It quite sueprises mo to seß my name figuring eo extensively in the newspapers. 1 have simply d ine my duty ; but I suppose the doing it, under such a pressure of opposition makes it appear creditable " Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet. Mr. L : ncoln 6ent his Cabinet appointments to the U. S. Senate, on Tuesday last, and they were confirmed without delay. They are s follows ; Secretary of State— WILLIAM H. SEWARD, of New York. Secretary of the Treasury— SALMON P. CIIASE, of Ohio. Secretary of War— SIMON CAMERON, of Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Navy— GIDEON WELLES, of Connecticut. Secretary of the Inferior— CALEB B, SMITH, of Indiana. Attorney General— - EDWARD BATES, of Missouri Postmaster General— MONTGOMERY BLAIR, of Maryland Mr. F. W. Seward, a son of the Secretary of State, has been appointed by the Presi dent, and confirmed by the Senate, as Assis tant Secretary of Sta'e. THE Nxw SENATE. — Tbe new Senate stands 28 Republicans, against 22 Opposi tion, with 18 vacancies, 14 of the vaoaocies being in the seceding Stales. The other four vacancies are one in Missouri, ooe in Cali fornia, and two in Kansas. It both Califor nia and Missouri elect Opposition, those in Kansas will probably be Republican, making the status 30 to 24. So that eo long as tbe secessionists keep out, the Republicans have a working majority. The new members are Messrs. Clark, N. II ; Harris, N. Y.; Cling maD, N. C.; Chase, Ohio; Ilarlan, Iowa; Ilowe, Wis. ; Breekinridge, Ky.; Lane, Ind; Nesmitb, Oregon ; Mitchell. Ark. ; Cowan, Pa., who hold over until 1867. T.ne TARIFF ON IRON. —Most certainly the new tariff on iron is favorable to Pennsylva nia. The increase en Welsh or English bars will in future be §ls per ton, instead of §9. 12, the present duty; on wa'ch spring, sleigh and horse shoe steel, the.advanced rate will bo §25 per ton, and on the finest grades of east steel, the increase is §25 per ton. It is thought that the English iron masters will Eubmit to a reduction of at least £1 per ton in the price, with a view of meeting, as far as possible, the restrictive duties of the Uni ted States! Inaugural in Virginia. The Washington Republican argues that tbe people of Virginia reprobate the language of the Riohmond Enquirer with regard to the Inaugural of President Lincoln, and says it is " not by any means certain that the peo ple of Virginia will not sustain all that eoer eion which President Lincoln proposes.— There is no reason for.their opposition to it, and no sufficient evidence that they are op posed to it as a matter oi fact." Sena/te Committees. The Committees were announced in the Senate on Friday the Bth jnst. Paiticular honor ba6 been paid to Pennsylvania.. Her newly elected Senator, Mr. Cowan, has been appointed on no less than five of the most im portant Committees iD that body. lie is on the following : Naval Affairs, Judiciary, In dian Affairs, Claims, and Territories. is but a just recognition of the claims of Pann sylvania, and of the eminent abilities of Mr. Cowan. Anointments Confirmed. WASHINGTON, March Bjb. Tbe Senate to-day, in Executive Session, confirmed the nominations of Norman B. Judd as Minister at Berlin ; Herman Kreis man, also of Illinois, Secretary of Legation, and John Akassen, of lowa, First Assistant Post master-General. No nominations ware sent ia to day. FROM THE FEDERAL CITY. FORT SUMTER. WHEIIE IS OUR ARMY ? The Honors of War. WASHINGTON, March 10. President Lincoln, on assuming the cares of State, finds himself the inheritor of a mcst troublesome legacy, in the shape ef a fort in Charleston harbor, from which floats the "stars and stripes." The gallant comman der reports to his superior officer here that his sjock of fuel for conking is exhausted, and that in a few days be will have burned everything within reach. Before the first day of next month his men will have con sumed every pound ef flour, every biscuit, every piece of salted provisions, every grain of rice, and the scanty supplies which he is permitted to receive from the Charleston market will not avert starvation. Major Anderson is also of opinion that Fort Sum ter oannot be reinforced except by a fleet, from which at least ten thousand men oan be landed to the northward and southward of tbe batteries erected by the Carolinians, which must be regularly "invested." This large foroa would be required for defence against the armies which would be brought into the field, and would be at Charlesten be fore any force could be gotten there. FOIITS TO BE EVACUATED. Washington city is quite excited by the probability that Major Anderson and Lieut. Slemmer will be ordered to evacuate respect ively Fort Sumter and Fort Pickens. This statement was made last nigbt, and to-night seems to be generally entertained as the pol ioy of the Administration. WHERE IS OUR ARMY? Assuming that a smaller foroe would an swer, where could it be obtained ? Congres" adjourned, leaving the President powerless in caso of an emergency requiring additional troops, and our army baa been placed hors de combat with cunniDg foresight. Ooe regi ment is in Utah, another in Washington Ter ritory, and over n thousand brave -pato aro iu Texas, disarmed and demoralized. It would not do to remove the garrisons from the Florida Forts, or from Fort MoDree, or to leave Washington unprotected. So. in fact, not a thousand men could be congrega ted for the reinforcement of Fort Sumter. HONORS OF WAR. Major Anderson has galiautiy defended his position, aDd his enemies have found it impossible to dislodge him. New, if the President carnot reinforce him, or, for pru dential reasons, dislikes to bring on a con flict which would involve the country in bloodshed, and thus gratify the leading Se cessionists by uniting every Southern State under their flag, what wiii the Major do?— Ha oannot permit hi command to starve, and if he chooses to evacuate, with all the honors of war, no one will respect him tbe less ; none but fanatios will blame Mr. Lin coln for thus letting go, by default, a difficult case, left for his annoyance by bis predeces Ber. Whether Major Anderson will be re lieved from firing on bis OWD countrymen, and taking the initiating step in a civil war, the next fortnight will 6bew. The corre spondent of the Inquirer is DO prophet, but oontents himself with an expression of opin ion, freely uttered by gcutlomea high in au thority: Floyd's Defence of the Indian trust bond Abstraction WASHINGTON, March Bth. —Ex-Secretary Floyd has published a statement vindintory of the ncceptasccs in favor of Russell, Ma jors & Co., and of their legality. Listed of there being six millions of these acceptances out standing, he shows that there are only about §600,000 worth. lie declares that the contractors have secured these by asignments of property ample for their protection, and that if the Government will permit the earn ings of the trains for 1861 to be applied to the acceptances they will be liquidated in that way without resource to the assign ments. It would seem, also, that the Gov ernment owes the contractors upward of half a million dollars, which is equivalent to the cash value of the ludian Trust bonds, of the abstraction of whieh Floyd repudiates all previous knowledge. He denounces the con duct and procesd.ngs of Cie Select Commit tee with great severity, and says their sole object was political persecution and defama tion. Tbe February number of Frank L o '- lie's Monthly lias reached us, and we find it as rich in beautiful eagravin gs and choice literature as heretofore. That adrairah'e, humorously sarcastic series of papers, "Di vorce a Vinculo; or, th Wrongs of an Eng lish Husband," is conduced in this number. "Verona Brent : or, the Wayward Course of Love," is continued, and increases iu inter est and excitement. There are many other fine stories, beautifully illustrated, besides poems, anecdotes, cbronologicnl table of the month, gossip, wit and humor, and a greater variety of interesting and amusing matter than we can enumerate. The Gazette of the Fashion Department is as amply and richly illustrated as usual. Every lady will be in the "mode" who takes Frank Leslie's Monthly- It ie only three dollars a year. By tbe arrival of the pony express we have San Francisco dates toFeb 23. A grand Union demonstration came off in that city on the 23d, which is represented as an imposing affair. Resolutions were unan imously adopted, declaring the unalterable attachment of California to the Union. Bus iness was very dull, ffgr The report of the committee on feder al relations was presented to the Missouri Convention on Saturday, and ordered to be printed. It declares that Missouri bas no cause to go out of the Union, and recom mends tbo-Crittenden compromise as a basis of adjustment of tbe difficulties be.tweep tbe North and tbe South. jfey By intelligence which has been re ceived at Washington from Europe and also from Mexico, it is believed that Spain mcdD tat 9 hostile movements toward Mexico, growing out of the dismissal of the Spanish embassador, Sen. Pacheco. jgigy* The notorious Wigfall, Senator from Texas, made a most abusive and defiant speech in the U. S. Senate, on Thursday last, and on Friday Mr. Foster, of Connecticut, offered a resolution that the said Wigfall be expelled from that body, flgf Resolutions were passed in the Mis souri Senate or. Friday, directing the Rep resentatives and Senators from that State to oppose all bills granting supplies, with a view to coercing and seceeding States. jggy We call the attention of our readers to the card of S. J. Murry, in another col umn. Mr. M. is a good lawyer, and will at tend promptly to ull business entrusted to his carc. £© Returns from Texas make the ma jority for secession 28,000 out of 3.1,000 votes. Gov. Uuston, it is said, will not re sign nos take tha oath of allegiance to the State. jfrSg- Advices Irom Texas state that the conduct of Gen. Twiggs had demoralized the entiie military fproe in that State, und that affairs are in a deplorable conditioo. g£gThe Alabama convention has trans ferred the arms and munitions of the Shue-to the Southern Confederacy. Three Cheers for Parson Brown_ low!! The following plucky article we clip from tbeKnoxville (Tenc.) Whig, which is edited by the renowned Parson Brownlow, It is as full of grit as a bod of sand : YOU CAN'T INTIMIDATE us Subscribers in South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia, are constantly sending in their insulting epistles to us, and ask a discontin uance of their papers, beeause we are oppo sed to Secession. Wo receive as many new patrons as we lose old ones, but if we were to receive none, and every man on our list were withdrawn, we would have no part or let ia the wickedness and treason of Secess ion. The effort to break up this government led on by South Carolina, is a bold, wicked, daring, and damnable act, for which ita guil ty leaders ought to be ignominiously execu ted 1 Thie whole scheme of Disunion, is a more consumate Abolition contrivance than ever was devised at the North, by the most ultra anti-slavery men, and will work the greatest mischief to the slave population of the country. It will bring about the over throw of Slavery, one hundred years sooner than the Republican party could have done it. The Cotton States may go out of the Union —the border States may go with them—all, togothsr, may form a Southern Confederacy. We shall adhere to our Union, Constitution and Laws, and denounce Secession, and the miserable Southern Confederacy that may spring from it, and those who brought it about, though it may cost us our life upon the scaffold ! Nay, we shall dare say in the teeth oi South Carolina, that the Federal Govern ment ought te enforce her laws, eollect her revenue, and lash the rebellious States back into line, at the pcint of the 6word, and tbe mouth of the cannon ! We have no desire to live under any gov ernment organized and controlled by the corrupt, wicked, aud hell-deserving villains who lead this revolution in the South. De mocracy. as foul, as corrupt, and as infamous as hell, has been demolished, and that is tbe trouble. Milton says. "The Deyil prefer red to reign in hell, rather than serye,''in heaven." So with Democracy: Let every man in the country speak out in these " times that try men's souls," at all hazards, and say to toe world what he feela in heart to be true. There does not live a disuniopist south of Mason acd Dixon's line, who is cot a Democrat, and if this Uoioa be destroyed, BS we incline to believe it will be, it will be destroyed by defeated, nmbitii us and wieked Denue a's. To oppose disunion, is to oppose Democracy, and as iong as we have a voice to speak, a band to write, and a heart to hate the vile organiza tion, so long will we war against Democracy whether it shall appear in tbe garb of dis union, cloak of Southern rights, or in the garb of an angel of light. We are cgaiust the monster. Inaugural in Michigan. DETROIT, March 6 At Lansing, yesterday, on the receipt of the inaugural, tbe Legislature took a recess to hear it read, and a salute of one hundred guns were fired ia boDor of the sentiments enunciated- John Mitchel writes to tbe Charleston Mercury, from Paris, that the Spaniards be gin to take alarm from their fears of the de signs of the Southern Confederacy. 'The Enoca, a Madrid paper, calls for additional reinforcements of Spanish troops to bo sent to Cuba, and "earnestly wwns its govern ment that the danger—which was remote, contingent and viiionary while two separate nat'on* and two incompatible sjsierns of society wore neu'rabziog one another in the American Union—becomes imminent, now that eavh is shaking itself loose of tbe other, and preparing to go iu own way." Capt. Hill, Commander at Fort Brown Texas, refuses to surrender to the Texan au thorities alth ' tiis superior officer, Twiggs, has turned traitor. It is also said that Capt. Hill has ordered reinforcements from Ring gold Barracks, to enable him to maintain his post aud retake the property on Brazos Is land, A collision is imminent between ths Federal troops and the State forces. Judge Vondsrsiaith, of Lanoastef, who was convicted nearly two years ago in the U. S. District Court, at Philadelphia, for forging land warrants, and seutenced to twenty- one years solitary confinepaant in the Eastern Penitentiary, and to pay a fine of §20.000, had his sentence commuted by Pres idont Buchanan to three years imprisonment. His sentance will expire in May, 1862. Soy The news received from Europe Iry the steamer Canadian on the 20th ultimo, is to the effect that Gaeta fcas surrendered to the Sardinians, the Neapolitan garrison are prisoners of war, and the King of Naples has left Italy in a French steamer, it is hoped forever. The supply of cotton in England is largely increasing, and the consumption de clining. fiST* The Congress of the Southern Con federacy have .authorized their President to borrow §15,000,060 to carry on their govern ment. There is to be a duty of one-eighth of a cent per pound on all cotton exported after the first of August. EsS** The Charleslon Courier, of Tuesday, is credibly informed that Governor Brown of Georgia, has attached the stock in tbe Macon and Western Railroad belonging to North ern stockholders, amounting to about §l, 000,000. Hon. N. B. Jadd, of Illinois, has been appointed Minister to Ber'/in| and Her man Kriesman of the same State, Secretary of Legation, and beeß confirmed by the Sen. ate. The North -Carolina election has re sulted in favor of the Unionists and against holding a Convention. AUDIUGR'S NOTICE. Ihe undersigned, an auditor appointed by the Orphans' Court of Centre co„ to make distribution of'.he balance in the hands of the Administrator of the Estate of Henry Al exander, to and among those persons legal ly en titled to receive the same, will attend to the du ties of his appointment, on Thursday tne 11th day of April 1861, at the office tf Curtin k Blan chard, in Belle fonts. EVAN M. BLANCHARD, Auditor, mar. 14,-1861. -td. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. The undersigned an au ditor appointed by the Orphan's Court of Centre eounty, to make distribution of the balance in the hands of the Administrator of the Estate of James Ardry, Sr., to and among those persons legally entitled to receive the same, will attend to the du ties of his appointment on Thursday, the 18th day of April, 1861, at the office of Curtin k Blanohard, in Bellefonte. EVAN 11. ELANCUARD, mar. 14, 1861 td.] Auditor. C~ AUTION. — All persons are hereby cautioned Rgainst meddling with the following named prop erty now in the nands of Isaac Walker, as I have purchased the some at Sheriff's Sale, and loaned them to him during my pleasure : Nine head cf Young Cattle, 1 Cow, 2 Bay Hor ses, 2 Pets Horse Gears, 8 Hogs, 2 Tons of Hay, 10 Bushel of Wheat, 70 Bushel of Rye, 1 Yoke Work Cattle, ii f IS Acres Rye in the ground, 5 of 20 Acres Wheat in the ground, mar. 14. '6l.—6t.] - JONA. BULLOCK. SJ. MURRY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, , BELLKFONTK, PKNN'A. Office on High St., in the building formerly occupied by tne Hon. James Burnside, deo'J. * [mar. 14, 186.1. —tf. A, HAWLEY& CO., PRACTICAL PERFUMERS, 171 Itj' h 3 1 '