d cove reign ty directed their politcal aetiou hat they ore su prised at the pertinacity with which a portion of the people elsewhere maiu oiu the opposite view. The traditions of the past, the recorded teachings of the Fathers of tbc Republic, tb'c security of their freedom nd prosperity, and their hopes for the future, are all in harmony with an unfaltering allegi ance to the National Union, the maiutainence of the Constitution and the enforcement of the laws. They have faithfully adhered to the ootcpromises of our great National compact, and willingly recoguized the peculiar institu tions and rights of property of the people of other States. Every true Pcnnsylvanian ad mits that his first civil and political duty is to the general government, and he frankly ac knowledges his obligation to protect the con stitutional rights of all who live under its au thority and enjoy its blessings. I have already taken occasion to say public ly, and I now repeat, that if we have any laws upon our statute books which infringe upon the rights of the people of any of the States, or coutravcne auy law of the Federal Govern ment or obstrnet its execution, they ought to be repealed. We ought not to hesitate to ex hibit to other States that may have enacted laws interfering with the rights,or obstructive of the remedies which belong constitutionally to all American citizens, an example of magnani mity and of impliet obedience to the paramount law, and by a prompt repeal of every statute that may even by implication, be liable to rea sonable objection, do our part to remove every just cause of dissatisfactiou with our legisla tion. Pennsylvania has never faltered in her re- Cognition of all the duties imposed upon her by the national compact, and she will, by every act consistent with her devotion to the inter ests of her own people, promote fraternity and peace, and a liberal comity betweeu the States. Her conviction on the vital questions which \ave agitated the public mind are well uuder stood at home, and should not be misunder stood abroad. Iler verdicts have been as uni form as they have been decisive, in favor of the dignity, the prosperity and the progress of her free industry, and support to the princi ples of liberty on which the government is founded, and menace or rebellion cannot re verse them. They have passed into history as the deliberate judgment of her people, ex pressed in a peaceful, fraternal aud constitu tional mauuer ; and when they shall have been administered in the government, as soon they will be, the madness that now rules the hour will subside, as the patriotic, faithful and national aims bring ample protection and peaceful progress to ail sections of the Re public. In the grave questions which now agitate the country, no State has a mora profouud concern than Pennsylvania. Occupying a geographical position between the North and the South, the East and the West, with the great aveuues cf travel and trade passing through her borders, carrying on an extensive commerce with her neighbors, iu the vast and varied productions of her soil, her mines and her manufacturing industry, and bound to them by the ties of kindred and social inter course, the question of disunion involves mo raentous consequences to her people. The sec ond of the thirty-three States in population, and the first in material resources, it is uue both to ourselves aud to the other States, that the position and sentiments of Pennsylva nia on the question should be distinctly under stood. All the]elements of wealth and greatness have been spread over the Stats by a kiud Providence with profuse liberality. Our tem perate climate, productive soil, and inexhausti ble mineral wealth, have stimulated the indus try of our people and improved the skill of our mechanics. To develop, enlarge and protect the interests which grow out of our natural ad vantages, have become cardinal principles of political economy iu Pennsylvania, and the opiuion every where prevails among our people that development, progress and wealth depend on educated and requited labor; and that labor, and the interests sustained by it, should be adequately protected against foreigu com petition. The people of Pennsylvania have always favored that policy which aims to elevate aud foster the industry of the coun try in the collection of reveuue for the sup port of the General Government; aud when ever they have had the opportunity, in a fair election, they have vindicated that policy at the hallot-box. When their trade was prostra ted and their industry paralyzed by the legisla tion of the General Government, which favor ed adverse interest, they waited patiently for the return of another opportunity to declare the public will in a constitutional manner. In the late election of President of the United States, the principle of protection was one of the prominent issues. With the proceedings of Congress at its last session fresh in their memories, a large majority of the people of Pennsylvania enrolled themselves iu an organ ization, which, in its declaration ot principles, promised, if successful, to be faithful to their suffering interests and languishing industry.— Protection to labor was one of the great prin ciples of its platform; it was inscribed on its banners; it was advocated by its public journals aßd throughout the canvass it was a leading text of the orators of the successful party. This is a propitious moment to declare that while the people of Pennsylvania were not in different to other vital issues of the canvass, they were demanding justice for themselves in the recent election, and had no design to inter fere with or abridge the rights of the people of other States. The growth of our State had been retarded by the abrogation of the princi ple of protection from the reveuue laws of the natioual goverumeut; bankruptcy had crushed the energies of many of onr most enterprising citizens; but no voice of disloyalty or treason was hearJ, nor was an arm raised to offer vio lence to the sacred fabric of our national Union. Conscious of their rights and their power, our people looked to the ballot-box alone as the legal remedy for existing evils. In the present unhappy condition of the couu try, it wiil be our duty to unite with the peo ple of the States which remain loyai to the Union, in any just aud honorable measures of conciliation and fraternal kindness. Let us iuvite them to join us in the fulfilment of all our obligations under the Federal Constitu tion and laws. Then we can cordially unite with them in claiming like obedience from those States which have renounced their alle giance. If the loyal States are just and mod erate, without any sacrifice of right or self-re spect the threatened danger may be averted. Ours is a National Government. It has withiu the sphere of its actioo all the attribu tes of sovereignty, and amoog these are the right and duty of self-preservation. It is bused DOQ a compact to which all the people of the United States are parties It is the result of mutual tonce-sioui, which wire made for the purpose of securieg reciprocal benefits. It acis directly on the people, aud they owe it a per sonal allegiance. No part of tho people, no State nor combination of States, can voluntar ily secede from the Uuion, nor absolve them selves from their obligations *o it. To permit a State to withdrew at pleasure from the Uuion, without the conseDt of the rest, is to confess that our government is a failure. Penn sylvania can never acquiesce in such a conspi racy, uor assent to a doctrine which involves the destruction of the Government. If the Government is to exist, all the requirements of the Constitution must be obeyed; aud it must have power adequate to the enforcement of the supreme law of the land iu every State. It is the first duty of the National authorities to stay the progress of anarchy and enforce the laws, and Pennsylvania with a united people, will give them an honest, faithful and active support. The people mean to preserve the integrity or the National Union at every haz ard. The Constitution which was originally fram ed to promote the welfare of the thirteen States and four millions of people, in less than three quarters of a century lias embraced thirty-three States and thirty millious of inhabitants. Oar territory has been extended over new climates including people with new interests aud wants and the Government has protected them all.— Everything requisite to the perpetuity of the Union and its expanding power, would seem to have been foreseen and provided for by the wisdom and sagacity of the framersof the Con stitution. It is all we desire or hope for, and all that our fellow-countrymen who complain, can rea sonably demand. It provides that amendments may be proposed by Congress; arid whenever the necessity to amend shall occur, the people of Pennsylvania will give to the amendments which Congress may propose, the careful and deliberate consideration which their import ance may demand. Change is not always pro gress, and a people who have lived so long,aud enjoyed so much prosperity, who have so many sacred memories of the past, and such rich leg acies to transmit to the future, shouid deliber ate long aud seriously before they attempt to alter any of the fundamental principles of the great charter of our liberties. I assume the duties of this high office at the most trying period of onr national history. The public mind is agitated by fears, suspicions and jealousies. Serious apprehensions of the fu ture pervade the people. A preconcerted and organized effort has been made to disturb the stability of Government, dissolve the union of the States, and mar the symmetry and order of the noblest political structure ever devised aud enacted by human wisdom. It shall be my earnest endeavor to justify the confidence wh : ch you have reposed in me, aud to deserve your approbation. With a consciousness of the rectitude of my intentions, with no resent ments to cherish, no enmities to avenge, no wish but the public good to gratify, and with a profound sense of the solemnity of my posi tion, I humbly invoke the assistance of our Heavenly Father, in whom alone is my depen dence, that llis strength may sustain aud His wisdom guide me. With His divine aid 1 shall apply myself faithfully and fearlessly to my responsible duties, and abide the judgment of a generous people. Invoking the blessing of the God of our fathers upon our State and nation, it shali be the highest object of uij ambition to contri bute to the gloty of the Commonwealth main tain the civil and religious privileges of the people, and promote the anion, prosperity and happiness of tie country. Goon.—The editor of the Schoharie (X. Y.; Patriot thinks the Federal Government represents the locomotive, and South Carolina the cow, in the following story : When George Stephenson, the celebrated Scotch engineer, had completed his model of a locomotive, he presented himself before the British Parliament, and asked for the atten tion and support of that body. The grave M. P.'s looked sueeringly at his invention, and said : "So you have made a carriage to run only by steam, have you V " Yes, niv Lords." " And you expect your carriage to rim on par allel rails, so that it can't get off, do you ?" " Yes, my Lords.'' " Weil now Mr. Stephen son, let us show you how absurd your claim is. Suppose when your carriage is running upon these rails at the rate of twenty or thirty miles an hour, (if you are extravagant enough to even suppose such a thing possible), a cow should get in its way. You can't turn out for her—what then ?" " Then 'twill be bad for the coo, my Lords." llow VESSELS ARE CLEARED AT THE CUS TOM HOESE, CHARLESTON —Some curiosity ex ists as to the forms at present adopted at the Charleston Custom House for clearing vessels. We have been shown the clearance papers of a vessel just arrived from Charleston, which throw some light upon this subject. The blank forms supplied by the Treasury Department to the Collectors at all ports of entry are still in use at Charleston, but the words "in the eighty-fifth year of the independence of the United States of America"' arc struck out with a dash of the Collector's pen, and in their place are interlined with a pen the words " eighty fifth year of the sovereignty and inde pendence of the State of South Carolina /" The clearance papers are signed by W. F. Col cock, Collector, and John Laurens, Naval Of ficer.—Xew York Times. THE TJATTI.E OF MORRIS' ISLAND. —One is really disposed to forget the serious aspect of the affair, in reading the Charlestonian ver sion of the firing into the Star of the West.— The Courier gives a solemn account of what it calls " the engagement," and describes the heroic courage of the men who manned the battery upon Morris' Island, and fired seven teen shots at an unarmed sterner. It is attempt ing to create the imprssion that a battle has beeu fought, and that the South Carolinians have won a signal victory. We may expect to hear soon that medals have beeu struck for the survivors, and that a monument will be raised to commemorate this great event in the South Carolinian war of independance. MAJOR ANDERSON DID IT THOROUGHLY. —If the truth must be told, the South Carolinians cannot drill out the gnns of Fort Moultrie so as to make them serviceable. Major An derson did his work so well. He not only spiked the guns, but be plugged them up and left their cavities filled with powder. Now, then, an explosion is certain, when the drills coming in either direction, reaches the powder; and daring as the secessionists are, they will not risk or waste their precious lives in this manner. So the only report likely to come from the guus is they arc uuservicablc. Three inure for Major Anderson. o. GOODRICH, \ .. m7V)J#v H. jr. STURROCh'A t-I'nvHS TOWANDA : Thursday Morning, January 24,1861. MR. SEWARD'S SPEECH. The speech of Mr. Seward on the present political crisis, an extract from which may be found in another column is regarded as oue of the most eloquent and able that ever fell from the lips of the distinguished Senator. His positions may be understood from the follow ing points : 1. His adherence to the fugitive slave law, and his opinion that state laws in opposition to the fugitive slave clause and laws ought to be repealed. 2. That slavery should be left to the State laws, and his willingness to vote for an amend ment of the Constitution depriving Congress hereafter of power to interfere with it there. 3. His third point, in regard to the organi zation of two States, which should include all the territories except Kansas.is practically an nulled by its numerous qualifications nud re servations; but last, and to his mind best of all, would be a convention of the people after secession and disunion have run their career to be assembled in pursuance of the Constitution to consider and decide whether any and what amendments of the organic law ought to be made. 4. He is willing to vote for laws preventing and punishing the invasion of States by citi zens of other States. 5. Physical and material bonds being firmer than written oues.he would vote for two Pacific railways—oue northern and one southern. —Mr. SEWARD, inasmuch as he foreshadows tire purposes of the incoming administration has gone as far in favor of concession as is consistent with the principles of the party,— too far to endeavor to win back the alftegianee of a baud of rebels who openly defy the go vernment. As ardently as peace is to be de sired, it is too great a price to pay for it by concessions of any kind, which will have to be repeated whenever they choose to make new demands. Mr. Seward with his incom parable rhetoric, may stay the storm for a time, but he cannot avert the struggle which must finally come. The true way of settle ment is for the North to accept the alterna tive, which has been insolently given them, and decree a slaughter of traitors. If there is any pluck in Northern men the whole ques tion is now on the eve of a final and lasting adjudication. Let there be no backing down. If the government is worth preserving at all, is only on the basis of the principle for which we have fought and conquered —the priuciplc of liberty which forms its corner-stone. THE NEWS. Reports from Pensacola, received through dispatches from New-Orleans, indicate that the Governor of Florida has determined to risk a collision with the federal forces at Fort Pickens, unless that fortification shall be speedily surrendered to the State authorities. He has already assembled a force of two thousand men in the vicinity, and Major Chase, Commander of the State troops, has telegraphed to the Mayor of New Orleans for two thousand additional men, the avowed pur pose being an attack upon the fort. Troops are also constantly arriving trom Mississippi and other points. The Pensucola pilots have been notified not to pilot United States vessels into the harbor on pain of death, and the steamer Wyandotte is reported as lying at the entrance of the harbor, with the families of the United States officers on board, out of coal and supplies,—she not being permitted to enter. The Florida forces had twenty-five heavy guns mounted at the Navy-yard, and it was believed that Fort Pickens could be ta ken with a loss of not more than three hun dred men. The latest account, however, ex presses some doubt as to there being any fight ing, the prevalent belief being that the officer in command of the fort would surrender. It is of course impossible to surmise how well this belief may be founded. Dispatches from Washington assert that efforts are being made there to prevent the catastrophe of a collision, though great apprehensions are entertained that it will occur. The Georgia State Convention adopted the : secession ordinance at 2 p. ra. on Saturday— Ayes, 20S ; Nays, 88. A motion to postpone the operation of the ordinance till March 3 was lost. Among those who voted against the ordinance were Hon. Alexander 11. Ste phens and Hon. Herschel V. Johnson. Res olutions in favor of continuing the present postal and revenue system, and all the civil Federal officers, till otherwise ordered, were adopted. The event was celebrated at Mil ledgeville and elsewhere in the State with cannon, pyrotechnics and speeches. ARKANSAS.—A Washington dispatch says : j "The news of the refusal of the Arkansas Sen ate to pass a Convention bill, produces a pro found impression in secession as well as Union circles. Senator Rusk's previous letters pre pared him somewhat for this action, which is here attributed to the Prcific Railroad bill now before Congress, the road as proposed possiog through Arkansas. It is the opinion however, of well informed Southern gentlemen that Arkansas cannot possibly stand against the overwhelming secession sentiment prevail , jng ;u Mississippi and Louisiana. iietos from all Rations. General' Scott is the largest man in the American service. He is six feet sr* inches tail, and weighs twtf hundred and sixty pounds. He is 74 years old, yet his health is good, and his whole system is ap parently vigorous, much of which is owing doubtless tw his very temperate habits. lu less than a fortnight nearly $11,000,- 000 have arrived at New York by steamers from Liver pool, California, Havre and Havana. The latest mention of the Golden State is apian to make while dogs useful. Your San Francis can seizes np his white cur, and with a stencil plate and blacking, inscribes his business card upon each side of the wretched pnp. and sends him forth a quadrepcdal lo comotive advertiser—a dogerotype of the fast people of a fast country, in a fast age. It is reckoned that a lively dog will be worth at least five dollars a day, or equal to one-fourth of a column in a newspaper. A wedding in "high life" took place iu Philadelphia last week. A romantic couple were mar ried in the steeple of Independence Hall. The detailed reports of the North Atlan tic Telegraph Expedition, which lately returuod to Eng land, are shortly to be made public. In the meantime the London papers publish some preliminary reports,to gether with a letter from Sir. Leopold MeClintock to Sir Charles Blight, giving a very favorable opinion respect ing the proposed route for the cable. The gold which came to New York by the Persia, from Liverpool during the lime of the panic a week or two ago, upwards of 111,060,1)00, weighed 11,- 700 pounds, and loaded six express wagons. It was quite a consolatory sight to the cramped merchants, in the height of the hard times, to see six horses each pulling a wagon load of gold along Broadway. The Governor of Massachusetts was the recipient of a small box, enclosed in brown paper, re cently, which was brought from Baltimore by the Adams Express Company, and was directed to "The Governor of Massachusetts." On opening it. his Excellency found that the box Contained some two dozeu Minnie ritlv balls, but not a word as to who sent them. Gen. Scott was lately burnt in effigy by the students of the University of Virginia. The Chicago Tribune says that during the progress of the play at the theatre in that city, on Saturday evening, a casual allusion to the gallant Major Anderson was the occasion of one of the most striking scenes ever witnessed in that city. The entire audience rose to their feet, ladies waved their handkercheifs, and cheer after cheer resounded through the edifice. There is evidently but one sentiment pervading the great North west— "THE UNION IT MUST BE PRESERVED !" The Southern students of Union College at Schenectady, N. Y., have resolved to secede from that mstitutinu as soon as they shall learn that the respective states in which they reside have seceded. A New York paper is informed on good authority that the story now going the rounds of the press, that Mr. Beeeher was insulted, and rotten eggs thrown at his carriage after lecturing in New Haven last week is utterly untrue. Nothing of the sort occurred so far as Mr. B. hfmself is aware. The whole story is a pure fabrication. A recount of three boxes for Congress in the infamous Moyamensing district, Philad.. where nu merous frauds are yearly committed, show a loss of 13d votes for Lehman, and a gain of 139 for Butler—proving that the latter was fairly elected. Hon. Lyman Trumbull, Rep., is re-elect ed to the U. S. Senate from Illinois. Col. Forney spenks kindly again of Pres ident Burhanan since the latter has discarded the traitors who so long misled him. —At the close of a business letter from Springfield, the writer says: "Wehave lived eleven years on the corner opposite Mr, Lincoln's house, and have never heard him speak an angry word. Let us pray for one who will in the future, if God spares his life, be bur dened beyond measure." This is a high tribute to the President elect. And who will not join the writer in prayer for the man who, at such a time as this, is brought to the Presidency. —A revolting case of barbarity has been brought to light near Willksbarre, Pa., Au old man named Isaac Hisbiug, living in that vicinity, quarrelled with his son Andrew, and in a fit of rage he seized a gun and shot the boy in the back, from the effect of which it is feared he cannot recover. It seems that the old man was a perfect demon, and some of his acts of barbarity towards his wife and children would have shamed the wildest savage. He would frequently hang the youngiunionists are waiting every day to hear news of riots and bloodshed in Philadelphia, New York and Boston. —lt is said that forty tons of shot, shells and powder were forwarded from New York city recently by Adams Express for New Orleans—reported to be de stined for Mexico, but believed to be for Louisiana. —Gold is so plentiful iu New York that even English sovereigns are there at a discount, and the banks will not take them. This is one of a thousand facts that show that the panic we experience was got up by politicians for the purpose of coercing the people. —An exchange thinks that the seizure of Fort Moultrie by the Carolinians looks a little billious. Precisely, and the seizing of the forts at Mobile looks a little Mo'biliious. —A siogular phenomenon, in the shape of a cloud, the exact likeness of a goose-quill, was noticed in Montgomery, Ala, one night last week. It was regarded by some as ominous of peace. —General Lane absented himself from the Senate while his colleague, Colonel Baker, was speaking. The Washington Intelligencer guesses that old Joe's man ners are not much better than his spelling. —Governor's Islaud, in New York harbor, has been cutoff from communication with the city by order of its commanding officer. This is probably done that certain military preparations may not be known. —The London Saturday lierieir is very se vere upon Edward Everett's "Mount Vernon Papers," • ailing them -'slipshod, meagre," Ac. Seward on the Union. EXTRACT FROM SEWARD'S SPEECH IX TIIE SEX ATE, JAN. 12, IHI. Mr. PRESIDENT, I b-ave designedly dwelt so long on the probable effects of disunion upon the safety of tbe American people as to leave me little time to consider the other evils which must follow iu its train, lint, practically, the loss of safety involves every other form of public calamity. When once the guardian angel has taken flight, everything is lost. Dissolution would not only arrest, but extin guish the greatness of our country. Even if separate confederacies couid exist and endure, they could severally preserve no share of tbe common prestige of the Uuion. If the constellation is to be broken np, the stars, whether scattered widely apart, or grouped in smaller clusters, will thenceforth shed forth feeble, glimmering and lurid lights. Nor will great achievements be possible for the new confederacies. Dissolution wouid sig nalize its triumph by acts of wantonness which would shock and astound the world. It would provincialize Mount Vernon and give this Capitol over to desolation at tbe very moment when the dome is rising over our heads that was to be crowned with the statue of Liberty. After this there would remain for disunion DO act of stupendous infamy to be committed.— No petty confederacy that shall follow the United States can prolong, or even renew, the majestic drama of national progress. Perhaps it is to be arrested because its sublimity is in capable of continuance Let it be so if we have indeed become degenerate After Wash ington and the inflexible Adams, Henry and the peerless Hamilton, Jefferson and the ma jestic Clay, Webster and the acute Calhoun, Jackson, the modest Taylor and Scott, who rises in greatness under the burden of years, and Franklin, and Fulton, and Whitney, and Morse, have all performed their parts, let the curtain fall ! While listening to these debates, I have sometimes forgotten myself in marking their contrasted effects upon the page who enstoma- j rily stands on the dais before me, and the ven erable Secretary who sits behind him. The youth exhibits intense but pleased emotion in j the excitement, while at every irreverent word that is uttered against tbe Union the eyes of I the aged man are sufficed with tears. Let : him weep no more. Rather rejoice, for yours has been a lot of rare felicity. You have seen and been a part of all the greatness of | your country, the towering national greatness ; of all the world. Weep only you, and weep with all the bitterness of anguish, who are just stepping on the threshold of life ; for thut greatness perishes prematurely and exbts not for you, nor me, nor for any thut shall come after uv The public prosperity ! how could it survive the stonn ? Its elements are industry in the culture of every fruit ; mining of all the met als ; commerce at home and on every sea ; material improvement that knows no obstable and has no end : invention that ranges thro'- out the domain of iialure ; increase of knowl edge as broad as the human mind can explore; perfection of art ns high as human genius can reach ; and the social refinement working for the renovation of the world. How could onr successors prosecute these noble objects in the midst of brutalizing civil conflict ? What guarantees will capital invested for such pur poses have, that will outweigh the premium offered by political and military ambition ? What leisure will the citizens find for study, or invention, or art, under the reign of conscrip tion ; nay, what interest in them will society feel when fear and hate shall have taken pos session of the national mind ? Let the miner in California take heed ; for its golden wealth will become the prize of the nation that can command the most iron. Let the borderer take care ; for the Indian will again lurk around his dwelling. Let the pioneer come back into our denser settlements ; for the rail road. the post road, and the telegraph, ad vance not one furlong farther into the wilder ness. With standing armies consuming the substaoee of our people on the land, and our Navy and our postal steamers withdrawn from the ocean, who will protect or respect, or who will know by name our petty confederacies ? The American man-of war is a noble spectacle. I have seen it enter an ancient port in the Mediterranean. All the world wondered at it and talked of it. Salvos of artillery, from forts and shipping in the harbor, saluted its flag. Princes and princesses and merchants paid it homage, and all the people blessed it as a harbinger of hope for their own ultimate freedom. I imagine now the same noble ves sel again entering the same haven. The flag of thirty three stars and thirteen stripes has been hauled down, and in its place a signal is ruu up, which flaunts the device of a lone star or a palmetto tree. Men ask, " Who is the stranger that thus steals into our waters?"— The answer contemptuously given is. " She coines from one of the obscure Republics of North America. Let her pa*s." Lastly, public liberty, our own peculiar lib erty must languish for a time, and then cease to live. And such a liberty ! free movement everywhere through our own land and through out the world ; free speech, free press, free suffrage ; the freedom of every subject to vote on every law, and for or against every agent who expounds, administers, or executes.— Unstable and jealous confederacies, ly apprehending assaults without and treason within, formidable only to each other and con temptible to all besides ; how long will it be before, on the plea of public safety, they w ill surreuder all this inestimable and unequalled liberty, and accept the hateful and intolerable espiouage of military despotism ? And now, Mr. President, what are the au spices of the country ? I know that we are in the midst of alarms, aud somewhat exposed to accidents unavoidable in seasons of tem pestuous passions. We already have disorder; and violence has begun. I know not to what extent it may go. Still my faith in the Con stitution and in the Union abides, because my faith in the wisdom and virtue ot the Ameri can people remains unshaken. Coolucss, calm ness, aud resolution are elempts of their character. They huve been temporarily dis placed ; but they are reuppearing. Soon enough, I trust, for safety, it will be seen tliat sedition and violence are only local and tem porary, and that loyalty and affection to the Union are the natural sentiments of the whole country. Whatever dangers there shall be, there will be the determination to meet them ; whatever sacrifices, private or public, shall bo needful for the Union, tbey will be made. I feel sure that the hour has not come for this great nation to fall. This people which has been studying to become wiser and better as it has grown older, is not perverse or wicked enough to deserve so dreadful and severe a punishment as dissolution. This Uuion has not yet accomplished what good for mankind was manifestly designed by him who an.*; the seasons and prescribes the duties of St nnd empires. No, sir ; if it were cast d" 6 * by friction to day, it would rise again and*" appear in all its majestic proportions toll! row. ft is the only Government thai stand here. Woe ! woe fto the man th*' madly lifta his hand against it. It thai! tinue and endure ; and men, in after shall declare thut this generation, which the Union from such sudden ami unlocked dangers, surpassed in magnanimity even tp one which laid its foundations hi the et? "!• principles of liberty, justice and fcmnanitj^ Gov. Co mux's Am>rxTJrt:NT3 —-We i t4rt that Gov. C'urtin has made the following &r pointmentv:— Secretary of State—Eli Slifer, of county. Deputy Secretary—George W. Hamtnerjb ! of Butler county. Whisky Inspector— Wm. Butler, of i] g ! county. Physician of the Port of j Clark, of Philadelphia. Messenger to the Govcrner— Samuel Milt, of Centre county. Adjutant General—James S. Negle? „• ! Pittsburg. Western Flour Inspector—Thomas Collin, I of Pittsburg. Sealer of Weight* and Measures—J d Owens, of Pittsburg. Col. Slifer having resigned as State Tra surer, the Hon. Henry D. Moore of Philade'- phia, has been nominated by the Republic to fill the vacancy, for one vear from the 1 Ist of May next. Electiou on Monday tb 21st iust. MR. IIOI.T was confirmed BS Secretarv ' War by the Senate, on Friday by a vote o' 38 to 13, after a stormy secret sessiou of about four hours. During its continuant, 1 Mr. CRITTENDEN unexpectedly made a speec: I in which he severely upbraided the Souths 1 members who voted against his resopitioos I Thursday, and thusdefeted them, lie deciar*-. that Kentucky occupied such a position in eb, Uniju that it was of vital importance to hr I that it should be preserved, and thai it an be preserved at ull hazards. Tue speech is re : J resented to have made a decided seusitoi 1 among the Secessionists. THE CHARLESTON CUSTOM HOUSE.— By J statistics accompanying the last report of tk 1 Secretary of the Treasury, it appears thattkl custom house at Charleston, S. C, han cor J the National Government more than S2OO j 000, although it is still unfinished, and mon | than $300,000 would be required to comp* I it. This i* one of the buildings which tbe i - 1 ceders seized upon at the outset of t;, j j movements, and the Palmetto flag now over it in triumph. . J ADMISSION OF KANSAS. —The prorttAwp \ of Congress on Saturday indicates that Kit | sas is now very soon to be numbered umk* I the States of the Union. Senator G KEEN, B Missouri, adopted sundry pariiinentary ei JjS dients to delay the event as long as pos*ihflH in which he was aided by otiier gentles IB from the slaveholding States, but, when :gB Senate adjourned, it was the understands! that the final vote should be taken, I Monday. THE PRESIDENT remains firm in car* j out the new and vigorous policy which ha •*§ 1 adopted. He said recently, in reply to 'f J suggestion of apprehended difficulty in in EJ gnratiug Mr. Lincoln, "If 1 live till the!" H of March I will ride to the Capitol with OH B Abe, whether I am assassinated ore.' ilrtu 3Utocrtf?rmrnts. JANUARY 8, 1861 fl To the People of Bradford County I'ijM all other Patrons of the CASH DRUG STORE B * f 4 I TENDER my sincere thank', for '■ very liberal patronage bestowed upon me, ''-f "J the last year, in my New Medicine Building, op>: fIH corner ot Maine and Pine Streets. Devoting my whole attention to all branches i taining to this business, and strictly adhering grand aim of giving the best satisfaction. I inie-jj present opportunities for purchasers to procure mi'.*'* fj according to their quaiitj - , at lower rates, thin v other store in this vicinity. My usual assortment r-lH kept constantly supplied with fresh purchase- Medical advice gratuitously giveu at the Office, 'rfßH ing only for Medicine. „ | JH Towanda. Pa. H. C. I'ORTKR^L^B IpEED. —A large quuantitv of IViieii'l 1 Buckwheat Bran and Canal, for sale at '''B^H DRIED FRUlT.—Dried Apple? Cherries, Raspberries, Whortleberries. S'TM ries, Zautee Currants, Raisins. Citron and in eral assortment of Dried and Green Fruit at ~|^B Towanda, Jan. 22. 1861. "VTOTICE. —Notice is hereby A. x persons indebted to the estate of J<' IRVIM. dee'd.. that the accounts of said : main in the hands of the undersigned for i the loth of February, and will meet such per- f office of Wm. C. Bogart. Esq., in Towands. DAY, of each week till that time,—alter remaining unsettled they will .lie placed in ;?B of the proper officers for collection ~ y . Jan. 22. WU. W. "\TOTlCß.—Whereas, Wm. Hr.-w. M' -Li ton, Bradford County. Pa., holds the ~wM ' subscriliers for the sum of SBS, with istere-t. ' date Feb. 18, 1859, this is to notify ail i"' r *' 3 j^.^Bßi purchase the said note, as it has tieen hiHy P*' . IB istied. SOI/)N S-CORM 1 H Canton. Jan. 5,1881. BARBARA E- j I Special Notice. il , 4 LL persons indebted to the d\. on the late firm of Humphrey A w t judgment or otherwise, are earnestly f'" 0 a immediate payment. Accounts remainingn' l jJ^^B. lie placed in the hands of a legal agent fro ter the loth of February next. After that r M scriber will sell goods tor ready pay. and ' lU>t 4 * to wait oc his old customers and others,*^' J him with a call. J.D.HI'* Jan. 17. 1881. GOODS AT COST. jß* 4 FINE ASSORTMENT of Printed French Merinoe*. Dress tloods. Also a tot of very desiranw : wilt now te sold for euk at cost by 1 [ January it, 1861. It. -• •