A Tennessee Editor on Jefferson Davis and
the Confederate States,
The Nashville Democrat of the 16th instant
has a slashing article on President Jefferson
Davis and the new confederacy,from which we
extract as follows :
This same blusterer, in a speech a few years
ago ventured to slander the Tennessee volun
teers. We know what we say, when wc assert
that, with all his bluster, Tennessee conld, if
so disposed, subdue the whole confederacy in
a short time. He calculates now oa the soldiers
of Tennessee to aid liitn in his wicked and fiend
ish parpose of breaking up this glorious gov
ernment.
lie is as proud and as vain as Belzebub.—
He thinks that he holds the "kingdoms of the
world, and the powers thereof," in the hollow
of his hand. He is looking for the English
government to bow to him. He says the Eng
lish government will acknowledge the cotton
ocracy.
This is all nonsense. The English govern
ment, as well a all others, knows how to treat
the flag of the United States, and so will Jeff.
Davis. Let liira attempt to subdue the federal
government, let him fire at Fort Sumter, or at
any other Fort of the United States, where
our flag now floats, and he is as sure to be
hung as that the snn will rise to morrow morn
ing unless he runs, like a coward, to a country
beyond the reach of Tennessee. We know
hundreds of men in his secediug cottonocracy,
who are ready to tie the rope for the hang
man.
Jeff. Davis has been producing discontent
and teaching treason as long as we can stand
it. lie has been a vile conspirator against his
government for years.
The is no use in soothing our people any
longer. Traitors must suffer, unless they stop
their treason. We may be asked to be patient.
How, in the name of High Heaven, can a man
be patient when a traitorous flag is flaunted
in our face ? when a traitor comes to our very
border, and talks treason to our country open
ly?
He talks of sacking cities. Yile rebel! In
flatcd bigot ! Let him try the Tennesseeans,
whom he so basely slandered. Let him try
Nashville. Our readers must indulge us a
little. We cannot forbear to denounce treason
and whenever we cease to do so, "may our
right hand forget her cunning."
We have borne with treason as long as it is
possible to do so. Talk of tearing down our
fair fabric of government! Never! Never!
Jeff. Davis is on the road to the gallows, and
his followers had better be careful. An indig
nant public will not forever endure insult and
treason plotting. We have lived prosperous
ly and happily for three quarters of a century,
and we know that Tennessee never will give
up this free and happy country.
Let this vile traitor and his foul minions
come. Tennessee never has forsaken the glor
ious flag of free and happy America, and by
the Eternal, she never will ! She has always
conquered the enemies of the country, and will
again, if required to do so. This is our coun
try, and all the powers of earth cannot force
us to give it up.
Kie. frlliiw countrymen ! onr country yet remains !
By that dieafl name wc wave the sword on high,
And swear lor her to live, with her to die!
ALMOST A MB IN ST. LOUIS—UNPOPULAR
ITY OK SECESSION. —The Fourth of March was
a day of intense anxiety in St. Louis, as we
learn from the Missouri Democrat. The as
sembling of the State Convention was an oc
casion of extraordinary interest, and the ex
citement was greatly increased by the discov
ery, at sunrise, of the American ensign, with
only one star, and bearing the Missouri coat
of arms, floating over the dome of the Court
House. The sight excited universal disgust,
tuid the flag was soon removed. But the re
port that the Minute Men, who hadjust been
sworn into the service of the State, had eleva
ted a secession flag over their quarters awa
kened an intense and almost universal indigna
tion. The crowd increased until the street in
front was densely packed for a distance of two
blocks. A serious riot was doubtless pre
vented by a ladv, who appeared on an oppo
site balcony, with two tiny national ensigns,
and also a couple of toy cannon, which, she
pointed at the secession flag, aud the crowd
was thus kept in good humor. At last some
zealous friends of the Union, and of the newly
elected President and Vice President, brought
upon the ground two ensigns—the genuine
"stars and stripes,"—bearing the names "Lin
roln and Hamlin," and a picture of "Old Abe."
These were triumphantly elevated upon the
awning opposite the obnoxious flag, amidst
the wildest enthusiasm, and long protracted
cheers. But certain wise friends of the Union
fidvistd to substitute for these banners, that
were identified with party, the pure and sim
ple flag of our Union, which was appropriate
ly and most cordially done. Couucilrnen
Dreyer and others procured the superb Uuion
ensign of Tony, at the Tivoli house, and rear
ed it at the coiner,where it remained till night
fall.
THRILLING SCENE.— A rather serious occur
rence transpired at Titusville, of oleaginous
notoriety, last week. "Crittenden llall, the
principal building in the town, was filled with
persons attending a concert, when, from
some cause or another, the upper floor gave
way, carrying with it the lower, which was
unable to withstand the crash. A large stove,
red hot at that time, was upset by the acci
dent, and, while the audience were still strug
gling to extricate themselves from the ruins,
the house took fire. A scene of indescribable
terror and confusion ensued, and for a time
it was feared that several lives would be lost.
Many of the audience were so situated that
they could not readily get out, while the
flames were rapidly overtnnnit.g the building,
threatening destruction to all within it. Af
ter much tronble aud the most painful suspense,
nil were finally got out of the house, though not
until several were sightly injured. Not a
vestige of the building remained within fifteen
minutes after it caught fire, so that the peril
of the audience must have been great indeed.
IMPORTANT TO IVVENTORS—The patent law
provides that all patents hereafter granted
shall be in force seventeen years from the date
of issue, and their extension is prohibited.—
It authorizes the compulsory attendance of
witnesses in litigated cases ; enlarges the right
to patent desigus in moulding, casting, electro
typiog, &c, enables the commissioner to dis
pose of rejected models, aud dispenses with
models when the design can be represented by
a drawing, aud discriminates between the in
habitants of the United States and those of
other countries. It also requires labels on
patented articles, and cuts off all patents not
prosecuted within two years.
Rictus from all Siatfons.
c
—Napoleon gave a grand ball just before
the beginning of Lent, and a correspondent of the Even
ing Fust writes : "If any American seceders had hap
pened to be present, at this ball, they would no doubt
have been sadly shocked to see a stout burly negro, black
as ebony, with the wooliest of hair and whiskers, and the
thickest of lips wearing a magnificent order, and receiv
ed with the utmost distinction by the Imperial pair and
by all the grandees of the court. This sable personage
was the son of the ex-Emperor Soulouque, the once high
and mighty Duke of Marmelade,received at theTuilleries
with all the respect paid in courts to the scions of fallen
royalty—white or black.''
—The New York Commercial says one
hundred and fifty men are now steadily employed in
Watervleit Arsenal making guncarriages, ammunition,
Ac., for the Southern forts. Thousands of tons of war
material have been already sent away to Tortugas,
Jefferson, Pickens, and other strongholds commanding
the seats of secession. The Southern forts which have
never before been fully mounted are now in u fair way to
receive an ample outfit for all emergencies.
—The Tribune states that for once in the
history of New York, the National and municipal flags
did not float from the City Hall on Inauguration day.—
This was said to be due to the Mayor of the city. Nearly
every other public building in the city, as well as the
shipping, showed the usual insignia of loyalty and re
spect.
—The New York Polytechnic Association
is at its next meeting to be feasted with sugar, made by
chemical transformation from old rags and with a pud
ding made from the gelatine of old shoes. So says the
Commercial Advei titer.
-—The editors of Florida are exceedingly
indignant because the members of the late State Seces
sion Convention, after declaring the State out of the
Union, elected themselves to all the offices there were to
fill, and then adjourned.
—Solomon Willard, a highly esteemed citi
i zen of Quiucy, Mass., died on Wednesday last aged 77
years. He was one of the earliest projectors of Bunker
1 Hill Monument, and contributed largely toward its erec
-1 tion. The original models of the monument are still in
! his office. In is2fi, with the advice and aid of the late
: Hon. Thomas H. Perkins and others, he designed and
surveyed,with his own bauds.the Quincy Granite Railway
the first ever built in the United States.
—" Antelope," the New York correspond
j ent of the New Orleans Picayune, had a look at Presi
: dent Lincoln while he was there, and concludes that
I " while there is geniality and merited worth speaking
from that face, there is, at the same time, an iron cast
presented, and an indomitable will. Indeed, at a first
glance, he reminded me of one of my sledge-hammers,
with which 1 break rocks at home—his body slender.like
the handle, but topped off with a head all solidity, all
firm endurance, all iron. His hands, too, are all muscle,
and a strong grip from them must be like the grasp of a
vice."
—The New York Tribune says :Mr Black
recently addressed a circular letter to all foreign Govern
ments, protesting in decided terms against the recogni
tion of the Confederated States as an independent Gov"
crnmeat,and assigned the reason at length which induced
the remonstrance. The protest will, of course, be renew
ed, and perhaps, emphasised by the present Administra
tion, so that when Mr. Yancey and his diplomatic colleag
ues get abroad, they may discover that recognition by
the Great Powers is less easy than was supposed at
Montgomery.
—A young German, who has been driving
stage in El Dorado county, California, recently received
news of the death of an uncle iu Germany, and the heri
tage of property of the value of $20,000, and $2,000 per
annum in cash besides.
A New Orleans paper says that Miss
Hodges, a step-daughter of John Brougham, the author
and actor, is about to be married to T. E. Morris now at
Niblo's Theatre.
—On Friday fifty-two swans were placed in
the New York Central Park pond, which was filled np t >
the usual Summer level. The park is a delightful place
of resort fur pleasure-seekers these mild Spring days says
the Commercial.
—At Nevers, in France, a fortnight ago,
some young women were badly poisoned by inhaling the
dust which arose from tearing green silk into strips fur
the ornamentation of a gown. The remainder of the silk
was burned by the police, and it is supposed that the
manufacturer will be prosecuted for impregnating it with
poisonous materials.
—On the farm of J. S. Morrison, twelve
miles from Louisville, Ky.,there is a spot of ground two
rods square, on which the magnetic needle refuses to ac
knowledge its allegiance to the pole. No mineral de
posits are known to exist there. Scientific men are call
ed on to explain.
—During a reception at Willard's in Wash
ington, a few nights ago, a lady at the piano sang the
Star Spangled Banner in the chorus of which the listen
ers juiued with enthusiasm. One individual, who had
apparently been imbibing over-deeply of secession doc
trines, strode angrily away from the door, characterizing
the singing as "improper and an insult in these times."
•—The London Times calls attention to the
fact that the new Parliament Houses of England are in a
state of preturnatural decay—in fact fast going to ruin.
The effluvia generated on the banks of the Thames has
not only attacked and dispersed the members repeatedly,
in spite of all the appliances brought to bear for its abate
ment, but is rapidly acting upon the walls of that mag
nificent structure. The stone employed in their construc
tion was a variety of domolite, believed to be imperisha
ble. It is proposed to glaze the walls with silicate of
potash, applied in a liquid state.
-—The Missouri Legislature recently adopt
ed a resolution that the public printing be done by con
victs; but the resolution fell still-born from the table, be
cause it was ascertained that of all the criminals in the
penitentiary not one was a priuter.
—The city of Ilonolula, in Oceanica, has
become completely Americanized, as it is now supplied
with fresh water by pipes in all the streets.
—ln Chicago, 111., boys arc selliug postage
stamps ot three cent denomination at one cent, and
efforts to trace the matter to a focus have as yet proved
unavailing.
—The new post route bill, just passed by
Congress, contains a section requiring ten cents prepaid
on letter postage to and from the Pacific coast, without
regard to distance. All drop-letters are hereafter to be
prepaid with postage stamps.
—The Queen of Prussia, accompanied by
the Prince and Princess of Prussia, will, it is stated, visit
the Queen of England in the month of May.
Hon. C. C. Clay, ex-United States Sena
tor from Alabama, has gone to Minnesota for the benefit ,
of his health.
—Wine, called Yalerio, two thousand yaars
old has been ng out of the ruins of Pompeii.
—Half a million packs of cards are made
annually in London.
—Radishes, dandelions and fresh shad have
made their appearance in the Boston market.
—L pon a recent evening, a delegation of
six South Carolinians called on Mr. Lincoln to pay their
respects. They are opposed to secession, but are obliged
to submit to it,being citizens of the State and owners of a
large number of slaves. Mr. Lincoln received them very
kindly, saying they were just the kind of people be want
ed to tall with. Upon retiring, the gent'emeu expressed
their gratification at the interview. Several Virginia
delegation* have also called and had gratifying interviews
with Mr. Lincoln.
Stporkr.
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/J. /f. STURROCK,
Thursday Morning, March 14, 1861.
IMPORTANT RUMORS.
The Washington dispatches to the N. V.
Times, of Mouduy, the 11th inst., are high
ly important, and indicate that the ques
tion of reinforcmg Forts Sumpter and Tick
ens will soon be decided. Indeed, so far as
Fort Sumpter is concerned, it may have been
decided already. One dispatch states that
there is a strong probability that evacuation
will soon take place, while the general charac
ter of all our intelligence relative to the sub
ject leads us to the conclusion that some defi
nite aetiou may be expected immediately.—
The question has no doubt been auxiously dis
cussed, and the opinions of prominent mili
tary men have been sought, with a view of
arriving at a proper determination. Gen.
SCOTT is understood to hold the opiuion that
reinforcements could not now be thrown into
Sumpter without an immense loss of life, and
that the military and naval force at the im
mediate commnnd of the Government would
not be sufficient to accomplish that object.—
Uuder these circumstances, and in view of the
fact that an an attempt to reinforce that or
any other garrison would have the effect of
concentrating the sentiment of the South
against the Government, it is the general im
pression in Washington that all the troops
will be withdrawn, with the exception ot a
Corporal and two men, who will be left in
charge, with the American flag flying ; still
leaving the South Carolinians the task of
"capturing" the fort, which they will then
probably have force sufficient to do. It is the
be'ief among Southern couserva'ive men that
such a course would prove the death-blow of
secession.
The immediate necessity of settling this
question grows out of the fact that there is
only a limited supply of bread at Fort Sumter,
but plenty of salt meat, and that it must eith
er be resupplied or abandoued very soon. The
question has been under discussion in high
military circles for several days.
Gen. SCOTT advises that reinforcements can
not now be put in without an enormous sacri
fice of life. Of course his views on the subject
cannot be known officially to the public, but
he is understood to say that we have neither
military nor naval force at hand sufficient to
supply the fort against threatened opposition,
which it would require twenty thousand men
to overcome. Besides, if it should initiate civil
war, in addition to uniting the South and over
whelming the Union sentiment there in the
waves of passion, it would require two hund
red and fifty thousand Government soldiers to
carry on the struggle, aud a hundred millions
of money to begin with. In such an event,
twenty thousand men would be needed to pre
serve Washington and the Government arch
ives.
THE SOUTHERN COMMISSIONERS AT WASH
INGTON.—The three gentlemen composing the
Commission from the Southern Confederacy
are now all in Washington, but there seems to
be some hesitation on their part as to the
course proper to pursue. They yesterday held
a conference in the rooms of Senator Wigfall,
of Texas, and came to came to the conclusion,
after considerable talk, to postpone for a few
days,—or until the policy of the State Depart
ment towards the seceded States shall have
been developed,—their communication to Pres
ident LINCOLN. They were urged by the Tex
as Senator to act immediately, so that oppor
tunity might be given to capture Forts Sump
ter and Pickens before reinforcements could
reach them ; but his counsels, it appears, were
considered too rash. Meantime, Gen. Retire
gard, who has been appointed by President
Davis to the command of the troops at
Charleston, expresses confidence—according
to the Charleston Courier —that Fort Sumpter
can be reduced. lie says that it is only a
question of time.
THE MISSOURI CONVENTION. —Iu the Mis
souri Convention, Saturday, the Committee
on Federal relations presented its report, set
ting forth the relative position of Missouri
and the evils of which the South complains,
without threatening either the North or the
South, pointing out what are deemed the er
rors of both sections, and concluding with a
series of resolutions declaring for the Union,
urging the adoption of the Crittenden Com
promise, favoring a Convention to propose
amendments to the United States Constitu
tion, deprecating all action by the Federal
Government or seceded States calculated to
bring on a conflict, and providing for the re
assembling of the Convention at Jefferson
City on the third Monday in December, or
earlier, if necessary. The report was made
the special order for Monday, and notice was
given that a minority report would then be
presented.
Southern Confederacy is going to
hare an Army, whether they succeed in rais
ing any money to pay the soldiers with or not.
The Army bill, providing for raising 50,000
men, passed the "Congress" on Friday, and
the requisite number—so the dispatch informs
us—will soon be ready to take the field.— A
bill was introduced to establish an Admirality
Court at Key West ; and a resolution was in
troduced inquiring into the condition of the
New Orleans Custom-house
THEN.
The Democratic party of Pennsylvania, at
a State Convention held at Pittsburg, duly 4,
1849, asserted directly opposite ground to that
HOW assumed by the leaders of the same par
ty. The following resolution was unanimously
adopted by that Democratic State Couvcnlion:
'•Resolved, That the Democratic party adheres now,as
it ever has done, to the Constitution of the Country.—
Its letter aud spirit they will neither weaken nor destroy,
and they re-declerc that "Slavery is a local, d>mest c in
stitution of the South," subject to State law atone, and
with which the general Government has nothing to do.
Wherever the State law extends its jurisdiction, the local
institution can continue to exist. Esteeming it a viola
tion of State rights to carry it beyond State limits, we
deny the power of any to extend the area ot bondage be
yond its present dominion ; nor do we consider it a part
of the Compromise of the Constitution that Slavery
should forever travel with the advancing column of our
territorial progress."
AND NOW.
The following resolution WAS passed at Ilar
risburg by the Democratic State Conveution
of this State, on the 22d day of Feb. last :
" Resolved, That the people of the Southern States
contributed their exertions and treasure in the acquisi
tion of the territories equally with those of the other
States, and that the principle which recognizes the equal
rights of all the States to the same, is founded on the
clearest equity and supported by the decision of the high
est court of the country. It ought therefore, to be sus
tained by every law- abiding citizen until a satisfactory
dividing line can be settled, by an amendment of the
Constitution."
Has the Democratic party of Pennsylvania
chavged their principles since 1849 ? As a
party, are they unchanging and. unchanged ?
THE SOUTHERN' CONFEDERACY. —The census
returns of 1860 give the six seceded and con
federate States the following population :
South Carolina 308,186 407.185
Georgia, 015,336 467,101
Florida 82,88."> 03,80!)
Alabama 520,441 436.473
Mississippi, 407,551 770.007
Louisiana, 305,235 312,186
2,233,6 J7 2,260,721
2,233,017
Total 1,406,308
From this table it appears that the total
free and slave population of the Southern Con
federacy is not equal to the free white popula
tion of New York and New Jersey. The free
population of the whole Confederacy is far
less than that of New York—less, even with
New York City and Brooklyn out of the ac
count ; less than the population of Pennsylva
nia ; less than that of Ohio.
The total vote of the Confederacy aggre
gates 365,334, which is not 3,000 more than
the number of men who yoted for Mr. Lincoln
in New York alone.
CHIEF CI FRK OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT.—
It is with the greatest pleasure that we learn
that this important situation has been filled by
the appointment of our former associate in the
publishing business—M. 11. CORD, late of the
Tiga, Agitator. We heartily congratulate
Mr. COISB upon his success, and the Depart
ment upon its good fortune in having secured
the services of a competent officer and an hon
orable man. In the Philadelphia Press of
Saturday, 9th inst., we find the following an
nouncement :
"Gen. CAMERON HAS appointed, as his chief elerk,
M. H. Conn Esq., formerly of Tiopa county L'a. This is
an eminently satisfactory appointment, and will pive
preat satisfaction to the numerous friends of Mr. COBB in
| iiis native State. Mr. COBB for several years edited, with
! great ability, the Tioga Agitator, lie was sulisequent
! ly attached to the llarrishurp Trlegraph , and since the
I establishment of the New York / Tor hi he has been in
[ its editorial staff. Few are better qualified for the posi
tion to which he has now been elevated.
TIIF. VIRGINIA CONVENTION. —Four reports
from the Committee on Federal Relations, in
the Virginia Convention, were submitted on
Saturday. The majority report recommends,
in part, a conference of the Border State®,
and opposes coercion. One minority gives a
list of the demands of the South and requests
the States to give answer bv October next,
and meantime preserve the peace. Another
recommends the passsage of an act of Seces
sion, and the last declares that the Govern
ment must immediately give the Southern peo
ple a full constitutional assurance of their
safety in the Union, and is for the appoint
ment of Commissioners to proceed to Mont
gomery.
The question of expelling Mr. Wigfall,
of Texas, from the United States Senate, came
up in tint body on Friday. Mr. FOSTER, of
Connecticut offered a resolution having that
object in view, with a preamble setting forth
the declarations of Mr. Wigfall in the Senate
as the provoking cause. Mr. Clingnian, of
North Carolina, offered a substitute, virtually
acknowledging the right of Texas to secede.
Neither proposition, however, was acted upon
on account of the absence of Mr. Wigfall.—
The resolution to print the usual number of
the President's Inaugural Address was passed
without further debate.
VACANCIES IN THE SENATE. —The transfers
of Mr. CAMERON to the War Department and
MR. CHASE to the Treasury make two vacan
cies in the Senate. Our Legislature resumed
its sessions on Tuesday, and the election of a
successor to MR. CAMERON will be among the
first matters it will consider. In Ohio, we un
derstand, an active canvass has already com
menced. Hon. JOHN SHERMAN is likely to suc
ceed Mr. CHASE. Should this prove to be the
fact, Ohio will, indeed, have good cause to re
joice in her choice.
THE WIVES OF THE NEW PRESIDENT AND
VICE PRESIDENT.—A lady writes from Wash
ington that Mrs. Lincoln ia somewhat young
looking for the wife of a man of 52. She is riGh
ly dressed, wearing a rose colored silk, and is
otherwise har.dsomly decorated. She has a
very fair complexion, dark hair and a pleasant
eye and voice. Mrs. namlin is quite young,
far below thirty—a lady of small figure, and
like the President's wife, apparently highly
accomplished.
IT. S. SENATOR.—Dispatches from Wash
ington to the N. Y. Times say that the friends
of DAVID ILMOT express great confidence in
his election to the Senate as Gen. CAMERON'S
successor.
I JEFF. DAVIS RECEIVES A FIRE IN THE HEAR.
The following note of dissatisfaction at the
appointment ot Provisional President Davis,
comes from his own State, Mississippi. The
Natches Courier denies that the announce
ment of the election of Jefferson Davis as
President of the Southern Confederacy occa
1 sicned any rejoicing in that city, and then
| adds:
So far as th<> news of the appointment of
Mr. Davis as Provisional President being re
ceived with alacrity, it was received with re
gret. Neither in character nor in politics has
he any held upon the confidence of the people
He has at last attained what he has been
sttrupgling for for ten years past —a Presiden
cy. We may admire the ingenuity with which
lie has attained Ins object, and yet despise the
trick by which he has crawled to it
There was no s< mid of rejoicing here at j
Natchez cither on the account of the forma
tion of such a Southern Confederacy, or the
appointment of such rulers. The words sprung
too often from one to another, "Are we to
have no showing? Are the people to have no
choice ? Can a Convention alter Constitutions ?
impose taxes ? appoint Constitution makers ? i
inaugurate Presidents? Are they oligarchs, ,
I and arc we nothing ? And each citizen had;
to confess that there was no reply to these
questions. We live under an oligarchy that
! has not yet dared to trust the people with a :
say as to its consent. Ilight as the South is
upon the great question at issue, its position
has been compromised bv the events of the last
i two months. The consent of the governed is j
an essential element of government. The pco- '
pie of the Southwest might have voted for all |
I that lias been done, but their consent has not
yet been either asked or obtained.
_
PLPTFTF.RIA AN OL.O VLSITOR IV NEW E.VFL- j
i. A vr>. —The throat disease now known as Jip
theria is said to be an old disease with a new
name. The word is from a Greek word sig
nifying skin, and should be spelled r/i/''//theria, ■
and not, as it usually is, </tpthcria. The dis- 1
| ease visited this country as long ago as 1737. '
It ragrd with great violence. We find, says
1 the Portland Transcript , in Parson Smith's
Journal, frequent notices of its ravages in this
region. Under date of October 31, 1737, lie
' says a fast was held on account of this throat
! distempr. It was an epidemic, and com
mencing at Kingston, X. 11., spread through
New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and was
I two years in reaching the Hudson river. In
New Hampshire not less than one thousand
persons fell victims to this malignant distem-1
per and in Boston four thousand persons had
[ the disease, and one hundred and fourteen j
died.—ln May, 1 737, Parson Smith mention
that seventy live died of it in this town. Un I
der date of October 13, 1737, he says—"This j
distemper is still bad at Scarborough. No
; one has lived who has had it of late." It was
the most fatal scourge that ever visited New
England, and rapidly hurried its subjects to
the grave ; the throat swelled,, became cover
| ed with ash colored specks, great debility and
prostration ensued, with putrefaction. Under
the improved methods of treatment of the .
present day it is less fatal.
Tnr. AGE or STEAM —Fifty years ago, the
news of the Inauguration of a new President ;
at Washington would have reached Cleveland i
in ten or twelve days; in 1361, the Inaugur
al Address was brought to this city, put in
type, and laid upon the supper tables of our \
citizens, five hours after Mr. Lincoln com
ruenced reading it at Washington, five hand
red miles away ! Our readers read the Ad ;
dress not more than an hour later than if they j
had been in Washington, to read it in the j
eveuing papers of that city, tlie d:lf rence be i
ing caused only in the necessary delay in send-!
ing it over the wires. The credit of such a
feat—which is really stupendous, when we re
flect upon the annihilation of time and space—
is due to the telegraph and the printing press,
twin children of old Father Time.— Exchange, j
THE UNITED STATES NAVV. —The Naval
Register for 1861, just published, gives the I
follow ing list of naval vessels : 10 linc-of bat
tle ships, 10 sailing frigates, 21 sailing sloops- \
of-war, 3 sailing brigs, 1 schooner and 6 store
ships total 51 sailing vesols, and 7 first class
steam propellers, 9 second class do ;"2 second
| class (old and worn) do , 12 steam gunboats- '
2 screw tenders, 3 first class side-wheel steam
ers, 1 second class do., 3 third class do., 1 side- j
wheel steam tender, and 2 steam storcships. J
| Total, 42 steamers —9O ships in all. About
| 20 of them are serviceable men-of-war of mod
eru stamp.
THE INAUGURAL—A lengthy synopsis of the .
! Inaugural was transmitted by telegraph, on
1 Monday evening, to St. Johns, Newfoundland,
| thence to be forwarded by steam tug, to inter- !
cept, off Cape Race, the steamer Fulton, bound '
to Europe. Mr. Lincoln was recently asked
whether he felt at all alarmed while delivering
his inaugural address, the threats of assassi-!
nation having been so numerous. He replied
that "he had no such sensation, and that he j
had often experienced much greater fear in !
addressing a dozen western men on the subject
of Temperance."
THE PRESIDENT'S FAMlLY —llohert T. Lin- j
coin, the President's eldest son, passed through
New York on Wednesday moru'ing, on his re
turn to Harvard University. lie expressed i
himself glad to escape the excitement of high j
life in Washington. Mrs. Lincoln, who is i
fast winning the hearts of all who call upon
her, on account of her exceeding pleasant and
sociable nature, which is blended with a grace
and dignity of manner seldom combined, bears j
the fatigue of her new position with becoming .
patience.
THE CABINET. —The following is Mr. Lin''
coins Cabinet, a transfer having been made
since our report of last week :
Secretary of State— WM. H.SEWARD, of N. York.
Secretary of Treasury,— SALMON T. CHASE, of Ohio.
Secretary of War— SIMON CAMERON, of Penn.
Secretary of Navy.— GIDEON WELLES, of Conn.
Secretary of Interior.— CALEß B. SMITU, of Indianna.
Postmaster GeneraI.— MONTGOMERY BLAIR, of MU.
Attorney-General.— EDWAßD BATES, of Missouri.
THE NAMES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.—
Colorado, and Nevada arc Spanish words.
Colorado means colored, generally reddish, and
is the name given to several rivers in America.
Nevada means as white as snow.
Dacotah is an Indian word. Its meaning is
probably given in Mr. Schoolcraft's great j
work on the American ludiaDS.
i
WIOFALL ON A BENDER —Erroneous ru
nre afloat reporting a duel between
WIOFALI. aud one JACKSON of Kcnt l( k* tor
The parties were " on a bender" t |„.
I night. WIOFALL said Kentucky raisefl , *
| ing but asses and jackasses. SuWf,.,!. 0 ,' 1 '
I JACKSON slapped hia face. .JACKSON •
; next morning with a bad headache ? ?
oblivious of the night's proceedings, oiiV'u''
j BRECKINRIDGE informed him ot his' hehn ?
, He said he knew nothing about it am] w
apoligize. WIOFALL, hearing this, WENT°V
see him at once, the apology was raadr '•
all hands had another spree.
IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS IN COAL OI?
I TIONS. —The Erie Dispatch says the itateml*
I has lately been confirmed by reliable atlior'!"
that operation in the coal fields of M'v "* T
county, Pa., will be commenced darin-. •
coming summer, by an associated company V,
J intend to make Erie the depot, hy ||jp lhi ''
from the mines over the Sunbcry and
| Railroad. It is proposed, if the Sunhe-y v -
Erie road is not completed beyond Warren
time, to lay down an independent tra \ ■
meet the immediate wants of the buji ntM
and thus overcome the only remaining O!K
, tie in the way of the enterprise.
jDoyDispatches from Army officers in T?n s
state that the treachery of Gen. TWIGGJ H„
| demoralized the United States forces in the,
I State, and that Col. WAITF. haaendeavored j,
vain to reorganize and concentrate them-.
Much of the Government property st-iz-q r,
the State authorities had been carried off |,j
1 various parties. The troops were without sij.
equnte supplies. Capt. lIAI.L was still at For;
Brown, and a collision was anticipated.
—,—, '
Sicto flQfbrrttsewtnts.
"\ VDH'OR'S"NOTICE.—/
John Randall to the use of John Wilson r. 7„
man F. Hill. In the Court of Bradford Common la
No. 387, Feb. T. 1859.
| The undersigned, an Auditor. appointed by •,; r\ r . <
: to distribute monies raised hy the Sheriff's title of drf,
1 dent's re:tl estate will attend to the d .ties of < 5
, pointment at his office in Tuwanda Borough, on FilllM '
the l:sth day of APltiL. IS6I, at 1 o'clock, p. it
which time and place all persons interested will pr c * ;
their claims or he debarred from claiming any port, a":
i said fund.
F. D. MOUROW,
March 13, isiti. . ; ,
AUDITOR'S NOTICE—7.I the mr.tuT ( j
T\ the esla'r of Jabez Tomyhins dte'd. Ia the \r
; phans' Court of Bradford county.
The undersigned an Auditor, appointed to di.tr
funds in tiie hands of the Kxecutur ol a.d e-t.cc t 1
attend t ■ the duties of his appointment at his 015 , 1
the 1! .rough of Tuwanda, on Thursday, the 'ath do ;■
April, A. I). ISOI, at 'J A. M., when and where alt f
.-one interested will present their • L.im- or !• forever
barred trum said find. K. OVERTON. Jit. j
Mar ii 9th, 1 -01. Audit*.
IQHARLES OAKFORD & SON'S
CELEBRATED HAT,
For Spring and Summer Styles,
Just received at E. S. BENEDICTS
Clothing and Hat aud Cap Store,
March 7. TOW A X DA, FA.
Clover and Timothy
S E E T) .
TUST RECEIVED at M. E SOLOMOM,
♦I 300 Uush< Is ol West Branch Clover Seed .—also ;>)
, bushels of Western Timothy Seed, of Lite very best ja.-
| ity. and at the lowest prices for Cash.
I Feb. 28, lHtil.
VOTICE —All persons arc hereby nol N
■ Ll not to purchase a NOTE given to Win. liraia fr ]
; Fitly Dollars, hy the undersigned, ds'ed April 3) lj.,
Payable two years alter catc. as I have u; i e ted uy
value for tlie - tnie, aud will not pay said note unl*seoa
polled by law.
| March 5. lst'.L GEORGE WILLIAMS.
' \ URITOIv'S NOTICE.— In the matter e'j
i\~ the estate of (I. F. Miison vs Cha its ll'ellt. iii
the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford Couatv. No t,!
Feb. T. 18)1. I
The undersigned. an Auditor, appointed by said
to distribute funds raised by Sheriff's sale of real u
. personal estate of defendent will attend to the da". MI
j iiis appointment at his office in Towanda Borough, s
■SATURDAY, the i.th day of A FKIL, 18C1. at 2 o'ciaci
p. in., at which time and place all persons nre rcpiM*
;o present their claims or else he forever ed barred 'to
I said fund.
G. D. MONT AN YB.
March 5, 187.1. As if
\ EDITOR'S NOTICE. — In the -
1 j, V It'. IF. Champion ri Hiram Root. In the Cm"l
of Bradford County Common Fleas, No. 480, )fir T.
i 1859.
1 The undersigned, an Auditor, appointed hy .v'J
I to distribute the monies in the hands of i:. - ' "
will attend to tlie duties of his appoiut'ne.: i' '!<•
office ot Overton and Montanve. in Tows- 5
on FRIDAY, the sth day of April, ISGI. at a
I m., at whieh time and place all persons interests*
prcscut their claims or he debarred from claim.ng
! portion ot said fund.
O. N. MONTANVE.
j March 5. Lnl. Anditr^
dissolution of Copartnership.
fftHE Copartnership that existed between
1. U. M. WELLES, J. F. BLOOD and S. M. RLDOB.
; under the firm name of Wells. Blood & Co., prnpri'i**
I of tlie Tioga Point Agricultural Works at Athrn 4 N
was mutually dissolved on the 31st day of Pr-. 1-10 "
which time the subscriber withdrew from the said H"
and business, and J. P. Blood assumed al! the debUMt
liabilities of the same. Since that date I haTe bad
connection with said business.
R. M. WELI.K.
I Athens. Fa., March A. ISfil.
JJO YOU WANT WHISKERS T
DO YOU WANT WHISKERS?
I DO YOU WANT A MUSTACHE?
DO YOU WANT A MUSTACHE?
BELLIN GH AM'S
CELEBRATED
STIMULATING ONCUENT,
For the Whiskers and Hair.
j The subscribers take pleasure in announcing to theC'i
[ ?.ens of tiie United States, that they have obtains
I Agency for, and are now enabled to offer to the Ann'
j public, the above justly celebrated and world rent* 1 "*
THE STirVIULATING ONGUENT
1 is prepared by Pn. C. P. BKLLINGHAM. an eminent
j sician ot London, and is warranted to bring out a ; -
1 set of
Whiskeis or a Mustache.
i in from three to six weeks. This article i<th* on r ert
! of the kind used hy the French, and in London and I*
| it is in universal use. , ...
It ia a beautiful, economical, soothing, yet -timu.u- s
I compound, acting as if by magic upon the roots,
I a beautiful growth of luxuriant hair. If applied •" ■ _
. scalp, it will cure BALDNESS, and cause to spring La
place of the bald spot a fine growth of new bmr Ap.'. f
according to directions, it will turn RED or to*7 " '
DARK, and restore gray hair to its orginnl color. ' 4l '
it soft, smooth, and flexible. The " OxorrsT
j dispensable article in every gentleman's toilet, an. •
] one week's use they would not lor any considerate
| without it ' . . jlt
The subscribers are the only Agents for the
j the United States, to whom all orders must head'arts
Price One Dollar n box—tor sale hy all
Dealers ;orab i\ of {fie " Ongnent," (warranted t j f
I the desired effect) will lie sent to any who desire 1
mail (direct), securely packed on receipt of P r|,f
postage, fl ,IS. Apply to or address
HOR ACE L. HEGEM AN A CO
THtt ftoisTS, Ac., vvt
24 William >t:M.Ne*
NOTICE N '
IJ bv given that nil persons indebted to the e .
CHRISTIAN HEVERLY, late of Overt m '
are hereby requested to make payment iJ
and all persons having claims sgiinst "aid f"
iiresent them dulv authenticated tor srttlcinen
SAML'EI. IV ,B ''L
i Jan.!?, ltei.