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'SATURDAY. JANUARY 5, 1861
To .AnvEarrszna.—The circulation of THE
Passe exceeds that of any other daily paper
In Philadelphia, with a single exception. Sa
tisfactory proof of this inet will bo cheerfully
given to advertisers.
FIRST PAGE.—Literature; Our New York Lot
ter; Personal and Political; Religions—Observ
ance of the National Fast Hay in Philadelphia;
Weekly Review of the Philadelphia Markets.
Fonnrn P.Saa.—Evacuation of Fort Moultrie;
Garibaldi at Oaprora ; Thalgration to Hayti; The
Habeas Corpus in Italy; General News; Marine
Inteiligenee.
Mojor Anderson.
The meeting to sustain Major ANDERSON,
the gallant commander of Fort Sumpter, will
be held, not at one o'clock this afternoon, as
we trmonnced yesterday, but at seven o'clock
this evening, at National Hall. The cause is
one well calculated to attract an overflowing
audience, and we have no doubt that the
whole affair will be conducted with firmness
and discretion.
When the Southern people are convinced
that their fellow-countrymen in the free States
intend no attack upon them, but desire only
to see the Constitution obeyed; and the laws
made under it enforced, they will probably
consent to listen to such terms of peace and
reconciliation as have been, and no doubt will
be, offered to them. The people of South
Carolina have embarked in a most hazardous
enterprise, and we are pleased to perceive
that many Southern journals applaud Major
ANDERSON for removing from Moultrie to
Sumpter. They regard his movement not ns
an act of war, but as an act of precaution,
and it may be that, in taking the .safer and
more distant position, ho has rescued the in
fatuated mob of Charleston from the responsi
bility of precipitating a conflict that may not
be imminent at the present writing. Now
thatthe President, backed by the Federal Ad
ministration, has come to the support of
Major ANDERSON, it - is to be hoped that the
revolutionists will come to a halt, and, for
their own sakes, as well as for the sake of the
Government, agree to wait for the action of
Congress and the conservative people of the
free States.
The Growth of Manufactures in the
South.
The fact seems to have escaped general at
tention that the strong desire which was manr
fested in many portions of the Southern
States, immediately after the John Brown raid,
to establish domestic. manufactures, and to
diversify her industry as much as possible, has
in many cases been practically manifested in a
business-like manner. The wish to make the
South self sustaining and self-producing, and
much less dependent'than heretofore upon the
North for manufactured articles, has been
rendered almost universal among her people
by the angry sectional feelings which have
been aroused, but this cannot of course be
done in ie day or a year. It must be the
gradual Bork of a long period of time. Even
in our Northern States, which justly boast of
the great mechanical skill, industry, and enter
prise their citizens possess, many patient and
untiring efforts and repeated exertions were
,necessary to enable our establishments
to compete successfully with the factories
of Europe, and we are still obliged to an
nually Import large quantities of foreign
goods to supply our home demand. But that
many energetic and determined mon in the
South are thoroughly in earnest in project
ing large maninhettnleg establishments there,
particularly for making coarse fabrics and
such articles as do not require much
highly-skilled labor to produce them, is un
questionable. Those who have anydonbts on
this subject could easily have them removed
by seeing the numerous and constant large
Southern orders for factory machinery, of
nearly all kinds, which have, during the last
year, been sent - to such establishments as can
fill them in this city, and which, Instead of
being less frequent' and important since the
commencement of theyreient difficulties, are
far more numerous, The heated sectional
agitations have operated in the South, in the
way of : stimulating manufacturing pursuits,
very much as the war of 1812 operated upon
the people of the whole United States, by
preventing us from receiving our usual Eng
lish supplies : and thus compelling us to rely
upon our own labors or to submit to lIIMCCIIS
tomod privations.
It is scarcely to be expected that the South
will ever become as successful in manufac
turing pursuits as Now England, for obvious
reasons. But that a great impetus has been
given in that quarter, by recent events, to
many pursuits to which it was former
ly indifferent, is now clearly evident, and
important industrial changes will thus doubt
less be made, whether the Union is destroyed
or preserved.
WE know of no friend of the Union who
proposes to attack the Southern people. We
know of no friend of the Union who does not
deprecate the present deplorable state of
things. Civil war is to be dreaded as a cala
mity to be avoided by every means that Gov
ernment and man can devise ; brit when the se
ceding States undertake to attack this Govern.
merit, and to destroy the interests of the
States remaining in the Union, then, and then
only, will the duty of defence be devolved
alike upon Government and people. This is
tho whole issue. Our hopes and prayers are
that the nearness of the peril may induce
patriotic men to agree upon some adjustment
by which we shall continue to live together as
one nation. The theory of peaceable separa
tion, monstrous as it is, begins to find favor in
many quarters. What will tho Northern peo
ple say when they are called upon to select
between civil war and a peaceable separa
tion of these States ?
Tat PEOPLE of Carlisle, in this State, held
a meeting some evenings ago, in which leading
men of different political opinions partici
pated—Hon. FREDERICK WATTS, a Republi
can, presiding—and adopted the following,
among other resolutions :
Resolved, That we recognize the existence of
slavery in our Southern sister States as a constitu
tional right; and that we owe it •to ourselves, not
only for our own protection, but in the discharge
of a plain and manifest duty, to hold inviolable
the contract by which we are solemnly bound, that
a person held to service or labor in one State, un
der the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall
be delivered up on claim of the party to whom
such labor may be due.' And, that in the dis
charge of this duty, the laws of our own State
should be made to co-operate with that enlighten
ed public opinion which knows no rule of action
but that which is measured by the softie of justice
and right.
" Resolved, That we cannot sanction the at
tempt of any State to male from the Union, as
the exereise of either a natural right or Constitu
tional remedy ; and that it is the duty of the Gene
ral Government to regard it as a violation of the
laws of the United States."
MEORETE VOR TUE LAST TIME Al THE ACADR
RY.—The extraordinary success which has attend
ed the revival of "Macbeth" at the Academy of
Music, with Mr. Idwin Booth and Mies Cashman
in-the principal parts (it having been played every
every evening this week to crowded audienees),
will be terminated this evening, when this great
Eihakspertantragedy will be presented for the last
time, it being also the lest night of the present to
matey of the house by Messrs. Wheatley and
Clarke, whose prateeworthy efforts; to elevate the
legitimate drama have, we are pleased to say, met
with unqualified success. We remind our readers
of-these facts to the hope that none will omit this
opportunity of witnessing " Macbeth " as it is done
at the Academy under the , present admirable
management. Miss Cushman also appears for the
last time ime in her original °hersteller of Lady
Oltflon irt tke petite comedy et" A Lesson of the
Resit" fitioh a programme as this should, and
doubtless will, 11l the Academy even to over
flowing.
ME. MeDOBOUGH'S DENEYIT '—At the Olympia
Theatre, laat night, Mr. J. E. McDonough, lessee
and manager, - played Virginius for his benefit,
and the house - was crowded to the ceiling. The
beneficierie made a capital speech—a full treasury
being a great stimulus to managerial eloquence.
PSItIODICALS liacarvan.•—Mr. W. B. Ziebor,
South Third street, has sent us the new number of
the North. American. Review, containing, among
other artleles, "Cotton and the Cotton Trade," a
sketch of Garibaldi's career, a paper upon Illumi
nating Gas (in *Joh no mention is made of Water
gam !) Trubner's "American Literature," and an
estimate of Hallam as an Historian —Prom Mr.
Veber we also have, remarkably early, the second
Ilninber'of Templer Bar, Mr. G. A. Gala's new Lon•
don magazine. It is se good a periodical, it its
Iraq; ae maneonid desire to reed; and contains the
three, opening ehapters of Mr. Bala's new dory,
"The Seven Sons of Mammon," 'Agee prom i ses
extremely well. Temple Bar will be a formidable
rival to the Cornhill Magazine, if continued In
the spirit and with the ability of Its commence.
meat. Bat the world is happily large enough for
both, and for more.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE,
etter from si Occasional. , "
(Oorrecoondenoo of The Pram]
WARDINOTON, January 4, 1861
In war, it Is the true policy for the opposing ar
mlet( to coward their weak points, and to make
such a show as will deceive each other in this re
gard as mush as possible. If they oan make It ap
pear that they have double and treble the force,
the ammunition, and the arms than they really
have, they will strike terror without striking a
blow. South Carolina le acting upon this policy,
but unfortunately for her, her vulnerable features
cannot be hidden from the patella gaze. Her fee
bleness in population, and in many important
agricultural productions is as well known as the po
sition she occupies upon the map. AU the talk of
her men in convention, and all the boasts of the
Mercury, will not prevent the civilized world from
seeing her almost hopeless and isolated position.
And bow must the spectacle she presents be
regarded by those she expects to follow her?
What oharm is there to Georgia, an enterprising
and progressive State, in the system of forced tax
ation and warlike preparation established by
South Carolina? How will Alabama feel when,
threatened with starvation, as many of her dis
tricts are, she sees nothing but a continuance of
this suffering in the remedy of the Palmetto
State? How will the high-spirited men of Louisi
ana contemplate the persecution in South Carolina
of industrious men, who are compelled to pay
largely out of their little fortunes, in order to
maintain a band of mercenaries, whom only busi
ness it is to spread devastation throughout the
South, and to insnit and trample upon the Ameri
can flag?
One indication in South Carolina conveys a vol
ume of admonitions, and that is the withdrawal
from that State of wealthy oapitalists, particularly
that class of men, of Hebrew birth, who have ad
ded so much to the prosperity of Charleston and
other Southern oaten Men of means do not want
to live in a 'country that is lacerated by intestine
strife. There is little promise in the idea of a man
being forced to contribute out of his coffers to those
who have themselves no definite plan of notion, and
who are intent only upon tearing down one fabric ,
of government, without being able to supply
the materials or the statesmanship to build up
another. And how oan the border slave States be
appealed to in view of these dismal forebodings?
Surely they are not interested in taking to their
bosoms these fearful evils. Will they exchange all
their industry, their commerce, their growth In
population, and the wealth which has grown up
from these invaluable elements, for the empty
bauble of a dream, the phantom of an abstraction,
the poor, barren fruit of winning a victory which
can be productive only of general distress.
Rely upon t.t, South Carolina at this monzent
is the best argument in favor of preserving the
Union that could be made. Ido not moan to in
dulge in rid cute of that State. I feel rather
heartfelt commiseration In regard to her. I see
that she is destined to endure more calamities
should else perfecto in her inexcusable course,
than ever was dreamed of in her philosophy. But
when I hear het orators fulminating and uphold
ing the rhapsodies of her newspaper editors, and
thePturn to her own wear and dilapidated position,
to her barren soil, to her scant population, and to
all the evidences of poverty that appear through
her gaudy regimentals, I am oonetrained to ask
myself whether this would have been so had she
continued patiently under the flag which she is
now with insane hands tearing down and tram
pling under foot? Her game has been to conceal
these things, to hide her wretchedness and her
rage, behind the pompons declarations of her com
missioners at Washington, and the threats of her
leaders here. For this reason these men have been
instructed to make the most preposterous domande,
to rejeet the most generous offers on the part of the
free State", and to make en issue of superiority
and strength, which, in their hearts, they know
they do not poesess, and which everybody Is aware
they have no right to claim.
The Conventions of the different Cotton States
will shortly, be held, and you oan see how anxious
South Carolina is to take possession of these Con
ventions, by sending forth her Disunion emissaries
to operate upon them. The time between the
present and the January meeting of those bsdies is
short. An hour in suoh an age, and such a cause
as this, is enough to awaken the proper spirit in
every part of the country. While, then, the
agents of South Carolina are hovering like birds
of ill omen over these Conventions, let the Union•
loving people send forth every possible inducement
to strengthen those who sympathise with them in
the Cotton States To this end nothing should be
left undone. hero in Washington to convinoe the
opponents of carnation in the South that there is a
determination to close the present quarrel by a
practicable and permanent adjustment. If wo
can arm these men, so as to enable them to con
tend againstihe fire•eators in Alabama, Louisiana,
Georgia, and Mississippi, there will be no diffi
culty in holding the border slave States, and in
rescuing them from the whirlpool Into which they
may otherwise be precipitated. South Carolina is
in such haste to posh the other Cotton States over
the brink into the abyss that bolls end roars be•
low as to forget that, while tolling in this labor of
love, she confesses unoonseiously to her own
weakness, end to the wickedness of the enterprise
she has undertaken.
• No despotism, not oven Italy under Bombelino,
or Austria under Francis Joseph, has ever done the
things which South Carolina ie now daring daily
to do. The seizure of the telegraph lines, the
suppression of free tpcech, the exclusion of every
newspaper that does not speak in praise of die-
Anion, and the constant and inconceivable insult
and ignominy of respectable white citizens, cler
gyman, mechanics, school teachers, and laborers,'
upon the most flimsy pretexts; the driving out of
free negroes, the refusal to allow Northern ships
to unload their cargoes; what is all this but un
mitigated doepotlem ? England, through Mr. Glad
stone, interfered against the Italian tyrant, and
compelled him to open the bare of his Neapolitan
prisons, became ho held there certain men for po
litical offences ; and at last Garibaldi, with hie
legions, drove the sucoessor of this tyrant from his
throne, and unfurled a free nag from all her ho
vels, bills, and palaces. The cause that led to the
Italian revolution was not nearly SO just as that
which would sweep South Carolina from the face
of the earth. It should be remembered that the
atrocities I have referred to are not those of recent
date, but they have been going on in South Caro
lina in a state of profound ems, while she was
receiving the protection of the Government.
Kossuth, when be fought the Austrian, had no
such grievances to complain of as the other States
can now complain of in the case of South Carolina,
anti In the bloodiest of the French revolutions, at
the close of the last century, the people had no
such provocation to punish their tyrants as the
people of the free State will have against South
Carolina tf she persists to her armada upon indi
vidual rights, commerce, a foe press, and the
freedom of speech.
Do the madmen who rule in her coansels sup
pose that civilized Europe, which revolted at Nea
politan tyranny, which applauded Garibaldi after
his heroic' achievements, which idolized Kossuth,
and thrilled at the MOSES of the French revolu
tion, and which set other revolutions on foot in
Continental Europe, would be afloat or negative in
the face of nob an example as that of South Caro
lina? When she finishes her edifice and invokes
the encouragement and the commerce of the Old
World, the foreign Powers would insist upon pro
tection to all their citizens and property in South
Carolina, first by treaty, and If this fails, by force;
and the United States of America having been re
lieved of all responsibility for the oda of that State,
would be bound to see that no snob wrongs were
perpetrated upon her citizens as are the role and
the order under the present reign of terror, a reign
which must be continued to the last, or else the en
tire scheme of the Disunionists will be a miserable
failure. I repeat, will the other cotton States join
hands in what must be a most ridiculous farce, or
a stupendous tyranny?
And so Beverly Tooker is not to continue as
consul to Liverpool. ..Ks made an excellent officer.
Ile never forgot his country during his English
residence. Whenever she was assailed he came
forward to defend her. Be is a ready writer, and
inherits the talent of his ancestors for public,
speaking, and ble contagious wit and humor made
many of the John Balls roar with laughter, oven
in the midst of their growls at his Americanisms.
I hardly know whether ho resigned or was dis
placed ; but I will ho glad to woke= him back
to his haunts in Washington. I wonder Whether
heist a Disunionist or the reveres? Be was strong
for Douglas in the late campaign, and wrote a
very decided letter from his °epaulet° in favor of
the Little Giant, which, of course, did not please
Mr. President Buchanan. Tucker belongs to the
Ranter oboe' of Virginia politicians, Ills brother
is, or was, the Attorney General of that State,
and he differs as much from Beverly in manner
and feeling as If they were strangers. Say what
you may, Beverly Tucker will always wield a
large influence in Virginia. He has some faults—
, who has not ?—but his popular talent is enormous.
The appointment of Mr. Robert M. Magraw, of
Maryland, as the successor of Mr. Tooker in the
Liverpool consulate, is a recognition, on the part
of Mr. Buchanan, of a faithful personal friend.
OCCASIONAL.
Letter Porn “Kappa."
[Correspondence or The Pram]
W68810137'01f, Jan. 4, 1861.
'she day is being generally observed as a day of
fast and' prayer, in accordance with the recom
mendation of the President. Public and private
business is entirely suspended ; no evening papers
will be Issued, and the city wears the quiet ap
pearance of the Sabbath. As I write, Pennsyl
vania avenue is thronged with ladies and gentle
men, wending their way to the Capitol, to take
part in the religious services there, which will be
Conducted by the Rev. Mr. Stockton, chaplain of
the Rouse. It is to be honed that the exhorta
tions of the eloquent preacher will soften the
hearts of those in whose bands the destinies of our
country are now entrusted, and awoken in party
leaders a spirit of conciliation which will lead to
Compromise and the restoration of peace.
The morning was very gloomy, the skies over
hung with dark, grayish clouds, threatening snow,
but the sun has tinnily penetrated the ominous
mist, and shines now in his fullest splendor.
Mr. Douglas' epeeeh is still the talk everywhere.
Borne like it, others do not. The most of the poll-
Colons seem to suspend opinion until they have an
opportunity of rending the official report of it which
will appear in the Globe of Tuesday.
Mr. Buchanan is, after all, coming to his senses.
At least, he permits others, who love the Union, to
sot for him. General Scott, who was not even on
"speaking terms" with the two preceding Secre
taries of War, Davis and Floyd, in now at home at
the War Department, being en intimate friond of
Air. Holt, who is really an amiable and Union
loving man.
The consternation amongst the Seceders at the
late conduot of the Administration is very great.
They curse the President, beeaued ho has not per
mitted himself to bo commanded by them. The in
dignation of the "commissioners" when they left
yesterday morning for home, clan hardly be de
soribed. They assert openly that Mr. Buchanan
had insulted in them the dignity of the sovereign
State of South Carolina. Raving thus failed to
conquer Fort Sumpter, in Washington, the gallant
Anderson will now have tho pleasure of observing
from his impregnable position the impotent rage
of the good people of Smith Carolina. lie will have
little to fear from their guns, as they do not know
how to manage them. Besides, the Seceders fear
that our navy and army officera,vrill follow the ex
ample of Major Anderson, knowing that every act
of theirs in favor of the Union will be remember
ed by a grateful people, anti rewarded not only
with promotion, bat with everlasting fame and
glory.
Ho, I am for the Union ! I must go up to the
Capitol and pray too. Therefore, no more to-day.
KAPPA.
Thaciteray , s New Story.
The Conduit Maga: /no, for January, which
we have received from Callender 16 Co., South
Third street, (a very early copy `•1 opens with three
chapters of Mr. Tbaokeray's now serial, The Ad.
ventures of Philip on his Way through the World,"
with illustrations on steel and wood, which, if from
the author's pencil, show him to have greatly im
proved in hie drawing. Following hie old plan of
introducing characters of his former novels into
each new story, Mr. Thaokeray brings back Arthur
Pendennis, with his mother, Laura Bell, the old
Major, the artist Goodish, and his pupil Andrew,
and even takes no back again to Grey Friars
School education at which is deaoribed in se
veral of Mr. Thookoray's previous works. Can
not Thaokeray really get out of himself, or is
he unable or unwilling to invent new charac
ters? Aro we to have my Lord Bareaores bark
again, the Marquis of !Reyna, the Orawloys, the
Nowcomos, Captain Costigan, and the other
dramatis persona? This first portion of the new
story is not striking,—it may improve, and it
muse, to be popular. Mach better, this month,
is Mr. Trollop's " Frawley Parsonage," which
has flagged of late. Tho remaining articles are of
average merit.—We also have, from Callender,
the Illustrated News of the World, of December
21, with steel portrait of lieu. Mr. Spurgeon, and
the Illustrated London News of same date, a
double number, with Christmas stories and verses,
and a splendid colored supplement.
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to The Press.
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON,
SECESSION IN KENTUCKY
FAST DAY IN WASHINGTON
The District Militia to he Organized in view
tot an Attempt to Seize Washington.
THREATENED TROUBLE AT NORFOLK,
VIRGINIA
Special Despatches to " The Press."
WASHINGTON, January 4, 1861
Mr. BURNY.TT, who has just returned from a
visit to his home in Kentucky, represents that
seven out of every ten men in that State aro for
immediate secession. Mr. Buridnrr ie himself an
ultra Southern man, and was an active supporter
of Mr. BRECKINRIDOE, in the late Presidential
campaign. Ills advises aro certainly different
from those of the other members of the Kentucky
delegation, who aro daily receiving letters from
their constituents praying them to use their influ
ence to have Major Aso:Timm reinforeed, and also
to stand firm in support of the Government. Sena
tor URITTENDEN Is regarded hero as the true re.
presentative of the sentiments of the people of
Kentucky.
The hall of the House of Representatives was
crowded to its utmost capacity to-day; it being
estimated that over six thousand persona attended
to boar the sermon of Rev. Mr. STOCKTON. Many
were unable to gain admittance to the hall, and
were compelled to leave- It is regarded as the
largest meeting ever assembled in 'Washington.
Mr. Grommets sermon overflowed with Union
sentiments, and a thrilling appeal which be made
for his country's flag, the glorious stars and
stripes, so moved his auditors, that, many forget
ting the occasion, could not restrain their applause.
The threats of GOVOTIIOT WISE, which have boon
re-eohoed in other quarters, that the Capitol must
be taken possession of and the inauguration of
Mr. Dimmer forcibly prevented, have not been un
heeded by the President. Orders have been issued
to thoroughly organize the militia of the Distriet
of Columbia, who aro alt for the Union, and I learn
that ten companies of United States troops will be
brought to this city at an early day, as an addi
tional precaution. General SCOTT will remain
here and take oommand of the whole force.
The Republicans hold a caucus to-day, but their
proceedings wore kept a profound secret. Rumor
says that they aro trying to unite upon the Crit
tenden propositions.
D.:nab:rhos were received this afternoon notify
ing the President that an attempt would he made
by Governor WisE'Elhfinutulifen at Norfolk to pre
vent the departure of the sterim-frigato Brook
lyn, which le near taking in coals at the Gosport
navy-yard, and being put in readiness to proceed
immediately to South Carolina. The President
bas cent word back that force shall be repelled
by forte.
Benetton GREEN, of Missouri, and Mononsorr,
of Tennessee, express themselves perfectly satisfied
with Judge Dm:tones' speech, and declare their
intention to support his propositions.
I learn that the President will maim no nomi
nation for Postmaster General in place of Mr.
BOLT ; now acting Secretary of War, but will con
tinuo Assistant Postmaster Kim at the bead of the
Post Office Department, that gentleman being well
qualified by his long experience in the Depart
ment to discharge the duties of the office.
Secretary of War and Secretary of the
Navy under Lincoln's Administra
tion.
The proposition to appoint Major ANDERSON
Secretary of War, suggested by the New York In
dependent, and indirectly approved by the Tri
bune, means more than appears upon the Burface.
You will recollect that acme woke ago I suggested
that Captain 13IRAN PAULDING, of the United
States navy, ehould bo appointed Secretary of the
Navy. Why should not practical military and
naval men occupy these bureaus roapectively ?
Prospect of the Passage of the Critten
den Proposition.
1 begin to believe that all conservative men, of
all parties, in Congress will finally rally upon Mr.
Cairrzoneo's proposition, and that, if it will pass,
It will prevent a general disruption.
Delaware Speaks.
The little State of Delaware does not teem to
have received Mr. Thomason, the Disunion com
missioner from Mississippi, with mush courtesy.
She board him, hissed him, and rejected him.
Dolawaro—one of the most conservative States—
may receive a high-toned gentlemen like Mr.
DICKINSON ; but she would not have been Dela
ware—carved out of the original Pennsylvania—if
she had not asserted her opinion in favor of a
Union that has always respected its obligations to
friend and foe. Mississippi is cot the best pioneer
in mob a cause as Secession.
lion. J. Kennedy Moorhead.
Too much credit cannot bo awarded to lion.
J. Korthairr MOOP.HEAD, the efficient Representa
tive in Congress from Pittsburg, Pa., for his ef-
forts to induce Mr. BUCHANAN to countermand Mr.
FLorn's order directing the shipping of heavy
guns from Pittsburg to the filonthord cities.
General Cameron and President Bu
chanan.
Since Mr. BUCHANAN has consented to atand by
the Union and the Constitution, the now member
of Mr. Lino°Ln's Cabinet, General °Almon, has,
I hear, paid him one or two visits. Why should
not the G. P. F. assist to inaugurate the N. P. F. ?
Strong Union Feeling in Washington.
The property holders here, having heretofore
generally sympathized with the Secessionists, now
wield a, large influence against the efforts of the
Secessionlste to break up tho Union. The hope is
held out that, in the event of dissolution, this
would be the capital of the now Southern Confede
racy ; but Mr. CORCORAN, and other intelligent and
generous men like himself, have a bettor apprecia
tion of events, and forsee that disunion, while it
must desolate the whole country, will destroy
them.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Numerous Western mem
bers of the Legislature of Virginia arrived hero
yesterday, and to-day are on their way to Rich
mond. The general feeling expressed by them is
that the Legislature should immediately enact a
law calling a State Convention and pass a declara
tory resolution against coercing a seoeding State
The Virginia Senators and some of the Represen
tatives from that State are also agreed upon these
points.
Representatives Curry and Pugh, of Alabama,
have left for home. Others of the same State will
follow neat week, while members of other pros
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1861.
peotively succeeding States are making ready
The Republicans held a minute today Eighty
members were present and Mr Reward, of Michi
gan occupied the chair, and Mr. Colfax acted as
secretary.
The caucus resolved that their proceedings
should be private, hence the particulars cannot
legitimately be procured.
IMPORTANT SOUTHERN NEWS.
SEIZEHE OF THE GEORGIA
FORTS CONFIRMED.
ANOTHER REVENUE CUTTER TAW
POSSESSION OF
THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA ORDERS
ITS RETURN
EXCITEMENT AT NORFOLK, VA
The U. S. Sloop-of-war Brooklyn
Preparing for Charleston.
THE CABINET OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
011ABLESTON, Jan. 4.—1 learn from a gentiernah
who arrived hero this morning from Savannah,
that the forts aro in the posseesion of the Georgia
State troof a.
They aro occupied by ono hundred and fifty men,
and an armorer, with thirty mcn, is engaged in
Meaning the guns to render them serviceable.
The State of Georgia his also taken possession of
the United States revenue cutter on that station.
BALTI3IOItIC, Jan. 4.—The following special de
spatch to the Anierinan has been received:
CITAIMESTON, Jan. 4.—Governor Piolsens has
divided the duties of the Executive administration
of South Carolina among his council. Thus he
appoints
A. G. McGrath, Secretary of State, to regulate
intercourse with other States and foreign Powers,
make treaties. regulate commerce, and appoint
consuls.
D. A. Jamison, Secretary of War.
G. G. Memminger, Eeoretary of the Treasury.
W. IL Herne°, to regulate the Portal Depart
ment and Light Houses.
A. C. Darlington, Eoorotary of tho Interior, to
attend to local matters, including the militia end
coast
THE LATEST FROM CHARLESTON
FORT SUMPTER NOT BESIEGED.
Major Anderson Visited by his Brother under
Surveillance
ALL REPORTED QUIET
Oman!Aaron, S. 0., Jan. 4.—A1l is quiet hore.
Fort Sumpter has not boon besieged, no re
ported.
Major Anderson was visited today by his
brother, in company with three gentlemen. The
understanding was that the interview should take
plea() in their preemie°.
The Governor has made the following divisions
of Me Executive Administration :
First, Tho State Department, the functions of
which are for the assistance of the Governor, with
the exorcise of his powers as now delegated, and
more especially in his intercourse with the States ;
also with Foreign Powers as relates to the ex.
change of consuls, treaties, and the regulations of
commerce. For this I appoint Hon. A. S. Mc-
Grath.
Second. The War Department, for the super
vision of matters relating to the conducting of
hostilities, the management of the military, the
disposition of the troops, Old the management of
the troops In actual service. For this, I appoint
General D F. Jamieon
Third. The Treasury Jurisdiction, for the su
pervision of matters connected with the fiscal re
lations of the State and practical details, and in
raising the funds provided for by any ordinance of
the Convention or acts of the Legislature, not
specially transferred to some of the other depart
ments, I appoint lion C. G. Memminger.
Fourth The Post Office Department, tho flint
flops of which are indicated by the name, includ
ing therein as much connection with the customs
as relates to lighthouses, buoys, and matters of
that nature, I appoint °on. W. W. Enrico.
Fifth. Tho Interior Department, for the di
rection of local matters within the State, including
the militia and coast police, I appoint (ben. A 0.
Darlington.
The Convention.
ClinighTo3, January 4.-7ht3 Convention to.
day appointed the following delegates to the Gene
ral Congress uf seceding States :
T. J. Withers, W. W. Boyce, R. B. Rhett, Jr.,
0 G. Moenmingor, L. M. .Keitt, James Chestnut,
Jr., R. W. Barnwell, W. P. Miles.
The Convention went into secret Convention to
receive the report of the commissioners from
Washington.
STARTLING FROM ALABAMA.
THE 11. S. ARSENAL AT MOBILE TAKEN'
BY THE STATE TROOPS.
NO DEFENCE OFFERED
Rumored
MOBILE, Ala., January A.—Ths United States
Arsenal was taken ,nt daylight this morning by
the State troops at Mobile.
It contains 78,000 'stand of arms, 1,500 boxes of
powder, 300,000 rounds of musket cartridges, and
otber munitions of er or.
No defonoo was offered by those In ohargo of tho
Arsenal.
It is rumored that Fort Morgan woo taken trot
night
Missouri.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS OP 00V. JACKSON
Sr. Lome January 4. —Govornor Jackson's
inaugural address was delivered to-day. It is
almost entirely devoted to IhO discussion of oar
Federal relations.
He says the destiny of the elsveholding States
is identical, and Missouri will hest consult her own
interests, and the interests of the whole country,
by a timely declaration of her determination to
stand by her sister slaveholding Stales, in whose
wrongs she participates, and with whose institu
tions and people she sympathizes
Missouri will remain in the Union so long as
there is a hope of maintaining the guarantees of
the Constitution; but if the Northern States are
determined to put the elaveholding States on a
footing of inequality, by preventing the entrance
of slaves into the Territories, and admitting no
more slave States, and persisting in nullifying and
perverting the Constitution,
with reference to
slave property, then they themselves practically
abandon the Union, and cannot expect the South
to submit to such a Government.
The Governor opposes coercion, and rays the
prospect of maintaining the Government by force
may lead to a consolidated despotism, but never
to Union. Our Government is -based upon the
principles of justice and equality. Standing ar
mies and mercenary soldiers may subject us, but
they will not redress a violated Constitution The
first bloodshed in a war of aggression upon foreign
States will result in this overthrow of the entire
Federal system.
The Governor has not abandoned all hope for
the preservation of the Union, but believes that
by prudence and well directed efforta en adjust
ment, alike honorable to both sections, may be ef
fected. lie is opposed to Congressional compro
mises. The South can rely only upon constitu.
tional guarantees; and to effect this end, he ad
vises the calling of a Southern convention, to agree
upon ouch amendments to the Constitution as
would Erasure their just rights, and aubmit than to
the Northern States for their action. He also ad
vises the calling of a State Convention, to ascer
tain the will of the people on the subject.
On turning to State matters, the Governor ad
vises a thorough organization of the militia, to re
pel invasion and protect the property of citizens.
He recommends the legalization of the suspension
of specie payments by the banks.
Michigan.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR BLAIR
. .
DETROIT, Jan. 4 —Governor Blair delivered his
Inaugural address to both branches of the Legis
lature at Lansing, yesterday.
In discussing national affairs, he denies the right
of secession, and alluding to the present position of
South Carolina, says that If it could be properly
done, I presume the country generally would be
willing to let that restless little nation retire from
the Confederacy forever ; but that cannot be 'with
out admitting the right of secession to exist in
all the States. This done, and no Government re
mains to no but only a voluntary earoolation of
States dissolved at tho pleasure of any of them.
If South Carolina may of right secede, then may
also New York and Louisiana, thee cutting off the
free right of way of the entire Northwest to the
ooeen in both directions. The doctrine cannot be
admitted. Self-preeervation, if no other reason,
would compel as to resist it. Ile claims that the
Constitution is not A compact or league between
Independent and sovereign States.
On the contrary it is the foundation of a Govern
rant established by the people of the United States
as a whole, perpetual in its obaraoter, and possess
ing all the elements of a sovereign power and na
tionality.
He denies that the personal liberty laws bays
bed the effort of preventing the execution of the
fugitive•slave law in a single instantle; . but Slim
ever an appeal has been made to the courts to on
foroo that law, it has been done in good faith.
lie invites a judicial scrutiny into the legislation
of the State, and is willing to abide by the result,
but is not willing that the State should be hu
miliated by a compliance with the demand to re
peal these laws, accompanied with throats of vio
lence and mar Ile concludes by recommending
that, at a very early day, the Legislature make it
manifest to our Representatives in Congress, and
to the - oountry, that Michigan is loyal, and will
defend them to the uttermost, and proffer to the
President of the United States the whole military
power of the State for that purpose.
Lincoln's Cabinet.
M'CLIJIE RETURNS FROM 1179 V/SIT TO SPRING
FIELD-RH DENIES CAMERON'S APPOINTMENT.
PITTEIBIIRO, Jan 4.- Mr. McClure, chairman of
the Republican State Committee, passed through
this city to day from Springfield, where ho bad
bean invited by Mr. Lincoln. Ile asserts positive
ly that no Cabinet appointment for Pennsylvania
has boon absolutely determined on.
Mr. Lincoln, be ear, wishes to reflect the views
of his friends n Pennsylvania, and will appoint no
one in whom they have not confidence, personally
and politically, as be can beat fudge from the ex
prolusions made from the State to him by the dele
gates to the Chicago Convention and other loading
Republicans who protest against Mr, Oaatoron'a
appointment.
The Seizure of Fort PUlll}3l{ia
BAUSiriAll, Jan. 4 —Port Pulaski was yesterday
taken possession of by the volunteers, by order of
Gov. Brown.
It le reported that the revenue cutter Dobbin
bus boon taken possession of, but Gov. Brown bag
Issued orders for her return to the Government.
It is generally believed that the Beefeater' tioket
had °anted the 13tftte.
ure of Fort Horgan
From Idarrisburtr
THE UNITED STATEN sziuTonnui
Hanatisnone, Jan.t—The appearanoes strongly
indicate tho election of Mr. Cowan as United
States Senator. Wilmot is his strongest opponent.
The antl•Cnmoron men await the arrival of Mr.
McClure anxiously.
Congressmen Stewart, Hollinger, and MoPhor•
eon, of Pennsplvarda, aro hero on a commission to
persuade the Republican members of the Legitle
tt/re not to pass an appropriation to arm the
militia.
Mr. Steuart expressos a doubt ne to the appoint-
Mont Of CSlttienlia as eaeretaty of tbo Treasury.
the friends of Mr. Cameron state that they Saw a
promise df the aPpointment raider Mr. Lincoln's
signature.
The ConiestedSent in the First Lt!giS=
lIATIRISBUnci, January •1 —Mr. Abraham Stewart
(P.), who contests the east of Mr. Joseph Caldwell
11).), in the first Legislative district of Philadel.
Oda, is very eanguina that ho will be able to make
out d OEM.
The petition of the friends of Mr. Stewart,
among other things, sets forth that the return
judges of raid district give Caldwell 2,735 votes,
Stewart 2,705, S. E Cohen 237, and four votes for
other persons, and that said Caldwell is returned
cleated by a plurality of thirty votes, whioh the
petitioners charge to bo a false return. The peti
tioners allege that Caldwell received only 2,070
votog i and that Stewatt received 2,705 votes, giving
him a majority of 125 votes over Caldwell,
The petitioneas specify the following grounds of
contest:
First. That in the Seventh division of the
Third ward Caldwell is falsely retdrned ae having
reoeived 313 votes, when in truth he only received
373.
Second. That In the swim division of the name
ward Stewart is returned as having received 130
votes, while in foot he received not lees then 170
votoa.
TMrd. That 31l illegal votes were oounted for
Caldwell in tho same division.
Fourth. That the officers of the election of said
division refused to require proof of the evidence of
persons offering their votes whose names were not
upon the list furnished by the commissioners and
assessors, according to law. That they fraudu
lently refused to swear such voters that they had
not removed within the eleotion district for the
mere purpose of voting therein
Fifth. That in the Second division of the Elva
ward it was returned that Stewart had received
259 votes, when in fact he received not than 207,
as will appear by a recount of the ballots
,lzzth. That in the Fourth division of the Pint
ward it was returned that Stewart had received
350 votes, while in truth he received 370, as wilt
appear by a recount of the ballots
Seventh. That in the Fifth division of the First
ward it was returned that Stewart had received
197 votos, while in foot he bad received 207, as will
appear by a, recount of the ballot.
EWA, That in the Eighth division of the Third
ward it was returned that Stewart bad received
227 votes, when in foot he received not lees
than 237 votes, as will appear by a recount of the
ballots.
Ninth. That Neal McKean voted in the Sixth
division of the First ward; that ono Ford votod in
the Ninth division of the seine ward; that one
David Henderson voted in the Second division of
the same ward; that one Matthew Cunningham
voted in the Fifth division of the same ward; that
one David Field voted in the First division of the
same ward ; that one John Boyle voted in the First
and Seventh divisions of the same ward ; none of
whom were entitled to vote, and whose votes were
cast for Mr. Caldwell.
The potition is signed by B P Nownam, 5. 11.
North, G. Mactague, Samuel S Cavin, John W.
Da Brae, William Foster, Richard Peitz, N. C.
Lane, S. B. Gray, Anthony Lynay, James Martin,
Thome Thompson, John Rogers, Jobn W. Spink,
John Dolman, Jobn H. Peterson, A. D. Spear,
John W. Foster, Charles M. Zorr, Alex. Hogg,
A. Miller, John Huston, G. W. Mactague, Sr., G.
W. Maotnguo, Jr , Isaac B. Smith, J. A. Nagel,
Houston Smith, Jr.
The committee of the Douse is to be drawn on
Wednesday. Mr. Caldwell feels confident that he
will be able to show that he is entitled to his seat.
Pennsylvania United States Senator.
EIARIIIBIWRG, January 4.—Both parties meet in
caucus on Monday evening to select a candidate
for United States Senator,
to fill tho vacancy occa
sioned by the expiration of the term of Mr. Bigtor.
Tho Democrats will probably notninato floury D.
Foster or Wm. H. Witte, but it will be a mere
empty honor. The Poople's party are somewhat
divided David Wilmot and Edgar Cowan appear
to bo the favorites Tho friends of Mr. Wilmot
strongly urge his claims, on the ground that the
northwestern part of the State gave the heaviest
majorities, and he is therefore entitled to the posi
tion. Others again argue that it would be inju
dioious td elect such an ultra man at the present
time.
Gen. Cameron, It i 9 raid, will not resign hie seat
in the Senate until a few days before the inaugu
ration of Mr. Lincoln, when ho will go into the
Cabinet as Secistary of the Treasury. An eastern
man will probably be selected for his unexpired
term. Morton McMichael is not without his
friends, and may be strongly urged, if District
Attorney Mann does not interfere with bis peer
pests.
The Smith and Clymer Resolutions.
Bartnisatina, Jan. 4.— IL is expected that the
Smith resolutions will be taken up in the Senate
on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Clymer will offer
the Democratic caucus resolutions as a substitute.
They will no doubt beveled down by a party veto.
The friends of the Smith resolutions °tem that
they breathe the sentiments expressed by General
Jackson, and that no Demoorat eon consistently
Vote against them. The Democrats, on the other
hand, allege that Mr. Smith's resolutions are of a
coersive character, and, therefore, do not ?ogee
the sentiments of the people of the State. Much
curiosity is manifested to see the resolutions of the
Senator from Berke. They era the maiden effort
of Mr. Clymer.
FROM CALIFORNIA,
111 Y PONY EXPRERS.I
$1,446,000 En Route for New York.
FORT KEAIINEY, Jan. • 4.—The pony express
passed hero at 12 o'clock bet night.
San 14110(01sec, Deo. 22-3 40 P. M.—Arrived
on the 21st ship Moussard, from Bordeaux; bark
Florence, from Now York ; bark Robert Passen
ger, from Hong Rang.
Sailed 21st steamer Sonora for Aspinwall, carry
ing 155 passengers and $1,445,000 for New York
the ship Winged Arrow. for Cork, carrying 18,000
sacks of wheat, 37.000 bbls of flour, 115 sacks of
silver ore; also, French ship Indian Queen, and
bark Onward, for Shaoghao.
Commercial business continues inactive, with not
enough doing to afford quotations, or give Indica.
H
Hens of changes in the market. Coal is firm, with
an upward tendency Raw sugars are improved
nominally, by the news from China, but there are
no transactions to establish an advance as yet ;
refined still slow of ealo at Ills.
In broadetaffe tho operations aro suspended from
lack of receipts, and bnyera aro restrained from
forting the market by tho complexion of the ad
vices from Now York and England. Freights aro
declining. Money is in fair supply, but mostly in
demand to remit to the eastward.
GENERAL .NEWB.
.The pony express, with St. Louie dates to De
cember 4, reached San Francisco on the 20th. The
President's message entire woo telegraphed from
St. Louis to Fort Kearney, where it overtook the
pony on the 7th inst. and thus came through to
Sacramento, arriving on the 19th.
It was telegraphed thence to San Francisco by
two lines, and immediately published in the Butte.
tin and Alta. ThO reading of the message, and of
the proieedinge of Congress up to the 7th, tend to
to increase the anxiety of the people concerning the
mitten' condition of the
Tho entire press of the State now takers serious
viow of the necoesion movement, and favor the
preservation of the Union, if possible, by mutual
concession
All the Republican papora advocate the repeal
of the personal liberty bilis of the Northern States.
There is some talk of organizing a Pacific re
public if the South wades, but the present sent'.
meet of a vast majority of the people is undoubted
ly to strive to presorve the Union ee it is, and to
crap With all that remains of the Union, if any por
tion secedes.
The total oontributiona to the Waahington•monu
ment fund on election day, amounted to about
%an.
Tho steamer Cattfornra, from Oregon, brings
dates to the 11th ult., and to the Bth ult. from
British Columbia. On her way down she passed
the whaler °show, of New Bedford, bound to Ban
Francisco, with a full cargo of oil, bone, end seal
skins The crew wore nearly all down with the
nervy, and the ship Talus Marshall, and bark
Newry are reported wrecked in the Straits of
Fun.
Tho last steamer from Frazer river arrived at
Victoria with $lO,OOO in gold. •
An attempt bad been made to fire Victoria
Senator Nesmith and T. J. Dryer, who caste the
Oregon vote in the Electoral College, have come
down to California.
The Legislature of Washington Territory was in
session. Paul IC "'Ohs was cleated President of
the Council. The Douglas Democrats have a ma
jority in the Connell, and a plurality of the Mouse.
SANDWICH ISLANDS
Another arrival from Honolulu brlnga handwieh
Island adyloos to the )et of December, one week
Win
A surveyor on the ship Slant estimates that it
will cost $11,600 to place her in as good condition
as was before the fire, but $5,000 will mako her
seaworthy.
By the 10th of January lionoiula is to be sup•
plied with water by laying iron pipes to a valley
seven miles distant.
A fancy dress ball given by R. O. Wylie, Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, on the 28th November, is de
embed by tho Polynesian as a grand success and
a great event in the fashionable society of the Ha
waiian kingdom.
Iho seventeenth anniversary of the recognition
of the independenoe of the Hawaiian Kingdom by
France and Gloat Britain was cbservad as a na
tional holiday in Honolulu on the 28th of Novem
ber. The town and shipping in the port wore
decked in colors of every hue and nationality, and
salutes were fired from Pooch Bowl 11111.
DEPARTURE OP TILE SONORA
Ihe 1.1.011111er Sonora loft for Panama this morn
ing, with 155 passengers, the malls, and $1,407,-
110 in specie, of which $13,000 goes to Panama,
$7,000 to England, and $1340,219 to New York.
The following is the list of cabin passengers:
J. W. Coffroth, M S. Whiting, J. Blumenthal, J,
Goodman, S. W. liosontook, E. Walter. J. 31.
Height, Alex. Henry, J. S. Bonney, Jao. V. Cox,
D. B. Connery, Thos, L. Elliot, E N. Taylor, F.
Belong, P. Clark and wife, John O'Callaban, War
ren Brown, Oapt J. A. Bamilton, Capt. F. A.
Wild, K. 11. Smith, B. M. Callender, H. Biller,
C. A Murray, II A. AL Buster, Louise Chevalier,
Leo Poplar, E Putnam, Wm, Hain, Jacob Rosen.
felt, E. J Moors. A. S. heresy, G. Baynes, W.
11. Frost', B. J. Pongry, A 111. Ellis, Adolpha
Polaris, Antonio Molina, T. E. Elliott, Isaac, E.
Shaw, M. li. Maros, W. 11. Watson, J. R Smith,
B Williams, Chas. Heath, EphraimE. O. Reming
ton, J. F Smith, J. S Rogers, J. Mutters, B. A.
Shourds, F. A. Shourds. Thorn ware also 100
steerage passengers.
Wells, Fargo, & Dewitt, Kottle,
Co.. . ....8227 LOD 00 & 30.000 03
Aleop .. 169 998 4U Fritz & Ralston 80 000 00
David.on &Co 144 (00 eu IL 0. Mills &Co 30 000 00
Parrott & C 0.... 80,011 09 W. Me55er_.....23,000 00
Luther & Church 75,400 00 J. Cohen &Co . 20,000 00
Levi Straus 81,000 0, Meader, dolor,
J. Felignian &co . 18 500 00
• , • 70 650 00 J.l3.Weir & Co.. 11000 00
IN?
loan & C 0.... 65,000 00 Co—.- • 10,100 00
James l'atnel: & Belon & Frerea. 7,000 00
Co . . , 03,000 00 Crosby & Dibble 7,035 az
AI Heller & Bro 07,376 74 T.ll. &J. S. 13n- .
Abel . 61 000 00 eon-- 6,600 00
E. Kelly kCo .. 61 WO 00 Flint. Peabodr,
T. J. biol.:Mot & &Co 2.665 03
C0..........-.43,907 60 Other BM pee re.. 77,711 36
J. IL Thrum, . 90 100 00
B. F. Hastings T0ta1—..—.41437,113 43
& Co.--__.- 30,e00
Observance of the Day
WASIIINGTON, Jan. 4 —The " Humiliation and
Prayer Day" was observed with more than Sab
bath solemnity.
Serving were held in the various churches, and
the hall of the "louse of Representatives was
crowded during Chaplain Stookton's delivery of au
address fitting to the 000asion.
PETEIRBIII7IIO, Va., Jan. 4 —Busino3s was uni
versally suspended to-day, and the churches were
all thronged.. It has bean the moat solemn day
Over witnessed in Petersburg's history.
BALTIVORR, Jan. 4.—The day was universally
observed. The churches were welt attended, and
the public offices, banks, and stores all closed.
Great interest Is manifested to hear further
Porn South Carolina and Georgia.
Sr. Lotra, Jan. 4.—Basineos was generally elm
tended lo•day, and 'melee , held In nearly all the
atomises of Gib city
CiNCINNATI, Jan 4. —The day sidif g6nerally ob
served. All the loading busnehe end banking
houses wore closed.
RICIDIOND, Va., Jan. 4.—The i fast," is being
respectfully observed. Buotneas is suspended, am
all the churches open. Sonic powerful discourses
were delivered, all relying upon the interposition
of Providence in the present difficulties, but ex
pressing devotion to the South, and a firm main
tenance of its rights. While war is to be de
plored, we must prepare for our own protection.
Salutes of Honor to Andeison
NonnisrowN. Jan. 4.—The firemen of this plane
fired a salute of thirty three guns to day In honor
of Major Anderson.
IVii,tantsromr, Jan. places of business
are closed today, and by command of Meat.
Aklett, of the Woodward (lizards, a salute of
thirty-three guns is being fired for Anderson.
ALLENTOWN, Jan. 4 —Thirty-threeguns for An
derson.
Important from Norfolk
NORFOLK, Jan. 4.—The United States sloop-of
war Brooklyn. is coaling and taking in stores and
getting ready for a amigo. It is rumored that she
ie destined for Charleston.
Great excitement was created yesterday In con
sequence of a report that four companies from Fort
ress Monroe had been ordered to Charleston.
Lieut. J. 11. North tendered his resignation to
day.
The Nebraska! Legislature.
A ORP:RTINO TO 3fAJOit ANDERSON,
OMAHA, (N. T ,) Jan. 4 —The Nebraska Rouse
of Representatives on the let inst., on motion of
General Downs, of raise, passed the following re
solution :
Resolved, That the Nebraska Legislature sends
greeting and thanks to Major Anderson, of Port
Sumpter, for hie gallant conduct, and wishes bins
and his family " A Happy New Year."
From Fort Leavenworth
=Z=MI!IIIMI
TO PROCEED TO FORT :WHERRY
tRAVENWORTE, IL T., January 4.—A1l the
available force at Fort Leavenworth hoe been or
dered by General Scott to bold tbetasolvee in readi•
neee to proceed to Fort McHenry at a motnentga
notiob,
From Pike's Peak.
FORT KEARNEY, JRII 3.—The WeStain stage,
with the mails and six passongers, and Hinckley ,S;
Co.'s Express, with $9,000 in dust, has passed here
for Oiaha. 'horn is no news of importance from
the gold regibue.
Union Meeting at Wilmington, Del.
Wrormarom (Del.), Jan. 4—A large Union
meeting was held at Citizens' Hall to-night.
Owing to a misunderstanding of the object of the
mooting, great disorder provailed at first, and an
attempt was made to hiss down Dr. A If. Grim
°haw, on the ground that he was a Republican.
He finally obtained a hearing, and made a Union
speech. Resolutions were then panned endorsing
the courso of tho Legislature, in repudiating the
Mississippi resolutions, and secession in any form.
'Me Cahattrba at tiew York.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 —The steamer Cakawba
from Deanna on the 28th ult., arrived this eve
ning. Ifer news is unimportant.
Markets by Telegraph
NoalLE, Cotton—Sales to-day, of 2,000 bales
at 11e411.10 for Middlings. The market is steady.
Ctricizioaxi. Jan 4—F lour firm at 3 4.66Q4 IL 'Whis
ky dull at No. Hoge buoyant and higher; sales of
good qualities at $6. receipts 6,000. Provisions buoy
ant. Lard. in bbla, %kid Oita; to k egs, WAN!
Env/ ORLICAa S• Jan 4—Cotton firm; Salta to day of
10,000 bales, at 111‘012.40 for middlings!.
Sales of the week . . 78 COO balsa.
Receipts do. . ........ 60 600 do.
Do. same last 6B MO do.
in, loss than last year . . ... -..2211,00t1 do.
Do. at all Southern ports...—. 603 WO do.
Exports of the week..... 48.00 dO.
Totel exports of the season... .... 757 640 do.
Stook in. 811, 000 do.
Sugar steady at 41.i'est12o. Molasses sells at 280210.
Flour, 6'4 621icto 75. Corn. yellow a, d mixed, 710760.
Colfee—Salos of the week 10,000 bags at 101712 u. Im
ports, 21,000 bags. Stock in port, 47 000 huge. against
82,000 bags last year. Freights on Cotton to Liverpool•
d. Exchange on New York, 1 per cent. discount.
PUBLIC DCCUNIRNTS —We have to acknowledge
the receipt, from Col. T. B. Plorenoc, M. C., of
the "Letter of the Secretary of State, transmit
ting a Statement of the Commercial Relations of
the rutted States with Foreign Nations, for the
year ending September 30, 1.3.59," and of the " Co•
vodo Investigation," (including the Leeompton
Constitution, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Executive
Binding, Elections, Post Othoe Department,) and
the Investigation in Alleged Abuses In the Navy
Department, Naval Contracts and Expenditures,
Public Printing.
OENE/IAL TOI/ if] just as well for the
public to .know that the little General" posi
tively remains, to see his friends, (that is, all per•
sons,) only one week more. We have no idea
where he is going next—probably, as he is pa•
triotio, to reinforce gallant Major Anderson. He
bolds his lovees at 3 and half paat7 P. M. each day,
and today will have an extra reception for schools
and families at noon.
SALE Two MonNom or CLOTHING-(80O over.
coats, ko. ;) cotton and wool 431:adage, &0., at
Thomas Son'e anotion store.
Stook of boots, 2bore, /co., on Iflondsy. By order
of athniniattntqr.
Stooks and real estate on Tuesday nest. See
catalogues and advertisements of these sales.
BAIA: OF FURNITURE, PIANOS, MIRRORS, so.
Tho assortment of household furniture, pianos
large mirrors, ,to . to be sold this morning, at 10
o'olook, at !deans. Biroh k Bon's auction store,
No. 014 Chestnut street, is well worthy the Eaten.,
lion of housekeepers and others.
BY THE MIDNIGHT MAILS
Revolutionary Ideas
The Richmond Etuinzrer of yesterday, alter ex
pressing the belief that President Buohanan has
"fully gone over to the coercionigts," and has
"thus assumed the responsibility of inaugurating
civil war," indulges in the following important
speculations and suggestions :
" Those who desire the reconstruction of the Re
public and the preservation of peace, turn now to
the Senate. Without IM connivance in the folly
and wickedness of Mr. Buchanan, the President's
war will still be a failure. having succeeded in
emptying the treasury, he has deprived himself of
the sinews of war, and unless the Senate haa be.
come else a tool of Gen. Scott, it may not only pre
vent war, but by adjourning and the returning
home of Northern Democrats and Southern Sena
tors, if they cannot succeed in the recommendation
of the National Intelligencer, to withdraw all Fe.
derat authority from over the seceding States, they
may, by disorganizing the Government, give time
and opportunity to mediation which may result in
permanent and durable peace.
No Southern man, of any party, should remain
In Washington, where his presence, by making a
quorum, may involve his own people in the her-
Tors of 'civil war The Northern Democrats, who
no longer hare any confidence in Mr. Lincoln or
in Mr. Buchanan, but who still desire the preser
vation of pence for the reconstruction of the
Government, should also vacate their seats, and
leave the Government disorganized.
"The postponement of civil war, and the preven
tion of the official announcement of the late Presi
dential election by the Vice President, will give
time for the States to assemble in Convention,
publish a plan of Union, and submit it to the peo
ple of all the States for ratification."
Captain Charles P. Stone
We copy the following extract from the Biel
/Eif 72 of last evening. Our Washington despatches
inform us that tho militia of the District of Co
lumbia are to be organized immediately, under
the direot supervision of General Scott, and in this
work the Commander.in•ohief could have no more
efficient aid than Captain Stone.
"Tho important announcement is made that this
gentleman hoe been appointed by the President,
Inspector General of the Militia of the District of
Columbia, and that ho will immediately proceed
to organize those troops, in order to be able
promptly and efficiently to repel invasion, sup
press insurrection and preserve the vital.° pro
perty. The appointment is a most admirable
one—Captain btone being an able, gallant, and
highly distinguished soldier."
The Union in Texas.
A meeting of the people of Travis county, who
who are in favor of maintaining their rights In the
Union, was held in Austin on the 22d ult. It is
said to have been one of the largest meetings ever
held in Austin. There was a large prooession, with
band of music, and carrying theaters and stripes.
On reaching the Capitol, the liter Spangled Banner
was sung, with thrilling effect, and was greeted by
oheer on (dicer at the conclusion. The Galveston
Civilian, referring to the meeting, says:
The speeches are said to have been very impree
sive. A letter now before us says : ' Persona
who have heard General Houston repeatedly, say
he never made a finer effort. His speech was
electrifying in its influence on the crowd. Tt was
not only a speech for the Union, but for Southern
rights in the Union. The same may be said of
Judge Townsend Judge Hancock. The latter gen
tleman especially showed ultra men that they can
not lay claim to all the devotion to the South ; but
that the conservative men knew their rights end
intended to have them. 'There would he no sub
mission to Black Republican rule, as it was
termed. There would be loyalty to the Conatitn.-
(ton. Among those who took a leading part in the
meeting will be found men who base enjoyed the
confidence of the people of Texas in a high degree,
and not a few of those who have fougnt manfully
for her liberties. This demonstration has shown
clearly that the men who advocate the idea of im
mediate revolution are not in the ascendant in
Travis courtly."
FINANCIAL MATTERS IN GEORGIA.—We have
conversed with a gentleman who has just returned
from a collecting tour through the country, who
reports that everybody seems to manifest a great
anxiety to pay up, and that he was very agreeably
disappointed in many instances. In January,
every effort will he made to square up the yearly
accounts, and liquidation will be more general and
prompt than usual.—Savarinak Republican, 25th.
ROBBERS AND Tuns IN GALYDSTON.—Cialseston
papers complain that their city has become the
theatre of burglars, garroters, and murderers.
Several shooting and cutting scrapes are reported,
and on Wednesday night last no less than three
gentlemen were garroted and robbed of large
amounts of money, watches, etc., on the publio
streets.
Atanittstil tints s'ssou TIM FRONTISR.—A letter
in the Dallas Herald, from Denton, dated 14th
ult., reports :upwards of nine hundred Indians on
Bed river, and that parties of them had advanced
within fifty miles of Denton. The herald also
gives a letter from Captain W. L. Fletcher, dated
Montagne, December 13, from which we extract
the following :
The Indians, In large bodice, are collecting at
the month of Farmers' creek on Red river, and
dancing Isar dances. The Shawnees, Cadoloos,
Kiokapoos, and other tribes are together. The
people of Clay have all come to this place, and
we are well assured that this is a move of the
Abolitionists and Indians together to overcome
Texas. Come to our rescue, and that in haste.
Companies of rangers were immediately des
patched from Dallas, Denton, and Weatheraforst to
Montagne.
:WON'T LEGISLATE UNDER THE FLAG ON THE
UNION.—Tho resolution of Mr Henry, of Hertie,
that a Nationtll flag should bo procured and hoisted
daily on the Capitol during the cession of the Louie ,
lature, was overslaughed bq tits Disunion majority
in the House of 00132212008. The majority having
in charge this once strong and steady old ship of
State are fast driving her upon the rook of dis
union. If the people were here to see for them
selves, they would realize the fact in all its
terrors. The waves of disunion are surging
In oar State Capitol, and we should be a miserably
faithless watch if we did not proclaim the MOD) en
tons fast U the people do not act promptly they
will find themselves out of tie Union before they
know it This Legislature, the creature of their
Constitution, and elected for no such purpose, are
about to take them from that Union which they
formed. Our voice may be feeble, but it shall be
raised again and again in tones of solemn warning
and earnest remonstranoe,—Rarsigh Register.
I=2E5
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS Tlll5 EVENINCt.
AngRICAlf ACADEMY OF Musts.—"Macbeth"—"A
Lesson of no Heart."
WALNUT-STAMM TITS/VIM Walnut and Ninth ltd.—
" Rob Roy "—" Blaok-Eyed Snarl."
WnEavt.ey & CLARKE'S ANCH-sTREEI
Arott street, above biath.— " Valentine
and Orson "
"ltim Kai the Lilly of .Pekin One Coat fot Two
Suite."
CoNTINSIITAL THRATiIk, VITIOnut st., above Eighth.—
" Whitby's Great Show."
AlcDoNotron'a OLYMPIa slate Gaieties). Remo street,
below •A Piznrro"—" Washington. Putnam,
and Wayne '—" The Star-Spangled Banner."
UNITRD BTATF4 BUILDINGA, ChoBthut street. below
FA - O.—Van Amburth & Co.'s Menagerie.
•
AMU:III3I.Y EUILDINOS, Corner Tenth and Chesnut.—
Tom Thumb.
Harcroito's OPERA Hausa. Elevin.th millet. above
elleAtnut.—Convert nightly.
J. IL'S FAST DAY — PHILADELPHIA AT
HER DEVOTLORR --The remark of a veteran poul
try-dealer, that to folks - of his Ilk fast days were
prOVideDOET, was s.vroel applicable in Philadel
phia upon the 4th of January , commonly called
J. B. 's Day of Devotion " That isolated funo•
tionary might have enjoyed the unenviable honor
of seeing hie native State deaf and blind to his
proclamation, had it not been for the recent evi
dences of his returning cognizance. Those symp
toms of convalescence, however Blight; were tokens
of promise to some, and out of regard to the Chief
Magistracy, and the gloomy time, rather than the
individual who had ordered the commemoration,
there were some exhibitions of religious and con
vivial respect. There might have been some
fasting. Oar reporter, however, was otherwise
engaged at meal hours, and cannot be responsible
for any special statements of such abstinence.. lie
has not remarked in the sales of the provision and
produce market anyconsiderable falling off, and is
under the impression that temperanoe and seek
sloth were not less uncommon than upon previous
days of thanksgiving. The deductions of an ob
serving stranger would have been, yesterday , noon
and afternoon, that a considerable number of old
sans,
in the paroxyleta of delight attending the
President's sanitary measure, had resolved to
make merry and be glad for the 0 P. P. who had
been dead but was alive again
The hotels were filled at the dinner hour, and
"confusion to secession" was a common toast.
Many men of family dined out, and calked of se
cession over a mug of ale or a bottle of wine. We
observed a single party, in an advanced stage of
stimulated happiness, busily singing "John An
derson my Jo," with the indistinct conception that
John Anderson and the gallant Miler were some
how connected.
The streets in the afternoon were not unusually
crowded. Some pleasant and occasional faces
wero observed. All the newspapers continued
operations with the eiseeption of the Administra
tion papers, to whom, as a day of profitable non
publication, the occasion was highly advantageous.
At Reed-street wharf the Shiftier Hose Company
fired a salute of thirty-three guns as a mark of
appreciation to gallant little Delaware, which had
listened with so much silent contempt to the per
missive eloquence of the Mississippi commissioner.
At ten o'clock the chimes of bolls struck up in
Christ Mein)] and at St. Peter's Then a few
persons were seen in Sunday undress going
stealthily to church
The post office gave a day's relaxation to the
clerks, and the navy yard was as silent as if the
garrison, in imitation of those at Fort Moultrie,
had spiked the guns and fled to the Pea Patch.
Some stores were closed; all nubile offices HAS
pended affairs; a great deal of bunting appeaied
in certain quarters, and snow of a wet, disagreea
ble nature, fall as if weary with coming down,
upon a surface of slush and rain
The imaginative newsboys answered the many
supplications for peace with canard shouts of
"News from Charleston! Major Anderson sur
rendered ! Only two cents!"
The services in churches were moderately many.
About a dozen sermons or less were preached. At
the Baptist Church, at Fifth and Buttonwood sts
Rev. Reuben Jeffrey delivered a national sermon
before the Chosen Friends Lodge of Odd Fellows.
Last night the places of amusement were as full as
usual.
A VESSEL Fin .—A day or two Oine,a
the large schooner Edmund S. James, lying at
pier No. 3, port Richmond, wag discovered to be
on fire. The vessel Is owned by parties in this
city and in Wilmington, Delaware. It seems that
a gang of thieves, commonly known as "wharf
rats," had boarded the vessel, broke open the gal
ley, and then applied the match. It is supposed
their ebjoot was plunder, and, not being success•
ful, they vented their spleen by firing the galley.
The mete, of the vessel was asleep in the cabin at
the time, and, being an, early riser, got up about
three o'clock, and discovered the fire. The flames
had gained considerable headway They had burst
through the roof, set fire to the foresail, and were
beginning to run up the mast. The mate gave the
alarm, and assistance was rendered by the crews of
the other vessels near by There was not a police
officer about. This may be accounted for by the
fact that the beate of the officers in that mitten are
a mile long and a half a mile wide. Some of the
beats are two miles long and one mile wide. It so
happened, that when the fire was discovered, the
officers were on duty at the farthermost end of
their boats. The Nineteenth ward is the heaviest
populated ward in the city. Nearly all the coal
trade ie confined to that section, and there is no
telling how much coal is stolen during the year
from the wharves and vessels at that place. The
establishment of a river and harbor police will
secure this part of our city from the wholesale de•
predations of thieves and assassins. It is a great
pity that the organization is to be confined to a
small number of men. There ought to be double
the number of men, and four boats, instead of two,
with a snug little ateam.propeller for the Haute.
nant.
A UNION MuaTINU was held on Thursday
evening at Camden, at which Commodore Stockton,
Colonel J. W. Walt, and others, were annonnoed
to speak. They did not attend. Don. Charles
Skelton, of Trenton, made a speech, as did Dr.
Ridge and D. M. Chambers.
The speech of Mr. Skelton was mild and concili
atory. Mr. Chambers dilated at length on the
benefits and blessings of African slavery, and
thought the South bad been moll wronged. After
he had concluded, the audience were clamorous for
James M. Scovell. That gentleman arose, but
Mayor Atkinson, the chairman, ruled that, because
his name was not on the bilis, hemust wait till the
programme of the evening was ended. 'lbis Mr.
Soovel Waged to do, offering to submit the matter
to the audience, who loudly demanded that he
should speak. The meeting ended in a row.
A FITLIT (WE, —YOS terd y morning a rather
genteel-looking girl, nsmed Kate Kelly, aged
about seventeen, was charged, before Alderman
,Brasier, with leaving her home, at Beach and
, Poplar streets, and taking refuge in a house of ill
' fame. Kate was arrested on 'Thursday night, at
the request of her brother, who had her lodged in
,the Sixth-ward station house, during the night,
thinking he might be able to take her home in the
I morning. 'The girl was stubborn, and positively
refused to lead any other than a vicious life.
After a severe reprimand, she was discharged by
the alderman.
PROPOSALS FOR PRIYATERRINEL-4110 an
ticipations of a war with the Secessionists are so
folly realized in many minds, that we are Informed
of grand propositions, on the part of certain boat
builders and ship captains in this city, to inaugu
rate privateering expeditions, so soon as hostilities
shall commence. It was reliably rumored yester
day afternoon, that most of the coasting vessels,
now leaving this city, are armed with cannon and
ammunition. Such tidings (mac. of war.
FIRING of A. SALUTR.—Yesterday morn
mg, the members of the Shiftier Dees Company
fired a salute In the Park on Jefferson avenue,
near Wharton street, In honor of the State of Dela
ware, for adhering to the Union, as expressed
through both branohee of the Legislature. The
enthusiasm manifested on this occasion wee quite
commendable. The stars and stripes were run up
from many prominent places in that Bastion of our
city.
How TILE MAILS ARE CARRIED.—Late on
Thursday evening Officer Lyons, of the Second
polioe district, found a United States mail bag in
Passayunk road, opposite Monroe street. It is
probable that it had been dropped from the mail
wagon on its way to the Baltimore depot The
officer took the bag to the post office, and received
no thanks therefor, although the contenta of the
bag were very valuable.
DAvus 8..131nNET 3 Esq., bas requested us to
announce that the use of his name in connection
with his office as South Carolina Commissioner by
the Philadelphia 17:guitar was unauthorised. Be
says : " I have held. en appointment as South Ca
rolina Commissioner for the past ten years, and
have not been advised officually of the imposition
of new or additional duties on me."
POOKKT PtOKED.—A couple of young la
dies, whilo engaged in looking in a store window
at Eighth and Chestnut streets, yesterday after
noon, had their pockets picked Of HOMO trifling
articles The theft is supposed have beon com
mitted by a female, as the young ladies observed
n genteol-looking woman at their side just previous
to discovering the loss of their valuables.
DIBEIONBST Dolman° —Yesterday morn
ing Mary Ann Price was before Alderman Brasier,
upon the charge of stealing a lot of wearing appa
rel, and other articles, from the residence of Mr.
William Whitehead, in Bread street, where the
amused resided as a domestic. She wee committed
to answer.
CORONER'S btounar.—The Coroner held an
inquest, yesterday, on tho body of John Esher,
aged 20, who was found dead in hie bed at Mona
yank. It appears that the deceased want to sleep
in a room In which there was a coal furnace, and
was suffocated by the gee arising thereform. Ver
dict In aooordanoe 'with the facts.
RELEASED ON Murphy ) WbO
shot John Peplow, on Christmas morning, was re.
leased,yesterday, by Alderman Dallas, on $2,000
bail. Peplow is at the hospital, and is doing very
well.
MANAII7N II IN TIM FlELD. — Yesterday the
oltizens of Manaynek bred a salute of thirty-three
guns In honor of Major Anderson. At each firing
there 15 , 5113 great cheering by the spectators.
No REPOIITS. — The usual repot ts of the
lieutenants of the different police diatriote were
not made to the Mayor yesterday morning.
TIIN GRRIIIAN BURGLARS.—The last two'
of this notorious gang of thieves arrested a few'
day'e since in New York, as was stated In Tier
Pres', have oonfeaaed to being concerned in the
recent robberies in the Twenty-third ward. They
will base a hearing at the Central Station to-day.
Howls AND WAGON STOLNN.—Yesterday
afternoon a bore° and wagon belonging to J 1- 08-
singer, No. 246 North Water street, was stolen.
The wagon contained about $2OO worth of roasted
coffee.
OCT 'ATM A Ask —John Kennedy, aged
22 years, was severely out in the back yesterday
with an axe, at kittoonth and Eihippen streets.
Tho cutting was azoldtatst. The sufferer was
taken to the hospital.
National Enthusiasm at Louisville—
Exciting Scene
[From the Louisville Journal of December 31. J
Clod bless old Kentucky! How truly, nobly,.
unselfishly, and patriotically does her pulse keep
time to the music of the Union, and how enthusi
astically, when occasion demands, will she give
response to her emotions ! There is not a drop of
reoreant blood flowing through the veins of any of
her children, and she may well be prowl of them,
as they are devotedly attached to her If an evi
dence were required that Kentucky was loyal to
the Union sentiment, it was afforded last Saturday
evening, when Mrs Varian James sang the Star
Spangled Banner at the concert in the Masonic,
Temple. blvery verse was re-echoed back amidst
a torrent of applause, and the wildest demonstra
tions of satiefaetlon. Stout-hearted men, with
glistening eyes sparkling with the fires of pa
triotism, raised their loud henna, and the
women—our wives, mothers, ani daughters, Hoof
bless them !—joined the acclaim, while their white
handkerohlefs seemed to us, as they - were so rap
turously waved, like a block of snowy doves emir
cling the vast audience, and presenting an Oral:dem
of Fem. " Three cheers for the Union!" smiths,-
cry. "Again !" "Again!" and the volleyed peel
of nine went up, let us hope, like grateful in
cense to the Almighty Throne, around which
evermore cluster the guardian angels of our coun
try, and from whence the calm, serene, and well
known face of the sainted Washington is looking
down upon the madness of the hour, and sorrow
ing to think that his parting legacy of attach
ment to his beloved country is HO little valued and
regarded.
The Star Spagled Palmer. 0 bug may it wave. „
O'er the land 01 the free Moi the home of the breve."
If the shoat of Saturday night could have car
ried its reverberations to DaDimple, it would have
stimulated the people of that noble city to TOMODI
- the glories of Fort McHenry, and to feel a re
kindling of the inspiration of Key's noble lyric.
If it could have reached Marephig, where l'enkeei
Doodle was blued the tither night—for the brit
time on the continent, we presnrae, since the
rice and British Often of the Revolution reviled
the air before they knew It wee to be the clarion
note of freedom, of Bunker Bill, Saratoga, Mon
mouth, Yorktown, Eutaw Springs, Brandywine,
King's Mountain, and Trenton; Satire It was the
Wont to run up the Star Spangled Banner at
the mast-heada of the frigates United Stately
Constitution, and their glorious muerte in the war
of 1312; before it cheered our gallant tau is
the battles on Lakes Erie and Champlain, and be
fore it fluted back to New Orleans from Jackson'e
camp below the city, that the Britiskwar cry of
"Booty and Beauty" was stilled forever—if, we
my, the Kentucky heart-peal for the 'Union on
Saturday night could have reached Mempbie, it
would have brought a warmer and redder hue to
the cheeks of the tdemphians than was out by fits
glare of the beaus around which Senator John
eon was hung in effigy for having raised Me roles
for the preservation of the Union. But it did vi
brate over our whole city sad will go abroad
through Kentucky ; it will do good and be a mis
sionary of peace and of loyal devotion to oar coun
try.
Major Anderson.
As ono of the members of the Anderson family is ,
at this time somewhat prominent in the public at.
bullion, It may not be uninteresting to the country
to know a little of the antecedents of the gallant
gentleman Major Anderson's father and mother
were both Virginians—the former, Mallard C. An•
derson, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental
army at the end of the Revolutionary war, and the
latter, a Miss Marshall, a cousin to Chief Justice
Marshall. While a captain, this officer led the
little band into New Jersey on the memorable
Christmas night of 1776, which th ew the HeeSikh
forces, at Trenton off their guard, when the great
attack was made. In this battle he was one of the
few officers who were wounded. Be was also. in
the battle of Brandywine, and in other aetians
in the North. Bat his services in the South
are of more interest to us at this time.
Re was at the siege of Saiannah in 1779,
and in endeavoring to scale the rampart'', was
thrown, or fell from snob a height that he met
with an injury by the shock, from which be never
recovered. On the death of the gallant Pulaski,
he received, as a gift from the dying horo, his
sword, which was for a long time in the possession
of the family, but was unfortunately lost by the
burning of a house in which It wee deposited. In
1780, the Colonel, than a major, endured the siege
of Charleston, Booth Carolina, and was, of course,
taken prisoner, remaining there in that condition
for several months, but being exchanged in time
to be present at the siege and capture of York.
On this °melon he served as an aid to General
Lafayette, who, it may be remembered by many
citizens of Louisville, recognised the Colonel on
I his lost visit to this country, at his arrival at Port
land, as his old-friend and companion-in.arms.
It Is not a little singular that the SOD of this offi
cer should now be in defame of the same lofty for
which his father fought eighty years since, but
against enemies how different !—Leuis rills Jour
nal.
now Amos Kendall would Treat the
Southern Insurrectionists.
Hon. Amos Kendall, the old friend of Andrew
Jackson, in a letter published recently, given some
Ides of what is to be done with South Carolina.
The Constitution prescribes that the President
must collect the Federal revenues, and most de
fend the forts and other property of the United
States. These duties must be performed, any
ordinances of secession to the contrary netwith
standing—though it is not necessary for the Prim&
dent to be the aggressor in any nets of violence.
If a State chooses to withdraw her representation
in Congress, let them go. If the Federal judicial
officiers within a State resign, and none can be
found to amply their places, it cannot be helped.
If the postmasters within a State Yeslgn;
and none can be found to fill their places, or if they
refuse to pay over their quarterly revenues, let the
post officio be discontinued. But lot not a ship
enter her ports without paying , the lawful duties
to the United Statee, nor leave them -without is
clearance front the Federal authorities. Let the
white people of South Carolina, about equal to one
third of that of the city of New York, enjoy, for a
while, the luxury of a direct tax to support an fa
dependent Government, with all its paraphernalia
of an army and a navy. It may be that a short
experience would satisfy her people that the Union
is not such an " aocursed" thing as has been repro:
seated, and they may deem it best for themselves
to resume their relations with the Federal Govent
orient.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
The Money Market.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 4, 1881
Today has been In bank, at the Stook Board,
and in the brokers' offices like a Sunday, no busi
ness having been transacted The oecurrence of
New Year's day and this National fast-day, be
tween two Sundaya, will make a short week of it.
The Frankford and Southwark Passenger Rail
way Company have declared a semi-annual divi
dend of four per cont.
The Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Ball
road Company make an exhibit of their businees
for 1860, showing a total coal tonnage of 1,080,227
tone for the year—an inorease of 250,702 over
1839.
The following is tho amount of coal transported
on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad daring
the week ending January 3, 1861:
"L o tiA t ilkill o t i t l aven
" „...
Port C1int0n......
Total 44 nthrsci to for week......... 15.311 17
From Harrisburg, total Bituminous Coal
for week—. 27 13
Total of all kinds for week.
Prenottaly this year_......
To same time last year.
CITY ITEMS.
Tan Tins To Bor.—lf there ever was a time for
People to buy wearing apparel for future as well as pre
sent use, it is now. Messre..r. W. Frootor & Co., No.
108 Cherenat street, proprietors of the celebrated Paris
Mantilla, Cloak, and For Emporium, are selling off
their Immense stook Of Fun and Cloaks for ladles at
less than auction prioes. The 0012101,401100 , s, they are
busy with OURItO I / 1 1111 every day in the week, In spite if
secession and everything else.
BARGAINS AT OARPORDS'.—Now that the holidays
are over, blowers. Charles Oakford & Sons, under the
Continental Hotel, have evidently determined to re
dune their extensive and varied stook inaway that
will interest the nubile. So we judge front the extra
ordinary low prices at wh , ch we saw them selling ele
gant articles at their counter yesterday. They are
selling, among other things, the most beautiful and
durable shoes, of French manufacture. for ladies, at
prices no higher than are usual y charged for ordinary
goods.
"HE woo RAO FOIE AND SPENDS FI-E has no
need of a Purse" nor of a Saving Fund; but "he who
has See and spends Jour" has need of a muse, and
will noon realize the truth of the maxim, " a little but
Often fills the purse," and he will then need a Saving
Fund to receive what the nurse cannot contain, and
br depositing it in Tits FRANICLIN SAVING Form. No.
136 South Fourth street, below Cheetnut,it wilibear
S par cent. interest, which, added to the principal, will
illustrate the maxim, "it is the atoms which compose
the mountain."
- ATROOlotre —" Betsy, my dear," said Mr.
Iltuba, siring hie wife a pair of damaged uninentlona
bloc, " have the go odsees to mend these trewseri ; it
will be as good u going to the play to night." Mn. Stubs
took her needle, but confessed she could not see the
Point.. Row en ?" said she. "Why, my dear, Marin
see the wonderful ragas in the Pont. o'. mine " Mrs. B.
finished the job. and, handing back the trowienl, told
Bliths—" That's darned good." had Stubs bought hy,
clothes at the one-price store of Granville Stokes, Not
607 Chestnut street, he would have received more than
hie money's worth, end a handsome mut for Mrs,
Stubs in the bargain, who certainly deserved It,
GEN. GAMEIIoN IN THE CAntwzr.—lt seems to be
generally conceded that General Cameron, of Yenntryl
vacua, will be a member of Lincoln's Cabinet. Gen.
Cameron is a devoted friend to home manufsobares. and
he exhibits his good taste in that respect by proounng
his wearing apparel at the Brown Stone Clothing Ball
of Itookhill & Wilson. Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut street,
above Sixth. The General and the rest of mankind
know, or should know, that the most elegant snits ex
tant for gentlemen and youths are to be found at this
celebrated establishment.
OAK OnonAnn ACM SPRING WATER.—ThiI wa
ter is gaining great celebrity, and the demand for it
Is Increasing rapidly. Its beneficial character is at
tested by thousands, and it is pronounced by distin
guished phyeicians to be superior to any other medi
cinal Spring Water now in use. The almost miraculous
cures which it has performed lead us to believe that it
is destined to become extensively used in the treatment
of very many diseases which ordinary Ter:cedilla fail to
cure. Its curative properties are established beyond
question, and we feel assured that it must, to a gre'
extent, eupereede many of the artificial cam
the day. Wo reoommend those of our res%
be suffering from general debility, or
diseases for which this Water is pr'
Inng. Cwta
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8,968 os
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