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given to advertisers.
BOUM Ploll.—To Point ♦-ffiorel ; 'The Critten
den amendment; Our New In rk Letter; Fine
Arlo; Pennsylvania Items; The Revolution in
the South; CoputaessitiOe and Dissolutions.
Raying , P4Oll —The Manufactures of Philadel•
phis; Speech of N. A. Glide., BK; ; Surrender
...54 the Navy Yard' at Pensacola Florida; Di&
,Stemcg Suicide ; Marine Inteliisenee
Tai flie-eaters seem to be getting tired of
Jiving upon combustibles alone. They may
:siat:ilre and they may eat cotton, but some
thing sise_is necessary to sustain life. When
they are also called upon to Ake fire they
may well declare In advance that this new
trial bad not entered into their calculations.
• The following' spicy correspondence between
the acting Postmaster General and Kr. Asa
:lo is, one of the seceding members of Con
gress
,from South Carolina, tells a mournful
story :
Aronson, (8. C.,) Jan. 24, 1961.
Ms Dues 81st : I have in my possession, some
• 1,000 to 1.200 volumes of " publio dootunents," be
log any proportion of the same' as a member of the
Thirty-sixth Congress. They were forwarded
meta. mail sacks end are now lying hi my library .
Since the date of the ordinance of secessiori(Da
'oember 20th, 1860) of South Carolina 1 have not
used the - franking privilege, nor will 1 attempt
to do so without the special permission of
the Department. To pay the postage on
these books, ho., would cost me a large saw and
one the; lam not prepared to expend. The
books are of no use to roe, but might be to my con
stituents, for whom they were intended, if distri
bated amongst them. Have I the right to frank
and distribute them under existing relations? If
Po, please inform me. Having said that I have
not Aged the franking privilege since the 20th Dr
mutter, I heed hardly add that I shall not do to,
even on a " public document," unless you author
he U.
I am, With great respect, truly and sloosrely,yours.
J. D. Asamo4w,
goo. HORATIO Bum, Acting Postmaster General.
Pon OPNICII DITAIITZERT.
Juliann. 1551.
Sett : In answer to your letter of the 29th hut.,
-asking if yoct hive the right, " under existing re
lations," to frank and distribute certain public
documents,' I have the honor to state that the
theory of the-Administration is that the relations
of South Carolina to the General Government have
bewails nothing changed by the recent sot of se
cession; end, tide befog so,you are of course en
titled to the franking privilege 'until the first
Monday in December next. If, however, as I
leers is the ease, you sincerely and decidedly
entertain the conviction that by that set South
Oaronna ceased to be a member of the Confide•
ratty and is now a foreign State, it will be for you
to determine bow far you can conscientiously ex
motets a privilege the exercise of which assumes
that your own conviction is erroneous, and plainly_
deviates that South Carolina is still in the Union,
and that you are still a member of the Congress of
the United States. -"
am very mimeo fully, your obedient torrent,
BUR raw KING. Aocips Vosualuter General.
Ron. JOIIN D. As . inguit, 111 KM, month L'aroltne.
Mr. Ammons, like the rest of his school,
did not resign his seat, he only withdrew from
it, but, in doing so, contradicted himself
? somewhat calamitously by taking the ground
that his State regarded the United States as a
foreign country; and, in adopting this theory,
as if still farther to intensify his dilemma,
asks' permission to use the franking privilege of
the country with which the Convention of his
own State has diasolied all friendly relations.
In'order to accomplish the • feat of Disunion,
. however, South Carolina is forced to endure
many other grievances. While shutting otit
the ships of the United States, she shuts out
. all
,commerce from her port ; while discarding
the protection of the Federal Government, she
enters into a voluntary contract to pay the
'expenses of the postal system ; while vaunt
frig her resources, she is driven to a system of
forced taxation that has no parallel except
in despotism; while declaring that she has
beep wronged by the North, she is adopting a
revoking espionage over Individuals and
.itewspapeti ; while declaring against coer
cion, she prepares the road to make an attack
upon the forte of the United States in her own
harbors and, while deniandifig a Southern
Confederacy, to be composed of all the slave
" Stites, treats Virginia, the largest and most
influential of theme States, with contempt and
darision: If thin is not playing with fire, and
eating it too, probably, the casuist of the
• °bath:WWl Mercury can tell us what it la.
The disease of South Carolina is chronic
and incurable. •She is like the ragged maniac,
who, - !lute indicting upon himself personal
injury, revels_iti - the imaginary possession of
coon:nous riches, and believes himself to. be
the uncontrolled monarch of all he stirveYi.
This is the State that aspires to destroy the
Union ; this Is the Government that erects itself
into a: spotless, incomparable model, calling
upon others to do as she does, and glorying
alike in her own folly and her own infamy.
The Armstrong Murder Case.
- The deliberations of the jury in the Arm-
strong murder case have resulted in a verdict
-of guilty'sgainst the young' prisoner, and but
few, question the wisdom et this decision.
The array
.of testimony on the part of the
Commonivealth was of a fearfully impressive
character, and., strong as are the prejudices
against merely circumstantial evidence, it is
difficult to imagine how, in any case where a
murder has been privately committed, stronger
proofs of guilt Could be adduced. It is dllB
- to realize how one so young and appa
rently unhardened in the walks of crime, who
has, too, been bred tip under moral and genial
influences, could coolly plan and execute one
of the most shocking and revolting murders
that have • ever been committed. But it is a
matter of the highest importance to the coin
sunnily that ft should be protected from men
Who possess the diabolical nature of the mur
derer of
,ORAWPORD, whoever he was; and if
- Itunarnotto is guilty, he deserves the fearful
punishment which now threatens him.
Death 'O2 14 The Constitution:,
The WaShington Constitutiea of yesterday
Contains the' distressing statement', that its
weer is for the present arrested, but that its
, • .
cz editor hopes to resume Republications month
-: 'llia4,Art`w the Mort; genial atmosphere of the
' l ,l‘tiittetiltepublie s ." Mr. Blowsz expresses
_4 profound_ abhorrence of the course pnrstted
:by'GenetilMorr and Mr. flow in sending the
„ Mar, of the= West to 'relieve Fort Sumpter, and
- Alludes in feeling Unmet* w the official pens-
Chtlon " he hie eidurid wby the withdrawal
of the patronage of the,E4ecutivellin Cones
:, qiienae .of coullitonti adherence to the
-project of breaking upthis great Confederacy,
„.
.and his zealous oppoisittoit to all the efforts of
'men preserVe it. there Is no
- pi " country Aid& nika -be hatter
spared at the present time, and Revised act,
under the present management, is the an
nouncement of its death I
The Canada Fugitive Slave Case
lithe Governor-General and other autbori
ties of Canada obey the writ of Habeas Corpus
issued, on the 15th instant, by the Court of
Queen's Bench, in England, ANDIERBON, the
negro who is demanded under the Extradition
Treaty by the United States, must be conveyed
across the Atlantic, and bodily placed before
the English Judges, in their Court at West
minster. No small confusion and difficulty
may arise out of the procedure of the English
Judges.
The English law-court has done what the
Court of Queen's Bench, in Canada, with facts
in evidence before them, refused to do. Here,
then, the Mother State claims and exercises a
power superior to that of her Colony. If we
understand the law rightly, there is no appeal,
in Canada, from the decision of the Court
there to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus. But,
by the line of procedure which has been pur
sued, the English Court of Judicature asserts
a right to reviee' the decision, by granting the
Habeas Corpus which tho Canadian Court re
fused by a majority—only one of the provincial
judges holding that the refusal was wrong.
Were this simply a question of property in
itninessox, the operation of the writ of habeas
corpus would be that, the moment he set foot
on British soil, he would necessarily be eman
cipated, by British law. But this had al
ready occurred, when he reached Canada.
He is claimed, not as a slave, but as mur
derer. Tho question comes down, in this
case, has this fugitive slave committed mur
der ?
It is admitted that Annzasex ran away, and
that an attempt was made to arrest him, in his
flight, while yet he was on American soil.
ANDERSON resisted, killed the man who
wanted to take him back into bondage, and
finally succeeded in reaching Canada. Un
der the extradition Treaty, ANDERSON is
claimed from Canada by the United States—
not as a slave, but as a murderer. The Court
of Queen's Bench in Canada, alter hearing cer
tain evidence, decided that Annzasort must be
surrendered. The English Court reopened the
question, and the arguments of English lawyers
will be, for ANDERSON, that, having killed a
man who endeavored to restore him to bond
age, be committed, not murder, but justifia
ble homicide.
It is singular enough that, in August 1843,
on the second reading of the Act of Parlia
ment, (6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 76,) Mr. Me
e:mix' anticipated such a probability as the
present case. lie said:
" Take the ease of a slave who had committed
murder in his own defense. Beppu° a man
esourge3 him, pursued him. The dace had 'surely
the right to resist, and, in his defense, to hill hie
assailant. By the law of England that would be
iectliode homicide By the law of Georgia it
would be murder," do.
The Attorney General answered:
" That in all the oases pet by the right honors•
ble gentleman no doubt mild arise. The bill ex
primly said the fogltivesmust be tried by the laws
of the country where they were found."
Mr. MACAULLY asked :
" Whether he was to understand, then, that an
salon not criminal in a free man would be held
not to be criminal in a elate "
The Attorney General said :
"He was of opinion that an English magistrate
would not be at liberty to enter into the question
as to whether the fugitive brought before bun was
a slave or not. He could only enter into snob ques
tions of common law (which, of course, means hog•
lish law) u might arise oat of the case ; and if the
smarmed person was not shown to be a criminal no
extradrtioneenid take place."
Lord Peminenemes , then declared his under
standing of the intended law to be "that in
no case where a slave was charged with the
offence of murder or robbery would any Eng
lish magistrate be justified in delivering him
up.for trial, unless the offence he was charged
with was one which was looked upon as mur
der or robbery by the law of England; and he
apprehended that any act that a slave might
commit In resisting the coercion of his master
could not amount to murder, and would not
justify a.magistrate in giving up the fugitive."
Lord DERBY held the same opinion. Then
the law of England, and not the law of the
United States, has to decide whether ANDER.'
soy has or has not committed murder. The
present Prime Minister's opinion, that " any
act that a slave might commit in resisting the
coercion of his master could not amount to
murder, and would not justify a magistrate in
giving up the fugitive," was not ezcepted to
by the Law Officers of the Crown. At the
same time Lord DERBY (then Lord STANLEY,
and Colonial -Minister) used these words :
cc Mo fugitive could, under the treaty, be sur
rendered as a murderer, unless his offence
were such as our laws would qualify with this
epithet."
The Times, which discusses this case with
the gravity becoming one of such interna
tional, legal, moral, and social importance,
thus sums up:
. 4 Anderson is demanded not as a slave, but as a
murderer; and the question is not whether the
courts will give effect to the claims of a master
over a slave who is on English soil, but whether,
in deciding what is murder within our extradition
treaty, they will guide themselves by the laws of
England or the laws of Missouri—by the code of
the freeman or the bondman. Should the Court
of Queen's Benob in England agree in opinion with
the Court of Queen's Bench in Canada, America
will have acquired a right under tho treaty to have
the negro delivered up to her, and there is nothing
that we know of in the laws of this country to pre-
vent that delivery from taking place. At the
same time, we do not seek to conocal from ourselves
the vast importance of the impending issue. If
the decision be in favor of the negro, we cannot
help seeing that at a very critical momenta most
weighty , and damaging censure will have bean
passed by the very highest authority on the laws
and practices of the United States—a censure
not likely to be soon forgotten or for
given, since it must be founded on the
ussmption that their lava cannot be en
forced, because they are contrary to the very first
principles of natural justice. If, on the other
hand, the decision should be against the negro, we
cannot regard without apprehension the excite
ment of feelings in this country which may for
years to come poison our relations with one.half
of the United States."
The Pohticat Revolatton;
The Secession movement has now attained
the dimensions of a great revolution, and as
such must be treated. The argument against
the legal right to break up the Union, and to
resist the authority of the General Govern.
ment, is unanswerable. But, six States have
now assumed an attitude of hostility to it, and
others are preparing to follow their example.
It may be easily shown that they have no con
stitutional authority for this action, but they
have, nevertheless, resorted to it. From pre
sent indications, this revolution will inevitably
widen in extent until all the slave States, with
perhaps two or three exceptions, become con
nected with it, if some peaceable plan of ad
justment-is not devised. It is not probable
that any concessions will be acceptable to the
ultra Gulf btates—r-but the Border States may
be prevented from joining them in their des
perate movement, by judicious action.
• Iv o ,proposition has yet been brought for
ward which is perfectly acceptable to all par
ties and all sections, nor is it likely that any
such measure can be devised in the existing
state of public sentiment and the conflict of
opinion which prevails. It is an easy thing to
assail, and to point out objections which by
many will be deemed insuperable, against any
plan of compromise that has yet been, or will
hereafter be, brought forward. If the Union
is to be preserved, or if a line which will divide
the slaveholding from the non-slavoholding
States is not to be drawn, every man who is
attached to it should be prepared to offer
up some sacrifice of prejudice or opinion upon
the altar of his country. Disunion and civil
war stare the nation full in the face, and the
time has come when we must rather choose
between evils than expect to have the Go.
venament administered in a manner which is
exactly and entirely in accordance with our
individual judgments. It is to be hoped,
therefore, that, instead of criticising too se
verely and sharply the different peace prepo
sitions which have been brought forward by
I Northern and Southern men, the necessity of
prompt action of some kind will be distinctly
recognized; and that attention will be directed
rather towards promoting an agreement and
common understanding among that large class
who still believe our Union to bp worth pre
serving; than towards weakening the efforts
made to maintain it.
Bittant. OP Tua Pools. —lt is on this evening
that the performances will take place at Walnut•
street Theatre, for the benefit of the Poor. The
performances will inolude the dramas of The
Surgeon of Paris" and "All that Glitters is not
Geld," with Comic Singing by Mr. W. A. Chap.
man, and comic acting, (Ginger Blue, in. , . The
Virginia Mummy," by Mr. Frank Brewer. From
the present appearance of the box-office, there will
be a very fall hence.
Sadden Death of a Phijadelphian in a
Col:Motown. '
Maaroir, Pa., Jen. SO.—While Mr. Wm. bhaelrer
was giving his teatimony and ease aimourt here
this afternoon, he fell over, died st frame.
&lately of apoplalty. Ile was seventy-nine years
old, and a resident of pboogo.hia.
The Cosinopohtme Art Assoehtt,ten.
• _pew Yost, Jaw M.—The annual award" of Pre
miums by tie Cosmopolitan Art Association has
been postpon4 mall the 18th of Ap ril,
. to whioh
time the subscription hot:4ll7o)lnm= open.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter from " Occasional."
ICtorreepondenee of The Pressa
WASEINGTONi January 30
The reflection that has conveyed most sorrow
to the patriotio heart shwa the commencement of
our national troubles, is that which grows out of
the apprehension that no government based upon
public. opinion can be permanent, and the wild
and wanton course of the Dlsunionists seems to
confirm this apprehension. Bat, are we not too
ready to abandon ourselves to despair? is not
public) opinion in the United States still the vital
spark of our liberties? Do we not witness the
manifestations of its power on all bands? Even
in those States that have left the Union, every day
presents proofs to us that the authors of the great
mischief to which these States have lent them
selves, fear while they fetter the utterances of the
people around them. Men are, for the time being,
compelled to assume an ultra position, and to ap
pear to endorse ultra sentiments, in order to
save themselves in their business and their
property. The iron hand is laid upon the free
dom of the press as well as upon the freedom of
speech, and every means is resorted to to create
the impression upon outside barbarians that there
is a unanimous judgment in favor of disunion.
Yet, In spite of all these attempts, frequent ex
pressions of devotion to the Constitution, and to
the Republic, force their way out. It is not the
army and the navy of the United States that the
Disunionists dread so muoh, as it is the awakening
indignation of the people whom they have delu
ded. In the free States public, opinion le gathering
into a perfect tempest of wrath, and politicians, in
order to rescue themselves, find it to be their true
interest to fall in with what is fast becoming
the ascertained wishes of the masses, and to
approve that which the masses ask for. Be
fore such a demonstration as this most of the
leaders of parties surrender their prejudices and
their records, and those who profer to stand by
these prejudiooe and recorde, prepare with proper
equanimity for the obscurity that assuredly awaits
them.
In any other country, such dissensions as ours
would long ago have provoked bloodshed. Not
a city would be without its mobs and Its turbu
lence, and this Federal capital, instead of being,
as it is at the present writing, quiet and composed,
would be crowded with armed men, each Intent
upon the life of his fellow, or determined to test
the permanency of our Government by the wager
of battle. I was greatly struck with the over
whelming devotion of our people to the Union
last evening, at the President's levee. Never
before has the East Room been so jammed
with American citizens from all parte of the coun
try. The °Moen of the army and navy were pre
sent in uniform in all their strength, and the sen
timent that animated the entire mass was that
" the Union must and shall be preserved." What
stronger indication of the irresistible character of
American nubile opinion could be found than In
the present position of the champions of the Re
publioan party, Including the President elect
himself? With rare exception, these gentlemen
see that the safety of the new Administration
and their own lasting popularity can only be
found in faithfully therm:oozing that which
the people are beginning to manifest, as their
own wish. Wonderful, most wonderful, have
been the strides that publio opinion has
made among those Southern men who have heel
tated in the present emergeney. The speech of
the Hon. J Morrison Harris, cf Maryland, In the
House of Representatives yesthrdayaft,srppon, was
a signal confirmetion of this assertion.
devoted to the cause of the South, apd a few weeks
ego, for reasons satisfactory to himself, profoundly
impressed with the belief that the proper course
for Maryland to pursue was that of masterly inac
tivity, he now plants himself upon the firm foun
dations of the Union, and electrifies Congress and
the country by declaring his determination to ad
here to it until every vestige of a hops of a proper
adjustment has disappeared.
The bold speech of tiherrard Clemens, published
In The Press, yesterday, has produced the moat
gratifying results In Western Virginia, and in
other parts of the South ; and that Andrew John
son, who has lately been burnt in effigy in Tennes
see, bide fair to become, more than over, the favo
rite of his fellow•oitizens, on account of hie mas
terly defence of the Union, and his equally
masterly appeal In favor of sustaining the Govern
ment, and enforcing the laws made in-pursuance of
the Constitution. Men like Ithuligny and pavidsote
of Louisiana ; Cobb and Houston, of Alabama ; pnd
Hamilton, of Texas, will thus see that it is their
duty to remain in Congress, no matter what their
States may do ; or to return to their seats, should
they, in a moment of honest impulse, retire from
them There is not a Southern State, except
South Carolina, which hes acted upon the advice
of the enemies of the Republie, that does not con
tain thousande of men who have sworn to seize
upon the first opportunity to exhibit their undying
attachment to the Government as it is; and I pre
diet that, in a very short tee, melt see Coon e
conteet between the Weeds and the enemies of the
Repabllo, in those States, as bus never been 'wit
nessed.
All these are the solid triumphs of public
opinion, and unless I am greatly mistaken, this
heretofore irresistible element of our nationality
will presently be developed in snob magnitude and
majesty as completely to overwhelm those who
have proceeded upon the theory that they could
overthrow established institutions, defy cOrialitn
dons! enactments, and laugh at and ridicule the
holy recollections of the American Revolution, and
of the men who figured in the trying times of 1778
and 1800. The American people are often misled)
but they correct their mistakes with equal
courage and readiness. That which a single
man may hesitate about doing, many men
frankly and immediately do ; and it is a pe
culiar end striking characteristic 9f ogr country
men that what seems to them to be right, no mat
ter how it may apparently contradict their own
collective record, rapidly wins their affections, and
crystalizes and consolidates them into an organi
zation in favor of it. The President is a sublime
instance of the value and the vigor of this public)
opinion. Having for three long• years discarded
its teachings, he at last became so conscious of its
justice and its potency that be separated himself
from the men who bad so long ruled and
ruined him, and obediently followed the
plainly understood mandates of those whose
servant be is. If the private) letters of
the chiefs of the Disunion conspiraoy, written
to each other, could be put in print, it would be
found that every one entertains an innate and un
conquerable dread, not only of the sentiment of
the people of the free States, but of the heartfelt
affection for the Union of those immediately
around them. It would be monstrous if it were
otherwise. Rave we been lying to each other in
all our put professions of devotion to the Union ?
have we been uttering base felsehoods when pro
testing our gratitude to the man who fought, and
bled, and — died to secure for us the liberties
we now enjoy? line the veneration for
Washington and Jefferson and Jackson died out
in all our hearts? Can it be possible that the peo
ple of the South no longer thrill when they hear
the Star Spangled Banner, Rail Columbia, or
Yankee Doodle? A nation'a traditions, a nation's
prejudices, a nation's glory over all that is bright
and splendid in Ito history, cannot be extinguished
at once No map can obliterate
. regard for his
family and friends in an instant, and, above all,
no free people can charge the love it feels for its
benefactor in a day or a night. lam more than
ever convinced that we need no Moiling armies to
maintain this Union ; that the public opinion of
our country is as healthy and as resistless as ever,
and that out of the fiery furnace of the cadent
through erMoh we are now passing we shall emerge
purified and prepared for new contests, having ad
justed all ditlaulties by a fair Jeciegultion of the
rights of the States, and having laid the founda
tions of a perpetual Government so strong that
hereafter no parricidal hand can be raised against It.
The Conference to assemble here on the! dth
of February will probably represent public ,
opinion more correctly than any other body that
could be assembled at the present juncture. In
the dark dayi of the Revolution, Virginia sent
her best-beloved son to protect the liberties of the
people, and the invocation for pesos at the present
time has some with singular propriety from her.
I am glad to knew that the New England States
will all be represented in this Conferee's(); that
Mr. Lincoln himself demands that Illinois shall
have her hest ',Weans present, and I am also filled
with the patriotic hope that its deliberations will
be guided by wlidom, and that no partisan dis
putes will be permitted to stay or stain the har
mony of its proceedings. Woe to the politician who
may obtain a seat in that Conference, and who
will seek to divide it by introducing party fends
into its discussions ! and woe, to the party that,
after it shall arrive at a patriotic decision, will
dire to array itself against that decision !
As showing the anxiety of the Southern men to
hail every indication on the part of the Northern
people to stay the conspiracy in the Cotton States,
I need only mention that when the news of the re
peal by the Legislature of Rhode Island of the
personal•liberty bills on the statute-books of that
State moiled Baltimore, one hundred guns were
fired in honor of the event. The greatest solici
tude is manifested to hear from Pennsylvania and
other free States. Now, I know It is said by many
of the litepublloang that ihey pill not treat with
traitors with arms in their Lando, but It ought to
be remembered that we are treating with the Bor•
der Slave States, and not with the Cotton States;
and, as I have repeatedly sal i in this correspond
ence, the former entertain as much contempt and
indignation at the proceedings of the latter as we
do ourselves. Ocoassoteet.
TIM LECTORS OP BEY. RATA/ MM. WEST,
D. D. We have received a neatly printed
pamphlet oopy of the lecture delivered by Rev.
Nathaniel West, D. D., in West Philadelphia, on
the reoerit fast day appointed by the President, in
regard to the causes of the decline of the Ancient
Repubilol. We published it a short time ago in
the columns of The Press bat for the gratidaa•
Ma of a large number of perms who desired to
preserve it, in a convenient fortu r tbis pamphlet
edition has been breed. It is namely peoeheary
to assure ov readers that it is deeply interesting,
and that it will abundantly repay an attentive
perusal. It is for sale by T. B. Peterson Bro.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1861.
Letter from liarrtsburg
[Correepondonos of The Preee.]
The Republioans of ,the House of Repreeenta-
Sve+ hold a consul in the east committee room
last night, commencing at seven and not breaking
up until twelve o'olook. A long diseussion ensued
upon the propriety of repealing the last clause of
the 95th aeotion, which prohibits a master from
arresting his slave in a riotous manner. An in
formal ballot showed that thirty-three Republicans
were in favor of the repeal. AdJing the twenty
nine Democrats to these makes the total amount to
sixty-two, or a dear majority of twentyfour in
the entire Reuse. There is en equally large ma
jority, in proportion, in the Senate.
A bill of very great importance to all laborers
throughout the State passed the House yesterday,
and has been sent to the Senate for oonourrence.
It was read in place by Mr. Collins, and at first
only related to the county of Payette; but, on mo-
Son of Mr. Gordon, of Jefferson, the sot was made
general. It is entitled, "An sot for the better
security of the wages of laborers."
ELECTION 1. Be at enceeted, 4;c., That all wages
that may be due from the owner or owners of any
manufacturing establishment to any laborer or,
laborers in or about such estabbehment, for any
period not exceeding six months immediately pre
ceding the death or insolvency of snob owner or
owners, shall be a lien upon such establishment,
and shall be first paid from the proceeds of the
sale of such establishment : Provided, That the
same be presented to the officer executing the writ
before distribution of the proceeds of the sale.
beserrox 2. That, in ease of the dissolution, by
death or otherwise, of any partnership firm or in
corporated company, all debts duo or owing to
operatives or laborers for service performed for
snob partnership firm or incorporated company,
for any period not exceeding one year, shall first
be provided for and paid out of the offsets or assets
of said firm or company in preference of or to any
other claim t Provided, That this act shall not
impair or effect the right of the widow or children
, of any deoedont to retain three hundred
' as provided by existing _ lime of thia Common ,
wealth.
Mr. Preston, en sot to regulateintelligence
ofiloea. It compels the keepers of intelligence
offices to take out a license, fur which $5O is to be
paid, in any city of the Commonwealth, and $25
in the counties. A violation of this sot is to be
deemed a misdemeanor, and any porson,npon being
convicted in the Quarter Sessions, to be fined not
less than one, nor more than two, hundred dollars
—one half to go to the informer, and the other half
to the Guardians of the Poor.
. .
In the Semite, Mr. Nichols called up the act in.
corporatipg the Penn Gas Coal Company, which
was amended so as to make the atookholders in
dividually liable for debts to the amount of stook
held by them. This is a company or Philadelphia
gentlemen who have invested their money in min
ing bituminous coal In Westmoreland county.
Borne gentlemen thought they saw a grant of urns•
anal privileges in this bill, and made mush oppo
anion at firm, but the persuasive arguments of Mr.
Nichols overcame all objections, and the bill now
goes to the House for concurrence.
Dlr. Parker read in piece an act to incorporate
the Pawners' Loan Assoolation of Philadelphia:
Corporatorit---Samuel Ovenshinc, William Duffy,
Stephen N Winslow, Samuel L. Oroker, Marshall
Sprogle, end Wm. W Watt. The object is to form
a fund of $lOO,OOO to lend to indigent persons, at a
rate of interest agreed upon by the portico, pro
vided it shah in no case exceed the rate now
chargeable by pawnbrokers under the authority of
law; and provided further, that all sums divisible
as interest out of the operations, which shall exceed
the rate of interes tof Ma per cent, per annum, shall
be paid over to the treasurer of the city of Philo ,
delpbla for the benefit of the poor. This will put
the Pavhe'bl'akieg impiness under shore metric
lions, and Is likely to enure tb the benelit of the
poor. It is iti acoordanoo with the proVisiens of
the Pawners' Association of Boston, whioh has
been found to work well.
Connell read in piece a bill to authorise
the repayment to holders of rural property in the
Twenty-I'o6'th paid of takes; where the, rate has
beehlevled achy property,
Mr. Parker, also an sot Nctending the time of
the aeotaritioe of F. pox Morton to 1465 to pay the
amount for which be to in default.
The United States ship Relief was put formally
in commission at the Brooklyn naval yard, on
Tuesday. Silo goes to Porto Grande, Africa, to
day.
If there be a United States steam man•of-war
off Oharbseton, as reported, tt must be one of the
gunboats, Crusader, illoluzsok, or Wyandotte.
The steam frigate, said to be seen off Pensacola, is
probably the Potahretan, homeward bound from
the Gulf.
Lieutenant Willard, of the army, has been or
dered to join his regiment in Texas. It is expeot
ed that the troops which he joined will be instruct.
ed to move North.
A new commissioned officer of the army detached
from a regiment now In Tares, arrived in New York
on Monday; and Merely oalltd at sue of the ran
dezvous to say that he was going to join Major
Anderson at Fort Moultrie. He wan good humo
redly informed that there would be an inevitable
change in his destination. He is now ti on pro
bate."
It is feared that General Twigge' desire to be
relieved from the command of the department of
Texas, to which be was so recently appointed, ie
bat the precursor of his resignation. He is a
tteorgia, and one of our most gallant
officers. Ho entered the servioe during the war
of 1812. and his name is honorably emaciated with
pevbral important battles.
More recruits from the provinoial rendezvous
have arrived on Governor's Island, New York, in
small, straggling detaohments
Notwithstanding the detachment from Govern
or's Island of about 250 mon within a short time,
there are now over 600 soldiers, well drilled, avail
able for servioe in the barracks.
Within tea days 400 United States troops, and a
large number of horses and pieces of ordnance,
have been added to the already formidable garri
son of the Federal capital.
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to The Press.
FROM wAsinwron.
Special Despatches to " The Prom"
Wasninaron, January 30.
Captain Faunco, of the Revenue Cutter
This gallant officer is now in this oily, and grati
fies all his friends by taking bold and enthusiastic
ground for the Union. lie will stand by the flog
yf his country wherever it flies, and so long ne
those is a single star shining in its Amy blue.
Hon. FREDERICK P. STANTON, SeoreUry of State
of Kansas Territory under Governor Wiraurn, and
lion. hiertotts J. PARROTT, the reprosertative dele-
gate of the late Territory, leave this dty for Han.
sae tomorrow, to make a canvass Dr election to
the United States Senate from thi new State.
There is but little doubt of their suOess, and still
lees that, if they ato chosen, the,' ability and
energy will give Kansas a commaniing Mame
in the highest branch of the Natioml Legislature.
This distinguished and popular gentleman gave
a brilliant entertainment this evening, at hie line
residenee on I etreet. A largo nunber of Senators
and Representatives, and most the notables of
the oltv, wore among yie guests.
The Illasaachneetts Delegation and
It appears that the request of itrginia, that the
different States appoint commisahners for the pui.
pose of meeting other commissioiers of Mat State,
in the city of Waelalogton, on the 4.th of February,
was laid before the Massaohnselti deleiation, and
a letter was prepared and signed ly most of
the members of the House, addreaed to tho
Governor, asking him to recommend to the Le
gislature the appointment of oertdn eminent
citizens from Massachusetts to takepart in this
great consultation. It-is stated And believed
that, Mr. Senator BOINER hearing if this paper,
took strong ground against it, and protested to
Hon. CHARLEEI FRANCIS ADAgEI aganat his having
signed the document in question. be latter, in a
very prompt and eomewhat indignint manner, re
faced to be controlled by the distlmaished Senator,
and stated that he was for his country and his
whole country, and would do eyeything to main
tain the Government and settle aiding diffloul
ties. It is due to Mr. Ana ms to say that the ex
ample of his Revolutionary fathers, and of the pa
triotio ex-President JOHN QUIIOY ADAMS, who,
amid all his eccentricities, wAs, nevertheless, a
warm and untiring friend of the Union, le ar
dently oherlebed by him. Ihreon of such fathers
cannot do wrong in a momentof gloom like the
present.
The Philadelphia Worksigia en in Wash.
The deputation from the .Pelladelphia working
men are here in great foroe,and excite much at
tention. They are compose( of some of your most
influential and substantial oilcans, and the weight
of their judgment in favor if the Crittenden pro-
positions is felt. You can judge of the effect of
their meeting on Saturday night, by referring to
the able speeoh of the Bon. J. Monnison KARR'S,
yesterday, who spoke of it in terms of ex.
acted praise. They tisited the President, and
Senators CRITTENDEN and DOUGLAS, tO-day, and
bad a moot fenerefeing interview with them.
They also conferred with Senators BIGLER and
Oaeutrioa, and the Philadelphia delegation in the
Boum, presenting their views through imps B.
;Itoirbsoa, Etq , and receiving in return the as
surance that their flepresontatiyes in Congress
were ready to make any nitrifies of pOrsenal po.
litioal record to effeot an honorable compromise.
Another Despatch.
The Committee of Thltly•three from the Union
Workingmen's Convtntlon of Pbilidelphia had ail
interview with General °AMMON, at the Kirkwoo4;
Home, this morning. Mr. Jas. 13. NionoLamil
Chairman of the Committee, presented the resole'
Cons adopted at the town meeting of worklngme
held on the stormy night of last Saturday, lull
dependence Square Mr. N. made a very ohas
and appropriate speech, urging on Senator Ce p
HERON end hla colbague the necessity of accep!l
lag the Orlttender proposal, or any other sehem
looking to a peareful sottletuont of the proem' ,
troubles.
Senator °minim, in Ma reply, alluded vet
briefly to the fool of hie warm eympatby with ti
Hannzasuna, January 30, 1881
Nava! Intelligence.
Harriet Lane.
Kansas Senators.
Speaker Penningtop.
Senator Sumner.
ington.
laboring men, he having begun life as a printer,
in Washington, at ten dollars a week, and all hie
life having been naturally devoted to the interests
of labor. _Ho alluded to the present tariff bill be
fore Congress, and spoke'enthuslastioally of the cer
tainty of its early passage. In regard to the present
trouble'', he intimated that it all depends on Virgi
nia, and the position she shall take fiber Conven
tion He said he did not believe in the doctrine of
reeonstruotion." He was willing to take the Crit
tenden preposition as a basis simply of compro
mise, but he was not prepared to acoept it as a
whole without important modifications, booanse
to accept it .without ouch qualification would be
virtually to give up all we have contended for in
the recent canvass. But he was willing to have
such a proposition fairly submitted for decision to
the verdlot of the people. Ile invoked a spirit of
union and conciliation, but without any sacrifice of
honor or of principle. He thanked the committee
for their expression of confidence, and, atter a
brief personal interchange of friendly sentiments,
the interview was terminated.
Late Plows from Florida.
Late dospatches from Captain Alma enable me
to state that immediately after the arrival of re
inforeements at the Tortugas, the steamer Galves
ton approached, having on board some five hun
dred • illibusters and fire•eaters from Mobile, for
the purpose of taking possession of the fort, but
when they discovered that Uncle Samuel had been
to advance of them, they turned tail, and departed
in a homeward direction.
Seizure of the U. S. Revenne.eutter
"Lewis Cass" by the Revolutionists
at Mobile.
Private telegraphio despatched, just received in
this city, stato that, on Tuesday, the Itevolationiste,
by the authority of the Governor of Alabama,
took foroible possession of the United States reve
nue-cutter Lewis Cass, and the Government is at
this moment in possession of the foot.
The Tbxeu.tened zVtteelt on the Capital.
The House investigating committee are vigor
ously and secretly pushing their inquiries in rela
tion to the alleged conspirsoy to take forcible pox
seasiou of the capital on or before the 4th of March
next JOHN D. Tommy . , of Baltimore, and Mr.
Hicus, a hotel•keeper in Montgomery county,
Maryland, were to-day examined, and to-morrow
Dr. BOYLE, Navy-agent FLYNN, GODAUD BAILEY,
ox Secretary TIIO3IP9ON, and DANIEL RATCLIFFE,
of this oily, will appear before the committee to
antiwar regarding the designs of a secret oath
bound organization hero oornpoaed of furious Die
unionists.
The State Commission to Washington
Massachusetts ) Ohio, and Tennessee, to
Send Commissioners.
Tennessee Refuses to Attend the
Montgomery Convention.
BOSTON, Jan, 30.—Tbe Committee on Federal
Affairs baa reported in favor of sanding five own
misslonera to the Washington Conference.
001,11318V5, Ohio, Jan. 30..—The Senate and
House to-day adopted a resolution authorizing the
Governor to appoint five commissioners to thc
Washington Conference, proposed by Virginia.
His aeleotions are to meet the avproval of the
Senate.
NAORVILLN, Tenn., Jan. 30 —Notwithstanding
the recommendation of the Governor of Tennessee
that commissioners be sent to Montgomery, Ala
bama, the Legislature today instruoted their com
missioners to'go to Washington.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—A private despatch from
rennessce states that the comotgissigers appointed
by the Legislature have been instruoted to meet
:be Border State commissioners at Washington,
instead of those of the Southern States at Mont
gomery, Alabama,
This is regarded as a Tinton triumph, as ten of
the twelve aro known certainly to be in favor of the
Union.
THE COLLECTION OR REVENUE IN
SECEDING STATES.
Report of the Rouse Seleet Committee,
Speech of John Cochrane.
Foreign Vessels Liable to Seizure
COASTWISE T44Dg EXEMPTED,
WAIMIREITON, J . 81:12 . 80 Sohn Cochrane, of
New York, today, in reporting a bill from the Se•
Led Committee ; (Intim to provide for the oolleotion
of the revenue, accompanied it with an exptesaion
of We views.
Re fully concurs with the President in the opine
lon against secession. Therefore, all sots and ordi
names of secession, so far as the same may be carried
into effect, are to be considered as revolutionary
infractions of the supreme law of the land, hose'•
ever they may be regarded as the proper exercise
of an indefeasible right of resisting acts which
ate plainly unconstitutional and too oppres
sive to be endured. lie also concurs with
the President In the opinion that the Federal
Coastitution has abstained from conferring
on the Federal Government, or any department
thereof, the authority to deolare and wage an op.
preseive war against a seceding litete, in order to
coerce the repeal of any sot or ordinance of sects•
elm she may have passed, or to compel her to re
main nominally, as well as de facto, a member of
the Federal Union. A just conception of the con
stitutional authority or florgress combines with
other, and, if possible, higher - and more commend
ing motives to prescribe other measures than an
aggressive and coercive war to remedy the grave
inoonvenienees perils, and evils of such secession.
In framing the bill there has been kept steadily
et view, first, the obstacles of every oharaoter
which oppose any attempt of the Federal Govern
ment to coerce a btate ; and secondly, the princi
ple on which, as is conceived, the whole coercive
action of our revenue system has from its Incep
tion boon founded.
The bill'propones that vessels from a foreign port
bound to a port within the scope of its provisions
shall, with its foreign cargo, be liable to seizure
and condemnation; and, In the same view of ap
plying its restrictions only to foreign commerce on
which revenue in by law collected, all vessels law
fully engaged in the coastwise trade are exempted
from the operation Of its purely remedial and de
fensive operations.
It further provides that when the revenue laws
are obstructed, And it becomes impraoticable to
collect the revenue, the President shall, by pro
plantation, specify tho port In which the obstruc
tion exists.
TEXAS
lAINIED.TATI;I Sg.PESSIPN.
General 7wigge Ready to Surrender
GALvteron, Jan. .29.-Of the eighty members of
the Texas Legislature : only seventeen are eo-ope
rationiets.' •
Tho speolsl oommitteo has reported In favor of
sanotioning the call of a State Convention by the
people.
But little attention le paid to the message of pm
Houston, which favors delay as long as possible,
opposes the people's Convention, anti expresses the
opinion that the Union can be preserved.
A resolution to delay the act of secession was
twiee tabled.
The Military Committee are preparing a bill to
put the State in a complete dofensive position.
7horo befog rumors that a body of men aro
moving on ban Antonio to take tho arsenal, Gon.
Twigge has oalied in his troops to protect it.
The Knights of the Golden Cirole have offered
him their services.
Gen Twiggy denies the report of hie resignatitn,
but has informed the President that ho will not
use hie sword against his countrymen. He also
says that when the proper demand la made by
Texas, he will hand the arsenal over to her
authority.
The Southern Confederacy
son. Mexander H. Stephens the Conservative
Nominee for President
WAMINGION, Jan .30.—From private accounts,
racselvtd here, the indioations aro that Hon. Alex
ander 1. Stephene, of Georgia, will be rammed for
Provisonal President of the contemplated South
ern Ocufedersoy, the object being to conciliate the
conammtive portion of the needed States.
The Louteiann Convention.
Wnv OnWars, Jan. 30.—The state Convention
was *lied to order at 1.12; o'olock this afternoon.
.11m. W. J Vasen, the commissioner from the
Stated Georgia, was introdnoed to the Conven.
tean,and delivered an addresa on the issues of the
day.
Tie Convention then alerted the following dele•
gate to the Senthern Convention at Montgomery,
Ala area :
DELEGATES AT LARGE.
ohn Perking. Jr., A. Peelomat,
DISTRICT DELEGATES
kat District, C. M. Conrad; Eeeond. Duncan F,
Morel: Gen. E. Marrow ; Fourth. Henry
lo other business was tranenoted. Adjourned.
North Carolina.
TIE CONVENTION DILL PASSED
tur.top, N. C., Jan. 30.—l'ho Rouse this af!
Vinton oonourred in the Senate's amendments to
to Convention bill, and it bas finally passed.
'he bill orders that the question of Ponvention or
to Convention be put to' the people, who are to
dent delegates at the same time It also restricts
he operation of Federal Mws,
The election le to be held on the 28th of Feb
teary.
Virginia Legislature.
RIOEMOND, Va., Jan. 30 —The Ilonse today to
bled the resolutions of the Pennsylvania Lubin
ture.
The resolutions of tho Tennessee Legislature
were referred to the Committee on Federal Rela
tions.
Rhode Island.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Governor Sprague, in
telegraphing 'to ex-Governor Corwin, that the
Rhode Island Legislature has appointed commie
sioners to the Union Convention, adds " God give
moues to the movement."
The Georgia State Convention
hirbbanuaviraits, Jan. 29 —Um Convention re
fused to reconsider the revenue ordinance adopted
yesterday.
A resolution woo introduced giving the Governor
power, under certain circumstances, to make re
prisals and grant letters of marque. It was ta•
bled.
An address to the citizens of the South and the
world, detailing the causes which prompted Geor
gia lo secede from the Federal Union. was adopted.
An ordinance declaring it to bo the fixed policy
of the State to guaranty security to all the Swot]
wan adopted. The Convention then adjourned, to
met at Savannah at the oall of the President.
Missouri Legislature.
Sr. Louis, Jan. 30 —A joint resolution was pass
ed by the State Senate yesterday, appointing
General Doniphan, Waldo P. Johnson, 3. D. Col
ter, Judge .Hough, General Atchison, Ferdinand
Kennett, and Judge Buoknor. commissioners to
the Convention to bo hold at Washing on the 9th
of February. , The same resolution was introduced
in the House and laid on the table.
Mr. Wept. chairmen of the House Committee on
Federal Relations, reported resolutions tokicg
strong grounds against the /potion of the New York
and Ohio Legislatures, in offering aid to the Ge
neral Government to coerce seceding States, which
were passod—yem 88, nays 16.
New Jersey Legislature
TRENTON, Tan. 30 —Fhe Republican members of
the State Legislature have published a pamphlet,
totally dissenting from the resolutions passed on
Friday last on the subject of our national diftieul•
ties, and have expressed their views on the subjeet
by publishing the minority report, and signing
their names thereto
. .
They have also appointed a committee to present
their views to Congress
Senator Cook, of Mercer county, introduced a
bill today, declaring it a felony to sell o- deliver
any arms or munitions of war by any person to any
of the seceding States, or to enlist in the military
or naval service of wolf States, and shall be pun
ished by imprisonment in the State prison for
seven years, and be deprived of the right of citi
zenship.
The nomination of George H. Brown, as Judgo of
the buprome Court, ban been confirmed.
The Governor to day nominated Wm. S. Banta
as prosecuting attorney of Bergen county, and Hen
ry 0 'Ryerson as prosecutor of Sussex county.
The Princeton and Middlesex, and Burlington
and Middlesex Railroad bills were introduced in
the Homo to day.
The Troops at Washington.
LETTERS TARPERED WITH AT THE SOUTH
Wesuisovott, January 30.—The President bas
approved the bill for the admission of Kansas into
the Union.
The number of Federal troops which arrived
here last night is eighty, making in all less than
three hundred. These are divided into three
oompanies of artillery and one of infantry. Ar
rangements have been made for concentrating
them at any particular point, in ease it becomes
necessary to quell disturbatices of the public peace.
Acting Postmaster General King has received
complaints from Northern gentlemen that their
letters from the South have been violated. 011:10
person writes that six letters addressed to him by
a lady in Mobile, and not on political subjeots,
have evidently been opened by unauthorized par
ties. The Department has promptly instituted an
Investigation.
Lieutenant Sanders, of the army, will leave
Washington to day with . despatehes from the War
Department for Florida.
The Connie/aim newspaper will be discon
tinned to-morrow, to be reopened, the , editor nays,
"under better and more favorable auspices, and in
the more genial atmosphere of the Southern Ile
public." The paper is to be esiaMiseed at Mont
gomery, Alabama.
The Indian Trust Bond Abstraction.
TRUE BILLS FOUND AGAINST BAILEY, RUSSELL,
AND 11 , LOYD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 —The Grand Jury has
tonna true bills against Goddard Bailey, Wm. 1.1
Russell, and John B. Floyd, as follows:
Three cases against Bailey for larceny, in ab•
'drawing the bonds entrusted to hie custody. One
joint inoioggent against galley and Russell for
abstracting the missing bonds, Three indictments
against Russell for receiving the stolen bonds, and
one j mint indiettnent against Bailey, Russell, and
John 13. Floyd for conspiraoy together to defraud
the Government.
The Tariff Ball to be Repotted to the
Senate on Frtuay.
THE HOUGH BILL ESSENTIALLY ALTERED.
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 —The Senate's select oom
mitteo wilt report the tariff bill on Friday. It is
bir Morrill'a bill essentially altered.
The warehousing feature is amended so as to
allow goods to be in store for three months instead
of thirty days before the duties are paid. They
can remain six months thereafter, and when taken
out for exportation the dut es are refunded.
The Pacific Railroad
WASHINGTON Jan. 30.—The friends of the Pa
olsorailroadd ate' oongratulatiog thennolvoa that
the decided vote by which it pacced the 130nate
memos' its hrproval by the .Preeident. The
amentimenia, hdrreyor brit to be acted on by the
nonce.
Mr. Lincoln to Visit Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 30.—The committee ap=
pointed by the State Legiblature to invite the
President elect to visit Indianapolis, en canto to
Washington. to-day received a letter of acceptance
from Mr. Lincoln, informing them that he will
visit this city on the 12th proximo.
Secession Meeting at 11 7 11mington,N. C.
WILMINGTON N. O.—A large and enthusiastio
SenenPion meeting wen lIEGQ Lazo loot A:marline. at
the theatre. Prominent gentlemen formerly op
posed to the movement took a strong position with
the South, and declared that "we are a unit with
the Booth."
bleating 95 the Democratic State Con-
tral Committee,
A State Convention Called for the 21at
of February.
Tronianunn, Jan. 30.—The Demoeratio State
Central Committee met here this afternoon, in
pursuance of the call of tho chairman, Hon Wm.
H. Welsh. The attendance was large, forty-four
members of the Committee being present, while
the meeting drew together a large number of
prominent Democrats, from different parts of the
&ate, not members of the Committee.
The Committee was called to order by the ohair
man, (Ur. Welsh,) who briefly stated the oNeot of
the meeting.
The roll was }ben called, after which Mr. Ful
ton offered • a series of resolutions, expressive of
the views of the Demooraoy of Pennsylvania
touching the existing troubles of the country.
On motion, the resolutions were referred to a
committee, and the Convention took a recess until
doe o'clock.
Upon the reassembling of the Convention, the
committee on resolutions submitted a report em.
bodying the resolutions of Mr. Fulton, and pro
viding for a State Convention to be bold at Har
risburg on the 22d of Febluary next,lto be com
posed of four delegates from each Itepresentativo
district in the State
Vincent li. Bradford, of Philadelphia, submitted
a preamble to the resolutions.
The resolutions being under consideration,
Judge Riley, of Schuylkill, moved to strike out
the 22d of February, and insert tho fifteenth Ha
thought It necessary to bold the Convention as soon
as possible.
Mr. Hamilton moved to insert the 21st of Fe
bruary, which was agreed to.
Mr. Burnham thought four hundred delegate!,
tee many, and timed that the number be reduced
to two hundred.
Gen. Rouinfort opposed tha amendment, and the
question being taken, it was not agreed to.
The yeas and nays were thou called on the re
port of the committee, and It woe adopted unani
moody.
- The Committee then adjourned. The best fro-
lug prevailed throughout the proceedings
ODE DAY LATER PROM EUROPE
THE STEAMSHIP BOHEMIAN AT PORTLAND,
Lem SALES OF COTTON
P.F.101 1 .; .3 A Dlr.iti NORD 1-8 TO u-s
001160L6 911.91.;
PORTLAND, Jan. 30 —Tho steamship Bohemian
has arrived from Liverpool, with advioes to Fri
day, the 18th inst.
The steamer Anglo Saxon, frrm Portland, and
the steamer Frittoii, from New York, had arrived
oat,
FRANCE
It is expooted that a decree will soon appear that
if Piedmont maims war on Austria she need expect
no assistance from France.
Gloat military preparations wore in piogress
SPAT N.
The Spanish Government bee issued instructions
o the commander of the fleet, to keep strict net:t
rain), at Gaeta.
NAPLES.
The bombardment of Gaeta will by resumed on
Monday.
It is not true that the ships of any foreign
Powers will take the place of the French fleet,
The Sardinians have resolved to attack Gaeta by
sea immediately.
ENGLAND.
The Vanes' city article, of Friday evening, flays
funds were firm, but prince dosed on Friday the
name as on Ihursday.
About $60,000 were taken from the bank today,
or America.
The London Times deprecatea the Secession
movements in America, and says that, should the
Southern Confederation become the real United
States, as far as the present and prospective terri
tory Is concerned, it iv doubtful vo hether the con
nee tion between New York and INew England, on
the one hand, and Illinois and New lengland, on
the other hang, could long survive a total sopara
lion from the South.
Commercial Intelligence.
Lives PonL, Jan. 18.—The sales of Cotton for the
week have been i 32 Ott: hales Ino,uding 36000 bales on
;peoplet on and 16,000 for export. The advisee from she
United dtates had e.used an advance on aißw so np..
bons. Fair and middling have Improved hretAid. and
lower qualities. being tORIC6.IVO Nd higher. the s‘les
to-day ( Friday ) were 20 000 ones, including 10 COd for
speculation he mike t wows aotiv F e a a ir o . d bu A o l y ie a cui nt. tico.
Iha followinghre the authorized quotations:
New 73.6:1
•• 7:4d.
The stook in port amounts to 020,000 bales, incuuding
10.0_9 hates of American.
IVEitPUOL:I3ItEaDdT OFFS MARKET—Messrs.
Richardson & Spence report Wheat declining, the
market opening at easier prices, but unchanged quo
tations.
LONDON MONEY MABEET,—Consols 913,i491. 4 4
for money, and 915 S a 091% for account.
AMEKIAJAN bEFOOKt..—Trie following gales aro re-
Ported :
OentraL...--.... 0035081 per cent. discount.
hrle Railroad...
new York Central.... .......74
070 "
From. Texas.
THO A 11120116 62 NNW OULNANS 121211 $243 000
Nair °lunarls, Jan. 80 —The steamship Ara•
trona, from Brazos, le coining up. bho has $243,-
000 in specie aboard.
.
Complimentary "legislative Res°.
luttoub.
HATIRISBURG, Jan. 50.—The rosolutions of the Laski
latumeompli mentary to IY ajor Anderson, and to Pre
sident Buobanal' for oustainina him. and also to Gnv.
flake, of Maryland, have been officially prepared and
properly certified, and will bo forwarded to-raorrovt.
NI CONGEESS--•SECOND SESSION.
W.4III3trrGYON, Jan 30, 1861.
SENATE.
The annual agricultural report from the Patent Mee
was received. and referred to the committee on Print
to
lilt BIGLYR, of Pennsylvania, presented several
memorial.. a among the rest the memo Cri tt enden
wo. king men o f Philadelohia in fa• or of the
re olutione. He said that itte tatter was a memorial re
prelenting fif y , housand working men of Philadelphia,
without any politica' Maculation, gathered to mese
meeting from anxiety for tee safety of the lint n, but
tem, way miumenatiaine disunion, vet willing to yield
am thing rea'oaabie to the s oath, expressing the
that the resolutions of the Senator from Kentucky were
eminently Just and AM, He moved that the memorial'
be printed.
r CAMERON, of Penneylvanie. said that be a'so
hard petiti ne representing the workine men of Phila
delphia but expressing different sentiments. He re
ferred to the speech or his colleague and sold that he
had been charged with endorsing Mg speech Certainly.
he never t o eendrsd the *whole of it,
safetye wee willing to
do anything bring peace and to the oeuntrY.
But he Just wanted to know it what he did would be re
cowed, and if it would bring bank the teener" of the
rebellion in the South for he ooreldered it rebellion.
Mr. MASON, of Virginia, said tint the r enatore from
Pelitterlvania had eXprd their williegn as k e d make
conceasien. The Fouts era States have nut con
cut MOPS in any form. '1 he South has no complaint of
the Constitution,. but that the Co, OtltUtlol2 has been
Ham
violated and lights diaregerded. They never
ask ad for concessions, but only mike° that the Coneti
tuti .n should be carried out. The Son ti would be bu
m hated if they asked anything else, and the North hu
miliated if they
_granted hey only attired their right..
Mr. hALE, of New Hampshire. said be had bran
listening since the commencement of the session or
eanoty such a eeneible epeesh as the Revatnr from
hiremia had Just sande. He thought from this an
nouncement of the Senator. that there waa null some
propect for the Union. On thin subject the Senator
ron, Virginia had expressed the very sentiments that
he (Mr. Halo) entertained. Peeling mixing be, he de
stine to acquit himself of tiny patriotic mitigation that
he might cave, and proposed at some time when nobody
else thous ht lie could make a bet er speseh(it ever
su h a time arrived to make a few remarks to that
motion of the country which takes an mit rest in what
is being done here.
Mr. BlieLblt said he had no knowledge of the allega
tion that hie colleague lnar. Campton) had endorsed hie
entire apes oh He knew that he had net. He was ex
ceedingly gratified, however. by his declaration that
he meal embrace any reasonable proposition . to s o y.
the Union. In reply to the Senator from Virginia (Mr. '
Mason). he sail the Immo tof the word OOLICIMIOII WAB
well understood. There were eifferenees of opinion on
constitutions questions — thee e sale o amine the right
in Interdict slavery in the Teeritore e. which Virginia
deniea. Conceasi .it must be made on both Bides, in or
der femora peace.
hlr.T ICUMBULL, of Mining, presented the reiilton
of citizens of Chicago in favor of sustaining the Con
stitution as it Is t and against any concession to the
South while in rebellion against the Constitution and
laws. Me said he was glad to see that the petitioners
agreed with the Senator from Virginia , that the Consti
tution is good enough now, if we would only live up to
it. The trouble wee that the'people rebelled millet,
cad attempted to overthrow it. We could not have
pease
themncessions to who tutted none. and re
fused By making concessions to men with arms
in their hands. woo fire on vessels, and capture the
forte and arsenals, the country has received a shook
which it will not recover from for generations, because
of the craven spirit displayed. Let this Government
nut itself in a position to be reepeeted and obeyed, and
we will have reenact and obedience.
Ito also presented the petition of is committee from
the Men (mist Conference f Illinois, setting forth that
a t. onferenoe had been broken un In certain States. and
one man hung loautie he was a minister of that church.
The petition sake that it compromises he made. there be
a Trovlsion for the safety of citizens to the States, ana
that no man 'hall be proscribed for religten rake.
Mr. FOSTEc. of t onnectieut. resew ed a petiran
from certain citizens of Connecticut, fiethernmuotto
lied foeyeare &dud off the meet of Prarida, but bed net
been within there leasing of the coast, but lately their
unseat had been seized apd their owners comeePed to
inl a o s fine , in
lVteti e t?ot i .l U ed ic p e r=offoTlfei' t ig
laws of the Unite. States.
Mr. URITTPN DEN, of ICen citizenssented the Pe
tition at twentr-four but Grad of Massachu
setts. in favor of the Crittenden reeolutioeg.
The Pactifie Railroad hill to
then taken ins. The
amendments] belng agreed to, the bill was read a third
time and put on itspassage.
hlr. Bilitthß said that he had always bee. an advo
cate for the measure, but as the hill now stande he
could not vote for it.
Mr. PEN INC/t. of New Jersey, asked to be ex
cused from votihr.. 'Howes in favor of ono road, but
ecu d not vote for a bill making three. He was ex
cused.
Mr SEBASTIAN. of A rkareas,patd he voted for the
bill in nocordance with inetruotione from his State.
Mr. FEenEND of Matte, toad that he was in
favor of one rend but wan not in ravel of two or three.
nir. JO , PISON, of Arkansas, said that he did not imp
Pnee that any more appropriations w be made fir
the Pou h ; but he won ti vote, as he was instritotrd to,
for it, though he ransomed It as voting for a Notthein
road.
T. bill was then passed—yews 37, nays U. The nays
are as follOssi
Messrs. Bayard. Bigler. Bragg. nlinginapFersenden,
Green Bunter Jihnson of fatimmee. King, Mason,
Nionolson. P. well. Sanleb. r•, and Thomson.
On metion of Mr. °RUN, of biliasomi, the bill to
pr vi. e a "eleverar , government for the Territory of
J. fferaon was taken up.
Mr. CULLA rri R.I f Vermont. moved to change the
name to 'daho ; which sat adopted.
Mr OR s M i Offered a substitute changing the boun
daries and makins slight modifusatious.
Mr. ) 011 Ga Aft. of til,nots. cad. d attention to the
provision that the Legislate e make no disarimination
in loam ; pr. pert), hut that all should be Mane alike.
Mr. WlLSolii. of Massaehusetts, moved to strike
out the provision.
After a dtscussion between Messrs. .1)011101..AB and
OR h.F1 , 1, the art endment was lost—ye al9 na,
Mr. II s M PHIL L offered an amendment that schools.
&e., be excepted from taxation. rending the vote the
Senate adjourned,
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The SP..I , IIER laid berme the House a letter from
Hon W R. W. Cobb, of Alabama. attune that he had
teems ed a certified copy of the reoesa on ordnance or
Alabama. at d. therefore. felt it to be his duty to decline
any former participation in the busmen of the rouse.
o adds that he need not express bre deep regret at the
eireninstanees which render Om stati necessary . a his
pertn 111 is is earnest prayer was that God might save the
contr
The tense gave unanimous consent , to Mr. COBB to
make a few remarks.
lavesid that his collimates had
felt it their duty to this body. but he had not
agreed with them in this. and remained here. not how
ever partieip 'ling in t, e proceedings of the House nei
ther dray ins his pay. 1' avine received a certified copy
of the ordinani e yesterday. he now Was corarninea to
return to his native land He bad served here for four
deon 'mire. and all would bear winces that he had en
eavored at all times to di-charge his day, ad had
done as moon as human nature permitted to be m ur.
mous so Ns iellovr-membel a. He had thought and hoped
that something, might be done by the House and benate,
that be mulls impart to his eor 'taunts such Intelli
gence as w , old give them my ape gladness.
On the eleventh of last month, be sad here that his
State would secede on ea something be speedily
done. Nothing , was done, and on the fifteenth of this
month, ao or tog to his prediction. Alabama had se
ceded. When be returned home ihou'd he not tell his
Prop e e that there is yet dope, or shall he tell them there
re! ie' fie n selkaa ana
try by purchase and prowess en
he had seen the stars and store leap across the Rooky
mountains and slaved on the Gulf of Mexico. -
He had seen them. too, take their western fi Mitt, and
now they float in chins end Jesse. He epeated, that
he hay permitted himself to believe that something
would be done [battle States of the Confederacy might
remain together. He hod wished the cotton and manu
facturing "'totem wattle uotuterruptedly and peaeitfullt
move in their app•op.iate channels in view of the great
benefits which have already resulted. but in this he had
been deceived. Re had seen savage nation after nation
yield to the civilization of the white man He
bad teen State after State and Territory after Ter
ritory constructed out 0 1 the annexed country sines
Ile had' been a member of Congress. and but re
ce tly be had seen star after star fall horn the political
horizon. Wouto they had eueb luminaries .11 Clay,
Webster, or Adams, to tell them what thetr outy is It
we had them here to day, we might settle this vexed
question; but cannot otters he found equel iDoatriotio
desire that some arrangement may be_ rued, by which
eace ana harmony may again reign ,throughont •h, lend ? De deeply regretted to take hie leave of this de
liberative neeembly—tbe greatest on earth the greatest
elevated the sun,eser shone. He would Row say. with
Lanes, God save his mentry. How many
bere Were to-day willing to adjust the matte., in coa
troverey He bad to leave the subject in their own
hands, If they should do aomethirer, the meseenge.s
sent south wou'd ee hailed es the bearers of Shia tid
ings ; but send not your meseengers with mere on, lest
the South may have 10 write on their monuments. in
letters of blood—We have defended our constitutional
rights though we have fallen. After he had gone fr. m
thus place. he hoped something would tie done to satisfy
the anxious public mind, for he be lievad a prayer wee
gang forth from one end of tho country to the other.
that an holuatment may be effected. On the fourth
ebruary the Pout em Convention will meet
ofrn
at hiontgomery to form a Proviaioeal Government.
Do not let them take the second step. He rn t
ed before that time the 'whole emmtll would once
more be in poseerialon of peace and happiness. 'With
grief he saw teats vacant, formai, m e wle d s out h.
ern friends. They speak for themselves, and he re ed
not speak for them. He appealed to his . orthern
friends. Make er orts to save the country. And now,
gentlemen. one and all. "Repo blemns, you have this
goes ion In yet r own hands. You have the power ef
fettling this quertion before the sun swill set. Will you
do it? Will you let your Pri Went came into power
governing the whole country. or only a nart of thew ;
...Mob once belonged to this great Union ? I trust you
will do s. , mething that peace may reign, and that we
may not be called to shed on another's blood—that
peace may prevail from the rising to the setting of the
sun, Sue from the Laker to the Gulf of Mexico. Plant
ourscOves on your dignity no longer.
Ire SPEA KER presented the proceedings of the Illi
nois Democrat o State Lonventtort, re favor of 1101110 set
t ement of thepresent troubles, either by the Border
State. or Douglas. or Crittenden elan. and especially
favoring the calling of a National Convention.
sir. Oa of Oh.o. 1 hope they will be laid on the
Cabe and printed They are the expression of 2/0.000
as good patr ate as him in the Republic.
the a FEARER said they will take the initial course
--uatneiy, lie on the table and M. printed.
Mr. v NOLDc, of New York, from the select com
mittee of five reported a bill for °Wing forth the mail
tia of the United States in certain cases.
Mr. BRANCH. of Korth Carolina. prmented in
writing hie reason for non-. oneurring ht the report.
The bill wee recommitted and ordered to be printed
Mr JOHN OCHE,. ti h. of New y og is. { rep , the
Immo committee. xesorted a bill to (either provide for
the col elation of duty on imports.
Mr. Vv. HARR. of Pennsyl t enta, presented the pro
ceedings of Ike Workingmen Convention. held in lit.
emtemtenco hqUa.e, Phil delphia. on Saturday last,
asking for the adoption of the Cr newton resolutions.
or some other principle of contemn:east, which w o uld b e
aoceptabe to a large number of the people, and have
the effect of allaying the unhappy excitement. The
commit ee Of »Mkt/Innen had requeeted that their
petition should be read which was acoordipgly done,
and ordered o be printed, and referred to the select
rommittee of five.
he I • me resumed the ooneideration ef the report
of the Committee of forty-three.
Alr.l ON Kt 1.0. of New York. was inweased that
the Southern rebellion boa its aright in mists which
Cone tees could delay diminish, t.r mererese. Ye Ito
never d Ward that co the sleveriolding BM es a very
numerous a ass of persons have been Witten°, d by
misrepresentations as to the dee,glas of the masses of
the non slaveholdine States—miaremeeentations the
wildest and moo , paeans roes which over came out of
the moo heatrd conies . She principles of .his Re
pub elan party hove boon grossly perverted, and among
the mtereerreentations, One wee that slavery in the
&etre wee to be interbred with by te To
inter
vention cut the Fede, at Government. romove the
scales from the eye of those who thee bel.eve, would
be a hopeless task. The orfeet of the Republicans
wits rimpiy to restore the ancient Polley of the Repub
lic. beginning with wash ngton and conic, Ring for
seventy years. 3he breeders of sedt ionunderstood,
as well as any moo wl o heard him, the needlessness of
schemes of o, mpromise
Mr. Id DM AN. of A rkaara;, rose tom point of Or
der. The gentleman lied used the term apostate
Atge
mm,e He wished to inquire of the (Awe if it was be
tel std t allow, low or lereafter, the applimition of
such terms to Members of the Boom or their oesertint
ents. Tne time his indeed come for a die:solution( f the
I , lll ion. if he friends of the eeeeesiop of the South are
beto edgewise,' as apest , te eiriciane
The bP.t. AK ER onto he did not understand Mr.
Conklitis as making eueh an application to any member
hero
Mr. COnKLING said that he would speak plainly.
Mr. SHIM/AN hoped that Mr t °flitting would bear
in mind earliamentary usages. [Several Republiesn*
called Mr. Hind. , is to order.]
Air (1110 W said, we eat here silently at the eem.
mereement of the seamen and head tt e other 8 de call
us towers and every thins elle Free &patch tolerated
then is still to be tolerated on this floor.
( • lamas e rem:, v, d fn m tne, President stating
that he bed cloned the bin tb the edit maroon of Kansas.
it was reel:oven b. pot ally suppressed demonstrations
ofioy on the Republican aide.]
Mr. CON KLING resumed. Speaking rf seeession or
di.union as the movement of desperate men, and a
sub erfuge and makeshift of unholy political ambition,
he said the true reason for Goa teaelt lies still deeper.
It is by the sr ntiment of the Northern people express
ed by an overwhelming majority, then. slaveholding as
a moral proposition. is 04 , 10W0d and abhorred, twinge
slsveholdine has ceased to be national and henceforth
is berm hailer the pampered child of American deis
t n 9 and caressed by the Government.
lie stronelY expressed. hi trisellagainst slavery. and in
speaking of the President' said that the rebels have
snatched from the Tatter's nerveless grasp tit' ensile
of the Republic, and waved before his eyes the hastier
of secession and rib lien. A more unjust and perhdi
ova rebelion never existed. With insep een e t em ",
in their bands he would not offer a bribe for Insilco dl
ration and confess the irepoteeny ot the Gov° merit.
With these men, desperate and toad as they are. he
wanted to be counted our from the beginning to the
e”d. and when compromises are proposed he won d
move to lay them on the table. He wee in favor of no
comnron uses until they h • ve doffed their cockades and
have It giled down their Palmsttos and wear, ns We do.
not the livery of rebellion hut the habiliments of citi
zenship, and when they show obedience to the laws,
In Delaware, til.ryitind. Virginia. Tennessee, *rela
te ky, Missouri, North Carolina. and ha hoped in other
States. public virtue still lives. This debate has shown
the patriotism and loyalty of their brave inert in this
struggle. lie would not only maintain their position in
the storm but would give all help he could to stem the
current of revolution, and roll batik the tide of seabonal
tn.dnens and remit:mem. He would limbo concessions,
but would never vole to protest or establish slavery
wherever the sun shines. lie would vote for an ena
bling ant tor New Mexico to form a State Const;tetion.
becauso he did not behave she would come Into the
Union as a slave !Pate. and because Olpittle carry
ing out the compromise of littO, allotting her to be ad.
nutted with or without slavery. He wood vorofor the
resolutions ot the &ilea Committee of I hirtl-three, de
claring it to bo our duty to obey all our °ratan' ntional
ob tensions. Ile would not vote for the fugitive slave
law they report, unless amen Mil. lie argued that theia
proposed amendment to the Covet)tution motive to
noti•ini edema,' with slavery, wa s um . 00., ears.
Mr. GRO W anrymneeci that Martin V: Compel, Rep
resentnttve from Kansas. was eresent, and he advanced
to the chair, and tiroikealitr. oototuiltere a to him the
oath to suev y.EN ortthe Constitetion, and he took his seat,
Ca r gmaSON, on Kentuoky. Said that if Mr.
Coaling is a tau representative or the Northern een
%meet, then the hope that ha had of an adJustment
would be extuignished; t He briatig",, , Peviewed the
rO
'peaches of savers' prtunent ftepublicane to
that it was their design to exclude tbe Smith from tr
lost rights. The States, he argued, being all mover* en,
free. and equal, have a common right in all the ternto
nemequir ed under the Cotten ution, and are entitled
to the protection of the r prone-re therein.
neATft g oV!..!.:egati:;Pgg'titgel h lleav
'nutted into the ' u n on. nut he youd not surrender tee
hope
ta l e was in the conservat.ve no ion of the nor-
Ger State Commismoners. t assemble hate on the ilth
of Februar , Kentucky was timorous and loyal, but
she would not remain in the Union except as as
equal. He proceeded to show that there was no
reason why they could not ompromise. Whyoor take
the Crittenden prosositiort and: agree to units onhe
more as a band of brothers for a common glory t The
Border States will maintain their equality and honor at
every hazard.
Mr. HOWARD, of Ohio, favored conoiliation and
compromise, in ounexard of party predilections and
pistrerMS. UPOIII the members f this Congress rest Me
destlalee of the n epublic. Six stars of our National
flag have been obscured, but
the s eceded
the Govern
ment has power to bring back the seceded States. lie
won d exhaust all other means before resorting to
force.
Mr, Oft BIER, of North Carolina, from the Commit
tee on Eleo ions, reported a resolution, which was
unanimously recommended, deolanng that no testi
mony has been presented impeactung the riget of Mr.
elekles to his seat, and asking to be discharged from
the further consideration of the subject. A 'road to.
Mr. ADAMS tof Ala,saohusetis. obtained the floor,
but yielded it hl r. Morris, of Pennsylvania. who was
a bout to speak, when
Mr. LOGAN. of Illinois, interpo ge n tlemeniry to the
Speaker as to bow many names of who wish
to speak are recorded. ft e had been 'wahine here from
f dar m odou t. o oba practice
as u n fa t m pp s a a s pd o a g n t ye.
not
to be tolerated in any body. Stroh thi.ga bad been prac
tised by the Speaker.
The SPFAK.k.S. pro tent. raid he was not able to in
form the gentleman.
Mr COLFAX, of Jnoiana reminded the, gentleman
that the Speaker was now absent, and pointed to the
foot that. so far as Illinois was concerned, three gentle
men from that State—two Democrats and one Republi
osn—liave already occupied the floor.
hi r.,LOGAN. am now speaking for myself—not for
Illinois.
bIoCHRAND, of Illinois.
this que s tion .
aker of the
Home did no te , ve me the floor on this queetion. I bad
it
on another subject.
Mr. COVODE, of Pennsylvania. Are such proceed
ings in order
Mr. LOGAN. Such favoritism is detestable and dam
nable.
SPEECH OW Hon. E. rOE trottlus.
Mr. M.ORRIS. of Penney Prania. said this vas a ques
tion whether the Union wag to be dissolved or not Fie
believed that it can be, and thateit on,ht to be ure
a.) ved. !leather Congress nor tee Territorial Legis
latures can satisfactorily dispose of the slavery gues
t on. We moat remand it ,o the pe o pl e , wh o have
an immediate interest in it. Ile was opposed to
the extension of s every in the Territories. but
was will.ng to let the people there battle it out for
themselves 'without the factious intervention of Con
gress or the Territorial Legislature. Be argued in
support of the pH:monitions reported from the Com
mittee of Thirty-three. If he could not get these, be
would he 'willing to vote for the Border Mate Com
mittee's plan. if he understood it properly. Me would
vote to submit Narrator Crittenden 's resolutions. He
had no fear of them. If the per2pie Want a chance to
vote on them. let them have it. Be wanted to get rid of
this hone of contention forever. It hi the clause of the
present distraction oetween the sections.
In speaking of the proposed Convention at hlontge
mery be said the venous there to resemble may es
tablish a Constitution stronger than our own, bat its
strength will not rest on moral but on bre.e force. it
will rest on bayopets—on an oligareby excluding
Door white men frontparticipating in their Go
verrimen lie strength will rest on the Orr.
military despotism of the Old World. Byer since /AU
South Carolina lu.s bees disloi al to the Constitution
and the laws. There has beena firm conspiracy. which
has never relaxed, to bleak lap the Union. When Mr.
Lincoln's in-um:nal shall bepublished, it will be seer.
how terly base and unfounded are the aspersions on
those who have elevated him to the Presidential chest'.
hey do not desire to shellac slavery in the littates. and
if they did they have not thepower. A p the agitation
which prevails in the month so far es it is bleed on the
allegation that the people of the North wish to abolish
[flavors m the State', utterly unfounged. It is a
oslumny and wicked faLsenood, got up for the base
ends Of aiding in the lichen a M disrupt the Union.
lie spoke of the conservatism of Pennsylvaniaand of
Mr. Lincoln, who was the most conservative O r lisly of
the other prominent men in the Presidential @anon.
Be stood by the Constitution, let the issue be what it
may, and, in dying,trusht he stand she is and defend it
to the lest. Tne Government of the United @tau has
the right to defend its own existence, and ale its only
to do it againat coercion, winch is on the part of the se
ceding States.
Adjourned.
PENNSYLVANIA LWISLATITEE
HARRISBURG. Jan.. 10,1831.
SENATE.
The Senate was called to order at U o'clock by the.
Speaser. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Faltw Il
Mr. FINN eIY presented the annual report of tact
Erie Canal Company.
The aPAAKEi laid before the senate a WISOBILDip
cation from the .au. itor General of the number, et as i
fication. and lionise rates of all dealers subject to the
pay ment of licenses to the different commas of the
Lommonwealth
Atso. the isomerreport of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company.
A. 1.0. the annual report of the Sixpenny Paving Fused
of • hiladelpnia.
tso, the annual report of the Saving Fund Society of
Philadelphia
Joint resolution from the House, appointing a SONS-
Mil tee to make toe necessary arrangem for raising
the flag on the dam- of the Capitol 00 the dad of a 'orn
ery. with appropriate ceremonies, was taken tip and
passed.
tttr. BERRILL called up the bill authorizing the Di
r eat' ra of the oar of Delaware county to salt certain
real estate. Lead over.
Bads Ire PLUS.
Mr A 3CHINDEL, an act relatire to the Cataaauqua
and Fayetteville Railroad Compete'.
Mr. CR A WP PAD. a Emote meat to the not relative to
the olaim of Thomas Molloy.
P4ERGD.Ttiv - ear ant tO inoorvorats the Kittan
n int Water Company.
Mr. IMB h.. an act Courtaliee the fee MU qii•
the nrechenotaties of the at ..loraman Pleas c.t thin,
Comnunarentm.
Mr. IULLLII, a implement to the act iconaperaling.
the Greensburg Gas and Water Company.
Mr. SMITH, a aupplement to the acgtorevize gat
amend the penal node.
Mr. PORKER. an act to incorporate the Pawners,'
Loan A taootatlon of Phila deli.
Also, au ant for the relief of tee sureties of F. Brox
Morten, We treasurer of Philadelphia.
Mr. HIESTARD, an ant relattve to the administra
tion of Justice in taunter county.
Mr. CONN ELL, afurther supplement to the aettneor-
Rotuma' he city of endadelnina.
Also. sn ant relative to tee Cemetery of Minors"
tioorre. Tin. 20. / 0.0. F.
Alin, a supplement.lo the act inaorperatiag the Phila
delphia auo Darby idall.uaa Company.
M-. CO , N th.L moved that the enammitse on Hatt
roads he discharged, and the Senate proceed, totes eon
sideratita of said tall, which was not agreed to.-
yeas 12, nays 12,
The ac• authorising the Urging cut of a State main
Butler and Armstrong counties came up on the orders.
and passed finally.
BILLS CONSIBBIIND.
Ontention of Mr. PILNNEX,the bill to incorporate
th_,NAINTI3 OilSompenywas titan up, amended,_ sad
puma. ilElVerva wuws.
tin motion of Mr Tilt/ PSON,Mouse bill entitled an
act to incorporate the Flatborocah enument Associa
tion was taken up, and paned
feiCe called up the bill to incorporate the
Peon Bas and Coal LOMPUJI which passed second
readier.
Mr. fifdlTH called up the bill appropriating as area
of mound to eyeserve the purity of toe Schuytkill wa
ter at Fairmount and tho same passed final.y.
YARDIANY ceded up the bill to authorise the
Pomety of P riends, of Bucks county, to *eh real mate.
wh eh was passed.
Mr.lßlStloatedupthebillforthereliefof Win. R.
MoClint. cit. vamp was Pastel
lbe Senate then, on motion of Mr. SMITH proceed
ed to the consideration of t e supplement to the act
relative to the erection of public millings in Philadel
phia
The bill was laid over on second readirg.
The t emate then adjourned.
Mr. BARNSLEY moved that thy tiontiortree be dAe
charged from the fu.ther considetation of the. bill se
pyoprlettrut 32C0,000 to arm eka.i 'yule the military ok
the State and that the Hoaeoetaceed to the °onside
ration of the lame.
'l he mot= was noa agreed to.
A number oloommunLoolion.a were read. and several
"rot ii 7: I :ool2fgelf.'„".,, d Pit:%TrAtveleolf Johns
town was taken up al.d paasodenaty.
831 , 01 T OF 00303/111NEI
The following bills were reported from the commit
tees:
The Judiciary Committee reported heck the bet
creating' an *dalliers l ef the Supreme Conn.
enth a nepstive recommendation,
Mr. DUFFIELD, from the same <amanita., reported
favorably Upon the bill relative to the attachment of
vissele.
Mr. CALDWELL, an act to repeal a portion of the
act relative to the preservation of fish in Lrawford
county.
Mr. MORRISON. an sot authorizing' the erection of
a new rlention district In the liwenty Laird ward, Fix
%dolphin.
ESZISDNE CONTESTED ELECT/ON
Mr..a.RMSTRONG, from the sommittse appointed ro
invent/gate sr° matter of the oont.sted seat from goa
=erne Oaont7, made report, deolarms Mr. tugh entitled
to hie seat, ap_peanng that he had a majority of five
votee over Mr. Chapin, the contestant.
Several unimportant bide were read in place, and re.
felted.
TU SENATE lISSOLDTIONS.
The resolutions from the Senate authortaint ths; Go
veroor to Appoint Bevan commissioaera to the , con
vention to be held in Warhinstett on the 4th of Feb-
Tit 916; 1 41V:re ' a iit a Tl . l l ia, th tire Ire z e ll 7.4 4ti g d l
motion made that the Rouse ',cooed too
than oonei
tie ration.
'3 he noetion gaVil rifle to consideralmeg di ouu ipp.
Air. WIL AMR. of Alle
a ghew ,ew't several others.
opposed •he appointment of nyel2M, commumion,
rh o t final agreed to pro:Wed to the considera
tion of the reaolation .
The resolutions Mumps bean road,
Air. BILL moved an amendment. that all the States
be invited to sand repreventativea to the Convention.
Air. DAVIS thought the invitatio n ° erne, f rom th r _
ginie, end not irOM Pemallrania.
Mr, MALL onPuSed the amendment, after which Mr.
Hitt, withdrew it
The aneation was thou %Oren on the diet resolution.
and it wawa opted
The goes Jon tieing on the second resolution.
Mr..l3oFi US moved. as an amendment,, that the corn-
M13310'073 slia.) not aeoe te to any ppomoon that may
be made by the Southern btatea [ or the extension of
slavery
Mr, - eggnos was °noosed to amending the reso
lutions. He would vote with the gent ema from Mer
cer. Mr. Sus. and so as far as he would to rep
einvetY• Hs was opposed to any amendment of the
Cons Motion, end beiieved if the matter w.a debunk.
ted to the people of Pennsylvania, that they.woeld
re
ieotan. aeon so enoments. 110 , o.oommlommiers are ,
eabjeot io the striotures of LIM Lamaist - tire of
end e enid be Ina rooted from time to time.
Air. eRMS IRONS dire'ndd from the opinion Bat
th Conatitution Ewald not be amend-d. lie was one
of tho who advocated a settlement of this trouble.
hie was in remkr of nett leg the slavery eueetlon now
Emil forever, mid he wan, therefore, in fav r of the
emeranneot which propound to strike out the words
that there anal l be no amendment to the onatiintion:
After thither di...Ammon, in which several gentlemen
Pa ßi l . c' filr.4llll withdrew his amendment, and the
House actioutued till? o'cloos.
HYMNING MISSION.
The House reassembled at 7 o'clock, and resumed tko
consideratioa of the Senate resolutions for the ap
pointmettt of commissioners to the 4th of Februsr,
Convention at Washington.
. for. WILLI hie took the floor in opposition tei that
resolutions. He Baia it seemed a foregone conoliteina
that the evolutions Were Et) be passed,either with or
without reason, and prooeeeed at considerable length
to explain his ob;ections. Virginia desires (said he)
A new ,onstitUtite, and we eta expected to sit thus
horridly Upon her invitation. Notong ever done tn
hurry was done tight. he 4th of February has been
fixed for the assembling of tots extraordinary Con
vention. It is a tribunal unknown to our Constitution
and laws, We are expected to recognize the vista of
a that, to secede When - vet she ma. feet ae wine d
tt new Constitution is to be formed. arid that a to be the
prole that is to be paid for toe privilege of ioaugU , sting
a Y rest dent order our laws.
What have we to a o with Vginia ? know no State
in 001siradiatinotion to the UptonU The slow power
wants additional guarantees, and we are Pitted to go
outside the Union to give them. I know of no melee
dent establishing snot) a course. TMs convocation of
embossed-Ns is in conflict with the . onstitnuon of the
Untied Mates. It is no. bine more than an sot mpt,
who ly uto•Whnyized to reconstruct our Cove nment.
fie proceeded at much length to arena against sending
Commuoionete to Waehrigton. It any targeting trate
to ho made with the Booth, they must be made after
the, lay down their arras
Mr. BILL. of Montgomery, said the gentleman from
Allegheny I Williams) had reiterated here his joints
that t h e pr esent difficulties of the country could not be
setthid u, any other manner than by the sword. He,.
(OS one, did not believe in such a doctrine. He ap
proved in toe main,the purpose of the revolutions. but
thought they ought to be amended in some respects. In.
conceding, be moved to go into Committee of the..
Whole for the purpose of amendment.
The motion was not tweed to.
Mr. TRACY, of Bradford, said the passage of the 're
solutions would be admitting that we had no Govern
ment capable of sustaining itsolf.
Mr. AtthibTROPIG, of Lyttoming, had hoped that the
retiree would be paned crltheht any discussion
whatever. It wee doubtful whether the Governor had
one whit more than time 011(.911t0 appoint and notify
the cominiseione.s, and therefore he thought the reso
lutions shook' be passed toimediately. There are
grievances to be mrt and enswered. Virgicia and
other conservative houthern States are to be met in a.
proper awn. We can save the Union if we will. He
argued that the proposed convention wee right and
proper.
Mr. DITFPIPLD moved that the House go into GYM
tome° of the Whole for special amendment by embank
out in the second resolution the following Words:
" Phat, lathe opinion of this Lestslatnre, the people of
Penney vaina do not desire any alteration or amend
moist to the Constitution of the United t tates I and ,any
repOmmentlation from this body, to that effect, vtilta it
does not come within Ice appropriate and legiala ive
duties, would not meet wit h Mel/ approval "
The motion was not agreed 'o—yes. 2 9. liana
't he following gentlemen vnted &Arrest vett t
Messrs. Boyer tisodseadamtler of Carbon, Balt
Calowell, Cone, Manumit, Devine, Donnell Dson
Dunlop, Miletiherser. Gastrin. Beck. Bill. line, Lei
*l,TrniNsltigtoeuntni="ini:!°4lait.tqairiffnatr,,-,
of Philadelphia, emith of ergs, Btoneheak—ta.
Other amendments were prontreed, and voted down.
The second resolution wait :hen dopted.
The question we. then taken on tee final passage of
the Teaolotions, and they 'were agreed to—sans 34, nays
If.
Means. Blariohard. Bl(es, Craig, Elliott, Fraiisr,
Goehring,
von ,h HOW, °vending, Tracy. Walker,
and Vilharmi ed in the negative. The House then
ad)ourned.