PRFISS, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) W. POMMY. ONESTNUT STRBBT. ptiyab'e to the Carrier. ,f the City at Six Dotiaits vox EletitT )terna—invariably in ad- PRESS, e City et Mime DOL ,IN.& Co.. NUT STREET, THE SALE UP '3 AND LAWNS, " RED AND STAPLE Cottons. :STONE,' SLATERS ,LED BANK, GREENE. 'R B. tons. E. FREDONIAN, ET VIRGINIA. FAMILY FARMERS'. r AND stmET? CITY STRIPE'S. IS AND EILEINAS. .IGOW CORSET JEANS. AND FANCY MIXED RIVER C ASSIIVIERES. R. DOESKINS. °DEM.: AND TWISTED 1 CLOTHS, &c. TITAL SPRINGS: CUE 'ER, AND DRIUTOL felY•tf EITITOFTINSI AUT ST., [NROHANTS ALE OF TiT CORN. PEACH Ea. &c.. &a. ROBERTS. lERIES. and VtNl E watTE WHEAT. SON. NTH Streets LASSES, 'ICTURE FRAIN.EB, VINGS, OIL PAINTINGS, &0., &o ABLE & SON, :ACTURERS, WHOLE :TAIL DEALERS. GALLERIES, CHESTNUT STREET. Philadelphia & WILSON MAcHINES. REDWIED, R. DIR. 1860. T Street. Second Floor 11130 IR MACHINE. FOR Q.1711.T1110 •ND WORK. ithont the trouble of ro a or no noise. Street. Philadelphia. and Baltimore. Md. tel2-3m :INURE AND BIL .4? CAMPION 'H. SECOND STREET. extensive Cabinet llnsinees, superior aitiele of D TAHLE.EI, Cull supply. finished with 'd IMPttOVe:D CUditIONEI. ry all who have need them, to of theme Tables the menu neroue pekt.roue throughout with the (*erecter ^` N Sc BRO.; friends and Quitman! that Fed from flo. 210 South Street to their STORE, STNIIT STREET, siva)! on hand S. fine assortment ALNUT, AND OAK 7TURE; s than their former Nines, in meter facials,' for business, t a call before purchasing jagg-gm VING FINE We .o given no satisfaction to ing them to our store where Led by thoroughly skilful and the watch warranted to give 4X11511. dcC.. carefully put in Ilkitß k BROTTI, 'time.' Buxom. Clocks. &a. 'NUT blreet. below Foul "lif:et FOURTH Street, (Nu- , DEARBORN Street, Chioam Detroit, Michigan, /14 /11411415troet, BOW°, Plow • 9 ARCADE, Roohoner, New , next poet oboe, Harrisburg 335 CHEBT.NUT Street, Phil& CAN BUY for $lOO 100 for 100 .. .for 100 tagilver —_for 100 and Holder...._ .._.._.for 100 for 200 —....... for 100 -- ....for 100 for 100 _for 100 ..for 200 .• .for —.for 1 txl co —....—..f0r 100 _ for 100 —..— ----for /00 .for 100 .—..—..—..f0r 100 for 100 for 100 t kings —_,....t0r 100 .hoons—. _.,_...f0r 100 .for . 100 1 OD tea lOO tgraved— --- for 100 !LW- for 200 tp, Gold -..for 100 100 It ,for 100 ..for 100 —.......f0r 100 . 100 or 100 for 100 ----for 100 .for 100 _ _._for 100 rote. ._..........f0r 100 ld here. —... for 100 ht here. . .. ..... for 100 airs soh/ here-- :for 100 100 Ad or Plated —.for 100 fro. 1— . .......for 100 have bought.-.---.. .for 100 lave b0ught....,......---.for 1 00 have bought. —.for 1100 .&ors-- --for 100 . —.for 100 :trod for 100 o. humbug— 100 crtown as A. Ito. L for 200 le original _._.. .__.-._..._ for 10D no bogus _for IOD on the 091118713—..-.,.......... .for 100 ...IEMBhR DEAN & CO.. ;MEMBER DEAN 4c CO.. JUT Street. Phi leulelphis. I'm JRTH Merest, Ciccinnati. Ohio. iORN Street, Chmago.llllllo/0. Michiga zta n. Roctor. Now York. treat., Buffalo. New Yort. , ost Barrisburs. Pa. GO '8 ORIGINAL el STORE. CRESTN UT Street, Philadelphia, Pa. purchase le worth at one time will be amnia in the store, of their own seise- mail or express, to any of our Mores 47 and examine Up loot boa' and Plated Wa th e United Stater LECEO3I " , .EKEEPKRS. LOOK TO YOUR BREST !—BUY YOUR COAL at RIMY ;r i g. taliiikeginiir Lehigh :a d oer- hankili - Broten, Pea , and dt?ve- .- —l2 Par.ton. at—. . ~ . 3.00 free tetivit kale or drat. and full weight, at ard deu a t oglaa a earner of ItLaithiligits4agd SLZ-11811. BONE--for late br 1 W. Ir. BOOMS. /444, 4Y sad 4, Street 41,4 . . . . .. . ... . . . - . At i I 1 / • ~, . . i ~ : ,- •' i; 10,144. •:. . ' ^.. • ‘.,. \ ~‘ 1 . 1 . - . -- .. - .„ , . .... ......,.. etir . ..,:„.....,_.....,,,„,„.,,,./...„,,, ~_,„........„..„„,,,..„,...,,„..„,, , ~.. „., .„,..,.,•.... 's • - ...:Y "'.''' 1p ;1 . ....YIWV • r• 11, 4 : '. vit •.7.1 - .. ', ' Iti l -7... `‘..., -ASA ' .. - -er , ' .''. - -•. '• •-16 ellrap.- • . ~..,,,, .......,_ . , :-.-• --:. )111r . " '•• 1 1 ' .'',',-.',..: • '.4 - - - r .' v''' .-•- :, ~...... •-- 41 Nll ~..._ . sl ot ....L_ jii....,..... ....__.:.....,.; . . : .. ... „ ' n 'ilt• 1 4 ' ' ' -'n.' -.-.>•-- 1 /i' 1: N " %,1 1 .:Ne_itt : i.....,, ', ~...- .._. - „^-, „ . ... 4 ' 41_.—.7-7.:77:_1_....-- - 4- 0_ _ „....___.. , - - - • ..... - 7 - -- ---- ... - ......_:-. ~...—--...---.......,.... ;;O P ' . .. .. : 1 ,. .: : (:;,;:,; ; -•. r L 1 :....., . ._.,.. „. . .. ..:,..,....„...... . . • . . . . VOL. 4.-NO. 185. RETAIL DRY GOODS. MOURNING GOODS. THOS W. EVANS & 00, Would invite attention to their SUPERIOR ASSORTMENT OF MOURNING GriODS. Embracing every VARIETY OF GOODS OVITAIILE FOR M 0 Us RN IN 4:3-. 8.1.8 AND 1620 CHESTNUT STREET 186 1 .• GRAND OPENING TO-DAY. • Rick Spring Silks. Rich Spring Foulards. New m:Latham Rich Bouquet Po,lins. Rick &prtng Dress Goods. Rioh Spring Oreandies. Len Spring Burettes. Rich Smug . d. Wee's. Rich Spring_Robes. Rich New Nozambiques. BYRG & I r ANDELL, FOURTH and ARCH Streets. sPRING OPENING At THOR NI.EY ✓ti truer EIGHTH & 5, P JUN G GA R GEN Rta. 1.131 Der CENT. CND KIL REGULAR CITY PRICES !a I lot of double width Brooke Figured Mozambique at 011 seers per yard--lieantifnl goods. 1 lot superb quality Brooke Figured Mohair, at 25 cents per yard. worth M. 1 lot of _pretty Plaid Weems at U cents. 1 lot of Beautiful Ghana Travelling Goods at 1231; Cents. 1 lot SP R I G (y ixed Himalayas for ISX eel:Ma NEW SI L K !I t. Double Facedßroeadeglithe. Chen. Bilka. Foulard THE BEST AND CHEAPEST nom OF BLACK KLEE 1." 4 PittLADELPHIA!! New Spring Cloak' and ?Malec New Spring Chin. zee, Challis Foulards, &0., &m. Power-Loom Table omens. Blurting Linens oronr own importation, inl2 INAI7OURATION OF NEW GOODS.— We will have arranged for eels tide morning the following lets. which have been puronaisi d at CRIsiB P.R.IC.En 1.0f9 yards Plaid Muslin, all qualities, 30 per cent. be low the usual proem moo yarde ewt.. Muslin, all qualities, 30 per cent. be low the usualstrum. 50 dozen Ladle.' Ltnen Cambria Handkerchiefs, $l.lO per dozen. 50 dozen GrentalLinen Cambria Handkerchiefs, 1 1/ 16 0 per dozes?. One iot Gents' colored 80 . der Linen Cambria Hand kerchiefs 25 cents, worth 37% cents. we 'eras Buesia Crash, 9. 10. end 12 5; neulg• One lot Barnsley Table .Linen, 31 cents to tirl per yard, very cheap. One ease Masonville Muslin, soft finish, 13% cants. HOOPS SKIRTS for Limbo. and Misses. CHARLEd ADAMS & BoN. kIiaLITII told ARCH Streets. PRENCH GOODS -•• JUST ARRIVED M- per Steamer. One lot glace Poplin. 310 per yard. Cherie travelling goods of several varieties . Bigh colored Lionize and Percales. • The bear ONE DOLLAR BLACK SILKS to be found anywhere. Black alike. beet grades, at low futures. Foulard Silks. below the meal prices. A hands .me stook of spring neck ties. Crap- Collars of the 181434 strbas. JOUVIN'S DtST KID GLOVES, Spring colors. 111Yre will be is dealy_reoeipt of the choicest SPRING °KESS GOODS throughout the season, and invite the attention of the CHARL•'S ADAMS it SON. mho • JORTH and ARCH Streets. NEW SPRING GOODS. Spying striae of Shawls. New Baregan. liernanui. Brooke Grenadines , Mozambique , eon , a ' , air, C -ayes!. Astraehena. Novelties for Friende wear, Foubsrde, of quite new destene, Wit Popeiinee Plaids and Bouquets, Jinni and new cheated alike, Bouquet Spring Mtn, Rich plain ?omit de Snips, Black heavy gleamy Silks. ennng Cloakinge. Ceseirueree, Fiance, Chinimes. wide I. ngluiti, Chintz Robes, nol style& Sli ve RPLEaS B1101'WEEB„ CHESTNUT and EIGHTH. BROADCLOTEIS--BOYSI WEAR. Fine blank (sloths, for gents' string wear Cloak olotna, light and dark, from Slut. Boys - egssimeres and coatings. Gents' fine blank eassimeres. Panoy oargunorea, for spring wear. COOM & CONARD. _ taZB Southeast corner Prnorit and MARKET SPRING} PRINTS -110HAIRS. New neat print", for drawees and 'hidings. Ewe styles medium and dark prim". New figured mohair" and *MPHIL Good bleak Mike. Fine stook black good". COOPER is OttEERO,_ 148 Southeast corner NINTH and MARKET WHITE GOODS. OaMbrios, *mete, Swiss, molt, Mainsook. M aas. brtntants, bird-ess. diapers. mbroidered oollars, sum, bands. handkiwohiefe Linen oambrie hanoterontera—ladies'. gents , ' large sign, small, figured. Linens for shirting. fronting. pillows, sheeting. Toweis, D'Os ties, napkins, flannels. damasks. Cin .PoR & CuN "Ku._ MS Southeast corner MINTR and MARKET. PYRE & LANDELL HAUL ALWAYS • adhered to the Beet Staple Cotton Fabrjea. Beat Staple Linen 1. abrion. Beet Staple Woollen Fabrics. Beet Staple Silk Goods. Beet Gloves—Holmes only. 1026 llite & LANDt-LL HAVE COM- E 'a mewed tleenlng Serpi' Dreg' Chintz. EIVIng LIM Brilliant's. Benng New Oingheinta Bprnia Colored Silks. Spring seat Cheek Bilks. rell6 VYRE & LANDELL, TO-DAY, A NEW -ILA line of Black B>lke open. Black Silks. extra durable. Black Bilks with Blue Edge. Black Sae at new prices. Black elite for beet trade. Black Silks for wholesaling. fe26 NEW SEAL-SKIN SHAWLS_ An invoice just received, of clime Shades. SEAL-SKIN AND AUSTRALIAN SHAWLS, Large size and perfect texture, For Friends' wear. SHARPLFSS BROTHF,RS, felt CHESTNUT and EIGHTH. NOTICIE. • YARD WIDR FRENCH CHINTZ, 15 CENTS, WORTIL U. A BARGAIr At JOs L ti H. lITOREW, fe26 75.2 ARCH Btreet NEW PUBLICATIONS. GEORGE G. - WANE' PUBLISHING HOUSE and GIFT-BOOK STORE. 439 CRESTNUT Street. NEW AND SELECT WORKS. History of United Netherlands. by Motley, 2 v 015.154 00 Elsie Venner, by Holmes. 2 vple....— .—.... 175 Great Preparation. by --- 100 Wits and B .aux of (Moiety— - 160 Life of Garibaldi.— —.. 126 Women of New York, ni — tAi l nitie 'Hankins —. 106 Dutch Downie of the Catektll...-------- 1 55 Sunny south_.— 1 ZS Throne Rf . b ~ i n .,b am ma Pillar of IM • .. Prince of the House of . —......-- 126 Union Text Beek-. • • • •-• • • • 1 00 Romance of the Revolution— 126 Romance of an Irish Girl ,- 100 Alt the latest Standard and — ssiseellaneous Publica tions at the Publishers' regular proms, and a beautiful Gift, worth from 50 cents to $lOO with each. at OF 01t6Z G. SWAM(' GIFT- BOOK EMPORIUM, mh2 No. 438 CRUSTY( ow Street. NEW MEDICAL BOOKS. Published and for wale by LINDSAY k BLAKISTON, Publishers. Booksellers, and Importers. No. OS South SIXTH St., above Chestnut. GROSS' AMA. RIC • N MEDICAL BIOGRAPHY. TAYLOR'S MOVEMENT CURE , . Illustrated. RANKING'S HALF-YEARLY ABS TRACT No. St. ALTH atB' MEDYCA o. sL.ECTLICoTY. vol. /O. THE PHYSIC' a NS' VISITING LIST for MM. 0 IntlP. HOW ON pIIPTR FRI A DIXON'S PRACTICAL STUDY OF THE RIO EAr,E... OF THE EYE. NEW MEDICAL BOORS reosived as soon as Pub lished. FOREIGN BOOKS imported to order. fe97 nOOllB, LAW AND.AIIBOELL4NDJUB, new and old. bought, sold, and exehanged, at the P nILADE. PRI& BANK BOOK 10KB, No. 419 CREATN UT threat_ Librarian at a distance nnattased. 'I ease having Book' to sell. if at a diatoms, end NUM teen . name's, eiz.e binding, dates, editions. prieas, and donuitions. WAN TB printed ty Beale, nun Fnnisba. as will am early Boots printed ,an and upon America autograph Letters and Portraits per oU.sed.anipblet Laws offeene)Lvania forea'e. Cats- Rupee. in press, lent free. fittest's.. appraised by fen-tf t JOHN Man, BaLL. REMOVALS REMOVAL. 0. A. DII BM/CHET. M. D.. D. D. H., SURGICAL Ann MRCILARICAL DENTId t'. No. 1533 ARCH Street, N. &corner of SIXTEENT H. Dr. DU BOUCHET avails himself of Air opportuni ty to retain his Minkel to his numerous patient', and hopes that, b• natiriad efforts to ewe satisfaction and do iustloe to their confidence. he will continue to Bemire theirpetroaage and influence. TERMS MOD ER eTis AS HERETOFORE. In order to render his earrioes ea effloiese ea possible, and susrd asamet Interruptions while operating, his hours for making gngasementS, Counltauon, and k traatang Teeth son continue to be from a to 9 o'clock A. M.. 12 col o'clock P. M. 4 to 5 O'OlOOlE. P. M. OW Encasements May be made by note. fels-Stn CK+l7' t:a~C,y~~s 1. teRANKFORD CHEMICAL WORKS, OFFICE, 28 NOICTII PROZIT STILZET. The copertuership heretofore existing between SAVAGE, MARTIN, dr. GO., ie dissolved. Thip_busi ussi of the firm Inn be settled tmby JNO. E. SALVAGE and SAlatial, G. C. STEWAn.T. JORN R. SAVAGE ES. G. C. Ste:WART. .Phdedeitobia, Month 2 ,IEBI—W P. M. The undermined have formed a new copartnership under the stem of SAVAGE 4. ErGwART. for the ninnoreoturate . and sale _cif Chamtoals. at them old stand, No. lb 1101tTH FRONT Street. from this date. JOUN It..6IAV4GU. S. G. C. STEWART. Mardi 2,1861. ntll4 et Tile . PauI:RNM.IIIE' bElißruFoltE existing between the enbeoribers, under the name of ENGLIS H & ELLIS. is till; day divolved hf lama al consent, and the business of the late firm will be set tled be T9tlatAt3 /Lk:Lade, et his store. No. it South 'FOURTH Street. JOHN R. ENGLISH, THOleLlia B. ELLIS. HAVING PURCHASED THE INTE ILVIIT of my partner in the late firm of English kNate. woula respectfully inform mt friends cad the public that I have removed to n 0.1.14 South YOUBTI4 street. where I intend to eontinue tne bucinese of Tailoring. with a full assortment of goods adapted to Gentlemen's wear. cad, is aohoiting .patronage. feel confidence in sugaring entire satisfaction. TEtoßlan B BLLIB. mht-tit" 114 South I•OURTII fittest. pEAou BRANDY --3 bbis superior With/. of ows bossy telt *KM door• Nr,t. DRY GOODS JOBBERS. SPRING. 1861. J. T. WAY & CO.. N ). 28 NORTH THIRD STREET, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF I)ltar G •.ODE OUR STOCK IS UNUSUALLY LARGE AND fe25.2m COMPLETE. SPRING (MOODS, 1801. A.13130TT. JOHNES 8e 00. 527 MARKET STREET, AND 624 COMMERCE STREET, Dave UONV open thew NEW IMPORTATION OP SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS, To which they invite the attention of the trade. fe26-Im ALDRIDGE & CO., . IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS, HOSIERY, GLOVES. FURNISHING GOODS, AND FANCY NOTIONS, No. 619 CHESTNUT ST., and 6/6 JAYNE ST., PHILADELPHIA. air Our Stook is unusually large> complete in an tte departments. and ready for buyer*. feitt-la DID 00IIRSEY,, LAPOUROADE, do 00., No. 631 GIUSTI= STREET, Are now receiving their IMPORTATIONS OP CLOTHS, OASSIICERES, VESTINGS, ETC. fe22-Itn SPRING GOODS. 13AROROFT Oa. NOEL 406 AND 407 MARKET STREET, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS or FOREIGN AND DONEOTIO DRY GOODS, Now complete and ready for buyer►. feln4w WILLIAMSON Lit M. WHOLESALE DEALERS AND JOBBERS IN DRY GOODS. No. 426 MARKET STREET, and 414 COMMERCE STREET, PHILADELPHIA. We now offer an unusually full and OOMPLETE STOOK OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, To with* the attention of PROMPT-PAYWNG• Bar an fe solicited. felB.4la YARD GILLIMORE,&OO. Are now in their New Store, . JAYNE'S MARBLE BUILDING, NOB. 617 CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STREET, PRIl.s OELPHIA, and have opened their SPRING IMPORTATION OF SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS. Lump DRESS GOODS. IN GREAT VARIETY, SHAWLS, MITTS, RIBBONS, Re., With a splendid Stook of WHITE GOODS, LINENS. EMBROIDERIES. he. SPRING r 1861, WURTS, AUSTIE, & MoVEIGM, • IMPORTERS AND JOBISBN3 DRY G.OO DS, No. 311 MARKET el'aver, Above Third, PUILADILPHIA. Charles Wu r rte, Heim Audis. Hamilton T. MoVeigh, Jobe B. Weimer. 1 _ Joseph Berm. 4:134111 SPRING- TRADE 1861. lOSHtTA L. DAILY. IMPORM. AND JOBBIIat, NO. 218 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, !snow prepared to offer to OASEI 4114 D SOUND-OREDIT BUYERS One of the most attractive Stooks of FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS TO BE FOUND IN UM MARKET. Ws invite wad attention to onz LINEN DEPARTMENT. Which at this time comprises d foil amortment of our own imeortation in SCOTCH A.1§113 IRISH LINEN GOODS OP EVERY DESCRIPTION, We have, also, a full M* of BILBACIRED AZID DROWN 0 0 T TON B, Bought dunng the 'Ludo. for sale greeds below present prices... ENOLISH AI4D AMERICAN PRINTS., IN. STANDARD MAIM Ws Miss made anongemente to twelve &supply of MANY ONOIOE tibuiPS OP GOODS. And shall maintain A GOOD STOCK Throughout the season Buy•ra will find our Stook- ALWAYS FRESH. fttlfANE PRICES AB LOW AB THE LOWEST elf R SHOEMAKER & Co.. OLANI. !AIMED OLUS, AHD VARNWNER I Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streets. is 4-em Ni AOKNJUEL, SING, gam), IiAL. " - raloN 'lcor - 16000 bbla. Mem rios,l,l, and I bisa sr_ t _ *slit lit•linun r apd entslll, in neeorted peoliseee ul antliniira lit en i tsteort end Lfibrad E ah . In, run& Elunas guantie. - . ' " T coca zsa exert new sealed Norrinin• WO es extte. new 1.10.1 }fermis, We .bPx•VIIM% Pilse.d lane Herrings. 2110 Dols. sennso whit e pl e b. AI bbls. tairw i tman t y Km Mud. sa bbis. new amnion. 1,000 Quintals Craiiniann Codfish. See bezz a Woner-000nty °bea m . In store ons. tOT litc _l ii , u ,„,, ... ire W N W% A FA MESS PORK-10013BM NEW mug I re "lahltralashibitigala4l4,4, PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, ",MARCH 5, 1861. TUESDAY, MARCH 5. 1861 A Page from History. A few weeks ago, a well-meaning ` - but ap parently weak-beaded Member of Parliament made a solemn announcement in the House of Commons, of his intention to move that an Address be voted and presented to Queen Victoria, praying her to reciaest the Emperor of the French to reduce his naval andmilitary force, in order to allow England to economise, by doing the same. in this not over-wise de monstration, the frightened legislator gave ut terance to the prevalent opinion that England has every cause to apprehend great peril from Franpo----in a word, that the continuous bug bear which alarms England is—lnvasion. It reminds one of the nursery rhymes, Fee, few, fora, I smell the blood den ilothehmen Be he alive, or be Le dead, grind his bones to make m 7 bread ; France being the Dlood-tlairsty miller, with the propensities of a cannibal! Let us see what France really did, over half a century ago, to alarm England. The prospects of suc cess or failure—what, in the event of success, would probably have happened to and in that country—must remain fur subsequent con sideration. The humiliation of England was the first Napoleon's constant aim. In June, 1803, when the rapture of - the Peace of Amiens oc curred, it was declared that the English Navy had committed vlolene,es with regard to French commerce before any declaration of war had been formally made. Napoleon, then First Consul, resorted to reprisals, by issuing an arriti, which declared all the English travel ling in Franco at the time of this rupture pri soners of war. Next followed a general de sire, throughout Prance, to invade England. Not a new desire—but the recurrence of an old thought. For, as If Thiers says, (in his "History of the Consulate and the Empire.") for a century past, the idea of terminating the maritime, rivalship of the two nations by an invasion bad possessed all minds. Louis XVI. and the Directory had made prepara tions for a landing. The Directory had kept a certain number of fiet-bottomed boats on the coasts of the Channel. In 1801, the French Admiral, Latonche-Treville, had repulsed the repeated efforts of Nelson to carry Napoleon's first Boulogne flotilla by boarding : that flotilla had alarmed England very considerably, as, says Thiers, it had become a sort of popular . tradition that it was possible to. transport an army froth Calais to Boulogne in flat-bottomed - boats." But, in 1801, Napoleon's .prepara. dons, though considerable, were much infe rior to those which he subsequently made. In the midst of the "pomp, pride, and circum stance of war," a treaty of peace was se cretly irk course of negotiation. Indeed, the preliminaries of a general peace was signed at London, on the Ist of October, 1801. The announcement of this appeared the next day in a London Gazette Extraordinary, and the Three-per-Cents. instantly rose from 59 to 86. Alison says, (vel. viil., p. 52,) " A singu-, lar circumstance occurred at this time, which demonstrates how little the clearest intellect can anticipate the ultimate result of the dis coveries which are destined to effect the greatest changes in human affairs. At the time when all eyes in Europe were fixed on the Channel, and the craters in the French tribunate were wishing for a fair wind and thirty-six hours,' an unknown individual pre sented himself to the First Censul, and said, The sea which separates • you from your enemy gives him an immense advantage. Aided alternately by the winds and thelem pests, he braves you in his inaccessible isle. This obstacle, his sole strength, I engage to overcome. I can, in spite of an his fleete, at any time, in a few hours, transport your armies into his territory, without fearing the tempests, or having need of the winds. 'Con sider the means which I offer yon.' The plan and details accompanying it were re. ceived by Napoleon, who thought well of the suggested plan, but was too much occupied with affairs of State to bring his own powerful mind to examine it thoroughly- He remitted its consideration to a commission of the most learned men whom France could produce, who reported that the scheme was visionary and impracticable, and in consequence, it, at . that time, came to nothing. Such was the reception which steam navigation received at the hands of philosophy ; such was the first reception of the greatest discovery of modern times since the invention of printing ; of one destined, in its ultimate effects, to produce a revolution in the channels of commerce, alter the art of naval war, work out the overthrow of empires, change the face of the world. The discovery seemed made for the age; and yet genius and philosophy rejected it at the very time when it was most required, and when it seemed calculated to carry into effect the vast projects which were already matured by the great leadbr of its moat formidable forces." If steam had then been applied to the_ purpOsei of war, England might have -mime off second best in the encounter. Immediately at the rupture of the Peace of Amiens there arose in NapoleOn's mind a renewal of the desire to invade England. Ali son thinks that the preparations were rather pretext than reality. That (vol. viii., p. 274.5) "by accumulating the principal part of his troppi on the shores of the Channel he fixed the attention and excited the alarm of Great Bri tain, furnished a brilliant object of expectation to his own subjects, and obtained a pretext for maintaining an immense army on foot, without exciting the jealousy of the other European Powers ; while, if they conceived the deaign of attacking France, he had always at hand a vast tone ready organized, capable of crush. ing them." It is certain, from Thieral ex amination of public and private documents to which the French Government and individuals gave him access, that Napoleon really was in, earnest in his threatened invasion of England. By a , spontaneous movement throughout Franco, the Communes and the Departments offered ftat-hottomed boats, frigates, and ships of the line . to the Government. The:Omen, to be employed in carrying 160,000 men, 400 pieces of cannon, and 10,000 horses to. Eng land. 2,000 Sat-bottomed boats were to carry over this great force, and the ships-of-war were to cover the disembarkation. Mr. Ali sou truly describes this project as ec the most gigantic to be attempted by sea of which his tory makes mention,". and adds that Its one- Cess was "within the range of probability." To obtain a fleet capable of coping with that of England would hive occupied Na poleon for ten years—rather too long to wait. The invasion would be a;thing requiring less time and preparation, besides being, in itself, one of the dashing exploits by which the military success of Napoleon had been won. On the invasion, therefore, he finally deter mine& His preparations were oemmenced, and continued upon a gigantic scale. He ordered vessels to be built in Holland, Italy, Spain, and the principal ports of Franee. He formed six camps of troops from tho Texel to Bayonne •, he also formed parks of artillery in connection with these camps. He trained his soldiers to serve either as infantry or cavalry. He provided tor the manning and horsing four hundred geld-pieces, besides a vast park of siege artillery. Finally, ho de termined on the construction of an immense number of flat-bottomed boats, which Could run aground and advance with sails and oars. They had this additional advantage—they could be built any whore, even in the upper basins of the French. fivers. Then, (in June, 1803,) Thiers says, ac Hat bottomed boats of all sizes were building in the basins of the Gironde, the Loire, the Seine, the Somme and the Schelt. Thousands of laborers were employed in felling the forests on the coasts. All the foundries of the Re public were'at work casting Mortars, howitzers, artillery of the largest calibre. The Parisians saw one hundred gun-boats building' on tbe quays of the Betty, the invalidea, and the Military School." Before the year 1808 was ended, 1,800 gdn.boata of different sizes, acme of them with flat bottoms (and all• carrying about 8,000 cannon of large calibre), were col lected at Boulognb and the adjacent harbors. Mr. .Alneon nye (vol. viii, p. 278), ""but hese naval forces, great as they were, consti uted but a part of those which were destined to be employed in the Invasion of •Groat tain. The whole fleets of France and Hol- and, and evou after that of Spain, were engaged in the mighty enterprise. The design of . Napoleon, which he himself boa pronounced to have been the moat pro- roundly conceived and nicely calculated which he ever formed, was to have assembled the fleet destined to compoce the covering naval force at Martinique, by a junction of all the squadrons le the harbors of Spain and the Me. diterranean in the West Indies ; to bave brought this:combined armament rapidly back to thd Channel while the &With blockading squadron waittreveisteg the Atlantic of the •enempy,rafsed the - 140,616 FM, of ROolli3- ort and Brest, and entered the Channel with the whole armament, amounting to seventy sail of the 1141 1 ; It - Wittruirilkirlinver Itt this• irresistible f:t ‘ ,..„,4,..11ap0ki0n 'calculated m upon ain' VertikittighisiVlN! the - head- of I gte h 160,000 men, With Whem he thenght he *mild reach * London)* five - dayti; and where hO 'int. tended instdetly to proalaim Parliamentary reform, the downfall of the oligarchy, and all the Objects which the English republicans bad at heart. Numerous as were the chances against the truccessful issue of so vast a de; sign, it wil4ppear in the sequel how near it was succeeding." The actual French military force at Napo loon's disposal at this time consisted of nearly 427,000 men, independent of 200,000 national and coast guards—independent, too, of the subsiding force of Holland, Switzerland, and, Italy, on whom, if necessary, he might call. Out WWI immense army he destined 160p00 for the Widen of England. On the other hand, England had'the foliciar 7 - ing to meifthe attack 80;000ItipA c pci,e100' of the reitilar , army, and a,couadripiiena 50,0p0 more to Meet the emeigeneYe : . The Grown received power from --Parliament, to levy ea mane to repel the enemy; but in a few weeks popular enthusiasm enrolled a nominal gripe of 800,009. 5 volunteers, armed and diseiMed. The: - Volunteers of the me troitelie/1-4.4oiiii: 4,000. Thus has the historian • s4,ln the multitudes who now thro to the standards of their coun try were • ;seen men of all ranks and de scription - I M the Prince of the Blood to the labo . sthe soil. The merchant lett Ithicounting-house, the lawyer his briefs; the tanner pansid in the labors of husbandry, the artfinitt in the toils of his handicraft; the no ble Man /parried from the scene of dissipation or amusement ; the country gentleman was to be !seen at the head of his tenantry. Every where were to be seen uniforms, squadrons battalions.; the clang of artillery was heard in the streets, the trampling of cavalry re sounded in the fields. Instead of the peasant reposing at sunset in front of his cottage, he was to be seen hurrying, with his musket on his shoulder, to his rallying point. Instead of the nobleman wasting his youth in the ignoble pleasure.s of the metropolis, he was to be found inhaling a nobler spirit amidst the ranks of. his rural dependants. In the gene- ral excitement, even the voice of faction was stilled; the heart-burnings and divisions on the origin of the war were forgotten; the Whigs stood beside the Tories in the ranks of the volunteers; from being a war of opinion, the contest had become one of nations, and, excepting in a few inveterate leaders of party in •the Legislature, one feeling seemed to per vade the whole-British Empire." Besides all this great military force, 100,000 seamen and taittlitairere availablei Napoleon determined, in the autumn of 1803, to make'his attack in several points at -once--one of these points being Ireland. This would have distributed the British forces, and have, therefore, inerea,sed the changes of French success. As The year 1808 advanced, the prepare tient; for the invasion were increased and ma tured. The troops were so well trained that 100,000 men could find their places, in the floVilla, in less than half an, hour. Napoleon personally superintended every arrangement. Even the smallest details did not escape him. His letters (given by Thiers) show his impa tience to•execute the great project. He car tainly hoped to complete it not ~ later than January or February, 1804. Be thought that he could pass over the Channel, to England, in spite of all opposition, with the loss, at the utmost, of 100 vessels, containing 10,000 soldiers. 1n the midst of all this readiness, came the conspiracy of Georges—the change trim the Consular to the Imperial Govern ment—the delays by the non-arrival of the Dutch flotills,--and other causes, to retard the invasion. Napoleon, undoubtedly, wished it not to be delayed beyond July or August, 1804. In a letter to Latortche-Treville, (July 2, 1804,) he says, 4 ‘ Let us be masters of the Channel for Six hours, and we are masters of the world." Eighteen days later he arrived at Boulogne, to see in what state of readiness men and things were. In August, Latonche; Trevino, his Admiral, die& This threw back the attack ; it now was not expected that the French could cross the Channel before No vember, 1801. Contrary winds, and other circumstances, carried d lhe delay into the year 1805. At last> it was fixed that the descent upon England. should take place in July, 1805. The different fleets, which he had sent on distant voyages, in order to distribute the British navy, were ordered to assemble in the Channel in July, nos. From the long-continued delay, England began to think that no invasion was seriously meditated—so thought Europe. This was in favor of the success of the invasion. Napoleon's policy was to make the English think that the threatened invasion was but a feint. Meanwhile, Europe was preparing to take up arms against Napoleon, who had hurried to Boulogne, and arrived there early in August, 1805, where he reviewed over 100,000 infantry which had there waited two years and a half to be lea against England. In all he there bad 160,000 men at arms. Thiers quotes a letter from Napoleon to M. Decres, in which he says, c< If we have the power of crossing for but twelve hours, England is no more." In two hours, all his men and horses could be embarked. In two tides (a. e. in twenty-four hours) they could be conveyed to Dover. Why, then, was this not done ? They were waiting for their naval' force to protect them. The French Admiral (Vil leneuve) returned to Europe, but ran down to Cadiz, instead of hurrying to the Channel. The Invading troops were actually embarked, from the Texel to Etaples. They were ready to start. Villeneuve and.the French fleet did not come to cover the trttnsit across the Straits of Dover. Suddenly Nateleon learned, from 'l'alleyrand, that Austria was preparing to attack him. Instantly he determined to con quer the peril, by boldly meeting it. He knew the value of the Roman aphorism, 1 Tune oede maim, sad contra andentior ito. He would ever seize success from the very abyss of peril. He sketched the Campaign of 1845, when he found his fleet was not coming to protect his flotillas. Thenceforth the in vasion of England was ended. A few months later, the Victory of Trafalgar, annihilating kis fleet, stopped it wholly. Such is the history;of Napoleon's threatened descent upon England. It is well to know the particulars of what 'has been, when we spoeu late on what 'may be. For this reason, we have taken some pains to show what was pre pared, and wby it was not executed. It will assist us wken we consider the concluding part—Napoleon's intended line of conduct, if he had landed in England, and his probable chances of success. That he was in earnest, can scarcely be doubted. He hated England; and desired to humble her. .She alone had re. fused to acknowledge him as the sovereign of France. He may not have hoped, in case of success, to have permanently retained posses sion of England but to have marched an army into London, even if his soldiers did not bivouac for more than a month in Pyde Park, would have destroyed the prestige of. British supremacy. Napoleon very well knew what he was about. Publications Received. The Ameriaan Aimanaok, for 1861, published by Crosby, Nichols, do Lee, Boston,. has been sent us by J. B. Lippincott k Co. We notloed an early copy, a few days since, with deserved eulogy. Robert De Witt, New;York, has republished, in a neat form, corresponding with the National Edi tion of Irving's Works; a novel eelled "Harry Berson, or the Benevolent Bachelor," which originally appeared in the Knickerbocker Maga zsne, with the signature of John _Quad. It was republished, in 1853, by the late Samuel lineston, with 'sundry spirited engravings, which are not given In Mr.:De Witt's new edition. Barry Harlon" was written by John Treat Irving, son of Judge -Irving, and nephew of the distinguished author of 'A The Sketch Book." The Boone is in New YorkSind there is a good deal of legal mat ter introduced. Mr. J. T. Irving has eketobed low life without being vulgar, and, though , quiet -hunter-is his forte,•some or the manes are highly pathetiii. - 'Another story • from his pen, Galled "The Attorney," woul‘elge be worthy of repub. larkitiale; " - The French booksellers bring out splen4ld lopes. From ddr, P. le,ypoldt,-- Qbeetnat, street, we have the Cataliogue Annwef de la 14brarit Frecasaus, pabile par C. lleinwald,, Labrarre Climmisswmnaire. This is the-third volume,App.. 280, ertavo,), and contains' a complete fist, we be lieve, of every book leaned In France in 1880, with price and publisher's name. It also gives partial, Lass about many pnblioations in other.oountries. The advantages of such Ikvolume r and_egmoially to ~p ublic libraries, is very great. For : ,e.saMple, we desire to , know particulars about M. Thiene impertant work, the; " Slangs. du Consulat et de TEmpire," and find that volumes 17 and 18, in ootivo, were published, at Paris, by Paulin Llieureux, & Co , in 1860 ; that the 'price of eaeli TOIUMO is five franca, ($1.25 delivered free in Philadelphia;) that the first volume appeared in 1845 ; that two volumes, completing the work, will, appear in 1881: that these is an illustrated edition, 51. 506. a volume, with one portrait to ; -ielioto.volume ; that a set of vignettes and portraits, -76 plates in all, is also published, in fifteen parts, each at one franc and a half; and that thie History is also illustrated by a special Atlas, folio silo, price 50 francs. The advaniage, of being able to obtain information ,of %hie kind, without quitting one's chair, is too obvious to be questioned. What we have stated of a single author's works may be taken as reforring,in like manner, to the' writings of hundreds - of French authors. Next summer, Mr. Reinwald will pub lieh a list of all the periodicals in 0013116 of publi eation in Fiance this year. We omitted to men tion that, in the Catalogue -before us, the books are systematioally arranged, at the end, accord ng to classes, and alphabetically under each heed a sabjeot. We have reoeived from Memo. Penington & Son, foreign library, Seventh street, their monthly Note, for November and December, of sew works publiabeo in Frame. This also inoludes announce ments of forthcoming works. These literary bulletins are sent free to those who desire it, and will be found very useful to readers and book' buyers. Propoupd Becortion of Ex... President Buchanan. LANCASTER, March 2, 1861. EDITOR PRESS : Yon are aware that a reception of Mr. Buchanan has been determined upon, and one, too, that will be set off with many a flourish in the Adiiiielitration and Secession prints, as an endorsement of that polioy which has left the Treaaury empty, has atrieken from our national map seven States, and has done more to destroy the integrity of public men than all the Adminia trations which have gone before it. Those not prepared for this Construction being put upon their conduct, have Beni At in the various capacities in which they have been called upon to act, to oppose the formal reception of the• ax Preiddent. The following invitatio% was extended to the Select and Common Cow:mile, to the different Bre compa nies, to the military companies of the city and county, and to all other bodies corporate or incor porate : Tv e&e Common Council of Ike zey of Lan. caster.;,; GZIMBILJOI : On behalf of the Citisene Genera/ Committee of Arran‘ements, we respectfully ex tend to you an invitation to participate, as a body, on the occasion of the reception of our venerable townsman, James Buchanan, Presidont of the United States, on his return homonext month. Please let us have a definite reply at your earliest convenience, and lf possible before 2 o'clock P. M. on Saturday next, 22d inst. Dr. P. Cassidy, president of the Common Conn ell, In the course of his remarks on the invitation said : For even Mr. Buchanan's friends must admit that a majority of our people think the course of his Administration, netil very recently, has been neither creditable to himself, honorable to the De mocratic party, nor beneficial to the State or na tion. It is just such manifestations as this motion proposee that shook the sense of justice in honest men, and cause them to doubt the sincerity of the dootrine of "measures and not men." Bestow honors where praise le justly merited, but suffer the undeserving to pass through the world in el knee. The members of this body are all Demo- Orate—have all been nominated and elected in ac cordance with Ito principles and usages of the Democratic party. Mr. !luau= was elevated to his high petition by the same usages—usages that have • been sanctioned by the party since the time of Jefferson. And yet, when in power, he deliberately deserts the principles, opposes the usages makes war upon the candidates, and by AN inconstancy disrupts and de. stroye the party that elevated Lim to power. As partisans, therefore, we owe him no such courte sies as the motion before Councils propcosee to be stow. Besides, while professing to be in favor of the Pennsylvania policy of incidental protection and specific duties, he gave position and retained in his Cabinet igen who officially opposed sad pre -dented the adoption of that policy. As Penneyl vaniane, we owe Mm no demonstration of endorse ment. And as national, Union-loving patriots, we owe him' still less. Mr. Buchanan assumed the President* , at a time of almost unexampled na tional prosperity—with all the States firmly wed ded to the . Unionwith a treasury full and over flowing—with United States stook selling at a high premium, and with a Demeeratie party wetted, pewerful, and vietorions. He retires from that po- Mien with' every industrial interest prostrated— with States" diesevered and hostile, and on the verge of civil war—with a treasury bankrapt, asking for:loans at, an exorbitant dizoonnt—with Democratic party disrupted and destroyed—and with a fame blotted by affiliation with Feoession iota and traitors. In conclusion, he hoped that the motion to participate in the demonstration would not prevail. This is pretty plain language Ina body entirely made up of Democrats, and is very significant. when it is understood that the Doctor is one of the most intelligent and olcse reasoners in our oily. The Conneils, however, accepted the invitation as amark of courtesy, and in tbe language of Mame. Diller and Wilson, (tke latter an ardent Douglas Democrat) it should be considered that "no ad . ministration will be endorsed or oondemned ; we will welcome home, not the President of the United States,-but our old friend and fellow-townsmen, James Buchanan." The Laneaster Fenoibles voted down the motion to accept...the Invitation by a vote of 15 to 12. I WIMP 11110 14arit Wil A action of Captain ambright's company* Jaakaon Baas. The American 'Fire Company at one of the largest meetings they ever held; composed of all partite, voted it down unanimously. In the Sun Fire Company the in vitation was lost by a tie vote, but at a aubsequent meeting it was carried by a bare majority. The Book and Ladder Company rejected it unanimous ly. The 'Union Fire o ompany received and **- espied the invitation as a mark cf respect to an old member of the company. The Friendship Fire Company bay. not been able to raise a quorum to act on the question, The Wash ington Fire Company aceepted the invitation, but. if my inforination be correct, not one-fourth of U.* active members of the company will go out. I have not heard of the , action of the Sniffler and Bumpy CousPaniseyhtbe presidents of whioh are the Ron. T. Stevens, and Gen. Bertram A. Shaef fer, but it is certain the former will not join In the reception, whatever the latter may do in carrying out these benevolent intentions they seem to have contemplated when they took upon themselves the name they bear. Certainly, as fan act of charity, were I coneulted, I should say by all means go; DO better intentions for putting your Lumen's in tentions into operation will present itself for many a day, than the reception of ex-President James Buchanan. What a comment does tbe action of these various suggest to the thoughtful, unprejudiced man. Four little years have flown since the name of James Buchanan might U RIMS a toot' Agabitik the world. Now, none BO poor to do him reverence:" Why is this ? Why the indignant refusals to do that which, four years ago, would have tesat a gladly-performed courtesy ? Why does sot the dignity and sacredness of the official mantle, which will have just fallen from hie shoulders. still hal low the indiiidual presence, and almost sanctify him in the affections of his old townsmen? The bigoted party-man will say it IS because of the fickleness of the masses, while the historian will cer tainly attribute it to the treachery of the individual .—to'pledges given and unfulAlled, I cannot so elan der the intelligence of the American people as toms: quiestie in the iotemporate zeal of blind partisans, who pereist,iu cw!telning the bankrupt reputation of the m a n whose course has psoitratild every ma tonal interest of the nation, and with seeming Mae TWO CENTS. . . Has aforethought jeoptirdod the . liberty of twenty five witHees of white mon, after theyithe people) have shown everywhere their repudiation of his policy. Party drill and proapeotive favors may suggest the prudence of each conduct, but it mutt ever be at the expense of manhood and true Inds- pendenoe Let me tender my oongratuiations at this mo• meat to The Press. The course it has pursued in reference to the outgoing Administration has been sustained by the country. The people of our oily have given it more than treble the circulation ever attained here by any twopenny paper before. We like the fearless champion of integrity and the bold denunciation of wrong. Vtve la Pre.l3 ! Flag Presentation. PRASSTATION Or AN AAliticAN FLAG TN nit. NE unANlca' triticat er ro/A.ltniNorox, Air TAN LADINK Or THAT CITY-BrANca OF COL. JOHN W. FARM ar. • • (Correspondence of The Pr 6151.1 Visainistoron, March 2, 1861. All,interesting ceremony took place in this oily last night, consisting in the prirsentailon of a stand of colprs to the Mechanise: Union.Rine by a num ber &ladies The Tiff) ar6o.llew eosps, lately organized; in view of the threatened seizure of the 011Iidtfit 144WWINN 1 / 4 0 4401 1 4,i,NuNa,Ilippabl , Inauguration of the 'President cleat, and is dons . pose; oT young mechanics employed on ttte. tole .The preientutiOnlook place at the armory, Where quite aeonipissiy , were assenn bled: The' Rifle' here in uniforse,4'id paraded some sixty men Od. Porniy; on - behalf of the ladies, presented the flog to: the ooimpaiamla.the• following speseh: , . . • said : • Captain Rutherford and gentlemen of the MeohanicerUnion Rifle :I have been deputed by a committee of lidles=thre• of whom repreeems &l's are here present to-ifight,--to be the medium of . asking your. mopteree of the beautiful colors : withali you see before you ; and perform this duty readineee; tadt only hematite the elite:Moe from the female sex, but because it is a tribute to that affection we ,all owe to a common country. There is a peouliar propriety in' your special orga nization. Yon are-not only the representatives of your country, but you.are the representatives of those who sustain that country in the hour when it is danger. • 'Now, when parties are torn 'lntii fragments—when statesmen are. discordant and despairing—when the whole Civilised world is looking upon the speotaole 'of the proudest and freest Government on the face of the earth in the throes of what seems to be an incurable dissolu tion, it beoomes the mechanics of the country ,to step forward to do that which politicians seem to be unable to do-L.-to-saes tile: Union. To-night may be called the Met of the Thirty - Sixth Congress of the United, States of Alnerica; the. teat night it may be too of any Congreas re presenting a united people. On Monday a citizen, Constitutionally elected by the votes of the Ante 's:loan people, is to be duly and properly jrittegu rated in this splendid Capitol ; and, in anticipation Of that event, you, inspired by no partisan motive; I am certain ; you, animated by no disposition to interpose between conflicting organizations, have I come forward to show that whatever your own opiniOns may have been previous to th« tdeoUon yeti are ready to defend that flag. [Pointing, to the American flag I Around that banner cluster. a thousand glorious recollections. There is not a• bt sr upon it that we are not resolved to keep in the heaven of 'our country; not, probably, by force, bat by affection. The astronomer Herschel, when he discovered a new Star In the Sky above us, did not, on that Recount, astute the right to toar it thence at his will and pleasure. Shining there once, it shines there forever. Our American stare, discovered by the great men of our 'country, placed there by the enterprise arid. the courage of men like yourselves, have been put there forever, never to be torn thence by the hand of faction, or the hand of violence. Let fas thank God, at least for the moment, that we have a country, and that we have a flag. I went to-day into the Renate, in the perform - aone of my offiedal duties, and I beard the son of a tailor, a tailor himself, .who at the age of twenty crowd neither read nor write, and did not even know the alphabet, but was taught it by his wife— ] heard him, a Southern man, speaking for his country. That Wan had carved his way from ob. sourity to eminence ; that man had carved hie way through the rook of adversity to the ' high position he occupies • and, standing in the Senate, he pleaded for Ads bleeding country of outs—pleaded for that revered and threatened flag, and be said, i• aline when has it been that because I am talking for the Union, and beoanse I am talking for the flag of the Union, I am assailed as a traitor? I am speaking thelanguage of Wastilegton andJefferton and Jackson ' and yeti am traduced . ' And then. M•a momentof enthusiasm—that enthusiasm wkdoli all of us feel, but which we sometimes deny = the galleries broke'oet in an irrepressible shout of elf.' planets, and the feeling linally'bettmet so uncon trollable that .the Preaident of the Senate was compelled to clear the, galleries. As thepeople went out, however, they were determined to leave behind upon their representatives in that body a remembrance and a rebuke, and three cheers were given by three thousand peopleatiethe Union and Andrew Johnson. - - This incident, practical in itself, is a lesson to politicians and to statesmen. Ido not belong to those who threaten this Confederacy in either ex treme. I am neither for the House of York nor the ]feriae of Lancaster. I belong neither to the ultra South nor to the ultra North. I follow bat one party, and that oarries the flag of my country. [Cheers I I know but one Constitution, and that is typified by that flag. Between the opposing oceans of discontent; between those who desire to tear these stars from our banner in the South, and those who refuse to concede to the just demands of the South, if you plates, in the North, I stand op. nosed. I stand for the Union—for my country ! I shall doubt the existence of God himself, if he dose not interpose to save us from these raging fanaticlams Captain Rutherford, and gentlemen of the Mechanics' Union Rifle, allow me to add, in conclusion : I thank you greatly for the' honor you have conferred upon me, in permitting me to be the organ through which this delicate compliment has been conveyed to you. There is something in the American flag which addressee itself peculiar ly to the ladies. Wherever they move, apart from the political tide, there is something in the word Union that wins their hearts. Every element— every meaning of the word speaks of affection, of kindness, of conciliation, of compromise, and, above all, of pesos; and yet, when they send their husbands or their' brothers, or their sons, or those who may be entitled to a still nearer and dearer relation to them, abroad, they follow them, and wish God's blessing upon their services and their valor. I thank you, too, ladles, for the kindness you have extended to me in desiring that I should be your spokesman, and I know, Captain Ruther ford and gentlemen of the Mechanics' Union Rifle, that if ever you should be coned upon to perform the duty, whieb I trnst, you never will he, of de fending this flag in a civil strife—that horrid con test between brethren—will always be found true to the country. (Cheers.] Taking the flag and advancing to Captain Rutherford—and now I beg to convey to you, Captain Rutherford, our coon try's standard. I give it into brave hands, and the representative of brave men. Captain Rutherford responded Col. Forney end Ladies! On behalf of the Me. ohanios' Union Rifle, I accept ibis beautiful flag as a token of the high regards of our lady friends. The duties of a soldier are arduous, but those du ties are made comparatively small and pleasant, when woman miles upon us. This flag is the glut of the wive., and daughters, and sweethearts of the members of the company, and should it ever be necessary to fling it to the breeze in defence of equal rights end privileges under the Constitution and the Union, it shall never be digraced in our hands. I thank you again. Three cheers were then given for Col. Forney, and three cheers for the flag. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL -- Parson Brownlow, of the Knoxville (Tenn.) Whig, dew not sem too desire South Carolina's return to the Union. He nye: South Carolina has drawn more money from the National Treasury than an other State in the Union, according to her popu lation. . She has had a larger representation in Congress than any other State of no greater white population. And 13130 has paid lois into the National Treasury than any other State of equal population, qoususoing leas of foreign importations. She has been a tax upon the Gene. ral Government,,and to get rid of her and her burdens is a godsend. Let her go, and;God in his mercy forbid that she Should ever return ! —Hx-Governor Wright, of Indiana, now the American minister at Berlin, in a letter to a friend In New York, uses the strongest language against ecomsion, and speaking of traitors!, nye: " I would Sooner fight a citizen of my country guilty of tree eon, than to fight any enemy in the world." —Washington's birthday was very generally ob served in Mobile. The military was out In strong force, and paraded through the principal streets. The Register says : " The tribute of military respect which is due the memory of the illustrious man who was first in war, as well as first in peace, was never more our duty than it is now." Meek, the fat boy recently exhibiting at Barnum's MIIIIIMM, died on Wednesday of last week. The boy was seven years old, weighed 240 pounds, and died of excessive fatness —Andrew Johnson, the patriotic Senator from Tennessee, commenced life as a practical shoe.' maker.--Chicege Xournal. Yee : he made the first pair of Sunday boots that we ever wore.--.lVaAvale Patriot. —William C. Bryant, Esq., ot New York, was turanimonely elected an honorary member of the m a nachtnetts Bistoricel Booiety at their last meeting. London Sporting life announces that Tom Sayera will start for America on the I.3th of April. —Mr. George M. Piper, for many years chief clerk and business manager of the Louisville CCM. Tter, died an the 21st ult. —• Some industrious young lady in Central New' York. bar _ made an elaborate wrought Thibet dress. lug gown as a gift to Mr. Lincoln, It contalna 1,199 yards of stitching. The late Peruvian minister at Washington, Senor ,Cipriano Cl Segura, with his family'and snito, sailed from New York early last month on his return to Peru, via Panama. During the resi dence of this much esteemed family in Washing ton their amiability secured to them many , ardent friende, who will be glad to learn they have Bate iy reached their home at the olty of Pinza.—/Vat Intellagen ter. - THE WEEKLY PRESS. TES WICILLT PRIM will be sent to artibaaribeye by mail (per &mm in advaries.) at 84.00 __________ 3.00 Three CoPiea, " Flys " e.o * 19.00 0 *- Ten Twenty " " (to one whinge) 20.00 Twenty Covina, or over (to additive of eaah eubsonber.) 1.110 Pore Club of Twenty-one or over, we will lend an extra copy to the setter -pp of the Club. 116 - Postulate?. are restueeted to act as Azenta for 'Pax Vi r zaux.T ?Alga. CALIFORNIA PRISM Issued three times a, Month, in time for the Califor nia Moamar". 36T11 CONGRESS--SECOND SESSION. CONCLUSION OF SUNDAY gvir.Ntrta's pnoczanntag. SENATE • Mr: GWIN, of California. made a personal egaigna tion regard to the overland mail bill - Mr. WLGF,ifiLIJ, of Texas, said he thought tbi s wa s pgositively the test time that he would ausear on ;h e " hoards. attriruted this state of affairs to the In flaming of the Senator from Ohio. (Mr. Wade.) Ho was astonished to hear that Senator charge the Demoaratio party with having caused do union. end quoted a speech made by him in 1853. when he said there was no Lee dom at the South neither for the whites or bleats. And thought that no real Union existed. and wee for do Union exempt a Union of freedom. eo it seemed that HIS gallium' ft/ 1 M ONO was the real author, of the " ir reretinble conflict." any class of people wore than another were reagen s' to for the destruction of the (In on, it was the pro fessed Union Savers. •Ha then proceeded to speak at length on the condition of affairs. and referring to the insult on the flag, ea d u was not the flag of his coun try air- DOOLITTLE, of Wisconsin, rose to a point of order. -11.5 ...iced if the Senator wsa really a foreisner. and if so, whether he had any right to spout a Sena tor dt the Untied Stake.. tar. W.IGErq..L maid ]f lam not, why call MY earns on the roll?If you acknowledge the eece.ston of my then-Lwill etorr. But so lung ea my name is called 1 eh. II oontinne. • A ,er he bad tijoseid his remarks, Mr. PUGH said he wanted a teat vote, and therefore moved to *Ay the whole anti : teat on the table. Me wanted to atop the discussion. A vote was take., on the amendment, which was loot —yeas 14, .nays 28 Mum, Big•er, Donates Cntten den. Tohlistin (Tenn.), - Dethishr. - Rioe• end •kiebtatlan• rioting with•the Repuolkosos. • Mr.lthie GO AM ; of Mich - Ilan, then offered en amend ment being Mr. clarke s amerdrnent. Lost—yeas 13 . ria 24 .Melprs. Anthony. Baker, Dixon, Foster, lan.tand"Ten Eydk young in the negative. fee KrME,S, of lowa, offr red en amendment, being the substitute offered DY Mr. Seward. Lost—yeas 14 . a I-1 3 1 9e. Anthony. Baker Burke., Poster. Ten Eyek. and+ ede_vgiting with the ' Democrats, to the negative, Mr. JgHt,boll, of Tennessee, moved as an emend- Inset, - .l.lertyropor•tions' of the Peace Conlerenee. Minuet', ma be said, he did not like them. Lost—Yam 3, Mete art Mr.l'oo't, Nicnoluornd lush' vbtmg in this affirmative. The Question Wail then tektin 01; 3 11ttroiiiitelat 'remain don se it °BMW Item the House. It wee adopted—Yes,* ime IX , as follows !Ni zaa—Messrs Anthony. Baker. Bugler. tta, (h ;tandem. Dion, Douglas. Foster. Ehinlee. Gann, MHO, , Basitirt,:lohneon (Tenn.), ItennedT; La , nem, . Meson, td.ri l,.Nioholnon Polk. Pugh", Rios, Sebas tian, Ttfe , Wrok, end Thonteon-34. ,• . • • PUY s—Memire. Bingham. Chandler , CIRO _. ittle, 'Durkee, Font. -Ki l / 4 . Sumner . Trninbull E Wlide, Wsl !noon. and •Wilsoo-42. - The Pe alillYENT'(3l r. Polk in thenberr) decided that the resolution' Way'oarried—two-thirds Young rout 'MARCH 4. 6 20 ceMook A. 38.—Mr. TRUMBULL op opealed from t..e deweion of the Ceatr. on the ground • flint it required two. tint • a of the whole Senate. The decision was sustained ; yeas 33. nays 1. Nay— .lllllr. Wade • Mr. ei AKIN, of Virginia, moved to take up the Cra te en resolut.ona_ Agreed to. The question being -nn • Mr. Clark's amendment, it wise lost i yeas it, nays H. Mr. CRlst N moved to inthetttate eke resoM bons of the Peace CoT ferer,oe. twat—gess 7, no. a 28. The question was then taken on Mr. Crittenden's re solitiotnitTyeas 19 118 , 11 20. . . . YHAB —MOWN: thyttr4l, Bigler, Bright. Crittenden. Douglas, Gwin, Hunter, .loboson (Tenn ). -Kennedy. Lane. Latram, Mason, Nicholson. Polk, Pugh, Ries. Debmtian. Thomson. and W Nays.—Messra. Anthony, Thruthani, Chandler. Clark, Dixon, Doolittle, Varese, Fesurdee, Foot. Fo•teer, Brumes. Harlan, ;tint, Morrill. Sumner, Ten ayck, Trumbull Wade. Wit Moon. and Wilson-20. Mr. e R MST moved an executive station. Lret. At 7 o'alo k the tenet e took a rem a, till 10 n'olock. 10 &CU/Ca.—The President celled the Senate to order atilt o'olook. A large number of enrolled bills were an nounced as signed by the President. A joint revolution correcting *engin clarinet errors in the tariff bill *u passed PeVO/61 reports we e pada, and a bill to inoorporete the Metropol tan One Light Company was taken up and debated. Mr. Britht opposed its pumas. t half past eleven • o'clack a message w•■ received from the Houle. that having concluded the humus, that body was ready to adjourn. Mr. /011 WELT proceeded in hie argument against the bill. Mr. CL A RK. of New Hampshire, eatd this orompacr was so powerful that it could get a Senator to come here and talk the bill down at the close of the session. PARTINC; ISPICECII or MR. BRECKINBIDOS. Twelve o'elook having amved, The VICE PIIESID.h.NT called the Senate to order, and said Senators: In taping final leave pf this position I shelf ask for a few momenta in which to tender my grroefel acknowledgments of the re•olutivn declaring your an droval of the manner in which I hare discharged my uties and to express the dee° sense of:gratitude I feel for the uniform courtesy which, as presiding officer, I have received from the members of this bndY. If I have vurnauttedUnr 'trots, your generous C.rbearstme ham refined to rebuke them, and during the whole period of my norm. I have never appealed Ip won. to your justice or charity, and the memory or these sets will ever be ohermbed among the most grateful renal !animus of my life. For my successor, I can eg press no better wish then that he may enjoy those rola lons of mutual confidence which have so happily maiked our intercourse. Now, gentlemen of the eons% and (Ail een °fiffit. escudo. from whom I have received so many kind oces, accept my gratitude and cordial wishes for your prosperity and we tare. SY.SECIL Of Mg. lISALLIN. Mr. HAMLIN then stopped forward. and rand r bENATotts t The experience of several sears in this body hes taught me something of the dotter of the pre siding °ironer. and w th a stern and inflexible purpose to discharge these duties faitl fully, rely tog, neon your ocurteal sod 00-operatiOn, Benat rs, and invoking aid from Divine Providence. I am now ready to tike the oath' required be the Constinattort and enter upon toe dtsobarse f the official duties assigned me-hr con fidence of a generous people. Mr. Haintor.then toot tee oath of offices, as follows: 1 4 Hannibal milk, do solemnly swear to atrptigirt the Lonstitation of the Carted states:' . Mr. ligthCKlN MOO b saki: IlayinfraiTived at the hour for the termination of this areas. I now declare Una Senate adjourned without da r. HAMLIN took the chatr, and the proclamation for an extra session was read. - • • =TEA lIISIIoN OP:TIII strraTZ. . The Hon. Mr. Clingman. was then sworn in as Senator for the State of Norm. Carol na ; Mr. Clark for New Hampshire Dlr.Chasefor Ohio; Mr Harris, for New Vork;. Mr- Harlan tor (owe; Mr. flown for Willorininil; Mr. Ureckbuidge for Kentueky; b.ne for Indiana; _Mr. Nesmith for Oregon; etr Mttehell for erkenqui. Aethis juncture, the member, of the House, etc., en tered the :Senate to mune -fur tiro inaugural oeremo . ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House reassembled at 10 o'cloos. No persons, whatever, were admitted into the galleries. except the reporters—the spectators having harm excluded by the dirs.:glen of tne committee of arrangement.. • Mach miscellaneous business was iransattued or So partioular imporcance. with the usual noisy aosompani- Meets. /reports of committee' of conference were made and acted ca. The proceedings were occasionally inter rupted by reception of messages from the remote. and the announcement. by -cerebra Glosbrenner that the President had signed certain bilis The report or the. Committee of Conference on the bill amendatory oft e Pa ant laws was adopted. Almost every member bad a propositi nor a bill to Qvas. 'lna struggle for the Sour was intensely exciting. uestions of order were now and then railed. Mr. BUTCHII4B, of Ohio, raisins his voice above the dm. - said that, this being a deliberative body. they oughttp know what was going pa. • • A.Voice, You mistake • this is not a deliberative body. [Cries of tiood " . 1 A member moved to clear the galleries. Dim Rh ter.] As _heretofore mated, tne visitors' galleries were en tirely empty. At half past 11 o'clock a motion to adjourn was n ega tivedry eat 10 nays M. Various tr fling matters and unimportant business were urged amid several motions to adjourn amid great confusion. ear ANDF RBON. of Kentucky, moved to take up the old soldiers' pension bat Forty or more members were striving to gain the re cognition of the Speaker, and humorous motions were wade. Mr. SHERMAN, of Ohio. from the select committee appointed to wait on the President, said that they had thatere id submitted and the 1-resident informed Clem he had his last official communication to the House. A motion wee then made to adjourn, and the Speaker rose amid marked silence. and delivered the following address: ADDRESR OF THE BPZAK2II. Gentlemen of the Home of Alternate:reit : We have now arrived at, the close of the Thin. -• 3.• h Con g ream turing its progress scenes of an ext.to,rdiniery character have been eitoessev. Several Stated have seceded, and e.:l their members. with one eXol3pllon, have left this Hall. Zio lover of his country can wit ness soot' an exbibiton without teatimes of the deepest anxiety. As your presiding officer, t have not telt it • 1117 duty to deviate from the established practice by entering into disoussions on the floor. Ind. ed the ie mends upon the UM e of the Chair are suelm ent, in Ira view.WlLlLOtit lt; and it is wise that the Speaker should noe be enenned la the onnfliot of it hate, You waiter- , nut me. therefore, belore Patting. to Sae Publicly west is well known to many, if rot all of you. thet 1 have ever been, and 801 now, and I trust-I ever shad ye main, a devoted friend of the Union of ,here bums and liberal oompremises. The report of the Commit tee of 'Thirty-three of this House met my .00rd.st approval, and I hay- never hAuta,ed to de dare ins be lief that a Convention at all the elates to cons der an trial or supposed grievances was the proper and *most available reload). e• a, number of the Union I du, oltre my conviction tbat no tenable grvend has been assigned for a dissolution 01 the ties which , bind every American citizen to his country sod impartial history will s 0 deoide. cotifidenoe in the American people is such that 1 believe no just complaint can long exist , Without a redress at they' bands. There is always a re , meth in the U. ion With this view I still seclere mr willingness to Join in measures of tiomenonise I would do so bronco* of the anoient hes that have bound um together under the institotioes formed by our yntanin. and Seder a onsutution signed by the immortal Waithington. I would do so for the national honor committed to the experiment of free 'n atio:as.... I would do so for the love I may to my octintrymon in all parts of our beloved land, mid apeman,' so for toe emirs of that noble hand of pa mots in the Border bouthern States, who. In the midst of great opposition, have stood firm, like rooks in the ocean, for peace and the perpetuity of the Union. But, gentlemen, 1 may not further dwell on these genera l su b ject. For the d scharg• of the duties of this station, to which I was calved by your kindness. , can only say it has been my purpose to do all in my power to promote your oomfortas members, to dealtimparttaby with all. mod to advance the beat interests tor the country. co t o y soy it heo et , e•ded my admintatratiOn the Chair. it is to he atoribed very mush to the kind ness and forbeeranoe of the members of thin House. I claim for my self orgy the merit of good aot.ons and honest purposes. The resolution you have been pleased to adopt is truly gratifying. end wail be among my most agreeable reoodeotions of this place. I hank you, gen tlemen, for tbs. mark of your approbation. l could hot ma to remark that trill restitution was presents° b. the • oldest member of this House. by whom I wag sworn into offioe, end one whose elevated character in ac knowledged by its all. I bel.svo no forruar ysoerbau. more kindness at the hands of the Hod e than Ohas fallen to 1111 lot. Amid all the Minalore ot uplnDin n 4104111t1Onlyountin Ulllll Willing. you have never over ruled any deemed) 1 have made. do hot infer trots 'thee that I was &Ivey" right. but I do infer that if wrong. the house believed it was through mime prehension end mit:. by • design. arid that lr was your magnanimity which led goo' to sustain the Chair. ou wt l ;smut ‘mss,l hope. ro say here, th at /am under I rest obligations , to the offieers of trig House for their aseletatme and deyertion to My comfort. I return to them all my very warmest thanks.. And now. gentm men and Mende, it telltales that I take in, leave or you. The parting hon.r is en honest hour. When fltocfpune among you 1 deolared mysell a erttional man . lam so mill, I trust, aedshall ever So remain. Often, In my retired moments. shall I think of YOU and or thetnaar soave. through which we h•ve 'maimed. My fraver to hi/even for you is, mat you may base that leasing which **meth from above, d that Brest tto er ot 118110D8 in whose hands are the delimit's. of us all may repo", U ni o nr country. bring order out of confusion; and . tO the present dsstracted ele ments. Gentlemen, I bid 7011 an affectionate farewell. Dot i ng t h e delivery of the add• mug he was frequently applauded. He concluded by announoing that the Jfonle is adjourned sine are. Muoh g uru h u inor prevailed, and the members sera rated. . The Baltimore hmerscan nye "We are eu, thorized to slate thatthe stories afloat is(the news_ papersthat Governor Hicks has, In any manner, sought to obtain for fdr. Davis, or fox any other person, a Cabinet appointment under... Mi. Linecin * are wholly . untrue. Be visited Washington solely for the purpose of aidirimaas far :Wass in his power, in the ,work of conciliation and eonsprO mile, and returned to Annapolis as soon as he found he could be of no 'tattler service. it will be seen that our Washington oorrespondenti, Spe cial,' goes into some details in refuting this ru mor, and as he is usually well informed, doubtless his ' good authority for the statement be makes." ' • —The Charleston Afercury says : It 'is our rently rumored upon the streets that: Major An derson and Lieutenants Davis and Talbot, of the garrison of Fort Sumpter, would on the, 4th inst., resign their commissions in the United Staten army, and retire from the fort. • -:-Thouts Wood , his been elected . Mayor of Charietteeville, Va. Tagus Were several heavy anew storms in Low er Canada iiist - week, end the roido foaled al. meet, itapaisable. •
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