The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, March 04, 1861, Image 5

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
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tagilver —_for 100
and Holder...._ .._.._.for 100
for 200
—....... for 100
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for 100
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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
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for 100
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ld here. —... for 100
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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
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BREST !—BUY YOUR COAL at RIMY
;r i g. taliiikeginiir Lehigh
:a d oer- hankili
- Broten, Pea , and dt?ve- .- —l2 Par.ton.
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3.00
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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
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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. -
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Issued three times a, Month, in time for the Califor
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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. •