ie littss, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1861 CoNrsxra or FIRST Pmts.—Doctors' Pees; Let tor from New York; The Conspiracy to Assassi, nate Preaident Lincoln; Suspicions ease of Poi soning: The Expedition to the South; Filibusters in Sonora. FOURTH Esoz.—The Crops—prospeot of the coming harvest; Ship News. AITALES AT CHARLESTON. Our advices from South Carolina, at two o'clock this morning, indicate the speedy commencement of hostilities. Charleston is a military camp, and within her limits Rebel lion has assumed its most frightful propor tions. The freniy of secession, at length, seems likely to precipitate disaster upon those who have fostered it. The rebels have made a demand for the surrender of Fort Snmpter—the leader of the deputation being Ex-Senator EsEsscrr. It is supposed that a refusal to comply will be the signal for a bombardment. The telegraph alludes to certain rumors relative to the surrender of Major Aramnsort. We cannot believe that so. gallant an officer will tarnish his great fame by an act of treachery or cowardice in this the hour of his trial. The Harrzet Lane is reported to have ap peared off Charleston bar last evening, and we suppose she is accompanied by the other vessels which recently loft New York. Any hour may bring us tidings of blood shed. A Patriotic Letter. The following letter, which the editor of Tut Pzunts,now in Washington, has received, speaks for itself. It is from the pen of an offi. cer of the army, well known in Philadelphia, lately located in Texas, and belonging to that portion of the army betrayed and sold out by the infamous Twines. It appears that his name was confounded with another person named REYNOLDS., a quartermaster, who 101- lowed Twroos. We happen to know that our old friend was offered by the Texas rebels a high position in their service, which be re jected with indignation. He said, "I cannot disgrace the high obligations I owe to the Government whose uniform I have the honor to wear." Would that others, who weer that uniform, could be animated by the same high and manly spirit ! 'Do each men recollect that in resigning their commissions they are taking the position of avoiding the reeponsibility of a tight—unless, indeed, while doing so, they join the Disunionists ? No doubt the New York Times fell into an error in regard to Captain REIIiOLDS, which it will gladly cor rect : SAN Awrosao, Texas, March 23,1861 _ . DRAB COLONIL : I observe in an issue of the New York Tunes a most illiberal and unjust at. tack upon me, in connection With the transfer of the public property in this place, founded on a paragraph in one of the newspapers here. With the transfer I had nothing to do ; it was the work of my superiors, in which I had no voice ; yet I was violently opposed to the entire traneaotion as an unwarrantable seizure of the public property, and I, as well as the other officers, have had to suffer the mortification and diegrace attending it. The report in regard to me was based upon a street rumor, confounding me partly with another. Rho Times has seen fit to drag up old matters Which have long since been honorably settled, the Times being one of the first papers to endorse and approve the action of the tribunal which rendered me justice. I have neither resigned nor taken Ser vice in Texas, nor has it been my intention to do t). Although born in Virginia, my wile and children are Pennsylvanians. Philadelphia has been my home for the last twenty years, my greatest intereata are there, my warmest friends, and my most pleasing associations. Your Mend truly, Col. Joss W. Folmar The National Rail Resolutions. In January last, at one of the largest and most enthusiastic meetings ever neld in this city, the resolutiOns which we publish below were unanimously adopted. Hen forgot all party distinctions on that occasion, and, in spired by a common sentiment, felt that the honor of the nation should be maintained at all hazards, and that it would be in the highest degree disgraceful to fail to supppiatzfrt .Aalmnson. The knyedmndered has acquag ..-Nieinfelitans practical importance, and it is wonderful to notice how faithfully the opinions endorsed at National Hall reflect the senti ments which are cherished at this exciting moment by every patriotic heart: Resolved, That the forethought, prudence, and energetic coaduot of Major Anderson, of Ken tucky, the gallant officer now in command of the fortifications in Charleston harbor, merit the hear ty approbation of the Government and people of the United btates. Resolved, That it is the imperative duty of the President to provide Major Anderson with all the force he may require for the successful defence of his present position. Resolved, That all persons who wage war against the United States for the purpose of destroying the Government established by our fathers, or for any other purpose whatever, and all who aid, counsel, sanction, or encourage them, can be re garded in no other light than as public enemies. Resolved, That we all mitts the President of the United States, and the constituted authorities of the Government, in whatever measures they may adopt to support Major Anderson and to main tain the supremacy of the Constitution and the laws of the United States. Resolved, That the flag of the Union is the property of the people, and wherever lawfully un• failed, it must and shall be protected to the last extremity. The report states that, during the reading of the above brief but expressive resolutions, the greatest enthusiasm prevailed. Each one was loudly cheered. At the name of Major ANDERSON the shouts fairly seemed to shake the hall. At the mention of the ct Union," the tt flag of the Union," the ti authority of the people," the 46 maintenance of the law." cheer after cheer rang through the enthusias tic crowd. The Crops. It is a grateful thing to know,that, amid the excitements of politics, the contentions of sections and partisans, the rumors of war, and the martial preparations throughout the land, God still continues bountiful, and blesses us With every prospect of abundant harvests. On our fourth page we print intelligence of the present condition of crops in ever part of our country, and in all respects ft is cheering. While the times seem out of joint, and com motion is succeeding harmony, it is well to know that Nature is still obedient to her laws, and that the ploughshare and the pruning-book are performing their great mission. China and the Chinese. The second lecture of the course now being de livered by the Rev. W. A. P. Martin, at the hall of the University, under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association, was given last even ing, before a rather slim audience. The special theme for the evening was, "A Journey to Patin." Mr. Martin has, we believe, spent several years In the country of which he speaks, as a missionary, and has evidently been a close observer of men and things among the recluse oriental/ for whom be labored, bat he has none of the elements of a popular lecturer. LW matter is diffuse, disjointed, and dry, and his delivery anything but attractive. He spoke without manuscript, though his lecture had probably been written, but not well commit ted. His statistical matter was accurate, and some of hie descriptions quite interesting, although as a lecture On travel it was third-rate, as compared with those of either Bayard Tayor or the eloquent H M. Scudder, who lectured befdre crowded audi ences for the Young Men's Chrietian Association a Year ago. Limas PosITIVZ Bars or CASPIITS, MATTINGS, .kc.—The early attention of purchasers is minut ed to the attsaelive assortment/of rich English val. yet, Brumle, three-ply, ingrain, Venitian, hemp, and list carpets, mats, Canton and cocoa mailings, oilcloths, &AL, &0., to be pereniptorily sold by ca talogue, on six months' credit, commencing this morning, at hall-past ten o'clock, by Myers, Clag horn, lc CO., auctioneers, at their new store, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. igurfaßll t PLANO - FeB 7 3) &C• A largo as mortment of superior household laralturo— rose wood piszio-forte, &0., will be sold this mom. lag at tee &Mock, at T. Binh auction store, No. 914 Chestnut street. VALI:UW.I REAL RSTATI.—Thomu a Bons will sell, without reserve, on the 30th April, the valua ble property corner of Broad and Vine streets, kiss" as the " Mcobanical Bakery," with the machinery, duo., the buildings covering the entire lot, 51 by 190 feet. particulars in handbills. Biinsatva Salm Ream ESTATZ, STOCKS, &C., Op Tuesday next, including country seats, small yam, and valuable city property ; to be said pareoPtersk, by order of Ottartann' OMIT, Ent. CITIOKSp AND MIMS. See Thomas 4 , Sons' advertisements. Or Pamphlet catalogues to-morrow. Ex-Governor PRIOE, of New Jersey, is one of those very clever fellows, but facile pen dame, who do most abound in the land of Camden and Amboy. We know few better tempered men or more incongruous politi cians. He is as remarkable in his m anners as he is easy in his convictions. no came into the straight-Douglas party with quite a parade, and bowed himself out of it with Chesterfteldian politeness, having previously joined the Lecomptonites, and then connected his fortunes with the great head of the anti- Lecomptonites, the gallant Senator from Illi nois. This good Governor was one of the gentlemen who met at the Astor House, pre vious to the November election, and con cluded that adroit feat of legerdemain by which the straight-Douglas ticket was sur rendered, and the Bell-Everette, the Breck inridgers, and. a portion of the Douglas straights compounded into one pill, and put to the people to swallow at the polls. Like most public men, the Governor is disturbed by the present condition of our country, - and he has, therefore, given us his opinion, which appears in the Newark Mercury of a late date. In this opinion of Governor Peace, which la given in mower to a ready-made question, whe ther New . Jersey had better not sell out to the Southern Confederacy, in order to secure a Southern market, etc., he says: "I say,emphatically, she should go with the South, from every unse, yrudentsal, and patriotic reason. The question, the resolve, rises high above all party considerations, all dogmas, all ab stractions. We are not now to consider the causes of our disruption, we are not to advocate seces sion ; but we may fairly choose between twe Con stitutions, alike affording a republican govern ment which we have happily enjoyed the past eighty years' sad choose the Constitution to live tinder in meet accord with our sentiments." There is a fresh complacency in this that we admire. So that to go with the seceders and conspirators who are to break up the Union is not to advocate secession! The Go vernor would marry his State to South Caro lina, but declares in advance that he does not admire the bride he has selected for. New Jer sey. The question with him, rising above all considerations, dogmas, and abstractions, is one of simple dollars. Alas! for New.Tersey! She has been traded upon so long, bought and sold so frequently, that her public men have come to regard her as a simple chattel in the market, and her people as ready to approve every transaction that may be entered into be tween the high contracting parties. We have a suspicion that several battles were fought in New Jersey for this Union, and fought by men who - believed they were lay ing the foundations deep and strong of a perpetual republic—and fought, too, upon the imperishable doctrine that the majority should govern, and that all rebellion against the authority of the Union should be punished. Governor Fame will tell us probably that the men who led in these battles were contending against an arbitrary power ; that the Southern conspirators are like our forefathers in this respect; but he ought to recollect that our forefathers did not stain their career with rob bery and spoliation, and perjury. They re volted not against a. government tolerant, just and beneficent, but against a despot, who undertook to tax them without their consent, and to deny them representation in his coun cils. What portion of the country has cost more of the public treasure than the Southern Cotton States ? What section has controlled the Federal Government for a longer period, enjoyed its offices, shared its benefits, directed its councils and dispensed its patronage ? The Governor thinks that if New Jersey does not consent to the wedding he proposes, her commerce will cease, she - will have no market for her manufactured articles, her peo ple will be out of employment, her ci ties and towns depopulated and impoverished, and her farmers finally prostrated and ru ined, whereas if she should consent to the proposed bans,her trade, prosperity and happi ness will be uninterrupted and perhaps aug mented. He might consistently add that no body will travel over the Camden and Amboy Railroad, that peaches will not grow, that me lons will refuse to ripen, unless New Jersey joins with South Carolina. We believe our sister State rejoices in her freedom from tax ation. How will her condition be improved ben she consents to carry her part of th e burdens imposed by the Southern Confede racy upon all its interests, tomaintain its trea son? If Ex-Governor Fame can convince the people of New Jersey that they wilt be better off as the dependents and followers of the Dia enieniste than in their present happy con dition, lie can also reason them into _ Disunionists had -- an honest and Christian cause to contend for. The one proposition is as plain and as truthful as the other ; and why should not Ex-Gevernor PRICE induce his fellow-citizens to agree with A. W. ItIirPOLDS. Captain IL S. A him as to the justice and fairness of both ? Bat perhaps the most complacent passage in this Price-less gem is that in which the OX- Governor addresses himself to the adjoining great States of Pennsylvania and New York, and expresses the opinion that if New Jersey should leave the Union her decision will prove potential, from her geographical position, upon theta! We copy " The Rotten of our State will prove influential, and perhaps potential, from our geographical pool tion, upon the adjoining great States of Pennsyl vania. and New York; and I am confident that the people of those States, whose interests are idea deal with our own to a considerable degree, will, when they have to elect, choose also to east their lot with the South. And after them the Western and Northwestern States will be found in the same balance, which would be essentially a town• struetron of the old Governinone ! What is the difference whether we go to the South, or they come to 1111 ? I would rather be the magnanimous brother or friend to hold oatthe hand of repellents. tion, then he who, as magnanimously, receives the proffer." New York cane speak for herself. We will underwrite for Pennsylvania. We know that there is an active and unscrupulous party in this State looking to the contingency contein plated by ex-Governor Franz ; but its leaders have always been ignorant of the sentiments of our people, and have entitled themselves to none of their confidence. They were the chief engineers of the conspiracy which broke up the Denrcratic party at Charleston and at Baltimore, and which took the organization of the Democracy from the people and gave it to the office-holders. Even a good cause in such hands would be rejected. But when they throw oft their disguise, and proclaim themselves in sympathy with the Disunion ists, so far as to entertain the idea of placing Pennsylvania in the arms of the men who have dislocated the Govern. meat, they calculate without their hosts. A new issue has arisen since ex-Governor PRICE has expanded himself. It is no longer a question whether we shall have sympathy with secession, or whether we shall attach our fortunes to those engaged in secession, but whether we shall stand by the Govern ment of the country. Before this issue all other questions are dwarfed and lost sight of No organization can subsist in this State that does not accept the entire responsibility of standing by Mr. LINCOLN in the enforcement of the laws and in the protection of the public property. Should hostilities ensue, we must. sepaxate the chaff from the wheat, and weed out all who are not willing to range themselves under the flag of the Union. Pennsylvania has historical renown for devotion to the country. All her experience is but one tri bute to this sentiment, and now, when it is undoubted that the Gotten States, under the lead of despotic demagogues, are resolved to make war upon the Government, her brave people have no choice but to take sides with the Gpvernment. ARCH-STRZEr TILIATIIII.—This evening is Mr. Booth's farewell benefit, and the last night but one of hie ement, when a most attractive programme will be presented. Mr. Booth not only appears in one of his best roles, via.. Shylock, but also as Petruehia, in Sbakspeare's comedy of "Katharine and Petruohio," a oharaoter which he renders admirably. Mr. Booth's merits did not meet with their due reward during the early part of the week, and we trust his benefit this evening will be, as it should, compensatory to him. Our opinion of Mr. Booth's talent has been so frequently expressed that we need not reiterate more than the fact that he has all the requisites and mixing of the beat actor of his age and country. WALNITT-SIBINT Tuzaras.--Bbirlev Brooke's drama of " Miriam," and the repetition of the dramatic version of /tuber's opera of " La Pianc" (The National Guard), attracted a fall house last night. This evening is Miss Caroline Riohings' benefit, when she merits, and we trust will receive, a substantial recognition of the esteem in which she is held by her Philadelphia admirers. The operatic spectacular drama or , 4 The Enchantress" will be revived for the omission, Miss Riohinp ap peering in her favorite character Of Stella, one which she performs admirably. Mr. Rie hings supporting that of Ramtr, wby he per mits it to be announced in the bills as it his origi. n o character," we are at a tom to conceive; if oaf A Price-lees Gem. Public A.musements. memory does not fail us, when Anna Thilion Grist- Bally Sang the role of Stella at Drnry Lane, he was not the Ramir--nor was he, if we 74:oath:KA rightly, when the same prima donna appeared In it in America. Anyhow, Mr. Riohing• is not the original Ramir, and he is altogether too good and great an artist to require such exegtolo 87M0111100. manta. A : I e IN 110:41:45I:q1Y111)5140A Letter from "Occasional," Correipondonoo of The Prem.) Wenn:gems, April 11,1861 Two days ago Washington was vleited by snob a tempest as would have done no discredit to the de parted month of February. Today a June atm Is shining over ns. You almost see the gram growing green before your eyes, and buds are bursting, and birds are singing in welcome of the spring time. While enjoying the feelings inspired by this deli cious change in the weather, and watching the orowde attracted to Pennsylvania avenue, alike by the day itself, and the military companies on their way to the War Department, to be inspected by the Adjatant General preparatory to their formal mustering into the regular army, I asked myself whether it was possible that a people apparently so happy and contented could by any process be in duced to fly at each other's throats, and that a oily magnificent in itself, and never more so then when Nature comes forth to reveal its attractions, should be made the theatre of the tragedy of civil war? A friend, one of those here who sympathize with secession, and yet cannot hide his love for the flag of the Union, standing at my side, said "Mr. Lincoln is turning our city into a garrison: This is a pageant; but may not these glittering trap pings be soon stained with fraternal bleed?" I turned upon him and replied : "If your doctrines mean anything, they mean force, and if Mr. Lincoln aad not garrisoned Washington, Go vernor 'rise and the Manta Men of Vtrginta would have garrzsoned Washington." It is, in fact, a choice between submission to rebel. lion or the vindication of the Federal authori ty. We must either accept Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davie. The one or the other must rule. The one, the minority, the weaker, sets up its experiment of a government, rushes out of the Union without cause, and proceeds in its career by resorting to arms, and by glorying in the most dishonest practices. The other, the majority, and the stronger, silently maintains its position, and like a powerful man dealing with a feeble antagonist, treats its impulsive competitor with silent eontempt. But when .tbis competitor adds to its malignity the disposition to wound and to poison, then the innate and latent strength of the regular Government is aroused, and the rebel must be put down. As between these two Govern ments, which will Pennsylvania prefer? She has got to choose. Will she take Jeff. Davie, Barn well Rhett, Rowell Cobb, John B. Floyd, and John Slidell, with all their purposes of rebellion and of wrong; with all their endorsements of robbery and of perjury; with their edifice erected, upon the ides that slavery is divine, and that all men in the North not accepting this idea are Abolitionists or foes? or will she de cide in favor of the Government founded by the fathers, olothed with all the holiest recollections of the past, and strong in the panoply of the Constitution—a Government which, however ad ministered heretofore, whether by Democrat or Whig, Republican or American, has made our country in every nation of the earth, airlifted and towage, the synonym of moral power and of mili tary superiority? Will. Mr. Meroer, president of the Farmers' and Meohanios' Bank, or Mr. Aus- tin, of the Southwark Bank, or Mr. Patter eon, of the Western Bank, hesitate about ad vising his customers to invest in the regular Go vernment, or pause before his duty in sustain ing it ? What farmer in Pennsylvania who has a surplus of money on hand would halt between the securities offered by Jeff. -Davis Davis on the one hand and by Abraham Lincoln on the other, while seeking for investments? Bow, when every other seourity is doubtful, when the value of real estate itself is depreciating, where can the man of money turn, while seeking a means of realizing a good interest, save to the established Government of the United States? If, then, we appeal to the most selfish human interests, to the most mercenary of men, we shall find that even these interests and these men can be bettor taken care of by trusting to the Federal Government than by confiding in that which, without the merit of the Italian republic of Massaniello, which rose almost in a day and died in a night, is destined to a 'career as brief and to an immortality more infamous than that which has ever settled upon any revolution. But if we turn to the patriotic element of the people, what a choice is before them ? Hamlet presents to his offending mother two pictures that I will venture partially to quote, if only to prove where patriotic' men should stand in this issue. Imagine the solemn Priuoe of Denmark, when he speaks of his father, speaking of the regular Government of the United States; " Leok here, upon this picture, and on that— " The tomato/tit presentnunt of two brothers. " Bee what a grace is seated on :his brow!— " Byperion's curls, Wham of Atte hintsetf; " Au aye like Mars, to threaten and command; "A station lota du. herald Mercers. New Lighted on a HeameaAn sung A cArtibuistmAlld.e. filitineetelfellill seal. * * * * " Look son now what follows ! " Here is your husband., like a mildewed ear, "Blasting his wholesome brother. Hone you eyes? Would you on this/air mountain leave to feed " And batten on this moor?" We have, indered, to choose between these Gre vernments as Hamlet decided between his two fathers. For myself, I am for the first, and against all second marriages, especially when consum mated, as in the case of the monarch of Denmark. by perjury, falsehood, and crime. Occasiorrer.. From Another Correspondent. WASHINGTON, April 11, 1881 The War Department, has presented again--on this, the second day of mustering the militia into the United States service--a scene of animated activity. A large number of companies of District mi litia, not mustered in yesterday, marched to the War Department to-day and took the oath of "al legiance " to the Union and faithfulness in duty. Among those examined to-day were the "Tur ner Rifles," a noble-looking German company, 100 strong. When the oath was offered, every man came forward without a break in their ranks. As a few native Americans yesterday refused to take the oath, it was reasonable to suppose that a com pany of foreigners might possibly be divided; but when every man went forward, it sent a thrill of joy through the hearts of the large crowd of spec tators present. They were inspected by Assistant Adjutant General Irvin McDowell, who oomph wanted the company for their general fine appear ance. There are twenty-six uniformed and equipped companies in the District. From these all who are willing are now being mustered into the ranks of the United States Army. it is not expected they will be required out of the District, but even for this they hold themselves is readiness. R. CLIISBON WITH THE PEESIDEET The Seoretary. of War had a protraoted inter view with the President this forenoon. TEM SOUAVS CORPS Col. E. E. Ellsworth, of the Chicago Zeugmas, bas charge of the Zonave corps in Washington, and they are making very great program in their drill. The exersisee lest evening were eoniddered equal, in many respeota, to that of the. Chicago Toner's. MOVEXEIITB AT CHARLIBTON, &C. The War Department has the President's !n+ etruotions to reinforce Fo:t Sumpter "at an hazards," and it will be done. There is now no doubt that the barges and smaller vessels chartered at New York are intend• ed for that port, as is also the Pawnee from Wash ington navy yard. We are hourly in the expecta tion of news from that city, announoing.that a ool lision has occurred, and that a bloody warfare is going on. DESTINATION OF CAPT DEIGN On the authority of abigh official I am informed that Captain N. C. Meiga, of Washington, who left the city suddenly with a company of me chanics, has gone to Texas with his men. ARRIVALS PROM PRILADRLPHIA, PA. At Natzattal Hotel—Lewim S. Wills, Theodore Adams, Wharton White, Dr. O. Emerson, B. Mayor. lard'a--It. P. Kane, Barnet Phillips, John W. Bpinke, Edward Barks, J. lltaokhouse, Rev. B. T: Noakes, B. R. Petrikin, Dr. F. Williams. Kirkwoo6l's—Uon. Wm. Millward, B. B. Bishop, W. Orerfield, Jr. • Tea WICATEER Calm, dear, and warm. Letter from New York. NEW YORK EAST METHODIST. CONPERINCR : IN TERESTING STATISTICS-EMIGRATION-SPRING BUSINESS. [Correspondence of The Preis.] New You, April 11, 1861 The New York East Methodist Conference, which commenced its annual session here yester day, is regarded with more interest than attaches usually to the proceedings of such bodies, from the fact that the property and operations of the great Methodist Book Concern are within its juziedio tion. The committee to which the report of its affairs was referred, in of enoh interest to the mem bare of that large denomination everywhere that I quote from it the following statement : • The report of the boots committee of Nee' York says the boil grain of the publishing department are "emphatically wand." The net capital stook to $371,624.88, of which $120,759.27 is in bills receivable, and $2O 429 49 in oath. The entire indebtedness is $5B 404.48, and the net profits for 1860 $43.491 90. Notwithstanding prevailing finan cial difficulties, the circulation of the porn:idiot& has lot diminished. That of the Christian Ad vocate and Journal ift over twenty thousand copies, and that of the Quarterly Review nearly four thousand. The latter is aelforastataing, and ranks high among the periodical press of the country. The tract department was placed by the General Conference under the supervision of the editor of the Btuiday-sottool publication, who has directed its details with skill and ellioleney. Orer 290,000 opts. of the Sunday School Advo cate are printed regularly at New Yerk and Cin cinnati. The Sundarbehao/ Te ac h er , b egan in Jane last, has an lame of 25,000, and its inmost is THE PRESS.--PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1861. assured. The Good News, recently included in the book-room publioatione, bas a airoulation of 49,000. The depositories at Boston, Pittsburg, e nd Buffalo, are flourishing. The following is the annual exhibit of the book 001100 M 4462{311. L Real Fateite.-4[01310 And lot in eix•th street .....».» ...._.... Same to Rouse an lot in Poinintit . atreat.- • rhsee so Baddinge and lots On .113Ribarii and Mott *treats.- IMAM SD Two tots in Binchamton.— 76418 Land in Michigan. ... • -- - • 1 432 60 Lot in Ban Franoisoo..„-- o,ooj oo Land in Hamilton. W. J-- 3[lo 00 L and in Jefferson, Mo-- -••- • • • •-• • • 1,588 s Total_ .31119,432 89 Deduct Kir . sup len above. •••• 7.8[7 21 2. Can.-Cash on ilia.- • ••.. •. , 3. Merchandise. bound books of every description, editors' li brary furniture. !c0..... —8144994 89 4. Printing Offies.-Presseso type, stereotype plates. paper, tools, _ • and Wood outs.— • 116.177 99 5. Pscifio Christian Advocate. Press, type, paper. ... . . 6. Bindery.-dheet stook, tools, .......189,142 SO $347 Oil 92 7. Notes and Book Accounts.--Due on notes and Book aeoounts..-0182,883 90 Deduct 333; per cent. for bad 189.750 27 Total assets.. —.. The concern owes on notes and book woos/ft as follow Noma 0446 2 14 Book mounts.- .--- -... 4,143 34 Total liabilittoa.. Net capital $511,624 88 The net capital stock, last year, was $540,72180 , which dam, deduoted from $571,824:88, the net ca pital stook this year, leaves a balance of $30,903.- 08. Add to this $12,588.82, paid on General Con ference appropriations, and the total profit of the year 1860 appears to be $44,491.90. Emigration appears to be on the immense instead of falling off, as was anticipated. Per the week ending yesterday the arrivals were 1,870, making 10,071 mince January lit, or about 1,200 more than in the corresponding period bust year. The hotel arrivals have been larger during the present week than in any week since last fell; very few, however, are from the Confederate States. LATEST NEWS By Telegraph to The Press, FROM WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to " The Press." There is groat ezoitemont here on the part of Southern men, and an intense desire to know the Administration's polioy.. The city volunteers are on drill in service of the Government, having been sworn anew in their oaths of allegianee to the Constitution and the anthoritisc Government troops have been ordered here from st. Paupe r in defence of the oapitsd. Governor Mons, of Maryland, had an interview with the President to-day. He expressed his re• . Bret that the policy of coercion had been adopted by the Federal Government. The Administration is in receipt of a thousand rumors from Fort Pickens and Fort Sumpter. I have the best authority for saying that up to this date nothing reliable has been received tending to alter the aspect of affairs. PiaN. THE LATEST FROM CHARLESTON. Collision Hourly Expected. Gen. Beauregard Demands; the Evacuation of Fort - Sumpter. CRABLBSTON, April 11--Evaning.:--A oolibion hourly expeoted. Despatcher from the North state that an attempt would be made today to reinforce Fort Sumpter in small boats, protected by sand bags, the war vessels in the meantime to protect a landing party on Morris Island. It is reported that Gen. Beauregard haa de mar.ded of Major Auderaon the evacuation of Fort Sumpter. STILL LATER FROM CHARLESTON. EXCITING NEWS. Demand Dade for Fort Sumpter at Two THE FIGHT TO COHERE AT BIGHT. NO CONFLICT UP TO MIDNIGHT The Harriet Lane Reported off the Bar enanuarrox, April 11, (reeeived in Philadel phia April 12,1220.)—The excitement in the city • has been - intense, in consequence of rumors that a demand would be made for Fort Sumpter, and •if o o oc The demand for the surrender of the fort was made at 2 o'elock, and Messrs. Chesnut, Urieholm. and Lee were deputised to carry the , message of Gen. Beauregard to Major Aldermen. Thousands of people assembled on the battery this evening, anticipating the opening of the war. . At 8 o'clock two hundred mounted guards pa troll ed the city, but no fight has, as yet, been com menced. The revenue ontter Ha.rnet Lane ie reported to be off the bar. Signals are displayed by the guard-boat, and answered by the batteries. Immense crowds of people now throng the news paper offices, eagerly watching the news. Roger A. Pryor has received an appointment in lieneral Be auregard's staff. At this hoar the excitement has mostly subsided, and no conflict is loolced for to-night. One more regiment was sent to Morris Island to-day 0RA11.L29101. April 11, (received April 12, 1.30 A. M.}—At 2 o'olook this afternoon General Beauregard demanded the surrender of Fort SuMpter, which demand Major Anderson declined, probably with a reservation. The community war greatly excited by the an aonuaelnent of this fact, and confidently expect ed that an attack would be made on the fort to night. Up to this hour there has .been no such demon stration, and it is not probable that the attack will be commenced to-night. • A large portion of our people are collected along the wharves, at the battery, and every other lc oessible point facing the harbor, anxiously await ing the result. The military of the pity is under Ma, but all is quiet. Another regiment will arrive tomorrow. It is estimated that 6,000 or 7,000 men are on Morris aid Sulliren's Islands, and other points along the coast. General Beattregard will leave for Morris Island at midnight. It is reported that the Harriet Lane was seen off the bar this evening. ALL QUIET AT SOM-PRDSIDINT DAVIS WYSS ORDERS NOT TO rues oat TEE 817PPLT VESSEL. New Ironic, April 11.—Speoial despatehes, said to be dated Charleston at noon, say that ail was then quiet. The troops aro prepared for imme diate service. The Commerclat states that President Davis has given orders not to fire on the vessel carrying provisions to Port Sumpter. THE VERY LATEST. ALARMING MINORS OF ANDER SON'S DEPEOTION. A Negotiation to be Opened and a OncilLusrox, Aptilll, (received at 2 o'clock A. M.)—lt is currently reported that negotiations are to be opened between General Beagregard and . Major Anderson to-morrow, and that Anderson is about to surrender Fort Sumpter. The officers commanding the different posts on the harbor and coast are on the alert, expecting that an attempt will be made early in the morning to prevision and reinforce Fort Sumpter. FROM MONTGOMERY. The Government Orerwhehne4 with Volunteers. Seven Thousand Men from the Border States, and Two Thousand from Indiana. MONTOOSIZRY, April 11.—The War Department of the Confederate Government is overwhelmed with applications from regiment', battalions, and companies to be taken into the service. Over seven thousand men are proffered from the Border States, exclusive of two thousand warriors from Indiana, who desire to co-operate with the Confederate States. A great number of companies are daily reaching Charleston, Savannah, and Pensacola. THE CONFEDERATE COMMISSIONERS Their Final Reply to Secretary Seward The Government Accused of Perfidy. WASHINGTOS, April n.—lt well heretofore stated that Secretary Seward, in reply to a note of the Confederate Commissioners, refused to receive them in their diplomatic character. They re sponded, and were again answered on the part of the Government. yesterday the Commissioners sent to Secretary -8121.615 68 80,03 GI 6A829 36 --- 88,204 48 WASIUNGTOIit Aprilll-10i P. M O'Clotk P. 11. [ggCOND DZSPATCH.I Surrender! WAR INEVITABLE. Seward their final communication. It is said to be written with ability, and reflects severely on the Administration, taking the ground that they have exhausted every resource for a peaceful lobs lion of the existing difflaultlee, and that if civil war results on the head of the Federal Government will rest the responsibility. - They °barge the Ad ministration with gross perfidy, Insisting that un der the shelter of the pretest and easertlon that Port Sumpter was to be emulated, an Immense armada has been despatched to provision and re. Inforce that post. They repeat that they had al most daily indirect assurances from the Adminis tration that Fort Sumpter was positively to be abandoned, and that all the Government's efforts were to be directed towards peace. The commissioners allege that the Government at Montgomery was earnestly desirous of penes, and that in accordance with its Instructions, as well as their own feelings, they left no means 11111. exhaueted to secure that much-desired end ; but all their efforts having failed, they were now forced to return to an outraged people with the objects of their mission uneacomplished, and they express the firm oonviotion that war is inevitable. The commissioners left the city to-day for Mont gomery. From Washington. DEPARTURE OF TRU CONFEDERATE CORMISHONERS -STATE OF THE TREASURY-THE TREASURY NOTE EIDS-TEIR FULL AMOUNT OFFERED AT PAR AND AOOV Tina 'term. Wesuutavon, April 11.—The Confederate . Com missioners left here this morning via Baltimore for the South. The reply of the Administration to their last oommunieation has not been divulged. The balance In the Treasury last Monday, $5;655,000; the receipts from customs for two weeks ending April 9, 1860, were, $1,471,241; and for the eorrespending weeks of this year, $1,500,- 657, being an Increase of $29,416. Owing to other engagements, the Secretary of the.Tressary was unable to open the bids for the treasury notes until after 9 o'clock this evening The offers exceeded the amount required—namely, ,s4,ool,ooo—about $439,600, at rates ranging from par to 27 100 premium.- The TreaSnry is now in good condition. Nd part of the proceeds of the last loan has yet been used or will be needed for some time; the reeelpts from customs for two or three weeks past have nearly equalled ell the de mands upon the Treasury. The detailed hide are so follows Chas, H. Baker, Phila... 412,000 at 26400 pram Samuel B. White, " •• • • 2,000 at per. J. Cook & Co., " • .200,000 at 16-100 prom Sumner B. Stone, N. Y... 8,000 at par. .1. P. Elton, Waterbnry,Ct. 15,000 at 3.100 prem. .." 10,000 at 1-100 prem. Bridgeport Savings Insu rance Co., Conn 10,000 at par. Bank of New York 100,000 at par. Henry W. T. Malay do Co. 50,000 at 1.100 prem. H. Stowbridge dr. Sons, New Haven 5,000 at 16100 " H. Stanebridge k Bona, New Haven 6.000 at 14-100 " Chas. Grimaldi-N. York.. 2,000 at . V-100 " Was ll:Marston, r " -. 10,000 at 5 100 " Colgate a Haffner, " —160,000 at par. " " • 60.000 at 5-100 pram Jas. G. Kingston, " "100,000 at par. Bead, Drexel,a Co., —185,000 at par. R. L. &A. Stuart, " —llO,OOO at par. A. Howard, Secretary, Buffalo 100,000 at par Savings Ins., Roxbury, Kass 20.000 at par Bk. of Commerce, N. Y.. 2,500,000 at par J. .Hooper, Boston, for himself and 0ther5...1,100,000 at par S. Hooper 250,000 at par P. P. Plehelyer, by the Assistant Secretary of the. Treasury, for the benefit of the Choctaw Indians 250,000 at par. Col. Lamon, recently appointed Marshal of the District of Columbia, continues in office George W. Phillips, who served under his two predecessors as deputy. There is no truth in the rumors about Cabinet ohanges. Ezra Lincoln, of Massachusetts, bag been ap pointed assistant United States treasurer at Bos ton, and William Stow postmaster at Springfield, Massachusetts. Military Movements in Louisiana. GREAT ENTHUSIASM. N.ew Ormarans, April 11.—Three companies of the First Regiment of Infantry, and the New Orleans Cadets, left this evening for Pensacola. Several companies of the New Orleans militia have volunteered their services, and will leave shortly. The military enthusiasm has reached a high pitch, and recruiting is progressing rapidly. A reaolution has been offered in the Board of Assistant Aldermen ippropriating $lOO,OOO for the protection of the city against invasion. Advioes from Havana state that Messrs. Rust and Yancey sailed for Europe on the 7th instant, in the stainer Clyde. The schooner Mary P. Hudson arrived at Ha. vans on the 27th alt. from New York, with ord nance and ordnance stores for Fort Taylor. The supplier were very extensive, and embrace all the appliance's for a prolonged siege. Postpoppivq , of the New York and Philadelphia Appointments. Wasuraaron, April 11..—The New York appoint ments will not be announced till Monday, and the ,philadelphla appointments will be made known on D. -marshal, tad Jr. B thwrgW'hrtittrliattrel", ti -trial attorpey, for Wisconsin. The Ben. Mr. Potter, of Wisconsin, has been foroed, by sickness, to leave here for the sea shore. Circular of Instructions to the Collect ore of Customs. Weertmoroir, April 11.—The Secretary of the Treasury has prepared a circular of instruotions to the collectors of Inatome, by which, among other things, it appears that in all Caere, the withdrawal end exportation of repaired or remannfaetnred railroad iron, in order that the importation for each purpose may be exempt from duty, must be made at the same port it was originally imported at, and within six months from the date of im portation. The cironlar oonoludee as follows : " The control of the warehouses of the Govern ment in the several States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Texas, having been usurped under the alleged authority of those States, and the °Moen of the customs, acting under the authority of the United States, having been forcibly excluded from their proper functions in the custody of merchandise, and the superintendenee of the entries for warehousing and withdrawal., it him become impracticable to continue the privilege of bonding for transporta- tion to those ports, the collectors of customs are accordingly hereby inatruoted that no entries for transportation in bond to those ports can be per mitted until otherwise ordered by this Depart ment." In the case of merchandise entered for trans portation before the receipt by the collectors of these instructions, the transportation bonds to the parts of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mis sissippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Texas will be cancelled on the payment of duties at the collec tor's office, at the port from which the goods were shipped, on the collector being satisfied, by the affidavit of the party, to be filed with the bond, that the merchandise arrived at the port of desti nation after the United States officers at such port had ceased to issue the lawful eanoelling certificate. The Virginia Commissioners at Nor LIKIITEKANT TALBOT AHD KR. MILK AMR/ TIMM. NORFOLK, April it —The steamer Georgiana, from Baltimore, has arrived here all safe. The Virginia commissioners have arrived here, but owing to the break in the railroad reeds, in consequence of the storm, they will not reach Washington before to-morrow morning at eleven o'clock. Lieutenant Talbot and Mr. Chew, the Govern ment.messengers to Charleston, have also arrived here but are also detained. They will reaoh Washington to-morrow. Arrival of Troops from Texas. Now Tons, April I.l.—Tbe traueport steamer Cocazaeoaleos arrived this afternoon from Texas, which she left March 31st. She has on board over four hundred of the United States troops. She lauded two hundred troops at Key West, and then proceeded to Havana for water. The officers on board report the troops in Texas in excellent health, and having a plentiful supply of provisions, and abundant means of tainsporta tiOn. _ . _ The steamer Empire City was expected to leave Indianola in a few days, and the steamer Star of the West ; with the remainder, in about twenty-five days. Virginia Convention. Bioartorm. April 11.—The Convention lies spent the whole day in considering the fourteenth reso lution. Mr. Scott offered an amendment contemplating a Congress of the Border State!, in the event that the non-slavenolding States do not respond, by the time the Convention reassembles, to recommend amendments to the Constitution. Numerous amend pMette were made to the above, but they were generally rejected. The Convention adjourned without action. There is loss excitement to-day. Naval Preparations. 'Boarorr, April 11.—The foree of workmen at the Charlestown navy yard has been increased to 1,300 Men. Rapid progress is making in the fitting out of the 1111nnesota, illtssisszpv,, -Colorado and Vincennes for sea. The latter is to be despatched to the Coast of Africa. The enlistmelt of seamen is progressing rapidly. From Havana TES SPAWIeu ANNEXATIOIT Or 0671 DOMLNOO-11121 souTVIBM COxxleelONlse RO SUMPS. Nitta YORK. April 11.—A letter from Havana, dated on the sth fast., published in this evening's Bxpress, says the annexation of Dominioa to Spain is fully confirmed. The army to sustain the move ment consists of 7,000 men from the Spanish steam frigates which have arrived there. The whole matter only awaits the Queen's ratification, Pre sident Santana, of Dominica, having formally pro claimed her in an address of some length. The Commissioners from the Confederate States to Europe would leave Havana on &British steamer to Southampton. The Western Forte. FORT Kammer, April 11.—Orders were tale graphed here yesterday for Colonel Miles' com mand, and 11 and F companies of the second in fantry, to march, without delay, to Fort Leaven worth. When these troops leave this post, we will have only one company of dragoons for its garri- SOIL The Confederate States Loan. Naw Yonn, April 11.—The Evening Post stater that the agents of the "Confederate dtatee have been rebaffed is their efforts to get a part of the loan taken here at par. Death or Joseph T. Buckingham. BOSTON, April 11.—Joieph T. Buckingham, the founder of the Boston Courser, died in this o ft,' thismorning, in the 84th year of his age," " Later from California. 113 y Four Faeroes.] Four Iteartnuy, April 1 A 1. 73 1 , he wi po tii n s y an ex F p r r a c n. ss passed here at nine o'clock eiso w o he da jo tes iza to o th om e m BO u t e nit a . ppointed by the Leeds tura to Investigate the alleged mistake in the count of.votes at the recent Senatorial election, have reported the facts, se heretofore noted, and appear to arrive at the oonolusion that no election has taken place. Today, joint resolutions were passed by both houses to go into another election on Tuesday next. Many of the friends of Mr. McDougal supported the resolution, and it is represented that Mr. MO - - Donal is willing to abide by the result of another Convention. The extraordinary fall of rain, and the attendant melting of the =owe on the mountains, have swol len the principal rivers of Sacramento and Ben Joaquin valleys higher than they have been sines 1852. Many bridges have been carried away, and thourande of acres of land under cultivation are submerged. Fences were (tarried off in large quantities, and much stook drowned. Several lives, also, were lost, and the damage done is rec koned by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Two expensive bridge] across the Amerioan river, near Sacramento, are among the destroyed, and greet apprehensions of another inundation of Sacramento are experienced. Terris Fireman wag elected Boundary Commis sioner, beating MoKilbben by several votes. Hole a Breokinridge Democrat. Judge A. H Bardy was arrested in Sacramento limit evening, by the Chief of Police of San Fran cisco, on the strength of an indictment brought against him in San Francine, for being accessory to the murder of Newell. The late Indian hostilities in 'Mending° and Sonora counties having been brought to the at tendon of the Governor, that offloer will muster into the service of the United States some thirty volunteers, to act as guides to protect the settlers and strangers In that motion. This order is in concurrence with the views of the United States officer commanding, Colonel Johnson. The Board of State Prison Directors has made an agreement with Donald Metes, of San Fran cine, who leases the labor of sixty prisoners for one year,at the rate of thirty cents per day each. They are to be employed in the manufacture of clothing for the Ban Francisco market:' The State furnishes the food and clothing to such convicts. Pony express, with St. Louis datesvja Fort Kearney to the arrived at Sacraffento to day. CIOMMMROIAL Business during the week has been greatly in terfered with, owing to the inelemency of the weather, and the impassable condition of the roads will prevent numb transportation of goods to the interior for several days yet. The weather is now olear, without much danger of other loss than from high water. During these interruptions business has naturally notchanged much. Coffee is firmer. Pork is in speculative demand, and Lard moving rapidly to the trade. Foreign liquors firm. Do mestic; drooping. Raw Sugars lower. Crished unchanged The receipts of gold dust from the interior con tinue to present a fair average for the season, though there is a good demand for money for the steamer of the Ist, at ordinarily fair raker and •full average shipments will go forward. Domestio produce remains quiet. The export shipments of wheat and flour from July Ist, 1560, to Ist of April, does not vary much from 8,000,000. of bushels, and the quantity yet remaining in the State mus t be very elinsiderable. Grain shippers, however, are deterred% their operations by the weather ' and have not been anxious for new engagements, preferring to await the arrivals of tonnage. There is a better supply of vessels now available, though we look for enough business to offer to give them employment at about the last paid rates. There can be little dotibt new but that an increased requirement for tonnage will be experienced ibithe tronsportation abroad of in average grain crop from the coming harreat. MA.RINE. Barr Pnancraco, March 30, 3.40 P. M.—Arrived, 29th, ships Golden Engle, from New York ; Golf• onda, from Boston. 29th May, Robinson, from New York ; Rapid, from Hong Kong. Spoken, per Mary Robinson, Jan. 28th, off Cape York. bark Mary and Brian, Howland, from New BedfOrd, five months out, with four hundred bar rels of oil. Bailed, 27th, ship:Wm. Sprague, for Valparai so; beta Coral, on a whaling ,voyage; ship Tor rent, for Puget Bound ; bark Tiotory, for the Amoer river, with an assorted cargo, suited to the Asiatic Rus sian market. Anglo Sa;on has been chartered for a wood freight from the coast of, hfexioo to Europe, on re served terms. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE HARRISBURG, April 11 SENATE. The Senate was called to order at ten o'clock by Mr. PnNtertr t Speaker pro tem. BILLS IN PLAOZ. Mr. Nicuat.s, a supplement to the sot consoli dating the city of Philadelphia. Mr. Pass.an, a supplement to the act authoris ing the Comptroller of Philadelphia to settle cer tain military . aecotints. Also, an act to incorporate the Great Council of the Improved Order of Bed Men of Pennsylvania. OIIIGTNAL BBSOIUTION Mr. FitrwaY offered a resolution that the Com mittee on Finance be instructed to report a bill to appoint a commission to examine into and report to the nextLegialature, the condition, &a. of the institutions of the Commonwealth to whieh the Legislature is annually -appropriating money. Pawed. Mr. McOrions offered a resolution that the Se nate hold a 5081111011 this evening at 7/ o'olook, for the purpose of considering the bill for the proper defence of the State, which, after some debate, was passed. ANC.O7O3IDBBED On motion of Mr. BLOOD, the vete on the bill authorising a reexamination of the claims of biter man Bills and George D. Foreman, was reconsider ed, and passed finally. Mr. MALL callod ap a eapptaM l l 1 6 - t3`li penal code. [Makes provision against the laroafiy - or coupons and tlokete by omployeee. of railroads, with a view of using them for'their own pecuniary benefit. The penalty is a fine of $l,OOO and im prisonment by separate and solitary confinement at lacer for not leas than five years.] Pissed. BILLS CONSIDILBSD Mr. THOMPHON palled up supplement to au apt inoorporating the Lackawanna and Lanesborough Railroad Company. Passed—yeas lit, nays 5_ Mr. SMITH called up an act for the relief of the sureties of Jacob M. Strickler, late collector of tolls at Columbia. After considerable debate, the bill was passed—yeas 28, nays 2. Mr. Gavin called up a supplement to the sot relative to the courts of Union and Snyder coun ties. Passed. Mr- BOUND, an act to extend Paradise street, in the borough of Turbetville. Passed. Mr. XLTCUAM (for the. Speaker), Supplement to an sot to incorporate the Donaldson Improvement Company, late the Eagle Iron Company.- Passed. Mr. THOMPSON called up an act to incorporate the Line Lexington Seminary Aseociation. Pawed. Mr. ICITCHAM, a supplement to the Wilkesbarre Water Company. Passed. • Mr. Botromrsa called up an act to grade, pave, and curb Main street, in the borough of Annville, Lebanon county, which was passed. Mr. Bourn called up the supplement to the act incorporating the Shamokin Steam Tow• Boat Company, which passed finally. Mr. Cxy.man called up the bill to incorporate the Fanners' and Mausolea' Insurance Company of Reading, which passed finally. Mr. Comtism. called np the supplement to the act to incorporate the Managers of the Poor of Gerinantown, which passed finally. Mr. SMITH read in place a supplement to the revised penal code of the State, providing for the punishment of persons engaging in treasonable correspondence against the government. The Senate then adjourned. dIreaRNOON slams. The following bills were considered and passed : A supplement to the act Incorporating the Erie and Pittsburg Railroad Company ; a supplement to the cot incorporating the .I,coming Mutual In surance Company; an act for the relief of the bondholders of the finequehanna Canal Company; a supplement to the act Incorporating the Payette county Railroad Company ; supplement to the act incorporating the Harrisbufg - Gas Company ; a supplement to the act incorporating the Rioh mond and Schuylkill Passenger Railway Com pany;: act to authorise the Controller and City Treasurer of Philadelphia to settle certain mili tary accounts, and a farther supplement to the act consolidating the city of Philadelphia. • The last-mentioned bill has reference to the pluming of ashes in the streets and alleys and upon sidewalks. It imposes additional expense upon housekeepers, while relieving the contractors from the performance of an important portion of their duties.. _ The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE The House was called to order at 10e'olook, and, going into eorensittee, a numbese of bills on the private calendar were prepared for a Beyond read ing. the House proceeded to the second reading end consideration of bills upon the private calendar, when a large number passed Axially, and. amoni them the following: To vacate and annul a certain trust. , To incorporate the American and /ndia Coln niereial Company. - To incorporate the St. Jolephin Penis& Aoade• m y. A supplement to the act for the better preserve- Lion of game. A supplement to the act incorporating the Phila delphia end Waterford Railroad Company. An act to provide for the more correct and faith ful assessment of real estate in Philadelphia. - To incorporate the Cone Lodge, No. ?68, of the I 0. of 0. .P. A supplement to the act incorporating .the Mauch Chunk Water Company. To authorise the commissioners of Cambria county to borrow money. " A supplement to the act ineorporuting the bo rough of Easton. A supplement to the act of 1857 relative to the fees of aldermen, justices, and constables. To establish the Union School district of Ches- ter and Delaware counties supplement to the aet incorporating the Uni versity of Kittanning. To change the name of the F'irst Regiment of Artille% ad Brigade, First Division, romps - Ws Militia. To incorporate the Phoenix Hotel Company at Wilkeabarre. To incorporate the Tideoute and Irvine Towing path Company. To provide for the erection of a pew county out of 'll 2 a ta ugo C ri e a n e ti the e° : l r n u t g.ees of the M. E. church, of Quakertown, Ducks county, to sell certain real estate. To autbortie the Welsh Society of Philadelphia to sell their burial ground, in the Twenty-fonxth ward. 0.,T0 authorise the appointment of a notary publki In Ma county. A supplement to the out incorporating the bo rough of Montrose. . To repeal the eat relating to anotioneere in the city of Erie. To provide for the erection cf a house for the employment and support of the poor in Bradford county. To incorporate the &aspens(=Trefoil Company. A supplement to the act incorporating the oily of Brie. Various other bills-plumed, making in all fifty eight ; many of them relating to minor matters, granting relief to certain persona, oonfirming titles, authorising the sale of real estate, protiding far the opening of nada, &a , do. _ The bill to incorporate the Beaver 'Coal and NrOgatign Oompany, being under noludderetion, the mottle then adjourned until thretre'elook. ArI.IIINOON 8110810 N. The following bills ware severally °moldered and passed finally An alit relative to the ameeisiont of damages on the North Branch (lanai ; an act to authorize the construction of a free bridge over the Schuylkill river at South street ; [the bill done not provide for a draw an not to incorporate the Bethlehem and Bath Railroad Company. The House then took up the bill taking from the Supreme Court the power of appointing inopeetora of the penitentiaries. A lengthy dismission ensued upon the bill, Messrs. Williams and Seltzer advocating it, and Masers. Armstrong and Laieenring oppoeing it. The bill then paused finally—yeas 54, nays 40. Meesrs. Ridgway and Seltzer only, of the city members. voted in the affirmative. The evening session of the Rouse was, on mo• tion, dispensed with, in order to allow the joint Committee on the Defence of the State to meet. The House then adjourned. Session of the Legislative Military Committee. HARRISBURG, April 11.—The joint Le gislative military committee have been in session for three hours this evening, and will probably not adjourn before midnight. Three points were discussed, viz the amount of money to be appropriated ; will the General Government furnish the arms; and the propriety of the establishment of a mili tary bureau, as recommended by the Governor . Captain Elliott and Lieutenant Halliday, of the United States Army, were present during the con sultation. The committee will report a bill to morrow morning, and it will be pasted immediately. Adjournment of the Massachusetts Legislature. BOSTON, April 11.—The Lekialature adjourned erne dze, today. The Navy Department, HOW FORT SUMPTER IS TO BS -PROVISIONED. LProm tWa 1 , 11. Y. Exprees of lent evening.] The Vincennes, et Beaton, is ordered to be got ready for the coast of Africa, and the Jamestown, at Philadelphia, for the coast of Brasil. The Government, it is said, is in the market for additional seaworthy vessels. It is proposed, on account of the scarcity of junior lieutenants in the naval service, available for sea duty, to graduate immediately the senior class at the naval academy, and order them to vu sele now going into-oommission. HOW FORT SITAIPTHR IS TO DI PROYISIONRIL The plan of putting supplies into Fort Sumpter is by means of small boats. to be protected on the exposed side by small sailing and steam yes • eels, filled with bags of sand and bales of wet bay. These latter vessels or schooners have been char tered by the Government, and not to prooeed south of Savannah. There is no doubt that they are to aid in the work of assisting the smaller boats to throw supplies into the fort. Should the boats be tired upon, and the danger to them appear great, then the war vessels will in terpose, and throw both provisions and men Into the fort by foroe, if possible. . The instructions on board the Baltic, Powhatan, Ind - ether vessels, are complete and well under stood, and the plan has been on foot for some time among certain army °Seers. It is rumored that the work will commence to-day or to-night upon a given signal. The fact that Major Anderson needed relief, by evacuating the fort, or additional supplies of men and means, has been patent for six weeks past. [SICOND DISPATCH.] Lieut. Talbot reports great exeitemeut existing at Charleston, among all chases of the population. The wives and families of the calms) Under arms are frantic at the approach of the oriels. Lieut. Talbot says the Secessionists will fire upon any vassal that shall attempt to pass their batte ries for Fort Sumpter - , as the - men at the shore bat teries are eager to diatinguieh themselves in what they call a holy cause, and if even no orders should be given to fire, some reckless subordinate will un doubtedly inaugurate civil war by a jerk of the percussion lanyard, • or the impulsive conjunction of cigar anti priming. ' Arrival of Troops trom Texas. EXTURN OF FO'OR HITADRBD MEN. [From the Evening Foot of last evening.] The steamship ii,:earzassaises, Captain arrived at this port title morning from Texas, bringing the Federal troops from that State. Tho Coatzacoaleos left the bar at Pass Cavallo (Texas) on the 61st of March, touched at Key West on the 4th inst., and landed two companies of in fantry at that place. Being unable to obtain water at Key West, the steamer then proceeded. to Ha vana, and sailed therm on the afternoon of the 6th inst. She has experienoed very heavy galas during the passage. The vanish left at Pass Ca vallo were the steamship Wsispire Cary, which was to sail for New York in eight days, and was await ing the arrival of troop! from the interior; and the Star of the West, which was also waiting for troops. The Coatzacaalcos was chartered by the Go vernment to bring home the Federal troop■ who Were left in TOW without a commander, after she treason of General Twiggy The Empire City and Star of the West will bring the remainder of the soldiers. The number of the troops who have arrived to-day IS four hundred and seventeen, divided into companies, as follows : Captain John K. King, First Infantry, com manding. First Lieutenant William P. Chatablitss, Second Cavalry; Adjutant. AAsistant burgeon, Richard R. Alezander. Company I, First Infantry, Captain John H. King 83 Coi x u l :Lr a u e y r D, Second Cavalry, Captain Innis N. 59 Company E, Second Cavalry, Captain George Stoneman. 45 Company I, Seeond Cavalry, Captain Albert G. Braohitt. 59 Company B, t.eeond Cavalry, First Lieutenant Walter kl Jenifer 64 Company 11, Second Cavalry, Lieutenant James E. Harrison.. Colmar_ Grttand Total Aggregate.. ,„,_ Mrs Caldwell and three children, Miss Lacy, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Harrison, and Mrs. McFarland accompany the command. Mrs. Edward Williams came as a passenger. Twenty-four laundresses, belonging to the compa nies, also come with the troops. The Coatzacoatcos sailed from this port on the 16th March, arrived at Key West on the 21st, and reached Pass Cavallo Bar on the 28th. The troops in Texas are in excellent health and condition, and are abundantly supplied with pro visions and means of transportation. The Empire Cuy was to leave Indianola in about eight days after the departure of the Coat. zacoaloos. 6ho would .tako on board tho third detaohment of troops. The Star of the Wirt would probably be de tained for twenty-five days. The number of troops lett in Texas is about one thousand men, some of whom have to perform a march of seven hundred miles to reach the coast. Late and Important from the West Indies. TUB SPANISH' OCCUPATION OP SAN DOMINGO [Correspondence of the New York Rxpreasj BAYAZ&, April d. The news in relation to the Dominican Republic, and its annexation to the Spanish Reallus, is con firmed in every reaped. The army which will sustain this movement I. composed of about 7,000 men, and four. Spanish stem frigates are already in the port of St. Domingo City or Bay of Si mono, to inaugurate the acquisition—the Blanca, Berenguela, Isabel la Catolica, and Velasco— and the whole matter only waits the ratifi cation of the queen, by accepting the fabri cated donation of territory, jurisdiction, and so vereignty got up by Colonel Pont, of the Spanish army, :sting under ministerial instruotion from Madrid. The proclamation of Santana, prepared under Spanish dictation, by Colonel Font, has been published here, with suitable laudatory and undulatory notion, If not eo powerful, we are cute, and our Intelligence in diplomatic arrange ments will create power. The Commissioners of the Confederate States of America, arrived by the Habana, 3d instant, on their way toEurope.i Judge Rost, W. L. Yancey, Mr. Pearn, and Mr. Adolphus Rost, the two last secretaries of legation. Judge R. flu hie wife with him, and the party eeenpied 1002a1 at the Hotel Cubano. They have accepted the attentions of the British Consul General, instead of their countryman and Southern friend, the Coosul General of the United States. Straws show the wind—but it will not blow. to pay. They leave by British steamer for Southampton to-morrow The health of Havana is good that of the win try also People are getting more sound on the !Mangle' question, and are already eogitatit% rail roads for st. Domingo ., .Before the body is cold they wilkerrap it with iron and golden band'. F. The Coatzaeoaleos. sailed. from. this p0rt..16 tb March, arrived at Key West 21st, and armed at Pass Cavallo bar 28th ; sailed from there 31st, via Key Wein 4th instant, and Havana 6th instant. - • The troops in Texas are in excellent health and condition, and are abundantly supplied with pro visions and means of transpOrtation. The Empire, City ; would Lyme Indianola in about 'eight days, with the thud detachment of troops. The bTtar , of the West Would probably be de tained twenty-five days. The number of troops left in Texts is about 1,000 men, some of whom have to perform a march of 700 miles - to reach the coast. - litarrAny.—At a meeting of the Philadel phia Guards, Captain James E. Montgomery, the company decided to abolish the intros- by which they have heretofore been dealimated, and adopted that of, the " Commonwealth Artillery." This action was rendered necessary in consequence of the passage'of an act by the Legislature changing the name of the First Regiment of Artillery, Third Brigade, to the Philadelphia City Guards, thus designating two distinct organizations by the same title. The National Artillerists held en eleotion on Wednesday evening, which resulted as follows : Captain, Joseph R. Sinai; First Lieutenant, War ren L. Young ; Second Lieutenant, George Armstrong. Scltuviarua, Buroon.—& bill bee passed one branch of our State Legislature, and ts now before the other branch, to erect a permanent bridge over the river Balmy Mill at South Street. A similar at tempt to erect bridges over that river, without a draw for vessels to pass, has never till now been attempted. 'Should this bill become a law, all sea going trade on the western front of our river will be emberreised. Thera is a very oonsiderable trade In ooal, plaster, and lumber now oarried on there which should not be Ignored, to say nothing of the amount invested by property-holders in erecting large and commodious wharves, all of which will, by the contemplated movement, be rendered prac tically valueless. A. Huey's' RAFT.—The heaviest raft that was ever run down the Delaware was brow_ght to this oily on Wedneeday by Captain Wm. Perks, of Easton. Pa. The raft slatted from Narrowe- Imre, N. Y- It was formed principally of wharf timber. Ice else was one hundred and ninety feet i n l eng th, by civi l feet in width. It was laden with 3,500 railway ties, principally of oak, sad all of green wood, most of which would have simk to the bottom if they had been thrown overlxiard. The lading of the raft weighed albont 255 tons, and It drew three and a half feet of Water. Eight persona were required to manage this huge dime tare in Its progress down the river. ACCIDENT.-Henry Smith, aged twenty-one years, a wharf builder, had his left foot horribly eat by an axe at Waluutotrest wharf yosterday. lie was admitted into the hospital. • • ABIUSEMBLITB THIS EVENING WALNUT-STREET niIIt.A.TRE Walnut and leinostlai terttee.--t, "The Enehantrees.” WilltaTt.sv k rn.ansts's A nelf-ITltarr THEA,,, Arab street, above Sixth .-" The Merchant of Ve tu j, -" Katharine and fettueltio." Mobenouon s OLYMPA (late Gaienee), g below Third.-" The. Seven enders." - AssestELY Bomutesse, Tenth and lleestnet 0,,,,,,,,,,_ Abel & Leyland's Stereopticon. sAytekates Opens. Hansa. Klawente., street, abovo Chesil:nat.-Concert nigher PREFARA.TIONB FOR SERVIOE AT THE PHILA. DELPRIA NAVY YARD—THREE, WAR VESSELN o o mmignos —By the kindness of an otEet a l taohed to this naval station, we were given solo, partionlars yesterday relative to the aspeot of m kt . tors in the yard and the preparations th at ha , e boon inaugurated by the Government In reopen tr the three war vessels that are now being fitted for sea. — There were three hundred and twenty-tw o la borers at work in the yard yesterday, nearly ote hundred of whom were employed iu the m e • M ap for the first time Last week about one hundre d men constituted the entire force, and to•day is 4 probable that from fifty to eighty new men will to taken in. By Monday from four to flee hene t 4 men will be at work in the several departments Those recently employed are not eel:kneed to ao t . single meohamoal branch, but include rig gei i . °walkers, joiners, blaoksmithe, painters, enmesh' and men of all avocations commonly required i f ; the servile° e - For every employed man, however, there w et , three or four rejections, and groups of idle °litanies loitered in the main walk, around the gates, and about the parade ground The three hundred employed parties were regarded by tim e w ith wistful eyes, as the former emerged from th e docks and shops at noon. Not only are these signs of animation manifested in the matter of workmen, but the reeruitina station, which has been closed until recently, again opened, and men are enlisting for service daily by the dozen and score The preeanite of the times has neeesaitated % hey of these to go a soldiering, but the mass of recruits are of the reckless &erecter common to Un t i e Sam's Service By the rules they are farniehed time insanityg ro thea e d I b u y . with three months' pay in advance, but required t e furnish security for their forthcoming in the laps e of a week. The intermediate ei sn e a season of refreshing intoxication, and in a am, dition or inebriety verging on tore defender of his country is delivered up by hi e security, and taken to the yard in a !erratum Cl? Some fifty recruits have enliated during this and last week, a fair proportion of whom were troubled with manisea-potu for some days after going to the receiving ship, The total number of marine; in the yard, in. eluding officers, is now one hundred and twenty, If these should be found too few for the ntooreities of any 'sudden exigency, a day and a night will suffice to draw for any number of marines upon the neighboring stations of New York and Norfolk. These are confined upon the receiving ship Prreree ton, which lies at the extreme south pier. le e were particular to-interrogate our informant as to the sentiment prevalent with the marines and na. val officers of this station, in regard to the all eb• sorbing theme of the beleaguered forte ac, the imperilled Union We were told that sentiment was at first divided, inarinuoh as the Ewe hod many warm friends among both officers and men. Bat the recent excesses that have marked the oondeet of the Disunionists, the outrages Isom. rented upon the national flag, the threats laid at the feet of the Government executives, and finally, the demonstrations that have mewed even the astpital of the nation, have wrought upon the pa tnotism of men and cffieere until the question is net longer one of sympathy, but of action, for which all are anxious. The officers at the Philadelphia station hold the hotter of the Government as their own, and the efforts that have been made to Inlet it into disrepute have heated their blvi. It is probable that this soldierly purpose will shortly find Repo for practice. The Water Witch,. a aide wheel messenge r steamer, carrying three.guneOles in the stream, few rods from the docke, anal is fully prepareti fo r service. She went into commission on Mond a y and her Crewcut:spring seventy men, all told, whi, were transferred to her from the Prineffrm on Wednesday evening. The Water Witch, it a lithe, light steamer, full-masted, and low in the deck, and capable of making fifteen knots en hour. She is rated at 378 tonnage, and wan built kl Wallington, D ,in 1845 She in peculiarly oaloulated for making into narrows and shallows, where it would be difficult to navigate with larger versals, and Is thus eminently adapted to all the requirements of a messenger steamer. She has been twice reported to the War Department at 'ready for immediate duty. The following are bar present °Mears : William Rotteltendorf, lieutenant oommanding Allen Y. Reed, master. J. L. Davis, lieutenant. Edward Scattergood, third assistant engiuter. Reynolds Driver, third assistant engineer. Charles H. Cushman, lieutenant. J. W. Eastman, lieutenant. W. C. Belden, lard assistantengineer. Charles H. Loring, first assistant eogintor. Joseph B. Harvey, captain's clerk. P. S. Wales, assistant surgeon. The St. Lawrence and the Jammu-tot hare been unordinary at this port until recently. Both are now hauled in at the north pier, and lay side by side with a small army of caulkers, carpels. ters, painters, and riggers, around them. It is !apposed that two weeks will sofas to Sr them in first rate order for active nerviest, and the orders from Washington to do so have been already re• arived. The St. Lasenenee was built at (import, in 1547. She is a frigate of the Ault clan, carrying fifty guns, and of 1,726 tonnage. Her full eamplemein of men is 475. Her immense hulk and poop met above the watert, almost hiding the view of the Jamestown; and her iron water tanks, ninety In number, would, if set in a lino, reach in eighth ot a mile. She corresponds, in attitude, to the hags leviathan, With a gun for every tooth, and la well caLsulated to intimidate the frowsy of a foe. She is an armament in herself. The Jamestown was long the flag-ship of the African tquadron. More recently the was at. tithed tp the Home squadron. She is manned, . woo. by two hundred men, and wea balm at Gosport in 1844 . sh. , Bret. elate sloop-of-wer, carries 22 gnus, end is og 985 Ml:Maze. The labor upon the.. versals will occupy the et , button of large body of men for a week or two ensuing. The farrienoton, it Is thought, will re lieve one of the war steamers on the Brasilia° coast, al the former is needed to quell rebellion at home. 414 3 The ordnance rooms, which we visited yesterday, are supplied with etande of arms, cutlasses, etc., snffielent to equip any, IllOderate armament. Tim magazine for the station is at Fort Mifflin which contains sufficient stores of powder, we believe, tc undermine and blow into the constellations at lam any two rebellious States or arty single Confede racy of the same. It was remarked to tis yesterday, that possibly additional precautions would shortly be taken to insure the solely of the Government property it the navy yard. Although anticipating no diffi culty, still, it is well to be prepared for all treason, and as thousands of strangers hourly visit the navy yard, it would not be difficult for a treasons ble intent to accomplish its purposes here, Ripe rior vigilance, we understand, will be shortly used to prevent strangers, of all orders, from entering the yard We heard it rumored last evening that the Water Witeh would sail for Pensacola at ease. A Dasmostexa CHAILACTZB.—Robert Fergu son, while intoxicated, was arrested on Wednes day evening at Thirteenth and Pitstrater street', upon the onarge of violently assaulting a Miran with intent to kill. The amused madea desperate resistanae, and was lodged in the Ration house, at ter roughly handling three oilmen. He was com mitted in default of $l,OOO bail by Alderman Lentz. Fester 4 4, morning Ferguson was taken before Pollee Magistrate Bidder upon the ehargo of std. bing a man on Easter Sunday at Sixteenth and Federal streets. He was 4100 committed to answer this charge. Atlttitsrun.--Five young men; named Thos. Hanley, Wm. Brown, Leedom Telenet, Daniel 211 _,°' Carty, and George Brown, were arrested on WOu• needsy afternoon by °Moors Heiferty and Mint, upon the charge of being implicated in the stab• lung of Thomas "Wand and Jno. La Mane, at Eleventh and Carpenter streets, as was mentioned in The Preis of yesterday. Biland and La Blanc are both at the hospital, doing very well. The ao eased were all committed in default of ball by Al• demon Lents.. CHILD KlLLED—Yesterday afternoon a lit tle eon of Simon Blumenthal, who resides in Fourth street, abase Coates, was instantly killed by being run over by one of the oars on the Fourth.street Passenger Railway. It is supposed the child was playing on the track at the !hoe The wheels of the oar passed over the middle of its body. The driver was arrested by OSoer Murray,• and held to await the result of the cora Der's investigation, which will take place this morning. FATAL AOcrozstr:—Testerday afternoon a la,borer named Jacob . Kreener aged thirty.ilva years, had Ms lift log grashed in a abooking man ner bp , ,a portion of an , old wall falling on bini, at Third and Poplar streets. - He was conveyed to the Pennsylvania Hospital-where he died in about au hoar after , hie admWtos. Thir deceased resided on Germantown road, near Second street. SAD AccumitT.—About 10 o'clock on Wednesday night a bank of coal caved in at To' maqua„, burying two mitten beneath the rains One of ttiem, named Patriek Welah, had his' left arm badly , crusted, and it was found neceseary to ampuiate the limb. The other, named Patrick Farr, had bin left thigh fraotured and badly bruised Both the sufferers were oonveyed to the hospital. Fitts,—Yesterday morning, between S and a 9 o'olock, fire broke out in the thlri story of 8 lager-beer saloon 000npie:1 by Sarah Johnson, st No. 114 Union street. The third story was rented to a woman named Mary Henderson, who went ont, leaving two small children in eharge of the room. While playing with matches, they set fire to the room which was completely burned out, to gether with a lot of clothing. The children were ' rescued in safety. The total loss will nit exceed S2OO. FIRE IN BUCKS COUNTY.—EarIy on FridsY morning feet a destructive fire occurred on the hanks of the Neebegiony crook, um. Eridgester at the repidenos of Mr. F. E. Dixon, formerly the roperty of Richard Paxson, and we regret u) Pears the building wax entirely destroyed , CO. gether with moat of the furniture: There Was as Insurance of 18,000 - on the property and $5.0 00 00 the furniture. The building was a fine cid iner , den of stone, and one of the beet built in the <minty. BOY DROWNED.—A lad named Frank Craft, sedl3 years, was neeideatally drowned in a saw mill dank, on the west aide of the SlibuyiSilli, s short distance below Market Meet bridge. unfortunate youth was engaged in ducking a chicken at the time of the ocourrencie. The cur t ' ner held en inquest yesterday morning. Tux Punuo SQuax.xs.—Most of the public squares have either been thrown open for the sea son or are about to be opened. Franklin and Washington Squares sttraeted many vitilors Mornay. The improvements in Fairmount Pita Progress very slowly. CarGur AT LlST.—Detective Bartholome w arrested John Wilson alias John Willitl3lBoll, hail ing from Cincinnati, upon the charge of be l l* concerned in the robbery of a drover, no"! 'iodiseMid, who had $1,500 ablitracted from hi' poeket at the depot, Eleventh and Market street , . The robbery happened several weeks since, sad this is the seoond party arrested for it. 'Oros was committed for trial.
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