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I)C Jcffcvsonian.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 18G1.
jtfg- By reference to our advertising
columns it will be seen that our late fel
low towusmau, G. M. Price, intends re
puming the Painting business iu this place
about the 1st of April next. Wo take
pleasure in recommending him to tho-c
who may want work done in hi Hoc.
lie is a rood workman, and one who ful
ly understands the various branches of hi
business.
THE REBELLION.
Nothing, as yet has transpired to lead us
to believe that this rebellion will be settled
without an appeal to the Eword. South
Carolina's course is still bold and defiant
She seems fully determined, to compel the
Federal Government to acquiesce in her
suicidal and treasonable course, or viodi
estc itself by enforcing the laws which
this rebellious State hai net at defiaune
-Treason got tho start of the Union, by
having traitors in Mr. Buchnnan's Cabi
net, and she has entrenched herself in the
Federal forts, so that it now would re
quire on effort to dislodge the rebels.
The Uuion sentiment seems to be some
what growing in tho Southern States.-
The extremely henry taxation that some
of the planters oro subjected to, is open
ing their eyes to the fearful con-cqueuces
that treason has brought upon there In
South Carolina the slae holders are tax
ed $16 per head for their slaves, whiel:
they are compelled to pay or fell their
negroes t one quarter their value, previ
ous to the rebellion.
South Carolina is sick and tirrd of see
ing the stars and stripes wave over Fort
Suopter, and she therefore is making
great preparations to take them down.
A few weeks will probably tell whether
she can do this or not. Suxpter badly
needs reinforcement, but since the Star
of the West failed to supply this need,
tbe Ooternment eeras. to nave given up
all idea of reinforcing her, and to have
almost abandoned her to the increy of
the traitors. Something, however, may
yet unexpectedly turn up to favor her, or
she may prove more than a match for the
rebels, unless they succeed in starving her
out.
Thus near have tbe rebels of South
Carolina got the Federal government con
quered in that old Tory State. A Gov
ernment that dares to tamely subu.it to
tho indignities that have been repeatedly
cat upon thi?, by such contcrn jtiblc
traitor scoundrel as infest South Caroli
ina, deserves to be wiped from the list of
nations, for it is a gross disgrace to every
people claiming to be a nation. If the
government had coved in tin e the trai
tors could and would have been tied hand
and foot. They yet can be checkmated,
hampered, and starved into terms by
prompt and decisive action, which we
trut-t is being resorted to.
The traitors arc endeavoring with all
their hellish power, to induce Virginia
and Maryland to secede, so that they may
then, as they think they can, capture
the Federal Capital. Virginia any se
cede, but it is believed that Maryland
will not; but if tboy both do, we trust they
will not Buceeed in capturing Washington
and taking Gen. Scott and all tbe Feder
al officers prisoners. If there is not vi
tality enough in this Government to guaid
against such a disaster, then the traitors
will have established the fact that they
are worthy of success. The traitor rep
rcsentatives iu Cougre-s from Florida.
AUbsma and Mississippi, on last Mod
day formally withdrew. Thus is the
Government relieved of those rebels, who,
' since this scces-ioo commenced, have been
using their whole power to clou and choke
the Governmental machinery whenever
it was attoffipted to be brought to bear
against tbe rebels.
It "ministers to a mind diseased."
Dyspepsia and its coocomitant ctils, re
pult in bodily a well as mental suffering.
The Oxygenated Bitters in restoring tbe
digestive organs to perfect health, red
stores the mind to its natural vigor.
A correspondent at Washington,
telegraphs to the New-York Tribune that
Col. Hugcr of the army, is expected to
head the Virginia raid upon Washington
and that Dr. Jones of The Sr. Y. Herald.
is the person who sent to the rebels a!
Cbarletoji of tbe destination of the Star
of tho West for that port.
Five Children at a Birth.
The Express states that a German wo
man residing in or near Pbiliipsburg N.
J., recently gave birth to 6vo children
four boys and a girl The girt died very
oon, but the boyj nro living.
jgg?No man oan avoid his own compa-
,dj ho had better make it as good as
possible.
FOR TIIC JEFFEUSONIAN.
Delaware Water Gap, Jan. 21.
Maf.y Hutchison, aged about six
teen years, died very suddenly at her
home in Dutotsburg last Friday night.
Scarcely had tho neighbors all heard that
Mary was Mck before the announcement
was iu ode on Saturday morning that Diary
was gone! Iu her usual health aho attend
ed church the Sunday previous, and wa
present with ber class of little ones in the
Sunday School. 0, bow sudden ! Only
sick three or four days and her spirit wa
loored from its mortal part and returned
to the God who pave it 1 Whilst the ar
rows of Death had been flying thickly
in neighboring communities, for some
months, we had been mercifully spared
We had thought of this aud we had pray
ed that when our turn came wo might be
prepared for the tryiug hour. We hope,
we believe death found Mary thus pre
pared. The piece,
"Dearest sister, thou h;i8t left us,"
which was sung by her young associates
at her funeral, could not have been more
suitable to the occasion if it bad been ex
pre-sly written for Mary. She was indeed
"mild and lovely," she was "gentle'
and con8ding, .odo!t, quiet and anas-
suniiuc With diffidenoo he accepted a
f lare to teach tho little ones in our Sun
day School, but after she consented the
wa always at her post. Whcu she began
to suspect she would not be able to meet
Iter elas yesterday she requested a friend
to take care of it for her. That friend
has a sacred trust which she oan nevor
forget. Before the clasn met, their teach
er had "'one to the spirit-land.
Marv will be missed from the circle o
her joung tssociates, she will be missei
from the Sunday School, and 0, how she
will be missed from that fire-side where
.-be was tbe only daughter and sister at
borne.
A Jarre number of relatives and friend
assembled to pay the last tribute of res
pect to the departed, and Mary now rests
in the grave to wait the resurrection.
Tbe sy mpathie of tho community flow
freely iu behalf of the bereaved family
May that God who doeth all thiug well
support them in this dark hour of trial.
A. B. B.
o-
YlJ Mr. Comer.", a Democrat from
Western Virginia, made a spirited and
patriotic t-peeeh in the House of Representative-'
on Tuesday, iu which he said
that Secession would be tbe death-knell
of Slavery, and that the real object of
the movement was to open the African
slave trade, nhile its result would be to
suijugstc Virginia to the dominion of the
Cotton States. lie declared that there
was yet a gallant land of Union men in
the South who would not be tamely
cru-bed by iraitorn. His remarks caused
murh jcnsntiou and some uproar on the
Southern side of the House.
A Florida Mail Cut Off.
The mail let ween Charleston and Fer
nandina, Fla., ha been cut off. because
the steamers on that route were with
drawn aud appropriated to purposes hos
tile to the Government. Florida is bo
ginning to feel tbe benefits of recession,
which her leaders promised would follow
to rapidly.
The Wellington correspondent of The
Times gives the following account of some
remarks tx.ade by Mr. Crittenden in tbe
i'xecutive Ses.MOD of tbe Senate on Fri
day :
"During the debate on the nomination
of Secretary Holt, Mr. Crittenden is said
to have taken the ground that, hb Ken
tucky i now a Central State, enjoying all
the pio-pcrty coo-cquent upon the pres
ent Utiiou and form of Government, "he
never would consent to its breakiog up
and the formation of a Southern Confed
eracy, of which she would bo a Border
State, exposed to all the dangers and loss
en of ueb a position. He was much af
fected during this portion of his remarks,
and the manner iu which he upbraided
the Southern men who defeated his Com
promi-e in tbe Striate was very severe. Tie
took the position that the Union must
Ijc preserved at all hazards, either by peace
able means or byjbicc, and that force used
aaint the l&wlcss citizens of a Govern
ment ia not coercion of a State. The
speech briog entirely unexpected, created
a groat sen-stiou among the Senators.'
This is ground on which Mr Crittenden
might advautageouily havetaken biwstand
at tho commencement of the session. It
is ground held by Mr. Lincolu, and by
the great body of the people. First lot
us maintain tbo Constitution and the U
nion mid eru-h tbe treasonable conspira
cy to destroy tbem. That done, we f-hall
have amilu time to consider aud settle all
grievances of the South against the North,
and vice versa, those relating to outrages
on Noithrrn citizen, as well as those re
lating to the negro question in general:
Wo are gUd at lat to count Mr. Crittcn
den among the advooates of this whole-'
some doctrine.
Malice Aforethought.
The New York Times fays, upon au
thority, that during the year which has
just clo-ed, there were sent, from the
Springfield armory alone, to South Caro
lina, 15,000 muhketi ; to Alabama, IS..
000 mu-kets; to Georgia, 20,000 mus
kets; to Louisiana, 30,000 muskets; to
North Carolina, 25,000 mukets. This
is one of tho evidences that tbe Secession
tets have long meditated disunion and
civil war, and proided thcinsolves, as best
they could, out of the Federal resources
We tbink that, before tboy get through
with their treasonable scheme, they'll
And that most of those pilfrcd muskets
will Icicle.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, Jan, 19, 1801.
I wish to 8av a few wordB of the mili-
tary'positiou of Fort Sumter, as derived
from sound military authorities. There
ie, of course, groat anxiety in regard to
tho fort, and thore are many coutraaicto
rv accounts roencctine it. Tho following
are tho fact, ho far as tbey go:
Fort Sumtor has as near to one hun
dred men, of all sorts, bs need be They
have hard work to get thctr guns into po
sition from the want of hoisting appara
tus, but have nevertheless done it. As to
provisions, they are well enough off for
tbreo or four montbB. Ut course, tncy
have not the luxuries of life, but tboso are
not usuallv deemed essential in puoh oa-
ses. j uey are, uowcvui, uun iuuj pi-
mi 1 mm W fi11
pared for whatever may come.
Can the fort be talien oy tuc vnaries
tonians by an assault in overwhelming
numbers, surrounomg u, auu cuuimg it?
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walls? The opinion of military men, and
the deductions of all experience, are that
I It 1 14 r.nnnnt be done bv raw troops. It
mieht be accomplished by regulars, tho
roughly drilled, used to service, ttrictly
obedient to orders, and with perfect con
fidence in their officers. A force of
000 men of this oharactor might effect its
capture, but then only with a prodigious
i.'fiftn nf Jifp. But it is oonfidcutlv be
lieved that raw troops aro wholly iucapa
ble of the service; and, moreover, that
they would bo more certain to fail by a
nijht than by a day attacK, since a hut
prise is out of tho question. As to
breaching the fort from the shore, the
distance is too great.
Tho resources of tbo fort for defense
arc numerous and vast. First, it has a
hiirhlv aceompli.vhed officer of Engineers
in Capt. Foster, who is well versed in his
profession, aud who has made this partio
ular question his special study forsevcra
mouths. He has een Hervice, and
is
known to be fully master of his position
The. main defeuse against tho suggested
assault is the hand grcuade. This is i
mo't deadly in.-trument, thrown by hand
and deals death and destruction wherever
it alights, x One of them thrown, into a
boat tenrs it to pieces and de.-tToy all on
board Tbey can be thrown by the gar
rison from under cover", where the men
can neither be reached nor seen. Capt
Foster is known to have been practicing
his men in the practice with this n capon
until their proficiency is perfect.
But a great security againt attack i
the capacity of the fortress to shell and
dnntrnv the citv of Charleston. It can
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readily do this, and it is a danger tbo au
rhoritifls will not incur. It is better to
let tho fort alone than to take it at such
x nnsfc even if this wero possible. But
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Charleston might be destroyed and tin
attack fail at tho same time.
Can the fort be relieved by sending
.supplies to its assistance by water? I hi
does not seem possible, unless by stealth
Tbe passage iuto Charleston harbor l
-uarded now by-such formidable batte
ries that no vessel, not even a ship-of-war
could force its way. Ships arc no match
for land batteries. Ten guns on shore
with a fair chance, can sink a feventy
four. Neither can Fort Sumter do much
of anything in the way of attack upon
these battcrirB. I hey arc, to be euro
not too far to bo reached, both by shot
aud shell. But, notwithstanding, all that
can be done would be to kill a few men
and now and then dislodge a gun. Noth
ing like a destructive attack can be made
by tbe fort upon the batteries.
In what way, then, can Fort Sumter
be relieved?. In no way, except by in
vesting Charleston by a sufficient force to
overcome all the troops that can be
brought to its defense.
In this way only can the Harrison be
protected against being Gnally starve
and compelled to surrender. Whetbei
this course will be adopted is a question
to bo decided hereafter, like all other
questions, in peaoe as well as in war, by
tbe answer of another. Will it pay?
You will have observed that tho ap
propriation of-ovcr a million and a quar
tor of dollars for a mounted regiment in
Toxas has passed tbo House. This is
deemed a Union-saving measure, and as
such it was supported. Whether it wil
receive Senatorial sanction is not so clear.
But if it bhall be clearly demonstrated
that under no circumstances can the Se
cessionists reap any advantage from it, it
is likely the measure will become a law
Gov. Huston is a trne Union man, aud
must be sustained in every possible way
Until the settlement of existing disorders
takes place, there oan be but two parties
in the country a Union and a Dioiinion
party. And wherever Union men in tho
Slave States aro to be fouud, and espc
cially where tbey are able to mako bead
against tbe fanaticism of the hour, they
muht be heartily sustained by the prc-ent
as well as by the incoming Administra
tiou. It is no time to dispute about Sla
very or Anti Slavery until tho integrity
ot the Government is fully vindicated
These questions muit be adjourned to a
more convenient season. Tho thinr to
be done now is to save the country aud
defeat the traitors. And thin is a matter
of quite as much interest to tbe South as,
to the North.aud a party there ruuut be
rallied aud protected on this basis.
i J. S. P.
Boston, Jan. 20, 1801.
Wendell Philips addressed tbe Twenty
eighth Congregational Society, in Music
Hall, this afternoon, on the fetate of tbe
criwis. He declared himself to bo a dis
union man, and was glad to seo South
Carolina and other Southern Slave States
practically initiating a disunion movoment
He hoped that all the Slave States would
leave the Uuion, and not utand upon the
order of their going, but go at onoe. He
denouueed tbe compromise spirit manifes
ted by Mr. Seward and there was an oc
casional stamping of feet and hissing, but
no outdreak.
Mr. Phillips was escorted homo by a
fowjjoUceman and a great crowd pushing
aboubita. Tho audience in tho Hall
wapj'ompoeed mainly of those regularly
attending sorveccs there, .
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
Incidents of the War.
Correspondence of tho Tribune.
Charleston, S. C, Jan. 17, 18ui.
The intelligence that tbe Government
has refused to surrender Fort Sumter.
l,t directed Maj. Anderaon to bold ana
defend it, baa created something of a scn
sesation to day. There is but one res-
poose, which is, "Then we will take it.'
Word bos been sent up from tno naitenca
on i'iorris xaiauj, "
Moultrie, that tbey arc ready for tbe work;
nd hundreds aro anxious to bo nrst in
the assault. The plan is to play upon tue
fnrt and engage tbe garrison till tbey are
exhausted, and then make an assault in
boats witn scaliug-iaiuiors, ae. xMuauug
batteries have for several days been iu
course of construction, which are to be
l.rotK'ht into uso in making tho assault.
A vigorous defense. from hort bumter
must prove terribly destructive to me
mm. m . . . A. t .
of tbe besiegers and assailants. Ibis
thev know and confess. It presents no
objection, seemingly, to tne unuonaEing.
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On the contrary, there is a growing auu
ulmost olarming uneasiness on the part of
the soldiers becauao they are not ordered
to the undertaking. If Fort Sumter is
not acquired by other means, I think
Gov. Pickens will gne tuc order in less
than one week.
A battery is being erected at Cummings
Point, where oocuo 62-poundors hfiTeben
placed in position. Cutonung s 1 oint is
tkmo nnortcrfl nf a mile di-tant. and is
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the nearest battery to Fort Sumter, tho
battery on Morris Island being upward
of one mile and a quarter distaut, and
Fort Moultrie a little less, btructures o
Palmetto logs arc being erected at those
t-attcrics for protection ag.inst tbe shells
of Sumter. Within tho last 24 hours
howitzers and mortars have been planted
at those batteries, with the view of shell
ing Sumter, which tun rumor now is, is
not bomb proof. It seems to be concenec
that Sumter will make short work of For
.Moultrie, her heavy guns being in posi
tion priucipally on that side.
While there is a good fueling on the
part of the rut-els toward Maj. Anderson
and tbe officers ot his garrisou gcocraily
''apt. Foster, secoud in command, b the
object of considerable animosity. Since
the evacuation of Fort Moultrie and tbe
occupation of Fort Sumter, that gallant
officer has twice Jallen into their bands
while on visits to the citv. The last tia:e
be wa kept for several days a prison iu
Fort Moultrie, and it was ouly when hi
a?un'd them that they might take the al
ternative of letting him go or of retaining
him at the expense of Fort Sumter open
ing on then), that be was restored to lib
erty. Since that time, Capt Fo-ter ha.
not renewed bn acquaintance in tbe city
He is known to have a comprehend! vo pol
icy, which includes practice with the 0:
colutt iadtj on the City of Charleston, ou
proper provocation, of course. It coulc;
scarcely be t-spected that there should be
an abundance of good feeling toward him
here. Capt. F. informed mc not long
.-ince that the shelling of the city from
Fort Sumter wa entirely practicable
ble; if it was not, he preferred to know it
from actual experiment.
People here begin to talk about thecx
pense of the present shite of thing, and
tbe Legislature is engaged on the annua
tax bill. Pretty much everything is to
be taxed gold watche. an'i all sorts o
luxuries and ornament. The occupation
of Fort Sumter, and the disbandining o
the troops, seems to be regarded as th
only way to stop the expense, and thus
that perilous entcrpri.'e bgio to be view
ed in tbe light of a fioanoial measure.
Disunion Leading the Way.
The following paragraph from tbe
Charleston Mercury shows that tbe Dis
unionists iu South Carolina neither halt
nor hesitate in carrying their doctrines to
their legitimate results:
ARREST FOR TREASON J. N. Mcrri
man, Collector of the pnrt of Georgetown
S. C, was on Mondny last arrested by
the people of Georgetown on a charge o
treason against the State A letter was
found written by him and aefdrcs-ed to
Mr. Buchanan, stating that he (Mcrri
man) had just, cleared vessels hi the. name
of the United States, and that he would con
tiimc to do so. Tho letter calls upon tbe
President to send a boat nnd men to col
leet tho Federal rcvonuc, and informs
him of the progress made in tbe construe
tion of tho works noar Georgetown, and
promise's to keep him posted from time to
time m relation to tho same. The letter
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is signeu oy nis initial?, j. in. m. wnen
arrested, be acknowledged having written
it. LOPSE, hie deputy, was also arrested.
Ele said ho had bocn in the habit of wri
ting out MERRIMAN's letters, but had not
done so in this case, as he considered it
trca-on. Both have been committed for
trial.
Officers of tho Government of the Uni
ted States have thus been arrested and
committed to prison for obeying tbe laws
of that Government. Tbey are to bo
tried for treason against South Carolina
If convicted, tbey will either be executed
or owe their Jives to the clemency of the
snarn bovernment of that State.
It strikes us that the Administration at
Washington cannot well avoid meeting
the issue thus raised. No Governmnnt
which bae any self-respect, or any desire
to preserve the respect of the world, ean
fail to protect ita own officers in such a
case.
woman, about 70 years of ago
died recently in Syraou-c, N. Y..iu great
destitution ana received a pauper's bu
rial, fcno had endeavored to sustain her
self by making "Grecian paintiuga" and
fancy work, bho rcprosoutod herself to
be tho widow of u former United. States
Senator of New York, nnd that at bis
death she had been defrauded of an es
tate of $70,000 by his brother. Her
Btatonieuts were not credited. But it is
since discovered that tbo deooaad was
the widow of Obadiah German, who resi
ded at Norwich, Chenango couuty, and
represented New York in tho United
States Senate from l'&oy to 1815,
The. Conspiracy to Seize Washington.
. Thc-plot to seize upon Washington and
proclaim a revolutionary Government
rom the steps of the Capitol wa3 well
matured, and coaplete in every part.
t reeted upon the confident expectation
of the secession of both Virginia and Ma
ryland before the 1st of March, aud tbe
oontinuanco iu office of tho traitors who
iave been ejected from the Cabinet.
Flovd was tho undaunted center ot ttie
conspiracy, & expected to remain in office
aud superintend us consumiimuuu. a uc
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nlan has long beeu the suuieci oi gcuerui
conversation in Washington, and wo are
able to lay its details before our readers.
m -r-r
Immediately after the secession oi Vir
cMuia and Maryland, a concerted move
ment was to be made just previous to Liin
coin's inauguration, by which a hoatib
force was to be suddenly thrown into
Washington to seize upon and garrison
all the public buildings, cxpol Congress,
and hold the town. A declaration to the
ffect that the regular Government had
been superseded was next to be issued,
and a Provisional President and Vice-
President to be proclaimed on the 4th of
March. Tho .Departments, coniaiuiug ui
fhn o rr li5t?f5 nf iliti Government, were at
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ouce to be occupied by provisional heads
and orders promptly issued tberctrom to
tho Army and iNavy, claiming trora the
officer everywhere obedience to the au
thoritics in possession of tho capuol to
t.hc Government de facto. At the same
tima, the foreign Ministers were to be
called upon to recognize the new author-
itifis. aud to announce the sucee-'S of a
peaceable revolution in tho United States
to their several Government.
It was expected that this programme
which, but for its premature exposure
might have been easily carried out, would
divido the allegiance of the Army and
Navy everywhere, confounding the offi
oers bv its audacity, ro that all whose
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sympathies or proclivities were with the
South, would have o reasonable excu-e to
no over to the revolutionary Government
without being amenable to tho charge o
deliberate treason. In this way the South
em SUvoholding Confederacy expectet
to get it start before the orId, an.d br
ready to maintain its claim to the nag
and to be considered tbe actual posse-sor
of tbe Government of the United States
It would have the great advantage of be
ing in control of tbe National capitol am
National archives, and whatever portion
of Army and Navy it miht bo able to
seduce. Whatever contests, successful or
otherwise, miiibt have grown out of thi
attempt, a great object would have been
gained. 1 he military and naval furcc ot
the country wouid have been divided, and
foreign nations made to doubt and besi
tate and delay, before teiug able to de
cide whether the de jure or the de facto
Government of the United States was ac
tually in power.
If, as we have said, the plot had not
been unexpectedly exploded, by the di
covery of tho robberies in tbe Depart
raont of the Interior, where Floyd wa
implicated, and by Major Anderson's oc
cupation of Fort Sumter, it might have
been executed with jut as much case and
suddenness as the seizure of the Florida
Georgia, Alabama, and Loui-iana fort
has been executed b? the rebel in those
States. It is here to be remarKed tuat
the revelation of the conspiracy by Floyd
was accidental and unpremeditated.
Through fear that his confederates woaid
distrust his good faith -in the 'common
treachery, he demanded Anderson's re
turn to Fort Moultrie. To escape suspi
cion, and as a means of extorting that
concession from tbe President, ho resigned
supposing, from previous ext-erier.ee, that
Mr Buchanan would give way. But it so
happened that he did not. Floyd imme
diately saw his mi-take, and offered to
remain, as is stated by the President in
his letter accepting Flojd'n resignation
But it was now too late. It was said at
tho time, and has been said ever since,
that tbo conspirator- were thunder-struck
at this faux )as of Floyd; at auy rate,
they wero loud in condemnation. They
supposed it would prove fatal to their
cherished plans, and the event has shown
that there was roaon in the opinion.
But the concpiracy is by no means de
stroyed. Its total defeat, even now, de
pends upon two grave contingencies, yet
undecided. One is, whether Maryland
will be held back from seceding; and the
other is, whether the military preparations
iu Washington are adequate to the emer
gency. The rebel are desperate, as they
have been from the start. Of course, thev
now lalor under the great disadvantage of
seeing their plans exposod, and of being
ousted from their influential positions in
the Governmont. Still, what they cau
do they will do; aud if tboy cau yet suc
ceed in taking Maryland out, aloug with
tbe other seccdiug States, they will un
dertako to carry Washington with them
also. Then it oan only bo preserved by
force of arms. And how are troops to be
conveyed to Washington from the North,
with Maryland engaged in tho rebellion,
Baltimore in the hands of an armod mob,
and railrond communication cut off? It
is even possible that the defense of Wash
ington may have to bo begun on tho soil
of Maryland.
Such is the outline of tho atrocious
conspiracy to overthrow tho Government
'ind lakn possession of tho capitol, as it
oiroulates in the highest political circles
of Washington. Wo know that no doubt
is there expressed of its being substantial
ly correct, by those who have the best op
portunitics of knowing the truth. And
wo rrpcat that there is no cert3intity
that soruo such sebemo will not oven yet
he oarricd out. Tbe most dotermined
efforts are still on foot to foroe Maryland
to seocdo, nnd tbo movement is extromely
threatening and formidable. If it suc
ceeds, nothing is certain in the future but
a fight with tho robels for tho possession
of tho Federal capitol.
xet in tho midst of tbeso fool conspi
racies, wo havo men and presses every
where begging and praying that a com
promise be mado with the traitors engagod
in thi- diabolical business 1 la it not a-
mazing that overy man of every party
who denrcB to preaervo thoRepublio, does
not hold with the grave and conservatitff
Senator from Rhode Island, who declares
that oo is airaui to compromise in tbe
face of suoh perils, for fear of demorali
2ing tho Government, and brineinp on
general confusion and anarchy Tribune.
Appointments by the Governor. OfficiaL
Secrctary of State Eli Slifer. of Un
ion county.
Deputy Secretary Samuel J3. Thomas
of Delaware county.
Attorney General Samuel A. Potvj
ance, of Butler county.
Adjutant General James Neelev. of
Pittsburg.
rillLADELPIHA CITY.
Grain Measurer Chritn Mvers from
Clarion county, to reside at Philadelphia,
j.,....-. i ujoiuiuu uy. jj. iv. shoe
maker, from Carbon county.
Quarantine Waster Robert Gartsidp
from Chester, Dclawere county.
Wbikev Inspector Col. W
from Lcwittown : Richard "Eii; f
Philadelphia.
Harbor Master Geo. T. Thorn, frora
Philadelphia.
Sealer of Weights and Measures Hi
ram Ilorter
Keeper of Powder Magazine. Mark
Low.
Health Officer. Wm. Raed, of Phila
delphia,
Bark Inspector James McManus, of
Philadelphia.
ALLEGIIEXET COUNTY.
Flour Iopcctor John Shaw, of AlTo
ghenpy county
Sealer of Weights and Measures. -Samuel
Ferguson, of Pittsburg.
An assemblage at Philadelphia, claim
ing to be tbe Democratic party of thafi
city, havo passed resolutions declar
ing among other ?editiou and treasona
ble utterances, that the Secession of the
Slave States would release Pennsylvania
from her Constitutional allegations to tbe
Union, and they propose a Convention to
determine whether tho State -hall go with
the North and East, "or with our breth
ren of the South, whose wrongs wc feel
as our own."
How they Eaise the Wind.
A:nong the itenn of news from Charles
ton floating arouod loose in secession cir
cles here, U a story that the Hon. Wm.
Aiken has been made to "disgorge in aid
of the cause much against his will," as
follow-: He was notified that he was ex
pected to advance forty thou-and dollars
to that end, and plead his right to ad
vance or not, aj be might please; adding
that he did not have the money. He was
then promptly uotiGed that he had been
assessed that amount and must promptly
pay it, under penary of having it raised
by tbo immediate confi-cation and sale of
his property in Charleston, worth many
times as couch. To save that from utter
destruction, ho did raise tbe amount de
manded, and in pacing it remarked that
bis lot would be tetter if he was a jour
neyman carpenter at the North shoving a
jack-plane, at S'- per day wages, than tbe
South Carolina millionaire he was before
it was essayed to reduce the South under
a military despotism. He ia now "one of
the su-pected;" his course in refusing to
seem to be pleased with paying tbo forced
loan having earned hirn the. dangerous
reputation of being di-affected to the
cause. WasLington News, Jan. 16,
Returned From the South.
A yoang man named Aldiich, a neph
ew of Dr. Aldrich, arrived in this city
last Monday morj.ing from Savannah,
Ga., which place be left to avoid conscrip
tion in the militia. He reports thst tho
Georgians are compelling every one be
tween 1 (5 and 50 years of age to bear armc.
He also reports that the secessionists are
those who have no property to !o.e. The
merchants and those possessed of real es
tate are very generally in favor of tbo
Union, but tho madcaps brand them 89
abolitionist and traitors if tbey give ex
pression to their loyalty and 'patriotism.
Fall River Now?, Jan. 16.
The Kansas Admission Bill.
The KanaIatiysion bill passed tbo
Senate, but with an"amendment bitched
on establishing a Judicial District, inten
ded to embarrass and delay tbe bill.
Th ero aro special orders on the calendar
which will occupy ten dys, and there is
no modo of reaching tbo Kansas bill un
til tbey are di-posed of. Tbo House will
probably reject the amendment, and, as
the Senate will be purged by the time it
can be returned, the bill can tben be car
ried in its original form; or, if it be
thought best to accept it, Judgo Pottit
will not have an easy time in being con
firmed. Discussion for a few weeks will
do him good.
SFMr. Colfax of Indiana has intro
duced a bill into the House of Heprescn
tstives instructing tho Postmaster-General
to discontinue the United States mail
in the rebellions States.
Withdrawal of Senators.
Moasra. Davis, Clay, Fitzpatrick, Mal
lory, and Yulee, delivered valedictories
in the Seuate, and formally withdrew.
Mr. Davis was decorous, oarncst, and
made a favorable impression. Mr. Clay
was bitter and criminative Mr. Ma'.lo
ry road an indictment against tho North,
which his colleague, tbe Israelito without
guile, quito approved. All these patriots
expect to come buck before long, and
most of thorn aro ratbor sorry to go.
SgyMnj. Gon. Sandford has tendered
tho whole of tho First Division N. i
Stato Militia to tho Commander in Chief,
to be ready for service in an hour's no
tice. 4i6FA Sermon in four words on tho
vanity of earthly possessions: ''Shrouds
havo no pookets,"