(■'; ---W .-"r ' For llto Ajitatur. • oostosr A|fo cotton »oh. ‘ ' ' BCp|tESiENTAI. . f ' ' -i 1 ' r - ' • « Eseeptiotai has beep takes to my statement that the Importatofnotion goods into the United fitates to thaye«r»;lBls and 1816 amounted ttf ohahnndtpdnndoigbty millionrof dollars— that thia Would annual expenditure in ~ cotton goods ahjhoof., about eloren dollars to ea«k SmUridaal f i'ihe Union of all classes and ; all ages. _ • ' a Any one can ascertain the fact by examining '• tjhetMordiotoDr jdommercei But let us look at the matter. Thewar commenced in (he be < Winning of-1812 afis ended in January 1815, Immediately after |t|e battle of New Orleans. pHce of .cottohfin imports went down to and ahalf in 1812. In 1815 it came up to twenty-one cfi&ta, and in 1810, to twenty ; ninaand a half ocnt*. Thu price in Lkerpuul in 1814, the last of the war fifty- /pix cants-—in 1815 p forty-one cents—in 1816 ’/thirty-six and a half|cents. . j , , It. is a matter .of history thnt during the war j Great Britain nappfactured her usual amount ,of cotton goods,;am|| that our cotton manufnc tores were very Louie}) deranged. So that when / the War ended, tjrditi Britain had on hand the aurplus, that, had ftjpot been for the. war, would : bare sought our pdtfa; and with us there was , ja large deficiency arsing from nori-impqrtation /Tor nearly three yerfrs and the falling uffi of our ] own manufactures, | 6of'importotioiw|for the years 1810-1811 and 1812, averagec}ihbont seventy-two millions . .ofdollars annually; In 1813 they amounted /to on)y twenty-twpi' millions, and in 1814 to -• , Only thirteen millions, and our, exports in 1814 , ‘bad fallen down to seven millions. , Wo had on ■ band at the close of |ihe war nearly throe year: Stock of Gotten. The result of the peace was to open all our : , harbors, set our fnephant ships afloat and to give an immense impetus to commerce. Con sequently an immense -increase of . i importations as well as exportations, nn exor / bitsnt rise in the pace of cotton in our own , ports and agraduaj faliing.duwn of tbe price j in England. In 1815 our . import rose up to j one hundred and: thirteen millions of dollars, j and our,exports wfty-two and a hsif millions,. ~ and in 1816 our imports rose to .one, , hundred ivnd forty-aeven.ymjfrlions, and our experts to 1 • eighty-two milliopsj Prices became inflated,. ’ speculation ran mac| and cotton went up in the jetty of New Orleans, even to thirty-four cents, • perpound in 1818,, when our imports were one ■ hundred and twentjjptwo millions, and chir ex •- port! pjtilUons. _> j. TbB result wasj.tha commercial cra.-h of ■lBl5-2fl. which swept the country likes tornado andhurledinto rpirij thousands who just; before bad counted theiriiSjesflth»Jby millions. . ’ j. E.'iEP.V. : ‘I/ 7 '- / ifEXAS. ■ ; ’.While the SootftCarolina Convention offi • idally approves ana|recommend».-ftho treachery ■of G&neral his theft of the United -States mißtary atorSSi there is every good rea son to believe that 1 ijh Texas the Twiggs party are but losing grouid, and that the people of i the state ate stilt faithful to tbe Union. • This is evidently! the opinion of (hose two archtraitors, W-igMl.-and McCulloch! ' They . would not waste pleeious time in Chailesten . ,- and Virginia if thel Could hope for success in iTcxot. They a good knowledge of the 1 people of that statejj and have undoubtedly suf ’ . flcieqjS Cause for da&airing of tbe’present” suc . i cess of treason then!. 1 fi‘ -The Hon.Ajndrqw J. Hamilton, represent - stive from Texas ip the last Congress, and a *.' strong Union mpnilias just been elected to'the /state Senate for the|counties of Travis, Bastrop . and Burnet, w|ii(jil district includes Austin, 1 ' the capital of the sijato. He became a candi - date-in order tp try‘conclusions with the seces- - ■ sionists. and belt their candidate, Shelby, . /by a very great majority. This is in the cen . v'ter of what was thoughta strongly disaffected district. Evidentlj|tha Union feeling is grow ing there. Jj Governor Houston holds out against the • Bogus That body had no ftu ' thority to deposfe hmi; and he is still Governor j of Texas.’ There Isilnodoubt thnt he will short ; Jy have govern[ieof troops at bis.disposal, to j defend himseift and thus prepared, he Will 1 summon about ;iinf: the true men of the state V and put down t eaispn. i The enlistment o| Wigfall at Charleston may . .'ha. regarded as a ('prudential measure on the - patj of that lively!Sire-eater. .Houston has of I ten '.denounced http as an unscrapulnua in i triguer, and jnst('ychr said publicly that ho i “ hoped yet lira to hang that little rascal ■> Wigfell.’* lf|ir ‘ ' will not spare / him ;-and be,,’’ :on,' evidently \ j praters to taki itteries rather . j than face tbe into. J ScccKsrpi learn >tliat ; .Cron Monddy the Tribune ; will stereotypi of which they h are circulating is every mor (ning. Their rv,... which ablnut 200,000 copies are printed,'has been stereotyped ■ for three'thonths'pas.t, ns well as the semi weekly edition of the s mejaournal of about 40,000. I Taking all their editions together, they make about 640,000 TriiMnts every week. Theijr re ' cent bid for.s66, United States bonds, I un der the. lata 12 percent loan, would seem to in - dicate a plethora qf pocket money quite (con venient in these times. It (that the profits of their |usiness last year were near ly $lOO,OOO. Froip the Evening Pod, having fully “realized all' the ends which he proposed to himself in embracing the profession of joor . nalitm, Mr. John Bigelow has retired, and Mr. .ParkeOoodwin becomes the ..purchaser of bis - interest; The 'Eetping Post divided $69,000 profits; last year, between its three proprietors.' The Independent hits t more than doubled, its 1 circulation during the past year, and now pii br ushes near copies weekly.— N. T, -Conner. • .■ y ■ij ' The Raleigh (N,; C-JSantfarcl is one of the newspaperejn the jsfcre Stater.which dares to 1 speaktruthTjh tlfe teeth, of secession. TVe quota fnom, t ;recen| issue: ' ft is on] iinal ih say, there is “ no hope for , the Union." , If fire hutulredof the public men of the he transported, or eon - fined in sic months, the. Union would: be ri storei'i and, reconstructed during that period, : kndftjKpuld he mare glorious and . prosperous ian tiutbhe now threatened with ■! destruction. | The jdiaunioaist per re is a mad ; man or a-haS mao.V He wba prefers disunion : labors to proroko and J aggraratejtbd two Sections against each other, .iis An eneßsjiohisjilaoe. He who is far discord i: instead ofconwrdjijfor war instead of peace, ?- j fwdininiy the Constitution, convene both Ilouses of Qorgress. The Senators and Representatives are lliere fjro summonedl'to assemble at their respective chambers at twelve o’clock, noon, on Thu ■sday, the fourth day <>f July next, then and thi re to consider and such measures jas, in their wisdom, (he public safety and i may seem to demand, In witness whereof, I have hereunto hand, and'oauspd lire seal of the UniUd to be affixed. ” Done at the City of Washington, this fif day of April, in. the year of our Lord one sand eight hundred and sixty-one, and of dependence of'lthe United States the i fifth. - ■; Bt ?ar PitMiofcrt. WILUCAM U. SEWARD-, Secretar* THE LATEST NEWS. We derote ail of our available space war news. 'Fort Sumter was surrende to the rebels at one o’clock on Saturday gallant defence of thirty-three boars.' same unknown reason the naval expi rendered no assistance. No person wag on either side.;■ i We publish above the Proclamation j President calling for 75,000 volunteer calling an extra session of Congress. T ernment having exhausted all forms of f anco will now act with energy. Wo call attention to the message o Curtin, and tHo action updn it by the I, tore of this State. It will be seen tha , Democrat but one voted against the > arming the State, thus showing the sy t of the pro-slavery Democracy with the The only fault wo find with the bill is, , stead of ?500,000, the sum should hast five millions. Gov. Curtin assures Pis Lincoln that Pennsylvania will furnish . volunteers in : ,48 hours, if required, thing looks ad uf 500,000 armed men i raised in the Free North in lest than t to defend the Union and the Constitutioi Prom Washington we leant that ; Douglas calleilupon the President on': evening, and assured him that he was p 1 to sustain the Administration in the ext i all its constitutional functions to presi \ Union, maintain the Government, and the Federal .Capital. This, la in fine i with the conduct of the traitors here an where who openly avow their syropat i the • pro-slavery rebels. These ignni i think because, 1 they have Voted with i these traitora 01l their lives, that they now take op arms against -their conn I the Constitution. {The sootier such pat i down among the rebels, the better it wt the community. They can easily be i and will nbver be missed.- . We belie l three fourths; of the intelligent dec of the Northwill sustain the cause of th by their Voice) and arm* if need be. X will tell. / It isreported from Pensacola that Fo ens has been -re-enforced, and another says that .400{men have been introduced news comes ithrough Secession sourc cannot be entirely relied on, bat it is pi Though this number will not make uj war garrison for the fort, it will at least! the defense tolmoke-a more-formidable! ance thanwaSmade by the bandful of! Samttr. It Is stated that the Confedera gross, on re-abiembling, will at ence i war against the United States, , We *h whether'Fnjlajnd andPranec will heln.tl i i 1 ; r | ; Presi- power laws, t>y do tea of >,OOO nd to ie de- < m.iiu gh the Jmon, be «b -esnid, of, or banco [i terest set my States teenth thou- !ba in ighty- ABRAUAM LIS' to the red to ifter a For idition killed jf the e, and je goV irboar- if Got. iegisla | every )ill for npathy rebels, hat in e beep., esident .00,000 Every oan be n days senator Sunday •epared raise of rve the defend ontrast id else* iy with amuses and for should try and riots go' I be for spared, re that looracy jDnion at time ;t Pick report . This ;s, and obable. a full [enable [ resist* ten in Cbn- declare All see THE TIOGA C.OI PEOM .HABBIBBTTBQ, SptcUl CorreiponiJtmco ot,Th» Agitutir. IlAßniaunne, April 10, 1861. War stares us' in tbe._fii.ee .at last,. not.,\var which we ourselves have sought, but wicli has been forced open us by the rebels-Sonth nnd North. It is imminent, nay even unavoidable. Thepeopta of the did Keystone State do not desire war and least of all do they desire a war where brother must dip"his hands in brother’s blood; but dearer than the'tics of family (un law it be the ties of itamediate relationship) is the American love of home, country, nation ality.-’ The preservation of nil these to our chil drcn are now involved. , If we.have a country it must be preserved with honor in the eyes of the rest of the civilized world., Our people are disgusted with the craven position which, the pro-slavery rebels are arid have been evqyy day. forcing us into, relying upon our forbearance. We desire prompt action, and our government must assert itself, or fall before the contempt of the people and the world. . . Ihe late movements of the rebels at Mont gomery , headed by Jeff. Davis, together with the threatening aspect of things at Charleston, show that civil war must come sooner or later. It behooves ps, then, in Pennsylvania to be prepared for it. 1 From our immediate, proxim ity to the Slave States, we shall be more-ex posed to it than any other, should a serious conflict between- the two sections ever occur. For such n conflict we aro not jprepared. Tito efforts of Messrs. Elliott, Cowan, JHoffitia and others, to call the attention of) the Assembly to our defenseless condition in the early part of the session proved, a failure. The Report of the Adjutant General shows that we c,re alto gctbi'rwnfit to wage even a war of defence. The Governor yesterday sent in a Message to -The Legislature, in whv,'n he-recognizes this defect and calls up'jn the representatives of the people.to remedy the evil. I congratulate tho people upoh this prompt action of the Execu tive, for had he allowed I the 1 Legislature to ad journ (without some, action touching tho im provement of nur military power, an extra session with it* attendant expenses and evils would have been inevitable, -I enclose the en tire document, with the remark, that I believe that any judicious action which may ibe taken by the Legislature and the Governor for the defence of our homes, and the maintenance of the authority of the national government, will be sustained by nine-tenths of the,people of all parties throughout the entirei Stale. I think you will not find a dozen men in the Legisla ture whose party affinities with the. rebels will drag them down to! the meanness -of voting against the appropriation recommended ; nor do I think that the people of the State will ever forget that it is much better to pay millions for defence than to pay even a single penny for tribute. But let me give you the qoverxor’s message. Executive Chamber. ) HitjrHvburg, April 0; 1301. j To tie Srno:e null Ho iwe of Hegfuentntloee of the Goyimoiucaalth of Peoneytvauiu ; : Gentlemen—As the pel-hid fixed for the ad journment of the Legislature is rapidly npreach ing, I feel constrained by a sense of duty to call your attention to the' condition of the mill-' tary organization of the State., It is scarcely necessary to say more than that the mTula system of the State, during n long period distin guished by the i pursuit* of peaceful industry exclusively* has become wholly inefficient, and the interference of the Legislature is required to remove its defects, and to render it useful end -available to the pulilic service. Many of our volunteer companies do not pos sess the number of men required-hy our mili tary lair, and steps should he forthwith taken to supply these deficiencies.. There are nume rous companies, too, that nre without the neces sary arms, and of the arms that are distributed, but few are provided with the more modern appliances to render them serviceable. I recommend, therefore, that the Legislature make immediate provision for the removal of th:se capital defects; that arm* be procured and distributed to those of our citizens who may enter into the military service of the Stale, and that steps be taken to change the guns already distributed, by the adoption of such well-known and tried improvements ns will render them effective in the eventof their employment in ac tual service. In this connection, I recommend the estab lishment of a military Bureau at the Capital, and that the military laws of the Common wealth be so modified and amended as to im part to the military organization of the State the vitality and energy nssential to its practical value and usefulness. Precautions such ns I have Suggested, are iHse and proper at all times in a Government like ours. But especial and' momentous cots 'siderations, arising from the condition of the public affairs outside the limits, yet of incalcu lable consequence to the people, and demand ing the gravest Attention of the Legislature of Pennsylvania infest the subject to which your action is invited'by this ciijnmumcafion with extraordinary interest apd importance. We cannot be insensible to the fact that seri ous jelouslcs and divisions distract the public mind, and that in portions nf this Uuoin the pence of the country, if not; the safety of the "Government itself, is efidangjeT’Bd. Military organizations of a formidable char acter, which seem not to he demanded by any existing public exigency, have been formed in certain of thq- States. On whatever pretexts these extraordinary military, preparations may have been made, no purpose that may contem plate resistance to tbs enforcement of the law* will meet sympathy or encouragement - from the people of this Commonwealth. Pennsylvania yields to no State in her re spect for and her-willingness to protect, by all needful pnranteeS, the Constitutional rights and constitutional independence of her sister States, nor in fidelity to that constitutional 'union, •whose unexampled benefits have been show ered alike upon herself and them. The most exalted public, policy and the clear est obligations of true patriotism, therefore ad monish us, in the existing deplorable and dan gerous.crisis of affairs, that our millitia system should receive from the Legislature that prompt attention Which public exigencies, cither of the State or the nation may appear to demand, and which may seem in your wisdom best adapted to preserve and secure to the people of Penn sylvania and the Union the blessings of peace and the integrity ami stability of our unrivalled Constitutional Government, The-governmentof this great State was es tablished by its illustrious founder “ in deeds of peace. - ’ Our people have been trained and dis ciplined in those arts which b ad to tbepromo tion of their own moral and: physical derelop mentand progress,'and with the highest regal'd fiir the rights of others, bare always cultivated fraternal relatione with the people of all the ?{a*e» derotci to the CoMtUntiop '*nd Uie NTY AGITATOR. Union, and always recognizing the spirit of concession and compromise that underlies the_ foundation of the Government. " Pennsylvania offers.no counsel and takes no action in the nature of- a menace. Her desire is for peace, and her object, the preservation of the personal and political rights of citizens, of the true sovereignty of Stales, and the suprem acy of law and‘order.’ . _ Animated by these sentiments and indulging an earnest hope of i tho speedy restoration of those harmonious' mid friendly relations be tween the various m embers of this Confederacy which have brought our beloved country tp a condition of unequalled power atjd prosperity. I commit tho grave subject of this communi cation to your deliberation. ■' - - (Signed,) A. G. Curtin. When this message was read in the House, Mr. Ball of Erie moved that it.bo referred to a select Committee of five to meet a similar Com mittee from the Senate, to prepare and report a bill, which was agreed to. The House Com mittee were Messrs. Ball, Williams,-Dufficld, Abbott and Gordon : nnd the Senate Committee comprised Messrs. McClure, (the inevitable Mc- Clure,) Perry. Schindel, Nichnlsinnd Hall.— They will probably report it biUto-morrow. , MISCELLANEOUS NEWSp ’ In the way of miscellaneousitejmal am quite short-ibis week. You' havia probably seen by the Tehyraf)h, \i-ynu take it, that both Houses have agreed to adjourn ou-UiqJLBi|h inst., and if the resolution* be not iNJConaidorepthece will b# busy times here for the balance rif the session. On account of the absence of McClure', who is giving hija particular attention. to the fortunes of his friends in theif endeavors to; get office from Mr. Lincoln-, the I'inariCre. Committee of the Senate have nnt yet met to consider finally the Appropriation Sill; atjd the Congressional Apportionment Committee, of Yrpich MuClore is olso (Dhairman, will probably report as noon as may be-. peHinps to day. In any shape in which it hiay Colne to the Senate 'and House it will need' two oi> three davp' tinkering. The bank bill, or rather the bill providing for re sumption of payment hy the hanks, passed the Senate on Tuesday, amended. So as to make-the day of resumption the Ist of Jdne, instead of the Int of July. Tho Democrats attempted to engraft a stay law upon it, but failingto do so? they voted against the bill. -Jo the course of the day Mr, Mott offered a) separate hill provi ding for a stay of execution certain cases! It cannot possibly pass. , In, the House they havo been discussing an | amendment to the Free Banking Law. A.section which provided for the issue of .small, notes was voted down. A bill to permit nil the banks to issue small notes has been reported in the Senate, but no’ action has been taken upon it. Later by Telegraph. Xlaubisbpbc, Friday, April 12, ISOL A hill has been reported in tjbe House ap propriating half a million dollai's for arming and equipping the militia of the State. It pro vides for the appointment;' of Adjutant, Com missary, and Quartermaster-Generals by the Governor. The War hill parsed. hath Houses to-night without amendment. Gov. Curtin wailed at the Executive office to sign it. It is signed. The Charleston dispatches about hostilities were announced in both Houses, and produced a profound sensation. Mr. Smith, a Democratic member of the House, after the Charleston dispatches were re ceived, changed his vote to Yea on the War hill. All the Democrats of both Houses voted against it. The bill appropriates $500,000 for the purpose of arming and equipping the mili tia : authorizes a temporary loan ; provides for the appointment of an Adjutaql-General, Com missary-General, and Quartermaster-Generah, who, with the Governor, are to have the power to carry the act into effect.! LiTEIt. Gideon from the Select Committee of the Pennsylvania Legislature to which was re ferred the Special Message of the Governor, on the subject of revising our militia laws, and re organizing the militia system of the State, re ported the following bill to the House on the I3th. - ' AN ACT for the better organisation of the militia of the Commouiceoitk . Section 1. J!e U' enacted, &, c., That the grand staff of the militia Tof this Commonwealth shall, in addition to tlje commander-in-chief, who shall have one aid jfor each division, to be ap pointed and confimissioned by him during his term of office, consist of one adjutant general, who, until otherwise ordered, shall act as pay master general, inspector general and judge ad vocate ; one commissary general and one quar termaster general, who shall each be of the rank of lieutenant colonel, and who spall be appoin ted by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, upon the passage of this act, and to hold their commissions during his pleasure. Sec. 2. That the Adjutant General shall re ceive a salary of five hundred dollars per an- 1 mim, and in addition three|dnllars per day when actually engaged in the service of the Slate; the Quarter-Master General and Commissary General shall each receivelfive dollars per day, when actually engaged in the service of the State; it shall be the duty of tbeSocretary of the Commonwealth to prepare the room former ly occupied hy the Canal Commissioners in the in the Capitol, fur the use [of the officers before named, who shall he allowed one clerk at a sal ary of one thousand dollarh per annum, to bo appointed by the Adjutant General. Sec. 3. It shall he the duty of the officers be fore pained to proceed at oneeto a thorough or ganization of the miljta of the State and the Adjutant General shall l!eep '» complete and correct record of all thel organized volunteer companies of the the number of efficient men in each, alnd the number 'ind quality of their arms and -equipments, and the captain of each company shall make monthly returns of the to the* Aejutant General.— And should the President-of th’e United States any time make a requisition for part of the militia of.this State for the public -service, the Adjutant General shall take the most prompt measures for supplying the number of men re quired and having them marched to the place of rendezvous, and shall call thera by divisions, brigades, regiments oy stogie companies, as di rected by tho commftDder-inscluef. Sec. 4. That rorthe.pQ rpo s e of organizing, equippingbnd ftiilhia of ibia State, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof ns may-he neoeSsary to carry out the provisions- of this Aot, he and the same j» hereby appropriated to bo paid by' the State Treasurer out of any moneyed otherwise ap propriated. . Sbc. 5. That should the ordinary revenues of .the' State not be realized in time, tn meet the expenditures that may be incurred - under tbo provisions of the Governor, is hereby authorized and empowered to‘anticipate the ex cess receipts to the treasury above the ordinary including the interest on the pub lic cfebt, byjtemporafy loffns based on Hie faith of the'Commnnwealti at a rate of interest-riot exceeding six per centum. Such loans shall be, negotiated, by the.Governor,'nt such times and in such amounts (not to exceed the amount ap propriated.) oa the objects and purposes herein before stated shall require. The cerlifioatcajif loan shall be signed by the State Treasurer arid countersigned' by the Goverhhr, and shall not extend beyond the close of the beXt fiscal year, to which period the excess receipts above the ordinary expenditures are hereby pledged for the pavment of such; loans. Sec. 6. That the Adjutant General, Quarter master General andGotmnissnry General shall, expend such amounts of the money hereby ap propriated as may lie necessary to carry out the purposes of this Ant. AH such expendi tures shall be made under the direction and by the advioe and consent of the Governor, and no bill shall be paid without being endorsed by him, and afterwards settled in the usual man ner by the Auditor General and State Treasu rer, when the Au.ditpr General draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for the same. Sec. 7. That.»o much of any laws ns may be supplied by; or conflict with the provisions of this Act, be. and the same are hereby repealed. Tho Jeff. iDuvis rebellion, claiming to be the 'Cnirfederateji Government of tho seven States which proTeiff'to-have seceded from the Federal Union, commenced fnrmal~warjyKm the United States hy opening Are on Fort &omlcrat-4.0’- olock yesterday morning. Practically, this war was commerced months ago, when the hnndfuli of Federal troops holding the forts in Charles ton harbor were beleaguered by armed thou sands and 1 cbtppclled to evacuate all .hut the largest hndj least accessible of those forts to avoid capture or extermination. ' The subse quent seizure of the Federal forts and arsenals, the mails and sub-treasuries in Georgia, Ala bama, Louisiana; with ail those dn Florida hut Fort with tho kindred robberies of the Federal munitions and. treasure in Texas, were all acts of war, combining robbery with, trea son. The blockade of Fort Pickens, the raising of battery after battery around and even close to Fort Sumter, were.all acts whose only possi ble justification must be sought in the exist ence of a st|te of war. Under the rulo nfiMr. Buchanan, submission to these acis of high-handed oggresdon and spoliation aids in character. * With a majority of the Cabinet in tlics interest and councils of the traitorsjhvo may. well bo thankful that any thing escaped. With a traitor of such bound less capacities for theft os Floyd in the War Department; it is hard to guess why Forts Sum-, ter and Picjtens wejre not turned over to the rebels with j-the rest. Their escape is owing rather to the fidelity and intrepidity of their respective commanders than to any precaution or resolution on the part of the then guardians of the Natiimal interests and honor. Snodgrass, Months before Mr. Buchanan’s term expire 1, the unarmed steamship Star of the West, hear ing prmisinps to Fort Sumter, was cannonaded out of Charleston harbor—a National disgrace unparalleled! since the Bladensburg Races. The abject weakness wherewith the late Adminis tration’submitted to that insult and outrage, without evejn a remonstrance, was everywhere Pelt ns a National shame. There was not a loyal .citizen; from Maine to Texas who did not hope that President Lincoln would efface the memory of dhat shame. The new Administration has exhausted con-, cession while quietly preparing for action. Be ing assured! by its military advisers that the relief of Sumter must be very difficult and costly, it has offered peacefully to withdraw all the garrison but two or three men, and thus leave the Firt until these troubles shall he over —at once relieving Charleston and South Caro lina of all fear, or pretense of fear, that they would be ip; any manner annoyed or imperiled hy that Fort; But no—the reply was that Fort Sumter must be surrendered and made over to its hesiegerm or it would be taken hy force.— And thus n»| honorable course was loft ripen to the Government but" to attempt to relievo its heroic garrison at all;hazards. The design was, it is understood, to "send in an unarmed; merchant vessel, laden with sep plies, and sije, whether the Rebels would fire on it: if theyfedid, then; a' fleet of armed ships, lying off this bar, was to repel force hy force, and attempt to relieve the Fort at all hazards. Bdt the stoxin of Tuesday probably dispersed, and delayed the fleet, and; before it had reached; CharlesfimvjjUie attack on the Fort was com-| menced yesterday morning, as tro have already! stated. ■ '! Thus the'great Cotton Rebellion inaugurates in -blood’ more direct and manly efforts to subvert thclFederal Constitution and Govern ment, and up a Slaveholding Oligarchy on their roips. Having chosen its ground and its time, it may count with reason on a temporary advantage. But the end is not yet. Lot n|>ne doubt the ultimate triumph of tho Right.*-}-JVew York Tribune of Saturday. Death o*| Judge John Mo- Loan, one ftf the most eminent of'the United State* Surfreme Judges, died on Thursday morning A|iril 4th, at his in Cincin nati. His-jige was seventy-six years, and for nearly ihiriy-one year* he has occupied the high position : of one'of. the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court,lie having been appoint ed by General Jackson in 1829. and having fulfilled the’ duties of the office since 1830. The venerable jurist was a native of Morris county, Nejv Jersey, where he was horn in 1785. Whtie he was a child bis parents emi grated fir at; to Virginia and then, in accordance with the pioneer movements of the period to Kentucky. | From the latter State the. family subsequently removed and settled pi Ohio, where the Judge received such education as the time and yie country afforded. Having de termined th become" a lawyer, at the a”e of eighteen years he engaged to write in aclevk’s office at Cincinnati, in ftrder to. maintain him self, while Jiis leisure hours 'Were devoted to study. InMdt hft' wrts. Admitted to the bar, and began to practice at Lebanon, Ohio. Five years afterwards he was elected to Congress, being an ardent supporter of President Madi son and his; war policy. | n 1814 he was unan imously re-elected to Congress, arid occupied his spat until called to the Supreme Bench of! O.P" For-aix years the Judge occupied this position, nnd won fame for hia acquirements l and profound learning. j Subsequently, Judge MoLean acted as Qene ral Land Commissioner and Postmaster Gene-: ral, the offices having sought him and not he them. In 1830, he took ;the place, on the Su preme bencij of the United States, which ho has so- ably; fiihdi: ' - ■ t • ■ - i WAB BEGUN! i ~ Saturday The following™ a summary n f th f from Charleston last night. Whil e be no doubt that Fort Sumter Was throughout, the day, it should heboj that the telegraph is controlled b\ and that ho reliance can be placed the details that, they see fit to ali ow to the North. Port Sumter is one of est fortresses on our seaboard, and, the slightest probability, that serioug could be done to it by one day’s fire, so distant as those of the Rebels: Fire was opened by Gen. JJeaur,. ra. from 7 batteries. - Major Anders ly returned the fire, and a brisk ca was kept up ail day. - The fire of p t was principally directed'against Port and the floating battery.- The latter said was struck by 15 or 18 shots, bi slightest impression was made npoi sides. On the other hand, it is re; two of Anderson's guns , were silern breach made in the southeast w.lll 0 f ter.- At G p. m. it was reported that oni sods bad been wounded in Fort though a number had been knocked spent pieces of shell. From the tr frequent firing of Fort Sumpter, it that its force was more numerous that erto'been supposed.' At nightfall firing ceased on hot Troops were arriving at Charleston train. The conflict was to he fesumi light to day, No certain information'has yet bei concerning the United States fleet, thought probable at Washington yestei on tho Southern r dispersed tho vessels, W that sembie at Charleston at the time apj their rendezvous. _Our dispatches fro, tnn.last night state, however, that t!u Pawnee, Harriet Lane,-and one other ported to be off the bar. As soon as tl ,-nesota is ready for sea, Commodore Sti will proceed in her to the South, 2ni j naval operations there. We learn from Washington that tin and.naval.officers there who (ormerly the'oppinion that a force of 10,000 tro be required to relieve Fort Sumter, hai aidered, their views, and acquiesced in (1 of the Administration for reenforcing derson. They.bad not, it seems taken ii side-ration the possibility of a debarkatii Morris Island to attack the rebels into drive them from tbeir batteries. JJARD TIMES MADE EASY! MONEY SAVED. Ton will save from la to. 20 cento on en buying your DRY-GOODS at the ELMIRA BEE HIVE ,36 WATBE Holden e Dluci, 2d door Sort of the Brel: TVE WILL, SELL 16 yds. beat Madder Prints for only, 16 “ good bleached muslin. Fine CJiallie Delaines,,,. Rich Snmmor Poplins Good French Prints , Fast Color Lawns., J... Hishoff‘s.Black Dress Silks, Rich Cpl'd Spring Dress Silks.-. Good Stella .Shawls ATI wool and silk Brocfae Shawls, Silk Manillas from $1 to Real Lace do - “ 3 t0..,* Spring Cloaks, latest styles. 7 Good Lisle Thread Gloves Black Silk Mitts.. All other'articles not mentioned »ili equally cheap. Goods Trarronlcd to 1* sold tised. 1 am aware that to build up a largo trade, onlj necessary to hare desirable goodi, but them cheap*' I shall make it ffn_ohject forps to examine my stock before having eloewher , •‘ELIAS tt. BOP Elmira, April 17, W61.-m6 ÜBPORTAHT TO HILL. fyTILLir.ERY GOODS of every X"X sold TrUotesalo at 2?ew York Jobbing tbo ' • bee un f i 36 Water Street, |"N* THE COURT of Oontnnn Pleas X County, No. 252 of Sept Term, IS6t Ejuiina Hurlburt*,by ber next) friend'A. P. Marsh, ] Libel itfPiw /: ) The on>r WUllaca Harlbuid. Jalias Sab' sued in the above ease having been rctm .Sheriff N. E. X, and duo proof having that-William Hurlburt coaid aot be found *1 county of Tioga, upon motion the Sheriff : to make the usual publication of die oath by the Act of Assembly requiring said William to appear on the first Jun* nc*b it being the iirst day of next te wer the abmplaint of theiaid libellant Kn burL ' . [By t! To the f'<*poadc]}t, ’W{ttCam ffurlhurt: Ye: by required to appeftr os hereby directed bj carders of Co,art - SIMEON I. POWJSft Aprim.ia^.^t ' O HERIf §ALE.— By virtue oi Venditioni Exponas, issued outoftl Common Pleas or Bradford county, and t° ted, I shall expose to sale, at the Coi in the Borough of Xowanda, on Thorsdayj l of May,lB6l, at 1 .o'clock P. M., Ue foil' piece or parcel of land, situate pjmJy in Bradford county, and partly in Ward tp-r ty, Pa»* gnd bounded as follows:—Begi® 1 beech tba northwest corner of Ist 3Jo. 12# oi division of lands of C L Ward, tbonc* s° r east IU4- 2-10, perches to an old beech, thet dog. west 6S l chlO perches to a post nod stoi thenee north*S2 1-2 deg. west 191 percbcs t( thence north 71 7-10 perches to the place off Containing 84 acres and 69 perches, being Contracted tu bo sold by C L \Vard to Jcl bv articles of agreement doted Jau. lb ]$ acres improved, a- small framed hwfc county* qd. BALI - 0. B. i 0' r - -E.B.SC Tioga, Mareh 7, 1881.— 35 3L TJ'AERIBRS POWDER is now exl horse distemper, aleb. for cold: torses, to increase tbe sppetiivregi’ and to improve the condition of also as a preventative 'r h r ‘