pail g EtitgraA,
HARRISBURG, PA
Tuesday Afternoon, February 12, 1861.
President Lincoln Coming•
We are confidently advised that Presi
dent LINCOLN will arrive here from Phila
delphia, and that he will remain over the
22d, in order to witness the raising of the
"Stars and Stripes" on the' dome , of the
Capitol.
The Right Remedy at the" Right
Time.
We were gratified yesterday to hear a
resolution offered by Mr.. Bertmorkanw,
requesting our members of Congress to,
vote for the abolition-of all postal serVice
iu the seceding States; and we felt more
gratified to observe that every Republican
present voted for the resolution, whilst all
the De*ocratic members, except the no
ble R YA
Mr,NR, of Lucernecounty, voted
against the resolution. Mr. BYRNE de
serves an especial notice , from the Union
loving men for the noble vote he gave
yesterday. The vote cast on this resolu
tion show conclusively that the Demo
crats sympathize, if not directly act, with
the disunionists of the South.
If the suggestion of the resolution be
carried out, and the mails stopped in the
States which now attempt to destroy this
Union, it will bring them sooner to their
sense of duty than anything that could
possibly be adopted. Why those States
should enjoy the benefit of this Union,
when they are using every effort to de
stroy it, we cannot imagine. And yet,
we see a party, professing to be Union
men,"doing all they can to assist the re
bels in their work"Of destruction. This
is the first step of the Legislature in the
right direction, and we hope it will be fol..
lowed up by similar effective measures.
The Famine in Kansas.'
Kansas assumea the honors of sour-.
eiguty 'amidst the , horrors of famine.—
There is no , shutting our eyes to the pain
ful truth.. A large population are starv
ing in a-land which, in the hope of the
sanguine emigrant, •
had bread and work tbr
And the sun shone always there.',
The telegrvir-errotrna3r-nrmgs
new and more gloomy intelligence', anit
there' iff a profound pathos in= its earnest
appeal and outcry for help. Food and
clothes, those simple early wants of Na
tureithe need of_ which has touched so
few of us that we can hardly appreciate
inch destitution, are pleaded for with
tears. A few weeks ago, and the provis
ions arriving at Leavenworth met teams
from hundreds of miles away ; now the
teams` themselves are starving, the cattle
lie down and die, the people go unshod
in the depths of winter, and gaunt hun
ger pinches the forms of women and little
`children. Unhappy Kansas ! After
years of revolution and violence, the plains
enriched with the blood of men refuse
their harvest. To Pennsylvania, in its
abundance, the cry for help should come
with' ten-fold force. Yesterday a resolu
tion was introduced in the Senate, by Mr.
WHARTON, to appropriate the sum of $3O,
000 out of the State Treasury for the re
lief of the iltinine-stricken people of
Mamas. Mr. WHARTON and others advo
crated immediate action upon the resoln
tiOn;.and a lengthy debate ensued which
resulted in its reference to the Finance
Committee. The resolution will proba
bly be reported by the committee without
delay.; and as the measure is a commend
able one, appealing strongly to the sym
pathies of people of all classes and all
parties in our State, no doubt it will-pass
both breeches of the Legislature and re-
sieve the Executive sanction. When the
EMpire State _ gives
,one hundred thousand
dollars for a similar purpose, the members
of, the Pennsylvania Legislature should
not hesitate to contribute the comparative
ly small sum of thirty-thouaand.
NORTH
riON,TH C A ROLINAA CONVENTION.—The
bill 'which has been passed by the Legis
lature
of North . . Carolina on the subject of '
oli
a Conventi in that State, to take. into /
consideration the present national ditEcul..
ties, provides that the election shall'be
held on the 28th.inst.) and Oat ten days .
shall be allowed the sheriffs to make their
returns. If a majority of-the people vote
*the Convention the Governor shall is
-autiproclamation firing the day for
thS , Drcsubi. If the Convention is called
.
itticition" MU tthinitted to the .pee-
plnfor. ratification •°i on. -If a Ma:
jority of
,the people vote •nat a Con
lomtltm the Governor shall. ma flown
' feet by proclamation. The eel, f
. ,. -...a
, . Conventi o n .
Mk() 111 requ i r ed to be
ta . :Fivj I Matters, and ' the members wil
erk\
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14 sworn 'a , that effect. -.:: .?.. _____ _,_
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Poutopthania MAR Zdtgrapli, Cutsitrag 2thernoon, february 12, 1861.
Commutation of Tonnage Duties.
The Committee of Ways and Means
reported this morning the following bill.
It will be seen that the tonnage duties are
not actually repealed, bat that the pay
ments of the same are shaped differently
than they have been heretofore. We
have not been able to read the bill care:
fully, and therefore commend the same to
the careful attention of our readers. We
shall, however, analyze the bill shortly
and give our opinion of it
AN ACT for the commutation of Tonnage Du
ties.
Whereas: By a provision of the Act to minor
poiate the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company,
approved the thirteenth of April, eighteen hun
dred and • forty six, and a supplement thereto,
approved the - twentpseventlx of March, eigh
teen hundred and forty r eight, a tax or dutywas
imposed
,pn all tonnage , loaded or recervectat
Harrisburg, Pittsburgh.and intermediate points
and carried or conveyed on the Railroad of the
said company more than twenty miles, 'which
said tax was intended to compensate for any
probable diminution in the receipts of the Main
Line of the Public Works (then owned by the
State,) by reason of the construction and opera
tion of the said Railroad.
Andwhereig, It wasProvidedin the thirdsection
of the Act for the sale of the Maine Line of the
Public Works, approved the sixteenth day of
May, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, that if
the Pennsylvania Railroad company should be
come the purchasers of the said works, the said
company, hi addition to the sum of seven mil
lions five hundred thousand dollars ($7,500,000),
the price limited by the said Act should pay
the sum of dne million five hundred thousand
dollars ($1,500,000), in five per cent. bonds of
the company, and that thereupon the said com
pany; and the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount
Joy and Lancaster Railroad company should,
in consideration thereof, be discharged by the
Commonwealth forever fromthe payment of
all taxes upon tonnage or freight carried over.
said - Railroa#, and the said Pennsylvania
Railroad company should be released from the
payment of all other taxes or duties on its cap
ital stock, bonds, dividends or property.
And whereas, It was subsequently decided by
the Supreme Court of this Commonwealth, that
while the Legislature had full authority to re
peal the provisions of the said Acts, by which
the said tonnage tax was imposed, yet, inas
much as part of the said last-mentionedsection
in the Act for the sale of the Main Line placed
all the property of the said company beyond
the reach of the taxing power, it was therefore,
to that extent, unconstitutional and void.
And Whereas, It was the clear intention of the
Legislature, by the said Act for the sale of the
Main Line, in, case the said Pennsylvania Rail
road company should become the purchaser of
the same, to exlionerate and release the said
company from further liability for the payment
of said tonnage tax, and for the additionaTcon
sideration therein named, all other taxes ; and
as the said tonnage tax now falls indirectly on
flour, grain, cattle, iron, mierals and other do-.
mestic products, transported on one line of Ma
provementa, while similar, products, transport
ed on other lines, are exempt from the same ;
and as the reason for the imposition thereof
ceased to exist on the sale of the works it was
intended to protect, the right of the State any
longer to demand the payment of the said tax
is denied, and said demand has led to litigation
between the State and - the company, and will
probably involve the parties in litigation with
citizens of other s . kt dur
commerce, whirait.kthe duty
is a J .
.of-tlut-g....xn. • • .
all lawful means
And whereas, The said company has proposed
a compromise and final settlement of, the ques
tion; by payinginto the Treasury, in commuta
tion of the said tonnage tax and in discharge
thereof, such additional' , stun semi-annually,
over and above the instalments of principal
and the interest on its debt to the State, as iiray
be required to make said payment amount to
four hundred and sixty thoussuid dollars.(s46o,-
000) annually, until the year eighteen hundred
and ninety, at which time the entire balance of
the principal and interest shall be paid in full ; I
and, by paying, also in addition to the said
semi-annual instainients,4all other taxes on 1
their property to which they may hereafter be
made liable under the general revenue laws of
the ftate, and agree to make reductions for
transportation of local trade, as hereinafter -pro
vided, and to aid, also, in the construction of
certain lateral railroads, the completion of which
is essential as a means of facilitating the settle
ment and improvement of .valuable districts bf
the Commonwealth yet undeveloped.
And whereas,,ln the opinion of this Legislature,
it is expedient - to- accept the said proposition,
and to relieve all agricultural, mineral, and in
dustrial produCts; and other property passing
over any railroad, canal, or slackwater naviga
tion in this Commonwealth, from the - Payment
of tonnage tax or duty to the State ; therefore,
SxonON 1: Be it meted by the Senate and
House of Bepresentatives of the Commonweggh of
Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and& is here
by enacted by the authority of the same, That if a
majority of the Ditectors of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad company, who, for the pur
poses of this act are hereby vested with all
needful authority, shall at a meeting call
ed for that purpose, resolve to accept the
provisions of this Act, and shall authorize the
execution of a written contract under its cor
porate seal with the - Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, to pay into, the State Treasury on ac
count of its indebtedness to the. Commo
nwealth, by reason of the purchase of the Main
Line of thee Public Works, on the thirty-fait
days of January and July in every year, until ,
the thirty-first of July, eighteen hundred and
ninety, inclusive, such sum, in addition to the
interest on its bonds -owned by the State, and
in addition to its annual liability to the State
on aer.mint of purchase money for said line of
improvements, as will increase each semi-an 1
nual payment on account of said debt and
interest to the sum of,two hundred and thirty
thousand dollars, ($280,0000 and the aggre
gate of all such payments to the sum of thir
teen millions - five hundred and seventy thou
sand dollars, ($18,670,0000 and shall agree
to pay, on the said thirty-first day of July,
eighteen hundred and ninety, into 'the Trea
sury, the balance then unpaid of the Find.:
pal and interest of said bonds, and shall further
agree to redice its local charges for the trans
portation of grain, flour, cattle, iron, minerals,
and other property, as hereinafter provided ;
aid-if the. said company shall, in the manner
aforesaid - , on.or before the first day of. Slily nest, ,
Mara and enter into with tho -commonwealth i
of .Pennsylvaniaa-vitten cont.* to thatef
teektind shall on or before the said day deliver
tlisegame to the Commonwealth, by depositing
th*Same in the office of the -anditor General,
then .and in .such; case, and in consideration
thereof, 'the Commonwealth Of Temisylvarda'
shall not "at' any time hereaftsr lay,' impose,
levy, or collect any tax or duty upon, or in -re
spect to freight or tonnage passing over the said
Pennsylvania Railroad, or t e Harrisburg,
Portsmouth,Mount Joy andterilailroad,
*any past of them- l
or either Meal; unless a
uuw
like tax shall a-+ am game time e imPosed, laid
or ., ievu . i. ..,, i ,en all other railtoads•or railroad
cow - al oes of th*Commonweilth; oxiil in laws
i mpo sing - taXee Or uties upon freight or tonnage
upon the regro,__, canals and slat water
navigation Pew 'or the use of t e Com
monwealth; be and\ th e -hereby repealed,
N.nd no further =or .oche ocee d:tk-shall be
hut , 01, taken on 'the b omm wea lth ,
to enforce the - " '
ed, or obtained in pursuance of any existing
laws on tonnage carried or conveyed on the
the railroad of said Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, or on that of any other company in
corporated by this State ; and the said compa
nies shall be, by the proper officers of the Corn
wealth, exonerated, released and relieved• from
every lien and liability to the State on account
thereof.
Sac. 2. That from and after the passage of
this. Act, all railroad, canal and slack:-water
navigation companies incorporated by this State,
and liable for the payment of taxes on duties
on tonnage, imposed by any laws heretofore
enacted, shall make a reduction of their
charges for transportation on their local freight,
as fixed by their respective toll sheets, on
the first day of February, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty one, equal to the full
amount of the tax or duty chargeable -upon
such freight or tonnage by the laws aforesaid ;
the present winter rates between first day ,of
December and the first day of May, shall be
considered as fixed at 90 cents per 100 lbs. for
first class, 75 cents per 100 lbs, for second class,
60 cents per 100 lbs. for third class, and 40
cents per 100 lbs. for fourth class. Summer
rates between the first day of May and first day
of December in each year, shall be 75 eclat per
100 lbs. for first class, ,60 cents per 100 lbs. for
second class, 50 cents per 100 lbs. fcir third
class, and 40 cents per 100 lbs. for finirth class,
on all trade carried between Philadelphia and
Pittsburg, and a failure on the part of either of
said Companies to make such reduction', shall
render the Company so neglecting liable to the
Commonwealth for double the amount of the
tonnage tax heretofore chargdible against
them upon such trade—and every such Com-
pany shall, within thirty days after the, passage
of this Act, under a like' penalty, file in the e ,
office of the Auditor General, under the oath of
the President or other proper officer, a toll sheet
of their rates of charges for transportation of
local freights, upon the first day of , February,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one,
accompanied by a statement of the reduction to
be made in pursuance of this Act 'and and the
said rates as so reduced shall be the highest
rates that can be charged for the transportation
of such freight and tonnage by, any Company
accepting the provisions of- this Act : Further,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company shall not
at any time charge-or collect Jates on any de
scription of freights from any eastern or sea
board cities to Pittsburgh,- higher than the
gross rates charged or collected -by the same
route from same points to any point west of
Pittsburgh ; nor shall the said Pennsylvania
Railroad Company at any time charge or col
lect rates on any description of freights fp:*
Pittsburg to Philadelphia i , Baltimore New
York or other seaboard cities, higher than the
gross rates that may be charged by the same
route from any point west of Pittsburgh to the
same points on the same description of proper
ty. The local rates from Pittsburg or Philadel-,
phia to stations , on the line of the Pennsylvania
Railroad shall at i no time exceed the gross,rates
charged through. between Philadelphia and
Pittsburg ; nor shall local rates between any
two stations on the road between Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh exceed the through rates as
made from time to time under the provisions of
this Act, nor shall the rates charged to any local
points exceed those charged to any point of
greater - distance in the same direction from the
place of shipment : And further, all shippers of
western products, under , through bills of lading,
from any point west of Pittsburg, by river to
Pittsburgh, to the seaboard cities, shall have the
privilege of disposing of their property at Pitts
burgh, by givingAimely notice, before its arri
val at that point, to the transfer agents of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company, and by deliv
ering up their through bills of lading, thus re
leasing the Pennsylvania Railroad -company
from all liability one accpunt :thereoflf - the
rCr IP- ' 4 V aLt— rns]gnee or s pper o said property s ve
the right tQ deliver-the same to the transfer,
tagency of the Pennsylvania Railroad compan
at Pittsburg, and forward the same within ten
days after its arrival at Pittsburg, under the
conditions and rates, of the original through
bill of lading.
SEC. S. That the PennsylvaniaßAilr - oad
company shall be liable to taxation for all
State purposes, and the said Company shall
pay the same rate of taxation which is now,
or may hereafter, be imposed by' any general
I law operating upon all 'other Railroad .compa
nies incorporated by this Commonwealth. The
semi-annual instalments- of the said sum of
thirteen .millions five hundred and seventy
thousand dollars, ($13,570,000,) and the bal-i
-twee of the said debt and interest so to be paidl
into the State Treasury as is herein provided,
are hereby pledged to, and the same shall be
applied only to the payment and extinguish
ment of the principle and interest of the fund
ed debt of this Commonwealth, and tono other
purpose whatsoever. • •
SEC, 4. That, for the purpose of developing
the resources of the State, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company is hereby authorized and re
quired td expend the sum of eight hundred and
fifty thousand dollars in aid to the Chaitiers
Valley Railroad Company ; The Pittsburgh and
Steubenville Railroad Company ; The Fayette'
County Railroad Company, (between Greens- 1
burg and the Youghiogheny River ;) The West
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, (between
Blairsville and Butler ;) The Ebensburg and
Cresson Railroad Company ;The Bedford Rail
road Company, (between Hopewell and Bed
ford;) The Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad Compa
ny, and the.Phillip/4=4=d Waterford Railroad
Company, (between Tyrone and Brookville
The Tyrone and Lock Haven Railroad Company; !
The and Centre County Railroad Compa- I
ny, (between Lewistown and Reedville ;) Thf
ChaxabersburgandAlleghenyßailroadCorapany,
(betweenChambersburg and the point of connec
tionwiththeßedfordßailroadnear Hopewell;) or
their successors or assigns, in sums proportion
ed to their respective lengths betsve.en the abov
designated points, by purchasing their bonds
[ respectively from said Companies, payable •
twenty years, with interest, - payable semi-an
nually, secured by a first- mortgage created for
the purpose on their property, real- and person
al, and franchises acquired and to be acquire,d,
and the said. Companies are hereby respectivel
authorized Wand empowered to create an
issue such ,bonds, and secure the payment tiler , '
of by such mortgages, by and with .the con
sent of a majority of their ., respective stock.
holders present at a meeting to be called fo
that purpose, of which- notice shall be given,
as provided by -their charters or by-laws, Sr
sPectively; said bonds, and the mortgages give'
to secure the same shall not exceed in araoun
the sumrequiredfor the,cost of the superstructir
of bridges, the rails, cross-ties , the 'chairs
spikes, and laying the track of the saidroads,l ,
spectively-,and the prixeeds of all the Said bonds
so secured, shall be exclusively applied to th:l
said purposes—and the said purchases of bonds 1
shall be required to be made of each of thetai .1
companies in installments, after sections of std.
roads, respectively of the lengthrof five mile:l
from each end, as hereinbefore designated ,
shall - have been duly and properly graded an.l
the masonry completed, and after the, said .1
ding and masonry shall have been approved b • 1
a competent Civil, engineer, appointed by tit , '
Governor for that purpose—a,nd who shall
paid for his services by the said' companies re
ceiving aid nnder the proiisions of this A ,
and when- each section
' , of five milei grail:.
I
from each such end of the said roads respective
ly, shall have been so completed and such cer
tilicate.so given, then the pro rata proportion o
the said bonds shall be purchased, and so con ,
tinned from time to time until - the amount
payable to the said comptinies•shall be exhaust
ed the sum paid upon the completion of
tkesaid sections as aforesaid respectivejy, shall
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be exclusively . ..r.. • •
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chase is made—and for no other purpose or
portion of said road whatsoever—Provided, how
ever, That if either of the said Companies shall
fail to grade and prepare for bridges, super
structure, and laying.of track at least one sec
tion of five miles at each of such end of its
road within one year'—or the whole of their
respective roads within three years from the
passage of this Act, any such Company, so in
- default, shall no longer have any right to de
mand or require any further purchase of their
bonds as aforesaid, and the sums which any
such defaulting Companies would have been
entitled to demand in payment of their bonds,
shall be added pro rata to the purchases to be
made of such of the said Companies as shall
Comply with the provisions of this section.
Sac. 5. That if any stockholder or stock
holders of any rail road, canal, or slack-water
navigation Companies shall be dissatisfied
with, or object to any of the provisions of this .
Act, then it shall and may be lawful -for any
such stockhOlder or stockholders, within six
months after the passage of this Act, to apply
by petition to the Court of Common Pleas of
the county in which the chief office of the said
companies may respectively be held—to appoint
three disinterested persons to estimate and ap
praise the damage, if any, done to such stock
holder or stockholders, and whose award, or
that of a majority'of them, when confirmed by
the said Court,' shall be final and conclusive.
And the person so appointed shall also appraise
the share or shares of said stockholders-in the
said company at the - full market value thereof,
without regard .to any depreciation in -conse
quence of the passage of this Act, and the said
company may, at its election, either pay to the
said holder the amount of daanages so found,
or the value of the stock so ascertained, and
upon paynient of the value of the stock as afore
said, the said stockholder shall transfer- the
stock so held by him to said company, to be
disposed of by the Directors of said company,
or be retained by them for the benefit of the
remaining stockholders. And all laws incon
sistent with the provisions of this Act, be and
the same are hereby repealed.
BY TELEGRAM
TO THE
DAILY TE LE GRAPH.
Housn.—Mr. SHERMAN, (Ohio,) sent up a let
ter from the Secretary of the Treasury, show
ing the deplorable condition of his Department
and suggesting a mode of relief. In accoraance
with this Mr. SHERMAM asked leave to intro
duce, from the Committee on Ways and Means,
a bill to enable the Secretary to accept from
any State the guarantee of any stock which
may be issued by the United States to the
amount of the public moneys deposited with
such State under the Distribution Act:,
Mr. Sasamtai said if relief was to be given
the bill should be passed to-day.
Mr. GArtincs' m (Va.) remarked that as the
*unanimous consent was- required his should
not be, given while be ' was a member of this
House.
Mr. Smatmen said be had performed his
duty, though reluctantly, in reporting the bill.
Mr. Rum remarked that Mr. Garnett would
break up the Government and leave it without
money. ' '
11):LobillTras-not= -permitted by Mr. GARNETS
MOM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
roelizatition of the President Convening
the - debate on-the Fourth ofliareh.
&bstraction of Indian Trust Bonds
The President has issued a proclamation de.
daring that an extraordinary occasion requires
the Senate to convene for the transaction of
business on the 4th of March, at 'noon ; name
ly, to receive and act upon such conimunica
-1 Sons as may be made to it on the part of the
executive. This proclamation is in accordance
with• usage, and to enable the incoming Presi—
dent to nominate for confirmation the membets
of his cAbinet. • _
The report of the Select Committee, of which
Mr. Morris, of Illinois, is Chairman, give& the
detail of facts in relation to the abstraction of
the Indian Trust Bonds. Thirty or forty wit
nesses were examined, including ex-Secretaries
Floyd and Thempson. The latter is exhort°.
rated from aig complicity in the theft.
He t as well)as the for Mer 'Secretaries of the
Interior; are censured for the inefficient man
k'[er in which the bonds have' been held in that
apartment, there being-no adequate respond
ing attached to the custodian. AcCording to'
.
Russel's own evidence, he did not know at
rst where the bonds'of which he obtained pos
salon came from. Mr. Bailey was an agent
r the negotiation or sale of the bonds, and
r. Lea was an intermediate party between'
men and Bailey. It was also ascertained'
hat Mr. Floyd gave acceptances to the amount
_Of nearly seven millions, or from two to three
terai
Lillions more than Messrs. Russell Major & Co.
.ver earned, while these contractors received all
he money.dm' them, the acceptances were
:Ivan on the stregth of their contract.
EPARTURE BPRINuFIELD.
Mr. Lincoln left the hotel at 7.80 A. IL, ac
, repented by a large concourse to the depot,
here nearly one thousand citizens had already
I ollected. After he had shaken hands With a
I. umber of his friends he took his stand on the
I. iatform of the car, and spoke as follows.:
My friends . : No one, not in my position, can
ppreciate the sadness I-feel at this parting.--
E. o the people I owe all that I am. Here I have
ived more than a quarter of a centtuy; here my
hildren were born, and, here one of them lies
;,uried. I know not hoW soon I shall see you
aim A duty devolves upon me which is,
',crimps, greater, than that which has devolved
j pon any other man since the days of Wash
! gton. Ho never would have succeeded, ex
-pt for ,the aid of , Divine Proyidence, upon.
r .iti.ch ho at'all? times relied. I feel that I can
!. of succeed without the same Divine aid which
j ' ztained him, and in the same Almighty Being
place my reliance for support. I hope you,
y friends, will, all pray that I may -receive
I hat Divine assistance without which Lcanikit..l
A.ucoeed, but with which success is certain;`
is gain, 'I bid you all an affectionate farewell.
j applause, and cries of "We will pray for.
I ou."1
During the speech Mr. Lincoln betrayedmuch
I. otion, and the crowd was affected to tears.--'
he "train left at precisely half-past eight
gclock.
I Kentucky liegislatiire Adjourned.
Loinsurzi Feb 12
e Kentucky Legislature, without doing
ytbing of .a national character, adjourned
.sterday at noon, to the twentieth of March,
`fiend then to consider the.action of the
• --4 .4=lokeri at Washlngton.
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ME
SPECIAL DISPATCHES
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINOTON, Feb. 12
WeszamoN; - Feb. 12
nit: PRESIDENT ELECT.
SPEMOFIELD, 111., Feb. 11
Condition of the Federal Treasury.
WAsurtioros, Feb. 12.
The Secretary of the Treasury in his letter to
Sherman, which was read in the House to-day,
says the liabilities now due and to fall due be
fore the 4th of March next, are nearly ten mil
lions. The accruing revenue will, it is estima
ted, nett about two millions, leaving eight
millions to be borrowed. There is in the Trea •
sury, subject to drafts, a little more than half
a million, while drafts to the amount of about
two millions are unanswered. The short time
to elapse before the close of the present ses
sion tenders it indispensable that the Secretary
should advertize for a loan on the 18th or 14th
inst.
MUTANT FROM INDIAN/POW
Speech of Mr, Lincoln on the Qu :time
of the day.
RE DEFINES COERCION AND INVASION
He Idakes no Assertions, but only
Asks Questions.
IS THE UNION .4 FREEr.LOVE ARRANGE
MENT, OR A .REGULAR MARRIAGE
RELATION' •
' INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Feb. 11.
The firing of thirty-three guns this after
noon announced the approach of the train bear
ing the Prealdent elect and his party. Mr.
Lincoln was received and welcomed by Gov
Morton, who escorted him to his carriage,
drawn by four white horses. _
The procession , then formed. It was
composed of the members of both Houses of
the Legislature, the public officers and muni
cipal authorities, the military and firemen.,
Great enthusiasm was manifested along the
line of march.
The President elect stood in the carriage ac
knowledging the welcomes of the surrounding
multitude. On reaching the Bates House the
procest•ion halted.
Mr. Lincoln was escorted to the balcony, and
responded to the demands of the assemblage in
the following speech :
BPBRCH 01' MB. LINCOLN
Mr. Lincoln said be had come here to thank
them for the support that had been gioien'hino
by Indiana to a true_aud just cause. -
In relation to the matter of coercion and in
vasion, they are terms now much used with
temper and hot-blood; Let us not misander
stand their meaning, nor the meaning of those
who use them. Let .us get their meaning from
the men who deprecate the things they wonid
represent by their use.
What is the meaning of these Words ? Would
the marching of an enemy into South Carolina
with hostile intent be an invasion? I think it
would, and it would be coercion also if South
Carolina was forced to submit. Din if the
United States should merely hold and retake
its own forts, and collects its duties, or with
hold its mails where,they were habitually ,vio
lated, would any or all of these things be in
vasion'or coercion ? Do the professional Union
lovers who are resolved to resist coercion, un
derstand such things on the part , of the United
States to, be coercion or invasion? If they do,
their idea of the preservation of this Dnion is
exceedingiy thin and 'airy. In their view the
Union, as a - family relation, would seem to be
no regular marriage, but a sort of free love ar
rangement, to be maintained by passional at
traction.
In what consists the special sacredness of a
Sfate f I speak not of the position`assigned to
a-State in,thowUnion. by the,. Constitution for
position, however, a State cannot eft* out.' I
a State and the country , possess equal rights in
a territory and its inhabitants, in what, as a
matter of principle, is a State better than the
country? There would; in the exchange of
names, be an exchange of rights. Upon what
principle—by what rightful principle may a
State, being no more than one-fiftieth part of
the nation in soil and population, break tip the
nation, and _then coerce the larger division of
itself P i What mysterious right to play the ty
rant is conferred on a district of the country,
with its people, by merely calling it a State?
Mr. Lineal°, in conansion, Said he was not
asserting anything, but only asking questions
for them to consider, and to decide 'in their
own minds what was right and what was
wrong.
Gov. Morton being loudly calledfor, heap I
peered and spoke in congratulatory tones to
the multitude, whioh had now, become im
mense.
Boning—At seven o!elock the members of
the Legislature welcomed Mr. Lincoln, who is
now holding a reception at the Bates House.
The crowd, swaying to and frog forget all eti
quette, each seeming to outdo his elbow com
panion.
Mr. Lincoln and his party leave"the city to
morrow at 10 o'clock for Cincinnati.
Nan abliertizements.
WANTED.
A WHITE MANfor Waiter' at the Euro.
A
peen Rotel. Apply to
12-2t*
LOBT.--Yesterday somewhere in. thiS
city, a GROSS CDT HAND SAW,i with two rivets In
the handle. The finder will be suitably rewarded by
leaving it at [its] THIS OFFICE.
HEAD QUARTERS FOR
VA.LENTINES t VALENTINES I
VALENTINES t
ALARGE ASSORTMENT. OF VALEN
, Envelopes; VaientineOard s'and Writers at
all prices from one cent.upwards, for sale wholesale and
retail at =RORER'S CHEAP BOOKSTORE,
ian.4B.dtf - 51 market Street.
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ELECTION:
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• O vaagi.Nownunta eIeriTRAL RAILWAY Co., 1
Baltimore, .1kb.1.1,1881.
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A
GENERAL MEETING of the Stook
holders of this company will be held at CALVERT
STATION, on THURSDAY; the 28th of February-'next,
between the bouncer 12 and 2 o'clock P. M., for the
election of Twelve Hirectore for the ensuing year. :
The Transfer Woke will be' closed on the 18th of .gets=
naryuntil after the electiOri. By order.
_ THOS. S. HOIJINS, Secretary..
Patriot and -Union please copy. yehil.itte
CAVALRY SQUADRON:.
IXTE ,understand, that the .next 'nee ing
V V for drill will heteldat the IinItISBURGs-VARIK
on NEST SATl;rftlialr, the 16th inst., at two o'clock in
the afternoon, when it Is presumed officers will be ap
pointed to officiate at the .parade.on the .1 inst. 11 ere
urged Mattendpromptly. (e 11.81
. • AppLES I APPLES ! !
.
500 s R o
E f superior APPLES,
- _iustßreceived from New . .rorltate r for sal , t . )
at lowan Gash price,. by
febll JA.ifla3 M. waEuts.
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FOR SALE.
A VERY FINE; FIVE YEAR , •
OLD DAY MORGAN HORSE, medium •
size, perfectly serind and gentleos feet, free AL.
traveler, and. WM-- every respect a desirable wAto
horse. The owner having no farther use for.him .will ell
at a bargain. Horse may be seen at Wm. Oolder't livery
stable. For terms enquire of •
fg4t.* .
L. , BAmterEß;
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Brady. Haase.
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VOA 'BENT 'The Tavern Stalid on
ju Ridge - Road, now occupied by Sneed, W. Roberts is
cared Tor rent from the ist,of Aptiineal. En Dire of
feb9-dtf. MRS. liO. -8 0;FOlifth Stmt."
XX. A COMFORTABLE DWELLING HOUSE
with considerable ground, and aSTABLE attached,
on the weal avenue of the water bad& Possession may
be bad immediately.
feu7-2wd
T HE PARTNERSHIP heretofore exist
bag between URICH At 00WPBBTHWAIT, In the
T HE
business, has this day been dissolved by mu ,
teal consent. All claims against said firm, and all debts
owing to the same wit be presented for settlement and
paid to.I7EICHAr BOWMAN, who are authorized Weenie
up the business of the concern, and who will continue
business at the old stand, corner of Front and Market
street. , DANIEL BRIM",
feb7 THOMAS B. COWPERTHWAIT.
SCOTCH WASHY.
ONE PUNCHEON of • PURE SCOTCH
WRlsll.Yjust received and for sale by
JOHN H. ZIEGLRII,
78 Market Stro t.
jani
CITY BONDS FOR SLAE.
ONE OR TWO CITY BONDS of $5OO
each_ bearing B per Calla interest, being a Ease and
good Investment. Apply tp
• reb4 Sind
MIL 333 211'.C) .4fX. Ma.
DR. D. - W. JONES,
HARRISBURG, PA.,
VITAS moved hie office from the Franklin
xi_ 'House to South Fourth strePt, nearly opposite the
Lutheran church. Be particular and 'observe the name
on the door. Dr. Jones may be consulted on all diseases
but more particularly dieeSes of a private nature. Dr.
JONM has Cured a number of private and at .er diseases
in this city and elsewhere, and some of them bad almost
given up all hopes otreepvery, and was restored by the
use of his powerful vegetable remedies.
Dr. JONES offers the only safe and certainsemedy for
Gonorrhea, Gleet, Stricture, liver Complaint, Dyspepsia,
Costiveness . , and all Derangements of the Stomach: This
preparation will cure Gonorrhea in limn three to Bre
days;and can be had at anytime-of Dr. JONES, at his of
fice, at One Dollar per bottle; and one lio.ttle is sufficient
to cure a mild inute.l . • . -
This Is one of the worst of all diseases: DC. JONES
pledges himself tit...cure Syphilis in.its worst forms This
disease makes its appearance in so many different fennel,
that a single plan of treatment will not reach it In aII It.
features . ; soft may require different comedies, acoordieg
to the nature of the case. Dr. JONES will make a writ
ten article alth any one—NO DERE NO PAY 1 . The re
medies used by Dr. JONES, arepurcly etriefebfe,and need
no change of diet or hindrance from business.
This habit of youth is Induigeckin while alone, and tit
often learned from evil companions when at school, and
if not cured will destroy both mind and body. .Both
sexes fall victims to this disease : The tympt.omrtart—
Pain in the Head; Dimness of Sight, Ringing in the Ears,
Pimples en the Pam Leas of Memory, Frightful Dreams
at Night, Weakness in the Back, Pain In the Breast, and
Cough,. (Indicative of Consnmption,) Dyspepsia, great
Derangement of the Nervous System, and so on till Death
puts an end to their sufferings. Toa. such Dr. JONES of
fers. o 'perfect restoration, with such mild and Balmy
Juices of Herbs, that will perfectly rectors the -victim of
this Distressing Disease.' • • '
FEMALE COMPLAINS?.
Those suffering from Colds, and Derangement' of the
Nervous System,. can speedily be restored to robed
health and vigor. - - • - • " •
Dr. JONES may be consulted - al all times at MS
personally or by letter, describing all symptom. AB
letters mast contain a stamp to emote answer.
Addrista pit. D. W. JONES,
N 0.20 Route Fourth Street.
feb7 • - Ifestisberp, Pa.
Consumers of Coal Take 'Kota° I
COAL DELIVERED W ANY PART OF Mg OR&
LIHIT3 8r VIE PATENT WETCHTVA2M, Al
THE .FOLLOWING LOW RATES, FOR
CASH, VIZ:
oce
" Sx.ui Eec Cos; at 2.2 00 per .ion.
LAWN Foe at $2 903,er ton.,
,
•BRONS3 " at S 2 93 per toe.
288""rig $3 218 00 0° .
" „ Rae, 23 00,
NUT, ; : $2 $2 26.
Banat top C:011 (for Smith's use).l2„ig cents a bushel.
2,600 bushels OATS for sale at lowetitttath prices..
A large lot of superfor HIONORT AND OM Wow, tor
sale at the lowest. rates.
BALT/MOISE CO4i W
. •
'tett for Du Poet's Gun and Blasting Powdes, for sale
at kaztufaeturer'e prices,. . , .
Coal delivered from beta yards ; at. above-.4bifik4.7
Bata Weigh Carts, which are certified to by tho'gwder
of wigghtilind MeaEMMA.
SirlVery consumer will please k we'gla their Onion
delivery, and if it fall short 10 ileum* >item forfeit the
. .
A large, full and somplete stook Of the tietit kindsi of
_
Coal ,
always will be found oh hand.
329-1 m
'VOA RENT.--THE DWELLING EAT
A: of the FOUR STORY BRICK ROUSE No. 93 Mattes
street. Possession given on the let of April nest. For "
particulars enquire of [O.l ) -J. B. SIMON. -
APPLE 'WHIMY !•-
.
11017 RE JERSEY APPLE !, In -store a n d
toraale by - JOHN H. ZIEGLER,
iebt3 :Maiket,Stieet.
''CLOSING OUT. our stilt large auport men
J of FURS, consisting of
Handsome Dark Satan Setts, ' - •
,Handsome Mark Merlon FquirrelSetta, • - -
A lino stock of all kinda of low price Furs, .
A chance for Bargains In Flue Furs. -
• Qui at CATHCAIF,
N 0.14 Market &Pure,
ext to the Harrisbnrgßank.
C. WILLIAMS.
jan24
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JEWELRY, WATCHES CLOCKS
FANCY GOODS, &C.
ALFRED F. ZDAIIERDEAS & 00i t
_
NO. 52 MARKET STREET, Harrisbur g;
Pa. opposite Haas' . - Horn. and adjoining the
EtatOrsd.,Rotxt, having purchased. the stook of E. , R
Jennings, and added .large assortment . of NEW. JEW
ELRY, we will sell the same at the loivest cash prize and
patronage. '
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry neatly and promptly re
paired and delivered
ALFRED F. 21, 11EIERBIAN" & co.
Raving disposed of my stock of Jewelry to A. F. Zim
merman & Co., ,I cheerfully recommend them. to my for
mer customers as practical and experienced Watch
Makers and solicit for them a continuance of the patron.
age which has heen so generously extended to me during
the last six years.
jan2B ELMER F. „JENNINGS.
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Select Schools for Boys and Girls,
FRONT STREET ABOVE LOHOUSV.,
E.Fall term of ROBERtM'ELWEE'S
School for boys, will open on the last Monday in
August. The room . ls Well ventilated, Conifor , ably far
nhated,and in every respect well adapted for school
'purposes.
• CATHARINE II'ELWEE'S School-for. girls, located in
the same buildhigi will open for the Fall term at the mane
time. The room has been elegantly flitednp dnrlng the
vacation, to proinote the; health and comfort of scholars.
- Janitl•dtf -
NOTICE.
IN ACCORDANCE with a; resolution adopted
by ,the Joint . Committee of the Senate and Rouse
of &presentative" of -the ConanteniVealth of
Pennsylyania, appointed to make proper ar
rangemente for Veining the Arnericim Flag upon
the dome of the Capitol, on the 22d of Feb
ruary, 186 r; 'an invitation is hereby extended
to all Military comma* Firer companies, and
other civic assocbitions,, in the State, to join in
.the proposed ceremonies Major General Kelm,
of thiscity, has been appointed Chief Marshal ?
to whom all companies and associations pro
posing to be present on the occasion, will please
report, on or before the 1611 a. inst.
NOISON,
Chairmen Cormrsittze
febs-dawtd
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STORE ROOM. FOR 'RENT.
STORE
rpmALVOlit neit to the, Court
.11; 110 late in the oceuponey or Mr. wager. P o2 ‘
heselbastven'on Meals* otepril. Enquire of
New 2thatisements.
FOR RENT.
CHAS. C. RAWN
DISSOLUTION.
W. K.-VERBEHE
GONORRHEA.
SYPI3IEIS
SPBRMATORRHEA
COAL R,EDITCEDI
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