CettgraA, NM HARRISBURG, PA. Monday Afternoon, February 18, 1561. The Sunbury and Erie Railroad. Below is a copy of the bill passed on Saturday last for the relief of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad. It will be seen that it differs materially from the bill heretofore published, and we . ask .a careful perusal of the same. The bill reads : AN ACT to change the name of the Sunbury and Erie railroa company, and to facilitate the completion of a railroad from Sunbury to Elf! Wasazts, The Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company have made application to this Gener al Assembly for the passage of an Act to change the name of the said corporation, so that the same shall hereafter be called and known as the Philadelphia and Erie railroad•coinpany. Arm WnsREAS, The said coMpany have been unable to dispose of their bonds for three mil lion five hundred thousand dollars; made by authority of the Act for the sale of the State canals, approved the twenty-first of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, for the purpose of raising money to complete the construci Lion of their railroad, the payment of which said bonds as well as their bonds for the same amount now in the sinking fund and owned, by the Commonwealth, was intended to be secured by the mortgage for seven millions of dollars, executed in trust for that purpose, recorded' in the office for the recording of deeds for the city and county of Philadelphia, and deposited for safe keeping in the office of the State Treasurer, and by reason of the fact that the said bonds cannot be disposed of, the work on the said railroad has been suspended, and the said com pany are unable further to prosecute the same, or to pay the interest on their said debt due the Commonwealth. AND WHEREAS, In case of a foreclosure of the said mortgage, and a judicial Sale of the said work in its present condition; an incumbrance of six hundred thousand dollars existing there on, being a lien for work, labor and materials, will take precedence of the claim of the State, and is required by law to be paid prior to and in preference thereof, and. will , be likely to ab sorb the entire proceeds of such sale, whereby the said-indebtedness to the State, represented by the said bonds for three million five hundred thousand dollars; would be wholly lost, and it is important to the public interests that this Legislature should adopt such measures as will prevent the sale and sacrifice of the said work, and secure the ultimate payment of said debt. AND WIIIIIREAS, The completion and equipment of the said railroad are necessary for the purpo ses last aforesaid, and to that end and for the pur pose ofpaying and discharging the said lien for six hundred thousand dollars, it is necessary that the said mortgage for seven million of dollars shall be cancelled, 'and that the said company be au ; thorized to issue other bonds' and secure the payment of the same, by a first mortgage, and it is expedient that such authority be conferred on the said company, upon the terms expressed in the provisions of this Act, Therefore, for the purposes aforesaid, and to secure the completion and equipment of the said railroad, and the ultimate payment of the said debt of three million fiTe hundred thousand dollars to the State : Sono 1. Bc it enacted, SfC., That the corpo rate name and title of the Sunbury and Erie railroad company be, and the same is hereby changed to the Philadelphia and Erie railroad company, by Willett nanie.asarkal.A.l.-1, of the said company shall hereafter be managed and conducted with the same effect as if the name thereof had not been changed. Sac. 2. That the said, the Philadelphia and Erie railroad company be, and it is hereby au thorized to execute and issue, under its corpo rate seal five thousand bonds, not - exceeding in amount the aggregate sum of one million of pounds sterling money of Great Britain, or five millions of dollars, lawful money of the United States ; any number or all of which may be is sued for two hundred pounds each, sterling mo ney aforesaid, and any number or all ofwhich for one thousand dollars, each payable in twenty years from the date thereof. The said bonds shall bear interest at the fate of six per cent urn per annum, payable semi-annually, and shall not be subject to taxation ; and the said bonds or the proceeds thereof shall be used by the said company for the purpose of completing and equipping the said railroad, and for the payment of debts contracted concerning the same, and of the scrip issued by the said com pany under the Act of thirteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty ; and as se curity for the payment of the principal and in terest of the said bonds. The said company is hereby authorized to execute, in trust under its corporate seal, a mortgage of the whole line of its railroad, finished and unfin' bed, and to be finished from Sunbury to the harbor. of Erie, and its appurtenances, including all locomo tives and cars which may, at any time, be placed thereon, together with all its real estate, rights, liberties, privileges and franchises, which said mortgage shall be delivered to the trustee 'or trustees therein named, and recorded in the several counties in which the property therein described, or any part thereof, may be situate, and shall thereupon be and re main the first mortgage on all the property therein described until fully satisfied, except as to that psirt of the road of the said company which extends from Sunbury to Williamsport, on which a mortgage for sine million of dollars now exists. . Sze. 8. That the. said company be and is herebyniithorized to execute under its corpo rate seal, forty bonds for one hundred thousand dollars eir4,lpayable in forty years from the date; thereof, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum from and afte? the first day of January, one thousand eight hun dred and seventy-two, and secure the payment of the same by a • mortgage to the Common wealth, of all the railroads of the said company, finished, unfinished, and to be finished, and all the property, rights, privileges and franchises, including locomotives, cars and rolling stock of the said company, which said mortgage shall be subject to the mortgage authorized by the second section of this Act, and to the mort gage for one million of dollars on that part of the said road which extends from Sunbury to Williamsport, and the said company shall de liver the said forty bonds, together with the said mortgage, to secure the payment of the same to the commissioners of the sinking fund, and the said commissioners shall receive the same as collateral security for the payment of the said five per cent. bonds for three million five hundred thousand dollars, now in the sink ing fund, and the treasurer of the 6ommon wealth shall thereupon cancel and surrender all the bonds belonging to the said comParlii and deposited in his ' office for safe keeping, under the provisions of the Act for the sale of the State canals. • Sac. 4. That the time for the payment of the principal and interest of the said bonds for three million five hundred thousand dollars now in the Sinking fund, be, and the same is hereby exthrided 4111 the maturity .of the bonds for four millions of dollars to be given as collateral security aforesaid; and the payment of the said collateral bonds with the interest thereon, milhe same shall become due and payable, shall be full satisfaction of tile said bonds for three.million five hundredllunsawd dollars and of the conditions thereof. Provided. Tbat.tho pennontrania Mai (ICelegrap4, littonbag 'Afternoon, februarp 18, 1861. whole amount of principal and interest so to be paid by the said company shall not be less than the debt now owing by the said company to the Commonwealth, with the stipulated in terest thereon till the time of payment. SEC. 5. That on the surrender and cancella tion of all the five per centum bonds of the said company, made by authority of the Act for the sale of the State canals, approved the twenty first of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, except those belonging to the State for three millions five hundred thousand dol lars, and now in the sinking fund, it shall be the duty of the trustees of the mortgage for seven millions of dollars, executed by the said company, to secure the payment of the said bonds forthwith, to enter satisfaction on the re cord thereof, and the lieu of the said mortgage shall thereupon be discharged and forever ex tinguished. Sac. 6. That all the bonds authorized by the second section of this Act, shall be deposited in the office of the State Treasurer for safe keep ing, and shall be delivered to the said company for issue as hereinafter provided ; that is to say, that when satisfaction is entered on the record of the mortgage mentioned in the fifth section of this Act, the Governor shall by his warrant authorize the Btate Treasurer to deliVer to the said company ong thousand of the said bonds which, or the proceeds of which, shall be ap propriated by the, company to the purposes men tioned in the second section of this Act, and upon notice to the Governor that such appro priation has been made, he shall forthwith appoint a competent person to examine and re port, at the expense of the said company, the indebtedness liquidated and work done ; and on being satisfied of the faithful application of the said bonds,or the proceeds thereof, the Gov ernor shall then in the manner aforesaid autho dse the delivery of another thousand of the said bonds to the said company for the purposes aforesaid, and the remainder thereof from time to time and on the same conclitionsperipassu. "But before any of the said bonds are deliv ered to the said company for issue, there shall be endorsed on each of them the words "issued by authority of an Act of Assembly entitled, "An Act to change the name of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad company, and to facilitate the completion of a road from Sunbury to Erie, over the signature and official seal of the Secre tary of the Commonwealth; who is hereby au thorized to sign and seal the said certificate as aforesaid; proyided,however, that such endorse ment shall not render the Commonwealthliable for the,payment of the same in any contingency." If any candid man can find anything wrong in this bill, we would like to know it. By the adoption of the last section the interest of the State is properly guard ed : andWie completioxif the road secured. 111- t44-0041etidti: of the road a Vast ag mintind- oil region of coup try will 14 developed, the laud along the whole road will be doubled in value in less than one year after the iron horse t hall have traversed the same, and conse quently the State will reap more , benefits' 'from the same than possibly can be irn:, agined filii,State Will not only ultimate ly secure , the Vonas'ziOW to be made sec ond mortgage bonds, but will also reap the increased taxation which will necessarily be levied on ths increased valuation. We hope that the bill may paw., without further delay. ..,• The Pennsylvania Railroad Bill. — S'ome - Of our eitizeiiirs - a - in EoTe , rea I - fully exercised about the passage of the bill for the commutation of the tonnage tax duties on the' Pennsylvania Railroad. Whilst we are not altogether satisfied with the bill, as it passed the House, we would put a few plain questioris to those who seem to take the matter so seriously to heart. 1. Did not the tax payers of the State rejoice over the passage of the bill pro viding-for the sale of all her public works, and decide the question of "sale" or "no sale" by - an.immense majority in fa vor of a. sale ? 2 'Would the tax pipers not have, given the public works to any association of men without, consideration whatever, if they could not have been sold ? 3. Did not the State, while _she was owner of the railroad and canals, expend a SUM of EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY over and .above the receipts of the same, and was not this money received from the tax payers direct- ly or the State debt annually increased ? 4. Did not the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; when she purchased the works, purchase the same with an express stipu lation that, the tax on tonnage should cease; and would it not have actually ceased if a partizan Supreme Court had not interfered' and decided the sale un constitutional ? 5. Is not the question of the right to levy tonnage duties now before the. Su preme Court, and if that Court should sustain the allegation of the Railroad company and decide the tax illegally levied, would- not the State lose all her claim and be compelled to refund some six hundred thousand dollars already paid to the State on that account ? If the bill provided for an uncondition al repeal of the Tonnage Tax, we should oppose it in all, its forma. But as compro mises are the order of the day, and par ticularly when we deem them to our ad vantage, we support them with all our might. We are fully cOnvinoed that, by supporting the bill, we are sustaining and adyocating the interests of the taxpayers of Pennsylvania by securing them for a cer tainty the amount of the original purchase money, together with the interest on the same, amounting to the large sum of $13,- 600,000. 'This amount they are bound to pay in annual instalments, and we ask who would at this day pay that sum foz the roads? Nebody could be found to do it But let us examine the bill a little further. Is not the Company bound to re duce its local freight to the amount of the. Tonnage Tax, and will not the citizens of this State receive its immediate benefit ? The tax is now really paid by those who live along the line of the works. As residents of the city of Harrisburg, we ought to be the last to utter a word against the railroad Company or its pre sent management Heretofore we were ignored almost entirely by them, but now they are building up our city, and when their works are completed we shall have an additional population of three thou sand, solely brought here by their im provements. The largo amounts expend ed by them will be beneficial to the whole community, and we are bound to sustain and encourage those who seek to promote the interests of this community in portion lar, and at the same time of the taxpayers in general ‘F We are satisfied that the bill now be fore the Senate will render general satis faction after it is fully examined ; but if it can be, perfected let it be done fairly and honorably. We are glad that party spirit has not entered into the contest.— We find that thirteen Democratic mem bers voted for the bill, enough at any time to have defeated it if they had united with those who voted against it. The Kansas Sufferers-liffeoting In- eidents of the Famine The famine fiend still stalks abroad on the prairies of Kansas. That State, new ly transformed from a Territory, instead of breaking forth into joy at such an ad vent, is today just opening her eyes to an extent of destitution hitherto unparalleled in this country. The stranger who visits Kansas, it is stated, returns to his eastern home appalled with the amazing and heart-rending: spectacles which there pre sent themselves. C. IL Brainard, writing from Atchisen, on the 3d instant, deserib'es ; the following scenes : . Yesterday afternoon a Youpg,;woMgri , name' of Harriet'Harris arriv4.l;froui Ottawa county, one hundred and eighty mites distant, with a female infant onlyPeleven months old. She was on the road no less than twenty-four days, having been detained fourteen days at South Forks, y a severe storm and the ilium of her child. She was most scantily clad, hav ing no garment suitable for winter save an old shawl, badly worn. She was only saved from freezing by some bed clothing brought by the driver of the team. Her husband left her two months ago to look for work, and has Rot sinew . returned. She has friends - le Wisconsin ' and to-morrow she will be .sent forward byGepl 1 3 .:Bav v ,___after YPP Pyreri re This ,poor woman, who is not twenty-one' years old, and quite attractive in her personal appearance informs me that there are about twenty-five families in the neighborhood she has just left, and that starvation stars them in .the face. It was reported that one woman and two children had actually perished with hun ger ! Before the Kansas relief committees had begun to make their labors felt in the distant counties, this unfortunate woman and her neighbors bad exhausted every particle of food, and were only saved from starvation and death by some buffalo hunters, Who generously Sup plied them with a sack of flour. - The street in front of General .Pomeroy's distributing office is blockaded with teams bom early dawn until after sunset. Twelve persons are .constantly employed in distributing food and clothing, between forty and sixty loads of which are dispatched daily. More than two hundred and twenty-five towns have already been aided by the committee. No lees than eight buildings are used by the committee, which are rent free, and nearly all of which are own ed by General Pomeroy.. These buildings, in clude four warehouses, one clothing-room, one office, a grist-mill, with three run of stone, and a hotel for the use of applicants for aid. This hotel is usd also ass hospitalifor persons suffer. ing from frozen limbs. I have just visited the hospital, where in one room I found twenty men, one woman and sev eral little children. Some of these mon were suffering with frozen feet, and will be detained several days. One man from Bourbon aunty starts for Ohio to-morrow with his wife and two children, the eldest of which is a sickly lit tle creature, only nine years old. The other is a chubby little cherub, too young to have any idea of the terrible sufferings of those around .her. This man informed me that a recent cen sus was taken of Bourbon county, which show •ed a population of nearly one hundred persons, and one hundred and twenty-five families, three-fourthe of which are nearly destitute of the commonest necessaries of life. He is of opinion that unless ample relief is afforded be fore the streams are broken up by a thaw, and travel to this place cut off, most of these per sons must Inevitably perish with hunger. The food on hand at the vrarehouses in the city and on the way hither is barely enough .to last thirty days, and yet the wants of the peo ple are growing more and more urgent.' The efforts of the humane must not cease :I Death, by cold and starvation, will enter thousands of wretched homes if the supplies of food'and clothing are diminished I Money is wanted to pay freights, the pecuniary resources of Gen. Pomeroy being about exhausted, more than $6,000 having been paid . out within the last four days. From thousands of cheerless homes the cry COMM over the prairies, mingled with the wintry blasts, "Sevens, or we perish I" • Programme of the Presidential Trip. The following schedule shows the arri vals and departures in and from the vari ous localities the President elect and parr ty will visit on their journey to Washing ton city:— Monday, Feb. 18.—Leave Buffalo at air M , and arrive at Albany at three P. M. Tneeday, Feb. 19.—Leave Albany at 10 A. M. and arrive at New York at three P. M. Thursday, Feb. 21.—Leave New York. atnine A. IL, and arrive atTrenton at twelve M; leave Trenton at half-past two P. M., and arrive at Philadelphia at four P. M. Friday, Feb. 22.--Leave Philadelphia at nine A. M., and arrive at Harrisburg at one P. M. Saturday, Feb.la.—Leave Harrisburg at nine A. M., anti arrive at Baltimore at 'one P. M. leave Baltimore at / thrall' P. M., and arrive at Washington at half-past four P. M. A LONG WALK.—TO stick to a pro mise made if Lincoln was elected Presi dent, Mr. Edward . P. Weston, of Hart ford, is going to walk from Boston to Washington. The distance is four hun dred and seventy miles, and the contract makes it incumbent on Mr. Weston to perform the journey in ten days, and his arrival at the inauguration. Ile will leave the State House, in Boston, at noon, on the 22d day of February, and will be obliged Co walk forty-seven miles a day until he reaches the Capital. A man.is to accompany him in a carriage to see that he fulfills his agreement. FEELING IN KENTUOSY.—CaIviI Rich ardson, Esq., the Representative in the Kentucky Legislature, from Meade coun ty, has shown decided disunion proclivi ties, for which upward, of three hundred of his constituents—voters—have deman ded his "Fe - gig - nation. Meade county is a border county, lying on the Ohio river some thirty miles below. Louisville. It has always been distinguished for its con servatism, although it was formerly repre sented by 'Hon. Geo. Calhoou, who was *her radically inclined, but a gentle man of the most generous impulses, and of fine intelligence. ' • A. PENNSYLVANIAN COMPLIMENTED. Gen. Scott regards Lieut. Siemmer as worthy the highest praise for his , courage and military exhibited. BY TERM SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO TH!C DAILY TELEGRAPH. The President's Departure from Buffalo UTIOA, N. Y., Feb. 18 Hr. Lincoln-arid party left Buffalo before six o'clock this morning. He was escorted to the dePot by thiLipilitary and several hundred citi zens. Horace Greeley and others joined the -party. • Departure of Vice President Hamlin for Washington City. Ramon, Me., Feb 18. Mr. Hamlin, the Vice President elect, ac companied by his wife, left for Washington this morning. He was escorted to the depot by thousands of his .fellow townsmen, who cheered and bade him 'farewell. Previous to the starting of the train Mr:Hamlin responded ig a brief address as fallows : SPEECH OF ME. EAMLIN - I ge to discharge the official duties which have been conferred by a generous peo le,-re- "r 7, -nu tie - r .e ye. ;.I know fall well that dark clouds are lowering around the political horizon, and that madness rules the hour, but I am hopeful still ; our people are not only loyal to the:Government, but are fra ternal to all its citizens and when in practice it shall be damonstrated that the constitutional rights of all the States will be respected, and maintained by following the paths illuminated by Washington, Jefferson and Madison, may we not readmably 'hope and expect that quiet will be resOred, and -the- whole country still advance in career which will elevate man in his social, ...ral and intellectual condition. CONE SSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 1861. . Joint CocintANE, (N. Y.) from on Commerce, reported a bill 60,000 dollars for the survey of ater Courses and Islands of the I ndNehring's Straits, in view of Jegraphio co mmunication from he ,Amcor river in Asia to some , fines of the Russian Possessions. Committe of the Whole on the 1. ion. the Commits appropriatini the Northerr Pacific) Ocea establishing] the Mouth o point on the Referred to t State of the Mr. ST tee, reports 1796, and 18 of the. Mili the Union; repelling '' visions to authority o ize the Presid ful to use t and - navy, as Cavalry, in the same. Mr. Bono hope of pea force bills. • Mr. STANT° plied an omi Mr. Bocoos the bill, ther the bill be rej yeas 67, nays SENATE.-- mittee on pla peat the joint Degrr ;Ohio, from Military Commit bill sapplemental.to the Acts of providing for the calling forth for the execution of the laws of suppression of insurrection and sign, so as to extend their pro rise of insurrection'against the Le United States and to author t; in capes where it may be law 'Untie, in addition to the army kept the services of volunteers and artillery and to officer a.,) said if tbere is to be any must be by the' rejection of # that the bill merely sup , the Act of 1795. ted to the second reading of the question recurred, shall Decided in theenegative-- ac 4 (N. c.,) from the Com reported a resolution, to re irk favor of Wm. H. mittee of Cotiferenee ch wai foada on Sat 'geed to. Th& on Oil urdity And a petition from Associations of the that something may in of the Union, and - Institution and the the city be dc Congi laws. ed several petitions eSolutions. in fa) oregente4 a petition )1t publishers of the „Isoulty-of Columbia mu; of.he Tariff bill from Unit( Colle, in ref 4 setited the petition ts:figainst any com- Amery irk the terra= Is from citizens of to Constitution as it the laws. of ci prom tories. Pia is, Ett Mr. MS ' tion den le petitions : of citi or of the.Constitin wor of the Crittnn- tted the petition of L t o h n e erp en ro me perty was ula Na. WIN taken and mkt Lew' vy Yi seize( ing 11 Tar. in far ted, Beyond. petlifons Krupt Ait. • turozr,, (Conn.),and• 3 from citizens of 1 7, irk favor of the Tam Omni batik The Plan of the Committee of the Peace Conference. WesEntsrios, Feb. 18. The following are the proposed amendments to the Constitution, agreed upon by the Com mittee of the Peace Conference at Washington, and to be reported to 'the Conference. It is called Mr. Guthrie's plan, but it has been ma terially modified from that gentleman's origi nal. draft : Aancta 1. In all the territory of the United States not embraced within the limits of the Cherokee treaty grant, north of a line from east to west, on the parallel of thirty-six de grees thirty minutes north latitude, involunta ry servitude, except in punishment of crime, is prohibited whilst it shall be under a Territorial Government ; and in all the territory south of said line the status of persons owing service or labor as it now exists shall not be changed by law while such territory shall be under territorial Government ; and neither. Congress nor the Territorial GoVernment shall have power to hinder or yrevent the taking to said territory persons/hcld to labor or involuntary service within the United States, according to the laws or usages o H ally State from which such persons may be taken, nor to impair the rights arising out of said relations, which shall be subject to judicial cognizance in the federal courts accord ing to the common law ; and when any terri tory north of said line, within such boundary as Congress may prescribe, shall contain a po pulation required for a member of Congress, according to the then federal ratio of represent talon, it shall, if its form of Government be Re publican, be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, with or without involuntary service or labor, as the Constitution of such new State may provide. Art. 2. Territory shall not be acquired by the United States unless by treaty, nor, except for naval and commercial stations and depots, unless such treaty shall be ratified by four fifths of all the members of the Senate. • Art. 8. I . either the Constitution nor any amendment thereof shall be construed to give Congress power to abolish or control within any State or Territory the relation established or recognized by the laws thereof touching per sone bound to labor or involuntary service therein, or to interfere with or abolish involun tary service in the District of Columbia with out the consent of Maryland and without the consent of the owners, or making the owners, who do not consent, just compensation; nor the power to interfere with or prohibit repre sentatives and others from bringing with them to the city of Washington, retaining and ta king away, persons so bound to labor; nor the power to interfere with or abolish intioluntary service in places under toe exclusive jurisdic tion of the United States within those States and Territories where the same is established or recognized ; nor the power to prohibit the removal or transportation, by land,Nea or river, of persons help to labor or involuntary service in any State or Territory of the United States to any other State or. Territory thereof where it is established or recognized by law or usage, and the right during transportation of touch ing at shores, ports and landings, and of land • ing in case of distress, shall exist ; nor shall Congress have power to authorize any higher -rate of taxes on persons bound to labor on the land. Aar. 4: The third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution shall not be construed to prevent any of the States, by appropriate legislation, and through the action of their judicial and ministerial of ficers, from enforcing the delivery of fugitives from labor to the person to whom such service or labor is due. Aar. 6. The foreign slave trade, and the importation of slaves into the United Staten and their Territories, from places beyond the present limits thereof, are forever prohibited. Art. 6. The first, second, third and fifth 3 - 17LITM17 men an. ' .Itd" peragrap of the second section of the that articleW the Consti tutioo,..andtheildolparagmph of-,the, second section Oftbe first attiole of ,the COnetittition, and the third paragraph of the second section of the - flu - A article of the Constitution, and the third paragraph of the • second section of the fourth article thereof, shall nOt Est amended or abolished without the consent of all the State - s., • Art. .Congress shall providoty • law that the United States shall pay to the owner the full value of hie fugitiVeltom • labor in all cases where the Miirsbill'or other officer, whose duty, it was to- arrest such fugitive,. was pre vented from so doing by violence or lotinthia tion, or when, after, arrest, such fugitive. was rescued by force, and the • owner thereby pre yented-and obstructed in the pursuit of his remedy, for - the recovery of such fugitives . ; ! A Rough Reception at Buffalo. Burnio, Feb. 16, On his arrival at Bath:do Mr. Lincoln was lB6l. met at the'dpor of the car by a deputation of citizens headed by Millard Fillmore, between whom and himself a hearty greeting passed. The crowd in and suirounding the depot was dense, and numbered not lesi than ten thousand people. But one company of soldiers and a file of police were detailed to act as escort to the party, and it was with the greatest difficulty that they could iwotect them from being crush ed by the crowd. While passing from , the train to the carriages, in the jam, Major Hun ter, of the United States Army, one of Mr. Lin coln's suite, had his shoulder dislocated. The passage of the procession., up Exchange and Main streets to the American Motel, was a per fect ()withl. 'Most of the buildings on Ahose streets were gaily draped with flags. Arriving at the American Hotel, Mr. Lincoln was welcomed in a brief speech, by acting Mayor Bemis, to which he responded as follows : ME. larroora's SPBECII Mr. Mayor and fellow-citizens of Buffalo and the State of New . York:—l am here to thank you briefly for this grand reception given to me, not personally, but as the representative of our great and beloved country. (Cheera.) Your worthy:Mayor has been pleased to men tion in his address to me the fortunate and agreeable journey which I have had from home, only it is rather a circuitous route to the fede ral capital. lam very happy that be was ena bled in truth to congratulate myself and com pany on that fact.. It is true, we ,have had nothing thus far to mar the pleasure of the trip. We have not been met alone by those who assisted in giving the election tame, I say riot alone, but by the whole pOpuiation of the country through which we have passed. This is as it should be. Rad the election fallen to any other of the, distinguished candidates in • stead of ' myielf; under the peculiar circum stances, to saythe least, it would hive been pro per for all citizens to have greeted him as you now greet me. It is , evidence of the devotion Of the whole people to the Constitution, the Union and the perpetuity of the liberties of this country. (Cheers.) I am unwilling on any cession that I should be so meanly thought of es to have it supposed for a: moment_ that these demonstrations are tendered to me per sonally. They are tendered to the country, to the institutions of the country for which these institutions were made and created. • Your worthy Mayor has thought_fit, to express the hope that I may be able to relieve the Country from the present or, I should say, the threat- , evened, difficulties. I am sure I bring a true heart to Um work. (Tremendous applause.) For the ability to perform it. I must trust in that Supreme Being who .14; "neVer forsaken this favored land, through' the instrumentality of this great and intelligent people. .Withorit that assistance I shall surely fail'; with it I cannot fail. When we speak of threatened difficulties to the.country, it is natural that it should, be expected that , something should"be said. ly Myself " - with regard to pargealar meeffuree. 'Upon more mature reflection how- ever—and others will agree with me—that when it is considered that these difficulties are without precedent, and never have been acted upon by any individual situated as I am, it is most proper I should wait and Fee the developments, and get all the light possible, so that when I do speak authorita tively I may be as near right as possible (Cheers.) When I shall speak authoritatively I hope to say nothing inconsistent with the con stitution, the Union, the rights of all the States, of each State and of each section of the corm try, and not to disappoint the reasonable ex pectations of those who have confided to me their votes. In this connection allow me to sa y that you, as a portion of the great American people, need only to maintain your composure, stand up to your sober convictions of right, to your obligations to the Constitution, Rod act in accordance with those sober convictions, and the clouds which now arise in the horizon will be dispelled, and we shall have a bright arm glorious future, and when this generation ha.: parsed away tens of thousands will inhabit this country where only thousands inhabit it now. I do not propose to address you at length ; have no voice for it. Allow me again t, thank you for this magnificent reception and bid you farewell. Mr. Lincoln spoke with the utmostdifficulty, being so hoarse from his frequent efforts as to be scarcely able to make himself heard. The reception in this place was the most ill conducted affair witnessed since the dep trture frounSpringfield. A thick crowd had been al losved to await the arrival of the train irt tho depot, so that but a narrow passage could be kept open by the few soldiers and policemen de tailed to protect the President. He had hardly left his car an d,after heartily sh eking hands with Mr. Fillmore, made a few steps towards the door; when thecrowd made a rush, and over powering theguard, pressed upon him and party with a perfect furor. A scene of the wildest confusion ensued. To and fro the rofti ins swayed, and soon cries of distress were heard on all sides. Tne pressure was so great that it is really a wonder that many were not crushed and trampled to death. As it was Major gun ter, of the President's escort, alone suffered a bodily injury by having his arm dislocated. The President elect was safely got out of the depot only by the desperate efforts of those immedi ately around him. His party had to struggle with might and main for their lives, and after fighting their way to the open air found some of the carriages already occupied, so that not a few had to make for the hotel afoot as best they could. ,e The hotel doors were likewise blockaded by immeiveable thousands, and they had to under go another tremendous squeeza to get inside. The indignation of the Presidential cortege at their rough treatment is great, and they insist that Mr. Lincoln should decline all further public reeptions,,in case no better protection could be granted. Although somewhat exhausted, Mr. Lincoln. is in good spirits. This evening he is holding a levee at the American Hotel. Tile German Lddertafel serenaded him to night. The rooms of the Young Men's Oh riatian Union, directly opposite the' American Hotel, had dis played a large banner, upon - which were-the words, "We will pray for you." Just before the procession arrived at the American Hotel, a wagon filled with wood drove in front of the flotel, in fulfilment of a bet, conditioned, that if Mr. Lincoln was elected, one party was t 3 saw a half cord of wood in front of the. American, and, present the wood to the peorest negroln the city. If Mr. Lincoln was not elected the other party was to saw the wood and present it to a 13uffido news paper. The losing party = sawed vigorously while Mr. Lincoln was speaking. Ntm_2 NOTICE. THE -first Annual Meeting of tho'llarris burg-Cora Excnange AssocietiOn - be held at : ANY'S EUROPEAN Ilomy, on MONDAY, the 4th day,, of March, 1861, 'at 10 o'clotk a. m. attendarce of all the members la repeated. as a great deal or highly important businem will be transacted. JOHN WALLOWER, tmer2 Secretary. CAVALRY SQUADRON YOII are ordered to meet for parade in citizen's dress, on FRIDAY, the 22d inst., at 9 ow** s. m., at the house of Richard Began, on Paxton street, Harrisburg. D. J. UNGER, 113.4 t Acting O. S. GENERAL ORDERS ---No, 3. HEAD' QUARTZ/0 sth Div. P. V., } Harrisburg, Feb. 18, 1861. The arrival of President Lincoln will render a change of programme necessary to be ob served at the celebration of the 22d of. Ft*n ary, and pay homage to the Flag of the Union. The procession will form punctually at 121 r P. M., in the positions designated in General Orders No. 2, to receive the President at 1 o'clock P. M. By command of • Major General WM. H. KELM, • Officer Commanding and Chief Marshal. feblB FARM FOR SALE. T HE subscribers offer for sale. ONE. HUNDRED AND MINTY-SIX ACRES OF LAND, altuatoin Susquehanna township, Dauphin county, ad lotainz lands of A. 0. Bloater, John H. Fos and others ; thereon erected a large TWO-STORY wroNu HOUSE, BABE BARN, with all the necessary out-buildings.— There 18 one of the 'finest Apple Orchards in the county upon the property, together with a good vein of lAme stone; and it will be soil la a body, or in portions to Suit purchasers. - If notiold before SATURDAY, the Ihth of }Lace, it will then be o ff ered at public sale, at the Court House fa Har risburg. For farther particulars enquire of A. 0. }INSTEP, Assignees of JohC.-F. arrant], John Wallower & Sat. feblB-dlwawts U. S. FLAGS OF ALL SIZES AND PRICES 'tin hand and manufactured to order, at BERGNER'S CHEAP BOOKSTORE, 51 Market Street. EMI FINE CANARY BIRDS ! ! A LOT of imported German CANARY JCL BIRDS, which sing the Nightingale Song, for sale at. White R.all Rote!, market street. Only for sale to morrow. [IP] F. MOBBLER. FigigiEE SHAD, No. SALMON, No. 1, HERRING, No. 1, COD FISH, No. 1, MACKEREL, No. 1.. Of the above we have all the different sized izt packages from the am to the menu. is store and for sale at the loloesl market rates. feble FIRST CLASS GROCERIES! LARGE. ARRIVAL! }IA - STING JUST RETURNED from the Ezstern - cities where we have selected with the GRUMP. 'o.l4:lat a large and complete assortment of su perior goods which embrace anything kept in the beet city grooeries, we. respectfully acid cordially' Invite the Public to call and examine Our stock and Nunes MIK me as. feble FRESH ARRIVA.L OF Havorty, Bwiv, 4"; RErrxr t Go , 13!UT 'Pr;i:Ori i 67* ; Their s r ; WsoLe lamas ; . Just receivedatdro febl6 r sale at the towrar,oasa P WM , DOOK, JR. & CO WAL DOCK JR..k CO
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