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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.
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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
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establishing]
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yeas 67, nays
SENATE.--
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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
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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.
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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.
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U. S. FLAGS
OF ALL SIZES AND PRICES 'tin hand
and manufactured to order, at
BERGNER'S CHEAP BOOKSTORE,
51 Market Street.
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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.
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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.
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