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MONDAY MORNING, NOV. 19. 1860
0. BARRETT is THOMAS C. MAODOWELL. Pub—
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Where. the Responsibility Rests.
Before the recent election the Republicans
ridiculed the idea that the electlon of Ltncoln
by a purely sectional vote. and by a minority
of the American people, could seriously en‘dan
ger the Union. They smiled at the threats of
the South, and alleged that it was only a. game
to frighten them from their propriety. We be
lieve that many of the better-informed Repub
licans knew better than this, and read the signs
at the South oright; but the appeal to the re
solntion and manliucss of the Northern masses
against the alleged bullying of the South Was
very powerful and cfl‘ective—so much so that we
have little question that the threatening aspect
of afi'ait-s at the South contributed to swell Lin
coln’s majority. Men said dcfiantly—" Let us
“ see whether these Southern men are in ear
" nest, and bring this question of disuoion to
“ the test”—and nine-tenths of those who talked
in this way sincerely believed that there was
Donal d -nger, and that. the South would “back
“ down” as soon as boldly confronted. Had
they supposed that Lincoln’s election would
seriously en longer the Union, they might. have
acted difl’erently. Those who put the argu
ment into the months of the masses. and who
read the signs of the times so as to see real
danger in the future, were not deterred from
driving the South to the wall, because they had
learned to regard disunion as preferable to
what, in the slang of the day, was called the
“ domination of the Southern oligarchy ” Dis
union had no peculiar terrors to them, because
they contemplated it as the least of two evils.
They would rather have Lincoln elected, with
the certainty that. disuuion would follow, than
to preserve the Union at the cost of his defeat.
So when real danger comes, and there is good
ground for fearing the disruption of this 0011- 3
federaey, these men are calm, even jetcnlar.—
They can still laugh, and ridicule, and mock at
the fears of Union-setters with as keen a relish
as belore the election. They are not aston
ished at the existing excitement, and if dis
union comes the small remnant of their patri
otism will not suffer any deep pangs of regret. ‘
But the alarming movements at the South
have excitd different emotions in those who
predicted immediate peace upon the election of
Lincoln; and they exclaim loudly against ex
aggerated reports. They would like to believe
that the South is not in earnest, that there is no
mason to he alarmed,_:md that. it. won’t be much
of a flaud after all. Thus their time is divided
in alternate attempts to disguise the Iruth, and
to throw the whole blame of this excitement
upon Ihe Southern States. They really fear
that the wolf will come this time, but they
Would like to protraet the old dream of security
with the peaceful cry of “no danger.” Like
sleepy semine 5 they shout “all’s well,” when
the sappers and miners have perforated the
ground under them. ready for the train of
powder and the fatal match.
We said before the election that the imposi
tion of a sectional President upon the country
by a minority of the people would be followed
by serious danger, and that. danger is now upon
us. There was some litlle excuse before the
election for blinding the eyes of the people to
the source of danger, but there is no excuse
for denying it after it is upon us. Let us now
find out the cause, and remove it forthwith, if
we wish to preserve the Union. The Republi
cnn party have brought this danger upon us,
and if secession and civil war is the consequence
they are responsible. They were warned of
the mischief that would follow their sectional
ism, before the election; but they would not
heed it. Now they are bound to repair the
damage they have done, or stand before the
country as the guilty authors and promoters of
the perplexities, troubles and dangers of the
Union. It will not do for them to say that
they have not taken any immediate steps to
produce secession, and that they cannot control
South Carolina. They have furnished South
Carolina with reasons for secession, without
which she could not occupy the position she
does; and along as these reasons remain there
can be no security for the Union. Let the just
causes of complaint he removed, and the se
cessicn agitation will cease. These causes
spring from the Republican party and should
be removed by the Republican party.
IS PEACEABLE SECESSION POS-
SIBLE?
OPINION 01" MR. WEBSTER
We should he‘sorry to believe that a. dissO
luhon of the Umon will ever take place- We
know that. governments have been destroyed,
and that any one is liable to destruction; but
no man of intelligence. when he comes to con
sider the matter, calmly and deliberately, can
an how it is possible to break up the American
oonfederacy, as one would dissolve a commer
merciel partnership, by mutual consent, and in
peace. The hearts of the people, North and
Soul h. are against it; their interests are against,
it ; their personal and social relations are
against- it. and, finally, the geographical con—
ditions which associate them. are against it.—
The Conslitution, may, indeed, be amended, as
it he: been amended, whenever experience of
ill imperfect- working for the great and good
ends It was meant to secure, has shown wherein
and how it might. be improved. But utter sub
version _of the Constitution—total demolition
of the Federal Union—is a thing that is so
dreadful and revolting. even in contemplation,
that we are all accustomed to regard it as sim
ply impracticable. And it is, doubtless, be
cause every one feels so profoundly, and be
lien-130 absolutely, that the government is in
dostrnctible, that certain rash and distempered
persons, here and there, bill; so flippontly of
destroying it. And they fancy they. have the
right to destroy it for whatever they may be
pleased to regard as 8. sufiicient, reason for!
breaking up a grand and beneficent. political 1
system. with little more concern for the conse
quences than than with which a, spoiled and
peevish child demolishcs 'a. toy. We surely
cannot be wrong in supposing that the Union
is Stronger than 'thc passions of a. compara-
Lively few madman in any section of the coun— I
try. ‘ Certainly the great mass of (he popuhl- 3
Lion of those States would not suffer them to be 1
dissevered for “ light and transient. causes.” or, Q
indeed, for any cause that. may be corrected by
less violent and disastrous menu‘s.
But, be all this as it may. the idea ofpnucea
blc revolution is preposterous. The Union can
not be dissolved without war in the beflinnin
or war in the end—war as the immediate or
consequent effect. On this point, Mr. Webster
bus spoken so forcibly and impressively, that
we shall quote here the following extract from
the great speech delivered by him in the Senate,
Match 7111, 1850, in favor of the “ Compromise
measures” of that year. He said:
Mr. President—l should much prefer to have heard,
from every member on this floor, declarations of opin
ion that tnis Union could never be dissolved, than the
declaration of opinion by anybody, thst, in any case,
under the pressure of any circumstances, such a. disso
lution was possible. I bear with distress and anguish
the word “Secession,” especially when it falls from the
lips of those who are patriotic, and known to the coun.
try, and known all over the world, for their political
services. Secession ! Penceable secession! Si r, your
eyes and‘mine are never destined to see that miracle.—
The dismemberment of this vast country without con
vulsion! The breaking up of the fountains of the great
deep without milling the surface! Who is so foolish
(I beg everybody-'5 pardon) as to expect to see any such
thing! Sir, he who sees these States now revolving in
harmony around a. common centre, and expects to see
them quit their places and fly off without convulsion,
may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush
from their spheres and jostle against each other in the
realms of space, without causing the wreck of the Uni
verse. There can be no such thingas a. peaceable seces
sion. Peucenble secession is an utter impossibility. Is
the great Constitution under which we live, covering
this Whole country, is it to be thou-ed and melted away
by secession, es the snows on the mountain melt under
the influence of a. vernal sun, disappear almost unob
served, snd run oil"? No, Sir! No, Sir! I will not
state whet might produce the disruption of the Union ,
hut, sir, I see as plainly as I see the sun in heaven what
that disruption 1331! must produce ; I see that it must
produce war, and Such a. war as I will not describe, in
its twofold character.
l‘eeceable secession! Pence-able secession! The con
current agreement of all the members of this great re
public to separate! A voluntary separation, with ali
mony on one side, and on the other. Why, what
would he the result? Where is the line to be drown ?
tht States are to secede ‘! What is to remain Ameri
can? What um I to be? An American no longer I’
.Am I to become a sectional man, a local men, n separa
tist, with no country in common with the gentlemen
who sit around me here, or who fill the other house of
Congress? Henve. forbid! Where is the flag of the
Republic to remain ‘3 Whereis the eagle still to tower!
—or is he to con-er, and shrink, and full to the ground ?
Why, sir,’ our ancestors, our fathers and our grand
fathers, those of them who are yet liviux: amongst us
with prolonged lives, would rebuke nod reproach us;
and our children and our grandchildren would. cry out
shame upon us, if we of this generation should dishonor
these ensign: of the power of the government and the
harmony of that Union which is every day felt among
us with so much joy and gratitude. Whnt is to become
of the army? What is to become of the navy? What
is to become of the public lands. How is each of the
thirty Stats-es to defend itself? I know, although the
idea. has not been stated distinctly, there is to be, or it
is supposed possible that there will be a. Southern Gon—
federaey. Ido not “10!“, when I allude to this stute
ment, that any one seriously contemplates such a slate
of things. I do not mean to say that it is true, but I
have heard it suggested elsewhere, tlmt the idea. has
been entertained, that, after the dissolution of this
Union, a Soutueru oonfederncy might be formed. lam
sorry, sir, that it has ever been thought of, talked of ,01'
dreamed of in the wildest flights of human imagination
But the idea, so far as it exxsts, must be of a. separation,
assigning the slave States to one side,:lnd the free States
to the o-her. Si r, I may express myself too strongly,
perhaps, but Ihere are impossibilities in the natural as
Well as in the physical world, and I hold the idea. of a.
separation of these States, those that are free to form
one government, and those that are sluve-holdingto form
another, as such an impossibility. We could not sepa
rate the States by any such line if we were to draw it.
We could not sit down here w-day and draw a. line of
separation that would satisfy any five men in the coun
try. There are natural causes that would keep and tie
us together, and there are social and domestic relstzons
which we could not break if we would, and which we
should not if we could
Sir, nobody can look over the face of this country at
the present moment, nobody can see where its populo
tinn is the most dense and growing, without being ready
to admit, and. compelled to admit, that are long the
strength of America. will he in the Valley of the Missis
sippi. Well, now, sir, I beg to inquire what the wildest
enthusiast has to any on. the possibility of cutting that
river in two, and leaving free States at its source and on
its branches, and slave States down near its month, each
forming a separate government? Prey, sir, let me any
to the people of this country, that these things are
worthy of their pondering and of their consideration
Here, sir, are live millions of freemen in the free States
north of the river Ohio. Can anybody suppose that this
population can be severed by a. line that divides them
from the territory of a. foreign and an alien government,
down somewhere, the Lord knows where, upon the lower
banks of the Mississippi? gl'hat would become of Mis
souri? Will she join the’arandissmeur of the glove
States ? Shall the men from the Yellow Stone and the
Platte be connected, in the new republic, with the men
who lives on the southern extremity of the Cape of Flo
rida! Sir, I nmnshmned to pursue this line of remark. I
dislike it, I have an utter disgustl‘or it. I would rather
hear of natural blasts and mildews, war, pestilence and
famine, than to lieut- gentlemen talk of secession. To
break up this great government! to dismember this glo
rious country! to astonilh Europe with on not of folly
such Is Europe for two centuries has never beheld in
any government or any people! No, sir! No, sir.—
There will be no secession E Gentlemen are not serious
when they talk of secession.
uWILD CAT” Bums Ix ILLxxol3.—-The next
Illinois Legislature is to be called upon to give
the State a sound banking system, wilh a cash
basis required and redemptions at. Chicago or
Springfield. People have stood the wild cat
banks long enough. It. is stated that winhin
the last four or five months more than twenty
new “ banks” have been established in the
State, and the "armors have got for their aplen
di'] crops handsomely engraved bits of paper
that. are good only so long as people will take
them. By the last reporl of the Slate auditor,
it. appears that of eighty-four such banks
twunly two had not a cent of specie on hand,
andlwemy-four others less than $l,OOO ; while,
with a circulation of ten millions. only eleven
banks had loans amounting to $lOO,OOO, and
the others no loans at all. '
WEDDING AT Buowx’s.—Abouc eight o’clock
this morning the splendid parlors at. Brown’s
Hotel were thrown open, and were immediately
occupied by a. large company of ladies and
gentlemen, among whom we noticed Gen. Lane
and Senator Wigfall and lady, The purpose
of the assembly was to witness the nuptials of
Mr. Sylvanus Muks and Miss Sam}, Hight, all
of Nelson county, Va. The officiating Blergy
man was Rev. Mr. Kennard, Baptist. After
the ceremony the happy couple received the
congmtulalions of the company. The groom
has cprminly arrived at. the age of dimrezion,
beiv'g apparently about three score ; While the
bride is hardly‘lwenty.— ll’ashr‘ngton Star.
BACKING Olin—Wood, ofthe Albany Journal,
is trying to back out. of his endorsement. of the
Helper book. and at. the same lime to help Gov
emor Mug-gar: do the same thing. He says that,
[he “ Compendium” contains sentiments which
he and Gong-nor Mprgan were not aware of
when they game one hundred dollars each to
help along its _circulatipn. Strange'that they
slmulal ln-m on‘y juc! now found that. out.
THE EIGHTH CENSUS.
Po rum-nos or PnILADELI'X-lIA AND rm: EAST
191m stmlcr or anxsym-Axu._We are in
debted to U. S. Marshal Yost, of the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, for the complete re
turns of the population of Philadelphia and
the Distriqt, as follows:
POPULATION 0P PHILADELPHIA
I‘ll. Wfll‘d». . . - .. . . _ 537,013 13th “"nrd
‘lnl ‘- ...........‘23097 14th “
3d “ ...........19.97616th “
4th “ ...........23.632'16t11 “
sth “ ...........24,558 17111 “
6th “ . .-.. ”14,928 18th “
7th “ .....‘......31,397 19th “
Bth “ ............27.811 201.11 “
9th “ .......-....17,215 2131; *‘
10th “ ...........21,96‘7 22d “
11th “ .......-...]G,711 23d. “
12th “ ...........16,8111.'4th ‘
Total population 1360‘ '
Li 6: 1550
Increase in 10 years... . . ..- .. . . .159,272
The number of dwellings in the city is 89,~
978, an increase of no less than 28,700 since
18:30.
The following table shows the population, by
counties, of the Eastern Dis'rict. of xhe State,
showing an increase since 1850 of 338,100, and
an increase in the number of dwelling 01' 69,-
933 :
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLYAXIA.
Deaths Indus.
Counties. Inhabitants. during yr. Estnb. Dwel.
Admm... ..... . 27.997 494 180 5,012
Berks. ..- .... .. . 94,043 1 ,254 6+7 10,450
Bucks. .. . . . .7. ~— 037303 713 573 11,950
Carbon. . . ... . . . 21,239 236 94 3,885
Chester .. ... . . . 74,749 834 666 13,166
Cumberland. .. . 40,402 5% 318 7,298
Dauphin”... .. . 48,640 466 324 8,226
Delaware.— .- .- . 3 ,614 3T3 207 5,546
Franklin" . . . . .. 42.242 44'! 325 7,575
Lancaster. . . . ...110,621 1,259 985 20,521
Lebanon. .. . .. . . 30,030 310 220 5,875
Lehigh... .-.. . . . 43,932 605 46-! 1,748
Monroe. . . . . . .. . 16,805 164 81 2,829
Montgomery. .. . 70,494 700 009 12,330
Northampton. . . 47,775 380 251 8,954
Philadelphia. . ”508,034 6,079, 4,400 89,978
Perryfi-u .« ~ . . . 22,940 216 114 4.167
Pike............ 7,360 64 45 1,318
Schuylkill. . . . . .. 90,173 971 579 16,962
Wayne. .... . . . . . 32,172 188 ' 330 6,727
York. . .... . .. 68,038 820 673 11,723
T0ta1.....-1,558,153 16472 12,159 261,340
In 1350...1,2z0,953 197,857
I uni-easel . . . 338.100 691983
In the enumeration of “dwellings,” no ac
count. is taken whatever of stores. Buildings
in which there are no families residing are not
included in the count, unless they are used for
workshops, and even then not unless goods
worth five hundred dollars are made in them
yearly. Under the general head of “indus
trial establishments” are included manufacto
x-ies, workshops, 8.70., with the- condition noted
above
Srnascs HALLUCINATION.—A very singular
instance of the hallucination to which the
human mind is sometimes subject came to our
knowledge a few days ago in such a. manner as
to leave little doubt of its truthfulness, and
under such circumstances as to make it Worthy
of mention. The case in question is that of
a monomaniac, for he can be called by no
other name, who has for several months been
engaged in the pursuit of a fortune through
the medium of chemistry and alchemy in
the effort to convert into precious stones some
of the clear, flint-like agates and cornelians of
the Lake Superior region. The operator is a
chemist’s clerk, who came here from New York.
His name is James Huse, and he is a Prussian
by birth. a silent, morose man, 'of uncongenial
and solitary disposition.
It seems that while operating in his employ
er‘s laboratory in New York he made some ac
cidental discoveries which led him to believe
that. our native flinls, agates and cornelians
could be crystalized, purified, and hardened to
such an extent. as to make them of a consistence
nearly if not quite equal to diamonds both in
point of brillianoy and hardness. He came
here seven months ago, bringing with him about
$l,OOO of hard earned savings, and set himself
about the realization of his chimera. Visiting
the Lake Superior regions he spent two months
in collecting specimens, traveling on f-zot. over
the mountains and along the beach, and sleep
ing in a blanket by night. He returned with
the finest collection of native stones ever
brought from Lake Superior, built his furnace
in an old house in the upper part of the city,
near the outskirts, and alone and unattended
bent over the fires, mixed his chemicals, and
watched day and night for the results. No one
ever had access to the house, and an insepara
ble air of mystery always surrounded it, and
but for a very natural accident the occupation
of the inmate probably never would have been
known. . '
One day last week, some'boys, playing around
the house, discovered smoke issuing from the
crevices in the window shutter, and gave the
alarm. There was nobody near but some women
belonging to the families of the laborers who
were absent, and these, by the aid of heavy
sticks and cord wood, burst the door open, and
found a fire gaining rapid headway in one cor
her of the solitary room which the house con
tained. This was easily extinguished, when the
inmate was found lying on the floor one pile of
straw, fast asleep. Overcome by fatigue and
watching, he had fallen asleep while waiting for
his chemicals to mix in a crucible over a flir
nace, and the fire had comunicated with some
charcoal lying near by, and consumed at coh
siderable portion of the floor. He was neaxfly
stupefied by the charcoal gas and the cloudsof
smoke that filled the house. Without vouch
safing any thanks, he ordered theintcrlopers all
out of the house and closed up the doors. Pei)-
ple began to suspect counterfeiting operations,
and in the‘ evening he was again visited byéa
number of his neighbors, who again burst his
door in and demanded an explaination. Ile
gave it—showed his apparatus, his chemicah,
a hydraulic hand press, and a half a bushel )r i
more of disintegrated agates, some of whie‘h
were burned, others showing the action :jf
acids, which seemed to have eaten out the in
purities and left the flint as clear and transpi
rentas crystal, which was, doubtless, the ace:-
est he had come to the perfection of the sparr
lingdia‘mond He was irritated beyond measure
by the intrusion, and showed no civility. lie,
shoved the last man out of doors with a. force:
which sent him reeling down the steps, lockd
his door, and the next morning was gone, leav‘
ing no trace except a few smoked bricks whicl,
had composed his little furnace, and the pile (f
-straw which had made his bed. ' '
Whether he had gone to' some more undis-1
turbed locality to pursue his chimera, or givel;
it up and returned'to the World and commm;
sense, can only be surmised. He was ehideml; 7.
wrapped up in a delusion which absorbed everj'.
faculty and swallowed up all reason. H ;
seemed to be sensible on all other topics, an!
gave his name and told his story in a perfecll:
rational manner.—Har{fard Pram. .
FURTHER HEAVY Movminms IN AGRICULTU2
mu. Pnonucms.-—The movements at New York
in the agricultural products of the country con
tinue on a scale of unexampled magnitude.—
The Courier says:
The deliveries at New York from interior and
coaslmae points during the past week have in-'
cluded 12,700 bales cotton, 1,026,000 bushels
wheaz,ls2,ooo barrels flour, 165,000 bushels
corn, 128.000 bushels bur1ey,,165,000 bushels
oats, 9,500 tierces and barrels beef,_ 35.000
boxes cheese, 8.500 barrels rosin, 2,600 barrels
spirits turpentine, 2,3lscasksrice, 6,000 pucka.
gee butter, 3.900 barrels whisky, and 5,000
packages tobacco, the total value of which may
be set down as not far from four million: dol
lars. ‘
The total exports of all kinds, but mostly in
our agricultural products; Were to the value of
nearly three and a halfmillons of dollars,_a gum
exceeded but on a single occasion in the history
of our commerée, and that exception was a few
weeks since. Included'in the 'exporxs of lhe
past week have been 8,070 bales cotton, 82,000
barrels flour, (of which :63.000 barrels go to-
London, Liverpool and Glasgow,) 864,000
bushels wheat, (principally also to Liverpool,
London and Glasgow.) [90,000 bllshr-la corn.
1,427 barrels and tierces btjef, 2,040 barrels
porkl 98,600 lbs. bacon. 83,400 lbs. Lard, (319’-
700 lbs. cheese, 337 000 lbs. butler, 9,071 bar
rels rosin. 1,359 hoguheads, bales Mud eases
tobacco, 517,600 lbs. tallow, and 3,462 bales
110 s. '
GENERAL NEWS.
Tm: ESTATE op Srommx Glmno.~A bill
has been filed in the United States Court at
Philadelphia: by parties who are subjects of
the. French Emperor, for the recovery ot\all the
Girard estates, except that which is necessary
for the maintenance of the collt-ge. The bill,
says the Ledger, fil‘s forty-nine closely printed
pages, and will commence perhaps u long course
of litigation. The grounds on Whlch the re
covery is based arez—lst, that the preswt city
of Philadelphia cannot legally t-xocute the pro
vision of Stephen Gimr-I’s will; and 2d. the
estate, by reason of mismanagement, has di
minished in extent, referring to the loss of the
Louisiana lands and the nOu-productiveness of
those in Kentucky.
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BANNAKER Ins'rr'rn'rn CELEBRATION.—On
Thursday evening the Bannnku-r Institute, a
literary organization composed of colored men.
in Philadelphia, celebrated the 128th anniVer
sary of the birth of Benjamin Banuaker, who
was a. colored mathematician and astronomer,
born at Ellicou’s Mills. qu' in 1731, and died
in 1804. He mastered the most ' dlfiicult
problems in arithmecic, and his astro~omical
calculations secured the praise of some of Ihe
most distinguished scientific men of his day
in America and Europe. He bore a. cone; icu
ous part. in laying out the plan of the 'city of
Washington.
szn anrma lx VBBDIONT.—-A bill is
before the Legislature in Vermont to prevent.
prize fighting, making every person who shall
engage in any such fight. punishable by im
prisonment. not. more than ten ytars. or by fine
not. more than $5,000; and every aid, secom],
or surgeon. by imprisonment. not. more men
five yam-a, or by fine not. to exceed $l,OOO, and
every resident of the State who goes out qf it
to engage in such fight, subject. to the same
punishment. as an “aid, second or surgeon” to
any such fight. with-in the State.
SOUTHERN EMIGRATION Wasrwmn.—-The
Shelbyville ( Tenn.) Expositor says : Never at
at any lime in the memory of the oldest inhabi
tant has so great a tide of emigration been
witnessed as is daily rolling westward through
this town. They hail from Virginia, from
North Carolina, from everywhere east, and are
bound, some for Texas, some for Missouri, and
some for the Lord knows where.' Our own
county and State have sentlarge deiegitions to
the Great West. We notice an unusual num
ber of slaves in the trains of the movers.
“Ann LINCOLN” AN Invasion—We were
this morning shown at the U. S. Patent. Olfice
the model of a steamer combining hue; ant sir
chambers with a. steamboat or other vessel, for
the purpose of enabling their draught of water
to be readily lessened, that they might pass
over bars or through shallow water without
discharging their cargoes. This method of
lifting vessels over shoals was inVented by
Abraham Lincoln, President elect, for which
he received a patent May 12, 1849. Washing
ton Star.
Monmm'rr on A Barman MAN or WAR.—
A letter from Balize, Humlurns, dated Sept.
26th, states that yellow fever haul broken out
on board H. B. M. ship Icarus, at Truxillo.
She had lost 11 men and 2 oflic-‘rs, and many
were sick of the fever, among the res! Captain
Salmon. She subsequently sailed for J amaico,
and on her passage was spoken by the British
mail steamship Wye, when she reported 33
dead, with a. heavy sick list. ’
A Pnosrnnous STATE—The Savannah (Ga )
Republican learns from the annual report. of
the comptroller general for the year 1860, that
the total amount of property return-11 on the
tax digest for the year amounts ID the immense
sum of $672,322,777. The white populavion
supposed to be about 550,000. If the taxable
property of the State Was equally divided, the
amouutlfor each indivuluul would be Within
a, fraction of $1,223. .
BRUTAL Aor.-~Oue_ day last week a dead in
fant was found in the woods, near Jrfi'ersonton,
in Culpepper, Vin. with its eyes entirely gono—
supposed to have been picked out try the crows.
From a. remark that fell from the lips of its
mother, in the neighborhood of Amissville,
in Rappahannook. the community' became
satisfied that the inhuman act was her own,
and thereupon had her arrested and committed
for trial.— Warrentawn Flay.
Cnnnrnnss or TRANSPORTATION IN ENGLAND..
—Mr. Holley, in a communication to the New
York Yimes, says that the “cost of hauling a
passenger or a. ton'of goods 3. mile on an Eu
glish railroad is about one-half of what it is in 1
America.” The renson of this is that English 1
roads are better constructed, and require less ‘
power to do the work. J
NEGLECTED HEB. Baum—A Bible was re
centlysold at auction in France, which had
been presented by a nobleman to a. deceased
actress. The purchaser turned over the leaves,
and found scattered here and there ' bunk btlls
amounting to about $3,000, which the actress
had never discovered, Her hei-s have com
menced a. suit to recover the money.
Cossetnscn STstcxnx.—Owen Norment, the
bar tender who sometime since shot young Tit
termany, ata tavern in North Carolina, has
given himself up to the authorities of that
State. When he committed the act, Norment
was a. man'of large physique and in full flush
From the effects ot‘sleepless remurSe, he'is now’
reduced to a skeleton.
DONATION mom‘U. S. Samoan—Mrs. Harri
son Grsy Otis, one of the managers for the
Mount Vernonfund in Boston, presents her
thanks to the crew of the Bainbridge United
States brig—of—v‘mr for a generous contribution
“ to”secure the reacue of the tomb'of Washing
ton.- ' e
Vassms or ‘VAR. AT VERA Calm—The U. S.
steamer Powhatan, Capt. l’end'ergast, flagship;
the steamship Poéahonms, Capt. Hazard; snip
Sabine, Capt. Adams: and the ,ship Supply,
Capt. Walker, were at Vera. Cruz on the 7th
instant.
NIARRIAGE or A PonTEssi—The gifted South:
ern poetess, Miss Matilda C. Smiley, was mur
ried on the 30th 11%., ul Grape Hill, the residence
of her mother, in Nelson county, Van. to Mr.
Alpheus L. Edwards, of Washington city-
The property of Nicholas Longworth, of Cin
cinnatti, is said 1.6 have been ascertained within
a few uaya to be as follow: Real estate,
$2,000,009; personal property, $1,500,000.
Total, $3,500,000.
Asussmulou.—On the 4th inst. Gen, Riley,
a member of the Georgia. Senate. from Lump
kin county, was shot (lend in his own rvsidence,
at Dahlouega, by T. Davis, with whom he had
quarreled some time befure.
Tan Cannon [Human—The “Wilkes
‘ Guard,” :1. military company in Washington.
1 GB", have selected the Rev. G. G. Norman, of
,the Methodist Church, captain, in place 01'
..i their late captain, Hon. I. T. Irvin.
)
8 Hon. Reverdy Johnson’, of Maryland,
lectured in Sun Francisco a few weeks ago, on
the subject, of building churches. ‘A somewhat
novel subject for a lawyer
At the sale in Berlin most of Humboldt’s
fipicun'es sold at, the rule of thirteen cents
fipiwe. The best. sale was the Three "Graces”
liar $24
' PREMATURE—Packages have leen received
:t the post ofiice. in Alexandria, Va., direcu-d
0 “Alexandria; Virginia, Southern Confed
racy.”
Mr. Ten Broeck has Won £2,009 in England
>u a. match hetwevn his American colt. Umpire
nd a. horse named 'l‘om Bowline.‘ - ‘
;_l)nni§l Sidtgner, of Fayette county, Ky.,;
anumuted exgh: slaves in the Probate Court.
, Cincinnati on Monday.
SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL Cunvemzon.-—-The
Southern Commercial Convention fei‘ed Io meet
as proposed, in Atlanta, Ga., on the 12th man.
No delegates made their appearance. This
was, probably, owing to the Convention move
ments throughout the South.
An ordinance of the city of Memphis re
quire; all stores and saloons to be clued at. 11
o’clock. ,
The sum of $7 was contributed at the polls
in Hugerstown, I\ld., for the Ladies’ Mount.
Vernon Association.
Crowds of disaffected “saints" are on their
way from Salt, Lake Gigy to San Diego, Cali
fornia. ' ‘
Ber. George Loomis, D. D., will shortly be
influgumted president. of Allegheny College,
Meadvillc. -
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
Kalisas Relief Committee.
The Kansas Territorial Relief Convention
assembled at Lawrence on Wednesday, and aft er
a. harmonious session adjourned Ihe_same day.
Hon. R. B. Mitchell, of Lynn county, was Pre
sidem, and John. A. Martin, of Alchinson. and
R. G. Elliott, of Douglas county, Secretaries.
A Territorial Central Committee. composed
of thirteen members from each council district,
with Gen. S. C. Pomeruy for Chairman. wn._s
appointed. A committee of the, wit. the Hon.
M. J! Parrott for Chairman, was appointed to
draft an address to the people of the United
States, setting forth the condition of Kansas,
and asking their aid.
The Central Committee has appointed an Ex
ecutive Committee of Five, with General Pome
roy, of this city, as Chairman.
Contracts home how mode with the different
railroad companies by which goods and provi
sions for the relief of Kansas are shipped at.
merely nominal rates of freight, if consxgned
to the Chairman of the COmmittee. Gemml
Pomeroy, Awhinsou. and marked “Kansas Re—
lief.” They will be distributed throughout
the Territory, or sent to any particuiar county,
lOWD, or association. if so direcled.
A resolution was adopted warnig the peop e
of the East against giving money to any of
those not having the endorsement of the Ter
ritorial Central Committee
John A. Martin. of Atchison, introduced a.
resolution returning the thanks of Kansas to
Thaddeus Hyatt. for his efforts on behalf of its
people, which was unanimously adopted.
The Convention also passed a resolution in
troduced by 001. Holiday. of Topeka, request
ing the President to p-rstpone the land sales in
the Territory. '
The Territorial Executive Committee hold a
meeting in this city on Wednesday next.
There is, unquestionably, great. (institution
throughout the Territory. and there will be
much sutfering uuh-ss speedy relief is sfiorded.
SPE 01A L N(1 T 1 OEB.
MRS. W INSLOVV,
An experienced nurse and female physician, has. Sooth
ing Syrup for children teething, which greatly facilitat»
the process of teething by softening the gums, reducing a!
inflamuation—will allay ail pain, and is sure to regulate
the bowels. Depend upon it mothers, it will give rest to
vain-selves, and relief and heaith to ymi‘r infants. Per
ectly safe in all can“ 890 advertisement in another col
umn. :ungJBSQ-dkzwly
from the Independent, New York, July 28, 1859.
GLUE.—Our advertising columns wntain some testi
monies to the vnlue uf a. new nriiclo- known as “Spam
ing’s Prepared Glue," useful tn housekeepers for mending
furniture. It is prepared with chemicals. by which it is
kept in the proper condition for immediate use, the
chemicals evaporating as soon as it is applied. leaving
the brine to harden. We can assure our readers that this
article ha.- the excellent phrenological qualityof "large
sdhesiveness.” . '
Fro Rule hy'c. A. haunt“, No. 2 Jones’ Row
nu'fdtkwlm '
DR. CHEESEMAN’S PI LS.
The comhinatinn of ingredients in these Pills are the
result of n- lomz and extefinive practice. They are mild
in their operntion, and certain in correcting all irregu
lsritiex, pniuful menstrumtinnt removing a.“ obstruc
tions. whether from cold or otherwise. headache pail
in the side. palpitatinn of the heart. whites, all can
vnus affections, hymen-ion, fatigue, pain in the hack and
“tuba, &-,c., disturbed sleep, which axis? from intern“)
tion of nature.
DR. CHEESEMAN’S PILLS
was the commencement of a. new era in the treatmem
of those irregularities and obstructions which have con
signed so many thousands of the young.the beautiful.
and the beloved to a PREMATURE anavn. No female can
enjoy good health unless she is regular. and whenever
3n firstructlon takes place the general health begins to
ac ne.
DR. CHEESEMAN’S PILLS
are the most effectual remedy ever known for all com
plminte peculiar to Females. To all classes they are in.
valuable. inrlucmg, with certainty, yeriaditul regularity
They no known to thousands, who have used them at
different periods, throughout the country, having the
sanction of some of the most amine)“ Physicians in
America.
Explicit directions, stating when, and whm they
should not be used, accompany each box—the Price 02::
Dollar each box, cnnmin-ingforty Pills.
A valuable Pamphlet, to be bud free, of the Agents
Pills sent by mail, mommly, by enclosing price to the
General Agent. Sold by druggiata generally.
B. B. HUTCHINGS, General Agent,
14 Broadway, New quk.
Sold in Harrisburg by G. A. BANNVART.
decl ’59-d&wly
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDI—Sn‘
James Clarke’s ' elem-atom Female Pills, prepared from a
prencfip ion of Sir J. Clarke. M. D , Physician Extraordi
uu ryto the Queen.
This Invaluable medicine is unfailing in the cute of all
those painful Ind dangt- ous diseases to which the female
constitution in subject. It moderates all excess and re-.
moves all obstmctiuns, and a speed y cure may be relied on.
T 0 MARRIED LADIES
it is peculiany suited It will ii: a short time bring on
the monthly period with regularity.
Each butting, price Hue Dol'ar. bears the Government
Stamp of Great Britain. to prevent connin’rfa‘its
“fuss PILLS SHOULD NOT an nnu BY nuns mmma
um FIR" THREE M INTIIS 01" Panama“, A 8 nu ARI
sun: m- muna on stamxuun, 3111‘ u- my mum rm:
1' at we sum. -> ’ '
In all c -sea of Nervous and Spinal Affection, Pain in the
Buck and Limbs, Fatigue on slight sxertiou. P -lpitution of
the flea t, Hysteria! mid Whites, these Pills will . Heat a
cure whvu all other means have failed. and although spou
erl'ul remedy, do not cuntuin ton, calpmel, antimony, or
anything hurtful to the constitution. '
Full directions in the pamphlet. ground each package,
which shnuld hr- curefnlly presvad. _ ,
N. B —$ .0 and 6 postage stamps encloml to any an
thorized Agent, w 11 insure a buttle, containing over 50
pills, by return mail. '
. For sale by (I. A, Bgsxulu, Harrisburg. ' ij—dawly
New lbmtfiscmems.
OTH).k .——Just amved at Boas & For
ster’u-Whnrf &- boat had of AFFLES, CIDER,
BUCKWHEAT‘ MEAL Ind’ HONEY, from Bradford
county”. which will be disposed of 'on remnnnblv‘terms.
nolD-ltd; . JUIIN DIQUEEN. _
71' o '
l“ R! lIT —" wo arks are now laying on the
_ river. bntwee'n the twu bridges. lnndedwith a great
variety of applm from th-u upper North Branch—Liar Halo
on reauonnblu. terms Among the varietfes n 6 SPDTZ
ENBERGS, RUSSETS, GREENINGS, FALL PIPPIN-S,
PERMAINB, GILLIFLUWEBSLSza” (to. 11019
BOOTS AN!) SHOES.
JACKSUN&CO.. "
Have opened 3. Boot and shoe Store at No. 90% MAR
KET STREET, enrner of Fourlh, where they keep con
stantly on hand a. fun and varied aseurtment of the
BEST Cl'l‘Y MADE SHOES.
Having been engaged in the SHOE UPPER BUSI
NESS in this city for more than a year, they are pre
pared to make ALL KINDS OF FANCY SHOES to
order, at short. notice of the best materials, and war
mhted to give satisfaction every way.
{FPleese cell and examine my assortment before
purchasing elsewhrre.
{D’Remember thv- place—9o,l4 Market street, sign of
the [non-(13m) GOLDEN BOOT. .
STORAGESS'I‘ORAGEH
k Storage received at warehouse of
no}? , . , JAMES 3a WHEELER.
LYKsaTlvé‘fiLl :EY NUT COAL—-
For Sale A? TWO nouns mt won. ~
' - b PA'IENT WEIGHC'ARTS
fix!” Coal dolnend 31 JAMES M“ WHEELER.
Doom delivered from both yin-(18.. .- : ,-,n017
BI {U MI m It: 5, BR’, éADJTOP. :Crm L
1» fox: Blacksmiths? use. A superior article -for sale
at $3 00 pe'r flu or I‘2}; cents per bushel.“ 5 =
All Cm! delivered by Patent Weigh Outs. _ .
no 7,: . ‘ nus: M: wan-Iw.
KELLHR’S ‘IIRIYG STOB E is the plum
to 'ind anything in tL way of Perfumery.
A 1 cumsqg, Nov. 17.
NOTICE.
Coumasxosns’ Onrcn, Dauphin County, pk ,
Enumaxuao. November 0. 1860. ’g
The Board offlonnty Commissionenwill receive sealed
proposals until 2o’clock, P. m., of Wudnu-sday. Novembm.
213:, for Furnishing, De'ivcring and Erecting a 0151
Iron Fence around the lot of the new Court House m.
the sides bounded by both alleys. including two Sing“
and one Double Gate. The said Fence to be of the Im.
tern and dimensions agreeing in every particular with
that of the Naw School Presbyterian Church of Rum“:-
burg, Pa. JOHN S‘ MUSSEB,
JACOB BEHM
GEORGI‘. GARVERICH.
, Commas/one".
ATTEST—Josnm BULLEB, Clerk. nol'r-m
GUN AND BLAST.NG tOWDER.
JAMES M. W HEELER,
HARRISBURG, PA., .
AGENT FOR ALL
POWDER AND FUSE
MANUPABTUBED BY
I. E. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & 00.,
WILM I NC? To N, DELA WARE.
113' A large supply always on hand For sale stmaml
fwturer’s prices _Mngazine two miles below town.
15.05:?“ received at Warehoufifi. n 01?
CABINET WAREHOUSE.
JAMES R. BOYD a: son.
29 SOUTH SECOND STREE'Q,
CABINET MAKERS AND UNDERTAKERs.
A large variety of TETE-A-TETE SOFAS,“ARM
AND PARLOR HAIRS, MA I-‘BLE TOP TABLES;
B UR EA US, BEDSTEADS, WA SII-S’I'ANDS, 1141‘
RACKS, «kc. Call and examine onratock and price-3,15
w. cm. sell a»: low as can be bought in the State.
nolO-d'lm
l AYE R BAI SINF—WHOLE, HALF and
, Qummu Buxns,juat received by
11016 ~, ' , W. DOCK. 33., 8: CO.
COT’I AGE FURNV I‘UR l‘ . m Chamber
Suits, containing DRESSING BUREAU. BED.
STEAD, WASH-STAND, TABLE, FOUR CHAIRS,
and a ROCKING CHAIR, from $23 to $4O a. suit.
BUREAUS AND BEDSTEADS from $4 50 to $10.50:
and other articles at equally low figures, at the War-e
Rooms of JAMES R. BOYD a SON,
11016-111111 29 South Sword street,
\ O'I‘ICE T 0 STOCK” (IL 1'“. HS.--The
holders of stock in the Harrisburg Building Assn
cimion are hereby requested to present their original car»
tilicates of stock to the undersigned, when the same will
be cancelled. and the new certificates, with (he dividend
thereon. will be issued, as directed by a. resolution of the
Directors. ROB'T L. MUENGH, Secretary.
now-flat
CANE ‘E \T (‘H AIRS—The largest
and best variety, fifty different styles and pattern.
from $6 tnslB aaet Also, TUCKER’S SPRING BED
BOTTOIH, the best in use—only SB—nt
JAMES R. BOYD & SON'S,‘
29 South Second street; next to Bell's Store.
nOl6-dlm
' 'XIRA 'SI'GAR UUBED HAMSm
1110 I.}; net received by
1V E W D RU G
ID
PREsoRIPFION STORE
WILLIAM W ARMSTRONG, Practical Draggist and
Chemist, would info-m the citizens of Bani-burg that
he has leased the store room recently occupied by Dr.
Kimbel , and is now prepared to furnish those who feel
dispos d to patronize him with pure and unndulteroted
Drugs and Medicines, such as can be relied upon. Having
had several years experience in the Drug and Prescrip—
t on business, he most respectfully solicits a. share of
Physicians’ Prescription business. He has also a large
and vsri- d assortment of Perfumery, Stationery. Jae.—
Also, all of the most popular Patent Medicine. of “as
day; also, Tobacco. Cigars, Small“, kc, ofthe heath-ands;
also, Alcohol. Turpentine. Burnin, Fluid. Coll Oil, &c.
In fact everything usually kept in a we‘llvsmcked drug-,-
store. nolfidlm.
PENNSYLVANIA,SS.
1’ "“3 In the’unme and by the authority
gm! of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
meWmf main, WILLIAM F. PAcxmz'. Gover
nor ox me said Commonwralth.
A PROCLAMATION.
Wnnnnhs; It is provided in and by nnlaet of
the General Assembly of this Commonwealth,
entitled “An Act relating to the Electors of this
Commonwealth,” passed the second day of
July, A. D. one thousand eight. hundred and
thirty-nine, “ that the Secretary of the Com
monwealth having received the returns of the
votes given for Electors of President and Vice
President of the United States, shall lay the
same before the Governor, who shall enumer
ate and ascertain the number of votes for each
person voted for, and shall thereupon'deelare by
Proclamation the names of the persons duly
elected.” '
Axn Wunesss, It appears by the returns laid
before me of the election for electors, held on
Tuesday, the sixth day of November, inst,
that. James Pollock, Thomas M. Howe, Edward
0. Knight, Robert P. King, Henry 311 mm.
Robert M. Foust, Nathan Hilles, John M.
Broomall, James W. Fuller, David E. Stout,
Francis W. Christ, David Mummo, Jr., David
Taggart, Thomas R. Hull, Eroncis j-B. Penni
men, Ulysses Mercur, George 'Bressler, A.
Brady Sharpe, Daniel 0. Gem, Samuel Calvin,
Edgar Cowan, Williox‘n M'Kenncn. John M.
Kirkpatrick, James M. Kerr, Richard P. Rob
erts, Henry Soother and John Greer are the
persons duly elected electors of a President
and Vice President of the United States, to
serve at the election in that behalf to be held
at the seat of Government of this State (being
the City of Harrisburg, in the county of Dau
phin) on the first Wednesday of Decembernext,
agreeably to the said not of the General As
sembly of this Commonwealth, and the Consti
tution and Laws of the-United States in such
case mode and provided. ~'
Given under my Hand and the Great Seal of
the State, at Harrisburg, the fifteenth day;-
of November. in the year of our Lord one
thousand eighthundred and sixty, and of the
Commonwealth the eighty-fifth,
By the Governor, :
'. WM. M. Hmsnm,
‘ Secretary of the Commonwealak
nole-d&w3t
M TGMRT—TN T
T 0 EVERY
DISEASED MAN. WOMAN AND CHILD 3
D 3. 81» WANT, Physician for Chronic Discus- is W"
manently located in Hanisb'urg. and can 111-anti! "f”
to many was which he‘ has cured after the! 1"" “an
treated wilhout benefit by me old avatem. “9 “9” ‘1”
refer to banal-eds of such euros in Rifleren‘ ”whom.“
ghe United States and Canada. - ‘
He m.," Particular attention to Afomoumt the Lung!
and Throat. in which elm «r wmvlsw“ “" "mm“
in mm and will succeed Where the” ”3'". to be no hope
of gen-08mg. ,1 successful in Discus of
r . an tr" ’7
thes,om“h,¥f£::§?g:eys. Nerves. all fogma 0!: Emma
Comvmn,l_ Rheumati’m’ 1:315:51: Scrotum. Epilepm,
. 1; e - '
*“2:.5:2§:2::;5;5:Jm~ m.,
modem» 6mm M the Bnehlu- 30““0- “m 11“ WW?!"
entrance: Hours 9a.m. to SP, m- Lem‘" “5““! be
addressed “ DR. J. STEWART.
”ovuigwalzw
J}, E M U V A L .
JOHN WTLOVER,
"MERCHANT TAILOR,
Hag removed to
‘QOpMARKET FTRE ET,
Where he winme planned to see all his friend
octß-dtf
W. DOCK, 12., 6:. CO
WM ._ F. PACKER