horrible man’s head, and I come to the conclu
sion that it was not bald at all, but sleavnl.”
" Good,” said 1. “1m [ll‘Bth sure, mylad,
you’re right : and, in that case, he musn have
been an escaped lunatic. This gives us a
clue”——— '
.1 Please, sir,” interrupted the maid with a.
eourlesy, “ Mr. John Stokes, at, No. 23, ’av ’ml
’is ’ead shaved lately fox- scarlet fever.
“For scarlet fever,” cried I ; “Eurcka, Eure
r':a J” and l clapped my hat on= and rushed (IE
:0 So. 22'. like a. lunatic myself.
Mr. John Stokes was still grievously ill, and
new to be seen by anybody but his lawyer, said
his servant.
"And am 1 not his lawyer. my good man?
Can‘t you see 1'” _
So 1 went. up, as‘] had conjectured Would be
Ihe case, to‘the third story; the same in which
was our own sitting room in No. 1!). Poor Mr.
John Stokes was lying in bed, and, luckily, fast
asleep, with the identical shaved head and
scarlet face that. had been so impressed upon
our memories.
‘ “1e has been deliriQnsfordays, poor fellow,”
aid his nurse; :‘and 1:. would be a pity to wake
him for any bpsmess matter, would it not?”
J said that it. would be a. great. pity, and that.
it was not. tube thought of; and then asked
whether the sick man was ever left. alone.
“Never, sir.” »
“Are you quite sure 01111511?” said I severely
“Wel!,-sir, I may say ‘never ;’rthat is, except
inst for my going down stairs for his break-
fast.” -
“And when} iime does he breakfitst?"
“Well, sir, about ten o’lock.”
"Between ten and a quarter past, I suppose.”
“Yes, sir," replied the astonished nurse ;
‘ ‘just so.”
The window nearest to mn- house was, I
found, unbolted. It was clear that Mr. John
Stokes—who afterwards got- well of his fever,
and, I hope, recovered his hair~was the up
parition that had so spoiled our breakfast a
fortnight, ago, and 52}. our digestions wrong ever
unce.
The only mystery remaining was how, even
in delirium, human feet could have gone so
swiftly and surely upon that. narrow ledge, along
«he fronts of three broad houses, and how they
could have remained invisible to any eyes save
ours.
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Deception.
> The Republicans ascribe the inflamed slate
of feeling at. the South to the misrepresenta
tions of the aims and purposes of the Repub
lican party by the Democrats of the North.
They allege that the South has derived distorted
and exaggerated notions of the designs of the
Republican pal-£37 through the agency of the
Democratic party; and that consequently the
Democrats are responsible for the secession ‘
feeling kindled and fanned into a consuming
5“ by means of this system of dcception.-
This feeble attempt, at recrimination will not 2
enable the Ilepuhlieans‘to shift u“. responsi !
hility for the impending dissolution of the
Union from their own shoulders. The South
ern people derived their impressions as to the ‘
purposeswf the Republican party, not, from
the representations of Democrats, hut directly
from the speeches of the leaders of that party: i
and from the tone of the presses high in its ‘
confidence. Theyu‘end the public addresses of
Seward, of Sumner, of Giddings, of Low-joy
and other recognized captains of the advancing
host. of Republicans, and ascertained directly
from them what were the principles of the
party they marshalled. The worst things that.
the Democrats of the North said against the
Republican party were furnished by the public
declarations of their acknowledged leaders.
It was not the duty of Democrats to palliate
or gloss over the ultraisms of the Republican
leaders, or to undertake the task of explaining
Mr. Sewn-J's “irrepressible conflict,” and
Sumner’s poisoned rat simile, as mere figures
of rhetoric which really meant no hostility to
the institutions of the South; But it was the
duty of Democrats to show how such insane
and wicked violence would impel-ii the existence
of the Union; and if by doing so the semi
:uent of resistance to Repuhlimn ”‘3l-‘7’35550”
was deepened and strengthened among the
Southern people, Whose fault. was it? That. of
the men and the partywho i'ulminhtcd their
analhemas against the South, or that. of the
men and the party whodenounced such vio
lence, and besouglit. the people not. to doom the
counuy to certain destruction by entrusting
these mad seclionalists With the direction and
control of the Government?
We fling back the charge of deception into
the teeth of the Republican party.- We charge
them with the guilt. of dish-acting this confed
eracy. if their purposes were constitutional
and conservative, and it. was slanderous to ac
cuse them of A‘bolitimfism, then they were
guilty of promoting, exciting and inflam‘mg
hostility to the South—warmin g into life every
grade of anti- slavery radicalism for no higher
01' deeper purpose than to secure a party tri—
umph with the spoils of chine—encouraging
men whose affections should comprehend the
whole country, to hate and despise the South
——-all for nothing more enduring and exalted
than a brief repast. at the public flesh pots.
And now that. the South has taken them 1t
their word, by accepting the declarations of
their acknowledged leaders as the true exposi
tion of the purposes of the Republican party,
they say that it. is a. sad mistake for the South
to believe that iheymeanl, what was said. The
devil is not as black as he is painted. The
Republican party is conservative, constitu—
tional, national; and they rave and cry out.
“ deception” because the South believe that
Republicanism is the hostile aggressive thing
I that its recognized cxpoeitorshave represented
it. to bc.
- Yes—there has been deception, gross, damn
ing deception, practiced upon the people of
Pennsylvania. The Republican leaders never
allowed their party to see the true issue- They
prattled about. Tarifi's and llomesieads and re
trenchment, and covered orerthc month of the
yawning gulf. When Democrats told the peo
ple that. the issue was Union or disunion—that
the election of Lincoln by a sectional party
would precipitate the calamity which has
threatened this country ever since Abolitionism
has gained a footingin the North, they laughed
in derision. This Union could not be dissolved,
said they. The election of Lincoln would ce
ment and make it more enduring. Disunion
was a. Democratic bugbcar to frighten the peo~
ple from exercising their free choice. There
was no: the slightest danger. The trouble
would all blow over in a- few weeks after the
election, and then (the good times would come
—Taritl', Homestead, freedom and a universal
jubilee. The people were blinded and deceived
by such assurancesas these. They did not
believe in the reality of danger; they did not
think that there was lightning in the cloud
above them, and that. it could descend to shiver
and blast. their den-rest interests. The majority
of the citizens of Pennsylvania voted for Lin~
coln under the false impression that his elec
tion would not endanger the Union; and this
false impreseion was produced and encouraged
by the Republican party. Had the people
seen the true issue as they now see it, Lincoln
would not have received the vote of this State.
They were deceived, cheated, betrayed. And
now the guilty authors of this fraud, who
should hide their faces in shame, have the
brazen impudenee to resort. to recrimination by
charging the Democratic Ila-fly with producing
the excitement at. the South. They cannot, es
cape the fearful responsibility of their criminal
proceedings by “ facing it. through,” butfmust
ever stand accountable to an outraged people
for the disasters that have overtaken this once
peaceful, prosperous and happy Union.
Fugitive Slaves 9.! the North.
The Baltimore American says it is estimated
that in the last fifty years the number of slaves
who have eschpetl from the South is fifteen
hundred annually, and the total lose about forty
millions of dollars. The result can be deter—
mined with accuracy by the difi‘erence between
the actual increase of the black population of
the North from one census to another, and what
the increase would hav'e been had it been con
fined to natural causes. There are other in.
teresting feels connected with this subject.—
The slave population of the South doubles once
in thirty years, the free negroes of the South
double once in twenty-five; the free negroes
of the North anti West double once in forty
years from the untuml increase alone. The
free negroes of the South are the most stable
and least migratory of any class of population
in the United States, leaving out of question
their migration to other slave States. Many
more free negroes migrate from the free States
to the slave States than from the slave States
to the free States. Forly-nine-fiftieths of all
native negroes of the slave States who are
found in the free Stat-es were fugitive slaves
when they left the slave States.
These are significant facts. They exhibit
at a glance the immense losses which the South
has sustained from unfaithfulness in the North
to the federal compacts. What do the Aboliv
tionists make of the fact that more free negroes
migrate from the free States to slave States
than from the slave States to the free '3 This
does not show that their condition in the North
is favorable to their material or moral elevation.
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LETTER FROM WASJIINGTON.
__,. .. _._“.-
Currcspontieuce of the Patriot and Union
There is as ye! nobusineas done in Congress,»
except the hills which were passed through yester
day in the House, without either dehato or exami
nation. In the Senate there is no disposition to do
business, and I do not think that body will do any
of the ordinary business of a session of Congress-
Everybody is itaiking about the revolution that
is now going on, and of the certainty of the secon
§iolx of the Southern States. There 55 no other
tepid diseaseed anywhere but secession or disma
tion. It is fully and madness longer to den! ”13*-
the dissolution of thil Union will take place before
the 4th of March next. the] Southern States have
all the preliminary steps arranged for the fatal
plunge, and. no power can Prevent it.
MII. Buchatlmu :hows in his message that this
goverumeni Is weak, etTete, powerless, in a jug.
tun like the present. 116 proves thaw: possesses
no inherent strength of self-preservation, and that
it merely hangs upon the uncertain Manure of tho
whims and onpricel of a‘most capricious mop”...
If, then, more be no power in the government to
prevent the States now about to sever their connec.
tion with nut. government, the work of destruction
is already commenced, and the terrible deed will
be golgummuted whenever they have the muchi.
nery Indy to form a. new repoblio.
No concession that. oould be proposed by me
North to the South now would be iisiened to for a;
.WAsmnc'wx, Den. 0, 1360.
moment The only question now left is one of re
construction.
What the programme will be, either North or
South, I am at 9.1055 to divine, but I am persuaded
that, inaémuch us separation is inevitable, the
sooner it takes place the better, if it can only take
place peaceably; but at this point I confess my ut
ter inability to see how such a thingies peaceable
secession can be accomplished. A collision must
take place at some stage of the proceeding, and
the country will be precipitant! into a. blood, revo
intion before the people are either aware of it, or
prepared for it. I venture the assertion here that
the revolution will burst upon the people of this
country like a clap of thunder.
Why is it, in view of all the awful consequences that
surround us, the Governors of the Northern States
do not at once call their respective State Legisla
tures together, in order to arrest th is dreadful state
of things? Why does not Governor Packer issue
his proclamation at once,.end submit the state of
the country to that body for its prompt and decisive
action? Why not make the effort at least to do
something to stop the progress of a. catastrophe
which must and in horrid scenes of suffering and
blood? It will not be I suflicient answer to those
questions that but three weeks have to elapse be
fore the Legislature of Pennsylunin will meet in
pursuance of the Constitution and lane of the
Commonwealth,- because before that time expires
we may have nought but the ruins of a once proud
and glorious republic to look upon. I repeat it,
that before the first of January next, the first fatal
act in the dreadful drama may indeed, I think
will, be enacted. ’ - .
I confess I shudder as I write this, but my duty
to the public, and my duty to myself, forbid that
the truth should be longer suppressed. There is
no more hope, except, perhaps, in a last effort being
mlde by the Northern States, through their Legis
latures, to efi‘ect a pause for a. few weeks in the
movements of the Southern States 5 in an earnest
appeal and a sincere, patriotic efl’ort being made
to stay the tide of revolution that throntens our
country’s overthrow.
It must be borne in mind that the step between
revolution and despotism is a. short one. The sun
of this country’n prosperity cannot go down except
in blood, if it must go down by a. rash, precipitate
and reckless revolution, such as seems to be hurry
ing us into the very vertex of. ruin and shame.—
This Union is of too much value to be sundered at
the mere bidding of those who have lost all regard
for the memories that cluster around a. Confederacy
that was pure-hosed and baptized with blood. Can
it he that there is-no way of averting the terrible
alternative that has been presented by the South
-—that of severing the bonds that have held these
States together for upwards of eighty-four years?
Is it possible that. the people of the North willnot
arouse themselves from their fatal slumber, and by
every species of concession and compromise en
deavor to save the Union from dissolution ? The
issue is before them, it. is for them to choose ; for
with them will rest the most terrible consequences
in the future.
The Putnam Phlanx, a. military company from
Hartford, Connecticut, arrived herein the 6 o’clock
train from Boltimore, and were escorted to the
National Hotel in this city by the Washington
City Guards. ThetCompany numbers 160, and are
all dressed in the Continental uniform—cooked
hats, with plume; yellow—top boots; blue coats—
shad—bellies, of course-trimmad with bnfi'; large
Waistcoats of buff or yellow color, with large lapel
pockets, and ruffled shirts; in fact the uniform is
identical with that worn by Washington and his
compeers of the Revolution. They excited consid
erable interest by the quaintnoss of their uniforms
and soldier-liko appearance. They were entertained
by the Secretory of the Navy, Governor Tunney, off:
their own State, last night. 1 -
The Senate has adjourned, 111 l Monday next.
Census of Penn SylvaniawComplete.
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A11egheny.......: 180,074 2,117 4153 M 1333 23%;
Armstrong .....I as 114 240' 2300: 'lOB 'o’3lg
8eux:er........._.' 29,321 264' 2252‘ 319 5’453
gadt0rd......... 20,303 MI 230601 155 3’01,-
Bgiks .-.-.- 91.943 1,204 5;531' 047 10115;
B uri'li”""'” 27,485 317 1 001 132 4’877
Br '01.......1 50,040 2941 0007 230 0’31“
8uck5........... 03,803 713 53780 576 14’983
outxer:.....-..-.. 33,753 3521 4:000 79 6’5 7
cumbgrmu .... . .. 29,313 300 1435 314 5’323
out n 21,239 236 ’409 91 o’s- '
.0211 3......” 27,087 127 1.061 129 2’73:
0191'? r......... 74,749 334 5123 666 13’7"
4 10n........_. 25,575 98 23031 112 ' ’l6
mgmemuuuu 15,925 1441 1'56; 114 3’3:
C1xnt0nz......... 17,722 103 ’734' 1 ’
Columbm... ... . . 24,603 207 2 023 139 3’140
Crawford. .... . . . 49,041 294 5:507 20" 4’549
aumbgrlana.....l 40,402 533 21132. 10 9’31?)
mupmn .. ..1. . . I 48,010 463 £l2B £2: 7’2”
Delaware ... ... . . 30,614 373 1,629 12:67 8,226
$1111...." ... 5.843 55 lin 40 I’ggg
1' gig......... 00,097 21.4 4,174 363 9’7'9
aye, 40,166 MI 20ml 151 7' a
Fora;t._.... ...I 859 13: I 9‘" I ’2Ol
Eranklm ..... . . . I 42.242 4471 0 434: 111 3&5
1u1t0n..........,1 ‘ 9,140 69 I’och 3:3 7""5
Greeqe 24,400 221‘ 2’lll 'll 1,031
Hugtmgdon . . 23,204 278 2’09: 0712 4’2“
Indiana- .. .... . . . 33,869 36‘3- 31410 14" 4‘19“
$091301... .. .. . 18,4141 180 ram: 117 g’lfi
Lunulta. .. ...1.. . . 10,3001 194 ’607 154 3‘3
Imm“ 110,021; 1,259 0 721 or 7 ’939
.awrence........ 23,213 163 1’837 9") ‘o’s'l
gebgn0n......,.. 30.030 310 £783 ‘ :33 3’231
I elugh .... . . . 43,932 665 2’7341 ”54 at?“
1020:1190” ... . . 91,089 868 3,3871 359 7’ ‘3B
{11), commg .. ... . . 31,560 323 2'0391 209 13,032
3.153“ .. . . ... . . "9,000 491 3150‘ 53 1’30?
111-111' rl. 07,104 .379, 3 4731 37 6’35?)
Ml 1n.......... 10,378 188; 1i043' . “HI “1931
Monica... .... . . . 16,805 1641 '9701 31 3‘ 09
lon gomery .. . . 70,4941 706 5.303? (3011 198:0
Nlontour .... . . . . 13,1101 15%| 'san 6 33301
forthampten.... 47,775 3301 207351 051 "3531
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. . ... ~ o , ' ,097 1' 9 I I
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qchuylklll...nu 90,173: 971 2’237 513‘ "20g
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Suinpmt........ 26,9201 197: 230391 y” ”376
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. qsquehanna .. . . 36,665! 453 3 7751 2-0 1:00:
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Tm: SPANISH NA\'Y.——-The C'orrcspondmvia, of
Madrid, gives the following as the naval force
of Spain, as fixed fort-he coming year: A soil
ing ship of 84 guns; n frigate of 42 ; two 1:01~~
vettes, carrying together 60 guns; two brigfla
with 32 guns between them, and two transports
of 2,784 tons. Screw steamers—three frigates.
mounting in all 115 guns, and with machinery
of the force of 1,460 horse-power; four schoon—
-8:5, with 10 guns and 3-10 horse-power; and Six
transports, 01" 7,300 tons and 1,310 horse-power.
Six paddle steamers, carrying together 40 311113,
and moved by machinery of 1,930 horse-power.
In addition, the Coastguard service of the
Peninsula includes two screw steamers with
four guns, and of 764 horse-power; two idis
pnteh boats, with four guns ;'two loggers, with
a gun each; 25 felu‘ccns and 73 other craft.
The total force of Spain, then, colonies not in
cluded, may be taken at. 25 armed vessels, carry—
ing 393 guns, 10 transports, together of 10,000
tons burdens and 97 auxiliaries. The number
of men to be provided for the navy and naval
stations is given as follows:—-4,919 marines,
{>7l guards for the arsenals, and 7,176 sailors-7-
:u a 1112,661. E
THE SEOESSION TR 0 ÜBLES.
‘ —_._.__.__
A LETTER FROM A MEMBER OF THE CABINET
The Pittsburgh Chronicle put lishes the
lowing letter, which, it says, “a prominent.
clergyman of Pittaburgh has just received from
a member of President. Buchanan’s Cabinet—a.
truly Christian man, anda tried pan-itch”
WASHINGTON, November 30, 1860.—My Dear
Sir : lam in receipt of yours of 27th inst.,
and thank you for your kindly allusion to my
self, in connection with the fearful agitation
that now threatens the dismemberment of our
government. Ithink the President’s message
will meet your approbation, but I have little
hope that it will accomplish anything in mode
rating the madness that rules the hour. The
indications are that the movement has passed
beyond the reach of human control. God alone ‘
can disarm the cloud of its lightnings. South ‘
Carolina‘will be out of the Union, and in the ‘
armed assertion of a distinct nationality, pro~
bably before Christmas. This is certain, un
less the course of events is arrested by some
prompt and decided action on the part of the
people and Legislatures ot' the Northern States.
The other Slaves States will follow South
Carolina in a. few weeks, or months. The Bor
der Slates, now so devoted to the Union, - will
linger a little while, but they will soon unite
their fortunes with those of their Southern
sisters. Conservative men have now no ground
to stand upon—no weapon to battle with. All
has been swept from them by the guilty agita
tions and infamous legislation of the North. I
do not. anticipate, with any confidence, that
the North will act up to the solemn responsi
bilities of the crisis, by retracing those fatal
steps which have conducted us to the very
brink of pei‘dition, politically, morally, and
financially.
There is a feeling growing in the Free States
which says, “Let the South go !” and this feel
ing threatens rapidly to increase. It is in part
the fruit of complete estrangement, and in part
a Weariness of this perpetual conflict between
North and South, which has now-lasted, with
increasing :bitterness, for thirty years. The
country wants repose, and.is willing to pur
chase it at any sacrifice. Alas, for the delusion
of the belief that repose will follow the over
throw of the government.
I doubt not, from the temper of the public
mind, that the Southern States will be allowed
to withdraw peacefully; but when the work of
dismemberment begins, we shall break up the
fragments from month to month with the non
ehalnnoe with which we break the bread upon
our breaqust tables. If all the grave and vital
questions Which will at once arise among these
frgments of the ruptured ‘ republic can be ad
justcd without a. resort to arms, then we have
made vestiprogress since the history of our
race was written. But the tragic events of the
hour show that we have made no progress at all.
We shall soon grow up a race of chieftsins,
‘ who will rival the political bandits of South
‘ America and Mexico, and who will carve out
i to nsdour miserable heritage with their bloody
swor s.- . , '
The muslin". of the people dream not of these
things. They suppose the republic can be de
stroyed to-dny, and peace will smile over its
ruins to-morrow. 'They know nothing of civil
war. This March in the desert of the pilgrim
age of nations has, happily, ‘been for them a.
sealed fountain. They know not, as others do,
of its bitterness, and that civil war is a scourge
that darkens every fireside, and wrings every
heart with 'anguish. They are to be commisera
ted, for they know not what they do. Whence
is all this? It has come because the pulpit
and the press. and the cowering, unscrupulous
politicians of the North have taught the people
that they ere responsible for the domestic in
stitutions of the South, and that they can be
faithful to'God only by being unfaithful to the
compact which they have made with their fel
low men. Ilence those “liberty hills," which
degrade the Statute Books of some ten of the
free State's, and ore ooiil‘csscdly a shameless
violation of the Federal Constitution, in a.
point vital to the material interests of the
South, and yet more vital to her honor. We
have here presented, from year to year, the
humiliating spectacle of free and sovereign
States, by a. solemn not of legislation. legalizing
tlzt' theft of their neighbor’s property. I say theft,
since it issnot the less so because the subject of
the despicable crime chances to be a slave,
instead of a. horseor cabale of goods.
From this same teachinghns come the per
petual agitation of the Slavery question, which
has recalled the mind of the slave population of the
South, and has rendered every home in that
distracted land insecure. This is the feature
of the “irrepressible conflict” with which the
Northern {people are not familiar. In almost
every part of the South miscreant fanatics have
been found, and poisoning and conflagrntion
have marked their footsteps. Mothers there
lay down at night, trembling, beside their
children, ,and wives cling to‘ their‘husbnnds as
they leave their homes in the morning. I have
a brotheriresiding in Mississippi who is a. law
yer by prhfession, and a cotton planter, but has
never had any connection with politics- Know
ing the éulm and conservative tone of his
character} I wrote him, o. few weeks since, and
implored him to exert his influence in alloying
the frenzy of the popular mind around him.
He has replied to me at much length, and after
depicting. the machingtions of the wretches to
whom I [have alluded, and the consternation
which reigns in the homes of the South, he says
it is the unalterable determination of the
Southerngpcople to overthrow the government,
as the only refuge which is left to them from
these inshpp‘ortuble wrongs; and he adds: “on
the success of this movement depends my every
earthly interest—the safety of my roof from
the firebrand, and of my wife and children
1': om the poison and the dagger.”
I givel you his language, because it truth
fully expresses the Southern mind. which at
this moment glows as a. furnace in its hatred
of the North, because of these infernal agita
lions. Think you that any people can endure
this condition of things ‘2 When the Northern
prencheriinfuses into his audience the spirit of
assassins} and incendiaries, in his crusade
against slavery, does he think, as he lies down
quietly at night, of the Southern homes he has
robbed of sleep, and of the helpless women and
children he has exposed to all the nameless
horrors of servile insurrection?
I am still for the Union, because I have yetu
faint, hesitating hope that the North will do
justice to‘ the South, and save the republic be
fore its wreck is complete. llut action, to be
available, must be prompt. If the Free States
will sweep-the “ liberty bills” from their codes,
propose a convention of the States, and offer
guarantees which will afford the some repose
and safety to Southern homes and property
enjoyed by those of the North, the impending
tragedy may yet be averted. but not otherwise.
I feel apositive personal humiliation, as a mem
ber of the human family, in the events now prc~
paring. If the republic is to be oli‘cred us a.
sacrifice ‘on the altar of African servitude, then
the question of man’s capacity for self-govern
ment is forever settled. The derision of tho
world will henceforth justly treat the preten
sion as a force, and the blessed hope, which for
five thousand years our race— amid storms and
battlcsfhas been hugging to its bosom, will
be demonstrated to be a phantom and a dream.
Pardon these hurried and disjointed words.
They have been pressed out. of my heart by the
sorrows that are weighing upon it.
Sincerely your friend, "-1' 9: *
llmvi FALL or ROCK AT NIAGARA Fume—7
A correspondent of the Toronto Globe writes as
follows :1 “ I want. to inform you that on Sutur~
day. thegoh inst" at half past. 1 o‘clock,'there
was a tremendous 'fall of rock a little sooth of
ths old Staircase, completely filling up the path:
way longing to the new staircase. But a few
minutesgbefore this‘fall, a party was being con~
ducted from {he museum to the sheet of voter.
Had it Happened at the time the: were passing
all must“ have been crushed to pieces. I sup
pose some thousands of tons fell.”
GARIBALDI’S hymns—Mr. Adams Smith, the
amusing correspondent of "the Scotsman at the
scene of strife in southern Italy, introduces us
to one or two of the ministering angels of
Garibaldi’s camp and hospitals:
“ There is a, Princess who is indefatigable in
her exertions daily at the hospital. Then there
is the Countess Marni della Torre, a very ex
traordinary personage, revolver and dagger in
one hand, and physio bottles and plasters in
the other. She is good looking, as far as deli- ‘
cate features can make her, a nose chiselled on
the best Grecian model, but she fails in com
plexion. ller figure is slight, and not inela
gant, and upright as a. dart. Such her phym—
“p.ll” moral may be partly collected from a
short conversation I had with berm a cast she
gave me one evening in her carriage.
I was returning on foot from St. Angelo after
the battle on the let October. I met her dn
ving at a gallop. I respectfully saluted her as
she passed. She stopped and kindly told me
to get into the carriage. I did so, and asked
her where she was going at such a. rate. ‘To
the camp-_to the wounded—but I have no ban
dages—no nothing—no anything for dent.”—
‘Then what is the use of going there? had you
not better return to the hospital at Santa Maria,
whither the wounded will be carried.’ ‘Vell,
I must sec.’ She stopped everybody on the
road, boy and man, to ask their advice. All
this while the bullets were flying across the
road, and she standing up in the carriage, an
excellent mark, cool as acucumber.
“For nearly twenty minutes did we remain
‘on the road lightly conversing. ‘Don’t you
‘ tick my uniform very pretty, Mr. Smit’——but
. tons all down in the front ?’ 'Yes,’ said I, ‘and
j unless you want some more button holes to
match not made by the regular tailor, I think
i we had better start, more especially as than
more holes than buttons.’ ngozzo assented;
but after all she is kind-hearted as well as
spirited. Then last, but not least, there is a
Mrs. White, of the Chiaja, of more modest
pretensions, but not less energetic, equally use
ful. She is one of Garibaldi’s pets; and by his
salutes you may always know where his affec
tions are deepest—he has a gradual scale. This
lady he impresses afl'ectionotely and fervently
upon the cheek.
“Then there is a very patriotic woman,
Whose cognomen is Santa, Joanna, who has
spent half her fortune in the cause, with the
noblest soul enclosed in a mass of most smutty
flesh and gorgeous ribbons, for whom he has
the most unbounded regard; he salutes her on
the top of the head. There are many other
steps in the scale of his infections, but I have
merely taken the. top and bottom ones. It is
to the second lady‘ mentioned that I would re—
commend all the subscriptions for the sick and
wounded to he sent.”
12,11
Streams Case or Poxsomxc BY A Born—A
remarkable ease of attempted murder by poison
has occurred lately, as we learn from the Bur
lington Free Press, at Montpelier, Vt. A little
child of Hon. C. W. Willard, while drinking
his milk, was seized with violent vomiting——
The milk was examined and found to contain
corrosive sublimatc enough to kill a dozen men.
The poison had evidently been put into the
milk after it had been poured into the child’s
cup, and the sudden, violent reaction of the
child’s stomach was all that saved its life. The
wonder was, who could have done it—«for the
servants, a girl and an Irish boy named John
Roakes, were considered trusty, and were both
exceedingly fond of the child. Finally suspi
cion fell upon Roakes, who confessed that, he
put the poison in the child’s cup, not from any
ill will to Mr. and Mrs. W., who had always
treated him kindly, or to the baby, but simply
from hatred to the servant girl, with whom he
had some trivial quarrel. and on whom he hoped
the suspicion of committing the crime would
fall. he owned also to having taken, and de
stroyed by burning them, some valuable articles
of clothing, which had disappeared from time
to time._ expecting that the girl would be
charged with the theft. He was immediately
arraigned before the Court in session at the
time, plead guilty, and was sentenced to eight
years’ imprisonment, Judge Poland very pro
perly adding to the sentence alecture upon the
inconcrevable heartlessnegs and depravity
which could induce so wicked a deed.
Tm: Eur-snort NAPOLEON 11m me Porn.—
The Paris correspondence of the Daily News,
writing on the 14th, says: A pamphlet, cer—
tainly not ofiieial, but still significant, has ap
peared to-day at Dentu’s with the singular title
of “Pope et Empereur.” The author (under
stood to be ,M. Gayle) proposes the suppression
of all relations between the French clergy and
Rome, that bishops and priests should be elec
ted by the people as in the primitive days of
the church, and that the Emperor should con
centrate in his own person political and reli
gious supremacy. I have often heard it sug
gested, in a. half joking way, that the Emperor
would solve the Roman question by making
himself Pope; the appearance of the above
pamphlet at Dentu’s, at the present juncture,
calls to mind the proverb that there is many a
true word spoken in jest. It is rumored that
M. de la Guerronniere is at work upon 8. pam
phlet on the religious question. Meapwhile,
”moderation” being a quality which the gov
ernment especially cultivates, a private inti
mation has been given to the press that. they
would do well to abstain from such very strong
articles against the clergy as the Opinione No
!z‘onale has been publishing lotel¥ It appears
certain that the question of the ope’s depart
ure from Rome was warmly discussed at the
last council of Cardinals, presided over by His
Holiness, but that the council broke up with
out coming to any decision.
ANOTHER RAILROAD I’noJrze'r.-—The great
yield of oil at the Mecca. oil wells, and the
rapid increase of business consequent there
from, has developed a. project for completing
the Clinton Air Line Railroad from Jamestown,
in Mercer county, to that Point. The work will
he completed under a, difi‘erent company from
that of the Clinton Air Line Company. It is
thought that the road can he bought. from the
original owners, or those who own it. at present,
for a mere trifle, and that the road can be com
pleted at a comparatively small expense, as the
grading on the entire length of this division of
the road is already completed, and the stone
necessary for the building of culverts, bridges,
&c., all quarried and on the ground ready for
putting up.
THE NEW YORK Cmm‘m Emonoxa.~—on
Tuesday an election took place in New York
city for uldermen, councilman, and other local
officers. Very little interest seems to have
been taken in the results, as not half as many
votes were cast as on the day of the Presiden
tial contest. The “ Japanese _aldermen” were
nearly all successful. Politically, the Mdormen
stand 13 democrats and .4 republicans, but only
5 democrats and 4 republicans were elected on
Tuesday, the rest holding over. The republi
cans lost. two members. It is supposed the
democrats have a. majority of the councilman.
A KENTUCKY mennmn.—About a year ago,
it. will be remembered, Mr. Talbot, :1. hotel
keeper at Bardstown, Ky., was shot and killed
by T. H. Slaughter. Slaughter was tried at
the recent term of the Bullit Court (having
obtained a change of venue from Nelson county),
and admitted to bail, jury failing to agree. On
the 10th ult., a. son of the murdered mun, mech
ing Slaughter in the streets of Bardstown, shot
him dead on the-spot. ‘
GUN AND BLASTING POWDER.
JAMES M. WHEELER,
HARRISBURG, PA., '
AGENT FOR ALL
POWDER AND FUSE
uununnun u
I. E. DUPONT DE-NEMOURS uh 00..
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.
117 A large supply always on land. For sale at unnu
fac‘mr’s prices. Mlgazine two mm: below town.
flowers received at Wnrohouee. 11017
LATEST fiav TELEGRAPH
The Panic,
Special Dispat‘bh to the Patriot and Union
PHILADELPHIA, Dy: 7
Stocks and breadstufl‘s are still depreesed.
Reading fell two dollars per share. Thug.“
banks have reduced their discounts, instead or
expanding them, as was agreed upon. '1’!“
merchants are, consequently, dissatisfied. ' :J.
-- ~r— F-
From Washington,
‘ WAsmnamox, he. 7.
Neither Houses of Congress is in 525336.]: In»
day, having adjourned over till Monday.
Mr. Dundas, the Second. Assistant Postmas
ter General, has been ill for five months pan.
and is still lying at. home in a. criticai candi
tion. ‘
_Au editorial in the National Intelligent-n or
this morning recommending a. Convention or
the slave-holding States, for the purpose of mu
tual consultation, in respect alike to the dan
gers believed to be impending, and the remedv
gee'mgt'i D‘itlst agequalte to avert. them, is said tic,
olnlcnlveo It annowm ‘ar . ~
efi'eet this object. 11 nturmc ht” t
The commercial houses of New York and
other cities have already ordered of the Poi-I
Office department, in advance of their distribu
tion nmong'the Poet. Ofiices, over one million
of the new ruled letter envelopes about to in:
issued, probably on Monday, with the on;:
cent stamps attached. This has been done win.
the View of taking advantage of the prestige o:
the new invention, and the general curiosity
respecting it, by enclosing their circulars ml.
dressed to the trade in this envelope.
The Putnam Phalanx, under a miiizary es—
cort, visited the White House this morning——
The President was addressed‘by Judge Advo—
cate Stark, and cordially responded to the Union
sentiments enunciated. He said it was fl].-
first time he had had. the gratification of sec,»-
ing so full 3 corps in the Continental uniform.
though during the period of the Revolution
many of the soldiers were but poorly clad and
without this distinctive .costume. A large
crowd, including the Executive officers, mul
many laiies, Were present. ,
The Markets.
- Pmunnmu. Dv-n. 7
Flour tiniet; superfine 35, extra. fumilytéfi'lgu, up!
fancy 55.751165). Rye Flour 53.62%, and omm Men!
$3 25. Wheat; red $1.20 and $1 3231.27, and white 31.3“:
31.87. Rye 76c. Corn; old yellow 65.670. Ind new do.
599.5%. Oats 32c. and 3321340. Cloveraeei $5.25 and
$5.50a5.75 per 64 lbs. Whisky 199.193“.
New Yogg, Dec. 7.
Flour heavy; sales or 4.000 barrels ; State is 101:.
lower, being quoted at s4-.40M.50, Ohio sells at 54.8035,
Southern $43035. Wheat very dull; quotations nomi
nal ; no sales. Com dull and nominal; sales of 15,000
bushels, at 60n610. Whisky dull and nominal at 17),;15r.
BALTXMOZE, Dec. 7.
Flour dull and heavy; Howard street and Ohio are
held 11.-$5, City Mills $4,75. Wheat dull and nominal
Com steady : New White and Yellow 6011510. Profi
sions nominal; Mess Pork $7317.50. Lard loge. Gofi'm
dull at 1321140. Whisky lower; sales at 189
MARRIED.
0n the 3th of November, by the John Agnew, M I'.
Ammuu WILLIAMS, of Cumberland county, to Mm
MARY A., second daughter of 001. Henry Logan, 111-ac
Dillaburg, York oeunty, Pa.
‘sz flhnmisnnmts.
EMPTY ~l’7O'l7l‘LES I I I—~Of all :Iva
and descriptions, for sale low by
dad} WM. DOoX,'Ja‘. «\- 00.
HICKORY “700 D! Z—A SUPERIOR LOT
just received, and for sale in quantities to wit pur—
chasers, by - JAMES M. WHEELER.
Also, OAK AND PINE constantly on hand at 1t»
lowest prices. - dcc’i
COTTAGE FURNITURE, 1:: Chamber
Suits, containing DRESSING BUREA U. 31?)”-
STEAD, WASII-STAND, TABLE, FOUR CHAIRS.
and a. ROCKING CHAIR, from $23 to $44) 9 suit.
BUREAUS AND BEDBTEADS from $4.60 to $10.50.
and other articles at equally low figures, It the Wan-
Rooms of JAMES BIZBOYD & SON, -
now-(11m 29 South Second street.
C A B-IN E T WAREHOUSE.
JAMES-R. BOYD 85 8'95,
'29'SOUTII SECOND STREETg
CABINET MAKERS AND UNDERTAKERS.
A large variety of TETE—A—TETE SOFAS, 1R)!
AND PARL OR CHAIRS, fiTARBLE'TOP TABLES,
B UREA US, BEDSTEADS 2 WASII-STANDS, 11.-17'
RACKS, kc. Call and examme our steak and prices. a 4
we calm? fill a; low as can be bought in the State.
no - m
BOOTS AND SHOES‘
JAc K s o N do a 0;
Have- opened 9. Boot and Shoe Store at No. 90); M.\ i: ~
KET STREET, corner of Fourth, where they keep mn
atant-ly on hand a. full and varied assortment of' the
BE'ST CITY MADE SHOES.
Having been engaged in the SHOE UPPER BUSI
NESS in this city for more than “year, Vaey are .prc«
pared to make ALL KINDS 01" FANCY SHOES 1d
order, at short notice, of the best materials, and. war
reuted to give satisfaction every way .
WPleue call and examine my assorgmeut before.
purchasing elsewhere.
{B‘Bemember the place—9o).; Market street, sign 0
file [noiT—daw] GOLDER BOOT.
otele.
UNITED STATES HOTEL 7
scum msr comma or 11m nu) mam-r eflmrfirs.
ADJ DINING THE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL
ROAD DEPOT,
PHILADELPHIA.
The undersigned would respectfully inform the Public
that he has taken the above Hotel, formerly known as
‘-' THE MANSION HOUSE,” which he has refitted and
newly furnished throughout. '
The Room: #39 spacious and commodious, And furnish ml
whith etvery convenience to be found in the best Hotels in
t a ci y.
The “UNITED STATES” is admirably located for the
convenience of travelers, being under the some roofwitb
the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, and thus saving both
hack hire and porterage of baggage. No pains will be
spared to render the “ UNITED STATES” a. pleasant and
a-greesbla residence to [ill who may favor it with their
Patronage. Chas-fies moderate.
Bum—d3mwly 11. W~ KANAG A, Proprietor.
BUEHLER HOUSE
MARKET SQUARE,
HARRISBURG, PA.‘
GEO. J. BOLTON, Paarnun-cx _
CARI).
The above well known and long established Hotel in
now undergoing A thorough renovation, and being in .
great degree newly furnished, under the proprietorship
of Mr. Gianna]: J. Ban-ox, who has been an inmate of
the house {or the last, three years, and is well known to
its guests. ‘
Thankful for the liberal patronage which it has on
joyod, I cheerfully commend Mt. Bolton to the p‘ublie
favor. je‘l-dkwy WILLIAM BUEKLERM
Manama.
INSURANCE AGENCY.
THE DELAWARE MUTUAL
SAFETY INSURANCE COMPANX.
OF PHILADELPHIA. ‘
INCORPORATED 1835.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS...... .. . . . .. “$904107“
THE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA.
01‘ PHILADELPHIAr
INCORPORATED 1794.
CAPITAL AND A55ET5............-$l-m9.‘?5-11‘-
The undersigned, us 1372:501- the above well known
Compmiéa, will make Insurance against 10“ 0! 5315 M!“
by fire, either perpetually or 321111311508 Ingmar?! in
either townjor country. .
Maine and Inland transportation Rinks 3150 {Mint
Apply personally or by letter to
WILLIAM BUEHLER:
seal-mm Harrisburg, 9“-
EXTRA 'm CURED RAMS—«-
Jun received by
9016 w. noon, la., a 00‘