0 @lgc (game-t &' 391111.011. TUESDAY MORNING, DEC- 11, 1860. 0. BARRETT «in THOMAS C. MAODOWELL. Pub- fishers and Proprietors Communications will not be published in the Puma:- LID Union unless accompanied with the name of the Inthor. . s. M. PETTENGILL a: 00., _ Advertising Agents, 119 Nassau street ‘ New York, “d 10 State street, Boston, are'the Agents for the Pnuuor m UNION, and the most influential and largest circu lating newspapers in the United State: and Cumin, They are authorizedto contract forus at outlaws“ mtg: FOR SALE. A aogond-haml Anus Pnsss,pln.ten 39}; by Winches, in good order; can be worked either by hand or Item: power. Terms moderate Inquire at this omen. TO THE FRIENDS OF THE PATRIOT AND UNION“. We assume uttentionof our yearly club subscriber: to the fact that their subscriptions will expire during Decem- her and January ensuing. 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Pay al- any: 1‘» advance. Any person sending us a. club of fifty subscribers to the Weekly will be entitled to a copy for his services. The price is so low that we cannot offer greater inducements than this. Additions maybe made at any time to a club of subscribers by remitting $l. for each additional name. It is not necessary to send us the names of thgse constituting a. club, as we mot undertake to Mas each Impen- to club subscribers separately. Speég‘nen copies of the Weekly will be sent to all who desirtfit. , 0. BARRETT & 00., Harrisburg, Pa. The Black Republican papers are busy esti mating what “we” have paid for Louisiana, Florida, Texas and California purchases. _ Who is "we” ‘3 The agricultural States, of ivhich the South is the largest part, have paid most in custom duties upon articles of consumption. The settlers in these territories have paid for the lands by the acre ! The whole cost is extin guished, and for every dollar paid the North has received at leastahundred fold. The “' home market” of ten millions of consumers at the South who pay tribute to northern commerce and manufactures under a system of commer cial restriction and protection will be appreci ated when lost to us. ; Then how vast the 'dis proportion of expenditures at. the North and the South for internal improvements! Take @4150 the question of fishing bounties. See ivhat has been paid and Who has got it! The following is alist of the States, and the amount they have received directly out of the Federal Trensury for this purpose : Hing—nungunnnwn.....'..s4,l7s,oso New Himpahire.-.....-........~....... 563,184 1whuem....._._....—....--.. 7,926,273 C0nnecfiuutmu....u.....u...... 182,853 Bhpdelfihnd......--H--m...... 78,895 NewY0rk.......;..-—...-........... 18,319 Virginian".......-...........-.__. 479 trot-1......,..,.-.........,.....312,944,998 “ Cflminifl Ambiflohfi’ We seevery little reason to'hope for a satis factory adjustment of the difficulties that now menace the country, so long as the Republicans refuse to recognize the cause of existing trou bles. Shallow and surface views do not reach the seat of the disorder. It will not heal the disease to indulge in elimination of the South; but the North must learn what it has done to create dissatisfaction at the South, and cure the disease by removing its cause. 1 The Philadelphia North American has dis; covered “ criminal ambition” on the part of the South as the source of all the dificulties. That paper says—“lt is no longer open to doubt “ that the secession movement is simply an at “ tempt of defiant ambition to get power.”— Nothing is more common than to ascribe false motives to conduct that does not meet with our approval. It requires the highest exercise of magnanimity to repose faith in the honesty and sincerity of an enemy. But it must be an ex oeedingiy narrow-minded enemy who can see nothing more in the movement of the Southern States than criminal ambition—the desire of a, few leaders to obtain place and power. If some enemy of Italian independence should tell you gravely that the revolution in that country was caused by the ambition of Victor Emmanuel and Garibaldi. you womd conclude that his un. derstanding was perverted by prejudice or dwarfedby hatred. You' would show him the long train of causes, reachingfar into the past, that produced the fruits of revolution, and re gard the men who give direction to popular impulses as the mere agents or instruments, whose influence was measured by the extent of their devotion to the popular will, which they guided but did not create. The cry of criminal ambition is calculated to deepen prejudice against the South, and to in cline the North sge'inst such concessions as alone can preserve the Union from dissolution. VWhen an influential man is justly amenable to the charge he deserves the severest visitation: of publici'contempt. If we look at: home we may pessilily be able to discover some objects of criminalmbifiom It is not difficult to sketch the lineammérof such'a‘chnrseter. suppose, fol-3mm, in 3mm aspires ;to the honorable Pfifiéfi ggjsefiator of the United Slates from P 13313117"? LBW-pose. that this men fully Imus» the danger; attending #l9 .’ slavery .gitfl’tion, ind yet punters to‘ tha‘t‘morbi‘d» sen timent. beesuse it is the tide that leads to fora tune. SUPPOSO. that he smothers the honest Sentiments of .1113 own heart, which would lead him to-raise his Elmilitantt'oice in condemnation of‘sectlonal prejudice, and consents to compro— m’se and. tam}??? with the evil—having enough 0f conscmnce not to encourage it openly, and {‘o‘ enough of honest resolution to grapple with It“ Suppose this man compromises between duty on the one hand and ambition on the other, by seeking to divert the minds of the people from the momentous issues demanding their consideration, to trivial side issues, deceptive in themselées, but doubly deceptive when used as opiates drug the public conscience. Sup pose that by such means as these the man should succeed in accomplishing the work of party at the expense of the ruin of his coun try, what. should we say of him ? Would we not characterize his conduct as criminally am bitious? And if we afterwards learned that he aspired to a seat in the United States Senate, would not that fact satisfy us that his ambition had a more'criminul purpose than the achieve ment of mere party success? We put these questions to the North American, and desire to know very respectfully whether it knows of such a. man. We think that he can be found without searching very far, and when he is found we call upon the North American to read him every severe lecture upon criminal am bition. '_ ‘ Where Will Secession End? : Many persons suppose that in the event of the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alaba ma, Florida and Mississippi seceding fromthe Union, (the five Stntes that now appear 'deter mined to take the} fatal plunge.) that the Gov ernment may move along in its wonted course, and that Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky and Tennessee, the border States, will remain at— tached to the Union as heretofore. But this hope is fallacious. Interest 'will inevitably draw all the border _ States with. the cotton States. The same concessions that would be necessary to attach the border States to the North and secure the protection of their con stitutionnl rights, would prevent the cotton States from going out-of' the Union; and if the North will not take theiproper steps to prevent dissolution before the process of dismember ment begins, it is not likely it. _will take such steps-after five States have acceded, to save the .border States and prevent total disintegration. The probability that the secession of the five cotton States Will result. in theseoession of all the Southern States, ,is presented with much force in-the following extract from' a letter of “Independent,” in theNoflh American: ‘ .. Unless 'sorne'mode of eitiication be found, and that speedily, the secession of South Carolina, Georgie, Alu heme, Mississippi and Florida. may be considered nearly certain. How far the infection of that example may ex tend afterwards, cannot now be foreseen 5. but the pros pect is saddening to contemplate, even when partially cheered by the‘filllnmering _hope that this separation will ulfimstely res tin a reunxon of the old ties, strength— ened and revived in itszettschments by the temporary estrangement. When we reflect upon the syn'ipnthies, kindred and community of interests existing between the border and the cotton States, and see the temptation of a common cause and fate held outto the former, in the visions of ambition, power and direction in the new'con federscy, resulting from their numerical strength, it is difficult to comprehend why, in such a contingency, they should seek afiinity with the section where they would be in a. hapeless minority, rather'thari with that ”Where, by concert, they might hold theolute mntrol. The laws of netural gravitation would lead them to: n. southern, and not a. northern Union. This is' the belief of all their sagecious men, and it is precisely the rénson‘w'hy the lenders in South Carolina. hnve rennlsed layover-three 12mm Virginie. and the border States. _'l‘hey elmetie‘cet. ton confederacy, in which the Rhetts and such like shall he the depositories of power. Hence, in the view sug— gested; any secession now, be it small or large, must be encompassed with momentous hazards, and once begun, no human agency can lift the veil ot' the future. . .what Cain be Db‘fl’e 2 i What can he done to save the Unionyfrom impending destruction ? is the anxious inquiry that fills every patriot. heart. What'canbe done? There Seems at present no adequate answer to the question. Seyeral propositions have been submitted. The House of Congress has raised a. -committee of thirty-three to consider the subject of a Constitutional Con'ventién as re commended by.,the President; bht from the construction of that committee there is little i’reason to anticipate that it will do'good. Mr. 3 Powell, of Kentucky,-proposes”the appointment of a'fco‘mmittee' oqthirteenty the estate at prepare amendments to the Cohstit'ution, _in accordance with the recommendation of the Message. But suppose "that these committees ' should agree to readmm'end 'amen‘dm‘e'nta of the Constitution satisfactory to the South,_ could % they obtain the requisite two-thirds vote‘ of birth 1 Houses? and in the erent, of obtaining such 3 vote, could these amendments be ratified by three-fourths of the States? Would not more than one-fourth of the States among the numé her which have precipitated this crisis upon the country hold out to the bitter end, and inter pose to prevent any concession to the South, even when the alternative of concession or disunion'is presented to them? We confess that we expect nothing from the magnanimity or justice of the Eastern States. Something may possibly be extorted from their fears. The Yankee pocket is more sensitive than the Yané kee heart. But the organization of the Repub lican party is against yielding an inch; they prefer secession to concession, and their influ ence would, in all probability, be powerful to induce a snflieient number of States to thwart the hopes of the country. by preventing the ratification of any amendments proposed by Congress adequate to the exigencies of the oc casion. And what then? The failure of these 1 amendments would be the end of the Repub lic, extinguishing all hope of preserving the Union by compromise. Another :proposition for bringing about a settlement of the difficulties is, that the South ern States hold 3 Convention, agree upon what is necessary for their security within the Union, and lay the result of their deliberations before the North; thus presenting the issue of union by concession or dissolution as the remedy 1 ‘ against continued aggression. This plan would tend to compact the South, and make them act as a unit. If South Carolina. and the other cotton States would 5° into such a conference (which is questionable) she would be bound by its conclusions, and thus her ultraism might be tempered by honorable regard for her obliga tions to sister States having interests identical with hers. If she, and the States she might influence, should refuse to consult With other Southern States, under the apprehension that the result of 21 Convention might be to bring about a compromise With the North, such con. duct would have a tendency to estrange the body of the South fromh'er, and determine them not to be dragged into measures inimioal to their interestehl he; gel-#33231“! domineering policy, Agg‘q'fiiqh the Joint. 's‘p'thm sympathy her influenoeiférzeyil ‘would decline, and even- tually eiréiinisldfibes nigh]: compel Keri to fol loy those she aspired to lead. Then the re- straining power of the more mode Sate Southern Stotcs would find room to azt—b t only under one condition; and that condi film that the Northern States consent to stren gthi‘n the bonds of those Southern States disposed to reconcili ation by the adoption of such so essions as they might demand through their nvention. This again brings us back to the p int, would the North mtify such amendments to the Con stitution as would provide adequate protection to Southern interests? It might possibly be accomplished as the means of strengthening the moderate Southern States against the ex treme States; but only after the total wreck of the Republican party, which produced the pre sent difliculty, and now stands in the way of its adjustment. v Opinion of the Attorney General. The opinion of Judge BLACK, the Attorney General, given in reply to certain interrogato ries. of the President, is a paper of great in terest at this time, and marked with the power of reasoning amounting to demonstration, which is characteristic of that oflicer. In relation to the collection of the revenue the opinion says: ' . The law requires that '_all goods imported into the United States Within certain collection districts shall be entered at the proper ‘port, and the duty thereon shall be received by the collector apfiointed for, and reszding at, that port. But the functions of the collector may be exercised‘anywhere at or within the port. There is no law which confines him to the custom house, or to any other particular spot. If thefcustom house were burntdown, he might remove to another building ; if he were driven from the shore, he might go on board a vessel in the harbor. _ If he keeps within the port he is within the law. - -' ' The conclusion of the opinion of the Attor ney General. deserves to be given at length ; I_ comenow to the poiutin your letter which is probably ofthegreatest practical importance. By the act of 17807;you may employ such'parts of the-land and naval force's asyou shall judge necessary for. the- purpose of causing the laws to be duly executed, iniall cases where it is lawful to use the militia; fortthe same purpose. By the act of 1795 the militia may be Called forth “ wheneverthe laws‘of the United States shall be opposed or the eiecu‘t‘i‘on thereof ob structed in any State .;by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course ofjudicial proceedings; or by the power vested in the marshals.” This imposes upon the'President the-sole responsibilityof deciding ‘ whether, the exigency‘ has arisen whichrequires ‘ the use of military force; and inprhportion to . the magnitude of that responsibility will be his care not to overstep the litnitsol‘his legal and just authority. ‘ ‘ ' The laws referred tom the act of 1795 are manifestly those which are, administered by the judges land executed 'hythe ,ininisteria‘loh‘i cars of the courts for the punishment of- crime against the‘United States—afar the protection of rights claimed under the Federal Constitution and laws, and for. the enforcementzot' such 0b? ligations as came within the cognizance. of the Federal Judiciary. To compel obedience to these laws the courts have authority to punish all who obstruct their regular administration, and theimarshalsand their deputies have the same-powers as sherifi's and their deputies in the several States in executing the laws of the States. These are the ordinary means provided for the execution'of the laws, and the whole spirit of our system is opposed to the employ ment of any other except in cases of extreme 'neoessity,="arising out ‘of great and unusual combinations against them. Their? agency must continue to be used hutilLtheir incapacity to cope withlthe power opposed to them shall ”he plainly demonstrated. ‘ It‘ is only upon ele’hr ‘ evidenceoto that efi‘ect that amilitary ferce can becalled into-the field; Even theh its-opera.- ; tionsmns't' he purelyr deftshsivehlt constip press only'suoh combinationsas are found _di rectly opposing 'the‘law‘s and obstructing the execution thereof. Itc‘an do no more thanfiwh‘at might and ought to be done by a ci‘vil'p'o’s‘se, if a civil pos'se could be raised large enough to meet the same opposition. On such occasiOns especially the military power must be kept in strict subordination to the civil authority, since it is only in aid of the latter that the former eanaotatall. -' " " _ , But what if the feeling» in any State against 1 the United States should become so universal 3 that the federal‘oficersthemselves (including ‘ judge's, district attorneys, and-marshals) would 3 be reached by the some influence and'r‘esign ‘ their places? Of course the first step would ‘ be to appoint others in their stead, if others i could beagot'to'serve. ' But, in such' an event; 3 it is more'th‘a'ri Elnimitable that great difliculty would be found in filling the ofiices. We can easily conceive how it'_ mighthecome altogether impossihle. We are thereforeobliged to con: sider'wh'at can be done in case we have no courts to issue judicial process, and no minis terial ofiicersto execute it.; In that event troops would certainly be out of place, and their use wholly illegal. If they are sent to aid the courts and marshals, there must be courts and marshals to be aided” _Without the exercise of those functions, whichbelongiexclusively to the civil service, the laws cannot be executed “in any event, nomatter‘whatmay he the phy sical strength which 'theGovernr'nent has at its command. Under such circumstances, to send a military force into any State with orders to act against the people would be simply making war upon them. ' , The existing laws put and keep the Federal Government strictly on the defensive. You_oan use force only to repel an assault on the pub lic property; and aid. the courts in the per formance of their duty. If the means given you to collect the ._revenue and execute the other laws be insufficient, for that purpose, Congress may execute and make them more etfectual to that. end., . V If one of the States should declare her inde pendence, your action cannot depend upon the' rightfulness of the cause upon which such de claration is based. Whether the retirement of alState from the Union be the exercise of aright reserved in the Constitution, or a revolutionary movement, it is certain that you have not in either case the authority to recognize her inde pendence or to absolve her from her Federal obligations. Congress or the other States in convention asSembled must take such measures as'may be necessary and proper. lii such an event; lisee no course for you but to go straight onward in the path you have hitherto trailch _that is, executethe laws to the extent of_ the defensive means placed in your hands,-and act generally upon the assumption that thfe present constitutionalrelations between the statejs'ahd the Federal Governmentcontinue to exist until a; new order of things shall be established, either by law or force. _ Whether Congress has the constitutional right to make. war against one or more States, and require the executive of the Federal Gov ernment to carry it on by means offforce to be drawn from the other States, is a question for Congress itself to consider. It must be ad mitted that no such power is expressly given; nor_ are there any words in the Constitution which imply it. Among the powers enumerated in article .1. section 8, is that “to declare war, Agrant letters of marque and reprise], and to Amake rules concerning captures on land and water.” Thisroerta'inly: means nothing more than the power is commence ianai 99“? on has = tilities against the foreign enemiesof the-nation. Mather films in' the‘fimfisectimésives Con ‘ gre‘ss the power “to prov'ide'for, calling forth the 'militia;” and to use them‘ fwithinithejimits of the State. Butithis power isso restricted by the.,uci‘dijsjhiohEisinléfliiteli’féllb‘vr um a can b'e’ exernitédhnlrvfor’dfié Wine" fell'oivins purposes “P .'l._' To aexecute the: laws; of :the Union;- that is, to aid the Federal omcersiin the performance of their regular duties. 2. To suppress i-nsur actions against the State; but this is confined by Article IV, Sec 4, to cases in which the Stat herself shall apply for assist ance against I)! own people. 3. To repel the invasion of a. Sate by enemies who come from abroad to Mini] her in her own territory. All these provismn are made to protect the States, not to authori e an attack by one part of the country upon a other; to preserve their peace, and not t‘o P 1 ge them into civil war. Our forefathers do not seem to have thought that war was calcu ated “to form a. more perfect Union. establis justice, insure domestic tren quillity, provid for the common defence, pro mote the genersl welfare, and secure the blea sings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” There was and lubtedly a. strong and universal conviction amo - g the men who framed and ratified the Cnnstitution that military force would not 0111 be useless, but pernicious as a means of holdi g the States together. If it be true hat. 'wur cannot be declared, nor a. system of g neral hostilities carried on by the Central vaernment against a State, then it, seems to follow that an attempt to do so would be ipso fiacto‘ an expulsion of such State from the Unio - . B'eiflg treiited as an alien and would be compelled to act ac ‘d if Congress shall break up the Lby unconstitutionally putting ' y and armed hostility between 3 of the country, instead of the uility” which the Constitution sure, will“ not all the States be their federal obligations? Is ‘ the people bound to contribute ‘their blood to carry on a contest an enemy, she cordingly. A 1 present. Union] strife and enmi difi'erent sectio “domestic tron was meant to i absolved from any portion of their money or like that? The right. of serve itself in ' he General Government to pre s whole constitutional vigor by repelling 9. dir - ct and positive aggression upon its property or its oflicere cannot be denied..— Bnt this is a. ~otally difierent thing frbm an ofi'ensive war .0 punish the people for the po litical 'misdeed (if their State government, or to prevent a lureatened violation of the Con stitution, or t- enforce an acknowledgement that the Gore nment of the United States is supreme- Th- States are colleagues ‘of one another, and i some of_ them shall conquer the, rest and hold ta em as subjugated provinces, it would totally eldeetroy the whole theory upon which they ar now connected. ‘ - If this View ’of the. subject be as correct as I think it Is, the the Union must utterly perish at the rnomen when Congress shall arm one part of the p‘ ople against another fo‘r any purpose beyon that of merely protecting the General Gover ment in the exercise of its pro per constitutio '3l functions. I am, very espeetfully, yours, Ste. ' J. S. BLACK. lent of the United States. _E LIQUID STO Vin—ln. the immediate :vioinity of the Lunatic . s'ylum at Bloomingdéle, is a) bsilding evide tly used as a manufaétory; for during the dathhere ascend from the~smoke stuck and stem funnels thoseuncrring indies.- tions of the resence of the greet_motor.—7 Within this es üblishment are twenty powerful machines enip o'yed in converting into 'powder, fragments of cult. These-mills work with great rapidity, and the noise arising from their constant operqtio‘n is almost deafening. The process is that} of stamping or crushing instead of grinding; twenty stampers, of about sixty pounds each, llingnt' the rate of four blows per-second, 'Ol- sh and pulverize the masses of rock," which a. le placed for the purpose upon chilled iron svivils.‘ ' _. V . As fast as t e rock is convertedinto gpowd‘er it fallsinto a t ough beldw, and is thence col:- leeted into a c mmon receptacle. whence ithis conveyed to a “, digester,’,’ where a singular transformatio takesflpla'ce. -It is here ran-- der‘ed soluble y means- of superheated steam and chemical ' likelineipreparations, whicheohr vert the mass ' nto liquor'of flint... Themetals which combin with the rook'o'r quartz are not affected 'by _t is action, and may readily be separated; .thu rendering the process invalua like when applied to rock containing the pre cious or usefu' metals. __ Were this t s only service to, which this in vention could is applied,“ would still he use ’ ful,.- and in ma. y gold-beating localities highly ‘vnliinhle, but hills this was, withftlie_inventdr; theprimary ' tention, hisresearch‘snd eipere' ime‘nts have ,e shied him to produce amaterial ‘which is desti red‘to' take rank as pneuof .the' most uéeful th t the mind of man has ever Jyet disclosed. a _ ~ _A * a "The liquor, ftezjheing drawn: from the 9:13}? gester,” aim. fie poured into mou'ldéfofflnny conceivable to m, and the Liquid stone crystal izing, 0541.1 he. unsorted.intofthe‘hardest kind 'of conglomers e ;~ making itvaluoble .forrslniost any purpose ‘ hich‘it may be desired to convert, 'it. Not only +9.11 coarse _payements he formed inthis manner, but bricks can be i'nade inset cheaper and 0 better quality than frOm clay by the present process. " ' The inventin is not confined to those uses patent _fpr. the V nest. meme may bewmvulslsd at wiil’snd. made 0 aissume any shape: desirshls. Bsih§;ni' do fgm it is incomhustih‘te'fiii'xdjili fproteo‘teaxyith' Vg covered with it “perfectly is it'_it were . sto .e. A slight and inexpensive preyiou‘s‘ preps ation of the wood . of. shipsighot: toms with ‘on or two coats of the'prd’p'erly will make a petrified-surface. . £ll9 woody fibre, ,as durable as - ill always keep free and clean. Illewfigent, Or rather this new . nature’s greatlnboratory, is do many .purposes, that in its cute we cannot. conceive what .9 with it—N, Y. Commercial. prepaL-red‘rflint, combining flit copper, and it. In fact, this? discovery fro“ applicable to present. infant may not, bejdo I R‘AL NEWS. GEN IJ. Breckiuridge, of Kentucky, ettgr on the political condition I’ which is worthy of attention. aespf the fixiating troubles with {r ccuracy when ,he' says that. “if its on using the National Gov dofin slaiéry, or if_ thefiputh 2,; it. tq perpetuate‘uahd :the‘nd Rev. Robert has written .a. of the countr- He hits the on. a. good deal (if the North insi unment t 0 PI! insists pn‘ u’si u .slonei‘y, the UI: ridge thinks thi 'pre'sent crisis, . thé Democratic John 0. Break portion of the This is the b: speaks in the 5' tion to the Uni 1 favoring disun against him' (1 | 11011311) Mo 1 morning a 1101‘ have been _cOul street, New Yo ladylag‘ed aha. number a. sum ‘. '. ion cafinoflast.” Dr. Bi‘éckin : t. if g the. Union. con- Sui-vim the heiresult. will’bo the triumph of party in 1864, probably under unridge, the whole South and a. lNorth uniting in his support. at. result. he can foresee. He rofiges’t terms of Mr. Bis devo «li; and the false accusations of om which haveibeen brought . ing the can'vass. , Eon 11; NEW KOBE—On Friday liblev murder was discoveregl to mitted at No; 21 EastflTwelfth k. Mrs. Sarahfihnnk, awidow I t 50 years, who kept at that. II thread and needle store, was found lying up a n the floor of her sleepingroom, with her thro t out and her head litterully beaten in. Sh had beon seen about her shop in the morning her fires had been lighted, and 3 little girl fro u a neighboring boarding house had conveyed her breakfast to her-about 8} o’clock, makflij; it probable that the murder was committed about 9 o’elopk. Near the body lay the fragmnfs off a heaivy earthen water pitcher, with .whugh she had doubtless been as sailed in the 1i stgnstgance. ‘No clue canvas yet be fouila to ch perpetrators. ‘ . _ Drug or R 1: . FRANCIS Humane“: Pitts burg papers 9.411011%“. the death of' the vener able Dr. ‘Feanc s Hen-on. for; many years the pastor of the'F rst Presbyterian-share]: of the}. city. He was .mong th°.,??<l?ll§§.t;miniBters 0:! the gospel was of t‘heimountmusmnd at. his death was the, -_ldeat- H 011"?! both in Ship: pensbutg, :91; ohm-land enemy; P?“ J nee. 28. 1774, and gleaned 'at Dickinson College in 1794. . 4: I*»7‘ .‘ A telexmm gable ms suweasfully‘laxii aqrqss ”no Mis issippi river at Viqksburgdasft Fridbry. ‘ 4‘ I _ -- - E-uma' .Tho’n’ol‘diera t-rortresyMnm-osfhayp‘l-b-doinpl’ interested int penance, and Bfl‘fif’lh‘eh‘linve = signed the tot abstinence pledge. ‘ RAVAGES or DIPTHERIA.——This disease, bet ter known as putrid sore throat, is still deso lating many homes in different sections of the country. Mr. George W. Dingler; of Easton Pm, recently lost all his children—three in number,-—-in quick succession, who fell victims to this fatal disease. It also rages in Rocking— hnm county, Va., and quite a number of deaths have occurred, as many as four in the same family, (Mr. David Vanfoussen’l,) within the last three or four weeks. 'lt spares neither age no:- sex. ANOTHER “szr. FIGHT.”—On Tuesday a. prize ,fight for one thousand dollars took place near North Berniek, Me, between Michael Fritz, of Providence, R. 1., and Wm. O’Neil of Worcester, Mass. Sixty-three rounds were fought, occupying four hours and twenty min utes, when Fritz was declared victor, owing to a foul blow. Nearly one hundred and fifty persons were present from Boston by speqial trains. Neither party had ever fought in the ring before. 7 DEATH.—4Major General Duncan M’Donald died on the 25th ult., at Edenton, N. 0., of which town hewes the oldest citizen. He had command of the North. Carolina. forces at Fort Norfolk, in Virginia, during the late war with England, and aquitted himself With commend able 'zeal andhbility. He had filled the station of Major General of thefirst division of North Carolina militia for the last forty years. SEVERE Snow STORM Ax» Loss or LIFE—A letter from Sterling, Illinois, dated the 4th inst” states that a terrific snow storm was then ra ging in that vicinity, the railroads being all blockednp. A gentleman, just arrived there from Denver City, Kansas, reports that four men, formerly residents of Stirling, had been frozen to death on the plainsLnear Denver, on the let inst. ' A LITTLE Grin. Bowen TO Dam: is Wmsxr. Ellen Welsh, a sprightly and intelligent littte girl, aged 11 years, fell into {net of hot whisky at Stearn’sdistillery, Bichtndnd, ,Va., Tuesday afternoon, and was literally boiled alive. She fingered in great torture through the night, and died Wednesday morning, ' DEATH 91‘ J on}: A. heme—We lean‘that Mr. Light, the aero'naut, ’who was here last-summer, in makingran ascension was killedvlast week in Pennsylvania. The rumor we have is that his balloon came incont‘act with'.son'le Object, by 'which he was thrown out and his neck broken. Martinsburg (Wm) Republican. ._ Samuel Marx; Esq., cashier of the Bank of Virginia, died at Richmond, Friday, from an attack of>gggnlysis . The Nopfok-Argua saw large ripe {strawber ties, Wednesday, just. from a‘ field in a. neigbnr ing county of North Carolina. . The evidence on bbth aides in the Burch divorce case has closed, and counsel have com menced their arguments. Wemyas Jobson, now in jail in England for libel, has been pardoned 0111.118 condition that he will return forthwith rtbvaew York. It is_s§a,id the pfintilhéffaber used in the London Times oflioe annud y costs-$735,000, LATEST -'?BY _ TELEGRAPH XXXYIth coumss—smflblsfi‘s‘sfolv. SENATE.—Aft'er prayer and the reading of the Journal, Mr. Bigler (Pm) moved that. the Standing Committees of the last session be con tinued. 3 ' Mr, :Latham (Cali) moved that the resolu tidyrelative to an _oyerlanld daily mail to'Cali foi‘hia,;be referred.» _to tHb.cbmmittee on post oflicas andpost inads. Chrrie'd. _. . , Mr. flung-neg (311133,) qflieregl = the memorial of Thaddeus "Hyatt, 'hrayingr :eliéf '. forflge suf ferers in Kansas. -- He cited simila'r ilistnncea, unisuggeaped that; $ll6 tefiefshoitld-be afforded by a! 'appropriatipn’ejthelj of money o'rilmnds. Referred to the Committee on Territories. The Homestead Bill was taken up and passed on first. reading. Mr. waell’s (K 32) resolution. for the ap poin'tmexitfiof a' commfitee to consider the present conditiofirijf‘E'ederaljfi'mi's, was celled up. , Mr;- Powell 3 aid '«that events “ire rapidly crowding us,‘-whiah if not; speedily suppressed, will result-in the dissolution“ th'é Government; The resolutionmprp’pog‘eg, legislation to ‘give power for tha poyfiebtioppf thaev‘ils. our duty to our countiy.j:equirés ,iis' to fiat promptly.— The elevepth fiiiiéndm‘edt to. the Constitution wasmadg' in 1194, _ 111803 the ,twelfth wax: made. 'Our fixthe'i's icted'in siich emergencies andlsocan‘we. . ~ _ . g.:::. . Mr. King, (N. Y.) I am' not one of those that despair. . _y Mr. Collamer (Vt.);.movecl an amendment striking out portions-9f the reeolution,:exeept ‘so much as referred to federal affairs, and moved its reference to a, special committee, . Mr. King inquired whether additional leg‘is lati’en is necessary to maintain theConetitutiOn. . Mr. Yulee (Plan) inquired‘what was intended hythe amendments. ‘ 3 Mr. Green (Mm) said he Would vote for the resolution ; although an amendment. to the Constitution or legal enactments, unless they met the popular sentiment or were supported by the _etrong arm-of the Government, were not worth a. straw. Efl'orts must be brought to bear on the public sentiment, or the alternative Will be to arm the Federal Government with physical power to enforce the Constitution everywhere. . - . . Mr. Latham (CaL) said that California will remain with the, Union, the {great North and West, .no matter. what .oecure. The Pacific Railway is the great dieideretum of her people. Mr. Powell acee'pted Mr. Collamer’e amend ment to strike out. , _' ’ 1 HOUSE-7M?- =li‘ev‘fliins' (SFIaQ gave additional reasons, why he had'aske _ to be excused from serving on the UnionlSelect'Oommittee. Florida, , _he said, v'ras a small State; but, nevertheless, is' entitled to the rights and im munities of- the other sovereign States. She cannot be forced to remain in the Union, and the Southern States are pledged to defend her in the event of an attempted coercion. He felt satisfied-of entire unanimity pervadingthat State to seek redress of its grievances in its own way, and by means other than Congres sional compromises, which latter _has never accomplished any successful purpose. _ _ , Helré'g‘fifded the component- parts of the com mittee aspai‘ticnlarly zunfortnnate. . He criti— cised the composition of the committee and es pecially‘ objected to‘ Mr. Davis,lo‘f Maryland, as not a fit representive of that State, arguing that all who voted for Mr. Pennington as'Speaker, were disloyal to the rights of the South. He regretted that the resolution-for. the appointv ment‘of the committee had‘ come from one of the most gifted sons of the South. From Waiéhmgtdn. ' Wgshixarox, Dec. 10 The President'hus just been assured from an authentic souroethnt the authorities of South Carolina; .yvinfin'ake no resistance either to the collection of duties, or to the Federal possession of the forts guarding the Charlestonharbor, during the remainder of his administration. sinking of the .Schoohér Mary J. Hoyt. Th ‘ h » . Bosrou, Dec. 10. f 0 Ce '0 ooner. M“! J- Hoyt, from New York in” “3":- F'afi PM .01.} as 3th int. and found m 3 mfg-13$; mgéltmndby Ltharburk Col. Led— '-'-'-\'%-.,lnan . H h and broughknhgrergg. .2 4 crew were taken of COfoT—"LGE TINE.-—_The best 7 9!“le in the market, jut received-and for-Isle by mflififi. , . ‘-._l i, WM. Don't I; .mns MALLEXMH COAL—'- - «z[oradaurmgomoumangmgmg ~ , .=_ -4497*Pew'azyfiggnwwamgm :E'AB-r'éiiimihfia Sahib nguwnumgf p 1' 'fi— . . ~ -IBKQRY~Woon'zi-!£ “iii-£6l" 3.3.323: gfiiflafinmfp‘rrifl‘ciiifiéisgag film‘zr Aha, OAK AND rl’N‘n’ ‘gutnfiiifégg‘m "1H!" lowest price]. deco WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. DIED. In Harrisburg, Decemfier 10th, WILLIA); 6., in’-m, son of Dame] and R. Melm Hoke, aged 6 months and, 10 days. The funeral will take place from his father’s re=ldon . Dewberry alley, below Chestnut street, this afterhnorfiaw, two o’clock. The friends and vauuintances of 1:}? family are respectfully invited tg attend without furth I! notice. 1 er Just like the glorious blooming rose The days appear to be, But now the cofiin doth enclose That lovely form from me. 0h! silent grave, to thee I trust This precious part of worldly dust ; m Guard it safe, oh! sacred tomb, Until his parents ask for room. Nm flhncrfiazmcm OR RENT—From the first of April _ next, the STORE ROOM now occupied by Samuel 11. Zollinger, No. 05 Market street. For terms apply to dell dlm JOHN B. THOMPSON. OTICE.—To all persons Interested in , the distribution of the estate of George Kissinger late of Lykens township, Dauphin county. deceased _' Th 3 Orphans ’ Court of said county, on the implication-or the heirs of the late Catharine Rouse, deceased. has re ferred back to the Auditor for further examination 31} distribution of said estate lately made to said Court. anti the Auditor has appointed FRIDAY, Tue 4m my 01: JANUARY max-i, at his oflice, at two o’clock,l2, M. of said day, to make said examination, when and where ’all persons interested will please Ittend. JN 0. ROBERTS, Auditor. December 10,1860‘—de11-d3tls.w D I 0 T I C E . OFFICE or rm: Ennismmo, Ponrsxourn, Mr. 10! AND LANGASTIB RAILROAD 00., . PEILADIDPHIA, Dec., 8, 1860. A special meeting of the Stockholders of the H R RISBUEG, PORTSMOUTH, MOUNT JOY AND LAN CASTER RAILROAD COMPANY will be held on Thurs. day the 27th inst, at 11 o’clock, e. m., at Sansnm Street Hull (Samson: street, between Sixth and Seventh streets,) in the city of Philadelphia, for the purpose of accepting or rejectiugacontmet for a more permanent lease of their road to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. By order of the Board of Directors, GEORGE TABER, declO-dtdec27 Secretary. ___—E“ TH E LI F E O F ANDREW JACKSflN, ~BY JAMES PARTON, Author of “ Life of Aaron Burr,” etc. Three Volumes, 636 to 734 Pages each, with Steel Portraits cnown Oc-rno EDITION.—CIoIh Binding, 85; sneop, $6.75; Half Calf, $9; Full Calf,sl2. SUBsomnns’ Emnow, Royal Octave (Sold by Subscrip tion only.)—-—Oloth $7.50; Sheep, $9; Half Calf, $l2; Full Calf, $l5. Mr. Parton has Been several years engaged in the pre paration of this work, and has bestowed upon it the molt csreful research and investigation. The first volume of the Subscribers’ Edition wns issued a. year since i the second was published last spring, and the third end 1191: is now completed. 01' the first and second volumes, the press have spoken in the warmest commendation. “The life of Andrew Jackson is indeed an eventful one, and the events that were crowded into his career, as a. pioneer, a. general, and s statesman, are among the most important in the history of our country.”——Taumon Ga zeue. “Almost all that relates .to . him is peculiar, ex traordinary and interesting."-—Amenia Times. “Those who have been _most familiar with the career of Jackson will be surprised at the mass of new matter the author has collectedlLf—Boaton Journal. “It ex hausts the subject.”—Nm York Day Book. . , “It is on honestbook throughout."—NaaheifleUnion. “It is equally free from the spirit of,detrsctiun,~onthe one hand, and ofyl’rnmixed filorifics‘tion on the-other.— Failin‘ge and virtues are a. 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