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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
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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.
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