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Fratcrnity the Bond of Union and the Cure
for Existing Difliculties.
A great advance has been made towards an
amicable settlement of the diflicultiesthat now
agitate the country, since the North has learned
to realize-the fact that there is real danger of
a dissolution of the Union. ' While Northern
men laughed in derision at the mere suggestion
that seetionalism would imperil the country,
and while they were persuaded that the feeling
at the South would subside immediately upon
the election of Lincoln, there seemed no hope
for the establishment of that fraternal spirit by
which-the'Union was founded and through which
itcen alone be perpetuated. Crimination on the
one side and recrimination on the other, embit
teredfeeling andwidened thegnlfseparetingthe
two sections of the country. But the Northern
mind hasquite recently been undeceived, and
learned «the fearful reality of not only the
existenceof danger, but of its terrible immi
nence. This is a great advance towards a.
peaceful settlement of our national troubles, by
means of just and fraternal concessions.
No one can have read the reports of the
recent debates in the United States Senate
without arriving at the conclusion that the deep
resentment of the South is not caused so much
by any- specific act of aggression committed by
the North, or the denial of any constitutional
right, or even the failure to perform any con
stitutional obligation, so much as by the con
viction that .the Northern mind is determinedly
hostile to Southern rights and institutions and
will seize the first occasion to overthrow slavery
in the States, by breaking down the constitu
tional barriers that protect it. The election of
luxcomi they regard as the exhibition of a. state
of sentiment at the North which will ultimately
overwhelm and destroy them. unless they pre
pare for defence now by seceding from a Union
which may become the mere agent of a fanati
cal influence. It is not so much present ills as
the anticipation of future danger that alarms
the Southern people, .and induces them to seek
revolutionary remedies. Mr. Ivnnson and Mr,
DAVIS do not ask for an amendment of the
Constitution. The present Constitution is good
enough for the South, if the North will only
.adhere to it—and if it is already too pro-slavery
for Northern sentiment, what advantage could
be derived from amendments more favorable t 0»
slavery, when entirely dependent for their 1
Valid“! upon the popular will? The same l
oracles of the South do not complain of the
fugitive slave law—neither do they specify the
personal liberty laws of certain Northern States
85 the obstacle (WET which they are stumbling
into secession. No ; these are but the symptoms
.of disease. The malady itself lies deeper.—
Its true seat is to be found in the hostility of
the Northern mind to the institution of slavery
and to its proper and legitimate expansion.—
And the cure, if 'a cure is to be efi‘ected, must
reach the heart of the disease. From observa.
tion of the nature of Southern apprehension,
we feel convinced thpt if the Southern people
could he'possessed of a reasonable assurance
that the niejoritys'of the Northern people are
not hostile to the institution and interests of
the South," and that the anti~slevery sentiment
would not. be alluvial to ripen into open acts of
aggression against the weaker section of the
Union, that the South would be satisfied with
out an amendment of the Constitution and
without a new fugitive slave act—indeed, with
out any measure of legislation Whatever.
How is this reasonable assurance to be given ‘2
Bostoncommenced the good work when it gave
a majority of 8,000 to a Democratic M 33,”
Other localitieg would show the same fraternal
ream-d if they had: the same opportunity,~
Slates that. have ‘personal liberty laws upon
their statute books' should rope!!! that forth
with—not because they practically linterefere
with the return of'fugitive slaves, but as an
evidence that the spirit which incited them is
condemned by the people 'of the North. The
South must be assured of the safety of slavery
within the Union, or they will seek a, remedy
by going out; and the North must give the
necessary assurances or submit to the entire
disintegration of the Confederacy. This is the
alternative that can no longer be evaded. Andes
one of the necessities of slavery, and one of its
constitutional rights, is proper and legitimate
expansion, the North must determine to con
cede this right, either by protection to slavery
in the Territories, or by a fair partition 0f the
common domain. The Republican project of
confining slavery within its present limits, and
shutting the door against the admission of any
more slave States, cannot be established in this
Union. .The North must recognize the fact that
the South has the right of security within the
Union, and the right to a fair share of the
common territory belonging the Union—and
uponthis basis a permanent peace could be es
tablished. '
LETTER FR Ofl WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Patriot and Union.
WABEIEGTON, Dec. 11, 1360.
The discussion today on the resolution to raise
the committee of thirteen, which I referred to in
my last letter, was resumed by Mr. Bigler, of Penn
sylvania, in a truly eloquent efi'ort in hehalfof con
ciliation and the preservation of the Union, which
can mended unusual attention, both of Senators and
the audience in the galleries. Senator Bigler is
decidedly and unmistakably a Union-loving mall,
and to-day attested by his eloqnent speech how
much he loved this Union above all price.
He was followed by Mr. Iverson, of Georgia,
who was just as unmistakably on the opposite side
of the question. The latter Senator did not dis
guise the fact that he is opposed to the Southern
States longer remaining in a confederacy- where all
the States are not on equal footing under the Con
stitution, but where one portion of the States are
arrayed ina hostile attitude to the other. He was
very explicit and emphatic in the declaration of
his Opin inns and principles on the question of se
cession. He opposed the adoption of the resolu
tion to raise a committee of thirteen, or indeed any
committee, because, as he centended, it would,
amount to nothing in the end. He stated distinctly
and unequivocally that no concession from 'the
North would be listened to by the South that did
not go to the full length .of afi'ording the South
Congressional protection to their slave property in
the Territories, and he went on to argue that he
was well satisfied that that protection Would notbe
granted by the Northern people, because of their
known hatred to the institution of slavery. He
argued this question at length, showing how neces
sary such protection was to the slaveholder of the
South, because without it he was excluded from
the Territories of the United States, which is the
common property of all the States, unless he left
his slave property behind him. This state' of
things, he contended, was at once an abandonment
of his constitutional rights, and n. humiliation to
which the citizens of the slave States would not,
and could not, submit for a. moment. He desennted
at large on the manner in which the Northern
people nullified and set at naught the fugitive
slave law, and upon the danger and difficulty for
the master in the res—capture of his runaway slaves-
He adverted to the temerity of Maryland and Vir
ginia on the subject of taking a bold stand upon
the question of secession, alleging that the reason
why those States did not declare for secession at
once, was that their people were afraid that it
might lead to the re—opening ofthe African slave
trade, and in that event it might cheapen the price
of negroes in the cotton, rice and sugar States.—
He said he was not in favor of re-opening the Al'-
rican slave trade, but if Maryland and Virginia
held back in this movement, and did not go with
the South, he would not vouch whether the Afri
can slave trade would not be revived in the Gulf
States. Mr. Iverson said another thing that was
significant of the present state of things in the
South. He said that, the increase—that is, the na—
tural increase—of slaves in twenty years in the
cotton and rice States, would give them a negro
population of about fifteen-millions, which would
be more than sudicient to do all the labor of the
South ; but it was an evil from which there is no es
cape for the people of the South, because _negro
labor is not only necessary but absolutely essential
to the existence of the whites of the South. He
concluded by reiterating his former declaration,
that the cotton States would secede before the 4th
of March.
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’ Mr. Iverson was followed by Mr. Pugh, of Ohio:
who towk issue with Mr. I. upon some of his (Mr‘
I’s) statements of facts of history. Mr. Pugh
contended that th’e fugitive slave law was faith
fully carried out in the North-Western States, and
cited a number of instances to prove he was right
and‘Mr. Iverson was wrong.
Mr. Douglas came to the support oer. Pugh,
contending that the provisions of the fugitive slave
law were faithfully observed in the State of Illinois,
and mentioned,out of the very many cases that
occurred in his State where fugitives were captured;
such a. case as occurred at Chicago a. few weeks
age, when a slave was rescued by a mob of whites
afld blacks, was an‘exeeption to the general rule,
and not. the rule itself.
The debate was protracted by Messrs. Powell, of
Kentucky, Davis, of Mississippi, Mason, of Vir
ginia, and Wigfall, of Texas, till 4 o’clock, when
the Senate adjourned.
The debate to-day has accomplished no good re—
sult that I can see. Thus far it has all been among
the Southern men and Northern Democrats, with
the exception of the part taken yesterday by
Messrs. Foster, of Connecticut, and Dixon, of
Rhode Island. The Black Republicans sites mute
as mice, and seem to be contemplating the specta
ele now before-the country with a kind of instinct“ e
dread; but yet are unwilling to come forward, in
a spirit of genuine patriotism, at a. time like this,
and make such concessions as they could well af
ford in the hour of their triumph, to their brethren
of the South, whose rights under the Constitution
have been so much abused, and say to them—“ Yes:
we will willingly grant you indemnity for the past,
and security for the future. Tell us what you want.
that is within the Constitution, and you shullhave
it" for the sake or peace and the Union of these
States.” Bit it is folly to expect any such mag—
nanimity from men when only stock In trade is
agitation! agitation! agitation! and whose minds ,
are ”Mud by the fesmring fetters of fanaticism. 1
The $10,000,000 Treasury note bill, passed by
the House of Representatives ”ne.-day, was I'9-
ferrcd to the Committee on Finance in the Senate:
on motion of Mr. Hunter, Chairman, with the pro
mise that he would call it up at an early day.
No appointment yet in the place of Mr. Cobb,
the late Secretary of the Treasury. Many runners
as to who will be appointed, but as none are reli
able Iwill not mention them. Ithink it likely
that the Powell resolution will _pass the Senate
to-mon'ow.
Momma on NEW ORLEANS-—'l'he coroner of
New Orleans rgports 85 murders during the
year, 32 suicides, 109 accidental deaths, '79
deaths from intempemnce, and 105 cases of
drowning. . - _ . '
GENERAL NEWS.
EMIGRATIDN SonTu.—Threatenrd Exodus of
Northern Manl4factunrs.——The general stagna.
lion produced by the secession movement, and
the indignation aroused by the suicidal pro
ceedings of the Republican party, are likely to
produce more permanently disastrous Gflecls
than the suspension of business and the loss
of capital which it involves. Many of our
Northern manufacturers, despairing of seeing
trade restored to its accustomed channels, are
preparing to transport their establishments
down South. There is one firm which to our
knowledge has actually completed its arrange
ments. and will effect the transfer of its busi
ness in the course of the present month. It. is
better for them to do this than to lose the _cap.
itnl they have acquired in a hopeless alruggle
against an adverse condition of things.——N.
Y. Herald. _
Srurmlrr or Lonsrnns.—Lobsfers, says Dr.
Buckland, if left on the rocks, never go back to
the water of their own accord, they wait till it,
comes to them. This peculiarity was observed
after a landslide on the coast of Doroetshire,
England, which by its great weight forced up
a. portion of the bottom of the sea. On this
suddenly elevated bit of ground there happened
to be several lobsters, who doubtless thought
the low tide had taken place with uncommon
eelerity, and that. it would return again. Any
how, the foolish creatures waited for the tide
to come up and cover them. Of course it,
never did come up again; they remained in
their places and died there, although the water
was in many instances only a. few feet from
tneir noses. They had uot_the sense to tumble
into it, and save their lives.
A Mnuncuom Esn TO AN UNFORTDNATB LIFE.
A young widow woman, who gave her maiden
name as Catharine Hull, and said that. she was
from New Albany, Ind , was killed in attempting
to get. upon the New Albany train, at Greencns
tie, the other day, after the train was in motion.
She said that she had been to Kansas under pro
mise of marriage, and, being grossly deceived
and deserted. she had started home peniless and
alone, stealing rides until the conductors put
her off, and begging food at. stations until the
next. train cam alug. She had got. nearly
home, and having been put of this train, had
run back and caught hold of the rear car to steal
a ride a little further. She welcomed her death.
DEATH FROM rm: FUMES 0F CHARCOAL—On
Eriday a singular and futal accident occurred
at a. heel- house kept by Mrs; Hickman, in
Patterson, N. J. On Thursday night strange
noises Were heard in the house, and on Friday
noon, it not having been opened, the neighbors
entered when Powell, a. boar-fer, was found
lying on the floor dead, and the woman with
her two children and another boarder were in
a state of stupefaction. The survivors were
resuscitated with difficulty. Some foreign
substance obstructed the passage of the gas
from the stove up the pipe, throwing it into
the rooms and in a short time producing sufl'o
cation. It is supposed that some of the party
had been intoxicated the night before. '
Tnn WA}: or 1812.—The men of the Second
War of Independence. throughout all the States
of the Union, are requested to celebrate, on the
Bth of January next, the anniversary of the
battle of New Orleans, and at the same time to
sign petitions and adopt resolutions to be for
warded to Congress, asking pensions for the
poor old soldiers of the war of 1812, and the
aged and infirm widows of such as are dead.
Meetings might be held in the different parts
of the country where any of the survivors of our
last war with England still live. This notice
is issued by the President of the National Con
vention, at the request of many of the members
of the convention residing in difi‘erent sections
of the republic.
THE Hmnnss or ABBOTBFORD.—It is stated
that Mr. Hope Scott, Q. 0., of Abbotsl’ord, is
shortly to be united in marriage to a. daughter
of the Duke of Norfolk. Mr. Hope Scott mar
ried first a daughter of Mr. Lookhort’s, a
grand-daughter of Sir Walter Scott, who died
about two years ago, and by whom he had
several children, of whom only one now sur
vives. This, the lost lineal descendant of the
great minstrel, is Mary Monica. Hope‘ Scott,
aged about eight years, and the heiress of the
estate at Abbotsford.~—Englz‘ah' paper.
' The- French sailing frigate Isis has just com
pleted a. voyage .of circumnavigation with more
than ordinary rapidity. The Isis sailed from
Brest on the 19th of April last, with a body of
marines, to relieve the garrison of Tahiti. She
touched at Rio J anciro towards the end of Muy,
and since then no account reached France of
her course. The authorities began to feel some
uneasiness as to her fate. when on the 16th of
November, she anchored in the harbor of Brest,
having fulfilled her mission, and having sailed
round the globe in 210 days.
NOT WELL Fauna—The London Times seems
to feel much regret that Mr. Webster will not
be in Mr. Lincoln’s cabinet, and thinks it. a
great miscalculation in the Republican party
which has forced “ him and Mr. Everett, and a.
number of eminent men of the same party, to
ally themselves to the South, and seek, by con
cessions to the slave-owning interest, to obtain
a. position which they believed the North would
never be able to give them.” Mr. Webster has
been dead quite eight yeaas, yet the news has
not. reached the Times.
THE Corros Amsrocmcr or lineman—A
late number of the Liverpool Times declares
that cotton manufacture is becoming the great
est power in England, perhaps the world. The
men engaged in it. are making fortunes almost
by a leap. In wealth (hey far exceed ihe old
feudal aristocracy, and every estate now-a
days which finds its way into the market is
snatched up eagerly by some pervenu cotton
spinner, the length of whose purse goes a great
way to atone for the brevity of his pedigree.
POSTAGE TO Nlc.mAcUA.—The single rate
of postage upon letters addressed to any part
of Nicaragua upon the Pacific slope, via Pa
nama, is twenty cents, prepayment. required,
being in full to destinatiOn, except the local
postage; The single rate of postage (United
States and British) upon letters addressed to
San Juan del Norte, or other places on the
gulf coast. 0f Nicaragua, is thirty-four cents,
as heretofore, prepayment required.
Dssrlru'mos Ann SmemE.——Prof'. Yirk, n
native of Prussia, said to be an accomplished
scholar and fine musician, committed suicide
last. week, in Lockport-, N. Y., where he had
resided for several years past, by takings quan
tity of morphine. The insufiiciency of his
earnings to support him, even in the most eco
nomical manner, was the cause assigned for the
rash act.
All the arrangements are declared to be per
fect. for having in London, in 1862, an Inter—
national Exhibition on ascale still more impo.
sing than that of 1851. The guarantee fund
now amounts to £365,000, subscribed by 661
persons. This guarantee fund is £lOO,OOO
more than was deemed sufficient to inaugurate
the Hyde-Park Exhibition in 1851.
A new system of shipbuilding has lately
been introduced in England, by M. Tovell...
The bow is copied from the head of a salmon,
the stem from the after body of a. swan.—
Several vessels have been built. upon this prin
ciple, and they have all proved to be fast sail
ers, With. great stowage capacity. The keelson
in these vessels is curved, not straight. as in
many other ships.
Gnome PEABODY, Esq—Letters have been
received at South Danvers, Mass, from Geo,
Peabody. Esq., of Lomlon, stating that he has
deferred his return to his native home until
1864, When he proposes to make this country
his permanent residence. He states that his
health never was better than at the time of his
writing. .
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C’i’ginilJ‘ia‘éiin‘i‘x’ffiiiifin. Smmfiufi, a
New '1 or t: ket. swindler, was sentenc'ed to (.wg
noun-mu; 1?: months in the Slate Ppson, .and
Ze;:::l;n:tioneer was sent to all??? 1311013
fér thirty days, and fingd $lO.. _ e
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
'l‘ UNION MEETING IN PHILA—
GRE‘A DELPHIA.
'fihe grand Union meeting assembled at noon
in Independenc'e Square. The proceedings
were opened - with devout prayer by Bishop
Potter. Mayor Henry presided, assisted by a.
large number of Viea Presidents and Secrets.-
ries, their names comprising a large number of
our most. wean-by and influential citizens. The
following resolutions were read and adopted:
THE RE 5 GLUTIONS
WHEREAS, The people of the city of Phila
delphia having assembled in cheerful obedience
to the proclamation of the Mayor, issued by
request of their Councils, for the purpose of
testifying their love for the Union, and their
devotion to its perpetuation. and to the strength
ening of those bonds which hold us together,
whether of the North or the South, the East or
the West, as one great and united people, do
Resolve, That with one voice and united
hearts we proclaim our attachment to and reve
rence for the Constitution of the United States,
and our earnest and endearing love for that
great Union which it creates and protects—a
wish which is not sectional, but national, and
that, greets our brother, from whatever State he
comes, as a partaker with us in that noblest
of all inheritances, the title of a citizen of the
United States. ‘
Resolved, That the usefulness and the endu
rance of the Union both depend upon a faithful
observance, by the people of all the States, of
uil the requirements of that sacred instrument
which the wisdom and the patriotism of our
fathers framed, and under whose provisions we
have become a great and happy people, prosper
ous and renowned among the nations of the
earth.
Resolved, That we do therefore more deeply
deplore the fact that, some of the States of this
Union have placed upon their statute books
enactments which evade or defeat. provisions
which the framers of the Constitution wisely
inserted for the protection ofthe valuable rights
of citizens of other States, and that we pro
nounce all such acts to be violations of the
solemn compact by which we were made one
people, and- that. we earnestly appeal to our
brethren of those States instantly to repeal all
such enactments.
Resolved,|’l‘hat the people of Philadelphia here
by pledge themselves to their brethren of the
other States that the statute books of Pennsyl
vania shall be carefully searched by their Re
presentatives at the approaching session of the
Legislature ; and that every statute, if any
such there be, which in the least degree in
vades the constitutional rights of citizens of a
sister State, will be at once repealed; and that
Pennsylvania, ever loyal to the Union and lib
eral in construing her obligations to it, will
be faithful always in her obedience to its re
quirements. , .
Resolved, That we recognize the obligations
of the actof Congress of 1850, commonly known
as the fugitive slave law, and submit cheerfully
to its faithful enforcement ; and that we point
with pride and satisfaction to the recent con
viction and punishment, in this city, of those
who had broken its provisions by aiding in
the attempted rescue of a slave, as proof that
Philadelphia is faithful in her obedience to the
law; and furthermore, that we recommend to
the Legislature‘of our own State the passage of
a law which shall give compensation, in case of
the rescue of a captured slave, by the county in
which such rescue occurs, precisely as is now
done by existing laws in case of destruction of
property by the violence of mobs.
Resolved That as to the question of the re
cognition of slaves as property, and as to the
question 'of the rights of slare owners in the
Territories of the United States, the people of
Philadelphia submit themselves obediently
and cheerfully to the decisions of the Supreme
Court of the United States, whether now made,
or hereafter to be made, and they pledge them—
selves faithfully to observe the Constitution
in these respects as the same has been or may
be expounded by that august tribunal; and
further, they recommend that whatever points
of doubt exist touching these subjects be done
in an amicable and lawful way, forthwith sub
mitted to the consideration of said Court, and
its opinion be accepted as the final and authori
tative solution of all doubts as to the meaning
of the Constitution in controverted points.
Resolved, That all denunciations of slavery'as
existing in the United States, and of' our fellow
citizcns who maintain that institution and Who
hold slaves under it, are inconsistent with that
spirit of brotherhood and kindness which ought
to animate all who live under and profess to
support the Constitution of the American Union.
Resolved, That we cordially approve the sug
gestion that a Convention or Congress of dele
gates from the States contemplating secession
be held for the purpose of consultation upon
the cause that induced them to meditate such
a step, and of suggesting such remedies as they
would propose, and that it is the firm convic
tion of the citizens of Philadelphia that the
propositions made by such Convention would
be received by the people of the other States
in a fraternal and conciliatory spirit and with
an earnest desire to remove all grounds of just.
complaint. ‘
Resolved. That we appeal to our brethren of
South Carolina, of Georgia and Alabama, of
Mississippi and Florida, and of such other
States as are considering the question of sece
ding from the Union, with all the ufiectionate
earnestness we can express. to forbear. That
we remind them of the innumerable ties which
bind us together as one people. and which
seem to us so strong that no power short of
that which paralyzes all memory, and efl'aces
all history, can separate us. That the ashes of
those brave men who fought with us and for
us rest beneath our soil, and that they have in
their keeping the bones of our soldiers who
perished in their defence. That our glorious
institutions under whose guidance and protec
tion we have attained to so great prosperity and
renown, and which have made this Union of
States the joy and hope of oppressed millions
throughout the world, wore framed by the wis
dom, built by the toil, and defended by the
blood of a common ancestry, and cannot perish
Without an eternal reproach to us, their elm
dren, if we destroy so great and no fair an in—
heritance.
STAGE DECORATIOX
The stage was gully decorated with flags, and
all the public and many private buildings
shared in the display of bunling, with appro—
priate mohtos. On one of the Hotels was the
motto :—-“Coxcnssxox BEFORE Sncnssxox.”—-
Although held in day-time, when business is
most active, the gathering was as large as any
ever assembled in Independence Square, num
bering tens of thousands.
THE SPEECHES
Mayor Henry said: “We have met to intelli
gently consider the imminent danger which
threatens the perpetuity of the Union, without
[m y partizan or personal motives. This danger
has been brought‘npon us most rapidly. The
Republic is still in its infancy, yet now we meet
on ground where the Declaration of Independ
ence was proclaimed by our fathers with despair
in their hearts. Only in the sovereignty of the
people, and by the prompt efforts of the people,
can this Union be perpetuated. We have met
to declare our unshaken confidence in the Union
and our determination to defend its integrity.
He spoke plainly. If any hostile I-entiments
have been proclaimed by any one portion of the
country against the other, they must be relin
quished. We must restore public sentiment to
the old standpoint. The misplaced appeals
from our pulpits, lecture rooms and presses,
against a. section of our common country, must
be frowned upon.‘ [lmmense applause] It has
been these violent appeals that have mainly
brought about this sad state of affairs. We
muSt preserve the Union at all hazards. We
will ‘lO WBll to repel this oificious intermeddling
with our neighbors. So long as our eacial'
PHILADELPHIA! Dec. 13
institutions do not contravene with the princi
ples of the Federal compact, none may justly
interfere with or righteously denounce them.
[The resolutions were amended so as to call
for avizfineral convention of all the States, in
stead of the seceding States]
J 05. R. Inger-sell then addressed the meeting,
and spolxe strongly in favor of the proposed
Convention or Congress, composed of delegates,
from all the States, to be held in Independence
Hall. He cnutioned against violence, lest we
have a civil and devastating war; and we have
all to lose by disumon. It is most. important
that public sentiment he changed; that we no
longer consider each Ollie-1‘ at the North and
South as hostile and enemies; and l? referred
to the speech of Mr. Stephens, 0 Georgia,
whose name was received with hearty cheers.—
His kind sentiments are heartily reciprocated
and echoed back to the people of Georgia. and
the South. We must repeal these hostile acts
of assembly passed by eleven Slates. interfe
ring with Southerners in recovering prom“!-
[Adplause.] We must thus show our good feel
ingby action, not only by words; and we must
show the South that we will do nothing to in—
terfere with their rights, but everything to
protect them; that we are their brothers,
friends and fellow-citizens. It is folly to sup—
pose this country can be divided, and it must
be union in peace or union in war.
Judge Woodward, of the Supreme Court,
said we must consider calmly the position of
the South, and ask whether they may not be
justified in their apprehensions. The platform
of the party which has just succeeded in elect
ing their candidate for President, is undoubt
edly considered hostile to the institutions of
the South.
Charles E. Lex, City Solicitor, said he had no
doubt that the action of this meeting would be
heartily endorsed by a majority of those who
cast their vote for the President elect, and he
spoke as a Northern man on Northern soil. In
doing so they would not abandon their princi
ples. The vote of Pennsylvania was not influ
enced by the slavery question. The main issue
on which the recent contest was decidedin this
State was the protective policy. Any danger
to the South would be repelled by hosts of
young men lately conspicuous in the political
clubs of the succesful party. Let the fugitive
slave law be implicitly obeyed. We may pre
fer that it should be slightly modified, but as
it is, it is the law of the land, and let us submit
to the decission of the Supreme Court. He
only spoke the sentiments of ‘ the Governor
elect. [Faint cheers for Curtin.] .
He read a telegraphic dispatch from the Gov~
ernor of Maryland to Mayor Henry, denying
the report that he intended to convene the Le
gisluture of that State.
Mayor Henry read 31 dispatch to the meeting
from Philadelphians now holding a. meeting in
the Fifth Avenue Hotel. New York, approving
of the action of the people of their native city.
Theodore Cuyler,~ President of the Select
Council, spoke earnestly and patrioticelly on
the questions of the day. This was no hour
for crimination and recrimination. Forgetting
all party ties or questions of expediency, we
gust unite and keep step to the music of the
man.
XXXVI“! CflNGKESS—SEGOND SESSION.
Saturn—After prayer and the reading of
the Journal, Mr. Johnson, (Tenn.,) present-ed
joint resolutions proposing amendments to the
Constitution of the United States, in accordance
with the fifth article of the Constitution. He
also introduced a resolution that the select
committee of thirteen be instructed to inquire
into the expediency of establishing. by Consti
tutional provision, a line running through the
Territories of the United States, making an
equitable division, with slavery to the South,
and vice verse. to the North. Secondly—that
the States preventing the return of fugitive
slaves shall pay double the value of said fugi
tives : Thirdly—sluvery shall exist in the
Navy Yards, etc., in States where slavery ex‘
ists, but not. in the others : Fourth—Congress
shall never interfere with slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia. so long as it exists within the
‘ limits of Maryland: Fifth—Congress shall not
touch the representation of three-fifths of the
l slaves: Sixth—the amended provisions to be
considered a part of the Constitution.
Hausa—The Speaker appointed Mr. Hughes,
(Md) a member of the Committee on Military
Afi‘airs, in the place of Mr. Bonham, excused.
Mr. Morris, (11L) asked leave to introduce a.
resolution expressing a proper estimation of the
immense value of our National Union and
cherishing a cordial, habitual and immovable
attachment to It; that we will speak of it as
the palladium of our political safety and pros
perity; that we will watch its preservation :
with jealous anxiety; that we will discounte
nance whoever may suggest even a suspicion
that it can in any event be abandoned; and
indignantly frown upon the first dawning of
every attempt to alienate any portion of our
country from the rest, or enfeeble the sacred
ties which now link together the variousparls.
Among other things the resolution declares
that we regard the perpetuity of the Union as
of more value than the temporary triumph of
any party or any man; that whatever evils or
abuses exist under it ought to be corrected
within the Union, in a, peaceful and Constitu
tional way; that we believe it has sufficient
power to redress every wrong and enforce every
right growing out of its organization or per
taining to its proper functions; and that it is a
patriotic duty to stand by it as our hope in
peace and our defence in war.
Mr. Curry, (Ala.,) objected to the introduc
tion of the resolution, unless it be referred to
the special committee.
Mr. Morris said he had not the slightest idea
oflettiug it be buried in the cofiin of that
committee.
Mr. Curry again objected.
Mr. Morris said that he wanted a vote on the
resolution, and hoped ultimately to succeed.
On motion of Mr. Sherman, (Ohio,) the
House took up the Trealury note bill as re
turned from the Senate with amendments. The
House agreed to the amendment restoring the
denomination from $lOO to $5O. The other
Senate amendments proposing that three mil
lions ot‘ the Treasury notes may he sold at a
rate of interest higher than six per cent. but
not less than par, was agreed to, but the House
extended that authority to all the notes issued
under this law.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13
Mr. Shugert, long the efficient Chief Clerk of
the Patent Office. is by law now the acting
Commissioner, and to him all the pending busi
ness will be transferred. There is no proba
bility of an appointment in place of Thomas,
who retired to day and entered upon the duties
of Secretary of the Treasury, having been
confirmed by the Senate.
As near as can be ascertained the total popu—
lation of the States and Territories is thirty-one
millions. Therefore, the ratio of representa
tion in the House of Representatives will be
about. one hundred and thirty~three thousand.
The Secession Movement.
AUGUSTA, Gm, Dec. 13
Thos. R. Cobb is out with 9. recommendation
to the seceding States to fix the time for the
ordinance of secession to take efl’ect on the fif
teenth or twentieth of February. In the in
terim, Commissioners from the acceding States
to meet and consult upon the propriety of
stepping out of the old Union into another
based on the Constitution of the United States.
Dtstructive Fire in Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 13
A fire occurred in Baltimore street last night
which proved very deslructive. It commenced
in the large five story warphouse occupied by
Mprsron 6; B‘rotbers,‘ ch_lna. and glasqf, and
Rosenwig’s Cap Fgctory. The walla'fell on
the adjoining buildmge, and that occupied by
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13
James S. Water's bookstore on the east was
consumed, with the stores of B. F. Vess. hard
ware, and Warner & Brother, boot and shoe,
dealers on the west. The loss is very heavy
but was generally covered by insurance.
MARRIED.
yesterday morning, by the Rev. Dr. Jones, Emsnn Aum‘
Em“ ofnuton, Pu. , to Miss sun 13. I’wnn, daughte,
of Governor Packer.
New fihncrtizzmmts.
A PPL ES FOB. SALE—A fine lot. of
APPLES, of different nrietiea, for sale It Bonn &
Forster‘s wharf, foot of State street. den-cute;
STEWART & M’ABEE,
RECTIFYING DISTILLERS,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
BRANDIES, ems, WINES,
SCOTCH, IRISH, OLD RYE AND BOURBON
WHISKYS,
NO. 103 MARKET STREET,
del2j HARRISBURG,.PA. [dam
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N OTICE.--
Kennel. on THE HAxnlsnvnu,.Pomsuon-m, Mr. Joy
n 1) Luau-ran Rumour 00.,
PHILADIDPEXA‘ Dec, 8, 1860,
A upecinl meeting of the Stockholders of the H R.
RISBUBG, PORTSMOUTH, MOUNT JOY AND LAN
CASTER RAILROAD COMPANY will be held on Thurs
day, the 27th inst“ at 11 o’clock, a m.. ntSansnm Street
Hull (Samson: street, between sixth and Seventh stream)
in the city of Philadelphia, for the purpose of accepting
or rejecting a contract for a. more permanent lease ot‘
their road to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
By order of the Bond of Directors,
GEORGE TABEB,
Secretary.
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CABINET WAREHOUSE.
JAMES R. BOYD 3; SON,
29 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
CABINET MAKERS AND UN DERTAKERS.
A large variety of TETE-A-TETE SOFAS, AR]!
AND PARL 0R CHAIRS, MARBLE TOP TABLES,
B UREA US, BEDSTEADS, WASH-STANDS, HAT
RACKS, 65c. Call and examine our stock and prices, as
we can sell as low as can be bought in the State.
nolfi-dlm
N[ESSRS. G HICKERING & 00.
11.4 VE AGAIN OBTAINED THE
G 0 L I) M E l) AL !
AT THE
MECHANICS’ FAIR, BOSTON,
HELD ms 2111:0311le WEEK,
0 VER SIXTY COMPEZ'ITORS!
Wareroom for the CHICKERING PIANOS, at Buria—
burg, at 92 Market street.
oc23~tf W. KNOCHE’S MUSIC STORE.
EXTRACTS! EXTRAGTSU
woonswonrn a: BUNNEL’B '
SUPERIOR FLAVORING EXTRAGTS
BITTER ALMOND ‘
NEorAmfvn
PINE Ai’PLE -
snuwhmmv,
BOSE,
LEMON All)
VANILLA,
Just received and for sale by
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N E W D RU G
PRESGRIPZI'mION STORE.
WILLIAM WA ARMSTRONG, Practical Drnggist sud;
Chemist, would inform the citizens 6f Harrisburg that
he has leased the store room recently occupied by Dr.
Kimball, and is now prepared to furnish those who feel
disposed to patronize him with pure and unadultersted
Drugs and Medicines, such as can be relied upon. Having
had several years experience in the Drug and Prescrip
tion business, he most respectfully solicits a share of
Physicians’ Prescription business. He has also a. large
and varied assortment of Perfumery Stationery, lac.—
Also, all of the most popular Pateni Medicines of the
day; also, Tobacco, Cigars, Snuif, Jno.. ofthe best brands;
also, Alcohol.- Turpentine, Burning Fluid, Coal Oil, &.c.
In fact everything usually kept in a. well—stocked drug
store. nolfi-dlm.
EXTRA SUGAR CURED HAMS—~
no 116 ust received by
Elusnrame.
INSURANCE AGENCY.
THE DELAWARE MUTUAL
SAFETY INSURANCE COMPANY,
- OF PHILADELPHIA.
INCORPORATED 1835.
CAPITAL AND A55ET5......... . .. . . $904,907.51.
THE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA,
0F PHILADELPHIA.
INCORPO_RATED 1794.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS. . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.219,475.19.
, The undersigned, as Am» the above well knowu
Companies, will make Insurance against loss or damage
by fire, either. perpetually or annually, on property in
either town or country. ~
Marine and Inland Transportation Risks also taken.
Apply parsonnlly or by letter to
WILLIAM BUEHLER,
deal—dandy Huirriaburg, Pa.
Sewing filatlfinefi.
GR'OVER & BAKER’S
CELEBRATED NOISELESS
FAMILY AND MANUFACTURING
SEWING MACHINES!
$4O AND UPWARDS.
PRICES ESTABLISHED FOR SEVEN YEAS
TIIE GROVER B*. BAKER
SEWING MACHINE
Makes the only seam formed by 5 Sewing Machine, in
which each stitch is independently locked and without
dependence upon the other stitches for strength, and
the only seam that will admit of the thncad being cut at
every fourth stitch without injury to the seam in wear.
THE GROVER &. BAKER.
SEWING MACHINE
Is adapted to all varieties of fabrics, sewing equally
well the finest Swiss muslin or the heaviest cloth or
leather, and requiring no adjustment for any kind of
sewing other than the adnptntion of needles and thread.
THE GROVEB 6:. BAKER
SEWING MACHINE
sews from ordinary spools without rewinding, and fastens
its own seams thereby saving time and thread. It will
sew common spool cotton, silk and linen thread, with
equal facility.
THE GROVEE 6; BAKER,
SEWING MACHINE
Is so simple that an intelligent child of lam years can
readily learn to operateit. It is more easily kept in
order than any other machine, and need not be taken
apart to be oiled
THE (ii-{OVER 85 BAKER '
SEWING MACHINE
Makes the only stitch that cannot be injured by washing.
and ironing, and the only stitch that fin-ms an elastic
and durable Beam. Fabrics put together by this stitch,
may wear out and drop to pieces from original weakness
or hard usage, but come Apart or give away at the seams
they cannot; they will hold together when the cloth or
calico around them hangs in rags at “Mars.
CHATONEY a; WALTER, General.A safe 1 '
street, Pittsburg. g r 8 «Fifth
~Mi'. JAMES R. KEMBLE, Fourth and Market streets
Agent for Herriebnrg, where the Machines may .3 31,1
fines be seen in operation. ,
My? SEND FOR '4 cmcv
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