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Wilmot.
It seems that the question which has so long
disturbed the Republican leaders of this State,
of who should represent Pennsylvania in the
Cabinet of Mr. meonx, has been ,settled by
the President elect summoning Mr. DAVID
Winter to Springfield. The dispatch states
that Mr. meonx called upon Mr. menor at
his hotel immediately after his arrival, and
spent some five hours with him in the course
of the day. It is gratifying to know that WlL
no'r’s devotion to free-soil principles and long
and ardent hatred of the South is about to meet.
with an adequate reward. Mr. LINCOLN could
not have selected a man in the State of Penn—
sylvania more ohnoxiousto public sentiment,
particularly at this time, than Davm WILMOT.
His appointment confirms the impression that
the President elect has determined to throw
himself into the armsof the radieal Republi.
cans, and that he will concede nothing for the
sake of preserving the Union from disruption.
Gloomy Prospects.
Darker and blacker. ‘ The prospect of an
amicable settlement of the dilliculties now dis—
tracting the country grows; more and more
hopeless. The special committees appointed
by the House and Senate have succeeded in ac
complishing nothing, except, perhaps, in de
monstrating their impoteney. Every day adds
to the obstacles ..in the way of a peaceful ad
justment, and embitters feeling. The Repub
licans, in whose hands the destiny of the coun
try is imfortunately placed, have determined to
do nothing but welcome disunion and civil War
“preferable to recession from that position of
hostility to the South. The indications at the
commencement of this session of Congress,
that» a; portion of the liepublican members
would be willing to grant such concessions as
would satisfy the moderate Southern States
that their interests were safe within the Union,
thereby strengthening their hands to restrain
tha‘ cotton States from precipitate seeession,
have nearly all vanished under 'the influence
of the party lash. No concession—no com;
promise‘—no peaceful settlement of our .difii
cnlties—is now the party policy of the Repub
licans. Mr. Insects, who appeared to he wa
vering for a time, has finally authorized the
Wane to state that he concluded not to give
way an inch, but to adhere to the ofi'ensive
dogmas of the Republican party at all hazards—
and the selection of so ultra and unsafe a man
as Dam) Winter to he one of his advisers is
an earnest of this resolution. .
The Republican members of the Senate com
mifleo‘pgrtake, of the name feeling, as is shown
by their rejection of the Crittenden resolutions;
which would be acceptable to the South. and,
we have no doubt, to a majority of the peopie
of the North. Those resolutions propose to
incorporate the Missouri Compromise line into
the Constitution, and extend it to the Pacific—-
thus partitioning all the territory of the Uni
ted States between :the free and slave States,
and rendering the Territorial phase of the sla
very agitation impossiblein the future. When
it is reeollected that the Republican party was
created to redress the “ outrage” perpetrated
upon the North by the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, and that one of the early rally
ing cries of that party was for the restoration
of this same Missouri line, the refusal of the
Republicans now to agree to _its re-establish
ment shows that their regrets at its repeal were
hypocritical excuses for agitating the slavery
question, or that they have already progressed
so far with the irrepressible conflict that they
are not willing to take a single retrograde step,
even for the sake of preserving the 'Union.
Since the rejection of this peace measure,
the friends of the Unionfiespair of being able
to offer any remedy for the evils that menace
the country.
The Pittsburg Flurry.
It would be a singular commentary upon the
outcry raised about the treason of South Caro
line, if the first armed resistance to the General
Government should occur at Pittebnrg, in the
State of Pennsylvania; And yet the same class
of menjho are most virulent in their denun
ciations of threatened treason at the South
have been most active in endeavoring to excite
a mob at Pittsburg to prevent the officers of
government from shipping sonthwxrd certain
ordnance specially cast for the armament of
forts in the South-west. .
We find in the Pittsburg Dispatch an account
of the excitement created in that city upon the
receipt-l of intelligence that 124 heavy guns
were to be shipped from the Allegheny Arsenal
for the far South. If that paper reflects the
wtunl state of feeling at Pittsburg, the people
of that city are as crazy as the South Caroli
nians. They seem to have imbibed the tram
mob spirit, and determined to take the affairs
ofthe General Government into their own hands.
The Dispatch declares, “ Ourtpeoyle are a unit
“in sentiment that not a gun shall be shipped
“ South,” This invocation to violence may or
ma} not be followed by a forcible resistance to
the Govemment—but if it is, those in favor of
hanging the South Carolinians will not com
plainif the Government should commence op
erations by making a salutary example of- a
few of the treasonable mobocrats of Pittsburg.
'.'lhe account of the Dispatch shows that there
was nothing justifying an appeal to violence.
It. gays :1
“gen. 1. K. Moorhfild, M. 0.. on hearing of these
movement.» IE 91.!“ telegraphed to Mr. Stanton, Chair
m OI “9 'mhl'!’ committee, Home of Representa
tivei, w mule Vinqllh’ryt “*9 War Department on the
«abject. He then Implied W MIJOI‘ Sumington for infor
mufion, and learned that the gunswero designed for two
our for”, whi ch had not yet been mounted or even.
named—tut the misses were made at Wutervllet. N.
‘1.,“ than gun] were made for those forts; I.th all
the mnnketl heretofore oydored hm been shipped, and
an further requisitihnqmndo 5 thin no canyon Ila-vs been
Ihipljul 'cxcept to’iifil ordinaryMwnbfl'
“Amusemenfi you making on Mend-y» to hlulmome
of these guns to the river; We Hippo" 50m? 0119 Will
tnp the firmbellu on the route on their ranking their a
pounce on Benn or Liberty street th 1: - p
witness their removal.” ’ I 0111 people I“
These guns were in all probability ordered
for the armament of forts, to be used on the
frontier in protecting Texas from hostile In
dinns, long before the existing difficulties com—
menced, and would have been forwarded to
their destination without creating any unusual
comment. or apprehension had it. not. been for
some excitable persons who wished to weak a
mimic revolution. The last paragraph above
Quoted is an invitation to treason, which is most
reprehensible, as it may encourage men to com
mit violence that they win sufi‘er for.
Strengthening tfio BEEF-tone.
The New York Tribune of Saturday makes
the following announcement with all the prom
inence of double-leaded type 2
We are enabled to state in the most positive terms.
that Mr. Lincoln is utterly opposed to any concession or
compromise .thnt shall yield one iota of the position oc
eupied by the Republican party on the subject of an.
very in the Territoriel, and that he stands now, as he
stood in May last, when he accepted the nomination for
the Presidency, square upon the Chicago Platform.
In an adjoining column, under the striking
head of ‘- Beware !” it commences an editorial
with this warning :
We Nun the people of the Free states that 9. cocks.-
triee’s egg is being hatched at Washington, in theform
ofe proposition to amend the Constitution by tracing the
line ’of 36 deg. 30 min. across the continent, and doom
ing to eternal slavery all the territory we now poseesss,
or may hereafter acquire, south of that erolel. * 3“
We worn our readers that this so-cafied “Compro
mise” may be signing upon Congress immediately “We!
the holidays, i not previously broken up by the out—
spoken condemnation of the people. Let Republican
constituencies take prompt measures through the mails,
the public press, end personal nppeeis, to bring proper
influence to bear upon their Senators and Represente
tives at Wax-hington, ere it be too late. Let them crush
this offspring of Southern treason and Northern dough
{nceilm in its incipiency. There is not a moment to be
cit!
The Tribune speaks its fears in the language
both of menace and warning. It knows, for
its editors are used to reading the indiqetions
of public opinion, that any fair and justvmea
sure of agreement. adopted ‘by Congress and
submitted to the people, would be approved with
a. unanimity that has never before been given
to any public question in this country». If this
is not so, why its fears, and why its use of Mr.
Lincoln’s name and its übjumtion of Northern
Representatives and Senators to resist the soli
mission of any plan of compromise to the
people? Is it not simply because its fears to
trust the people’to decide an issue that afiects
them more nearly and momentously than {my
that has ever arisen during our existence as a.
nation? The question is simply the disinte
gration of the Union or the defeat of the Re
publican party, and the Trzbzme prefers the
former and wishes to deny the peeple the op
portunity to record their. decision.
THENAT'IONAL CRISIS.
PBOGEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THIR-
m
The Senate committee of thirteen held a. ses
sion of over six hours on Saturday, and, .as we
stated Tuesday, arrived at no definite ‘conelu
eion as to the measures deemed necessary to
meet the present national emergency.
The amendment to the Constitution proposed
by Mr. Crittenden, to settle the controversy
between the North and the South, finally and
forever, by a. division of the country from
ocean to ocean, on the parallel of the Missouri
line, was the great subject of discussion—-
Messrs. Crittenden, Douglas and ngler main
tained it with great zeal and ability, but at the
same time expressed themselves willing to em
brace any other efl'ective mode of adjustment.
Messrs. Wade, Doolifile, Collamer and
Grimes, Republicans. opposed the proposition
with much earnestness. They maintained that
the people in the late election decided, the
question of slavery in the Territories, and,
tlgrefore, they had no concessions to make or
0 er.
Messrs. Davis, Toombs and Hunter discussed
the present unhappy condition of the country
with unsurpassed ability, and whilst mani
festing a willingness to accept any measure of
final settlement whish would secure theirjust
rights in the Union, insisted that propositions
must come from the dominant party, the Repub
licans.
The vote on Mr. Crittenden’s proposition
_was as follows :——For the proposition—Messrs.
Bigler, Crittenden, Douglas, Rice and Powell
-—5. Against. it—Messrs. Davis, Doolittle,
Collamer, Wade, Toombs, Grimes and Hunter
—7.
Messrs. Hunter, Toombs and Davis, never
theless, intimated an inclination to go for it if
the Republicans would propose it in good faith.
The second proposition submitted by Mr.
Crittenden, denying the right of Congress to
abolish slavery in the dockyards and arsenals.
was voted against by Messrs. Collamer, Doo
little, Grimes snd Wade. The remainder of
the committee voted for the propositton, but
as it had not a majority of the Republicans,
it was defeated, under the rules adopted by the
committee, that no proposition should be con
sidered adopted andrecommended to the Senate
which did not receive a majority of the Repub
lican votes, and also a majority of those op
posed to the Republicans.
The third clause, denying to Congr as the
right to abolish slavery in the Districfeof Co
]umbia,‘ was defeated by the same vote, the
Republicans all voting against it, and the re
mainder of the committee for it.
The fourth clause, establishing the right of
transit, was defeated by the same vote. The
fifth, which is intended to perfect the fugitive
slave law, by requiring the several States to
pay for fugitives who might be rescued from
the oflieers of the law, was lost by‘the some
vote, the Republicans all voting in the negative.
Many other propositions were offered and
voted upon, but none of leading importance—
none that would meet the exigencies of the
times.
Mr. Davis submitted a resolution expressly
recognizing property in slaves, but no vote was
taken on it.
Mr. Toombs submitted a series of resolutions
embracing, substantially, the principles of the
Breckinridge platform ; but final action was
not taken on them. -
GOV. PIC-KENS AND THE FORTS AT CHARLESTON.
Gov. Piekens, of South Carolina, was sere
nadedi'n Charleston on Friday evening, and in
returning thanks, said : 1
Fellow-citizens, allow me to say to you that
I hope and trust I am in possession of informa
tion that, perhaps, there may be no appeal to
force on the part of the federal authorities.—
[Cheers] But if I am mistaken in this, at
least as far as I am concerned, we are prepared
to meet any and everyissue. I hope and trust
that under existing eireumstance's there will be
no imPrudence—no rash appeals to counsels
caught under the impulse of false rumors; that
we Wlll Prove to the world that we are not only
free and independent, but that we are entitled
to‘ be so.by our virtues and our character. The
convention, in all human probability, will, ina
feW_ days, send the ordinance to Washington,
winch proclaims J 7 o'l to be, as you have a. right
{-0 bB, a free and inde end at " ‘ ’ -
, P e republic. [AP
‘Pl‘mseq A.“ “‘1.“! they Present the claims of
South Carolina to your forts and your public
places, now-1n possession of the federal gov
ernment, 1t 13 our duty to sustain that conven
tion by showing that we are ready to await a
free and fair demand. , But if, in the meantime
there is any attempt to increase the forces tho;
now garrison them, so far as I am concerned
it shall not be donewithout an appeal to arms:
[Loud and prolonged cheering]
I sincetely‘defiiro that, so far as Lain con.
cerned, we shell triumphantly goalirough lhis
great controversy without unappeal to arms.
But, if it be necessary to vindicate the inde—
pendence of my country, I vow to you here,
that all the power that I have shall be exerted
to maintain to the lust. extremity the indepen‘
dance of South Carolina. [Great applause.]
SENATOR TOOMBS I'o HIS CONSTITUENTS.
Senator Toombs, of Georgia, is said to have
telegraphed the following address on Sunday
evening from Washington, to the people Of his
State:
I come here to secure your constitutional
rights, and to demonstrate to you that you can
get no guarantee'for those rights from your
Northern confederates. The whole subject
was referred to a. committee of thirteen in the
Senate. I was appointed on the committee,
and accepted the trust. 1 submitted proposi—
tions, which, so for from receiving decided
support from a single member of the Republi
con party of the committee, were all treated
with derision or contempt. A vote was then
taken in the committee on amendments to the
Constitution, proposed by Hon. J. J. Critter:-
den, and each and all of them were voted
against unanimously by the Black Republican
members of the committee. In addition to
these facts, a majority of the Black Republican
members of the committee declared distinctly
that they had no guarantees to offer, which
was silently acquiesced in by the other mem
bers. The Black Republican members of this
committee of thirteen are representative men
of the party and section, and to the extent 'of
my information, truly represent them.
The committee of thirty-three on Friday ad
journed for a week without coming to any
vote, after solemnly pledging themselves to vote
on all the propositions then before them on that
day. It is controlled by the Black Republi
cans, your enemies, who only seek to amuse
you with delusive hope until your election. If
you are deceived by them it shall not be my
fault. I have put the test fairly and'fnnkly.
It is decisive against you now. I tellyou upon
the faith of a true man, that all further looking
to the North for security for your constitutional
rights in the Union ought to be instantly aban
doned. It is fraught with nothing but. ruin to
yourselves and your posterity. Secession by
the 4th of, March next should be thundered
from the ballot-box by the unanimous voice of
Georgia, on the 3d day of January next. Such
a voice will be your best guarantee for liberty,
security, tranquility and glory.
‘ R. Toomns
VIEWS or SENATOR SEWARD. ,
The Sons of New England held their'annual
meeting Saturday, at the Astor House, New
York city. - A number of speeches were deliv
ered, among the orators being Hannibal Ham
lin, Vice President elect, and Senator Seward.
The speech 'of the latter occupied three-quar
ters of an hour in its delivery. . He confessed
to no surprise that so vast- and complex a sys
tem of government as ours should now and then
needrepairing, renewal and restoration, and
came quite as near to saying that he would
favor some amendment of thernstitntion to
meet the emergency as he could, without hit
ting the mark. Expressing an affection for
South Carolina beyond that which he had for
any other'State outside the Union, England or
any, he compared her to the fractious wife of a
patient husband, and proposed that the coun
try, like the forbearing lord, should be cool,
calm, kind and conciliatory—“ whereupon a de
bate will ensue which will be kind in itself, and
which will prove to us very soon that either we
are wrong, and should concede to our oEcnded
brothers, or else that we are right, and they
will acquiesce.” ,
He avoided with dexterity the discussion of
the question of coercion. The secession fever,
he said, is to be allowed to run its course, the
patient meanwhile to be subjected to gentle
treatment. Finally, his complaints are to he
heard, if they ought to he heard and redressed,
if they ought to be redressed, and it is to be
expected that they will be withdrawn if unrea
sonable. He closed with the prediction that
after sixty days the fever will have abated, and
peace restored to the country. Mr. Seward,
howeirer, replied to no items in the long list of
Southern grievances, nor discussed any of the
Northern compromises. - _
REPORTS mon ALABAMA ND GEORGIA
MONTGOMERY, Dec. 24, 1860.—The election
is passing off quietly in this city, there being
no opposition to the secession ticket. The most
reliable information that I can obtain leads me
to believe that the separate secessionists will
elect seventy-five delegates out of one hundred.
The ordinanee will probably be passed on the
9th day of January. It is thought that Missis
sippi will secede on the some day. »
There is no truth in the reports of large Union
gains in Georgia. On the contrary, it is
thought, by well informed men 'in that State,
that the rejection by the Republican senators
of Mr. Too'mbs’s proposition for constitutional
amendments will induce Mr. Stephens to de
clare in favor of immediate secession.
Governor Moore issued a. proclamation to
day. convening the Legislature of Alabama.
to provide by State laws for day emergency
that may arise from the action of the Conven
tion.
The Legislaturewill assemble on the 14th of
January. The Convention meets on the 7th.
MOBILE, Dec. 24, 1860.—The election for
delegates to the State Convention took place
to-day. The separate State secession ticket. in
this city is elected by a thousand majority.
THE SECESSION FEELING- AT NEW ORLEANS
New ORLEANS, Dec. 24,—An immense mass
meeting was held to-night at Odd FeIIOWs’ Hall
to ratify the nominations of the Southern rights
candidates for the Convention. It was the
lnrgest congregation of every party ever as
sembled. Cornelius Fellows was president,
and speeches were made by Charles M. Conrad,
Charles Gayare and others, advocating imme
diate secession, amid unbounded enthusiasm.
The Southern Morseillais was sung as the ban
ner of the Southern confederocy was raised.
amid reiterated and prolonged cheers for South
Carolina and Louisiana.
MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR 0F VIRGINIA. .
RICHMOND, Va"; Dec. 24.—Governor Letcher
has completed his message. He is in favor of
a, central confederacy if the cotton States se
cede, end against a State Convention.
The secession excitement is rapidly increa
sing here. A meeting will be held here on
Thursday night next, at which strong Southern
resolutions will be adopted.
Neurone, Dec. 23.—The secession feeling
here is on the increase. Ashland Hall was
again crowded with citizens last night. Dis
union speeches were delivered by Col. V. D.
Grover and General John Tyler. The speeches
were enthusiastically applauded. General Ty
ler concluded with the expression, "Let the
Union go to hell!” which was received with
loud and repeated cheers.
THE SHOE PINOHING IN NEW ENGLAND.
The political convulsion is beginning to press
heavily on the manufacturing towns and cities
of New England, thus demonstrating that the
curses which have been hurled from that vio
lent abolition section against the South, the
Constitution and the Union are coming home,
like chickens, to roost. The shoe business.
which may be considered the staple trade of
Massachusetts,we perceive,has received a terri
ble shock. Many of the factories have suspen
ded work entirely,severnl houses in Nntiek have
failed, and nearly all have been compelled to
reduce their force of workmen one-third or one
hulf. The foundries and machine shops of
Connecticut, too, are in a similar condition;
e’gtablishment after establishment is dismissing
its Operatives and closing its doors, and this is
but the beginning of the end. The Republican
politicians will find out now how much easier
it is to demolish than to construct. They have
broken down all the monufuoturing and com
mercial interests of the countrysturned thou
sands of people out of employment, but they
will learn how diflicult it is to restore prosper
ity‘ and build up what they have reduced to
ruin—N. Y. Heralq- ' '
Hon. George A'shn'my, wlyo presided pver the
Chicagq Convention, is aeandidate for the col-J
lectorship ofßosfdn. '
THE ABSTRAUTED BONDS FROM THE
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
“'ASHINGTON, Dec. 24._1t appears from the
facts in connection with the late abstraction of
the bonds of the Indian trust. fund, that about
five months ago, Wm. H. Russell, of the firm ‘
of Majors, Russell 8; Waddell, held about one
million dollars’ worth of the official acceptan~
cos of the Secretary of War. These acceptan
ces had been given conditionally, in accordance
with the usual course of business, for the trans
portation of' the supplies of the army under
contract With the government,
Mr. Russell finding himself unable to nego
tiate these acceptances, being greatly embars
ragged, pecuniarily, and ascertaining from God~ ’
(lard Bailey. with whom he was intimately ac—
quainted, that the latter had control of over
$3,000,000 of the Indian trust funds, invested
in bonds of the 'ditferent States, arranged with
him to let him have about $500,000 worth of
these bonds, to be hypotheeated in New York,
and as security for which he gave the accept
ances of the War Department, which he placed
in the safe where the bonds were kept.
Recently these bonds have greatly deprecia
ted, and the bankers in New York, who made
the advances on them, therefore, called for ad
ditional security, when Bailey. in order to save
the bonds, delivered up over $300,000 worth of
them additional, in all about $B7O. 000. On the
18th inst” he addressed a letter to the Secretary
of the Interior, frankly imparting these facts,
and requesting an investigation. This letter
he gave to a Senator, to be delivered to the
Secretary of the Interior, on his return from
North Carolina, which request was complied
with. The investigation proved the truth of
these statements.
Messrs. Suter, Lee 8: Co. compose the bank-.
ing firm through which the negotiation was
transacted. Nothing either in the papers or in
the investigation shows that any parties ex
cepting those‘immediately concerned in this
business, as above related, are in the slightest
manner concerned in the transaction. It may
be stated that the acceptances of the Secretary
of the War Department have been given from
time to time in compliance with a contract
with Messrs. Russell, Majors St (30., and until
recently that firm have had no difliculty in ne
gotiating them.
Today Mr. Bailey was arrested at the in
stance of the government and required to give
bail in the sum of $300,000 for his appearance
at the next term,of the Criminal Court.
A dispatch received here to-day from the
two detectives sent to New York yesterday,
state that Russell has been arrested. and, will
be probably here to-morrow. It is thought
that the government is protected, as the ac
ceptances more than cover the amount of the
bonds abstracted.
The special committee of the House. to which
the investigation of the subject is referred,
consists of Messrs. Morris of Illinois, Conk
ling, of New York, Bocock, of Virginia, Harris,
of Maryland, and Case, of Indiana. ‘
The Speaker of the Hoiihc has directed the
names of the South Carolina. members to be
retained on the roll, thus not recognizing the
conduct of their State as severing their con
nection with the House, as they themselves
maintain.
Goddard Bailey, impficated in the abstrac
tion of $830,000 worth of State bonds from the
Interior Department, and who was committed
to jail to-day, was this afternoon admitted to
bail in the sum of $3,000. His securities are
Mathew W. Gaul: and Hamilton G. Font. It
is presumed‘that Mr. Bailey will be used as a.
witness against other parties. .
LATER
Wasul'so'ron, December 25, 1860.—W. H.
Russell, implicated in the robbery of the Inte
rior Department, arriVed here from New York
under arrest this morning. He was' conveyed
immediately to the district jail, but by consent
of United States Deputy Marshal, Phillips, he
was allowed to proceed to his residence in F
street, where Justice Goddard, at the instance
of the Cabinet, excepting Gov. Floyd, appeared
and required the defendant to give bail for fu
ture examination in the sum of $500,000.
' The counsel of Russell asked the Justice to
allow them the space of half an hour to endea
vor to procure the required sum, which was
considered exceedingly excessive, although
less than the value of the property of which
the government has been robbed, yet, when
compared with the contemptibly small sum ex
acted of Bailey, the alleged principal in the
robbery, the complaint of Russell’s counsel is
reasonable. The Marshal refused the delay
asked for, and Russell, at two o’clock this af
ternoon, was remanded to jail.
His counsel to-day were Mr. Carlisle, Samuel
Chilton and Walter Davidge, of this city;
Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky, and James
Hooper, ex-United States Senator from Virginia.
These gentlemen were in consultation with Rus~
sell, in jail, this evening.
He was also visited by numerous personal
friends, among whom were most of the Missouri
Congressional delegation, including Senator
Green, and Mr. Parrott, the delegate from
Kansas. ' .
The case will to brought before the Grand
Jury of the district at as early 9. day as pos
sible. .
The acceptances given by Secretary Floyd to
Russell, upon which the latter hypothecated,
are said to be valueless unless the service re
quired in them to be rendered ‘to the govern
ment was performed.
The theory of Russell’s friends is, that Bai
ley, who has turned Slate’s evidence. and is 9.
relative of Governor Floyd’s, intends to shield
himself, and swear the burden of the otfence
against Russell and the member of a. banking
house in this city. A statement is made in
connection with the above, that if Bailey does
this, Russell will tell all he knows, which will
involve not only the Secretary of War, but
other government oflicials high in authority.
CALIronNIAw—At the late election in Culifor~
nia there were 119.000 votes polled. The
national census of this year returns the popu
lation at rather more than four hundred thou~
sand. By this it would seem that the male
adult population is still out of all reasonable
proportion to the general aggregate. But the
process of equalization goes on gradually.—
Galifornia has sulfered largely by the emigra
tion to the mining regions of British Columbia.
Oregon, Nevada. and elsewhere. 'But her pro
gress has, nevertheless, been permanent. An
examination of statistics shows that within the‘
past foul-years there has been a decrease of
population in the mining counties, and an in
crease in the agricultural and trading counties.
The change is a heelthfufione. and speaks Well
for the future of the State—Philadelphia Amer
wan.
New Anna—The commissioners appointed
under the not passed last session for the " bet.
ter defence of the State,” received this week
an invoice of samples of various arms from
England, such as muskels, rifles, oarbines, pis
tols and sabres. The arms have arrived in
New York and will be here soon. The com
missioners will slim receive soon from France
samples of the best arms now in use in the‘
army of Napoleon, so that when the Legisla
ture assembles the commissioners will be able
toshow that. they have left nothing undone to
procure information as to the best weapon for
the Slate. The commissioners have purchased,
for immediate service, all such reliable wea
ygns as they could—Richmond Enguircr, Dec.
2nd- I
FATAL Artur—E. R. Marshall, mate of
the steamer H. D. Mears, was shot and killed
in Vicksburg, Miss., a few nights ago, by Chas.
T. Bradford, 3 constable, in self—defence.
Joseph R. Chandler, our minister. to Naples,
was, at. last accounts, about to return to Paris,
where he awaits instructions from our govern
ment. ‘ . V ' '
30th Virginia'find Tennessee have despatch
ed sulficiem‘m‘nds to New York mph)? the Vin-I
tel-est onitheirfitnte debts, due January 136.
GENERAL NE WS.
Tun LAres'r PHASE or me BURCH Divonon
Gun—The Chicago Tribune of Dec. 17 says:
“The latest feature in this case is the issuing
of 5! writ of hebeas corpus by Judge Norton, at
Johet, Img served on Mrs. Burch yesterday,
commanding that the twu children, Mary, aged
talent], and Harriet, aged two-and-o-half, be
brought. before him forthwith, to await the or
der of the court. '
MELANGEOLY CALAMI-n.—The Baton Rouge
(La.) Gazette states that on the 6th instant, as ‘
Rev. Joseph Nicholson, of Livingston parish,
was crossing the Amite river with his wife, at
Dufi’s Ferry, the mule took fright and sprang
over the side of the flat, dragging; me buggy
after it. Mr. Nicholson and his wife were
drowned.
JUDGE EDWARD McGOWAN.—-Ned McGowan,
the hero of a hundred hairbreadth escapes, is
said to be quite a lion in Washington. He is
now an Arizona judge and delegate 9190‘? [0
Congress from that, Territory. His life has
been an eventful, chequered One. He has cul
tivated an immense grey board, which gives
him quite a. patriarchal appearance.
Mormon. Aim Luxeumca—J. A. Trice, of
Henderson county, Ten‘nq was murdered on
Saturday, by his slave Sam. He was about to
chastise the negro, who threw him to the
ground and cut his throat. A jury of twelve
slaveholders sentenced him to be hung, and. it
was done forthwith.
Riemann—Brent Lieut. Col. Wm. H. 'l‘.
Walker, major of the. 10th infantry. U. S. A.,
has resigned. He is now in command of the
United States arsenal in Georgia, of which
State he is a native. Lt. Geo. E. Law, of Ind_,
and Surgeon Charlton, of Georgia, have also
resigned their commissions in the navy.
Incnmsn or THE New You: Ponce—The
police force of New York city, in accordance
with the vote Qf the supervisors, will be in
creased to eighteen hundred men, an increase
of four hundred. Two hundred men will be
appointed in January, a hundred in February,
and a hundred in March. '
The following oflicers in the United States
Army are South Caroliniana : Majors, 4 ; brevet
major,'l; brevet colonel, 1 ; captains, 11; let
lieutenants, 8; 2d lieutenants, 3. In the Navy
there are 6. commanders; 3 captains ; 13 lieu—
tenants; 2 surgeons; 1 parser; 3 masters; 4
midshipmen; and 1 engineer.
Dmeor Tame n: Ensue—The Selma
(Ala.) Issue says that Col. P. J. Weaver, of
that place, has shipped directly'to Liverpool
one thousand bales of cotton, which will be
exchanged for manufactured goods, to be sold
in Selma. Col. W. is one of the largest mer
chants and wealthiest planters of Alabama.
Smaumm Cause or Baum—Col. William
Early, an old and respectable citizengof Wash
ington county, Tenn., died suddenly on the 11th
instant. He had been salting down some pork,
and cut his hand slightly against a bone, from
which mortification and death ensued.
Fnozex To Damn—A valuable colored man
belonging to 001. T. J. 'Hodson, living near
Vienna, Dorchester county, Md., was frozen to
death on the night of the 15th instant while on
his way home from the Big Mills, a distance of
about three miles.
Dnmcnnn.—Com. Stewart, better known as
“ 01d Ironsides,” at his own request is de
tached from the command of the Philadelphia
navy-yard, where he has been for seven con
secutive years. - Captain Dupont has been or
dered to relieve him.
DEATH on A Mnnnnmm.—-Dennis McCarty
Sheenan, the man who murdered Edward
Brown, in Philadelphia, last .week. died on
Saturday night of mania-a-polu, in Donamen
sing prison.
Mary L., wife of Rev. H. G. 0. Dwight,
missionary of the American Board in Turkey,
died at Constantinople on the 16th ult.
The Hartford (Md.) Riflemen, Capt. Herman
Stump, have just received their quota of Min
nie rifle muskets from the State. '
LATEST BY '- TELEGRAPH
LATER FROM EUROPE.
The steamship Canada, from Liverpool on
the 15th inst., arrived at this port yesterday.
The Canada. passed the Africa. and the Arabia
on the 16th inst‘ The following advices are
furnished:
Grimm—The official dispatches from China
confirm the previous accounts of the capture
of Pekin, and state that the Tartar army still
kept the field, although the Emperor had fled.-
The chief share of the spoila taken by the sack
ing of the Emperor’s palace fell to the French.
The treasure taken will, however, be divided
between the French and English. Some of the
privates had sold their shares for 30,000 francs
each. '
The ship Georgiana, from New Orleans, for
Liverpool, has been burned at. sea. The crew
.were saved. '
ENGLAND.—The steamship Canada carries out
214,500 in specie. This is probably pounds
sterling. though the dispatch does not state it
distinctly. The Earl of Aberdeen is dead.—
The London Times' money article, dated on the
14th inst., says that the funds opened without
alteration and remained steady throughout.—
The discount demand was small, and the rates
in the general market were 4:} per cent. The
Continental Exchanges were firm. American
Railway securities had improved.
Advicesfrom Italy state that the bombardment
of Gaeta had re-eommeneed. The China mail
was expected to arrive in London on the 15th
inst.
Ensem—The specie in the Bank of France
has diacounted 2,600,000 francs during the
month.
SHIP N swab—Arrived from Philadelphia,
ship Blumentha at Cardifi‘, Wales. Ship An
telli at Queeustown, and ship Wm. Cummina
at. Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL Bunnswns MARKET.—~BrBu(I
-slufl‘s were quiet at the _opeuing. Wheat firm;
holders demand an advance for the fine quali
ties. ‘ '
Loxnox, Dec. 15—1’. 11.—A dispatch from
St. Petersburg says that peace had been conclu
ded by the allies in China, and the Emperor has
returned to Pekin.
A report of the assassination of Garibaldi
arose from the attempted murder of Col. Dunn
of the Sicilian army.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26
The War Department can take no action
with reference to the recent movements at
Pittsburg and Allegheny, until official infor
mation is received from the oflicer in charge of
the Arsenal. The order for the removal of the
guns was recently issued, to be at Ship Island
and Galveston by the time the defensive works
at these points, though unfinished, may be
ready to receive them. The appropriation for
the purchase of the cannon was long since
made for the purpose above stated, and the or
der for their removal thither was in accordance
with the law and regulations, without any
reference whatever to political occurrences.
Capt. Ingraham, of South Carolina, in com
mand of the Sloop-of—War Richmond, of the
Meditterranean squadron, has asked and ob
tained.leave to_ return home. '
Death of Henry M. Fuller.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26
Henry M. Fuller died this .morning at his
residence in this city, of typhmd fever, in the
fortieth year of'his age. He .was en ex-m'gm.
her of CongreSS, and lately a candldate in the
second distfict. , ' '4. '
as “men. wqyxitpirortsmonth
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Three ygndred men lefgthg Navy Yai-ii in' a.
special tfamr 'Wdey, ..tojoin- thé ‘ Sloop: ‘o‘f Wit:-
Macedonmn at Portsmouth: ,-- w . ' ‘ ‘
NEW Onnmus, Dec. 2.;
Governor Houston has i3sued aproclamatio
for an extra. session of the Texas Legislature’l
which is to assemble on the 2151: of Jaguar ’
to consider the present crisis. The Conventioyfi
of the people will assemble on the 28th. Th
secession feeling is in the ascendant. e’
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U’ CLAIME D GOODS—Notice 1s here
by ,given' to HENRY Ind PETER PIFER that a
Double—Banded Shot Gun, Pouch, Gama nag. Powder
Flask, kc. left'witli the iubacriber in 1868, will be dil
soaqdvol' dun: any. gfter date, unleyu previously to
nemeq, - . . . WILLIAM Himself.
Barn-burs, Doc-ml)» 25, 1860.—d3“
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BROKERJS OFFICE, NIL-126 Market sh, where
fhere is money loaned on_all kmds of Property; also
watches, jewelry; musical lustrnmentn &c., Mid for mi
1510 or nothing. S. L. M’hULLOUGH’
deZ’l—leK‘ Exchange Broker, 126 Market at.
SHERIFF’S SALES—By Vlrtue of cer
tain writs of venditioni exponas. alias Wnditioni
exponas. levari facials and fieri fucias, issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Daughjn county, and to me
directed, win be exposed to Pu 1h; Sale or Outcuri' at
the comm HOUSE (mum’s Hm.) in the city om.“
risburg, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, on THURS.
DAY. the 17th day qf JANUARY, 1861, the followincr
valuabls real estate, viz: °
A certain lot or giece of ground situated in Harrisburg
Dauphin county, I, on the north-east corner of Cheg’.
nut attest and Dewberry alley, fronting on Chem“
street 26}; feet, and extending back 152 feet, more 31-
less ; thereon erected a. two-story Brick Dwelling House,
With a. two-story Brick Back-build? 113, a, two-story Frame
Shop. 8. Frame Stable, 8w ; as the property of JOHN
SWILEB.
ALSO, it the same time and place, a. certain piece or
tract of land situate& in Upper Paxton township, 1)“.
phin county, Pa”, adjoining the property of Joseph
Keefer, Daniel Weaver, John Good, David S. Grosh and
Jacob Keefer, containing fifteen acres and fifty—nine
perches, more or less ; thereon erected a. one and one half
story Log Dwelling House, with a. finished Basement, a
Frame Bank Barn, 3. Distillery, with all the apparatus
thereto attached, aStore Hoyse, Pig Houses, &e. ; on the
land is ‘good water and fruit trees ,- as the property of
JOHN . GROSH.
ALso, nt the same time and place, a certain piece or
tract of land situated in Londonderry township, Dauphin
county, Pa.., adjoining lands of James Lynch, Michael
Rider, Daniel Eppler and others, containing seventy
acres, be the same more or lens; thereon erected a. one
and a halfi story Log House. 3. Frame Barn, Wagon Shed
and Corn Crib, two other l‘rnme Buildings, Jno.; on the
land is a. spring of good water and an orchard; as the
property of SAMUEL EOSHOWEB and CATHARINE
HOSHOWER.
ALSO, at the some time and place. a certain piece or
tract of land situated in Wiconisco township, Dauphin
county, PL, bounded as follows. to wit: 0:: the north
and west by lands of the heirs of Galbraith, on the south
by lands of the heirs of -——- Leeches, and on the east
by lands of Samuel Workman, containing one hundred
Ind ninetywight acres, more or less; thereon erected a
one and a. halfatory Log House, a. smell Beth, £56.; an
the land are some fruit trees and good water; no the
property of PETER BROWN, JOHN BROWN, ELIZA
BETH BBOWN,WILLIAM BROWN, MARY ANN MIL
LER, late.Mnry Ann Brown, and WILLIAM MILLER,
her husband, children and heirs of Peter Brown.
ALso, at the some time and place, a. certain lot A!
piece of ground situated on Spring Crock, Derry town
ship, Deuphin county, Pen, fronting on the Main street
56 feet, more or less, and extending back 100 feet, more
or less, to an alley, adjoining the property of Martin
Nisley on the one side and James M’Clurg on the other;
thereon erected a. two-story Frame House, with a finished
Basement, an Oven, Jno.; as the property of HENRY
HOWER.
“.30. at the same time and'phce, 511 that certain lot
or piece of ground situnted in Ooxtown, Susquehanna
township, Dauphin county. Pm, adjoining lot of Jacob
B. Yerkes; thence south 80 deg., west 132 feet to the
Susquehanna river; thence down said river 45 feet;
thence north 80 deg., east 132 feet ; thence north 13 deg.,
east 45 feet to the place of beginning; thereon erected a.
two—story Frame House, Frame Kitchen, £212.; on the
lot are some fruit trees, water, Jam; as the property of
THEODORE J. BELL.
A 130,“; the same time and place, a certain piece or
tract of land situated in Halifax township, Dauphin
county,Pa., adjoininglands of Solomon File, John shoop,
William Peale, Samuel Umphreys, Samuel Shaetz, Wil
liam Baskina and others, containing thirty-eight nets:
and one hundred fifty-three perches, more or less, about
fifteen acres of which are cleared; as the property of
JOHN L. LONG.
Al3O, at the some time and place. a certain lot or piece
of ground situated in the town of Wiconisco, Wiconisco
township, Dauphin county, P 3,, fronting on a. street 40
teen more or less, and extending back to an alloy 140 feet,
more or less, adjoining the property of Dlniel Kaiser on
the one side and Willinm Brown on the other; on the
£11: 311:: game fruit trees; as the property of WILLIAM
ALSO, at the sometime and place. a. certain lot or piece
of ground litnated in the town of Wiconisco, Wia nisco
township, Dauphin county, Pu... fronting on a. street 40
feet, more or legs, and extending back 140 feet, more or
less, to an alley, adjoining the above described lot and
property of George Clark; thereon erected a. two-story
Frame Dwelling House, with Back Building. Spring
gfigwfind good water; as the property ok‘ WILLIAM
ALSO, at the same time and place, a. certain lot orpiew
of ground situated in Linglestown, Lower Paxton town
ship, Dauphin county, Pa... fronting on Market street 10
feetz and. extending back 200 feet to Blackberry alley,
adjoxning lot of Samuel B.vßritten on the east, and on
the West by Hanna alley; thereon erected a two-story
Frame House, Wash House, Stable or Barn, 3. well of
water, with pump. near the door. and a quantity of fruit
trees, Jno.; as the property of THOMAS STROHM.
ALSO, at the game time and place, a certain piece or lot
of ground situated in Lykenstown, Dauphin county, Pm,
fronting on the Main street 50 feet, more or less, and
extending back 150 feet, more or less, along Market street
to an alley, and adjoining the profierty of David Matter;
thereon erected a large two and one halfistory Frame
Tavern House. Frame Stable, Bake Oven and other
buildings; on the lot is a well of good water, with e
pump, 650.; as the property of DANIEL IgEIfiEB.
ALSO, at the some time and place, a. certain lot or piece
of ground situated in the town of Wiconineo, Wiconiaeo
township, Dauphin county, Pa. , fronting on the Main
street 50 feet, more or less, and extending hock 150 feet,
more or less, to an alley, adjoining the property of Henry
Sheufi‘er on the one side and— - on the other;
thereon erected a. two-story Frame Dwelling House, «120.;
on the lot is a. well of good water; as the property of
JOSEPH WORKMAN .
ALso, at the same time and place, a certain piece or
tract of land situated in Jackson township, Dauphin
county, Pa , adjoining lands of John Meekley. David
Frank, George Masner, Christian Miller and others, con
taining seventy-five acres, more or less ; thereon erected
a. two-story Log House, with a. Back Building, Wash
House. Frame Bank Barn and other buildings; on the
farm are two good nrvhnrds and good water; as the pro
perty of JOSEPH M. KEITEB.
ALSO, at the same time and place, a. certain lot or piece
of ground situated in the city of Harrisburg, Dauphin
county, Pal, fronting on the north side of South street,
east of East alley, 12}; feet, and extending back 93 feet.
more or less, to South alley, and Adjoining on the east
property of Michael For-nay, and on the west other pro:
perry of Updegrove 55 Jones; thereon erected 5 two»
story Frame Dwelling House. firm; as the property 0"
UPDEGROVE Er. JONES.
ALSO, at the eeme time and plane. a. certain lot or piece
of ground situated in the city of Harrisburg, adjoining
on the east other property of Updegrovo J: Jones, and
on the west property of John H. Jones, fronting on th'
north aide of South street, east of East alley,l2;§ feet,
more or less, and extending heck 93 feet, more or less, to
South alley; thereon erected a. twmstory (part Frame
and part Leth and Mastered) Dwelling House, and thh
a one-story Fume Kitchen, Azc. ,- as the property of
UPDEGROVEJ: JONES.
ALso, at theAsame time and place, a certain lot or piew
of ground situated on the north-east corner of lest alley
end South street in the city of Harrisburg. fronting on
South street 25 feet, and extending back 03 feet, more 01'
less, to South alley; thereon erected Marge Frame Car
penter Shop; as the property 01: JOHN H. JONES.
ALSO, at the same time and plume, all that cermm two-
S'm'y Freme Home or building situated in the Sixtn ward
of "10 my of Harrisburg. county aforesaid, from!!!“
feet on Broad street, 36 feet in depth being built on I”rt
of Lots N 0.171 Ind 172 of Plan or iota of wmim Ki
Vex-belie, adjoining lands of Martha. Hutman and P. EDS
minger, and the lot or iece of ground and curtilnge n-Pt
purtenmt to said bungling; as the property of JOHN
RICHARDSON and JOHN FOLTZ. .
ALSO, at the same time and place. all that certain twa
atory Frame House or building situate in the township
of Upper Paxton, and county of Dauphin, bounded on
the north, east and south by property of John Lantz, and
on the west by property of Samuel Lentz, contnunng m
front 24 feet and 22 feet in depth, and the lot or pxece of
ground and curtiluge appurtenant to said building; an
the groperty of JOSIAH LENTZ.
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