:nd introduced to all the friends and relations
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end. as they ported, the grateful girl look a
hondsome ring from her finger, tied it round
Charvnte's neck, and said:
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When-h Will Pennsylvania stand?
Pennsylvania can do much to alloy. the ex~
isting excitement. She can do much to em
bitter it. Which "course will the Legislature
which meets tomorrow take? Within two or
three weeks thepesition of Pennsylvania will
be known to the world. Her present Governor
and the Governor elect, who is to be inaugura
ted on the 15th prom, will have spoken—‘spoken
for good or for evil. A‘great responsibility is
attached to each of them. What course will
Governor Peon]: take in his forthcoming mes
sage? Will he recommend the revision of the
act of 1847, and the repeal of. so much of it as
is calculated to obstruct or embarrass the cap
ture offukitive slaves ‘2 We trust andibrlieve
that he will. We hope that he will boldly ut
ter the opinion of the Democracy of the State,
as well as of her conservative citizens, in favor
of the immediate repeal of the objectionable
features of this act. Let him recommend that
it be swept from the statute hook. Let his last
words, his strongest arguments, hqused in be
half of a measure that will set Pennsylvania ;
right before her sister States, and tend to allay
this fearful excitement. Let him speak boldly
for an imperilled Union, and act boldly for its
preservation. Hslfway measures will not an
swer at this crisis. The people of Pennsylva
nia look with some confidence for Governor
ann to take a hold, manly, ”straightforward
position in favor of the repeal of a law which
is neither manly or straightforward; but en—
courages sneaking, underhanded opposition to
the capture of fugitives by their masters.
But the honor of the State at this crisis is
more particularly committed to Mr. CURTIN and
the dominant party. With them will rest the
main responsibility. They may be able to ce
ment or to destroy the Union. They must de
termine whether this noble old Commonwealth
nhsllbe ranked with the obstinate, uncompmit
mining Abolition States of the North, or wheth
er she shall occupy a middle, conservative po
'sition, free from the .ultraisms of both sections.
It is for them to determine the issues of war
or peace. Acquiring power as a local organi—
zation, under the name of the ‘ ‘People’s Party,”
Ihey have the opportunity of taking ‘an inde
pendent position if they choose to embrace it.
Will they act. independently, or wheel intoline
with the uncompromising, “irrepressible con
flict” Republicans ? A few weeks will show.
What is to be the End?
One State has by solemn ordinance declared
herself out of the Union. Others are likely to
follow, and before the 4th of March, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis—
sippi, Louisiana and Texas—the seven Gulf
States—will probably have withdrawn from the
Union. When Mr. Lincoln assumes the reins
of government, says the Albany Argue, he will
find seven States denying the Federal jurisdic
tion, and refusing to not longer as members of
the Union, or yield obedience to its Constitution
and laws. What will he do ? What course of
policy will he adopt 2 Will he use the military
power to reduce them to obedience ‘2 Who
doubts that any such attempt would be resisted,
not by seven, but by fifteen States, and that a
bloody civil war would thus be inaugurated?
in that the entertainment to which the people
of this country are to be invited, on the instal-,
lation of a new administration—a deadly strife
between fraternal States, a country red with
the blood of its own sons, shed'by each others,
hands 2
How are Mr. Lincoln and his friezids torstop
shdrt of this? How is the preseht revolution
to be wasted? Is there buy good ground for
believing that. the Sputhern States, whether
fight or wrong in their movem‘enf,lill abandon
it, without the adoption of some measures of
conciliation, some settlement of pending con
troversies :7 a
will the people sanction a compromise which
will restore peace and quiet to the country ‘.’—
We do not. know, but we think they should have
the opportunity to do so if they wish. Will
the Eepublimms in Congress afiord them such
an opportunity, or will they stand in the way
of the initiation of' any amendments to the
Constitntiion desired by the South as a condi
tion of peace? Why should they refuse the
people “opportunity to vote on such amend~
Incite? ‘They will require the sanction of
’threleonrths of the States, and if not of a fair
- character, the Republicans will certainly have
‘tho _pmfer to vote them down. Why not let
9 then: go to the people and he cunvassed in
.Ciinientions 01‘ the Stateselecz-ed for that pur
” P 9” end adopted errejeeted, as the public avoice
azipppprussed shill determine? I,
. sWßfiPflrafl we see no excuse for Republican
Senators-3nd Members—whatever may be their
E views 'of imbndments demanded as a condition
‘.ot tli’éilq‘imit'inuonce' of “1° Uniofi~iu refusing
Jo autograph,“ the. Skies an opportu
nity to consider “was: I:me them. They
will not be _responsiblelfof ”1319815“. Bin-d with
‘fié’ie’iii‘ifin or the fibpiilaii'voiiz’e "Hie canary
will perhaps be content. But with the decision
of the Republican leaders in standing in the
way 0f adjustment “d Preventing the submis
siou of the demanded terms to the the people,
it, will not be content.
The Fugitive “are Case Between Ohio
and Kentucky. .
I 0!: F ridky Inst, invthe Supreme Court Of the
United States at Washington, in the matter of
the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by Berinh
MBssosm Governor, 12:. William Dennison,
\ Governor. of. Ohio, Mr. Monroe, for the Peli
tioner, having read in open Court the petition
of Kentucky, moved the Court for a writ of
mandamus, or for a rule to show cause, pursuant
to the terms of the petition- The motion was
set down by the court for argument on Friday,
‘ January 11, 1861. The clerk was ordered to
l send forthwith to the Governor of Ohio 9. copy
‘ of the petition and exhibits accompanying it,
as also a copy of the order of the Court. We
understand that Senator Crittenden, Hon. Hum .;
phrey Marshall and Hon. Jno. W. Stevenson,
will argue the motion on behalf of Kentucky.
This is a novel .and interesting proceeding, and
attracts very general interest. I}. originated
in a demand by the Governor of Kentucky on
the Governor of Ohio for the delivery of a
fugitive from justice, who had been indicted
in Kentucky for stealing‘slaves. The Governor
of Ohio refused his warrant on the ground that
the laws of Ohio'r'eoognized no such ofi'ence ‘
as that of stealing slaves. To surrender the 1
fugitive would be on admissibn that there is
property in man, which can be the subject of
theft. Hence the denial of the Governor of
Ohio'of the Constitutional demand of the Gov
ernor of Kentucky. ' ' _
LETTER FROM WASAINGTON.‘
Correspondence of the'l’ttriot and Union
WAsmG‘l‘ON, Dec. 29, 1860
Dana Puma-r :—The Senate committee of thir
teen have just now adjourned, and, as I predicted
in. my last, they came to no agreement. The House
committee will undoubtedly do the same. The fate
of the Union may therefore be considered as no
longer an open question. The only question now
is, not wheelie:- the Union will be dissolved, but
where shall the division line he, and how shalla
civil war he nrevented? An effort is now being
made by the conservative States North and South
to form a Middle Confederacy, or a, Union of con—
servative States, and-as slavery is so ofl‘ensiveto
the New Eeglend States, to' let them set no for
themselves and call their new eonfederacy the
United States of New England, if they choose, and
we of the other confederncy'will keep up the good
old name of theiUnited States of America, and go
T right on in the good old way our Fathers went, and
thus preserve the centre and heart of the Union as
a nueleus for a re-union when fanaticism shall have
‘had its day, and the. people who have been led of
by it shall return to their senses.
A notice appeared in the papersof this city this \
Amorning calling a meeting of the Senators and
Representatives of the States of Kentucky, Tennes
see,-North Carolina, V irginia, Maryland, Delaware, '
Arkansas, Missouri, New" Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and lowa, this evening, at
Willard’s, to consult on the condition of national
afi‘airs. In haste, yours truly, P.
MYSTERY OE EXCHANGE EXPLAINED
The following article from the Chicago Times
is not without intgrest to many in this region.
of country: ’
A subscriber writes to us to say that not being
much of a business man, he does not understand
thevmyntery of currency and exchange and is
at a loss to know why itis that because exchange
on New York is wdrth 10_ per cent. premium,
business should be embarrassed and every one
complain of hard times- The simplest manner
of explaining this is, perhaps, the following:
v All over the United States there is one kind
of money that has the same intrinsic value
everywhere. That is told. A dollar in gold is
a dollar everywhere-it is a dollar in New
York, a dollar in New Orleans, adollar in Chi
‘ cage. If we had no money but gold. the price
v of exchange would simply be the cost of car
rying the gold from one place to another, and
this would-._perhaps, never be more than one
fourth of one per cent. But we have other
money. In Illinois we have very little gold. In
its stead we have eleven or twelve millions of
dollars in the hflls of our State banks, which are
called “currency.” New, owing to the depre
ciation of the stocks on which this currency is
secured, a dollar of our currency is only worth
ninety centsin New York city. The people of
New York believe that if these stocks were sold
they would only produce enough to pay ninety
cents on the dollar of the currency. Conse
quently, when Mr. Drygoods wants to pay the
merchant in New York, of whom he bought his 1
stock of goods, hegoes to his safe and finds
that he has get ten thousand dollars in our
reney. He owes his New York creditor nine
thousand dollars. So he counts out his nine
thousand dollars, does it. up in a package, takes
it to the express oflice, and sends it to his New
York creditor. In due course of time he re
ceives the following letter:
, 9,005 Bnosnwsr, N. Y.
Dear Sir: Your favor, inelosing $9,000 in
Illinois currency, is just received. This eur
rency is worth only 90 cents on the dollar, and
consequently falls just $9OO short of your note.
Please send us the balance and oblige. Yours,
truly, Toasts, Dorris & 00.
So Mr. Drygoods has to go to his safe again,
take out his remaining $l,OOO, and send it on
to New York, knowing that when it gets there
it will be worth only $9OO, and be just enough,
£3363“ $9,000 sent before, to pay his debt of
g s
The $l,OOO was all the profits of the business
which Drygoods had been doing for the last
three months. They all have to go to m'ake up
the amount he owes in New York. So Dry
goods finds he is short of a sum he had looked
upon as his own. and his business is just to
that extent embarrassed and retarded. Hecan’t
pay his butcher, .his baker, his landlord, and
his coal merchant, with his usual promptitude,
and perhaps a half dozen individuals who d‘e~
pend on him are put to inconvenience and loss.
The! in their turn cannot meet their obliga
tions, and so the circle of disaster spreads.
Thus it is seen'how the whole community is
interested in the price of Eastern exchange.—
When the newspapers say that exchange on
New York is worth ten per cent. it is only
another way of saying that our money is worth
031!- niflety cents on the dollar, and that he
who fancies he has one hundred dollars of it,
in reality has only ninety dollars. Thus we
899 the “11119. and in fact the imperative neces
say’ of a specie basis for our currency. If our
bank bills were redeemable at any. moment in
80111, exchange would be down to n more nomi
nal sum. and we wonld be prosperous.
All the mystery‘ whioh banks and brokers
“31'0" around the matter is needless. It is so
simple that a. child can understafid it, There
Is no more mystery about thewaluc orgad than
_there tingbout the value of potatoes. Gold here
13 not ex: per cent. more than u ,
'ln New York it is worth just as mgifugeglii
York currency is, because New York currency
is redeemable in gold at any moment.
. 'TnE (gums on THE UNlON.—Accordin‘ to the
face.“ pegsus, the ten Miami?“ “lie: of the
Union milk «in; Vpop’lhtfh! a “wow“: Kev
York lst.’ Ehiladalghia . 2d, Brooklyn 3d Billi
mm‘ '4;§]l{B°§33§§sh New _‘Orlgana {6th, St’.
:33}? m; WWW figuawmw, 3395 an
THE NATIONAL cal-Sis;
LOUISIANA
Senator Slidell, writing to a gentleman of
his own State, says :
“By speedy separation. 1 mean theearlies ’7
possible declaration that our separation 'wil
take place on the 4th of March; this declare
tionlto be unconditional. The States secedin
will adopt the present Constitution; and 9.11
laws, 8.20., locally applicable.” . ’
Senator Benjamin, of the some Stole, says;
Ist. That the feeling of ,0 very large Imm?
bet. (if note. majority,) of the people of ‘l‘?
North. is utterly hostile to our interests; that
this feeling hasbeen instilled into the presgni
generation from its infancy ; that it is foundet
on the mistaken belief that the people of thi
North are responsible for the existence of slei
very in the South; that this conviction of‘?
personal responsibility for what they errone
i ously believe to be a sin, springs chiefly from
’ the consideration that they are, with us, mem
‘ bers of a common Government, and that the‘
Union itself is thus made the principal cause
of hostile interference by them with our insti?
tutions. . 2'
.2. That no just reason exists for hoping for
any change in Northern feeling, and no prosi
pect remains of our being permitted to live in
peace and security within the Union. ;
3d. That, therefore, the interest of “‘5
South, the very instinct of self-preservatior
demands a prompt severance of all connecting
with a government which has itself become at
obstacle to what it was designed to eti'ect, viz}
“ Insuringdomestic tranquility, and promoting
general welfare.” , - ,
4th. That to efi'ect this purpose separat.
State action is‘vitally necessary. That all at}
tempts at concerted action should be reserved
for the work of reconstructing a government.
Concert of action amongst numerous indepe’ndé
ent States is the result of long and patient ef
forts to reconcile divergent interests and bar'-
monize conflicting opinions. The emergency
does not admit of this delay, unless the Scott
is prepared to submit to the degradation 0;"
seeing Lincoln peacefully inaugurated has its
President as well as that of the North. ,
MISSISSIPPI. . g ‘
The Natchez courier, a conservative papex‘,
has the following: ' , -
‘ The oq-opemtioni‘sts have achieved a great
victory in this city and county. They have
triumphed nearly three to one. But the North
need take no word of exnltation. These are
household quarrels. As against Northern com.
bination and aggression we are united. We
are all for resistané‘e. We'difl'er as to the mode ;
butsthe fell spiritof abolitionism has no dead
lier, and we believe no more practical foes than
the co-operationists of the South. We are
willing to give the North 9. chance to say
whether it will’eceept or rojeetlhe terms that
I. united South agree upon. If accepted, well
and good. Ifrejected,‘ a united, South can win
all its rights in ortout of the Union.
GOMPBOMIsn BEFORE WAR—AND NOT WAR Bl:-
’ FORE COMPROMISE. . 4 .
‘ People can be found, both at the North and
f at the South; who say, better fight than submit
‘to dictation. ' '
Persons who have lived in Europe and have
seen the efl'e‘ets of wars, cannot imagine how we
are so reckless of consequences, as fora mo
ment to talk of breaking lhe'chain 'of our Con
federation, that has . been our strength and
support at home and abroad, as well as our
glory everywhere. We know nothing of that
scourge of God—war. We have not hadron!-
houses sacked, our brothers shot, or prisoners
of war locked up in noisome places, nor have
we been subject to nightly alarms from fear of
a marauding enemy. We have not experienced
a loss of value to stocks and real estate so that
they are without a purchaser at ten pet cent.
of their present value. We think of warns we
read of it in Europe, or in other parts of the
_world, and not ‘ of bloody streams at our own,
firesides. We think not of treason amvng'mi'
ourselves, or of infuriated slaves of the South
bent on meeoofl‘v «M‘uloodsh‘éfl, without know
ing or eating for consequences to' themselves.
This must, from the nature of things, sound
like romance to us, for we never have had ex
perience; and without that, we cannot even
enumerate the evils that in war we every day
and every night endure.
When one generation has felt its effects,
hardly any sacrifice is too great to‘nvert the
scourge. All the troubles thus for experienced
in theoommerciol worldkere a plaything to the
reality. So great was the distress in Germany
at the time of the French invasion that good
houses could be purchased at. the value of a.
year’s rent in ordinary times. Food was scarce
in certain districts. and the gloom of warmust
be felt to be realized. ' '
When the war of 1812 between the United
States and England was ' progressing, the fear
of sudden invasion caused great distress, and
it pervaded all exposed places ; and when peace
was declared, people shed tears of joy, and
bonfires and illumination testified how greatly
the boon was esteemed. People embraced'
friends as they met in the street. -
Think of privateers going into our Southern
borders and stirring up slaves and people;
going finned and prepared, ready and deter
mined to sacrifice'life, and all' for the end in
View. Think of legalized maumuders, North
and South, having calculated carefully before
hand, and then aiming for ‘booty and beauty.’
What will be the end of this frotrieidal war ‘l‘-
Eithe’ one party will conquer the other, or the
end will he compromise.» If compromise is to be
the last of war, why may it not take place as
well before war ?—Journal of Commerce.
50343133, AND moxumflgmnonnon cannon.
s .
Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, was.
serenaded in Philadelphia on Wednessday even-1
iug, after delivering '9. lecture; He respohded’
by declaring that the last election decided that
the Territories should be forever free. He was
opposed to making any more compromiees;
and he thought. the people were also. All that
is needed now, is firmness and prudence; he
thought the party would in: future shot? the
“me firmness as may had at the ballot-box.“
[Applause.]
Hon. 'John Hiokmen also spoke as follows;
I never was a compromise man, nor am I
one now. [Applause] ' Iltie so use for the
North to compromise; it is not safe. There is
an eternal antagonism between freedom and
slavery, and it must be met now, and the in
terest of the white man should not be forgot
ten so far as his voice is concerned. I want to
know if the government is worth anything. I
do not think my people want me to oompro
vmise their interests, and if they do I will not do
it. [Cries of “good.”] Every comprome that
has been made has been “elated. by the South.
There is an eternal antagonism that must be
settled, and we may as well have it settled now
as at any other time. [Applause.]
Captain Phelps, of the United States army,
followed in some remarks. 11¢ announced his
willingness to enrol a regiment of gyolunteers
in Chester county, Pa., if the people wished
it, to be placed 'nt the disposition of the sov
ereign of the United States for the preserva
tion of the Union and the Constitution. and he
cared not whether it wnanmee Buchanan or
Abraham Lincoln.
GEN. Housroms PROOLAHATION.
General Houston’s proclamation convening
an extra session of the Texas Legislature is as
follows
' “Whereas they: has been, and yet is,vgreat
excitement exlstmg in the public mind, arihing
from various' causes, touching our relations
with the fqderal ggyemment and [puny of _the
Statu,‘ and ‘a pqrtxon of the people having é;-
prgsged a desite that the: Legislature should be
convened in 91,!!!» ”$1911; 311;! threas the
Executive dé’sirbgftliit such méasm‘e‘b 's'liojlld
fieéadopted‘ié‘fiifl fiecure a"fre'e eipreésjén‘ of
the popular will through the ballotjbox',” upon
E lief-question at issue, involving their peace.
security and happiness. and the action of the
whole people made known in relation to the
course which it may be proper and necessary
for Texas, as one of the Shiites of the Union, to
pursue, in order to maintain; if possiblether
rights in the Union, as guaranteed by the fade
rail constitution; and whereas our frontier is
now invaded by Indians, and the lives of our
citizens taken and their property destroyed;
and whereas the treasuey is Without means
either to defend the frontier or meet ordinary
expenses ofgoverhment.” Therefore the Legis
lnmre is ordered to assemble on the 2lst of
January. ~
GAUGES 01? THE BORDER STATE CONGRESSMEN-
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28.—{About screwy-five
border State Congressmen met in caucus to
night. Senator Crittenden presided, and
Messrs. Colfax and Barrett were the Secreta
ues. ' ‘ ,
The following propositions were otfered:
By Mr. Barrett—Eleven amendments to the
Constitution on the slavery question.
By Mr. Pryor—That any attempt. to pre
serve the Union between the States of the con
federacy by force would be equally unconsti—
tutional, impolitio and destructive of republican
liberty.
By Mr. Vallandigham—The Crittendeu reso
lutions.
By Mr. Colfax—That the laws of the Union
should be enfbrced and the Union of the States
maintained, and that-it is the duty of the Ex
ecutive to protect the property of the United
States, with all the pawn placed in his hands
by the Constitution.
By Mr. Morris, of 111.-Tha.t in maturing
any plan for the adjustment of existing'difli
cultiea, we will keep steadily in View the pre
servation of the Union under the Constitution
as a. paramount consideration.
After a. desultory debate, in which Messrs.
Co'x, Pryor, Smith, of Virginia, Clemens, Sher
man, Stannton, Colfax. Noel, Hinchman, Mont.-
2omery, M‘Clernnnd, Harris, of Virginia, and
Harris, of Maryland, participated, all the pend
ing propositions wore, on motion of the latter
gentleman, referred to a. committee of one
from each of the fourteen States represented,
to report at a future meeting to be called by
them if they agreed. . Adjourned.
NATE SELECT. COMMITTEE UNABLE TO
THE SE . AGREE. ._ ,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The Senate select.
Committee of Thirteen hid before them to-dny
‘Senator Douglas’ proposition as pfeaented‘ to
that body on the 24th of December; also one by
Governor Bight-,1 namely: the establishment,
hy a constitulional provision, of the line of 36°
30 min. _. Eight. territorial governments to be
established north, and four south. The geo
graphical area being greater in the former than
in the latter. ‘ . . ‘ -
When each. Territory hsollv huevpufiicilent
population for one Répresenth‘tifl'e ‘in Cofigress
they shall be admitted as States; fly the 'pro-r
clamation of the President, thud’re‘mo‘vin‘g‘the
question from Congress.» Slavery to be inter
dicted north and tolerated south of the. line.—
Also, the propopipion of Mr. Rice for} ,the es
tablishment of “a similar line, to admit‘nll tho
teujritory north“as one State, to be called
Washington, and all the Territory south as one
State, to be 051166; Jefferson, and admitting
slavery. _ _ . ._ _; .
All of these propositions were rejected, and
theVCommittee finding that they cannot. agree
on any recommendation, will so report to..athe
Senate at nearly days ' 3 ’ ‘ '
PROCEEDINGS OF THErIEIgUSE SPECIAL COMMIT
\.- , ‘ .
Ws'snmerqx, Dec. 28, 1860.—4:1 the House
Special Committee to-flsy Mr. Nelson’s propo
sitionwss passed over, and one offered by Mr.
Adams of, Massachusetts, to the eifect that the
constitution shall never be so amended as to
permit the interference by the federal govern
ment with slavery in the Staten._unless such
amendment is' proposed by .a slave "State and
ratified by all the States, was considered.—-+
_Aftst_ lmine discussson it was~edoptedr-"vnl3i
three v iaggnosntirdgn ~~~~~ “ '
Messrs. Kellog, Weshburne and Tn'ppan voted
against it. because they regarded it as an insult
to the North to requii‘e it to give a constitu
tional pledge for its good} behaivor. Nobody
in the North proposed to interfere with slavery
in the States. The republican platform ex
pressly repudiated any . such idea. and the
administration of' Mr. Lincoln should have an
opportunity to develope its policy without first
heing put under bonds to keep the peace. ‘1
SEGESSIOI‘ IN FLORIDA
CHARLESTON, Dec- 28, 1860.—eAflvicel from
J acksonvillp, Fla., dated on the 24th inst., show
that four-fifths of the delegates elected to the
Bpm: Convention will go for immediatp seces
-81011. ' '
mm: FEELING IN ALABAMA.
Moxraounmz, Dee. 28, 1860.—1 n forty-three
counties heard from fifty delegates in favor of
immediate State secession have been elected.—
Two- thirds of the latter are for secession in co
operation uith the other cotton States. The
other third is divided into those who require
the co-operation of a majority, and of those
that requiresll the slave States; i Eight coun
ties are to be heard from, entitled _to fourteen
(delegates. - . ' ‘ ' ’
The excitement here contihhe’s'on account of
news from Charleston. >.4
nmommes m was sown.
Mpnroonmn, Dec. 27, 1860.
The news received from Charleston this even
ill3 profuse-den intense excitement. The overt
aet,.in he'opinitin of many, has been oommit~
ted, and the mili ary here 'are_'ready, and ,wil
ling, yea eager, to' go to the assitance of South
Carolina». ‘- ~‘ ' '
In twentyjaeyen counties heard froui in this
State, fortyeeight. straight-om. secessionists to
eleven co-opemtionist‘s are elected.
Rmnuoxn, Dec. 28, 1860.
The seizure of the forts, at, Charleston by
South Coraline ives great joy here.
The seoeeeio feeling here has attained an
intensity whio no one could have predicted a.
week ag‘o'._ I o serve many ladies on the streets
wearing‘secess' n rosettes. -
.- lUNI'I‘IO I 8 OF WAR FOR THE SOUTH.
The .leadi g dealers in firearms and muni
tions of wefuin New York city are said to be
still quite busy filling orders for the South.”
The demenéi for small arms has ceased, and
muskets, ri es and ordnance are now most in
"request. One house in Breadway is'engaged
in'fllling hovy orders from State authorities,
“with immdiate dispatch.” One of these or
der's is for 00,000 ball cartridges for muskets,
aha 100,00| artillery cartridges. One hundred
gun oerria we will be shipped by the same'firm
ntxt week. Another well-known house re
eéived en_o list on Thursday from the Gover
nor of one . the southern States for one hun.
dred 'and eihty Minie rifles; 'while another
sends on £0 a. much larger supply of Enfield
rifles. Nev revolvers are also in demand.
It is also .
there have bee
thousand stun 1
bama, Georg'
lain vessel to
ply will de se
Med that. within the pact two weeks
ahéopedfrom New York over twenty
of arms for South Carolina, Ala
? and Florida, and that? by acer—
eave to day, another. large sup
t. to Savannah.
FIRE Ixaun . on IN New Young—The insu
rance compau ‘s in' New York have recently
been consultin together in regard to the ruin
ous competit-io which has exist-ed there in
regard to fire ti 3. A committee of the under
writers has ma, 1; thorough examination 'of
the subject, an reported thereon; By this
document it up are ' that-the net" aggregate
amount received for insurance in that city the
past yea} ”(18603 'has been $2;447,590.' ”The
amount/paid for oéses'by'fireifor the some time
has been's2,oBl»,74B,‘ leaving, as the result'of
the year’s business, $365,848: Whichethe conf
mittee say, after deducting {fifeafif‘ $350,000,
leaves only $15,842 to ply dlndends on twenty
millions of cufiitfilaund-the expenses of all the
oifieeeflfi , enmeét‘féngth of this report the com;
panies who :feior a combilfitign :re fenQeavori
in; to I; in t o jt‘a’ridh’” 0 Jim“. 63‘ ii pf?" u
déhiii.‘ "i, (,5 tag. k!” i. has
GENERA L NE WB.
THE FREEDOM on THE Pnnss In Flamin—
M- de Perfligny. in a. ciruular to the packets,
declares-his resolve ‘ to encourage the hnhil. of
fn-ee‘diseussion in France"-¢nn enéuurngement.
which is indeed sorely needed..- auabuses in
society Ol‘FOYErnment” may beidiscussed; the
“acts of the administration” may be discussed,
and'injnetice may be re'vegledhubm, should
Parties endenver to_ overthrow the State and
dynasty, the law W 1“ not permit discussion,
and the system of warnings will then be en
forced.” If, as in England, “all parties and
all writers only desire liberty 0f the press to
maintain the prosperity of the State, they have
liberty of the press in Fiance as in England,
and the law becomes a. dead letler." “It is said
that this circular willbe followed by a revoca
lion of the legal efi‘ects of all “Warnings that.
have been addressed to the journals?
Honnmm Sncnmen or lam—At Lagos,
West. censt. of Africa, Nov. Bch,it was stated
that the King of D homey was continuing his
wholesale sacrifice of human life. The number
already murdered at this one ceremony is 1,700,
and many more await a similar fate, the king
considering that sufficient honor is not‘done to
the memory bf his late father until he has sac
rificed'2,soo. He had delnined ten European
traders at. Mommy to witners these shocking
ceremonies. ' .
YANKEE Doonnn Essen—A few ‘nighte'ego
the orchestra of the Mobile Theatre struck up
"Yankee Doodle.” when a. general hiss from
all parts of the house greeted the performers;
which was’persisted in until they were obliged
tonetop. They then commenced playing the
“southern Marseilles,” when the audience
applauded vociferously. It appears, therefore,
that “Yankee Doodle ain’t the tune’tha‘t‘Mobi
lians delight in.” T > ‘ ,
Lone J onn’s Honesrrs—ln-the trial of some
gamblers in Chicago the courtpermi‘tled them
to bring in evidence to prove that they and.
oth‘ei‘s'ot' their profession paid a. considerable
sum of money last spring'to. elect John Went~
‘worth'mayorgpn the direct and explicit pledge
that'during’hie‘term at least they should be
unmolested. vg’i‘ho-levidehoe was pleinand Inl
pable, andvdidnot admit of doubt;
Den-n or e Loon. Riemann—Mr. John F.
Women, the 'wellknow‘n author of "Watson’s
Annals of Philadelphia,” d’ied recently, at
Germantown; Pa; Mr. Wat-son had held,.during
his life, 'manS'l ofioes lei trusteincluéinslhe
cashier-ship of thelßenk of Germentown, and
treasurer and ‘secr‘et‘ery' of the": Philadelphia,
Germantown rand. Norristown Railroad Com—
an. "-_
P Tim GREAT TnmpnnAxcn Intervene—John
'B. ‘ Gough, the sensation “temperance lectu
rer,” states" that he is note rich men, as many
suppose. His taxes, all told,'onl‘y amount to
$52. He alsoetatedth’at when he commenced
lecturing, _nn agreement wee made between
himself one wire that tonest'enth of all his ear
ninge should be given to Gheriteble . purposes:
‘Onnnnnn ro LeAVn.e;Gapt.' Horton, of the
ee‘hooner Charles Dennis, who wes‘ordered to
leave the port of Charleston fleet Sweek' forge:-
preasing abolition jsentirnenierond nnnonnoing
himself 9. Lincoln mimetopp‘ed at Wilmington,‘
N. 0., from which city he was; also ordered of
on lMondey. He nailed: for New York immedi-
Etey. :3 ' .‘.,IN‘
David Stuart, :of Chicago, has commenced a.
suit for slander a gninst Mr. Burch, for personal
damages in the sum of $100,000; anotherparty
claims $40,000. Mr. ‘ Burch seems to he uni
versally execrated. Report says that the Ma.-
rine Bank threw out his check the other day.
All sorts of indignities are ofered to him. ;_
, Pnoxmsu 1N ENGLANn.-—‘A subscription has
been made in England for the .benefit of Sny
ers. We notice on the‘printed list of the names
of subscribers that of the Earl of Stamford for
£lOO, the Duke of Beaufort and sllB.l3an of
Glasgow for £5O each, and several othernoble
‘ ms: for smaller sums. . , _. , - "
1 Tonsceo’ "box ~ nxssc‘nzz'rhe minister of
j finance in France has' announced by advertise
ment that he will receive, on the 18th of Febru
ary next, tenders for three thousand tons of
Virginia, four and a. half thousand tons of
Kentucky, and one and a half thousand tons
of Maryland tobacco.
. . DEADLY AFFBA¥.—Craflv Little, a. resident of
Carnesville. Georgie, went into the store of his
brother-in-law, Jae. W. Harrison, in that town,
on Thursday evening. and assaulted him, ‘
whereupon Harrison fired five or six barrels of l
a. revolver at him, killing him on the spot.
WELL PAID‘.-—-A letter from Paris indicates
‘ how French statesmen are paid. M. ,Walewski
is a. senator—annual value 30.00012 He is a
member of the council of regency—loo.ooof.—-
He is now a. minister of State—loo,ooofi; in all,
230,000 f., or $46,000. . , A
Emommrs ron HAYTI.—MI‘. Redpath has
chartered the British brig Janet Kidson, at
Boston, to proceed 'to Jersey City, and thence
to Port au Prince. She‘will take on board 13
colored passengers, also John Brown, son of the '
late'John Brown, . . - ' , . '- ’
The’tot‘al 'popu'lati'on' of New Mexico; inclu
ding the Pueblo toivns, is set down at eighty
thousand.= Great difliculty was experienced
in taking the cenéus, the native inhabitants
not understanding the object, and suspecting
that it was for some purpose of taxation.
FAILURES AND Susmxsmns.—The_list ix; the
Boston' Commercial Bulletin, of'-Saturday, gives
two failures .in Boston, eight in New York,
thirteen in New Orleans, two in Baltimore, and
thirteen in other places, making a total of
thirty-eight during the week:
DEATH or A FAMOIIs House—The famous
imported. stallion Yorkshire-died on the farm
'of his owner, John M. Clayynear Leziagton,
Ky., on Sunday. He was nearly 27 years old.
Yorkshire was the sire of Waterloo, Austerlitz,
Magenta, and a host of other fine racers.
Col. John 0. Fremont may be'considered the
richeat man living. With the reoent'improve
ments, the monthly product-501’ his mines are
near $100,000; Mr. Fremont is expected in
New York this week.
Couxmnrmrnn Snurnucnn.—James Wilson,
convicted in the United States District Court
at Pittsburg. of‘-counterfeiting, has been sen—
tuned to pay a fine of $l,OOO and undergo 5
yearsffiimprilonment.
A (10qu RAM.-—Mr. Samuel Thorns, of
Dutohese county, N. Y., has recently imported
from England a Southdown ram, at a cost of
$1,250, and, even at such a. price, Mr. Thorne
congratulates himself upoh the acquisition.
NATIONAL TOURNAMENT or GYMRASTS.—The
great tournament of the gymnasts of the United
States, which was appointed for Chicagolast
summer, will open in that city on the 7th of
January, and continue for two‘ weeks;
Lonn Human—The London Time: hasten
son to believe that Lord Napier, ex-minister to
Washington, and at present minister at the
fiague, will shortly prooeegi to St. Petersbnxg,
as ambassador at that court. ‘
RnMAnKABm: LONGEVITY.—An old lady living
in Putnam county, Ind., by the name of Patsy
Allen, died the other day, being 116 years old,
having been born in 1744'. She has a daughter
living in the same count-y who is 93 years old.
FLORlD£.—A'ré6ent lettemto the New Or
leans 116124, from an influential citizen of
Florida, says: “Florida will breakfast in: the
Union on the morning of January 3d, 1861, and
will dine out of it. on‘the same-qay.” ,
Snow AT mt. Nam-m—On Saturday luét {:l7
inches of snow fell a‘t'Sfii-ingfield, VL, and 10
inches at Manchester; N. 11. There was good
sleighing at Boston on Monday. ‘
meag- frdrquie'htifi states'that Baybn Ro'thse
Child has won flux-fifth; 'of" the‘ great prize—4
30,000 florinsjéiixll thé State lottery. ;
In}; is ,élatqd ' thin. ' Shamans :Qushman, byphor
IQMJyng’. 9954359939” ‘9! 511°. BQQ‘QWTWQ‘";
'réaiiied the handsoma,smtgsmgfifi3"
, Ad” .19; ! 430 a, 0],“; cap. “bite. " iii
fléfiifiggtfivgggéfiaéfififl?’ hfifiiaaofieg
of I. neighbor of his 13118333” 3 "W “F" m j‘u
Tun Pncvmnnnxes on Plenum—The news
the captut‘e of Pekin by the allies imparts ad
ditional interest to the peculiarities of that (my.
A letter from the:seat of war, in the Mame,”
de 1’ Armed states that Pekin is built in the
from of a polygon. its northern portion offering
a parallelogram. and its southern portion a.
square. It is surrounded by a turreted Wall,
with towers at. short intervals; outside of this
Wall is a. deep ditch, and beyond the enclosure
a. circle of suburbs, as densely peopled, as busy
and as compact as is Pekln itself. The capital
of China. consists, in fact, of two cities, the
North, or Imperial City, and the South City,
The former is called the City of Tartan; the
latter; the City of the Chinese. They are sep
mated by a. turreted wel].-aud communicate
only by three gates. of which the middle one
is reserved exclusively for the Emperor. The
Tartar City contains the Palace of the “Son of
Heaven,” (the Emperor,) a guess of' buildings
of every size and shape, pavxlmns, pagodas and
gardens, equally extensive and indescribable,
which, it is said, takes a month to go once
over.
The population of Pekin and its suburbeex
ceeds two millions. Sixteen gates communi‘
cate between the suburbs and the two cities
within the walls; on either side of each gate is
a parly of soldiers, who act as policemen. The
principal streets. especially in the northern
portion. are wide and handsome, but. the
greater part of both the towns consist of nar
row, dirty, crowded lanes, rendered yet. more
disagreeable by the numerous bucksters,
traders and cookshops established on Ihe nan.
row pavements.
The Chinese are fond of nurse-shows, and
Pekin contsins msny exhibitions of puppets,
learned animals, dancers and cov~jurors. giving
the town the aspect of an immense fair. It
also contains numerous pn godas builtof porce
lain, paintedin the gaudiest colors, and stir.
mounted by painted roofs. As for t-he'csrria~
gee of the-Pekin grandees, they are described
as resembling "boxes of soap set upon wheels,"
and drawn by oxen harnessed in the roughest
possible fashion. Pekin contains nothing
analagous to the handsome public buildings
which adorn the capitals of Europe ,Even the,
imperial palace shows no attempt at architec
tural design, and is, like all Chinese erections.
'a. mere shapeless agglomeration of walls and
roofs. . ‘
When we read. in the money articles ofthe
daily press "that “United States Fives have
gone down," are we to infer that the Beneeiu.
Boy is at a diacount?‘ asks the Cleveland Her
ald.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
. ,V «ESouth Carolina Convention.
Cnsnnn’sron. Dec. 29.}
After the’usuel preliminaries, the President
read a communication from A. F. Calcoek, Col
lector of the Port of Charleston, informing the
Convention that all the officers of the Customs
had entered the service of the Stale. He also
statesfithat he had commenced receiving duties
and transacting other business.
Mn; Dunkens'saidthat the act. of Congress
required the payment of duties in specie, but
as the act of the Legislature recently passed,
permitted the-hanks to suspend. specie here is
selling at' four per cent. premiun‘i, It was,
therefore,‘ unfair to require the "payment. of
duties on specie when the State tߤ63 are Imy~
able in- bank notes. Mr. Dunkin ofl‘ered 5
resolution that the Collectors of the State be
authorized to receive duties'in the'hills of the
State banks. -
Mr. : Massejek said that if necessary the
banks might increase their circulation, so as to
render any embarrassment impossible.
A motion to refer the resolution to the Com
mittee on CommeroiolßelaLions, was lost.
The President received a communication from
the Governor, through Mr. 13‘. Watts, in relation
to the harbor. ' "
The convention then went'into secret ses
aion, and it is understood that the Military
Bill is under consideration. ~
. Robbery at Baltimore.
. - BALTIMORE, Dec. 29.
The warehouse; of Jacob Heald 8: 00., tobacco
dealers, was entered last night. and the fire
proof opened and robbed of $BOO.
New finneiiiytntenla.
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, tn letu_Asent fer the sale of FINKLE & LYON’S
SEWING MA HINES in this city These Machines
were awarded the highest premium by the Franklin In
stitute; also by many other institutiqma They ere I.
shuttle machine, simple in construction, easily managed.
and will new from‘ fine gauze to' thick cloth, and he“!
leather, without changing the. feed, needle. or tension.
Every Machine is warranted to gim better satiqfactimb
than any other'fiawz‘ngMaclt inc” or the money refunded.
A liberal arrangement will be made with the right party.
Address WILD. RUSSELL,
- 808 Cheemn street. Philadel hm:
Wholesale Agent for Pennsyfvanm.
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NOTICE OF DISSOITfiTION.
Notice is hereby given that the partnershii) lately
existing between Josiah Espy ‘nndjohp Gotahsl , of the
city of Harrisburg, Pin; under the firm of J. ESPY as
00:, 1111511861: dissolved by mutual consent. All debt:
owing'to‘ the said partnerslfip Ire to _be received by, the
said Josiah Espy, and all demands on the said partner
ship are to be presented to hiqu: payment.
I I 530$!AHIESPY7
JNO. GOTSHALL.
Hurle‘burg, Deéember 2S, 1860
Notice is heresy given thatß'nNJ. 1.. 103 mm is fully
authorized by me to receive all moneys due maid firm,
and with all claipsiQLpsfiim 19. ,
3 ' ' ' ‘ JOSIAH ESPY
Harrisburg, December 28, 1880.—-dBZQ-dlw
“WE STEI'VE TO SAVE IN TIME
”0}: NEED."
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The Restaurant of the European Hotel is now 0 en,
under the management of Gen. E. 0. Wuunls, wfiero
citizens and stringer: can find all the delicacies of the
season done up in the best manner. -de2s-dlw=l=
TAX-PAYEBS OF THE THIRD AND
FOURTH WARDS, TAKE NOTICE—That if the
City and Water Tax is not paid on or before the lat of
January, 1861,- that there will be an ADDITION OF
FIVE PER GEN 'l‘. added, and the water shut of with
out delay. By order of the Committee,
ADAM REEL. Oblleetor.
august State street, four doors below Filbert.
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