such question for itself, is no more or less, in
substance, than an appeal to the sword.
Resolved, That so long as _ 'of South
Carolina stands in an attitude • dared re
hellion against this Governm, tilt arms in
her hands to resist the auth of the laws,
it would be incompatible with t,; . : , :kiaity of this
Commonwealth, and her just pit eats a member
of this Confederacy, to treat with that State
upon any question touching the performance of
our duties under the Constitution of the United
States.
Resolved, That while the people of Pennsyl
vania. in common with those of other of the
free States, have just cause of complaint that
the rights of American citizens under the Con
stitution have been denied to themselves in
some of the slave States, they protest against
the untruthful assumption that, they have, in
any way, broken their covenantedfaith towards
the people of any portion of this tinion ; that
they are satisfied with the Constitution as it is,
and will continue to stand by and observe all
its compromises, and that white they are ever
ready, of their own free will and without re
gard to menace from any quarter, to redress
any wrong which may be fairly imputed to
them, with a spirit of justice and with the
magnanimity which becomes the people of a
great and powerful State, they will raped and
insist that every other State of this Union shall
do the same.
Resolved, That secession is revolution, and
its inevitable consequence war; that the integ
rity of the Union must be maintained and de
fended at all hazards maunder all circumstan
ces, and that upon this question the people of
Pennsylvania will be, as they ever have been,
a united people.
Mr. ARMSTRONG offered the following:
Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be,
and they are hereby, instructed to inquire
whether there is any law in force in Pennsyl
vania which conflicts with her constitutional
obligations to the government of the - United
States, or which prevents or obstructs the due
execution within her jurisdiction of any law of
the United States ; and if there be any such
law to report a bill for its modification or repeal.
Mr. HILL moved that the further considera
tion of the resolution be postponed for the pre
seitt ; which was agreed to.
Mr. BALL rose to a personal explanation.
He had been congratulated by numerous friends
upon his contemplated accession to the position
of chairman of the Committee of Ways and
Means. To relieve him from enibarrassment he
requested the SPEAKER to state whether such
action was really proposed.
The SPEAKER replied that it was the inten
tion to place Mr. BALL at the head of the
committee named.
Mr. BALL wished the SPEAKER to excuse
him.
The SPEAKER promised to take the request
into consideration_
The House then adjourned
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WE publish this morning a number of veto
messages, sent to the Legislature yesterday by
the Governor, of bills passed at the close of
last session.
GOVERNOR MORGAN, of New York, in his an
nual message to the Legislature, recommends
the repeal of the Personal Liberty act of that
State, and that other States do the same. He
also encourages members of Congress of New
York to give a ready support to any just and
honorable settlement. While the Republican
Governor of New York is thus raising his voice
in behalf of compromise, the Republican Le
gislature oryenusylvaula is preparing to adopt
a series of resolutions looking towards coer
cion, as if for the express purpose of defeating
any measures of peaceful adjustment that may
be proposed at Washington. No disposition
has as yet been manifested even to institute an
examination into the act of 1847, to ascertain
whether it is not calculated to embarrass or
obstruct the capture of runaway negroes ; but,
with an infatuation that is unaccountable, the
majority seem possossed with the weak delu
sion that this Union can be preserved by mus
tering and equipping an army of militia.
The Question of Force.
Should a number of the Southern States de
clare their desire to withdraw from the Union,
it would present an entirely different question
from that involved in the attempted secession
of a single State. As far as the Administration
of the general government is concerned, it has
certain duties to perform from which it cannot
flinch. It must protect the prlSperty of the
Federal Government from assault. It has no
power to recognize any State as out of the
Union. But it may become a j perious question
for the determination of Congress and the peo
ple whether they will attempt to preserve the
'Union by force—whether force can do it, and,
if it can, whether it would be worth preserving
by such means.
Our government is entirely one of public
opinion. It is fresh in the recollection of every
one that the Republican party made a great
outcry about the attempt of the Administration
to force a constitution upon the unwilling peo
of Kansas ; and this charge still figures in their
bill of indictment against the present Admin
iotration.
If it was a great crime to force an objec
tionable constitution upon Kansas, is it not a
much greater crime to force an odious govern
ment upon the protesting eitizem4 of sovereign
States at the mouth of the cannon and the point
of the bayonet? Is not the sacred principle of
self-government as much violated in attempting
to fasten upon the people of the Statea a gov-z
ailmen t which they desire to escape from, as
in attempting
to impose an unpopular consti
tntion upon .the
people of a territory?
S u pp os e t h a t th e people of a territory toe-
United States should refuse to
longing fa- m ak e application for
nstitution aro! ,
farm & &&
admission into the Union, where would Con
gress derive power to force them to assume the
position of a State'. The will of the people is
so absolutely law, that a territory might refuse
to come into the Union, after it had acquired
sufficient population to make two or three
States ; and it could not be dragged into the
Union. Congress could not make a constitution
for it, and force the people to adopt such con
stitution. As force cannot he applied to a ter
ritory without destroying the freedom of its
citizens, how can it be applied to States, without
undermining the foundations of our Republican
system of government.
TIM reply of the President to the South Caro
lina commissioners is said to have been exceed
ingly distasteful to those gentlemen ; and in
consequence of the position taken by the Ad
ministration, they will make no further attempts
at negotiation. The President has determined
to protect the property of the Government at
Charleston at all hazards, and to collect the
revenue. The Collector having resigned his
commission under the United States, a nomina
tion has been made and sent to the Senate for
confirmation, to supply this vacancy.
We believe all who desire the continuance of
the Union will cordially approve of the decision
of the President, and those members of his
Cabinet who sustain him in his refusal to con
demn, at command of the " South Carolina
Commissioners," the conduct of Maj. Anderson
in abandoning Fort Moultrie. If South Caro
lina has taken violent possession of government
property, seized a United States Revenue Cut
ter, proclaimed defiance to the General Govprn
ment, and sent Ambassadors to Washington
not to negotiate but to demand, she has com
mented war upon the rest of the States and
placed herself in• the attitude of a common
enemy. We hope the Administration will tem
per its forbearance with justice and wisdom,
and promptly exert every legal power to pre
serve the honor and permanency of all " the
stars and stripes." In this course every pa
triotic hand should be raised to sustain the
President, whether he be called upon to protect
the public property against those Abolition
marauders who would seize the Arsenal at St.
Louis, or those on the other extreme, who would
dare to capture a Nationt vessel and tear
down its flag. If any member of the Cabinet
prefers serving a section to serving the whole
country, the President will meet with no loss
in the withdrawal of such an adviser from his
councils.
THE NATIONAL CRISIS.
P4lol,SC(.l4.[OttigiDioWillt,C4tßii) , ;flOlois:maikilmorjoi
Judge Joel Parker, of the Cambridge Law
School, an eminent jurist of Massachusetts,
has published a letter in the Boston Journal
(Republican) of Friday, pronouncing the Per
sonal Liberty bill of that State clearly uncon
stitutional_ The Journal itself ably advocate
the repeal of the law in question. It candidly
says:
"The question put to the people of .11,1e.ssa
chusetts this day is: Will you help your ene
mies or your friends? or, broader and deeper
still, will you preserve the Union or destroy it?
We believe that the repeal of this Personal
Liberty bill in Massachusetts will be followed
by like action in other States. We believe
that single act, without other concessions, and
rirdiZeristeg, no to place those swag under
their control, and that notbing short of it will
do it, and therefore that union or disun'ion depends
more upon the action of Massachusetts than upon
that of South Carolina."
PUBLIC MEETING IN RICHMOND, VA.
A public meeting of the citizens of Richmond
was held on the 27th ult., to consider the con
dition of the country. It is described by the
Enquirer as one of the largest and most respect
able gatherings ever held in that city, and
many of the first men in the place took part
in the proceedings. We publish below the
resolutions adopted, with the remark that,
although commanding the support of a majority
of the persons present, they were opposed by a
very large minority, who favored those of a
more ultra character, and more favorable to
immediate secession. The Enquirer says:
The speeches were able, positive, determined
and sometimes eloquent. Mr. Crenshaw, Mr.
Patton and Mr. Aylett, in their opposition to
the report of the committee, enlisted the sym
pathy and support, if not of. themajority of the
meeting, yet of a minority so large that it rob
bed their defeat of all appearance of a spirit of
submission to Lincoln on the part of the meet
ing.
The speeches of these gentlemen would have
undoubtedly defeated the report of the com
mittee, had not Judge John Robertson—a
member of the committee, and one of the fathers
of disunion—came to the rescue of the commit
tee. Hundreds thought, that if Judge Robert
son supported the report, there could be no
fears of its not going far enough to make 'the
country understand that Richmond was for
disunion.
The following are the resolutions adopted by
the meeting:
Ist. That we approve of the call of a State
Convention, for the purpose of considering and
adopting such measures as are necessary to
secure the rights of the State in the existing
Confederacy or out of it, and, in the event of
the dissolution of our Union, to provide for her
assuming her just share of the debts and ob
ligations, and for securing her just share of the
property, privileges and muniments of the
United States.
2d. Thatwe reprobate, in the stMon g es terms,
as wholly unjustifiable, any attempt on the
part of the Federal Government to coerce a
seceding State, and declare that such attempt
will, in our opinion, lead to war between the
North and South, and entail unparalleled ea
lamities upon both.
3d. That we deprecate the 'commencement
of hosttlities by any seceding State for the pur
pose of capturing forts in her Territory, before
the formation of a new Confederacy, should
one be adopted, unless, in the opinion of such
State, such hostilities be essential to her safety;
and hold that the question of peace or war,
involving, as it does, the rights and safety of
all, should be committed to the General Gov
ernment of such Confederacy. And that a
retention of military posts, for a limited time,
by the United States Government, within the
Territory of a seceding State, no more steins
her honor than the continued occupation of
British posts within our Territory, after the
Revolution, tarnished the honor of the old
Cofederation.
RECONSTRUCTING mum GOVERNMENT.
The Boston Courier discusses, at some length,
the comparative disadvantages which would be
experienced by the North and the South in the
event of a breaking up of the Confederacy, and
it also ventures to look in the face the question
of a reconstruction, after the Union shall have
been broken in pieces. The article concludes
as follows 1;
But we hate sometimes endeavored to glance
at the probable aspect of affairs, beyond dis
union, and to conceive especially of the com
parative position of New England, in case of
a final reinstatement of the government.—
There are certainly conflicting interests be
tween the slave States, even more than between
the North and the South. In reality, between
the latter there are none. Still, greater com
mon interests would undoubtedly induce all the
slave States eventually, if not immediately, to
come together. There arc obvious motives to
promote a union between the south and the
West, and between both and the Middle States.
In case of a reinauguration, therefore, of the
United States, after dissolution, and if no civil
war intervene, we cannot but apprehend that
New England—which is generally regarded,
out of her own borders, at least, as the source
of the quarrel—will find herself made the
scape-goat in its eventual settlement. If it
ever comes to such a shaking up of the ele
r ments, it is only too probable that there will
be found the basis for a general combination
against her. It is foreshadowed already, in a
caucus summoned at Washington of " conser
vative members:: The invitation, we are tohj,
is " litaited to members from Kentucky, Ten
nessee, North 'Carolina, Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware, Arkansas, Missouri, New :Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
lowa." New England is left out; and, though
members from New York are in the same situ
ation, those may believe who can that New
York, as a State, will not take care to be in
any final arrangement for the settlement of
national affairs.
But if the Union be broken, which there
seems too little prospect, indeed, of avoiding,
and after a final compromise of the slavery
question, it should be renewed, which we are
confident would be the case, since every pre
dominant motive and interest of each State
and the whole would tend to reunion—a very
important consideration arises now, as to what
should be the relations of New England, under
the new Constitution. There is reason cer
tainly to believe that She might be admitted
only as a single State, with two Senators, in
stead of twelve. She would thus lose a con
siderable portion of her present political power,
though placcd as a State upon a par with New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, in population
and dignity. With such an arrangement, the
anti-slavery agitation would be effectually
brought to its close. If she did not accept
these conditions, she might be left out alto
gether, though we fear this result would not
tend to compose controversies among her own
citizens. In such an event, neither she, nor
philanthrophy, wduld gain anything.
Whether considerations like these tend to en
courage that stiffening up," which certain
politicians and fanatics among us recommend
so strongly, our readers can tell. Again we
say, New England must be the loser from such
a course, in the end—while every reason of
statesmanship, of patriotism, of moral princi
ple, of Christian charity, and of enlightened
self-interest, claim of her to do her duty to the
country, es well as to herself, and thus to save,
if possible, both.
THE CENTAL CONFEDERACY
The Senators and Representatives from the
border States have all (with the exception, it
is said, of Senatog Pearce, of Maryland,) signed
a call for the Convention to be called at Balti
more in February. Many think that this is
the initiative step towards the formation of a
central oonfederaey, as the easiest way for 9.C=
constructing this government. The Constitution,
amended to suit the South, can be adopted, and
the entire machinery of government can go on.
Seceding States can be admitted as they come
forward, and the New Englanders can come in
or remain out.
GEN. WOOL ON THE ORISIS.
The Troy (N. Y.) Times contains two letters
from Gen. Wool, taking grounds in favor of
the 'Union, and in favor of sustaining Anderson
in his position in Fort Sumpter. He declares
that if Fort Sumpter be surrendered to the se
cessionists, in twenty days two hundred thou
sand men would be in readiness to take yen
ffeance an. all_who_vmuld hairnet *lto TTninn in n
DISTANCE OF THE FORTS FROM CHARLESTON.
Fort Sumpter is three and three-eighths miles
from Charleston, one and one-eighths miles from
Fort Moultrie, three-quarters of a mile to the
nearest land, one and three-eighths miles to
Fort Johnson, and two and eve-eighths miles to
Castle Pinckney. The last named fort is one
mile from the town, and Fort Johnson is two
and a quarter miles from the town. These
measurements are correct, being taken from
the latest surveys made by the United States
coast survey.
THE JEWS AND THE CRISIS
The Jewish Messenger of December 28th,
!slakes a strong editorial appeal to the Israel
ites in the United States to observe the 4th
instant as a day of prayer for the preservation
of the Union. We regret that our space forbids
us to give the article referred to in full, but.
the following paragraphs will afford the reader
a good idea of the whole :
"As Israelites, we have still weightier in
ducements to join with our fellow-citizens in
observing this day of prayer. The Union, for
whose prosperity we ask Divine aid, has been
the source of happiness for our ancestors and
ourselves. Under the protection of the freedom
guarantied us by the Constitution, we have
lived in the enjoyment of full and perfect
equality with our fellew-citizens, we are en
abled to worship the Supreme according to the
dictates of conscience, we can maintain the
position to wLlich our abilities entitle us, with
out our religious opinions being au impediment
to advancement.
"This Republic was the first to recognize our
claims to absolute equality with men of what
ever religious denomination. Here we can sit,
'each under his vine and fig tree, with none to
make him afraid.' The perpetuity of the na
tional existence of this Republic being imperil
led, let us, then, right heartily join with our
feljow-citizens in observing Friday next as a
day of prayer and humiliation. Let us assem
ble in our respective synagogues, and pour
forth in unison our heartfelt supplications, that
the Almighty may restore harmony and good
will among all the people of this land, and so
govern the intellects of those in authority that
they may be inspired with wisdon to secure a
pacific settlement of whatever difficulties may
exist in any section of the,country.
A COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS NOMINATED BY THE
PRESIDENT FOR CHARLESTON HARBOR-PRI
VATE ADVICES FROM CHARLESTON OF WAR
LIKE PREPARATIONS.
Wasfuvrow, Jan. 2.—Many persons found it
impossible to obtain admittance to the Senate
galleries to-day, they being crowded as early
as 10 o'clock this morning. In addition to the
oratorical attraction, it was thought the Presi
dent would transmit the anticipated message
relative to the state of affairs in South Caro
lina. This, however, has necessarily been de
layed, owing to certain pending questions.
Instead of the message, however, the Presi
dent sent an important nomination for collector
of the revenue in the neighborhood of Charles
ton harbor ! The name of the individual is
believed to be Wm. M'lntre, of Pennsylvania,
although others say he is of New York. The
former is probably the more correct.
The Republican Senators desired to go into
executive session on the subject, but this was
resisted by the other side, and an adjournment
was carried by the Democrats present, with the
exception of Messrs. Bigler,Latham and Powell.
It is not certain, according to present appear
.anees, that M'lntre will be confirmed. This
nomination is considered in the highest degree
important, and as foreshadowing the future
operations of the administration.
Private accounts from Charleston state that
a thousand negroes are engaged in the erection
of fortifications in the harbor. The channels
leading to Fort Sumpter have been obstructed
by sunken vessels . and the buoys have been re
moved_ Governor Piokene has received offers
of ten thousand volunteers without the State,
and whoare ready to march at a moment's warn
•
ing,
ANTECEDENTS Or WENDELL PHILLIPS-A Tart
Communication.—Somebody, who evidently
knows what he is writing about, contributes to
the Boston Courier the following article on that
arch agitator and traitor, Wendell Phillips :
The cool impudence with which Wendell Phil
lips assumes to be "a child of the Pilgrims, the
representative of Endicott and Winthrop, of
Sewall and Quincy, of Hancock and Adams, and
Otis," gives us "a right to inquire," and makes
it "important we should know who he is."—
The son of a highly respectable father, whose
name the citizens of Boston delighted to honor,
and whose memory this "snobbish son" does not
hesitate to calumniate in his sweeping abuse of
all Boston's Mayors, he passed the first years
of his life in the acquisition of decent learning.
After passing a proper period in the study of
those laws he is now so ready to vilify while
under their protection, and so ready to call
upon when in danger, he swore to support the
Constitution of the United States, now, in his
judgment, a "compact with hell," and the Con
stitution of Massachusetts, and was duly au
thorized to put up a sign as a counselor and
attorney-at-law. Never reaching the position
of "a third-rate lawyer," some means of sup
port became necessary to him.
This cLgrief of brothers" determined to attain
this end, and "borrow consequence from mar
ried wealth,'.' with a death in expectation.—
"The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft
:Wee," and his expectation disappointed, the
discordant grind of the hand-organ seems to
have affected his temper. For solace this law
yer "broke down" below the level of a "cotton
clerk," and began to frequent the booths were
Pilsbury, Foster, and our own Merry Andrew
were in the wont to let off their tragic comedies.
lie beat the drum and took the fortress before
each performance, and was occasionally allowed
a part, and, failing this, he could draw deep
inspiration from the wisdom, and comfort from
the /OVe, of the Abbys—Kelly and Foster—and
play Punch to their Judys. In such sweet
communion this "disgrace to his nature" soon
became such an adept in blasphemy, scurrility,
and many minor 'blemishes, that the Kenya and
Fosters bolted, and he was left to "strut and
fret his hour" in the presence of negroes, who,
smarting under supposed wrongs, may be par
doned for smiling at his denunciations of his
own race, even while despising the denunciator.
Knowing, as they do, that it is foul bird
that soils its own nest," they have used him
but seldom. This thing, "who never added a
dollar, much less an idea, to the wealth of the
city," has cost it quite too many dollars in pro
tooting him from the righteous consequences of
his own acts. No living man can point to a
thing done or attempted by him not deserving
of general condemnation. A "common scold,"
he "deserves ducking;" a blasphemer, he de
serves "twelve months in the House of Correc
tion;" a purjured traitor to his country and
society, he deserves to he laughed to scorn by a
convocation of fools. The Boston Courier itself
should do penance and be ducked for the out
rageous insult to the memory of the late lamen
ted Cicero in comparing him with this degen
erate son of an honorable father_
This "child of the Pilgrims," the pilgrims
would have smothered; this "representative of
Endicott and Winthrop," those solid old Gov
ernors would have hanged. Happy he, that he
dwells among a people long-suffering and full
of mercy, who do not kill drones, though worse
than useless ; who are sluggard of harsh action,
and willing to yield the support of the law to
the lawless.
GENERAL NEWS.
SECRET SOCIETIES IN CHlNA.—Secret socie
ties are rife in China. The principal of these
are the Societies of the Triad, of the White
Lily, of the Blue Lily, of the Calf's Head, of
the Sun, of Sparkling Honor, of Unmixed Sea,
of the Yellow Cap, of the Origin of the White
Cloud, of the Short Sword, and lastly, the So
ciety that has no Mother. The last and most_
tal dogma of Chinese bytivrratTztrpietfor
the past, for the family, and for ancestors.—
The most powerful and dangerous is that of
the Short Sword, which is now dominant
throughout the province of Fie Ken, which its
members are ravaging both with sword and
fire; and the most widely spread is that of the
Triad, which aims at overthrowing the dynasty
of the Tsings and restoring the ancient dynasty
of the Mings.
VICISSITUDES CT GREAT BUILDINGS.—Beau
mont, in his Tour in Prance, says, near Lyons
is Lee Antquillies, a former palace of the Cm
ears, in which both Claudius and Caligula were
born. It is now degenerated into a madhouse.
Great buildings undergo strange vicissitudes.
Malmaison and St. games,' both now palaces,
were in their origin leper-houses. Taladrerie
at Caen, once the retreat of corporeal disease,
is now a house of detention for moral offenders.
Avignon and St. Germains, one the former
palace of spiritual sovereigns, and the other of
a monarch who lost his crown for adhering to
those sovereigns, are both now barracks for the
soldiery, and the Tuilleries, now chief palace
of a great empire, was originally a tile-yard.
A German journal publishes the following:
fo At Vienna, for some time past; fruit dealers
have sold peaches, pears, apples, apricots, &c.,
ornamented with armorial bearings, designs,
initial, names, &c. The impression of these
things is effected in a very simple manner. A
fine fruit is selected at the moment it is begin
sing to ripen—that is, to take a red color—and
paper, in which the designs are neatly cut out,
is affixed. After a while the envelope is re
moved, and the part of the fruit which has
seen covered is brilliantly white. By this in
iention producers of fruit may realize large
hums."
HORRIBLE AFFAIR AT GALENA, hi.—The
(lalena (Ill.) Courier of the 27th contains an
t.ecount of a fire which occurred in that city
it,n the night previous, by which the dwelling
house of James M'Cart.y was burned to the
Eiround. Among theruins was discovered next
horning the charred remains of his wife ; sus
picions of foul play were at once aroused, and
oite a number of circumstanCeS were devel-
4ed on the inquest held upon the deceased,
which afford a very strong presumption against
iwcarty.
AN OPIATE-DRINKING WOMAN.—There is a
woman in Bernardston, Mass., over fifty years
old, who drinks one quart of laudanum and
two quarts of ether per week, and has been in
the habit of using these stimulants to this ex
teM for twenty years. Sometimes she takes
thein separately, and sometimes mixed. She
is uependent on the town for support, and the
driggiat's bill for the above articles is gener
all paid by the town. She complains of ner
votoness !
9 , MTIVATION IN FriAxen.—The best culti-
T akd portion of France is the Departnittit of
thallord, often called " French Flanders."—
T average produce of the land is computed
at 95 per hectare, (21 acres,) or three times
the average of the rest of the country. The
po lation of this Department is 214 to each
11 hectares. If the rest of France were od
d ted as is this Department it would maintain
on hundred millions of inhabitants.
USSIAN PRESS AND GARIDALDL—The Rus
sia press is almost unanimous in its admira
tio of Garibaldi and sympathy with the Ita
lia movement. The decree for the emancipa
tio of the serfs has been signed by the Empe
ror but will not be promulgated until the first
of • anuary, 1861. Nothing is yet known with
an. certainty respecting its provisions. .
e excitement at Pittsburg in relation to
the - hipment of ordnance to the Ship Island
an, Galveston Forts has subsided, and the
gtig3 Ivero on Friday and Saturday' put on
botd the steamers Silver Wave and Marengo,
without any hostile demonstration.
One of the miserable consequences of a dig
rupiion of the Union, will be the cleettnetion
of all patent right property, as there will not
be aiy Supreme Court of the United t3tstes to
its usual protection. ;
QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE PRINCE'S VISIT.-
It is said of the late visit of the American Min
ister to her Majesty the Queen, at Windsor,
that he was received most graciously, and that
the Queen constantly displayed in her conver
sation with him the highest appreciation of the
manner in which the Prince of Wales had been
received in the United States. She was ex
ceedingly courteous, and devoted herself with
zeal to the entertainment of her guests, walk
ing with Mrs. Dallas in the castle grounds, and
driving them about in the park. She has re-
ceived great pleasure from the kindly feeling
displayed toward the Prince in America, and
she testifies it by this act of friendly politeness,
for it is not customary for any who are not per
sonally intimate with some member of the royal
family to be invited to Windsor, and since Mr.
Stevenson was there, twenty years ago, this
privilege has never been extended to any Amer
ican minister.
ROORBACKS.—AII the stories about fears en
tertained in the neighborhood of Harper's
Ferry and Charleston, Va., of an invasion of
seven thousand or any other number of men
from the Northern States, of which newspapers
are now publishing accounts, we are assured by
the Hon. Mr. Boteler, of the House of Repre
sentatives, are utterly untrue; including the
stories that he and others have received anony
mous letters saying that such a raid is contem
plated. We have ascertained that no orders
dispatching additional troops to Charleston have
been issued through the: Adjutant General's
Office, the channel from which such orders have
heretofore been invariably issued. Neverthe
less, the South Carolina Commissioners and
the throng of disunionists who crowd their
quarters in this city, were in a terrible stew
last evening over such a rumor.— Washington
Star, Wednesday evening.
DELAZON SMITH IS DEAD.—The overland
dispatch which announced the death of Delazon
Smith, of Oregon, was shortly afterwards re
presented to be true only in the qualified sense,
that the late Senator's political prospects in
the State of his adoption had become exceed
ingly poor. We learn, however, from the Port
land (Oregon) Daily News, of November 10th,
which CoMes to us in the habiliments of woe—
its column rules being inverted—that. Mr. Smith
died in that city, on the previous clay, at the
age of 44.
COMMODORE SHUBRICK.—The Washington
Star of Wednesday says that " Commodore
Shubrick's visit to Charleston is doubtless to
reclaim, in the name of the Government, the
revenue cutter brig recently stolen by Coste,
late her commander, and delivered over to the
chiefs of the secession movement. The Com
modore is a native of South Carolina, but
true to his allegiance to his country.
THE FIVE MILLION - LOAN.—The Washington
Star of Monday says that "at a late hour on
Saturday afternoon, the Secretary of the Trea
sury is reported to have received a dispatch
from the Bank of Commerce, of New York city,
offering to take the balance of the five million
at 12 per cent. interest. • The offer, we believe,
has been accepted."
A DEFAULTER DESTITUTEo=4BO,O4 V. Fowler,
late postmaster of the city of New York, is
now a resident of Mexico. He left Cuba some
three months ago, and a friend says that when
last heard from he was in a state of utter des
titution, and that all his worldly gear consisted
of a seedy suit of clothes, a trunk and a very
small sum of money. •
There is a little flutter of excitement at the
New York custom-house as to what shall be
done with the Charleston steamers. Hereafter
their clearances from Charleston will be made
out in the name of the State of South Carolina
as a power independent of the United States,
and the custom-house authorities are bothered
as to what they shall do about it.
The Charleston Courier say the schooner W.
A. Ellis arrived there from New York on Wed
nesday, with 500 barrels of cement for Fort
Moultrie, and that their delivery to the United
For a week or two past, a . dds P iretGu. -- iiii,
Northern vessels have brought all kinds of sup
plies for the forts, from cannon to cement.
The Alexandria Gazette says that on Saturday
the citizens residing in the immediate neigh
borhood of the White House, in Washington,
were somewhat surprised% to behold, floating
from the equestrian statue of Jackson (which
is just in front of the President's mansion,) an
American flag, with a streamer bearing the
words—"By the Eternal."
The great French dramatist, Scribe, has an
income of $35,000 a year, the fruits of his lit
erary labors.
lion. Pierre Soule, in a card published
through the New Orleans Bee, avows his pre
ference for co-operative action of the States.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
lIIIIth CONGRESS--SECOND SESSION.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.
The galleries and lobbies were again crowded
on the opening of the doors.
A message was received from the House an
nounoing the passage of the Indian appropria
tion bill.
Mr. Bigler (Pa.) presented a memorial, nu
merously signed, from the citizens of Philadel
phia, asking the Senate to pass the resolutions
of Senator Crittenden; also the proceedings of
a public meeting at Harrisburg.
Mr. Bigler said that meetings had been held
at several places in the State of Pennsylvania,
all breathing a spirit of loyal devotion to the
whole country, and all expressing a desire to
have the Crittenden resolutions passed.. If Con
gress would only give the people an opportu
nity they would embrace it, and their friends
at the South would discover that the people
were prepared to meet their complaints in a
spirit of conciliation and kindness.
Mr. Crittenden (Ky.) offered the following
resolution:
WHEREAS, The Union is in danger, and it is
difficult if not impossible for Congress to con
cur by a requisite majority so as to enable it, te
take such measures to recommend. to the
States such amendments to the Constitution as
are necessary to avert the danger : Whereas,
in so great an emergency the opinion and judg
ment of the people ought to be had. There
fore,
Resolved, That a provision be made by law
without delay for taking the sense of the peo
ple and submitting to them the following reso
lutions.
Hero follow the Crittenden resolutions - which
were offered and published some time since as a
basis for final settlement by the States, of the
dispute that now disturbs the country and
threatens the existence of the Union.
The Clerk then read the Crittenden resoln
lions.
HOUSE.—The Speaker laid before the House
a communication from the Chaplain, the Rev.
Mr. Stockton, inviting the members to attend
the union prayer meeting in the Hall of the
Rouse of Representatives to-morrow.
It was agreed that when the House adjourns
it be till Monday.
Mr. Sherman, (Ohio,) by the request of his
friends, withdrew the appeal he yesterday
made from the decision of the • Speaker, who
had overruled Mr. Sherman's point of order,
that the latter could, in the present state of
business, introduoe a resolution referring the
South Carolina secession question to the Judi
ciary Committee.
FROM CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 8, 1861.
A number of free and slave negroes are en
gaged on the redoubts of the coast.
Benjamin Mordecai yesterday presented the
State with ten thousand dollars.
The steamship Nashville had, some difficulty
in getting out of.the harbor yesterday in con
sequence of the
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To-day's Courser says many northern journals
reiterate their false assertions thnt the Tele-
graph in this city is under surveillance ; it i s
not so, and the editors and reporters when they
make such assertions, know they are lying as
usual. We are nevertheless assured, that f or
some time prior to 10 o'clock on Doeet,,b,
31st, the telegraph was restricted in some pa t ,
titulars.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
The steamship Australia has arrived wit],
Liverpool dates, by telegraph to Queenstown,
to Sunday 23d ult. She brings 170,000 poundg
in specie.
The steamer Arabia arrived out on Sunday
The bullion in the Bank of England had Lie
creased 1115,000 pounds.
The London money rnarketwas active on the
22d and slightly more stringent.
The Paris bourse on Saturday was very mu t )
depressed.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 22.—Sales of cotton to-clay
12,000, including 4,000 to speculators and f9r
export ; the market closed firm. Breadstuffs
firm and advancing. Corn also advanced; sal"
of mixed and yellow at 395.
The Manchester advices are favorable and
goods closed at an advancing tendency.
LONDON, Dec. 22.—Consols for account closed
at fr`2l.692ie. ex-dividend.
LDTERITOI, BREADSTUFF lkiAß.RET.—llicharit.
son & Spews report flour firm, with a partial
advance of 6d. since Tuesday. Sales at 29®
32c. Wheat firm and advanced 1(;;d. sinc e
Tuesday; white 136145., red 11s. 4d. ®135.
Corn active and advanced ld, ; mixed and yel
low 38s. 6d.@3Bs. 9d., white 385.@415.
The steamship Arago arrived at Southampton
on Friday.
MaNsachnsetts.
BOSTON, Jan. a.
Gov. Banks presided at the dinner of the
Cadets yesterday, and made an eloquent speech,
closing with a sentiment highly complimentary
to Major Anderson_ Today Gov_ Bunke ci t ,_
livered his valedictory to the Legislature._
He recommended the abrogation of the per
sonal liberty laws. A large crowd of citizens
was present.
Gov. Banks concluded his address by deny
ing that there can be a peaceable secession.--
The government cannot be dissolved at the
bidding of any dissatisfied State, nor can that
portion of the Continent occupied by the Amer
ican States be portioned out. to hostile nations.
The interior States will never allow the keys
of the continent on the gulf and ocean shores
to pass into the hands of an enemy, nor can
maritime cities or States exist independent of
the plantation and farming interests of the in
terior. He did not, however, anticipate the
destruction of the American Government. He
doubted not that the same power that protected
us hitherto will preserve us hereafter.
From California.
The steamship Northern Light arrived at this
port this morning from Aspinwall on Dec. 25th.
She brings nearly a million and a half in spe
cie.
The following are the principal consignees.
Duncan, Sherman & Co., $267,000, Wells
Fargo $273,000, A. Belmot $144,000.
The Revolution was progressing in Cartha
gene, the city of Santa Martha was captured
on the 13th of December by the Revolutionists.
The Government troops escaped to Aspinwall
on board of several Government vessels and the
U. S. Schooner Joseph Chase. The Revolution
ists committed great excesses at Santa Martha
but were prevented from plundering the Cus
tom House by the intervention of the British
frigate Tadmus.
Fugitive Slates in Canada.
HAMM, C. W., Jan. 3,1861.
A large meeting was held here last night, to
consider the fugitive slave case of the negro
Anderson. Speeches weie made justifying the
escape of Anderson, and resolutions adopted,
Dromisin to use every exertion "
rentutiun.
New York Legislature. •
ALBANY, Jan. 3,1861.
The Democratio members of the Legislature
met in caucus to-day, and resolved to support
the proposition of Mr. Robinson, for a division
of the remaining territory after the admission
of Kansas into two States.
New lthertisetnento.
WHITE HALL RESTAURANT T.
GEORGE SHULTHEIS
Respectfully informs the public that he has taken the
well known RESTAURANT under the White Hall, where
he is prepared at all times to serve np OYSTERS in every
style, and Reading and Philadelphia ALE. Having long
been in the employ of Mr. W. Breitinger, he guarantees
to serve up Oysters in the same manner as while em
ployed at that establishment. jan4-dlw
CAUTION.The property to be sold on
--
the 7th January as the .1114,aughlin prepetty i This
is to let the public know that I hold Sheriff's deeds for
the same, Walnut and Fifth street, inclusive.
SARAH MURRAY,
Corner of Second and Pine streets.
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ASSIGNEES' NOTlCE.—Notice is here
by given that JOHNWALLOWER mad JOHN WAL
LOWER, Pa., of Daupbin county, by voluntary assign.
meat, have assigned and transferred to the undersigned
all their property, in trust for the benefit of their credi
tor& All person; therefore; having claims against the
said John Wallower and John Wallower, Jr., trading as
JOHN WALLOWER Jr. SON, or aping either of them.
will present them to the undersigned, and those indebted
will make immediate payment to
A. 0. RIMER, )
Assignees
CHAS. F. MIIENCII,
Residence Harrisburg, Pa
Harrisburg. January 1, 1861.
A. T C O 8 T! ! !
BOTTLED WINES, BRANDIES,
AND
LIQUeRS OFEVERY DESCRIPTION!
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Together with a complete assortment, (wholesale AIM
retail,) embracing everything in the line, will be sold at
cost, without reserve,
janl
QCOTCH W HISK Y. One Puncheon
of PORE SCOTCH WHISKY just received and for
sale by dOIIN H. ZIEGLER,
jam?. 73 Market street.
BOARDING. --Mrs. EcKERT, in Locust
street, below Third, is prepared to accommodate a
number of BOARDERS in the best manner, and at rea
sonable prices. de2o-eodlm
TO RENT—From the Ist of April next,
a THREE-STORY BRICK DWELLING AND OF
FICE in Second street, opposite the Governor's resi
dence. Apply nest door to Hr. A. BURKETT. janl-dliv
CANDLIIS!!!
PARAFFIN CANDLES,
SPERM CANDLES,
STEARINE CANDLES,
ADAMANTINE CANDLES,
CHEMICAL SPERM CANDLES.
STAR (seenama) CANDLES,
TALLOW OArtinim,
A large invoice of the above in store, and for sole nt
(nusually low rates, by
.WM. DOCK, Ja., & CO.,
Opposite the Court House.
jani
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
Notice is hereby given that the partnership lately
existing between Josiah Espy and John Gotshall, of the
city of Harrisburg, Pa., under the firm of J. ESPY
CO., has been dissolved by mutual consent. All debts
owing to the said partnership are to lm received by the
said Josiah Espy, and all demands on the said partner
ship are to be presented to him for payment.
JOSIAH ESPY,
JNO. GOTSIIALL.
Harrisburg, December 28, 1860.
Notice is hereby given that JUN,. L.
F ORSTER is fully
authorized by MO to receive all wopeYS due said firm,
and settle all claims against it.
JOSIAH ESPY.
Harrisburg, December 28, 1860.—de29-dlw
HICKORY WOOD ! !-A SUPERIOR LOT
jnst malted, and far gals inonantitiss to suit pure
chimers, by JAMES M. WHEELER.
Also, OAK AND PINE constantly en hand at the
lowest prices. dose
VacIPTY BOTTLES ! ! !—Of all size s
iloomptlaimi, for, Mild low by
e WM. DOM Ja., Et 00.
TT you are in want of a Dentifrice go to
1 KIILLIWO, 91, Mutat et.
NEW Yong, Jan. :;
NEW YORK, Dec. :3
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