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independent political journal.
To Rhode Island, the last State to come into
the Union, belongs the honor of being the first
State to repeal the Personal Liberty act upon
her statute book, enacted with the view of nul
lifying the fugitive slave law. There can be
little doubt that the Governor will give the
repealing bill his prompt approval, as he was
elected as a conservative in opposition to the
regular Republican nominee. If he should not,
the majority is sufficiently large to pass it over
his veto by a two-thirds Vote. The example of
little Rhode Island should be promptly followed
by all the States that have passed objectionable
acts. And, above all, Pennsylvania should not
be the State to hesitate. Her act of 1847 may
not be as offensive as those adopted by other
States since the passage of the fugitive slave
law, but some of its provisions are disgraceful
and demand prompt modification.
A litatal objection.
The Pittsburg Gazette urges the following,
which it considers a " fatal objection" to the
proposition of Mr. Bigler:
The Constitution requires that all proposed amend
ments of that instrument shall first receive the assent
of two-th rds of both branches of Congress, and shall
then be submitted to the legislatures of the several
States for rat ['cation. Mr. Bigler, on the sontratr, pro
poses that the amendments shad. be submitted, finally,
to Coarosutimss in the several States. This is a fatal
set Ca n itYlialire n tri e nir
•
If the editor of the Gazette had taken the
trouble to examine the Constitution of the
United States, in one of its " plainest provi
" slims" he would have discovered that the fifth
article provides that amendments shall be valid
"when ratified by the Legislatures of three
"fourths of the several States, or by conventions
" in three fourths thereof, as one or the other mode
" of ratification may be proposed by Congress."—
Congress has the undoubted right to designate
the mode of ratificatioa. It is better that the
subject should be referred to Conventions elec
ted for the specific purpose of considering the
proposed amentments, than to Legislatures
elected for the general purposes of legislation.
66 No V, ar.”
Prominent Republican editors tell us that
there will be "no war." We hope there will
not. But let us see bow it is proved by these
authorities that the halcyon days of peace will
continue. The New York Courier and Enqui-
rer says :
"Now We all know that Jefferson had Burr
arrested and tried for treason, on the suspicion
of intending to breakup the Union ; and in
like manner, Lincoln will, if necessary, bring
traitors to their senses. But in anticipation
of such a procedure, he will enforce the laws
and collect the revenue of the country. To do
this he will in the first place, recapture all the
forts and arsenals; and this being done, the
revenue will be-collected in the harbors or oat
side the pats. or they will be declared no
longer ports .of entry. Then the cotton Slates
will be told, 'enjoy to your hearts' content, the
idea of secession. We shall continue to collect
the revenue, and no ship shall enter or clear
from your ports except in the name of the Uni
ted States. If
. yon do not want our post offices,
so be it ; if you do not want a Supreme Court.
so be it ; if you will not send representatives
to Congress, so b.e it. All these things are for
your benefit; and you are at liberty to accept
or reject them at your pleasure. We certainly,
will wage no war upon you ; and you will
senrcely be so weak and foolish as to assail us ;
or if you should, we shall certainly punish you
for your presumption and folly,'
"Such will be Abraham Lincoln's course ;
and within one month after his inauguration,
this whole matter will lie settled. That is there
will be no more civil war; and gradually the
fools and madmen now in rebellion, will come
to their senses, and entreat of us to save them
from servile insurreation and the other inevi
table evils of secession and rebellion."
The Tribune, in trying to convince the people
that there will be no war, says :
"The only danger of collision would appear
to be on the sea, in the effort to drive away the
Coast Squadron, which may be sent to enforce
the laws. The seaports of the seceding States
would object to being shut up. They would
aim to remove the blockade that must be im
posed, if these ports refuse to pay Federal du
ties. They would thus have to attack the naval
force used in the blockade, and drive it off, or
defeat and destroy it, if they could. The war
Would thus become a naval war, and the strong=
eat party would succeed. But, considering that
one side has a navy and the other has none,
the contest would be very unequal, and its re
sults hardly admit of a doubt. The slave State
would submit."
The resolutions of the Republican Central
cornea; tee of New York, adopted last Wednes
day evenieg.afford a still clearer exposition of
the principlaotthe dominant party, as stppli
cable to the present juncture: The last of the
scrips is as
"Tee hOllrt of the nation now cries out, n o t,
for compromises, but for the mitt' to exert the
powertf. ttilit he, flnd witit,29lc9nitierOht will de
fend the country against REBELLION AND COM
PROMISE."
Oh no, there will be no war. The new Ad-
ministration will merely "recapture all the forte
and arsenals," bombarding the seaport towns,
and then proceed to collect the revenue. That
is all. At the worst, we shall have only a
"naval war," and if anybody wants to predict
the result, we are referred' to the census tables.
Certainly, if there is any war on this portion
of the continent, (says the Tribune,) it would
be very brier; "the struggle would soon be
" over and peace restored." But, say we, trust
not that oracle. The same voice which now
cries peace, peace, said last October that it
would I e " pleasant and instructive to see what
"a quieting effect, like oil poured upon the
"waters, the election of Lincoln will have upon
"the agitation just now of the political ea.
" ments." If the prophet has proved false in
one instance, he may again.
While the publicis cajoled with these pleasant
assurances, and while all efforts at compromise
are contemptuously rejected, each day is
marked by fresh provocations on either side.
Tun Morrill tariff bill has been referred by
the Senate to a select committe of five (Mr
Simmons, of Rhode Island, Chairman,) with
inettuctions to report to-day. This bill, as
it came from the House of Representatives
was in so very crude and ill-digested shape
as to encounter the opposition of several
Republican Senators, who seem disposed to
treat it upon its merits, now that all the party
capital that could be made from its unqestione,l
support has been realized. The prospect of its
ultimate passage is said to be encouraging since
the withdrawal of the Southern Senators. It
may be worth while to ask what benefit it will
be to the interests of Pennsylvania in case our
national difficulties are not composed. The
preservation of the Union is of infinitely more
importance to Pennsylvania interests than any .
tariff bill that Congress can pass. And yet the
Senate, day by day, coolly passes by the subject
which involves our very existence as a nation.
to legislate on the tariff and the Pacific Rail
road. If the Union of these States is to be
permanently surrendered, in consequence of
the indifference or the incapacity of Congress,
it will be but a small compensation for their
neglect of duty to give us a tariff and a Pacific
Railroad. The folly of this proceeding is about
equal to that of a man in immediate danger of
tlissolution laying out plans to promote his
prosperity in future years, instead of resorting
to remedies to arrest the disorder momentarily
threatening to snap the thread of life.
A MAN KILLED BY A LION AT ASTLEY'S
THEATRE.—A Thrilling Scene.—On the fth inst.
all the lions at Ainley's Royal Amphitheater, in
London, and owned by Mr. Crockett, escaped
front their den. The London Timed says :
Several men who were at work in the build
ing were startled by the loud roaring of the
lions, and in a few minutes they were horror
struck at beholding one of the lions struggling
with a man named Jarvey i a yard-helper in
the establishment. On the arrival - of Mr.
Crockett he rushed on the attige, where the lion
was running about with the unfortunate man
Jarvey in his mouth, to all appe.rance quite
dead. Mr Crockett instantly seized a stable
fork and dealt the lion a heavy blow on the
aide of the head, which caused it to let the man
go; but instead of running away, he turned
.--oeina, anti seemed Inclined to spring upon his.
master. Another powerful blow, _however,
made the enraged animal turn, and run away.
Medical aid was immediately brought for poor
Jarvey, but on the arrival of the surgeon life
was found to be extinct. After the body of
Jarvey had been removed Mr. Crockett went
in search of the three lions, who were now
roaming about the theatre. One was seen run
ning at a remote corner of the stage, another
Was itt the arena, and the other could not be
seen.
The lioness was the first that was attempted
to be secured, but this was a work of extreme
danger and difficulty, as the areistants were all
afraid of even approaching the beast. On see
ing Mr. Crockett. the lioness made a dash
through the pit saloon, whence she rushed up
the box stair case and entered one or the pri
vate boxes, and took . up • tatoot threatening
attitude.
Nothing daunted .Mr. Crockett entered the
box, placed a leathern collar around her neck.
and having secured her head, she was hauled
out of the place by rope*, and finally placed in
security. From the private box Mr. Crockett
saw another of the animals playing on the stage
with a quantity of ribbons and stage proper
ties, and, with comparatively little difficulty,
it was placed again in the cage—and, after a
few minutes search, the third was recaptured.
At half past seven yesterday morning, the
watchman of the theatre, who is on duty all
night, left, at which hour, he says. all was
perfectly quiet. and safe. In conlequence of
the large lion being unwell, it had been parted
from its companions, and, it is supposed, that
in endeavorin g to join it, one Id the three lions
in the other compartment of the cage must
have broken down the partition and thus dis
plae d the iron bars. The greatest excitement
and consternation prevailed for some time in
the theatre, and it required Mr. . Crockett's ut
most persuasion to convince the attendants
that no further danger need be apprehended.
LOLA NONTEZ.—The N. Y. Post givee the
following interesting items concerning this
remarkable woman, who has just closed her
eventful career :
The exploits of Lola on the Railroad ears in
this country have been widely el:canted by the
press. One time she persuaded the engineer
to allow her to ride with him on the engine.—
While he was looking elsewhere, Lola suddenly
turned on a full head of steam, and away
dashed the engine at a fearful speed, to the
great dismay of the engineer.
Another time Lola was in a car, when she
pulled out one of her favorite little cigars and
coolly lighted it. The conductor soon made
his appearance.
" Madame," said he, blandly, "you cannot
smoke here "
Madame went on smoking without paying the
east attenti.n.
"Madame," repeated the conductor, a little
savagely, "you can't smoke here."
Lola looked up at him, gave a sweet smile,
and asked:
" What do you say, sir?"
" I say you can't smoke here."
"But you see I can though," replied Lola,
sending out an extra puff and smi!ing at the
absurdity of the conductor's thoories.
Mrs Ctilbort. Mrs. Heald, Countess Lands
felot, Lola Montez—by whatever of her numer
ous names she may be known—did not die in
a state of utter dependence on friendly hospi
tality, as many supposed. She had some money,
three hundred dollars of which she has Lett to
the Magdalen Society ; the remainder, after
paying off her just debts, is to go to charitable
of jeers.
The peculiar circumstances in which Lola
Montez was placid must he considered in view
ing her career. She wls an illegitimate child,
and early deserted by her mother. She had
talents and decided to make use of them to get
on in the world. She was a Becky Sharp on a
grand scaler'
quite as heartless as that
only not
imaginary character- Her most eccentric
actions were speedily, reported, but her many
acts of generosity, especially to poor literary
people—and there are several it this class in
New Yors who can bear testimony to this
were known only to the recipients of her care
less bounty.
THE POPULARITY - OF BYRON.
In the course of Harriet Martineau's article,
in the Atlantic Monthly for February, On "Lady
Byron," occur the following remarks about the
early popularity of the author of "Childs Ha
rold." The period wn s just before his marriage
with Miss Milbanke
“Byron was then the idol of much more than
the literary world His poetry was known by
heart by multitudes of men and women who
read very little else; and one meets, at this day,
elderly men, who live quite outside of the re
' gious of literature, who believe that there never
could have been such a poet before, and could
say, if they dared, that there will never be
such another again. He appeared at the me ,
ment when society was restless, and miserable,
and discontented, with the fates and the uni
verse, and all that it contained. The general
sensibility had not long found any expression
in poetry. Literature seemed something quite
apart from experience and with which none but
a particular class had any concern. At such
a time, when Europe lay desolate under the
ravage and inoptcant menace of the French
empire—when England had an insane king, a
profligate regent, an atrocious ministry and a
corrupt Parliament—when the war drained the
kingdom of its youth and every elan of its
resources, when there was a chronic discontent
in the manufacturing distridts and hunger
among the rural population, with a perpetual
extension of pauperism, swallowing up the
working and even the middle classes—when
everybody was full of anxiety, dread, or a re
actionary recklessness—there suddenly ap
peared a new strain of poetry which seemed to
express every man's mood. Every man took
up the song. Byron's musical woe resounded
through the land. People who had not known
exactly what was the matter with them now
found that life was what. Byron said it was,
and that they were sick of it. I can well re
member the enthusiasm—the better, perhaps,
for never having shared it. At first I was too
young, and afterwards I found too much of
moods and too little of matter to create any
lasting attachment to his poetry. But the mu
sic of it rang in a 1 ears and the rush of its
popularity could not be resisted by any but
downright churlish persons, I remember how
ladies in morning calls recited passages of
Byron to each other—and how gentlemen, in
water parties, whispered his short poems , to
their next neighbor. If a man was seen walk
ing with his head down, and his lies moving,
he was revolving Byron's last. romance; and
children who began to keep albums wrote in
double lines on the first page some stanza which
caught them by its sound, if they were not up
to its sense. On some pane in every inn win
dow there was a scrap of Byron; and in young
ladies' poi tfolios there were portraits of the
poet., recognizable, through all bad drawing
and distortion, by the cast of the beautiful
features and the Corsair style. Where a pop
ularity like this sprang up there must be suffi
cient reason for it to cause it to involve more
or less all orders of mind; and the wisest and
most experiene d men, and the most thorough
ly-trained scholars, fell into the general admi•
ration, and keenly enjoyed so molodious an
expression of a general state of feeling, with
' out asking too pertinaciously for higher views
and deeper meanings. Old Quakers were
troubled at detecting hidden copies and secret
studies of Byron among young men and mai
dens who were to be preserved from all stimu
lants to the passions; and they were yet more
troubled, when, looking to see what the charm
was which so wrought upon the youth of their
sect, they founu themselves carried away by ft
beyond all power to forget what they btpl
read. The idol .try of the poet, which marked
that time, was an inevitable consequence of the
singular. aptness of his utterance. His deetnr,
manner and likings were adopted, so far
,as
-- ttrey --- eontaThe iiseertatned. by hundre4rs of
thousands of youths who were at once sated
with life and ambitions of fame, or at least of
a reputation for fastidious discontent. Young
ladies declared that Byron was everything that
was great and good ; and even our best litera
ture of criticism shows how respectful and
admiring the hardest reviewers grew, after the
poet tract become the pet and the idol of all E
ngland.”
A SCENE IN SANTA Fs.—The Santa Fe oorres
pondent of the St. Louis Republican, in his let
ter of December 16, says
In the plaza yesterday a novel sight was
presented: A band of Pueblos, some fifty in
number, marched into town
.in all the pomp
and glorious circumstance of war, bearing aloft
four Navajo scalps, which they had recently
torn from the reeking heads of as many Indi
ans. After breaking their fast at the hospita
ble mansion of Commissioner Collins, they
marched, in the form of a crescent, to the music
of a drum of their own rude manufacture, ac
companied by their less harmonious voices,
which at onee brought businers of every kind
to a stand still. After marching around the
plaza in the form in which they entered it, they
halted in front of the “Palacio," in which the
Governor resides, and, I presume, through re
spect to his official position, they commenced
the scalp dance, which was more wildly gro
tesque than the dance of witches in old Kilka
loway. Their costumes were varieitand seemed
to have borrowed every color of the rainbow,
when, with the alternate shading of ochre, ver
million, and lamp black upon their ugly mugs,
to the uninitiated seemed as if pandemonium
had opened her doors and let loose upon our
people about fifty of her very choicest devils.
The dance went on, and the multitude went off,
and the Indians becoming weary and out of
breath, soon marched away in the same order
as that in which they first made their grand
entree.
ALEXANDER VATTEMAEE.—He says his letters
offering a valuable collection of books to libra
ries remain unanswered! Here is a proof of
his determination to make us known "to the
ends of the earth." He has established %libra
ry of American works (400 volumes) in Teheran,
in Persia! Three or four of his rooms are
crowded with books in various languages on
all conceivable subjects, in part American
works for Europe, the rest European and Asiatic
works for America. One large pile he designs
for Boston. Among the colleetione received
from the King of Holland for exchange is a set
of publications by the great Musical Society
of Amsterdam. I noted several overtures, a
mass, a rantum Ergo, and re Beam, all in full
score, and several of the annual reports...
These works will go the Public Library in Bos
ton. —Phil' a Inquirer.
TWENTY MILLIONS.-Mr. Dix, the new See
retary of the Treasury, in examining tho con
dition of his money boxes,estimates that twenty
millions, in the .way of a loan or Treasury
notes will be needed to meet the expenditures
of the government to the 1t of July, upon the
basis of the peace establishment . . Mr Cobb
thought that the department, with the loan and
notes on hand, could manage to get through
the fiscal year. After bankrupting, by his mis
management, the government of the United
States, he has gone home to Georgia; and if
Georgia will only make him her Secretary of
the Treasury, we dare say that she will soon
become disgusted with the blessings of seeed
sioni—New York Herald.
A celebrated entomologist, who has made a
study of the structure ant babi-s of spiders,
states that there is not a single authentic case
on record of a p rson being killed, or seriously
injured, by the bite of a epitler ; all the stories
about the fatal bite of the famous tarantula
being simply,fables. These insects are, how
ever, exceedingly ferocious in their fights with
each o•her ; their •duels invariably ending in
the death of o*ne crXtrtha combatants.
GENERAL Eh' WS.
GETTYSBURG RAILROAD COMPANY.—The gross
earnings of the Gettysburg (Pa.) road from
January 1, 1860. until December 31, 1860, were
$18,221 01, leaving $1,684 05 outstanding in
the hands of agents, &c. The amount expended
during the year was $2099 35, including
$5,112 74 for old claims, $7,696 08 for inter
est on floating debt, and $2,184 on coupons.
It has been determined to operate the road
hereafter in connection with the Hanover
branch, the latter road having offered to do
the same service for $4OO per month that now
costs the Gettysburg road $5OO per month.
The offer has been accepted, and has taken ef
fect. By this arrangement the latter company
will stave at least $1,200 per annum, and all
risks to machinery from accidents. The whole
expenses of the company under that arrange
ment, independent of salaries to officers and
agent at Gettysburg, would be $6,700, and it
would not take $1,300 to meet all the other
expenses. so that the expenses of the company
could not exceed $B,OOO. Captain Robert Mc-
Curdy has been re-elected President of the
tetupany.
HORRIBLE AFFAIR—A Son Murders his Mo
then —A young man named Orondough was
committed to the jail of Amherst county, Va.,
on Monday last, charged with the murder of
his mother, on the 7th inst. The parties lived
on the Blue Ridge mountain, and the mother
having been missed since the 7th inst., suspi
cions were +moused_ The Lynchburg Repub
lican says :—A large number of persons assem
bled together, and proceeding to the house,
-demanded to know of the young man where
: she was? His reply was "that he did not
know; she might be in hell!" They then told
him to go with them in a search which they
proposed to make. This he at first deelinek
but after much threatening consented to go.
and after a long search the mother was found
behind a log, some half mile distant from the
house, dead. Her neck was broken, and her
body, in different places. exhibited evidence
that she had been beaten to death with some
blunt instrument The party immediately ar
rested young Orendough and took him before a
magistrate, who fully committed him for trial.
VICTOR EMMANUEL AND Tail STAGE CROWN:
A arrange affair, says a letter from Turin, has
occurred in this city. The municip4l council
resolved to present King Victor Emmanuel. on
his return, a gold circlet, representing oak and
laurel leaves. But there were only six Jays to
prepare one, and Italian workmen were not
active enough to make it in so short a time. A
Jew presented himself, and offered for six
thousand francs a magnificent crown which he
had by him. His offer was accepted and the
money paid ; but lo I the discovery was after
wards made that the circlet in question had been
bought at a sale of the effects of Fanny Ellaler,
the celebrated dauseuse, and, as proved by an
inscription inside, that it was given to her after
a performance in London, by an Englishman
who was a fanatical admirer of her dancing.
Judge of the effect thus created. Nothing else
is talked of in the city.
FATAL AOCIDENT.—EdWIU E Brown, son of
the late Judge Jeremiah Brown, of Lancaster
county, Pa., .a young man of much promise,
was almost instantly killed on Monday while
working at a threshing machine in the barn.—
The machine was driven by an endless chain
two-horse power, and it appears that Mr. Beown
applied the brake to the driving wheel for 'he
purpose of stopping the machine, When the
wheel, being stopped too suddenly, bursted, the
fragments flying in every direction. One of the
pieces struck Mr. Brown on the breast and
another on the forehead, killing him almost
instantly. The deceased was botwein 25 and
30 years of age.
GUILTY BUT NO DAMAGE DONE.—At Machias,
Maas., in the case of Sherwood vs. Burns, for
seduction, &c., the verdict was,. " We the jury
find the defendant guilty, assess , damages 0
dollars; costs 0 dollars." Upon rendering
%
their verdict the Court asked the foreman it
- ttrry - mre - turefrto - f - eiffer - nominal damages for
plaintiff. Ile replied, no. The Court after
some discussion with counsel for the parties,
said as the verdict stood it was equivalent to
not guilty, and so ordered to be recorded.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING IN WINTER.--OR the
16th instant, the barn of James Horner, of
Warwick, Bucks county, Pa., was struck by
lightning during a thunder storm, and two
valuable cows killed. There were eleven cows
in the stable, but only the two injured. It is
rather uncommon to bear of such damage by
lightning in midwinter, and the ground oovelvd
with snow, as on this occasion.
The Herald's Paris correspondent. says:—
"By the beginning of March France will possess
an army of 150,000 men ready to march at a
few hours' notice, besides the Imperial Guard,
40,000 strong, who are kept. on a war footing.
In addition to this, 400,000 men are distribeted
in various garrisons of the empire."
A “FAsir" LADY.--A few days ago Lady
Charlotte Chestwynd made A wager to ride from
Grendonhall, Atherston, to Cliff houtie six miles
distant, in twenty-five minutes.' Her ladyship,
notwithstanding the bad state of the road, per
formed her undertaking with fifty eight seconds
to spare.—London Paper.
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle records the sale
of four bales Zippora silk cotton at 28 cents per
pound. The cotton was grown by Charles
McCoy, Esq., of Augusta, and is pronounced by
the best judges the finest and longest staple
ever grown on uplands. It produces equal to
Petit Gulf seed.
SUPPLY OF COTTON IN ENGLAND.—A letter
dared Liverpool, Jan. 8, says that the cotton
spinsters are very sensitive upon the subject
of future supplies of cotton, and they may
keep prices up, in spite of high money, if the
American political troubles continue.
MOBILE TO MEMPHIB.—On the 16th instant
the final rail required to connect the Mobile
and Ohio with the Memphis and . Charleston
Railroad at Corinth, Miesissippi. was laid.--
But fifteen miles more of land require laying
down to complete the road.
BECOMING DEMOCRATIC.—The Grand Duke
Constantine has drcided that boys of all classes
of society may enter the Russian naval schools.
Hitherto, like military schools, they were re
served for the eons of nobles. On leaving these
establishments pupils attain the grade of offi
cers.
SELLING OUT.-It is stated that Ex-Presi
dent Pierce has sold out all his bank stocks
and stocks of every description, and converted
the proceeds into specie, which he has deposited
specially in a bank at Concord, N. IL
CODUNITTED SUICIDE IN Lonnon.--The Lon
-don News states that Thomas Lyle, aged 89, a
member of Christy's Minstrels, committed sui
cide in that city recently by cutting his throat
with a razor.
AN IRISH PARLIAMENT.—An address to the
Queen of England for a separate Irish Parlia
ment, and the right of self-government, has
already received over 30,000 signatures in Ire
land.
Tan TARIFF.—The Secretary of the Trea
sury has , decided that 5. human skeletons," not
being manufactured of bone, are subeet to 15
per cent. duty, and " trimming goods" to 24
per cent.
Ole Bull is at home, or pretty near home,
in Sweden, giving concerts that excite as great
enthusiasm as nearly twenty years ago.
The Duke of Brabant has sent the Sultan a
magnificent gold and silver vase of Flemish
workmanihip, worth $50,000.
Mrs. John Wood, the actress, has returned
from her European trip. She has not played
while absent.
The amount of coal annually taken from
mines in Ohio's estimated by the cornidittsioner
of itatietics to exceed'2,ooo,ooo tons.
At the city election in Middleton, Conn., on
Monday, the Democrats elected their 'entire
ticket by 104 majority.:
Mrs: Martha' Wa'shbrirn, of Stafford. Ct.. 82
yeariVold. has Woven nearly I,ooo 4 yads of rag
carpeting •viithin,the past two yoars.
MATRIMONIAL.—The beau-monde of St. Pe
tersburg. is just now much scandalized at the
determination of three elderly Russian prin
cesses belonging to the most illustrious fami
lies, to marry three young medical attendants.
A fourth lady, of mature age, not a princess,
but of high rank and immensely rich, is about
to marry a young man employed in th" shop
of a money , changer of the Capital. One of
the three elderly princesses, not being yet a
widow, applied tor a divorce, to enable her to
marry again, but her application has been re
fused by the Russian tribunals.
John Brown, Jr., has made his appearance
at Windsor, Canada, where he is endeavoring
to persuade the fugitive slaves to emigrate to
Hayti. _
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
XXIII& CONGRESS -SECOND SESSION.
WASILINOToN, Jan. 2.5.
The Senate is not in session to-day, having
adjourned over till Monday.
HOUSE. —Mr. Grow (Pa.) offered a resolution
that the select committee of five, appointed on
the 7th inst., be instructed to inquire whether
any secret organization, hostile to the Govern
ment of the United States, exists in the District
of Columbia, and, if so, whether any officer or
employee of the Federal Government, in the
Executive or Judicial Department, are members
thereof.
Mr. Burnett, (Ky.) I desire to know, and it
is certainly due to the House to know, whether
any reason or fact exists for putting on foot at y
such investigation. It is a reflection on the
city of Washington and the Federal Govern
ment, and ought not to be entertained, unless
the gentleman from Pennsylvania states, on his
responsibility, that there is such a conspiracy.
As tor myself, I don't believe in any such . con
spiracy. I don't boliovo that may purpose is
contemplated, either by the citizens of this
District or the adjoining State, of making any
foray or raid on this city, or interfering with
the peaceful inauguration of the President of
the gentleman's choice. It does seem to me
right and proper that such a statement should
be made by the gentleman from Pennsylvania
beture we inaugurate proceedings directly re
flecting on the pa riOfietn and faithfulness of
the people of the District to the Federal Gov
ernment. A more miserable, contemptible mode
of engendering bad feeling and making the
exeitentent worse than it is now could not be
intro 'need.
Mr. Grow—l would not have offered the res
olution unless I had supposed there was some
something to beau it on.
Mr. 'Cox (Ohio)—ls debate in order.
The Speaker—l did not understand the gen
tleman from Kentucky as objecting to the
resolution. If he did, then &bate is not in
order.
Mr. Branch (N. C.)—l will object to the reso
lution until I floe the Chairman of the Select
Committee (Mr. Howard, of Michigan,) in his
seat.
Mr. Grow —I spoke to the Chairman yesterday
regarding this resolution, and it met with his
sanction. I have reason to believe that there
was such a design entertained by some persons
in the employ of the Government. To what
extent it has gone, I don't know, and for that
reason I offered the resolution. If gentlemen
on the other aide don't want to investigate the
subject, they can object, and that would afford
better, evidence that there is something , in it.
Mr. Burnett—l have not objected to the reso
lution. If the member says there is riason for
investigation, he shall have it as . thorough as
he desires. Therefore, there was no necessity
for the remark that its being objected to would
afford evidence of the existence of such a con
spiracy.
Mr. Grow—l demand the previous question.
Mr. blaynard (Tenn.)—l claim the right to
say a word personal to myself.
Mr. Grow—l ought to have said that the
gentleman from Tennessee. (Mr. Maynard)
yesterdiw_a_tt.........k.j.,-ted to Che resolutions,
because of the fewness of members then pre
sent.
The Speaker—The question is now on the
adoption ot, the resolution.
Mr. Kunkle (rid,) I object to the reslutions.
{Cries from the Repubbcan side—Too late.] I
announced my intention to object to it long
since. As the gentleman .from Pennsylvania
indulged in some remarks reflecting on this
side of the House. and as he desired some one
to tike the responsibility of objecting to this
mist rable 'imposition, which is a reflection on
the people of Maryland, I will tell hint that
there is one here to object, and I am he! •
Mr. Grow—l called the previous question.
Mr. Branch—l said I would object until the
Chairman of the Committee came in, but I have
since been informed that the resolution was
agreeable to him.
Mr. Kunkle—l have my rights on this floor,
and they cannot be taken away from me by any
man. I have the right to object to the min
lion under the rules, as soon as I could get the
recognition of the Speaker. I will never relin
quish my right. I repeat my objection.
The Speaker said he would not attempt to
deprive the gentleman of any right; but the
gentleman from Pennsylvania demanded the
previous question before, the gentleman from
Maryland was recognized by the chair.
Mr. Kunkle—l was on the floor.
The Speaker—But the gentleman was not
recognized.
Mr. Kunkel—l am aware that the gentleman
who occupies the chair is not well disposed
toward me at any time. [Calls on the Repub
lican side of "Order."
Mr. Craige (N. C.) wanted to offer an amend
ment.
Mr. Grow—l have demanded the previous
question
Mr. Craige, amid much confusion, indicated
his amendment as follows: •And that the com
mittee f urther inquire by what authority troops
are stationed on the southern side of the Capi
tol. Was it to control the proceedings here at
the point of the bayonet and mouth of the can
non ?"
Mr. Grow's resolution was then adopted.
Mr. Thomas (Tenn.) presented the resolu.
bons of the Legislature of Tennessee, in re
sponse to the resolutions of the Legislature of
New York, concluding with the following:
6 4 Whenever the authorities of the latter
State send a military force to the South for
the purpose of coercion, the people of Tennes
see will unite with the South to resist such in
vasion at all hazards." The resolutions were
laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
The Speaker laid before the House a mes
sage from the President returning, with his
objections, the bill for the relief of Hockaday
and Leggett.
Among other things the President says that
the bill which pissed the last session of Con
gress which he had not time to examine before
the adjournment, appropriated $40,000, and
that the bill now Net evil appropriates $20,000
additional, or in all $59,676. The bill involves
important principles, which, if recognized, will
take large sums out of the Treasury.
Mr. Burnett advocated the bill. He did not
cure how much was required for the payment
of a claim, if it was right.
Mr. Alley (Mass.) said this bill was in re
lation to the mail service, and no subject ever
excited more discussion or indignation than
this. The veto was a most extraordinary pro
ceeding on , the part of the Presideut, though
the President had exercised an unquestioned
oonati utional right if lie thought the' bill, war
wrong ; but there were strong, legal °Wins fcie
the amount proposed to be appropriated—the
veto should not be sustained.
Mr. Branch sustained the President in thus
performing his duty.
Mr. Craige (Mo ) and other gentlemen made
remarks on the subject. ..L. . - , ,
The question was then takenmi the passage
of the bill, notwithstandimig thO objection s of
the Pre•ident. Tow motion was negatived,
yeas 8L 0,34117—n0t two-thirds, as required
by thtidOntnitution in, suph oases, .
From VVmehinclon.
WASHINGTON. Jen. 26.
Fifty artillerymeu from N.w York, write
d
here this morning, and immediately lett f oe
Fort Washington, to relieve the marines titers
temporarily on duty.
It is not true that Mr. King, the First A ge i e .
taut Postmaster General, refused to hold ee
communication with ex -Senator )(we e . R e
simply declined to show him the paper s h e
asked to see, relative to the abolition of th e
Post Office and discontinuance of the mails t o
Pensacola. The interview was respectful Ott
both sides.
Sinking of the Western Steamer Melrose.
EVA2iBVILLE, Ind., Jan. 26,
The steamer Melrose, bound frfr om Cinoik,„ ti
to Nashville, was sunk near Uniontown, K att ,
tacky, yesterday. The loss on the bo a t
amounted to $15,000. and on the cargo to
$40,000; mostly insured.
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Harrisburg, .Tatuary 26, 1861.—jaa28-d3t
WANTED, ON THE FIRST OF APRIL--
A HOME of six or seven Rooms, within ten
minutes' walk to the Lebanon Valley Depot. Dent not
to exceed ;no, and paid Monthly. Apply to D. FRY,
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ABBl GN S 14A I • .-- W i i ) b e e ld at
Public Sale or Out-cry at the c rner of Fourth and
Chesnut streets. in the city of Harrisburg. on 9 HUNS.
DAY. FEBRUARY Trii, Me, et 2 o'clock, P. . the
following articles :—FOUR HORSES, one Two-Homo
Wagon, three One-Three Wagons, one Cart. two Wheel
b .rrows, one Patent Straw Cutter, Single and Double
Harness, lot of Lime. Bricks, Bcurds, Raise. Chesnut
Posts, Board-fence Posts, &e. E BYERS,
Aoaignee of D..Diel I. heads,
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Harrisburg, ann. 23,1861.
1 UST RECELVICP—A large Stock of
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73 Market street.
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BE BIBLE ON I , lVoliC
I lowing words are from Mark I. v. 9, 12:
"Whet, th erefore: God has joined together let not Wall
pat wonder."
W however shall put away his wife and marry another
crmmitteth adultery. And if a woman shall put away
her husband and marry again she eommitteth adultery.*
Legislators and others, the above is the edict of thw
supreme Lawgiver. from which there 1* tto appeal.—
"What, titer, lure, God has joined together let LO mat
put asunder." janl24ltf
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retaild embracing everything in the line. will be add at
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jam WM. DOCK. Ja., k CO.
IN.STRUCITION LN MUSIC.
IP. W. WIBRII, ekephew and t a ught by the well ran
membered late B. W Weber, of Harrisburg, is prepare*
to give lessons ID music upon the PIANO, VIOLIN.
WILL°, VIOLIN and FLUTE- He will give leveNue
his residence, earner of-Locust street and River say
or at the homes of 'pupils. ne2brdem
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