Rt 1 1,: atriot &(ion. MONDAY MORNING, FEB. 11, 1861. 0. BAMIXTT & THOMAS 0. HAoDOWSLL. Pub lishers mut Proprietors_ Sommunleationswill not be published in the PATRIOT •TD Union unless accompanied with the name of the Sather. O. M. PICTTENOII,I. & CO., Advertising Agents,ll9 Nassau street,lfew York, and AO Mate street, Boston, are the Agents for the PATRIOT AND lisnoi, and the most influential and largest circa. Datvg newspapers in. slip United States and panadaa fl* are authorised to eentraet for u atour leteett rates FOR SALE. A seeend-head ADAMS Palms platen SOX lq• 26 Inches, la pod order ;' aka be method - ei th er by_hind stoma power. Terms moderate Inquire at this office. To Members of the iegtoliture. Psi DAILY PATRIOT AND Union will be furnished to Members of the Legislature during the session at the low priee of Onn Host as. Yeakbers wishing extra copies of the DAILY PATRIOT AND 17wroer, can procure them by leaving their orders at the publication once, Third street, or 'with our re porters in.either House, the evening previous. Democratic County Convention. At a meeting of the Democratic County Com mittee, held at the Morgan House, February 6, 1861, in 'pursuance of a call of the Chairman, it was " . lidoived, That the Chairman of the County Committee be authorised to call a County Con ventiton, to assemble at Harrisburg on the 18th Ina, for the'purpose of selecting six additional delegates to act in conjunction with those elected by the late Democratic County Conven tion, to represent Dauphin county in the Demo •ratio State Convention called to meet at Har risburg on the 21st inst. In pursuance of the above resolution, I here by notify the Democratic citizens of Dauphin toasty to meet in their respective wards and tolinbhipe On QC 16th inst., at the 'usual time and place, and select , delegates to the County Convention, to be held at Marrisburg on the 18th int& Wu . . D. BOAS, Chairman. WY. ' D. EMINBST, Seey. A letter from Philadelphia to the New York IWO& 14 says : The_ contest in our TIM Congressional Dis trict liaalbeen decided against the Republicans. Our candidate, Verree, was returned as being elected by 22 majority. Kline, his opponent, contested this, and a recount of the seventeen ballot;boxes was had. In four of these the re count elects Kline by 9 votes. But the whole examm — ittion disclosed the same careless hand ling and irresponsible custody of the ballot boxes after election as were shown in the Leh men end Butler ease. In fact, it is believed the boles had been opened and the votes changed; so that our elections are practically decided, not by the voters, but by those who keep the boxes. The whole proceeding will go to the House for settlement. Mr. LINCOLN has refused to say a word indi cating a disposition or desire on his part for an amicable settlement of the difficulties distract ing the country. He has remained mute and immovable p in spite of all the Appeals made to him to speak a word in behalf of conciliation. Meanwhile, his silence has been interpreted to Moan hoiltility- to all measures of adjustment involving the least recession from the Chicago platform—and his contributed to the secession movement, at the South. But quite recently-, the attitude of Mr. LINCOLN has excited dis trust among the perpendicular Republicans of his entire reliability and soundness ; so that at last they have grown anxious for the arrival of the time when he will open that beautiful mouth of his for the utterance of something definite as to his future policy. The nioune is informed by "a Republican of great weight "and influence in the councils of the sound "portion of the party," that "the impatience " of Republicans for the arrival of the period " when Mr. Lincoln will speak for himself in " creases every hour." So it appears that the repeated assurances of the Tribune that Mr. Lincoln is all right are not received as gospel by even the " sound portion of the party." If it should turn out that he is all wrong, wouldn't there be a howling! Which Shall be Preserved—The Union or • the Republican Party? The 'plain question now presented to the North* shall the Republican party or the Union break? -The New York liqbutze says that the Republican platform must be lived up to if the Union is broken into fragments. The Demo cratic party and the conservative Republicans say that the Union must be preserved at all hazards, no matter what becomes of party or ganizations and party platforms. It is a simple question of value. Which is worth the most, the Union or the Republican party ? We have managed to live happily and prosperously with out a Republican party for many years, end can ea for many years to come ; but can we live without the Union? When the reality of this inane is fully realized, we imagine that there are- eir flip. men living in the State of Pennsylvania who would not rather see the Re publican party sink in nothingness, than that the ThilOrtidiOttlffbitibrokeri into fragments and the country - mid: reed into the theatre of a bloody, fratricidal war. "Compromise not only destroys the govern " ment and destroys the Union, it destroys the' 4 Republican party," says tha Tribune. 'Well, if the ,lie Publican. party is : so inimical to the interests• of the Southern /hates that it. cannot outlive a:peaceful settlement of the trozibleit it has ;rented and cherished, it ought to pedal. Whenever a party gains the.arcendancy in a country whose organic law was created. by com promise, , that cannot afford to perpetuate the existence of .the nation in the same spirit of mutual accommodation, this fact affords Duff'. sient , airidence that it was sonstruoted upon a wrong hag& There is nothing left for it but to do tight:oi , break., If it. persists in wrong doing, it deserve; annihilation. If the Union is not to be preserved by com promibe, because compromise would injure the Republican party, how can it be preserved ? The stiff-backed. enemies of concession can give no adequate answer to this question of ques tions, in the solution 'of whieh wo are all more deeply interested than in the future of the Re publican party. Would they attempt to pre serVe it by force ? Would they undertake the work of compelling fifteen States to acknowledge thelr Obligations to the General Government ? No;, they are not quite prepared to assume this task. They are . not even prepared to say that the Unina woul d not be dissolved, as the imme diate eenseqwoo of sraunnito sing to the. Chi. cage platform. Rat they. say, swam -n om , A t all events;- take care of the Republican party first, and if the Union is not strong enough to endure the shock, let it slide. The truth cannot too often be repeated, that the Union must be preserved as it was cre ated, by compromise. Force will not do it.— Successful war would not do it, for it would end in one side being the ♦ieter, and the other the vanquished—and this would prove destruc tive of a Union of equals. Unsuccessful war would not do it; for it would establish the in. dependence of a Southern Confederaoy. No thing can do it but comproinise, mutual accom modation, renewed and perpetual amity. Virginia and the Peace Conference We can see little difference, says the Journal of Commerce, between the attitude of Virginia as indicated by the recent election, and that of Louisiana and some of the other seceded States previous to their eleetions. There was a altaitig Union sentiment, in Louisiana, Alabama and • Georgia, based upon the hope•that speedy ad vances-Would be made by the North towards a settlement of the great question before the country; but the Republicans, representing the North, stood firm and uncompromising, and indications became more plainly manifest day by day that they would yield nothing. Then hope was destroyed, and those who had-battled for a Union of equal rights—the conservative press, statesmen, and the people, all lapsed into the secession current, and finallydeelared these States out of the Union, with a unanimity that would have startled themselves three months before. Virginia has been less hasty, but she is nevertheless governed by the same motives which actuated the seceded States, though, it is true, she has more cogent reasons for preser ving her connection with the North. Prudent MR conservative men have earnestly counseled delay 'on the part . of the South, from the. very beginning of the secession movement, in the hope that the integrity of the Union might be preserved by some plan of adjustment that would prove satisfactory to both sections ; and have labored assiduously to effect such a result. We are among those who deplored the course of the seceded States, as precipitate, and not warranted until the last effort had failed—as a step which they might have occasion to repent of, when irreparable mischief had been done. With such views, Virginia, North Carolina, Ten nessee, and other States, have acted witkmore moderation, and we think with more wisdom and prudence. They have unfortunately been disappointed. Congress and the Legislatures.of most of the Northern. States, by resolutions and otherwise, have expressed,their determina tion not only to refrairt/rom all acts leading to conciliation, but, under pretext of enforcing the laws, to coerce the South into submission and subjection. They deny to the South equal rights under the Constitution, and affirm that to grant those rights would,be to make humilia ting concessions to the"elave power. Thus the case stands at present, just as it did three months ago, only more aggravated by an in creased animosity and obstinacy. Now, in the proposition of Virgnia, we have the ultimatum of all the slaveholding States that yet cling to the Union. As Virginia decides, so will her sisters. She has just ex pressed through the votes of her people, by a decided majority, her attachment for the Union and her earnest desire to effect a speedy, satis factory, and final adjustment of the issues in controversy. But, as has -been remarked, that expression of sentiment affords no evidence of a willingness on her part .to submit to the demands of the Republicans respecting slave property in the Territories, nor places her in an attitude one whit different from that pf Louisiana and. Georgia when they were seeking their rights in the Union.. The result of the election is no indication that the people of Virginia are "submissionists," and in favor of the Union at all hazards.: ,The question is not between submission and secession, but between immediate secession and:secession under certain contingencies. Of immediate secessionists it seems certain that comparatively few have been elected to the Convention, and even they are immediate secessionists only because they ut terly despair of any honorable and safe settle- meat. Of the conditional secessionists slums all agree upon three points; Ist, That Virginia must have such additional guarantees as will constitute a settlement of the questions at issue between the North and the South; 2d, That the Crittenden propositions are the least that will be assented to as the substantial basis of this settlement; 3d, That failing to obtain such settlement, she must retire from the Union. The result of this election must not be mists ken Her action will undoubtedly depend upon the result of the Peace Conference at Washing- ion. That Convention assembled in compliance with her proposition. If it fails to agree upon terms of adjustment, she will certainly withdraw promptly, unite her destinies with the seceding States, and unfurling the standard of resist- ance, stand or fall, out of the Union. As she goes, so will all .the Southern States which have not yet seceded, without question, except perhaps Delaware and possibly , Maryland. On the Contrary, if wisdom and patriotism triumph over prejudice and partizan feeling in the Con vention, that will be accepted by Virginia as as earnest of gumkettee forthcoming, and be hailed by every true patriot. in the land as the dein can bright and glorious future. e,Peace bath her victories, a° lees Plitl,6lllll4d than war;" and howmany hearts would rejoice at such a victory—smoh a defeat of those who have con spired to destroy this great Republic ! Theresult of the yirginia election is most happy, in that it cannot but have its influence upon the Washington Conference. The appeal to the Republican Commissioners for comes- dons and measures ; for will adjustment,',9 for to. more potential than: it would have been had Virginia's virdiet been different, Our Wash- ington correspondent, it will be seen, despairs of any favoiable result from the Conference,— At the same time, he .states that ex-President Tyler, Mr. Guthrie, and others, are hopeful Let us also hope. RECENT PUBLICATION& From Leonard Scott 4 Co., New York, we have .Blackwood for January, of average excellence, and the Westminster Review, -(same date,) a number of very marked ability. The article on "American Slavery" will not be apt, however, to acid much to its reputation on this side of the water, character-, iced as it is by all that utter misconception of American polities and the inter-relation of Ameri can States which is so notimeable in the articles of foreign magazinists when discussing our affairs.—. The article upon "Bible Infallibility" is marked by all that radical scepticism which disfigures this indisputably able Review. ELOPEMENT IN ElTTSBURCL—Disappearanee of a Fascinating Widow.—lt was currently reported on the streets yesterday, that a. well-known physician, of the 44 infinitesimal" school, resi ding in a fashionable part of the city, had abandoned his practice and family, and eloped with the widow of a deceased banker. The par ties have both been absent from , the city for some time, and the latest rumor is that they went away together, and after spending a few days in-the east, took passage on &steamer for Europe. The lady was well known in certain.cireles, and for several years sustained the relation of “ mistress" merely to one of our leading brokers.. Those infirmities which are the in evitable•resnit of I , fastliving" gradually began to develop themselves, and preferrhig the, at tentions of a wife rather than a ,mistress, he married his partner, and at his death left her in possession of a snug little fortune. She lived in good style, and continued to keep house and maintain a quasi respectable position in society. Prominent among her visitors was the medical gentleman alluded to, whose amours have fre quently become the subject of gossip. His reputation in this respect was well defined, and the rumor of his elopement, while it creates no little surprise is not gainsaid upon the ground of improbability. Some ten days have elapsed sines the parties disappeared. The gentleman leaves behind him a wife and family, greatly respected by their friends and acquaintances. He enjoyed a large and lucrative , practice, and hence could have had no pecuniary motive in abandoning. his family, although , the fortune of his para mour doubtless formed an incentive to his flight. She owned and occupied a fine dwelling on one of our prominent streets, which is now tenantless, but, as most of her means were of an available character, she will not lack for funds. The gentleman is about forty years of age, while the lady is somewhat younger, and rather prepossessing in appearance. The errant couple, in fleeing to Europe, have taken a very ready meansfor riding themselves of their , surplus funds, and a few<months spent in prodigality may have the effect of bringing them to their senses and turning their faces homeward.—Pittsburg paper, Jan. 7. ' . PLEASANT TO TOBACCO NEWELL-A letter from Petersburg, Va., to the Schenectad y Star gives the following delightful description of the manner of preparing chewing tobacco in that region " Commence on the upper floor, which is as dirty as a cow stable. 'ln the corners are large heaps of tobacco. At one end'is large caul dron, into which is put liquorice, rum and IOW& bean. On' one side of the room is 'a large space, like a mortar bed, into which is pufthe weed, LI bo sprink/e4 with the above 0090tIOU, Two or three darkies are stirring' the' tobacco up with their feet, so that 'all portions may become equally saturated. "After this diretation it is dried upon poles over head, until it is fit for working in the room below. "On the second story, the leaf is . divested of its stem by numerous black women and chil dren. It is then, in a supple state, made, into rolls an inch or two inches in diameter, and of any required length. " ".On the ground floor, the rolls are squeezed into plugs, and carefully packed for transpor tation to the tobaceo-loving people of the North. Some may think part of this &scrip-. tion highly colored, but it is literally a true account of what I saw more than once ; and if what I heard be true, the drugs and filth are hardly half betrayed. " It might be supposed that people here do not chew, but this is not so ; almost everybody does, but then they chew the clear leaf, And it is worthy of remark that the hands engaged. in these factories make no account of throwing their spittle, and their duds into the ,heap.for a, second mastication." THE EXCITEMENT OF A DREAM.—We have heard a very curious and remarkable . circum stance, which happened the other evening, and which shows the effect of nervous excitement upon the human system. One of our citizens who has been in the habit of sleeping with a revolver under his pillow for some time—espe cially since the late excitement in regard to the prevalence of crime—had been deeply absorbed in business during the, day, and when he re tired at night he was completely worn out by fatigue and harassing thoughts. He placed his . revolver under his pillow as _ usual, and soon fell asleep. Own° time during the night he wandered off ainto the regions of dream-land, and somehow became impressed with the con sciousness that a robber was in the house. He seized his pistol and prepared to defend him. self. His wife about this time had risen to at tend to the wants of a child, and although her husband was fast asleep, he very curiously directed his revolver at her and fired. - The ball did not, fortunately, take effect upon her per son, but lodged in the wall of . their sleeping apartment. Her screams together with the report of the pistol, awoke the husband, who was horror-stricken to find how narrowly he bad escaped killing his wife. Since then, ,for safety, the wife takes charge of the pistol her self, as the husband is unusually subject to dreams and nightmares. We advise him to give business the go-by for a season, and re cruit his physical energies.—Troy Times. The American Bonapartes continue to form the theme of much comment in European cir cles and journals. The Moniteur begs the world not to be premature in forming its opinions, and announces that the case will be laid before the legal tribunals. This last concession looks as if the Emporer was favorably inclined towards our country folk ; but, per contra, the Moniteur calls them Pattersons, not Bonapartes, and thus seems to side against their claims.— It also declares, that certain of the documents alluded to in; the paper drawn up by Berryer, the great French lawyer, for Madame Patterson Bonaparte, are of contested' authenticity. . It. is ; suppoeed that the allusion is to the letters of the present Emperor, which eplictly recognize the relationship. between himself and the first wife of Jerome The questions that will arise in the settlement of this matter are at once. intricate and important. It is strange to no tice the vicissitudes of fortune, ,which after leaving this American branch of the family in 'the, obscurity of private and *atlantic life for half a century, now, drag, them up on , a pinna- , ide Where they are the ohjeet, of interest to the whole world; where their fate in - valves per haps that of kiagdoms;and. is sure to become, chronicled in history. 7-217. Y. Express. . • 'cv " Di ur imp JA AT ICICIER"Lurnarg TipUfteleeta.--- Doirn in Montgomery, Alabama, the.other day, a slave owner became provoked by some trifling misdemeanor on the part of a youthful chattel,, and resolved to have the , offending bondman whipped in the style peculiar to that refined 'and civilized region. Ile wrote a note to the police officer having charge of ihe guard hem% desiring that gentlemanly. ufficial to favor the bearer with thirty lashes, well laid on. Giving the note to the intended victim, he ordered him to oarry it to the guard house; but the young darhey rather smelt a rat, and upon meeting an ezquisitely-gotten-up "cullud gem -man," a friend of his, in the street, requested him to carry the note to its destination, as he had something very _ particular to attend to in an opposite direction. Unsuspicious as a sac rificial lamb; the sable beau agreed to confer this trilling favor, and forthwith proceeded toward the guard house in a manner that drew sighs of admiration . &DM more than one young . ebeny bosom. tut 'judge of hie surprise=not to say "Owdacione misery"—when the police officer ordered him "to' be trussed up to the, whippinipOst, and despite his frantic avowal that he was "de wrong nigger,", proceeded to. give him the thirty lashes required. It was a clear case of misplaced confidence, with no miti gating circumstances, and, alas ! based on friendship.. "Oh ! what is friendship bet a name ", GENERAL NEWS. INTERNATIONAL ROWING MATCH.—The inter national scalier's match between Joshua Ward, of Newburg, and Robert Chambers, the English champion, has at length 'been definitely an ranged, and is. certain to come off, _nothing remaining but the formal Signing of the deg, which halo_ already been prepared. The only•difficultyhas been as to the amount of the stakes;, Mr.. "Ward having desired that the amount should be $2,000 a side, to which Mr. Chambers now promptly consents. The condi dons. are very simple! The race is to be rowed on the Hudson, with the tide ; the course to be five miles long; the rules of the London Boating Cliths to be observed; Mr. Chambers is to be allowed $5OO for his expenses in doming over. It is almost certain that, within a few days, the representatives of the men will sign the articles, and the money will be deposited in the hands of the stakeholder. Mr. Cham bers will arrive here, with his trainer, Harry Clasper, late in February, and his training will begin intinediately. A FEARFUL ILLUSTRATOR OF INTEMPERANCE. On Wednesday, the attention of the police• of the First district was directed' to - a shocking scene in a house in Morgan'e Court, in 'the See- and ward. A woman was lying dead' inbed, her drunken husband lying beside her. An officer who went into the house roused the husband, and told him that his wife was dead'.' The brute replied that she . was only dead drunk, and struck the body in the face with his fist. He was arrested and taken to the station house. A little boy, three or four years of age, who had been sent out by the father for' liquor, while the mother was lying dead, was sent to the Northern Home' ft& "Friendleim . Children. A friend of the father nuide appli cation at' the Central office, yesterday, to regain the custody of the Child. The Mayor declined to interfere, and referred 'the tiPplieantleCthe Court of Quarter Sessions.---Phil..* Ameiican. A STANDING ARMF eon Vim/Mt.—A 'Ails p now pending Weil: , the Legialature Whion au thorizes and directs the Governor to raise and organize s military force of not less than ten nor more than twenty thousand Men, to be cat led “The Virginia State 'iluard,'r *MA are to be organized like correeponditig corprii the United Stites Army, and to be governed by the same regulations' and articles's! Writ' The bill empowers` the Cfoireriior to • firith . the advice and :contient of the S'exitife,yaperson of Imitable' military"experience Med qualifide- Gone as Commeindant, with the title of Major General, who shall have Charge of all the for ces of the State While in &Otte service; The officers are to enlist JO Serve 'a term Of years, and, as enlisted, if *not previously 'competent, aeo•te he “plaeed at & school of practice tote ' conducted under the 'orders of the Majer Gen eral-in-Chief." ' " nincininaoxs TO ITERCRALEM.—The Jerusalem correspondent of the Mande aitya ' Although the Holy Land enloye, for'the moment, a 'state of unusual tranquility, there scents little pro bability that 'Jerusalem' Will receive many pil grims this year. The hadjis generally begin to arrive just before Christmas, but up to the preSent moment we see Very few pilgrims in the solitary Streets and deserted sanctuaries of Jerusalem. The Syrian massacres have spread consternation to the very extremities of the Turkish' provinces, and deter pilgrims from -vis iting the Holy City. ROBBERY OF THE . 'CINCINNATI POST-OFFICE.— Facts were revealed yesterday, at the post-office in this city, that went to show large pecula- Lions, thus far amounting to four thousand dollars. The robbery was committed by a young man in the office, whose . name, at request, we we suppress. He abstracted the money from the letters, but win) the sufferers are, the heads of the office refuse to say. The' guilty party has fled the city, and all efforts to apprehend him have been, up to this time, unavailing:— He is still being pursued by the United States Marshal.—Cineinead Enquirer, bth. Tue INEDR/ATE ASYLVAI Of NuNf see it stated that applications to the number of 4,310 have been made from every State in the Union, and , from every county in Nevi York State,.fOr admission as patients to that insti tution. The asylum, which will accommodate 400 patients, will be ready for occupancy in the fall. The funds of the institution have been contributed by almost every town and village in the . State, and the services of agents, officers and trustees have 'been gratuitously rendered. THE LOUISIANA STATE TREASURY.--FFOM the report of Mr. Defreese, just submitted to the Legislature, we take the following statement of the condition of the Treasury and its operatioeis during the last year : Balance in' the Treasury on the Ist of January, 1860, $1,200,325.70; receipts from sources to the 31St of Decem ber, 1860, 2,369,588.14; paid out during the same period, $2,238,185.63 ; balance in the Treasury on the 31st of December, 1860, $1,821,402.61 SHARP DETECTIVES.-The Auburn Advertiser has a well-related account of "Detectives Out witted," in which it is alleged that well-known detectives, in pursuit of Rann Haskins, the escaped convict, actually gallanted, danced with, feasted, and tucked snugly into a sleigh and sent home, the very man they were in pur suit of, who had attended a ball in one of the towns near that city, in the disguise of a "mo dest-appearing young lady." The names of the outwitted detectives are not given. PRESIDENT FELTON ON STEEL PENS.-At the examination of the Framingham (Mass.) Nor mal School on. Tuesday, President Felton Spoke in strong terms of the serious effects of steel pens, their tendency to injure or paralyze the nerves of the arm. Sad proof of this in fluence had, come under his own knowledge. Ms predecessor, Dr. Walker, and at least six of his , acquaintances had received permanent. injury from the habitual use of steel pens. EXPEDITION AGAINST THE INDIANS.-A "grand army" of one thousand mounted id unteer froutiennen is rendezvouSing in Ask county; Tezae, • ' for an expedition of extermi- nation against the hostile Winn tribes. 'They intend'to , push•on to,the very headquarters of the , enemy, and root•them eut'of the 'land 42.. f the living; if possible: DRIP SNOW 'AT TUN NORTIT:ThO !MOW Northern Vermont is deeper than has 'been known for ten years past; and Me' seriously' deranged the mails, The train from Montreal,- which left OA Tuesday morning °Mast week,. reacheci ,Rouse's Point on Friday 'evening-- tour days for what is commonlra run of four houia:Boston, Traveler. • - •• • • ~ The feeling of caste is'so strong in India that' a soldiet liiig.irotindett llke battle 'field. had leen known - to- die 'rather than' drink water' offered hint by one of a lower'caste: ' A sick' soldier in the hospital at Agra, suffered for two hours rather than receive water from an En- glisk lady.' Hie-words were, -"Though no man • see• me drink, God will see it: " • • • • • • To i DRYTIATED PHILOSOPTIER. • 0; Horace i 'had the love of Riman history Been well impress'd on thee by sage pro genitors, ITirould hint, methinks, 'mid' all thy present mystery, That Tribunes always were great :cheeks to Senators! —Batton' Post. The total number of hands eniployed in the English cotton factories in 1866 was 379,190; the estimated number of persons indirectly dependent on cotton manufactures is 1,000,000. England obtained from other sourees thin the United Stated 800,000 bales of cotton... A man named James Willson has been arrested at Horseheads ? on a charge of highway robbery, committed near Virilliamsport. ' The prisoner stqped a horse' and 'Cutter on the rosd, took possession of thrim and "seeeded." ' AMERICAN SHIPS AT LIVERPOOL.-A letter from a shipmaster at Liverpool, dated 10th ult., states : As regards outward business, there is very little doing. There are 70 disengaged American ships in port at present, and but little inclination to charter American ships on acoount of the state of affairs in the States, as the underwriters are fearful of insuring their cargoes, fearing civil war in our country and losses by privateering." Last w,eek John G. Reading, treasurer of the "committee, of lumbermen appointed to sell such of the logs that escaped from the Susquehanna book last: sprit* as were 'bind . below the Shamokin - dam,. paid to the;Tarties in this vi ola* about sixty. one thousand dollara—money obtained by sale of escaped logs.—Lycoming aazette. The brutal punishment of tying up men by, the wrists, , or thumbs, and leaving them itf . that way for !fours together, "Itas lieen revived in the military department of Texas, and has been protected against by one Jobannec Oootus,— Moistens p'Unislimentlike liood men out of the army and'navy every day. A WELL-KNOWN VIXEN ON, FASHIONABLE PARTIES.—From my youth I've hated"parties." I never Went to one that paid for the bora of dressing. I like a cosy group of . true friends, in their easiest attitudes, oldest clothes and most slip-shod thoughts,' with such fare as the gods send. • • ' A JUVENILE BUT OPULENT MABQUIg.—The Marquis of Bute is thirteen years old, and has an income amounting, to' as much as $400,000 a year. As he is an orphan, his relations are fighting about, their teap i etive claims to the guardianship of the yoUng_heir. The Macon Telegraph says t iftt, while a flood of abuse is` poured lirion the South by the Northern press, it is one of the moat significant indications of the complete self-possession, and calm and inflexible determination • of the Smith, that not a word Of recrimination is sent back. FATAL QuAnnie!. IM Vinancra.--James Thayer and Charles Maccabee quarreled in a lager beer saloon; in Norfolk, Va.; list Friday night, when Thayer drew's pistol and fired at 11facsabee, the ball severing the jugular vein and causing death in a row minutes. UNPOPULARITY OP ALIRANDRIL Duncis.— Alexander - Dumas does not seem to be treated with very great respect in Italy.- The Turin Gazetterecommended that be should be expelled, and now the People's Olizetie him into bitter ridicule. On the' 22 of January, at Vera Cruz, were three vessels: of the British squadron, and they were to be reinforced. It was understood that a cterntind'iietild'he nude upon the customs, to re= taburke - the' money stolen by 'Miranion's party from the British Consulate, BurglarS broke into W. 'Frank's dry-goods store, at Pittsburg, Pa., on Tuesday night, and after ransacking the whole stock over, •stole 0,000 worth of the choicest silks, embroide ries, &c. A son was arrested at Chicago, on Monday, at the instance of his old &other, for plunder ing her of $4 20. The English newspapers teem with melan choly narratives, of death amongst the poor from exposure to the cold. • . LATEST BY TELEGRAPH XIIIIth CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION. SaNATIL—The Vice . President announced tha he had received the resolutions of the .Demo crated State Convention of Ohio. ' Objection was made as to its reception on the ground that it was' not specially a ddressed to the Senate. • ' After some discussion the resolution was re ceived, Mr: Crittenden (Ky.) presented the memo rial of citizens of Kentucky in favor of the Crittenden resolutions. • motion of Mr. 13oteler, a ram lution was' adopted requesting the President to communicate to the House the , correspondence batween our Government and that of Peru since•lBs3 on the subject of the free navigation of the Amazon and its tributaries. Mr. Cox (Ohio) offered an amendment to the Senati bill providing fo 'r ' the territorial goli ernmeat of Colorado. It proposes to allow the people to assemble and form for themselves an orgiurio law and territorial government, to con eist of a Legislative, Judicial and Executive de partments, etc. It is substantially the Douglas' amendment which was offered in the Senate. It was :ordered to be printed. Mr:Curtis (Iowa) from the .Military Com mittee, rePorted'a bill appropriating $1,150 to pay and soldiers for •brasa instru ments, clothing and furniture, lost by them in the removal from• Fort Moultrie and Fort,Sump ter. • Mr. Thomas (Mo.) objected to its considera ion. From Washington. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. The President has approved and signed the twenty-five million loan bill which passed both Houses, as originally reported with amend ments, providing that the revenues from the loan authorized, by the /let of June, 1860, or so much as may be deemed necessary shall be applicable to the redemption of the Treasury notes, issued under the Act•of last December, and for no other purpose. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to exchange at par the bonds of the United States for said Trea sury notes at legal intereet, and shall not be obliged to accept the • most favorable bids as provided for, unless be shall consider them ad vantageous to the United States, and any por-' lion of said loan not taken under the first advertisement; be again advertised according to his discretion. . • • Certain distinguished Virginians have tele graphed to Gov. Pickens requesting him still to forbear assaulting`Fort Sumpter. The Gov. ernor has replied that be would take into re- spectful consideration any suggestions from them, but' could give no definite answer until he should reeeive the. President'S eommunica tion and ascertain the•groultds of-the latter's refusal to surrender Fort Sumpter. • The letter of Col: Bayne in rejoinder to the Preeiderit'ereply thrduth tb© Stet-dory of War was not;itittived'l4 . .the :President until after the special, message , 'and' accompanying .docu ntents'irers 'yesterday 'read". for transmission to Congress. If the President has deemed it, proper to answer the rejoinder, it, together with the reply would hive been inoluded in the doc uments, Col. lltiafreelierint left the city early yesterday morning. His rejoindor was re ' turned . to 'him • through the mail addressed to Charleston. ' Effil By reason of the receipt of the information to-day; of •the setenro of New York ships at togetherwith the recent action of the Noir Orleans CUstom House, obatructing the interior commerce,- . and in effect levying : tribute, andthe declaration of the Montgomery I Congress - openingßouthern ports free to foreign coniineroe, -Mr. John Cochrane. Will call nri, on Monday, and preps to a the bill here tofore introduced by him, providing, through the execution of the Feeral 'Revenue' Laws, for the protectiOn' of the olininiefaill interests of the nation against the -flagitious attacks upon them by .the seceding Stites. - ' The Southern Cengrese. • . MONTGOMERY, 'Ala., Feb. 9. The Congress last night unanimously'agreed in secret 'session on the ConstitutiOn find the creation-of a provisional Government. • • A strong, and vigorous Government will• go into' immediate operation with full powers and ample funds. • , No proposition forcompromise or rooOnotrik• tion will be entertained. The Congress will remain in session'to make all the necessary laws. . • •• • • WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 Important from Savannah. , The State authoritiesSAVANNAH under di Feb. 9. rection Gorernor Brown, seized five New York ves of sels yesterday, as follows : Brig W. it. Kibby. Brig Golden Lead. Bark D. Colden. Bark Murray. Sohr. Julia Hallock. The ease of the bark Murray is said to h oe been adjusted. [The above dispatch does not explain the cause of the seizure, but it is presumed to b e in retaliation for the seizure of arms on board the steamer Monticello by the police of Ne w York city.] Pardoned by the President. PORTLAND, Pd . , capt. John A. Holmes, sentenced to th e State Prison for life, for murder on the hi g h seas, has been unconditionally o the Pieeident. pardned p, SPECIAL NOTICES. I , rom the Isropenceta, New York, July 28,1819. GLFW.—Our advertising columns contain some tosti monies to the value of a new article known as spu d _ ing's Prepared Gine,” useful to housekeepers formeedius furniture. It is prepared Wi th chetah:MN by which hi, kept in the proper condition for immediatem e , th, chemicals evaporating as soon as it is applied, leering the glue to harden; We can assure our readers that this article has the excellent phrenological quality of "imp Adheeireneff," For sale by 0. A. atweivenv, N0..2 Jones' Row an7-d&wlm Mothers, read this. The following is an extract from a letter written by a pastor of the Baptist Church to the Journal au Messenger, Cincinnati, -Ohio, and speaks volumes in favor of that world-renOwned medicine—um w in LOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP 701 CHILDII3O TlOllO/18ta We : see an advertisement in your columns of or Winslow% Soothing Syrup. New we never said a word is favor of .a patent medicine before.ln our life, but w e feel compelled 40 ;my to- your readers, that this is no hersbug —WE HAVII TRIED IT, ASP-SHOW iT 70 BB ALL tt CLAIMS. It is, probably, one- of the most successful medicines of the day, beamose it la one of the beet. s x ,d those of your readers who have babies can't. do better than to lay in a supply. . • sep294kwly Wz call the attention of our readers to an article advertised in another column, called BLOOD FOOD. It is an entirely new discovery, and must not be confounded with any of the amorous patent medi cines of the day. It is row) FOR TEI BLOOD, already prepared for absorption; pleasant to the taste and nate. ral in action, and what one gains he retains. Let alt those, then, who are suffering from poverty, impurity Or deficiency of blood, and conseottentlynlth some chronic disease or ailment, take of this DLoon Foon and be re stored to health. We notice that our druggists have received a supply of this article, and also of the world renowned Dr. ZstonPalisrewriri CORDIAL, which every mother should have. It contains no paregoric or opiate of any kind whatever, and of course must be invaluable for all infantile complaints; It will allay all pain, mid soften the gums in process of teething, and at the same time regulate the - bowels. Let all mothern and nurses who have endured anxious days and sleepless nights; procure a supply and be at once relieved. .117 - Bee advertisement: . aul7-decw3ni riELMBOLDT GENUINE PREPARATION Cures eel, Bladder, Dropsy, /Kidney Affections. _ _ _ UX1416914/1 (leonine Preparation for Neon gni Debilitated Eudora% MOLD'S G P •=1 ho for coo of Power, R Lome of Memory. IDIELMBOLD 7 /3 °mine Pt/14414km tor bifficalty of dreath ng General Wealineni. Ma:MOLD'S Genuine Preparation for Weak Nem; Horror Of Death, Trembling. • Cold Irma, Dimness o t -oine Preparation for Night Sweats, , f Vision. HILLKBOLD . I4 Efenuing , Preparation for Languor, lIELMBOLD•S (}ermine Preparation for Pallid °mite , 34 nano and Rraptiono. fELMBOLD'S Genuine Preparation for Pains in the Back, Headache, Sick Stomach., rig'See advertisement headed . HELIUM'S EXTRACT EITURIT in anotheroclumn. nol4.d&a3m PURIFY YOUR BLOOD.—BRANDRETII'S PILLS WARRAATID TO CORE FEVER AND Ans.—The effect of purging with BRANDRETEPS PILLS is to re . store the health, no matter from what cause it may be Rafting, They take out all impurities from the eye• tern; and they have the same power of expulsion over miaow, poisonous vapor of decayed vegetables, or indeed •any poisonous exhalations breathed by man whatever. In feet, if the blood is indsoned, it is impure, and im pure blood results in disease. . • BRANDRETII'S PILLS, though innocent as bread, yet they are cape tie tor put tying the blood and curing disease. So, they cure all kinds of fevers, all asthnms„ catarrhs, cestiveness and painful affections of every kind. SiAdyprito *Oen% it N 0.294 Canal Oft New York, and by all Druggists. Also, by GEC II BELL, corner of Second and Chestnut streets, Harileturg, and by all respectable dealers in-medicines de9-d&wlm Nan 21buttliettntnts. - - - FOR SALE,—A very fine five-year-old BAY MORGAN HORSE, medium size, perfectly sound and gentle. Is a fast, free traveler, and in every respect a desirable horse. The owner, having no further use for him, will sell at a bargain. Oan be seen At WILLIAM COLDER'S Livery 'Stable ronUrme, , &c., inquire of feb9-Iwilit I. S. HAMMER, Brady House. GOLD PENS ! :GOLD .PENS ! Which for elasticity and fine paints cannot be surpassed PRICES TO EMT THE TIMES! COI and try them, at SCHEFFER'S CHEAP BOCK-STORE, feb9 18 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa, VALENTINES ! . VALENTINES ! ! A large 'assortment of COMIC and SENTIMENTAL VALENTINES of different styles and prices. For tale at SOMMER'S BOOKSTORE, feb9 18 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa. NEW BOOKS! The "CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF BIRD'S," Illustrated by W. Hamm. Price 75c. cloth. The "CHILDREN'S PICTURE FABLE BOOK," Il lustrated by HARRISON Want. Price 75c. cloth. The "CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOR OF qtrApßv- REDS, Illustrated by W. Ilenvar. Price no. cloth. For sale at SCHEFFER'S BOOKSTORE, feb9 No. 18 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa. FOR SALE.—The BUILDING on the corner of Walnut and Short etreete, used as a COOPER SHOP. This building was originally built so that it could be turned into Dwelling Houses. It con sists of three separate frames placed together, each frame being 25 by 20 feet, making the entire building, as it now stands, 75 feet long and 20 feet wide. Will sell also an EIGHT HORSE POWER ENGINE AND BOILER, nearly new, and one of Drawback's Patent Stave Cutters, and a Set of Saws for Jointing Staves. The above property will be sold at a bargain, as we wish to clear the ground on which the building stands. Enquire at the Broker's Office of . fl. L. WOULLOOH, feb9-dtf • - 126 Market Street: NOTICE!! The undersigned bee opened hie LUMBER 07110.71, Corner, of TAird Street and Blaeltherr* Alley; set err 2, Hotel.. : • , • ALSO—Two Boom, with folding door; TO LET— suitable for a Lowyeeo Oi loW: Possession immediately. ALSO—A number o;ie F 1 RA for sale. W. F. MURRAY =I ALT3O-4r OR SES AND CA:RICII.GEStohire at the sat/WO/flee. • febB-itt AA PPLK WHISKY! ---.lftRE JERSEY Ar. i—lnaitore kir sale b JOHNIHS arl. RISQ UE, ot street. febT HE BIBLE ON DIVORCE.—The T lowing , words are from Mark s. v. ik 121 "What, therefore, Gotham joined together let not man put man er." "Whosoever shall, put away hie wife and marry another coramittetili adultery. And if a woman alkali put. Amoy her husband and many pin she committeth adultery .w Legislators : and others, the above is the edict of the 12 12" 244) ifawsiver t from width there is do appeal,— "What, therefore, God has joined together let no maa put asunder." Janl2-dtf 11.11ANBERRIES--A very Superior lot at setae.) WM. DOCK, /a. & CO VOR the genuine ENGLISH MUSTARD g c to KEL/XIVB DRUG STOBV. 'RANK A. MURRAY
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