curses of our children and our children's chil
dren. War opens an abyss as horrible as hell.
Dissolve the Union peaceably—by- treaty—
make as many contracts , as you please—bind
each side by every possible precaution—guard
against every contingency—and you will speed
ily find all your agreements worth as little as
the parchment on which they'are written. As
separate nations, the Northern and Southern
Republics would commence their new career
with inevitable and irreconcilable causes for
quarrel Among - those the navigation of the
Mississippi and its tributaries, and the line
between slavery and freedom, need alone' be
mentioned. Six men with ICCIIIETLOiI can inter
rupt at any moment the trade and travel of the
Mississippi. It will be done, For the passions
of the people of rival nations will be rampant.
and all the causes for suspicion and precaution
which now exist, will be multiplied a thousand
fold. This interference with the oommunica,
tions of the West would not be endured. Free
dom of river intercourse would be-asserted by
arms—by invasion—by war. So also in regard
to the border line. If the North was foreign
to the South, we would never consent to the
recapture of fugitive slaves. The slave ab
sconding from his Virginia master into Penn
sylvania, would be pursued. Our people,
asserting the integrity of their soil, would
defend him. Invasion would be met by resist
ance, by arms, and such conflict is war. Here
are two teeming sources of the sanguinary
hostility which all history shows to have ever
marked the border line beeween hostile nations.
On each side the several populations would be
in arms, and eager for the fray. To mortal
eyes no ray of hope and peace gilds the im
penetrable darkness of the black cloud which
will hover over the entire country once broken
into discordant fragments.
Let us repeat then the language of Jackson,
" The Federal Union—id must be preserved." It
rests with us to preserve it. The border slave
States will remain with us if we do not drive
them out by the rashness of a presumed over
whelming power ; and the Gulf States will
not, cannot, stand by themselves. Their con
federacy is but provisional, and at its head are
two wise men—one at least a firm, conservative.
statesman. They will not beg for favors but
they will accept justice. Let us spontaneously
offer it. Virginia and the other Southern
states now represented in the Peace Convention
at Washington are truly devoted to the Union.
Let us be so also in acts as well as words, and
these evil days will have passed away forever.
Wiser by past experience, we shall be safer in
the future, and the history of these times will
add another to the many consoling evidences
that Providence often overrules the madness of
man for his own purposes of infinite wisdom
and mercy.
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Democratic State Committee,) to whom was entrusted
the duty of perfecting arrangements for the meeting of
the Democratic State Convention, to be held in this city
have adopted the following programme :
The Convention will be held, agreeably to the call of
the Hon. W. H. Winzn, on the 21st inst., at 3 o'clock,
p. m., in BRANT'S HALL.
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proper order in the Hall during the session of the Con
vention, and to secure the comfort of the delegates at
tending.
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of Arrangements have determined that no member or
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Gen. Stokes' Speeeh.
We invite the careful attention of our rea
ders to the truly able, eloquent and patriotic
speech of Gen. William .A. Stokes, of West-
Moreland county, in this State, delivered before
the County Convention, at Greensburg, a few
days ago, which we publish this morning.
This speech is one of rare ability, covering
as it does the whole ground on the question of
the present National difficulties. To those who
are acquainted with Gen. Stokes, it is useless
to say that he is one of the first men of the day,
and that he is always entertaining and instruc
tive.
Of the very many speeches we have read
within the past few . months on the National
crisis, none of them have inspired us with more
delight than this great effort of Oen. SWIM—
.
Ins style, always eloquent, argumentative and
beautiful in point of diction, is of that pecu
liarly fascinating character that captivates the
bearer or reader. In no previous effort has
this truly eloquent gentleman shown to better
advantage than on the occasion that, called
forth the speech which we publish in to-day's
paper- He his treated the subject with a mas
ter hand, and presents the facts and arguments
in such a clear and forcible light that all who
read his speech will be delighted.
The Programme of the Presidential Trip,
The following schedule shows the arrivals
and departures in and from the various locali
iies the President elect and party will visit on
their journey to New York:
•
• Sunday, Feb. 17.—Iternam at Buffalo.
Monday, Eeb. 18.—Leave Buffalo at six A.
M., and arrive at Albany at three P. M.
- Tneaday, Feb. 1 9—Leave Albany at . ten
M., and arrive at New York at three P. M.
mr. W. B. Wood, the manager of the Presi-
A e nti a i party, informs us that the following
arisugements have been completed :
Thursday, Feb. 21—Leave New York at nine
A. M., and arrive at - Trenton at twelve M. ;
leave- Trenton- at half-past two P. M., and
arrive at Philadelphia at four
Friday, Feb. 22—Leavelhiladelphia at nine
A. M.,. and arrive at Harriebnig_at one P. N.
Saturday, Feb. 28-:—Leaire liarriabirg at nine
A. M.,•tuid arrive at Baltimore at. one P. IL ;
leave Baltimore at three P. M., and arrive at
Wallington at baltpaet Your P. N.
Lincoln on the Tariff;
Whenever a public man enters Pennsylvania
he feels bound to say something about the
Tariff. Mr. Lincoln made several speeches
without alluding to 4he subject- of protection,
until he arrived 'at Fittablirg, where he undar
took to give his view's on the Tariff—and a be*-
tiful mess * he reads-of it. 'Only think of it!
Here is a man who was represented to the peo
ple of . Pennsylvania as a devoted friend of pre-
Let:Lion to - their industrial interests, whose re
cord, while a member of Congress, -was. tri,
ninphantly referred to as evidence that be was
tr Tariff man from conviction—whose election
*as urged and insisted upon as the only means
of securing protection for this State—who was,
in fact, elected because he was supposed to be
sound on this question—this man, on his way
to Washington to take possession of the .Rxe
native department of the Government, embraces
the first opportunity, upon entering Pennsyl
vania, to confess that he does not understand the
subject, bat promises to give it his closest at
tention, and endeavor to comprehend it fully.
This is the sort of man who was elected because
of his supposed devotion to- the principle of a
protective Tariff. Instead of having fixed
opinions on this subject, it turns out that he has
cared so little, and thought so little about it,
that he has no strong and settled convictions.
The Tariff has been with him a secondary con
sideration. His mind has been so much ab
sorbed with the negro question that he has not
had leisure to study political economy, to de
termine whether protection is right or wrong
—but he will think over the matter; and he
coolly advises a Pennsylvania audience, and
Pennsylvania members of Congress, to do like
wise—study the question. What do the pro
tectionists of Pennsylvania think of Mr. LIN
COLN by this time ?
It is well known that the Tariff plank in the
Chicago platform received different and con
flicting interpretations during the Presidential
contest. While the "People's party" of Penn
sylvania said that it meant proteCtiOu, and
would have committed the Administration to
that principle, the New York Evening Post and
other representatives of the free trade element
in the Republican party were equally satisfied
that it meant free trade ; and they asserted that
the party would never dare to pass a protective
Tariff, or Mr. Lincoln to approve of it. We
frequently alluded to the double-faced character
of this Tariff resolution, and warned the people
that it was a cunningly constructed fraud, in
tended to cheat Pennnsylvania by ambiguous
expressions. But our People's party rejected
all such imputations upon the sincerity of the
Chicago Convention, and expressed themselves
entirely satisfied that this plank, at least, was
constructed of good, sound, honest material.
Well, the first expression of opinion from Mr.
LINCOLN, on this subject, is a confession that
there are shades of difference in construing even this
platform. So the Tariff plank is not so clear,
positive, direct and explicit in favor of protec
tion to Pennsylvania interests, as the Repub
licans represented it to be during the last can
vass. LINCOLN says there are shades of dif
ference on the subject—and these shades cover
all degrees of opinion between free trade on
the one hand, and absolute protection on the
other.
ssa-osimpittg .
his opinions, has thrown light upon at least two
points :
First—His own ignorance. He knows nothing
about the Tariff question; but proinises, when
he obtains leleure, (and that cannot be until
the offices are distributed,) he will set about
informing himself, and endeavor to arrive at
SOW GOACIUSiOI2.
Second—The Chicago platform is susceptible
of different constructions, and is not clearly
and distinctly a pledge in favor of a protective
Tariff.
But let us listen to his own words in reference
to the Morrill bill, now pending in the senate,
and now put in extreme peril by the exertions
of New York merchants against it:
The Tariff bill now before Congress may not
pass at the present session. I confess Ido not
understand the precise provisions of this bill.
I do not know whether it can be passed by the
present Congress or not. It may or may not
become the law of the land, but if it does that
will be an end of the matter until modifications
can be effected, should it be deemed necessary.
If it does not pass—and the latest advises I
have are to the effect that it is still pending—
the next Congress will have to give it their
earliest attention. According to my political
education I am inclined to believe that the
people in the various portions of the country
should have their own views carried out through
their representatives in Congress, The consid
eration of the Tariff' bill should be postponed until
the next session of the National Legislature. No
subject should engage your representatives
more closely than that of the tariff. If I have
any recommendation to make it will be that
every man who is called upon to serve the
people in a representative capacity should study
the whole subject thoroughly, as I intend to do
myself—looking to all the varied interests of
the common country—;-so that when the time
for action arrives adequate protection shall be
extended to the coal and iron of Pennsylvania,
the corn of Illinois and the reapers of Chicago.
Permit me to express the-hope that this impor
tant subjeet may receive such consideration at
the hands of your representatives that the
interests of no part of the country may be
overlooked, but that all Sections may share in
the common benefits of a just and equitable
tariff.
Not a word here to help the passage of the
goirill bill, but many to defeat it It may pass,
and then again it may not Ile don't precisely
understand it. If it becomes a law it will be
a law, and if' it don't become a law then it may
possibly be defeated. He has heard about it
before—supposes it is still pendingr—thinks it
very difficult to comprehend—has been educated
to believe that members of Congress shOuld vote
according to the views of their constituents—
recommends that members of Congress study
the matter thoroughly, as he intends to do; so
that when the time for action arrives, adequate
protection shall be extended to the coal and
iron of Pennsylvania, the corn of Illinois and
the reapers of Chicago. What a muddle !
Dogberry must have been the model feral' this
incomprehensible trash.
The quotation above is taken from the report
-lathe New York Herald. We observe that the
Philadelphia papers suppress the sentence in
italics recommending the postponement of the
tariff until the ne;t session of Congress. But
a careful reading of the context
.shows that
this sentence accords with what precedes and
follows it. The 'whole question is treated •as
one to be considered and diepoeed of at some
tuture day—one requiring careful study and
profound investigation. •
So mush for this old Illinois “rail-splitter,”
who, in an hour of infatuation and folly, has
been called upon to take th e reins of Government
into bis hands.. Of all the miserable, trifling
twaddle: that ever came from human lips, his
speech 4 are the most miserabliand trifling.—
He is tbie greatest humbug of the age, and if
his own'party friends do not so 'vote him, (as
soon as , the offices are distributed,) they are
bigger fools than we take than to bel,
The Great Difficulty,
We have not a partible doubt that'll' the
people of this country could select members of
Congress, with speoial reference to the settle
ment of our national difficulties, they would
choose such men as would restore peace and
quiet to the country without unnecessary de
lay. Public :sentiment in this State runs so
strong in favor of compromise, that the people
would scarcely leave a specimen of the radical,
uncompromising, stiff-backed Republican—but
sweep nearly the whole crew into utter obliv
ion. The people of Pennsylvania do not value
the Republican party before the Union. They
would rather see it break into a thousand
pieces, than to preserve it—as the Nbune
would—at the expense of the Union.
On this subject the Baltimore American for
cibly says :—"The great difficulty in the way
is the fact that our national Representatives
were not elected for the crisis. When they
were nominated there were certain vacancies
to fill, and certain party triumphs to secure.
But they do not come from the olass to which
statesmen belong, and they are totally unequal
to the emergency. The settlement of questions
born of the crisis is no part of the bargain
they made when they secured their nomina
tions ; because the crisis was then only im
pending. The things that have to be done
before peace and harmony can be restored, can
not be done Under party rules, and are in fact
altogether above and outside of party tactics.
- ken who undertake to grapple , with the mo
mentous issues , of the present must be pro
foundly conscious of the importance Of the
interests involved ; and they must also have
due regard to the verdict of posterity. Some
of those who have had the greatness thrust
upon them-7 ho have unexpectedly and sud
denly found themselves in the midst of revo
lution, with no antecedent , knowledge to guide
them, and no native ability to comprehend the
exigencies of the hour—will perhaps be infa
mous hereafter, more because their accidental
official position forces them to be actors in a
drama of which they do not know any of the
parts, than because they are indisposed to per
form their known duty."
PENNA' LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
MONDAY, Feb. 18, 1861.
The Senate was called to order at 3 o'clock
by the SPEAKER.
The Journal of Friday was read and ap
proved.
The SPEAKER laid before the Senate the
annual report of the Northern home for friend
less children.
BILAS IN PLACE
Mr. MOTT, a supplement to the act incorpo
rating the Pennsylvania coal company.
Mr. SMITH, an act exempting the property
of the Philadelphia City institute from taxa
tion.
Mr. ROBINSON. a_suonleent to the_a_ct
sutnorrzaffg mortgages on coat zerzwee - m
kill county.
Also, an act repealing "Au Act granting a
bounty on fox scalps in Mercer county."
Also, an act for the protection sheep in the
county of Mercer.
Mr. BOUGHTER, an act for the suppression
and destruction of counterfeit bank notes.
Mr. LAWRENCE, an act to repeal "An Act
relating to sohools in the boroughs of Washing
tett and Calmonsburg." • ,
ORIGINAL ABSOLUTION.
Mr. PENNEY offered the following; which
was twioe read and adopted;
Resolved. That the Attorney General be re
quested to inform the Senate what progress has
been made in the collection of the judgments
recovered against the. Pennsylvania railroad
company for-tonnage tax.
BILLS RE-CONSIDERED
On motion of Mr. WHARTON, the bill for
the relief of John Mong was re-considered, and
passed a second reading. •
BILLS CONSIDERED
Mr. WHARTON called up the act reviving
the warrant of Peter Swope, collector of taxes
in Huntingdon; which was passed.
Mr. Welsh called up the supplement to an
act relative to roads in Middletown township,
Delaware county; which was passed.
Mr. MEREDITH called up House bill, enti
tled "An Act to authorize the qualified voters
of Alleghbny township, in Armstrong county,
and Center township, Green county, to elect
additional Supervisors;" which was passed
finally.
Mr. MEREDITH (for the SPEAKER) called
up House bill, entitled "An Act to extend the
provisions of an act for selling the repairs of
the public highways to Washington township,
Schuylkill county;" which was passed finally.
Mr. CLYMER called up House bill, entitled
"An Act to lay out a State road in Berks and
Lebanon counties;" which was passed finally.
Mr. CONNELL called up House bill, entitled
"An Act to change the name of the Harmonia
sacred music society of Philadelphia;" which
was passed finally.
Mr. KETCHAM ealled'up the act authorizing
the Dundee coal company to borrow money;
which was passed.
-Mr. BOUND called up House bill, entitled
"An Act relating to road views for damages in
Northumberland county;" which was passed
finally.
Mr. CRAWFORD called up an act relative to
actions for trespass, in Milford and Fermanagh
townships, in Juniata. county ;, which was
passed.
Mr. BLOOD called up an act to lay out a
State road in Indiana and Jefferson counties ;
which was laid over on second reading.
Mr. HAMILTON called up a supplement to
the act relating to the Lancaster county Tri
son ; which was passed. '
Mr. ROBINSON called up House enti
tled "An Act relating to the collection of taxes
in Lawrence county ; which was passed finally.
Mr. FULLER called up house bill, entitled
.
"An Act for the better security of the wages of
laborers in Fayette county ;", - which was . laid
over.
M. LAWRENCE called up an act to repeal
an actin relation to the schools in the boroughs.
of Washington and. Canonsburg ; which was
passed. Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. •
MONDAY '
February 18, 1861.
The House was called to order at 8 o'clock
p. m r lby the SPEAKER.
•: PETITIONS,
SevOral petitions and remonstranooo on va
rious subjects wee presented and referred.
Mr. SELTZER asked and obtained leave to
have read a communication from the People's
Association of the Thirteenth ward of Phila
delphia, fully.endorsing his-course in the Le
gislature.
Mr. MOORE moved thak 500 copies of the
document be printed in. German ; [laughter]
.not agreed -to:.
•. - -
The communication was thereupon ordered to
be printed in the Record.
Messrs. DUNCAN, MoGONIGAL and TAY
LOR asked leave to change their votes on the
bill to commute the tonnage duties Granted.
Mr. MARSHLL offered 'a joint resolution
that when the House adjourns on Thursday at
1 o'clock it adjourns to meet at 10 o'clock on
Friday morning to meet the , Senate in the hall
of the House to participate'in the oeremonies
.of the day, and stand adjourned'until the 6th
of March. Laid over under the rules.
=!
Several bills were read in place. Among
them one to make a change in making assess
ments in:Philadelphia.
DILLS PASSED.
To change the place of holding elections in
York county.
Mr. COLLINS, a bill to repeal the sot chang
ing the name of Brownsville to .01d'Red Stone
Fort.
PAY OF PEACE COMMISSIONERS.
The House proceeded to the consideration of
joint resolutions to pay the Peace Commisioners
at Washington the same per diem and mileage
as received by members of Congress.
The pending question was on the motion of
Mr. HILL to postpone indefinitely. The ques-
tion was taken and the motion lost.
Mr. TRACY hoped the further consideration
of the subject would be postponed until he
could get information from . Washington. lie
had written to some members of the commission
and expected an answer in a day. or two.
Mr. PATTERSON said he could see no good
reason for any further delay. He hoped the
bill would be acted upon at once.
Several other gentlemen participated in the
debate.
Mr. WILLIAMS said he was opposed to
sending the Commissioners ; but if they had
gone on a fool's mission, that was not their
fault, but ours. They should be paid liberally,
and he was in favor of giving them ten dollars
per day.
The amendment to postpone for the present
was not agreed to.
A running discussion took place on the com
pensation to be paid to Dr. Puleston, the Clerk
of the. Commission.
Mr. LICHTENWALLNER moved an amend
ment—" Provided, That the Commissioners are
not paid , by Congress." Not agreed to.
111 r. PUGHE moved to strike out all after the
•
enacting clause, and insert---" That the sum of
$4,000 be aPpropriated to pay the CoMmission
ere, and that the State Treasurer be authorized
to pay the same."
Mr. MARSHALL moved to strike out $4,000
and insert $2,000. Not agreed to.
Pending the question, on the motion of Mr.
PIIGHE, the House adjourned.
THE NATIONAL CRISIS.
VIEWS OF THE PRESS ON LINCOLN'S SPEECHES
IS ANYBODY HURT ?"
Mr. Lincoln's speeches elicit considerable
comment from , the press, and various are the
opinions expressed. The Republican journals,
as a general thing, affect to admire them, some
of them, however, find it necessary to enter
into " explanations." Thus the New York
Commercial, as if oppressed with the convic
tion that something should be said to explain
away Mr. Lincoln's singular declaration, " no
body is suffering anything," tells us now that
" the President elect was not speaking of local
or commercial affairs; but in a broad, general,
political sense, simply saying what we all feel,
that the verbal secession of certain States has
produced no crash or wreck of the Republic."
" Verbal" secession, does our contemporary
say ? If the Federal Government is powerless
to execute a single law in any of the seceding
States Co-day, the secession, it seems to us, 10
something rn^"P " vc.rhol 2,
-- irriothing going wrong—nothing that really
hurts anobody," says Mr. Lincoln, but the N.
Y. News asks:
Does not the sweeping bankruptcy of our
merchants, the stoppage of our manufactories,
the universal stagnation of trade, and the tens
of thousands of poor laboring people thrown
out of employment by the unrest'of the times,
hurt somebody ?" . .
The Philadelphia Inquirer also shows that
sthnebody has been ".hurt" in that city:
"In this city full thirty percent. of the work
ing population are idle. To realize the truth •of
this let every man note the dullness in his own
peculiar trade or business ; let him call to mind
the large number of his friends, neighbors and
fellow-tradesmen who walk the streets day
after day with nothing to do. His experience
in this respect will be the type of all. : Let him
go into the large manufacturing establishments
which, at this time, should be filled with busy
hands, and observe the thinned ranks of the
workmen and workwomen. From this cause
Chesnut street wears every day the appearance
of a holiday, so many idle people are , on that
thoroughfare. Our hotels and mercantile ware
houses, which by this time should be vocal
with the hum and activity of the 'spring trade,'
are dull and almost lifeless. The building
permits, which in February a year ago num
bered hundreds, now scarcely reach a dozen.
It is stagnation everywhere. The man who
does not, see it is blind, and the public ;man
who ignores it in the Legislature or in Con
gress commits a crime."
The Journal then points out the plan of the
Republicans to issue government paper money,
in sums of $5O and $lOO, and says :
"Here, then,independently of political issues,
we have at the threshold of the new adminis
tration, the proposed revival of all the financial
errors which the country has hitherto most
solemnly condemned , ; a. war on commerce—a
protective tariff—and a government paper cur
rency If the Republican party lasts long
enough to come fairly before the country on
either of these issues, we are mot afraid of the
result."
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Express writes
. •
The tone of levity and frivolity which char
acterize the speeches of Mr. Lincoln, tames
the hearts of our citizens to sink within them.
They perceive already that, he is not the . man
for the crisis, and.begin to despond . of any ex
trication from impending difficulties.
The Philadelphia Argus, commenting on Mr:
Lincoln's speeches, remarks;
When the people , ask for bread he gives them
a stone. He dispatches the most serious sib
jects with a joke, and asserts, with a smile,
that the present crisis is purely
.", artificial"
The tariff and other kindred subjects,'which
should be familiar other,
every one aapirineto
statesmanship, he acknowledges :he does 'not
understand. No definite plan of action seems
to have been matured for his administratiOn,
but everything is to be left to chance. _ The
humiliating spectacle is thus presented of
President.elect of this great confederacy in
dulging in the merest clap-trap of the politi
cian, thanking the people for voting for him,
flattering their local pride, and appealing to
their sectional animosities. • A universal rep
robation comes.to Us through the press of the
tiriling and flippant . retastkOYAdttlged in by the
President elect.' ' •
The Philadelphia ~tef i ger elm) says
We confess we are somewhat disappointed in
the speeches which Mr. Lincoln is making while
on his -way to the seat of government; where
he is to be invested with the chief exeoutive
authority. To say nothing of the tone of these
speeches, which is net always becoming the
serious:!situation of affairs in: which the country
is now placed, ho does not deem to havo fully
apprehended tkedifficultier he has to encounter
at the ieryibeginning of his administragenc and
which the wisest statesmen in the land would
approach with dread and hesitation. There is
a degree of flippancy in his treatment of our
national difficulties when he does approach
that subject, even in a remote manner, that
shows he_is not yet sufficiently impressed with
the real significance, and, has presented to his
.own . 'miiid no definite course of action which is
likely to lead us to peace' and safety. When
Mni Lincoln attempts to ignore the crisis which
now threatens rate existenee of the government
and the peace of fhe . country; and declares that
gi there is nothing wrong," or nothing which
keeping cool on both sides will not correct, he
shows a very shallow and superficial apprecia
tion of our difficulties.
AN 7.1122PR119518LN OONYLTOT.
The conduct of the friends of "free speech"
and "free soil" has, it appears, led to an , ..„ •
"irre
pressible conflict" in Washington. The Mater,
Of Saturday afternoon,- says:
Last night about nine o'clook an altercation
took place between Mr. Kellogg, representative
from , Illinois and Mr. Madill, editor of the
Chicago T ribune. The difficulty was caused
by some' remarks of the latter concerning the
late explession of what Mr. Madill termed anti
republican opinions in the speech of Mr. Kel
logg in the House, which it is known fell like
a thunderbolt in the ranks of the republicans.
And also concerning the thieats of Mr. Kellogg
to read the Tribune out. of the party. In the
altercation Mr. Kellogg knocked down Mr.
Madill and chastised him severely, until sep
arated by the bystanders. Mr. Kellogg is not
only bold enough to own his Union sentiments,
but "dare maintain them."
Maul "Reroast."—We have received a copy
of Mrs. Dr. Lydia Sayerti Hasbroueck's paper
—the Sybil. It is the organ of the Bloomer
faternity. There are some spicy things in it.
According to an article with the Caption, "Wo
men on- Horseback,"• we are to have a new
"reform" mooted. In this article we find eleven
"disadvantages of the present mode of riding,"
set forth with a view of showing that man
should not be allowed any longer to monopolize
the easiest and best mode of sitting on horse
back.
THE "INDEPENDENT" A DRY GOODS SPECULA
TION. —The liabilities of Messrs. Bowen,
Holmes & Co., the great dry goods merchants
in New York, are stated to be, a_million and a
half of dollars. They propose to pay 70 per
cent. in math; as their obligations mature, and
the remaining 80 per tent, in stock of the in
dependent, their creditors advancing, the latter
amount in cash and taking the shares. The
Journal' of Commerce states that the assets of
the' firm show a large surplus. They include
$300,000 in the paper. It is said to have 65-
000 subscribers.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.—We see it
stated in the Shepherdetown (Va.) Register
that the work oh dam No. 4 of this canal, which
was commencedin 1857, has been finally com
pleted, under the supervision of Mr. Brown,
the contractor, and that it is expected: that
navigation, throughout the entire line, will be
resumed about the middle of March.
Burnt Emu or NEWgPAPIII9.—The grand
jury in Richmond, on Tuesday, took initiatory
steps for preventing the circulation of the
New York World, New York Tribune and New
York Times in that city.
Mr. Arthur Kinlock is translating from the
Italian "Napoleon Bonaparte the Firgt," from
the pen of MS brother, Louis Napoleon, ex-
King of Holland.
Extensive preparations are going on in all
the Northern States to celebrate the 22d of
February with the unusual honor, and with
little regard to cost.
The bill appropriating $50,000 for the relief
of the sufferers in Kansas, paSseti the New
York Senate on Friday, as it came from the
Assembly. It now goes to the Governor.
Hon. R. A. Bennett, a member of the Ten
nessee Logislaturo,.:Was dangerotisly wounded
nedy.
Commander Raphael Semmes, now of Ala,
barna, has resigned his commission in the navy
of the:United States. . - • .
The Legislature of Ohio 'has palmed an, act
piaranteeing the bonds of the Federal Govern
ment to the amount of $2,700;000. • -
The Neiv York Legislature has passed a bill
appropriating $50,000 for the relief of the
Kansas sufferers::
Tlie,cothinittee - of the Peace Conference - dined
with. President:Buchanan on Friday. Miss
Uno gave hei Tact reception on Saturday:.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
MVlth CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.-Mr. Bragg, (N. C.,) from the Com
mittee on Claims, reported a resolution to re
peal the joint resolution in favor of Wm. H.
Degroot. Adopted.
The report of the committee of conference on
the deficiency bill, which was made on Saturday,
was taken up and agreed to.
Mr. Xing (N. Y.) presented a petition from
the German Republican associations of the city
of New York, asking that something may be
- done for the preservation of the Union, and
Congress stand by the Constitution and the
laws.
Mr. Bigler (Pa.) presented several petitions
in favor of the Crittenden resolutions.
Mr. Seward (N. Y.) presented a petition from
two-thirds of the book publishers of the United
States, and also the faculty of Columbia College,
asking for a modification of the tariff bill in re
gard to books.
Mr. Sumner (Mass.) presented the petition
of citizens of Massachusetts against any com
promise which will extend slavery in the terri
tories. Also, two petitions from citizens of
Philadelphia in , favor of the Constitution as it
is, and the enforcement of the laws.
Mr. Cameron - presented the petitions of citi
zens of Pennsylvania in favor of the Constitu
tion as it is, and otht;rs in favor of the Critten
den resolutions.
Mr. Hale (N. H.) presented the petition of
Lewis :Warner, Paymaster of the Pensacola
Nally Yard, stating that his personal property
was seized when-the Navy Yard was taken, and
- asking relief. • -
Mr. Douglas (Ill.) presented several petitions
in faVor'of the general bankrupt-act.
Messrs. Foster, (conn,) (Conn„) and
Ten Eyck presented petitions from , citizens of
Connecticut and New Jersey, in favor of. the
border State resolutions:
Houss.—Mr. John Cochrane (N. Y.) from
the Committee on Commerce, -reported a bill
appropriating '50,000 dollars or the Survey of .
the Northern water courses, and Islands of the
Pacific Ocean and Behring's Straits, in view of
establishing telegraphic communication from
the mouth of the Amoor river in Aaia to some
point on the confines of the Russian possessiona.
Referred to the committe .of the whole on the
state of the Union.
Mr. Satnton, Ohio, from Military Commit
tee, reported a bill supplemental to the acts of
1795 anllo7, PrCvidiug for : the _calling forth
of the Militia for the execution of the laws of
the Union, the suppression' Of insurrection and
repelling invasion, so. as to extend their pro
visions to the rise of insurrection against the
authority' of the United States, and to. authoro
Ise the President, incases where it may he law-:
IA to use , the ;militia, in addition :to the army
and navy, to accept the services of volunteers
as, Fatality, infantry and artillery and to officer'
same.' ' • • •
Mr. Boo& (Va.) said if there is_to be any
hope of peace it must be by the rejection of
force bills.
Mr. Stantonlaaid that the bill merely sup,
plied an omission in the not of 1795.
Mr.'lttidook objected to the second reading of
the, WI. therefore the queation - rfeittirrod; shah
the bill be rejeCtid Decided in the neeetiye—
yew, 67, nap 110.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.
_ _
Departure of Vice President nandin, f or
Washington City.
BANGOR, Me., Feb. Is .
Mr. Hamlin, the Vice President sleet, as ..
companied by his wife, left for Washington this
morning. He was escorted to the depot bq
thousands of his fellow townsmen, who cheerei
and bade him farewell. Previous to the start,
ing of the train Mr. Hamlin responded 1 0
brief address as follows :
I go to discharge the official duties whi c h
have been conferred by a generous people, re .,
lying on Divine Providence. I trust that this
confidence shall never be betrayed ; I know f u l l
well that dark clouds are lowering around th e
political horizon, and that madness rules th e
hour, but I am hopeful still ; our people ar e
not only, loyal to the Government, but are f irs ,
ternal to all its citizens, and when in practice
it shall be demonstrated that the constitutional
rights of all the States will be respected, and
maintained by following the paths illuminated
by Washington, Jefferson and Madison, may
we not reasonably hope and expect that quiet
will be restored, and the whole country still
advance in a career which will elevate man
in
his social, moral and intellectual condition.
The President's Departure from Buff a l o .
UTICA, N. Y., Feb. 18.
Mr. Lincoln and party left _Buffalo before six
o'clock this morning. He was escorted to the
depot by the military and several hundred chi.
zens. Horace Greeley and others joined the
party.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
WE call the attention of our readers to
an article advertised in another column, called BLOOD
FOOD. It is an entirely new discovery, and must sot
be confounded with any of the numerous patent medi
cines of the day. It is FOOD FOR TUB BLOOD, already
prepared for absorption ; pleasant to the taste and natu.
ral in action, and what one gains he retains. Let ell
those, then, who are suffering from poverty, impurity or
deficiency of blood, and consequent/ywith some chronic
disease or ailment, take of this BLOOD FOOD 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. EATON'S INF ANTIFB 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, and
Soften the gums in process of teething, and at the same
time regulate the bowels. Let .all mothers and nurses,
who have endured anxious days and sleepless nights,
procure a supply end be at once relieved.
iri" flee advertisement. aul7-dacwBus
DIRS. WINSLOW,
An arperitneed aurae and female physician, hut Seeth
ing Syrup for children teething, wbich greatly facilitate
the process of teething by softening the gums, reducing as
inilamnation—will allay all pain, and is cure to regulate
the bowels. Depend upon it mothers, it will give reet, to
youreelvee„ and- relief and health to your infants. Per
ectly safe in all Cases. See advertisement in another col
nlnn. ana19,1869-danrly
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY--Sif
James 91ar1c9 7 11 Celebrated Female Pills, prepared from a
prescription of Sir J. Clarke, M. D., Physician Eztraordl•
nary to the Queen.
This invaluable medicine is unfailing in the cute of all
those painful and dangerous diseases to which the female
constitution is subject. It moderates all OXON'S and re.
moves all obstructions and a speedy cure may be relied on.
TOMARRIED LADIES
it is peculiarly suited. It will In a short time bring On
the monthly period with regularity.
Bach bottle, pri oe One Dollar, bears the Government
Stamp of;lareat Britain, to prevent counterfeits.
THESE-PILLS SHOULD NOT BR TAKEN BY FEMALES DUENG
THE FIRST TEBBE MONTHS OF Pasomisor, Ae THEY ABU
SURE TO BRING ON BiISOARRIAGE, BOT AT ANY OTHER TIME
THEY ARE SAFE.
. In all cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections, Pain in the
Back and Limbs, Fatigue on slight exertion, Palpitation of
the heart, Hysteria and Whites, these Pills will effect a
cure when all other means have failed, and although a pow
erful remedy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimony, or
anything hurtful to the constitution.
Full directions in the pamphlet around each package,
which should be carefully preserved.
N. 8.—51.,00 and 6 postage stamps enclosed to any au
thorised Agent, will insure a bottle, containing over So.
pith, by return mail.
For sale by 0. A. BAsnirvens, Harrisburg. jy7-dawly
New Muntistmtnts,
CAUTION. --Whereas my Wife SARAH
ARNOLD has left my bed and board without any
cause or provocation, MS WO give notice that I will
pay no debts of her contracting from and after this date.
JOHN ARNOLD
.7 Feb. 19, 11151.-45toawa. Datiph.o, a.
FRUIT, &O FOR SALE—At Boas ,66
•
Forster's Warehouse, on the Canal.
The subscriber has just arrived from Bradford county
with a fresh supply. of Apples, Dried, Apples, Apple
Butter, Buckwheat' Flour and Butter, all' of which he
;offers for sale low for cult,
febliMi3t
OR SALE CHEAP.,--A fine
lot of superior CANARY FIRM, just V
;imported, is offered for sale 'at 'the White
Hail opposite the Court Rouse: The sub- / ./1 - 0 * -
l iteiiber will leave town to-morrow; so that
persons wishing to purchase must call to-day.
febl9-dlt brOESLER.
THE AMERICAN READER !
A popular and very interesting.Readei, designed for
the.uae of
ACADEMIES . AND SCHOOLS
:generally throughout our country, and now in the used
the Public Schools of the Pinst School District of Penn
sylvania, by order, and with the unanimous vote of the
Board of School Controllers of said MakiCt, It maybe
had on application to the Author and Publisher, South
west corner cf Lombard and 285 streets, Philadelphia,
for $6.50-per dozen, or 75 cents per copy.
Orders may be left at this office for any quantity or
number of them, and they will be promptly delivered to
address free of freight or porterage. feble-d6m.
MADERIA WINE !-WELSHBRO
THEM) OLD RESERVE WlNE—full bodied and
fruity. In atore and for sale by
JOHN H. ZIEGLER,
feblB 73 Market street.
FIRST CLASS GROCERIES ! ! !
LARGE. ARRIVAL!!
HAVING JUST RETURNED from the Eastern cities, where
we have selected with the greatest care a large and corn
plete assortment of superior GOODS, which embrace
everything kept in the best City Groceries, we respect
fully and cordially invite the public to examine our .
stock and hear our prices,
febls
"FOR RENT—The Buehler House RES
TAURANT, with sale of Eixtureo. febl4
APPLES I ! APPLES I I I—Five Hun—
dred parrots of superior APPLES just received
from New York State. For sale at lowest cash price by
febl2 JAMS DI. WHEELER.
E L E , C T I 0 N.
OFFICE NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY CO., /
• BALTIMORE; Feb. 11, 1861.
A general meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pany will be held at CALVERT STATION, on TRITRB
- THE 28TH OF FEBRUARY NEXT, between the Ilona
of 12 and 2 e'clock, P . K., for the election of TWOITO
Directors for the ensuing year.
The Transfer Books will be cloSed.on the 16th of Feb
ruary until after' he ehtotion. By order.
febl2.dte ROBT. S. EMIRS, Secretary.
TIOUSES TO RENT.--=-Two or three
dwellings, in the brick row, on Third street, near
Walnut, are offered for rent, from the Ist of April next.
For terms, enquire of -PIICILAEL BURKE.
febla-dtf • • • t,
VALENTINES ! VALENTINES 1
. .
A large assortment of COMIC tuf4 ; SENTIMENTAL
VALENTINES of different atyles atid'prices. For sale
at• - SCUEFEER'S BOOESTOSE,
feb9 . 1.8 :Market Street, Harrisburg, Fa.
•
N. :W`BOOK S! .
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The i‘OHILDRENIS PICTURE ROOK OP BIM,"
Illustrated' by W. HARVEY. Price 75e. cloth.
The "CHILDREN'S PICTURE FABLE BOCK," 11 ,
dustrated bj HARRISON WEIR. Prlee 75e. cloth.
• The "CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOR OF QI(ADRU.
PEDS, Illuatrated by W. :Kenya*. i'rfce 75e. cloth.
For sale at- . BCREFFEWS BOORSTORE,
feb9 No. 18 Markbt Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
•VOR BUILDING on the
1 corner of Walnut 'and Short street's; used so a
tha COO t P i t
c ß oni SH d Oj e
7turrwl.binutbil4Binwgewllainagorßigolunsaelsil. blutiloott3n!
.vista of three separate framea placed together, each frame
beingt2frnyßo Net, illadi t i the 'entire, soit.now
stands, 75 feet long and 2O feet wide. dell aloe Ra
IGHTHORSApOWER ENGINE AND BOILER,
-nearly new, and one of Dratobach's Patent Stave Cutters,
'and a' Bet- Saws ; ,Thinting Staves. Thy above.
property will be "sold at a bargain, as we wish to 61011 Z
theiground , On;orliich • the building stands. Snquire at
the Broker's Office of B. L. kI'OULLOCI I L
febiS - dtf : Iv Market Stret.
THE BIBLE ON DIVORCE .—The fol..
lowing words are from Mark a. v. 9, 12 : ,
' "What, therefore, God has joined together let not man
last asunder." ' - - - '
,I 1 Whosoever shall put away hie wife and marry alleth, ee
eerrimitteth &defter'''. (And if a woman shall put away
"
he h ue and again eheeemmitteth adultery.
, vammlaturs auk" Others, 'Ali« *Wee le, tha t Oleg of the
SuprmneamerAver, from whioXi there Is go ililieul - - --
"Whet, therefore, God 'has jailed tegither lit DO .711 Ha
put If under," janli-ac
JOHN BPQUEEN.
WM. DOCK, dB., & CO