AA act relative to turnpike roads - Within the borough of Chamberanirg., , _ Supplement to an act authorizing the Gover nor to incorporate a company. for making an artificial toad froin the north ended the bridge over Clark's creek, efithe - road leading from Harrisburg to Sunbury, across Peter's moun tain, to the south end of the bridge over Powers ereek, on the said road, in the county of Dau phin. An act to vacateßuan street, between Frank ford and Paul streets, in the late borough of Franklord, Twenty-third ward, Philadelphia. A supplement to an act relative to roada-and bridges and road and bridge views and viewers in the county of Schuylkill, approved the view ers day of March, A. D. iB6O. An act to incorporate the North American oil company. A supplement to the act incorporating the Allegheny Mountain health institute. An act to incorporate the .Ardesco, oil com pany. An sat to incorporate the Eagle cotton works. An act relatirs to taxation in the borough of Cheater. An act relating to the Susquehanna awl the Philadelphia and Wilkesbarre telegraph company. An act to repeal an act to secure a stricter accountability of certain public officers in Schuylkill county, approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1859, so far as relates to the townships of West Penn and South Manheim, in said county of Schuylkill. An act relating to reference and arbitration in the city and county of Philadelphia. Supplement to an act to authorize the Gov ernor to incorporate the Delaware County turn pike road company. A further supplement to an act authorizing the Limerick and Colebrookdale turnpike com pany to extend their road, from or near Boyer town, in Berks county, to the township line of Douglass, near Jacob Bowers's mill, passed the twenty-sixth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. An act to 4151611 ti the general turnpike, bridge and plank road law as to Erie county. An act to incorporate the Idaho oil com pany. A further ampplement to an act to incorpo rate the Philadelphia and Darby railroad cow l:l9V. Adjourned. atrial WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. 20, 1861. O. BARRETT & THOMAS 0. MAoDOWELL, Pub lishers and proprietors. (foxamunleationswill not be published in the PATRIOT AND Mims unless accompanied with the nano of the liuther. • S. M. PETTENWLL & CO., Adyertiaing Agents, U 9 Nassau. street, New York, and 10 State street, Boston, are the A l um ier QC PATRIOT AND UNION, and the most influential and largest circu lating newspapers in the United States and Canadas They areauthorizedto contract for us at ourlowestrates FOR SALE. Aueeond-lumd Artesia Passe, platen 89X by Winches, In good order; can be worked either by hand or steam power. Terms moderate Inquire at this office. To Memberis of the Legislature. 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To avoid confusion and secure order, the Committee •of Arrangements have determined that no member or !meson shall be admitted within the lbs,r of the.Conveu .tion without a ticket of admission. Delegates, upon their arrival, will please call at Roost No 3, BUENIAB, HOUSE, where they will be supplied with tickets. RO - of the Press must apply as aboreio secure seats. Suitable accommodations have also been provided for the public outside of the bar of the Convention. Excursion tickets to Harrisburg and return, good from the list to the gal inst., can be obtained at the regular Stations.of the Pennsylvania Central, Philadelphia and Beading, and Cumberland Talley railroads. A. L. 110IMIFORT. Chairman Committee of Arrangements A Significant Fact. On the clam of Administration, March 4th, there will be five living ex-Presidents of the United States,—Van Buren, Tyler, Fillmore, Rime and Eachanan. Every one of these retired statesmen favors the plan of compro mise known as the Crittenden plan, or some thing aldn to it; while Mr. Lincoln, if the Republican organs are right—and his speeches may be taken as an indication .of his policy— rejects all compromise, and prefers force. Is his wisdom greater than the combined wisdom of his predecessors ? Attitude of the Southern Confederacy. Some of the Republican papers are endea voring to reinvigorate the drooping spirit of el:tertian by representing the speeches of je t , - rEasoN.DA - cas, President of the new . Southern Confederacy, as breathing defiance and invi ting war. The Praline says that Mr. DAVIS talks of war as a "welcome contingency," and it . more extensive preparations is the Northern States than have yet been made. It seeks to convey the impression that the North ern States are absolutely in danger of an attack from the troops of the Southern Confederacy, with the evident intention of inducing military preparations by the North. Now nothing could lie:More false and dangerous than these state ments. The inaugural address of Mr. D4tvis does not contain a single word which even hints at - aggressive war. On the contrary, he states elearly and explicitly the desire of the sepa rated stales for 0, peaceful recognition of their independence. - If words like these can be tor limed into a menace• of 'the North, we are at a leas le Understand he*. Mr. Dayis says : "As . "a necessity, not a choice, we have resorted to "the remedy of separation, and henceforth our "energies - must be directed to the conduct of "our own affairs, and the perpetuify of the "Confederacy . which we have forma If a • "just perception of mutual interest. shall per -44 mit ns peaceably to pursue our separate po gi libleal career, my most earnest desire will aijuwe been fulfilled. Ent if this be denied suits, and the integrity of our territory and " jurisdiction be assailed, it will but remain for sr uo, with firm resolve, toappeal to arms,. and "invoke the bleising of Providence on a just . "cause." . The Unbalance of. this language is, that the aaparated•States are in earnest, that they desire peace; but if they are attached they will defend theinselres. They don't tlmaton to make war upon the Government, but if the Government attempts to coerce them, then they will resist— and their separate Confederacy would be a ridic ulous farce if they did not. There can be no War without the North insists upoii ' , , persons vOio formeitjtheir estiMate , M 4, Imecom's ckspacity froin tiut report of thg dis ousel* botareek him 'laid Judge Dciti.imme which Was Widely circulated by the partizans of the former during the Presidential contest, and triumphantly pointed to as - eVidertee that LINCOLN was an intelleotual.matoh for the Little Giant; cannot fail to observe a wonderful de gree of inferiority between the late speeches of the President elect and them attributed to him in the Senatorial canvass. At the time the pamphlet containing the report of the discus !den Made its appearance, Judge DettOLAS pub lished a letter stating that his own speeches were not fairly reported and that Mr- LINCOLN never made the speeches attributed to him. There can be no deubt of the truth of this statement. Compare the strong, vigorous and able speeches of lineoome, as they appear in this campaign document, with the weak, con fused, contradictory stuff recently emitted by him, and ample evidence is furnished that the discussion with Douglas was "doctored" for the benefit of the Republican candidate. We now understand why it was that the Republi cans always referred inquirers to this report as establishing LINCOIdeB claims to etatemanship. The evidence which Mr. LINCOLN insists upon giving the people at almost every station on the line of his circuitous route to Washington of his total incapacity and frivolity, would in peaceful times create no other sentiments than those of disgust and contempt. But at this critical juncture, when every word .is weighed, it increases the prevailing alarm to think that the administration of the government is about to pass into the hands of a man who has the heart and the mind to utter so much nonsense. - As an indication M the effect of these speeches upon the conservatives of Maryland, we quote portions of an article on the subject, taken from the Baltimore Ai/widen, the leading organ and exponent -of this sentiment : . "Any attempt at review of the particular doctrine enunciated in any given speech would be useless, because he contradicts himself con tinually—sometimes in the next succeeding effort, and sometimes in one speech we find opposing views set forth. The most unac countable feature in the case is the appearance of gravity and dignity about the most frivolous, weak, and unstatesmanlike productions it has ever been our fortune to meet with. It is hard to realize that a man who is to occupy the sent of Washington is so entirely ignorant of the state of this great nation, and so utterly un equal to the emergency of the times ; as Mr. Lincoln appears to be. When he tells us that there is no crisis, no distress in the country, nobody injured, and nobody disappointed but a few scheming politicians, he either perpe trates a very sorry jest, or he manifests an ignorance and imbecility that are positively appalling. A man who can talk flippantly about an "artificial crisis" when there are thousands upon thousands of his countrymen suffering for the common necessaries of life, and suffering because the success of his party— whether justly or not does not matter—hes boon the signal for the disruption cif the Con federacy, such a man can. have but a very fee ble appreciation of the distressing realities around us. "We are the more disappointed, because a dif ferent course at this particular juncture would have wrought so much on the side of harmony and reconciliation. Mr. Lincoln ought to know that there is a vast amount of embittered reel ing now existing at both extremes of the coun try, and a recognition of this fact, even in the most stately and dignified style, with a very slight leaning towards compromise And friend liness, would have won him golden opinions among true Aim:l46am everywhere. A total silence upon all the vexed questions of the hour .would have been far more appropriate than any of the addresses he has delivered. The grain of wheat that we are able to gather out of this abundance of chaff- is in the reflection that a man of experience and statesmanship, and of undoubted intellectual ability, is to be the real head of the incoming Administration. Between Mr. Seward and Mr. Lincoln there is not much difficulty in making a choice. Let the People Decldg, As the session of Congress - approaches its close, and it becomes painfully evident that no relief for the evils under which the country is suffering can be expected from Congressional action, the public mind becomes oppressed with the sadness of our political condition, and de. mands an opportunity to be heard. It is next • to a certainty that there is no help to be ex pected from Congress in any form available for present relief; but that body can refer the subject to the people, in the form of a submis sion of the Crittenden prepettition, or some similar plan, which can receive the authorita tive approval or condemnation of the electors of the country_ It is idle to deny the fact that the Northern States are many of them shamefully misrepre sented in our national councils - that the Sen ators and Representatives holdng seats there do not reflect the opinions of the people of their respective States, and if the question were to be referred to their constituents, their doctrines and their political acts would be re pudiated by an overwhelming majority. Be lieving this, and not doubting that the voice of the Northern States 'is for compromise and peace, we demand of Congress, as the last and only boon they can grant, 'that they allow the people to pronounce upon the issues before the country, and declare, by their votes, whether they will allow the Union to be destroyed, through the madness Of sectional animosity, whether, by' adopting the proposition of the venerable and patriotic Senator. from Kentuck,Y, or something equivalent thereto, they Will grant that justice to the slaveholding States, which, if not fully equal tUtheir demands; will yet be accepted as a basis of settlement; and lead, even now, to a restoration of political relations, and save the Union from disintegration. The PeaceUonferene e at Washington does not promise to produce the results desired.— The incongruity of the elements of which it ii composed, forbids us to hope for the good which it seemed capable of accomplishing.— Destitute of tie anthority to enforce its conoln- Blois, could it reach those of a satisfactory character, its action must be chiefly ream mendatory, and to give such action any vslue, it must be nearly or quite unanimims. To pass upon any plan of adjustthout by a mere majority vote, gives to such plan no forte or powerc since Ale same divisions have existed there' aE; witirthe Congresei. But there is one thinglbe Bate Conference*na, the Ro u ses of Conikess may unite in—we nuialy.itUsineat to let the-1041e of the country speak for-them selvei on tlib subject. TO 49,j0ii i ie itijleny to them the ,exercise of their pliineat end-degree. rights--to persist'in - ruining the country with out giving to them an opportunity•to appreve or disapproie the lotion of their eeffeeenta tives. In their name we demand that. they be permitted to speak upon this disunion question. They are mairepresented, in many instances, in both branches of Congress, and, have no means of,declaring their opinions excepting at the ballot box. Shall this be denied them?— Let the members of Congress from New York, from Pennsylvania, from Connecticut and from other Northern States, where the popular ma jority would now declare, by thousands, in favor of an honorable adjustment, answer. If the Peace Conference can agree to no other settlement, it ought, at least, to unite upon this, and recommend to Congress an im mediate submission of the question to the peo ple. We will be content with that appeal, and we confidently believe it would result in a triumphant vindication of the position of those conservative men, who have sought to meet the South with honorable concessions, and to stay the tide of secession, by reason and not by force. Dare the Sectionalists refuse this trial ? Have they the hardihood to reject all plans of adjustment, and withhold from the people the right to speak for themselves?—iTournai of Coma. Meree. Views of Jefferson and John Q. Adams Respecting Political Crises. Hear what Mr. Jefferson says: • "With respect to our State and Federal Gov ernments, I do not think that their relations are correctly , understood by foreigners. They generally suppose the former to be subordinate to the latter. But this 113 not the case. They are co-ordinate departments of our simple and integral whole. But you may ask, if. the two departments should claim each the sume subject of power, where is the common umpire to de cide between them In oases of little impor tance and urgency, the prudence of both parties will keep them aloof from the questionable ground; but if it can neither be avoided, nor compromised, a Convention of the States must be called to ascribe the doubtful power to that depart ment which they may think best." With these remarks of Mr. Jefferson the following declarations of John Quincy Adams are in harmony. They are taken from a speech of his, delivered in New York in 1889 just fifty years after the Federal Constitution went into operation: "But the indissoluble. link of Union between the people of the , several States in this Con federation, is, after all, not in the right but in the heart. If the day should ever come—may Heaven avert it !—lvhen the affections of the people in these States shall be alienated from each other—when the fraternal feeling shall give way to cold indifference, or collisions of interest Shall foster into hatred—the bonds of political association will not long hold together parties no longer attracted by the magnetism of concentrated interests and friendly sympa thies ; and far better will it be for the people of the disunited States to part in friendship from each other, than to be held , together by constraint. Then will be tbe_time for rearertins iu-cue pre-c cedents which occurred at • the formation and adoption of the Constitution, to form again a more perfect Union by dissolving that which could no longer bind, and to leave the separate 'parts to be united by the law of political gravi tation to the centre." Will the present generation heed these les sons of wisdom imparted to them by those patriot sages ? Will the people of this country show their - wisdom' by letting the seceding States "part in friendihip" from us, and "leave them to be reunited to us by the laws of politi- Cal gravitation ?" Lord Brougham in Fauor of Concession The following letter, addressei by Lord Brougham to the Birmingham conference, is well deserving of the attention of those shallow politicians, who, in order to sustain something they call a platform, make shipwreck of the Union : Cessna (Var.) Jan. 19,1661. MY DEAR HILL—I have again to express my great regret at not being able to attend the con ference. You may well believe how deep an in terest I take in it. There wants some such thing to give one comfort in these times, when such untoward events are, it is to be feared, in progress. The difficulties unhappily inter posed by various causes (some of a kind not easily removed) to the settlement of Italy under a constitutional government, freeing her from the worst tyranny of modern, times and, above all, the alarm felt by all the friends of human improvement at the risk of disunion in America, are naturally uppermost in one's mind at the present time. How much it is to be wished that the con tending parties in both Italy and America would take a leaf out of our books, and learn the wisdom as well as virtue of compromise and mutual con cession ! Our constitution is the genuine re sult of this wisdom. I heartily wish success to the conference, and believe me, etc, FORT SMIIPTBR.—"Ion," the Washington cor respondent of the Baltimore Sun, in his letter of the 18th inst., says : I have just read a private letter from a citi zen of South Carolina, formerly in Congress from that State. which states that Fort Sumpter will be taken, at whatever cost of life, on or before the 4th of March. The writer ishimself to take part in the enterprise', and as he is also perfectly ;well:informed in regard to the inten tions of the State authorities, it may be consid ered that this information settles the fact, if there was any doubt of it, that the fort is to be taken, mid Without reference' to what the Mont gomery government may advise or order on the subject. Assurances are given by the same writer that South Carolina will insist upon. free trade, and that she and other cotton States' will oppose any tariff of duties on imports of an . avarage rate higher than six and a quarter per cent. AN ExmaNsive GOLD FlELD.—Thomas Starr King, in a letter about the California gold re gion to the Boston '2 7 ranscript, says:—.ll is an area equal to the whole of New England, and its riches are scarcely touched as yet. There is no more danger that the wheat produce will give out than that the gold harvest will. The hydraulic pipes, fed by 6,000 miles of aqueduct, may pour out their wrath without stint; the 300 quartz mills, that cost $3,600,000 may roar day and night without fear of draining the yellow crop. It is said by some geologists here that there are single quartz veins in the State which contain more gold than is at present in circulation in the world. There is a rumor of a new ladies magazine to be started ty a leading firm of publishers. The name of Mrs. 8. C. Hall is spoken of as the editress of the new publication. "Little Dorrit," by Mr. Charles Dickens, has just been translated into Frenoh by Mons. P. Lorain. Correspondence of the Patriot and 'Union. WAsamorox, Fob. 18, 1861. Than' Patnrox .I—We continuo to vibrato here between the alternating sunshine of hope and, over casting clouds of despair._ i When the committee of the Pease Congress first reported, the new&pen alleged that 7 it had adopted, inbstOatial , Mr. :Gathrii's 'plan of adjustmbnt. Without knowing :the dotal of the plan reported, 14 know that the true :report, has not yet been published. I still think that Lincoln ardently desires that an adjust- Ment may be made, and that this feeling ie known to some of hie eonfidential, Songervative friends, and berme we find a conflict between the editorsaf some of the leading Republican papers, eonspien one among whom are Weed and Greeley,editors of the leading Republican journals in New York. To outward appearance, Lincoln manifests a leaning towards the nitres of his party, and thee, for the time being, keeps his party together. Judge Kel logg, (Republican,) -who represents the Congres sional District adjoining the one Lincoln resides in, proposed and advocated a plan of adjustment, immediately after his return from a visit to Illi nois, and, no doubt, he did so with the implied, if not the expressed sanction of Lincoln; and the other day some fanatical editor took him to task for his conservatism, and the Judge gave him a foretaste of &wade and internecine war, by giving him a sound thrashing and letting out some of his Black Republican blood, which is to be found coursing the veins of the Abolition wing of the party. Hence you see the Judge is determined to have peace if, like the Irishman, he has to fight for it. I was rather amused at :Sumner, in presenting an Abolition petition in the Senate, this morning. He said it was true that there were but few names to it, but that it represented truly the sentiment of the people of Massachusetts. He said " when you get beyond the reach of , the paving stones you find the true sentiments of the people ; : having re ference, I presunteito the people of Boston refu sing to hoar Abolition' lectures in that city. Vain man he is, clinging to the last straws -that float upon the political tide that carried him into official poWOrt g 0 10640 PO mention of th, twenty-two thousand voters of his State who petitioned for the adoption of the Crittenden, proposition. tours, truly, SOLON. THERE CHILDREN ,pnwrugy THEMSETATS WITH STRYCHNINE.-MTS. MO/4, a worthy, widow, had occasion to go from home in Perry county, Mississippi, recently, leaving : her three little girls—the oldest about seven years, the second five, and the youngest about two yeari of age. While she was absent, they found a bottle with some strychnine in it, and without knowing what it was, the little ones poured water in the bottle and rank it. When the mother returned she found one of them already dead, and the others speechless. They all died within a few minutes of each other and were buried in the same coffin. PERSONAL LIBERTY BILLS IN MASSACHUSETTS. The Boston Traveler says: "The Joint Special Committee of our Legislature, which has under consideration the subject of the personal lib. erty laws, will report in a day or two. There will be two reports, a minority of three being opposed to any action, but the majority, con sisting of 'seven members, are said to advise a declaratory act to exclude any construction of the statutes which shall contravene the Consti tution of the United States or laws passed in pursuance thereof." “Bon NA:r BE PUT THROUGH."—On Tuesday evening about tleVonty-five young Ropubßomig of Cincinnati gave a supper in the ladies' ordi nary of the Burnet House, to Mr. Robt. Lincoln, eldest son of the President. Gov. Morgan, of Tu_diana_ sat at-tha tu e t o bi vf w, „,via being Gen. Sam. F. Cary, of College Hill. A committee was deputed to bear an invitation to the President. He returned with an apology for not ootning himself, aiid saying that ''Bob may be put through.” Toasts were drank, and speeches made, and sentiments uttered. SHOT BY A GAmßurin.—Mr. Govan, an Ar kansas planter, was shot and fatally injured by one Scott, a gambler, on the steamboat thick Said, below Memphis, on the 9th inst.— The affray grew out of a game of cards. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH IllVlth. CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION. SENATE.—The Senate met at 11 o'clock this morning. The resolution for the relief of John Randolph Clay, minister to Peru, was passed. The consideration of the President's message was postponed till Thursday. House.—Mr. Fenton (N. Y.) offered a pream ble reciting the clauses of the Constitution relative to amendments thereto, and adding the following : WnanEAS, Varied and conflicting , opoinione prevail among the members of this House in regard to the causes which have produced the unhappy disturbances now affecting our coun try and in regard to the proper mode for quiet ing and adjusting these disturbances, and guarding against their future recurrence; there fore, Resolved, - That, in the judgment of this House, the proper trihunal to which all existing dis : turbing questions should be referred for delib erate consideration and final settlement, is a convention of delegates from the several States of the Union, to be called in the mode prescribed in the Constitution. Mr. Fenton offered the above as a substitute for the, propositions of the Committe of Thirty three. It was ordered to be printed. The House resumed the consideration of the bill reported yesterday by Mr. Stanton, autho rizing the President to accept the services of volunteers. The question being on its third reading and engrossment, Mr. Stanton said there was much misappre hension as to this bill. It was erroneously supposed that it was to raise an army to march into the seceding States to subjugate them.—: He called attention to the acts which the bill . proposed to amend to show the necessity for the present legislation. The law of 1795 pro vides for calling out the militia for the suppres sion of an insurrection in any . State against the authority of the United States. The second section provides for calling out the militia to aid in the execution of the laws when they are resisted by a combination too powerful to be overcome by the ordinary judicial process. In his judgment the laws cover eases of insurrec tion against the authority of the United States ; but he found that the ex-Attorney General entertained a different ttpinion, and that it only authorized the President to call out the militia to aid the officers of the court in executing a process to overcome combinations against the execution of some particular law, and did not authorize the calling out of the militia to put down a general insurrection; but to remove and to avoid this ambiguity the Committee on Military Affairs had deemed it to be their duty to extend the law, not-to any specific case, but wherever there is resistance to the authority of the United States. BROUGHAM The steamship Jura has passed here with Liverpool dates to the 6th inst. The steamship America had arrived out. Napoleon opened the Legislature on the 4th inst. He gives pacific assurances and reiterates the non-intervention polioy. Queen Vietoria . opened Parliament in person on the sth inst. In her speech she alludes to the American troubles, expressing a fervent wish for their amicable adjustment. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 LATER FROM EUROPE. SAIiDI HOOK, Feb. 19. LIVERPOOL, sth.—The sales of cotton for two weeks have been 15,000 bales, including 4,000 bales for speculation and export. The market opened with an advance of one eighth chiefly in finer qualities, but closed with a declining tendency,, and qdotations barely maintained, owing to the advices from the .Unite 4 State, by the America., BREADSTUNIPL—The market,- closed with an idvaniing tendency for all qualities. Messrs. Richardson 'stud Spence quote flour dull tint steady at a partial advance of 3d.— Wheat firm, with a partial advaice of ld. Corn firm at 3d. and 6d. advance. The Provision market - closed dull. Beef ket4l7, Fork WI, Bacon quiet. /AN qqictr Produce—sngar Steady. Coffee quiet. Rice firm. Rosin steady at 4s. 7d. ®,4s. Bd. Spirits of Turpentine steady at 30s. 6d- LONDON MONEY MARKET, Sth....COREIGIN are quoted at 911@91-; for money, and 91/ for ac count. Sales of Illinois Central R. R. at 27i ®261 discount.. Erie R. R. stock 314. N. Y. Central It. R. 85. The money market closed active but unchanged. The Jura has arrived up. Her papers furnish the following intelligence ENGLAND.—The Bombay mail of January 12th had reached England. The India news was unimportant. The markets at Bombay were active, and freights had slightly improved.— The underwriters at London and Liverpool had advanced the rate of insurance one per cent. on cargoes from Southern ports, owing to the in creased frequency of fires on board of cotton ships and the war risks. FRANCE.—The speech of the Emperor to the Legislature opens with an explanation of the liberal concessions and greater latitude granted to the . Legislature. He refers to the satisfac tory nature of the commercial reforms, mad QC proceeds to the consideration of foreign affairs. He says that he had endeavored to prove that France sincerely desires peace and that without renouncing her legitiniate influence, she does not pretend to interfere where her interests are not concerned. Non-intervention had been his policy in the Italian complications, and his mo tive for sending a fleet to Gaeta was to furnish a last refuge for the King. Erroneous inter pretations and a partial departure from neutral ity at length necessitated its withdrawal. He points to the recognition of the annexation of Savoy and Nice as an evidence of the mainte nance. of the rights of France, and to the pro ceedings in China as a war for the honor of France which is avenged. He rejoices at the restoration of the Christian Cross to China, and to the protection of the Syrian Christians against fanaticism. He considered it necessary to increase the garrison of Rome when the se curity of the Pope appeared to be threatened. He concludes by asking that apprehensions be dispelled and confidence restored, his firm reso lution being not to enter into any conflict in which the cause of France should not be based on right and justice. The, LOUliOn TORS re gards the speech as unfavorable, and says there is nothing re-assuring in it. It affected the English funds unfavorably. The case of Bonaparte vs. Patterson had been further argued on both sides and ajourned till the Bth of February. Marshall Busquet is dead. It is said that the principles of the Confer ence at Paris on the Syrian question had been agreed to by the powers. - The Paris Bourse on the 4th was heavy. Rentes 68r. • SICILY.—The Siege of Gaeta was continued . _ Prince Carignan had arrived at the Sardinian camp at %eta and hie mission is reported to be in reference to the negotiations for a sur render. ITALY.—The Italian elections prove more and more favorable to Cavour, and it is said that he will propose the following to the Parliament : The proclamation of Victor Emmauel as King of Italy, with full powers for an unlimited period, a loan of three millions of francs and the calling out of all the military reserves. DENDIABIL—The intelligence from Denmark continues warlike. Lrvnapoo"..—Feb. 5, Evening.—Francis II has issued an appeal to the Two , Sicilies, offer ing the Constitution of 1812, a Sicilian army and a separate administration. He .asks them to give an asylum to the Royal family, aban doned but brave and too well instructed by misfortune. Roma, Feb.' B.—The Pope has ordered Lis troops to return. Fifteen thousand • Sardinians have passed through Umbria on their way to Naples. The Sardinians have evacuated the papal do - minions, in Compliance - with the - order of Napoleon. The Southern Congress—An Important Bill. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 19. The Cogress has passed the bill for the re gulation of the customs, which admits, free of duty, all breadstuffs, provisions, munitions of war and materials therefor, living animals and agricultural products in their natural state ; also, goods, wares and merchandise from the United States, if purchased before the Ist of March, and imported before the 4th of March. Texas is exempted from the operation of the tariff laws. This news is reliable. MtgeOur' Election. Incomplete returns indicate the election of the Union ticket for the State Convention in this city, by about 500 majority. The election passed off quietly, with no disturbance of any kind occurring. The returns from the state, as far as received, favor the election of the Union candidates. The Markets. PHILADELPHIA, Feb 19 Demand for floor has fallen off. Sales for shipment of 500 bbls. good Penna. extra at $5.25 ; 1,000 bbls. extra family at $5.6234, and to the trade at $5.6234 up to 5.75, fOr Otafito94 *icl 9/4SO family at $6a6.50 for fancy,— Wheat is more active; 9,000 bushels red sold at $1.27. Corn firm ; 2,000 bushels sold at 58a59c. Provisions less firm. Whisky half cent lower; sales at 17a18e. Flour firm. Sales of 11,600 bbls. at 85:20a6.26 for State, an advanurof sc ; $5.50a5.70 for Ohio ; and $5.45 a 5 TO for Southern. Wheat firm ; Red advanced lc. Sales of 12,000 bus, at $1.24 for Milwankie Club. Corn firm; sales'of 12,000 bus. at6B,lic.i Yellow Southern ? new ? 65c. g whisky-dullatl.7Mc. BALTIMORE, Feb. 10. Plonr dull—Howard Street and Ohio are held at $5.1236; City Mille $5. Wheat active and firmer at $1.25a1 30 for red, and $1.4651.65 for white.- Corn active at a decline, bushelvsold at faasSo. for mixed, ble6oe. for yellow. Provisions steady. Coffee firm at 12a13c. Whisky dull at 173017% a. SPECIAL NOTICES. • • WE call the attention of our readers to dm article advertised in another column, called BLOOD FOOD. It is an entirely new discovery, and must not be confounded with any of the numerous patent medi cines of the day. It is FOOD FOR TDB BLOOD, already prepared for absorption; pleasant to the taste and natu tahn action, and what one gains he retains. Let all those; then; who are suffering from poverty, impurity or deficiency of blood, and consequently with some chronic disease or ailment; take of this Bxoon -FOOD and be re stored to health. We notice that our druggists have received a supply of .this artiele„and also of the world renowned Dr. EATON'S INFANTIFE CORDIAL, which every mother should have. It contains no pnragoric 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, asstat the-same time regulate the bowels: Let all mothers and nurses, who have endured anxious _days and Sleepless nights, procure a supply and be at once relieved. /17" Bee advertisement.. . , aul7-d&wara • MRS.-WINSLOW., An experienced nurse and female physician; lima Sooth ing Syrup for Children 'teething, which greatly sfacilitato the process of teething by softening the gums, reducing as innamnation—will allay all pain, and is Sure to regulate the.bowele. • Depend upon it mothers, it will give rest to yourselves, and relief and health to your infanta. Per ectly ark in all camel. See advertiser:ova% in another col. erne. . at al /.1.859-ditwlv N . ~ B 0 0 K S I The "CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOR •OF BIRDS," Illuetrated by W. HARVEY: Price 75c. cloth. The "CHILDREN I S - PICTURE FABLE BOOK," ll luatrated by ILtsitsoNlirtta. Price 75c. cloth. The "CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF QUADRU pEpoirllitetroted by W. HARYBY. Price 76c. cloth. • For ease it SCUEPPER'S BOOKSTORE, - -- leb9 _. No, 18 Ilierketltreety Herriehm, P. Sr. Louis, Feb. 19 NEW YORK, Feb.l9 Mai e attutrti sentient % • " AR G A "Ns! BARGAINS!!" SELLING OFF AT COST! TO CLOSE OUT BUSINESS! AT NO. 12, NORTH-WESTERN SIDE Or MARKET SQUARE! I AM NOW CLOSING OUT MY ENTIRE STOCK OF GOODS! EMBRACING EVERYTHING IN THE LINE OF CHINA, GLASS, QUEENSWARE, GROCERIES, all FLUID AND COAL OIL LAMPS AND LANTERNS GLASS BOTTLES, TUMBLERS, DINNER, TEA AND TOILET SETS, (t OLD BOTTLED LIQUOR." CEDAR WARE, BROOMS, The Public are invited to call, examine the GOODS and the LOW PRICES I am selling at, and judge for yourselves. W. L. TREWICK. feb2o-dlw UDITOR'S NOTICE.—The Auditor Li appointed by the Orphans , Court of Dauphin county, to distribute the balance remaining in the hands of AsitArt.ut Bewtatt ; Adibiblairaior of Samuel Prank, late of Jackson township, in said county, deceased, will meet the parties interested at his office, in the city of Harris. burg, on TUESDAY, the 19th day of March next, at 10 o'clock. A. M., at which time and place they are hereby notified to attend and present their claims. .feb2o-ltd&3tw _H. M. ORAYDON, Auditor, VRIIIT,- &C., FOR SALE—At Boas & Forster's Warehouse i on the Canal. The Sulnicriber 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 cash. feblo-tigt 1VQ1722N, THE AMERICAN READER A popular and very interesting Reader, designed for the use of ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS generally throughout our country, and now in the used the Public Schools of the First School District of Penn eylvaniii, by order, and with the unanimous rote of the Board of School Controllers of said District. It may be had on application to. the Author and Publisher, South west corner t f Lombard and 23d 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. febl9-d6m- MADERIA WINE 1-WELSH BRO THEM? OLD RESERVE WlNE—full bodied And fruity. In store and for sale by JOHN H. ZIFGLER, 73 Market street. feblB FIRST CLASS GROCERIES 1 ! ! LARGE ARRIVAL!! HAYING JUST RETURNED from the eastern cities, where tre have selected with the gkeetean aro a large and earn pieta 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. febl4s FOR RENT—The Buehler House RES TAURANT, with sale of Fixtures. febl4 APPLES ! ! APPLES ! I !---Tive Hun dred Barrels of - superior APPLES just receives from. New York State. For sale at lowest cash price by febl2 JAMES M. WHEELER. ELECTION. OFFICE NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY CO, iitALTIMOItE, Feb: 11, MI, A general meeting of the Stockholders of tbie Com pany will be held at CALVERT STATION, on THDRS DAY, THE 28TH or FEBRUARY NEXT, between the hours of 12 and 2 &clock, F. M., for the election of TwelTe Directors for the ensuing yea.i. The Transfer Books will be closed on the 16th of Feb ruary until after the election. By order. febl2-dte 13OBT: B. -HOLLlNS,'Secretary. HOUSES TO RENT.—Two or three dwellings, in the - brick row, on Third street, near Walnut, are .offered for rent, from the let of April next. For terms, enquire of .IiIICHAEL MULE, febn-dtf VALENTINES ! VALENTINES !! A large liefiortinekt of COMIC and . . SENTIMENTAL YALENT/NRO of different styles and prices. Tor 0.10 at . SCHEFFER'S BOOKSTORE, febO . 18 Market Street, Harrisburg, Fa. FOA SALE—Me .. .BUILDING on the . corner .of Walunt and Short streets, used as a COOPER SHOP. This biiildingWas originally built so that it Could be turned into Dwelling Douses. it can did' of three eeparate frames placed together, each frame being 26 by 20 feet, nzikii/ititO Wire building, an jy pow stands, 75 feet long and 20 feet wide. Will sell also an RIGHT I-10.R SIC POWER ENGINE AND BOILER, nearly new r and.one_of _Drawback's Patent Stars Cutters, and a so cl Saws. for Jointing staves. The above property will be sold et a bargain, as we to clear the greand on which .the bui lding -stands Meanly: , At the Broker's Office of S. L. SVCIILOCH blireet. feb9-dtf 120 JklLarket THE BIBLE ON DIVORCE.--Tho fol lowing ' , fords are from Mark X. v. 9,12: "What, therefore, God has joined together let not man put asunder." "1 4 71sodeeter shall put away his wife and marry another consinittetb.adultery. And if a woman. shall'pnt self her huisband and again she eommitteth spinal." Legislators and others, the above is 'the edici4of the .EINITBIOO Lawaiter, ..frem which there ls de appal. -- " - Wet, Wattles*, Eitid Nut joined togfther ' lBl " z 4.64 pat aawider.ii jaaltdif TEAS LIQUORS, MI &a. GOBLETS, &c. BASKETS, &a. WM. DOCK, 47%3 & CO.