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School Books, School Stationery, Scc., will find a complete
assortment at B. M. POLLOO & SON'S BOOK STORB,
sto ut Spare, Harrieburg, comprising in part the follow
iDEßS.—McGuffey% Parker's, Cobb's, Angell's
SPELLING BOOKS.—Meinffey's, Cobb's, Webater'e,
Town's, Byerly , a. Combry's.
GRAMMARS.—Bullion's,_Bmith's, Wood
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HISTORIES.—Grimshaw% Davenport's, Frost's,
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Swift's_ The above with a gre
any timeat variety of others can at
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ment of School Stationery, embracing in the wht le a com
plete outfit for school purposes. Any book not in the store.
procured %t one days notice.
V. &entry Merelmnts supplied at wholesale rates.
ALMANACS-40bn Baer and Son's Almanac for Bale
ail
B. M. POLLOCK & SON'S BOOK STORE, Harrisbu
myrg.l
Kr Wholesale anti Retail.
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AT
SCILEFFER'S BOOKSTORE,
ADAJIA.ISTTINE SI4TES
OF VARIOUS SIZES AND PRICES,
Whiett, for beauty and ilea, cannot be excelled,
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N. B W B 0 0 K S 1
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ap9 No. 18 Marke st.
JUST RECtIV-ED,. -
A LARGE AND SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
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WINDOW. CURTAINS,
PAPER BLINDS,
Of various Designs and Colors, for 8 cents,
TISSUE PAPER ANDDI:IT FLY PAPER,
At [rny24] SCHEEFER , S BOOKSTORE.
- -
WALL PAPER! WALL PAPER 1-1
lust received, our Spring Stock.of WALL PAPER,
BORDERS, ME SCREENS, &c., &c. thelargest
and best selected assortment in the city, ranging in price
from six (6) cents np to one dollar and &quarter ($1.25.)
As we purchase very low for cash, we are prepared to
sell at as low rates ' if not lower, than can be had else
where. if pnrobasen will call and examine, we feel
confident that we can pleas& them in respeot to pried
and quality. E. M POLLOCK & SON,
ap3 Below .Tones , House, Market Square. -
TTE R, CAP, NOTE PAPERS,
3.1 Pens, Holders, Pencils, Eirrelopeni Sealing Wax, of
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.factories, at
mane SCITEPPER , S MEW BOOKSTORE
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.14 general assortment of LAW BOOMS, all the State
Reports and Standard Elementary Works, with many of
the Old Bnglish Reports, scarce and rare, together with
a large assortment of second-hand Law Boa; At Tory
haw prices, at the one price Bookstore of
B. M. PouLops. & SON,
Market Square, Harrisburg.
M 3
Aisaticateous.
AN ARRIVAL OF
NEW G_OODS
APPROPRIATE TO THE SEASON!
BILK - LINEN •PAPEB.
FANS! FANS!! TANS!!!
ANOTHER AND SPLENDID LOT OP
SPLICED FISHING - RODS!
Trout 11108, Gut cad. Hair Snoods, Gram Linea, Silk
and Hair Plaited Lines, and a general assortment of
FISHING TACKLE!
A RERAN VARIETY OF
W A.LKIN a CANES!
Which we will sell as cheap as the cheapest!
Silver Head Loaded Sword Hickory Fancy
Canes Canes Canes! Canes ! Canes!
SELLER'S DltHe AND FANCY STORE,
wo. 91 lILRICZY STREET,
South side, one door east of Fourth street je9.
B J. HARRIS,
WORKER IN TIN,
SHEET IRON, AND
METALL/0 B,.OOFEINTG4
&mond Street, below H A RRIS BURG,
RRISBURG, PA.
Is prepared to fill orders for any article in his branch of
busineas and if not en hand, he will make to order on
short notice.
METALLIC RO OFING, of Tin or Galvanised Iron,
Constantly on hand.
Also, Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware, Bponting, ate.
He hopes, by strict attention to the wants of his auto.
mere, to merit end receive a generous share of public pat.
rouge.
11:7-
Beery promise strictly fulfilled.
B. J. HARRIS,
jan'T-dlyj Second Street, below Ohestamt.
F I. S 11. ! !
(Nos, I, 2 and 3.)
SALMON, (very superior.)
MAD, (Mess and very time.)
HERRING, (extra large.)
COD
SMOKED HERRING, (extra Digby.)
SCOTCH HERRING.
SARDINES AND ANCHOVIES.
Of the above we have Mackerel in whole, half, quarter
and eighth bbls. Herring in whole and half bbla.
The entire lot new—intSOS PROW Tas 11131113 IBO)
and
will sell them at the lowest market rates.
%%AA WM. DOCK, 3a., & CO.
CHAIIPA.GNE WINES!
Dire DE MONTEBELLO,
BRIDSIECK & CO.,
CHARLES REIDSIECK,
camsLEm & co.,
ANCHOR—BILLERY MOUSSEUX,
SPARKLING MUSCATEL,
MURK & CO.'S
TERZENAY,
CABINET.
In store and for sale by
WORN IL ZIEGLER,
73 Market street,
de2o
HiCKORY WOOD I !-A SUPERIOR LOT
jsat received, and for sale in quantities to suit pur
chasers, by JAMES M. WHEELER.
Also, OAK AND PINE constantly op hand at the
lowest prices. deed
F'BIBLES, from 1$ to $lO,
j! s t r ong and bionlsomely bound, printed 011 goodpapor,
with taro* clear new type sold at
man : ' • , OCHAFP.IIII.% Cheap Boobatire.
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V jIISt I6CeiTed by
octio , WM. DOCK., & co.
VOR a:superior and cheap TABLE or
1: SALAD OIL go to
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TO THE PUBLIC!
JOHN TILL'S
C OAL YARD,
SOUTH SEMI' STREET,
BELOW PRATT'S ROLLING MILL,
HARRISBURG, PA.,
Where he hos eonstantly on hand
LYKENS VALLEY BROKEN, EGG, STOVE AND
NUT COAL.
i. so,
WILKESBA.RRE STEAMBOAT, BROKEN, STOVE
AND NUT COAL,
ALL OF THE BEST QUALITY.
It will be delivered to consumers clean, and full
weight warranted.
CONSUMBILS GIVE ME A CALL FOR YOUR
WINTER SUPPLY.
Er Orders left at my house, in Walnut street, near
Fifth; or at Brubaker's, North street; J. L. Speolbl,
Market Square; Wm. Bostick's, corner of Second and
South streets, and John Lingle's, Second and. Mulberry
streets, win reatate prompt attention.
jylS-dfun TWIN TILL.
COAL! C.,"OAL!!
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COAL BY TUB
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NOW IS THE TIME'
For every family to get in their supply of Coal for the
winter—weighed at their door V the Patent Weigh:
Carts. The accuracy of these Carts no one ctisistee, and
they never get out of order, as is frequently the case of
the Platform Scales; besides, the consumer has the
satisfaction of proving .the weight of his Coal at his;
own house.
I have a large supply of Coal on hand, col of
0. K. CO.'S LTRENS VAUNT 001 LL all nixes.
LYKENS VALLEY do 4C C 4
WILKESBARRE do. • if
BITUMINOUS BROAD TOP do.
All Coal of the best quality mined, and delivered free
from all impurities, at the' lowest rates, by the boat or
ear load, sitigle, half.or third of tons, and by the bushel.
JAMES M. WHEELER.
Harrisburg, September24,lB6o.—sep2s
P .T'o W N!
PATENT WEIGH - CARTS.
For the convenience of my numerous up town custom
ers, I have established, in connection with my old yard,
a Branch Coal Yard opposite North street, in a line with
the Pennsylvania canal, having the °Mee formerly occu
pied by Mr. B. Harris, whereiconsumers of - Goal in that
vicinity and Verbeketown can receive their Coal by the
PATENT WEIGH CARTS,
WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE FOR HAILING,
And in any quantity they may desire, as low as can be
purchased anywhere.
FIVE TEIOI7SAND TONS COAL ON HAND,
Of LYRENS VALLEY and WILKESBARREi all sista.
117 - Willing to maintain fair prices, but unwilling
to be undersold by any partres.
117 - All Coal forked up end delivered clean and free
from all impurities, and the best article mined.
Orders received at either Yard will Lre promptly - SUM,
nd all Coal delivered by the Patera Weigh Carta
Coal sold by Boat, Car load, single, half or third of
tons, and by the bushel.
TAXES M. WHEELER.
Harrisburg, October 15, 1.880.-06M5.
TyKENS VALLEY NUT COAL .
For Salo AT TWO DOLLARS TER TON.
dliCoal &lieu gdby PATENT WEIG - il CARTS
AXES M. WHEELER
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ORGANIC WEAKNESS,
ORGANIC WEAKNESS,
ORGANIC WEAKNESS,
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Excesses, Exposures, and Imprudeneieg in Life.
Racemes, Exposures, and Impntdencies in Life.
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Females, take no more PHU; They are of no avail for
Complaiakt inetdent to the sex. The
RXTRACT BlJOlitt.
Helmboldls Pstract Buchn is a Medicine which is per
fectly pleasant in its
TASTE AND ODOR,
But immediate in its action, giving Health and Vigor to
the Frame, Bloom to the Pallid Cheek, and restoring the
patient to a perfect state of
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Pharmacy and Chemistry, and ie prescribed and used by
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BEWARE! OF UNPIGNOIPIIED - DEALIBB
Trying to palm off their own or ether articles of BIJOHU
on the reputation attained by
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The %Vaal and only Genuine.
We desire to run-on the
MERIT O 1 OUR ARTICLE !
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Their's Is wt,rthletts =ia sold at much lose rates and coin
Missions, consequently paying a much better pron.
DEFY COUPETITION .
Ask for • •
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Take no other. • ,
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Second etreite Harrisburg,
AND ALL DRUGGISTS rEBYWHER
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HARRISBURG, PA:, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1861.
Eke Vatriot Union.
THURSDAY mourna, FEB. 21 ? 1861
THE NATIONAL CRISIS.
INAUGURATION TRAVELS—TOURS OF THE
?RE
SIDENTS OF THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN
CONFEDERACIES.
Lrom the New York Herald, Feb. 19
Lastyear was for us one of 'abundance,plenty,
prosperity and fruitfulness. The great staples
—cotton, corn, wheat and tobacco—yielded
most bountiful crops. Gold flowed in Pack,lian
streams from the Pacific coast, and the land
waxed fat, while the tillers thereof rejoiced
exceedingly. It was a great year for the poli
ticians, too. The crop of conventions was
larger than usual, and of Presidential candi
dates there was more than a genteel sufficiency.
The result has been that we have no less than
two Presidents ; with Cabinet!, and ITortgreases '
to match, the Southern confederacy appearing
to be more harmonious and more dignified-than
the Northern. The two Presidents—Mr. Jef
ferson Davis, of Mississippi, and Mr. Abraham
Lincoln, of Illinois—commenced their inaugu
ration tours last week, That of Mr. Davis
has been completed. Mr. Lincoln's is some
what longer, and his agony will not' be over
until the end of this week. On Monday, 11th
inst., he left Spriugfield for Washington, and,
after passing through Indianapolis, Cincinnati,
Pittsburg and Cleveland, arrived on Saturday
at Buffalo, where he narrowly escaped being
torn in pieees by his admirers, was pretty
thoroughly done up, and enjoyed, no doubt,
his Sabbath as hugely as any day- laborer in
the land.
Yesterday Mr. Lincoln prooeded to 'Albany,
and threw himself into the embraces of the
The ineidents of his 'tour, seimPorlant in a
historical point of view, are exceedingly curi
ous and entertaining. When leaving his neigh
bors, " perhaps forever," the new Northern
President was in a lachrymose and pious frame
of mind. Before he reached Indianapolis,
however, Mr. Lincoln became jovial, and began
to exercise his talent as a raconteur. Arrived
at Indianapolis; the seat of radical Republi
canism, the President made a rather clumsy
speech on the delicate subject of coercion and
State. rights, The warmth , of his receptton had
undoubtedly taken Mr. Lincoln off his feet, and
turned his head. At Cincinnati, he patronized
the Kentuckians, and began to find out that the
crisis mas °Ply Imaginary ; that although trade
had received a severe blow, public securities
had been very seriously depreciated, the pres
tige of the nation lost so -far as foreign powers
are coneerned, the Union practically dissolved,
the public treasury empty, and the public credit
as bad as that of any-kite-flying jobber, a reign
of terror existing over nearly one-half the
Country, thousands of men in arms against
the Government—all this was nothing, only a
bagatelle. a mere squall, which would soon
blow over. At Pittsburg, Mr. Lincoln declared
that because he was in Pennsylvania he was
bound to speak about the tariff. He confessed
entire ignorance of the details of the measure
which- lite party hail brought forward in Con
gress, pledged himself to the ambiguoini plank
in the Chicago platform, which was put in to
gammon the Pennsylvanians, and means any
thing or nothing at all, and thought it would be
better to leave the matter to the next Congress
—of which latter statement Messrs. Sherman,
Morrill & Co. wilt please take due notice.
Why the President elect should feel bound
to speak of a matter concerning which he
knelt nothing, because" - he happened to be in a
particular locality we cannot Bees By the
same rule he should talk pork and whisky at
Cincinnati, piety and produce at Cleveland,
Central railway at Buffalo, " Bridge" at Albany,
Southern trade at New York, Camden and Am
boy railroad at Trenton, insignificance of New
-York at Philadelphia, and ditto of Philadelphia
at Baltimore.
• At Cleveland the ancient rail splitter waxed
gallant, and desired to make the acquaintance
of a young person of the better sex who had
written to - him some advice as to his whiskers,
and various 'other subjects germane to the ad
vancement of the outer 'man. There was not
much difficulty in-ascertaining the whereabouts
of this young woman, and the greetillg she re
ceived from the President elect seems to have
produced a profound sensation.
All this nonsense might be excused in a
stump speaker, but it is, to say the least, quite
beneath any man of common sense who has
been elected to a very high office, at a moment
when the country needs more than at any
other time in its history so far, a first class
man at the helm of State. But the fact is that
since General Scott's famous tour, when he
spoke of the' delightful Irish brogue and the
sweet German accents, we have seen nothing
so absatd as Lincoln's speeches by the way.—
Many people are astounded that a man who
carried on a debate (the Douglas discussion)
with more than ordinary ability should talk
such stuff as that which Lincoln has uttered .
during the last week. It is no doubt true that
the man has been almost killed with kindness,
half smothered with endearments, and wor
shipped as a demigod by the Western politi
cians, every mother's son of whom etpeets a
fat office. We can understand how a stronger
head than Lincoln's would be turned by this
ovation, and see philosophically that he might
leave home humble, prayerful and timid, and
afterwards become so intoxicated with the wine
of triumph as to fancy that he had achieved
greatness, instead of having it thrust upon him..
We notice, likewise, that his speeches contain'
occasional references to his reliance upon the
aid and protection of a Power higher than
those of this mundane sphere. Ile will do well
to call in some supernatural aid, as it is quite
evident that he has not sufficeint mental calibre
for the discharge of the duties he has under
taken. • -
The other President, Mr. Davis, has been re
ceived with the greatest enthusiasm during his
journey from Mississippi to Montgomery, Ala
bama. He made five and twenty speeches en
route, but we do not hear that he told any sto
ries, craeked any jokes, asked the advice of
the young women about his whiskers, or dis
cussed political platforms. His speeches are
rather highly flavored with • the odor of villa
nous.saltpeter, andite evidently believes that
civil war is inevitable. But we must recollect
that Mr. Davis is a soldier, a graduate of West
Point, a hero of the Mexican war, and a states-
man of a military turn Of, mind. Mr. Lincoln
was a splitter of rails, a distiller of whiskey, a
story teller and-a joke. maker. He afterwards
became a stump orator, and used 'his early
experience as his literary capital. Now we
.have tte rank' almuidoned, the whisky OW
stopped, but the scent of both hangs about the
manner and the matter of his speeches. For
- the future the Northern President should profit
.by the example of his Southern rival, who
• does not attempt to tell the Southern people
that the crisis is nothing, that nobody is hurt
•
'(on the contrary, he acknciwledgea that the
'revolution hurts North and South;)_ but deelaree
that the South is ready to meet' an 7 hardehip
rather then .to abandon its prinmplei. Mr.
Lincoln ming , look ; this state tif things in: the
face. It cannot'be turned off With ajehef
1,
when next he opens his mouth we trust he will
not put his foot in it. If Mr. Lincoln avii es
to be the second Washington of this great confeder
acy, let him come out emphatically in his inaugural
in favor of the Crittenden resolutions as amend
ments to the Constitution; let him call an extra
session of the new Congress, and in his first mes
sage boldly reiterate this plan and its submission at
once to the people through the States; let him ap
point his Cabinet, but not dispose of another office
in his gift till this great and overwhelming question
is settled.
MR. LINDOLN 7 S SPEECHES ANA THE MORTIFICA
TION OF HIS FRIENDS.
The Washington correspondent to the New
York Express writes.
The mortification of the Republicans at Mr
Lincoln's recent speeches increases with every
fresh emanation from the Presidential tripod.
They begin when it is too late to realise the
truth of the allegations of the Union men of
Illinois as to the incompetency of Lincoln for
the Presidency. During the canvass, his sup
porters iappealed.k-h;nitqAwntly, ca-:his Imi:dish
ed speeches as proof of his ability. It now
appears, as suspected at the time, that these
speeches were carefully prepared by Mr. Judd
and other friends of Mr. Lincoln, revised and
re-revised, polished and re-written, to such a
degree that they who heard them on the stump
could not recognize them in print. This WRB a
part of the game of deception played by the
republicans upon the people, -to foist a man
upon the country for its • chief magistrate - who
was never regarded, by his most intimate
acquaintances, as anything more than ajecose,
cunning, country politician. lam assured by ,
those who know - him well, that a more illite
rate man it would be difficult to find, even
among the' self-Made lawyers-of Illinois. His
chief characteristic is an immense "gift of gab,"
and a wonderful command of language, unac
companied by a corresponding copiousness -of
ideas. The election of such a min
.at such a
crisis is undoubtedly the greatest evil that has
ever befallen this country. - But - the mischief
is done, and the only relief for the' American
people is to shorten sail, caulk the hatches,
put in the 'dead-lights, send 'down the top-masts,
and prepare for a hurricane.
THE PEACE CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—The deliberations of
the Peace Conference to-day were initiated by
the introductien of a resoltition: by Gov. Wick
liffe to limit speeches to thirty minutes. It was,
moved to amend thie by substituting ten
minutes. Another proposition - was that the
convention should meet at ten o'clock in the
morning and adjournat four p. m., then to meet
at eight in the evening, and adjourn at ten.—
Still another proposition was to close debate
on Thursday and proceed to vote.
I understand that no vote was taken upon
the above, and that it is net unlikely that there
will be no decisive vote upon compromise pro
positions until after the arrival of Mr. Lincoln.
A vast responsibility rests upon him. Either
the conserNative element from the North is to
be strengthened and peace insured, or politi
cians by trade, and idealists, are to perpetuate
the present condition of States beligereut, a
bankrupt treasury, trade prostrate and credit
gone.
Commodore Stockton opened the discussion
tMe morning in a long - speech, in which be
pronounced strongly against coercion. For
every regiment that would be raised in the
North to coerce the South, another would
spring up in the same North to oppose the
first.
Mr. Granger, of New York, followed in a
speech, in which he descanted upon the fact
that the last Presidential election was not an
endorsement of Republican policy by a majority
of the people of the North, and that were New
York, called upon now to speak, she would go
for compromise by a hundred - thousand ma
jority.
Mr. Noyes of New York. (Republican,) re
plied, stating that he was not to be intimidated
by speeches of preceding speakers.
Mr. Ruffin, of North Carolina, made a con
ciliatory speech, deprecating remarks of &par
tizan character. - He was older than the
Constitution, and he hoped that he should not
survive its wreck.
Mr. Ewing made a speech against Abolitlon
ism.
- -
Senator Morrill of Maine, who is represented
by Maine democracy papers as a signer to a
paper contributing looney for running off fu
gitive slaves,
put questions concerning the
intentions of Virginia in standing between the
Government and rebellious States.
Mr. Sedden answered these at much length.
Mr. Rives, of Virginia, made a long speech
answering objections as to the irregularity of
proposed methods to amend the Constitution.
The convention that framed the Constitution
was not regularly called, eto. So also amend
ments had been made in which there had been
a departure from the strict rule.
Mr. Summers concluded the day's session in
what is spoken of as a powerful effort.
PROGRESS OF THE COMMERCIAL REVULSION-
INCREASE OF FAILURES
In referring a few days since to the effect of
the political crisis upon commercial affairs, as
indicated by the number of failures in the
United States for the month of January, our
table of failures was incomplete, and did not em
brace the entire country; but we have obtained
a list of failures for that month from the Com
mercial Agency, of Dun, Boyd & Company, the
branches of which extend to the remotest parts
of the country, thus enabling them to command
the fullest information, by means of a system
which works with the accuracy of a perfect
machine ; and it appears, from this statement,
that the aggregate of failures for the last month
was as high as 859 in the United States, and
thirty-three in the British provinces, making
a total of 892 failurel in the first month of the
present year. These failures were divided
between the States as follows :
FAILURES REPORTED ON THE BOOK OF DBE, BOYD & CO"
DURING MS MONTH OF JiklillLltT, 1861.
Alabama .••-• & Mississippi 10
Arkansas 5 Missouri 47
Connecticut 8 New Hampshire 12
Del. and Dis. of Columbia 11 New Jersey 20
Heorgia .34 New York city .. . . . 97
Illinois 53 Balance of N. Y. ..........
Indiana— 36 North Carolina 24
..16
Kansas 4
Kentucky . 89
Loutitianit 8
Maine 5
Maryland .25
Massachusetts 75
Michigan 20
Minnesota 1
Total in 'United States
British h . A. Provinces.
This is a black- record, indeed, and gives a
gloomy prospeCt for the future if our political
difficulties are not sepedily settled, so as to
reconstruct commercial relations between the
North and- South. Had the country been less
prosperous than it is, and the money market
more stringent, we should have a worse story
to tell to-day. • But iffortunately happens that,
apart from political troubles, the country is in
a
most flourishing Condition, and the addition
to our financial resources, sent in recently:from
Europe to the amount of some seventeen' -mil
lions of dollars, to purchase cotton and bread-,
stuffs, which are a necessity to our foreign
customers, has-enabled the'merchants to stave
off 'the day of reckoning-for a• time... Wers it
hot for this, and the extension: of paper recip
.
Ohio . -. 62
Pennsylvania 65
Rhode Island...—. 3
South CarOlins. 8
Tennessee 18
Texas .. .26
_
Vermont
Virginia...—.
Witiconsin....
33
.859
rocally afforded to merchants from their credi
tors, and by the merchants to their customers,
iA expectation of better things to come, the
whole commercial fabric 'would have gone to
pieces before now.
The condition of affairs at the present time
is far worse than it was at any former period
even in 1858, when the effects of the financial
revulsion of the fall of 1857 first began to be
felt—as the following table of failures in the
months of January for five years. taken from
the books of Dun, Boyd & Co., will prove :
No. of Failures.
January, 1857 439
January, 1858 825
January, 1859 640
January, 1860 455
January, 1861,,,,....».- 859
Here we see that the failures last month ex
ceed even those of January, 1858, when the
crisis, which then arose from purely commer
cial causes, was beginning to manifest itself.
In the succeeding years, it will be seen that
we were obtaining gradual relief, until in 1880
things had so far recuperated that, only for the
political difficulties in which we Ate involved,
this year would have found us perfectly reco
vered, and as prosperous as ever. With every
thing in our favor—good crops, plenty of mo
ney, 'wisdom learned from adversity—nothing
could stem the tide of prosperity except the
unfortunate political differences which have
arisen out of a senseless abstraetiOn.
With these facts before us, is it difficult to
point out what should be the course of Mr.
Lincoln ! Can he any longer lay the flattering
unction to his soul that we are living in a
country where "nobody is suffering?" that the
crisis is merely "artificial ?" He is in our city
now, and if he wants light upon the actual
Condition of the country let him send for a few
of our merchants—republican merchants if he
pleases—men who have commercial relations
with every quarter of the Union, and ask them
what they think of the real state of affairs. Let
- him hear their statements, and we opine that he
will exclaim; "Bring me no more reports," and
will go to Washington a wiser man than when
•he left the village of Springfield, Illinois. If
Mr. Lincoln hopes to be the second Washington
of this great confederacy, and to obtain that grace
and strength from the Almighty far which he prayed
so fervently when leaving his Western home, let
him come out emphatically in his enaugural and
recommend the Crittenden resolutions as amend
ments to the Constitution; let him call an extra
session of the new Congress, and in his first Ines
. sage boldly reiterate this plan and its submission to
the people, and he will be thus enabled to stop the
flood of ruin and destruction which is overwhelming
the commerce andprosperity of the whole country.—
N. Y. Herald.
SUNB URY AND ERIE RAILROAD
To the Ron. Speaker of the House of Representa-
bass:
SIR: The House of Representatives, by a unan
imous vote, permitted the undersigned to place
upon the Journals the reasons which influenced
them in voting for the passage of bill No. 239,
entitled " An Act to change the name of the
Sunbury and Erie railroad, and to facilitate -the
construction of a railroad from Sunbury to
Erie." We now avail outselves of this per
mission, and give for our votes the following
reasons
By the act approved the 21st day of April,
A. D. 1858, entitled " An Act for the sale of the
State canals," the Delaware Division, the Lower
North Branch Division,the Upper North Branch
Division, the West Branch Division and the
Susquehanna Division of the Pennsylvania
canal, was sold to the Sunbury and Erie rail
road company for the sum of three millions five
hundred thousand dollars, and said company
was authorized to issue bonds to the amount of
seven millions of dollars, bearing an interest of
five per centum payable semi-annually on the
thirty-first days of January and July its each
year, and in payment of the purchase money
for the canals, the State Treasurer was autho
rized to receive and deposit in his office, bonds
of the Sunbury and Erie railroad company to
the amount of three millions five hundred
thousand dollars. just the one half of the amount
of the bonds authorized to be issued. The other
three millions five hundred * , thousand dollars,
were also to be deposited in the State Trea
surer's office for the purposes mentioned in the
act. As an additional murky to the State,
however, the said company was required to is
sue &mortgage on the whole line of their road,
sad which was required to be recorded in the
office for recording of deeds in the city of Phil
adelphia, and then deposited also with the State
Treasurer, and to be a lien for the purchase
money on the entire rood.
Had we been in the Legislature at the time
of the passage of this act, we should have op
posed it, because we deem it a policy, unwise
as well as unjust, to take the public property,
belonging to the citizens of therkwhole State, to
advance the interests of any corporation. The
canals were the property of the tax payers, and
if it was a prudent measure to dispose of them
by sale, the amount to be realized should have
gone to the sinking fund, and been appropriated
to the liquidation of the State debt. But over
this matter we had no control. The responsi
bility of the passage of the act referred to at
taches to others, and not to us.
It was stipulated in said act that if the Sun
bury and Elie railroad company should fail in
making the payments to the State as required
by the act, the Attorney General was authorized
to sue out the mortgage and recover the pay
ments due, or take possession of the road. The
Legislature, by an act passed the 13th day of
April, A. 1). 1860, postponed this action, or
rather this authority to the Attorney General,
until the first day of May, 1861, and gave to
the contractors and laborers a lien in prefer
ence to the Commonwealth, of sit hundred
thousand dollars. This act we regarded at
the time as only the beginning of that which
was to follow, namely, the release by the Com
monwealth of first mortgage bonds,
and the
substitution of second mortgage bonds in lieu
thereof. By the act of the 13th of April, 1860,
the contractors obtained a lien in preference to
the Commonwealth of six hundred thousand
dollars, and had this amount been sued out by
them, judgment therefor obtained and a judi
cial sale had, there is no doubt but the road
would have been sold for that amount and no
more, and the State would have been defrauded
Out Of the amount due her. This act we also
opposed, b ecua d t , it was giving away to con
tractors the security which the State had in
her property, or rather it was permitting them
to have the first lien. But. the act was passed
and we are not responsible for its passage.
After mature deliberation we were con
strained to consider the passage of the bill
under consideration in a different light from
that which we would have considered it in had.
it been an original proposition. Suppose, for
example, the Legislature would refuse to grant
them the relief asked for, the line of railroad
.would remain unfinished, and the State would
have a mortgage which at best would be worth
less, because it operated upon an unproductive
•and unfusielted road. If the contractors then
by a refusal on' the part of the Legislature to
grant the relief, were compelled to obtain judg
ment for the amount of six hundred thousand
• dollars, and :on• this judgment had issued an
.execution, sold the road and bought.it them e .
:Selves, the lien of the Commonwealth .would
,•lifive been extinguished, and the wholeamount
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weekly during the session of the Legislature, and once a
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vance, or three dollars at the expirationof the year.
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NO. 146.
due the State lost. But by the passage of this
bill, the State becomes the second mortgagee
—the company is enabled to finish their road,
and the State some time will realize the amount
which in an unguarded moment she invested
therein. Such being the case, and to secure
the tax-payers of the State from the possibil
ity of loss. we deemed it our duty to vote for
the bill. The original proposition by which
the interest of the Commonwealth in the canals
were transferred or sold, if you please, to the
Sunbury and Erie railroad company, for the
bonds of said company, we bad nothing to do
with, not being members of the Legislature at
the time, and the act by which a priority of
lien of six hundred thousand dollars was given
to contractors on said road, over the Common
wealth, - we - violently opposed ; still both those
acts became laws, and we had no other alter
native left us but to vote for the present bill in
order, if possible, to save to the Commonwealth
at some future day the amount of three mil
lions five hundred thousand dollars, agreed in
the first instance to be paid by the Sunbury and
Brie railroad to the Commonwealth.
This explanation of our course we deem ne
cessary to those whom we represent, and as it
is made in good faith, we hope and trust it may
be received in the same spirit in which it is
made, and prove satisfactory.
E. PENN SMITH,
H. B. RHOADS,
MICHARL P. BOYER.
I assume the above reasons for my vote.
JOHN MANIFOLD.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING 1N ELK COUNTY .
A large and enthusiastic meeting convened
at the Military Hall, in St. Mary's, on Satur.
day last. The meeting was organized by ap
pointing George Weis, Esq., President, Ber
nard Echel and Frederick Rudolph, Esqs., Sec
retaries. E. G. Weis, L. Volmer, A. Kuntz,
Chas. Weis, Frederick Sheering and T. Cuetie
were appointed Vice Presidents. The object
of the meeting being stated by the President,
in a very eloquent and forcible manner, the
motion was made to appoint a committee of
three persons to draft a preamble and reso
lutions. The following gentlemen were ap
pointed:—E. Schultze, Charles Luhr and 11,
Windfolder, Esqra. During the absence of the
committee, G. Weis, Esq., being loudly called
upon, responded in his usual happy manner;
and atter the conclusion of his remarks, the
Committee on Resolutions was introduced, when
the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted
WHEREAS, In the moments of political dan
ger, the people cannot do any better way than
to express grievances, and to request their
members of Congress, as well as State Legis
latures, to ameliorate threatening evils : And
whereas, We see with regret that our country
is on the verge of a dissolution : And whereas,
As we believe that the only mode to avert the
the present evils is by concessions of the North
to the South : And whereas, We are fully per
suaded that concessions so obtained may yet
be able to bring a settlement of this dreaded
question, and thereby do full justice to the
whole Union ; therefore,
Resolved, That we, citizens of Elk county,
would most respectfully request our represen
tatives in our State Senate and in the House of
Representatives to use alt fair and just means
to pass such a law as may repeal any laws on
our statutes as are likely to infringe on the
rights of the South, and to do all in their power
to bring about an autiople settlement of this
dreaded question.
Resolved, That we earnestly desire and re
quest our member of the State Legislature to
lay aside all party feelings and to come to the
rescue of our beloved country, as patriots, and
let all minor party considerations rest, for the
One great question, to save the Union.
Resolved, That in the recent speeth of our
honorable Representative from Jefferson county
we are led to believe that the gentleman was
grossly mistaken if he considers that the ideas
there advancad and expressed will be endorsed
by a majority of his constituents ; but, on. the
contrary, they are most generally condemned
by men of all parties.
Resolved, That we are and ever will be true
to the Union; and if any coercive means should
be used, we would prefer to use them rather
against the cause than the effects of the pre
sent troubles.
Resolved, That we are led to believe that if
the North will accept the Bigler and Crittenden
propositions, the Union may yet be saved, and
our Southern brethren be induced to return
back into this National family.
Resolved, That we beg our Senators and memo
bers of the House of Representatives in Wash
ington to do their utmost to pass the abOve
compromise.
Res.lved, That in the Hon. Wm, Bigler we
recognize the honest and true patriot, who, in
the moment of our danger, has shown himself
the man of no party, but the friend of the
Union.
Resnlved, That these pros dings be signed
by the officers of this meeting, and a copy sent
to each of our members, and published in all
papers friendly to the Union,
After the preceding resolutions were adopted,
the meeting was addressed by E. C. Shultze,
Esq., who, in an enthusiastic speech, recounted
the dangers attending a civil war, and closing
in a strong appeal to the people to stand firm
to the Union. After the conoluson of Mr.
Schultze's speech, a petition to our Legislators,
for the repeal of all laws infringing on the
rights of the South, was signed by over 230
voters. On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
[Signed by the officers.]
A curious circumstance has transpired in
Paris, in the course of the investigation arising
out cf the Patterson trial, which may compro
mise the legitimacy of the Count de Chambord;
better known as Henry the Fifth. The Collura
father, the Duke de Berri, was, like Prince
Jerome, married twice, and both his wives were
living when the Count was born. In fact, the
cases are exactly parallel, and the Count is the
issue of the second marriage by the Duchess de
Berri. while Miss Browne, the first wife, was
unacknowledged. It is now stated that the
register of the marriage at the French Chapel
in London has been tampered with, no doubt
at the suggestion of Louis the Eighteenth, just
in the MUM way that the entry of the Empress
Josephine's marriage with Napoleon was tam•
pered with, when that potentate was anxious
to get a divorce from Rome.. This discovery.
cannot fail to have a serious effect on the state
of parties in France. It will tell, at all events,.
in favor of the younger branch of the Bourbops,
represented by the children of Louis Philippe;
Who knows but the proceedings in the Patter
son case were purposely institutedlov the ; very
object of bringing this fact promineutiy,befOrO
France and the wrld?
AN
Tue ANWRIOAX All
evidence of the cordial feeling existing on the
part of the British government towards tie
United States, a gentleman just returned from
London Says that the Queen has eitended
start and marked attention to the American .
Minister, .Mr. Dallas, and family. .• Mr. tint
Mrs. Minas have been invited to ! WinAsoT, and:
the ()Awn has walked and dined With