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STATIC CONVENTION.—Levi L. Tate is the
Senatorial, and Geo. Scott and Wm. H. Jacoby
the Representative Delegates from Columbia
county to the Democratic State Convention.
The New York Evening Post advises the post
ponement of the Morrill Tariff bill until the
next session of Congress, and says
"It is evident from Mr. Lincoln's speech at
Pittsburg, made in the midst of a strongly pro
tariff people, that he desires no hasty action.—
IBS own mind i 3 not made up as to the policy
he will pursue on tho general subject. Of the
Morrill Tariff itselfhe professes that he knows
nothing, and he recommends members of Con
gress to take time to consider all the bearings
of the bill before committing tllemselves by a
vote. Towards himself, as the chief of the new
administration, and the person who is to take
the responsibility of a new order of things, it
is most unfair to decide the revenue measures
of the future, before he has been able to give
those matters de mature thought their impor
tance demands."
So it appears that Mr. lANcoLN's Pittsburg
speech gives immense satisfaction to the free
traders, and is taken as evidence that he does
not desire the passage of the Merrill bill. If
it does not pass the Senate before the 4th of
March, its defeat will be justly attributed to
the influen.3e of Mr. Lincoln's Pittsburg
The President Elect and His Political
Exhibitions.
The lack of good taste and proper dignity of
deportment that has marked Mr. Lincoln's
course since he left Springfield, Illinois, with
the ostensible purpose of journeying to Wash
ington to assume the office to which he has
been elected, is the subject of universal remark,
as well as universal regret.
After keeping as silent as the grave, so far
as any public expression of his views and
opinions are known, ever since the election up
to the 14th inst., the day on which the returns
were opened and counted in the presence of the
two Houses of Congress in accordance with
the provisions of the Constitution, it was but
reasonable to - presume that he would pursue a
similar line of policy up to the 4th of March,
when he would have a fitting opportunity of
spreading before the country and.the world
his matured epinihnOitiliin, ialiquestions touch
ing his future canna Of -04taluistrative conduct.
Had he been the dignified Statesman he ought
to be, in order to be qualified to discharge the
duties of the high trust confided to him in a
proper manner, it seems to us he would have
proceeded from his home in Illinois to the Fed
eral Capital by the most direct route, in a quiet
way, avoiding all parade and ostentation, and
thus save his friends and the nation at large
the mortiftcation of seeing the elected Presi
dent of the country making the most puerile
and disgusting displays of inountebankista that
were ever given by any harlequin who ever
strutted upon a stage or gambolled in a circus
ring, to delight a gaping crowd, at twenty-five
cents a head,
The honor, if honor he considers it, has been
reserved for Abraham Lincoln of departing
from the rule usually adopted by all his pre
decessors, of traveling from post to pillar—of
boxirig the compass in order to show the peo
ple, by ocular demonstration, how great a fool
a man can make of himself when he tries.—
The truth is; that Mr. Lincoln forcibly re
minds us of a little boy who has been pre
sented with a new hobby-horse. His delight
knows no bounds as he contemplates the object
of his adoration; and of course he needs must
show his hobby-horse to every one he meets,
descanting the while, with infantile volubility,
upon the beauties and excellencies of his prize.
So it seems with the President elect. He too
appears so much delighted with the fact that
he is President elect that he traverses the coun
try in a zigzag couree—first in one direction,
then in another—accepting all the invitations
tendered him from any and every quarter, in
order to gratify the inordinate desire to exhibit
himself in all his vast proportions to the gaping
multitude—to tell them what a great Mall he
has got to be—upon whose shoulders rests a
load of responsibility more ponderous than ever
WBO borne by the Father of his Country—in
other words, to convince the people of the
'United States that he, Abraham Lincoln, is a
man of much more _importance than Washing
ton ever was. We repeat, that never before
has any President given such painful proof of
Ida weakness at the outset of his Presidential
career, as this man Lincoln ; and the American
people may well feel humiliated when they
contemplate the spectacle he presents at his
public exhibitions of his ignorance and inca
pacity, as at Indianapolis, Columbus and Pitts-,
burg. At the latter plaee, whilst addressing
the people, such was his ignorance of the geo
graphy of the !Locality, that he pointed across
the Monongahela river, and addressed himself
to the people of Virginia, not knowing any bet
ter than that on the other side of that river was
Virginia soil, instead of that of Pennsylvania.
Such things are almost incredible, but they are
lamentably too true.
We allude to these things, not because we
differ with Mr. Lincoln politically, but because
we feel, in common with all our citizens, the
humiliation which such ignorance and folly as
he has displayed since he left home naturally
and inevitably inspires. Painful as these Likings
are to which we have alluded, they are but a
drop in the bucket, compared to the postions
he occupies in his Indianapolis and Pittsburg
speeches on the condition of our national af
fairs, and his miserable attempt-to talk double
headed tariff, when he speaks of protecting the
"manufactures of Pennsylvania and the corn
" of Illinois, together with the reapers of Chi
" cage."
Ilis congratulations of the people on the fact,
as he assumes, that " there is nothing wrong,
"and nobody hurt;" that such a thing as dis
solving the Union " can't be did ;" that all
the present ills of the body politic can be healed
by the application of a few homeopathic pills ;
and in the next breath asking the people to
stand by him whilst he shall stand by the Con
stitution ; his silly allusions to the cause of the
present. crisis as being but conjectural and the
work of a few politicians—these, and a score
of other equally shocking absurdities, are
enough to make the blush of shame mantle the
cheek of the veriest tyro in politics ; but to
the intelligent mind they are absolutely horri
ble to contemplate. Is such a man a fit person
to conduct the country through the trying
scenes which it must pass before the political
and social problem involved in the present con
dition of the nation shall be solved ? That we
have fallen upon strange times is, alas ! too true;
and unless this man should fall into the keep
ing of men whose lofty and enlightened pa
triotism, sound wisdom and discretion shall
mark out for him a path of duty commensurate
with the occasion, the worst of consequences
to this nation must follow. We confess we
shudder as we contemplate the future in the
person of this weak and ignorant man.
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Correspondence of the Patriot and Union.
WestuNnrox, Feb. 18, 1861.
DEAR PATRIOT :—We continue to vibrate here
between the alternating sunshine of hope and over
casting clouds of despair. When the committee of
the Peace Congress first reported, the newspapers
alleged that it had adopted, substantially, Mr.
Guthrie's plan of adjustment. Without knowing
the details of the plan reported, I oio 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 is known
to some of his confidential, conservative friends,
and hence we find a conflict between the editors of
some of the leading Republican papers, conspicu
ous among whom are Weed and Greeley, editors of
the leading Republican journals in New York. To
outward appearance, Lincoln manifests a leaning
towards the ultras of his party, and thus, 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 coercion and internecine :gar, 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 atones you
find the true sentiments of the people ; having re
ference, I presume, to the people of Boston refu
sing to hear 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
power. He made ncr mention of the twenty-two
thousand voters of his State who petitioned for the
adoption of the Crittenden proposition.
Yours, truly,
PENNA' LEGISLATURE.
SENATE
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20. 1861.
The Senate was called to order at 11 o'clock.
a. m. by the SPEAKER. Prayer by Rev. Mr.
Robinson.
The SPEAKER laid before the Senate the
report of the Auditor General and State Trea
surer, on the claim of Christ, Long & Co., al
lowing them $1,102, for damages sustained at
Clark's ferry_
Mr. HALL, on leave, presented two remon
strances from Cambria county against the in
corporation of companies tO Oink Wells for Oil.
Also, two petitions from citizens of Blair
county, praying for the extension of the-pro
visions of an act for the protection of fruit and
to punish trespass.
BILLS IN PLACE
Mr. SCHINDEL, an act to amend the charter
of the borough of Catanqua.
Also, an act for the formation of a new elec
tion district in Lehigh county.
Mr. SMITH, a supplement to an act relating
to inspections.
Mr. HAMILTON, an act to incorporate the
Berks and Lancaster County railroad company.
Mr. ROBINSON, a supplement to an act
authorizing the citizens of the borough of Mer
cer to erect a Union sohool house.
Mr. HIESTAND, an act in relation to the
transfer of stock in the Dock coal company.
ORIGINAL RESOLUTION.
Mr. GREGG offered a resolution that the
joint committee of arrangements be authorized
to provide a dinner for the Old Soldiers on.the
22d, which was agree_d to.
BILL BE - CONSIDE RED. •
Mr. CONNELL moved that the vote by which
the act incorporating the Allegheny oil com
pany .was negatived, be re-considered; which
was agreed to—yeas 20, nays 9.
Mr. HAIL moved that the further considera
tion of the bill be postponed for the present;
which was not agreed to—yeas 14, nays 14.
Mr. HALL moved that the bill be postponed
until to•morrow; which was agreed to.
BILLS CONSIDEILID
Mr. YARDLEY called up public bill, entitled
"An Act to enable executors and administra
tors to sell and dispose of immature securities;"
which was laid over under the rules.
Mr. MEREDITH called up bill, entitled "An
Act in relation to hawkers and ped/ere is York
County;" which was passed.
Mr. LAWRENCE called up a supplement to
the act relative to supervisors in Cross Creek
township, • Washington county; which was
passed, finally,
Mr. WELSH called up an act, entitled "An
Act to repeal an act relative to the preservation
of fish in York county;" which was passed
Mr. NICHOLS called up House bill, entitled
"An Act to extend and make perpetual the
charter of the Delaware fire company, of Phil
adelphiqu which was passed finally.
Mr. PARKER called up the act to incorpo
rate the Philadelphia express steamboat, com
pany ; which was passed.
Mr. - ROBINSON called up an act relative to
the claim of John Kelly ; which was passed
finally.
Mr. SCHINDEL called .up an act for the
organization of a new school district out of
parts of Berks and Lehigh counties; which
was passed.
Mr. SERRILL called up House bill entitled
"A supplement to an act laying a tax on dogs
in the borough of West Chester ;" which was
passed finally.
Mr. SMITH called up an act relating to the
real estate of Edward Shippen Burd, deceased ;
which was passed.
Mr. PENNEY called up supplement to the
act incorporating the guardians of the poor of
Pittsburg ; which was passed.
Mr. THOMPSON called up thellet to incor
porate the East Pennsylvania agricultural and
mechanical society ; which was passed.
Mr. WELSH called up House bill, entitled
" An Act to change the place of holding the
election in Heidelberg township, York county;"
which was passed finally.
Mr. HIESTAND called up an act authorizing
the supervisors of Martin and Conestoga town
ships, Lancaster county, to pay one-third of the
cost of the erection of a bridge over Pequa
creek; which was passed.
Mr. PENNEY, for the. SPEAKER, called up
a supplement to the act providing for the erec
tion ef a poor house in Schuylkill county;
which was passed. Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20, 1861.
Tee House was called to order at 10 o'clock
a. m., the SPEAKER.
A supplement to an act relating to lateral
railroads, was postponed.
Reports of standing committees were re
ceived.
Mr. MARSHALL, an act relative to dogs in
Allegheny county.
Mr. WILSON, an act relative to the Cleveland
and Pittsburg railroad.
Mr. BOYER, an act refunding certain mo
neys.
Mr. BUTLER (Carbon) an act to incorporate
the Nescohoning railroad company ; also, an act
relative to the collection of taxes in Carbon.
county.
Mr. LAWRENCE, an act relative to the bo
rough of St. Mary's.
Mr. BALL, an act relative to certain lanes
etc., in Erie.
Mr. COLLINS, a supplement to the act reg
ulating banks ; also, an act relative to the Cum
berland road.
Mr. M'DONOUGH, an act to incorporate the
Niagara hose company.
Mr. THOMAS, a supplement to the act incor
porating the Foster iron company.
An act to ratify the title of certain real es
tate in Reading.
An act to extend the limits of the borough of
Mechanicsburg.
An act supplementary to the act incorpora
ing the Foster coal and iron company.
An act relative to the Wilkesbarre and Scran
ton railroad.
An act laying out a State road in Luzerne,
Centre and Schuylkill counties.
An act relative to elections in Chester county.
An relative to the estate of Edward Sbippen
Burd„was considered, but the House refused
to suspend the rules.
Mr. HUHN read an act to lay out a State
road in Ltizerne, Centre and Schuylkill coun
ties.
Mr. SELTZER offered a resolution tendering
the use of the hall to the Democratic Conven
tion ; which was agreed to.
Mr. BRODHEAD, an act to exempt the home
steads of families from sale.
An act furnishing a dinner for the old sol
diers of 1812 on the 22d, was negatived.
The Rouse then proceeded to the considera
tion of an act separating Brady township from
Lycoming county, and debated it to the,hour
of adjournment.
Mn. LINCOLN'S WHISKERS AND THE GIRLS.—
The taste displayed by Mr. Lincoln on his tour
to Washington is, to say the least, questionable.
The idea of the future head of a great nation,
the President elect of the United States, one of
the great potentates of the earth, the represen
tative man of Republican and Democratic insti
tutions—making speeches in which he alludes
to his own whiskers, and amid the terrible
calamities which impend over the country,
on bib way to take posession of the chair of
Washington, telling the people stories about
stupid letters he had received from stupid girls
he had never seen; nay, more, calling the girls
upon the stand to him, and kissing them before
a gaping crowd, is anything but imposing, is,
in fact, disgusting. People of ordinary dignity
and refinement are accustomed to keep their
endearments for those who have a right to
them, and even to these they are offered only
in private. But our new President calls the
women he likes up to him and salutes them in
public. One cannot very readily imagine the
grave and decorous predecessors of the Hoosier
making themselves spectacles in this way for
the vulgar jests of the multitude. It is to be
hoped that Mr. Lincoln will not expect to carry
the same style of behaviour into the White
House ; when he is President will he still throw
the handkerchief, and summon ithomsoever he
. prefers, to offer her a caress ? What is prohib
ited even on the Paris stage as too gross to be
offered to public women, the successor of Wash
ington commits as he prOgrOM t 4 the capital,
of which he is so soon to be the ruler. It is
also to be hoped there will be no allusions to
the important subject of Mr. Lincoln's whiskers
in the inaugural address. Such things may do
for the hustings of Illinois, but hardly for a
man with the weight of a dissolving empire on
his shoulders.—N. Y. Express,
SOLON.
WENDELL PHILLIPS MAKES ANOTHER SPEECH.
Mr. Wendell Phillips delivered a lecture yes
terday forenoon at Music Hall, before the
Twenty-eighth Congregational Society. The
hall was crowded, and the • bitter personalities
of the speaker were received with frequent ap
plause by his admirers. Mr. Phillips regarded
South Carolina as occupying substantially the
same position in relation to the North that
Massachusetts did to England just previous to
the war of the revolution. He rejoiced that
the Union had been dissolved, and that the
Constitution, which was patched up by a parcel
of lawyere, had been broken. The South had
seceded from the North, and the North from
the South ; the sinner had kicked the saint out
of the covenant with death. lie desired to tell
Mr. Charles Francis Adams that we didn't want
the border States ; they might go and take the
forts and arsenals, and the National Capital, if
-they wanted them. Commenting on Mr. Adams'
compromising -spirit, he said " Take care—
take care, Mr. Adams, you need a long spoon
to sup with the devil." The North had not a
President to-day, but she was sold. He had
no doubt but that through the influence of
Seward and Adams, there would be compro
mises and concessions. They would have, to
wait another four years, perhaps. He knew
that there were mobs in our cities; that here
he could not speak without the consent of
. the
Mayor; but the right spirit was beginning to
show itself in the great West. She sends a
Lovejoy to lead Congress in such a time as this.
BILLS 1N PLACE
=I
SPECIAL ORDER.
The speaker commented on Mr. Richard H.
Dana, Jr.'s, speech at Cambridge, and de
nounced him as worse than a Legree. Seward
was a perjurer, and Dana was a man-stealer—
and of the two, the perjurer was decidedly the
best and most gentlemanly.—Boaton Courier,
Feb. 18th.
COTTON CULTIVATION IN AUSTRALIA.—What
is required to bring the cotton lands of Aus
tralia into cultivation is capital and labor. Of
these two important essentials, the men of
Manchester have no lack. They readily sub
scribed $lOO,OOO, when the repeal of the corn
laws obtained for them cheap bread for their
factory hands, and procured for them new
markets for their manufactures in exchange for
corn and flour which would be imported. The
same sum judiciously applied would have gone
far to have obtained for them a supply of cot
ton from Queensland and other parts of the
British possessions. With respect to the
supply of labor, that is a difficulty which might
have been and would have been overcome, had
the necessary capital been forthcoming, by the
importation of coolies and Chinese into the
new cotton growing districts. With such
magnificent colonies as we possess ; with lands
suited in every respect for the culture of cotton,
which may be purchased for a merely nominal
sum ; with all our manufacturing skill for
producing the necessary implements ' • and with
abundance of capital at our disposal, and with
facilities for obtaining labor from India, and
from China under the new treaty, it will be a
crying shame and a disgrace to the country if
we contiue much longer in our state of preca
rious dependence upon the cotton-growing
States of America. Whatever may be done in
directing attention to new fields of productive
ness, we hope that the unequalled facilities of
Queensland will not be overlooked. We are
glad to learn that the colonists are fully
alive to the importance of providing addi
tional labor, and a memorial is in course of
preparation to the authorities, praying for
some relaxation in the present regulation re
specting the introduction of coolie emigrants.
Now that the treaty of Pekin recognizes the
right of emigration on the part of Chinese,
there can be no difficulty in affording increased
facilities to their leaving the country and set
ling in Australia.—Australian and New Zealand
Gazette. '
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
XIIIIth CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION.
HOTISE.—The House resumed the considera
tion of the volunteer bill as reported from the
military committee.
SENATE.—Mr. Doolittle (Wie.) presented the
credentials of Timothy 0. Home, Senator elect
from Wisconsin,
Several private bills were passed.
On motion of Mr. Wade (Ohio) the House
bill to authorize the Post Master General to
discontinue the mail service in states where it
is liable to be interfered with was taken up.
Mr. Green (Mo.) moved to add that the
Secretary of the Treasury he directed to prevent
any further attempt to collect the revenue in
such States.
Mr. Douglas (Ill.) suggested that it was not
the proper place to offer this amendment.
Mr. Green (Ill.) said that it was an indirect
attempt to strike at the States claiming to be
out of the Union. Is there an insurrection in
any State or any obstruction to the mail ser
vice in any State ? Even if there was, the
Post Master General or President have no power
to interfere unless asked for by the Governors
of the States.
Mr. Hemphill (Texas) offered the follow
ing:
WHEREAS, Several States have withdrawn
from the Union, and the laws of the United
States are no longer enforced, that, therefore
the Post Master General be directed to discon
tinue the postal service in the said States,
and make arrangements with the Governments
of the same for an inter-postal communication
therein.
Mr. Green withdrew'his amendment.
Mr. Clingman (N. C.) said that he believed
these were out of the - Union, and had become
foreign States just as much as Great Britain.,
and he thought the mail service should be
stopped, but he wanted to amend the bill, and
moved to out the word " insurrection,"
and insert, as a reason for the discontinuance,
" the secession of certain States."
Mr, Fitch (Ind.) suggested that the amend
ment should read, "the refusal to acknowledge
the laws of the 'United States," so as not to
recognize secession, and also to strike out the
words "postal laws maintained," so as to give
no reason to employ force.
Mr. Clingman accepted the suggestion.
Mr. Mason (Va.) said that the bill was a
declaration, by the HPuse, that insurrection
existed on the part of these States. He trusted
that the Senate would look well on the ques
tion, as it is one of the most grave and mo
mentous character. He said that the fact was
that certain States had confederated and had a
Congress in session with as much power as we
possess, yet the bill calls it insurrection, and
assumes that this is iLe new empire, but that
the federal power is still in existence in those
States. He proceeded to argue against any
thing which would plunge the country into
civil war. Twelve o'clock having arrived, the
subject was dropped, and the Tariff bill taken
up.
Mr. 'loco& (Vu.) said he considered the
passage of the bill a foregone conclusion. He
opposed it on account of the features which ap
peared on its face. He opposed it in consequence
of the effects its passage will produce on the
peace and prosperity of the country. He op
posed it above all and more than all in conse
quence of the policy it indicates, if it does not
imitate. He yesterday characterized the bill
as a declaration of war, and having since care
fully read it, he reiterated the remark. it was
more than a declaration of war. It invested
the President in time of peace with dictatorial
powers.
President Lincoln in New York.
NEW YORK; Feb. 20.
Mayor Wood formally received. Mr. Lincoln
at 10 o'clock this morning, in the Governor's
room of the City Hall.
Mayor Wood paid it becomes my duty to ex
tend an official welcome in behalf of the cor
poration. In doing so permit me to say that
this. city never offered her hospitality to a man
clothed with more exalted powers or resting
under greater responsibilities than those which"
circumstances have devolved upon you. Coming
into office with a dismembered Government to
reconstruct, and a dismembered and hostile
people to reconcile, it will require a high pa
triotism and an elevated comprehension of the
whole country, its varied interests, opinions
and prejudices to so conduct the public affairs
as to bring it back again to its former harmo
nious, consolidated and prosperous condition.
I refer to this topic because New York is deeply
interested. The present political divisions
have sorely afflicted her people. Her material
interests are paralysed. She is the child of the
American Union. She has grown up under its
maternal care and been fostered by its paternal
bounty, and we fear if the Union dies the pres
ent supremacy of New York will perish with it.
To you, therefore, chosen under the fortis of
the Constitution as the head of the Confederacy,
we look for , a restoration of the fraternal rela
tions between the States, which is only to be
accomplished by peaceful and conciliatory
means aided by Almighty God.
MR. LINCOLN RESPONDED.
Mr. Mayor. It is' with feelings indeed of
gratitude that I make my acknowledgmints for
the reception which has been extended to me
by the great commercial city of New York. I
can but remember that such a reception is ten
dered by a people who do not by a majority
agree with me in political sentiment. It is
more grateful on this account, because it is an
eridence that, in support of the great princi
WASHINGTON', Feb. 20.
pies that underlie our government, the people
are nearly or quite unanimous in regard to the
difficulties which encompass us at this time,
and of which your honor has thought fit to
speak so becomingly and so justly, as I sup
pose, I can only say that I agree with the sen
timents expressed by the Mayor. In my de
votion to the Union, I hope I am not behind
any man within the Union, but in the wisdom
necessary to conduct affairs I fear I may be
deficient, and that too great confidence has been
reposed in me. lam sure, however, that lat
least bring a heart devoted to the work.
There is nothing which could bring me to
consent willingly to the destruction of that
Union under which not" alone the great com
mercial city of New York, but theh whole coun
try, has acquired greatness. As I understand
it, the ship is made for the carriage and preser
vation of the cargo, and so long as the ship
can be saved with the cargo, it should never be
abandoned. We should never cease in our ef
forts to save it so long as it can be clone with
out throwing overboard the passengers and
cargo; so long as the prosperity and liberty of
this people can be preserved in the Union, it
will be my purpose to preserve that Union. He
closed by thanking the Mayor, &c.
At the close of the remarks the members of
the City Council and State Government were
introduced, after which the people were ad
mitted. An immense rush and scramble was
made to get into the Governor's room, and the
jam was tremendous. Many thousands at
tempted to gain admittance, and rent clothes
and some bruises were the consequence. Many
were unable to shake hands with Mr. Lincoln,
and at one o'clock he returned to his hotel.
Missouri for the Union
Missouri has gone overwhelmingly for the
Union. The present indications are that there
will not be ten secessionists in the State Con
vention. The average majority in this county
is a little over 4,000 votes for the the Union
ticket.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20
The mail contractors in the Seceded States
are continually asking whether they 'will be paid
as heretofore, to which the Post-office Depart
ment responds affirmatively, stating that drafts
will be issued to them on the postmasters to be
paid from the Postal revenuecollected within
those States. The Postmaster General bas
removed the route agent between Grafton and
Parkersburg, Va., on the ground that he had
left his business without permissicn, to engage
in the secession movement in that State. Sev
eral postmasters in Kentucky and Tennessee
have been removed for similar causes.
Excitement in Nebraska City.
NEBRASKA CITY, Feb. 20
Old Fort, Kearney was taken possession of
last night by a party of secessionists, and this
morning a Palmetto flag waves over the for
tress, bearing the motto, " Southern Rights."
Great excitement prevails, and efforts are being
made to take the fort by the Union party.
An attack was made on old Fort Kearney
this morning at ten o'clock, and amid great
excitement the Palmetto flag was torn down,
and the Stars and Stripes raised in its plaoc.
Secession in Arkansas.
At the election to 7 day a large number of
votes were cast against holding a Convention.
Upon raising a large Union flag, the stars
and stripes, over the Court House, the enthu
siasm of the crowd was unbounded, and cheer
after cheer was sent up from more voices than
ever greeted it in Washington county before.
Parties are now parading the streets with
Union flags.
United States Steamer Niagara.
zir.w Yons, Feb. 20
The U. S. - steam frigate Niagara was aL Aden
on the 14th of January, Mr. Ward, the Amer
ican minister, with Col., Ripley and Surgeon
Woodworth, sailed on the 19th in the English
steamer Orissa. The Niagara departed imme
diately' homeward bound via the Cape of Good
Hope.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
WARRANTED IN ALL CASES ..a1
DR. RA:RVEY'S
CIERONQ THERMAL FEMALE PILLS
For the prevention and Cure of all those difficulties to which
the female system isyecidiarly liable. arising from
STOPPAGR OF , NATURE OR OESTRUOTION.
These Pills Aare never been known to fail when the
directions have been strictly followeel, and they are
perfectly safe to mice by the most deticate.
TO MARRIED LADIES they are particularly recom
mended, es they prevent difficulties, and restore nature,
no matter from what cause the obstruction may arise. A
few days in most cases will produce the desired effect; and
although so powerful,. yet no injury will ever result from
their use. But ,those who are pregnant should not use
them, as they have an effect contrary to nature. Pamphlets
detailing their virtues, with numerous certificates from well
known physicians and apothecaries, can be had on applica
tion to the agent, who will send the Pills, if desired, by
mail, post-paid, to any address, on receipt of the money.
Sold in boxes containing sixty pills,—price One Dollar,—
by all the principal druggists and dealers, and by DYOTT
& 00., wholesale agents, Korth Second street, Philadel
phia. nov2-eodddr,wly
A NEW REMEDY
Superseding Onsans, OoPerna, OAPSITLES, or any compound
that has ever been before the people. It has been used by
ONE HUNDRED PHYSICIANS,
In their private practice, with entire enema, in all cacee
BELL'S SPECIFIC PILLS,
For diseases of a private nature ; a cure is frequently per
-formed in a week, and entire confidence may be placed in
them. This remedy is a newly discovered specific, more
active and speedy in its effects than Cubebs or Copaiba
alone. The pills are half the size of Capsules, and never
nauseate the stomach, or impregnate the breath. Six dozen
pills in a box—price one dollar, and will be sent by mail,
post-paid, by the agent, on receipt of the money.
Sold by all the principal druggists and dealers, and by
DYOTT & ,pO., wholesale agents, North Second street,
Philadelphia. nev2-eodd&wly
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 not
ba confounded with any of the numerous patent medi
cines of the day. It is FOOD FOR mos BLOOD, already
prepared for absorption; pleasant to the taste and natu
ral in 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 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 INFANTIFB 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 and be at once relieved.
U 7 See advertisement. arkl7-d&wam
MRS. WINSLOW,
An experienced nurse and female physician, has a Sooth
ing Syrup for children teething, which greatly facilitate
the proceed of teething by softening the gum's, reducing as
inilamnation—will allay all pain, and is sure to regulate
the bowels. Depend upon it mothers, it will give rest to
yourselves, and relief and health to your infants. ',er
ectly safe in all cases. See advertisemv Ls in another col
umn at 1,1859-d&wlv
NEM abuttlistments.
ON the 22d the Store of the subscriber
will be closed from 10 A. M. until 4 P. M.
W. GARRATT,
feb2l - 112t Corner of State and Second streets.
aARDEN SEEDS 1 1 1- 7 A 'FRESH AND
VI COMPLETE assortment, just received and for sale by
fel= WM. DOCK, JE., SG CO.
•
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD'! -Lost, a
Black and Tan Terrier SLUT, with a leather collar
and silver plate. Answers to the name of 4 "ate." The
above reward will be paid if returned to the "Brady
House." [feb2l-dlt] JNO. FARRELL.
N U T COAL!!!.
ONLY $1.75 PER TON!!!.,En
' TREVERTON NIIT COAL for eels at $1.75 per ton,
delivered by Patent Weigh Carts.
PINEGROVE COAL, just received by care for sale by
feb2l JAMES M. WHEELER.
CORNS REMOVED IN FIVE
MINUTES WITHOUT PAIN ! !—Mrs. HANNAH Boa-
LET, the celebrated Chiropodist , or Corn Extraetor, is
in this place and may be found at the house of THOMAS
Short etieet, Harrisburg.
She retrieves Corns, Bunions, he., without the least
pain. She ie hilly recommended by prominent citizen.
of Philadelphia, Oolembit, Lancaster, Casuals, Chant
bersburg, Beading, Harrisburg, West Chester, said other
places. Why safer leapt when rclicf can be had?
ST. Louie, Feb. 19,
FAYETTEVILLE, Feb. 19
Ntw Wwertistmente.
fiß A R G A I N S!
BARGAINS!!"
SELLING OFF
AT COST!
TO CLOSE OUT
BUSINESS!
AT NO. 12,
NORTH-WESTERN SIDE OF
MARKET SQUARE!
I AM NOW CLOSING OUT
NY ENTIRE
STOCK OF GOODS!
EMBRACING
EVERYTHING
IN THE LINE OF
CHINA,
GLASS,
QUEENSWARE,
GROCERIES,
&0.,
FLUID AND COAL OIL LAMPS AND
LANTEItNS.
GLASS BOTTLES,
TUMBLERS,
DINNER, TEA AND TOILET SETS.
if 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
VR - UFT, &0., FOR B.,t,kLE-At Boas &
Forsteris Warehouse, on the Canal.
The subscriber has just arrived from Bradford county
with a fresh supply of Apples, Dried Apples, Apple
Butter, Buckwheat Ilour - and Butter, all of which he
offers for sale low for cash.
febl9-d3l JOHN MIQIIEEN.
THE AMERICAN READER !
A popular and very interesting Iteetts . r, (16111010 d for
the use of
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS
generally throughout our country, and now in the nee of
the Public Schools of the First School District of Penn
sylvania, by order, and with the unanimous vote of the
Board of School Controllers of said District. It may be
had on application to the Author and Publisher, South
west corner of Lombard and 23d streets, Philadelphia,
for $6.60 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. febl9-416m.
MADERIA WINE !-WELSH BRO
THERS, OLD RESERVE WlNE—full bodied and
fruity. In store and for sale by
JOHN H. ZIEGLER,
78 Market street.
feblB
FIRST CLASS GROCERIES !
LARGE ARRIVAL!!
Mauro nrwr nErtlawan from the Eastern cities, Where
Me have selected with the greatest care a large and com
ete 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 hoar our prices,
fehlf• WM. DOCK, as., & CO.
FOR RENT—The Buehler House RES.
TAIJRANT, with ottio of Fixtures, fol)14
APPLES ! ! APPLES ! ! I—Five Hun
dred Barrels of superior APPLES just received
from New York State, For sale at lowest cash price by
febl2 JAMES M. WHEELER;
ELECT I O N;
OFFICE NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY CO., Z
BALTIMORE, :Feb. 11, 1661.
A general meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pany will he held at CALVERT STATION, on THEIRS
DAV,,rite 9.Bru or FEBRUARY Vg", between the houcS
of 12 and 2 o'clock, P. M. ; for'. the. election of Twelve
Directors for the ensuing year.
The Transfer Books will be closed on the 16th of Feb
ruary until after the election. By order.
febl2-dte ROM. S. HOLLINS, 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 MICHAEL BUR E.
febl3-dtf
VALENTINES ! VALENTINES!!
A large assortment of COMIC and SENTIMENTAL
VALENTINES of different styles and prices. For sale
at SOHEFFER'S BOOKSTORE,
feb9 18 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
FOR, SALE.—The BUILDING on the
corner of Walnut and Short streets, used as a
COOPER SHOP. This building was originally built so
that it could be turned into Dwelling Houses. It con
sists of three separate frames placed together, each frame
being 25 by 20 feet, making the entire building, as it now
Staudt], 75 feet long and 20 feet wide. Will sell also an
EIGHT HORSE POWER ENGINE AND BOILER,
nearly new, and one of Drawback's Patent Stave Cutters,
and a Set of Saws for Jointing Staves. The above
property will be sold at a bargain, as we wish to clear
the ground on which the building stands. Enquire at
the Broker's Office of S. L. M'OULLOCH,
feb9;dtf 126 Market Street.
HE BIBLE ON.DIVORCE. , --The fol -
T
lowing worth( are from Mark a. v. 9, 12:
"What, therefore, God has joined together let not man
put asunder."
"Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another
committeth adultery. And if a woman shall put away
her husband and marry again she committeth adultery."
Legislators and others, the above is the edict of the
Supreme Lawgiver, from which there is do appeal.-
"What, thereloto, 6424 has joined together let no mut
put asunder." *MAU
EW BOOKS!
The “OHILDREN , S PICTURE POOH Or EIRM"
/11custrated by W. Heaver. Price 75e. cloth.
The '"CHILDREN'S PICTURE FABLE BOOK," II-
Instated by HARBISON WRIB. Price 76c. cloth.
The tiOIIILDRENII PICTURE BOOK OP QUADRU
PEDS, Illustrated by W. Heresy. Price 76c. cloth.
Nor ale at EICHEFFEWS BOOKSTORE ,
feb9 No.le Market Etreet, Earrleburg,ra.
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GOBLETS, &c.
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