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Hon. W. IL Witte.
The address of the Hon. W. H. Witte, before
the Democratic State Convention last night,
was one of the most eloquent efforts it has ever
been our lot to listen to. To a fine voice and
perfect elOCutien be adds a high order of intel
ligence, with a remarkable volubility that
gives zest to all he says. He held the immense
audience spell-bound for upwards of an hour,
and was frequently interrupted by torrents of
applause. As a popular orator Mr. Witte has
no superior in Pennsylvania, and we doubt if
he has an equal in the country.
He traced the history of the Abolition party
from the days of Wilberforce to the present
time with great force, and demonstrated the
fact that the present condition "of the country
is the legitimate consequence of Abolition
raids upon the Constitution and the equal rights
of the people of all the States, and dwelt upon
the solemn'Ocasien that has called the Conven
tion together, with tree eloquence and great
power.
It is impossible to do jnstiee to Mr_ Witte in
a hurried notice like this, nor indeed are we
certain that under any circumstances we could
do him full justice in any notice. He must be
heard to be appreciated.
The Democratic Party is Right.
Mr. CLAr once said that he would rather be
right than be President. The Democratic
party can now say, in the same spirit, that they
Would rather be conscious of having done right
in the recent contest than be in the position of
the Republican party, which elected a President
at the cost of a dissolution of the Union. No
man who voted against Lxrcorw can feel re
sponsible for the difficulties which have over
taken the country, in consequence of the elec
tion of a sectional President. The supporters
of Breckiuridge, Douglas and Bell exhausted
their power to prevent this result. They
Warned the Northern States that the Union could
not survive the triumph of a party inflamed
With enmity to the Southern States. They saw
that the South was in earnest, and that the
election of a President upon the principle of
resistance to their rights could not but be fol
lowed by disastrous consequences.
Now, that these consequences are so appa
rent, that even the Republicans are forced to
admit the existence of danger to the Union—
now that seven States have declared themselves
out of the Union, and formed a separate Con
federacy—now that the border States are trem
bling in the balance, ready to remain in the
Union if their rights are acknowledged, and
determined to go out if they are denied—now
that . We are upon the very brink of a civil war,
one would think that the most venomous Re
publican ought to be satisfied with the amount
of injury already inflicted upon the country,
by the success of that sectional organization,
and feel some disposition to assist in arresting
the progress of ruin. But the stiff-backed
traitors of the Greeley school are not yet satis
fied With their work. They ins' t there
must be no hesitation, no looki no fal
tering, until the work of disnni • J blly ac
complished, and the Union is purged of the
slave States. They would rather see every
Southern State driven out of the Union than
that it should be preserved by the sacrifice of
the Republican party. After assuring the peo-
ple that the triumph of Republican principles
-involved no danger, and that Lincoln's election
'would pour oil upon the troubled waters, they
now insist that nothing shall be done to remove
the danger which has come in spite of their
smooth prophecies, but that the Republican
party must fulfil its mission of ruin to the Con
federacy.
The Democratic party was right in predicting
evil from the election of Lincoln. They are
ROW right in insisting that the injury inflicted
by the Republicans shall be repaired by com
promise. They are right in protesting against
a useless and bloody civil war—and if that
comes, they will he right in protesting against
the enormity.
litittish Views of the United States.
The London Times, of the 6th inst., comes
filled with the debates and other proceedings
incident to the opening of the British Parlia
ment on the previous day. The splendors of
the scene are described in detail. The first
Ambassador to arrive was the Persian, whose
quaint eestnme, jeweled breast and fur-covered
steeple-hat, produced a " sensation," which,
according, to the London reporter,was enhanced
by the embarrassment of the distinguished
Oriental in , finding the space reserved for this
" instalment of magnificence." At length the
Queen odd% preceded by heralds emblazoned
with gold, and followed by lords. "As usual
(sayg the account,) Her Majesty is perfectly at,
her ease, quietly looking round the splendid
Chamber as if she sat alone in it; and the sur
rounding ai hundred pair of eyes were bent
on any one but her. As always on these great
occasions, Her Majesty wore robes of state,
her dress being composed of silver tissue,
striped with gold, and a, superb train of crim
son 'velvet, lined with ermine, and embroidered
with giild; which was carried by the Ladiei-in-
Waiting, and. two pages. On her head was a
demi-crownof brilliants, and with it were worn
en suite s necklace, • earrings, stomacher, and
bracelets of diamonds."
Then Gime Her Majesty'e speech, in which
Wes the folletrietingelation to this eouwtly :
Serious differences have arisen among the
States of the North American Union. It is
impossible for me to look without great con
cern upon any events which can affect the
happiness and welfare of a people firmly allied
to my subjects by descent, and closely annected
with them by the most intimate and friendly
relations. My heartfelt wish is that these
differences may be 'susceptible of satisfactory
adjustment. The interest which I take in the
well-being of the people of the United States
cannot but be increased by the kind and cordial
reception given by them to the Prince of Wales
during his recent visit to the continent of
America. lam glad to take the opportunity
of expressing my warm appreciation of the
loyalty and attachment to my. person and throne
manifested by my Canadian and other North
American subjects on the occasion of the res
idence of the Prince of Wales among them.
The addresses which followed, from distin
guished British statesmen, are worthy of no
tice from the frequent reference made to Amer
ican affairs—all speaking in terms of regret at
the serious differences threatening the North
American Union. The Earl of Sefton said :
While all must regret to see so large and
prosperous a community, which was so closely
bound by every tie to ourselves, almost upon
the verge of civil war, they could not help
feeling some alarm as to the effect which these
events might have upon the importation of
cotton into the manufacturing districts of the
north of England • but at the same time it
should be remembered that cotton could be
obtained from other countries besides America,
and he was happy to say that the subject was
creating the deepest interest in Manchester,
and he trusted in Liverpool also. Increased fa
cility of communiCation and better modes of pre ,
paring cotton and bringing it to market, would,
he hoped, shortly to place us in a position to ob
tain large supplies from our Indian possessions.
There were also active efforts being made upon
the coast of 4 Africa, in the hope of creating a
wide field of commercial operations in that
quarter of the globe.
The Earl of Derby, while expressing solici
tude in regard to the supply of cotton, mani
fested a still deeper concern for the 'welfare of
the iteputlic. He said:
It is impossible not to feel the deepest con
cern at the threatened disruption of that great
Union, as it must affect the happiness and web•
fare of that country. (Hear, hear.) There is
no man in this country who would not view
with the deepest anxiety and regret the disrup
tion of a community which, without claiming
perfection for its institutions, and certainly
under various disadvantages, has yet procured
for its people an amount of prosperity almost
unparalleled in the world, and an amount of
personal freedom only inferior—and I think it
is inferior . (bear, hear)—to that enjoyed in this
country. (Hear, hear.) But it is impossible
to look at that threatened disruption—only
possible to be efficted at the cost of the horrors
of civil war—without looking also at the effects
it would produce on the manufactures of this
country. Its first effects, at all events,
would
h
be most disastrous to one great branc of our
industry. Unfortunately it does so happen—
I trust it will not be long so—that we have
been almost exclusively dependent on the cot
ton of America. It will be of the , highest, ad
vantage, if the threatened disruption should
lead those who are most deeply interested—l
do not think the Government can interfere with
their individual exertions—to turn their serious
consideration to the best means of averting the
danger involved in a failure of the supply of
cotton from the United States by promoting an
increased supply from other sources. Such a,
supply can be had in many parts of the world
provided means be taken for encouraging its
growth and import. (Hear, hear.)
Of similar import was the language of Earl
Granville, who spoke as follows :
As regards the unfortunate dissensions in the
United States, I may allude to one very remark
able instance of the feeling in this country on
the subject. For years after the separation—
which I would term unfortunate if it had not.
been followed by such signal prosperity both
in the mother country and in the colony—there
was a feeling of rivalry between them, and of
apparent jealousy at one another's success.—
The visit of the Prince of Wales showed that
at bottom the people of the United States en
tertained a hearty sympathy for the country
from which they derived their descent, and the
visit promised to exercise a valuable influence
on the future relations of the two countries.—
A strong feeling of regret has been expressed
throughout England at the dissensions between
the Southern and Northern States. Foreigner
after foreigner has come to me and said, "You
must be very glad to see this weakening of your
great rival; but not a single Englishman has
made each a remark; and I believe that the
affinity of blood does produce, and has pro
duced, a strong degree of sympathy throughout
England for a country which is almost as free
as our own. In England we enjoy this advan
tage—that the minority with us has ampler
opportunities of expressing itself than it pos
sesses under more democratic institutions. It
is not for me to prophecy or to point out how
these dissensions will end ; but whether for the
welfare of the United states or with a view to
the future relations between the two countries,
I believe it is the earnest desire of the English
people that the quarrel should cense (hear,
bear,) and we wish it may termina'e in the way
which is most likely to insure the prosperity
of this great and kindred nation. ( Hear, hear.)
Respecting the production of cotton, I entirely
concur with the advice given by the noble earl.
It has now become more necessary than ever
to extend the resources from which we derive
our supplies of this article.
In nearly all the addresses, grateful ac
knowledgments of the courtesies received in
the United States by the Prince of Wales, were
mingled with expressions of condolence that
the Great Republic should at the present time
be so racked with dissensions.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the P.triot and Union.
WASHINGTON, February 20, 1861.
DEAR Rummy :—The Senate is busily engaged
in perfecting the tariff bill imposing duties on
foreign importations, to protect Pennsylvania, and
Northern productions generally; but, alas ! that
section of our country where we expected to Sod
our principal. market for them—for I believe the
whole South is going—will either impose a duty
on what we of the North have to sell to them, or ad
mit foreign iron, /to., into their ports free of duty.
If they should impose a duty on our iron, &c., equal
to the duty we iintieeti on foreign iron, &c., then
our tariff labors, to that extent, will be lost, be
cause the duty we impose on foreign importations
would be balanced by the duty we would have to
pay to the government of the Confederated States
on our exportations to them. They may not, how
ever, stop there ; they may not only impose a high
duty on our Northern productions, but they may
also admit the iron, ace, of England , and Russia
and other foreign countries free of duty ; and in
that case, even a prohibitory tariff would not help
our manufactniers—and thus the present deplora
ble state of things which now oppresses our coun
toy, which, if an adjustment could be made, would
be only temporary—would be perpetuated, and
ergo, the choice now to be made is between a tem
porary and a permanent distress, as the only alter
native left te a much abused people by unprinci
pled demegognes. With these direful prospects
staring ns in the face, many of the ultra Republi
cans in Congress are pressing the Passage of the
force bill, without making au adjustment, which
will inevitably precipitate us into a most unnstn
ral war of fathers against sous and eons against
fathers„ of brothers against brothers, and brothers
in law against brothers-in-law, and fathers-in-law
against sons-in-law, and eons-in-law againit fa
thers-in-law, and of nephews against uncles and
uncles against nephews. For I find that in
termairiage between citizens of the North , and
South is far more extensive than I had surmount
myself, have sear .and dear relatives and con.
nexions both North and South, and if called upon
to take up arms against either, I would rather than
imbrue my fratricidal or parricidal hands in the
warm blood that courses their veins and palpitates
in their affectionate hearts, sink a dagger into the
deepest recesses of my own.
I confinis my hopes of an adjustment have been
cheeked with in the past, few hours. The Maryland
Convention has adjourned, after resolving to be
governed by the course Virginia may pursue, and
what Virginia demands (the Crittenden proposi
tion) I fear cannot pass Congress; and, if it d i ng
not, then, before the end of next month, she will
be off, peaceably.if she can, or forcibly if she must.
And then again, the itinerant speeches of Lincoln
is a wet blanket tbrown over our hopes. He says
nobody is hurt; there is nothing wrong, and this
panic is only artificial. Nothing wrong! when
the country is writhing in the agonies of dissolu
tion ? Nothing wrong ! . when six of our sister States
have withdrawn from us, and formed a new Con
federacy, and their Congress now in session? No
thing wrong ! when 22,000 voters of Boston, 38,000
of New York, and thousands of others from all po
liticel parties of the North are daily pouring In
petitions upon Congress, praying the adoption of
Crittenden's or some other proposition to save the
country from civil war and ruin ? Nothing wrong!
when a contest is going on in the Southern con
servative States between immediate and contingent
secession ? Nothing wrong ! when a Peace Con
gress is now sitting with closed doors in this city,
to devise measures to prevent the balance of the
Southern States from withdrawing also? Nothing
wrens! when an army of soldiers bee been brought
to the Capital to protect his own person frotn the
violence of an infuriated people? Nothing wrong
when finch men as Bigler, and Cameron,. and
Douglas, and &Ward, and Dixon, and Crittenden
are willing to sacrifice their party predilections at.
the same altar to seve'their common country from
annihilation ?. Nobody hurt I when banks are
forced to suspend, at_the risk of forfeiting their
charters? Nobody hurt when thousands of honest
mechanics are thrown out of employment, to beg
or to starve? 'Nobody hurt * when the goirernment
can't borrow a dollar except on exorbitant usury,
because money, lenders have lost confidence in its
permaneney ? Nobody hurt when merchants in
all our Northern cities who were but a short time
since revelling in the luxuries of wealth, are now
paupers and mendicants ? Nobody hurt ! when
hundreds of Southern students at our Northern
universities have been withdrawn from them !
No
body hurt! when thousands of Southern retail
merchants have withdrawn their orders for goods
from Northern wholesale merchants, and from
Northern manufacturers; and when Virginia and
Maryland have commenced manufacturing for
themetelvea and their Setzthert, friowia Who h a s
made this artificial panic? If it is artificial, as
Mr. Lincoln says, was it the Northern merchants,
who have become bankrupt? Was it the Northern
manufacturers, who have closed their establish
ments for want of Southern customers ? Was it the
banks, who have suspended, because the people,
foreseeing a crisis in the government, wanted to
convert their bank paper into specie, to be ready
for the worst, made a run upon them? Was it the
journeyman mechanics, who have lost. their em
ployment and means of support by it? Was it the
farmers, who have suffered in the depreciation of
the price of their gook and grain? It seems to we
that if Mr. Lincoln had been a school boy, jost
emerged from the remotest interior of the back
woods, where newspapers did not reach him for
months, he could not have betrayed a greater ig
norance of the deplorable condition of the coun
try.
The Senate passed the Tariff bill this evening,
about 8 o'clock, with many amendments.
Yours, truly,
GENERAL NEWS.
NEW YORK MERMAN'S 410 RING FOR RELIEF,
—The New York takers of the ten million loan
have sent a petition to the Committee of Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives,
asking for • the return of their deposits of one
per cent., made in October last. They allege
that they suffered heavy losses by the failure of
the then Secretary of the Treasury to furnish
them with coupon bonds.
VERDICT AGAINST A SAVINGS BANS.-A suit
in the Circuit Court at Rochester, New York,
against the Rochester Savings Bank to recover
the entire amount of a deposit of which $3OO
had been drawn from the bank without author
ity, by the daughter of the depositor, has been
decided for the plaintiff. The verdict requires
the bank to pay the plaintiff the entire sum
placed on deposit.
ROBBERY. BY ARABS.—Rev. Dr. Leyburn, of
Philadelphia, while on his :way, in company
with Mr. Low, from Jerusalem to the Dead
Sea, not far from Jericho , ou the 27th of Decem
ber, after bathing in the Jordan, was suddenly
attacked by a party of nine armed Bedouin
Arabs from the mountains of Moab, and him
self and companion robbed of $6OO, and strip
ped of nearly all their clothing.
MURDER AND LYNCHING.--W. D. Wescott, S
merchant of New Orleans, was found murdered
in his bed at the Hunter House, Palestine,
Texas, do January 28th. A negro boy, who
confessed to taking his money and pistols, was
arrested, and subsequenly taken from the jail
and hung.
LOSS OF MAIL TO NEW ORLEANS.—A New
Orleans paper states that a vast mass of back
mail matter, that., in consequence of the recent
injury to the railroad, had been sent to Vicks
burg for transmission to that city, by• boat, was
on the Charmer, and, and of course, shared the
fate of the rest , of the freight.
A CONVENTION OF THE COLORED POPULATION.
A convention of colored people of Massachu
setts was held in Boston last Friday, called in
anticipation of an attempt to disfranchise and
'drive them from the country. An appeal 'to
the people of Massachusetts was adopted ask
ing aid and protection,
SKATING IN STYLS.—In Montreal the skating
pond is roofed over, so as to prevent its being
covered with snow. It is lighted at night, and'
the band of the Canadian Rifles generally
attends. The ladies frequent it, wearing short
dresses, looped up so as to be out of the way,
and Turkish trousers.
SIIICIDE.—P. Deacon Tiffany, Esq , a wealthy
lawyer of St. Louis, whose family (a wife and
Ma children) are at. pr, sent in Worcester, Mass.,
eut his throat on the 14th inst. He was repor
ted to be worth half a million, and the cause of
the rash deed cannot be accounted for.
DEATH OF JUDGE HALL, OF NEBRABKA.—Ofh-
CNA int, lligenee has reached Washington of th e
Death of the Hon. Augustus Hall. Chiet Justice
of Nebraska Te ritoty. He died at his resi
dence, near Bellevue, in that Territory, on the
first day of February.
EXTENSIVE ROBBKRY.—At New Orleans, on
Thursday week, the residence of A. Tamboury
was robbed of silverware and other articles
valued at $9,000. Not a particle of the cloth
ing of the family, save what they had on their
backs. was left behind.
GOOD FOE THE WOEKINOMEN.—Extra hands
have been set at work on the Mohawk, Supply
and Harriet Lazo; at Brooklyn. There is now
a force of over eight hundred men in the yard,
the expenses'of which probably reach $86,000
a month.
TERRIBLY COLD IN GERMANY.—Letters from
Dresden represent the winter in Germany as
one of unusual severity. For several days in
Dresden the thermometer had been from ten to
nineteen degrees below zero. The Elbe is
frozen over, and the ladies have their curls
covered with hoar frost, while the men's whis
kers freeze.
A new religious corporation has been es
tablished in Algeria, under the name •of " The
Ploughing Fathers." These monks have im
posed on themselves the task of ploughing suc
cessfully and gratuitously all the uncultivated
portions of the soil of that colony, which they
will then make over to the State, for the use
of emigrants.
The Savannah Republican strongly urges an
extension of the terms of office holders under
the new Confederacy. It recommends that the
President be elected for eight or ten years, with
a provision for his final official retirement on
6 pension at the expiration of his term.
A resolution has been introduced into the
Massachusetts Legislature, declaring the opin
ion that the Federal Government ought to buy
all the slaves within our national borders, and
thus put an end to trouble. It was referred to
the Committee on Federal Relations.
From observations made by the coast survey,
it has been determined that the tidal wave in
Boston harbor flows in from the sea at the rate
of fifty miles per hour. The wave travels the
entire distance from Boston lower light to the
Charleston dry dock in twelve minutes.
An English paper says, that in punching the
eyeholes of needles by hand, children, who are
the operators, acquire such a dexterity es to be
able to punch a human hair and thread it with
another, for the amusement of visitors.
RECRUITING THE ARMY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Capt, Geo. T. Andrews, of the South Carolina
Infantry, is in Memphis, with a view of procu
ring re'ruits for the army of that State. Single
men, of good habits, are required.
SECESSION AMONG THE TYPOS.--A letter da
ted at Charleston, 13th instant, says ""The
Typographical Union here has dissolved its
connection with the national body.
Nommersn.—The Hon. Wi E. Niblack M. C.
from Indiana, was on Saturday nominated by
the President to
.be Chief Justice of the Terri
tory of Nebraska, vice Augustus Hall, deceased.
MAN FROM TO DISATHe Joseph B. Ml
linger, of Juniata county, ea., was frozen to
death on Thursday, on the tow-path of the
canal, about two miles from Lewistown.
Mr. Lincoln fears "the great confidence in
his ability is unfounded." Every speech he
makes is calculated to strengthen such an opin
ion.
The Rhode Island Unionists have summoned
a convention. The call is signed by the influ
ential men of the State.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
XXXVIth CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.
BENAT2.—Mr. Doolittle (Wis.) presented the
petition of citizens of. Milwaukie, numerously
signed, asking Congress to stand by the Con
stitution and the laws and to make no compro
mises with traitors.
Mr. Powell (Ky.) presented the petition of
citizens of Wisconsin, in favor of the Crittenden
resolutione,
Messrs. Dixon, Cameron and Bigler (Pa.)
presented numerous petitions for the border
State and Crittenden resolutions.
Mr. Bragg (N. C.) presented the credentials
of Mr. Clingman, re-elected Senator from
North Carolina.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
bill l'ot the discontinuance of the postal service
in the seceding States, which was laid over
yesterday.
Mr. Hunter (Va.) said that if the States were
in the Union we had no right to cut off the
postal benefits) it could not bc- to enforce the
laws, for tke festal laws were not resisted. We
could not undertake under the Constitution to
punish States in this way, and •he said the ex
pressions insurrection and rebellion in the bill
seemed to be but steps which would end in
using force against these States.
Mr. Doolittle said it was a measure of pence,
not of war. It was our duty to acknowledge
and face the changes of the day. What are
the new ideas which we have to meet ? First,
there is the idea that slavery is a blessing, and
a proper state of society in a Republic. This
idea is not admitted by the men - who formed
the Constitution, but it. was the idea of Mr.
Calhoun. All others had said it was an evil,
socially and politically.
Mr. Ciingman (N. C.) asked when Mr. Cal
houn said that slavery was a blessing?
Mr. Doolittle said that Mr. Calhoun made
the declaration on the floor of the Senate that
it was the best and most stable basis of free in
stitutions. This idea now reigns despotic in
the Southern States and threatens to destroy
everything unless admitted and recognized.—
The first dewand was made of the Democratic
party, and because that party would not fully
admit the idea, it was disrupted and destroyed.
To-day, with arms in their hands, it is demanded
that we shall make a new Constitution, and
carry slavery into the territories where it never
existed. He hoped this bi.l - would be passed
as one of the means which will give peace to the
Union.
SoLox.
Mr. Hunter said he was glad to bear that
this was not a measure of coercion ; but he
thought it was not necessary to pass it, as the
Postmaster General had all the powers neces
sary.
Mr. Powell (liy.) spoke against the bill. He
said if it was passed it would give the power
of a despot to the bead clerk of the Depart
ment, and destroy the liberties of the people.
Mr. Fessenden (Me.) said he thought the Sen
ator was drawing on his imagination for such
an assertion. The bill simply gave power to
the Post-master General to suspend the opera
tion of the laws and relieve him of the neces
sity of any attempt to enforce the laws. It is
most eminently a measure of peace. The
secret is that gentlemen want to force us to
Re . nowledge that secession is lawful. It seems
to be the simple truth that gentlemen won't let
us have a measure of peace without we ac
knowledge this.
Housz.—Mr. Dawes, (Mass.,) from the se
lect committee of five, to whom was referred
the President's special message of the Bth of
•January, made a report , as to I ite s ationing of
vessels of the navy in such a manner as to ne
glect the defence of the whole Atlantic coast
during the prevalence of lawless vio‘ence. The
number of ships, they say, lying in port, dis
mantled and unfit for service is twenty-eight,
amounting in the aggregate to 874 guns. None
of them could be repaired and put under sail
short of several weeks t me, and many of them
would require for that purpose at least six
'months. No order has been issued to put any
of them in readiness.
The committee discuss other subjects con
nect, d with the Navy, and propose a resolution
declaring that the Secretary of the Navy, in
accepting without delay or inquiry the resig
nations of officers of the Navy who were in
arms against the Government when tendering
the same, and of those who sought to resign
that they might be relieved from the restraint
imposed by their commissions upon engaging
in hostility to the constituted authorities of the
nation, has committed a great error, highly
prejudicial to the discipline of the service, and
injurious to the honor and efficiency of the
Navy, for which he deserves the censure of
thie House, •
Mr. Branch (N. C.) submitted a minority re
port,.
Mr John Cochrane (N. Y.) also dissents from
the views of the majority.
Mr Dawns gave notice that he will ask fora
vote on the resolution on Monday or Tuesday
semi
The House resumed the consideration of Mr.
Stanton's volunteer bill.
Mr. Bocoek (Va.) resumed and concluded hie
remarks yesterday, contending that the bill
proposed to attempt to enforce the Federal laws
independently of the civil power of the coun
try. He could not say what the border slave
States would do in the event of the passage of
the bill;. but he knew that Virginia is commit
ted, and her honor and her interests require
that she resist the intended warlike aggression
on the other Southern States.
If the bill became a law, he hazarded the
opinion that in less than three months all the
slave Border States with one or two exceptions,
will be found standing with the seceded States.
He argued that the Republican party is hostile
in its organization, because its corner-stone is
opposition to the extension of slavery, and its
rallying cry the declaration that Southern in
stitutions are to be circumscribed and op
pressed, while those advocated by that party
are to be extended. -
In conclusion, he said that the Republicans
adhere to their platform with more tenacity
than to the Constitution, and in the name of
the Constitution, which the bill violates, in the
name of his constituents • who were to be in
jured by it., in the name of his common country
whose peace was to be destroyed, perhaps
never to be restored, he denounced and execra
ted the bill. [Suppressed applause in the
galleries.]
LATER FROM EUROPE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.
_ .
The steamship Kangaroo, from Liverpool and
Queenstown, has arrived, with telegraphic dis
patches to the 7th inst. The steamship Edin
burg from New York had arrived out. The
House of Commons had rejected the call_ on
the government for a reform bill.. The Paris
Moniteur confirms the reported secession of
Meuton and Roquebonne to France.
LATEST.—LONDON, Feb. 7th.—The negotia
tions relative to the Danish queetiou have been
temporarily suspended. The impression is
strongly in favor of a pacific solution of the
question being arrived at.
Paris adviees state that the Catholie party in
the French Chambers will propose an ameni
ment to the address to the Emperor, protesting
against the revolutionary policy of France in
Italy.
The London Times' article "concerning Mr.
Cobden is more circumstantially contradicted.
So far from losing by investments in the Illi
nois Railroad, he is receiving a handsome in
come.
England had been invited by France to stop
Garibaldi's career, but declines on the plea that
the Neapolitans ought to be left to settle their
own matter themselves. A letter from Genoa
.states that while the elections were proceeding
in one of the communes of the province of Mes
sina, a party of Bourbons entered the hall and
butchered in cold blood the President of the
electoral college and his two sons.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21
•
Between 9 and 10 o'clock this morning a
window awning.at the War Department caught
fire from chimney sparks. On the messenger
hoisting the window to suppress the flames
they were blown into the Secretary's room,
scorching the papers on the latter's table. The
early discovery of the fire was fortunate, con
sidering that the building was not fire proof.
The Secretary who early enters on business
was present and the first to give the alarm.
After considerable debate the Senate to-day
passed the tariff bill as reported from the com
mittee, without making any further material
changes. Our friends are inclined to accept the
bill as passed by the Senate, in order to avoid
all risks; they will, however, confer more fully
upon the subject to-morrow, and then come to
some conclusion.
Capt. Meigs has t6tUTh6d frean Florida, by
direction of Secretary Holt, to resume charge
of the Washington Aqueduct, leaving Major
Arnold, of the Artillery corps, in charge of the
fortifications at the Tortugas. He represents
that they are in good condition to resist attack
trom any quarter. They have by this time
been reinforced.
Departure of the President.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21
The President elect left this city about 8
o'clock. Hie departure was witnessed by an
immense assembly of citizens. Salvos of artil
lery were fired.
Tha Cunard steamer Africa was gaily deco
rated with flags, and fired a salute of 21 guns
on the - departure of the Presidential train.
New Ithutrtisentents.
THE HANOVER SILVER BAND!
THIS CELEBRATED BAND
WILL GIVE A
GRAND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT,
BRANT'S CITY HALL, HARRISBURG,
On TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY Eve
nings, the 26th and 27th insts.
ADMITTANCE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
The INSTRUMENTS of this BAND are of pure Silver,
with Gold mountings, and the execution by the Perform
ers is such as will give the utmost satisfaction to the
Public.
All who can find it convenient, should avail themselves
of this opportunity to witness a splendid musical per
formance.
TICKETS to be had at all the Book-stores and principal
lintels in the City, and at the door on the above eve
nings. feb22-d3l*
ON the 22d the Store of the subscriber
will be closed from 10A. M. until 4 P. M.
W. CtARRATT,
feb2l.d2t Corner of State and Second streets.
CARDEN SEEDS I I I-A FRESH AND
. COMPLETE assortment, just received and for sale by
feb2l WM. DOCK, Ja , & CO.
N U T C 0 A L!!!
117' ONL Y $1.76 PER TON!!!.Ln
TREVERTON NUT COAL for sale at $1.75 per ton,
delivered by Patent Weigh Carts.
PINEGROVE COAL, just received by cars, for sale by
feb2l JAMES M. WHEELER.
ELECTION.
OFFICE NORTHERN. CENTRAL RAILWAY CO., /
BALTIMORE, Feb. 11. 1861.
A. general meeting of . ti , e Stockholders of this Com.
pany will be held at CALVERT STATION, on THURS
DAY, TEE 28TH OF FEBRUARY Near, between the hours
of 'l2 and 2 o'clock, P M., for the election of Twelve
Directors for the ensuing year.
The Transrar Books will be dosed on the IBth of Feb
ruary until after the election. By order.
febl2-dte ROBT. S. HOLLINS, Secretary.
HOUSES TO RENT.—Two or three
dwellin g '', In the brick row; 'on Third etree., near
Walnut, are offered for rent, from the let' of April next.
For terms, enquire of MICHAEL BURKE.
feblS-dtf
VALENTINES! VALENTIN - ER!!
•
A largo assortment of COMIC and SFNTIMENTAL
VALENTINES, of different styles and prices. For sale
at SCITEFFEIVE BOOKSTORE,
feb9 18 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
• T 4 'l iR SALT. -- The B U ILDING on the
I corner of We lout and Short streets, wed as a
COOPER MOP. This building mss Originally. built e 6
that it could be turned into Dwelling Rouses. It con
sists of three separate frames placed together, each frame
being 25 by 2 feet, making the entire buibling, as itnow
stands, 75 feet long and 20 feet wide, Wilt sell atm) an
EIGHT HORSE POWER ENGINE AND BOILER,
nearly new, and one cr' Drawback's Patent State Cutters,
and a Set of Saws for Jointing Stages. The above
property will b. sold at a bargain, as we wish to clear
the ground on which the building stands Enquire at'
the Broker's °Moe of S. L. MTULLOCH;
feb9-dtf 126 Market Street.
THE BIBLE ON PIVOWIE,—The fa.
lowing worth; are from Mark a. v. 9, 12: •
“What, therefore, God has joined together let not man
put asunder."
"Whoscever shall put away hlawife and marry another
committeth 444 lOU. And if 4 women Rbaii put away
hur 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.-
4. What, then fore, God bee joined together let no man
put asunder." janl2.dtf
•
A PPLES ! ! APPLES I ! !—Five Hun-
A dred Barrels of superior APPLES just received
frenS New York State. Per sale st lairest cash price by
WAS . - JAMES M. WHPLER.
17 ELLER'S DRUG STORE in the place
11 to bay Balm of Thonand Mows.
SOMETHING- MORE VALUABLE
THAN
SILVER OR GOLD,
DISCSANSE
IT WILL RESTORE TITS WEAK •
REINSTATE THE BLOOD IN. ALL r r ,
ORIGINAL PURITY AND VIGOR, ')
IT IN
PROF. O. X WOOD'S
REST O.IcATIVE cORDIAL.
AND
BLOOD RENOVATOR,
Is precisely what its name indicates, for Nebi l ,
sant to the taste, it it revivif3 ing, exhilaratineP
strengthening to the vital powers. It a'so e e , i ; i !nd
reinstates and renews the blood in all its orl r 3 l
purity, and Thus restores and renders the hhi m t . tti
neratole to attacks of disease. It in the o n l y ` p
tion ever offered to the world in a popular for m 31 '" 4 "
el.
be within the reach of all. 80 1 / 8 to
e a
d a a n n d y e
with en
the laws of naur"
ar t u ted b ... 4. :
So chemically and skillfully combined as
w a i n
m to o c ti e t t p s o n w p e e r rfi fta ct to a ni ce
hence soothe the weakest stomach and tone up th e ,Z
tive organs, and allay all nervous and other irrilat,,,T
It is also perfectly exhilarating in its Nimb i
is never followed by lassitude or depression of spiet s '
It is composed entirely of vegetables, and
tho .
thoroughly combining powerful tonic and soothinr D r ,;
preventarties,ive and
and cu r e consequently can never injure. Asa ju t ;
p
CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, INDr OESTION, p
PEPSIA LOSS OF AP PETITE, FAIN i NESS, Ngi t .
VOUSIRRITABILITY, NEURALGIA., PALPI.
TATION OF THE HEART, MELaNcimy
HYPOCHONDRIA. Mum SWEATS 3
LANGUOR, GIDDINESS, AND ALL
THAT CLASS OF CASES SO
FEARFULLY FATAL CALL
ED FEMALE WEAKNESS,
AND IRREGULARITIES
THERE IS NOTHING ITS EQUAL.
Also, Liver Derangements or Toipi,itr, and Liver
Complaints, Diseases of the Ki ineys, or any general de.
rang,ements of the Urinary Organs.
It w.ll not only cure the debility fo/19 Fillg CRILLI
and FEVER, but prevent all attacks arising from nails.
matte
influences and cm e tne disea,es at once, if already
attacked
TRAVELERS should have a bottle with them, as it
will infallibly prevent any de/004M consequento fol.
lowing upon change or climate and water.
As it prevents costiveness strengthens the digestive
organs, it enould be in the hinds of all personsof seden
tary habits.
LADISS not accootemed to much ont•door exercise
shou.d always use it.
MOTHERS should use it, for it is a perfect relief ; t a 4 en
a month or two before the final trial, IV e will puss the
dreadful period wits perfect ease and safety!
There is no vr Wake a , out it !!
THE CORDIAL IS ALL, WE CLAIM FOR IT !!
MOTHERS TRY IT !!
And to you we appeal to detect the illness or decline
not or ly of your daughters before it be too late, battles
your NMI find husbands, for while the former Irene false
delicacy, often go down to a premature grave, rather
than let their condition be known in time, the latter are
often so mixed up with the excitement of business, that
if it were not for you, they, too, would travel in the sane
downward path until it is too late to arrest their fatal
fall. But the mother is always vigilant, and to you ye
confidently appeal; for we are sure your never-failing
affection will unerringly point you to PROF. WOOD'S
Rl BTORAT LYE CORDIAL AND BLOOD RENOVATOR,
as the remedy which should be always on hand in time
or need.
0. J. WOOD, proprietor, No. 444 Broadway, New
York, and No. 114' Market et., St Louis, Mo., and sold
by all good drnggiste, Yriee 9Be 49//er pc; WHIM
Read what the Press says, alter thoroughly testiogthe
matter, and no one can have a doubt.
Prof. WOOD'S Restorative Cordial aril Blood Reims.
tor is a genuine medicine of real merit, pleasant to the
taste and invigorating to the system. While it purities
the blood and soothes the nervous initation, it aide the
organs of digestion to perform their functions, and re
sist the assault of disease. It is a chemical compound
so skillful'y comtined that while it exhilarates it does
not provoke the lassitude which usually follows excite.
went_ A tonic, composed exclusively of vegetable
ter, it is absolutely Leneilcial, and no ill eileci s can pos
sibly accompany its use It is en infallible and speedy
remedy fo Loss of Appetite, Faintness, Nervous Debil
ity, Neuralgia. l'a'pitation of the Heart, Falling of the
Womb, and other delieute diseases to which woman is
subject. For Sickness of the Stomach, I ilious tacks,
Liver Complaints, C ostivenes. , Dy..pepsis,Conoumption,
and a host of evils flesh is heir to, it is a certain cure.—
St. Louis Morning Herald.
PROF. WOOD'S RESTORATIVE CORDIAL is recorded
in the Classics that Psyche was once sew to a climate
warmer than the West ladles, to procure a sass 1 of the
beauty t f Prospenne in a box. After some delay the
me: senger returned, and as soon as the lid of the box
was removed, out Hew all the ills that flesh is heir T 0...—
F0rc,....0 ty hope was sound in the bottom of the box.
Prof. WQQP'S ' Beaton:dive Cordial revives the recollec.
tion of the story, for it it•vigorata the blood, aids the
organs of digestion, impart.. strength to the neivous aye
tem, ens fortifies the citadel of health, so as to bid. de
fiance to the assaults of disease. It is a healthy tonic,
composed entirely of vegetable productions, and while
it la exhilarating SS pure wiaa, ho inju, ions results can
possibly follow its use. It is a desideratum bathe medi
cal World, and those who are afflicted with loss of appe
tite, Dyspepsia, Consumption, Faintness, Giddiusa,
NeauralAia, Pb Ipitat 103 of the Heart, &c., will find here
an infallible panacea,—St. Louts Daily Ezpross.
PROF, WOOD'S RRSTORITIVE CORDIAL AND BLOOD BM
OVATOR is, without doubt, the best tonic Col (hal in the
world. To those who are hollering from General Debili
ty, we would recommend its use, for it is pleasant to the
taste, is strengthening to the system, and will at once
tend to remove e flimpureties of the blood, and eradicate
all traces of disease. It can be taken by the weakest
stomach, while those in good health wib at once feel its
exhilarating power. We are confident that after using
one bolts of this Cordial none will be fora day without
YffkLtader.
A Penn, HBALTBY Tente r and one free from the deli.
terious and injurious effects sure to follow those in ordi
nary use, has long been felt to be a desideratum in the
medical world. Such a tonic, and one soskilllully com
bined from the vegetable kingdom as to act in perfect
accordance with the Jaws of Lature, and thus sow he the
weakest stomach, and at the same time allay nervous
and other irritations, and tone up all the organ- of which
the human body is composed, is offered in Prof. WOOD'S
Restorative Cordial and Blood Renovator Hence, it is
perfectly adapted to old and young, Reader, try it
Thousands have already done so, and the testimony is
universal in its favor.—/Veto York Atlas.
PROF .WOOD'S RESTORATIVE CORDIAL AND BLOOD MN
°Vero; for the cure of General Debility. or Weakness
aricing from any cause; also, Dyspep-is, Nervousness,
N ight Sweats, Incipient Cot stiniption, Li ver Cemplaints
Biliousness, Lose of Appetite, Female Weakness in alf
stages ; also to prevent the contraction of disease, is cer
tainly the best and most 'agreeat , le Cordial tonic and
Renovator ever offered to the afflicted. and so chemically
combined as to be the mostpowerful ton c ever k own to
medical it.icnce. Reader, try it. It will do you food.
We have no hesitation i n recommending it, since we
know it to be a safe, pleasant and sure remedy for the
diseases enumerated.—/Vem York Dispatch.
frrßefore noticing a
.patent medicine, we have to
be certain that it will prove itself tube all that it is re
commended. Aed we, would Fay that the itestorat ye
Cordial and Blood Renovator of Prof Wood will stand
the test fully, and in fact it is without any doubt the
first sal _le in the market for Purifying 'he I load and
strengthening the system. We have no hesitation in
recommending its use to all.—New Yorker.
LOOK TO YOURSELF IN YlSlE.—Eltrie many, in Conn
quence of a false delicacy, suffer from sup! re.ssed, pain
fret or obstructed menstruatitin, and think berm" e they
are young that bye-and-bye naturewill work Um( ri.4r
from obstructions, and all come right in. the end. little
dreaming that the seeds of death are already gerreinalleg
in thWsystem because the vital energ.es are ,ripaired,
and the entire animal economy deranged, debilitated;
and yet, carele:4 of themselves as 'hey are, it limn" ,
were set before them which would restore all the func
tions Of the system, and re-invieoraie the body, they
would take it, and thus be in time to save their lives.—
Parents think of this, and at once gfre them
PI of. Wood: 1 s Restorative Cordial and Blood Renovator.
"—New York Courier. a bottle of
O.:: WOOD, Proprietor, No. 444 Broadway, and No..
./14 Market Street. St. Louie, . .
tEr At No. 444 Broadw all Mo the Family and Patent
Medicines constantly on hand. Always fresh ••nd rent'
febtledityr".