and had three men wouaded. In the camp the
explosion of a powder magazine caused the
death of a captain and twenty-two men. The
steamer Etna, which Francis IL brought with
him when he left Naples, was sunk in the port
with thirty men on board, who all perished.—
The attack caused considerable damage.to the
fortress. It is suspected that great discourage
ment prevails in the garrison, as 182 men de
serted during the night of the 23d. The firing
continues, but is slack. The blockade is very
strict. We are to have a grand attack in a few
days.
Vatriat iNion.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 28, 1861.
0. BARRETT & THOMAS O. MAoDOWELL, Pub
lishers and Proprietors.
Communications will not be published in the PATRIOT
LID trims unless accompanied with the name of the
author.
PETTENUILL & CO.,
Advertising Agenta,ll9 Nassau street New York, and
10 State street, Boston, are the Agents for the PATRIOT
AND Uston, and the moat influential and largest circu
lating newspapers in the United States and Oanadaa
They are authorised to contract for us at our lowest rates
FOR SALE.
AI second-hand ADAMS Pages, platen 39% by 28inches,
In good order; can be worked either by hand or steam
power. Terms moderate Inquire at this office.
To Members of the Legislature.
Tics DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION will be furnished to
Members of the Legislature during the session at 'the
low pries of One
Members wishing extra copies of the DAILY Penney
AXD 17Nroar, can procure them by leaving their orders
at the publication office, Third street, or.with our re-
porters in either House, the evening previous
If, in our effort to enforce the Federal laws,
we find it necessary, or expedient, to slough off
the fifteen slave States, we shall at least have
left us a Federal_Union of nineteen homogene
ous States, free, populous and powerful, with
an efficient central organization and a continent
for its development. The Southern confede
racy, on the contrary, vitiated by the suicidal
principle of. State secession, will be only an
aggregated disintegration, a rope of sand, a
tossing, incoherent chaos of petty nationalities.
There can be no question as to the result. Rent
by internal discords and jealousies, the seceding
States will, one by one, abolish slavery and
return, under the irresistible force of social
gravitation, to the peaceful haven of national
unity, under the Constitution banded down to
US by OUr fathere.—N. Y. Tribune,
We are no longer permitted to doubt that the
settled design of that portion of the Republican
party represented by the Tribune has all along
been, and now is, to " slough off" the fifteen
Southern States, form a separate Northern con
federacy, and then, released from the oblige ,
lions imposed by the Federal Constitution, to
operate upon the Southern States in such a
way as to rend them by internal discord and
jealousies until the business of freeing the ne
groes can be easily accomplished. Any com
promise which would result in retaining the
Border States in the Union would spoil this
programme, and hence the violent opposition
of the Tribune clique to any arrangement cal
culated to perpetuate the Union.
The. Force Bill.
The House of Representatives at Washington
On Tuesday last postponed till to-day the con
sideration of the bill empowering the President
to accept the services of volunteers to maintain
the authority of the government in the sece
ding States ; in plain terms, to make war upon
these States, by the very decided vote of 100
against 74; The motion to postpone was de
clared by Mr. STANTON, of Ohio, its originater,
as fatal to the bill, as the Senate would not
have time to act upon it; and so we trust that
it may prove. The pordponeMent was carried
by a, union of Democrats, conservative Repub
licans and Representatives of the border south
ern States, who are of one mind as to the im
port of this measure. Its passage at this time
would have brought all negotiations for a com
promise to . a sudden and violent conclusion,
and been received by the border States as a
notification to prepare for war.
The objections advanced by the Journal of
Commerce against this bill are conclusive when
it says that the business of Congress is not to
confer discretionary power upon the President
to raise and officer an army at will, but, first
of all, to settle the principle whether force is
to be used against the seceding States ; and if this
is determined in the affirmative, then to pro
vide the men, the munitions and the money, to
make it effective. Let it not skulk behind Ex
ecutive discretion, but boldly face the issue
presented; and either admit the existence of
the Southern Confederacy as an independent
power having jurisdiction within its own limits,
or provide for the other alternative by efficient
measures of legislation. There is no middle
ground, and as for endowing the President
with power to suppress insurrection, that is a
Congressional farce unworthy of a legislative
body. The insurrection has already taken place,
and any additional undertaking of that charac
ter will be speedily united with the general
movement, so that the whole power of the
"Confederate States" must be met, instead of
a mere local resistance to the laws. if force
is to be used, it is not a temporary provision
that must be made, but the preparation for a
military campaign which requires all the en
ergies of the government, and first of all, the
most careful deliberation and the most consid
erate action on the part of Congress.
- The people of this country are not yet pre
pared to endow any Chief Magistrate—much
less one so inexperienced in civil and military
affairs se Mr Lincoln—with the diclatorslaip—
with power to make war, to raise and offloer
armies, and to employ them against States
lately connected with us by fraternal ties. What
less than this does the bill in question confer
Upon the President ? It authorizes him to ac
cept the services of volunteers, withou tlimit as
to number, and to commission, all officers of
companies, battalions, squadrons and regi
ments, to continue until discharged from the
service of the United States. This surely is a
wide discretion, and, in view of the object in
tended to be provided for, we fear a dangerous
Measure with which to entrust the Executive.
The .E4e . tor of Russia could hardly pOssess
wra absolute power than is here conferred
upon an inexperienced man, just: elevated from
private life to the Presidential office.
The Little Matters.
It is these that chiefly tell. Dr. Johnson
remarked that life was not made up of great
events, , but of numberless: ,small items consu
ming time and temper continually ; and it is so
With business affairs. Jut pay your washer
irOlnan—it is bat a trifle—and she can pay her
seat, Pay the retail choler, and he can pay
the jobber. Pay the publisher, and he can
meet his paper bills, , and the thousand other in
cidentals that are attendant on furnishing you--
withjust such a piper as you say you like. It
is the drops that make the springs and rills,
and these make the streams, the big rivers,
and the sea. All things are kept along after a
harmonious law of circulation, like the ascen
ding and descending sap of a tree. It is need
less to look after the large matters, if the small
ones are neglected; the large ones will never
stay adjusted, and the smaller ones will give
trouble forever.
Government Shinplasters.'
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce warns the
country against the project of flooding the coun
try with a paper currency in the form of small
treasury notes, thus substituting several million
dollars of inconvertible paper money for the
currency now in use. The first proposition
was to commence with $2O notes ; this has been
changed in the bill to $5O for the present; but.
there is no prospect that this limit will be re
tained, if the scheme is once adopted ; and we
shall have $2O and $lO, if not $5 notes, as
soon as the people become familiar with their
appearance,and the larger amounts move slowly,
or fresh necessities require a new loan. These
issues will be more discreditable and inconve
nient than the bills of a National Bank, since
they will not be redeemable in coin, and can
only be disbursed in payment of dues at the
Custoin House. It is true that they are to bear
interest, in order, like sugar-coated pills, to
render them less obnoxious to the public, but
their real character is not altered by this gloss.
They will be national paper money, inconver
tible in specie, and designed for general , circu
lation. Are the people of the United States
prepared for these issues? Since the days of
Continental money, have not the ° people set
their faces with more and more firmness against
this sort of Government inanciering, and fixed
the seal of their condemnation upon all con
nexion between the National Treasury and
paper money t
It is really humiliating to see these old pro
jects raked up from the ruins where they have
so long been buried, none the lovelier from the
merited death they have suffered, to be once
more galvanized into being, now that their
friends are 'clothed for the moment with a little
brief authority. The most determined oppo
nents of this party never charged them, during
the excitements of the political campaign, with
more monstrous projects than these, to which
they are now committing themselves upon the
very threshold of their Administration. It is
no sufficient reply to the objections which
should be so fatal to these measnres, that the
Treasury is empty, and that money must be
had by hook or by crook. That is the brigand's
plea the world over. Besides, tie sufficient
revenue can come from such assaults upon com
mercial and national prosperity. They will
prove but temporary expedients, and bridge
over only a step from bad to worse. All these
schemes of war upon commerce, whether in the
shape of restrictive legislation, or our inflated
paper currency, will serve, as in the fable of
the goose and the golden eggs, to destroy the
very channels of national prosperity through
which the Treasury should be filled. Let those
who have the power do what they can. to give
us peace and restore confidence, instead of stir
ring up further strife_ A government apply
ing its energies to such a noble work, would
find itself in the midst of ample means for its
support. But if ours be madly bent upon civil
war, and determined to risk the substance for
the shadow, paper dollars, and other irredeem
able promises, will soon be too common to ex
cite remark, and the golden tine of prosperity
will be dried up at its very fountain.
But this is not all. This contemplated issue
of Treasury notes has a deeper purpose than
merely replenishing the coffers of the Govern
ment—it is the first step towards establishing
another National Bank. People, take warning.
ARL ALL MEN BORN FREE AND
BQUAL.
From a Recent Letter of Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont
Political equality, if it means anything, must
mean that every man enjoys the same right to
political office and honor; because the policy of
any government consists in its system of admin
istration, and hence it results, of necessity,
that those who cannot possibly be admitted to
share in this administration, have no political
equality with those who can. We do, indeed,
say that the people are sovereign. But every one
knows, full well, that the comparative few who
are qualified to take the lead, by talent, by
education, by natural tact, and by a conjunc
tion of favoring circumstances, are practically
sovereigns over the people. The man who carries
a hod gives his vote for the candidate. The
candidate himself can do no more, so far as it
concerns the mere form of an election. Are
they, therefore, politically equal ? Who formed
the party to which the candidate belongs ?
Who ruled the convention by which his name
was put upon the list 11 , Who arranged the or
ators for the occasion? Who subsidized the
Press? Had the poor hodman any share in
the operation, any influence, any voice what
ever ? No more than the hod which he carries.
Can any human power ever manufacture a can
didate out of him 1 The notion would be pre
posterous. Where, then, is the political equal
ity ? Even here, in our happy land of univer
sal suffrage, how does it appear that "all men
are born equal 7" The proposition is a sheer ab
surdity. All men are born unequal, in body,
mind, and social privileges. Their intellec
tual faculties are unequal: Their education is
unequal. Their opportunities are unequal.—
And their freedom is as unreal as their equal
ity. The poor are compelled to serve the rich,
and the rich are compelled to serve the poor by
paling for their services. The political party
is compelled to serve the leaders, and the lead
ers are compelled to scheme and toil, in order
to serve the party. The multitude are depend
ent on the few who are endowed with talents
to govern. . And the few are dependent on the
multitude for the power, without which all
government is impossible. From the top to the
bottom of the social fabric, the whole is thus
seen to be inequality and mutual dependence.
And hence, although they are free from, that
special kind of slavery which the Southern
States maintain over the posterity of Ham, yet
they are all, from the highest to the lowest, in
boi?.dage quite as real, from which they cannot
escape—the slavery of circumstances, called, in
the ordinary language of
.the world, necessity.
I have been, I fear, unreasonably tedious in
thus endeavoring to show why I utterly discard
these famous propositions of the Declaration of
Independence. It is because I am aware of the
strong hold which they have gained over the
ordinary mind of the nation. They are assumed
by thousands upon thousands, as if they
were
the very, dectrines of divine truth. And they
are made, the basis of, the hostile feeling against
the slavery of the South, notwithstanding their
total want of rationality. Yet I do not wonder
that such maxims should be popular. They
are admirably calculated to gratify the pride
and ambition so natural to the human breast,
and are therefore powerful incentives in the
work of political, revolution. It was for this
purpose, I presume, that they, .were introduced
in that famous document, which publicly cast
off the allegiance of the colonies to the British
Crown. And the same doctrines were pro
claimed, a few years later, in a similar service,
by the French directory, in the midst of a far
more terrible revolution. Liberty, Equality and
Fraternity—the rights of man, were then the
watchwords of the excited populace, while
their insane leaders published the decree of
Atheism, and a notorious courtesan was en
throned as the goddess of reason, and the guil
lotine daily massacred the victims of democratic
fury, till the streets of Paris ran With blood.
I do not state this fact because I desire to
place tne revolutions in the Colonies and in
France on the same foundation, with respect to
the spirit and the mode in which they were con •
ducted. God forbid that I should forget the
marked features of contrast between them !
On the one side, there was religious reverence,
strong piety, and pure disinterested patriotism.
On the other, there was the madness of athe
ism, the brutality of ruffianism, and the "reign
of terror" to all that was good and true. In
no one mark or character, indeed, could I deem
that there was any comparison between them,
save in this ; that the same false assumption of
human equality and human rights was adopted
in both. Yet how widely different was their
result on the question of negro slavery ! The .
American revolution produced no effect what
ever on that institution ; while the French
revolution roused the slaves of their colony in
St. Domingo to a general insurrection, and a
scene of barbarous and cruel butchery succeed
ed, to which the history of the world contains
no parallel.
This brings me to the last remarks which I
have to present on this famous declaration.
And I respectfully ask my readers to consider
them maturely.
Bret, then, it seems manifest that the signers
of this document, (they assumed that "all men
were born equal,") did not take the negro race
into account at all. It is unquestionable that
the author, Mr. Jefferson, was a slaveholder
the time, and continued so to his life's end. It
is certain that the great majority of the other
signers of the Declaration were slaveholders
likewise. No one can be ignorant of the fact
that slavery had been introduced into all the
colonies long before, and Continued to wag long
after, in every State save one. Finally then,
it cannot be presumed that these able and sa
gacious men intended to stultify themeelves by
declaring that the negro race had rights, which
nevertheless they were not ready to give them.
And yet Nis evident, that we must either impute
this crying injustice to our revolutionary pa
triarchs, or suppose that the case of the slaves
was not contemplated.
Nor is this a solitary example, for we have a
complete parallel to it in the preamble to the
Constitution, where the important phrase,
"We, the people of the United States," must be
understood with the very same limitation. Who
were the people? Undoubtedly the free cid
sena-who voted for the Constitution. Were the
slaves counted as a part of that people ? By
no means. The negro race had no yoke, no
vote, no influence, whatever, in the matter.
Thus, therefore, it seems perfectly plain that
both these instruments must be understood ac•
cording to the same rule of interpretation. The
slaves were not included in the Declaration of
Independence, for the same reason precisely
that they were not included amongst the "peo
ple" who adopted the Constitution of the Uni
ted States.
Now it is the established maxim of the law,
that every written document must be under
stood according to the true intent of the parties
when it was executed. The language employed
may be such that it admits of a different
sense; but there can be only one just interpre
tation, and that is fixed unalterably by the ap
parent meaning of its authors at the time. On
this ground alone, therefore, I respectfully
contend that the Declaration of Independence
has no claims whatever to be considered in the
controversy of our day. I have stated at some
length, my reasons for rejecting its famous
propositions, as being totally fallaCious and
untenable. But even if they were ever so
"self evident," or capable of the most rigid
demonstration, the rule of law utterly forbids
us to appeal to them in a sense which they were
not designed to bear.
In the second place, however, it should be
remembered that the Declaration of Indepen
dence, whether true or false,:whether it be in
terpreted legally or illegally, forma no part of
our present system. As a great historical docu
ment, it stands, and must ever stand, promi
nent before the nations of the world. But it
was pat forth more than seven years anterior
to the Constitution. Its language was not
adopted in that Constitution, and it has no
place whatever in the obligatory law of the
United States. When our orators, our preach
ers and our politicians, therefore, take its
propositions about human rights and human
equality, and set them up as the supreme law,
overruling the Constitution and the acts of
Congress, which are the real law of the land, I
cannot - wonder enough at the absurdity of the
proceeding. And I doubt whether the annals
of civilized mankind can furnish a stronger in
stance of unmitigated perversity.
Thirdly, and lastly, I am utterly opposed to
those popular propositions, not only because I
hold them to be altogether fallacious and un
true, for the reasons already given, but fur
ther, because their tendency is in direct con
trariety to the precepts of the Gospel, and the
highest interest of the individual man. For
that is the unavoidable effect of this doctrine
of human equality? Is it not to nourish the
spirit of pride, envy, and contention ? To set
the servant against the master, the poor against
the rich, the weak against the strong, the ig
norant against the educated ? To loosen all
the bonds and relations of society, and reduce
the whole duty of subordination to the selfish
cupidity of pecuniary interest without an.atdm
of respect for office, for law or government, for
Providence, or for the Word of God?
Ido not deny, indeed, that this doctrine
of equality is a doctrine of immense power to
urge men forward in a constant struggle for
advancement. Its natural operation is to force
the -vast majority into a ceaseless contest with
their circumstances, each discontented with his
lot so long as he sees anyone else above him,
and toiling with unceasing effort to rise upon
the social scale of wealth and importance, as
far as he can. There is no principle of stron
ger impulse to stimulate ambition in every de
partment. And hence arises its manifold in•
fluences on the business, the enterpaise the
commerce, the nanufactures, the agriculture,
the amusements, the fashions and the political
strifes of our Northern people, making them all
restless, all aspiring, and, all determined, if
possible, to pass their rivals in the race of sel
fish emulation.
But how does it operate on the order, the
stability, and the ultimate prosperity of the
nation ? How does it work on the steadfast
administration of justice, the honor and purity
of our public officers, the quiet subordination
of the various classes in the community, the
fidelity and submission of domestics, the obe
dience of children, and the relations of family
and home ? Above all, how does it harmonize
with the great doctrines of the Bible, that the
Almighty Ruler, appoints to every man his lot
on earth, and commands him to be satisfied and
thankful for his portion, that we must submit
ourselves to those who have the rule over us—
that we should obey the laws and honor the
magistrates—that the powers that be are or
dained of God, and he that resisteth the power
shall receive condemnation—that we may. not
covet the property of others—that having food
and raiment, we should therewith be content—
that, we must avoid strife, contending, and
railing accusations; and follow peace, charity,
and good will, remembering that the service of
Christ is the only perfect freedom, and 'that
our true happiness depends not on the measure
of our earthly wealth, on social equality, on
honor, or on our relative position in the corn.
munity, but On the fulfilment of our personal
duty according to our lot, in reliance on His
blessing ?
I have no more to add, with respect to this
most popular dogma of human equality, and
shall therefore dismiss it, as fallacious in itself,
and only mischievous in its tendency. As it
is the stronghold of the ultra Abolitionist. I
have devoted a large span to its examination,
and trust that the conclusion is sufficiently
plain. Happily it forms no part of our Con
stitution or our laws. It never was intended
to apply to the question of negro slavery. And
it never can be so applied without a total per
version of ,its historical meaning, and an abso
lute contrariety to all• the fasts of humanity,
and the clhar instruction of the Word of God.
* * •*
In conclusion, I would only say that I am
perfectly aware how distasteful my senti
ments must be, on this very serious question,
to the great majority of my respected fellow
citizens, in the region where Divine Provi
dence has cast my lot. It would assuredly be
far more agreeable if I could conscientiously
conform to the opinions of my friends, to whose
ability, sincerity and zeal I am ready to give
all just commendation. Bat it would be mere
moral cowardice in me to suppress 'what I
believe to be the truth, for the sake of popu
larity. It cannot be long before I shall stand
at the tribunal of that Almighty and unerring
Judge, who has given us the inspired Scrip
tures to be our supreme directory in every
moral and religious duty. My grey hairs ad
monish me that I may soon be called to give an
account of my stewardship. And I have no
fear of the sentence which he will pronounce
upon an honest though humble effort to sustain
the authority of His WORD, in just alliance
with the Constitution, the peace, and the pub
lic welfare of my country.
With the fervent prayer that the Spirit of
Wisdom, unity, and fraternal kindliness may
guide our National Congress, the Legislatures
of the several States, and the sovereign will
of our whole people, to a happy accommoda
tion of every existing difficulty, I remain, with
great regard, your faithful servant in Christ,
JOHN H. HOPKINS,
Bishop of the Dioceee of Vermont.
GENERAL NEWS.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT NEWTOWN, PA.—At
Newtown, on Saturday, .WM. Merrick and Cas
per Rapp, son of Jesse Rapp, two young men,
aged about 18 or 20 years, were "playing sol
diers" with an old musket, which happened to
be loaded with a blank . charge. Rapp play
fully leveled the musket at the head of Mer
rick, and pulled the trigger; the piece was
discharged, and the wad struc Merrick on the
temple, killing him instantly. The affair took
place in the basement kitchen of the father of
young Rapp, in Newtown. Merrick was not
more than six or eight feet from the muzzle of
the musket when it was discharged.
VICTIMS TO THE CHARMER. DIEAATER.—The
Mr. Davie supposed to be lost on the unfortu
nate Charmer, between Vicksburg and New
Orleans, was from Clarksville, Tenn. His lovely
young wife was a daughter of Col. Jordan, of
Greenville, S. C. There were strong hopes
entertained that they may have been saved,
but as yet no inquiry has elicited any confir
mation of the hope. Nor is there any more in
the case of Dr. and Mrs. Middleton. The Doctor
was from Honey Island, Miss., his wife, to whom
he was quite recently married, was from York,
Pa.
THE DEBT or AIISTRIA.—The debt of Austria
amounted, at the close of 1858, to $1,323,000,-
000. The Italian war swelled this to a total
which stood on the first of September, 1860—
after deducting the portion assumed by Sar
dinia as the rightful share of Lombardy—at
$1,632,000,000. The,interest of this -vast sum,
at five per cent., would amount to over $Bl,OOO
- or more than the most outrageous taxa
tion has ever been able in one year to wring
from the thirty:live millions of people of which
the Austrian Empire is now composed.
KIND TO THE POOR. —Miss Burdett Coutts, a
lady who is foremost in every benevolent un
dertaking, has erected in London a number of
dwellings for the poor. These housis are
large and convenient, while the rents are fixed
at a sum which will yield 8 per cent. on the
outlay. Up to the present time the results
have been most satisfactory; the buildings are
always tenanted, while the tenants are orderly
in conduct and regular in paying their rents.
IMPORTANT TO SHIPPERS.--A merchant writes
to Collector Schell, of New York, to know if he
can ship goods held there in bond to Charles
ton,
S. C., and by paying the duties there can
cel the bonds at New York. Collector Schell
replies that the goods can be shipped to any
port of entry in the United States upon a suit
able transportation bond ; but that the bond
will not be cancelled upon the certificate of any
officer acting under mere State authority.
Is LAGER BEER INTOXICATING?—The question
of the power of lager beer to intoxicate came
up in Chicago last week. One witness testified
to having drank about a gallon, and was of the
opinion that lager beer was intoxicating,
though his memory was a little oblivious on that
point. Another witness drank about ten
quarts, and could not say whether it was in
toxicating or not. Defendant was fined $lO
for selling intoxicating liquors without license.
THE HOME SQUADRON AT PENSAVOLA.-- l At the
mouth of Pensacola harbor,
on the 6th inst.,
appeared the Macedonian, Brooklyn, Sabine,
St, /oclUiS and the Powhattan, The Wyandotte
went up to Out city. On the 6th instant, the
Pioneer Guards, from Alabama, numbering 70
men, arrived. It is said that five thousand men
could not take Fort Pickens. It is supposed
that it was reinforced in the night. Lieutenant
Slemmer admits no strangers now.
The legislature of New Mexico has passed
an act for the election of delegates to form a
State Constitution,, which is be•held in , May
next. The detentes are to meet in • June to
discharge the duties which will thus be imposed
upon them, and the Constitution they form is
afterwards to be submitted to the people, for
ratification or rejection, at a general - election
to be held in September.
The. Baltimore correspondent of the New
York Tribune states that Mr. Justice Wayne
and Mr. Justice Campbell of the United States
Supreme Court, the one from Georgia and the
other from Alabama, have both determined not
to resign their offices, notwithstanding the se
cession of their respective States. It is a wise
and patriotic determination, and must be pro
ductive of good.
Mr. Molyneaux, British Consul at. Savannah,
has written the particulars of the Savannah
troubles (tarring and feathering a Brittish
Captain) to the Brittish Legation, but, exempts
the authorities from all responsibility by char
ging it upon the mob. He states that the
Mayor proclaimed a reward for the offenders,
and used his induence to detect the guilty par
ties.
Mr, Silver, of 'Philadelphia, is now in Eu
rope, attempting to introduce his plan of anew
steamer, 600 feet long, 76 wide, with two pad
dle engines, separate, and placed on the sides,
and two screws to work under the centre. .ile
proposes, with such a vessel, to cross the At
lantic in six days. Mr. Silver is the inventor
of the marine governor, which works equally
well whatever angle it lies.
The Supreme Court of the United. States
recently, in. a California land case, establiallo
an 'important principle as to that State; in ef
fect, that where a claimant has obtained 'a con
firmation of title and a patent, the adverse
party in posseasion cannot in an action'reeist
the title of the patentee.
Tits MONEY PRESSURE.—The comptroller of
St. Louis advertises for sale, on account of de
linquent taxpayers, a list of property in 4411
city filling 13 columns of the Republican; 2
Steam boilers are now constructed with di
agonal screws, and are said to be twice as strong
as those made in the old way.
GOING FURTHER AND FARING WORSE. min
ister being threatened with deprivation, said
to some of his flock, that if he were " deprived"
it - would cost a hundred men their lives. On
beipg asked what he meant by such a threat,
he explained that if he lost his benefice he
should set up as a doctor, and, if so, he had no
doubt he should be the death of at least a hun
drel patients.
CHICAGO RELIGION.—A Chicago broker, a
member of the church, during the present cri
sis has been in the habit of pocketing ten per
cent. on the specie which he collected in
church on Sunday, by the very simple process
of rendering back an equal amount in Western
funds.
The Prince of Wales has sent a pair of fine
buck sheep to John Wentworth, Mayor of Chi
cago, and two pointer dogs to a Mr. Spencer,
as tokens of kind remembrance for attentions
received from those gentlemen during his re
cent transatlantic tour.
The Abbe Migne announces the termination
of his "Library of the Fathers." The work
consists of 326 quarto volumes„ in double col
umns, and 12 volumes of indices are in the
press.
Governor Andrews, of Massachusetts, in his
recent message, recommends the abolition of
capital punishment in that State. -
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.
Passage of the Tartif—The Peace Confer
ence Adjourned—The Missouri Line Re
commended.
The Tariff bill has now passed both Houses,
and only needs the slgnature of Piesident Bu
chanan- to become a law. It is supposed he
will sign the bill to-morrow.
The Peace Conference has completed its la
bors and adjourned eine die, after recommend
ing that the Missouri Line be engrafted in the
Constitution.
There is great rejoicing here to-night among
all parties.
.Mr. Lincoln 'expresses b imnalf delighted with
the•result of the Conference.
Ith CONGUSB-SECOND SEMI
SENATE.-Mr. Crittenden (Ky.) presented a
number of petitions for the preservation of the
Union.
Messrs. Trumbull (Ill.) and Wilson (Mass.)
presented petitions against any compromise.
Mr. Ten Eyck (N. J.) presented petitions
from citizens of New Jeraey in favor of Union,
and asking that the Constitution be so amended
as to prevent the secession of States, with the
exception of South Carolina, which they begged
might be allowed to go as often as she chooses.
Mr. Sumner (Mass) presented petitions from
citizens of Pennsylvania, for the repeal of all
laws for carrying mails on Sunday ; also, pe
titions for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave
Mr. Bigler (Pa.) presented petitions in favor
of the Crittenden resolutions, and others in favor
oftbe border State proposition.
Housit—Mr. Morris (Ill.) offered a resolu
tion that the select committee on the abstrac-
tion of the Indian trust bonds be and are hereby
invested with full power to examine witnesses
as to. whether Wm. H. Russell, or any person
for him, has directly or indirectly paid money
to any officer of the United Slates, or any other
person, to assist him in obtaining contracts or
allowances from the government, or assisting
hint in the transaction of business with the
ea,me.
Mr. Burnett (Ky.) suggested an amendment
that any person charged shall be notified and
have the right to examine the witnesses_ The
proceedings, he said, should not be inquisito
rial.
Mr. Morris (Ill.) said that there had been no
inquisition, and he could have no objection to
the amendnieht, if the time could be allowed
for such a course as that suggested. The reso
lution was adopted.
Mr. Stlerman, (Ohio) from the Conference
Committee, reportedlhat the Senate Commit
tee had receded from their amendment, impo
sing a duty on tea and coffee.
The House resumed the consideration of the
report of the committee of thirty-three. The
first joint resolution voted on was the substi
tute of Burch and Stout,' recommending to the
several States of the Union that, through their
respective Legislatures, they request Congress
to call a Convention of all the States, in accor
dance with the fifth article of the Constitution,
for the purpose of amending the Constitution
in such a manner, and with regard to such
subjects, as will more adequately respond to
the wants, and afford more sufficient guarantees
to the diversified and growing interests of the
Government and of the people composing the
some.
While the roll was being called, Mr. Carter
(N. Y.) mid he would vote for the proposition
if it had come from a slave State.
Mr. Sedgwick, (N. Y.,) believing that the
Convention would result in the abolition of
slavery in the States, voted "aye."
Mr. Mallory, (Ky.) voted "aye" for an en
tirely different reason, believing that the Con
vention would result in healing the wounds of
the nation.
Mr. Martin (Va.) voted "no" believing that
the pending proposition would retard a vote on
the Crittenden proposition.
Mr. English, (Ind.) said if there was no bet
ter plan to adjust the difficulties, he would
vote for a National Convention.
Mr. John Cochrane (N. Y.,) expressed him
self in favor of a Convention fresh from the
people.
Mr. Florence, (Pa.,) was opposed to ultra
fanatical abolitionism, and believing the Crit
tenden proposition was sufficient for the pur
pose of peace, voted "no."
The Burch-Stout substitute was rejected—
yeas, 74; nays, 109.
Very much confusion prevailed throughout
the proceedings and it was objected that
strangers should be admitted on the floor, as
they tended, to increase the disorder. The
Speaker made repeated efforts to restore quiet.
The first proposition of the Committee was
announced, with the pending amendments. It
was a jount resolution declaratory of the duty
of recognizing all Constitutional obligations,
and recommending such action on the part of
the States as will secure this object.
Mr. Kilgore (Ind.) moved to lay the pending
proposition, together with the pending amend
ments, namely the Crittenden and Kellogg
amendment, on the table.
News by Overland Mail.
FORT SMITH, Feb. 27.
A through overland mail coach passed this
place to-day. This mail came through unmo
lested. The seizure of the mailbefore reported
was at Apache pass, about two hundred and
fifty miles west of El Passo, by Indians, who
seized the mail, all the stock and grain be
longing to the company, and broke up the
station temporarily. The route along Apache
puss is now protected by a company of. United
States dragooni, and no further trouble is ap
prehended.
From Washington.
WAsolsoToo, Feb. 27
. .
There have been no further appointments for
the Cabinet decided upon, and ikie not unlikely
,but what the poets yet to, be filled will - go over
until after the 4th of March, There is a strong
pressure here from New.En gland and Maryland
for a seat w pattinet, but, the President
elect keeps shady. There have also been Strong
representations at ions made for the retention of Messrs.
Dix and Holt, and it is not improbable but what
they may be requested by Mr. Lincoln to remain
—at least for the present.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.
THE ANDERSON CASE IN PARLI AXENT. f ri
the House of Commons, on the Bth in st. i f
B. Sheridan afforded Lord Palmerston a n o ,'
portunity of making an important statereell'i
relative to the case of the fugitive slave An
derson. The noble V iscou nt
. pointed out that
the judgment of the Canadian Court of Queen's
Bench did not amount to a warrant
. for the'
surrender of the prisoner. The issuin g of a
warrant for that purpose rested with the Gov.
ernor-General, and that personage had rec e i ved
instructions not to deliver Anderson to th e
authorities of Missouri without the consent of
the Home Government. There was,
would therefore,
not the slightest danger that the prisoner w o l
be given up before the arrival of the writ, or
habeas corpus issued by the Court of Qu een ' s
Bench in. this country. His Lordship Sa i d
there was no ground for the assertion that th e
Ashburton treaty was obscurely worded, e n d
in this case it would be the duty of the Ameri
can authorities to prove that Anderson h a d
committed an offence, which, by the law of
England, was murder. He would not enter
into the question whether a slave was justified
in taking the life of a man who attempted to
arrest him while he was endeavoring to w ave
from the clutches of his owner, but he 4 , we e
perfectly satisfied that no English jury would
pronounce the act to be murder.,,
A ROYAL TRAGEDY IN BORRARA.--A l etter
from St. Petersburg says :—"We have received
important news from Bokhara. A. journal an
nounces that the Emir Nassurla ipeadur has
died from poison. The crime was, it is stated,
committed, with the help of a Jewish physician,
by the wife of the Emir, who wished to piece
a man belonging to her tribe at the head of the
government. The poison acted slowly, a n d t h e
Emir suspected his wife, who afterwards avowed
the fact, and she was executed a few day s be.
fore the death of her husband. Nassurls. Bea,
dur, who had reigned 35 years, transferred the
government five days before hie death to his
eldest son. The Bokharians were well satisfied
with the deceased, and the Chivaens and En
kanzor feared him. He always endeavored to
keep on friendly terms with Russia, and to
favor commercial relations with that power._
Nothing is precisely known as to the character
of the new Emir, but he appears to. be as well
disposed towards Russia as his father."
AN ENGLISH IDEA. OP THE ANGELICAL STArs,
A gentleman walking through Knightsbridge,
in England, one Sunday lately; overheard the
following conversation between a man and
woman, who appeared as if just come from
some pleasure trip into the country "Blow me,
Bill, how tired Ido feel. I'm as miserable, too,
as a starved herring. What a miserable worm
is this 1 I wish I'd never seen born, that I do;
and now that I am born I wish myself dead
again." Man—" Why, Bet, what's the matter
with you now? What are you grumbling
about 2" Woman --:"Why don't I tell yer lam
as miserable as a rat ?" Man—" Miserable,
indeed ! Why, what on earth would yer have?
You was drunk Monday, and you was drunk
again Wednesday, and I'm blessed if you
haven't had pretty near enough to day. If
that ain't enough pleasure for yer I don't know
what is. I suppose you wants to be a down
right hangel here upon earth."
' PREPARING 808 WAlL—Austria is increasing
her means of defence. She has just contracted
with a house at Trieste for the construction of
two iron plated frigates. The mannfactoriei
of arms in Thuringen are unable, to execute all
the orders sent to them from the different Ger
man States, especially Bavaria, Wurtemburg,
Hanover and Baden. They have also been
compelled to refuse orders from Russia. A
Berlin letter of the 22d has the following:—
"Great activity is displayed in advancing the
equipment of the Prussian army, - which, as is
well known, has been considerably increased.
Extensive orders have recently been given to
private establishments, instead of having every
thing made, as usual, in the military workshops.
The workmen of the artillery are occupied in
preparing the material required for fortifica
tions."
New 'Atiuttlistmento.
1 OR RENT.—A Fine THREE-STORY
BRICK DWELLING—modern style with water,
gas. &c.,—in e, central part of the City. Inqure at
_ frib2B,3Ad9t THIS OFFICE.
WANTED—By a- YOUTH 15 years of
age, a situation in a Dry Goods, Grocery orHard
ware Store, or . other business where he can make himself
ueeful, He le well educated, and speaks Gemini and
English. Apply at this Once. feb2T-dlwit
t ir LL I E S!!!
CURRANT, . PEACH.
APPLE, ' BLACKBERRY,
ORANGE, RASPBERRY,
QUINCE, PEAR,
Direct from NEW YORK, and warranted Snetior.
feb27 WI!. DOCK, JR., & CO
A NEW FEATURE IN, THE SPICE
TRADX!!!
IMPORTANT TO HOUSEKEEPERS ! !
E. B. DURKEE & CO'S SELECT SPICES,
In Tin Foil, (Lined with Paper,) and full Weight,—
BLACK PEPPER, GINGER, NUTMEG, WHITE
ALLSPICE. MACE, CAYENNE PEPPER,
CINNAMON. CLOVES, MUSTARD.
In this age of adulterated and tasteless Spices, it is
with confidence that we introduce to the attention of
Housekeepers these superior and genuine articles. We
guarantee them not only ABSOLUTELY AND PERFECTLY
PURE, bat ground from fresh Spices, selected and cleaned
by, us expre, sly for the purpose, without reference to
cost. They are beautifully packed in tin foil, (lined with
paper.) to prevent injury by keeping, and are FULL
WEIGHT, while the ordinary ground Spices are almost
invariably short. We warrant them, in point of strength
and richness of flavor, beyond all comparison , as a sin
gle trial will abundantly prove.
Every package bears our TRADE MARE.
Manufactured only by E. H. DURKEE & CO., New
York.
For gale by [feb27.] WM. DOCK, Ja., &CO
PUBLIC ..NOTICE.—The undersigned,
Commissioners of Dauphin county; Pennsylvania,
hereby inform the public in general that, in consequent°
of the approaching completion of the new Court House
of the county, in the city of Harrisburg, a number of
County Loans are solicited, for which coupon bonds pay
able at from three to thirty years, will be executed to
the lender clear of all taxes, and semi-annual interest
will be paid punctually at the Dauphin County Treasury.
Therefore, persons wishing to make safe investments,
will, it is expected, avail themselves of this opportunity.
JOHN S. /HMERI
JACOB DELI A;
GEORGE tiARVERIOII.
feb27-d&wlm
ELECTION.
OFFICE NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY CO.,
BALTIMORE, Feb. 11, 1861.
....
&general meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pany will be held at CALYBRT STATION, on 'FFIttIEtS
DAY, THE 28TH of FEBRUARY NEXT, between the hours
of 12 and 2 o'clock, P. M . .,for the election 'of TWelve
Directors fur the ensuing year.
The Trans/er Books will be closed on the 16th of Feb
ruary until after the election. By order.
febl2-dte ' MORT. S. ROLLINS, Secretary.
I'HE BIBLE ON lIIVOROE.—The foi
-lowing words 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
commit/6th adultery. And if a woman shall put away
her husband and marry again she committeth adultery."
LegiSliStere and' others, the above is the edict of the
'Supreme Lawgiver from which there is do appeal.—
"What, therefore, God has joined together let no man
Out asunder." janl2 dtf
N . U T 0 Q. AEI, I
ONLY $1.75 PER TON!!!.{11
TREVERTON 'COAL 'for sale at $1.75 per ton,
delivered by Patent Weigh Carts.
YINEOROVE COAL, junt received by care, rot gala by'
_ feb2l JAMES M. 'WHEELER.
CIARDEN SEEDS ! I-A FRESH AND
COLPLIITZ assortment, just reeßived and far tiale by
feb2l • • WM. DOCK, JR., & CO.
- 1 UST RECEIVED—A large Stock o
::SCOTCH, ALSO, BROWN STOUT and LONDON
POUTER. Por Bale at the lowest rates by
JOHN H. ZIEGLER
stre,
73 Market et._
janll
----APPLE WHISKY !—Punz J ERSEY AT.
PLE!—lxt store and for sale by
JOHN H..ziBeLER,
13 Market street.
feb7
DRIED BEEF—An extra lot of Dia
888/ just received by
WM. DOCK 1 00.
n"
BURLINGTON HERRING I
Juxt received by WM. DOOR, . IL I it QO ,
od