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The Republicans bare at length a majority
in the United States Senate. Their total num
ber is 29, and that of the opposition is 24.
This gives them for the first time the control of
the organization and the arrangement of the
committees. For so much, at least, the country
has reason to thank the rebellious slaveholders.
h. Y. Tribune.
Yes—and if the remaining Southern Senators
should be constrained to vacate their seats, by
reason of the success of the "no compromise"
policy, there would be renewed occasion for
thanking the "rebellious slaveholders." What
a splendid Republican triumph that would be ?
Party supremacy assured at the trifling expense
of the Union.
Proposed Amendment of the Constitution.
The following proposed amendment to the
Constitution has obtained the requisite two
thirds majotity of both Houses of Congress,
and will be submitted to the States for their
ratification:
Article XEIL No amendment shall be made
to the Constitution which will authorize or give
to Congress the power to abolish or interfere,
within any State, with the domestic institutions
thereof, including that of persons held to labor
or servitude by the laws of said State.
This amendment is well enough, as calculated
to remove the apprehension extensively enter
tained in the South, and created by the avowals
of some of the radical Republicans, that the
ultimate purpose of that party is to bring about
the abolition of slavery in the States; but it
does not touch the real controversy, which re
lates to the Territories. The Crittenden reso
lutions and the proposition of the Peace Con
gress offered a practical solution of this diffi
culty by the extension of the Missouri Com
promise Line and a partition of the territory,
but failed to secure the requisite vote to be sub
mitted as constitutional amendments.
Mr. Lincoln's Inaugural.
Mr. LINCOLN, as a candidate for Senator,
told the people of Illinois that " this Govern
ment cannot endure permanently half slave
and half free." If his Inaugural has any
definite meaning, he is about to enter upon the
procoaa of making cannot, shall not. The policy
obscurely foreshadowed in this address, if car
ried into execution, can produce no other result
than a permanent dismemberment of the Union.
The country had a right to expect from Mr.
Lincoln some clear, definite, and unmistakable
indication of the policy - which should guide
his Administration in this emergency, instead
of which they have a confused, obscure, wishy
washy production, contradictory in many of
itsparts and explicit in none. The Inaugural
bears internal evidence of being his own work.
It is characterized by the same confused indi
rection of thought and muddiness of expression
exhibited in most of the public speeches made
by him in the course of his memorable progress
to Washington. The polished diction of Mr.
Seward is no where observable throughout
this jumbled maze of words, except perhaps in
the concluding paragraph, which is at least
graceful rhetoric.
An ordinary share of common sense is de
sirable at all times in one called upon to ad
minister the affairs of government; and par
ticularly is this rare quality necessary in
perilous times like these, when the most de
cided measures are necessary to arrest the
progress of disunion. Theorizing won't do it.
The most conclusive arguments against the
right of secession won't do it. Declarations
that the Union was intended to be inviolable
and perpetual won't save it. Obstinate facts
must be recognized. Unwelcome truths do not
cease to exist when we close our eyes to them.
If Mr. LINCOLN. had been a practical man,
disposed to deal with things as they are, and
not as he thinks they ought to be, he would
have recognized the fact that seven States have
actually declared themselves out of the Union.
Whether rightfully or wrongfully, for adequate
cause or without it, there is the simple fact
that these States have been induced, by appre
hension that their rights would not be secure in
the Union, to secede from it. Call their act se
cession, or revolution, or rebellion, or anything
you please, the fact of their disaffection remains
unquestioned and unquestionable. Then the
next great truth, which a practical statesman
would have recognized, is the fact that the
same feeling of insecurity which precipitated
the cotton States into revolution pervades the
bOrder.States, and that this current of distrust,
combined with the attraction arising from
common interest, must eventually compel these
states to:sever their connection with the Union,
unless some decided measures are adopted to
remove their distrust of the purposes of the
'kat-Urn States_ These are facts to which it
:is useless to close our , eyes—facts that a prac
tical statesman would recognize, and endeavor
to suggest some measures adequate to th e i r
removal ; but facts which Mr. Lincoln refuses
to see. He binds over his eyes the bandage of
impracticable theory, and in this self imposed
mental darkness, considers the Union still un
broken. Itis a reiteration of the old absurdity
that,there is 4. nothing the matter"—" nobody
- is hurt."
Proceed - hkg from this stand point, the Go
vernment is to administered as if nothing had
gone wrong. Revolution is to be ignored—
the revenue is to be collected—the mails fur
nished—the public property held—that al
ready taken to be re-taken—and all the func
tions of government to be exercised as if noth
ing extraordinary had happened, and certain
States had not formed a separate and distinct
government, and certain other States are not
about to join the revolution. The wisdom of
this policy is about paralelled by that of the
master of a ship who should determine not to
recognize, the existence of a storm after the
waves began to roll mountain high about him,
but insist upon spreading all sail to welcome
a gentle and favorable breeze.
Gems of the Inaugural.
The Inaugural Address of Mr. LINCOLN con
tains so many gems of thought, expression and
logic, that they deserve a passing notice.
Gem the first:
"Apprehension seems to exist among the peo
ple of the Southern States, that by the acces
sion of a Republican Administration, their pro
perty, and their yeace and personal security
are to be endangered. There has never been
any reasonable cause for such apprehension."
This is a slight improvement upon the decla
ration that there was "nothing the matter"—
"nothing going wrong." It is ascertained that
apprehension seems to exist—that it is barely
possible the people of the Southern States en
tertain fears that their rights will be endan
gered under a Republican Administration.—
But "there has never been any reasonable
cause for such apprehension." The persistent
abuse of the South during a series of years ;
the enactment of unconstitutional laws to pre
vent the return of fugitive slaves ; even the
announcement of Mr. LINCOLN himself that the
Union cannot endure half slave and half free,
as it was created, constitute no reasonable
ground for apprehension. The Southern States
are very unreasonable in taking Mr. Lincoln
and his associates at their word, and believing
they meant what they said.
Gem the second :
"I therefore consider that, in view of the Con
stitution and laws, the Union is unbroken, and,
to the extent of my ability, I shall take care,
as the Constitution expressly enjoins on me,
that the laws of the Union be faithfully exe
cuted in all the States."
Here we ate informed that the fact of seces
sion is to be ignored, and that the law of the
Union are to be enforced in all the States.—
Now, for the purpose of expounding and exe
cuting its laws in the States, the Government
has instituted courts, appointed judges, mar
shals, &c., as its agents. But, in the next
paragraph, we are informed that
"Where hostility in any interior locality
shall be so great and so universal as to prevent
competent resident citizens from holding fede
ral offices, there will be no attempt to force
obnoxious strangers among the people for that
object. While the strict legal right may exist in
the Government to enforce the exercise of these
offices, the attempt to do so would be so irri
tating and so nearly unfeasible withal, that I
deem it better to forego, for a time, the uses of
such offices."
So it seems that the laws are only to be en
forced to a certain extent in the disaffected
States, while no attempt will be made to main
tain the United States Courts, or to appoint
federal officers to execute the laws in localities
where universal hostility to the Government
prevails. That is, the laws are to be enforced
in some particulars, and not in others. The
mails are to be furnished ; but, in case a rob
bery is committed upon them, there is to be no
court to try and punish the offence. And yet,
this is to be permitted under an Administration
which considers the Union unbroken. The
theory and the practice don't harmonize. If it
is true that the Union exists in an unbroken
state, why not enforce all its laws ?
Gem the third;
"That there are persons in one section or
another who seek to destroy the - Union at all
events, and are glad of any pretext to do it, I
will neither affirm nor deny; but if there be
such, I need address no word to them."
Very non-committal. There may hopersona
in one section or another who seek to destroy
the Union at all events, and then again there
may not. It is a very perplexing question. If
such persons exist it is not necessary to ad
dress them. Let us drop the subject. The
wonder is why it was introduced. Perhaps to
make darkness visible.
Gem the fourth ;
"Is it true then that any right plainly writ
ten in the Constitution has been denied ? I
think not. Happily the human mind is so con
stituted that no party can reach to the audacity
of doing this. Think if you can of a single
instance in which a plainly written provision
of the Constitution has ever been denied."
The Legislatures of a number of Northern
States under Republican control have enacted
laws designed to nullify the constitutional pro
vision requiring the rendition of fugitives from
labor, The right to the service of these fugi
tives is plainly written in the Constitution, and
confessedly so in this Inaugural Address—and
yet it has been denied, or attempted to be de
nied. The Republican party in many of the
Northern States have "reached to the audacity
of doing this." Mr. Lincoln's memory is as
deficient as his logic.
Gem the fifth
" From questions of this class spring all our
constitutional controversies, and we divide upon
them into majorities and minorities. If the
minority will not acquiesce, the majority must,
or the government must cease."
The questions referred to are, whether the
Constitution empowers Congress to exclude sla
very from the Territories—must Congress pro
tect slavery in the Territories ? &c. We divide
upon these questions into majorities , and mi
norities, and one or the other must acquiesce,
or the government must cease. No such thing.
The correct interpretation of the Constitution
is not to to settled by the will of the majority.
These are judicial questions for the courts to
determine. If the popular will is to decide the
meaning of the Constitution, then it follows
that as soon as the majority determine that the
provision forthe return of fugitives from labor
does not apply to runaway negroes, this settles
the controversy, and the minority must acqui
esce, The principle is lawless and revolution
ary. We have a Constitution, and courts com
petent to interpret its true meaning, and ma
jorities cannot overturn it to invade the estab
lished rights of minorities. Minorities have
sacred rights which the Constitution guards,
and majorities cannot assail them. If this is
not true, we have no settled principles of gov
ernment, and no man's rights are inviolable.
Gem the sixth :
"One section of our country believes that sla
very is right, and ought to be extended; while
the other believes that it is wrong, and ought
not to be extended. This is the only substan
tial dispute."
The question of the right or wrong of slavery
is not rightfully involved in the controversy as
to its extension. It is purely and simply a
question as to the constitutional rights of the
Routh. The morality of slavery has nothing
to do with it. A man may be morally opposed
to the extension of slavery, and at the same
time convinced that the Constitution permits
Southern men to take their property into the
Territories, and be willing to defend and pro
tect them in this right.
Gem the seventh—the genuine article:
" Suppose you go to war, you -cannot fight
always, and whet', after much loss on both sides,
and no gain on either, you cease - fighting, the
identical old questions as to terms of inter
course are again upon you."
This is the first glimmer of sound sense to
illuminate the pervading darkness. Go to war,
and you end just where you began—then why
go to war at all ? Why commence a civil war,
when there is confessedly nothing to be gained
by it?
Gem the eighth is intended to be consola
tory :
"By the frame of the Government under
which we live, this same people have wisely
given their public servants but little power for
mischief, and have with equal wisdom provided
for the return of that little to their own hands
at very short intervals."
It would afford real consolation if Mr. Lin
coln had little .power for mischief, but unhap
pily he underrates the consequences likely to
follow his own feebleness,
THE NATIONAL CRISIS.
THE INAUGURAL-00A 45P PRESS
From the Baltimore Bun
This address has been looked to with intense
anxiety from all parts of the country, as likely
to foreshadow the policy of the government in
his hands who has been, unhappily, chosen to
represent a sectional party of the Northern
States. And now that the address is before
the people, we have only the realization of
all that we hai. anticipated. As a thing foe
the occasion, it is neither better nor worse
than we expected, for from such a source Lhe
country has nothing to expect, good, bad or in
different. What may come at any time from a
party of one idea, and no national principles,
it is impossible to conjecture.
The inaugural, as a whole, breathes the spirit
of mischief. It has only a conditional con
servatism—that is, the lack of ability or some
inexpediency to do what it would. It assumes
despotic authority, and intimates the design to
exercise that authority to any extent of war
and bloodshed, qualified only by the acitholdin,q
of the requisite means to the end by the Amer
ican people. And this declaration is no sooner
made than the quailing protest is advanced that
it shall not be construed as a menace. The
fact is as boldly stated as such a man as Lin
coln dared to do it, that if the North will sus
tain him he will coerce and subjugate the
South.
The argumentation of the address is pue
rile. Indeed, it has no quality entitled to the
dignity of an argument. It is a shaky speci
men of special pleading, by way of justifying
the unrighteous character and deeds of that
fanaticism, which, lifted into power, may be
guilty, as it is capable, of any atrocities. A
single fact set forth in the document, as the
basis of a remark on the perpetuity of the
Union, is untrue. It is asserted that the
"Union is much older than the Constitution ;"
whereas the Union had no existence until the
Constitution was ratified by New Hampshire
on the 21st June, 1788, being the ninth State
which approved it, and so gave vitality to the
Union and the Constitution at the same moment.
The Union which had previously existed was
at an end ; and Virginia, New York, North
Carolina and Rhode Island, which subsequently
ratified the Constitution, were perfectly free to
remain independent sovereignties, had they
chosen to do so, to this clay. No Union, there
fore, existed which included these States when
the Constitution was ratified; and Rhode Island
remained out of the Union until the 29th May,
MO, nearly two years after the Union and
Constitution were formed and established.
Mr. Lincoln is particularty emphatic on the
Union, and constantly asserts its perpetuity,
and seems to contend for its indestructibility
under any circumstances; but while asserting
the power of the majority, (a power which he
does not represent,) he brings forward nothing
but opinions on which to base the action he
proposes. And with a complacency character
istic enough, he exclaims: "It follows, from
these views, that no State upon its own mere
motion, can lawfully get out of the Union."—
Yet Mr. Lincoln never points to a single line
in the Constitution or laws which verifies the
lawlessness of the act. It only follows from
his views -,---and this is the whole law of Black
Republicanism. It consists of opinions and
views, in violation first of the rights of citizen
ship, and then of the rights of States.
The language of the inaugural clearly fore
shadows the coercive policy of Mr. Lincoln's
republicanism. Whether it is for his own vin
dication with the ultra-Republicans, or indicates
decidedlythe future action of the administration,
we shall speedily learn. The fact is recorded
that Mr. Lincoln designs to use the power of
the Government to "hold, occupy and possess
the property and places belonging to the Gov
ernment, and to collect the duties and imposts."
This language applies directly and unmistaka
bly to the seceded States, and enunciates war
with the Confederated States of America as plainly
as language can do it, There is no misunder
standing this, and the issue is at hand. Perhaps
it is better so—not the war but the culmination
of the issue—which might, and should have
been in peace. It will be observed that while
asserting power and purpose which could not
possibly be exerted and fulfilled but in war,
the speaker most disingenuously affects a eon=
ciliatory and bloodless policy. The true con
struction of this peculiarity of style is very
simple. It proposes to the States and the
people put under the ban ofßlack Republican
ism, and exposed to the "irrepressible conflict,"
submission—unconditional submission to the
enemy in power, with the alternative of war
and subjugation. Conceal it as we may, this
is the tone and tenor of the inaugural. Whether
it is designed to be so understood, without
qualification, it is impossible to say. Our
readers are as capable of judging what the
language of such a man or such. a party means,
as we are.. •
The remarks of. Mr. Lincoln on the action,
eharaeter and decisions of the Supreme Court
are as thorougly subversive of the settled
policy of this Government as the practice of
the party is Wail() to ite perpetuity. The
decisions of. the court on constitutional ques
tions are held to be of little value. An opinion
is.merely of weight in a particular case; and
the decisions of the court are liable to be
reversed. In all this we have the intimation
that no settled policy is to be derived henceforth
from the decisions of the Supreme Court.
. The inaugural closes with a series of vague
and unmeaning professions of concern for the
welfare of the country ; a comparison of results
and consequences between union and disunion;
a suggestion in favor of a convention of the
States to amend the Constitution; (a proposition
safe enough under such circumstances as pre
clude the possibility of any amendment accept
able and.assuring to the South.) •
Unhappily, we can find in the message only
that prevailing disunionism which is the ani
mating spirit of Black Republicanism—that
climodpragin which insists upon the humiliation
and submission of the South to the most de
grading affiliation with, and service of a party
who has inaugurated against her institutions
an "irrepressible conflict." There is no Union
spirit in the address; it is sectional and mis
chievous, and studiously withholds any sign of
recognition of that equality of the States upon
which union can alone be maintained. If it
means what it says, it is the knell and requiem
of the Union, and the death of hope..
From the New York Herald, March 6
It would have been almost as instructive if
President Lincoln had contented himself with
telling his audience, yesterday, a funny story,
and let them go. Ills inaugural is but a para
phrase of the vague generalities contained in
his pilgrimage speeches, and shows clearly,
either that he has not made up his mind re
' specting his future course, or else that he de
sires, for the present, to keep his intentions to
' himself. The stupendous questions of the last
month have been, whet her the incoming ad
ministration would adopt a coercion or a con
ciliation policy towards the Southern States;
whether it would propose satisfactory amend
ments to the Constitution, convening an extra
session of Congress for the purpose of consid
ering them; and whether, with the spirit of
the statesmen who laid the corner stone of the
institutions of the Republic, it would rise to
the dignity of the occasion, and meet as Was
fitting, the terrible crisis through which the
country is passing. The inaugural gives no
satisfaction on any of these points. Parts of
it contradict those that precede them,and where
the adoption of any course is hinted at, a stu
dious disavowal of its being a recommendation
is appended. Not a small portion of the col
umns of our paper, to which the document is
amplified, look as though they were thrown in
as mere make-weight, A resolve to procras
tinate, before committing himself, is apparent
throughout. Indeed Mr. Lincoln closes by
saying that "there is no object in being in a
hurry," and that "nothing valuable can be lost
by taking time." Filled with careless bonhomie
as this first proclamation to the country of the
new President is, it will give but small con
tentment to those who believe that not only its
prosperity, but its very existence is at stake.
The inaugural opens by deliberately igno
ring the true issue between the Southern and
Northern States. It declares that the slave
holding members of the confederation have no
grievances ; that "nobody is hurt," or will
have a right to imagine himself hurt, until the
peculiar institution is actively invaded where
it exists. "Apprehensions," he says, "seems
to exist among the people of the Sbuthern
States, that their property, and their peace; and
personal security, are to be endangered. There
has never been any reasonable cause for such
apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evi
dence to the contrary has all the while existed,
and been open to their inspection." The same
spirit runs through the whole speech. He
quotes the Chicago platform resolution against
John Brown, as though that were an all-suffici
ent reply to objections, and elsewhere exclaims:
"Is it true that any right, written in the,Con
stitution has been denied ? I think not." Yet,
in the line and a
.half, which is all that he
thinks proper to devote to the momentous ques
tion of the common Territories ' out of which
has grown the sectional strife which convulses
the Union, he virtually kicks to pieces the
whole groundwork of republican aggressions,
and confesses the untenableness of their past
claims. "Must Congress," he says, "protect
slavery in the Territories? The Constitution
does not expressly say."
* * * * * * * *
In a word, the inaugural is not a crude per
formenee—it abounds in traits of craft and
cunning. It bears marks of indecision, and
yet of strong coercion proclivities, with serious
doubts whether the government will be able to
gratify them. It is so clearly intended to ad
mit of a double, or even of any possible inter
pretation, that many will content themselves
with waiting for the paogress of events, in the
meanwhile, seeking in it for no meaning at all.
It is neither candid nor statesmanlike ; nor
does it possess any essential of dignity or pa
triotism. It would have caused a Washington
to mourn, and would have inspired Jefferson,
Madison, or Jackson with contempt. With re
gard to the ultimate projects of Mr. Lincoln,
the public is no wiser than before. It is sin
cerely to be trusted that he is:yet ignorant of
them himself.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The dominant idea of his address is that of
an unbroken Union, that secession is lawless,
and that no. authority short of the whole people
of all the States can break up the Government.
This being the case, the obligation of the oath
he has just taken to observe the Constitution
and the laws, requires that he shall enforce the
laws as they WO, lie must preserve United
States property, and collect the customs. The
postal service, and holding the United States
courts, he may refrain from enforceng, if the
people for whose good they are meant, resist.
This language means that the Executive must
re-possess the Federal Government with au
thority over the forts and arsenals wrested
from its power, and that the duties must be
collected outside, if not within, the harbors of
the seceding States. How these things are
to be done without a collision, we are unable to
understand, though Mr. Lincoln says, in doing
so, there need be no bloodshed or violence.
There need not be, if the seceding States are
willing to submit to the exercise of a power
they deny and repudiate. Whether Mr. Lincoln
expects this or not is not clear, From his
arguments upon secession and the inadequacy
of war to settle any of the disputed questions
which have caused sectional alienalion, it would
seem that he does not despair of time resto
ring confidence in the good intentions of the
Republican Administration, and his expressed
preference for a National Convention would
imply that he looked to that as the means by
which the country's troubles may be healed.—
But to call a National Convention requires
time, while the Federal laws are to be enforced
immediately. Will the seceding States find
enough of security in Mr. Lincoln's professions
to wait until the people can speak for them
selves? If they have any remote hope of the
Union, and a desire to re-enter it, they may.—
But all their acts lead to a different conclu
sion.
From the Baltimore Exchange, March 5.
We spread before our readers this morning
the inaugural address delivered yesterday by
the President. On a document which denies
that the South has any reasonable cause of
quarrel -with the North, or with the Republican
party—which refers to the Chicago platform
and the former speeches of the President as to
guarantees or assurances, which ought to be
satisfactory to the people of the slave States—
and which threatens, in a crisis like this, to
coerce the latter into obedience to the Federal
Government, extended comment is scarcely
necessary. If the partial disruption of the
Union bade fair to be final a week ago, the
utter destruction of the Republic seems to be
inevitable now. It would be idle, at such a
moment, to stop to. lament the fearful error
which the President and his adviser's have
committed, and we can only hope that it may
not be too late for the people of Maryland to
do something that may still prevent the conse
quences which the rash and menacing pesition
now assumed by the administration is likely
to provoke; for the measures of Mr. Lincoln
mean war. We are clear, however, that they
should take decisive steps to obtain some se
curity for their rights, if they are to live
henceforth under a government which has an
nounced that the majority is entitled to rule
even if it-overrides Courts and Constitutions.
Fsom KEY - WEST. —Key ' West, Peb. 9, 1861.
It is understood here by army and naval men
that in the event the Brooklyn is prevented
from landing .Captain Vogels' company of ar
tillery at Fort Pickens, she will return to this
place. In which case Captain Vogels will
march into Fort Taylor, and assume cointnand,
he being the senior captain. In anticipation
of such an event, the engineer officer is rapidly
preparing quarters in the casetnates of .the
Fort. The defences of Fort Taylor are now
completed. The guns are nearly all in position
and the work is placed on a war footing. • The
force within the-walls excepas 100 men.
• The court of inquiry in the case of Commo
dore Armstrong, bus resulted in ordering a.
court-martial,. which will assemble in Baltimore
on the 12th of March, and be composed . of
such distinguished navy officers as Commodoies
Stewart, Shubrick, Stringbam, Nichokon,
Jarvis, Gregory, Paulding, Merwin, Reed, &o.
The Judge Advocate is Adam B. Magruder,
GENERAL IYEWS•
GENERAL DEARTH OF MONEY.—A letter from
Turin says the present year bids fair to em
barrass the Ministers of Finance in many quar
ters. In India there is a deficiency of six mil
lions sterling, in England of two, and in France
of four, while in Italy a loan of twenty millions
is required to meet the expenditure and arma
ments of the new kingdom; and in Austria
the confusion is so great that not even the
Minister is able to prognosticate the eventual
wants of the empire.
svpuzu DEATII.—The Macon (Ga.) .To4rtio/
learns that Mr. Wm. Daniel, of Jones county,
died very suddenly on Thursday last, at the
residence of his mother, Mrs. Singleton, some
eight milts from Clinton, Ga, He was in bad
health, and said he would go out to the family
burying•ground and select a spot for his grave.
He had scarcely left the ground he had marked
out for that purpose before he fell and expired.
almost on the very place he had chosen for his
sepulchre.
SUNDAY LABOR.—The Cincinnati Daily DITBS,
which has always opposed the observance of
the Sabbath, as a civil or religious institution,
has, after an experience of several months in
the publication of a daily paper every day in
the week, arrived at the conclusion that the
"human system requires one day in seven for
relaxation, rest and recreation," and the pro
prietors have accordingly resolved to discon
tinue the publication of the Sunday paper.
RELICS OF EARLY TIMEB.—An interesting
discovery has just been made at Trikala, near
Corinth. It consists of an antique bronze vase,
containing 9,170 cuing, in excellent preserva
tion. The most modern of them date from the
time of the Achian League, 280 years before
the Christian era. The vase has been pre
sented to the Queen of Greece, who takes great
interest in ancient art.
Eminent iron ship-builders say that in some
instances a thousand decapitated rivets may
be found in the bottom of an iron hull after one
or more voyages, and that a smart kick of the
foot is often sufficient to shake out the rivits so
beheaded, and open an inlet for the sea. Many
persons suppose that iron ships will, after a
time, cease to be built.
The Democratic State Convention and the
Union State Convention of Rhode Island, to
gether with the conventions of both parties in
both districts, have appointed committees to
report Union candidates to each and all the
conventions, which will assemble again on the
6th of March.
FLORIDA RETVEN/NG UNITED STATES FUNDS,
Mr. Cisco, the assistant treasurer of the United
States at New York, has received notice from
the sub-treasurer at Charleston, Southern
Confederacy, that be had sent by Adams 8: Co.
the balance remaining in his hands to the credit
of the collector at Key West.
The Tremont Howie, Chicago, one of the
very largest structures in the city, is being
raised by screws. There are 5,000 of these
under the house, and a gang of 500 men em
ployed to superintend them.
The Queen of Prussia, accompanied by the
Prince and Princess of Prussia, will, it is
stated, visit the Queen of England in the
month of May.
Hon. C. C. Clay, en-United States Senator
from Alabama, has gone to Minnesota for the
benefit of his health.
Wine, called Valerio, two thousand years old
has been dug out of the ruins of Pompeii.
Half a million packs of cards are made an
nually in London.
((Shrouds have no pockets"—a capital sermon
to misers, in four words.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
Missouri State Convention.
Pursuant to the adjournment on Friday eve
ning, the State Convention assembled this
morning in the Mercantile Library Hall in this
city, and was called to order at half-past ten
o'clock. The hall is tastefully decorated with
national flags, and a large eagle is placed over
the Chairman's stand. The lobby is crowded
with spectators.
A committee of thirteen on Federal Relations
has been appointed, and the Convention is now
engaged in discussing the proposition received
from Mr. Glenn, the Commissioner from Geor
gia, with a fair prospect of its rejection.
The resolution appointing a committee of
three to inform Commissioner Glenn, of Georgia,
that the Convention was ready to receive any
communication he may have to make from his
State, was finally passed by a vote of 62 against
35.
Mr. Glenn was then introduced to the Con
vention. He read the articles of secession
adopted by Georgia, after which he made a
speech, stating the causes which induced Geor
gia to dissever her connection with the Federal
Government, and strongly urged Missouri to
to join his State in the formation of a southern
confederacy.
Mr. Glenn's remarks were greeted with hiss
ing and hooting from the lobby, which the
Chairman failed to suppress.
On motion, the Convention adjourned till
ten o'clock to-morrow.
The Virginia State Convention.
RICHMOND, March 5
Mr. Chambless, of Greenville, introduced a
resolution declaring that the Peace Cohteretoe
projositions having failed in giving assurance
of an equitable settlement of the slavery con
troversy, Virginia should offer no more propo
sitions, but withdraw from the Federal compact,
and adopt measures to protect her rights in
concert with the other Southern States.
Mr. Chambless made a strong secession
speech in support of his resolution.
Mr. Carlisle replied in a strong Union speeech.
He believed that tho COliftrbnce propositions
were acceptable to the people of Virginia.
The resolutions were referred to the Commit
tee on Federal Relations.
Mr. Mallor;y, of Brunswick, introduced a
resolution favoring a Border State Convention.
Referred.
Mr. Brower, of Preston, introduced a resolu
tion censuring Messrs. ason and Hunter for
opposing a reference of the Peace Congress
report to the consideration of the States of the
confederacy.
The resolution was tabled on motion of its
introducer.
Mr. Wiley of Monongahela, made a decided
Union speech, opposing the right of secession.
From California.
The steamship Northern Light is, below from
Aspinwall, with California dates to the 10th
ult. Her advices have been anticipated by the
overland pony express. Her specie list
amounts to $890,000.
The Northern Light brings Aspinwall dates
to' the 26th ult. The quarrel bbtween the
church and the government continues, the for
mer threatening erevolution.
The Nicaragua Congress was in session. The
American treaty has not been ratified, and will
probably not he. The Granadian government
has declared that they don't want a-treaty, and
are a match for either the northern or southern
governments of America.
At Costa Rico there is a great feeling of in
security.
The coffee crop is small, and money is very
scarce: . .
Capt. Whiting, of the steamer Golden Gate,
died at Panama, on the 24th ult.
No tidings have been received of the U. S.
sloop of war Levant.
From Porto Rico.
NEW YORK, March 6
Advices from Ponce, Porto Rico, to the ,21st
ult., state the Bridal' brig Onward had arrived
there with a clearance from the Republic of
South Carolina, which was entered under pro
test.
ST. Louis, March 5
NEW YORK, March 5
From Washington,
WAsniNGTos, March
The President to-day nominated Mr. S ewol,
of New York; Mr. Bates, of 111 iFsouri, a n ,' Nr _
Welles ! of Connecticut -to the Senat e ns rit ''`Z:
bers of the
confirmed at once. Cabinet. Of course, they w il l yjc.
The Markets.
PHIA, MANI;
Flour dull. Sales of OhioPHILADE extr4 L
$5 2 5.
$5 -KV and extra family, at $5,75. W hest .4ft :r.
Sales red at $1.2581,32%, and white at $.1.9.5
.45.
st,- n
lower. Sales 3000 bushels new yellow at 551 4 , 57
afloat and part in the cars. Coffee scarce. m 1 0,4 5 411
vancing. Sales at 19a1.9%.
NNW YORK ; 14" ,
flour dull; State $5a5.10; 5.40a5.50 for obi,
$5.50a5.60 For Southern. Wheat dull ;
$1.23, and $1.50 for Canada. Corn dull at 6538.rie''
Whisky steady at 18c. Stocks dull and easier,
llALVfittotik, March 1
Flour dull and heavy ; Ohio and Howard iStreet.ip
quoted at $5.25, with no gales; City Mills a. ?.
firm at $1.25a1.30 for red and $1.40a1.65 for White wb,:; .
active and firm ; yellow 58a60c. and white oa c. ID
ti.h
171'46114 dull and unchanged. Coffee firm at /2t , .10.
i r e.
Whisky firm at 20c.
Nero (abuttlisent-eits.
HARRISON'S HOUSEHOLD SOAP.
IL 50 BOXES OF TRIG rz/iFECT SOU) r „ sai .
at Manufacturer's peen. A. ROBINSON a: CO,
mar 6
PUBLIC SALE h o s o l d
Brant's European Hotel, on Wednesday p, t .„th i ,
m ar c h igth, 1861. a certain TWO STORY kAll'i
DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT OF GROUND, A):b
VACANT LOT, situate on North street, mow So w
—being 50 feet on North street, and oyten.l;ng blek
rl
feet. The Rouse is well finished, with Fern rooms Ani
Basement Kitchen. Sale to commence at 7 o'clock_
Terms will be made known by HENRY ROIIEFITE.
mar6-ltd* W. BARR, Auctioneer.
THE AMERICAN BYRON!
GUADALOUPE :
A TALE OF LOVE AND IVA n .
A Poem in the style of -DON and vival in
spirit, matter and manner to that brilliant preliletiee
of the ''BRITISH BARD." By a well known citizen of
Philadelphia, who served with distinction in the lat
War with Mexico.
PRICE BEYENTY•PIVE CENTS_
Eor sale at SCH.EFFER , S BOOKSTORE,
niar6 No.lB Market Street, Harrisburg, pa.
WARRANTED TWELVE MONTI'S:
ANOTHER LOT OF
MORTON'S UNRIVALLED GOLD PEN:
PERKINS in want of a superior and really gdOLI qoi)
PEN will find with me a large assortment to select fro m,
and have the privilege to exchange the Pens until their
hand is perfectly suited. And if by fair means the
mond points break off during twelve months, the puf_
chaser shall have the privilege to select a new ene,
without any charge.
I have very good Gold Pene, in strong silver-plated
cases, for $l, $1..25, $1 50, $2.00
For Ade SCHEPPER , S BOORSTORE,
Inar6 No. 18 Market Street, Harrisburg,
ALL PERSONS who have any Affection
of the Lungs or Throat, or Chronic Timm, and
wish to be cured, ehould consult Da. STEWAII V, who
has bad many years' experience in different sections at
the United States and Canada, and has cured cases which
hail been treated without benefit by what are esteemed
the MT PHYSiOUNS in the Union.
He has been in Harrisburg for many months, and had
restored to health, invalids who had expended hundred!:
of dollars with Physicians and Patent Medicines, iv,
can refer to some of the best families in 'Harrisburg, and
can give the names of persona in the city, and nearly all
parts of the State, whom he has cured of almost every
Chronic Disease.
Ile does not profess to mare all diseases afterthe man.
ner of some advertising quacks, but will give a candy
opinion in regard to curability after examination. The
medicines of Dr. S. are vegetable, and derived from mon
than a hundred sources while traveling. in Lung and
Throat Diseases he has had great mesas by num of
his CARBON CURE, which may be taken by the Roinach
or Inhaled.
Beware of Caustic and the Throat Burners of the ell
school.
In COMPLAINTS OP FEMALES his success has been
remarkable, and he has cured affections of the Eye awl
Ear said to be incurable.
DR. STEWART solicits cases of the following, given
up by others :
NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM, SCROFULA, ULCERS, LITER
COMPLAINT, SWELLED NECK, SEXUAL DEBILITY, DROPSY,
FALLING FITS, PRIVATE DISEASES, DYSPEPSIA, GRAVEL.
Cancers removed by a RAW remedy procured in Cauada.
When so requested, DR. STEWART will visit patients
at their residence.
Terms Moderate
In regard to qualifications, Dr. S. refers to Professnti
Pancoast, Dunglison and Meigs, of Philadelphia. Ile
also begs leave to refer to Senators Chase and Pugh, and
lion. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio.
Patients or their friends should call at the RC - MILER
HOUSE from 9 a. in, toy p,
Letters promptly attended to
t'RESH FRUIT!!!
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, in Cans and Jars.
Each, Package Warranted. WM. DOCK, JR., & CO.
mars
BOURBON WHISKY —A very Supe.
rior Article of BOURBON WHISKY, in quart bot
tles, in store and for sale by JOHN H. ZIEGLER,
mars 73 Market Street.
WASHING MADE QUICK AND
EASY.
HARRISON'S
HOUSEHOLD SOAP.
It is DETERSIVE. It removes all dirt, and washes
with or without rubbing.
It is ERASIVE. It removes all stains by Oil, Paint,
Printers' Ink, Wagon or Machine Grease.
It is a BLEACHER. It bleaches brown clothes white,
and white clothes whiter.
It is EMOLLIENT. It gives a rich permanent lather,
and makes the handy soft white and elastic.
It Is a PERFECT 'R'iLdlEit, in anynater, hot or cold,
hard or soft, salt or fresh, of finest lawns, and all grades,
to the coarsest clothes.
It is LASTING. It does much washing with little
99st,
It is ECONOMICAL. It saves wear and tear, time,
labor and money.
It combines all the good, and none of the bad proper
ties of every other Soap; therefore it is a PERFECT SOAP.
It is a Perfect Soap for all the uses of a Household,-
In the Laundry for clothes of every description—for the
Wash-stand—for cleaning Paint, lass-ware, Porcelain,
Crockery, Table, Kitchen and Dairy Untensi/s.
Directions accompany each cake. Samples can be bad
free of charge upon application at our store.
mart" WM. DOCK, JR., & CO ,
Agents for Harrisburg.
STATEMENT
OF THE
HARRISBURG BANK.
Blivacu 1, JAL
Assets
Loans and Discounts $669,664 68
Stock of the Commonwolth ...... 50,505 00
United Statei Loan . 19,000 00
Specie
Due by other Banks.. $133,937 82
Notes of other Banks... 24,006 00
158,633 82
Stocks (at present market value)... 2.5,00 0 00
Bonds 6, i‘ 5,000 00
Real Estate 14,600 00
Liabilities
Circulation
Deposits
Due to other Banks
• $682,650 93
The above statement 18 correct, to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
J. W. WEIR, Cashier.
Sworn and subaeribed before me,
mars-d2t DAVID HARRIS, J. P.
A NEW FEATURE IN THE SPICE
TRADE!!!
IMPORTANT TO HOUSEKEEPERS!!!
E. R. DURK EE & CO'S SELECT SPICES,
In Tin For',.wined with Paper,) and full Weight.—
BLACK Ir....PPER, GINGER, NUTMEG, WHITE PEP-
Pert, ALLSPICE. MACE, CAYENNE PEPPER,
-CINNAMON. CLOVES, MUSTARD.
In this age of adulterated and tasteless Spices, it is
With confidence that we introdace tii the attention of
Housekeepers these superior and genuine articles. W 6
guarantee them not only ABSOLDTELY AND PERFECTLY
PURE; but ground from fresh Spices, selected and cleaned
by us exprersly for the purpose, urithort reference to
coat. They see beautifully packed in tinfoil, (lined WiltL
paper.) to prevent injury .by keeping, and are Fro - .
WEIGHT, while the ordinary ground Spices are almost
invariably short. We warrant them, in point of strength
and richness of flavor, beyond eld tOritparisoni 119 a °in
gle trial will abundantly prove.
Every package beara'our TRADE MARK.
Manufactured only by E. R. DURKEE & CO., New
York.
For sale by [feb27.l Vilf. POCK, J
__. a,, & CO
TIE BIBLE ON DIVORCE.—The fol
lowing worde are from Mark s. v. 9, l 2:
"What, therefore, God has joined together let not men
put asunder."
his wife and marry another
" Whosoever shall put away
committeth adultery. And if a woman shall put away.
her husband and marry again she Conilnitteth adultery."
Legislators and others, the above is the edict of the
Supreme Lawgiver, (rein which there i er let no ppe
man
s do aal.—
what, t h erefore, God has joined togeth
janl2 dff
put asunder."
VRANBERRIESA very Superior lot
at oct2 6 .] Wm. DOCIE, & Co t
mar6-dais2w
72,123 OS
$1,017,527 48
..$480,155 00
161,709 15
.. 40,795 78