BATES OF ADVERTISING.
four lines or lees constants half $ square. Ten lieee
or more than four, confititute a square.
one ---. $0.25 One eq., one day.—.-- $0.50
if one trees..., 1.00 " one week. —. 1.21
a one month— . 2.00 41 ono inOnth. 3. 00
44 three months. 3.00 " three months. 8.00
u six months 4.00 ~ IliSMOntbo..-. B.o°
If one year-- . 5.00 c 4 one year.-- 10.00
ur Business notices insertod. in the LOCAL , 00 L uma, or
before marriages and deaths, FIVE CENTS rits rase for seek
insertion. 20 merolianteand others advertising by the year
max/lite. it! Wiil be offered,
fly" Tee onmberof insertions meat be geeigasts4 on the
isertisement.
irr will be inserted at the same
biarriageS and Deaths
es as regular a dvertisemen ts. .
ookri, ,Otationerv,
soIIOOL BOOKS.--School Directors ;
Teachers, karesitg, Solana Otil011) ill Want of
scho ol Books , Stationery, &a., will And a complete
osortment at B. M. POLLOCK & SON'S BOOK. STORK,
star k e t Square, Harrisburg, comprising in parr tke
haADNRS. Parker's, Cobb's, Angell'e
2pliLLINf3 Boolo.—MeGnifey's, Cobb's, Webster's,
Bggrly's. Comtv's,
NGLIBII Gll.OOl/LB3.—Bultion'e, Sealtli 3 e, Wood
br iar , a, Idonteith,s, Tothill's, Hart's, Walls'.
1113TORCES.—Grimshon's, Davenport's, Frost's,
Coodrih's, Pinnocles, iloklinnith'il W
and
ciarlea.
ARITHISHTIC'S.—GresnIears, Stoddard's, 8r1n140110113
Hose's, Holborn's, Smith and Deke!e, Daeie'e.
43,1,64.11B&S.—GreerasuPS, Davie% Dsroi Bafg ,
Fridge's.
DICTIONARYS.—WaIker's School, Cobb's, Walker ,
vf °roaster's er,:npreiaesalive, Worzester,B Primary,
uarto,Web
"Primary, ; 4 1ehaterla High Scheel, Webstees Q
i n118:1110.
A.TITRAL PHYLOSOPHlnS.—Honnttock,s
_ ,• • - ..1 - • ..* , !4 can at
si . tiy time be :Cattle 61., In) AVICIOL 401110eigI•IllgtOrt.
rrut of School Stationery, embracing in the While a Win
pieta ont6t for school purposes. Any book not in the store.
poored d one days iratice.
IU" Country Iderelonts itimplied at Will/legal° ram
for eels ai
ALMANACS.—John Baer and SOSonsAlmanac
I. M. XCIALOOK. & SON'S BOOR STONE, Harrisburg.
wr wholesale and Retail. myl
JUST RECEIVED
AT
SCHEFFBR'S BOOKSTORE,
ADAMANTINE SLATES
.011 VARIOUS SIZES STU) ran%
Which, for beauty and uce, cannot be excelled.
BEMEMBRB THS. PLACE,
SCHNFFER'S BOOKSTORE,
NO. 18 MARKET STREET. mart
NEW BOOKS!
IQST RECEIVE T.
"SEAL ANP SAY," by the author or "'Arida, 'mad
World," "Dollars and Cents," &n.
"HISTORY OF ILETRODlSai,l ) byA.Stevens, LL.D.
For sale at SOMMERS' BOOKSTORE,
ap9 10.18 Marke at.
JUST RECEIVED,
A LARGE AND SPLENDID ASSORTMENT Or
mglay GILT AND ORNAMENTAL
WINDOW CURTAINS,
PAPER BLINDS,
of various Designs and Colors, for 8 cents,
TISSUE PAPER AND CUT FLY PAPER§
At [rny24] SCIIEFFER,,S BOOKSTORE.
WALL PAPER I WALL EAPER !!
Just received, our Spring Stock of WALL PAPER,
BORDERS, ETRE SCREENS, &c., &c. It is the largest
sod hest selected 11380[W-tent in the city, ranging in price
from six (6) cents up to one dollar and %%quarter (SIAL)
AO we purchase very low fpr cash, we are prepared to
sell at as low rates, if not lower, than can be had else
where, If PArchasers will call and examine w 6 feel
confident that we can please there in respec t price
and quality. B. Si POLLOCK & SON, •
ap3 Below Zones , Rouse, Market Square.
_ _ _
"LETTER, OAP, NOTE PAPERS,
Pens, Holders, Pencils, Envelopes, Sealing Wax, of
the best quality, at low prices, direct from the manu
factories, at
meal) SCHEFFER,S ousel' BOOKSTORE
TAW BOOKS ! LAW BOOKS !!-A
general assortment of LAW BOOKS, all the State
Reports and standard Elementary Works, with wally of
the old English Reports, scarce and rare, together with
a large assortment of second-hand Law Books, at very
low prices, at the one pries Bookstore of
B, M, POLLOOK & SON,
myS Market square, Harrisburg_
Atomßaucous.
AN ARRIVAL OF
NEW GOODS
APPROPRIATE TO TILE SEASON!
SILK LINEN PAPER
FANS! • FANS!! FANS!!!
ANOTHSR AND SPLENDID LOT OF
SPLICED FISHING R ODS!
Trout Flies, Gut and Hair Snoods, Grails Lines, Silk
sad gait. Plai t ,. Lines, and a general assortment of
NISHINQ TACKLE!
A GRILLT VARIETY OP
WALKING CANES!
Which we will cell al cheap as the cheapest!
Silver Head Loaded Sword hickory Panty
Canes! Canes! Canes! Canes! Canes!
SELLER'S DRIFQ !.$1) FANCY STORE,
PTO. 91 MARKET STREET,
South side, one door east of Fourth street je9.
N " c 0 AL! 1 1
ONLY SI,TS PER TON!!!.,LiI
TRETBRTON NUT COAL for sale at $1.33 per ton,
delivered by Patent Weigh Carts.
PINEaItOVB COAL, just received by cars, for sale by
feb2l lAMBS M. WIIEEt.ER,
ARDEN SEEDS 11 I-A FRESH. AND
commirre assortments just received and for sale by
feta WM. DINKI II", CO.
TUST RECEIVED —A large Stock of
t y Nom; ALES, DROWN STOUT and LONDON
PORTER. For sale at the lowest rates by
JOHN H. ZIEGLER,
73 Market street.
ja.nal.
F 1.81111 FISH!!!
MACKEREL, (Nos. 1, 2 and S.)
SALMON, (very superior.)
SHAD, (Mena and very Rae.)
HEREIN(}, (extra large.)
COD KIM
SMOKED HERRING, (extra Digby.)
SCOTCH lIHRILING - .
SARDINES AND ANCHOVIES,
Of the above we have Mackerel in whole, half, quarter
and eighth bbis. Herring in whole and half bbla.
The entire lot nen...DIIIBOT 111931 rumgauls, and
will sell them at the lowest Market rates.
sepia WM. DOCK,Ja., & CO.
CILAMPAUNE WINESI
DDO DE MONTEBELLO,
ILEIDSIECE. & CO.
CHARIAB
GIEK.ER & CO.
ANCHOR—BILLEBY moussrux,
EPARELING MUSCATEL,
MUMM & CO 'B,
YERZENAT,
CABINET.
Ds store and for sale by
NOUN 'ft, ZIEGLER,
73 Market street.
de9lo
ItIiCKORY WOOD ! !-A SUPERIOR LOT
net received, and for sale in .oantitieti to mit pUr
dowers, by JAMES id- WHEELED.
Also, OAK AND PINE constantly on hand at the
Malt prices. deed
FAMILY BIBLES, from 1$ to $lO,
mp g and handsomely bound, printed on good paper,
with elegant clear sew type Bela at
nmh3l fIOHIBIPPRIVS Mean Book.tire.
CRA,YI3ERRIES ! I !-A SPLENDID LOT
Vied received by
octlo
POR a superior and cheap TABLE or
J; SALAD OIL go to •
ICILLER 3 I3 DRUG STORE.
PmFin n
't Growers' Handbook—by
WABB%—wholegiale and retail at
metal 80111APPER I S Bookstore.
SPERM CANDLES. —A large supply
just reeeired by
deplB WM. DOCK. Ta., k CO:
Y _
ELLER' B DRUG STORE is the place
to tad the bast amortoteut Ports
WM. DOCK. /a., & CO
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VOL. 3.
tin:o of &awl.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
WINTER TIME TABLE
EtiIt.iMPEAPIE
FIVE TRAINS DAILY TO & FROM PRILOLPRIA
ON AND AFTER
MONDAY, IiOVEMBER 213nr, 15134 1
The Passenger Trains of the Pennsylvaniaßailroad Cora
piny will depart from and arrive at Harrisburg ail
Philadelphia SA fOllO7O
EASTWARD.
THROUGH EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Harrisburg a
2AO a_ m_, and arrives at West Philadelphia at 0.50 a. 331
FAST LINE leaves Harrisburg at 12.55 p. in., and
arrives at West Philadelphia at 5.00 p. m.
MAIL TRAIN leaves Harrisburg at 045 p. m. 2 and sr
riven at West Philadelphia at 10.20 p. M.
These Tr^!..a% 7..yike close %.ne.setion at Philadelplitii
with the New York Lines.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, No. 1, leaves Harrisburg
at 7.50 a. in., runs via Mount Toy, and arrives at West
Philadelphia at 12.50 V. Et. '
HARRISBURG ACCOMMODATION leaves Harris
burg at 1.15 p. m., and arrives at West Philadelphia at
6.40 p. m. •
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, - No. 9, leaves Harrisburg
at 5.25 p. m., runs via Mount Joy, connecting at Diller.
villa with MAIL TRAIN East for Philadelphia.
WESTWARD.
THROUGH EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Philadelphia
10.50 p. in., and arrives at Harrisburg at 3.10 a. m.
MAIL TRAIN hares Philadelphia at 8.00 a. in., an
arrives at Harrisburg at 1.20 p. m.
LOCAL MAIL TRAIN leaves Harrisburg for Pittsbur
7.00. t. tn.
PAST LINE leaves Philadelphia at 12.00 noon, and ar
rives at Harrisburg at 4.10 p. m.
HARRIS/MO ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves
Philadelphia at 2.00 p. m., and arrives at Harrisburg at
7.35 p. m.
AcOOKKODATPTIT TRAIN leaves Philadelphia
4.00 p. in., and arrives at Harrisburg at 9.45 p. m.
Attention is called to the fact, that passengers leaving
Philadelphia at 4 p. in. connect at Lancaster with
MOUNT JOY ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, Am arrive
Harrisburg at 9.45 p. In.
SAMUEL D. YOUNG,
Simi, East, pia. 'tannic' Railroad
n02341ti
NEW AIR LINE ROUTE
TO
N E•W YORK.
'_4' w
=- ~~-
_ --
~_^:,
Shortest in Distance and quickest in Mit
BETWEEN VIE TWO CITIES OF
NEW YORK AND HARRISBURG,
V X A
READING, ALLENTOWN AND EASTON
:10ANING EXPRESS, West, leaves New York at 0
a. m., arriving at Harrisburg at 1 p. m., only s„ti hours
between the two cities.
MA.II. LINE leaves New York at 12.00 noon, and ar
rives at Harrisburg at 815 p_ m.
MORNING MAIL LINE, East, leaves Harrisburg
6.00 a. m arriving at New York at 5.20 p. m.
AFTERNOON EXPRESS LINE, East, leaves Harris
burg at 1.15 p. m., arriving at New York at 9.45 p. nt.
Connections are made at Harrisburg at 1.00 p. in- math
the Passenger Trains in each direction on the Pernisylva
nia, Cumberland Valley and Northern ()antral Railroads
All Trains connect at Reading with Trains for Potts.
villa and l'hiladeifshie 3 and at Allentown for Maucb
Chunk, Easton, &0.
No change of Passenger Cars or Baggage between New
York and Harrisburg, by the 6.00 a. in. Line from New
York or the 1.15 p. m. from Harrisburg_
Por beauty of scenery and speed, comfort and accom
modation, this Route presents superior inducements to
the traveling public,
Farebetween New York and Harrisburg, FIVE Dorzala
For Tickets dud other information apply to
J. J. CLYDE, General Agent,
Harrisburg.
dels
PHILADELPHIA
AND
READING RAILROAD
WINTER ARLAN (if EMENT.
ON AND AFTrR DEC. 12, 1860,
TWO.PABSHNGER TRAINS LEAVE HARRISBURG
DAILY, (Suudaps excepted,' at 8.00 A. M., and 1.15 P.
M., for Philadelphia, arrivingthere at 1.20 P. M., and 6.15
RETURNER}, LEAVE WITLADELPHIA at 8.00 A.M.
and 340 P.M., arriving at Harriabarg at 1 P. M. and B.le
P. M.
FARES:—To Philadelphia, No. 1 Oars, 813.20 ; No. 2,
(in same train) 22.70.
FARES :—To Beading $l.BO and RIM.
At Ending, connect witla Mimi for Potted Minera
rine, Tamaqua, Oatawissa, Lc.
FOUR TRAINS LEAVE READING FOB PHILADEL-
PHIA DAILY, at 8 A.. M.,10.46 A. Mt, 12.00 noon and
8.42 P. M.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOR READING at 8 A.
M., 1.00 P. ht., 2.30 P. M., Mid 5.00 P. K.
FARES:—Beading to Philadelphia, 21.78 and $1.45.
THE MORNING TRAIN FROM HABBISEIHIG CON
NECTS AT READING with up train for Wilkellbarre
Pittston and Scranton.
For through tickets and other information apply to
J. J. OMB )
General Agent.
dels dtf
PHILADELPHIA
AND
READING RAILROAD.
REDUCTION OF PASSENGER FARES,
ON AND AFTON. APRIL 0, .1.1180
COMMUTATION TICKETS,
With 26 Coupons, will be issued between any points
derdred,, good for the holder and any member of hie
family, in any Passenger train, and at any time—at 26
per cent, below the regular fares.
Parties having occasion to use the Road frequently on
business or pleasure, will find the above arrangement
eonvenient and ef/'aomiCalj an P us Passenger trains
run daily each wry between Reading and Philadelphia,
and Two Train,' eV •v between Reading, Pottsville and
Harrisburg.. Or Droaday__„s cnlyone morning train Down,
and one after/ ger !fain Up„ runs between Pottsville and
Philadelphir and no Passenger train on the Lebanon
Valley Drench Railroad.
For the above Tickets, or any information relating
thereto apply to B. Bradford, Rsq., Treasurer, Philadel.
phis, • the respective Ticket Agents on the line, or to
G. A. NICOLLS, General Bup't.
Marsh 27, 1860.—mar2,11-dif
NORTHERN - CENTRAL RAILWAY.
NOTICE.
CHANGE OF OHEDULE.
SPRING ARRANGEMENT.
ON AND AFTER FRIDAY, MARCH IST, 1861. the
Passenger Trains of the Northern Central Bailwol will
leave Harrisburg as follows :
GOING SOUTH.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN will leave at.. 8.00 a. in.
EXPRESS TRAIN will leave at .- TAO a. in
MAIL TRAIN will leave at ...... ....—.... 1.00 p.m.
GOING NORTE
MAIL TRAIN will leave at 1.40 p. m .
EXPRESS TRAIN will leave at 850 p. in.
The only Vein leaving Harrisburg on Sunday will to
the ACCOMMODATION TRAIN SOuth. at a.OO a. m.
For further information apply at the office, in Penn
Sylvania Railroad Depot. JOHN W. HALL, Agent.
Harrisburg, Marsh let•dtf.
PPLE WHISKY !-Pui ;JERSEY AP
4X lit Ore and for sale by
/OLIN H. MGLED.,
feb7 o 73 Market street.
FRIED BEEF—An extra lot of DRIED
BEEF Just received by
nog WM. DOCK, Js., & CO.
BUBLINGTON KERR! G !
Ault reoelyed W. wax, Ja ., &CO
HA.RRISI3URG, PA., SATURDAY . , MARCH p,-1861.
Miscellaneous.
TAKE NOTICE!
That we have recently added to our already full stock
OF SEGAB,S
LA NORMATIS,
HARI KARI,
EL MONO,
LA BANANA.
0 F PERFUMERY
FOR THE HANDKERCHIEF :
TURKISH ESSENCE,
ODOR OF MUSK,
LUB/N'S ESSENCE BOUQUET.
FOR THE HAIR: '
EAU LUSTRALE,
CRYSTALIZED POMATUM,
MYRTLE AND VIOLET POMAITUM.
Tv, THE COMPLEXION :
TALC OF VENICE,
ROSE LEAF POWDER,
NEW MOWN HAY POWDER.
BLANC DE PERLES.
OP SOAPS
Atutn , s Pincsv , • , ••
MOSS ROSE,
BENZOIN,
UPPER TEN,
VIOLET,
NEW MOWN HAY,
JOCKEY CLUB.
Having the largest stock and best assortment of Toilet
Articles, we fancy that we are better able than our com
petitors to get up a complete Toilet Set at any price de
sired. Call and see.
Always on hand, a PRESH Stoat of DR FIGS MEM*
LINES, CHEMICALS Ste , consequent of our re
ceiving almost daily additions thereto.
HELLER'S DRUG AND FANCY STORE,
91 Market gltreet, twe *Pore East of Fourth Street,
Bela South side.
JACKSON & CO.'S
SHOE STORE )
NO. 903 i MARKET STREET,
HARRISBITAG;
Where they intend to devote their entire time to the
mannficture of -
BOOTS AND SHOES
Of all kinds and varieties, in the neatest and most fash
ionable W3@E l 44 1 .1 at testis
fae_orrprices.
Their stock will consist, in part, of Gentlemen's Fine
Calf and Patent Leather Boots and Shoes, latestetyles;
Ladies' and Misses' Gaiters,:and other Shoes in great
variety; and .in fact everything connected with the
Shoe business-
CUSTOMER WORK will be particularly attended to,
and in all cases will satisfaction be warranted. Lam
fitted up by one of the best makers in the country:
The long practical experience of the undersigned, and
their through knowledge of the business will, they
trust, be sufficient guarantee to the public that they
will do them justice, and furnish them an article the
will recommend itself for utility, cheapness and dura
bility. (Jane] JACKSON & CO.
JUST RECEIVED!
A BULL MORTHENT OF ,
HUMPHREYIS HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS
=I
ATTENTION OF THE AFFLICTED!:
For axle at
BCHEFFER'B BOOKSTORE,
No.lB Market et.
WE OPFER TO
• c, -- tris-r -- o It• 1 S •
A New Let of
LADIES' PURSE'S,
Of Beautiful Styles, substantially made
A Splendid Assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S WALLETS.
A New andffElegant Perfume,
N.NrartTo TEMP/LARIP LBOQUAT,
Put up in Cut Glass Engraved Bottles.
A. Complete Assortment off
;HANDKERCHIEF PERFUMES,
Of the best Manufacture.
A very Handsome Variety of
POWDER PUFF BOXES.
KELLER'S DRUG' STORE,
.H3l Ai Market street.
REMOVAL.
JOHN W. GLOVER,
MERCHANT TAILOR! ,
Ms -removed to
60 MARKET STREET,
Where he will be pleased to See all hio friend .
oetS.dtf
CANDLES!!!
PARAFFIN CANDLES,
SPERM CANDLES,
STEARINE CANDLES,
ADAMANTINE CANDLES,
CHEMICAL SPERM CANDLES,
STAR (srrranioa) CANDLES,
TALLOW CANDLES.
A large invoice of the above in store, end for sale at
unusually low rates, by
WM. DOCK, Ja. , do CO.
janl Opposite the Court irouigs
GUN AND BLASTING POWDER.
JAMES M. WHEELER,
HARRISBURG, PA.,
AGENT FOR ALL
POWDER AND FUSE
MAIRTIFABTURED BY
I. E. DUPONT DE NEMOURS a C 0..,
ILMINGTON, DELAWARE_
Tr A large supply always on hand. For eate•atmanu
tacturerse prices. Magazine two miles below town.
irrOrders received at Warehouse.
QCOTO CI WHISK Y .— OnePuncheon
L.) of PURE SCOTCH WHISKY Ind received and for
sale by
jan2
EMPTY BOTTLES! ! !—Of all sizes
and descriptions, for sate few by
decO
LT
H ATCH & CO.,
SIIIP AGENTS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
ias wAtuittt STREET, PEILLDEURIi,
DEALIES IN
/movie, GRAIN, PRODUCE, COTTON,
WINES AND LIQUORS,
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
novOillhn
DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS,
PHILADELPHIA,
11/11117/OTURI
CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS,
WINE, PORTER, MINERAL WATEB, PICKLE AND
PRESERVE BOTTLES
Cif EVERT DESCRIPTION.
H. B. & O. W. BENNERS,
oel9-dly 27 South Front stand, Philadelphia.
T 0 0 5 TIII
BOTTLED WINES, BRANDIES,
AND
LIQUORS OP.ETERY DESCRIPTION!
Together with a complete assortment, (wholesale and
retail,) inattraciog eyerything in the line, will be sold at
cost, without reserve.
Jan]. WM. DOCK, la., & CO.
HAVANA CIGARS .—A Fine Assort
ment, comprising Figaro, Zahigozona, La Beira,
Bird, Fire . Fly, Etelvina, La Beriuto, Capitolio of all
sizes and qualities, in quarter, one- fl and one-tenth
boxes, just received and for sae low by
JOHN H. ZIEGLER,
*l3l 73 Market Street.
YELLER'S DRUG STORE is the place
Ii to buy Domestic lielleisiell
JOHN IL ZIEGLER.
73 Market street
WM. DOOK TB., & 00.
Cht Vatriot 1# Union.
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1861
THE NATIONAL CRISIS.
Prom the Joutttal of Coreniere.it
PE AOR, AND POSSIBLE RECONSTRUCTION g OR
WAR AND CERTAIN AND FINAL DISUNION
SOME QUESTIONS FOR MR. LINCOLN.
"Mercy and Truth are met together; righteousness and
Peace have kisseil each Wier
In these .fist' desperate straits to which our
country is reduced, when it seems as if nothing
but a direct and miraculous interposition of
Divine PrOvidenee can save it, let us make our
earnest appeal, ere the war begins, to the en
lightened conscience, the sober second thought
Abraham.. 147101u,,14te : .ruarko-IJO 4PPiths;#4l
- to save us from the dreadful douse:
quences of carrying out his party programme.
1 trust he may yet be willing to listen to the
voice of reason, and truth, and philanthropy,
from however humble a source it may proceed.
I would remind him that it cannot be a
Christian idea .of "truth" which is inconsistent
with "mercy," and that it cannot be a Christian
idea of "righteousness" which is inconsistent
with and destructive of "peace."
I refer now particnlarly to those parts of his
Inaugural Address Which the course of his
Administration respecting the forts and revenue
seems to be (I most sincerely hope it is not) fore
shadowed, and to that
. paragraph in which he
reminds his "dissatisfied
j etlow-countrymen". of
the South that he has a solemn oath registered
in Heaven to preserve this Union. With your
permission, Messrs. Editors, I would avail
myself of your columns to 'ask a few simple
questions of President Lincoln, who, I have no
doubt, is thoroughly sound at - the bottom of
his heart, and means to do just what is right,
as nearly as he can ascertain it. -Upon this
supposition, I of course take •it for granted,
further, that he is willing to look at the great
question of the day in every light in which it
may be reasonably and honestly presented to
him, for his notice and consideration. But to
my questions; I weuld respectfully ask Mr.
Lincoln
Ist. Is it not quite certain that the policy
you propose towards the Southern States, which
are actually in a state of revolution and armed
resistance against the Federal Government
(though yeu do not seem to recognize that fact
at all as an actual existing stubborn REALITY,)
—is it not certain, I say, that your proposed
course towards our revolutionary brethren of
the South, being perfectly analogous to that
pursued by Great Britain against their revolu
tionary colonists in 1776, must, if carried out,
have the same end—Wan ;--the same, yet of
an infinitely worse kind,—CEVIL WAR ?
2nd. You refer to the sacredness of your
duty to preserve the Union. What Union ?
Do you include in this phrase those millions of
free-born American citizens who have been
educated to believe in self-government,--in
government of opinion, a government of
the people—and who now say that they will
no longer remain-united with us while we refuse
them their rights and their equality, unless we
bold them by mere brute force, and whom each
successive step taken as yet by your party has
only strengthened and confirmed in that reso
lution ? Do you include these seceded millions
when you speak of "preserving the Union" by
force, if necessary, and do you yet imagine
that we may, notwithstanding, escape the in
concievable horrors of that worst of all evils,
(inasmuch as no possible good could result from
it,) Civil War ?
3d. But again :—You speak Of the preseava
tion of the Union as a most sacred duty. Now,
strike out every reference to force, to armies
and navies—to "instruments of war and subjuga
lion," as Patrick Henry rightly called all such
means—and every American citizen except the
Abolitionists and a few ether Disunionists per
se at the South, 1( they are even in these days of
wild, sectional excitement very few, all told,)
would most heartily agree with you. Why not
take, as the fundamental idea of your Admin
istration, that principle on which this Union
was originally formed, and on which alone
(never by force!) it can be preserved; namely,
that this is a white man's government, and that
it derives its rightful power and authority from
the consent of the citizens governed. If you
would but make this great American principle
your guiding-star, you would steer your Ad
ministration safely through the stormy voyage
on which it is setting out., into the haven of
peace. You would at once diSMISS from your
mind all thoughts of attempting to preserve
this Union of free Republican States by armed
tercel you would recognize the Southern
Revolution as a sad fact, but nevertheless
A FACT actually existing you would not jump
at once to the very improbable and unnat
ural conclusion (a conclusion contrary to
all the teachings of history,) that there is no
cause for such a real popular uprising against
the Government. You would rather set to work
earnestly, as a true Christian statesman, to in
qutt'e into the causes of the Revolution, in
order that you might, if possible, remove them
and thus restore peace and union. Be assured,
those causes do exist, and while they continue
to exist, no power on earth can put down the
Revolutionists; no military or naval "coercion"
can ever restore that union of hearts which has
been broken, and which is really after all the
only kind of union which infirm, well founded,
worth loving and worth preserving. Any other
is not a Republican union; it is an unnatural
hitching together. by brute force, of elements
which are utterly discordant with each other.
Can you not so administer the national Govern
ment as to do and secure justice to all sections,
and give satisfaction to all? Can you not give
the South the reasonable guaranteed which she
demands for her present and future equality and
safety ? If you and your party are not pre
pared to do this, better, a thousand times bet
ter, give up forever your idea of preserving the
Union by force against the will of the people of
the seceded States. But you say that you are
not willing to compromise with the South; and
yet you insist that it is a sacred duty to preserve
the Union, whether the South are willing or not.
What? and would you then, in order to preserve
the Union, adopt a course which must inevitably
involve this whole country in the horrors of
civil war ? In other words, would you in the
name and with the hope of preserving this
Union adopt a course, the only and inevitable
effect of which must be to make its utter, com
plete and final destruction doubly sure? Would
not this be to worship a blind theory, and to
sacrifice your country upon its altar ?
4th. And now, as to your oath, registered in
Heaven. You probably remember that Herod
once made an oath to a certain damsel, binding
himself to give her whatsoever she should ask,
even to the half of his kingdom; that when, at
her mother's suggestion, the damsel made her
bloody demand for "the head of 'Tofu' the Bap
tist," the King was very sorry, but that, never
theless, for his oath's sake, and for their sake that
sat with him, he would not refuse her and did
not. Now, I ask you, Abraham Lincoln, Presi
dent, most respectfully, but most earnestly, do
you not think—do you not know in your heart
—that in this case Herod committed a greater
sin by keeping hie oath than he would have
done had he declined, notwithstanding his oath
to commit that cruel cold blooded murder?
And if this be so, can any oath of yours, though
registered in Heaven, justify you in involving
this vast nation of Christian brethren, in the
crimes and hurrors of a long, bloody, and fruit
less civil wax '•?
2718 BORDER SLAVE
From the Baltimore Exchange.
The:South has, it alleges, good and sufficient
cause for the apprehension that its rights are
seriously endangered by the accession of the
Republican party to power. The hostility of
that party to the inetlintione of the South is
well knoWn, and it is equally certain that, with
the ressurees it now possesses, it can soon
cripple or destroy those institutions, at least
in the border States. To the laws and the Con
stitution only can the South look for protec
tion, and she must trust for safety to the deter
mination of the Federal Government to admin
ister these faithfully and impartially. The
people of the sla.ve States Dave, however, for
some time past had little confidence in the dis
position of those of the North to interpret fairly
and obey honestly the constitutional or legisla
tive enactments which were intended to secure
the rights of the elaveholding section of the
country. That these apprehensions have been
well founded we have frequently endeavored to
demonstrate, and if the evidence upon this
point which Mr. Lincoln himself bas now fur
nished, is not deemed conclusive, it is scarcely
worth while for those who differ upon the sub
ject to argue it any further. What obstacles
now intervene between the institution of sla
very and an administration which may desire
to subvert it ? On what substantial guarantees
can the South now rely for protection ? What
barriers are left standing over which abolition
ism mint leap at pleasure? Mr. Lincoln
repudiates implied constitutional obligations,
and refuses to be bound by the decisions of the
courts upon constitutional questions. He has
deliberately, and in the fade of the nation, ig
nored no less that three vital propositions
which have been heretofore solemnly adjudica
ted. The Supreme Court has, in the Prigg and
Dred Scott Cases, explicitly determined that
the slaveholder has the right to go into the
common territory,-thatnegroes are not citizens
of the United States—and that it is the duty of
the national and not of the State authorities to
secure the rendition of fugitive slaves. Upon
each and all of these points the administration
I of Mr. Lincoln is committed to doctrines at
variance with those laid down by the Supreme
Court, and it is further pledged to disregard
the ruling of that tribunal in all cases, in which
its exposition of the law may thwart the schemes
of the government. Mr. Lincoln is not bound,
he says, by anything except what is " plainly
written" in the Constitution. The " express"
provisions of that instrument he will consent
to defer to, but he will pivt be guided by an
implied obligation or a judicial interpretation.
Now, as the " express" or " plainly written"
provisions of the Constitution concerning sla
very amount to little or nothing, it is obvious
that Mr. Lincoln feels that a correspondingly
small duty is imposed upon him with reference
to the interests or safety of the institution.—
The assurance which the slaveholder will
henceforth have of protection at the hands of
a hostile administration must be slight indeed.
An when the mass of the Republican party
accepts the doctrine now held by many, that
the Constitution does not recognize or protect
slavery anywhere, a successor to Mr. Lincoln
will probably be elected who will not find him
self restrained even by any " express" provis
ion from assailing the institution in the States.
BEECHER IN ROCHESTER
The "Rev." lienry Ward Beecher, «D. D.,"
has been lecturing in Rochester, on National
Prosperity. It was an abolition harangue of
the first water. Here are a few choice ex
tracts :
4 , When the principles upon which our coun
try was founded—the principles of the Declara
tion of Independence—are considered, the North
shows her weakness and timidity, and is par- .
alma by fear. Look at the merchants of New
York sending to Albany a petition to have a
law enacted to allew masters to come to this
State and bring their slaves for a definite pe
riod ! This is a movement to save Southern
trade. The North ought to stand upon its
manhood. There is no danger of losing the
Southern trade. * *
Let the South go off—they are not all the
world. Let there be wars Let the ships of
the North be burned—there is pine and oak
enough in our forests—there are axes keen and
sharp, and men with sturdy arms to wield them.
For every ship destroyed these men will build
ten—such is their capacity of production when
tested. The scythe may be put into the mea
dow every year and cut the grass down elose,
but it will spring up anew—there is no danger
of destroying it unless you touch the root.
Principle is the root of manhood—corrupt that
and you destroy the man. There is no place
like the North for energy, 'and there is no place
like it for men to get down upon their knees
and beg for favor. This humiliation for the
want of nerve and faith in our principle is
unendurable. * * * * *
It was this hope that made many endure the
connivance with slavery—Ow damnation and
curse of the earth. One would think by what is
Said that all the blessings we enjoy came from
the Union. Did it bring the May Plower to
our shores and scatter an industrious people
all over the country ? Before the Union we
had these, and they wade the Union. Is the
Union the parent of liberty or the effect of it?
Thousands are willing to give up liberty through
fear that it will destroy the Union. * *
The little finger of a Northern man is worth
more than the whole body of a master with
whip in hand, and bead on, which he seems to
use for little else than to hang his hat upon.
These threats of the South to secede are like
the meeting of paupers in an almshouse, and
resolving to quit the institution if the country
does not feed them better.
The South sucks the Northern bosom, and
we fill it with milk. We work, and they reap
the fruit of our toil. We invented the means
of their prosperity. Whitney made the cotton.
gin that has done so much for the South, and
he died a poor man, as they cheated him out
of the reward of his toil. Chivalry ! Chivalry
They think down South that Qarrison is a
great agitator. He has done something in that
Way, to be sure. And there is Wendell Phil
lips—he has been at work—and Borne ministers
were reported to be traveling about the country
talking to people on slavery. There will be
another kind of agitation before long. North
ern flax will soon be at work—we'll bombard
their cotton with that product which our people
are now growing successfully.
airTE PROM FOREIGN 0 ovzszouswrs,—Among
the resolutions passed by the late Congress,
were one authorizing Capt. Wm. L. Hudson, of
t h e United States Navy, to accept a diamond
brooch, for his wife, presented to her by the
Emperor of Russia ; one authorizing Wm. R.
Smiley, United States Commercial Agent at the
Falkland Islands, to recieve a telescope tender
ed him by the Belgian Government; one au
thorizing Lieut. T. A. M. Craven, United
States, Navy to reo .ive certain marks of dis
tinction tendered to him by the Spanish gov
ernment; one authorizing Commodore H.
Paulding to accept a sword from the Govern
ment of Nicaragua.
SUNDAYS NIONPTED,
BY 0. BARRETT & CO
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scribers residing in the Borough for six OBSVl3l , l3toraitit
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VH2 WEMT will be pUblished as heretofarej 00Elis
weekly during the session of the Legislature, and once
week the remainder of the year, for two dollars in ad
vance, or three dollars at the expiration of the year.
connected with this establishment is an extenalve
fOls OFFICE, containing a variety of plain and fanqr
type, unequalled by any eetablishment in the interior of
the State, for which the patronage of the public is so.
United.
NO. 160.
WHAT BECAME OF THE PAPERS OF THE UNITED
STATES BANK 2—The New York Historical Mag
azine for March publishes, under this caption,
a communication, which is signed with the in•
itials "T. T. 5.," and which is dated at German
town. The communication is as follows:
When the Government bought the building
of the United States Bank, in Chestnut street;
Philadelphia, to convert it for the purpose of a
custom house, the vaults, closets, &0., were
found well stored with books, accounts, corres
pondence, all the documents relating to its
various branches, and wagon-loads of miscella
neous papers, tied up with red tape and care
fully docketed. The goArnment camera were
in a hurry to take possession, and there was
nowhere to store this vast amount of rubbish;
a contract was therefore made by somebody or
other with a paper maker to grind it all up;
lucky it was, no doubt_ for some people, that
their autographs were thus to be cancelled.
Without examination or notice to any one,
these precious documents were got on board of
sloops and sent to a paper-mill at Trenton, N. J.
These sloops came and went many voyages
before tbey could dispose of the tons of material
thus industriously accumulated. Two sets of
"collectors" scented the trail at last, and went
to Trenton, in bot persuit; one of these had a
"permit" from the purchaser of the whole lot
to examine and appropriate to himself the "ra
rities" he might recover. The others had no
permit, and fared more sparingly; these latter
got aboard one of the sloops as it was unload
ing and were opening the oyster with eager
hands and eyes, when they were ordered off
by the manufacturer; not, however, until they
had found some pearls of price, in correspond
ence-of eminent borrowers, &c., from the good
old mulch bank. But, though they bad welted
hard in a hot sun, on the deck, and went with
out dinner, and scarcely got into the placer at
all, they found very rare things, which the
mill owner afterwards heard of and claimed)
but was shamed into returning. The other
party with the permit had more time 4116 Wed
him; and though both of the curiosity bunters
had to miss their dinners and to hurry to the
trains, great additions were the result, and now
adorn the cabinets of some of our autograph
collectors, Among these, when we take into
consideration the dispute between lioholatt
Biddle and Andrew Jackson, it is a little "his
torical" to see preserved Andrew's autograph,
appointing Nicholas to be a government direc
tor of the Bank. This, of course, was before
the quarrel about the deposits,
This short notice of the final "removal of , the
deposits," will cause many a collector to sigh
over what was lost. Now collectors of the CU
toms tread the stately marhle halls of the bank.
Autograph gatherers must regret that it is not
the "custom" to examine papers more minutely
before making them up into newspaper sheets.
A Rt!WAN PRINCE AND HIS MONEL — WO
still talking, says a Parisian, about New Year's
Day, or rather, we are talking a great deal about
the folly of a Russian prince, an old bachelor,
who has an income of two hundred thousand
dollars annually. He distributed forty thou
sand dollars here New Year's Day, in the shape
of presents, to persons he was unacquainted
with; and this when so many poor people are
starving. He sent to fifteen of the prettiest
actresses a note in these terms liGood for
twenty-five dozen pairs of gloves at Bolvin'a
shop, No. 9 Rue de Castiglione. Charge to the
account of an admirer of Wile—. (Signed)
Prince off." He sent thirty ladies pre
sents, not one of which was of less value I han
four hundred dollars, and the majority of them
were worth twelve hundred dollars. Several
of these presents were returned, for he was
unacquainted with the ladies to whom they
were sent. One lady sent her present back,
with this note: "Mme. do cannot have
the pleasure of receiving a present from a per
son she has not the honor of receiving in her
drawing-room." The wealthy simpleton became
quite angry, and sent the present to Madame
Doche. There was no danger of her sending it
back. He sent a gold mounted opera glass,
adorned with diamonds and pearls, to M'lle
Edile Riquer, of the French comedy, with this
note: "Prince off begs Mlle Edile Ri
quer, of the French comedy, to be so good as to
accept this Russian opera glass, which having
been used yesterday, during the performance
of Les Effrontes, in observing her grace, ele
gance, and sympathetic beauty, must no onger
be directed by the same hand on another face."
Of course, this old man is laughed at for his
folly, even by those who receive his present&
What pleasure can he find in spending forty
thousand dollars to be proclaimed idiot by all
Paris ?
THE MISSION TO SARDINIA.—CarI Shurz, of
Wisconsin, the well-known German peripatetic
orator of the Presidential campaign, is now
here. He 9s said to demand the first class
mission to Sardinia as his share of the spoils,
pretty much in the style of his late telegraphic
dispatch to the Governor of Wisconsin, demand
ing to be made a commissioner in the Peaee
Convention, as follows, viz :
"Send commissioners; me one of them; to
strengthen our side."
Mr. Shurz is barely a citizen of the United
States, He is an exile from Austria, said to
have fled his country to avoid a prosecution for
aiding and abetting the escape of prisoners.
His offence not being a political one under
Austria's laws, the Government has refused to
extend to him the amnesty it has extended to
so many other Austrian exiles in the United-
States, we hear, He may be a gentleman of
shining oratorical talents; but, on the whole,
he can, under such circumstances, hardly be
the proper man in whose hands to trust Amer
ican commercial interests at an European
Court; where our national representatives
should net rest under disabilities growing out
of their recent personal involvement with the
political troubles of countries adjoining those
to whose Governments they may be accredited.
—Wash. Star.
EAST INDIA SHEEP.—In the Punjaub,
there is a brad of sheep so small that a full
grown one is no larger than one of our lambs
of about four weeks old. They have small
bones, a full, fleshy camas, and the mutton is
excellent. Each ewe has two lambs per annum,
and yields about three pounds of fine wool.—
This sheep would be excellent for our country,
and some spirited stock raiser should import a
flock of them. The habits of the sheep are as
domesticated as the dog it feeds on every kind
of vegetable, grain and fruit, and takes crumba
and fruit parings from the hands of its master.
The country which this sheep inhabits has a
climate similar to the temperature of the South
ern States.
The Louisville Courier remarks that the Phila
delphia manufacturers who, before election,
discharged all those workmen who refused to
vote for Lincoln, are now discharging all those
who did vote for him. The election worked bx
the rule of contraries •
A CHILD MIIRDEALIe.—A little daughter of
Mr. A. Colum, aged about nine years, residing
at Bladen's Springs, Bladen county. N. C., was
murdered, near her father's residence, on the
24th ultimo. A negro girl has been arrested
on suspicion of having committed the crime.
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