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If by the mere force of numbers a majority
should deprive a minority of any clearly written
Constitutional right, it might, in a moral point
of view, justify a revolution—certainly would
if such a right were a vital one. But such is
not our case. All the vital rights of minorities
and of individuals are so plainly assured - to
them, by affirmations and negations, guaran tees
and provsions in the Constitution, that con
troversies never arise concerning them ; but no
organic law can ever be framed with a prevision
specifically applicable to every question which
may occur in practical administration. No
foresight can anticipate, nor any document of
reasonable length, contain express ptovisions
for all possible questions. Shall fugitives from
labor be surrendered by national or by State
authority ? The Constitution does not expressly
say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the
Territories? The Constitution does not ex
pressly say. Must Congress protect slavery in
the Territories? The Constitution does not
expressly say. From questions of this class
spring all our controversies, and we divide upon
them into majorities and minorities. If the
minority will not acquiesce the majority must,
or the Government must cease. There is no
other alternative; for continuing the government
is acquiescence on one side or the other. *
* * Ido not forget the positions assumed
by some that constitutional questions are to be
decided by the Supreme Court, nor do I deny
that such decision must be binding in any case
upon the parties to a snit, as to the object of that
suit, while they are also entitled to very high
respect and consideration in all parallel cases
by all other departments of the Government ;
and while it is obviously possible that such
decision may be erroneous in any given case,
still the evil effect following it, being limited
to that particular case, with the chance that it
may be overruled and never become a precedent
for other cases, can better be borne than could
the evils of a different practice. At the same.
time, the candid citizen must confess that if the
policy of the Government upon vital questions
affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably
fixed by the decisions of the Supreme Court, the
instant they are made in ordinary litigation
between parties in personal actions. the people
will have ceased to be their own rulers, having
to that extent practically resigned their Govern
ment into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
—President Lincoln's Inaugural.
Upon which the Journal of Commerce remarks:
It follows from all this, that the minority have
no protection in the Constitution against the
tyranny of the majority, inasmuch as the latter
can interpret the Constitution for themselves,
and their interpretation is final and conclusive.
They are judge, jury and executioner. If any
one wishes to know how easily the plainest
declarations of the Constitution can be made to
conform to the views and prejudices of the
interpreter, let him examine one of the standard
publications of the Anti-Slavery society, entitled
"The Constitution of the United States," with
notes by William Goodell. Mr. Goodell is a
man of respectable talents, and we suppose
means to be honest. But his comments make
the Constitution a very different thing from what
it was intended to be by its framers; and as
the commentary is so highly valued by the
Anti-Slavery society, it is fair to presume that
a Congress of Abolitionists would interpret the
Constitution in the same way. A Congress of
any other description of ultraists or fanatics
might interpret it in some other way, equally
contrary to-its fair intent and meaning, and
destructive to the rights and interests of the
minority.
Constitutions, it has been said, were made
for the protection of minorities ; majorities do
not need them. Constitutions, in other words,
were designed as a check upon the otherwise
uncontrolled power of the majority. What
check do they afford, if the majority can deter
mine for itself what the Constitution means ?
Yet this is the position maintained by Presi
dent Lincoln. Among other things, the Con
stitution specifies and defines the powers of
Congress. Now if Congress can interpret these
provisions for itself, it will be very likely to
make them as broad as its own ambition. At
any rate; there is no chance for minorities, ac
cording to this theory, except what the major
ity may see fit to give them ; and this is des
potism. The Autocrat of Russia can do as
much for his vassals.
It was doubtless to guard against this mon
strous wrong of concentrating in the same
hands the power of interpreting the Constitu
tion and also of carrying its provisions into
effect, that the Convention which framed that
instrument, provided another interpreter, viz :
the Supreme Court of the United States. The
Judges of this high tribunal, being selected
from the very best, most learned, impartial and
high minded men in the nation, and keeping
aloof: from, party politics and popular excite-
Monts, might be expected to approach any sub
ject of difference much more calmly, deliber
ately, fairly, and intelligently, than a political
body.whose ascendancy might depend entirely
upon the result.
Bat Mr. Lincoln says that if the decisions of
the Supreme Court are to be binding upon
Congress, then gi the people will to that extent
have ceased to be their-own rulers." How so ?
Did not the people make the Constitution ?
Did they not appoint the. Supreme Court to
interpret it, believing that they Would be more
ieliable than Congress for the performance of
that duty Y If so, then to nullify that act of
the people, is to that, extent' to deprive them
Of the right of self- government. It is to
usurp, in behalf Of Congress, rights which the
people never gave to Congress, but placed in
Other hands. Why did not THZ PUMA!, through
their delegates in the Convention which framed
the . Constitution, give to Congress the power
of amending the Constitution ? Because they
WOUld not trust them with such a work. Con_
gress is not the people, neither are its members
representatives of the people, in the same
sense as were the members of the Convention
which framed the Constitution. If Congress
cannot amend the Constitution, it cannot or
ought not authoritatively to interpret it ; since
in either case the effect would be to give Con
gress an aggregation of powers and an amount
of power - which cannot safely be concentrated
in a single branch of the government.
What the President means by " vital rights,' ,
it is not easy to comprehend ; since he imme
diately instances as not involving such rights,
precisely those questions which for years past
have agitated the nation froni,centre to circum
ference, and now have rent the Union asunder.
If there are no "vital rights" involved why
have the Republicans raised an issue of life
and death on such a basis? Why have they
suffered " the Union to slide," rather than
yield their pretensions or a part of them ? The
President has, however, given us one test by
which we may determine what rights are net
"vital." His language is, "All the vital rights
of minorities and of individuals are so plainly
assured to them by affirmations and negations,
guarantees and prohibitions, in the Constitu
tion, that controversiee never arise concerning
them." It follows that all rights about which
controversies ever rise, are not "vital ;" and
consequently (the umpirage of the Supreme
Court being discarded,) that in all such con
troversies, either the majority or the minority
must yield, "or the Government must cease."
As in these free fights, either the majority or
the minority must yield, it is not difficult to
say which will go to the wall. The majority
will say to the minority as uncle John used to
say to his boys, "You or I must do so and so,
and I wont." "You or I must yield, and I
won't." Is it possible that the framers of the
Constitution intended to leave their work in so
imperfect and rickety a state as all this implies?
We do not believe it.
The object of the President in repudiating
the decisions of the Supreme Court as of any
binding force upon ffthe government," or in
deed upon any body else except "the parties to
a snit, as to the object of that suit," is obvious.
He wishes to destroy the effect of that memo
rable production, “the Dred Scott Decision ;"
a decision which, if admitted, would be fatal
to the leading doctrines of the Republican
party. We are aware that there has been a
difference of opinion, and doubtless will con
tinue to be, as to the relations of the Supreme
Court and its decisions to Congress. But we
cannot believe that the theory which the Presi
dent opposes on this head, will lead to any
greater evils and absurdities than that which
he advocates. And here we will stop for the
present. We however append a few remarks
from the Albany Atlas and Argus, in answer to
a plea which is often set up by Mr. Lincoln's
party, touching the authority of the Supreme
Court :
It must not be forgotten that two-thirds of
the people, in the recent election, declare& with
the Supreme Court, against the right of Con
gress to prohibit slavery in the Territories, and
that thus, instead of being a new doctrine it is
the doctrine of the great jurists and public men
of the country for sixty years.
For this defiance of the decisions of the Su
preme Court, the partisans of Mr. Lincoln
pretend to find a precedent in the history of
Gen. Jackson's struggle with the United States
Bank. The Supreme Court had declared in
regard to the United States Bank, that if Con
gress deemed such a maesure necessary to the
fiscal functions of the Government, it might
pass it. When the bank came up for re-char
ter, Gen. Jackson declared that a bank corpo•
ration was not necessary for the collection and
disbursement of Federal revenues; and he ve
toed it. Congress and the people sustained
him, and time has vindicated the justice of his
views. There was, in this instance, no colli
sion between the Executive or Representative
branches on one side, and the judicial power
on the other, such as Mr. Lincoln refers to.
In the one ease, the Court says Congress has
power, if it deems fit, to incorporate a Govern
ment Bank. Congress merely refused to exer
cise the power,
In the other, the Supreme Court decieds that
Congress has no power to interfere with the
rights of citizens to slave property in the Ter
ritories. Mr. Lincoln says that if in Congress
he would disregard the decision and would ex
ercise the power; and in his inaugural he de
clares that such a decision shall not bind him
as President.
In the case of the Democratic Congress, under
Jackson, there was an abstinence from the ex
ercise of power which the Courts conceded. In
the case of Lincoln and the Black Republican
Congress, there is a usurpation of power denied
by the Courts, and a disregard of the rights of
private citisens to their property.
If Mr. Lincoln had declared, after election,
'6..at he would regard. the popular will on the
subject of the Territories, as manifested in the
vote of about two-thirds against him, there
would have been no disturbance at the South,
no secession, no necessity for corercion or civil
war.
If President. Lincoln, upon taking the oath
of office, had simply declared that he would
respect the constitutional rights of citizens in
the Territories as well as in the States, as de
clared by the highest judicial tribunal, and that
he would enforce those rights, he would now
disarm the South and command the support of
the North.
His false position is, that he has taken the
platform of the "Higher Law" instead of the
Constitution; and while defying the decisions
of the courts in regard to the property of pri-
vate citizens, threatens civil war to recover the
property (as be calls it) of the Federal Govern
ment. He cannot stand in this position and
command the confidence of the people.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Patriot and Union
WAarmaavolt, March 7, 1881.
The vanity, malignity and meanness of Col. For
ney is without a parallel, His attack on Mr. Bu
chanan, at the moment of his retiraey from office,
is one of the most base and heartless acts of his
life, and has excited universal, disgust and eon_
tempt among men of all parties. It carries with
it its own condemnation, and we shall not trouble
our readers with more-than this general denuncia
tion.
The same spirit has actuated him in reference to
other distinugnished Pennsylvanians. Among
others, he affeeta to ignore Senator Bigler. The
Senator's career has been so unexceptionable that
the Colonel could find no decent pretext for attack.
Indeed, the Senator's bearing throughout the ses
sion has commanded the confidence and respect of
the beet men of all parties and has excited the
highest commendation from men like Crittenden,
Douglas, Breckinridge, Pugh and others,' and yet
Col. Forney, from a spirit of jealousy and malice,
attempts to ignore him. Only the other day, in
speaking of the new Patent Offtee law, he ignored
Senator Bigler, who first reported it to the Senate,
who carried it through the Senate last session, and
who was chairman of the first committee of confe
rence, which 'settled all the disagreeing votes gavel
one, and was,in fact, the only 1611111 a the Sedate whip
bad given the subject any attention or pretended
to understand the bill. The person he names in
connection with it never pretended to know any
thing about it.
No man, in either branch of Congress, from
Pennsylvania, performed a tithe of the labor on
the subject of a tariff, or understood it so well, as
Senator Bigler; and yet Forney has the meanness
to avoid the mention of his name in connection
with it. So as to many other things. When the
Boston Committee, headed by Edward Everett,
visited this city, Forney was vigilant to inform
the public that they had called on this public man
and that, but he avoided Senator Bigler, who was
among their early visits. So also as to the com
mittee of thirty-three working men, from Philadel
phia, who made their first visit to Senator Bigler,
and who was their unanimous choice to present their
memorial, and who introduced them to Mr. Critten
den and others. But Forney never heard of this.
Then, agate, only a few days since, whin the com
mittee of thirty-four appointed by the late Demo
cratic State Convention bore their proceedings to
Washington, they called in a body on Senator
Bigler, at his residence, and in response to the
compliment, made one of the most significant ad
dresses of the occasion; yet Forney heard of the
committee going everywhere else. We submit
that such efforts to ignore or discredit the repre
sentative of a great State—an able, high-toned and
pure representative—and rob him of his just posi
tion, are mean and contemptible in the extreme, and
can only excite the contempt of all right-minded
men. But the efforts of this malignant man have
been vain, for no man leaves the Senate with a
brighter reputation for integrity, purity and Win
dom than Senator Bigler, and few have a more
wide-spread fame.
TEE CONDUCT 01? GEN. TiVIGGS.
The prompt condemnation of the conduct of
Gen. Twiggs by the War Department has been
acquiesced in by the press and people of the
country with much unanimity, and upon the
statements heretofore published and assumed
to be correct, the verdict thus rendered was
unquestionably sound. The particulars of the
surrender of the public property to the Texas
authorities have not, however, to our knowledge,
been made public here, and it is proper that
the facts, as they fully appear, should be given
to our readers. We have the Galveston News
of Feb. 23d, containing correspondence and the
official report of the proceedings connected with
the surrender. The scheme to obtain possession
of the Federal military property was planned
by the committee to whom the Convention had
delegated full powers to that end, as has been
stated. From the correspondence we make the
following extracts :
SEaun, Feb. 16, 1861
MESSRS. EDITORS :-My prediction that the
Federal stores and munitions of war at San
Antonio would be surrendered by Gen. Twiggs
to our troops, then marching upon that place,
and actingunder authority of the State, without
firing a gun or shedding a drop of blood, has
been confirmed.
At 2 o'clock on the morning of the 16th. our
gallant volunteers, under command of General
McCulloch, left their camp on the Salado
creek, and took up the line of march i'or the
city. Arrived at Powder House Hill, the com
mand halted, and 100 picked men under guide
of Capt•. W. G. Tobin, proceeded toward San
Antonio, moving noiselessly and on foot. They
were joined by the K—'s G. C. of San Antonio,
some 100 strong, and well armed. The united
force then got possession of the houses near
and overlooking the U. S. Ordnance Depart
ment, where the mounted pieces of cannon were
kept. Our boys were anxious to keep on the
right side of those formidable gentry ; and by
the break of day, before either officers or sol
diers had awoke from sleep, or thought of an
enemy near, three hundred rifles peered sa
vagely from the housetops, doors and windows
within point blank shot of every gun—thereby
preventing the regulars from using the artil
lery, should they indicate their intention to re
sist.. The surprise was effectual—'tWould have
been challenging death for 106 men to have at
tempted resistance. The reserved force of
volunteers, to the number of 600, on "Powder
House Hill," were then marched into the city ;
terms of capitulation were begun; and by 10
o'clock, the Federal stores were turned over to
Gen. McCulloch, and the Federal flag super
seded by the Lone Star being run up over the
historic Alamo.
Gen. Tariffs appears much chagrined. He was
at the time, superceded in the command at San
Antonio, by Col. Waite; but that officer did
not reach the city until two hours after the
surrender of the forts and property.
The property taken foots up $55,000 in spe
eie • 35,000 stand of arms ; 26 pieces of mounted
artillery ; 44 pieces of dismounted artillery ;
any quantity of ammunition, and other muni
tions of war; and a large collection of horses,
mules, wagons, forage, &c., &c.
Let me here say, that the precedent set by
the now seceded Southern State's of the Union
—the seizure of all the Federal property within
their respective jurisdictions—has for a long
time held control of the minds of the people of
those counties contiguofis to San Antonio,
the military nucleus of the Federal Gov
ernment in this Slate. The seizure of the
Federal property at San Antonio, and that
in the forts further West, had long been de
termined on by our citizens; hut they wished
to act advisedly and authoritatively in the pre
mises—being neither desirous of compromising
themselves as a law abiding people, nor de
manding orGen. Twiggs a forfeiture of his high
position as an officer, or an equivocation of his
conduct as an honorable gentleman.
The official report says : The entire State
force under arms, was 1,100 men.
The Commissioners in accordance with the
Committee's instructions, then matte a second
formal demand on Gen. Twiggs for the surren
der by the Federal troops in San Antonia-160
in number—of the positions held by them and
the transfer to the Commissioners of all the
Federal property in San Antonio under the
General's command.
After considerable delay, the terms were
agreed to—it being stipulated that the Federal
troops should retain their side arms, camp and
garrison equipage, and the means of transpor
tation to the coast, the transportation to be
returned on their arrival there.
The Galveston News says further:
"The Commissioners could have obtained pos
session of the battery at Pert Dunettn ; hut
their instructions from lion. Mr. Robertson
were to avoid if possible any chance of colli
sion with the Federal • troops ; and General
Twiggs had repeatedly asserted to the Commission
ers and to the State Military Commanders that he
would die before he would permit his men to be dis
graced by any surrender of their arms ; the men
under his command had never been dishonored or
disgraced; and they never shoUld be, if he could
help it."
FATTIER vs SON.—The Boston Courier pro
duces the following extract from an' oration de
livered in Beaton on the 4th of July, 1808, by
the father of Charles Sumner. The son of his
father had better reedit:
"There is indeed no diversity of interest be
tween the people of the South; and they are
no friends to either who endeavor to stimulate
and embitter the one against the other. What
if the sons of Massachusetts rank high on the
roll of revolutionary fame? The wisdom and
heroism for whieh they have been distinguished
will never pewit them to indulge in inglorious
boast. The independence and liberty wefpos
eese are the result of joint efforts—of eommon
dangers, sufferings and successes; and God for
bid that Woe who have every motive of 'gm
party and interest to act in concert, should
ever become the prey of party bickerings
among themselves."
GENERAL NEWS.
A FAITHFUL NAVY OFFICER. SEBSTANTIALLY
REWARDED.—The two Douses of Congress have
doubled the pay (from $1,600 to $3,000) of
Lieut. Gilliss, of the navy, since 1855, in con
sideration of his fidelity and valuable services
u one of the scientific officers of the Govern
ment. Lint. G. was for eight years connected
with the United States Observatory, and was
largely instrumental in the establishment of
that important work. For several years he
has been working up his astronomical observa
tions taken at the observatory in Chili. Last
year he was sent, at the request of the United
States Coast Survey, to Washington Territory
upon a scientific expedition. While the late
Naval Board appear to have overlooked the
labors of Lieut. G., the Coast Survey, the
Secretary of the Navy and Congress have
placed a very just value upon his scientific
services, and have honored and rewarded them
accordingly. Lieut. G. has been 26 years in
the navy without leave of absence.
MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—Three Dead Children
with a Card about their Necks found in a Sink.
About 10 o'clock this (Wednesday) morning,
the remains of three small children were found
in the sink, rear of premises 535 Second ave
nue, and on removing the bodies, it was dis
covered that a cord, with a heavy weight
attached, had been secured about their necks.
The bodies litre all fastened together previous
to having been consigned to the vault. A more
minute examination revealed the fact that the
bodies had been preserved in alcohol, which
raises the presumption that they had been sub
jects for a scientific investigation on the part
of medical students, or other medical gentle
men. Coroner Jackman, was notified to hold
an inquest, when further particulars concern
ing the mysterious discovery may be elicited.
—N. Y. Express, March 6:
A husband supposed to be in Philadelphia,
returned home to Brooklyn, a few nights ago,
and found his wife absent at the •Academy. of
Music, with a clerical friend. Her lengthened
absence did not tend to quell his rising indig
nation, which was increased, when he found an
affectionate letter from the pastor, inviting her
to a nice little game supper after the perfor
mance was over that evening. Arming, him-
self with a rawhide,he waited till the cutter
left the pair at his oor, anti fell upon the as
tonished missionary with a zeal untempered by
discretion. At last, tying the offender up in a
buffalo robe, he flung him into the sleigh, and
giving the horse a furious lash with the whip,
he disappeared beneath the star light. The
husband is still implacable, and threatens a
divorce.
ARMY STORES FOR TEXAS.—The steamer
Empire City has bcen chartered at New York
by the government, and during the week she
has been receiving on board large quantities of
army stores, sufficient for the subsistence of
two or three thousand men. It is supposed
they are intended for the troops in Texas. The
steamship Daniel Webster, which left New
York for Florid and Texas lately, is expected
to return by the 10th inst. She will have on
board such soldiers from the Texas regiments
as may not be required at the forts of Tortu
gas, Taylor and others. Adjutant General
Porter will come with the troops.
NEW STATE OF LAKE SITFERIOR.—A gentleman,
who is a resident of Superior City, Wis., informs
us that the feeling in that region is in favor of
the States of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minne
sota ceding their northern counties up to be or
ganized into a separate State ; but no one there,
as far as his knowledge extends, desires any
connection with Canada or the English Gov
ernment, further than the
investment of Brit
ish capital in our mines, and railroad from Su
perior City, and the British mail contract from
that place to Selkirk's settlement in the Hud
son Bay territories.
CLERKSHIPS AT WASHINGTOM.—WaIter J.
Smith, of Indiana, has been appointed to a va
cant fourth class ($l,BOO per amine) clerkship
in the Interior Department; A. W. Fletcher,
of Washington city to a third class ($1,600 per
annum) clerkship (also vacant) in the same
Department. H. C. M'Laughlin, (salary $2,000
per annum,) a clerk in the State Department,
has been removed, and John A. Jones, of Illi
nois, appointed in his place. Edward M. Tid
ball, of Virginia, a second class clerk ($1,400
per annum) in the Bureau of Ordinance and
Hydrography, Navy Department, has resigned.
—Star.
THE NEW MINISTER TO Paussi.S.—Mr. Nor
man B. Judd, of Chicago, who has been nomi
nated by President Lincoln as Minister to
Prussia, is a lawyer of eminent ability and
high standing, has been for many years a lead
ing member of the Senate of his State, and
chairman of the Republican State Committee.
He will be accompanied. as Secretary of Lega
tion, by Mr. Hermann Kreismann, of Chicago,
a German by birth, who was exiled to this
country in 1848, in consequence of his liberal
political opinions.
Mr. Archibald Gracie, father of the young
Southern officer whose recent appearance in
Elizabeth, New Jersey, nearly produced a riot,
publishes an explanetory card in the Elizabeth
town Journal. He declares that his son simply
obeyed the orders of his superiors in joining
the forces in Alabama, and adds that during
his sojourn at his house in Elizabeth, he care
fully avoided any allusion to political matters.
At New Haven, on Monday, some Republi
cans precured a cannon and powder, and pro
ceeded to fire a salute in honor of Lincoln's
inauguration. The gun was owned jointly by
Republicans and Democrats, but the latter
came upon the ground, carried it off, drew the
charge, and housed it, saying that " the gun
belonged to the Democrats, and was too good
to fire a salute for Abe Lincoln."
THE SLAVE BRIG BONITA.—This vessel, a
slaver that was captured on the coast of Africa,
and taken into Charleston, and subsequently
removed to Bavannah; has been taken in charge
by Governor Brown, and a guard of enlisted
men from the Georgia Naval Coast Guard has
been put on board. The vessel will be thor•
oughly armed and equipped for the defense of
the cost,
THE PROPERTY SEIZED IN TEXAS.—The Gal
veston (Texas) News says that the property
seized by the Texan troops at San Antonio,
amounted to $55,000 In specie, 35,000 stand of
arms, 26 pieces of mounted artillery, 44 pieces
of dismounted artillery, any quantity of ammu
nition and other munitions of war, and a large
collection of horses, mules, wagons, forage, &c.
The sloop-of-war Jamestown is now ready
for launching, from the sectional dry dock, at
the Philadelphia Navy yard. The sloop carries
twenity-two guns, and has been undergoin g
repairs since last October. The. repairs have
been so extensive that she is now alinost a new
ship.
The Cincinnati Press says tbat a widower of
that city, having three fine children, aged re
spectively 2, 4 and 6 years, and desiring to
visit California, felt them an incumbrance, and
so made an arrangement to exchange them
with a person , for a •certain amount of apple
butter, and actually completed the bargain.
THE PEp3ONAL LIDEATY LAW.-A majority
of the judges of the Supreme Court of 'Maine,
it is now declared, will unite in an opinion that
the personal liberty law of that State is uncon
stitutional.
Mr. Richard Sands, of the well-known circus
firm of Sands, Nathans & Co., died a few days
ago in Havana.
Lieut. Edward T. Spedden, U. S. N. late
attached to the United States steamer Mohawk,
died at Brooklyn on the Od inst.
Mr. Gurney has obtained a decree of divorce
from his wife.in London, . ,
Robert T. Lincoln, the President's eldest,
son, has returned to Harvard University.
THE ESCAPE OP Gas. MinAitom.—The cor
respondence is published which passed between
the English and French naval commanders in
the Gulf of Mexico, in reference to the recent
escape of Gen. Miramon, after the overthrow
of his power by the constitutional forces. It
appears Captain Aldham, the British comman
der, did not view Miramon in the light of a
political refugee, entitled to the protection of
neutral Powers; but, in consideration of out
rages and spoilations charged to have been com
mitted by him on the property of the English
Legation, he considered him as having been
guilty of gross violations of international law
and of high criminal offences.
THE VACANT SUPREME COMM jCHOESiftr.-
Our impression, as the Star goes to press to
day, is that President Lincoln designs nomina •
ting the Hon. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky,
to the Supreme Court Judgeship, vacant through
the late declension of the Senate to act on the
nomination of Judge Black, of Pa. We feel
sure that the President has Mr. Crittenden's
nomination under advisement, under circum
stances that make it extremely probable that
his name will be sent in to the Senate perhaps
this afternoon or to-morow.-:- Washington Star,
March 6.
A young lady , in .Tersey City died a few days
since from improperly treating froze feet. She
had been skating on Central Park where her
feet were frozen, and returning home put them
in hot water, which caused mortificatin, the
loss of her feet, and death within eight clays.
Skaters end others finding their feet or hands
frezen should rub them with snow, if procu
rable, or water as icy cold as possible.
SEVEN DEATHS IN A FAMI LY.-A family
named Pate, residing in Spotsylvania county,
Va., near the Ofange county line, has lost seven
children by diptheria within the last three
weeks. The father and mother have thus been
bereft of their eniire offspring, the youngest,
an infant, dying last.
Gen. Miramon and his lady, at last accounts
were living in Havana in a very simple maner
without any retinue. They were bound for
France where the $6,000,000 they, have between
them will be made useful.
A Western paper, announcing the death of a
gentleman in lowa, says:— , ' He was a great
admirer of Horace' Greeley, but otherwise a
respectable man."
Puma° DINNER—The merchants of New
York, without regard 'to party, are about to
tender the Hon. John A. Dix, late Secretary of
the Treasury, a public dinner.
ANOTHER SLAVER SEIZED.—An arrival from
Port au Prince, Feb. 10th, reports the seizure
of the bark William, of New Orleans, on a
charge of being engaged in the slave trade.
The Southern Confederacy proposes to ad
mit jewelry duty free, as well as pork and
coffee. The ladies will thank them for this.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, March, 8.
There is quite a contest going on between
Mr. Carl Schurz and Mr. Anson Burlingame, in
regard to the mission to Sardinia, which was
raised to the dignity and emoluments of a full
mission through the persistent efforts of Mr.
Burlingame, the salary being $7,600. The
position was till recently filled by Mr. John M.
Daniel, of Virginia. Mr. Schurz is endeavor
ing to persuade Mr. Burlingame to take the
mission to Spain and let him go to Sardinia,
where his republican ideas and associations
will be more agreeable. The Spanish mission
is worth $12,000 a year.
Senator Crittenden was serenaded last eve
ning by citizens of Washington. An immense
crowd of people assembled and enthusiastically
responded to his utterance of Union sentiments.
He expressed l.ia confidence in the intelligence
of the people, who alone can settle the distract
ing questions. The troubles were fermented
and kept alive by petty cross-road politicians
for petty purposes. Preserve the Union and
the Union will preserve us. The Roman vete
ran was permitted to retire at the end of thirty
years, but he had been in the public service
forty years. He exhorted his friends to uphold
the Union and the Constitution, which have
conferred unnumbered blessings upon us
Reports are current that the appointment of
Minister to the Court of St. James .will be ten
dered to Mr. Sumner, of Massachusetts, though
it is not certain that he would accept it.
The rumored appointment of Senator Crit
tenden as one of the Judges of the Supreme
Court gains force, and it is said to be endorsed
by some of the leading conservative men of the
Administration party. The ultras, however,
oppose the appointment earnestly. Among
these is Senator Trumbull. Should the ap-
pointment meet with really serious objections
from the radicals it will not be made.
The President has accepted the resignations
of Adjutant General Cooper and Assistant Ad
jutant General Withers. Cooper is a connec
tion of Senator Mason, and his resignation is
attributed more to family than political influ
ence. Withers is a Tennesseean. The report
is prevalent that Quarter Master General John
ston of Virginia is about to resign, but he said
this morning that the occasion for such a eourse
has not yet arrived. The resignation'of Col.
Cooper has occasioned general regret. He was
appointed from and is a native of New York.
The Southerners are making overtures to some
of the best officers in the service. It is known
that certain officers in the army, located here,
have been tendered lucrative appointments
under the confederated States of the Govern
ment.
Charles Jones, late of the Register's office of
the Treasury, has left for Montgomery, to take
a place under that Government.
The large crowd at the State Department this
morning was much disappointed in consequence
of the abscence of Secretary Seward, who was
detained at home by physical indisposition.
Virginia Convention.
Itioamoso, March 8.
Mr. Carlisle, in his speech before the Con
vention against the Committee on Federal Re
lations being instructed to report a resolution
pledging the State to resist coercion, upheld
the right of the Government to eolleet the reve
nue, and said that he had been agreeably dis
appointed with the tone or President Lincoln's
Inaugural. He was opposed to any action that
would place the State in a hostile attitude to
the general Government, and believed that it
was yet in the power of the people to restore
harmony.
The Inaugural—Gen. Turiggx
New ORLEANS, March 8.
The opinion is gradually becoming settled
in political and commercial circles that 'mi
celles Inaugural is a declaration of war. The
Legislature has passed a series of resolutions
approving of the conduct of Gen. Twiggs in
surrendering the Federal property to the Texas
authorities.
Fortification of Fort Pickens.
NEW ORLEANS, March 8
Advices from Pensacola state that Lieut.
Simmer is engaged in raising a sand battery
about a quarter of a mile eastward of Fort Pick
ens. The work on the land batteries on the
beach opposite Warrington is being continued.
Reported Surrender of Fort Brown.
N.BW ORLEANS, March 8.
It is reported that Fort Brown in Texas has
been surrendered to the State forces.
The Markets.
PHILADELPHIA , March 8.
Flour dull; $5.12305 25 for superfine. and $6.50a7 fer
fancy lots. Rye flour $8,50a3.62X. Corn meal $2 87X
Wheat $l. 25a1.26 for red, and 1 33a1. 43 for white.- Coin
biktfi7c. for white. Oats 32a33c. Whisky-19e.; bids.
18a18No 7 and Drudge Die.
RAurnionw, March 8.
Flour has a declining tendency and prices are 1230
lower ; Howard Street and Ohio $5.1234. with no sales.
wheat eeti , e at $123a127 for Red, and $140a165 for
White. Corn active, Yellow &hon.. Provisi ons Jot
Muse Pork $l7 ; Prime $12.60. 1.0. rd 9%. Coffee arm at
12,4018 e. Whisky Me lower at loge.
Ncw Ithvertisetntiits
BRANT'S CITY HALL.
THREE NIGHTS ONLY!!!
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND nit ) .
MARCH 13th, 14th, and ma. ~
LLOYDS' MINSTREL S'
FIFTEEN PERFORMERS!
THE ELITE OF THE PROFESSION ! :
WILL APPEAR
IN THEIR UNAPPROACHABLE ET HIOPIAN Ex,
TERTAINMENTS,
This Troupe is compoSed of the first class Artists set
ted from the most popular troupes in the Unioa. eC.
OBSERVE THE LIST OF STARS
BILLY BIRCH, D. S. WAMBOLD, GIIsTAVE STOICS
J. ANDREWS, H. wiLKS, J. ASTEN:,
NAB% ALBERTINI, CHARLEY FOX, AUGUST Asetigi
A. LEH/NAN, N. OEHL, C. RLASS,
A. BREITROPF, Bunxrs, coot. wir Ire.
LLOYD'S BRASS BAND, led by AMITIST AtiCup:
give a free Balcony Serenade previous to the AlilLiSill
ot
Performance.
Ti
ock. ckets 25 cents. Doors open at 7. commenc e at
o'cl [marfi-d6t] P. A. CLARK,
CONCERT.
SACRED MUSIe,
BY THE
HARMONIC SOCIETY
OF 'HARRISBURG,
ON THURSDAY EVENING, MA Ref? 14 0861,
THE PROGRAMME will comprise a Cantata by IIiER
"THE MORNING," "OLD FOLKS' NITSSICI , and s pl et ;:
tions from celebrated authors—to close with llt.Nora's
chef d'oeuvre, "THE HALLELUJA If CI I Oltt_7B."
Tickets '25 cents--may be had at i'rof, K Noc „, rg
sic
the Smem b tore, Guose & Co.'s Drug Store, and from any of
members of the Society. mail) ‘lst
TO BUTCHERS,
SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish the Null)lea c ow ,
poor House with such meat as may be Wanted,
frrnn
time to time, will be receiv d by the Directors up to the
27th DAY OF MARCH, and opened and co2l tract MVP rod .
on TUESDAY, the 2d of April, IE6I, to the Loren bidder,
The meat must be of good quality, and dOirered at the
building.
All proposals to be banded to the Steward of the poor
House. JOHN RAY gOlt.
SIMON DANIEL
PETER RISROV.
mares-3tdalte• Directors of Nor.
PIMMO SALE .—Will be Sold, at
Brant's Euxopean Rotel, on Wednesday Et:0261,r,
March lath, 1861, a certain TWO STORY FRAIIB
DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT OF GROUND, AN])
VACANT LOT, situate on North street, near Second
—being 66 feet on North street, and extending back 51
feet. The House is well finished, with seven rooms seal
Basement Kitchen. Sale to commence at 7 o'clock_
Terms will be made known by HENRY ROBERTS.
mar6-7td* W. BARR, Auctioneer,
THE BIBLE ON DIVORCE.—The fol.
lowing words are from Mark x. v. 9, 12:
What, therefore, God has joined together let not fing
put asunder."
"Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another
committetb adultery. And If a woman shall put away
her husband and rharry again alie committeth adultery),
Legislators and others, the above is the ediot of tha
Supreme Lawgiver, from which there is do appeal._
"What, therefore, God has joined together let no man
put asunder.,, janl2 dtf
VOR RENT.—HOUSE ROOM sufficient
.1: for a small family, in Third street, abore North
street. Enquire of Constable CARMAN. ma7-d3t*
EXECUTOR'B NOTE.; E.—Notice is
hereby given that letters testamentary upon the
estate of Mrs. MARY HORTER, deceased, late of the
city of Harrisburg, have been granted to the under.
signed by the Register of Dauphin county; therefore, all
persons indebted to said estate are requested to make
in/Mediate payment, and those haying any just thdins
are requested to present them, legally authenticated, for
settlement, R. H. ADAMS,
Executor of said deed.
jatMl-cllllomr,
EAHRIODMIG, An. 29, 1861.
fIATTTION.--Whereas my Wife SARAH
ARNOLD has left my bed and board without kov
cause or prorocat'on, this is to give notice that I WIT
pay no debts of her contracting from andafter this date.
JOHN AR 3LD,
Dauphin, Pa
Feb. 19, 1981-9toaw*
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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 Orowa qv:hew/ate,
and white clothes whiter.
It is EMOLLIENT. It gives a rich permanentlather,
and makes the hande soft, white and elastic.
It is a PERFECT WASHER, in any water, koi ur cold,
hard or soft, salt or fresh, of finest lawns, and allgraaes,
to the coarsest clothes.
It is LASTING. It does much washing with little
cost.
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 j therefore it is a PERFECT SOAP.
It is a Perfect Soap for all the uses of a libusehold.—
In the Laundry for clothes of every description—for the
Wash-stand—for cleaning Paint, lass-ware, Porcelain,
crockery, 'fable, Kitchen and tostry tintensils.
Directions accompany each cake, Samples can be had
free of charge upon application at our store.
mars WIT DOCK, Js., & CO,
Agents for Harrisburg.
A NEW FEATURE IN THE SPICE
TRADE!!!
IMPORTANT TO RoIiiRKEEPERS ! ! !
E. R. DURKEE & CO'S SELECT SPICES,
In Tin Poi', • a,ined with Paper,) and full Weight.—
MACE' PLPPER. GINGER, NIITTAT.G.WIITTP. PEP
PER, ALLSPICE. MACE, CAYENNE PEPPER,
CINNAMON, CLOVES, MUSTARD.
In this age of adulterated and tasteless Spices, it is
with confidence that we introdude to the attention of
Housekeepers these superior and genuine articles. We
guarantee them not only ABSOLUTELY AND PERFECTLY
rtrau, but ground from fresh Spices, selected and cleaved
by HS expre , sly for the purpose, without reference to
cost, They are beautifully packed in tin foil, ( ined vitt
paper) to prevent injury by keeping, and are Fru
WEIGHT, while the ordinary ground Spices are Minot
invariably short. We 'warrant them, in point of streteh
and richness of flavor, beyond aft comparison, as a sift
gle trial will abundantly prove.
'very package bears our TRADE MANIC.
Manufactured only by E. it. DURKEE & Co., Kew
York.
For sale. by [feb27.] WM. DOCH, JR." &CO
ALL PERSONS who have any Affection
of the Lungs or Throat, or Chronic Diseases, and
wish to be cured, fhould consul; DR, STEWART, wbc ,
has bad many years' experience in different sections of
the United States and Canada, and has cured caseewhieh
had been treated without benefit by what are esteemed
the imp PRYgICIAITS in the Union.
He has been in Harrisburg for many months, and has
restored to health, invalids who had expended hundreds
of dollars with Physicians and Patent Medicines. Ile
can refer to some of the best families in Harrisburg, end
can give the names of person.' in the city, and nearly all
parts of the State, whom he has cured of almost every
Chronic Disease.
He does not profess to cure all diseases afterthe man
ner of some advertising quacks, but will give a candid
opinion in regard to curability after examination. The
meat clneg of Be. S. are vs geteble,andderived front molt
than a hundred sources while traveling. In Lung and
Throat Diseases he has bad great success by means of
his CARBON CURE. which may be taken by the Stomach
or Inhaled.
Beware of Caustic and the Throat Burners of the old
school.
In COMPLAINTS OF FEMALES his success has been
remarkable, and he has cured affections of the Eye and
Ear said to be incurable.
DR. STEWART solicits cases of the renewing, given
up by others :
NEURALGIA, RIIIIIIMATISM, SCROFULA, Moans, LIVES
COMPLAINT, SWELLED NECK, SEXUAL DEBILITY", DROPSY',
FALLING FITS, PRIVATE DISEASES, DYSPEPSIA, GRAVEL.
Cancers removed by a new remedy procured in Canada.
When so requested, DR. STEWART will visit patients
at their residence.
Terms Moderate.
In rev ni to qualifietztion",Dr. S. ream to Profemors
Pancoast, Dunglison and Meigs, of Philadelphia. He
also begs leave to'refer to Senators Chase and Pugh, and
lion. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio.
Patients or their friends should call at the BUEHLER
HOT3SE from 9 a m. to 6 p. m.
Letters promptly attended to
THE AMERICAN BYRON !
. :(I.I7ADALOUPE;
A TALE OP LOVE AND WAR.
A Poem in the style of DON JUAN, and equal in
spirit, matter'and manner to that brilliant productionof the BARD." By a well known citizen 0 ,
Philadelphia, who served with distinction in the late
War with Mexico.
paten SIVENTY-FIVt entiTS.
lor sale at SOHEFFEIt'S BOOKSTORE ,
xuar6 No. 18 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
WARRANTED TWELVE !ONTO!
ANOTHER LOT OF
ISORTON , B UNRIVALLED apLD .PEN ,9 I
PERSONS in want of a superior and really good GOLD
a P n S d N
h w a i v ll e fi t n h d . with priirt in:seeatolaergxeclitortment to select from,
hand is perfectly suited. And if berthrale rijrnt'nesarillbiletpheisir
mond points break off during twelve mouths, the pur
chaser shall have the privilege to Select a new one,
without any charge.
I have very. good Gold Pens '
in strong silver-pla ted
MOM fOr $1.25 1 50. $2.00
For sale at Batt:MUM BoOKSTORE ,
matt No. 18 Market Street, Ilarriablll2-,
V4TRA SOAP. ()URED
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