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PRESIDENT LINCOLN has nominated Camaro
M. Cur, of Kentucky, Minister to *pain, and
THOMAS CORWIN, of Ohio, Minister to Mexico.
Both these nominations are made from the con
servative or compromising division of the Re
publican party. Both Mr. Clay and Mr. Cor
win have incurred the censure of the New York
Tribune for their infidelity to the true princi
ples of Republicanism. Mr. CLAY visited Wash
ington during the session of Congress, and used
his influence on the side of compromise, and
against the unyielding policy of the not-an
inch Republicans. Mr. Corwin's views are
well known to be moderate and conciliatory,
The recognition of such men, taken in connec
tion with the order for the evacuation of Fort
Sumpter, is calculated to make the radicals fu
rious. Mr. LINCOLN has already given way
several inches.
Kansas Again.
The Senate yesterday passed without opposi
tion a resolution requesting the Governor to
return to the Legislature the bill appropriating
$30,000 for the relief of Kansas. This resolu
tion requires the assent of the House of Repre
sentatives to be effectual, and it is estimated
that in case the bill is not withdrawn by the
Legislature it will be returned with the Exec
utive veto. It seems that facts have been
brought to light which lead those who origi
nally approved of this donation under the im
pression that it was the only means of rescuing
the suffering people of Kansas fram immediate
starvation, to suspect that they hate been im
posed upon, and that the money, if appropri
ated, will not be applied to the humane pur
poses for which it was designed.
It is well that those who were betrayed by
good motives into furthering the bold scheme
to rob the State have had their eyes opened
before it is too late to retrace their steps.
Several very substantial and conclusive reasons
exist why this money should not be given
I. It is doubtful whether the Legislature
hag power to vote money out of the Treasury
for general charitable purposes.
IL If this power exists the first duty of
the State is to relieve the necessities of her
own suffering population.
The suffering in Kansas has been
grossly exaggerated by designing men for
speculative purpores. Large sums, perhaps
sufficient to relieve all the actual want of the
people, have already been contributed by indi
vidual subscriptions; and there is no security
that the State appropriation would be properly
applied.
We trust that the Legislature will at once
put an end to this bold attempt to rob the
Treasury by withdrawing the bill from the
hands of the Governor.
Our Governmeut.
The first thing needed, says the Aurnai of
Commerce, in order to take a clear view of the
nature of our Government, is to get rid of the
idea that it it is like any other government. It
is a government of its own kind. Its exact
model is not to be found in history. It is a
rash inference that, because other governments
have certain powers, therefore our government
must.have them. The American plan of gov
ernment was a great fresh start. If, on any
occasion, the results of the working of our plan
of government are unlike the results heretofore
seen, in like cases, from the working of the old
governments of Europe, we have no right to
be disappointed, or to grumble. We have no
right to grumble until we are sure that the re
sults from our plan are worse than the results
which have followed, on like occasions, under
the old-fashioned plans. Our plan - works dif
ferently, and we think, better in times of quiet;
we should expect it to work differently from
other plans, and better too, in times of distur
bance. Thus far, it seems to us, it is working
much better, in a revolution, than did ever any
of the old forms of government. We have been,
for ninety days, in the midst of a very great
revolution, and as yet no drop of blood has
been shed. In no part of our country has there
been anarchy. Do these facts, unmatched as
they are in the world's history, shed no glory
upon our form of Government?
To our warlike friends, who complain that
we have no Government, we say, in the lan
guage of President Lincoln, "take time;" be
patient ; have faith ; trust in the Constitution.
Our wise and noble Constitution 'will carry us
through; stick closely to that, as the ark of
our safety. Let the President use no doubtful
powers. The wisdom of the Constitution is,
for all occasions, better than the wisdom of
any one man. It is better he should do much
less than that instrument allows him to do,
than that he should do any one thing it does
not allow.
To those who are sensitive about the opinion
of Europe, which is a common American weak
ness ; to those who make themselves unhappy
in these times, because they think all Europe
is laughing at the weakness of our Govern
ment; to them we answer, let him laugh that ,
wins. The end is not yet. Wait until the end
comes, lot
it come in *hat way it way, in the
shape of reunion or of separation. If we can
a
show that we have had fierce, bitter, open
quarrel among ourselves, and that we are liv
ing together again, no blow having been struck;
or if, on the other hand, we show that five
millions of our brethren became discontented
and set up for themselves, and that the sepa
ration has been effected without the loss of a
single life; who then will have the right to
laugh ? Not the European, unless he can show
on the pages of Europe's hist orylike great and
glorious facts. Never, at any period of the
country's history, has an American been jus
tified in carrying his head so high in the streets
of Europe as he may do them. He will be able
to point to his country as the only country
capable of applying ehristianity practically to
the fiercest form which political quarrels can
assume.
Good Signs.
When on Saturday last, we expressed the
opinion that under existing laws, the the Pre
sident has not the power to collect the revenue
in the seceded States, and that ho has not the
means at command to retake the forts already
in the hands of the Southern Confederacy, if
indeed he could hold those now in possession
of the United States, we did not suppose that
functionary, with the declaration so fresh upon
hie lips, of a determination to occupy and
possess" the public property, and collect the
revenue in all the Slates, would concur at once
in our opinion, or give indications of adopting
a practical view of the difficulties before him.
Circumstances seem, however, to have brought
the question prominently before the new Ad
ministration, and we apprehend that the Presi
dent begins to appreciate, in some measure,
the " legacy" which has been left him, and of
which we spoke on January 25th, in an article
entitled a Legacy for Lincoln." In that
article we used the following language :
Do those who thus contemplate the use of
force to reduce the Southern States to subjec
tion, know what they are about—what madness
possesses them ? Do they believe that a Con
federacy of ten or fifteen States, with the re
soured% the military spirit, and the talent
there existing, can be reduced to subjection ?
With Jefferson Davis, olio of the ablest states
men and most skillful Generals on this Conti
nent, at the head of a Southern Confederacy,
backed by the unanimous support of a spirited
and chivalrous people, will Mr. Lincoln under
take the use of force co compel a surrender and
a return to their former relations ? The idea
is preposterous ; yet it is entertained by the
masses of the Republican party, who are ur
ging on their President elect to undertake it.
" The responsibility and the duty of solving
these momentous questions will soon be entirely
with Mr. Lincoln and his political friends.
The latter will, in a few days, have absolute
control of both Houses of Congress, and in
forty days from this time that political party
will be in possession of the Government in its
Executive and Legislative, and possibly too in
its Judicial branches. Then, if he dare thus
insult and defy all sentiments of justice, com
mon sense and common prudence—if he dare
plunge thirty millions of people into civil war
and bloodshed, Mr. Lincoln will carry into
practical operation, or attempt to execute, the
decree of his abolitionized political party. if,
on the other hand, he dares face an excited,
abolitionized and demoralized party, and man
fully, courageously and patriotically save his
country from the horrors of fratricidal strife,
a glorious opportunity awaits him, and millions
will unite with his own conscience in approving
of the noble, honest manhood, which nerved
him to the performance of a high and sacred
duty."
in the face of facts which were calculated to
create anxiety in the minds of all reflecting
men, the President felt called upon to assume
a warlike attitude in his Inaugural Message,
and to hold out to his ultra Republican support
ers, the hope of coercing the Southern States.
But stern facts rise up to confront him, thus
early, in his official duties. Before he had been
a week in the Presidential chair, the question
came prominently up for decision, whether the
war feeling in the Republican ranks shall be
rebuked, or the Administration cast high and
dry upon the ruins of a broken:Government,
We are not advised at the time of writing this,
what will be the President's decision 3 but there
can be no doubt what must be the result. Fort
Sumpter will be abandoned, and the attempt to
carry into effect the laws, and to enforce the au
thority of the Government of the United States in
the "Confederate States" will be given up.
In the matter of political spoils the radical
branch of Mr. Lincoln's supporters" may tri
umph, as there are indications that they will
do i but whether from choice or necessity, the
idea of using force against or in the seceded
States, will be given up. As we have already
remarked, we do not care to scan too closely
the motives which control the President on
these vital questions, so that his acts conform
to the demands of the country and of civiliza
tion, for peace. We readily concede the em
barrassments attendant upon conducting the
Government in this emergency, and make all
due allowance for the novel situation of a Chief
Magistrate - whose party predilections and as
sociations lead in one. direction, while duty
points in precisely the opposite ; and shall
therefore cheerfully sustain him in any line of
notion which will produce the desired results,
even if it does not, in all respects, conform to
our own views.
Let the President give the country peace, and
he need not trouble himsetf about the loss of
friends in the Republican party. The true men
of the country will rally around him, just in
proportion as the Abolition fanatics desert his
standard_ In choosing his policy, he will de
termine also the character of his supporters.
We should not think he would hesitate long in
making the choice.—Tournal of Commerce.
GEN. Cess AT ROME.—Gen. Cass arrived at
his home in Detroit, Michigan, on the Ist
inst.
He was met on the way by a committee of
the substantial and influential citizens of that
city, and welcomed by an address from Mr.
Emmons. The following is the concluding
portion of the General's reply:
"I have but one regret to encount3r in resu
ming my place among you, and that arises from
the perilous crisis in which our country is in
volved. You do me bid justice in attributing to
me an earnest desire for the preservation of
this Union and the Constitution, the great work
of our fathers, and which has secured to their
sons a greater amount of freedom and prosper
ity than any nation ever enjoyed before us, I
can scarcely persuade myself that I am not op
pressed by some fearful dream when I reflect
upon all that is passing in our country, and
upon the position in which this great republic
is placed ; suddenly struck from the summit of
its prosperity, and with a future before us,
which no man can contemplate without the most
serious alarm.
In all history there is nothing like it. With
no external-enemy to trouble us, with no in
ternal oppression, with nolo of those visita
tions of pestilence or famine or other evils by
which nations are often punished for their of
fences, we have recklessly put to hazard our
inestimable blessings, and are entering that
path of discord, and division, and border dis
putes, which-if there is any truth in history,
must lead to most disastrous consequences. I
do not allude to this fearful subject in an y par .
tisan spirit. I do not seek to investigate the
causes which led to the present state of things.
But I indulge in the hope that, before it is
too late there a ill be a determination through
the whole country—a firm determination—to
cultivate feelings of friendship and harmony,
accompanied by the manifestation of a spirit 6f
conciliation and compromise, of justice, indeed,
which may lead to the hope that, if the work
is earnestly and promptly undertaken, we may
succeed, under Providence, in re-establising
the integrity and the blessings of the Constitu
tion, with the patriotic co-operation of the
whole American people."
Thus speaks a patriot and statesman—a pub
lie man of large experience in governmental
affairs. He sees and appreciates the dangers
which are upon the country,—dangers from
which there is no escape except by conciliation
and compromise. But President Lincoln, look
ing through spectacles of the Chicago plat
form, sees nothing of these dangers,—propo
ses no remedy,—recommends no compromise.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO-4 French Block
ade.—The Alta California, of February 6, has
this important paragraph :
"Advice;; hare been received by the Over
land mail, from Mazatlan, stating that the
French man-of-war Serieuse had strictly block
aded the ports Of Mazatlan and San Blas.—
Two Mexican war schooners, which bad been
captured by the French vessel, are supposed
to be used by the French commander in en
forcing the blockade. The sum of ¶lO,OOO is
demanded in settlement of an old claim, and
the letters indicate a determination on the part
of the French commander not to raise the
siege until the sum is paid. It is supposed the
merchants of those ports will have to pay the
amount if the Government does not. The house
through which we obtain this news suppose
that the blockade is detaining a vessel of their
own, now considerably overdue."
This is the only information concerning this
movement which we have yet received. This
blockade may lead to very important results.
PENN-'A LEGISLATURE.
SENATE
WEDNESDAY, March 13, 1861.
The Senate was called to order at 10 o'clock
by Mk. PENNEY, Speaker pro tem.
BILLS IN PLACE
Mr. WELSH, an act to change the venue in
a certain UM from Lcnoacter to York county.
Mr. HIESTAND. an act relative to the col
lection of taxes in the city of Lancaster;
bill was subsequently taken up and passed. which
Mr. HALL, an act relative to the claim of
James Condron, of Blair county.
Mr. WELSH, a supplement to the act relative
to roads and bridges in York county.
Mr. BLOOD, an act to change the place of
holding the election in Richland township,
Clarion county.
RILLS ON THIRD READING.
An Act authorizing surviving administrators
and executors to execute deeds, in certain ca
ses, was passed.
Also, an act regulating the fees of constables
and justices in Cumberland county.
Also, an act to incorporate the Oakland park
association.
"ggr.Ls QQrSIDERED,
Mr. HALL called up House bill, entitled "An
Act relative to pleadings in certain cases in the
courts of this Commonwealth." Laid over.
Mr. CRAWFORD, on leave, read in place an
act relative to roads in Tobyne township, Perry
county ; which was, on motion, taken up and
passed.
Mr. FULLER called up an act to change the
name of Mary Ann Margaret Eicher ; which
was passed.
Mr. GREGG, an act relative to auction sales
in Union county ; which was passed.
Mr. HALL, an act relative to the claim of
James Condron... Passed.
Mr. CONNELL, a suppldtnent to the act
corporatitig the Northern Home for Friendless
Children. Passed.
Mr. HAMILTON, an act to fix the place of
holding the election in Elizabethtown, Lancas
ter county. Passed.
Mr. BOUND, House bill to change the place
of holding the election in Perry township,
Snyder county. Passed finally.
Mr. PULLER, House bill for extending the
act for the improvement of the breed of sheep
in Westmoreland county. Passed finally.
Mr. IRISH, House bill, entitled ". A supple
ment to the act incorporating the Hilldale
cemetery company, in Allegheny county.".=.
Passed finally.
Mr. KETCH - AM; supplement to the act in
reference to running locomotives and cars on
connecting railroads. Passed.
Mr. YARDLEY, an act relative to forged
mortgages. Laid over.
Mr. LANDON, an act to authorize the State
Treasurer to pay the Towanda bridge coa.pany
a balance due. Passed.
Mr. LAWRENCE, on leave, read a bill in
place to change the lines of the borough of
Belleville, Washington county; which was
taken up and passed.
Mr. BOUGHTER called up supplement to
the act incorporating the Lykens Yalley rail
road company. Passed.
Mr. MOTT, an act to change the place of
holding the ele3tion in Texas township. Wayne
county.. Passed.
Mr. CONNELL, a supplement to the act in
corporating the Chesnut Hill and Cheltenham
railroad company. Passed.
Mr. SCHINDEL, an act to amend the charter
of the borough of Catasauqua. Passed.
Mr. MEREDITH, an act 1• 0 2 extend the limits
of the borough of Mechanicsburg, Indiana
county. Passed.
Mr. SERRILL, a supplement to the act in
corporating the farm Stock association, of
Delaware county. Passed.
Mr. PARKER, an act for the relief of the
sureties of 7. Knox Morton. Passed.
Mr. IRISH, an act to change the place of
holding the election in M'Candless township,
Allegheny county. Passed.
Mr. ROBINSON, an act to change the place
of holding the election in Allegheny township,
Venango county. Passed.
Mr. SMITH, a supplement to the act incor
porating the city of Philadelphia. Passed.
[Has reference to an abatement of taxes for
prompt payment.]
Mr. FULLER, an act to repeal an act to
change the name of Brownsville. Passed.
Mr. GREGG, on leave, read a joint resolution
recalling the bill appropriating money to Kan
sas, now in the hands of the Governor; which
was agreed to.
Mr. HALL, on leave, read in place a bill
relative to the claim of Bell, Johnston, Jack
& Co.
Mr. YARDLEY called up a supplement to
the Bustleton. and Feisterville turnpike com
pany; passed.
Mr. WELSH moved to re-consider the vote
by which the bill for the relief of the sureties of
F. Knox Morton was passed: which was agreed
to, and the bill re-committed to the COrainitiee
on Finance.
Mr. WELSH called up a supplement to the
act relative to roads and bridges in York county;
passed.
Mr. HAMILTON, for the SPEAKER, called
up a supplement to the act relative to bridges
and bridge viewers in Schuylkill county; pas_
sed.
Mr. BENSON, supplement to an AM incor
porating the Potter County railroad company;
passed.
Mr. CLYMER, a supplement to the act rela
tive to the attachment of vessels; passed.
Mr. BOUGHTER, supplement to an act to
incorporate the Harrisburg Female Seminary.
Mr. BOUND, an act to exempt the Philadel
phia, Susquehanna and Wilkesbarre, and cer
tain other insolvent telegraph companies from
taxation; whickwas passed finally.
Mr. NICHOLS called up supplement to the
act to perfect the charter of the Samaritan
beneficial society, of Philadelphia; passed.
Mr. CONNELL, an act to exempt the Amer
ican Protestant Hall building from taxation;
passed.
Mr. HIESTAND, a supplement to the act in
corporating the Marietta and Maytown turn
pike company; passed.
Mr. GREGG called up a supplement to the
act incorporating the Lycoming mutual insu
rance company; laid over on third reading.
Mr. HAMILTON, an act for the relief of
Ruth McCoy, widow of an old soldier; passed.
Mr. GREGG asked for, and obtained leave to
read /in place an act relative to the estate of
Samuel Gamer, deceased.
Mr. IRISH called up an act relative to the
interpreter of the courts of Allegheny county;
passed.
Mr. LANDON called up House t ill, entitled
“An Act to incorporate the Towanda coal and
iron company;" passed.
Mr. LAWRENCE, an act to authorize the
Auditor General to examine the claim of
Charles De Hass; passed.
Mr. IiBTOHAI'u, an act to authorize William
Hull, of Luzerne, to sell certain real estate;
passed
Mr. BLOOD, an act to incorporate the jor
ferson turnpike company; passed.
Mr. HEISTAND called up the bill to exempt
the Leates Institute, of Lancaster, from taxa
tion; passed—yeas 16, nays 11.
Mr. MOTT called up the act to incorporate
the Farmers mutual, fire insurance company, of
Monroe county.
Mr_ SMITH called up an act to exempt the
real estate of the Philadelphia City Institute
from taxation; passed.
fr. IRISH called up an act to incorporate
the Eagle cotton factory; pending 'which the
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEwir.suity, March 13.
The SPEAKER called the House to order at
10 o'clock.
The Journal being read, the House resumed
the consideration of-the calendar of private
bills.
All the bills on the calender were prepared
fer a second reading.
Mr. RIDGWAY moved that the House take
up the bill, changing the time for holding the
spring elections in Philadelphia, on second
reading.
Mr. SMITH, of Philadephia, called the yeas
and nays, and the motion was not agreed to—
yeas 37, nays 40.
Mr. BARTHOLOMEW moved a re-considera
tion of the vote.
A spirited running debate ensued.
11Iessrs. LEISENRING, SMITH, Philadelphia,
WILDEY, MOORE, DUNLAP, M'DONOUGH,
DUFFIELD, RANDALL and others opposed
the re-consideration.
Messrs. RIDGEWAY, SELTZER, THOMAS
and others favored it.
The yeas and nays were ordered, and the
motion was lost by a tie vote-43 to 43. Ad
journed until afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION
A long discussion ensued on a motion to re
consider the vote by 'which the House this
morning refused to reconsider the vote refu•
sing to lay aside for second reading the bill to
change the time of holding the Spring election
in Philadelphia. Various questions of order
were raised and much confusion prevailed.
Finally the question was taken, and the House
agreed to lay the bill aside for second reading
by a vote of 48 to 38.
DILLS PASSED
The House then took up the calendar of pri
vate bills, on second and third reading, and
the following were passed :
An act regulating the elections in the city of
Reading, as amended by Mr. RIDGWAY.
An act to change the place of holding elec
tions in Highland township, in the county of
Elk.
An act to change the place of holding elec
tions in Stony Creek township, in Somerset
county.
A further supplement to an act in relation to
elections and certain election districts, approved
the 11th day of March, 1852.
An act to authorize the sale of a certain
school house in Limerick township, in the
county of Montgomery . and State of pennsyl
vania.
An act for the relief of David Machling. '
Supplement to an act to incorporate the
German Roman Catholic Saint Joseph's orphans'
asylum of the county of Allegheny, approved
the third day of March, A. D. 1853.
Supplement to an act to incorporate the
American Steam Plow manufacturing company
of Lancaster county, passed the 20th day
of March, A. D. 1860. Adjourned.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, March 13
There is no doubt about the determination
of the government to order the evacuation of
Fort Snmptet. It has been resolved on, notes
a political, but as a military measure. The
chief officers of the army here have recommen
ded it, and various other motives have operated
in bringing the Administration to the decision.
The late dispatches from Major Anderson have
also influenced the President and the War De
partment, and the necessary orders for the
evacuation will probably be telegraphed to
Major Anderson immediately. This may be
relied on.
The contest in reference to the Phi%dolphin
appointments is very animated. The fight be
tween William B. Thomas and Ex Governor
Pollock for the Collectorship is very sharp. It
can be compromised, if Governor Pollock will
take a foreign mission. Thomas, in that case,
would be the Collector.
No orders have been given at all interfering
with the regular cruise of the Home, Pacific or
Mediterranean Squadrons, as has been errone
ously stated by some correspondents.
A large number of appointments have been
settled by the President, including a number of
postmasterships, which will be sent into the
Senate.
Among other matters discussed at the Cabi
net meeting, to-day, was the application of the
Confederate Cons missioners.to be acknowledged
by our Government. "At latest accounts no
recognition of the seceders has been decided on.
The principal officers of the steamer Water
Witch, at Philadelphia, detailed for special
service, are Lieut. Commanding Rockendorff,
and Lieuts. J. L. Davis, Cushman and Eastman,
and A. 0. Reed, Master.
The steam sloop of war Pawnee, is still off
the Washington navy yard, with her officers
an d supplies on 'board.
Workmen are engaged in putting in the ma
chinery of the Pensacola, which will not be
ready for sea for two or three months.
Mark 11. Cobb, of Pennsylvania, has been
appointed disbursing Clerk of the War De
partment, in place of John Potts, who was
promoted to the chief Clerkship.
The Charleston Courier of Monday, says that
the subscriptions derived from that city toward
the Liverpool and Charleston steamship pro
ject, had reached an amount authorising the
definite organization of the company, and the
commencement of the work 'on contract.
New Hampshire Election.
CO.NORD, N. H., March 18
Returns from 102 towns give the following
vote for Governor: Xathaniel J. Berry, (Re
publican,) 21,889; George Stark, (Opposition,)
18,012. Berry's majority will probably exceed
4,000.
So far 107 Republicans and 20 Democrats
have been elected to the Assembly, and 9 Re
publicans and 3 Democrats to the State Senate.
Mr. Rollins the Republican candidate for
Congress in the second district, will probably
have from 800 to 1,000.
All the Republican candidates for Congress
have been elected, and the Republicans have
also elected four out of the five councilors.
The Virginia state Convention.
RICHMOND, VA., March 13.
The Union speech of Mr. Summers, in the
Convention, was the ablest effort of the session,
and has produced a profound effect. The
Unionsts consider its arguments as unanswer
able. There is but little doubt that the border
State Conference plan will be adopted, but it is
doubtful-whether the Peace Conference propo
sitions will be adopted as a basis of an adjust
ment. Same of the secessionists admit the
impossibility of adopting an ordinance of se
cession, but say that Virginia will ultimately
secede unless her demands are granted.
Transfer of the Georgia Forts, Arsenals,
&c., to the Confederate Government.
SAVANNAH, GA., March 13.
The State Convention has ordered the transfer
of all the forts, arsenals, arms and munitions
of war within the State to the Confederate
Government. An ordinance was passed ap
propriating $500,000 for the support of the
Government, and authorizing the Governor to
issue seven per cent. bonds for the amount.
The reported seizure of the Northern stock
in the Macon and Western railway is denied.
The President of the road, Isacc Scott, states
that there is no foundation for the report.
The Southern Confederney Congress.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 13.
Congress transacted no business of public
interest to-day. A recess will be taken before
the end of the week, and it is now daily ex
pected that Mr. Cobb, the President of the
Congress, has sent to the several conventions
Of the Confejerttte States certified copies of the
permanent constitution, and it is expected that
Alabama will ratify it to-morrow. Vice Presi
dent Stephens has gone to Crawfordsville.
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Far the prevention and Cure of all thane difficulties to whieh
the female eyatem in peculiarly liable. mining from
STOPPAUE OF NATURE OR OBS ['RUCTION
These Pills have never been known to fail when the
directions have been strictly followed, and they are
perfectly safe to take by the most delicate.
TO MARRIED LADIES they are particularly recom
mended, as they prevent difficulties, and restore nature,
no matter from what cause the obstruction may arise. A
few days in most cases will produce the desired efil.eti and
although so powerful, yet no injury will ever result from
their use. Ent those who are pregnant should not use
theta, at they have an effect contrary to nature. Pamphlets
detailing their virtues, with numerous certificates from well
known physicians and apothecaries, can be had on applica
tion to the agent, who will send the Pills, if desired, by
mail, post-paid, to any addreet, on receipt of the money.
Bold in boxes containing sixty pills,—price One Dollar,—
by all the principal druggists and dealers, and by DYOTT
h Mg WhQloliitie PDA;1 1 1 Piet% Second el% et, Philadel
phia. nov2-eodd&wly
Mothers, read this.
The following is an extract from a letter written hy
a pastor of the Baptist Church to the .Tournal and
Messenger, Cincinnati, Ohio, and speaks volumes in
favor of that world-renowned medicine—Has. WINS
LOWS SOOTHING SYRUP FOR Oilittattit Ttr6l4llllo
"We see an advOrtisement in your columns of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup. New we never said a word
is favor of a patent medicine before in our life, but we
leg) compelled to say to your readers, that this is no
hDmbtig —WE HAVE TRIED IT, AND SNOW IT TO BE ALL IT
CLAIMS. It is, probably, one of the most successful
medicines of the day, because it is one of the best. And
those of youi• readers who have babies can't do better
than to lay in a supply. sep29-d&wly
A NEW REMEDY
SEWReding CUBEBS, COPAIBA CAPSULES, or any compound
that bee ever been before the people. It has been used by
ONE HUNDRED PHYSICIANS,
In their private praetTee, with entire success, in all cases
BELL'S SPECIFIC PILLS,
For diseases of a private nature , a rure is frequently per
formed in a we.e, and entire confidence may be placed in
them. This remedy is a newly discovered specific, more
active and speedy in its effects than Cubebs or Copasba
alone. The pills are ha'f the size of Capsules, and never
nauseate the stomach, or impregnate the breath. Six dozen
pills in a box—price one dollar, and will be sent by mail,
post-paid, by the agent, on receipt of the money.
Sold by all the principal 'druggists and dealers, and by
DYOTT & CO., wholesale agents, North Second street,
Philadelottia. nov2-eodd&wly
prELMBOLD'a GENUINE PREFAHATIQN cures gra
vel, Bladder, Dropsy, Kidney Affections.
VI ELM BOLD 'd Genuine Preparation for Nervous and
DObilitittcd OuirvoTs,
HELMBOLD , B Genuine Preparation for Low of Rower,
Loss of Memory.
HELMBOLD'S Genuine Preparation for Difficulty of
Breathing, General Weakness.
ITELBIBOLD'S Genuine Preparation for Weak Nerves,
Horror of Death, Trembling.
lIETADOLP'S Preparation for Night Sweats,
Cold Feet, Dimness of Viejo%
HILLMSOLD'S Genuin. Preparation for Languor, trni
versa! Lassitude of the Muscular System.
yq BLIVIBOLD•0 genuine Preparation for Pallid Omuta
••••-• names and Eruptions.
nELMBOLD'S Genuine Preparation for Pains in the
LA Sack, Headache, Sick Stomach.
11:7 ° See advertisement headed
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BTICITEr
in another column. nol4-Mwarn
PURIFY YOUR BLOOD.—BRANDRETH'S
FILLS WARRANTED TO CM Fri , Bß AND AOVN,--The
effect of purging with BRANDRETIPS PILLS-is to re
store the health, no matter from what cause it may be
suffering. They take out all Impurities from the sys
tem; and they have the eame power of expulsion over
salaam, poisonous vapor of decayed vegetables, or indeed
say poisonous exhalations breathed by man whatever.
In fact, if the blood is poisoned, it is impure, and im
pure blood results in disease.
1111.A.1ItollMTIVS PILLS,
though innocent as bread, yet they are capable of puri
fying the blood and curing disease. So, they cure all
kinds of fevers, all asthmas, catarrhs, eastivonese and
painful affections of every kind.
Sold, price 25 cents, at N 0.294 Canal set, New York,
and by all Druggist& Also, by GEC H BELL, corner
of Second and Dheetnnt streets, Harrirkerg, and by all
respectable dealers in medicines de9.dkwlm
Dr. Branon's Concentrated Remedies.
No. I. THE GREAT REVIVER, speedily eradicates all
the evil effects of BELY-ABLISE, as Loss of Memory,
Shortness of Breath, Giddiness, Palpitation of the Heart,
Pilotless of Vision, or any constitutional derangements of
the system, brought en.by the unrestrained indulgence of
the passions. Acts alike on either sex. Price One Dollar.
No. 2. THE BALM will cure in from two to eight days,
any case of GONORRROIit, is without taste or smell, and
*squires no restriction of action or diet, For either sea.
trice One Dollar.
No. 3. THE TEREB will cure in the shortest possible
Imo, any ease of GLUM', even after all other Bemedie
nave tailed to produce the desired effect. No taste or smell.
- Price One Dollar.
No. 4. THE PUNITER is the only Remedy that will
really cure Strictures of the Urethra. No matter of how
long standing or neglected the case may be. Price One
No. b. TUE BOLT/TOR will cure any case of GRAVEL,
permanently and speedily remove all afflictions of the
Bladder and Bidneye. Price One Dollar.
No. 6. FOR PARTICULARS SEE CIRCULAR
No. 7. THE AMARIN will cure the Whites radically,
and in a much shorter time than they can be removed by
any other treatment. In fact, is the only remedy that will
really correct this disorder. Pleasant to take. Price One
Dollar.
No. 8. THE ORIENTAL PASTILS are certain, safe and
speedy in producing MENSTRUATION, or correcting any
Irregularities of the monthly periods. Price Two Dollars.
No 9. FOR PARTICULAR'S SEE CIRCULAR.
Either Remedy sent free by mail on receipt of the price
annexed. Eticloaepoatage stamp and get a Circular.
General Depot North—East corner of York Avenue and
Callowhill Street. Private Office 401 York Avenue,
Pa.
For sale in Harrisburg onlybi 0. A. PANNVAItit where
Circulars containing valuable inforgnatien, with full de
scriptions of each cage ; will be delivered gratis, 011 appli
dation. Address DR. Ie.ELLIC BRUNON A
myl-dly P. 0. Box 99, Philadelphia, Pa.
DIRS. WINSLOW,
An experienced nurse and female phYSlCiall, has a Seeth
ing Syrup for children teething, which greatly facilitate
the process of teething by softening the gume, reducing as
inflamnation—will allay alt pain, and is sure to regulate
the bowels. Depend upon it mothers, it will give rest to
yourselves, and relief and health to your infante. Per
ectly safe in all cases. See advertisemess in another col -
tna. L L1869-d Itrwlv
WE OFFER TO'
CUSTOMERS
A New Lot of
LADIES' PURSE - B.
Of Beautiful Styles, substantially made
A Splendid Assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S WALLETS.
A New andlißlegant Perfume,
KNIGHTS TEMP.LARS' LBOQUBT,
Put up in Cut Illtuut Engraved Bottles.
A Complete Assortment oil
IHANDKERCHIBB PERBIIMES,
Of the beet Manufacture.
A very Handsome Variety of
POWDER PUFF BOXES.
KELLB/I'll DRUG STORE,
jy9l 91 Mirket street
New 'abertistinciits
HARRISBURG BANK STuOK POR
SALE.-100 Shares of HARRISBURG BANIC STOCIf
will be offered at public sale, at Coverly's
Tuesday, the 26th of March, at 2 o'clock, p. En .
Mareltl4-d3t*
JOLIN MILLER, JR., offers himself a ,
a Union candidate for Councilman in the Fourth
ward, and will be thankful to the voters thereof for the' •
support. Marehl4-d2t,*lE
F n,),
Market str„
FRESH GARDEN AND FLOWER
SEEDS —The largest stock in
ltlhoe kt
of GARDEN au.EDS, in large papers, at THREE c E , Ts •
per paper. For sale by DAVID DAYINTEs,
HENRY BECKER offers himself as an
Independent Candidate for re-election to the oiso,
he now holds—Constable of Third Ward—and
obliged for the support of the voters of said ward.
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WANTED -A W HITE womAN.
A good COOK can find constant emplormsnt:
good wages. Aptly to DANIEL NVAGNES, alts` " 7".
stars Hotel ; corner of Second and. GhesnuA stre s i e 'eu
warn
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Sold at all respectable book-stores
pIi,ANT'S CITY HALL,
_LA THREE NIGHTS ONLY!!!
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY,
MARCH 13th, 14th, and 15th.
LLOYDS' MINSTRELS!
FIFTEEN PERFORMERS!
THE ELITE OF THE PROFESSION ! !
WILL APPEAR
IN THEIR UNAPPROACHABLE ETHIOPIAN EN
TERTAINMENTS.
This Troupe is composed of the first class Artists selec
ted from the most popular troupes in the Union.
OBSERVE 1 , 115 LIST Off triens !
BILLY THROE, D. S. WAMBOLD, GUsTATE BIDAUX,
.1. ANDREWS, H. WILKS, J. EASTMEAD
MAS'R ALBERTINT, CHARLEY FOX, AUGUST ASCitr,
A.. LETLIJAS, N. omit, O. in.. 05,
A. BREITKOPP, W. BURNES, COOL WHITE,
LLOYD'S BRASS BAND, led by AUGUST Ascus, will
give a free Balcony serenade previous to the Minstrel
Performance.
Tickets 25 cents. Doors open at 7. commence at 8
o'clock. [mar9-d6t] P. A. CLARK. Agent.
CONCERT.
SACRED MUSIC,
BY THE
lIAR M NI C . SOCIETY,
OF HARRISBURG,
ON rixtritsbAY EVENIAre, mkuciil4, 1861.
AT THE ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH,
FOURTH STREET.
THE PROGRAMME will comprise a Cantata by RIES,
"THE MORNING," "OLD FOLKS , MUSIC," and selec
tions from celebrated authors—to close with HANDEL:3
chef d'oeuvre, "THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS."
The Piano-forte to be used is one of Chickering's beet,
furnished by their Agent, Prof. WILLIAM KNOCHE.
Tickets 25 cents—may be had at Prof. KNOCHE'S Ma
sic Store, Gaoss & Co.'s Torus. Store, and from any of
the members of the Society. mar9-dst
E LECTION PROCLAMATION
IN compliance with the City Charter, notice is hereby
given to the qualified voters of the several wards of the
said city, that an election for persons to fill the various
offices of the said city will be held at their usual places,
on the TIURD FRIDAY OF MARCH, being the 15th day
9f Paid ninth, between the hours of nine 9'eleek
in the morning, and seven o'clock in the evening of said.
day.
In the FIRST WARD the qualified voters will meet at
the School House, corner of Front street and Diary's al
ley, in said city, and vote for one person for Member of
Common Council, one person for Constable, one person
for Assessor, one per son for Judge, and two persons for
Inspectors of Election of said ward, and school Directors,
and one for Alderman,
In the SECOND WARD the qualified voters will meet
on said day at the West Window of Herr's Hotel, on
Market street, and elect one person for Common Coun
cil, one person for Constable, one person for Assessor,
one person for Judge, and two persona for Inspectors of
Election of said ward, and School Directors.
_ .
In the THIRD WARD the qualified voters will meet on
said day at the School llouse, corner of Walnut street
and River alley, in said city, and vote for one person for
Common Council, one person for Constable, one Doreen
for Assessor, one person for Judge, and two persons for
Inspectors of Elections of *said ward, and School Direc
tors.
In the FOURTH WARD the qualified voters will meet
on said day at the School House in West State street, and
vote for one person'for Common Council, one person for
Constable, one person for Assessor, one person for Judge,
and two persons for Inspectors of Elections of said ward,
and School Directors.
In the FIF TH WARD the qualified voters will meet on
said day, at the Dairy of John Forster, corner of Ridge
road and North avenue, and vote for one person for Con
stable, one person for Asses For, one person for Judge, and
two persons for Inspectors of Election of said ward, and
school Directors.
. .
In the SIXTH WARD the qualified voters will meet at
the School House, on Broad street, west of Ridge avenue,
and vote for one person for Common Council, one person
for Alderman, one person for Constable, one person for
Assessor, one person for judge, and two persons for In
spectors of Elections of said ward s and School Directors ,
Given under my hand at the Mayor's Office.
WM. H. KEPNER,
Mayor.
HARRISBURG, Feb, 28. 1881.—ml-eow3t.
VARA!. FOR SALE.—The subscribers
offer for sale ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY :-
SIX ACRES OFLAND, situate in Susquehanna town
ship, Dauphin eounty, adjoining, l an d s o f A . 0 . mega,
John H. Fox and others; thereon erected a large TWO'
STORY STONE HOUSE, BANK BARN, with all the
ZlOCeool l dry opt-Buildings, There is one of ti's finest
Apple Orchards in county upon the property,
a good vein of Limestone ; and it will to sold in a
body, or in portions to snit purehas , rs.
It' not sold before SATURDAY, Tits MEI OF MARCH,
awill then be 06,d at kublic Sale, al the Court Reilae
in Harrisburg . For further particulars euquire of
toge
li
A. 0. BIRSER,
C, F. MUENC;
Assignees of John Wallow e r, *t•
febl2-dllawts
THE BIBLE ON DIVORO E.—The foi
l. lowin g words are from Mark x. v. 9,12:
"What, therefore, God has joined together let not man
put asunder."
L ( Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another
committeth adultery. And if a woman shall put sway:
her husband and marry again she committeth adultery."
Legislators and others, the above is the edict of the
Supreme Lawgiver, from which there is do appesl.
"What, therefore, god has joined together let no
dt xuf
ari
put asunder." pal
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