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FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1861.
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THE Republicans are racking their ingenuity
to discover excuses for the evocation of Fort
Sumpter. The gallant Anderson, who was
petted and applauded as a marvellous hero, is
suddenly discovered to be a traitor little less
infamous than Twiggs. A correspondent of
the Tribune says it is suspected in some quar
ters that Mr. Buchanan sent a secret agent to
Fort Sumpter more than eight weeks ago, ad
vising Anderson to send The Government false
intelligence concerning his condition and means
of subsistence. This very likely story is
gravely repealed in justification of the back
down of the Lincoln Administration.
Tim Philadelphia Daily News is somewhat
exercised over the question, " What chance is
"the American element to have under the ad
" ministration of Mr. Lincoln ?" If this inquiry
is directed to the chances of the new Admin
istration recognizing the supposed principles
of the American party, a very satisfactory an
swer may be found in the-iAth resolution of the
Chicago platform. Bukif, as is more probable,
the desire is to determine whether any of the
leaders of the defunct American faction (Flani
gan, for instance,) are to be appeased by some
substantial tokens of affection in the form of
lucrative offices, perhaps CARL Scnunz, or some
other eminent friend of the Administration,
could return a satisfactory answer_
THE order for the withdrawal of the United
States forces from Fort Sumpter, right in it
self, is so galling to the Republicans who pro
mised it should be reinforced at all hazards
as soon as Lincoln came into power, that they
seek to throw the responsibility for its evacu
ation upon. Gen. Scott. "It is," say they,
" strictly a military question, and must be de
cided upon military principles and by mill
" Lary authority." Very well. If all the ques
tions at issue :between the Government and the
seceding States are to be decided by the Ad
ministration upon "military principles," every
foot of property belonging to the United States
in the South. may be abandoned, and even the
idea of collecting the revenue or blockading
the Southern ports may be given up, and the
independence of the Southern Confederacy
finally recognized, not upon political, but
strictly military principles. Gen. Scott will
add to his laurels if he succeeds in covering the
retreat of the Administration upon military
principles.
Election of David Wilmot.
Theßepublican party in the Legislature,
having, the power, yesterday assumed the re
sponsibility of electing DAVID WUZIOT, to fill
the vacancy, in the United States Senate created
by theyesignation of General Cameron. The
motivewhich induced this selection could have
beenno other than to appease the radical ele
ment- of- the . Republican party; for the most
ardent admirer of Mr. Wilmot's ability, who
does not reside en. the New York border, will
scarcely-contend that he is a proper representa
tive of Pennsylvania interests and Pennsylvania
feeling. -Ilis whole political course has shown
that he has little sympathy with the State in
whichhe resides. When a Democratic member
of Congress, he was the only representative
from Pennsylvania who :voted for the repeal of
the Tariff.,oflB42, although he was fully aware
that the interests and opinions of the State
were outraged-by this course. But he voted in
harmony with .the radical Democrats of New
York. In the Presidential contest of 1848,
when the Democratic party of New York was
equally.divided between General Cass and Mr.
Vanßuren, and when the party in Pennsylvania
was nearly unanimous for Cass, kr. Wilmot's
feelings became enlisted in the New York quar
rel, and seamed him to take sides with Van
Buren; again showing how little he eared for
the opinion of Pennsylvania, and how much for
that of New York. More recently, as a mem
ber of the Peace Congress, his voice and vote
Were uniformly used to prevent an adjustment
satisfactory to the border States; although he
could not have been ignorant of the fact that
the great mass of Pennsylvanians were looking
eagerly and anxiously for the adoption of mea
sures which would -give peace to the country.
Mr. Witmer resides in Pennsylvania, but knows
little and cares less about the character and
interests of this Commonwealth. His acts have
uniformly shown that his allegiance was due in
other quarters, and for this reason he is not a
proper person to speak for Pennsylvania in the
Senate of the United States.
And Pennsylvania has uniformly shown her
appreciation of him. When a candidate for
Governor, in 1857, he canvassed the State in
dustriously, spoke ably, and was defeated over
whelmingly. A large division of the Opposi
tion party would not touch him. Again, at the
beginning of the present session of the Legis
lature, he presented himself as a candidate for
the full term in the Senate, backed by the bor
der counties, with their huge Republican ma
jorities, and—if eommon rumor can be cre
dited—by a largo amount of New York capital.
But without avaiL He was rejected even by
hi s own party, founded upon his own cherished
ideas, because he was regarded as too radical.
Insatiable in. lie ambition, he has at last suc
ceeded in 'obtaining the remnant of General .
Cameron's term in the Senate to compensate
him for previous repulses and mortifications—
a morsel graciously thrown to him by order of
the Administration at Washington, in pursuance
pr . the harmonizing policY which seeks to sat
ley both sections of•the divided Republican
party.
In point of mere ability, Mr. Wilmot's fit
ness is unquestionable; but as this ability will
be used to promote his extreme, anti-Pennsyl
vania views, he is an unfit representative of
this State.
How can the Revenue be Collected?
Mr. Lincoln in his Inaugural expressed the
determination to collect:the revenue in the
seceding States. The question now arises,
how is this to be done ? We have a' new tariff
intended to replenish an exhausted Treasury
by increased revenue, and at the same time to
encourage the manufacturing interests of the
States. The Republicans tell us that the en
actment of this tariff is a fulfillment of their
pledges in favor of protection to the iron and
coal of Pennsylvania. But it is easy to see
that this tariff will be a failure in point of reve
nue, and in point of protection, if cargoes from
abroad can be entered in Southern ports free
of duty: Once let articles come into the
country by these avenues, and they will soon
find their way northward, to the exclusion of
imports coming through ports under control of
the Government. It is therefore a vital ques
tion to the very existence of the Government
that either the revenue should be collected in
the seceding States or the ports closed to im
portations from abroad, or the Governmept of
the Confederated States be recognized for the
purpose of making a treaty with them. Ode
of these courses must be adopted by the Ad
ministration, and that speedily. We will- not,
stop now to inquire which course would be the
most rational and proper, but. call the attention
of our readers to the almost insuperable diffi
culties in the way of collecting the revenue
from vessels stationed in the harbors of ports
in the seceding States, as presented by the N.
Y. Evening Post :
The general expectation seems to be that the
duties will be collected on board of armed ves
sels at the different ports of entry in the sece
ding States. Are our readers aware what a
fleet this would require ? 'There are seven col
lection districts in the little State of Florida
alone; there are four in Alabama. At every
port there must be a collector, with his army
of appraisers, clerks, examiners, inspectors,
weighers, gaugers, measurers, &c. ; there
must be a naval dicer and his staff of entry
clerks. The Morrill tariff law, which we have
just enacted, will make a larger number of all
these necessary than would have been required
a month ago. Where twenty men would have
then answered the purpose thirty will now be
needed. If we collect the revenue in this
manner, with a fleet at every port and a corps
of custom-house officers on board, it will cost
us a great deal more than all we shall get.
But can the revenue be thus collected ? The
importers arriving at the Southern harbors will
know how to address the Custom-house officers.
"We have a cargo," they will naturally say,
"on which we do not care to pay duties just at
present; we must deposit it in the warehouses"
for the term during which we are permitted to
do so by law." What will the officers of the
customs do in that case ? The Government has
no longer any warehouses in the seceding ports.
The hold of an armed vessel would neither be
a proper nor a sufficiently spacious repository
for the goods. The duties in that case cannot
be collected ; and the collector will be puzzled
to know whether to let the ship proceed to her
port or to detain her.
We happen to know that there are importing
houses at this moment preparing to take advan
tage of this opening for an unencumbered
trade. They are getting ready to convey their
cargoes to Charleston or Savannah ; the goods
will be landed there, and then brought coast
wise to New York, 'where, being importations
from a port within the Union, they will be
subject to no duty. The new tariff, with its
strange formalities and ingeniously devised
delays, forms an additional inducement with
them to take this course.
AFFAIRS AT THE SOUTH.—President Davis
sent sealed dispatches to Pensacola last week.
The Columbus (Ga.) Sun learns from a volun
teer, just from there, that the women and chil
dren had been removed by the State troops, and
that " hot work" was expected soon.
It is stated that the Confederate States are
organizing a naval force of light draft steamers,
to be placed under the command of Commodore
Tatnall, late of the U. S. Navy.
Mr. C. Sullivane, of Cambridge, Md., has re
ceived a commission as aid to Gen. Van Dorn,
Major General of the Mississippi forces. He has
departed for that State.
The artillery company of Culpeper C. H., Va.,
has telegraphed an offer of its services to Gov.
Pickens, of South Carolina.
Col. Samuel Cooper, late adjutant general of
the United States army, has gone to Montgom
ery, Alabama.
The soldier who smuggled in the ball which
was fired from one of the Morris Island batte
ries, near Charleston, on Friday morning, has
been arrested.
The citizens of Charleston have subscribed
the amount required to secure a line of steamers
between that city and Liverpool.
The Georgia State convention, which reas
sembled in Savannah last week,has unanimously
approved of the course of General Twiggs, in
surrendering the government property in Texas.
The convention has also recommended Major
Myers, late of the United States army, as
quartermaster of the army of the Confederate
States. The convention has likewise taken
initiatory steps to put the whole coast of the
State in a proper condition of defense.
HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE.—We learn from the
Salem (Ill.) Advocate that a young lady from
Vandalia arrived at Potoka in search of a school
on last Friday night. Desiring to go to the
house of a Mrs. Galtney, about two miles off,
she obtained the company of a woman named
Mary Watley, as a guide. They started about
10 o'clock at night, and, getting lost, wandpred
about until morning, when they came upon a
fire, and stopped to warm. Here the young
lady's clothes caught fire, and the woman, in
stead of trying to put out the fire, left the
young girl and started for a farm house about
half a mile distant. When she returned the
young lady was in a dying condition, having
every particle of clothing burned from her
body, and her flesh a blackened crisp. From
the fact of the woman Watley leaving when the
young lady's clothes caught fire, and the further
fact of her having all the girl's money in her
possession, it is suspected that there was foul
play. The young lady was from the East, and
had been teaching scool at Nashville_ Her
name is not given.
THE MISSING STEAMSHIP.—The missing
steamer Australasian is a propellor of about
seven hundred horse-power. She has two
engines with ninety inch cylinders and three
feet six inch stroke. Her hull is iron and was
built in Glasgow in 1857. She is 1,760 tons
register, with three decks. Her dimensions
are as follows: Length 320 feet,. beam 42
feet,
.depth of hold 31 feet. She is a medium
clipper build, schooner rigged. Her provisions
against fire, stranding or leakage are good, she
having one independent donkey engine, good
pumps, and a large number of boats. She has
four water-tight compartments. About fifty
passengers embarked on her at Liverpool for
New York.
There are one thousand five hundred car
riage makers out of employment in New Raven,
Conn. Is "nobody suffering anything ?"
PENN'A LEGISLATURE.
SENATE
THURSDAY, March 14, 1861.
The Senate was called to order at 10 o'clock
by Mr. PENNEY, Speaker pro tem.
BILLS IN PLACE
Mr. HAMILTON, an act relative to restau
rants and beer houses in Lancaster county.
Mr. BOUGIITER, a supplement to the act
incorporating the Schuylkill and Susquehanna
railroad company.
Mr. KETCHAM, an act to authorize the sale
of certain real estate in Luzerne county.
THIRD READING.
An act relating to pleadings in certain cases
in the courts of this Commonwealth. Passed
finally.
Also, a supplement to the act relating to
landlords and tenants.
Also, au act to exempt the real estate of the
Philadelphia City institute from taxation.
Also, a supplement to the act incorporating
the Lycoming County mutual insurance com
pany.
SECOND READING
Act relating to forged mortgages passed to
third reading and laid over.
An act to incorporate the Eagle cotton works
was passed finally.
BILLS CONSIDERED
Mr. SCHINDEL called up an act to vacate
Spruce alley, in Easton ; which was passed.
Mr. ROBINSON, an act to repeal portions of
an act to prevent the destruction of fish in
Lawrence county ; which was passed.
Mr. SERRILL, an act to vest the escheated
estate of Lydia Price in her nephew, Rees P.
Walter; which was passed.
Mr. NICHOLS, an act to ratify the charter
of the Hays mechanics' home; which was
passed.
Mr. THOMPSON, on leave, read in place an
act to incorporate the Woman's hospital, of
Philadelphia ; whieh was taken up, and passed
its final readings under a suspension of the
rules.
Mr. HALL called up an act relative to the
claim of Bell, Johnson, Jack & Co.; which was
passed.
Mr. YARDLEY called up an act for the relief
of Lewis S. Cory ell; which was passed.
Mr. BENSON, for the SPEAKER, called up
supplement to the act authorizing coal mort
gages ; which was passed.
Mr. BENSON, an act to incorporate the Pot
ter County Forrest improvement company ;
which was passed.
Mr. FINNEY, on leave, read in place an act
concerning the rule of railroads, canals, turn
pikes and plank roads.
Mr. GREGG, on leave, an act in relation to
the claim of David M'Cormick.
The hour of 12 having arrived, the Senate
repaired to the House to participate in the
election of a 11. S. Senator.
On the return of the Senators, Mr. CON
NELL called up an act to confirm certain sur
veys in West Philadelphia ; which was passed.
Mr. BOUGHTER called up joint resolution
to pay S. T. Jones certain moneys; which was
passed.
Mr. CONNELL called up supplement to the
act incorporating the Junction railroad com
pany ; which was passed.
'Mr. CLYMER called up an act relating to
parts of the real estate of Jane Willing, dec'd ;
which was passed.
Mr. SMITH called up an act for the relief of
the sureties of F. Knox Morton ; which was
passed. [Extends time of payment of Morton's
defalcation to 1865.]
Mr. CRAWFORD, an act relative to roads in
Bratton township, Mifflin county ; which was
passed.
Mr. GREGG, an act relating to deer in Cen
tre, Lycoming and Clinton counties ; which
was passed to third reading and laid over.
Mr. CONNELL called up supplement to the
act incorporating the North Second Street
market company.
Mr. KETCHAM, on leave, read. in place a
supplement to the act for improving the navi
gation of the Lackawanna river.
Also, an act to authorize the borough of
Providence to build a bridge across the Lacka
wanna.
Mr. KETCHAM called up an act to incorpo
rate the Pittston hose company; which was
passed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, March 14. 1861.
The House was called to order at 10 o'clock
DILLS PASSED
The consideration of the calender of private
bills was resumed, and the following passed.
The bill relative to the claim of James Cortin,
of Blair County.
An act to incorporate the Niagara hose com
pany of the city of Philadelphia.
Supplement to an act to incorporate Saint
Mary's cemetery, in Allegheny county, ap
proved the 11th day of March, A. D. - 1850.
An act to repeal so much of the fourth sec
tion of an act, approved the twenty-third day
of March, A. D. 1859, incorporating the bor
ough of Schuylkill Haven, as relates to the
election of supervisors.
An aet relative to the cemetery of Miners'
Lodge, number twenty, of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows of the State of Pennsylvania.
An act to alter and amend the act, entitled
44 An Act to establish a public ferry across the
Clarion river, at or near Armstrong's mills, in
the counties of Jefferson and Forest, and for
other purposes," approved the second day of
April, 1850.
An act to incorporate the Olney library com
pany.
An act to incorporate the Excelsior Steam
Forcing hose company of Philadelphia.
An act for the protectian of dogs in Delaware
county.
An act to repeal an act to tax dogs in the
county of Allegheny.
An act to prevent catching fish in Slippery
rock creek, in Butler county.
A supplement to an act relative to the selling
of the repairing of the public roads in certain
townships in Schuylkill county, approved 19th
January, A. D. 1860.
An act relationg to roads in the townships of
Hartley, Lewis and West Buffalo, in the county
of Union.
An act declaring Jackson's run, in Warren
county, a public highway.
A supplement to an act appointing commis
sioners to lay out and open a State road in the
counties of Potter and M'Kean, approved on
the 11th day of April, A. P. 1859.
An act to lay out a State road in Schuylkill
and Berks counties.
A supplement to an act authorizing the Gov
ernor to incorporate the Larrie's Creek plank
road company, etc., approved the Bth day of
May, 1850, and the several supplements thereto.
An act to extend the time for completing the
Butler and Freeport turnpike road.
An act declaring Bear creek, in Luzerne
county, a public highway.
Supplement to an act to incorporate the
North Philadelphia passenger railroad com
pany.
An act to incorporate the People's passenger
railway company.
An act to incorporate the Harrisburg City
passenger railroad company.
An act declaring the West Fork df the Cla
rion river, above Buena Vista, in Elk county,
a public highway.
An act to regulate proceedings in foreign
attachment, in the city of Philadelphia.
An act to regulate the sale of stone coal in
the city of Philadelphia.
An act to annul the marriage contract be
tween John P. Pringle and Martha Pringle.
An act relative to sales at auction in the
county of Beaver.
An act to authorize the appointment of ad
ditional notaries public in the city of Philadel
phia.
An act to regulate the fees of justices of the
peace of Cambria county.
An act relating to the election of supervisors
and overseers of the poor in Old Lycoming
township, in the county of Lycoming.
An act authorizing the county surveyor of
the county of Somerset to transcribe the official
record of the drafts of all surveys in said
county.
At 12 o'clock the Senate met the House in
convention to elect a United States Senator to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation
of Gen. Cameron. The result was as follows :
Wilmot 95
Welsh 34
Ketcham ......... 1
Wilkins
Mr. WELSH voted for Mr. Wilkins, and Mr.
HILLMAN, of Luzerne, for Mr. Ketcham.
Adjourned
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House . was called to order at 3 o'clock.
The Private Calendar was resumed, and the
following bills were passed:
An act to authorize the erection of a poor
house by the township of Blakely, in Luzerne
county.
An act for the relief of the administrators
of William Armstrong.
An act relative to the collectors of taxes in
the county of Carbon.
An act to confirm the title of certain real es
tate.
An act authorizing the Governor to appoint
an inspector of domestic distilled liquors for
the county of Allegheny.
An act relating to the Second Presbyterian
church of the city of Philadelphia.
An act declaring William L., son of Ann Wil
son, an adopted son of George W. Ramsey, of
Tyrone, Blair county.
An act to extend the act relating to sheriff's
and prothonotary's costs in Luzerne county,
approved the 17th day of February, A. D.
1859, to the county of Berks.
An act supplementary to the act relative to
the Lancaster county prison, passed February
.19, 1851.
An act relating to hawkers and peddlers in
the county of Armstrong.
An act to enable the executors of Maria C.
Johnson to convey certain real estate.
An act to authorize the sale of certain real
estate in Franklin county.
An act authorizing Daniel Kohler, adminis
trator of Peter Hehn, deceased, to convey cer
tain real estate.
An act relative to vagrants in the county of
Berks.
An act for the relief of John Mong, of Som
erset county.
An act for the relief of Samuel Anderson.
A supplement to the act incorporating the
borough of Port Clinton, and for other purpo
ses, approved the 15th day of April, 1850.
An act to incorporate the Mt. Sinai's Evan
gelical Lutheran church of Lower Mt. Bethel
township, in the county of Northampton.
Supplement to an act incorporating the guar
dians of the poor of the city of Pittsburg,
passed the 6th day of March, 1847.
An act to incorporate the Elk County mineral
and oil company at St. Mary's.
An act to incorporate the Philadelphia Ex
press steamboat company.
An act to extend and continue in force an
act to incorporate the mutual fire insurance
company of Pottstown.
An act to incorporate the Walker hall asso
ciation, of Germantown.
An act to incorporate the Girard cemetery
company, in the county of Erie.
A supplement to an act incorporating the
borough of St. Mary's, in the county of Elk,
approved the 2d day of March, 1898.
An act to authorize the Dundee coal company
to borrow money and to reduce its capital
stock.
An act to incorporate the North-Eastern mar
ket company, of the city of Philadelphia.
A supplement to the act consolidating the
city of Philadelphia.
An act incorporating the East Pennsylvania
agricultural and mechanical society.
A further supplement to an act to incorpo
rate the Lackawanna and Susquehanna railroad
company.
A supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to
incorporate the Allentown railroad company,"
approved April 19, A. D. 1853.
A further supplement to an not incorpora
ting the Lycoming County mutual insurance
company, passed March 20, A. D. 1840.
The act for the erection of a boom in the
Susquehanna river at Jersey Shore, led to a
lengthy discussion. Pending the question the
House adjourned until to-morrow. morning.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
M'MMT'iTn=ll
SANDY HOOK, March 14
The steamship Etna has arrived with Liver
pool dates to the 27th ult. The steamships
Anglo Saxon and Vigo had arrived out. The
Kedar arrived out on the 26th.
The Etna brings £260,000 in specie, and the
steamship Arabia, to sail on the 2d inst., it was
expected would have £200,000 to £300,000.
The Etna furnishes no intelligence with re
gard to the missing steamer Australasian.
The Bank of England had made no alteration
in the rate of discount.
ENGLAND.—The slave trade was debated in
the House of Commons upon resolutions of
fered by Mr. Care, declaring that the efforts to
suppress it had hitherto been ineffectual, and
pointing to the introduction of free labor into
the West Indies as the most efficient means.
Lords Russell and Palmerston strongly
deprecated the policy of America in prevent
ing the right of search, and permitting the
prostitution of her flag. Mr. Buxton feared
that the Southern Confederation would revive
the slave trade, and hoped that the government
would never recognize them without exprehs
stipulations against it. The resolutions were
finally withdrawn.
Lord Stratford De Radcliffe moved for the
correspondence relative to Syria. The Govern
ment objected pending the sittings of the. Paris
Conference.
Capt. Pyke, of the ship Gen. Parkhill, was
killed by his crew shortly after leaving Liver
pool for Charleston. The mate was also se
verely injured.. The ship returned to port and
the crew were arrested. The paper furnish no
details.
The weavers of Blackburn have partially re
sumed work.
FRANCE.-M. Thouvenal officially assured
the American Minister at Paris that no dele
gates from any seceding State had been re
ceived by the Emperor or himself.
The Committee of the Senate adopted the
project of an address in response to the Em
peror's speech, fully endorsing the Emperor's
policy, and lauding his protection of the Pope-
The Bourse on the 26th was drooping. Rentes
68f sc.
IfaLv.—The Italian Senate,
by a vote of
129 to 2, adopted the project of a law confer
ring the title of King -ef Italy on Victor Emman
uel and his successors.
The assertion is reported that the Piedmont
ese will soon enter Rome, and that the Romans
are secretly preparing to receive Emmanuel.
TURKEY.—A serioulinsurrection had broken
out at Intornia,_Turkey.
INDIA AND CHINA.—The India and China
mails have been received. A private letter
reports that the rebels ha — d taken Woosing and
commenced a general massacre, r hen the
French troops interposed on the score of hu
manity. The Calcutta dates are to January
29th. Imports were dull and lower. Freights
and exchange unaltered.
LIVERPOOL, Feb, 26.—Messrs. Richardson &
Spence anc' Wakefield & Nash report flour dull
at 6d. decline ; extra State 28s. Wheat quiet
but steady; red ls. ld.@l2s. 9d., white 12s.
@lss. Corn firm and advancing ; mixed 365.
@3ss. 9d. ; yellow 37g385. ' • white 380395.
Beef quiet. Pork heavy. Bacon dull, and
offered at 50s. for long middles.
Tne Etna brings advices from Liverpool to
Thursday. the 28th inst.
The Etna passed the. Canada on the Bth and
the Canadian on the 11th inst., both bound to
Liverpool.
The steamship Palestine sailed on the 28th
inst., from Liverpool for Portland.
Prussia had not yet assented to the French
project in reference to the further occupation
of Syria.
Gen. Kalapa, in a conference with the demo
crats at Turin, spoke against any revolutionary
attempts in Hungary, representing that the
country was unprepared. An insurgent body
5,000 strong, supported by the Montenegrins,
had pillaged and set fire to the city of Behar
after killing over 50 Mahommedans, including
several women.
PARIS, Feb. 28.—Th e Moniteur says the Bishop
of Poictiers has published a mondemente con
taining allusions offensive to the government
of the Emperor and likely to arbitrarily disturb
the consciences of citizens. The matter has
been submitted to the Council of State, which
is charged to decide in all cases of abuse. The
financial crisis in Constantinople is increasing,
and numerous failures are imminent.
The project of the address to the Emperor
was adopted in the Corps Legislatif to-day.
It approves of the course of the Emperor
and relies on his wisdom in the future, being
convinced that he will always be guided by the .
same principles and the same feelings without
allowing himself to be disturbed by the injus
tice which he has experienced.
ENGLAND.—The iron cased frigate Black
Prince has been successfully launched.
An injunction has been granted against per
sons engaged in London in lithographing notes
of the Kingdom of Hungary, purporting to be
signed by Louis Kossuth, and bearing the arms
of the kingdom.
It is said that the issue contemplated was
150 f 000,000 florins, and three thousand persons
have been engaged in the manufacture, and
the notes were on the eve of delivery.
The Austrian Government called on the
British foreign office to interfere, but Lord John
Russell declined. Application was then made
to one of the city councils.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, March 14
A Cabinet meeting is being held to-day.—
The subject under discussion is said to be the
collection of revenue in the seceded States.
It is understood that the revenue must be
collected by a resident collector, at the differ
ent ports, and that the act for its collection
makes no provision for taking of duties outside
the harbor_ by ships of war. In view of this
ugly aspect of affairs, it is believed that an
extra session of Congress will be of necessity
called.
Senator Douglas will, in a few days, make a
careful speech on the condition of the country.
It is said to be the policy of the Administra
tion to declare fourteen seats in the Senate va
cant, in order to help the rapid re-action in
the South, and give the Union men in seceded
States a chance to elect new Senators.
Those high in the confidence of the Admin
istration continue to declare that its policy is
steadily in favor of peace.
The Charleston Courier states that the bat
teries bearing on the ship channel are of the
heaviest kind, and are now in a high state of
preparation, and ready for almost any force.
The same paper believes the reinforcement of
Fort Sumpter was an impossibility, and estimates
that there are 3,000 highly disciplined troops
in the various fortifications Official informa
tion will soon be received that the confederate
loan of fifteen millions has been taken at a pre
mium probably of five per centum.
A TRAGEDY IN LOIIISIANA. On Thursday
night week, the house of Squire Jaines, in Liv
ingston Parish, was broken into by two men,
supposed to be a man named Washington and
his step-son, in search of plunder. On knock
ing at the door, Mr. James went to open it,
and was immediately fired upon, the ball taking
effect in the head and knocking Mr. James
down, but not wounding him so seriously as to
prevent his getting out of the house and con
cealing himself. Mrs. James rushed to the
door on hearing the
~,shot, and attempted to
keep the murderers out, but she received a ball
in the left side of the chest, which passed
through her body,' and left - her senseless on the
floor- The villains then entered the house,
and after bruising her head horribly with a
hatchet, left her for dead. A little negro boy
was lying on the floor in a blanket, and being
awakened and alarmed by the noise, began
screaming for help, when he was assaulted
with the hatchet and was most hOrribly man
gled, having his head nearly split open. Hav
ing accomplished this, the murderers took Mr.
James' trunks, carried them about a hundred
yards from the house, and broke them open.
They were deceived in their wishes, as the
trunks contained only the family clothing.
DEATH OF A SOLDIER. OF THE WAR. OF 1812.
John Lescure died at Trenton, N. J., on the
10th instant, in the 68th year of his age. The
deceased was sergeant major of the 14th regi
ment U. S. infantry, at the bombardment of Ft.
McHenry, and gave notice of the approach of
the enemy's barges by ordering the sentries to
discharge their muskets. He served on board
the frigate United States, Commodore Decatur,
in the action with and capture of the British
frigate Macedonian, and was wounded in the
right leg by a splinter, from the effects of which
he never entirely recovered.
lioN. JOHN J. CRITTENDEN.—This gentleman
has accepted the invitation of the City Council
of Boston to visit that city, and he is expected
there the early part of next week.—Aldermen
Wilson, Amory and Spinney, with such as the
council may join, have been appointed a com
mittee to make all the necessary arrangements
for the reception of Mr. Crittenden, who will
be accompanied by Mrs. Crittenden.
The State election in Connecticut will take
place April Ist, and that in Rhode Island
April 3d.
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will be offered at publicsale, at Coverly's Hotel, on
Tuesday, the 26th of March, at 2 o'clock, p. m.
Marchl443t*
HENRYBRICKER offers himself as an
LI Independent Candidate for re-election to the dice
be now holds—Constable of Third, Ward—and will be
obliged for the support of the voters of said Ward.
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And Will rxeeed all Others in Brien,
The collection will embrace at least VOO Carriages;
portion of which will be second-hand, of a s perie r ,"
and in good order. The new work (most of hi d ,
be warranted) will be from makers of acknowledgePil
lebrity throughout the States. It will be equal in
respects, as regards style, finish and durability ' ll
made for customers or to order. ; s hy
ALSO—A Select lot of desirable Harness,
The whole compromising the greatest display n r
Car.
sold
without and Ha
reser rne ssve. ever exhibited in this city, and toit
sold
rMay be examined on the day previous tr, s a l e.
out regard
Purchasers from a distance are informr,l
Sale will positively
eathertake place on the above d 43 . - wit t .
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ALFRED M. lIERKNESS, Auctioneer.
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OLIN MILLER, Tx. , offers himself a s
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NARCH 18t414th, and
ST 15th.
LLOYDS' MINRELS!
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J. ANDREWS, N. WILES, J. EASTMEAD,
MAS'R ALBERTINI, CHARLEY FOX, AUGUST ASCHE,
A. LEHMAN, N. OEHL, C. BLASS,
A. BBEITKOPF, W. BURNER. COOL WHITE.
LLOYD'S BRASS BAND, led by AUGUST Anna, will
give a free Balcony Serenade previous to the Minstrel
Performance.
Tickets 25 cents. Doors open at 7, commence at 8
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ÜBLIC r OTICE.—The undersigned,
Commissioners of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania,
hereby inform the public in general that, in consequence
of the approaching completion of the new Court House
of the county, in the city of Harrisburg, a number of
County Loans are solicited, for which coupon bonds pay
able at from three to thirty years, will be executed to
the lender clear of all taxes, and semi-annual interest
will be paid punctually at the Dauphin County Treasury.
Therefore, persons wishing to make safe investments,
will, it is expected, avail themselves of this opportunity.
JOHN S. MUSSER,
JACOB BERM,
GEORGE GARVERICII.
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FARM FOR SAIE.—The subscribers
offer for sale ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
SIX ACRES OF LAND, situate in Susquehanna town
ship, Dauphin county, adjoining lands of A. 0. Mester,
John H. Fox and others; thereon erected a large TWO
STORY STONE HOUSE, BANK BARN, with all the
necessary Out-Buildings. There is one of the finest
Apple Orchards in the county upon theproperty, together
with a good vein of Limestone; and it will be sold. in a
body, or in portions to suit purchas-rs.
If not sold before SATURDAY, THE 16tH or MARCH,
it will then be offered at Public sale, at the Court House
in Harrisburg. For further particulars enquire of
A. O. WESTER,
O. F. MUENOE,
Assignees of John Wallower, Sr.
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THE BIBLE ON DIVORCE.—The
fol
lowing words are from Mark It. v. 9,12:
"What, therefore, God has joined together let not man
put asunder) )
"Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another
committeth adultery. And if a woman shall put away .
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 appeal.—
“What, therefore, God has joined together let no man
put asunder.” jean dtf
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