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The Fraud Admitted.
It is not often that the perpetrators of a
a fraud upon the public admit their criminality ;
but the New York Tribune now acknowledges
that the North was misled as to the real situa
tion and temper of the Southern States. Lis
ten to the following admissions from a recent
number of the Tribune:
" Before last November, threats of disunion
were common enough, but no one supposed
they were anything more than electioneering
tricks. Indeed, so frequently had these threats
been made before, that no one had any reason
to regard them as of any practical importance.
They were accordingly received either with
indifference, or with mirthful remarks ; and
the general opinion seemed to be that the
South could not be foiced out of the Union
It was argued by - those who cared to argue at
all about it, that die very existence of slavery
depended upon the Union; that no slave State
would dare to have Canada carried down to its
borders ; that slave insurrections would occur
as soon as the heavy hand of the Federal Go
vernment was withdrawn from the institution ;
and that the dread of John Brown raids would
alone prove sufficient to keep the slave States
in the Union. It would seem now that great ig
norance prevailed at the North, as to the real situa
tion of the slave States. At all events, we reck
oned too.rapidly and accepted possible ultimate
results as immediate effects. The slave States
which lie most remote from the free, have cer
tainly, boldly, successfully seceded, and estab
lished a Confederacy founded upon slavery.
They have framed a Constitution, established
a de facto government, assumed an attitude of
armed hostility toward the 'United States, and
are at this moment making demands more
befitting conquerors than rebels. Two tiers of
slave States lie between them and the free
States, and those intermediate States are dis
affected towards the Union, and act as allies to
the seceded States."
It is not true that no one suspected previous
to last November that threats of disunion were
anything more than electioneering tricks.—
Democrats generally suspected and believed
that the South was in dead earnest, and gave
the people fair warning that the election of a
sectional President pledged to principles hos
tile to the rights and interests of the Southern
States, would cause a dissolution of the Union.
There was no concealment of the truth here.
The Democratic party refused to blink the
impending future, and preferred to face it, at
the risk of being denounced as disunionists.
It was the Republicans who misled the people.
It was the Republicans who received the signs
of the coming disruption " either with indiffer-
" once or with mirthful remarks." It. was such
journals as the Tribune that labored to produce
the general opinion " that the South could not
"be forced out of the Union."
Look at the. significance of this admission !
" Great ignorance prevailed at the North as to
"the real situation of the slave States".
the Tribune. What produced this ignorance?
Who bandaged the eyes of the Northern people ?
The Republican party is accountable for this
crime. Ignorance was necessary to its success.
It triumphed through falsehood. Had the
people only known of the danger—had they
believed that the election of Lincoln would
produce a dissolution of the Union—had they
put faith in the earnestness of the South, Re
publicanism would not have succeeded, Lincoln
would not now be President, disunion would
not now be a fact.
If we look back at the columns of Republi
can newspapers previous to the November
election, it will be found that their great en
deavor was to persuade the people that no
danger could be apprehended from the election
of Lincoln, and that the South could not be
kicked out of the Union. Was this the result
of pure ignorance ? Possibly it was in some
cases. Ignorance is a crime in those who as
pire to instruct and direct the public mind upon
questions vital to their 'Welfare. But the Tri
bune cannot escape under the plea of ignorance.
It knew better than to be ignorant of the tem
per, spirit, and intention of the South ; and it
apprehended that disunion might be the con
sequence of LINCOLN'S election. But it did not
fear disunion. It, in fact, as is now made evi
dent by its course since disunion has been
accomplished, preferred disunion to the con
tinuance of the Union upon the bro2d, national
principles, which hitherto preserved it from
disruption. And its policy was to: promote
ignorancti,by sneering at, and misrepresenting
the designs of the South,. knowing that a know
ledge of the actual truth would prove fatal to
the Republican party.
New that the mischief has been successfully
accomplished by keeping the people in igno
rance of the probable consequences of sectional
domination, these authors of ruin have no
remedy to suggest for the disaster they have
inflicted upon the country. They are opposes
to compromise, tore-construction, to every thing
that may afford the least hope of repairing the
injury of a dismembered . Union. They have
nothing to offer in atonement for their wicked
ness.
OFFICE-SEEKERS AT WASHINGTON.—A Repub
lican writes from Washington as follows :
Applications for office continue to pour in.
Already at the treasury the clerks have noted
and filed away for future reference, thirty-two
bushels of well endorsed documents. Among
the applications last week was one from a young
lady on the Hudson ritrer—at least so report
says—asking an appointment for her lover as
keeper of a light-house, promising that in the
event of the appointment being made, the two
would be united and made happy, and she
would assist in attending to the government
light. Of course the appointment was ordered
be made forthwith.
Al o.o.ostoffiee Department , Oneen am/sand
applications for office have already been filed.
The War Department employs three clerks to
note and file away the applications. The worst
disappointed men who come to Washington are
the little town and ward politicians, 'who,
having "stumped" their own localities, fancy
the whole world, including Mr. Lincoln, must
be fully satisfied that but for each of these the
Republican party would have been defunct.
Effects of Secession
By the secession of eight States from the
Confederacy, with a probability that. several
more will follow ere long, the whole financial
system of the federal government is disor
ganized. Only last week, a telegram from St.
Louis stated that foreign goods free of duty are
beginning to arrive at that port via New Orleans;
and the announcement. is made simultaneously
from Charleston, as follows :
"Measures have been taken by the Secretary
of the Treasury, Mr. Memminger, to prevent
the introduction of goods by the inland routes.
"At all railway connections between the
Confederate and border States, officers have
been stationed to enforce the decrees and tariff
regulations of the Confederate States.
" The same precautions have been taken to
prevent smuggling on the coast. line."
What then is to be done ? Mr. Lincoln's Ad
ministration cannot long defer action of some
kind. The horn of this dilemma must be seized
hold of without needless delay, or the resources
on the national treasury will evaporate, and
the Government be left minus. Now, shall
naval vessels be stationed opposite every port
of entry in the seceded States, to prevent this?
But according to the St. Louis Democrat, (which
hitherto has been the channel of Mr. Bates'
communincations to the public,) the Attorney
General of the United States "has given the
opinion to President Lincoln, that the revenue
cannot be collected, except under the law of
1799, which renders it necessary for collectors
to reside within their respective districts; and
therefore it will be impossible to execute the
laws with propriety, even were it otherwise
feasible, in vessels," Even if there were no
legal impediment of the kind here suggested,
the naval force remains to be created which
will be competent to discharge the duties re
quired in this difficult service. Moreover, this
policy would entail upon us civil war, with all
its attendant horrors ; and not improbably,
would involve us in a war with foreign powers.
On the other hand, suppose the Administration
refrains from blockading the ports of the sece
ded States, and allows free ingress and egress
to ships of all nations ; the difficulties to be en
countered are still formidable, if not insupera
ble. In this case, a rigid system of inspection
and espionage must be instituted along the en
tire line of separation between the two Con
federacies, with , its expensive establishments
and multitudinous appointees, something as is
t
done on the Canaan frontier, only on a scale
far more compile ed, and without the aid of
any natural boundiky, like the St. Lawrence
river. It, is a questUT whether a revenue sys
tem thus cumbrous and extended would pay its
own expenses. a \
Either of these two pfans, then, being inef
fectual for its object, what other can be
adopted? Shall the United States declare at
once for free trade, throwing open all her ports
to universal competition. ad resorting to direct
taxation for the means of i carrying on the
,/Gov
ernment ?
This might deprive the seceded States of the
advantages they anticipated as sure to follow
from the competition of their own Free Trade
with a Northern Protective Tariff, and thus
might withdraw 'the premium now offered for
separate political existence. It might also
make Free Trade popular with the people for
its own sake, while at the same time it would
place us in the position to which we may even
tually have to come, whether willingly or not,
should the present disruption be permanent.—
But the question is, will the people of the
Northern "Union now consent to so great a
change—from a Protective Tariff to Free Trade
—from a system of indirect taxes, to direct
taxation ? We doubt it. Direct taxation is
sure to beget an economical government; it is
also a guarantee against unneccessay war. But
a farmer will pay $lO in the shape of duties on
the articles he consumes, with less grumbling
than he will pay Si in direct taxes. The former
he pays without knowing it—the latter is visi
ble and tangible, and seems a greater burden
than it is in fact.
—says
But, as we said, something must be done,
and if none of these plans is feasible, what bet
ter one can be devised ?—Journal of Commerce.
Mr. 'Buchanan and Governor Bigler.
We have never for a moment doubted that the
gross and malignant misrepresentation which
has been heaped upon Mr. Buchanan through
all his term of office, but particularly during
the last few months, by the sectional party and
press of the North, would eventually be fol
lowed by a re-action in the public mind when
ever reason should resume its sway, and his
government al policy be viewed in a fairer light
than the false medium of party prejudice. But
this misrepresentation was so persistent that
the unretiecting masses received it after a time
as admitted truth, and it was but reasonable to
suppose that a period would elapse before the
public mind would yield itself to a more chari
table belief.
Therefore we perceive, with delight, the un
mistakable signs of this re-action, even thus
early in the sequence of the late Administra
ion, by which it is to be hoped that the hon
orable name of the venerable statesman who
stood at the head of it may be rescued from
the fiendish attacks of his enemies, and allowed
to dignify and adorn that calm retirement to
which his remaining years are devoted.
It is very evident that recent developments
of the strength of the Southern Confederacy,
and particularly of the state of things in and
about Charleston harbor, has largely accelera
ted this re-action ; for as the country witnesses
the apparent retreat of the present Administra
tion, from the vaunting coercion talk of the
inaugural, the inference cannot fail to be drawn
by every reflecting mind, that Mr. Buchanan's
clear foresight and good judgment alone prompt
ed that conciliatory attitude toward the sece
ding States, which his successor and his suc
cessor's advisers are now forced to assume from
dire necessity. The tide is now rapidly setting
against his defamers, and the time will come,
we hope it may during his life, when Mr. Bu
chanan's course in the inception and progress
of the convulsion of our Union wilt be looked
back upon as a wise and humane one, and the
only one which, under the circumstances, could
have saved the soil of our common country
from the damning stain of fraternal blood.
The President of the United States occupies
a position inferior to none in the world in
prominence, and is not likely to be overlooked
for praise or blame by the myriad eyes that are
ever fastened on him ; his virtues are liable to
exaggeration, his mistakes are certain of it ;
but the tried and true men who aid and counsel
him, and who in their devotion help to swell
his fame, or share his reproach,—they are of
tentimes overlooked with indifference or forgot
ten in a day. A few such men, among many
who proved weak or false, stood nobly by Mr
Buchanan in all
"This strange eventful history,,,—
and by their faithfulness to principle and sin
cere devotion to the welfare of their country,
merit not only his gratitude, but the respect of
every true American.
Of such was the Hon. Wm. Bigler, of Penn
sytvania ; and because his labors and efforts for
the preservation of the Union have been to a
great extent unappreciated by the people, or
even by his own party, we esteem it a duty as
well as a pleasure to add our tribute to his worth.
This distinguished gentleman's name and posi-.
tion as a Democratic member of the H.S. Sen
ate arc known to all, but few are aware of the
amount of his labor and usefulness therein; and
we venture to allude to some of the more promi
nent traits of his character, in simple justice to
himself, and for the better information of his
countrymen, who will reap the fruit of the seed
he has sown. His ability as a, practical working
legislator, aside from his fine talents, was very
great. He never sacrificed utility and the suc
cess of a measure to the vain indulgence of ma
king Buncombe speeches, or sought, by clap
trap, mere party effect. His labors during the
last session of Congress to secure a compromise
that would hold together the old confederacy,
by personal effort with Southern Senators, were'
untiring, and until the very last moment he
strove to obtain from Republican Senators a
recognition of Southern rights that would save
the remaining States, and bring back those
that had rashly left us. His sound judgment
and personal exertion were largely felt upon
the tariff bill of the last session ; and although
a Republican majority refused to adopt many of
the numerous amendments' offered by him, yet
the bill is far less objectionable than it would
have been, but for his efforts towards its im
provement ; indeed, but for his efforts, it would
have been a more lamentable failure than it is.
Gov. Bigler's mind is one of those sound,
vigorous, practical organizations which ever
make the safest legislators. During the last
days of the last session, he was almost the en
tire support of the Administration; twelve of
the Southern Senators having left that body,
and the action of the remaining ones being
paralyzed by apprehension of expected events
in their own States which might remove them
also—with an opposition majority disposed to
load Mr. Buchanan's administration with every
conceivable charge, when it could be maligned
for the benefit of party; amid all this be re
mained faithful among the faithless, while his
high character for integrity, candor and sin
cerity always commanded the personal respect
of his opponents.
Should Pensylvania secure in his successor
another Senator of like probity and ability,
alike alive to all the interests of his State,
alike acceptable to her citizens and to the citi
zens of every other State in all that relates to
the dignity and usefulness of the position, she
will he truly fortunate.
The retirement of Gov. Bigler to private life
is no small misfortune to the conservative ele
ment and business interests of New England;
for he was national in his feelings, and cor
dially espoused any matter of legislation that
commended itself to his approval, without
regard to secants, for which New England
should ever esteem him.
We believe he will live to be appreciated by
the people, not only of his own State, but of
every State that clings to the Union, and that
be will exercise a large influence for good in
the eventful era our country is fast entering
upon.—Boston Post.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Patriot and Union
WASHINGTON, March 23, 1861.
There is not anything to be seen here now, ex
cept the crowd of hungry office seekers, who block
up the streets, public offices and the Senate gallery
each day. It is not within the memory of the old
est inhabitant in Washington to recollect the time
when the city was so completely crammed with
these who cry, "give, give," like horse-leeches.
The President is worn down with fatigue. His
position is a pitiable one indeed. It is said by
those who have seen him lately, (I have not had
that honor since Inauguration day, when I saw him
in the Senate Chamber previous to his taking the
oath of office,) that he is actually as thin as a rail,
and pretty welt splie up at that, and that his fund
of coarse jokes and hackneyed anecdotes have run
Out ; so that the poor man looks like a respectable
looking ghost in broadcloth, who stands and stares
at the persons who are introduced to him without
uttecing a word. He begins to show visible signs
of disgust of his position and all things connected
with it; and I havo little doubt that if be could
only transplant himself from the White House to
his home in Springfield once more ho would be a
much happier man than he is. Poor old Abe ! he
has a hard read to travel, and has made but little
progress on his journey yet.
The Cabinet are grinding out the foreign ap_
pointments with an industry and celerity that does
them credit, and old Abe simply signs his name to
the nominations when they are handed to him
without asking a question, or, indeed, without
having a say in the matter at all.
Up to the time of the Inauguration Alie got along
very well, because the crowd was not so large as
since. Ile bad an anecdote for every body on lbeing
introduced, and was sure to tell them, one of which
I will relate, whieb is said to be characteristic of
the man, his mind and manners :
He was asked by some gentleman, on the morning
of the Inauguration, whether he would ride in the
carriage with the retiring President or by himself.
Abe replied that "that question put him in mind
of an anecdote related of a fellow who was brought
up in court once as a witness. He (the witness)
wore a broad-brimmed hat and shad-bellied coat,
and from that circumstance every one who saw him
as he got upon the stand concluded be was a Qua
ker. Tho witness was asked how he would be
qualified—whether be would swear or alar m . H e
hesitated a moment, and looking the clerk full in
the face replied, "Well, I don't care a damn which."
"So," said Abe, "I am just like that witness."
Mrs. Lincoln, who is a lady of much refinement,
and possessing a lively disposition, with a good
education and quick perception, carries herself
much better than her leige lord. It is unquestion
ably true in this case, that "the gray mare is the
better horse" in the Presidential team.
But these are the lighter matters pertaining to
the Presidential office. Abraham Lincoln has a
much.more important rote to play in the drama
now going on on this continent. It was the boast
of the Republican party but yesterday that Lin
coln, as soon as he was installed, would initiate a
new line of policy ; that the South would be hum
bled in the dust before the wisdom of that party,
and the prowess of this mighty man Lincoln. Fort
Sumpter would be reinforced, the revenues would
be collected, and the laws of the Federal Govern
ment enforced. After all this bravado and bluster,
what is the fact? Fort Sumpter is to be evacua
ted, (if that has not already been done,) and all
the other forts in the South must follow suit. The
boast of Republicanism is but empty sound and
vapid fury, signifying nothing. All—all sinks into
utter significance before the Moloch of office. Be
fore the election the Chicago platform was, in the
eyes of Republicans, superior to the Constitution.
Now "the loaves and fishes" of office are of much
more consequence than either the Chicago platform
or the preservation of the Government.
Many of the foreign appointments that Liccoln
has made have given offence to the partisans of
Mr. Lincoln. Some of them have excited ridicule
in consequence of the utter inability, or rather ut
ter absence of the first qualification to discharge
the important duties of a dignified diplomatic
representative at a foreign court, where all is ele
gance, refinement, experience and eminent skill
and ability. If any one, much less all of these
qualifications, can be set down to the account of a
certain individual (whose name it is unnecessary
to mention) who has received a commission to rep
resent the United States at a certain court in Eu
rope, then I will confess that lam in error. This
is one of the cases that excites ridicule. The
next case that has excited the ire of many good
men is that of the Hon. Anson Burlingame, of
Massachusetts, who has been appointed Minister
to Vienna. Mr. B. is doubtless qualified, so far as
talents, education, polish and personnel are con
cerned, to make at least a respectable appearance
at a court, and thus save both his country and
himself thR mortification of being laughed at; but
that a man who made the declaration, that" this
country must have an anti-slavery constitution, an
anti-staysry Bible, and an anti-slavery God," should
be made the representative of his country at a
European court is simply "carrying the joke too
far." Mr. Lincoln has by the appointment of this
fanatical man Burlingame shown to the world that
be applauds and endorses such sentiments, and
proves that his Administration is pledged to the
rankest kind of ultra Republicanism. The disap
pointed applicants are howling terribly, and swear
ing as baldly as the army in Flanders at Old Abe
and the rest of the fraternity. After a while the
howling will be a little louder and the swearing
much deeper; and then the work of disintegration
of the Republican party in the North will com
mence in earnest.
There have been quite a number of rejections of
applicants for clerk-ships in the Interior and other
Departments sine the new Secretraies took charge.
The rule of examination is much more rigid than
it over was beftire. Within a day or two there
have been about thirty rejections for incompetency,
and among that number, one who was formerly a
Professor in an eastern college, and several gradu
ates of colleges. When a man gets an appoint
ment now, under the rule, he must be well pre
pared to go through such a "course of sprouts" as
he has never gone through before.
How terribly mortifying it must be for a man to
come hundreds of miles from home to the city of
Washington, spend weeks—sometimes monthi—in
getting up letters of recommendation, and have to
go home rejected for incompetency. But such is
life.
There is not anything new in regard to what the
Administration intends doing. The truth is, the
Administration is in a quandary, and does not
know well what to do. Ono thing is certain, that
unless the members of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet
arouse themselves from this lethargy, and do
something that will give the border States assu
rance that the future policy is to be friendly or
peaceful, Virginia will go out of the Union, and
drag with her Maryland, North Carolina, Ken
tucky and Tennessee; and then will be consum
mated a catastrophe which may yet be prevented
by a wise, dignified and statesmanlike policy on
Part of the Administration. If the present oppor
tunity is suffered to pass unimproved, terrible will
be the retribution that will be visited not only on
Lincoln, but on all those connected with him.,
There is at present a kind of armistice existing
between the Administration and the Commission
ers from the Confederate States, which is under
stood to last for ten days, when an answer will be
given to the demands of the Commissioners. The
Cabinet holds daily meeeings, and sometimes two
meetings each day, to consult upon the affairs of
the nation; but, unfortunately, when the members
get together in Cabinet council, their time is all
taken up in the consideration of applications for
of6.ce, in order to satisfy the rapacious crowd who
are constantly hovering around them like hungry
wolves.
It is thought that the Senate will adjourn on
Saturday next, but Ido not think it wilL Some
of the nominations bang fire in the Senate, and
this is a bad sign for an adjustment.
THE FOREIGN APPOINTMENTS.
From the Journal of Commeree
The great interest felt in the appointment,
by the new Administration, of Ambassadors
from the United States to foreign countries,
suggests the publication of the table below,
showing the grade and salary of our represen
tatives at foreign courts. It will be seen that
with the exception of a few leading positions,
the offices of this character, for which there is
so great.. anxiety among the patriotic citizens
of this country, do not present glittering temp
tations of a pecuniary nature. The inducement
to hold them must therefore be looked for, in
the honorable rank they are supposed to confer.
To some extent they do offer prizes for which
dignified statesmen may entertain aspirations;
but the majority, to say the least, confer little
but banishment and absence of advantages
which may generally be enjoyed at home, by
those qualified to serve their country abroad.
Our readers, after perusing the table which
we append to this article, may well imagine the
indignation with which General Webb (that is
the designation the Courier always gives him)
rejected the offer of a mission to Turkey. For
a gentleman of his tastes and social qualities,
a banishment to that country upon the beggarly
salary of $7,500 peryear, with no opportunities
for distinction either in the public service or in
society, can have few attractions. He did right
to decline it. We thank him. in the name of
the Editorial fraternity, for the manly dignity
with Which he stands up for the respectability
of the profession. By all means let him sack
to his resolution not to go among the Turks.
As to Austria, that would be quite another mat
ter ; and as we have more regard for the rank
than the salary which the General is to draw,
we shall not object to his acceptance of the
Austrian mission.
We are apprehensive that with the exception
of cases where gentlemen and their families
have a desire to reside abreact, and have at
tachments and tastes for particular localities ;
the value to the recipient, of foreign appoint
ments, is very generally overrated. The ex
penses, in most countries, of maintaining the
rank and dignity incident to such positions, are
equal to, if they do not exceed, the compensa
tion received from the Government. Very few,
we apprehend, of the Ambassadors to foreign
courts, return richer than when they went;
while many of them make large encroachments
upon their private fortunes. We would not
however dwell upon this consideration ; for the
post of representative of the United States at
many of the courts of Europe. is highly honor
able, and every where, if filled with dignity by
men of character, a distinctien to which no one
can be indifferent.
The following shows the rank and compensa
tion of the representatives of the United 'States
at the principal foreign courts:
ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIVOTEN-
MIS
FOrgi gn, State. Capital. Salary.
Great Britain London 517,500
France Paris 17.500
Russia St. Petersburg - - 12.000
Spain Madrid 12,000
Prussia Berlin 12.000
Mexico Mexico 12,000
Brazil Rio Janeiro - - - 32 000
China . Canton 12.000
. .
. _ .
Cttiii emntiag - o - - - - 10,000
Peru Lima 10,000
E=
Turkey Constantinople - - 7,500
Switzerland Berne - - - - - 7,500
Netherlands Hague - - - - - 7 500
Sardinia* Turin 7.500
Denmarlc Copenhagen - - - 7 500
Austria Vienna 9.000
kelgium Brussels - - - - 7,500
Sweden azd Norway - - Stockholm - - - 7,500
Ropiest Naples 7 ; 500
Portugal Lisbon 7.500
Rome Rome 7,500
I3olivia La Paz 7.500
Ecuador - - - - - - Quito 7,500
Argentine Confederation - Parana 7,509
New Granada - - - • - - Bogota 7.500
Venezuela Commons - - - - 7,500
Guatemala Guatemala - - - 7,500
Nicaragua Nicaragua- - - - 7.500
Japan Yedo - 7,500
=I
Sandwich Islands - - Ronolulu - -
The salaries of Secretaries of Legation at the
above Conrts range from $1,500 to $2,025, and
at China $B,OOO.
CONSULS
Some of the Consuls of the 'United States at
foreign ports, are paid by fees ; but the salaries
of those who are paid fixed amounts, vary
widely according to the duties to be performed.
We have not space for more than a few of the
leading ones, viz :
London and Liverpool, $7,600; Rio Janeiro,
Havana and Havre, $6,000 ; Paris and Calcutta,
$5,000; Canton, Shanghai, St. Thomas, Mon
treal, Melbourne, Honolulu, $4,000 ; Hong
Kong, Vera Cruz, Panama, Alexandria, Callao,
Touchoa, $3,500; Morocco, Tuois, Tripoli, Val
paraiso, Amoy, Nigpo, Glasgow, Frankfort,
Lahaina and Constantinople, $3,000.
The foregoing are the leading places. There
are a large number at salaries of $2,500, $2,000,
$1,500, $l,OOO, $5OO, &c., &c.,—very pleasant
adjuncts to a resident in the countries desig
nated, but scarcely an inducement for the great
number of patriots who desire to live upon the
income from official position. We hope these
will not. all speak at once, for if reports are
true, the President is all but worried to death
by the patriotism of his late supporters_
P. S.—Sinee writing the above, there is a
report that Burlingame is appointed Minister
to Austria.
* The President has the power to raise this to a full
mission, and we suppose will do so, making the appoint
ment that of Envoy Extraordinary, Sre.., with increased
salary.
f +hero will scarcely he occasion for a representative
to Naples, since the addition of that kingdom to Sar
dinia.
Liru Ix NEW York Wholesale Amalgama
tion.—Quite a sensation was created in the vile
purlieus of Oak and Roosevelt streets, N. Y.,
just before daybreak on Tuesday morning, by
the descent of a posse of police upon a noto
rious house of prostituttim kept by a woman
named Mary Fleming, With a view to the re
covery of a young girl, seventeen years of age,
named Mary McQuade, from Troy, who had
been inveigled into the den. The scenes which
met the eyes of the police, on entering the
brothel, will furnish the richest material for a
" kiver." Amalgamation was in full blast in
every room in the house, and the equality of
the races was disgustingly manifest from cellar
to garret. Several white females were found
living with black males. The police took the
mistress of the house, together with about a
dozen specimens of her black and white board
ers, into custody, and the whole party were
brought up for examination, which developed
facts in the " social system" of the Fourth ward
which ought to induce the American Missionary
Society for the Conversion of the Heathen to
map out the whole district as a much more pro
mising field than any that can be found in Poly
nesia or elsewhere.
A young farmer from Rensselear county who
went to Albany with his horse and buggy, a
,short time since, to see a lady in wnom he felt
an interest, bad some interesting experience
before he got back home. Having tied his
horse a short distance from the residence of
his Duleinea, he was astonished ou returning
for it., some hours afterwards, to find it gone.
He at once telegraghed a description of it and
the vehicle to Troy and other towns near, in
order to arrest the thief, whom he supposed had
taken it, and then in accordance with the sug
gestion of a friend, went to the station houses
to inquire, for his property. To his great joy
he found horse and wagon safe at one of them,
whither it had been taken by a policeman at
the suggestion of the lady before whose door
it was tied, and at once started for home. But
at Troy he was promptly arrested on suspicion
of being a horse thief, and had to submit to
detention until he could get some friends from
the country to come and establish his identity.
He intends to bring a suit for false imprison
ment against the husband of the lady who sent
the horse to the station house.
RUSSIAN OPINION OF OUR RAILWAY SYSTEM.-
Baron Sternberg, one of the most respected and
able of the noblemen of Russia, has just made
a careful tour of observation of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railraad, as far as Parkersburg and
Wheeling, in company with Capt. Ohmann, of
the Imperial Engineers, and Baron Osten
Sacken, Secretary of the Russian Legation at
Washington. These gentlemen were greatly
struck with the strong peculiarities that mark
this celebrated line of railway, which they
pronounce more bold and attractive than any
railway in the Old World, not even excepting
that over the Saumering Alps. The object of
the Baron's visit to this country is to spend six
months in the careful study of the American
railroad system, for the purpose of reporting to
his government, with a view to building very
extensive railroad works throughout, the South
ern and Western parts of the empire.— Wash.
Cor. N. Y. Herald.
DIED.
On the 23d inst., of scarlet fever. ALIO'. JANE, infant
daughter of F. P. and M. E. Harper, aged 4 years, 2
months and 23 days. The relatives and friends are re
spectfully invited to attend the funeral from the resi
dence of her parents in Sixth street, this (Monday,)
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The little flower bloomed a while
In sorrowing paths below,
But now enjoys the Saviours smile
• In Paradise to grow.
JELLIES!!!
CURRANT, PEACH.
APPLE, BLACKBERRY,
ORANGE, RASPBERRY,
QUINCE, PEAR, #
Direct from NEW YORK, and warranted Superior.
feb27 WM. DOCK, JR., Jc. CO.
I 'HE BIBLE ON DIVOROE.--The fol
lowing words are from Mark x. v. 9, 12:
"What, therefore, God has joined together let not man
put asunder."
“Whosneyer shall put away hiswife and marry another
eommitteth 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." janl2 dtf
I.ENTR AL NITRSERIES, YORK, PA.
, EDWARD J EVANS & (O. PROPRIETORS.—
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Grapes, Small Fruits, Rhu
barb, Asparagus, Shrubs, Roses, Bedding Plants, &c., in
great variety. Orders left with G. H. SMALL, at the
State Capital Bank, will receive prompt attention. Cat
alogues gratis on application. marlB-Imda4tw
LATEST BY TELEGRA
LATER. FROM EUROPE.
HALIFAX, Hardt `..!:1 .
The royal mail steamship Catiad a
rived with Liverpool papers to the 9th
and telegraphic advices of the 10th inst ttj.,,l
Queenstown. She brings 177,000 pounds , I t er _
ling in specie.
The banks of Poland having refused t o make
specie payments on the Russian bonds, the
military took possession of the amount requiter!
from the hank vaults.
Prince Napoleon is about to proceed t o
to negotiate the withdrawal of the French
troops from Rome.
LIVERPOOL BEEADSTUITS MAnKtir.--Bread
stuffs are steady.
LivEuroor, Pnortsrmv D.lAuxur, Friday._
Provisions continue dull.
LON DON MONEY MAR VET, FPid,l 3 %____O insois
E . 91 for money, and 92k:; ! f)21 fur account.—
The bullion in the bank has decreased J:149% 0
money market continues unchanzed._
during the week.
The
American stocks: The followin g s o l o , re.
ported: Illinois Central Railroad 28(; , 27 :
C. Dist. Erie Itailma 211(!i;!7.1 ; Nciw y or k
Central 71 ex coupons,
From Washingto n .
"WAstuxuru.v, AT , lreli 2;J,
The Secretary of the Treasury ha,, , , ri d vertise4
for proposals for the eight million to :n, Thi s
sum will be sufficient for the wants of the Trea
sury during the present final yeaK,
Col. Dudley Mann, now in 'Washington, is
about starting for Europe on busineFs cc: 11;1 , 0A
with the consummation of the Great _;intern
steamer enterprise.
- 7.500
• The President has been so beset with offie3
seekers as to be able to ride out only twice since
coming into 'office. He is receiving no rriit.z:
whatever to day, 4ther of friendship or biri!-
ness.
The Charleston Courier of the 21st inst. stat es
that the assertion that the term of service of
twenty-six of the soldiers in Fort Sumptervill
shortly expire, is a mistake. Major Anderson
was in daily expectation of receiving orders to
evacuate the fort. His supply of provisions
and fuel was nearly exhausted, and if not
speedily relieved he will soon be compelled to
burn some of the gun carriages. He II said to
be in favor of giving up to the South Carolina
authorities after an examination by an autho
rized officer, and receiving a receipt for the
public property.
Col. Lay has had a long interview with Gov
Pickens and Gen. Beauregard.
New 2buertiumentrs.
VOR RENT.- SEVERAL COMFORT
ABLE': DWELLING HOUSES, conveniently and
pleasantly situated. Ingtfire of
CHARLES C. ItA.WN
ICARRIsnrnG, March 25,1861.-2wcl.
82.000 TO LOAN! 82.000
Inquire of jOIIN SHANNON, Agent.
inar2s-2td North Front Street, Harrisburg, Pa
WALL P.APER,
CEILING PAPER,
TRANSOM PAPER,
BORDEES, FIRE
PRINTS, WINDOW
CURTAINS, TASSELS,
AND FIXTURES,
AT LOW PRICES, al
SCBEFFE it'S Book-store.
Near the Harrisburg Bridge.
mar2s
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meanings not found in any other Entribll Dictionary;
more than 1.000 Illustrations inserted in their proper
places; over 6,000 words synonymized; together with
numerous tables of pronounced proper names,
Sold by E. M. POLLOCK & SON, Also Worcestees
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WALL PAPER ! WALL PAPER ! !
Just received, our Spring Stock of WALL PAPER,
BORDERS, MILE SCREENS, &c., Sic. Itis the largest
and best selected assortment in the city, rangi rig in price
from six (6) cents up to one dollar and aquarter ($1.25.)
As we purchase very low for cash, we are prepared to
sell at as low rates, if not lower, than can be had else.
where. if purchasers will call and examine, we feel
confident that we can please them in respect to price
and quality. E. 11l POLLOCK & SON,
mar 23 Below Jones' House, Market Square.
REMO VAL,
B. J. HARRIS
HAS REMOVED HIS
TIN AND SHEET IRON
WARE MATJFACTORY
TO O. 112 MARKET STREET,
BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH STUNTS,
HARRISBURG.
Thankful - for past favors, he hopes by strict attention
to business to render satisfaction to all who may favor
him with their patronage.
ET' Repairing promptly executed. mar22-dlw
HEALTH, MONEY! H A PPINESS !
At this season of year, when so much sickness prevailg
every one should provide himself with DR. REM
PHREVS HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES, and preveus
disease in its beginning.
A fresh snpply always on hand at
SCHEFFER'S BOOK-STORE,
Harrisburg.
marl 9
BANK LETTER AND BUSINESS
LETTER PAPER!
We would call attention to a new article of paper,
called BUSINESS LETTER, which has been gotten up
to meet the wants of business men and others who ob
ject to Commercial Note as being to nari ow, and do not
wish to use part of usual letter sheet.
This overcomes both the above objections ; is a per
fect sheet; pure wove ; plate finish; ruled on one side;
made from best material, free from adulteration, and put
np in neat boxes convenient for use.
We also have a paper called BANK LETTER, similar
to the above, except it has but half the number of lines
on. so as to allow a printed blank or heading above.
For sale by THEO. F. SCIIEFFER,
mar 19 No. 16 Market Street, Harrisburg.
FIRST CLASS GROCERIES ! ! !
LARGE ARRIVAL!!
HATING JUST RETURNED from the Eastern cities, wbell
we have selected with the greatest care a large and corn
plete assortment of superior GOODS, which embrace
everything kept in the best City Groceries, we respect
fully and cordially - invite the public to examine OUT
stock and hear our prices.
febls WM. DOCK, SR., & CO.
THE AMERICAN BYRON!
GITADALOUPE:
4 TALE OF LOVE AND WAR
A Poem in the style of DON TITAN, and equal in
spirit, matter and manner to that brilliant production.
of the I .l3nrrisn Betnn.ii By a well known citizen of
Philadelphia, who served with distinction in the late
War with Mexico.
PRICE SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS
Eor sale.at
mar 6
A NEW FEATURE IN THE SPICE'
TRADE!!!
IMPORTANT TO NOIIiEKEEPERS ! ! !
E. R. DURK $E & CO'S SELECT SPICES,
In Tin Poi' wined with Paper,) and full Weight—.
BLACK PI.PPER, GINGER, NUTMEG, WHITE PEP-
PER, ALLSPICE, MACE, CAYENNE PEPPER,
CINNAMON. CLOVES, MUSTARD.
In this age of adulterated and tasteless Spices, it is
with confidence that we introduce to the attention of
Housekeepers these superior and genuine articles. We
guarantee them not only ABSOLUTELY AND PERFECTLY
PURE, but ground from fresh Spices, selected and cleaned
by us espre•sly for the purpose, withoat reference to
cost. They are beautifully packed in tin foil, (lined with
paper ) to prevent injury by keeping, and are FULL
WEIGHT, while the ordinary ground Spices are almost
invariably short. We warrant them, in point of strength
and richness of flavor, beyond all comparison, as a All
ele trial will abundantly prove.
Every package bears our TRADE MARK.
Manufactured only by F. K. DURKEE & Co., New
York.
For sale by [feb27.] WM. DOCK, .141., & CO.
ANTED—SI,OOO City or- County
ZETA
Enquire at this office. maradtij
SHAEFFER'S BOOKSTORE,
No.lB Market Street. Harrisburg,
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