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THE DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION Will be furnished to Members of the Legislature during the session at the low price of ON DOLLAR Members wishing extra copies of the DAILY PATRIOT AND Mums, can procure them by leaving their orders at the publication office, Third street, or with our re porters in either House, the evening previous An Inquiry. Oar Legislature is so intent upon pasiing measures in defiance of the will of, the people that it seems to have forgotten the fact that the people have demanded the repeal of so much of the Revised Penal Code as interferes with the execution of the constitutional provisions for the capture of fugitive slaves. The Judi ciary Committee of. the Senate has failed to re port the bill repealing the objectionable portion of the 95th section. Why this delay ? Why is this bill not permitted to see the light ? • Is it to be smothered in committee and defeated by indirection ? Is it possible that the valliant Republicans, who a short time ago were ready to vote men and money for the subjugation of the South, are afraid to meet this question openly, least it may disclose the descord in their ranks? The Peace and War Factions of the Repub. Ilea n Party. The administration of Mr. LixcoLs is now subjected to two opposite forces, the one satis fled that the mischief is accomplished beyond repair, and advising the abandonment of all attempts to hold the Southern forts; and the other counselling aggressive measures to com pel a submission of the questions at issue to the arbitrament of the sword, and thereby to test the strength of the Government. The former class are disposed to give up the controversy and ultimately to recognize the independence of the seceded States; while the latter favor war as the means, we suspect, of insuring perma nent alienation, and increasing the antagonism between the North and South to such a degree as to exclude the probability of re-construction for several generations at least. The New York Tribune, the leading represen tative of the war party, is in favor of a fight at Fort Pickens. Its plan is to make that the Sebastopol of the Union; to concentrate large bodies- of soldiers around the fortification, and there to beat the army of the Southern Confed eracy. It calculates that if tee Southern army fight, it must be whipped—and then the Union is maintained_ But if it retreats, the people will rise on them and expel them from power, and still the Union is maintained. The possi sibility of defeat does not enter into this cal culation—and the impossibility of the border States remaining passive spectators of the struggle does. But the maintenance of the Union by war is a mere pretence with the Tri bune. It wants war for a different purpose.— It does not rest easy with the border States in the Union, and desires war for the purpose of driving them out, together with the cotton States which have already seceded. That is the true motive disguised under pretended at tachment for the Union. So imperiously is this war demanded of Mr. LINCOLN, that the Tribune would, in the event of the abandonment of Fort Pickens, regard him as disgracefully betraying the country as did Buchanan ; a threat that may soon be put to the test. On the other side we find the Washington correspondent of the North American arriving at the conclusion that "the Administration is "powerless to enforce the laws in the seceding "States"—a discovery that was not made until after Mr. Lincoln assumed the responsibility of office; for the Republicans were unani mously of the opinion, a short time ago, that Mr. Buchanan was an imbecile old traitor, be cause he did not do what it is now admitted the President has no power to do. But circum stances alter cases vastly.- Let us quote a por tion of this correspondent's letter to show the direction in which the moderate wing of the Republican party is rapidly drifting: " The fact is not to be disguised that the Administration is powerless to enforce the laws in the seceding States. An extra session of Congress, to obtain authority for-that purpose, would only aggravate and intensify the crisis through which the country is now laboring like a giant in a morass. People may well begin to ask themselves, when the government is in a great measure demoralized, and after an experience of four months of active and ener getic revolution in one section, and almost passive speculation in the other, what is the remedy for this evil ? If coercion be attempted the South would be compacted in twenty-four hours after the first gun was Ered. And, even if there were abundant resources of men and money to carry out such a policy, it is not recommended by any inspiration of statesman ship, unless permanent separation of the free and slave States be desired. That would be the inevitable effect of an effort to compel submis sion on the part of the cotton States. They might possibly be conquered, but they could never be subjugated. The border States desire to adhere to the old Union, and will not sever the present ties. unless driven to that extremity by the pressure of stern events, or a supposed necessity of their condition as slaveholding communities. They have thus far patriotically resisted all the ap peals, impdrtnnities and appliances - which have been so unfortunately successful elsewhere. They cannot be driven off but by an attempt to enforce the federal authority in the States where it is now repudiated and renounced. Is it wise to try such an experiment, and thus pre cipitate civil war and its calamities ? There are narrow and warped minds which regard every proposition to deal with imposing facts as they exist according to any other rule than that prescribed by a party platform, as surrendering principle, compromisin g dignity and submitting to rebellion. This has been the temper of partizanship in all times. It cost England the American colonies, the Bourbons their throne in France, and has now expelled the last of that race, which learnt nothing and forgot nothing, from the throne of Italy. Let us profit by these lessons of experience." There is a great deal of sound practical sense in this view, forming as it does a striking contrast with what emanated from the same quarter during the late Administration. In continuing the subject the same writer advises that the seceded States be allowed to work out the problem of separate government in their own way. "Let them keep and maintain the "forts and arsenals which are now needed for "the protection of national commerce." Gays he—and it may possibly be an intimation to prepare the public mind for the abandonment of Fort Pickens and the recognition of the Southern Confederacy. These two Republican authorities are wide apart—as far asunder as peace and war—as diverse as the elements of the irrepressible conflict. The Northern and Southern Tariffs. Pennsylvania, of all the States that voted for Li'wow", was probably least influenced by the anti-Southern, Abolition sentiments that swept over the North. The Chicago platform and the enunciations of the Northern and West ern leaders of the Republican party were not entirely palatable to a large section of the party in this State which carried its electoral vote for Lincoln. So evident was this that it does not admit of doubt that had the issue been confined to the sectionalism and anti-slaveryism of the Republican party, on the one hand, and the comprehensive nationalism of the Democratic party on the other, the people of Pennsylvania would not have endorsed Lincoln upon the Chi cago platform. But this paramount issue was artfully obscured by another question appeal ing directly to the interests of Pennsylvania— that of a Tariff. The people were persuaded that we required protection, and that protec tion could only be procured by voting for the candidate of the Republican party. This was made the main issue in many quarters of the Commonwealth, to the total exclusion or par tial obscuration of the vital questions affecting the very existence of the Union, which should have been met and decided independent of con siderations of domestic policy. Pennsylvania must now face the results of her reckless disregard of her own highest in terests. By neglecting the cause of the Union to run after a protective tariff, she has won results that must cover her with confusion and shame. She has procured the shadow, the merest mockery; of protection, at the cost of the Union. She has a tariff adapted to her inte rests, but what is 4 worth ? How much better off are we now, with a protective tariff and a dissolved Union, than we were before with a perfect Union without adequate protection?— Let those who voted for Lutuotor as the means of ensuring protection - figure up the result. We were told that a modification of the tariff was necessary for two reasons • First, to in crease the the revenue and replenish an ex hausted Treasury; second, to afford adequate protection to domestic industry. These results might possibly have both been attained had the policy of the Republican party not caused the destruction of the Union. But having broken the Union, the tariff is as worthless, for both purposes, as the paper upon which it is writ ten. The schedule of the tariff adopted by the Confederate States exhibits about one-half the duties imposed by the Morrill tariff. Pig iron, for instance, which under our tariff pays a specific duty of from six to fifteen dollars per ton, is charged but five per cent. ad valorem by the Southern rates ; and how are we to prevent the importation of foreign iron at the South, and its unrestricted transportation Northward, under the free intercourse prevailing between the States ? So with iron of every description, and every article of commerce imported from foreign countries. Entering Southern ports at one-half the rate they would be compelled to pay at the North, it will be impossible to pre vent their spread over the country. The gov ernment would find it a huge undertakiqg to guard the line separating the Confederate States from the Union ; and even if practicable, the cost would almost exceed the benefit. It would be equally difficult to prevent the entry of vessels into Southern ports by a rigorous blockade; and the other remedy proposed—the abolition of these ports of entry—could not long bind foreign nations, whose immediate in terests would compel them to recognize the de facto government established at the . South, when they would claim and enforce free and unobstructed intercourse. This conflict between the two tariffs must result in diminishing the revenue of our gov ernment, and in subjecting manufacturers to a flood of foreign competition, in comparison with which the old tariff, in a compact Union, was as nothing. Pennsylvania may thus com prehendatle fearful retribution she has brought upon herself by neglecting the cause of the Union when assailed by its enemies, to clutch at the unreal, unsubstantial good of a protec tive tariff. She has purchased a worthless tariff at the expense of the Union. THE PROSPECT BRIGHTENING.--The Adminis tration is actively engaged in sending out of the country many of the most noted agitators who have afflicted this Republic for a long time past. Having no public duties demanding their attention, most of these have have bad little to do besides making speeches and circu lating documents. When once fairly packed up and gone off, we may reasonably hope for a period of comparative repose. There still re mains quite a number of editors who should be disposed of in like manner. Several of some prominence in this city are itching for a foreign appointment, and it is a public misfortune that there should be so much delay in gratifying their wishes. Can nothing be done for Wendell Phillips, or Mr. Garrison, or Mr. Greeley ? IV. Y. Journal of Commerce. HORRIBLE DEATH —ln Cleveland, Ohio, a few days since, some children playing in front of a small house on Canal street., discovered smoke issuing from the crevices about the door. An alarm was raised, and neighbors entering the house found the occupant, an old Irish woman named Mary Hickey, sitting in her chair, with her clothing nearly burned from her body. She lived but a few minutes, her body being burned so that the vitals were exposed. It is sup posed Hickey, while intcxieated, sat down to smoke, and her pipe falling into herlap, com municated the fire. She was about 50 years of age, and has one - or two daugthers, but no husband. A - writer in the Ilistorieal Magazine for the current month gives an early—perhaps the earliest--authentic notice of the land in En gland from which the name of Washington is derived. In the first volume of the "Chronicon Monaeterii de Abingdon," published in illustra tion of mediaeval British History, under the direction of the Master of the Roll by the Brit ish Government, at page 337, we find a grant of land from King Edgar, the Anglo-Saxon King, to " Athelunold Washingatune." The document bears date A. D. 963, about nine cen turies ago. FLOATING CUSTOM HOUSES. From the Journal of Commerce . . . Those determined politicians who have de claimed so loudly against any concessions, and have insisted "upon collecting the revenue at all hazards," either in or outside of the ports of seceding States, have had very little experi ence, probably, in the importing business, and know very little of the legal process by which the duty is ascertained and received. Fancy a first class packet ship, with a full cargo of French goods, stopped by a revenue cutter or small steamer, outside of port, for the purpose of collecting the duties. She has ten thousand packages of dry goods and fancy articles, sub ject to different rates of duty, all to be ex amined, entered, appraised and delivered.— Where is the owner or consignee whose oath is required? The goods belong to five hundred different people, each of whom must attest his invoice. But there are no invoices on board. The ship has only her general manifest, the invoices having been sent by mail. Suppose, however, that the owners are found, present their invoices, make out their entries in due form, and the examination of the goods begins. But the cargo is mixed, and packed below in the densest order, and the vessel must be dis charged before the goods can be examined and appraised. A floating warehouse securely an chored, might furnish room for such a purpose, but anchorage ground is within reach of can non shot, and this work must all be done out side. Eight or ten ships' decks might give room to display the outside of the packages of one ship's cargo; when these were all arranged, then comes the opening of the cases for exami nation. Silks, ribbons, fans, artificial flowers, &c.,are not especially benefitted by sea air,— and by the time a few hundred or thousand cases were opened, it it should happen to blow or be a little stormy, umbrellas and oil cloth coverings would probably be at a premium ! The beauties of the new tariff would shine out with most resplendent lustre at such a moment. A dozen different rates of duty on as many packages of cotton or woolen fabrics, each to be determined by counting the threads to the square inch, ascertaining the square yards, and determining both the weight and export value. All goods valued by weight and mea sure are to haven weigh-master's or measurer's certificate to the exact contents. It would be easy on ship board to rig a line on which to hang the steelyards, but the dip of the vessel, if there was much of a sea on, might make the beam go up in the wrong place. The talk of collecting duties according to any legally recognized standard, upon the cargo of a vessel while the latter is at sea, is too ridicu lous for sober consideration. The thing is practically impossible. If there were no viola tion of the statute in such tt measure, the work could not be done by any skill or strength of human agency. The vessel might be brought to, under the guns of a man-of-war, and made to pay toll, or a certain sum for the right of way ; and the amount might be graduated ac cording to the supposed or estimated value of her cargo ; but this would be piracy in fact, if not in name, and would not come within the sanction of any revenue code. The whole difficulty might be avoided by compelling a vessel bound to a port thus, in fact., outside of the Federal jurisdiction, to discharge at another port for collection purposes, and then reload the goods for their proper delivery; but this happens to be expressly forbidden by the Con stitution, in these words : "Nor shall vessels bound to, or from one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another:" There is, therefore, no way, either with or without the consent of Congress, by which the Presi dent can collect the revenue upon cargoes bound for the seceding States, unless he can establish and maintain permanent warehouses upon, or near to, the land where the goods may be discharged for examination. The oft repeated assertion that "the Revenue will be collected at all hazards," even though the Fed eral authorities were driven from the seceding States, we have regarded from the beginning as an empty boast which could never be exe cuted. The proper officers must be within the State, and acting according to legal regulations, in order to collect the duty upon imports. If such a location cannot be maintained, the revenue cannot be collected. If it is deemed desirable to attempt the maintenance of a po sition at the ports for this purpose, at the cost of war and its attendant horrors, then the assertion of a determination to collect the revenue has a terrible force and significance. But the proposition to enforce the revenue laws without a collision, by collecting the duties at sea, is too ridiculous for sober argument. Neither do we see by. what right a revenue cutter or a national man-of-war could stop a vessel bound into such a port, even if a block ade were attempted. A ship coming out might be stopped for want of a clearance in a proper form, but such an interruption of the commerce with a foreign port, would probably be resented by other nations, and lead to fresh complica tions. We see but two ways out of our present difficulties. Either bring the seceding States back by an amicable settlement of our political differences; or let them go in peace upon the path they have chosen. In either case, an armed enforcement of the revenue laws would be unwise, as well as impracticable. If we are to come together again, strife and bloodshed will not strengthen brotherly ties; and if we are to live apart, let us try to preserve the peace, both before and after our formal sepa ration. It does not follow that the smuggling of European goods across the border need be a serious evil to the North, even without a very watchful line of sentinels. If the tariffs of the two sections were nearly equal, the goods would have paid about the same tax, whether landed at the North or South; and there would proba bly be quite as many goods entered at Northern ports and flowing Southward over the borders, as would meet them in a reverse course. The border war which we should fear most, would have another origin, and lead to a more hostile feeling than any revenue question, is likely to provoke; but sufficient unto the day is . the evil thereof. The question of floating Custom Houses will therefore set itself at rest without the aid of legislation, as no wit of man could devise a method of ascertaining and collecting the duties on imports by such an agency. BUSINESS PROSPECTS IN NEW YORK—De creased Importations.—There appears to be very poor prospects in New York, as elsewhere, for anything like activity in business. The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, after speaking of a falling off of $2,557,429 in foreign imports, last week, adds: These figures tell their own story. And if it needs any additional illustration, it may be had by a walk :town Liberty street, and most other thoroughfares in that neighborhood, where the wholesale dry goods trade is trans acted. On almost every warehouse may be seen a little placard, announcing "lofts" to let, at low rents, and not unfrequently, the entire house. The marble faced stores which were erecter' in Liberty street, between Broadway and Greenwich streets, during the flushed times, a few years ago, have proved a melancholy in vestment. To-day, there is scarcely one of them, I am told, that could not be purchased for cash at about one-half the original cost A little further up town—in Murray, Warren and Chambers streets—there is more business doing, add real estate is suffering less depre ciation—yet, even there, the vast falling off in business is, in a variety of ways, painfully visible. It is idle to deny that the foreign im porters are greatly earthed lest this state of things, bad as it now is, is to be aggravated by the Morrill tariff and the anticipated competi tion from the seceding States. It is also true that not a few of them are making arrange ments to transfer their business to the South. Politicians, for partisan purposes, may pooh pooh these things, but they are facts never theless. B. It. Wood, the new minister to Denmark, succeeds James M. Buchanan, of Baltimore. THE EMANCIPATION OF THE SERFS The Nord says : "Our correspondent at St. Petersburg sends us to-day an account of the closing sitting of the Council of the Empire, held on the 25th ult., upon the question of the serfs. It was decided that the latter should receive their personal liberty, and that all the relations between them and their proprietors should cease at one stroke; that the peasants on each property shall receive the enclosure, that is, the house they inhabit and the kitchen garden attached to it ; that there shall be allot ted them at a price fixed by the Government the fourth of the quantity of ground which was fired in the plan elaborated by the com missions, that is, from one to two hectares, according to the provinces. This allocation is obligatory, the other territorial arrangements are optional. The Imperial manifesto which will publish these decisions is already printed at St. Petersburg ; but it will not appear in the present week, which is that of the Russian carnival. The publication will take place in Lent, in about fifteen days perhaps, at a time of meditation and Sobriety for the Russian people, the opportuneness of which for the proclamation of emancipation there is no need to point out." An article in the London Post, based upon the statements of its correspondent in St. Petersburg, gives the following statistics : The number of serfs, or, as they are called in Russia, souls, amounts to no less than forty-four millions of men. Some of these are crown peasants ; but it should be remarked that the peasants on the principal crown lands had already some measure of freedom bestowed on them by Alexander I. . The owners of serfs in Russia, according to the latest statistical account, are one hundred and sixteen thousand in number, and they hold among them twenty-two millions of serfs. Two thousand five hundred landed proprietors possess from one thousand to two thousand serfs, while twenty thousand possess only from a hundred to a thousand ; fifty thousand small proprietors hold less than twenty-one serfs, or souls, each; and probably there may be more difficulty in settling the social status of these fifty thousand persons than in any arrangement connected with the actual question of serf emancipation. - The crown peasants, including both men and women, amounted in 1860, in round numbers, to fourteen millions four hundred and thirty six thousand souls, in a gross population of sixty five millions. It cannot be denied that in a country in which there is no middle, or at least an infinitely small middle class, and in a country in which there is little accumulated capital, the throwing of such a mass of men on their own resources is a hazardous experi ment; but of twenty-two millions of serfs, at least eleven millions can work at handicraft or household trades ; and there is scarcely one of these who has not saved some money. This capital, great or small, will assuredly be invested in land or in commerce, for the Russian is a shrewd speculator, and has always a keen eye to the main chance. Many men born serfs, resident in Russian titles dr towns, are worth from £5,000 to £20,000 and £30,000 ; and these dealers and speculators will now enlarge the sphere of their industuy by engaging in manufactures or by speculating in land. This latter course must be very beneficial to a country imperfectly cultivated, and but half developed. The Rus sian is docile, laborious and easily manageable, and not likely to abuse his recently acquired liberty. No one is fonder of peafflful pursuits, or has more aversion to a soldier's life. Yet habit and training, more powerful far than nature, have made the Russians excellent soldiers. No doubt the new system of serf emancipation may work awkwardly and oper osely for some years. It will require, like everything else, time for its development ; but, as the Russian peasant is obedient and well disposed, there is little danger of refractoriness or riot. GENERAL NEWS. ACQUITTAL OF A WIFE FOR THE POISONING OF HER liusnasn.—The trial of a young wife for poisoning an old husband, has just been con cluded in Delaware county, N. Y., and resulted in a verdict of acquittal. Mrs. Herrington •is handsome, and was married to Jamed Herring ton in July, 1859, when under sixteen years of age, while her husband was thirty-six. She claimed that she was deceived by Herrington, he having represented himself as rich, which proved to be false. She bought a tablespoon ful of arsenic, as she said to poison rats, and soon after her husband was taken sick and died. A poet mortem exathinittion proved that arsenic enough was found in his viscera to kill two men. But then it was shown that he had been in the habit of taking arsenic. She had corresponded with a young man named Hall, calling him "dear friend," and asking him to lend her money. Her case excited much sym pathy, and her acquittal was applauded and cheered in the wildest and most excited man ner, by an immense crowd of spectators. MASSACHUSETTS PREPARING FOR WAR.—We perceive, by a report presented to the House of Representatives, that Massachusetts has been actually preparing for civil war on a large scale. The contracts made for the equipment of troops for active service include two thousand knapsacks and two hundred thousand ball cartridges, and an appropriation of $25,- 000 has been made by the commonwealth to defray the expenses of putting the State troops on a war footing. It would have been well for the country if Massachusetts had been as ready with her troops during the war of 1812- 14—when she refused to allow them to leave the State—as she has shown herself in the Present instance.—N. Y. Herald. Stamm ACCOUNTED Fox.—The New York papers of Thursday recorded the mysterious suicide of a gentleman named “Henry," at No. 48 Lispenard street_ All that was known was, that he died from poison administered by him self. A friend of the deceased, who.knew him well, thus accounts for the sad affair : About two years ago he married a young lady who was living at Chicago. Ile took her to New York about a year ago. She had been there but a short time when she left her husband and went with. a certain Wall street broker, who opened a house of prostitution for her.— This so preyed upon his mind that he several times threatened to commit suicide, and at last he has done it. At Tucson, California, a ball is not considered a "success" unless it terminates in a general fight with knives and revolvers. A few weeks ago a man by the name of Elam commenced a spirited little difficulty at a Mexican fandango in that place, which concluded in a "beautiful" fight. He killed a musician, to properly in augurate the melee, and then began an indis criminate slaughter. He was pretty badly cut up himself, but had the satisfaction of shooting another musician through the leg and a senorita through the arm before he was ar rested. A GHOST STRIPPED OF EIS TERRORS.—A ghost rushed upon a party of both sexes, one night recently. near the La Fayette, La., cemetery, frightening them into a rapid flight. One strong armed and strong minded feminine stood her ground and gave the ghost such a taste of her quality that he begged for quarters, and owned to the cheat, and she carried him back, a captive of her fists and nails. In answer to the eager inquiries urged upon her she said : di pelt I—can't fool me. I can tell a man, no matter what he has on, I'll het." MOVEMENTS IN FLORIDA.—By private dis patches from Tanabe sae, th e Charleston Mercury learns that Gov. Perry is concentrating troops ai Pensacola with the utmost activity. Nearly all the workmen have been discharged from the Philadelphia navy yard—cause, noth ing to do. The Delaware Republican reports the peach crop in that state greatly damaged by the " cold snap." In Philadelphia, on Tuesday evening, a phy sician entered a car on Market street. There were eight or nine passengers in it already, and just as he seated himself he snuffed the stagnant atmosphere within the vehicle, and exclaimed, " small pox in this car, I smell it." He retired, and all the passengers. save one, were taken with a leaving, without any further ceremony. The person who remained behind was a female, habited in deep black, her face being covered Niith - a veil. It was ascetained that she had the small pox about as severely as any one could have that loathsome disease.— The physician, whose sands of life have just be gun to run, must have' an acute olfactory to detect the disease by merely smelling it. BOLD ATTEMPT AT BANE ROBBERY.—The New York Exchange Bank, at the corner of Greenwich and Dye streets, was entered by burglars after the building was closed on Sat urday night. The robbers hired a cellar ad joining the bank about a month since, for which they paid $l,lOO rent. They dug down and went under ground about seventy feet until they came under the vault of the bank. They then dug up and took away the foundation of the vault, which was constructed of stone and iron, and succeeded in getting into the outer portion, but they failed in breaking through the inside iron chest, and hence failed to get any plun der. APPROPRIATIONS BY THE SOUTHERN CONGRESS. The Montgomery Congress has passed an act appropriating the sum of $5,000 for preserving the unfinished work upon the Charleston Cus tom House, during the year ending February 4th, 1862—likewise appropriating $lO,OOO for roofing and preserving the unfinished work of the New Orleans Custom House, and $15,000 to fitting up suitable rooms for the accommo dation of the Courts and Clerk's office at New Orleans. THE PAwxnnom . a BUSINESS.—There are fifty-four pawnbrokers' shops in full blast in New York. The largest amount of money kept on loan in any one of them is $150,000. From ninety to ninety-five per cent. of the pledges are redeemed. Most of the shops charge 25 per cent. on all loans. The loans of one con cern amount to $360,000 per annum. A prominent merchant of Memphis, Tenn., states that since the secession movement began to affect the channels of trade, the business at Memphis has fully doubled, and that the Memphis and Charleston railroad has been actually choked up by the pressure of cotton coming into Memphis, and supplies going over the toad to Charleston. An English traveler writing home from Rus sia, says of it, that its "civilization is small, bribery and corruption are deemed only finesse, religion is a superstition and morality a myth." The large increase of the number of lunatics in England is attributed by eminent phyeiolo gist.s of that country to the deleterous subatan ces mixed with food. The Pawtucket (R. I.) Gazette says there is in that town a singe house which contains seventy children, sixty of whom are too young to labor. Handsome velvet pile carpets are now sold in England at seveniy- five cents per yard (our money,) about half what is asked for them in New York. The city of Providence, R. 1.. is about to introduce gymnastics in the public schools, having made an appropriation to that effect. The Union party of Tennessee have called a convention for nominating a Governor, to meet at Nashville, on Thursday, May 2d. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH From Washington. WASHINGTON, March 26 The vexed question of who shall be Commis sioner of .Patents is at last settled. Mr. Hol loway will remain in possesion of the office. The Administration will make no more ap pointments in the States of Vermont, Virginia, Connecticut and Rhode Island, until after their State elections are held. The President has expressed his disapproval of the appointment of objectionable route agents by the Post Office Department, in the State of Virginia. Some of the present route agents have been removed. The Hon. Sher rard Clemens has written from Virginia that it "will not do" for special agent Hall to visit Virginia. The Cabinet will await the return of Col. Eamon, from Fort Sumpter, before anything is done in reference to giving the order to evacu ate Fort Sumpter. There are no discrepancies or inconsistencies in Major Anderson's dispatches to the War Department, as has been recklessly alleged. The President and Cabinet have positively decided not to call an extra session of Congress at present. Senator Nesmith will conclude his speech in Executive Session to-day, and will urge prompt action on the part of the Government in refer ence to the - San Juan troubles. Later from Mexico. NEW ORLEANS, March 25. The steamship Tennessee has arrived from Vera Cruz with dates to the 21st inst. The 11. S. steamship Macedonian was at Sacrificios. ' The principal roadto the Capital is swarm ing with bands of rob bers. Captain Aidham, of H. B. M. ship Valorous, was severely wounded by the robbers while returning to Vera Cruz from the city of Mexico. The Constitutional Government is making progress slowly. Gov. Lamora is dead Rumors have reached the capital that a party of filibusters have invaded Lower California ; and it is also reported that a movement is pro gressing for the secession of a number of the border Mexican States, and their erection into the Sierra Madre Republic. M. Saligny, the French Minister, has pre sented his credentials to the Constitutional Government, and been formally received. Later from the Rio Grande—s276,ooo in Specie. NEW ORLEANS, March 26 The steamship Arizona, from Brazos, is be low. She brings $276,000 in specie. Mr. Owens, the Governor of. Arizona, in his reply to the Commissioners appointed by Texas, to confer with New Mexico and Arizona, in rela tion to the formation of a new Confederacy, invites them to be present at a Convention to be held in Mesilla on the 15th of March to con sider the crisis. New York Legislature. The House of Assembly to-day passed to third . reading a bill to provide for the submission to the people the question of calling a Convention to amend the Constitution. . The Markets. PHILADELPHIA, March 26. Flour quiet at $5a5.12% for superfine ; 26a6 for ex tra; $5.6216 for extra family, and $6.12,43 75 for fancy. Wheat in good demand; red $1 281,1.30, and white at $1 35a1.50 Corn active; new Southern yellow 60 cents afloat, and old at 623/c. Lard held at 10c. in bbls., and 119.113‘0, in tierces. Whisky sells at 18a183ic. New YoR; March 26. Flour advanced 5c.; sales 14,000 bbls. at $5.20 for state,.ss.6oas 65 for Ohio, and $5 40a5 75 for Southern. Wheat advance I ; white Western $1.50 Northwestern club $1.26%. Corn advanced ; mixed 68a69c., and 713/ eta. for white Southern. Provisions steady but un changed. Whisky dull at 17,ife17)ic. BALTIMORE, March 26. Flour dull ; Howard Street and Ohio $5.12X, and City Mills $5.00, without sales; wheat active and firm at $1 27a1.30 for red, and $1.40a1 65 for white. Corn steady —mixed 53a55c. Pork dull at $l7 for mess, and $l4 for prime. Coffee firm at 11)01830. Whisky dull at 17 cents. DIED. On Sunday evening. Rev. B. R. Wilma, aged 26 years. [The friends and acquaintances of the deceased, and the pupils of the Pennsylvania Female College and his Sabbath School class, are cordially invited to attend the funeral on Thursday afternoon next, at 2 o'clock - , from his late residence on Pront street.] ALBANY, March 26 SPECIAL NOTICE 1:17. WARRANTED IN ALL CASES DR.. HARVEY'S "`"4' OHRONO THERMAL FEMALE PILL F or the prevention and Cure of all those difficulties to a , 4 the female system is peculiarly liable. arising fro m - STOPPAGE OF NATURE OR OBs ritUCTION, These Pills have never Ulm knmon to fail when the directions have been streetly follmocil, and th, v 0,7 e perfectly sof- to take by the most deticars. To MARRIED LADIES they are partieular!y rem m. mended, as they prevent difficulties, and restore nature no matter from what cense the obstruction may arise few days in most eases will p orduce the desired effi s t r and although to powerful, yet no injury will ever res ult f their use. But those who are pregnant should not rocil ru se them, as they have an effect contrary to Datum. Painphiets detailing timir virtues, with numerous certificates from Well known physicians and apothecaries, can be had on aerate, Li on to the agent, who will send the Pinlolev,2i:ildedgiale:l,sl:- mail, post-paid, to any address, on receipt of th e mo 4 r Y Sold in boxes containing sixty pills—price One Dollar,-1 by all the principal druggists and dealers, and by WWI, CO., wholesale agents, Korth Second sir. et. Philmel. phia. A NEW REMEDY. Superseding CUSSES, COPAIBA, CAPSULES, or any compoim that has ever been before the people. It has been used ONE HUNDRED PHYSICIANS, b, In their private praace, with entire success, in all CERA B ELL'S SPECIFIC PILLS, For diseases of a private nature en's is frequently p m formed= a wftie, and entire confidence may be placed is them. This remedy is a newly discovered specific, m o re active and speedy in its effects than Cubebs or Copa b 4 alone. The pills are half the size of Capsules, and n evo nauseate the stomach, or impregnate the breath. Six dozes pills in a box—price One onodllar, and willmsbve2ieonattbiz.vd: pot-paid, by the agent, receipt of the money. Sold by all the principal druggists and dealers, and by DYOTT & CO., wholesale agents, North Second street, Philadelphia. PURIFY YOUR, BLOOD.—BRANDILETH'S PILLS WARRANTED TO CURE FEVER AND AGUE,—The effect of purging with BRANDRETWS PILLS is to re. store the health, no matter from what cause it may be suffering. They take out all impurities from the ey e _ tern; and they have the same power of espulsioa over miasm, poisonous vapor of decayed vegetables, or indeed any fact, ifh poisonous te d blood is poisoned, breathed et i by impure, whatever, In add n pure blood results in disease. BRANDRETIPS PILLS, though innocent as bread, yet they are caratle of purl. Eying the blood and curing disease. So, they cure al/ kinds of fevers, all asthmas, catarrhs, Cestiveness aai painful affections of every kind. Sold, price 25 cents, at No. 294 Canal eet, Newyork, and by all Druggists. Also, by GEO H DELL, corner of Second and Chestnut streets, Harrieterg, and by ail respectable dealers in medicines deg-dicsbn Cristadoro's Hair Dye I 8 THE ONLY DYE.. THE ONLY DYE.. THE ONLY DYE.. THE ONLY DYE.. THE ONLY DYE.. THE ONLY DYE.. and the ONLY DYE - - For all who desire to have the color of their hair changed with safety, certainty and rapidity, to any shade they may desire. Manufactured by J CRISTADORO, 8 Asto? House, New York. Sold everywhere, and applied by all Hair Dressers. marl9-dawlm THE GREAT ENGLISH It.I,MEDT.—Sir James Clarke's Celebrated Female Pi 11.., prepared. from a preacrip. ion of Sir J. Clarke, M. D., Physician Eatraord;. nary to the Queen. Thin invaluable medicine is unfailing in the cute of ail those painful and dangerous diseases to which the female constitution is subject. It moderates all excess and re• moves all obstructions. and a speedy cure may be relied in. TO MARRIED LADIES it is peculiarly suited. It will in a short time bring on the monthly period with regularity. Each bottle, price One Dollar, bears the Government Stamp of Great Britain, to prevent counterfeits. - THESE PILLS SHOULD NOT BB TAXER BY FEMALES DURING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF PREGNANCY, AS THEY ARE SURE TO BRING ON MISCARRIAGE, BET AT ANY OMER TIME THEY dliE SAFE. In all cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections, Pain in the Back and Limbs, Fatigue on slight exertion, Palpitationof the heart, Hysterics and Whites, these Pills will effect a cure when all other means have failed, and although &pow erful remedy, do not contain Ton, calomel, antimony, o: anything hurtful to the constitution. Full directions in the pamphlet around each package, which should be carefully preserved. N. 8.--$4OO and 8 postage stamps enclosed to any at!. thorized Agent, will insure a bottle, containing over 50 pills, by return mail. For sale by C. A. BaarivAßT, Harrisburg. j77-dawly Mothers, read this. The following is an extract from a letter written by a pastor of the Baptist Church to the Journal and Messenger, Cincinnati, Ohio, and speaks volumes in favor of that world-renowned medicine—Mus. WING LOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING: " We see an advertisement in your columns of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. New we never said a word in favor of a patent medicine before in our life, but we feel compelled to say to your readers, that this is no brmbt.g —WE HAVE TRIED IT, AND KNOW IT TO BB ALL IT °Lanus. It is, probably, one of the most successful medicines of the day, because it is one of the beet. And those of your readers who have babies can't do better than to lay in a supply. sep.29-d&wly MANHOOD. -HOW LOST HOW RESTOLRED. JUST PUBIFISHED ON THE NATITEF, TREAT MENT AND RADICAL CURE OF STEHHATORRHEA, or Seminal Weakness, Sexual Debility, Nervousness, Involuntary Emissions and Impotency, resulting from Self-abuse, &c. By Robt. J. Culverwell, M. D. Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, post paid, on receipt of two stamps, by Dr. CHARLES J. C. KLINE, 127 Bowery, New York. Post Office Box. No. 4,586. march2o-d&w3m. New abuertioements. REMOVAL. The subscriber has removed his PLUMBING AND DRABS FOUNDRY from Marketstreet to Fourth street above Market, opposite the Bethel. Church Thankful for past patronage, he hopes, by strict attention to busi• was, to merit a continuance of it. mar27•dtf WM PARKHILL. VOR RENT:—A COTTAGE on Pine street. Inquire of DIRS. MURRAY, mar27-dtf Corner of Second and Pine Ste. REMOVAL. JOHN W. GLOVER, MERCHANT TAILOR, Has removed to 60 MARKET STREET, Where he will be pleased to see all his friend . octB-dtf WARRANTED TWELVE MONTHS: ANOTHER LOT OF MORTON'S UNRIVALLED GOLD PENS!] PERSONS in want of a superior and really good clout PEN wi ll find with me a large assortment to select from, and have the privilege to exchange the Pens until their hand is perfectly suited. And if by fair means the Dia mond points break off during twelve months, the pur chaser shall have the privilege to select a new one, without any charge. I have very good Gold Pens, in strong silver-plata Cases, for $l, $1.25, $ l5O, $2.00 - For sale at SCHREIER'S BOOKSTORE, mar 26 No. 18 Market Street, Harrisburg, pi. WANTED—SI,OOO City or County Bonds. Enquire at this office. mar22-dtf 82.000 TO LOANI 821000 Inquire of TORN SHANNON, Agent. roar2s.2td North Front Street, Harrisburg, Pa. WALL PAPER, CEILING PAPER, TRANSOM PAPER, BORDERS, FIRE PRTN TS., WINDOW CURTAINS, TASSELS, AND FIXTURES, AT LOW PRICES, at SCBEFFEWS Book-store. Near the Harrisburg Bridge. mar2s H . W A R D, MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN STRAW GOODS, Nos. 103, 105 and 107 NORTH SECOND STREET , PHILADELP HIA. We are now receiving our SPRING STOCK., which will com prise a large and desirable assortment of all kinds of STRAW AND LACE GOODS. Also, a large assortment of LADIES' & CHILDREN' S HATS Our stock of FLOWERS and RUCHES will be unusually large this Season, and we would invite your special st tention to that department. Please call and examine them before making your purchases. H. WARD, N 06.103, 105 and 107 NORTH iiICOO-ND M .l above Arch. marlB-2awlMd. Ever analyzed Sworn to be poisonleg3 ...Fo r a living brown ....For a perfect black ..That defies detection ...Thatis instantaneous
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