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Justice for the new Territory of Dacotah.
is understood that Mr. Williston wished to be ,
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Hon. Robert M. Palmer.
This gentleman has been appointed by the
President and confirmed by the Moiled' States
Senate as Minister Reeident at the Argentine
Confederation. This is a compliment to Mr.
Palmer of which he may well be proud.
If energetic services and devotion to the in
terests of his party entitle any gentleman to
consideration at the hands of the Administra- . •
tion, that man is Mr. Palmer. He is a gentle
men of talents of a high order, of prepossessing
manners and address, and will make a faithfuL
and efficient representative abroad.
We are pleased to add our testimony to the
many excellent qualities of Mr. Palmer, both
as a man and a citizen, as well as his fitness
for the discharge of the responsible duties of a
Minister Resident abroad.
If Mr. Lincoln had been as fortunate in the
other selections he has made for similar ap
pointments as he has been in the case of Mr.
Palmer, he would have brought credit to his
Administration and the country. We regret to
know, however, that in one instance, at least,
the President has made, as the sequel will I
prove, a most egregious blunder.
Small Notes.
The Bank Committee of the Senate has re
ported a bill empowering the banks to issue
small notes of the denominations of one, two
and three dollars, to the amount of twenty per
cent. of their capital, and to receive foreign
small notes at three quarters per cent. discount,
to be returned for redemption. With the ex
ception perhaps of the Northern and Western
tier of counties, where foreign shinplasters are
used in utter disregard of the law prohibiting
their circulation in the State, this measure is
entirely uncalled for by the people, and is not
necessary to meet any actual want. The law
excluding small bills has acted as a purifier of
the currency in the law-abiding portions of the
State; having brought into general use gold
and silver in all transactions involving sums
less than five dollars. A return now to the old
shinplaster system would drive the precious
metals from circulation, and substitute in their
place a ragged, often worthless, sometimes dis
ease-propagating representative of money. •
No doubt this measure will be urged on the
ground that foreign small notes now circulate
freely in portions of the State, and that it is
better to displace them by notes of similar de
nominations issued by our own banks. This is
a very inadequate reason for flooding portions
of the State where these small notes are not
used with an unwelcome currency. Because
certain portions of the State suffer inconveni
ence from disregard of the law, is no reason
why the evil should be legalized and extended.
Let the law be respected and enforced, and for
eign small notes will be driven out of the State
entirely. It is only displacing one evil by
another to exclude them by empowering our
banks to issue small bills. But it is not impro
bable that the Legislature may pass this bill.
We would not undertake to say what it would
not do. After postponing the spring election
in Philadelphia, in utter defiance of the wishes
of the people, it may do anything without
Greeting astonishment.
What Caused Disunion?.
The North American says that the " control
el ling m a jority of the Democratic party are
" disnnionists," and labors to hold that•party
responsible for the secession of the Southern
States. This is an old story, repeated with
many variations both before and since the Pre
sidential election, and may be disposed of in a
very few words.
In the first place, it is necessary to have a
clear understanding of what constitutes a dis
unionist. We suppose the term to mean the
man or the party who favors disunion as in
itself a, desirable thing, or who has pursued such
a course, politically, as to cause disunion.
The Democratic party did neither. It did'
not desire disunion, or do anything to promote
it. On the contraryhit strove most earn6stly
to avert the calamity of disunion. Had its
warnings been followed, and its counsels heeded,
the secession of seven States, and the forma
tion of a Southern Confederacy out of parts of
the Union, would not now be a disagreeable
truth ; and instead of a feeble and irresolute
Administration at Washington, hesitating what
policy to pursue toward States defying its au
thority, we should now have an Administration
quietly conducting the affairs of an unbroken
and prosperous nation. It cannot be, denied
that this would have been the benign result of
Democratic success at the Presidential election,
' for the obvious reason that the principles of the
. Democratieparty were national; therefore, it is
not anything contained in Democratic princi
ples that has caused disunion.
Where then shall we seek for the cause but
in the disregard of those national principles—
adherence to which would have spared us the
evil and mortification of disunion ? Where but
in the Republican party, whose abandonment
of the great nationandea, end whose severance
of the slave and free States in principle, pro
duced their severance in fact? " The success, of
this party was the true alum of disunion.--
The fact is patent, distudon could have occured
in no other way than by its success. It pur
chased triumph at a price of which it was
warned in advance ; and yet it did not 'hesitate.
Now, when the people hold it accountable for
the consequences of its acts, it seeks to shift
the responsibility upon those who would have
maintained the Union intact had their advice
been heeded.
There is just one other point to be disposed
of. , Secession was not carried in the South by
the Democratic party as a political organiza
tion_ It was not a party movement, but was
effected, without regard to previous divisions,
by the life-long enemies as well as the former
friends of the Democratic party. Disunion was
the .uprising of one section to throw off the
evils—real or imaginary—apprehended from
the domination of another section. It was not
the work of a party, accomplished under a
party name add organization. The movement
has obliterated party distinctions in the seceded
States, where the Democratic organization is
practically dead, because its vitality consisted
in its nationality.
The Plea of Ignorance.
Mr. Lincoln solemnly promised in his inau
gural that the whole power of the Government
should be used to "hold and possess" the pro
perty and places belonging to the Union ; and
these words were understood to assert a deter
mination not, in any event, to abandon Sump
ter, Pickens, or any governraent possession in
the seceded States—in fact not to do anything,
directly or by implication, that would even
seem to recognize disunion. Since it has been
found necessary to pursue a different policy,
the partisans of the Administration advance
some queer reasons for the change. As a
specimen we give the following from the able
Washington correspondent of the North Amer
*can :
The President's hesitation after the declara
tions of his inaugural, is easily understood.
They were made before he had any knowledge
of the actual state of facts, and hence may be
modified without involving any abandonment
of principle or• supposed inconsistency. Re
asserted a broad principle, which could only be
vindicated to the extent of his ability, and with
the means at his command. Re could not well
be expected to perform impossibilities.
We don't queation:the entire truthfulness of
this excuse ;. but it is certainly a very humili
ating one. It appears that when Mr. LINCOLN
penned his inaugural, he was totally ignorant
of the actual state of facts—knew nothing of the
condition of the country—was insensible to the
perils environing the Union—in short, had not
opened his eyes to the true state of the case.
This is the sort of statesman the Republican
party selected to control the destinies of the
country at a time of imminent peril—a man
whose best friends are compelled to put in the
plea of ignorance as an excuse for inconsis
tency ! This total ignorance also explains why
it was Mr. Lincoln made so many foolish de
clarations in the course of his journey to Wash
ington; that there was "nothing the matter"
—"nothing going wrong"—"nobody was hurt"
and like evidences of mental darkess.
The Border Mate Conference.
The proposition that the border States should
meet in conference and determine upon a course
of conduct, which shall unite them, is one that
is likely to be carried, and to be fraught with
important consequences. The Richmond Whig,
a conservative paper, which has fought the
battle of the Union at the Sopth, and triumphed
in the contest, proposes to make the Conference
the occasion of offering the -ultimatum to the
North. It says :
If, as we propose, the border States conference
should assemble about the last of May, it would
probably be in session not more than a month at
farthest, and thus by the first of July, its labors
would be concluded; and then its ultimatum
should be immediately presented to the Northern
States, and a ratification or rejection thereof
be required during the course of the present
year, or, say, by the first of October, which
would afford the North a period of three months
in which to consider and take final action on
said ultimatum. And then, the Virginia Con
vention meeting again about the middle of
October, or first of November, would be in a
condition to act promptly and intelligently, one
way or the other, as circumstances should re
quire. If the North accepted the border States
ultimatum, there would be an end of the matter
and'an adjustment, final and complete, of all
the questions in controversy between the two
sections. But, if the North rejected said ulti
matum, then separation would be the only
alternative, and such separation should be
peaceable, provided the North would consent
to a fair and equitable division of the public
propeity. But if such division should be re
fused, then, as we have said, we should not
basely abandon our rights in said property, but
should fight for them to the bitter end.
THREATENED NII.LLIFIATION AT THE NORTH.
The New York Commercial, at one time a staid
old Whig journal, but now inters sely Republican,
earnestly calls for an extra session of Congress
to repeal the Morrill "wood screw" tariff law.
It hints that if not repealed, nullification may
be resorted to at the North. Here is, the lan
*
gnage :
"The people of the North are undoubtedly a
law-abiding people, and they will obey much
rather than evade or defy the laws. But their
commerce is their first interest, and if a high scale
of import duties is enforced at their ports, while
importations are adolifted free or with a
comparatively nominal duty at the South, there
is grave reason to fear that one of two tempta
tions will be yielded to—either the law will be
evaded, and systematic smuggling will be re
sorted to, or the laws will be set at defiance."
LETTER FROM GEORGE PEABODY, ESQ.-
The Boston Courier publishes a letter from
George Peabody, Esq., the American banker in
London, in reference to our national crisis, in
which he says :
"The anticipation of a bloody conflict be
tween the North and the South has already
destroyed confidence in the United States gov
ernment stocks and many of the State secu
rities, and millions have, within a few months,
been sent home for a market in consequence.
It is only by concession on the part of the
Northern States, and a compromise which
would secure the best feelings of the border
States toward the North and West, that we can
reinstate our credit abroad."
EDROPE AND THE SouTD.—The commercial
article of the Paris Constitutionnet of March 3
says: "If the Morri ll tariff should pass Con
gress, as appears likel y, exportations from
France, England and Germany to the Northern
States, would receive a severe check, and, no
lens volens, European commerce would incline to
fraternize with the South, in spite of its slavery in
stitutions and principles."
PENN'A LEGISLATURE.
SENATE:
THURSDAY, March 28, 1861'
The Senate . was called to order at 10 o'clock
by Mr. pENNEY, Speaker pro tem.
The SPEAKER laid before the Senate the
annual report of the officers of the Eastern
Penitentiary ; also, the annual report of the
Delrware and Hudson canal company.
BILLS IN PLACIL
Mr. WELSH, a resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution.
Mr. SCHINDEL, a joint resolution relative
to purchase of military charts.
Mr. M'CLURE, a supplement to the act for
the regulation and continuance of a system of
education by public schools.
Mr. CLYMER, an act relative to hawkers in
Berks county.
Mr. IRISH, an act authorizing the issue of
small notes for the better regulation of the
currency of this Commonwealth.
Also, an act relative to liens on legacies.
Mr. HIESTAND, an act to prevent the intro
duction and spreading of the Canada thistle in
Lancaster county.
Mr. SMITH, a further supplement to the act
incorporating the city of Philadelphia;
which
was subsequently taken up and passed.
Mr. BOUGHTER, en act requiring the State
Treasurer to pay J. J. Dull certain moneys.
Mr. BENSON, a further supplement to the
act relative to Cameron county.
BILLS CONSIDERED.
Mr. CONNELL called up. an act to provide
for the more correct and faithful assessment of
real estate in Philadelphia; passed.
Mr. IMBRIE called up an act requiring the
Pittsburg and Cleveland railroad company to
fence their track in Beaver; which was neg
atived—yeas 12, nays 13.
Mr: CLYMER called up an act relative to
hucksters in the county of Berks ; passed.
Mr. ROBINSON called up an act relative to
the claim of Samuel Copper ; passed.
Mr. MEREDITH called bp an act authorizing
the school directors of the borough of Indiana
to borrow money ; passed.
Mr. SCHINDEL called up supplement to an
act to incorporate the Columbia Delaware
bridge company ; passed.
Mr. SERRILL, an act relative to taxation in
the borough of Cheater; passed.
Mr. WHARTON, an act relative to constables'
fees in Huntingdon county ; passed
Mr. YARDLEY, an act to authorize the sale
of certain real estate; passed finally.
Mr. HALL, for the SPEAKER, called up
supplement to an act relative to selling of the
repairs of the roads in Schuylkill county ; pas
sed.
Mr. FINNEY called up an act relative to
plank roads in Crawford county; passed.
Mr. HAMILTON, an act to repeal so much
of an act incorporating the borough of Schuyl
kill Haven, as provides for the election of a
supervisor.
Mr. CONNELL. on leave, read in place, an act
relative to the Old Guard of the city of Phila
delphia ; which, on motion, was taken up and
passed.
Mr. YARDLEY, for the Speaker,and act rela
tive to copying drafts in the surveyor's office
in Schuylkill county; which was passed.
Mr. BENSON called up an act to incorpo
rate the Warran ana Tidioute railroad company;
which was passed.
Mr. CONNELL called up an act relating to
railroad companies ; which was laid over on
second reading.
Mr. BOUGHTER called up an act to estab
lish a law library, in the city of Harrisburg;
passed.
Mr. BOUND, an act to extend the provisions
of an act for the better security of the payment
of wages of laborers, to Columbia and Montour
counties ; passed.
Mr. CONNELL, an not to incorporate the
Excelsior steam forcing hose company of Phila
delphia ; which was passed.
Mr. BENSON called up an act relating to the
destruction of wolves, bears and wild eats, in
the counties of M'lcean and Potter ; passed.
Mr. MOTT, an act to authorize the school
directors of Honesdale to borrow money ;
passed.
• Mr. IRISH called up an act to incorporate
the Nay Aug hose company; passed.
Mr. CRAWFORD called up an act to author
ize the school directors of the borough ofNew
port to borrow money; which was passed.
Mr. LANDON called up an act to incorporate
the Ashland water company ; which was
passed. Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, March 28, 1861.
The SPEAKER called the House to order at 10
o'clock. Mr. DAVIS has been absent on a
pilgrimage to Washington for some days, and
his return was hailed with much delight by his
many friends.
Mr. SHEPPARD, during the absence of the
Speaker, presided over the House with much
dignity.
Mr. TRACY moved that the House reconsider
the vote by which the supplement to the act, enti
tled "An act for the assessment and recovery of
damages upon the North Branch and Wyoming
Canals," was negatived. Mr. TRACY spoke
very earnestly in support of his motion ; the
motion was carried.
Mr. RANDALL presented the minority re
port of the committee on the erection of pub
lic buildings in Philadelphia. It is signed by
Messrs. RANDALL, WILDEY, CALDWELL,
PRESTON, DUNLAP, SHEPPARD, and GAS
KILL.
A bill providing for the filling of vacancies
in the Select and Common Councils between
this and the next election was taken up and
passed.
PETITIONS
Messrs. ABBOTT, SMITH, RANDALL,
RIDGWAY, SELTZER, LEISENRING,. GAS
KILL, DUNLAP, APDONOUGII, MORRISON,
PRESTON, WILDEY, THOMAS, CALDWELL,
DUFFIELD, SHEPPARD, MOORE and others
presented a large number of petitions on vari
ous subjects, which were appropriately refer
red. Adjourned until afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House was called to order at 8 o'clock
P. m.
Mr. THOMAS called up the bill for the erec
tion of public buildings in Philadelphia. The
first section passed—yeas 46, nays 84.
Pending the second section the further con
sideration of the bill, on motion of Mr. RAN
DALL, was postponed until Wednesday next.
APPROPRIATION BILL
The House then resumed, on second reading,
the appropriation bill, the pending question
being on the 29th section.
The appropaiation of $lO,OOO each to the
Normal schools at Millersburg and Edinboro'
was stricken out and $5,000 each inserted.—
Adjourned till evening.
THE Burton DIVORCE CASE.—A correspondent
writing from Chicago to the Milwaukee Demo
crat says:
"The Burch divorce case is still before the
Court on a motion for a new trial. Whatever
the effect of the first trial may have been upon
the public, it has either failed to convince Mr.
Burch of the injustice of his demand, or has
failed to overcome his obstinacy. It is not
true, as has been reported, that the trial cost
him $lOO,OOO, or that it has used up a large
portion of his fortune. I have the most reli
able information that he is worth more to-day
than he was at the time the suit was com
menced. The cost of the suit was large, though
somewhat less than sls,ooo,while in one specu
lation alone Mr. Burch is said to have realized
a much larger sum of money. The report that
the parties are negotiating to live together
again, is also unfounded. I am reliably in
formed that they are negotiating for a perma
nent and peaceable separation,. with prospects
of success. Neither party are willing to endure
another trial if it can be avoided. Let us hope
that thl details of another trial may never be
spread before the public.
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
TABLE showing the population of the : United States and Territories, according to the Seventh Census, (1850,)
and the Eighth Census, (1860,) respectively; also, tha Representation for the Thirty-Eighth Congress, and the
losses and gaios in the several States. •
CENSUS OF 1850. I, , CENSUS OF 1860. lig;11t'l fp,
STATES.
1 a iirt :
it nom SLAVE. TOTAL.
FREE. SLAVE.' i TOTAL.. ..8 ...! :
)
Alabama, -- - - ----- 428,779 342 , 844 771.623 1 529,164 435.132 1 ; 964,296 1611 1 .
Arkansas, 162.797 , 47.100 I 209,8971 324,323 111,104 ' 435,427 i 3 ~ 1
California, 92,507 .. . 92,697 i 380.015 1 380;015 13i . ' 1
. .
Connecticut, 370,792 370.7021 460,151 460,151 I 4
De , aware, 89,2411 2,290 91.532 I 110'420 1.798 112,218 I 1 1 .
Florida, 48,135 39,310 87;4451 78.686 61,753 140,439 1 . .
Georgia, ' 524,503 381,682 906,185 595.097 462,230 1 1,057,327 1 7 1
Illinois, 851,470 851,470 1,711,753 1,711,753 ' 13 . 4
Indiana, 988,416 988,416 1,350,479 1,350,479 11 . .
lowa, 192,214 192,214 1 674.948 ... . . 674,948 5 . 3
Kansas, ••• . . 1 107,110 ... . . 107,1:0 1 . ..
. . • • •
Kentucky, 771,424 210,981 982,405 ' 930,223 225,490 1 1,351,713 8 2
Louisiana, • 272,953 244,809 517,7621 '376,913 332,529 709,433 5I . 1
Maine, . 583;169 . . . 583,169 1 6?8,276 ... . . 628.276 5 1 .
Maryland, 492.666 90,368 683.0341 699,846 67,188 687;034 5 1 .
Massachusetts, • 994,514. ._. . . 984:614 1,231 065 . . . 1.231,065 10 1
Mississippi, 296,648 309.878 606,526 354,699 43 . 6696 '791,395 5 . .
Missouri, 594,622 87,422 682,044, 1,058,352 114,965 1;173.317 9. 2
Michigan, . 397.654 397.6541 749,112 749,112 6 . 2
Minnesota, 6,077 6,077 1 362,022 162.022 1 1
New Hampshire, 317,976 317.9761 328,072 326,072 3 . .
New Jersey, 489,319 236 489,5551 672,031 672,031 6 . .
New York, 8,097,394 .•. . . 8,097,394 3,887,542 ... . . 3,887,542 31 2 .
North Carolina, 580,491 288,548 869,039 661,586 331,081 992,667 1 7 1 .
Ohio, 1,980 329 1,980.329 2,339,599 2,839.599 18 3 .
Oregon, ------ - . - 13,294 13,294 52,464 52,464 1 . .
Pennsylvania, 2,311,786 2,311,786 2,906,870 . . .. . 2,906,370 23 2 .
Rhode Island, 147,545 ..• . . -147,545 174,821 174,621 1 1
South Carolina, - 283,523 . 381,984 668,507 301,271 402,541 703,812 4 2
Tennessee, 768,258 239,459 1,04,717 834,063 275,784 1,109,847 8 2
Texas, 154,431. 68,161 212,592 420,651 180,388 601,039 4 . 2
Virginia, 949,183 472,528 1,421,661 1,105,196 490,887 1596,083 11 2
Vermont, 314,120 314,120 315,116 315,116 2 1
Wisconsin, 305,391 805,391 775,878 775,878 6 . 3
- - -
TER R 1 TORIES. 19,866,662 3,200,600 23,067,262 127,185,109 3,949,557 31,134,666 233 24 19
' .. .
Colorado,; 34,197 34,197 . . .
Dakotah, 4.839 4,839 . . .
Nebraska, 28,832 10 28,842 . . .
Nevada, . . . . 6,857 6,857 . . . .
New Mexico, 61,547 • 61.647 93,517 24 93,641 . . .
Utah, 11,354 26 11,380 40,266 29 40,296 • . . .
Washington,. ~ . . ..... ... . .
.11.678 31,578 . . . .
District of Columbia, - - 48.000 3,687 51,687 71,895 3,181 75,076 • . . .
19,987,563 3,204,313 23,191,876 27,477,090 3,952,801 81,429,891
The whole number of Representatives is by law fixed at two hundred and thirty-three, who are apportioned
among the states respectively ' by dividing the number of the free population of the States, to which, in slave
holding States, three-fifths of the slaves is added, by the number two hundred and thirty .three, and the product
of such division (rejecting all fractions of a unit) shall be the ratio of representation of the several States; but
as the number and amount of the fractions among so many dividends would, of course, in the aggregate, be suffi
cient to reduce the number of r.epresentatives below the number specified, it was provided that the whole number
should be supplied by assigning to so many States having the largest fractions, an additional member each for its
fraction, until the number of two hundred and thirty-three members should be assigned to the several States.
GENERAL NEWS.
OUR TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN.—The Bri
tish board of trade returns for January show
that the total exports for the month were only
£8,844.701, being £1,021,796 less than Janu
ary, 1860. The decrease is in a large measure
ascribable to the condition of affairs in the
United States, as is shown by the fact that our
imports for January were over $4,000,000 less
than in January last year. Of the British im
ports in January, grain and flour, of course,
exhibit the mast remarkable totals, the quan
tities taken representing a value of more than
£2,000,000, and £500,000 in the corresponding
month of 1860, and of this enormous total,
fifty-five per cent. was obtained from the United
States, and twenty per cent, from France.
TEnnutrx &welt/NG PROM CoLn.—On the
morning of Wednesday, the 6th of February,
Clark Brown, aged 60, and a daughter of 15,
set out from Shandaken, Ulster county, N. Y.,
for Denning, across the "Big Indian Forest."
Before night they lost their way, and wandered
through the snow-covered woods until the af
ternoon of Saturday, the 9th, when the girl
reached Dewitiville, and procured assistance
for her father, to preserve whom from perish
ing she had divested herself of a portion of her
clothing. Every, attention was paid to both,
but.the old man died in a few days, and the
brave girl hid one foot amputated at the ankle,
and the toes of the other foot cut off.
SOnnmE ron Smuaorapro.—The New York
World has the following: "We have received
information, from sources deserving the fullest
reliance, that there are persons now doing
business in this city who are making extensive
arrangements to cheat the Federal Government
out of itslevenue on fereign goods by importing
them into Savannah under the low rates of the
free list of the present or the prospective tariff
of the Southern Confederacy, and smuggling
them North, coastwise and overland, to compete
with the goods honestly imported by honest
merchants here, under the higher rates of the
new tariff which goes into operation on the lst
of April."
DEATH OF A CELEBRITY.—Count Tascber de
la Pagerie. ;whose death in Paris has given rise
to some talk, was a great uncle of the Emperor,
a senator and a member'of the imperial house
holds of both the Napoleons. His relationship
to Josephine and Queen Hortense gave him the
right to advise—a right he rarely abused. He
, lived to the good old age of 82, and was often
consulted on political as well as domestic af
fairs by the present Emperor.
SAD RESULTS OF THE STORM.—A gentleman
from Marshfield informs us that twelve dead
bodies have been found on Scituate and Marsh
field shore, who lost their lives when their
vessels went to pieces in the storm of last week.
Many years ago as many and even more lives
were lost in the same neighborhood, but .there
has been no such destruction of life there by
shipwreck for at least twenty years. —Boston
Post.
AN UNFORTUNATE MAN.—Henry Urban. of
St. Louis, is an unfortunate man. A gang of
rowdies attacked his house, and he fired upon
them, breaking the arm of one. For this he
was arrested, and sentenced to a month's im
prisonment. When he had served out his time
and went home, he found that his wife had
eloped with another man. The next day a Jew
peddler sold him a brass watch for $5O. He is
waiting to see what will turn up next.
Susan Benin ' the actress, has got herself
into trouble at Detroit. The critic of one of
the newspapers did not have a very high ap
preciation of her capabilities, and wrote as
much-in a notice of her performances ; where
upon the husband of the lady waited upon the
critic and pounded his head with a tumbler,
while susan stood by anxious to lend her aid.
The pair made tracks for Canada as soon as
they had thus vindicated their honor.
"INTERNATIONAL DOG FlGHT."—Under this
head the New York papers inform their readers
that a match between Rosie, of Brooklyn, and
Bess, of Liverpool, England—the . " champion
dogs of the world"—was fought in Brooklyn on
Tuesday evening, for $250 a side. Ten thousand
dollars, it is stated, changed hands on the
match. Bess won in thirty minutes. There
were about one thousand spectators present.
Some writer has suggested that the new
Southern Confederacy be called "The Panola
Republic." Panola is the Indian name for
cotton, and would be the most appropriate title
by which the young Republic could be desig
nated. It would touch alike the feelings and
the pride of the people who live in the cotton
States.
CONNECTICUT ELEO TION.—The election in Con
necticut. for members of Congress and State
officers, takes place on Monday, April Ist. Both
parties are active, and a large vote will doubt
less be cast. The present Congressional dele
gation from that State is unanimously Repub
lican.
TILE INDIAN NATlONS.—Governor Rector, of
Arkansas, has appointed Dr. J. J. Gaines com
missioner to visit the Indian nations on its wes
tern frontier, to confer with their chiefs and
head men in relation to matters connected with
the present crisis in our national affairs.
During the tremendous gale in England, on
the 21st of February, the anemometer at, Lloyd's
marked 36 pounds pressure of the wind on the
square foot. This is the heaviest gale recorded
for very many years.
The Texas Legislature have passed a resolu
tion approving the act of the Convention de
posing Gen. Houston. Since the departure of
the Federal troops the Indians have been very
troublesome on the frontier.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
LATER FROM EUROPE.
The steamship City of Baltimore arrived at
half past seven o'clock this morning, with Liv
erpool papers to the 18th inst., and telegraphed
advices via Queenstown to the 14th.
The steamers Jura, Ktingaroo, Nova Scotian
and Fulton had arrived out.
The`Parliamentaryproceedings had been un
important.
The main features of the navy estimates had
been voted.
The new steamer Hibernia, of the Galway
line, had made a successful trial trip, and was
advertised to sail for New York on her first trip,
on the 26th inst.
The French corps legislatif was engaged in
debating the address to tho Emperor. The
main topic wfts the Italian pciicy, which several
members strongly denounced, asserting that
the English policy bad proved 'victorious in
Italy. One member warned the Government
against its suicidal policy, and predicted that
internal dangers were ahead. The Minister
protested against his speech, and defended the
Emperor's course.
Another Conference was held on the Sicilian
question on the 11th inst., and an agreement
was soon effected.
The French papers publish dispatches an
nouncing that the Musselmen had dssumed'• . a
threatening attitude towards the Christains in
Syria.
The Paris Bourse was flat at 686j68f. 6o
The Turkish Government drafts on wires
for 400,000 pounds were duly paid on the 12th
inst.
It was rumored that Francis the Second had
ordered Gen. Pergola to surrender Messina, and
another report says that the garrison .will be
compelled to surrender.
Count Cavour tad presented the project of a
law, proclaiming the Kingdom of Italy to the
lower braneh of the Italian Parliament.
It is denied that Sardinia is negotiating at
Rome.
Affairs continued quiet at Warsaw, but it is
asserted that the excitement, though unruffled,
was increasing. Russian troops continued to
arrive.
Differences hive occurred between Sir H. Bul
wer and the American Minister in Turkey,
Bulwer having declined to attend the reception
on Washington's birth-day.
TURIN, March 13.—The Citadel of Messina
surrendered to the Sardinian troops to-day.
BERNE, March 13.—The Sardinian govern
ment lodged a complaint with the Federal
Council against Bishop Morrely, on account of
his pastoral letter having contained remarks
disapproving of Victor Emmanuel. The-Gov
ernment of the Canton of Fribourg, before
whom the complaint was presented as the only
competent tribunal, has rejected it..
LIVERPOOL, March 14.—Advices from Shang
hai have been received to the 24th of January.
Pekin was quiet. The troops at Teinsin were
healthy, and the treaty was working satisfac
torily.
Affairs at Japan are peaceful.
The Canton dates are to the Ist of February.
Lord Elgin had left.
The American ship Hesperus has been burn
ed. Trade was depressed
SINGAPORE, Feb. 7.—The Java cable has been
lost. The French troops have been victorious at
Sagon. The French transport Weser has been
wrecked. New Zealand advices to the 14th of
January, state that the war continues with the
same advantage to the troops.
MELBOURNE, Jan. 20.—The ships Result,
Alliance, Lightning and Southampton have
sailed with 110,000 ounces of gold.
CALCUTTA, Feb. B.—The famine continues in
the north-western provinces.
WARSAW, March 13.—A separate Council of
State has been granted by the Emperor to the
kingdom of Poland. • Zomoisky has been ap
pointed President.
PARIS. March 13.—The Patrie denies that
Prince Napoleon is about to visit Italy. The
debate on the address to the Emperor was con
tinued to day in the Corps Legislatif. Mr.
Keller criticised the policy of the government,
and demanded that it should state what policy
it would pursue in the future.
LIVERPOOL, March 13.—The mails from the
west coast of Africa have arrived. A cannibal
festival had occurred at Bonny, and the heads
of their victims were cut off and exhibited in
front of the public places of worship.
The ship Roderick Dhu has been wrecked off
Cape Palmas. The officers and crew were saved.
The wreck was plundered by the natives.
A war has broken out between the British
and the Mindingoes on the Bathurst river ; the
town of Saba was attacked and the Mindingoes
defeated with great loss. The British loss was
slight.
LONDON, March 14.—The Court i pf the Bank
of England made no alteration in the rate of
discount.
It is announced that the Grand Trunk rail
way of Canada will be unable to meet the in
terest due on the 15th, on the stock of the
Atlantic and St. Lawrence company leased by
them.
A rencontre occurred a few days since be
tween a French regii ent and 700 of the Papal
Zouaves. The French Colonel was killed, and
43 men were wounded.
Romano has tendered his resignation as
Minister of the Interior at Naples.
The Italian army will be divided into six
corps a'arrne. The fourth corps under Cialdini
goes to Bologna.
Consols are quoted at 921-®92-1- for account.
NEW YORK. March 28.
Illinois Central 25:1®261tliscount. Erie rail
road stock 27®28. New York Central 71 r
From Washington,
WASHINGTON, March 28,
The Cabinet is in session to-day at the Whit e
House on the subject of Col. Lamon report of
his visit to Fort Sumpter. General Scott has
been consulted, and it is thought the m elte .
tion will take
has been on
definitely S fixedaturday, though no day
The Commissioners of the Confederate Stat es
have been notified that the Government are
not ready to reply to them yet.
• A number of New York merchants are her e
urging the President tD call an extra session,
in order to change the tariff.
Goods have been received here to-day des
tined for the Confederate States.
The crowd of office seekers here is much re
duced, and every train carries off a number,—
At the Interior Department, this morning,
there was not more than twenty.
It is certain that the Philadelphia appoint
ments will not be made for some time. All
rumors about any of them having been already
made are false.
Whittlesey, of Ohio, is to be the First Coup.
troller of the Treasury, and Fogg, of New
Hampshire, the Second.
The President to•day nominated Carl Schurz
as Minister to Spain.
Cassius M. Clay, who has been appointed, is
to be transferred to the Russian mission.
This has surprised everybody.
Mr. James E. Harvey, correspondent of the
North American, is to be Minister to Portugal.
From the South.
MemPats, Tenn., March 27.
Five hundred Mississippi troops passed
through here for Pensacola to-day. They had
a military reception and were enthusiastically
received.
NEW ORLEANS, March, 27.
Two companies of Zonaves left for Pensacola
to-day, for active serviee. Mobile advices say
that troops and munitions are constantly mo
ving to Pensacola. Several companies were
expected from North Alabama.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
ME GREAT ENGLISH lailDINDY.—Sir
Wayne Claricee Celebrated Female Pi prepared from 16
prescription of Sir J. Olarke, N. D., Physician Datraordi
nary to the Queen.
This invaluable medicine is unfailing in the cuts of all
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 on.
TO JIMMIED 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.
THROE PILLS SHOLILD NOT BC TAKEN BY !SHALES DIEING
THE FIRST THREE MONTHS or PREGNANCY, As THEY All
BUM TO BRING OX MIBOAXXIAOX, BUT AT ANT OTHER TIRE
THEY ARE SAFE.
In all cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections, Pain lathe
Back and Limbs, Fatigue on slight exertion, Pnipitation of
the Beast, Ilysterics and Whites, these Pills will effect
cure when all other means have failed, and although apts.
ertnl remedy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimony, or
anything hurtful to the constitution.
Full directions in the pamphlet around each package,
which should be carefully preserved.
N. 8.—51,00 and 0 postage stamps enclosed to any so.
thoriaed Agent, will insure a bottle, containing over 10
pills, by return mail.
For sale by C. A. Balsrvaav,llarrisburg. jy7-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—MeB. WINS
LOW 7 B SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING:
" We see an advertisement in your columns of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Now 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
humbug —WE HAVE TRIED IT, AND KNOW IT TO BE ALL IT
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those of your readers who have babies can't do better
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Is
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New 'abuertisements.
JONES' STORE!
Now opening, a LARGE ASSORTMENT OF swim
GOODS. CARPETS, OIL-CLOTHS, Ac. , cheap for CASE.
mar29•Std
FOR SALE.-A FRESH MILCH COW.
By [mar2B-Std*] JOHN H. BRANT.
REMOVAL.
The subscriber has removed hie PLUMBING AND
BRASS FOUNDRY from Market street to Fourth street
above Market, opposite the Bethel Church Thankful
for past patronage, he hopes, by strict attention to busi
ness, to merit a continuance of it•
mar27•dtf • WM PARKHILL.
FOR RENT.—A COTTAGE on Pine
street. Inquire of MRS. 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 .
octit-dtf
WAEpANTED TWELVE MONTHS!
JINOTHER LOT OF
MORTON'S UNRIVALLED 0-OLD PENS!'
PERSONS in want of a superior and really good GOLD
PEN will find with me a large assortment to select fre: ,
and have the privilege to exchange the Pens until tbiir
hand is perfectly suited. And if by fair means the Dia
mond points break off during twelve months, the DO'
chaser shall have the privilege to select a new one ,
without any charge.
I have very good Gold Pens, in strong silver-plat ed
cases, for $l, $1.25, $1 50, P.OO
For sale at SCHEFFER. 7 B EnoasronE ,
mar 26 No. 18 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
WANTE D—sl,ooo City or County
Bonds. Enquire at this office. mar22-dtf
WALL PAPER,
CEILING- PAPER,
TRANSOM PAPER,
BORDERS, FIRE
PRINTS, WINDOW
CURTAINS, TASSELS,
AND FIXTURES,
AT LOW PRICES, at
SCHEFFER 9 S Book=store.
Near the Harrisburg Bridge.
mar2s
WAR D ,
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MAIMPAOTWIDD OP AND DEALER La
30 STRAW GOODS,
Nos. 103, 105 and 107 NORTH SECOND STREET ,
PHILADELPH IA
W,
e are now receiving our SPRING STOCK, which will cont
prise a
STR large
AW A and de
ND sirabl LACE GOO e assortment of
DSI kinds .
of
Also, a large assortment of LADIES; & RHILDROU S
HATS
Our stock of FLOWERS and RUCHES will be unusually
large this Season, and we would invite your snecial
st
tention to that department. Please call and examine
them before making your purchases. H. WARD,
N 05.103, 105 and 107 NOR= SRCOND St. , above Arch.
mar/8-2awlead.
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