had only seen actual service, what pains would
he not take to seek, in moderation and compromise,
the means of avoiding the effusion of so much
blood." A reflection which we commend with
all our hearts to those ministers of our Gov
ernment in Washington who are now called to
decide that momentous question. Said Sir
Harry Smith, one of the heroes of India, in
reply to a toast given by his fellow-officers in
honor of his victories : "Gentlemen. ours is a
damnable profession." Even the great Napo
leon exclaimed: •War is the trade of barba
rians."
And if such is the character of war, even
between different nations, what shall be said
of that climax of all its cruelties and crimes,
that aggravation of its evil passionq and its
harrowing torments, that gorgon, hideous and
gigantic, disrobed of all the splendor which
poetry and genius throw over the rugged fea
tures of ordinary battle, and stalking over the
earth a naked fiend, fresh from the infernal pit.,
With the scars and steins of Hell in every
feature —CIVIL WAR Surely none but a
Satanic spirit would consent to let loose upon
this once happy country—this former political
Paradise of the nations—the legion curses or
the bottomless pit.
tt't Vatriot
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Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Rhode Island has pronounced against the
Republicans. The Union candidate for Gover
nor is elected by a large majority, and the
Republican candidates are defeated in both
Congressional Districts.
The Republicans have elected their State
ticket in Connecticut by some 1,500 majority
and carried both branches of the Legislature,
but they have lost two members of Congress.
The Democrats have gained two of the four
Congressmen, defeating two very Black Repub_
Roans, Ferry and John Woodruff.
Every member of Congress from New England
in the last Congress was a Republican. The
elections in Connecticut and Rhode Island have
displaced four of them, and substituted Demo
crats and Union men in their stead.'
Even the political supporters of the Admin
istration no longer take pains to conceal their
disgust at its indecision. The Tribune records
the existence of dissatisfaction with the present
they " consider when they should already have
"decided, and pause when they ought to act."
That paper calls upon the powers nkWasiA ng .
ton to "proclaim its policy so plainly that it
"cannot be mistaken." The Times is more
direct and out-spoken. It admonishes the
President that the responsibility of his office
Is not met by supervising the distribution of
office. "Mr. Lincoln shouldreserve his thoughts
"and his strength for nobler duties than pre
"siding over the wranglings of hungry and
"selfish hunters for patronage and place."—
Very good advice t but what is the use of pour
ing good Gummi into the ears of a deaf man ?
While Mr. LINCOLN and his Cabinet are det
Toting all their energies to the distribution of
offices among the crowd of greedy expectants
who besiege Washington, secession is making
fearful progress in Virginia. Nothing is done
to strengthen the hands, of the Union men in
that and other Border States, while the indif
ference of the Administration affords constant
encouragement to the precipitators of seces
sion. Every day of hesitation increases the
danger. If the Administration means peace,
some decided proceeding giving assurance
of the fact would tend to dispirit the seces
sionists. But hesitation is interpreted to mean
hostility, and suspense encourages resistance.
Virginia is drifting farther and further away,
and no measures are adopted to retard her
movement. One of the worst signs is the an
nouncement that the proprietors of the Rich
mond Whig, heretofore an able advocate of the
Union, have determined to change its policy
and advocate secession. Another ominous sign
is the election of a secessionist Mayor of Rich
mond by one thousand majority. Yet while
these momentous events, indicative of the dis
ruption of an empire, are transpiring, Mr.
Lincoln is exhibiting his Jacksonian resolution •
by quelling turbulent office-hunters, or ex
hausting his energies in apportioning the spoils
among the rapacious crew of political wreckers
who surround him.
The Government Loan.
Some of. the Republican papers are particu
larly happy because thirty-three millions of
dollars were bid for the new Government loan,
and a portion of it was allotted at 94 cents
on, the dollar. Considering that these bids
ranged from six to fifteen per cent. below par ;
that a few years ago capitalists were eager to
lend money to the Government at a premium,
and that at this time there are hundreds of
millions of dollars in the country lying idle for
want of safe investments, the bids for the new
loan afford lamentable evidence of the lack of
confidence on the part of capitalists in the sta
bility of the Government. Whether this is at
tributable to the proverbial timidity, of capital
or the distrust inspired by the vacillation of
the Lincoln Administration may admit of some
doubt; but it is certainly a very remarkable
commentary upon the highly flourishing and
prosperous times we were promised as the re
sult of a Republican Administration that the
Government is compelled to endure a shave in
order to obtain money for necessary purposes.
The bids for this loan present a beautiful
prospect to the Government if it should deter
mine upon war. Eight millions would not
furnish enough to begin with ; and once begun
the Government would be compelled to call for
hundreds of millions. When these bids Were
made at a discount, there was every prospect
of peace. Should another loan he demanded
to defray the expenses of a war, who can esti
mate how much more the credit of the Gov
ernment might decline ?
The Issue—Compromise or Disunion. ,
The question of compromise as the means of
retaining the Border States within the Union;
though temporarily obscured by the more pres
sing anxiety to determine the policy which the
Lincoln Administration intends to pursue to
wards the seceded States, will, in case war is
averted, return with redoubled force upon the
Northern people, and peremptorily demand a
solution at their hands. If the Administration
means war—if force is to be used against the
seceded States—if Forts Sumpter and Pickens
are to be held as the basis of aggressive opera
tions, and if there is to be a trial of strength
between the Government and those States that
no longer acknowledge its' supremacy, the
breach will be widened beyond repair. Instead
of seven inferior States to deal with, the gov
ernment would be compelled to confront fifteen.
The Border States would regard war as the
death of compromise, and the influence of the
noble band of Union men who now prevent
those States from joining the Southern Con
federacy hopelessly destroyed. If it requires,
unceasing • activity to prevent the secession of
the Border States while the intentions of the
Administration towards the seceded States are
yet undeveloped, it is easy to see that the mo
ment war is decided upon, that moment will
the restraining power of conservatism cease,
and the borders of the Southern Confederacy be
extended northward as far as the southern line
of Pennsylvania. In this event, which is inure
immediate than speculative in case the Admin
istration determines to employ force against the
seceded States, compromise will be out of the
question, at least for many years, perhaps gene
rations, to come. The separation will have been
finally accomplished. The dream of Abolition
ism will have been realized. The "irrepressi
" ble conflict" will have produced its bitter
fruits in the first year of the Administi ation of
the party that proclaimed it.
But in case the vacillating and irresolute
councils at Washington conclude to - aleid the
evils of war, and to confine secession, for the
present, to the States composing the Southern
Confederacy, by severely letting them alone,
then the great, the absorbing issue, must be
met at the North, whether the progress of dis
integration shall be stayed by agreeing to a
compromise satisfactory to the Border States,
or whether they shall be driven into the em
brace of the Southern Confederacy by the con
tinued, obstinate and persevering hostility of
the North. This issue is rapidly being made
up. It must be metj
.There is no way of
avoiding it ; for we regard it as a fixed fact that
the Border States will consent to remain in the
Union upon no other condition than that their
rights shall be recognized in such manner as to
guarantee their future safety and the security
of their property. Hence the issue will be one
of Union or disunion—one between saving
the Border States . c . or cutting them adrift—one
between a separate Northern Confederacy,
dominated by Abolitionists, or a, continued
Union, in the spirit of that ramed by the Fa
thers. Those who resist concessions for the sake
of Union must adopt the opposite, of separation
ratherthan compromise. The Liao certeessiuri
-m wear the badge of disupw'" -- '4eng
cannot be permitted to escape the consequences
of their obstinacy ; for the alternative will be
presented to their free choice—and in choosing
against compromise they will choose against
the Union.
We already see irresistible evidences that
the border States will present this issue to the
North. Virginia has a strong attachment for
the Union, but her Convention is about to agree
upon an ultimatum which is similar in its pro
visions to the resolutions adopted by the Peace
Conference, and the compromise proposed by
Mr. Crittenden—the main feature being an
offer to divide the Territories by the line 9f
36° 30', and thus settle foreVer the status of
present and future territories, until they acquire
sufficient population to be admitted into the
Union as States. Another part of her plan is
to summon a Convention' of all the border
States—and this term includes all slave States
not connected with the Southern Confederacy
—to unite upon a plan of compromise and pre
sent it for the determination of the North.—
This action is regarded by the secessionists in
Virginia, who from all accounts are growing
in numbers and influence, as odiously conser
vative and indicative of unpardonable timidity.
If they had their way, the State would be
rushed out of the Union without a moment's
delay. We see no good reason to doubt that
Virginia speaks for the majority of the Border
States, and that North Carolina and Maryland,
and even Kentucky and Missouri, will be con
strained to follow her lead in case she deter
mines to secede. Instead of a reaction in fa
vor of the . Union, the secession feeling has
grown, and is growing. Apprehension of this
Administration has been displaced by contempt
for its timidity and vacillation, and the hered
itary affection for the Union in a measure
destroyed by the determined obstinacy of the
Republican party, which, in the eager hunt for
the spoils of office, refuses to do anything to
rescue the country from impending destruc
tion.
Will the North permit the unyielding 'Re
publicans to alienate the border States beyond
recall, and will the do-nothing, give-nothing,
concede-nothing policy be persisted in, until
the Southern Confederacy extends its borders
to Washington! This question requires an
answer, and it must be answered before many
months, unless, indeed, the Administration
should accomplish the worst that can be ap
prehended, before the people have time to act,
by adopting coercive measures,
OUR RELATIONS WITH BEAlN.—Action of the
United States Government.—Within a day or two
several United States vessels have been ordered
to prepare for sea immediately, and the rumor is
that our Government is about to take decisive
action concerning the designs of Spain against
St. Domingo. A Washington dispatch in
Wednesday's New York Herald says :
The army and navy are suddenly being put
upon a war footing. and the knowing ones state
growing out of her
that des o u o p k o s n to s sLar v ds om S ingo.
Such activity in
both these arms of the service has not been
visible for a long time. The Government is
fully apprised of the intentions of Spain towards
that island, and will not permit her to take
possession of it. Undoubtedly the ooverun ien t
feel that a collision in that direction would
divert the attention of the country from our
internal quarrels, and lead to a favorable
termination of our own troubles.
It is known here that an understanding has
existed for some time between the English,
French and American Governments not to al
low Spain or any other Government to obtai n
a foothold upon that island. In relation to this
matter their policy is not only important to
us in sugport of the Monroe loctrine, but is
peculiarly so to us at the present time, in view
of our domestic troubles. It is feared that the
Administration has not the nerve to step boldly
forward in the matter.
An officer of the navy stated this morning he
had reason to believe that a rupture would
occur with Spain within twenty days. It is
known that orders have just gone out to seve
ral vessels to hold themselves in readiness for
immediate service. The Powhatan, now at
New York, whose crew was discharged the
day before yesterday, is ordered to at once
receive back her crew, and prepare for sea.
LETTER FROM THE HON. JOHN J. CRTT7'EN-.
DEN, EXPLAINING THE "CRITTENDEN
COMPROMISE."
FRANKFORT, Friday, March 29•
Larz Anderson, Esq., Cineinnatz :
I observe that one of your respectable news
papers in Cincinnati has misstated my motives
and my course in relation to the resolutions
which I submitted on the 18th of December
last to the Senate of the United States. It
represents me as having "repudiated" them,
and as having been "disgusted" with them,
'after, by an amendment, they had been made to
embrace all territory hereafter acquired by the
United States, as well as that which they now
possessed. A simple statement will correct
these errors.
These resolutions were proposed in the pure
spirit of compromise, and with the hope of
preserving or restoring to the country peace
and union. They.were the result of the joint
labors of, and consultations with, friends hav
ing the same object in view,
and I believe if
those measures thus Offered had been, at a
suitable time, promptly adopted by the Con
gress of the United States, it would have
checked the progress of the rebellion and rev
olution and saved the Union.
For myself, I had no objection to including
in their scope all after acquired territory, be
cause that made a final settlement of the distracting
question of slavery in all time to come, and because
I hoped that such a provision, by prohibiting
slavery in all after acquired territory north of
the line of 36° 30' of north latitude, and allow
ing it in all south of that line, would have the
effect of preventing any further acquisition of
territory, as the Northern States would be
unwilling to make any Southern acquisitions,
in which slavery was to be allowed, and the
Southern States would not be inclined to
increase the preponderance of the North by
Northern acquisitions. And thus I hoped that
the provision respecting future territory would
prevent any further acquisitions of it. Our
troubles had arisen from acquisitions of terri
tory, and I did not desire that any more should
be made.
These were my reasons for submitting the
proposition in relation to future acquired terri
tory. Out my great object was compromise—
compromise on terms satisfactory, as far as pos
sible, to all parties and all sections; and when
1 found that this provision in my resolutions
was much and particularly objected to, and
might prove an obstacle to their adoption, I
determined, in my anxiety for a compromise,
that I would not insist upon, but would consent
to have It stricken out.
To accomplish the great object I had in view,
the peace and union of the country, I would,
rather than have witnessed their total failure;
have yielded to any modifications of my reso
lutions that would not, in my judgment, have
destroyed their essential character and their
pacifying effect. Indeed, I intended, if the
opportunity had been afforded me, of making
several amendments in the phraseolnay of thoao
resolutions, in order to render their language
as little offensive as possible.
I wished to see reconciliation and " i "
ostsaklished. It was of no importance by whose
resolutions or by whose menuarna it Wee brnright
about, so that the great end was accomplished.
It was in that spirit that when the Peace
Conference or Convention, that met at Wash
ington upon the invitation of the State of Vir
ginia, made a report to Congress of the resolu
tions or measures recommended by them for
the restoration of peace and union, I at once
determined to support their measures, rather
than those I had before proposed. I did this,
not only because their propositions contained,
as I thought, the substance of my own, hut
because they came with the high sanction of a
Convention of twenty-one States, and would,
therefore, be more likely to be acceptable to
Congress and the country. Besides that, I felt
myself somewhat bound to act with this defer
ence to a Convention so distinguished. I had
ascertained to my satisfaction that the resolu
tions I had offered would not be adopted in the
Senate.
From this hastily written statement you will
discover the motives of my conduct in all the
above recited transactions, and that I did not
so act, either because I was "disgusted" with
or had ever "repudiated" the resolutions which
I submitted to the Senate.
am, very respectfully, yours, &e.,
J. J. CRITTENDEN
IMPORTANT TREASURY CIRCULAR.—No Trans
portation in Bond to Southern Ports.—Collector
Schell, of New York, bas received the following
circular from the Treasury Department
" TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 30,1861
" Sir The control of the warehouses of the
Government in the several ports in the States
of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missis
sippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Texas having
been usurped under the alleged authority of
those States, and the officers of the customs
acting under the authority of the United States
having been forcibly excluded from their proper
functions in the custody of merchandize and
superintendence of the entries for warehousing
and withdrawal, it has become impracticable to
continue the privilege of bonding for transpor
tation to those ports.
" Collectors of the customs are accordingly
hereby instructed that no entries for transpor
tation in bond to those ports can be permitted
until otherwise directed by this department.
" Very reepeetively, your ob't sev't,
"S. P. eII.A.SM,
" Secretary of the Treasury."
The Yelverton trial has attracted attention
in Great Britain to the Scotch and Irish mar
riage law. A writer in the Manchester Guar
dian writes as follows ;--" In Scotland, at
present, the payment by a gentleman of an ao
count addressed to the lady as his wife has, in
the absence of evidence to the contrary, been
allowed to prove a marriage. This state of law
is worthy of the Cannibal Islands, rather than
of the land of Knox and of Mansfield. I knew,
lately, of three considerable estates lying con
tiguous, in one of the best cultivated parts of
Scotland, for which no man could tell who was
or might he heir. Each laird had children
liviog.who might be legitimate ; or, being bas
tards, might yet he made legitimate, or, by
their father's death, might, he left to contend for
their positions as they might. The uncertain
ties were determined—one by marriage, legiti
matizing the heir, who was nearly of age ; one
by compromise between the claimants, on the
laird's
,death; one (unentailed) by will, ac
knowledging one lady as widow, ttud 'leaving
the property to the child of another."
AMERICANS THE HEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD.—Deßow's mortality statistics, com
piled from the last census, show that the people
of the United Mates are the healthiest on the
globe. The deaths ere 320,000 per year, one
and a half per cent. of the population. Vir
ginia and North Carolina are the healthiest of
the Stater, and have 638 inhabitants over 100
years of age.
TABLE TALK.-A philosophical investigator
of the daily press, whose researches have not
been confined to the present generation, informs
the world that beefsteaks were discovered by a
Roman priest, whose name the writer forgets,
thougt it may be found in a book the title of
which!he does not remember. The priest is
said ti have been broiling a piece of beef, to
be offired to the god in whose temple he offici
ated, end seizing it by the thumb and forefiug.'r
for the purpose of conveying it to the altar, he
foundit so hot that he was compelled to drop
it, andinstinctively pieced his thumb and finger
in his' mouth. They happened to be covered
with the juice of the steak, which he tasted,
and lcst all sense of pain in the exquisite en
joyment thus conveyed to the palate. The
priest was a man of genius, and of course put
another slice on the coals, which, being cooked,
he all himself, instead of giving it to the god
as he had always done before, and as his official
duties requited. It is unnecessary to add that
he persevered in this practice, until his sleek
appearance attracted attention, and he was
watehed and his secret discovered. Being
call3d upon by the Roman judge to know what
he *ad to say why sentence of death should
not be pronounced upon him, he simply asked
hisflonor to eat a steak himself, which the
judge consenting to, the prisoner was immedi
ately acquitted, and made High Priest of the
Rogan Empire as a reward for the benefit he
lute conferred on mankind. lerom that day to
thi beefsteaks and broils have been universal
ameng mankind. .De gustibus non est disputan
duo, and while some people like beefsteaks,
the are others who prefer human flesh. A
wrk on New Zealand, written by an English
min, who had probably dined often with the
natives, says that this article of diet is tough,
and, to be palatable, requires more cooking
the.* any other meat, but, once "done to a
tura," it is of singular tenderness and sweet
nest. A highly civilized New Zealander, who
had become partner in an English commercial
house, was addicted, in his younger days, to
lumen flesh, and even now, it is said, the re
collection of his cannibal feasts is not disagree
ablp to him. The flesh of young females is
preferred to any other. The book has this
eudous remark : " The cannibal propensity is
deeper in the highest conditioned races of men
then most people imagine. Why was pork, for
initance, prohibited to the Jews ? Why, but
because it so closely resembles humils flesh that
people in a state of semi-barbarism might get into
the habit of overlooking the distinction.—Baltimore
American.
"RESTORING THE GOVERNMENT TO THE CON
DITION ON THE EARLY FATHERS !"—Only one
purpose, we were told during the last election,
was entertained by the Republican party—that
was "to restore the Government to the purity
of the early fathers !" That was all. And
there were some people green enough to swal
low that sort of talk. There were those who
really believed that the Republican managers
told the truth when they declared that they
Were "animated with nothing but patriotism!"
The country is beginning to see what kind of
patriotism it was that animated these politi
cians. In one department alone of the
government at Washington there are already
SIXTEEN THOUSAND LETTERS asking for
office!
In another department there are 32 BUSH
ELS of letters begging for qtfice !
In one department there are Xtrair 900 letters
a day, now coming in—all asking for OF
FICE! Thirty-one clerks, paid by the people's
money, are kept constantly busy all day open
ing letters from applicants for office !
Letters from Republicans in Washington
state that the horde of office seekers who press
their claims personally—instead of by letter—
is immense beyond all precedent and baffling
all calculation. This ravenous horde, number
ing many thousands, are all exclusive of the
countless numbers whose written applications
tax the services of thirty-one government
It is said the new President is breaking ctown
in bodily health, under the pressure to which
he is subjected by these office- greedy cormo
rants. In the face of the fact that the Union
is threatened with disruption, these early
patriots are only eager for office !
Thus early the country begins to get a
glimpse of the Republican process of "resto
ring the Government to the purity and simpli
city of the early fathers ! !"
What are the people to believe of the pro
fessions of such a party ?—Hartford Times.
THE LONDON TIMES AND SECESSION— , -We COy
the following from the editorial remarks of the
London Times in reference to Mr. Lincoln's
Inaugural:
"We believe that, instead of ignoring the
secession of the South, and determining to treat
it as non avenu, the President ought to recog
nize it as a reality. We do not say that he
ought to recognize the right to secede, which
clearly does not exist, any more than the right
to rebel against the English Crown, claimed by
the American Colonies, existed as a part of the
English Constitution. We do not say that the
President is bound to treat as legal the Con
federacy which has risen up in opposition to
his own; bit what we maintain is, that as a
wise man, a r„atriotie magistrate, and a good
citizen, he is renderinc , b an evil service to his
country if be does not deal with things as they
are instead of as they ought to be. When civil
war is as imminent as it appears to be at this
moment in America, it is well to admit the only
possible alternative, that of hearing what terms
the South is prepared to propose in order to
avert so dreadful a calamity, The last alter
native always remains, and the fratricidal
sword will not have lost its edge by remaining
in its sheath a few weeks longer.
POPULATION TO SQUARE MILES.-The census
of 1860 shows the following as the population
of the various States compared with the square
miles of area in each: Massachusetts, 169.8;
Rhode Island, 145.5 ; New Jersey, 98.1; Con
necticut, 06.9; New York, 82.5; Maryland,
62.4; Pennsylvania. 61.8; Ohio, 58.5; Dela
ware, 53.0; New Hampshire, 40.6 ; Indiana,
39.9; Vermont, 30.4; Illinois, 30.9; Kentucky,
30.7 ; Virginia, 26.0 ; Tennessee, 25.2 ; South
Carolina, 25.1 ; North Carolina, 21.8 ; Alaba
ma, 19.0 ; Georgia, 18.2 ; Missouri, 18.0 ;
Maine, 17.9 ; Louisiana, 17.1 ; Mississippi,
16.8 ; Wisconsin, 14.4 ; Michigan, 13.3 ; lowa,
13.3 ; Arkansas, 8 3 ; Florida, 2.4 ; California,
2.0; Minnesota, 2.0; Texas, 1.9; Kansas, 1.5;
Oregon, 0.5.
SECESSION IN Couar.—A day or two ago one
William Chester was arraigned hefore the Ken
ton (Ky.) Circuit Court, charged with passing
a counterfeit bill on the State Bank of Louisi
ana. After the evidence was heard, counsel
for the prisoner claimed that as the State of
Louisiana had seceded, the court had no juris
diction in the case. Judge Moore, however,
ruled that as neither the President of the Uni
ted States nor Congress has recognized seces
sion, the trial would proceed under the laws
of Kentucky ; and it did, resulting in the jury
awarding Mr. Chester three years in the peni
tentiary.—Louisville Courier.
DEANTIS FROM HYDROPRODIA. — Miss Frances
Marks, aged 14 years, who was bitten by a dog
six weeks ago, at Mountville, Lancaster county,
Pa., died on Sunday, of hydrophobia, after
three days intense suffering. Her sister, who
was bitten at the same time, manifested no
symptoms of the disease until Sunday evening,
when she was violently attacked, and died on
Monday night. She was about 12 years of age.
As the Lancaster Express truly remarks, two
such lives are worth more than all the yelp
in curs in the wortl.
SUICIDE AMONG TILE HAVANA. COOLIES.—.I
letter from Havana mentions thal the custom of
suicide among the Asiatics still continues.—
Recently a lot of bodies, disposed in order for
interment, seven in number, were discovered on
a hilt near a sugar estate. They bad evidently
taken a liquid poison, and by agreement.
GENERAL NEWS.
FRATRICIDE.—Mr. Thomas H. Paulk, of Union
Springs, Ala., was recently killed by his bro
ther William A. Paulk. The deceased was sit
ting in a room conversing, when his brother
entered with a douhle•bnrreled shot gun—de
nounced deceased for having threatened his life,
and swore he "would kill him first," leveled his
gun and fired, first one barrel and then the
other, both shots taking effectin the face. The
deceased, without uttering a word or attempting
to rise, fell lifeless to the floor. The assaulting
party, with his wife, immediately fled, and have
not since been heard from. No less than three
out of six brothers of this family have come to
an untimely end.
GEN. LEWIS CAss.—The official career of
Gen. Lewis Cass commenced when he was
elected a mem her of the first State Legislature
of Ohio, in 1803, and he has been in high pub
lic position ever since, a period of nearly 58
years. Within that time he has been member of
the Legislature, Governor of a Territory, In
dian Superintendent, Secretary of War, Minis
ter to France, United States Senator for twelve
years, candidate for the Presidency, and Sec
retary of State. He is the patriarch of Amer
ican statesmen, so far as length of Official
service is concerned, and has now retired to
private life at the advanced age of 79 years.—
Lancaster (Pa.) Intel.
A NEW QUESTION.—A. new question has
arisen, viz: whether the Seceding States can
demand the enforcement of the extradition
treaty with Canada. A business man of Browns
vine, Texas, is alleged to have swindled his
creditors to the amount of $140,000. He took
refuge in Canada, and offered to commute with
his creditors for fifteen cents on the dollar.—
They, however, preferred to demand his arrest
under the Extradition treaty, and it remains to
be seen whether Canada will recognize the ap
plicatityl.
A LADY OFFICIAL.—Ann Whitbeck is the
Light-House Keeper at Stuyvesant, on the Hud
son river, twenty miles below Albany. She
was appointed in the• year 1832, since which
she has retained it. The salary is $350 per
annum. Her husband was the keeper of the
light-house previous to that time. In 1882 the
light-house was carried away in a freshet, and
Mr. Whitbeck killed. Mrs. W. has an only
daughter, and between them they perform the
duties of the office.
STRUCK BY LIGIITNING.—On Sunday night
last five young men, Frederick and George
Hoppe, and Frederick, Henry and Louis Wag
ner, took refuge under a tree near St. Louis,
during a thunder storm. They had been stand
ing under the tree but a short time when a
stroke of lightning rendered them all senseless.
On returning to consciousness it was discovered
that Frederick Hoppe was dead. • His brother
was also severely injured by the lightning.
The new Territory of Nevada is twice as
large as England, Wales and Scotland, and
larger than New York, Pennsylvania and New
England. Its population is about 9,000. It is
formed from parts of Utah, New Mexico and
Washington Territories, and a portion of East
ern California.
The French army has been increased to a
million of men, being equal to about one t wenty
sixth part of the population of the Empire.—
Then there is the navy, the police force, the
spies, and so forth, making a formidable public
service.
PROTRACTED SLEIGHING.—The Bangor (Me.)
Union says, "we have now had uninterrupted
sleighing since the 26th of November, a period
of one hundred and twenty , six days. It in still
good in the country, and by no means entirely
gone in this city.
OPERATIONS OF THE MINT.—The United
States Mint statement for the month of March
shows that the ammint of deposits was $7,149,-
665 88. The gold coinage amounted to $5,049,-
827 59 ; the silver coinage $287,500 ; the cop
per coinage $9,000.
M.o. A. Applowox Wl.tio, formerly a member
of Congress from Massachusetts, died on Sat
urday last.
There are over 6,000 applications for one
hundred and sixty situations in the Boston
Custom House.
It is rumored that the lake of Newcastle will
succeed Lord Canning as Governor-General of
India.
The Louisiana Convention has exempted the
bonds for the $15,000,000 Southern loan from
taxation.
Second Lieutenant. S. M. Cooper, (son of
ex-Adjutant General Cooper,) of second artil
lery, United States army, has tendered his
resignation.
Baron Rothschild arrived in New Orleans
from Paris via Havana on the 22d ult. He has
been some weeks in Havana.
Mr. William Kid is giving lectures in Lon
don for the benefit of " homeless and starving
dogs."
Senators Crittenden, Douglas and Johnson
have been invited to visit and accept the hospi
alities of Nashville, Tenu.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
From Washington.
Capt. Barry's company of artillery left here
to-day for New York. The same train carried
away from 25 to 30 carpenters engaged here by
the Government, but for what purpose is not
publicly known.
Captain Gorgas, recently resigned from the
army, has tendered his services to the Confed
erate States. Tie is a native of Pennsylvania,
and was formerly in command of the Charles
ton Arsenal.
Orders have been given to the Commissioner
of the Land Office, and to the Pension officers,
to bold no more official correspondence with
persons residing in seceded States.
The Cabinet is in session again to-day.--
There are interesting dispatches from the South
under discussion.
There is no longer any doubt that Fort Pick
ens has been re-inforced within a few days.
Nothing has transpired as yet as to the deci
sion of the Administration in regard to Fort
Sumpter, though the impression prevails that
the Pawnee leaves on Saturday to take off Maj.
Anderson and his garrison.
Mr. Fox, the first messenger to Sumpter,
was before the Cabinet yesterday. He is still
of opinion that Sumpter can be reinforced.
A good deal of uneasiness prevails at the
War Department to hear again from Fort Pick
ens, as the recent apprehension of an attack
on the frontiers appear to be well founded.
Gov. Curtin, of Pa., is yet here to see about
the Philadelphia appointments. William. B.
Thomas is still said to be ahead for Collector.
The following Philadelphia appointments are
rumored to-day. The " slate" may not be cor
rect, as we have no official information :
Collector—Wm. B. Thomas.
Postmaster—C. A. Walborn.
Navy Agent—J. J. Lewis, of Chester county.
Director of Mint—James Pollock.
Attorney for Eastern District, Pennsylvania
—lsaac Ilazelburst.
Advices from Galveston state that. Governor
Houston had sent a message to the Legislature
protesting against the Convention, appealing to
the Legislature to sustain him, and claiming
still to he Governor. The Legislature took no:
the slightest notice of it.
From Charleston.
Lieuts. Talbot and Sneider, from Fort Sump 7.
ter, reached this city about noon, with a flag of
truce. They are now having an interview with
the Governor. Nothing has transpired with
regard to the movement.
Death of Judge McLean.
CINCINNATI, April 4.
Judge McLean, of the United States Supreme
Court s died this morning.
WASHINGTON, April 4.
Texas,
NEW ORLEANS, Aril 4
CHARLESTON. April 4
Municipal Elections
CINCINNATI, April 2.—Full returns of the,
city election yesterday show a Democratic
Union average majority of 2,800, the high es t
majority being 4,190, and the lowest 2,077._
The Democratic Union party elect 26 council
men, and the Republicans only. 8 members.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 2.—R. T. Vaohorn,
the Union candidate, was elected mayor o r
Kansas City, by a large majority.
TOLEDO, Ohio, April 2.—At the city election
held yesterday, the Democrats elected their
candidates for mayor and treasurer, and seven
out of the ten councilmen.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 2.—At the munici
pal election at Sandusky, yesterday, the Demo
cratic candidate for mayor was elected by a
majority of 155. The Democratic candidates
for treasurer and solicitor, and the republican
clerk and marshal were elected. The board of
councilmen stands two Republicans to three
Democrats.
Er.minn. N. Y., April 2.—The election for
charter officers took place to-day. A full vote
was polled, and a Democratic mayor elected by
defeat of the Republicans. The Democratic
167 majority—a gain of 160 over last year.—.
All the Democratic officers are elected excepts
trustee in the third ward.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. April 2.--. The city election
here yesterday resulted in an overwelmin g
majority for mayor is 5,233, which is nearly
double what was anticipated.
PORTLAND, Maine, April 2d.—William W.
Thomas, Repub., was to-day elected mayor of
this city.
ST. Louis, April 2d.—At the election in Jef
ferson City yesterday, Ewing was elected mayor
over Miller, the unconditional Union candidate,
by two majority.
RIC/MOND, April B.—Mr. Mayo vas to-day
elected mayor of this city, by 1,000 majority
over Mills, the Union candidate.
Rhode Island Election.
PROVIDENCE, R. 1., April 3
The State Election was held to-day, with the
following result: The Republican ticket,
headed by James Y. Smith for Governor, is de
feated. Gov. Sprauge, the Union candidate,
is re-elected by a large, majority. The Legis
lature is of the same political character. The
Union candidates for Congress, William P,
Sheffield, from the Eastern, and. George 11.
Browne, from the Western district, are elected
over the late Republican members—Messrs.
Robinson and Brayton.
HARRIED.
.On the 24th nit., by the Rev. G. T. Marts, Mr. Rani
C. MOCKER to Miss MARY ANN FERRER, all of Clarke's
Valley, Dauphin county, Pa.
Also, on the 28th ult., by the same, Mr. WILLIAM
FABLING to Miss MA-ROARS? TAYLOR, all.of Dauphin
county, Pa.
NetU abutrtisentents.
ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL
BOARDING SCHOOL,
ir OK YOUNG NAN AND DOTS,
MOUNT JOY, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNA.
Students prepared for Collage or business. Location
pleasant, healthy and easy of access by. Pennsylvania
Central Railroad. For Circulars containing terms, tes
timonials, &c., address the Principal ,
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VOR SALE.-A SEVEN OCTAVE
r ROSEWOOD UPRIGHT PIANO, a very beautiful
and superior ibstrument in tone and finish. The owner
being about to remove from Harrisburg, will sell the
same, if application be made before next Monday, at
the office of the PATRIOT AND 'UNION. Price $2OO.
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FOE SALE . Will be sold, at the Eu
ropean Hotel, in Harrisburg, on SATURDAY EVE
NING, APRIL 6, 1861, A VALUABLE TWO-STORY
WEATHERBOARDED LOG DWELLING ROUSE AND
PIECE OF GROUND, situate on the southeast corner
of Mulberry street and River blley. For dimensions,
&c., see handbills. Terms will be made known at the
sale by GEO. F. WEAVER.
PHILIP ENSMINGER, Auctioneer. ap4.413t
F. MUENCH,
U.
TRAVELING AGENT OF TILE
OLD WALLOWER LINE.
Tl)is old Transportation Line is still in Ruccessfnl
operation, and prepared to carry freight as LOW as any
other individual be , ween Pbiladelphia, Harrisburg, Sun
bury., Lewisburg, Williamsport, Jersey ,Shore, Lock Ha
ven, and all points on the Northern Centrpl, Philadel
phia and Erie, and Williamsport and Elmira Railroads.
Local Agent at Harrisburg, D. A. MUENCE.
Goode sent to PEACOCK, ZELL & lIINCIIMAN, No.
808 and 810 Market street, above Eighth, by 4 o'clock,
p. m., will arrive at Harrisburg, ready for delivery, the
next morning. C. F. MUNCH,
ap4-dtf Traveling Agent.
WARNE'S RIFLE AND PISTOL
GALLERY.—Now open for a short time, in the
rear of Brant's Hall, Harrisburg. ap3-(l2w*
1 - . YKENS VALLEY NUT COAL—Just
received by canal, for sale at $2.25 per ton, delivered
by Patent Weigh Carts, by
April 2, 1861. JAMES IC WHEELER.
TO BUILDERS.—The undersigned 13
prepared to dig, take up, excavate, construct and
erect sewers, drains and ditches of every description
within the city limits upon the shortest notice, and on
reasonable terms. FREDERICK TRACE,
second street, near Chesnut,
Harrisburg;
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NV - ANTED--A WHITE WOMAN.—
A good COOK can find constant employmentand
good wages. Apply to DANIEL WAGNER, at the Seim
Stara Hotel, corner of Second and Chesnut streets.
marl 2
REMOVAL.—The subscriber has re
_L L. moved his Coal Office to two doors from Fourth
and Market streets, near the Post Office, where he will
be pleased to supply his old customers with the different
kinds of hard and soft coal, at as low prices as any regu
lar yard in the city. Full weight guaranteed.
HARRISBUaa, April 1, 1861. DAVID M'CORMICK.
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PROCLAMATION.—Whereas, the
Honorable JOHN J. PEARSON, President of the Court
Of Common Pleas in the Twelfth Judicial District, con
sisting of the counties of Lebanon and Dauphin, and the
Hon. A. 0. HIESTER and HOD. FELIX NISSLEY,A OO
Mate Judges in Dauphin county, having issued their pre
cept, bearing date the 16th day of February,lB6i, to me
directed, for holding a Court of Oyer and Terminer and
General Jail Delivery and Quarter Sessions of the Peace
at Harrisburg, for the county of Dauphin, and to com
mence on the 4th Monday of April next, being the V. 4
day of April, 1861, and to continue two weeks.
Notice is therefore hereby given to the Coroner, Jus
tices of the Peace, Aldermen, and Constables of the mid
county of Dauphin, that they be then and there in their
proper persons, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day,
with their records, inquisitions, examinations, and their
own remembrances, to do those things which to their
office appertains to be done, and those who are bound in
recogn izancse to prosecute agai net the prisoners that are
or shall be in the Jail of Dauphin county, be then suit
there to prosecute against them as shall be just.
Given under my hand, at Harrisburg, the 15th day 0 '
March, in the year of our Lord, 1881, and in the eight;'
third year of the independence of the United States.
' J. D. BOAS, Sheriff.
SIIERIFF'S OFFICE,
Harrisburg, March 15, 1861.
WALL PAPER,
CEILING PAPER,
TRANSOM PAPER,
BORDERS, FIRE
PRINTS, WINDOW
CURTAINS, TASSELS,
AND F MITRES,
AT LOW PRICES, at
SCHEFFE WS Book-store.
Near the Harrisburg Bridge.
marl.;
THE BIBLE ON PlVOBCR—Thefol
lowing words are from Mark x. v. 9, 12:
f 'What, therefore, God has joined together let not man
put asunder."
" Whosoever shall put away his fe and marry another
committeth adultery. And if a woman shall put ftw a r,
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.- -
, g What, then-fore, God has joined together let DO wan
put asunder." janl2 dtf
ll
REMOV AL.
JOHN W. OLO:VER,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Hue removed to
a 60 MARKET STREET,
Where he will be pleased to see all his Mertes.
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[7 - ELLE R' S DRUG STORE is the place
_a_ to buy Domestic Medicines
E. L. MOORE
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