tte ;11 grid & Rion. TUSEDAY MORNING, APRIL 9,1861_ O. BAZBETT do THOMAS 0- bikeDOWELL, Pub- Miners and-Proprietors Comminniesticuuterill net be published in the PAMIZOT •wn giros anima seeorapanied with the neete-of the author. S. M. PET TENGILL & CO., Advertising Agents, 119 Nassau street, New Tort, and 10 State street, Boston, are the Agents for the PATRIOT RID Mum, and the most influential ant largest circa biting newspapers in the United States and Canadas TheTsrealithorized to contract for stoat 0112 lowest rates FOR SALE. A second-kand ADAMS Passe,platen 39X by 26inches, i■ good order; can be worked either by band or ;steam power. Terme moderate Inquire at this office. To Members of the Legislature. Efembere violin extra copies of the DAILY PATRIOT AND llNtou, can procure them by leaving 'their orders at the publication office, Third street, or with our re porters in either House, the evening previous. Arming the Militia. The project started early in the session of the Legislature., and temporarily abandoned, of appropriating a large sum of money for the purpose of arming the militia of the State, is about to be revived ; and there is reason to believe that licovernor Curtin, in accordance with instructions received at Washington, will send a special message to the Legislature re commending immediate preparation, and that the Legislature, which misses no opportunity of plunging its hands into the Treasury, will act accordingly. Not content with dispatching a large force to the South to initiate civil war, the Federal Administaation seems determined to involve the Northern‘States in the same ca lamity. Pennsylvania is not menaced with an attack from any quarter. There is not the slightest danger—it is pot pretended tat there is the most remote apprehension, that a hostile army will invade any portion of our territory. What then is the meaning of this military pre para.tion ? Is it part of the Republican con spiracy to drive the Border States out of the Union ? While the Federal army is operating against the seceded States, are Pennsylvania and Ohio to inaugurate civil war upon the bor dei, and thus furnish an additional provocation tq impel Virginia and Maryland into the seces awl moyeineat ? We put these questions se riously, for there is no other purpose, in the entire absence of danger of invasion, to which an armed force could be applied. Was foirthe Chicago Platform. If this Administration wickedly plunges the country into civil war, it will be a war between the Republican party•and the Southern States, It will be nothing more than a bloody attempt to force the Chicago platform upon an unwilling people. In such a conflict the Northern De mocracy can have no sympathy with the Gov ernment, after it becomes the mere agent of a vile sectional organization. Let it be remem bered that the Republican party has declared its determination to do an act which the high est judicial tribunal in the country has deter mined it has no right to do, viz exclude the property of the Southern people from the com mon Territories; and to enforce this unconsti tutional dogma, the Administration, which has become the mere organ of party, is about tt use the power of the army and navy. Let it also be remembered that the Republican party, by the force of sectional cunning, has obtained control 9f the Government against the solemnly recorded protest of a majority of one million of the citizens of the United States, and that it is now in the position of the armed represen tative of a minority party attempting to force its detestable dogmas upon the majority. A war undertaken for such an object can have the sympathy of none who do not concur in the principles of the Chicago platform. It would be essentially a war for partizan purpo ses. After their obstinate refusal to settle difficulties with the South, by conceding their judicially ascertained rights, it is a piece of presumptuous assurance for the Republican party to call upon conservative Democrats to help fight their battles_ If the Administration is bent upon having a fight, let it be under stood that they created the difficulty and their partizans must carry on the war. Northern Democrats can never shoulder a'mnsket c hr pull a trigger against those whose rights they con scientiously believe have been trampled upon. If this is treason, it is treason against the Chicago platform, and in behalf of the majority of the American people ; treason for the talon, and against its enemies. If this is treason, make the most of it. Virginia All eyes are directed towards Virginia and the Convention now in session in that State, because her course will determine the inclina tion of the Border States. The Richmond Whig, which, be it remembered, has steadily warred upon the' ecession movement, thus un folds the course which ithelieves Virginia will pursue: We have conversed freely with members of the Convention, and we are persuaded that the action of the body will be eminently wise and cqnservative, and, as our distant readers will naturally desire to know what that action will be, we venture, for their satisfaction, to state our impressions on the subject. 6, We believe that, after full debate and thor ough examination, the Convention will indicate by resolutions the constitutional amendments and guarantees which, in the judgment of Vir ginia, are necessary for the security of her rights and institutions. When these are agreed on, she will invite a conference of the non seceded States, at Frankfort or Nashville, to consider our propositions, and to make common cause with her. She will not offer her propo sitions as an ultimatum, but merely as her contribution to the general stock of suggestions on the subject. Some of her wisest and most patriotic citizens will be sent by the Convention to this conference, and her propositions will there be considered, and, it may be, modified in some respects, though not in any e ssent i a l particulars. When harmony and concurrence shall have been secured among the Border States, the propositions, as agreed on by them, will be submitted as an ultimatum to the North ern States. "This ultimatum, we feel assured, will em brace no unreasonable features—nothing which is not in strict conformity with the principles of the Constitution. as understood and acted on by the Fathers of the Republic. If it should be accepted by the North, the Union will be preserved, and harmony restored. If, on the other band, it be rejected, then the Border 'States will, in a body, withdraw from the Union, and unite with such States, both slavehobling and non-slaveholding, as may be willing to adopt them. In the event of rejection, we be lieve that New York,, New Jersey, Pennaylva *nia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois will unite with the Border States. The result may be to throw off the New England States, and the extreme North-western States. The Gulf States will soon find it to their interest to re-unite them selves to this conservative confederacy, and ul timately the exscinded Northern States, having learned a lesson of wisdom and humility, will knock at. our doors for re-admission into the family mansion." There is much in the above for thoughtful consideration. Those who have deluded them selves with the idea that inaction on the part' of the North would finally conciliate and hold the Border States, may learn from this that there is no such thing in existence as an un conditional Union party in the South, and that even the representatives of the most conserva tive opinions look forward t► the time when, at no distant day, the Border States will present their ultimatum to the Republican party. We say Republican party, because that party is the •only political organization opposed to compro mise. Unless it recedes from this implacable attitude, or is beaten by the' conservatives in the Northern States, there is no hope of re taining the Border States. We see no reason io expect that the Republican organization will give way. Its leading men .and its leading presses are absolutely ferocious in their hostil ity to the South. The Administration is dis patching forces southward, to be used in the vain endeavor to coerce the cotton States, while the New York Tribune is redoubling. its efforts to intensify the hatred of its partizans towards the Border States, and to force them into se cession. The only remaining hope is in the conservative men of the North. They moat overthrow the Republican party before we can look for a compromise that will insure peace. The issue is between the Chicago platform and the Union—one or the other must be abandoned—it is for the people of the North to say which. Nothing is clearer than that this Union and the Repub lican party cannot exist together; and if the Northern people prefer partizan dogmas to the Union, they alone are responsible for the results. War Movements. The Government has dispatched a large fleet to the Gulf of Mexico, with the evident inten tion of operating in some way against the States composing the Southern Confederacy. Various conjectures are entertained as to the destination of this large force, but nothing is positively known, as the fleet sails under sealed orders. No doubt, however, exists as to the warlike character of the expedition, as the vessels . are heavily laden with men, horses, ammunition and munitions of war. One rumor is that Port Sumpter is to be reinforced; ano ther that the fleet is bound for Fort Pickens ; and still another, rendered plausible by the horses taken aboard, that the intention is to co-operate with Sam. Houston against the secessionists of Texas. Some time must elapse before the truth can be ascertained. While in the very act of dispatching this large force to the South, the Administration organs protest that the President does not mean war, and that war will not ensue unless the Confederate Government commences the as sault. This is palpably absurd. If the Ad ministration does not went war, why invite a collision by sending this menacing expedition to the South ? Why do everything to excite war, and at the same time affect not to desire it ? It would be the easiest thing imaginable to avoid war by abstaining from every act cal culated to precipitate a conflict; but when the Administration sends a fleet and an army South for the purpose of doing certain acts which they know must cause war, the presumption is that they desire and expect it. The Adminis tration was free to choose war or peace. It has chosen to invite war, and the country will hold it responsible for the dreadful consequen ces. THE WORST COMMERCIAL REVULSION OF THE AGE COMING Ox.—From all the indications which can be gathered from the proceedings now going on at Washington, it is more than probable that the Administration is about to plunge the country into the horrors of civil war; and if such should be the unhappy result of their blind policy, we are at this moment on the eve of a calamity more terrible than any that has yet befallen a nation—more disastrous than the French revolution, or any of the old .revolutions in England. With all the applian ces of our modern civilization—the telegraph, and railroads, and steamship agencies—a war between the North and the South would be the bloodiest everknown, and its termination could not be predicted upon any reasonable grounds until after several years of conflict. Meantime the commerce of the country would go to ruin; values of every kind depreciate; property. es pecially in the Atlantic cities, would diminish from forty to fifty per cent.; the manufacturing and shipping interests, except in the construc tion of engines of war and in privateering, would of course be utterly demolished; and yet we seem to be rapidly drifting towards this state 'of things. Therefore it behooves all those 'who own property, in real estate, or money, or in any other shape, to look ahead and prepare for the storm that is gathering.— N. Y. Herald, ApKI 6_ SUDDEN DEATH AT A MERCANTILE LIBRARY. William A. Chrisman, a well-known citizen of Philadelphia, aged about 30 years died very suddenly on Friday afternoon, at the Mercan tile Library, in Fifth street, below Chesnut, of an attack of the heart disease. It appears he bad spent a couple of hours in playing chess, in the third story room, when, complaining of feeling unwell, he descended to the reading room, took a seat by the table, and a few min utes afterwards fell to the floor. Several per sons went to his assistance, and medical aid was summoned. Every effort was made to resuscitate him, but without avail. His wife entered the room for the purpose of returning a book, and ber grief can be better imagined than described, upon beholding the lifeless body of her husband, who had left his home a short hime previous, apparently in the enjoyment of good health. DEATH OP A VETERAN_—Major Edward Wil son, died at Elkton, Md., on the 6th inst., of paralysis, in the 75th year of his age. Major Wilson was commissioned as lieutenat in the regular army, and served in the last war with Great Britain. He was at the capture of Fort George, in Canada. May 27, 1813, and was wounded in that action. He was also at Green Bush, Buffalo, and other points, a part of the time in the recruiting service. Major Wilson ' was also present at the bombardment of Fort Itlienry, Baltimore, and was stationed in what was known as the six-gun battery, which performed such effective service on that °ed ger'. pH 'WINTER IN STRIA AND PALESTINE.-The past winter has been one of unexampled se verity. The snow has been two feet deep in the city of Jerusalem. Three houses were crushed by the weight of the snow. Eight inches of water fell in twenty-four hours. The Damas cus road from Beirut was impassable for more than two weeks. On the 9th or February the passage of Lebanon was effected through the snowdrifts, at the peril of life- PENN' A LEGISLATUE. SENATE MONDAY, April 8, 1861. The Senate was called to order at 8 o'clock, p. m., by Mr. PENNEY, speaker pro ion. BILLS IN PLACE Mr. SMITH, an act to incorporate the Schuyl kill navy association. Mr. MEREDITH, an act to incorporate the Aurora oil company. Mr. LAWRENCE, supplement tow n act i n _ corporatirig'ihe'Harrisburg gas company. Mr. CONNELL, a supplement to the act in corporating the Seamen's saving fund company, of Philadelphia. Also, an act to 'vacate part of French street, in the Twenty-fourth ward, Philadelphia. Also, an act to preveht and prohibit the opening of new burial grounds or vaults within the city limits of Philaelphia. Mr. IMBRIE, an act to prevent fraudulent suppression of evidence in certain cases, MOTION TO BE-CONSIDEIip Mr. SMITH moved a re-consideration of the vote fixing upon the 18th for final adjourment, which motion was seconded by Mr. IMPLIE ; whereupon Mr. SMITH moved that the motion be postponed for the present; which was agreed to—yeas 14, nays 10. ON THIRD READING An act relative to the oily of Allegheny; amended by unanimous consent and passed. BILLS CONSIDERED. Mr. PARKER called up an act to incorporate the Ninth United Presbyterian church of Phila delphia; passed. Mr. WHARTON, an act to incorporate the Powelton coal and iron company ; passed finally. Mr. CONNELL, on leave, read' in place a supplement to the act incorporating the North Pennsylvania railroad ; which, on motion of Mr. NICHOLS, was taken up and passed. Mr. SCHINDEL called up an act to incorpo rate the Fairview cemetery association of Kutz town, Berks county ; passed. Mr. CONNELL called up an act to vacate part of Fxeneh street, in the Twenty-fourth ward, Philadelphia ; which was passed. • Mr. swam called up public bill, entitled " An act relating to drawers and endorsers of promissory notes, bills of exchange, tic ;" laid over on second reading. Mr. SMITH called up an act concerning turn pike, plank road and bridge companies; nega tived in committee of the whole. Mr. ROBINSON called up an act to incorpo rate the Greenwood cemetery company, of New castle ; which was passed finally. Mr. SMITH, an act to incorporate the Schuyl kill navy association, of the city of Philadel phia; passed. Mr. YARDLEY, a supplement to an act in corporating the Andalusia and Huhnsville turn pike company; passed. Mr. LANDON, an act to repeal an act pro viding for the repairing of the Susquehanna and Tioga turnpikes ; passed. Mr. CONNELL called up a supplement to the Seamen's saving fund society, of Philadelphia. [The proposition of this bill is to make the de positors stockholders—take the affairs 'out of the hands of the assignee, and continue the institution in existence.] The first section passed—yeas 13, nays 9. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MONDAY, April 8, 1861. The House was called to order at 3 o'clock by Speaker DAVIS. On motion of Mr. PRESTON, the bill to di vorce Edwin George Wells from his wife Ellen was re-committed to the Committee on the Ju diciary, (local.) FREE BANGING BILL The House then proceeded to the considera tion of the special order of the day—being an act to establish free banking in Pennsylvania. Mr. PIERCE moved toomend the 16th sec tion so as to make it read as follows : That no bank shall be permitted to commence or carry on the business of banking under this act, unless at least ten per centum of the amount paid in shall be in gold and silver coin or bullion, and shall be in the actual possession and bona fide the property of the bank at the time of its commencement of its banking busi ness, and at the place designated for carrying such business. The amendment was discussed by Messrs. PIERCE, BYRNE, GORDON, ABBOTT . and others. The question was taken and the amend ment lost. Several other amendments were made, when the bill was passed under a auepeneion of the rules. Previous to taking the vote, Mr. TAYLOR moved that the House go into the committee , of the whole for the purpose of special amend ment. Several *Mesa—lndicate your amendment, Mr. TAYLOR. It is for the purpose of amend ing the seventh section, so as to authorize the banks to issue one, two and three dollar bills. The question being taken, the House refused to go into the committee of the whole—yeas 39, nays 46_ Mr. WILSON moved that the House go into committee of the whole, for the purpose of making an amendment that each bank shall have. on hand, at all times, in gold or silver,an amount equal to eight pnr centum. of all its circulation ; agreed to—yeas 53, nays 28. The question was then taken on the final passage of the bill, and it was carried—yeas 55, nays 31. Several private bills of no general interest were passed. BILLS PASSED An act relative to the Cambria iron works. To incorporate the Reading Farmers' and Mining insurance company. To authorize the appointment of a commis sioner to collect and preserve among the ar chives unpublished manuscripts of the early history of Pennsylvania. A resolution was passed for holding three sessions a day, except on 'ridays and Satur days. Adjourned until evening. EVENING SESSION. The House was called to order at 7 o'clock. Several private bills were considered and passed, Among them the following : To authorize the supervisors of Lancaster county to contribute towards building a certain bridge. To incorporate the Osso mining company. A supplement to the act for the protection of persons navigating the Allegheny and Monon gahela rivers. A further supplement to the act for the en couragement -of the manufacture of iron with coke and mineral coal, and for other purposes. To authorize the Chesnut Hill water company to borrowsmoney. The Governor sent. in the bill to suppress fortune telling, it having become a law without his signature. Adjourned. FUGITIVE SLAVES AT GRICAGIO.-A family of five persons was recently arrested at Chicago. The Journal says the fugitives were so minutely described in the warrant, as to be impossible to mistake them. They were identified by two gentlemen from Missouri, who claimed to be their owners. As soon as the affair was noised abroad, an intense excitement prevailed among the colored people. They commenced collect ing in large crowds upon Clark street, in the vicinity of the house, canvathing the street, and threatening vengeance against all parties interested in the matter. While in this excita ble condition, a colored expressman, named Hayes, who was suspected of giving informa tion, approached the crowd and was set upon by the mob and severely beaten, but finally managed to make good his escape by rushing into a second hand clothing st ore and securing a back door exit. Large numbers of the colored people hired hacks and other vehicles and drove rapidly down to the Junction, in hopes to catch the train at that point, but of course were un successful. The mob at one time became so large and turbulent that it was found necessary to call the police and disperse them. FOREIGN GOSSIP A curious tweed* is told of Francis IL, late King of Naples. A person having dispatches for the Minister of Justice, wandered about Gaeta to find his office. Entering a dismantled building, he saw a man sitting on a pile of pa pers, who answered his inquiries by saying that he was the minister. He then asked where he could find the minister of war. " Here," was the reply "I am the minister," adding : "Finding myself betrayed by every OW I trusted, I am mrown minister of war in the morning, chancellor in the afternoon, and pre fect of police at night." It was, indeed, Fran cis 11. himself. Another scandalous case is before the En glish courts. Sir C. 11. Rumbold, nephew of Lord Radcliffe, deceased, has brought an action against Mr. and Mrs. Forteath, of Bunny Hall, Notts, to recover a property of £7,000 a year, bequeathed to her by his lordship. The cir cumstances are curious enough. The wife of Lord Radcliffe was a proud lady of rank, who ran off with one of his servants. He then formed an intimacy with a Mrs. Burit, and left her this property at his death. Mrs. Burst, becoming wealthy, married Mr. Forteath, and they are living in style on her iligotton fortune. The will, it is alleged, was fraudulently obtained. M. Lazan, the principal editor of the Revue Nunicipale in alluding to the health of Paris, complains of the establishment of its numerous factories, and the crowded quarters in which the ouvriers reside. When the cholera comes to Paris,for each rich man carried off by the dis ease there are forty-two poor men. At the present moment the -Department of the Seine is being " inundated by all the poor of France." Mr. Varley has contrived a new electrical machine, consisting of a plate of hardened vul canized india rubber (ebonite,) and a wooden ring conductor. The exciting power is geater than that of glass, as fifteen to twelve, and sparks are given out sixteen to nineteen inches long. We presume our india rubber friends will soon add this to their other numerous uses of this material. Professor Frankland has invented a gas-bur ner which nearly doubles the illuminating power of the jet. It is accomplished by the use of two glass chimneys, one inside the other. The heated air between them rises to 600°, and is all that the jet can communicate with for combustion, which is thus perfected. • Lady Baek,recently deceased, has left a large fortune to her husband, Admiral Sir George Back,the companion of Sir John Franklin in his early Arctic expeditions. Sir George' has nu merous friends and acquaintances in this con try. Christy's Minstrels have returned to London, after a successful tour in the provinces. They introduce in their entertainment a comic ver sion by W. Brough of "La Boninabula." A table placed over a grindstone forms the bridge scene in the last act. Father Kemp's " Old Folks" have left Lon don and gone on a tour in .the provinces. Mrs. Nicholls, the principal sclo vocalist, has brought again into fashion, Vestris's once popular song : "As they Marched Through the Town." According to recent experiments of Profes sor Bond, the light of the sunNis equal to that of four hundred and seventy-one thousand full moons. This is only one half of the hitherto received estimate of Wollaston. There is yet. living a lime tree in New street, Shoe lane ' London, called Di. Johnson's tree, once on the property of Mr. Strahan, his great friend. This tree, it is said, he was in the habit of looking at and "hugging. It is said of Mires, the Paris defaulter, that many of his services have been highly benefi cial to his country, and that he disposed of a large portion of his wealth in a charitable and benevolent manner. The autobiography of aJearned and obser ving lady,Miss Knight., is announced. She was the private companion of the Princess Char lotte, and the work is exceedingly curious and amusing. Marriages to. Gretna Green. are no longer legal, except after fourteen days' residence in the parish, which will give time for pursuit of runaways. Auber published seven operas before be • met with success. His twelfth work, "Massaniello," spread his fame over Europe. He is styled the Walter Scott of music. • A canal tug-boat has been invented in En gland propelled by air di :charged under a flat bottom by afpump. The brilliant appearance of the aurora are attributed by Professor Tyndall to the presence of nitrogen in the atmosphere. The washerwomen of Paris had a grand ban quet and ball at the Mi-Careme, which is their holiday. Thirteen persons were recenty drowned in a steamer on the lake of Constance in a gale, by collision with another steamer. The average height of Englishmen is five feet eight inches ; of English women five feet one inch. Shakespeare's house and garden have been restored at considerable expense, to the condi tion they were in during his lifetime. The new Dundee whalers are being fated up with screws and steam engines. • There are nearly thirty thousand blind people in Great Britain. The Queen of Spain has offered the Pope a royal palace at Madrid. The London Morning Chronicle is now sold for a penny. Baron Macaulay is not the first English his torian of that name. About a century ago flourished one Catharine Macaulay, who wrote and published a five volume "History of En gland from the Accession of James the First to the elevation of the House of Hanover." The book—clever, piquant and calumnious—was an immense (access, and brought the author a profit of several thousand pounds, which aroused the envy of both Goldsmith and John son. Five years after Catharine Macaulay published her fifth volume, Gibbon brought out. the first of his "Decline and Fall." He did not at the time meet with the success of his female rival; yet to-day everybody reads Gib bon, and very few have ever heard of Catharine Macaulay. A SAD SEQUEL TO THE DIAMOND WEDDING.— Everybody recollects the diamond wedding of the rich old. Cuban and the young New York belle. A recent letter from Cuba says: "It may interest my fair readers to remember that Havana is the home of Signor Oviedo, the hero of the diamond wedding, Here he is known as a mulatto, at least half black, and he is said to be a Blue Beard for brutality. He is rich ; but, as he and his bride are of course excluded from all good society, his wealth can hardly compensate his lady for the slights and seclu sion to which her life is henceforth destined. A sad and dearly bought conclusion of so bril liant a bridal." AN OFFICE-SEEKER DISAPPOINTED.--Mr. T. W. Field, a prominent. Republican of the East ern district, N. Y., and a member of the Board of Education, applied to the Government for an appointment as assistant engineer in the bureau of construction in the navy-zard at Washington. He was successful in his appli cation, obtaining the place he asked for. On Monday, (April Ist, rather ominous,) h e wen t to the navy-yard and presented his official cre dentials, when his attention was politely called to a section in an act passed at the close of the last session of Congress, wherein the office, which had been a mere sinecure. was abolished. Dhowsze.—On the 29th ult., four servants of A. J. Pennington, of Sassafras Neck, Cecil county, Md., crossed Bohemia to some seine haulers on the opposite shore, and when re turning, the boat capsized, and one man and woman were drowned. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH From Washington. WASHINGTON, April 8. It is now ascertained on undoubted authority that most of the troops which are being em barked at New York are destined for Texas. The remainder of the forces are to be sent to Pensacola, to re-inforce Fort Pickens. The Minnesota will not leave the port of Boston for several days yet. She will be the -flag ship of Commodore Stringham. The Minnesota will take out a large number of charts which were sent on for the fleet to day. The inference is that she sails for other waters than the Gulf. Governor Dennison, of Ohio, spent this mor n ing in conference with Secretary Chase,urging him 'to accept one of the vacancies on the Su preme bench. Lieutenant Talbot left this city for Fort Sumpter in the seven o'clock train this morn ing, taking with him dispatches for Major An derson. It is considered positive that the order for the evacuation of Fort Sumpter has been or will be given at once. A dispatch to the Confederate Commissioners, dated at Charleston this morning, says that Major Anderson was to-day officially notified that his mail matter and supplies were discon tinued. The Cabinet met this morning, and held a session of two hours' length. Minister Corwin leaves this afternoon for New York, to depart immediately for Mexico. He has declared publicly in presence of numer ous friends that - war was at hand! He made this declaration this morning. The Confederate authorities at Montgomery telegraphed to the Commissioners here, to-day : "Does the United State Government mean war ?" The Commissioners sent a reply to the effect that "affairs looked as if the Administration meant war one day and something else the next day." All the watchmen of fluikiipublie buildings have been furnished with 'ritts, and their num ber has been increased. • LATER FROM EUROPE. PORTLAND, April 8. The steamship Canadian has arrived with Liverpool dates to the 28th ult., and telegraphic advices of Friday tie 29th ult. The steam ships North Briton, Bremen and City of, Man chester had arrived out. The Edinburg had sailed for New York with 100,000 pounds in specie. The ship Middlesex, from Liverpool for New York, sprung a leak when three weeks cut.— After three days unavailing efforts she was abandoned with the water up to the main deck. All of the six boats were lost in launching ex cepting one, which contained the Captain, first, second and third mates, boatswain, carpenter, five men and four passengers. This boat, after five days exposure, reached the coast of Kerry. The ship was insured in Liverpool. Advises from Jeddo state that the American Secretary of Legation at Jeddo, Mr. Henske?, had been murdered. The English and French ministers had retired, but the American minis ter remained there. 1)- Napoleon received the address from the Corps Legislatif on the 23d ult. In returning thanks he said that notwithstanding the warmth of the debate he by no means regretted to see such a discussion, but hoped the Government and the Legislatif would mutually aid each other. This speech is considered as ambiguous. The Pope's last allocution has been suppressed in France as far less conciliatory than was ex pected. The reinforcement of the French troops in Rome, which was intended to coun tetact the movements of Austria, has been countermanded, after explanations with Aus tria. The Bourse was dull and rentals stood at £6B 20d. Count Cavour announced to the Italian Cham ber that the ministerial programme was un changed. In his speech on the Roman question, he claimed that Italy had the right to have Rome for her Capital, but she must go there with the consent of France. He said the union of the temporal and spiritual power was the source of evils. Reactionary demonstrations had taken place in Sicily. The Holstein estates had rejected the propo sal of the Danish government for the basis of a Constitution. Calcutta adviees of March let, report the markets dull and unchanged. The Canton dates are to February 15th, and Shanghai to February 6th. Business was all but suspended and exchanges drooping. The advices from Manchester were favorable as to yarns, but the holders demanded an ad vance, and checked business. POSTOFFCIA AFFAlRS.—Pennsylvania.—The site of the postoffice at Youghiogheny, West moreland county, Is changed. Present name is retained, and James Campbell is appointed postmaster, vice Alexander Gulley. Levi Stutter, postmaster at Fredericksburg, Lebanon county", vice Samuel Weber. George H. Covode, postmaster at Lockport Station, Westmoreland county, vice Samuel North. Samuel A. Walters, postmaster at Winfield. Union county vice James D. Gibson. John Stouffer, postmaster st Palmyra, Lebanon county, vice Samuel H. Thome. The Directors of the Merrimac Mills in Low ell, at a meeting last Saturday, voted to run their Milts but four days in the week, or to reduce the wages of the operatives. The choice is to be decided upon by the operatives at the next pay day. Mr. Weston, the pedestrian, announces that he will leave Washington on the 23d instant, and walk to Boston on or before the noon of May Bd. DIED. At Dtincan'a Island, on the sth inst., janon PLETCHER, aged 57 years, 31nonthe and 5 days. Ho died of apoplexy. New 'Mtvertisentents. SIGNOR BLITZ WILL GIVE TWO OP EIS ENTERTAINMENTS AT BRANT'S HALL, ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS, 11TH AND 12TH For the benefit of the STATE CAPITAL BAND. One afternoon performance, for the accommodation of schools, on Friday. TICKETS 25 CENTS—TO SCHOLARS,IO CENTS. ap9-414t AUCTION AUCTION I I I will Bell by Public Auction, on Wednesday, the 10th day of April, A. D. 1881, and to be continued from day to day until all is disposed of, at the Store Boom, No. 12. Nerth-western ride of Market Square, newt to Fel WEI Confectionery, the entire stock of goods embracing China and Glass Ware, Tea and Toilet Sets, Molasses of diffe-ent grades, Black and Green Teas, White and Brown Sugars, Coal Oil and Fluid Lamps and Lanterns, Oil Stands and Oil, Tea Caddys. Pi'tform and Counter Scales, Sugar Mill, &c . Also, Liquors, such as Brandy. Wine, ,Sce.rsome old in bottles. Sale to commence at 8 o'.clock in the forenoon, when terms will be made known by • rap9-dtfl W. L. TREIVICK. A RBOR VITAS FOR SALE.—The ri subscriber has a lot of these beautiful evergreens, just received from Pittsburg, fo,r sale at his Green-hnuse, above town, or at his stall in the lower Market Roue.) on M rket mornings. They are in excellent condition, nnl are probably the finest. specimens ever brought to this place. ALso,.a lot of Locust Posts, from 6to 22 feet in length, which he will sell low for cash. .10Eibi M. MECH.. ap9-d2w • THE BIBLE ON DIVORC E.—The foi lowing words are from Mark 3r. v. 9, : "What, therefore, God has joined together let not man put asunder." "Whosoever shall put away his Wife and marry another committeth adultery. And if a woman shall put away her husband and marry again she committeth adultery. ,, Legislators and others, the above is the edict of the Supreme Lawgiver, from which there is do appeal:— "What, therefore, God has joined together let no man put asunder?, jean dtf • AN ORDINANCE TO FIX THE COM PENSATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS THEREIN NAMED —ft:ilium; 1. Best ordained by the Common, Council of the City of Harthburg, That the compense, tion to be allowed to the officers hereinafter named shall be as follows, payable quarterly to those having an an nual compensation., and monthly to those having 8, monthly compensation, to be computed from the date of their entering upon the duties of their office, except the Chief Po ice Constable, and for lighting Street lamps, which are to commence April 1. lBbl. To the Mayor, five hundred lollars per annum. To the City Solicitor, one hundred dollars perannum. To the City Treasurer, four hundred dollars per an num, with the further compensation of two per centaur on all moneys paid into the Treasury or collected by him under the theond seetion'of act of Assembly, pas se d April 21st, A. D. 1846, relating to the payment of taxes in the borough of Harrisburg. To the Clerk of the Common Council, four hundred dollars per annum. To the Clerk of the Market, three hundred dollars per annum. To the Supervisor of the First and Second wards, two hundred dollars per annum. • To the Supervisor of the Third and Fourth wards. two hundred dollars per annum. To the Supervisor of the Fifth and Sixth wards, one hundred dollars per annum. To the several Collectors of City taxes there shall be allowed a compensation of five per centum on all moneys collected and paid over by them into the City Treasury, of which payment the receipt of the City Treasurer shall be evidence To the sereral collectors of the water rents (who shall be appointed as provided by the water ordinance on that subject) there shall be allowed a compensation of fire per centum on all moneys collected and paid over by them into the City Treasury : Provided, That there shall not be allowed any compensation or per eentage on such water rents as may be collected by the Treasurer, or paid into the City Treasury by the corporations or indi viduals owing the same. To the Keeper of the Lock-up, thirty dollars per month. To the Engineer and Machinist at the Water-house, fifty dollars-per month. To the Assistant Engineer at the Water-house, (so long as his services may be required, and until dispensed with,) the sum of one dollar per day. To the Chief Police Constable, twenty dollars per mouth. For lighting and extinguishing street lamps, twenty dollars per month. For the pay of each member of Council ; twelve dollars per annum. . . Passed March 19, 1861 D. IT. GROSS. President of Common Council Attest: DAVID Hensre. Clerk. BIiM4ICWOOD'S MAGAZINE AND BRITISH REVIEWS L. SCOTT & CO., NEW YORK, continue to paldish the following leading British Periodicals, viz : 1. THE LONDON QUARTERLY; (Conservative.) 2 THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, (Whig.) 3. THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW, (Free Church.) 4. THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW, (Liberal,) 5. ELACKWOOD'SEDINBURGH MAGAZINE, (Tory.) The present critical state of European affairs will ren der these publications unusually interesting during the forthcoming year. They will occupy a middle ground between the hastily written news-items, crude specula tions and flying rumors of the daily Journal, and the ponderous Tome of the future historian, written after the living interest and excitement of the great political events of the time shall have passed away. It is to these Periodicals that readers must look for the only really intelligible and reliable history of current events, and as such, in addition to their well-eatablished .1i te rary, scientific and theological character, we urge them upon the consideration of the reading public. EARLY COPIES. The receipt of ADVANCE SHEETS from the British publishere gives additional value to these Reprints, in asmuch as they can now be placed in the hands of sub scribers about as soon as the original editions. TERMS For any one of the four Reviews For any two of the four Reviews For any three of the four Reviews For all four of the Reviews - For Blackwood's Magazine - For Blackwood and one Review - For Blackwood and two Reviews Nor Blackwood and three Reviews - - 900 Nor Blackwood and the four Reviews - - 10 00 Money current in the State where issued will be received at par. CLUBBING A discount of twenty-five per cent_ from the above prices will be allowed to CLUBS ordering four or more copies of any one or more of the above works. Thus : Four copies of BlackwoCid, or of one Review, will be sent to one address for $9; four copies of the four Reviews and Blackwood for $3O; and so on. P 0 1: A G In all the principal Cities and Towne these works will be delivered FREE OF POSTAGE. When sent by mail, the rusraos to any part of the United States will be but TWENTY-FOUR CENTS a year for "Blackwood," and bat FOURTEEN CENTS a year for each of the Reviews. N. B.—The Price in Great Britain of the five Periodi cals above named is g3l per annum. THE FARMER'S GUIDE TO SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICA.4 AGRICULTURE. BY HNNRY STEPRENS, F. It S., of Edinburgh, and the late .1. P. NORTON, Professor of Scientific Agriculture in Yale College, New Haven. 2 vols. Royal octavo. 1,600 pages, and numerous Engravings. This is, confessedly, the most complete work on Ag riculture ever published, and in order to give it a wider circulation the publishers have resolved to reduce the price to FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE TWO VOLUMES !! When sent by mail (post-paid) to California and Ore gon the price will be $7. To every other part of the Union, and to Canada, (post-paid.) $6. This took is NOT the old "Book of the Farm,' Remittances for any of the above publications Ayala always be addressed, post Paid, to the Publishers, LEONARD SCOTT & CO., No 64 Gold street, New York. ap9-dlw NOTICE.—To the Heirs and Legal Rep resentatives of ALEXANDER BUFFINGTON, late of the city of - Harrisburg, Dauphin county, deceased. To Mary A. Buffington, (widow;) bouisa, intermarried with Rev. James Coleman ; Isabelle, intermarried with Abraham Edwards; Ann, intermarried with Lyman Ro gers ; Thomas C. Buffington, William 0. Buffington and Alexander L. Buffington. That the said ALEXANDER BUFFINGTON, lately died, seized in his demesne, as of fee, of a portion of two lots in the said city of Harrisburg, marked in the general plan with the numbers 307 and 308, described as follows: Beginning at the corner of Strawberry alley and Sixth street and extending along said alley 105 feet to Lot 309, late the pro: erty of James Beatty, deceased; theses by a line parallel with Sixth street, aforesaid, thirty feet; thence by a line, parallel with Strawberry alley and Wal nut street, one hundred and five feet to Sixth street, and thence along said Sixth street thirty foot to the place of beginning; with the appurtenances. And that by virtue of a writ of partition or valuation, issued out of the Orphans' Court, of Dauphin count, to me directed for snaking partition of the said premi ses to and among the heirs and legal representatives of said ALEXANDER BUFFINGTON, deceased. 7, JACOB D. BOAS, Sheriff, will hold an inquest at the mansion house of said deceased, for the appraisement and partition of the real estate of said deceased, on Monday, the sixth day of May next, at 9 o'clock, a. m., where you, and each of you, may attend if you think proper.JACOß D. BOAS, • Sheriff of Dauphin County, Pa. SHERIFF'S OFFICE, Harrisburg, April 6, 1861. FOR RENT.—A commodious two-story DWELLING HOUSE, (in Second street, below Pined with wide Hall, large Back Building, Marble Mantles in Parlors, Gas in six rooms, all the rooms just papered and painted The second story divided into seven rooms, one of which is a Bath, This, in connection with the fact that the house has just been placed in the most thorough repair makes it one of the most desirable houses in the city : Enquire of IMPORTED 13 LOGNA SAUSAGE. A very rare lot just received and for sale by ap6 • WM. DOCK, Ja., , & Co. ENGLISH AND ULABSICAL BOARDING SCHOOL, FOR YOUNG MEN AND BOYS, MOUNT JOY, LANCASTER COLTNTY, PENNA. Students prepared for College or business. Location pleasant, healthy and easy of access by Pennsylvania Central Railroad. For Circulars containing terms, tes timonials, &c., address the Principal, ap4-101da4tw /1 NJ F. MUENCH , • TRAVELING- AGENT OF THE OLD WALLOWER LINE. This old Transportation Line is still in successful operation, and prepared to carry freight as LOW as any other individual be ween Philadelphia, Harrisburg, sun bury, Lewisburg, Williamsport. Jersey Shore, Lock Ha- Ten, and all points on the Northern Centr 1, Philadel phia and Erie, and Williamsport and Elmira Railroads. Local Agent at Harrisburg, D. A. MIIENCH. Goods sent to PEACOCK, ZELL & HINCHMAN, No. 808 and 810 Market street, above E;ghth, by 4 o'clock, p. m , will arrive at Harrisburg, ready for delivery, the next morning. C. F. MUENOU, ap4-dtf • Traveling Agent. WAR D , H • MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALRR IN STRAW GOOD,S, Nos. 103, 105 and 107 NORTH SECOND STREW, PHILADELPHI A We are now receiving our spa MG 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 FLOWER S and RHODES will be u nusually 1-rge this Season, and we would invite your inecial at tention to that department. Please call and examine them before making your purchases. H. WARD, Nos. 103,105 and 107 NORTA SECOND St., above Arch. maxlB,2awlind. Pen ann $3 00 5 00 7 00 800 3 00 5 00 7 00 ap9-3Wdo B nf E. M. POLLOCK, Market Square, Harrisburg E. E. MOORE
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