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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.
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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..
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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
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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.
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2
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3.
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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.
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asmuch as they can now be placed in the hands of sub
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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
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and Blackwood for $3O; and so on.
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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.
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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,
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NJ F. MUENCH ,
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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,
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Traveling Agent.
WAR D ,
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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
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E. M. POLLOCK,
Market Square, Harrisburg
E. E. MOORE