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WEDNESDAY MUKNINO 1-E “ 1
“THE PE.'vCK CO-NV HNTION--TH It
VOICE Hl' [HE IM.OI'I.E.
Thebodv which is now m session at \\ ash
ington, in solemn consultation upon the
fate of a great nation, is properly a oonver.-
tion of States. Although all the Mates are j
not represented, the Commissioners of those
‘which are, were appointed either by the
Governors or Legislatures ol the Mates
which they represent, and me the nllicial
represents-in sof the Mates, not the dii ret
representatives ol the people. It this body
fail to agree upon any satisfactory pint of
compromise, and to mark out such a eouise
as shall bring together the almost disrupted
fragments or our government, there is hut
one more up] eal. and that i- to a -' sa ‘
tional Convention, appointed by the
people.
If we come to this last resort —and that
we shall come to it, there is little doubt,
every possible opportunity should be alford
ed to the people of expressing their will
upon the questions which have involved us
in our present national difficulty.
In a crisis like the present, the voice of
the people is the voice of destiny. It will
make itself heard. Those who are most in
terested in the government —those who
have most at stake—will speak their senti
ments, and when the bailot-box atiords
them an opportunity, will thunder out for
the Unim.
The obstacles to a settlement of this dif
ficulty which appear so insurmountable to
the politicians, will be swept away like sand
before the popular might of those who love
the Union. The politicians fear to let the
people act directly upon the subject: but
sooner or later they will assume the power
vrhioh they have too long delegated to those
who have used it badly—very badly
It is stated that if the Peace Convention
now tnsessioi . fail to arrange some plan of
adjustment between the Border States,look
ing to a final re-union of all the States, and
do not mature some feasible plan for the
settlement of the difficulty, they will pro
pose to submit the propositions of the confer
ence directly to a vote of the people. We
believe ttiui the people would speedily and
satisfactorily settle these troubles if an op
portunitywaa directly afforded them. The
ballot-box would show the world that the
people of this country are in favor of the
Union, an 1 of such guaranties as will secure
peace in tha Union. The politicians have
managed badly, and the government is go
ing to pieces through their parli/.anship. 11
they have a spsrk ol honor or of patriotism
left, they should give the people an oppor
tunity to save it.
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MR. LINCOLN’S SPEECH Al INI)
ANAPOLIS.
Mr. Lincoln's remarks at Indianapolis, on
Monday, which were published in our tele- 1
graphic columns yesterday, strike us as sin
gularly weaW aud in-onclusive. lie asserts
positively nothing cither ui opinion or pol
icy. H(| asks a yariety of que.-tion j , and
makes a variety ofs-uppoMttons. i ut express
ly denies that he was "asserting anything.
bu£ merely asking ijuestiom for the people
to consider ami docile in their own nnnd*
what was light and what was wrong.' 1
Thro people might le&son&bly have ex
pected that when their President elect open
ed his mouth in regard to our national diffi
culties, it would have been to declare hU
opinion upon the present aspect of affairs,
and to point out how the I'uion might be
saved.
The law-givers of nation;*, the chieftains
of clans, the Kings and Emperors of the
earth, when their governments are m dan
ger, do not fear to declare what they think,
and to announce what they will do for their
people. liut the President elect of a
mighty people, U content with asking
questions of the people, and putting suppo-
Bilious cases for their decision It is a great
point ot weakness in Mr. Lincoln’s charac
ter, that he has not the nerve to Uke a pos
itive position. If he is for coercion,let him
say so, and if tor compromise, let him speak
out in spite of his party. If the man is a
vaseilalor—without that poaitivenehs and
decision of character, which is necessary in
his great position, it is time thepeople knew
it. When the keen attrition of a personal
contest with a great statesman, as Mr. Doug
las undoubtably is, brought Mr. Lincoln to
the surface, he certainly xn.tde some line
speeches, and showed that lie po.-sessed a
•considerable amount of forensic and cou-.
troversial talent. But since his election he
has been as silent as an owl until the pres
ent time, and now he speaks as a doubter.
If the I*resident elect of the Ui\ited States
is a mere interrogation point—a thing to
ask questions—and not a statesman whose
opinions are to have weight and word’s
power, as the Chief Magistrate of the Na
tion, it is time that the people should know
it, and judge add act for themselves, refus
ing to acknowledge the leadership of any
man who prefers to lead a party rather than
act for a country. If Mr. Lincoln is going
to speak, let him speak out tor himself, and
not ask questions.
THE PEACE CONGRESS,
The proceeding* of ibis body are still c in
ducted under the seal of secrecy, but we learn
that the Select Committee has not yet mado a
report, nor has any definite action been taken
by that committee. Mr. Dudley Field, of
New York, and Mr. Crowninshield, of Mas
sachusetts, took their neats as members of the
tame. It is stated that the lattor desired first
to get a record ol the grievances complained
of by the South, lie is reported to have made
a passionate address, and to have interfered
with the utmost harmony and good feeling
which hod previously markod the deliberations
of the oommittee. Mr. Guthrie, Judge Ruffin,
and others spoke in reply, the latter taking
eminently conservative ground and eliciting
the decided approbation of the members frem
Ohio, Indiana, and the other Border States,
slave and free. Judge White, (the member
from Pennsylvania.) we hear from reliable
souroes, made a stirring speech advising con
ciliation and a speedy and amicable adjustment
of the present difficulties.
TWCrittendon and other measures of com
promise proposed by Congress have been under
dlsoqaaiOn, and several new methods of adjust,
ment have been proposed—mo of which, that
proposed by Mr. Guthrie, we publish in this
day’s Post.
the morbul tariff bill
There is no truth in the rumors publish ed
in the New York papers, on Saturday, that
Senator Wigfall remains at Washington to
vote against the Morrill tariff bill. On the
contrary, he is a friend of the bill, and will
vote for it if he has an opportunity. J ucfgg
Douglas has announced that, while he does
not like the provision in the bill in refer
ence to the warehousing system, he will
vote.for every clause in it that looks to the
protection of the interests of Pennsylvania.
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COUNTING Till: VOTES.
To-day (Wednesday) 1- the day for count
ing the votes for President and \ ice Presi-
dent in Congress. The papers state,
that to prevent any ditßtßeuUy, extensive
military preparations have been made.—
Tin- Dnited States troops in Washington
and the militia ol' the District of Colum
bia will bo placed on & war footing.— j
General Scott, it appears, has -made full
pieparatiou* for guarding the city against
any attacks on the day of the inauguration
of the new President. The regular trooj»s
will be placed at all available pViaK and
will lake no part in the procession The
district militia, however, will join iu the
procession. It is stated that the President
has had oilers of nearly live hundred thou
sand volunteers; but both he. and General
Scott declare that there U at present no
aiithoniv to accept any such filers.
A SIGNIFICANT I'icT.
Abcui seven
'••event elec-
was
In New in-leans there are
,eeu thousand voters. At the
.ion, when the question of s-
submitted to the people, oulj*>'K'd votes
were polled, and the majority f* secession
was only S id. It is reasonable \o suppose
that the Union men declined w vote and
permitted the secessionists to early th* city.
In view'of this point it appears olriuus that
there is a strong Union party in*he South,
who would cull into life and acth'u a great
and triumphant Union party in the South,
ft the insensibility and stubbornness of the
Northern Republicans did not render them
indifferent and paralyze their efforts. Let
the North do right, repeal its nullification
statutes and declare its purpose to obey the
Constitution, and the true men ol the South
would rally for the Union.
On Monday last the President elect Abra
ham Lincoln, by name, departed from Spring
field. Illinois, where ho has lived, ss he says,
for twenty-five years, on his pregree* to Wash
ington, to take possession of the la go r6 n'
inent cf the late I'nion, a* if- Kxwjutivf
hoad.
In ifar cvauiug d' itoudhy, tbe afurosaid
Abraham Lincoln made a *poec!i to hi- ft-llow
partiaans in Indianapolis, in whith hf.hankod
tbom lor voting for him, &
the approved stylo of the A bull Lion ( ; i |
newspaper, Mr, L. ha- a tiing a’ the “ proies
sional Union lover*,'' uni than be proceeds to
6tAte some quoHiun* —sume grave questii'.':*, it
is possible, b*t bo g jut by a professional
joker,have very much '.he ring of tlei; ■ ;ntrios
put by Mr. Mtrramon, m tbe circus, to that
potential person, the Matter ut tho Horses.
Mr. Lincoln inquire o! his expectant lis
teners at 1 r.diana; olis, wbat ■ * the moaning of
“coercion an,! in'.dbun ' N" reply ia made,
and none was looked lor—and then Mr. Lin
coln goes on to -ay *hat ho ■ ' coercion
and invasion mean Lu'. Mr L.ncctii ' tot
positive that ho is right llethir.k.-, lu-wt'-r*
that tk i K* dor a’. Oju-rmni-nl night r- take itf
forts inborn h Carolina, and collect duties
there, and that there tmeg* would be neither
" coercion nor invas <v
Mr. Abribam Lincoln assert* nothing, mi»d
you 1 He has simply turned catechist. r-dd
askfi that crowd of wi?o f-llows that wore as
sembled at th<- tavern where be stopped :n In
dianapoli?. whut they think about it
If .pmstiuns could answer questi-ma. we
might, being like Mr. Lincoln, somewhat cir
cumspect puraelvos, ask hun,Bome iiua-tuns,
which could go with his, to tho gaping crowd
at Indianapolis. For instance.
Can the Federal Government levy taxes of
any sort> on men or merchandise, m a country
wbeneb there la no representation m Congress T
Can the Federal Government withhold the
benefits of tuo postal or any other laws trow
aoy portion of the country where they collect
revenues "
Can the Fedora! Government refu.-o to put
down servile insurrection or other " dottiest o
violence'’ in any >iate whore they c.i»oct du
lioi or derive revenues
And generally, and finally, does not the
“right’’ to collK'l d in 'Uth Car. litia,
carry with it all the "duties that the F*i r
al Govorumenl ever owed to any part v! the
Union ‘
Thcso questions struck us w : read the shi rt
catechism of Mr Lir.rido. Wo lc pe some.-
body will answer them, and sol our mind at
rest. Wo have os g »od a right to our natural
sleep as he has who is soon t j ho President.
And it' the head uneasy lies that soon shall
wear the crown, and if it seeks relict by asking
questions, why should not our humbio sconce
get rid of trouble in the same way,
But we have seemed t<> make light of solemn
matters. Such is not the tact. We road the
<»poe< h of Mr. Lincoln with unatloctcd concern.
While a wh.de nation, plunged in doubt uni
dismav, hear of his coming to perforin his
allotted task, and 6train their oars to eaten the
words of tirmQess and wisdom, now so much
desirod, they have a paltry party speech, in
which, comments on great events of the day
are evaded, under the pretence ot asking ques
tions * Is it not discourgiog : is it not pitL
able' Is it not humiliating to think
that the fair fabric of our Union should be
rent from turret to foundation stone that such a
man as Abraham Lincoln should rule ovor
the fragment of bo great a nation.
Mr. Lincoln cornea here to-morrow, as we
understand. We have no purpose to wound
him or faia friends in these remarks. We
spoak the earnest sentiments of our hearts,
and wo do not wiah to withhold them
till he is gone. He waa called an
joker” when he was nominate*!, and we arc
grieved to And that was not estimated wrong
ly. In such hands a* hu, wo fervently hope
that God will help our country!
The City Councils last night refused to
take the money of the tax payers, to pay for
carriages to ride in the procession when the
President elect comes. This is right and
honorable. The people htfve no right to be
taxed for such glorifications. Never has the
municipality of Pittsburgh committed the
dishonest tct of appropriating the peoples
money to such uses. The door has never
been opened here for such wholesale drafts
upon the treasury, for useless purposes as
has been done in New York and other cit
ies. All honor to our councilmen for their
action laßt night.
The action of the Allegheny Councils wsb
directly the reverse of those of Pittsburgh,
Thes° gentlemen will find it somewhat dif
ficult to settle the matter to the satisfaction
of their constituents.
Tbe Twenty-live Million Loan bill of Can
grow wa3 signed by tho President, on Satur
day. It la said, however, that the capitalists
of New York and Boston wilt not tako the
loan to any considerable extent unless the
■Republican members of Congress evince
more disposition than they do at present to
bring about an adjustment of the national
troubles.
SoMsof the members of ihe il on Li ornery
Congress have just advised their session
friends at Washington that commissioners or
ministers have been appointed to represent the
interests of the Southern confederacy in Eu
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B p „ {,-• which meunbi r-» > I ilio LvgVMurt
who vt>Ud lor that w.»« k■ 1; j jsl measure must
look bivck w ; ih satisfaction.
Tho Br d T ; regiui. was not opened I’ll
IM'i, u»; 10m .t,ri i-ir.gi" r* gi-m there wu
M.qpJdon . ..JO lh-nt.sy lvituitt Itailroad, at
lioi.tingdci.. i"" 1 . Ml 4<>7 tons of coal. —
A: ! what ii r o' <>l Broad Top is equally true
of other c.'u:» i»o.v t irrn*d over the .-. ad,from
different points.
Tr.e eflect of tho repeal of tho tonnage tax
0:1 tbe article of eoul, by tho Stale, was in
ev./ry way aivanlsgoouc, because, whilst sub
i . v -usi to the tax the c a* ivuld T.vt bo sent to
market. n r c.-u.d tmLoral lands bo d■ vri
o;.od; whereas since the repeal of tho tax, and
tho dc-v-i.q.tuont oi li.ouj-nuntl Undo by im
provon'.outs ■ he-' q i.'ht n['-n- that acL, new
mining districts have boon opened, and new
min.r.g populations have been gathered in new
till i LoW I.'WIIP. OM ll pi'p-/:»tL*.l
-pft c.-r.atilut i.g ar. :w maik-t f-r lb- p*o
duc ? k-f ro-.gi.b rr g ui ly farmers,
th<* whols dovt Ui- n.«- ; l and :;. ve.-t i cr.t add.ni:
.urgi-ly tui 11. t* vb .i'-it.i n ' f j-r- p'rty taxo.l n\
tin** Ci i.iiuori woait:'. and 11.0 resources and
L-'inlurl.* t. i loCfil aid d»t* ti L m u-r ce the
grr.r.d it r-'sclu g'“d to
to a'l, and Injury to nono
And so. Wo, w.-i cofpspon-hntf ros nt
succeed the exemption ol all tannage from an
oni-rous and unjust impo.-itton, which does
t<-D f.dd nn-ro m -ohn-f l" inter..-ts which Hu-
Sut*; should f. su'*. than tho amount « f the
pittan. ■ which it brio’s to :!o! j»ubl:c Treat
urv. mean time clogring and obstructing
legitini&W sources oi revfi.u** to the Slat*-,
springing from tho four,thins of an enlight
onod State policy, and fuin consequential
increase and accumulation of capital and com
merce within its own bcnlor*.
A State enriches ;U-lf that prom-tee the
interests of r- own p-' 1 ’**; wbiUl a State that
puls IrtxiihxntoeiUp iu th* currenta of trade,
criminates In'favor of its rivals that are oagor
proiiit by its orrwra.
The State of South C&roi'nasunh thips in
tho main channel, between the harbor of
Charleston and the *oa, whereby the . uumern
of Gharlefiti ii v;n-. divorUd to Savannah, and
other ports Ttie Mate it I*enn-\ivania
mipi'.'cs a t*x on louoago passing over tho
I’-nnsylvacia U-ulroai, whereby the produce
of tb(/\V« -t is divert J rail-line-* free from
tax id the Slat*.- cf Maryland aod New York
Peiins\ h ania (Guaranteeing (Government
Governor Curtin, of l'ennsyivania, has
traurmitUd tho following c- mmuniration from
tho Secretary of lb 'IY-usury to the Legiala-
ThKA.-I.’HV IJ-.i-A 1 :!'
Keb. 7, ltfbl.
Sir —ln a b-U.-r to tio- C’ltiirman of the
Gomiiiitto oi Wn) - »' i M ■'**:■- ot mo House
of Kopro*>»*n i. w iv. •‘i m-- i'.n u.umo, I sug
geau-d that tn- oi aioui-y with the
Slates of tuo K'.d-jra- th-i--rnui nt, under the
act of Congr*. >-3 of tho hhi of June, 1830,
might be m.vJo 'i.iul i«> thu support ol
public creuit. u\ {'h'ign.g mem a» *»*-v:uri ty
for the refljPjin'- i -nl o! a 1- »n by tho United
States. Sue? ab an wo, b-> r.ece.-sary in a few
days; Mol it- Stato of lYnnsylvania would
greatly facilitate tbo obi' cl by agroring to
guarantee bonds of the l ailed States to the
amount that sho has received and pledged her
U:tb to repay. As the loan must be advertised
in a few da>*, prompt action is indispensable
1 take the liberty of enclosing a pruamblo,und
resolution,giving tho requisite authority to the
principal linancial ofliccr ol your Slate. A
similar preamble and resolution has bo**n in
treduced into Uj l ' Li'gielaturo of Now York,
and, I am aasurod, will bn spoedly adopted.
A 3 tho Secretary of tbo Treasury is desig»
nated by tho act of June, -3, Ih3’», hs the
agent i f tho Federal Government, to call for
tho repayment of the nn neys deposited with
the States, when directed by Congress, I have
ihuught it not proper to address this comrnun
mcat’on in regard to the use of the credit ol
vour Stato in sustaining that of tho Federal
Gvjvcrnmerit in tho matter suggorted 1 am,
very respectfully, your obedient servant.
JOHN A. DlX,Secretary ot the Treasury.
übscure
Governor Curtin ha* recommended that
immediate action betaken thereon. Tbo pre
amble and resolution contained m tho letter of
Mr. Du were immediately taken up and
passed. They authorize tho State Treasurer
to guarantee the principal and interest of boDds
G-i tho I*oiled Stales to the amount deposited
by the general government with tbe Slate
) Tbo resolution does not stato
when these bonds are to bo payable. It is
hoped that the Government will never be
obliged to call upon the Slate for tbe principal.
Resignation* of Army nnd Nnvy Officers,
Since tho seccsoion movement commenced
resignations in tho army and navy have been
plentiful, in tho army two lieutenant colonels,
two majors, eight capthins, ton lieutenants and
four cadets have resigned. In tho navy three
captains, three oommandoru, throe pursers,
two surgeons and two u.-sritanU, sixteen lieu
tenants, three masters, Mur midshipmen and
twonty acting midshipmen, have retired froni
the service, believing that their first allegiance
is due to tbo soil upon which they were born,
and that they cannot urider any circumstances
draw tho sword against the South.
NOTABLES IN PHILADELPHIA
Gov. Curtin- and Col. A. K. McClure,
were in Philadelphia yesterday, stopping at
the Girard House. Col. John C. hremont
passed through on his route to Washington,
Hon. Udward Everett, is in the city.
Colonel Judge, of Albama, has calied on
President Buchanan, with a view of entering
into negotiations for the transfer of tho United
States forts and other government property in
Alabama to the govornment of that State*
The President, however, declines to recognize
him in an official capacity,
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HON iKFFKRSCH DAVI.- t OF UlSfilSMl’l’l, i’ftKSl
A sketch of the prominent man who la to
share the honors of the Presidential chair
with Abraham Lincoln lor the next four jear3
is at the present moment especially apropos.
Pew men have led a lilo m re iiilod with
stirring or eventful Incidents than JeflW«on ,
Davis. A native of Kentucky, born abo.it
1806, he went in early youth with his lather to
Mississippi, then a'Territory, and wa’ appoint
ed hv Pr**«ideut Munron in ]*2J to b<' a colnt
at West Point. He graduated with the l’*s:
honors in 1828 as Brevet Second Lieutenant,
am! at his own rt qurtrl w.is p!.iO-d in active
pcrvicc. being assigned to the command of
General (tbon Colonel) Zachary Taylor, who
was stationed in tho W-.-t. In the frontier
wars of tho time young Davi- dutingui.-diod
himsi-lf in so marked a manner that when ft
now regiment of dragoons was f irmed bo at
onco obtained a commission as first lieutenant.
During thU time a romantic attachment sprang
up between him ar,d his prisoner, the famous
chief Black Hawk, in which the latter forgot
his animosity to tho people ol tho United
Stales in his admiration for Lieutenant Davis,
and not until his death was the bond of amity
severed between the two bravo rnen.
In 1825 ho settled quietly down upon a cot
ton plantation, devoting h:m>"lf lo a thorough
and systematic coarse of pulilial and siontilic
education. He was married to a daughter of
Gen. Taylor.
In 18-13 ho took Ibo stump for Polk, and in
1810, having attracted no little attention in
hie State by nis vigor and ability, ho was elec
ted to Congress. Ten days after he m ile his
maiden speoch. Soon the Mexican war broke
out, and a regiment of volunteers having boon
formed in Mississippi, and himself chosen Col
onel. he resigned his post in C -ngreas, and in
stantly repairod with his command to join the
corps d'annU under Gen Taylor. At Monterey
ind Buena Vista hn and his noble regiment
achieved the soldier » highest fame. T wioo by
his coolness he savod the day at Buena Vista
Wherever flro was bolted, or danger to bo
encountered, there Co). Davis and tte Mis
«Usippi rifllea were to bo found He who l-Oly
wi undid in the early part of the ac’ion, but
i»t hi 6 horse itoadly till tho day was won, and
refused to delegate even a portion of bio duties
to his subordinate officers.
In 184 K he was appoint'd to ii;i tho va. a:, y
in the Senate cf tho United States
.>cCHs-;.u;od by death of General Speight
and in I*so wag elected to that body
almost ur.unimoudf for a term of six yrui^s.
In lbol he resinfed his seat in tb-i Sum;-' to
become the State fights candidate for (> m*r ror
but was defeated fiy Governor Koole.
In lfvVi he was ualbtd tj a Mia*, in the Culcno'
of President Pprce, and w’& Secretary of
War during his Administration. In 18-7 he
wa? elected United Slat** Senator from M s
sissippi for the term <)f six years, which ofii-'p
be hold until his resignation on tho teces/mu of
Mississippi from the Union.
Personally, be is the last man who would b*
selected as a “fire-eater" He is a prim,
smooth looking man, with & precise manner,
a stiff soldierly carriage and an austerity that
is at first forbidding. Ho has naturally, how
over, & gonial temper, companionable qualities
and a disposition that endears buu to all by
whom ho may bo surrounded A 9 a speaker,
bets clear, forcible and argurnentativ; hU
voice is clear and firm, wither, iromor. and
ho is one in evory wav fi.ted f r the d stm
guiahed post to which ho tite boon called
ll' »N. ALKVANU V. ft if. fc T £l‘li KNS, o K
YI«'K l-RKSIDiINT.
Th * gentleman is known throughout the
Union as one of ttu most promir.-'tii -d South
ern politicians and >. -t r- Hi =
father, Andrew B. Stephens, was a planter of
moderate m«’ans, and hi? no ther t Margaret
Grier) was a sister to the fimous compiler of
Grier's almanacs. She d.od when he was an
infant, leaving him with l.mr brothers and one
sister, of whom only on" brother survives.
M:. Stephens was born in (>-• >r<:iA on thn
11 ih of February, 1812 W Lenin k.« 1 m riven lb
year his father died, and tbo homestead being
puld, his ‘bare oi the enure wU'.e
:i v« uundrod dollars With a coinmer: labiu
Anglo-Saxon love of his am* stry Air Slop L-n
h&s since repurchased the original e.-ta e, whi«-h
comprise*! about two bin >irod n*;d ;i! ! .v u.re?.
and has added to it about MX hundred more.
AssisUmJ by friendshe t nt* r.-l «n« university
of Ge orgia, in and lii l*d’J graduatt.il at
tho bead of bia class. In Ic-ll he commenc' d
th!) study ot the law, and in !•>« than two.ve
months was engaged in one of the no r -l impor
tant canes in the country. U.> --i ■ j,i!-:i.*'• ha*
ever bad a powerful effect upon juries enforc
ing, a 3 it does, arguments of admirable sim
pheuy, and legsK weight. l> IT to 1h Ju
ho wa* a member of tbo Georgia L>-gnLlun\
in 1M J ho was ckvtod to the State S -i.ale,and
in 1 *'! 3 was elected to Congress. ILo Was u
mem iver of tbo whig party ; n its j st du) 5,
but unco its dissolution has actod with the men
of tte South, and such has been tb upright
hteadtasl and patriotic polif) be has pursued,
that no on*' hi Ibo.proeerr. era ol fai Lu;n, -•!
fisbnoeS or suspicion has wtiiapen*! ail mx;m
lion »>f selil-h motives, or degrading iatrigu**?
against him. lu tbe llojse ho served promi
nently on the most important cournittcva, and
effbeted tho paesago ol tho Kansas-Nebraska
bill through th** H use at a time vs hen iu
warmest Iricnds despaired oi succors. Ho was
sub* l 'jucniiy a{ poiotod chairman of tho Com
mitti-e on Tcmt'.Ties, and waa al o chairuum
of tho Special Committee, to which was rt!*.-r
-icd tbo L- i v r m i 't*»n Uonsiiiution By his pa
triotic Course i.n various measured hehae, Ir.,m
llrm- to time, ciciled tho ire of many -uthern
peopl**, but bo lias ilwais suo-iodej in c-.ming
out i*l the contc-t with Mjring -a, and Uis
; ii ; 'ent el. vatiou is a mark of the prolouud
icspoct ftntertainod for bi-i as a m»n
and a it itesman.
Mr. Stephens is most distinguished as an
orator, though ho does not look like one who
could command ti.t* att<ur.h>n cf tin* at
at any lime or up<m any topic. Uis health
from childhood lias been verv foehle, beinc al
fheted with four abscesses and a continued de
rangement of the liver, w bicb gives bun a
consumptive appearance, th nigh hie lungs are
6ound. lie ha* never weighed over ninety six
pounds, and to sre his att. nuatod i'.gure bent
over his d >li, Ibo ahouldors contracted and the
ehapo of bis slender lio.Lw \ isible through his
garments, a stranger would never select him
as the “John Randolph” of cur time, more
dreaded as an adversary and mot ft prised as an
ally in a dehate than any other member of the
House of Representatives. When speaking
he has a shrill, sharp voice, hut as be
warms up with his subject the clear tones and
vigorous fcOntor.ccs roll out with a sonoriousness
that finds ila wav to every corner if the im
mense halt. lie is witty, rhotrocai and s*. lid,
and has a dash ul keen satire mat puts an edge
upun every speech. He )» a careful student,
but so very careful that no trace of study is
perceptible as he dashes along in a How u. r
facts, arguments and language that to e unmon
minds is almost bewildering. hosts
of warm friends who are proud ol his regard,
an onlighicne-1 Christian virtue and inflexible
integrity, -ueh is Alexander Ii Stephens, the
Vue c.i ctof tbo Southern <\>nfod
eraev.
The Southern V'orts.
The Rroiddent has received intolligonco Irom
Charleston to.atir.g that Governor IRcknot had
riforod the question of Fori Sumpter—it hav
ing now become a national question —to the
government of the Southern Confederacy at
Montgomery, and that n.> moveuiout would
be made looking to an attack until action had
been taken by ibo S vuhsrn republic Hut, ( n
the heels of this intelligence, information has
boon received to the that the Republic
had decided at once to Invest fort- Tic kens and
Sumpter This laU> r :nu Higence recoiv
od by secession Senator'.
Senator <’»» moron
The Issue made by the Rre-ident oicct in re
ply to the P.iilhd'dpii a Republican Conmiilto
in relation to the appointment of Cameron to
aposltiou in his Cabinet, requiring the S»*r-a
lor to prove himstlf not guilty ol corrupts n,
charged without proof of guiit loing tirst fur
rushed, has incensed the friends of C&meron,
and determined thorn and him to maintain the
dignity of the Senator's position ly md noti*
clng the fabrications ol the calumn.ator*.
The New York and Georgia Difficulty
Tho difficulty in regard to the seizure of five
New York vessels at Savannah, appears to
have been anveably settled, hy r the surrender,
in tho former city# of the arms seized some
time a.ncfl, to an authorized agent of the
Georgia parties, who contracted for them, and
by the suDsequent rc'oase of the captured ships.
There have already been made sixty-six
speeches in Ocngress on the present difficulties,
and thirty*one still remain to be made.
J ’ i » dk, „•
Till*: BIGHT OF SECESSION.
For tbe Monuag Post.
Mr Editor. —ln an article which appeared
in the Post, a few days since, upon the State of
the country at the present time, there was an
apparent intention on the part of the writer,
to assume that the discussion of the national
affairs, belongs exclusively to those men known
in community, under the professional title of
lawyers. Now, if those men whose profession
is theoretically to expound a noble system of
l.'/ical deductions, based upon common sense,
but practically to pervert tbo understanding of
• judge and jury,” tc-the attainment of their
c&uso, formal the majority in this county, I
shoull not for a moment object to such an
assumption. Bui believing they are not the
in»j.>nty, and holding the opinion that free,
full and honest discussion of the rights and
wrings of thUcunfuduratwe Democracy, is tbo
only proper mode of perpetuating it, I would ,
most respectfully ask the privilege of express- 1
ing my views; not as one claiming the qualifi- ,
cation to cope with Ail tbo substitutes of tho
law, but as a plain Democrat, willing at all i
times, in accordance with the principles of our .
government to yield obedience to the majority. |
1 shall begin by offering* without further ;
comment, that the affairs of our country are, i
at tb-s moment, in a most deplorable condi- J
lion. Political demagogues have drawn their |
daggers aga : nst the Constitution, and while ,
patriotic men, who know how much will be j
luct to posterity by its distraction, are watch 1
ing with tho utmost anxiety every movement J
of the parricides; fools are laughing in deri
sion, to provoke and hasten an irreparable j
denoument to this sad and humiliating exhibi
tion oi the seeming incapacity of the American
people for self government.
If there were a ','iat cause for the arraying of
one part of this nation against tbo Federal
Government, in the hostile attitude which
borne of our people now hold, we might fled
consolation in the hope that the right would be
granted, tho difficulty settled, and the national
affairs assume their wonted aspect. But hop" 1 !
grows pale, and a belief in a glorious future ior
our Union is fearfully shaken when we per
ceive that the originators of the calamity
which now threatens to subvert the confeder
acy, lake shelter in the merest of a
cause, and as-umo a right, which if conceded,
will forever leave the Union at the mercy of
any uno of the States, which may at any future
time claim the privilege of severing iU rela
tions and seceding from the confederacy.
Tuis assumption i» bo foreign to the
ple upon which our government is based.—the
right of Individual secession, so antagonistic to
iXiinoC' ooy, that no elauso Acknowledging the
right of was admired into the Oousii
i tution adopted by the iounders of this confed
eracy. • ,
The right to withdraw from or rebel against
an existing form of government, is a right
1 which belongs only to people living under
w:orj arch leal rule; who, having no voice in
tbo election of the'r rulers, are liable by acci
dent of birth to become the subjects oftyranny
mid despotism; and evon such a right is
acknowledged only when success attends rebel
lion ; lor however just tho cause, failure gives
1 up tbo rebels to suffer the penalty of tbo laws
wb.ch tbey have opposed, and no foreign
1 power claims the right to save the condemned
i or to justify their course of action.
' The “right of rebellion" then, at brst, is but
| cor.ditiona! : and it it were as fixed and certain
I ns an v principle upon which international laws
! are b’aK'd, »r <i acknowledged as tbo inherent
1 right of the governed, under whatsoever form
I of government throughout the world ; still
1 we might quos'.iwi whether the refractory
Stales of U;s l r.ion could have any claim to
act upon it; tbey have impliedly and volunta
niv given up that right by accepting admis
ei h: ii.to a iMniocrutic conlederucy, upon the
condition that the will of mmortty must be Die
l-iic i-i' /W land ; and having pledged their
honor, the only tie which can bind a confeder
acy like ours, to yield an unforced accord when
in tho minority. The 1 rill of the majority
>,m»t be the law, and the minority tmuf yield
>ubm.s>iou ; otherwise Democracy iaasonhism
in government, and a cmfederacy founded
upon it* principles can never stand tho test of
actual experiment. Thus far, however, the
bisiofy of tbo Uuited States of America favors
the belief that tbo principled oi Democracy are
i -und, and that the govorned may rest in secu
rity under the rule of the mnjority of tho
people.
I n justification of the opposition manifested
bv a Ijw members of this Union,to the Federal
Government, it is claimed that the several
States composing this confederacy, are “inde
pendent sovereignties," and that the Federal
Government having its origin in, and receiving
its powers from lh«m,ia the “croatureor agefffc”
oi ‘these “sovereignties" And subject to theicj
will. „ I- €
Aq independent sovc reignty is a nation *hav.
ing the tight of supreme rule, or tho supreme
right of determining and delenaing its own
weliero. Whs such a right ever vested in any
me of the thirteen Suites.crigin&lly compe
ring this confederacy! Did not England
claim and hold that right while they were col
oriies? And when they declared themselves
independent of all foreign rule, was not that
declaration a.ade in confederacy ; and did they
not voluntarily invest a federal Congress with
the right of determining and defending their
welfare duiing the»r struggle for freedom’
And when, through confederate action, their
independence was achieved, were the confed
erat'd recognized as '‘thirteen independent sor
ereu/nt<r.smost decidedly they were not. —
And tho disrespect, which is at the present
time shown to tbe flag of the so-called “inde
pendent sovereignty of South Carolina,” by tbe
nations ol Europe, is proof that no such inten
tion on their part over existed, as the recogni
tion of thirteen distint and independent
nations. On tho contrary this contederacy
having achieved its independence was rocog
niz id, by Ibe treaty acknowledging that inde
pendonce, as the / nitoti State* of America. —
And bore the right of sovereignty became
vested in a treaty, which acknowledged the
several States in confederacy, as a new nation
m the world, independent of all foreign rule.
At this point in the history of the new nation,
bad any one of the States, paid its due propor*
tiun of tho national debt, declared itself inde
pendent of the new, as well as of tho old na
uoni. jt the world, and gained a recognition of
such a position, that Stale would bavo become
an “independent sovereignty.” But no such
position was ever assumed, and therefore,there
were no independent “sovereignties” in this
confederacy. And tho claim to “independent
sovereignty” on tho part of anyoneofthe
Stales at that time, wou’d be just in propor
tion to the probability of its assuming an inde
pendent position, which no one of thorn ever
did. M that, whatever other interest, inalicn*
able ai.d indefeasible rights and powers might
belong t> the individual States composing this
confederacy ; a mere claim was all they pos**
sessed of ifao right of sovereignty. And whon
the present constitution of the United States
was adopted by ibo several Slates, then exist
ing under a treaty made by all the States in
confederacy, even tbe claim to “independent
sovereignty” was given up to the Federal
Government by granting to Congress “.he
pvwer to provide j\>r the common defence and
oeneral welfare of the United States Here
wo soe that tho power granted to the Federal
Congress, was not a power to provide for the
common defence and general welfare of this«
toon * independent sovereignties, ” but a power
to provide for the common defence ana gen
eral wolfaro of the United States, a new nation
m which tho several States wero merged and
their sovereignties swallowed up by granting
to Congress tho right to determine their wel
faro ; tor the grading of tho power to Oon
grus-, to defend tbe goneral welfare of the
l'dlied States, pre-supposed the right of Con*
gross to determine what that welfare is. And
so fully were tho several States of tho confed
eracy commuted upon the question of the
right of the Federal Coogross to determine
what their welfare miirht be, that they not'
only granted to that body the power to declare
war against a foreign foe, in defence of
national rights, but also the power to punish
treason at homo. Here, then, is a plain con
fession of the inferiority of the creators, sever
ally to the creatures,” —or clear acknowledg
ment of the supremacy of tho Federal Govern
ment, and a declaration of iu right to Bustain
itself, by punishing Its refractory or rebellious
subjects; so that the right of the Federal
Government, to coerce seceding States,becomes
only a question of expediency and must rest on
tho decision of Congress in determining and
providing for the general welfare of the Uni
ted States.
Would the coercion of the seceding States
be tbd wolfaro of the United States?
Our government, unlike the monarchies of
the Old World, depends entirely upon the
intelligence and honor of its people for sup
port. And if we are to calculate the future
welfare of a nation from conclusions male by
comparison of present circumstances with
events of the past, what precedent In the his
tory of nations will warrant the belief that
the principle of honor will grow stronger la *
subjugated people, who have so hastily violated
.their voluntarily pUgbted faith? Ndt eftft
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Therefore, while the Federal Government does
undoubtedly possess the right to comp'd sub
mission, by physical force, lot it
iron hand, and seek rather to
by the higher and bffargTpmeut —l
the fundamental principle of ; Democracy.
Let our brethren be remjlldcd tbst tljja golf*
ernment was reared-by the; common
common Mood and common of tile
States in common, hot merely as' a praythiflg
for those who might happen to poase&.J.tln
the nineteenth cenary, hut as asaefetfcitrust
to bo handed down to their children *n<3 their
posterity forever. Lathery honorable means
•»f reconciliation be tried; and the«o fail ng,
let them go in peace. And when we again
unite in confederacy, lot us take good care
that the minority shall not be permitted to
pass beyond the reach of rational argumont.
A PLAN OK ADJUSTMENT BEFORE
THE PEACE CONGRESS.
The Washington correspondent fof-the
New York Herald sends to that paper a
plan of adjustment, whi-h was submitted
to the Pe ce Convention, on Saturday last,
by Mr. Guthrie. It is understood that it
will be the only proposition that wii' be ac
ceptable to the border Blave States. It em
bodies the Crittenden plan with the slavery
protecting out, and is as
follows :
Aet. 1. Thatall the territory ofihe United
States shall be divided by a line from East to
West, on the parallel of thirty-six degrees
thirty minutes North'latitude; and in all ter
ritory North of that line involuntary servitude,
except in punishment of crime, is prohibited
whilst it 6h&ll belong to the United States or
be under a territorial government; and in all
territory South of said line involuntary servi*
tude Is recognized as it exists in the Southern
States of the Union whilst such territory shall
belong to'the United States or be under a Ter
ritorial government, and neither Congress nof
the territorial government shall have power to
hinder or prevent emigrants to said territory
from taking with them persons held by them
to labor or involuntary service, according to
the laws or osago of the Slate from which such
persons may be taken, nor to impair the right
arising out of said relations, and be subject to
judicial cognizance. The United States Courts
of such territory shall have jurisdiction thereof,
j and those rights shall be protected by the
I courts and all the departments-of the territo
rial government, under or according to the
laws of the State from which the. person bound
to such service may have been taken. And
when any territory North or South of said
line, within such boundary as Congress may
prescribe, shall contain the population required
for a member of Congress, according to the
then federal ratio of representation of the
people of the United Siates, it may, if its firm
of government be republican, be admitted into
the Union on an equal footing, with the orig
inal States, with or without involuntary servl
j tude or labor, as the constitution of such new
Slatoa may provide.
Abt. - That no territory shall hereafter
acquire! bv the United States without the
concurrence of a majority of the Senators of
the States North of Mason and Dixon’s lice,,
and also a majority of the Senators' of the
States South of said line; but no treaty by
which territory shall be acquired shall be rati
fied without the two-thirds vote of the Senate
as required by the constitution.
Aut. 3 Tnat neither the oonetitution, nor
any amendment thereof, shall be construed to
give Congress power to regulate, abolish or
control within any State or territory of the
United States, the relation established or re
cognized by the laws thereof touching persons
bound to labor or involuntary service therein,
□or to interfere with or abolish involuntary
service in the District of Columbia, without
the consent of Maryland and Virginia, and
the owners, nor without making the ewnerb
who do not consent previously, full compensa
lion ; nor the power to iuteriere with or abol
ish involuntary service in places under the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Uqitnd S’.atos
within those States and territories \vhe.e tie
same is established or ‘recognized ; nor the
power to prohibit the removal or iransporatu-n
of persons held to labor or iuvoluntary servi-.-e
in any State or territory of the United States
, to any other State or territory thereof in
which it U established or recognized ; nor to
authorize specific tax cr any higher rate of
taxes on persons bound to labor than on land,
in proportion to value; nor to authorizo any
of the African race or their descendants to
become citizens or exerc;ao the right of suf
frage in the choice of federal officers.
Aet 4. That hereafter the faregraph of
'‘the fourth article of the constitution shall not
be construed to prevent any of the States, by
appropriate legislation, and through the action
of the judicial and ministerial tffiuers, from
enforcing the delivery of fugitives from labor
from any other State or territory of the
Uait*rd States to the person to whom such ser
vice or labor is duo.
Aet 5 The emigration or importation of
the African race into any State or any territo
ry of the United States, whither for residence
or involuntary service, is forever prohibited,
and Congress shall have the power, by ap
propriate legislation, to enforce the provisions
of ibis article.
Aut. U. That the first, second, third and
fifth articles of these amendments, and the
third paragraph of the second section of the
first article of the constitution, and third para
graph of the fourth article thereof, shall not
be amended or abolished without the consent
of all the States.
THE PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION
OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
The Constitution of the Provisional Gov
ernment has been printed, and is now made
public.
The preamble says: " We, the deputies
of the Sovereign and Independent Slates of
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida* Alabama,
Mississippi, and Louisiana, invoking the
favor of Almighty God, to hereby, in behalf
of these Stales, ordain and establish this
Constitution for the Provisional Govern
ment of the same, to continue for one year
from the inauguration of the President, or
until a permanent Constitution or Confeder
ation between said States shall be put in
operation—whichsoever shall first occur. ”
The seventh section of the first article
reads : “ The importation of African ne
groes from any foreign country, other than
the slaveholding States, is hereby foi bidden,
and Congress is required to pass such laws
as shall effectualtjKprevent the same."
The second section reads: “ The Congress
shall, also, have power to prohibit the in
troduction of slaves from any State not a
member of this Confederacy- ”
Article fourth, third clause of the second
section, reads: “ A slave in one State
escaping to another shall be delivered up
on the olaim of the party to whom the said
slave may belong, by the Executive author
ity of the State in which such slave may
be found ; and in case of any abduction or
forcible rescue full compensation, including
the value of slave, and all costs and expen
ses, Bhall be made to the party by the State
in which auch abduction or rescue shall take
plaoe.”
Article sixth (second clause) reads : “The
Government hereby instituted shftll' take
immediate Bteps for the settlement of
matters between the States forming it and
their other late confederates of the United
States, in relation to the public property
and the public debt at the time of their
withdrawal from them; these States hereby
declaring it to be their wish and earnest
desire to adjust everything pertaining to
the common property, the common liability,
and the common obligations of that Union
upon the principles of right, justice, equali
ty, and good faith. ”
The other portions of this Provisional
Constitution are almost identical with the
Constitution of the United States.
In Venango and the bordering counties
where the people live, talk, and even swear by
t ieir oil wellg,the newspapers are content with
dicussing the origin of these singular natural
productions. The Spectator man, who is “well
up in hts catechism,” finally carries of the
palm by establishing Job as the first man that
ever sprung a well. It says:
“Job xxxrx, 6, the text reads—‘The rock,
poured me out rivers of oil.” This Is the old*
est record of the Petroleum' business,and more
anoient (ban the accounts of the discovery of
oil itrßurmah, whioh only> dates back spine
400 years. Job was a rioh mah >bi' probably
owned a 40'barrel-well. He was the flisV
.operator in Petroleum of whom we baveany
kdoount, though oil it also mentioned in Deu
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Tho War Department at Washington hoi
advices f. < m Major Anderson, at Port Sumpter
up to the Tih instanj. He it in good tpiritt,
and prepared for. ,? whalever may come. He
teems to anticipate an early attack from the
Carolinians, but thinks, however formidable it
may bo, he can maintain hit -petition for aft
indclimte period He hat been.informed by
government that should an attack Cftihim be
commenced be will be immediately retnforCC&f
It is said that leading‘sccessignitle in "Wash- e
ington advito the South Carolinians still to
postpono the attaca on the fort. . It in sl|so
reported that the South Carolina anthoritles
themselves am disposed to pass over tbo whole:
business connected with, the posseuion. qf
Sumpter to tbs Congress of thd Ttew Southern
Confederacy. Indeed, it is even! Stated that
the whole subject of tho possession of tho
Southern forts will bo passed Over to this body
for Us action. ■ < ‘ 1 ' ' • 55
It is reported on good authority ' \
Western States have in contemplation thfiAfk-,, }.
pointment of CunioaUiioneM to jMUftitflppi '
and Louisiana, having in view to urga 'tte-,-
withdrawal ol all obstacles to th> '
gation of the Mississippi to the sea. .
MAIUUED i
On the 12th tout, bp the Rev.R F. GarUAd. athW
residence, MB. HI GH Ai DIAMOND and * IS* MAR
GARET J. LEAST, ail of Pittsburgh. i '
ED.i .. . « ■ *-'sk.'-*
On Monday morning. "February lUh.ftt 10 ujjpjjfc.
of whooping cough, VIRGINIA BELL, infant daughter
of R. 11. and Ef B. Nicholson, aged tvoyearAfour
mouth s and twelve days.
The friends of the family are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral tMstnoroing,Fob.uUh,fttiOo'cbek,
from the residence of her parent#, Ko. J.O Wataonstreet’
BffiRHAYE'U /
UOLLAUD SITTERS.
rurAßzn racn ms
Choice*! and moat grctofid Tonics and Carminattvee ■
in the Vegetable Kingdom. t'nWaraally approved o
a Family Remedy for
INDIGESTION,- SOUR STOMACH,
COI.IO, nHUHT-BIBN,
HEADACHE, & ALL DISPEPTICCOMPI&nrK. 1
The Weef’ 1 Nervous ghould try it. ' ■' f -‘-*
Bkwjmc or I.po ' ' Pot one Vza of tho genutoo,
(halt pint bottles) Price One DoH»r. Dcse, a tea*
spoonful,
BEUJAMIN PAGE, Jr & Co.
SOLE PROPRIETORS.
Sold by Druggists generally. Pittsburgh, Peon**
RELIEF FROM PAIN t ,
REED'S MAGNETIC OIL STILL
holds the reputation it has had for years, or being
superior to anything yet known for the following'pur*
po»es: , .
Kettfa Mag eic Oil cure* Spinal.Affection*;,.
Riots Magnetic Oil cures !A«u , ’atcin» ’ '
Red's Magnetic Oi'■ cures Weak Joints;
Reed s Magnetic 01 euret Ulcers and tores;
Reed's Mag etic Oil mu Nervous r. eadachet
Reeds Magnetic Oil ewes Frosted Feet;
Retd's Magnetic Oil cures Fresh Wounds;
Seed's Magnetic Oil s;
Retd's Magnetic Gil cure* jftjw-s.in the Back;
Reids Mcgnetu: Oil cure i N tvotii Affection*:.
Reeds Magnetic Oi- cum Far ache and TbowtseAe;
Retts M gnetic Od rures Rheumatism; 1
speedily aod permanent y, end for all deetdeniaand In*
» uri's will reliete pain more rap;d*y than any other
preparation. SoM by Drtipeist** penerally, at. flfioper
bottle SIMON JOKN3TON, Drugeriat .
and dealer m CHOICE FAMtLT MEDlClNE^corner
Srmlhfield and Fourth sir U, Sole Agent. ]«s:3d
|Jeuj
CHARLES GIPNERSj ‘
73 HarUet Mreet.
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T EMBROIDERIES TRIMMINGS, 818-; a ‘ J
\| PON'-, Flowers, II aches, Z.'pftvr worsted. Hoop ‘ ’ a
Skirts,Corftttß.GloTP^Gft'inileta,l fldi‘>9 , atidChi , .dffla*i \ I
Cotton aod Woolen Mixed Hose, Hoods; Suttiia, v; |
tieo a'dtlk Merino and Coltm Uodersi'irtaaod I. - r - ,1
Ladies’ Cotton, Silk aod Merino undershirtsC *
"ravrprs; <ienu* Neck 'lies, Scarfs, L-nen and- i .j
Hicdkerch o's. Laclcb -
L,,ce jre'ia, collars, Embroidered, Sets Collars .'’l
61e«vo«; Ttnead. i aces and Kdgiog; Jaconet Edging ";"'!' )
and Inserting, Bw*sa Edging and Inserting;Jaconet >. 2
Rr.fliDg. ttwiss RuHhc*. Erabroideredt-ace Va!e,JLitca ,
Crapo, Ac., in ere:y variety, and still aro now oT« 4 i
fered at ' “ ') j
EXTREMELY LOW RATES,
PREVIOUS TO RECEIVING
NEW GOODS,
-at-? ■ •
OHABLES GIPNEBS. : »
fais • \ »
LtJBBIC OIL COMPANY.
(FORMERLY UNION OIL CO.> '
DEILEBB IS r.?., r
LUBRICATING OILS ONLY,
No. 129 Second Street,
rmsauaaa. ■« •*»*,
This company are selling"
superior artio e of Lubricating OH, which U»/ -
guarantee equal to I ard Oil tfo. l. TbePennsjlmua -
Hailroad ana cj-ner Hoads, and many Rolling Mills. v\
and Machine shops aro using it to advantage. Price *'
half that of Lar<i oil.
fps» AT I EtiTlOM, Viffl'BlUbAS Of
Association of the defenders ol Country in-r ~.. t
the waroi 1812, resid-jns in Western PennrtlfaiU4»ire 'p '
beret-y requested to meet th the Council Cb&n)ber,in - s
the City of Pittsburgh, on THURSDAY, the liUt initt* '
at 10 o’clock, *. M~ order cn an invitation from..
the proper anthoriiiea at Harrisburg, to join m the ’
ceremonies of hoisting an American Flag On the dome ■
of the Capita* on toe avd lost )n the*e tlmeevbeit^H 1
nun's hearts f >ii them, it i* hoped the lev remaining
soldiers of 1812 will not fcfl to speak out in tones tut >
eansot be mistaken, By order of
JO«N UKAHAM, Jr, President
LTTHB LQQMT& Secretary- feM * •,
SUNDRY PRODUCE.—
lfi barrels Ora Meal;
100 do Green Applet";
8 do Koll Butlo*;
5 do Fresh E^gp;
30 do Pearl Holiday;
BCQ bushels Bright Cried Apples;
100 ao Ear Coro;
8,000 lbs Bockwneat Wour;
2 000 tbs beat Lard;
200 New Floor Barrels; , «
14 Iron Bound Oil Barrels; «
BeoM and for Mile by JAS. A«'FKTZEBi .•. - ~l S
• *>l3 oor- Market and F*nrt streets.
;vj kw uuoiw, nkvv uuods, SPRING 5
jL 1 Goods, first arrtral Just opened. Call snd »eo '-‘'d
ttHANBO!J WVR ■
74 Mwken&jtft.
HOMIN\ —l2 bblß Pearl Hominy* jnit
reel’d aod for sale by '
fel3 HENRY H. COLLINS •
GKEEN APPLES.—IS barrels juatreod
and for t?ale by _•
feia HENRY H. COLLINS-
NEW SPRING GOODS
BURCHFIELD & €s,
BLEACHED MUSLINS,
NSW lEISH LINKHS,
SEW CHIST2ES,
NEW CALICOS,
. MOURNING «3[oDfl, ;; ;£
A FULL ASSOBTMEili^litl
fel»
REMOVAL.
THE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY,
BATXKO
BEHOVED TO THBIB
NEW OFFICE,
No 80 FIFTH STBEBT, '
Are prepared to do an express ‘
POItWABDtNS BUSINESS. Snuu connection ’
wwa nil the principal cities end towns m the United ' >
States ant Canadas ihey are prepared -
despatch, BAN KNOTE3.GOLO.BIbVBB, “
valuable pftrkagrs andmerchandise generally. ' - ■- T i a p-
Particular attention given to collection orbfD» irlth- ■ '
or without goods, Notes, Drafts And Bills of Exchange. ' - •
the proceeds of which are always prompily'tstiirßitdp' '
delivered lor goods to t»Teifcrifod byiiext -
Por further information apply !to.
jaghlmd GKO.BIBQHAM. Anant-
GEIsISfW’s —
AHBEOTYE (JALLEEY,
LAFAYETTE HAT.T.
FOUBTfI STREET ENTRANCE;
TTArYINGh BE-AfiBANGED MY GAL- -
11 LERY ,»ni filled it Op in thomMtmoitetu KilM
Mmsrepwa 10 takeAmk«otjpe»or*HnmojSlol , t ,
tea aitM quoiltr. Intending to dergia m wbSSttK -
au dasa of 'foeiwtmuuea to' w i
govtMtti<«uutuUon to my pumas. PrtOMmatote,; ~
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