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Riven by the highest judicial tribunal of the
State or Pennsylvania, where it was held to
have no application whateTer to the remoYal
of a slave by the master or his agent, with or
without a warrant. Such was the undoubted
law of the State under the statute of 1788,
and in re-enacting that statnte, in the act of
1828, with an increased penalty, it is manifest
that the intention and object of the Legisla
ture waa to protect free perrons of color, ana
to punish those who, by iraua,
lence, where guilty of kidnapping, ana noia
ing or selling freemen as slaves. 1 his w
. i - -i tn Aa: and nothing
but a misconstruction of her aci, roua
... - . .
induced the declaratioa that i wa loruraaco
by thi 'Constitution- the LTr.itedrStatts. It
is pe-rreetly clear, thaf Edward Pngghad com
mitted no crime in removing Margaret Morgan
from the State' of Pennsylvania to the State
of Maryland, and delivering her up to her
owner ; and it is equally clear,tbat no attempt
was made, by the statute of Pennsylvania, to
declare his act a crime. . He should have been
discharged, not because the act of the State
waa unconstitutional, but because he had not
transgressed its commands.
, ,The Supreme Court of the United States
not only pronounced the particular section of
the act of 1820, then before them, unconstitu
tional, but a majoiity of the court held that
the whole act was void, because the power to
jroTide for the rendition of fugitives from la
bor, was vested exclusively in Congress, and
the several States were, therefore, incompe
tent to pass statutes cither io aid of, orto hin
der,' delay or prevent, the delivery of such
fugitives. That this was the extent of the
decision, as delivered by Judge Story, not
only appears from the opinions of the majori
ty, but also from the dissenting opinions de
livered by the minority of the court. By this
unfortunate decision, it was authoritatively
proclaimed that Pennsylvania, in enacting her
liberal statute of 1826, making it the duty of
her own officers to aid in arrestwg.and deliv
ering up fugitives from labor,. had mistaken
her constitutional obligation, and that her act
was in violation of, rather than obedience to,
the Constitution of the United States. , Under
such circumstances, it was the manifest duty
f the State to repeal her law thus declared
unconstitutional. , This was done .by the act
of 1847 ; and if that act had contained nothing
more than a repeal of the law. of 182G, and the
re-enactment of the law against kidnapping,
it could not have been subject to any just
complaint. But the third section of the act
of 1847, prohibits, under heavy penalties, our
judges and magistrates from acting under any
act of Congress, or otherwise taking jurisdic
tion of the case of a fugitive from labor ; and
(he fourth flection punishes with fine, and im
prisonment, the tumultuous and riotous arrest
of a fugitive slave, by any person or persons,
under any pretence of authority whatever, so
as to create a breach of the public peace.
The sixth section, denying the use' of the
county jails for the detention of fugitive
slaves, was repealed in 1852, and need only
be referred to as showing the general spirit of
the act.' The seventh section repealed the
.previsions of the act of 1780, which authoriz
ed persons passing through our State to take
their slaves with them, and gave to sojourn
ers the right to bring their slaves into the
State, and retain them here for any period
not exceeding six months. '
Tho provisions of the third and fourth sec
tions of the act of 1847, seem to have been
predicated upon the language of the Supreme
Court in Prigg's case. . It is there admitted
that the several States may prohibit their own
magistrates, and other of&cers, from exercising
an authority conferred by an act of Congress ;
and that while au owner of a slave, under and
in virtue of the Constitution of the United
States, is clothed with power, in every State
of the Union, to seize and recapture his slave,
he must, nevertheless, do so without using
any illegal violence, or committing a breach
of the peace. It is evident that the framer of
the act of 1847, had closely studied the case
of Prigg rs. The Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, and had kept his law strictly within its
letter. ', In many respects, the act is a codifi
cation. .f the principles enunciated by . the
court; and more' fault may justly bo found
with its temper than its want of constitution
ality. . - . . . . . '
If fugitive slaves were still claimed under
the act of Congress of 1793, the denial to the
master of the aid of State judges and magis
trates, might be a source ot great inconveni
nce to him ; but the complete and peifect j
remedy now provided by the act of Congress
of 1850, renders him entirely independent of
State officers. And the punishmert of arrests
without warrant, by a master in the exercise
o his constitutional right of recaption, but
made in a violent, tumultuous and unreasona
ble manner, amounting to a brcacii of the
peace, is but recognizing, by statute, what was
before the common law. These sections were
re-enacted in the revised penal code of Penn
sylvania, at the lust session of the Legislatutc,
and are .still the law of the State ; but they are
uot now of any practical importance, and as
their retention on our statute book is calcula
ted to create the impression that the people of
this State arc unfavorable to the execution of
the fugitive slave law, and the discharge of
their confederate duties, and with the view of
removing this subject of reproach, I earnestly
recommend their unconditional repeal.
... While a majority of tho judges of the Su
preme Court of the United States, in the Prigg
case, held, that a State bad no constitutional
right to provide by legislation for delivering
up fugitives from labor, a minority were then
of the opinion that State laws, consistent with,
and-in aid of, the constitutional injuction,
wore valid and proper. .And this minority
opinion is now the judgment of the present
court, as recently indicated in a case which
arose in the State of Illinois. There Is, there
fore, nothing to prevent the revival of the act
of. 1826, and its restoration to the place in
our code to which, by its merits, it is so just
ly entitled. This would leave to the option of
the claimant, whether he would seek his rem
edy, under State or National laws. He had
this right before tho repeal of our act of 1826,
and, in my opinion, no good reason can be as
signed for refusing to place him again in the
same position. . ....
I would also recommend that the consent of
the State be given, that the master, while so
journing in our State, for a limited period, or
passing through it, may .be accompanied by
his slave, without losing his right to his ser
vice. While such legislation is due to the
comity which should ever exist between tho
different States of this Union, it would un
doubtedly tend greatly to restore that peace
and harmony, which are now so unwisely im
periled. . By it Pennsylvania would concede
no principle we would simply be falling back
ODon our ancient policy, , adopted at a time
when our people. were themselves struggling
tor their richts, and never departed from, un
til, by a misconception of its meaning, one of
our most Important statutes was aeciarea un
constitutional.., Fiotn 1780, to ,1847,a period
of sixty-seven years, Pennsylvania, herself a
free State, permuted' tho citizens of other
States to sojourn within her limits, with their
alavcsor any period not exceeding six monius,
and to pass through the : State, in traveling
from one State to another, free from all moles
tation. . Was she injured, or was the cause of
human freedom retarded, by the friendly grant
of this privilege 1 This question cannot be
truthfully answered in the affirmative ;. but ft
;say be safely averred, that by changing our
policy, in this respect, we have in some de
gree, at least, alienated from us the feelings
of fraternal kindness, which bound together,
so closely, the sisterhood ' of States.- Lnt us,
then, renew this pledge of amity and friend
ship, and once more extend a kindly welcome
to the citizens ot our common country .wheth
er visiting us on business or pleasure,notwith
standing they , may be . accompanied by those
who, under the Constitution and the laws, arc
held to service and labor.
The Territories of the United States belong
to the General Government, and in those ter
ritories the people of the several States un
questionably have equal rights. They wore
acquired by means ot tho common expendi
ture of blood and treasure. By the Federal
Constitution power is given to Congress to
dispose of and make all needful rules and reg
ulations respecting the territory and other pro
perty . belonging to. the United States."
Whether nndcr this, or any other power con
ferred by the Constitution, Congress can pro
hibit or protect slavery in the territories, has
been seriously questioned. ; But, if the pow
er to legislate upon this delicate and impor
tant subject were clearly vested in Congress,
in my judgment it ought not to be exercised.
To declare that slavery shall not exist in the
Territories, is calculated to 'exclude from
their occupancy the citizens of the southern
or slaveholding States ; while, to make it a
legal institution in all the territories of the
United States, by Congressional enactment,
and to provide for its continuance during their
entire Territorial existence, would be equally
injurious to the people of the free States.
The principle adopted in the Compromise
measures of ,1830, for disposing of the ques
tion of slavery in Ncvr Mexico and Utah, and
reiterated in the Kansas and Nebraska bills of
1854, of non-intervention by Congress with
slavery in the States and in the Territories, is
the true rule. It is the duty ' of Congress,
when a sufficient number of hardy and adven
turous pioneers find their way into our distant
Territories, to furnish them a shield of pro
tection and a form of government ; but to the
people themselves belongs the right to regu
late their own domestic institutions in their
own way, subject only to the Constitution of
the United States. . -:'
. While these views have been long entertain
ed by me, and while 1 am sincerely of the
opinion that their general adoption.and faith
ful enforcement, would have preserved, and
may yet restore, peace and harmony to all
sections of our country, I am nevertheless not
so wedded to them as to reject, unceremoni
ously, all other propositions lor the settlement
of the vexed questions which now threaten to
sunder the bonds which for three quarters of
a century have made us one people. Forty"
years ago, our fathers settled an angry contro
versy growing out of a similar question, by
d i viding the Territories purchased lromFrance,
and providing that slavery, or involuntary ser
vitude," should not exist north of a certain
line; and the. whole country acquiesced in
that compromise. In 1854, that restriction
upon slavery was removed, and the people of
all tho Territories were left free to decide the
question for themselves. Now the sectional
issue is again presented, by the dominant pir
ty in tho north, claiming that slavery cannot
legally go into the Territories, even if sanc
tioned bytorgress, or the Territorial Legis- j
lature ; and that it is the right and the duty
of Congress to prohibit its existence. While
the doctrine which obtains with a majority of
the people in most of the southern States, is,
that under the Constitution, the Territories
are all open to slavery ; that neither Congress
nor the Territorial Legislature can lawfully
prohibit its existence, -and that it is the duty
of Congress to provide for it all needful pro
tection. May we not wisely follow the exam
ple of onr fathers, by re-enacting the old com
promise line of 1820, and extending it to the
boundary of California f Not by the means
of legislation of doubtful constitutionality,
but by an amendment to the Constitution it
self, and thus permanently fix the condition
of the Territories, so that those who desire to
occupy them, may find a1 borne, at their dis
cretion, either where slavery Is tolerated, or
where it is prohibited. If the adoption of
snch an amendment would perfectly settle the
difficulties which now surround ns, I am satis
fled that it would be sanctioned by the people
of Pennsylvania. At all events, they should
have an opportunity to accept or reject it, if
made as a peace offering. I would, therefore,
recommend tho General Assembly to instruct
and request our Senators and Representatives'
in Congress, to support a proposition for such
an amendment of the Constitution, to be sub
mitted tor ratification or rejection, to a con
vention of delfgates, elected directly by tho
people of the State.
In the event of. the failure of Congress
speediiy to proposo this, or a similar amend
ment, to the Constitution, the citizens of
Pennsylvania should have an opportunity, by
the application of some peaceable remedy, to
prevent the dismemberment of this Union.
This can only be done by calling a convention
of delegates, to be elected by the people,
with a view solely to the consideration of
what measures should be taken to meet the
present fearful exigencies. If Congress should
proposo no remedy, let it emanate from the
source of all authority ,the people themselves.
Every attempt, upon the part of individuals,
or of organized societies, to lead the people
away from their allegiance to the government,
to induce them to violate any of the provis
ions of the Constitution, or to incite insur
rections in any of the States of this Union;
ought to be prohibited by law, as crimes of a
treasonablo nature. It is of the first import
ance to the perpetuity of this great Union,
that the hearts of the people, and the action
of their constituted authorites, should be in
unison, in giving a faithful support to the
Constitution of the United States. The peo
ple of Pennsylvania are devoted to tho Union.
They will follow its stars and its stripes through
every peril. But, beforo assuming the high
responsibilities now dimly foreshadowed, it is
their solemn duty to remove every just cause
of complaint against themselves, so that they
may stand before High Heaven, and the civil
ized world,withont fear and without reproach,
ready to devote their lives and their fortunes
to the support of the best form ot government
that has ever been devised by the wisdom of
man. ' ; ' -1 ;. .". ; - :.
Gen. Scott now openly declares that be wilj
be at the side of Abraham Lincoln from the
moment he arrives in Washington city until
ho is inaugurated, 'aud if any blood is to be
shed to vindicate the Constitution and the laws
his shall be the first to crimson the oarth ; in
defence of tho honor and majesty of his coun
try and her laws.' The old Hero of Chapulte
pec is aroused and takes no pains to conceal
his anger. In bis position and ' declarations,
he it sustained and applauded by the Chief
Justice of the United States Supreme Court,
Roger 'B. -Taney-. Judge -Taney declares
that he will travel to either the shores
of the Atlantic or Pacific,' to administer the
oath of office to Abraham Lincoln, provided
anjattcmpt should succeed to prevent the in
auguration in Washington. : '
- No permanent appointment has yet been in
dicated for the War Department. Mr. Holt,
who is appointed Secretary ad interim ; fs en
tirely satisfactory, and as Mr. Ring is acting as
Postmaster-General,. this arrangement might
bo maintained with advantage to the public
fluring Mr.-Buchanan's remaining 60 days: -
gaffemait's $mmi;tl;
8. B. ROW. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
;. CLEARFIELD, PA.. JAN.O, 1861.-
. UNITED STATES SENAT0E. ; ; ;
We have piivate intelligence that Edgar
Cowan, Esq.1, of Westmoreland county, was
nominated on Monday night by the Republi
can Legislative Caucus as their candidate for
JJi S. Senator, on the 5th ballot, Mr. Cowan
receiving 58 votes and Mr. Wilmot 38. As a
matter of course, Mr. Cowan wns elected by
the Joint Convention of tho two Houses yes
terday, that being the regular time set apart
for that purpose.
NORTHERN SENTIMENT UNITING. '
Impartial men of all parties at the North
are rapidly becoming convinced that the Se
cession movement in the South has not been
caused by the election of Mr. Lincoln, but that
it is the result of a deep-laid plot, which has
taken years to mature, for the destruction of
the United States Governmest. This convic
tion is based upon the fact that the Secession
ists refuse to entertain any propositions of ad
justment ; on the attempt of Secretary Floyd
not only to strip Northern arsenals and ship
the munitions of war South, but in selling
large quantities of muskets, which cost $14
each, at $2,-50, to parties in that section of the
Union ; on the stupendous robberies perpetra
ted in the Department over which Floyd pre
sided ; on the singular circumstance that tho
ships composing our Navy have been so scat
tered within the past year that not over six or
eight could be called into immediate service;
on tho seizure of forts at Charleston, in Geor
gia and North Carolina, aud on other acts of
treason committed by the rebels against the
Federal Government. It is by no means a rare
thing to hear men, who at first defended the
course and demanded new' guarantees for the
South, now condemning the acts of tho Dis
unionists and declaring that South Carolina de
serves severe chastisement. Finding them
selves forced to take a position either for or
against the perpetuity of the Union for the
issue is nothing short of that there are not
many who are so utterly devoid of patriotism
aud so strongly wedded to party that they will
longer stand up for thoso who are in open re
bellion against the United States Government;
on the contrary; the manner in which the Se
cessionists have been conducting matters, and
the encouragement extended to them by the
President until recently, has had the effect of
uniting public sentiment at. the North to a
great extent against them, and in a short
time the traitors will have but very few sym
pathizers in the Free States.
Gov. Packer's Message. Tho last annual
message of Governor Packer was commu
nicated to both branches of the Legislature
on . Wednesday last. The State is in a good
condition financially the receipts having been
$3,476,257 ; the expenditures, for all purposes,
$3,637,147. Available balance in the Treasu
ry on the 1st Dec, 1860, $681,433 08. The
public debt has been diminished $2,236,882 in
the last three years. The withholding of the
tonnage tax by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company is referred to. The Governor does
not doubt that the judicial tribunals will vin
dicate the right of the State to hold the com
pany to its contract.-" From the remarks which
precede this matter, wo infer that he is op
posed to the repeal of the tonnage tax. He
recommends a liberal policy towards the Sun
bury and Erie Railroad, but care to be observ
ed in securing the debt now due by U to the
State. Public' education and the Farmers'
High School are alluded to with favor. The
banking law of the last session supplies all the
legislation that is needed in reference to new
banks. Private banks should be taxed on
their capital, and the public revenue be better
protected in tho receiving, keeping and dis
bursing of the same. II is views on the pres
ent condition of the country, we give else
whero in full. lie shows that a State cannot
constitutionally secede ; that secession is re
bellion ; that our law ot 1847 is not unconsti
tutional ; and that Pennsylvania is not amena
ble to the charges of bad faith made against
her by the South. So far so good. But then,
after thus maintaining the dignity of the Key
stone State, ho "wheels' right about" and re
commends the repeal of the laws he has shown
to be perfectly proper, the restoration of the
Missouri Compromise line which he holds was
properly wiped, out in 1854, and the passage
of an act granting permission to slaveholders
to come into Pennsylvania with their slaves
and sojourn or pass through with them.
Europe looks coldly on all the projects and
promises of the disunionists. The Emperor
of the French, through his representative at
Washington, has distinctly made it known
that France views with abhorrence a separa
tion of the States, and will, in no wise, recog
nize a distinct Southern confederacy,' the ba
sis of which is slavery. ..The leading journals
ot England have discussed our political crisis
with far more intelligence and correct infor
mation than they usually show on American
topics, and they all condemn the secessionists
as -wrong in every. way...' The leading states
men of England, whose views have been as
certained, are of the same way of thinking.
In fact the secession doctrine receives so
countenance or sympthy anywhere out of the
Southern States.
r , FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. ,
? Washington Citt, Jan. 1, 1861. It is said
that, on heating of Maj. Anderson's moving to
Fort Sumter, Floyd, withont consultation with
the Cabinet, sent an immediate order to hira
to return to Fort Moultrie, even if he' was to
die in the last ditch, to which Anderson, with
Spartan brevity, immediately replied, he pre
ferred to die at Sumter. Floyd has been act
ing all along with the traitors. . Without the
knowledge of the President, and secretly, he
has been ordering arms and ammunition South
for many months. Startling to relate, Tou
cey is also playing in the hands of the Disu
nionists. PhWa Press.
The statue of General Jackson, beforo the
President's' house', was most curiously orna
mented on Sunday morning a-week. The old
anti Secessionist held in his hand the stars and
stripes, while the blue cockade was tied under
the tail of the horse.. Great indignation is felt,
by the seceders, and' it Is rumored that they
will request the Commissioners to ask for an
explanation. N.Y. Times. : ; " ' ";
'- Washington City, Jas. 2, 1861. When the
crisis which preceded Mr. Floyd's withdrawal
was . approaching, Judge Black-, seeing the
President's hesitancy, sent in his letter of re
signation. He was induced to recall It, at Mr.
Buchanan's urgent solicitation and assurance
that Maj. Anderson should be sustained. If
he should falter, under the menaces now em
ployed, there is little doubt that Messrs. Stan
ton, Black, and Holt would immediately retire,
and thus disintegrate the concern. '
An order was issued by the Post-Office De
partment discontinuing the mail service by Is
abel, between Charleston and Key West, at
the cost of $40,000 per annum, which produ
ces but $500 In receipts. .
Mr. Breckinridge has written a letter to Go
vernor Magoffin, of Kentucky, m. which he
takes the ground that one State cannot with
draw without the consent of the others. But
he wants new guaranties. ' ' ; ' .' '
Washington City, Jan. 3, 1861. Mr, Rus
sell's bail will probably be reduced to suit his
convenience,under the efforts which have been
brought to bear upon the Court. . Until recent
ly he occupied the. same room in jail with Mr.
Bailey, so that the confederates bad full op
portunity of: conferring as to their statement
before the Investigating Committee. It is
thus that tho ends of justice are subserved.
Mr. Floyd distributed 500,000 stand of arms in
tho South during the past year, and he sold
$100,000 worth of. muskets, which cost $14
each, pt $2 50, independent of the sale at
Watervliet, which has attracted recent com
ment. Colonel Craig of the Ordnance Depart
ment was ordered away for refusing to coun
tenance these transactions and others of e
qually doubtful character.. .
Intelligence was received last night (2d) that
Fort Sumter is now beseiged. and that all Maj.
Anderson's communications are cut off; that
Fort Moultrie iias been repaired, and herguns
remounted and ready to open fire on Ander-i
son. New batteries are being opened around
him bj' the secessionists, and every, day his
danger and difficulty of re-intorcitig him are
increased. His frequent applications for re
inforcements, and even the tears and prayers
of his wife Laving failed to move tho Presi
dent, be has determined never again to renew,
his request, but will perish, if he must, in the
fort. His men have bound themselves by oath
to stand or perish with him.
It is now believed that Messrs. Cobb and
Floyd played into the hands of the Secession
ists throughout, shaping their policy . by the
developments of the President and the rest of
the Cabinet, and giving the . conspirators all
the benefits of all their information as to tho
probable course of the Administration. There
is no doubt Mr. Floyd gave assurance to the
South Carolina delegates that the status would
not be changed at Charleston, but he acted
upon his own authority, and presumed upon
his power to control the Cabinet on a question
affecting his own department. - i
- Private advices from South Carolina state
that the people were assured the secession
movement would be conducted without any
disarrangement ol business, and to a peaceful
conclusion in their own way. Recent indica
tions have, however, changed these opinions,
and they are beginning to realize tho conse
quences of this rash experiment. Charleston,
now at the best season of the year for her trade
is almost deserted, and commerce is seeking
another and safer channel. ' , -' ' '
- The South Carolina Commissioners will re
turn home without delay, having failed to ac
complish anything at the hands Of the Presi
dent, and being convinced they will fare even
worse in Congress. This mission was absurd
from the start, and could not have termina
ted otherwise than it has done. The envoys
found little sympathy or succor here, except
from violent Disunionists, and it was diffi
cult to restrain the manifestations of popular
feeling against them. r .-.
If a revenue cutter bo sent to Charleston to
collect the , duties, with the new Collector,
there is no necessity, as is xupposed, for a col
lision with the South Carolina State authori
ties, unless they should choose to invito it.
The Harriet Lane might easily keep guard at
the entrance of the harbor, and be entirely out
of range of the guns of Fort Moultrie. In
twenty days more there will be little revenue
to collect, as foreign vessels will shun Charles
ton like a pestilence. : ; ;
- The intelligence coming to-day (3d) that
Georgia has seized upon the United States
Forts and Arsenal at Savannah, and that North
Carolina has done the same with those on her
coast, is looked upon as indicating a general
rush upon all the unprotected Forts at the
South, and as evidence of a desperate pur
pose on the part of the Revolutionists. , There
are but four companies of troops south of
Old Point Comfort, at which post there are
eight companies. ' :
The President has at last, and after much
tribulation, come to the conclusion of sustain
ing Major Anderson fully, after allowing tho
disunionists to seize and possess three forts,
which command some of the sea approaches
to the city, and the arsenal in Charleston.
Had he acted . promptly, and efficiently, this
whole movement would have been crushed be
fore the Convention met.
Three Companies of the United States Fly
ing artillery are to be concentrated at or near
Washington on the occasion of tho inaugura
tion of Mr. Lincoln, and. General Scott will
superintend the necessary arrangements for
preserving order in case any breach of the
peace is attempted. .
, An order was Issued by the War Depart
ment countermanding Secretary Floyd's di
rection to sKip the heavy guns from tho Arse
nal near Pittsburgh. . ,
Washington, . Jan. 4. The letter of ; the
South Carolina Commissioners to Mr.'Buchan
an was of the roost insulting character, and
distinctly charged him with falsification and
violation of pledges. He had no other re
cource but to return It- . Great sui prise is ex
pressed that gentlemen of their acknowledged
private worth should have compromised them
selves by such a communication. . - The Presi
dent explicitly denies having entered into any
such agreement as they allege, and disclaims
being aware of any obligation having been in
curred by 3Ir. Floyd. ; x, ?
Threats of Gov. Wise, which have been re
echoed in other quarters, that the . Capitol
must be taken possession of and the inaugu
ration of Mr. Lincoln forcibly prevented, have
not been unheeded by the President. : Orders
1 have been issued to thoroughly organize the
militia of the District of Columbia who are all
for the Union, and I learn that ten companies
ot United States troops will be brought to this
city at an early day, as an additional precau
tion. : Gen. Scott will remain here and take
command of the whole forced l
Mr. Thomson will retire from 'the Cabinet
as soon as Mississippi passes her ordinance of
secession. He is much pressed now, and would
yield but for the investigation into the robbe
ry perpetrated by his confidential clerk and
private secretary, which was the relation Bai
ley held toward him. At first Mr. Thompson
professed a readiness to make good any loss
suffered by the Indians, but he has abandoned
this romantic idea, and will probably leave
them to the mercy of Congress.
I Jf rl Toombs telegraphed to Georgia urging
the State authorities to take the forts, and the
order of Gov. Brown to that effect was doubt
less prompted by his dispatch. Thus the sei
zure of public property and rebellion against
the .Government are counseled openly from
the Senate. Gen. Jackson would make short
work of 'Such advisers, and this experiment
would not. have been tried on Gen. Taylor,
with whom Mr. Toombs had some experience
about secession'in 1850.
: Many of the most distinguished men, who
heretofore sustained Mr.' ftoiiglas, utterly re
pudiate ;th doubtful positiens he took yes
terday in the Senate, w hich are wholly incon
sistent with his bold declaration at Norfolk,
after the Presidential election, that attracted
suchgeneral commendation'. It requires on
expert rider to manage two horses at this
time, and even Mr. Douglas's great experience
In this respect is at lank.
Despatches were received this afternoon notifying-
the President that an attempt would
be made by Gov. Wise's Minute Men at Nor
folk to prevent the departure of the f-team-frigate
Brooklyn, which is now taking in coals
at the Gosport navy-yard, and" being put-in
readiness to proceed immediately' . to South
Carolina. .The President has sent word back
that force shall be repelled by force. '
' Three hundred marines will be-ordereu" here
in addition to the Flying Artillry, mentioned
yesterday, for the purpose of protecting the
public property against all possible depreda
tions. The Mayor and city authorities express
the fullest confidence in being able to guar
antee the peace of the city from any threaten
ed ruffianism outside. They are abundantly
prepared for all contingencies, .
Mr. Buchanan is, after all, coming to his
senses. At least, he permitted others, who
love the Union, to act for him. Gn. Scott,
who w:as not even on "speaking teims" with
the proceeding Secretaries of War, Davis and
Floyd,! is now at home at the War Departmentr
being an intimate friend of Mr. Holt, who is
really an amiable and Union-loving man.
" Representatives Curry and Pugh of Alaba
mat have left for home. Other representatives
of the same State will follow during the com
ing weck.while members of other prospective
ly seceding States are makjng preparations
to take their departure. ' '
' The departure of four companies of flying ar
tillery, which has made such sensation at For
tress Monroe, are not designed for Charleston,
but for Washington. .
' .7 " THE LATEST.
Washington, Jan. 5, I860. The Committee
of the border States, including Delaware,
Maryand, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, and
North. Carolina, from the South, and New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
&c, from the North, to-day agreed upon pro
positions for an adjustment of pending difficul
ties, by amending the Const itution.as follows i
1. -Recommending a repeal of all tho Per
sonal Liberty bills. .
2. That the' Fugitive Slave Taw be amended
for the preventing of kidnapping, and se as to
provide for the equalization of the Commis
sioners' fee, &c. ., '...-..
C. That the Constitution be so amended as
to prohibit any Interference with Slavery in
any of the States, where it now exists.
4. That Congress shall not abolish Slavery
in the Southern dockyards, arsenals, &c, nor
in the District of Columbia without the con
sent of Maryland and the consent of the in-
habitants. of the District, nor without compen
sation. ... ... . .
5v That Congress shall not. interfere with
the inter-State slave-trade. - :-j
6. That thero shall be a perpetual prohibi
tion of the African slave-trade.
7. That the line of 36 degrees. 30 minutes
shall be run through all the existing territory
of the United States; that io all north of that
line Slavery shall be prohibited, and that south
of that line neither Congress nor the Territo
rial Legislature shall hereafter pass any law
abolishing, prohibiting, or in any manner In
terfering with -African Slavery ; and that
when - any Territory containing a sufficient
population for one member of Congress in any
area of 60,000 square miles shall apply for ad
mission as a state, it shall be. admitted, with
or without Slavery, as its Constitution may
determine. - - : : : .
The 7th clause originated with Mr. Hale, of
Pennsylvania. ' - ' ' '
This compromise is not accepted by the
South. The South will not consent to leav
ing the Territories south of 36 SO to be frae or
slave as the people may elect, believing that,
by leaving the question open, the scenes of
Kansas will he revived, and the-country over
run by Anti-Slavery . people, through the a
gency of the Northern emigraut aid societies.
They: demand the unequivocal recognition, by
the North that Slavery shall exist in territory
south of the proposed line, until it shall be di
vided into States, when, in their sovereign ca
pacity as States, they may alter or confirm
their statue in regard to Slavery. In other
words, all territory North shall be considered
free; and all South slave, unless the people
shall choose to change the condition after
their Government shall be clothed with State
authority. Nothing else will be'accepted by
the South ; and, as false impressions may be
formed from tho favor la which the proposition
of the BorderComraitteeare received in some
quarters, it is proper that tbis explanation
should go before the country as soon as pos
sible. .... ,;!..-
New STork, Jan. 7. The steamer Star of
the West' was chartered by the order of Gen.
Scott, and sailed to-day with a full supply of
provisions for Major Anderson and 250 men
under Lieut. Bartlott. She will be in Charles
ton to-morrow (Tuesday; afternoon. ,
'-, Washington, Jas.2. TbeAlabama and Mis
sissippiRepresentatives, after holding a confer
ecoe, telegraphed home advising their States
to secede immediately, as there was no pros
pect of a satisfactory adjustment. .
Baltimore, Jan. 1. -A company of the Cav
alry corps arrived here to-day. ; They number
60, and are on the road to Harper's Ferry, to
protect the Arsenal. ,. . . ,
Theie is no truth in the rumor that tho re
venue cutter Harriet Lane has been despatch
ed to Charleston with Mr. Molntiro, the newly
appointed Collector of that port. It was deem
ed advisable, in Cabinet meeting, not to send
him, down until the course of the Administra
tion in deolaring by his appointment that the
jeveuue must be collected at Charleston was
passed upon by the Senate. If confirmed the
Harriet Laue, which is in readiness, will at
once convey him to the neighborhood of that
city. The President, by his appointment, has
thrown the . responsibility upon the Senate of
saying whether or not the laws shall be enforc
ed in South Carojinathe first weeding State
THE GALLANT MAJOR AND EES OK.
This gallant and faithful officer, now in
command of Fort Sumter, was born in Sei!
tember, 1810, and graduated with high honL
at West Point, July 1, 1825, the date of hi.
commission as 2d Lieutenant in the Third
Regiment. He served in the Black Hwv
war, and in 1838 he was instructor and inspec
tor at West Point. In 1838 he becameAid-de-camp
to Major General Scott ; and in the fol
lowing year published "Instruction lor Held
Artillery, Horse and Foot, arranged for tb
service of the United Stales." "For gallan
try and succestful conduct in the war aaimt
the Florida Indians," he received the brevet
of Captain, bearing date of April 2, 1828.
July 7, 1838, he; became 'Assistant "Adjutant
General, with the rank of Captain, which h
relinquished subsequently to being promoted
to a captaincy in his regiment, October, 1841.
In March, 1847, he was with" the Third regU
ment of artillery, in the army- of General
Scott, and took part in the seige of Vera Cm
being one of the officers to whom was en
trusted, by General Bankhead, the command
of the batteries. This duty he performed
with signal skill and gallantry and he contin
ued with the acmy until its jrlumphant entrv
into the city of Mexico in September fol
lowing. During the operations in tho vallov
of Mexico he was attached to the brigade Jf
General Garland, which formed a part of Gen
eral Worth's division; In the attack on E4
Molina del Roy, on the . 8th of September,,
where he was wounded very severely, bis eon!
duct was the theme of especial praise, and'
for his gallant and meritorious conduct in this
battle he was promoted to the brevst rank of
Major, dating September 8, 1847. October
5, 1847, he was promoted to th position of
Major .-of! the First Artillery, which he now
holds.- He is a man of "clear grit plnck" and
high toned honor, and a devoted- lover of the-"
Union. -May he long live to serve his coun
try with the same ability and fidelity that has
marked his past glorious career, and aid in
the overthrow of the traitors who are now
plotting his destruction. . He had the sympa
thy of all who can appreciate true heroism,
and whose hearts beat rcspot.sive to the music
of the Union,. ot which' he is the devoted
friend and gallant d.e fender. '
Under the heading "The Country Sold,""
the Cleaveland Plain Dealer a straight-out
Democratic shcK says of. the recent errnts
at Washington :
- "The South Carolinia Commissioners as
they, are called, but in- fact "Emissaries and
Conspirators" aguiu.'t the .government, are at
Washington and in secret consultation witb
the President and. his cabinet! What a pity
there was not a ton of Hazard's powder un
der the White House, with old Hickory at the
outer end of the train. Wouldn't he blow
then higher than the Tories of the revolution
ever ww ? : But this partying with the enemies
is not all the insult tho nation Is subjected to
by these banditti. These Rebel Disunionists
demand of the President to know "If he or
dered Col. Anderson to evacuate Fort Moul
trie." v The trembling old dotard replies
meekly that 'ho- did not.' Then the Dictators
require that Anderson be ordered back to
Moultrie,' and the dispatch says, 'The Cabinet
were considering- the last proposition.' . . Otir
fathers fought through one revolution against
tyrants more noble than these, and it onlj
needs a few more Southern demonstrations
like these now enacting at Charleston and
Washington to fire the whole Northern mind
up to the fighting pitch. It will then become
a question of patriotism and not of party.
It will not be, who shall rule the country,
but whether we shall have a country to rule."'
. Gkain in the Western States. The suf
fering in the South, and the derangement in
money matters, are answer.'d by the holders
of th immenso quantities of grain now stored
in lb Western States, by tbu response that
they can furnish any supplies for bullion.
Heavy orders have been sent from the South
western States to Chicago for grain, and to
Cincinnati for pork. Holders have been re
quested to draw for their pay, but in every
case the response has been, send ns the gold,,
and we will send you the produce. Ought not
tbis fact alone to teach our Southern friend
the folly of attempting to establish non-intercourse
laws 1 . . i
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Adttrtisrmtnt.t set i n tarsrr type, ruts, or out of usual
styleieill be eharged douhle price fursjtace occupied .
JOHN ODELL, CPIIOLSTERER AND
CARRIAGE TRIMMER. Treated at A. IT.
Shaw's Mills, one mil Hast of Clearfield 11oto
Respectfully informs the citizen? of Clearfield Dd'
adjoining counties, that ha is at all times prepar
ed to manufacture, at the shortest notice. Hair.
Ilk, and Straw Mattresses of all kinds and sizm.
one of which is a Folding Mattress, suiUMe for
Vabins on llafts, which can be folded in small
compass, and emptied and refilled at pleasure:
and very cheap, lie. also trims Carriages, makss
repairs to all kind's of carriage trimming and Up
holstery, and makes cords or Masons tracing line?,
ot any thickness or length. "J Coantrv produce,
corn hnsks, or caih taken in exchange for work.
Orders left with any of th merchants of Clesr
field Boro'. will be promptly attended to. janiHSl
STATEMENT of the Clearfield County Bank
for the month ending December 31st, i860.
assets.
Bills discounted. : . : : $10.699 39
Pennsylrania State stock, : 19.703 50
Specie, - r : ; : : : : 4,321 14
Due from other banks, : : 77 62
Notes of other banks, : : : 745 00 ,
Checks, drafts, Ac. : : 1,123 00-
Furniture. :,:::::: 181 S3 ".
Expenseof plate engraving. c. 764 75
Stationary, c. : : : : : 232 39
: $3S,S13GT
' ' ' LIABILITIES.
Capital stock, paid in. : : $21,900 0
Notes in circulation, : ; 8,620 00
I)ue depositers, i ; : : ; 5,1G3 33
Interest and exchange, : : 125 34
: $.13.81:6:
JAMES D. GRAHAM, Cashier.
Clearfield. Pa.. December 31. 1881.
SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a writ of
. Venditioni Exponas issued oat of the Court of
Common Pleas of Centre county and to me direc
ted, there will be exposed for sale by public out
cry, at the Court House in Bellefonte, on Mondar
the 2!th day of January next, all the interest if
the defendant, being the one undivided fourth
part of all that certain tract or portion of land sit
uate in the township of Rash in the County of
Centre, and the township of Decatur in the Coun
ty of Clearfield, containing seventeen hundred aod
five acres and allowance, being held in commoB
with A.U.Curtin, D.I.Pruner and John M. H'
all of which said premises are described by mrtei
and bounds In a mortgage Viven by the said J
J. Lingle to the said Vim. if. Blair, dated th Sep
tember 1857, and recorded in the office for the re
tarding of Deeds in Centre county, in niortgS
Book B, page 34, Ac. Seised, taken in execution,
and to be sold as the property of Jos J. Lingl-
- - - UEO. ALEXANDER. Sheriff
Sheriff's office, Bellefonte, Jan. 9, 1S61. .
A LARGE STOCK of Varnishes Copal, Coach.
White Damar. White Spirit, Flowiug. JFn
Dryer, and Black Varnish for Leather, Ac- or
sale at Deel2j HARTSVICK
! A LARGE ASSORTMENT of colored Fain'-in.
J 1 lb. oans, ground in oil. Also, dry p81?.!? 01
all kinds, for sale at 1IARTSVICK
COOPER'S GEtiATINE, a good article. for J
at Peel 2 HARTSWICKS
LOOKING-GLASS PIRATES, an aMortnnt f
ealeat , lDect2J JIARieWK