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t 'l; "M.V-.r..'V HIGH TBEASON. .',
It looks now as if some of our Xortbern fel
low-citizens, 'who have teen selling arms and
ammunition to the traitors in the South, have
thereby worked themselves info an unpleasant
predicament. Judge Smaller, of New York,
on Monday of" last week, charged the United
States Grand Jnry on the crime of high trea
$oa, and defined that offence with great minute
nes3; after which, he instructed the Grand Ju
ry to inquire into the business of certain par
ties in that city and to indict and present lor
trial all persons who bad in any way assisted
the South Carolinians by supplying them with
arms, ammunition, or other materials of war,
pr by otherwise-' giving them aid and comfoxt
in their armed resistance to the Government
of the United States. He says that the act of
taking up arms, and by force and intimidation
preventing the execution of the constitutional
laws of the Government, seizing forts and oth
er public property, and filing upon Tessels
bearing the United States flag, constitute high
treason ;' and that furnishing munitions of war
to the traitors, with a knowledge that they are
Intended to be used for such traitorous purpo
ses, is also an act of treason, it being immate
rial whether it is done through sympathy with
the rebellion, hostility to the Government, or
a desire for gain. The New York Tribune, of
the 18th, refers to the subject thus :
We learn that the attention which has re
cently been directed toward the traitors among
us, who are buying and selling arras and aru
'taunition to be used against the Government,
Las thrown them into a state of great conster
nation. The fact is, the indifference of our
citizens had so emboldened these people that
the allowed themselves to exercise much less
discretion than formerly in their treasonable
dealings. But the charge of Judge Smalley
has awakened them to a consciousness of their
guilt, and a just dread of the condign conse
quences which must follow. Our personal ref
erence to some of these gentry has greatly ter
rified them, and by the early trains on Wed
nesday a number of them left for the South.
Among these conscience-smitten fellows was
Gen. K. T. Thorn, an agent for the State of Al
abama, who ran away so fast that he forgot to
provide for the forwarding of his contraband
pnrcbases, till be had put himself beyond the
limits of the State, when be stopped and tele
graphed to the New-York house, telling them
how to ship them. We learn that the mer
chants are not a little puzzled how to act, not
wishing to break a profitable bargain, nor think
ing it altogether safe to trust their necks with
in reach of the law. Railroad, Steamship and
Express Companies are also becoming very
cautious about receiving unlawful freights,
lest the Grand Jury should take them'in band.
A Hartford banker and an arms manufacturer
from Chicopee are, we hear, very much afraid
that their conduct (the former in making ad
vances for tho purchase of arms, and the lat
ter for selling them to rebellious States) will
be made the subject of judicial inquiry ; for,
from the extent of their operations, they would
unquestionably fare badly."
Has it ever occurred to those Democratic
politicians who are complaining, perhaps er
roneously, that the Republicans will make no
"concessions" to the Disunionists, that some
thing may also be duo from the South to the
North Have those who are endeavoring to
break tip the Unicn, manifested the slightest
desiroto have the difficulty adjusted ? Have
they- offered any fair, honorable, reasonable
term of settlement? On the other hand, is
it not frue that, besides spurning oil proposi
tions and bullyiDg the Federal Government,
their sympathizers lu Congress have been stu
diously keeping back measures, the passage of
which would, beyond all doubt, have a sooth
ing effect upon Northern Senators and Repre
sentatives, and tend to bring about a speedy
arrangement of all matters in dispute ? For
instance,' there are upon the files of the U. S.
Senate the following important bills, in which
not only the Free States, but the people of the
entire Union, are greatly interested :
-First. The Morrill Tariff Bill; ., ::
Second.. The Homestead Bill; .
fr.Third. The Pacific Railroad Bill ;
Fourth. The Bill to admit Kansas as a State.
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Here are four measures, not one of which is
"sectional,'' and yet all are kept back by those
-who say that they, are animated by just and
honorable motives, and that no "concessions"
will be made by the Republicans ? . If our
- Southern brethren, and the Democracy gener
ally, are- as anxious for a "compromise" as
they pretend to be, why don't they set the ex
ample,, and, oflto"gtW with a liberality that
will nearly correspond with the extravagance
of their demands ? The passago of the Tariff
' and.Honiestead bills could not fail to produce
the- best effects in Pennsylvania, which . has
been a heavy sufferer under the "progressive
ree-trade? policy "of Ex-Sccretary Cobb.
Ah; Important Meascke. -The Hon. John
11. Reynojds, ixom the Albany district, a mem
ber of th .Select Committee of five to which
lb e President's last special message was re
ferred, is preparing a bill which, it is said,
will receive tbo.ye of every member of that
eottimittee,ioyiiing that, whenever the Pre
sident is convinced that he acnot sneeeed in
executing the laws,1 and in collecting" the rev
enue in a seceding Stale, hecnay abolish all
the ports'ofentry of such State, Bnd blockade
them, so as to prevent them from carrying on
any trade. This plan,-it is aaid,.iuccfs Jitic
hearty concurrence" of Mr. Lincoln," and w-11
be a promidejat eajure ih bis ' forthcoming
AdwinistatjoH,
. SUMMARY OF NEWS.
South Carolina's Ultijiatcx. The Seces
sionists in South Carolina are resolved to push
matters to the extreme. The visit of Colonel
Hayne, tl.eir last messenger, who succeeded
Talbott, was intended to intimidate the Pres
ident by informing him that, unless the Amer
ican' flag was removed from Fort Sumter, and
the fort itself surrendered, they would take it
at every hazard. They made the same demand
of Major Anderson, who responded by telling
them that he would defend the flag to the ut
termost, and perish before he surrendered the
castle. He referred them to Washington where
bis superiors reside. The President peremp
torily refused this demand,, but, in order that
no misapprehension might occur, requested
Col. Hayne to present his suggestions in wri
ting. Col. Hayne has therefore wisely con
cluded to reduce his demand for the abandon
ment of Fort Sumter to a respectful sugges
tion to that effect, which is not likely to pro
duce much impression. This change of posi
tion was brought about mainly after confer
ence with leading Southern men, who could
not sustain such an application after the Pres
ident had already refused it, and his Cabinet
were known to be unanimous against the con
cession. The same influences have endeav
ored, in everyway to prevent a collision at
Charleston, and to effect such intercourse and
relations between Fort Sumter and the city as
will restore the forms, if not the feelings, of
amify. They begin to discover that warj thus
wilfully inaugurated, must, sooner or later, be
followed by fearful retalliation. Thus far South
Carolina has put herself entirely in the wrong,
in the estimation of even those who sympa
thize with secession.
" Condition or Florida. The Hon. James
A. Peden, formerly United States Charge at
Buenos Ayres, arrived on Thursday from Flor
ida, of which State he has been a citizen ever
since it became a State. He is a thorough U
nion man. He declares emphatically that im
mediate Secession is not the sentiment of the
people, as was clearly confessed by the refusal
of the Legislature to submit the ordinance of
Secession to the people for their ratification.
He says the whole move is one of a set of tra
ding" politicians, who are using the Secession
project for their own selfish purposes. Hav
ing control of the Legislature, they used it as
an instrument for their own mischievous ends.
He states further that tho treasury is abso
lutely empty, and the revenues of the State
exceedingly limited. To raise the first thou
sand dollars for Secession purposes, a direct
tax must be laid. This would speedily effect
a reaction and bring the masses to the work of
oveithrowing the Disunionists; but to avoid
such a result the leaders design to levy the tax
on negroes and other property, so that its
weight khall not fall upon the poor masses,
who are relied upon to sustain the Secession
movement. This, of course, will make the
burdens upon the property-holders ruinous,
and tend to the speedy destruction of every
material interest of the State.
The Votage of tue Brooklyn. It is now
asserted that the object of the Government in
sending the Brooklyn to Charleston was not to
help tho Star of the West to deliver reinforce
ments and supplies to Major Anderson, but to
direct her to return to Hampton Roads, and
there await further orders. A correspondent
of the N. Y Times says that her officers were
commanded "to proceed direct to Charleston
harbor, but not to go over the bar, nor come
to anchor, but lay under steam outside and as
certain if the Star of the West had landed her
troops ; if not, to countermand her orders, and
order her,with the troops, to Hampton Roads ;
and' also to gain any information they could
as to the existing state of affairs there, and then
to return immediately to Hampton Roads."
The captain, on arriving off the harbor, spoke
tho schooner Edith, and learned that the Star
vf the West attempted to enter the harbor, but
was fired into and put to sea again, when he
concluded that his mission at Charleston was
virtually at an end, and therefore rejurncd ;
but, as may be well imagined, there was no
little regret and indignation among the crew
that, at a time when the gallant commander
of Fort Sumter was in a particularly unplea
sant and restrained position, they could do so
little to relieve him. ,
Bigler's Proposition. Mr. Bigler of Penn
sylvania, on the 14th introduced resolutions
calling upon the people of the United States
to hold an election throughout the country on
February 12th, and vote for the acceptance and
rejection of amendments to the Constitution,
said amendments proposing to divide all pres
ent and future territory between Freedom and
Slavery by a line on the parallel of SO 30, and
not only to permit Slavery to extend itself un
checked South of that line, but to guarantee
and protect it there by constitutional sanc
tious. Ifo also proposes to deprive Congress
of tho power to abolish Slavery in places un
der itsexclusive jurisdiction, ando maketthe
United States pay for fugitive slaves.: ; These
clauses he proposes to make perpetual, never
to be amended or stricken out. .
-Baltimore and. the Inauguration. Word
has been forwarded to Gen. Scott from Balti
more that 2,000 young men aro fully organiz
ed and ready-to come on. from that city at the
shortest notice to assist in the defense of the
District and the Federal Capital. These Bal
timoreans are well drilled and so thoroughly
organized that they can act in almost any mil
itary capacity. - '- ; ; . s ... -.,
The Treasury Notes. Since the Cabinet
has become a unit, and there is some evidence
of concert and determination to maintain the
Government, capitalists are more inclined to
sustain it with their means 'and Influence. ; It
is said that the five million loan will be taken
several per centum lower than the last.'
" i Arrested for" Treason. The Collector of
the Port of Charleston has been arrested by
the authorities of South Carolina, on a charge
of; treasot;ft' His treason consists in having
written to the. J'residentUu'at ..ho. had cleared
vessels in the name of the United States, and
that he woujd contBue to do 30 i J -
Charleston Clearances Judge Black's
answer to Lord Lyons and Messrs. Tassard and
Schleiden, as to the liability of vessels owned
by subjects or citizens of the Governments
they represent, trading with Charleston, as
serts the broad principle that no clearances
issued by any other authorities than officers of
the United States will be recognized, and that
any payment of duties on importations, except
to such officers, will be regarded as mispay
ments, for which the parties will be held res
ponsible to our Government. The practical
effect of this doctrine will be to exclude the
foreign trade entirely, that had not already
been done by Governor Pickens in obstruct
ing the main shis channel. -.:.-t-.-...--.
The Abstracted Bonds. The select com
mittee of the House, engaged in investigating
the enormous fraud committed by the abstrac
tion, from the Interior Department, of the
bonds belonging to the Indian trust fund, are
busily at work, and will probably be ready to
report during this week. The examination of
William H. Russell, who has been before the
committee several times within the past week,
was concluded on Friday. This investigation
will develop a chapter of crime in the history
of thisAdministration, before which other start
ling frauds committed by it, and already made
public, will sink into utter insignificance.
Tue Programme Arranged. The program
mo for the Louisiana secession has been a
grecd upon by the leading members of the
Convention. Arrangements are making with
the seceding States to hold a General Conven
tion at Montgomery, on the 20th of February,
for the purpose of devis'ng a plan for the now
Confederacy, adopt the Federal Constitution,
claim the title of a Republic, and ask recogni
tion by the European Powers. The United
States forts at the mouth of the Mississippi
will be largely reinforced, and it is contem
plated to fit out privateers, if corecion is at
tempted by the North.
Wisconsin. In his message to the Legisla
ture of Wisconsin, Governor Randall denies
the right of a State to secede, declares that
under the Constitution, slavery cannot go into
free territory, and expresses the opinion that
personal liberty bills should be among the
statutes oT every State. He adds, however,
that should the Legislature of Wisconsin think
that the personal liberty law conflicts with the
Constitution of the United States, it should be
made to conform therewith; but no fear or
hope ot reward should induce a lree people to
break down the walls of their protection.
Seizing of a Man-of-War. Florida may be
put down as the first seceding State to seize a
man-of-war. The U. S. steamer Fulton is in
her bands. The Crusader had left, and the
Wyandotte was also, it is said, out of harm's
way. It would take more time, and cost more
money, to refit the 1'ulfon, whose miraculous
escape from destruction off the coast will be
remembered by all, than she would be worth.
Tho marines, sailors, and artillery soldiers,
at Pensacola, have telegraphed for instruc
tions, and it is supposed they will all go to
Washington.
Pat of Russell, Majors and Waddell. It
is established before the Investigating Com
mittee that Messrs. Russell, Majors & Waddell
received their pay for transportation as the
service wrs performed,- and there was not a
dollar due them, authorizing the acceptances
which Mr. Floyd issued. Their contract stip
ulated the mode of payment, which was made
through the Quarter Master at St. Louis. The
pretense that these acceptances were to be
protected by unfulfilled or future service, was
only a pait of the monstrous fraud.
Expected Piracy at the South. Suspi
cions have been excited, and inquiries addres
sed to Washington, in regard to sending ships
to the ports of seceding States for cargoes.
Apprehensions arc felt that those States will
attempt to extemporize some sort of a provi
sional naval force by seizing upon merchant
men found in their ports. Referring to the
lawless proceedings in that quarter, and the
action of South Carolina in the case of the
steamship Marion, the advice has been given
that ship owners cannot be too cautious.
Maryland. Powerful efforts are making to
arrest the secession movement in Maryland,
and the prospect now looks encouraging. Se
cession is ruin to Maryland, and ruin to Balti
more. The people of the State seem waken
ing np to the momentous fact, and rousing
themselves to resist the machinations of des
perate politicians and madmen. Baltimore is
thoroughly roused and fierce in her determina
tion to roll back the flood that threateens to
engulf all her interests and all her prosperity
in a common destruction.
Where is John Brown, Jr.? A question
has arisen in Washington as to tho whereabouts
of that schooner which left Boston some time
since, with a party of Redpaths and other John
Brown followers on board, purporting to be
bound for some port in Ilayti. One of John
Brown's sons was on board. Surmises are en
tertained that the vessel may be lurking about
some of the unprotected Southern inlets or
harbors awaiting a favorable opportunity for
a descent upon the plantations and the liber
ation of slaves. .. , ;,.
'. The Charleston CrsTOM House. By the
statistics accompanying the last report of the
Secretary of the Treasury, it appears that the
custom house at Charleston, S. C, has already
cost the National Government more than $2,
000,000, although it is still unfinished, and
more than $500,000 would be required to com
plete it. This is one of the buildings which
the Seceders seized ; upon at the outset of
their movement, and the' Palmetto j flag now
waves over it in triumph. - ,
:'i Charleston Harbor. Four vessels have
been sunk in the main channel over the bar.
The Beach Channel, which has some fifteen or
eighteen feet of water, is unobstructed.,. This
lies along close in shore by Sullivan's Island,
directly under Moultrie's guns, and the guns
of several batteries scattered along the beach
for several miles, so that any hostile ship at
tempting to euter would be compelled to run
a terrible guantlet.- " ?-z r 1 - - ;-!
The Disunion Senators. It is remarkable
to observe in the Senate the Disunion Sena
tors, who have told the country so often that
before the next ides of March they would no
longer belong to the United States, taking so
much interest in small legislative matters,
which do not even concern their States in the
least. They make long speeches, and quarrel
over them, as if the Union was in no danger,
and would last for centuries to come. Thus
it is with the Pacific railroad. If they go out
of the Union, they will lose nothing if the re
maining States conclude to build it, but yet
they oppose it, and," therefore, it seems t'aat
they themselves, at least inwardly, do not
wish to leave this. Union, however, bitterly
they now attack it.
. The Secession Moye.est. Every foreign
Government, and every foreign Minister at
Washington, are distinctly opposed to the Se
cession scheme, and will not hesitate to make
their views known if an attempt should be
made by anj of the absconding States to es
tablish diplomatic or commercial relations.
The idea of England and France extending
countenance to the movement, as has been
suggested from the necessity of obtaining cot
ton, is openly ridiculed.
The Star of the West. Before the Star of
the West sailed, Buchanan had been repeated
ly telegraphed that if re-enforcements were
sent, they should be sent in au armed vessel,
as she would unquestionably be fired upon;
These dispatches never reached the seat of
Government, and the inference is that they
were suppressed by the authorities of South
Carolina. If the errand of the steamer had
been known, she would have been protected
at all hazards.
Western Virginia and Maryland. The
seizure of the United States property in the
Southern States and the rash and intemperate
counsels of South Carolina are producing tre
mendous effect in Western Virginia and all
through Maryland. A number of the newspa
pers in both States have declared for the LT
nion,andthe Secessionists are greatly alarm
ed at the complete revolution of public sen
timent which is being threatened there and
elsewhere.
North Carolina Forts. Gov. Ellis of N.
Carolina has written to the President inform
ing him that the forts which were recently
seized without authority will be promptly re
stored to the custody of the Government, ac
companied by a becoming expression of his
condemnation of the lawless act. This con
duct stands out in marked contrast with the
revolutionary proceedings elsewhere.
The Treasury. Gen. Dix took charge of
the Treasury Department on the 15th. His
first official act was to return the requisition
for $119,000 in favor of De Groot, which the
Secretary of War canceled." That swindle is,
therefore, stifled for the present, but Congress
ought to repeal the law, and Senator Wilson
should see that his recent movement obtains
a practical result.
The Alabama Senators. The Alabama Se
nators were notified on the 17th by telegraph
from the President of the State Convention,
not to leave their seats until further informed.
The trouble is in the refusal of the delegates
from North Alabama to sign the ordinance of
secession, unless the time is postponed for se
cession until the 4th of March- :
Georgia. Tha Georgia Convention has de
clared it to be the right and duty of the State
to secede, by a vote of 165 Yeas to 130 Nays.
There is evidently a strong opposition there to
Secession, and if the friends of the Union
could obtain the powerful support of the Fed
eral Government, the traitors might be baf
fled yet, and the State saved.
The South. The last intelligence from the
cotton States is to the effect that a great Union
party is rallying in every one except South
Carolina, and in that State the prospect of an
immense debt, and of the certain inability
to meet the expense consequent upon her rash
experiment, will soon create a large party a
gainst the conspirators.
Tin: Florida Forts. Fears are entertained
that Fort Pickens . at Pensacola, Florida, if
not already, will soon bo taken by the rebels.
Three hundred men were on their way from
Mississippi. The Florida forces number near
ly a thousand, and have 25 heavy guns moun
tad. Lieut. Slimmer, commanding Fort Pick
cus, it was expected, would surrender.
The Post-Office DEr-ARTStENT. The Post
office Department is making up the accounts
of the mail contractors in South Carolina lor
the fourth quarter of 1860. Some seventy
thousand dollars of balance will be due con
tractors, for which' it is proposed to give or
ders on the Sub-Treasury of Charleston.
Arkansas. The Arkansas Legislature has
unanimously passed a bill submiiting the ques
tion of a State Convention directly to the peo
ple, who are to vote on it on the 18th of Feb
ruary. If a majority is found to favor a call
ing of a Convention, the Governor k empow
ered to appoint a day for its meeting.
Mr.Lovejoy. Mr.Lovejoy is goiug to make
one of his characteristic speeches, though ma
ny of his Republican colleagues do not wish
him to speak at all at this critical moment,
as such speeches will rather widen than fill
up the chasm now existing between the North
and the South. (, " , ' ' " " , ,
: What it Costs South Carolina. Tho ex
penses of the Government are estimated at
$15,000 a day, but no complaint is heard on
the part of the rich planters and citizens,
who have advanced large sums, and will, no
doubt, advance still larger sums, if they are
compelled.
Refused Pickens' Provisions. Maj. An
derson, on the 20th, courteously refused to
receive a supply of fresh provisions sent to
Fort Sumter by Gov. Pickens, until he knew
what course the Government at Washington
intended to order. f 1 - i r
.KFTThere are but seven States in the Union
in which the post, office receipts exceed the
expenditures.' They are Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, ' Now . Hampshire Connecticut, New
Yorkj I Delaware and Pennsylvania.
. A SPBINGFIELD MAN Iff GZ0KOIA.
From the Springfield, Massachusetts, Republican.
Mr. John D.McKnight of Tilly, Haynes &
Co's. great clothing house, in this city, return
ed a few days since after a two weeks absence,
having been to Georgia on business. Ho was
in Georgia, at Savanah and 3Iacon, for only a
week, and although confining himself to these
principal towns, he says no one who has not
been tbe're can imagine " the strict espionage
that exists over all Grangers, no matter how
quietly they depoit themselves. His name was
registered as from New York, that being safer
than to acknowledge a residence in Massachu
setts, and yet the crowd would gather, even in
the leading hotel of Savanah, to discuss to
gether over his name, to scrutinize him and
poiut him out, and to express, as well in words
as looks, their deep hostility to any one from
the North.- At -one time, in one of these
crowds, words ran high, and he heard himself
called a "d d Government coeicer," sent to
spy them out, and point out, at some future
time, the active leaders in secession. So it
seems they duly consider the possibility of a
future arraignment for high treason, and the
need, therefore, of guarding against evidence
being got against them.
At Macon his style of coat led people to
'think that he was a Yankee, and but for his
having a friend there, who answered for him,
he might have been troubled. He was in Ma
con only a day, and yet probably half the town
asked his friend who be was, and whether it
would be safe fo let him remain. One thing
however, he was informed of, that he coold
by no possibility be allowed to go further west
or into the interior. On the railioad train
there were sharp eyes npon him. and he felt at
every station the danger of arrest by a local
Vigilance Committee. Indeed, he says, be
never in his life felt so lost, so constantly ap
prehensive of cowardly attack, and so as if he
was. among untamed savages. The looks,
speech and manners of theGeorgians were wild.
Ihey talked furiously, and all of the same ten
or that thej wanted "no compromise," but
only the independence of the South and to
whip the Yankee Abolitionists. Trade was at
a complete stand-still in all except fire-arms,
and he heard a man say he had bought the last
pistol to be had at any store in Savannah.
While he was in that city, Fort Pulaski was
taken, and the revenue cutter Dobbin seized
The military were in constant motion. The
town was flooded with posters calling the
"Owls," "Rattlesnakes," "Alligators," "Ea
gles," and other secret organizations, to be in
their "nests" at a certain hour. It was impos
sible for him to get copies of Savannah pa
pers. The hotel-keepers would not supply the
reading of them, but would even take them
away when got. On the steamer in which he
came to New York were some seventy passen
gers, including all kinds of people, and Nor
thern men who represented a residence in all
the Gulf States. There was never seen a hap
pier set of men than that on the "State of
Georgia," as it steamed out of Savannah river.
Men whom he had heard in the city proclaim
ing as loudly as any for secession, and denoun
cing Massachusetts, now lifted tip their voices
for very joy ; and there was hardly a passenger
but noiv avowed a faith, the bare suspicion of
which would have won him a halter but an
hour before. One man was a Nova Scotian.
resident for years in Savannah, who was only a
few evenings before waited upon by the"Owls,"
one of his own employees heading the ruffian
ly EaDg- He saved bis life by showing pluck
and loaded weapons, but he seized the earliest
moment to escape. Another was a Northern
man, officer in the Savannah Blues, and it
would have been his turn next day to go to
Fort Pulaski ; but ho fled without waiting to
settle up his affairs, and like the first named,
was glad to get off thus well. The passengers
now began to relate the horrors they had seen
in their several localities. One had seen three
unoffending Northern men shot down like
dogs ; and all agreed that the half had not
been told of the frenzy and madness of the
Southren people. Mr. M 'Knight says he would
not go through another such week ot terror and
espionage lor five thousand dollars.
THE CEITTENLEIT EESOLUTIONS. ,
The Senate, on the 16th inst., postponed the
Pacific Railroad and Kansas bills, in order to
tske up Mr. Crittenden's resolutions, which,
alter conservative speeches by Messrs. Sim
mons and Anthony, were brought to a test vote.
Mr. Clark of New-Hampshire moved the fol
lowing resolutions as an amendment
"Resolved, That the provisions of the Con
stitution are ample for the preservation of the
Union and protection of all the material in
terests of the country ; that it needs to be o
beyed, rather than amended, and that an cx
tiication from our present dangers, is to be
looked for in strenuous efforts to preserve the
peace, protect tho public propeity, and en
lorce the laws, rather than in new guaranties
for particular interests, compromises for por
ticutar difficulties, and concessions tounre as
Onable demands. .
''Resolved, That all attempts to dissolve the
present Union or overthrow or abandon the
present Constitution, with the hope or expec
tation of constructing a new one, are danger
ous, illusory, and destructive ; that, in the o
piuiou of the U. S. Seuate, no such .recon
struction is practicable, and therefore, to the
maintenance of the existing Union and Con
stitution should be directed all the energies of
all the departments of the Governmeut, and
the efforts of all good citizens."
They were adoqted by a vote of 25 to 23,
Messrs. Slidell Bcnjamiu, and other secession
ists refusing to vote, in order to secure their
passage, with the hope of making capital for
disunion in Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky,
and Maryland. They were afterward laid on
the table, but Mr. Cameron entered a motion,
to reconsider before the adjournment. This
vote produced much sensation in and out of
the Senate, although it was perfectly clear Mr.
Crittenden's resolutions never could carry.
On the ISth, Mr. Clark's resolutions were
reconsidered by 27 Yeas to 25 Nays. . Messrs.
Trumbull, Durkee, and Morrill were accident
ally absent, whose votes would have made a tie,
and thus defeated the motion. Mr. Wigfall
voted with the Republicans, in order to help
the secession scheme by preventing any
change which might be considered concilia
tory. This vote has no politilal significane,
so far as the Republicans are concerned, for
they will vote solid against Mr. Crittenaen's
proposition, when the test comes to be made.
That fact has not been disguised heretofore,
and there never was any ground for the ex
pectation that it could pass with their aid.
Driven from Kentucky. TheChicaffo TV.
bune, Jan. 10, says we had a call yesterday
irom a. u. Atnurose, a native ot Dupage
county, Illinois, who has for the last two voars
or more been Secretary of the Breckinndee
uoaj uompany at uioverport, Ky. At the la to
Presidential election his was the only vote
(riven for Lincoln in that town, and (mm t!mt
moment he was marked for "export." On
me zt in 01 December a public meeting wa
held, and Mr. Ambrose received summary no
tice to "quit," for no other reason than that
he had exercised .the rieht or a freim
vote for the man of his choice for President.
Not wishing to appeal to the bowie-knife
ana pisioi, against an insensate mob, Mr. Am
brose left at once. We learn that tho r.n
will have to, import anotber young man to
lfnni 4lw.tu M. a.
1 mcir uuuhs, iot mere is not a man of suf
ficient commercial education , in the town
to do it. '
Th Expenses or Secession. The Co!a
bia South Carolinian publisbrs a ordin
Just passed by the City Council "t0 rsU,6
plies lor the year 1SG1." Besides a t'ax
eighty-five cents on every hundred dol'i
worth of real estate, and innumerable taxei '
horses, wagons, place or amusement a'6
&c, it is uidained that one dollar ptr iC"'
shall bo paid on all slaves under sixty y
or age, not liable to street duty ; which t!'I
tax upon slaves shall be paid by the owner
person having charge and control thereof- f
dollar each on every free negro, tnuUtto'
mestizo, under the age or ten years; tvo
tars each on every free negro, mulatto
mestizo, over the age of ten and un.Ier ixte r
years; ten dollars on every mala free neV'
mulatto or mestizo,' orer the age or txt :
and under sixty years; ere dollars on TerT
female free negro, mulatto or mestizo t
the age of sixteen and under fifty-five ye-CL
and twenty-five dollars on every male free n''
gro, mulatto or mestizo, over the age i,rtea"
ty-one and under the age of sixty yearj rx"
ercising any mechanic art or trade within th"
limits of the said city. The heaviest part of
the expense of secession is thus Icncd
those free negroes who have by industry uj
mechanic skill become able to maintain them
selves. This is a bad beginning for a rrca"
Southern Confederacy.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A1 vtrttstmentsset 1 it largr type, cuts, or out ofnRat
stylr teill If charged double priee far spacroreup
AYEE'S
Sarsaparilla
FOE PURIFYING THE BLOOD.
Abii fr tlie irly tur vt the foilumiiic riti lnim, .
Scrofula aixt Srrofulona A rTrrl lon. U) j,
aa 1'tuitor, t'lrrrn, ftorea, Kruption
IMmplri, lii t ul-, Ulotehca, Itatls
Illalna, and all JSWIji Dlaraara. '
OiStiNO. Ind., tU Juua. liii
J. C. Atcr i Co. ;eut: I fcl it ijiv .lmj t j,.
kiiuwleJge mtiat jrir 'raril1a m "dan t,.r
Having iniierittf! a crtriikiiii inlr. ti. u, 1 hut .r,-l4
fruui it in vitriou mny f-r jw. r-uiriimr it i.ut.t
out in I liprs on uiv liamU .tud uiuk; nt. tur( u
turned inwai j anj ilitrrwl Rt llit-u.n;. ii. I,
year ago it lijk oul .n ray itraU jmI rcil tuy n;
and tart with ne -rr. wliUli war Hiufi;l n.l n),..lk..
bryoiid (1-Ki riitiii. J trirj many InJirii.f a,I .n.t,;
physician, l-ut without tuilcu relief from any ttu.,f. J,
fact, tho ILMrir grew w.trw. At li ngUi I a irjuicj
to read in the jot-il Jlcnenew llint yon l j.r..lr.i
au alteratiT (armpnrilla;, U.r I ktn-w from ..ur i-fau.
tion tliat any thin yuu ni..de mu--. I j.-.--!. u
Cincinnati and gvt it, and Dmd it till it . ui nl n..
. it, a you advire, in atuall !e f a f vavpooaful .,, a
Diunth. and usrd alaiust llirra bt'Utr. .rw and UrMt'ur
akin auon Ix-gsu tw frut tin.lrr the -r.t. whirls afi.ra
while ft-ll uff. My nkin i now rl-ar, and 1 kuow by it
feelings that tha diaraxe baa ftuit fn.m mv lyatrtn. ' )'
can well tlir-T that I fwl what I am in j wlica I uil
yuu, that I huld y..ii to ! uiie ul tha aKatiu v( Ui
and retuaia cicr gratefully. Y..un, '
J AM'KKU II. TALLtT.
St. Anthony's Fire, Ties or Eryalpcla.
Tetter and Salt Illtcam. Scald lleaU,
. ltlngtvurm, Sore K, Urpjiiy.
Dr. Holwrt M. t'rehlo Write fr.wn Salem. N. V IJtl.
Snpt., l.r9, that ha hna cured aii inveterate rue vf
Drcjtty. whh-h threati-ned to trrniinute fatally, by tl
persemrin nsa of vor Saraaparilla. and atx a laurreu-
Malignant Erysipelas hr larra doM ft tha auia; amy
he cure the common ruptvms by it comtatitly.
Bronchocclc, Goitre or Swelled Xark.
Zobulon Sloan f rr-H'ect, Texaa, writea : "Tkrr lt
tlet of ynnr araparilla cured me fn.ni a titi'rt a bi.!
ooa (welling on tits Heck, which I had iuflrrr fi.M
OTer two yeara."
Lrurorrhm erlVbltei.Orarlan Tumor,
I'tcrlue Ulceration, Female illacaaca.
Dr. J. B. 8. ChaDninft, of New Yrk City, write ; - I
moat cheerfully comply with the reuettf ynr ac.nt !
ayint; I hate found yonr Aareanarilta a it excellent
iterative in the numerous romr-Uml fr wlii'h
empluy inch a remedy, but eeriaUy in rmaU liifj.tn
of the Scrofuloua dinthoU. I haee cured many Indur
ate east' of laeucorrhoea by it, and aoiue where th r.ai
laint waa canned by ulrtrutitm of tlte utms. The Irrig
ation itaetf waa aoou enred. N"tliin within my kteel
eJge equals It for three fmate derangement!."
' Edward S. Marrow, of Newtnry, Ala, writep, A d&a
fremni nrnnnn (uawr tn one vf the frinsic in my faullr,
which had defied all the remedies we roulJ emt-lwr. L
at length been cumd.dely cured by your Kitr. t ef Hr
saparilla. Onr rhyirian thnueht nothing lot l!irf--tkD
eoatd afford relief, but he advised the trial ef ;enr
araaf&rilla a the laat resort before ruttinc. an4 it
proved effectual. After taking yur remedy ei;ht wtelui
no symptom of th disease remains.
SyjtUlIla and Mercurial Disease.
KlW OrittS, 1th Anrii.!. U.
D. J. C At: Sir, I cheerfully comply with the re-
2uet of yMir agent, and rermrt to ynu aume vf the tfie.i
have realized with your S.na arilla.
I have curt-il with it, in my practice, most r-f the ccra
plHints for whit-h it ia racouini-mlcd, and have f.uui lis
efW-te truly wonderful in the cure f IVarrewI n4 .Vcr
atrial Iii'.,ttr. Our. i.f niy witivtt had Fypliilitir ulcers
In his thru.lt, which were consuming his palate and tltm
top .of hia muiith. Your av-injiarilla. steadily talrn.
cured him iu live weehe. An..ilu r was atlkci by -
oudary nviiiptuiti iu hi iium. and the uWrtsoii a4
e.iteu away a roiiMdernldv part f it, m tiin' I l- li-v Ui
diurdr would !ouu reach his bruin and kill him. 1'irt it
yielded to uiy adruiniatration f your ura.riHa : tlie
ulcers healed, and he is writ again, not of course wiiii"ut
some disfiguration to hi fnce. A Womau bad lrn
treated for the same disorder by mercury sufTerit;;
from this poison in her bom-, i hey had lecuui u u
sitive to the weather that on n damn day she suffered r
cruciatinir pain in her joints and Itoiirs. Hie, i.o,
cured entirely by your Mirmparillu iu a few we-ks. I
know from iu formula, which your agent rave me, tbat
this reparation from your leinii:tt..ry mu.t t-r a j;r-t
remnjy; consequently. 'three truly icuiukalde mull
with it have not surprised me.
fraternally yours, O. V. 1.AR1 M Kit, M. P.
RhttimntUni, Gout, I.lver Complaint.
1 .VDrprjcnrwcr, treton Co., V., Cth July, i'.ZJ.
Dr. J. C. Arm: Pir, I have brcn anlictcd wiih a -fill
chronic lilirumatitm for a hmg time, which lPl-'. (So
skill of pliyxiriaus. and stuck to ma iu rpita of aii in
remedies 1 could find, until I triwd your Snr-nr ai ilia. One
liottle cured me in two weoks. and rent. .red my general
health so much that I ant far better Ihau If icre I wa
attacked. I think it u aoudei fill mctluiue. J. tKLAM.
Julea Y. Oetchell. of ft. IJIiis, writes: " I have
afllicted for years with nn ajpctinnf lUr. l.iirr, i.i- U
destroyed my hi-alth. tried every thine, and every thi. ;
failed to relieve me; and 1 have bceu a hroken-dowu mai.
for some years from no other rause-thau drraitftmrt.t r(
Vir I.ivtr. My Moved pastor, the Hev. Mr. Kpy, adiel
me totry yonr Pnrsnpiirilln, 1-e.atise he said he lirew ym,
find any thine Von mud-i wax worth try iup. ly the !.!-
ins of ti-d it l.mriir.-d me, and has ." purified my lJ
as to mnku a new man of tue. 1 feel young ajraio. 'H -best
that can Ul Said of you U not half j:ood enough."
ScIilrrtia.Cniirer Tumor, Knla rtremr nt.
Vleerat Ion, Carle and Kxfollatiou of
tlte Ilot.cs.
A great vat My of cnea hare l.een report! to ns a here
cures of these formidable complaint have resulted firm
the use of this remedy, but our space her will ul !"''
them. Jjouie of them may he found iu our Anirri-i
AlmniiMc. wtik-h the aent lieiow Bauiod are plrwi to
furi.isli gratis to il who call for Ih- ui.
Dyairepsln. Heart Illicit sc. Pita. Kpllcp-.
ay, Melancholy, ZVrttralgla
Many remarkable cum ot these affcctu.li have leH
made by the alterative owrr of thi medicine. It :iaiu
lafus the vital functions into vioroits action, an-1 tli
overcomes disorder which would be supp osed lyuf
reach. hU'-h a leini-dy has lone lceu required by th "
cosi.il i- of the perplr,!id wc are roiimlrul that this ill
do for them all that medicine rag do.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
rein Tin: it.vriu criiE of
Cornelia, Colda, Influenza. IIoarcn,t
Croup, liront hltU, Incipient (
sumption, and for the ltclicf
of Connmnpt I ve I'atlent
In advanced Stages
or tlte JJtscasr.
Thi Ii retfiody so universally known to urp nT
her for the cure of throat and Inn complaint.
tlMeia !. I.i r.ol.li.l. ll.o ..I in virtnr. "
oil
is
un rivalled excellence lor coughs and colds, aiu '
wonderful cures of pulmonary disease, have m,, '
known throughout the civilized nations of the r)'''"'
. . ... a ... ..titV
As all know the dreadful fatalitv of thee disorders,
as they know, too. the effect of this remedy, Jr
do imre than to nrs them that if ha n all :r '
tue that it did have when maV.ii the cures wln.u .
won so strongly upon the confidence of mankind.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. AYEB &, CO., Lowell, Ka
Sold by CD. Watson, Clearfield; E. A. IrV
Curwenirille; Sam l Arnold, Lutheriburg; t-11
Che. Ansonvitle; J. C. Brenner, Morrili.
J,. Foster, Philipsburg, and dealert elsewhere
Lowell, Ma??. January 23, 1861-ly.
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