VOL. 3 • I,.i!',iiieclii.. - ,iciojiv - :'.o : zoto . ciqt. .EVERY . TiUOpAY MORNING, By j. B; OVIATT, • ,• .SME'rHPORT; M'KEAN COUNTY, PA coltNE4 01 0 P17131,T,C SQUARE sl . so:in Advauce TEEMS .. • • AFltes'.of AOreTtisitg.. '3 Column one One square of 12 'ince or leas,.B icksartiOns, 1-oaell fleshless Card*, with ' • .600 • :Bale or.Bgare work will .be double the above 'rittes. .Twelve Boos 'Brasier type,• oe eight •4ines. nonpareil, 07" These Tories Will ho otrigtly adhered to. ,cll Busittais IBirectorp. :BENNEtr HOUSE, Sulethport,:hf!Jr.enn C 0.,; Pa.. 1E:8. M.6oN, Proprietor —opposite the. Court House... A now, larke,..eonnuodi oni and Well furnished house. :• .OEO. H. MASON, `Dialirin Sto'vem, - Tin. Ware, Tappaned Ware; &e. west 'side-of the Publie.Eil. Smethort; Pa. .thistoto work:done to order ontlie shortest notice; and in the . • , . most substantial mariner,: . • , DENTISTRY . . . . . . . . . , ~ Dn. M. A . Sen AGM: would.respectrully emulation to the citizens elSmetliporfand vicinity,. thnt ho has fitted ' .up sizolTite, and is prepared to attend .to nil business • in ills profession. • Artiliclal.teeth • inserted, upon 'HO entifte princlples,.and so ns.to preserve the natural o'ic-• ' prossion of the taco MI oporationitin Dental•Surgerit done in a skillful manner. • '• .. "-Mt,. NOUNSE. . . . . Dealer hi Stove's, Tio Ware, Jiippaned We're; dr.o•; went end of 'the Pithlie Square, flinethport.. Pa. Custom work done. to orderonthe shortest notice, and to the most substantial monk% . -, . '. - .- ' . . . -"- ' • ' OLEAN HOUSE, '. ' • P. panel, P.roprietor. Olean; N. Y . .. ' . Omnibus ryes to swill.= the New Tors - and Erie ftail*Road. Stages . for Sinethport and Ceres : • • • HYDE HOUSE, S. J, °spoon Proprietor. • Ridgway, pa. 'lbis • notel is new and flirainlied. in modernstyle, -has ample accoin, modations; and is, in all respects, a First Class Hotel. Ridiway, Elk Co. Pa. May . 2 4 ., 1660 • , • • . EI o DRED „HOTEL, , , . . Jens. Witta,Treprietorf This liousn is nitnited bnl way between , 9 inethport. and Olean.: A ennvenien an commodious hoesi, attentive and obliging attend • ants,. and low•p r rieent . . .. • - ,ltldrsd, May 17, 1800. • ' • . .' : • - .i___ . , . • ~• • • • 'A. D. HAMLIN, . • -.. ' . . . .. sirteyor i : DmflAnizn, ConioyanCer,. arid qte.al psta S t j a . .Aient. ,Sme,thp.ort., M'Kean ccutity,„Pit.. '. ' .. A. N• •TAYLOR, , . . Vasle'r In Dry Goods, Groceries; Pork, Flour, Salt, Fifi Rescry-lltado Clothing, Boots ail Shoes, Emethport •,•• • . . . . .Iv4LTA . g..wqaus„. Pri,cticia 'Mechanic, Millwright, ."Bridge-builder{ • Port.AMegheny, M'Kean county, Pa. ' J. L., 'BROWN; doNVEYANQI4Ifand Reel Agent; • Office, 'Williamsville, Elk Co., Penn'a. . , -11gFfiftENQR9— Chapin & Boylo Lion; ThomilY Struthers, W. 'S•.. Brownell, Esq . ., Roil. A. f Wilcox . ' CARvgli. .110IISE, ..'• • ; • " • /ow;U.Mita. Proprietor. 'cornier of Writer' andliorr • Streete .Warren, •Pit, Otenerel.Stag_e 01116 e • roBEs HOUSE, . . . !"rooting Alio. Public Square,. Olean. N. Y. JAMF:9. M. • - Mitamt. Proprietor. The Pobes Melia krfhtirely new end built brick, 'and la' hirpishod in - modern style. proprimpr, fluters lfimself that his accOninmila thins are. not surpassed by any hotel in IVestern Nar York. darriagea:run-to and from the New. York and Prie . Rall Road. .• • •, • • . • BYRON D.;HAIIILIN, . . . . ATTORNRY AT Lowi. Smetliport, 111,'Kean C.ounty..• Pa., .Agent for Itlassrs. Ch's Lands Attends eipecially to the ColleOtion of Claims; EZs.ntiriation of .Land Titles; • Pa7rneut of 'Taxes,• and all .buidnesir rela ting to Real Esiate.. Once in TLitnlin Block. • E• DOUGHTON ELDRED, . . . . .. Attorney and pouniiellor at Laiit. •Smethonit, Ill'Heito .-' County,. Pa'.' Pug'ne , iii .entrusted to his' care foralie enuntiec of 1,V1 , KF1311, Potter and dllk mill he promptly .attended to '.olllee in the Court House, second floor. 'DR. L.. 11. NISNER,' , Physician. and iiurgoon,. Sinothport, Pa, will attend to illdirofassional Iloilo with. promptneas. ()Moo in &tn. well Blook, second floor: , • •.: THING :&-MILLERi Whalenle anditetal Dealarm in.3taplo and Fancy Dry ' Goode, Carpeting, Ready Made Clothhie,- and - General ,Farnigning Ontle,.llolite etnd Shoes, Well and Window Paper, Looking'Glassee &c.'—At Olean: JOHN . C. 'NACHOS, . . Attorney and Counsellor at Law; Smethport, at'ltean Oa Pa;.. Will attend to'allbusinesainhis profession in the connties of Itt'llear, Potter and Elk. Mee over U.K. Sartitell Sr.',llothera' . Store. , • , . . • • • .. • • HACKNEY. HOUSE, . . . . 'Corner of Seeork te;nd:.l.lberty, streets, Warren, Pa: R. • A, BiRllOll,, Proprintor.• Traielers will: find good ac-' conimedationi and reasonablenlOarges.: • LAR.ABEE'S HOTEL, . . . . , 11. .411VillEle.' Propriotor,Alleglien'y 'Midge, 301tenn CO, 'Pa. Tlar houee In situated about nlne'lnilea froin t'Sruetbport'•on.the road to Olean, and oill, be found A convenient stopping-place . ..,- •. . . . . . FARMERS' VALLEY HOTEL, • Aly T. Gonowt!!.• Thia home is aituatod abont fvo mile from Smethport on the road to Olean. Pleasur,a paetie and ottny, oan beaccommodatod on the ahorteatnotice W. S. BROWNELL, . Dealer in... Dry .Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Boots, Shoes, Eats, Caps, Glessi . Nalls. OHS; & a,, &c. East, side'ol the Public Bquare,'Sreethport, Ph. EMPQRIIIM /1017.8E,A 81i1pnen, .M'Kenn Co., Pe.. : L: 'DM% Proprietor A commodiouscommodiousand. well-furn(Blml linnße. ' Strange ts And taayelers will find, goodacComnindationß, , _ .:- . .:... PORT ALLEGANY...ROUSE, .. Eancie hi IN ' O,Ler ...Tionrietnri at Port , Allegany i. dile- Hean.Clonnty, P.a. This Hotel issituated atthe Juno . tion.Of the Smethport and Allegany River sonde, nine . ladles east of SmethpOrt.. ,".,. ,• • . :, • , ' ' • . , ' .. AgTOR-' - 'llOll E,-'- .• 01. 1 P4111POR*, *KEA& 'Co., Pa. WI:. HASKELL • •. ... " Proprieto r. •/ . ~ : • This 11011111! is,Vreli Calculated for' the accommodation Orthe Travelling Peblie; haiiing recently been repaired ,a rn nd ! reodeleid. :Good.Barns and Stables. Charges 'roil. soOOt!le. ' Stages tor.Oltiani ehippen"andßidgw ay,•*- • Stnethport, Jaly 2, '1866,.. -- • • .•• - • .• •. - • To These Interested-in Mining And: . Mineral Lands. • _ , N. flitliN/18 offers Ida .liergfees for the examine, • • lion of Mineral Lands, inlit'Keett and Elk COlll2- • ilea,' and will give hie, opinion '49',to - the VALIiE OB k,,. Thane engaging hJe services will receive alI emeeineryand reliable informatioh; Reildenee at the Bunker EMI Mince. • /Sergeant, llrfluen•go., Tune 30, 7859. MEI Hon. theme's Seymbur• of . Connecticut, addressed. a . Meeting -at HartfOtd, on the 24th of Novembers: I•tie • •.following are; the. closing PortiOns of the apeerJr; A 'few inore'iv,iids . and I shall cease . to tres pass'on your patjenee. In the 'Autumn of 1.82 happened - to be,on the borderi.of the.Caspian' Sea, it a place called Baltu,.not far from*Per: sla.' Whilst' there, .the Captain of.the'Porf in vited 'me - to take a.seat sin . his barge One even ing;end go With htin down the. bay, the. distance Of four dr five . There Was .a . place below he said, a 'half a 'mile froth share, whei'e the surface:of the water was covered with 'naphtha, which could be easily. ignited. This naphtha, was thrown.. up, front- a subteratienn spring at the bottom 'of the ba,y...Muclideeiring to wit-. noon 12 90 20 00 12 00 1 511 neas so interesting : a sight as that describedto me, I. readily :accepted .the invitation *to. ac company him:: The night was dark, hut there was a •clear sky overhead._ The same , stars that shone over us shone over you, The monn had just gone down behinduthe Caucasian hills: .13ut.in the.north-west, a.tevir.ilegrees ahove the horiZon, the wiercl cornet., :of that :"year, , like sOtrie r'ebelangel cast out of heaven, streamed. . downward towards the enrth.• - The still;ni.ht; 'the - liinely . ..shote; the 'sudden apparition of en ot her world whirled 'through the realms of space . deeply iinpreSsed Me at the time. . •' Pursuing our. course,:dovvn the solitary : bay,. we came,..: after' a: • while, to: that part of it where ,We expected:to find; the Silting we were in, search proofs of ion the surface.— In, another, • momept;' ait . ithueuel.appearance cif .the sea, something "cannot describe, a, change of color perhaps showed: we had' touched the edge of the 'resirious waves. • A few • rapid stroltes'of the oars forced-out..barge into.the• Midst of the dark :Waters• by 'which we.were• 'surround?:, This •being done,..ene of the Men 'Seized a brinch of,iAikum, end setting it on fire: cast it overboard. •. Immedidtely a .sea of flame spread, out on' rill sidds us,. and rotted.. up round the barge: Hasteriing . to make. our, es cape, from 'so 'threatening. tt. locality, the boat- . Man 'pulled rapidly away, their Oarblades dripping with liquid firett stream of lite swept along in our :wake, whilst little drigry waves, 'like temp:leg:Of: eerpents,...Shot - out. under: our bow . ; or struck - spitefully astern, as it vexed to 'lose their prey: lld.yina . . - :leared the space so, fearfully lit up by, the blazing naphtha, we, laid Our boat side ways• to• the. crimson 'flood and . turned to,behold,a strange arnlinarveloisspr!c . - ticle-literally the.sea 6f Ifire! : 'But, : beneath that -sheetsof flgme; that; rolled with the' rolling . waves, the currents of .the flawed: calmly otr undisturbed , the fter.Y. billows that swept over.. itS.surface. . . . , . So; my - friends, •in our' . eoitntrY, there have been times when we have•seen the flames of diS'cord. lit up aro.und:u.; threatening . to :envel ope in•a blaze.of ruin" the• good, Ship - of state that bears our . -- fettunes.and put an end. forev : :er•to constitutional liberty:- Something of: thie. 'we see now.' , Sin oethingT, Nay; more and worse than. anything 'we-have ever SeerthefOre.• The great cri'si's of our fate as a Nation-'--long dreaded, yet .not whollY,Pnezp'ected'hecause daringly - proceked—has at last,, come', and the whole, -surface of thingS is' au inflamed : sea. IVbether there is-any . escarie'M not froth' the .evils with . ..Which - We' :are just .now menaced none can len.. • Neveitheless let us .hope that' heheath aIF this'Whirl and agitatinii . of the sur j-nce;.eonservative influences,' muted: by that deep,love'M conntry; which: underlies: eSery tbing tre s uquil and steadily ono like the - currents of tbe Caspian' beneath , .the. fiery, billows above:them . ,- ina.y, .eustain,- after all„.instewg of.cOnsuining . the - thingS that repose @n their bosom. . . 111 - could speak to the. North. 1 wOuld'• say. repeal,your'inicptitous Personnt•Llberty Bills give ear to the . precePt Of the Constitution and' .the WO rnines of Washington., If I could speak to the South I would say ' wale-do not dash to the : ground the noblest •strucrure of- free 'goy ernmenrever reared by the hand pfrd i en—that• which, it once brolon s :voti ..pun no more recon- 'siruct than you can make a' world! But- 'my-, vOicejs not- one to' reach :elther . •pectina- .1 speak for niyselland hope for the :hest." 'We are of :painful ' doubts land uncertainty, which,' like-a - night of stotoi -at, .O . IIV make us all wish for the comir i Let ea pray - lhat it may not be long in coming. Ridgway,' Pa Viiren,. -Pa Stneillaiort i Pat 'ltuenn Vista. 'Pp. • . THE Faurf.-L-In ths.; event'of the se cescion of flu . . Southern States,.ni..ariy.portion of them; the Republicans • say•the slaves will rise—:.that there will be a servile insurrktion--- and some even gloat over this prospect with 11 dernisn•ljke satisfaction Which is truly terrilds. lent th•e.•Sotitherti people. do not, seem to; fear . thiS f and there is. talk there of arming, the slaves in ease a•milita.rx force should be - sent against them. • ".. . . . , Thit is there Orydanger. of..an insurrection in the North? • If. secession takes place,and the 'country begothpainvelved in civil war, trade will hean'r,,ihilated.--,—rnanufacturit;e• cease money will become fearfully. 'scarce—And mad titudes of men and women will 'be •thrown.mit of 'employment; and driven to , the verge of starvation, Wildbecome a dang,ernos element to control in the North'. Riots may be expected .in our. large 'cities and. townsresistenCe to taxation—refusal: .to perform military duty ri.ainst men of th'eir own...blood and kindred; all'these - evils, and many more will sweep over the North, if secession takes 'place. Piscoe= tent and rebellion would soon become as•rife in the North as in the South: There would he no business done, and capital weidathri'unsafe.: If the Southern States' geout,the Confederacy will he destroyed;. and what. remains would not be ri'Union, forits component parts would quar rel. ninon.' themselveS, and we should have ,a, number of petty Republiciwaging a. fierce and ,bloody!Warfare. upon each other. • Unless all the States remain in the IThion as it now exists,'there no safety either for 'the North Or the South, and the interests,-prosper.. . . • ity'.and happiness•of the people north of' Ma son & tkixon!s.iine yrovvisl• be . damaged by thri disruptivin quite As much, and perhaps ,more than those South of•it. • . . • A young. scapegrace, recently • took up hts residence in si rural Pennsylvania town, .an flouncing hinoSelf as an author, which hie shab by appearance seemed to warrant. "Getting in to debt for board, and'on being dunned, he re plied to thsi question as to what he WEIS author of, (Ns own misfortiine.” • • Hen. Thomas 'H. Seymour, of eonnpoti eut.'on the Present' .Orjsis•: • .. ~ , . . .. ~.. • ~ . , , . ._ ... . ~. • ....- -•,, .• , - ,- • • . ... .. 7r .. . -.-- - .... , C &VIETH - 06'kt IVI'KE,AN CeinNTY PA' TIIURSDAY JANUARY 3 IS6I . . .AS .generaFthing it will be found, ether hinge being equal, that he• who 'IS the Most dberal• is most ' ' successful' in business.', or eititiSe•We do not Mean it tObe• inferred that: a man should.bi, prodigal; in, his • 'expenditores, but that ho shOttld show, to; his costomerS, if he is a traderoir to those;whom . he May be doing any kind of httiness With, that in all his trans a ions as well ns sociarrelations, tie ackneWl - s.the e•verlasting fart, that there tan be no Prima nt.prosp •f or goodieeling•in a .colo tnunity VI ere bene 1 are riot recipmeal..' We know . of in, noes-where traders h•ave etijoYed the profits. of undred. .or dollars' .worth of trade, and 'yet b to not eihiliited•the:slightest disposition to rect och e even to. the smallest amount,• •Now,. whit . must necessarily folloW from .such`a coarse?.Why, sitnply the Joes of ' large annual profits, in the loss of tratle;Which, under a mare liberal systeW, mightheve.been retained... The practice of some menseerns to , be to make as little show in the way of busi, ness as possible. Such, an one, if a trader, Jokes no. Pains with the nppearance.nf hiS store?., Everything arotiod him , is' in a worn...out; (Map, 'hinted, dirty condition.: To haye it otherwise would cost a dollar for,whitewash, and perhaps five for paioting,:and a.feW dollars besides•fOr cleaning up- and putting things.in 'order.Anil. so lie plods on,.loses hundreds of dollars! worth' 9f custom for the W•nnt ps,. attention tothese 'matters, while his more sagacious neighbor; keeping up with . the times and having an eye to. appearances, does a prosperOus business.— Another will spend. no triOney 'in . any way, to ,make besines's for.fear he seouldnot get it back again. Consequently. hg. sends no - .circulars, diStribute,s no handbills,. publishes no. adver-' tisethents, - but sits .croalting about herd times; mourning oi•er rho future proSpeetsof note . s to pay, no, miir.ey, and. no trade, and comes - out just where he might expect .to come—short; while hi. • neighbor, following in a .ilifferent track, doing all - that is necessary to be done to make busrneis, has 'business, and isnotshort,• but has: tneneY to - loan; add- it would be just like him to get twelve per cent:, perhatis more, for the u'se of it, and'We should not blame him for so doing., The time Shave Changed and the manner Of• doing business nowls•differeni ' (min. What it used to be.. It ivould bepstjts foolish to insist on doinghtisiness now in thc.old fash— ioned. way as it:would he to insist bpon.trayel ing with' an ox-team instead •of a railroad;• to get news by 'old; fashioned stages *ieVend of .having it brought by telegraph. • ' The times demand 'men of enlarged ? liberal', energetic souls, men.who will keep up with the world as •it goei—men.OP hearts, too, who not oaly• desire to go , abeadthemselves, but take pleasure in seeing others . . succaed, and:Who •.... hai , e • public spiiit.encitigh 'to do :something for; and rejoice in "the 'prosperity; of the peopleiL-- We cannot, have too'. many such men, and the result of their,intlUence will be felt, throughout the whole, community. Their sueess.,witl be obserVed and. emulated. 'Not: OnlY • own 'business be flourishing, but that of their neighbors' will be sensibly' affeefed... By their very liheralify they, be incite4 . toe;ctend wider and wide,r theic‘Sphe're or action, and they be :met ivith a•Cotresp9nding aeiion on the part of those with .whoip..tlfey havv. deeliluts. As. the world!,nes.,nclw-n-iinys, the, libernl ;main is, fast itniiiititf the first ;Once.— People very soon . floc] 'out' the :man ivim dia plays meanness ih, Aitisiness,•nnci they sel-. doM ,iliVe• him .21.: second , call. • On. - tho 'other . and; '.they an . . iendilynseertnin:the man 'ivhn is . noted for diberelit3cin !feelings, and'the'y do :tint forget:tocfre . ulete the fact.'' Their calls unen, him ' .are :frequent; rirur,they' induce their arcitiaintanCes•to calf also. As a matter'of course,'the "'therel rna'n alway 9 findS•his huni ness healthy:.and 'nrofitablei' and when he hioks around, upon - those lessfortunate than himself, 'he: has abundant cause foricongrettilation that he has., fuund out. the secret, .that liberality in busincss ir an.all.-imitortant aid towards . aChiriv; lnETtltat Fu c c,es s which . .isnever won by him 'who though industriOui and ,prudent, ,has 'hot . . learned that. meanness , buiinesS..hever yet resulted favorably to the. foitunes. hr. him' who might be justly. charged, with it.. • , Tlikl: GWAIN& 0F •Ttlii NORTH .- VEST.-.01.1r rift' tional.de'velopment within The past few' years bas been ...extraordinary; but • that particular phase of it, 'which hoe been going on in the northwestern .range of States, is something re tilly.aaarvellous. se'areely Credit their rapidity of -g r owth a'nd of power I,o!•chihitacc'omp - iinied their wander-. ful expensinn.•,..The•seven ,States of • Ohio, fn• diana, Illinois, MiehiganyWisconsin, lowa, and Minnesota kold,sto , day,.nearly one-third of the country's entire population. The censtts,;;;ives• tilem.betweett.Night and•nine.'miltions, and their .increase is so...(astas to .soen rendereven that liberal computation below the'actual mark. This greet ',North'West the producing, re; gion—the granery of the - land—froth 'when'ce we draw, the chief 'necessaries of= our oWn sup : port, besides receiving.ii surplus for the tine of foteign-countries, which give us in return their spare. capital to help us on (CI further enter prise and progress. .This yenr's: stattsties..of the'port of Chicago alone seem alrilost incredi- . : Since .January last the receipts there amount to thirty-two tveo•.hundred .and eleven thotisand bushels of various kinds of grain, an increase over last yenr or more than twenty inilliOns.. They will foot up fo'rty' millions before the yearis through.. And this is thecredit 'account of a . single port. It is true Chicago is - the chief. of our great. depots; but nottly.any means insiginifiCant places are Cleveland, Milwaukie, Waukegan, Racine, De troit,.Toledo, ,Fremont, Milan, Sandusky, and n dozennothers that in the aggregate do an im mense businesS. The incalculable resources of the northwest; her magnificent' lakek , her long navigable, riv ers;' Her fertile fields of boundless acres--all these Must eleVate hey to a,pitch of wealth anit. po'werthat will evehtuOy control the .desti nies of the-trnion,., :Jn.a short time•no city bat New YOrk wilt be able.t9 compote with, her . splendid Capitals;.. and our .stmerMrity will be more socielly metropolitan' than politically in- tineptiol. .So ret it be; An-, agricultural pOpll latiOrl is, of, all otWers;• the most virtuous and patriotic; and, it our Star of 'Empire must tbe,stin,'i,ve • ivould not, IVislilt.to rest in better hands than those of our fellow-country. men who.oVrn and: till•the soil that •gives.us food and bringStlM nittionsiof:t4e Old World to'our doors, tts;peedy customers:—N. Y. Daily I,lleatinees.n Buisitess.. Cobb's . . Letter of Renignatidn— The President's Reply, . . . . . „ . The following Mr. colii?'s.riettr.r terider, resign . dtipn;al)d the Tiet•yent'o .reply: W . A§ . ![ ii . G.i.cir. : L . CgiY,, 00 . .. . . , . My,Dear'Sir: ) A•senSe of duty to 'the ,Stnt'e, .nf . Georgill'ifipiiros ma to'talre-:a step *bleb makes it prOper,that I.should no longer.reinain a member of yo . ur Cabinet. : ' : -,., ' • In o . the trould,esf the consequent copseent up-, • on thelate:Presidential election, the lionor.and safetyormy.,state are involved. •Iler . people sore.ard it and in their.opinionl.fully concur: • . , Therare.enprag,ed in a strtiegle.where the issue is life , or death. •Itly friends ask-for my view *nd counsel. 'Not to respinul . woald.be degie: .. . . _ . ... . . . didg to myself,nrl'uniust•to . .them: - . I have ao. eo'nfirigly prepared; ..and, mosChOw. issue .to !Hem on athtiesS which.e . ontaifis :the enhyt arid n icilemnecinvictions of ply 'hOort otui.jOdemelt. ..' ThO . vie . wo . :ivhich I shicerely,ent*iteiO, , :miti sVhichoherefore, I. aro hound to.oxpie4, differ in snipe respects from your pwri !. . The exist a nee et this difference.would. expose .Ine;lf. should'rephlin in my present - place, to - unjuit suiPiciona and put yOd•in a false positions, The .first.of these cortsequeryees I -.could :well , :ennugh,- but I Nom .pot,iobloot,y. o u to . toot.: . My ,withdraWal• has pot .heen Oceasiopcsl„.bY apythingiyeu have said . or . done... While darer , froinyourMesgage in : some- of its - .theoretical doctrines, as-well as. from Ilie.:hope.•that .the Union; ran 'yet be . preserved,--there was , no practical result likely.te.:(ollow.which required .me.to retire from. your 'artministrittinP. '.That necessity is created -bk-what 1 feel it my'. duty fia;.and the reeponSibilitk of the' act,' there fore, rests upon myself., : .• . To say that.. .I' regret-deeply 'regret—thi s necessity, but feebly expresi:the :feeling :with • Whichll 'pan; this communication.'..For nearly' foUr years I have beensassociatedwith one of your Cabinet .officars,...and. a during.that period nothing haeocotirred'fo 'mar; even for a moment, our personal and .oflicial • relaiiens.--. In tho Policy and measures ot your adrhinistra.: tion I.,hayecordially conctirietli and shell ever feel' pr oud of the humble place which rnY.name may occtipy hi its history. It your wise, coun sels and patriotic warnini,ts had been heeded .by yoiir countrymen, 4th' 11Iarch.WOuld have found' our , country, liappy; prespermes and ' That . it wilt .nor, be. so 'is.' nik.,fault . ' The. evil has now. passed beyond control, and must be met by each and all of 'Us' under our responsibility; to Grid and. dor rountrY , .* If; "es I.believe, hiStorY . vvill have to' 'record Yenta as the last ailMllljStrlitioll of our present Union, it place it side by ,side *Rh' the pores& and siblest of those.thar'preceded It.. s • With the kindest regards for yOurself and the rnembers . of your Cabinet,-vvith whom II have beea'so pleasantly associated, •• I :an) - mostly' truly and/ sincerely, your friend... • • 7 '.• tlovinrt. Conn . - •Te the President.. • • : • .1... 16..1g0d c4.Nly Dear Sir.—l - have received . .Your 'corn, munica flan . of Saturday eveninW.liesittnint ., , position of Secletary of 'the Treasury.. which 'you have helilsinee .the commencement of my administration.'. 'Whilst b.-deeply :regret :that you have'delermitied'to . separate yotirself from •us . at : the present critical Mon - lent, althouulf f admit : that.. the qiiestien was one for yotirown deciSiOn, I could have iv.rslied!tha t lyouhail At: -rived at a different eonelpOori, hecause..our Te r ; lotions both. of ,and' personal, have .ever been in the most friendly-and Confidential char acter. ;I:rcoy add that; I have been entirely. satisfied with•..the and.zeal which you have displayed in performing the duties of your important office . . •• • • . , Cordial,ly .reeiOrnating your . 4entimenta of persorial regard, 'I remain, vcry, respe.ctfolly, •nor friend, JAMES BliCliANAti: • Hon.-Howell Cobb..' .•. .4" Dispatch of .:11r. . Aniies, , tl is ihn dispatch sent froiri-Vashitig tOrii by Sendtok- footys bs," to Soifthern•ciiies:' • TO TOE kf:OPI.11'01,.(71:ORG1-11.: I came yre to secure your constitutional rights, or to iteroohstlifto to }'au 'that you'. can got no gunrantees.for thore - tightsi from North .erti Coutederatei: • ' • . . . . . The, whole nutji get .was referred to a Con, .mittee 'of. thirteen in the. • 5enate.... 1 .1 . . was 'ail. pointed on that,.COrrirnitttie and. accepteiythe trust.. 1 iiihn-tittril a • fitoposi.titiii, which', .. go . Tor frnm 'receiving, derided .siipport . .from : ft sin member. of the Reintblican . .riatty: the. Comniittee, were all treatedwith .either deri sion' or row l'he . vote was then lakenin: tne Commirtec on. the.anfvnilinents to the itntion, proposed. by [hit lion. J:. J. Criften.. den, and etiele and ak' thentornli tiolq aininst nnaninkoyily by . Ifni ,lilLietr . gen/Mil:can ..me.ni.irers of the Can.nntlio. • • .. • .In addition to these facts, a majority of the Black Ili.Publican Members of had declared distinctly that they had nogfiar'antee:: - to offer, which - was silently acquiet.ced in by the other: . .membere. The .Black . 13eptiblican' members ... of 'this - Committee 'of Thirtoen yopresentatives of the nart y 'and ~;eetion, and, to the extent' of nay informa tine, ,truly repro= sent • the Conamittee • 'of Thirty-three. The Cammit tee:has oak arced fo,r a week; 'without coming to any cote on ell the propesitidos 'then .before them on that day:: It is' . controlled by the... Black Republicans—your enenaieswhe only seek to - ensnare you with delusive hopes until your election, that . yen may . tlefeit. the .friends'of. secession: '. • . • . • . . If you are deceive,d'bk them,- it shall. not .be my fault,: Ihave put the test (Orly:and frank: ly. It,is decisive ugeinit you,',and I tioyv, tell you, upon the faith (if a:true:man, that all far therloaking•to tbe'Noith. fur, ...warily fir` yoti• constitirtioniil rthlet.i pt.thei Union ovg4t: . to• fir ifistantly•iibondomq. It Jris (taught with, noth ing - but ruin toyouraelyes and your posterity. Secession, by the fourth 'day of ,March should .be thundered from•th'e . balldt Nix I . )k . the' linantrious' voice of Georgia on ..the-,11. day of Jantialy'neict.''Suchrt'voje. will be' your, best gliarantee,for liberty, Secutity';frariquility,-and glory: ' • • • R.%Toomits TITifa!ATSV WET AND TUE . Weed, , of 'the . Alhany Evening JOurmal, been one - Of the few - Republicans who, has en•. deavored' to urouse'his party. to the irnpending danger of the country. For this; .i!e has. met the reproaches of nearly rhe entire •Republican preen, but he continues at his good work •earn, •• • • • • r•••• - • ;-- •-••j • 04 et •,,rttlt i; r ; ittt ‘ kz ex14:454 r,:,•••. r.„. • -, 4, • • ..4 r •••, • ••• r • r • .• • , ..• • ••• „, , ••., . ••• • '‘„ • 1;;•- j4ll`..t'. tlk',*l4V • .• • •• 4 f ,!Ass' ~:ffixklat.4l . ,,,. 4 eltly, end Nvith.grant . ' power: . ".!ln.it recent nurrl ber of lON. piper, he•piopogeg.thci.roll . bwiatg'tiii, t settletnentolexifitifig.trouias: • The.pasitign °ran elliitent • s..l'he repeal of! • . ...3..N0n-intpive . ittion 11..'opg,relia''.Vifti 01 , 2 vni.y 'in ihe 'rerritorles. , • , • 'the 'actinission of .Tefrirerien as . ' gtato,i, with ,or tyithout:slayelyleer may, ..decide . whnneyer.thei have n population en titlinittlieni .to a Congressman.,..- • . . 5..0r, if th.e.last two . :pro . risitioßs 'aro :jrind misOble, - tben the rbstor4tronbt the Sii4eottr . . . , . • thi . 'Revolution is no lupg' , r a.tnreat,but a stern, palpal.de South Carotirian.has Aitken the filet step, unit -inaugurated .a Witt. *hie!), every .wise,and :prudent matt was desirons•-:to. . • Yesterilay •tlp,.!Atilitfa• of ..entarl.6:st.on::iop)c ,pitsse'sslort or Moultreand Castle.. Piekney,' and billeted the Palm , tto dag--ttrns Sdat . h. Carolina in ,oneManti...a , iovved '1165014y to the Federal Government,. ' . • • in Pittsburg, where p•Ople'hava c.tenotirk: cell. In the most unmeasured termi, secession irl.all: its various ihaites; 'and hOstility to' .the Federal Governments,.. . , • Irv - Pittsburg; whore the people. haVe'dennuti-. ced in the most- unmeasured terrns; 'secession . in all its - various ahanes, 'land' hostility ,tS the ; aoVernment .every form; they have • inter fered:with the . regular discharge' of iits duties; and While depouncing-the. Gavernment; for not .strengtheriingthe forts at one . poirit,:haVe .ep.• posed•thethe.shiptrient of arms• to another"' by these melna provoking Southern •.hostility;,and bolding alit an inducement' to • New Orleans, by . say - of renris4l;.to•selie the . .first richly, laden eamboat that; might itrrive•at that port frorn rebelliona . P.ittsbUre: • .7 • '' • '' • .• The Spate Conimittee has,,not • been able to agree, upon a. plan of compromise,`. and the fines° CoMmittee, as we predicted, bes becorr4. •tr failure throtsgh ,the':obstiancy of 13iack R. publican' members of ,the Moat Ultra abolitintV tendencieS, blaced' :thereon' by; Spenker Pen ningfonoyho well. knew and foresaw' the result yhen'he.cOnstitnted the committee, • In the. meantime,: Hale, Wade, Doolittle; Sumner, and leading . Republicans;, refuge 'all concession;. end openly ovolv' 'by. 'all their peeeirs.and - aCts, that they desire the triumph of-the Republican party, and' to that endi.they are• willing and yeady, to sactifi CP . the . country to produce an internectne . wer, dtintroy . the in dustry nt 'our people, and drench their hearth.; stones in blood.- . ' ' ..• .". • Dien. the philotiofthern(thfi 'Pribitnet hn's be comer belicose ar a safe.distenee, •and 'with VVrixte, of the Ettquirsi-,•is iftlay . for . War with all its ititendant.horrers; • " . . The evil is .upon Theice is broken.-- W4r is at the door. and Congress must no lOn.; el.r waste its time in :ignoble dalliance.. The wiadom of its members should be . hrought into prompt end efffeient action,' The (ranger which .wise counsels and energetic action might have averted is come.upon up; and. nothine• but the mos't, decisivemel.pres' will prove potertt ;0 stay it. Tt is pot-South .Carolina merely which is to be dealt with. The power at the dispo• sal of 'the genf•ial eoveromerit might - alone set. tie question with her.-• But it is •the whole South, whirh roar follow her.examnie,.that to be. met and. treated with. ' , lf it werl'altneS. tirn•of physiesil • friree 'with. the singie • • . . . State of. South Carolina, the diffieulty eotdd she Combatted; but' theri! is 9 . grave moral issue involved--that of slaverry,-7vhich . underiies all this calpmity,.:and ivIII hays.to'be .settled, and public opinion upon 'that question disturbed.and'exe:itoid.aS to .rev 97 hit ions:ry point—,mast be. reduced equartion .i'y and a . rfiCht understanding;. iir nothFdg can stay the tide or anarchy %%114 is rushing,npon' :The administration must Rot firmly, linden t•;,. ly and ptomptly..' . . In the' meantime, it t to hotied - that the border Skive , ridopt the wiie'nogges tinn of Mr:. 13rockinridee, .for much is to .hoped froth their pos:tieo•und from their patri,: Now itlhe : tirne fo'r •action, and that . nctieri : thitsrcortie not from the . Repufilican. party. whieh re:pres•ents'obthit one fourth;of..the ithte of the •conntry; n and whlch'.ig titian ,fhe . destruction of every intereAt of an ,Outtaged .. crud irivultutl people, but it fn•uitcorne. , froth the potriotisthantl.thi 'iiitelligence• of the cortser .. viitive-masses.. ' . .• : • • T,licre'l*.n minority of onservative•and rint• riotic men in Concroas; •they.'nttist unite with out regard . .to sectiOnal interests,• without gap! to locality, and save the country; cit. all:is. • 'We repeat - tot there la.ne hone that : the R,...- publjciii) patty will •retroc, , Ifterq' that wilt endeavor, io;rettipec.:a shitted Obstacle, now in-rhc way of a compforniseOf they ate dominant nud • defiant. -Neither is ih o p ! ;01' h ol ie from the ,President Occt.ofthal. party. is evidently unripel to the occa sion; and . in the midst of all the horrori• that, surround us, has Scose criough.to *vice of the•olcl.man to 101 l idiot son, ° hold his. toritme; and nobody . wilt.k . how r thah'e is a foul; The truth is' Lincolo: 'lung:heard that if :wa3,(iangerentrfor'o m . ,ti ; either-seek ink Orel evated to, the'hoad o f th e ; r i a ti qi i,i o .. s p,,,,k hi s sentiments.' ic a man of inferior . abilities, in the IfCepittg - of Seward and Greeley;; sot _for their o w n .fanatical purposes ;they, desire-. him silence. He, therefor . o,, da'reMorapeak.' tie has neither the ,intelligencriorthe - • patriotism tOcommatid the waves ro'be still. ''• ' . , ..• The, hone: of the country is . now opnri the conservatism of the masses, the patriotism .Corigresti,;fled the 4jsdnm 'of' the present. 'mit. direct. (heir councils, and saye . thitql.einddicl—l'hilattelekia Areas.. • The ICezi'mt/ec4is announces the'receipt of a letter; dated.Chicngo the 13th Inst., asdilressei to the commaudant'of the . Unlted•Statei Arse nal at Sr. Louis; which details the proceedings of a repuhlisan melting lor the .purnisse•' of aiding the Ksnsas sufferers. It then gives an account Of -a.eecret meeting of , ten persons, du ring- wlich a committee *of:three was Oiled on; to report What assi*tanee baen — leit to, Capt. Montgomery ? sind Whistited,heen;done at St. Louis, • :The plan developed was to .take possession of the Unifed Stitealrsenal' at St. Lodi. and also of Jefferson Barracks; arid re • move all the property to 'Kansas.. -• The,Corb ME= sr. Loins, 1)ec:29;1850: ~K++ ~. w•• MMIItgMMI - . in;ttbe • reported-, they IT've.?ttiOnFaßt! . lantteclik ( gorne6'.,..and:tba;:fln thenatind.:46llefintad-bein • 143113.R1P, litm , .*ltil,tiik . .cimiliittfut et (St; ,6 1PvzInspt+414r: tpti fr:'e!;: . :Aet . ',6:o(l ow ng. .• cent eiine. from Kenth'e4 : 01r- Op=roo 3 ,- ,,. . 1 7,. - fi c t which: no otie'won 4lippos0,41:00e;10 know* edge, anti . lion to:their.iteek ifatittired.‘., ,The latter soya lhe:coliiinitt6e.itipeotralo r :obi large 'nerither of:fiermip's Oaktiiiig: in , the. 'neighborhood of St. Louis I,' and moo of. the' Wi ! ir k men, employed ; the,ota,enul, and. a IND. thin one: hundred'iken are tit tie'sent from, G.hi cagy to nialat the enterprisi 'otber. • detaila are .given;diaeloids),ll44-fimikiatity with the internakariangatoett!:-..::.! iFOIC,LnicOtr, . • .• the' , The fri(iti cif'. e electioh nt the trisio9 ter . aro te,Rght.:. . . . . .... . .. . ThOnsa rids (moo thousandso of m!schalled men bitterly repent the reating „their,' totes for a• palty yrhose supremaeY "cos(th()‘ , itiirt of the conotry,.nmma en( n. VI . ar..• .. —. '• • I y- ti 'Ol Ivr '*---; • . ....A.NeW,York.Joutnt*estintittc.thit.depreet ation tfirowkotit. tlitri,eoTi(,y,iti..,ttui , vtlue of .agrietiltittal Orolice,:,State, book,: od', railroad rent •eritie arill'other`.ertiliert i y, tit not less than two Itunitreti. Mitre will thiti,eitdt.•:; ,' tillutrah . fur • LineoloP'.. ,f • •*Poiney . 's • Per's, say.S, ""wit hin the hist litz• •Weelts, not less tb50..4?....,000,and 0014)3'20;00 . 0 . iietsons in.T,hilatielphka,wvte unerectedly dis ch`tirgeti from situations Where .161 . earned' their britid by the' itvietif • :recily anti otribably'lfistless than depended .the: exertitink , of these .operatives, lot thla distieis in ' 'one city aene, saingle'°a:the condi: tiorisof the whole of the notthiln Wietitaftteto. ries. • allurtah for Lincoln'..• ••••', :'• - • . Our lYnion is on' the brink *of, destraition, but We ore going 'to have. !;Protectien home in- Our Workmen ere - enjoying no ^441r... •ii.pressible conflict!' with 'Sold and hunger, but we are going lo.get oFreedthn thii• Tertitti rigs!" There is 'to,be no mote : 4 4/tiothern die ta • Li nolo jey leotist iNtiona/dy elected," and ethicist rirostratit .trade, anarchy and . ruin, . we Cart have 'the gratihoilthloit of knowing that we are butchered or fiterved..ticeoiding to law! •t, is , rentiarkahle lo us . that,' after' rico:Mi l-dishing so. much, the' Black ILimiblicon,leadot s . do not tejoice . over . their . .vietory. 'Why have we mit hitti reititle'ntion'ineetings, bonAres :and eelebiatione? , . Why not , hairs adane's •among the rains and some , mote tibelition , haringueor Why forget the nigger, when Satoh . ° is all that Is lefl W bete are •the • •Wide7Awakes,.redo lent of 'coal oil arid tur'pentine-gint : ~They•are not needed nolo: • •' . The't 'have . ftccomplisird their.mission, and : m ore than, tine of *them now' feels in his own sufferings tho penalty : the pie must alway s fkay,';Ybe, the lead of dishentist' and ray pc.l4i,cions..7—Vinangia. The Deeth of aStitte. . . . 'no; fullocvinc sateinn_ end. striking . passage 'may be of use in e time itiv,henr,Ro . 1 Many think ; light! rand sfr tik wentiihlypf:citepart!ical con.. yolt ions, the dying : agonies; at they may prove •to Int,'of . a4reat natifin:.'.lt ' i !iiii addross • . .by, ono'of stir . Inos! , lllustriong rebollir of the couh; I Ary,.Dr.' Tay 10t... Lewis, of VII ion .college.—Are •,oThe'filtite," sags the great philesopher of Rome, , “tintlegoes riq nriturtit detifh;'' that ,119, no death in-the orilitiary'eotirse.of like' o man; bht, When taken •awey; . utterly ex tinguished and blotted pot, • licit a world had perished--siinite eet . tie of , hie • "mon dos intereat s et coneidati:eicternal form is grins; .there is no longer anything .line its vi(ward or internal 'bininslarii•s,. • 'Ps people, in that case, are no...longer fellow:citi zens; or even citizens Of . ;They are mere men arid' *omen, , with r/0 other relatian thon•ihnt4f Tete' contignitk.': limitsvanith or remain only as-enclosing' a no; litical 'vacuum surrotiptled...hy ../k political death o.ver What : toefore Was full:oi.eacinl Aire, and Society is decOmpoSed'in to its triflit'fil9ril elemonts. 'll is: no: . longe r nonx. tu 4:-/I tti 31 :MOSS of .putrisfut 'altd fir meiltin* ezto.wis, . 4 • • • . . . % , lioSp.'orr rriantl „shall. these *Smears trp...sin rot* toOti;he'ri:Wlip . ,,,by ,saviiihnic,pt• p9titical . p6wpr; into there ;be breath of .Gotio.t aStotit or•levtos m ay ii(sqine'Yitermi • limo 44,Te; but etiroteleviiine the tine and ntantorit; rasterrecAtcpi,'? ; ••••. •• - Sot : Tive.'attotASa•—rThe genii' Cainlina Con: edition, in.aCciet.tessien i 7lnia adopted•an (*di. nano. ntithorizing the Privertibr to receive for eign •• .ministers and corisals . , and to appoint . aim . - iltir r ngetitcto 'conduct negotiationa .and .make t reat iris with fdpign -powersortil also all ni h , . cr: dicers' . whoae appointment pthrrwiie haa no licen*-proiiirleil. tor •by laic. TN; A rsenri at Charleston is. sfill..in -the hands of the Unit , . ' States troops;.carbitY liemphry, , oftho army. being in - commend, The State...forces in For. • Montt tie io andPastle' Pinckneyarei.natructeil. ti..... hOld the forts 'peaces tilY ;mit to' protO . C!)hf gc” . . ortirnent . nropertk, Tliefekeitivnedit"ts: stihsi,. '' .. . . ding.• .. .Tlie-eOriduet of lts,jor ' A nd'itrion is ar proved 1...):- .a il , bill . 1 lie. ,seies4ipr.iis,. - I n MN' . . inington,: Delnwar,,,:: a, fillote.9l,one•'hundri guns was ilrecl in his honor: .- -s„ ...• ~ . Never make use wenum'er;'hatrie in a" , itoprepei place, or nt limne, or in .& 'nixed enmy any. Never make . easertinna. a bout her that you , think erel . .nntreis!,',,nlltistntte:'Oat - you feel she • herself' . Weitid hltialcto hear.— yirhen you meet with"men who tki not scruple to make use of..aswonhaVit name In's . reckless inatiner„ahun.thani, for:Ahey are lost to - every sense of honor. . ; ; . The highest sttaiditbleArito'vviidgs is that which' is i rightlfibilitioiliiciad,,icorkrellbY 004 haddi trf,riiht pur,poses,Aivi per= 4ith- the i n'Onettey,4 thr, ititPie of God. The,highest Rit tnatiiin yrldOti -.Cot -Pnly proyides ,food for „the ; but training for lila judgernent, - ;11101,44 fact for: s his ffect ions; guddanes, for. tilscandti4ti"s off, objects for hitt faith. +'..yf'' • • Hon. Sam 'Brell4 . o 1315 resigited - 111:601vrii9r: or 'Kansas. . ; • •.• it l:~../i:: ,?.'li },f. ... _
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