M'Kean County Democrat. (Smethport, M'Kean County, Pa.) 1858-186?, April 11, 1861, Image 2
meets tr. Amara. for ix e l / 4 11 ggenion , tame , (ram ;',' ,' ',:rlolSl!lt.;lo?‘ rauietaajll furnish on her part ;11 :1144**fittliliirmrie 4 i'jtilia tea 1 thr,Eni , 10; , 16 xf , t4g)**iillltcliarb Ar l a FgOr"'" ''' l: '- ''' I:oooo•l6o)iiknotiwtirkifig in concert ~„'' ftlieliti,oool"rgriglarni le Preparing to mind • ' 4 1 11 40. _lol4,llTP!'4l4.lhe,Aslrofrkltexierr. a formida-, •-2'o°l**aioft:tisiti4ehtps,mill,trietrial., r • 4,4„S'flitAlsisia'aiter-terincert; et ;the Tala CPI a high • t ' 4 .IseresiOn said , to an 'A me ric a n 0 ffi - `"4141/1 -al iiiriem4'your!Renishlimis going to 44pleeee —*A s,<!Olit.' no. I hope rot WAS 1 c 11,1100107.44/B,loo,,±kat,it,wilk.'' .Nol , ltepublic ever •• •;.1. - •;4lgised*stlretg ernever*lll.: Self-government ' - t 4 -iste nteisists Sir i tyou• most, traveta strong gov 'ieremeeetAs. the :only cendition•of a long exis , ~ ,titners,r•,o ,• z' "t f ., : ,' ", '. ' ' ;' • ' 4 : Itl i ll'hoO n' lAA' me, in the Most positive r m si •roeeeethstir Stalthern;geitleman, latelY at ., , . f•jillirstiterettttiamharl'an interviow'with the Em- 1 ~,fpatitrt t 'sindbes - secured for•the Southern Con- 1 • dro.. 4"l4lett'Orornise•xof recognition. ' Ile carries ''• ilefrimilie p a eltottrt he skeleton of a treaty which ' 1•Isholild hliee;balin subinitted to his Majesty, :Ind ,•lerel'elyrovel,, , iii the:basia of the tient y which , . ,isifteSrfellber.Aha, Official recognition. )-e..".,ThirkgeOrrierciata ratio of Ihe Patin Consli ' tti11641"41k441411.6.3. curve: i , . '''''''' ' 4 11'4600141101 tariff shotild pass Congress, 11 , 41111...ppitarplikolire exportations' from .Trance, rtf.oosed-andr,Garinany•do the •Northein Stites, ..,erealtLieceiva a fevers check, and ' ', ohm* ver, • I , 4*.vanforoein eon - mere, 'Would incline to frit -Amiss-100st the Southirr spite of its slavery oiailitutiondsnd4rrinciplee, ' • The London Tiv),Ps says':'.:' '-• , ..);Ittertieg-to'rpoint out -for the comfort ef our ,tow!i•thierntrvasen end the warning ofthe" gov 1111re..}2t 'of'O Mal eUnited States, that in attempt )lt.',to :exclude, it one blow twenty, millions .''';sterling if,; exporti' . .frindtheirterritory, they ,14ava,,endeitatten e e laskquite beyond their pow ', elt:;-,'"Tlief"': .rifey,,t indeed, deitroy - their own r-fritionsi resaritseithey may give additional salreatttb",tM,those•yeated intereete which claim 11 -Ttotttinfitelight to live,on the vitals of the • ,community j;thiy 'may T ula the shipping and 4 trimile,.the ecesimerce of; the towns on the At - !antic seattoard,lint they ,cinnot prevent Eng lish manufactures from permeating the United Stateir-fromone•end to the other. A glance at Age Map lir infliiient to show this. The South , ' fierc Confederacy will, of course, desire 'no bet ter thalt - te mike Charlistoh, Savannah ' Mobile' and New Orleans, depots of English rnanufac -3 Snres4.lolre - aremo/.4•'across the long and irn loirrestiotibler:frontier which separates them from ,the.,llniteit States. ' • ''rr Najr,tit is goita'possi * ble that the, great city -sit,Net# , TorkMaY prefer to declare itself - a free -port. and to become•the depot'of an enormous ,illicit traMe,'ratbei thin to see its wharfs rot ; tine, iteitreetai deserted, and its harhor empty b•ealli. a "Weida' folly has driven commerce , te,,the'infarior hirbors of` - 'the Smith. The in-' dented coasts of ihe Northern Stites give am. tgle-epiortrinity for 'smuggling, and, what is edit - wore iteportant, the frontier between Can, side:sterttlieqinion is virtually traced, by the ,- Attrliawitik . tlin St. Lawrence anti the centre of etite'Lekda,JOntikrio', Erie ind Huron'. • It is a 4400 Which` might have been created for the - irstptre ea intrpier of peninbing the presurnptuows tfellreifjeOking to erect :the barrier of , proll'bt lioatbetwelernetions which have long enjoyed ,A24 , oltrtrial benefits of commercial intercourse. • - ;Thermo:seer will redeems 'the error .of the statesman, as he has so often done before The • chorine may ,occasion delay, loss•end inconve. nienee; but the stream is too mighty to be ehoked, anti ;no _sooner will the old channel trite been !topped than a pew one will be for- . • , , -:The',Lovidon'Tionos,Of March .12,.says :.• _ • ..-• fftber ?Tart horn' rjittlederapy of'Ametic a eyin= eec i•deterroinatirifivio net ih nariow, mid while its ; Southern XeMpatiter.extendi the hand of gixid fellowship •to altiraiiiiinit;' , Withibe exception Of , its Own ..'bandsmen, we billet '6o' beXiirprised to see the' ••'• NeWthi;fri imite"rif the.• - looriness of its:ea:we and . .tilesgreattiegatiVeiterit :the absence, of. ale ir ' . ieo;••',Oitlc 'int* tindery : pOiition; and lose • :•tlie3iiinOthy Ott regard Of - mankind. ;Tliii London Doily, Neio . • ''''SOttie dits fir(virbeen.precipitate in ;our ; jodg-, rtii4eiVtif What 'We :Oall • !e . the,.narth," that is, the "natimi - iniitted tif the' secissionists. - We.have .• -only to bear , imr,nd....t i bist since the election in • .lifevernber;(ettrediiioit'act 11 itself,).•the'ne. • 'thin . generally 'bite' been 'inevitably mute: and •••• representa'ti'ves' Congreitx :were, chOspn . .frefore.the occasion arose .;- and are no ...representitivea of a people. itio • circumstanced. TherWbOle course of . the Tariff (ideation sho'ws shove inadequate the..alSorriblage at Washington .'.is erythictiMe. No one 'will .undertake to say that the gonatituenclee . :Will shOW, theenselves • wine indisiedl• grounded in • • Wait .• 'The present fact iiiiiiisi.tbernoireiti arid speakers , on all :side's ;airieerth&eljeciion'or.M'i.: Lincoln have not been thii4ll.Opf4otiiiir the interest of ihe people. a t lirgiWrfiey,lhava: - been 'faction leaders, traij . ,:• toiiii;titisi.misti;--agitators i sell-made dictators, Oti.'*.igististterri'for , Cattlprpmise--4anything real. ~, , 3.,- , , : iftrithisn!eitizeni.'appointed appointed by public .:ennadedei In Work 'regeneration out Of revolti . people , must not be Judg trjr":ili,e,iiii-hutAtY-their own bearing. when ,•' thedidene OrtehovfWaction. We . intist see what ''...tilel'elsOiqe.i.ognine-in-fhe South, befOre wp .1111kOf.X0Ognition•; add we must learn -what what yhtifinse.j.libefore- we judge the un etPiete# 'mind 4f Opiriliit large. ,• •..:.- • IL. ' 3 ' ZOlierek . l, 9 tor'• , . • • '''',We'Jearitestli hiMethht .. .ihe4ood sense o't !he o:n.jijerityOf • theiiMiiierth, people will triumph theMitigtiided few Whose •ielfishiNes has wide 166 . - eiitherldind `orgihilifferent the videiralitOferelt Of . * nett:M . . .';ikt this Mordent :(14 , iliviiiguiitiiiii'4i-Oi'idginented tariff by the Nor been wail I 11,1.1d411 urrpr productive `diintitrcilif- consequences. '.The tioythsru op e erasy.wilfunquestionably ffVe. trade the blsis of it, "commercial the ihjitty whielv.th.SoiltheYo: 'St ERi haii;.'syatsined by the hi . glutariff . upheldl small-share in bring- , foreign 7etalo large *hare ' o oll ol ,..i#o l o o f.**E.ishOitwritgoodv"to coutheen r; ti►llf 11* . r*Orryii#tiiim ikter thelcatrying !tloo 4 l*WPl l o , lo4**figt : hilidi:. )4,100001#‘4, ; *lo 6 o 4l i4a3iiiriAie deOrr*N - .4t infitkrt bre!tifoh ~o«a~' ' Vi liS 10, triniCP.Sll4'CPfelY tho pre• yeetinn,bf. the evils which tne vtt ihly f rOnt;,.it apitth4.-Tnitintianan ite,o nil thenvivOilfe tttl'lte d • « h i gh IV -4) nrik, 1-11:aett in .1 t. n (1: t li1n) , iitory'ortit? plea: . • I:NsTiT t.:IIIO . * . ;VS I+:l%"—i-1.4 • ap?,i n t . •:rill iP^rkonal 'htbetty. Bilts'in.it he; !,ta•tei that onn fijet with the enthorit4i...(3f.the Federal'.gpvet-n -• • • • •• • . ..t tets,o'f ttin e I ie die.ionß * in iitqree critninate 3' fOretin • . . . . A;,firnsf nll'Unite , Ty:round .Thtilroaiis-ithott ittif `n((`acrvatiis, from..their,,lna.s,titrs'Sonth, iia n't in the'lirp.'ordtitk,ol - ec ., it.e Ped.fal • 'Aillin‘t-s.:!%11 that influPirn...i , soryile..iva•r•ilt the South, i Againut ,hll "Trihnnes," "I.ls(lepentients'," And ' -" • . • Arainst all v,ongr,Tllic,al.partr.(?raaizatione ;that. atray.' : l? . .l/eportipa of die c:Qualry..gglinst Agrilist .of rrithsit North for Se:Pirints.ns AvtinAt tuning 11)P...-aenrie I:ll ,, nry, slairiyhiildirkg . .foll9wer,sjn..the • ' • kgainat conirPrt in g i nto '‘.2l . ( lrinvi and' .the..eknmple ot, A hp hani, knee mind .1a coh,'ani'l of Paul the who gri.t. Iniek Philemon., Against going to 'wee 'to acquire:.cOMmnn Terittorr,-frind: then stealing or . trinnanolizigg :the. cihole - of it; and .persistently ng from it..the.share'i of ,nitf danger in tlin...war . ;:'ot . the common. contribtitersin .pnise in time of penee. The constitution: as. ifis, is excellent...;-ma;; 'nificent. The. only fliffirulty-we have ie with th'ellte,h'er Law ii”dole who constro; it as it is riot; ;and refo4o to nhide:by tl w a rtj,(iicationg of the Surri.tioa:conri.. =hen the CiiiirtS came' ;into Conflict -with . their.UnderGriind Riilroetf, .ciyirwar,insniring, territory rrionon s oliging (con- thellepuldiyans will;ehide by..the Courts, .andeultirate, : net hretalize,theii !consciences,' He.need ho coniaitutiors.al rtmentiments: Since 1793' wq, have legged on witit.the Constitution w . !?11: until, in theie latter days,they setup a tnillioe'or,two:of , eonscience Opposition to the !Courts? . The main ciuestiOn now in, the .onw:fangled..and recently; disqovered Puritnn !conscienee ' or' the Sulireme . Court of the Uni ted States, 'Me prefer the Court.:. , • :THE GEEAT-KANSAS PTARVATtON W..CalfErnore, • who' ban, yiiited.much of Kansas, Esaeent . ot the.fionton pelief mitre?, anli . investigated personally the Wants 01•Ibe•people,.renorts 't hat. many of llyett'sac entints'hasve been exaggerations and thet.lhere hov ! , brim no o:un- of artital starvalion . . 'l3llt sitch.cases would, certainly, haVe 'occurred in thousands of ifistancea if relief had 'been With.: held. There has been very great.rivafrY be tween the Leavenworth. rind;Atc . hisee cornmit- tees,of distribution., and there• are. serious rate= tual charges of , frand,and ,plunder,. far there have:been . large. opportunities, •if 'the agents entrusted with the distribution' were • villainously inclined: • - • The Bogen Cominittee publishes! statement almwhig the receipts 'by. them of •ccintrihtitions to lie ; amount of 857;100,-0 which' "-there'i'n. s:ill„ - on hand. The estithate in that aboht .$200,00b have been received h . ) , ether committees, and that one fifth of the amount i 4 still unexpended:- ....• • • ' : They. do net inelude the inproprfation'of gill- I.ikg,tbatof 'NeW•York.` An d . what.ia•somewhat shay , ask' formore. Thkfant is, this lest. Kansan frail:die somewhat mixedmp with,dand speculation politics, and.a desite to pension amt keep in parthe abolition 'ragamuffins, who have ruined an&want. to rule ' IMPOR'LINT OPINI0:1 OP THE ATTORNE.Y.GENE.R.- AL.—The'Attorney• General, it is. iinaerstood, has'given a written opinion to the' P,reeident; that under the .silt h section of the law of it will he impossible to collect any revenue in any of the secade;l . Btates That section'declares Abet ,the [olll' of any fart regarding a violation of the revenue laws shall be the district in whiCh the eitire . !or forfeiture; occurs. As there are no-Unite.d-States.courtS,.judg,es•or marshal in any of .the porn of, the seceded Stitee,.there are ini.rneans, under existing laws, of enforcing any reoalties for violation'of. the tevenue, oven 'if .it.were practicable to appoint . a collector .tO reside on sbiohnerd within. four .the.port.—This condition . hf- the law hits unwill'inely . .foreed the Plesident tri:deter minetipcin callipg an extra e.ession'or Congress sd ia tel Y. .Herald.. . ' -Tux' ChainlicrAarg • Tifim , informs, Us" 'that ,Mr.. A. K . M'Clure,. Senator,. from' Franklin county, has purchariesl thn : splenilidjarm of Chambers McKibbe . n; P.: A i 1 .. ., on the outskirts of Chambersburg, -. and ie..thaking grand iinpro,y miants. Wie'cannot .inulerstatid it, but some oifiee.holtlers-.—m"ernbers at . .our 'Stare LegiSkat . - urn, etc.,—have such prudent h abits of economy that siaaornake,a grearJoituae out of "a salary' of from Aye do.Setren hunilred.doklitis, on. which . . other extravagant •peopla cannat •e vett 'I ire . res. : pectably. .there must be some secret- in ::this 'roatter.not.r.'iyealeil .in :the maxiins of Poor Richard" which sliould:be . given to 'the world •by thase.sagadious.fellowi., Sadh bright light asftliek . poSsses in the ,poii.tic,il . and pecuniary ' econonnie*,should not be tinder a bushel," frinn.the'rest of mai tads. .' • . . . . . P A rntoric-Spx . .Cracs - rsHAgentleman well .Itauwn in the' pulitieal circles bi., - Nnoqlvania, and highly csideincd- in Writing to hts§ol), who is at pre:sent a -member' 'of the 'Sewn of this State,. uses the following:patriotic and truthful . . 'God grant that you.inak: be spared:to Our, sue the..wor.k.yon ha've commenced! Sacrifice every prejudice.,—all'. pride of onipion-every thilig,in-finbut KillOplq, to heal, the wounds of our bleedinitleountry... For rest assuredmy dear:boy,lhat those iond . nien. Who are instro 7 nientlll in doing this, will live jri tha, hearts- of nll ti on' lovers of . libPrty tri the end of time— while the mere Nrrizini or miseralde• derna-' gegne, who atdempti to retard .-the • glorionS Wifik;•will: be utterly for . gotten, or-remembered only Wi,th scorniand:con , empt - F' • TliE TAR/IT. =The / . .ferahi says that if. the remains on the entente : banks, grass, will grow on.the atreeis of .NeW York," and says ft woul,d be mere common-prudence 'for. rhe New York capitali'st ' s to aseertain Whae, course th e . Gditernment of the. United States proposes:to purinte,both in regaid to the seceded States and the,ltlorr,ill q• a iff ing their money; Governm'ent. We are.siekantftired of this atrerla.sting talk abOnt, No w York and New York capital. • There • greatcOuntry .to 'be' taken ,cure;: besides not the only.place' where the people have ri g hts 'and . interets.to - .. be , taken eaelt of:by the:General:Government, PUhnsylv ani.a haslinterests greater than ;hose of,New • Yorki which:Nei:4dd be.uiterly prostrated . by the ..repealortheTarir .NeW'York is. not the whole . • • 1111ircin ifointtv ./Iltutocat, &.. : O'hufsday,._:44iikl, 11; 4061 • NE n'S' : • •.g.an no longer, Vany i clehittt:th th ;are; at the. threshold ' ei`ll.•!kkill , the ex te4 t aid tory ,`of wlifeh:de4 :panda on . t ho -power: of the present goyernnynt.. •war , entirely. . unnat.nral:andi I ;;si - cts tO - 1)o `riccornplished on the portiot, the isforthern . .states. .The rnaises • . of people .a 0pp050,1,..t0 +4ar rood "would periceishl prepenr U2lll, lOweti to 'itetc;ancrit is to. forektili the.nefion of thrpeop:etliti,our.governntent is shahing its. polie.y . to I;ring:on ecihtlict with the Snuthecn States,- hoping' nits to, drento a war fever ant i 'ehrisolitintetlie"Nrirtii in this unholy yr:itfare: We still ,hops these A . f:heiri s sill.,bo frusq . ated tbatlithe people Wil(,uttetty refose . tO imbrue their heeds :in . a..biother'n bbo;l.Al war....: ;of subjneation of a portion ,of (pia! States- is , fir,ly , untipriqed thn. clu'lliot be' undertken'i,rithont periersiOn of thnlifstrinnent;' and its final destinction'ir.pei-: ,sisteci in. It' is no excuse ghat .seceiz , ion in not piovided for, two wrongs not make a right.: The (acts are that s is von St'a'tes have eparatCd, .thenlserves . ;frotn•the Union -and • organized a. separate and,indePendent- gnverninimt. - not. doubted .that 'Alto'. eight remaining, slave 'States join the 'Sotithern confederacy on ..the'.first .ettinnpt, The . queition which itares us in the face is whether:we are to allow, our present Republican form, ofgov ernment to bi subvet tad' and changed to a • tary .despotism.: The reyolution, ha' fir as the rernainillg Btatettiarevcerned,, is, about. to .he inatturtitecl by: thegoyernn'ent, itself.•+ Instead' pa vin the ilrfigent 'ditTicultiqs to 't the 'rightful , severei4ns , :—.tor.. settlement,: it rtishes into' thtt untried ' . path of the military for 're.'2l// .autbofity.--erittu,stt. Mlle, . ' for ki.lhts. " . ' . . . '• • ' TLe foit(;v6ll:, - w6 . tdkircirn the columns , nr Herald, of " • _ . Startling . news frAm Washington ,may he found ine our de4patches in another, part of diiy!s paper:- The otirtain is rime , up,:a'nd the nragedy irabont - to begin. A portion of the squadron Of warships end Transports fitted out .at New: York' are ordered .to Fort Sumter; Soli , . plies Itie.to be thrown' into.t hat 'itroeghold at all hazarils.' Mitior 'Anderson has been dire . eted in the ei•ent of the federal vessels bat* opposed . bytho.secessionlsts, to •onen his' batteries.- Such, in brief, is the government progranune 'for Charleston harbor... Our repotts frorri that point.don6rtn the statement that , the supplies of the gat rison from `.the city have Teen cutoff. Intense e'xciternent prevailed there'.yeSterdaY. Five thousand men; have. been ordered out,. the batteries have been 'Strengthened, and every preparationinadeto repel the federal forces.--, Bevond'iloubt the dreaded: fiatricidal conflict will cotinnience within forty;eiOit hours; As soon as it isknownin Washington that' ihe•war has beitun, the President is said, issue a prodlamation calling Congress together: Theflying artillery, caValry'and'sappers and, minors Which have left, this Tort 'within' the past, five , days' are to proceed to' Texes,..there to to:operate.with Gene tlOnston.fof the resto ration of the government .ttithority . -in that . :lute . ; While ziportion of the' &etWill reinforce Fort Pirkens, and other nest's on the Gulf.coast. The President Will:Soon, it is believed, cell . forfirty•thoesamt volunteers'i- - Governer 'Cur 7 who hag •jastriareed . to :Harrisburg from Vloshi netori;' yesterday sent . . . to the ',l;eeisl•atur.e . .a rns:isaue renorpnin . ndinn ,an n ppiOpriation of half a million dolldrs to put tho.militin 'or thoStn'te on a wai Tooting.. Gov: Dennisoh,.of,Phin, N , t) hccllSs- 71 1 sn been inAVash ington for sortie nays phsf, will make' a simi lar 'recommeiition . ,-to the .I.eg,isla , ture 'olthat , The . State a7partMent yPstertlay sent 'word to the Co"nfederate. State aomthissioners...that . the adoitnis.tration wouldshold no official inier cotirso; With there:, • respond to the cominunication'of the Secretary 'or State,: A !id then. proceed:•prohably,to „the South.. The MMitgomery Cabthet were in session" fast: night,• expeetin.g important news Strom . the don*isgioneri. . .. • : The war steam - ex Harriet' lane and. the steam transports seiledfrom this pert yesterday for the .Gtilf, loaded "with. Stores, munitions of war end troops.' .Titr.:lJi:Tim,vry:it or Ttin mond Engui'rer'vriiiiih.:nilvocates secession or:Virginid frornjiin ~isof :the Opinion 0114 .the'opii.te'rm.i.on whichthat f4t,ite should remain s with the lioilb:isilie'aer,Pptatire by. the . . hire-States of the Ithinzatitin.qf .the States Which is feund:in ihg solemn diction of the•Monigomcry 'Constitetion•and may be an alyzed-as • ‘• ' •, . 'l.' African, slave 4 in theT , rrit.)ries shall be #cogniz...d and protected by Congress'and the Legislatures. ' ?.•That the riglit'to.slaveholders of transit' and sojourn any:Stirte•of -the- Confederacy, with their slaves.and . 'other propeity,,,shall be recognized and respected. • . .3. That the, prevision in regard to fugitive' slaves•shall.oitend to any slave,lawfully car ried froen one 'State into another, and- there es caping -or taken 'away from his master. • 4., That no bill or post jack) law (by. Con gress or, any State,) and•ne law impairing'or denying tne right of property .in negro'slaves; shall be' passed. . • . ' 5. Thai the African slave, trade,shalt be pro hildted by siich•laws of Congress.,as Shall er re:dually prevent the same. ; . . • EAdue leare,:•.from a correspon dent,-that on'atarday laSt, a la rge.bald-heacl:. ed eagle was ,shot 'in the neighborhood of Port In any. It "measured Ofiet. from .tip• to tip of. *witigs and weithed 47 peurids..• Our dnfor , triant. also states. that a beautiful silk hdither . was found saspended"to - its . peck,,an which was insciih - ed Ofloy your Sieves., Tin-ware,- &.c , -I , 4ason's:Sde-ilill Store." ~\Ve have often wondered of 'laic at - the fast inetea . sing rush tc; : rhe !‘Siile:Alll,'?kut'the above ,a ecounts for the milk 'in 'the cocoa-nut. ,' rrIMOTHYSeen rL: ; 11. " 'Jolley, of Port Allegany, advertises a quantity .."of ti'muthy- Seedlnr A i l:Ntr.lliolley raised this seed ithite .' anwarra'nt it to be read ve 1, those Wieliingo tiny' giye'hith'. . 'Ta r s SMs.rirrort.t. • Ott have. obtainet • a :site arid, confreeted . for . the:Sinkini Wrig_hi` and Wes. Jinni .haite Leiner). the,contreet,: Th'e'„locatiOn , selected is in Afechailiesbur4,' Corwin; ,examinations` hOW' that, the rock ,is. leached at a depth of Ir ent's!. fteet. 'From the :knowirenergy of the..contrketors we.are assn red the 'wrirk.Willbe,nushed fdiwurd. briskly, Thera is fair:itonteßt befWe'en themetliport and Port kllOany Co., tis to : who shelf first istrilCoil;", anti we Gan,assure-Mssrs... Wright. • . n. , .and Irons: that they have , spirite4 men tp stitve. . . .Agerit. of the SyiaOuse. O il Co., were - here . . last . Week.nrospecting; an4:securing. lands on Which .to: sink.•wells; > '.l , :rigines and •intril.e.: inents'ib. - % sink- two! wellsorie Yarniers. Valley,:fhe other 'on land: of J...l,.Beekv:'ith he sent' en within .thitty gentlemen,. after a : pe'rsonal examination of so'rrle of 'Mir:spring's; were ent i rely satisfied . v. , iththe . 'prOspects. An. eastern COn'nany, of which • we: have Ifoetofore spoken, have secured'an.interest in lands, of S.C. Hyde, Esq..; near the' Borough,. and willeignirrienee operations. in 1 feW . days.' •'',.thOse who haVe •visited other oil regions ex press Ake - t urine " that .:our county affords. a. fayciraplejpoiri.t . ,.l)oth asrlTiards • the : cerf4inty of sacess . and the terms cin , which leascs can PORT ALLEGANY. OIL two we'ekS'ago; a meeting was xelfed at To . i . t. Tor 'the intrtiol'eor forriiing a cOmp'eny. to bOre for oil, wken a - cOmpany was fOimedi and $lOOO stock takciC; and noW; forday; the rye!: has been 'reached, the derrick nearly finished, and, if not .hiridered in obtaining tools, Arilling in the rock will be.Oornnieneecl.thiS week. The . prOinritness and energy of our Libe'rry friends is prainworthY, and.will, we doubt not ; be. re ded : with sureess. -Very good 'stirrer° indi cations ate found4l We 'Shall' haVa•irore to 'say . in regard to affairs::atlhat plaCe next week. . . . . COMING:.L—T,IIIN9 , BC MiLLEeI NrwGooda are coming 'forward ,now, by the, car load: It is needless for us to. speak Of tbe 1;v ‘ , cGtaiim,." as everybodY knoWs its.exce . llence: • Fair (lea: liag—eheap at that-LgOod goo.dq; and plenty, of 'them, are among its lead ing.andannst tittiaCtive fe4tures• . Let every body' and .theit families call at Thing fkr - Miller's and examine for.them selves. If you .doht litry yon will "be well pleased with•your Adpertisar. '...ATT.AI%I!C . DF.:ITOCRAT.—:-We have received the 'first number of.amPa' . r,.ipirited plper..pikblishert at trarbor,'N.•T.; by. JONATHAN:GIFFORD: . Mr: Gifford is a, native uf.llrkean county., Ivitene,e-he removed to , NeW Jersey, Some twenty years ago, , where he ha's since, resided. As a matterolconise . .."*.. G.. prints a, sound ITlninn*Demnerarie paper. Wewisii him entire, success in hii new enterprise. . COIMI:E=1 . Puting the, past and. prea;mt week .we.have been absent from home, in:which wag it-clu ded a trip tmShippen;of'which we shalt i'pealc . hereafte . r..• • The 'oil fever had begaii to, rage tit that . place,andleases had been iecoredof lands. . .ndeeitisem'ent came too Fete to apper this week: . Our friends need, net ther. visits, hoiset er , as the ,fie:vi-Ocid.s are on hand. • . . •Dunterep.olir visit to Lowell we were: shoWn ilirmigh the LabOrattity ofoift celeiciatedreonn:. trymen,• [Yr. Scarcely . cOuld we have believed witho u t. proof what is seenthere . • . beyond disputing. • .. '..; • ' • of solid tOnilt 'OOO closes, and three•bag'o3 ol'Clierri'Pettoral 120,6.00 doses, p . .r diem. To 'Whitt : an incom eeivableamount of human atdierinz :does this. point ! 170;000 doses, a day•!! Filly millions of coses.per year! !! 'What acres and th . ons'aret4 acres of 'sickbedsiloes'this spread befoul The Arnaginatinnt 4nd whet 'Sympathies hiidiWce.! True tiot•all'of-this . 'is taken by:the. , very sick. but .alas; much of it This cherry Drop and this angered Pill era to be: the -companion,of p'ain and -anguish , and sinking sorrow--- . the heritrine; l .•our, -mother Eve 4erle:ithed to the whnle'fatriily of man. Ilere the irifa`nt..daiding, has' been touched too ea'rfy by the difight-that withers half .our race,' Its little lungs are of feetecl,and ohly watching•and wititingshall tell' which' Warits !ed .. drop cM:ita.tableis.the - talismari shall hang.:— There the I bleSsormor wOrld, just bursting into womanhood is at rick en . else.. AffeetiOns most assiijuotts ea're avaitsoot,;sha. is still fa . The win Messenger * comes nearer •and nearer lit'le• .rnendic:a roent-shall:gmthere•,, thell last', 'perhaps'., their Th , rstrOng• : inan hes,•planted.in his Vitals', the some disease. red drop•hi his side is.helping him to wrestle . with the hie:vol.:l.. hie enemy,; the • wife of ,his boseur, and: the. .cherubs. of his heart aro waiting' lie sick•sorrcive end:Jeer losi : the rod, 'on' Which tliey lean, in t his . world, be' broken. Doetort'Spare...nO„skill, nor toil, to give' the perishing sick the best that human art:can ' give.—Galveften• (Texax).Nen;.t. • 'PoStifols op Gov.' HourroN.--The.follnwing is the closing portion of GoV.' llonstdn's••address to the peoplelof Tegat; •. • • f‘l.orn ready le lay down office rather .than . Yield- to, usurpation'and: degradation.• .1 have declared my determination to stand by Texas in whatever position she%assurnes. Her. people have - declared in favor of •a separation from the Union. I have followed' lier banners before. when ail eXile &p . m the land of . my : fathers. • I .werit back. into. the Union with the people.. of 'Texas. lgo ont of :th.e.llnien•With.therit; and though rcan see bk.' gloom.. before me,:Y shall. follovV'the.“Lone Star".withlhesarite devotion 'I 'love .Texas too well to bring' . ciVil . •strife and bloodjhed• upon her, To avert" . this-ca . lamr 7 ity,.l shall make,no tmdeavor to Maintain my ,authority as Chief Exectitive of this Stitte,-.ex cent by the peaceful' exercise of toy 'functions. - When I can'no !ringer . do;this; calmly. withdraW from thesetMe,leaving the Govern= merit in the hands of .those who. have psurPed itstiuthority; hut still claiming that Lain its Chief Eiectitiv6'.. • . . • . . , , . Nilm.,•Rice, formerly editor or, the Pennsylva,- !Ilan, died at Philadelphia last meek. During Mr. Buchanan'a . administration the deceased occupied the_ position of.llarbor Matter,. at Philadelphia. -. .. -• . . • • . . TORT S,UMTEIt. Mr. tinehlif is singularlylunfortunate. Un.- 'forks nate, Uiring•Fresident of a broken Union, nnd the representative party :which Jestruyed the onlYfree',goire,rnment . .on earth, andtnrn•crumbling in hone'stly belieie'the .Uniof,i,is gone he yorni tio'vi, the- only. rni:ti 7 . .ition of' national - calamity in 'power, is - to,avoiil a ioritlict of s tirms.. •,..'• The rea!=on assiitoed the evacuation of Fort Sumier is ari insult to the 'coontry—a miliatinrisself ilegrailatiOnyif true; and equally •soiqf - .Those . Who c,laisn to sneak tot the AdtriinistratiOn,.say.:the Vrithdrawal.of Major 41.nderson'is a military riecessitp,-- that it 'slrh.:. poisible to reinforce. that , post. What .4n.ati- 'WhY-not tell thelrath, l and say it is; 4it is, a polAtical . :nivss.iti—n measure of . peace and fraternity--.-an 'nave Irranch frorri 'the PlOrth to onr brethren' Of -the' Sottth ? Why • put .it..ott gf,ouhtisdikraeefo to the.pfoWess'of the Union, when'the true reason is honprable ,and patriot= .' : ie; iB,piltirely.'p, Military 'question, 'say 'the Black ,' Republican .7jlilitar:y Gezi.:-±kottitecidqtl . it on these gro — tinfla;say the leaders. , Can't.berninfoeceltriow—teo . late.--: Such' are 'the. reasons' given. ,• Let us suppose. that. Fort . Su.mter: , ‘;‘'irs' beiiegecl by a foreign. fee; 2 W.birldany Administration dare s tell the country that: it-could net•he. reinforced Such a declaration.' would be met With: scorn. .It. the.n:/io ry:que'siiod, and: 11 i.d ed . as Scott decided 'at :Lundy's' Lane—as 13unker Sarntogo and Yorktown were t lecided,..and. as the:spirit Of ;the nation would. deniand that it shonld dem - and therit'Should be' decided: ft .is irrond: feather in the.cip . of 'ark 'A dminis.. tratien to . .,the, world that. tire then' _who stormed Vera Crfiz•ind carried:onr.nag'in trilitTkb,4l3.the'arites 'of..l\lexien; are, unable to reinforce.afoit in Charleston hatbox.' • . . .• - . • Why is such a . reasai . h.given 7 Simply eauso.the4bolitinn: wing, of...the:Ste.bli'ean nartYr . 'woul4..tivoid the apneartince of backiti . g, dawn from its.bluster - and threatS: That is all.' It is because .the.leaders' of. tbat . narty 'think' it is better to disgrace the countrkin the' eyes of tbe.world,:than.to admit that they .have 'done But . , there is anothef.yieiv , of. the. case,.ari Ong from:the : declaration that . the evacuation of Fn . rt Suinter is a . cqm.treirrallitarynec'essity. , " It-is-telling' the South that' wle..withdraW, •trimps; because 'we a're . ling 'them that we'shoutd,be very, banny - tO cut' their throatli,,or throvi shot•and shell into theit.- divellings; but the , ShOrinesS.6( Major Ander-. son's..sunplies,. and the' Ong him, absolutely' prevents , just Thisls the.surn and .subStanee ofl:the meaning 'which attaches: to Mr, 'reason's for ." abandoning:Fort. Sumter. Instead of being as It ought to be,. a' measur4.9l . :conailiation, it is - cine • • if the evcriation thd Ad ;m.inistration' upon Sucb griinds;•it. is,Mdt im- . probable that South:Catririna : may that, a:fort:cYcuateil' . .fo.r MilitarY .. reason.s.. must be' riliacuated 'acco.riling - •to - the rules of as :She may derivind the sUrreride.r.of..kajor. Anderson, - orcompel'hirp to; stay 'where he is for military reasons.al . ..so. f : t he troops ar'e to be wi,flnirawri• at all, they should she'rem.oved as a measure of leace. • a strictly time to nyncliate an .American Fort, is when its. ivolls . .are battered down,and.nOt befOfe. , . 4,..l....FCE . A'r.l'ycrotiy,HAt the`municipild dec. tirtn 'hi nPikliborintr (jay :I.7th•itrit : , the Democratic carit.thinte (or Mayor ,was elected by . ri majority of bid over his •Rermblicap -oppowntt..-the pre4ent in cnmhent.. •In addition,; the. Democrats have . carried tyvo to'one.O.l•-the.entmeils.'und nearly aldttitt .Ahlermen; Cinmstables,..lwiges, sTes• 'sore, '.-Thn.Yote for Mayer lc-as:follows i • Joel B. Wanner*,.(De.m) • • . :1773 • 13mneyille - linim, (Rm.) . :.• • • 11.23 , NVtn - rl6r . "sitnajnrit , . • At the milnicipal rl•~etinn n 7, y.ni•rwzn, tits enr.rre , rtbn . rlocfp,! 1,35 rn,j - ±rit+l:9. -4 1frtArri yett ag',3 by'OH! ."5? Intel. • •• A N:\rnixkti Pr. NERAI.; B.: Mit:l7o, now. • Rnpuhlieart .triernber. of the rej•Slt•ted to haye' said, in . ce aric.stwaeli at Chientln ""When, qri the riyen • lug alter the Prasitie'ntial elitatiqn,lhe steadin the house of a frientl•nu . l3enhan ihe city . 01.11usterr, !pia , saCv a Jo ie proet , s , ion of ,!rwide. 'awakes" DI - by•wi.thtnrehes art! •hanners. and shou'la , oltrinmph. a lady .s . tanding . .near him •remarked; KtMr. not seep : lA6l7n: joy was his reply, Tam never .:rperry. at •a. ttiner,,/,' - With =Odle. .surprise she inquired what lie meant. reply was, - .that • the 7.2 . rarusiatz then, pa ivoti.N.prove.tO et the funeral. proceet low of the' natiOn . ,!! t•' - • . TI RV IN TI11.: Tnant`ronins.-it . apnea rsi the official report of 'the Census in the Territo riesthat-thtt total nnrober.of, elavPs the'y. cow tain Ibis is the .extent•of the fwil . which.the slaiiery extenslOnists baye 'been able to - aernmplish... Sorely, in•vifrx of.sOch result, this his ;' ceased to he a 'Praftical..nhes tian,•and'it.istirne the Atrierienn should de vote t hell-erten' ion:to more important things. The population . of Ne,v . too, the naW T.erfitorr.wherelt is ht: all probable that very could . he infrorltieed is 'now suffiClent to instil:V . . her' edenission •.intn . the Union. and, thus virtnally:settlethe ~ihnle ;con= troverSy in regard to oar existing domain for- . . • There is nothing..reliable :concerniair, Forts Sumter ,or Pickens. Thn .President end his cabinet are 4nm" on the• subject, and .news seekers are: sorer' PerpleXed•in.conserjuence. 'With regard to Sumter, it .now "appears' that the: reinforcement - of theyort is actually under consideration,- as' the project, despite • Gener al • . Scott and Major Anderson's opinions, is deck . redAY :military, authority to -be • feasibly. reliable despatch:frim Charleston ‘ says Major - Anderson's supplies have, been ctit•oft, causing the utmost anxiety as to the : final:result.: Ex treme solicitude, is: everywhere Manifested ref- . alive to . the' movements nOeining,' the Fort, and tear. is.expressed, Indicating the near-ap riroach of bestilities unless an irnmetliateevec uation.takes'place. • , . A:NAilmor. Coftc:4•rroir.—the 'current of public' opinion seems to be rapidly setting in fa.:. Nor, of a National Convention'fOr the• settling of the questionii groWiag out of ,the Sciuthern revolt. We hopeit may ,he speedily carried out. 'lt is, in our opinion,. the only rhethod.by' WhiCh rotationthe 'diliculties can he arri, , ved.at. 'lf the rebel:States do not desiro Om to their ailogiancew.convention contO'fix 'the boundaries and kivvre the way for the ; re 7 cOgnitiOn-of their independence:-L,Vid S, Smith, (Dom.) was electetl on Friday 15th Mayor.ol the city ot grie, by a'majority. of 350 over his Republican opponent. A ma-, jority of the Councils'and other . municipal offi cers are also D'emocrat'ic. • „ - IritoreatingfFom ke'y West . . MONTOOMERiC., April' , 2.--Mr.. W.:11 Ward, the.editor of.the : Key.of the buff news. gaper, hits arrived'in ,this,city He itateuthat on the'.2sth, the•ateamer,Gen, .121181 c . drrive'd et . KeY.Wes4.vrith'2oo . treop! roc . .Key. Wdst and, 100 for•Tortugas. : ' • gybe' Crusader. : hid reached . Key'West,. with leaied.cirders,.. ;toiler charge of Capt. : Cravito r yviih.marinee, : ' , . .• • :'• • The Brooklyn wns going ibto Key 15 7 . , e5t, on t h e 26th., Ni doubt she left' 4er, trpqt4 nt,Ppit Pickens. • ' ':Tho Coinmissionera ,of Texas stifinTated•that the trisops on the General,linskititiould be land- • ed a t New York; 'The. Cornmandera of three companies on the General Busk .had. signed a doctiment '•erotieratinglcaptain.Smithi'of-the G er " R ua k,frorn all..btaMe I;lr:deception. •‘ ; Mr. 'Ward further States that by an *rival at Key West, on 'the 2Gth; the :report was re.. eeived . that the,Spanish flag ut.St.ponaingo.was hoisted, by lire French and Spanish .residents;— • The,Spanish PreSident had `. previously written , to.llavana, .stafing•tbat - the ,Spanieh' toreee; were sent thither, the.Spaniarda wont& hoist the• Spanish flag; whereupon fide Spinisliwar vessels, with : One. tliouSand, men, sailed frorn liavana, and took forinal possession ; of San mingei, tt aided by . Frenekcoriette , • Gen...ll,liramOn was it Havana,:endeaeoring• to - raise a force "tot the , 'purpose of: . .Mexico. The Spanish' arid .French- seent'.,to syrnpathize with themovenient,•and it was be hexed at Havana:on file 26th, that theieGov ernments, Would, by:the aid of their sgitadroni; asist such, an expedition litlanding at Vera It was,alse affirmed at Havana that an Eng- French and The fleet had 'sailed for Vera Cruz.. The object of this expedition was not- publicly kiTOWn., • A Co: , scinspoui Wir,r.—Messrs.•Curtis . Be Hickolr,• On Oil creek have .. a .fountaih Well,. which.wit..have:Oreviously•notieed. Tiley•hsee., .wit hid a PW: NVrieks,' gathered , without a puippi upwards 4.1 . ?00 bartelsof his well Bows every day, Sund ' a'ys excePted.. • Tliis fact is as true :ifs'is rernarkable:: . :we' commend .this well as, an example to all*.Who are not disposed to.tespeet the Sahliath,. Itii the model' . well of tlie - region 7 •—f'snancp Spectator. 'MOwI.:3IENT.-A movement lain pro gress New. York 'having for - . its object the trination ot h Union party, to composed of alt the ..elemehts 'opposed to. sectionalism, and against " ' the fOrthCr : agitation of the slavery question. " The 'German bernocratic:clubs are - talonz.a'plominent . part in . it. The result" of the Rhode Island election, it is - thongfit im.. put increased momentum to the formation of '.The Rhode. T%land State electio.O.wns field on lie d it, : resulting in a complete. 'triumph of. the Uninn arid Congervatiee.candidates: • The Union candidatelor,GOvernor, . was: re.elected l :.,by, a lartie majority: Theynion candidates for COn-: ~res~;' William P. Sheffield and George, H. Bra..vri,e;•• are 'elected over tiie: late ,Republicin members; Messii.:Robinson and Brayton. 'lc The Tion.•Joshoa R.,Ghilings; the iatber of the ,Ohio'airrepressibles,",has been assigned by the n'ew adMinistimtio'n the post of Cohiu) Gen- , • era) of the United t'ates,at; . ll.fonteral. stations him •ti the•northern terminus of..the G. G. R. R.., !ui.liere call superintend the ar-* rival Of,-.the.masteligers, • Und take the •genersl, oversight or the rood. • • • • • . , ' 'A: diepatell'fromWashington to theNewYork iferafd ear:, it Arili)fflee . t. of the na.vy'etated this morning that 'lee had reitson to . .believe that. a roptare . ‘vouldoccor between thi s country and Sp. : tin within twenty days." . ... The same ,paper st,t'te.s ,that there 1)&5 not beetretteh.4ctivirkti . tintt ani and nast.for along time es 'now ex- . . . • The t+i-at the elatteeti . i th - e ',erre ae;•nt CoOstitotion of the' Confederate thi , , African slay . e 0610,31.41'th. , Montgoi:nery - C(ingrels .10er'Stioes 'to two. .:§heth. Carbliiia and Flariaaoppo.o.l the re , triction, while Georzia, ALtbarna, tr)nisiana, and • iklissiepppi: adyo;ea- The Conne'eticlit Stet!! .eleetion'yes - held on the 'inst .! ! The Republicans eleef their !State ticket.. They losO two•Conare.ssiong reliresnr:- tativeq. : In the seeond, district..lot - oes E...Ene lith, nornoe! - a1 . .;:i3 elected by. 800 'majority, ovyr Woqrtift, ifPoh." Ferry; ,an . nitya .Re puhli,ian has been defeated Ore courthAllstriOt. ....The venerable 'Judge McLEAN,.'died at his 'residence •in Ohio,: on Thdislay'morning. His Oge . .tvas seventy-six, and tar: hearty thirty-One ,yeatiiiti has cicertpiee the high ponition of 'one Of the As , ociii.te:Justiees of the Supreme Court. of. United States,.having.been appointed by President Jackson.. . . . . . .It ismorejlian likely that FOrt• ,Piekens has, been. reinforcei)•by +he. 400. men on '.:board 'the Ilrooklyn.. The ailministraikin . has hourly air: , I . );ct.cd to Brooklyn., 7its . atiiick,•in is:hich . case or ders have been issued fora vigorous defence.' Tlie . city..electipn - passed nif qui . etly. The en— tire TY,ninicralic:Union ticket is elected bitabou.t A OF REAL NOVELTIFS' rdate.. 11 "THE PAPER NECK-TIE.".. (PATEITT APPLIED FQ.R.), 'This tie ismade entirely. of paper,: in 100 ferent style's, and in perfect.. imitation of Bilk; and other fabrics. The price is'ao low that a A. TL gentleman. may -Wear- NEW -EVERY 1).i1.1",.and yet not be ehargable. with extraVa gance, or one tie can be wore from 3.t0 5 days; 'if necessary tO Oconoenize . . . . 21---THE RELIEF-TIE.. • • • • (riiisTan JAN.. 29, 1§81.) This is doubtless the most perfect silk tie ever invented,. and Just.what the name im plies, ft perfe'ctloßeliet frornall further trou.. bit in, tying bows:. . , . • ~•. • • • : 3d--THE.DACEEDGE TIE.. . • .An exquisitely beautiful artiele 7 , it hes, only to 'he seen to tid mired. SMITH,& BROUWEE4 • : •• "Solo Manufacturete, N. 36 . Warren Street.,-NeW.York.. . . . . N. 8.--We toll in WHOLSAL,E . .I6I4,pERS ONLY. Gaudio ,. 'iVlex.chants .orcier our goods of .ANY WHOLZSAL,E..IIQUSE with Whom they are . P. :SEED. -FIFTY Busiil4S of ,the quality best Tlino ihy seed, raised 6.y and for salojit. - L. H. DOLLEY'S• Poo Allitany,lipril 11,• 1861.. • • _ MIMM