igttMttlikr glaritttian.
"Impartial---but not Neutral."
,„Acueie4a, a.
SArn*UY,,NOV - EeIER 17, 1860.
ItErtrBLICAN MAJORITIF.S.—The latest
information received indicate the follow
inajoritiee for Lincoln and Hamlin :
Stales. Electoral Votes. Majority.
sine;'" 8 25,000
Vermont, 5' 30,000
Neve Hampshire, 5 9,500
tassachusetts 13 '70,000
Oonneeticut, 6 10,000
Rhode Island, 4 4,537
Neat/ Yerk; . 35 50,000
reniisylvania, 27 . 80.090
Ohio 23 32,900
Inpiana,
lowa,
Michigan,
WiSCOCBII3,
liinnesots,
13 30,000
11 ' 15,000
4 10,000
6 25,000
5 15,000
4 6,000
169
Necessary-to a choice 152
Iyaft ox nis.SusQuiataxzra.—The Leg
islature of ldaryland having, at its re
cenksissiep, passed a law forbidding the
shpo,tb3g, of wild ducks, ac., from sink
boats,.sneak-boats, ac., the Sheriff of Ce
cil county Jest week embarked at Elk
-
tan, with a strong posse, and captured
fatikgpilners in the act of violating the
,The Elkton Democrat gays that
the grinners,-who number from 150 to
200 hardy, fellows, are- determined to re
aist, the execution of the law, and advises
the, pheriltto go prepared for a hard
fight,-whenever he attempts to arrest
them.
Wtoi's ele.Adah Mrs. Heenan
or Mrsaohn =Doe ? We have before re
feiraft to the snit of the proprietors of a
MUD% New York, against John O. Hee
nit, for' the board of his wife, Mrs. Ad
ahlstats likinken Heenan. The case
catieup4iniFtiday, when, in an argu
ment ofifi'ilibtion by Heenan's attorney
to libsfpinisi - the case, (on account of the
abgetice -, ortivitness,) this attorney said
that ha Would prove by the'plaintiff's ad
misSiOtituthat this'fair frail woman was
netthliwife; bet had her name recorded
viithithe defendlint's en' he books of the
hibleVas' "John' "Doe and lady." He
would 'rove- the character of this fair
fikally women 'he 'would prove that she'
hiultenteredltie same house with other
tmineyenough to spare for
thin : particular"evening. Me woould
pfostethatlhe•plaititiff expected to-get
fotattihrboard: from-Neil .Bryant. The
case was postponed to the January term.
The Washington Constitution pub
lisjyts, ons of;the forms of a Declaration
of tlpflekon4ence to be submitted to ,the
gentiflarolina Convention. Ifembra
ces_auportion of- the American Dtc aig
tion of independence with the liatiof
grievances altered to suite the iresent
condition of atfairo in that. State. A
copy of , this document, it is understood,
was laid before the. President.
'a - People of 'course are particularly
bitsi fOrmatiOn of - Cabinets for
21r. The 'last one, made up
on Fridiiy;tiies upon itr. Seward for Sec
retary of . Stati, F. P. Blair, Jr., for Sec
retary of, War, 'Henry Winter Davis as
SecretiirY.of the Navy, John Sherman,
for Secretary of the Treasury, H. Ether
ei)ge,for_PostMaster-General, S. T. Lo
gan: for Attorney-General, and John
liickin4 for Secretrry of the Interior.
A.writer in the English Agricul
tural Gazette recommends that a rase()
of steel belkept constantly in the water
to wbichlowls have access. Iron rest
he sari; is# an' excellent tonic. A roll of
brimstone is recommended to be
kept-in-the water.
srThe young_wife, of a wealthy pain
broket: ett Rbiladelphia, tried unsuccess
fully, on W ednesday . night, to palm off a
nOuriousinfauti borrowed from the alms
hease,, on , her husband.
The richest Min in Great Britain
is the Marquis of Westminister, whose
annual, income is about s7,ooo,ooo—as
much as the whqle estate probably of
Mr. Astor, the New York millionaire.
The Baltimore Sun states that four
hundred .and ten persons were confirmed
in oniiußomari'Catholic Church in that
city,: on gunday the 14th of October.
McDonnell, assistant post
' muter at Newry,in Blair county, of this
State; was arrested onßatarday last, on
the ,oluirge ot robbing the mail.
far The-official vote of New Jersey
shows the defeat of the fusion ticket.—
The result is thni Lincoln, 4 and Doni-
Ise, 3. .
garA: little girl was burned to death
at DaytOU, 0 . .,00 Wednesday by_playingg
with seme'ehavinge about the store.
MRS. LINCOLN.-A- correspondent of
The World who evidently sees the future
mistress of the White House in the most
favorable point of view, writes of her as
follows :
"She is yet apparently upon the ad
vantageous side of forty, with a face upon
which dignity and sweetness are blended,
and an air of cultivation and refinement
to which familiarity with the courtly
drawing-rooms of London, or the aristo
cratic saloons of Paris, would hardly
lend an added grace. She is admirably
calculated to preside over our republican
court. If one were permitted so far to
describe her personal appearance as to
meet half way the respectful curiosity
which is generally felt upon the subject,
the description would be that she is
slightly above the medium stature, with
brown eyes, clearly cut features, delicate,
mobile, expressive ; rather distinguished
in appearance than beautiful, conveying
to the mind generally an impression of
self-possession, stateliness and elegance.
I distrust my own opinion upon subjects
of the kind ; but I concur in the belief
prevalent hereabouts that she will make
as admirably a leader of the stately dames
and lovely demoiselles of the national
capital as the most fastidious social mar
tinet could desire."
Tux SECESSION MOVEMENT.—The ex
citement in the South still continues,
and the Legislature of South Carolina
has passed a resolution calling a conven
tion of the people, to meet about the
middle ' of December, to make arrange
ments in regard to the formation of a
Southern confederacy. In all the other
States the majority of the people are op
posed to disunion, and at Augusta, Ga.,
a meeting was held, called by the Mayor
of the town, for the purpose of expressing
the opposition of the people to secession.
The number present was large, and the
conservative resolutions were adopted
with much enthusiasm. Senator Toombs,
of Georgia, has resigned, as has also
Senator Chesnut, of South Carolina.
407,039
Down SOUTII.—The result in the
Southern States, so far as heard from,
justifies the conclusion that Breckinridge
has by far the largest portion of the
Southern electoral vote. It was on this
supposition that thousands have voted
for Lincoln. The end justifies them.—
Had the darling project of carrying the
election into the House succeeded, no
choice' would have followed, and the
election going to the Senate, Mr. Jo
Lane would have been our next Presi
dent. It is something to have escaped
that disgrace and danger.
Ili r Dr. Tyng, of New York, publicly
announced, a few days ago, that Messrs.
Ball, Black & C 0., had publicly, stated
that by renting jewels to women to wear
at the Prince's Ball. they had made
enough profit to pay the rent of their
store for a year. The firm referred to,
wrote to the reverend Doctor "respect
fully demanding" his authority for the
statement in order that they might 'Tub-
Hely deny it." Mr. Tyng verbally re
plied that he considered the letter in
sulting, and would make no reply what
ever to it, whereupon Messrs. Ball, Black,
& Co., speaking for themselves, and for
every respectable house in the trade,
pronounce the statement "absolutely and
totally false:"
erne following gentlemen, who are
to be the advisers of. Mr. Lincoln, are
mentioned : For Secretary of State, Jno.
Bell ; for Secretary of the Navy, John P.
Hale ; for Postmaster General, Schuyler
Colfax ; for Secretary of the Interior,
Tom Corwin ; Secretary of the Treasury,
the man Pennsylvania presents ; for Sec
retary of War, Cassius M. Clay and Col.
Curtis, of lowa. Henry W. Davis is
spoken of as Attorney General, but he
cannot be confirmed by the Senate ; and
neither will he be appointed, if Bell be
comes Secretary of State, as Mr. Lincoln
will.not appoint two Know Nothings in
his Cabinet.
fir Com. Paulding was among the first
voters for Lincoln and Hamlin at the
Huntington poll, L. I. That town gave
610 votes for Lincoln, to 721 for Fusion.
Highest best Republican vote ever be
fore cast, 454. Fremont had 445.
'The Jews in Philadelphia are about
erecting a magnificent' building for. a
Hebrew Orphan Asylum at an expense
of from $75,000 to $lOO,OOO. The lot
has been secured, and the work will be
commenced forthwith.
ifirThe Kent county (Del.) Court has
sentenced John R. Hamilton, convicted
of killing his wife, to pay a fine of $4,000
to stand iu the pillory one hour, receive
sixty lashes and imprisonment for life.
Of 'The Universalists have in the U.
States 652 preachers, 969 meeting hou
ses, 1.276 societies, 17 periodicals, 3 col
leges, 1 theological school, and 3 acade
mies.
It is stated that the Chinese rebels
have lately destroyed several Roman
Catholic-chapels, on the ground that it
was an idolatrous worship.
e'Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has re
ceived five hundred invitations for this
winter's lecturing tour. He has as yet
accepted but twenty-five.
The powder used at Old Point,
Virginia, in firing the great Floyd gun,
isin lumps as large as'hickory nuts', and
almost as hara4o granite.
44 -f - a
the wifeof one of the wealthiest mer
chant princes of New York wore a dress
at the great Academy of Music Ball, the
three flounces of which alone cost a
thousand dollars each. The lace used
upon the dress was only two hundred
and fifty dollars a yard.
A man named Coville, who recently
eloped from Columbus, Ohio, with a
young woman of bad reputation, leaving
a wife and two children, was sentenced
to thirty days' imprisonment in a dun
geon, ordered to be fed on bread and
water, and mulcted in a fine of one hun
dred dollars.
The Poughkeepsie, New York, Wide-
Awakes got into trouble the other night,
for parading a banner with a device rep
resenting Erastus Brooks smashing Bish
op Hughes with an axe. The Catholics
gathered in force, and a general row en
sued. - The banner was withdrawn, and
quiet restored.
The Prince having taken a fancy to
the alligatorskin boot, had a pair made
for him in Boston, whereby the size of
his foot was discovered to be No. 7.
Andrew B. Hutchinson, a soe of Jesse
Hutchinson, of Milford, N. H., arid a
brother of the well known Hutchinson
singers, died at the Lurßitic Hospital, of
South Boston, of chronic insanity, on
Saturday. He was fifty-two years of age.
The miners of Virginia, Placer county,
California, have notified all the China
men in that vicinity that they must
"clear out" in seven days from the publi
cation of notice to that effect,
One of the latest novelties of the day
is perfumed ink. In addition to its beau
tiful color, it has a delightful fragrance.
A man was cured of the hydrophobia
in New Orleans, on Friday last, while
suffering intense agony, by the applica
tion of a remedy known only to the per
son who applied it,'a Catholic priest.
It is said that well-informed parties in
Washington discredit Thaddeus Hyatt's
story of the famine in Kansas. They say
that the farmers had short crops, but
made enough for home consumption.
It has been given out that Joe Smith,
Jr., who has recently been made "Head
of the Mormon Church," has summoned
the faithful to return to Nauvoo, Han
cock county, 111., where their ancient
temple is located.
The last intelligence from Rome states
that the Pope has definitely renounced
all idea of quitting the city. Orvieto
will not be occupied by the French
troops, but will remain to Sardinia.
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The Bishop of Ancona having issued
a circular prohibiting the burial of the
Piedmontese soldiers in consecrated
ground, he has been requested by the
authorities to leave the town.
Mr. Joseph Proctor, one of our Amer
ican tragedians, has completed a most
successful engagement in Bolton, and
proceeds to Preston previous to his re
turn to London, where he is engaged to
plaY at one of the theatres.
There is a legend that Gibbs, the pi
rate, buried certain treasure in a cave in
the immediate vicinity of Newport, R. I.
A party of Georgians having detached a
piece of a rock near the cave recently, a
lady among them discovered a piece of
gold valued at ten dollars, the date of
which has not yet been ascertained with
certainty. Nothing more could be found.
During the Prince's visit to Boston he
saw an original letter of Washington.—
This interested him very much, and be
expressed a wish to possess such a relic
of so great a man. Mr.' Everett, next
day, gratified his wish by sending him an
original letter.
Mr. Briggs is a very enthusiastic au
tograph collector. Be is moreover, a
merchant of Manchester, England, and
wishing to get Gairibaldi's autograph,
sent the dictator four hundred knapsacks
complete, besides a variety of tents,
camp bedsteos, and other mihtary equip
ments, asking in return only the desired
autograph. Garibaldi, in reply, wrote a
flattering letter of thanks.
A Washington correspondent says:
"I send you now what is pretty well un
derstood as among the probabilities ; it
is that Gen. Lane will resign his seat in
the Senate, return to North Carolina,
and avail himself of a movement, said to
be on foot there, to elect him to the seat
now occupied by Senator Clingman."
Mrs. Mark L. Blunt, from Boston,
and Miss Addie M. Smith, from Derby,
N.H., recently made the ascent of Pike's
Peak--the first ladies who ever accom
plished that feat. The summit is 14,400
above the sea, and the ascent was the
labor of four days.
"Old Joe Sweeney," the original ban-
joist, died at the paternal mansion in
Appomattox county, Va., on the 27th
tat., aged 45 years. He had played his
favorite instrument in nearly every State
of the Union, and in many of the coun
tries of Europe.
Dr. Lyman Beecher, who cast his first
vote for Washington, was taken by his
son on Tuesday to the polls, that he
might cast his' last vote for Lincoln.—
As the venerable man, with flowing and
silvery locks, entered the room the
crowd parted right and left, and . silently
made way for him.
NEWS IN BRIEF
RAILROAD STOCK LEVIED Ox.—We
learn from the Harrisburg Telegraph,
that on Thursday of last week, the Sher
iff of Dauphin county levied upon all the
property and rolling stock of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company found in
that city, on two executions amounting
in the aggregate to $163,424, issued at
the instance of the Attorney General for
tonnage tax due the State, which the
Company refused to pay.' The case was
tried before Judge Pearson last summer
and judgement given for the above
amount. An appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court and the judgement affirm
ed by that tribunal. Arrangements will
no doubt be made to satisfy the Com
monwealth and stop fnrther proceedings.
HOME PAPER.—Stick to your home
newspaper. No matter if you are poor,
remember none are so poor as the ignor
ant eAcept it be the depraved, and they
too often go together. Keep your home
paper, though it may not be so large or
imposing as some city weekly, but re
member it is the advertiser of your neigh
borhood and daily business, and tells you
what is going on around you, instead of
a thousand miles away. .If it is not
printed on as nice, paper as the weeklies.
and as good as you• wish to have it, pay
the subscription promptly, and rely upon
it that the natural pride of the publisher
will prompt him to improve it, as fast as
possible.
THE INAUGURATION.—In addition to
the Bellefonte Fencibles, military tom
panies in various towns have determined
to visit the State Capital on the third
Tuesday in January and participate in
the inauguration parade. General Pat
terson, of Philadelphia, to whom the
command of the military on that occa
sion was tendered, expects to spend the
winter in California. Consequently, he
will be obliged to decline the invitation.
The command will therefore devolve up
on Major General Keim, and no man in
the State is better fitted for the position.
—Harrisburg nlegraph.
THE INAUGURATION OF CURTIN.-At
meeting of the officers of the Fifth Di
vision, Pennsylvania Volunteers, held at
Harrisburg, on Monday evening, Novem
ber sth,lB6o,Major General W. H.Keim
was chosen Chairman, and Major John
W. -Brown, Secretary. On motion Ma
jor GeUeral Keim was requested to is
sue an order to the Fifth Division Penn
sylvania Volunteers to parade at the in
auguration of. GOvernor Curtin, and in
vite the military of the State to partici
pate.
TIIE SOUTHERN ClTlES.—Nearly every
large city in the slaveholding States,save
Baltimore, which is as erratic now as it
was in 1856, have passed the most com
plete vote of censure upon John C.
Breckinridge. He is beaten by both
Douglas and Bell in St. Louis', New Or
leans, Louisville and Covington, - Ky.,
Mobile, Ala., and Memphis, Tenn., and
is defeated in Richmond, Va., by Bell,
and run closely by Douglas. All these
large emporiums of Southern commerce
are most emphatically for the union.
DEPARTURE OP ANOTHER PRINCE.--The
Prince of Nubia, alias Leo. L. Lloyd,
the young colored man wt.° was educa
ted in Boston, and has since established
himself in Liberia as a trader, left the
former port on Thursday last on his re
turr to his home in Monrovia, in the
bark Justice Story. He takes out $12,-
000 worth of goods, upon which he ex
pects a handsome return. The Prince
is a smart, gay, confident young man.
POSITION OF THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.—Governor Gist, of South
Carolina, having been nominated for the
United States Senate by a writer in the
Charleston Mercury, writes to that paper
that that if Lincoln is elected he would
not serve as United States Senator from
South Carolina, as he • could not "prop
erly represent a State that submitted to
Black Republican rule."
THE RULED ENVELOPES.—The run up
on the Post-Offices, for the new ruled
envelope still continues. The Post
master-General has just ordered an ad
ditional supply of fifteen millions to meet
the demand. The Postmasters through
out the country will be furnished with
the new envelope, with instructions from
the Department to encourage its intro
duction as an important postal reform.
A LITERARY OAB-DRIVER.—A prize of
£2O for the best essay on the effects of
Sunday cab•driving has been won by Jno.
Cockraun, a London cab-driver. At the
meeting at which the prize was awarded,
Cockraun told his audience that the es
say consisted of 19,000 words, and was
all written in the open air, on the top of
his cab.
A PLEDGE OF RECONCILIATION.—Mrs.
Sickles, wife of the Hon. Daniel E. Sick
les, who has been living in strict retire
ment, since the reconciliation between
her husband and herself, a few days agO
presented Mr. Sickles with a pledge of
that reconciliation.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE Ab/ENDMENT.—In New
York there was a proposition to amend
the Constitution so as to give negroes
the right to vote. This proposition was
voted upon at the election on Tuesday,
and was defeated by a large majority.
ogr." Pray, madam, why did you name
your old hen Macduff I" "Because, sir,
I want , her to "lay on."
AN UNENVIABLE PORTRAIT OF SECIZE
TARY COBB: Several years ago Senator
Benton in his rough, epigrammatic man
ner, thus portrayed the Georgian Fire-
Eater.
" Mr. Lackey, there is Cobb—he the
big-bellied one of Georgia, not he the
long-legged one of Alabama—once had
a little faith in him—none now, Sir—all
the good shelled off—yes, Sir, shelled off
--only cobb left, rotten cobb at that, Sir.
He wants to get ahead of Toombs ; 'lean
dog for long chase '—Cobb's a fat man—
fat men apt to be lazy, so he'll take short
cut to camp of nullifiers—mark it, Sir.
Wants to obtrude his seat in Senate, Sir;
afflicted also with the prevailing Presi
dential disease. Great God, what are
we coming to! Don't agree with Pres
ident on tariff—ruin us, Sir, in Pennsyl
vania—he is one of the President's high
er clerks, and President ought to kick
him out—kick him out, Sir—delicacy
should make him resign, but he will not
do it, Sir, as long as he gets that $B,OOO
per annum, payable monthly in hard
American gold coin—no, Sir—no."
THE VIRGINIA LADIES EXClTED.—Po
litical excitement runs so high in Vir
ginia that even ladies resort to the kock
down style of argument. At RiChmond,
the other day, two ladies, one a partisan
of Breckinridge and, the other of Bell,
got so excited while discussing the mer
its of their respective candidates, that
the fair damsel who espouses Mr. Bell's
fortunes struck the admirer of Breckiii
ridge over the noddle with her fan, break
ing a head ornament all to pieces, and
arousing all the terrible passions of her
antagonist's nature. At it they went,
and for a while silks, satins, laces, feath
ers, flounces and ribbons flew about in
wild confusion. The disgraceful scene
was only terminated upon the arrival of
a gentleman from a distant part of the
house, who hearing the noise, hastened
to the spot, and thus probably saved the
life of one or both.
A GOOD PAPER FOR EVERY FAMILY.—
All our readers may not be acquainted
with one of the most valuable agricultu
ral and family journals in the country,
now iu its nineteenth volume. We re
fer to the American Agriculturist, which
is a large and beuatiful journal, devoted
to the practical labors of the Field, Gar
den, and the Household. It is prepared
by practical men (and woman) who know
what they write about, and it gives a
great amount of valuable information,
useful not only to farmers, gardeners,
stock-raisers, fruit-growers, and those
who have little village plots,but to House
keepers also. We advise our readers to
send $1 to the publisher, ORANGE JUDD,
41 Park Row, New York, and try the
Agriculturist one year. A spcimen copy
can doubtless be had by sending to the
publisher. Those subscribing now for
the twentieth volume, (1861,) will get
the remaining numbers of this year with
out charge.
Cr Fred Douglass, the well-kn,own
and talented mulatto fugitive from Mary
land, a few days ago received a letter
from an individual calling himself Charles
Happ, and describing himself as a
"whight man," stating that he had been
informed that Douglass "had an onely
daughter," and was willing " to give $l5,
000 or $20,000 to any respectable ,whight
man' who would marry her and cherish
life ;" and concludes by declaring his
willingness s to make himself " agreeable"
on " those conditions. To this Fred re
sponds that Happ is a stranger,and gives
no referance for his character and re
sponsibility ; that his letter is dated Au
burn, without stating the street he lives
in, and that he may, therefore, be an in
mate of the penitentiary at that place ;
that he (Douglass) has not got $15,000 ;
that he has no objection to Flapp's com
plexion, but that his, "grammes and
spelling are so bad that he is not fit to
associate with Miss Douglass in any ca
pacity whatever."
Or Samuel Gladding, well known in
Rhode Island, on account of his various
occupations of shoemaker, beach con
stable and drummer, died in the street
in Providence, on Wednesday evening.
He accompanied the. Newport Wide
Awakes as a drummer, and died instant
ly, just after the battalion had reached
its position in Exchange Place. The
battalion had marched quite rapidly from
the boat, and on their arrival at the
place of rendezvous, NIL Gladding ex
claimed, "I think I shall not march any
more," and fell. Physicians were called
and they pronounced him dead. He
probably died of the heart disease or ap
oplexy. He was something over fifty
years of age.
wA few days since, in Columbia, S.
C., an overseer named Mitchell, who
had whipped a slave so that he died, was
convicted of manslaughter, and sentenc
ed to be branded and imprisoned for six
months.
'There are said' to be - in London
thirty thou Sand seiving women who earn
barely $1 a week, while working inces
santly sixteen or seventeen hours a day
in- Famine is apprehended in New
foundland, in several,of the outlying dis
tricts, in consequence of the almost total
failure of the fishery and thu potato crop
ga-P. T. Barnum is about to open a
Museum and Vaudeville Theatre on
Chestnut street', iu Philadelphia,
SECESSION ITEMS
Governor Corwin reached Washingto n
city a few days since, and is looking re
markably well. He believe's Lincolu"3
Administration will be highly national
and conservative ; but yet thinks a little
fear will be the best nostrum which can
in the mean time be administered to the
Southern extremists. He does' not think
it advisable for Mr. Lincoln Co give any
expression to his views until after the
Electoral College shall have met, as such
an expression would only be constructed
into an evidence of alarm on his part,
and would do no good."
We have iatelligeace that the Georgi a
Legislature will certainly enact laws re
stricting commercial intercourse with
those Northern States which have nulli
fied that constitutional provision which
has been truly called the corner-atone of
the Constitution. This measure will be
effectual, and is probably intended as a
substitute for secession.
Tennessee is decidedly against the Se
cession movement. Indeed, some of the
writers there ridicule the figurative style
of the Seceders, as making their cause a
laughing stock.
Virginia is by no means favorable to
the precipitate action of South Carolina.
Mr. Hunter reserves his opinions, with
his usual caution; but it is understood
that he is against the Secessien move
ment.
The notes of South Carolina banks are
refused in Baltimore in payment of fare
on the railroads diverging from that city,
and the opinion prevails that the banks
of that State must suspend soon.
800. Mr. Bocock is in favor of Vir.
ginia as a mediator between the Govern
ment and the Seceding States, should
they succeed. Perhaps her position en
titles her to that honor.
Information from Charleston says the
wildest enthusiasm prevails. The wo
men emulate the men in their enthusiasm
for secession. The Palmetto flag is
everywhere flying. Business, however,
is stagnant. Not a single bale of cotton
was being shipped North on Southern
account. Every third man wears a cock
ade, and only two Union'ist voters are
known in Charleston—one an old retired
Scotch nurchant, and the other a n•itire
Carolinian. The people do not mistrust
Lincoln, but they deprecate his advisers
and his party principles.
North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and
Texas are confidently expected to unite
in secession. A communication is to be
sent to the Governors of Maryland and
other States, asking their co-operation.
The Charlestonians think Baltimoreans
wili refuse to allow Lincoln's officers in
Baltimore to hold their places. This is
sheer nonsense. There are too many
Breekinridgers, Bellites, and others an
ions to get them.
The Leesburg (Va.) Washingtonian
argues the absurdity of secession doc
trines, and is copied approvingly by the
Norfolk Herald. .
The whole Union bought and paid for
Louisiana; it has spent millions of dol
lars in light-houses, custom-houses, and
forts. Can she walk out of the Union at
her pleasure, taking all this money with
her?
California and New Mexico cost us
$100,000,000 ; we have erected a mint,
custom-houses, and other public build
ings at an immense cost, and has she the
right to trudge out with all these, at her
own pleasure ?
The Wilmington (N. C.) Herald speaks
thus cheeringly for the good old. State :
"We will have trouble, and there's no use,:
in shutting our eyes to it ; but we feel
assured that the old North State will
stand firm, and whatever may be her de
termination, that she will act for herself,
and not for the 'Cotton States.' The
more secession is discussed before the
people the less they will like it."
The ladies of South Carolina have
started a subscription for a testimonial
to Caleb Cushing, in appreciation of his
services, exhibited in defence of the con
stitutional rights of the South. It i s
proposed that the testimonials shall be a
miniature, in silver, of the brig James
Gray, which hoisted a Palmetto flag on
coming into port the other day. The
brig belongs to Cushing Brothers.
A despatch from Charleston says :
The despatch stating that Mr. Breckin
ridge intended to stamp the Cotton
States in favor of the Union is much
commented on to-day, but meets no favor
in this quarter. Some go so far as to
say that, if he attempts to speak against
secession in this State, he would he tar
red and feathered.
There are quite a large number of ves
sels in port, but the stars and stripes are
nowhere to be seen among the shipping
or in the city.
The last accounts from Virginia aro
unexpectedly favorable to. Bell. The
full official returns may be necessary.
The five thousand stand of arms, re
cently mentioned as living gone South,.
were purchased in Washington by Vir
ginia for the use of that State. They
ws E of inferior quality.
Cr Late advices from Springfield
states that Mr. Lincoln is very much
amused itt. the cabinets which are formed
for bim by the newspapers. Even the
democrats of that vicinity Lave announc
ed his cabinet,' confidentially, which is
telegraphed to the New York papers as
genuine emanations froin head-quarters.
In the meantime ,Abe- keeps Ids :owo
counsel.