Newspaper Page Text
"Vk ToTTyrri^iTo31—yT 1T K huVt" kTcHMOND WHIG MTIKD.U .tlliHtllMi, VI H. 18, 1881. TO COHHEWfONDKNTS. w~ 4IUn cm bu»*m444 mmtt»4 aJJr44*4d to t*4“Idik>r of Ms W Mg. Ar*oU4*rVt>mom*ot\iUi44o/ Ms paper wrMI mol *sg*WMA « I. Tki* U a rw.'saf torn* ttomlirntf, *<vU to is kmovm to lit, ■ ui «ei!.' m a i '.us is Jtportod/rotm. (Jhituory utKS.inun - i; iir< I'.lvysi^r iu aa rsrMssmswto. •y ,*o< mwlortot* torotmrm rtf* itJ comiwwtsatb«i The l.rrsl KI«)J KuMmt). According to r< cent developments, history furnishes but few Dimes that will run parallel in infamy with that ol lohi. B Fluid. Ue deliberately robbed the Treasury ot u.itold amounts of the people's money—and then , sJW. He could remain to the Cabinet no longer, be « a i .• bis “boi.or was touched ’ Wfcat is Am honor, who hi; thni't his hauds into hooest men's pockets, and ta ken then from millious of mooe,- by the grossest abuse ol his place and statiou It is iu rain to put forward that ob'eure cletk. Bailey, to carry the mountain of Floyd's guilt into the wilderness of obscurity. Circumstances cannot—will not—lie. I loyd iwues un indefinite, unr. corded amount of illegal obligations. Rus sell A Co. cannot cancel them as agreed. Now read again, and remember, what method was auopted to get up >heee acceptance*. The following is from the report of the Committee of the House of Representatives: Mr. Lea did not introduce Mr. Bailey, to Mr. Russell, nor does he Mae that he appointed for them a place of meeting. yet it happened that these two persons did meet at toe War Department on the same dav that the intervi >w between Mr Lea and Mr Bailey occurred. Mr. R issell say* this was between the lith and 13th days of last Julv It was probably on the 13th day of that month. The chief clerk of the War Department, Secre tary Floyd - most intimate IrWuJ, Col. W. R Drinkard, was the medium through whom the introduction took place On that dav uiev had their nrst interview at the Wa- Department. Col Drinkard, as shown by his own e» idenc-e impressed Mr Bailey with the idea that Mr R issell wass gentleman of great respectability and pecuniary re -i.urce\ and that if the acceptances of the Secretarv of War were allowed to go to protest he (the Secretary i would bj "greuilv agoiu'-d and disturbed.” Mt *srs. K'lssell and Bailev bcid a private interview in the third «orv of the department, aud within a few hours there after Mr Bailev delivered to Mr. 2ussell < 150,0b" of bond- at the house of the Utter person »u lYaeh ugton ettv. and on the same evening the recipient return* i with them to New York. Mr. Ruseeli states thv he left with Mr. Bailev the note of Ru—ell, M.jois A Waddell in their stead as aecuntv — Ninetv of these one hundred aud fifty bond- were Mis souri's, and the bclioce Tennessee’*. Mr. Russell doe* uot recollect, at first, whether or no: the January cou pons were on the bond-, but states that subsequently the most of the bonds ware retired bv lam in older to obtain those coupoi s to return to Mr. Bailev, as he i Bailey) ws* positive in his request to have them returned. The cou pons having been taken off, the bonds were afterward disposed at. The object was, of course, to conceal the fraud; for, if the coupons were oti hand it was not pro babic that the bonds would be demanded or Inquired for. According to the s'ateni 'tu of Mr Russell, threw was no further correspondence or couimucicatiou between Mr Bailey and hiaiaa.ll until the September fol!o»iug — At that time he returned to Washington for the purpo e of obtaining others. An interview was held with Mr Bailey, the result ol which was that three hundred and eightv-seven bonds, in addition to those first takeu, ware transferred to Mr Kuss*ll on the follosit g day. The protection of the honor of Seeretarv Floyd, the neces.-! j, of providing for the other aeceptauees and the bonds previously delivered, and which weie alleged to have been hvpothectted, »ere a- igned a.* the rca^ous to* re quiring further a-slstauce. We call special attention to the fact, referred to by a Washington eon temporary, that this meeting was iu the H'ar Dtpar'mtnt—conducted on one side by the chief C >rk of Fl >yJ, and hi- most it.titrate fro nd. The oij'Ct was to sivethe Secretary from "disturbance and ayonu." The method of deliverance was to .steal a million of bon is from “poor Indians,” aud the fact to be kept a profound secret from F .1. Magnanimous friends I — Brave uieu will now and then die tor a friend—many will Buffer for another anything hut dishonor—but Floyd has luitndwhat uo page ci history h..- v.er embalmed, what no iin»gin*tion of poet or noveli-t has ever painted, a lrteu.1 in whose bosom glow- the celestial dime of tfie ptireft friendship, aud at the eani-ume a willingness to tes tify its fidelity by the foulest crime. Floyd made one ac ceptance for f i;:\0tlo at one time, which exactly makes up the sum necessary to cover the -tclen bonds, and yet knew nothing of the purpose for which that enormous aud unusual sum was needed. Which will y on believe, the bare word of Floyd, or these disinterested witnesses? But this committee biiug the Ulsehool uirectiv home to the Secretary. He assured Mr. Bcrjtmin that he was acting according to the custom of his department. Tl e Committee show that no such practice existed till insti toted bv Floy J. Moi -over, Floyd assured Mr. R t jun.iu that the practice -hould cease, and still went on to L-tue jfio-e ac eptancee. This is the only point where there i any evidence that lue President was at all acquainted with this finatieial ojierati >u of F'iovd. Two days after Mr. Bei jimin notifies the President, Floyd writes that Sena tor noth'* that A* - Halt issue :o more accept.meet. This im< .hmr in accordance tei/A the direction* of the Freeidmt to Ftoud. All subsequent acceptance* were ;u violation of the instructiou of the President and the pie iged word of Floyd. Dj not all the«e facts prove that Floyd is a living ma > Ot corruption from his head to hi- heels * And ought be not to be forever hereafter shunned and dopis*! by a cry honest maw in the laud* A KI • til-) Ar-uair*. t ■ Tbe Tcnce'" » Chvonute r* m-iks that, as an argu ment in favor of immediate Mces-icn, we are told that a m jority of the Northern States have violated the Con stitution, nullified a law of Congress, and aided in giving us a sectional President whese leading pol tical idea i o:>poM*ion to slavery. This is all true; and more than thu. the rime psrtv—acting upon the license granted them by the r olutiors of has virtually repudi ated * decision of the Sup cine i’ourt, a co-ordinate De partment of the Government. Bat does it follow, be cause lawletw fanaticism has done these things, that the Booth shall abandon its rights in the U ion—submit to these wrengs without astiugg'.e, and flv from the uplift ed arm of the e iemy and set k safety and protection un der at other gover ment ye: to be organized " Tt is is not the wav star smeu and brave patriots ought to so», and we tra*t thtt Virginia will not fly as lorg a* there is a chase* for victory, but bravely la.** the enemy, and, if defea'ed, then r*tr<at with honor to a poeitiou outside of the 1'uion. It will be a* e i»y to secede under Lie c >!u as it under the dotard »iio uo* dozes iu the White House, and it will te more magnanimous to dciy the Re publican leader, when the proper time comes, than to elude the imbeci'e gia-pof Buchanan for fear that a stronger hand may held ihe re -of G urnmn;' Should coer cion be the pc Key of the fare 'an. g Aduiiuistra'ion, Yir g.t.ia will stand ready to ti- .r ■ her whole duty, hut whtl -t that que-lion is in abeyance, i.er p :r.-uc the course diet it; J by tru" patrio irra ar d wisdom, and if the worst must come, she will stand acquired ia tb opiiicn cf mankind, of ail trsponaibiliiy for whatever xuay follow. A good cause md a clear conscience will be her shield and sitae in tie hour of trial, and should brave ii. arts ard sirot g arms he reeded to meet this v-iais, net the fewest of these will he furnished l thor Virginian* who arc tow stigmatized as submissio - ists. I.ncofa can barm ns no more if *e secede after his it-auguration llu i if we go Oat uow. In ti'.hrr ca-e, be wiU travc the army and navy, if he can make them fight, and thw emp'y Trra-ury, if he can make it available.— Why, then, should be te W1J up as a bugbear to fright en ua i ito hasty ic'iou * If he choose- to settle the con Inverted rights of the South by inaugurating civil wer, le t him ta.e the responsibility; but wiiiUt there is peac , let Virg nia strive to continue it by securing her own rights ia tie Un 01,and with them the rights of her sis ter slave State1. TrulUfully lutcrpr. ted. TLs voice of Virginia, at Ifce late elections, is eery ac vuiatfly interpreted b\ the Washington correspondent of l ie Boston CWwr. whl says "To* voice of \ irginit i- signiflcaui an 1 hcpefuL It is a knell to the disuniou i- a North no fees thau South. Attempts are made in both quarters to pervert it, atd to give it, if praaalbie, an iincatlaio soui d. Uo the |>art of the South, it ia pretend rA that a Unionist in \ rgmia is at twat but a m .a who ^r.U ioaiat upon -«cb ojLca-S'Ons fxotn the Norm as he knows sriiUot.fco asade And on the pan of the North, ■tfco "back-hoco” ami aompsawirt Iradrr*— disuniouists „ 1 fact-would faiu par's »de tb*®nej*fs wu their fol lvwas* that Virginia ha- spoken aw ampbatically for the j- Aau, 4nu no pro >j»a's fqr ooociltaiiou, no moeemeu :» wbatovar on thosr part, ar* ■ wda I to tecuro tb«ir adb - /.ue« to iW Uaioo as if is. .____ ■ t . both li.ibrUd view*. The truth, Mb uiuel aueb eases—I » betwc-iU them. TheUoiuiiisU of \ ir jjiuij—those who have triumphed ta tne recent election -are not uuconditioual I’niousts, or NmAmiitiatuiti, as the phrase w. They are true friends of the l uion. who will spare no * (forte, within the bounds of reason and their essential rights, to preserve it. But tho protection ot these rights they will lusisl upon, and a guaranty of a reasonable nature will be a tine </«« won of their adhe sion to the Union iu its present divided condition. It is iu this sen«e that the people of Virginia are right, and that the vote they have just given is hopeful. They have determined to stay in the Union if they can, or go out of it if they must. It 1 ee with the North to decide wheth er they shall go or remain—not with the representatives, but the people of the North ; and they will decide right( if they can but have the oppor*unity.’’ The t-'ourtli of vtarrh wad Reconstruction. The Free pitatiug Sec*ssionists are for going out of the Union by the -Kb of March. Some of them argue that if th s course is pursued the chances will be iucreas e I to bring about a reconstruction of the Government un d*r the present Constitution with additional guarantees. Whether they are sincere in the latter position, or mere |y hold out the i lea of reconstruction to strengthen the ctuseof iinmedia’e Secession, we cannot undertake to derid>*. But both the ideas are the most shallow and nutet able that we have seen advanced on the subject— T ey are of the class of humbugs both without reason and without eacuse. It is our duty to coutend by every hon orable eipedient to secure our rights within the Union, and after a thorough effort iu that behalt, if we fail, the failure wiil show that it is impossible to live in a political association with those who deny these rights. It will then be our duty, not by a false pretense of a right to “ sece le,’’ but hr a manly and dignified act ol revolu tion, to throw eff that government, and proceed to erect one iu its stead, which will secure our rights as freemen —and then the idea of reconstruction, a patching up of the old government, will he out of the question. It will altogether be a new affair, composed of just such elements as agree upon iis form and subrtauce.and upon none other. Any other theory but this is false and mis chievous. The people should not be cheated out of a government by anv such notions of the 4th of March and reconstruction as these to which we have alluded. The Action ol Virginia. Speaking of the result of the recent elections in Vir. ginia, and the probable action of the State in the present emergency, the Augusta Vhroniclt mnd-'itntintl—a lead ing Whig organ ot the largest and most prosperous of the seceded States—holds the following language, which is not without significance, and we accordingly direct at lanlio.i to its observations But while there U undoubtedly a most crushing raa ,oritv of the Convention opposed to Immediate seces sion, it is still no doubt true that Virginia wiil not con sent to remain in the Union, unless some adjustment be nude. What sort of adjustment will she n quire!1 Un i l. at. A* .Anl.l nrufur iKtt Pri'tAiiiliin I Vim nr niviitut_ pcrhajn rot only on hor account, hut iu the hope that it might' bring back the seceded States. However, the t .ent appearmee of things indicates pretty clearly, It. i' the seceded State? are rot for any hud of recon st ct'OU—at hast that s«;bh to be the feeling among tt deleg ties at Mourgomerv, though, ov and by, the [ topic !’ at spe.tk a different iaugutge, ui-lcss the Mont* gom* ry Cottar.-*- be exceedingly discreet iu its action. The'uncocditiocal rejection by South t'arolma, cf Vir ginias ptopo-ition® for r. conciliation and reconatroetion, hasco’ r.buted laig ly to the s ccess ol the opponents ol immediate 8. ee-'twit Virginia sees that the speeded S'..tes have not any dDpo-titlon to consult her wishes, htr lee lings, or her interests, and none /tit ytl to 1 sten to anv terms by which the Cnion may be saved, or recon structed. Therefore, with all sympathies for her South ern ahtveholdicg sisters, she feels that she has been suubbed, and, fcallaut old commonwealth that she is, she tur4i* he* attention solely to her own intcre*t and to the common interems ot the Border ot&tew ol the South— S us more intimately bound up with her d.stiny than the S» ceding States She feels conscious, that while she eattuot, iu houor, submit to Lincoln’s rule, except upon her term*,si e is . -r removed iu interest Irom the propos ed t'otot: 'state? I’onf d racy, especially as that Con fxleracv is for free r>\-ie direct taxation, and possi ble for the African .-Itve trade. Self ceutered, proud, great, noble, glotious, she mav ( consider other propositions than the Crittvuden com p ouiise. If she should consent, and her border sisters ol the south t:it't her, *o either the Border proposition or the Adams, we frit no ~0.'t af doubt she would get th no and t’ u- -ave her houor. The Bonier rttste Com promise. we belt -ve, is to prohibit slavery, by eocstitu it mat i-rovislon, Notth cf >t* d.g. SO mia , and leave all South to come into the !'t I in as o’ates, with or withetn slavery, as th*ir constitutions prescribe, wiih a distinct d- elarati .n tha' iu the meantime neither Congre** n*>r lTerti*o:itl I- gi future shall prohibit or establish slavery, leaving r to take the chances under the law, the Constitution and the d. cl-ionol the Supreme r'ourt. Adams propos - to admit N w ikxioo as a State, wi.ht r wi:hout siaverv, as i;> co" itu'i ui may prescribe—slavery being already rec gi.iz'd by territorial law—and to amend tn Co.' stitu'ian so as to prol ib:t Congress from ever in’erteriig with slavery in the S’atee, in any manner whatever. Locking to practical effect*, cither of these t r position* in iv perhaps be - tfclv at.d honorably tie cen'.ed bv the Borvl r Southern Stat. ? especially in face ot the fact that no terms at /.resent cun bring th*' Cotton St-iV- back- A< 'he ptittciple is “every man fot hitrseli, and th- d-vil take the hindmost,” we think it highly pro bable th . . itfccr the Bolder State, or the Adams ptopo -i nn! he -'. -factory to \ irginia and her immediate Si-ters, and that the Southern Confederacy may safely ce at on cot more than seven or eight otates, and no territory. Thus thiugs seem tending now, aceordicg to our acprefceneiou As we have refused to consult the Border Suita, and especially as we have declared our -epatalion yeryetuxd, no terms being listened to, we bi ll* vo the Burd- r State* will now leave us to ourselves, tl tn. v can get what will satisfy their nmi honor and in t.-,, its. But, we shall see what we shall see, soon. Ol R WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. /,, the Kditar nf the Whig WASHINGTON, Fell. 14, 18<«1. To dty the great Gaines c tse came up iu the Supreme Court. The question of secession will uot, it is now said, be rai-ed, owing t*> the fact that the case was appealed before the pa—age of the Louisiana ordinance. The fa ts of the case are briefly these On March J7, 1857, Mi? Mvra Cla*k Gair.es tiled a bill against twenty-four defendants, among them Hon. John Slidell, averring that she was the Fcle heiress of Darnel Clerk,and, as such, on. I tied to feme eighteen different perilous cf land, cotn -i: g, in the aggregate, neatly half the territory on w! h- i N'e« Orleans i* built, ar-d e*iiiiut. J of a value of » jmm. Judge McOale'i, oi the District Court, de cked adversely to Mis. Gai. e*. on the ground that there was no p-ot f of h. r being the legitimate daughter of Dmiel Clark. An apival ww t.k >n in Ju te, 1S5 J; tha re cord of the Circuit Court, sent up on appeal, amounts to I pages of manuscript, contai-;* ev.dcn e in Enghsh French, Spanish ami I.xtlo, and involves the consider:*, t ,>n «.f a!mo*t every principle of equity. Qii’ea -oncourte were a*-emMvd in the Court room, Mr*. Gtines,who is u w.:::iv:t of dwra'l- s*perseverance and energy, occupying a ». at withiu the bar, by her counsel. The Artillerv companies quart*red hero wereoutou |* nsylvaiia Avenue to-day, for exercise, presenting a ti e appearance. I learn that the guns of the Artillery a .1 the uiu-k ts of the Infantry wore fully loaded yes terday, and such disposition made that all the garrison here coaid have t>»e.i concentiated at any point in th-* «it| in h«U au hour. , Intelligence of the llth ultimo, from South Carolina, asv-rts that Foil Sumter will be immediately assaulted. S< ’utor Hunter raid* a powerful speech to dry agiins’ the lo in and tariff bill reported by Simmons, asserting thi* the at tides req lircd by the South were to be rated in the mod u' :U*t an ! iniquitous manner. I.incolu s In di i: ipolis speech has he**n productive of the profouud e«i sensation in Border Sra*e circles, and is understood to have r tar led, in some degree, the action of the P, ,ce Co’cre»s. Mr. Duchana 1 will leave for Wheat l.i d immediately after the fourth of March. CochraDe, el war YcrL, jre*c ts, o i behalf of the ladies, a stand ot col >rs to Company C, Washington Light Infantry, to 1.,/hL Pryor's resolution of enquiry, adopted to dtv, will hi c cu' the truth of the retnrts that the speeding Sena I, s ci 1 Representatives carried oft loads ot books, docu n, ts, see.'*, etc., at tke:r departure. I do not believe a word of the rumor. The office-seeking tribes begin io -haul in, and are said to be uncommonly voracious. SIC. TilK ABSTRACTION OF THE INDIAN BONDS- THE • RJ dDl-Vi s INSTRUCTIONS TO MR FLOYD. WasttiJii.TOJi, Feb. 1 . —In reference to the statement n Je by Senator Benjamin, before the Select Com mi* tea .it tie House, that he had informed the President that Mr FloTd was issuing acceptances to Russell, it is due to the President to sav that he immediately thereafter s, „t for Mr Flovd, at'd it quired by wbat authoti y he is ued them. Mr. F'loyd sold there was lo Uw for or (gainst it. but it had bteu the piactice of the D'patt u~. ot. Tli-* President said that tie practice was wrong, ai d instructed him to pay wbat he had issued, but to i - :e no more, which Mr. F'loyd promised to do, the Prv »i leut b iug under the impression that only a small sum ol money was involved. Tint EnsrorAL C'hcxch asi> Skciuiox.—In Louisi a* a the Protestant Epi- opal church secedes with the S ate. A pastoral letter Ironi BirLop Polk, of that die c . -e, cotitaius this passage : 'Our separation from our brethren of ‘The Protestant E . - opal Church of the Tailed States' ha* been efleeted, b. an e we must fo'low our nationality. Not because th re baa been any difference of oginiou as to Christian d c’.rine or catholic usage. Upon these poims we are » I mi With u* it i( a separation, not a divttion— ec tail Ir not ali.-oatiou. And thete is no reason whv, i! we should find ihe union of our dioceses under our i luauat church ineradicable, we should erase to ftel f<>- each other the rrspe.-t and rtgard with which purity o' minner*, high principV, and a maul/ devotiou to tr ith i ever tail to It spire in generous minds Our r< laliot 8 l, mb o her heietfur w 11 be the r» Ltions we bub low hold to the men of our Mother Church of E g l»nd." tlUOlMA lEOHLAmE. SENATE. Frida-:, Feb. 15, 1S61. The Senate was called to order at 11 o clock. A communication Irom tbc House, announced the p uwagc by that body of Senate bill for proiec'.iog fishe ries on the Potomac river and Chesapeake bay, with amendments, which were concurred in by the Senate. HILLS REPORTED. To incorporate the Staffordsville Toll Bridge company; to amend the charter of the Bank of Commerce of Fred ericksburg; for the appointment of a public administra tor in eai li county ami corporation; for relief of Celia Edmonds; to legalize proceedings on Sunday in certain cues; providing for the voluntary enslavement of George, Shcds.Sam and Sukcy, persons of color, in the county of Buckingham. A potitioa waa pre-ented from the commanding officer of the lt-lst regiment Virginia Militia, asking for a work on military uciica. RKLIZV 1*0R THK BANKS. Mr. ISBELL called for the order of the day, being Hjusc bill for the relief of the Banks of the Common wealth, reported by the committee with an amendment providing “that it shall be the duty of the several banks and branch banks, of the State, whenever required by the Governor, to redeem, iu specie or specie fuuds, such an amount of their notes as may be necessary to meet the demands upon the treasury of the Commonwealth, and to this end the contribution shall be rateable, and in proportion to the amount of the notes on each bank or branch bank, which may be received by the treasurer in payment of public revenue." The amendment of the committee was agreed to. Mr. ARMSTRONG proposed an amendment, which elicited some discussion between Messrs. Armstrong, August, Wickham, and others. Mr. ARMSTRONG finally withdrew his amendment, in order to purfect it, and on his motion the bill was laid oa the table, and made the order of the day at 11 o'clock to-morrow. BILLS PASSED. The following 8 nate bills were taken up and passed : Senate bill amending the 6th section of chapter 165 of the Code of Virginia, to compensate Attorneys for the Commonwealth in the Circuit Courts in cities and towns for service heretofore rendered by them. Increasing the number of permanent clerks in the of fice of Auditor of Puhltc Accouuts. For the relief of the securities of James R. Courtney, of Westmoreland county. The following House bill was also passed Incorporating the Sweet Calybeate Springs Company. RESOLUTIONS. On motion of Mr. AUGUST—Resolved, That a select committee of three be appointed to enquire into the ex pediency of reporting a bill authorising Howell L. Thomas as Attorney for Jacques and others, to convey certain teal estate. Committee—Messrs. August, Isbell, and Bruce, who subsequently reported the bill. The following resolutions of enquiry were also adapted: Bv Mr. CRITCHER—Authorizing the Monticello Bank, or the B.-.nl. of the Commonwealth, to establish an office of discount and deposit at Mona.-t.on, in the couuty of Lancaster. By Mr TALIAFERRO—Of relieving the securities of Thomas K. Davis, late sheriff of Ptiuce William county, for the vears 185?-'68. By Mr. AUGUST—Repealing so much of the law as imposes penalties upon eheritls fot failing to pay into the treasury monies received bv them for the State. On motion ol Mr. PENN1 RACKER, the Senate ad journed. UUKO*. ur liMiMiAirj. Febrcart 15, 1*61. The House was called to order at 12 o’clock, M. bv the Speaker. A communication was received from the Senate, an nouncing the passage of certain bids, and asking the con currence ot the House in the name. SENATE BILLS FAS3I2. Amending hu act incorporating the Farmville and Buckingham I'iank Road company, amending an act ir»ii*ferit’g a part of the Pi ices Mountain and Cumbei laud Gap Road to the Mountaiu Lake and Salt Sulphur Spriugs Turnpike company. REPORTS OK COMMITTEES. Incorporating the Independent Female College; incor porating the town of Anbury; incorporating the Staun tou Armory and Ordnance Company ; amending au act ineorporotit g a company to construct a railroad on the plan of Jallies S Kn-uoh between Aicandtivand Wash ington. inccrporaiing the trans-All-ghanv railroad com pany; Seuate hill staying proceedings on trust deeds i > cases where notes will not be received in payment of debt; authorizing the Governor to pardon a negro -lave, Tom; amending the 36th section of chapter 38 of the Code; providing for summoning jurors in the Hustings and Circuit Courts of the t,.wo ot Lycbburg; incorpora ting the Merchants' Savings Bank; incorporating the Stutlbrdaville Toll Bridge coin pant; refunding a certain sum ol mom v to Hugh 11 H te; incorpo-atirg the Heme Savings Bank, and the Aid Savings Bank of the city cf R cbmotid. ADVERSE REPORT. To amend the *th see. of chap. of the Code. PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. BAILEY—The petitions ol citi/ens of Mt Pow ell county in r imion to the removal ol the Court-house of said county. B> Mr. lllrfdlL—The pe i ion of citizens of Upshur county, a.-king t:» have r* funded certain sums of money, iiv tiii in cnoocously paid. Also of citizens of the same couutv, asking the |.,.>-age cf a Stay Law. By’Ml. A I. PERSON-For the formaiion of anew county of parrs of Greenbrier, Isveite and Nicholas. By Mr HARRISON—Of citizen’s of Rockingham coun ty, lor the relief of John Robinson RESOLUTIONS OP IKqriRT. Bv M". DICKENSON—To amend the 4th section of chapter 141 ot the Code, so as to allow a greater rate of inti rot lhan six per cent, bi special contract. By Mr. SEGAR—Of allowing to Henry Exal! his claim fo furnishing a plan of alterations in :he hall ot the House of Delegates. By Mr. DAVIS—Of changing the existing law on the subject, so as to allow the oiliccrs of the 131st regiment u hold their trainings at Lynchburg. By Mr. PORTER—Of ameuding an act providing for the repair of bridges and roads in the counties ol Brooke and Hancock By Mr. MALLORY—Of refunding a certain sum of mom v to Joseph W. Harper, of Dinwiddie. Bv Mr. NELSON—Of allowing commisrions and re mit tii g daniagts to the sheriff ot Fluvanna. Bv Mr FRIEND—Of amending the -‘8th section of chanter 1*4 ol the Code of !*4.v Bv Mr. .MILLER ol S.—Of refunding to David Kipps taxes cironeouslv paid. By Mr. DUCK WALK—Of so changing the present law pre-cribing punishment for petit larcenv, as to authorize courts and juries to -eutence luch convicts to labor on the public woiks Bv Mr. IlAYMOND—Of providing by law that writs shill hereafter be made returnable to quarterly courts in stead bt monthly lule*. TIIK JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA CANAL. On motion of Mr. HI NT, the following resolution, of fend by him on the 7th instant und then laid on the table, was taken up and adopted : /.- . Irtd, Thai the OobbIumoI Roads aa I Internal Navigation B oof, if »e.y, of ihn utility cf the li ci of lieili t Mil Dr* * A Co., to execute tlitlr c Uitrarl mi.lv la Au<uii Usl f rr the pu cliiac and completion of th» James River and Kautwha CanaL THE COVINGTON ANI> OHIO RAUROAP. A hill for ih • panial suspension ol the *>lo of State bonds, and to provide lor the completion of the contracts at'-ly inadetn the Covington and Uliio Railroad, carnc up on its second reading. Mr. CAPERrON moved that the bill bo advanced to its engrossment. Mr. McKENZIE dc-ircd to amend the bill by striking mi' the words, “but no uew or additional snbs;riptions >h ,11 he ma le to any joint Stock Company. He said re di.J not de-ire to put any ohs aeles in the way of tke fr ends of tbe Covington and Ohio Hnlroad. It was no doubt proper that relief to the connectors should Le grant'd by au issue of fSOo.OitOin Treasury notes inkeu of that amount of S'ate stock; that it was necessary that this great work ahoul 1 be completed to the White Sul phur Spiine- at the tarlies; pos-ilde d.iv; th ;t the pres rnt stete of a If drs was brought about, not by tl • c >ntrac ors upon the wo. k. who, in miking tuei. eoutiacts, es iinit* d the value of State securities at $90 or $95, but a gloom had come over Virginia, as well as over the whole I'uion, by the political troubles of the day. He hop d for better times, and that the Commonwealth won! 1 ir on b • relieved of her existing embarrassment, if our ho. es from the efforts of the Peace Congress prevailed. Taii beiug-o, he predicted a rapid advance iti Stale se en ilies. 1’util then, it was proper and necessary to pas? this bill at the same time, it was but justice to other State works that they should not be suspended until 1st December next. Mr. H lYMOND opposed the striking out, and enter ed into an argument of considerable length to sustain his approbation of the bill as it stands. Mr. CAPERTON urged the advantages which in hie ju igetneut woulJ result Irom the pa-sage of the bill in it' present form. After a protracted debate, Mr RIVES moved the iu dtlinte postponetr.ct t i f the while subject. Mr. MARTIN of Henry, moved to amend the motion to postpone by layiog the bill and proposed amendment on the table, with the unde standing that he would call t&eni up to day. Mr. RIVES withdrew his motion to postpone, and tLe motion to lay on the table prev died. Ou motion the House adjourned. Tns Co r or Bowuarmm; — A letter from Charleston to the New Oilcans beltu gives the following item of the ex ense to be incurred in the siege of Fort Sumter: Every guu fired from Fort Sumter co-ts, on au av< r age, thirteen dollars. Every gun fired by the Sta'e will be an average expenditure ot nine dollars. A prominent officer of Fort Moultrie inform- me that, by a close cal culation, it has been ascertained that when iU batteries open the co.-t per diem to the Slat -, at that fort alone, w:ll exceed $1.">,000. Pretty heavy, that Hut this is the surest way of mast- riug the fort, and we had be;tcr spend money thau lives in its ac-ipis'irion. Hotel to bk Closed.—The Philadelphia American states that after the 1st proximo the Girard House will b« clcsed. The lease, having still more than a year to run, has been transferred to Mr. Stevens, of the Conli ueutal, for the sum of *:;u,i»0«>. After the 1st of March it will be cWs d, and used only to colonize guests rhould the Continental overflow. Terrible Weather ts Esulami—During a recent ter rific snow storm in England, forty of the laborers on the Rosed*le railway, driven from the works by iho severity of the weather, sought shelter in the Esklitt huts, on a b’eak Yorkshire moor, where thev were snowed in, and ovtr lot tv-eight hours elapsed before they were dug out, a'most exhausted with cold and hunger. COLONEL DRINK\RD-TORTEGAS Wasmaoro:*, Feb. 14—1 bear that Colonel Drinkard, chl»f cl tk cl ihe War Department, has been remove^, »nd that Mr. Pitts, former chief clerk, Ins been ap* po 11 ted Re in force men’a have left today for Tort u gas. VIRGINIA STATE CONVENTION. Fridar, Feb. lft, 1881. 4 Tbe Convention tv va called to order at 12 o'clock. Prayer by tho Rev. Dr. Duucau, of the Methodist Church. The President anuouuccd that the first business in or der waa the ELECTION OF SECOND DOOR K KECKS. The following nominations were then made : Mr. Formes nominated J. J. Winn, of Albemarle; Mr. Mi Comas Dominated H. S. Coleman, of Stafford; Mr. Gregory nominated Roscoe Burke, of King William; Mr. Tredway nominated S. H. Jeter, of Richmond city; Mr. Speed nominated W. T. Leake, of Goochland; Mr. J. H. Cox nominated Wm. Welch, of Chesterfield; and Mr. Montague nominated Joseph Tompkins, of Chester field. The roll was then called with the following result: For Mr Jeter 33; for Mr. Leake 34; for Mr. Welch 20; for Mr. Coleman 20; for all others 10. No person having received a majority, Mr. Morton moved that all the candidates except the three highest be dropped. Agreed to. The roll was then again called, with the following re sult : For Mr. Leake 40; for Mr. Jeter 4t>; for Mr. Welch 31; for Mr. Coleman 27. There being no election, Mr. WISE arose and said that tiie occupation of tbe time of tbe Convention in the elec tion of a Doorkeeper was like “fiddling while Rome was on fire.” He would, therefore, move that the rules be suspended with tbe view of declaring one of the candi dates, be did not care which, duly elected. The motion was disagreed to. Mr. C. B. CONRAD then moved that the plurality rule be adopted for the next ballot. Mr. BRANCH opposed the motion, and it was rejected. The roll was Again called, (Mr. Coleman’s name being dropped.) and it appeariug that neither candidate hud received a majority, several members changed their votes in favor of Mr. Leake, and as that gentlemeu thus ob tained a majority of the Totes cast, he was declared to be duly elected Second Doorkeeper. The vote was record ed as follows: For Mr. Leake 79, for Mr. Jeter 42, and for Mr. Welch 24. THE COMMISSIONERS FROM THE SOUTH. Mr. WM. BALLARD PKESTuN, from the committee appointed yesterday, presented the following report: The Committee K| pointed by Ihe Convention to wait upon the Commussloners from the Slate* of South Carolina, I reorgl a, so • Mis sissippi, t > Invite them to accept seat! on the Q>or of this Conven lion, anil Inform them that the Convention Would receive any mea. •agea from them, respectively, a! such time and In such form aa they might choose, respectfully report: That the Committee waited upon the gentlemen named In the resolution yesterday evening, and stated to them, as directed, the pu port of the visit. Tbe Oommiaaloueri expressed their grateful aense of the coutteay shewn to them personally, and Ihe honorabl • eoosldrrat'on of their mission, ar.d accepted the tender of seats up in this Door, (which they now occupy,) and said that If It ah' u'd suit the convenience of the Conven Ion, tht> desired to address It orally on Monday next—all of which they requested the Committee to communicate to the Convention. ADMISSION or REPORTERS. On motion of Mr TREDWaY, it was (I, That the editors of newspapers, published In Ihe city cl El hmond, snd reporters for such papers, be admitted to seats In the Convention, under the direction of the President. COMMITTEE (II ELECTIONS. On motion of Mr HAYMOND. it was IttMoiid, That the Presldmt o' the Convention appoint a Com mltt-e i>l elections, consisting of thirteen members, to whom shall be referred the leturnsof delegates andal. mitten relating to con teeti for seats In the Convention. RULER FOR TIIE CONVENTION. /'nnlctil, That the rules of the Virginia Coaventlon of ls50, so far as they are applicable, be adopted for the government of this Convention, aud that KUO c plea of tbe same be printed fur the use of this body, PROPOSED CHANGE OS HALL. Mr. Sl’KKD offered a resolution to provide for a change of the place of meeting of the Convention, which, On motion of Mr. WOODS, w«r indefinitely postponed. I KI K A I Mr. CONRAD, of Jefferson, ofl'-red a resolution for the appointment of a Committee on federal Relation which dieted some debate. Mr WISE objected to the resolution because it, (the committee; would be the monopolists of all determinate action on the subjects referred to them. This was not the time to submit to such arbitrary powet. (Applause ) Mr. CARI.ILE said that if the applause in the galle ry was renewed, he would be constrained to follow the illustrious example of Senator Ma-on, and move that the gallery be cleared. Mr. WISE hoped that the gentleman from Harrison i Mr. Carlile, | would imitate thut Senator, so far as to try with him to save the country, (Croat applause.) Mr. CARLILE then moved that the galleries (except the one occupied bv the ladies) be cleared, but on the appeal of Mr. MAUFARLAND, withdrew the motion. Alter lurther remarks by Messrs. WISE. CLEMENS, and CONRAD, the resolution was modified, and then adopted as follows - ttf- U' i, 1 fiat • Coounltitee, to conatjt of twenty-on* Delegate*, S-lerleii troll! ih- ilifferetil jecUon* , f th- Stale, to t. ■ tertn-d the • i umnltte- on Federal Relitlouj, be appointed liy the Prejldent, T . iild . .-nxlttee all -eiolut'onj too I. n* federal relation*, which may be offered In Ooneentloa, shall li* refe red wlihout debate o'her than that the number ofetln* the p opealtlon may explain the eldest th r*of, and any member mar ntjwej to the -xme, ar t anl.ro his teuton therefor within the hmUnf thirty itlcutcaol tin.- and It ihslt be ttie duty cl the Committee, from t'me to time, I., repott upon th - jam- to the Convention for !tj action. TI1K TEMPORARY SECRETARY. On motion of Mr CRAY, it was Pttntrtil, That the thinia of this tody be tend-rej in Win. F. , u, Jr.', K , Clerk of the Hmn of Delegate*, for the hand game manner la which he ha* di» harmed the dut.. a of temporary Secretary of llie Viry nla Cu.-.vrii*ion. THE PEA K CONf.RESS. Mt. WILSON oil’ted the following resolution wliich was laid over under the rides : ft, That the VI ,ilali Cmitii'**lonen to the peace refer ents new tu ie■ ilon In ttie i ty of W i h nyten, be re*pe. tfully re ou - e1 ta report to this body at Per e*r!ic»t conveneace, whither tn their i.; Inr n any remit a cept it.le to Virginia maybe expected fr;iu the Ji liberation* o' their bedy, ELECTION Ot PRINTER. On motion of Mr. JOHNSON, the Convention proced cd to th» election of Printer. Mr. JoilNSOX nominated Mi. Wvatt M. Elliott, of Richmond city, and no other nomination being made, die vole was taken and Mr. Elliott was unanimously electeJ. On motion of Mr. 11AYM0ND, it was y.vWrcd. ThalthePiltttertJthUCouvetiii.il nceli* the *»n - pai for i.U nervlce* a* the Printer to the Uoiiseof Uele/ate*, for similar wotb. APPOINTMENT OF PA0EH. Tie PRESIDENT atiuounced that he had appointed the following Pagi s, out of a large number of applicants William M. Talntan, Edward Gay, August Rosen, and Arthur Flegen. INVITATION FROM THE V. M. C. A. The PRESIDENT presented an invitation from the Young M.m's Chtisiian A»sociati-m to visit the Library and Reading Rooms of the A-soriation. t'ONTKSTEH ELECTION. Mr. KENT presented the petition ol Mr. D. D. Lane, contesting the election of Mr. John D. Sharp, the dolt pate leturmd from Lee eounty. Referred to the Com mittee on Elections. PERSONAL EXPLANATION. Mr. WISE arose to vindicate himself from accusations that had biett baudied about in this city and Washing ton. He then erqnired if Mr. Stuart, one ol the dele ga'es from Augusta, was present. Mr. STUART responded that he was present. Mr. WISE then proceeded to say that he had been in retirement for onie time past, and had uot interfered in public concerns—not even meddling with the cleetion which brought him to n seat in this Convention While at home, sorrowing and suffering, he heard the report that he was heading a revolutionary party to commit all sott-of ottlr iges at Washington. Hu Imd been written to by friends in the North, who informed him that they could uot conv ince nten ho was not at the city of Wash ington, in dit-gui-c, or in the fastnesses of Harp-rs Kerry. He could tell them that il ho had been to dis posed, he could have sent 20,000 barrels of gunpowder to South Carolina, and if anything could have induced him to do to, it would have been this slander ttpou his reputation. Mr W. then sort to the Clerk’s table a preamble and re olution offered some time since in the Senate of \ tr ginia, by Mr. Stuart denouncing the reported design of a descent upon Washington, oj certain raiu uuu advised" citilirens of Virginia. After the pa|>-r was read by the Clerk, Mr. Wise asked if Mr. Sti art included him among the persons re ferred to. Mr. STUART «aid he had no hesitation in deflating that he never dreamed for a moment that the gentleman from Princess Anne (Mr. Wi-e) was implicated in the r. ported conspiracy. It was a matter of notoriety known to all, that “rash and ill-advised p?rsons," among whom he di I not include Mr. Wise, were reported to have contem plated an attack upon Washington. lie (Mr S.) receiv ed private 1- tiers which assured him that these repor'S hid obtained a lodgment in the public mind, and that the consequences might he dtsa-ircus. He, then fore, f 1* it to be his duty, as a member of the Senate ol \ it - ginia, to offer that resolution. He tool: pleasure in ac quitting entirely the gentl* man ftom Princess Anne, of anv participation or any belief that be had any partici pation itt the reported designs. Mr. WI'E thanked the gentleman for hn satisfactory explanation. If there had lipen any foundation lor the cha-gi* contained in the resolution,ati investigation should have bi on ordered. That course wa« pursued at Wash ington, and thty found no evidence of the fact. Mr. \V. t' on read a letter Rom M- a n Jt o. A. Harman and Jno. D Imbodeti, of Stnuiitoti, addressed to Senator Beverly bought*, cfttilvii,»that they had a conversation with Mr. Stuart, at the Exchange Hotel, in which he declared that he hmi information that one of the first acts of the Con ventiou would be to evi ’t the present Governor .and in stal the Ex Governor (Wise,) etc. Mr. Wi-e said that so far as he was concerned, there was not the least shadow of foundation (or ihe statement, and he was compelled to ask the Senator (Mr. Sti art,) for the fact] as he ULdi rstood them. Mr STUART replied that the information in the letUr was aa entire mistake. He never had, nor professed to h ve, any such information, except as au on Jit which w s current in the rotunda of the Exchange Hotel, and he may have repeated it to those gentlemen, in a casual conversation He never brlit-ved that tie gentleman from Princess Anne would lend himaelf to any such pur pose. Mr WISE said he was v. ry happy to meet the gentle man here, and to shake hands with him. He then pro ceeded to remark that he may have mi-sed his destiny. If he had this gubernatorial term, he would have pre ferred it to the last. He would rather have command of the military forces of Virginia now than in the John B.-owu raid He thanked God that he was of hot blood. He believed that the aphmistn of Andrew.Jackson is tru’h : "By the R’ernsl God, there is policy in tasbeew " He (W.) never did a rash thing without calculation, aud the more sudden the ait, the more be calculated. When he wss compelled to take a revolutionary stand, and God forbid that he ihould have to lake it, it shall bi stick a stand as I i] father bid biui t»k> open t lid above board defying the halter and the sword. In con cluding, M-. Wise s«id that if Vi-ginia f ibd to terist the eu roachuiruts of Vandal Black Keput li •anisin, Vie woo'd ru-h to some other State, and bid her come and help l>D mother He would do all ha coul 1 to save, aud then to tight if he coul-l not save. On motion of Ur. Uo.iTAGl'Jf, lha Convention ad j timed. C'aOLO’-'N K.—Gtnclor Fsrli a C lognr.cl the fa- out 4711 J brand, la Iona bottli* ch a *r than ev«r. iota In l-lclis nd, *t KD. T. IOBINSON liras Slo- e, leg t.h and Frabklm. Progress of the Revolution. Tho majority of the Legislative Committee of Michi gan which has had under consideration the question of repealing the Personal Liberty bill, now in force io that State, reporta that the law is constitutional, and that there is no occasion for striking it front the Statute Book. Governor Perry, of Florida, sent in a message to the State Legislature February 2. He informed that bo. dy that, like the F.gyptians of old, the United States were hardening their hearts against the seceding Slates to dr* nv them the privilege of “going out." To establish this position he cites the recent course ol President Buchanan in sending troops to reinforce the Southern forts, and the action of the Legislatures of the Free States in pledging men and money to sustain him. The troops of Florida are under arms at Pensacola, and Governor Perry cplls upon the Legislature to provide means to keep them there. Preparation, he says, must be made for war. Mr. Seward is said to be uneasy at the tone of Mr. Lincoln's Indianapolis speech, and the position taken by Mr. Chase, with that of the New England Republicans, in the Peace Congress. It is rumored that Secretary Toucey’s premature ac ceptance of the resignation of otlicere at Pensacola is to be inquired into with other matters, showing complicity with Secessionists. The United States revenue-cutter Ilarritt /.an* is lo be temporarily converted into a man-of-war. She is re ceiving at the Brooklyn navy yard a new aud formida ble armament. Four thirty-three hundred weight guns, one twelve-pound howitzer, and a quantity of shot aud shell will be put on board of her, together with a marine guard. The Pennsylvania Legislature proposes to pay the Commissioners lo the Peace Conference £8 per day, and the same mileage that Congressmen receive. The Legislature of Nc» Mexico has passed an act for the election ot delegates to form a Stale Constitution, which is to be held in May next. Tho delegates are to meet in June to discharge the duties which will thus le imposed upon them, and the Constitution they form is after ward to be submitted to the people, for ratification or rejection, at a general election to be held in Septem ber. J. W. Mosely and ColonclS. I’iercy Ellis, of Louisiana, A. B. Jordan, of Virgiuia, and J. B. Ezel, and Y ites, of South Carolina, clerks in the Census Bureau, at Washington, and W. J. Stowers, J. A. Barksdale, J. W. Pulltan, H. C. Worthington and H. A. Kincannon, of Mississippi, H. Allen, and E. M. HarrolJ, of Georgia, clerks in the General Land Cilice, have tendered their resignation, and in most cases departed for their homes. Litters from Mobile of the 8th instant slate that there were then garrisoning Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines about four hundred State troops, who are relieved every teu days. The ammunition for the South, seized by the New Vork police, ou Wednesday, consisted of a boi contain ug lojDOb Sharpe's rltie primers, or caps, and another 'nitninirur H tMiii hall cartridges ready made un lor me. riiey were destined for Savannah. During the day, Mr. [.auiar called upon the superintendent of police, and dt nanded the teu cases of Georgia muskets, which are et 11 letained, but the superintendent said he would not t’f • iver them except upon a legal process. THE PEACE COHERENCE. It was announced yesterday morning that the commi1 ,ee ol one from each State, appointed by tbo Peace Cot - erence to repott a plan of adjustment of our national roubles, had, after a protracted session, lasting nea' y 10 1 > o’clock on Wednesday night, adopted, by a d» }i.-ive vote, the main features of the plan introduced by ' ;he Hon. James Guthrie, of Kentucky. This plan, puhli.-hed iu the UViig a few days ago, etr. jraces the principal features ol the Crittenden resolu ;iotis. It has, however, been amended in some particu trs by the committee, and requires a vote of three iburihs of all the Senators for the future ac quisition of trrritory. Whether the report of the committee will be xloptcd by the conference, and, if adopted by them, whether it can receive the sanction of both branches ol Congress, are questions yet to he determined. The Wxihington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, la'ed the Mtb, says • Toe committee of the Peace Conference will probably ■epoft at noon to-morrow. The votes taken in the com mittee last night show that the Guthrie project of ad ornment has more strength than any other. The anti -ompromise republican members of the conference arc to much alarmed by the prospect of some arrangement that they have taken steps to bring a Michigan delega tion here, and thus it is expected to produce a tie in the invention and prevent any action on the subject be fore it. The Southern border State delegates are much disecur- , ig d bv t e obstinate opposition which tin ir efforts for soncil ation meet from their northern colleagues, and from nearly all the republican members ot Congress — i Mr. Lincoln's Indianopolis -pooch, together with hisn sent declarations to individuals, in opposition to com- , firorx.i-'e and iu favor of force, have done much already ;o detea*. any itf'jrt for compromise. i It is sued that Mr. Guthrie doe3 not consider the ac- ( Lion of the committee of the Peace Convention as alto gether figuring with his original proposition, and feats fur ul'imatc harmonious action. 1 must say, however, that the members of the committee generally consider :heir action as substantially endorsing the Kentucky pro gramme. 1'ilK PROVISIONAL CAPITAL OF THE NEW CON FEDERACY. The city of Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, has BssumeJ such a mdden importance as the capital of the Southern Confederacy, and the seat of the Federal ope rations of the new Government, that we give below a brief sketch of i s locality and surroundings. It is situ »ted on the left bank of the Alabama river, 331 miles by water from Mobile, and is 83U miles from Washington, D. C. It is the second city in the State iu respect to trade ami popu'ation, and is one of the most nourishing inland towns of the Southern States, possessing great fa cilities for communication with the surrounding country. For steamship navigation the Alabama river is oue of the best in the Union, the largest steamers ascending to this point from Mobile. The city is also the western termi nal ou of the Montgomery and West Point Railroad. It contains several extensive iron foundries, mills, facto ries, large warehouses, numerous elegant stores and pri vate re-idences. Ti e cotton shipped at this plare annu ally amounts to about one hundred thousand bales. The public records were removed from Tuscaloosa to Mont gomery in November. 1847. The State House was des troyed by fire in 1 ts4vt, and another one was erected on the same site in ISM. The present population of the city is not for from 10,000, and it is probable that, with all its natural advantages, the fact of its present selection as the Southern capital will soon place it iu the first rank of Southern cities. A SCENE IN THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE. An interesting incideut transpired in the Lower House of the Legislature of Alabama on February 2. M-. Ciitherall, in the course of his remarks denouncing the Stay law, just pa-sed bv the Legislature, took occasion lO r.*v« « .. "w" couio a law, he should have preferred to live for four veirs under Mr Lincoln's rule. This elicited a hist from some member, and Mr. Ciithtrall retorted by observirg that if the geutleuian who hissed would show himself, he would put his mouth in sueh a condition that he would not repeat the operation for a week to come. Thereupon Mr. George G. Henry, of Mobile, arose from his seat, and sta’ed that he was the sibilant individual, and that he held hims. lt responsible for the method in which he hail di approved of Mr. Clitherall’s remark. The uext mo ment he wus .lodging an inkstand, which that gentleman hunched a* his head. As the combatants were about coming to close quarters, the bystanders separated them. A NKW PHASE OK DISUNION. The Cincinnati Gaz utc states, on what it considers re liable authority, that there are ngnrta of the Gulf Stabs in that city, endeavoring to create a sentiment amongst business men favorable to the establishment of a Confed eracy composed of Southern and Northwestern States. A well known leader among the Democracy ha9 been ap proached, within the past two or three days, by these agents, with a view of ohtuiuiug his influence, but he declined haviog anything to do with so traitorous a scheme, as he is a staunch Union nun. Tire oi j-set is to make free trade tire basis r.t the Confederacy, and to cut olf New kork, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and all tha New England States, which are wedded to a protective tariff These Southern genJotr.en state that there are agentsof the Gulf States throughout all the Northwestern Stabs, who are miking similar overtures, and that it is their aim to spring the issue soon among the citizens of these States. It is further avern d that they have pur chased the acqui scence of a daily parer of Cincinnati, which, at the right moment, will proclaim the set erne, and offer it to the peopb of the West us the only means left to secure peace. THE POSITION OF CALIFORNIA. Tire California journals notice the -tiriling political events in this q nrter, and Gov. Downey closes hi- mes sage with a patriotic .-lamination of federal relations.— He says: — Our vast seaboard unprotected requires the fos'erirg care of a powerful maritime nation, -non as the Ameri can Union has become. The? desire to remain in the Union, and grow w ith its growth, and strengthen with its Strength, and whil •anoylhlrg (lists worthy of being call ej an Amcri an Uu on, I mn-uke much if the people of Calitornu will not cling to it with a patriotic devotion worthy of men who can appreciate the blitsiugs of self government. W bile California will thus cling to tire Union, she will expect j 1st ice from her rister States, each to lit-' o her. as she, coutiJent in her resources, aud j ral ly proud of her vast domain, her unparalleled mineral wealth, her commercial position, her unsurpassed fortili ty ol soil, and geniality of climate, feels the would have the right to, and would d- maud, in the event ol encroach ments btiug attempted to her injury. H iviug suggested the steps that the Northern States, which have passed, through tl.eir Legislatures, unfrit ud y acts towards the South, sir mid lake toward .ffecting an amicable adjustment of the existing differentcs, the South should be satisfied with this, and the eotire remo. val of lh« slavery queition from the halD of Coogre.e. Le* the people of the Territories al me settle the ques tion i f domrric slavery within their borJen, and be ad mitted into the Union with or without a slavery clause I a then- Constitution. The precise tine at which the peo !■!«• of a Territory should be ec»bhd to decide this quo* uoo can bo aettled by tbo act of rompt untiie itself. The question certainly is net of euffic’ent importance to mum a dissolution of the Union, end although I, in common with a very large projiortion of the people North aud South, as manifested by the recent election, have always believed that the people, at all periods of thsir existonce, have control of this subject, yet an abstract question litre this should not for one moment be placed in com parison with tbe greatest of all earthly blessings, tbe preservation of the Union of the American States, end that Constitution which has secured to us such a meed of civil and religious liberty, as never before, in ancient or modern times, has been vouchsafed to man ! MU 8EGAR AND FORTRESS MONROE. Tj the Editor of the Whig : Id your issue of tbe Nth iust., we saw a letter from the RepreiO .tative of this Legislative District, Joseph Segsr, E*q., which conUiucd statements so much at variance w th our understanding ol tbe defenses at Fort Monroe, as to induce tbe conviction that his easy cre dulity bad led him into the error of characterizing “ pub lic rumors,” touching recent movements at that port as mere ‘‘leather and prune la.” Under ibis impression, many of the undersigned, in most instauc c, without preconcerted agreement, visited " Fortress Mouroe,” and are prepared to state, that while there tie but “ three pieces of ordnance pointel inland," there are thirteen mounted upon the land tide, which commaud Hampton aud tbe adjacent country,aud can be directed at the 11 bosom of Virginia,” at a moment't no tice. These guns are thirty-two pounders, and are ex clusive of the “dank” pieces of which ho speaks. It was further observed that but fine platforms on the land tide were vacant whilst there is a much larger number vacant towardt the water. It may be here re marked that none of the guns above alluded to have a ‘‘sweep of IN.-O’ The undersigned are also informed, upon what they believe unimpeachable testimony, that these guns have been recently mounted, (sit.ee 13th Jan., Y.i,) and the ramparts bears corroborative evidence of this state ment. It is also stated, upon autho-ity equally reliab’e, that guns have never bee:i mounted upon the land tide bejore — bat the moat has been ktjtt filled with water, since the 1,h Januaty—Fiat guns have beeu mounted in tbe guard rooms to commaud the main gate entrance, and that one, ai least, of the bridge* (if not two) is provid ed with a draw, which is raised every night, at retreat, (sundowu.) Tbe housings have also been removed from every gun on the pirapet, on which sentries are station ed and cry the hour during the ent.ro night. As to the statement that "the mouotiugand dismount ing, and moving ol heavy guus are a neetttary part ot ar ill ry practice, we have only to reply that it is usual in rome cases to .1 amount aud remount only a few gun» at a time, and on the ta ne platform, and not to remove them to distal t portions of the parapet. These facts are stated with no design to charge Mr Segnr with an intentional suppression of the truth, or to ad>l to the prevalent excitement, but simply to correct important errois which are well calculated to mislead, and to show the an'mu» of the *‘ powers that be.” The public can now determine whether "nothing fas been done, more than is ordinarily done and nothing more than is,hi all time«, uutal aud proper at a militaiy fort.” Respectfully, John R. Cary, Joseph Phillips, Geo. W. Hope, k'». Ham, Ro. A. Armistead, John Gammxl, G. W. Sample, Richard Hope, J. L Joyner. W. It. Vadohan, Saxcel J. White, R. H. Vaughan, Hampton, Va., Feb. 11 th, ItD'.l. Enquirer and Examiner please copy. IMPORTANT FRoM FORTS PICKENS AND SUMTER. FORT PICKENS NOT YET REINFORCED—THREATENED AT TAi'k HT TWELII HUNDRED MEN—THE BROOKLYN, SA BINE, NT. LOTH, MACEDONIAN AND WYANDOT Oi* THE HARBOR. Washington, Feb. It, 1861. Lieut. Oilman, one of the ollicers in command ol Fort 1’ickenfl, arrived here this evening with de-patches Irom Lieutenant Si nuaer and the commander ol vessels oft Pensacola to ihe government. He left Pensacola on Saturday evening, having received a pa-sport Lorn Ma or Cha.-e, who is iu command of the Florida troops.— He says the following vessels are oil'the harbor:—The li ooklyn, Sabitie, St. Louie, Macedonian ai:d Wyandot, rtie Brooklvn Jid not land her supplies lor Fort Pickens, Li. ut. Slammer having notified them that he had ample lupplics for three months. There are twelve hundred troops at Pensacola, and .hey are threatening every hour to make an attack on Fo;t Pickens. It is all that Major Chase aud others in :omnnud can do to restrain them. Lieuti natit Gilman says he would not be surprised il n attack was made at any moment, and it is very prob ihle, owing to the limited number in the fort, that they * u!d take it before the Brooklyn could thiow her troops nto the fort. If they take it at all, he says, they can ake it in thirty or forty minutes; but there will be fenr u! lo s of life even at that. The h.alth ol the ollicers hid men on board of the vessels is good. Lieutenants jiltnan and Slemmcr arc the only ollicers who took and ire now in command of Fort Pickens. Key West, Feb. 6, 1861. The sloop-of-war Macedonian, Commander Glynn, hav ng communicated with Fort Jtft'erson, sailed from that itaiion ou the 9d inst., for Pensacola. The steam sloop Brooklyn, Capt Walker, from this >crt the Hist inst., arrived a; Tortugas the 1st aud laud 'd a large quantity of ordnance stores and guns for Fort letlersou, aud sailed for Pensacola on the 2d. Capt. M. C. Meigs, U. 8. Engineer, arrived at this place lie evening of the .'>th from Fort Jefferson. He his bartered the brig Alpine, Capt. Latham, to take some of he heavy guns not in use at Fort Taylor to Fort Jtffer iou. The armament will leave here on the 7th. The U. S. steamer Crusader, Capt. Maftit, is now under irdcrs for New York, and will sail as soon as the steam ihip Atlantic arrives from New Orleans. The United States schooner Fio ida, Lieut. Pickering, I. 8. N., commanding, sails this evening for Havana, with despatches for Washington, to go forward in the Jc Soto. CONTINUED PREPARATIONS FOR THE ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER. Washington, Feb. 13, 1S61. The action of the Congress of the Confederate States >f America at Montgomery, relative to fortifications iu lecediog States, docs not seem to have retarded the movt uents of the South Caroliua authorities towards Fort Sumter. Letters from that fort received to-night from Captain Double day, one of the ollicers iu comnuud, report that :he South Carolinians have erected an impregnable bat ;ery on Cummings' Point of railroad iron, and that a ter rible fight can be made from that point. The strength jf that position as it has now been made, and standing, i« it does, live-eighths of a mile from Fort Sumter, will Enable the South Carolinians to do great michicf. The work ou Fort Moultrie has also been pushed for ward rapidity, ami its strength is now such as will with stand the guns on Fort Sumter successfully. Great preparations were going ou among the Caro linans, and every day gave them more certainty of suc cess when the at'ack on Fort Sumter is made. The troops in Fort Sumter continue in guod health and spirits although vory much annoyed by the South Caro lina authorities. THIRTY-SIXTH COStiRESS—Second Session. Washington, Feb. 14. SENATE. Mr. Cameron presented several petitions asking Con gr»ss to stand by the constitution as it is. Also, ot‘.er petitions in favor of the Crittenden resolutions. Mr. Bingham presented to joint resolutions of the Le gislature of Michigan, expres*iug adherence to the Union, and oll'eriug the military force of the State to the gener al government, aud urging that no concessions be made to traitors. He said these re-olutious were passed with r.r. at tin-itiimirv an.t bo ibnmrht they exnresst d the feel lugs of the people of the Slate of Michigan. He siid they watt'd adhere to the constitution as it is, and bad no sympathy with t-eason, or these who in the government took measures to destroy it. They hoped their Southern friends would yet come to sec that the best wavwas to submit to the bemtijent rule of the gov ernment; but if they pt reisied in theii efforts to destroy the Union then they must take the responsi bility, f.aid on the table. Mr. Green, front the Committee on Territories, report ed a bill to organize the Territory of Nevada and pro vide a government for the Territory of Dacotah. Mr. Wilkinson presented a memorial of citiz ns of Minneacti in favor of the enforcement of the laws He suid they must go away from the commercial cities to the interior! to the agricultural distiic's of the country to learn the true sentimentr of the people. He was oppo« i d to making any compromise with traitors or with yb ld i g the principles of the Republican party It was the 8Kith and no' the North wrbich was threatening the sta bili'y of the Union. The memorial wras then read, and s.*ta forth that cer tain States had rebelled against the government, seized forts and dock yards, tarred ami feathered citiz ms of the North, Intmup'ed the free navigation ol the Mississippi river, wherefore the petitioners pray that the laws may be enforced, the forts recaptured, traitors brought to tri d, A j. The memorialists further pray that the Crit tenden propositions shall cot be adopted, nor any com promise made which will give extension to human slave fy Mr. Hice, of Minnesota, prr n'ed another memorial of citizens of Minne=ou in favor of compromise and con ciliation proposed by the plans of Means. Crittenden or Rice. He thought 1 is Stale was for pcice and union, un i a speedy settleimnt of rational troubles. Mr. Crittenden presented petitions from New Hamp shire, Vermont and elsewhere, in favor of the Ciit'.endeu resolutions. A Urge number of memorials in favor of the Crilten d 'ii propositions, the enforcement of the laws, Ac., were presented. Mr. Seward presented the memorial of the Democratic Convention ol New York in lavor of a settlement of ex s iog difficullits. The tariff bill was taken up, and Mr. Hunter opposed i's p'ovisions at length. The adhesion of Pennsylvania to the Republican party had imposed an obligation upon thst party to pass this bill. The Urill'act of 1857 was adopted in order to reduce (he revenue of the government, and by that means 'o keep down the expeuacs of its adu.inis' ration. The re venue act of 1857 had not disappointed the expectations of its friends. Tue crisis of 1857 aud the pol tical trou bles sine : the presidential election had t Reeled its opera tions, but the estimates qf the S cretary of the Treasury as to its productive power had been in the main etmet. Mr. Hunter argued at length to show that the tariff now proposed would be most disastrous in its effetta upon the country, and would do mure harm to New York than f they were to shell it. The duty of U\ per ceut oti iron would alit nA prohibit its impoitariou. Ha went largely into details, and read |taiistios to mi tain bis views, which were decidedly hostile to the tariff. Mr. Simmons replied to Mr. Hooter, defending the bill so I the amendments of the committee. The Senate then went into executive session, afte.' which the Benate adjourned. msmSSSSSSSBBSSSBSBSBSSam flOOU or REPRESENTATIVE!. Mr. Pryor obtained loans to introduce, a* a v-ewum of privilege, a rr solution calling for tbe appointment of a committee of three to inquire into lh* truth cf a -Uta ment nude in tbe New York Times of certaio fraudulent transactions on tbe part of certaia member* from the acceded States, in Handing off book* to laid Slate- after they bad reaigned tbeir ,->ala. Tbe reso uiion was passed. The Pa ibc railroad bill came up in regular or lsr of business, and the ilouae proceeded to conaider tbe Sen ate annulment proposing that a central road shall go via Fort Kiley from tbe n oulb of the Kansas river, and struck out the amendment by a vote of V’i yeas, A) nay*. Mr. Howard, ol Michigan, asked leave to piesent tbe report of tke committee appointed to inqnire concerning the existence in Washington of a secret organization to taka possession of tbe federal capital, or to prevent the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln. The report la to the effect that in the opinion ol the committ-te, such an organiza tion has existed, but does not now exist Mr. Branch presented a minority report (himself con stituting laid minority) of the committee, and ottering also a resolution, to tbe effect that the presence of a hos tile force in our midst is impolitic and offensive, and may become destructive to tbe civil peace and librrty of ti e community, and it is tbe opinion of the House that tl e troops ought to be removed (row the District of Co lumbia. Mr. KuDkel said that tbe fact upon which snch a com mittee was appointed was a calumny upon the States of Virginia and Maryland, and tbe statements of Gov-mor Hicks, of Maryland, were but characterise of the auda city of the man, who was not worthy to sit at the bead ot the chief rnagisiacy of that noble State. Mr. Wi hater, of Maryland, followed in defense of Gov. Hicks, lie affirmed the course he bad pursued in not calling tbe Legislature together, and iu seeking to *IUy sec ioutl strife. He endorsed him an a wise and upright officer, who had acted properly in all be hed done. Mr. Hughes, of Maryland, commenced to reply in an excited strain, but bis voice was drowned tn cries ol "or der, order,” from the Republicans, and not a word that he said was audible. Mr. Mallory, of Kentucky, moved to clear tbe galle ries. The Chair decided that Mr Hughes was not in order, as a motion to lay on the table was pending, which was not debatable. The resoln'ion was then table-], yeas 1'15, nays 85, and the House adjourned. THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY AWAITING MR. LINCOLN’S COURSE. A correspondent of tbe Savannah Arts*, who is at tending the “Southern Congreae,” at Montgomery, writes as follows as to the probable policy Ol the new Southern Confederacy: "From what I can gather, it will be the policy of the new government to preserve the ttatua quo of all - r» un til the 4th of March, when the inauguration ol Lincoln will enable him to indicate the course hia administration will pursue tow trdi the Southern Confederacy. The hope is not yet entirely leliLqub-bed that more rational couo cil-t may prevail at Washington, and that, "makings vir tue of necessity,’’ the Black Republicans will abandon their idea of coercion, and by a peaceful cone liatory policy endeavor to preserve all that tbeir fanatical folly has not entirely lost to them—commercial relition.a wnh the South. It is probable that one of the first acts of the new government will be to sen 1 a commission to Wash ington to treat for a peat-cabin and equitable ariaogt ment of matteis between the two republics — the ac kuuwledgment of our independence, the surrender of the forts, a fair division ol the public propel ty and of the public debt. "Until we learn how our commissioners will be receiv Bii, and whether the federal government is wtlliug to treat for the peaceable and i q tillable aejusuiu-nt of these mat ters, it would be unwise lor uj to take any steps that would be LL<*ly to precipitate hostilities. We should pre pare for the worst while we hope for the best. A* the moral sense of a very large portion of the North is cn side, we should do uoihing rashly to forfeit our just slaim to the fair judgment of tbat portion of our late joufedcrates who are blameless for tbe causes which ltd to the disruption of the Union and forced the South to i-sumo her present attitude towards the federal govern ment, now in the hands of the Black Republicans The ;ause of the South stands justified before the world ,— prudence and forbearance will give her still higher clam S to the respect and good will of all true men. Let us ex haust every honorable means for a peaceable settlement »f tbe terms of our political separation with the free States—it will be time enough tln-u to resott to the argu ment of arms, when (iod defend the right." PUB president ELECT AT STEURENYILLE-BI wakes another speech axu says that tbe MAJORITY MUST RULE. PtTTsni ho. Feb. 14th.—The President el ct and parly eft Columbus at 8 o’clock this morning. At Sieuhen rille, Ohio, a beautiful demonstration took plai- onhis irrival, some live thousand people being present to wel tome him. A salute was fired, and Mr. Lincoln was for nnily welcomed by Judge Liovd. Mr. Lincoln responded bri< fly. He said he fe ired that :bc great confidence expected in his ability wasu ifonnd ;d. Indeed, I am sure the position to which 1 have been tailed is encompassed with great difficulties. I un sure, towever, that uoihing shall be wanting ou my part, a un titled by the American people and God’s help, i beli ve ;he devotion of the people to tbe Constitution and the Union, equally great ou both tides of tbe Ohio river. It s only a different understanding—only a dispute u to what are their rights. If tbe majority should not rule, who should be the udge? When such a judge is found, we must all be jouud by the decision. Thatjuige is the majority of ;he American people. If not, then the minomy must loutrol. Would that be right, just or geuerom? As mrcdly not. Ue reiterated that the majority should rule, and if be idopted a wrong policy tbe opportunity to condemn him would occur in four years. Then I can be turned out and t better man with better views be put in my place. K II TSOY A I . WILLIAM IRA SMITH Lai rrmoved to hi* OLD BTtND, 1)4 Main street, where he will be pleased <0 see hts old friends and patrons, at well u others who may be In want of AMD WELL MADE CLOTH ING. MR C'OHNN, BVAION8, NAILS powlngla tbo tlssh, 4c., / instantaneously removed without the slightest pain pern itl'g trie patient to wait Imnfediately with ease end comfort K0T1CA. In reply to Inquiries of several numbers of the Oonveniion, stran gers sad other-. Dr. SOUl’LTZ begs to ssy he is In the , icy, srs>n only to attend tj their pedal welfare. His stay will be on:> I Will ed. It Is Important for all who re illy desire to enjoy the b.esalngs of hea thy tread, to make early application. Amor.* Ibe i a -s appended to h s numerous cerilScales, can he tern gladly acLu .w lcdglng the benefit received Win II Maefarland, James I.J Of, Jas a. Cowardlo, Ftq , Msj. P. H Price, Cel. HJchanis-n, I I.. Andrews. M. D., C. B. Mason, Esq., Mrs. Rob nson. the M ares Green. W K. Hinton,4c Ac Office-Wall Street Ih.tel Office hours from 9 A. M , to 4A» P M. Ladles attended at their resident , If desired fel'. RIOUlrtOND F0MALK INiTI fUTB.-Tr.r. half of the present ttsO.n begins February 15'J>,and et.ds the laat of June The commencement c.f a new term presents a most fsvorah'e opportunity for the ad i Isalon of new pupils. Although cur Sc'orl is already somewhat fu'ler lh-n usual, 1*0 extent cf our arrangements readily enables us torrC'lfe a start larger number. tVehaveSIXTFIV Teachers, of ability and experience, nearly the same number of larjie and comfortable recitation loowrs, and ample grounds for exercise. Our in* 11 DING facllt'les are sl*o excel'ert Oor course Is fit. n stve and complef, beglnnlrg with ih • lowest Kng lib • udlta > f the Prepsiatoiy coone t.i which aprclal at'entlon la gtieu, and In eluding the higher English, the language', Music and the orna mental branches. TERMS (Foatm HairPtri rox, Paranixu Aavsacs | English, In 'reparvto'y depattnent.— 418 English,In Co'lrgtste depa-tinent .. .. “ French, or other Languages ....... Music on the I'linie ... Boar ', including everything W For o'her particulars, or for Calalogoee. applv to felt! •->» OMAP.H.WWUtcM.PsteMent VIRGINIA — In the Olrcalt Court of the dlyof Elchm-nd, January 9th, l;(l N. 8. Crandell. PiklBll*. against Ohsrira Ab smithy. Henry Co'llns, James Bui!'van ar. I ••'ermac i White, trading under the (Km and style of Aberri.lhy. 0. Illr • arid Comnans; I Inn Adair.1 and A R l.yon, trading under Us firm and style of Linn Adstus A Co : Wldlam Tipm«o, P 11 ’ Weaver, william Richardson »nd J hn A fchutx partn. r*. trad ing under the style of W'eavtr. Klchardrcn A Co Wildan. Me Mutt-ey, Will am Ira (Smith, William II H!c‘ardson, of Pr.llsdel phla, James M Mo l-yand John W Johnson, pattnera trading under the style of M. tley A Johraon, John M. r»a»l*s, The.ir.aa M. Oopsll >n.|J hn M Davie*. Junl r, oarln-ra trading under the firm and style of 1 hn M. I) »yb a A Co . H. tSnl.h and H N Peters, J C flroil.ong, lirlcg Hull, Wiliam 8 Tupman aod James R. Crenshaw and here ly R. Wcllford, Junl- r. trvateei, ISef-r.lama, By a decree entered tn tils rani* on the 9th da/of Janusry, Isfil, scone other things, It » as order/d •* that t ce of the Commie •lone-e of tiiieC'Uttttate an a>- runt of thedeb's due hy the said Tupm-n »n I Hull. ela*silylrg them according t«i Ih* rlasr'fl stloo In the deed of trust to the defen Ian'S. J met It CrenU a# and p. r t-rly h. Wr IIlord, of Ih- SUl V»-.h IV,), nr.d that t e said Jt-ees R. Crenshaw rr.d Btvetl/ R. W. Ilford rer.ler be’ore the raid C m mla-loner an aecount rf the fu lie trust 'und aid I fits come to their handf. and of all their traussctiont at trustees order thesrM deed, which accounts t*e tn'd Caaimissloncr alii • . T. «tj t - t J settle, and np-.rt to the Court, with at) mat >t >|.e.la'll Hated derm J pirtlneci by l.iuiltlf, or rr^ulred by el!h i t-arty to bt ) Hated." C / 'M ta'tf rrn Bt. 1 m nd. t h I'.l-O The parti a Intern'ed are 1. re‘ y t ot (el that i t-a/e Os-d »o WEDNMD.lV, Ibc .Mth Jay • ' W. rh, 1<4I, at Id o', iocs t « »l mr office on !8tb street, c the city of RUhtcond, to rti. ute the fo-egolrg decree I fHd—iawsw_ THoa J RVAS $ C mmlft oc r VlflftHICAN la nsi htt’EDK NAIL MODS. >c I whole and half bundles, Ur sale by fd2 JO Id N. GORDON A NDN MEMBERS TO T HE CONVENTION Cau Get hi SIMPSON k MILLER'S Clothing Store. 1 li» Main ** t». A GOOD AND CIIKA I* NllfT OF CLOTHIS®! FOR A SMALL. AMOUNT OF M >NIV. ETCRSL-IIINO lioODR, eeery VhCety and >l/ e, 1!» Ma'u fit 1 opposite Mltche I A Tyler a. M3 BlatPPO.- A MILL!* inn MACJt FKl.Tie KIO COFFER - L* •»'*1 lUU tel.!_-lw_ WII. ha: l,Ul COP 4 HTN f HSHIP. _ it. I HAVE this day associated with me, in the MerchantTaucr nf and Ready Made ClOhif Budne-s, WM. <» GARtl. ” Boydton, Mrcklcnburjr. Co., Va., laid Cupar.octa' p to *•** • " July lit, 1860. ThrbUN’ncj* wlllher^nfltr be con lucteU 3 name and ityle of 0p*Dce A (tarey. . Grateful for the very liberal pateor.ftge I bavt ree«lr«J *°J ' past 20 yean would molt respectfully a*k a ewnilnuajj* ' lame to the new concern. "J *•* j v81 No 19<i eoner of Main ar.-l 18 h SVflAIl.- 75 bblt R. fined fuf tr. Tar ou. gr -lea, fur »*i* Lj fell _ __ jKMIlt N. GORDON * IsISNOLl'TION OF CO-PART«FN»ll|P. TH« firm of KANDO. PH a Pi«» expired on the <Mtl J nuary. 18(1, by the wl hdrawal uf D. C RANDOLPH, who «••• m ved to Hie country. * . . They m-»t cor la'Iy rrturn Hide thanks fur the liberal pat'o®** || atnwrd on tlinu by tlielr v r klrd fr-ciCs Ether partner la au hortsed to cl-ae tb* budot*". l> COOPLAND RA‘ I'OLI'3. fel-Stawim_ VASH PAGE. __ NOTICE. INHCNDISO tJ coetliue the OOMXIR8!OM RlMTtM. I •"»* . | re-prOftCly »k a . .ollt u»ccg of the patconare Uealo*^* ' | f.e Ute 8 mof RANDOLPH A PAUE, und bop. by Hrt* Mon to merit (heup*. V My gncle, '• 0. Randolph, (bo w'U probably b, here »IM» the orit few month*, »III aid p.e la my huatneui rel- Htawlui__MANNJAM^. CHA-MPAO*! Wltn IN HUF Pl'Ot J 1 fere appetloe uaadty At sale bp iEL'tEN A MILLER. j Jan. PI, Caea.r Py*rl A Cary Mr***. J