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TdS 805STIrUTlOH—STATE BlbBT3. kTcbTmo n d whig FHIIt.n yiOHMM., 'IlHOI 15,1861. TO COBKEMPONOKRTS. iXT iUari cm ya-f*4U mnothe adJronnl lo ih^MUor ej ih* Whio. Art' Us terittm on (ott lUUo of IU popor teUi not U ynOtC^A • < -n... U <i ruU >/ long tianUtng. <mg»t lo tu tnovm lo th, m .1 toii’in m .-ax ■•>« ■leptrlo.l front. OfiUmn-y noHco.onc**1 at. o^KitlnoKArochtirgotl/or o» adoorUeomenu. %H>~ W» cannot un.iorS.ito lo -oSurm rgiocU l ommnmAenttcnt A i.raml Pmprrllve Stampede! Tie Precipitation newspapers and politicians are terri fy exercised, at present, about a grand “prospective stampede" of our Virginia population totheGulf States, which they are fully advised 1“ in active operation in all the rmal districts of the Slate ' Numbers of the Ur « -I iv. loaders are to leave the Slate very soon, and many of the most tl ‘urishing agricultural districts are to be l-ft as desolate as the wilderness of Jamaica!—u«le** i *e Convention forthwith pass an ordinance of secOssicn ' We are told, too, that thousands and thousands oi bi sy hands, which now constitute the productive labor of the State, are to be carried away, and thus, really, nobody will be left to till o r fields and black our boots! Now, this would be awlu), indeed, if it had any essential foundation In truth. Rut it is all trash—all g-uumou — nl! leather and prunella; and for the good and unanswer able reason that, while the politicians may be knaves and demogoguee, the people ol Virginia are not such fools' There is no earthly reason why any man should leave the Stile, and but few will be ninnies enough to do so, on account of the failure oi the Convention to pas an ordinance of -ecesssioa. If any there be, who are fools enough to ruuawav from the State on that account, we say, iu God’s name, let them go, and go qoicklv—for, this good old Commonwealth can afTord to dispense with all the fools and cowards iu her borders, and be greatly the gainer, both in poiut of strength and character, by t’te operation. Alluding to this old woman’s tale in reference to the grand prospective siampede, and adverting, also, to the joyous and exultant manner in which the Disunion-Pre cipitation papers of the State record and dwell upon it, the Greenbrier A'ra.in an admirable article on the subject, speaks as follows—“ We simply ask, what object cm they have in view, when they publish such matters with so much exultation aud self-satisfaction ? Is it that they glory to see the Old Dominion bereft of her beat citizens, her wealth exported and her fair fields desolated? Or is it to frighten her citizens into the views and policy en teruined by those papers ? ->o one, we turn*, wui at tribute the former as their reason ; but the whole strain of their threats goes to prove the latter is their sole rea son and object. It ia certainly a very bad cause that CD tape la its advocates to appeal to the basest passion ol man, fear, in order to sustain it. We had no idea tha’ pipers professing to be the organs of the cAiWrowa.aml the custodians of the honor ol Virginia, would resor to such an unworthy expedient for the purpose of “drag pir " thecitizens of Virginia into measures which they do not approve. We trust thcae irrational and barba ri in irguments will be laid aside, and never again be brought up to influence the actions of Vir ginia-. As for ou- elf, so long as we choo-e lo remain in Virginia, t^e threat that every citizen, good and bad, would leave u - ii we did not act upon their poli cy, will not frighten us out of our opinions or State.— Opinions may be changed by legitimate and rational ar g . uent; but a high-minded, honorable and intelligent people will never bo influenced by an appeal to t! i l--a: <. They will scorn alike those who menace and t e ciuse which thera present We have an abidirg co> h. deuce ia the integrity and discretion of Virginiaus, and know that no argument which is designed to operate up on their fears will afVct that integrity and discretion.— They will -und by their colors and honor—they will de fend and never desert the old -mother of States” so lo g as reason and life remain. Their patriotism is not of that low and venal kind, which is only nourished by patron age ami the power to rule; which denounces the verd.ct of three-fourths of ber eitzeas as base and corrupt.— No, it ia of that higher order—of that more noble a d 'i uiorablo kind, which is willin r to share the fate of V!r. L-miia, whatever her destiny may be—to live and die upon I,*, , oil— if she is disgraced, to bear part of her disgrace, and d sert b*'r only in the hour of death. Then let as ..Mr are of threats of leaving the proud old Cons ul in wealth of Virginia, but lather let us sustain her in the hour of her trial and alHiction. Hr. Wise's Stepan. The report of the Convention's Committee on Federal R-U'io'.'.s and several minority reports wi re laid before our readers on Monday, who have it in their power to canvass their merits isd demerits at their leisure. The report of Mr. Wise demonstrate conclusively that '«*, according to the every-day declaration of the Imme diate Seceerfonud*, is an out and out Subma-iorist' Fur, iiu-r lay it g dawn his rrogrimme of Southern grievam <v ,.,J Southern demands upon the North, his report «'e r-lares that, “with the view of adjusting these points a d o >brining these g .ar antic-, guarded by the necessary» ad proper checks and balances of power, it ia recomiueuded jbit the Convention shall appeal to the States still re in unieg in the Union to give, at as early a day as prac ii. .Vile, their ao-wers to there demands of this Common wealth, »-i within the period of the preecnt year, and 1st of October vert, if pn**;hU.” It will thus be seen that Gov. Wise proposes neither Immediate Sex. s-ion t or approves of undue haste in <Ie 1ning Virgir ia‘s position in tlie present emergency; l t that he is willing to afford to the Northern people the remainder of the year—about ten months—in which to respond to the propositions of this Commonwealth lor u peaceable and permanent adjustment of our national dif n -MtlltS. fir WM iv ‘VI ..* or *t least within a period not much longer, we shall bo n»,|,> to obtain the final decision of the Northern people on thus -abject, and we therefore Terr cordially approve t tt portion of Gov. Wise’s report, which we have quoted vbove, in reference to this particular point. We think onr old frier. J and neighbor ha- nhibited unu-ual dise. e tiou ai <1 tact, in declining to follow the wild lead of the Immediate Secessionists, and in so boldly and emphsti r (||v taking ground in favor of allowing the Northern iw-ople a reasonable lime in which to respond to the wishes and demands of their Southern brethren, on the subject of an adjustment iuvolviog ample and perfect security to the rights, honor and institution* of the South. W* accordingly commend the prudent and patriotic course of Go Terror Wise to those scared and trembling Precipitator-, who would incontinently rush out of the Union before breakfast, lest ‘ Old Abe" should get afier t iem with a sharp sties, ar.J capfure, imprison and put them all to death. Wo aro glad to know that Governor Wise Is not at iD afraid of “Old Abe," aid that ho does not consider ti graced or humiliated, in any sense, by staying in the Union, for at leas*- tho remainder of the year, under “Old Abe’s” &d ministration. And if Goveruor Wise—the chivalr'c and f sriots tribune of the people—may thus live uuder “Old Ab.'s” a iminislra'ion, without fear and without disgrace, why mi> not the obs ure and noisy creatures about the t ies, and low.is, and court-house-, and cross-road of the State do likewise * In conclusion, if we and those who think with «*, either in the Convention or out of it, arc jubmtreiorn we contend that Gov. Wise and those who think with bin) are aiibmlsaionis.s, also. For our positions are iden ti.-al, iu so far as the quo-lion of affording tho Northern people a reasonable lime in which to respond to the da .•ta b. of tho South Is concerned, and our positions aro i leutical, in so far as the question of immediate seers moii b rone-rued, foe both Got. W*£0 und our.viws opposed to i<nm*dUte secession, and in favor of a t ir and honorable adjustment o' pending difficulties. And, what is more. Gov. Wm and ourselves are for fighting iu the Union to the bitter end, and leaving not a single right of Virginia or the South behind. We feel, there f.ire, not only junified, but happy, la crying out, at the very top of our voice—hiuzi for Gov. Wise and us! A Flagrant Humbug. P. rhap* we respect the will and wishes of the people, w >ea fairly and properly expressed, as much as any other am, and certain It as much as we ought. But -till, so e in not help believing that the meetings being held in some of the counuos, towns and villages of the State, with a view to ta«u'ng instruetioc* to the members of the Convention, are a very groat and dagrant humbug. The ales lion took place only a little over a month ago. and tb*t. every citizen of the Commonwealth, big atd little, high and humble, had an opportunity of sapeeaeinK his vi-ws, wish*- and preferences at tho polls. And nearly all of oar cuts ms availed themselvea of that opportunity, it n »w large aggregate rot* was tteh and erere man voted for such candidate as be chose, with nothing to molest or make b’m afraid; and the result of the elec tion waa, that an overwhelming majority o: Concert a tives were returned to the Convention, and immediate 1 Secession received its death -Mow. But these restless and recklet*.- TrccipiUtors, not satisfied with that result, and I not willing, as good citizens should be, to acquiesce in it, have bccu as mad as March hares ever since, and have , been employing all their skill and efforts to manufacture | public opiuion iu favor of their particular policy. Hence I the little meetings and the silly, one-sided instructions to I which we have referred. But, notwithstanding all this, the great body of the voters of the State stand to-day where they stood a little over a month ago, and are, consequently, willing to trust j to the ability, discretion and patriotism of their repre | sentatives in the Convention for a proper settlement, in some form or other, of the existing unhappy controversy. ' We protest that the real and substantial people are not mad, however much the Secession fever may rage, as an epidemic, in some particular localities. A little knot ot persons about the court-houses and cross-roads of some of the counties commit a grievous mistake in imagining, a* they evidently do, that because thev are in favor of immediate secession and revolution, therefore the whole l«opie ot the State are equally as run-mad as themselves, i and occupy the same po-ition. Let them correct that j mistake, and let them take our word for it that there is a majority against secession in \ irgiuia, at the preeeut nio I meut, of at least seveatv-Sve thousand! Such being the tact, why should these extremists ignore it • Why, if we were as rampant a Disutiionist as themselves, yet, with that stern and incorrigible fact betbte our eyes, we should moderate our tone and look at circumstances as they ex*st, and not as we would have them. True discretion, true patriotism, true policy requbeof us all to consider, at present, not so much what ought to be done, as what -in be done*—as what it is f crueticubie to do, under the jieculiar circumstances that surround us. Let sensible j*eop’e, then, dismiss their impatience and abandon their extreme opinions, and act as the facts of the cast* may justify them iu act*. g, and not according to their own peculiar vi-?ws and whims. We repeat that these instructions of packed, one-sided meeting* are great humbugs and worthy ol but little re sect. The voice of the people has been lately expressed at the polls_the people's verdict has been rendered, and it c.innot be reversed except at the polls, in legal form. 1. t the people, then, not be moved from their propriety by empty secession clamor, but let them await with pa tience and dignity the final action of their representatives, and then they will have a full opportunity of expressing their approval or disapproval of that action at the polls’. Our Lute Congreawiuen. Our late Congrc?smen, with a few exceptions, having been preachii g immediate Secession iu Washington all the wiuter and having done all in their power to defeat an adjustment of pending difficulties, have returned home, and are now perambulating their respective di~ triet.-. stirring up strife and di-content amorg their cor - - uuents. Thev areal! horrified at the idea of remiit - i. ~ in the Uuiou a moment longer; and, yet strauge to -.v, thev are all hankering tor a re-election to Congress-*, under th .1 inf. real Abolitiouizedgovernment! It is nil a little sh guiar, to a person up a tree, that these gem!. dPL uesire oc* «.«v r#vrv " - .j— ™ another term of two years’ Now, our late Congressmen, with the exceptions re ferred to, have been weighed in the balance aud found wanting. The people dirire their services no longer.— I' i ; the determination of the sovereigns of Virginia to s tud to th * next Co:gres3 cot agitators aud mischief-ma kers but thiir best known aud most influential men— men who will sedulously seek to compose the troubles of the country and restore peace and harmony to our distracted land. And verily Virginia owes it to herself— to her pa-t fame, her future glory, snd all her mighty in er- - - iu this day of dirgers and troubles to return to the next Corere- her discreeteet, best and wisest me'. The tt-ual talent to get cthces, is not precisely the se n of talent to 611 rffi es in these disjointed times; aid here.', mail prof*ssional politicians should be made to s'and j-ide, and give place to men of honesty, experi ence, *isdotn, patriotism and fidelity. In conclusion, then, let the majority of our recent del egates la Cot.pess consider themselves retired—not honorably discharged, but ignominously dismissed.— We, the people.have re-olved to appoint other and bet t r representatives; at <1 neither the world, the llesh nor t -e devil shall constrain us to change that determina tion. __ !»t©6 Violence. It a a melancholy fact that a larger amount of mob violence has I ecu developed in Virginia, since the Se cession movement began, than in the whole previous life-time of the State. There has been manifested an in tolerance of spirit never before known; and, what is more, such intolerance is evidently on the increase, and, surely, bodes no good to law and order, and to the peace a:;d prosperity of the citizens of the State. And, if uot checked and repressed, and that without delay, it will lead to riot, revolution aud fraternal bloodshed. For one, we have uniformly counseled forbearance, toleration and Kindness on the part of all our people, no matter how widely different art* the great questions at issue, and we renew,to-day.our earnest invocations upon this point. We call upon the real and substantial people to set their faces against the disorder, violence aud anarchy, which the Precipitationista seem bent on introducing through out the Stale—for, the ballot-box is the appropriate, le cal and peaceful remedy for all political ills and griev ances, real or imaginary. As an illustration of the mob violence, which is begin t ing to roar Us horror front in our midst, wo call atten tion to the following accounts of proceedings at late meetings held in Peters' urg and Fredericksburg. Tl o l„ttlli(/enerr thus speaks of the one iu Petersburg on Monday evening last: The meeting held iu this city on Monday uight last, at pi , ■ ix Hull, was one of the largest, most tumultuous ,!;ui disorderly affairs of the kind ever witnessed by citi zens of Petersburg. Several hoars before the specified time arrived, the Hill was iimmed to its utmost capacity, and there even then seemed to be a determination on the |>art of an or Ntuized band, to put down everything like order, deco rum aud common decency. We were surprised and Hiked at such an undisguised exhibition of barefaced 'li inism, and thought it strange that our usual efficient i „ iie did not take immediate steps to quell the disturb i- ,-c ana thereby have enabled the sensible and ordcr .M ct the audience to proceed with the bind ness* oi me iuwuhj. ..-.. ., Jin ill pir'j 0:1 tin* left of tin* Stand, and the least ac t^pv on tho part of tho proper authorities would have been effectual in rts.oring the most periect quiet and tranquility. . , , , , Every one present anticipated a regular entente, and nothing but the calm resolution manifested by the party on the s age and the eloquent appeal# ol the Chair, pre vented so disgrace!ul «ud shocking a result. We hope t i ,iv never agiin be our duty to chronicle such anoth , r display of tilth inly con duct as that exhibited Cl Mon nigh't last by a portion of the audience at Pkuiuix 1 \V e '■peak thus plainly because we deem it our duty as I blie journalists and as conservative citizens, to de { ounce at once aud in the boldest terms whatever seems -ubversive of the elements of social order and of the most valued right# and immunities of intelligent free And we will remark just here, in conclusion, that we intend at all time# and under all circumstances to say i ;-t what we think—boidly, frankly and fearles.-iv. trust i » to the support, justice and wi«dom of au enlightened public sentiment. Iu respect to the one in Fredericksburg, the Herald of that city thus describes it : A Committee of five was appointed to draft resol u* At this roi rt loud calls were made for “ Rowe,’ “ Hun ricn- " “ Lacy.” Mr. Rowe took the stand, and advc , ited’ immediate secession. Having concluded, the calls ‘or “Lacy,” and “ Hunnicut were renewed in a most ’.oisltrous manner. Both gentlemen took the stand.— i'hca it was a# though ten thousand Bedlams had broken ! >&< *. Wild shrieks rent the air. Slicks were brand - ei Threats aud menaces could be tead on the coun enancts of mauv of the excited and exasperated, who stood thronging around. The din and tumult was such that no man could ted, other than by the countenance of his neighbor, the fires it were burning within, ready to d ime out in what* ,.',or way tLe coming exigeucy ora sudden impulse might suggest. It will thus be seen that, in place of the order and de* cor-ru heretofore prevailing in nearly all assemblages of Virginia freemen, a wild and truculent spirit cl violence aud auarchy reigns supreme. We undertake to say that i: is all owing to the intolerant aud despotic spirit tuani I -ted by the advocates of Immediate accession. We again entreat that calmness courtesy and respect for order and decncy may prevail in tho assemblages of the Virginia people. _ The English Lords number four hundred and twenty* ■ oTon temporal, and thirty spiritual. Three of the form, r, ihe Prince ol Wai s, the Duke ol Cambridge aud the Duke of Cumberland (King of Hanover.) are of the blood roy al The spiritual lords are twenty-six English and lour I- .-hp elate* The temporal lords include a prince, a prince consort, twenty-seveu dukes, thirty-five marquise*, one hundred and seventy earU, thirty-one viscounts, aud on* hundred and *ixty-two barons. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. Wemisa, March 12 —James MeLace shot Richard Hidden last nieht, while under the i: liuenen of liquor, meeting a wound which will probably prove fatal.— McLane escaped to Bellaire, where he committed suicide this afternoon. Both parties belong to respectable lam II ie*. Thcmdat, March 14, 1991. The House was called to order at 11 o’clock A. M., by the Sphawkr. n. . , Prayer by the Kev. M. Pettigrew, of tho Disciples The usual communication was received from the Sen ate, announcing the pa-sage by that body of House bill ‘‘authorizing the issue of Treasury notes,” with an amend ment. The bill authorises the Governor to direct the Auditor of Public Accounts to borrow for the Common wealth of Virginia from lime to time, an amount not ex ceeding in tho aggregate, at any period, one million of dollars,” Ac. The Senate proposed to strike the words at any pen Mr. HAYMOND proposed to amend the bill by strik ing out tho Senate’s amendment and inserting the follow ing : Provided that no part of the money authorized to be borrowed by this act shall be borrowed, except so much thereof as may be required to pay the necessary expenses of the Governmout, except it shall be necessary to repel invasion or to provide lor the defence of the State, when in the opinion of the Executive it shall be necessary for our protect on to do so; nor shaU any mo ney be paid out of the public treasury to carry into effect the act passed January 22d, 1861 creating an Ordinance Department, nor shall any money be paid outol the pub lic treasury under the provisions of the act ot 20th Janu ary last providing for the defence of the Slate out of any other monies except the mouey borrowed under the pro visions of this act. Mr. KEMPER opposed the amendment to the amend ment of the Senate, lie warmly advocated the adhe rence by the House to the bill which they had passed al most unanimously at an early day of the session. The SPEAKER ruled that the body of the bill could not now be amended, and that tho proposition of Mr. llavmond was out of order. Mr. HAYMOND then moved the indefinite postpone ment of the bill. Messrs. HACKLEY and ANDERSON warmly opposed the motion lo indefinitely postpone. Mr. HAYMOND withdrew hid motion by leave of the House. , Mr. COWAN moved to lay the bill on the table. Tho bill imposed taxes on his people, when the Convention says thev shall not have protection in the Northwest.— He had no idea of taxing his people to defend your in stitution—the nigger institution—when that institution is to be the means of their oppression. Mr. KEMPER said he would eall the attention of gen tlemen to the fact that there were no manufactures of caps or powder in the South, and If the bill ii not pas-ed the Slate is left at the merer of Northern bayonets. He moved to indefinitely postpone, that ou the motion ho might speak to the bill. Mr. CRANE rose to a point of order. Could the pat ron of this bill consume all the time of the House to the exclusion of all who opposed it.? The gentleman had moved to postpone expressly in order to be afforded an opportunity of speaking. The SPEAKER stated that he had not recognized Mr. K. after his motion, and that he did not have th" Moor. Mr. CRANE then rose to sav he oppposed the bill. The object of the bill was to purchase or manufacture arms to make intestine war—to war on our friends and brethren. He had supposed this reiic of barbarism had passed away ; that arms were to be used to enforce trea ties or to wrest rights from foreign powers. He woied not have the world think Virginia wa- training men to march against their friends. He must know that an army was marching against us before he would take up arms. He had been tauuted with the name of submissionisL If that signified a desire to adhere to the institutions and the government framed and purchased with the blood and treasure of his lathers, he was proud of the title. A stronrr objection to the bill xvitli him was, that it requires the issue of treasury notes forthwith. Ho was oppos U to an? such bill at this time, and hoped it would lay on the table. Mr. ROBERTSON hoped the House would not halt or hack down from the portion it had taken. He did not know to what extent danger may or may uot exist in the future, but if anvihingcould increase the chances of that danger, and to bring about the result which it is our duty to prevent, it is bv the adoption of the line ol policy which has been advocated by those who would postpone the bill. It was impossible to resist such a measure with out iu effect saying to the world wc are willing to submit to th Federal Government, and will not raise our hands i" opposition to any attempt to coerce us into measures. The time has never been when there was more uncer taintv iu regard to the course which the Government will pursue , if it is to employ force against us, it should be met by force. There were two things indispensable to the preservation of peace: First. The total abstinence from all attempt at force on the part of the Goverumeni; atid, secondly, by agreeing to those amendments to the Constitution which we regard as indispensable to the pro tection of our property and the maintenance of our self respect and honor. It was iu accordmee with this policy that this bill was introduced, and there was no doubt it would meet the almost unanimous concurrence of the people of the S‘ate. Mr. McKENZIE said, the House had been in session sixtv-six days, and until a lew days ago he had supposed the bill had become the law of the laud, lie had voted for this bill ul the time he did because he had believed it tu important to the public safety. We had just voted t i* so lira- Virgil it was concerned, we would not per mit the coercion on the part ol the F’edcral Government of any of the Southern States. Having come to this conclu sion, he, for one, was ready to vote means to arm the St etc, if need be. W' en I was here before (‘aid Mr. McKknzik) I found the Gov. rnor, then occupying the Executive Mansion, had but few friends iu this hall. Always disposed to do jus tice to niv political oppou nts, I was willing and did sus tain him in his course. I knew him a long while ago; wc had belonged to the same party once; he was taken and liras let . but. notwithstanding this, I liked him.— Now w have another Governor, honest .John Letcher, I find him with but few supporters, and 1 promise him aid to carry out what is right, or any other Governor.— I believe he is a safe, prudent, conservative Governor.— The motion of my friend, Mr. Haymond, the distinguished Chairman o! the Committee of Finance, merely asks to lay the bill on the table for the purpose of making an amendment making the appropriation dependent upon the discretion of the Governor. Why is there objection to thh course‘t Does any bod v presume that 17«»,c.«H» voters of Virginia, a Commonwealth extending from the Potomac to the Ohio River, a better armed Stale than any five States in the I'uion, are acting from any fear of the North? Virginia is not afraid. When the Conven tion comes to a decision, and whatever they do, and it is ratili d bv the people, she w ill take her position, and, if necessary, tight. I think the opportunity ought to be given to atiK i. 1, if necessary, uud I shall, thcrefuro, vote to lay on the table. Mr. KEEN, ‘ai l: IL- believed it was upon his motion that the bill under consideration was takcu up and pass ed by this House. He should most cheeifully vote lor it to-day, and against every motion calculaU d to defeat ir, not, however, for the reasons assigned by the gentle man Horn Culp-per. Frequently he had.carriedJinMinm. Never ' though to intimidate any o:.c ; he only carried them, as he believed his people wanted the State armed— kuowiug tl etr rights and daring to maintain them; and by whomsoever those rights are assailed, by the Gods, they would defend them. The gentlemau from Culpeper seemed to have forgotten another part of the Peace Conference resolutions as published by this House, which required that their action should be submitted to the Convention now iu session. That Convention of which the gcntl met' from Monroe and Culpeper were int tubers, wa- considering those Peace Resolutions, and it was lor them to say whether it had been abortive or not; anil he was unwilling by his vote on this bill to give a quasi endorsatiou, the one way or the other; lie was w illing to abide the action ot such uonvemion, ana tie ncu -vcu that the stout hearts at.d strong arms of V:rginia, from the 1’itn-hstidie to the Eastern Shore, would rally as one man to Virginia and Virginia's rights, whenever a pro per time had come, to defend her. As to the E astern and Western qiiastion, which gentlemen had thought proper to introduce in the consideration of this bill, lie lmd only to say he himself had never made any pledges to any one to get their votes for a convention; lie had ask for it because he thought the exigency of the time demand ed it, and cared not whether the Convention considered Eastern orWestern questions; he was satisfy d they would properlv consider the honor and the interest of Virginia. Mr. THOMPSON said, that he bad not known tl.is morning whether he had voted for this billon its passage through thia House until he examiued the journal. He found he did not vote for it. Why he had not voted for it he did not precisely remember. He thought it proba ble h|s name was wanting among the ayes, because lie wss opposed t;» the bid. Mr. ANDERSON reminded him that he had, at the time, stated he would not vote for it because ita friends would a(T rd no time lor examination. Mr. THOMPSON—Oh, yes, I remember, it was pass'd in that early period of the session when hurry, haste, precipitation made up the order of the day. Aud this day’s proceedings remind me of them. The bill conies back from the Senate to-day with an amendment, and it is to be hurried through before it is allowed to be printed. When it passed this House two months ago, the greatest necessity, it was said, existed for passing it right through without delay. It went over to the Senate and there it iay upon the table until yesterday. In the meantime, to great fuss was made about it. Indeed, we had heard coining of it. But now the thiru is hack here again, and it is of the utmost im portance that it he passed withont an "hour’s delay.”— What has occurred to get up this sudden—this renewed necessity for haste, to scare our Northern neighbors ?— Rest assured the brave men of the North are not to be influenced by efforts at intimidation. Men in the same circumstances arc alike the world over, and you will never extort from the Northern people hy threats what ycu cannot obtain by reason, accompanied with a proper manifestation of firmness in the aFsertion of jour rights. To place a knife at a man’s throat is not tbe way to in fluence him ia tbe direction you would have him go.— You would not be thus influenced, nor will any of the Anglo-Saxon race. No, sir, gentlemen, know better than to attempt thus to drive a brave people. If it has any effect, it will be to brrng on war by stopping short those negotiations for peace from which we bare expected so much. Do gentlemen see this and wish to precipitate us into a war and thus out of the Un’en ? Or do they feel the influence of the outside pressure, and are they giving way to it V These tumultuous k-ucniblages ia the street that have so often of lute disturbed the rest Cl citizens aad disgraced the city —noisy mobs who have made night hideous with their clamorous hoolingu, and have threatened to drive the jieople’s representatives from Mechanics’ Institute? That body, the Convention, moves on the even tenor of its way unawed by threats, determined to save the country, in its own way and iu its own good time. Let us follow their example and do our business in the same calm aud deliberate manner. Gentlemen from the west seemed to find it necessary to defend tbem«clves against charges of untouudntts. Unsound in what? Are they unsound m their loyalty to the interedts ot their constituents ? Let those who are thus derelict deprecate the wrath of tbeir cotutilucntn, and not of people hert. For one, I protest against this constant arraignment of western men before tbe bar of eastern opinion. A fair proportion of my little property consists of slaves, aud there is no man in Virginia, per hapa, who would be more disturbed in hie domestic rein ties* by the abolition of slavery than I would be. I, and roy neighbor* are with me, am determined to do all fliat we can do to preserve and perpetuate the Institution. But be it understood, we will take that course and ndopt that policy which we hcliovc, and, indeed, arc sure, will secure it for us—for West Virginia. II wo can hold slaves, you arc safe for youre. Permit me to tay, sir, that this is my view of patriotism. When I was a boy at school 1 learned that patriotism was defined, love of mu country, in contradistinction to your country. In that respect I am an old fogy. I adhere to that defini tion now. I have lived to find it, practically, at least, defined, love of some other country, and a denial of my country. I cannot accept the definition, nor follow the dictates of such patriotism. When Virgiuia is arrayed against any other country, or all the countries on earth, I *m for Virginia. W hen the interest, honor, aud dignity of West \ irginia.conflicts with tho interest, honor, aud dignity of East Virginia, I go for West Virginia. 8ttch a collision ought never to take place, and when it does it is a factitious and not a natural state of things. Gentlemen of the east, or many of them at least, have, for certain evils, a remedy which would be ruinous to tho institution of slavery, and to every great interest of the people of West V irginia. To tell us, as we arc otten told, we don't know our interest is but to add insult to the attempted injury. We do know our interest, and we intend to act upon that know ledge. .... . Mr. Speaker, I hope this bill will be laid upon the table. The indefinite postponement of the bill was further opposed by Messrs. BASSIL, BARBOUR, Bl KKS, CAPERTON, CHAPMAN, I’UELPS, KEEN, WEST, and JONES of Gloucester. By leave of the House, Mr KEMPER withdrew bis motion to indefinite postpone. 'flie question then recurred oil Mr. IIA\ MOND’S mo tion to lay on the table, ami on which the ayes and noes were demanded. The demand was sustained aud the roll being called the motion to lay on the tabic was de feated. The following are tho names of those who voted in the affirmative Yeas—Wt-mri. AMerson, Boreroan, Itrown, Christian, Cnwan, Crane, Duckw.all, Fleming, Prut. (loodfcoon'e, Havmoad, lloir uitn. Hnlilway. Ki.Ua, McKiniie, ■>• Ml.ler, Morris, PlieIj.s, Pritchard, Randolph, RIchtrdEoo, J. K. Smith, Thompson, Walker, Watts, anil West—20. The Senate amendment was then concurred in. Trie Spcakt r laid before the House a communication from the Penitentiary Store Keeper, showing tho finan cial condition of that concern. Referred to tho CornmiM lee oti Fiuance. / On motion tho House adjourned. sr \ I liGIH1A ST ATE COS V11A WW. Thursday, March 14th, 1801. The Convention met at 12 o'clock M. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Baker, of the Episcopal Church. ITIII.IC MKKTINHS. Mr. NEBLETT presented ibe proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Lunenburg. Referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. KENT presented the proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Wythe. K ferred to the same committee. THR PKACK CONFKRKNCE. The Convention resumed the consideration of the re port of the Commissioners to the Peace Conference, and Mr. TYLER (Ex-Pres’t.) being entitled to the lloor, re sumed his argument against the plan of adjustment adopt ed by tho said Conference. He said that the results nr rived at were that tbeSou'h would bo debarred from the territory south ol ;io:30 by law suits; that the acquisi tion of more land was practically ; the right of transit denied, no provision for the surrender of fugitives from justice, and no demand for the repeal of the personal lib erty bills, and no restraint upon the circulation of Helper books or similar pamphlets. He alluded to the fact that the operations of the un aerpruuuu rauruau nun wawu wuv» wuiuiv..vvh.vuv of the troubles. The whole matter was uuder the man agement of the leaders at the North. If they bid it stand Kill, it stands still. Mr. T. expressed his decided dissent from the proposition of Mr. Seward fora “National Con vention. “Will you walk Into my parlor, 8*1.1 the spider t • the Mr, •fU th- p ettiest little parlor That ever you did spy." This is precisely the parlor that Mr. Seward invites you to. (io iuto that, and you will not come out unscathed. It is the list proposition in the world. What will the Convention do? It cannot stand still. One day we have smiles from the new administration at Washington, but they are chased away, next day, by frowns. It appears that 2,400 troops are to be withdrawn from the frontier, and to be concentrated at Washington. Something is to be anticipated from this movement. It won’t do to sit down with arms Added. Mav it not be a strategic movement directed against this State? A ou are to be kept in thraldom by chicanery or force. If Fortress Monroe is to be gari oned by 8,1100 troops, ns speculation has sometimes intimated, what is it for but to intimidate Virginia? For fitly years there wns a balance of power, in the government, between the free and slave States. Now you are outnumbered, and in a few years the disproportion will be increased by the admission of new States. Ma jorities are despotic, and for his part, he would rather be governed by King One than King Numbers. Adverting to the argument that the borders of Vir ginia would be in an exposed condition in the event of a separation, Mr. Tyler said he had no apprehension of anv attack. “If you fear them at all, they fear you.— Pu cumb not at all; this is the way to maintain your rights." Mr. T., was then understood by the reporter to argue for a reconstruction of the Union in the spirit in which it was founded, and as preliminary thereto, for the co-op eration of the Border States. New Jersey would not re main with the North. The interests of Pennsylvania and of lire city of New York were with the South, and they, too, would come. “If you want time to effect all this take a reasonable time. Lay down your ultimatniii.— Let it give ample protection to your rights. Send if to the Border Slave Stales, nod tire Free States, and say 10 them, it you dout adopt this we must go out. Doutstop there. Let vour anti-coercion declarations he strong and emphatic, and let them bo sent to Washington to tell the administration in the language of Canute, “Thus far shall thou come, and uo farther.' Mr. T., said that it wrs idle to talk about doing with out the Cotton Sates. If they were put up at auction, Russia, England, and France would be represented among the bidders, and the prices offeed would rise from mil lions to billions or trillions. The cotton produced in those States was the basis of all the exchanges of the world, the clothing of the world, and the commerce of the world. Instead of cotton do you want the lee from the ice ponds of the North ? Mr. TYLER soon alter concluded his speech, by thank ing the members ol the Convention for their courtesy and attention. The report of the Comtnis-ioiiers was then referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. rtUIKfUI. RELATIONS. The following resolution offered by Mr. CiiNRAD, of Frederick, was adopted A’-, //erf. That the repmt of the Committee mi Ve/leral H-!» tl/.ns, with till- minority reparU trom said Comini 1 e, he made the ... 0 ' . . * *t I.. 1 pa»t 12 o’clock, and coutlnueio, from day to Uay uutll othcrwue ordered. TUX MILITIA. Mr. RICHARDSON moved to take up a resolution of fori 1] by hi ii, on the .iHih, ult, calling upon the Adjutant General for certain information concerning the militia, and lie addressed the Convention in explanation «nd ad vocacy of the lesolution. The ipn stion being put, it appeared that ai|nornm was not present; whereupon On motion of Mr. IIURDETT, the Convention adjourn ed. __ The informal State Convention of Maryland, lately in session in Baltimore, have appointed the following gen t'emen to visit Richmond, for the purpose ol conferring with the Virginia Convention : General Walter Mitchell, of Charles; lion. E. Louis Lowe, ol Frederick; Win. Henry Norris and Dr. J. Hart son Thomas, of Baltimore city ; aud Hou. K. F. Cham bers, of Kent. CORWIN AND CLAY DECLINE. Despatch to the Commercial Advertiser. Washington, Wednesday, March 13. Hon. Thomas Corwin, who has been named in connec tion with the mission to Mexico, declines the liouor. He desires to go to England or to France. Mr. Cassius M. Clay desires to go as Minister to Rus sia, aud will decline the tender of the Spanish mission. The mission to England, it is likely, will be given ci ther to Hon. Wm. L. Dayton, of New Jersey, or to Hon. Charles F. Adams, of Massachusetts. Mr. J. L. Motley, the distinguished historian, is strongly urged for the mission to Ilollaud. Fi'nnt.—A husband, supposed to be in Philadelphia, returned home to Brooklyn, a few uights ago, aud found hia wife absent at the Academy of Music, with a clerical triend. Her lengthened absence did not tend to quell his rising indignation, which was increased when he found an affectionate letter from the pastor, inviting her to a nice little game supper after the performance-was over that evening. Arming himself with a raw-hide, he waited till the cutter left the pair at his door, aud fell upon the astonished missionary with a zeal untempered by discretion. At last, tying the offender up iu a buf falo, he flung him into the sleigh, and giving the horse a furious lash with the whip, he d’sappoared beneath the starlight. The husband is still implacable, aud threatens a divorce. _ Tiik Australasian.—Neither the Bremen nor North Britain bring any intelligence of the Australasian, except that she left Liverpool on the 16th, arrived at Queenstown nt noon on the 17th, and left at 4 P. M. the same day for New York, all well. She has no doubt bceu disabled, aud as her engines may have given out after she was well on her voyage, it would perhaps require twice as long for her to work back os it would to make the entire voy age with steam. No serious anxiety need be felt tor her for some weeks. If she was d. lbled near the American coast, she mav have kept on, aud will arrive within a week. She is a fine iron screw steamer of 1,760 tons re gister, and comparatively new, having been built at'Glas cow in 18fi7 ; and, like all of the line, is commanded by an experienced seaman._ A Duel — Messrs. Cressv and Barby, young gentle men w ho were lately clerks together in one of our largest clothing houses, had a political dispute a few days since, ending in epithets and a fight. Cressy, whose violent epithet provoked the assault by Harby, got the worst of it, and prevented things from getting ttill worse, by pro posing to Eettle it according “to code.” Preliminaries being arranged, they met with pistols yesterday morning at the Oaks, and exchanged shots twice without damage to either. The seconds then interfered and refused to allow further shooting; and so the matter ends.—N. 0. Crescent, March 7. ________ RHODE ISLAND POLITICS. Provimnce, March 12—The democratic and consti tutional Union Conventions, in the Eiatern District, to day nominated William Sheffield, of Newport, for Con gress. The constitutional Uuiou Convention of the Western District nominated George H. Browne, of Glou cester, whom the democrat* had previously nominated. BTrTENDOra EMBEZZLEMENT is FRANCE. London corrttpondenct of the A”tie York Herald. The faii.i rk or M. Mirer—His Liaiih.ities Ehtimatfo at $12<V»00,000—The Panic in Parcs—A Monitarv Pan to Predicted. London, Feb. 23,1861. Panic-mongers hare enough to feed upon now, to last a month, let times go never so smooth. The consterna tion, which is described as tremendous in Paris, has ex tended to London, and many here are predicting a mon etary crisis, if one or two more straws are piled upon the camel’s back. The fall of poor Mires is a fearful crash. The account of the failure is currently stated at 600,000,000 francs, or $120,000,000. The Paris Bank ing Houses Marcuard k Co., and Ernest Andre, have sus pended, and the Credit Mobilier and Perrlere, the great politician and negotiator, are said to be on the brink of insolvency. Tbe entire capital ot tbe Credit Mobilier is said to be swallowed up, and tbe directors are to be proe ecuted. Rumors say three Ministers are compromised most seriously—Morny, Rouhcr and Magne. General Fleurv, too, is among the delinquent. The Princess De niidoff—Mathilde, the cousin of the Emperor—is in the vortex, a check of 50o,000f. having been given to her. Bribes have been scattered light and left by the reckless Hebrew banker, in the vain hope of tloatingthe Turkish loan. Seen sv, government pressure, gagging the press and the usual imperial machinery were all insufficient to open the purse-strings of the people who wanted to make investments. The I'm ii< correspondent of the London Times, writing on the lath, says : M. Mires was urrestedat nine o’clock last night on various charges, lie is in custody at Me zas. It is rumored that several persons of standing are more or less implicated iu the ull'air, and that disclosures as well as serious consequences to individuals arc liki ly to follow. It is the general topic of conversation every where. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Advertiser, writing on the ISih, says: It is uot the keystone of tbe arch which supports this fabric of corruption which las just fallen plump into the middle of the Temple of Mam mon; M. Mires was scarcely the keystone, but ho was assuredly one of tiiose portions of the arch which con tributed to its support, and since he has fallen we may predict serious iijury to the whole structure. Instead of reposing on his downy couch last night, sur rounded by gorgeous splendor, M. Mires passed the night . in prison. He was arrested at 8 o'clock Iasi evening, •and the millionaire whs taken from the midst ot his mag nificence to durance vile. His servants, faithless caititls, bruited the talc abroad; the news got wind at the Bourse, but no one would believe it. His stockbrokers wcut to his abode this morning to receive his orders, but they found only his son-in-law, Prince Polij»nae, who said that his Hebrew father-in-law was at breakfast; but at last the truth oozed forth, ami spread consternation among*’ tiiose who wondered what would become ot them if their own all'iirs also were strictly overhauled. It is understood that the Turkish Ambassador was amongst those who clamored most loudly to the govern ment for this terrible retribution, whilst every journal was profu»elv illustrated with advertisements in gigantic type, bidding capitalists, great and small, invest their hoardings in tbe Turkisli loan—a venture which he showed by fantastic festoons of figures would produce leu per cent. You were warned to take heed lest your readers should be drawn into such a scheme, which would have sull'ered by comparison even with the Suez CLual speculation. But despite ail this banging of tbe cymbals, the public did not respond to the appeal. The sub-cription was not filled up; bn’ M. Mires kept, up a con'inuous fire of telegrams upon Slamboul, assuring the Divan of the complete success of the euterprize.— Tne Turkish government drew upon M. Mires to a large amount. The bills were endorsed by M. Mires, and discounted by those Greek houses at Marseilles which are now ex piating in bankruptcy tiitiir too complacent confidence. Ti.e Tuiki-h government will now be compelled to reim burse the discounters, and will be much embarrassed to find the funds. But a few years past M. Mires w-s an itinerant vendor of !• ft-oif garments at Ma seillcs; but a few months—nay, weeks—past he was certainly worth a million sterling; but he pined to add to that which was already too much. The immense speculations in land and builJing, the rows of sumptuous palaces, which, like tall bullies, lift their heads and lie about the prosperity of those who built them and those who dwell in them, may shortly briug about a crisis which will sorely tax the stupendous energies of the Credit Mobilier Company, hitherto so ably guided by another Hebrew speculator, the adventu rous M. lVreire. But the dread of the Imperial regime will be the erpote of the means by which colossal for tunes have been amassed under its fostering care. The i’atis coi respondent of the Morning Herald, wri ting on the 2<>:h, says:—‘Foreign policy and the pros pects of peace or war, excite but very little attention just now, tho great topic of the day being the Mires frauds. Count de Germiny, who, as I informed you yes terday, has been provisionally pluced at the head of the concern, has issued u notice informing the public that the Caisse des Cbcinius de Fer must temporal .lysuspeud pay ment, in order to prepare a balance sheet. It is stated that several persons well known in Parisian society have been arrested. I forbear for the present to mention their names. A well known financier and functionary is an nounced by the papers to have died of oppoplexy; report s'ates that lie committed suicide. The consequences ol the collapse of Mues are expected lobe disastrous in the extreme at Marseilles, Constantinople and London, w here, it seems, bills drawn on Mires, on account of the Ttuki.-h ban, have been extensively discounted. The Mires ca tisiropae has shaken the public confidence in sundry credit institutions of the same nature as the Caisse des Cheniins de Fer. There was a heavy run to-day on the Credit Mobilier. The London coirespoudent of the Manchester Guar dian says: It is anticipated that, if Sf. Mires is driven to the wall, he will make disclosures affecting persons occupying tin highest places in llie imperial entourage. Indeed, 1 am tssuri d ihat but for ihe tear of bitch disclosures the fall n financier would have been proceeded against three months ago, ulnui the preliminary steps of a criminal prosecu tion against him were actually taken, and only urn. i d by an altogether unconstitutional exercise of the r nlral authority which startled evi n those who are most familiar with the high-handed di-regard of law habitually shown by absolute power in France. The interesting question, for those who see in M. Mires’ arrest the outbieak of a struggle between the better and worse influences that surround the Emperor, is which side the Emperor will take in the conflict—whether be wdl allow the anticipated scandals to be shown up and sifted, or will stifle investigation from tenderness for tho--' wiiotn it may be expected to compromise most gravely. The arrest ol M. Vires will fie a heavy blow to the haugh ty family of Poligdac, one of who.*' members, not long ago, stooped to the hand of the daughter of the bold ami a-piriug .lew speculator to the immense dl-gust of the Faubourg St. Germain. IV If El) STATES SENATE—EXTUA SESSION. WasniNtiTON, March IS. Mr. Douglas offered the following resolution, which he road for information: Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to inform the Senate what forts, arsenals, navy yuids, ai d other public works within the limits of the Slates of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mi-sisaippi, Louis i ma, and Tex ts are now within the actual possession and occupation of the United States; end by what number ol men each is garrison, d mid held ; and whether rein forcements are ncce-sary to retain the same; and if so, whether tho government has the power and means, un der existing laws, to supply aiicli leinforcenien's wi bin such time as the exigencies and necessities of the ca-e may demand; and whether the defence and protection and wise to retain military poesea-ion ol such fort-, places and other property, except at Key West and Tortugas, and to recapture and reoccupy such others ns the United Stall's have been deprived of by seizure or surrender for any other purpose, aud with a view to any other end than the subjugation aud occupation of those States wiiicli have as-umed the right to secede from the Union, and within whose limits such forts and other public pro perly are situated. And, if such be the motives for re capturing and holding the forts and other public proper ty, what military force, including regulars and volun teers, would he necessary to enable the United States to reduce the States aforesaid, and such others as are sup posed to sympathize with them, to subjection and obe dience to the laws of the Union, aud to protect the fed eral capital. Mr. Wilson said he hoped the resolution would not be considered to day. Mr. Douglas said he would call up the resolution to morrow. Mr. Mason objected for the present to its considera tion, not being satisfied that the Senate has power to act upon it. Mr. Fessenden offered a resolution that Messrs. Bet ja min, of Louisiana, Brown and Davis of Miss., Clay, of Ala., Mallory, of Florida, and Toombs, of Georgia, hav ing announced that they are no longer members of the Senate, that their seats have become vacant, and tho Secretary of the Senate is directed to strike their names from the roll of members. Mr. Hunter aud others having objected to tho consid eration of the resolution, it lies over. After an executive session, the Senate adjourned. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, Feb. 27—3:4u P. M. The Legislature aojourned over from the 21st to the 26th. The sessions continue to be occupied with discus sions of Union resolutions, the Broderick expunging res olutions, and the intrigues over the proposed Senatorial elcctiou. Thero has been no legislation of any impor tance yet. The reconstructed Democratic party caucus, composed of the Breckinridge and a portion of the Douglas Demo crats, met at Sacramento last evening, only j4 strong.— The Legislature being composed ol lift members, il)is was an unexpectedly weak show, and an unfavorable in dication for Denver. It is reported that a majority of the Douglas Democrats and all the Republicans are endeavoring to induce Me Dougal to withdraw from the contest, when an efTort to elect some compromise candidate will be made. The friends of McDougal are making groat efforts to get the Republicans to Biipport him. Accounts from Run Diego state that the whalers at that port have already taken 7ft whales, aud the season for catching is not half over. Each whale is worth about $1,000. Tehuantepec date* received from the Atlantic States to the 11th inst., giving an account of the choice of Da vis and Stephens as head of the Southern Republic. Californians more than ever fear a permanent dissolu tion of the Union inevitable, and bopo the calamity may not be aggravated by unnecessary war. The Butterfield route is now believed to be froo from Indians and no fuither interruptions to mails appre hended. _ A Costly Entkrtaixmfvt.—The Delevan nouse, at Albany, has presented to the authorities of New York a bill for $1,120, for entertaining Mr. Lincoln and hh suite one day. Tbey only partook of breakfast and din ner, but among the charges are $357 for wine3 and liquor*, $16 for cigars, and $160 for sundry broken ard clee. tomb or raws. Dr. Guernsey la now the editor of Harper's Magaxloe. The Btata election in Connecticut will take plaoo April 1st, and that in Rhode Island April ::d. tier. I. B. Kalloch has accepted a t all aa pastor of the Ltight Street Baptist Church, New York. Tne Kinpire Spring, at Saratoga, baa been sold for *11 -0,000. There are one thousand five hundred carriage ma kers out of employment in New Haven Conn. Ia “ nobo dy raftering auything f The residence of Colonel Peter R Thornton, in Car oline county, Va., was destroyed by fire last week ; lose •6.000. John W. A. Leigh, of Huntsville, Texas, fell dead in the street ou the 14 th ultimo. He was a Virginian, and a prominent lawyer. A clerk ia the commercial Rank of London has lately pr >ved a defaulter to the tunc of three hundred thou sand dollars. A tire took place in Lynchburg, Wednesday morning, destroying Williams A Peters’ btokers’ office, and seve ral other buildings. There is a report from Lancaster, that Mr. Buchanan is lying seriou.-ly ill at Wheatland, from a nervous affec tion superinduced by the excessive political excitement b< has .ately experienced. Houx.stkai- Law.—A homestead Ww, which has passed 'ii, h branches of the Michigan Legislature, donates to the actual settler eighty acres instead of forty acres, as under the old law. It also throws around the State new safeguard* against imposition and spoliation. Tne Kentucky Secessionists have issued a circular ad vising the iiiinediate institution of measures iu all the counties of the State ior the election of delegates to a I'onveiition to be held at Frankfort ou the 2otb of the pr sent month. tVithiu the last few months the health of Justice Me Lein, of Ohio, has sensibly declined. He has lately be came very lerble, so much so, indeed, aa frequently to . uuable to take part in important consultations with h i colleagues of the Supreme Court. The inauguration of the Statue of Jefferson will take place at the (’nivenitjr of Virginia, ou the 4tli of July, an which occasion orations wilt be delivered by Hon. bcorge W. Summers, on “Religious Freedom," Hon. K M. T. Hunter on “The I’uivcrsity," and Prof. Holcombe ou ‘ Tiie Declaration ot Independence." A Mkwator.—The French minister at Washington, it is t tated, Wuitcd upon the Secretary of State on Tuesd ly and i If Ted the services of his government as mediator hi ween the Iluited Stales and Peru, in (he difficulty . isiug from the seizure of an American vessel by tbel’e iinian authorities. Another Ou> Texas Gosx.—Dr. U. A. Irion, one of the founders of tlio republic of Texas, died atNacogdo •. sFeb,27:h. Dr. Irion participated in the revolution au-ch separated Texas from Mexico, and was Secretary of State dining the first presidential term of Gen. Houston. He was a native of Virginia. Love in Death.—A lew days ago, a young lady in Let Boston, Mass., who had consented to the last wishes o' her lover, sick with con-oimption, named William Rick* -r to he united to him before lie died, arrived at tiie ap pointed hour in her bridal robes—only to find that he bad died an hour before. The Army Rtgitter for 18(11 has been issued. It gives the total eulistci men of the army at 17,005; ag gr-gate 18122. There are 198 companies in the differ ent regiments. If all these were serving on distant sta .ious, the total enlisted would be 17,549 ; and the ag gregate 18,00(1. Mrs. Caroline King, of New York, who had baen mar ri d two weeks, found a lady’s glove in the pocket of her h -band, who is an,actor, and on Monday took poison, 1.- .viug a note ou the bed near her body, stating that if he loved any one better than her she did not want to live. She had taken corrosive sublimate. Thomas L. Wilson, formerly a wtll known citizen of Virginia, died in Uarri-burg, Penn., on the 8th of March, in the 61st year of his age. For a period of ten years, from 182.'i to 18:i.>, he was editor ol the retorsburg lu teliigeticcr, and iu 1 S3*V he was editor of the Democrat, ptbushed in Lynchburg at that time. hi Ilaiiiinore, on Tuesday, Philip J. Coakley, while drank in the street, fired on a policeman who interfered to keep him quiet,shooting him through the breast. One of the balls struck Miss Susan Williams, a school girl, passing by, and inflicted a dangerous wound just above her ankle, which may cripple her for life. Tho Charleston Courier says that the subscriptions ex pected and desired from that place towards the Liverpool and Charleston steamships, being limited, have reached an amount authorizing the definite organization of the Company and the commencement of work on the con tract. The Boston papers notice a rutnor that has been in circulation several weeks that the lion. Wm. Appleton, member of Cougress elect from the fifth district, contem plates rcsigniug on account of impaired health, and that li. F. Durant will probably be the candidate to fill his pluce. The Eiu Clare (Wig.) Free Press contains the particu lira of the killing of twelve wolves by a lidv, whose house they surrounded. She happenid to have some at ychnine in the house, and this she spread ujion some meat and throw it to the voracious prowlers. Tho result w -. the death of twelve of the marauders. Eighteen live American partridges, tent by Mr. Cu nuri, of New York, to the English Society of Acclimati zation, have arrived out *.if«ly, and are cared for by Lord Malmesbury. This nobleman has also received six teen live prairie hens, which be expects will soon become naturalized, and one of these days afford ‘-food for the million.” S-.uth Carolina ap|M?ars to be recruiting largely from lbo-e States west of her which have not yet abandoned the Union. A few days ago we noticed the departure from Tt nnessjee of a considerable number of recruits ft r tbe army of the Palmetto State,and the Augusta (Ga.) p ipers ol Sunday announce tbe arrival there of thirteen more from the West. The Galvestou Civilian of the 1st instsnt says: “ Elec tion returns continue to reach us ; but few of the coun i are complete. We have returns, more orlessco.u pl tc, from iwcuty-nioc counties. Out of about eleven thousand votes only eleven hundred are against fc c .in. This is perhaps a fair index to the vote of the State. At a ball recently given in a fashionable mansion in flvdo Park, London, live ladies had tbeir dresses burned in consequence of one of them catching fire as the w earer a is performing on the piano. The room being stripped of its furniture to accommodate the dancers, there was nothing at hand to extinguish the flamrs. One of the f-dUs died of her injuries, another is expected to die, and the others were badly burned. lion. John J. Crittenden has accepted the invitation 0 'tho Cor|s>ration of Boston to visit that city and be Ccine its guest, and Mis. Crittenden lias accepted the !i tyor’s invitation to become Ids guest. The Courier si's “The reception and welcome of the illustrious K •ntnekian by the Bostonians will, we venture to pie d et, do his heart good. Old Unionists will go out to g. ®ct him, and give him such a welcome as is only otter ed to patriots and heroes.” Mr. C. will arrive iu Boston e-rly next week. The following important statement appears in a Wash 1 'ton letter, about the resignation of Adjutaut General Cooper:—“President Lincoln called on General Scott to kaow how many soldiers were necessary to reinforce Fort Sumter. The General, as a preliminary step to such n. ivcrncnts, suggested that all orders to that end had to p _ss through the Adjutant General’s ottlee, and Colonel ioper h iving married a Virginian lady, it might not be prudent to retain him iu that responsible post, as it would be necessary to maintain inviolate -ecresy with regard to all orders looking to the reinforcement of F rt Sumter—whereupon Col. Cooper was politely noli fi a that his Excellency, l’rendent l.mcoln,was gracious ly pleased to extend to him the privilege of resigning.— !: is eald that Col. Cooper had not the slightest idea of retigning up to the 4 th of March. INDIAN CHASE AFTER A MAH, COACH. The Mesilla Valley Times records numerous depreda tions of the Navajo Indians all along the bolder, among w ich is the following account of a elmso after a mail coach: The fact that the Indians had but three horses, and ft ate entirely destitute of fire arms, was the only thing that prevented the stage from being cut off and the in mates massacred. The Indians, to the number of seventy, were discovered approaching the road from a pass in the mountains, with the evident intention of getting ahead of the stige. The driver crowded the mules to their ut most, and succeeded in miking such rapid headway as to avoid an attack from the whole party at once. Not mere than twenty Indians succeeded in reaching the stage at the same time, and for most of the way the attack »a» kept up by only from nine to twrlvc. They would come up, three upon each horse, and dismount, leaving the animals hitched to the bushes, to be mounted in turn by others on foot. Bv these relays they succeeded in keep ing a pa> ty of fresh men constantly around the coaeh This running fight was kept up for more than nine miles, and the Indians succeeded twice in stopping the Ba<ge, and ran it out of the road several times. They wounded the side driver in the thigh with an arrow, but not seriously, and also one of the mules in the head.— There were five men in the stage—three passengers, the conductor and driver. All were armed with revolvers, but there was only one gun among the party. They kept up a constlnt fire while the Indians were in range, and are confident they killed three, besides wounding many more. Retit.n or D. S. Troops prom Taxis —Y'esterdav the Star oj the ir<*< was to have sailed from New Y'ork for Indiauola, Texas, to bring back a load of troops. She takes out 30 days’ rations for 600 men. This will be the third steamer (following the Daniel Webteer nnd Em pire (lity) which the government has dispatched for the transportation of troops in Texas to New Y'ork or other pbtcea within the acknowledged jurisdiction of the Uuited States. The .Journal of Commerce fays; As each steamer was iutended to take away only firtO mea, there will still be nearly 1,000 to provide a passage for. A fourth steamer will, hereaf ter, be sent oat with in a week, or as soon as it can be chartered and got ready; aud a fifth will doubtless follow at tbc easiest possible day. As it is not easy to find suitable steamers, perhaps the government will wilt till the Daniel Wtbtler returns and charter her for a second voyage. Within a month there will probably not be a single Uuited States soldier in Texas. It Is expected that troops thus returned will be dis tributed to Forts Monroe, Washington and Hamilton.— Should Major Anderson evacuate Fort Sumter, he will probably be ordered to Fort Monroe. Shipments OK Firearms.—Large quantities of arms and inuuitioiifl of war continue to go South from New Y'ork notwithstanding the vigilance of that remarkable man, Superintendent Kennedy. The steamer James town, which left on Tuesday for Norfolk, had her main deck literally loaded with gun carriages, and rid in boxes and cases. The fonner were shipped to the or der of Captain Randolph, of Virginia, and were manu factured at Troy. The impressioo is that their real des tination Is some point farther South. NEW HAM PS ii 1REELEOTION. r Concord, March 13.— Retarna from 136 towei give Berry, Rep., for Governor, 4,50) majority. The Repub , beans have 66 majority in the Legislature. THE EVACUATION OfTORTflcMTfi^^^ The Re public «o paper* continue to be *oreiT p. . < over the expected evaluation ol Fort Rumter. Tht, ** gradually, hewrver, coming to the conclusion that it , " “military neceadly," and a< yet none of them bar* ** come ao offended at Mr Lincoln as to refuse t f0 , ■Woo, a collectorship, Ac. Keen the Ns* York h hunt is ready to admit that the evacuation is a n-c**. causing the Uay Hook to thus retort on its hitherto like editor : “Ruppcs- Greeley had no* succeeded in getting r», into the Cabinet, would not the Tribune hare hoeW.j 4 ' fury over the rumored erar ution of Fort Sumter • now what ha* become of • No Co*nprnmi*e,’ Ko H a* down,' ‘No Concession to Traitors,’ and other |„», , *»l* that nourished at the trihunt masthead the r.k day? Kvcn J. 8. P , its brimstone Washington con Z pendent, ha* cooled off in »iew of a foreign mission.’’ The New York C'/mmtroal (Republican) argue, that if the evacuation lake* place it will be in cones,jWOof , the weakness, not of Fort Sumter, but of the c,o,,rl went, and it thou proceeds to assure (itu. Scott that b. , not the President, however willing he may be to a-i the responsibility of advising the movement. The tnercial finally concludes ad follows : “ In view of all the facts of the case, we have a r commendation to make to the President, if hethou I nally determine to auirender Fort Rumter to the rev, lioiu.sts. It is 'that immediately upon doing so bei.,1*,, extra session ol Congress, .hat measures may he promts! ly taken to calf a Convention of the p ople for the |*»se of acknowledging the independence of the ••«k)',' federate States of North America," b* th, y seven i*u , lifteeii, ho that a perpetual end may he put to the'distur bance* to which the country ha* *o long been ant,,. ^ And we would further recommend that such Couvn, „ . lx- instructed to make *uch amendment' to the Co,,,tl, “ tion a* aball either distinctly and openly recogniz* th, right of secession, or shall make provision for it. t . pression when attempted, clothe the h'reenti*e <ritl, <r to curry tuch prone ion into effect, anil make it a mil oj'euce not to u*r it. We have no hcnitatian h, ing that the recognition of the Southern Porfcdernr should not be delayed a dtiv longer than c.n be h< i »,t after once F’ort Rumter i* t tirrendered to it When N Anderson retreat* from that fortress it will be irrPT,„ J bly gone from the federal government of the I'lin j States. No one dreams that it, or any other fort, w.;| f, retaken after that." The Commercial lias asauranoe.-t from Washingtor that Congress will he convened early in May. The Post, (rt; also ha* advices from Warrington, justifying the eor ’ sion that “the country most not he surprised though it may be .appslle.l" by an official announcement ol th* withdrawal of Mujor Andoon from F'ort Sumter. Oc: Scott, we are told, has furnished the Cabinet with a «t*t. merit showing the evacuation to be a “military neccs-ity Tne statement is “founded upon an elaborate report of General Totten, chief eng necr of the engineering bu reau, to the effect that a r.guler series of we I cot rr i ed fortifications hare been erected srourd Fort Ruaiter completely encircling it, s». that a very large land fore, would be required to silence their fire, if vessel* with n* ioforcem-nt* were sent in the harbor. At the tame tune, Captain Ward, of the navy, who has made a special ei animation of the circumstances, reports that it would he impossible to deliver supplies by water, wilhou'a con siderable accompaniment of war vessels, to keep npi combined attack upon the jioslile forts, while a steam,’ or tug should be waking it* way to the garrison. Bit the execution of either plan would require iron time fCT the preparation of it tbau now remains, before Audi-r«ott and his little guard would be completely short of ; re visions. There are, probibly, other reasons for doing noth.: g, for a Washington writer Pi the Express tells its “Tho United States army is in rebellion! In othsr it I,..on ..tiar.efnrile .coert.tno.l .* -1, -L Department, through the ORioer* in command of the several posts at which the army is distributed, the’ the rank and file refuse to be employed in canoOi.edicg, fa (dialling and bayoneting their fellow countn mm. TYcy declare that tlxy were entitled to fight Indian’, Uni cans, British, French, Spaniard*, or any other eu< i. of th ■ country who might present themeelv. s, but not to li,'ht Americans. So tl e business of coercion is tt a dead lock lor the good ind ttiliict. nt reason t; a , o ercives are not forthcoming." R. J. Wackier a Rich Mas.—A Washington co-res pondent says : Robert J. Walker has suddenly becomes millionaire, by fhe dcci.-i >n made yesterday in tin-Su preme Court, involving the title to a quicksilver iu.m <u California, estimated to be worth millions of dollar — Mr. Walker is proprietor of one fifth of this valuable mine, and was offered, not long ago, |i.r t, provided the court should give a favorable do >m, n — That decision has now been given, and Mr. Walker who was, to use his own word -, “a beggar in the morni' g," went home to dinner a millionaire. The disastrou-. ,, i di'iou of (he country may, however, prevent Lt* it, me diate realizuiot. of his "expectations." Tin: Missing Straw simp.—The mining -'earner At tra la-uu ia a propeller of about.-seven liunJi d hot-. t««,i. She has two engines wi h ninety Inch cylinders ami d r, e feet fd< iu< b stroke. Her I nil is iron and was built in Gla-gow in 18,'i7. She is 1,760 tons rigister, widi t rm decks. Her dimensions ire as follows:—l.-iig h feet, beam 4:1 feet, depth of hold 31 feet. She is a me dium clipper build, pchoonrr rigged. Her prorts'un* against fire, stranding or h i.ks are good, she having me indrpe1 deut donkey engine,good puinp*,n:d a lar.’> t utr b<-r ol boats. She lias four water-tight eompnrtmi-ut>. About fifty passengers embukrd on her at Liverpool for New York. Tilt Cabinet ok Pkisiihnt Davis—The follow!-g Li the Cabioet of the Southerly Confederacy, as at present constituted : Secret try of Slate, Robert Toombs, of Georgia; 8e -re tary of tbe Treasury, C. G Uemriiiiiger, of South Caro lina; Secretary of War, Lf-rov P. Walksr, of Alabama; Secretary of the Navv, Stephen R. Ma.lory, of Flo: di, Postmaster General, John IT. Reagan, of Texas ; A tor nev-Gencral, Ju lah P Benjamin, of I,a. CHARTER ELECTION AT SYRACI SE. Svrausr, N. V , March 13—At the charier election here to-d.ay, the Republicans elected the entire citv t , k et, and six out of eight supervisors. The Board of Al detm-n stands: Republicans, four; D.-moerats, four.— Last year it was six Republican* and two Democrat-. FROM MEXICO—THE CONSTITUTIONAL G<t\ I RS MENT RECOGNIZED BY ENGLAND Navv Oki.rass, March lb.—Tbe steamer Tennessee, from Vera Cruz, on tbe 8th, has arrived. The Briti-h Minister ha* recognized the Constitutional Government. Geu. L’raga has accepted the mission to the IT. Stale*. OlltD. On the 14ib lilt. at the rc*ldenre of the Rev. Dr. Minn ge' Jr, Him rAl.l.V CAKTRR, In her inti. >e*i The fun, ral wi 1 take I>l» e fro® Hi I’aoi’s Church, to- lay,, If, hi at' o'clock, P. M. Th friends aid acquaintance if the family are Invited tu at’end without tortoer notice. \r KtJlNIA J — At * Court of quarterly Pe-«lm*. h.ll f„r V Richmond Couotjr, at the Court-House, on MONDAY, Ih* ih day of March, tsdl: On the motion of A. J. Sydnorl f »q , the fotlowtnr t»tl ilt - *11 oidercd to lie spread upon the Ml iute< »f this Court Where**, It hu pleased Alneqhty God to reni-iyr Irrni ill Bids’, Win i*as T 111hsi.*, f q , l dr a member Thi'.rf. i., it Is (Were,/, Th»l »l i’e we l»ow »illi s dictation In the »t l of ocr Gre*t C'raljr, we sincerely mo Uie ku of one rut, tl so sad di n’y, in the hloom of lirellh, ho.I pd fe of marluod. linlti'nl, Tt,at we tender to Ids bereaved family, oar eondoleere, OnUr&f, T .*t tin? ujua! had?: of nioanriuf b>- w*trn for Urirtff days, by thr turnrii-r* of tflt lu<* Onfsmt, Tbit a copy of thin tribute br fnmlibed by fh- Ct rl, loth* father ai»1 broth m of our 1er«*%«r<J filtnd. Onlerttl, That the Mi- hmood Whl|f and Aina drta nii-U** b# furu'»!i**t with a< ri»y of these ptocetdlogft, and that tin1/ »>* re* ! qurtttd to publish the tame. A Copy T in'il .*» —1t 9 W PKMDLKrOU, • €ARI>.-10 the voters of the KTII SKNATORIAI, DISTRICT, I UMPkl'INti THI I'll Mil# OK NEW KENT, CHKI.K# CITY, JAHM CIT», YORK, WARWICK, Kid/.* BE HI CITY AMD THR (IT! "MM IilAMilU(JKO.«|tiu/)v*CimiMi WHh the presect ntra»*" *° the I.Tgislature wttt end my tena *>f tflh*e a« your fr* nit r e I f* ordrr that >ou ma> have tint le t'me to nil a C'-Dvro'IdO f<f ri* D ktrlct, to srlrct iny succeesor. I thut early aar. unre my '»***■ odnatlon not to b<- a can'd late for re election. My ress ins for this detcrmlnat'cn .re purely of a personal *»• I private nature, and therefore unworthy your aUeat! m. 1 1 determined on sitting dawn to a'Mrrti voi a me on Die »Ul' th-* Union, but, up* n reflection, l think II uselrs. to do •■, •*» much at each day 1* but a aew lection In the ehipterot f"»l even11 that .re Iran [I’ring ta the country, and •> rou are a res' re people anJ keep pace hilly with the political move "ents of d •», l decline to do «o, only remarking that me hope of » pt-pr* adjustment of D * evils eomplsii'd cf by the South it t.:Ig* -r t ( d ty than It hat been for several weeks pa.I, and a Cont ention •' the Border States, it »’g<e ted In certain 1ST ten nent, a nectssary preliminary step to this dr* rai l» otjert a* the time ia not far distant, I trurl, »l ea Ihe South aid t« 'ully re drea ed, and the Union, a* It wai, »i,l be estatlah. d—a cosset ■nation most devoutly to be with. I far. And now, my coustit tents, all that renaalts for me to do, It 1 bhl you farew.il; and I leaeejou with a heart over# ei g • ** gratitude far your past confidence, and with the sincere w » He who guides the whirlwind aid dlrte's the storm, (b th B»'‘’,* and political) wilt so shape ourd. silnies, as thsl theerl1 of *' the South -o juatly compla'rs m*y bs fairly, fully aeJ eoc*s»K tlon'.lly radrewed, and this Union, as It was, may be restored, ' ■ "• ruptured no more forever. Yoer lellow-c Useu, _ rnhis—it c »i n mi*. 9^53 CITY POOK-IIOI ;*E.-I ' i 1 Sv^> fully announce mrs-H to the rotrri rf Ifce enr " Uchmond as a Cantldatc for the bUPEaiNTENDIRCV OK Tits CITY POOR Hu USE, at Ihe ensu es April etc. thm , mhlii—t-1dAprll _ _RICHARD REINS. £f**^=taCITY COL'ACIL.—ThefollowingP*r" VVeeP sons will be aappor'-d for thy City Conned In M A DISO h WARD Paacnv R. Ustrr**, Oio. W. Rssnoir*. Jams* M. Tavnun, 1 wo*. Pates'!*, ah.h -tde Oku K. Currcimui — AICTIOA BOOTS. SHOES and IIAT8, THIS MURMINQ, by mhlfl-lt I. A O. B IUYE.RP"*t— FOR PHILADELPHIA.—Tb* * No. 1 itearnahlp VIRGINIA, depain 1 R Kelly. now ready to receive freight, and will leave on Tuesday, 19ih I' at, at 10 o'clock, A. M -i. For freight or passage, having superior acocnunodatlcns, w to itltAfl. P. CaRDOZO, Agrnt Rocketts, or 109 tlainSt.^ Boston freight taken through by ateam at reduced ratcs_an • dispatch__ nOR II % LT INI OUR.—The steamer lt*h- p,slO r VIDERE, Captain W. W. K ene. will rwcs-sww^afcgfi^gy freight to-day, Friday, and up ta the hour of 1J o clock. ■ . day, the loth cf March. ... _*» freight taken to Boston via Baltimore at lowest rates wiui I dispatch. _ No hhds. received en hoard unless engtgeJ •*«•**■. ((1, Paisengers are requested to be on board before u departure I d o’clock, M , Saturday. assr"™!* path, a wii-ijam c ee.^ F>K NKIK VOHK.-///W/ KAMI • if. "'‘.'Jjk J nlaUoe of Richmond and New Yort fa. cela.-Tfr jn^J | «< hr CRENSHAW, Osp*. Was. Moaee, baring the larger per;., A I her rargo engage! and going on board will have qeles • For balance of freight apply to. nI eetf mhlS-5t_D- r. * - " I OLD 1ND NIW OBMTKY ■l*»t..l. Meta Mackerel, In half Wtla quarter bble and ill*. White Merer r Potatoes, olr" • .Lu..cd.oao.r.> mblS-lw _ -IT- I m# FLA* a BMMB*.-Cakin.d PUM** “d ; - A Hair, In More, for sale taw, by . lUL mM5 *• m —