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ijprtEtilmne. FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 186t ■’ KXTBi SESSION OF CONGRESS. The tdegraph tells us that there will be % 6f’ ' no. Extra Session of‘Congress., Mr. Lin •% 4 coin.* we take iy wiU be umrilling to *. . should® the immense responsibility of .. canyingon the Government, in this crisis -. In our national- affairs, without tlue advice • andassistanceofth.e Constitutional Repre i , sentalives of tile people, yftir impends. He cannot move an inchtoward tie fulfill ment of-lhe-obligations of his. ofilciahiDSth tHe lawSiri the speed in a; States, bringing down uponhis head Hie hostilities that have so threat; ‘ TVenecL' the duty to execute' the lawsin as well as all oth ers, -without incurring guilt, whichhevyill' ■riot willingly assume. He must fein force Fort Sumter at all hazards and. at any cost. . The .will of the (nation • ’ -will demand "that’' The gallant i An derson and his. men V-must not he left to .starve, ..cooped up in 'that fortress, : - nor must they he suffered to remain unas sisted they will fall a prey to the men jfhp thirst for their blood. with attach, inußt he held and ' stjongly - Lieut. Sleinmer Is.no less- gallant and de servxng’thah Anderson; and his. case will ; .demand instant-attention: Peace is now “maintained only hy submission to insult and wrong—hy an exercise, of patience • that will soon hc worn out—by negation . •; of governmental functions, and the contin ued. encroachmeiit upon national honor. *' ’ This,, condition cannot last The *spell must he dissolved. : Tfiepowerof tlie trai tore' ihust* "be Ijrohcn., The national hbnqr -niust be vindicated, . and ; the . , laws'finhly but kindly enforced. Mr. Lin . • coin cannot imitate. Buchanan,’ and stand ” - still shivering with. fear. He cannot re-, ’ s>> cede, and; admit the legality of secession and-the po weriesmess of the-'Govemment; honor, duty and truth forbid that. He must go forward; - and in his way stand ob stacles which will require the aid of . Con gress to overcome. . But this is. hot all If secession contin ues, as it will, the commercial and indus trial interests of the country must be cared for.. The Southern market for Northern • manufactures will, in a great measure, be cut oiE - Admit - Southern willingness to buy the products of nur forges, workshops and looms, and their ability to pay is not •• proved. Trade in the far South will be paralyzed by the alarms of war, if not de stroyed by actual clash of arms. New England, especially, but no more earnestly than Pennsylvania and New Tork, will demand a market, for. what „-they pro: —<luce; and the West, depending more upon the Atlantic States’ than upon Europe for the sale of her surplus, will second the demand They will ask Recip rocal Pree Trade-with all the tropical coun . tries on this continent, and the inaugura tion of a new commercial policy. Mexico now with, we hope, a stable, certainly with a liberal government, hating the North no ", longer since pur assurances, in the election . of Lincoln,- that filibustering will he squdehed, will unquestionably express her willingness to enter into a treaty by which she will, be opened to our manufactures, sending us her products in return. Brazil, • always looking at us with a jealous eye,, —may —be induced*~lo’ break-, down the barriers which have made Northern . commerce with her but a* trifle. : The : Spanish - Government once offered free trade with" Cuba—-a concession that cannot be too highly valued for its money worth. The slaveholders of the South never let the proposition see the light . The state paper containing it lias.been stolen from the archives in the State Re sident. Convinced now that we have no .desire to seize nor revolutionize her colo nies, Spain may be willing as a bond of continued peace, to renew the offer. To y»ut afoot the great plans which are behind: the arrangements at which we have merely hinted, and ;to direct the events which the first month of Lincoln's administration will precipitate, the. presence of Congress at ‘Washington is indispensable. . Again, the mouth of the Mississippi being closed and its channel being obstrncted by the efforts of a'rebellious and hostile popula tion, a new outlet for the trade of’tiie Val ley of the Mississippi and for all that im mense country bordering on the Missouri, muat.be provided. The improvement of the Illinois River and the opening of a steamboat channel on the line of the Illi nois and Michigan Canal, are the natural expedients to which a resort will be de manded by all the' Middle States and the cities of the Atlantic seaboard. And these great works cannot be delayed. - Their pressing importance is already recognized, and the ’outcry for them ; is already heard -all over the West,- The trade of the two Tallies and the prosperity of the Eastern cities; must- not be permitted to snfferby a day's hesitation. To order the surveys, to_complele the necessary arrange ments with the State of, Illinois for the oc cupation of her property, and to. take such other steps as the commercial emergency demands, the assembling of Congress will he a necessity. ‘ : Once more: The tariff jnst enacted is a measure which requires peace for its per fect working. In ablate of - confusion and. disturbance, it will, be ibund r fuH of flaws and imperfections; . The retention of’the Sugar Ratios—unpardonable and unbear able abominations when' fhe position of Louisiana is taken into account—must he atoned for by their repeal, and if necessary by a bounty on Sorghum Sugar, which Congress may -offer. Wo. predict an; early -appearance of "the proclamation calling. the.. nfembers 6t - that _body to gether; Nothing text success not now ex pected. ULsettling the national difficulties can long keep it back. • / _- i COMFORT FOR KELLOGG. ;The rej action of Kellogg's proposition in the House of Representatives; by & vote of S3 to 158, must be no less gratifying to that gentleman than the action of his constitu ents in the Peoria Convention.; It suggests the inquiry—what has become of the sarfy Republican members who were trumpeted abroad as having given tlieir adhesionto it? We have not yet scenthc' ayes and noes, but it looks very much astb oughMr, KeQoggha-dbeen tlieable member, elected Republican, who had .given- his vote for the base Burrender. Thus has the cob house of Mr. Kellogg’s proposed faihe as a ‘‘great pacificator,” tumbled about his ears. This result is what every man possessing a grain of sense, to say nothing of principle, must have antidpa- ted.' It could not be expected that he could make “Danites” ofthe Republican masses " of tie lYth Ulinois District, orthe "Repub lican members of the xxxyi'tb Congress. He coold transfonuiiimself with little dif ficulty, as the result has proved, but there his influence ended flatly tod conclusively.: Ilisto be iioped. that Hr. Kellogg: wiU sow retrace his steps. Par be it from our wish to see him lost in the dim ranks cf the Breckinridge party, either in Congress or Pulton county. That he- has inade a wretched blunder mrst now apparent to his own senses. /That he has outraged , the. fedings/ot. his own- constituents, let their . ; protest”: Tjesr* witness.' That he has earned the .emphatip : diskp* probationer Congress.' let the over whtoningmajqrity against hSatoheme at test-' The bottom and A nbble' is here offered Mr. Kellogg ta reton from ■ his pro-slavery wanderings. Wosreconfldentthathiscon etitucnlr-,wiu rejoice greatly, at the first mgn of .repentance, -and we shall rejoice with them. ~Wobave ~no^personal ill-win tames that he, should return. tQ b« a and live, than that he should - perish m' Jhe' BerviQe of BlaT« dnvers. ~The; fuiuie7:before him, though dark at the present bfrveiy much of hia own making, Wheth er he shall go to Congress a greater or less number oT times, is not so much the ques tion, as whether he shall regain the respect and confidence of his fellow men. Let us hope that he mfty do/so. WJaateyer publicity the |re*> foitaation thall be cheerfully accorded to , each successive step,*T e trust that hia, good maypaakehis risein vthe-eshaem of his.<»nstituhnts aßfapid-as his fall liaa been sudden and dismal. A NATIONAL CONVENTION. The Constitution as it ia satisfies all .Re 'pnhUciUis heiiefThat' ip “ savethc Union** the principle of Free dom in that-instrument must be expunged.' .But we know of no maw iffourranks who is not willing if.any considerable number of the American people a.Oonyen^. lion to discuss -its defects, to . permit that Convention to be: called. On our part, if amendments are.in order, we «ball not fail to insist upon such' as afford new and addi tional guarantees for the protection of the persons and property of Northern men, when in the South—such as will hereafter facilitate the impeachment and punish ment" of traitors like Buchanan, -and such as will dehy-in terms the assumed right' of secession. Recent events have demonstra ted the need of amendments like these in certain Contingencies whloh may not arise again in a century, but which may well be guarded against now. Beyond these we see nothing to correct That the people will "ever consent to any change which will establish and protect slavery by con stitutional enactment is in this age simply preposterous. POOH GUESSING. Thfeguesses of the ingenious gentlemen who send special dispatches to the New York papers, in regard to the incoming Cabinet, are not to be relied upon for a minute. Their last prediction is that John Bell, of Tennessee, will be the recipient of •Mr. Lincoln’s favor.; Unless Mr/ Bell has been; recently converted, or Mr. Lincoln has suddenly degenerated, that is arrant nonsense. When last heard from, Mr. Bell was an ardent Dred Scottite, and Hr. Lincoln was in favor of Congressional pro hibition—positions as widely different as fhepoles. It is probable that Mr. Bell may have abjured his heresies; but not possible that Hr. Lincoln has adopted the Breckin ridge platform. CHINESE SUGAR CANE. VISIT TO A STBIJP FACTORY IN LASALLE COUNTY. Practical Results. Receiving Information‘that Mr. John B, Luce, of Earlville, La Salle County, and broth* er of Y, G. Lnce of Plainfield, Will County, whose operations we have heretofore had oc casion to notice, had,engaged in the manufac ture of syrup from the Chinese Sugar Cane,to a considerable extent, we have taken pains to investigate his operations. Hr. Luce has been, and is now, engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds, employing steam power for that purpose.. A large number of farmers being anxious to engage in the culti vation of the Chinese Sugar Cane as an ex periment, looking to further operations by the. results produced by these experiments, Mr. Luce was induced to increase the extent of his steam power, by an additional boiler, and the potting up of the requisite machinery for crashing the cane, and cleansing,evaporat ing and cooling its products. THE MACE INERT USED BT MB, LUCE. The cleanser and evaporator used by Mr, Luce are the invention of Wm. Hedges and P, W. Gates, of this city, and consist first of the cleanser, which is a square box, about eight feet long, four wide, and fifteen Inches deep— (this size, of course, can be varied according to circumstances). Running longitudinally in fhe bottom of this box are coils of steam pipe reaching twelve or fifteen lengths, the lengths of course being continuous and con necting with the boiler, which works the en gine. In this pipe steam is admitted, and the cleanser is pumped toll of juice from the erribher vats. The juice, after boiling for about 25 minutes, and all ’of the scum taken off is passed through a faudt or pipe to the evaporator, which stands at one end of the cleanser and two feet below it The evapora tor, like the cleanser, Is of oblong shape, with greater dimensions of surface, but less of depth, it being very’ shallow, and the bottom* of boat bottom or rocker shape. Through the center of this ran, fore and aft, connecting steam pipes, numbering twelye or fifteen lengths, the steam entering the center pipes first, giving them a stronger heat than the more ontside ones, thereby causing a stronger boiling action in the center thaw any other part, and throwing the scum to the outer edge of the evaporator, and allowing it: to be scooped into an vat or channel,- and is therefrom drawn off Of course, as the juice has previously passed through the cleaner, very little scum arises in the evapora tion. Another plan Messrs. Hedges and Gates have introduced, is to. do away with the cleanser entirely, attach an L to the evapora tor, with no steam introduced into, the L, thereby forcing the scum into the L, and skim ming it thence. From fhe evaporator the eyrap is drawn into a coolerbelow, into which is also introduced a divider for giving to the corn grower and manufacturer equal parts, and then drawn into barrels ready for market: This process for Timing syrup is very simple, and seems, to answer the purpose well, al though Mr. Luce thinks it capable ot improve ment. BUSING COEN. As we have remarked, Mr. Luce does not engage in the cultivation of com hlpiapif, but simply manufactures into syrup whatever is brought to him for that purpose by the far mers in the neighborhood. The first corn raised in that vicinity, was two years since, bat the crop did not tain out well, and very little of it was manufactured into syrup, and that of a very inferior qualify. Last year a more general and careful trial was made, though no person cultivated more three acres,-and many not more than half an acre. The avenge yield to the acre was about 200 gallons. ‘ The amount manufactured by Mr. Lace this year was 25,000 to SO.OOOgellons, and the ma terial furnished to produce this amount of syrup .ires raised -within a radius of five to seven miles of the village of Earlville. The soil which Mr. Luce deems the best is timothy soil, subsoiled. , This soil is easier of cultiva ti on, and wOT produce more and better com than any other, although timber soil a good crop. The heavy yields a large crop,but the syrup is. not so sweet nor of so good a quality; especially for oystalizatlon, al>. though it la “much-improved by planting the. com nearer together—in this way the stalks do hot grow 60 ; fat and of equal' length. We may here remark that thp soil and geographical rangefor the successful cui tivation of the. Chinese Sugar Cane correspond almost exactly with those of the ordinary In dian com. It thrives with great luxuriance on the rich bottom or. prairie lands (with the drawback we. have mentioned above,) or in moist loamy or dry loamy or gravelly soil, well manured.' On'the latter class of soils,, however, it will prove more profitable to the cultivator if he 'apply a .moderate quantity-of bone dust, wood ashes, phosphate of guanoj gypsum, or superphosphate of lime. With these aids a light:loam, or gravelly soil, will produce a better'article of cane—if not so prolific—than the richer and heavier soils.. A southern exposure is of great advantage, and should be secured where possible, with a tim ber belt at the north and west ' TUB IMOtfRT miBBD IS T.iBiTJ-w GOfTSTT. u " The.es timated' , amonnt of syrup xnann&ctu red from the Chinese Sugar Cone in LaJJalla county during thepast year, bn a careful esti-. mate, reaches from 75,000 to. 100,000 gallons. Of this amount Mr. Luee msnufactured from 25,000 to SO,OOO gallons ; Scott & Slug of Mcn dota, 8,000 to. 10,000 gallons. Harris, Glover, and many'others, smaller amounts, varying •from 1,000 to B,oßq gaiiftwy «a/>h f - n, result of this extensive culture, Mr. Lr** says thftt nearly three times the amount of syrup is now consumed jn the country there was pre vious to the frfroductiou of Its cultivation and manufacture. Fanners that, did not use three gallons a year previously u#w consume fifteen or twenty. 7EB7UTCRE. . The amount raised last year will, without doubts be much increased this,-as the results have been' highly satisfactory , to* those who ' engaged .In it, Mr. Luce Is, making every prep aration to -meetthe demands upon his time : . todiftachlnezy, anid we may the xfiao- - Ttiactureofayrup from the Chinese Sugar Cue,' -to an «tent at Icast folly sufficient to supply ithe demand,« a fixed fort in LaSalle /County. \ j There Is one feet stated to us by Mr. Luce, , and connected with hia we regard-aaof mnchlmporiance: c*ne which has beenfi-oren and otherwise damaged, if made into “syrup, ant! refined in the manner employed b£reflner£mal«*_.ft syrup as good 'jas that wirich is maamfiictUred: froth'' the cane Ih the best' condition. • The refining process'' thcrtoughlyexpelssveiy offfesshle quality. TUB SUQAB"TOK^BOBtnC^ No efforts have been made by Mr. Luce, or any other person in LaSalle county, to make sugar from Sorghnm,bey ond a few experiments which met with indifferent success. In order to test the question thoroughly-he. thinks an. experiment shouldbe madebh'a scaled by the application of the necessary machinery, snch as has been brought into use in Louisiana . aedgther sugar producing States occountries.- to. advantage . and process under aay clrcumßtancea,-antt of course dilficnlfy is greatly increased by the lack of machinery and skill.' It is hoped that some, public spirited man or company will give this subject their attention, and develop;results which may be data to act upon more folly hereafter. Another Excitement at Charleston. . The Charleston Courier of Friday last says that a strange-looking steamer, supposed to be the Daniel Webster, which cleared from New York for Austin, Texas, with United States troops on board, was fidlen In with outside of Charleston Bar last night (Thursday). The Mtreiiry of Friday alludes to the matter, os follows: “The special dispatches of the 2Eereurjf< an nouncing that a stealthy reinforcement of Fort Sumter had been determined on, and that Fed eral troops, in boats, might be expected atany moment that circumstances should happen to fevor their attempt to reach the fort, were con firmed about 9 o'clock last night, by telegrams received by the Governor. Shortly afterwards, dispatches came up from Fort Moultrie, stat ing that the Lieutenant in charge of the harbor watch had reported that he was informed by a pilot that the steamship Daniel Webster had been seen by him off Cape Bo main at noon. Notice was immediately given to the different posts. Gen. D anno van t and Capt/ Hamilton proceeded immediately to Fort Moultrie. Maj. itevens repaired to Morris Island batteries. Everything was got in readiness for the ex pected visitors. “Up to the hour at which we go to press, (half-past 4 o’clock), there has been nothing seen either of the Daniel Webster or her boats. We are veiy. sure, that the gallant troops on Morris and Sullivan's Islands will keep a bright lookout far both.” Kissing, tbe Secession President. Several of the Southern papers felt aggrieved and outraged at the indelicacy of Mr. Lincoln in kissing a little girl at Silver Creek. From their point of view, the transactions at Jeff Davis’ reception on the 18th were perfectly atrocious. Wequotefromthecorrespondence of the New Orleans J&o#un« .* I omitted to mention, in its proper connec tion, that quite a number of ladles, at the levee laat night, ■were prrodigal in the expenditure of kissing salutations to- the President He' was abundantly kissed and rekissed, and there were many masculines present who thought there was too much waste of that delectable commodify, at such an early period in the history of-the Confederation. If it be true that “kissing goes by favor,” there were “sealed proposals ” popped to the President last night, and office hunters better get among the kissed ladies, if they desire success and preferment. Perhaps it may not be very prudent to say, but neither the ladies nor the President seemed to dislike such “attitudina tions.” Letter from Major Anderson to Henry Ward Beecher. A contribution was taken up a short time since at Plymouth church, Brooklyn, for the benefit of the soldiers’ wives and children from Fort Sumter, now at Governor’s Island. On Sunday morning the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher read to his congregation thefollow ing letter.from Major Anderson: _ _ m , Poet Sumter, S. C. Feb. 19. E. W. Beecher, Pattor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. 7,: .Bear Sib: I beg you to accept, and to present toyourcongregation, the heartfelt thant-g G f the officers and men of this command, and- of myself, for the exceedingly liberal contribution raised in your church for the wives and children of the sol di era of this garrison. I fear that that donation was made under an im- E cession that those persons were in need; if so, t. Simpson has been • requested to return the money to the contributors, as the Government has mmie all necessary arrangements for the comfort and well-being of the party. It weald, omitting all other considerations, be an act of injustice to the charitably disposed of your flock to accept their alms, for which appeals are constantly made in behalf.of those who «»i never appeal in vain. I am, reverend sir. very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Kobeet Andsbsom Major U. S. A. Mr. Beecher remarked, however, that Major Anderson was misinformed; for, although ra hone had been supplied for the women, there were more than twenty children for whom no provision had been rdade, and that all were in want of clothing'adsptea.to. our.severer cli mate. These facts are derived from Captain Stringham, who is perfectly informed, and has charge of the money received for their benefit from Mr. Beecher’s congregation and other sources. About|s?oo have been collected- and placed in Captain Stringham’s hands. After remarking pleasantly that, under the circum . stances, his hearers need - not expect to see their money again, Mr. Beecher ad dressed a few impressive sentences to the yonth of his charge, calculated to encourage the practice of honor, truth and fidelity, from the example of Major lAnderson. -He said it was as if these qualities, which he hoped ex sisted in thousands of other hearts, were brought out and held up by the trying circnm*. stances in which that officer is placed, that all the world might see how noble and beautiful they are, and every one—however humble his sphere—be encouraged to cultivate atmiim. principle*. No matter if their fiddity seemed likely *never to be known or applauded, a time would surely come—sooner or later—in whichlt would be seen and recognized.—2K 7. Meraldj 26th. The Texas Surrender. The Washington correspondent of the Cin cinnati Gazette writes as follows: It seems that Twiggs’s traitorous conduct In surrendering the Government property in Tex as* was based on private revenge against the Government for supplanting hTuj, Hi the ap pointment of Col. "Waite. Tvriggs gave orders to every officer in command of a post in the military department of Texas, seventeen in number, including San Antonio, the head quarters, to surrender to the agent* of the rev olutionary State Convention, without a single man being in arms to enforce the gtateVde manda. Every particle of the mllitaiy proper ty there, amounting in the aggregate to mil, lions of dollars, including arms,accoutrements,, provisions, horses, cattle, wagons, «fcc. Advices received yesterday represent that among the terms was a -stipulation reserving officers their side arms, mid another saying that the disarmed troops were to be permlted to he carried to the coast for shipment out of Texas In Government wbgons, which were subsequently to be accounted for to the revo lutionists, The whole somber of enlisted troops under Twiggs*, command In Texas was 3,900, and they were scattered about for the most part* over a frontier of fifteen hundred miles. There are nearly aft the officers belong ing to four regiments, all the Third Infantry all the Eighth Infantry, all the Second Cavalry five companies of First Artillery, five of First Infantry, making forty companies In all—em bracing 206 commissioned officers and 2,900 enlisted men, being more than are In any other one department in the service. [Prom the N. Y. Tribune, 16th.] Dispatches reached the War Department this morning, announcing that Gen. Twiggs had dismissed and disbanded bis whole force in Texas, consisting of nearly 8,500 men, and left them unprovided with means of transporter tion. Several officers had started for home with nothing but tbelr side arms. This act of treason has not excited any great surprise as Gen. Twiggs’s disaffection has long been sus pected, and his recent appointment in the Georgia army justified the reasonable expecta tion that he would betray his trust at any fa vorable opportunity. Ho had obtained leave of absence some time ago. No doubt is enter* tained that this step was the result of an un derstanding with Jefferson Davis, and was su perinducedmainly by the belief or knowledge that the troops in Texas were to be ordered away. He intended to deprive the Govern ment of their use at this time. It is unfortu nate that he was not taken prisoner by some gallant and daring officer, and consigned to the doom of a traitor. Th© Real Grievances of Slaveholders. L The prospective development of a Repub • lican party among the non-slaveholdlng whites of the South, who_ form nineteen-twentieths of the white population- This Is the great grievance, • - IL The loss of a sixty years* monopoly of the Government, its military and civil offices —a loss that leaves much idle gentility at the South without resourc *. * * ** m HL The loss.of prestige and power by the old political parties, and their humiliated leaders—a terrible grievance both at the South and North. r ‘ IV. The humiliation of thftf insoltot arro gance which is the legitimate fruit of slave holding. This Is the second great grievance. y. Blind and growing jealousy of the pros perity of the Horth. Ho botching compromises will remove these,' the true grievances. The complete triumph or the complete overthrow of Republican: principles is the only remedy. * The latter la~ impossible.— &' T, Tribune. A SuooEsnox.—Some of the laborers .who ' were employed.upon, the- new iCuttom-hbuse at Charleston/despairing- of;obtaining- :the , wages so long dne them, lave attached the United States property yet remaining,in - that •building, and the Courier hints.significantly that the same course may be panned withfho Custom-house itself if -there ’should not bo enough realised from the sale .of its appurte nances. is certainly a very simple way of putting the State in legal possession of property which it took by violence some time abide, aud it js surprising ;thai resort should not have been had to ft before. There is much encouragement in the Art that t£e conscience of the Charlestonians has' begun to trouble fbpm_ Season may yet zhake itself heard. 1 . How, why may not this method be: pursued . with Fort Sumter? 'lt was stated tome time since that workmen In Charleston had daifow for work dona there, which remained unsatis fied. Let them easoct-writs of attachment and sell the Fort to roe highestbidder. Fossi bly, however, tbe fitate might persist in Its ob jections-to taking it—with its mcumbrtoces.—; ■ N. 71 Timet. ■ THE PRO-SLAVERY REBELLION; BECESSIbNAin) TAXATION mjaiSSIBSXPPL . j Ofvoae thing, at least, we bellere-the intelll §ent looker on is folly convinced; - viz; that ITU or reconatruction Even thetat levy fot-lheTiew government has SOflXaaperated thy Already bnrdpned fftT ; aMo only reouire a. leader to. induce "them tovnsist the collection Of the tax That a /« no djßhty unless a tumia public afßdie shall' - for many, now quiet undcrthebe mt£that the burdens of an-Independent .gov ernment will he obviated by reconstruction, will become insubordinate wnen-hope is. lost for reconstruction, and theßooicr Slave States relhse to enter the Southern alliance. * * ♦ “ If the Border States. haOeau consulted, : Un ion, the numbers and power of thejiew gov ernment would have ipTOn confidenceand fif sured the obedience ox vhfe dtifcen; butrtb-day,- by our precipitate action, we have loet .the 'ConfidencifOTihe weTl-Uia-of rmr nwn rltlrfnn—iTnnnr of whom consider the ’ whole^rocefedlng' 1 Alegar ana revfiTtiilonary, sUantn^€U-^^^^ nientq)Ttfielavaqf that Government \Sdverii»er. *. v, |" ” OBSTBUCnONS AT CHiBLES-' •• TON.', ' The following Is a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty’s Consul at Charleston, relative to the obstruction of the entrance tothe harbor at that place by the local government:; Bbitish CoKßuiAm CEuatßssoir,’. I January 11, 1861;) Bm: In my letter of theSd lnst./lliad the honor I to acquaint yon that, the fie facto Government of ! the State of South Carolina bad caused the light* houses, beacons, buoys, Ac., of this coast andnar bor to be extinguished and removed. I have now to state thatl In addition to these very summary ' measures, the same authorities hare seen fit to close all the channels; leading into the harbor, by sinking vessels in them, except Hafflt’s Channel, which may be said to be available for vessels draw* ing only 34 feet 6 inches of water. I beg leave to Inclose yon herewith a copy of a notice which has been addressed to me by the defacto Collector of the Fort, respecting the act. ft was received by me last evening, ana the channels are understood to have been dosed daring the ntgbt- I have the honor to be, yours, _ Al . „ „ Egbert Bunch, Consul. To the Secretary of the Admiralty. > Collector's Orsicz, Charleston, ) January 10, 1861. j Sm:.lam instructed by H. E. Pickens, to in* form-yon tbatthe defence of this harbor will now be made as complete as possible by sinking vessels and blockading up . all channels, except Mafflt’s Channel.- The operations are under the direction of Hr.Wn..Lawton;. Hr. T. D. Wagner, and the Hon. Edward Frost. Very respectfully,-Sc., ‘ _ ■ . i W.P. Colcoox, Collector. . To Bobert Bnnch. H. B. M. Consul TEXAS. Tha'Galveston. Civilian of the 13th instanl says ' The Legislature seems to hare done all in in its power for the defence of the frontier, . and the relief of the Treasury, hut we fear that its action will be ineffectual.. . An act has been passed to authorize the or ganization of companies of mounted men, six ty men in each frontier county, ten of whom may remain constantly in service, and call out the. remainder of the company for any time not exceeding twelve days at one time; the said company to furnish their own arms, hom es, provisions, andammunition, and to receive .pay as follows: Privates and non-commis sioned officers, $1.50; lieutenants, $2; captains, $3.50 per day each for every day’s actual ser vice. Like the annual allowance spoken of hy Yellow Flush, this is a very fair and liberal provision—if paid. The money is the only thing lacking. To provide this, the House has passed a bill authorizing the issue of Treasury warrants to all parties having claims against the State, and making such warrants receivable for taxes. The House has also passed a bill authorizing the Governor to issue State bonds to the amount of five. hundred thousand dollars, in case of invasion from any quarter, one-fifth of the whole annual State tax to be appropri ated as a sinking ftind until the bonds ore paid. Should these acts become laws, as is proba ble, we shall soon return to the good old days of a depreciated paper currency, and the de fenders of the frontier and others will have more money than gold or sliver. DISUNION IN NORTH CAROLINA. The Raleigh Banner gives a.brlef account of a disunion meeting in that city. It was a wretched lizzie. Per contra, the Banner says a ’ Union meeting held the next night was a mag nificent afiair, with a large and enthusiastic crowd, good speeches, transparencies, fire works, &c., and characterized throughout by the genuine article of patriotism. . MONEY WANTED—MONEY WANTED. The Charleston Mercury drums loudly for somebody-to take the State loan, “amounting to $675,000, bearing an interest of seven per cent, per annum. The bonds be issued in sums of SSO, 1 SIOO, and SSOO, and arrangemants have been made with the clerks of courts in in the several districts that citizens in all ports of the State may participate in its benefits. This loan is intended to provide funds for mil itary defense, to enable South Carolina to maintain the position she has assumed as a sovereign State of the new Confederacy. This Is ah appeal that no loyal citizen, who has the ability to subscribe, can dr should resist” . THE. CHOCTAWS ON THE UNION. We have the Message of the Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation to the local Legislature, convened in extraordinary session, to consider what course the Nation should pursue in view of the probable dissolution of the Union. The document is a well-prepared State paper, deci ded, bat temperate in its general tone, and does infinite credit to its. author. While coun seling the several Indian Nations to cast their ~lot with the Southern States, in the event of their secession, and to delegates to a Southern Congress, he also advises the send tegof Commissioners to Washington to confer with the President of the United States, and tp.look after the security of their moneyed In vestments. In conclusion, he calls upon his countrymen to stand by their rights, and nev er to surrender, them, even though national annihilation should be the consequence of re fusal to submit. The General Council respon ded to the Message of their Chief by passing a series of resolutions recognizing it to be the duty and interest of the Choctaw Nation to unite their destinies with toe Southern Con federacy. LETTER FROM POSTMASTBMKNERAL KING. The following letter on a matter of consid erable interest, was written in reply to certain interrogatories put by the Hon. Mr. Jenkms* a Representative from Virginia, to the Post master-General i. Poar-Oypiop Department, Peb. 22,1861. Dbab Sm: Tour letter of the 80th Inst is received; requesting “distinct and specific answers ” to the following interrogatories, viz: 1, What are the grounds of the removal of Thomas J. West, late Route Agent on the line from Grafton to Parkersburg, Va., and of the substitution of another person In his place ? 8, Why is it that these proceedings lave been carried out Q» my part without blowing you any information of my contemplated ac tion? 8. Upon whose suggestion 1 was led to re move Sir. West, and by. whose recommenda tion I was induced to appoint his successor? 4. And, finally, whether the same policy of secretly decapitating your friends is to be act ed upon hereafter as a settled ruld of the De partment? These are plain questions, stated nearly in yonr own language, and in view of the custom which for a number of years has prevailed in the Department of consulting Members of Congress in regard to appointments and re movals in their respective districts, it U not unnatural and perhaps not unreasonable that you should ask them. But you will excuse me for remarking, in all kindness; that, in the first place, it is contrary to the rule of the De partment to communicate written answers to such inquiries; and, secondly, that the right which you seem to claim of controlling Die appointments in your district has no existence in . fact. Excepting the comparatively few cases in which the law Imposes this duty on the President and Senate, the power of ap pointing the officers of this department rests exclusively with the PostmastepGeneraL who alone Is reponsible for its proper exercise. By courtesy, the member, when agreeing political ly with the Administration, Is very generally .consulted with respect in his district; but his advice li^yhomeans-conaid ered binding on the Department; nor is <the Postmaster-General precluded, even by courte sy, from making removals or appointments on satisfactory information, as in the present in- exclusively from other reliable sources When the member la politically opposed to the Administration, it is not usual to consult him. Here I might close, but since yeu have asked these questions, evidently under an bonest Im pression. that it is my duty to answer them, I will disregard the rule so frr as to reply to tbe first, second and fourth, simply statW ‘ with reference to the third, that I reroectfulfy decline giving the names of-this- parties by whose suggestions tod'reconimendatlbns I have been guided in making the change. J have to injonnyou that Mr. West was removed for leaving; his route without permission from the Department, and actively engaging in a movement the avowed object of which is to induce the withdrawal of Virginia from the Union. In other words, he was discharged for undertaking to destroy the • Government from whose treasury he was draw ing the means of daily subsistence, and whose pqnstltntion he had solemnly sworn to sup port,- Tour second and fourth interrogatories may be answered together. I did not-advise with you, because I had good reason to believe that you were yourself honestly, I ddubt not, fully' committed, to the secession interest in your Btate. ; As to the policy to be . pursued In the future toward your friends, in office, 1 can speak oulyof what may be done in the few re maining days of this .Administration :and I hesitate not.to assure you that ifi during this short time/any other, case like the present comes before me, I shallcsteemit my fmpera tiye duty to pursue the course adopted in this - Instance. , ■ This being not strictly an official letter I may be paxaonedfor adding that I am for the Union- without reservation, equally against at the South and AboUtiohStsat tb® North, and for the just rights of all sec tions in the Union. ... .. I have the honor to be, very respectfully your obedient servant Horatio Kdto Hon-A. jEHro^HoMeoffepramtaUT^ [Washington Cornapondenco to N. T Tribune.] Letters recelyed torday, state expUcifly that roe object of Jefferson-Davis’s;presence at charleston was to prevent any demonstration against Fort Sumter. It is knowu that iho Constitution of the Montgomery Government is not acceptable in South Carolina, and th peats : have been freely made to Ignore it entirely by ft formal art of secession when her Convention assemble. ■ Qoy." Pickens has had great difficulty thus frr frr restraining to asyMiit, ou Sumter, ,haa ft spintof Ihshbordinstion h** .beto exhibited which the authorities haVeTounfilt dftficnlt to ch®ck- Before withdrawing‘from the Senate, Jefferson Davis advised- strongly; against this l attack, andnowthat he has. new xesponsibill- « ties, he aelikely to" . ; '' '.* l • pnffpime events, for which the South Is \w4olly imptepeiji.c In »HMr. Dsyls’a distm * lon iiiadneM, there Is amMerible method. HEALTH OP MAJOR ANDERSON. : [From the N. T. Times, SMh.]' Our Charleston- correspondent, in a letter published yesterday, mentioned a rumorwhlch Tree current in that city, that Major Anderaon w rerionaly sickof lent end * paragraph in a Southern paper mentions tin urns fact, and adds thit tlm commanddPlU, devolve on CaptDonhleday. . for heUetlng the report to be entirely nnfonndad.-.Aiottexre-’ “trod yeaterday,by«i'Ofllcerof m this city,from an-oftlcerinFort Sumter' dated cm the evening of the 22d, aayatbatan vmma within the Fort He adds that at noon, op that day, the fort fired a Union salute the birth-day Washington. Tbcy still-count South Cuo« •Haain thelJniouC i- 1; j l s ? -better from- abfother itf Major AMenon . in this .city,, mentions thefol “Jtlft-a Tory gtnxuro coincidence that mv fatherwaathat ‘Captain of the Continents Jt? e , by_iaistako ofhla superior began : Robert was so long stationed. And, as Major.hewas a prison* CTorwu-In actualJafl, fed-only on rice, with the small-pox for a deserL'in the yery Charles ton where .his son ofthe-same rank is now stationed,—-the former , under Tarleton, the latter under Buchanan. What a coincidence,” Import Dstles al s®w odeiuu, [Prom the LoulsriDe'. Journal.] P o * headers hre aware of. the * difficulties whhih have embarrassed' the receipt of large consignments of crockery. -glssM and Bohemian °* r e P° rt of New, Orleans toS. Cassedav&Soa of.onrclty, one of the oldest and best known firms in the West. There have been five arrivals of vessels in New Or k' an: ’T two from Bordeaux, In France and three fromldverpool, containing about'four hundred crates belonging totms iestablish -s“f> eomprishm.a portion of their aprim stock. Moat offliese, under the arbitrary d<? cision of the .Stato-of lonlsiana. wCTeAmt ferred to Bonded'ffarehonsea in Now- Orleans ttM entriling delay in transportation, which’ 5 b ‘ Itte <Mtoess of the have s.'iKSTsa, saw v* or . the power coupled with the 3u, y of-Loumiana to collect revenues belong mg to the Unlted Statcs Goiemt l LonflbS^p 40 1 ?5? fhat the anthoriUes of ’’fl® t ' ken wis6 counsel, and de termluednot loarrct the tnmsltmgoods in tt cre u op little of arrogance S rfvfS r ? lin 2? 01140 com Pd ciffiens i? t Ta Bnretlea b J Citizens of tt , e toithfhl fulfillment of s^. I L boll^? reyiolU!l y« E «®i‘ted to the United States, and thus subjecting onr imports to the -payment of a tax to fomer tor honda with securities given in New Orleans and certificates of delivery bere einno 4 be obtained without extra charges in the shape of fees or commissions, wenresnme Messrs.Caaßeday & Son, yesterday, received a S'Jlf? tb eir New Orleanfl.correspondent, from whkfii we are permitted to make the fol lowing extract, which Ihlly explains the mode of proceeding resolved upon for the present: , NEwOntEAUs.-Feb. 20. It now gives ua pleasure to. say that all of ‘ ™ r * go ° forward in bond to enable yon to pay duties to the Surveyor of yonrport; but to enable this course we were compelled 1° Sf T ® boa3B “d two sureties here thSt the fSSLT“S d b ®, l delivered on duties paid to the SfTJ~ 4 S oriUes 111 toraisvme. On receipt of the packages yon will please obtain the wilfL'Sii >, &om ycur Surveyor, which “a 0 40 have our bonds canceled here. . understand the subject, after an SjJf's' /T I” 11 } toe Collector and with the At torney Generaiof the State, It is that Louisi£ FpHsSTrL aCknoW l ed v ge h®” 3B SiTen to the Fedend Government but there is no desire on the part of the State to detain the shipments • tot; goods 1 to transittheState requires bond Sl tw S 4O b ® Sav® ll by citizens of this the wa rea g0 f ora -ard to their SJrfSS,i? 14 a certificate will be re quired that this duty has been performed. A Cheerful View of the Cotton.Supply, [From the London Shipping Gazette.] . deal Pf apprehension has been cxd '? country by the prospect of a short supply of cotton from America, during the coining year and we shaU not the p“ sentiment it; as it is probahlej it leads to the early development of other ° f supply, and terminates that condl “°?° f ahnost absolute dependence upon the Amencan Cotton States for the raw material which our mannlacturers have hitherto been t0 •>« Placed in. We are amongst those, however, that have too great faith in SmS* V lOpp c BoP economic science, and in the first law of nature,’’on which those princi- Fi’.S fh 6 for the most . P"* funded, to believe that the commerce of any country can, in these days.be annihilated hy any process which the devise, or his power pnt in op- IH? P re J°Jence of civil war in the Southern States of America, might temporari ly suspend the course of industry, and the pro duce of some estates vrtrald be short; but the demand which has hitherto stlmulated'the cot ton trade of those States, will still, under al most any conceivable circumstance, produce the supply. To the SoutlJrn SkU?s <tf 4mcnca can go on mUmlproducing cotton, themeansof Ufi ; and xf cotton u produced it uitt find a mar ket as surely asxt is raised. To its, it is of no map&t is cl one ■Brrt or another, and whether the shipments for lids °°untry are made in the Gnlf of Mexico PnS^’w t -° n ’ at °r at the Northern It isa question, and a very serious one, for the Southern States, whether they will per- which will affect most SS- Prosperity of their leading Ports, and divert a thriving commerce into those of foruddaWe rivals. To the pnrcha sera of Sonthern produce, and especially to the consumers of cotton in'tils conitnCthe onlv question is—will cotton continue to be p?£ States? for so it m, it will find its way to that country where there is the greatest demand lor it. whether o ? e , c . eßs! °u tnovement succeed or i ¥Hr™ d .- we -believe it will fall utterly—we “.o 1 ! 0 ” 6 to Hi oustomers of the Cotton ?w e t4n.i? ns r aa they continue to cnltlvato that article of commerce, which will be so Jong as there is an estate in the South that Sttratlom’ ” ISboror *° be Phtalued 1 tor yts [Correspondence of the N. T- Times.} Washington, Peb. 24,1861. The attempt to assassinate Mr. Van Wyck may or may noVhave been prompted by poli tical considerations. It is known that he is extremely odious to the cut-throat gang of Se cessionists about the city, who are actuated by 5? S e maUgnautpassions of the Brookses and Keltte of South Carolina: and if It turns out that the murderous assault upon him proceed ed from political causes, the act should be a warning to the friends of the President to keep a constant look-out lora more desperate and daring outrage, which Would indeed precipi tate a bloody solution of existing troubles, if we could suppose a : Secessionist to be pos sessed of a grain of common sense, it might be safely assumed that no rational follower of the faction would countenance on attempt up on the life of the President, since Its onW eP fect could be to make cyeiy Free State bristle with bayonets, and convert every town and neighborhood, from Plymouth Rock to the golden gate of California, into a military en campment But wisdom and foresight are not to be predicted of Secessionists—even the beat of them—and every page of revolutionary history the world over, is follof lessons of in struction suitable to the.present hbur. When it is remembered that in no age or country did a defeated faction treasure up more of scorn and hatred, more of disappointed ambition, of humiliated, and yet unsubdued pride, and lust of revenge, than the, democratic oligarchy which has so long misruled this country, we must not be surprised at the most diabolical enterprises; and we should stand prepared to meet and defeat them. Xrepeat, that there Is no danger of an open attempt. The rebels are too consciously weak to essay anything of that sort; but we should over-estimate their pru dence, their honor and their conscience, if we discard the idea of assassination. * Big Waves. When the great ocean la disturbed it forma surface waves, which are sometimes of great magnitude. In a gale," sneh- waveshave oeen more than once measured, and it is found that their extreme bight the top to the deep est .depression of large storm waves, has been nearly fifty feet, their leteth being from four to six hundred yards, and their rate of motion ’ through the water about half a mile a minute. Such waves, breaking over an obstacle of any kind, or mingling strangely with the clouded atmosphere raging above, are the wildest/ grandestaud most terrible phenomena of n£ tore. When they approach land, they break up into much smaller bodies of water, but tiiese are often lifted by fehoals and obstructed by rocks till they are thrown (up in masses of top to a height of more than a hundred feet. The tidal wave is another phenomenon of water motion of a somewhat different kind, irodudng an alternate rise and fell of the war *r over all parte of the ocean every twelve hours. In addition to the true .waves there are also many definite streams or currents of water conveying large portions df the see from one -*utude to another, modifying the -tem perature of the adjacent land, and producing a s™reofthe waters at the surface or at some depth which cannot hut be extremely condo clve to the general benefit of all living beings, stormtidcs, orthose waves which occasionally rush without any pause along narrowand con • , B ®* a or np funhel-shaped inlets, hay© oc casionally proved disastrous to a fearfttT extent Thus it is recorded that upwards of onehun ared thousand persons perished in. the year 1233, andagamm 1342, in this way,numerous complete villages and towns being 'washed away by.a waveadvandngfroin -fheKorth-Bea over the low lands of HoUantL.BetweenNova Scotia And Kew Brunswick the , ordinary spr?5 pr ?i t . <Je oftemlses tab' bight of one bun qreqfept, sweeping away the catflefeedlhg oh : the shore.-r-.J>fc*eiw»i “Ml the TeerSourS? l : A Heroine at Sumter. . - Inihe of thelSlh Jnst. is contained h-clandestlne visit to PortSnm ter of me -wives of officers Seymour and youbleday, conveying articles e . Ufie °f U l6 officers in the fort, probably the visit referred to in . a letter relative of Capt. Seymonr, in V Mre. Seyrnonr obtained to the fort at the hazard of herllfe. and. T ~e n Ujsre* Pegged permission of Major An wmara and rendef such services In roadinff caimQn and-dressing the wounds of thesQldiets,asshohldbe necessary.*? : '--J ~ request was, for reasons which were.ta the MaJor manifest, respectfully, denied. . Mrs. Seymortr is thodaugbter of Prof Weir, x ’ at present, connected - Or.^iK j ißrit.haa already demonstrated the; broader material issues between j.Uie Northern'and Southern Slave States'than' iihave:at any; timaoalgted-betweea- ■ I * wH Tinnintinn rmfinTTr JanhnC. The State or Europe* [Correspondence of the N. T. Tribune.] Turns, Feb. 6,1861. The year of 1801 bids lair to embarrass the Ministers of Finance. In India there is a de ficiency of six millions sterling. In England of two, and In Franco of fonr.whuelnltwyaloan of twenty millions Is required to meet the ex penditure andarmaments of thonew kingdom* and In Austria the confusion ig so great that not even the Minister is able to prognosticate the eventual wants ofthe Empire. This gen em dearth of money producee a> correspond abatement of the warlike propensities of jpei. different States, and even the King of JPrniaia, who continually twaddles about the dangers'of the Fatherland, response among his people sufflcienty to encourage his pugnacity....The.Committee for -preparing -the-reply to the speech from the Jhrope already give a hint of the sober spirit pf the Assembly, by saying that the blood and resources of the country are exclusively for : nrc? °C. national German cause. Thus the idea offighting the Italians In defence of Ausfrum interests in Venetla is rejected in' an inolrectway, as a reply to the rumors of a engagement to Austria, guaranteeing her the frontier of theMincioandthePo The Emperor of France, too, declared in his speech ’ i?? 1 throne, that France will not prevent eithM 1 revolutionary :or. reactionary move mttits abroad, but strictly preserve neutrality, and see that it is preserved by others. Thus Kossuth s theory, expounded in 1851 and 1853 m England and America, and scouted by the conservative party in both those countries nowgets the sanction of Imperial France and may soon become one of the axioms of inter national right The Italian question is losing much of its interest, now that the result or the election hM completely approved Count Cavora’s pa cific polity. “No war with Austria” haa be come the watchword of the Italians, who B “Ongly believe that the financial diffi culties of the Austrian Empire, and the Hun garian complications, must, in the long run cripple the power of Francis Joseph, and In duce Mm to sell Venetia. As to Gaeta, the aflalr is more serious than we all believed, me bombardment had no great effect, and made scarcely any impression upon Francis “i having lost two crowns with out offering any resistance, now suddenly dis plays a dogged resolution worthy of a better cause. The Italian Generals nearly d*»gnn<F of being able to take the fortress by assault, and intend to blockade it by sea and by land so strictly as to force the garrison to surrender by amine. However, since the place is pro visioned for full four months, the hopes of a speedy surrender have been considerably modi fied—much to the displeasure of the Ital ians, who know that the question of Home depends almost exclusively upon the expul sion of Francis XL from Gaeta. Napoleon has, indeed, an intention of withdrawing his garrison from the Eternal City, but only after the complete solution ofthe Neapolitan question. In the mean while the Papal troops and the Italian volunteers of Umbria are en gaged in a small war; Frosinone, one of the chief places where the Neapolitan Bourbenists organize themselves for canying the war into the mountainous districts ofthe Abruzzi, was attacked and token by the Italian General Sonnaz, who still holds the town, though it belongs to the so-called patrimony of St. Peter. The Papal Colonel Becdelierre, on the other hand, surprised a company of Piedmontese at Correse in Umbria, and carried fifty soldiers as prisoners to Rome. The volunteers of Col onel Mas! kidnapped in return a Roman Bisbop and carried Mm to Peruggia os a hostage for ttie safety of their captured comrades. The French General Guyon has, until now, refrain ed from interfering with these forays in either way, but he disarms the Neapolitans who chance to fall into his hands, and confiscates all the anus which are introduced by stealth into the Roman States. ‘ As to Garibaldi, he bides his time and remains quietly at Caprera, refusing to bind himself by any pledges toward Count Cavour or the King to keep peace; but on the other hand he makes no preparations for any new expedition. He watches, however, the torn of events in Hun gary, where the agitation has not yet dimin ished. As far as we can judge, the Hungarians are most anxious to preserve peace. They studiously avoid any possibility of an armed conflict, and, protesting against any interfer ence ofthe Government, prepare for the elec tions. It seems that one or the other of the rales may be elected by one or the other electoral districts; but so much is certain ; that of the 860 members of the Hungarian I Parliament, hardly one will be found to de fend the Government With a complete una nimity, the restoration of the laws of 1848 and the rehabilitation of the exiles will be re quired by the Diet before Francis Joseph can be crowned. Still, if he makes up his mind to grant the wishes of the nation, and upon thtm basis to be crowned by the crown of St. Ste phen, he may count upon Hungary, which under such circumstances, would soon cease to threaten him with an insurrection. Such concessions, however, imply a complete change of the Austrian policy, amounting to a transfer of the center of the Empire from Vienna to Pesth. In tact, Austria would in such a case become an Eastern power, as her name requires. She would have to give up her German schemes of empire and suprema cy, and to sell or exchange venetia. Her in terests would force her to look to an exten sion in the valley of the Lower Danube, to the annexation of Bosnia, Scrvia, and ofthe Prin cipalities. Such an empire wouldfullybeable to check the progress of Russia, carrying com merce and industry into those fertile Frovin ces, to restore them to their ancient prosperity and importance. But in order to accept such a bold policy, Francis Joseph would have to dismiss all his pedantic German Ministers, and to look to bolder and stronger statesmen in Hungary. Though such a complete revival of the Austrian Empire is not entirely improba ble, it is not yet to be expected within the next few months; but the events tend step by step to such a consummation, unless Garibaldi should give a bolder turn to the whole con cern. Ex-Got. WrlglK of Indiana on Ei*- forcing tibe Lawa. Ex-Gov. Wright of Indiana, now the Ameri can Minister at Berlin, in a letter to a friend In New York, says; I have not the heart to say anything: about my country. I still hold my old opinions. We cannot have a peaceable separation. All this talk of two Confederacies -is nonsense We cannot be two people, cannot bo three people, cannot be four people; we are one people or we are nothing. I would sooner fight a citizen of my country guilty of treason than to fight an enemy m the world. Ton may do many things, say many things, hut God Is my judge, there is one thing you shall not do; that lAdes troy the temple erect ed by my fathers. This Is the only hope left for humanity everywhere., I hold any man guilty of treason who shall attempt in any way to destroy this Union I say ,Jightr~Jlght on no peace until we put down atl traitors. Assassination. [From the Boflhlo Commercial Advertiser.] We do not wonder that the Democratic press exerts itself to ridicule the numerous stories of the intended assassination of Mr. Lincoln that are constantly promulgated. It would be too much to expect them to admit that their former most intimate associates, the men whose battles they have fought and whose cause they even now defend, have sunk so low as to seek success by means unworthy of the demons in hell. -Yet it is nevertheless true that this depth of abasement has been reached. The revelations daily published come from the most reliable sources, and rest upon informa tion which is beyond the shadow of a doubt. ARRIVALS OF SPRING GOODS, ELEGANT SPUING POPLINS, CHOICE STYLE SPRING SILK, NOVEL STYLES SPRING GINGHAMS, FRENCH PRINTS, ENGLISH PRINTS, Extra Qualities Hoop. Skirts, SPRING DRESS GOODS. We have Just opened over 1000 pieces of Linen Goods PIECE LINENS. deluding LINEN DAMASK, LINEN SHEETING, PILLOW CASE LINENS. NAPKINS. TOWELS, TABLE CLOTHS, Ac. AH of extra quality and finish, made exproFslv to our order, and which we will sell at WHOLESALE OB RETAIL MICH Utt THAO CAI IE BOIIBHT ELSEWHERE. . w e . 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JJ - ! NOSTOW, EOBB * CO-Sb.lSfilTerftfcoC ~ MALT! BARLEY MALT! A STOCK or RBHIE BABtEY a*LT Fw Brewers’ aid Distillers’ Usd CONSTANLY ON HAND, AID ORDERS PROMPLY FILLED. ALSO, SUPERIOR YEAST MALT ihbabekla -tnnitEss, a 0. morbi', IS South Water Street, Chicago, aalOdSdm gAENTOTS GREAT VARIETY STORE, No. 138 Lakt Street. BAS9TUI BRO’S., Direct Importers o( and Whole ale Dealers to TOYS AND FANCY GOODS, BERLIN WORSTEDS, aaAEBR YARN, Baskets, Bird Cases, YANKEE NOTIONS, &C., Tbs attention of Wholesale Dealers It respectfully solicited. RKMSHBKB THE NUMBKB, 188 LAKE STREET. ...118 [aal3 ‘CO.iYi QHICAGO TYPE FOUNDRY AND PRINTERS’ WAREHOUSE, Ho. 90 Washington Street. TYPE, PRESSES, XJTK, Aad every article required la a NEWSPAPER, BOOK ORUOB OPPIOE, Mann&ctured and constantly onhand. We are nowmaking arrangements for a t.ib»w and jttiran absobtso stock of all of Pbistisb Mattoials than we have yet had. In order to meet S2 e s.l^? Dd3 «^9 UB “raxAflwo BcarsKss. and would especially callthe attention of Printers and Publishers to many new styles of Job Type, Scripts, Cuts, audio Combination Metal Furniture, S ld s d ,£ olll 5? ,P ,ack “I ColoVed litres Typß from w ' 11 ' Pa “ c * Co, ood E. ICtt ebb SPECIMHK BOOKS IVUI be sent to parties wishing to order. EIECTBOTTPIRB AID STEREOTYPING Executed in a superior manner. H. A. FOBTEB,;Agent. P ' L JSUggj PROVISIONS AND GRO CEREES TO BE CLOSED OUT At Very Low Frloos At Ho. 12 State Street. 20 tons Shorts, 80CO Iba. Bntter, 5000 lbs. Cheese, Sugar Cored Hams, White Fish, Mackerel, and 200 doxen Brooms, IN LOTS TO SUIT STORE TO BENT« ccSO-dSOI-Cm DOUGLASS & MERBITT. gOMETHLN T G EKTERELYKEW. This is no Catch-Penny Afihir, As those wishing employment will see for themselves, by calling onj H. JOHNSON. No. 70 State street! Chicago. Acenta wanted, as this is an article that slSon?&emf b ° 7, “ toere 18 flunUr caado T CALL AND SEE THE ARTICLE. It needs bat this to convince you thatwhat we ray Is true. Persons that cannot make It convenient to dalL Wll please apply.for a.circular, bycncloslnc a Stamm tO A- a p - °- £ or Chicago. Ifl. B. K. A^ept. DB. COOKE & CO., Law Book • sellers and Stationers, No. HI Lake street Northwest^ 7 comp,ete stock of Law Books in tie in^^[J ers *t Indents trill nlease call on ns before send* w for tieir books. All new books are re ceived as soon as published. NEW BOOKS JUST BECEITED: Wharton’s American Criminal Law, new edition- Sg Parsons on Contracts, 2 vols .... n S Kent’s Commentaries, new edition V!** ia m Chltty on Pleading, new edition ' 13 <y\ VoL 19 United States Digest 5 «j \ oL 7 Ohio Beporta *. 3 S VoU IS Indiana Reports 4 qq D. B. COOKE & CO* etract. 'J'O INVENTORS.- BROADNAX * GRAY, Patent Attorneys and Solicitors, Have opened an office In Chicago, where one of the EXAMINATIONS, INFRINGEMENTS. etc. AppU- S^°%at r fx P 'rS?p?iS?P^ ec i5 te<i gP9 p aCoynyQB&T 25*! i Pat. Iftne Inventor »o de . obtained through this asencv will be Published In most of the leading Newspapers op the Mmi or CHABas. whleff bria/i thelnven«“ directly before the public. All proltsslonal business by members of the firm— sot bt employ. f^«^s. t i D ? a £?f medlaaUror€l snconn tries. Advice given, sad circulars sent gratuitously. • OFFICES: CORNER SEVENTH AND F STREETS, directly on. faMbMtoS' °“ Ce ’ c'-eE 41 ™, st , le3S-e97-3tn 70 Lake Street 70 PAPER HANGINGS For the Spring Trade. Tbe anbicriber Is now opening a large and choice se lection of Gizor.m, White, Buff and Brown Blank., CURTAIN PAPERS, PAPER SHADES. &c.. From which great bargains are offered to - the Trade. WINDOW SHADES, FIXTURES, ETC. E. G. L. FAXON, (Post Office Box 28X6,) Ho. 70 Lake Street, Four doors from State St. Tfeam-ly] Q.ILBERT HUBBARD & CO. Ship Chandlers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers la TWISES and CORDAGE!, 205 & 207 South Water St, (Cor. Wells,} Would MU particular attention of the trade to oar ■took, aa we at all times have the largest and - ■ beat assortment In the West of Manila and Tarred Bone. . Ditching Ropes, 9 Bags, Bagging and Burlaps. Canvass, Oakum, Tar, Pitch, Chains. And Tackle Blochs, COAL TAR, ROSFIIfI PITCH AID FELTIIR BED CORDS. CLOTHES LINES. BROOM TWINES, an qualities. WRAPPING TWINES, . In bundles or barrels, BELL AND SASH COBDS NETS AND SEINES. Cotton, Flax and Hemp Twines, OF EVERT DESCRIPTION.; Having also’a SAIL LOFT our frclllties are ns equalled In the manufacture of tents, wagon covers, awnings AND TARPAULINS, A large stock of which we bare constantly on band or make to order at the shortest notice. G. HUBBARD I J. 3. TURNER I G. B. CARPENTER. _ Send for our price*. 'J'O PROPERTY OWNERS, ARCHITECTS, AND BUILDERS, and build goodbulldingß. No building A GOOD EOOP. • I have the materials and am here to put It on and to make and a roof It will out last Tin or Galvanized Iron two or three times, and approaches nearer to Fire- Proof than any other material except Slate, and is » -composition we all understand, ~ ; _ * IRON-CORRUGATED IRON, Saturated with hot mineral paint, that expels the mois ture and nnltes with thelron, Bothatltwulnotoildlze. and IT palnied-ertryaTeyears winiaet allfo-time. INVHBTIOATH IT. KH?S ft Ohio. A. G. RKAKTA Agent for Chicago. : Enquire at Fay & Co.’s Machinery Depot, IS2 South Clark atreet where samplee of the roof can be seen. = -feiseawm ■ - Q.IFFARD’S PATENT T: Self-Acting Water Injector, ' FOB - PEKDING ; BOILERS v Hartng bccn appolntod tha Uann&etnrer*i Sole As£s? 111 secaoo, ibraalo of above, walnrite the .attention of toterestoqnartiea to Iti mmiutti/'ii *nd are now prepared to flHordere - ““ ‘ I J HUB BAUD ft CO • dandfiSWm -181.Lakestreet. 30.000 otnnt bags just M suitor ssletT. . - " wlastsw J. & sharp » co, za w«to stn, «Q. E T THE BEST” FRBiros COFr IJr G ZJVJST An article which b nnsnrpassed hr anything of tha kind now In osa; It flows five, does net become thick. Three Perfect Tranifer*. FOB HALE BY P . 3Vt XT 3NT S O XST , 14=0 Lake. Street, Where may also he. found a great-variety of other INKS AND WRITING FLUIDS. noT6My JJIARIES. DIARIES. FOR 1861. POCKET AND OFFICE DIAEIES or mn\* vjmjrietv, FOR SAT.K BY JONES, PERDUE & SMALL, No. 133 Lake street. RODGERS’ KNIVES BOIBBOftS, Of Our Own Importation , FOB SALE BT JONHS, PSRDTTB St, BBtAUe WAU PAPERS. Wo. 81..—Randolph Street Wo. 81 P. E. RIO-B Y. jysusaura Q.UNNIES !!! GUNNIES !! A Large Consignment of GUJfaTT BAGS, FOR fi*r.v BT GILBERT HUBBARD * CO., Sos. 205 and 207 South Water Street, Chicago. fe27e121-3w gHOELDER BRACES. SHOULDER BRACES. SHOULDER BRACES. . These appliances are used for Improving the Chest, and giving ftiu play to the Lungs, Persons who bare acquired astooping position by following a Sedentary occupation will experience great relief from the use or Shoulder Brace*. Wo have perfected an article which answers admirably as a Shoulder Brace and Suspender Combined. We also keep a full stock of moat approved kinds for Lames, Gentlemen, SmiH A DWIEB, APOTHECARIES. 94 LAKw STREET, _ Opposite the Tremont Honae. W. R. WOOD, 153 and 155 Lake Street, Have opened within a few days, a large and cholo assortment of French, English and American PRINTS AND GINGHAMS, la tha latest Printings, to which they ask the attention fel4*lMm of tookere for these goods. ROUSE FURNISHING GOODS. We have a large and complete stock of Bleached Shirtings. Sheetings and PH* low Case Cottons, LESTEnsr SHEETINGS. DAMA §Lg.s AypjrowKLiyos. Marseilles QUILTS. AND ROUSE GOODS GENERALLY, Which we are selling at the lowest prices. 153 and 155 Lake Street. fel4-elB-3m W. R. WOOD * CO. WE HAVE RECEIVED A FINE T T assortment of BALMORAL SKIRTS, (Full length and width) In medium and fine quail ties. at low prices. . H ** Also—•Alexander’s Kid Gloves. fe!4-o*3-3m W.R.WOOD * CO* 158 * 153 Lake St J£ARLT TRADE.— FIGURED FSEHCH POPLIHS, -A- new article tuat rewired, end rerr Poplins and Valencia*, adapted to early W. B, WOOD ic CO., I Km. IS3 ul IB uiß atnst. feltelMm 'J'O ILLINOIS MERCHANTS. 1861 A Card. ..1861, WEBER, WILLIAMS & YALE, JOBBERS OF HATS, CAPS, STRAW GOODS,PAKA SOtS AND UJIBRELtAS, » LAKE STREET. CHICAGO a l?^fJ^®s^ w S ttentfon of nUnots mcarchants to £it£. ve J7 TfJJ assorted and unusually attractive bpring Stock for ISffL which will be offered st low nrL Credit 1 * ° a I * vorsl^e terms for Cash or Approved tr Prompt sad careful attention siren to orders. WEBER, WILLIAMS A TALE. ’yy INTER & SPRING TRADE. Darius completed the Removal of our Drj Goods Jobbing Department TO NOS. 74 ASD 76 T.ATTg STREET, Wa are now wi*Mng additions of FRESH AND SEASONABLE GOODS tomeetufa^rleu?or ““ "“*■ CLOSE CASH ARB SHORT TIME RDTERS. BOWEN BROTHERS Importer* and Jobber*. STANTON’S, So. 48 Clark Street • • - • Ho. 48 NEXT TO FAMILY GROCERIES QUALITY AND VARIETY. SOLS A6ENT FOB Ameloag’s CelebriteA toneless hams, Westphalia Cun. Superior Quality and Flavor. FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, IN CANS, SWEET CORN, TOMATOES, GREEN PEAS, T.TM> BEANS, MUSHROOMS, TRESS PEACHES, RASPBERRIES, STBAWBEHSHS, PINE APPLES, ©LIVES, PISH, IN CANS. PRESS SALMON, TURTLE SOUP, _J tomiMraa,] r pHE GREAT FIBE IN' A; MILWAUKEE, $300,080 Saved In Herring’s Safest : ~j£ recent lire, whlcn destroyed the « ?*2S?* Offices, were two of Herring's Safes; ipoptostory. and a smaller one. In toe school Commls ■l oner's room, in toird story. We are happy to say. notwithstanding toe Safes fell so great a distance, and were subjected to such an In tense heat (toe one forty and toe other sixty boorsj toattoe books and papers -were inafint-rate state or preserratlim. The only injury toe carl. Ingof the leatoer binding of toe books by steam. we.tolnk, tf toe reputation of Herring's Safes was not fully established befcre this lire, that an most now be satisfied that they ere what they Haim to "TIBICPBOOF" - " . The castors on one, and toe plates on the otto melted offi FBAHCIS KZLBO3T WEBSTER, ACtiD * yOT „ -• PregMeat Board of CorndDon. GEO. J>. DOOeMAN, ™~ City Clerk. JONATHAN’ FOBD» . Superintendent of Stihoola. “HerHngVa Patent Champion thoonh M °rS *° MtT ® theircontent* • • • . .Only Depollntta.Westat 40 State street. ' '-HESBINO * CO, _C£U3X>.lyadpg . ■ ■ to state ttreat J>ARKER HOUSE; : boston. The addition to this Botel being completed with.an- HervousHeadache Headache. By tha nse of these PIQs the periodic attacks of IT**, ▼oce os Sick Headache may be prevented and taken at the commencement of *a attack Immediate relief from pain and sickness will he obtained. They 3 eldom IhQin removing the Nadbxa and Head ache to which Jamaica are so subject. They act gently upon the bowels—removing Cos- Trrzazse. For Literary Hen, . Students, Delicate Females, ami an persons of sedentary habits they are valuable as a Laxative, Improving the appiutx, giving tose nod visor to the digestive organa, and restoring the na tural elasticity and strength of tho whole system. The CEPHALIC PILLS are the result ot long lares, tlgatlonand carefully conducted experiments, having been In use many years, during which time they bar* prevented aod relieved a vast amount of pain »ad suffering from Headache, whether originating in the HZBVOT7B system or from a deranged state of the stowage. They are entirely vegetable In thalrcomposltloo, ard may be taken at an times with perfect safety without maklngaay change of diet, akd the absence op axt DISAOSZZABLX TASTE KKHDKBSIT SAST TO ADMIXIi- TXBTHZXTO CHZLDSS2T. BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS I The genuine hare lire signatures of HEKfSY c SPALDING on each Box. Sold by Druggists sad all other Dealers In Medicines. A Box Win be sent by mall, prepaid, on receipt o PKICE, as CENTS. All orders should bo addressed to IT®, 48 Cedar street. Now York. Tit® TTollowing EmcloraexxieEtt of SP.ItDCTGi* CEPHALIC PILLS Will convince all who Buffer from .iVCPIE, SPEEDY AND SURE CURE As these Testimonials were by Ur. SPALDDTG, they afford unquestionable proof of the efficacy of truly aefrmtfflft disCOVBTy. Mi SPiLDnrQ, Coim ’ r « h - 88. have’tried your Cephalic PUK and I titty that I want you to tend mo two dol£? of these are for the neighbors, to whoa I give a few out ofthe first box 1 goftrom you. * Send the PQla by mail, and oblige , Tour obedient servant. JAMES KENNEBT. Mi Sp V dot, HiTiMom. Pi, F«b. sa, isn. me one more box of your Cephalic Pllla. I hats Escxma ▲ enxaT n»*i or BZnYimnvmw ♦ “«“* wr Tours respectfWly. MART ANN STOIKHOU3E. Spbucx Cun, Huntington Co_ Pa.) RC.SFM™, lammjWiail. { Respectfully yours, T» o x JSO. B. 81M0N9. .p« 0.~1 hats ra«p ohx box or tour Puxa. anw FISD THZ2C MCXLLXST. „ __ _ _ B*u* VXBNON, Ohio, Jan. 13th, 1961. Hxnbt C. Spalding, E«q. * x«f l^?J?K find J nclt T‘ 1 *w«s.W*flTe cents, for which seed me another box ot your Cephalic P.Ua. Text au t&lilt tide bxst Pills I hay* xvss *rm»n I)1 ” Ct _ _ A. STOVXK, p.M. Belle Vernon, Wyandot County, O. _ „ _ Bxyxblt. Masa„ Dec. Uth. ISM. H. C. Spalding, Esq. "***• I wish for some circulars or large show bills, to brtn* yonr Cephalic Pills more particularly before my cn£ tomera. IfyouuaTeanythingofiheklnd.plea*aMnd One of my cnstgmgja, who !a snbject to severe Siek Headache, (usually ECting two days.) was cvmd or aa *mos nr os* nora bt tops Pills, which l sent bare. Respectfully yonre, W.B. WILKK3. Bsraoxj>Bßrße ( Franklin Coonty, Ohio, I January 9th, ISO. J Hcntr C. 8p Aida’s, No. 48 Cedar street, N. T. OWo^ 10 * er * Wnoldaborg, FxauiUfta ■ ■^°- Ull . r ’ W ’ OBX LIKZ A ClllEM—rmrif H»in. ACBX ALMOST BreTAJSTJtB. Trnly yotira, Wit, C. FILLER. Ypstxaxtt, Mich, January nth. 18GL ilu. Spalding, lo jJ? S * BC# 18ent *° y° u for a box of Cetv forth# care of the Nervous Headache and Please send by return mail. Direct to “ A R. WHEELER YpsUautOllch. [From the Examiner, Norfolk, Va.] Cephalic Pills accomplish the object for which they were made, rli: Cure of Headache la all ltd forma. [From the Examiner. Norfolk, Va.J c^wfe’S.&Slu^ la Dor * Uu “* • CTrom the Democrat, St. Cloud. MUm.) [From the Advertiser, Providence, R. LI TaeCeplsllc PlUa are said to bo a remarir*b!v tortß?v&%SlS£s* d * B^« Mtf one of ttawr bert SLovated7 flWqueßt *Wch has ever V -a ..iff-Western R. B. Gazette, Chicago, raj cJSS. I”*™ 1 ”*™ Spalding, andhlannrlTslltd . [From the Kanawha Teller star, Kanawha, v«0 [Ftom th. Southern Path Ilnder.Kew oneae., U.l ' iT oa ***** B ™ afflicted, and we are sure beaeat » “*** no other trsudi- HOPES, [From the St. Louis Dtoocnt] for ‘ Taa * < Ct f ,llll!c ™») [From the Gazette*.Davenport; lowa] W» name with an raclebedidnot now to po«s«« real merit; IFtom the Advertiser, Providence, R. Tl' ~ rJpSaSm ttTOr “ ■‘’•“S'.aoati. ">»•’ [From the Daily Nswb, Neirport? K. LI Cephalic PIU* ere taking the place of an toids. EFrorn the Commercial Bulletin, Boston, Mus.l Bald to he very efflcadona tor the headache. fFrom the Commercial, cinrtnrmtt ohloj Buffering humanity can no* ho relieved. A Ilnjtle bottli of BPAULDCKQ’S PESPARID OLTJS win uTeMn time. Its c*xt aannilly SPALDING’S PREPARED GLUE! SPALDING'S PREPARED QLTJEI SPALDING’S PREPACKED GLUE 1 LOBSTER, HERRING. SAVE THE PlKiMta > MOSOMT!! DISPATCH!!! tg~“A BrmiH nTtnaxTaUrn" »a if?" ,rin •“W*". ™ In trail-regulated flunQll&tt Is Tarjr daabaUa to hare some cneapaod «mTOi®I W»J tor rapaMn* Imitate. Tori, cfoct SPALDHIB’S ERKPAMD 6LOZ HeetaaHaachemeiseiielea,aiid noiooaehold can a t. lord to be mount 1C It la alwaja readr. and onto' tlie sticking point. * USEFUL rsr EVXBZ BOUSE." *5. Email accompanies esdi Bottle. PRICE, 25 CENTS* Address HENBY C. SPAIDIHG, Ho. 48 Cedar Street, New Terlc. f AtTTION. „As certain mpJladpled persona are attempting-I<7 palm off on tho unsuspecting puhEc, Imltittooa of my PREPARED GLUE. I would caution,aU persona to •aandnt before purchasing, aadaeothat thajfcnaama • U-SFALDDICra PBSPJLBtn BT.Ttn j. on tn> outuLia winpper; af otacn mn 't windllnz wmUMUU. «3M*nrH HENEY O. SPALDINq, THAT A IS WITHIN THEIR BEACH.