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The Home Comfort Jame* Morrison, Jr. 
Groveling Grain- Vines—f“. M Goodw in A Bro. 
Fort Fid ward Institute—Joseph K. Kinr. 
Good Templar H. H, Mills. 
The illustrated Hois'- Doctor—D. Appleton & Co. 
Thorlev'e Food for Cattle. 
To Nurserymen S. I!. Phelpa 
.Agent* Wanted J. H. Pardee 
No ivery ri lock* for salt-—Benjamin Fish. 
Farm Wanted on Him res—1> Cox, 
The Craa fool Co. Record - J W. Fatten. 
Splendid Chances to Agvntv 
SPKIAt NOTICES. 
Bronchial Complaint*. &e. 
NEWS DEPARTMENT. 
ROCHESTER, N. T, JANUARY 12, 1861. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Affair* at Washington. 
The committee on the part of the border States, 
Mr. Crittenden chairman, had a second meeting on 
the night of the .5tb inst., and at 12 o'clock adopted 
the following propositions. Recommending a repeal 
of all the Personal Liberty Bills. That the Fugitive 
Slave Law be amended for the preventing of kidnap¬ 
ping. That the Constitution be so amended a« to 
prohibit any interl'er.mcc with Blavery in any of the 
States where it now exists. That Congress shall not 
abolish Slavery in Southern dockyards, arsenals, Ac., 
or in the District of Columbia, without the consent of 
Maryland, and the consent of the inhabitants of the 
District, nor without compensation. That Congress 
Bhall not interfere with the inter-State slave trade. 
That there shall be a perpetual prohibition of the 
African slave trade. 
That the line of 3G° 2 min. shall be run through all 
the existing Territories of the United States, and that 
north of the line Slavery shall be prohibited. That 
south of that line neither Congress or the Territorial 
Legislature shall hereafter pass a law abolishing, or 
prohibiting, or in any manner interfering with Afri¬ 
can Slavery; and that when any Territory containing 
a sufficient population for one member of Congress in 
any one of 00,000 square miles, shall apply for admis¬ 
sion as a State, it shall be admitted with or without 
Slavery us the Constitution may determine. The 
committee represented at its meeting, Maryland, Vir¬ 
ginia, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, 
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Delaware, Arkansas, Pennsyl¬ 
vania and New Jersey. 
The following resolutions were adopted on the 3d 
inst, as expressive of the views and feelings of the 
Committee of 33. The resolutions were offered by 
Mr. Bristow, of Kentucky. 
Resolved, That we recognize Slavery as now exist¬ 
ing in fifteen of the United States, by the usages and 
laws of these States, and we recognize no authority, 
legally or otherwise, outside of a State, when it so ex- 
ists, to interfere with Slaves or Slavery in such States, 
in disregard of their owners or the fear of society. 
Resolved, That wo recognize the justice and pro. 
Priety of a faithful execution of the Constitution and 
laws made in pursuance thereof, including those on 
the subject of fugitive slaves, or fugitives from ser¬ 
vice and labor, and discountenance all mobs or hin¬ 
drances in the execution of such laws, and that the 
citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the priv¬ 
ileges and immunities of the citizens of the several i 
States. i 
Resolved, That we recognize no sueli conflicting 
interests in the composition, or sufficient cause from , 
any source for a dissolution of this government; that \ 
we were not sent here to destroy, but to sustain and < 
harmonize the institutions of the country, and to see < 
that justice is doue to all parts of the same; and 
finally to perpetuate its existence on terms of equality i 
and justice to all the .States. ' 
A dispatch to the N. V. Times on the 5th inst., says 
that evidences of a purpose on the part of the Seccs- 1 
Bionists to seize upon the public property here, and <; 
usurp the Government at its Capital, have become so p 
clear that energetic measures arc taking to defeat i 
their plans, and repress the treason. Now that the n 
Administration begins to appreciate the necessity of 8 
preserving the Government, and manifests the pur- * 
pose to repudiate the treasonable influences which 
have hitherto paralyzed its arm, the people are begin- 0 
ntng to report facts exposing the violent plots eon- r< 
coding in the District und its neighborhood. It is 
now well known that military companies have been 0 
organized and drilled for months past in Maryland P 
and Virginia —some of them under the eye of an r< 
officer of the regular army —and that the distinct 
object of their organization is to aid in the seizure of iT1 
Washington City in the interest of the Oisnnionists, tt 
or the prevention by force of Lincoln’s inauguration. 
Some of the less prudent of their leaders boast in G 
private circles that they have five thousand well- ft 
armed and organized men ready to strike the blow 
instantly upon the concerted signal being given. pt 
Secretary of War Holt has appointed Capt. Chas. dt 
Stone, on recommendation of Gen. Scott, to be of 
Inspector-General of Militia in the District of Colum- tli 
bia. To him is intrusted the important duty of im- la 
mediately organizing the District Militia, to repel in 
invasion, suppress insurrection and preserve public dt 
property. of 
The Navy Department has received dispatches from J.s 
the Commander of the Pacific squadron, communi¬ 
cating intelligence of the probable loss of the sloop- eu 
of-war Levant, which had not been heard from for au 
one hundred days. She was on her way from the an 
Sandwich Islands to Panama under command of frt 
Capt. W. H* Hunt. 
Major Anderson informs the government that rein- T1 
forcements arc not needed at Fort Sumter. 
A special dispatch to the N. Y. Commercial Adver- 
riser says: There is a much better feeling in Washing- an ' 
ton. It is well understood that acting Secretary of ha 
War Holt, and Attorney General Stanton, are at °P 
liberty to take whatever measures they may deem h'c 
necessary for the public good. They are'taking pu 
measures to maintain the honor of our flag, and to lov 
protect the public property. ■> 
and take needful security for the safety of public 
property remaining, directing the President to recog¬ 
nize any State to keep troops and ships of war, and 
giving permission to all parties concerned by procla¬ 
mation. Laid on the table and ordered printed. 
Mr. Seward presented a petition of the citizens of 
New York, asking for the passage of the Pacific Rail¬ 
road bill. 
On motion of Mr. Gwin, the Pacific Railroad bill 
was token up. 
Mr. Rice then offered an amendment providing for 
another route from Minnesota to Puget Sound. 
Mr. Polk moved to amend so as to make the route 
ruD from the mouth of the Kansas River. 
Mr. Polk’s amendment was agreed to. Ayes, 35, 
nays 23. 
Mr. Bragg offered an amendment that the acts of the 
corporation be submitted to Congress and approved 
before the bill takes effect. 
Mr. Benjamin was opposed to conferring the privil¬ 
eges of the bill on any close corporation. They 
ought to be given to any citizen of the United States 
choosing to take advantage of them. 
The discussion was further continued by Messrs. 
Davis, Baker and others. Adjourned. 
House. — On motion of Mr. Sbcrman an amend¬ 
ment was adopted appropriating $20,000 in addition 
to the proceeds of the sale of the old furniture, for 
refurnishing the President’s House. AIbo, $1,000 for 
introducing the Potomac water therein. He said 
fonr years ago, the amount appropriated for the 
former object was $40,000. 
Among other amendments adopted, was one appro¬ 
priating $130,000 for the purchase of a government 
Printing Office, provided it be ascertained by the 
Attorney General to givo good title. The committee 
arose, and the amendments were agreed to by the 
House, and the bill passed. 
Mr. Adrian asked leave to introduce resolutions 
approving the act of Major Anderson, and promising 
support to the President in enforcing all laws in sus¬ 
taining the Union. 
Several members explained their votes, when the 
resolution wus adopted by 124 against 56. i 
The House then passed the Indian appropriation 1 
bill. i 
The House took up the resolution offered by Mr. 1 
Davis, of Ind., on Monday, instructing the Committee * 
on Judiciary to inquire into and report to this House I 
at any time, what Legislation, if any, has become f 
necessary on the part of Congress in consequence of r 
the. Secession position assumed by South Carolina. 1 
The House refused to second the demand on the pre- 1 
vions question, 47 to 72. Adjourned. a 
Legislature of New York. 
Senate. —The Senate met at 1 1 o’clock on the 2d 
inst., when the Governor’s Private Secretary pre¬ 
sented the Governor’s Message, which was read. 
Mr. Spinola offered the following preamble and res¬ 
olutions: 
Whereas, Treason, as defined by the Constitution 
of the United States, exists in one of the States of the 
Confederacy, and whereas, it is a religious, as well as 
a patriotic duty of each State, in its sovereign capa¬ 
city, as well as that of each citizen, to make every 
necessary sacrifice for ibe preservation of this Union 
of States as they were united by Washington and his 
associate*; and whereas, the state of New York is 
now, and ever has been, and ever w ill be, unalterably 
and uncompromisingly in favor of the Union as it is: 
therefore, 
Resolved, (if the Assembly concur,) That the Gov¬ 
ernor of the State be and he is hereby directed, in 
the name of the People of the State of New York, to 
lender the President of the United States the services 
ol the Militia of the Slate, to be used in such manner 
as the President may deem beat to preserve the 
Union, and enforce the Constitution and laws of the 
country. 
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs 
be and are hereby requested to inquire into the con¬ 
dition and efficiency and available strength of the 
military forces of the State, and to report to the 
Senate at the earliest possible day, what legislation, 
if any, is necessary to render that branch ol govern¬ 
ment fully effective for any exigency that may arise, 
and if requisite, that said Committee report a bill to 
raise $10,000,0(10 to properly arm the State. 
Mr. Spinola'a resolutions, with parts of the Gov¬ 
ernor’s Message relating to national aflhirs, were 
referred to a Select Committee of live. 
c j But I do not question the sincerity of all who 
;- threaten secession; on the contrary, I accept the de- 
d clarations of many as those of earnest and determined 
i- men; and while T have, faith that time will essentially 
modify their views, change their purposes, and pre- 
,f vent them from rushing madly to inevitable destruc- 
I- t'on through the paths of treason, civil war. prudence 
dictates that this patriotic commonwealth should not 
1 hold a position of indifference, bnt that we should de¬ 
liberately consider our relations to the questions of 
r proposed secession, as well as the duties which such 
an event may force upon us. Believing that as this 
3 confederacy had its origin and consummation in mu¬ 
tual sacrifices and benefits; that it is based npon a 
, solemn compact to which the whole people of the 
United States were parties, and by which all are 
, firmly bound, and that this compact provides for a 
I peaceful redress of fundamental grievances, it is 
clear, that without a disregard of mutual engage¬ 
ments, no State can voluntarily secede from the 
Union. A separation of one or more of the States, 
though called secession and claimed to be lawful 
under right* crroneonsly supposed to have been re¬ 
served to the States, can, nevertheless, be practically 
nothing else than disunion; and disunion, so soon as 
it shall take its needful form and proportions, must 
reveal itself in the character of treason, which it will 
be the duty of the General Government to arrest and 
punish, The laws of the United States must be exe¬ 
cuted; the requirements of the Constitution must be 
[ obeyed. If the National Government is to exist, its 
power must be adequate to the enforcement of its 
laws in any of the States of the Union, and under any 
circumstances. To permit or to acquiesce in a trea¬ 
sonable conspiracy against the national authorities, is 
to confess that our government is an absolute failure. 
The people of the State of New York, in my judgment, 
arc not prepared for such an admission; on the con¬ 
trary, they will give to the Federal authorities, in the 
adoption of all wise, just and necessary measures for 
the enforcement of the laws, their earnest, faithful 
and constant support. 
I fully believe that if justice and moderation shall 
mark the conduct of the loyal States, we shall safely 
pass the present crisis, as we have pawed many others, 
without loss of substantial rights or self-respect; for 
T am unwilling to admit that there are madmen, either 
at the North or South, sufficiently formidable in 
power or in numbers to destroy the Union of the 1 
States; a Union which has been productive of inesti- 1 
mable good; a Union in which all sections and parts 1 
have contributed, in diverse though harmonious ‘ 
modes, to that common result of strength, stability ' 
and happiness, manifest to every eye, in every direc¬ 
tion, throughout the length aud breadth of this ex- •’ 
tended land. t 
tected and secured; that we must be permitted to 
pass through the free States and Territories unmo¬ 
lested; and if a slave be abducted, the State where it 
is lost must pay its value. Fourth—by guarantees 
that the transmission of slaves by land or water shall 
not be Interfered with. Fifth—a passage or enforce¬ 
ment ol laws for the punishment of persons in free 
States, who organized, or aided in any manner, in or¬ 
ganizing companies with a view to assail slave States, 
and to incite the slaves to insurrection. Sixth—the 
General Government to be deprived of the power of 
appointing to local offices in slave-holding States, per¬ 
sons hostile to their institutions. The Governor fur¬ 
ther says that he will regard the attempt of the Fed¬ 
eral troops to pass across Virginia for the purpose of 
coercing a Southern State, as an act of invasion 
which must be repelled. 
SMI 12. 
®l)c Nctoa (Honiicneer. 
— The lottery business in the South is gradually dying out. 
— The Pawnee Indians are making trouble on the Plains 
again. 
— It is understood that Gov. Weller accepts the position of 
Minister to Mexico. 
— Nearly eight millions in specie have arrived from Europe 
since December 15. 
C oiigrrssioiial Proceeding*. 
Senate. — The Pacific Railroad bill being the 
special order, and Mr. Baker having the floor on un¬ 
finished business, the Pacific Railroad bill was made 
the special order for Saturday. 
A message from the House, informing the Senate 
of the passage of the Indian appropriation bill, was 
received. 
Mr. Mason proposed a resolution of inquiry that 
the Secretory of War give the Senate the copy of 
any orders issued from the Department to the officers 
commanding the fortifications in South Carolina 
since the 1st of November. Also, a copy of any 
plans or recommendation relative to increasing the 
forces or otherwise, in the forts and arsenals in Vir¬ 
ginia, or any of the States of the South, by the Com- 
mauder-in-Chief; and if any action or orders were 
issued in pursuance thereof. Laid over. 
Mr. Davis offered resolutions authorizing the Presi¬ 
dent on application of any State, either through con¬ 
vention or legislation, to withdraw federal garrisons 
i Assembly.— The Assembly met on the 2d at 11 
o clock. 'J ho Annual Message of the Governor was 
presented by Mr. Doty, Private Secretary, and was 
read and referred to the Committee of the Whole. 
Annual Reports of the Superintendent of the Bank¬ 
ing Department, and Auditor’s and Commissioners of 
the Canal Fund, were presented. 
Mr. Robinson moved to refer that portion of the 
Governor’s Message referring to Federal relations, to 
a Committee of nine. Adopted. 
Mr. McDermott offered concurrent resolutions de¬ 
precating the election of a sectional President, but 
denying the right of secession, pledging the power 
of the State to uphold the righto of the South, and at 
the same time to maintain the Constitution and the 
laws, declaring it the duty of the people to acquiesce 
in the election of Lincoln, and calling on the Presi¬ 
dent to avert a national disgrace, the result of any act 
of violence that would prevent bis inauguration. 
Laid over, 
Mr. Benedict introduced concurrent resolutions 
eulogistic of the conduct of Major Anderson, and 
authorizing and requesting the Governor to procure 
and cause to be presented to him a sword, as a gift 
from the State of New York. Laid over. 
The Governors on Secession. 
As the Legislatures of the various States gener¬ 
ally convene on or about the 1st of January, 
and the Messages of the Governors arc respectively 
handed in. it is interesting to note the expression of 
opinion upon the great topics which now agitate the 
Union. To this end we condense from such of these 
publie documents as have come to hand, and will fol¬ 
low with others as they appear: 
New Yoke.— The question is entered into at con¬ 
siderable length by Gov. Morgan, but we can only 
make a brief extract, as follows: 
The complications which environ the question of a 
speedy adjustment of existing national difficulties, 
are not the result of any new and unexpected causes, 
but are the slow growth of a generation. The events 
Of the past year, among which is the significant dis¬ 
ruption of the Charleston Convention in April last, 
have served to produce a more general conviction 
that there exists an active and influential class of poli¬ 
ticians at the South, deliberately conspiring to de¬ 
stroy the American Union, and construct from the 
ruins a Southern confederacy. While many have be¬ 
lieved that the frequent manifestations of discontent 
among our Southern brethren, had their origin in 
real or fancied wrongs on the part of the North, and 
have been willing to give a sympathetic oar to those , 
complaints, they are not disposed, now that it is more 
apparent that secession has been contemplated for 
years, to encourage an attempted destruction of the 
government upon mere declarations, unsupported by 
evidence. 
id In view, however, of the momentous questions in- 
e- volved, it becomes the solemn duty of the National 
executive to act with promptitude and firmness; the 
s- national legislature with moderation and conciliation; 
and the public press tliroughoutthe country with thut 
u regard to the righto of all sections and interests, 
[® which its vast influence and responsibilities demand. 
i- Every Stale can do something, and ought to do all 
y that it can to avert the threatened danger. Let New 
n York set the example in this respect. Let her oppose 
8 oo barrier; but on the contrary let her representa- 
y tives in the Federal Legislature give their ready sup- 
; port to any settlement that shall l»e just and honor¬ 
able to all; a settlement due alike to the cherished 
memories of the past, the mighty interests of the 
o present, and th« myriads of the future. Let her stand 
s in the attitude of hostility to none; but extending the 
’ hand of fellowship to all, and living up to the strict 
letter of that great fundamental law, the living aud 
immortal band of the Union of the States, cordially 
i unite with other members of the confederacy in pro¬ 
claiming and enforcing the determination that the 
‘ Constitution shall be honored, and the Union of the 
States aball he preserved. 
Ohio. —The Message of Gov. Denniston is long, 
, and mainly occupied by State affairs. He recom¬ 
mends a more effective organization of the militia— 
the present organized militia ouly numbering 12,000, 
while the force required can be augmented to 200,000. 
The Governor argues at some length on bis course in 
refusing the requisitions of the Governors of Ken 
tucky and Tennessee, for persous accused of aiding 
the escape of fugitive slaves, lie discusses the ques¬ 
tion of secession, denying the right of any State to 
secede at pleasure, and affirming that Ohio remains 
loyal to the Union and Constitution, lie suggests a 
repeal of the obnoxious features of the Fugitive Slave 
law, and the repeal of any Personal Liberty bill, sub¬ 
versive of the Fugitive Slave law, without being se¬ 
cured. At the same time, the Southern States should 
repeal their laws in coutravention of the constitutional 
right of the citizens of Free States, who cannot be 
satisfied with less, and who will insist upon their 
rights in every State and Territory in this confed¬ 
eracy. These they cheerfully accord to citizens ot 
Southern States, determined to do no wrong. They 
will not submit to any wrong, and are uuawed by 
threats. They demand the employment of all the 
constitutional powers of the Federal Government, to 
maintain and preserve the Federal Union, rejecting 
the whole theory of State secession as u palpable vio¬ 
lation of the Constitution, and cannot consent to the 
exercise of any power, unless under its sanction. 1 
The integrity of this Union, aud its oneness, must be 
preserved. » 
Virginia.— Iu alluding to the condition of the 1 
country, Gov. Letcher remarks that all now feel that 
danger is imminent, and all true patriots are exerting 1 
themselves to save us from impending perils. He ’ 
renews his proposition in his last message for a con¬ 
vention of all States, and says it is monstrous to sec ' 
a government like ours destroyed merely because men 
cannot agree about a domestic institution. It be- J 
comes Virginia to be mindful of her own interests— * 
if disruption is inevitable, and if confederations are 8 
to be formed, we must have the best guarantees bo- * 
fore we can attach Virginia to either. He condemns 1 
the hasty action of South Carolina, which has taken c 
her Southern sistere by surprise. He would make no ( 
special reference to her court, had he not been com- 1 
pelled to do so by her late Executive in an uncalled-for c 
reference to Virginia. The non-slaveholding States 
are chargeable for the present state of affairs, and if f 
the Union is disruptured, npon them rests the sole v 
responsibility. r 
lie alludes, at length, to their aggressions, and says 11 
they have the power to end the strife and restore con- d 
fidenee. Will they do it? He awaits their response fi 
not without apprehension. He says our action : 
should be based on the wrongs done our own * 
people. He opposes a State Convention at this time, 
and suggests first that a commission of two of the d 
most discreet statesmen visit the Legislatures of the a , 
States which have passed Personal Liberty bills, and T 
insist upon their unconditional repeal, except the iji 
New England States. Second—we must have proper 
aud effective guarantees for the protection of slavery fu 
in the District of Co 1 urxbio. Third—our equality in ® 
States and Territories must be fully recognized, pro- I at 
re- The Southern Imbroglio. 
he There has been but little important business 
is, transacted by the Carolina Convention during the 
jil past week. The President of the Convention received 
-e- ft telegram, on the 5th inst., from Mayor Monro, of 
j y New Orleans, which is as follows: 
as . citizens of New Orleans fully sympathize 
with the city of Charleston, in the perils to which she 
IH exposed, and will not fail to support her when the 
ill occasion requires.” 
id Mr. Hudson offered an Ordinance that all power 
e- necessary to make Postal arrangements and enact 
>c Postal laws, be vested in the General Assembly, 
to Passed. 
ts Mr. Curtis offered a resolution that the late Com- 
y missiouers to Washington be requested to prepare, at 
a- their earliest convenience, a written statement of 
is their oral communication to this body, communicat- 
’• ing the result of their recent attempt at negotiations 
L, with the President of the United States for the deli v- 
i- eranee of the forts and other State property. Said 
e document to be deposited with the President of this 
r body, with an injunction of secreFy until otherwise 
1 ordered. Adopted. 
Collector Colcock advertises that all vessels from 
I ports outside of South Carolina, must enter and clear 
„ at Charleston. 
, ^’c ^ resident of the Convention has appointed 
r Commissioners to Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, 
r Arkansas and Georgia. None to Texas, 
i In secret session, an ordinance was passed defining 
s and punishing treason. It declares, in addition to 
lormei definings, that treason shall consist iu levying 
s war against the State, adhering and giving aid to 
i enemies; and the punishment is death, without the 
, benefit of clergy. 
An ordinance was ulso passed providing that all 
. judicial power heretofore delegated to the Courts of 
the United States, shall be exercised by State Courts. 
And another, that all power heretofore delegated to 
Congress, shall be vested in the general Assembly, 
excepting that during the existence of this Conven’ 
tion, this power shall not extend to duties and im¬ 
ports, the Post Office, declaration of war, treaties 
with other countries, the righto of citizenship and 
treason. 
The llichmoud Enquirer of the 7th inst., has a long 
letter from Gov. Wise. His leading positions are for 
an immediate cull for a State Convention; a prompt 1 
resumption, by the Convention, of all the powers ' 
hitherto delegated to the general government, us may 
be necessary for State protection, especially the posi¬ 
tion of the forts, Ac. That having done so, the State 
shall not declare herself out of the Union, but sus- j 
pend all relations with the offending States, but shall t 
accede to such ultimatum as the Convention may 
submit. a 
The returns from Georgia indicate that a large 1 
majority of the secession delegates are elected. Forts 
Pulaski and Jackson have been occupied by the ^ 
Georgia State troops, under the instructions of the 
State. But for this action on the part of the Gover- i 
nor, the Savannah papers say, there would have been a 
effected a spontaneous uprising of the people. 
Gov. Ellis, of North Carolina, has dispatched troops 1; 
to seize Fort Macon, at Beaufort, the forts at Wilming- o 
ton, and the United States Arsenal at Fayetteville. 
The Legislature of Delaware met at Dover on the 11 
2d inst., and organized by choosing Dr. Mortan, of c 
Sussex, Speaker of the Senate, and Mr. Williamson, 
of New Castle, Speaker of the House. w 
Hon. H. Dickenson, Commissioner from Mississippi, C 
was received, and addressed both Houses in a strong 
secession speech, taking ground \n favor of South " 
Carolina and secession, and inviting Delaware to join 
in the Southern Confederacy. He claimed the right 
ol the Southern Slates to secede, and suid if they 
were not allowed to do so, war was inevitable. 
After the speech, the House adopted, unanimously, j, 
the following resolution, iu which the Senate con- w 
curred by a majority: 
Resolved, That having extended to Hon. H. Dick- w 
ensure Commissioner from Mississippi, the courtesy u , 
due him its a representative of a sovereign State of 
the Confederacy, as well as to the State lie represents, 
we deem it proper and due to ourselves arid the people hi 
of Delaware, to express our unqualified disapproval w< 
of the remedy for the existing difficulties suggested 
by the resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi. [ 
* * ^ ^ St 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Great Britain. —There had been severe snow 
storms in various parts of England, blocking the 
Railroads. At Northumberland the snow was pre¬ 
ceded by a violent thunder storm. The same phe¬ 
nomena occurred at the Isle of Wight, and in Corn¬ 
wall. At the latter place the lightning did much 
damage, the tower of Kenyon ehurch being demol¬ 
ished, and a woman struck dead iu the road. 
A terrible colliery explosion occurred at Hutton on 
the 20th. Twenty miners were killed. 
France.— A dispatch from Baron Gros to the Em¬ 
peror Napoleon, confirms the announcement of peace 
in China ; the ultimatum of Shanghai being accepted 
aud ratifications exchanged. France receives 69,000,- 
000 francs indemnity; 4,000,000 being paid down. 
Emigration of Cooties is permitted. The churches, 
cemeteries, Ac., belonging to the Christmas through¬ 
out the Empire, are to be restored to them. A Te 
Deum was sung in the Cathedral in I’ekin, on the 
occasion of the restoration of peace. 
It appears, from a letter of Gen. De Montauban, the 
French Minister of War, that the Emperor's Palace 
was not sacked by the French army, as previously 
reported. On the contrary, nothing was touched 
until the arrival of the Euglish, when an equitable 
division of the spoils was made, under Commissioners 
from both armies. 
Hungary. — Political fermentations continue in 
Hungary. Count Teleki, a Hungarian refugee, had 
been arrested in Dresden, with a false passport, and 
delivered up to Austria. 
Commercial IrmuLroitxcB— Breadstuff *.—Market firm and 
advancing. Flour on Friday was firm at the full rates of 
Tuesday. Some cases fid dearer. Quotations 20s(§;21f. Wheat 
LIS’ 2d per cent dearei with a fair consumptive sale. Really 
fine is scarce, and choice would br ing fid over the quotations. 
Red ranges from ]l&4d(g,13a. and white 18»fc»14e. Corn con¬ 
tinues in active demand, at an improvement on the week 
fully 12d per quarter. MixedandyelIow38s6d@3Ss9d. White 
89-@41* for 4»0 pounds. 
Provisions .— Fork quiet an unaltered. Lard, with a few 
arrivals, is dull and lower, being offered at 98 without buyers. 
— The white male population of South Carolina, over 20 
P’- r ' years, is about 47,000 
fu r 
, ~ Lord Palmerston, now aged 76, is the real, though 
secret, dictator of England. 
6 of* 
“ The teggars in France are licensed. Any one begging 
!IOn without a license is punished. 
— Arizona papers praise their Territory a* the best stock 
country in the Ubited States. 
i ess ~ Co1 - Rl,dl er. tl‘e (filibuster, is said to have been pardoned 
the the GoTernineBt of Honduras. 
red number of army invalids receiving pension* is 4,845 
^ and the amount paid, $488,056.61. 
— Concord, Massachusetts, ha* exactly the same number of 
inhabitants now that it bad in 1850. 
IZO 
she ~ A P antIl er was killed near Kingston, Cal., recently, which 
the measured 11 feet 4 inches in length. 
— Soup House* were opened in Philadelphia on Christmas, 
ver Only 11 persons called the first day. 
aC * Ybc amount of onr claim against Peru is $150,000, and 
'ly- R may cost ns $15,000,000 to collect it. 
— The 240th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims 
m- was celebrated with eclat at Charleston 
at — The stndcnte have all left Madison (Tenn.) College, and 
of the property has been levied on for debt. 
at- _ Eight counterfeiters were captured at Jonesboro, nil, 
ins last week. They are in prison at Chicago. 
' V ' ictor Emanuel has had a magnificent reception at 
i:d Palermo. Over 400,000 people were present. 
ns — Luther Cary, of Cooper, Me., lost his entire flock of sheep, 
ise 12 in number, by the wolves, a few days siDce. 
The Government of Holland lias completed its plan for 
>m the abolition of slavery in the Dutch colonics. 
ar — The Bank Commissioners of Illinois have made a call on 
the banks of that State for additional security. 
f'd There are but four post-offices in Minnesota, the incum- 
ii, bent* of which are appointed by the President. 
— When Mississippi secedes, there wifi be no troubib 
lg collecting of revenue. She has no port of entry. 
to — A scarcity of corn, amounting to starvation, is predicted 
lg for some part* of Alabama in less than two months. 
to Hon. Wiii, A. Palmer, ex-Governor of Vermont, died at 
Je Danville, Vi, December 3, in the 8<Mb year or his age. 
In California, sewing machines are exempt from seizure — 
,]| the same of mechanics’ tools and farmers’ implements. 
p badges which the secessionist* are wearing about 
8. Washington and the South, are made in New England. 
;o —Sorghum molasses wa* very extensively made in New 
Y, Jersey, last year, with a great Improvement in it* quality. 
]. — The Florence correspondent of the Providence Journal 
1 - s *}' 8 teat 50 Amorican families are domiciled in that city. 
:8 — The steamship Northern Light, from Aspinwall, arrived 
d :lt York, on the 3d, with nearly $1,500,000 in specie. 
— The N. Y. Tribune stAtos that, within a month, 3,000 
g slaves have been taken from vessel* fitted out at that port. 
r — Daniel Ayre, Esq,, editor and proprietor of the Herkimer 
Co. Journal, at Little Falls, died in that Tillage, on the 1st 
8 iU8t 
,, During the past season, nine fishing vessels and seventy- 
Gve fishermen have been lost from the port of Gloucester, 
Maine. 
A Fair for the benefit of the Sailors’ Snag Harbor, at 
- Boston, last week, realized $13,000. That wifi do for a panic 
1 season. 
! — Twenty-five thousand pounds sterling have been raised 
and expeneded in building a tabernacle for Mr. Spurge, n, iu 
, London. 
— \ ennont will retain her three members of Congress 
under the new apportionment—the third through a large 
fraction. 
— Geo. Cardwell, a colored man, who wa* a member of the 
Liberian Congress, Is now steward of tbe St. Charles Hotel, 
i at Keokuk. 
— A little boy, who was bitten by a dog in Norwich, Ct^ 
l last summer, died from the poisonous effect* of the wound, 
on tbe 16th. 
— Strange paupers had better not go to Richmond, Va., as 
the Mayor i* now empowered to send them to work in the 
- chain-gang 
— William McGregor, a lunatic, killed himself, on Tuesday 
week, by jumping from the mast head of a propeller, at 
Chicago, IU. 
— A little daughter of J. 0. Williams of Winchester, Mass,, 
was smothered to death by being wrapped too closely in bed, 
on Sunday week. 
— A sick man was fatally burned in Philadelphia, a day or 
two ago, by his bed taking fire from a hot brick placed in it 
to warm hi* feet. 
— Muskets, numbering 300,000, from Springfield armory, 
have been distributed in Southern Stales by the Secretary of 
War, the post year. 
— A telegraph operator in Louisville, Ky., received 133 
words cm Saturday week, in two and a half minutes—a feat 
never before equaled. 
— Daniel McGrath, 110 years old, 6 feet 6 inches high, 
husband of two wives, and father of 10 children, died last 
week at Montreal, C. E. 
— The first premium at the State Fair of Wisconsin, for an 
elegant work stand, w as recently awarded to an inmate of the 
State Prison of that State. 
— It has been ascertained that the number of horses taxed 
in tee State of Virginia is 352,000. and that their value is 
estimated to be $24,000,000, 
— In the Memphis market, cotton is a drug. The amount 
of the staple at that point alone is estimated to be of the 
value of three million dollars. 
— At the top of the mast of a vessel lately wrecked off 
Deal, England, is a sea gull's nest, which, with the aid of a 
gloss, is visible from the beach. 
— It is a very significant fact that Massachusetts five per 
cent, stocks bring in England from one to two per cent, more 
than United States six per cent-. 
— It is proposed to construct in Paris a magnificent Turkish 
inosquv and a Turkish hotel The object ist o attract as many 
Mussulman traveler* a* possible 
— Forty-two of the county treasurers of Illinois are a 
little ‘’faulty” in their accounts, and wifi be proceeded 
against by the State authorities. 
— Five hundred spars have been got out this season in 
Saginaw Co., Micb., for English ship builders. For choice 
lumber Saginaw is not surpassed. 
— It ifl four thousand miles from Cape Race to San 
Francisco, and news ha* traveled this distance in the almost 
miraculously short time of nine days, 
— Miss Sarah Johnson is under arrest in Detroit under 
charge of stealing five dollars from one lover to pay the 
minister for marrying her to another. 
— The Province of New Brunswick contains fifteen million 
acres of land not yet cleared, about ten millions of which are 
still in the hands of tbe government. 
— Advices from Tepic, in Western Mexico, state that the 
large American cotton factory at Santiago, near Tepic, had 
been destroyed by the Tosoda Indians. 
— The value of goods imported into Montreal, in the last 
eleven months, is $15,106,000, or $243,000 less than in the 
Corresponding months the previous year. 
— In Philadelphia there are swindlers who watch the 
obituary columns of the newspapers, and gain a livelihood by 
presenting fraudulent claims to survivors. 
— The whole cost of the pleuro-pneumonia affair to dj 
Massachusetts, is $52,000. of which sun $33,000 were paid for fa 
dead cattle, and $19,000 to living legislators. 
