MOOEK’g ETOAL EEW-TOEKEE 
NKW A DVERTrSEMENTS. the present emergency. To Congress is reserved the j The Somhem Imbroglio. bat no sacrifice of principles. The right of a State to 
>rk Spectator—Fmnd* Hall A Co. Et kaf th \^ eVanCe * hat SoCTn Carolina. _ The steamer Star of the secede can never be admitted. Once in the Union, 
tdhzmmxst-***** So*, mu "T wia tn S nt s " mu,r ’ in *»*“ »•« »“«*»«»«»v*- *• n**™**. 
de-K. H. Appleby, me responsiDimy. Alter eulogizing endeavoring to enter Charleston harbor about day- Tkwrmvv The r»mckw „ V1 . . „ v 
the blcs8inga conferrod b - v tbe Union - hc “J* "bould light on the 9th last, was opened upon bv the garri- ville on the Vth in t rf , « Nttsh ' 
ui'.v r-.rSaU - .1. < Raymond it perish, the calamity will he as severe in the South- son on Morris Island and also bv Fort Moult ri, on tl c ,th m>t. The Governors Message re- 
'^^MSSSS^. «"■ -1> a. Northern Sal*. The .ecci™ move- The Corner pe. »h'.»t an." wet t. ». ‘“T f T *T? 
L»t< n uBfricji ■- c. Reiuik*. mcnt iH chiefly on an apprehension as to the genii- r v\ * • v # r r , f«>r the consideration of existing difficulties lie left to 
ments of tlu/majority in several of t.m Northern iZlZT Z*7^ -*? ^ «•» tbe for the present evils 
si’BciAL notices. States. Let the matter be transferred from the Amlerson wit!, awhiteZrannroached 0 ^ T Consti,utionai amendments. On the 
ompl&lnU, &c. political assembly to the ballot box. The people Lieut H all had an interview with r<,.v wh ? r€0 , f ' Tennessee should maintain her 
-- --~-~ will redress the grievance. In heaven's name let the The communication from Major Amlereon is ^ * and ^dependence out of the Union. 
a CV%^ <\ ! 4 / | j trial be made before we plunge into the assumption, j f 0 i) 0wg . Illinois.— In regard to the present existing difficul- 
31(K-1 OfUCt'. “r. 1 "’..“'T*"’:'- .i»&*»«**,«. »/M (m. “t !L t !'l s .r! , ‘:.”*’:?*"**. T. If <": iI,van “*f 
The New York Spectator- Francis Hall & Co. 
How to obtain Webster's Pictorial Dictionarv- 
Notn [)umo ITnivervitv J£ev. 1'. Ililion. Pres 
Karin for Hale - K. I! "Appleby. 
N’uix-t vinen Wanted 1, H Myers. 
Agents Wanted 1 ' W. Scofield’ 
Hennlb— Parley for Sale— J. C. Raymond. 
To Nurserymen—John R. Garretaee. 
Fresh I’eacli Spines Thoi>. Hervndeen. 
St. Catharines N'nreerie* C. Beadle. 
Apple Root Graft* F. K. Phoenix. 
Agents Wanted — National Agency. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Bronchial Complaints, &c. 
the present emergency. To Congress is reserved the 
power to declare war and remove the grievance that 
£l)c Jmog Con&cnser. 
TKNNESSKE.-The Legislature assembled at Nash- - Linen was first made in England, in 1253. 
ville ou the ith inst. The Governor's Message re- pr-, • , . _ 
„ ...... .. , *“ re — Hats were invented for men. in Paris. 140, 
commends that the question of calling a Convention T , v 
for the consideration of existing difficulties lie left to " ' '' '' b " V th ^ p0UDl1 ln Par 
the people, and says the remedy for the present evils ~ Knit B, °'' kin?? were inveated iD in 
m 
NEWS DEPARTMENT. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JANUARY 19, 1861. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Affair* nt Washington. 
Ax earnest effort will be made in the Senate to 
order the investigation, through the Judiciary Com¬ 
mittee, into a charge of a treasonable plot to establish 
a Southern Confederacy, with its scat of government 
at Washington. 
The President lias prepared a communication to be 
laid before Congress, disavowing Cave Johnson’s 
award in the case of the Paraguay claimants, and sus¬ 
taining Minister Olay in the matter of the diplomatic 
relations with Pern. 
It appears from the official report that since April 
last the Government has sold to various parties 21,000 
muskets, altered from flint to percussion locks, at a 
cost of twenty-two cents each. The amount realized 
was $00,000. They were almost worthless, and pre¬ 
viously condemned by the ordnance officers. 
Gen. Dix was nominated and unanimously con¬ 
firmed as Secretary of the Treasury on the 1st inst. 
Secretary Thompson lots resigned to the President 
He appeals to Congress to say in their might, the 
Union must and shall be preserved by all Constitu- an unarmed vessel hearing the flag'of my country" ine umon ’ lct them 1,0 redressed within the Union, 
tional means. Ho recommends Congress to devote ■ 1 have not been notified that war has been ^ unconstitutional laws, trenching upon the gtiaran- 
themselves to prompt action with a view to peace. lif'i' ar< ‘i by Carolina against the United teed rights of any of our sister States, have been 
Ihe division on the line of 3b deg. 30 min. is m,g- rrritted without your sanc tion or authorin' VnTr ,, '"‘ od " P " n oth «'r State books, let them bo removed. 
Sib: Two of your batteries fired this morning on 
refusal whereof, Tennessee should maintain her 
equality and independence out of the Union. 
Illinois.—I n regard to the present existing difficul¬ 
ties at the South, Gov. Woon says if grievances to 
any portion of our confederation have arisen within 
the Union, let them be redressed within the Union. 
uu« o. ou ueg. ou min. is siig- mitted without your sanction or Buthoritv. Under 1 M OUUB ‘ B - ulvn * oo removed, 
gested as calculated to produce an adjustment. It is that hope I refrain from opening a Are on your bat- R prejudice, and alienation towards any of our fellow* 
an imputation on members to say they will hesitate a tc !‘ ies - 1 have the honor, therefore, respectfully to countrymen, has fastened on our minds, let it be dis- 
moiiiciit. The danger i. on a.. I. .ennl of the i Steuggffi, “e OT °„” i “°V" rg T"'. U V'* 0 "™ lves 
States, forte and arsenals have been seized by aggies- civilized government, was committed in obedience to ai " 0:,< l -allowing neither threats to drive us 
sive acts. Congress should endeavor to give the difli- .vonr instructions, and notify you if it is not dis- from what we deem to he our duty, nor pride of 
cullies a peaceful solution. He states the reason (1) ut I regard it as an act of war, and I shall opinion prevent us from correcting wherein we may 
why he had refrained from sendingtroops to Charles- ! ^nger.'permlT any veswU^pass wTSS*the Sn«5 haVe crred * He reco,nmenda that if Illinois has 
tou harbor, believing this would have furnished the J the guns of my Fort, passed any laws tending to obstruct the Federal au- 
pretext, if not provocation, on the part of South In order to save, as far as it is in my power, the thority, or conflicting with the constitutional rights 
Carolina, for aggression. Referring to Maj. Ander- £ o'f“m? doSon, r^ie° U godd of others, they at once be repealed. Hpeaking'not 
son, he say*: 1 bat officer could not, before be left ' hoping, however, your answer may justify a further njere *^ r 01 " ini ^ e *f* but reflecting what be assumes to 
Fort Moultrie, have held that post forty-eight hours. I continuance of forbearance on my part, I remain ,je t,,e Toic c of Illinois, irrespective of party, as it 
Fort Moultrie, have held that post forty-eight hours. 
relations with Porn felt that the duties were faithfully but Imperfectly anoekson. ments of President Jackson, “The Federal Union, it 
u « r ****** A Pri , nz™*- »• -«— »•—- «• ss? zr **" or so,,a u m 
ruak^S^omflint topeiroStck^ Mt.1Iowa,-d, of Michigan.moved that the Message M.ssooa.-Governor ^Rtkwai.t, in his Valedictory, 
cost of twenty-two cento each. The amount realized ■" n kucd l0 . a h ,' ct,iU Gommittoe or five, with hostility} any attempt to reinforce the troops at. Fort that Missouri occupies a position iu regard to 
was ${(0,000. They were almost worthless and me- instract,0 “ 810 inquire whether any executive officers Sumter, or to retake and resume possession of the these troubles that should make her voice potent in 
viously condemned by the ordnance officers. tbc V ‘ been ' ° r arc now treatin * or coin ‘ SaTor'A £son aSoncd anor^fk^gthe lhG C ° UnCilB ° f the ,wUon - WU1 > freely a dis- 
Gen. Dix was nominated and unanimously con- ‘ r “7 P T° °'' f ° r thc «nd doing oSer damir«H,t! ^ unionist per «within her borders, she is still defer- 
firmed as Secretary of the Treasury on the Nt inst Uanhler lorU ' !,ll(1 other property; whether any the authorities Of the State as indicative of any other mined to demand and maintain her rights at every 
Secretary Thompson has resigned to the President T"» nd ior their SUWH(,cr llaB bcen and hy Impose than the Coercion of the State by the'armed hazard. Missouri loves the Union and will never 
a c«n"»;«ion » Socr,0»rj .f ... on M„ '"“l"*'*T "T. U '""" “ a 
ground, after the order to reinforce Major Anderson ' ’ u * '* ' cn teicd into any pledge w( .|^ t armed or unarmed, having troops to re inforce coni P romiso > a,ld 18 willing to abide by a fair com- 
was countermanded on the 31st of December there MOt t0 S< , " ] any rt -‘ inr,J,T( m cnte of troops to the Fort Sumter aboard, mu to enter the Harbor. Special promise—not such ephemeral contracts rts are enacted 
..» 
respectfully, 
(Signed) Robert Anderson. 
Gov. Pickens, after stating the position of South 
Carolina to the United States, says: 
Any attempt to send troops into Charleston Harbor 
to reinforce the. forts, will be regarded as an act of 
hostility; any attempt to reinforce the troops at, Fort 
instructions to inquire whether any executive officers Sumter, or to retake, and resume possession of the 
of the U. S. have been, or are now treating or com- *°rts within the waters of South Carolina, which 
° Unins A OiLitolix. lit.a. 1 TA.. .. . .. 
be ordered South, without the subject being consid¬ 
ered and decided on in the Cabinet. 
Commodore Shubrick, who arrived from Charleston 
on the Sth inst., stales that the greatest anxiety and 
terror prevails there, enhanced by every fresh report 
of movements at the North. It is believed that a re¬ 
vulsion of feeling against the disunionista must soon 
take place, unless Georgia adopts a course to infuse 
new life into the secession movement, and give the 
already wavering people new accession of courage. 
The correspondence between the South Carolina 
Commissioners and President Buchanan appeared in 
the Charleston papers. It had been submitted to the 
Covention in secret session the evening previous. It 
consists of three letters. 
The first is dated Dec. 29th, from thc Commission¬ 
ers to the Presideut, in which they demand aH pre¬ 
liminary to all negotiations, a disapproval by the 
President of the act of Major Anderson in seizing 
Fort Sumter. 
The second, dated Dec. 30th, from the President, 
in which, while admitting that Major Anderson acted 
without express orders, he yet refuses to repudiate 
the act. 
The third is dated January 1st, in which the Com¬ 
missioners attempt to refute the allegations of the 
President's letter, wherein liCAjnstifies Major Ander¬ 
son’s conduct. 
The last letter the President returned to the Com¬ 
missioners with the following endorsement: 
“This paper, just presented to the President, is of 
such a character that he declines to receive it.” 
The War Department is in possession of informa¬ 
tion that the Governor «»f South Carolina has forbid- 
on what considerations; whether the Custom House, 
Post Office, and Arsenal at Charleston had been State. ‘ .* and agreed to in solemn convention of all thc parties 
seized, and;by whom held in possession; whether any , Under these circumstances the Star of the W-eBt, it interested. Missouri lias a right to speak on this 
revenue cutter lias been seized, and whether any J* ? Ut !' r u,t> harbor with subject, because she has suffered deeply, having nrote 
efforts have been made to recover it- the Committee and consequently she was 'll red‘'into. 1 The 1 actTs aWy ,0Rttt * niuch - in Repast few years, by abductions 
to have power to send for persons and papers, and perfectly justified by me. of slaves, as all the rest of the Southern States put 
report from time to time such facts as may be , 1,1 regard to your threat about vessels in the together. The Governor deprecates the action of South 
ro,uir.iI I.J tke MllOMl Honor, A«. VooT^nK C ‘ roll ” a - !»•!* w«M <W more ,,m- 
■ D motion of Mr. Leake, the Select Committee the harbor has been lolerated by the authorities of P-^iywith thc measure had it originated among those 
on the President's Special Message were instructed the State, and while the act of which you complain who, like ourselves, have suffered severe losses and 
to inquire whether any arms have recently been ^ >n p«;rfecteonsist*ncy with the rights ami elution of constant annoyances from tile interference and den 
removed from Harper’s Ferrvto PH,share. , ,r B „ ' l .!* how .'T ^conduct you , lf f 
not to lire on such a vessel until a shot across the ", V . . / ' ... MUl “ 
bows should warn them of the prohibition of the oni P ro, « l8 o insunng all the just rights of the States, 
Under these circumstances the Star of the West, it 
is understood, attempted to enter the harbor with 
tioops, after being notified that she could not enter, 
and consequently she was fired into. The act is 
perfectly justified by me. 
In regard to your threat about vessels in the 
harbor, it is only necessary for me to say, you must 
judge of your own responsibility. Tour‘position in 
A -O- - luntmvvwu . - : TV . 7 .cilUtlLU > l.'fv IU.HSUS alia 
to inquire whether any arms have recently been | is in perli-ct consistency with the rights and dutioB of constant annoyances from the interference and den 
<• ei«.bur«. »„•„ if..- ■" Th^ i, £ 
l>y whose authority, and for what reasons. 'J'he roso- I any country, or can be reconciled with anv other Union bo long as it is worth the effort to preserve it 
lution was amended so as to extend the inquiry as to than that of your Government imposing on She cannot be frightened by the post utifriendlv b-'U 
41,« w. n ..,., n l __.-_u .1 . , the Mate the condition of a conilliornd TU-nvinr,/. . . . •' 1 ixuuiy u gis 
the removal of arms in all the arsenals. 
Thc Speaker laid before the House a letter signed 
by the Mississippi delegation, stating that they had 
received official information that tliis State passed an 
ordinance through a Convention representing the 
sovereignty of the people, in which the State lut:- 
withdrawn from the Federal Government all powers 
the state the condition of a conquered province. 
(Signed) F. W. Pickens. 
Upon the receipt of Gov. Pickens’ missive, Major 
Anderson replied as follows: 
Tolna Excrllrvcy Gov Pickens: 
Sir,—I have the honor of acknowledging the 
recipt of your communication, and say, that under 
the circumstances, 1 have deemed it proper to refer 
lation of the North, or dragooned into secession by 
the restrictive legislation ol the South.” The Governor 
denies the right of voluntary secession, and says that 
it would be utterly destructive of every principle on 
which the National faith Is founded. He appeals to 
the great conservative masses of the people, to put 
down selfish and designing politicians and to avert 
i have Hi i >v also to express the hope that no 
they approbate it and will return. obstacles will be placed in the way, and that you 
will do me the favor of giving every facility for the 
Legislature of Non York. departure am -eturn of thc bearer, Lieut. Talbot, 
0 who is directed to make the journey, 
.senate. — Ihe Assembly’s concurrent ltesolu- (Signed) Robert Anderson. 
tions introduced by Mr. Littlejohn, were taken up, Gov. Dickens immediately granted the permission 
the rules being suspended for that purpose. desired, and directed Lieut, Talbot to have every 
Mr. Spinola moved to amend by making the pream- facility and courtesy extended to him, as bearer of 
Die read: dispatches to the United States Government, both 
W hereas, I reason, as defined by the Constitution going and returning, 
of the Uiiitou btutCB, exists in one or more Strifes nf u ,r.i . 
the Union, &c. 1 Mississiri-i.— Ihe ordinance for the immediate 
Mr. Spinola warmly advocated the passage of the 8CCP * don of th ® State bas P asscd the Jackson Con- 
Resolutions. Mr. Grant offered the amendment, which Vcntl0n bv a vote of 84 to 15 - The I”"»un&nt 
was adopted, and resolutions passed, ayes 28, nays 1. pl “ Ce * 10 lhc city are iUumillllted t0 ' ni g ht - (!,in8 ■» 
, , . * being fired aiul fireworks set off in honor of the 
den the U. S. Mill-Treasurer at Charleston paying the the Union. Ac. 
drafts oI the paymaster in favor of Major Anderson Mr. Spinola warmly advocated the passage of the 
and his command, and the Sub-Treasurer has refused Resolutions. Mr. Grant offered the amendment, which 
accordingly. was adopted, and resolutions passed, ayes 28, nays 1. 
Lieut. Talbot has arrived from Major Anderson with Assembly. — Mr. Littlejohn — The information we 
dispatches to thc government. Lieut. Talbot reports have received over the telegraph wires this A M A rT 0 , , 
that the <!<,n,liU,,n of Fmt Surator i R so favorable point out the period when thc partizan should be n° Tj' ™ at iM ° ” le was takcn 
as was believed by the government. Twenty-seven swallowed up in the patriot. I therefore ask consent < 7! ! c ! 'V y the 1 troops of t!us 
guns are mounted on the first tier, eight on the of thc House to offer at this time the following pre- T f ° f 
third tier, and they are mounting others. The second amble and resolutions. ^ powder ’ 3d0,00 ° ro J ind8 of niusket catndges and 
tier of embrasures is blocked up. The fort, he thinks, Whereas, The insurgent Mate of South Carolina, “JTV ''Zt Therc was no defence. It is 
will hold out. two months with the present supplies— after seizing the Post Office, Custom Mouse, moneys minore ‘ 1 t!iat i o,t ^ lor S an was token last night, 
there being plenty of fuel and good water. and fortificutious of the Federal Government, has. by An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the 
xir Tr„ ... , , fii'iug into a vessel ordered by the Government to State of Alabama and other States, under tho eom- 
Mr. lriiM.ott has arrived in Washington with pacific convoy troops ami provisions to Fort Sumter, virtu- met ami «tvl,. ,.r itmt,„i f . 
overtures from Governor Pickens of South Carolina. »*ly declared war; and whereas, the forts and prop- ‘ , * ,, ' l . totes of America, was 
At the caucus of Secession Senators held here on r' tb< - * ’ |, n Georgia, Alabama pa ' 81 ‘ ’ " " ll '‘ lltloll ‘ 
Saturday niirht Meaam i- , ,, . . and Louisiana, have been unlawfully seized with hos- Louisiana.— All the troops in New Orleans were 
baturday night, Moss s. I toputnek and Itonjanim tile intentions; am whereas, her Senator and Con- under anna on the 9th inst, by order of Gov kb,ore 
advocated resigning when their States seceded, insist- fB'essmen avow and maintain their treasonable acts: riv , .. , , * 
ing that It would be dishonorable to remain afterward tber6fo '^ ^' e C ? , ) embarked to seize the Arsenal at 
Messrs Slidell and Toombs , 1,1 • . ,, ‘ Resolved, If the Semite concur, that the I.egisla- BiUo11 Ihe New Orleans batallion and four 
Toombs said*!! Ta / " f I ”T of r N 7 with the companies embarked at U o’clock l,r Forts Jackson 
loomhs . aid it e.j.» « revolution, and they were in to value ol the Union, and determined to preserve it and St I'I.HHt. fnriv nritea „„ ,i - • . 
tern, and must «tay here to Ihwm t the Government in unimpaired, hail with joy the recent firm, dignified, ' 1 ' w to the Mississippi, 
every possible way. f '. nd Patriotic spirit of the President of the United commanding the approach to New Orleans. 
States, and that we tender to him through the chief The secession ticket was triumphant in New 
Ihe appointment of a special committee by the House magistrate of our State, whatever aid in men and Orlean . All the Senatorial delegates and all but 
^ V ...m. reF .. S ,,,,M i ,,Uc krt » re ' , O lMM . Thc 
cc. S1011 Message, and consider the whole subject, is eminent, and that in defence of the more perfect city has been carried by over 500 majority, 
regarded iw an endorsement of the message in that Union which has conferred prosperity and happiness Virowia.—T he following has n^ml the House- 
branch. The whole message receives almost nnlvcr- u P on 1 *"• American people, renewing the pledge ,, . T1 . ■ 
ho) ..,. i- . given and redeemed bv our fathers. am ivndv t,, . ''‘so.e.i/, I hat in view ol the imminent danger of 
tests against, busty and unwise action, and records 
his unalterable devotion to the Union so long as it 
can be made the protection of equal rights. 
Massachusetts.—O n the 3d inst. Governor Banks 
delivered his Valedictory. It. is an important docu¬ 
ment, giving a detailed review of the material, educa- 
... . . . , . . • , m it . . » r-C --- *' • ■ ' >v ii "i imiMildl, UUULtt* 
desired, and directed Lieut, Talbot to have every tional and military progress of the State during the 
facility and courtesy extended to him, as bearer of three yeans he fi Ue d the executive chair. The as- 
dispatches to the United States Government, both sensed value of the property of the State is $897,000,- 
crninrr *lnii nvmnrr _ 
— Hats were invented for men, in Paris. 1403. 
1 — They buy tbeir wood by the pound in Paris. 
— Knit stockings were invented in Spain, in 1550. 
, — R' s estimated there are 7.500 Indians in Michigan. 
— Recruiting for the army is very brisk in New York. 
— During 1880. there were 11,714 deaths in Philadelphia. 
Mr. Medary has resigned his office as Governor of Kansas. 
, — Tht ‘ "hole number of slaves in Maryland is about 75,000. 
Judge Williams, of Southern Kansas, has resigned his 
office. 
— Union cockades are coming into vogue in the Northern 
States. 
— Hay, in Philadelphia, brings from 80 to 85 cents per 100 
pounds. 
— The majority for immediate secession in New Orleans 
was 380. 
— Mr. Buchanan was hung in effigy at Springfield, Ohio, on 
Fast Day. 
— A family of wild cats was killed at West Granby, Conn., 
last week. 
— Charles HafTnagle, U. S. Consul-general to India, died in 
London, Dec. 8. 
— Isaac V. Fowler, the late Post-Master of New York, is 
living in Mexico. 
— Handkerchiefs were first manufactured at Paisley, in 
Scotland, in 1743. 
Tbe Marine Corps of the United States now consists of 
two thousand men. 
— In Middle Tennessee the slaves are increasing faster than 
the white population. 
There are upward of 30 widows residing in one short 
street in Bristol, R. I. 
— A statement of the marine losses reported in 1S60 shows 
a total of 383 vessels. 
— In Chicago, on Monday last, at 7 A. M., the mercury 
stood at 12” below zero. 
— It is stated that Mrs. Anderson received six thousand calls 
on last New Year's day. 
Another of the editors of the New Orleans Picayune, L. 
L. Latham, Kgq„ is dead. 
— Seventy thousand persons are croyloyed in connection 
with the French railroads. 
— Wm. IT. Seward lias accepted the post of Secretary of 
State iu Lincoln’s Cabinet. 
— The artesian well in the State House, Ohio, has reached 
2,775 feet, and cost $15,000. 
— Exchange on New York was selling .at 7 per cent, pre¬ 
mium, on the 10th. at Chicago. 
— In Providence, R. I., during the year 1860, 102 persons 
died aged 70 years and upward. 
— Rock oil, similar to that found in Pennsylvania, has been 
discovered in Bourbon Co., Ky. 
— Nine thousand illegitimate children are annually born in 
Scotland—population 3,000.000. 
— A little girl in Pulaski, Tenn., was fatally poisoned a few 
days since by eating patent candy. 
— A solid cake of gold, worth nearly $50,000, has been sold 
to tbe Bank of New South AVales. 
— Our entire importation for foreign fabrics has fallen off 
$11,000,000, as compared with 1859. 
— Tbe freight agencies at Cincinnati are said to cost $60,000 
a year; a heavy tax on shareholders. 
— Rarev advertises for a vicious horse to experiment re. 
and offers $100 premium for the worst. 
— Exchange has fallen to 2.G in Chicago, and Western 
money is selling in Detroit at 90 cents. 
— Tbe- whet* number of r,r»st offices in the United States, on 
the first of December, I860, was 28.552. 
— Felix Marshall, of Rockville. Md., found buds and blos¬ 
soms on his peach tree, Christmas day. 
— The Mayor of New York city, in a recent message to the 
Council, recommends secession of the city. 
— Slavery In Russia ended on New Year’s. The serfs, 
40,000,000 in number, were then to he freed. 
— John Williams, an Englishman, died of starvation, on 
Madison street. New York, on Monday week. 
— Au ice boat, on Cayuga Lake, ran across the ice on New 
Year’s, at the rate of a mile in half a minute. 
000. The enrolled militia untRbora 166,389 men, A Madison street, New York, on Monday week, 
considerable share is devoted to the Personal Liberty _ An ice boat, on Cayuga Lake, ran across the ice on New 
law and its removal from the statute book. Gov. Year’s, at the rate nf a mi]o in half a minute. 
Ban Kb concludes a* follows: —Meeting* have been held in many portions of the country, 
There can be no peaceable secession of States. a,ld vo1< * p "t thanks tendered to Major Anderson, 
li ether tiie government is a compact between States —During the year I860, there were 74 railroad accidents, 
or a Union of the people, it ia nevertheless a govern- ' , - v which 67 persons were killed and 313 wounded, 
merit, and cannot be dissolved lit the bidding of any —Senator Trumbull, from Illinois, has been re-elected to 
dissatisfied States, Jt lias pledged its faith to the the U. S. Senate by a vote 64 to 46, on a joint ballot, 
people of every land, and that pledge of faith can not —Tho 46th anniversary of the battle of Nc-w Orleans was 
be broken, It lias been sanctified by the sacrifice of P roU . v generally observed throughout the. country, 
the best blood of the people, and thut sacrifice bas —One of the tunnels on the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad 
made it a nation indissoluble uud eternal. Neither ' ine d throughout with cast bon. and lighted with ga*. 
can that portion of the Continent now occupied by — During the past year, four asteroids and four comets were 
the American States be portioned out to hostile na- discovered. The number of asteroids now discovered is gixty- 
tions. By war and bv purchase every part of the tvvo ' 
country has acquired indefeasible and perpetual ~ Mr. Brood, the newly elected Mayor of Lynn, Maas., is a 
. ,, . ,, , „ , ... working shoemaker, aud quietly occupied his bench on elec- 
rights m every other part. The interior will never tiondav. 
allow the keys of the Continent, on the ocean and —Henry Jarvis was frozen to death on his father’s door- 
tbe gulf Shores, to pass into the hands of an enemy, step, at Richmond, Va., on Saturday week, after a night’s 
sal commendation from the Union men, and censure 
and repudiation from the secessionists. The latter 
regard the declaration of the intention to defend and 
hold thc Federal property as a declaration of war and 
coercion. 
given and redeemed by our fathers, we are ready to 
devote our fortunes, oiir lives, and sacred honors in 
upholding the Union and the Constitution, 
Resolved, If the Senate concur, that the Union 
loving citizens and Representatives of Delaware, 
Maryland. Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Mis¬ 
souri and Tennessee, who labor with devoted Courage 
and patriotism to withhold their States from the 
vortex of secession, are entitled to the gratitude and 
admiration of the whole people. 
Resolved, If the Senate concur, that the Governor 
be respectfully requested to forward a copy of the 
Virginia. —The following l.as passed the House: „ Bl ’ 1110 ? uch romU can fol!ow as th ° destruction of 
Resolved, That in View of the imminent danger of the .f ™ r ' ca, ‘ government; the contest will be too 
civil war, this Assembly in behalf of the Common- terrible, tho sacrifice too momentous. Tbe dillioul- 
wealtli of Virginia, ask respectively, on the one hand ties incur path are too slight, the capacities of our 
« p 'T.’. l "r r“ ,r ””' ,lie w - w** <• 
ble. Unit, peace may he preserved, that they respect- ■ )U * t,ly ''irebodiug* or to excite permanent fears, 
ively and reciprocally communicate their assurances tho life of every man is lengthened by trial, and the 
made it a nation indissoluble uud eternal. Neither '« line d throughout witLcaat Iron, and lighted with gae. 
cau that portion of the Continent now occupied by — During the past year, four asteroids and four comets were 
thc American States lie portioned out to hostile na- discovered. The number of asteroids now discovered is sixty- 
tions. By war and bv purchase every part of the two ' 
country has acquired indefeasible and perpetual ~ Mr. Breed, the newly elected Mayor of Lj-na, Mass., is a 
. . ,, , rn . . , . ... working shoemaker, and quietly occupied his bench on elec- 
ngilts ill every other part. The interior will never t ion day. 
allow the keys of tbe C ontinent, on tho ocean and —Henry Jarvis was frozen to death on his father’s door- 
tbe gulf shores, to pass into the hands of ail enemy, step, at Richmond, Va., on Saturday week, after a night’s 
nor can the maritime cities, or States, exist iodepeu- debauch. 
dent ol the good will and support of the plantation —Charleston is the only city of any prominence in the 
and farming communities of the interior, and though Union in which the population has decreased during the last 
we should assent to an unnatural and treasonable ten years. 
separation, thc generations that succeed us w ould —It is said that 2,060 gallons of molasses were made this 
contend for centuries to recover their rights, until at la8< season from Chinese sugar cane, in Cumberland county, 
last conquest nr annihilation ended the struggle. Maryland. 
But no such, result can follow as the destruction of “ A Russian trade8,nan haa P resPnt<?d to tfa e Emperor 
4 i, „ , _ ... . Alexander a topaz weighing 20 pounds, found by him in the 
the American government; the contest will be too r ; ver prals-i 
terrible, tho sacrifice too momentous. The difficul- .... „ 
ties in our path are too slight, tho capacities of our , . ,. 
, v v,, ‘ sleighing is now very fine over three-fourths of the surface of 
people too manifest, und thc future too brilliant, to Nevv England. 
ffliroresd.mni i- aua patriotism to withhold their Mates from the 
Congressional Proceedings. vortex of secession, are entitled to tho gratitude ami 
Senate.— Mr. Hunter reported back the House bill ad > u Dation of the whole people. 
to supply deficiencies, w ith amendments strfkiuir out i Re>oIved ; ' f tl,e s, ‘ n: ' t, :‘ ctm ? ,,r - 11,1,1 the Governor 
* 9 no non in ti,o „i„, F .1 milts, su lking out be respectfully requested to forward a copy of tbe 
*" n t ie C “ - Sl ' f° r ll,e Suppression of the slave foregoing resolutions to thc President of the nation 
trade, and inserting $500,000. Also, that fixing the and ><> the Governors of all the States in the Union, 
compensation and mileage of Senators al $13,000, ami T1)C question was then taken on the adoption of 
their miscellaneous expenses at $3,000. the preamble and resolutions, and they were adopted 
All. Hale presented the credentials of his colleague to 2. 
Daniel <-l.uk, a Senator for six years after the 4th of [In accordance with the foregoing, Gov. Morgan 
March next. Received and read. telegraphed to President Buchanan on the 11th inst,, 
House.—T he Speaker laid before the House a rues- as Allows: 
sage Irotn tho 1’resident. He says at tho opening of ^" ^ ,s T-Welleruy James Iiuchanan , President, of the 
the session he called attention to the dangers of the { ?nUed Slat ™' Washhl &™ ( '<‘y 
Union, and recommended such measures of relief n SlK: „ ~ 1,1 obedience to the request of the Legisla- 
he believed would have the I' , ' ture of this State, I transmit herewith a copy of the 
ne Dcnevca would have the effect of tranquilizmg the concurrent resolutions of that body, adopted this 
country, and save it from the perils in which it is day, tendering the aid of the State to the President 
needlessly and unfortunutciy placed It is not noecs- 1 ol t4,c 1 niu 'd states, to enable him t 0 enforce the 
sary to repeat this opinion and recommendation. | J^ernmen't' liPh ° ld ^ aUth ° rity ° f th ° Fedoral 
His opinions arc expressed and remain unchanged. 
He regrets to say that matters, instead of becoming 
better, are still worse, and hope is diminished. 
in response. Also that thc status quo of all the strength of every governmei 
movements tending to collision, and concerning the rcvolt „ , ,,. Vfl i t . fini , r rlnil 
forts and arsenals of the nation, shall on either hand '. , KN 01 'Don. I don 
be strictly maintained for the present, except to repel d,,|,, ' e God that has hitherto 
actual aggressive attempts. Also that the Governor 
.I'ci m ,i ucii. icurs. _ The number of fires in the United States iu I860, at which 
iv man is lengthened by trial, und the tho loss was $10,000 and upward, was 298. and the aggregate 
foregoing resolutions to the President of the nation |'" mm,lll ' l ' a te by telegraph immediately these reso- 
aml to the Governors of all tin* States in the Union lulluns ,0 tl,e 1 resident and Governors of the Soutli- 
„„ .. ... . , ’ ern States. 
■ he question was then taken on the adoption of 
the preamble and resolutions, and they were adopted Tin- Governors on .Secession. 
bj 117 to 1. As was promised in our last issue, we continue 
[Iu accordance with the foregoing, Gov. Morgan the publication of the views expressed by Gover- 
telegraphed to President Buchanan on the 11th inst,, nors of the various States upon the question of Se¬ 
as follows: cession: 
serve us now and forever. 
rument must be tested by loss $ 13 , 211 , 000 . 
I doubt liot that the Provi- — The Auburn State Prison, during the year which has 
therto protected us will pre- just closed, has earned a surplus of twenty-five thousand dol- 
\ lars over expenses. 
— Judge Seymour, of the Conn. Superior Court, has decided 
News Paragraphs. that students have a right to vote in the town in which they 
The entire press of California is opposed to seces- aie attending college, 
sion, and in favor of mutual concession. AH the —Miss Jane P Whiting, a lady 44 years of age, fell deiul 
Republican papers advocate the repeal of the personal * om !"‘ urt diseaBe - at H ' veddinff ^ given in I ’ ort,and ’ ct ’> 
liberty bills. New Year s even,ng. 
. — A machine has been invented in England w hich, being 
It is remarkable that tbe twenty-four English peers attached to tbe stern of a ship, pumps her out with a rapidity 
who have died since tbe year commenced, have in ratio to her speed, 
exactly completed, on tbe average, tbe full measure _ \ IU . W license la 
iscoksln. —Gov. Randall delivered bis Message exactly completed, on tbe averai 
upon the 10th inst. He say a this is not a league of of “three-score years aud ten.” 
States, but a government of the people, Thc General , 
Government cannot change the character of a State L,BE, “ A has receutly ,08t 0110 of its noldest and 
Government, or usurp any power over it not dele- “ 08t ardcnt Christian* in the death of John Day, 
gated; nor can any Mate change the character of the , h ’ Cf Jl f ceof ^ 'tepi.DHc, and one of its founders. 
He was born in North Carolina, in 1 1 97. 
Cl ' V . 1 opinion aiul recommendation, j Government. " * U. S. government, Strict or increase its jurisdiction, ™ ™ t arotino, ,n 1 itte. 
his opinions arc expressed and remain unchanged. I have the honor to be your Excellency’s obedient or impair any of its rights, lie said thc Constitution The Fulton Starch Factory, near Fulton, Oswego 
bette ‘ grC n °,7 mutl rv mst ** 1 of becomin g * crvant ’ Ebwin *>*>**•:I wakes no man a slave. Slavery cannot go into free Co., was burnt on the Ctl. inst. Loss estimated at 
Ul r f* h ! . W< !- 8P ’ '"'J , l0 ?f , is ' iilniuisllod ' Mr. Doty, private Secretary of the Governor, pre- territory under the Constitution; neither can it exist from $100,000 to $160,000. Building insured for $40,- 
. r ^ l4l0B 0 01141 f ’ ll " lina , 1*6 says sented the annual report of the Commissary General, out-ide ol local law. Therefore, the Personal Liberty 000;—stock $20,000. The building was occupied by 
mere is no other alternative but to collect the revenue 1 with a message from the Governor calling attention laws are found, or should be, upon the statute book lessees. 
«* "»■*«*>* ««\ Ever, living linmnn Wing the T„h advices teengh. to England bythe last Wes, 
— A new license law went into effect January 1, in Canada; 
the number of taverns is limited to one for every two hundred 
and fifty inhabitants. 
— Bartlett & Co., of Hartford, Conn., made 800 gallons of 
syrup from the Chinese sugar cane last season. It yielded 
eight barrels per acre. 
under existing laws. His duty Is to execute and not j tary stores, which thc Legislature should take early 
to make the laws — the right and duty to use the ! measures to supply. 
military and naval force against those who illegally In addition to this he recommends that in order to 
a.->,iil the federal Government are clear and tindis- 1 meet any emergency which may arise, the Lcgisla- 
putabk., but. the present state ol things must be under ^ ture make a suitable appropriation from tbe Treasury, 
executive control. We are in the midst of a great to be used under the ordinary restrictions at thc dis- 
re\ olution, and be recommended Congress to act in | cretion of the Military Department. 
right to a legal test, whether lie is a free man or a African mail state that the monster who is now Kin”- 
slave. Should the Legislature think Iho Personal 
Liberty law of Wisconsin! conflicts with the U. S. 
Constitution, it should be made to conform there¬ 
with; no fear, or hope of reward, should induce u free 
people to break down the walls of tbeir protection, i have been retained by him at Abomey, in order that 
We will make a sacrifice of feeling to circumstances, they may be witnesses of these appalling sacrifices. 
— Judge Manierre, of Chicago, has decided that the per- 
The Fulton Starch Factory, near Fulton, Oswego j sonal liability of stockholders for the redemption of Illinois 
Co., was burnt on the Cth inst. Loss estimated at currency is all a humbug. 
from $100,000 to $150,000. Building insured for $40,- — A thic-f in Troy, on Saturday week, set fire to a lady’s 
000;—stock $20,000. The building was occupied by hood, apprised her of the fact, and while she was putting out 
lessees. the flame, picked her pocket. 
Tiie advices brought to England by tbe last West _Tho BaJtimoru Methodist Conference has resolved to 
African mail state that the monster who is now King 9e P arate inference, on account of the 
of Dahomey has actually sacrificed 1,700 human ° f taU#r W ebwr * 
beings in honor of his predecessor, aud intends to . Z "if ? * C °?“ gr0Wer ‘ 
complete the number ol victims to 2,500. Ten ! across the Iathams, most of It to Europe. 
European traders, probably Spaniards or Portuguese, , _ Tbe Charleston papers publish the proceedings of 
have been retained by him at Abomey, m order that | Congress and dispatches from the North, under the head of 
the} may be witnesses of these Appalling sacrifices* I “Foreign News," by way of a harmless joke. 
