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ROCfH ESTER, N. Y., JANUARY 26, 1861. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
j the report assert-, would not in reality change the 
Constitution, they would only have the effect of re¬ 
storing it, by the added provisions, to wiiat it was in 
point of fact on the u'ay of its adoption through the 
operation of the circumstances which then sur¬ 
rounded it, an'. 1 which erected the barricades against 
the present sectional contents, a* constitutional pro¬ 
visions would now. If a constitutional majority can¬ 
not be united ill support of the Crittenden resolutions, 
or the substance of them, then a dissolution of the 
Union is inevitable. 
The report recommends that steps be taken for 
calling a Convention of the States, with a view to a 
peaceful separation by providing for a partition of 
the common property of the United States; settling 
terms on which the social and commercial intercourse 
between the separated States shall be conducted; and 
making a permanent arrangement with respect to the 
navigation of the Mississippi river. 
Army bill passed. Adjourned. 
Affairs at Wnsbingturi. 
Every foreign government represented here is 
distinctly opposed to the secession scheme, and will 
make their views public when the occasion occurs. 
Word has been forwarded to Gen. Scott, from Hai¬ 
ti more, that 2,000 young men are fully organized arid 
ready to come on from that city, at the shortest 
notice, to assist in the defence of the District and the 
Federal Capitol. 
Colonel Hayne, the South Carolina commissioner, 
called on the JToeidont, on the ICtb inst., and was 
politely received, lie stated, verbally, that the pur¬ 
pose of his mission was to demand the unconditional 
withdrawal of the garrison of Fort Suintor. The 
President heard him through and then requested him 
to submit it in writing, when he would consider it 
and communicate his reply. 
The Cabinet have determined against holding any 
intercourse with any South Carolinians as ambas¬ 
sadors. 
Col. Hayne has, it is understood, moderated his 
views since his arrivsl here, lie will remain here 
several days. The opinion is almost unanimous in 
secession circles, that all collisions for the present 
should be studiously avoided. Lieut. Hall has re¬ 
turned with instructions to Major Anderson. Their 
character has not transpired, but it is asserted from a 
reliable source that the troops will not be withdrawn 
from Port Sumter as demanded by the South Caro¬ 
lina authorities, and that the post will be defended. 
Such is the present Condition of affaire. 
Lord Lyons, Mr. Schleidcn, the Bremen Charge, 
and other members of the Diplomatic Corps, have 
requested Secretary Black to furnish official informa 
lion whether the Government of the U. S. recognizes 
clearances of vessels which may he issued by the 
authorities of South Carolina, and also, whether for¬ 
eign vessels could properly pay duties to South Caro¬ 
lina officers. Mr. Black’s answer has not. transpired, 
but it is understood to have been In the negative, in 
reply to both questions. _ Ho states, however, that 
foreign vessels entering seceding ports, and paying 
duties ignorantly, would have more indulgence than 
others; l.ut udds, that the government is reluctant to 
consider the subject in the'present unsettled condi¬ 
tion of the country. 
Tim President, on the 17tli, sent to the Senate the 
name of Mr. Holt, asj Secretary or War. It was con¬ 
sidered in Executive Session, and from all accounts I 
the preliminary discussion was of an exciting char- I 
acter. An effort was made by its opponents to refer ! 
it to the Committee on' Military affairs. But this was * 
strenuously and successfully resisted by the motion 
of reference being defeated by a vote of 31 against , 
Li. I lie objection to Holt by bis opponents is that 
in their opinion he 1 b a coercionist, and Ibis some of f 
them openly avow. Mr, Holt has since been con- ‘ 
firmed,— 38 against 13, 
It is now regarded as certain hero that neither the ! 
coming nor the inauguration of the President elect “ 
will be attended with any disturbance or opposition i ° 
Gen. Scott’s well matured plans have baffled the * 
arrangements of the conspirators, and the intelli- d 
genco from Baltimore in regard to the volunteering ° 
in aid to Gen. Scott, and the fact that the Baltimore ' 
Ghief of Police has officially asserted his ignorance 
of any hostile schemes on foot in that city, have ’!' 
tended to strengthen public confidence. dl 
Ihe Indian Office is in possession of late intelli- * U 
gence that five thousand Sioux warriors have col- 
lected on a fork of the Platte River and threaten to 
take Fort Kearney and wipe ont the white settlers V 
and step all furtlier emignition westward. J 
Hon. Mr Rives has left Washington for Virginia ^ 
and professed himself to be greatly encouraged,'after " ' 
interview with prominent Northern politicians, at the H 
prospect of adjustment, at least so far as to retain ° V 
the border States within the Union. He was also P< 
hopeful of a final pacific settlement of the contro- at 
veray that has so nearly rent us in twain, ql 
The bids for the Treasury Joan reached $12,.500 000 tn 
at from 0 to 12 per cent. The awards it is under- * r 
stood will be matte to all bidders under 11 per cent., 
and the average is about 10.1 per cent. There were 
about 100 bidders for the $.000,000 loan, ranging from St 
■9 to 12 percent 
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<CoHgi-ossH>xutl Proceedings. 
Senate. The Vice-President presented a mes- lie 
sage from the. President, answering the Senate reso- scs 
luljon relating to his appointment of Joseph Holt to wa 
perform the duties of the office of Secretary of War, I 
made vacant by the resignation of Secretary Floyd! Ri< 
He fully sets forth the legal reasons for the step. of 
Mr. Iverson obtained leave to retire from the Com- Co 
mittee on Claims, for the reason that the duties were 
too laborious. Tl, 
Mr. I'osHenden presented the credentials of Hon. 
Lot M. Morrill, as U. & Senator from Maine, in place gai 
of Mr. Hamlin. The credentials were read, and Mr. fro 
Morrill sworn in. oi 
i Th ® clu ‘ ir Presented a communication from the sec 
Governor of Ohio, directing him to present the ere- wat 
denlials of Hon. S. P. Chase, as U. 8. Senator from foil 
Ohio. The credentials were read. j \ 
House.—M r. Maynard offered a resolution instruct- Co1 
ing the committee on the President’s special message *"? 
t) consider that portion which recommended a poo 
vote on the question at issue between the different H 
sections of die country, and now agitating the public ‘'ll' 
mind, and that the committee report thereon at an cZ, 
early day in hill or joint resolution. Adopted. poo 
1 he minority report from the Committee of Thirty- P le - 
three, signed by MeaM-s. Taylor of I.a., Phelps of Mo., Cnv 
Rust of A rk., Whitley of Del., and Winslow, of North beg 
Carolina, embraces. In substance, the following: in "t 
The report says the present difficulties can only he CS p l 
remedied by amendments to the Constitution, and mig- a V o 
g sts that the amendments proposed in the Crittenden then 
resolution, if adopted, would restore tranquillity to * ’ C( 
the country and place the Union on such a foundation ‘ 
that it could never bo shaken. Those amendments, vent 
Legislature of New York. 
Senate. —The Committee on Federal relations 
made a report, denying the right of a single State, or 
several States, to secede, as repugnant to the princi- 
, pies for which the General Government ia formed, 
1 and as treasonable, and to be resisted by all consti¬ 
tutional means: 
Resolving, That the Legislature will sustain the 
I Executive of the State in office, and pledge the raiii- 
t tary power and resources of the State, and will pro¬ 
vide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws 
of the Union, to suppress insurrection, and repel in¬ 
vasion from within or without the. .State. 
Resolving, That New York is faithful to the Union, 
and will make all needful sacrifice to maintain it, 
and to support the several States in all their consti¬ 
tutional riglite. 
Resolving, That Congress has no power to interfere 
with Slavery in the States. 
Resolving, That, also, Congress has the power to 
abolish Slavery in the District of Columbia, and that 
it is inexpedient to exercise it, unless, First, by a 
majority vote of the District, and with the consent of 
Maryland. Second, by gradual abolition. Third, by 
compensation to mi willing owners. 
Resolving, That Congress should not prohibit or 
interfere with the inter-slaveholding traffic; and 
Resolving, That the rendition of Fugitive Slaves is 
a Constitutional obligation that should be faithfully 
observed, and that tlm law of 1 h 60 seriously obstructs 
it, and should be modified. 
The report is signed by all the Committee. 
I he nomination o! ( anal Commissioner was made 
in the .Senate, by 22 votes for Benj. F. Bruce, and 9 
for Wm. W. Wright. 
Mr. Field presented a written report on the condi¬ 
tion of the defences of the State. The uniformed 
militia of the State at present comprises 19,430 men; 
11,000 are Without arms lit for active service. There 
are 160 field-pieces in good order. He recommends 
the purchase of some heavy field-pieces, and 1,200 
small arms. 
Biles Passed.— Incorporating Vassar Female Col¬ 
lege, To confirm the act of Notaries Public and in¬ 
crease their powers. 
Assembly.- In the Assembly the Governor trans¬ 
mitted a letter from James Buchanan, as follows: 
To His Excellency, Hoc. Morgan, \r. 
Sin:—1 have had the honor to receive your com¬ 
munication concerning the resolutions which passed 
the Legislature of New York on the 1 tth inst. tender- 
ing aid to the President of the United States in the 
support of the Constitution ami the Union, and shall 
give them the respectful consideration to which they 
are entitled, from the importance of the subject and 
the distinguished source from which they emanated 1 
Yrnirrt VPl*v I).. ... * 
' ours very respectfully, James Buchanan. 
The Governor also transmitted the reports of the 
Trustees of the State Agricultural College, and of the 
; Commissioners of Quarantine. The latter was re¬ 
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means. 
The report of Commissioners on Quarantine show 
receipts for the year $33,300, and expenditure $10,. 
277. The Commissioners strongly urge the impolicy 
| of longer omitting to make provisions for the pro¬ 
curing of and building permanent Quarantine and 
defraying its current expenses, declaring if the* port 
ol New 5 ork should be visited next summer with 
yellow fever, as severe in character as has frequently 
occurred in past years, with the present imperfect 
and limited arrangements, the result will be most 
disastrous. 'I he Providential exemption from Quur- 
anline diseases two seasons past, should not lull the 
public mind iuto false anil fatal security. 
The Committee on Federal relations, through their 
Chairman, Mr. Robinson, reported. In presenting 
the report, Mr. R. stated That the report was signed 
by all hut Mr, Pierce and Mr. Birdsall. M r . Elling- 
wood wus absent when the report wus signed, hut 
agreed to its propositions. All those signing, how¬ 
ever, did not desire to commit themselves to every 
position of the report. The report sets forth the evils 
at present agitating the country, hut declines to in¬ 
quire who is to he held responsible for the existing 
troubles; declares that New York, while standing 
firmly in support of the Union and the laws, both by 
moral and material aid, will recognize the importance 
of doing all in her power to concllliate dissatisfied 
States. 
The House proceeded to nominate Canal Commis¬ 
sioner viva voce, in place of 8. H. Barnes, deceased. 
Benj. F. Iiruce, of Madison, was named by 89 Repub¬ 
licans. The Senate and House then wont into joint 
session on the nominations. Agreeing, B. F. Bruce 
was declared duly nominated. 
Bills Passed. —To authorize the Supervisors of 
Richmond county to borrow $38,000 in official funds 
of the county. To incorporate the Vasser Female 
College. 
he The Legislature organized on the 15th inst It 
■e- will confine its action as far as possible, dnring the 
in session, to business arising from the action of the 
iic Convention, The Governor’s Message urges the 
ir- necessity that Alabama at once proceed upon the 
st most efficient war footing and the appointment of a 
o- Military Board by the legislature. 
n * Arkansas.—N otwithstanding the pressure which 
p, has been brought to hear on Arkansas by the Missis- 
ie sippl and Louisiana .Secessionists, the .Senate of that 
State have refused to pass a hill calling a State Con- 
>r vention. The loyalty of the people to the Union, and 
a the importance of the projected Pacific Railroad to 
d Arkansas, are the reasons for this action. 
” Missouri, in the House, Mr. Rtevenson’s snbsti- 
d tDt « for Convention hill, asking Congress to allow 
us to call a National Convention, was lost_104 to 
G 12 - Mr - Eacriss’ amendment to the original hill, 
submitting the action of the Convention to the pco- 
pie, was then adopted, and the bill was passed— 106 
to 17. 
A petition praying for the adoption of the Critten¬ 
den proposition by Congress, bearing nearly C.OOO 
r names, has been forwarded to our Representatives at 
l_ Washington. 
Virginia. In the Senate the Commissioners on I 
Federal Relations reported resolutions that, in the 
s 0 P'“'on of the General Assembly, the propositions 
. embraced in the Crittenden resolutions constitute 
such a basis of adjustment as would be accepted by 
s the people of this Commonwealth. 
South Carolina. The Governor has sent a mes¬ 
sage to the House of Representatives detailing plans 
for guarding the coasts, arid for the purchase of three 
steam propellers. He prefers small screw propellers 
f tight draft -each propeller to be provided with 
thirty-two seamen. One propeller to be stationed at 
Charleston, one at Beaufort, and one at Georgetown. 
Also, to fortify nil the inlets and mouths of the river, 
and redoubts, with ordnance, and for boats to keep 
up a constant communication between them as a pro ¬ 
tection against sudden Invasion and lawless bands. 
Resolutions have been unanimously passed by the 
Legislature, declaring that any attempt by the Federal 
Government to reinforce Fort Sumter will he regard 
ed as an act of open hostility and a declaration of 
wur. Also approving of the act and promptness of 
the military in firing on the Star of the West, and 
promising to support the Government in all measures 
of defence. 
North Carolina.— The Senate was engaged all 
day on the 16th inst., on the hill providing for the 
calling of a State Convention, and there was consid¬ 
erable debate on the details. No vote has yet been 
taken on the hill, and there are no indications as to 
how it will result. The House has been considering j 
the coercion resolution. There was a split on the 
details. Many speeches were made, and various ' 
amendments offered to the rcolution, hut no vote was J 
taken on it. AH the members are against coercion, 
but some are against the right of secession. 
Georgia.— The Convention met at 10 o’clock on t 
the 15th inst. Judge Banning was chosen temporary t 
President. Subsequently Geo. W. Crawford was 
elected President, and A. B. Lancar, of Muscogee, L 
Secretary. A Committee was appointed to wait on « 
Commissioner Orr, of Sooth Carolina, and Shorter, t 
ol Alabama, and request them to commoicatc with s 
the Convention, and also to accept scats 
Louisiana.— A disjvteh from New Orleans, the h 
Hdh, states that the city troops which took Baton s' 
Rouge arsenals returned and received a grand recep- tl 
lion, Ihe arsenals at Fort Pike are now occupied d 
by Louisiana troops. The action of Governor Moore tl 
in relation to the oeoupancy of the forts, was received M 
there as a peaceful measure, and generally sustained " 
as patriotic and timely. I tt 
Four States have now declared their separation fr 
from the Union. The dates of the adoption of the U 
ordinances of secession are as follows:—Dec. 20_ 
South Carolina ordinance passed. Jan. 9 — Missis¬ 
sippi ordinance passed. Jan. 11 — Florida ordinance 
passed. Jan. 11 —Alabama ordinance passed. 
It defend them to the uttermost, and to proffer to the 
ic ! resident of the United States the whole military 
ie power of the State for that purpose. 
Kentucky. Gov. Magoffin asks the Legislature 
ie to express their approbation of Mr. Crittenden’s reso- 
a lotions, and says that eight States will have seceded 
before their deliberations close, and that. Tennessee 
h has referred the whole subject to her people. Vir- 
i- ginia and North Carolina are disenssing the propriety 
it of a similar course, and Missouri seems likely to 
i- adopt a like policy. He submits to the Legislature 
d the propriety of providing for the ejection of deie- 
o entes to a Convention to assemble at an early day to 
determine the future interstate and federal relations 
j. of Kehtucky. Meanwhile, he would leave no experi- 
v ment untried to restore fraternal relations between 
0 the States, He recommends a convention of the bor- 
, ‘* er * lave States to meet early in February, in 
Baltimore. 
^ I lie Governor says that the hasty and inconsiderate 
action of the seceding States does not meet his 
. approval, hut Kentucky wiB never stand by with 
j folded arms while those States, straggling for their 
t constitutional rights, are being subjugated to an anti- 
slavery government He asks the legislature to de- 
, cIarc by resolutions the unconditional disapproba¬ 
tion of Kentucky of the employment of force In any 
, forai against the seceding Ftetce, and asks an appro 
priation for arming and cquiping a volunteer militia. 
Pennsylvania. — On the 2d inst, Gov. Packer 
delivered his valedictory message to the Legislature. 
He declares the doctrine of secession erroneous. 
The constitution is something more than a mere 
compact Organized resistance to the Federal Gov¬ 
ernment is rebellion, and if successful it may be 
purged of the crime by revolution. If unsuccessful, 
the persons nmy be served as traitors. But while 
denying the right of a Htate to absolve its citizens 
Lorn allegiance to the Federal government, never¬ 
theless It is proper that we carefully and candidly 
. examine the reasons alleged, and if they arc well 
founded, they should be unhesitatingly remedied and 
reparation made for the past and security given for 
the. future, for a government created by the people 
should never do injustice to any portion of its citizens. 
Pennsylvania being Included in the States alleged 
to have refused compliance with the fugitive slave 
law, he unhesitatingly avers that the State has been 
almost invariably Influenced by a high regard for the 
rights of her sister States. After examining the 
present State laws, he says there is nothing to pre¬ 
vent a revival of the act of 1R2G, leaving to the 
claimant the right to seek a remedy under the 
National or State laws. 
lie recommends that the consent of the State be 
given to the master while sojourning in or passing 
througn the territory to retain the services of the 
slave. He suggests the re-enactment of the Missouri 
compromise, and that the line he extended to Cali¬ 
fornia by the amendment of the constitution. He 
recommends the legislature to instruct onr Repre¬ 
sentatives in Congress to support such an amendment 
to be submitted for ratification, and if Congress fails 
to propose it, let it emanate from the people. ; 
He closes by declaring that Pennsylvania is de¬ 
voted to the Union, and will follow the stare and i 
stripes through every peril. But before reassuming 
the responsibilities that are foreshadowed, it is the , 
solemn duty of Pennsylvania to remove every just 
cause of complaint, so that she can stand before high ( 
heaven without fear and without reproach, and then 
she is ready to devote her lives and her fortunes to i 
the best form of government ever devised by the wis¬ 
dom of man. Though a dark cloud now rests upon t 
the Union, my hopes and affections still cling to it. 
My prayer is, that He who orders the destinies of r 
nations will again have mercy upon us and bind us 
together in stronger and more hallowed bonds of t, 
fraternity, so that the Union may remain unbroken 
throughout all future time. 
®l)c News dloniiciiscr. 
— Blondin, the rope-walker, is in London. 
The Nebraska Legislature adjourned on the 11th. 
— The Charlestonians have recruiting agents in New York. 
— In England, there is a King Charles spaniel valued at 
— In I860, fifteen persons were convicted of arson in Phila- 
oelphia. 
— A petrified tree, from Pike’s Peak, is on exhibition in 
Chicago. 
— There were 23.000 deaths in New York city during the 
past year. 
— Austria has just issued bank notes of the value of four 
cents each! 
Silver leads, of great extent, have been found near 
Oregon city. 
— Business at Havana is languid, owing to advices from the 
United States. 
— Ohio has tendered her power to the President to maintain 
the federal laws. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
The Southern Imbroglio, 
Alabama.— In the Rural of the 19th inst,, we 
gave tlio intelligence Of the withdrawal of Alabama 
from the Union. Late intelligence states that certain 
of the citizens object to this action, and are now 
seceding from the Scceders. A large public meeting 
was held in Huntsville on the 10th, at which the 
following resolutions were passed by a largo majority: 
Whereas, Information Ims reached us that the 
Convention muv in session in Montgomery 1ms 
enacted an Ordinance of separate State recession 
without submitting the question to the vote of the 
people at thu ballot box, 
Resolved, That the refusal to submit the question 
ol secession to a vote of the people at the haihrt box 
(iirei tly, is a usurpation of power on the part of the 
Convention — that the act argues a distrust of the 
people, and is a violation of the fundamental princi¬ 
ples ot our Government. 
Resolved, That to Bahru it quietly to this act of n 
Convention, itself unconstitutionally culled, is the. 
beginning of a system of submission which will end 
m the overthrow f popular Government and the 
establishment ol di spotisin. 
Resolved, that Unless the question is submitted to 
a vote .if the people c f the Elate at. the ballot hex 
then onr delegates to said Convention are requested 
t) consult with members friendly to co-operation and 
the sovereign right of the people through the. ballot 
box, on tiie propriety of withdrawing from said Con¬ 
vention, under protest. 
*t T,,t1 Governors on Secession, 
h During the past two weeks we have been giving 
y the views ol the Governors of various States on 
t secession, as expressed in their messages, and con- 
it tinuc the same in our present issue. 
Maine. — The inaugural of Governor Washburnk 
11 gives an encouraging view of the material growth 
and prosperity of the State. He recommends con- 
* cM'htion and forbearance, and talks of good will 
? towards the South, which no criminations should be 
allowed to interrupt, and the setting of ourselves 
right in whatever respects we may have been wrong, 
as the offerings which, as good men and patriots, we 
‘ should lay upon the altar of our country, and in 
doing this we need not Conaent to the abatement of 
1 one jot or tittle of the principles affirmed by the peo- 
| l )le nt the recent election. We will stand by the 
> Constitution of our lathers, and the Constitution as 
' it is, and make no compromises that would involve us 
in the guilt ol moral treason and justly render us the 
scorn of mankind. The Governor devotes a para¬ 
graph to the subject of Personal Liberty bills, recom¬ 
mending the repeal of any statutes which may he 
lound to be either unconstitutional or justly regarded 
as offensive. 
Michigan. — In his Inaugural, Cov. Blair denies 
the right oi secession, and in alluding to the present 
position of South Carolina says, if it could properly 
be done, I presume the country generally would he 
willing to let that restless little nation retire from the 
confederacy forever; hut that cannot he without 
admitting the right of secession to exist in all the 
States; this done, and no government remains to us 
but a voluntary association of States, dissolvable at 
the pleasure of any of them. If South Carolina may 
of right secede, then may also New York and Lou¬ 
isiana thus cutting off the free right of way of the 
entire Northwest to the ocean, in both directions. 
The doctrine cannot be admitted. Self-preservation, 
if no other reason, would compel us to resist, 
lte claims that the Constitution of the United 
States is riot a compact or league between independ¬ 
ent sovereign States; on the contrary, it is a founda¬ 
tion ot government established by the people of the 
United States as a whole, perpetual in its character, 
and possessing ail the elements of sovereign power 
and nationality. He denies that the personal liberty 
law s have had the effect to prevent the execution of 
j the fugitive slave Law in a single instance, hut when¬ 
ever appeal has been made to the Court# to enforce 
that law, it has been done in good faith, He invites * 
judicial scrutiny into the legislation of the States, 
and Is willing to abide by the result, hut is not will- ! 
ing the State should ho humiliated by compliance 
with tiie demand to repeal these laws, accompanied r 
with threats of violence and war. He concludes by j 
recommending that at an early day the Legislature > 
ma o it manifest to our representatives in Congress, ' 
and to the country, that Michigan is loyal to the <! 
Union, the Constitution and the taws, and will i 
Great Britain.— Napoleon in reply to Lord Cow¬ 
ley on New Year’s said he regarded the future with 
confidence, convinced that friendly understanding 
g between the powers will maintain peace, which is the 
n object of his desires. 
i- A meeting of Jews from all parts of the world had 
been held at London to concert measures for the 
E restoration of the child Mortara. 
I, Francis. — The Bank of France ban raised the rate 
i. discount from 4 j to 5i per cent. 
I Negotiations for a treaty of commerce between 
e France and Belgium, terminated satisfactorily. Im- 
a portent reductions were made in favor of Belgium 
coal and iron. 
[. It was rumored that France may ask further indeifi- 
j nity from China. 
The Moniteur says the financial events of foreign 
. countries influence the French money market in a 
j manner to he regretted, but declares that the report 
n that France is under the necessity of making anew 
n loan, is without any foundation. 
, The detachment of French troops which was under 
. orders for China, has been sent to reinforce the 
French troops in Syria. 
> PRPSSI a.—T he King of Prussia is dead. The official 
I Prussian Gazette announces that the Prince Regent 
assumes the reins of government as King William V. 
i A Berlin letter Bays, the excitement in all the 
States of the German Confederacy greatly resembles 
the agitation preceding 1843. 
The Frankfort Journal asserts the early sitting of 
the German Diet. A proposition would be made to 
call on the Cabinet of Turin for categorical explana¬ 
tion relative to the decree of the Governor General 
of Ancona, in which Trieste was described as an 
Italian town. 
Austria. —The Emperor of Austria has received 
Count Teiekel, and announced that he would grant 
him a full and complete pardon, on the condition of 
conducting himself henceforth as a faithful subject. 
Count Telckel promised this, and left the Imperial 
palace a free man. 
Ihe Emperor of Austria sanctions the incorpora¬ 
tion of Wolovina with Hungary. 
Count Reohberg, Austrian Premier, it is stated, has 
resigned. 'lh.> resignation is nut yet definitely ac¬ 
cepted. Count Monadorf, it is said, is likely to suc¬ 
ceed him. 
Italy. — Poerio was elected President of the Elec¬ 
toral Committee at Naples. 
It wan reported that a Sardinian loan of 300,000,000 
franca was about to be negotiated at Paris. 
An insignificant attempt at revolution at Naples, <j 
on the 3(‘t!i ult., was easily suppressed. Naples and 
the Provinces were tranquil. v 
Commercial iNi'Ki.Lfoi NCB— Breadstuff's .—There has been t 
no regular torn market since the Batting cf the America, 
j lour qii'it' U Cull. Wheat qui -t. Tiie severe weather 
inti'i fei inirwith tnin.q.nrtntion from the interior. Wakefield. '* 
Nash & Co. report (lour quiet, hut firm at extreme rater. U 
Wheat firm at full pi-ircs. Corn firm. The holi tiiys in itice'i 
quiclne 8 in the market. 
J'nnrMoHS .— The Provision Market wob quiet. Poik dull. ht 
Lard quiet. ’ 
tnti- ~ T ' h<? -'rtimated value of the exports from Milwaukee, for 
dc I860, is $12,774,700. 
Oba- ~ '*■' sr0 ^ Hudson has just commended; the 
ic« is eight inches thick, 
any 
p r0 - ~ Tho M}loo l8 of the United States are attended by 
about 4,000.000 children. 
itia. 
Ttie gold yield of the Pike s Peak region for the current 
KLR year, is about $6,000,000. 
”■ Moreau s daughter died a beggar in a Brussels 
’’ m ' hospital it few weeks ago. 
iere f ,. , , 
, ~ vn Friday week, two fires occnred at Detroit, destroying 
,ov ~ property valued at $50,000. 
, . A factory for the manufactory of fire arms is about to be 
l,u b established at Camden, 8. C. 
— There are confined in our State Insane Asylum one hun- 
ens drod and twenty one persons. 
* Presbyterians of Ireland now have five synods and 
. nearly five hundred churches. 
boulhern students of Union College, at Schenectady, 
tnd N. Y., have resolved to secede. 
— A sweet potato was raised last season at Oyster Creek, 
pie Texas, that weighed 29 pounds. 
HnJl a million dollars is employed to manufacture beer 
?cd and ale in the city of Milwaukee. 
— Hie ton du Lac (Wis.) jail is now empty, though the 
Sen county contains 80,000 inhabitants. 
the Decrease of California gold was $6,600,000 last year, 
the Total amount received, $33,660,400, 
lre - — There are now on deposit in the savings banks of New 
the York move that fifty million dollars 
— Nearly 2,000 cases of measles occurred in Manchester, 
N. tl., during the last three months. 
California will remain firm to the Union — such is the 
tig sentiment of the recent intelligence. 
^ 1C The Rhip Allioni, from London, brings on freight 900 kegs 
uri of w/iite gunpowder, a new invention. 
|li- _ The President has decided to remove all diaunionlsta 
He from offico in the city of Washington. 
— The estate or Glengarry, belonging to Mr Ellice, M. P.. 
int i« to be purchased for the Prince of Wales. 
— The Ogdenshnrgh Journal says tho thermometer stood 
30' below xero, nt that place, Sunday week. 
^ ^ Kansas farmer recently took a toad of hay 46 miles to 
nd ElwoOd to exchange it for something to eat. 
tig —The number of militia in the free States is 1,226,513, 
lie while that of the slaves States is only 778,624. 
^ Thirty-two thousand and four arrests were made, for all 
gh offenses, in Philadelphia, during the last year. 
— On the 13th, at sunrise, the thermometer, at Rutland, 
t -0 VL, was 24° below aero. At Middlcbury It was 29*. 
— The Androscoggin Company, at I-ewiston. Me., have just 
tti taken in 600 bales of cotton, received from Calcutta. 
1 Maine is about to prepare her military force, to be in 
of readiness in ease the Federal Government calls for aid. 
11H — -4 French hermit died of sheer want, in a hole on the 
of bank of Wabesipinecon river, Iowa, on Saturday week. 
!n — The total number of arrests in the city of St. Louis last 
year, amounted to 7,066, of which 19 were for murder. 
— The American inarino losses reported in 1860, gives a 
total of 3S3 vessels, valued (without cargo) at $6,237,(XX). 
— The New York Observer says that the N. Y. City Tract 
V- Society's receipts for I860 were $16,206; expenditures, $17,109. 
th — The Baptiste in Maine have 278 churches and over 20,000 
,g members. In Massachusetts, 288 churches and 36,260 mem- 
ie. bcrs ' 
— The amount of coal annually mined iu Groat Britain, 
and for tho most part consumed in that kingdom, is 66,000,000 
,a tuns. 
le — The Canadian Literary Institute and Baptist College at 
Woodstock, C. W., was entirely consumed by fire on Monday 
ie week. 
— The oldest bishop in France, Mgr. Philibert de Bruillard, 
n died, on December 15, at Monfieury, at the age of ninety-five 
^ years, 
jj — Georgia baa appointed a Commissioner to go to Europe, 
with the intent of making financial and commercial arrange¬ 
ments. 
1 Lieut. Col. Wm. Henry Walker has resigned his position 
in the U. 8. Army. He was shot seven times in one day in 
n Mexico. 
a —During the past week, 460,000 pounds of poultry were 
t shipped by the Camden and A in bey Railroad for the N. Y. 
markeL 
— It is rumored that the crown of Hungary has been offered 
to Prince Napoleon by Kossuth and the Hungarian Committee 
r at Milan, 
— Two hundred troops from Fort Leavenworth, with 28 
officers and 127 horns, have passed through Chicago for Fort 
j McHenry. 
t — Three shocks of an earthquake were felt at Lancaster, 
Pa, on Sunday night week, accompanied with a heavy peal 
of thunder. 
. — The Detroit Common Council have disbanded the volun¬ 
teer and substituted a paid fire department; employing steam 
j, fire engines. 
, — Three men, named Walker, Brodie, and Goodman, have 
been arrested in New York for making and pledging bogus 
gold medals. 
— A manufactory of iron chairs, of all sizes, ia being 
established at Bristol, R. I., which will work up 1,000 tuns of 
iron per month. 
In Baltimore last year, 10,804 persons were arrested, ten 
of them lor murder, while the lodgers in the station houses 
numbered 9,332. 
Henry Adrian, an American, lost his life in Constantino¬ 
ple, Sept. 13, by attempting to rescue a Turkish girl from a 
burning building. 
— A Paris surgeon is said to have proved, fey experiments, 
that a bone taken from an animal just killed, unites with that 
of a living animal. 
— Large numbers of eats are said to be in waiting opposite 
West Point, tor the purpose of transporting the Hying artil¬ 
lery ordnance, &c. 
— W. Jones, an Indiana farmer, for whom Mr. Lincoln split 
rails thirty years ago,-ia at Springfield, III., on a visit to his 
former hired hand. 
At Verona, Italy, a peculiar and fatal disease has made 
its appearance, beginning with intense colic, and causing 1 
death in a few hours. 
— Four hundred recruits from tho recruiting stations at 
New York, Rochester, and Buffalo, arrived at Governor’s to 
Island within three days last week. M 
Trof. Gardner, the New England Soap Man, is lecturing :;4 
to large i u tiences oT ladies and gentlemen, in various parts of \jp 
this State, as we observe by our exchangee. 
Th ‘ coal operators of Pittsburg have recommended tho ''•«« 
suspension of the mines until the 1st of March. This will }§ 
thr ow several thousand miners out of employment. Pv, 
