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(.'reveling Grape Vines—I’. M. Goodwin k Bro. 
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Elmira Female College-Key. W Cowles, Prest. 
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Doolittle's Improved Black t up Ihispberry — G. F. Wilcox. 
Beardless Bariev for Snle A Clinton. 
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NEWS TDEP^nTTNtrETsTT. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ FEBRUARY 2, 1861, 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Aflaira at Washington. 
Titk telegraph this (Monday) morning states that 
the President expect* to hear of a collision at any 
time at the South. An attack is apprehended at any 
moment at Fort Sumter or Fort Pickens. 
Ex-President Tyler hail a long, satisfactory and 
friendly interview with the President on the 24th ult. 
The latter expressed the hope that there would he no 
collision between the Federal and State forces during 
his administration, and that he should certainly make 
every effort to prevent riot and to preserve peace. 
The National Railroad Convention, which was in 
session during the last week, held a meeting to take 
into consideration the condition of National Affairs, 
and appointed the following gentlemen as a Commit¬ 
tee to dralt resolutions of their sentiments. Mr. 
Marsh, President of the Erie Railroad; Mr. Corning, 
President, of the X. Y. Central; Mr. Thompson, Pres¬ 
ident ot tho Pennsylvania Central, Mr. Garret, I’resi¬ 
dent of the Baltimore and Ohio, and M. I/lloromedieu, 
President of the Hamilton and Dayton. The Com¬ 
mittee reported a series of resolutions which were 
unanimously adopted, to the effect that the plan em¬ 
bodied in the Crittenden resolutions, for dissipating 
the evils now threatening the existence of the Union, 
meets our approbation. The Convention, consisting 
of about sixty gentlemen, made a visit to the President 
of the United States, and Gen. Scott. 
It is said that the Grand Jury presented Goddard 
Bailey for larceny of the Indian Trust Fund, and 
Russel as accessory, together with Secretary Floyd, 
for conspiracy to defraud the Government. 
The Post-office at Pensacola has been abolished, 
the mail service discontinued, and the Postmasters 
throughout the country directed to send all letters 
addressed to Pensacola to the dead-letter office. This 
course was in consequence of the interruption of the 
mails by the Florida. . 
There appears no reason to doubt that a well or- , 
ganized conspiracy is in existence, having lor its ] 
object the seizure of Washington by the Southern i 
rebels, and that the leaders are fully determined to , 
precipitate a crisis. The arrangements for repelling ( 
invasion, however, are ample. 
The following paper, proposed by Representative [ 
Montgomery, has been circulated iu the House: t 
We, the undersigned, members of the 26th Con- , 
gross, convinced by the various votes taken on the 
several propositions presented for our consideration ; 
from time to time, that there is no hope that any t 
measure which will reconcile t usting difficulties he- j 
tween the sections of our com try, can receive aeon- e 
slitutkinaI majority, ami as none of the present mein- r 
hers were elected in view of the existing trouble, and y 
believing that in a time of so great peril it is proper jj 
to refer this question to the people of our several „ 
districts, propose that the members of this Congress 0 
resign, to take effect on the 21st of February next; f. 
and that we immediately provide for the election of „ 
our successors by the people, who shall assemble on y 
the 21st of February next, and to these representa¬ 
tives, bearing the instructions of the people, the 
various propositions of Compromise now pending, ™ 
and heretofore to he proposed, should be referred. 
The election is not to interfere with the officers or ** 
employes of the House. 
Fifty members of the House have already adopted [ e 
the plan, and have signed the proposition. 
A dispatch from Gov. Dickons, says the best under- he 
standing exists between Major Anderson and the a * 
South Carolina authorities, ami there is no apprehen¬ 
sion of immediate hostilities. di 
The friends of the Virginia peace proposition as- £h 
sign as a reason for pressing it on the attention of l ( 
other Border Slave Suites, that it will have the effect th 
of preventing them from joining the Cotton States, P" 
and if adopted by them, will afford an opportunity for j, 1 
the latter to return to the Union. 
Secretary Dix communicated to the House an im , 
Portent document in reply to Mr. Sherman, Chairman 
of the Committee on Ways and Means. It gives first * 
the amount of the public debt, and a detailed descrip- rjq 
tion of the public debt, and of the different kinds ol 
debt. Second, The amount and details of the float- 
ing debt, and unpaid balances, with claims. Third, ,C 
1 he amount ot acceptances ami other acknowlcdg- 
mentsof debts by the different Governments. Fourth, t,K 
The facts connected with the recent sales of Treasury ] 
notes. Fifth, The amount required to paythe public tai 
dues, accruing prior to the first of July next, and iu Hn< 
this connection, the estimated amounts from dues (io 
and imports, the public lands and miscellaneous 
sources up to that date. The Secretary estimates the ins 
amount necessary, prior to July next, in addition to fol] 
the accruing revenues, as $20,000,000. He then sug- l ,rc 
gests measures to raise this money, and among them wr< 
refers to the surplus revenue deposited in the States P ec 
in 183(5, as a specific fund which might be pledged or 
recalled. to i 
Letters received from l’aris, by the Asia, etate that to 1 
on New 'i car's Day the Emperor, Louis Napoleon, on 10 •' 
the official presentation of the Diplomatic Corps, ex- mei 
pieesed to Mr. Faulkner, the American Minister, the C ’P 
hope that no State or States had separated, or would an ^ 
separate from the Union. The Emperor also ex- whi 
pressed the wish that the United States might long 
continue a united and prosperous people. fate 
Mr. Ynlee, of Florida, announced the withdrawal 
of himself and colleague from the Senate. 
Mr. Clay read the withdrawal of the Alabama 
Senators. 
Mr. DaviH stated that the secession of Mississippi 
terminated his functions here. In parting he said he 
felt no hostility against any Senator. He hoped the 
relations between them might he peaceful, though 
he must part. If lie had offended uny he would uow 
make reparation for such offence. Adjourned. 
! Horst.— The Speaker laid before the House a 
letter signed by the Alabama delegation withdrawing 
from further participation in the deliberations of the 
House, in consequence of the secession of that State. 
On motion of Mr. Morris, the Judiciary Committee 
were instructed to inquire into the propriety of 
amending the Neutrality laws so as to prevent military 
expeditions being allowed to aid seceding States. 
The House Military Committee have paused a bill 
appropriating §1150 for the Boldiers of Fort Sumter’s 
losses, by precipitate leaving of Port Moultrie. 
The House resumed the consideration of the 1‘ost- 
route bill, and adopted the Senate’s amendment, 
making the postage of letters to and from San Fran¬ 
cisco the uniform rate, Hi cents, whether carried by 
the steamer or overland. 
Mr. Grow offered a resolution that a select commit¬ 
tee of live be appointed to inquire whether any 
secret organization hostile to the United Staten exists 
tri the District of Columbia, and if so, whether any 
officer or employee of the Federal Government is in 
the executive or judicial departments thereof. 
Adopted. « 
Mr. Colfax called up the po*t route bill which 
passed the Mouse last session, and was returned from 
the Senate with amendments, which were now con¬ 
sidered and nearly all agreed to, Including provisions 
for procuring and furnishing one cent stamp wrap¬ 
pers and envelopes, requiring letters which have 
been advertised to lie sent to the Dead Letter Office 
within two months, letters for the seaboard to be I 
retained for a longer period, under the Post Office i 
regulations unclaimed, money from the Dead Letter 1 
Office to be applied to promote the efficiency of that 1 
bureau. , 
, Legislature of New York. 
Senate. — The resolution to fix the 5th of Feb- 
t ruary for the election of U. 8. Senator, was adopted. 
In Executive Session the appointments of Dr. Gunn 
1 us Health Officer of New York, Hcnj. Welch, jr., as 
I Commissary General, and W. S. Benton as Auditor of 
, Canal Department, were confirmed. 
The Senate took up the hill relative to the Finance 
Department of the City of New York. On motion of 
1 Mr - Sessions, an amendment was adopted retaining 
1 Ml Bevel!n in office as Chamberlain, by a vote of 17 
to 10. Mr. Robertson's amendment was also adopted, 
providing that the Barrie Chamberlain may at any 
time, and from time to time, change the bank of 
deposit for the City of New York respectively, upon 
notice thereof to the Comptroller of said city*; and it 
shall bo the duty of any hank or hanks holding such 
deposit at the time of such notice, to transfer the 
same forthwith to the bank specified in such notice; 
and in case of the refusal of such bank, it may he 
compelled by mandamus, to make such transfer, and 
shall be liable to pay 5 per cent, as damages for 
detention, besides interest from the date of demand. 
In the Senate Mr. Conolly offered concurrent reso¬ 
lutions, that the conservative action of the Border 
Slave States in refusing sanction to unconstitutional 
measures of seceding States, merits grateful acknowl¬ 
edgments from the people of New York. That the 
refusal of Gov. flicks, of Maryland, to convene the 
Legislature of that State to promote the objects of 
the secessionists, excites the profonndest admiration 
of our country. It will acknowledge him a patriot 
of the highest order. Liberty will own him a bene¬ 
factor — the human race a friend. A Iso, that a copy 
of these resolutions be transmitted to Gov. Hicks. 
Adopted — 27 to 1. Adjourned. 
House. —The Speaker made the following Com¬ 
mittee on the condition and wants of the people of 
Kansas: Messrs. Turner, Randall, Wells, Macomber, 
Bergen. 
Mr. Camp offered the following: 
Whereas it is known Unit the President elect will 
leave Springfield in a few days for Washington, and 
Whereas, the journey to the National Cupitol should 
he marked by such manifestations of popular respect 
a* are due, ns well to him, as to the office he is about : 
to assume, and 
HTierce;.?, the loyal people of New York will cor- , 
dially welcome him at every point and assure him of 
the devotion to the Constitution and laws of the 1 
Country, therefore, , 
Resolv' d, If the Senate concur, that his Excellency < 
the Governor be requested to invite Mr. Lincoln to 
pass through this State on his way to the Federal 
Capital, and tender him the hospitalities of the an- 1 
thoiitles and the people. Adopted unanimously. \ 
Rills Passed. — To incorporate Artists' Fund So- I 
ciety of New York City. To increase the salary of ( 
Deputy County Clerk of New York. Adjourned. i 
Congressional Proceedings. 
Senate.— Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on 
finance, reported the Indian Appropriation Bill, and 
asked to be excused from further service on the 
finance Committee. He said it was evident that the 
party in the majority in the Senate would soon be 
changed, and be thought justice to himself and the 
Senate required him to be excused. Mr. Hunter has 
been Chairman of Finance fifteen years. He was 
excused. 
The Kansas bill was read a third time aud passed 
—yeas 36, nays 16. 
The bills for the sale of public lands, and the 
removal of the Arsenal at St. Louis, and the con¬ 
struction of a newj Arsenal at Jefferson barracks, 
were passed. 
The Governors on Secession. 
We close our extracts from the Messages of the 
Governors of the various States, and think our readers 
will be enabled to judge as to the reverence in which 
the Union is held by the sentiments therein expressed. 
Pennsylvania. — The last issue of the Rural con¬ 
tained a portion of the valedictory of Gov. Packer, 
and we now present an extract from the Inaugural of 
Gov. Curtin. The Governor pledges himself to stand 
between the Constitution and its encroachments, 
instigated by no hatred or ambition, fanaticism or 
folly. The election of a President has been made a 
pretext for disturbing the peace of the country, by 
wresting from the Federal Government the power the 
people conferred upon it when it wus adopted. 
There is nothing in the life and acts of Mr- Lincoln, 
to warrant that his Administration will be unfriendly 
to State or local institutions. Nothing has occurred 
to justify the excitement which has blinded the judg¬ 
ment of a pan of the people, ami which is now pre¬ 
cipitating them into revolution. If Pennsylvania has 
any luws infringing upon the rights of any State, or 
which contravene any !• cderal law or obstruct its 
execution, they ought to lie repealed. Blie nevor has 
faltered in the recognition of all the duties imposed 
by the National compact, and will by every act con¬ 
sistent with devotion to the interests of her people 
promote fraternity and peace between the States. 
M hen her trade was prostrated and her industry par¬ 
alyzed by legislation of the General Government, 
favoring adverse interests, Pennsylvania waited pa¬ 
tiently for another opportunity to declare the public 
will in a Constitutional manner. 
Though the State has suffered from adverse legisla¬ 
tion, no voice of disloyalty or treason, nor arm has 
been raised to Btrike at the severed fabric of our 
National Union. It will be our duty to unite with 
the people of the loyal States in just and honorable 
measure of conciliation. If they are just and mod¬ 
erate the danger may be averted; ours is a National 
Government having all the attributes of sovereignty, 
and among them is the right of self-preservation. 
rawal No State or combination of States can secede nor 
absolve themselves from the obligations of the Union, 
bama To permit this without the consent of the rest, is to 
confess the Government a failure. Pennsylvania will 
(sippi never acquiesce in such a conspiracy nor assent to a 
lid he doctrine involving the destruction of the Govern- 
d the ment. If it is to exist, it must have the power ade- 
ough quate to the enforcement of the supreme law in every 
I now State. It is the first duty of the Federal Government 
to stay the progress of anarchy and enforce the laws, 
lge a and Pennsylvania will give it a united, honest and 
wing foRhful support. The people mean to preserve the 
f the integrity of the Union at every hazard. Amend- 
Itate. merits to the constitution made in a constitutional 
littee manner, our people will consider and act as deliber- 
,y 0 f ately upon as their importance demands. 
itary Makyi.and. — Gov. Hicks was petitioned to con¬ 
vene the legislature of Maryland, and to take certain 
l bill action with reference to Secession, He refuses to do 
iter’s so, and has published an address to the citizens giv¬ 
ing his reasons for refusal. We quote the following 
J ost- extracts: 
lent, I firmly believe that a division of this Government 
'ran- would inevitably produce civil war, The secession 
1 by leaders in South Carolina and the piratical dema¬ 
gogues of tlte North have alike proclaimed that such 
mit- would be the result, and no man of sense will qncs- 
any tion it. Whitt could the Legislature do in this crisis, 
cists if convened, to remove the troubles which beset-the 
any Union?, We are told by the leading spirits of the 
s in Booth Carolina Convention, that neither the election 
eof. of Mr. Lincoln nor the non-execution of the Fugitive 
Slave Law, nor both combined, constitute their 
lich grievances. They declare that the real cause for this 
pom discontent dates as far back as 1833. Maryland, and 
ton- no other State in the Union, with a united voice, 
ons then declared the same insufficient to justify the 
■up- course of South Carolina. 
ave (- an it he that the people who then unanimously sup- 
lice ported the cause of Gen. Jackson, will now reverse 
be their opinions at the bidding of modern secessionists? 
ice I have been told that the position of Maryland should l 
■far be defined so that both sections can understand it. ^ 
hat Do any really misunderstand the position? Who 1 
that wishes to understand it, can fail to do so? If 1 
the action of the Legislature would be simply to 
declare that Maryland is with the South In sympathy 
tJ *’‘ an< ! feeling, that she demands from the North the - 
repeal of the offensive unconstitutional statutes, and 
nu appeals to It for new guarantees, and that she will 7 
wait a reasonable time for the North to purge her 
01 statute books of unjust laws, and with due justice to 1 
her Southern brethern, and if her appeals are in / 
cv vain, will make common our cause with the border v 
of States in resistance to tyranny if need he, it would tl 
"8' only he saying what the whole country well know, p 
17 and what may he said much more effectually by her 
‘ d ’ people in their meetings than by the Legislature j 
ri .v chosen eighteen months since, when none of these j 
01 questions were raised before them. ^ 
That Maryland is as conservative as any of the Booth- 
il ern Btates all know who know anything of her people J fl 
or history. The farmers and agricultural classes, plan- 
u ‘ ters, merchants, mechanics, and laboring men—those 
e: who have a real stake in the commonity, who would ' 
10 he forced to pay the taxes and do the fighting—are the s ' 
ld persons who should be first consulted, instead of 
excited politicians, many of whom have nothing to 
L lose by the destruction of the government, hut may °' 
° m hope to derive some gain from the ruin of the State. 
'' Such men will naturally urge you to pull down the 
'1 piliurs of this sacred Union, which their allies at the 
L North liftvo denoiiiinsli d r; covenant with hell. 
e I lie people of Maiylaud, if left to themselves, a 
e would decide, without exception, that there is noth- la 
,f in g. in the present causes of complaint to justify 
a immediate secession; and yet, against our judgments m 
if and solemn convictions of duty, tve are to he precipi- 00 
!• tated into this revolution because Bouth Carolina lli 
y thinks differently. Are we not equal, or shall her 
’• opinions control our actions, after we have sol- to 
eninly declared ourselves, as every man must do? 
- Are we to be forced to yield our opinions to those 
f of another State, and thus, in effect* obey her man- wfl 
, dates? She refuses to wait for our counsels. Are lia 
we bound to obey her Commands? . of 
The men who have embarked in this scheme to wt 
] convene the Legislature, will spare no pains to carry wo 
J their point. The whole plan of operation in assem- tlic 
( bling the Legislature is, as I have been informed, a * 
i already marked ont. The list of Ambassadors who I 
are to visit the other States are agreed on, and No 
the resolutions Which they hope will lie passed by car 
. the Legislature, fully committing this State for seoes- dis 
sion, are said to be already prepared. In the course j of 
of nature, I cannot lone long to live, and 1 fervently 1 1 
trust to be allowed to end my days as a citizen of | bet 
this glorious Union. But should I be compelled to ^ the 
witness the downfall of that God-inhcritcd power our ] 
fathers established, ns it were, by the special favor of an] 
God, I will at least have the consolation that at my j„„ 
dying hour I neither, by word or deed, assisted this fur ~ 
disruption. j 
Massachusetts. — The Rural of the 19th inst. tot 
contained an extract from the valedictory of Gov. Fra 
Banks, and we now present the opinions of Gov. Ii 
Andrews, who was inaugurated ou the 6th inst. rop 
The enrolled Militia of the Btate exceed 155,000, T 
while the active Militia are but 5,(500. The Governor eho 
suggests that a large number be placed on an active ent 
footing, that the State may be ready to contribute her Kin 
share of force in any exigency of public danger. any 
The Personal Liberty law lie believes strictly Con- jom 
stitntional. The right of a person to reclaim an arm 
alleged fugitive must always bo subordinate to the A 
original indefeasible right of every freeman to his Frai 
liberty, lie submits the subject to the wisdom of the com 
Legislature. On secession he speaks to the effect Croi 
that the people of Massachusetts respond in the as It 
words of Jackson, “the Federal Union must be gov? 
preserved.” min 
The Soulliern Difficulties. ’ mu 
Tl 
But very little of importance has transpired t(j 
since our last issue, but we make note of the tendency d ' i 
of affairs, as follows: 6 
Hun 
South Carolina.— The Legislature has agreed on ip t 
a flag for the State. The ground is to be blue, with a 
white oval in the center, and a golden Palmetto ' T)] 
thereon. There is also to be a white inner crescent .v 
in the upper flag-stafl' corner. The Senate adopted m 
the resolution authorizing the Governor to send 111 
volunteers to Florida in case of threatened invasion lama 
of that State. The number of men is unlimited. * 
Louisiana.— At the Baton Rouge Convention the 
following vote was taken on the ordinance declaring , 
the immediate secession of Louisiana from the 
Union: A eas 113, nays 17. The Convention has , 
adjourned, to re-assetnble again iu New Orleans. 
too c 
Mississippi. — A dispatch from Jackson, Miss., Coil 
on the 22d, says the Convention has elected seven deelin 
delegates to the Southern Convention to meet at there' 
Montgomery. The Convention also passed an amend- (s*l3*; 
ment to raise eight regiments of troops, and Jefferson 
Davis was elected Major General. 
Kentucky.—A telegram dated Frankfort, 28th, says 
that the Legislature will call a Convention, but the 
call and action of the Convention will both be sub¬ 
mitted to a vote of tbe people. 
Missouri. — Advices from different parts of the 
State indicate a Union feeling, and that tbe Conven¬ 
tion will be filled with conservative men. 
Alabama,— The Alabama Btate Convention has 
adjourned until the 4th of March next. 
Gkoroia. On the 24th nit., seven hundred Btate 
troops assembled in Georgia and made demonstra¬ 
tions on the United States Arsenal, Gov. Brown 
demanded the surrender of the Arsenal, which was 
complied with. 
Southern Fortifirations. 
The following table of the United States forts 
and navy yards, south of Mason and Dixon’s Line, 
shows the position, cost, and strength of each: 
War garrison. 
W here located. Cost . Men Guns. 
Fort McHenry, Baltimore.f 140.000 860 74 
* Fort Carrol, Baltimore . 135,000 800 159 
Fort Delaware, Del. river, Del. 639.000 750 151 
f ort Madjtton. Annapolis, ltd, _ 15 000 160 31 
Fort Severn. Maryland . cm, rll , , 
^i)c (Honfrcnscr. 
Port Caswell, flak Mnnd. N C. ... 
Fort Sumter. Charleston, S. C. 
Castle Pinckney. Charleston, S. C. 
Fort Mpultrle, Charleston, <?. C_ 
Fort Pulaski, Savannah, (in . 
Port Taylor, Key Went.. 
Fort Jefferson, Tortugas_ 
Fort Barancae, Pensacola_ 
Fort Pickens, Pensacola. 
Fort Mcltco, Pensacola_ 
Fort Morgan, Mobile. 
Cost. 
Men. 
Guns. 
f 146.000 
360 
74 
— 
135,000 
800 
159 
-- 
639.000 
750 
151 
— 
15,000 
160 
31 
6,000 
60 
14 
. . 
575,000 
400 
88 
2.400,000 
2,460 
371 
1,664,000 
1,120 
224 
. - 
460,000 
300 
61 
c. 
5,000 
60 
10 
571,000 
400 
87 
677,000 
650 
146 
43,000 
100 
25 
-- 
75,000 
300 
54 
-- 
923,000 
800 
150 
.. 
80,000 
70 
14 
- - 
61,000 
100 
25 
1.000 
185 
.. 
1,500 
293 
-- 
315,000 
250 
49 
109,000 
— 
26 
. 
769,000 
1.260 
212 
. 
380,000 
650 
151 
1,212,000 
700 
132 
- 
143,000 
600 
124 
- 
817,000 
600 
150 
- 
472.000 
300 
49 
- 
447.000 
300 
49 
342,000 
300 
52 
• —- - - - tii.vuu oknj qy 
Fort L ivingston, Barrataria Bay, I.a.. 342.000 300 62 
♦Incomplete. 
News Paragraphs. 
The total number of passengers carried between 
Europe and the United Btates last year, in the Trans- 
Atlantic steamers, was about 74,000, of whom 50,000 
were bound westward. This is an increase of more 
than 1.5,000 in the aggregate, compared with the 
previous year. 
Tin: number of immigrants arrived at New York in 
18i;o, were 103,621; of these 46,65!) from Ireland, 11,- 
112 from England, 1,506 from Scotland, 80!) from 
Wales, 37,636 from Germany, 1,470 from France, 1,- 
JM/ from .Switzerland, etc. The emigration is 25,000 
larger than for two years past. 
I he municipality of Naples have decreed a statute 
to Gen. Garibaldi, to be erected in one of the public 
squares, to be called after him. it lias also decreed 
medals of honor to those of the National Guard who 
have distinguished themselves during tbe late mem¬ 
orable events. 
- ♦ t # » » -—--- 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Great ]>»itajn.—T he weather hud moderated and 
s, a tliaw bad become alm< st general throughout Eng- 
3 . land. 
:y The Post's Paris correspondent says tbe Govcrn- 
ts meu ta ol Italy, Spain. Greece, and Turkey arc 
j. contemplating a reformed tariff'in accordance with 
that lately contracted between England and I ranee, 
ir It is asserted that England will no longer propose 
I. to Austria the sale of Venetia, 
? Lord Palmerston, in his speech, had referred to the 
e situation of affairs in America. He says that there 
i- " ilK too much reason to fear that the Union, which 
e had conduced to so much happiness, was in danger 
of disruption, lie expressed u fervent hope that 
o whether the Union is maintained or dissolved, it 
Y would be accomplished by amicable means, so that 
. the world might be spared the afflicting spectacle of 
t « hostile conflict between brothers. 
i France,— Returns from the Bank of France for 
1 November, exhibit, as anticipated, a large decrease in 
/ cash of over 82,000,000 francs; an increase in bills 
- discounted, of 00,000,000 francs; and in bank notes, 
i ] of nearly 33,000,000 francs. 
r 1 it was stated that a negotiation was pending 
f I between France and all the Continental States for 
i the abolition of the passport system. 
Italy.— Advices from Gaeta prior to the present 
armistice, state that the Piedmontese were construct¬ 
ing new batteries only two hundred yards from the 
5 fortress. 
It was said that the Cabinet at Turin bad resolved 
to tolerate the intervention of no other power than 
France, and to resist by force any attempt of the kind. 
It is not true that the French fleet at Gaeta will be 
replaced by a Russian fleet. 
The Wurtcmhurg Moniteur says that Sardinia will 
shortly give notice to the German Diet of the differ¬ 
ent annexations to, and formations of, the Italian 
Kingdom, and that the Diet will refose to recognize 
any Representative of that Kingdom. The same 
journal boasts that the German aud Russian Federal 
army can meet any enemy. 
Austria.— An autograph letter from the Emperor 
Francis Joseph, dated 7th inst., contains a very 
comprehensive amnesty for Hungary, Transylvania, 
Croatia, and Bclavonia, on account of such persons 
as have merely aimed at a change in the system of the 
government as established before. October last. The 
ministers are ordered to put this ordinance into 
immediate execution. 
The Pesth Telegram says the government is resolved 
to adopt a Provincial Electoral Law for Hungary, on 
the basis of the 5th article of the law of 1848. ' The 
Hungarian Diet will assemble on the 2d of April. 
Turkey.— The dismissal of Safeti Pascha has been ( 
rescinded. 
The news from Servia reports increasing disquiet , 
there. 
Prussia.— The King of Prussia had issued a proc- i 
lamation, in which, after paying a warm tribute to 
the late King, he declares himself faithful to the tra- , 
ditionH of his house, and desires to protect the Con¬ 
stitution, to elevate and strengthen the people, and y 
advance their position arnoDg the German Btates. 
He snys:—Confidence in peace is shaken, but I will t 
endeavor to preserve it, and concludes by asking for 
tbe courage and confidence of the people. j 
Commercial Jntki.lii i r.v ev— «r- mid“fff— Hour dull, aud 
declined 6d since Tuesday. American 29ts#82s- Wheat dull, 
and declined 2d. Buyers demanded afurthei reduction, and 
there vras some forced sales at 4d@(id. Red American ll«3d 
(ai 13»; white 52s<<xl4.s(»d. Corn dull, and 6d lower. Mixed 
offered at 37s6d without buyers. White 39s(5.40s. 
Provisions .—Pork dull. Lard dull, and slightly declined’ 
quoted at 5d8@60n. I ti 
^ Tlle effecta at our panic have reached England. 
' n 6 “ The wir,,er is v *ry cold in France and England. 
— Got. Weller has accepted the mission to Mexico. 
— ^b°l e number of patents issued for 1860, 3,896. 
— The school Houses of Ohio are worth $4,707.000. 
— The total taxable property of Ohio is $888,000,000. 
ite _ Tlje home ^madron i„ to be concentrated in the Gulf. 
— Tllf pol,i product of California for 1860 was $42,325,000. 
as ~ ThP foreign apd domestic debt of Ohio is $16,927,834. 
— Floods have occurred on the Ohio aDd Mississippi rivers. 
— Gold still continues to flow into this country from abroad. 
— They are boring for oil in the vicinity of McConnelsville 
Ohio. 
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— There are 20 Protestant churches and 104 clergymen in 
Paris. 
- The steam tannage of New York is 120.589 tuns, mostly 
marine. J 
,s. - The cost of the Crimean war is said to have been $250.- 
" 4 000,000. 
59 - Rev. Charles Lowell, D. D.. of Boston, died on the 20th 
51 aged 76. 
J] — Twelve slavers were captured last year, and 3.000 negroes 
14 rescued. 
— I- ranee is actively making preparations for war, it is 
1 reported. 
M 
il ~ Baj'wSF trains are interrupted by heavy falls of snow in 
Virginia. 
7 Russell, the Indian Fund Bonds Receiver, has been 
g hailed out. 
5 — A new German paper is to he commenced at Omaha, 
4 Nebraska. 
Fort Kearney and Sonth Pass wagon road have been 
* completed. 
5 
5 — The average valuation of land in South Carolina is only 
?2 per aere. 
I — The to tal valuation of property in San Francisco is 
j $35,809,639. 
" — There were exported from Bangor, in I860,120,000 bushels 
1 of potatoes. 
■ — Over $80,000,000 worth of articles passed over the Erie 
1 canal in i860, 
l 
) ~ The new Armstrong guns cost the English Government 
( $10,000 each. 
■ “ Prof - C - W. Hackley, of Columbia College, N. Y., died 
Thursday week. 
— Gov. Denver is a prominent candidate for U. S. Senator 
from California. 
— Grace Greenwood has' been lecturing in Canada, with 
great acceptance. 
— Forts Johnson and Casswell, off Wilmington, N. C., 
have been seised. 
Mayor Hightman, of Boston, asks for the restoration of 
the license system. 
— The real value of taxable property in the State of Michi¬ 
gan is $275,000, OOP. 
— A severe shock of hd earthquake was felt at Gorham, N. 
H., on Friday week. 
— The young Queen of Naples has left Gaeta, probably to 
seek refuge at Rome. 
— Twelve canal boats, each 96 feet in length, are being con¬ 
structed in Lockport. 
An immense amount of fraudulent coin is in circulation 
throughout the West. 
— The ordinary coining capacity of the Philadelphia mint 
is $7,600,000 per month. 
Cleveland, O., is the 19th city in population in the Union. 
In 1868 she was the 28t1i. 
— The Savings Institutions in New York city have on 
deposit over $40,000,000. 
James Dalton, a policeman in Cincinnati, is reported heir 
to £1,600,000 in England. 
— Ten thousand people attended a Union meeting at Balti¬ 
more, <.n Thursday w eek. 
— Brigham Young has contracted to construct 400 miles of 
the Pacific telegraph line. 
— There are 310,000 land owners in Ohio, the average of 
ie whose estates are 84 acres. 
— A man was killed in Cincinnati, on the 12th ult., by fall- 
e ing on a slippery sidewalk. 
c — The population of the United States is 30,990,000. of 
1 which 3,878.000 are slaves. 
1 — Karey's late lectures and exhibitions in New York have 
^ yielded him $2,160 per day. 
fa tee United States there are nearly six tiraeB as many 
J journals as in Great Britain. 
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— The hanks of New York are nearly glutted with specie. 
They now hold $36,000,000. 
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r — The U. S. Coast Survey Schooner Dana has been seized 
a by the Florida secessionists, 
s — Oil has been discovered, in large quantities, in the town 
, of Cuba, Allegany Co.. N. Y. 
— There are 9 English, 2 French, 1 Spanish, and 4 German 
r daily papers iu San Francisco. 
r — Ncwb from Denver to the 19th ult., report times improved, 
and the quartz mills doing well. 
t fa tee city of Canton, China, there are, on an average, 
about 5,000 suicides every year. 
. — Gov. Banks has gone to Chicago to assume his duties 
with the Illinois Central Railroad. 
i —An enormous cow, weighing alive 1,650 pounds, was 
slaughtered at Boston last week. 
— Geo. Toppan, Jr., of Boston, recently died of hydropho¬ 
bia, He was bitten by a pet dog. 
— During the last session of the English House of Com¬ 
mons, 10,473 speeches were made. 
— Floyd, the resigned Secretary, had a banquet given him 
at Richmond, Va., on the 11th ult. 
— The Bank of Kentucky has made a donation of $500 for 
the relief of the poor of Louisville. 
— Lola Monlez, tbe notorious, talented, and eccentric 
woman, died in New York last week. 
— Snow fell on Monday week to the depth of six inches in 
West Alabama and East Mississippi. 
— A number of country newspapers have nominated Major 
Anderson for the Presidency In 1864. 
— The pilots of Pensacola are forbidden, on pain of death, 
to bring U. S. vessels into the harbor. 
— A drunken man. name unknown, was almost devoured by 
hogs near Alton, Ill., a few days since. 
— Horse railroads have been introduced into Mobile. The 
first was inaugurated on Christmas day. 
— There are seven monthlies in sau Francisco, one of 
which ig medical and another religious. 
— The Dubuque Times says an order has been received 
from Georgia for 10.600 bushels of corn. 
— Albany, N. Y.. is the largest-lumber mart in the country. 
The trade for 1860 amounted to $6,000,000. 
— A demonstration was made in Rome, on the 23d, at St. 
Peters, in favor of annexation to Sardinia. 
— The Cincinnati Commercial states that the town of 
Aurora, Iud., is now lighted by water gas. 
— Twenty patriots of the revolution died during the past 
year Eighty-two are all thal are now left. 
— The Rhode Island Senate has passed the act repealing 
the personal liberty bill, by a vote of 21 to 9. 
— A child was born in Fort Sumter last week. The infantry | 
department is re inforced in spite of secession. / 
— The Monterey Bulletin announces tbe discovery of im¬ 
mensely rich silver mines in Northern Mexico. • J 
— Rocky Mountain News says coal oil has been discovered V 
iu the mountains, five miles from Cannon City. J 
— Thirty cases of muskets and a large amount of aminuni- f 
tion, for Savannah, have been seized at New York, 
