PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S INAUGURAL. 
[Continued from page 79.] 
people themselves can do this if they choose, but the 
executive, as *uch, has nothing to do with it. His 
doty is to administer the present government as it 
came to hia hands, and to transmit It, unimpaired by 
him, to hi* successor. Why should there not be a pa- 
Atfairs al Washington. 
The War Department received dispatches on the 
26th ult., stating that Gen. Twiggs had surrendered 
the military property to the revolutionists in Texas. 
The telegraph was from the commissary of subsis¬ 
tence, and dated at New Orleans, He adds that as a 
tient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? loan, the use of the Government means of transporta¬ 
ls there any better or equal hope in the world? In tion was allowed to take the federal troops to the 
our differences, is either parly without faith of being , ' 
in the right? seaboard, and they were also permitted to take with 
If the Almighty Ruler of Nations with His eternal | them three or four cannon and their side arms, 
truth arid justice'be on your side of the North, or on On the 26th ult., the Secretary received documents 
yours of the Sou til, that truth and that justice will f ,. 0[t , Texas, lowing that as early as the 7th of Feb- 
sure ly prevail by the judgment of this great tribunal, h ^ t0 
—the American people, by the form of the govern ruary Gen. I wiggs was entering into negotiations 
ment under which we live, this same people have ( with the Texans for the surrender of the military 
wisely given their public servant* but little power for ; property. Col. Waite was several weeks ago ap- 
mischief,a»nd have, with equal wisdom, provided (or A . ,, „ . ,, ,. * „ / 
the return ol that little to their hands at very short in pointed to succeed Gen. Tw iggs as tho chief of the 
tervals. While the people retail, their virtue ami military department in Texas, but it appears he had 
tion Of the legality of the acceptances issued by to be regretted, and that whether each discontent* and ho- 
Secretary Floyd. He holds that by authoritative tl5l !* v are without just cause or not. anv reasonable, proper 
decisions of the Supreme Const in previoo, c.se, of Z> SS£S'S£lSSlS’£S 
like nature, the Government is liable for the*e ** recognized by the Constitution. n*oe>.-*ry to preserve the 
accentanees |*'* ce l . , '‘ 0U 1 Dt, T «md the perpetuity of the Union, should 
acceptances. be promptly and cheerfully granted. 
Secretary Holt addressed a letter to the Governor ,k n th * Si rjate »»<* House of Repn wntntteen of 
Of Lo.Mtata. demanding tho ration of the IST^tTSi 
ernment property seized at New Orleans. H«* de- » oblrtr,,< ' t W»d«r th« T*cov«ry and Bin-render of fugitives 
__ ' iron, service or labor, are in dermralinn of Cnn.tltnt:_. 
ernment property seized at New Orleans. He de¬ 
nounced the seizure as an act of flagrant and 
atrocious spoliation. Gov. Moore returned the letter 
with the endorsement, that when addressed in the 
nsual language of official intercourse, he would con¬ 
sider the matter.. 
The Secretary of War has published an official or- 
to no regretted, and that whether such discontent* and hos- , ~~ . 
tilityare without just cause or not. any reasonable, proper (I M ff 1\ fm e if Art N 
and constitutional remedies and additional aD<J more specific ^ V V IU S3 VUzUIIUtUSCt, 
aiiil effectual sruarnnties of ih^ir peculiar rirbt* aad interests-—_-_ 
a* recognized by the Constitution. neces-*ry to preserve the -- 
neace of the country and the perpetuity of the Union shocld _ Tbc t_*_r ...... 
lie promptly and cheerfully granted. " he London Institute contains 60,000 volumes. 
th«nmm'd «♦!* th 5 House of Bopresentatives of - The President elect was born on the 12th of February 
the United States of America in Congress assembled. That *11 1809 ceoruary. 
attempts on the part of the legislature of any of the States 
10 obstruct or hinder the recovery and surrpnd'er of fngitives — Macgregor .raird. the African explorer, has just died in 
.run, service or labor, axe in derogation of the Constitution ol England, 
the T mud States, inconsistent with the comilv and good 
neighborhood that should prevail smo D r the several Stales ~ There were 912 convicts in the Auburn Prison, on Mon- 
nnd dangerous to the peace of the Union. day week 
Resolved, That the several States be icspectfully requested . 
to ounce their statutes to he rewind, with a view to ascertain ~ The firKt clearance of the season ” is announced at 
it any of them are io conhict with or tend to embarrass or Cleveland, 
hinder the execution or the law* of the United States, made 
in pursuance of the second section of the fourth article of the 
doc ^ “ . UIUC,a,or - Coistitefo.n of the United ftat«*Tfor the ihalirerv un of tier 
der, dismissing Gen. 1 wiggs from the army for <*« n* held to labor by the laws of *o.v State, and escaping 
Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Hamlin received calls together in 
New York. 
My countrymen, one and nil, think well upon this | authority here as one of the most disgraceful and 
" VV " B “P’ J"iggs iroiu me army for son* held to labor by the laws of any State, and Waning 
tho chief of the treachery to the flag of his country, in having sur- Herefrom, 8r|r1 tbc senate and Hoo-e of Reprcsentativcs .ar- ~ Jefr - °avis. the President of the Southern Confederacy 
appears he had rendered, on demand of the authorities of Texas, the Forthiu^rape^,^ jS reuse TcZZta * ** ° M ' 
n. Twiggs’ Bur- military post* and other property of the United Staten tu,tlal obligations and by a due regard for the peaco of the —Gov. Morgan has donated $200 for the relief of the 
e governmental in his department, and under his charge. suffererg - 
time; but no good object can be frustrated by it. j mental in inducing Twiggs to surrender the govern- 
Such of you as are now dissatisfied, still have the old ment property. 
The recently passed post, route hill contains a see- r T *7t! s , ut *.*i ¥itu a r “ < u ,e ' t that they willlny the same be 
tion requiring 10 cents pre-pa,d letter postage to and He solved, That we recognize Slavery- a* now exieUne Io fit- 
from the Pacific Coast, without regard to distance_ 01 tbo rniu-11 *' ut *s by the usages of tho laws of those 
All drop letter* hereafter bo propajd with post- ISIS 52 
age Stamps. (ir Slavery in Kur.lt State* in dine gun! of the right* of their 
—- owners or the. peace of society. 
Congressional Proceedings. r That we recognize the justice *nd propriety of a 
1 ill execution of tbc Constitution and lawn ttuidi; in nur- 
Senatk.— Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, presented J ua °ce thereof on tbe subject ofTapitive Rlaven, or fu^ltiv^H of 100, in France. ^ ] 4 g 
, . . . r from HerVK'f* or laJuir krill i1unnnr,U,..*, l ,.o retl ZL i - 
the credrntiftk of Pharia D u Q * . d [ rotn Keryloo or IAj»or, and discountenance all mobs nr bin 
i - credentials oj Charles B. Mitchell, Senator eleCzt dranoos to the execution of such laws, and that cltteennof 
Constitution unimpaired, and, on the Meiiaitiv** noint n *. . , . Congressional ProceedincM. r i Vea * jjcojrn i »ft!be .justi!:** and prnpristr of a 
the law* flfi-Z ,,, , , 1 , 1,1 ( ” J th '- 27th a dispatch to the War Department by * faithful execution of the Constitution and |» w » made in pur- 
srs«- .... u,a, « „,L iere , ’ ^ d "lT Mr ; ZTx VTtt fmmui ™ 
would, to change either. Texas all forts, arms, and munitions in that State. 6 cred nt]a,s of Charles B. Mitchell, Senator elect drances to the execution of such law-, and that citizen* of 
If it were admitted that yon who are dissatisfied Twictts’ name has been stricken fcon, Trom Arkansas. eiu'-U State ehall be «nt , tl«d tn all the privilege* and innnuni 
i . h ,“ from «»>"-» •’ »r.w. a , te, bin,» M yzsKSi zsssu „ 
patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him | The United States Court on the 25th ult., in the ° f lhe in tbe seced(jd iol no^t°h ereto 
who has never vet lor*aken this favored land, are still I case of the Indian trust bonds fraud, dissolved the fetatt ' s wa * taken np add passed,—d4 to 12. destroy but to mwtatn and harmonize the Institutions or the 
c S „tt° adjust, in the best way, ali our present inaction, deciding the Goverment bonds legal *1*™™°*™* ™ amendment, pealing tba ^ 
y the same be- I leer cases have broken out in a British vessel-of-war. 
built of green timber. 
existing in fif- 
■ laws of those J ’* r - Lincoln has already received 700 applications for 
■ or otherwise, office from Minnesota, 
re with slaves 
right* of their l he Oswego Times says Fort Ontario, at that piace, is 
now garrisoned by rate. * 
propriety of a 
h made in pur- The number of persons who annually arrive to the age 
»■ P..!__ mo ?p_ . , 
from Arkansas. 
On motion of Mr. Wade, the bill in relation to the 
each State shall he entitled to all the privileges and inimuiii 
tie- of citizen • in the several States. 
Rejoiced, Thnt we recognize no meti conflicting element in 
— The price of Kossuth notes in Hungary has advanced as 
much a* 40 to 60 per cent. 
The pods of the Southern black locust tree are exported 
to England as food for cattle. 
difficulties. 
In your hand*, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, 
and not in mine, i* the momentous issue of civil war' 
The Government will not astsail you. You can have 
no conflict without yourselves being the aggressors. 
You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the 
Government, while I shall have the most solemn one 
to preserve, protect and defend it. 
1 am loth to close, Wc are not enemies, hut friends. 
We roust not be enemies. Though pn-sion may hav e 
Ktrained, it must not break the bonds of our affection. 
The myHtic chords of memory stretch high from 
where holders of bonds received them without 
notice of fraud, and the United States has no redress. 
A dispatch to the Government on the 2«th ult., 
reports that a large expedition is leaving Galveston 
for the Rio Grande, consisting of six companies from 
Galveston and Houston, and two from the interior. 
The object is declared to be protection to the frontier 
P “Hu passed,— M to 12. destroy hut to *u stain and harmonize the Institutions of the — Near Si. Paul. Minn., on the 0th ult.. rn.x horses were 
Mr. bimmons offered an amendment, repealing the i'l' lllUr - v ' ttn,i that equal justice Is .lone to ail part* of frozen to death in one stable. 
21 for P rev « Bt, DK the Secretary of War purchasing equality «Mlju*tt^ ^| pP,T " 1 , ' !rnc, ‘ on u ' n '"- uf _ s pecia i relieiouf fen-irex are ^ m r . 
ziewor preventing the Secretary of War purchasing 
patented article*. Mr. Pierce said it had been 
repealed except a portion relating to the fire arms 
amendment. Adopted. 
I he annual report from the Smithgonian Institute 
was received and ordered printed. 
equality *nd justice to all, — Special rcligiouf rervices are now held in London, con- 
Kcnolv,,d that the faithful ohrervaore on the part or ull ducted in the Gaelic laiiMittse 
the State* of all constitutional obligation* to each other and language. 
to the kederal Gorernmentl* e-aenlial'to the peso- of the ~ Sma " prevailing in New York, there having been 
‘Twiwd, That each Stale he requested to revise It* statute., ^ dea ‘ hS ^^ U within R W ' eek ' 
M ' u iunuI| d same as to rec.nro, without — The 1‘eunHylvania House passed a joint resolution eivine 
ctf datiori by Congrere, to citizens of otlicr State h traveling $30,000 for the relief of Kansas 
‘herein, the same protection a- citizen* of such Stale, enjoy- 
id also protect the citizenf of other States, traveling or *'o- — The Manufacture of beet-root sugar in France has fallen 
P?P® l » r violence or illegal *um- off the last year about one-fifth. 
Ary punishment* Without tn8l in dun form of Uwfor lm 
, — A number of thu mills In Lowell, Mass., contemplate a 
,V/r „M d 'i ' ,at eac n Stat0 'T hl ? ra «pe«trnlly requested to reduction in the hour* of labor. 
Ki-i.t such lav w a« will prevent, and punish any attempt n bat 
strained, it must not break the bonds of our affection, in th * ev,J ' nt of the Uuited States troops being wlth- 
Ihe mystic chords of memory stretch high from drawn. Col. Ford, an old ranger, commands the 
every hafitte-fleld and patriot grave to every living regiment 
heart and hearUi-Btone all ov*.-r this broad land, utid S. n ‘ ^ 
will yet swell th« r-liwus of the 1 nion when again 10 eace ConveHtion adjourned nine die. Many 
touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels Commissioners have gone home. Leading members 
of our nature. j of the Convention in the Border States express satis- 
■ " ' '■ - ' _ ~~ faction with the Franklin plan of adjustment and 
2 ^ 4 * 4414,1 (\ , 4 ' } express thetr determination to make it a distinct is- 
5iUra L d I l (I t 4 It l 4 ) 4 fiue in 1,10 approaching election. They maintain that 
VAnAA* their States can be held in the Union by it. 
Here is the plan of Mr. Franklin of Pa., which is a 
ISTE'W'S DEPARTMENT. modification of that of Mr. Guthrie of Ky., in full de- 
---- tail: 
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ MARCH 9, 1861, Sue. 1 In all the present territory of the United State* 
-:_ north of the parallel of 36’ 30' of north latitude invohrafan-u 
- - ■ servitude, except u, punlahttcnt of crime, i* prohibited. In 
DOMESTIC TvT-raTTTQ all the present territory south of that line the statue or pnr- 
JAWiXLJli* IIC, JN.h,W*3. sons held to MrvtOC or labor as it now nxial*. *heM not bo 
---- changed. Nor shall any law he passed by Conare** or the 
Territorial I.cgislature to hinder or prevent the T ik-in.» 
A NEW NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION persons from any of the State* oftbi* Union to jimiterritory 
- __ nor to impairThe rights arising from said *elution. But the 
a ...... i , , same shall he subject fz.- judicial cognizance in the Federal 
A u u am am Lincoln was duly Inaugurated as Presi- f-ou its. according to the con,-.,, of the common law. When 
ISOTEWS DEPARTMENT. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ MARCH 9, 1801. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
A NEW NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION. 
Aiiuau am Lincoln was duly inaugurated as IVesi- 
-K 4 H *i Wi ... * ^ iher^io, tho «imc protection citizen* of SUle W 
bill i ox the orgauization of the Territory of land aUo protect the cltkftof of other -StAtep. tmvHing or 
Colorado was taken up. Mr. Green moved that the j ounli »»? ther.-in, ugaim-t the popular vihlenee or Illegal *um- 
d.„,, „ _ ... . lut nury porn-.hment, without trial in dun form of law for Ur, 
Senate concur with the amendment of the House, puted crimes. 
The House amendment was agreed to — ve» a or.. Resolved. That each State he also regriertfullv reuueirted to 
navB iq - ’ * ' enact snob law- a* will prevent aud punish any attempt nhat- 
•> ' ever in nuch State to recognize or set on foot the Iawliuw in- 
The bill to organize a Territorial Government of state «r Tcrriu, ry, 
Nevada wac , , Resolved, I hat the 1 resident be requested to transmit 
- ( d was taken up and passed. coping of the foregoing resolution* to the Governors of the 
The bill to organize the Territory of Daontih ?? v ? ral s,atr '- H 'j ,h 11 requoBt that they he communicated to 
, , , , J " as their respect) vr T.cgielature*. 
taken up and passed. Resolved, That a* there are no propositions from any quar- 
Mr. Fessenden made a report from the Conference t i r to w ‘th cUvery in the Dwtnet of Colombia, or in 
- - 1 konierence places Under the exclnriveiurifdlction of Congress, and Mtu- 
ate within the limit* of State* that permit the holding of 
committee on the Diplomatic bill. Agreed to So w 'thin tho 
the Consular and Diplomatic bill passed. ' ' fettee'doe 
Mr. Seward presented credentials of Mr. Harris. subject*. 
Qnna^riw i.InzG f.,,.... V_ 
. ,u ‘ u “ Senator elect from New York. 
of the United States ^ H ° USG amemlmont t0 0* Route bill was 
latitude, involuntary a ff ie ed to, and the hill passed. 
HneihrsSRne 1 " ^ " om ™ itlee of inference on the patent hill 
W exist*, shall not bo imported. The report was agreed to, and the bill 
1 by ConpryeM or ;he paHaed. 
out the taking ot such mv ^ 
nion to raid territory, 1 f,e Committee of conference on the tariff bill 
JSSStoe Federal rt 'I ,orted ’ recommending the concurrence of the 
common law. When Rouse amendment, striking out the duty on tea and 
dent of the United States, on Monday last, the coffee. Agreed to and the bill passed 
impressive ceremonies being undisturbed, except by h. that required for u member of Congre*- l/«halj, if its t him T1,e hnny bill was taken up and pas 
the plaudits of an immense concourse of t.em.h'' of B ° ve, 7 , , rae S t »» bn admitted' tnh, thl. u n ; pn on 
Th . . , , ,, „ , ' poopit. an equal footing with tho original Btatcti, with or without In 
ihe inaugural Address of the President, whioh we voluntary servitude, as tho constitution of *u.-h suie may 
publish elsewhere, is considered by men of all oar ‘‘Ts^v 
ties, so far us we have heard opinions expressed, an except by 'discovery. andJbr naval ''md «i»r(^'i!tat» 
able and sUtesmanllke paper-eminently firm and 
dignified, yet conservative ami national in its posi- , !" ,i * r .v servitude, and a ingiority of aU u,* SonaU.ra from 
tions, arguments and conclusions The Hat 1 * 10*1 ^'"itc* xi-hlch prohibit that relation; nor shall territory bone 
, .. , . , lusiuns. ine last 1 rasi- ..uired bytraatg, unieu the voks of n maioritv «i ihi 8 o«l 
dential Inaugural which we specially eonwnendad, tqre k"i" each eht»* of state* hcreimUj.T .....uti,,,,, .! i,« ...j,, 
emanated fr.m a Democrat, but this one is to.uch d m>o rt rech ’trtwtT'’ Ul "'! * Hio zaUScs 
i lie army oiu was taken up and passed. 
The Vice Presi<Vitt announced the reception of 
CTor in such Mo to recognize or set on foot the lawlawi in- — A few gentlemen of New York city have presented an 
t0 tnlnsml1 elegant carriage to Mrs. Lincoln. 
coping of Ihe foregoing resolutions to the Governors of the — Tbe Postmaster of Now Orleans has issued a shin plaster 
SStr^^v^wISSSf th3t tLOy ‘'° ,UmUnil ’ A,e<1 ,V which ««ived in payment of postage. 
riarer^ 1 ~2 r M ““ tg0me 7 C 7TT h “ PWSed at aCt eStabli8h ' 
fdaco* under the exclusive jurisdiction Of Congress, and situ. ‘ 6 h6 ^ nf,vl £' ltK,n 01 Ihe Mississippi 
ate within tbe limit* of Suite* that permit the holding of —Andrew Johnson, the patriotic Senator from Tennessee 
Nlaves, 01 to interfere with the inter state fliVH triiHr. thl. „ ’ F . uoin HDoessef, 
committee doc* not deem it necessary to take any action on commenced llfB a practical shoemaker, 
those subject*. _ Mrs. Gore, the great English authoress, recently deceased, 
After the adoption of the Resolutions of tbe Cora- wrote 200 Toluraes of book* io her lifetime, 
lnittec of Thirty-three, the House took up the joint ~ A mechanic of Hartford, Ct., ha* invented a machine 
resolution reported by the Committee, which reads w, dch will make 100,000 iflate pencils jmr day. 
as follows: — Mr. Doxat has retired from th* editorship of the London 
“ Joist Rrbomjtion to Aukxu tits Oo.wi iti-tjom ok tiik Observer, after 64 years and fi months’ gerricc. 
UxiTKi) States 
M tit it retoloed by Pie. Senate and JIou*f of tUpre»en/(Utve$ of ~ A J ’ Hlnck, * y hlw contm ^' 1 to cIean the streets of 
Uif United Stales of America, in Congrm assembl'd, two thirds Isew York Clt >' for fivft years, for 1279,000 a year. 
of botli lfausc* <v/ti/vrrt»)//. That the following article*!* l.ro- t z-v.- ,1 , . 
posed to tin* Legislatures of the several State* a- an amend 1 Chma ' th 0WnerR of 1,,ni ales slaves who do not pro- 
ment to the Constitution of the United State*, which when c,m ‘ husbands for them are liable to prosecution, 
ratified by three-fourth* of raid I*>gi*laturc*i shall in. valid , ... , _ 
to all intent* and purposes, ns part of the said constitution T lc st *anier I loneer. for Hr. Livingstone, the African 
viz: traveler, ha* got a* far at the Cane of Good Hone 
After the adoption of the Resolutions of the Com¬ 
mittee of Thirty-three, the House took up the joint 
resolution reported by the Committee, which reads 
as follows: 
“ Joi-vr Resolution to Aukxp tub Constitution ok thk 
I'XITK l) Statks. 
•* Article 12. No amendment of thU constitution having 
a for it* object liny Interference within the State* with the rr 
to be fmjiwriwr to that or any Other promulgated , * K ‘■ Neither the constitwtlon, nor any amendment tions to report, 
during the past twenty years for, while it is iS^ IH.jual readen 
imbued with sentiments of lofty patriotism, it United States, the relation established or recognized by the referred to,—the ( 
exhibits that firmness of purpose, and kind regard aewiire iu i.hl J itVtrit/? ( ?”%dumbin'' 1 wRhlmt - the wnw«t*3r Nows.—En. 
communication from Ex-Fresident Tyler, President 
of the Peace Convention recently held That of the first article of the constitution as ‘rail other 
„ . , , y u ’ tm« con- peraona,'shall originate with any State that doe* not renAir 
ventiOn approved ol what wits enclosed, asking Con- fti *e that relation within it* own'limit*, or shall be valid witii- 
gross to submit the same to the Legislatures of urnon’" “ M>ntof 0, '° of tUe States composing the 
which xvl^mra-fi thC ‘ , ’ r,J,KmiUOn agreed tt P° n ' Mr - Corwin woved to strike out article 12 , and in- 
which mo dified fro m Mr. Guthrie’*- plan. On sert in its stead as follows: 
motion of«Mr. Csl^trt^n If was ordered nrintod ■Tb.t.,, .. v-_ _ 
and referred to the select Committee, with instrue- w hich will iiutl*>Mze or give Congress piwer to abolish or tn- 
tlons tO report. ' teifere. within any State, with the domestic institution* 
... 1 , thereof, including that of persons held to labor or servitude 
[RURAL reader* can hnd the communication hy the laws of said State.” Carried. 
referred to, the Gutbrie-Franklin plan, — in Wash- Nfr. Morrill, of Maine, offered a resolution 
— In China, the owners of females slaves who do not pro¬ 
cure husbands for them are liable to prosecution. 
— The steamer Pioneer, for Dr. Livingstone, the African 
traveler, ha* got a* far at the Cape of Good Hope. 
— A bill for the suppression of fortune telling has passed 
the Lower House of the Pennsylvania Legislature. 
— There are five living ex Presidents of the United States— 
Van Buren, Tyler, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan. 
It cost the city of Cincinnati for lighting the public- 
lamps, for the quarter ending February 1st, $16,000. 
— Tbe contribution* to the Kansu* Relief Fund in New 
York city, for the week ending Feb. 15th, were f 16J4L 
— The exports of book* from England nre five limes the 
x-alue of the import*, the former nearly a million dollars. 
for the righto and interests of every and all section* Maryland, and without, the cm 
of Ult IToi/, 1 , ... ... making the owners who do n< 
ol the Union, belitting the great crisis in our tion, nor the power to fntcrler 
national affhirs. It shows that Abraham Lincoln wnutlves and other* from Urli 
by no means coutemplntes being the mere President *0 bound in labor ol- sendee 
of a party or section, but of u whole nation of thirty '‘ bo .h“i' involuntary *ei 
millions of freemen — that ho will alike protect and and 'iwriiorils where* the sun!’- U |*' 
seek to promote the best interests of the whole nor tll, ‘ P ( !' vnr to prohibit th* rei 
4 • *r>* r< j v , . persons iioltl to Jalior 01 jiivolant 
American Confederacy, North and South, Lust and Territery oftfie United Stttv.-'m m 
West. We liave only a tejeirmnh renort of the thereof whore it i* osialdisheil nr r 
IninmiMi i , 1 nod the right during tiansiioilatio 
inaugural have lead no expressions of opinion in^ at ports, shores and landings 
Maryland, and without, the consent ol the owner* or 
making the owner- who do not consent just roinaensa 
t,on, nor the power to interfere with or prohibit Renre 
sentstlxr* and other? from bringing with them to the 
idly ol Washington, retaining and taking away, person* 
so Injund to Jahor or sendee; nor the power to interfere 
will, oi ahoh-h lOvoIiintMiy service in places under thu 
exclusive jurisdiction ol the United States within those States 
and rerritortes where the sump i* established or recognized- 
nor Hie power to prohibit the removal or transportation ol 
person* held to labor or involuntary service in any State Or 
Territory of the 1 nited blAU -to auv other Slate or Territon- 
thereof where ll »* established or recognized by law nr usage*• 
and the right during transportation bv sen or river, of tonrh- 
lng at ports, sjiores and landings, and of liunilng in r**o of 
Mr. 1 rtimbull presented the credentials of Mr. 11 rc hereby invested with full power to exumine wit- 
Lime, Senator from Indiana. nesses as to William H. Russell, or any person for 
He reported from the committee appointed to visit * lini indirectly paying money to any officer of the 
e President and Vice President elect. United Suites, or any other person to assist him in 
Air. Lincoln said:- With deep gratitude to mv contracts or allowances from the Govern- 
unlijmen fur this mark of confidence, and with ment, or assist him in the transaction of business with 
dev flv ru L. ,ny * b ' hty 10 P erfor,u ”y d »ty, even the same, 
der favorable circuinstances, now rendered .iimKitr 
llieult by existing national peril, hut with firm ^ <hi motion of Mr. Colfax, the House concurred in 
oy me laws nj ram Mate. - Gamed. _ Mr. McDermott'* wife and two children were burnt to 
Mr. Morrill, of Maine, offered a resolution that the deHth iu his * ,w, ' ,lin lf' Sunday night week, at Point Plearart, 
Select Committee «n the abstracted bonds, be and V ’ J ‘ 
’ Tt. w . A.' . r m . , ... 
Mi. Lincoln -aid:— With deep gratitude io mv 
countrymen for this mark of confidence, and with 
great distrust of my ability to perform mv duty, even 
under favorable circumstances, now reudVred donblv 
difficult by existing national peril, hut with firm 
reliance on the strength of our free government and tl,e ‘Senate’s amendments to the bill stopping mails i 
^people to the just princi- seceding States. 
oe auminisiereo according to the Constitution— ngnim nanaii through any state urTcmory 
run* n.. r, against it* uixrent Is prohibited. J 
that the Laws will be kindly yet (irmly and hnpar- Sr,.-, .1 The third paragraph of the second section of the 
tially enforced - will he likely to restore Confidence . l urlh , fLrti, ' k ' , j r .i hp £?". h ' tilution «hall not hr. construed to 
and induce wise men of all parties and sections S 
second the efforts of one so solemnly plcdsed la sustain ,rt ’ n > enforcing the delivery ofliigiUveefrotnliibortothn per 
<*• U ™” "« w«... Iju,,. ”'t«. I "S’ttx"ShliSS ,. rM , 
a u.„ c „ pi ,dtepatob f ™.„«.»,pc. ks rfsaswj 
of the reception of the Inaugural, and the ceremonies ?. r 1 * L 1 ** 1 , 0 . 1 , " u " 1 State* or the Torritorie*, from placee 
which folIon.A. 1 . ooyouil the liinvuthereof. r 
Which followed. Jkc, 0. Tho firaU third and fifth section*, together with 
' During the delivery of the Inaugural, which com- 1 ’! is RCCt, ” ri t * 51 "fthose (UnendmcHt*, and the third paragraph 
meneed at 1 4 o'clock. Mr. Lincoln was much cheered, i^S 
especially at any allusion to the Union. President Mi^reflWainhe'sut!.7 ^ or “holiahed withoutthe 
Buchanan and Chief Justice Taney listened with the *«<;. 7. Congrcra *hall provide bv law that the United 
utmost attention to every word of the address, and ut .V 1 thl ' r Gill value of hi* fugitives 
its conclusion the latter administered the usual oath, 
wh,cl1 ™ 
by like violence or intimidation, and the owner therein nre- 
The Chief Justice seemed very much agitated and M| d abstracted in the pursuit nt his remedy for the 
in,.,a,,* Oh** ,,, 1 .cc,„ iW .v ,„f, 
attguration to-day makes the eighth ceremony of the n ‘ tlPS °* the st ' v< ’ J ' n| Su ‘ u ' 
kimi at which ' hief Justice Tanev has officiated, hay- Information is before the proper authorities, tending 
ing administered tlm oath of office successively to to P rove an organized band of 500 men hud 
Van i5urei '. ' cr > Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, sworn that Mr. Lincoln should never sleep in the 
Buchanan and Lincoln. The ceremony was <vvceed- White House. A detective who joined them said the 
ingly impressive. plan is as follows:—The entire hand are to occupy a 
After the conclusion of the Inauguration ceremony, position as near to the President on inauguration day 
the President was escorted to the Senate Chamber, as lhe .v can obtain: one of their number, standing iu 
thence to his carriage, and the military accompanied the centre of them, is to shoot Air. Lincoln with an 
him to the White House, with Mr. Buchanan and the air g«n, when the crowd of men arranged round the 
Committee of Arrangements. On reaching the assassin will so hide him as to render detection 
Executive mansion, the troops formed in a double impossible. 
T, ; e r « y *«*«•». w«a*x»«.msao. 
Air Bnchanan J. ' T Vxt ? ■ \ 1 n,aus, ® D * mt>stlc manufactured postage stamps contrary to law. 
hI',| „d Zr uT: , • T " *° ’ he *W« «- aopimmeut I,a, K-an r„„,i,l„.|l with a ,,,cdnteh. 
txpLll *te h„„, T "vf", " r «“• ”» W.r l>c P artm,„t re „l„d d u m L 1 ‘roni 
admIti»tr»UM rnluta h, ! 'T "' * <!r ^ S ’ d ’“ t J, *J or on Ihc 2 *tl, nil, llo has not teen 
„ Tbe lK IValdonu,^! * ’ ,ros ”' l »“ -Z* #>• »«* continne, on the bomb 
Of District Attorney O d whe b t0 the residence P™of batteries at Cummings’ Point, but he could 
t h f W,U tem P° rari ^ ** *« of Fort Sumter sweep the whole away 
sojourn till his departure from the city to-morrow in a few moments, 
evening.” 
• i ^ t v v uuiiuuii 
in me by a generous people, and while the position 
was neither- soughtnOr desired, 1 am truly grateful for 
stricken out. 
Nko. a The fintu third and fifth section*, together with and it then passed. 
this section six of those Ahicinhnenta, and the third naraeranh . , , ;11 
oi tho secoud section of the first article of the constitution A hill teimbursing Commodore Paulding's expenses 
,‘n hV),,U u, - a -'rtj‘P h 4 the Ki-coml -ctih.n of the fom-tli in defending suit by one of Walker's men, wasnassed 
. . . report of */*.,«, Co IM .,lttee on ,1/r^ 
“ d , P r “P“”m», » taken 
liom lahni in all euses where the marshal or other Officer * *' a 8 l iet ^ the resolutions of the 
whose duty it wa* to arrest such fugitive, w#* prevented from House also be taken up. Agreed to 
“ ».5 V .^. 'T"“? «•' >iott.u S a*- Mr. Ia**^ ~ : 1.._ 
rOREIGN NEWS. 
Great Britain,— The proceedings of Parliament 
were unimportant. 
In the House of Commons, Lord John Russell said 
that the San Juan question with America was still 
open, but England had made a proposition in a fail- 
spirit, and hoped it would he acceded to. 
With regard 1 to the fugitive slave Anderson, the 
only correspondence had been u demand from America 
lor his extradition, and a Simple acknowledgment of 
the demand. 
The Great Eastern will again be ready for sea in 
March. Her destination is said to be New York. 
France.- A London letter in the Paris Moniteur 
States shall pifi'to C" «Cr the fall v*|uV*of jffir ''fi-' 5 ' eUCe and < -’ riltendcn ' 8 proposition, was taken ^rts that a number of English merchants are about consumption. 
irom labor in all coweswhere the marshal nr other"officer U ^' ^ r ‘ ^ 0I1 ^ (,S ftfc * ie( ^ *-' iat the resolutions of the to present an address to the Queen, praying that a —The California Stage Company have eight differen 
so doing 1 g V,Ofenre o^hbe tak W up. Agreed to. negotiation be opened with France for a mutual ' staat ' routPH ou the Pacific coast, embracing 1093 miles ii 
setnhlagcs, or when, after arrest. *ucii fugitive xva*°rescued Mr. Lane reported frotii the Committee of Confer- reduction of existing armaments. t)ie aggregate 
vented ohrtm^SYn th^pura^t^f IZT “W ence tbe Or * s0a war debt biI1 - tLal tbe Senau* I The Bonaparte-Patterson case was again before the , ~ TLo ^ of Father Chiniqny’s colony, at St Anne, Ill. 
recovery of such fugitive Congress shall ii-ovide 'by law lor a S re e to the House amendment, with an amendment ] french Court on the sth. have contributed S 00 bushels of corn to aid tbe suffering 
£ of i5,a,e , T’fvilcges aud imn.u- making the amount paid $2,100,000, and allowing 1 The Imperial Attorney explained its legal bearing, * M>0p,e in ***"**■ 
r ,. .. . . . , ' ’ tllf ‘ Auditor to receive additional evidence in regard I anJ said the only question is, is the marriage null or — Grt " >n corn ’ beanK ’ radishes, and the general run of early 
. ' v “ .. ,L ‘ ° r<? ie l'ropt' 1 'authorities, tending to supplies furnished, Ac., and that the Secretary of one of publication in France? and argued that this ve e eUlbles > ttre in tbc ' ,naik< -' t again, from the second crop, at 
i n, , « T Tf *’ 500 mc " l "" 1 1 '• to ,»>• tho claimants M ton decided in the affirmative. ! T "“ 
t v „ Lincoln should never sleep in the the bonds of the United States. The report was The Court adjourned its judgment eight davs ! ~ A unifor, « penny postage scheme for all Italy is among 
wmte House. A detective who joined them said the agreed to. Italy. A Turin telegram of Feb l °tl Y _ tb e first measures to be presented to the national Parliament 
piano M followai-Tha entire band arc to neenp, a Up content, Mr. Crittenden, from tbe Select Com- 0«u will capital.*! ,or,„„rrow rnornlne Claldini 
po» non as near to the president on InangqrnUnn day miitee ou the proposition adopted by the Peace Con- will occupy Mount Orlando and all tbc foiHicatiom F ' “".I 'T"7 f C *“ d f, ll “'T ‘ 1 h “ 0™“*“*““" 
a;;rthem 1 °.“ ,bt ,n v nr- •*«^ ^ ~ “* - -^ ^ 
. cniu oi them, is to shoot All. Lincoln with an ol the proposition, occupy the osty, tbe garrison remaining nrisonera of .. , 
3rwt“b i „?rr , ”r r ;rv he •» -««^ «,»*.„», ^ B z« t 
impossible ° rendei detection fiumbull,) and himself formed a minority on that Surrendered. The King and Queen will then, with Smithsonian Institute. 
committee, and wished to present a substitute as a their suit, depart on board the French ship Murette. _ The death of Maj. Gwyne, U. s. A., at Norfolk Va 
I he Post Master of Madison, Florida, is using do- minority report; bat the minority held that was not Austria.—I t is said the subscriptions to the new announced. Maj. G. had been forty years in the service and 
mestic manufactured postage stamps contrary to law. competent* so he asked leave to submit a joint resolu- loa, ‘ exceed 30,000,000 florins. served with distinction. 
The Department has been furnished with a specimen. tion >» his own name, in which the Senator from The Comitat of Peath had voted an address to the - Yantile Mack, a fat boy recently exhibiting at B-munn’s 
The War Department received dispatches from Illinois concurs: Emperor of Austria as King of Hungary, declaring Museum, died An Wednesday week. ’ He was seven years old, 
Major Anderson on the 28fcb ult. He has not been II ’hereas, The Legislatures of Kentucky, Illinois, tilHt l b e recent Royal rescript has destroyed the con- a °d weighed240 pound's. 
sick. He says the work continues on the bomb jWd New Jersey, have applied to Congress to call a fidenoc created by tbe Imperial diploma of October —The weight of tbe cattle sold by public auction, in 1860 
proof batteries at Cummings’ Point, but he could eutetion'^i’eref prop ° 9iBfc ' aQlej iduleate ^ the Con- last. The law prohibits the payment of taxes by the ln 1>ar re «a* 12.373,924 kilogrammes." The pork sold amounted 
with the guns of Fort Sumter sweep the whole away Resolved, That'the other States be instructed to r ' iot ’ and a forccd loan COnl d remove the citizens 1,090,193 kilogrammes. 
in a few moments. take the subject into consideration and express their from the l ft wful ground they have taken, and unre- —The Governor of Florida ha* removed Hon. E. Alarvin. 
— The population of Toronto, Canada West, according to 
the census just taken, is 44,425. The increase in five years ’* 
2,605. 
— There Is at present over thirty-seven millions of specie 
in the hanks, a larger amount than ever before held in New 
York. 
— The Neptune Insurance Company of Philadelphia, a 
twin sister of the Quaker City Company, has made an assign- 
ment. 
— The Chicago Journal publishes the city tax list of real 
estate to he sold for non-payment of taxes, covering six 
pages! 
— Mount Baker, the Oregon volcano, was in active opera¬ 
tion at last accounts, throwing off clouds of smoke and 
steam. 
— Mr. John Lamb, a tanner of Pennsylvania, is using 
petroleum, or rock oil, for the tanning of leather, with great 
success. 
— A company is forming in Liverpool, with a capital of 
one million of dollars, to establish a hotel with American 
features. 
— The Alabama Senate has refused to abolish the smoking 
of cigars and pipes in the Senate Chamber when the Senate 
is in session. 
— The copper coins at present in circulation, in England, 
equal in weight six thousand tuns, and in number five hun¬ 
dred million. 
— Clarence G. Keats, a nephew of John Keats, the Eng¬ 
lish poet, died, a few days since, at Evansville, Indiana, of 
consumption. 
— The California Stage Company have eight different 
stage route* on the Pacific coast, embracing 1 093 miles in 
the aggregate 
— Tho people of Father Chiniqny’s colony, atgt Anne, Ill., 
have contributed 800 bushels of corn to aid tbe suffering* 
people in Kansas. 
— Green corn, beans, radishes, and the general run of early 
vegetables, are in the market again, from the second crop, at 
Brownsville, Texas. 
— A uniform penny postage scheme for all Italy is among 
the first measures to be presented to the national Parliament 
on its next meeting. 
— Ihe Gov. General of Canada lias issued his proclamation 
convening the Legislature on the 16th of March, for the 
with the guns of Fort Sumter sweep the whole away 
in a few moments. 
THE cabinet. Advices from Charleston state that shortly after the 
mi,.,,-!, arrival of Jeff, Davis in that city, he paid a visit to 
Hat M g t 1 loma ^ aunoi,nced - ^ is supposed Port Sumter, and had a long interview with Major 
follows" jINlOLN s ablDet wiH be constituted as Anderson. It was afterwards given out at Charleston 
Hrrrlm,.,. , it- 7I r, that th ere would be no fight ut .Sumter. The floating 
s / V ’ Y ‘-r ' Y • ‘-bva.bd, of New York, battery wua launched on the 2fith ult., and the Dahl- 
t % ™ aS 7~ : ° HASE - ° f 0hi °- g«*e guns wore hourly expected. AH the troops on 
'~ IM Y * AMKU0N ’ ofP<5nn ' furlough were ordered to return bv Wednesday the 
Secretary of the Navy — Montgomery Blair, of Md. "~ Al ~ " 
Secretary of Interior— C. 13. Smith, of Indiana. 
Post Master General —GlDEON Wells, of Conn. 
Attorney (reneral —Lnw aku Bates, of Missouri. 
It is intimated that Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, may be 
substituted for Mr. Ciiase, in which case the latter 
will probably take a mission to Europe. 
stitution. therefore, --” wo payment, oi Taxes oytne 
Resolved, That the other States be instructed to !’ ict ’ and a forced loan conld remove the citizens 
tak>.' the subject into consideration and express their * 101u ^ ie lawful ground they have- taken, and unre- 
tviH to Congress, in accordance with the 5th Article served return to a constitutional life can alone save 
I oi die Loiislituuou. al a t-* j ,, " 
King and the country. The Comitat of Oden- 
'lhe hill relative to the distribution of hooks, burg has resolved to pay tuxes as heretofore till the 
reports of the Supreme Court, Ac., was passed. Piet shall have taken its resolution. 
The bill donating land in Minnesota and Oregon Switzerland.—A Berne telegram of the 18th says 
lor school purposes passed. it was thought, through the medium of the Swiss 
U. S. Judge, because he would not recognize the jurisdiction 
of the Republic of Florida. 
— On Saturday week, a fine large specimen of the horned 
owl rat for hour* on one of the pinacles of the spire of St. 
Audrexv’s Church. Montreal. 
— The Oregon war debt bill, as it has passed the House, 
appropriates $2,700,006, besides payment for horses, xvhich 
Will make nearly $3.000,000. 
— Wisconsin has appropriated $5,000 for the relief of Kan¬ 
sas. Tbe People of the State hare made and are still making 
grene guns were hourly expected. All the troops on House.— The Speaker presented the report of the c °nsnlate at Algeria, that Mr. Cobden proposed that w ,ii make nearly WooujkY' ' ,lilvment or orses ’ which 
furlough were ordered to return bv Wednesday the Coinmit tee of 33 on the condition of the Union Switzerland should mediate between the contending ... . ‘ 
27th ult. y The House adopted the resolutions as reported by State* * America. The federal counsel had declined ' ^ ° f Kan ' 
Flag officer Montgomery, of the Pacific Squadron, Mr ’ < onvin ' Mr - Sherman, of Ohio, previously tl,e Proposition ou the ground that it was not quali- large appropriations of grain" ' " J,e : ' t l making 
writes the Department that the Saranac had returned moved to la y lhe ® on the table, but the House 1 fled ,or 8nch an offiuc x but at tbe same time expressing - Once the most sicklv city in the worl i Live l l 
from the unsuccessful search for the sloop-of-war refused by a vote of 66 to 2 - 1 . The vote on the adop- thanks to Mr. Cobden. now become the most heritby in consequence‘of uTadop- 
Levant He had strong hopes of safety. The Wyom- tl0n was 136 a S ainat ' 53 - The resolutions read: Commercial— Liverpool Breadstuff*.— Fi 0U r dull and quo- j tion of scientific sanitary measures. 
ZTV" “ ard '' ha<i n0t ret ' lrned - inffdllcontenii ia ln i ( ! l n lh ti 01 'i“ i 0 ,h 0f tiie - ,ltl "“ 11 the exi*- ™ ltef 'll, I’Litel'tef'odliios'’cora ~ Ttlc a,nount of aonunllj- tak.a from mines iu Ohio 
Cate„ C U 8 h,» s h» give. M .ri.i.n .. toe g„e s . ZXZgStiftS&S M. J - «— “ 
