kindness towards tbe people of other States, and her 
honor and interest alike demand of her to do all in 
her power to bring about harmony and reunion 
among the people of the whole country. 
The ship Moonlight sailed from San Francisco on 
the 19th ult. for Hong Kong. Among the cargo was 
$150,000 in treasure, and the remains of 400 deceased 
Chinamen. 
Fort Point, at the entrance of San Francisco har¬ 
bor, was occupied on the 2‘id for the first time by tbe 
Federal troops. 
The Supreme Court in the case of Fremont agninBt 
Floeri, decided that the holder of the United States 
patent and lands under the Mexican grant possesses 
all the precious metalB contained in the lands. 
Accounts from all parts of the State are received 
concerning planting operations, and the breadth of 
land sown with wheat is much greater than last year. 
attitude toward the Government, but be prepared to 
repel any assaults made upon her. The debate 
exhibited the effect of the Inaugural to some extent. 
The Union men, including Messrs. Cox and Goggin, 
urged that some action was necessary, as all Vir¬ 
ginia’s previous efforts had failed. They wait the 
opinion of the Border Slave States before deter¬ 
mining, but contemplate no union with the North on 
unequal terms. 
The majority report from the Committee on fede¬ 
ral relations, recommends that the Border States hold 
a conference to determine further action and oppose 
coercion. 
Tbe minority report by Wise, requests Northern 
States to give an answer by Octoberto certain demands, 
and in tbe meantime every step be taken to preserve 
the peace of the Government; retaining only sufficient 
force in forts to protect them; neither Government 
nor seceded States to commence hostilities. 
Another minority report is for a secession ordi¬ 
nance. 
Still another report is that the Government must 
immediately adopt measures to afford the people of 
theslaveholding States full constitutional rights, Ac., 
and recommends that Commissioners be Bent to 
Montgomery to confer with the Confederate States. 
days, and that only a limited amount of vegetables is 
left in the fortress. Supplies of all kinds are running 
very low. Major Anderson, however, was still able 
to procure fre-h meats and butter from tbe Charles- 
©l)c Nctos Conimtscr 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Strawberries, Raspberries, Ac.—J Knox. 
New and timely Books—Mason lirotbere. 
Mimoori Karin* Geo S. Harris. 
Extract of Tobacco- Eisber X Go. 
Printing Ink—uwm A Co. 
Toledo Nurseries Kihnentock is Baker. 
MarblrhvaJ MfiXOJOP f, th Cabbajrt?—»*wi J. H. Gregory. 
Evergreen Trees— Fahnestock & Baker. 
Amalgam Belle—M-G Chadwick fcCo. . _ . 
Ornamental Trees and ShruU Fahenstock s. Baker. 
I)ow tier’s Prolific Seedling Strawberry—L W. Briggs « Son 
New Grapes, New Strawberries—O, T. Hobbs. 
Grape Vines- Knluiertoek A Baker. 
Cranl-eriv Hants Wm. ii. Starr 
Copper I.'iglitning Conductors—N linttar. 
Reliable Ain-ute Wanted. 
Native Evergreens—'V. Sibley. 
Farm for Sale—Wtn Smith. 
Orleans Co. Market lair— I). N. Hatch. I res t. 
The Voyage to Europe It AfiplatnnA Co. 
Failcv Seminary Joint P. Griffin, Principal 
Shade Trees for Sale- Burr Butler 
Wbat every Farmer need»—Saxton At Barker. 
Raspberries, Ate—John 8, Gonlil 
Honolulu Squash John S. Doom 
8PBOIA1. XUTJCKS. 
Browu's Trochee for Public Speaker* and Singers. 
— The Chicago harbor is free from ice. 
— Recruiting hat? become brisker in New York. 
— Penny bathing houses are proposed in Philadelphia. 
— Russia has now a splendid fleet in the Mediterranean. 
— The small pox is said to be prevalent in Gallatin. Tenn. 
— The Hudson river is now open from New York to Albany. 
— England is the tin plate manufacturer for the whole 
world. 
— Trade between South Carolina and Boston has been 
resumed. 
— Diptberia is prevailing to an alarming extent in Pinwid- 
die Co., Va. 
— The total free population of all tbe seceded States foots 
up to 2,287,754. 
— Over 8,500 volumes were given to Harvard College 
library last year. 
— They are opening up oil wells in Canada, in the low 
lands near Port Sarnia. 
— Sounding-boards over church pulpits are again coming 
into vogue in New York. 
— A large order for Webster's Dictionaries has been received 
from Shanghae, in China. 
— There were 57 divorces decreed in San Francisco, in 
I860, of 155 petitioned for. 
— Silver !b looking tip out of its dark abodes, and promises 
again to get ahead of gold. 
— Hon. Joseph Ridgway, a former Congressman from Ohio, 
died at Columbus recently. 
— Several destructive fires have occurred in the wooded 
lands on Long Island lately. 
— There is a house in Paris which sells annually half a 
million pairs of wooden shoes. 
— Whole families bad to sleep in the streets in Washington 
the night before tbe inauguration. 
— The resignation of Mr. Preston, as Minister to Spain, has 
been filed in tbe State Department. 
— There are no less than six different bands of American 
Ethiopian minstrels now in England. 
— There are 22 savings banks in Rhode Island, holding 
$9,163,700, belonging to 35,405 depositors. 
— Two hundred and forty-two steamers, of 103,662 tuns, 
were built Id the United Kingdom in I860. 
— A diner at a London restaurant recently died in a spasm, 
from eating mustard in excess upon his food. 
— A panorama is exhibited in Liverpool, showing the pro¬ 
gress of the Prince of Wales in this country. 
— Col. Hamilton, of Texas, it is stated, will refuse to resign 
his seat in Congress, even if hi* State secedes. 
— The first canal boat of this season arrived at Chicago, on 
the 6th inst.. laden with 4.000 bushels Of corn. 
— Samuel H. Black was arrested on Friday week, in New 
York, on a charge of counterfeiting coppet cents. 
— The New York Syrian Relief Committee have closed 
their formal labors. They have received $29,923.82. 
— The Philadelphia American expresses the opinion that 
Pennsylvania is fifty millions richer for tbe new tariff. 
— A new kind of steam engine, called “ Pendulous,” work¬ 
ing with great economy, has been invented in England. 
— A steam train of barges, connected by joints, has been 
built at Glasgow, to navigate the winding rivers of India. 
— A dead child was almost entirely devoured by rats, in 
a hovel in the Five Points, in New York, a few day* since. 
— The cotton mills of Bombay now comprise 311,642 
spindles and 4,025 looms—a largo increase upon former years. 
— The number of persons killed and wounded in Texas by 
the Indians, dnring the past three months. Is estimated at 470. 
— A nursery has been established in Boston, where tbe 
poor women can leave their children when they go out to 
U. S. Ikennte— Extra Kesmion. 
The Vice-President laid before the Senate a 
letter from Mr. Chase, resigning his seat as Senator 
from Ohio, and asking him to have the goodness to 
make it known to the Senate and the Governor of 
Ohio. On motion of Mr. Lane, (I)em., Oregon,) a 
copy was ordered to be furnished to the Goveiyor of 
Ohio. 
The point of difference between the two Houses on 
the bill reorganizing the Patent Office, was with refer¬ 
ence to the extension of Patents. The Hoose had 
amended it, providing that no patent should be re¬ 
issued when the Commissioner was satisfied that both 
inventor and assignee bad netted $100,000. The 
Senate amended this by confining that amount of 
profit to tbe inventor alone. The Committee of Con¬ 
ference consisted of Douglas, Cameron, and Fitch, of 
the Senate, and Cox, Frank, and Barr, of the House, 
who adopted, in place of what is above stated, the 
following: — All patents heretofore granted, shall 
remain in force 17 years from the date of issue, and 
all extension of such patents is hereby prohibited. 
The bill was thus passed, It stops all the corruption 
and intrigue aa to present patents in Congress, and 
all patents granted after this passage cannot be 
renewed at the Patent Office. 
fin motion of Mr. Hale, a Committee of two was 
appointed to wait on the President and inform him 
that the Senate was ready to receive any communica¬ 
tion lie might be pleased to make. Messrs. Hale and 
Douglas were appointed such Committee, and imme¬ 
diately proceeded to perform their duty. 
On the Senate again coming to order, Mr. Hale 
reported that the Committee had performed their 
duty, anti that the President had informed them that 
he would forthwith communicate a message to them 
in writing. Mr. Nicolay, the Private Secretary of 
the President, appeared with the message, when, on 
motion of Mr. Hale, the Senate went into Executive 
Session. The following gentlemen were confirmed 
as members of Mr. Lincoln’s Cabinet :—Hon. Wm. H. 
Seward, Secretary of State; Hon. Salmon P. Chase, 
Secretary of Treasury; Hon. Simon Cameron, Secre¬ 
tary of War; Hon. Gideon Wells, Secretary of the 
Navy; Hon. Montgomery Blair, Post-Master General; 
Hon. Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior: Hon. 
Edward Bates, Attorney General. The votes were 
unanimous for all except Messrs. Bates and Blair, 
four or live votes being cast against each of these. 
Mr. Bright presented a list of the Standing Com¬ 
mittees which had been agreed upon by both parties. 
On his motion tbe list was unanimously adopted. 
The following are the Committees; 
Foreign Relations — Sumner. Col lamer, Doollttlp, Harris, 
Dougins, Polk, Breckinridge. 
Finance—Fessenden, Simmons, Wade, Howe, Hunter, 
Pearce, Bright, 
Commerce —Chandler, King, Morril, Wilson, Clingman, 
Salisbury, Johnson. 
Military—Wilson, King, Baker, Lane, Rice, Latham, 
Breckinridge 
Naval Affairs — Hale, Grimes, Foot, Cowan, Thompson. 
Nicholson, Kennedy. 
Judiciary — Trumbull, Foster, Ten Eyclt, Cowan, Bayard, 
Powell. Clingman. 
Post Oflice—Collainer, Dixon, Wade, Trumbull, Rice, Bright, 
Latham. 
Public Lands — Harlan, Bingham, Clark, Wilkinson, John¬ 
son, Mitchell, Hiiggs. 
Private Lands—Harris, Ten Eyck. Sumner, Polk, Bayard. 
Indian Affairs —Doolittle, Baker, Cameron, Ten Eyck, Se¬ 
bastian. Pearce, Nesmith. 
Pension* — Foster. Bingham. Lane. Biuuwona, Salisbury. 
Powell, Mitchell , 
Revolutionary Claims—King, Chandler, Wilkinson, Nichol¬ 
son, Nesmith. ’ _ 
riuim. ci -i , o;— ——, 0,1 ivan, nragg, 1 oik. 
District of Oolurnbia — Grimes, Anthony, Morril, Wade, 
Great Britain.—A resolution was introduced into 
the House of Commons for assessing and levying 
income tax. Carried by a majority against the 
Government. 
The Australasian sailed for New York on the 15th. 
Nothing has been heard about her. 
The Daily News says that the Great Eastern will 
leave, the first week in March, for Norfolk, where she 
has been guaranteed a cargo, chiefly of cotton, for 
Eugland, the freight of which will amount to about 
$76,000. 
The Parliament proceedings were unimportant. 
The army estimates issued show a net decrease of 
£185,000, notwithstanding the number of land forces, 
146,000, iB slightly in excess of last year. The total 
sum required is £15,606,000. 
A violent gale swept over the country on Wednes¬ 
day, the ‘20th, aud coutinned till Thursday. The 
Crystal Palace whs severely damaged. Part of the 
north wing is in ruins. 
France. —Reinforcements for the French army at 
Rome were continually leaving Marseilles. 
Eugene Scribe, the celebrated dramatist, is dead. 
Several persons in Paris connected w T itb the trans¬ 
actions in tbe mines bad been arrested. 
Prince Napoleon’s journey to Italy bas been 
deferred, the Emperor having enjoined him to 
remain in Paris for the present, on the ground, as it 
Is alleged, that the anti-clerical views of the Prince 
would give a rude impulse in Italy to the question of 
the Pope's temporal sovereignty. 
The French occupation of Syria is to be prolonged 
two or three months beyond the time originally fixed. 
Italy. — The Italian Parliament was opened by 
Emanuel in pereon on the 18th. 
The number of troops made prisoners at Gaeta was 
11,000. Beven or eight hundred cannon, and 60,000 
muskets were fouud there. Three Generals accom¬ 
panied Francis to Rome. 
Gen. Cialdini was ordered to summon the Com¬ 
mander of the fortress at Messina to surrender. 
Victor Emanuel received at Milan the Prussian 
Envoy Extraordinary. 
The conspiracy in favor of Murat was discovered 
at Naples. 
The Papal Zouaves had invaded Sardinian territo¬ 
ries. The volunteers repulsed them. 
The Pontifical soldiers had fortified themselves at 
Nanzano. 
Tbe Journal of Rome denies any arrangement 
bctvrCfn tMfc Holy Wee ,in<I I'lciimom. 
Gen. Ciahlina and Admirable Persano had left 
Gaeta with troops for Messina. The fortress had 
been summoned to surrender under pain of an imme-' 
difitc attack; but Gen. Pergola is reported to have 
declared his intention to resist till the last extremity. 
The Sardinian General is reported to have proceeded 
towards the Neapolitan fortress of Civeletta on the 
TrftntO, and would Commence an immediate attack 
unless surrendered. 
The Official Ojnnione denounces the rumored 
existence of negotiations between Sardinia and 
Rome. 
The order of the day of Gen. Gnyon censures the 
demonstration made by the national committee, and 
rejects the address of congratulation which the 
latter extended to the French; and also recommends 
the soldiers of his command to avoid in future all 
popular assemblies. 
The suppressions of the conventions has given rise 
to several popular disturbances. The rioters attacked 
several conventions, but were dispersed by the Na¬ 
tional Guard. 
Austria. — It is reported, via. Hamburgh, that 
orders had been sent to Trieste, to arm at once all 
sailing vessels of the Austrian Navy. They are to be 
stationed at Zara, Cattcro, Tiume, Rogusa, Ac. 
Twelve, gun-boats are to be sent to the Gulf of Guar- 
rero, to watch the coast of Turkey. 
The Royal rescript convoked the Diet, at Buda, for 
April 2d, to make arrangements for tbe coronation of 
the Emperor as King of Hungary, and to inaugurate 
Diploma, arid to elect a Palatine of Hungary. 
The Emperor of Austria has signed the new Con¬ 
stitution, which among other things, grants legisla¬ 
tive powers to the Diet. 
A telegram from Vienna announces that the state 
of affairs in Hungary is becoming very serious. 
Several districts, among them Roab, Sorngny, Pet- 
warden and Warden will be declared in a state of 
seige. 
Spain —Had agreed with Morocco that the payment 
of the indemnity — 200,000,000 reals—shall be com¬ 
pleted immediately. The customs and duties at Tan- 
giers and Magadore, are to he hypothecated to Spain 
for indemnity. 
Russia. —A proclamation for the emancipation of 
serfs would be issued in Russia on the 3d. 
Direct transaction between the Bauks of St. Peters- 
burgh and France, changing 30,000,000f. in gold for 
the same amount in silver had occurred. 
China. — Fresh disturbances have commenced 
against Christians in Cochin China. 
India. —Famine was very severe in the north-west 
provinces of India. 
Cohmerclu. Intelligence — IWewUtuffs. — Richardson. 
Spence & Co. report flour very dull, and offered at a decline 
Of 6d without sales. WUeat dull; all qualities considerably 
declined, and prices irregular Red Chicago Ilsld(ajl3s3d; 
Red Southern 12s6d(&»13s; White dull. 13s(ijd5s; Common 
quiet, and declined Cd, Mixed 36s9d. Wakefield, Nash & Co. 
say wheat has declined la<g)2d. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y, MARCH 16, 186L 
Tliu Southern Confederacy., 
In the Congress of the Southern Confederacy, 
Mr. Clayton reported a bill providing that in the 
event of a conflict, or the refusal of the United States 
to recognize the independence of the Confederacy, no 
Court in the Confederated States shall have cogni¬ 
zance of civil cases of citizens of the United States. 
All pending eases shall be dismissed. 
A resolution waa adopted authorizing the Presi¬ 
dent to instruct the Commissioner to the European 
powers to enter into a treaty for tbe extension of in¬ 
national copy right privileges. 
Braxton Bragg was confirmed Brigadier General. 
Wm. G. Hardee was confirmed Colonel of tbe first 
regiment of infantry. 
On motion of Mr. Curry, the Judiciary Committee 
were instructed to inquire into the expediency of 
prohibitieg tho importing of slaves into that Confed¬ 
eracy from tbe United Btales, except owned by per¬ 
sons emigrating lor settlement and residence. 
The flag for the Confederated States was unani¬ 
mously determined upon. The design originated 
with the committee having the matter in charge, and 
was not taken from any of the models presented. 
Mr. Mallony has been confirmed as Secretary of the 
Navy. 
A private telegram from Montgomery says that the 
revenue laws have been adjusted by the regulation of 
the Treasury Department, so as to avoid any prejudice 
to the steamboat interest. 
Arkansas.— Advices received from Arkansas state 
that the Convention of that State met on the 4th iust., 
and elected Union officers by six majority. 
North Carolina. —This State has voted against 
holding a Convention, by over 1,000 majority. The 
members elect, in case the Convention is called, are 
two to one for the Union. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Affairs at Washington. 
The commissions of the new Cabinet officers 
have been signed. Mr. Seward was the first to enter 
upon the duties of his office at the State Department. 
Secretary Dix held over until the 0th inst., at the 
request of his successor, Gov. Chase. When Mr. 
Dix entered upon his duties, the Treasury was liter¬ 
ally bankrupt. There were requisitions on the table 
from the Departments, which there were no means of 
paying, exceeding $1,900,000; fishing bounties im¬ 
posed, amounting to nearly $150,000, and Treasury 
notes overdue, amounting to about. $350,000— in all 
$2,700,000. These have all been paid. The accounts 
were (Stated in expectation of Mr. Chase’s entrance on 
his duties, and they show balances in the hands of 
the Treasurer and disbursing officers, applicable to 
the current expenses of the government, exceeding 
$6,000,000. These, with the current receipts from 
customs, amounting to about $80,000 a day in coin, 
it is believed will enable the incoming administration 
to sustain itself without calling for further loans for 
a considerable length of time. 
Messrs. Forsyth aud Crawford, South Carolina 
Commissioners, have as yet made no official commu¬ 
nication to the Administration, owing to the sickness 
of Secretary Howard, and an informal intimation that 
a little more time would he agreeable. The Com¬ 
missioners have been actively occupied since their 
arrival in consultation and unofficial intercourse, 
having reference to the object of their commission. 
The subject of Hie collection of the revenues and the 
reinforcing of Fort Sumter, lias not yet engaged the 
attention of the Cabinet. Great efforts are being 
made to effect a peaceful solution of the question of 
the forts and tho revenues. 
Ex-Secretary Floyd has published ft statement vin¬ 
dicatory of the Hcceptancesin favor of Russel, Majors 
& Co., and of their legality. Instead of being $6,000,- 
000 of them outstanding, be show’s there were only 
$600,000, and declares tho contractors have secured 
these by the assignment of property ample for their 
protection, and that if the Government will permit 
the earnings of the Trains for 1861 to he appropriated 
to ttm acceptances, tbe/ will be liquidated in that way, 
without recourse to tile assignments. It would seem, 
also, that the Government owes me contractors up¬ 
wards of $600,000, which is equivalent to the cash 
value of the Indian trust bonds, of the abstraction of 
which Mr. Floyd repudiates all previous knowledge. 
He denounces the conduct and proceedings of the 
Select Committee with great severity, and says their 
sole object was political persecution and defamation. 
At the Diplomatic meeting on the 6th inst., Mr. 
Lincoln made the following reply to an address made 
by M. Figunierc, in behalf of the Diplomatic Corps: 
Gentlemen uj the Diplomatic liody ■ —T’lease accept 
my sincere thanks tor your kind congratulations. It 
affords me pleasure to confirm the confidence yon 
g enerally express in the friendly disposition of the 
nited Slates, through mo, towards the Sovereigns 
and Governments respectively represented. With 
equal satisfaction. I accept the assurance you are 
pleased to give that the same disposition is recipro¬ 
cated by* your Sovereigns, your governments, and 
yourselves. Allow mo to express the hope that these 
friendly relations may remain undisturbed, and also 
my fervent wishes for the health and happiness of 
yourselves personally. 
The correspondence which reached the War De¬ 
partment on the 7th inst., shows that Gen. Twiggs 
received the order of Secretary Holt, relieving him 
from the command, three days before he surrendered. 
All the statements therefore, representing that he 
was unable to ascertain tbe view’s of the Department, 
are entirely false. Hjs treachery was deliberate and 
infamous. 
The drafts drawn by Secretary Dix, on the Assistant 
Treasurer at New Orleans, to pay for work done on 
the Custom House, and also the drafts by Ex-Post¬ 
master General King on the same office in connection 
with postal affairs, amounting to between two and 
three hundred thousand dollars, have been returned 
unpaid. 
Dispatches from flag off icer Stribling wore received 
at tbe Navy Department on the sth inst. He says 
that in consequence of the disturbed state of China, 
he lifts not, until January 1st, considered it prudent 
to send any vessel to the southward. The John 
Adams had sailed for Manilla, Siam and Singapore. 
The commerce of the United States with Siam, he 
says, is of considerable importance, and an occasional 
visit of a man-of-war to that country is advisable. At 
all the countries around the China Sea and Japan, 
the frequent presence of men-of-war is beneficial to 
our commerce, ns well as to our countrymen residing 
there. He expected to go north with the Hartford 
and Saginaw. 
Texas dates to tbe 26th ult., have been received. 
Texas forces under Col. Ford, accompanied by Com¬ 
missioner Nichols, found at Brazos twenty soldiers 
under Lieut. Thompson, about twenty heavy guns, 
and plenty of artillery stores, ammunition, «Vc. Capt. 
Hill had privately withdrawn his light battery, and 
with his party was en route for Brazos, to destroy the 
gun carriages and movables there. On demanding 
of Capt. Hill the surrender of Fort Brown, he called 
Capt. Nichols and his men traitors, and sent to Fort 
Ringgold for two hundred men. Capt. Hill’s men 
say that he is determined to defend Fort Brown to 
the last, and would not obey any order from General 
Twiggs to surrender. The troops at Fort Brown were 
in excellent health and spirits, Texas troops were 
being sent from Galveston to re-inforce Col. Ford, 
who waa at Brownsville. 
Important intelligence was received on the 9th inst., 
at the War Department, from Charleston. A messen¬ 
ger who left Fort Sumter on the afternoon of Tuesday 
last, reports that salt provisions remain for only 15 
Political Intelligence. 
The Republicans of Rhode Island met in Con 
vention at Providence, on tbe 7th inst, and unaui 
mously nominated for Governor, James C. Smith, 
formerly Mayo; of Providence; Lieut. Governor. 
Simon H. Greet), of Warwick; Attorney Geueral, 
Sullivan .Ralb»w. ••£_4n>duat,.»i Secretary of kui*. 
John B. Harriet, of Providence; Treasurer, Samuel 
A. Parker, Newport; Congress, East District, 
Christopher Robinson; West District, Wm. D. Bray- 
ton. The Convention was full and the proceedings 
pefectly unanimous. 
In tbe Massachusetts Senate, on the Sth inst., the 
Personal Liberty bill, as reported by the Committee 
some three weeks since, was passed to be engrossed 
by a decided vote. This modifies and explains the 
present laws, and makes writs of habeas corpus 
returnable only to the Supreme Court, and providing 
that the evidence, &c., shall be governed by the Com¬ 
mon Law. 
The Democracy of Michigan met in Detroit on the 
7tli inst, and nominated Chas. J. Walker, of Wayne 
Co., for Justice of the Supreme Court. 
The Constitutional Union and Democratic Conven¬ 
tion of Rhode Island, have nominated Wm. Sprague 
for Governor, David G. Arnold for Lieut Governor, 
and the rest of the present State officers. 
— On tbe 1st of January there were ovec 8,000 A ate maos 
in Paris, many of whom are said to he permanent residents 
there. 
— Joseph Pierson, residing iD Bucks Co., Pa., is said to 
have realized $600,000 in six months, from coal oil in that 
State. 
— In the Hermitage district, in Tennessee, the disunion 
ticket had four votes, and the Union ticket bad seventy-one 
votes. 
— The Duke of Newcastle has sent to Mayor Wentworth, 
of Chicago, as a present, two of bis full-blooded Southdown 
sheep. 
— Greek coins have been found in England, within a 
short period—supposed to have been brought there by the 
Romans, 
— Major Bowman, of the Corps of Engineers, has been 
appointed Superintendent of the W'est Point Military 
Academy. 
— Application has been made by a firm in New York for a 
patent for paper neckties, printed in imitation of silk and 
gingham. 
— A woman recently obtained a divorce in Defiance Co., 
Ohio, and married a second husband in the afternoon of the 
same day. 
— It is stated, on reliable authority, that an order has been 
received in New York, from England, for 32,000 barrels of 
refined oil. 
— The California Legislature have expunged the resolu¬ 
tions of censure formerly passed against the late Senator 
Broderick. 
— Two comets are now looked for by astronomers—the De 
Vico comet, which appeared in 1855, and the celebrated comet 
of Charles V. 
— On Friday week fifty-two swans were placed in the Cen¬ 
tral Park pond, New York, which was filled up to the usual 
summer level. 
— The Dunkirk Journal says that there will be eleven 
first-class steamers running out of that port during the 
coming season. * 
— The Algiers journals record the death of a sheik named 
Ben Moloka, aged 110, and of an Arab named Aissa Moham¬ 
med, aged 113. 
— Joseph Foote, a Revolutionary soldier, aged 100 years 
and 5 months, died at Coventry, Chenango Co., N. Y., on 
the 21st ultimo. 
— The French Emperor has caused Longwood and the 
tomb of Napoleon, at St. Helena, to he restored to their 
former condition. 
— A San Francisco paper reports the arrival at that city of 
a Japanese merchant, who came to purchase goods to he sold 
in his own country 
— Georgia papers »ay that the damage done to the State 
Railroad by the late freshet will require an expenditure of 
$100,000 for repairs. 
— The supply of copper in the mining regions, in England, 
steadily decreases — the deficiency in a few years amounting 
to nearly 2,000 tuns. 
— At a town meeting in South Seituate, Mass., the inhabi¬ 
tants voted not to pay their taxes until next year, in conse¬ 
quence of the hard times. 
— A fearful storm occurred on the coast of England and 
Ireland, the Sth and Otli ult., destroying many lives and a 
great amount of shipping 
— The Auditor of Louisiana says that within 30 years there 
have been 91 defalcations by State Tax collectors, the amount 
swindled exceeding $350,000. 
— There has been on exhibition at Watertown, N. Y., a 
perfectly white dear, which was taken in the great woodB in 
the Northern part of the State. 
— The Albany papers estimate the damage occasioned by 
the freshet at that city, at $100,000. The Troy papers set 
down their loss at about $10,000. 
— John Johnson, an old citizen of Ohio, and a companion 
of the celebrated Daniel Boone., was found dead in bed, in 
Washington City, Monday week. 
— The officers and crew of the British war steamer Triton 
have recently been paid £26,000, as prize money, earned in 
the capture of slavers on the African coast. 
The Secession Movement. 
Missouri — 8t. Louis, March 5.—The conven¬ 
tion met at 1 o’clock, and was opened with prayer. 
Resolutions were read, moving that the protest of 
8t. Louis against coercion by the Federal govern¬ 
ment he reduced to writing, and a copy sent to the 
President of the United States. 
Many resolutions were received aud referred, in¬ 
cluding one providing for a committee to confer with 
Border States as to the best manner for keeping the 
Western States in the Confederacy. Another declar¬ 
ing secession a dangerous political heresy, and that 
the Southern States had no excuse for seceding, and 
asking the Northern States to repeal the present lib¬ 
erty laws. Another that Missouri will furnish neither 
men nor money for the purpose of coercion, and that 
a national convention be called, making the Critteu- 
den proposition its basis of action. Another requir- 
the Federal Government to deliver the Custom 
Houses and other public offices in the seceding States 
to the people. 
A resolution was unanimously adopted, thanking 
Crittenden and Douglas for their efforts to preserve 
peace. 
Among the resolutions was one by Gov. Stuart, 
that no overt act has been committed by the Federal 
Government to justify either nullification, secession 
or revolution. Also, one by Judge Orr, that we 
have the best Government in the world and intend 
to keep it. 
Resolutions were adopted providing that a com¬ 
mittee he appointed to wait on the Commissioner 
from Georgia, and inform him that Missouri dis¬ 
sented from the position taken by that State, and 
very kindly hut emphatically declining to share the 
honors of secession with her. 
Virginia. —In the Convention, Mr. Goggin read a 
series of resolutions against coercive measures for the 
collection of the revenue, and that Virginia will repel 
such attempts; requesting the co-operation of the 
Border Slave States in effecting a plan for uniting, 
with the hope of restoring harmony to the Union, 
and of re-forming the United States upon the basis of 
the Constitution modified to protect, the rights of per¬ 
sons and property in the Territories for nil time; that 
in the event of a separation of Virginia from the 
Union, the Government property in Virginia ought 
to be resumed by her, a? well for the defence of her 
citizens and property, in particular locations, as for 
purposes of general defence; that while Virginia 
remains in the Union she will assume no hostile 
Legislature of New Yorli. 
Senate, —The bill to amend the act to facilitate 
the construction of Lake Ontario and Hudson River 
Railroad, was reported complete, and on motion of 
Mr. Spinola, was made the special order in committee 
of the whole on Tuesday. 
Bills Passed. —To authorise commissioners loan¬ 
ing money of the United States, in certain contin¬ 
gencies, to release the same in certain cases; to ex¬ 
tend the charter of thePeekskill and New Paltz Ferry 
Company. 
Assembly. —Mr. Comstock moved that the bill in¬ 
corporating the New York Eclectic Society be report¬ 
ed complete. Agreed to. 
Rills Passed. —To amend the act of incorporation 
of companies for the navigation of Lakes aud Rivers, 
by including in its operation the waters of Long 
Island Honnd harbors; to authorize the transfer of 
insane convicts from Utica to Auburn; to amend the 
act authorizing the formation of corporations for 
manufacturing, mining, and mechanical purposes; 
to provide for reports from Supervisors of towns. 
From ilie Pacific Side. 
The Pony Express arrived at Fort Kearney on 
the Sth inst., with California dates to the 23d ult. 
The steamer St. Louis sailed for Panama on the 
21st with ISO passengers aud $994,000 in specie. 
The ceremonies at the Union celebration on the 
22d absorbed all the business of the day. It was 
universally observed by abstaining from business, as 
our Fourth of July celebration. In San Francisco it 
was estimated that more than 30,000 people attended 
the Union meeting at the square. It is generally 
conceded that this impromptu Union demonstration 
was the largest mass meeting ever held in Han 
Francisco. 
Resolutions were unanimously adopted declaring 
the unalterable attachment of California to tbe 
Union; that there exists no power under the Consti¬ 
tution for a State to secede; that California will 
cheerfully acquiesce in any honorable plan for the 
adjustment of existing difficulties, so as to secure 
the rights of all the States; that if one or more 
should effect a final separation from the Union, Cali¬ 
fornia should aud will nevertheless cling to the 
Union. California entirely repudiates the project of 
a Pacific Republic as visionary, mischievous and 
impracticable; that the true attitude of the people of 
California at this time of trouble, is that of fraternal 
Dk. George Seymour, of Litchfield, Ct., died on 
the 29th ult., from the effects of the National Hotel 
disease at Washington, contracted four years since. 
Denmark is arming to the teeth, and the legislative 
bodies and the people are determined to sustain the 
King against any attempt that may be made against 
the integrity of his dominions by the Prussians. 
Rocking-chairs are an American invention, and a 
correspondent of the Historical Magazine asks when 
they were introduced into use. Twenty-five years 
ago they were sent to Europe as presents, and in 
France were then regarded as great novelties. 
