NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Choice and Reliable Flower Seeds—B. K. Bliss, 
fineImported Mower Seeds—Jas. Vick, 
iliird Times made Easv- -George (i Evans 
How, BeanUuiror a Child's Graee-A. Lewis Baldwin. 
Beadle* iiiiiie Bnoks—Keaslle At Com nan v. 
"ebsteqiti the Senate—June* ft f lari 
A So'il-S’irrine Roniaoee of the American Revolution. 
AJJred Acadi-mj iuid University—W i: K-nvou. 
Imported French Standard IL-ar Treee-Spobner & Co. 
KulofMin A; be GarrnoV Improved Hau-nt Straight Draft Plow. 
Pleasant V* ley WineCo.-J y Weber Sui- i 
farm for Kale—S C. Holden. 
Great Austin Shaker Straw berrr-C. Miller ft W. 8. Carpenter 
Sorghum Grow era Manual for 1881—'Wii/ H. Clark, 
farm for Sale— Elect.ua A. Pratt. 
Trees atul Stock, for Sale— 1 inner Curtis. 
I Iwwuit ^ luipy Win*- fV* Grape*—J K Weber, Sup’t. 
New Hardy ilrapcr-A W. Potter A Co. 
llano-forte for Sale ll H. 
Cherry Seedlioyv it. White A Co. 
S. u . r .w;ry Stock far Sale—Jayne ft Plattnan. 
Six ftoek* Potato—(.haa C. Holton. 
Wanted—H. Blackman 
BPKC7AL NOTICES. 
Brown’s Troches for Public Speakers and Singers. 
fhmtl |lcu‘-^JorItct 
NEWS DEPARTMENT. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., MARCH 30, 1861, 
TO ALL OUR READERS! 
A New Quarter of lhe Rural will begin next week, 
and subscriptions and renewals are specially in order now 
—to commence with April, or January if preferred. 
The very liberal Specific Premiums and Ex¬ 
tra Gifts offered for Chibs formed before April, are 
EXTENDED TO MAY, so that Agent-Friends, 
Subscribers and others hare another month to secure 
the Valuable Prizes. Read tJie list (headed " Good 
Wyandotte to support it in case of an assault, and nor the third paragraph of second section the tk>T7 f p" 5 rel f ve 10 Inland and Naviga- 
their attacks would tell with effect upon the other fourth article shall be amended nr at riel e i - + v «■ " _' n ' ,me ompaaies, and limiting tenure of 
forts now possessed by the State authorities. It is the consent In th^LTes Wlth ° Dt i*?" “ MiHtia ’ >•**«» the action of the New- 
practicable to re-enforce Fort Pickens further, if T , e , . _ ' . l0rk tommon Council in relation to the appoint- 
necessary, without serious difficulty, and no purpose 1 ' c011 vention adopted the third ment of messenger in bureau on unsafe buildings; 
has been entertained here of abandoning it. „ U J-° rj ,’- V “ y “ **’ Days 42- the nnnnaI BU PPly bill: to incorporate the Veteran 
The telegraph this (Monday) morning brings the i nt ?o' * 8U jf ,tllt€ the fourth reso- S«ott Life Guard of New York; to authorize the 
following Washington items: muon, slightly altering. The resolution was adopted, construction of Street Railroads in Syracuse; to pre- 
Tbe President has Issued orders to Major Anderson ^ '' . 8erve game in Suffolk a n d Queens counties, 
to put his command in readiness to evacuate Fort takenY re6 ° relat,n K t0 coercion, was then Some twenty private bills were also passed. Adj. 
Sumter. The plan is said to be that Major Anderson %?“ .f' n „ n „ oll41l , v 
salute his flag and embark in the war steamer dis- “ M D . then oflered a substitute, that it is New * Paragraph*. 
patched there for the purpose. No opposition will “ ece 8 f ry ' “ e Preservation of peace, that the The New Orleans Delta says that a party of gentle- 
be made by the Charlestonians. * Wlthdraw the military force from the men have bought half a million acres of land in 
* * o o — — 
following Washington items: 
The President has issued orders to Major Anderson 
to put his command in readiness to evacuate Fort 
Sumter. The plan is said to be that Major Anderson 
salute bis flag and embark in the war steamer dis¬ 
patched there for the purpose. No opposition will 
be made by the Charlestonians. 
1 he Cabinet was said to be considering, on Satur¬ 
day, the dispatches received from Lieut Slemmer, 
who states that unless supplied with provisions soon, 
he will have to abandon Fort Pickens. Gen. Bragg 
in command of the Confederate forces near Pickens, 
notifies Lieutenant Slemmer that supplies cannot be 
landed at the Fort unless by permit from Jett'erson 
Davis. The Brooklyn. St- Louis, Sabine, and Wyan¬ 
dotte, are all at Fort Pickens. 
Detective Keese, of Washington, has seized and 
retained, by order of the Court, bogus and counter¬ 
feit notes on 27 banks, amounting to $260,000. Also 
plates, dies, etc. The larger packages contain the 
following: $110,000 on the Bank of Augusta, Maine: 
$00,000, unsigned, on the State Bank of Ohio. The 
dies were of ten cents, one dollar, and quarter eagles. 
I he Secretary of the Treasury has advertised for 
proposals till the 2d of April, for $8,000,000 of the 
Stock of the United States, to be issued under the act 
of February. This sum will be sufficient for the 
wants of the present fiscal year. 
The Administration will reply to the Southern 
/v._ i. » • - 
« j o*. , , . ^ - - aa^aaa n.v -• ■ ~» minion acres oi land in 
’ ded 8tateB > and abstain from all collection of tbe Southern Florida, about one hundred miles south of 
•«*» » amendment * ,h. ^ Urn, l^uoA'™ " Wbe " ^ W “ 4 
—* y-yrnmitwe are not ^efficiently acquainted with the S ... Oe.en.gon, on Uke Snperior, .11 the 
ii.l)c 2Sctos (Hon b enser. 
— There are regular cab stands in Pekin. 
— Infanticide is on the increase in Londen. 
— In English vessels there are 300,000 seamen. 
— Furjous storms have hee D raging in the Black Sea. 
— The small pox is somewhat prevalent at Indianapolis. 
— • Awful' Gardiner, the reformed prize fighter, is insane. 
— The banks of Philadelphia have resumed specie pay- 
menu. 1 J 
— Steam tugs are now used on the Grand Trunk Canal in 
-hnglaod. 
— Six daily prayer meetings are now maintained in New 
York city. 
' —AAkAuuiru uiaes Boom OI _m. . r 
Tampa Bay, at two centa au acre, where they intend Jerusalem mpreKP of f rance contemplates a pilgrimage to 
position of the Federal troops in the South to make tw v, , Lake Supenor > a11 the snow 
..cb b., earm-Btly entreat tbe Feb,,.] fi„v- "t,'? i '» th to 
ernment to abstain from any act calculated to brine n * . ' - 1 ’ n “ g one n,ght the mercury m the ther- 
about a collision. tometer indicated 41 degrees below zero, or within 
Mr- Shackleford tffeted . s „b„tiMe to tbe enteed- °“ 
menu that it is the opinion of this Convention that if 1 ' ,, '' ame T South Carolina arrived from Charle 9 - 
the cherished desire is to preserve the country from ^ &t Boston on Saturday week, with the largest 
There are 3,500 carriage makers out of employment in 
i\ew Haven. 
- The Canard Company have offered the Arabia acd 
..—» -.uver wuuiu amount in aepth to ... - cave otlered the Arabia and 
Hi feet. During one night the mercury in the ther- >,aeara for 8ale 
mometer indicated 41 degrees below zero, or within _ — i ' 1 fg’ n g for oil has been commenced in the Thirteenth 
one deerree of c.onpe*A.lTTn»n* >Nardof Bnlfajo. 
Pay for Doing Good,”) in Rural of 16/A instant, and Commissioners In a few days, stating that they have v ‘ited . tates Senate is now in session, «»eu at the supposed age of over one hundred and 
.<< if il will ..t vn to to r..,U bo ptiwer tc trent with them, and cm be regarded 1“ of T*' 9 , ^ ,b ' ‘‘“‘■F tradltlo.,, ltl.be. 
r,.,my for mr „ if o.tr.f Win “ f “ »~1>W will refer P L”, a “ ? %????“ ??*?*'* “* P“ b *P» 
rraM, ^.crif, for popn- if o, k „,. WiU no, i„ ^ ^ Wetod'jT. 
/r '“* "" ,lM ‘“ ri «" ‘milrdf Tbe evidence in tbe irnutrong court martial indi- tL - R *P nU1 ™” 
See Publisher s Aotices, fyc., in late numbers, cates that there was sufficient force to defend tbe umter of Senators... 
• " * navy yard at the time of its surrender. Expin 
DOMESTIC NEWS. • Office seekers Beem to be on the increase, who Vacancy (secedtd)' _ 38 ( 
- throng tbe Departments, much to the interruption of Vacauc * 'weeded) 
AflhirH nt Wnxliington. business. Removals in civil service appear to be Wm. K.Sebwtla^ 8 '..© 18 ( 
On the I tub inst., dispatches received from Maj. numerous. Four to five hundred applications by CbwL K Mitchell....O 3K 
Anderson state that his fuel was exhausted, and •etter are received daily. famea Dixon W .T! C ' T r is« 
lights nearly so. Since Gen. Beauregard took com- — —- LaFayctte 8. Foster R 1M 
rnan.i of the South Carolina troops, a Btrict surveil- F. S. Senate—Extra Session. Milton B^tuthnm.'.^O. 18fl 
lance has been enforced, and no Communication is A lettfk was rereivod from tto n -i . Vacancy . 186 
allowed aith the city. The only mppltea received at in which be stated that it was bis intentim tobe Atse 
tte Z:;iT h ""“T *»« ™»l»d.r of tbe session of tbe ““So.- 0 
m,tv l , V uue market-day to another. They Senate, and in order to afford an opportunity for the v“*"V ’ J ).18« 
WHh rl °a :r a0U *» a : awy moraeut ' to elect. Vice-President pZem., he desired "" ( r,Si.. m 
g. ri to the evacuation of Fort Sumter, we this fact to be made known. Vacancy (seceded).1SG< 
nave dally conflicting reports. The latest received n. »«. u , , r _ , \ acancy (seceded). 1861 
i H to the nffoc* ti,„T received On motion of Mr. Hale, Mr. Foot was chosen Presi- mniAxi. 
since t u:: zz Z B - A ; r ;, Foot ,,eing to the ^ 
aummated on Satorday) tbe “Td TZZIEZ 
receive deflnlui intelligence before going to nrcss t ,r recognition of Lyman Trumhufi ....R..i 86 i 
Much ci.rioKitv is rnLifi. 4 , g0 ' ugt0 prt8B - the personal compliment which it implied, and lie J'.wa. 
,c , - manifested respecting the action trusted, with a full appreciation of the direct i ’J* 0 "?® W. Grimes....R ises 
of tlie Administration relative to .. . aiijirtuauon oi tne direct and .Lime* Harlan.K. 1863 
and various rnmnrti tirr.iro 'i i ♦ i t ’ ‘ out ^’ contingent responsibilities imposed. Not altogether jusntdoky. 
r .i .r m PJcvail, but information derived unaccustomed to the duties of a nresidinc officer i o. isfifi 
L r :rt;”: zzzr u r, M " ,r r — .... “a . 0 ,mt 
^ K “ g “ em " y »»'«■".’i—,,., tb„, the 
the cherished desire is to preserve the country from 
civil war, and to restore fraternal feelings, it would 
be greatly promoted by the withdrawal of the Federal 
troops from such forts within the seceded States 
where there is danger of hostile collision, and we 
recommend that the policy be adopted. The resolu¬ 
tion as amended passed by a vote of 89 to 6. 
The sixth resolution, providing for the adjourn¬ 
ment of tbe Convention to December, was adopted, 
and the Convention adjourned. 
Political Intelligence. 
The United StateH Senate is now in session, 
having been assembled for the purpose of acting 
cargo of cotton and rice ever sent from that port. 
The Charlestonians were highly pleased at the re¬ 
sumption of business relations with Boston. 
Some 300 tuns of old bells, consigned to the Me- 
neelyg, bell founders, have arrived in West Trov. 
They came from Mexico, and bear a very antique 
appearance. One purports to have been cast ninety- 
seven years since, and the others range in date from 
bfty to seventy-five years. They are to be re-cast. 
During the past month, the oldest person of the 
Onondaga tribe of Indians, a woman named Hannah, 
died at the supposed age of over one hundred and 
twenty yearsJ From the family traditions, it is be- 
il.xruMA. 
CALIFORNIA. 
.. . . , , e ---- — — — ■ v oiru jici units 
I resident. The body is thus constituted, politically: at a stiI1 earlier , 1 ^. 
^.-Republican. O—Opposition Tt *»id that at the late session of t’he Illinois 
T . .. 68 J *«miature, the members, among other extrava- 
Expins. Zvnee 70163 tbfi,tl9cI ve» a gold pen each, valued at 
MI-Naksota 
Expires 
*• . , . «i.i.ir.aiij^. -- vijv uirilJ UCfN, W 
v^ffidSJ ; S 7 Wii: %-gg f °r gold pens, effected a "dick. 
Wm tr ri u,., w MississiFPL ' ' furnishing them, for tabiespoi 
StWftSS::::®. :i«5 SSanrJS.IS ~i*. 
CONNECTICUT . ' MISSOURI.' - - 
C 3 --“ l' IU.IUVU 
$15. Some of the members, who had no special use 
for gold pens, effected a "dicker” with the jeweler 
furnishing them, for tablespoons, castors, and the 
Jamea Dixon. R 1863 Truaton Polk O 1R63 
Lafayette F. Fonter R 1867 Waldo H Joimron O l667 
NEW I1AXPBH1UX 
MilUiu 8. Lathnm-0..1863 John j*. Hal.. ' i; , h „r. 
. .1867 Daniel R. Clark (*" (r m: 
DELAWARE. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Mr Lincoln h a = already received 700 applications for 
office* in Minnesota. 
-The Sons of Malta of New Orleans have expelled Gen. 
Twiggs from their order. 
-The leading railway lines in France pay from ten to 
twenty per cent, dividends. 
- The journeymen coopers of Chicago are on a strike for 
the scr wraith time this season. 
— The name of the postoffice at Rbmebeck Station N Y 
has been changed to Rhine Cliff. 
— It is estimated that there are more than two millions of 
men engaged in a sea faring life. 
- The Southern student*, seven or eight in number, have 
seceded from Dartmouth College. 
— The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle reports a severe frost in 
Augusta and vicinity on the 5th Inst. 
— A new twenty-horse power steam vessel is building for 
Dr. Livingstone, the African traveler. 
- The spoils secured by the Sardinians atGaeta, was 11.000 
troops, 800 cannon, and 60,000 muskets. 
— The population of Virginia is as follows: Whites, 1 049 - 
663; free colored. 57,579; slaves, 490,887. 
- A pegging machine is In use in New England, with which 
a woman's shoe is pegged in ten seconds. 
— As a proof of how full Washington is, 2,300 persons 
dined at Willard s Hotel on Monday week. 
- Mr. Johnson, the new Senator from Missouri, was one of 
the Commissioners to the Peace CoDgress. 
— Gen Twiggs declined a brigadier-generalship in the 
Confederate army, on account of feeble health. 
FLORIDA. 
The younger children of Mrs. Lincoln are quite sick, and 
-- emu ..v.o. OREGON. 
confidence and good will with a full recognition of i.^an'Tn.mbufi " r ?«!!? S^w — ' n 1865 
the tiersonal whUl, s« ,_u.., ' , , J ^' mSD -...R .1867 Geo. W Nesmith ....0 1867 
'""-"“'A. .....iooi r/aniei K. Ulark R ir« 7 r> . ^ -ee" a onpamer-generalshu) in the 
I James A. bayard llE O 1863 , •>’ KW T0R *‘- , 1, V r f alTAIN '~ In the Hou se of Lords on the 7th, Confederate army, on account of feeble health. 
I Wrn. Baulsbury "Co 1865 I ra" Harris ‘."fCCCC'R 1867 / r '' 10USC ' 9a,d lT w astrue that Russia had sent - The younger children of Mrs. Lincoln are quite sick and 
Vacancy (seceded^' I8f3 John It tT i t , ' p h , ' FrerK:h °° veriimen t, approving of ®PPrebenrion is felt that they may not recover. 
r«S}»3{JKfSfgr S-ffl „Jir -n. *-«« *»-.«. f. s ,., ono „„ rf 
V-B.T <raT. ,m n^VS^T’i; im taolSZ. “* *” dins T\T * ^ 
,,Zpr a - Jm ”~‘- C *5Sr In Hi. House of Commons on the 7th an Interteting 
«4SSSf:::iJS i SS ,C"“ Ed ” ln 
8teni.e„ A n n IJf °i“ , ‘ n ,,, oREGo.v. bir Robert 1 eel, Gladstone; and Lord John Russell, Nuking purposes, is said to he the finest in the world 
Lyman Trumhufi “.CrCi 867 Geo/w' NesmUh '"'o ike? li,l, ‘ nded tLc P ollc y Ol England, the King of Sardinia - A ,iu ?e eannon ball is now being made at th« a™= 
V . ■"ViUM l AAGLINA. 
Vheanej) ..1805 Thoma« Hra^ O 
\ oenney (seceded).I 867 Thou L. Cling.;,an ""0 .1867 
INDIANA. OHin 
Jesse D. Bright.... 0..1863 Benj. F. Wade R 1865 
Henry S. I-ane.. ....R."l867 
ILLINOIS. 
v --- - - A\ - A 
Jodd SlifnniiD.R _lg(>7 
OREOON. 
r ntv I DKN.NKTLVAMA. 
James W fTnmee....R 1865 Vacancy. 186 ;, 
James Harlan . K 1863 Edgar Cowan. . "".R’'i8C7 
military status in the Gulf forts now held by the 
Federal Government, will be preserved. 
President Lincoln has nominated, and the Senate 
confirmed, Mr. Adams, Minister to England; Mr. 
Marsh, Minister to Sardinia; Mr, Webb, Minister to 
Constantinople; and Mr. Sanford, Minister to Bel¬ 
gium: Mr. Thayer, Consul General to Egypt; and 
Mr. Divine, Consul to Cork; Green Clay, Secretary 
of Legation to Spain. 
necessity of relying very largely on the aid of the ;;; 
kind co-operation, indulgence, and forbearance of main*. 
the Senate. A co-operation and forbearance he was w‘ l i>nt F^^n'.TR 
pleased to say, he had never seen wanting in this Massachusetts. 
body. He thanked the Senate for this flattering tosti- m-nryWn" r 
monlal, and pledged himself, to his utmost endeavors, Maryland. 
to discharge the duties of the position with fidelity, W°« a' Pearc,^. 0 
vigilance, and impartiality. " r Michigan 
On motion of Mr. Wilson, a Committee was K^s! Bingham' R 
ordered to be appointed to communicate the fact of Republicans 
T fiJWTOCKY. | RBODK ISLAND. 
Lrzri-uh W Powmi . 0. 1865 | Jas, F. Simmons.... R .1863 
J v Breckinridge. O. 1867 ( Henry B Anthony ,H 1865 
_ KANSAS. | SOUTH CAROLINA. 
' oenney. Vacancy (seceded).1863 
v ncaney . Vacancy (seceded 1 .3865 
LOUISIANA. j TK.S'.NKSJIKK 
\ acancy (seceded j .1866 , Andrew Johnson.. O 186.3 
Vacancy (tcccled).1867 A. O. ]'. Nlcliobon 'o 1805 
MAINE. TEXAS. * 
wrH>u*' ^f°rrill -R 1863 Vacancy (sccnded) ... 1863 
W ” b-wi.acn K TV,9 -'VacAncv (scCedeif; 1865 
, MASSACHUSETTS. • VERMONT,. 
- --—, ' fK.«o.Yr, 
Charles Snrntier.R..1863 Solomon Foot.R 1863 
Henry Wilson.R. 1806 Jacob Collamer.K 1867 
MARYLAND. VIRCiINJA. 
Anthony Kennedy 0 .1865 Janies M. Mason O 1863 
James A Pearce.0..1867 R. M. T. Hunter ..." o' 3865 
MICHIGAN. WIBCHNSIN 
2acb. Chundloi R 1863 Jsa. R. Donlittl. " ' M ikp.v 
and Garibaldi, while several Irish members took the 
opposite side, and Mr. Roebuck made a pro-Austrian 
speech. 
The London Times, in reviewing Jeflcrson Davis’ 
Inaugural .Speech, says it never has read a public docu¬ 
ment so difficult to anulize and interpret. 
In the CommoiiB on the 1th, Lord Hennessey 
charged Lord Russell deliberately with concealing 
important dispatches relating to trade in Tuscany 
and Naples, and repmaclu.d him wilh a. broach of in 
ternational law. Layard said the course of the Gov- 
-A huge eannon ball is now being made at the Ames 
company’* establishment, at Chicope, which will weigh 440 
pounds. e 
- A bearer of dispatches has left the State department with 
Important communications for our Minister to Mexico Mr 
Weller. 
- A Kentuckian named R. D. Cook has discovered that 
brandy, soda, and tea, are an infalliable remedy for the hog 
cholera. . 
- A scientific expedition into Lyhia has been projected by 
the Duke of Gotha, to be under the direction of Theodore 
Hengleu. 
m - —— ^- — wtwwvii fir- : , 
ternational law. Layard said the Course of the Gov- Att " J th!lt the Iand offices at the West are receiving 
ernment was in accordance with the sentiments of fr ° m ^ South ’ 'Squiring about desirable 
E=~-- 
coLlT “ a Mr - Wi,M “«“ — - b 
« u y n. » °to jC. »Ba by leave of «. f .'„„ entered a llr. Wad) presented tbe credential, of Mr. Sher- 
in Issuing acceplajicesi.'The a JfV f # “*' ®~*" “ “W» l'’ ace « 
prosecution upon parties implicaWd^ \Z ^ Us ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 
mattef °cLrgud min TlT-l *’° ng, ' ess ' touchin « Hale moved to take up his resolution for the 
decided to bf not tiio "1 has . l,G f n JudlcIa,1 >’ election of officers. Agreed to — 28 against 13. 
mandate of law - ■' - P r viloge ol witnesses, but a Mr. Bright moved its postponement till the first 
, ‘ ’ ,tll< ie c ' aee would have to come Monday in December. sfivimr that owintr to tl,» 
« K’U Hi AN. WISfOVlsIN 
2acb Clmn.Ho,. R 1863 Jaa, R. Doolittle...(.R..1863 
K. S. Bingham ... R..1865 Timothy O. Howe_R 1S67 
RepnbllCRns . m 
Opposition__"’’*****’"’. 04 
Vacancies _("i""" """. “‘Jy 
After several days' balloting for U. R. Reuator, by 
the Missouri Legislature, Air. Green’s name was with¬ 
drawn, and Waldo ll. Johnson nominated instead, 
- pvuvmv.il mb WCUCUHiWS U1 J\1T. nJier* -- ' xx. •« 'JUU3UJI U UJII I IIIUi^U JJlbU>UU, 
man, of Ohio, elected Senator to supply the place of who wa « elected on the 2d ballot. The vote was as 
Air. Chase, who resigned. He was qualified and took Allows:—Whole vote, 145: OGCeSMirv t.O A C’.hnirp V.'i* 
Legislatnre of New York. 
prosecution uuon nartie - , t ' f ohibite Mr * CL:ls ‘ > - wh 0 resigned. He was qualified and took 1‘ollows:-Whole vote, 145; necessary to a choice. 73; 
tested bl,! P rt P .. 1 “ P Cftt6d Wh ° have his 8eat - Jobn8f>D > 8 °i Honiphan, 36; English, 29. 
the matter charged." 1 ™ Tl.Ts °ha^beeT iudicS /p* * 0V<?d t0 tJll< ’ " P biF refi(,lution for the J on>aR hekman was nominated by tbe Legislature 
decided to be, not the privileg of wUnesses Z l Tl £ , A F* * ~ ** ° f ° bi ° ° n the 2lBt ^ Senator, on the 79th 
mandate of law, and the ease would have to c ^n Mr. Bright moved its postponement till the first ballot, which stood, Sherman, 43; Denniston, 23; 
to an attempt to maintain, on the facts annearinu i »" a*™ ® cember ’ 8a y ,n R Hiat, owing to the small Schenck, 10. A resolution requesting Congress to 
the course of the trial. On a statC’mennX ^IZhJt T ZZ™ ° ^ th<? . D e“ocratic side, there call a National Convention, passed both Houses of 
ted in advance to the Court v . g ^ mi t- could be no fair expression of opinion. This motion tbe Legislature. 
the indictment wat onW, ^ 'T?' ° n b ° lb Bide8 ’ was ,iegfttived ’ The ***+ however, went into Ex- 
have been rmuntaine 1 ^ qUa8he(3, &S li oonld not ecutive Session, and adjourned without an election. L ‘‘ 8Wa, " rc ° r New York - 
6e “ r?rr«:;r:ir e" rri ^ v be 
gresB of the following proposed amendments To LorjplA > ; A.—The ordinance submitting the perrna- dilative to protests and legal holidays, 
tlie Constitution, which shall become valid when nent ConslituLion of Confederate States to the f in ° or P otrt Je Bellevue HospHal Medical College 
ratified be three-fourths of the Legislatures nirnelv pe0pU f ° r ralificatlon or ejection, was defeated in ° , W yol ' k ' afk ‘ r lh e adoption of the amendment, 
No amendments shall be made to the Constitution the Convention. The Convention, after a lively P^ 0Vldin g tba t nothing in the aot shall be construed 
which will authorize or give to Congress the power dobate ’ ratified the Constitution by a vote of 100 to 7. | J ” VeDt Homeopathic students from entering 
to abolish or interfere within any State with the Arkansas.— The Secession Ordinance has been 'suDnlimenterv to tbe «,.* fnv f , , 
domestic institutions thereof, including that of per- defeated in ^ Arkansas State Convention, by the B alc of It ?1 
son, held ,<■ l„b«, or,.rvi.« by .1,, law, of said sL »o K :-A.vo, 3 ». K, T 
notroK, Cliicapo, and Portland have boon con«|. P rCTaiw “ I-ittloHook, Ark.. MowingU.c rojeotlon ‘ be d ”“*' ,!r " Ia of Fjr0 lM ” ra ”'« C » m ' 
U.M cxobange „9i„a f„ t the p rend , „ wc „ „ tho of tto «oo«l„a ordlnanoo A oompromlae baa boon To amtnd the Cbnrtao of l™-.n o„. ,o. 
the mass of the English people. Sir Bowyer said the 
policy of the foreign office would lead to war. 
The Times says the new tariff of the U. S. estab¬ 
lishes protective duties on a most extravagant scale, 
and the result will be the almost absolute prohibition 
of imports from Europe, and be more detrimental to 
tbe interests of America than Europe. 
Fbancr.—T he Senate have finally adopted an ad¬ 
dress in response to the Emperor’s Speech, by 1,200 
to 3 votes. 
A meeting of Hungarian and Polish notabilities is 
said to have been held at the Palace Royal. 
Independent members of the corps legislative had 
proposed various liberal amendments to the Address, 
calling, among other things, for the report of the law 
of public safety, the freedom of the press. J(c. 
The debate would commence on the 11th. 
It was reported that Prince Napoleon was about to 
In 1867, two cases of diptheria were reported in New 
) ork, and in 1860, four hundred and seventy-seven in the 
same city. 
A Berlin letter states that Russia has expressed a wish 
to conclude a treaty of commerce with Prussia and the 
Zollverein. 
— Mr Perry Barnes has caught, in the Chautauqua lake, a 
pickerel weighing 25 pounds, 45 inches in length, and 21 
inches round, 
— The music in the Rev. Dr. E. H. Chapin s church, New 
York, is furnished by a choir of 76 children, chosen from the 
Sabbath School. 
— Connecticut river is now free of ice as far up as the 
head of “sloop navigation,” and Hartford is oDce more a 
commercial city. 
Governor I ickens, of South Carolina, has proclaimed 
martial law over that portion of James Island known as 
“ Fort Johnson.” 
— A man in Bridgeport has sold Barnum a Tom Thumb 
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the Constitution, which shall become valid when 
ratified be three-fourths of the Legislatures, namely: 
No amendments shall be made to the Constitution 
which will authorize or give to Congress the power 
to abolish or interfere within any State with the 
domestic institutions thereof, including that of per¬ 
sons held to labor or service by the laws of said State. 
Detroit, Chicago, and Portland have been consti¬ 
tuted exchange offices for the French ns well as the 
British mails, to be conveyed via. Portland and 
Liverpool, or River DuLupe and Liverpool, to take 
effect April 1st. The Western Postmasters will 
accordingly send letters for France to the post offices 
of the cities first ab.ove mentioned, instead of New 
York. 
The President submitted to the Senate, for its 
advice, the consent to the proposition of the British 
Government to refer the San Juan question to the 
arbitration of Sweden, Netherlands or Switzerland. 
The L nitud States Government to select.. The Com¬ 
mittee on 1- oreign Delations has made a favorable 
report upon the subject, and recommends the choice 
of Switzerland, 
Seward has written a letter to the Southern Com¬ 
missioners reviewing the entire grounds of misunder¬ 
standing, with a view of restoring harmony, and 
closing with a recommendation for a National Con¬ 
vention. 
made that the people should vote on the first Monday Education of Poor Children 
in \ n nmcf fm. .x .. . . . aaaivaa v.u. 
the bills passed during the week, which are as follows: 
Relative to protests and legal holidays. 
To incorporate Bellevue Hospital Aledical College 
of New ) ork, after the adoption of the amendment, 
providing that nothing in the act shall be construed 
so as to prevent Homeopathic students from entering 
the College. 
Supplimentary to the act for the foreclosure and 
sale of the New York and Erie Railroad. 
Relative to the dividends of Fire Insurance Com¬ 
panies. 
I o amend the Charter of the Jewish Society for the 
in August next, for co-operation or secession. Dele¬ 
gates are to be sent to the Border State Convention, 
and report on the rc-ussembling of the Convention 
on the third Atonday in August. 
Texas.—A dvices received from Fort Brown, state 
that the Ringgold Barracks at Brazos Santiago, have 
virtually been surrendered to the Texas authorities. 
Resolutions passed the Texas Convention unani¬ 
mously tendering thanks to Gen. Twiggs. 
Galveston advices of the 19th are received. Gov. 
To increase the compensation of State Prison Phy¬ 
sicians. 
To facilitate the trial of civil actions. 
Relative to the Erie, Oswego, and Seneca canals. 
The vote on the bill to amend an act to regulate the 
sale o) intoxicating liquors was reconsidered, and 
the bill passed. 
Air. Manuiere's bill, defining larceny from the per¬ 
son and petit larceny, provides that any person con¬ 
victed of stealing from a person, although of less 
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proceed to Toulon to negotiate for the withdrawal of <lo K that weighs hut three ounces! It is an English terrier, 
the French troops. and sold Cor $ioo. 
v V* iicm M Ul Hi _ 
M tKiro w , . Italy. —The bombardment of Civitello Trouto com- — two tirgmiam think they have invented a cannon which 
” , e have only space to give a list of menced on the 20th. Gen. Fregolu notified Cialdini can ** fir *d a whole day without stopping, at the rate of 30 
that the works commenced against the citadel were a P 
violation of tbe regulation between him and Gari- — Augustus Craven proposes to use the waters of the Vol- 
baldi, and that he would bombard the city. Cialdini f'T l ° ‘'Ti^ the tbousand8 of acre ® of hitherto profitless 
responded that for every inhabitant killed, he would ^ ^ ^ 
order an officer of the garrison shot, and that he con- Theie ~ um<? , persons livi ng within a distance of two 
sidered Fereola a rebel ““ eB ’ Dea ‘ ' VlDBle ‘ 3 ' whose united ages are six hundred and 
, r , n . . , . , * eighty-eight years. 
The official journal notifies the blockade of the cit- ThOH „ CAO 
adel of Afessina. Hostilities have commenced 411 r Ther * are 811,1 80 f gentlemen of Southern origin on 
.. nceu. All Government pay, and doing army duty, while onlv 127 ail' 
foreign vessels have left Alessina, with the exception told, have resigned. 
of those of the Americans and English, . 
B — Lolling, a Mississippi wood chopper, has, within a few 
Spain. I he Spanish Afinistry have pronounced iu year®, realized over one hundred thousand dollars by selling 
favor of the temporal power of the Pope, and repudi- wood to steamboats 
ated the idea of transferring the Papacy to Jerusalem. — Of HO prisoners for life, sentenced during the last 16 
Russia.— The Bank of Poland refuses to make a yeaTS ’ NtfW Yorkl oali ’ 92 renjain i 243 haring been par- 
specie payment on Russia bonds. Alilitary forces doned ' anJ104 died - 
have taken possession of the amount required. ~ A ljril ' le 11)18 t,een indented in France, with which a run- 
All is now quiet at Warsaw. It is Stated that the aWay horse ’ B nostrils are suddenly closed, an effectual method, 
number of neraoric LiiioJ hi, - .1 _ is “R 13 ’ sto P ttie animal. 
that the works commenced against the citadel were u 
violation of the regulation between him and Gari¬ 
baldi, and that he would bombard the city. Cialdini 
responded that for every inhabitant killed, he would 
order an officer of the garrison shot, and that he con¬ 
sidered Fergola a rebel. 
The official journal notifies the blockade of the cit¬ 
adel of Messina, Hostilities have commenced. All 
foreign vessels have left Messina, with the exception 
of those of the Americans and English, 
Spain.- I he Spanish Afinistry have pronounced in 
favor of the temporal power of the Pope, and repudi¬ 
ated the idea of transferring the Papacy to Jerusalem. 
Russia.— The Bank of Poland refuses to make a 
specie payment on Russia bonds. Alilitary forces 
have taken possession of the amount required. 
All is now quiet at Warsaw. It is stated that the 
number of persons killed by the troops there in the 
late disturbance was 53. 
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te disturbance was 53. — The project of making a new State of the upper penin- 
Wnrsmp nNuw„t.,i „i „ , , Bula of Michigan, with some of the adjoining counties of 
Warsaw presented a gloomy appearance, everybody Wisconsin, has been revived 
no Pill ir mni.u*., .. Oi fPl. . 'A* • . 
TJ 0 ‘• w “ uu 6 * f yj ija a priBuu, iUlUUUCn OI ie8S 
Houston and the Secretary of State refused to appear than $50 value, shall be adjudged guilty of felony 
on the 16th before the Convention at Austin, when and punished accordingly. 
on XVI m ^ J » A It _ A J 1 - _ ® i 1 
summoned, alter notice, to take the oath. Tlie other 
State officers took the oath. Lieut. Gov. Clark was 
to assume the Governor’s powers on the lfith. The 
Convention had passed an ordinance continuing in 
the state Government the officers who took the oath. 
Virginia. —The Committee on Federal Relations 
The Government has received information of a nlot rZor Tr l',, , " T Reiatmns ^solved That Jay Gibbons, member from the 1st 
ir revolutionizing California and (wl * , . * f ? n<?d ! pro l' osed araeudluent 10 Hie LL S. Consti- d «tnot 0 1 the county of Albany, has been guilty of 
..Tmi.uuiuAiu), uuiiurnia ana Ureuon. lrnnlirai. r* , . nlln-ml .. _ 
. •.- ... - ‘“wn™ me proposeu amenament to the LL S. Consli- 
ing Gen. Johison and olheTOffice^-^ < ' )re^0X,, imPliCat ‘ U iS Frank,in ' s Bub ^tute, changed by using 
m ™, . the expression ’’involuntery servitude ” inEtaad nf 
fo^i:sircr;sr oM,oconeo * or8 
^^r^rr ndi r hs ' j ” :, "“ X-tttixta 
Assembly.—M r. Kernan, from tlie Special Com¬ 
mittee to investigate charges of bribery against Jay 
Gibbons, made report declaring him guilty of the 
charges of bribery, and submitting the following 
resolution: 
lie-solved, That Jay Gibbons, member from the 1st 
rtio+i.i.-.4 a!' ^.. zi .ii > 
wearing mourning. The citizens' committee on 
salety had issued a proclamation requesting the main¬ 
tenance of order. Over 100,000 attended the funeral 
ol those killed at the late disturbances. Troops were 
kept within the barracks, and everything was orderly. 
A petition was being signed for the re-establish¬ 
ment of the Polish Constitution. 
— There are 5,598 boats belonging' to the Erie canal, of 
w hich 1.446 are of greater tunnage than the vessel in which 
Columbus discovered America. 
— The best chapters of Dr. Holland’s “ Gold Foil ” have 
been recently issued by a religious society of Britain as an 
English “ Tract for the Times.” 
— The Maeou (Ga.) Telegraph, which has used Georgia and 
i* ii. . . — v.uiv.u uoa uaeu ueorgia ana 
It is said the emancipation of serfs will be formally South Carolina paper for the past three years, is now printed 
*H 11.1 TTlOi^ fl 1‘ITl rr I nnt _»_ j r n.i • 
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between the friends of Houston and the secessionists, 
and many advocate the keeping of the Federal troops 
in that State to co-operate with and protect L'nionists. 
1 he President has determined to call an extra ses¬ 
sion of Congress. 
A collision at tort Pickens is apprehended as very 
likely to occur. If the 400 soldiers on board the 
Brooklyn are landed safely, according to the order 
recently sent from the Navy and War Department, 
Lieutenant Slemmer’s garrison will be in a condition 
t0 re8 ' st ajj y attack of the Revolutionists, even if 
* * '-- | lttJ " 1 • . -^ — UNO ASA-V* Al guilty Ui 
tutiori, It is Franklin’s substitute, changed by using 0 , . m iscondnot., rendering him unworthy of a 
the expression - involuntary servitude.” instead of expelted.^ U °” 8e ’ 8 " d that he be and is “ ereb y 
Sred 0 bl^l BlaTBr - ; ri , 8llt V 0f '°r e . r8arenotto be ‘a long debate sprang up on the motion to adopt 
impaired by L ongressioiial or Territorial law, or pre- the resolution at once. ' 
“S ? M ? XiC0 * inth ? territ0ry herctof ' ore The evidence and report were ordered printed and 
“ShiJir »" L TT f0r , cri “ e ’ the "“*•«•» - laid o» .he »«, f present 
r . ;„ b . 1 nM be l> ro - «"»• lh»WM, through 1,1, Private Secretory, Mr. 
south thereof' Tl^t) ° emt ° ml Heglslature I Doty, transmitted the joint-resolution of Congress, pro- 
south thereof The third section is partly altered for posingto the several State Legislatures an article amen- 
The 7Z , vv! ri !! ° f Vr ° PeTty iU tn ‘ nSit dator -V Constitution, providing no amendments 
The fifth sec ton prohibits the importation of slaves shall be made which will Lth„ri~ TZl nZ 
proclaimed during Lent. 
The Czar will soon give the project for a Constitu¬ 
tion for Russia. 
Turkey.— The Porte had sent an answer to the last 
Russian note, in which he denies all right in foreign 
interference in tbe internal affim-s of Turkey. The 
Turkish fleet, with troops and six months provisions 
on paper imported from Belgium. 
— Tlie Prince @f Wales’ revenue from the Duchy of Corn¬ 
wall will for the last year, be about $225,000, an increase 
from the previous one of over $20,000. 
— The Emperor of Austria has given to the Vienna protest- 
ants a place to worship in, Concordat or no Concordat. The 
building has been for years a magazine. 
— The Vice President of the V. 8., the late Postmaster 
on baud, was about to cruise oil' the coast of Dal- The N K ' e , ' lt ’ 8 ' dfcnt of t,lfe H- S., the late Postmastei 
rnatia. Serious disturbances prevail in tbe ministry. Secre ^ y . of th * Interior ’ and tLe P res 
from places beyond the limits of tlie United States. 
1 he sixth makes verbal changes in relation to remune¬ 
ration for fugitives by Congress, and excises the clause 
relative to securing privileges and immunities. The 
seventh forbids the elective franchise andrightto hold 
office to persons of the African race. The eighth, none 
dutoiy ol the Constitution, providing no amendments 
shall be made which will authorize or guve to Con¬ 
gress power to abolish or interfere within any State 
with the domestic institutions thereof, including that 
of persons held to labor or service; snob amendment 
rnatia. Serious disturbances prevail in the ministry’. 
An altercation had taken place between the Grand 
4 izier and Caliph Paeba, on financial matters. The 
latter disproved the recent policy of the Grand Vizier, 
and demanded new taxes on articles of luxury. The 
carrying out of the new loan has beeu postponed. 
Holland. —The King has prorogued the Chambers, 
consequent on the resignation of tbe ministry. 
of persons held to labor or service; such amendment . Commercial Intelijgemik — Breadstuff*.—Messrs. Wake- 
to be valid when ratified by three-fourths of the aoe™ \ sl V & Cu “ Ri f* ard80n ’ . s l' e V c ® * Co - Bigland, 
, . , , , „ - r n-umiB oi me Althya -V Co., report Hour quiet, hot steady, at 2fe8®3te 
Leenslatures of all t.hp American u*Vior,t Hum « r,.u wriorm f.,., u.rt , , . r a . 
Legislatures of all the States. 
Rills passed .—To appropriate $7,000 a year for five 
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American wheat tir-m. at full prices for lice. an*i with a partial 
advance of 2d(u-3d for spring rod. Red wheat was quoted at 
lls2dto IZslOd; white 12s6d@34s6d. Corn linn 
ent Secretary of War, were all printers. 
— Sir Roderick Murchison, at a late meeting of the Eth 
nological Society, said there were living, in Poland, animals 
which have been supposed to be extinct. 
— Returns of assessors from all but six counties of Texas, 
show an aggregate value of property of $291,827,584 — an 
increase the past year of over 30 per cent. 
Messina, Italy, with 100,000 inhabitants, has no news¬ 
paper, no school, but, accustomed to the habits of tyrants for 
generation", is amused by pleuty of theaters. 
— The estimated Amount of flour, wheat, and corn in store, 
In Chicago, is as follows: 52,857 bbls. flour; 1,639,371 bus. 
I w heat; 1,589.998 bus. corn; 578,000 bus. oats. 
