tiik oincnoN AKGUS.
Mlt. W. CIU1U.
TERMS OP SVIISCRIPTIO.W.
ir.BI will ot furiiitktil ut Tkrf DolUrt
Vfhen "' ' V"' "'"""'' Four
lUUni "'"If"' 'f """' ," " """'''
fire J"" ' "-
Tm Dalian M I eh-irgei for itM montkt
S, uteri?"0'" rteeireifura If ptriad.
Nt POP" diteoHtlnutd until alt trrtaragrt
jtpid.unltm at the option of Ihi publnktr.
Sitgli eofifti"itttJirt ttntt.
for thi Argui,
' pM Ilia Itiilimoiid (Va.) Thenlur, not long
i an iOtr uuilerlook lo uni( " 'I'll Hlar-
7 .1. .... I...1 mi l.r..ii.i.l fc lnk.l .l.iu-l
1-.1 IIji.ikT. bill wiu iiruiniilly IiimwJ down.
ij.f.-.. Mniii furward,
beiirinir ilia Mar mid
UirinM and rai'ff Huullivril Marei-Hulae, dining
w. "V'-i... .I.r.w duwn the Hair and Iramiilc J
Hh lli" '
iiith alw d"" d"n lh8 "J """'I'11
.uia it, wneu ., , ,.
, Al enc there roa "M '"
Aoll tliu fluid' from hruvin Ihat frll
Had raiwd the Uinuer ery of hull.' "
, ' -N. Y. Ttibum.
Ut mlura wreath our fralul lm!l,
Aud tears our clietk bedew,
. Jo "in b uitrth md muiic e cull,
Tu grief wt wuk anew.
Ourcoulllr)'', flag, our country ' pride,
lluiu llio dut beeu laid,
liieied, trampled on, aud tlirunt aalde,
'er AlouUcello'l uliudo
Tim land which lo llio nation guvo
A Chieftain great an good,
' And, when in dmlh lie Ht,
A grave where lave 1'uloauc'e (IikhI.
Virginia, how euuMot thuu du thin?
How laruiih Ihiw thy umn'I
Thee, ouce bright lar. wa iiiimt uol mins,
Tliuufli djikru'd now tliy fume.
Wu it for Ihia thy Henry plead,
The " Alpine pjawigu" madef
Wat it fur lliia thy he roe biiil,
.Mc Jit baltlo'e alrife were kiidf
O, free lh from oppremlone cha'n,
Lift hili the Uuiu Hug
Haute, cleauie iu triiea frmn every etain,
Kor CiU wilh cuwurda lu'l
Think of the heart that now lie dead,
J'ritt llio Ixnu thi'y Kiivo thrr;
. Nt'i t o'er their grutrre let Ihiitora tieud,
i Falwhuod ueVc Ixn'ruy the.
While ware thycrdar and thy piue,
Thy oouulry'e kaunrr nave;
Tlif weak i'alineiln'a nuutlierii clime
Tuoauou would be thy grate.
Forrrrr prrinh Tijruniiy,
II) Liberty put (Inirn,
At in yean gone, thy inolln ki,
A purer fume thy itoau. V
Mawb 85, ISCI. . Xilmoxa.
t!io Wirt'a Life of P.ilriok Ilmry.
The Way r tbe Wtilown.
A relative of Dnnkl Wi-ImUt, wIioim wp
will call Col. Webster, lind the tnisTort iiiio
to lose Ms wife, lo whoni liu was tenderly
ultuclud. liu wit a inuii clinracUrlzil
Ijv much of tlio rouliicss, wit, ninl shrewd
ness of tno l;iin;ly. luiio rniliinily kkiI li
ed duvra his gi'ief, nnd finally lie ft It Willi
'cicntly lonely to desire the ci)iniiinionsiii
of a wifo once more. In the course of it
conversation on the subject, I)nuicl siicffeKt
iil that the widow of u near friend of the
Col. would suit his case very satisfactorily,
and ud vised him to inukc u move in that
direction.
Tho Colonel pondered over Ihe mailer,
and came to n favorable conclusion. He
us not acquainted with llio lady, and, in
deed, had never seen her; but the choice
of no excellent n man as his friend, he ft It
tiiTstiaded, must be worlhy. According
ly, iirjed by Daniel, he made nu early
start to visit the widow and propose his
suit. Arriving at her house, which was iu
New Hainpsliiro village, ho npulojrjzcil
for any seeming freedom on his part iu call
ing, nnd pleaded, iu excuse, his intimacy
with her deceased lord.
lie was graciously received and invited
to remain. A view of tlio dame nnd nu eve
ning spent with her did not prove as propi
tious as his hopes had led him lo expect.
The good lady was full of her uduiiratioii
nnd tender memories of her deceased hus
band, in whom her heart seemed still wrapt
up. In her pra'se of the dead the Colonel
heartily joined, but lie felt tin aw kward dis
inclination to take to his bosom a wife
whose love was so ardently and warmly
devoted to the memory of u predecessor.
However, the Colonel was a, matter of
fact man; nud having come upon special
business, he concluded to accomplish it, nnd
tako the hazards. Accordingly, about the
time of retiring, ho opened the subject, and
stated the purpose of his visit, nnd hi be
lief that they could increase their mutnl
happiness by filling fur each other the da
ws of their deceased partners.
Hereupon tho widow burst into violent
weeping was surprised he dare do such ft
tiling could never love another man
would ticver wed Again, never would con
ecratc all her life to the dear, dear loved
one, so cruelly torn from her arms, nnd
now la the cold, cold grave and so no, in
trno widow fashion.
The poor Colonel, grieved nnd nstound
edp though not altogether dissatisfied, apol
ogised earnestly. . He was lonely nnd felt
Ihe need of a companion had cherished
tin friendship of her husband, who was his
intimate friend had thought that their un
ion might be mutually desirable nnd benifi
l, and made quite a lengthy speech, in
self-vindication and to sootuo the disturbed
fwlings of the unhappy lady, nnd fiually
j dried her tears nnd censed her lamenta
and the scene wns closed by the Colo
atfs retiring to bed.
In the morning the widow had rccover
w hr peace of mind, and was oil atten
tat, graciousness- and smiles to the good
Colonel. He bore himself with the amcn
7 of a courtly gentleman, and as soon as
JKMfcfast was ended, prepared to start.
The widow seemed in a mighty flurry, nnd
f?ed a stay to dinner, but the Colonel felt
'ged to be on the more homeward. At
J81 he was at the door, and offered his
""id for a parting pressure. The widow
Pd it, held it for a moment, trembled,
oluslied, turned aside her head, and gently
wrmured:
Well, Colonel, I Lave been thinking
-of-of what yon said, and I I I
re'Imight be induced!"
JU Colonel gave her a half-qnizzical,
tfrious look, and replying with " Good
wj'np, madam," entered his chaise, and
" 'w tome, an instructed man.
ajor Anderson. This officer, whose
J0 W now a household word, is consider-
om 0f the best artillerists in the army.
tk!.B tIw n,hor of 1,18 standard book on
' the army. The conntry mar rest
lain,. A . .
... - MC iulb ilia i; uui Ml. an. uo ,
"W1 1 11 li L II Un .j, - t ..II l.A
U them well. I
Ik
A Weekly Newnrmier, devoted to the Interest of the Laimriiig Cham, and odvovuting tlio
Vol. VII.
Vlala Talk atoaut TrIUr U TeaatMM.
Thin Inflated bigot (Jeff. D.iviit) made a
iiew.ee is not scared! llersoni have seen
tllO elephant.
I Can .!ir
CunJeff. Paris score TonncMec! Ho
says that (ho border States will co.no li.lo comnlUtin.ctits public experience urn dc
tho confederacy iu sixty days. We will1 , , , . ,. 1 hi, ,
simply snyJInftTenneieo hi declared for l Jolwu. It would bo imp., 1
tho stars and stripes, cud that vilo traitors, j Ut'"t t0 U'" 11,0 rt'Uilur wll Mr- &v'ar
suoh as ho Is, had better bo looking out for, ""J wdiat lie is. Tho American people
a "safe retreat in some vnst wilderness know his biography by heart. Wo limy
somo contiguity ofspnee," h, which to hide MJ tIwt h0 has no superior among the
in miuu Hum uii luiiiguntii mm ouirngeu
peojiiu.
Ho boosted of liis nreimrution for wnr?
This sniuo blusterer, in n siicecli n few
I years ngo, ventured lo shiudcr tho Ten
j iicskco volunteers. Wo know wlutt we
I sny, when wo assert that, with nil hi
; bluster, Tennessee could, if so disposed,
n.,Dtiue mo coiiieuerncy in a short tuiio.
He calculates on soldiers of Tciitieswo to
aid him in Ids wicked nnd fiendish pursue
ui ii-uniiiu; ii 1 1 una iMorioiu troverilllieiit.
Ho is ns proud and as vain as 15ecl.ebub.
Ho thinks that lie holds the " kin-doms of:co,m,rr- " m bccn Gov,!r,,or r Ohio
the world, nnd the powers thereof," in the
hollow of his hand. He is t.tokinir for the !
hnglish government to how to him. Ho
soys tho Knglish government will acknowl
edge tho cottonocracy. This is all non
sense. Tho Knglish government, as well
as nil others, know how to Irent tho dug
of tho United States, nnd so will Jeff Da
vis. Let him attempt to subduo tho Fed
eral Government, let him lire at Fort
Sumter or nt nnv ntW iwm.i nr fl.
United Slates, where onr flair now lloals. !
nnd he is ns suro to bo linns' ns Hint the :
sun will rise to-morrow moriiinir. unless ho'
runs, l.ko a coward, to a country beyond
the reach of Tennessee Wo know 'hun
dreds of men iu his seceding cottonocracy,
who nro ready to tio the roio for the
hanirnmn.
Jeff. Davis has been producing discon
tent, nnd preaching treason ns long ns we
can stand it. He has been a vile conspira
tor ngainst his government for years.
Thero is no iiso in soothing our people
any longer. Traitors must suffer unless
thry stop their treason. We may bo nsk-
ed to be patient. How in the nnmo of
High Heaven can n man bo patient when
a traitorous flag is flaunted in our face?
when a traitor comes to our very border,
nnd ta!ks treason to our country openly?
He talks of sacking cities. Vile rebel!
Inflated bigot? Let him try Nashville.
Our renders must indulge us a little. We
cannot forbear to denounce treason, and,
whenever we cense to do so, " may our
right hand forget her cunning." We have
bowo with treason ns long ns it is possible
to do so, Tulk of tearing down our fair
fabric of government! Never! never! JefT.'
Davis is on the road to tho Gallows, nnd
his followers had belter bo careful. An'sinco the nntion has long recognized
iniliguant public will not lorever endure in
sult and trenson plottiuir. Wo have lived
prosperously nnd happily for three quarters
of u century, nnd wo know that Tennessee
never will give up this freo and happy
country.
Let the villi traitor and his foul minions
come. Tennessee never has forsaken tho
glorious Hag of frco nnd hnppy America,
nnd, by tho Eternal, she never will! She
has always conquered tho enemies of the
country, nnd will again, if required to do
so. This is our country, nnd all the pow
ers of earth cannot force us to give it up.
Nasheiltn Vanocral.
Gex. Twicrs. The New York News, n
democratic paper, remarks:
The secession of (Jen. Twiggs creates no
particular surprise. His undignified sym
pathies with the Southern Confederacy
wero well known to tho Government; hence
his superseduro by Colonel Wuite. The
tinny suffers uo great loss by tho step.
Indeed, there are, or were, those in tho
army who had a very poor opinion of his
pluck. The Into Gen. Ililey, one of tho
bravest men thut ever fought under the
stars and stripes, 0,11-0 said iu tho hearing
of the writer, "Gen. Twiggs may bo a
very bravo mini, sir, but ho can't provo it
by me." Let him pass.
Tho New York Tribune, makes tho fol
lowing remarks:
The most fortunate thing that ever hap
pened to Benedict Arnold, was tho birth
of David E. Twiggs, late General iu the
United States Army, now simply a dis
graced soldier, and a dishonored old man;
for though tho advantage of this monopoly
of shamo has been nt last tuken from the
truitor of the Revolution and shared with j
a worthy rival,
this bad soldier
Henceforth the name of
may assist to point me
moral of tho patriotic orator, nnd warn the
young to beware of treacon.
Under which King? The insinuation
lately thrown out in certain quarters with
regard to an underground movement for
the annexation of Canada and the forma
tion of a new Northern Union leaving
the Southern States to sink or swim by
themselves is occasioning a great revul
sion of sentiment even among toe nre-eaiers,
and p aces the whole question 01 uisunion
: JBn,irL nnrpl tJl.r With such an
addition to her boundaries and wealth, and
and the favoring influences of the British
Government, the new republic would excr-
cisea power in the affairs of the world!
would be perfectly irresistible. The gco- "J. t of all the productions of this rich j
graphical formation of the North indicates , aud fruitful country, we have never seenl
such an event as likely at some time to anything to surpass it. On a stem not
occur, and the absolute retirement of ejiarger than a man's thumb, and not more
South would at once afford the excuse. . , . . n . liM . .,,, I
It now remains for the Northrons to say
with whiMi thev nrefer to be in alliance
the Southern States or Canada. S. F.
Mirror.
A pretty large club is being formed
in I Porte, Cab, for subscriptions to Par-
,. ; . .1
nun uiuw iuv imirvi , - i
- nt I wvim- ii lnw nanaf in v INIltlilK,
(Teun.) Whig.
OIIKGON CITY, OllKOON, A1MIIL 13, 1801.
mittil l.tar.l.'t t.aklaet.
Tho following akcteh of tho Cabinet Is
"' uymJ B"u cl"urtu vitwsoi
ktatcmnuiisliip,
Is William II. Seward,
Secretarr of Stuto. ritto In scholurlv ae-
say that lie has no superior among
public men of our country, nor is there one
mora deserving of tho country's confidence
SjIiiioii P. Chase, Secretary of tho
Treasury, is one of the ablest aud firmest
of tho wholo Republican party. Liko Mr.
Seward, ho hits long been an ardent advo
cate of tho maiu principles of that party,
and liko him has filled many prominent
and important positions, and nil of them
with credit to himself, his party, and his
,or rol,r J'CUM 0I,J tt senator In longrcss,
last year was elected by the Legislature of
his Stato as successor of Mr. l'ngh in the
United States Senate for six years from
tho 4th of March, 1881.
Simon Cumcrwii, Secretary of War, is
a self mndu man, a printer by trade, twice
elect ud to the United States Senate Like
Mr. Chase, ho gives up liis Senatorial
l,0"ors nml '"liience to tako position under
tho new Administration. Ho is a man of
Ann uhilities.
Gideon Wells, Secretnry of tho Navy,
also a printer ana editor, liko Cameron, a
long lime Postmaster of Hartford, on old
line Jaeksonian Democrat, and formerly,
wo believe, a United States Senator. His
ability is of a very high order.
Montgomery Bluir, Postnmstcr.Gcucrnl,
of Maryland, comes from good stock, his
father having been perhaps tho greatest
political editor the country has ever pro
duced. He wns Jackson's sword arm
when tho OMie newspaper was in its glory.
o know hut lit t lo or tlio son now op-
pointed to a position iu tho Cabinet
Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of tho Interi
or, is one of the best stump speakers of the
G rent West, a man of indomitable indus
try, of much practical knnwlcdgo and ex
perience, very popular, and every way
capable.
Of tho Hon. Kdword Bates, of Missouri,
Attorney-General, not much need bo said,
in
him otic of the nblest lawyers who belong
to tho profession. Tho Cabinet, ns n
whole, is one that challenges comparison.
Two " Tvros" i Tim Cahiset. Simon
Cameron, our new Secretnry of War, and
Horatio King, Into Post Master General,
nro both practical printers. When quite a
young mun Mr. King wns associated with
Mr. llnnilin, now Vice President, in pub
lishing a democratic paper at Paris, Maine,
his native plncc. Mr. Cameron followed
the printing business for several years be
fore entering the political nrenn, and Vice
President Hamlin " stuck typo" nearly
two years prior to going into tho practice
of law.
li.uiiKs. In a late number of the Elec
ta; Medical Journal the editor remarks
that babies often cry from actual thirst.
The natural supply is intended as food not
drink, and makes them thirsty as a cool
liquid would not. They cry, he thinks (or
cold water. Many n mother anxious to
know what nils the littlo sufferer thut it
should cry so loudly, and imagining it to
be suffering from pain administers somo un
necessary opiate, or pain killer, when all
tho child needs is a few teaspoon fulls of
good, pure, sparkling cold water. As the
experiment is a very simplo one, let all
mothers try it.
GASinuxa at San FnAxewco. It is
said that at no time has gambling been car-
rM 10 greater extent in this city than
at present. Wo nro told that somo of the
finest buildings m the most frequent streets,
are devoted to this detestable business;
thut men engaged in mercantile affairs, are
nightly plundered by the adepts, not only
of their own funds, but of those belonging
to confiding friends, to an extent little
dreamed of by those who are not potted in
tho secrets of these well named " gambling
hells." Journal.
CAUf.0BMA Ohamoes. The Sacramento
.. . ,,
saJs We wcrfi caM nP0n JMtep
jterdoy, to look at a cluster, or bunch of
oranges on exhibition at the St. George
irotei crown in theorcbared of Dr.Thos.
Wh; Angeles-end we mnst
- " mi.
.'growing tweoty-fivo bcant.ful, fully ripe,
and luscious oranges, each one of which
was a large as an ordinary sized apple.
Maj. Anderson is just now the most
popular man in the conutry. This shows
!,. 1 uKrui eofo ft.r a man to (10 hiA 1
' I duty.
ftliait It 10 mt wo m J w cmaw v i
Dkcmhixo thr riiKKiiiKXT. Wednes
day, Fib. 13, was one of tho most charm
ing days clear, bright, and balmy, the
still air scarcely sufficing to stir tho flag
floating over tho Capitol, and tho atmos
phere soft as May, and of delightful tempe
rature. Thousands of freemen, with their
wives and daughters, thronged tho Capito'
to witness the sublimely simple process by
which a truo Republican Is proclaimed ns
tiio ruler over a mighty people. The cere-
monks took place in the great Iml! of possible to provide reinforcements in time,
tho House of Kcprcswitallvcs -tho largertl l Jjcncrolly conceded Hint it would re
room In the country, and a most gorgeous ,l,'ird, n ' -Mitl l.y all tho
, , .. , . . -.. .7 naval force at command. Gen. Scott says
ouo iu its finish and fittings. The ""'w it Is a militarv mrcitv. and it is nnort-
being assembled, the Senate, preceded by
tho ico-rresident and its ofiiccrs, entered
tho chamber and occupied scats mnged for
.1. r. i i, . it
lieu In ront of tho lUprtentat.ves. Mr.
ureckinridge, seating Himself ly tlio sile
of Speaker rciimiiglon, assumed tho Chair,
and announced, with easy dignity of man
ner, that tho Constitution devolved upon
him the duty of having the electoral votes
counted thero and then, and of announcing
the result. Tho tellers previously appoint
ed by the two houses took their scuts, and
proceeded to 0xn nnd rend aloud tho re
ports of the Electoral College of ench State,
begitilng with Muiuo and ending with Ore
gon ned Minnesota. Through tho long
ami tedious process, the audience were si'
lent and mast patient. When, at lust, nil
tho reports hatl been opened. Senator
Trumbull addressed the Chair, stating the
number of electoral votes cast for cnt li
candidate, nnd the Vice President nuncnine-
ed that Abraham Lincoln nml H iniiibal
Hamlin had been chosen President and
Vice-President of the Unhid States, for
four years, b-giuing on llio 4lh of March
next. And that w.ih ull that Republican
simplicity has substituted for the form nnd
porado and show which attends the procla
mation of a rule in countries where the di
vine right to reign is recognized. These
briefly-stated proceedings over, the Senate
passed out aud returned lo its legislative
hull, nnd the vast assemblage without the
slightest sign of approbation or disapproba
tion left their scats and retired ns gravely
us though in the presence of royally itself.
Forty Baiuf.s is Tks Days! As nu
iiisltiiico of the rapid increase in importance
and population of the Western country
ns nn instnneo of the abundance of the crop
iu scott county we chroiuclu tho fact, we
point with feeling!) of just county pride to
tho imposing fact, that the lull number ol
forty births has taken placo within the
town of Le Claire within the space of ten
days! Tulk about your big potatoes;
about your whent forty bushels lo the acre
talk about secession nml disunion, nnd all
such stuff that ain't nothing compared
with this mighty vindication of Iowa pro
gress and Iowa institutions. Forty jubi
lant fathers; forty cradles to rock; forty
thousand scrooms: Jerusalem, what
country! The doctors sny that tho good
mothers are quite ns well as could be cx
pected." Thank you, mid the children ore
nil smart, healthy, nml pretty. Duvcujiart
Lunette.
A Powerful Nation. Tho six States
of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi nnd Louisiana, which
have ns they think left tho Union, have
by llio census ol lSlil) a population of
2,2S:,M whites, and 2,105,721 slave
aud freo blacks; iu all 4,lo.'U0S; just
about enough whites to control tho blacks,
leaving none to trouble their noighbor.i by
offeusivo operations. There is really no
wonder they deprccutc a coercion they have
so little power to resist.
Tiir Mas who Won't Secepk with his
State. Tho New Orleans True Delta re
turns its acknowledgments to "tho Hon.
Edward Bouligny, the faithful Iteprcsenlivc
of the First District," lor a bound copy of
the report of llio Covodo Committee, a spo
cies of Ncwgnto calendar record of the in
famies of Buchannn, Cobb, Floyd, Touccy,
it Co. in tho admistrution of this Govern
ment, nnd for other interesting public doc
uments. General Scott. Tho most intimate
friendship has sprung up between Gen.
Scott and President Lincoln, and it is said
that the salute of one hundred guns Cred
by order of the former, on the harmonious
termination of the Pence Conference, was
heartily approved of by Lincoln. Gen.
Scott has been consulted freely . about the
appointment of the Cabinet.
JST Letters from the interior of Louisi
ana say that the slaves ore daily growing
more and nioro disobedient, and punish
ment is daily inflicted, where tho lush had;
not been used for months. A lady bad ,
deserted her plantation, leaving it to the
nccroes. and fled to New Orleans. Those
who have negroes to hire find no employ
ment for them, aud they are thus an ex
pense on their hands.
Motto for all true Americans. Mr.
Dix, our late Secretary of the Treasury,
has given utterance to a sentiment that
should be emblazoned iu every public place
from one eud of the Union to the other:
" If any one attempts to fill low the
American flag, snooT him pa the skit!"
h'uIo of Trutli iu every issue.
No. l.
LATH FROM TIIK A'AST.
I'ATKH TO HAIKU 18.
We copy the following news from tho
Ued Rluff Independent;
Foiit Cnim iiii.i., March 2(1, 8 r. h.
The Tony Kxpnss hus arrived. The
following is tho Union's report:
St. Lot in, March HI.
An niithorir.cd order for the evacuation
of Fort Sumter i not yet Issued. All ac
counts ogrvu (hut such will be the ullimute
policy of the Admiuiatrutioii. No other
course can bo pursued, ns it would bo liu-
ed Hint ho takes tho entire responsibility of
tho step.
, Som "f iho, u,'ra lt Pllk'niii (Icnotim-o
tho step bitterly, but others, win o regret-
J, fa
voulul.lo. Amonir tho latter is tho New
York Tribune. Uepubhcaiis throw the en
tire blumo on tho previous administration.
Union uieu in border States, strongly
uriro that the policy will bo pursued, of
evacuating the forts.
Southern commissioners havo addressed
a communication to Seward, and tho latter
has asked timo for consideration. Tho
matter will probably bo referred to the
Semite. Meanwhile everything ut the
South rcmuins quiet. There nru 110 impor
tant movements to bo reported.
Latest advices from Texas stato Fort
Brown will be quietly given up by C'npt
Hill, ns soon ns menus for transporting
troops arrive. Tho terms wero agreed
upon on the fith of March, between the
Texas commissioners nnd Hill. Texas
trooM nt Brazos nro fortifying tho Island
to iniiko it impregnable.
The Texas Convention has passed n res
olution authorizing tho transfer of Stuto
military to tho Provisional Government.
Gov. Houston refused lo rccoguizo the
Convention and says ho and tho legisla
ture, which meets March ISth, will utteml
to tho public questions now arising.
Tlio Georgia Convention bus made a
similar transfer of forts, nrseuuls and units.
Tho Southern Congress huvo adopted a
permanent Constitution. The President
to servo six years, and officers under the
grade of Cabinet, during good behavior .
Ciibinet officers eligible to seats in Con
gress. No difficulty is saiil lo exist in ob
taining tho fifteen million loan.
Virginia, Missouri and Arkansas Con
ventions have not yet como to any conclu
sions, or test vote. Indications favor u
Border Slave State Conference.
Ctissius M. Clay has accepted tho Span
ish Mission.
Corwiu has nut decided on tho Mexican
Mission.
The United States Sennte, by resolu
tion, havo directed the Secretary to omit
from tho roll tho names of six Senators
whose seals are vacated.
The Republican candidate for Governor
iu New Hampshire is about 5,000 ahead,
so far ns heard from.
Tho bill amendatory of tho Pcrsonul
Liberty Law litis been ordered to a third
reading in tho Maine House.
David Wilmot lias been elected U, S.
Sennlor from Pennsylvania.
Tho United Stales Supremo Court has
decided in favor of Mrs. Gaines, mid gives
her the wholo estate of David Clark.
Tho contract litis been closed for mov
ing the Buttot'field mail to the Central
route. Time, 10 days, Sundays included.
Tho Pony Express is to run thrco times
a week in eight days, to commence on the
15th of June. The limit on the southern
route is expected to stop soon.
Sr. Lot is, March IS1I1.
Tho news since the departuro of the last
Pony docs not alter the position of imljoti
ul ull'iiirs iu uny particular. Very littlu re
quires to be added.
Thero is no official ntiuniincemcnt of the
evacuation of PVt Sumter, though it is
generally understood that the evacuation
has been agreed upon,
Tho Northern press generally treat the
step as unavoidable.
The reported intent ion to withdraw the
Federal troops created great rejoicing ut
Charleston.
Tho attention of the Administration is
mostly engaged by the appointments, but
none yet have been uiadu affecting tlio
Pacific const.
It is understood that the appointments
will be nil made in tho Freo States before
those in the slave Status.
Washington hus been agitated with ru
mors of a collision, but this is probubly a
canard.
Nothing important has been ilono by
tlio Southern Confederacy, and 110 steps
have been lukcu by the Commissioners at
W uklunirtou.
The U. S. Irpops in Florida nro quietly
withdrawing from the State.
Tho secessionists nro making strenuous
efforts to carry their point iu the Virginia
Convention, without, however, any indica
tion of success.
The only test voto had in tho Missouri
Convention is against the secessionists two
to one, though that vote was not strictly a
test of secession strength.
A shnrp altercation took place in the
Senate 011 Friday on Douglas' resolution
t0 inquire into the Forts, between Douglas
and I essenden, which nt one time threaten-
ed a fight, but the matter was passed off.
1 he bcnule has done nothing yet but
confirm appointments.
A pretty strong party exists at Charles
ton against the ratification of the Mont
gomery Convention.
Commissioners to England and France
have been appointed by JefT. Davis.
The Southern Comtnisaioncrs to the
European Governments, will sail from
New Orleans, via Havana, on tho 27th of
March.
Breckinridge addressed the Eenat to
day on the Douglas resolution relative to
the Forts.
ItATKHOK ADVEIlTIRINOi
On aiian (Iwriro Cava, or lata, breviar aiaarar)
en luMirtian f I Ml
luu U ulMiiaiil lix-rtiea I 00
lluiiiaaeafiU ens year 80 1K
A liberal ilrJuclioM will he mad I the wb
a.Ueilix. by thyr.
tlP Th aumbrr of Inwrliora) slimlJ b nalrd
o lh margin nf an ilvartiaamant, olharwia M
will ba iiuuiuhtil lill fuibiJJii, and cliarg4 ao
eutil'iigly.
(If Obituary nolle will be charged half tbf
abut rati- of adtrrtitiiif.
t1i'J- 1'hiktinu eirculed itlth nratnra and
diiii-h.
I'uijmmt fur Job Vrinting mutt It mtd
Jrlim nf Ihf tmrk.
Mlftrcllaay.
Tlio Abolitionists, with Wendell Phillip
and Win. Lloyd Garrison at their head, are
delighted over tho prospect of dissolution,
Gurrisou says "the couvcnniit with lull"
is broken at lust. Well, (ho joy of the
Abolitionist Is not a whit worse than the
apologies of covert traitors, but It ought
to oiH.il tho eyes of scccdcr to oito of th
propcctivo (fi'ccts of their folly.
Tho ruihonds crossing tho Western
pmiries ore protected from the drifting snow
m winter by high fences, wliich serve in sum
mer to keep the cattle from tho track.
In tho winter ol !S.'t5, before these fence
were constructed, the Illinois Central rail
roud company c.Kuded $100,000 in cif
dcuvoriug to keep their trnik clear.
Ex-Governor Call, of Florida, fia
published an appeal to the icoplo of that
State, in which lie earnestly protests ngnlnst
secession. Ho snys: " Now, my fellow
citizens, on my responsibility, and under
tho halter, if ymi please, before God audi
in tho iiuino of my country, I proclaim,
Ihut when the deed shull be done, it will
be trenson high treason against our
Constitution Government."
-The London correspondent of the
Dublin Telegraph, in noting the dentil of a
relative of tho Bishop Fenolon, is reminded
that five months ngo died ot convent iu
ISoulogne, ut a very advanced age, and nf-
tcr n most edifying life- of penitence, tho
original representative of tho Uoddcs
of Reason,' enthroned by tho siinguiunry
mob of the great French Revolution.
Thirty-seven Stales and Territorie
have contributed tl,1Mii) ill) to tlio Wash
ington M0lull,unt Fund, through . the
boxes placed iu the post ollices. The small
est sum, thirty-IWo ccnls, cniiio from Kan
sas. New Hninpshire comes next, aud con
tributed niiiely-six cents. Tho heaviest
contribution, $1,120 63, camo from Cali
fornia. It is a singular fact, says a St. Louis
paper, that on a certain portion of the Illi
nois prairies corn is being used ns fuel iu
lieu of coal, mid is foiiud an excellent sub
stitute. In tho districts referred to, com Is
12 ccnls per bibhel, and coal is 15 to IT
ccnls. Not only is the difference in price
in favor of the com, but a bushel of It
gives more heat than n bushel of coul.
The Sons of Temperance of Massachu
setts have within (ho lust thrco months iu
creased their divisions 8, their memlicr
ships 1,70'.), and their lady visitors 1,098;
they havo itl.-o held ISO public meetings.
Present number of divisions, li)7, members,
10,075; ludy visitors, 21,222.
Thomas Winans, of Baltimore, next
to Astor, of New Vork, is the wealthiest
man hi the United. States. Ho is said to
bo worth $20,000,000, and made this
splendid fori into by railway speculations iu
Russia.
At n recent calico parly, tho follow-
ing wns one of the regular toasts:
" Woman Tho lover of Union and tho
friend of niinexutinii. Like our country,
her manifest destiny is to spread her skirts."
This wiih responded to by nine cheers '
and a whoop!
"The little durling! ho didn't slriko '
Mrs. Smith's baby a purpose, did he? It
wns n inero accident, wasn't it, Saniiny?"
" Ves, mar, to be sure it wns, and if ho
don't behave himself, I'll crack him again."
A wiitcr nsks, through the Farmer's
Department of the ' Dollar Newspaper,' if
any one can inform a poor mini the best
wny to start a lit lie nursery? Tho Hous
ton Times snys, " Certainly get married."
A member of tho Missouri Legisla
ture recently proposed to have tho publio
printing tlonu by convict labor, but it was ,
round that there was no printer in thu peu
itcntiury, nndiever bud been ono thero.
Balztiu ascribes tho fall ol many wo
men to the bcnuly of their figures; their
vanity preventing then) from enjoying such '
knowledge uloue.
" Feed a husbnuil to his liking, and
you can wear n now bonnet every time tho
sun .shines," was tho maxim of a very wiso
woman.
Moro than ouo thousand years ago,
the Chinese built suspension bridges of
more than four hundred feet spun.
Thero are iu England nnd Wales
.'100,000 Sunday school teachers, and 2,
500,000 Sunday school scholars.
The farewell of some wives to their
husbands every morning buy nnd buy!
A Stati v. Mauk to Si-eak. The statue
of Gen. Jackson, before the President's
house, was most curiously ornnincuttd on
a Sunday morning lately. The old an- '
ti-sccessionist held in liis hund tho stars
and stripes, while the bluo cockade was
tied under tho tail of tho horse. Great in-
dignutiou wos felt by the Seccders, and it
was rumored they would request the Com
missioners to ask for an explanation.
UjT President Buchanan was threaten
ed with assassination iu Baltimore four
years ago, and he was consequently taken
through without stopping three hours in
advance of the projioscd time. It is well
for this nearly forgotten fact now to be
recalled.
Ujr " Tis conscience," says Shaksneare,
" that makes cowards of us all." If con
science only had an influence, the Roman
race would be as brave on a man not afraid,
of marriage.
t& The most smiling and placid coun
tenance oftentimes marks the most danger
ous temper. The most terrible thunder-
Ixilt we ever saw was ebot frota 4 clued,
arched by a beautiful rainbow.