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We wish to impress if possible upon our subscribers the necessity of paying up their back subscriptions. So far but very few have paid us anything during the present year. We sincerely hope that our Democratic patrons throughout the county who know themselves indebted to »*. will make an effort to aid us as far as possible. "We know that the times are hard and^re shall be satisfied if we receive but a small •urn from each of our delinquents. We trust this appeal will meet with a proper response.

GRAVKII ROAI) JIEKTIMCThe citizens of Montgomery county are requested to meet at the Court House on Saturday the 16th of March, to consider the propriety of constructing a gravel road from Crawfordsville to Fredericksburg. A general attendance is requested.

MANY FARMERS.

The Innujiuraliou.

The new Republican administration at Washington has been installed with all the usual formulas and without one particle of disturbance. The wagon loads of torpedos that beset Lincoln in every railroad car and station house, have all failed to explode. The immense efforts of uuknown conspirators to destroy the trains upon which he made his triumphal march to the White House, have proved signally abortive. The grand plot of the statesmen and bankers" of the South to kill him, fell utterly harmless. The five hundred men sworn to kill him with an air gun," have gone the way of all men in buckram" or

Linco'n green." Not a torpedo nary pop gun nor nothing.

1»0 VOII WANT (HOCF.1CI I:H Kelscy & Brother are now in receipt of a heavy stock of groceries direct from the southern markets, which they are selling at very low figures. The stock comprises everything in the line, such as coffce, tea, sugar, rice, molasses, fish, tobacco, wooden and willow ware. Fanners will fiud this an excellent establishment to make their purchases and sell their produce.

LOST—Between Alvin Ramcy's residence and that of Wm. Robertson, a lady's gold breastpin. The finder will confcr a favor by leaving at the counting room of the Review officc.

J®" The weather during the past week has been cold and stormy.

J. 1'. Campbell, of the firm of

Campbell, Galey Si Ilartcr, is now in New York making their spring and summer purchases. Their customers may look out for a splendid stock of new goods in a few days.

t&"A rumor has been current at Washington, lor several days, that the Commissioners from the Southern Confederacy are

to be arrested.

A western paper' announcing the

death of a gentleman in Iowa, says, he was a great admirer of Horace Greeley, but otherwise a respectable man."

"ATTENTION, YOUNG MEN!"—We perociuo, by tho advertisement of Messrs. Horace L. liegeman & Co., of New York, that tho renowned "Stimulating Onguent" invented by Dr. Bellingham for a healthy stimulation in the growth of beard or whiskers, has now had its American market confidod to their agency. The high reputation of this article in London, Paris, and other cities of Europe, seems to have been fully justified by experience in this country. Wo find that its praises are reechoed among all classes. A few weeks are said to prove its almost magical influence upon the beard or whiskers. The British volunteers have made such free use of it as to attract the attention of 7Vie Londun Punc?i. See advertisement of

THK WATOCMt.

The inaugural address of President Lincoln will be tonod on the outside of this week's paper. In many respects the address will commend itself to every patriot in the Union, while in others it will disappoint the hopes of those who cherished the belief that it would offer some sovereign balm, some panecca that would still the troubled waters, and restore peace and I harmony to the country. As regards his sworn duty to faithfully execute the laws, no one who loves the Union and respects the binding obligations of an oath can for a moment question much as we may doubt

furnlnhrf the policy or expediency of such a duty, we are nevertheless compelled to acknowledge that no other course is left him as the chief magistrate of the whole country.

In his construction of the Constitution he truly says that it neither sanctions or prohibits slavery in the territories," thus destroying at a single blow the chief plank in the Chicago platform, that the normal condition of all territories is freedom."— We are aware that Mr. Lincoln occupies a perilous position, in bis hands rests the perpetuity of the Union. If he shall throw off .the trammels of party obligations, and act aa the President of all the States, and use an earnest effort to restore fraternal feeling and peace, we certainly shall not be backward in giving him our feeble aid in a consumation so devoutly wished by every true American citizen. The Union must be preserved.

A NEGRO AT COURT.—Napoleon"gave a grand ball just before the beginning of Lent, and a correspondent of the Evening Post writes:

If any American seceders had happened to be present at this ball, they would no doubt have been sadly shocked to see a stout burly negro, black as ebony, with the wooliest of hair and whiskers, and the thickest of lips, wearing a magnificent order, and received with the utmost destinction by the Imperial pair and by all the grandeos of the court. This sable personage was the son of the Ex-Emperor Solouque, the once high and mighty Duke of Marrnelade, received at the Tuilleries with all the respect paid in courts to the sicons of fallen royalty—white or black.

A JOB ANDERSON FAITHFUL TO Death.

The Charleston correspondent of the New York Times writes As there is, of course, a vast amount of curiosity as to what. Major Anderson will do in case of war being declared, I will give a programme as disclosed to me by a gentleman of such a position in society here, bolh in public and private that I deem it eminently reliable. The gentleman says he heard it in such a way some time since, coming from one of the officers now at the famous fortress, that he belicv es it will be carried out to the letter.

The battery on Cummings' Point, Mor ris Island, being, now considered impreg nable, although distant only three-quarters of mile, ami Fort Johnson being also in such a position that he cannot effect much there, he will be forced to allow them to fire away at his weak (land) side, where the waMs arc only four feet thick, while he will turn the guns of the other side of the pentagon against Fort Moultrie, and will destroy all the houses on Sullivan's Island. This side will stand an assault for weeks, as the walls looking seaward are twelve feet thick. The slaughter on Sullivan's Island will be fearful, with his terrible Columbiads pointing there, and the men at that place (three thousand) will be fearfully cut up. Damages by day will be repaired by night. As a dernier resort, if reinforcements do not come, he will point the long range Columbiads at Charleston, and shell the city. This he thinks will bring about a truce, and a capitulation of some kind will be entered into, which will result either in an honorable withdrawing, or a more terrible commencement anew, when the motto will be no quarter. But adds my informant, Major Anderson will never surrender that fort except upon the most explicit instructions. Rather than do this, he will himself fire the mine which will send to eternity himself and every one of his companions.

ABi'SYTIJIE.

Messrs. Hagcman& Co. in another column, chants were willing to take the Southern -,, Confederacy at its word, and were not Frcese & Koffman have removed {anxious to test the question of its right to levy a special tariff on Northern goods by importing them after the 4th of March.

their stock of goods into Schooler'3 Auction Room. Auction sales will continue day and evening, conducted by Geo. G. Fristoe, tlie star auctioneer in the profession. Now is the time for everybody to buy themselves rich. Goods of every variety and quality can be bought here at astonishingly low prices.

The Southorn Commissioners, rep­

resenting the Provisional Government, at Montgomery, will lay the object of their mission before the President on Tuesday naxt. It is to treat for the forts and publio property in the Cotton States. As they will not be received, we may look out for a collision at Fort Sumter soon after that, if we are to credit tba declarations of the Secessionists. Wo have hopes, however nothing of iho kind will be done!

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The act passed by the Montgomery Con gress on the 18th ult., which exempted from duty all imports into the Southern Confederacy in the way of provisions, pro duce and military stores, placed a duty on all goods and merchandize shipped from any of the late United Slates," not a member of the Southern Confederacy, except Texas. The act was to take effect on the 4th of March, thus exempting from its operation all goods imported prior to that date. The couscquence was that all means of transportation southward wero in active demand in the Atlantic ports last week.— The accommodations were bo no means equal to the demand. Southern steamers, packets and express trains could not meet the demands of the Southern trade, and orders enough to keep them busy for weeks were refused in consequence. The mer-

t&"Some of the Abolition orators have gone on to New Hampshire to stump that State. The election eomes off next Tuesday, and as it is the first one of the season it will be looked for with no little interest and anxiety. We shall then see if there is any reaction in popular sentiment in New England. A Governor, Legislature, and three members of Congress are to be chosen. The Republicsn majority last year was 5,000.

THE TAYLOR HOUSE.—Good dinners are still in vogue at this excellent hotel. We notice that the gentlemanly landlord Mr. Taylor has been making improvements throughout the entire establishment which oanncl fail to add greatly to the pleasure and comfort of the guests. Hamilton the

No train from thei&wth last night, popnlsr clerk, is as obliging as ever.

wiWM«TS!i. WawnwoToK, March 6.

Of eottrse, the Inaugural and itsi probable effect at the South continues to be the theme of universal comment. That the Southerners take it as meaning war is evident from all the papers that have been received here to-day. They unite in saying that war is inevitable. Judge Douglas, however, made a speech in the Senate today which may have some effect to quiet the Border States. He said that he believed that the President would do nothing that, in his judgement, would lead to bloodshed and he stood pledge by his address to take whatever steps would peacefully settle the national difficulties. The address was much milder than he had anticipated, and the South had no reason for being dissatisfied with it. May it help the country

What will Virginia do? is now the question on every lip. Private dispatches from various parts of the State indicate an astonishing revolution in public sentiment, which, it is needless to say, gives satisfaction to the secessionists.

John Bell is here, and is greatly de pressed by the Inaugural. He says it is at the same time warlike and peaceful, but knowing the sentiments of the South, must construe it to mean the former. Others report that Mr. Bell unhesitatingly de clares that he considers war a certain con sequence, and that the Inaugural will change the political complexion of Tennessee. He remains here for the present to give his friends the earliest indications of which policy Lincoln intends to pursue.

Secretary Seward assumed the discharge of his new official duties at about nine, A. M., to-day. His son, Mr. Frederick W. Seward, of the Albany Evening Journal, who is at present with him at the State Department, will probably be appointed Assistant-Secretary of State. I hear men on the. anxious-benches were this morning hanging in squads, as customary at such a season, around the Ante-chamber of the White House and of the several Executive Departments, although as yet the dispensers of patronage are not prepared to commence that work. By to-morrow the crowds there will be increased greatly, doubtless. At noon to-day the new Post-master-General, and Secretaries of War, Navy and Treasury had neither of them taken possession of their respective portfolios.

Up to half past one P. M. to-day the President had sent no nominations to the Senate.

Secretary C. B. Smith was inducted into office, the Interior Department, this morning.

The impression is gaining strength that some movement will soon be made against Fort Sumter. I, however, do not think that it will be attacked until Mr. Lincoln endeavors to enforce the collection of the revenue, or until the Commissioners from the seceded States shall have relumed home.

The following distinguished place-seekers have their papers ready: Mission to England, Tom Corwin, J. P. Ilale Prussia, Gustavus KoeVner, N. B. Judd Sardinia, G. P. March, A. Burlingame, Carl Schurz Spain, R. II.Dana, W. C. Bryant Austria, Watson Webb Consul to London, W. Showier, of Boston.

J. C. Fremont will, it is said, be offered the Mission to France C. M. Clay that of Russia.

It is generally believed that President Lincoln designs nominating the Hon John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, to the Supreme Court Judgeship, vacant through the lato declension of the Senate to act on the nomination of Judge Black, of Pennsylvania. I am told by good authority that the President has Mr. Crittenden's nomination under advisement under circumstances that make it extremely probable that his name will be sent into the Senate to-morrow.

The nominations made by Mr. Lincoln of his Cabinet officers, were handed into the Senate by .his secretary in seperate communications, each one signed by the President. When the Senate went into Executive session they were all read.

Senator Mason, of Virginia, said that he should make no objection to appointment of Northern men, but he did object to the nomination of Messrs. Blair and Bates, and on the vote to confirm their appointment, he voted, together with Senators Bragg and Clingman, of North Carolina, and Mr. Mitchell, of Arkansas.— These four were the only negatives.

The confirmation of Messrs. Seward, Chase, Cameron, Welles and Smith was unanimous.

Mr. Buchanan on Monday ordered the proceedings for the court-martial of Captain Pope to be discontinued. The reason he assigns for so doing is that he don't think the Captain's reflections in Cincinnati were intended to injure him.

Hemphill and Wigfall left for Montgomery to-day, to take seats in the Southern Congress. CLEVELAND.

FBOItl WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, March 6.

Mr. Chase called upon the President last evening, and expressed his hesitation about leaving his scat in the Senate to accept the Secretaryship of the Treasury. Mr. Lincoln urged him to accept, but required an immediate decision, as he desired to have every department of the government filled at once. Mr. Chase definitely accepted the offico this morning and was present at the Cabinet meeting at ten o'olock.

Mr. Seward was at the State Department this mornia promptly-at 9 o'clock.

Hisson, Frederiek W. Seward, who tea long been assistant editor of the Albany Evening Journal, was nominated and coofirmed to-day a* Asst. Secretary of .State.

Gov. Floyd, Ex-Scretary of War, arrived to-day, to stand his trial before the criminal courts, on the charges growing out of the Indian Trust Bonds defalcation.

The Commissioners from the Southern Confederacy have arrived. John Forsyth of the Mobile Register is to be the writer of dispatches to'this government.

Jeff. Davis has ordered Gen. Peter G. T. Beaugrad, recently Major in the U. S. Engineer corps, to Charleston at onee, to take command of the forees now raised for the investment of Fort Sumter.

Previous to the 4th of March, Scott and others received telegraphio dispatches cautioning them to be on the look out for a gunpowder plot at the capitol, in consequence of which there was a diligent search of the building by the police.

The President has nominated Norman B. Judd of Illinois, Minister to Berlin. The report that Mr. Crittenden is to be appointed to the vacancy in the Supreme Court is generally believed, but it is not certain that the nomination has been made.

The Vermont delegation to day called on Gen. Scott, and'' Messrs. Seward, Dix and Rates. Scott made a speech in which he thanked Vermont for her Presidential vote in 1852.

The California delegation paid their respects to Mr. Lincoln this afternoon.

Vrrat Virginia. RICHMOND, March 6.

The Convention debated resolutions instructing the Committee on Federal Relations, offered yesterday, and adjourned on motion of Mr. Carlisle, who Bpeaks to-mor­

row. The report of the Peace Commissioners was received.

Several series of resolutions of a secession, anti-secession, and anti-coercion character were referred.

The special committee reported that in their opinion there has been no movement of armed men by the Federal Government indicating a purpose of attack or coercion.

From Arkanm*. FORT SMITH, Ark., March 6.

This city, heretofore strongly Uniou, has since the reoeptionof Lincolu's Inaugural, quite reversed in political sentiments.— Citizens consider it a declaration of war, and prominent men, hitherto Union, have advised members of the Convention to go for a secession ordinance forthwith.

Southern Congressional. MONTGOMERY, March 6.

On motion of Mr. Curry, the Judiciary Committee was instructed to enquire into the expediency of prohibiting the importation of slaves into the Confederacy from tho United States, except those owned by persons emigrating for settlement and residence.

Congress went into secret session.

No Senator Vcl! FORT KEARNEY, March 6.

The pony express from San Francisco Feb. 10th. passed here. No U. S. Senator has yet been elected, and it is feared none will be this session.

Fort Point, at San Francisco, is occupied by U. S. troops for the first time.

From New York. NEW YORK, March 6.

The steamer Empire City is taking in army stores, provisions, &c., and coaling with despatch, having been chartered by the Government probably for the south.

Texai Csne Oil. NEW ORLEANS, March 6.

Texas has ratified the secession ordinance by 40,000 to 45,000 majority. It is reported that Gov Houston resigns.

From Ike afternoon Report. Fremont is urged by Greeley for the French Mission.

Lincoln requested Cameron to appoint Capt. Ellsworth chief Clerk of the War Department.

There is some talk of transferring Bates to the Supreme Court, and Gilman, of N. C., to the Cabinet.

The court martial of Capt. Pope has been discontinued. One of the Commissioners from the Southern Confederacy is in Washington.

Up to the 4th inst., Anderson did not wish for reinforcements. It is said that Seward was summoned to the White House late on Tuesday night.

Missouri still holds fast to the Union. Mr. Seward was summoued to the White House late last night. The impression is that it related to news from Fort Sumter.

The difficulties between France and Mexico had been satisfactorily adjusted. It is understood that Mr. Lincoln will decline any conference with the Commissioners from the Southern Confederacy, on the ground that he regards the seceding States as still in the Union.

Major Anderson, up to March 4th, had continued to speak of his condition as safe, and to express his opinion that reinforcements had better not be sent him.

COST or THE ARMSTRONG JM.—The new Armstrong guns cost the English Government $10,000 each. For their construction a grant of $10,000,000 had been made by Parliament, of which the greater part lm been expended, and 451 guns of every caliber made.

W Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet consists of four gentlemen who were formerly old Whigs, and three who were formerly Democrats. The latter are Cameron, Blur and Welles. The four Whigs are 8eward, Chase. Smith and Bst«

•r Cape.

Wehave already published the details of the anrrender of the Braios Forts to the Texan Secessionist forees. The latter did not meet with a like reception at Brownsville, at which pleoe they arrived on the 21st. Uv

The Galveston News of the 26th thus describes the progress of the events, which have been merely mentioned in our dispatches:

In the afternoon, (of the 21st) Col. Ford, Gen. Nichols and Mr. Waller proceeded to Brownsville—about twenty-eight miles up the river, by land, we believe—with the intention of having an interview with Capt. Hill, who commands the U. S. troops at Fort Brown—about 200 men.

On Friday, the battalion went to work with a will to place the park artillery, carriages, shot, &c., on the steamer and the sloop. A battery of field artillery had been removed by Capt. Hill's orders a few days before. The battalion arrived just in time to prevent other orders he had given being carried out, to destroy the gun carriages, munitions and other artillery stores and equipage, which abounded at. Brazos Santiago. A party of fifty men were on their way from Fort Brown to carry out this project, when met by Lieutenant Thompson and his party on their way to Fort Brown.

The Rusk, we learn, brings up four twenty-four long guns, two forty-two brass howitzers, and two mortars, with equipments complete, and 600 cannon balls, shells, &c.

The Shark, which will be up in a day or two, has five of the twenty-four pounders and two forty-two howitzers, with carriages, munitions, &c.

Six of the twenty-four pounders, two mortars and a full supply of shot, powder, &c., were left with the battalion.

On Saturday afternoon, Gen. McLeod returned to the island from Browns-ille, and informed the battalion that there was a probability of the United States troops at Fort Brown coming down to attack them. Tho men received the information calmly, and with an evident determination to resist any such attempt to the last extremity.

Guns were placed at the outposts extra guards posted at every available point, and all slept on their arms, ready for instant service. To the Galveston Artillery was conceded the post of honor. The Fort Bend Rifles were detailed as pickets.

The same routine of duty was performed on Sunday, 24th. On Monday, the engineers, Messrs. Lauton and Ciapp, made a survey of the position, with a view to the making of intrenchments which were to be at ouce erected.

On Sunday, Gen. Nichols and Col. Ford returned and on Monday, at 1 P. M., the Rusk left for home, it being understood that Gen. Nichols was going for reinforcements.

We have not yet seen Gen. Nichols, but we learn that Capt. Ilill received him, as Commissioner on the part of the State, most uueourteously, denouncing him and his men as "traitors threatening to have him arrested as one further avowing his intention to have the General arrested by a civil officer saying he would send for the 200 men at Ringgold Barracks, (at Rio Grande City,) and march down and take back the isiand and the Federal property.

The Galveston Civilian of the says: It is expected that the Rusk will leave Galveston to-night, with a company from this city, one from Houston, one from Liberty, and one from Fort. Bend county.

With these reinforcements, it is thought the demands of Texas may be enforced even without the arrival of volunteers from other counties, should the order of the United States Commander of this military department be disregarded bv Capt. Hill.

bloodshed will not occur in Texas,

Secretary of State—William II. Scwaid,

Connecticut. Secretary of Interior—Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana.

Postmaster General, Montgomery Blair, of Maryland. Attorney General—Edward Bates, of Missouri.

This is a sectional Cabinet. The Southern States have no representation in the new Administration, for Messrs.T31air and Bates can not be regarded as the representatives of Southern sentiment. Messrs. Chase, Welles, and Blair are regarded as coercionists, while the rest of the Cabinet now profess more moderate views. It is somewhat singular that not a Southern mn could be found who would occupy a place in Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet. This is an ill omen for the peace and harmony of the country. It will be noticed that Mr. Smith whom we recommended to Mr. Lincoln for a Cabinet appointment, has the important position of Secretary of Interior. We hope that the President will have no occasion to regret our suggestion in the matter, and that Mr. Smith will not disappoint the expectations of his Chief.—State Sentinel.

W&* The Military Board have ordered that the uniform of the army of Mississippi shall be grey frock coat grey pants, loosely made black felt hats, looped up on three sides, with horse hair pompum for men and plumes for officers..

10" A friend of Secretary Seward has been dispatched to Richmond to watch the new movements of tho Convention there, and the workings of the revolutionists.

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ma iMi^TBinimawrtim a»4 the AmmaUmm A writer in the Albany Argus who eigne himself Hampden draws an instructive parallel between the condition of Boston in 1776 and Charleston in 1861. We make the following extract: J"

If we go back to the fcolonial period of our history, to the winter of 1776/ only eighty-six years, we shall if we examine carefully, find Boston at that time somewhat in the condition of Charleston now. It was in a state of irritated opposition to the British Government, garrisoned by British troops under General Gage for the purpose of protecting British property and executing British laws. Lord North was as determined then as Mr. Lincoln is now to execute the laws, to put down the traitors, at every hazard and with all the power Great Britain had at her command. Lord North believed the colonies could be easily subdued, and it was only necessary to exhibit a little firmness to quell the threatened storm. Not so thought the Earl of Chatham, acknowled now by all to have been, in energy and wisdom, the first and greatest statesman of all who have' figured in the elevated station of Prime Minister of that renowned Empire. His glorious administration, for so all Englishmen of all parties declare it, had been particularly identified with America. The. campaigns of 1758.1*59-^60, were made under liis special directions. It was then that Canada was conquered, and the French power cast of the Mississippi des: troyed. He had marked with emphasis of, approbation the zeal, the courage and liberality of the colonists in support of the war, and when, by the unwise counsels of his successors in office, the Stamp Act had been passed, he was one of the foremost to demand its repeal.

On the 20th of January, 1775, he moved in the House of Lords that an address should be presented to His Majesty to give immediate oiders for removing his troops from Boston, for the purpose of preventing a collision and opening a way to conciliation.

When he arose to speak all was silence and profound attention. Animated and almost inspired by his subject, he seemed to feel his own unrivalled superiority. His venerable figure dignified and graceful in decay, his language, his voice, his gesture, were such as might, at this momentous crisis, big with the fate of Britain, seem to characterize him as the guardian of his country.

His knowledge of the Colonies, his remarkable and prophetic foresight, (and he had bd.n a great War Minister) his glory identified with British supremacy in America, led him to recommend, by all his energy, vigor and eloquence, conciliation.

To remove the British troops from Boston to repeal all the laws they were sent there to execute, and thus lay the foundation of permanent and lasting interest and friendship, was bis plan, lie foretold with certainty the failure of the Ministry to coerce America, and pledged his character upon the issu$. But his admonitions and arguments were then unavailing. The Minister persisted in his effort to executc the laws—spent six hundred millions of British treasure, and sacriGccd tens of thousands of lives, and in the end was compelled to relinquish British power in America. Ilad Lord Chatham's advice been followed, how differently would Boston have stood iu the page of history If 'h Lord Chatham's advice then, should now receive from American statesmen the attention it deserves, and should prove a means of lcadiug us out of our presont difficulties, it would accomplish a far more beneficial work to humanity and freedom than it would had it been adopted by Lord

North. Such men are the great teachers of nations, and their wisdom always pertinent and applicable to solve political probilems.

Mr. Buchanan has followed in part, the policy recommended by Lord Chatham-

It is sincerely hoped that the first perhaps he has gone as far as he could in the right direction without a Chatham to sustain him in the Senate or a Burke in the House. Mr. Lincoln, on the other haud, threatens to pursue the policy of

The Cabinet.

Mr. Lincoln selected the following gentlemen as his constitutional advisers, and L&r(i' North to execute the laws, wheu the nomination was unanimously confirmed there will be none to be executed withiu by the Senate, with tho exception of Mes- the verge of his oath He seems deter--r ii mined to vindicate the conduct of Lord srs. Bates and Blair: I North, by imitating his misconduct. He

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|ja^]j resembles the noble Lord more

of New York.. than he is aware of. The same irresolute, Secretary of Treasury—Salmon P.: vacillating purposes, a like fondness for Chase, of Ohio.

anecdote and humorous joking—the com-

Secicta,, of War—Simon Cneron, of Pennsylvania. is exhausted, eveu though he should ruin Secretary of Navyr—Gideon \\clles, of his country. He is doubtless one of a nu-

inerous class, obdurate in wrong, persistent in error, careless of consequences, weak in counsel, and inefficient in everything.

Had there been a'united, official voice, for pcaco and against coercion, from Maine to Iowa, which Mr. Lincoln could have drawn forth by one word, secession would have been confined probably to two or three States, perhaps to one. Virginia, North Caroliua, Kentucky, Tennessee and Maryland, perhaps Missouri, would have remained dormant and quiet and it is not very improbable that the Secessionists would have been defeated in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. What have not the people to apprehend from a President who commences so inauspiciously by threatening the country with the untold miseries of civil war

OF GENERAL CAM II* Allnaion to Oar National

RECEPTION Detroit—Ilia Trebles.

The return of Gen. Cass to his home in Detroit, last Friday, was the occasion of a large and enthusiastic demonstration on the part of citizens of all classes, who united in a eordial display of the respect and teem in which they hold his services and character. "We feel assured," says the Free Press, "that never on any similar occasion has a body of our citizens comprised so much of solidity, wealth and respectability as that which yesterday morning took the cars to meet and escort homeward the venerable statesmen whose term of office has probably for the last time, found its close." In response to an address of welcome, the General said:

I have but one regret to encounter in resuming my place among you, and that arises from tho perilous oriais in which our country is involved. You do me but justice in attributing to me an earnest deaire for th* prefer rat Ion of this Union red'

of the Constitution, the great work of ett fathers, and which has secured to thiif sons ,a greater mearire of freedoai and prosperity than any,,nation ever enjoyed before us. I can scarcely persuade myself that I am not oppressed by some fearful dream when I reflect upou all that it passing in our country, and upon the po* sition in which this great Republic is plac* ed, suddenly struck down from the summit' of prosperity, and with a future before 04 which no man can contemplate without the most serious alarm. In all history there is nothing like it. With no external eo* emy to trouble us, with no internal oppres-. sion, with bone of those-visitations of pea* tUenoe or famine or .other evila by which* nations are aften pnmshed for their ses, we have recklessly put tohasard our' inestimable blessings, and are entering that path of discord, and division and- border disputes, which, if there is any truth in history, must lead to the most diaastroua consequences. I do not allude to this fearful subjeotin any partisan/spirit.^ I do riot seek to investigate the causes whieh led to the pesent state of things.

But I indulge the hope that before it is too late there will be a determination through the whole country—a firm determination—to cultivate feelings of friendship and harmony, accompanied by the manifestation of a spirit of conciliation and compromise, of justice, indeed, which may lead to the hope that, if the work is earnestly and promptly undertaken, we may succeed, under Providence," in reestablishing the integrity and the blessings of the Constitution, with the patriotio co-op-eration of the whole American people.

The General's remarks were accompanied by freequeot demonstrations of applause. His manner displayed great emotion at times, and he was evidently affcctcd by the circumstances which surrounded him, the associations which presented themselves, and by the presence and attentions of old friends and acquaintances. The demonstration over, a carriage was driven to the platform and the General was escorted by his family relatives to the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Caufield, on Fort-street, where he will for the present reside.

A SIIPERNATIIRAL »KK«ONITIOiVStory of a Bnilrood Engineer. I was running a night express train, and had a train of ten cars—eight passenger and two baggage cars—and were well loaded. I was behind time, and was very anxious to make a certain point thus I wan using every exertion, and putting the engine to the utmost speed to which she was capable. I was on a section of the road usually considered the best running ground on the line, and was endeavoring to make the most wf it, when a conviction struck me that I must stop.

A something seemed to tell me that to go ahead was dangerous, and that I must atop if I would save life. 1 looked back at my train, and it was »U right. I strained my eyes and peered into the darkness, and cound sec no signal of danger, nor any thing betokening danger, and there could sec fivo miles iu the day-time. I listened to the workings of my engine, tried the water, looked at the guage, and all was right. 1 tried to laugh myself out of what 1 then considered a childish fear but, like Banquo's ghost, it would not down at my bidding, but grew stronger in its hold upon me.

I thought of the ridicule I would havo heaped upon me if I did stop but it was all of no avail. The conviction—for by this time it had ripened into a conviction— that 1 must stop grew stronger, and 1 shut off and blew the whistle fur breakers areordingly. I came to a dead halt, got oil, and went ahead a little way, without say, ingany tiling to any body what the matter was. had a lamp in my hand, and had gone about sixty feet, when I saw what convinced me that premonitions arc sometimes possible I dropped the lantern from my nerveless grasp, and sat down on the track utterly unable to stand for thcrn was a switch, the thought of which had never entered my mind, as it had never been used since I had becu ou the road, and was known to be spiked, but was open to lead me off the track. This switch lead into a stone quarry, from whence stone for bridge purposes had been quarried, and the switch was left there in case stono should be needed at any time, but it was always locked, and the switch rail spiked.

Yet here it was wide open, and had I not obeyed my premonition—warning— call it what you will—I should have run into it, and, at the end of the track, only about ten rods long, my heavy engine and train, moving at the rate of thirty miles per hour, would have come into collision with a solid wall of rock, eighteen feet high. The consequences, had I done so, can neither be imagined nor described but they could, by no possibility, been otherwise than fatally horrid. This is my experience in getting warnings from a source that I know not, and can not divine. It is a mystery to me—a mystery for which I am very thankful, however, although I dare not attempt to explain it, nor soy whence it came.

A FIEND IN III 31 AN SIIATK. The Detroit Tribune of Thursday rotates the following diabolical outrage:

Some months ago a man calling himself "Dr." Davis came to this city, and profesed to be able to cure "all the ills that flesh is heir to." He worked upon the sympathies of many, and among the number the parents of an interesting girl who had been blind from infancy. She had been at the State Asylum at Flint, where she had learned to knit, and then returned home on a visit. She was a fine looking girl, and would sit in her chair and knit, and sing cheerfully all day long. Her parents hearing of the wonderful powers of of this "Dr.," put their daughter under his charge, he stating in positivo terms he could effect a permanent cure. For some time he attended her, and during his professional services effected her ruin.

Before her parents discovered the damnable deed which had been perpetrated under a professional cloak, tho villain had fled the city. The poor girl, who, previous to her fall, had been so happy, is now the very picture of despair, and sits, day in and day out, rocking to and fro, moaning piteously at her disgrace, and that brought upon her parents, who, though sorely afflicted, love their daughter all the more fondly for her misfortune. It is to be hoped that this fiend in human shape may be found and brought to summary justiee.

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