Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 28 February 1861 — Page 2

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THURSDAY, ^It,-28, IS61i

THE SOUTHERN KEFIBLRV The Southern fire-eaters lutve elebtcd Col. JeffersoH Davis ofeM^aissippu, President, and Mr. Sttfphcksof.Georgia, Vice-President of the Confederate Republic: ar.d what an election for a dem-yp-,go,vorn

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A few politicians

"met. i?v.convention, without the sanc-

•pTtftfedded tcTtho constrilcUdii (on paper) oFa fw -J6vcr'nraeTVI, 'and electcd 'tlvcir President and Vice-President, not "by the people, but by the politicians.

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.great mass of the Southern people have neither voted upon nor sanctioned the formation of the new Gov^•nincnt. nor'tho election of its officers --and yet it is all done in. the name of

Democracy. The principal men were leaders of 'live old Democratic party, and are now •the principal actors in this new scheme ^for the.overthrow of this.Government 'and the erection of a new one without the consent of the people. They have •determined to COKKCE the opposition of •the South: they have determined to

COEUCK the Union men of the South .they bavo determined to COEIICE the true and loyal patriots of the South, •and compel them to yield in obedience to powers which have never, and probably never can afford them protection. .Such a. despotic farce has never beforo been enacted in this or any other country Thoy listen not to the ten thousand voices in the South, now protesting against their wickedness and despotism. They listen not to the voice of distress which comes up from the sufferers from their mad schemes.

Burning with an insatiable lust for power and spoils, without ability to reach them in lair and honorable competition. they have resolved upon securing their ends by force—by what they so much dread from others—COERCION. ..

Linccln to be A$$a$$inatci!. It will be seen from a telegraphic dispatch of Tuesday, which wo clip from the Lafayette Daily Courier, that a discovery has been made in Washington of a plot being on foot torthe murder of Mr. Lincoln on the Jtliof March. It appears that the arrangements were assertaincd by a detective who made it his business to get into the affections of the conspirators, when he discovered that a body of out-laws numbering some five hundred had sworn that Mr. Lincoln never should occupy the White House, and that at the timo of the delivery of his inaugural address their hellish designs should be carried out, or at least attempted. Their plan is this: o.nc of the number is to stand in the center of the throng who is to shoot the President when the crowd of conspirators are to so crowd around the assassin as to render detection or arrest impossible. The fourth of March is now near at hand, when we will see whether the voice of a majority is to he peacebly and honorably heard or whether civil war is the irrevocable fato of this Republic.

Ex-Gov. Wrsjlit orimiiana on Enforciitiir the Laws. /. Ex-Gov. Wright of Indiana, now the American Minister atBerlin, in a letter to a .friend in Ncw York says:

I have not the heart to say anj'thing about m}T country. Still hold my old opinions. We cannot have a peaceable separation. All this talk of two Confederacies is nonsense. We cannot be t\vo people, cannot be three people, cannot be four people, Ave are one people or we are nothing. I would sooner light a citizen of my country guilty of treason than to fight7iny enemy in the world.

You may do many things, saj* man}* things, but as God is my judge, there is one thing you shall not do that is, destroy the temple erected by my fathers. This it the only hope left for humanity everywhere. I hold any man guilty of treason who shall attempt in any way to destroy this Union. I say. fight —fight on, nopeace. until we put down all traitors. -r—What does the secession editor of the'Review now think of hisold friend Jo. Wright? Haul down your disunion' fl&g neighbor—the great majority of your own party are against you and from your leader of last, week must anwill class you with traitors. 'Tie true as Holy Writ.

©calls of F. II. Fry.

With the deepest regret, weannonncc this morning the death of our highly (•s teemed and worthy fellow-townsman FRANCIS II. FKY. Esq. He died on Tuesday about the hour of noon, of congestion of the Lungs. Ilis remains were followed to their final resting place yesterday afternoon by the Masonic brotherhood,,and a large concourse of sorrowing friends.

j^Sj^Tlio-Cliorlcston corrcspotidcrtt of the Richrrofid Dispatch confirms the report. thnt Major A riilcrsMi wos lying ill at Fort Sumter orrthe 17 inetatot.': Ilis disease ispneumonin."and-Th-. Robertsob' o£GhArleston, was attending lriui. c?

dispatchfrom Washington ctm-).

firmes the report that John- Boll will kaYc a scat in The ca3iaet. ,1

.Washington^ Birih-Oay. "The we ty -Second-'—theanniver-sary of the birth of Washington,waa appropriately celebrated on Friday last, by the militia of our city-r—tho "^Montgomery. Guards," and .''College Cadets," by a grand bataliion parade, yevicw,,&e. ^pt^^Gmpanies* as on all former occasions, acquitted themselves admirably, showing superior training military tactics. The Zouave Dance, by tli§ ^'Guards/' (the company of our State,)-was pai'.tieuUu"ly^amtiding to the spectator reminding one forcibly of? the grand entree of a circus company Tlw ^Guards-Ware-, ''some on -a? war dance," sure.

•r UMOS MEETING. According to previous notice a largo meeting of thecitizcns of Walnut township, of all political parties, met at Fredericksburg Saturday, Feb. 16th, 1SG1. On motion, James Long was called to the chair, and A. Y. Moore, appointed secretary. A committee was then selected consisting of David B. Crain, George Jamison, John M. Harris, Clement Johnson, and Ephriam Hurst, to suggest some plan of comprom isc, which in the opinion of this meeting would be prudent for our national legislature to adopt, as a means of adjusting our present national difficulties. Thecommittoe reported the Crittenden amendments, which was submitted to a vote of the house and carried unanimously. Eloquent arid patriotic speeches were made by Milton B. Crain, Thomas J. Wilson, Doc. Parsons and others.!

Mcsolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be publisl oil in tiic Crawfordsville Journal a:id "ReM'ew.

On motion, the rueeting adjourned to meet at this placu, Friday, Feb. 22d, 1861-, for a further consideration of our national troubles, and usfara3 possible do away with our political prejudices, and unite as one man for the preservation of our glorious Union.

JAMES LONG, .President.

A. Y. MOORE, Secretary.

Letter from Hon. Jolm Bell. The following patriotic letter from Hon. John Bell, of Tennessee, in response to an invitation from a committee of citizens of Cincinnati, was read before the assembled multitude in that city on Friday last—the birth-day of the Father of liis country.

JTAfiiviLLE, Feb. 16, 1801.

Gentlemen I havo received your letter of the 12th inst., in which 3'ou do me the honor to invito me to attend a festival at the Burnet House, in your city, to celebrate the 129th anniversary *of the birthday of the Father of his Country, Gen. Washington, whom you justh* characterize as the purest patriot. the noblest man, and the brightest monument of humanity, the world has ever seen.

Deeply sympathizing with you, and those whom you represent, in your and their anxieties for the wifely of our common country in this hour of extreme peril, and concurring in the sentiment that the 22d of February offers an apt time and occasion for all true patriots throughout the land to renew, in some form, those vows of devotion to the Union, it would give me great pleasure to unite with the patriotic citizens of Cincinnati in doing honor to the man whose name is a standing rebuke to all. both North and South, who plot or connive at the overthrow of the noble system of government formed under his auspices and I decline your invitation to attend the contemplated festival at tho Burnet House only because at this juncture I feel it to be a duty of higher obligation to unite with a number of my countiymen at home, in my native State, in doing homage to the worth and renown of the immortal dead, and at the same time seeking to exact from the occasion fresh stimulants to exalted patriotism and an immutable resolve to preserve Union in the living.

I am, gentlemen, with sincere respect and the most cordial consideration, your obedient servant,

JOHN BELL.

50,000 TOJLUSTEEStS WASTED. It will be seen by reference to another part of to-day's Journal, that BILL BOWERS, Esq., late of Tippecanoe county, is now opening out in our city in the Dry-Goods trade, in all its branches. He has'n complete, woll selected stock now on exhibition and for sale, and yet informs us that it is his intention to go East about tho middle of the coming month, when and where he will purchase such a stock as will be calculated, (if such a thing-vvas possible.) to open the eyes of the blindMr. B. therefore advertises for fifty thousand volunteers, not to prevent an attack upon Fort Sumter, by the secessionists, but to buy first-class DryGoods at from 20 to 40 per cent, below anything heretofore known in the Crawfordsville market, for cash, or its equivalent, ppproved country produce, llcmember the place, No. 4, Empire Block, and one door west of S. II.. Gregg's Hardware store. ,-

E£Sl»T1ic Circuit Court of this county will convene in this place 011 Monday, March 11th—next Monday-week:— Hold yourselves in readiness to stand trial.

The Conncrs'fci 11 Timessavsthat the young ladies of that place have entered into a solemn league and convent not to speak to any young gentleman who drinks liquor, and they make a forfeitur'e'of 95 the penjUty of viola-

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Tlie Matecon ventiipn. The Indiauopolis correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette seems to liave estimated tho late^-State' Cpnvention at its true value.^He writes as follows: "Being fully aware/that, as a Democratic affair, it would acconiplii^hdittle"beyond putting momentary life into an organization that needed new strength as much as. new life they, decided, to call it a Union Convention, andu to make its ostensible object an approval of the Crittenden adjustment. In this way trhcy expected t0

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men genewilly^ and|i scattering fi^pub lican here and thcrb, vvh6 was 'cither seared out of his "nianltness," or Trivd' never understood that the Crittenden proposition was the Breckinridge platform nailed together with slavo code spikes."

Passage of tlic Tariff* Bill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Tho tariff bill was taken up at 12 o'clock to-day.

Mr. Powell moved to amend by repealing all acts giving bounties to fishermen. Lost—18 against 22.

Mr. Bayard moved to add a provision that duties be levied on any article of the bill not to exceed 30 per cent, ad valorem in the port whence exported, except wines and brandies. Lost—1(5 against-18.

The next question being on Mr. Lane's amendment, he moved to adjourn. The motion was rejected.

Mr. Lane spoke at length against the bill, 011 secession, &c. Mr. Wilson moved to amend by inserting the first act of the tariff of 1857, with the rate increased by that of 1846, and the free list untouched. Lost.

Mr. Lane's amendment was lost—IB to 25. The bill then passed.

Yeas—Messrs, Anthouy. Baker. Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark Doolittle, Durkce, Foot, Grimes, Iiale,Harland. King, Morrill, Seward, Summer, Simmons, Ten. Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson and Wilson—2*2.

Nays—Messrs. Bragg, Clingman. Douglas, Greer, Hunter, Johnson of Ark., Johnson, of Tcnn., Lane, Latham. Nicholson. Poarcc and Sebastian—12,

Adjourned.

Tennessee Election.

Returns have been received from all but six counties in Tennessee, with the following result:

EAST TENNESSEE.

Two Counties to hear from. Against Convention 32,547 For Convention. 7,500

Majority' -agai nst Con ven tion. .25,047 MIDDLE TENNESSEE. One County to hear from. Against Conve 11 tion 27,895 0 0 011 26,539

Majority against Convention...... 1.456 "WEST TENNESSEE. Three Counties to hear from. For Convention 20,117 Against Convention G.flS

Majority for Convention TOTALS. Against Convention For Convention

13,199

......67,360 54.156

Total maj.-against Convention...13,264

Miswoari Elections.

Lincoln county—Union ticket, 1,356 Secession do., 553. Macon county—Union ticket electcd by over 500. The District will go Union by about 2.000 majority.

Caiiaway county—Union ticket, 1,623 Secession do., 747. Pike county—Union ticket elected, 1,500 majority.

Cape Girardeau county—City and county is largely for Union. Gasconade county—Union candidates, 991 Secession do., 271.

Osage county—Union candidates, 601 Secession do., 363.

Bandolph county—Union ticket, 1,041 Secession do., 101. St. Genevieve count}*—Union candidates have a majority in this county of about 1,000.

CeattiBBg tlac Mississippi Levees. A secession paper censures us for the intimation, that, in the event of dissolution and war, Northern miscreants might cut the levees of the Mississippi in high water, and inundate tho country. But it is best to look the truth directly in the face. There is no use in men's desperately shutting their eyes and souls to what they must know in their hearts may be. Five men, or even a smaller number, might make a crevasse in the Mississippi levee in one hour and would men who steal niggers in timo of peace, be any to good to cut embankments in time of war? Would they have any more scruplc in cutting banks than in cutting throats? There can be no doubt that if dissolution and war shall come, both sections will be overwhelmed.with the rushing tide of ruin. No mortal may tell which section could most injured the other.— Every true heart must sicken at the fearful contemplation. Why, why will not the American people be w.ise, and discard the councils of resentment and revenge?—Lou. Jour.

BSigSsSy Important from Charleston. A messenger arrival at Washington on Saturday last, from Charleston, and informed Mr. Buchanan that Jelierson Davis had arrived in that city (Charleston) onfriday night, to superintend arrangements lor an attack on Fort Sumter. The President and Secretary Holtvisited Brown's Hotel, and remained an hour in eonfereitee--with this gentleman Nothing was known of the result.

JGS^Massachusettshasauthorizedher State Treasurer to indorse United States Government Bonds to,.the,amount.of two millions of dollars.

jS@rOn the change,,,of_Administration, March 4th, there will be five living Ex-Presidents of the United States —Taii Bureu, Tyler, fi 11 morc Picroc an'I Uuclianan.' ify

'"XTALTITISBuitG, Pa., Feb! 23.

Much excitement is occasioned by the ruse. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23: •i.i.uNot a little sensation prevailed throughout the city this morning as soon as it became known that Lincoln had arrived on the early train. Jt was unsuccessfully sought to conceal the fact especially from the newspaper press, his presence here being first communicated to a few political friends 111 confidence.

He was met atthe station by several gentlemen of distinction without any formality, and was immediately driven to Willard's.

He was yesterday advised to come thither without delay. Preparations had been made to meet him at the station this p. m., and the Mayor of Washington was to make a welcome address, but Lincoln has thu& spoiled the programme.

About 10 o'clock Lincoln, accompanied by Seward, paid his respects to President Buchanan, spending a few minutes in general conversation.

Seuator Bigler and lieprcsentative John Cochrane, happened to be at the White House when he entered, and wore accordingly introduced to the President elect. Lincoln afterwards returned to his hotel.

Umcoln's Precaution. The correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette telegraphs from Washington at midnight last night, tho following with reference to the conspiracy against the life of Mr. Lincoln: "lam enabled to add much to my dispatch of yesterday, of a truthful but alarming character. Mr. Lincoln did receive sufficient evidence that atlem jts would be medo to destroy his life, which were so well planned that they would have been successful. On Thursday night, at Harrisb.ti.Tfe, he gave an audience to gentlemen -which elicited the fact that an organized body of men had determined "£hat he should, not be inaugurated' aiul "ih4 he should never leave tha city of Baltimore alive, if indeed he ever entered. This information was of so authentic a character, that Mr. Lincoln, 011 consulting with his friends and family, determined to foil these attempts. Col. Sumner remonstrated and opposed such a course, in the very face of Gen. Scott telegrams to {lie contrary. Mr. Lincoln did not want to yield at first, to these entreaties, ljut at last consented. '•The plan agreed on by the conspir-' ators was to throw the train off the track, and if that failed, to raiso a riot in Baltimore and assassinate him.— Gen. Scott's dispatch, sent from here on Friday at 2 P. At., to Mr. Lincoln, fully confirms the intimations that he was aware of this fiendish plot, as well as the President elect, but the lattcr's arrival here was so successfully and privately managed that all danger will soon be past. "Possibly the President's allusion at Philadelphia to assassination, and to the possibility of his never being inaugurated, when he said that he would rather be assassinated than yield the principles of the Declaration of Indcpondence, may have been caused this information."

_— 1 Late -adyanccs from Washington,1

'Zincoln turns tip Missing at llarrislmnj throw some.-additional light on the late callusJfforrtbig, haiiiig left 5 Washington during thq

Compliments to Use President Elect. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23i General Scott returned Mr.Lincoln's call at 3 o'clock p. m., and was warmly received. At 4 o'clock the Illinois delegation, without respect of party, headed by Mr. Douglas, called upon Mr. Lincoln and paid their respects.— The meeting was less formal perhaps than would fee tho case in an interview with any other delegation, from the fact that they were all friends and acquaintances beforo. The interview between Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Douglas was peculiarly pleasant.

Among callers upon Mr. Lincoln this afternoon were the venerable Frank Blair and his son, Montgomery Blair.

At 6 o'clock Dr. Prulsto, Secretary of the Peace Committee, presented a communication to Mr. Lincoln, announcing that the membersof the Congress were anxious to pay their, respects to him, and.requesting the latter to make the time when he would receive them. Mr. Lincoln replied he would be happy to receive them at 0 o'clock. r.-r:

At 7 o'clock Mr. Lincoln left-his hotel, and ^proceeded in a carriage to the residence of Mr. Seward, -with whom he dined.. ,,

At o'clock Mr. Lincoln received the Peace Commissioners. Gov. Chase, oi Ohio, introduced Mr. Tyler. Mr. Lin-, coin received him with all the respect due his position. Several delegates were then presented to Mr. Lincoln by Gov. Chase, in the usual m,anncr. n:i

.. JS^The circular of the Young Ladies Collegiate Institute .-at .Monroe, Mich., gives us one of the mottoes of the. school—"Education refers to tho whole man.'!' What a glorious school •for,marriageable youwg laditsr.

Late -advances from Washington, row some additional light on the late

Privateh/ for!cow d'etafoi the .PresIdLMit- elect. It Ix 'u se^ns that not only General Scott Se^tO !*'. ard aifd Trulpbull hadfnhpfered him to }-i take tlris step but thcSadiriOnitiohofiid

'RuinHorea Intention to AsstiNssissatc!, .1 /Avt•l«! IIliu at Baltimore. vr-

Great Excitement.

The people of. this city ,were as toffis hud this morning' by an announce^ne^it that Lin col a had parted, in a special train forMrasfiii)g/on'| despatch* iis having been roceived requiring his hceii any attempt upon Mr. Lmpreseuce at, Washington.^ JVSStherd is ample* evTcT6h(?c .lieports are busily circulated that a largo body of*"Plug-Uglics" had there was a plot to assassinate him 1 determined to make an assault tipon while passing through Baltimore, but

loss a personage than Gov. Jficks of Maryland 1 ha's becn added to tho already impressive warning. Mr. Lincoln had not yet accepted the ovation tendered him-by the munieipility and citizens of Baltimore. It was 110 part of the original programme, and we can but commend his discretion in evading the possibility of any istur,b:inco at Baltimore, do Tt6t" ap]jrehend khat there .w01 ild

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such stories are not believed. I tion. Eggs had been purchased in the The Baltimore committee is here, Baltimore marketsfor this avowed purbut did not havq an interview with Lin- p0S0 .in(j that the assault when made coin. ...

BALTIMORE. Feb. 23

Lincoln arrived here at 8 o'clock, irfcog, and wont direct to Washington. His family and the remainder of his company will arive at 1 o'clock.

Lincoln Wide-Awakes atthe rccep-

would have l'csulted in bloodshead, no one acquainted with the desperate character of Baltimore mobs can doubt for a moment

Lincoln, it is true,

may have incurred no great danger, but a conflict of this character, in the present excited state of the public mind, would have been no less deplorable.— The good citizens of Baltimore, already overwhelmed with shame in the repeated acts of mob violence which disgrace their city annals, may thank Mr. Tjincoln and his advisers for this admirable forethought.—Lafayette Courer.

Plot *1 sum ut Is invalid a ¥Afe!

ISe is to be Sliotat the InauguratSon!!

Tlie Peace Congress.

GEff. TWIGGS DlSUOi\ORE».

CAISIWET.

Colonel Sumner to be Promoted.

COLFAX FOB TIIE CABINET.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.

Information is before the proper authorities, tending to prove that an organized body of men have sworn Lincoln should never sleep in tho White House. A detective who joined them says the plan is as follows: The entire band are to occupy a position as near the President on inauguration day as they can obtain, and one of their number standing in the centre of them is to shoot Lincoln with an air gun, when the crowd of men around the assassin are to so hide him a3 to rendor detection impossible. Further details may be obtained to-night, though fur many reasons it is deemed advisable to withhold definite information.

The third clausc of Guthrie's proposition was debated by the Conference to-day without a vote. A session is being held to-night. Strong efforts aro making to come to a conclusion on the subject.

The war department to-day received corroborative despatches that General Twiggs had surrendered to the Texasrebels all the govern men! !i tary proparty. Secretary Holt dispatched orders to relieve him, but they could not have arrived.

The most reliable report of the construction of Lincoln's CVoinet is Seward Secretary of Stale, Bates Attorney General," Gilmer, of North Carolina, Secretary of the Navj*. C. B. Smith Secretary of tho Interior, Weller Postmaster General, and Gen. Cameron Secretary of the Treasury.

Despatches to the government report a large expedition leaving Galveston for the Rio Grande, consisting of six companiesfrom Galvoston and Houston and two companies from the interior. The object is declared to bo to protect the frontier in the event of the withdrawal of the United States troops.— Col. Foi-d, an old ranger, is in command.

It is presumed that Col. Sumner will be promoted to the commission dishonored and disgraced by Gen. Twiggs.

Despite existing rumors brought to the city last night, -Mr. Lincoln slept and rested well. To-day President Buchanan, Mr. Staunton, and other prominent Democrats called on him.— Lord Lyons and the Ministers from France, Russia, Prussia and Spain left thoir cards with Mr. Lincoln, as did the Secretaries of various Legations.

Mr. Wood, manager of tho Presidential train,called on Gen. Scott this morning. The General told him that everything had been done as it should have been done, that he approved of every step, and Lincoln did exactly what he should havo done when he left Itarrisburg.

A document, was handed to Lincoln to-day, signed by a majority of the Indiana Legislature, headed by the Lieut. Governor, recommending Colfax for Postmaster General. Mr. Lincoln observed that this was very strong, and there seemed a general clesiro in many parts of the country that Colfax should have the position indicated.

The Peace Convention has been in session all day. The debate has been the most spirited which has yet occurred. Guthrie and some of his friends became so much offended that they left the hall and signified their intention not to return. The Convention at one timo was very near breaking up, but better counsel"prevailed. Guthrie subsequently returned and business proceeded. There is 110 hope of an adjustment to-morrow.

The government seems to have made more than one effort to got possession of tho bullion in the New Orleans mint. Postmaster General King, on the 19th inst., drew on Mr. Guitot, Assistant Treasurer of Louisiana, for $300,000, but his draft, like that of Mr. Dix s, was dishonored. ,. t.. .(

Mrs. Gov. Morgan^ of New ork, in going to a party at Erastus Corring.s house, (in Albany,) the other evening, lost a breastpin valued at §1,500.

jp^-'What if the worst fate befall South Carolina!—Charleston Courier. Why then the worst will havo come to the \ro/st.-~-Loui&vUte Journal.::

o'urnsi:

American Disunion.

The London Globe, the semi-official Organ of Lord Palmcrston, publislifes an article in reply to that of the Times, of which gave the points yesterday. The Times expressed the opinion that the Southern Confederation will be tho. real United States." answer to this the Globe says:

Up to the times when Kansas resisted and'refused to be a Slave State, the slave power was the predominant power in the Union. Failing in Kansas, overmatched by Minnesota and Oregon, the South made a last stru^gld, and. defeated by the Free States, they ..have fallen., back ,.jpn revolution, and use revolutionary means of coercion to

Grant that the soil is less fertile, the climate severe—men, not soil and climate, make nations. A hure region

material point the Froe States exceeds the Slave States. The Slave States, if they separate from the Union, are far more likely to follow in tho track of the South American Republics, to bocomo Mexicos on a grand scale, than they are to become a great empire. In our estimation, the South has all to lose and nothing to gain bj' disunion and unhappily the rest of the world may lose, too, by conduct which seems to spring from no sourco but political pride and passion.

B®.,, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, the "Vice-President" of the "Confederate States of America," is thus described by a Montgomery correspondent of the Charleston Courier:

The personnel of Mr. Stephens is very striking. He has the appoarance of having undergone great bodily anguish, and liis advanced ago and gray hairs contribute to givo to his eye a restless, nervous movement. His size is medium, and figure remarkably slim.— His forehead is much wrinkled, and his locks flow over the shoulders, which stoop very much. A habit of wearing the hat advanced to the left, gives to his whole contour an appearance at once remarkable and prepossessing.

Mr. BrecfciEiridgre.

The Ilopkinsville (Ivy.) Press says: Of all the papers published in the State, we were the first to mention his name and advocate his election. We believed him true to his State and country. We were disappointed. Now we aro the first to ask him to resign, and we believe the people are just as anxious for his. compliance with this request as they were that ho should be electcd. A man that has no more independence and manliness than he has, is unfit to hold the place of the immortal Crittenden.

Let Breckinridgo resign at once, and let tho same Legislature that elected him, elect John J. Crittenden.

Patriotic Sentinaents: of Mr. Lincoln, After planting the stars and stripes upon Independence Hall 3-esterday, Mr. Lincoln, in reply to the remarks of Mr. Cuyler, gave utterance to the following which certainly cannot fail to be understood in an}" section of the country: '•I can say in return, sir, that all the political sentiments I entertain have been drawn, so far as I have been able to draw them, from the sentiments which originated in, and given to the world from this Hall. I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the.Declaration of Independence.— I have often pondered over the dangers which were incurred by the men who assembled here, and framed and adopted that declaration. I have pondered over the toils that were endured by tho

achieved the independence. I have often principle confederacy so long together. not tho mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother land, bat that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence whibh gave liber,ty not alone to the people of this coun-try,-but I hope tb the world for all futuro time. (Great applause.) It was that which' gavo promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence

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UfJU 1CVVMUIVJUU llivtllio VI WVlViVM tv .. WW induce submission ih the Nortli and by,and, irit isthepleasurc of Alraighty Northwest. But if by seceding, from God, to die by." Virginia to Texas, and from South Car olina to Missouri they will form the dominant Confederacy of the Continent, if that were a political fact manifest to them, it is strange they do not secede at once, and that the thoughtful men should be filled with dismay instead of rejoicing. But the i-eal fact is, that the thoughtful men know the weakness of the South the}' know that, far from being able to stand firm-

tliat, far from being able to stand firm-1 tion. That body, we venture to prcly alono, the South, in spite of the fer- diet, will present no demands or proptility of the soil, in spite of tho im- ositions as an ultimatum. Very proba-

uu i/uv uuuvwivj 1*^ at all.- '^National power i3 not to be Union on or before the 4t.li of March, measured solely by extent of territory,

over tne tons tnat were enuuieu uy mi. officers and soldiers of tho^ Associate Justices-Samuel D. King 3ved the independence. have 01- f(rmerl

enquired of myself what great

2iple or idea it was that kept this It was

Now, my friends,

about to say I would rather be assassi-v nated oii this spot than surrender it.— (Applause.) Now, in my view of tho present State of affairs, there n-eed be no bloodshed or" war. There is 110 necessity for it. 1 am not in favor of suclt a cn.ursC, and I may say in advance, there will bo no bloodshed unless it is forced dpfon the government, and then it will be compelled to act in self-de-fence, (Applause.) My friends, this is' wholly an unexpected speech, and did not expect to be called upon tosav a word when I came. I supposed it was merely to do something towards: raising the 'flag. I'- may, therefore, have s'ajd Something indiscreet. (Cries of '.'no, no.''.) If I have, I liave said nothing but what I am willing to live

Missouri for the Union.

••The election returns from the Stat so far as receivod, are utterly destructive of the Secession scheme. They fail in any instance to announce the election of a Disunionist. There can be ho doubt but that a decided majority of the Convention will be for theUnion without condition or qualifiea-

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Grant that the Free States arc what words, the Convention will be a proour ancestors would have called ai slavery,.anti-secession assembly, look"Rump," these Free States are many ing in'tho Lhiion and not outside for times larger than the British Isles.

iiiaKJ, mabiC iiatiuiis. II1C IlOliOl US \CM US IUU 1IItUI L'ol-o like that occupied by the iSTorth and the State, for it will not put tlie.se two Northwestern States, peopled by free, |jn antagonism with each other.—St. industrious, abld men of the most te- Louis Democrat. 12th nacious and sturdy stock in the world,1 is not likely to play apart second to a region cursed with two such curses as the slave population and the "mean

whites." Even as regards extent, it only by comparison with British North Louis Democrat to say that he will

America and the Slave country, that a candidate for the Missouri convention the territory of the I reo States can be

1 1

towns, fine seaports, an immense ma rine, waterways and railways, mines

the alternative of refusal. In other

"remedies," or conquests, as the case may be. .We may safely conclude that it will prove tho efficient guardian of the honor, as well as the interests of

Letter from FranStl'. Blair--Dis-union Denou need. Frank P. Blair, Jr., writes to the St.

0ll]y 0n

described as a "narrow strip." With- TTesars: in that narrow strip you have all th elements of political greatness eicmeTiis 01 political hardy agricultural population, large only won out of it myse i, but it I

fan hf»ln it. I won nt, nnvhodr

condition that a L'nion ticket

be formed. He says: I am for the Union all over. I not

can help it, I won't let anybody eJso"•0 out of it. I iro for the Union so.

conditionally, and 1 will vote for noman who is not for the Union without conditions or mental restriction. It will bo very difficult to make the people believe that the Missouri Republican is for the Union, if it refuses to unite on fair and honorable ground with all who aro for it. If it would prefer to see the Union dissolved rather than have it saved .by the vote of aBlack Republican delegate-to the con-u vention, its devotion to tho Union is not skin deep. If its desire to preserve the Union cannot overcome its political prejudices, then its devotion is only from the teeth outward. "I repeat again that I shall not be in the way of any honest effort, to unite the strength of the Union' men, against the worst enemies of tho welfare of our Stato and country, but shall be ready to put on the harness to aid ail earnest and unconditional Union men to defeat, as I have often beforo defeated, the open and secret enemies of the country. Yours, "FRANK P. Br.AIIT, J.."

Much in Little.

The Loisville Journal s.iys: Tho Secessionists complain thatsomo of the slaves who escape to the North are not returned. Their remedy is to dissolve theUnion, so that not a solitary one shall be returned. They complain that Northern men-hold out terntations to our slaves to run away.— Their remedy is to provido that fifty or a hundred run away where one runs away now. They complain that tho North is opposed to increasing tho dumber of Slave Stat es. Their remedy is, by multiplying the facilities for the escape of fugitives slaves everywhere upon the border, to change several of tho present Slavo States to Free States. They complain that the Abolitionists: contemplate striking a blow at the slave institution. Their remedy is to strike a blow at it themselves, more fatal than all the blows the Abolitionists conlib strike at it in a quarter of a century.

fics^/riie following aro tho State officers of Kansas, electcd under the Wy-* andotte constitution, and who will assume to administer the new State government: ...

Governor—Charles Robinson, formerly of Massachusetts. Lieutenant-Governor—J. P. Root, formerly of Connecticut.

Secretary of State—J. W. Robinson,, formerly of.Maine. Treasurer—WilliamThoien. formerly of New York.

Auditor—Georgo Hillyer, formerly of Ohio. Superintendent of Public Instruction

R. Griffith, formerly of Illinois: Chief Justice—Thomas Bwing,* Jr.^

Kentucky, and Lav-

Baily

s"ire*

formerly of New Hamp-j.

A W

ISTOTXCE .*

borebf givon tluit tlU'«ndcrsignod has been np-. pointed Administrator of the I'atate of Lh.13 unbar, lato of Montgomery county, ..deceased.^, ,. Said estato is supposed to be caul tsuu

ad,^nIIJA1I

Feb, 28-, 1S61—Z\P*

can this country be saved upon tliisba- sonai propei-tjvn^imcns'iis','Household, sis? If it can, I. will consider myee ,jveo one of the happiestmen in the woild if, TERMS, A credit of mno-MOIVths^'h I can help save it. If it cannot be say. on all ed on that principle it will bc truly doplorable. But this country .cannot -136 [. I J. b6tv saved -syithout^tliis-pnntffloiI vrdsfFeb,*

J,solvent. UO-WERS, Adm.

g*y:: isroTioE r'

hereby given that I will sell at public auction^ on Saturday the, 23d day of March, 1861% at*J.h»*'

in tne i^eciuiatiuii redidencc of Elias Dunbar, late of Sugar-creek^-

township, Montgomery county, deccnsed, his por-i^