Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 43, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1861 — Page 2

WEEKLY SEN I IN Kl

AT. UCH at), l Mi I .lore Euiii L HAi.iK,nbrotaor of the Vice Preai dent, has been confirmed m Commissioner nnder Ute rocipnx-ity treaty. The first duty of the Administration is tu paevian. M tbe.r Will our pomaded young Conpreasman t llow the example and become a nepotist? The telegraph states that reports were current i j Waahington on Saturday that Fort Pickens had been attacked. or a collision of some kind had cccu-red between the Federal and Florida troops it or in the neighborhood of Pensacola The 1 1 1 1 fi 1 1 I in VI ore Hrpukliran Patriot! The Waahington dispatches to the Cincinnati fmtette says tliat "Secretary Cbask now hits meven -.larks occupied exclusively in opunmj and jiling saancafasns for oßice. im mmd under his department Ho many he will need to help him when he enter If" he everdoea) upon the Herculean task of reading them, heaven only know! Truly, this H a great country." and tlte patriotism of the Re publican party if unbounded. The Honae squadron. The New York TViawne, of the 15th inst., giroa an account of the Teasels now constituting t ie Home Squadron of the United States, most of which are read? for instant service, and all but thraa or four axe now in that port. The list com 26 rassels, carmine 190 guns and 2,5, Tliis is the largest naval farce ever con entrated in one squadron sflice the organization i the United Suite Nary. It consists of more shina than tbawaAannel fleet of Kurland. The 'YnVun is ot opinion that important naval move are in contemplation by the Government Quite nn Aconieition. A toe first meeting f the compromise Repub iicans at the Court-house, some weeks ago, Mr Yaxdi told the crowd of "irrepressibles" then on and : "Gentlemen, you will have to come over on my platform before six months !" upon which i f 1 1 iiiiiaaaaiilia''l i i man vociferously shouted "Nerer! JWrer. Jfann!" Last Wednesday evening Mr. Yandes alludel to the fact that since that occasion there had bee:. uite an acquisition to his side, naming President tatcoLi, Mr. SrwAan. and others. He might hare included some of the "Never" gentlemen : the former meeting ! What a great change a ttle "pan" c m m ike in the views of some men ! -'nerc ia the Revenue to Come From Wa copy this morning a suggestive article from ie New York Evening Past, Republican, Ikting taa difficulties that will attend the Government in raising sufficient revenue from impost dutiefor its support. The low tariff of the Southern Confederacy, and the high and bungling tarifl iopted by the Republican Congress miut com ; licate the difficulties and embarrassments of the Administration at Washington. It seems inevi : ible that the revenues of the Government must fa materially diminished while its expenses will i treaty increased, if the attempt is m ule to Mockade the ports of the seceding States. Mr i.ixcoLx and the Republican party will find that . is in enic task to obtain possession of the vernrnenr. than to successfully administer it hen in power. Is In) bod) Hurt? Fort Sumte.- is be evacuated by the Republican doiiniatration. The Federal troops are being withdrawn from Texas, by order of ditto. And Mr. Lincoln evidently intends that his peace pol icy shall prevail over all the seceding States. The Administration is exceedingly embarrassed i : regard to its power to collect the revenues in any of tii portj of the Southern Confederacy. The Cincinr-.it" fJx-tte tar "'he onlv law in f rce is that of l7lJ, wuich .o(uaes the Collector t be a resident in tiie district from which he is on shore. o provision as made for collecting at on the outüide of the harbor by revenue cutters. In 1833 it was nereaaary to pass a force bill for collecting i; a ithin Charleston harbor. Under t ie operations of the aew tariff act, the labor ot oHecting duties will be greatly increased, ren-'f.-ing it .piite difficult except on land " Is "anyb iaj hurt" by the present state of affairs?" Itin crisis an artificial one?" Will Mr. Unman r w -eiterate that "nothing is the matter?" W shisto5 Items We gather the following eiw from our exchanges. The Cincinnati Comt terciaV$ correspondent, says: It is highly questionable whether the President clothed with sufficient power under existing laws to collect a cent of revenue in a disafte. ted State. The Carl Schunt quarrel, for Italy, can almost le termed such, dividing leading Republicans to vavy warm partizans and opponents of the potter of full recognition of the foreign born e!e aent, as entitled to equal position at home and r. broad. The low tariff nf the new Southern Confeder . c y, as distinguished from the pretty steep one of ie l nited butes, which goes into effect April . will stilt further embarrass the decision of be fece-sion and the recognition que-tion; the i nly decisive cure for this evil would seem to be tor our Government to make a bold stroke, adopt beolute free trade ano raise its reveuue hv di lect taxation; this would cut the Gordion knot. at it will not lie d me. Senator Line, of Indiana, displavs wonderful igor in providing for his friends iends The Indiana LiegMlature appears to have adjourned hither uu ler the command of Governor Morton. One cai utfly tum around a corner without stumblinver a Booster legislator. J. W. Gordon is here fter some foreign mission He don't look ver lapefsu. The Gazette' dispatches has the following ibout o racers and appointments : E. Klanpracnt, editor of the Cincinnati Vants6satt, hi appointed to some German Cm-ulshir J. P. Hatterscheidt, a German Kansas politician, i after Consulship at Antwerp. Judge Otto, of Indiana, has now settled upon ne tieigian Mission. TT iy f i -v i .a ex ajovernor oeuo, ot unio, aesares the mission .o Central America. John L. Mansfield, late State Elector at large, ii inmani aaawas tna ajonsuisnip to rlavre. Mi douoway, of Richmond, Indiana, has been ap pointed commissioner of f a tents The nquirer't dispatches contain the folio win. . tarns: The most active steps are being taken to change M the Foreign Ministersand L'on-uls without dtay. ia order to bare a representation abroad that .vail discredit the Southern Confederacy, and tba way of its recognition. The Republicans are to be seiet.-ted for nhnareknoMii u be hostile to toa share iu toast. Until tiiese apiioii.teaas are coaapieted no attention will lie given .ha Custom houae or Postofilce appoautments, ae tna w.u not auoait oi ue Chase is said to i perplexed at the tantl anto effect on the 1st ot April. If bv that tiaae, the hmerv of this complex tariff will have io be started bv raw hands, the result of which Wtti be confusM.n and a ganirai coaaniaining of the He would like to have it put in operi bv the old, experienced hands, but the is so great as uot to admit ot the delav. of tbnasareantiae interest on oue side, and of the office hunters on the other, leivesmin in a bad war. Toe secession fsehnsr ia on the increase in Vir nam. I am areat mHuence aanswoi over this Admanastration by the refugee red Republican German eteaaant as calculated to alarm them, These men ate known to he determined on the xtiuctioa of slavery, ano. thear insulious and incendaarv modes of auat stion are weil establishcl; nence the desire to get bevond their reach. The nth all its ranv.h.-ations, an the hands of an ultra Rer nidi' an Abotionisi, is also making them restive. A.y Extensive Failibjc at Camsridgk Citt. We learn that L. B. Morrison, who for some time been associated with Thomis N'ewhy, of the Cambridge City Bank in the general morrhandise. and with Sanford Fcky in Um diatiHing baisineas, absconded a few days siaee. Maring behind a very large indebtedness. K letter from JUaw York, written by him and ent to Cambridge City, stated be was on his way to Central Aiaerka, Jaeaata. Lacky and Newby, .a aonaaanence of which, wars compelled to make an assignment. The failure of Mr Newby will .iave no efTe.t on the Cambridge City Bank. The osses susta;:;ed by the fanning community re ery large.

What Shall be Done lor llrvenur!

There are some difficult - arte: tin .- ' tion of the revenue in lie scce ling 8; ' vit will be well to lookM attentivelfh That either the revenue t'r in uutie- mart be collected in the ports 4ff the rebel Blute-, or the ports must be closed to imiwrtat na from abroad. is generally admitted. I ! neithi r of these t! be done, our laws tantiallv re pealed; the sources which supply our treasury will be dried up; we shall have no mouey to carry on the Government; the nation will become bankrupt before the next crop of corn is lipe. There will be nothing to furnish meant of subsistence to the army; nothing to keep ouraaay afloat; nothing to pay the salaries of the public officer ; the aesent order ot things must osena to a noad atop. Allow railroad iron to be entered at Savannah with the low duty of ten per cent., which is all that the Southern Contedcracy think of latrine on imported goods, and uot an ounce mora would be imported at "cv York; the nil way-; would be supplied from the Southern ports Let cotton S)ood3, let woollen fabric, let tiie various manu actures of iron aud steel be entered free';. Galveston, at the great port :it the m tilth or the Mississippi, at Mobi.e.at bar nana h and it Cbcrlti -ton, and they would be immediately cent up the rivers, and carriccr on the railroads to the re motest parts of the Union. Nay, they would be sent directly from the-e port- bv .-e a t Ualtimore, Phi lade phia. New York and Boston. S io; -keepers would be supplied with their silks and laces from the same quarter. The shoe shops would be furnished with their assortments from the French stalls, and the hatters' .-hops would be filled with the work of French artisans which have never paid a penny to the Government. When these and other kinds of march andlse w ere once in tflfe country there would be nc way to prevent their free circulation and -n'eiit -very part of the United States. The ciihtv M - sippi and its great tributaries, the long railwavs reaching from one extremity ot the Union to the other, the active fleet of merchant vessels employe! in onr coasting trade, would rapidly convey the untaxed merchandise to the most distant nehborhocds of onr great domair. The Government, without special authorization from Congress, w ill have no power to create a line of custom ho i-es along the North Carolina and Tennessee frontier, or to cover the Arkansas border with stations of revenue officers to intercept the contrabandists. The whole country would be given up to an immene system of smuggling, which, on near two thousand miles of coast, would meet with no obstacle, orinteYtu tion, or discouragement. What WouM Mr. Wood-screw Simmons, the Rhode island Sena tor, who caused a prohibitory duty on wood screws to be inserted in the tu iff which had ju-t been passed by Congress, in order that a -screw-mill might make all the wooden erews used in the United States, and th it it- fbrttm ite owners might grow rich "beyond the dream of avarice" what would thi patriotic and most dis interested legislator say if cargoes of nntaxel wooil screws were to be brought from the south ern coast by our rivers and railways and on board of our coasting vessels, and dispersed all over the country, and his hopes of gain d's ippointed : Mr Simmons ..-mid weep tears of hickory! To protect the interests of' Mi- Simmons in the iirst place, and those of the Federal treasury in the next, something must be done. The genera! expectation seems to be that the duties will I collected on board of armed vessels at the differ ent ports of entry in the seceding State. Arc ourreiders aware what a lleet this would require' There are seven collection districts in the little State of Florida alone; there are four in Alabama. At every port there must be a collector, with his army of appraisers, clerks, examiners, inspectors, weighers, gaugers, measure.--- and so forth; there must be a Naval Officer and histaff of entry clerks. The Morrill tariff law. which we have just enacted, will make a 1 arger number of all these necessary than would have been required a mouth ago. Where twenty men would have then answered the purpose thirty will now be needed. If we collect the revenue in Ail manner, with a fleet at everv port and a corps ot m house oliicera on board, it will cost us a great deal more than all w e shall get. But can the revenue be thus c die-ted? The importers arriving at ti.e Si uthe.n harbors will know h w to address tiie cn-to:n house officers. We have a cargo," they will nitur ally say. "on hich we do not care to puv duties just at pre-ent; we must depos;r it in the warehouses lor tiie term luring which we are perm ttc i to do so bv law." What will the officers of the cust ms do in that case? The Government has no Innrer anv ware houses in the seceding ports. The hold of an armed vessel would neither be a proper nor a sufficient iv spacious repository for the coads The duties in that case can not be colleited: and the collector will lie puzzled to know whether to let tnesti.p Braaaaa so ear i nami her. VN e happen to know that ther.' are mm ortin z houses at this moment preparir.g 'o ttke advan-taeer.-fthis oneniri" lor an uniiiciimbered fr.ole Ther are getting re idv to convev their csr"oe to Charleston or Savannah; the goods will helm le I there, nnd then brought co-sv.se to New Um0 t,,ev wn be ,,,, ject to no dltv The new tariff, with its strange formalities and ingeniously devised delays, forms an additional inducement with them to take this course. What, then, is left for our Government? Shall we let the seeding States repeal the revenue laws for the whole Union in this manner? Or will the Government choose to consider all for eign commerce destined for those ports where we have no custom-houses an i no colle trahand, and stop it when offering to en!er the collection districts from which o ir authorities have been expelled? Or will the President call a special session of Congress to do wiiat the l ist unwiselv tailed to do to abolish .II port of entry in the seceding States. New York Fost. Kep'thliran. Northern and Southern Nation. The Washington correspondent o ' the Charleton Mercury, says that Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky, now in Washington, is one of those men rho hetieve what the bovs in the Northern schools and colleges are taught, nanielv, that the de-tiny of Southern nations is to be conquered ami overrun by Northern races, ju t ns the Ger sans oveiTun the Roman. He said as much in conversation with Fi 1 wood Fisher "Whv " replied Fisher, in hi quic! wa . "I have read liistoryTery differently. The cmlizoJ world his oeen conquered seven times five times bv Southern men, and twice by Northern. The Greeks led on by Alexander, were Southerners nd slaveholders, so w ere the Rom in, under Cassar; so the A nibs, under Mohimmei; the ls. under Philip, and the French, though si.nvcn-Muers. nre onmeniers. i neea not teM vo" v the great Napoleon. nor r':,t r:,ltl" t!,y "Old at this (lay, under his nephew. Have von forgotten how the Moors penetrate-1 to Vienna, and, but for the valor of 'I0"? ,8,"i8. would h ive mastered nil Europe'.' A.n? 1 T',n fitrtthat the Roman legions.siding with the Germans, under Al aric.conquered Rome? ii nisiorT teaciie nnvthing. it t aches that a united South ha' always defied the world iu arm-, and never k:.e.f defeat till dissentioii' took place among themeh ei Finally, to bring the matter home, seo what Southern m -n Italians, eommuaded by G :r'b lief, mi l fi -fiMig ;'r their iinerty ire doing to AiHtaians, Northern men When tou, gentlemen, talk of corcins the South, vou had better lavtoheirt le-sons taught by historians who are not Yankee -." Cassius was completely nonplused used up. Republican Patriotism. The scramble for office in Washington is in tense. 1 o illustrate the disinterested patriotism of the Repaildican prty, we qurite from Repub lican authority. The Washington dispatches of the Cincinnati Gazette any : v r . ,!. ofKcr U bo.d mo. ,-,- Chase. At the Tra.wu.rv Ioartmon. t he had Hve Im4. mhm ,r.i '...,, u ce-,v.. au.l file nolic-nti.ms fur ..Iii,."" TU. mi,.j t;me t0 EUllce at them. Such , ni;h m. --,, , ......iip, i,.f i ,rti., imKniinn. ... ,i.ii ii From present appaarances, kat about one in fiftv wiu oeeed. It is, of course, i phvsic d imrn.i sibilitv for the Becsetarv to give more than a lit tie attention to the-e numerous annlirations The Commercial' dispatc lies are a little more . - , e 1 com.emmoion oi tne neput. greed for -pod... d hey say: The scramble for the best nlacesin the Govf-r.. ment seems paramount to the itd question, whether we have a Government, after all. Mam perhaps most, of the Republicans here, after tiie first biush of astonishment and haanliaooa t this contemplated step, have turne 1 to finding uuacauonstor at -.a military necess.tv. tu - , . ! the country, etc. Some, however, continue to denounce at as not onlv unnecessary, but in the highest degree cowardly. Old Ren Wa le savs he never much believed in total depravitv, but in these apostate times he begins to think it is true. and that the Republican pa: Republican party will furnish a striking illustration of it, being likely to be damned before it is fairly born. On the other hand, staunch Republicans say that the abandon ment of Fort Sumter will b accompanied by the re enforcement of Fort Pickens, and a naval blockade of Southern por'-sto collect the revenues of the Government. Tiie Flaw of the Cosaf eiterate States. The following is the official description of the uedlg" OI u,e fli'g icueauiy auopieu oy tne uonI irn.4 . . t lk A r.iii 1 1 . lor ifo Sf -i I . . I ? I . i 1 . , , . I , ., n ..Rwi while aild ieJ. :.. C threc c,mal r,,rU I horizontally placed. The white between the re'. I blue union, with seven stars, in the form ot a circle reacmng uown to tue lower reo. It was tormaov hoisted over the ätate House at Montgomery on the afternoon of Monday last. Z3T We notice that the old Journal office is being remodeled into bus ness-rooms and offices. The) will be fit for occupancy in about two weeks. Delxell k Smith, Real Estate Agents, have the renting of them.

Thesun endcr of Fort Sumter by the Lincoln Adininis:r.ition, meefe with dMerent re-ponsej fronvtlie lie, ublic ui press of the Union. So.ne denooncc it as a surrender on the part of the Administration; others excuse; 'and defend it. For the benefit of the Republicans of this State.an ! in order thai they miv heir both sides before making up their minds, we publish a few quotations from these papers: The Pitt.-burg Dispatch (irrepre-siblc Itepublican) says: Greit surprise, and intense indignation, was caused in all quarters on Monday, by the dispatches from Washington announcing that the G iveaairuci.t lud de'.enniued to surrender Fort Sumter No nutter what the reason assigned lor the stej! whether the reductive persuasion-

ot t'e bonier .-'lave Mi ltes, or tue ansoiute mi practicability, alleged, of reinforcing in sea,n the fact is regarued as establishing beyond a peradicntuae that our Republican Government i- a failure incapable of in. tint lining itself, as it has proved unable toi.eiewi the liberty, the prop eitv, orlhc lives of it- Northern subject agaiiast the contemptible siave'aolding minority . The Lafayette (Indiana) Courier, (Republican) uses this language: We con teas to some degree of disappointment ami humiliation in the contenqdati n of saeb, a proceeding on the part of an Executive, who but a week a-o to-day tlirilled the great heart of the nation w ith the declaration that to "hold aim t!,e Federal property was an iiunarative duty. But our faith in the wisdom of Mr. Lincoai'i and his advisers is uuiinpaaed, and if it shall be their settled policy to abandon the foi titications at Charleston and at Pensacola, we shall bc.;eve it all for the best. We ahaU hold it to be the first duty of patriotism to preserve the Union, aud until every expedient to this end husbeen exhausted, a brother's baud niut not be imbued in a brother b . The Cincinnati GmvUe holds forth thus: Civil war with all its horrors, would be prefernb'e to a humiliated nnd demoralized Government; and If the Administration should bow be fore traitors, yielding all they demand, it would at once lose the confidence and respect of every man cap able of distinguishing between m mhoou and imbecility. We want a Government that will not seek peace at the expense of everything that is honorable, or calculated to command the respect of the world a Government not ageressie or ttar&h, but firm and unyielding in defending the property of the nation and enforcing the laws. A Unio'n miintaiaied in any other way would uot be worth h iving. Peace preserved o. obtained by y ielding to the aggressions of rebels, would be such a pe .ee as might be expected under a reign of an archy. This is the policy we bare advocate I, and this we bcüeve to be the policy of the Administration, and it is certainly the onl coua-se that will be sustaiaied by the citizens of this country, who are in favor oi the Union without conditions. The Cincinnati ComtntrciaZ says : We occupy a large portion of our spare this morning with exfnets fr m the New York news pipers, respecting the proinised evacuation oi' Fort Sumter. It will bf observed that all who advocate or acquiesce in the policy of the abandonment of the fort, no so upon the ground that it is a military necessity. The latest intelli genre will be IbtUH in our letter, by te'eraph, from Washington, in which it is positively stated thnt the thing' has bs.en delinitely decided upon. Whenever, if ever, the thing done, the iron will cuter the souls of the American pejple. Ther ; ia ran an to apprehend, that in addition to the S 'n-c of humiliation which must be general among sue friends of the Government, at home, the eiieet abroad will be disastrous. The paablic opiiaion of Europe will necess arily be that this Republic is iu ahupe'e.-s state of deinen l.zition The inexorable "military necessity" which isprrclaime l will be appreciate abroad as a conies sion of the most contemptible weakness on the part of o:.r Government; and indeed it would be troublesome to indicate to the popular understanding here, th at any other view of the case b teti able. There is no conciliat;oti in the acknowledgment of the necessity of evacuating the ii tion in which the pride of the peiple is now bound up. The t;me for higgling about measures is over, and the time for action arrived. The Chicago Tribune, (inteir-cy irrepressible,) won't believe the siory, and if it is true, thinks M ijor Anderson ought to disobey orders! It closes iu this vein: The Cabinet, at our latest date, had not de ciileJ, or at le ast la ad not made public, what line oi policy would be pursued. Let us hope, however, that Fort Sumter will be held by Major Anderson, aud that büth provisions and men will be sent to him, leaving the responsibility for the consequences upon those who may oppose that action. Our Washington correspondent gives the NewYork Tribune's opinion on the matter. The Van York World, (Republican,) says: "This will never do!" is the spontaneous exclamation of nine-tenths of the Northern people, a it is bruited abroad that the Administration intends to give orders for the withdrawal of Major Anderson's command from Fort Sumter. With what face can we devour the laudations which we so freely be-towed on that gallant officer when he electrified the country by planting him-elf in that stronghold. What will become of the pride, the j a ms, the exultation, the Te Denm Liiudnmu, which followed the taking possession of that fort without orders, when the first important event un der the new Administration is its evacuation in consequence of orders ' If the current report shall prove to be well founded, and the Administration has really determii cd to sive an order so bantfl. iating, wc are bound to believe that there are good reasons for a proceeding so unexpected, and tj every man of spirit; so distasteful. It is difficult to reason on a subject that so stirs the blood; but, if we can be calm enough to reason, it is doubtless our duty to look at it from the same point of view under which it pre-ents ite!t to the men who arc clothed with the responsibility of po er On the other hand, tiie New York 7iwws justifies the Administration thus: There is every reason to beücve that an assault Wiiuld instantly follow the announcement that the garrison is not to be withdrawn. The batteries! including the floating monster whose efficacy is so confidently reckoned upon by the engineers who consti uctc 1 it, await only the wind of command to pour their fiic into the devoted fort. Gen. Feaure0ard, tl e commander jujt selected to conduct the assault, is an accomplished and experience-! officer, who has seen much active sea vice, and who', ut ter a thorough inspection of the defences and me ins of attack, declares the post "cm be carried in forty-eight hours." In these circumstances, w hat is the duty of the Gjvernmeut at W.tshaugtou? Siia.ll it pe. ist in the attempt to retain a position, the on tenable OH of which is demon-trated by every military adviser, by every fact within its knowledge, and and by the unwilling testimony of the cumin in der bimjaln In this uferly bona! ass enterpa-ise, shall it precipitate a civil oonfliot, the deplorable re-ulu of which will be aiot onlv the industrial and social i uiu of this generation, but an knharifciuce of feud and bloodshed to its successors? Wüen the border Stute-, with patriotic Mudaration, have w ithdrawn all other conditions ot their abding loyalty to the Union, save abstinence from coercion, shall we alienate thctn forever by this wanton and criminal pursuit of an illiiajaf tic.abie poiait of honor, the otf.-pr.a.g of sectional or partisan pride: Thc-e are the questionwhicii engage the auxioaas attention of the new Cabinet, and engross iti deliberations. Upon the deteamin tiun, the immediate and remjte future of the peiple are dependent. The Toledo (Oiaio) Blade alsojustifics the Administration in this strain: We can well imagine how repugnant to the sentiments of every patriotic American is the idea of .anything like Molding an inch to traitors, and ii the step referred to should be dictated by the spirit and purpose that denied the noble Anderson reinforcements and supplies when he i lem inded them, and thev could have been so eisilv furnished, all true meia would prote-t against it, as they did against the imlaJciliU and treachery of Buchanan and his former Cabinet; hnt with the state of facts now pre-entel, wc think the people would approve the acts contemplated. Wc close for the present with the following from the Tcrre Haute Express, the leading Re publican organ in Western Indiana: It is evident from the tenor of the telegraphic dispatches, of the last few day, that the Administration is contemplating the spee ly e aeration of Fort Sumter. It is perhips ordered even now, aand m ay soon take place. '1 his be ng done, sur renders Fort Sumter jeace ably to tiie authorities of South Carolina. It shows to the country th at the Administration is a pacific one. That it j ields the posses-ion of this fortress from motives of kindness aaid atlectiqn can not be doubted. No one can ipiestion the ability of the Gcaioral Government to reinfon tiiis position and to hold it against any attack of the troops of the Confede rate Slates. Th; evacuation, therefore, if it is made, results from a determination to avoid a collision. The M.ssession of Sumter is not really a matter of much importance. It does not cut much figure excel as a defense against an external foe. The possession of the fortress, hitherto, has been more a matter of principle than utility. The con ditiou of affairs now, doubtless, renders it necessary either to reinforce the garrison anal add to its supplies or to abandon it. To do the former in the present state of the public mind at the South, will doubtless provoke a civil war and precipitate the country into a deadly strife. This course, it is evident, the Administration alo not daaira to take. The resolve, therefore, to adopt i aha aaaraaaiiaoui and fraternal expedient, of evacuating the fort promptly, may result in re moving the imminent danger of a resort to arms.

for the settlement of mere political differences be tween citizens of a common ejuutry. It will doaiitle-s, wholly bre ak the force of the secession ' moment in the border States, and tend to strengthen the cause of the Union throughout j the Cotton Confederacy. It is a plain and direct invitation to peace, on j the part of the North. It nur Feemlikea hu- I

initiating act, on the part of a great and strong government to adopt the course alluded to. It would be so toward any other people. The same rule-" of ettiiptet and feeling, however, do not obtain in difference between brothers as between str ingers. It is doubtful whether the policy of this ev Han ation will strike citizens of the North favorable at first view. It is even doubtful whether its effect will be good on the South Patriotic citizens, however, of all sections will not, we think, wish to question the prudence of of any measure which looks to the hirmonions adjustment of the pre-e;;t serious difficulties. Ii is within the range of probabilitfei that thie urse na y le ad to final peace. If so. it will never be condemned in after days. The policy will be found, if adopted, to have proceeded from wite and patriotic e msidecationa. We ccn.iuue further our quotations from the Republican pre- on the evacuation of Fort Sum ter by the Lincolx Administration. The "groans of the Britons" are truly htart-rending. Just to thiaik that the President of their choice, whom they nominated "Because the pojl ?M ASBMal A herd a Ik-rut Leader of our BnaMja bawl," and who they loaidly proclaimed, would soon take hold aud possess the Forts that the "imbecile Administration of Dicuanan had delivered over to the Sjuttaeru traitors, " sh iaild signalize his Administration by surrendering the m -: important position of all, is indeed excruciating! It is too bad to tl.iuk that after all the denunciations poured upon the head of old Buck for refaising to reinforce Fort Sumter after one un-ucce-slhl effort to do so, and the confident and exu'tant "wait tiil Lincolx is President, he will show ycu whether a few shot from a one-eyed sand-hill battery will scarce him off: he will show you how Anoliisux is tobe reinforced," that same "hero'' and "leader" of the" Spartan band" should now actually refuse to rein force Major Andlb.-on and surrender the Fort, without an effort ,and without firing a shot! But c have no heart to aggravate the distress of our Republican friends! We feel for them! We know that their "sufferings is intolerable!" Wc cjndole with them in their afflictions! And in this spirit, as offering some relief to tueir agoiiizcl souls, we give them the consolation afforded by their own papers: The New York Post, edited by William C. Bryant one of the Lin'col electors at l:trre for the State of New Yoak. thus protests asafbst the i evacuation hich, it alleges, will produce a "general howl of indignation": We do not know that it is yet wholly impossi b!e to save the honor of the nation : tiie military advisers of the Cabinet, who arc competent to form an opinion, will decide upon th at point; but we do know that if Major Anderson is ordered to beat an ignominious retreat, the act will produce a general h-ovl of indignation. No real American, we care not what his politics, will consent to see his nation degraded and dishonored without a vehement protest. True, it is said the with Irawsl of the garrison from Fort Sumter will have a good effect in the bonier States, that it will deprive the Se -eisiun ists there of their principal me ins of inflaming the popular pas -ions; but such pleas are both useless and coward! v. Tiie border States do not me in to leivc the Union; their people have given evidence enough of that fact, and it is but a poor compliment to their patriotism or their honor to say that their adherence can only be purchased by sacrifices which involve the lasting disgrace o' the Union Let it be once understood that the Union can only be saved by vacating the General Government of all its functions, and the question will arise whether it is worth sa ing at all. The New York Commercial (Rep.) is surprised and indignant. It says: We would fain hope that the President will see a way to escape from such a enmmencement of his Administration and be saved the necessity of thus severing the last linkoftheFcler.il sovereignty over ihe State of S mill Crolina, aud by consequence over the other seceding States, en But this alleged purpose ol evacuatang r ort Sumter and giving possession of it to the reliels, is in some re-pects inexplicable, and may after all not really lie entertained. If the fortifications around Charleston harbor are so formidable that no force the United States c an bring ngainst them can compete with them, how came it to pass that L'eut. Gen. Scott, who had tae-paent interviews with Mr. Lincoln, permitted the Pie-ident elect to rem ain in ignorance of the fact, and to decdare in hi in augaaral me-sage that he would hold all the forts and other public property handed down to him, and collect the revenue in addition '? It is not supposable that Gen. Scott was ignorant of any military operations in the port of Charleston, even if he were not informed of the straits to w hich M jor Anderson is now alleged tobe reduced. The Commercial concludes that if Fort Sumter is sunendere 1. Fort Pickens must be also given up, and, therefore, "the controversy is at an end. The revolution ir. the South is successful. 1 he S luthern Confederacy is a rival sovereign Republic on this continent." The Tribune is rabid. It groans, moans, and howls in the following terrific manner: Betterat once give up the Federal Government as an exploded humbug, than attempt to carry it on with half our ports open to foreign goods without paying duty, or at least without paying into Iht Federal treasury. And ungracious as it may seem we can not feel nor effect thankfulness- for that kind of acquiescence in the rule of President Lincoln which exacts of him an abdication of the essentia I function of hi olbce as a condition precedent, and strips him of half his rightful power while conceding bim his title and salary. The Washington correspondent of the Tribum write : There is a great fever among the Republicans in tiie city on account of the orders for the re tireuient of the tr oj a loom Fort Sumter. Every man is ferocious at tiif. bare idoa of such a tfiThg. The act is depreciated and denounced in every loa m of anathema. liven the Evansvilie (Ind.,) Jouonal ( Republican,) don't like the thing, ltsivs: If the fort is abandoned it will be because the Government is unable to hold it. That is the long and short of the whole story. We preotme it is out of the power of the Government to save it or the attempt would be m ide The last Cänere s killed every measure which looked like strengthening the President's hands, and until Congress fairnithea him with men to re-enforce fort.- it is not like y they will be re enforce 1. i he secessionists are trjoably as well wäre of thU fact as ourselves, aud if they get possesion of Sumter they will consider it a prize won by their -kill and energy. It is tobe hoped the Administration if they do give Anderson orders to leave will instruct" him to blow the fortification to atoms, a thiaag that could be done very easily and without much danger. "Pre contra," the organs of the Administration in Washington justify the step under different reasons The new organ, the Rfntblic, says: The fort his no str ategetic importance, and it ma) have been suppose 1 th.at the yielding of the point to the pride of South Carolina could very well be alforde I by a great Gov eiiiment, est finally as this would satisfy the country generally of tlae pacific pefioy of the Administration, and enable it, without the abearance of coercion, to be m ae stringeat iu the enforcement of tiie reveuue laws. The other organ, the National InteULjenar, avhose editor is Lincoln's new Postmaster, speaks thus: We need not say that we re cive this intelligence (the proposed evacuation) with greatl ttisfaction, which is enhance 1 by the reason as-igin- I in explanation of the decision to which the Administruioii is said to have come ia the premise-. In m iking -ueh a concession tu the cau-'e of con ciiiation and the pi enervation of the public peace, the Feak-r.il Government will stieugtheti it-ela in the hearts ot the people throughout ail the States iai whicia a spirit of iippi-el.ea.-ion aiow prevails. The Philadelphia North American, the leidirg Republican journal in Pennsylvania, "regrets the heenjajtj for abandoning the furts," and its Washington correspondent writes: The troops must either he withdrawn from Fort Sumter, or the garrison aiau.st he reinforced. The tenure of that position now involves doth ing more than a point of honor. Practically it is ofi.o imjKirtance whatever to tin Government, hiving been constructed exclusively for the defense of Charleston against foreign invasion. Major Anderson is cramped for supplies; that is to - ay. if the privilege of obtaining provisions from the markets w is Stopped as it may be at anv moment, he could not hold out a month longer. Of this fact there Is no doaabt, for a de tailed report has been furnished to the War Department. Military men differ about the prac ticability of reinforcing bun. It can ne none, probably, but not without serious loss of life and the certaiuty of inaugurating civil war. It is worth this sacrifice, or is the Administration so far obligated by any principle, as to require that effort to be made'.' Thc.-e aire questions which uiu-t addi es- tlieiii- ', es gravely tu those eh U - : with that reapousibilil v which UO other- can es'.i mate with the same degree of force, or understand the exact circumstance.- ' hieb gae weight

to the choice of alternatives. It is impossible to de. ;y a alecisinn long, because every h' -ur renders ;

the exigency more critical. The Philadelphia Press, edited by the Repub- i lican Cierk of the last HonJlrrTf Representatives wiio-e son Mr. Lincoln has lately appointed to a Lieutenancy in the marine corps, comes up manfully to the defense of the step: If the news be true that Mr. Lincoln has decided to evacuate Sumier. then will he pre.-ent the world with a gratifying evidence of some capacity to grapple with the important ouestions upon w hich hang the peace and perjietuity of this great country. There is every rOMOn why he should withdraw tiie troops from Sumter, and indeed from all places similarly situitei, and no reason why they should be kept the. e. or why it should be attempted tore enfore them. Uy withdrawing them he will give a-urance, however reluctantly, of a peue policy to the c ui.try, and he will have tiken a step a me is ure so much neeJe! to conciliate the bonier States. He will have forged the fust iink in the cnam O! atiju-mieni . a.na nave rennne-.i iiiucn oi the distrust with which he i- regarded by the a hale South. When the news of the evacuation of Sumter shall be confirmed, then, at that instant, a great and oppressive weight will be re moved from the public mind, North and South. There will be an ull-iervading and delightiul sense of relief. The money market, so sensitive to political changes in crititic.il times, will become lively and buoyant. Stocks will rise and business receive a new impulse. Should he decide not to withdraw the troops, but on the contrary to mike the rash ex peri ment of reinforcing Fort Sumter, then will he sound the tocsin of a blooaly civil war and the knell of the Union. Not only will he place an impassible gulf between us and the cotton States, but he will drive the bonier States forever away from us. He will ruin commerce, crush every industrial interest, and fill tite North with want, distress and beggai y. 0!i. what a happy time we will have! Singular the Press did not find this out befoie when it was thundering its anathemas against Oid Buck for not reinforcing the fortl The Muncie, (Ind.,) Free Press holds forth thus: It is now certain that Fort Sumter will beevacuatel. The aniinonncement creates grett sur prise. 1 lie reason given lor tins unexpected movement is the desire on t'-e part jf the Admin Miration to prevent the conflict that would ensue in attempting to reinforce Major Anderson, as well as to rob the sece-sionists of their only point to rally the people of the Soaatheru States around the standard of secession. While we con ileum the policy of surrendering to traitors, under any circaoutauce3, v.e leel dispose! to await the result before we euter our protest against the movement. It may be all for the baifcand wo hops that it may terminate in happy consequences To reinforce the forts would require a force of ten thousand men. and u blow struck at this time would precipitate the couutiv into civil war. The possession of the fort by the Federal Government is considered of but little importance in a strategic point of view, and, as the secessionists seem In pride themselves upon the possession of forts, it may be politic to let them have it. If the evacuation of the fort will satisfy them, and they do not follow up its poasesaion by other and more arrogant demands, it may all be well. It is claimed that the evacuation of the fort will convince the Southern people of the peaceful disposition of the Administration, and that it will greatly aid the Union men of the South in tiiei;- c.torts to dc.eit the e.-c -sionists. An immediate collision with tiie Federal Government is now considered :is the only hope of the disiiniouists to rally the people to their support. The effect of it upon the horde; States will be to give them confidence in tlte Administration, and the movement may eutiiely defeat the secession scheme. There are, undoubtedly, other motives for the movement thin those of win :h the public ia now int u med. It is under stood to have been recommended by Gen. Scott, and with his knowlodge ami experience, he would not h ave advised it without the end to be attained would justify it. and that it would lead to great and fauportant good to the country. While such men as Seward, Chase, Blair and Scott, lead in such a movement, we nee 1 not fear to follow. We have such confidence in their wisdom and inlegrity that we can not belieie that they are in Bannend by other than motives looking to the bloodless and peaceable adjustment of our National difficulties. If our Republican friends, like Rachel, refuse still to be comforted, after inwardly digesting these extracts, we can only commend to them the following dose from the New York Hrrald: There is a world of difference between talking and acting. It was uu easy matter lor our Re publican organs and indignant patriots to denounce Mr. liuch tuan as a coward, a traitor, a timid old dotard, an old granny afraid of his own shadow, and to s ay that without difficulty lie might h ue thrown reinforcemenU und supplies into Fort S iuiter;that he ought to have done it at all hazards and regardless of costs, and that he ought to have arrest e ! tho.se South Carolina treaty commissioners as traitors, and "Honest Abe Lincoln" would soon make thore traitors and reliels understand that we have a Go. eminent; but ' Old Abe," when invested with the responsibility, seems to come to pretty much the same way of thinking as ' Old Ruck," to wit, that "cireum stances ' must be considered. Hence Mr. Lincoln begins to suspect that this legacy of Fort Sumter is not worth holding; and that when a niece of Federal property has ceased to b-c of any earthly value to the Government, it is inexpedient to plunge into a civil war to retain it. The nhnoia State Journal, Mr. Lincoln's own home organ, it appears, has not yet got the cue, and on tlte hypothesis that old Abe in SprinulicM is the same old Abe that now occupies tlae White House and that the programme and policy he m trlted out in the former, is to be strictly carried out in the latter place, thus pitches into the jtol icy of surrendering Sumter: It will be seen that the question of the evac vation of Forts Sumter and Pickens have been before Mr. L:ncoln's Cabinet. Traitors Worth nnd South are elated with the idea that they will be surrendered. We do not believe they will be, utile. Democratic treison his render? lit ut terly imosstble to reinforce them. We will know to-day what has been determine! upon. In the meantime, we will say that Democracy here is jubilant over the idea that the Stars nnd Stripe may yet be lowered to the Rattle-make and Pelican flags. The bare contemplation of such a thing fills us with sadness, and make is sick at heart. Can it be that the flag that the patriot Washington carrie I triumphantly through the war of the Revolution, is to be lowered nt the bidding of the traitor Jefferson Davis": We shall see. The Wayne county (Ind.) True Republican (Ji'lian's organ) holds forth thus: We le.iria the promotion of Major Anderson hi been under coiuuderatioii in Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet. The American people would heartily applaud the act, and no lews of olfendiug "our 3 ouliern brethren" should prevent iu bains done nothing else will. Still ware imperative is tiie duty devolving upon tiie Administration to promptly re enforce Fort Sumter. The latest advices are that the garrison are suffering br want of provisions. We repeat, re enforcements should at once tie sent sent, too, ojtenly and above bdnfd. And no ship beiring tlae national flag should again be permitted tobe fire 1 iuto with impunity by Southern traitors.be the consequences what they may. Anything rather than national dishonor, ami base submission to it. Dawson's Fort Wayne (lud. Times (Rep.) says: To reinforce the fort by land would reqaiire an arqjy of from 1U.0OÜ to id.'idl) men. which the Executive has no power to raise. It would involve us in immediate civil war without any preparations upon our side having been made to meet cii en exigency. The conscpietice would be inevitable defeat. The only course leftisth.it of evacuation. It may be humiliating, but it is a matter of stero necessity, and the only mode of avoiding greater humiliations. The world will look U; on it iu its true light, and from such a point i' will reflect no dishonor upon us. The Richmond (Ind.) Palladium, edited by the Hon. D. P. Holi.oway, who. the papers say, has been appointed Commissioner of Patents at Washington, howls m tat ßitejusly ov er the matter. Dave had better look out that this article don't "knock up his taotters." If Ohl Abi. sees it, he will never go into the Patent Office as its held: "Holp, Occt PY and Possess." The telegraph of Tuesday brings us the news of the policy of the Administration to yield up Fort Sumter to the Carolina traitors. "All things may be right, but not expedient." This determination, if it be not merely a rumor, belongs to the latter class of things If, in the language of President Lincoln's inaugural, it is the right and duty of the Government "to bold, occupy and possess the property an I places belonging to the Government," anil that all power should be brought into requisition to maintain that right, why should Sumter lie abandoned'.' It is conten It-1 that the surrender oi tins lort vvoiaid "satasly tne country generally of the pacific policy of the Administration." We do not believe it would. They have tlae declarations of all the apostles and prophets of the Republican faith, that they mean iteaceand nothing else; "if they do not believe them, they would not believe one though he ro?e from the de id." It is not right, but may be expedient . The Madison county (lud. i Republican, edited hv one of the Republican Directors of the Northern Penitentiary, briefly expresses its opinion that it is all right, thus; The proposition meets w ith both favor anil opMisiliou in the tarty; but it will, doubtless, be found to be based upon good audsufficient reasons when they arc all m idehuon.

UIM.Ii; M.. . i, . Washixotos, Friday, March 16. SENATE. Mr. Mason oifereithc following preamble and resolution : Whereas, the presence of military forces concentrated and permanently quartered at the seat of Government is a departure from all former aaaga of the Governmeaat and dangerous to the rights ar.d liberties of the people : Therefore, Retolred, Tint the President inform the Sen ate what number of troops of the army are quartered in this city, the respective arms' of service and purpose for which they were brought here ; and further, that he inform the Senate when said troops are to be withdiawn ; and if not to be withdrawn, for what puqiose they are maintained here; and whether it is his purpose to increase said force, and to what extent. Mr. Dun. I. is' resolution in re-nect to the forts. arsenal-, navy-yards and o'.her public property in seceuing oi iies was taken up. Mr. Douglas advocated his resolution. He did not believe the paaiea of the Administration was war. The construction of the inaugural was disputed by some on his side, while Republicans were silent whether assenting or dissenting from his interpretation. The policy of the Administration being peace, he desired to reiieva the apprehensions of the country by obtaining a leply to the resolution, which he beiievel would givequnat and restore good feelings among differ ent sections of the country. He gave his re ison w hy Lincoln does not meditate war, among which w ere that he had no tower to collect the revenue in the seeding States, nor could he call put the m.litia unless to aid as a posse comitatus, a Fede ral oliicer. If he designed taking the forts, fcc., an army of 25t ,ax0 men would be necessary, costing over three hundred and fifty millions öt dollars annually. In conclusion he advocator! such amendments to the Constitution as would hold the bonier States, and this would secure a Union of all. He congratulated the Republicans that they hud patriotically abandoned the prohibition of slavery in tl e Territories, and admitted the popular sovereignty doctrine in the formation of Gov ernments for Colorado, Dakotah and Nevada. Mr. Wilson said Mr. Douglas was a man of am iety. The President had scarcely delivered his kind nnd genial inaugural, w hen the Senator from Illinois steps forward to give his interpretation of i it. Nohoüy oia the Republican side had undertaken to sanction or disavow that interpretation; j but the Senator wos not content to stand even on ! his own interpretation of the inaugural He was not content that the President and Cabinet, which hid ju-t taken possession ot the Government an I country in ruins, should not have time enough to cast about and see what principle and patriotism require to be done. But I he rushed into thi.s chamber, and brought iu a resolution asking the Administration to declare to the country a hat it intends to do. The Administration should make known its policy through gentlemen in whom it had confidence. Mr. Douglas said he could pardon the petuleuce of the Sen dor, who ouly showed lie was liuat. He talked J ut strutting, when it was that Senator' only purpose to make ;' personal ass.. ult on him. He referred to Wilson as belon.ing to a war wing of tlae Republicans. ilr. Feseaiien called Douglas' utteuüon to the fact that he said Senator from Maine, instead of Massachusetts. Air. Doaaglas said he was mistaken. He did nut refer to the Senator from Maine. His words were "from wlutever bo. irter they came." Mr. Fesseiiden ie: bed that his remarks were I understood as he Fesseuden) had said. Mr. Doug, is rtonie can not understand the truth w hen it is told. Courtesy requires the Sen ator to accept his explanation. Tne Senator at taches njpm importance to himself than others 1 do. He is respectatbie, debates very well, and he should not think allusion was maue to him, as there were other people titan himself Mr. Fessenden thought Douglas had tne: made a slip of the tongue in saying Senator from i Maine. Mr. Douglas When I make a correction the Senator is bound to accept. You don't admit it because 1 say the statement is false and the Senator ought to know it. Sensation. Mr. Fessenden said the Senator was determine i on a personal quarrel. He could not admit Mr. Douglas to be a gentleman, because he had Used ungentlemanly language. He then proceeded ironically to -peak of Dong las, aud showed whv the resolution oujht not to pass. Tiie tendency and design of Douglas' speech was to induce the belief that the country is about beiaig p'aaaaged into war by an act oi the Administration, and to inflame tiie suspicions of the people. He made it a rule iu this chamber to insult no man or use offensive language. He did not know whether Douglas held to the code of honor. Mr. Douglas said that Mr. Fessenden would be iiituimed when he made inquiry iu the proper way. Mr. Fessenden replied that Mr. Douglas' cour age was well kuowu; but he need not be feu-ful tiiat he would send him a challenge, or words to that die t. There was further colloquy. Mr. Hall said he racegwand a portion of the cenanre of Douglas us intended for himself. He found already prepared for him a little speech, to be found in an old book, chap, xi.: "Absolom said moreover. Oh. that I weae judge in the land, that every mm which hath any suit, or cause, might come unto me, and I would do him justice." Laughter This speech he preferred to his crude ideas. Mr. I) mglas That quotation would have great weight. It only showed it was read to avoid argument und to make a personal attack on him. Hence he would say. come on, make attack after attack, get your quotations in advance, I am ready to meet you. The Senator from Massachusetts led off in a miserable personal attack, the Senator from Maine followed, the Senator from New Hampshire came in with what he called a written speech. 1 expect to give them some trouble during this session. 1 know their schemes. I do not uie.ui they shall break up the Union ii.d drag the country into war. Applause iu the galierie-.j A Seaaator saaggested that the galleries should be cleared. Mr. Douglas As the galleries will not be qeiet, I will say no more. He then abruptly took his seat. Executive session adj turned. w tsRiMira, MeM if, I m I H SENATE Mr. Rice, rising to a question of privilege, caused to be read a supplemental report ot the House Seiect Committee on Indian Tnwt Bonds, in which they say tfieae is not the slight e-t saa.-picion that th it Senator was implicated in the abstraction, and thüt anything seeui ng to be a reflection upon him in their main report was an til el the result of misapprehension. Mr. Douglas' resolution calling for information i.s td the S inthern fort, etc., was t aken up. Mr. Wilson moved to lav it on the table. Mr. Douglas hoped the vote would be permitted to be taken on the resolution. Mr. Wilson alid not wish tosuppre thedebatc. He merely mule the mot; .u as a tct question. Mr. Douglas had he ard it intimated that one or two Senators de-red to speik. At the suggestion of Mr. Powell, the consideration of the resolution was passed over till Mondny. Mr. Hunter inquired of . Mr. Fessenden when it was :robable the Senate would be enabled to adjourn. Mr. Fessenden had no know ledge on the suhjet. He did he ir that a member of tlae Cabinet had said a lew days. Mr. Mason moved thr't the Senate proceed to the conoderation of his resolution relative to quartering troops in Washington. Mr. Pwnenden moved to go into executive session, which prevailed 27 to 10. The Senate afterward adjourned. Vo-.:Ii-rii ev. MMefa Va.. Friday, Ifarrb 15. A heavy snow storm is riging Much damage is expected on the coast. The steamers Adelaide and Dej'orJ are ilet.iined. I r?KSi if. Vs., Friday, Msrcfa 1.".. The whole vote was 1,641. Secession 1U, against 7 tig. An im meine procc-ion headel by a band and the secession dag, escorted Pry.u- to the depot. He speaks at Richmond to night. Moxti.omicm, Al i.. FYlday, March 15. Pies-dent Davis' veto on the African .-lave trade objects to the section authorizing the sale of the Africans to the highest bidder as in opposition to the clause iu the Constitution forbidding such trade. The vote to pass it over the veto was 15 yeas to 24 ii ays. Congress adjourns to morrow. The South believes that the only thing that will satisfy the North will be to prove her ability to maintain her independence by force of arms. She is willing to do so. The impost on uegroc-; imported from the border will probably be 30 jk-i- cent. Camp Cooper has surrendered to Texas. The United States officers and soldiers were permitted to march oaat w nth transportations and subsistence necessarv to San Antonio, at w hich plaee the tublie arms and projterty was to be delivered to the Texan authorities. A bill was introduced into the Southern Congress to-d.iv to re establish an Admiralty Court in Mississippi, the Judge to reside at Vir ksburg. News has been received, apparently from a reliable source, that five United States war vessels left New York on Tuesday n.ght well armed anal with a large number of marines and ample provisions on board, belie eil to be destined fir some Southern itort. Air.rgra, Git., Thcrrday, March U. Hon. Alexander II. Stephens, Vice President of the Southern Confederacy , passed through this city en route to Savannah, to day. A salute was fired iu his houor.

Prom Hw York. Xiw Yoak . Friday. March IS. A severe north-east snow and rain storm prevents to-day the landing of the steamers Empire aud Mmhatck and the storeship Supply, who are till anchored at Quarantine. To night all arrivals, report bad weather for the last three davs. The frigate Portsmouth was ut St Helena on the 20th January. All well. A fite in Thorps Union Square Hotel building this morning, destroyed the valuables and reral; of Holland. Pacific, Crescent, Benevolent and Arcadia lodges of the Mas tns, and the Metropolitan Clnitei-of Royal Areii Masons, and Coeur de Leon and Columbia Encampments of Knights 1 eutplar.s. The building was entirely destroyed. The to tal loss is from $20,000 to $25,000." A fire occurred in Orange street this morning, on the premises of th- American Hoop Skin Company. Susannah Wilson, daughter of the janitor of the building, jumped to the ground from tlae fifth story aud w as killed. Anna Trainer was taken from the building by a lireman, in an insensible state. Her recoi ery is doubtful. The steamer Prince Albeit has arrived. News anticipated. Outstanding notes of the Artis.au Bank are re

deemed at par. The Tribune's dispatch says Elijah L Hamlin, brother of the Vice President , is appointed Com missioner under the reciprocity treaty w ith Great Britain. The Board of Councilmen last night adopted a resolution requesting, the Mayor to invite Mr. Crittenden to visit New York aud become a guest of the corporation. The Times' Y ashington dispatch says Mr. Crittenden hs postponed Iiis Eastern tour till May or June, going home in the meantime to fight sec es sion iu Kentucky. Messrs. Craw lord anil Foisyth say there will be no attack uttoii Fort Pickens until they have re ported the result of their mission to President Davis. The United State? gunboat Mohatrk, and the atoreship boat Supply, and the chartered steamer Empire t Ay went to sea to-day. The Coatzacoalcos, the fourth steamer chartered by the Federal Government to take United States troops out of Texas, will leave this port for her destination on Saturday next. She will carry the same quant. ty ot provisions as her predecessors. A fifth steamer will be required by the Governmeaat to briaig back a few hundred troops that can not 'be accommodated by the four others, and if one can be chartered, she will probably leave next week. The Crusader, United States steamer, is reported to be the vessel , which is to go to Charles ton to take off Major Anderson's command, but this news lacks confirmation. Wuhhing-ton Correspondence. Nt v YonK. Satuday, March 16. The Titncs' Washington correspondent savs the Cabinet came to no decision yesterday on the proposed eracnetion ot Fort Sumter, In opposition to w hich some very strong arguments were made. . Kecent letters from Major Anderson resent with iudiguation the insinuation against his disposition to hold the fort to the last extremity. Dispatches from Columbus, Ohio, announce 29 b illot in the Republican caucus for candidate for Senator. Sherman was withdrawn, but will prob ably be brought forward again, stronger than before. Herald's Correspondence. A member of the Virginia convention called on the 1'resideiit to-day, who assured him that no vessels would lie sent South with hostile iuten tions, and there would lie nothing done in regard to the atlairs of the South for sixty days, and that it was his purpose to restore peace and prevent the shedding of blood. Dr. Thorn is, ot Dubuque, has been tendered the misidoii of Bogota. Intelligence from Baltimore says the first re sistance to Federal authorities will be there. The purpose of the Secessionists is said to be to resist any Republican taking possession of Government (Jlne in Baltimoieto the last. Intelligence from Charleston stales that there exists u (aetiy strong party in South Carolina opposed lo rati ii ing the Montgomery Constitution who will resist it at every pou t. The Government of the seceded States has ap pahst a J W. L. Yancey, P. A. Post, O. W. Mann, and I . Butler King as special Commissioners to England and France to obtain a recognizance of tiie independence of the Confederate States, and t i in ike such commercial arrangements as their joint interest may inspire The Mohawk and Crusader have gone to the The revenue ve-scis added to the fleet are iu tended to augment tlae respectable coast guard. The steamer Philadelphia will probably be used in case of the evacuation of Sumter to bring its garrison to Old Point. Counterfeit 2' on Bank of North America, in this city, and 10's on Farmers' Bank of Pittsburg, h iv e made their appearance. The Tribune says: Our Charleston corresiondent writes to us that the -hot fired the other day at Fort Sumter was the result ot' a deliberate plan to try the temper of Major Anderson, and that the statement that it wa- done accidentally is an unblushing lie. A Washington dispatch to the same paper says upon tlae day of Major Anderson's last state ment to the War Department his stock of bread was reduced to fourteen days and rice to about twenty three: w ith the other supplies on hand he might maintain himself a inonüa. Paat't Correspondence. Startling rumors are in circulation here to the

effect that a collision has occurred at Pensacola j a greater interest in the Great West than the Ballt is reported that the United State forces under tTmor and Ohio Railroad, command of Lieutenant Slemmer have been at- Iu directness, its completeness of management, tacked by Florida rebels, and that a serious con- Its picturesquely sublime scenery, already nistoritlict ensued. cal, ite location, running through the Capital of Other reports of a vague character, state that our great Union to Baltimore, and bv its connecthe outbreak did not occur in the neighborhood tions to Philadelphia, New York and Boston, all of Fort Pickens, but in the vicinity of Pensacola. address themselves to the man of business or the

No intelligence of a definite character has been received, but there is intene excitement and great tnxietv to learn farther particulars. It is understood that the Senate will adjourn next week. Order? have been issued from the Navy Department for the sailing of several ships ol war, but their destination js not announced Commercial AdvertirrS Correspondrnce. Mi . Hellick of Ohio, is to hav e the appointment of Commissioner of Patents, in place of Geo. C. Whiting of Virginia, present incumbent. L.tTt'.U IKOn El HOPE. ARRIVAL u 1 THK STKAXKK AMERICA. S.isnv llttor. Saturday. March 1. The royal mail steamer America, from Liverpool on the M, ri Qucen&bwn on the 3d, passed this point for New York, where she will be due at six P. M. Capt. Stone, of the Arabia, telegraphs from , Sandy Hook that the steamer .4trt7i.ian arrived 1 at Qucenstown on the 3d of March, having broken her screw in long. 3. Her mads and passengers are on board the Arabia. All well. Political news unimportant. The seige ofTIessina by Admiral Persano was soou expe 'te 1 to be commenced. The House of Commons debated the Syrian question. The conduct of the French troops was generally condemned. Lord -lohn Russell ad nutted that the occupation had ueeta useful, bait thought it desirable to terminate it as soon as possible. The Great Ship Company adopted a report, already publi-hed. The ship will probably be readj next month for a voyage to America. The Duke of Sutherland is de id. The French Seuate wa-t u.-rinly debating an ud.lre-- to lli- hauperor V speech. Prim e Napoleon justified the policy of Piedmont, and uttered some sympathetic word relative to Venice, but would deplore an untimely at tack. He o;noed the union of temporal and spiritual DOWOT ol the Pope, but said the independ ence ol the 1 ops niul be m A atoral comparing ti. IctU-r bv the Bishop of I'oictiers. i.ii.ic. : : .u- Pilate, created great excitement. The Government was debatiug what to take. 1 he scipe of Messina was expected to com mence in a few days. The Sardinian occupied the highis commanding the cit idei. It in said the resisoinr- !' ti.e governor ol the . t. arose from the orders of Francis. Reprueenta tiies for foreign power at Messina protested agaiust the damage lliat might ensue. A fejrlul inundation had occurred at Catib Hundreds of persons are reitorted drowned, aud immense quantities of grain lost. LATEST VIA Ol'El.NSTOWX. Paris. A letter to the Dudy News, mentions a rumor iu accicd teJ (piarters that Prince Met ertlich had just communicated to Mr. Thouve ana, an iaaaaaaanfl note lor the Court ot Vienna, as-erting therein that the Au-trian Government declares never to recognize Victor Emanuel. Kin. of Italy, but if France withdraw her troops from Rome she will immediately replace them by an Austrian army, and if revolutionists make the least movement in Venitia or Hungary, she will cross the Mincio. The steamer Hiberuia. of the lialway line, was advertised to sail on the 'ittth of March fur .-U Johns and Boston. j In the House of Lord.-, on the l"th uit .-Lords Normandy and Malisbuiy attacked the Saulinian Government, and denounced the policy of England. The Pari Patrie asserts that the French army was not to quit Rome. Fire. Altaian, Uicii., FrkUv, March U. The dwelling house of John Calvin at Racine, in this county was distroyed by fire la--t night, due child iz vears old a- burned to death, another w as seriously burned. The hole Cam By baidy escaped

Washington I tenia. w ami i v, to, Friday, March 15 The Southern Commissioners do not expect an an? war for several nave. It it understood the Cabinet now has their mission under consideration. Great weight ia attached in political circles to the declaration of Fessenden in the Senate that the Administration contemplated a policy of peace, and would exercise no authority not strictly in accordance with 'aw, and not until ample time l.ad been taken f r the examination of the question and all its bearing. George G. Alexander, Lieutenant, and James T. Harrison, Surgeon, in the Navv, were confirmed to-day. E C. Crosby has been nominated Minister to Guatemala. Holloway, of Indiana, has been appointed Commissioner of Patent. The Charleston Courier, of Thursday, an uounoaa the conunänhouiiig of the Lady Davm ma the first war vessel of the Southern Confederacy. She is armed with 24-pouiiders, and under command of Lieutenant T. B Huge, seconded by Lieutenants Banner and Grrndall, bate of the Ft- i a- -, emment The amount involved in the Gaines cane ia estimated variously from $2,000,000 to $15.000001. Mrs. Gaines was in court, and received the congratulations of her friends. The Louisiana act of secession does not effect the decision. Commissioners rorvyth and Crawford, raster day, seilt an official note asking recognition, stating an answer would be called for to day The Secretary of the din mission accoruingij called at the State Department for a reply, the response was a request for time to consider their propositions, which was accorded. The opinion prevails that the Administration will refer the whale muter to the Senate for advice. The Cabinet held two meetings to-dav. It is denied in AdmiuL-t. . tton circles that anv ut usual nam! display is intended in Southern waters.

The vessels at Ken York are to be put in transport service. There are upw ard of 2,500 troop, waiting con veyance northward, in Texas. Green Clay, son of Brutus J. CUt. of Ken tucky, is appointod Secretary of the Legation to Spain. The Cabinet had another meeting this morning. Gen. Scott was present with them. This fact strengthen.- the surmise that they were in consult tation on military affairs. J. H Wheeler. Ex Minister to Nicaragua, haa been removed from the position of Document Clerk in the Interior Department. Accounts from Charleston sir that Governor Pickens and Gen. Beauregard have decided on erecting fortifications at Staino, and all the inlets lending to and at the harbor. Col. Forney, in command of the Pensaoala Nävi yard, informed the commander nf the Brooklyn, on the fth, that he could get no more coal or water at that station. Boston, Friday. March 15. The rumor that Hon. Wm Appleton will resign his seat in Congress is untrue, as is also that the c 'Pgre-b-ional delegation has the parcelling out of the Federal offices iu the State. Four Gloucester fishing vessels.for the Georges' Banks, have been missing several weeks, and are probably lost. The Methodist Church on Howard street, Cambridgeport, was de-troyed by fire at about midnight. Loss $15,000; insurance $5, 000. Xearlv one foot of auow fell between Un o'clock iatt night and this morning, which is greitly drif ted by the strong north-east gale. Returns from one hundred and ninety two tonus in New Hampshire foot up for Berry 32,:i46; Stark 28,219. Majontv for Berrv, thus tar, is about 4.000. The members of the M issachusett in Congress, now here, held un tlormai ut the Parker House, this monnne, iu refe to application for office. But fou. meanlteas present. Nothing definite was agreed upon. Charles . Evans and Ephraim B. Evans, recently arrested, charged with eraltetxling Peon sylvania Railroad tickets, have been honorably discharged the Grand Jury failing to finds bill. Froan Louiaville. Ucaivui, Saturday. March 1. A large Southern rights meeting was bald at the Cour-house, last night, attended with considerable confusion, and finally broke up in row. Mr. Taylor and B. O. Davis, old ami prominent citizens, the latter formerly of Boston, died la-t night. Tlte Southern Pacific Railroad Road Company asks stock-holders to take one dollar's worth of new stock for each share. Virflnlu Convention Ricbhoxd, V., Frieay. March 15 In the Convention to-day Mr. Conrad advocated the majority report, and maintained there was a legal right tor secession. He thought the policy of Virginia should be to make a proper demand for amendments to ths Constitution and he believed the North would acceed to them. He said a future report would make these propositions, and he had no doubt they would be accep table to the Convention. Baltimorr nnd Ohio Knilrond. Wc copy from the Laporte Journal the follow ing in reference to this great national thoroughfare : Among the achievements and wonders of science in the nineteenth century, nothinc claima pleasure seeker, with peculiar araptness. The historian, Hou. George Bancroft, at an en tertainmeut at Cincinnati, in 1857, said: "Hoaa would Madison, who loved the Union with such .singie.ne-; of affection that, after death, the aord might have ben imprinted on his heart; how would Madison have Iteen gladdened could lie h ive lived to see these davs' And Washing ton, who, when he last came to the est, the mountains bv faiicne marches, bii the wilderness, and then slowly paddling his way on the Ohio, how would he have exulted could he but have seen his great and cherished idea of an international highway carried out with a perfection and convenience which surpasses the powers of his centum to imagine? Bow Young America is fulfilling that -destiny which j her fathers manifestly designed for her; she ' more and more subdues nature and gives free dorn to men. Under her influence the world ( will be united in peace and commerce, and liberty , be owned as the birthright of every nation on the .V. earth. Appleton'x lKtk ot Great Railway Celebra j lions, says of the scenery : Cheat river is a rapid mountain stream, of a dark coffee colored water, which is supposed to take its hue from the forests of laurel, hemlock and black spruce in n hieb it has its rise. Our road crossed the stream at the foot of Cranberry grade by a viaduct. This is composed of two noble spaas of iron, roofed in on abutments, and a pier of solid f rent one taken from a neighboring quarry. Arrived at this point we fairly entered the "Cheat River Valley," which presents by tar die grandest and most boldly picturesque sceoeri to lie found on the line of this road, if indeed it is not the finest aerial of railroad views on our con tinent. "The European travelers in our party were as much eui-aptiirod by it as ware those of as wbo hare never visited the mountains, lakes and glens of Scotia or Switzerland. For several miles trau iloii: ihe sleep mountain cade, clinu n'-' - it were, f the gigantic cliffs, our can like great oagea suspended though upon the aafast and most solid of bads midway, as h ware, between heav en and earth. Al one moment the view was confined to oiti ii.niie bate l"oalitv, hemmed hi on ev ery side, ae w e were by the towering mountain, spur-. At the m it. a -dicht curve in the road opened to view fine sketches of the deep valley. dark river now ing along it bottom, and views of the forest covered slopes de from the peaks to the water's edge. AianeiT at the grandeur of the ever-raryinp aeanecy of this region, a French gentleman is said to have exclaimed in ceetavry, ' Maaniniue '. Zert is iioaaina like zis in France ! We may add that the line of connections be tween thi city and the Halt more and Ohio con sieting of the Indiana Central, the Columbus aud Xenia and Central Ohio Railroads carries the passenger through the populous and fertile belt traversed by the old National Road. This fact gives a special significance and propriety in the designation of the line "Great National Route. " Nobthijin Sum am Caaws ran Sor-rnaa InxivATkkJUM.. Soma lima ago the New Orleans Cremcent advocated the issuing of letters of maitiue und reprisal agaiiaK Northern ocean and other commerce, and the matter has Iteen dis cu-iod iu the Congress of the Southern Con icleiacv. it h.i- oi en Migeted tliat pn.T . --. .- ; : this -.iv . cn , t le:4Si bin that difficult v. it apfte-ti -. can be verv easily, a number of Northern ship oi Inline oftVrod M fuüiiMi eiel. at Ummern and crews grau. sailin;: paer8 only being rennired In other words, there are to be found men in the Northern States who will, ia view of toe moaei to be made out of the operation, engage in the dL miction of thoif neighbor' ships and the. on laaagian of their goods. At the first view thi seems grossly improbable; but when we reflect that for many years slave ships have been fitted out almost exclusively from Northern porta, it ia not altogether unlikely that the Abolitionist would go a step farther, and turn a penny or two by plundering honest traders on the aea.

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