Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1861, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CETY: THURSDAY... March 14, 1861. Spirit of the Merning Press. The Iutcibigenecr thie morning is devoted to news. : Phe Kepudlicon, in @ lengthy editorial, urges the policy of evacuating Fort Sumter, and says << If the withdrawal of the troops is determined by this necessity—and this, in our view, could alone jastify it—then {t involves no surrender cf principle. It eno ‘acknowledyment of the de- feat of the Federal Government,’ or tbat ‘the Upton is already diseclved, past all bility of reconstruction, except by the most abjet conces- sions.’ ** Ture Last Dopex —Newspaper bluster and abuseand unmitigated street bisckguardism bav- ing utterly failed to drive a sufficient number of those elected to the Virginia Convention as Union inen to the support of the schemes of the seces- sionists, to secure their triumph, the Richmond disunion papers are resorting to the depopuiation- dodge. They are proclaiming that hundreds of the State’s wealthiest slaveholders are making Preparations to abandon their Virginia estatesand Temove their negrors to the Southwest; and that, as a corsrquence, Virginia’s merchants and me. chanics should see starvation before their eyes, and her landholders the utter ruin of the market value of their real estate. Now, It happens that we have, just over the river bere, a practical illustration of the effect of the removal of slaves in large numbers from a portion of Virgiola, that tells a very different tale, indeed, from the predictions of the Richmond Enquirer, Examiner, and Dispatch. We refer to Fairfax county. Man and boy, we have known Fairfax well nigh balf a century. We knew it when the proportion cf slaves to free white laborers in {t was as great as now exists in any of the lower counties of the St»te, where the yalue of fair cultivable lands continues to average under fen dollars. We knew, in old times, many estates there, of from one to ten thousand acres each, to be practically abandoned by the removal of their owners’ negroes to the Southwest, and then sold out in lots of from one to five hundred acres to white laboring men, at from $3, $5, $7 to S10 Per acre: which estates had come to be worth an average of $30 per acre, before the secession game commenced. We know that the change in the system of the cultivation of the soil there, through its practical abandonment by the large slave- owners, has not only increased fs value from three to five hundred fold, but that it hzs so diversified the employment of the people of the county as to double the value of the proceeds of every laboriag man’s labor, in it. We know that it baswult!plied schools, workshops, manufactories, &c., &c., in Fairfax, and perhaps doubled the productive population of the county. And we know further that the social and industrial con- dition of the laboring whites there, has improved by the change as though by magic. Log cabins cbinked with mud, have disappeared on the lands of the laboring whites, and a class of rural buildings and farm improvements equal to those cccupied by the same class anywhere in the Ualted States, has taken their place. The former almost invariable herring (at, in those days, $1 50 Per thousand,) and the then Inevitable ashe pone only, no longer form the staples of the laboring white man’s food in Fairfax, as of yore; for, asa class, the laboring whites of that county are es well off and have around them as many of the substantial comforts of life, aa any other white laborers in the world. With these facts before our eyes, we confess that we see nothing so very alarming in the threats of the Richmond disunion newspapers, that many advocates of bringing Virginia under the dominion of Rhett, Spratt & Co.'s pro-Afri- can-slave-trade and anti-white-labor usurpation, design abandoning the State for a more con- gemial clime That is: to those deeply inter- ested, 28 we certainly are, in the glorious Old Dominion’s continued substantial prosperity and rapid progress. The politicians who can perceive no other in- terests in Virginia except the alleged (but not real) interests of those who now propose to aban- Aon thelr Virginia estates, if those papers are making correct representations, have been the mallistone around Virginia’s neck for nearly half a century; and if they will only follow, too, ina very short time comparatively, Virginie will be reinstated in ber proper relative position—that of the first State in the American Union tn popu!a- tion, wealth, the arts, manufactures, improve- ments, mining, &c. potas eee ae Bexton’s Desarss or Coxoaxss.—From the Publishers, D. Appletoa & Co, N. ¥., through J. Bhiliington, the agent for this city, we have volumes 15 and 16 of Benton’s Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, extending from 1843 to 1850. In noticing the previous volumes of this work we'bave spoken of it witb the hearty com- mendation its merits deserve. Nowhere else can be found all the leading facts of our country’s political bistory so comprebensively and syste- matically grouped Of conceded impartiallty as well as ability, and embodying the careful labor and thought of his faculties when at their ripest and best, the illustrious compiler was justified in expressing the belief ‘that through Preparing it be had rendered a great public service to the Union.” In fact, tt hasalready becomea standard istorical work, and is not only deemed an in- dispensible on the shelves of every State Library ia the Union, but {2 being ordered largely for the Government Libraries of other countries or course our statesmen, legislators, and all engaged in public life can nowhere else (or in such com- pact bulk certainly) find the requisite data to post themselves accurately Upon ail the great national ‘questions presenied in the pest history of the country. It is in facta great political text book, and so carefully arranged and indexed that the Teader finds any desired reference with least Imeginabie trouble. — New Yoru Navat Orvicz.—The contest for this position seems to have narrowed down be- tween the Hon. Henry Bennett, formerly a mem- ber of Congrecs from that State, and Mr. Phillip Dorsheimer, of Buffalo—the inevitable Philip, 0a such occasions. When Pierce was elected he came bither one similar errend, and won the Buffalo post office. When Buchanan was elected he also came hither on a similar errand, but won nothing. His fanny sayings and doings around the Washington hotels, im the bitterness of his disappotatment on that ccecasion, all the =a graced ‘ newspapers of the day, it That he ts here again on the openin, of the Lincoin administration, on b's tind errand fairly entitles bim to the soubriquet of The In. evitable Philip, on such occasions. ete Tux Great Gaines Casz Decinry — This morning, Chief Justice Taney rendered the de cision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the celebrated case of Mrs. Gen. Gaines. It ‘was in her favor on all the points invelved, and ‘was the unanimous judgment of the Court. The courtroom was crowded, and Mrs. G., who was present, received the hearty and uffeigned con- Gratul:tions of her host of friends who were there. The amount involved {s said to be some two mil- Mons of dollars, covering back rents for fifty years confirmed to her by the decision. In the ordinance of secessi: adopted by Louisiand, = alent erm Sted provision was made that its adoption should in no manner c! the legal rights of parties to Louisiana suite pending Defore U. 8. Courts. So that action of the State Will not effect her rights under this decision. ——______ Deciixnsp.—We hear that the Hon. Thomas Corwin yesterday addressed @ letter to the Presi Gent, thanking him not ap applicant for any position under the exec- utive branch of the Government. aot Arroistsa.—Mr. H. Berrian, of New York, was ~ day appointed t tlie Chief Clerk of = epartment, vice Mr. Chas. Welsh wred. —We learn that Mr. Joba L. city, bas not been eppol ated Solicitor f Claims, as erroneously stated bya CONGRESSIONAL. Senatz.—When our report closed yesterday, The Senate was in executive session. Soon after the doors were reopened, and they adyeurned. ee ‘Tuvrspar, March 14. SzxatTe.—Mr. Meson introduced a resolution instructing the Secretary of War to inform the Senate whether any portion of the militia of the District of Columbia, or any officer thereof, has. since the Ist of July last, been di into mili: tary service; and, if so, with what pay, by what authority, and for what trme? over under the rules Mr Dongias moved that bis resolutions offered yesterday, relative to the public property in the seceding States, be taken up and considered. Mr. Fessenden was opposed to taking it up, as they bad communications from the President to upon. a Hunter hoy that they would take up and adopt the resolution, as it was probable a resolu- tion would soon be introduced by some Senator to authorize the President to treat with the repre- sentatives of tne Southern Confederacy, and it would be highly important for the Senate to be well informed with regard to the occupation of iblic property. Pest lingman said be shonld vote for the reso- lution as he intended to introduce a resolution au- thorizing the proper authorities to treat with the Southern Confederacy, and he wanted to know all the facts in the case. After some further debate by Messrs. Douglas, Mason, Fessenden, the and nays were or- dered, resulting—yeas 16, nays 28. Mr. Douglas then argued that as the resolution was the first order on table, the vote did not affect it, but it could only be laid aside by a mo- to post it werhe Cha fr decided that the resolution was not the Senate. war Doug! las appealed from the decision of the Chair. Mr. Breckinridge ho, that Mr. Douglas would withdraw the resolution. After some further debate, Mr. Dougias with- drew his resolution. Mr. Fessenden moved to take up bis resolution offered yesterday expelling the seceding Senators from the Senate. Mr. Douglas demanded the yeas and nays, which resulted—yeas 26, nays Mr. Fessenden proceeded to when our report closed. —_——+s0e- — Conrinmev.—The following is a list of the nominations conirmed by the Senate yesterday. Viz: Geo. Harrington, of District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. John Z. Goodrich, of Messashusetts, to be the Collector at Bosten. John J. Speed, of Kentucky, to be Postmaster at Louisville, Ky. Lucius G. Fisher, of Wisconsin, to be Post- master at Beloit, Wis. Wm. H. Vesey, of New York, to be Consul at Aix La Chapelle. DeWitt C Littlejohn, of New York, to be Con- sul at Liverpool. John P. Baker, of Nebraska, to be Indian Agent at Ottoe, Missouri Agency. George Wm. McLellan, of Massachusetts, to be Second Assistant Postmaster General. Se A Hanvsome Comriiment.—The Senate yes- terday waived their rule fo refer all nominations for examination by a committee before acting on them, in the case of our fellow-citizen, George Harrington, Esq , nominated to the Assistant Secretaryship of the Treasury. Thus, bis was in- stantly confirmed A Caninet Counci.—The Cabinet came to- gether this morning at an early hour. Appoint ments to office necessarily requiring Senator! action at this time, we presume, occupy their at- tention for the most part. The council had not adjourned when the Star went to press. Same tested ste RenominaTeD.—President Lincoln bas renom- inated Mr. Chas. B. Throckmorton of Md., (near Washington.) to a second Meutenancy in the 4th artillery. Mr. T. was nominated by Mr. Buchan- an, and that nomtnation not being acted on, fell through. 13. address the Senate Tux Presscrx Ixcrxasinc —The clerical force engaged in opening, glancing over, briefing, and filing applications for office addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, was this morning necessarily increased to seven. So they go. U7 Weare indebted to the publishers, through Messrs. Taylor & Maury, the agents for Washing? (On, for a copy of the North Rritish Review for February, containing eleven articles of average ability Personal. ++++ Hon. D. W. Voorhees, Ind., is at Browns’. ~--* Hon. W. H. Hooper and family, Utah, are at Kirkwoods’ ***+ Hon. C M. Clay, Ky; Y ; Gov. Hicks, Md ; Jules Paris, are at W iilards’. . Hon. Mr Rice, Consul to China; Gen Nye, N.Y ; Col. Allen, Mass; Hon. Daniel Ullmann; Dr Todd, Lexington, K Hon Jobn Forsythe and lady; Gov Crittenden; Judge Bates, Attorney General; Judge Nelson, Supreme Court; Hon. Judge Harris, U 8.8, N.¥; Hon. J. H. Ray- Isaac Sherman, N. Legralle and family, A Sovrn-sing Virw o1 Alamo (Texas) Express says: From the com- plexion of affairs in our Sta‘e little can be gleaned of a definite character Bankruptcy and rain seem to be following swiftly at the heels of the secession movement, and, like an evil genius, secession stands read: 8 war, famine, an | erseor ge in our midst. But who can fathom the ‘ature? Sutlicient unto human wisdom are the events of to-day. He who rules the universe alone can dispose of to-morrow. Things are bad enough now; they may be better; they may be worse; God grant that they may be better The same paper also says: Our secession friends are making dull work this time. 7 [t's a tty somebody's hay stack don’t catch fire. Something of this kind is very much needed. Respectable soulbern p2pers condemn jn no un- Measured langnage the seizure of Federal prop- erty within the limits of their respective States. Thus the Van Buren Press is indignant at the seizure of the U.S arsenal at Little Rock, Ark, and eays:—‘ The act will meet, us it merits, the unqualified condemnation of every decent man in the State, whether secessionist or Unionist. Coi- trasting strangely with the feeling or the conduct of that Inwiess band in the lower part of this State is the sentiment of our people here in refer- ence to the oceupants of the garrison, within five miles of this place. We look uson them as our defenders and friends, and the people of Craw- ape id Sebastian pony eapabur = out en masse re ay attem pt on the part of an’ ‘ople to dislodge them from their appropriate uariers so long as Arkansas remains in the Union.” an TL i tee UF It having been stated that goods shipped for Caper States, by way of Savannah, would be made to pay duties st that Port, the col- lector there says: ‘ Duties will not be required on ES pessing through this port. and destined for tates not belonging to the Confederates. Uniess instructions to the contrary shall be received, the only eee that will be required is, that such goods will, in good faith, pass to their destin ion, and not be stopped in the Confederate States.”’ —________. U7 Wm. M. Martin, of Columbia, 8 C..2 Yeung man of promise, and well known to the readers of the Carolina Press as a writer of ability, died at Columbia, oa Wednesday last, of pneu. monta, contracted at Morris Island, Charleston harbor, during bis stay there as a private In the ranks of an artillery company. . 07" At Wheeling, Va., on Monday night, James Mane, wh under the influence of liquor, snot Richard Hadden, inflicting a wound which will probably prove fatal. McLane es- caped to Bellaire, where be committed suicide Tursday afternoon. Both parties belong to re- Spectable families. 7" The 5 h of Hon. e W. Summers in the Visginia Convention sottretscns @ pro- found effect. It is now conceded that the “@po- sition for a State Conference with be adopted, and that the adoption of an Ordinance of ‘decession is an impossibility. ah Senegtere eee The New Hampshire election, for State officers and Con, men, took place on Tuesday, and resulied in the complete triumph of the Re- — They elect their State officers and ‘ongressmen by Increased majorities. This result ‘was fully expected. 7" The Atlanta Intelligencer is going mad Smetana. peat ebigcte ae mob their own peop! certain Union papers from ‘Toate * 7 The Mobile by ty in Alabama,, [f not first, = te of secesel Saseperen out jon, has recently died of stares. &moke !s against frost A re of damp rat atench corner of a gerden daring the night will suffice to keep off t Cloek Company makes eo atocke per pyrene dd per ted Pre paint- DPEPAKTMENT NEWS. ‘Tas U.S. MepiterRaNgan Squanron —The N Department have received dispatches from Commodore Bell. commanding this squadron, dated U S. flag-ship Richmond, Messina, 16th February, ult. The Iroquois arrived st Naples on the 30th January, and was remaining there. Matters continued greatly unsettled at Bo op and an attack on the citadel at Gaeta was daily looked for. On the 16th February an accident occurred, resulting in the desth of John Fitz- erald, seaman, and serious but not fatal injury [ Joseph Heimmings, seaman, and Lorenzo Mes- sina, musician. 9 eee Tuat AccipENTAL Suot —The Charleston cor- respondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, (rep.,) writing on March 8th, gives the following ex- planation of eens ee fired at Fort jumter on that day : 2 On ng down Meeting street late last night I saw that the official residence of Gov. Pickens, and the headquarters of Gen. Beauregard, were still open and {lluminated. I saw messengers pote one building to the other, and imagin- ng that some coup d’stat wes in preparation, [ determined to be up early this morning, and on the look out for squalls. About haif- four a boat left the battery, containing Gen Beauregard and staff, and within an hour from that time the guns commenced firing blank catridges, and at about half-past six a ball was fired, which struck Fort Sumter near the gate. I was watching most intently with my glass, and saw Major Anderson, who had been watching the whole proceedings, open his batteryon that side. A beat—which strange to say, wes in the most convenient spot for the purpose—was instantly despatched under a flag of truce, Major Anderson mercifully aweiting its arrival. An apology was made to bim, in which he was assured that the shot was “purely accidental,” the officer in command having no idea that the gun contained a ball. You can take these different facts, in connec- tion with each other, and put upon them your own construction. Having moved about Charles- ton a great deal lately, and having heard the almost unanimously expressed opinion that Major Anderson would capitulate on the first attack, | have no hesitation in saying that it wasa plot, the design of which was to test his loyalty to his country, and bis country’s flag. J ain happy to tell you that they are perfectly satisfied, or ratuer entirely dissatisfied, that Major Anderson |s neither a coward nor a traitor. The men who expected that he wasof Twiggs calibre are en- tirely deceived, and the Promptitude with which he opened his battery this morning proves that traitors need not expect no ter from him. Ihave heard from the authority, to-day, that General Beauregard considers the artillery wholly insnfficlent to reduce Fort Sumter, and decides that it must be shelled. Ifhe had any doubt before, he must he must have been con- vinced this morning. Singularly enough. it was one of the largest guns on the Point that was “accidentally”? discharged this morning,and one of those nearest to Sumter. It only ‘grazed the skin” off the walla, and was otherwise harmless. CHARLESTON A papers of the 12th in We hear that Governor Pickens hia sixty hun- dred and sixty kegs of powder en route, which was shipped from Wilmington on Monday morn- ing for this city, having just arrived there from the North. A bill of lading for twenty-seven hundred other kegs of powder from the North, per order of Governor Pickens, was also received at Wilmington on Monday morning. king tn all thirty-three hundred and aixty kegs of pow- der. Two heavy ten-inch mo from Rich- mood, ordered by Governor Pickens, in addition to those already arrived, were shipped from W il- tnington on pday morning on the Northeastern Reilroad. » four bundred nine-inch shells and a large amount of shot, &e When the Palmetto Fiag waves over Fort Sum- ter. whence it will only be removed for the Con- federate Flag, sball we not bave a grand evacua- tion jubilee aud celebration? Let us have also an illumination Weare gratified in being able to state that the batteries on the Ship Channei, which are of the heaviest kind, are now in a Lizh atate of prepara- tion and ready for almost any force that may at- tempt to enter our harbor. We believe the rein- forcement cf Fort Sumter by the Government at Washington now to be an impossibility. Our troops on Morris’ Isiand and Sallivan’s Island are in very fine spirits, and in thorough drill. It te estimated that there are in all about 30 men at the different fortifications, ready for any emer- gency Tue Concress oy tHe SouTn From the Charleston RN Conreps- Racy.—The Senate, under the Permanent C tution, will consist of two members from bh State—fourteen in all, for the present. The Sena- tors sball be chosen for a term of six years—to be elected in such a manner that on every two years thereafter one-third of the whole sball consist of members fresh from the people. Asa matter of course the first Senate will comprise three classes of Senators—tirst, those elected for two years; sec- ond, those elected for four years; second, those who may be so lucky as to get six years at the out set. ‘The mileage and pay of members of Congress is cut down to the lowest figure—eight dollars per day while in session, and ten cents per actual mile traveled between their homes in going to or returning from whatever place Congress may sit. Correspondent Charleston Courier. EASE A Alc Tue Travar To Washinctox.—It Is worthy of remark, that since the inaugurat of the succes- sor to President Buchanan the travel on the Wash- ington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road has materially increased, and for several days past the increase has been more clearly man- ifested. The last train of yesterday afternoon consisted of eight large passenger cars, all of which were filled with a goodly proportion of office-seekers, It is almost needless to say that many of the passengers were Baltimereans, im- bued with the usual degree of patriotiem, and anxious to serve their country by securing a share of the loaves and fishes.— Balt. American. 7" In the Georgia Convention a resolution has been adopted requesting the Governor to offer 2 reward of 2500 each, for tho following works, to be written or compiled by citizens resident in the Confederate States of America, viz: A Spellin; Book for the use of Common Schools, an Arith- metic, an English Grammar, a Geography and two Reading Books, one for beginners wud for more advanced scholars; the prize to be awarded by a committee appointed by the Governor, and the books selected to be published and printed within the Confederacy, and the copyright to be owned or disposed of, by the authors or compilers of the several work: Tax Vinotxta “On Fever.’*—The excitement growing out of the discovery of oll in Virgina continues unaba'ed The Wheeling Intelligencer says: “Kanawha river fs literally covered with flat boats, and the boatmen are now cn a atrike. They ask two dollars a barrel for taking the grease to Parkersburg. The producers are only willing to ave a dollar and fifty cents. Lands are leased ou both sides of the Kanawha, at enormous rates, the leases extending from four to five miles Into the interior. The number en; ized in the pro- duction of o!l from Parkerour to Burning Springs Run is not less than 4,000." eerste U7" In the recently published life of the Rev. Dr. Bush, the eminent Biblies! commentator, it in said that he early learned to believe in God and the devil, and used to pray to them both. ‘ie knew,” says bis biographer, ‘it was no use to flatter or cajole the Lord, but the devil, he thought, might be somewhat appeased in this way, and his Prayers to this personage, therefore, partook some- What of the nature of compliment and acknow- ledgement of his splendid abilities, by which he thought to gain his fa’ and rd biog wee: & vor ward off some of 7" The precise majorit Convention was 11,975. t to the Convention, the true test of the stren, th of Union and Disunion, with several counties to bear from, was as follows: ; pion. in Tennessee against he vote for delegates Disunion East Tennessee......30,903 5,577 Middle Tennessee ..36.209 oes West Tennessee... . 24.091 9344 8S 8U3 24,749 64,054 UJ> The Com:nissioners Rupe ated to audit and pa, the expenses incurred the John Brown tafd, have made a report to the Virginia Senate The first part of the report affirms the allowance already made to the Hillsborough Guards of $1,- 327 12, but states that the captain and first lieaten- ant, inasmuch es their election was never certified tothe Executive, were allowed but the of Stern In ine bead tan Fork Teifer. who were allows the Board adhere to their decision. = U7 Gov. Houston, of Texas, refuses to ac- knowledge the State Convention, and Opposes Texas joining the Southern Confederacy The pom ag, | on the other hand claims sovereign powers an Lagan sy to consummate th union of the State with the Confederacy Saew! = is stated to be raising troops on his own account. I Gen. Twigge’s in N on the 3d Inst,, 1s descri by the Delta 2c saaet triamphant. ‘Phe whole city greeted him se he through the streets !n a barouch di by four horsabst ladies waved their Kerchtefe, mex |, &e., &e. The General made a speech of thanks, during which he was choked——by emotion. ——— Savannah papers lament that the ladi, have not yet honored tne Convention si myrmeeg ence. Thus far, we ' Htems Telegraphed from Washington. Wasuixeton, March 13—Commissioners For- syth and Crawford have received such assurances i from high sources of the pacific intentions of the ; Administration in reference to the soutbern forts, | that at present they will make no official demands Pending the movements looking to the evacuation of Fort Sumter they will remain quiet. It iseaid that thelr instructions contem 7 What the Se tm Papers Say ef the Evac- uation of Fort Sumter. The Charleston Courier says of the te dispatch relative to the withdrawal of M. An- derson from Fort Sumter :—*« While we regard the dispatch as entirely reliable, it is needless to add that, until it is confirmed and carried out by actions and results, there will be and should be AUCTION SALES. — Br J. C. MOGUIRE & CU.. Avctionser T'S. wank TIN WARE AT AUCTION ' sar vivay MORNING. Maret 5 ection Rooms. we shall se! « re new Tin ss ty a ad of | no intermission or relaxation of our —- ‘Water forms and etiquette in the attainment of results. | which have progressed rapidly and favorably for Sma! A special messenger left here yesterday for Fort | several days.” | Te Sumter. The Charleston Mercury says:—‘ All will be | _™ The Baltimore appointments have not yet been | rejoiced that the blood of our people is not | B taken up, = will not be until those of the Free |} to be shed in our harbor, in either a small | [PY States are of. A number of Baltimoreans, great degree. the ho bi troubled | who claim to be Republicans, are bere seeking bd alg sols ed themselves with vague fears of war ona large ofice, but | have reliable authority for stating that | rier and the horrors ef war extensively, the | iytbreahan the appolutments for Maryland will be made from | relief will bear srect ce theater, the | Wagon a | £ the Union ranks,without regard to Republicantem. | 20 grievous. How fer this discretion will re. oe ‘of Capt. Vaucoble, cr the iste Dr. Ham- a of oe ereniees oe sag ber ad ara Vivify the hopes and ae of re- | ee “ ane * sonal unpopular! struction ists th bout the . is a matter | u escape from thein by a night journey from Har- | to be discovered by obecrvation. The temper j it THOMAS PLUMSILL, Baiuft. risburg, will eg nye be disappointed. The peace policy of the Adm/{nistration will embrace the policy of concillating ratber than irritating the Border states, and an effort will be made to give the appointments in all of them to those who will be most acceptable to the great mass of the Union men, without respect to previous party pre- dilections. It is said that James B. Patridge, Esq , of Bal- timore will probably receive a beelge appoint- ment. It ts said that the Republican Senators have held & caucus and passed resolutions opposing the abandonment of Sumter, and also ceciding to accept the resignation of the seceding Senators, informing the Governors of their respective States of the vacancies. and intention of the Nortbern — bas now been so thoroughly developed and ex; to the | eyes of vil those at the South who will see, that we trust Se ae too late * their at- | tempts upon the virtue in ity of our peo- ples, “Creaped egg shelis and friendship abused can never be mended. We have no doudt, how- ever, that Herculean efforts will be made in that | direction. and must only take good care of these weaker brethren at the South, whose sentiments are stronger than their reason, or who live in the past rather then the future. The strait jacket was & valuable invention But In the meantime, the Prospect of having Sumter is very pleasant.”’ The Richmond Whig says: “‘We need not say that we receive this intelligence with great satis- faction. which is enbanced bythe reason assigned in explanation of the decision to which the Ad- ministration Is said to bave come in the premises. making such 2 concession to the cause of con- ciliation and the preservation of the public peace, the Federal Government will streng iteelt in the hearts of the people throughout all the States in which a spirit of apprehension now prevails.”’ ‘Tbe Richmond Di h says: “Lincoln bas By GREEN & WILLIAMS, Auctioneers. S45, BY ORDER OF THE ORPHAN’ fe BESETICT Hanposs DucRareD.—On MOR 01 Per ‘wen! streets, i the Stock, Material, Tools, &e.. hist Werte iee Bicekemuth Sbop of the ée- ike Wood Work of new Carte and Wagons com- Letot ed Spokes, Hubs, Felloes and Tim- f nd Steel feist irsantseretaicet ets est, wat With's large lot of ther articles, which we deem unn: osseary t> enu' 5 7 ly Work Horse - eer iner ees "pancr willbe sold or la ha Rate Sin aa 3 ring ial GREEN & WILLIAMS, Aveta. By J. C. MoBUIRE & CO., Auctionsers Tu Missing STEAMER AUSTRALASIAN —This steamer is now in her twenty-fourth day from Queenstown, baving left that port on the evening of the 17th of February, and considerable anxiety ia felt insome quarters in regard to her safety. She ia an A No 1 direct-acting propeller, of about 700 borse-power. She has two engines, with ninety-inch cylinders and three feet six inches SEOOND-HAND CARRIAGES x.—On SATURDAY MORNING, stroke, Her Bull ig iron, and was bullt in Gia. Res ee en pene frent of the Auotion gow, bi Ge ompson, in 1857 he is . — 1-760 tons register, with three decks. Her dimers | {0 Be siarved out, or withdrawing them from the fort. Having no means of reinforcing them, be may be compelled, from purely military consid- erations, to evacuate the fort, and we expect to see this act, forced upon him ‘by necessity and not from motives of peace and justice, quoted asa ~~ of his pacific policy. Jn the meantime, it sa far more important matter for Virginia that the troops now at Washington be withdrawn, and not kept where their only object is to hold a rod over the head of this State, and be in a position to reinforce Old Point in twelve hours sions are—length, 320 feet; beam, 42 feet; depth of hold. 31 feet. She is a medium clipper build, and isrigged asa ship, being ableto spread a large surface of canvas. She was formerly en- aged in the Australia trade, and broke some of fer machinery cas voyage from Australia to Southampton, and was obliged to make more than one-balf of the trip under sail alone. This she done with credit to herself, and proved the ne- cessity of having canvas as an auxiliary to steam. Her agents in New York are of the opinion that she has returned to Queenstown, and that some tidings of her will be brought bya steamer in the course of the week As far as we bave been enabled to learn, she had about fifty passengers on board, which, with the crew, would make a total of about 150 per- J.C. McGUIRE & Co., Aucts. HAL’S SALE.—In virtes of two tag | 's 10d from the 8 office Sirouit Gourt ot the Distect ‘of Columbia, ih, in front e said county. on SATU Bay. a Lp ogy o'clock m., |, to wi Sate Pekin iN ool cingular the improveme HAVE YOU SU 8SCRIBED FOR THE WEEK- LY STAR, TO BE MAILED TO YOUR FRIEND OR RELATIVE? etaer vemente 1 E BES w y IN THE sons She bad a moderate freight, and about | {T ISTHE BE Be hs EBELY IN TH! theteon, eriged and levied, upon as the lpr of $55,000 In specie on board The vessel js owned : ae Nac ts nea toned ~ y judi Candel by Genet ae Sreiey tnt Pe! ™- | Ts WASHINGTON NEWS I8 UNEQUAL- Porgi Sti Iman, Hennioks & Farber, aud — : LED! . U7" In 1861, the adult women of England numbered six millions; three of these six millions labored for their subsistence, and two of three millions were unmarried, and dependent on their own exertions for subsistence. w.8i U. 8. hal for _ma7 dts : sepa Ps Columbia. M*e. eri the the ITS GENERAL NEWS IS UNSURPASSED BY THAT OF ANY TWO DOLLAR AL'S SA ise: WEEKLY! ireait Court 8 County SNE it 2 pat ne int the ITS AGRICULTURAL MATTER WILL BE | willex publi n —— ee = rt d ig county, on u CHARITY SERMON —Tho Rev &. £.| WORTH TO ANY FARMER A BUN- | GoUst,House door of anid oon atid 2 oyu wil preach a Charity Ser : DRED TIMES ITS YEARLY COST. o’olook m.. the following deseri roperty, to wit. ATorsius Chur-hon SUS Day Rae ith mateet. at Rouare a2, bot No 6.18 Bagare No ase Lot Nie lt US ir de a ren et - - it No. u b - aft harisy.to whieh the \ oun Catuoln Feresag | ITS HOUSEHOLD RECIPES WILL SAVE | #4 NovVorn Sauer io & ciety is dev TEN TIMES ITS COST EACH YEAR TO ANY FAMILY. The Number for this Week, to be ont on Fri- day Morning—price Three Cents—will be a remarkably wnteresting one. 1. JAMES J_ WANE, Cor RY ASSOCIA TION—Tha Terchere will ho da special meetirg SAT- U® DAY, March léth, at the Smithsoniaa In-tita on, 2t 10a m Dr. W A Muixey, of Georgia, will deliver a lecture on Orthoepy. + rionda of learning are invit mar i¢ Jj DeHakT PANEGYRIC OF ST. PATRICK.—Toe a. Rev. &. A. Maauirx,S. J. pater of St. oysive. will preach the ranecyrio of freland’s Parron Saict.at St. Patrick's Church, on N DAY, the 17th instant, at collections of the day will in Squsre So. By Washington, D. C., together the improvements as the property of fs Li Brotner flavor of Hooe, Br fe 27 dts w and lev Brook Mackall, and wil) [y judicia!s No, 2, January term, 186), in SELDEN, U.8. Marshal. to attend, RIDDLE HAS THE LARGEST, NEWEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE STOCK OF TE wo zuzRrRwWZT EVER OFFERED IN THIS OR ANY OTHER CITY, AT THE LOW TERMS OF ONE DOLLAR FOR YOUR CHOICE OF ANY ARTICLE IN THE STORE. SPLENDID ASSORTMENT. legant CAR BUNCLE Every Person at a distance who would keep Posted with reference to what is really going on herein these interest- ing temes should receive it regularly. CALL AT ONCE AT THE STAR OFFICE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR IT. BIRDS '!—BIRDS FOR SALF. Just received a splendid assortment of Birds trom 8, i—verman Canaries; hrushes, Bali eres be devoted to the suffer- 10k Af tho city, to be dispensed by the Society of St. Vinoent de Paul. a m it J. J, KANE, Seo. T. PATRICK’S DA irel ‘s National Feari: 1X SOCIETY wii take place on MONUAY EVENING, lath instant. ie te ers, Persona r Fivches, Lioews, Sky Larks, Yellow Hamers. ir. Linne roquets, Java Sparrow*, Stariens, the Red Mocaw rus, s 8. A ‘arrot, and ring and gry. f have Mooking Fourth st., between G and H sts. Tickers Birds, Red Wing Biack birds, Red Birce, Doves, ms lé i JAMES KYAN,Se0,_ | od Bob ut-ke:n'eny Trained Birds. Prine 35 conte : = = ee —— o 3H, © oO} vods on , [ TTENTION, FEDERAL PIFLES— | “OTN OM EAR ae Bed ce erase to $10, a8 HAINS ‘WS You rre hereby notified that there will bea. meeting of she Company on THURSDAY, March ldth, at the armory, (Union Buvidings,) at 734 0’elk A fol! atteniance is desired.as there will be an election for Captain and other important officers, By order of the Compa b, 'MEARA’S Bird Store, No. 566 Pa ayv- enue, at the Capitol gate. fe9 3m Cotas. Ht A AIN GANS A NOTICE. n LI. Persons are hereby caationed against ne- gotsee Kt lowing desoribed Note, viz: Dated 2 by Charies Klotz, payable Als, 8 Large Assortment of JEWELRY, which = = a aa Biday ‘own ord 0 enaorse, SORRR Se ees ber are Ou EOIEE Fon oR RS he ARE | Seid eee crnd. sal the poy Just Received. Pa Kor 'am. Iain gong tO SMITHS, to aco | Met of the eame havicg been « ~ pga SMALL LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL venth atreet, to buy a euit of Clothes. ‘The peo- — = E say he b&s & vory nice Assortment, and they say ne rolls thom «xo cheap.” Note. ast we Rw the stranger, he was running up Seventh street Ng Out “SMITH, No. 466" fe 2-6w 1 Cee Y & O'TOOLE, WEDDING AND ¥. € Importers of fre WED} WEDDING ENVELUPE: GALE OF LANy Ar TAE ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION. will offer at private «alea FARM . et Annapolis Janotion. “Phe soil (8 unsa eed, and the improvement cousis' ol anew ern st le Cottage, con’ai ies 9 rooms, good pamp at the door. at x . fd. 2 he situation of this farm rendera it .ery desirab.e toany person doing business in Baitimoro or employed in office at Washington. S-sson tioke's oan be procured go as to enable the holders to ride to eith: r city for gx oente per trip, with a telegrach and post office and a first claas siation within two mnntes’ walk of the dwelling, [io @ tealthy sud improving neighborhood. The uantity of and wil be inoressed or dimiaished at the opuon ef the purchaser. Lso, A FARM oontaining 20 acres. with all the im- provements complete. acjoiming the above. The above property wii be disposed of ate bar- ETRUSCAN BLACK LAVA ....... Sets NA RP, CROSS ...... Sets BIR SCAN CARBUNCLE.- EARL AND GOL, ‘“ ETRUSCAN ONY N. B—Porsons of the Goods aan ing Boy con'aining should call at once as they soon will be gone. ‘We havo on hand, and are receiving every day, Large invoices of THE FINEST PLaTED WARE, consisting of Breakfast and Tea Sets; Card and Caxe Baskets; Cream_and Syrup Pitchers; Table, Dessert, Tea, Sugar and Cream Spoons; Butter, Fruit. Tea, Pie. and Fish Knives; Forks; Napkin Rings ; Casters; Salt Stands ; Plain, Chased and Gilt Lined Goblets and Cups. ost beautiful stylos, and ith sts., WASHINGTON. to zo South ; agad 22 andhttr Address Box 4,8 t> morrow, as the owner wi mar i¢-1t* OSI5; & osil at that hour. EW SPRING GOODS © just opened our first invoice of Spring hich we invite the especia! attention _ tx re SON + Rebrfeed is about to viet Europe. ALL FOR SALE AT LOWSST WHOLESALE PRICES. . OWE " ne guarter oxsh; balance in 1,2 and3 =P A Bfilstory. Nacw rt a ms’ Merchant Tailors, further particulare appiy to GOODS WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED. ma l¢-coSw 214 Avenue, on M. BANNON, mal2ectws 32 St. Paul « Butimore. LA WEEK OF === SALE JAPANESE GOODS. em ! The most magnificent ever imported! Consisting in part of Punch Bowis, Handkerchiefs, Card and Toilet Koxes, REMEMBER: RIDDLE’S ONE DOLLAR STORE, mar? T L. A. BEALL & CO. KE Pleasure in informing their customers, a angers, that they have removed to No. 361 Seventh atre:t, between land K, just hove R. B Fall's. We pared at received & new enpply of CLOTHING, FURNISHING GU 8s, TRUNKS HATS and CAPS, which we «ffer to at very low prices. Call and see us before buy- be ewhere, as we know that we can soll you goods atiless aria? other store in the city marl4-Im No, 361 Seventh st.. bet. | and K. 302__. Pa. Av___. 302 Fao. for the above nesday.) Apply OSTON —T hooner Mary arived Sites 3 She will ing freig! TOMORROW (WEE mARTCBY & BI uit 99 101 Wa ER, Geo-getown. D.C. well B -5 Clothie EALL & CU., Clothiers, _ma 12-4t = eeBy order © wa ld St 12 c’elook, in shall wel 1 fire new No top . [Soy FSS at Oocn Oa 1 rood lent passenger Germantown Waon, new- Two-seat mer Carri but little ased, lyery good Buggy, cnltabee Tor s physician. luisid Staw Boxes; Flaten, ms wy ~ Oree! 460 S#VENTHSTREET. 4.60 ori ee as. Sim late Be AINS Several Sine Pianos, ALWAYS 4HEAp. SUPERB INLAID CABINETS, ta to members of Congress. pow at ber- I have just received 8 nice stock of SPRING og Mc Teas a aetieemneis eee LL, FRUNKS HATS ac) CA pa ye G O.0.U 8, | Now is the only opportunity to > oe 306 Pa. av. between th and ath sts, a Sto fh iarge assortment ‘ianos aod 3s for rent upon easy terms. attention of ali in wat tof such ariolen My mots Japanese Goods. an aw a is “A quick s'xpence is better than a slow shil- Selling at Less Than Cost in Japan! ling.” ‘Those in want «f Clothin: We invite to ee een REAT BARGAINS IN PIAN come and look at our goods and prices; rnd if you wile eagy ty erreny G ee He «& e éi vee — ‘Want 8 mice Shirt snd a proty fie. 460 Sev nder Willards’ Hotel. £3 ‘Blee eodumns | .” enth stre:t ix the place vr them. I have avory | {7° 206 Penn. Avenvz, '100; one Ro ewooi Newman I stook of SPRING HATS, which I am eell- Under Willards’ Hotel. 4} mae 6t for $75, at the Music Store of W. G. METZ. ing Fas pec ecnt. below, Spelt aeteal value. ar A PREARY_DIRAWaEEaD Lo i rant Set Steinway & Sone’ and who wan ve just reoeiv: z R " ven, o .s Pianos, ma inten lot of TRUNKS, VALISES and CARPET | RO eus RNa ROGING: Plante AR4 ad var yh 15) > wants ood Trunk’ Clothing: famines db, orn, | 1250 RASPBERRY PLANTS, twenty vane | 2? ORGIC BATE. tres. inciuding * le de Fontenag,” (which is — Hats, or C: shi hy y buy them aelow'ne at the Padus Cite yaieae | hard TE ee Xe RAND aOR; No. 460 seventh at. op} ute Pont Offon. png BARBER AND HAIR-DRESSER, ia + Ch ier. oy o marl4-Im No 460 Seventh st., bet. & aud F, rea Seed ing. ct ERRI Only One Dollar. arieties. 000 roots of GIANT. 476 Pa. Av........ At EVANS’S......476 Pa. Av. v i 20,000 OSAGE ORANGE BEAGES: for hedg- pon. ve TAKE YOUR CHOICE FOR @1, “to Orders strictly attended when lane TAKE YOUR CHOICE FOR 81. dons with proper eqre. TORaY ei for in ad JEWELRY-JBWELRY mart-cotw_ (Int. 2weo) "Near Wi C. | i takes = JEWELRY-JEWELRY pz ENTS FO) FO: TR he: nd e 2 PHELAN POR HEGRE ee Boren OMY SP Fe PEERY Ob MOAB? | rata eS athe Raaaeee SNORE | abd sti CARBUNCLE ,.7, ONYX STUDS | stresta a a : SHAVING’ . GARNET saute, 282 ofthe = OPTISEES, PETTY OFF’ vary beh Ses- | efBettngor CORAL ** CARB. STU fhe oaptare of an giaver cam bard their ofaite | Cocierepsceeeedee, SETS, ‘and RUTTONS, ond id oney Promray ACE, | "Semin JET sere, TEN OULD STUDR | Suits, top Pe WALL LAVA ate: nosulH SCHENCK’S PULMONIC SYRUP. PLAIN GOLD STONE STUNS 7 hile SETS, and BUTTONS, | Po SCHEN af, Philadelphia, Binds it ALL FOR ONE DOLLAR EACH! nt Watters bein the elty the SPLENDID POCKET KN) je hasa suit of rooms, For Une Dolan cnet Ew, | w Patients can obtata LADIES CHAINS: ow ofthe 1 mney os rs Fer Ges Bouse . price 81 per ++ ---- For One list oo io mee . GENTS’ cnat Fake Palla: price Of All Styler ALN one Dollar Bul Is! co PLATED WARE, hs been cared Ty hls ten if. Coming of BUTTER KNIviss, | letra thr curtbonlog of cure TASLE, TEA, DESSERT, JMPoR TANT 70 HOUSEKEEPERS. UPS, i ee OLLT LINED, 8, R. DURKEE & CO"8 FORKS—PITCHERS-CREAM LADLES, SEr CAKE BA*KETS—SUGAR SIFTERS, NUT CRACKERS and PICKS, TEA KNIVES and FORKS, &c., £0. &c. 476....476....476....476....476....476 BOOKS. CLOSING OUT A LARGE LOT OF BOOKs, At Great Reduction in Price, ON 2ccounT oF tHe conTinUED Harp Trem, | Nowis ne Ore few Onn Library,