Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1861, Page 2

-_ THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON OFTY: TUESDAY..................March 19, 1961. Spirit of the Morning Press The Intelligencer shows from Southern jour- nals the dissatisfaction manifested by the South- etn people with thelr new government. The Republican says of the disunion efforts of Roger A. Pryor and his associates: “We have no belief that this thing will have an end, until these democratic Sonsnegnet who have been blustering and beagenene twent }, are put down by cold steel cold a Tre mischief hascome to such a bead, that it must end in a collision of arms in the bosom of the South itself. The of pry neg oger A cogeoede fs ‘war {s inevitable, and come before the year is out.”” How to vo It.—The Louisiana Convention, have voted Gown the proposition to refer the made-in-secret constitution to the people by a ma- jority of three to one! The disuaion majority of that convention was elected, it will be remembered, by 2 minority of the vote cast—amounting to perhaps leas than one- third of the whole vote of the State cast in the Presidential election in November. When elected, the idea that it was designed to clothe that Convention with authority te elect Louisiana’s members to an improvised confed- erate congress, which should make in secret acon- stitution, that should in turn be forced upon the People of the State as the law for their permanent government, without permitting them to vote upon the question of its acceptance, of course was net broached. Nevertheless, all shat has already come to pass. The newspapers in the interest of the oligarchy boldly proclaim (see the New Orleans Delta, the Mobile Tribune, and the Montgomery Advertiser,) that under existing circumstances the man who questions the propriety of what has been done in the formation of the “‘permanent Constitution,” must, necessarily, and will surely be treated as a traitor; asthe necessities of the situation of the new Government (oligarchy) do not admit of the toleration of two opinions in the ‘‘ Confederate States” as to its right to do as it has done without consulting the people, or as to the propriety of anything it has done. From the dawn of civilization to this hour there never arose a despotism justly odious to the lovers of civil liberty that failed, ere getting firmly seated in power, to justify its usurpation of the people’s liberties upon precisely the same pleas which the newspapers of the oligarchy are now putting forth in behalf of the State necessity for the entire sup- Pression of the liberty of the press, of free speech, of the popular right to sit in judgment at the Polls, and of the right of individual property at the South; all of which have already been expunged from the list of what so recently were the rights of American citizenship there, as elsewhere. It is to accomplish these same “glorious re- sults” of disunion, in Virginia, that the presses and leaders of her disunion minority are now in- solently abusing, blackguarding, maligning, and otherwise insulting every true advocate of the Preservation of the liberties won for us by our revolutionary fathers, in the State. It is to ac- complish just such results in Virginia that her disunion members of Congress are threatening to take up arms to compel the majority of Vir- ginia to submit to the yoke of the oligarchists, if the former longer decline to accept the disunion Policy of the minority of the State. We fancy we see them “trying on” that game Itis fortunate, indeed, that the disunionists in the Gulf States, as wellas their Virginia leaders, ave so soon been compelled to develope tHeir Purposes and policy—the former at one blow striking down all popular liberty and every in- dustrial interest where they have power; and the latter, realizing that the People of Virginia will never voluntarily surrender their liberty of free speech, and of the press, thelr freedom from enor- mous taxation, the right to vote upon the acts of theis rulers, ke , ¥e , &c., &c., 28 they are being urged to surrender them, now proposing to rob them of these and ali the rest of the manifold blessings of the government of our fathers, at the point of the bayonet, as a last resort. Mors Otp Rats ix rug New Cugzse.—From time to time we receive accounts of appointments made by the oligarchy. Inalmost every instance they are of men well known in connection with American public affairs—chronic disunionists and Political agitators. They are in fact the men who in the late political revolution were virtually turned neck and heels out of United States public employment; or given practical notice to quit not long hence, in the self-evident conclusion from the tendency of election results, that their turn to ‘De laid aside by the people was close at hand. jt is difficult for one knowing the history of the connection of those men with American public affairs, the character of their labors as public men, and the history of the means by which they man- aged to disrupt the Union, on seeing them again im possession of reins of power not to realize that they made the secession movement solely to con- firm themselves in public positions. Their government was made wholly by parties not authorized by the people of any one State to make any government whatever. Their per- manent constitution, made by themselves, con- firms the whole government entirely in their own hands; taking from the people the right of sitting in judgment upon any act of theirs of great or small importance. Indeed, itis the cutest Yankee invention conceivable—a sort of self-operating, self-controliing, self-protecting, and self-main- taining con-traption, designed for ever to prevent ‘within the seceded States any such disagreeable Contingency of public affeirs asa real Popul.r elec- ton, by which the government may possibly get out of their own individual illustrious hands into those of any other men or party. That, and that only, is the philosophy of their recently made-in- Secret ‘‘ permanent constitution; as all will re- alize not long hence. It is neither more nor less than an insurance that no such calamity as the re- cent Presidential election shall ever route the old ratsout of the new cheese, as that routed them out of the old one. Tux Arzicay Stave Trape.—The buttermilk is fast coming out of the Montgomery stirabout. Late news from that quarter explains the reason of Jefferson Davis's veto of their bill to Prevent the African sieve trade. Their “ Permanent Const!- tution” centains a positive probibition of it, In- serted for effect in the border States. But it seems that the law to carry out that Provision, according to Davis's veto, was designed palpably and post- tively to prevent it from being operative in good faith! Thus, it-provided that in case of captures of slavers and the lending of their cargoes in the seceded States, the negroes should be sold! Had the law passed, all that the most enterpris- ing advocate of the African slave trade need have done, would bave been to run in bis cargo, surren- Ger it, pay bis fine of a thousand dollars or so, and with his armed mob prevent any one from bid- Ging against Lim at the subsequent sale’ The Wick wes acute one, indeed. Davis, however, vetoed it, because, as he alleged in his message, the border States could not fail to see through it; and itsenactment might thus hurt the cause of ‘the oligarchy, not yet by any means permanently fixed in the escendency in any of the seceded Btates, even. Clamor of the advocates of the African slave trade compelled the publication of Davis's secret message vetoing the bill—to punish those im the trade. The bill was improvised for their Denefit only, of course. = 2 ete 2S es Oe Mx. Picxwicx at Mowtcomany —Phe Louisi_ ane Convention have donated to the Congress the $539,000 not long since stolen from the United States by sundry then Louisiana fed- eral officers, and turned {t over to the former body. The debate occurring in the Montgomery Con- gress on the presentation of the Louisiana ordi- nance giving up the money to thecentral oligarchy is one of the richest specimens of Pickwickianism ‘we ever read—especially the portion of it spoken by Mr. Withers, of Seuth Carolina, in compli- ment of Louisiana’s disinterestedness in so gen- erously declining to appropriate to her own uses the stolen treasure. Such self-sacrifice and pa- lotic generosity, according to Mr. Withers, was hardly ever before heard of, though the money was stolen. ‘They're a remarkable institution—the oligarchy, CONGRESSIONAL. ane Sznats.—When our report closed yesterday, Mr. Breckinridge was addressing the Senate upon the resolution introduced by Mr. Douglas He declared that the border States would not remain jn the Unton and sub:nit to less than a full recognition and protection of sla’ by the Fed- 1 Gs it. Kentucky onl: ered in the Union hesmten she was attached to the Constitu- tion. If the Union was to be saved at all, it must be by the majority of the people atthe North. It could not be saved by general terms of union and a The first act to be done was the removal yy the President of the Federal troops in the seceded Sta’ ites. Mr. Hale ied in a speech of consfderable length, in Sule he reviewed the rise of the sla agitation and the progress of the spirit of disunfon. The it cry now raised was made by men who hed ex} the ins for many years, and now bad to take outs. If e me a minority was defeated it was to dictate to the majority such terms as t! bad heard in the Senate, and to say they would go out of the Union if these demands were not granted, this Govern- ment was a miserable sham. Mr. Hale concluded with an apostrophe to New Hampshire; and after some further debate of minor importance, the Senate went into executive session, and after some time spent therein ad- journed. 2. Tvuxspar, March 19. Senats —Mr. Hale offered a resolution appoint- ing William Hickey to the position of Secretary of the Senate. Also, a resolution, repealing the resolution ado) on the 8th of December last, whereby said Wm. Hickey was appointed Chief Clerk; both of which were laid over till to-morrow. Mr. Clingman led to address the Senate upon the Douglas resolution. He argued that the licy of the Administration was warlike, and Pela that it was foolish to talk of peace. when troops were being concéntrated upon the borders and the Navy all called into service. He had been assured that troops are now being thrown into the forts in North Carolina and Virginia, and he believed if such was the case, that the President meant to make war upon the South. He char, the republican Senators with being aware of the intention of the President, and that they knew more about the movements of the Army and Navy than t! professed. Mr. Grimesand Mr. Clark asserted that they knew nothing about the movements of troops ex- cept what had been made public on the floor of the Senate. Mr. Clingman thought it strange that Senators so intimate with the inistration knew nothin of itsdesigns. He thought everything was tend- ing towards collision and war, and concluded with an allusion to the tariff bill. Mr. Hale said he had had no connection either verbally or in writing with the Administration upon any subject. He was a representative of New Hampshire and not of the Administration. He was as ignorant of the intentions of the Ad. ministration as the Senator from North Carolina, and had noteven seen him since his inaugura- tion. Mr. Chandler proceeded to address the Senate when our report closed. ——_~+s0e-___ Civ, War to Bx Essarep 1x Virginia —We published yesterday an extract from the Wash- ington correspondence of the Charleston Mercury, proclaiming that the disuntonists, if the majority of the people of Virginia continue to refuse to secede, propose to carry the State out of the Union by force of arms; to make the majority of the State submit to the will of the minority by the application of fire and sword. A Virginia member of Congress made a speech toa disunion meeting in Richmond a few nights since, in which he, too, enthusiastically fore- shadowed that to be the ultimate policy of his party in the Old Dominton. We quote his remarks on the subject from the Richmond Examiner's report of his speech, as follows: “Alluding to Western Virginia, he said he bad implicit faith that she would stand by the rights of the State; but if it was the demonstrated and inevitable purpose of Western Virginia to force Eestern Virginia under Black Republican rule, then he for one would raise the standard of revo- lution. [Enthusiastic Coogee oer Pryor then appealed to Virginians not toabandon their native land, but to fizbt it out to the last applause.) Let them show that Virginia of 1861 ‘was the Virginia of 1776. [Great cheers. ca If such language means anything, it simply means that if the majority of the people of the State vote to continue true to their allegiance to the United States, the disunionists Propose to force their will upon the State by @ resort to arms against the majority, The people of Virginia will duly comprehend from this brief extract what disunion would, if it could, soon be at, in their midst, and will realize from it how closely the spirit of disunion at home is allied to its spirit as manifested where it has already been able to usurp the government of the People. Nominatep.—After the Star went to press yes- terday, the Senate went into Executive session, and it was found that the sealed Executive mes- sages received in the course of the morning em- braced the followiag important nominations. Viz: Charles Francis Adams, of Mass.,as Minister to England ; Geo. P. Marsh, of Vt., Minister to Sar- dinia; James W. Webb, of » Minister to Turkey ; and Wm. L. Dayton, o1 . J., Minister to France. The last-named nomination was con- firmed, the rule requiring it to be referred baving been suspended, as Mr. Dayton was formerly a member of the Senate, and his character therefore sufficiently known without a formal investigation. ‘This is the usual courtesy in such cases. Ere they adjourned for the day, the Senate also confirmed Benjamin M. Trumbull as Receiver of Public Money at Omaha, N.T., and ex-Congress- man Wm. A. Howard Postmaster at Detroit, Mich. W.S.Thayer, of New York, was also nominated for Consul General at Egypt, and Patrick J. Den- nie as Consul to Cork. The selection of Gen. Webb for Constantino- ple, and Mr. Thayer for Egypt, embraces compli- ments to the profession for which the press should make due acknowledgments. Gen. Webb is known to all, and will doubtless fill his Position as well as any men can fill it. We are glad in- deed that bis ambition to serve his country abroad has at length been thus gratified. Mr. Thayer, though less known, isa gentleman of high personal character, exceedi ngly well read, and fine abilities. For years Past he has resided among us during the sessions of Congress, and has fairly earned the contidence and esteem of every gentleman in Washington connected with the press—his own profession—whose good opinion isworth having. He possesses discretion, energy and knowledge of the world, which will make him valuable indeed to American interests abroad. SiS E ul SR are ae Personal, sees » Hon. J. M. Kunkel Md.,A.H. Washington, -N., Capt. Magruder U.3 A,, are at Willards’. Among the passengers who arrived at New York by the steamship Arabia was Mr. W. H. Russell, the special correspondent of the London Times, who bas come to this country for the pur- pose of giving a fair and impartial account of the nature and extent of our political troubles; and from the world-wide celebrity Mr. Russell has gained by bis graphic description of the Crimean ‘war and Indian revolt, his letters will doubt- less be looked tor with much interest on both sides of the Atlantic. (Immense LITY Liquor Dsatens.—One clause of a bill in relation to the sale of intoxicat- ing Uquors, which House of R: husband, wife, parent, cb! loyer of any in who may by bitof drinking spirituous or intoxicating liquors to excess may, in an action of tort son oF persons who than —_______ Onvurxp ro Lzave.—John Van Ri hail! from Massachusetts, but for three yeas p3 ing ident of Petersburg, left that city very Saturday morning, to avoid the attentions of a Vigilance Committee, who, learning that Van Ri- bet bad Pl y deciared that ‘he a ith wr Be boll snd | lonist—ra‘ an abolitionist—and intend, to die one,” intimated a determ: inecont town. Bim out BY Porputax VerR.—An elec- ; id Clat: ncomy tebe the wht DEPARTMENT NEWS. CuERicaAL APPOINTMENTs IN THE GENERAL Lanp Orricz —Nicholas Dubois, of Pa, W.K. Mendelhall, of D.C., W. L. Avery, of fu. W. Reynolds, jr., of lowa, A. M. Swan, of Til. F. M:Henton,of Ind , Wm. A. Cook, Pa.,and Miles L. Yetter, of Ind., have been appointed to first class (#1.200 per annum) clerkships in the General Land Office, to fll existing vacancies. (ts Arrotxtep.—Jas. L. Tho! SION AGENTS AProiNteD.—Jas. L. Po Indianapolis, Ind ; Mark Tilton at Madi- son, Ind; John H. Bunn at Springfield, Il; Edward P. Gallagher at Louisville, Ky; a Thieme at Cleveland, Obio; Lafayette Markle at Pittsburgh, Pa; E.C. Reddington at St. Jobns- bury, Vt.; John B. Page at Rutland, Vt. eee aS AprointeD.—Bernard C. Crook has been ap- pointed Post Office Route Agent upon the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, ice Wm. H. Mann, removed—($300 annum Dr. Lindsay, Miss., has been appointed to a temporary clerkship in the Post Office Department. oe Sr<cannehe Removgp anp Appotntep —Mr. Thos Jeffer- son Robinson, of Ky., has been removed from his third class ($1, Ope annum) clerkship in the Indian bureau, and Mr. Jesse Conard, of Ind., has been appointed to a second class ($1,400 per annum) clerkship in the same bureau. Ktems Telegraphed frem Washington. Wasninetos, March 18.—Official dispatches from the East India Squadron say that one of the vessels has been dispatched to Ringpo for the pur- pose of finding ont, if possible, the pirates who recently captured two American vessels The remittances from any of the seceded States on account of customs were received from Galveston toward the close of February—about $900. on balances previous to secessi and on receipts other than from customs, are, it is said, bonored in those States, with the exception of Louisiana. Samuel Archibold, Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy, bas resigned. The usual embarrassments on a change of Ad- ministration are apprehended in several of the most important bureaus of the Gcvernment service, resulting from removals and resignations. In the pre-emption division of the General Land Office, nearly the entire force has been chenged, and the difficult duties of the office are with difficulty ‘formed by thore who have not been regularly rained and tutored in them. The pre-emption laws are numerous and intricate, and involve im- mense interests, requiring close Investigation and a familiarity with the subject The struggle for the Baltimore-appointments Is be energetic. There is a rumor here to-day that Robert Turner, Esq, is to receive the ap- ointment of Collector, he being the choice of Rear Winter Davis, whom he defended in the Legislature of Maryland against the resolutions of censure adopted by that body. 1 cannot, howev- er, ascertain that the rumor is well founded, though it has created considerable consternation among the atraightout Baltimore Republicans. who have partitioned out all the offices among themselves, They say that Col. Irvin McDowell, Assistant Adjutant General ef the nays held a long con- ference this morning with the Secretary of the Navy fn relation, it is said, to furnishing trans- portation for the troops about being withdrawn from Fort Sumter. It is said thatthe new Secretary of the Navy has set his veto upon official proscription, and will make but few removals in his Department of the Government, except for cause. He has filled sev- eral vacancies which existed. GOES SE ARMs FoR Georcia. —The “Tredegar” Works of Richmond are driving a busy and thrivin; traftic with the seceded States,which derive thelr eupplics of heavy cannon, ordnance, &c., almost exclusively from that source. In addition to the scores of “Columbiads’’ which bave been sent from that celebrated foundry to South Cero- Hna and Alabama, we notice the Passage through Atlanta on Thursday night last of six six-inch Columbaidsen route to Savannah. The Atlanta Confederacy says they complete the first instal- ment of Rest, Cab) similar guns of different calibre, ordered by the States of Georgia and Ala- bama. PoriticaL Ixpications In Vircinia —We no- ticed a few days ago, says the Norfolk Herald of Saturday, that a Palmetto flag bad been hoisted at Ferry Point,and that the citizens of that goodly little place were quite jubilant over it; so much so as to lead one to think that the Point. like Hardy county, had determined to secede and attach her- self to some European wer. But yesterday, like the “tide in the affairs of men,” a reaction must bave taken place, as we learn that the Stars and Stripes waived Majesticelly from a staff erected by some Union loving citizens of that quiet and amiable little spot. Unitep States Vussets at THE Navy Yarp. The sloop-of-war Jamestown, which was taken off the dry dock last week, will be fitted for sea inashort time. The steamer Water Witch was pee upon the dock on Thursday, and will be junched again to-morrow. Orders have been re- cetved from Washington to fit out the Water Witch for service immediately The Water Witch carries four guns, and isa substantial fast- sailing vessel. In this connection might be men- toned that considerable gy ese at the arsenal, on Gray’s Ferry road, in the manufacture of clothing and stores for the Quartermaster’s de- partment of the army.—Phila. Press. ANOTHER SoutHeRN ReMONSTRANCE.— The Raleivh (N. C.) Standard has this hit at the lead- ers of the secession movement: “There isno Democracy in the action of the Southern oligarchs. The people were rushed out of the Union without the privilege of being heard at the polls; and in Georgia the idea of the people having the right in the last resort to shape their own destinies was sneered at by Cobb and Toombs. Such thingscannot endure. A revul- sion will take place sooner or later, which will vindicate the majesty and power of the people and Sweep the oligarchs from the face of the earth.’ oe eieierec wees ies Swap Fisuexins tv Nort Carouxa.—We are informed by gentlemen from that section that the shad fisher{es of North Carolina are unusually Productive. One sein brought in at one haul, one day last week, one thousand and five hundred shad. The herring fisheries seem to have fallen off entirely, and shad seem to have taken the place of that once numerous class of fish in the principal waters of the old North Stite.—Norfolk Day Book eee Tue “Patmurro” at a Discount ix Catiror- Ria —On the 19th ultimo, a schooner was haulin out from a wharf in San Francisco, and hoisted, the Palmetto flag. A crowd tnstantly cssembled on the wharf, and, by a well directed tire of pota- toes, compelled the would-be Secessionists not ouly to haul down the obnoxious colors, but to holst the Stars and Stripes in their place. The new fortifications at Fort Point are now occupied by United States troops. OO FIRST WA S x ie Pg Bates unto eovpiaed er's ail on iN ¥ EVENING, 20th March, at half past 7 elon itt eeu MITt rE, f A CARD.—Tho undersigned returns grate- CF fal Maks cor ha cirri fne’ yoturns, grate men for their efforts in the preservation of his rOp> erty from entire destruction by the fire that oo- curred on Nivth strect west, between 1. and M sts, north, last night, 1t* E. M, CHAPIN. 4, ZOUAVES—Yeu are re- a the meeting to be held lay.) at 73; o'oleck p. m, Punctual. ag business of import- ht befo: ance will be browgh toto Powe OWEN THORN, Seo. se NOTICE.—Thore will bea meeting of tho mmiss#ioned and non-commia-ioned offi- eers of G panies a B.cu and nee Md ington ligut Infantry Battalion on TUESDA EVENING, tho ith tastant at's fantry Hail'(Coomb’s Building ) expe \ted to b> present, as busines to the Battalion will be transacted me 18-2t C. H. UTERMEHLE, Seo. D FESTIVAL OF oe. efreshinents neoresa: for ine ooossion. will be opened on TUESDA = NING, the 13th, at 7 o'clock. by the Seroad Ca sred Baptist Charch, intheir House of Worship, Third, between H and I ats., tno proceeds to LO propriated to the payment of the debt resting on ir honse and lot. Admitiance 10 cents Permit ti ma 18-26" seoured to continue open until 12. em SPECIAL ORDERS—No. 76, Wan Department, Apiupen Canenays Orvicr, A Board of moses joor's wits ssomple in New York city on the Ist day of M. rae agen —_ mig as pactan’ ie, for x, amination of A>sis' jurgeons for promotion, and candidates for ‘appointmere as mav be inv to Board. INLEY, resent themselves belore the * Detail tor the Board: Surgeon CLement Surgeon Charixs McDovcart, Surgeon Wittiam J. SLOAN. By order of tn. or f War: A . ri THOMAS. ‘Adjutant General. \pplics —_ saust be addressed to the Scer: gedisrltted ganar ir ths sateas teat by vfepseniia ttn his hue moral and ph; Biting ovoditant eet got ible. stationgant for eT 9 us sctive 2utles n off cer oO! siaff. its ene between twenty-one and “us vacancies in the medical mar 18-3t (est SAY, STRANGER, WHERE ant Preise 3 sama bomhaee 396 Pa, Ava hetwoon Sek and teak se," ! Eest Baltimore we gad at Chambers- burg, Fourth Day—A communication was received from East Baltimore Station on the subject of the “New Chapter on Slavery,” and referred to the committee on the state of the church. The report of Preachers’ Aid Society was read, and after considerable debate on the subject was ordered to be printed In the Register Report of the Baltimore Female College was texd and referred. Rev. Drs. Scheff, Schenck and Bausman were introduced to the conference. The ‘tof the New York Book concern was by the agent and read, showing the concern to be in a flourishing condition, after which the agent addressed the conference on sub- jects connected with the report. J. A. Monroe was called and examined, after which, on motion, he was admitted into full con- nection and elected to deacon’s orders. The case of R. C. Haslup was called, and after considerable discussion was continued on trial. The case of A. 8. Smith was called, and on re- commendation of the committee, he wes con- tinued on trial. Dr. T. Daugherty was transferred to the W. Virginia Conference. J. 3. Thomas was examined-and elected to elder’s orders Recommendations for local deacons were called, and Jobn Munsons, Saml Sparklin, Robt. Mercer, Alfred Newton, Isaac ‘Austin, Ab. Sham, Robt. McWilliams,James Scott,(colored,) and Jas. bers, (colored,) were elected. Local elders were called, and P. Hamill and J. W. Park were elected to elder’s orders. After several addresses, and the appointment of Preachers for the various city churches on Sunday, the Conference adjourned. Maryiand Annuai Ceaference of the M. P. Church at Newark, N. J. Fourth Day.—After the opening exercises and the adoption of a few unimportant resolutions, J. Earle Maloy was elected to Deacons orders Rev. E. Y. Reese, D D., was appointed to de- liver a lecture on Rhetoric and next s ssion of Conference. George Vickers, Esq , w2s appointed to prepare legal forms of bequests, &c., for the use of the church in the various parts of the Maryland Dis- trict. Rev. Messrs. Henkle, Varden, McLean, Wil- son, Boyd, Morgan, Bryan, Baker, Greenaway, were superanuated. A resolution was adopted requiring the super- annuated claimants to furnish the Conference Steward the names and ages of such of their children as are entitled to aid from the funds the society. Rev. L_W. Bates, David Wilson, and George Vickers. Esq , were appointed to correspond with the Northern and Western M-thodist Episcopal Conference, with a view of ascertaining their re- lation to tte General Cenference of the Church, 80 that we may determine the ratio of representa- tion of that body Revs H. P. Jordan, Joseph A. McFadenand E. Masters, Esq., were appointed a committee to re- rt a plan for securing a pareonage for the Presi- ent; and Revs. W. Roby and James Elderdice, and Neal, Esq , a committee to apportion Presi- dent’s salary. Rev. WS. Greenaway, in an affectionate ad- dreas, bade farewell to the Conference, and the Conference adjourned. locution at the Baltimore A: Conference at Staunton Fourth Day.—After the usual devotional exer- cises, the following preachers were elected to dea- con’s orders: Lorenzo E. Johnson, G.C. Kramer, S. F. Butt, L. Lenz, M. May, C. C. Calvert, G. W. Canter, J. H. Swope,W . Hedges, T. Brierly, J.A.H Moore, Johneey Leaf, J. F. Howard, J. R. Carpenter, John Woolf, and Warner Cook (colored) A letter was then read from Father Henry Smith, the oldest preacher in the Conference, and- at 11 o'clock the regular order of the day was taken up. After a protracted debate upon the New Chap- ter, by Messrs. Gilbert, Lumsden and Tebbs, the Conference adjourned. Loymen’s Convention ef the M. E. Church at Staunton, Va. Third Day.—Convention met at 7% o'clock p. m., and after the opening exercises a motion that debate terminates at 11 o’clock was laid on the table. After a lengthy discussion the Convention ad- journed till Sunday morning at 9 o’clock, when, after the reference of reports, amendments, &c to the various committees, a recess was taken until 3pm. Upon reassembling at3 o’clock an animated debate sprung up; after which, the main question ‘was put upon adopting the memorial requesting the Conference to separate immediately from the northern church, resulting—yeas 91, nays 32. So the memorial was adopted A committee was then appointed to present the memorial to the Conference, and after the pas- sage of various resolutions of thanks, the Conven- tion adjourned sine die. Tus Law or Evinryce —Hon Randall Hunt, an eminent lawyer of Louisiana, haa introda into the Legislature of that State an Act removing the Common law disability as witnesses of parcies previously convicted of crime, or interested in the issue before any court. Husband and wives of the parties are also rendered competent and com- pellable witnesses to testify cn bebalfof any party to the sult or other proceedings. Neither bus- bands nor wives can however be required to give evidence for or against each other In any criminal proceeding, or any suit instituted in consequence ofadultery, Neither husband nor wife are ren- dered competent or compellable by the Act to disclose any communication made by one to the other during the marriage. Tux Last or tux Sovrnenn Cavets.—Cadets Moreno and Semmes, the former from Fi and the latter from Alabima, have both resig thelr appointments, and will leave West Point immediately for Montgomery. The latter young gentleman isaxon of Commander Raphael Semmes, who resigned from the Navy about a month ago ‘There are now no cadets at West Point from the seceded States. U7 They are agitating the question of the estab- lishinent of a Farmers’ Bank {a New York. One of the kind has been in successful operation for some yezrs, AG MOORE’3 WEST END DRUG STOR 113 Pa avenue, the pub'io can rely upon, getting Pu.e Medicines. Supplies ara re ceived weekly. Ali popul: edicines: naale. sooth Brushes ata!l prices; Ceal Oila.d isups. Wier Ont tater Capping, Lstoh 4 Teeth drd rs for Capping, Leo! ing an ‘eet Extracting attended to pronnstiy, ma 18 2w igned bazs to inform tie e as on hand a ia-ge s! © 0. ENTS, TOMS. HEADSLON &o., at more and Philadelphia prices new style of Drawings oxn be ren at the yard, an new siyleof Marbia Mantels. ‘Table Tops kept on hand. Brown Stone and & prompt|y attended to. WM. RR ma 18-6¢3m Pa. av., bet lath av FOR BALTINORE AND THE POTOMAG KIVER LA vUING: The steamer ST. NICHOTAS, Captain Jacon Kirwan, will leave Ri oy’s Wharf, Warhington, every SATURDAY. MORNING. AE he teave' WED. (Commerce 06! ert jaltimore, ev er: a NESDAY AFTERNOON at 4o-olvck, calltncat her spent landings on the river for paesongers and freight. Sine © last season the steamer has been put in thorough order throughout every part of her. Por freight or passage apply t: THO WAS W. RILEY, Agent, Rutey's Whact, foot srttienk. _ ma 19-Tu& Tin FRENCH PAPERHANGINGS, ko. Cue NintH asp D Srexsts, We ba ned to-day importat {FRENCH PaPERHANGINGS RORDERS KECORATIONS, &o., the styles ‘cf which are nioh and attractive, and the prices unusually low. aban ynin'ne MED triaes FF ye & large and select stock of Eng!inn aud <merioad ‘inh American PAPCRHANGINGS, WINDOW SHADER, SORDS. Ta ELS. GIL: CORNICE sua CUR? fal BANDS, all of w ich are of the best manu facture, and which we offer at pricesto suit the ir the Bo ae og oC work entrusted tn Us. FRANKLIN & ROCBROCK, ma 19-Staw3w (Int.) 505 oor. 9th and D sts. NEW STYLE PARAS he AND SUN UMPREL, Just opened in all the bs Ph td pantll a the lowest prices for le J. W. COLLEY & Co., ma i6 5t 52% 7th st., bet, D «1 and Pacey. T ICAL HOUSE IN ¥ GEEA moe WASRINGEOR, “BE crr¥ .8i N, at his South corner ise pikes a. enue Minder the 51 endon i SPECIAL BARGAINS } TANGY DRESS SILKS. We have concluded to se efter sate i and keep no morein offer great indverments ‘ass of goods, as we wish to ‘OLLE’ co. REY Pa. Fancy ‘‘olored Dress §: stook. The to purshase: clos: ms l¢-lw SPRING GoOoDs, SP! DS. ant rat ‘RING GOO. oust Parvum Sirseiue Prapsraan sci cie fore w item out at on a y © them ou! eae | Ww. $23 7h st. a mp which we inviteour and ex. I AVE arta ht ba * 2 Arrams ix CuarLeston.—From the Charies- ton papers of the 16th inst , we clip the follow- rumor was current yesterday that Mr. Forsyth bad sent to the Goverser tively assuring bim that the garrison be with- drawn from Fort Sumter. This is incorrect. In = bea pa Byte pn —— iy = as bis = ree jon in would pursue course cated. Per contra, the following indicated despatch, from a reli source in Washington, was received “Great efforts are being made to reconsider the withdrawal of troops from Fort Sumter { think they will feil. A final consultation is to be beld te-morrow.”” So the matter {s still in doubt A salute of seven guns in honor of the States composing the Southern Confederacy. was fired ‘day from the flosting battery. This struc- ure is now finished, and wes visited by crowds of our citizens yesterday. Lady Davis is the first war vessel put afloat by South Carolina since the War of a, 1776. This vessel was bought by Gov. Pickens meviee, seaee with regular’ eo ere and altered = -four pounders, a1 She started last night on the harbor x ber compliment cf enlisted men; Lt T.B Huger, commanding, with First Lieut. Dozier and Lieut. Grimball. She is ready for her work of defence, and Gov. Pickens has directed ber to be named. Lady Davis in compliment to the lady of the first President of our Confederate States. The People’s Bank of this city has offered for 200,000 of the first loan of the Confederate States, and the Bank of Chester for $100,000. Tue Evacuation or Fort Scurzn.—The latest intelligence from Washington seems to leave this rere in Sry picemconey 5 Nothing itive Teac! us, Present appearances ndicate further delay of any decisive action on the part of the Administration at Wasbington. The di ‘hes to the Northern and Southern Press, and their comments on this subject, have confirmed us in the opinion that they originated from the fountain head. One thing is certain, however. they bave only led to increased activity on the part of Gen. Beauregard and Gov. Pickens, in — meesures of vigilance. The Coast Guard has been doubled and the forces at the vari- ous fortifications along the coast almost trebled. We repeat again, that with the extensive prepsra- tions already completed, any attempt to reinforce Fort Sumter will prove a hopeless and disastrous undertaking. Private dispatches yesterday were of the most conflicting nature. The following dispatch was received by one of the authorities from a promi- nent gentleman of New York, who received it from Washington on the 13th: “The steamer Crusader, Mohawk, Harriet Lene, Bibb and the brig Perry, with the store ship Ster of the West. will leave to-night for Charleston, $. C. They received orders this morning to be ready at one o’clock.” It was also rcmored that another dispatch had been received in high quarters, from one of the Cotimissioners of the Confederated States, to the effect that a messenger had been dispatched to Charleston with the orders for evacuation. Later in the evening, contradictory information was re- ceived stating that the Cahinet had beea in ses- sion, and that the final consideration of the ques- tion was postponed until to-morrow.—Charleston Courier. ([ 4EATER—THEATER—THEATER! Enthovinstio Greeting Ent. usiastic Greeting Ertho io Greeting Enthusi we Greeting ry Tremendous »athering, Tremendous Gathering, Trementous Gathering, remendous Gathering, Notwithstaading The Severe Storm The Severe Storm Last N To Witness The a "Laughter Provoking Performances Amenica’s Own Comepran, MR. JOSEPH JEFFERSON, MR. JOSEPH JEFFERSO i. iE: JORePa SEPrERsS . R. JOSEPH JEFFE! IN. TO-NIGAT MR. JErrEnoon MR. JEFFERSON ‘Will appear s As PAUL PRY a MAZEPPA, Introducing @ number of Songs and Dances. it GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDs. JonS SAUL. 396 Sevent - 901 a Wash- D.C., has i ‘e of offering an ex- ock of GARDEN. R, and FIELD SEEDS, comprising all the staple of dow éstic growth. with ry novel! from England and the Continent, vig: xhoart. Winningetad ly Peas; ‘omatoes; Ex! 1@ oot Parsnipn, Lett nions. Caul. flower - Flower Seeds of every description. suitab! frany latitude, Being a praction! seed grower, all @re guarantied as to scourscy—warranted Prices as lo} reliavie seeds can be so'd at, tao” mA QOFFice OF WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT, W asHINgToN, March 16th, 1861 Sealed Proposals are herevy invited for the Com- pietioa of the folowing Structures in and adout the Distributi; rervoir, VIZ: Cump'etion of Tafnent Gate House, Do. Aux ixry Gate House, De. _ _Soreen Well and Stair Well. For de'ailed information, plans, &e., enquire at this office. . Bide wil! be received up to the 25°h instant, at 12 m., and will be opened in presenve of bidders at mo hour. @ bids should be indorsed * Pray s for Comp!etion of Strnotures in and about the Distrib- uting Reservoir, Washington Aqvednat,” ineers, M. C. MEIGS. Captain of E; Chu ngineer. mar 16 WwW NEW S8PKING GOuDs. ‘ E Ba it opencd our firat invoice of Spring Goods, to whioh we invite the especial attention of our friends and customers K OWEN & SON, Milttary. Naval and Citizens’ Merchant Tailors, tnt 14-e03w 212 Pa. avenue, 460 SEVENTH STREET. ALWAYS AHEAD. ave just received a of SPRIN: PHING. FURNISHING GOGES. KS, HATS and ras. to whioh | invite the iv: of all in want of such articles, My mous A aeiek Sixpence is better than a slow shil- ‘hose want «f Clothing we invite to our goods and pr: “ee v r a & pre ty ei ace we av Ri NG HATS, which I pelle ing at25 per cont. below their actual vali For those wh» want to travel, | have just re ds inrge lotof TRUNKS, VALISES, and CARPET BAGS. vai ying in prices from $11 to @8. 1, you wesnta good Trunk, Clothing, Furnie! Goods, Hats, or Cape, there is no place where you can buy them as low as at the People’s Clothing Store, No. 460 Seventh st., opposite Post Office. H. SMITH, Clothier, marlf-Im_ No 460 Seventh st., bet. E and F. S ALE OF LA n? a TAE ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION. The subscriber will cffer at p-ivate sales FARM containing 150 sores, at Annapolis Junotion., “the soil passed, aud the improvements! w mod-rn st je Coltsge, coniai come and jook ‘4 ing 3 rooms, good pump at the door, and & thrivi )Oung orchard. ‘Thos ituation of | cs it very desirable to any person doing nes In Baltimore or employed in office at rf Season tickets oan be procured 80 as to tne holders to ride to eithsr city for sx tra, with a tel station wi in @ healthy a pope o! opucn ALso, A FARM containing 200 Scres. with all the im- Prpyementes oompiete, f the aad y wi s od rain as thoowaer in about monet : an For for parcealice a see ’ . BANNON, _mal2-ectw* 32 St.Paul Batiesre. Par oINN EY ar. Sit keer eT “ihe soak is one thst iw ae a he stook on sente ane SARUBBERY ing sriet The cirouler on alc jogue Senate mat-cotw ('nt.) Ho E-MADE at 3, ma 8-60 Ps tr bet A 0. AUCTION SALES. By J. C. MoGUIRE & CO., Avctioncers. ANGEIMRLY SFR i ding, ef the old . 50 new Benches, mad: for end w st Rarey’s exhibition only. sold »: Farms ‘er ma lod J.C. McGUIRE & Co.. Avcts. Br J. C. MOGUIRE & CU.. sap ee —W ill be a Ee. a the Orphans” Court or Wastinrton peg D. at the yromicse ot the fe Col 5 9 > tes; Fourteen th, on FRIDAY. the. wed wnstant ai 10 0% — 8 and Harness, = jucey 4 ‘ne Ca ‘our Horses, three o Cuttin hrae tone ta 8.606 feet of o'd Lumber, Ts von festa umber aed ows. 7 By BARHARD & SUCERY, Auctioneers, ASTWEBLERE RUS AT ASTON. Bt 10 o'clock, we will sei! at the residence « be, Ke on High east ride, near nd street, the enti re Govscheld Furniture and |, a Rookers and Chairs, and Oiiciotn, les. | Coking Uiaeers, eS jatend Soden ee lent Feather Bede and Me ' tress anc Ritonen Faraitere, Stor: | he. * 2° BARNARD & BUCKEY, Avots. By J.C. Mo®UIRE & CO, Auctioncers. RWEWOoo CASE PIANO FORTE AND ving Hovsewotp Puan ture at Avction — On THURSDAY MOR 3. Ma ob 2ist. o m menoing at 10 o'clock, we sha’) sell at the residence of Capt. mmes, ‘No. Ni sireet, ae +8) Househo'd Furniture and Effects, Aci Superior Rosewood Case 7 octave Piano Forte, y indeman & Sons. Walnat Parior Suit, o ng of large Sofe, 4 Gothio Reception and 4 Parior Chaire, fiuished in Sik Damask, with Linen Cov Rosewood Marb e top ‘enter Tabies, Walnut Etageres and Whatnot, {ike Wandow rhedaseed Conic shades and Cornice. Hair glcth Tete-a Tete Sole end Parlor Chaien Fine Rosewood Wardrove and Marbie-top Walnut Elizabethan and Mahogany French Bed steads, Hair, Ha k and Cotton and Shock Mattresses, otiage Chamber Set, Granite Toilet Sets, elyet Parlor Bruesels Chamber, and Venetian Stair Carpets, Hall Oulcloth and Chintz Vine Curtains, Walnut Extension tining Table, oh Diving Char bameled C . jon Chaire, ‘illows and Bolsters, Blankets and Bed Comforts. Silver p. Gili Glas: ver that sum soredit fur notes satisfactorily eadorecd, J.C MoGUIRE & CO., Aucts. The House 1s for rent; inquire atthe Auction Room: or of WM. WILSON, on Twentieth. near H street. mais d By BARNARD & BUCKEY, Auctioneora, jorectown, D.C. STORE FIXTURES AND GOOD WIL AT Avction.—On FRIDAY, 22d instant. at g’clock, we wil sellin front of the premises, the Store rixtoresand Good Wi | of the store former ly ocoupied b= Mrv, Simpson, On Briigo street, eub- Jeet to S preacd rent. ma 18~ ARNARD & BUCKEY, Auots. By J.C. MoGUIRE & CO. Auctioncers, RUSTEE’S SALE OF SMALL FRAME WELUxe Hovss anp Lor—On SATU DAY AFTERNOON, Maroh 30th, o’olock . on the promises. by virtue of a deed 0 October ith, A. 3.. No. 157, foide 55 et ords for Washington county, Distr I shall se’) Lot No.1, in Redfern’s subdivision of Sq S88, fronting 20 foot on north O. stree: Tenth st. weet. running back 8 Sn alley, together with the inproverente, consisting ofatwo story frame Dwelling House. containing 4 roome Terms: $225 of the purshose money in ossh; the residue in monthiy instaiments of @25, with in te Aloonveyanoing *t tre cost of the pur- 8. W. REED, Trustee. J.C. MOGUIRE & O6., Aver, ABSHAL'S SALE.—[n virtas of two SPE, . ineued from the Clerk's office the Cirouit Court of the District of mbia. for the county of Washington. and tome directad. | Will expose to public eale for oash, in front of the court yonee @ rofl rsid count. +n SATURDAY, 9 | March icetant, 196i. at 2 o'eek m ° ty lowing desor property, to wit, viz: Lote id Lot No.2, in ty arhington, D. C., to. geteer with ail and cingelar the mprovemonts thereon, seized and jew: pon astho pri ty of Andrew Rotiwel',aud will be sold to ‘satiah judi of ois! 126 and 133, to January term, i861, in yor ti'lman, Hearicke & Parber, aud Samuc S. Stevens. W. SELDEN, U. 8. Marshal _ms7 dts a bu eee Cotesia, I ARSHAL’S SALE.—In -utue t M fet a RS Sheik Moe 0 id trouit Court of the District of amie f County of Wash * any }» emi to me di ul xpone to pubsic tafe, for ‘onsh, in Cronk of fe the 224 day of March next, 1861, commencing at 13 o'clock m. ths following descr: to wit, yiz: Lot No. 15, im Squae No. 4), Lot No.3, in Square 42, Lot No 5, in ve No. 4, Lot No i2, Hatten wseare ae suet at No. In aare 0. 7, i o wi .» together with al! and singular ungton, D. C. the improvements thereon, seized and ie} upon asthe Broverty of Brook Msokall, and wil'be wold pe y judiciais No. 43. to January term, 2861, in wor o] Ove, fe 27 dts . Bro Fb W_ SEL EN. U.S. Marshal. NLY_TEN CENT& FOR ONE DOZE, old for 35 conte, at PRENGH © RICHST ETN Notional Bookstore, 278 Paras ma le-lw ORATIO KING. od ge Will attend to business before the POST OFFICE and EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, Reference—Hon. Ev. M. Stanton, Consulting aneel. ma 15-3" R. RILEY & BROTHER are now ing, *t No *6 Contra! Stores, a iarce x of all kinds of SPRING DRY GOODS, to which they oall the attention of thoir fricnds and the pub- lic generally. Don’t for WM. &. RILEY & BRO., AF 36 Ye Stores, Between 7th and 8th s:reeta, _ma 15 6: Opposite Cont>r Market. T L. A. BEALL & CO. AKE Pleasure in informing their customers, and stipnerss, shat they have removed to No. 361 * a Wau t, between land K.juctateveR. #8 all's a-t recei a as Le E- Ry RNISHING @ KUD ATS and CAPS, whieh we ot mole J ER RLEREE, rau ovo WEEE Sia Dre Ae Reventh atrast pad acy Rone Sakae Sa SPECIAL ARGAINS —Several fine Cy SRECAL, BARGAINS “ever fas Pinar. a