The New York Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1861, Page 8

THE REVOLUTION. FROM FIRST PAGE.) ‘hinks will save the country. The plan submitted by Beverdy Johneon, of Maryland, is well received. It will probably be the basis of the settlement which this Con- vention will adopt. It is substantially as follows:— 1. That Congress shall not have the power te legislate m reference to tho subject of ser- vitude everywhere, except to aid in the execution of the provision of the constitution in reference to the return of fugitives from service and to suppress the foreign slave trade. 2. No Territorial Legislature shall have power to es- Aablich or protect slavery in apy Territory north of the southern line of Kanaas and the northern line of New Mexico, or to impair, hinder or prevent any person from earryitg into and holding any person held to service south of said line. Mr. Guthrie has submitted a proposition, which is be fore the committee, embodying substantially the Critten- den plan. There is but one State where Commissioners have been gent that is unrepresented. He is expected to be present ou Monday. There will then be twenty-one States repre- sented. ‘The appointment of Major General Wool as one of the New York Peace Commissioners gives no encouragement im Southern military circles that terms acceptable to the South will be proposed by the Peace Conference. General ‘Woo! was on the floor of the House to-day receiving con- gratulations. * The so called ‘Peace Congress” promises to end ina @haos unless the members agree upon a National Con- vention, which compromises nobody, and puts off all de- tails beyond the present unsettled and excited state of the public mind. WM. A. GRAHAM AND MR. LINCOLN’S CA- BINET. LETTER FROM MR. GRAHAM. Jn your paper of the 1st instant I have observed the publication of the proceedings of a meeting of ‘Minute Meo,’ in the town of Wilmington, in which my name is ned to sanction, by implication at least, a proceeding from which I wholly dissent. The fourth resolution of the meeting is as follows:— Resolved, have seen with pleasure an announce- what MT Se be based “upon the best authority,” that the Hoa. Wm. 4. Graham would not “oondescend to accept" a seat in the Cabinet of Lincoln; and {f it is inconsistent with the dignity of « North Caroling statesman, to xccept fice aoe a taceheelty of ane thes people of North Carolina Wi rabgets of sa alministration wo thoroughly hostile to their nd intererts, Thave not been offered a seat in Mr. Lincoln’s Cabinet. I have no personal acquaintance with him, and have never had any correspondence, either with him or with ‘ny person authorized to make such an offer. Since the publications im the newspapers, some time since, of my ame in connection with these of others, as one to whom such an appotutment might be tendered, the subject has been referred to not unfrequently in conversations, and fm two or three instances in correspondence with ny friencs. To them I have stated that such an offer had ‘not been made, and that if {t were made it would be de- . From these conversations, which were without Feserve, the article published in the Spirit of the Age, and alluded to in she resolution, no doubt had its origin. Thad no knowledge of it, however, until copied into the Fayetteville Obeerver of last week: While it states the fact that I wonid decline to accept, it dooe so in language which would subject me to the imputation of arrogance had it been employea by mo. But while unwilling to become the confidential adviser of a President, whose election was effected upon sectional ‘and by sectional votes, it is well knowa that I am far from believing his election merely is a sufficlent cause for the abandonment of the government of our fa- thers, and especially for its overthrow by unlawful vio- Jence, such as is proposed by the meeting in question, and which threatens destruction alike to the constitu- ted authorities of the State as well as the federal govern- ment. All such proceedings are based on the mistaken supposition that the government is a monarchy and the Presiden a sovereign to whom we owe allegiance, and who may regulate and in{luence our destinies at his plea- sure, whereas he is but the chief servant among those of the national household, whom the people, trom time totinie, cuil to the performance of duties, limited and defined by the constitution and laws. #!though the person now elected has no claim upon our sec- tion of the Union, except that he has been elected wccording to the provisions of the constitution, that is sufficient to entitle him to indection into of: fice, and to the exercise of its legal functions—“aequies- cence in the decision of majorities,” says Jeffereon (on ‘questions committed to majorities) ‘ts the vital principle of republics, from which there is no eppeal put to force, the vital principle, and immediate parent of despotism.” Let him then, be installed in office according to the re- quirements of the government under which he was elected—and give to the nation » summary of his policy. hes on the hustings are net always the guides {m the pviitical administration of government. Let us hear before we strike—there will be no abatement of ¥ manly spirit to vindicate our rights, after this ensues, from ‘what existed before. ° ‘The real grievances of complain—and as to which none are more earnest in de- siring redress than myseif—are not the result of Presi- ential usurpations; they spring from a disregard of the obligations of the constitution, ameng a large portion of the people of the non-slavehoiding States, favored in many instances by the action of their State governments. ‘The remedies for them, € the present Congress fail to agree upon them, should, in my opinion, be sought by a calm appeal to the people, vais conveation of all the States. Such a body bas never been assembled since the adoption of the federalconstitution. It would bably be free from the agperities which have charac- Terized the deliberations of Congress. and if upon a can- id confession of opinions our aiferences should be found to be irreconcilable, it could provide for that peaceable tion so much to be desired, if it must come, and wi is hardly posaibie in avy otner mode. This may be too dilatory to. accommodate thesviews of more ardent na. tures, but it may be tried in far less time than our father’s spent in efforts for reconciliation with their brethren ‘beyond the Atlantic, before the final severance. Is not the preservation of the government of our ancestors, hallowed by their wisdom, and consecrated to us through a thousand recollections of national greatness, rity and renown, worthy of such an expériment, ‘and thus much delay? 'In endeavoring to study and un. derstand it by the light of the history of the ) ast, it has seemed to me that it was a government made for this People, and the people Wor the government. Let us eserve and regulate it If poseible—not destroy it. 1 Fave but litte hope of seeing another securing to us so much freedom, proeperity and ea’ety. Ihave still lees from a reconstruction, which ig the favorite idea of its destroyers. Itwas difficult to procure its adoption by nineteen States amid circumstances of the most pressing necessity, It will be still moret) cult to obtain the rati fication of anew system by fifteen, with the diverse theories of government, interest, ‘and eafety which ade them. All these risks of the future, bail, I trust, be as realy as other men to encounter if the public interest, or safety ,or honor shall require it But I would have North Carolina to signalt:e her devo tion to that constitution, which her people have loved so well, and whose covenants she has 60 faithfully ke moderation, forbearance and abstinence from precip! action—to meditate and pacify if possible—to prevent the disintegration of the confed least until its dif ferent members shall bave sufficient time and opportuni ty in candor and a spirit of justice, to understand the po- sitions and ideas of each other. When this shall hw been done, I do not despair of seeing @ revern of peac amity and union, If not, and the destruction of t government becomes a necessity, we shall at least b the consolation to know that our best effets wanting for ite preservation. Very respectfully yours Hiixnono, Feb. 5, 156 W. A. GRAHAM. LETTER FROM EX-GOVERNOR LAWRENCE, OF RHODE ISLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. It is not my purpose to trespass on the attention of your readers by discussing any of the questions which the South has a right to already sufficiently debated, as regards the att tude which South Carolina and the other States similarly situated with her may now be supposed to hold, either under the constitution of the United States or the laws of nations, towards the federe! government and foreige Powers. Nor do I propose to inquire whether the appre hensions for their peculiar (uctitutions, created by the election of a Presidaat nomined d by a sectional conven tion, in which they could, by a> possivility, have been re- presented, in councotion with « platiorm in direct vari ance, as regards the security of .heir property, with the constitution, as interpreted by highest judicial autho. of the a rity, justifies, on the per lavebolding cession or revolution. It is to be remembered that there if 4 great practical difference between the isola Movement of South Carobina in 1882.3, Wiick, was, Mmeseover, never cousum mated by actual cecession, and the co-operation io guch a proceeding of all ¢he cotton States, & not of al! the slave holoing members ef the comfederacy. Calling to mind the policy pureved towerds us ie our owmRevolutionary his tory, it is no. presumed that any enlightened statesman , eadued with true American feeling, would wish to inau gurate a frateieidal wer, whieh, after the expenditure of millions of money and che saceifiee of thousands of lives, could only terminate wa permanent egparation, It is on that account thet I have noticed, with ox- treme et, the resolutions of New Yor and other States, which, trespassing, for the purpose of etimulating ‘coercion on the appropriate fanatioe of the general go- vernment, have profwred their own vomources te bo em. ployed against those membert of the confederacy which iffer from them in diwir cuustruction of the federal compact. Moreover, it is for those who oppose ali conciliation to reflect that the Powers of Europe would not be ini observers of any events that would ondanger a supp cotton, which, despite the efforts hitherto maie in t Enet Indies and elxewhore, is still a monopoly commodity of our Southern Btatee, The lore of a single crop of product now casential to the industry of the civilize world, could scarcely fail, especially in Pagiand, to be at tended with the moet direful consequences. The law of mations requires tor the parties to @ civil war equal ive elect him whenever the President elected bas reveived tion of th N rights from foreign States, and the recognition of a se- coding or revolting State or province is a question ef inde- pendence de facto and not a de jure title, as is shown in ‘every page of our diplomatic history. To blocka@ the entire coast of the Southern States, in the only way DOW advisable, according to the recognized principles of inter- national law, is clearly beyond the ability of our little Bat ju ‘the United | of all Powers, ie the last wo attempt io revive atem of * biockade pte J condemned publicists, and which, when ly put forth in British orders in consol! and ecreos, it is our greatest honor to On the o:her haed, it 18 most unfortunate that, having detera:ined that it was his duty to protect the public pro- rty at 4!) hazards, owing, as 1s DOW to the tonne +s of bis Secretary of War, the had not antici »trd the danger of colision and the ion prior to: the election, of the flag of the Union by placing, » and when, itcould have been done without being con- strued as @ menace to the States, adequate the several forts likely to be assailed. seem at all times to be no more than ordinary prudence re- quires that our arsenals and forts should not be de- fenceless and exposed to be seized, either in case of domestic insurrecuon or foreigo invasion. Should any cause of hostility arise between us and France, such are the facilities of the Emperor for coucent and trans- porting his troops, that every strong position on the sea- board might be garrisoned by him almost before the declaration of war was known at Washington. ‘The distracted condition of the kicgdom of the Nether- lance, from its establishment by the Congress of Vienna im 1816 till the separation of Holland and Belgium, con- sequeit on the French revolution of 1830, contrasted with the subsequent prosperity of both portions, 6 a precedent which, if it does pot reconcile us to a diemem- berment of the Union, may at least mitigate, in some de- gree, an event which circumstances may render inevita- nie. Inthe case cited, there was a@ difference in lan- guage and rebgion,’ as well as on economical questions arising from the preference charged \o be shown to the commercial and navigation interests of the Dutch over the manufacturing industry of the Belgians, and which was not supposed to be compensated for even by a participation in the colo- nies. However humiliating it would be to those who have belonged to a great nation to be degraded to the level of citizens of the petty Soath American republics there ig no reason to believe that the establishment ol two confederacies, if peaceably effected, would seriously injure the material prosperity of either. It woul1, deed, afford to the South those facilities for indefinite ex- sion, required by the character of their servile popu- Kttion, and the laws of natural increase, but which are denied to them by the prejudices of the North. ‘Those who have auy apprehension that New York would suffer by o dissolution of the Union may find some consolation in a late article in tne Recue des Deux Mondes, by St. Marc de Girardin, where the comparative advantages of small and great States are ably discussed with reference to the reorganization of the Turkish provinces as Christian States and the establishment of Constantinople us a free port. , ‘My object, however, is not to attempt to reconcile the country to a dismemberment, but, while preferring even vhat to civil war, Wo suggest whether the measures hith- erto discussed have been such ag, if adopted, would give permanence to a system of government connected with ull our patviotic aspirations. It seems to me that none of the propositio:s before Copgress are directed to the real difficuity of the case. There have been no usurpatious by the Legislature o* the judiciary of power not delegated to them; bor has there been any State enactment for which there is not a competent remedy under the cousti- tution. ‘Tbe Perecnal Liberty bills, as well as the attempts to interfere with the Fugitive Slave law, opposed as they are to the spirit of the cousutution, are rather the causes of irritation than the sources of real ipjury. In the only instance in which @ State Court attempted to make them operative, aud which arose under the law of Wisconsin, there was an effectual interposition on the part of the Su: preme Court of the United States ‘The South have already, in the opinion of the highest tribunal, an effectual sauction for their equal rights in the ‘Territories; and should there be aay doubt as vo the di rect technical bearing of the Dred Scott case, there is no question that the decision of the Court would be the same in whatever form the point might be presented. ‘The real difficulty is the danger to be apprehended from an exciusively sectional Executive. It was the late Presidential election which aroused the hostile feelings of the North and South, and uo effectual remedy can be ap- plied which does not put an end toa concentration of power in a single individual, able to be perverted to the promotion of special interests, aud which in other re- spects is wholly inconsistent with the character of our political system. We are not prepared to yield our long cherished views as to the suiliciency of democratic insti- tutions for every branch of the government; but the pre- sence here during the late canvass—on the resultof which the contiovance of the Union may depend—of the heir to a constitutional monarchy , whose ministerial responsibi- lity subjects, through the House of Commons, al) execu- tive actions to the perpetual control of public sentiment, may possibly have created in some minds reflections at vartapoe with what, till recently, has been the universal natioval faith. Practically the President enjoys during the tenure of his flice an extent of authority not possessed by any #0- vereign in Christendom. Unlike the government of the mother country, where the concurrence of the Ministry and of the Legislature is essential to the transaction of ordinary busivesé, aud where a want of confidence in the administration is instantaneously followed by a resigna- tion, no attempt has ever been made under Our constitu. tion to compel the Presicent or his Cabinet to retire from the acministration by a refusal to vote the ordinary sup- plies. Now, strange as it may seem, in all the agitation of the present day, uo such proposition has been put forth even by those who consider the sectional character of a President, whose election, moreover, is to be ascribed to 4 want of unantmity among his opponents, a sufficient round for the extreme remedy of a dissolution of the nion. Besides having the initiative in all matters of foreign policy, with a vewo on all legislative acts, which, although nominally qualified, bas always proved efficient, and for the exercise of which, as wellas of afl other matters within bis cognizance, he requires the sanction of no council (the hceacs of departments being directly respon sible to and removeable by hi the President has the sole control of the army and navy, and may employ them, at bis own diecretion, either against the Indians or to favor any course of domestic policy which he may choose to advocate, Through the Fost Ottice he may permeate every part of the country by ineendiary publications affecting its vital interesis. But it is especially in the distribution of patronage that our Executive surpasses all other potentates. In ail the countries of Europe ap- pointment to office follows certain administrative rules, seldom or never deviated trom, and which subject to rigid examination the employes at home as well as those who enter on a diplomatic career. It is a recognized part of the common law of our insti- tutions that all the otlicers, from the highest to the lowest, sbould be in the market every four years. The membcrs of the national conventions which, though un- known to the constitution, are « most important part of our political machinery, are appointed, at least at the North, with little regard to their ability to select competent candidaves, but with a view wo secure the patronage of the incoming Exe- cutive, as well in reference to public contracts as to cifices. At tirst it was suilicient, in order to be deem ed @ igible to an appoiutment, to belong to the dominant party, but that is now obsolete, and woe to the politician who has not been able to guess before the ballot has de. termined the result who would be the successful aspi rant. Nor is the Presidential partisanship contiued to of- tie jer th tit is made to operate indirectly ev and municipal appointments; and in eonse degradation to which public ¢ has been brought through this system of patrenage, even the legislative carcer, regarded in every other con stitutional government as ‘the appropriate avocation of the most enlightened and elevated clases, ha nd to & creat extent to be at the North an object of konorable ambition Nothing could do more to alienate the two sections than the speeches addre assemblages dur ing a Presidential campai North, by the minis tore of those religious # egarding not only the doctrines of the Divine Author aith, but the practice of those to whose eculiar or. nizations owe their exist to kneel at the same alt certainly taken a brethren as worse than thieves and mi ly have villagedemagogues, in search 0} Ftimulated the prejudices of their institutions of fifteen States, but that the hould feel particularly sensitive in ing the Executive onage of the in the ha jose who have proclaim an irrepressible conilict.”” This feel when power is attained, they 1 attained tod r 6 of to den petty ‘ ore against the 8 not surpri ot ie, without due re rm, would, it is ing the evils referred wher red vious, increase ins Tt would eith: ever be called on a case of the two Napol ze to the a ws in thy dignity. At ail « practically in ecutive which is rsal su mption o uld withdraw at popular supery led as the charact ente it w nite t for a _peric f th x English Th « tended to guard U th againat tional influ oral Colle but by giv hest. pi the two candid: t and Vice Pres ‘This provision was unfortunately changed in consequence of the tie vote in 1800-1, whieh, by rallying oppos tion in the House of Representatives for Aaron Gare came near defeating the popular candidate, Mr. Jetterson century ago, with reference to the accumulatior of power in a single Executive, whieh, all that tine Supposed to bear as unfairly’ on New England as the election of Mr. Lincoln now does an the South, an amend ment was proposed by Mr. Hillhouse volving the Executive funet nually selected b; tion of a dual I of Cot ith, each having a veto on legislati and execitive action, recently alluded to by Mr. Hunter, formed ove of the plans of Mr. Calh for preserving the balance of power between the tw ction. My sitention has also been recently called to a proposition made, through the Washington Cusmstitu'ion, by Mon P. Phillips, formerly representative from Alabama. In order to protect one section against (he preponderance of the ether, he suggests ‘changing the mode of electing of the right to the Vice President, giving to the reprose slaveholding States in the House aud Sena majority of his votes from the free States, and the sarr right to Ue Senators and representatives of the free States when the President elected has received a majority of his votes from the slave States, and requiring the ap Proval of the Vice President to all billain thesatme man er and uncer t restrictions as are now provided pprowal of the President.’’ This, it i# sufficient etnark, only meets the case of unfair legi#lation, and lve Hot rem h he great evil of concentratea patronage The precedent whieh | would wish distinctly to bring to notice, os dorerving attention at atime when the re ghd a) Compact has becom Of several te ded rom the conat county OF Kurope of any extent that dis: constru ++ ee ) | protect aud defend the public pr mark that the differences of language and religion, which divide the cantons, leading as has been to actual hostilities, create feelings decidedly as antagonistical as supreme executive authority by a federal council, com’ posed of seven members, only one of whom can be chosen from the same canton. They are named for three Fg by the two houses of the legislature (Federal ly), denominated the National Council and Council of States, the former corresponding to the House of Representatives, the latter to the Senate States. From this Federal Council the President and Vice President of the confederation are annually ap- ointed by @ vote, also of the two houses; but their nctions are not materially-different from those of whe other members, and four members are required to sanc- tion every deliberation. The duties of this Federal Council cousist especially in superintending the inter- national relations of the confederation. In cases of emergency, and during the recess of the Federal Assem- bly, it is authorized to levy the necessary troops and dispose of them, subject to the duty of convoking the Federal Assembly immediately, if the troops exceed the number specified in the constitution. or remain ip service beyond the time to which they are thereby limited. Twas presout at the mectivg of the Federal Assembly in Berne, in July, 1868, when the election of the Presi- dent and Vice President for the year took piace. The shortness of the terms and the restricted character of their functions rendered it a mere matter of routine, dif- fermg essentially from the excitement connected with every #tep in a Presidential election with us. While at Berne I conversed with several of the prominent mem bers of the Legislature on this particular portion of the constitution, as I had, also, an opportunity to do with many of the avlest publicists of the country with whom I was brought in contact at Geneva, through my early official relations with the late Albert Gallatin, and whose fame is there cherished as shedding continued lustre on his native city. ‘The working of our system had been thoroughly studied by them, and they all as- sured me that they regarded the c! hich they had made in it, in reference to the Executive power, great practical improvements. None of the inconveniences supposed to result from a plural executive had been ex- perienced, while personal partisanship was avoided; and, what was essential to reconcile the discordant interests of cantons distinguished by radical differences, all sec tions were represented in the administration.’ These same Views were subsequently confirmed by the eminent Swiss representatives at Paris and London, Dr. Kerp and M, de la Rives. the markes ability with which the unequal contest, in ‘ference to what was the neutralized portion of Savoy, was last year maintained with France, i@ a happy illus: tri:ion of the competency of the Swiss Executive as now constituted to sustain the rights intact of the confedera tion, T cannot flatter myself that Ihave suggested a prac- tical panacea; but if a reconstruction of the confederacy, now almost inevitable, is to take place, are not the pro- visions of the Swiss constitution deserving of attentive consideration? By dividing the United States into five or seven circles of States, somewhat after the man ner of our judicial circuits, from each one of which a member of the Federal Council should be elected, either according to the present process of Presidential electors or by the two houses of Congress, one of whom should be annually invested with the functions of representa- tion, under the title of President, though with no otber power than that by his colleagues, the Pacitic States, the cotton States, the border slave States, the Nowh- western States, the Middle States and the New England States might each have its representative in the Execu- tive. This, besides preventing exclusive partisanship and sectional bias, would have the effect of bringing to the administration of aflairs that personal knowledge of the interests of our extended confederacy that no Presi dent, constituted as the office now is, can ever possess, and which, in the event of a sectional election, as we are now about to experience, may not even be furnished imperfectly through Cabinet Minister, who, in any event, must be without power to give effect to his views. With the constitution of such an executive as has been indi cated would necessarily cease the horrible corruptions incident to the periodical election of a President, on which the official existence of all civil functionaries depends, as well as all reasonable apologies for soces- sion. W. B. LAWRENCE, Ocure Porvt, Newport, R. I., Jan. 28, 1861. MILITIA OF THE UNITED STATES. The select committee of the House of Representatives to whom were referred the Message of the President of the United States of the 8th ult, relative to the state of the Union, submitted their report on the 30th ult. The committee commence the report by reviewing the laws of Congress and the constitution clothing the President with power to execute the laws of the Union, suppress ingurrections and repel invasions, and for the employment of the militia in specitied cases. They say, by an act approved March 3, 1807, entitled am act authorizing the employment of the land and naval forces of the United States in cases of ingurrections, it is provided that in all cases of insurrections or obstructions to the laws, ither of the United States or any individual State or Ter- ritory, where it is awful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia for the purpose of sup- pressing such insurrection or of causing the laws to be duly executed, it shall be lawful for him to employ, for the same purposes, such part of the land and naval force of the United States a8 shall be judged necessary, having first observed al! the prerequisites of law in that respect. They advert to the opinion of the Attorney General of the United States of November 20, 1860, in which that officer says, that by the act of 1795, the authority of the President to remedy obstructions of the law in a State is subordinate to the civil authority of such State; and, consequently, that in cases where a State has declared to sever her connection with the federal government, and where the Judges and other officers have resigned or refused to perform their duty, and set up an independent government, there is no power in the President in such @ consingency to call forth the militia. The committee insist that the laws of the United States do not cease to exist in @ State because its local authorities baye enacted an ordinance declaring such State no longer & member of the federal Union; nor does any such consequence resuls from the resigna- tion of federal Judges, Marshals or District Attorneys, ‘Therefore the legal duty of seeing that they shall be exe cuted remains unchanged. But upon the assumption that the construction given to this statute by the late Attor. ney General is correct, the committee do not deem it ne cessary to recommend any change of the existing statace in this respect, for the reavou that, in the present condi tion of our nabonal affairs, it would, in their opinion, be impolitic and perhaps impracticable to employ military force for the purpose of carrying on the ordinary ad ministration of justice in the federal courte in any State that bas, by formal act, undertaken to throw off her aile If it shall so happen 8 action, the constitu 1 Fights of the citizens of any other State shall be in d, it will be the duty of the Executive to take such sures for their redress as the nature of the case shal! demanp, aod as the laws allow In reepeet to the forts, arsenals, navy yards, maga zines, and other property of the United states within the Timits of any dish I t question is pre y, wheresoever the f the general govern. h public prope: the rights ment cannot be seriously questioned, aud the practica. adequate force such property reely be doubted. The d ty to the prc y is not only cle nd protection is inve nid nd imperative ed the priaciple tional dignity ana of self-preser the honor of mand of the Presicent are ance of this duty Congress tions to the country unless made to supply the defect opinion hat, in the just and liberal eo efaaot may invoke t ates of the Union. ve to the perform will fail in ite obliga provision is promptly They are inclined w the this duty upon a present law. the Pre militia of any led with disfaw we any doubt which may exist in any qui iw view of the possible iaude quacy of the arty and navy to enable the President to perty under all ejreum they have deemed it exoetient to recommend eof an act expressly giving him power, when ver, in bis opinion, the necessity sail arise, to call forth the militia of the United States for the protection and de fence of public property, and to enable him to recover Pos#ession of an euch property which nor may be wlully seized. With the enactinent of this military power of the government will be dieposal of the President, te be used at his tion for its protection im ail it operations under petitution The subjoined is a copy of the bill recommended to meet the exigencies of war prevalent in the Union:— Bo it enacted, &c., That it shall be lawful for the Presi dent of the United States, whenever and as often as in his opinion it shall heoome necessary to call forth the militia | of all or any of the States of th tances the pa states, oF to uccept the services of volunteers to such extent us may be re: quired to protect and defend the forte, magazines, arse 8, public bi nals, dock yards, navy yi property of the United § ® poss 8, meseuala, dock yards, navy yards, public buildings or other property of the United States, which has been, cr may hereafter be, ua Inwfully #eized or taken possemaion of by any combination of persons w And the provisions of “an act au thorizing the employment of the land and naval forces of the United States in cases of insurrections,” approved March 8, 1807, and all exieting lawe and regulations re: lating to the actual service of the militia of the Uaited States, shail be applicable to the employment of the same under the provisions of this act. A minority of th Plates in aubstance that — nites made a report, which The militia force thus placed at the diaponal of the Preaident amount, by the latest returna, vo 8,163,711 meu, sad, in addition, he can accept a# many volunteora at home or (rom abroad as the money aud credit of the mand declaration of war againgt those States werdlod , ha en possession of the forts witnin their limite; for the Preek construe it into an unequivocal expression of the will of Congress that he shail forthwith praceed to recover possession by the use of warlike mi are exchewed, an’ » rhaps the comm « for the Presid orbain negotiations on The bill § which, having and other pull ne 0 —— at When the President finds himself in possessi whole military resources ot the nation, almost without limit or restriction, he will posses an amount of power which has never before been conferred on any man in America. Our beloved Washington never received from Cong! greater mark of ite confidence, and in the darkest days of the Revolution, and the bright- ig transcendent But neither he nor any other human being evtrusted with go much ag this bill proposes to confer. Such # mark of confidence, especially from those who have not generally approved the princij on which he bas, for neurly four years, adminust the govern. ment, coud not fail to be gratifying to him personally, but it would surely fill his mind with gloomy forbodings of the future of our country. When it 18 openly proposed in Copgress by one individual to establish a military dic- tatorship, acd under a feverish excitement ins of armed bands excite an enthusiasm im the breasis of the people, of which Washington, during his seven years of tient endurance and brave suffering in the cause of foerty, was bever the object—when he sees throughout one half the Union public meetings and legislative bodies, and private persons who do not themselves expect w participate in the dangers and sufferings of war, urging measures of violence—and when he sees Congress drawo into the vortex of popular excitement, and under the game morbid passion enacting this extraordinary law, bis heart will be grieved at the decay of that jealousy of power, and especially of military power, which made us afree people, and which alone can save us trom being hurried into military despotiam by mobisb enthusiasm. ‘The real question for decision is, will we permit the secession of a portion of the States from the Union, or will we attempt to prevent it by military power? If we intenk to permit it, ‘course we will yield the forts. If we intend to prevent it by force, and have de- termined that we will not ‘concifiation, nor give time for palliatives, then let this ‘bill be enacted intd a law. If we have not yet determined what course shall be taken in the emergency, then let this bill be rejected, for it is @ declaration of war—instant, stern, ferocious. The civilized world must condemn the eager desire manifested in some of the Northern States to shed the Dlood of the people of the South. But the people of the South know that the noisy braggarts who vapor forth their own courage, and parade on paper armed multitudes who will not obey them, will not be formidable on any fair fleld of battle. If we find that reconciliation is impossible, and that the States can no more live together under one govern- ment, let us separate peace, and form other and more satisfactory arrangements. The object of government is the happiness of the governed, and no. government ought to be maintained over larg masses of mankind which does not in essentials promote their welfare and happinoss. In the United States it cannot be, because we hold that govern- ments ‘‘derive their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government be comes destructive of these ends (to promote the welfare and safety of the goverfed), it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new govern- ment, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.” All our institutions rest on these great principles; and when millions of people, occupying eight States, some of which have constitutions older than that of the United States, with a unanimity unparalleled In our history, and very far exceeding that which prevailed in our Revola- tion, declare that they cdnsider the existing government destructive of their happiness and davgerous to their security and prosperity, and that they intend to change it, it is idle to say they have no right to do so. It would be a crime. — the principles of our fathers to marshal armies for the purpose of holding them in subjection. Court of Gencral Sessio: Before Recorder Hoffman. A WEALTHY JERSEYMAN ROBBED BY ‘‘A FEMALE UMBRELLA MANUFACTURER.” ‘The only tria) of interest on Friday was that of Mary Smith, which occupied the entire day. She was charged with committing the crime of ‘constructive grand lar- ceny,” the victim being a Jerseyman named Van Winkle. He met with Mary on the pave in the evening, and possessing a large developement of social qualities, he entered into conversation with her. She freely told him the story of her wrongs, poured into his sympathi- zing bosom the sufferings through which she had passed, ‘and so interested was the stranger in her history that he yielded to a pressing invitation to visit her apartment, She had a sister, who with her left the parental roof in beequence of the inhuman treatment of their parents, succeeded in obtaining work at making umbrellas soon after their arrival in New York, and, in short, were in a fair way of doing well. This was her story to Mr. Van Winkle, who implicitly believed it; but on their arrival at Miss Smith’s apartments, the sister was not Usere, nor were there any indications that the twe commry lasses obtained a livelihood by manufacturing umbrellas, Soon after the arrival of Miss S. and Mr. Van. W. (who y the by is a man of wealth) at the domicil the frail one, he warmed If, and the imagination of the reader can the occurrences of the hour upon that eventful evening. This assertion, however, needs some qualification, as the reader might not suppose that Miss Smith gave fic instructions to Mr. Van Winkle as to the dispo- sition of bie apparel. But she did; for as he was apout to place a certain article of raiment upon the bureau Miss S, informed bim that her bonnet and muff should remain there, and that he must deposit his clothes on the lounge. A tolerably vivid imagination would not be likely to conclude that this article of furniture was placed conti to what is known as a paael door, by means of ‘a person might enter the room wnob- served by the occupants of the apartment; but the fact was developed ou the trial that Mr. Van Winkle’s panta- loons were laid on this lounge by the owner of that indis- le part of a gentleman's wardrobe, said panta- ns containing the sum of $350 (a mere trifle 9 a rich Jerseyman) at the time of said deposit, and the addition- al fact was elicited on the examination of Mr. Van W. that the above amount was abstracted from the pocket of his pantaloons shortly after he relieved himself of that tion of his dress. How, it may be asked, did Mr. Van . discover that an intruder had entered the apartment {for he saw Mary lock the door when they first entered)? ir. Van W. partly answered the question when he said that he suspected all was not right; but as to what caused his suspicions the Court and jury were not en- lightened. When he became sensible that he was taken in and done for he hastily beat a retreat, made an alarm, and soon obtained the services of police officers. These ministers of the law knew the character of the house aud ite proprivtor, and although unable to aflect the ar rest of Mr. William Sherwoo! and Miss Smith on the spot, yet they succeeded in doing 80 after a short time, aad they also recovered $180 of thestolen money. the frail damsel exposed her accomplice, and delivered up $30, which he gave to her as the proceeds of the rob 'y. Miss Smith, in her own classic language, said she would ‘blow’ on Billy because he refused to bail her out. There were two counts in the indictmeat—one for larceny and avother for receiving stolen goods. The jury fail to agree upon a verdict, and then Mary Smith pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods (or money). As she was evidently used by Sherwood to obtain victims for his to rob, the Recorder was lenient with her, the sentence being six montbs imprisonment in the’ penitentiary. | Before toe trial of the girl was commenced, Wiliam Sherwood, keeper of this panel house in Benson street, d guilty to grand larceny, and was geut to tue for three years and six months Suppored that in the future Jorseymen’s hearts will be hermetically sealed against the tender ap peals of ‘umbrella makers”’ of the feminine gender who Personal Intel Hon. Daniel S. 1 Gardner, of Massachusetts Washburn and wife, . Park ardson, of Boston; G. D. Stanley, of Av f et of Maine, are stopping at the Fifth Avenue lotel. C, Humphrey, of the United States W. Crawford, of Baltimore; H. Vanderzee, of Charleston H. Hurlbut, of Geneva; Dr. Tuttle, of New Bedford; f. P. Trott, of Wasbtagton; W. B. Trail, a. Berry, G. P. Born ham, ©, H. Sm.th and H.K. Horton, of Boston, and J Hobart, of California, are stopping at the Astor House. Colonel Seawell, of the United States Army; Dr. J Grutith, of Missouri; J.P. Hinton aod wife, of Virginia A. P. Winston, of Clev A. B. Ray, of’ Washington 4. P. Burke, of Texas; D. Reynolds, of Albany; H. Re Jobnson of Alabama Simes, of Boston, and N Moree, of Bridgeport, are stopping ‘at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Com. Lavallette, United States Navy; Col. A. W. Doni phan, of Missouri’ Gen. F, K. Zollicoffer, #f Tennessee Hons! J. Q. Goodrich, F. B, Crowninshield, R. Waters, T. 8. Chandler, of Massachusetts; Hons. T. O. Upham, W Noyes, J. J. Wadsworth, E Corning, J. J. Astor, Gea. Wool, of New York; Capt. A. Elzey Arnold aud A. 8. Lon : W. B. Lawrence, J) family, W. H. Aspinwall, of New York; Judge } lady, of Maryland, arrived in Washmgton on Friday, L. A. Bigelow, Boston; Jno. M. Brown and Richard M. Ni in London Nanviry axp Ocevration of MeMnens oF Te Massa cHuserts LecisLaTone,—We learn from the annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Department of the State of Massachusetts for 1861, that of the total umber of membera of the Legislature (280) 219 were born in Maasuchusetts, 26 in New Hampshire, 6 in Vermont, 9 in Maine, 6 in New York, 6 in Conneoticut, 3 iv Rhode Is- land, 2 in England, 1 in Scotland and 3 in’ freland; 60 are farmers, 20 merchants, 22 lawyers, 17 manwfacturers, 6 physicians, 6 editors, 6 mariners and the rest divided be tween a large variety of occupations, nearly every trade and business having a representative. Two members of the Senate and ten members of the House are democrats. Three members of the House are members of the Ui party, making @ total opposition to the republicans of fifteen votes. Mt. Lincoln's Opinion of Henry Clay. wim, Ul, Feb, 1, 1861. Your kind letter of the 25th ult., and the express pack age containing the bronze medal of Mr. Clay, both came sufely to hand this morning. Permit me, in the frst place to return you my heartfelt thanks for your good hess, in sending me this valuable preeent, and secondly, to express the extreme gratification | feol in possersing so beautifal a memento of him whom, during my whole political life, J baye loved and revered as a te nd leader. A. LINCOLN, mship Mohawk South American and West Indian Mis- ccllamy. ‘The daily variations of the thermometer at Havans have been observed by Senor La Sagra to be as follows:— ‘The lowest point is at Sunrise; the mercury then rises slowly in the shade till ten A. M., and then rather more quickly till twelve M. ; it reaches its highest elevation be- ‘tween one and two P. M., falling slowly till sunset, and then rapidly all night, particularly after midnight until sunrise. The rise of the mercury is more regular and gradual in the sun than in the shade, and when the ther- mometers are well exposed and out of reach of local dis- turbing influences the highest point is sometimes reached before one o'clock. ‘The ratio of population in the Eastern Department of this island is 14.6 per square mile. In the Western De- partment it is 41.9 per square mile. In five years the greatest average number of births in the island have beem in November and December, and the greatest average of burials in August and October. Asa general thing the Cuban peasantry are rather poorly provided with ‘nome comforts” Their houses are hute of palm wattling and mud plastered walls, with a coat of whitewash anda palm leaf thatch. The furni- ture consists of a few hide-seat chairs, a table of rough cedar, a large water jar, and a board nailed to the wall as ‘a sbelf for the “kitchen fix! perhaps a large wood- en chest for the “ aay saa ‘and afew yards of twine stretched from wall to wall, to hang clothes on; theee form, with the requisite stretcher beds for the fa- mily, all the ‘‘movables”’ of a household. Cuban land crab is rarely found at @ greater dis- tance from the sea than three leagues. ‘The average number of thunder storms in the year, at Havana, is eighteen. The maximum in a series of years has been observed to be thirty-two, and the minimum seven. ‘The first negro slaves directly imported into Cuba were forty negroes brought from the Cape de Verde Islands, in 16: ‘They were sold for about $55 or $60 each. ‘The editor of the Sol de Piura, Peru, a newspaper late- ly established there, has added to his office a public read- ing room, which was opened on the 1st of December. ‘Among the two dozen papers from all parts of the world to be found there are the New York Hera, Tri and Noticioso. Last December there was married in Renca, Chile, a man of ninety years of age toagirl barely fourteen. The neighbors say that the young bride had to carry the decrepit bridegroom in her arms to the nuptial chamber, and literally put him to bed like a baby. As an offset, a peetinyy Epon nalghborhood gave birth, about the game time, to five healthy children. ‘The decree of the Venezuelan government, relative to establishing toreign legations, has the following provi- sions:—Article 1. The republic shall have two legations in Europe or America, and two confidential agencies. Article 2. The Executive wiR designate the diplomatic character with which the legations shall be invested, and the places where they, us well as the agencies, shall reside. Article 4, Ministers Plenipotentiary shall have an annual salary of five to six thousand dollars, as the Executive may think proper. Article 6 gives Charges the samo sa- lary, under the same conditions. Article 6 gives Secre- taries of Legation a salary equal to one-third that of Ministers; confidential agents shall not have more than three thousand dollars per annum. Article 9 gives a sum ual to half the annual salary, for travelling expenses when going to and returning from their places of appoint. ‘ment. ‘article 10, diplomatic agents and secretaries must be Venezuelans by birth. ‘The Venezuelan government has bought the eash which the body of the liberator, Simon Bolivar, had on when borne to its last resting place in Santa Marta. It now bangs in an elegant frame in the public saloon of the President's palace. On the 11th of last August a treaty of commerce and navigation was ratitied at Acuncion, Paraguay, between Paraguay, Prussia and the other States of the Zollverein. ‘The diocesan bishop of Paragnay, Don Basilio Lopez, died in the early part of last October. The Bishop of Corica, Don Juan Orbieta, has been elected to succeed him. ‘The Imperial Court of Brazil is in mourning for a num- ber of distinguished European personages who died last year, Among them are King Oscar I., of Sweden; Prin- cess Sophia, of Saxony; Grand Duchess Maria Paulowna, the Margrave of Baden; Prince Jerome Bonaparte, and the Dowager Grand Duchess Ste] ie, of Baden, Discoveries of iron, marble and gold have been late- ly made in the province of San Paulo, Brazil. It is in the same province, some eighteen miles from Cority- ba, that a wonderful subterranean grotto is found, con- sisting of two immense galleries, one above the other, id through the midst of which rushes a magnificent river with tremendous noise. Another of limestone for- mation has just been discovered between Potemam and the Sant Anna of hills in the same province, by a countryman who while hunting broke into it i rsuit of an ounce, which had taken refuge there from his dogs. Aldham of the British Navy, whose name is so well known in connection with the siege of Vera Cruz by Miramon, has been decorated by Queen Victoria with the Order of the Bath. ‘On the 9th and 10th of last!December,Salvador and Gua- temala were visited by severe shocks of an juake, which, though causing considerable alarm, did no da- mage of any consequence. It is not generally known that Paraguay is a slayehold- republic. sy Et Comercio, of Valparaiso, publishes the following correspondence relative to the death of Don Juan Bello, late Minister from Chile to the United States:— Banmaco, Deo, 1, 1860. To Dona Rosario REGES DE BELLO :— Mapame—The respectful deference which is duc to profound grief prevented me from addressing you till now, when it is to be hoped that the return to your coun- ry and the bosom of your family may have mitigated omewhat your affliction at the lamentable and prema- ture decease of your husband, Pon Juan Bello. Iam the faithful interpreter of the sentiments of his Excellency the President of the blic in to you how sensible his Excellency been of the unfortunate event which ived you of a good and tender husband, and the republic of 8 citizen who worthily represented i abroad. May the remembrance of the brilli though brief career of your husband be some assuagement to you; and have the goodness to receive the ex; jion of iny sentiments, identical with those of his Excellency, and the considerations of distinguished esteem with which I have the honor to subscribe myself, your obe- dient servant, ANTONIO VARAS. To which tue following reply was returned:— Sariaco, Dee. 7, 1860. Sx—In the letter which, in the name of the President of the eure ret have been pleased to write me, un- der date of the ist instant, my afflistion has found a grateful balm. The appreciation which his Excellency ox therein of the sentiments of my deceased husband towards the eouatry which saw him grow be- neath its shadow, and towaras the government to which he consecrated his services, and which has been pleased to accept them so honorably, gives it a high value in my = Let me be permitted to notice partioularly amongst u sentiments, that of the affectionate grati. tade which he cherished towards the person of his Excellency, and which he so often expressed to me in his more intimate domestic confidenees. His Excel- Jency has conferred a new honor on the family of the de- ceased in the kind communication with which he has just favored me. Be pleased to present to his Excellency my acknowledgment of it, together with the benedic tions of my little children and myself, the only return it is in my power to offer. Tam very far from forgetting the share which, in this tribute of gratefulness, belongs to you, and I beg yeu to accept it, together with the re. spectful consideration of your obedient servant. ROSARIO R. DE BELLO, The Bolen Comercial of Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, publishes the following correspondence from Tupor: quen:—“Werkmen have discovered traces of gold in the ravine of the Moco de Hierro, at a depth of more than twelve yards, immense fissures, in which it is necessary to work with lights, on aceount of the dark- nese below. In La Planada, another place which is being explored, there was taken during the month of June last about three hundred ounces; the luckiest work men being Mr. Boyce, who got something like seventy ounces, aud Charles Santander, who got fifty. There no sickness of any kind. Tm Uprata, the workmen ai constantly leaving their claims, fearful that either army cated them. They are like wild cattle snuifing tho air. ‘ere it not for this, they would have extracted an immense quantity of gold by this time. ‘The priests of Ciudad Victoria, State of Tamaulissa, Mexico, have been driven out of that town by the new authorities. A paper published there saya:—‘it is said that before leaving they broke all the crosses and relics in the ehurch.’* Cajen, a noted leader of the church party in Mexico, a Spaniard by birth, and aman who knew no pity, was shot ata place called Tangue de Pasage, in the State of Durango. in New Orleans, 29. pumber of persons became violently sick, one after the other, purging and vomiting in a manner that showed there must have pomon in what they had just eaten at the table. In a short time twenty male boarders and three female servants were stricken with these symp: tome, and all but one were sent to the Charity Hospital Mr. Ricker, the Superintendent, fearing foul play somewhere, came down to notify the Mayor, who im y ched Chief-of-Police MeCielland anc Lientenant Boylan to the place, A rigid investigation owed the poison to be strychnine, used as a yeast pow. der by the cook, The clerk, Chi Peterson, said that a box ‘east powder bad been left in the office so long he thought it would not be called for, and gave it to the an old Irish woman named Hannah Dougherty , lant Saturday morning. In making corn bread for break fast, yesterday morning, Hannah found that her supply of yeast powder was nearly out, and took @ spoonful from the new box, which was labelled precisely like other boxes of yeast powder, but contained strychnine, re since discovered, A sailor, who shipped last evening on the Evening Star, named’ William Campbell, says he saw the box given to the clerk three months ago by the steward of a ship, whose name he thinks was Louis, and who merely said, “Here is the powder.” The clerk and cook are both arrested. They neither of them tasted the corn bread, and being questioned on that point, the cook says she never cate corn, and the clerk says he had to go down to Gevernment wharf before breakfast to oo who tried to run away without paying his oard. Last night we found the people who had eaten the corn brend getting along quite favorably in the Charity Hoepital, without any dangerous symptoms having mani- fested themselves. Their names are as follows:— _Isaae Seeley, Bon Beckwith, John Decker, John Fischer, New York; Samuel W. Toss, Win. Barry, Thomas Pagget, Maine; George Bartlett, Alex. Cormack, Boston; Leander Taylor, Providence; James Neill, Savannah ; Francis Down, county Down, Ireland; Charles Smith, Sweden; Mike Rose, Denmark; Alfred Roddo, Hanover; Martin Peterson, Norway ; Robert smith, Plymouth, england ; Alfred Harrie, London, England; Thomas Coilins, Canada West; Bridget Cavanaugh, county Carlow; Bridget Coyle, county Caven, and Catharine Cronan, county Kerry, Iro- land The above are in the horpital. Tho only other sufferer is Captain Mackintyre, who remains at the Seamen's Home. enip having sail on, she did aot fetch up some fifteen miles off shore, during which the city morning in , and others, being ¢ im their places, were sent down to the ship "rhe oat veabiu No. 4, should hay Pi raghington, No. 4, ve takem her place as station boat on y last, having left the city on . She probably took a short cruise to eastward, and has unable to work back to the since. Several in outward bound vessels had Barrow escapes from being carried to sea. ring the gale of Thursday steamer Empire State, of the cbannel, where she remains, but will probably float as soon as the tide rises, It is thought she has sus- ‘ained no damagi ‘The steamer Belvidere, from Richmond for this port, is eported asbore off the mouth of Magpth river. Assist- ‘ance will probably be sent from Annapolis, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Sarurpay, Feb. 9—6 P. M. The money market is dull, without change. The right sort of paper goes readily at 7a8 per cents. but there is not much such paper on the market. On call, the brokers are freely supplied at 5 a 6 per- cent, Foreign exchange closed very heavy at 105 ah The stock market is inactive, but prices are pretty well sustained. Some of the commission houses are picking up bonds and State stocks im small lots for customers, and a few of the Western: railroad shares are being taken up in the same way. United States stocks were better to-day: Treasury notes decline 14, the 10% notes selling at par. The volume of business done continues small. This morning Erle advanced 2% per cent, and Pacific Mail 144; Illinois Central, %; Michigan Central, %4; Toledo, %; Burlington, %; Reading, ¥; New York Central, 4. After the Board tha market was firm; in the afternoon it closed dull, the following being the quotations:—Temnessees, 6914 a 4; Virginia 6’s, 7494 a 75; Missouri 6’s, 654¢ ay; Canton, 14 Cumberland Coal prefer- red,@i34 a7; Pacific Mail, 82% a 83; New York Central, 76a 14; Erie, 32), 1%; Hudson River, 427% 0 43% Harlem; 15% al6; do. preferred, 3834 a ¥; Reading, 42 a 14; Michigan Central, 544% a ¥4; Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana, 1414 a ¥4; do. guaranteed, 31 a %; Panama, 112 a %; Illinois Central, 754 a 54; Galena and Chicago, 6944 a %; Cleveland and Toledo, 32 a 1%; Chicago and Rock Island, 5534 @ 3%; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, 69%4 a 70; United States 5’s 1874, 85 a 89. ‘The following was the business of the Sub-Trea- sury to-day:— ‘Total receipts... —For custom: Payments . Balance .. The exchanges:at the Bank Clearing House this morning are $14,575,165 37—the smallest sum at | which they have stood at any time since 1857—~ and the balances $1,147,447 51. The following table will compare the exports of the seven principal staple articles for the week:— —1860.— pete Week Ending Feb. 1. Am’t. Value ‘Am’t. Value, Colton, bale...... 496 $021.84 Sad $507 S62 Corn ‘meal. 9474 706 50E 36,164 967,612 485,620 12049 166,197 118,11T 82,981 "986-15, 110 26/021 «1,243 (19,825 aie 1,460,635 Total .......++ $588,015 Increase of the week, as compared with that of 1860, see neee $872,620 The following is a comparative statement of the value of exports from the commencement of the year to Feb. 7:— 1961 Increase. Decreau 2,599,813 734,781 — Tagan 934063 — — 1,796: 1,511,481 1,367,523 — 621,985 604,100 — 190,105 - 181,103 141,041 — 36443, Total... ..$3,009,900 6,521,115 3,640,467 Increase as compared with 1860. The earnings of the Illinois Céntral the first week of February were:. 1860. - The Baltimore Patriot of yesterday says:— The money market is somewhat tightened at the close of the week, and without any material increase in rates. ‘There is an increased difficulty in effecting sales. The Danks have been less liberal during the week, confining their favors almost exclusively to their respective cus- tomers; consequently a larger amount than usual of Paper 18 offered on the street. We continue to quote best endorsed at 1012, best single names at 12 a 16, and good to fair endorsed, but less known, at 13g a 234 per month. On good collaterals for 60 to 90 days 9410 is freely paid. The Philadelphia Bulletin of last evening says:— In the money market there is but little change to re- cord, but the priacipal feature is the steady and rapid contraction going on in business circ The aggregate of the good notes offered on the streets from day to day is small, and the banks have not enough of acceptable paper presented to absorb their receipts. seeeeee Stock ange. Sarunbaw, Feb. 9, 1861. $2000 US 5's, '65.... 87 S8U0sbeNYCRRexdp&s 763g 6000 Trea’y10 pe n 100 56 16000 Trea’yl0\ pe n 100% 557% 6000 Missourt 6° 6435 55% 120 a2 200 do. 32 50 do.. 32g 2000 Mich 0 1m b. 60 Ce 8000 LaCrose&Millgb 50 Hud Riv RR..050 42 1000 Han& St.Jo RRb do. . aig 1000 L. Erie &W 2 mb do... 4256 1000 Dei, Lack&W2m i do... ..b60 43 5 ebs Bk State NY 50 Har RR pref..<10 381° 6 Am Exchange Bk £0 Mich Cen RR.s10 54'¢ 5 Park Bank : 100 Ill CRR serip.b30 76 50 Pacific Mail 0 Ko. 200 a 100 ai 100 do. 150 do 1200 Cley & Tol RR.. 708 do... 660 200 100 do... ...b10 160 do... .0pg 60 Chi, Bur &Qu RR SECOND BOARD. $6000 Missouri 6’s.., 65 50 shs Erie RR..... 100® Virginia 6's, 74% 20 Hudson River RR 1000 de m4 0 0.44. 4.83 1000 de 6 100 Harlem Rit 2000 Tenn 6's, 1890. £000 LaC&Mil | g bs. 6000 Clev&Tol sf bs 7000 Mich Sos f bis. 1000 Goshen breh bs 2000 LE&W2dmebde 50 ehe Cumb Ci prfd 100 Pacific MSSCo..80 10 do 60 Harlem RR prfd wo do . 8 100 Panama RR... 160 Mich 80 & N la RR 100 I Cent RR sp. 530 7 Galena & Chi RR. 10 do. 50 do. 400 Clev & Tol 100 N Y Cent RR.©30 100 do.....b30 150 de 50 Chi & R Island RR 100 do 200 Wiser 250 do 7 60 do......830 60 Erie RR, 33-46 Mil & Mies RR CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT. Sarernay, Fob, 92 P. M. Fiovr.—The market was dull, and prices heavy and ia favor of purchasers, with sales of superfine Stato and Western at $5 05 a $5 20, and extra do, at $5 25 a $5 40, ‘Wireat was dull and sales limited to 20,000 bushels, ine cluding Western rod at $1 31a $1 92, and Milwaukee club at $1 220 $1 24. Conn was heavy, with sales of about 3,000 bushels, af 650. a 65,0. for Western mixed, from store, and at 6c, "-, 8 676,, delivered, ‘ Pork was quiet and prices unchanged. Sales 200 bbia, mess at $17 60, and prime at $15 ‘Wisxry.—Sales 100 bbls, at 183¢0, MISCELLA NEOUS. R R. In cases of Small-pox, Kcarlet Fever, Measles, pur Sore Throat, Miptheria, Coughs and if RADWAY" READY RELIEF and REGULATING PILLS are resorted to, no danger need be apprefended One of two applicationa of the Reliet, and af Jowes of the Pilla will remove vestige of Aieen wed when the first symptome eens, te and $) per bowle, Pilla 260, pep x RADWAY & 00,, No, 2% John street, Sold by druggists and storekeopers everywhere. ‘Me.