Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1861-03-07

              i , . if . t Kit 1 VOL. vii. NO. 18. MOUNT. VERNON, OHIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 18C1. ,. . . . Iff ..Villi o I . i.l v ( 1! Iff 1HU All o s, iArr. w. "OKI. 8APP & SIMONS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OFFICE No. , KiMim Bei" 0""i -AprU-nM-y MT. VEIlNOl, 0. ,BBAINAUDBUUK1DGE, ' LITHOGRAPHERS, la Every VnMeiyof Style, BANK STREET, O rfoiilt Wcddell House, Clevttnnd, Ohio. "i w.varcs w.o.oooraa. ' VANCE oV COOPER. ATTORNEYS AT tAW, ,.',, . MT., VERSOS, OHIO dtJUsoutheastoornerof Main and Chestnuts! tfposlt Knoa County Bank. iias.o.bonnrt. ...... "" " ' ' BONIfEY & ROUSE, ATIOttSEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW AND SOLICITORS IS CHANCER Y, 6 MAIN ST., I'EORIA, ILLINOIS. Particular ttontion given to Real Estnto and Culleotton cases throughout tho State. n0-ly WALTER H.8M1TH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR : .y .AT LAW, "r ; ." MT. VERNON. OHIO. Office on High Street, opposite the Court Hon HENRY S. MITCHELL, Attorney and Counsellor at Law AND NOTARY PUBLIC. OPFICE-Northside Kremlin Block, MT. VERNON, oaio. IHUBT W. BOTTOM. W. SA COTTON & BAKE. Attorney St Counsellors at Law, , . Mt. Vtrum, Ohio. TIIiI.Hondtollbu9iijes IntrustsJ to their VV eare.in any of the Courts. OFFICE, N. E. Comerof Main and Gs nbiorbts. yrl'yle'sMerchantTailoring Establishment. Uet. 10th lHift.tt- D. C. MONTGOMERY, ;attobhey at iaw. BOOTH BUILDING OVER MUSIC STORE Mount Vernon, Ohio. Speolal attention given to the Collecting of Claims, and tho purchase and sale 01 rem J. " I hare for ale unimproved land as follows, 0 nor.! in Osage County, Missouri, 605 acres in Warren County, Missouri, .102 acres in St. Fran-eols County, Missonri, also 125 aores and one 40 ocrelotin Hardin County, Ohio, and 83 acres in Moroer County, Ohio. March!. 59,18-tf. .v 8ASU, DOORS AND BL1 D . J. A. Anderson, xtANnPACTUBSS AXD DBALEH t)l BASIL DOORS, AND BLINDS, (Ten. Jones' Ware Tloiue, High" St., Ittwen Main and S. It. Depot, Mount Vernon, Ohio A LI KINDS ef work constantly on hands and warranted. All orders promptly executed. yj- Dry I'ine Lumber, Shingles, Lath, Ac., alway on hand. April aa,i5, 24 ly. DR. D. M'BRIAR, WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE iL',..ni of Mt. Vernon; Ohio, and vicinit; , that he has permanently located in Mt Vernon for the purpose of I'raoticing his Profession in tho In test and most substantial styl of the Art; and I -i,i ... to those1 who may favor me with thou patronage, that ray work shall and will oompare KRillTV AND DURABILITY, with any in theState. I wouldalsosay tothosewho are afflicted with Diseased Mouths, that lam pro- fared to treat all discuses of tho mouth under any ' . .InJiinxlnlll.!. form; also, to.ipononn iuim",iii"i Tki kMjir.f rufRroncescan bcirivcn. OFFICE Over Russell A Surges' Rank, 3rd ioor below Mr. Sperry' Btoro, Main htreet, .ut, Virion, Ohio. CABINET rpakes pleasure in announcing to the ciliionso JL Mt. Vernon and vioiuity.tliat he continues to rry on the . , . i CABINET. MAKING BUSINESS, la aU He branches, at his old stand, at the foot of Main street, opposite Buckingham's Foundry, whero will be found Hurenns, Tables, Chairs, liodstoaUs, Washstands.Cupkoards, Ao, 4o. T UNDERTAKING. t hare provided myself with a new and elegant Ilearse, and will be ready to attond funerals whenever called noon; Coffins of all kinds kept on hand and made to order. ' J.S.MARTIN. Febl'S9 ., . THE tNDERSIONED, a resident and practicing Physician of Knox county for the lusi twenty yearsandof theoity of Mt. Vernon for the last Wine years, proposes to treat, if called on in the onset ef the disease, all the various kinds of Fever our silty and vioinity are subject to, successfully or no eharge made for services or medicine. Also Bilinui Colio, Cramp Colio, Diarrhoaa, Chol-era.Infantum.Croop, Cholera Morbus and Cholera, (it its' season Von the above principle. . Diptheria, fontrid or malignant sore throat) Searlantina, In-jUmatioa of the Lungs, Ao., will be treated with success or no obnrge. , . ' Cancers of any kind or description, Cancer Warts Bon Caaeer, Nodes. Wens, Moles on the face or week, Bletaha en Ibe foe or Beck, aay or all of these will be removed without the knife, and eurod er-no eharge made for treatment. Reoent ease of Jfetoas cured wilboul lancing. Partieilarattontion will be given to all kinds of female diseases or weakness. Also to the healing Dt eld sores, Ao., Ae. A oslrojriB be guarantied in all oases of the generative imnij j i N. .UPrieaU toiuultations rKl and itriotlt COXVIDKNTIAb. . OS FFICE-O, Via oast of Maln-st, Mt,Ver-MD.Obio. ; , DR. J. H. OFFICER. -2J lit isMc'"., y r SALT. AGE5T F0R THE ' 4 at r ZANESTILtE WORKS Xff Barrel f thsbestbrandsof the Zanearllle JJ) or River Sl eaband and for sal by the (arload orbafrel, ,:;-n .... "TTiliaalt bavlng notim In its manufacture Is oldedly safe to us and is worth twenh'-trveaenti snore than any Lake Salt. It is iton ana watt a 'iOS. S. IMtil, i MSt,don tratUotO J. WEAVER, , .WXfial Oroev 1C2 Main Stret. ,tr t U MO',! .It . .V I . i. "r 18 SOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. The JLJ partnership heretofore existing betwesn John W. Russell A Matthew Thompson, in theprnetiea of ("tiein and Surgery, l this day dissolved by mq At HkkU I The sbskriben wilt be found at their Id eScasaUU Iha1 leeesf April next, daring which time to tgpeoiaU Indebted to eall and make pay. Mai, JOHN W. RUSSELL, MATHKV7 THOMPSON Mt. Ternoa, 0, Tea. Ith, w i GOODS AT The New Store! G. & W. D. BROWNING Are just opening an additional stock of NEW AND BEAUTIFUL GOODS Just purchased at the very lowest figures and of the latest JEW YORK STYLES, Which they are now prepnred to offer their Friends Customers and the public, on tearins as favorable as any House in this section of the country in thii particular tnry an mil untna w tit minione. Among their new stookwill be found FRENCH REI'S. CASUMIERS, MERINOS, VALENCIAS, MOHAIRS, DELAIN9, FRENCH ENGLISH PRINTS, and a variotyof OTHER STYLES OF DRESS UUUUM too numerous to mention, mey woum also call particular attention to their stock: o:f shawls, which for their styles and quality, AT THE PRICE are not to he exceeded. They have also a fresh supply of RIBBONS AND DRESS TRIMMINGS. A lino assortment of LADIE'S AND CHILDREN'S HOODS. Please call and examine them. For Oontlemon, they have a good fresh stock of MEN'S WEAR, which for price and quality aro not to be boat in this market, SO THEY THINK! Thoy have also on hand a good stock of LADIE'S, CHIUUllliiVa and UKH n.liSlfclN'S Soots cixicl Slioes of noarly every kind which they are offorine: at very t tt f. w T umwwivry Nov. 15, '6tl-n2 tf. A GOOD TREE IS KNOWN BY IIS FRUITS! . So is a Good Physician hy tt's Sua cessful Works. The roots and tho leaves will bo for the healing of the nation. Uiblo. APPOINTMENTS FOR 1861, '62 ! DR. R. J. LYON'S, the celebrated Indian Herb Duclurcun bo consulted at the following places evcrv month during lntll and IStii Cleveland OUioo 182, Superior Struct, opposite the Post Olh 'O. Oflicedays in Ulovrlanuas follows 1st. 2nd. I 'Hli. 27ih.28th, 30th and 31st. Toledo, Collins House, office days 21th, 2."nh, 20th. MansHulJ, American Hotel do Htli unil lotli. Mt. Vernon, Kcnyon Hotel du Now irk, Holtun llotul do ltnvcnnn, Collins House du Akron, Kmpirc Houso do Wooster, i-!riiiidnll Ex'go do Elyrin, Uoi'hs lluuso do NorWiilk. Auicricun House du Monrue, Strong Hotel do Adrian. Bracket Uonso do 11th ami 12th. 13th and 14th. 3d and 4th. Slhaudnth. 7th and Sth. loth and 17th. 18th and 10th. 20th and 21st. 2 -'(I and 23d. Painesvillc. Cowlos House do 2Utli. Maxim strictly adhered to I give such balms' os have no strife Wiih natiiro'or tho laws of life, With blood my hands I never stain, Nor poison mon tooase their pain. HE IS A rilYKICIAN INDEED WHO CURES. Tho Indian Herb Doctor, R.J. Lyons, cures the following complaints in the most obstinate stages of their existence, vis. Disease nf tho Throat, Lungs, Heart, Liver, Stomach, Dropsy in the Chest, Rheu matism, Auuialgia, Fits, tailing sicKiioss, and all other Nervous Doraniromcnts. Also all diseases ol tho lllood, such as Scrofula, Erysipelas, Cancers, Fevor Bores, Leprosy and all Otnor complicated chronio complaints. All forms of Fomalo Difficulties attended to with the happiest results. Itis hoped that noone will despair of acuro until thiy hi-ve given the Indian Horb Doctor's Medicine a fair mid f.iitliful trial. Durinit the Doctor's trav els in Europe, West Indios, South America and tho United Stales, he has been tho instrument in (Jod's hand, to restore to health and vigor thousands who warn given up and pronounced incurable by the most eminent Old School Physicians; nay more than a thousand who won' a' tho very verge of the i;rave,arenow living mon me tsof the Indian Herb Doctor's skill and suocos- ul troatmcnt; and arr daily exclaiming 'Blessed be the lay when wo firsi saw and partook of the Indian He-b Dootor's Medicine'Satisfactory references of ura will bo gladly and ehcerfullvziven whenever r a. led. The Doctor pledg .i his saered '0 d and honor that he will nowise, directly or in li'-eotly induce or cause an invalid to take Ins u.cdn incs without the strongest probability of a cum Remember consulla'.ionnnd adv'.co free. Post tively no patients examined after sundown. The nonr shall bo liberally eonsidercd. The Dr. has just issued a pamphlet containing n brief sketch of his lifo, siudy and travels, which can be had free of eharge by all who dosire one. Post office nddress, box 2M3, Cleveland, deo 13 '60 n6-ly R. J. LYONS, M. D THK UNION WASHING MACHINE. A'n, wondors sure will never eease, Sinco works of Art do so increase, . . No matter whothor we've war or peace, Women can now do washing with case, With Walker's Union Washer. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECTFUL 1 LY sny to the ponple of Knox and adjoining counties, that he has sect rod the Agency Tor the in anuloctnre and sale of the justly celebrated Washer, natentod bv Mr. O. Walker ol Eriooountv, New ' 1 ork, end before taking this mede of present- ieg whem to the public, has placed them, in tho band tsof those who have given I hem a full and fair trial, and would respectfully oall the attention of tnose desirous of securing a good Washing sla- cnine to the following testimonial of well known eitisensor this oity and onunty. i. the cndersiined.. would recommend u Walker's Union W ashor as one of the most desir able implements of household economy and believe mac it stands unequaied tor ease or operating , for perfection end expedition In washing, and for the comtnrl and healtn ot the operator. L. M.Fowlor, ( Rnbort Watson, Henry Ransom, Mrs. Robert Watson, Mrs. Ellen Ransom. William Bartlett, Dr. Wm. B. Uoardsley, James Staunton, Mrs. Dorcas Beardsley, Mrs. Helen Staunton, vr. vr. vtade, i.. midretn, Mrs. Wado, . Mrs. E. Hildretb, Arnold THldreth, Wm. Blnir, Mrs. Arnold Hildrcth, Mrs. Wil'inm Blair, Oeorge Jackson, Albert Hildreth, Mrs. (renrge Jaekson, Mrs. Albert Hildreth. Dea.E. H. Briggs, Mr. E. H. Briers. Being fully satisfied that we (an beat the world of Washing Machines in washing, and for cheapness and durability, would resceotfullv solicit orders. Call and see our Washers at the Sash Factory of r. v. Lane, voopers- foundry Building. HORACE WELCH, nel7tf Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Webster's Diclinary. THE UNABRIDGED PICTORIAL EDITION is now issued and contains many valuable additions and Improvements. It Is being adopted for use all through the Schools and colleges of this country. It is universally acknowledged the standard among the literary men of the age.: More than six time a many of Webster' Dictionaries are sold annually a all other nriescombined;- ,,;.. 50,000,000 periodicals arc annually issued from the press, recogaiaing Webster a their guide in orthography. The authenticated annual publication of school books, making Webster their standard, is upwards of 10,000,(00 in the United Bute, i nvuinvv dt vi. m wpui.ii, Epringteld, Masi. NEW MT. VERNON REPUBLICAN THURSDAY MARCH 7 Ed. Journal. Will you publish the enclosed lines from the pen of Prof. 0. W. Holmes, upon the proposed breaking up of the "Old Ironsides" which aroused such n fe"ling of patriotism as to save her from her threatened fate. No true man can read (hem without feeling quicker pulses bounding in his veins. Tboy are ipphcuble lo our present .threatened ''break up" of a yet more valuable Con- sti ration. Aye! tear her tattered ensign down . Long haa it waved on high ' And many an eye halh danced To nen that banner in the sky. Benen'.h it racier the battle-shout And burst the cannon's roa', The meteor of tlm ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no moro. Eer deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe-While winds were hurrying o'er the deep, And waves were white below No more shall feel tho victor's tread Nor know the conquered knee The hnrpirs of the shore ahull pluck . .The eagle of the sea. Oh! better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave Her thunders shook the mighty deep And there: should tie her grave. Nail to the mat her holy flag Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms, The lightning, and the gale. Two younj boys born deaf and dumb have been taught to hear and speak by a medical person of the name of De Bau-delogne, who has exhibited his patients at the Paris Academy of Sciences. Tns Forcb Bill Southern members profess to be much exasperated at the prospect of lite passage of Stanton's bill, authorizing the calling for volunteers. They threaten to defeat it by factious proceedings, unless the President promises his veto. Illness if Major Anderson. The Charleston correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch, confirms the report that Major Anderson was lying ill at Fort Sumter, on the 17th inst. His disease is pneumonia, and Dr. Robertson of Charleston, was attending him. The War Department to-day received corroborative disoitches that General "wigs had surrendered to tho Texas reb els all tho government military property in his charge. Secretary Holt has dispatched orders to relieve him, but he could not have arrive I. After an interview between the President and Mr. Lincoln, tha former introduced Mr. Lincoln to tho Cabinet, which was then in session. Mr. Lincoln, in company with Mr. 3cward. subsequently paid his respects to Lieut. Gen. Scoit Mrs. Lincoln and family and suite, arrived in the afternoon train. We hnve the testimony of a noted pickpocket, named Phillippe, recently arrested in Paris, to 'he effect that crinoline affords better facilities for practicing thefts on the unwarv than anv atvln nreviouslv worn. Being detached from the bod v. ample op-1 poriunily is altortlert to cut the dress and get at the purse without detection. -Major Bowman. The Telegraph says old Burk has nppointed M jor Bowman to trj Superin'encing of Wes', Point. We wonder if this is the same Bowman who hits so lon been at the head of the Construction Bureau in the Treasury Depart- ni-nt. If so, we hone the Republicans : give him nn early and everlasting leave of absence from that and every other Department ot the tiovernmenl. Plain Dealer, (Douglas.) Wants to Secede Again. The Rich mond. Va. Whit; says that nothing but the blast of ridicule which would follow prevents South Carolina from seceding from the Southern Confederacy. It finds i'self in the position of the pig which tried to break out of n field by going through a ciooked, hollow log in the fence. Both ends open-'d' inside the field; and its swinish nmnzement at finding himself slill in confinement, was not morn amusing than the present attitude of South Carolina. The United Stales eight million six per cent, loan was taken nt a rate that will yield the successful bidders equal to seven per cent, per annum interest. This shows that capitalists have confidence in the strength of the tiovernment. The Treas ury notes recently issued bad to be sold at equal to 12 per cent. This shows a gratifying improvement in credit. What will Jeff. Davis' bonds bring, in cotton? Not twenty-five cents on the dollar. Cin Gazette. Thi Rebel Battle Crt. Jeff. Da via, the President elect of the bogus Southern Confederacy, has spoken: "No Comoro mise no re-construotion," he declares to be the finality of the Rebels, and threat' ens to make the friends of the "Old Union" smell "Southern powder" and feel "southern steel." This is terrible. But the valorous fire eater forgets that his, "no compromise," and his Southern powder and steel have all been imported from the "bated North r All Hail, East Tennessee! Nefson's Congressional District has given, a .ma jority of klives thousand for the. Union ticket. . ; i'.jir! Mayosrd'a District has given a major ity Of TSN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDREfV ''" ' Branson's District has given a majority of ten thousand 1 Deduct fifteen hun dred for Overton and Fentress, ss they are in Middle Tennessee, and the Union ma jority in East Tennessee is thirtt thou sand 1 this will do for hast Tennessee, ss it shows an. average .of one thousand to each county. Brownlows. Whig, Proposition of the Peace Oonforonoe. The fullowing is tho proposition entire passed by the Pence Conference previous to its adjournment on Wednesday : . Section 1. This is the substitute offered by Mr. Franklin, of Pennsylvania, for the first section of the majority report from the committee of the Conference. In all the present territory of the United States not embraced by the Clieiokee treaty, North of the parallel of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes of North latitude, involtintaiy servitude, except in punishment of crime, is prohibited. In all the present territory South of that line the status of persons held to service or labor, as it now exists, shall not be changed; nor shall any law be passed to hinder or prevent the taking of such persons to s iid territory, nor impair the rights arising from said relation; -.but the same shall be subject to judicial cogniz ince in the Federal Courts according to the common law. When any Territory North or South of said line, within such boundary as Congress may prescribe, shall contain a population equ il to that required tor a member of Congress, it shall, if its form of government be Republican, be admitted it to the Union on nn equal footing with the original States, with or without involuntary servitude, as the Constilution of such State may provide. Sec. 2. Territory shall not be acquired by the liiiited Slates, unless by treaty, nor, except for naval and commercial stations and depots, unless such treaty shall be rat ified hy four filths of all the members of the Sena'e. Sec 3. Neither the Constitution, nor any amendment thereof, shall be comtruud to give Congress power to regulate, abolish, or control, within any State or Territory of the United States, the relation es tablished or recognized by the laws thereof touching persons bound to labor or involuntary "nervice therein, nor to interfere with or abolish involuntary service in the District of Columbia without the consent of Mar) land and without the consent of the owners, or making the owners who do not con.sent just compensation; nor the power to interfere with or prohibit representatives and others from bringing with them to the City of Washiug'on, n turning and taking away, p rsons so bound to labor; nor the pjwer to interfere with or abolish involuutnry service in place under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States within those States and Territories where the same is established or recognized; nor the power to prohibit the removal o! transportation, by land, sea, or river, 'tr persons held to labor or involuntary service in any State or Ternary of the Uni ted States lo any other .State or Territory thereof where it is established or recognized by law or uage; and the right da-ing transportation of touching at ports, shores, an I landings, and of landing in case of distress, shall exist. Nor shall Congress have power to authorize any higher rate of taxation on persons bound to labor than on land. Sec. 4. The third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution shall not be consirutd to pre vent any ol the States, by npproprin'e leg islation, and through the action of their judicial and ministerial officers, from en- ,urel"3 1,10 ucllvnJ ul o'" ' bor to the person to whom such service or labor is due. Sec 5. The foreign slave trade and the importation of slaves into the United States and tlu-ir T-riitories, iron) places beyond the present limits thereof, are forever prohilliteil. S' c. G. The first, third and fifth sec- lions, together with this section s'x of these ameutlmeii s, ana the thud para graph ol the secon I section of the 6rst ar- "Oie ol the umsmuuon, ana the iinnlpar agraph of the second sectior. of the fourth article thereof, shall not be amended or abolUhed without the consent of all the Slates l,-o 7. Congress shall provide by law that the United States shall pay to the owner the full value of his fugitive fiom labor in all cases where the marshal, or other offieer, whose duty it was to arrest such fugi ive, was prevented from so doing by violence or intimidation from mobs or rijtous assemblages, or when, after arrest, such fugitive was rescued by force, and the owner th- reby prevented and ob-stiucted in the pursuit of Itis remedy for the recovery of such f 'gi.ive. Value or the Flao of the Uniom in Georgia. A member of the Jackson Artillery, writing from "Fort Brown," Ga., to the Macon Telegraph of the 1 6th, com. municntes ihe following patriolic military achievement: On Tuesday morning a schooner was discovered off Jekyll Point which sjon showed a disposition (o pass us without calling. Lieut Cummings was the officer of the day, and in a few minutes he had the guns manned and a ball whistling across the bow of tho craft. This the schooner did not heed, but a shell from one of our howilzers passing uncomfortably near her bow brought ber to as quick as possible. A boat was lownrod and the Captain came ashore. To Liout, Cummings' inquiry why he did not show a flag, he answered that he had none on board but a United Stales flag, which he supposed, was not worth much. The Lieutenant answered, "Not a d n," and after examining his papers invited him (o the officers' quarters and then dismissed biro. To-day we have overhauled two more schooncis but have found them all right, and let thera go on their way rejoicing. ' ' "What's in a Name "The Milwaukee Sentinel, in commenting upon the multi-plicity of name suggested for the Southern Confederacy, think the mist apnro-priate would oe to name the Confederacy after one of its most rabid sons,' and oall i "Tho R;htttt-ohed Cqn,fe Jei ac .' Washlnffton'B Birth-Day at Charleston. They had the impudence to celebrate Washington Birth-day at Charleston. The incident of the day was tho thundering Union salute from Fort 8umter. Up town they had a speech, In which Washington was praised as an illustrious Virginian Bnd slaveholder, omitting the fact that he was an emancipationist. Governor Pickens made a speech. The following incident, extracted from his speech, is worth preserving: "I remember while in a distant court of Europe, and nt tho most despotio of all governments, that on a memorable occasion I visited the magnificent gardens that surround Peterhoff, near St. Petersburg. The gardt ns and grounds were dedicated to the enjoyment and peaceful pursuits of the greatest nnd most brilliant of Courts. On a remote island of these magnificent grounds that had been set aside for the Drivate eniovmeut and private walks of the Emperor' nnd Empress, a tree was pointed out to mc in that garden, cultiva ted by particular and devoted hands, surrounded by wire wioket work, and flowers flourishing all around it. luere stood on one branch of the tree, a larg? brass plate and on one side of that plate in German and on the other in Sclavonic, was written 'this tree was planted in 1839. by Nicholas, from an acorn that grew near the tomb of thi great Washington. This was the inscription upon tlmt tree, placed there by oite of the most absolute, rulers that ever swayed the scepter of empire. And yet in his private secluded gardens, he paid this deep and heartfelt tiibute to them em-ory of the greatest auJ purest man the world ever saw." Wo suppose the ".nemor;ble occasion" of the visit was occasioned ly the august and illusti tons visitor. But why Bbould Gov. Pickens speak of Russia as the "most desnotic of all Governments." She is liberal in comparison with South Carolina and is improving upon Washington's ex ample in emancipating her seifs during life. It is not half so remarkable that the Russians should honor the name of Washington as tint South Carolina should do it. D The London Times on tho Amorican Cansus. The great "Thundcrtr" is amazed at Ihe wonderful growth of the population in the United Slates. After commenting upon the probable disunion of the Government, it refers to tho taking of the census as follows: "For ihe ei"flilh time only since the or igin of the Confederacy, and yet for the lst time, perhaps, in its history, tho great Republic h is taken stock of its people it has numb' red and eUssified its citizens, counted its gains, and put its growth upon recorJ, and it seems as if it were resolved on terminating its existence. If it does so it will die in a blaze. Its progress has outstripped eren the speculations of its own rulers. Ten years ago, attne taking of the seven' h c.-nsur, somo Americans sat down to calculate the probable numbers of the population in 186 J, just as a thrifty trader on balancing his accounts, will in du'ge I imself in computing the prospective accumulations of such a surplus as he had just discovered. They made out that the United States would contain, at the period which has now arrived an aggregate population of 31,095,535. The reckoning has actually been verified, and with a little to spare. The n imbers are 31, 374,-055.Nothing like such growth has ever been witnossed in tlm old States of Europe The increase during the decade has been upward of 8.000,000: the per centage 35. Our own Ci untrv has made great btrides, considering ihe number who emigrate, bill we can only show such per centage of increase in very rare instances, upon significant areas, nnd under special conditions. It Is astonishing how tho S mthorn heart is fired up at the sight of an empty Fort. The South Carolinians, as will be remembered, lost no lime, after the evac uation of Fori Moul rie, in storm ng that stronghold. They also carried Onst'e Pinekm-y, which was occupied bv one de crepid non-c immissioned officer, by aid of scaling ladders. ihe heroic storming party rushed over the unresisting walls with loaded rifles in their hands. The empty forts nt Pensncola wero c-tptured in the same dashing style, and the com mandant nt Fort Pickens was told that lib mast surrender or he would be attacked, that the shedding of a drop of Southern blood would be attended with awful con sequences. It happened that he did not take this view of the matter. Ho considered that the responsibility for blood letting would be upon the aggressors, and he had not learned (as he should according to the Secession Dictionary) that it was aggression to defend himself. But he was not attacked. The State troops became convinced Hi at he would fight, and treated him with the most respectful caution.GAF.TA.now bombarded and surrounded hy the Sardinians, is graphically described as re sembling the wrist and doubled hand. The wrist is the strip of land connecting it with the continent. You climb np the back of the hand, which is defended by a series ol escrap ments.or strong tot raced earthworks, so that it is in fact a mountain which has to be breached. In tho dip of the knuckles are the dwelling houses', all of them deserted, itnd below them the barracks; and indefensible parts of the peninsula, bomb proof, ' This Is, undoubtedly, a fair explanation of the delays and diUlculties pi the si ego, The ease of Mrs. Rv vest, who claims to be Princess of Cumberland and Duoliess ol Lan caster, has created a great deal of interest in bngland. and is likely to create still mors. A committee of gentleman, to prosecnU her eltims, is prooosod, and a subscription has bn started to meet the neoeisarysxpenss. " Who is the most melancholy of young ladies? Mis Ana-Tbrop. Ethan Spike's Flan of Compromise. Ethan Snike. the regular successor to Major Downing, has issued his plan of compromise, wtiicii be proposes to senu to Washihgton by the Courier, ine essential items of the plan are : "The removal of the Missouri line as far North as tho St. Lawrence river, all South of that to be devoted to slavery; a declara tion bv the Republicans that they are sorry .i. . . i .-I v : ...J .:li:nn in Iia tney eiecteu ajiucu.u mm me wutiug w w forgiven; the publio burning ol tho Chi cago platform, and such portions of the Bible ns seem to conflict with slavery( the removal of Bunker Hill Monument to South Carolina; the immediate mass-.cre of all free negroes in the Northern States; the perpetual banishment of Garrison, Phillips, Abby Folsom, Daniel Pratt, Mrs. Bloomer, and Caleb Cushing, to Liberia, E Pluribus Unum to ba amended o as to read E Pluribus Carolina; the Turkey Buzzard to be substituted (or the American Eagle; Major Anderson lo be hung, the stars to be obliterated from the na tional ensign and a bale of cotton to be substituted: Howell Cobb to be proclaimed President and Oov. Floyd Secretary of the Treasury; only two newspnpers to oe allowed in tile Iree states ine iew iurs Day Book and the Eastern Argus; the New England pulpit to be controlled by Censors appointed by Senator Wigfall, the old hats of Iverson, Jeff. Davis and Yancey, shall be set up in the market places of tho more rebellious Northern cities, nnd every person refusing obedience shall have his nose fl ittened, bo painted black and sold into slavery. If nfte- this liberal offer our Southern brethren shall continue contumacious and insist upon cutting our throats, then in the spirit of '76, let us rouse in our strength and run away." MoClornand on "Coercion." The Peoria B!ad-j publishes ths following straight forward and sonsiblo letter from the Hon John A. McClernand, on tha misuse of the phrase 'coercion." Mr. Mc demand was tho Douglas condidate for Speaker of the present Congress: , P. S. Read, Esq Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of tha Blade,con-taininganominontlyjii-f, criticism upon what his been miscalled ' coercion." Tho word "coorcion," in its presont application to the Seceding States.is a term coined by Disunionists for the purpose of misleading the public mind. Nabody, certainly no Democrat, proposes to subjugate orinvade a Seceding State. The idea of forcing a State to perform duties which must depend upon volition, is simply absurd, and the coercion alarmists know it. Ths truo queslion is whether tho United States OoverniDcnt will submit to the coercion of the seceding Slates whether it will encourage the spoliation of public propsrty of its flirts, arsanals, custom-houses, &o., by abstaining from any propositions to prevent such a result? This is the question, and you havt very nloarly ami forcibly stated it; and this I unjlerstu.nl to be the elToct of our Democratic State Convention's resolutions. Certainly this defines the position occupied by nearly all the North western Democrats in Congress. Whilst we m intaio our independence of Black Republicanism, we must be equally careful to keep cloir of disunion- ism, laontincalion witn eiinor would 03 ia tal to us as Democrats Upon read inn your abli editorial, 1 could not forbjar this hvity approval of its sontitnents. lour obedient sorvant, Joh A. McClkksakd. Correspondence of tho National Intelligenoer. Union Sentimsat in the Gulf States. Louisville, Kv., Fjb. 13. Gantlomon: Southern Istfers received in thi city express strong ground for hops that the ssceding States will return. I bey declate that the people of Louisiana and other States ar looking hopmuily to tha Border Slave States rctnaimnj in the Union as an assurance that they, through thsi l).rd;r Sutes mediation can be received bick a tor ths delirium of se- feiissinn is ever; that if tho people o' the Gulf States obtain the assurance or a laithtul en forcemont of tha C institution in some such or in as tho Crittenden; Bill suggests, they themselves will coorco thuir own conspirators; that for the Union, and the clearly guaranteed rights of the Smth. under tho present Constitution of the U in tec" States, there is arrayed this hour a vast majority of tne people of tha Golf States; and that a cmoiomiio on such a btsis, would put down all who should exclaim a-iinst its provisions. England and tho South. We are onabled to inform our retdors that a letter from a tncmbor ot the British Gov ernmunt to an Amorican cilizjn, long resident in Europe, has bain recently received h-re, which gives a more authoritative declaration of British policy in rcgird to secession than anything which has b:en made public. This letter as we have boon tnlormed by one who has road it, states that the whole matter of secession has been brought bv Lord John Russell before the Ministry, as also the subordinate questions of d-Jfoctivo clearances it c ami the dsclaration is made, that not only will there hi ns recojvtion by Great Britain or the Southern Ujnwleracy, but that everything will be done, on her part, to discountenance disunion. It is ntterly impossible, the letter states, for Great Britain to be on good terms with secoding slave traders. Not even the needless and untimely enactment of the nw Tariff bill can accomplish inch a result. ' From the National Intolllgenoor.l From a Mississippi Matron. Messrs. Ediiors: We have learned from your pages of the 'Taciflo Convention," met at Washington to adjust difficulties, if possi ble. Oh! did they know how many eyes are tamed to them with the nope that -Uod will bless their holy calling as peace-makers, and crown their effo.ts with success, surely their hearts and bands would be strengthened lor the work. . Surely there Is still hope, and Mississippi may yet return. . Alas lor our Tights" now! If we speak la favor of the Government that has just bssa wrested from us, we sr upbraid id with ths chargs ol being disloyal to our 8taie, and even threatened with laws to silsnee ns. But wo have one eni.solation, "The Lord rsignu, let the earth rnjoioe." A M ississtm M ATROS. President Buchanan's retirement from office will be hailed with Joy by all who . love their country. Even the secession-. IbU despise him for bis Imbecility, while) they use htm to carry out tuoir purposes Destitute of patriotism, and wholly sellah. he is willing to sacrifice any publio inter- , est, so that he may avoid the assumption of any responsibility ddring the remainder of his term. In reference to this admin- ' istralion of the publio affairs, the New Yoik Evening Post says : . ,,, "There is something almost ludicrous Id the imbecility of the administration of the '' U. 8. Government. Over the door'of th ti White Hou'e should bs written, "Insult received here." Senators of seceding States cannot conceal their contempt of, the government they repudiate, and take .; leave of Congress with an insolenoe which ; would be Insupportable, even if it came from the lips of spotless honesty and loy- ally. I am constantly reminded of, the story of the rough teamster, whose cart was followed by a weak old man, com"! manding him to stop a command to which the whistling teamster paid no heed, "Who is that old man?" inquired a pass,' cr-by. "Oh," said the driver, "thatli ' father." "Why don't you obey him?"' "Well," drawled out the o her, "that's a ' good juice. Nonn of us at horns care any- ' thing for what he says. Mother don't, and I don't, and Jako don't, we'eve ( e'en imost taught tho dog not to mind himl'' In the ignoble art of bringing govern ment itself into contempt no other man ever equalled James Buchanan. Even Florida is not afraid of him or of what ha represents, Wellington said that Napofe'' on 's presence in the French army was,! equivolcnt to 40,000 soldiers. Gen. Jackson in tho White House gave some such , increase of vigor to the U. S Govern- , men'; and what Gen. Jackson's presence, gave, J.anio Buchanan's absence would , give." , 1 irHM- ii in" . Indian Si avery in New MexicoProhib' ited. Yu hive received a copy of thi fourth an , nual message of the Governor of New Mexico. Mr. Rancher, to the Logisla ure of that Territory. The following allusion in itt: the sulj'.'ct of slavery may bs of soma inter-' est to our roaders, on account of the general desire to know what the future policy of' that region will be in regard to that exciting; topic, but some surprise will probably bs created by the fact that it refers to ths "enslavement of Indians, sndnot of negroes. The Governor says: ... Another act of the L?gisUtive Assembly, which I could not approve, was nn act making the law for the protection of slave property in this Territory applicable to ' male of female Indians that should be acquired from barbarous nations." The ant seemed t be based upon the supposition that male 0' fern da Indians acquired from barbarous nation are sieves, which is not tho case; nor is it within the power of this Legislature to make them so. The Legislature can neither create nor abolish Slavery. They can only regulate it where it already exists, as any other species of property. If, therefore, any male or rentals Imiiins were in a state or blavery, under the laws of Mexico, upon the cession of of this Territory to the United States, the law above referred to mifht be made applies U a to such property. The normal or native condition of all our Indian tribes is that of freedom, and thy cannot, under ou' laws, be made slaves either by conquest or purchased We inny hold them as captives, or peons, but notss slaves. When theTerritoryshallbfcomw a Sovereign State, she may, if she choose to do an. exercise powers, in this respect, which sho cannot d o as a Territorial Legisla tuie. Store Piracy Tropoaed, , From the revival of the African slate; trade, and the inauguration of the privateering system, the Soti'.b Carolinians hnve naturally enough extended their piratical schemes to literertture. We admit that thero is here no opportunity for retaliation on the part of the North. South Carolina has no literature to steal. - It is useless to discuss, however, what til inow. Wequoto the Charleston Mercury, which a'ouses the North on Northern parer printo 1 on a Northern mnde press with Northern type and Northern ink, and has for i s responsible editor and proprietor an individual who gained his ability (o write tolerable' English nt a Nori hern college. on the soil of "Abolition Massachusetts. '.' U is thus that the Mercury speaks; . ''8ome enterprising individual might make a fortune by reprinting Northern copyrighted works at the South. We depend alrao-t wholly upon the North for our books, and there is now nothing to prevent Sou hern publishers from pirating Northern works, as the Northern publish ers have pirated from the English. Any one disposed to embark in the business should do so immediately, in advance of any copyright law vin. Gasette A Severe Criticism-The following severe animadversion m President Buchanan is OT extract from a pri vate letter, handed to as for publication, from an Englishman of the highest politieal standing, whom views On American affaire haver probably more weight and influence- than those of any other man in England. The letter is dated London, Jan, 25; , .-. , rf "My indignation , sufficiently strong from the first, has been carried beyond measure by the President's message to the 8enaU, wbiotx appaars in tbis day's paper. A mors eow ardly illogicil and dishonest document never appeared with tho nams of any man calling himself a statesman. The only parallel ta Pontia Pilte washing his hands of the ef-fair and leaving both action ond responsibility to whoever choose to take them. Coneeive of a man with almost unlimited powers (for your President is a thoutor, with far greater power than any constitutional sovereign) sit ting down with his bands bafore aM in the hour of his country's sgony, ind saying, "it is not my business." He ought; to be whip down the steps of the irest bouse at Wash-inston.": .! !! '" ;;? "'' ""' "Sir, yon' have broken ynnr ; TofntsH 'Oh, never mindj I oo nwke aoothtr Jus i y t t i.-