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              HiSS.-.--.-'-- VOLUME XXIV. MOUNT NUMBEI PURIFY THE BLOOD. - DR. WEAVER'S ennKEn galt miEULi SYHUP. Tot the cure of Canker, Salt Bbeam, Sryaipela - Serefaloaa Disease, CeUneous Ernptloe. Sore r Xyea, ud every kind f Disease arUing - from impure state ef the Blood. Tie eeef ifettiee Blood Purifier of a 191 Century' 1x u to rreaeriptioa or an Sdacaled Physician, and all who ere a filleted with an of the above Itemed dupeaees, shonld aa It without delay. It will strive tbe dieease frem the system., and whea oaee at en tba Skia.a few application or Dr. WiATaa's CLUATC, On OI.tHCST, and yon have a permanent sure. THE CEEATK ha proved itself to be tba Vast Ointment ever iaTentad, and where onea used, It baa never been known to fail of affecting a permanent are af Old 8eres, Tetter and Ringworm, .Scald Head, Chilblain and Frost Bitee, Barter' Iteh, Chapped ar Creaked band ar Lip, Blotebe or Pirn plea aa tba face. Aad for Son XipU and Sort Ey: tba Cerate ia tba ealr thiaa; requiied to enr. it bonld be fcevt ia tba bna of erery family. fSf Prieo of Syrup $1, Ctroto tS oemf per bottle. Diroetiomo meeowpmrnf eaek Bottle. Sold ly most Mtdieine Dealer. J. JS. HARRIS A Co Preprletara, Jar tba Waitara and Sou urn Sutaa, Cinelasatl, 0. . Te whoa order for th abora Mediae nay be avddraeaad. ; Jkld ITbolesala aad Retail by 8. W. Lippitt, Mt. Tarana; Jama Blanehard, Mi. Veraoa; R. 8. French, Gambler; 27. Dayton. Martlniburjr; Uontague A Ileaeo, Frederick town; W. T. Maboa. Millwood; 8. T. Sapp, DaarilU; Roberta A Samael, Colamba. . N-ly. rnnttu PAIN KILLER, THE GREAT FAUILY UEDICINE OF THE AGE . VXT attaation uf toe trade aat b pub-If Itoto thialocgand nnriralled FAMILY MEDICINK, Tor the care af Culda, Coagb, Weak Stomaeb and Oeaeral Debility, lmiirettion, Cramp and Pain ia Stomaeb, Bowel Complaint, Cbolic, Diarrhoea, Chol ra, tc. Ae. . And for Fever and A roe. There la aathing better. It baa beea favorably kaowa for more than twenty Tear, to bo the ONLY SURE SPECIFIC Par tba many dUeaee iaeident to the human family. laterMMllr and Exteraailv It warkaaqaally fare. Wbat itronger proof of theie ZAeta aa be produced than the following letter re- airaa umeolteuea from Her. A. W. Cartie : Ron bo, ATaomb Co. Mich. July 9, 1880. bfeMr. J. N. Uaaais t Co. : QetaUmeThe eon tdeaea-I bare ia Parry Da via Pain Killer a a rem edy for Calda, Coagha, Bora, praicand Kheama- item, fortbaaara of which I hare aueeeiarully ad at, iadaoaa ma ta eheerfully recommend it virtue e otner. . A few month aro I had recourse to it to deatroy a felon ; althoagb I aerer beard of it being used for caat porpoee, bat bavmg (offered intensely from a former one, and baring no oiber remedy at band, I applied tba Paia Killer freely for aboat fifteen min. a tee at evening, and repeated tba application very - brie fir tba next morning, which entirely destroyed lb felon, and iaereaaed the confidence iu the utility the remedy. Tour trnlT, A. W. CC'BTIS, Ulalataref tba Way lean MetbodUt Chareb. Tli e Pain Killer Ilea baea taated la erary rariety f climate, and b aUmoet every aatkn knowa to Americana. It ia tba aUaaoet eonataat aompaaioa and inticbabl friend of tba missionary ead tha traveler, on a and land, avad aa erne ahouJd travel oa oar lakee or rivert uritk-(. . Be eareyew call tor and gat tha genatna Pain Killer, as maay worthies aostrums are attempted to be aold oa tha great reputation of thia valuable modi, aiaa. Direction accompany each botMa. fiold by dealer every where. Priee 2 CU., a eta., aad $1, per bottle. J.W. 11ARUI3 A Ce, Preprietora for tha Western aad Sowthera 8ute, Cioainaati, Ohio. Sold Wholesale and Retail by J ansae BlencfaaH, S. IV. Lippitt, ML Veraoa; BL 3. French, Oaabier; V. Daysaa, Martiaaharg; Moetagaa A He sac. Fred- artekaowa ( W. T. JtoXahoa, Af til wood; S. W. Sapp, uaavtuow - aev a D1L S. O. RICH ARDSON'S SHERRY WJNE BITTERS, The Celebrated New England Remedy rem - HABTTTJAL, CONSTIPATION, XastaAlcff, tTerrw amel tr, (lemeant Debility . sues! ssll Otawaratsrialc from at Piaarslrr-let rinsssnch. jrr, ar Hormei. TIICT ar aaed aad raeosacaendad by leading Pby sioiaa of the aoaatry, aad all who try tbeea prvaoanea them iavalaabla. Da. JAMES L. LEEPEBE, writea from Navarre, Ctark Co.. Ohio, "tha Bitter are highly praised by thaea suffering front iadigeeUea, .ypepaia aad liver eemplaiat." ; S. 8. DAVIS, Pestmaster at WUliamrport, Ohio, ars, "taeygive great atUiaction. I asetbemmr aalf, having ukaa aold, baeoma pro trate aad lost my appetite. It relieved me, aad lean recommend it arita great aaaaraaca of it merits." : Da. WM. H KERR, af Regerarilla, Iad writes aa tnat taey are Lb a most valuable medicine e Oared Ha baa reaommeaded them with great raeees. and ; with-than made aeveral eara of palpiutioa of tba aaara aai general debility. THOMAS 8T AN FORD, E., BlonntsviUa. Hearr Co., lad., write aa a long letter, ender data of May 1, laoa. JUa waa mncb redaeed. bavinr bean afflict d fur tbrea yaara with great nervous debility, palpitation af tha heart af tba meat aerer and prua- ttraung ebaraeter, after aetng a row boitles I wa completely restored, aad am aow ia robu't bealth,' OZ0B.aH W. HOFFMAN sat he wa afflicted with rhaaeatiem for twenty year, in all it various lot mi, aad at tba data or bi letter b bad been twa yar wall; tba Bitten effecting tba cure, when aeveral pbysiciaa euald do him tie good. He sayr. for rkaatatista. dyapapala, liver oomplaint, kidney affeatioa, or dropsy, It ia a peoil5o eertuia remedy.'' W. W. U US r write from Delphos, Allen Co., (a aectioa where Fever aad Agaa prevail,) that ha most ebaerfully reeommead them of decided merit . ta ail eaaae of FEVER AND AUUK, DYSPEPSIA, A5D QBSERAL DEBIUTT. - D. JC. OALLEflEKS, M. D wriu from Vaa Wert. Ohio, " I moat respectfully recommend tba Sherry Wiaa Bittera to tha aatiee of Dyspeptic per-aoaa, aad to all who require a stimulating modieiaa. Sack Mewt we are receiving Daily, full Partieularm Aeeomptmy Lack Bottle. They are aoid by Medlciaa Dealer general y. PHea 7 at, per bottle. J. N. H KURIS a C0-Claeianati, Ooio, Proprietor fur tba (Mint hern aad WeeUra State, to whom address all order. Tor sale by 8. W, Lippitt, Mu Vernon. 0 ; Jamev daaebard. Mb Vernon: R. 8. French, (lamhir- k Daytoa, Martia.berg; Moetarwa A Heaae. Trade. HcEtewa; W. T. Ma ho a. Millwood; 8. W. Sapp, Peavillei Roberts A Kaaaoal. Colambaa. (aovd-ly. AJuir eV JicCov'a COMMRClAliL COLLEGE. COLUMBUS, OHIO. f T'UIS tbarowgb manner in which Stadeata af this JL InaUtatioa are drilled la all tba routine af b. suaeae, baa raised for It tie prwad dUtinetioa af Ths JJzzbzcss Harts ' CoUtgc! Thaaeara 1 af 8tody U fail aad thorvaghty praa- - ilaaL Ail tha lata form aad bnprevemenie ar la-aradaaad, aad. t a 1' acuity wilt guar an lee any ear . .arser ha baa aearpleud tha coaxsa, ta be folly sjuali. ad to keen tha book af an baaiaaaa hoaee. Daily Ltara delivered aa Xaok.kaapiag, Pa. . ; maasaip, vemmercbat caieUUoa,Canuaarcia4 Law rvuucai iavB, avoaauoa, aVa.-- w - 7-. U .TCtttSSf' Far foil and aa limited Caaraa. Ca. Claieau eaa aatar at aa y time aad review at plea- Tba mraal tlaa ta oap!U & toaaa la &aa te " - X 5 wee i ,' f .--. . i ,. r aat fco-.ri'.aj eaa la taJ at t V Per vaalJ C :st ef Lgka, Diploea, ftrt doUara.-j ot faj partiaalara, addraaa w UaCOT A Ca, Calaatbaa. 0. m tab. The Crittenfles Coopromis. : Af there is much iateraat felt ia thia plan of adjuatief exiatrag difScaltlea we pnbllab it coca plete x A joiat resolation (S. No. 50) propoalnf certain amendmentt lo tha Conttitutioa of the United States. . Whereaa terioat And alartntajj dineoatoa hate artaen between the Northern aad Soothern States, eoaeeroias; the rights and secant of the rights of slareholding States, aad especially their rights in the common territory of the United States ; and whereas it is eminently desirable aad proper that these diaaeaatoas which now threaten the very existence of this Union, should dm perm nently quieted aad settled by constitutional pro- visions, which shall do equal justice to all sec lions, and thereby restore to the people that peace and good will which ought to prevail between all the citizens of the United States t Therefore, Jietolved by ike Senate and Saute of Repre tentative of the United State of America in Congret assembled, (two-thirds of both Booses concurring,) that the following articles be, and are hereby, proposed and submitted aa amendments to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purpneee, as part of said Constitution, when ratified by conventions of three fourths of the several State Art. 1 In all the territory of the United States now held, or hereafter acquired, situated aorta of latitude 36 deg. 30 min. slavery or in voluntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, is prohibited while each territory shall remain nnder territorial government. Ia all the territory south of said line of latitude, slavery of the African race is her by recognized as existing, and shall not be interfered with by Congress, but shall be protected as property by all the departments of the territorial government during its continuance. And when any Territory, north or south, of said line, within snclt boundaries as Congress mar prescribe ah all contain the population requisite for a member of Congreaa accord ing to the Federal ratio of representation of the people of the United Stages, It shall, if ita form of government be republican be admitted into the Union, on aa equal footing with th e original States, with or without slavery, as the constitution xf such new State may provide. Art. 2. -Congress shall have no power to abolish slavery ia the places under its exclusive jurisdiction, aad situate withia the limits of State that permit the holdiag of slaves. Art. 3. Congress shall have no power to abol Ub slavery within tha District of Columbia, so loag aa it exiata ia tha adjoining States of Vir ginia aad Maryland, or either, nor without the consent of the inhabitants, nor without just com peaaatioa first made to each owners of slaves as do consent to such abolishment. Nor shall Con gress at any time prohibit officers of tha Federal Government, or members of Congress, whose duties require them to be in said District, from bringing with these their slaves, aad holding them as sueb during the time their duties may ra quire thsm to remain there, and afterwards taking them from the District. Art. a. Coagrsaa ahall have no power to pro hibit or hinder the transportation of staves from one State to another, or ta a Territory, in which slaves are permitted to be held whether that traaapoitatina be by lead, navigable rivers, or by the sea. . . Art. 5. That ia addition to the provuioaa of the third paragraph of the sacoad aectioa of the fourth article of tha Constitution of the United States, Co ogres shall have power to provide hi taw, and it shall aa iu duty so to - provide, that the United Slates shall pay to the owner who shall apply for it, the fall value of his fugitive slave In all cases where the Marshal or other officer whose duty it was to arrest said fugitive was prevented from so doing by violence or intimida Li on, or wbeo after arrest said fugitive waa rea cued by force, and tha owner thereby prevented aud obetrweted ta the purauit of bis remedy for the recovery of his fugitive slave under the said clause of the Constitution and tha laws made in pursuance thereof. And ta all such cases, whea the United States shall pay for said fugitive, thej shall have the right ia their own name, to sue the county in wutcb said violence, intimidation or rescue was committed, and to recover from it, with iateraat aad damages, the amount paid by them for said fugitive slave. And the said county, after it has paid said amount to the United Stales, may, for iu iudemaity, sua and recover from the wrong doers or rescuers by whom the owner was prevented from the recovery of his fugitive slave, ia like manner as the owner himself might have sued aad recovered. - Art. 6. No future amendment of the Constt-I tuiioa shall effect the five preceding articles ; nor the third paragraph of the second section of the first article of the Constitution; aor the third paragraph of the second sctioa of the fourth article of said constitution j aad amendment shall be made ta the Constitution which shall authorize or give to Congress any power to abol ish or interfere with slavery in any nf the State by whose laws it is, or - may be, allowed or per milted. ' ' ' - ' And whereas, also, besiiet those eaaaes of die seasioo embraced la the foregoing ameadmaaU proposed to the Coasiiutioa of tha United States, there others which ceeaa wkhia the jerisdictioe of Coagrees, and may be remedied by iu legisla tive power and whereas it is lis desire of Con. Ieaa, as far as lu powet wHl extend, ta remove. ell Just case for tha pornk disnontant and a Ulioa which now disturb tha peace of tha eeoo-trjvaad tAraaua tha etaVCitj af ft, UutiuUon. : inereiore. ; JUttZced lytie Senate m lueafnrtMem- tatica of the Umited States of Umerita . grtst atsanUed, Thai the laws aow ia force for the recovery tf future eUvss ara U strict par. aoaaca cf t-t yxa re 3 csaxtorj froviaiaas t4" the Cczt.:z:.zz, tzl tir tca laactioaedM a!".i acj csnr-JUwOExl tr tie jaiTaeat cf ths C a; nte cl tU U-Iui ZzIzm l tlu the J slevehalag Cutaa ara aslIUai to tha iUfal 00111 observance and execation of those laws, aad that they ought net to be repealed, or so modified or changed as to Impair their efScieaey j aad that laws ought to be made for th punishment of those who attempt by rsscoa of the slave, or other iliegal means, to hinder or defeat the dne execution of said lswi; 2, That all State law which conflict vita the fugitive slave acU of Congress, or any other constitutional acts of Congress, or which in their operation impede, hinder or delay the free coarse and doe execution of any of said acU, are cull and void by the plain provisions of the Constitution of the United States ; yet those 8 late laws, aad void as they are, have given color to practices, led to consequences, which have obstructed the due administration and execution of ecu cf Congress, aad especially tha acts for delivery of fugitive slaves, and have thereby contributed much to the discord and commotion now prevailing. Congress, therefore, in the present perilous junr. tore, does not deem it improper respectfully end earnestly to recommend the repeal of those laws to the several States which have enacted them, or such legislative correct! ons'or explanations of them as may prevent their being osed or perverted to sach notschievouB purposes.1" S. That the act of the 18th of September, 1830. commonly called the Fugitive Slave Law, ought to be so amended as to make tha fee of the Com mie-toner, mentioned in the eighth section of the act. equal in amount, in the cases decided by him whether bit decision be in favor of or against the claimant. And to avoid misconstruction, the last clause of the fifth section of said act, which No'koaiEes the perron holding a warrant for the arrest or detention of a fngitive alave. to snm mow to his aid the poste comifatu: and which declares it to be the duty of all good citizens to assist him in its execntio". nocht to be so amended as to expressly limit the authority and duty to cases in which there shall be resistaace or danger of resistance or rescue. 4. That the laws for the suppression of the African slave trade, and especially those prohibit. ;ng the importation of slaves in the United States ought to be . made effectual and ought to be thoroughly executed ; and all further enact ments necessary to those ends ought to be promptly made. a" Senator Doojlat" Substitute for the Crittenden Proposition. WasbikOtov. Jan. 21. The following is Douglas substitute for Crittenden's Resolutions, complete. It will be offered in the Senate shortly r Section I. Congress shall make no laws in respect to domestic servitude in any territory of the United States, and all the territorial gevern meats shall be formed oa tha model and in the terms of the organic acts approved Sept. ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty, called the Compromise Measures, aad tha validity of all territorial enactments shall be finally determined by the Supreme Coart of the United States, on appeal or writ of errcr from the territorial courts. Bat no new territory shall be organized until it shall enataia twenty thousand white inhabitants, nor shall any new State be admitted into the Union nntil it shall contain the requisite population for a represenUtive in Congress, according to the Federal ratio of representation. Sec. 2. Congress shall have no power to abolish or interfere with the relet iin of persons held to service or labor ia any State, nnder the laws thereof, nnr in nay place nnder the exclasive ju-riadictioa of Congress, aad sitaate withia the limits of any State or territory under whose la- persons are held to service or labor ; . aor shall Congress have power to abolish or impair the relation of persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia, under the laws in force therein, without the consent of Maryland and Virginia, so long as such relation shall exist in either of those States under the laws thereof; aor shall Congress have power to interfere with, or prevent the removal of persons held to service or labor from one State or territory to another. : 8ec. 3. The African slave trade shall be forever suppressed, and it shall be the duty of Congress to make such laws as will effectually prevent the immigration or importation into the United States of persons held to service or labor for lifej or for a period of years, or of ' any per so i intended to be sold in any Sute or place withia tha United Slates, under any pretense whatever. ; Sec 4. The eecmd section of the fourth article of the Constitution shall be construed to Include alt crimes committed within and again at the State or place from which the fngitive fled, whether the aeta charged were criminal or net ia the place where the fugitive was found. See."'.5. The elective franchise and tba right ta to hold office, whether Federal. State, Territorial or Municipal, shall not h xercised by persons of the Afrieai race, in whola r ta part.-' See. 8. The United Staia shall have power ta acquire districts of country in Afriear or Sooth America, for the colonisation, at the expense of tha Federal Treasury, of soeh free negroes aad foulattoe as the several States may desire to have removed from within tb ir limits, and from the District of Cola nbia, and snch other places as may be aader the jurisdiction of Congress. Sec. 7. Whenever asy person held to service or labor, as provided ia the third clause ef the second section of the Fourth article of the Constitution shall escape, and the Hsrahal or other oScer whose duty it may be to arrest each fegi tiva, shall be prereatad front doing by vio Isnee or tatiaidation, or when after arrest sack fugitive shall be rescued by force. Congress shall have power and It shall he its doty, to provide, a 'aw fur tha payment af the foil valoe cf sack fa guive to tha party to whoa sock service or labor may be dV I cases where the United States shall pay for such fugitive, they shall have the risit jn fhetr owo name ta soe the County ia which sack violence, intimidation, or rescue was cans aaittei, aad ta recover tie amount paid by them, wilk iaUre.t, aad dacii-du'' Tha said ouBtyt'fwy ,I;a iDennlty, tasy. gct and recover Us wicr C ;;n cr reirutn tis RrseTict fruj to tU Ualud CulUs, lc;iJr wui tsUrsft tsJL See. 8. The first and second clauses of the first section of the 2d article of tU Coastttulion, shall read u follows : The Execntivt power shall be invested in a President of tha United States ef America; the President and Vice President shall hold office for the term; of six years, and shall be ineligible to the oCce of President for the en suing six Tears afto having performed tha duties of Presideat, and shall be elected a follows The Legislature of each State at Iu first cessioa after any federal census, shall divide said State into as msny CongresaJonal Districts as it shall be entitled to fopreeeaWvee ia Congrets,which district shall be compact in form and nearly equal ia population as practicable la each of said districts one elector of President and Vice President shall be chosen by the People thereof. having the qualifications requisite for electors of Bepresentativea in Congress : aad in addition, two electors for the State at lerre shall be cho aen by the members of the Legislature assembled ia joint convention for thai purpose oa tha day appointed by Congress. Tho Border States Conpramiso to Bare tne union : A committee of members of Congress, chosen by their respective delegations, and representing ever? Northern State whicH borders oa a slave State and every Soutkero State that touches on a State where slavery is forbidden, has put forth a plan of adjustment, which commends itself to the liberal aad the patriotic of all parties. The committee eoasiated af the following members, viz: Messrs. Crittenden of Kentucky (Chairman.) Harris of Maryland, Sherman of Ohio. Nixon of New Jersey, Saulsbory of Delaware, Qilmcre Of North Carolina, Batiaa of Tennessee, Pett it of ludiana. Harris orVirginia, MeCIernand of Il linois, Barret of Missouri, Sebastin of Arksnsas, Vandever of Iowa, end Hale of Pennsylvania. The recommendation cf the committee, agreed to by every member except Mr. Sherman af Ohio embraces the following propositions for the ad justment of the vexed questions which erenow sending us with railroad speed Sato the vortex of disruption and revi !aiat I, Recommending tie repeal of all the Per sonal Liberty bills.' '' 2. That the Fugitive 3Iave law be amended for the prevention of r tapping, and so as to provide for the equalii, .on of the Commission er's fees, Ae. :. - ; S. That the Constitution be so amended as to prohibit any interference with slavery in any of the States where it now exists. a. That Cougreas haJl not abolish slavery in the Southern dockvardet araenala. Sic. nor in the District of Colombia, without the consent of the iahahUaaU af tha DiaVot ihpnt j$moen-sation.5. That Congress shall not Interfere with the iuter-State slave trade. 6. That there shall be perpetual prohibition of the African slave trade. 7. That the line of 30 degrees, 30 mioates shall be run through all the existing Territory of the United States that in all aonk of that line1 slavery shall be prohibited, and that eouth of that line neither Congress nor the territorial legisla ture aban hereafter pass any law abolishing, prohibiting, or in nny meaner interfering with African slavery j and that, when any Territory con tains a sufficient population for one member of Congress, in any area of 50,000 square miles, shall apply for admission as a 8tate, it shall be admitted with or without slavery, as iU Constitution may determine. Busfe of Coltunbiad Shell Guns. The furthest range of a hundred pound shell, even at an elevation of thirty-five degrees given to the gun, U 4.828 yards; the time of flight be ing thirty five seconds. The great twelve-inch Coin mbiad, the largest go a made, loaded with twenty-five pounds of powder, a shell of 172 pounds and the piece at an - elevation of thirty, five degrees, has made a range of only 6,409 yds. projectile occupying tbirty-twn seconds in its Sight. By increasing the elevation to thirty nine degrees only 100 yards more was gained ia range. From tha same gaa of 180 pounds aad an elevation of thirty-five degrees, a range of 5.. 671 yards has been attained, and at an elevation of ihirty-nine degrees a range of 5. 781 yards (three and a third miles), 'which is the greatest that has ever been accomplished by any gun in oar service. The flight occupied thirty--ix seconds.' Charleston is therrfure perfectly safe from the guns of Fort Sumter, if it were even within the furthest range of those guns, the an. gle pf elevation necessary to accomplish such a distance is so extreme that to hit the city would be a matter of extreme uncertainty. The gnas of Fort Sumter can only be raised to an elevation of; thirty three .degree on account of the casemates, od conerquently could do no damage beyond aboot two miles and a half. A tea iurk Cwlumbid, at aa elevatioa of thirty-three degrees, will throw a shell about three miles. There are no sack guns ia bar. bette at Fort Sumter, aad if there are any case usent guns of tnat caliber tw saeb elevation could be had. The npper serface of the ran ST5 would strike against the top of the embrasure at aa elevation far abort of thirty three degrees. " '- T7ty lie Ilfutel to Acto T-) . Got. Hicks, f Maryland informed .the eotir mittee who waited ape him in reference to convening the Legislature, from information oa which ha relied, aad whUk waa derived fron aoarces not accession ta tie pecpla of the State, he was eonvirctd tist tie Leri&!tcre, if conven ed, would At once detlire ia favor cf the South ern. States, and seed as mlzzizioTt to those Stales ecllemea aho hsva teen' prominent in nrgia tia ca'.l cf tie I;"!st5ra, -That lainv. diately on tils iac'araiioa tela;, c&a, tie city cf VTaLIc;!on would be Uiea by a bey cf C2D Tsec, 6cwt:;si!i3 Lr ti&t prrpc:?.' Ttti cml war would bt exesed ty tiii s.jj, aad a-ti! J tiax ta ixesitt CxzX lj czzrzziz j C.5 Interesting $ariefi. i: . Iti Tint Zzrtis&Ue-'t Vi-v- A TaHahassea correapondeat ef tha Jackson ville Soutiern Confederacy, gives tba following graphic account of the capture of a United States arsenal tv - .' : . v ' About sevsa o'clock on tie tcorolng of tha 6lk last, the arienalat Apalachtcola, at the mouth of the Chattahoochee Eiver, was besieged by tha troops of the Sute of Florida. Xa conse queoce af the weakness of the command an en- trance wag gained. Mr. Powell, who kas been in tha service ef tha United Sutes sine 1840, aad bad command cf tha piece, acted in a gallant manner. After the b oops had entered, he faced thexline and thus addressed them " OrnctBs sko Soldiers: Five minutes ago I was the commander of this arseaal; bat, in eonseqaeace of the weakness ofay command, I am obliged to surrender an act which I have hitherto never had to do daring my whole military career. . If ,1 had a force equal to or even bait tbe strength or yoar own, I'll be damned, if yon ever would have entered that gate aatil yoa walked over ray dead body. ; You see that I have but force men. These are laborers, ar-d cannot contend against you. I now consider myself a prisoner of war. Take ray sword Captaia Jones." ; Captain Jones of the Teang Gaard of Qaiacy received Mr. Powell's sword, aad then returned It to him, nod addressed him as follows : m My dear Sir I Take your sword I Ton are too brave a maa to disarm I " . The whole command then gave three cheert for tbe gallnat Powell. Oar Dificnlty Spain's Opportunity. A private letter from Madrid, writes Matakoff from Paris, speaks of the joy that reigns there in political circles at the present embarrassed state of affairs in the United States, and declares that the Government is secretly making separations fur a descent a poc Mexico so soon as Mr. Lincoln is inaugurated, aud the threatea ea absolution leaes place, opsin appears to understand too well the value of Mexico pendant to Cuba to let such an occasion slip for tbe enforcement of her claims opoo her ancient colony, and with such afleet and such an army as she has now at her command, the contest would not be a loag ooe. Eoglaad might, per haps, interfere, but it would be to gain a share in the spoils. If Sam. Houston has any pretensions to the conquest of the Hails of the Montezuma, he had better commence his march before the Union is dissolved, or he will meet other aad more dangerous obstacles than those ex-tating to day. . To U&ke 8ngar out of Chinese Sugar Cane- - Tae aesaloa af ihe LgiaUutre j uat eluaada ss. eed a law offering a premium fjr the manufac ture of sugar from the Chinese sugar cane, for the purpose of stimulating experiment and fostering a branch of business which, if successful, will be a source of great wealth to our Territory. ana enable oa to manufacture a substitute for one of the most iod wponsible, and at the eatre time, expensive suples wbieh we import from abroad. In thia connection, we with to off a receipt which a friend has kindly furnished, and ask our farmers to give it a thorough trial t Cut your cane while tbe seed is in the milk. and press the stalks in the usual way roakVa fil ter (aa old barrel or box with boles in the bot torn will answer for the frame), place a layer of straw , in the bottom ; cover it with a coarse cloth, and then cover with a layer of eleaa eand two inches thick, and an inch of slacked lime. and over the whole, a bushel of charcoal. Run tbe juice tbtough this ilter and to every 20 gal lons (after filtering) add one quart of sweet milk and a table spoonful of saleratus, boil gradually and stir off as in making maple sugar.' "Fort Pickens. Florida. Soatk Carolina having pa osed in her active wsrfare against the United States Florida is aboat to try tbe same game of coercion, prober bly with the same result. Fort Picksos, which is m l strong fortress, held - still by the United Slates troops, is to be attacked by "a large force, if Florida can borrow the troops from Louisiana, aad the opinion of the New Orleans New, correspondent, is that Fort Pickene is aboot as strong aa Fort Sumter. It is at the . mouth of Pensacola Bay. It is embrasured for two tiers ot gnas, under bomb-proof caaemeaU, besides hating one tier of guns in barbette.- The gun radiate to every point of the horizon, with flank and coiifltding-fire at every' point of approach. Iu completed, garrison is twelve hundred soldiers but only a few troops are within its Walla. Enough probably, to successfully defend it. It has two hundred and ten gpnsi sixty-three of which are forty tway pounders. - Fort . Pickens, if it kas anything of a garrison, ought not to be taken. : -- . : . , About- riaaUns tliat Salterr at Ticks-bar X7hat taa OoTtraor ef tlixiUsippi . Caa to Zzj. . ... ' The Governor of Mississippi, ; ia a special mesaage, dated at tbe Capitol of the. State, on the 15th, alludee to the battery at Vicksburg in the following terme t ' H -. ' ' Being advised by the : Governor of Louieiena that he hadreaeon to believe that mn exp&lilio would be tent down the 2fii:ppt river t o Veia-foretthe Garrison nf the Forte and Arsenals of that State, I sent1 Captain Kerr with sixteen of the Jackson Artillery Company, aad ordered Captain 8. C. Miller to call oat the Volunteer Companies of Vicisborg, and take such position as would enable hum to prevent any hostile erp dition from, the Kortherm State descending the riser 7 Learning that the Forte and 'Araenala ware fally garrisoned , by Looisians I, h aire directed CapL. Il. fi. Miller to withdraw Lis forces from the position they tad taken. " i Tie '! Eag bt rrusiia,'rendcVsl "crzzy ty slrcrj drifik' aai ut lic', as J ' aio' tag fcr some yrsri tisa m fc- viible wrecl is Czr. Z.- Vil&et Valerie X7i7..zy,V.i t.ciu Crtllt ix y toTersijB, will jr.-. UtJ Us it "lis itJL Here Csutte.ru fitita . CcaTeatiKis, ' The Missouri Legislature has ord r4 m Slate Convention to be held on the 18tb of. February. The ordinance of secession, if ooe should be pas sed by the Convention, is not to be valid until tha same shall have beea ratiSed ay a majority of the qualified Toters of the Sute. The Arkansas Legislature has unanimously passed a bill submitting the question of a State Convention to a vote of the people on the 18th of February.' If the popular vote should be ia favor of a Convention, the Governor will order one and appoiat a day fas iu meeting. ; : The Legislature of Teaaesea has passed a bill for the election of delegates on the I8ih of February to assemble la m Sute Convention on the ISik. zpeeted to be Blown to HelL Tha guns of Fort Sumter are within point blank range of Fort Moultrie. At tbe time, that the guos of Fort Moultrie opened upon the Star of the Went, (which, by the way, was quite oo( of their range,) those of Fort Sumter were ranged with all the precision that mathematical skill and instrumenU could effect, directly upon each gun of Fort Moultrie. W ben the firing from Fort Moultrie began, it was fully expected that it would immediately be - returned with in. teresU When the &tar of the West turned tail, aad it became evident that she would approach no closer, the yoang fellows aader orders became clamorous and eager for a shot anyhow. WeH," says the Major, (Bipley,) jumping upon the parapet, re away, boys, bat youll all be in h 11 in five minutes.1 the boys did fire, but the Major's prediction was not fulfilled. Msjor Bipley was twice brevetted for gsllaitt conduct in Mexico Couldn't Have It, The New York Commercial Advertiser ssys a gentleman entered, a day or two ago, a large establishment in that city, and proposed to purchase fifty tons of lead. The terms having been agreed upon, the seller inquired of tbe purchaser whether he or the bouse would ship it, and if tbe latter, what its destination. You had better ship it," replied the purchaser. ''Put it on board the steamer Florida to-morrow morning. The Sute of Georgia will pay for it.- On receiving this reply, the member of the house who had. negotiated the sale immediately replied, ''Sir, yon cannot have this lead. The motive or its purchase is evident, and I will never con seat to supply bullets to those who- propose to destroy the Union by civil war.'' And the Georgian did not get the lead. . T7asbixLton'B 7atch. . "SealiaeV ia his last letter to the New York Coarier and Coquirer, says :"I saw this moro-iag tke watch of George Washiagton, in the possession and ownership of William Curtis Noyes. It has found an appreciative custodian one who is not a stranger to the law of exactness which ruled the life of tbe illustrious man whose name makes this relic so valuable. Its quiet a - beat ia yet calmly whimpering the passage of that river of life on which we are all fl Ntiing. It marked the hour of battle of peace of a Constitution. I beard it with sweet ton strike tbe hours of the present time. Has it oatltved the Constitution? .. T . . , Ileteorio Ilissiles. Wa leara from the Belvidere (111.) Staadard, that a meteoric stone fII on Friday morning last, aboat two miles from Sycamore, 'to the road to Genoa. It fell with such a shock as to jar the ground like an earthquake, on a small acaleV and with a noise like heavy thunder. The report was heard by aeveral in Belvidere.'. The stone is judged to weigh about a ton. and is reported to look as if it was half iron. Tbe gr mod about it for the apace of half an acre is strewn with a substance like ahe or cinders. The Cat Direct- Senator Yitlee, after leaving' the Union, on Tuesday last, called at the Post Office Depsrt. mentfor the purpose of ascertaining what the order of the acting Postmaster General meant, directing all. letters sent to Pensacola should be seat to the Dead letter office. Mr. King, the po lite head of the Department, received with dignity, bat told him with brevity, that he could have no commnaicatioa with him, and decli'jed lo show him any of the papers. It will be remembered that this is the method suggested by the gallant Holt for the purpose of giving the Florida Disunion!, a dose of their own medicine. Fifty Ship Loads of Cotton. The cotton brokers, af New York city are not a little exercised over the dispatches from New Orleans, announcing that a fleet of Fifty ships cleared from New Orleans on Mondsy last. The motive for this sadden and simuluneous move meat on the part of shippers is supposed to be a desire to obtaia Federal clearances before the passage of the 8tate ordiaancee of secession The valae of the cotton on board these vessels is between five and six millions of dollars, aad tha freights are estimated an $385,000. - w 1 - : t-v - . . : AsoUier Arsenal Seized. - v . Gov. Brown, of Georgia, backed by sevsa ban dred Sute troops, oa Thursday ernitg, deman ded the surrender of the United Sutes Arsenal, at Aeguta. - At noon the demand was complied with. The federal troops soluted their flag and retired. The arsenal at the surrender was occa! pUd bya compaay of Ualled Ctatea soldiera who had, it is reported, beea sent to Aogctta at the aoliciuiioa tf the cii'zsas, who desired to protect the property (rota arreiesdsd stuck by a mob- . ' - '- - . i.y-- ' '" Eeizare of Hrott;U at te Tcri. On Thursday afieraoon a, quantity ef U. 8. muskeis, evidently just froa m gr ?sir shop, were seized by the police jtat as they were being ship ped on beard the stealer lzilclo, ahitB lUiat? r.a-! to sut c;-'. I er regular tn t r..S .Ta sanckeU were rt'ed ia toxes, i .v I 'a.:.. I Z .Tmrm -- - - - r . ih no tZlnzi, tut siraily tw.oe deUtered to aea I w mosieu. vUj av-i;a ia tir- I7 tit XCT Hon. Mr. Fits patrick. Senator f.c3 abacsv, Is Said to disapprove cf tie ttr'j t'"'.;a of kis State. t3 The Lower Coate cf tie Alaitr xLe fulature has passed a till to guard eIitt ti invasion of that Sute by sea, gST MIssisBlppi,'w according to tie Ci?c.iw vernacular, means - the river beyond ecy t" g The total population of the V. Zulti i 31,000,000, an increase since the ctcrs cf of upwards of 7,900,000 persons. Twenty patriou of the Usvolalioa c'.sl during the past year. Eighty two are all lilt erenow left.; " . gy The National TnteRigencer kas icttHl geace which indicates the prevalence ef a ttroc; Union sentiment in Texas. Cockades si act so numerous as before. Robert Lincoln, the eldest SOB cf . the President elect, was one of the lions o! ITsW York, oa Tuesday. The oSceeeeksrs graliei him. , ' t Msyor Fernando Wood's bride ia said ta be just ooe third as old as her liee lord-IIe has just attained his fifty-first year, and Us 1T is sweet seventeen. gQA prominent Albany dsatlrt has beta arrested oa the charge of having taken improper liberties wiih a married lady who had solicited his professional services. t3" There is a girl of tweoty-one la lie prison at Morganiown, Virginia, who had become hopelessly lDSane from the inordinate nss cf to bacco. Q The popular tote of Alabama, at the lata election, was: For immediate secession, 27,235, for co-operation, 20,945. Not so wide a dlTtr-ence as was expected. Sy The Indisnspolis Journal says there Is a scheme on fJot to separate southern Indiana from the rest of the Sute, aad join the Soulier confederacy. g At a convention of delegates from sH lie counties in Maryland, held at Baltimore On Cit- urday afternoon, resololious were ccanlncii-y ' adopted in endorsing the Crittendea Cooajro- miae. gy The Itepnblieaas of New Jersey have held a Convention in which they resolved against any compromise, and reindsrsed the Cticsge platfotm. Of course these patriots would miss sustain their sectional platform than save the Union. gST" The danger of immediate collision of the Federal and State forces at Forts Sumter aad Pickens is at aa end. It is understood that peace shall be preserved aatil the Fourtk of ilarcb- Wheihertbe armistice wtu canOsue eS:tr t-tt date no one can predict. - . ' g A Kentucky exchange says that if lie Crittenden compromise were submitted to a vote of tbe people of Kentucky, it would receive lie votes of three fourths of them. No doubt of it. Tbe Republican leaders, however, are afraid ta trust the people ia this matter, ty The Plymouth Advertiser avers that the item attributed to it, elating the prevaleace nf Diptberia ia that vicinity, was erroneous, and that the disease is not there - The Fremont Messenger pats the total shipments of bogs from that point over the C. & T. Road the present season at 9.837. " The Mansfield Democrat of Saturday ra ports the buring cf the PI cenix Hotel, la list place, on that morning. The fire was extingaiah-ed after destroying the 2d aad part of the 34 stories. "" ' ' gy The Methodists in Newark-are eajnyia j a revival of religion. Servlcee are held every evening, and quite a an mber have made aa cpea avowal of their intentions to lead a new life ia future. ' t&' By the bark Mendi which left Liberia oa the 29;b of November, we learn that the recaptured 1 A fries ns, to the Dumber of 4 CO, lakee eat by the 'S ar of the Union,'' had arrived sxd were doing welL - t3 Neguiatioaa are said to be progTenis; in Paris for the abolition of the passport tysusa throughout Europe- a measure which is strong ly favored by the Emperor Napoleon? . ., gT The anniversary of Souloeque'e downfall waa observed at Port aa Prince, Hayti. December 22, with great pomp, oa which occasion tie Pope's legate delivered at address. ; ggy A cave, two thousand feet deep, has re- cently been e xplored near San Domingo, oa lie Tehauntepec route. It has some time been ia- habited, as several broken jars have beea discovered there. r v " '. CSJT The fhiladelpbia Inquirer says that there are 24 Republicans ia the Pennsylvania Douse of Representatives who are willing to repeal tha tactions of the penal code which are iacoaiici with the nation. ' gy The Boston Conner says that Seaator- Sumaer ie writing letters to his abolition friends there, ad vUiag against the repeal of the peraoaal liberty laws, Tha Natches ; Free Trader asnonaces, with immense exultation, the secession cf Mississippi, and, .strangely; enough, surmounted its paragraph with the sUrs aad stripes of the Union t V ' . JO- A committee las beea formed at Tsrm to raise fands to purchase a gold erowa fcr Vi tor Emmaaael. , gCT'Tb Frt Pretbyterlaa Church la Izn-aapoTU was destroyed by fire on lie ITi. Lc t3,CC3 to tlO.tQO. No lasarasce. - - John Tyler, who im -iced t s had a cziia-in his atomath; 3ied at noir-cjt!, TTis ca tl 2Sih aIt-,'f'oa starvation." Esiad sltsrf;3 t starve tha stais out, and tauciel co Ct 2 C.I Z? days. : . :. " ".. TLc as Ccrwia tzt rsJs a r; aid he did net UI.Yve at:::! 7 . J c taarci? i ca ty aa arcci f-r. f r t'-J I of eoerclsn.'-.-, Z 'I' ; x Ca y. i:.; : of FlorUCUy and Tit:,-i--.-and Davt?, tf Hiseissirr1. f"-""'"' ' sioa of ti. r C'.atee froa tla U: ',- r cl.i.