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The Programme will be changed every week so as to enable them to produce all their most Popular Novelties, the Hurlesnue Operatic Selections will be varied, 'minding " Lucrezia Borgia," " Cenerentola," " Tro vatore," and "La Sonnambula." Doors open every night at half.past Seven. A Day Performance every Wednesday and Saturday. Doors open at half-past Two. Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, 19th January, 1861. TAELIVERY ORDERS.- To DOCK COMPANIES, WHARFINGERS, WARE HOUSE-KEEPERS, CARRIERS, MERCHANTS, and others. and under its shadow American citizens have found protection and respect in all lands beneath the sun. If we descend to considerations of purely material interest, when, in the history of all time, has a confederacy been bound together by such strong ties of mutual interest ? Each portion of it is dependent upon all, and all upon each portion for prosperity and domestic security. Free trade throughout the whole supplies the wants of one portion from the productions of another, and scatters wealth everywhere. The great planting and farming States require the aid of the commer cial and navigating States to send their productions to domestic and foreign markets, and furnish the naval power to render their transportation secure against all hostile attacks. "Should the Union perish in the midst of the present excitement, we have already had a sad foretaste of the universal suffering which would result from its destruction. The calamity would be severe in every portion of the Union, and would be quite as great, to sav the least, in the Southern as in the Northern States. _ _ recommendation made by the President is entitled to the respect of the American people ; but the resolutions pending, instead of proposing a remedy, look to a special committee to indict somebody. He would vote against the resolution, as it did not meet the emergency. Mr, FLORENCE of Pa. (Dem.), believing the re solution productive of no good, opposed it. Mr. HILL (of Geo.) said the resolution was not brsed on a pacific plan to adjust the difficulties. Mr. MARTIN (of Va.) looked:on the resolution as a firebrand to be thrown into the country, which was already excited. The resolution passed—yeas, 133 ; nays, 62. Senator Crittenden having callel up his resolu tions to amend the Constitution, Senator Clark (Rep.), of New Hampshire, offered the following as a substitute : THE. MOST ATTRACTIVE GIFT BOOK OF There beiftg; reason for believing that the practide still ek tensively prevails.of evading. the stamp duties on Delivery Orders by the device of direCting the delivery of the goods to be made, nominally, to the sellers themselves, and issuing the orders without stamps. The Commis,ioners of the Inland Revenue take this mode of bringing to the attention of all person's whom it concerns, the enactment contained hi the 23 and 24 Victoria, dap. 111, passed with the view to suppress such fraudulent evasions. The pro Visions of the Act are shortly as follows, viz. : Every Delivery Order shall be deemed to be made and given upon a sale or •transfer, unless the contrary be expressly stated in it. _ _ THE SEASON. Price, in Cloth 2lg. in Morocco -in Morocco, bound by Mayday £2 2s. ELIZA COOK'S POEMS, Selected and edited by the Author. Illustrated with exquisite wood engravings by the brothers Dalziel, from designs by John Gilbert, Harrison Weir, John Watson, Duncan, W o lf e , and other celebrated artists. An excellent Likeness of the Author, from a Photograph by John Watkins, engraved by Frank Moll, forms the frontis piece. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN MENT, the CABINET of CURIOSITIES, POLY GRAPHIC HALL. King Wit lam-street, Charing-cross, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight. Private boxes, -C1 Is. ; Stalls and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, Is. -A plan of the stalls may be seen, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box, office, from IQ till 4. Morning Performance, Saturday, Jan. 19. "It is a real treat to see a volume so rich in beauty as this —a volume in which the sister arts of poetry and painting are so fitly represented ; and, therefore, it cannot be too strongly or too cordially recommended to all who love both, and who delight to witness them in such happy combination."— Observer. " It is not necessary to say more to guarantee the complete ness of the work, and we show our appreciation of its merits by transferring three of the illustrations to our columns."— Illustrated London News. Any person who shall untruly state or signify in an order that given upon a sale or transfer, shall for feit it is not made or _ _ _ s2O. Any person who shall by himself, or his servant, or any other person, procure, or require the delivery of the goods specified in an order, knowing that it contains such untrue statement, shall forfeit X2O, The CoMmissioners desire it to be particularly noticed, that not only the giver of an order of this kind, and the purchaser of the goods or his agen:, who acts upon it, but any public carrier or other person who receives the goods for delivery at any other place than the shop or warehouse of the person who issues the order, subjects nimselt to this penalty, as he c mnot be ignorant of the fact of the transfer. By order of the Board, T. SARGENT, Secretary. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Jan., 1861. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. AR GY L L vv ROOMS.—GRAND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT with the Celebrated BAND, Forty in number (established eleven years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt.—Dancing at Nine o'clock.-Is. admission. " Resolved,—Th a t th e p rov i s i ons o f th e Consti tution are ample for the preservation of the Union and the protection of all the material interests of the country ; that it needs to be obeyed rather than amended, and an extrication from our pre sent difficulties is to be looked for in strenuous efforts to preserve and protect the public property, and enforce the laws, rather than in new guaran tees for particular interests, or compromises, or con cessions to unreasonable demands. " Resolved,—That all attempts to dissolve the Union or overthrow the Constitution, with the expectation of constructing it a new, are dangerous and illusory, and in the opinion of the senate no reconstruction is practicable; and, therefore, to the maintenance of the existing Union and Con stitution should be directed all the energies of the Government." - - Messrs. Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, Farringdon street. COMMITTEE. W.Devonport Bromley,Esq . M. T. Bass, Esq., M.P. C. E. B.othby, Esq. A. H. Davenport, Esq. J. H. Reynell de Castro,Esq. Richard Gibbs, Esq. H. A. Hankey, Esq. R. Stuart Lane, Esq. D. Meinertzhagen, Esq. Admiral Meynell W. Wells, Esq. J. N. Murray, Esq. Charles Whitehead, Esq. Martin Ridley Smith, Esq. Now ready, in 1 Yob, 10s. 6d., elegantly bound, STUDIES FROM LIFE, By the Author of "JOIN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN," &C. "A most charminfrvolume, one which all women and most men would be proud to possess."—Chronicle. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn.—The most elegant entertainment in the world. The dancing area is most extensive. The reading and smoking rooms on either side of the wiacious galleries are replete with every comfort, and the refreshment rooms at tached to the ball room are unrivalled even by Oriental beauty. The wines and refreshments are of the highest qua lity, and the band, conducted by Mr. Packer, stands alone for its excellence. Admission, ls. NoncE OF DIVIDEND. -BANK OF DEPOSIT (Established A.D., 1844), No. 3, Pall-mall East, London, S.W.—The WARRANTS for the HALF YEARLY INTEREST, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, on Deposit Accounts, to the 31st u't., are now RFADY, for de livery, and payable daily between the hours pf 10 and 4. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. January, 1881.. Now ready, price One Penny, PEECH OF THE RIGHT HON. EDWARD lIORSMAN, M.P., at STROUD, on the Present State of PARTIES and PUBLIC QUESTIONS. James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all Booksellers. Prospectuses and forms sent free on application. NEVER FAILING REMEDY.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared withoufany mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, area sure remedy for affections of the liver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe tite, lowness of spirits, &c. They can be taken at any time, without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, without pain or griping, clear the akin, remove sallowness and pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo -ate the whole system. Sold by W. Lambert, and most druggists, in boxes, Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," engraved on the Government stamp. FINE TEA CHEAPER. STEACHAN ,t 5 CO.'S JUSTLY CELEBRATED DRAWING ROOM TEA Is now reduced to 4s. per lb. Guranteed the FixgsT and CHEAPEST Tea in the tufted Kingdom. 26, Cornhill, Lonion, E.C. This day is publish e d, i n post octavo, pr i ce 125., T HE CAMPAIGN OF GARIBALDI IN THE TWO SICILIES. A Personal Narrative. By CHARLES STUART FORBES, Commander &N. With Plans, and Portraits of Garibaldi and of the King of Naples. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and Lendon. These resolutions were ordered to be printed, and their consideration postponed. On the 10th Mr. Seward presented a memorial of the citizens of New York city, praying for the adoption of wise, just, and equitable measures for the preser vation of the Union. SOCIETY for the RELIEF o f DI STR ESS.—This Society derives its origin from the following cause:— That, notwithstanding the operation of the poor law and the numerous existing charitable associations, human beings, although within a stone's throw of the plenty, l uxury, and refinement of this wealthy metropolis, die misers sly of hunger and the want of tkorcommon neces sarks of life. n io prevent as far as possible the recurrence of an evil so q aisgraceful to our social system, it is proposed in the first instance to establish a co-operative system of visiting the poor, by aiding and increasing the power of existing local institutions which have this object in view. To bring to the notice of parochial authorities such cases as legitimately telong to them alone, io aid the police and the Mendicity Society, to detect imp os t ure , an d to b r i ng to the ca re o f hospitals, refuges, penitentiaries, and existing charitable associations those cases for which their several institutions were established. Special and urgent cases of distress indicated by the clergy ministers of all denominations, medical profession, or agents of any existing Society, will be relieved as far as possible by the judicious application of funds entrusted to district committees and local responsible persons appointed by them for the purpose. No cases will be relieved by money or otherwise at the central office. The promoters of this movement now come forward, not in any spirit of oppo s iti on t o ex i s ti ng soc i eties, hut, on the contrary, with the strong desire to co-op era t e with rated assist them ',n the arduous task in which they, with arch praise wor'thy zeal and perseverance, have been so rAany years Itv!.boriously engaged. They now claim to be met in tho spirit it-,i which they advance, with the sole purpose of further', ng , by friendly intercourse, the great Christian object wl,tich - all charitable associations have in view. The following noblemen and gentler having combined to form a Guarantee Committee, by whom the entire ex penses of management are to be ' drirayed, the Society now call upon the public to entrust i t . with the requisite funds, which shall be applied, withou:s the smallest deduction, to the relief of genuine distress, GUARANTE:E. Ris Grace the Duke of Marlborough The Right lion. the F.aarl of Chesterfield The Right Hon. this Earl of Lichfield T he Right Hon. the Earl of Sefton The Right lion. the Earl of liar m e The, Right Hon. the Lord rn"Ashburton'he Right Hon. the Lord Ragla n The lion. A. H. Vernon Ti.! Rev. W. D avenpor t - , - - -utimdex (With power to add to their number.) WORKING COMMITTEE. rd The Earl of Lichfield R ev. W. Bogota Lo Charles Bruce Martin Ridley Smith, Esq. Robert Barnett, Esq. Hon. A. H. Vernon Rev. T. Beames Colonel Haygarth W. Davenport Bromley,Esq. Hon. Arthur Egerton T. R. Reynell Decastro,Esq. W. :Ewing, Esq. 'William Gilbert, Esq. Rov, P. G. MGM in V. Bevan, Esq. I nugh Astley, Esq. CoN ne l De Bathe t Rev. W. Mayd C. Sartoris, Esq. Capt. Cunliffe Owen, R.N. St. Leger Glyn Esq. Major-General R. B Wood Ranry Alers liankey, Esq. The Earl of Bessborough R. Stuart Lane Esq. D r. Horace Dobell Ron.. E. e+ Esq. Leigh A lfred Buckley, Esq. .1. NMurray, Esq. Algernon West, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) Every exertion ha.,„, been made to hurry forward the for mation of the Soeicaty, which commenced its operations on the Ist of january, 1861, in those districts where, in the opinion of the Cientral Committee, the requisite prepara t bons had been made. The macb:nie—.3, will be proprtionately increased and perfected tv.s the operation s of the Society extend. W. DAVENPORT BROMLEY, I F. HAYGARTH , Lieut.-Col., Hon, Secs, WILLM. GILBERT, Office, 28, King-street, St. James's, List of Subscriptions and, Donations. (a signifies annual subscription.) Amount already ad ver ti se d •. . ..... £2,919 3 6 Jersey, C oun t ess Craven, Earl of ...£2O 0 0 20 0 0 /14.ankey,J.A., Esq £3O 0 0 "-Cloward, Mrs ....... 1 0 0 Dowager of . Hyde -park ........ 10 0 Leicester,arles Earl Countessoflo 0 Q H. W. B. . ... ... 1 0 0 Mount-Ch, Hegan, Airs. john.. 5 0 0 of ... . ... . .... 5 0 0 J. A. B. .......... 0 4 0 Sandwich, .... of.. 5 0 0 J. M. 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A . a . 2 1 oo 0 Friend, A 5 0 0 Webber, C. S. F q 1 0 0 Forbes, F., Esq J. It. ' , E 8 84:10 0 o P. W. 50 0 WigneY, ...... 20 0 5 0 0 Wigram, mrs Fitzllugh, Mrs. A. ?Parser, James, Esq.lo 0 0 W. B. C ....... 2 0 0 Grisewood, H., Esq.lo 0 0 X. Y. Z..... . . .. . . 20 0 0 Goad, Fred., Esq., a 1 0 0 Gil mour,W.L., Esq. 5 0 0 ' G. G. p ........ . 10 o 0 Gray, Miss 2 0 0 ( Grev 4 ille, Henry ' Esq. 1 00, Gordon S ...:.... Jsq 1 1 0 Gra nt,Alex.W H., i .,Es 5 5 0 G°l t, Robert, Esq. lO 0 0 2roeen, John, Esq 1 1 0 °eh, Capt. G. T 3 0 0 '' G • G. Ea B , G ' A. . 1 - ia . y . ~.E. ; q • 2 2 0 1 „.. ssit.lns,M. R.,Esq 2 0 0 1 1 - 13 (in p. stamps) 0 5 0 /./.'0',13,0_,...• Is o r Bo k' n ., _Esq. ~ 1 0 0 Is ai C ,J • S., Esq 5 5 0 1 .1. „. Thomas, Esq lO 0 0 l i j-c• .• ......... 5 0 0 I.C s ti ard, Rev. J. L. 2 0 0 ~ f.arth, F., Esq 2 0 0 kilvi4.A.W.,2d don.loo 0 0 settsiosilso 6 0 0 The following sums h ave been received from the gentlemen of the Foreign_ office : Hon. C. Spring Rical 0 0 F. 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Ode of Callistratus. By Skyey Influences. By E. A. Bowring. 'Monkshood. IX. The Present State of IV. Dundonald. By Dr. Hol- Literature. loway. X. Con terbury and its V. An Easter Day at Rome, Archbishops. and its Contrasts. XI. Recollections of G. P. R. James. 7, New Burlingon-street. London : Richard Benne: THE CORNHILL MAGAZINE. No. 14 (for February), Will be published on MONDAY, the 28th inst., Price One Shilling, with Two Illustrations. • eONTENTS. Framley Parsonage. With an Illustration. Chapter XL.—lnternecine. " X LT.—Don Quixote. " XLlL—Touching Pitch. Chinese Police. The Adventures of Philip on his Way through the World ; showing who Robbed him, who Helped him, and who Passed him by. With an Illustration. Chapter IV.—A Genteel Family. V.—The Noble Kinsman. "Have olim meminisse juvabit." The Warrior and La Gloire. Samples of Fine English. The Civil Service as a Profession. Horace Saltoun. With an Illustration. Part I.—Early Days with Grind and Grinders. Roundabout Papers. —No. 10. Round about the Christmas Tree. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis Is at hand. Anxiety in bust rtiMilkaesnarerxercised, linsUsi'-anims=7ll.Gol;ruerntliMY ents, or al l is lost. All denominations of Constitutions are carefully , examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples.'. Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, BTo, in cloth, price 5e., by post free, Se. 6d., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT o f STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. 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With Cases and En gravings from Life, representing the various Organs in Health and Disease. The extensive circulation of this work may be attributed in great measure to the fact that the Author is the only duly qualified and legally registered Practitioner who for 20 years has made the Diseases arising usually . from Imprudence the peculiar objects of his attention. The im pediments which so often either prohibit wedlock, or embitter and render it a state of misery, by disappointing its fondest hopes and marring its highest objects, are, though varied in form, closely analogous in reality. The mischief may arise in nocently, from deleterious influences devolved from the necessities of position—from circumstances which occurred years before the sufferers were born, from aecidenkor the in fluence of tropical climates, but chiefly from Self-incurred Afflictions, dating back, in too numerous instances, to a period long preceding that at which reason could be matured by ex perience. A professional prejudice, which happily is now fast disap pearing, though it still lingers with no little obstinacy in some of the more antiquated medical schools, for a long time almost ignored the morbid affections comprised under the general designation "Nervous and Physical Debility," though these affections are probably more destructive and widely pre valent than any others. The consequence of so important a department of pathology being neglected is, that sufferers from the infirmities in question, virtually repelled from consultation with prac titioners of standing and character, are thus liable to fall into the hands of unqualified Empirics, sometimes assuming titles of Physicians'and Surgeons, whose names are net to be f oun d in the Medical Register (whereby they incur serious legal penalties), whose ignorant meddling with the treatment of these cases render these disorders a standing reproach to the medical profession. Those who may have a suspicion that any of the observations here made have peculiar applica tion to themselves, may consider that cases are indeed ra re in which practised science c a nnot fully realise long-deferred hopes, remove all causes of mutual reproach, and replace chronic embitterment by permanent content. Pr. La'Mert. M.D., Himorary Member of the London Hos pital Medical Society, is the only legally qualified regis tered practitioner who, for 20 years, has devoted his attention to the treatment of these disorders. At home for consulta tittiOU daily, from 10 till 2, and from fi till 8. g 7, ISLDFORDSQUAiIIe , , LONDO3, AMERICA. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The North American, which touched at London- derry yesterday, arrived here this morning. The following Message from the President was [aid before the Senate on the 9th : 3 To THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- TIVES. " At the opening of your present Session I called your attention to the dangers which threatened the existence of the Union. I expressed my opinion freely concerning the original causes of these dan gers, and recommended such measures as I believed would have the effect of tranquillising the country —saving it from the peril in which it had been needlessly and most unfortunately thrown. " Those opinions and recommendst;ons I do not propose now to repeat, My own convictions upon the whole subject remain unchanged. The fact that a great calamity was impending over the nation was, even at that time, acknowledged by every intelligent citizen. It had already made itself felt throughout the length and breadth of the land. The necessary consequences of the alarm thus produced were most deplorable, Imports fell off with a rapidity never known before, except in time of war, in the history of our foreign commerce. The Treasury was unexpectedly left without means, which it had reasonably counted upon, to meet the public engagements. Trade was paralysed, manu factures stopped, thebest public securities suddenly sunk in the market, every species of property de preciated more or less, and thousands of poor men, who depended upon their daily labour for their daily bread, were turned out of employment. "I deeply regret that I am not able to give you any information upon the state of the Union which is more satisfactory than what I was then obliged to communicate. On the contrary, matters are still worse at present than they then were. When Congress met a strong hope pervaded the whole public mind that some amicable adjustment of the subject would be speedily made by the representatives of the States, mdlich might re store peace between the conflicting sec tions of the country. That hope has been diminished by every hour 9f delay, and as the pros pect of a bloodless settlement fadea away the public distress becomes more and more aggravated. As an evidence of this, it is only necessary to say the Treasury notes authorised by the Act of the 17th of December last were advertised according to law, and that no responsible bidder offered to take any considerable sum at par at a lower rate of interest than 12 per cent. From - these facts it appears that in a Govern ment organised like ours, domestic strife, or even a well-grounded fear of civil hostilities, is more de structive of our public and private interests than the most formidable foreign war. " In my annual message I expressed the convic tion, which I have long deliberately held, and which recent reflection has only tended to deepen and confirm, that no State has the right by its own act to secede from the Union, or throw off its federal obligations at pleasure. I declared my opinion that, even if that right existed, and should be exercised b p y ar any en S t of h State e of the t bad no authority y tm under the constitution to recognise its validity by acknowledging the independence of such State. This left me no alternative, as the chief executive officer under the Constitution of the United States, but to collect the public revenues and protect the public property, so far as this might be practicable under existing laws. This is still my purpose. My province is to execute—not to make the laws. It be longs to Congress exclusively to repeal, modify, or enlarge their provisions to meet exigencies as they may occur. I possess no dispensing power. I cer tainly had no right to make aggressive war upon any State, and I am perfectly satisfied that the Con stitution has wisely withheld that power even from Congress. But the right and the duty to use mili tary force defensively against those who resist the Federal officers in the execution of their legal func tions and against those who assail the property of t he Federal Government, is clear and undeniable. But the dangerous and hostile attitude of the States towards each other has already far transcended and cast into the shade the ordinary executive duties already provided for by law, and h-ts assumed such vast and alarming proportions as to place the subject entirely above and beyond executive con trol. The fact cannot be disguised that we are in the midst of a great revolution. Therefore I com mend the question to Congress, as the only human tribunal under Providence possessing the power to meet the existing emergency. To them exclusively belongs the power to declare war or to authorise the employment of military force in all cases con templated by the constitution, and they alone pos sess the power to remove all the grievances which might lead to war, and to secure peace and union to this distracted country. On then, and on them alone, rests the responsibility. The Union is a sacred trust, left by our revolutionary fathers for their descendants, and never did any other people inherit so rich a legacy. It has rendered is pros perous in peace and triumphant in war. The national flag has floated in glory over every sea, " The greatest aggravation of the evil, and that whiclt'ivbuld place us in the most unfavourable light both before the world and posterity, is, as I am firmly convinced that the secession movement has been chiefly based upon misapprehension at the South of the sentiments of the majority in several of the northern States. Let the question be an swered from the political assemblies to the ballot box, and the people themselves would speedily redress the serious grievances which the South have suffered. But, in heaven's name, let the trial .be made before we plunge into an armed conflict upon the mere assumption that there is no other alterna tive. Time is a great conservative power. Let us pause at the momentous point, and afford the peo ple, both of the North and South, an opportunity for reflection. Would that South Carolina had been convinced , of this truth before her precipitate action. I therefore appeal through you to the people of the country to declare in their might' that the Union must and shall be preserved by all constitutional means. I most earnestly recommend that you de vote y ourselves to the question, how this can be accomplished in peace. All other questions, when compared with this, sink into insignificance. The present is no time for palliatives. Prompt action is required. A delay in Congress to prescribe or recommend a distinct and practical proposition for conciliation may drive us to a point from which it will be almost impossible to recede. A common ground on which conciliation and harmony may be produced is surely not unattainable. The proposi tion to compromise by letting the North have ex• elusive control of the territory above a certain line, and to give Southern institutions protection below that line, ought to receive universal approbation. In itself, indeed, it may not be entirely satisfactory, but when the alternative is between reasonable con cession on both sides and destruction of the Union, it is an imputation on the patriotism of Congress to assert that its members will hesitate for a moment. Even now the danger is upon us. 'ln several States which have not yet seceded the forts, arse• nals, and magazines of the United States have been seized. This is by far the most serious step which has been taken since the commence ment of the troubles. This public property has long been left without garrisons and troops for its protection, because no person doubted its security under the flag of the country in any State of the Union. Besides, our small army has scarcely been sufficient to guard our remote frontiers against Indian incursions. The seizure of this property, from all appearances, has been purely aggressive, and not in resistance to any attempt to coerce a State or States to remain in the Union. At the beginning of these unhappy troubles I determined that no act of mine should increase the excitement in either section of the country. If the political conflict were to end in civil war, it was my deter mined purpose not to commence it, nor to furnish an excuse for it by any act of the Government. Dip opinion remains unchanged, that justice as well as sound policy requires us still to seek a peaceful solution of the questions at issue between the North and the South. Entertaining this conviction, I refrained even from sending reinforcements to Major Anderson, who commanded the forts of Charleston harbour, until an absolute necessity for doing se should make itself apparent, lest it might be regarded as a menace of military coercion, and thus furnish a provocation, or at least a pretext, for an outbreak on the part of South Carolina. No neces sity for these reinforcements seemed to exist. I was assured by distinguished upright gentlemen of South Carolina that no attack on Major Anderson was intended, but that, on the contrary, it was the desire of the State authorities, as much as it was mine, to avoid the fatal consequences which must eventually follow a military collision. And here I deem it proper to submit for your information copies of a communication dated December 28, 1860, addressed to me by R. W. Barnwell, T. H. Adams, and James L. Orr, Commissioners of South Carolina, with the accompanying documents, and I copies nfurther explanationa ns w answer Anderson's Decemberm ber 31 re moval from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, it is proper to state that after my answer to the South Carolina Commissioners the War Department received a letter from that gallant officer, dated December 27, 1860, the day after his movement, from which the following is an extract : " I will add as my opinion that many things convinced me that the authorities of the State designed to proceed to a hostile act (evidently referring to the orders, dated December 11, of the late Secretary at War). Under this impression I could not hesitate that it was my solemn duty to move my command from a fort which we could not probably have held longer than 48 or 60 hours to this one, where my power of resistance is increased to a very great degree. " It will be recollected that the concluding part of the order was in the following words : " ' The smallness of your force will not permit you, perhaps, to occupy more than one of the three forts ; but an attack on or attempt to take posses sion of either one of them w;11 be regarded as an act of hostility, and you may then put your com mand into either of them which you may deem most proper to increase its power of resistance. You are also authorised to take similes defensive steps when ever you have tangible evidence of a design to proceed to a hostile act. " It is said that serious apprehensions are to some extent entertained, in which I do not share, that the peace of this district may be disturbed before the 4th of March next. In any event, it will be my duty to preserve it, and this duty shall be per formed. " In conclusion, it may be permitted to me to remark that I have often warned my countrymen of the dangers which now surround us. This may be the last time I shall refer to the subject officially. I feel that my duty has been faithfully, though it may be imperfectly performed, and whatever the result may be I shall carry to my grave the con sciousness that I at least meant well for my country. " JAMES BUCHANAN. "Washington City, Jan. 8." A discussion ensued, Senator Davis, of Mississippi, taking exception to the President's tone, defending the South Carolina Commissioners, and moving that their letter to the President should be read ; his motion was carried by 36 to 13. Mr, HOWARD (of Michigan) moved that the message be referred to a special committee of five, with instructions to inquire whether any executive officers of the United States have been, or are now treating or holding communication with any per son or persons for the transfer of forts and other property; whether any demand for their surrender has been made, and by whom and what answer has been given; whether any officer or officers have en tered into any pledge not to send reinforcements of troops to the harbour of Charleston, and if so, when, where, by whom, and on what considera tions ; whether the custom-house, post-office, or arsenal at Charleston have been seized, by whom held in possession ; whether any revenue cutter has been seized, and whether any efforts have been made to recover it. The committee have lower to I send for persons and papers, and report from tinue to time such facts as may be required by the national honour, &c. Mr. TlousToN (Ala.) raised the point that such instructions were against the rules. Mr. HOWARD (Md.) replied, and moved the pre vious question. Mr. CRAWFORD (Ga.) said there was no cause for excitement. They had passed beyond that point. VOICES—There is no excitement ; we are calm• Mr. CRAWFORD continued—Men should be calm, and understand the line on which they arc going. He ineffectually sought to offer a substitute for the resolution. Mr. GARNET desired to have the President's Message considered in the committee of the whole on the state of the Union. Mr. PHELPS (of Mo.) remarked that the Presi dent informed them that they were in the midst of a revolution, inviting the adoption of such mea sures as may avert civil war. The President appeals to Congress to make an effort to restore the fraternal relations which ought to exist. The Mr. Kennedy presented a memorial from 12,000 citizens of Baltimore, praying for means to restore peace and harmony. Mr. Bigler presented a memorial of citizens of New Jersey, praying for the adoption of mea sures for the States calling a Convention to amend the Constitution ; also a memorial of citi zens of Philadelphia praying for the adoption of the resolution of the Senator from Kentucky, proposing amendments to the Constitution. A debate then ensued on the state of the Union. On the 11th Messrs. Bigler and Cameron presented sundry memorials favouring the passage of Crittenden's resolutions. Mr. Critten den's resolutions were then taken up, and after a debate the subject was adjourned. In the course of the debate Mr. Hunter said the South had all the elements of an empire within itself. The only thing that would preserve peace now was the adop tion of the following amendments to the Congress:— " 1. Congress shall have no power to abolish slavery in any State or the district of Columbia, or in any of the dockyards, forts, and arsenals of the Government. _ _ " 2. Nothing shall be done to obstruct the slave trade between the States. " 3. It shall be the duty of each State to suppress armed invasions of another State. " 4. Any State shall be admitted into the Union with or without slavery, according to the inclina of the people. " 5. The States shall restore fugitive slaves, or pay their value. " 6, Fugitives shall be deemed to be those offend ing the laws within the jurisdiction of the States, and escaping therefrom. " 7. Congress shall recognise and protect pro perty wherever the Government has exclusive jurisdiction." On the motion of Mr. Leake, the Select Com mittee on the President's special Message was in structed to inquire whether any arms had recently been removed from Harper's Ferry to Pittsburg, and, if so, by whose authority and for what reasons. The resolution was amended so as to extend the inquiry to the removal of arms from all the arsenals. No business of importance was transacted on ;he 10th and 11th. The Republicans at Washington were to meet in caucus on the 12th to discuss the proposition of the Border States. The House Committee of Thirty-three stood adjourned, subject to the call of Mr. Corwin, the chairman, who was expected, in the meantime, to make up a report to be submitted when it next met. Upon this was to come a test as to whether the Republicans would compromise. The National Intelligencer states that a caucus of Senators from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Missis sippi, and Louisiana had passed resolutions to seize the military and political power of the South, and asserts— " They then telegraphed orders to their confede rates to seize the forts, arsenals, Custom-houses, revenue cutters, &c., and advised their Conventions to secede immediately, but to retain their Congres sional representatives until the spring, to prevent unfriendly legislation. They advised the seceding States to send delegates to Montgomery on the 13th of February to form a Provisional Government. They resolved to dragoon the tobacco States into secession, and rely for the success of their treason able purposes on defection from the United States' army and navy. They rely to support their power upon various Southern Leagues and the Knights of the Golden Circle." According to a communication from Washington the leading men of South Carolina and Georgia had agreed upon the following programme of commer cial policy : " The cotton crop will be moved for ' account of whom it may concern,' and an accredited agent will proceed to hypothecate the crop thus shipped. The commissioner will be intrusted also with the political negotiations growing out of this cotton movement for direct trade with Europe. The plan of execution is simply this :—lf the United States Government attempts to collect the revenue on foreign imports at the South by placing revenue cutters off the different har ours, then the seceding States, not deeming it expedient to declare war, will pronounce for direct taxation, as their exclusive source of re venue, passing an ordinance to that effect. The foreign Ministers resident at Washington will then be informed that the ports of the cotton States are thrown open for the entrance of foreign merchandise free of duty, and that any duties imposed by the United States Government are levied contrary to law, and without authority from the Southern Con federacy. The revenue question will then be trans ferred from the South to Europe. It will become a question with France or England whether or not it will defend the free trade rights thus conferred on its manufacturers against the revenue duties of the northern States. And in such an appeal to British or French cupidity, it is expected the na tional sympathy for free negroism will yield to the national interest in favour of free trade: This plan, which I submit to your readers without comment, for moving the cotton crop through the already organised machinery of direct trade,' as well as the free trade counter movement against the Federal Government's revenue policy, was devised by Mr. C. G. Baylor, who has been intrusted with the delicate mission of putting the design in operation. The Southern commissioner to Europe gr is. Limayi a c.er's distinction, and acts in harmony with direct-trade programme." fr. D i x Secretary n The President had appointed lk • to the Treasury; he had accepted the resignation of Mr. Thompson, Secretary hid clerk in of the Interior, and ap that depart pointed Mr. Kelly, late c ment, to the vacant y. ad received assurances from The Government h Major Anderson that Fort Sumter was quite pre lengthened siege. It had, however, pared for a b ee n determ ined to reinforce him a t a n y risk. The steamer Joseph Whitney left Boston on the 10th with troops on board ; destination unknown. The Secretary for the Treasury had advertised for proposals for the taking of the 5,000,000 Treasury notes under the act of December last. The bids were op ene d on the 19th Janua r y. The question of introducing a c lause into thei r policies respecting the risk occasioned by the dis organised state of the Union, was being discus se d by the Marine Insurance companies. The Charleston Courier of the 10th gives the fol lowing account of the firing upon the Star of the West : " About half-put six o'clock yesterday morning ,15:54 17: - .-:• 7 5, , ,,,,111\'' s ;Fi i 4-44 ( ~7 ',' 1. , : , r General Clinch discovered the steam- v ::' -,,,,, it l , ship Star o he West, and signalled her approach rr' ..4-,1 ; .,7; to the occupants of the battery on Morris Isliiird'a-''-42.5.L '---`/_...." As soon as the signals were seen by those on gpd. a s there Morris Island was astir with men at their posts before the orders could be given them to pre— pare for action. They remained in anxious suspense, but ready for what they believed was sure to come, —a volley from Fort Sumter. The Star of the West rounded the point, took the ship channel inside of the bar, and proceeded straightforward until opposite Morris Island, about three-quarters of a mile from the battery. A ball was then fired. athwart the bows of the steamer. The Star of the West displayed the Stars and Stripes. As soon as the flag was unfurled the fortification fired a suc cession of heavy shots. The vessel continued on her course with increased speed, but two shots taking effect upon her she concluded to retire. Fort Moultrie fired a few shots at her, but she was out of their range. The damage done to the Star of the West is trifling, as only two out of 17 shots took effect upon her. Fort Sumter made no demon stration except at the portholes, where guns were run out bearing on Morris Island." After the firing had ceased, a boat from Fort Sumter, bearing Lieutenant Hall with a white flag, approached the city. Lieutenant Hall had an inter view with Governor Pickens, and was afterwards escorted to his boat, and re-embarked for Fort Sumter. The communication from Major Ander son is as follows : "To HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH g . CAROLINA. " Sir,—Two of your batteries fired this morning on an unarmed vessel, bearing the flag of my Government. As I have not been notified that war has been declared by South Carolina against the United States, I cannot but think this a hostile act committed without your sanction or authority ; undes 'tilt hope I refrain from opening a fire on your batteries. I have the honour, therefore, rpspeetfully to ask whether the above mentioned act, which I believe without parallel in the history of our country or any other civilised Government, was committed in obedience to your instructions, and notify you, if it is not disclaimed, that I regard it as an act of war, and I shall not, after reasonable time for the return of my messenger, permit any vessel to pass within the range of the guns of my fort. In order to save, as far as it is in my power, the shedding of blood, I beg you will take due noti fication of my decision, for the good of all concerned, hoping, however, your answer may justify a further continuance of forbearance on my part.—l remain respectfully, "ROBERT ANDERSON." , 4 1 " Governor Pickens," the Courier continues, " after stating the position of South Carolina to the United States, says that any attempt to send United States troops into Charleston Harbour to reinforce the forts would be regarded as an act of hostility, and, in conclusion, adds that any attempt to rein force the troops of Fort Sumter, or to retake and resume possession of the forts within the waters of South Carolina which Major Anderson abandoned, after spiking the cannon and doing other damage, cannot be regarded by the authorities of the State as indicative of any other purpose than the coercion of the State by the armed force of the Government. Special agents, therefore, have been off the bar to warn approaching vessels, armed and unarmed, having troops to reinforce Fort Sumter aboard, not to enter the harbour. Special orders have been given the commanders at the forts not to fire on such vessels until a shot across their bows should warn them of the prohibition of the State. Under these circumstances the Star of the West, it is understood, this morning attempted to enter the harbour with troops, after having been notified she could not enter, and consequently she was fired into. The act is perfectly justified by me. In regard to your threat about vessels in the harbour, it is only necessary for me to say, you must be the judge of your own responsibility. Your position in the harbour has been tolerated by the authorities of the State, and while the act of which you complain is in perfect consistency with the rights and duties of the State, it is not perceived how far the conduct you propose to adopt can find a parallel in the history of any country, or be recon ciled with any other purpose than that of your Government imposing on the State the condition of a conquered province. " F. W. PICKENS." ',Second Communication from Major Anderson,) " TO lIIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR PICKENS. " Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your communication, and say that under the circumstances I have deemed it proper to refer the whole matter to my Government, and intend deferring the course I indicated in my note this morning until the arrival from Washington of such instructions as I may receive. I have the honour also to express the hope that no obstructions will be placed in the way, and that you will do me the favour of giving every facility for the departure and return of the bearer, Lieut. T. Talbot, who is directed to make the journey. " ROBERT ANDERSON." Governor Pickens immediately granted the per. mission desired, and directed Lieutenant Talbot to have every facility and courtesy extended to him as bearer of despatches to the United States' Govern ment, both in goin g an d re t urn i ng . G rea t prepa rations were being made to give the Federal steamer Brooklyn a warm reception. A large steamer, called the Marion, of the Charleston and New York line, had been purchased by South Carolina, and ordered to be razed for a man-of-war. Her upper cabin was to be taken off, and she was to be supplied with a complete armament. An armed steam-tug was employed as a cruiser by the State Government. Forts Johnson and Cas well (North Carolina) were taken possession of on the night of the Bth by the Smithville Guard. Three military expeditions had left New Orleans to seize the forts at Jackson and Pike, and the Baton Rouge Arsenal. A special despatch from New Orleans to the _Herald says that Major Haskins, with two com panies, refused to surrender the Arsenal at Baton Rouge. He was surrounded by 600 State troops, and after a parley with Governor Moore and the Mayor he surrendered at noon. The excitement is great. Alabama passed the secession ordinance on the 11th : " Cannon were fired, bells rung, and great enthu siasm manifested generally. The secession ordi nance is similar to that of South Carolina, with an addendum inviting all the Southern States to meet Alabama in convention for the purpose of forming a new Government at Alabama on the 4th of Feb ruary. The ordinance was adopted by a vote of 61 to 37. After its adoption the doors were opened, and Mr. Yancey in behalf of the ladies formally presented a flag to the Convention. The new flag was waving over the Capitol." The Union and Douglas Conventions of Kentucky both recommended the passage of Mr. Crittenden's resolutions. The ordinance for the secession of Mississippi was signed on the 10th. Florida seceded on the same day by a rote of 62 to seven. The Virginia Legislature had passed the following resolution : " Resolved, that in view of the imminent danger of civil war this Assembly, in behalf of the Com monwealth of Virginia, ask respectively on the one mun an ic a at c e on t c h e e rn ir . hand of the President and on the other of the autho rities of each of the Southern States, to the end if preservd,. that they possible that peace may be respectively and reciproc ally also that the status quo of assurances in response; all the movements tending to collision on arses of the nation shall on ing the forts and . _ maintained either hand be strictly for the present, el actual aggressive attempts ; also except to reP . that the Gove rnor communicate by telegraph im mediately these resolutions to the President and. Governors of the Southern States." Great fear of an insurrection of slaves was felt in - t h e neighbouring Virginia counties, and patrols about every plantation were established ; 25 kegs of powder were found secreted in various places. r GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION. Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners chartered yesterday afternoon, the 24th inst., the Utopia, of 949 tons, belonging to Messrs. J. Barned and Co., of Liverpool, to sail from Birkenhead for Melbourne, Victoria, at £ls 17s. Gd. per statute adult. A CIIILDREN'S BALL AT PARIS.—" The children's ball which was lately given by the Princess Mathilde in honour of the Prince Imperial was, says the Sport, " most charming, It commenced at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and ended about S. The Emperor arrived at 4, and the Princo Imperial, who wore the costume of a marquis of the old regime, lat a quarter past. His Imperial Highness was received by an the little guests, who grouped themselves on his passage. The orchestra was composed of children, I all in exceedingly pretty costumes, and the Prince insisted on dancing with the lad who played the flute. Mademoiselle •\\ralowska was attired to represent a butterfly, and the Prince danced several times with her. Mademoiselle Minetta Vimercati, daughter of the Director of the Mint ing Establishment of King Victor Emmanuel, was in the costume of a Spanish girl, and the son of Madame Bizot as a postilion of the time of Louis XV. The Princess Ma thilde, when the Prince arrived, said with a smile ' Good day, my child ! Give meta pattc !" (y9ur pawt).after a Prince looked at the Princess with surprise,dbmuc.t — his foot 1 The ball concluded with the moment's reflection stepped back, andyresenteo Orphcc, undrilio of " 4,6 QM