The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1861-04-11

al convention to amend the constitution pass.
ell the House last week, having previously
passed the Senate. . ag.4 80. -.
The bankers of Chicago have thrown
out the bills of fory-two Wisconsin banks in
consequence Of The deficiency in their securi-
ties--the same reason that exists is the case
of the Illinois banks. I'd ei5E'af9
f. The late census returns show that the b
free population of the Confederate States a.
mounts to 2,656 48l souls, including men,
women and children. In order to raise the
proposed loan OF Sl5 600 900, tax Of S5,-
64Per capita must be levied on each one. ,s7
IS ,cretary Chase is one of the most indie.
tatigable men in the Departments. He ooes
to his office by o'clock in the morning, and
remains continuously ill three in the morn
ing, unless he is interrupted by Cabinet
meeting when that occurs, he returns and
often labors till sunrise. r.a. ais
Samuel Hoy, boy only ten years of age,
residing near Cornwall, c. W., fsncying that
If his father were dead he could get posses. /,
sion OF his farm, attempted twice to poison
him with strychnine, and finally shot him. in
tllcung wound that it is believed will prove
fatal. The young murt erer was arrested, .g
Al new ministers are expected to start
for their posts Immediately, The law allows
thirty days usually for preparation, but the
condition of affairs in this country REQUIRES
their presence at their post at once, espt tcally
ut the leading missions, to counteract the ef
forts that will be made for the recognition of
the Southern Confoderacy. -.
The Galveston (Tcxas) News saws that
the property seized by the Texas troops at
San Anton'a amounted to fty-fve thousand
dollars in specie, thirty Eve thousand stand
of arms, g6 pieces of mounted artillery, IA
pieces OF dismounted artillery, any quantity
of ammunition and other munitions of war. and
n large collection of horses, mules, wagons,
forage, etc. '' H a 'e7. 0aEe'
Since the discovery of coal oil in Penn
sylvania, seventeen thousand barrels have
been received in Pittsburg, and S2l3 500
worth of purified oil has been sold. Great
ACTIVITY prevails among manufacturers of
machinery, and large sums have been expend-
ed in purchasing steam engines and other ne.
cessary apparatus for boring the earth in
search of oeagnous wealth. .r,-.a-r- I'd.
Helper, the "lrrepressible Crisis man.
publishes II card in the Natoal Rebuplicsn.
at Washington, denying, as charged In the
Dayton Empire, that he had appeared as a
lecturer in the latter city; had an audience of
of but twenty three persons. and slipped away
without paying his bills lie states that never
in his life has he been within two hundred
miles of any part of Ohio.
The sccessionists are making headwav
in Eastern Virginia. In Richmond a seces-
sion Mayor has been elected by one thousand
majority. The Richmond Wing, a siaunch
U mon paper, has been bought UP by seces-
sonsts, and its editor voted out. 1t will
hereafter be disunon organ The sum of
$2o, 600 was promptly subscribed TO start a
Union paper. '. Ma
1t is absolutely astonishing what an
amount Of wisdom there is in the world. -
This secession business has developed an en- I.
tirely new stock. To crush secess on-en-
courage it to kill it--acknowledge it, and to
end it forever, do all you can to help it along,
seems to be the very quintescence Of wisdom
OF the Democratic sort, at The present iunc-
ture.
A majority of the Peace Commissioners
from Kentucky, Messrs O. A. Wickliffe, g.
Morehead, James Gu hre, and Joshua i.
Bell, have formally reported to Gov. Msgof-
hn' explaining and approving the measures
adopted by The Conference The minority.
VIM o. Butler and James B. Clay, have pre-
sented dissenting report They are, sub
stantialy Secessionists. So he more is tie shame
to the degenerate son of Henry Clay. ass
The English Government has long been
IN the habit OF literally rewarding all deeds
RI OF humanity and daring at sea. Our Execu-
tive OF necessity, has been more chary of
gifts Of this kind. We are Glad to see, there
tore, that in one of the bills 81 900 is arpro-
priated to the President to enable him suita-
by TO acknowledge the services of The mas
tens and crews OF foreign vessels who afford
relief in case of shipwreck.
AN act passed by The Florida LegisIa-
ture declares that in tn event of any actu |
collision between the troops of the late Fed
eral UniCn, and those in The employ of the
: State of Florida, it sh III be the duty of the
Governor of the State to make public proc
amation of the fact, and thereafter the act of
holding Office under the Federal Government
shall be declared treason. and the person con-
vcted shall suifti death This act was appro-
we'd by the Governor of the State. oii6
,One of the Washington correspondents
of the New York Times notes as a fact which
has heretofore escaped record, that Mr.. Lin
coin kissed, on Inauguration Day, "the whole
thirty four girls, two of them quite grown,
who represented the thirty 10 If States Of the
Union" The same correspondent also states
that a Southern lady called upon the Presi-
dent. the other day with her growing family,
and Mr.. Lincoln 'took her little child into
his arms and kissed it."i This Southern lady
who was formerly opposed bitterly to the
President was 'eapivated" by him, and is
now one of bis warmrst friends. isl "a
Cost of the Confederate Army.
| Asnoar as we can estimate fiom the imper.