Red Wing sentinel., 1861-03-20
NEWS OF SATURDAY,.

AT Inc last census u was decided that
illinois was entitled to thirteen members o!
Congress, but it has since been discovered
that she is entitled 10 fourteen, and special
session OF the State Legislature will no doubt
be called to take cogniznnce Of the matter
and provide for the vacancy. n jif4s&
Information from aIl parts of Virginia,
and especially from the western portion oi
the State, gives assurance OF the constant in
crease Of the Unian sentiment among tie
people. Though bordering on Pennsylvania
and Ohio for over four hundred miles
thus aiIording great facilities for the escape
Of slaves, it is in these most exposed por-
tions Of the State that the love OF Union is
the strongest; because here the people arc
best acquainted with their northern neigh
bors. The purchase and occupation Of "a
xnillion acres Of land in Virginia by North.
ern men during the last four; years, has
greatly added to the Union feeling, and tc
this result the exile Of John e.. Underwood
in 1856, and his scheme Of introducing
Northern men with their arts and manr,
factures, have largely contributed. The in,
augural has given great satisfaction to the
friends Of Union, who say whatever the
Convention may do, q majority Of the pco.
pie will resist all efforts for secession.
3g Mr.. Douglas. says tho New York Times
insists that the scheme Of collecting tie re-
venue on shipboard, Of the mouth Of the
Mississippi, is impracticable, for tho reason
that the President has no right to remops
the Custom House from New Orleans. 4
these difficulties are such aA they are estated
to be, the Confederated States would seen
to have Uncle Sam on the hip. They ma;
open their ports to the FREQ trade Of the
world, and since we deny their independence
and have no custom houses ON the dividing
line between the tMo Republics, they may
food our country with European goods
which have paid TO duty. Ifthis state o
things is to be tolerated., must not the effect
be to draw OFF vast deal <6 trade from
Northern ports? Will foreign goods b.
imported at New York, Philadelphia, Bostor
and Baltimore, at rates Of 5twenty-tiv apd
thirty per cent duty, when they can enter
Charleston, Savannah, Mobile and New
Orleans free? II sI'f,..f-..f ~. r., = t'.y
The Philadclphia Press remarks that ths
complete prostra,ion Of many bptiness
interests still continues Nothing is more
fatal to enterprise than state of suspense
and with the dread of an impending ciyi
war hanging over the country, the people
await withiutense anxiety the issue ofevents
and hesitate to embark innew and impor
tant pursuits before the clouds, that darker
the horizon are dispelled. Besides, the diff
Guilty in obtaining remittanccs from the
South to discharge the heavy Indebtedness
due to many Of the Philadelphia merchants
has crippled their resources, and in this
and other ways the channels Of trade have
been so much inpeded that great tinancia
distress exists among nearly all active
business men. ,sa
While Washington is thronged with host:
of eager Office seekers-rendercd, perhap:
more numerous than on any former occasion
ION account Of the radical change which j:
anticipated, and the large number Of per
sons thrown out Of their usual employments
by the prevailing business derangement-i
seems that Montgomery, too. as the seat 0
the "new confederacy'; Of the Cotton States
is overrun with applicants for the position!
which will be created IN the various depart
'ments Of the rebel Government. II is no
IMPROBABLE that among the other motives
which have induced the secessionistsIt to pre-
,cipitate a revolution, has been desire t,
provide offices fer them selves and friends a
the expense of the people Of. the South. Al
all events, the unusual spectacle Of two cap
.italss filled with two sets, Of place-hunters il
now presented, and never before did ou
country contain so many men who wer,
eager to quarter themselves upon its treas
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