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Total contracts paid aad unr aid

All these contracts, with the excep-
ton of portion Of marble contract. Of
perhaps $50, 600 or $4,000, are to be
completed aud paid for in 1861.
Mr.. Rhctt read a statement of the af-
fairs Of the country, and ended by say
ing that we would not be far from the
truth, if the expenses Of the coming year
should be set down at two millions, and
the total resources amounted to only one
million FIVE hundred ana ffty-ive thou
sand dollars.
Mr.. Rhett continued:
In canlor, will stale, that we are
willing to take 200, 600 of cur certificates,
in addition to the 100000 already ia
ken. This is not official, but it is rela-
bic Still, there $4,000 600 less than
What is needed Now, is this tiule to
carry on the building? Some gentlemen
think that the Bank is not the Treasury.
But what is the case? There are only
500, 900 10 specie in bank to day. The
$3.50, 900 aivarcel the other day was
made by request Of the Legislature -
Perhaps the handsome donations OF Mr.
Mordecsi and Mr.. Lazarus are there
Gill.
But, Mr.. President, the bank is the
treasury .-Gentlemen of high honor are
placed over the bank, and they will not
allow the bank to become bankrupt. -
They will do their duty, if they shu: the
doors in your face. Now. when we are
taxing everything We can lay our hands
on, must we 90 GU with such buildings
as this? This bill has more friends taan
the bills to arm the State What had
you yesterday? a proposition was made
that $4,000 asked to assis. in thu edu-
cation Of girls for teachers would be cut
Down to one. The bill to provide for .
Coast Police was nearly cut down to
S400, 900. Now, hesitate about this
bill. This work eau be conducted to
the end of the year for S45, 900 instead
OF $50. 900. Let the contractors take
the paper of the State. Is it not good?
We must look to it, that we are not bank-
rupt before the ond Of the yesr TIE
taxes are our only resource. Are you
prepared to tax the bank $1,000 aili-
tioual!
Mr.. Palmer VIVA. is tho estimate Of
the wants Of the State?
Mr.. Rhett-It is estimated that the
State needs 81 $40, 900. But to this
add $3.50 900 for the use Of the Ord
nance Board. Add, also, $50. 1000 for
expenses of the Convention. But the
Chairman does not pledge hilnselt to any
particular amount.
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'aFdiy Realized.

Hi lad n orciole 'eadacLe this hnfternoon, ia 81
! stepped into the hapothecaries hand says ii
10 the man, Can you hease NE Of an 'eAdachs,'
Does It hacbc ard SAYS e. 'Hp1ceediuely.'
saws hi, bnri upon thai e gave me II CephalS
Pill. hand bon me 'cu0r il cured me 80 euiSk
that 'ardly realized 'ad ad AL 'eadache.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-01-24

MARTIN VAN BuREN's OPIyIoa OF Lis
COLIN At late dinner party in New
York city, er-president Van Buren, ro
lated that in his western tour, while
President one Lincoln a !Awyer Of some
local repute, was q chairman Of the re-
cep,ion committee and il their formnl
interview he WAS so much IMPRESSED with
aim that he called him to his own room,
afterwards. for more intimate discourse.
He had often thought of that interview
and that man and failing to hear oi
him in public Efe he had set it down that
a brillian. intellect was lost 10 tho world
under the ilsatiate leyeling Of tho gi-
gantic vest. Two years ago, however,
that man emerged, and was heard OF il
a senatorial! contest tia. aroused tic in
terest of the country. To-day he was
heard of as tho President elect. And TINT
man was Abraham Lincoln of Spring
field, Ill. Mr.. Van Buren, gave it as
his testimony from tho circumference OF
more than twenty years ago, that he
was endowed with talents to adorn ,hs
station"
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-01-24

Snow fell to the depth Of eight feet in the
vicinity Of Montreal on Wednesday. The
cars OF the Grand Trunk railway were stop
via Point Clare, and some time elapsed be-
fore they could proceed.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-01-24

There has been about ten millions of
dollars in specie received in this country
from Europe since the panic set in.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-01-24

of Maryland. and still more overwhel-
ming preponderanee of its property, in
telligence, and manly virtue.
Very respectfully and faithfully;
Your Friend and Servant.
w. r. WHITTINGHAM
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PoDHfnsi0n of the South.

We suhjniu the details Of the census Of 1850
for all the Southern States, except Delaware
aud Maryland:
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Bishop Whi!tingham Approves OF
Gov. Hicks Course.

It must be gratifying to Gov. Hicks
friends to know that the distinguished
Bishop of the Diocese Of Maryland hear
tily endorses the Governors conservative
position, as will appear from tho follow
ing letter.
To HIS EXcEILENCY
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South Carolina Finances.

ln the Senate Mr.. Hampton presented
report from the Committee Oh the New
State Capitol, in answer to a resolution
showing present liabilities for existing
contracts for materials, viz;
Balance of granite contract s3S, 900
White marble nov st Charleston q ,0o0
Tennessee marble, 70 arrive O,O0O
Tennessee marble, doors, Windows, &c 1885,
White marble, for Senate and caps 1880
WindoT f.smes, glass, &c $4,000
s27I,l6i
Psymsnts made IL 1866
Granite cap contract sY5,s0l
Tennessee marble 42,3o2
Marble work Of Tennessee 1886
-SI63,92 g
Total co,.,s,,. ost3 .aJ urrzid s425 Goa
The national Republican., 1861-04-05
DEPARTMENTAL.

OFFICERS OF THE MlNNEsoTA.-The fol
lowing officers have been ordered to the U. s.
steam frigate Minnesota, now being fitted for
sea at the Boston Navy Yard :: J. H. Stringham
flag officer; j. G.. Van Brunt, captain A,
Ludlow Case, commander; Reed Warden, J.
NJ. Wainwright, o. G. Badger, Watson Smith,
A. W. Johnson, J. P. Foster, and J. G. Nit.
chel lieutenants; G. L. Franklin, master; T.
s. jackson, chief engineer; G. W. Getty and
w. W. DUNCAN, first assistant engineers; g.
s. Bright and G. Il. Levy, second assistant
engineers w. Musgrave, R. s. Talbot, J. T.
Tucker, and G. W. Lensner, third assistant
engineers; J. G. Bell, boatswain; ]. G.
Ritter gunner; R. Barry, sailmaker and ]
G. Thomas, carpenter.
RrMovED--Wiiam III. Thomas, of d. c.
and j. F. Reighart, Of Pa, assistant examiners
in the Patent Office, have been removed.
AppoINTED-W. A. Browning, Of Tenn, L.
Austin Spaulding, and M. L. Brosins, of Pa.
have been appointed first.class clerks in the
General Land Office.
P. H. Townsend, of N. H. has been ap
pointed clerk of the same class in the Pen
sion Bureau.
REINsTATED.-Julus H. CAN'T, of Nd, who
was removed from his clerkship in the Paten
Office on Monday, has been reinstated
The national Republican., 1861-04-05
THE ADMINISTRATION.
The New York Tribune Of Wednesday 81

Inc NeW Ork IFtOuHc Vi wednesday says:
"The country. with scarcely show of dis.
sent, cries out, If we are to fight, so be it if
we are 10 have peace, SO much the better; IL
the Union can be preserved or restored, good
but If it cannot be, let us understand the fact,
and acquesce in it. At all events, let this in.
tolerable suspense and uncertainty cease
And again:
Let the Administration, so soon as may be,
proclaim its policy, SO plainly that it cannot be
mistaken. If the Union IL to be maintained at
oil hazards, let the word be passed along the
line that the laws are to be enforced, and the
people stand ready TO respond with heart and
hand. If the secession Of the Gulf States-and
of any more that choose to follows to be re.
garded as fixed fact, let that be proclaimed,
and let the line of revenue collection be estab.
lished and maintained this side of them. AT
oil events, let us have a clearly-defned pro.
gramme, and let it, when once proclaimed, be
lived up to. We only ask that it embody no
waiting on contingencies, no proongation OF
the present suspense, but that it shall be such
as will bring matters to focus at the earliest
moment possible"
The President proclaimed his policy from the
east front Of the Capitol, on the 4th Of March,
and in language which admitted Of no two in.
terpretations. If doubts have since arisen, it
has been from no action or insction on his part.
Considering the narrow limits Of the Exec.
utive power, his promise to hold, occupy, and
possess" as against all rebeions, the public
forts and public property, was the most impor-
tant feature of his inaugural, and the country
will find that the promise will be redeemed. II
Fort Sumter is yielded, it will be from mill
tary necessity, resulting from the conduct of the
late Administration, but the Florida forts, at
Key West Tortugas, and Pensacola, which were
accessible to relief, have all received it.
1t is for Congress, not for the President, to
recognise secession. The President can only
recognise the laws, and enforce them to the ex'
tent of his powers.
If New York has become impatient with the
uncertainties Of the present crisis, we should
like to know what they propose to do about it
This revolution was commenced less than SIX
months ago. Our old revolutionary war lasted
seven years. The New Workers are fast peo
pie, but must learn to accommodate themselves
to events and circumstances. They wish tt
know, instdnter, whether the Union is to be re
stored. That remains to be seen, and if they
find out before we do, We will thank them te
communicate the desired information.
The President is only responsible for the per
formance of his duty, and not for the restora
ton of the Union, either to-day, or six months
hence, or ever. Men control their own con
duct, but not results; but if anything can saw
the Union, it is the policy of the inaugural an'
from which there is no evidence that there ha
been the slightest deviation to this moment.
The national Republican., 1861-04-05

is too shrewd statesman to voluntarily attempt
to defy the moral sentiment OF Christendom
and the physical power Of England combined,
when, even if he were successful in conquering
both, the possession Of Hsyti would not begin
to balance the expenses Of governing it. AL
eiers near at hand, Madagascar, easy of con-
quest, are more inviting fields for his ambition
than Hayti, the cemetery Of the flower Of his
uncles greatest army.
81 have also official authority for stating that
last January England and France offered TO be
the mediators Of a treaty Of alliance and OF de-
fence between Hayti and the Dominican Re.
public, by achich the integrity Of the territory
both countries against all foreign Po,cers Is
commissioners named to conclude the treaty /;
and when it is signed, France and England
should be pledged to enforce it.
But even if France did not stand thus
pledged, is it likely that England would permit
her to seize Hayti, in violation Of the laws OF
nations and her own treaty stipulations
Neper For Hayti in the hands of q frst'clsss
Power would command the Gulf, and the Mole
St. Nicholas, by the expenditure of a few thou.
sands of dollars, could easily be made second
Gibraltar. England would not permit her
trade with Jamaica to be thus imperilled.'
TEYNEssEE-This noble State, as we advised
our readers weeks ago, upon information Of the
most authentic character, is up to tie fighting
point, and it is exceedingly doubtful if the
people there can be much longer restrained
from demolishug the JEFF Davis conspiracy
by main force.
A late number of the Nashville Democra,
says:
"There is point beyond which we cannot
goa point at which forbearance ceases to be
a virtue. We suggest that we have very nearly
reached that point now. The straw that is to
break the camel's back is now about to be put
on. The straw is the tariff which the seeding
Cottonocracy proposes to levy on such goods
and wares as our people send into those States
for sale. Not satisfied with stealing our forts
arsenals, money, and other property, they now
propose to tax US for the privilege Of selling
our lumber, goods, iron, and manufactured
articles, in their borders.
"In the name of high Heaven, what are w
to do? Are the freemen Of Tennessee willing
to bear the rule of traitors who are ready Il
betray US into the hands Of tsskmasters2 Ten
nessee, Kentucky, and the other border States
are to pay tribute to King Cotton. We hav'
shed our blood and spent millions Of money L
acquire free access to the Gulf Of Mexico. w
have built forts TO protect our commerce on tha
Gulf. We acquired the right to the free ant
unobstructed navigation of the Mississippi
river. 1t is our right, and no power on eartl
can or shall deprive us Of it. That river ant
those forts and custom.houses are as much ou
property as is the State Capitol at Nashville"
The national Republican., 1861-04-05
PREMIUM TRUNK,
SADDLE, AND HARNESS

MANDATORY,
49s SerenM street, opposite odd FsllopS Hall,
WASHINGTON, D. O.
Silver Medal awarded by Maryland Institute Of
Baltimore, November 7, 1860.
Also, Medal by Metropolitan Mechanics Institute,
Washington, D. O., 1867.
T AN CONSTANTLY making, and have on
L hand, Of the best material, every description
Fine Sole Leather, Iron Frame,
Ladies' Dress Wood Boz,
And Packing Trunks,
Carpet and Canvas Travelling Bags,
School Sdtchels,
Saddles, Harness, Whips, &C., &c.,
AT Low PRICES.
Superior Leather and Dress Trunks; also, Ce-
dar Trunks, (for keeping Moth out Of Furs and
fine Woolen Goods made to order.
Repairing, and Trunks covered, neatly and
with promptness.
Goods delivered in any part Of the city, George.
town, and Alexandria, free Of charge.
mar 22-y JAMES 8. TOPHAM.
The national Republican., 1861-04-05
NEWS ITEMS.

The steamer Georges Creek, Captain vii.
let's, from Baltimore, in proceeding up the
river to Savannah, was brought to on Saturday
night last by the battery at Fort Jackson. The
Georges Creek, it is alleged, having, when
abreast of the fort, no lights observable, was
hailed, and giving no answer, two blank car.
tridges were fred at her still failing to an.
swer, two balls were fred at her, one Of which
passed over her bows, and the other over her
stern, which Immediately brought her small
boat to the fort to explain her position.
The Great Eastern is appointed to sail for
New York on May lst next, under the com.
mand of Captain the Honorable 8. 7. Carne.
gle, R. N.
RETIREMENT OF GOVERNOR HoUsToN.-The
Austin correspondent of the New Orleans Plea.
yune, writing on the 2lst, says
General Houston made a farewell address
to our people to-day. He is going to return to
his home at Cedar Point, on Galveston Bay.
May peace and happiness attend him ".
Second Lieutenant s. M. Cooper, (son of ex.
Adjutant General Cooper,) Of second artillery,
United States army, has rendered his resigna'
ton.
The Pensacola Gazette states that two 80.
Founders have been obtained from st. Angus.
tine, and are to be placed in battery near the
port of St. Mark for the protection of that har
Dor. A call is made on the neighboring plant.
ers for laborers to assist in erecting sand bat.
teries.
A " Yelverton fund " is about to be raised
in Dublin, to assist the Hon. Mrs Yelverton in
future litigation.
Failures to the extent of 100000 have
taken place in Brockville, Canada, lately.
The sugar crop of Louisiana for 1860 is
valued at about twenty-five millions Of dollars.
Florida has Just sold half million of acres
Of land to some New Orleans spectators, at
two cents an acre.
Sam Houston still claims to be Governor Of
Texas, and has sent a message to the Legisla.
ture asserting his authority
The gross amount expended by the Canadian
Government on the entertainment of the Prince
of Wales was $232,374,23.
David c. Bond, d printer, was killed in Mem.
phis Tenn, on the 28th ult., by falling down
the steps Of the Overton House.
Forgeries to the amount of $4,000 have
been detected in Boston, the perpetrator Of
them, H. p, D. Bigelow, of the firm of Bge
low 4 knight, shoe dealers, having sbsconded.
Louis Napoleon has decided that a movable
! Photographic establishment shall be attached
The national Republican., 1861-04-05
VIRGINIA AND NEW GUARANTEES.

We copied yesterday from Painville (ohio)
| paper, statement of the quiet delivery up TO
I her master, of fugitive slave woman, which
is the second case of that kind in the same
State since Mr.. Lincoln's Inauguration, which
we have happened to notice. During the same
time, there have been several similar instances
in Pennsy lyanis, and nowhere has there been
any resistance to the regular enforcement OF
the fugitive slave law. In truth, that law has
always been executed without difficulty, in
nineteen cases out of twenty. The exceptional
cases are the ones which have been trumpeted
and clamored about, aud their number has
thus been greatly magnifed to the public ap.
prehension.
1t is practically Of no consequence to the
South, what may be the legislation, or popular
feeling on this subject, in remote States like
Massachusetts, Vermont, end Wisconsin. What
der free States, in respect to the rendition oi
fugitives from labor, and that conduct has never
been open to serious complaint.
While Virginia is urged to 60 out Of the
Union, If she cannot obtain new guarantees for
slavery, her sensible citizens do not fail to re-
member, that to 60 out Of the Union is to give
up this old guaranty of the right of recaptur
ing their fugitive slaves, which is of such es
sential value, that slavery could not long exist
in Virginia without it. The "niggerless De
mocray" care for no guarantees, old or new
What they want is revolution, and not any
greater security for an institution, the value o
which they have already greatly deprecated b.
the disorders they have stimulated, and tn
very existence of which they will destroy,
they are not put down by the good sense o
their fellow citizens.
The national Republican., 1861-04-05
GAS FIXTURES,

WE have in store, and are daily receiving,
w GAS FIXTURES of entirely new patterns
and designs and finish, superior in style to any
thing heretofore offered in this market. We in
vite citizens generally to call and examine our
stock of Gas and Water Fixtures, feeling conf
dent that we have the best-selected stock in
Washington.
All work In the above line intrusted to our
care will be promptly attended to.
MYERS l. McGHAN,
mar 20-6m 376 D street.
The national Republican., 1861-04-05
"THE ORIGINAL CHEAP SHOE STORE
Of Warrington City,

"THE ORIGINAL CHEAP SHOE STORE"
Of Warrington City,
ESTABLISHED IN 1851
T HAVE now on hand, and weekly receiving, q
i good assortment of those very superior Shoes,
at moderate prices.
l can safely assert that my stock of Shoes are
Of much better quality, at the moderate prices,
than to be bought elsewhere in the District, all
being reliable, and quite the same as recom-
mended, noted both for durability and neatuess
of FIT. My shoes are all made especially for the
retail trade. Ladies', Misses, and Children's
Shoes and Caters, at unprecedented prices.
Ladies' Lasting Caters, heel, (good,) s73 cents.
Surge (beIter) $l2b.
Welt besr,) $l.b0.
Children's Pat Ankle Ties, only 2b cents.
Lasting Caters, only 25 cents.
1000 pairs Ladies' Toilet Slippers, only rs cents
All to be bought at 522 Pennsylvhnia avenue,
between Second and Third streets.
apr l-eo3t W. Fl. DEWHURST.
The national Republican., 1861-04-05

BY GREEN & WILLIAMS. Auctioneers.
HOUSEHOLD and Kitchen Furniture and Pi-
IL ano Forte at Auction.-On SATURDAY,
the 9Th instant, we shall sell, in front Of our
store, No. 626 Seventh street, at 10 o'clock, A.
NJ, an excellent assortment of Household Furni-
turo, viz:
One Second hand Piano Forte.
Mahogany Dressing and other Bureaus.
Mahogany Sofas, Chairs, Wash, Work, and
other Stands.
Maple Cottage and other Bedsteads.
Bedding and Mattresses.
Tables of every description.
Cane and Wood Chairs.
China, Glass, and Crockery Ware.
With a large lot of other articles, which we
deem unnecessary to enumerate.
GREEN l. WILLIAMS,
apr Sat Auctioneers.
The national Republican., 1861-04-05

SAN Francisco APPoINrNESr.-J. P. Ran.
kin, collector; Samuel Parker, postmaster; h.
J. Stevens, superintendent Of the mint.
The national Republican., 1861-04-05

~ It is reported that DR.. T. H. Fisher, of
Fauquier county, has been agreed upon as o.
8. marshal for the eastern district of Virginia.
The national Republican., 1861-04-05
TO INVENTORS AND PATENTEES.
MUM AND COMPANY

TO INVENTORS AND PATENTEES.
MUM AND COMPANY
Proprietors of the Scientific American, and
Agents for procuring American and Foreign
PATENTS,
Viii Sirteea Years Experience tn the Businsss.
Refer to Hon. Judge Mason, Hon. Joseph Holt,
Hon. W. D. Bishop, eI-Commissioners of Patents,
and to more than fifteen thousand inventors
who have had business done through Mum &
Co.'s Patent Agency.
Pamphlet of advice sent free by mail.
Patent Laws and Regulations, 100 pages, rs
cents, mail.
No charge for consultation, orally or by mail.
Preliminary Examination in United States
Patent Office, S..
Offices No. 81 Park Row. New York Wash
ington corner of and Seventh streets, oppo-
site the Patent Office. mar l4-6m
The national Republican., 1861-04-05
SECRECY.

Ih0 ransactlOn OF Oil important business
behind closed doors, has been so uniform a
procedure on the part Of the GulfState con-
spirators, that it must have been a matter of
concert and understanding among them from
the 6rst. All their State Conventions acted
upon this plan Of secrecy, and it was followed
up by their General Convention, or Congress,
at Montgomery. And not only were their pro-
ceedings secret at the moment of transaction,
but, as it now appears, the injunction of secre.
cy is still kept upon them, and nobody Knows
when it will be taken off.
Thus, it appears from statements made in
the South Carolina Convention now in session,
that the following resolution was adopted by
the Montgomery Congress:
"Resolped, That the injunction Of secrecy
a. to the adoption Of the Constitution and as
to the proceedings of the Convention be re-
moved, 80 far as to allow each member to COM
municate the same in writing or otherwise, in
secret session, to any Of the State Conventions" "
To meet this requirement, the following reso.
luton was offered in the South Carolina Con.
vention, March q:
"Resolped That our delegates to Montgom.
sry be heard in secret session in relation to the
discussions in the Congress of the Confederate
States of America"
But even this resolution did not satisfy that
love of secrecy, which seems now to have be-
come . passion with the conspirators. The
South Carolinisns were determined, not merely
to hear their Montgomery delegates in secret
session, but to act upon the Montgomery Con-
stitution in secret session, and they accordingly
adopted by vote of $50 to 20 the following
resolution:
"Resolped, That when the Constitution of the
Confederate States is taken up by the Conven-
ton, it shall be considered in secret session ;
and the President Of the Convention is hereby
empowered and requested to employ two com.
petent stenographers to report the debates and
proceedings which take place on said Consttu.
ton"
The people of the new Confederacy, who are
allowed no vote of their own upon the form Of
their Government, and with their rulers deibe
rating and deciding with closed doors, have
not gained much in the way of liberty, in run
ming away from the rule of the Black Repub
icsns.
DGossEorIcUT.-The Republicans have elected
their Governor by eighteen hundred majority,
but have lost two members of Congress-
First District-Dwight Loomis, (Republi.
csn,) of Vernon, reelected.
Second District-James E. English, Demo
craft of New Haven, beating John Woodruff
tRspublican) by some 800 majority.
Third District--Alfred A. Burnham, IRE
pnblicsn,) Of Windham, re e.elected.
Fourth District--George G. Woodruff Dem
ocrai} bsating orris S. Ferry, (Republiean.)
SIhe Louisiana Convention has exempted tn,
bouds for the $4,000 900 Southern loan from
The national Republican., 1861-04-05
FOR SALE,

FOR SALE,
A RESTAURANT, situated in a good local
n ity and doing a good business. For par
ticulars, inquire at Young & Kephart's Liquor
Store, No. 2ss Pennsylvania avenue, between
Ninth and Tenth streets, south side.
mar 2S-6L*