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The promptness Of Great Britain in forbid
ding upon the first alarm Of war, tue export
ation Of arms and the constituents Of gunpow-
der, presents an e1nmple which it is advisable
to initiate in this country. We ere informed
that the purchases Of ship timber in the United
States for. the British Admiralty have been 60
heavy as to nearly clear the market, and vast
quantities are actually stored, awaiting trans.
portation. Owing to the war, the supplies OF
live oak timber, which came from the South,
hare been cut of. The Virginia sources have
also been practically closed, and at this mo.
ment, when Congress Is about to urge the
most energetic measures for doubling tie
navy, it is almost impossible for the American
shipbuilder to find material for single vessel.
To stop this exhaustion sf strength for the
benefit Of q foreign, and possibly a hostile pow
er, it ill not be the dictate Of retaliatory poll
cy, but of policy which looks to the safety
Of our own people before that Of the stranger
The Government cannot act in the matter too
, 1861-01-28

ao oae cftEa "anJ lns Eesh Is hatr to" Il rreys
1aat. little Understood. s2d 20 much neglected
Ccatiyauesa- 0tsI originating in caree.sneas,
sntary habits 1t regarded slight disorder Of tee
little consequence to excite anxiety while II reality It
l. the precursor and companion Ct soy Of the soat
fatal and dangerous dseazes and unless early czdc
ted 1t Will brig the sufferer 70 M nnt1elJ Rr1Ya
Amo1g thu EghteF sv11s OF which custIyenss1 il tta
rsusl attendant are Headachs. Collie. Rheumstsr,
Foa1 Breath, fes, and othezs Ct liza aatcse. whtls
to2s tra1 ut frhtfn diseases such ~ Malignant f.
Esrs Abcas:es. Dgseater5. Diazrhca D5spep.!a Apo
plexy. Epilepsy, Pa:a1ssts HystsEa Hypochordriaat
Melancholy e:d insanity sst indicate their presence
In the system b5 this alarming symptom Not unf-,
1rs1ty the diseases canned originals in Corstl2ator
bnt take independent exlstenca nnlesa tie casa
Il er2aicatcd In an early stn$e From all these couad
ht1ona It follow: that tue disorder ahoa1d reco;vs -
mediate attention whenever 1t occugs aud no person
should neglect tc Ees boz Of Cephsltc Pills on the
Fret appearance Of the complaint their timely uss
vii expsl the insdnoua approaches Of dses4s aa1 d.
sto7 this dangerous foe to human l1a.
, 1861-01-28
Does Victoria Own sout1, caro,fn.

Does Victoria Own South Carolfna.
The Toronto Daily G'eJc raises new issu e
in the discussion Of the locus sandi Of the &C.
ceding State Of South Carolina. The point
raised By the G!obe will furnish new fuel for
discussion:
upposethatthis (a dissolution Of the Union)
IS consummated, some curious questions will
arise with regard to the national standing Of
the seeding States. Great Britain has recoe-
nized the national independence Of the United
States. But does that necessarily involve the
recognition OF the nationality Of South Caroli-
MI, for example, when she ceases to form part
Of the Union? Ier colonial relations to Great
Britain only ceased in virtue Of her being
merged in the United States, whose Indepen-
dent nationality was recognized by the mother
country. When she ceases, then, to form part
Of that nationality, docs s1e not, BY the Law Of
nations, revert to her former position Of colo
nial dependence on Great Britain?
In the year Ito the British Government, for
tie sum of 81, 500, purchased the Carolinas
ger under tue 9yis Of the American flag, viii
they not again III the nature of things become
the properly Of Great Britaina England NAV
find it worth her while to produce her old IT,
tic deeds to the cotton producing territories in
the South. Her manufactures furm SO impor-
tant an element to the wei1-bcing Of her pco-
pie, that it is not convenient for her to be de-
pendent Oh foreigners for ler cotton supplies.
Moreover, in the interests sofhumanity, it would
beweu that the Southern as we'll us the North
ern portion Of This continent shou1d.be Brit
ish. Slavery would not long exist under the
British rule, and with q free Republic in the
center OF the continent, bounded north and
south by free British colonies, the future Of
North America might be looked to by the
friends Of human progress with the most
cheering anticiration5. :"
, 1861-01-28

st. Louis will save its business men from
loss and ruin BY avoiding tic errors vi some
of the cities on the Lower Mississippi. The
other day an dsent Of the New York and Eric
Railroad Company WIS putting up ono Of the
finely illuminated cards Of the read in the
office Of the St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans,
when freeatcr came up saying: "The New
York. and Erie Railroad Yes!- Through
broad guagc route! Yes! Let's scc,", he ad-
ded, II think New York gave about fifty thou
sand majority for 1incolnl" Saying which he
destroying it, The agent. mildly .rempnstra-
ted, but crowd soon collected, and the land
lord soon informed him it would not be cafe
for him to remain longer in the house. He
collected his baggage, and left the city as
speedily IS possible. y:
Yesterday morning ono Of the citizens Of
Dubuque received aletter from his brother,
living in Kentucky, conveying the information
that because he had formerly been resident
Of Q free -Iilinois-he had been warned
to leave Kentucky within the succeeding ten
days. lie Is q merchant and q landowner, has
been resident Of the State nearly a. year, has
taken no part ip political matters, and faid or
done nothing 10 forfeit the respect of his
one and If he remains, he will in all likelihood
be subjected to bodily peril
These high.handed proceedings of course
bear heavily On individual citizens of the
North, but they will result in ruiuous reac-
tion upon the South. Capital, labor, enter
prise will be driven Northward; the ordinary
branches of Industry will be paralrzcd; and
the masses Of the South will soon rue the day
when they permitted their political interests
to be committed to the keeping Of disunion-
lists and terrorists.
, 1861-01-28
BKEESE-S REPORT

EtxAE43s%Gc AAAA& OAAASe
It will be interesting 10 members Of the 1c.
6oth branches OF the General Assembly 10
print new editica Of Breesets Illinois Re
ports. which lave been Tor some time out Of
print, aud commanding unreasonable prices.
Judge Bcechcr l,aa gone East to supcgintend
the publicat:on.-CoT. 10. Democrat.
We have nothing TO say against the issue
Of another edition Of Bcese's Reports. But
why, VIC ask, is it necessary to send abroad
to lave it printed? We venture to say
that no State in the Union is SO largely in
debtcd to the local press for its progress III
population, wealth and improvements, as
tue State of Illinois. And it strikes us us
an exceedingly small business on the part
at our Legislature, when it has patronage
of this character to bcstow, to send it to
establishments on the seaboard. We
should moi have word to say If the work
could be done in better style Of at q cheap
CT rate abroad than at home. But such is
not the fact. It can be done as well in
Illinois asNcw York OF Boston; and, tax
ing into the account the salary and the cx-
penscs Of the special agent who has gone
East 10 supcrintenl the publication, at far
less cost toihe State. VIC state the fact for
tue benefit Of ti:osc who hare TO foot the
bill, believing that they will agree with us,
that the Legislature has gone out Of sway
to discourage home manufactures, and has
been guilty, upon the whole, Of an inellahly
mean and scurvy trick.
, 1861-01-28
The D smnge which Mr. Buchanan hns
Done The American Confedcracy.

lE Eulu iuE lUMIAfn 41l4C3 VI IAI ~
Never for many years can the United States
be to the, world what they have been. Mr.
BuchRnan's message Was greater blow to the
: American people than all the rants Of tho
Georgian Governor or the ordinances" ,ofthe
Charleston Convention. The President has
dissipatcd the idea that tho States which
elected him constitute one people: We: had
thought that the Federation was Of the natnre
Of q nationality; We find that it is nothing
more than partnership. u any. State may on
grounds satisfactory to a, local INVENTION,
dissolve the Union between itself and ita fcl-
lows; il discomfort with the election of
President or the passing Of. IN obnoxious law
By another State, or, 1t may be, o restrictive
tnriff, gives State the fright Of revolution"
and permits tito withdraw iteelf from flie
community, then the position ofthe American
people with respect to foreign powers is coul-
plctely altered. It Is strange that a race whose
patriotic captiousness when in'the society Of
Europeans is so remarkable should be SO ready
to divide and give up the ties OF fAloW7clti-
zenship for caLse which strangers art Unable
to appreciate: Still stranger is it that a Chief
Magistrate who would have plunged the world
in war rather than asuspicion6 craft should be
boarded by English officers after it hal dis
played the stars and stripes, br who would
hive done battle against despots for any |natu;
ralized refugee from Continental: Europe
should, without scruple, aud against the advice
Of his own Secretary Of State. declare the
Federal Union dissolved whenever refractory
state chooses to secede. =, g i -
, 1861-01-28
AnncxIng Alrendy---'Thc Annexation
OF Florida to GeorHfu.

This topic has been frequently discussed of
late, it is true by private individuals, hut such
as are presumed to represent considerable
public sentiment in the State Of Florida. We
hnTe 20 means Of knowing the sentiment OF
the great body Of her posple, aud if we had the
slightest indication OF their opposition to the
measure propo$d we should refrain; from all
nllusfon to tie skhJcct.
It is proposed, as before stated, to iividethc
State Of Florida by the Apa]achicola River, the
western division then to be annexed to tue
State Of Alabama, and all cast Of tie line, in
Gliding the islands, to be incorporated with the
State Of Georgia..
While such u division would straighten tho
line Of Alabama and give symmetry to her pru-
portions, besides giving ller ono Of the best
seaports in the Union, furnished with navy
yard and well fortified, the accession to Geor-
gin would make her imperial in her, domain,
and with climate atfordinE nearly every pro;
duction Of the world. We should raisc Ice In
our northern, and tropical fruits in our SOUTH
ern section. The country annexed, too, under
the new order Of things, would settle up rap
idly, mud soon become one Of tho most prolific
sections Of the continent. Readily accessible
by natural and artificial highways, in few
bic domain unappropriated to the wants Of
mankind.
1nr new and independent existence upon
which both Florida aud Gcorgfa'wil1 probably
soon enter will afford an excellent opportunity
for negotiations on this subject, without refer
ence from any quarter whatever, They can
arrange the matter to suit themselves, and no
one can rigltfully say nay.
The public debt Of Floritla may be regarded
as, perhaps, the leading obstacle to the pro-
posed annexation but we apprchcnd this will
prove more Of an imaginary than real hind
Tance. Whatever may be her debts, her re-
sources, well managed, as they would be in the
rn$T Ia IL
an % an mieht reaaiy is Ten be de rtb it,
the bondholdcrs for existing securities to re-
main statu quo, undisturbcd by the act Of an
nexation, only that the administration Of the
assets would pass from the hands Of one State
into the hands Of another. Georgia and Ala
bama need not incur any additional obligation
By the moyement-Sabannah-R -Rkpublicail, Jan.
1Sfh
, 1861-01-28
Blue ISLAND, Jan. is. 1861.
New York O1acc Seekers.
4 New York correspondent Of the Boston

- New York Onlce Seekers.
a New York correspondent Of the Boston
Ea writes:
The man most likely, at the present writing,
to wear the 1nautle OF Mr. Seward, as United
Sta.es Senator from New York, Is Horace
Greeley, Of tho Tribune. He is supposed to be
able, already, to count up nearly ihe requisite
the Senatorship. :. His election is, III fact,
thought by some Of the State Senators to be a
fore.one conclusion. You knoT lis competi-
tors are :ErartE, Noyes, Raymond and one OF
two less known nHulee. - -
For tie Golleetorship, the first to be named
date; who /: dragooned into allowing his name
10 be used as representing large mercantile
Interest, and as assisting Seward end Weed to
pay Oft the past due political debts Of that hrm
which have largely accumulated. Tile anti
Weed wing are quietly pressing Joseph Hoxic
and George :opdyke, whose personal claims
certainly are superior on the score Of service
rendered, to those Of Mr. Grinncll.
There are any number Of other names: men,
toned in connection with the Collcctorship,
but the only one.wortA adding to the above Is
that of Hiram Barney, >an intimate friend Of
Governor Chase, and an incorruptib1y honest
man., Runor says that Chase, as Secretary OF
to superinrtnd tic revenue collection at this
port, Nor. would there he q whisper In any
quarter in opposition. ,.':..
James i. Briggs, formerly from Ohio, and
the agent of thar State in this city, is up for
tho Naval Office, without any competitor that
know OF. His chance is considered assure
thing.
Outside of tho local circle, some speak as
though Charles Sumner we're likely to be ex-
ported to; Windsor Castle; L have heard Of
Hi1dretl as Hawthornc's successor. at Liver
pool, and Richard G. Mccormick IS Consul, In
future, to London. George William Curtis IS
to Paris, Ito finish his history Of Francc.)
Both Fremont and :Digelow (of the Evening
Ibst,) are mentioned a. Ministers to France,
while Bryant is the rulnorcd representative Of
the United States ut the Italian Court. News-,
paper men are on the top wave, for Raymond
is talked Of for Brazil-a profitable place;
tlrned US Minister to Austria, BY way Of sally
tug OYER the old aQro. !. :
, 1861-01-28
Amendments to the City Charter.

-z04lo!5 VI AAE 414uAAt.
The following views, which have occurred to
nc rs important to the property owners of
this city, would be glad il you would insert
in your valuable journal.
In looking over the amendments proposed
to the city charter, one Of which is to consoli-
date the different branches Of public works
Into one board, which was much needed, as
heretofore the portion Of tho work that should
have been done first was generally last, to the
great Injury Of the improvement and at double
cost. Having gone SO far in the right way, /
sm Of tie opinion thoee who framed the
amendments should not stop there. They
should propose some way to Tighten the bur
den Of the property owners in paying for spe-
cial improvements on streets, &c. At present
they are required TO pay within one year, which
compels many to mortgage their property to
raise money at from twelve to fifteen per cent.
per annum, and in many eases the property is
sold to pay for the Improvement subject to
redemption by paying cent per cent damages
and further, from the uncertainty Of the col
lection being made within the time specified
in the assessment, contractors invariably ask
from o5 to 333s per cent. more for the work
than they wouldi1 payment were made month
II as the work progresses. You will not be
surprised ut this when I tell you that
the contractor in most cases is; Obliged to
borrow money to do the work at the rate Of
from two to three per cent. per month"; Us the
large cities, to pay for the improvement Of all
intersections Of street crossings, rs they do
not front upon any property, and considered
Us public highway out Of the general fund,
which have no doubt would give general sat-
isfaction here.
1see that the general meetings of the Coun-
ell arc limited to once month. t1linkHAey
should meet MS often as twice month, for the
following reasons: Petitions presented to the
Council Tor public Improvement. require, &C.
cording to the charter, from tllrce to four
meetings Of the Council bcfure the assessment
is confirmed, and in most cascs the petitions
are presented to the Council in the month Of
Any and Junc and delay from two to three
months would throw the work back to the
fall, to the great injury Of the work, as we'll as
nll parties concerned.
Special meetings of the Council are looked
upon here as party meetings. There has been
more than fifty meetings Of the Council calldd
during tals Administration, md believe not
more than three have been able to get quo.
run, and when special meetings are called no
business can be transacted. except what is
embraced in the call
Party INTERESTED.
, 1861-01-28
Gbitaaq Gtibutte,
MONDAY. JANUARY es, 1861.
maRDXT CKEDIRLE,

Aspecial dispatch from Frankfort, Ky:, 10
the Cincinnati Commercial, states TINT Geo.
N. Sanders is ut the former place, assuming
to be the mouth-piece Of Judge Douglas,
and NJ such, advising the immediate seces-
sion Of the border States, with view to
reconstruction" Atrocious Is hns been
a large rart of the public career Of Mr.:
Douglas, VIC cannot wholly credit the state-
ment that he has sent Sanders to Frank
fort on any such reasonable mission. al
though lie Inns ignominiously rctractcd alt
his brave words about enforcing the laws
and suppressing treason, uttered at Nor
foil, Va, and las asserted there is no pow
CT under tic Constitution to do either the
one or the other, still we arc not yet quite
prepared to belicre tnat he has set upin the
treason business Oh his own account. hlr
Douglas' constituents will await develop
mcnts on this subject with not little in
terest.
, 1861-01-28
The Kansas Sufferers to their Friends
In New York..

= - A. f,,,o,.
Ihe following letter, addressed 70 tus Suan-
man Of tue Kausss Relief Committee, has Just
heen recetvea -...:..-..
II. n Ill.,, n,,x- c:..,:
mA. =. bA3ANI, Es2wmy lyt,c,,ssna meSr ~ 1n1.
:tour d3spatch UraW 1oI Lntss an.- uol ~,
loats, bFougnt tears TO tae ey1 " nany 81:
aa1ous aearE Ieaa u ns, uou .,a3.,} ha.oo
enoaI oi Goa m 9sess New ana aotA ,sr3asa 1,harn7
neen heard az about: 1ou nave asvlA5a r. noe, ",
}5n4lnEs ny ilei9ht plS tna5 WY NY nh;o ~
1ot o. meal @ pa11 lor py 1o'e ~ J4iv, ~,
were ol,@'2. Ihos *Wnlle un.o psoGuaSn+ 9a+ tnS 70
money 10 ouy ano snip suca az ott,r;ant "
1ooa lor our poor people. yonr wv w H Um.s'ns
Pn1d ior lne entire italsPo5sataon ~ naneas
Mofe lnan t"o nunoleu conmt.eee J Gre'J
Week send teams mere sof nreaast1ns. % 1 otsca
my or moro are loaded u: =; slngIe -uay nu
tnat Whole consignment ~ Wlll ~ soon eH pe ~ ~
t4ousand CABINS, anu gave Ae ano eoni1oit ~
Us many households.
g 2, nave been very ANXIOUS LOT :seea Ela!n:
To-doy heard Of two thousand busheis Of
spring wheat .thatconld pc sent i1t 1felsnts Ia
could be paid. and this hour 4ave sent NE
patch to Wisconsin saying, Send along the
Wheat-New York has spoken?
:: "1trust your: offering will make JOYFUL q
thousand households next summer, and thus
"Mr. 4. Of Bourbon county came today
, 1861-01-28

TEIErr Murrosx or DOLLARS 2AvKn-31e. spslttaz
has sold two millions Of bottles ot hia celebrated FRA
pared Cline anc 1t i estimated each bottla SAYS. at
least tan dol1ara "eEth Of bsokea fusnturs Thus ak
Leg N aggregate Of twenty millions Of dollars ~
claimed from total 1css bE thlH valuable invention.
Eavn- made his Glue 1lousshoId voel he Row pEo.
cses to do the world s: srsatar service by curing III
=5e selling heas x1th his Cephalc pills and ii ts5 axs
u good ~ hts 5lus Ea&daeasa Will aoao yaHt.e Azz7
nSe kaov II 1ulx.
, 1861-01-28
South Carolina Preparing to Foot tho
Bill.

Revolutions are always more or less expen-
sive--and the first thing to be done whenever
one Is to be started is to prepare to meet the
cost. a bill has accordingly been introduced
into the South Carolina Legislature to raise
money for the expenses Of the current year,
From the report accompanying the bill We
learn that there WAS a deficiency III the sup
plies for the last fiscal year Of $I16, ,456-and
that the ordinary wants for the present year
are estimated at $615, 900, making the aggrc-
gate to be raised for the ordinary expenses Of
the Government, $733S5,456 But for military
purposes there will be required $91+ 600 more,
10 that the aggregate amount to be raised this
year By the State is 81, ,Gl7, 400 or nearly three
times US mitch as was ruisel last year. The
report states that the Committee rely upon Il
deduction Of about $3.50 GOO from the original
estimates for military supplies as "impor-
tant acquisitions Of arms and munitions Of
var have recently come into possession of the
Statc,"-or in other words, as they have seizsd
property belonging to the Federal Government
10 that amount, which they do not expect to
pay for. =.
The oill reported provides very elaborate
schedule Of special direct TAXATION, not only
on the lands end other property Of the State,
but Oh incomes Of every kind. The follow
Ing table gives some Of the leading items Of
this bill. -
, 1861-01-28

GRAND RAPIDS AND INDIANA RAILROAD.
We are informed BY Mr.. Loman, President
Of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Company, that he hass received :a.lyices from
their attorneys In New York announcing that
q favorable contract has been made with Euro
pean capitalists; which will insure the compile,
lion Of. this road from Grand Universe Bay, in
this State, to Fort Wayne, 1nd--Jaeksoa Put
riot Jan. q,
, 1861-01-28
Interesting Items. .
FoRa1A1 CHARGE or TREASON AGAINST THE
RECESSION LEADERs. =.

WAtttiSdToSs J1!1. ., lsbl.
:. G. Treadxell, lawyer Of New York, on
saturday handed Chief Justice Taney an ALL
daylt, 4, n & which b, he charges Governor Floyd,
Dayis, General Lane Of Oregon. and nil the SC.
ccding delegations, except Mr. Hill Of Gcoreia,
mud the greater part Of the other sontbern
delegations in Congress, except Mr. Bonlionv-
By name, with trtason and 1nfsprison- of fre,.
son, and pays that Winfield Scott, James Bu:
enanan R9bsrt anderson an others may be-
treason is death, and of imprisonment mn md ~ n
fine not less than one thousand dollars.
Judge fancy kept THO affidavit three days.
and ordered the Clerk, NJ. Carroll, to returnit'
with the remark that 1t was not a.proper ia,
per to be subm5ttedto the Court.
MI. TreadWen is q venerable mau, seventy
, 1861-01-28

III I'd = 'orr!b1s 'eadacha this nafte1noo1. hand
stepped into the apothecsEiss hand to
"Can Jou heasa mo Of IN 'eadaehe?" "Does It hzehe
'aEd. taJa o. "Hexceedlns1y~ aays hl hand upoa
that q gave nc ceDhalie Pill hand pen omar It
cured ne - quick thas 'Ardly realised ~ I'd an
'sadachA
, 1861-01-28

Northwest which seeks New Orleans IS an
ocean depot?
The conclusion Of the whole matter IS
that no part Of the Mississippi river can
pass peacefully into TUG hands Of a foreign
power: II its mouth goes out Of the 5uris~
diction of the United States, it must be at
ter all forciblc means Of retaining it have
been exhausted. =.
, 1861-01-28

u Did you ssar have ths Sick H&adaeas7 "a yoa
rensmoer the throhhiug tenple the tevared brow hi
oathlnE sad disgust at the sight II food How totally
nn1t You were foz pleasure. coavessatien or study
oae the Cepha'ic Pills would have relieved ron iron,
Ill tho suffering Ehleh you thsn experienced. 70
ths and othsr purpo.es yon shou.d al*ay, hays b.
aftasn Oh hAa2 70 rse II eecaaiea suaui1s..