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The national Republican., 1861-03-13
WHO Is RESPECTARIE7

BY the law of Maryland, negroes are not al
lowed to assemble without some "respectaJle
white person is present, duly authorized. A
religious meeting was held by the negroes un.
der the direction of a person who voted for Mr..
Lincoln for President. The States attorney,
Mr.. Bouic, contended that man who had
voted for Mr.. Lincoln was not respectable
person, within the meaning OF the law. After
Mr.. b. had concluded Judge Brewer delivered
the opinion of the court, aud commented very
severely upon the conduct OF Mr.. Bouic, saying
that he had practiced law and presided on the
bench Tor more than thirty years, and it was
the first time in his experience that any lawyer
had attempted to test the respectablliy Of
person BY his politics. Ii this position was sus.
tanned, he saw no reason why a mau's religion
should not also be made the test Of his respect.
ability, and he hoped it would he the last time
that any lawyer would raise the point
The Judges remarks were so pointed and se-
we're, that Mr.. Bouc was said to have turned
pale. learn that several owners Of slaves
who were present approved the Judges re.
marks, and condemned the conduct Of Mr..
Bouic as calculated to injure the cause he pre-,
tended to sustain.
the Bench, and one, doubt not, MIR. Buuic will
remember during the remainder OF his profes,
sional life, and may serve perhaps to modify
his intense slavery views, al least in tn. prac
tce OF the law. II may therefore be suppos sed
to be settled, that q man who voted for Mr..
Lincoln is respectable citizen in the State o!
Marylaud REsPECrABILlTY.
Rockrais, Nd.
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DEPARTMENTAL.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREAsURY.-
Mr.. George Harrington, formerly Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury under Mr.. Fillmore's
administration, yesterday, at the request Of the
Secretary, entered upon the discharge of the
duties Of that office.
Mr.. Rodman, who has been acting as the
Assistant Secretary, has returned to the duties
Of the Chief Cerkship.
REMovAr-Edward Stubbs, Jun, disbursing
clerk, STAT Department, was removed yester.
day.
APPoINrMENrs.-George E. Baker, of New
York, has been appointed disbursing clerk Of
the State Department in place Of Mr.. Stubs,
removed. The salary is $4,000 per anuum.
Warren Corwin, of Ohio, has been appointed
to first class Isl, ,2OO) clerkshp in the Interior
Department.
REsIGNArIoNs.-W. W. Gaines of Louisiana,
a $1,000 clerk, and II. G. McNulty, of Connec.
ticut, and W. L. G.. Keene, of California, 81, 400
clerks, Of the Sixth Auditors Office, have ten.
dered their designations.
GENERAL LAND OFFIcE.--The Commissioner
of the General Land Office has lately trans.
mitted to the Executives Of the States Of Mich.
igan and Minnesota the following lists of lands
enuring to those States under the railroad
grants:
A list embracing lso,579 acres in the St.
Cloud district enuring to Minnesota, for the
Pacific and Minnesota railroad.
Three lists, embracing lao, ,l09 acres, in the
Iowa and Saganaw district enuring to Michi.
gan, for the Flint and Pere Marquette and the
Amboy Landing and Traverse Bay railroads.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
To WHAT sraAsos Usrs MAY We Coxr r


The New York Advertiser says the Polytechnic
Association is, At its next meeting, to be feast.
ed with sugar made by chemical transforms.
ton from old rags, and with pudding made
from the gelatin Of old shoes. Leather being
composed of tannin and gelatine, the tannic
acid is extracted, and the gela,ine is then puri.
fed from the discoloring isnnite of iron, after
which it is Gt for culinary purposes.
The Cambridge (Md.) Herald printing es.
lishment, with ALI its fixtures aud appurtenances
is offered at private sale on accommodating
terms.
In full bench of the Supreme Judicial Court
Of Massachusetts,, last week, the Court decided
that money appropriated by City Council for
an exhibition Of fireworks on the 4th of July
was not q purpose which came within the
power or authority Of a city or town, under the
statutes of that Commonwealth granting cities
and towns the power to appropriate money.
The decision was given in the case of the city
of Lynn, the City Council Of which, in 1857,
appropriated $500 for an exhibition Of fire.
works on the 4lh of July, and in which some
of the citizens, believing it to be illegal, applied
to the Supreme Court for an injunction. The
case was commenced merely to test the legal
ity of the action of the City Council.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
THE BoNAPARTE FAMILY SUIT.

Judgment was delivered by the tribunal of
the Seine in the Bonaparte. Patterson case on
Friday, February 10. The Court declared that
ms the object Of the demand made by Madame
Elizabeth Patterson and jerome Bonaparte, her
son, was the liquidation and the division Of the
succession OF the Prince Jerome, who died on
the Path OF June, 1860; and, inasmuch as
among the grounds OF opposition to the demand
is one that the claim has been already judged
by two decisions Of the coRseH de .Idmiiis, dated
the 4th of July, 1856, and the 7th Of July, 1860,
which proclaimed the nulIity OF the marriage
of the Oath OF December, 1903, and its iuval-
idity even as regards property, the Court added !:
I" 1t is expedieut above all to examine the
validity Of this ground of opposition, nasmuch
as if it be well founded, it would establish
peremptory exception to the present demand,
and it would no longer belong to the tribunal
to examine the other grounds Of opposition, or
to decide whether the marriage is not null for
having been contracted in q Clandestine man
ner, or whether Nine. Patterson could rely on
her good faith in the legal acceptaton of the
term, or what efficacy should be attributed to
the DEGREES of the llth and 3Oth Ventose of the
year l3; and, in fine, whether the possession of
a position claimed by the parties represented by
NJ. Bcrryer does not meet an energetic, inces.
SAINT, and manifest contradiction in the simple
fact OF the second marriage contracted in 1907
by Prince jerome and the Princess Cathariue,
OF Wurtemberg, on the faith of the legal non
existence Of the first marriage; and whether,
consequently, the title of relative given to Jer.
ONE Patterson be according to the habitual re.
lations of life, particularly when it must be rec
objected that, to admit clear right by blood,
would, on the part Of the children born Of the
second marriage, be denial of their own legit-
imacy."
The Court then referred to the l,350th and
l,35lst articles of the Code Napoleon, and hav.
ing recapitulated all the facts of the case as
stated by counsel, it declared that the demands
of Madame Elizabeth Patterson and her son,
Jerome Bonaparte, are not admissible, and
must be rejected, and ordered that the present
Judgment shall be mentioned on the margin OF
the deed dated the 18th Of July, 1860, contain
ing declaration of the acceptance by Jerome
Bonaparte of the succession of Prince jerome.
The Court further sentenced the claimants to
pay the costs.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
r T. V I H. w
Harry Harson or, tho Benevolent Bachelor by John T
Irving l2mo.

Harry Harson or, tho Benevolent Bachelor by John T
Irving l2mo,
We have received a volume bearing the
above title. The author, nephew of the i'm.
mortal Washington Irving, presents US an in.
geniously plotted tale, incomparably superior to
many others, not only in exquistely charming
passages, but also in the high moral character.
istics which pervade the entire volume. Crime
is made to appear hateful, virtue fascinating.
The publisher, R. NJ. De Witt, l3 Frankfort
street, New York, has fully sustained an envia,
able reputation and, what is of vastly more con.
sequence, oar friend, D. J. Bishop, ZIG Penn,
sylvania avenue, (Wllards',) has just what you
desire in news, literature, and stationery.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
FOR SALE OR RENT.

A FOUR-Story Brown Front Brick House, on
a Thirteenth street, between L street and
Massachusetts avenue. The House is furnished
with Gas, Water, etc. Possession given on the
lst Of April. The gentleman about to decline
housekeeping would have no objection to selling
the Parlor, Chamber, and Hall Carpets, (all re-
Gently purchssed,) together with many other
desirable articles Of Furniture, at very reason
able prices, If early application be made.
Apply on the premises, between three and
four o'clock, or at T. W. D0WNlNG'S, No. b47
street. between Seventh and Eighth streets.
mar l3--2w
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
EXTRA SESSION oF The SENATE.
Tbesddy, March IL, 1861.

The Senate took up the resolution of Mr..
Foster, proposing to expel Mr. Wigta,l when,
on motion of Mr.. Simmons, it, together with
Mr.. Clingman's substitute therefor, was re.
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr.. Trumbull, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported back the resolution intro.
duced by Mr.. Mason, last week, to pay certain
expenses incurred in the courts of Massachu.
sets, &C., and, on his motion, its further consid.
Grafton was postponed till the third Monday in
December.
The Senate then went into Executive ses.
sion, and sfterward adjourned.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
prepares herself to lead In ccnfederacy by fol-
Luisz szssi.SsS.rrss6nth fyHfcifnH yrs out bscansR


she eappot lead the Coneder, cy,of, thirty-four
SahSl AID his iiHichht 10 suppose tbs She will
DO nontpnt to follow In one OF seven or eight.
She will have hero~n way, and notwithstanding
tits the present policy to conceal IT, one of those
ways is u highway to Africa, over those bloody
track men and women shalt be torn from their
homes and tconsigned to bondage. For that expe-
dhion see their sails spread, with the Palmetto
boldly emblazoned on the escutcheon; while In
its corner, scarce legiblc, "S'c semp@ tyrdnni'"
will tell Il how Virginia will have fallen
Sir, L believe there is too much home-bred
sense in the border States 20 give up the ad-
vantage of our fathers Union; and your ac-
ton, one way or the other, with regard to New
Mexico, will scarcely be thought Of by them.
So far as our territorial policy is the occasion
of thi; strife, | see its removal without resort
to the legislation proposed. l see it in the
ordinary legislation for the Territories. All
those which we have yet to organize will un-
doubtedly be free, and we will consent to Or
gapize them without any provision respecting
slavery; would not introduce, needl assly, a
cause Of complaint, however groundless, into
those territorial bills. Without standing on a
ceremony, we have already organized Colorado
in that way. Let us do likewise with the rest ;
and then every community within our juris-
diction will be organized, SO that we may
hope to be at peace, SO long as the Federal
force 1t on the people. And danger from that
source has been averted by the election Of Mr..
Lincoln. -...... ...,...
Mr. Speaker, have necessarily omitted many
reasons which conStrain me to vote against
these measures; and in so acting, am seusi-
BILE Of no influence, except from u sincere desire
for the welfare OF all the States Of this Union. A
different course might secure the approval of
friends whose favor esteem, but could not
secure my own approval. 1t might shield me
against reproaches ON others, which, while |
might regret them, l know, nevertheless, how
to bear them; bat could not fy from self
reproach, which no man can bear.
I cannot tell what troubles may be in store
for ou. country if We, by tirid counse's, yield to
the madness OF the times. We cannot see far
out into tue future; for Heaven, in mercy, has
veiled 1t from our view, and when we try -
pierce it, the imagination is apt to rove and con-
jeciure, to forget ull bounds. But believe his
tory W Il write Of these things in the roll Of her
book she will spread it before the nations, and
they will read therein our lamentations and our
woes. But let us have mild, just, yet firm, ad-
ministraiion Of the Government and this chaos
will give place TO order, the widness OF anarchy
will De subdued by the pressure of law, and the
peopl unburdened of their fears, will be glad rs
Is one awakened from a dream full OF dangers to
the assurance that it was but DIRE m.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

AD~ The only confrmations by the Senate
to-day were those of Mr.. Dole, to be Commis.
sioner Of Indian Affairs, and Archibald vii.
lams, as District Judge for Kansas.
Among the nominations were those of the
Hon. Thomas Corwin, as Minister to Mexico,
and Captain Cassius II. Clay, as Minister to
Spain. These were referred to the appropriate
committees.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
NOTICE !!

A PPLICATlON will be made to the Commits
"A sioner of the General Land Office Of the
United States for the renewal or duplicates of
the following pieces of Land Scrip, which have
been lost through the mail, to wit: No. 1857, for
20 acres, issued for the Revolutionary service of
CHARLES COPES, Privatei No. l2,l57, for
629 acres, issued for the service of Capt. JOHN
DANDRIDGE.
Caveats have been fled in the General Land
Office, and oil persons are cautioned not to pur.
chase the said Scrip. GEORGE BAGBY,
mar l2-law6w
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
BOARD.

A GENTLEMAN and wife, or two gentlemen,
IA can obtain Board in Private Family, With
in one square Of the Patent Office. Apply ut
this office.
Refer euces given and required.
mar l3-3t*
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
PURE COUNTRY MILK.

VNHE subscriber delivers Pure Country Milk,
l. morning and evening, as usual, to his Gus
TONERS. Strangers commencing housekeeping in
this City, who desire Milk, can have their orders
promptly attended to by applying at this office.
mar l3-tf DAVID MILLER,
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

GOSHEN BUTTER AND CHEESE.
WILL have in store in day or two Choice
L GOSHEN Blu TIER and CHEESE, of as fine
quality as can be had, to which invite the at
tention Of purchasers.
JESSE B. WILSON,
s27 Pa. av, between Sixth and Seventh
nov 20 streets, sou h side.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

Dg- About sixty army officers, in full uni.
form, met at the War Department to day, and,
in company with Lieuhnant General Scott and
the Secretary of War, proceeded to the White
House, where they paid their respects to the
President of the United States.
Iu addition to SO large number Of army
officers, it is also noticeable that there are also
twelve captains in the navy here, sitting as a
court tor the trial of Captain Armstrong. They
are the Oldest and most experienced, and at their
head is the venerable and popular Commodore
Stewart.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

Very SlTcuLAE.-A lawyer named Harm
in Lowndes county, Ala, was punished and
sent of last week, for making secret prop' sails
to non'slavehoders for the establishment oi an
Abolition society, and the publication Of pa.
per to be called the "Non Shareholder" He
was for u time law partner Of Hon. W. l..
Yancey. II is believed he is deranged. So
says tho Cahaba Gasetis.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

One communion Sunday, an old kentucky
soldier, who had fought under Gen. Jackson at
New Orleans, and knew well what manner of
man he had bean, attended the Hermitage
Church, and saw the aged warrior knee rever.
emily before the altar. He was transGxed with
astonshment. After the service was over, he
was observed to be unusually silent and thought.
full, and upon being questioned, related what
be had seen. He concluded his narrative thus ::
"When saw the man who had fought armies,
parties, cabinets, and had never foug ght without
conquering, get down on his knees in that
church, said to myself: well, when Gen.
Jackson kneels, tell you, boys, think its
about time for me to knock UNDER" -Four
weeks after, he joined the church, and lived
and died an exemplary member
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
BOARD AND LODGING.

SEVERAL Gentlemen can be accommodated
~ with board and lodging by applying at No. 9
Louisiana avenue, between Four and a. half and
Sixth streets, nearly opposite the City Hall.
mar 9--6t
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

RJr Inquiry at the proper source warrants
the assertion that no order has as yet been is.
sued in relation to the question of Withdrawing
the troops from Fort Sumter.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

The regular army of the Southern Confede.
racy will consist of eleven regiments, contain.
ing H. 600 men, commanded by four brigadier
generals, and the navy will have four com
mauders, four captains, and 600 marines.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

The Palmetto flag, which was raised in Rich.
mond on Friday, was blown down on Saturday
morning by a violent gale, or rather, the pole
snapped in twain, aud the upper portion, with
the flag attached, toppled over upon the neigh.
boring roof
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
wednesday, llaroh Is, 1861.
4 WORD 70 BUSINESS MEN.

Thispaper has now circulation in this city
larger than oil the city papers combined, with
the exception of one, and therefore affords a
most excellent advertising medium.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
FOR RENT OR SALE,

FOR RENT OR SALE,
TNHE two fve-story Brick Dwelling Houses,
L situated on and adjoining the corner Of
Fourth and D streets, east OF the City Hall.
Apply to JOSEPH FUGITT,
mar 6-U No. 90 Louisiana avenue,
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
FOR REM

FOR RENT,
A TWO-STORY Brick House, No. 327 g
IA street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets, containing seven rooms. Possession
given Immediately. Apply at this Office.
dec az
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
FOR RENT

FOR RENT.
A FINE PARLOR, on the first floor, and three
"A Chambers on the floor above, at No. 27e
Pennsylvania avenue, two doors eat Of "Kirk.
wood House." jec 1T
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
THE INAUGURAL.

Copies Of the inaugural address, in pamphlet
form, can be had at this office. Price, fifty
cents per hundred
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

SEVENTH WARD REPUBLICAN ASSOCIA.
TION.
A meeting Of the Association will be held at
Island Hall, corner Of Virginia avenue and Sixth
street, this "wednesday evening, at u O'Clock.
mar l3-lt* W. J. MURTAGH, Sec.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

STOP AT THE right place, and buy your
~ Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, and Caps,
at No. AGO Seventh street, Opposite the Post
Office. feb 2s-em
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

We record with great satisfaction the ap.
pointment of Archibald Williams, of Illinois, as
District Judge of Kansas. Mr.. Williams is one
of the ab!est lawyers Of his State, and sound,
clear eaded, honest and reliable man. We
have every confidence that justice will be ably
and impartially administered in the Federal
court Of the new State, to whose people the
change in this respect will be most welcome.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT.
A handsome furnished parlor and chamber,
with gas, In quiet neighborhood, near Patent
and Post Offices. Inquire at 432 Seventh street
between u and IL. feb 25-H
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

nR JOHN G. F. HOLSTON, Surgeon, Physi.
~ clan, and Accoucheur, No. 373 Il st. north,
between Ninth and Tenth sts. west jan s-3m
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

THE ONLY GOOD PORTRAIT OF
PRESIDENT LINCOLN
Ever published, just out, and sent by mail free
on receipt Of 25 cents.
The trade and clubs of twenty supplied at low
prices by FRENCH & RICHSTEIN.
mar 9--tf
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

THE DISTRICT APPoIYTMEYTs.-There are a
few Federal offices in this District of a strict.
ly local character, which have always been
| filled by the citizens of the District We pre-.
sumo this usage will not be departed from by
the present Administration. We understand
that few interested parties are endeavorng to
create the impression in certain quarters that
the selection of Republicans to fill these Offices
would prove unsatisfactory to the great body of
our citizens. We know that such is not the
case. We know the sentiment to be a very
general one in this city, that the Republicans
Of this District are as much entitled to the To-
cal appointments, as are the members of the
successful party in any other city or locality.
And why should they not be? The Republi.
can party OF the District embraces nearly, if
not quite, as large proportion of our perma.
nent citizens, as any other political organiza.
tion in our midst The party has been increas.
ing very rapidly of late, and its exact numeri.
cal strength is not known. We think, however,
that we hazard nothing in SAYING, that the Re.
publican party of this city is quite Us strong,
in proportion to the entire. population, as the
Republican party of the city of New York.
We have never heard it claimed that the Fed
eral Offices in the last named city should be
given to our political opponents, in Difference
to local public sentiment. And yet, there are
just as strong reasons for applying such rule
there as here.
There is no doubt of the fact that the gen.
eral sentiment among our political opponents
in this District, who are not themselves seeking
offices, is, that the Republicans are entitled to
the local appointments. This has been expect.
ed, and no considerable mum Der of our citizens
ever thought of complaining about it.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

Occasional" the Washington correspond.
ent of the Philadelphia Press, is responsible for
the following:
1.-TWO of the three Commissioners appointed
by the Southern Confederacy, to treat with the
Federal Government, are now in this city. The
third, Mr.. Roman, Of Louisiana, according to
the New Orleans True Delta, has declined to
accept having become utterly disgusted with
the whole disunion experiment; and one of
those now here is reported to have admitted
since his arrival, that he and his friends have
made grand mistake"
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

The Secretary of the Treasury, it is said,
finds no difficulty in negotiating as much OF
the fifteen million loan at par as is needed at
present"
So says the telegraph, in regard to the oper.
atoms of the Government Of the Confederate
States at Montgomery. We apprehend that if
the new loan is so successful, it is simply be.
cause so little ais needed at present" Per
haps some benevolent individual has contribu-
ted few dollars to pay the board of the Off.
cialS, and accepted therefor, instead Of vote
of thanks, Government securities, if they can
be called such, as matter of courtesy. The
idea that the loan stands at par as q regular
moneyed investment, is preposterous. The
whole thing, Government and oil, is paper
concern, and pretty bad paper at that The
promise to pay those who embark either in the
Government or the loan, will not in either
case be redeemed; and we can hardly tell
which will prove the least losing investment.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13
New No. Mess Mackerel
For sale low by
BROWNING & KEATING,
353 Penn. avenue, near Sixth street

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables.
Green Corn, Green Beans,
Green Tomatoes, Fresh Peaches,
Brandy Peaches, Lima Beans,
French Peas, Asparagus,
Mushrooms, Capers and Olives.
Olives Stuffed in Oil. Spanish do.
New Raisins, Almonds,
Dates, Prunes, Figs, &c.
For sale low by
BROWNING & KEATING,
353 Penn. avenue, near Sixth street.
The national Republican., 1861-03-13

FRESH TEAS.
I AM receiving lot of Green and Black TEAS,
L among which are some of as fine grades az
can be had, to which invite the attention of ali
lovers Of choice Green and Black Teas.
JESSE B. WILSON,
s27 Pa av., between Sixth and Seventh
nov 28 streets, south side.