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PROPOSITION TO FORM CoSFKDERABY OFT
or TIE 6TATES OF Tue SOUTH AND TIL
NORTHWEST.


We are most reliably informed that there arc
agents ofthe Gulf States in the city, endeay-
osing to create . sentiment among business
men far osab1c to the es ablishmcnt Of q Com
federacy composed Of the Southern and North
western States. a we'll known 1eades among
the Democracy has been approached, our in
formation goes to show, within the past two
OF three days, By these agents, with view Of
obtaining his influence, but that he declined
having anything to do with go tEaisozous a
scheme, as he Is a stanch Union man. The
ofjact Is to mike Free Trade the bssi, o. tht.
Confcacracy; to cut OF New Iork, Pernsyl
vania, New Jerssy, and all the New England
States, which are so welded to protective
tariff These Southern gentlemen state tint
there are agents OF the Cuff States throughout
all the Northwestern States who are making
similar oyettures, and tllat 1t is their aim to
spring the isEue soon anlouy tha cit!zcns ct
these States. 1t Is further ave1red that they
have purchased the ac4uiescence OF daily Ea-
per of this city, which, at the right moment,
will proclaim the scheme, a1d otssr It to our
people as the only means LEFT to secure peace.
We confess this seems too chin etieal to be
true; but our information comes too direct to
be doubted. ,...
What Is to become Of" Southern Rights n
and the " Equality Of the States under this
new phase Of the disunion business, has not
ret been developed.
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Michigan New Senatorial District.
The Special Committee Of the Michigan Sen
ate, appointed to report t. new Senatorial sp-
portionment, have reported as follows:
FTTsk DIssrlcl-second, third, fourth. seventh and
shfpa q Greenfield Hamszan1ek and Crosse Point
&1aIFirst, dirh, .fxtb, eighth and ninth
wards Of the city OF Detroit population Is 400
I1trd,.The remainder Of Wayne count1-popn"
county sssnty-2epe,sAt1ona p p.A'sna 3s.1: M
SizM~Wests1n portion Of OAKLAND county
population 1902.
portion Of wa'hten.w eoan-
Eighta--southsrn portion ot Waahtenaw county
population II, ,99l.
N!atEMenroe eouaty-popu}lasioa = ,e4s;
population $50
Etren1t-Eaxte1n portion Of Lenawee county
fioel5zn-Jackaon county-popn1ation 1864
1Atrteeakh-Calho1n connty-population % s9e-
Observation-Disclosures county-population H.
/ Fsfz<entA-Brsnch county population q .1N-
!siIte<nth-St Joseph hcoanty-popn1atiou q Ill.
| .strentEsnth-Cass eounty-population Il, so.
E.aeeaae. S9 Vssn baRRen sad s:sa
I5enti<Ih-Kalamazoo county-populasion ~,
Tyeaty.fr.t- Counties Of Barry and Eaton
population S,6l5~
Taetntv:seeesa- Counties Of 1nsham and Gin
Iacsntvthird--Counttes Of Livingston and shta'
/ waasac-populstton =, ,948.
Ttoe"tyJourA-Gen county popo1af1on =
Ttoentysafka-st. Clair county-population H.
Iscsnlstsiztszcoant1sa Of Iapeer, sani1ac and
Ttc<atystrtads- Of Tuscols, Saginaw
Day, Midland. laabella, Clare, c1adwin, sSd ths
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attendance discretionary With them, was de-
c!ared carried BY tbs same vote, 4ad SO tho
matter was considered settled. Yesterday
morning, however, 1t WIS announced mat
member had been recorded ~ voting hye when
he voted no, the Assembly having adjourned
or more:of very tangled proeeed1nge. ne 3onr-
mil Was corrected 80 that the second amend
1nenl was lost, thus sending the resolutions
back to the Senate. BY decided majority
that body refused to recede. As to-day no de-
bate Is allowed In the Assembly. and both
to go home--untn Monday afternoon the mat
ter rests, when COMMITTEES Of Conference
will probably be appointed at that time. 1t is
hoped by some that q suitable commission may
thereby be secured, but the general inprea"
sion is TINT no commissioners will be sem,
though nearly every. member Of 6oth Houses
has In come shape voted in favor Of sanding.
4 few more bills have been passed. The
published Laws Of the session number "a, none
Of any general interest except one changing
the. term 1 Court Commissioners from two
to three years. About 15o bills have been In
troduced In the Assembly, and 80 IN the Sen
Rte.
The Capitol extension bill has passed the
| Senate with but one dissenting vote. A bill
eppropriating 5000 to g. c. Pometoy for Kan
| aas supplies, passed the Senate By 8 vote Of u
| to g.. As originally introduced, itprovided fot
commissioner TO e1penQ IHe money, pHL tQle
| was considered waste OF moneyand was struck
cut. The Assembly have passed the Senate
bill appropsiatiug so for the payment Of news
papers furnished to each member. In the de
bate It appeared that some Milwaukee papers
had charged heretofore five cents copy fol
all they had furnished, which looked 1athel
graspiDg.
The Assembly has ordered to third read
| ing and will doubtless pass bill declaring
paupers not residents OF the town where tht
poor house happens to be located. In somt
localities they have been ueed to control cleo
tions.
In some sections OF the State there has q
late years been great disposition on the par
oflarge property ho1derst to resist the paymen
Of taxes on prete1t OF ilegalities and uncon
stitntionalities, causing large expense ans
making the burden heavy on these disposed tt
pay promptly. A bill introduced by Mr. Gra
ham Of Rock yesterday, II. passed, will bo like
ly to eecuEe prompt payment hereafter.
provides TINT no deed, contract, mortgage o
other instrument relating to real estate, eha!
be recorded In the office of Register Of Deed
unless q certificate is furnished TINT all tn
taxes on such real estate are fully paid.
Ma.lame Eabbri und troupe gave rs tast
Of tile Italian Opera Thursday evening:
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We Eaw at The Central Railroad depot yes.
terday, the special car which is to convey Dir.
Lincoln from this city to Albany Il is one oi
the twenty new and elegant ones which have
Just been finished BY the Company, is an 3D.
ditton to their running stock, and i tnstefully
furnished and decorated. One Of the new
sleeping cars, OF: the Central Railroad compa-
ny, with this improved ventila:er, has aiso
been put in complete order for the occasion,
and will accompany the other car, for tho use
Of the President and his party
Of the President on the Central Railroad, elm
lar to those adopted By several of the Rail-
road Companies, when the Prince Of Wales
travelled oyer their lines 4 pilot engine will
be sent in advance Of the train, after which all
switches will be. spiked and guarded until the
c1dent win Do guarded a*gainst, so that Nj.
Lircoln's journey msy be an iaduhItable safe
one.
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The sceain'r s,a,as n.n,-,,,r f,,,or +bs ,o,a
ofsonth roro1;ua ~ wv ~ +hs e., - soo.s-
e,o,, Int o,so l., ths .n..-,rae,t ;rss.s sa-axs,-
1r orda;n md ,nnonncs - havo-,d .h,t thor
u ,<<,,n- +b,r eo1ara;rrnt. - ,r.;.h ~ -;o,,.,
nm whom thew r-,,oa into +,,a I1,fo,
What ,overefontv i,td tncv ,osa hv sn+o-,nc
the 11nions T,eavinr south caro,;n, .nd
Georgia mt or tbe acconnt what .orere;cn.v
did A1,b,,n, 11is.;sainn; Ion;z;,,o .,d -.
IA, 1oaao a1,b,m, "a af,ss;as;n,,; ,1a.a .s :.
mart If thu te,7;tor;es If tba t1n;ted st,tes
As snch thew were eorerned ,r the Inv. ~ tbe
1Jn;ted States The neop1e If those T+,rao,;>,,
repeated1r asked ,e,mlssion Of The limited
states to form state Constitutions. and to
romc into t1c I1n;on and ncrm;sz,on rms :,
dna t;mn oran,aa 1fthsv h.d .n- sou.ra,'.- 49,
-. :. - N .1 sv'7ten
y IL was aesiSco 1rom tnAt PERMISSION o1 the
United States, and 1t was only such q soycr-
eienty as was deemed essential to thei, ecra1.
ste LII, 49, ..so. So =" ~. s~4t -1"a :.
~ WILL tne oene1 aIa'os ~ ea7 o''os, not oifs
ef II. Now, In the case Of tho other Terrific
ries how was; ;ts I.onfs;ana was a danc,de,,r
orr-,.o rha au-;sa, etsta. 10y.
" 1aass- AAe onaseo asases ooa3ht Iou&se
lana Of France, paying the price agreed upon,
and Louisfann bccame not An fndenendent
.o,..,,,,xrt.- h,t oto-;ta.;aI Is..,..s.-sN-ss,~' =
" oos ~.est 1t'siss4 os9et1osac5 O. tae
United States. Florida was . dependency Of
Soaiu. She. ion. was tonr1t- = nd her denend-
enrv and hsr nh1,1,+;oa ~ ,,1a,;oa.a 1~as.
enes '"e uet ooA6A1lon " aaeslanee "efo
transferred to the United States. These Ter
ritories, In due time, obla ined permission TO
cnter Tho rnior a. st,tcs and y, ao do,no h.
- .s,-s.... ~ , ~, '@na - ~ 4ot1' ps
c1US l0Fe$lGQ with that EoFEFElrIltF which
their equality In the Union with other States
r,nnIraa
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Speech or Judge kellogg,

1SpEC1Al u1apaLEla III llla A1uC1uua+4 lOuWETCIAl
WAsu1Ea1oS, Feb. sth. 1861.
Judge Kellogg of Illinois made tearing
speech for compromise to-day In the House.
He said he had been read out OF the Republican
party BY both ITa6unes, big and little, New
York aud Chicago, but he was going TO rcasl
every man out WHO was not for peace and Lar
mony between the North and the South. If
the Republicans would only adopt Lis CON-
promise and do that to preserve the Union
Which our fathers did to make IT, The whole
strife could be settled In ono hour. lie pro-
poscd to restore the Missouri Compromise,
and put into tue Constitution, that Congress
nor q Territorial Legislature should interfere
with slavery south Of the line. What the Mis-
souri, Co.npromise said interentia1ly he wanted
TO say directly.
Farnsworth Of Chicago, asked his colleague
II his proposition WAS not the breckenridge
platform for nll territory South and Dong1iE'
platform for all North.
Kellogg didn't care q copper about any plat
form In Gods world. LIE wanted to save the
Union. His colleague would do nothing to
saye it. He advised him to migrate to Sontl,
Carolina. Farnsworth rstorteu, ho wonldn't
yield the principle that slavery should be cx-
tended over tlat Territory eTen to eave the
Union. Tic principles Of liberty arc worth
more than Government. Much hlssipe in The
didn't mike d foot OF territory slave that was
not SO now BY the Dred Scott decision all
the territory Was slave. Every foot oftcrrito-
r. is legally slave, and it Is too late to talk
about It. fits no extension Of slavery to IT,
cognize what the law says. Tie asked it Mas
Il he must part from his friends be would give
them blessing. and If they must wander for
4 while in the dark paths of fanaticism, they
would come back and be welcomed to the first
place in the fold,
The spcech made good deal of excitement
H.. q H...A.- L
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KELLOEEsS PROPOSITION.

We have positive assurances from II ash
ingto1 that Mr. Kellogg's proposition to
amend the Constitution by incorporating
therein tue worst feature Of the Breckin-
ridge Platform, will not 1cceirc the vote Of
any Representative member, save that Of
MIX. himself The concession which it coz
templates commends itself with some force
totwo or three Of the representatives oft'ic
"Peoples' Party Of Pennsylvania; but
theya1e committed to Mr. Crittend2 2n'a prep
osition which differs from Kellogg g,
in 50 far as it goes one step farther and cs-
tablishes slavery in all "territory hercas {:
ter" acquired south of &C deg: 80 min. Mr.:
Corwin is reported to have said that 'Sof
all the proposals brought forward by Re
publicsn members, Mr. Kellogg IS ia tie oa':s
one which involves Z surrender Of primes
pie" He opposes il, as will every good
Republican in Chicago as soon as its radi-
cal disagreement with the Missouri Con-
promise Ia understood
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THK- BORDER STATES.

.,;, With all due deference to the Judgment
of those who see in the Border Slave Statcs
indications Of 8 desire to harn1onize exist
ing differences between the North and
). South, Oh any basis which does not inrolvc
90 surrender by the Republicans OF the vital
points in issue, we confess our inability 10
put finger on single authoritative act or
word which looks to that end. Senator
: ~Johnson and Nj. Etheridge, Of Tennessee,
Henry Winter Davis, Of MARYLAND, and
6herTard Clemens Of Virginia, say brave
:, ,rnds manly things to which they will ad-
here; but there is. no certain reason
for the belief that they represent the popu'
lar sentiment of their respective States /;
nor that the compromise which they would
be willing to accept is that which would
command ten Thousand rotcs among their
:. constituents. The men Of the Border
fs3tateh 7 TO- whom so many hands
n e.:ths:: North. are outstretched,, are
for:. ths Union upon conditions for the
Union with On T.; and the conditions and
: 81 ne such that they cannot be overcome.
: II the free States will consent to establish
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STILL AETTATfEG.


While the bill organizing the territory
Of Colorado pixies Peak) was under dis
cussion in the Senate, htr. Douglas was,
as usual, out Of his seat. After it was
passed, and by arrangement, without any
tl,ing beingsaid therein in relation to sla-
very, Mr. D., Us is his wont, marched in
aud demanded that the vote shoulI be
reconsidezcd. His objections as stated by
himself I've quote from the report Of The
dcbatc,) were that the boundaries cut of
a large part Of New Mexico, Of which
the inhabitants are 11exicans, having diff.
ssie1ent laws and usages from those ofAmer-
"icans; the titles Of their lands were based
"on Mexican law, and, besides, slavery
"exists in New Mexico By the law of the
~land. The effect Of this bill is to make
~ this part Of New Mexico included in
"Colorado free territory" Hence, he
wished to work his printed substitute
Fortunately the agreement which had
been entered into between the Republicans
and the Senator from Missouri, which was
that the people Of the Pixies Peak country
should be provided with territorial gov
ernmcnt, without reference to slavery, was
| maintained; and the Illinois Senator failed
to add new complications to present diff
| ficult:es. The failure Of his effort in the
Senate will only stimulate him to new ex
| crtions in the House; and we shall be
agreeabiy surprised it some oneof his IN
derlings in that body does not when th'
bill goes over, move the substitute Which
pro7cd unavailing in his hands. 1fthcreb.
the people Of Colorado are deprived o
protection Of the law, they will know
| where the blame lies
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Cotton and its Kingdom. /.


The Chicago 1iucs raises howl against all
protects to extend the cultivation Of cotton In
other parts Of she world than the reoellious
States OF North America OF eourse3 But
its hostility to the cultivation Of cotton in
Brazil Is pcculia1-no less than the heinous
fact that s!artry exists in Brazil. This being
m objection, re commend to the Times the
uon-slay eholding States Of Central America,
whose adyantsges arc set forth in the follow
ing paragraph: ...
Mr.. E, G. Squicr, we'll known In connection
with Central America, has written let. ito
the Hon. q. B. Anthony concerning the sour
ces Of cotton supply. He shows that the
Tho1e of Central America is pre-eminently 6
cotton-growlug region, and that the finest w.
rietics Of cotton are there Indigenous aud per-
eunial. The plant which in South Caraiina
furnishes single crop q a Or aso pounes
cropa Of 500 pounds each per acre. Tho ny
erare Weld Of cottou ID The South, according
to the estimate OF the late Levi Woodbury., is
less than one-third OF thas Of ths country
shove spoken OF. That the cultivation il
practicable, and can be made profitable. Us shown
thus Some years aS,o, ,an American set up gins
and presses in Nicaragua, not trying to raise
cotton hiuself, only to clecn and pick what
he bought from The natives. During tnc second
rear Of his operations he shipped 15,ont0e
pounds, which "took high big standard u the
Manchester market" The d1heulty md cost
Of rsachine q market alone caused him to
abandon tie undertaking. Touching the OBJ
lection | alssys urged that Q deficiency of l=bor
would rsprsss Tie eqltiya.lop p Of .t cotton a in
Central America, Mr.. squier shows that When
ever any useful aud profitable branch OF indus-
| try has been introduced into that country,
/ :lands have not been wanting to carry it on.
Fle cites, Is m instance, the cutting Of naahogg
| anY in Northern Honduras, which called into
| efficient service hardy body Of laboreEs from
! wAat one would have thonght the most un-
! promising stock-the Carib Indians. The nv
eraga fate OF. xages throughout Central Amer
tca Is aboas 2s cents per day, less than the az
the strength Of his OWE observation, that in
n,st paris Of the country ,Fhsfa cotton Hour.
ishes fu1nriant1y, white men can 1al,o. more
ssctvely than IN eay s.e ef set, sna 9nGed ; States
1 -Ae13 177AH
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Mayor Thatcher does nts Eholo nuty.
The dellnqucncies Of Mayor Thatcher Of
Albany, on the occasion Of the Abolition meet
ing in that city, on Monday night Of last wes L.
have been fully atoned for, md he stands forth
now as having fully redeemed the pledge
made In his proclamation, which wepublishcd.
On Tuesdny afternoon, another meeting was
held BY the AboliHonists. The officers Of the
meeting requested the audience neither to mall
ifest their appreciation or their dissent from
what the speakers might say. Mayor Thatcher
vas present, and announced his purpose to SEQ
that the request vas complied with. During
the progress Of the meeting, several persons
present-emboldcned By past impunity-iis-
regarded the warning Of the Mayor, and we're
summarily elected from the building. In the
evening the meeting was again held, nnd the
Mayor, with ful police force, was present.
a. the opening, Mayor Thatcher again an
nounccd that any one disregarding the order
given in the afternoon, wonn hf arrested, aud
the result was that's more ordAly meeting wns
never held In Albany. Some noise occurred
outside, aud some confusion resulted from the
leaving Of considerable portion Of the audi
cnce In body, but beyond these, everything
vas as quiet and orderly as the most pence
loving could wlsh. And thus Mayor Thatcher
yindicsted his word and lonor.
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Editors Chicago Tribune:
I was called upon today By well known
citizen wishing me to sign q petition, and us it
il habit hayc Of reading petitions before
signing, discovered It to be petition for
the extension Of the McC Cormfck Reaper patent;
aud knowing that the party who was circulat-
ing It could have no interestin such matter,
and not usually given to work without pay, l
vas curious to know why he felt so much
interest tbeiDg miniature painter) in the ex-
tension Of this patent soon discovered that
there Was stranger in town feeling some In
tercst in the number of names obtained to this
petition, but smart enough to keep in tho
back ground, for had he presented himself, he
could not have got name In Lee county. It
is 4 fact that nine men ont Of len will Sign
petition without reading It, If asked to do so
by u man they know, and take it for granted
that it is al right. Those hera who have dis
covered the trick after signing, have erased
their names. mention this case that you may
iii you chosel caution tho people and put
them on their guard.
Yours respectfully,
8. s. WILLIAMS.
2. S.-1 have just learned that this Ib1rs |
stranger, haa this afternoon paid parties $5
to 50 into the country and get names, they
get every boy on tho street that can write to
to sign. SsW.
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VERDICT AaAEsT THE New 1oaE CENTRAL
RA1InoAp.-A case has just been decided in
the Circuit Court, held At Syracuse. wherein q
Eerdict was given against the Central Railroad
The plaintiff in the case Was John ". Porter,
who eued the road for daInagea. for exactiug
the extra five cents fhse, uader statue; plain
til alleging that the ticket Office waa ltnprop~
CRY closed, and he was obliged to get aboard
Of the train witkout ticket, Verdict for
7i1hsntiH $50.
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The KansaA FamIne-Letterf from DR..
naufords formerly Of Danc County.
ATCuiSpN. EASsAg, Feb, Sd. 1861.

"A4AAV&Na A0ENaeE1T Oh N12HC 000hHys
ATcursos, KANSAS, Feb. Sd, 1861.
1arrived here from GeneTa, Ill, yesterday,
after tedious ride Of 800 miles in the cold.
I found Mr. Hyatt Of New York here, render
Ing Gen Pomeroy what service he can In the
way Of relieving the wants Of the afflicted.
Yesterday WIS very cold and severe, and get
Gen Pomeroy loaded some 20 or 50 teams
in money or freight is Immediately handed
over to the suffering, The groups Of half
starved and famishing men which meet you on
every hand, gives an appearance Of gloom to
the town which is oppressive in the extreme.
I wish those who think there is already q
supply here for the wants Of all, could spend
two hours in Atchison, and see how eagerly
everything is seized upon Its arrival by the
eager crowd which are waiting from remote
parts Of theState.
found o man here from Woodson county
(15o miles southwest), who WAS Oh the road
seven days, and had both bis feet badly frozeE,
from exposure aud having to sleep out on The
SNOW. He has m attack Of plsurisy and fears
to start back lest his health should fail him On
the road. He says he had nothing to est for
two weeka before he left home bat Buffalo
meat, and his neighbors are IN the same con-
dition.
lady has just this moment come to the
hotel where mn stopping from Ottawa
county, 1856 miles west Of this place, for relief
Her name is Harris; she has an infant in her
arms, and has been On the read for three
weeks, with an OK team. The roads were go
blocked up with snow that she could not travel
all the time. She says that she has lived on a
little Buffalo meat and pounded corn for the
last four weeks, there being no mill in their
vicinity to grind meal
The poor woman burst into tears as she
came irto the parlor and took chair with her
babe, By the warm fire. She says that many
aoN starve in that remote seteent before aid can
reach them sae also snys woman and a num-
| ber Of children are reported Us having starved
| to death near her residence, before she left.
These are but type Of the cases that meet
the stranger on every band in this sshead quar-.
| ters of starvation" What in the name Of
| heaven will these poor souls do, If the supplies
arc diminished sensib1y, or even temporarily
| withheld? Death md The grave would be the
consequence. But weary you with this sad
| picture; would could have left it unwritten,
bnt duty and humanity alike forbid it.
| Let onr friends not weary in their deeds ol
mercy get. God will Eeray them for their re.
membrance Of his afflicted children.
Good sleighing here now, and weather rery
cold. Cordially and truly,