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, 1861-02-26
Letter from Ehnrleaton


The Courier des Elats Unis, whose sympa-
thtes have been on the side of the seccsslonssts
contains o letter dated Charleston, February
1tll, from which We translate the following:
If Diderot wns right IN attributing the YER
satile character Of his countrymen to the
frequent changes in the atmosphere, it Is not
changea several times day; it corresponds in
this to the weather, which is here very yaria-
ble-. In the morning, before the fog is cleared
awny, We must have Fort Sumter, cos. what
itmny; the lives Of hundreds Of our citizens,
our friends, our relations, even our children,
are not to be put In the balance cgainst the
shame that attends every day. of delay" Then
the most exaggerated rumors are circulated
as to the measures taken,' the orders secretly
given, dc. -. =,
~ By noon, when the sun has absorbed the
mist, and the uncertain sun 1eayas it undecided
Wnetner there Is to be rain or sunshine, we re-
gard all the Warlike rumors of the morning as
doubtful, and Wait for their confirmation by
some dispatch from Washington or some order
from the Governor. As the former are gener-
ally equalled in insiguldcance only By the
latter, we reach the end Of the day IN that COL
chloroformed the two parties for the last two
months -
Nevertheless, the Mercury, th.t flrcbrand
OF civil war, serves up every morning for the
iacLtlons appetite5 Of Its readers some little
dishes {entrgHets), seasoned with words sufR-
Gently Inaan1matory to make this suspense
that We hare endured since the 9Th Of Noyem-
her intolerable. 80 pass the dayB, the weeks,
the months We nre reduced to reports: Ac-s
cept them IS such, for tomorrow they may be
false, If they do not already contradict them
selves. 80 -
"Tbus, on Monday tho wind was full Of war.;
This week was to be decisive as 10 the posses
sion Of Sumter. Wednesday was the day:
fixed; t the hour wns kept secret. But to-day
(Thursday) it is announced that 1t is from the
Congress Of the New Confederacy, which is
invested: with the executive power of the
States composing 1t, that the order for attack
must emanate, e attack there is; that ii to
say, according to all probability, It postponed
{ndeflnite1y,'l - =: - -. =.
"The Charlestoninns will hare all the Tina
that is necessary for finishing their floating
battery, not far ,adranced as yet, aud theiT
suddenly improVised warriors have a chance
OF becoming: something else than, s1nateur
soldiers. -. -.
"HoWeTer warlike -Lhe- minds. however
peaceful the Last, news, however resigned the
inhabitants, it Is high time that this state Of.
mercih attaira haze received blow at Charles
ton from which they will recover with diff.
Guilty. South Carolina, which has drawn the
chcstnuts ont OF the fire, while biting hcr
u Iingere, looks and sees Georgia quietly acting
the bertrand OF the fableH -. H.. -:
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An act to vacate Liberty Square, In tha town Of
TesH1Wa, in Bureau county.
An act legaliz1ng certain public road therein
named.
An act to empower the Boatd Of Supervisors Of
Mercer county to levy taxes In certain counties
therein named.
An act to extend the Jurisdiction OF County
Courts In certain caees-
An act to authorize the payment Of certain scrip,
coupons, certificates, and other evidences Of Stats
indebtedness.
An act to legaGze certain proceedings Of the
Board Of Supervisors Of Rock Eland County.
An act to amend the ninth chapter Of the Revised
Statutes, entitled Attachments
An act for the relief Of the Alton Bank and Jcr-
sey County Bank. ------
An act for the sale Of interest In incorporated
Companies on Education.
An act to amend an act entitled an act regulating
the collection OF the revenue in counties adopting
the Township Organization BILL approved Feb. l.,
, 1861-02-26
GOING OFT AGAIN.

The rebellion does not work smoothly.
The programme carried out at Mont
gomery is unsatisfactory to South Carolina,
The Charleston Mercury sneers at it as
"the Mississippi scheme" and more than
intimates that South Carolina will not long
remain one Of the g Confederate States.'
There are two features Of tue government
Of jeff. Davis & Co. which give especial
dissatisfaction to the South Carolinians.
The first is the prohibition Of the African
Slave Trade other, the tariff The
latter, in The federal government, was what
gave birth to the idea Of Secession, and it
is not to be expected that the chief cause
Of offence in the old can have q
prominent and permanent place in
tAe proposed new Confederacy with
out resulting in. another. secession.
Then the prohibition Of the African Slave
Trade is directly at war with tie scheme Of
grand slaveholding Confederacy to absorb
IN time the whole Of Mexico and the Cen
tral American States, At first, the leading
Sou, Carolina papers regarded the prohi-
bition Of this IT, ilr.de as q bait held out to Tue
Border States, to be dispens.@" "'t4 81 soop
as the latter were safe within the Sou.
Confederacy, and they openly treated it as a
temporary policy. But, VIC perceive, fears
have sprung up that this is q mistake-that
the nolicv ia tn he a;lhera5 ~ Hon T,
W so w. Aon' -
". opra1t Oh oouth carolina, one OF the
Oldest and ablest Of fte secess;on leaders
bo, 4o1ran 4,,o .1.u,,, .-z 1,,~,... '
ILLS laken Tic alarm, ana III an able letter
70 hon john Perkins Of Louisiana, he
frankly unioids what may be expected Of
South Carolina in such an event Mr.
, 1861-02-26
WANTED, ga BITTER ENEMY, >,

WANTED, ga BITTER ENEmY.''
"A pious and~benevolent- lady: living in
one Of the Southern States, some time ago
placed at: tho disposal of the editor Of the
New York Observer sum Of money to be
given ITO any person who is bittereneny
Of the South, and'who is also very poor,"
her motive being desire to render obedi-
ence to the command to do good to them
that despitefully use us. The Observer, it
is needless for US to say, belongs to that
class Of journals at the North which
has done SO much to create belief at
the South in the existence Of deep-seated
bitter hatred Of the people Of that section
in; the free States, and it: is reasonable to
suppose that if any one knew of such per-
sons as described by the Southern lady in
question, it must be the editor Of that pa
pei. p, Nevertheless the Observer is
forced. 10 say "There are no such
persons to be found among us. =" Indeed"
it continues, I'VE have made the PROPOSE
y "'tion to two or three persons who have
"applied to us for charity, but they were
unwilling to receive the Southern lady's
adonation." As the TRIBUNE circulates
largely among that class who are so often
declared to be filled with hatred OF the
people: of the South, we give this pious
1ady's proposition the advantage Of an IN
sertion in its columns, though we are very
sure that it will not bring forward single
person to claim the profcred charity. In
fact, there are no such people in the free
States, though it is by no means strange
that contrary opinioa prevails south Of
Mason and Dixon's line Ever since the
organization Of the Republican party, it
has been the policy Of the Democratic
journals and Democratic leaders in the free
States, to constantly represent the adhe-
rents Of that political organization as being
act1ated by the most malignant hatred Of
the people Of the Slaveholding States; and
as Republican journals are not permitted
to circulate at the South, the great mass Of
the people there have had no means Of de-
tecting the falsehood imposed upon them.
Let the Chicago Times, for example, be
circulated for three months in any South
ern community, where Republican Journals
arc never read, and what would be the
opinion which its readers would form Of
the feelings Of the people Of Chicago, and,
indeed, Of the whole Northwest towards
them? And yet both the editor and the
proprietor Of that paper, if put to. the same
test with the New York Observer, would
be compelled to say with that journal,
there are no such people here" 1t has
been by the employment Of dishonest and
unpatriotic means Of this character, that
the Southern mind has been so grossly
misled as respects the disposition Of the
people of the free States, and that the
masses at the South have been SO easily al
lured into treason against the Government
But for the aid Of Northern journals like
the Chicago Times, the State Register, the
Detroit Free Press and the Cincinnati En-
Quirer, the Yanceys, Rhetts, Davises and
Wiglalls would never have dared to sus-
gest secession. If the latter have commit
ted treason, can it be said they are any
more culpable than their Northern allies?
Are they, indeed, rs much SO?
, 1861-02-26

A1hE NVoNA@1 AND AEGN. SCOTT.
The country is Jet too much excited by
the astonishing crirninality of late events
affecting the government, to feel the senti~
ment of devout thankfulness that will fill
mems minds when they can calmly see the
dangers that the Republic: has escaped.
With half the Cabinet-the Secretary Of
Wharf.-The Secretary Of the Navy, the Sec
1etary Of The Treasury and the Secretary
of the lnterior-engaged, for at least two
years, in dissey yeiing, the Union, controll-
ing meanwhile the President as perfectly
as if he had been nose of wax in their
hands; lending all the force Of their re-
spective Departments to tie work; scatter
ing tile army along an endless frontier, far
removed from rumor of passing events;
sending tic ships Of the Navy to the utter
most ends Of the Garth; stealing without
rcmorse the money Of the government;
putting all available arms and munitions
Of war in the traitors hand filing all sub
ordinate places in the Departments with
disloyal officials; fomenting sectional and
.,or4;eo,, ho,o ,r;th ,,f a.. ,..c,
~ t1,a;- oo,;,n.xa - - .s-,-t,,."1 s "-el - .s 11.
own bad purposes the leaders OF great
party, who did not, we in charity hope,
suspect the full scope Of Southern designs,
10 q :" "onas4 'nA' We nave my govern
.s insl. =. a-ta,1s 'Ie "nois lao1,c mus IN
~ W. a a.. ~ 1"ose snofu - oeieno lis IN
'es1t' o'o nos 'otno'e Gown ana involee
ever 'h'ns III lte run men 1alk OF this
pei' Me4A governments rope
o. SUM =, '1''s 'l.e' any Mnnl o1 "1nd
may dow over. IL is NOT 1ie strain that
1t has endured since Mr. Buchanan went
into power proves that there is nothing
stronger or more enduring In al christen-
oo'n. 11eie - no' = o'ss'e III Europe Ina!
couto nnse s1t*'a sneh an Assaul1" france,
i i.ns1hnu' 'A'sei.i. lta!y OF nussla "onlo
nase suceumoeo ~ na@ tne -u1ne taat mas
psea Sonsotneu - sae suof' % uelacn seven
se1'.. oa''os o's'.@ aion 'nis coined
eraey' II tne governing powers therein had
oeeh "ornng 1o' tne run 1llat Floyd,
noncey, cooo a1iu Ano.eson mtenoed.
naHe ol Napoleon tne meeehe 1aai bu-
s,l.in1a sa =. aAa q ns ainsee.s o. war
Mafc, enaace anu sne tn'eslor' s1aitols
~ oiack as those VINO LOT iour years have
guided thc destiny Of this country, and
Revolution would follow in six months.
Let the English Ministry plot as our Min
listers plotted, and the empire would be
certainly dismelnbered. Tat we have not
a1Feady CYL war and It's attendant horrors,
, 1861-02-26

finger, conductor on the /. R, r., that On
Tuesday list seyeral, stations above this, L.
connective got loose from its engineer, and
made tracks X with lightning speed for other
regions Tbs: engineer mounted hand; car
near BY, and made all posalhle haste: to tbs
nearest stationt; where he teleg1aphed to sta
and warned. them Of its approsch:: Tbe: , en-
CINE ran some forty: miles,. through several
towns, but the lightning had preceded If, and
the main track .Was eleay; of all distractions,
so 20 Injury WIS done.,:In ascending a,heavy
Upgrade the fre doors Swung open, the fire.
died down. and the truant Pegasus cams to .
still7leaes9o,o> Gazflls* -: :. -
, 1861-02-26

could have wrought, without feeling that
he has been inspired by higher power
than human government, for the blessing
Of mankindf, Who. can know the more
than Roman drmness he has displayed, and
the courage with which he assumed the
control Of the. President and exercised
restraint over factions, without 5ielding to
him the praise which should follow the
SAVIOR Of the State.
, 1861-02-26

THr MICHIGAN De FAu1r1ss TnEAsuaKa,--
John Mckinney, the Michigan defaultlng state
Treasurer, has had exa1ni nation and held in;
'sl5,oo bail-$1o, 600 on the. charge Of not:
paying over moneys belonging to the State md:
received by him; and q, 900 on the: charge Of
embezz1emeut, ~,
, 1861-02-26

|, DIP scheibafiiit a farmer resIdife some
Five miles southeasttffom' MishaWaka, md,
was killed BY falling tree on Monday after
noon Of last weak,
, 1861-02-26

EFrom the Examiner, Nortolk, Val
eephs1o f1ls accomplish the object for which they
~sra made, viz: Cure of Headache In all Its FORMS
tfFam the Examiner, Norfolk, Vsl
They have been tested In mora than thorsaad
lFron the Democrat, St Cloud. a[hn,
ssn& ssn fSr q & 1Seraiis P yo1 nay naSs
From tho Advertiser, Providence, R. II
tre rne Ssnhanc r,lls are said to he remarkably cec
r tat Il has eyeF y' e.
lFFom tho Westsrn r. T. Gazette, Chicago. I'LL
eepSaife P endorse Mr. sps'ainE and his unrtVaed
lFfom tha hanawha Valley Star Kaunwha Val
@o y tss IT, ,e'. :1sn With the head
effofn tho Southern PATH Finder. New Orleans. La1
,at hs 1o9 that ass afflicted VIC arc sur
beasa g io asesy at1 nas
cine can produce. "A'> ~ '@osf neat'
[from the St. Louis Donocrntl
Ia fan demand for tha article (Cephfc Pills,
tFfom the Gazette, Davenport Iovny
Al SpsMldng ~ you'd not connect his namo with an
"ths4e 40 a1d hos K1oW to poascgs real msr,t
ltrom the Advertiser, Proyidence KL]
The testimony in their favor Is strong from the os
respectable qu1rtaEa, .' AA''A MIG ntos'
lFrou the Daily News, Newport RI1
eephalie Pills a.a takdng the place Of al kinds.
Ifrom tho Commercial Bulletin, Boston. ASST
SAID 70 be vsFy smcaclouB for th. hsadacAa
IRON ehe Commercial, Cincinnati, ohiol
suuar1a9 humanity can now be relieved
, 1861-02-26

the collection ef the revsnue M il eoanties sdoptns
aseo. :. -.
NJ EW SPRING GOODS.
25 PIECES 1 me NEW SPRING gei 81 SILKS
An unlimited variety If
LINEN DAMAsKs,
| aaFS1ss, 2,s,n =, z..
/ All Of .,t,, on.,t., ~, ,.,,a TAHLE CLOTHS,
':Se 90 Pieces New eeptee1 str1e. r,,.u. oe.,, -.
feo5 Fi Fissss sfisEyG ps1xra
An unlimited Unlimited xs1tssy Of ~-
FLAsNE1s. saEET1yGs sHTPrrycs ~
EVERY PIECE 4 BARGAIN.
Spring valenttss Travelling Dress Good, ae" ''''e
't'" '''' a'ts; y. mr. eoss T. co
laaedssk6m2dps 1H snd 1s2 Laso street
"EA An nprc cEc
IL
1ie"'iy feeoue@o r11ces-
M. ~ - r,,.a x.r... NJ 80
G Fl I L D r E MS CAES.
e.A1u1shN's eies'
"a, n-no---
oE%m@~@.1 nsre,,tte.s, md s'ees5 @a1 Of
Send orders OF call at
Penrnot,s nro,+ V,r;otr e+,ro
-~"' ~@N' -
fn4S+ r.
WINTER s SPRING TRADE:
Having completed tho Removal of our
nrv rooa, 1oh..: no.-4
""S o Do1's'A en30ns
m roa =, ANN ,e onr-
@''@'~~ ~
rprsu AVN sr,eov.n,n ,oo,s
4 -'0 oA'o''H DDA "ovDs'
.
And invite buyers 2 e1a1rine the aamc 1t Is eur an,
10 meet 'nS F's@Sof
ekose CASH AHo sEoa1 TIME BUYERS.
=......-..
81 " EN BRoIHE & RS,
.
importers and J0bbers.
~
WARD, GILMORE Is CO.,
'Azaz's nARanz BUILDING,
' ''D1' sn' olt 'aSno s1feets'
nave opened their Spring Importation of
E5t.A ERlf rAMET t3HT tzfif1Uc
ss
rrY.
WHITE GOODS. FmRRo,nee,Ee ~
Which they will sell at the Lowest Eastern Prices.
ssise3;1a @@a1 80. ASe ssE: ----
"A A-=
N NS~Ho r. ~So3.
Having .ea;ea TIC building: No 70 se,tb ps.p,,nes
EEs.t bargains IN ''' &'s'~'''A' l"''' ass''''s
Vn1uo vel to ca1, m
H. = xoE,,. T.. r::l',,s.. G0o I'll o cE,
IONA F1DE SALE.
fs61lot III North Desp'sinss street cor, KiH;sis
- f T r. IT r REST,,
~
CH
e. - r. T. ~ Fn%
lind now in 1t no#. res; doc. no. become thle
Threc Perfect Transfers.
-
14o Lake Street,
, 1861-02-26
THE G r AT FIRE IN
=, AuWAuKEE
$3W, 1000 Saved in Nerring,s Safes.

,r MILWAUKEE, Jan. =, 1sGa
~, r. H1EsSa EoA1H1, Agent fuT Hertn9's safeal.
nIR R:.1n tha recent dEc which destroyed th9
MI MMTsokee Cl Qfesa were *o of Herring safes;
gne afEe one In the City C1etkE Dce lDeated in tho
io1fth story and smaller aae Ia the School Comtni
sqne1's room, In third stofy -.
We arc happy Is say, Notwithstanding the Safes fen
fg 70 grest dissaase I'D sabteed suea = f.
tsase heat (ha one forty and the other sixty hours
roas Iaa noes and papers weEe In Esstate state q
IL Of lie ieatfeq bindine Il tae Sos ~ team s44-
We think: + the reputation Of Hel51nEA safes wAs
not fully established befrc this hte that all must now
pe satisfied that they Ar what they claim to be
FIRE PROOF" -.
Ths eastoTs one and tho plates sa tho Other were
e''1'''| w. FRANc8 BUEBsGHAkNN,
NELSON WEBSTER, "sso<~
President Board OF Ccunetrlnra
GEO. D. DOUSalAE, $50
JONATHAN FORD. "4s' ~ts'A~
-: - Superintendent Of Schools,
sasHingss Patent Champion. ga1es," though -
Only Depot IN the West at % state street. -:
QHiI 0liytQpK 10 EtAto RfYpaA
, 1861-02-26

MUSIC BOOKS FOR TEMPER
- 49, AEgE MEETINGS Nitw xw rnxrxaaScs ME-
Hns. e99ta1n1n8 ulees sonEs sn Pieces s ceufs
sdapsSd ~ 70 POPULAR las1odies 81 Cd. fxaTxs4Sez
f1d fMh1LoDEoN, Of1gtnal.zAus 50 ctA WAxu{SE1TnE
n1gm1. Sacred soG S and lhants, 50 c aovEEr 1S6
ukSos4 Book, II cta Sent ooet-psfd On recstnt T.
price. Published By pITsoN i CO, Boston,
, 1861-02-26

trate for the ensuing fddr years not the choice
OF those who had openly avowed resistance if
their own preference should be disregart1ed by
that majority. From that time to the prcsant
the public authority has bean deaed and the
public rights disregarded. Yet, during all this
time, that most important arm Of the public
defense, the entire navy, has been beyond the
reach Of orders, however great the emergency.
To the committee this disposition Of the naval
force at this critical period seems most extra
ordinary. 'ss:..':
The permitting of vessels to depart for DIS
tant seas after these unhappy difficulties had
broken out at hsme; the omission to put in
repair and commission ready for orders single
one Of the twenty y-fiEht ships dismantled and
unit Tor service in our own -ports,au that,
too, while e646, ,6s9.79 Of tho appropriation for
repairs in the navy the present year remained
nnexpended, were, in the opinion Of your com
mlttee, grave errors In the administration of
the Navy Department, the consequences Of
which have been manifest in the many actgi
OF IaW1ess violence to which they have
called attention.; The committee arc Of apin-
lon that the Secretary had it in lis power, with
me present naval force Of The country At his
command, and without materially 1mpa1ring
the efficiency Of the; service abroad, at anY
time alter the settled purpose of fove1throwinG
the government had become manifest, and be-
lore that purpose had Developed itself In overt
acts of violence, to station at anchor within
feach oi hs own orders force; equal to the;
protection OF all the property and all the rights
Of the government aud the citizen as well as
me hag OF the country. from any outrage and
Insult at any point on the entira Atlantic ses,
board. The failure to do this il without justl-
hcation OF excuse. 80 8. = 49, :,
RESERVATIONS IN TIE EAyY-oFPIcERs
TURNED TRAITORS. -.
Tbs attention OF the Committee Was also
drawn to the designations which have taken.
Ptace amnng the officers IN the navy; caused
~: the political troubles in. which the country
ls = noW involved, and the course, pursued By:
the Navy Department in reference thereto. t
W appear; from y list Of designations ~ fur
nialied by the Department; md which accom-
Pan1as this report, that since the election, i
twenty mine officers in the. navy, citizens Of;
southern disafecteda Ststes,u have tendefed
thelF resignationa to the Secretary; al Of which
eaye been forthwith, and without inquiry, acs
cePted BY. him The, Circumstances u,ider
Which these reaignations have, been received
and the effect Of Tint taccaptance;
deserves special notice. That these officers
have sought to resfgn and relieve themselves
, 1861-03-14

The general ua2rkets to-day were quiet and rath-
erduN- These WAS a lair inquiry for Flour, but
mostly ut from 10@15c below the prices asked. and
the market was Inactive and heavy, with limited
sales ut s4.1a1E9i.Ao for medium to very choice
Spring extra. and s. 10G13oo for fair to good su-
per- The demand for wheat was less active, aud
'uder liberal receipts, the market was depressed
and burcrk had the adrantage-price llaving de-
clinod a1@1c Y sushcl, with light transactions ut
s5tt754c for old receipts No. 9; T6c For new re-
ccipts do; and S0@sQHc for new receipts No.
Spring. Corn WAS also dull and shnde lower
mixed ceiling at 27c for od, and 27E@7 for new
closing heayy. Oats dull. Rye, dc IN track
Barley quiet The ma rket for Timothy seed WAS
Shade easier to-day and the sales were heasy ut
Sa60@2Tkc for common to prime. There was
better demand Tor Clover seed, principally on Can
odian account, and about 500 bushels were sold ut
9+aS<3a25, us to quality. There are buyers OF
Flax seed at $100G110, hut the supply il very
ltshs- Highwiues steady at lie.
The Provision market is quiet md the ou1,~
transaction reported Is small lot Of country
packed Mess Fork at s16s71. There is some in-
qusrS for Bulk Nests on Southern account, but
the stock is now very much reduced and the mar
ket :s necessarily quiet. Lard Is neglected and
entirely nominal.
by special dispatch from New Orleans, we
learn that the receipts OF Ness Pork were heavy,
and TINT heavy Mess Was sold at $17,5o. This il q
decline of 81 90 PEI brl within few days,
STOCK or OATs N STonE.-As some anxiety cx-
lists to know the amount Of Of oats iu this CITY, we
append statement Of the stocks rtported BIZ the
fesular warehousemcn.
, 1861-03-14
PROVISIONS

crScrSSArTI, March 1a-Bnyers Of provisions
arc not inclined to operate and such orders ae are
On the market are sought place at figures shade
lower than those lately current; Mess pork is
nominal Ut SIG for country and $17.25 for city
packed There were sales Of bulk eides at s71, Of
bacon shoulders at &c, bacon etdes at 91lc, bacon
clear sfaes ut l0Ae- Lard, in derces, WIS sold at
e, II keys Ut iSs. Wc quote bulk shoulders IT 6
Gt61<c sides at 6s1c, bacon shoulders at &c, sides
At exc Land &C. Of tho shipments OF barrel
pork-BGl6 brls this season, 90 iar-Go, 16o have
;numbet have BEEN shipped since the opening Of
the season, or Nov. oy.3d.-Eon,asrcldl.
ST. LoU1s-March 1eth,-pork-T market is
quiet, but few orders III hand, and no speculative
demand. Round lots could not be sold at over SIT.
4 few small orders were dlled at $1T25, Sales
were small Including about $50 brls mess II lots,
and joles Saes Of 800 br1s rumps at sl10, Is brls
joes ar s1o.l0 = bris do at $40 1s15 3 hrl: Bacon
Small order demand. Pon&-house shoulders 14c
rih sides id clear sidcs 1ozf@11e, plaln han.s
N1Sc lover. Cut ,neats-Very ftttic doing. win
fur receipts Sales of 600 shoulders at 6Ac, and
1ard3Al descriptions dun. Prime country is
offered at9c, and choice do at 0zc; keg 944510c,
nominal; manufacturing sQ4SKc.-Repuolicdn