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LETTER FROM EDWARD EVERETT ON THE


The following letter was received at the ITniop
meeting at Boston on Tuesday afternoon from Hon.
Edward Everett;
WAsHIHGroN, Feb 2, 1861
ny Dedr Sn-I much regret that it is not in nv
power to be present at the meeting to be held at
Faneuil Hall next Tuesday. | have Welded, at
the acritce OF personal convenience to the advice
and request that would prolong my stay at Wash
ihgton, with view to conference with the MEM
perS ol congress and other persons from various
parts OF the Union, who are uniting their cauusels
ana Efforts for its preservation.
iue cTlsis Is one OF greater danger and impor-
| tance that has ever before existed. Six States
! have declared their separation from the Union
and the withdrawal of the seventh is probable
! event. The course of the remaining Southern
! States will be decided in few days They are
under opposing influences. A strong conserva-
tive sentiment binds them to the Union; a natural
! sympathy with the seeding States draws them in
an opposite direction.
III they adhere to the Union there will be no insu-
perabIe difficulty in winning back the sister States,
which have temporarily withdrawn from us, but
! II the Border States are drawn into the Southern
confederaey the fate of the country is sealed. In
| stead OF that palmy prosperity which has made us
! Tor two generations the envy of the civilized
world, we shall plunge into the road to ruin We
! must look forward to collisions at hOme-ferce,
| bloody, deadly cOllisons-not alone between the
! two great sections Of the country, but between
| nelghboring States-tOwn and country, and embit-
| tered parties in the same city-and abroad we
must submit to the loss of the rank we have hther-
|
nature is the same in all ages and the future, now
impending over our once happy country, may be
| read in the mournful history of the Grecian and
Italian republics, and in the terrific annals of the
| French revolution. To expect to hold fifteen
States in the Union by force is preposterous. The
idea OF civil war, accompanied, it would be, by
servile insurrection is too monstrous to be enter
| talned LOT moment. II our sister States must
leave US, in the name of heaven let them go in
! peace agree in the sentiment that the people
| alone can avert these dire calamities Political
| leaders. however we'll diSpOSed bar
previous committals and controlled by their asso-
ciates. The action Of Congress- unless accelerated
| by an urgent Impulse from the ultimate source of
power, is too much impeded by the forms of le-
giSlation and tediousness of debate. There is no
hope from the political parties of the country
agencies unhappily too potent for mischief but in
the present extremity, pOwerless for good, except
by generous sacrifice of all party views interest
and ambition to the public veal.
NO; 1t is only by the loud, emphatic, unanimous
uterance of the voice of the people, that the dan
ger can be averted. Let the cry go forth from
FanueiI Hall, and ring through the land, that the
Union must ard shall be preserved! (Great cheer
lng) Your friend and fellow citizen,
EDWARD EVERETT.
The Secession QUESTION BE TESTED IN CoURT
The st. Louis Democrat has been furnished with
an extract from answer about to be filed in the
Circuit Court Ofthat county at the suit of a we'll
known New Orleans bank against prominent city
banker OF ST. Louis to recover large sum. The
defendants state in their that the plaintiffs
are an association of persons citizens of the State
of Louisiana, domciled and doing business therein
and acknowledging allegiance thereto, and have
abured all allegiance to the United States of Amer
ica that said State of Louisiana has seeded from
and revolted against the United States of America
ana Is at war with the same; that the plaintiffs,
ana all other persons who are citizens of said State
and domlciled therein, and acknowledging
allegiance thereto alien enemies of the United
States of America and of the State of Missouri,
and have no right to maintain anv suit in the
courts OF the State of Missouri. This defence, if
persisted in tO ha last fba
question of the right of State to secede the Su
preme Court of the United States for settlement
Its prosecution opens the door to variety of legal
questions, and will be watched with interest.
SPEED OF BOYS SLEDs.-A friend informs us that
being IN MiGdletown day or two since, he timed
the speed of the boys seds there, where coasing
has been very popular amusement 1t was
Court street, and the inclination pretty steep all
the way to the river. He found that the sledS went
| halt mile in eighteen seconds or nearly two miles
minute! This is double the speed of the swiftest
| express 1t is sport not unattended with danger,
| especially when the seds come down across tray
eled roads city streets. Witness the fatal acci
dent in Pennington the other dav. In Middleton,
the boys would tie a string of Seds together, rail.
road-csr fashion, and one of these trains, in
sing road, came against two-horse team and
| threw both horses down, the sleds passing un-
der the horses in saCety.-iEarford Times, January
30h.
The CALIronNIA SENATonsuIr.-By additional
news received by the Pony Express, we learn that
Lut election hi speaker Oh ihe Assembly,, on lhG
14th, effected by a coalition between the Re-
publicans and Douglas Democrats. similar Goa
tion viii be attempted to elect Douglas Demo-
crat of NOrhern bias for United States Senator;
while portion of the Breckenridge and Douglas
members are negotiating to combine on some
Southern Douglas Democrat
The following is a complete list Of all known
pirants for the Senaturship: James a. McDougal,
! J. W. Denver, Edmund Randolph, John Conness,
! John Curry, John Nugent, John Bidwell, }. II.
Hage and Humphrey Griffith. 0. l.. Shafter,
! Wilson Flint, and Leland Stanford have been spo-
| ken of on the Republican side, and W. NJ. Gwin on
! the Breckinrdgc side.
! The STEAMER JosEPH WuIrNEY.-The steamer
| Joseph Whitney, employed on her last departure
from this port as a government transport to the
coast of Florida, arrived on Sunday evening. She
sailed from here January 10th, and made Garden
Key, the place Of her destination, the 18th,
when the troops and supplies landed at Fort
jefferson. On the 10th the Joseph Whitney left
Fort lay lOr, about mile from Key West where
were some heavy cannon to b. transported to Fort
Jefferson. These, eight.inch Columbads, with a
| large quantity Of round and canister shot and
shells were put on board the bark Horace Beal,
and towcd to Fort Jefferson. The guns were safe
y landed.-Bosion Courier, Feb. L.
| THE ARCHDUEE MACMILLAN of Austria was near
" burned to death in railroad car on the l4th ut.
lie with his suite had left Berlin but hallsa hour
| when the saloon carriage caught fire through
! the over, heating of the hot-ar stove. The flames,
! fed by combustible materials, spread rapidly, and
the connection with the other carriages of the train
was cut of. Count de BombelIes, sbthe peril of
! his life, clambered to the roof of the carriage
! and his cries at last heard by the engine
| driver, who Immediately brought the train to a
| standstill. With some difficulty the velvet hang
! ings were torn down and the furniture thrown cut
| of the window, and the fire eXtinguished with
the aid Of water and snow.
| AN INDIGNANT CoNTRADIcrroN.-Th New Orleans
| Dettd Of Wednesday last contained the following
! significant paragraph, the only reference to the
subject OF the seizure OF the Marine Hospital which
/ El,lY 81 Al
! Hatch yesterday received a despatch from General
| Dix, Mr.. Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury,
expressing his qualification at the contradiction of
the slanderous and unfounded reports concerning
| the treatment Of the patients in the Hospital near
| this city. 1t is supposed that Gen. Dix never
wrote the letter attributed to him by the tele-
| graph"
Convict ALLOWED ATTEND HIS MorHEa's
| FUNERAL.-Henry Hocomb, serving a long
sentence in jail for murderously assauting his wife,
was permitted to attend his mothers funeral at
Southwick, Mass, on Sunday, in charge of an ofi-
GER. HOlcomb seemed deeply affected, not having
heard of his mothers illness, which was brief and
terminated fatally on Saturday. Amasa HolcOmb,
the prisoners father, gentleman much respected,
obtained from the overseers leave OF absence for
| his son for the purpose above speciiied.-BostOn
! Courier.
A traveller from Madras to Jaflna states that but
few of the Heather temples that he passed were in
| good repair. Many idol which used to be
| drawn about with great pomp and parade,
| IL
| irewood. The impression is steadily gaining
| ground among the people that their idoatrous sys-
| TEN has had its dav The Christian missionaries
have now fairer field Of usefulness than ever be-
fore.
! ANOTHER JUDGE on TREAsoy.-Judge Williams
of the United States District Court Of Michigan,
in a recent charge to grand jury, said: "The
ship builder who furnishes vessels to a rebelliOus
portion of the Union, or the artisan or manufactu-
| Ter who delivers cannon and muskets pursuant to
contract, or the merchant who transmits to order
the clothing for rebellious soldery thus gives
practical aid and comfort and is amenable to the
penalty Of the law
THE DIsBANDMENr OF THE IRIsH MILITARY CON-
PANIEs.-The Of Capt Patrick S. Proctor ct oj.,
of the late jackson Guards, of Lowell, Mass, Us.
ex-Adutant General L. W. Stone, which was
heard recently by the Supreme Court, was decided
on Friday. The decision was in favor of the de-
fendant the Court ruling the right Of the Governor
to disband military companies, and to take from
their armores the arms loaned by the State.
novel game of Baseball was played in New
York on Monday on the skating pond in the Eighth
ward, between the Atlantic and Charter Oak Base
lected for the match, and the game was PLAYED on
skates, the-prize being silver ball. The Atlantic
ten won the ball, making 81 runs, to &c by their
opponents Some 5000 people witnessed the game
The Espona calls attention to the painful fact
that, according to official return Just published
not fewer than l, AS homicdes were committed in
Spain in the year 1859. Another official return
shows that in that wear there were in the country