McKean Citizen,The (Newspaper) - January 18, 1861, Smethport, Pennsylvania if 9, o'clock this a lieu t. i while city with corted to and Toe communication from M follows Governor oj of your batteries fired morning oh an unarmed Vessel the flag of my Is not been notified that war declared by South Carolina the United 1 cannot bo a hostile act with Undo I refrain from opening fire I have the honor to ask tho I without parallel tn tbe history country or any other committed in ence to and you is not that I regard it Us an act of And I not after reasonable time for the return permit vessel to pass the of the guns of my In as far as it my of you will duo notification Diy for the of alt con swer justify a further continuance of on my part. f after stating the of Carolina to the United that any attempt to send Charleston to tho forts would lie act of in that any attempt to re- or the tho waters of South Major Anderson alter spiking the cannon and ing but be re- garded by the authorities of ibe State as indicative of another purpose than the coercion of the State by the armed the Special have been off the t approaching armed and troops to reenforce aboard not to enter the Special orders hare been given tho commanders tbo forts hot to fire such vessels until a shot across their should warn them of the of tho Under tho Star oi the it is this morning attempted to writer tuo harbor after ing boon notified she could and she waa fired The act Is perfectly justified by to your threats about vessels it is only necessary you must the judge of your Tour position in harbor has been tolerated by the and while the of which you complain is in perfect consistency with the rights and duties of tbe it is not perceived how for the conduct you propose to adopt can a parallel in tbe history of any or be reconciled with any other purpose than that of your Government imposing on the State the condition oi a conquered S. W. MAJ. AN- j Sir to iho receipt of your and that under tbo I have deemed it proper to refer the matter to and intend deferring the coarse I indicated in my note this morning until ar- rival from Washington ot such ions may have the also to express the hops that no ob- will bo placed id the and that yon will do me the favor of giving every facility for the departure reWn of tbo bearer T. is directed to make the immediately thei permission and directed Lieut. Tulbott to have every facility and courtesy extended to him as to the States Government both in going and Dec. Tbe Emperor of Franco in answer to whatever bave been made by the Tbe enclosed the Preu of the 4th of of tbe Government shadowed by od some days since in tho gan of the The first article to treat tbe with ment aa an 1 bave taken tbe liberty of ting the stron of Monsieur ion of the article I send you so the should wisdom of the highest and may bo regarded by oar aa the sort which they may expect from all liberal Governments on should they themselves in ruin Wrom fhe Tho extreme parties their journ in tbe the abode ly of calmness and Too cities of thiy on those homes of agitation on this subject of tbe strongholds of tbe con- servative New Tork has given it of against New Orleans has voted for Mr. Bell and ail the other ports of tbo South aro lukewarm by Colombia and The maritime stand better than the rest of tho try that the prosperity of tbe Union is and that in breaking it and forco are Commercial instinct is wrought to the height of political and merchants for tbe true Prance has a corresponding interest with and ought to follow the same line of of the Union will coat her more risks than For the of England and being admitted as ours into the free ports new or if it was closed by exclusive privileges to the irn States would have nn alliance im- mediately with a counterpoise iko thut of tbo South wild Var wonld result immediately from ucb he proprietors of we wonld be breed to defend their institutions to tolerate their plan of the annexation wr tan Within the of our A portion Of United are determined this fion ia now being whether this was by oor era at the expense of their and their fortunes was going to be torn to because and f Mexico and France cannot expose herself to such South not en- any illusion cannot lend to discord in- of Her duty is to nse icr fervent efforts a lemont not wrongs ro and each part would be equally injured by We re on the other sido of the no but United bound tp the ho equilibrium of The American marine is not leas ul tp France than that of r to prevent the overriding in- nonce of a single power on tbe France was America's first ally i may be be her She wonld show to the United the byss toward which they byss wich wonld their past glory and fruitful For the American Union separation be It is the murder of great nation and a great will not lend assistance to this or She assisted lo make the she will not assist to destroy it. overborne in tbo ejection of of the United is now being tested whether a ic form of government can whether people are fit to govern movement for the destruction of onr Government noted in the State Carolina many years bui never in the tory of the bas it reached so form as at present Several of tbe extreme Southern already resolved themselves of the Union in their Secession Tbe forts and arsenals along the Atlantic and Golf coasts bare been by the rebels who have placed them tn an at- of hostility to very ment under which they have become a great and a prosperous Tho point to which public attention is most directed at present is the city of S. wherein the of ted and been nourished for tho past thirty Tbe harbor of ton is protected by three forts which are designated as Ports trie and The former in the centre of the harbor and occupies a most admirable position for tbo of it. Gen. Scott declares that Castle Sumter is the most nable fortress in and to take it wonld require a three months that it could only be reduced by the slow process of firing heavy metal against its and gradually ing them a that it would require shells falling from a proper I the last days of I President elect to Cameron that the him at his III Gwt Cameron and ring interview these latter Was voluntarily tendered tie position of the tne Cabinet of the TTttt mi made in otter Ha tin tidings of that appointment re- by the of the banner coln State with emotions of and verdict of ad of people of ibe Keystone of all which could of Jn involving the life of oar liberty of hw and tbe hope of the ii sjow at and pending ia the you sole and hold laal junr Congress and Judiciary seem to have proved benee to who your elect yoor make yoor ordain Con- to which all we team Jha tbe of lake Erie to the of tbe have been It was supposed that Um elect wai eager to the claims so recently in tones in bis re are or tho sentiments of F. Tbo Post tells a ery romantic story a of who were married that city ast after a lion of more Jan. Lieutenant T. left ton last night with dispatches from Major Anderson to the President of the United Lieut. Talbott goes to for farther instructions from the of gentleman entertain cd him at Hotel A To says Up Now Turk on the for I candidate of swerving in tM Con- faithful to hfc who can keep own counsel and act right and who U not the A from Fort Somter re- the of the than They express the utmost in and lor Hajor An- whom they would follow The writer of the letter thinks that 150 wen would im- in 5n 1860, the rf a for mi to his cellar for ban twenty-five They were orn in loved not wisely nt too tbe girl's parents refused o let them even to save dis- the young man came to got rich at and visited a friend's house at intending soon to take the steamer ior his While passing a pleasant ing a and tho mutual at- traction between thus ly was so strong that they each about the and the upshot man aged 50 married his old aged 46, who wai ia with own a young married man of about 25. Tbo long separated but now delighted couple will visit their an and no wedding tour was ever preceded by a courtship so curiously interrupted and The Toronto Globe If America baa got any great now is the time to tho orchestra grinding through the Fast stave of tbo overture already tbe is full from pit to topmost all ia nothing is ing save the chief tbe distance to demolish one of Us The two are inferior and are entirely at the mercy of Fortunately for tbe the several forts of the harbor at Charleston were under tbe command of Maj. Robert a brave and gallant who has served bis country in tbe Black Hawk tbe Florida Mexican Wnen the secession movement first broke ont he was occupying Fort but as the excitement con- to increase in virulence he thought it prudent to change his ters to Fort For that act he brought down bis patriotic head tbe ire of in tbe act was disapproved of by bers of tbe Cabinet who favored the bnt was nobly sustained by President Consequently Mr. Buchanan has received the its of millions of his The traitors have withdrawn from bis constitutional advisors now consist of men whose veins flow with the blood of On tho 9th inst. tbe President sub- mitted to Congress a message relating to the affairs of the in which he states his determination to protect tbe property of tho Government and collect the revenue at -all President will be sustained in this by the patriots of all parties io i A few days tbe steamer Star of the West was despatched to ton with reinforcements for Maj. An- Upon her entry into the bor of Charleston she wits fired by the troops of that city who were and who had also erected a battery on Morris island near tbe entrance of the Tbo er put to sea and arrived at New York on the 12th inst. For the first time in the history of our government tas the stars and stripes been fired by the people wbo have been roared under its protective which took place qualification for position tendered him are equal if ont superior to those bf any man in the great industrial bf demand that no less a friend than be have been given to mete those Interests be placed at the head of tbe f our a nan In oar wonld a word and a among onr The alone woold be in- tbe of toe World to that of a sound and As we before stated the elect onto appointment that wonld of ex- as the one tendered Gen. If of the people could be heard in the of de- cide in favor of the appointment and it is with that we find an effort being own State to induce ident elect to revoke decision in regard to ths A politicians and whose it has been for some years past to the party with which have And whose political ia of the moat questionable are every possible means to keep Mr. Cameron oot of the Some of these men by Ibe force of pied prominent positions in the party bnt trc know and so does every other man familiar the events of the two or three united voice of the people was in apposition to We are bee to confess that the doom of a party is no more vocably fixed than when men are selected as In the following extract from a letter to the recent many truths are to be upon this this In of our American lican Commonwealth and the infinitely tie immunities of her free we invoke are of ciple and of Tour declarations can give liberty and liberty to the let there t be and there was The pall of disunion and perfidy which now en- with can be the flee maybe dispelled by mandate of Ihe Your fellow may save Oft Speak sovereigns 1 AaU tf Tbo of tbe wbo hod driven into the dens and cares of tbe Were by three hundred loyal and of the LORD and of Gideon Your of to Gat owf your will toost overwhelm in the mies that f Tbe declaration of in 1776, shook the the over- threw and gave to freedom and is now heard in sive from the of a liberated and Shall ibe page of history of and 1861, which record the ortive glory of the land of the be sullied with tho name of written upon tbe ve shield of the land of the Washington t Forbid it Heaven Forbid it Let your sentiment be expressed praise A perusal of just now Th history of its is to ovary Its author Francis 8. 13th of 1814, Jety a flag of trace for the purpose of procuring tho from tho British of a friend of hfc wbo had been captured at permitted to return intended attack on Baltimore should bat kept on the flag ship com- to the of Admiral bad boasted would carry in a few and thus cause tbo fall of the Mr. Key flag at the Port through the whole dky with the most intense and withdraw bid eyes from it until set a barrier to its Daring the night he watched the bombshells and at tho first glimpse of dawn again ed upon deck in anxious hasto and with beating thrilled with joy beholding tbe flag country still proudly waving io Under tho inspiration of ta he penned the following Who can read them Without partaking of tbe spirit winch animated the bosom of the writer on that or ing the warm Wood coarse more ly his viens f 0 yon m br the st th. lut aad stsik the l and to give it a in our There is j. good deal of ill feeling here in gard to choice Cabinet Officer from this There is. A class of politicians confined to particular by They are like too in one of fidelity to the Consti in one general shoot of viral and the hosts of perfidy sball be trans- fixed in tbe abyss ol that even Judas and Benedict Arnold may find Mark with the mark of all whose appetency inclines toward and who seek the disruption of tbe have elected a President for your and should now defend and preserve a for your vigilance is tbe of Hance sovereign it be hooves yon to remain j W. A. Fine Cameron 14. And tho rocket's np tlu la proof tbat oar ttg thm r O thit On tho dimly Mm Out 4xp, tbe bert flint Uw thi Ai It j lull ers of after tho battle is over and rifle ihe pockets of the d e dy ing and They in and clique eye open to the In all lie trouble proceeds the idea one that tbe appointment of Simon Cameron to a position in the Cabinet would interfere wilh mid share of the as every member of tlie clique knows well bow little sympathy it would have from tbe the secret of the to at and it the secret of the dispatch by A. K. to Mr. Lincoln on Saturday last which is be substantially of Cameron to a ont In I JOB ta lit aw ban K This dispatch intended to reach field soon Mr. wbo went there by invitation of Mr. just aa John did six weeks and aa Judge Wilmot did this It is believed that Mr. Lincoln intends Io pet tbe views of all tbe men of and then act as be thinks best about an appointment to tbe Cabinet from the Banner There is DO doubt in my mind of the existence of a well organized plan to arouse the people all over against and I here is no in my mind tbe clique which A. K. ia the bead and bottom of we shall the hero of the sooft there will bo If he cornea not a Tbo be torn tbo big dram will be the gilded chandeliers and winged will be smashed to will be An old fanner was in tbe of live Maj. Anderson and ons in this be found in What tion the government has if as we are not you to tee it any had gone called to hit have Uw si And cows and go ake op count aad to tf In tbo selection of a Committee pre- Supplement to Cameron we why tome gentleman tie County it. Tho ui composed of goad bat distant from will not give the matter the attention The in and nite too be effected at an early day if desire b that to or tat effort irill be made tins winter to secure tbe a tbe Legislature re- lieving the Pennsylvania Railroad Company frem paving the tax they are Bow to pay upon tonnage passing over their The time might come when such a would be received with favor by the ple of the but thai time is not yet Tbe people are at this time nearly unanimous in their condemnation of such a want tbe Pennsylvania Company tn fulfill with the Slate before they ask for years ago the State incurred an in great public improvements which opened that of the Stale lying be- tween and Tears after the Pennsylvania Railroad Company asked for a charter to build is Railroad along by aide the Canal and Railroad belonging to the The country bad been vastly improved and by the State rendering it on desirable to run a Tho Legislature granted die charter bnt ml without protecting tbe interests Company a tax the tonnage they transported through tho 3 This was no more than just It was altogether optional with tho Company whether they accepted of the charter these terms or If thoy and built their tainly should not object to assist off Iho enormous debt which the State had incurred in constructing which Would be tendered worthier by the competition of their They the charter and their and it to be best paying ia the the while the public instead oi in a which the tax-ridden 1'ennsylvteia bad to carry Such state of things when to tbe Railroad Co. at a nominal the express ing to pay tax until the State debt wan paid off. This sole wai effected as late the year 1857. and yet Company to step forward time and be Relieved from tee We bope the from this section of will beware hor watch aflutter was caused among the would-be and the day at the of the fact that bad been the and had actually seceded from tbe Union it maintained for the last years old and Dad ils place among the new in Felt's This event iras entirely tor and for while furnished tbe topic for folks were beginning to be reconciled to o when they were again thrown into exe tement by the that the nt bad chosen a King for refractory and one who avows bis determination dis- charge the duties of his office wilb late P. having is feeling quite jubilant that be no longer bears den of Uncle Sam's postal on his and ia in hopes Ibe of government will go on as I of tat sod tin And where fa nan Uw sad tho 4 BOOM ud s country ui Bo don f blood oat So amid MTO And tunier tlu bane of is snid that the Court as Bellas lawyer i who io this place last ol selves of diatribes against the many Wanders appear in Hie Act the t ew ty of are aware Hint to found in said add wlat is g lo pa that neither our Senator wbo is considered a good nor Judge who was in Harrisburg nearly all the time tbe was before the and who was advised ia reference to some of should hare failed to discover those glaring an- til I GOOD another column be found tlie cards of two of the bent in Western House in has recently been repaired and re- in magnificent style by iul new E. S. Esq. We we apeak the voice of every person wbo has np at tbe Bennett House tbe past few when we insert that it is one of the best ho eh in the The Emporium Hotel of this place is another capital Every effort is made by its S. Di lo make It i and a for tbe weary S neb tels receive the of tl e Oil AT is circulating in this vicinity that an oil well baa bean discovered neu Cuba yields at the rate of OT a It is a fortune to the If it yields no more than one quarter of that If we ore not mistaken the Company own the veil are principally residents of and are represented by S. A. who has control of tbe We congratulate our old upon their mnd wirt vita sad unid the Cower that of thai tilt li our And borne Oyster are Messrs. and two of did the on Wednesday evening last by treating a few of their friends in immediate vicinity to a of At- The oysters were served op in Dike's besi Tuc few brief but pertinent remarks of Dr. were well sial everything passed off question now pays tot next Tn an article appeared in our last in reference to the organization of Cameron aa error occurred in the that be court held in the of the An adjourned conn will be held at the Court Honte in this plaice tbe ing ibe March term of tM Elk it the second e nonsense of the dis- is that men in South Carolina arc ready to the field against following figures show the number of men botwen twenty and seventy of ago in the cotton South Which is loss than the men of tho same age in and bat of the able-bodied men of the take in calling the attention of oor readers h the column occupied by a statement Column which will doubted by are witb the It is that his will be sold for cash or ready pay lower they can. bo bought within thousand If any one that they can only by trying hare full confidence in making his words Oca Corn Is icr was re- in this place on Tuesday c caning from Gen. Simon io he ia about to present this with a bell Our people can rout tiat tUe cral present them with nothing that they will haw tp OT Benson of ihe and Cowan and tbt House THE pre- coarse of Sooth Carolina in re- fusing to await the action of tbe but at once plunging the country into all tbe of civil has tbe sympathies of many patriotic men who hitherto remained her fast ready to vindicate tbe tice of her cause at any We have ono illustration of this in of the veteran Commodore Lawrence who second oo tbo tive service list of tbo U. S. and whose resignation Was announced a few days In a private Commodore Kearney pursued by I haro changed my regard to matters in that quarter and and 1 have to be lowed to withdraw by letter of nation Ip This is straw which shows tho direction df tho fy Isaac T. the late ting postmaster of New York who fled to the Island of is now resident of of and ia said to be in a state of nttor all bid worldly gear a seedy suit of a a very smalt snm of and dn old commission him to be a Grand Sachem of tho Tammany Mr. tbe Mayor ot w a working and occupied bonoh for I tho greater part of of
