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"cAPJE *A¥ OCKAK WAVE. » CAPglSLAN'i K.a. * J. £5^, J w JWUk-r •** fTffr UHr. ^ t ON,® DO HjABil* E H ASXW <1 Thursday, fob. 14, 1861*^ I THD BREAD ALTER* 1TTVE. j, L - T%» eye* of tiossaddi of the cltiseni of j, the Letted ftfales tare' been turned tow- ;, •rd* oar national cspital. wtthdeep anxiety. fc during die wsraienco or tha present trying , folitical erins, hoping tbw Uongfero would t dotH some plan. or atpiceble adjnetrtent. j And especially has this tifcefi tb- ewe. ( »-.nc, the 4th of February. the lime ferTbe meeffttg of tbe Peaea Coogroo* . , with tho hope (though ntaoat hoping , aganfet hope) that that bbd* eomposeff of , men Sppwnled tor that special purpose— , men of ability and patriotism— woold Hod ^ <fatah-medy. Pbr otr oww port, viewing , llMrtmln of eroats as they hero transpired , oor feari.'fbr iomo time pnM, beve out- , we%hed oer hopafc ; tboagh we ere «o» entlroly without hope. But that hope ariaei, , not from itoyW»Wg wWeh %e can tee. hot , from a certain indlscrlbsbfeimpreroioo, that 1 He who does bis pleasure uraong tbe ehil. , «frint of men, bee yet a higher and nobl« , pert for a gnrhrUthStrt Hke otnflo ndt , • and will not suffer that which has, rroni ( thwBnt, so evidently received His festering , daro, to be so soor destroyed by tbe rathless band of traitors. And irony be that , #3 ourlhad witt vfcnftb, «(» our hopes be- | coffie strong, era these remarks shall meet the public eye. through the Instrumentality , of the 'conference at Washington ; though , luch a* event Would most happily disappoint os , Viewing matters in this donbtfol light, t&a question arisda : What shonldbe donei in eiie of "ii ultimate failure * adjust, went. And here comes the dread alternative.. One of three tbiaffi must b« done Ktther the I'sAidai Government iuu«t quieaently snffar the sieve state# Iff fyrw lliemselvea into an independent gjpyernmciit, jieldiog up I bp possession of aii public property within, their domain^conKttting only by silenoe; or agree upon a peaceable 'Oituioo, reooostntcUng into two separate nations, or resort te the last dread alternative^— civil war. The A ret or these is oat or tbe qoesjion. So adi»ioutreiion, except a portly south•ra one, will ever admit the right or any elate to withdraw from the Union, without the conssut of, lb# other stalea, so that., in case of an nRunaM failau of a paacvab.le compromise to saeMm lbs Uniou, nothing iwesalae but a peaceable separation or a rtvil war, And Sr Web- hem of the dUemma will it he <raum»ythao*s! For our own part, oer best impreeaiou Ssotsld lead us to asdividing the chantry directly oa the elaee lino— rathe* than dvuwch our soil with fimterael blood, if within lho 4 fan Ms of tbe fwoviatoss of the Const hut ion ; that ia, if the Coaasitotieo provides foreny amendments 'hy which eoeb a peaceable separation can boelbclod, Whether aoch provietoa eaitl in that instrument, which haa so orteo hoeo caiisd immyrlal, pr not, is nut oor design now-o-arguc, not .o we voppos# we are lawjfvnocgli'to do no with profit. But vi dt not believe it doe# exist, nny more thar the provision for any state to withdraw at pleasure, without the coueeot c.' her eister stales. But if it does, and was rsrriod co', *l»o would It the gainers? Xot the South certaiol* ; for we; holier* whet se many calm, .aenaible, far-eeefug atat'esman, who have irot been carried away with thu whirlpool of paasion and disunion, hare said } that disunion. wouid sound the deathLnoti crf aiavery, thai -psoalimebmiitatlou" or the South; or. M. ww Wcmld mora properly denominate it, that peculiar Wkjaity •I tbe Boath, wbioiu they are' trying to prop up, by Knocking from it its grestasl protertibfc- ; ^ : ; ' ■And who are the men who . have ezpreisad each an opinion 1 hint ranting aboiil ioni#U, Uka Wendell Fbilipa and Wm. LUyfwJ Carriaon, :ov ultra KepuWicaas, snch as W reefy and Somaer. woe even northern men hf Ay vtrfpe er party-, hot ebntbem men, inch art Otrr. Htcka. *f Muvyhad ; Clom. * t»«, of Virginia ; ex*lo»erior Johnson of Teaneaaae; Bouligny^of Louisiana ; W. ft, W, Cabb of. AWhama; Una. •U of them alaveholderv ; ami a boat pf .(oceoctf these optoiamaT Bsa, indeed, they #m»> blind so their owe saWfuot, asvd shut ttoi>m»lo all WKDsn^.tM of thuir ••• :Y~

(riendt; nod we eometi^hk fsgr (if^wSaayTl ho alfewed to nprses vuch a%ar) thet they 1 are given over to blindnvm to their Inter \ est, by an si wise Providence, believing a lie, to' the deitruciivu of that vary iustito. i lion, for tbe aafcty bf'whlah tbhy are eM- i tending. the Iloe of nallonahty 1 drawn along thh tlavo line, wbevu is the i protection for their bipwd Froperty, that might laks ii Into their beads to slap over that. line f Would thej then see no virtae I the Fugitive slave Low, aa it now exista, • then annulled T 8trange Indeed is the which has aeiapd upon them ; but if they will shot their eyrt to tbe light, and bastdn the'e-erthrow Of that for which they are contending, wu'euntiot 'help it. will cortainiy cauao tbe wrath of-mun to pruisa illm. ..aajJi i.|~yL - But there ia a feature of thia qwstion of mutual, peaceable separation ^not secession) in no way objectionable to tbe Sorth: would rid us oT all legal complicity with slaVery, sn'd Idare ui lb feet that we were Jiving in a land of "Inalienable rights." dxcept the right to catch men who wet# e®.' caping for lho enjoyment or tbe aumu rights. !<ii- " >.'• man" *" But those ie a feature alike objectionable the Mwrth and Sooth. Divtde tbe conntry, making two aeparate and distinct' na tiona, with the same causes of atnmosilj that now'fxist; and reads, broils and quarrels would arise wj^honl number, plunging rt'a twd tnto war fotevet-j so that whichever of the Wo Borna' or the dlleuima we lake-, providing no amicable' Cntmi >co»pcemisecun be effhetod.-- bloodshed seems to await tw. onlaas wne iniurppjiUon c^a l'rovi4e«ca xvert. it ; widV-hj^oiy question would be one • of time , *o4bst if any honorably, ani| ^icbteous compromise can be L-ffected, let it be done, that WO stain not ouf hands in each others blood ,Bnt if not, out feelings would dictate us to say, in Che spirit or Abraham to Lot • Let oe (operate, and thus, at I was'., 'delay the evil. Hut asfewtbor such shell be the rase. Or. whether it even can he, ia net for us alonu tn my- »; . H « rq >- . „ « , , . But upon this mailer of separation there is one important question, if effected, could it be done, end not leave, as liable to Tutore divisions and subdiriaion*, until our hitherto iniglrly iCepublic. tbo admiration of the civilhted world, would be severed into an hundred petty prineipalitfea, at war with each other, and a prey !e those powers which now stand io owe of usT VTOLtfno* ART* nrrzLUOEScz. Fnnr St'wi-ri'K. — The wives ukI chilJren of the officers and suldmr* at Furt Smnpter | have been sent t».S«U York, wheiu. they ' arrived on Wednvaday »f last week, on board the C. earner Marlon They reprcaen*. ^ ^he garrison in excellent health, not a sin 1 gle soldier being on the tick list ; Inn for k the Pnioh, well provisioned. In the way of ' «4lt meat's, camp rations Ac., and they appeared "to hare Kara fbr the aafety of thofr hnsbunds. So reinfercemenU hud ' been luealrad whJsu thay left, on. tbe ad iwst.; and tbe Uaptaiu of the Marion thinks that groat difficulty erou Id be experienoed ' in entering tha.l|arbQr with reinforcemantt. 1 There are said ifl , be seTenly-fiTa sojuiers ' and thirty laborers in the fort. vTJtFoouth 1 Carolinians ore puling Fort ^teultrie' and ' the other forts' It the beat condition for de. 1 fence possible ; hut ft it not believed that 1 Monlt-ie ran iojnre Sampler in the least. 1 Tuna— Well. Texas, the font star state. ' m rwcaotly admitted into the Unioa» taking ; h»« W«d fur it. u again ent of it. or euH; so. The Couyeulion p^eed fhe prdi nance ' nr secassiou on the Lit iasL, which .s lobe • pibroitted to a Tote of the people on the 2Ad, and if adopted, will go into effect en ^ the 2d of March. Governor Houston fevors lho accession, tall his former strong | Union deciaraMoas'Vo 4ha contrary not- ; witheuoding. He give as his reason for thin change, tbo action ef the JUegi latare ' of Now York* and other s(ntM, ofer- ' iog men and money for the enforcement of [ the Federal laws. It is reported that the Tekans threaten an atiack on fotts in the Indian Thrtftofy. 7-.n : Tire I»ni»t de.vt aim' Ooti H at* a— The ' V Widen i s course i a reUfio ,i to the pr«. pesition* of Colonel Hayoe is Mniiiar to that tewurds the former commissioneru 1 usmely, the* be has no autherity to treat | (<w the dale or disposition of the forts 'and ' other public property ; that it his duty to drigpd tkem to the best oT his ability, and that tbe consequences mu*t fall on those ' wko exist* them. . Zl ' ' ( Iffinwt.A* I'tASAcoiA Kur Wur k TomTCtfAa. — The steam il.vop-er war Brooklyn arrived at Kay U'mt eu Lho 31at wf Janaary, and »aa <o proceed to Tortngna end Fcueeeelwlhe nest day. IW Wj^doltc wu« rxp^rted IB a few docs, end the »loep-ol-wur Its si lr oian ™ spolaan eff Ud Rey.'eu tbe mh. homA fe TeMngus. k, ' cenroqumce «T the fterCla troops drome 1 j ing of Ukiog Fort flekews, witheiU aarai

Witbdrawn, and tbo Test, or most of thom- 1 1 to bo relieved soon _e- jh Abxaxsas. — Senator Sebastian, from Ar- 1 c kansea, has received tbo moil gratifying t intelligence from his Bute, to the effect c thst A i ban boo ■ilt^rwaraio true to tne Con i stitntioa and the laws. « "if I Tuoora rou W xsuixuro*. — The War < Department continue to strengthen the tie- i < fence of Washington. Tho ertillory com- < peny recently at Augusta, Ga., arrived on ; i Thursday last, numbering nlicnt eighty ■ men. On the same day. ninely iharicrt, I and sixty-Are dragoons p'as-L-d tfiro jgli Hal - i t timore, on their way to the Capital. | ViSfctXiA — The state Convention, In | 1 Virginia, assembled to thy. Thursday. ThU reports of tbo viettion for delegates i 1 show a majority of Union men, but -it is i confidenSy asserted by Virginians, that1 thay arts only Union men. for the moot < 1 part, with a proviso ; and that proviso ta. • • compromise satisfactory to Ibcm ; and it remains 16 "be Seec whether snch promise can b« sffeited. Ililer so far as we can' judgefis about fctho true rloto or affairs, and we, as heretofore, have very lit- | 1 lie confidenoe io any good resulting from the Peace Congross, which coinmnnced Us session on the 4ih inet.. at Washiugtun. We ai»h, however, that se might find ourselves mistaken in tbe end. We would gladly sacrifice our politicul sagacity ; for we profess but little. Till; Pcack Coxoncs.*, as it is called, up' ' to onr Ti*t adUtcrS at the time we write, on i 1 Aljindsy, have takbn no special action. | ' l ho time is oetupiedifi a kind of general conference. An effort was mntlo by ■ 1 member ffOin Virginia, to precipitate mat- I ' t«rs, by felling a test vote. Thu was dona i undoubtedly, in view of the near approach of the meeting of(the Virginia Convention; | 1 bat n stopper was put upon it. A large 1 majority of the delegates appear to be ' ' calm. con«< ■restive m»n, and will not act i , preciplatnly. Very little can be known of > their proceeding*, as tbey set with closed doors. • t Tkksiowek.— The State Conventioo quels. , tion iu Tconer.«ee is treated in a pscuiiur > manner. The Legislature would not take r the responsibility of calling a Convention I out-and-out, 'but ordered an election to be held on the 9th inst., (last1 Saturday! to r vole for or against 'a Convention, and. at • the same time, to vote for delegate*, who were to compose tbe Convention, if the re. ' suit or the i lcction should decide to hold ; 9 one. The Convention is to be held i>» the r 2fi, if the election derides to hold onn at all r This is the most sensible way of calling u such a Convention that has yet come under j , oor notice. »' | Th* Sot-ruin* Cdxnrvrtrrx, which aasemf bled at Montgomery, Ala., On tbe 4th inst- ; ^ limnltaneoasly with the Peace (Jong rets at < ^ Weahiogton, have adopted tbe Constitution j ft of the United Htalee, with a few altera- j I lions, Including free trade with all the ' I world, as the basis r>f their provisional B government. 1'bii move was made by M is j siaaippi, and thay do not propose to establlth a permanent government at present, though an effort was made to that effect, k by Georgia. **■ ■'•m d TOUR LOCAL PATXB- *o, 2" In an article last week we attempted to A show, in a small space, what advantages a« derived from a local paper. How far »■ w* succeeded in our object or whet effect g ft will ksLse, ie left for olharmto decide; but / wo ehosld suppose Usl the subject would 0 need only mentioning, far lbs citizens of • Gape May are a sensible class, and will oonie trait favorably with other places, oxcept n upon tha point in question. This week we i- desirs to inform yon in what ways the g "Wave" can be supported, and in this cont- neetion, we remark-^' »s- ' ir Fir rt, — That lho primary step is to sabo scribe to the paper and pay for it. Soma t- find fault with its lite, aayiug "it it not »fl worth a dollar a yeAK" ^Vould yon like to ie know why it is so sntaft-w sheet ? If io, we will tell you that it is beeanae tbe Cape May people do hot -support it st thoy « should. There aro, at tbo lowest ealcula- »- tion, will outand persons (u this county abla o to thkg the "Wave," and what portion of _ this number era our patrons ? Why.on'y it abont four hundred. Astonishing indeed, d is tbe fact I Attention *ai minute. Iftbe o remainder of the thqgund (ADO) should d come hp sad hare their whaies enroled ope on 4MT subeBription hoik, with the aid or our tihutient patrons, we Could immediate - i- ly enlarge thu paper ami send out as la* * n looking weekly ahead ae ia pablitked in tim i- oosntry. Consider, now! d Second, — 'I be "Wave" can be supported o bj adwtuidf • Look at oar peipar an J no- ►. ticetho number of advertisaroents which d raliste to buaioeil In Cape May. How few ii tbey count op.' Readers, if we sho'nld lose •. oor patronage pi Pblladalpoia and uteed whsro. U wotald bo aa IppowibQitf to nervy

• on Che publication of this journal. Eerrf j i physician, merchant and.Rechnnie should (- ! advertise their buinero. The store-keeper j 1 ought to. inform the commaaity when he re j caiyes a new stock of goods and what they cotalst of, and, besides, his "eard.of basi- 1 aees" should be kept in the paper during the year. Tbe auchac* ought to notify al' | of bis special vocation by the insertion j of a "card of hnsinesa." When the farmer | , wishes to sell his real ssHih^tteck. provia- j ' Ac . he liioptd advroiiac. tf^lhu wore • done, the perscps who patronise wnnW reap | ' benefit direct, iptd we would be enabled to ! ! devote mdcb time and go-to (expenw in publishing A-fiue newspaper. But, we hear i I one Say. "it don't pay to advertise for lb* j | times are hard." Well, the times may L* , I tight, but if we fhobid lellyou tv,ati«wie of the j J richest men that ever lived in America f«- I I vnred advertising at all season! of the year. ) would you believe it I For fear you mi; ht inotj we invite your attention to tha follow- I I ing paragraph which w.ia written by Bte | ,j phen tiirard. some years previoui to hi*' I death —I hare always cOnaidored adyerti- j | "lising liberally and long, to be the great ! ; "medium or success in bus!*#'*, and pre-. "Indc to" wealth. And 1 have made it an I 'invariable rale, too, U> advertise in the"dullest time*, long experience bavmifl "taught in* that money tbo* *p«-nl i« well i "laid out . as by keeping inv busiuaei conI -t inually before tbo public, U haa secured ; "n'ic many sales that 1 would otherwiee have /'-|ost 1 1 i«»y be expocbwl or course, thai I you #••« that adrorti-dng pay*. orltL* paid j j in dull times. Will yon not c ..nid--r upon j ; this way of jptppnr'iu.' jq ir papsr. and du- j , cide to advortiee heueofortli ; , ) Third. — It is a privilege which all compe- ' tent n|ujr enjoy, to co n n-inicale titroagh j | our columns to th« pibiks. Tho tarioar is j I ask ed to lut the pwsplo know when h« j ! butchers largo cattle or ewiaa when h» Oh , | tain* grist yields fro n hts crop«. and how . ho culUvales lho toil. Any ou» ni»y/ send j > I us a lew lines, gt ring an account of a p ib I He mectnu. of an aceidei-l whit ■ m.ghC | : have occure I Ac. Th i pars-m l< Incite J j , ' send in xccouou of marfiag"* »u-l dunth « : svn-l til Account* ui in u I Uj ->■ -* — I MP,.I -

. tli.it happen under his oheervalmil. and In 1 , acquaint us wh •». his church purp -»e Ii .1 | , ding a s«-rie» nf meetings, or how thoy may j Jj , l>« pros poring wbvnjn prngrca*. AUo. «h- . x , lllrrary pp.reuu has 'h«- privilege o' gracing s I ' our pagwa with his writirjs eilhwr In prose 1 11 , or poclrv I !••• yon wonder how the last n«mt-d w . . | | help lu support n country press' — If.,, • the people A-I I causes them to subscribe »' . and continue Ihoir patronage . r | We will ujtmske furtbur remark* on f, how to support a "local p^por," ihmktug r .'yon bavo your understanding powers nn- " . pressed already. J WASHIBOTO* C0*aE»0»DMCE , ' BATtanar. Feb. 9, 1801. t * Mb. Lka-'ii Ob# of the largest, nnd «j the meat interesting af^ sipnificent ga'h- " , erlnR that the pn-sunt crisis h#» called " i forth, was tha Impromptu meeting at Wil- | lard's ilutel, on the Bveuing of the let lost 'lit was noised about during the afternoon t } that the gentlemen who brought the mon f j sler memorial to Congresa, from New York I o j city, woald.mrot friends of the Union at ( s said Hotel, where jh^y might have a chit- i tr I chat together. The/ did assemble, and 1 ! t | indeed fee Wove it would have doao yonr | ' it head smB heart good to have been preseii* ' ^ d Ootigresamen from all the f roe states were i j if , among the party, hesldeu many from the , t- | Booth; and if 1 am not mistaken, some., it twaoly-fiva speeches wen delivered. Time e will only allow »e to refer to the remarks ] e made by your own honorable reprroento- | »• tive— John T. Nixon. He tbongbt the < adoption of tho Criftettdeil Compromise to « »- be an impossibility i/tfol the Report of tho ' a CommHtee or Thirty-tiwe was a magun.tl- j >t moot oooeeaaion on tha part of the lt.-pob-o iieans, and it eoold-bnt restore trmoqoilily o to the Country if ■oarriad throngh. lie com- , e plimsnicd those ef different pariivs alio y were untiringly working for tb« L'uion, spd t I- said If the troth was made to prevail, that ^ M Republicans were for peace, a settlement i >f niig'ut be effected. A reasonabte comproj mlse most be had, and he was for it. Mt. 1 J, N. was listened ie wflb masked oUention i ■■ and the audienee well plewsad. d On Mkndariihnators Be^jamio sad Sli- \ »■ dallpf LoqMjanna took. loave af the Sena- j >f tors. Therep*rtiug wcrd# were tils sod i- pointed, blidell said ^ba rioolli would neeasvary, luru pirates and plunder north- | m ern commerce. Tlwy may naderUke this ; j but Yon know two can play al that game, d The Louisanok Reprosentatives in the i j- House, withdrew eu Teeads'-, excepting i h Hdn. J. K, Mowtifioy, who essU neither w ^withdraw or resign, altboagh bu*»i«te had I ie passed so ordinance of secession. U« ue- 1 D. , liverod a speech in dofcoca of >is course t y j aod sard »o liuto Ug..Uturu er llMtsiew ' •; . ...

oonveniiun had elected the ^ j-Americaa party oft NeWtWeani 'did the workrandif Lis eoustitaents by petitions f Asked him to resign bis teat he would cerI Ulnly obey. He said sfhan be cAme lo j Congreu he took an oath 10 SBpprWt^ the CoMiiiot.oo of the Uoited SUias, end j that he would ffo- j C T Vt 3 CT | An honorable, hoaust aod manly speoek I was delivered, on Tuesday and WsdoeOdi/, in tbe Senate, by Awdrww Johnson, of Tennc**ee. Phi* intrepid follower of .VeOSril i Jackson ipoke some time ago on tho dSsBBion •|ue*tian and handled the traitors rather roughly; but. bia loot effort gorofehead of anything yet. Mr. Johnson, a* I bath previously stated, supported Breckinridffd i and Lane at the'prviiilentisl eleettoo. Ha remarked that iu tbe late campaign bo had | oxpmdod utonev, labored Yard, traveled , through dust and heat, through rain and | uiud, in Tennessee, to convince Wtf peoplo that the prlncipfei of those einilldaUe Weyo I not tending lo overthrow tho govtrosieat . I but now he find* hi* error. Mr. Lane mari : cho- with tiio disunion! ate and ndrocales . | their cuusu even on tbe ttoor of Gongroaa. I titer piling just condemnation on old Joe Lane, be gave ulher (alsely called duwo- • crats a acourging tie denied the ae*ert otr i thai the rights of Honth Carolina had been . infringed ; ami if the great quvatuvnuoiild e-j be taken fr.>m tho hand* of -hut poi|tlciaii*a' ! and placed at iliu will of the people, tha 1 country could ho aaved. tie believed tbot " if .laekaon iutd l>e*Mi alivo no aeoeaaion I would iiavg disgraced u». The terms OiWll , n -peaking of M « jo'r Andersoa, were good and louchi ig. His eloquent. Id.b-toned remarks wore closed by iitakiug an appeal In 1 (lie cna«ervative people of the North 'tw i | mine with the BorJsr rUrootaUrti'ii.fl'ect- . ' ii g *ome a-ljualinaul. Lane dare nut rej ply to tjen-atnr JohiiKOi) ; but sought lho Laer vice* of tVigfaii. of Texas, a traitor of be vi feat tpecia*. • i Gen. risiu Houston, nf Texas, who has s ' hrruiufor i received great honor for. bg_ing a ( i tuioe man. should be scorned by- all I Amvrican* now, he being in league-*ylb | the southern traitors. ' | Senator J. J. Crittenden, in a letter to a I friend, say* bu thinks hi* compromise will ' not b* adopted. Judge DoogU1 hasunolht * cr compromise, a modification of CfiUen-. ; Jon'-, which it is said bu will offer, "j CONSKItV ATI V*.

rebuff of the Palmetto flag. Tlw iUg under which the Smith Caiwli. > appear «o animus to spill thdifschivalrint* bl'.nd, dvn't seem lo meet with iliu. ver-.«l favor, even out*ide of i he t'mtv-l Not long aitce, A WTO'el bearing this fiag alii nipted to enter tbe purl of M a>aiia. t uba, hut didn't find it *n easy a inn. lor. The gun* ut the furl *er- brought in bear upon her. an J »n nipUnaiion deinanded Sin- «r.»* detained for inn, ..u. r* and only allowed lo pa** .into the harbor, af er hauling down the' ' 'slrango lu.okiug Ibing. and rnntiing tip Ilia star* ami -trio**. Tne Spur.nrd" don't know the inbanner, or the independent notion it represents, it hoa not yet been laid down, their maps ; amf the Palmetto boys find the old and honored stars auil stripes oT Nor I* their nnvrl banner well received, even in some of tho *!ave states. A short tuna einca, one wo* displayed in "oUl K.*nluck." avl Ills people gathered around jit, cut it down, dipped it in a barrel of ^ar, LATEST NEWS. pjy-Tlic Southern Convention seem be going on Bowingly. They Itavn elected Jefferson Davis, of Miaaisaip|>i, President nnd Alex II. Btejihhns, Njf Georgia, Vice PrAlde.tft of the pro vis ■ government. pSfTlic Peace Congress have taken I no definite action. It is thought ft hi)4 ' decide on calling a National Convetty lion. It wbi thought by some, Uist tlio 1 Border State propositions would 1« roported last Tuesday, and would pass ; without much opposition. i3T*Mr. Lincoln left his home, in Springfield, III , on Monday last taking his route through Indiana, Ohio and ao on- to^ritubWF. tbeuee through ih'if state "of New York to Albany,- find down to New York city, passing throuU Trenton . He has accepted tiro invitation of onr Legislature to pfij Mr Suite Capital a visit, where he is expected to arriVeKhext week, propnbly nbdut The Legiilatnre bar# appointed a committee to make arrange(Kcuu for bis reception. Us will piSi^ ably then go t© Fhllmdelphls, Baltimoro and soto Wssliuigtow, ■ . ,r,« tfTThs rczult of tiro election; for State CoBvention in Tennessee, ow 8murday last, n notiee of which tthy be seen in nnotbey pl»ee, •© faf fib' trentd feated, and a very large majority of ue delegates, elected in case it was .Carried to c«J1 a Convention, are said to 66 Uu* ion row. Whether asconditieeolly Upton man ©f ©fit, wo srs irot ebls to idf. Three cheers for tbe State whm Andrew Jackson sleep* aod Andrew Johw w awake ! f QTWi Jaorn that Gcoscsl Scott to— teodoead tbe xervicea of over' one hundred thousand cUikfinfi'of Ptmnaylvatdn, in ease a resort to arms it »c- . j