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farmer tuovii from Xtw York to Indians llio planter from North Carolina or Ten ncssce to Missouri or Kansas, saying with in himself tlits Is our common country. moy mo thru rivers and hikes to trans port away my goods without going through foreign niitlons. Tlio nutlon pledges that It .hull ho so. Tho Northern man chooses to buy a plantation and keep slaves, on the plcdgo of the Union a move ho would iiuvit nmko if he held tlio doctrine that a Ktulo nuy destroy the Union, and involve him In ruin. Tho Northern mercliunt goes South and engages In business on the strength of tho mine pledge, lie would never rii.k his person or property in such circumstances, did he hold the doctrino of tho secessionists. l'vrry other interest is sustained by the pledge of tho Union and Imperiled by the opposite These nntionnl obligations preclude nny member from withdrawing from tho firm. Ha can never pay outside. He must re niuin in and pay his share as ho is ublc, and enjoy the profits as they accrue und os liis necessities require. Tho friimcrs of tho Constitution provided no way for secession, because it was itnpos- iiihlc in the nuture of things to do so. They forbore to insurt the doctrine of coercing a recreant State, because thut would huvepro vented the coiisumiuntion of the Union so linppily and needfully begun, und becauso they would not cherish the suspicion that any bloto would ever dcnire to secede. Having nolily done their work in uniting the Slates iuto a nution, tliey wisely left it to connect itself, by the necessities and in tercsls that would increase with its years. Having grown iuto such n stature and strength, the national life circulating in every part, the national energy ready to fly to the relief of any injured and suffer iug member, shall rude and violent hund I It I . . A. t ue nuowcn 10 icur on a nun) or an arm, or to dislocate a bone, or put out an eye w ithout rcsi.-tanco to such outrage! Ruth- cr let the whole power of tho body bo tax ed to tho utmost, to prctcrre the nationnl integrity, nud tlio national honor. Oiiuoon Citv, Feb. 9, 1801. a. For the Argut. YVhur (hi HUmc lUm. It appears that some persons in latitude even as far north as Oregon City, in con sidering tho present Imbroglio, pronounce judgment nguinst tho justice and forbear ance of the Northern people. In convers ing with ono not long sinco on this rpics lion, lie appealed to the recent 'personal liberty' bills in some of tho free States, and to tho general refusal for slaveholders to bring their humun chattels to offend the uostrils of Northern freemen. Ri publican sentiment is divided in regard to tlio per sonal liberty bills, but if they hud been brought before tho proper tribunal, and declared unconstitutional, they would have been set aside, nud that would have been the end of it. Hut In regard to permission for the transportation or detention of slaves in the- Northern Tree States, this involves the whole point nt Issue. Allow slave drivers to ' corral' their human stock on free soil, and it would bu free no longer. Conscientious- people opposed to tliisuLom liiution would have their cars and eyes pained and olTcudcd by cries of agony and tho tight of backs maiiu'led under ihn scourge. J t should bo remembered that tho slave-trade has been denounced and proscribed by all civilized nations as piracy, and that in every other really civilized na tion the day of jubileo has ulreudy conic. In defiance of public sentiment and the Constitution, slave cargoes were not long since landed and sold with impunity in the South, and from some quarters haro come demands coupled with threats, thut the slave-trade bo revived and legalized. Led on by demagogues, a faction at tho South is shrinking madly for disunion, und it is likely that ero this timo tho breach has been widened irreparably. Our coun try's (lag, so lung our glory and our pride, has, it may be, been rent in twain, nud stained with the blood of brothers, by brothers shed. True, wo nro beyond the vortex, und, if civil war comes, dark and terrible, other ground than ours will drink me ucep urntigiii or Ulooil. tint we too would sorely fed it, and if worst conies to worst, all should know where the odium justly belongs. Tho North has made com promises ami concessions until there re mains tho stem principle alone about which strife is made, and this tho X mill will i. r,t (Ll)c (Drcgon wvrgus. W. L. Adams, ... Editor. we would In. .,ti.(i.d w th win- limr " ' has bei n offered to in. Whul's tin- u i The St. Loim corn-; om. ut of the Alia when we don t believe wew II be rm tied lo retain even Ihnt which wn now b'i'e, if O&SQON CITY I SATURDAY, FF.BHUARV 23, 18C1. indeed, cannot give lip. J. D. U Vou for VrrliWt. MM'OI.M. Free States, Slave States, Total, Free States, Slave State, 1,8:19, 1 02 27,133 DOl'CUJ. l,SO0,2V5 1,151,901 171,227 Total, Free Stutes, Slave States, DftKCXI.VJUPCI. l,8itJ,lS8 ana, ir.2 - 693,007 Total, Free States, Slave State, uu. 929,759 75.405 495,972 Total, Total vols of the Union, 571,377 4,723,471 W Th bill providing for the psyment of thr California war debt of $500,000 for suppressing I uJian hostilities, has puwd Vm lower Haute, of Coognst. VWt Thrjf Waal. There Is imt one man in a hundred of those who ore talking about appeasing the wrath of disunion's! by " amendments to the Constitution," by a stronger " fugitive slavo law," by ii repeal of " personal liber ty bill," or by any other concession, that knows what he is talking about. It is astonishing to u that Northern editor, and even Northern men in Congrcs, talk to much talk nil uhoiit und around this question, without making shorter work of it. Why do not Northern representative men who nro so extremely anxious to 1 con ciliate,' (o ' compromise,' mid nil that, walk rijilit up lo the disunion leaders, look them in the face, and ask them trim' Ihnj imn'f On what Ui-mi urn the di-uuioiiists willing lo be pueifii d? Let u know txartlg irhul thnj want ut lo Jo then let US tell them like honest, straight-forward men whether we will do it or not. What is the u-o of all this everlasting guhhlo in mid out of Congress about a matter that can bo set- tie in five minutes, riied'suniouists have ulrrntu civen us their terms. Iverson of (ieorgia and Wigfall of Texas have both stood up in the U. S. Senate and told lis exactly what their 'frVcrtnrn' are, and what ' rrmnlif they want us tll only ton- dil'ton on which they will stay in the Union. Although few men seem to sec it, these great lights of dioiiloti!.-m In the Senate have told us tho truth, tho whole truth, und nothing but the truth. Thry have in ii plain, honest, candid manner told us what, mid what ulmie, will satisfy the extreme Southern Democracy. Iverson, in a si eh in the U. S. Senate, Dec. 11, 1SG0, said: " Is it designed to introduce legislation for protecting the rights end equably of tho Southern States, more than liny are now liy the constitution, and the present laws? If so, wh.it is Congressional legs- latum, so tar us the r ilg.t.ve Nivclnw is concerned, lo the rights of tint Southern people, under tho obstriletious ami d flielll ties insurmountable illlllculties which arc presented to the execution of that law by n vitiated public sentiment in ihe Northern States? U hat more can Congress do t tin it Congress has done? We have a Fugitiv Slavo law of which the South does not complain. It is sullieiciilly guard. i lo no complisli till the objects for which it was lesigueil, it there was a proper public sen liment in Ihe Northern States. o licit Fugitive Slave law coul I be devisid, by tins Congress or at y oilier. It is trim that now mid lli"ii a slavo is lalined; but it has liceu done ut the point of the liuyonet, and ut an expense of t Hues the value of tho slavo. Why is i sir? Not because the law is dcfietive, but because public sentiment is defective and wrong. Nor do I charge the failure of th execution of this law upon lliesc Personal Liberty lulls. No, sir, tl-cy buvc nevi operated to prevent the exenition of Ih l' ugitive Wave law. It is, us I said, mob aw, in all circumstances, which has produe I these results, iiml w.11 us long as th Union and slavery last together. Then, sir, is it proposed lo appease the southern Mates by the uiloption nf the doctrines of the ('omircssionnl protection a shivery in the territories? Is that th remedy this resolution is intended to Iiml otp? I want lo know who expects such a remedy ns that will ever be accorded bv this Congress or any other? We know that I lie republican party are n unit upon that question, ll is tlio great shibboleth on which they fought this battle nud won it. It is the very principle wlrch stands at the basis of their political organization It is, that slavery shall not advance l.cvond its present boundaries and shall never plant a footprint in the Territories of tho United States. It must necessarily meet the dis approval of every one of the 1,8(10,000 re publicans w ho east their votes for Lincoln and Hamlin, tl nil how many Northern dim oerats Will be brought to its support? know well that, us fit I as a portion of the Northern democrats uru concerned, they were as hostile lo this principle1 us tlio re publicans themselves. The Northern Douglas noninterl'ereiicc-sqnatter sovereign ly party is represented on this floor by the ire-nator from Illinois, and his friend from Ohio, Mr. Fugli. Would they vote for it? We have already heard the Senator irom Uhto say tie wouM let his nrm rot from his shoulder in its socket, before he would vote for Congressional protection. I tell Senators here to-day thai the South ern people will never be satisfied with any thing short nf Congressional protection to slavery in the lerr.toriea. v know our rights under tin) constitution. We stand as equal Stutes in this confederacy, mid we are entitled to equ d participation in the common property. We know well that we never can enjoy equal possession of the Territories without protection lo our prop erty. I know well where the Wilmot Proviso and ron-intervention squatter sov. ereignty would lead. It would lead to the total exclusion of the Southern States from any Territory which is now possessed or may be hereafter aeqirred. We will never submit lo any such d ctatlon as Ihnt. We are entitled to the protection of our prop erty, and we intend to have it, in the Union if we can get it, and out of the Union if wo cannot get it in." We are plainly told by Mr. Iverson that tho disunionists want no new Fugitive Slave law no amendments to the Con stitution und bo repeal of the personal liberty bills but a ehnnef nf Xnrth,rn public trntimrnt ai d Ctmgrt$rional pmltf Iton, of ilarery in the Ttrrilorict. Now let us see how they require us to correct this "Northern public sentiment" as en tertained by DiMiglas Dcruocrut and Re publicans. Senator Wigfull of Texas told the Senate, Pec. 12, the Tery next day af ter Iverson delivered the above, how this public sentiment was to be coi reeled. llearhiin: the (wo Senator from New Yoik, the Senators from Maosacliusetm, the Senator from Ohio, the two Senator from llhuniii the Senator from New Hampshire, the Senators from Maine und oilier', who lire regarded as republican men, deny that uu d'T Ihe constitution slaves urn rceogniZ'd us proiH-rty. If we could iH-lievn they would go to their con-titiMits nud urge the ra I ideal ion of proper iiineiidliienlii, wi la tere the (iulf Stales would su-jM-iid Bctioil; certainly so if the hum inlnieiits could Ite rat ified and carried out in good fuiih; that they will cease preaching iIih " irrepressi ble confiiel ;" that they shall (Mar that slare arc property; that they shall lie de livered up When fugitives; that hImiIII on societies shall be abolished, nml abolition preses suppressed; that ulol t on sceclie no longer lie made. Stop within your borders II lining press s, public speaker alio excite thu penph) against ll, and I say to fin- States yon slnll not that is the word I chouse to uc it ml I rep resent a feeling of id termination or ihe iieoplc I repp sent I y you shall not per lil't men o go therii to excite our riti.elin by making John lirown speeches and bring ing strychnin" within the liuvt of the State I r present; yon hiill not publish newspa pers and pamphlet to excite the slave lo ill'Urrectinuj you shall not publish neus papers and pampldi t to excite the lion slaveholder against ihn laveholder. We wdl have peace, nud if you don't olf-r It to ns we'll qirctly have our right under the cnuvt'tiitionul compact or withdraw from the Union mid establish a government for ourselves. Here wo havo the ultimatum. All Poiula nnd Republican presses are to be destroyed all their orators to be forbid den to speak, on pain of imprisonment, -tr pes, or death. Wo showed long since that Forney's Press was included by the slave code Democrats among tne " aboli tion John Drown' organ. Wigfull's prop osition would require the destruction of evi-ry press in Oregon excepting the Breck inridge and I .a in! organs, and no speaker could oppose a " slave coda" or slavery ex tension wit limit endangering his life, ns in Texas. We know that Iverson nud Wig fall will bo regard 'd by many Northern simpletons as ' ultra' diMitiioiiist, who do not fairly represent their own party but nevertheless it is true that the language ol these Senators embodies the real crievanees nf the scccders and proposes the on'y iirmn on which these disunionists will agree to cease their crusades nguinst the Federal Government. This kind of 'compromise' would not be l.kely to be acceptable to unybody in Oregon, excepting pcrhnp some two or three dozen who follow the lead of such sheets as tho Corvallis Union and Coon's Kxpress. It's the only nay in which thev could iM a circulation. Cidiforira, writing uud r date of J in. 19, says: " It must have sirmk many of Col. lt .ker' friends a queer, when they read (he brief report telegraphed from Wash ington of the mol'on to md' finitely pol- pone the IV flc Kallroad bill in the Semite. The report said, " Mr. Il iker seconded it," ami so he d d. Fr this, il would appear lit first el. e that he had betrayed the iiciipl of th" I'liciflc Coast mid we at tempting to kill the measure nearest their I AIF.ll PIMM UIK Li A nr. paths to j.x 29. Sr. I-oLis, Jan. 1 8th. AH account agree Hint no reinforce. moil or supplies will be sent to Fort Sum ter for the present, hs I In j uro not needed, und would produce irr titt :on. Senator I'avis has dictated and forward ed ill' Her to Gov. Pickens, which was wr.tteii by another Senator, in which he siippl caies lli-iu to abandon uny policy which would involve hostilities. The Cabinet has determined nguinst holding any intercourse with South Curoli n ans ns ambassadors. It is rumored, nnd apparently upon goon , . i .ill j 1 1 mm" l l "" .' r " : heart. Not so; several amendmei.is had lrj,y ,ll(i Mr. IJuclmnuii has assured linen nll. reil, Willi a view, u was neiaeo t,u $ii,l that wli.le lie can never rcrogiu.e by Ihe California ih legation, to defeat the the di facto government of South Carolina, l.ill 1 ft,. ..... nrili.-u. fur an evireme Nor. or any separate Stale sclciiing, That's So. This Corvalhs Union will sometimes let the truth Irak out. It has lately riicovrml that the Herat! of New K gland, which the Union calls the " bra'n of Am'iica,"isnnti-slavery, nud that this ' brain has diffused nnti-slavery sentiment through the great " American body." So, then, the party to which the Union belongs, is neither ' brain nor body, but another iq pendago entirely. That is just what wn knew, lint we didn't expect the Democrats would own up to it. Cknsi's w Ciiii.oiu: is- Okkran City. J. h. Ilurford. Ksq.. Recorder, has fur- nislied us with nn ubstraet of the census of the children of Oregon City, which he Inis just taken. It is as follows: Under 4venrs of age. "ii Over 4 and under 21, tfA Total, or,n Mules, 120 Females, 2l Last year, the census showed under 4 years, 02; over 4 and tinder 21, 137: males 98; females 101; total, 199. This shows a gain of 51 children within the past year. fcaT Benton said (hat Howell Cobb was all cob corn all shelled off, sir- nothing but eh left.'' We know one or two men in this Stato whoso names begin with Corn, who have become so blindly inluliialed with slavery that they have lit tie else than the cob left. tlieru route had been defeated, the S'Uialor from Minnesota moved to indefinitely pol' pone the bill. This wu a motion offered as nn amendment to n motion to refer to a S' led Committee. Mr Latham had cull ed on Ihe friend of the Pacific; IUdrnnd to regard il as a test question, nnd when the motion to Indefinitely postpone was taken, Col. Baker said he was willing to test the question whether th majority of the Senate wn favorable lo a Pacific Rail road bill In that way, ami in order to bring the question to a vote, seconded the mo tion. He was asked what he meant by it. whereupon the following colloquy occurred. ns reported in the VMgm'ianul Gtubf." Mk. Baker I want lo bring It up; but I want to rote against the indefinite post poncineiit. Mr. Simmons I thought It singular that you should si cmid n motion that you w.-ri' going to vole against. Mr. Baker I tl k the gentleman for putting tun rL-ht if I was wrong; but I thought il very char what I meant. ( only nsk that there may be a direct vote taken upon the mot on of the Senator from M llliesota, to pos'pone the bill till till II t I V If it Ih the pleasure of the Sena la to k II the bill, I t il be done, nml let it perish in the fire iifiluv; but if there shall be ii de rided vote ii'.-ainst that mot'on, nml in fa vor of the b ll, I usk, in coin, non justice to the greatest measure lluit ever was heron' ties Senate, that we shall !0 along eahtilv. il'-libcrntclv, with us much discussion us may be desired, in the face of the whole Semite, and nv et the d rect proposition by way of anieiulinenl. either nllirm itirely or negiiiivelv, nnd end Ihn whole mailer: mid, sir, 1 nsk that it may be ended in neh time that, if there he amendments which shall ultimately pass the Semite, they may bo passed in such way and at nch a seiunn that I hey may go to the Lower House with some chance of passage there. Acciiiknt to thk Relief. The steamer Belief, whilst descending the Willamette, u few miles below Albany, on Thursday of ast week, had a crank broken and one of her cylinder heads stovo in. She was towed down by the Onward on Sunday. Uknv r kan'ki.i.v this lady,- widow of the renowned Sir John Franklin, Was a passenger on the Oregon hist trip from San Francisco. She remained in Portland lint a day or two. and nroeeeib-.l n t. ictoria. Jo l.n bii uiiil the Puciac Ralti-onit mil. A Washington correspondent of the Alfa California, speaking of the Pacific Railroad bill in the Senate, says; " It will pass the Senate in fnni" shp, tint whether the nncmlments will be con rnrreii m icy the lions" or not, it is now impossible to say. With lhf exception of Joe Lam', the tvnntoriul rtclepnt on from he Piirfic Stale. nri dorng all that in them lies to secure the pnssagn of the bill as it came from the House. That collaps ed d"iivigogii, evidently actuated by t!u narrowest and mot contempt ble motives generated by h s defeat in Orcu-on, and ns a candidate for Vice Presidency, is bitter ly hostile to any measure in which Oregon and California nr. interested. He is un compronrs ng'y hostl" to the Railroad bill, nnd the Oregon War P bt bill, nnd is n loud-mouthed, ranting, fire-etitlng dis nn'onist. I may add that he is very gen ernlly despised and laughed at nil over the country, and his name has become a word wh'ch mothers teach the rising genera t'on as the synonym of ignorance and political dishonesty." 1 Information- Wanted Of Mrs. Ann Maria Flarity (widow) ami her daughters, one the wife of Elias Wihy, onn the wifi of aleiitini' lirown, nud another the wife of Cluis. Galloway. They moved from Wisconsin to Oregon City eight or ten years ago. Address this office, or Klishu G. Peterson, Boston, Mass. Papers friend ly to thu cause of humanity, please notice, Juices Raised. Wo learn that the steumers between Oregon nnd California have agreed upon the following prices of passage nnd freight: Passage in cabin, $40; in steerage, $20; freight, each way, for flour and grain, $S per ton: till other freight $10. Wo will have three steamers a month. Coal. The Tmieg gays an excellent quality of coal has been found at a point on the Yukima river where it can be boat- 1 to tho Columbia. It is found in buu-ance. PKnicATios. Archbishop Blnnchet, of this city, assisted by Rev. Mr. O'Reilly, dedicated a d'cw Catholic church at Cor- vullis, on last Sunday. Cot RT. The Circuit Court for Clacka mas county will commence its spring term in this pity on Monday week, .March 4th, -Hon. A. E. Wait presiding. CitAScj.-J. M. Shepherd has disposed of the Oregon Democrat to W. G. Halev, who will continue th publication of the paiwr. Mr. Haley ii nl tor. I he Sent NDREi.. It turns out that Floyd, late Buchanan's Secretary of War, lias swindled the Government (with the a d of his confederates, Russell and Bailey) out of near $4,000,000. Tho grand jury of the District of Columbia has indicted all of them. Oregon- Advertiser. This is the title ol n weekly paper issued from the office of tho Daily Advertiser, Portland. It pre sents a very fair appearance, und the edit orial und le ws department is managed with considerable ability. Ex-Gov. CfKRY is the editor-in-chief. KsvsAS.-We see by lb Uto news that the bill for the admission of k"m,,.. .. . AVllIlt ! Ill nu t!on mLl Cl.l. k.. n.J L.,1 II I . ... ,m.., w. ..u...&..ii u. (.win uuio uausc. oi vongrcsa. College next week. Exports. On her late trip to Victoria, the Oregon took away from Portland 9 packages eggs, 14S0 sacks flour, 73 boxes apples, 17 bags onions, 1 barrel butter, 2,000 fruit trees, C6 head of cattle, 80 head of sheep, and 9 hogs. Portraits. Lewis Day, Esq., is now ti.king some very nice pictures at his am brotype and photographic gallery near tho Temperance House. Changs of Ting. Tho steamer On ward, Capt. Pease, now teavcs Cunemuh on Monday and Thursday of euch week for Corvall!. tai- Rend the notice of Ainsworth A Dierdorff in another column. Reso!utTons of studeuU of Bahe.1 il would not Ik- inconsistent with his former position lo recognize a government dr fuetu, embra cing three or more Stales comliiued. Lhul. Hall left to-day w.th instructions for Maj. Anderson. Tneir character has not Iransp red, but it is ascertained from a reliable source, that tho troops will not be withdrawn from Fort Sumptcr, a demand- .. r. .. . I- ... I !! I ei liy Hie couill Laroiiiiu iiiiuiifi iiii-r, iiiiij I hut the no-t will be defended. The Cr.ttnideii resolutions wero defent ed to (In v, in the Senate, by the adoption .... I I of Clarke's (tKiiutorironi .vw iianipn rej amendment. It is slateii that several Kc iiubl caii Senators voted for the hitter be cause thev kn w ihe I) mocrals had the m jor ly io defeat it. ji.t bl d-ll, lenji miii, Wigfall, Hemphill, Johnson of Arkan sas, and Iverson did not vote. Cameron moved immediately a reconsid eration. Much txcitcm'.'iit exists among Lnion men. Si ces-ionists are jubilant. Kennedy, of Maryland, savs his State is ready for civil war if the Republicans defeat Cr-ltciidens amendment. The vote in the Senate yesterday, on the Crittenden proposlt'ou, was iiuinediately telegraphed south by Ihe Si ciss:ouists, who were greitlilv rcioic-tl at the result. The Semite Committee on Commerce, by a vole of three Southerners against two Northerners, has decided mt to report Mr. Mclntyre's nomination for Collector ol Ch irleston, lo the Semite. The visit of I lie New York Congression al delegation to the President is deferred, the Cabinet being in session to-day. Breckinridge is not acting with thu Sc- feilers, but with the bonder States. The representatives from five States, Georgia included, have now withdrawn from the Semite, and four Stutes from the IIoiC. The levee last nijlit nt the White House, was, for the fiM time, crowded with Rc- iilil can members. Douglas and Crittenden nro preparing a new plan for adjustment. Lamar telegraph? Hint there is great d auger in Mississippi Ihnt the first false ti p w II si nd 111 m all lo 'I''', nud Johnson says that if ten leading mischief makers from the North nud ten f.o.n the South count ne nun peace Viouiu uu nsionii iiiiniedint ly. .Mr. Unit has written to Gov. Pa-kens tint Anderson tnii-t must have his mail in itter not necn-ionally, os caprice may suggest, but regularly, otherwise ma I fa cilities, which are so expensive to the Gov-i-riuii -nt, will bu withdrawn from the S'u'e. The entire New Yoik d legation will w iit on tne cr -siiiciii to-morrow to lender him men nnd money, if needed, for secur ing the pence ami ci.'iiity f the Union. Although the Republcan Senators ra ted against the Crdleiideii Compromise, their chief object ion was to that part which prov ies Tor the division of territory which may hi-reiifler be acquired. A lull mlr idtieid n'o tho Lower House of Congress by Mi ICeon, repeals the laws niak ng ( Inil .-t in. G oi-gctuwn and Bian lort, S. C, pints of entry. In tie' House on the lSth the principal business was the army appropriation bill, wlrch called forth free d.scuss'on of the country. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Sherman said, let ns sen if there is no hope of p' nee ami conciliation, nml if we cannot as;ree, lot ns fight; if we can agree, t us do it I. ke men and not hnriynn to destruction. If differences were not recon ciled he saw nothing but civil war. He never would allow Fori Sumter to be sur rendered at d'seretion He gave his reasons why he could not vote for Crittenden's res olutions. in amendment that no force ho employ ed ngirnst seceding States was rejected and no oiii passed. AsnixoTON, Jan. 21. Numerous applications continue to be made by Postmasters ill seceding States, for supplies of postage stumps Before the orders nro filhd, nn affirmative response is necessary to the qne-tlon whether they do now nud will eontinui' to hold themselves responsible to the Government, in confor mity to the existing laws for the postal revenivs received by them. The orders have been lill-d aeeordi iglv. Ihe Postmas ters following the example of the Charles ton Postmaster. Thus lar postal commu nications with the South continue uninterrupted. Charleston-. Jan. 21. Gov. I ickens on Sunday sent n lot of provisions to Mai. Anderson, with his com- diinenta. Maj. Anderson refused to accept them, but returned h's thanks for tho courtesy, say'ng. at the same time, that he would liavp to derl'ne nceentimr any thing until he knew what the Government at Washington intended to order. St. Loi-is. Jan. 23. The dispatch received here from Wash- ington this noon states suspicions have been excited in official circles relating to the mnn- .r....i..; n.-- . . i i , m:iiii nK i. iri c'ct, nun eisewncrc, in Massachusetts, of a bntterv of James' rfli.rl cannon, for South Carolina, and believed to be des;gned for the reduction of Fort Sumter. Measures will be adopted to verify the raets and arrest the treasonable work. Bills aro Indus prepared bv the Military and Naval Committees snd Way and Means for immediately placing the country on a war footing. The President will be anthorizd to call for Ihe enli-tmnit of volntiti-ers, nn a considerable number of war steamers will bo forthwitn ordered to be constructed. A dispatch from Fort Snmtrr ssys that the best nnderstniidi'ir exists between M d. Anderson nnd the South Carolina nthorit:e, nml there is no apprehension of iinmeiPate hostilities. The friends of the Virginia Teace Pro positions assiga ia a reason for pressing it on the intention of thu border Ki.rT it will have.he.ffect of Z l1' "I in Joining thecoitou Stt'., nl '" J S id by them will afford an o ,,Z,1-. .he latter to return ,o the ffi fo' Gov. Hicks of Maryland h.i in '. Commissioners to meet tha r "H?",N n..oil.ted by tlio I,.gil(at.,ra 0 in Wushingioii on the Feb. 4th S Baton Rocce, Jan H At ten minutes past ,. ;. HI ce Convention wasadjoS ning the vote on thn n-n " root. , " , - """'1111111-8 or fu sion was tuken. u-hlel. . , ' to 17 iinys. The Convention ' .f. cd lo New Orleans NewOrlitaxs, Jan . Cannons arc bmng fired. 0...i h.J can flag is everywhere unfurled TI.JL i great exeiteiiieut. Retiirm frl, eturin ff,..- " thus far, indieata nn overwhcln.i,,gB1S for immcdiute secession. 1 m' , , Boston, Jan ov In the State Senate, on Saturday V Jud.ci.iry toinmitteo wero Instructed f'to " .ort a bill authorizing the cndorseine,,, tho Stato of National Treasury I10," ,7 tho amount or the surplus revenue d.hn.,' cdw-th herlnlMOaml 1837, J, S 10 $ 1 .300.0110. The order ...' " " " " a largo majority. v The following itms are from the itpccii Washington dispatches of the Cincinnatt papers: I hear il snid that Mr. Seward still tot. lidently usserts that tho slavery diffienhiT w.ll bo settled in thirty days. U D1U,I" It is stated to-day that an undcrsUndi. has been bad by Sewurd, Crittcoden md pouglas upon tho subject of existing troab! les, und they think some compromise tmr yet bo gotten through Congress. J It is rumored here thut the grootid of Seward's confideiico and coolnesi ii fat Mr. Lncoln will in a few dan , maiiiri-sio in which he is to give Mfwfurtim, both lo North nud South. 0,1 Messrs. Crittenden, Bigler, Dooirl,, nud others, called a meeting to-night, with Klheridgo and other conservatives of the House to consider n new means of compr. iu.se just elaborated, of a highly imporunt character. The proceedings 'aw slrktlr private. ' Anoliicerol the navy, just from th South, says that till tho States hicli have seceded, except South Carolina, are reudv to come back upon reusonuble conct-ctiious being made. Russcl und Bailey wero Indicted today by the Grand Jury. It is well tiiiilimhwd that a true bill has been found acaiiiut t. Secretary Floyd. Wasiuxctox, Jan. 28. Tho Union men nro much eucoonmil by the prompt response to the invitation for Commissioners to me. t here on Feb. 4di ami it is believed ti nt its action wili com', niaiul the support ofn lurge mi.jority of Congress. Tho repeal of the IVrsoniil Liberty bill by Rhode Ishmil. and their- t on ol the Oh.o Legislature, are hailed a harbingers of peace. Affairs wear a Dure hopeful iippcaruucc. I ne .Mayor of Washington lias beta summoned before the Spniul Committee, to testily n lutivc to the conspiracy to m Ihe Capital. He privately says he knows nothing about it. The Fugitive Slave law introduced It Mr. Douglas, ia considered a Ihorontrh nml ffeetive measures, obviating the obiectioat to tl.e present statute. asiiixcto.v, Jan. 29. S cretary D'x bus issued orders Hint p'ains ol revume cutters shall not deliver up their ViSt els to rebels, but defend tliein to the last, and, if overpowered, to blow them tip. He lias also written to the Col lector of New Orleans, to apply to the Governor of Louisiana to revoke the sea lire of the Government Hospital, nnd the order lor removing 200 patients, Mr. Dir. dei ouncing it nsnn act of outrageous bur b.iriiy, d ."graceful to any ago or country. SrRixnFiKt.n, III., Jan. 28th. : It is now pos tively si tiled that Mr. Lin coln wdl depart for Washington on Feb. 11th. Ho will go hence cri Lafayette t Inil annpolis, where he will receive tlielios pi'.ul.ties of the Imliiuia Legislstnre; tln-Lce he will proceed by way of Cincin nati, Columbus, Cleveland, Buffalo, sod Albany to Narrisburg, nnd thence direct to Baltimore nnd the Federal Capital; but' the tour to New York uud riiilodeluliia is not impossible. Arrangements for special trains all tin way through nro being made. No military escort will bo accepted. The entire journey isixpccted to be mudo inside of ten don. St. Louis, Jan. 28 P. M. ' The following intelligence from Wash ingiou, Jan. 27th, was received this noon: The rumor was rife here to-day that Gen. Seott had received new intelligence rela tive to designs on the Capital by seccssioa invaders, which causes him much anxiety. A telegraphic d spatch to Seaators Crit tenden nud Powell says, the Legislature of Kentucky has appointed Jno. T. Bell, J B. Cluy, Mr. Guthrie, ex-Governori Moorehend and Wickl.ffe, commissioners, to proceed to Washington on the 4th of February. The Grand Jury have made three pre sentments of ex-Secretary Floyd. First, for innl-adniii.istrution in office; secoad, for complicity in the abstraction of bonds; ind third, for conspiracy nguinst the Govern ment. It is expected that the indictmesU will be ready for the Jury to-morrow. St. Lons, Jan. 29. , Yesterday the President sent an impor tant Message to Congress in refereace ta the proposition of the Virginia Legislator . to hold a Convention at Washingtoa o the 4th of Feb., and the mission af ex President Tyler. The Tresdeat thiuU that this Convention may be the means ci preventing d faculties, and he urges Con gress not to pass laws which may bring en a conflict until the efforts of the Conven tion are tested. He says that bis duty to protect pnblic property, and he will d so to the extent of his ability. When Holt's confirmation waa and consideration in executive tension, Cnttea deii is said to have lieen very severe oa the seceding States, and to have avowed th opinion that force nscd against the laale citizens of any State is not coercion. The Georgia secession ordinance passed on the I9ih by a role of 208 to 89. ; will be signed almost nnaniraoosly. The sloop-of-war Brooklyn hud oa or ders lo cross the liar at Charleston, and returned to Norfolk. She afterwards pt to sea. destination stirwoscd to be Teasa- cola. The reports of a mutiny ia Fort So' are all false.