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.