Show EASTERN NEWS BY MAIL mall the mail mall stage from the east arri arrived ved yea on satu Salu iday evening ox but unfortunately by so some bome ne hew pevy mevy arrangement dept by which the mail here bere hereafter after on oft that route is to be bl carried only twice a month each way there was DO no letter mail raati and only oaly one sack of papers that ought to have been brought through last week ca came cabe mo to hand fortunately among the dozen papers we received there were two or three of a later date than those received previously by which we are enami enabled ed to bring up the record of passing pa asin events to the of december the excitement which had previously bo been en great in washington 0 became intense on the reception of the news that fort moultrie and castle pinckney had bad been taken takena possession of by and were in the occupancy of the south carolina militia and several collisions took place bett between veen secessionists and antl anti revola 6 zionists growing browin 0 out of discussions I 1 in n relation to passing events all business was laid aside to give place for the exiting topic of revolution it is reported that the president had some serious misgivings 0 s touching his power for the prevent prevention on of bloodshed anh and the horrors of civil war but there is no mention made of his determination to put down the rebellion of south carolina cost what it might A cabinet council was held forthwith with and none of the heads of ot departments were in their offices during the day the session lasted six si hours bours secretary floyd stated to the president in writing that unless major lajon anderson was withdrawn from fort sumpter he could not remain in 1 6 the cabinet secretaries thompson and thomas were un derstad ser ler stood to be of the same opinion but the events of that day changed their minda some ittle little the prisident determined after a len ien lengthy 0 thy consultation and du deliberation not rot to withdraw the he tro floyd resigned in the afternoon of the a dispatch was received from foster commanding the blaver slaver bonita which was carried into charleson ton that thit kis his prisoner the captain of the slave slayer rhad had haa been taken before a state judge by writ of habeas corpus that the judge remanded the prisoner to his bis custody pa oa the ground that he had no j uris aris diction and that on hilway his way to the bonita with his prisoner ha he lad had been taken by force from his bis custody by a mob the committee of tb tha house of tives ives aF pointed appointed to inquire into the robbery and abstraction of the missing bonds had taken aken a vast amount of testimony anda and ana a report was anticipated as tolu volu alinous as co dodele vo deff deef mr kelly the chief clerk gierk who had previously been sent to new vork york in search of bf the stolen bonds had returned to washington IV ton lon without having been able to recover any of them more or less of the bonds had b ad been sold bold and resold in wall street before tha ap bearance pe arance of the official notice cautioning auti antl r aning against 0 dealin dealing g in them after which they suddenly disappeared and kelly could not dis dia cover their whereabouts the department claimed the sole proprietorship of the bonds boods and intended to dispute all other titles by whomsoever held heid mr russell had made some pro progress ress in obtaining bail but had not succeeded in obtaining the full amount and aad was yet in jail on the last day of the year general wool commanding the department of the east had writ tena teDa letter to t 0 the t h e troy tr 0 Y arena in answer to an inquiry as to what he knew about the muskets that were taken from the watervliet Water vliet arsenal and shil shilrey ded Red south disclaiming any complicity in the matter sta ting that the arsenal was under the immediate and sole control of secretary floyd and that 0 on n the ath of dec ten thousand muskets ot 0 the old pattern were by order of the secretary of war sold to B S lamar V bf f sayannah savannah ga for the sum of two and a halt dollars earh each and add were shipped on the bously ly reported lender the circumstances the disposal of the muskets was viewed b by i mannasa man yasa treasonable act the steamer kangaroo from liverpool on dec 19 passed cape race lowthe on the evening of dec but a heavy gale that had been blowing for a week prevented ted the news odthe of the associated out to obtain the news dispatch tha the next day a steamer supposed to have havee been he the australian from Liver the ad of lec dec passed st johns but a gaia gals which had been blowin blowing there for two da ya ys without any prospect of its abating prevented the obtain obtaining obtaining in t of the news as the news boat could not ge get t out to sea from the to the the sum of in gold mas was received jat ney new nev of 0 which was from california Califor cia aia lail ribe the europa uro pa brought the etna the ahe atlantic the them persia and ind other vessels the balance the yorkers call cali called ed the flux the golden shower on the of december the senate con corn mattea of 0 thirteen had before them mr douglas proposition a aa presented on the also one presented presente d by mr BV bigler props proposing i n j g the establishment of with the organization of eight terr territorial governments norh north and four s south bouth of that lin line e and wh when en ea each ch territory should have sufficient population to for r a representative senta tive in in Con congress 11 greb gres to be je admit admitted tedas as a state by proclamation of the president deat geat without the action bi or Con cod confess congress 0 ress slavery to be in ted north and permitted south of that hine fine mr rice ried also proposed the same tine line ne w with ith all the territories rW north orth to be made one state named washington to be admitted without slavery slayer yand and all south to be admitted as asas a Sta teto tateo be called jefferson in which S slavery lavery might exist all of these propositions were ree tee rejected rei eted them the house ouse committee considered the proposition of bradam Mr amri adam for an amendment to the constitution prohibiting prohibit ing congress from rom pa passing asing a law interfering with slavery in t the he states where it exists it was agreed to nearly unanimously urani but some dissented consider consid r in ing that the constitution already gave that secir security ity about seventy hiye five border state congressmen had xia zia a caucus in the evening at which mr crittenden presided me the following propositions according to report were offered by mr barrett ele eie eleven ven amendments to the constitution on the slavery question B by y mr pryor that any anz attempt to pre serve the union between ther thee states Stafe sor of the confederacy by force would bs equally unconstitutional tut ional impolitic and ald A destructive of republican liberty by mr v ai uhe the crittenden ras ol ollins tins by mr colfax coital that the thie laws of thUn the union ion ioD should be enforced and the union n of the states maintained and that it is the duty of the executive to protect the property of 0 the united State all the power placed in indis his bis hands by tho constitution after a desultory deba tein which cox pryor smith of virginia Clemens CI emens sherman staunton colfax nobl noel hickman Montgomery Mc ac Cl ernand demand harris of virginia and harris marris of maryland participated all the propositions were on of the latter gentleman referred to a committee of one from each of the fourteen states represented to report at a future meeting hebting to be bd called by them if they a agreed reed the secretary odthe treasur treasury y had refused to accent of any of thie the bids for the hiye five mil mik lion loan which demanded more than twelve per cent interest in terest consequently cons less le than two tuo I 1 millions were accepted abarge A large convention of 0 mechanics and work ing men was held at louisville on the 0 december at which strong resolutions were passed favoring a call for a national working worling ino ing mens benys convention and discountenancing ultra politicians north and south the report 05 the kansas kanbas relief committee for the week ending dec states that pounds of wheat sour flour corn and beans h had ad be been beer e n recel ve d aiom various states besides several boxes of clothing i about had bad be on d dil dai during rin that time to the inhabitants of twenty one counties the empire ire lre mill mills at milwaukee were destroyed by hire fire on christmas morning paa gla there were two feresin fires in new york city on the mornin of the ath oneff one of which destroy dd stroy btroy sd td ohp he store of booth peck barlow in wa wall wail street losy other othen buildings were burned or injured to the amount of several beveral 1 thousand dellara dollars dp llara there wi was aa an exten extensive sivo fire in boston loston Q on u th mornin of the sath uit |