Show IF from I 1 om our I 1 extra of the antl lust f r EAP bayern eavern EA vern T yERN 71 t N N NEWS hll byl W S M BY Y G it A rii AND P pa the pony express from the east with ad vices up to the instant arrived here last friday forenoon SENATE the resolution of mr douglas calling on the secretary of war for anio information as to the forts in the seceded states if it was necessary to reoccupy re occupy the same what what forc force 1 would be necessary r y for thata that thab purpose etc seems to have become the only subject of interest before the senate for several days consecutively the senators while consider consi derrig n the resolution discussed freely the intentions of oe the administration towards the south the ibe general impression evidently prevailing that coercion was entertained by mr lincoln and his bis cabinet mr breckenridge a opposed any adjournment of the senate while the country was in such an anxious and distracted condition without expressing an opinion on the exciting ex citing state sate of affairs and giving some advice bendin tending to allay public apprehension apprehends io n ile he was pleased with the general expressions of the inaugural for harmony and the prevention of bloodshed but thought that the policy which tha the president deemed it his duty to pursue would result in bloodshed unless essentially essen tally tally modified he said that the leading idea or of the inaugural very clearly put forth that the president did not recognize in any sense the existence of another confederacy but that he regarded all proceedings and ana nd acts in the seceding states either insurrection in or re ution and that it was his purpose to the extent of his power to enforce the laws in all ail mo tle states including those that thai had withdrawn the inference he said was irresistible la 10 whatever w extent force or invasion was necessary to collect duty or imports import sp and to maintain possess and occupy the forts force foree would be employed by construing it to be his constitutional duty mr breckenridge alluded to the presidents qualification that he would be governed by changing circumstances with a view to tha peaceful solution of national troubles and the restoration of fraternal sympathies and affections but he took his bis qualification to mean that he would not undertake to execute the laws or to hold the forts and other places bihin wr hin bin the withdrawing states excepting when circumstances cum stances showed his ability to do so and that he ile would not undertake to enforce these functions because it would be initiating war and making the hopes of a peaceful solution more doubtful doubt ful fui he tho thought 0 that he was perfectly justified in construing c the inaugural 0 to mean that the president w would 0 uld hold the forts and the other places within the confederate states and collect the duties on imports to the extent of his hla power and if there was any modification it would be because there was and not because he would be willing willin to wi withdraw the troops for the purpose of producing 0 conciliation and alid peace in the public mind he thought the character of the cabinet was not such as to induce the belief that force would not be used every member except one ivas was understood to favor favor coercion if it became I 1 necessary to reduce the south to subjugation the very organization of the senate and opinions cautiously espres expressed sed by republicans there showed their purpose was to maintain the authority of the federal government in the withdrawing states beforce if necessary in the formation of the standing committees there was scarcely a chairman if any one of them whose known opinion was not in favor of that policy the country should not be ba deceived what was meant by peace and conciliation how was it to be mai mal maintained stained nta ined he desired to know as sincerely as he desired the union of all states he had seen no measure of practical policy which tended to produce the result they were in constant consta rit rih danger daner dan 0 er of collision and bloodshed on the the douglas danglas resolution oa was waa again taken up mr clino clingman man thought the policy ot of the administration was that of war but if the policy was peace why was it not announced the tha silence of the administration was a settled policy to involve the country soon in civil war he had no doubt that orders had gano gona to the mediterranean and other distant stations recalling ships of war and asked th the i e reason of collecting collection a such a large armament of 04 navy mr grime gard s replied att ho fo vessels had been orau orae ordered red from the mediterranean mr Cling clingman inin said there could be no doubt that troops were being thrown into distant stations a number of ships were taking in supplies he lle had received information that heavy guns and reinforcements re were going south to take possession of the forts of 0 north carolina as a purpose to make war the session was entirely occupied with this sun sub subject jeci the democrats continuing to assert that coercion was the policy of oe the administration tra tion and the republicans pleading ignorance of what was intended the former expecting civil war and the latter charging home upon the d democrats the responsibility of the disturbed condition of the country on the mr bayard spoke on douglas 0 resolution of inquiry ile he considered reunion impracticable and there remained but I 1 one of two courses to pursue viz war with a view toj 11 subjection or the acknowledgment of I 1 their independence as a separate nationality mr bayard indicated indica teda a proposition which he said that he intended to offer authorizing i the president to conclude a treaty with the 1 confederate states acknowledging their independence as a separate nation otherwise the other alternative civil war would occur 1 which should be averted he argued that the act of secession was a breach of contract and as such actual revolution but at the same time it was a revolution inaugurato by the people themselves collectively and they could not meet it ii except by war or peaceful ne negotiation THE SOUTHERN forts TORTS the tle dispatches relating 0 to fort sumter fail to give iny anything thing 0 very definite notwithstanding L I 1 they evidently antly tend to confirm the rumour of intended evacuation by order of the government A dispatch irom from washinton washington ton on the states that orders had haci been sent to major anderson to evacuate fort sumter the washington dispatch of the N Y herald of same day states that the administration had instructed ted the commanders of vessels off pensacola not to make any move until further farther advised an armistice of ten days had been agreed upon between the southern commissioners and the administration the herawi aralds charleston dispatch says that paymaster huger hager had visited sumter under a flag of truce and had paid off fifty government soldiers under major anderson and thattie that the command would leave by the steamer colum columbia aa on oni saturday the the fashho washington 0 ton correspondent of the tri iune luie denied that orders had been sent for the evacuation of sumter the beral heralds ds correspondent says that the southern commissioners had received assurances from the government at washington that no reinforcements would be sent to the southern forts and that the status would not be changed forthe for the present also that the tiie commissioners had received instructions to delay negotiations until the question of evacuation was determined by the united states government the tribune says that the war department had received dispatches from major anderson endorsed by all the officers of fort sumter saying the fort could not be ba reinforced without men TEXAS there therk ba had d been f frequent re quent rumors of the apprehension of collision between the houston party and the secessionists but at latest dates there was every indication of peace the rumors generally agree b however that the military stations in the gulf guif forts now held by the federal government would be preserved A galveston dispatch of the states that gov houston and the secretary of state refused to appear on the before the Convent convention toa ton when summoned after a notice to take the oath the other state officers took the oath gov clark mark was to resume the government powers on the it I 1 wasi wash was not known what houston would do the convention was rapidly maturing 6 de defensive forces to protect the f frontier ilie the indians were in large numbers on the western frontiers gen ford was organizing in a military force to protect the rio grande the convention had passed an ordinance continuing in the state service the officers who took the oath u J A texas vigilance committee had seized a veasel TeaseL Ni with ir th oil etc for the lighthouses light houses which IV was a sal sol considered most dastardly and cowardly the troops at forts bliss quitman davis davig and chadbourne had ceased to do auty duty am were waiting walting 1 transportation to fo leave two TW companies of texan rangers were at fort chadbourne and camp cooper w as occupied by a like force the quarter mas department in new mexico was without funds and credit and the pay masters department part ment without money the troops would soon be short of supplies of every description and would have to provide for themselves it was also stated in a dispatch from indianola that col bonneville late in command of fort clark dark had arrived there on the en eyl route for st louis two companies from san antonio were also there waiting 0 transportation washington united states army remains to act as quarter master and commissary until federal troops will have all left the state A galveston dispatch of the states that the texas convention had passed an ordinance e declaring vacant the governors chair and that the secretary of cf state accounts for his refusal to appear before the convention as did the other officers upon due notification to take oath of allegiance 6 gov clark mark was to assume the functions at once and the secretary of state was called upon to hand over the great seal of office and his bis official records MISSOURI convention on the the chairman of the convention presented a resolution urging the legislatures of the states to take proper steps for calling a national convention to amend the constitution and providing by law for the ele eie election action of delegates by the people after a lon ion long iong t struggle a resolution earnestly entreating both the federal government and the seceding states to stay the arm of military power was adopted with an amendment declaring it was the opinion of 0 the convention that the cherished desire to preserve the constitution ution and restore fraternal feelings would be promoted by the withdrawal of the federal troops from the seceded states where there was dan danger daner t er of a collision between the federal and state forces adopted by ayes 50 nays 44 the convention was to meet on thead the ad monday in december resignations dr J M haden assistant surgeon united states army and R C hull huli of the ath infantry had both resigned c and returned to the states by the overland mail H B kelly of the loth infantry liedts 11 C mcneil and J wheeler jr mounted rifles had resigned and were en route several other officers of aih 0 rank had tendered their resignations and would soon be in n the states I 1 arp app oINTMENTS appointments the president on the nominated to the senate chas francis adams of massachusetts minister to england george P marsh of vermont minister to sardinia james watson webb of new york minister to turkey IV W L daffon of new jersey minister to france the tle last named nomination was confirmed the rule requiring it to be referred having been suspended as mr dayton was formerly a member of the senate and his character therefore sufficiently known wit houta formal investigation this usual courtesy in such cases the senate also confirmed benj W burn bull receiver oi of public money at omaha N T and ex congressman win wm A howard postmaster at detroit wm win S thayer of new rew york was nominated consul general to ec egypt y pt and patrick J divine as consul to cork on the following day the senate confirmed the nominations of adams marsh webb thayer and divine also mr sanford lyli 1111 minister nister to belgium and green clay as secretary of Legat legation Ibn to spain dr locke of indiana inana had been appointed chief of the A agricultural bu bureau eau ab abathe the patent office R AV sanders was appointed postmaster at memphis thomas J dryer of oregon bobeen had tad been appointed commissioner to the sandwich islands joseph 0 putnam of new york consul to 6 havre and rufus king editor of the milwaukee kee sentinel consul to rome J W nice of new york had been confirmed d governor of nevada territory john D defees was confirmed as of public printing he would immediately organize a new government bureau ex governor bouta boutu ell declines the treasury comptrollership I 1 R H dana was urged for district attorn ney ey ssmuel samuel c aimuel long ot of illinois had been nominated at MAIL mall AND PONY AV 11 russell concluded conc cone eluded a contract with with the Ov overland erlind mail comro Cora jany tany any transferred by the last congress to the central route to run the mail and pony from the missouri river connecting with the overland co company at salt lake city the thio trio indictments indictment s against floyd rloyd had been dismissed as untenable it was generally believed that an extra session of Cob coh congress gress would be called the navajo farhad war had been teen be en concluded by col cranby and another expedition against the navajos cavajos proposed THE washington INTELLI CENCER ON THE CRISIS the matio natio national nal aal of the had an editorial of six and a half columns on the past the present and the future which was causin causing a sensation in political circles it reviele reviewed d the action of the seceding states severally and jointly and took positive grounds against coercion or the employment of force orce in any way to restore the federal authority the Intelligence rs opinion was that the existing difficulty could only be settled by the interposition of a gen ged general ral rai convention of the states and that the relation of the seceding 0 states to the federal government could be changed only by their voluntary return to the union failing 0 in that the editors saw no way open but to acknowledge their independence out of oe the union it was said I 1 that many republican leaders had expressed similar but it was equally true that they were as determined determinedly y opposed by others miscellaneous A destructive fire broke out in the livery stable of S F taylor at freeport ill lii on the mornin morning 0 of the eleven valuable horses horses perished loss altogether upwards of mr wilmot was sworn in aid and took his seat in the senate on the the commissioners from the confederate states staffs to england en t land and france were about leaving 0 montgomery 0 cia via dia dla new orleans and havanna navanna fl avanna ayanna thence in english en lish steamer to south hampton the missouri military bill passed the senate on the it reduces materially the pay of commanding officers in time of peace the florida convention was to re assemble reassemble in april the new york ships seized at savannah had been released in consequence of the new york police surrendering derin a the state arms of georgia 11 in I 1 one of the new york courts a verdict had been rendered against against 0 the governor of south carolina who had sued the american steam ship company for fer loss of baggage an engineer in the 17 U S service named archibald and one mr george for 15 years chief clerk in the auditors office had |