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Show TEL E GllAP ill (iEWS PONY. v , Sr. Lows, -March 9. -. A d'sjwtch from Washington to tfieXew Yprk papcrs- says tho pveriaiul mail con tractor on" the; Ccntrai route, have' dc-tcf dc-tcf miiieilto run tho Pony 'Express between St, Joseph and Ptaccrville, Cal.,' three times instead, of twice a week after, July libit; They alsd. propose, when they get ready to run their coaches a'cros the" continent, conti-nent, .fa 10 days, time, to arrange for th5 coiivcyauco of passenger.), at a cost of not mpro than $150 each; - Tlicre" nro :7p Tacaiictcs lri the depart-iiicnts.'Whieh depart-iiicnts.'Whieh rrimt be lillpdi" A;foro tliu Senatc.adjourps, or they cannot beniitll next Congress, , . w Col. Loreii7,b T?hbmas, ot'Hela ware, wilt Succeed Adjutant-'Ctctipral Cooper. " Dale, of Illiuois, .hoi bceri' appointed CommhtiOner of Indian Affaiw;ahd Morris, of Illinois, Jtidgef -;ICaifias.-,-, A dlspatclt'.frora lUtciijh, N. C,,.statc$ that thd majority against tr cbnVenifoii"tn that state- Is pVer-lOOO.1 Tho, rote for delegates dele-gates shows an-Uniou majority oPtwo tt) One, against BCcessioijj . , . . . Sr, Lw, Jtarch U, a.m. " The Washington corres)ondeiits of the fyXilt&ald anil Tmt't, both give ere dence to the report that the adntiuistrd tiou, Is considering, .with probability or adopting; the policy., of withdrawing the troops from li'prts Sumter and Pickini It is said tho matter was under consideration considera-tion in the cabinet on Saturday night, and that evcii Southern men acknowledge this Wdiild'bd thpdcath blow to scc'eMion. Tho rcjjort, however,, decidedly ucpd confirmation. confirm-ation. It Is.nlso said by samp correspondents, : that Mnj, Anderson.' supplies arp grow pigshort, though ho gets fresh tueatsevcry idiiy. Jlo has. salt provisions for only fif-: fif-: teua days, It seems, that Ho wnihxonc of the SoutV! j,ti.4ionuu'tlouur,d. iioW . j3V-rrWwilih Washington, und that nothing- will be I done by tho commissioner until Jipdops arrive. j Tho constitution of thp Southern con fd(Crac-iIiaAbeenor.fcrcd lobe engraved, It is.snid to q pxfrcinely conservative. Fivo millions, of-the Southern loan, has been takqtuitpnr, aiiil ntfjlbubt Is entertained enter-tained nt. Mdntgoniery, that, the "balance will bo. fakeirnt tho Kiiinu fllmri-V It is repotted that Hiram Hdriiey has becu decided oil iis colleptor of!.'ew York, ajtd that Wakcutuit wm bp surveyor, Webb naval officer, iiml lloxle, jwfmas tcr, samp )laep Xothlngyct nbout-Cali-foriila .iippulutiiiontii. , Onr- latest fuiupr from Texas Is that Ocn. Ben Mciyilbcb is abdut organizing an expedition for the invasion .of the northern provinces of Mexico, with a view of annexing them to TeXas, nf.d thus forming a -iew confederacy, distinct from thatoV Ihu Utitl pta'tcs. A dispatch from New Orleans, if arch 8, saysou thp-itb Inst., the convention declared de-clared Texas out of ,the Union, and Gov citior Houstott issued n jiroclumatioii to that effect. Incomplete returns show n majority of 28,000 In a vote of 51,fi00, An ordlnanpo was passed authorizing the appointment of delegates to represent Tcxui in tho provisional gowrmnent at Montgomery, Gen. Houston, it Is Raid, will not rcM)n, nor tako tfie oath of ul-legiaiicc. ul-legiaiicc. Tlie coiiVeiitioii is discussing an ordinance defining treason, Oen. McCulloch had sent n detnehment to guard the upper forts. The report ol jho coinmitfee on federal relations in thu Missouri Mis-souri convention was made op Saturday, and is to that extent exactly as Ims been reported. U furthennoro recommends a nptionat convention as jirbvided by the constitution, and provides that when the state convention adjourns, It shall be until un-til December next, at Jefferson City, and also that a committee bp elected by the convention,, to call the body together in thp meantime if any contingency should arise, rending such a step necessary. There wilt also bo h minority report today, to-day, which, will prolrubly recommend aconj vention of border states for the national convention, It is thought. that a full week will be consumed in the discussion of the reports. In the convention on Friday, Mr. Wis-car, Wis-car, of .Pulaski, offered an ordinance dissolving dis-solving the political connection of A'ir-ginia, A'ir-ginia, with tho other, states of tho Union, and establishing tho independence of tiie former. Mr. Brent, of Alexander, made a union speech, lie opposed tho policy of secos-; secos-; sign, but admitted the right. He opposed coercion, and thought Mr, Lincoln's inaugural in-augural unsusceptible of a wurlike construction, con-struction, but disagreed with many of Its doctrines. Mr. Ambler, of St. Louis, recommended recommend-ed prompt action, and attacked the Inaugural. Inau-gural. Secretary Floyd lias published n statement state-ment vindicatory or ,thp acceptances in favor of Kusscll, Majors & Co., of their legality. Instead of there being 0,000,000 of them outstanding, he shows there arc only C00,000,aud declares the contractors have secured those by assignment of property prop-erty ample for their protection; and that 'if the government will penult tho earn- .1... ? . - -. Inga of tho trains. of 1861 to be applied to thcn'cccptnnccsjthe'y will be liquidated iit that way without recourse to the as-sigmiipnts- It , would Seem also that tho government owes ..the contractors ui) wards or $500,000, whtcb.I wiulyoleut to the cash value of the Indian trttst lioiid of the abstraction, or- whicti Mr.i'Joyd repudiates. previous knowledge. Hp denounces the cotrtluctand proceedings of the select epminittee with great severity, aud.says their solo,' object -was political licrsecution and" defamation. ' J ' At Faycttvillc, Ark., on jiie 0th, on (be reccjitioti of President; Lincoln', tiiau gurattho.secessIoiiist iitcotiSviiuehco of some nccssioiw to.JhejEKfiHcallctr a meetrng of ;tlte,jcitizciis louistrtict delegates dele-gates ..tp thp convention,. It proved, tioevcr, t!mt,xtho' union "soittiiucril" prevailed pre-vailed and the .meeting adjourned without action,, amid -.much, enthusiasm for the Stprs and Stripes. On l.hdth,tieMassachpsct.i 'icrsonai liberty bill passed- tq engrossment by -h dccisivq' vote, ' Ituodilicij.jaud . explains the present; la W making writs of . ticabea's: oriiii'returnabld to the Supremo Cour.tl and,, providing;, that the .proceedings, evidence, Ac.,- shall be governed by'-the comtnon -law., , v , . The Delaware. Icgisldture, finally id-jourueilidtr id-jourueilidtr tho tith, having "voted down nit extra s'-sijdit dn'ihc' state ,ot tho Union.. s v,i;, - - " ". . In thrxSoutherti Coiigreas'on Saturday the army bill piused us. rejiuricd,' mid fifty ,thousandvmeii will eoou belreadv to t.akb tlu field. ';! Emery.&lSon'i lard fai-tbry Cinpumatl wns burned yesterday roorniug,loisfSI50.-000, roorniug,loisfSI50.-000, niostlyinsiired, " " - ' ..Pony.lixprcss; FcV,'23d, passed lva ticy .March th, 0.30 p.m. - t - .- ' - - . , , - lJosTpx, March 8. Cleared, ship Star of thp-Union, Gcr- hani.'. ' - ( '' "A- v ,Sr;Ii9i!is.:iMarph 11, .p.m. Au official ' dispatch was" r'ceeived jat Washington- this morhfii'g frdin' MbutgoV mery, instructing 3tessrs Craw'fiird' rind Forsyth to nt ouce. sutor upon ihb'bbst ness with tho .inteiiijlstratldu without waiting for CoiiniiiMlbuer llbmniiC " The Criminal CWfnt Washington, "today "to-day discharged Wm. H. llusspllj who was Indicted in cQtihectidn with tlie nbstruio : tiou o Indian trust, boiid. The- judielal course was in accordance with. thejaw or i.w)U!eli; vxouipta ,witnpseS -'"otforo Investigating committees rrbtafriair Mr Hussell, having appeared twisucli ticfore tlfat.of, thp housuoii-thufubjccf of thbso bonds. . "' ... " Ex-Secretary .Floyd gave,$i0,00fl i security se-curity fpr his appcarnhco at court, " -In tho rginitt' convention, the rciwrl of thp.majority of the .commiitee oit fed-1 prill rlnilnns line t,i,., ..,.'........' 1. .-.-,.,.., ...- uvifi MVAVII1UI4, JL renflirms' th'o.tloctrino.or state rlghtjr, nnd declares Interference .withrslnvcry by thp federal or'-othcr authorities'; on tho people; contrary to. the coiihtitiiiibti, offeusivo mid dangerous-; condemns, the formation' of geographical orMtioMal partita; ilematiili 11 fair jiortioii pf the "ti-rritory nnd criual protection therein; declures it.ls uuwie;i impolitic- and bfTetistve -to Wcomulafo within Jim timifs of a state interested it pending question, i umuat number ui trooifSiiinl munstlous. pf war; indulges in the hope of tt rcRtoratiou of the imipu and fraternal feelings; recommends the repeal of uufriemlly ponstitulional legislation, and, the adoption of proper um'cjulutcrttx to the Constitution; concedes the right 1 of states to withdraw for jnt caiiH's;; urges that the question involved bo peace-j ably dealt with, without expressing au opinion upon the powers- of the gpucrat , government; suggests if it hhould liepouio ! uetTMsary tlmt the recoguflion of tlie' indepi'iidenee of the seceding stales, and the making of treaties, and passago of! such Jaws ns tsewration may render pnv ier. It recoinniend,s thc-peoptt o( sister, states to rci-pond nt their carlieiit conven ' ieneo to its propoytlbu, and amendments to the Constitution bo projiOsedbercnfler; nud in cuso Ylijjlfiui fails, to olitain nalia-fuctory nalia-fuctory id)unsesifrOmtiive-holdiiig states, i im UtU coinpclled to resumo sovereign power and. ttirow herself 011 her reserved riphls. It is madp uu indhpcusablp cpn-1 dition that-ii pacific policy be niloplbd towards the seceding stulps, that no. attempt be made .to reinforce or rccapturo the forts Or exact payment or Imiiostujioii commerce, or uny measures calculated to provoke hostititics;.that Virginia will regard re-gard any hostile uctlou by cither side us hurtful nud Uttfileiidty, nnd as leaving I Virginia free to determine her future 0-licy. 0-licy. Tho report recommends a confer-1 enco or tho border states at Prankfort, I Kentucky, on the last Monday in May. Tho foregoing will probably not fully meet the approval of tho Union members, because it apparently recognizes the legal righ t of secession. St. Louis, March 12. A tetter wns received on Saturday at the "War department from Mair Anderson, Ander-son, tu which he slates,tthat lie had 15 days provisions and wood on hand. Tho (jucstion consequently arises with tho administration ad-ministration whether reinforcements bp attempted ortlw fort bo abandoned. The tatter course it is thought wilt be adopted from luevitablo necessity by. udvice of; Otn. Scott. There is however, aconllict of opinion between tho Republicans on this question'; but no conclusion wns arrived ar-rived nt iu Cabinet Council held yesterday. yester-day. The Michigan, House indefinitely post-poued, post-poued, yesterday, the bill for the .repeal pf the iHrrsonal liberty laws by 43 to Hi. Tho Louisiana Convention bag adopted aq ordinance transferring ecrtain funds to the Confcderato Goverpment' How Jo tha M hands of tho state, -- - '1 i ColjSellon, of tho Katlonal JnttlUgtn- , . ' :,!J ttr, m been appointed postmaster iit , " - "ai Washlfigton. "-. ", , John Belt has arrived In Nashville, and. f the rcporl that' hp viewed the jnangural v . ;, as warlike is fiuthpritativcly contradicted. -,. "1 . There. was a rcort in JTcflf Orleans yes-, tcrtlay that Cot. Baccns, pwtlougly In , 1 command at IHo Orandd City, Ii en ronto,' -' -) . .1 J to lake possession of Fort Brown. Tho .( - J- S report ulso states that there are no TaXM , ' '"M troops Iu llrownsville, but large numbers , -. , -'J pro pnithe way,. nnd.sorae were Jidiirtycx;-. , & iectcd,whllb other companies were organ- ' - ' , f itlng for the satno destination. '. " i The report of Captnin ll ill's; detcrraliw'i . " J llott, to defend, Fort BroWn created grcnt , - ' 'tffli cx4tcnetU along -UiiSjUo Grande: ' '' - 3.W$ Acommfssioncr orihe,Stato. had taken' , Ijl i possession of thts Custom House at , e Browmtille, i Ju the Jfuitpd States Senatpjrcstcrilay, - 11 & Foster's resolution for ttio expulsion or - , , 'If V 'gfa.lt, with.Cliiigmnn' snbstitutd that ' ... " J I uxiis had. seceded from the Union anil ; ;' ft wai hotara.ciubebrthc-confedcrndy.-wns. - - A tu ken up. . -,-; m 'Mr. 'Foster flirokd.Wsupport ofliwrcs:-. ,-' yM m Olutlon, 'which was neither partisan nor : - ,'-- '-MiM personal,. Hp bjiposed the proposition of 3 m fCjingman; that n strtfe hod' a right tosp- M cede, nud Jnsistcd thft-tho passage or his 4 ' ' -. " ' i ownresohitloiiwasbut'ti'duty which tho "' - -', '" Senptp owed to itself, not to allow a scat ' '-x here to 0110 who avowed he was a foreign-, . . w M: cr,' rtiid,owVd no alleglante to. the country ' "-Ml to wtiicU he .beloiigedj but to' a: foreign , , " - mi gotrcrumeut; nid it that government harv, ' : "' ' fit peiied to take, up arms against this gov'- '''mi ernmcnt, aild seizes its property and ex -"- afj jiels rroih its territory ,by' forco tho troops 3jflf of the United States, It became a very i serious objection, and it was inconsistent ,.- ffw to albw' ono so circumstanced, to hold , : Mm lister; thcif argued against CIingmatrtf: . ' Iftn subitltute, which admits the right of so- " " MM cession,, but 110 sueb thing was known JfPI thp Constitution, which was too plain m - ' Ml this poiut io nrgtio or admit of Uqufit; tu Mfm hetd'.that the Senator was entitled to a 1 mBl i seat n several constitutional grounds', ;ilf whether secedp op not;' that state.br with- - lu3 dra wlug. froiu tlie Union, could not .with- m draw turn .from "that body Mr. iCling- . dsi man replifcd that if the Vecounts were true j. Jim iTexaV had dalledi;' Cbiivcntlou ,aud pas- JSNpB'Sl ted an, Ordinance of secekdori,, which had! w&l'SB 1 becu ratified, by thp pcopto; aud If thp SjiflVjJ set was- TnlId,tTcxaa is fid .longer bncJiflBMHiKI hoSthlesnnd - jtiiko .It; fdr wmtm&flmmKB I exas seceded, she-Is not entitled to a rS!, -''"-'HJaFl prcsentlro h'ireC Tie Senator from Tex- -t"hBB M as believes his State hus seceded.! "IM The Senator from Connecticut says tho iPIiH uct of secession Is Invalid, tbefi tlio gcha' " t or froni Texas' is.entitled to a scat unless .11 un crrouous opiuion disqusiifics. Was It kWk ever maimiifutd that beennse nnn Rpmitn 'Mum differed frpnt another dti a Constitutional question, that that was a reason for ex-' 1 m pcllmg; It .It U, an! error for the Senator . W from,Tejiui(o behevp his SUto has" a . ftVfJ nglit to isecede, why not cxttel the Virgi- tl 11m Senators who hold tho xanto opinion, ' . lMM and cpeplrtijy why .not,raiH-l those who - ileclarcd it, and-hayo -gone nwayc .11 wmM did not-think; thd.avowal .of Wigfult suul- cieut grounds for Ins expulsion. ' ' JM Mason contended that :tho motutiou' was pup uf expulsion, from wlia't the Sena- likm! lor from Texan said on this lloor, and ha sitid if Foster thought" that AVIgfall ought '.Slip not to occupy h t-eat bpcauso.ho was not . ? mml a ciftzeni he plight to move to refer the . B ul.ject to a committee, so tlwl facta warv . -'' w ; raut tho svnt to bo declared vacant.. M I-oster asked, whether after, the Senator 'Ki from IVxaii lias been duty, elected by hi ' '" S sttc, and admit ted' us a member herr", "-g they coulil inquiro into tho "legality by ' fri -M which he hold Ins eat,, a new fuct aris- - i :1 tug which did not vxist at that time, $ W Jlasun was very uertaliii if the Senator MB wan not intttlvd to u seat, it could bo va- : :JEMi cattil, wiienevcr tho rjict Warranting such '3JbJ a caurso should l6 disclosed, lie defend- IlKi cd the course.of Wlgfull, und aid, ir it bo JIIM a pumshabto oflence to .allege a consttta ffi lioiml truth, then the, rcsdtutidtt niay b "'.'dSti welt rounded, , Tito debute Was continued by iUson . ME aud Jlunlcr, ami without a vote, the Sea. fflrlll ulq adjourned '3mmh The Katimml tnttlligmetr or yesterday contains a loug hrticlej-rcbnimendltig tho jOrj relinquishment or Furls Siimtcr nud Pick- "Ba1 ens a an act of conclliatiod, and aay. th", H new administration might,by moving first- --'WkSm in tho directton of couctliuiioivdo InfinlUtr, -WEr more to consolfdito Hi pbwcr' than by . -4' V passively awaiting the prbniises of oventaf ' r4'M A cabinet meeting wii licld.ni1ialf.pat St 12, yesterday, to take into consideration '.-.'VJg W I the projiosed evacuation of Fort Sumter I The teamer Kiagara lias arrived, datoa , '. u P; not given. " rli The garrison of Gacta lind been re- . f$ moved to aKcoiiolitan island. The church -. -" f prppcrty wm seized by the Sardinians.. ' C M Messina had been summoned to sur- ' I: render; The National commander liaa is- L f- sued a proctamatiorl, that Victor, Emaooel .1 will soon bo proclaimed King from th '"i ' k Capitol, and txpress thanks to Franc ,0f |