Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 31, Number 7, 24 January 1861 — Page 2

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MichiuBd,lud. JanMary 94, 1861 Rev. Alexander Campbell. " It will be seen by m notice in snot her co'oth. that tbis distinguished and venerable divite, Alexander Campbell, of Bethany, Virginia, will visit this place on Ibe fust of February next, and preach in Surr Ha!!- His long and distinguished aerrice in the Cbriatiao ministry; bis eminent talent sod sealos labors his extensive travels snd his voluminous contributions to the religions literature of the age, has given him a world-wide reputation, and will therefore comDiacd a large congregation. As a Biblical scholar he hss few superiors in the world, ai d all who can, should avail themselves of this opportunity to see and hear hiu. iT The Indiana Daily Journal is now rectmd u tbis city, three hours in advance of the j Cincinnati papers. It contains tbe same tele-' graphic r.ews as the city paters, and in addition i fall and complete reports ot the t roceedings of j the Legislature. It is furninbtd furore dollar' for a term of two months. CocJtTiKriiTERS Four citizens of this county were arrested last week for passir-g and having in their possession counterfeit half-del-la s. Two of them are quite joui g mem and were doubtless persuaded into the btiaineaa, coi -trary at least to the teachine they had rtceivtd from their parenle, who are very resp.ctabie people in fact all four are most reniectabij connected. One of the young men Has seen by J. S. Lyle, Kq , attempting to pass olb of the pieces, and some circumstances attracting his attention, took the young man aside and learned from whom he had procured tbe spurious coiu where and how many he had pushed who a engaged in the same business, Ac, &c. Tb peisoi s referred to were arrested, aiid taken to Indianapolis, where tbey bad a hearing before CommiMiouer Hy. The one charged with furnishing the coiu was held to bail io a bond o ' J 1 000 another io 8200, and one permitted to go fiee on account of his confession and expos ing the leader. They will be tried at the May term of the U. States Court. Militabt Commissions His accideucy, Gov. Hammond, issued, during the pa-t three months, 550 commissions under tbe militia law all to democrats ot course ; and id many instances to open and avowed secessionists, Since Gov. Morton came into office, finding several commissions in the office of Secretary of State, whicb had no' been "delivered,'' took possession of them Thiis emphatically right and proper, and we are pleased to tee the new Governor acti. g so promptly in the matter. The Legislature should, at the earliest possible day, repeal tbe law under which this great batch of commissions -vas issued, and authorize Gov. Morton to fill all office? created by the new law, with meo without regard to perly, except tbat all shall be wellknown friends to the Union and the enforcement, of the Federal laws. This is no time for party strife, and the army above all other places is the worst for mere partisans. Patriotic devotion to the country, and its protection with the necessary qualifications, should be tbe only test, foi appointments in the army. The Crittenden lleHoluiions. The Senate postponed the Pacific Kail road and Kansas bills, in order to take uji Mr. Crittenden'a resolutions, which, aftoi conservative speeches by Messrs. Simmon f and Anthony, were brought to a test vote Mr. Clark of New Hampshire moved the) following resolutions as an amendment: ( "f'ewred. That the provisions of tho Constitution are a:npl f-r the preset vatp ol the Union and the protection ot all th material iuteiests of the country; that if needs to be obeyed, rather than amended, and that an extrication from o'ir present ' dangers is to be looked for in strenuous ef forts to preserve the peace, protect tbe pub' I lio property, and enforce the laws, rathe.than in new guaranties fo. particular inter.: est, compromises for particular difficulties, Concessions to unreasonable demands ''Resolved. Thai all attempts to dissolve the present Union or overthrow or abandon the present Constitution, with the hope 01' expectation of constructing a new one, ant dangerous, illusory, and destructive; that, ' in tl.e opinion of the Senate of the United States, no such reconstruction is pratuira.' ble, and, therefore, to the maintenance o the existing Union and Constitution sbouh'. ' be directed all the energies of all the de partments of the tJoverntnout, and (he- efforts of all good citizens." I They were adopted by a vote of 25 to 23. Messrs. Slidell, Benjamin, and other secessionisU refusing to vote, in order to secure . their passage, with the hope of making cap-, ital lor disunion in Tennessee, Virginia. Kentucky, and Maryland. They were af. terward laid on the table, but Mr. Cameron entered a motion to reconsider before thu adjournment. This vote produced muclt' sensation in and out of the Senate, although it was perfectly clear Mr. Crittenden's reso-' lut:on never could carry. In fact, 1 they have done much mischief, as coming from a Union man, and presenting impossible terms, which could not even be entertained by the Republicans, without repudiating, every principle. 1 "The State Sentinel says tbe Hon. D. P.! Uolloway, oar neighbor of tbe Palladium, is ( spoken of aa Minister to Mexico, uuder Mr.. Lincoln. Jefferstnuan. , Oar private opinion U tbat Mr. Lincoln migh' confer that position upon another man, and dj( worse than ta appoint tbe oce spoken ot. S"Tbe secood Wednesday in next month is the day fixed by law for counting the votes foi President and Vice President. j JWTht rumors of mutiny and disaffection in Major Anderson's command at Fort Saaopter I are denounced aa bate fabrication. jr Tbe Charleston Courier says, twenty toar J field bands were so'd a few days since at auction at an a-erage vf $437. Tbis is 75 per cent leas ' than their value one year mgo. Puvats Secaxtakv. Governor Morton t 1 aa, appointed Mr. W. R. Holloway. of Centarville, his private Secretary. Mr. H. ( ia a young man ol p'eaaot manners and a diepomiivw thai will mat h m acoomodat- " ing and obliging to all having buimM with Utm Eaacaiiva office Imd. Jvnnud. i

A double-faced ness pervades the col

umns of tbe Jeffersonian. just now, io regard to secession movements, that betokens either an unstable mind as its governor, or at variety of caterers on !xard tbe concern. In one breath, it intimates that hemp and tbe banking process is a curative fur secession, and the .iext, it believes tbat coercion should not be iesorted to in any event! We should like to know if our neighbor is or is not in favor of the Constitution, the Union and tbe enforcement of tbe laws? and bow be proposes to enforce law without tbe use of coercive measures? We bad iotended to speak of that in fa. mous article about forcing Southern States "to remain in the confederacy," which appeared in last week's Jeffersonian ; but one of our Merchants Las treated it with the scorn and indignation it so richly deserved. We append his remarks, and hope tbe mer ited rebuke be administers, will have a good effect on our neighbor : Msss&s. Editors: In looking over tbe last Jeffersonian (for which I have been subscribing) I noticed the following item, copied 1 suppose, yet by being copied, endorsed and circulated: "Lincoln's organ says that the southern States must be Jotced to remain in the confederacy and submit to whatever n groism bis administration niay see proper to inflict upon them. Lincoln's great idea is that a negro Las tbe same right to be heard in tbe government in the enacting and enforce-

ment 01 laws tliat tlie wuite man nas. juncture. Like their great arch prototype, (See Peoria speech 1854.) When Mr. the Caialine of Rome, they would "quench Lincoln calls lor volunteers to force this 'tho fliine raised aroui d th-111 in the comdocirine down th- mouths of a free people, ' ulon ruin." Having adopted '-rule or ruin" with cannons and n uskets, we .hipk he will for their moito. no sooner has the righteous have something of a time of it betore he gets verdict of an indignant people condemned through." the disgrace and iniamy of their long rule. As a Merchant, having a pecuniary, as than th.-y ad..pt the alternative; and under well as a patriotic interest in the perpetua- the plea of obtaining their just tights, they Hon of tbis Union. I desie to enter my take the necessary sieps to involve thirty protest, nut s much against this Slander, millions ot people in internecine war. lor there is scarcely a man or cluld that can It has been -aid. hat "whom ihe gods read print. North of the Ohio River, that would destroy, they fiist make mad." does not know it to be a falsehood, having "Madness rule's the hour" in tt e Southern its birth in the brain of some demagogue States; and fatia ici-m, whilst hurr) ing them w ho, in a momeiil of partizan frenzy, uttered on to certain destruction, renders them the lalsehood tliatfloats.au unclaimed bas- blind to their impending inevitable fa;e. tard to this hour, (though occasionally adop- Th farce cannot last much longer; but ted for a week, as it bas been by the Jeffr- rever.-ing the oider of st;ige plas. realiiy sonian;) but 1 do protest against an EJitoi will produce the trag-dy alter tbe tarce. living in our midst, sustained by us, and Servtlo insurrection, assuming the part of an knowing the truth, giving currency to what avenging Nemesis, will, unless by Providenbe knows to be a political lalsehood of tbe tial interference it is warded off, ere long flimsiest chatacter. in these days of our couu- desolate the fertile plains of the "Sunny' tiy'e peril, at time.- when our Union and S .uth," and then, tiod help thetn. They our democratic theory of self government should think of St. Domingo the cruel , are being tes'ed to 'he utmost; mid when merciless, relentless horror of that leinble be knows thai it can only be regarded as uprising of the servile classes that madness covering any truth, by those who are already which no tears could appease, and which t in-ane in their reaoual.l i fury against us, was only inflvned by the sighings, the bvcaute of similar paitizun falsehoods cir- writhings and the groans of immolated culated as this is. victims. They should look upon their Wfien real danger threatens our great helpless women aud children, and pause in Union, it is the duty of every mac. imbued their mad career. with that patriotism that gives him a right This will be the inevitable result of war to the title of an Amertcan citizen, to sink in the Southern States. Southern politicians his partizan character and endeavor by have been promulgating the belief tht . all reasonable means to allay the sectional Liucoln, il elected, would march an army j bitterness Let him speak the truth of his through the Southern States to emancipate j lellow citizei s, and say as General Butler of the slaves, and that Hamlin is a free negro.

Massachusetts (a vi dent Breckiuridger du- This has been rreached from the hustings ling the campaign) nobly said, that we of and in the publiu press, and it would be the North are almost unanimous in sustain- strange indeed, if the slaves, dull of comicg the Union as it is, and as it came from prehension as they are pronounced to be, the hands of the patriots of the Revolu- should not have imbibed some vage nations lion and that the Constitutional rights ot of an approaching milleuium. But yesterday all sections will nowhere be more warmly a South Carolina gentleman witn sixty slaves or unanimously sustained by the people passed through Memphis, to take up his than in ihe North. residence in some State where he can enjoy If truth, and nothing but the truth, had a night's rest secure from apprehension of been spoken by partizan presses and speak- tne terrible reckoning that is certain to folers during the last eix months, no one is so lw the- reign of terror that exists farther foolhardy as to say that this excitement South. would have existed with tithe of the I have written you hastily and imperfectly virulency that i now does. Instead, Peace tbia you will overlook. I feel that the not War, Prosperity not Bankruptcy, would time has come for eciion. Our only safely, fill the land with strength aud happiness, and the happiness and welfare of generations Our southern brethren wool, I not be sleep- l come who shall dwell on American soil, ing on their revolvers ai d with heavily bar- lies in the preservation of the Union. This ricaded doors, (earing servile insurrection, can only be done by prompt action on the Yet persons more guilty than the Charleston part of the Northern peopie. The first and traitors live in our northern cities, eat with most important step, in my opinion, is to us, taking our hands in friendship, a.-king us ho d this city against the foe, and inaugurate for support, and then send broadcast over Mr. Lincoln here, even should it require a the southern country, Slanders as foul as the milhon of men to accomplish it. Father of Slanders could wish; firing the ex- j In conclusion, tat me entreat you, as you cited South into renewed frenzy, and though ; lve jour country, to urge upon the citizens perhaps not intending it, yet preparing of Eastern Indiana the propriety y, the fellow citizens, North and . outh, to cut each ; necessity, of preparing 10 maintain the stipre" others throats, and 10 destroy the grandest , macy of the Government, over Rebellion, and

Government that ever blessed the world with ' Freedoni.or lighted oppressed nations 10 Liberty. A MERCHANT. dWe are again fa v ore i with the opportunity of laying before our readers another Utter from M., thanks to friend 1. Washington, D. C. Jan. 10, 1861. Dear P: Yours ot tl.e 3d iust. is at : baud aud contents duly noted. 1 was u.ueti rHt.neU to learn tliat the' l . . . . ... ,, . ... peopled "OUl Wl.e ro "wide awake M to the realities ot the present cnucl cnd tiou ot the country ; and knowing, as 1 do, tne spun mat animates ner young men, 1 do ' Dot tear that she will suffer her proud title of the banner" county 01 Indiana, to be wrested frein ber in the great struggle, now fully inaugurated between "Liberty and Union" 011 the one side, and Slavery and Disunion on the other. 1 know that they are actuated by the principle that "when duty calis, 'tis It eirs to oley; and should tbe worst come to the worsi, and I r 0111 L's heavenward eyrie the proud bird of America were to utter a cry of paiu, that souud would tbi ill their in arts, a.ul like the oews ol Lexington's conflict, eighty five yeais ago, would call men irom be plow, 'from the workshop, from any and all avocations, to strike "It 01 tiodaai their natire land.

Will the time come when the test will be ' lbe cesion:srs and traitors, wh.ie thus enapplied to this my estimate of their patriot T1 !D xhm -"koh ' basineas.--I. ,,.Ji i i . ail the re.-ouiniend necessary for aa applicant ta? I be time lias alread . come tor them ... j j . 4 t .v. ,u , . . , . s to b i wrnul democrat, tnj he forthwith to prepare lor the stnie. I he trait- rs have commiS8io. ed t i.n. So e one suggested the seized i.poo the forts aud taken possession , ,,,; ol JJrties B-uford. a fciLfy respeca!e of other Federal property throughout the tnemt er f :t;e S.joiery of Friend at Crttw.ordSouth. Tbey have dragged down the "flag v:!!e. wnh the remark that be was as true as of the free" from Federal buildings and "eel, and he was nt once com!r.iskoed a Ma. defiled it beneath their feet. And but yes- 1' Gor- Hammond was sold and frwnd Biotcrday tbe news came over the trembling d ott!'lnot ePl h"' eommiarioii. of course. wires that an unarmed vessel, s.ibng under Thu ic"Lma" b"f - w 0o es.Ie robbery. . , 0 ' as ail officers cao draw from the State Arsenal a the Star, and Stripes, heretofore honored pa.r of S50 Colt revolvers. Thi ia all there is throughout the world, was n red into by the of it. i followers of the lone star emblem. And A great many bills are beirg introduced and j yet, in the lace of all these outrages, which referred to thr-tr appropriate ron: nil tees, fmra j will disg.aoe and humiliate the name of whence tbey will never see light. j American ia the estimadt,n ol the civiliied Mr of vV?n inu-odaced a bill to pre- i -rM. there are still those who crv eo.nrro- TDt ,he of inea- Be- iB?' i

misel Yea. humiliating as is the thought, A emllleHf bota I looses are now corres we are constrained to acknow ledge that mea por,jirg W)tll y,lt. Lincoln in regrd o his au who claim to be American citizens are lily) ik-ipaied visit to ihts city while on fc's way to livered enough to advise compromise with ; Wa.-htnt ton. The C.wnm ttee will go to Spnngtraitors who have levied war against the ' field and f?eort him io tbis city. Pecs:. United States! A Government ihat has ' " 1 twica humbled tbe Btiuatt laou, is about lo See foaith pagv for 'Elihorn,' die.

be coerced into measures by a rebellious mb. It is of the highest importance that this city should be kept out ot the hands oi the traitors. This will not be very difficult to accomplish if the noble Governor of Maryland can maintain bis present position. But if the secession emissaries who, with an energy worthy of a better cause, are disseminating their diabolical doctrines throughout that Sate, shall succeed in their designs of plunging her into revolution, then an atute-k on Washington is inevitable; and Pennsylvania A venue will be wasted with the blood of those who will die in tbe last breach, rather than see the nation's Capitol fall into the clutches of tbe Goth" and Van

dals. Then, too. will the duty of tbe peo-j pie of tbe great Northwest be plainly, (if that duty be not already incumbent upon them,) to arm themselves and be in readi-j iness to respond to their country's call. The time has gone by for any to doubt as to the motives that actuate the traitors. This ws made plain to me during one of my tvening peregrinations of the city a short time since. I met with a Union (?) man. and during the progress of our conversation, I told him that the North would never admit tbe right of the slaveholder to take his human properly into the territories under tbe protection of the Government. Or, in other words, would never compromise on the basis of the Dred Scott decision. "Then," said he, raising bis bands heavenward, "let the war come, and although we may go down, by reason of the superior numerical f ircc of the North, we will have ibe consolation of diao-ying you down with us." Now this is a fair index to the feeling that animates the Southern people at this of the S'ars and Stripes, over the Palmetto. With great re.-pect, Ac. M. Currejpori-nc of the Palladium. From liidtaiiapolig. Bate Hoi -k, Indianapolis. Jan. 22, lol Pkr Pal Since my last letier, Henry S Lane has cvenelci teit U it'ed .Mat.s enaior. and P Morton has enteied ui-on the dici4?rg- of if ts-s of (J.iveri.tir Af eriuki .g Ibe oath ' nt office. tJ..v Mnr'i n returned Ins thanks to . . i. u i , u.. l i .a ... i ... u , . 1 I'le III. iliuera U" , lie- 1 j.ipiaiiir, ii. viiuuxu I tlieni to tbe ...le t l-.d-a. a. i.. a brief but able ! adl1rlPSi wrr,il( h determination to redeem! ,he piedyes uiarte to the people Anrmg the last s raiva.x in retar.f to retrenchment a. il lef .rni in the executive aduuuistration of the Stale ', L'OVerume: t. i Mr. Mellelt. Hna'or from Ifpnry, made a tell- ; ii e speecli in ibe Senate i.n Th rsffny last, upon ua'iooal atfans, ill reply to Mr. Uay, (den. ) of Shelby, ;n h ch hi used plaiu Ki.irlish to the Ie'iierr.it c si se of the II jus. It produced a' r led in ression ai d at occe placed h'm in a irorr.ileot pvs.tioo among tbe members of tnat body. A stood joke was perpetrated upon Gov. , flaniin nd. a fear liaya ir.ce. The uoiitia law requires that tbe linnadter Uencrais sha:i recO!ninei.d suitati e persous as officers under them, a; d that the Governor sha'l appoint. Btii Gov. if ammond, in his zeal and harry to coTitnission all of the officers before he wett out of power, and Thus have the militia under the co?.tiol f (men, ;a'y of whom openlv svirspa; bile with

k?'Tbe Postmaster- General has written n ( - r-, n,.i;f.;nn i;m ,lir unl

. . , - , i i i Major Anderson and bis command are I - lowed free access to and from the Post Oi- f fice, the mail service will tie cut off entirely. ! While it is pretended thai bis correspondence . , ; will be delivered, no messenger is permute 1 . 3 1 t to land and receive it. The Postmaster at Charleston gays he delivers the letters asj

"opportunity occurs," which means whena'bas been forced to contnbale 540,000 to tbe flag of truce is occasiorailT sent to Fort Revolutionary government, under threat of . , . ." . . 1 confiseaiins: his property tn ca.-e ot re.usal.

sumter. i he trovers meet is paying nearly $150,000 annually, above receipts, for maintaining mail service in South Carolina, and yet has not been allowed to communicate with iia own officers. Hon. Caleb B. Smith and Ills Traducerc. Eds. Gazette: In this hour of trial of our National Union, when the despotism of the South, seeing that it can no longer rule tbis free people, is bent on ruin, it is distressing to the great body of Republicans throughout the Northwest, to see one of the great champions of Republicanism, to whom, perhaps, as much as any other statesman the party is indebted for its success, traduced and vilified by a paper claiming to be in sympathy with the party. It behooves us now more than ever before to look well lo our jarty, and put ourselves in a condition for the great crisis, upon which we are about to enter. To do this, our prominent men should be protected from unjust assaults even from the enemy, so that when their influence is ueeded, as it surely will be soon, it can be made available for the good of the party and the best interests of the country. Instead of this, however, we have seen with sorrow the unjust and unmanly attacks which have been recently made upon our former fellow citizen, Hon. C. B. Smith, by the Commercial. That a paper having the vast circulation and posset-sing the com

man ing 1 fluenee which the Commercial , cesU) ,or lt v.ould notarise. He attr.hu ! claims for rselt. should open its columns to j ted ,he difficulty to the loss ol political powsuch vile purposes, is truly mortifying toer bv ,e 8lulht which sht? lllld bu in

the great masses ot its readers. 1 lie strong , joy,.j. hut never could have again, hold wh.ch Mr. Smith bas upon the affec- j -,Ie defended Gov. Dennison of Ohio from t.ons and esteem of the party cannut bejlhe attack f soutIlern men, and said he did shaken by these attacks, though they may jriiT!lt in r-fasing John Brown's son upon the impair bis usefulness to some extent. (requisition of the Governor of Virginia, for As a gentleman as an orator and as j , record abowed that he had never been statesman, he has few equals, and no snpe-! ,l!4l s;ta,e

rior in the whole Northwest. Such is the opinion of almost the entire party, not only j here, but throughout the nation, and this ' wen seuiea opinion win n a oe materially t

Changed by such articles as th. Commercial !arWed Mr. Lincoln's state!... nt in'his late i hasr.-caMi.ly published against htm. Should ' in lhc Se,,a in .uu,, the couu-iom- ' Mr. Lincoln invite. Mr. Smith to a place in': i,. ;ii; ,.... II- ,, i. 1

his Cabinet, the aspirations of some of hi . m trad'icers and their friends may not be realized, hut the whole country will regard it as another evidence ot tho wisdom and

sagacity 01 our President elect, and a UeVt)ii ,onf,ess had the riuhi to ab..h-li si I guarantee that the incoming Admin.straUoniv(,rv in tbe DiMril.t of Uoimnb:, but was ! will be characterized by honesty, ability nd j linwinin? to exercise that power while Ma ! pure patriotism j rj land tolerated slavery. j It is because the eyes of so large a pro- I Ag rp,aids ,he Territorial question, he port.on of the people have been turned al-1 ,oadlItitNew Mexico as a State

most instinctively to hiui as one who would probably be selected by Mr. Lincoln for a seat in his Cabinet, and because it is known that he cannot be used to further the aspirations of his tradueers, at the expense of the public good, that he has been thus attacked. In that spirit of conciliation and forbearance whLh ought to pervade all persons in times like these, I will forbear to speak ol the secret history of these attacks, or of the persons engaged in them; but should they be continued, I shall feel it my duty to publish to the world a full history of the sordid selfishness which lies at the bottom of this warfare, aud name the parties concerned in them. G. The Report of the Q'oinmtftee of Thirty-Three. The majority of the Committee of Thirty -three, in their report, propose an amendment to the Constitution providing j , ... . - , . . - - limb tier nuirnuiijcui uoc:o lutcurilliv vvtilt Slavery, shall originate in any other State than a slaveholding State, and to be valiel shall be ratified by every State in the Union. They also submit an enabling bill for the admission of New MJco as a State, on an equal footing with the original States, and a lugitive slave bill, which gives the right of trial by jury to the slave claiming libtitv in the Slate whence he escaped, and releases j , ... r . , i noj e.ur .roui ,s,8l,Dg me unue.i snau s i marshals m the capture or detection of the j ugmvr, ocepi nutro lorce is empioyca or apprehended tor tbe release ot the fugitive. The committee submit a joint resolution deprecating personal liberty bills, (hut not by that name.) and requesting the Northern Slates to cause their statutes to be revised, in order tht all hindrances to the just execution of the laws may be removed. The Piesident is requested to communicate; mis io-uiuuvu iu mo set era i o aies. j

They also report a genes of reolut,ons , An s , n w,t f n;ihj ad ut(. recognixing no authority on the part of .he j ab,e maiilla;n 1)ims,lf at ,ri s.mpter. people of one fetate to ,n erfere with the) R rft alloHl that he c,lfl!ernpU..es institutions ol another, and discountenancing i - - , . . - . . i 1 ,, . j i - i , , . H'resuninj;, as all his pecuniarv intetet lies j all mobs and hindrances to the rendition ot ; ? c? .. j u - ii" . - . , , .... . , in the South, and he is unwilling to resist fugyve slaves. 1 bey recogn.ze no such ! whh wbom he hj8 8J on conflicting elements in us composition, or . termg of ,riendhhi.,, buW fut tbe8eIj

ruiuivi'. ituiu kuv source ior a uisso-i mnon or me government, lliey were not sent here to destroy, but to sustain and harmonize the institutions of the coumrv. aod see that equal justice is done to all parts j ol me same, and nuat!y to perpetuate Ks nil the tate i As n proposes for interh-rance with j slavery in tne District of Columbia United' States dock jards. arsena s, etc.. h ve! reached the committee, they have coi deem-: ed it necessary to tke action .n ti.esu: ieui.j " "'""ei ici ui reuiuilotl$ is Willi reterA . V, . ft . f . - . , ! ence to the duMes of 'he States the laws and preserve the Union of the States, concluding with a recommendation of a law providing for the rendition of fu giiives charged with treason, felony or other crimes. BtixORlTT RXPOBT OF THB COMMITTEE OF TBIRTT-THKEX. WisHisGToy. Jan. 15. Messrs. Washburne of Wisconsin, and Tappan of New Hampshire, of the Committee of Thirtythree, having signed tbe following as a Minority Report: Resol red. That the provisions of the Constitution are ample for tbe preservation of the Union and the protection f all the material interests of the country; that it needs to be cbejed rather than amended, and our extraction from our present dirScukies is to be looked for in effort to preserve and protect public property and enforce the laws, rather than in new guarantees for particular interest, or contprnmises or coc cession to unreasonable demands.

federal Gjvernmr.t, referring io the duly been at any time siiice the sesion of Conof all cocsiitaiionaj obligations, and aser ing gress. Apprehen.iions of any difficulci. s atthat the Federal Government should enforce; tending the inan juration of Pres. Lincoln ,

From l Mtkn-tiiHi. WasHiseTos, Jan. IS. The Alabama

Senatow wei-s notified to-dav. bv :eegnipu. frOB1 tbe pre,jjr.lof the Conveniieu. not iu !tae their seats until itev are farther ini formed. I h trouble is in the teiusal of the dele-! gates from North Alalama to s:gu the ordi-; e , ,, f , " : , -t. nance ucies the Uaie for secession 1 post-; pt0ej tij; the 4-;, 0,- jjHr,.h. ! Hon. William Aiken ol South Carolina. Every foreign Government represented here is dUtir.ctly opjosed to Secession j schemes and will make their views public j when the occasion occurs. t Woid baa been forwarded to Gen. Scott ; from Baltimore, thai 2,tHH young men are i fully oragnized and ready to come on from . that city at the shortest notice to jtssist in j the defense of the District and the Federal Capital. The Commander himself commu-j nicated the proposition of tbe company to , Gen. Scott. ( Tbe following is tbe substance of the or- , ders transmitted to the Commander of the j Brooklyn, previous to her recent trip: ! "You are to proceed direct to Charleston j harbor, but not to go ovei the bar nor come j to anchor, but lay under s:eam outside and 1 ascertain if the Star of the West has landed , her troops. Countermand her orders, and , order her with the troops to Hampton Roads, j and also gain an v information as to the ex- ; isting state, of affair there, and then return ! immediately to Hampton Roads." i CirYspa&tlDc Cia. Gaxrtto. j Washington, J.in. 18. 1 Mr. Sherman took, the floor, and made the lie-publican speech of the session. He j assumed the strongest ground 111 lave-r of the enforcement of the laws, and said the government could never permit her flag to be dishonored. Mini her authiiitv set at iiKUgbt. He depieca ed civil war, and hop-d tt.e ne He protested against coiifouuding the j principles of Wendell Phillip and other j extreme men with those of the Republican ,,r, v. unA ..,mllui.., At r I) ,n..U. I...t l.C ISO W ri w iiiiiil. A J J 1 ri . .' v- , was 1 eady, though he t'.oiigiit it onnece-SKry , , lo vole for an amende. .-i.t lo the Cont-tilu , ti nt profiibiiiiiir C 'i.ie f rver from 11 ter j turiii., w 1 1 11 ldii In I i ' I 1 W at once, and that was the utmost he was ! willing 10 do. He did not, however, believe j she was in a condition to come in as a State 1 and referred somewhat disparagingly lo Ibe! nKsrflclpr nf hr noriiilation. This aroused the ire of Mr. Otero, the delegate from New Mexico, who pronounced j Mr. Sherman s statements la'se and 11 allcious. He further said ber feople were the peers of tbe gentleman from Ohio. Mr. Sherman replied that they were the peers of the dtlepaie, lor they bad elected him. He then proceeded to say that he could not vote for Mr. Crittendeu's propositions as they proposed protection to Slavery by the Government, and looked to the aoqusition of more Territory to which he was opposed. We already had sufficient. In conclusion be urged peace and quiet,! and that the Republican administration j , ,, Ir:Qi 0j it1,i,jL.na :7 1 1 1 ' v 1 - - 'j . - ,. - - - .... . were determined upon this at all thazzards Mr. Sheiman was frequently interrupted by catechisms from the other side, all of which lie promptly answered. At the close be j was warmly congratu.ated by his friends. ! His speech w as a powerful one; and was lis - I tened to with grea: attention. The galleries were densely crowded. 'Ihe Senate, to-day, in executive session, alter four hour's debate, confirmed the nomination or Mr nomination of Mr. Holt as Secretary of War. Th? dlscussi. n wa, si very warm one. In ,he C((Urf:e of it u w-deni.,i ,hnt Mr. Holt was a coertionist. Mr. Wigfall denied the Statement, and went on to show that all tiis action looked to coertion. In Fpite of. l . 7 - ,I.a ..i. .... , fj v..r ef 1 t .j .Aiihrma. I till!, ItlC ll.j 1 1 J ' ' vt . I v.,u.u,is lion was considerable. The Cabinet are still exercised as to the couise to be pursued towards South Carolina: but if I am no: misinformed, the dispo sition is to let matters stand just as they! r .1 I i ,. . I ,1 , . . i - t i i f here is very little news of general interests afloat to-day. ! Senator Fitxpatrick of Alabama, it i said, ; disapproves of the ac'ion of his S;ae ia ' The tumor-, that feenatots vV nson, Antho-1 ? nd D'xon are rady vote ..r Criuen-j " 8 rUoT"' 1 h-v- r-WB W MufV M I ,ncorrec ! - - i From V;i-hitiat mi. g tue inaugurati exist, but to a limited extent. Howeier to' guard against possible disturbance, ample means have been takes to prest-rte the pub-, lie peace. With the probable action this . week, the Secession movement will be re- J tarded as to Southern States. A company of Sappers and Miners from West Point, acting as infantry, arrived bere to day, aud are quartered at tbe Columbian ( Armory. Numerous applications continue to be i made by Postmasters in seceding States forf supplies ot postage stamps. Before the or- ' ders are filled an affirmative response is ! necessary to the question whether they do ' now and will continue to bold themselves re- ' sponsible to tbe Government, ia conformity ! to the existiog laws for tbe postal revenues ; received by tbem. The orders have been ' filled accordingly. The Postmasters, fol- j lowing the example of the Charleston postmaster, ibus far, powtal communication with the South continues interrupted. I

i V asbingtos, Jin. 20. Washington is !

and the i now more free from exci'ement than it has!

WalaiHStou Hem. Wash isgtok, Jan. IS. The question dia.assed over Hob's nomination, was whether , e was a co operafionut; his friends denying , and maintairirig' that it is his earnest deire to prevent b!ooihed. and to maintain t -e taws bv every peaceful means. During the debate on the norninanon, Mr. fritlendcn is said to bare taken the ground I hat as Kentucky is now-a ce'ral Stale t njoyiog all the prosperity consequent upon be present Union and form ot Government, I he never would consent lo its breaking up . nd the formation of a Southern Confederacy, i I which she would be a border State, ex osed to all the danger and losses of such a Kjsitioa. It is said tbat he was effected during this joriion of his remarks, and the manner in which he upbraided Southern men who defeated his Compromise in the Senate was very severe. He took the position that ti e Union must be preserved at all hazards, either by peace able means or force; and that force used against the law less citizens of a Government is not coerciou of a State. Tbe fpeech being unexpected, it created gicat sensation among the Senators. Mr. M. F. Dowell, of Su Louis, was confirmed. The Indian office is in receipt of late intelligence that 5,000 Sioux are collected on a fork of the Platte, and threaten to take Fort Kearney and wipe out the white settlers and stop emigration Westward. WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.—Secretary Holt transmitted to Congress to-day a statement Irom CeH. Cregg, Chief of the Ordnance Bureau, which shows that early last year, by special directions of Secretary Floyd, he transferred 115 (XX) stand e-f arms from Sprir.gfield and Watervliet to arsenals in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. A large number were Springfield muskets, and the latest patterns. The remain ler were muskets altered to percussion locks and rifles. The Col. adds that tbe arms sent to South Carolina. Al .batna and Louisiana have since been seized by tbe S ate authorities. From Special CurresjonJeucf) of Cin. Gasetta Washington, Jnu. 21. The A'abu.na House delegation has jusl wiihdrawr, exctpl Cobb. The Georgia delegation villi wait Kir official information. Ex-Secretary '1 hoaips u is before the Grand Juiy ih s illuming, iu .eard to the abstraction of L.dmu Trust lioiids. Jeifirtou lUvis opposes any attack on Fort rumpter. Uo leaves fur Mississippi to-da. lloil hus reieued uo reply from Gov. Pick-' ens teiatue to his demand thut Mai. Audcrsou j

-liou:d Lave his U lteis pro'iiptly delivered. If I th.? is uol done luvaruiily aud iu ail cases, pox- I tui tacii.lies will le vwlh irawn lruin South Car- t urn. a Vulee aud Mallory of Florida, have jait taken leave of tl.e te.iate. Tiie falter was afl'ected to tears. Ciay is now doing tne same in be h,iif ol lMtzparrick and hiiuavlf and is much ag-j Uitieu. It, is pretty c.rtam the Postmaster General today cut nlT mail faciiaies to Penaucoa and ail ilial coast, letters to that point to go to tbe licud Letter otik-e. Kepoita weru extensively circulated hete today thai Fori Pickens had beeo attacked by the Florida and Alabama troops. Private letters, j oi u laie ua.e were nere, stating trial such was the intention of tbe leaders ot the expedition, aud the report was therefore generally credited ; but Senator Mallory received a difpatcb this afternoon, atatiug t ui no attack had been made. Tba necesdiunisla have wriileu to the authurittea in all tbe sitalea to take weaaurea to prevent a collision. Northern men Bay that the shedding of blood by the Secessionist will prevent a compromise of any sort. The PoetuQie department has resolved to suspend the contracts fur the transportation ol the u. ails, and discontinue ail post offices wherever maii matter la tampered with, aa in the case of l'ensacola. Senator Iversou has received this evening official notification of the withdrawal of Georgia from the Union, and he will resign his seat in the Senate to-utorrow. Lieutenant Hall ia still in the city and will remain several ifayo, reluming most probably, in company with Mi. llayne. In the meantime fjll instructions will be given Major AuderaonA Cabinet meeting was held thia afternoon with special releiei.ee to llayne's communication, but nothing definite has transpired. ignite a number of ui.Iitary men may now be seeu about the streets of Washington. I learn that two rifled cannon are to be planted on the Lid near the White House, which will effectually command the Cajilol. t be Senate passed tbe bill for the admission of Kansas, with an amendment offered by Mr. Fitch of Indiana. Tbe latter is ot great importance, as it will keep alive the case testing the pomer of the i'erritoiial Legislature to prohibit Ma very in the territory. Thia amendment taken the biii back to the House, where it will doubtlens be pruned dowa to its original shape. Tbe Republican-! regard the. speech of Mr. Cameron, in the. Seriate to-day, as an indication ot a disposition to yield too much. The bulk of the Southern members received it in a spirit quite diUerent from tbat iu which it waa delivered. I h s exhibition on .be part of the Sect s-iouisis, was promptly referred to by Senator Saulabury of Delaware, wLo contended that the olive branch should be received in the spirit of s.ncerity ia which it was teudered. Tne question of a national convention is now being M-riousiy talked about, and tbe judications u-e, iLat the Republicans will vote to call such an us-iemblae al an earlier day than that proposed by Mr. Seward. (ieneral Harney declines to fight Lieut. Carey, by wbom be waa challenged. Hon. I'bofi. Coriu delivejed his speech today on tbe Pacification measures proposed by trie Co mijittee of Tbirty-Tbree. The gaileriewere crowded. He toon essentially the pomti nis laid down iu his teport recently presented to the ilouae. Ii is i-tated that suggestions have been made iix.-kiiiift io tbe introduction of a proposition into t'i.iire?y. to ony out ait the slaves in Marylard Ie!aie, M taouri, Arkansas, Texas, and Lou Uiana, in order lo set lie I lie aiavery and aeceeoiou oaestiou forever ia the coootr? north of ire PoUi.nac and weet of ios MitHAiopi river, m a peaceful manner. It is said $100,000CCO wo'.l J complete the work. LC(IIUTIVE SL.Tf.tJAUV. (Fn.lt tb lad. Xi.y Juaraal.) THLRsDit, Jan. 17. In the SENATE, almost the entire day was taken up in discussing a preamble and resolutions of Mr Cravens of Jeff-rron, from a majority of Ihe Committee oi Federal Itelu ioris, defining the position r.f the State of Indiana a regards her relationship to the Federal Union. Messrs. Cravens. Conner, Steele and Mellelt addressed the Senate in able, eloquent anJ patriotic speeches, in supjKirt of the resolution all taking strong Union grounds, but denouncing treaaon and traiiors wherever existiog. Mr. Ray introduced a long memorial to tbe Congress ol the United State, from a minority of the same Committee a document tbat had been agreed upon in caucus of the democ ratic members of both branches of tbe legislature. Tbe memorial sympa thtes with the traitors of South Carolina, and alleges that K-e Sou h baa grievances that should be confessed and redressed. It is a production of a very partisan character while the report of the majority of the Committee bas no reference to party or sectionalism wbaterer. Tbe Democratic memorial

waa supported ia speeches decidedly proslavery, by Massra. Ray and Slack, and by Mr. Wolf, in an argument dignified, comparatively reasonable, and free, in good part from the "tumpish" character of his Democratic associates. Mr. Slack, after denouncing the Quaker of Henry County aa ihe descendants of th unhung tories of the Carolina, took occasion to say that rather than bare the Uuion dissolved he would have negroes sold into aiavery at every county seat in Indiana. HOUSE. Petitions were presented on the subject of the game law; to protect sheep from dogs; and lo hare tho lands of Notre Dame University taxed. Resolutions of inquiry were introduced, almost numberless, among the most important are : to abolish school township libraries; whether our kidnapping a.t interfere with the execution of Ihe Fugitive alar law; to keep common roads in repair by poll and ad valorem taxes; to require these roads to be worked between the first of June and ihe first of October; to establish a school or idiots; a hospital for epileptic patient; directing an act to be reported lor the distribution of the $55,000 referred to on the 6 h page cf the report ol the Superintendent t f Public Instruction; directing a bill to be reported to authorise the heirs of deceased foreigners, who bad taken tbe oath of intention to become citixens, to inherit their real estate. Discussion was had on the subject of the condition of the country, on a motion to requite a report on Monday next from the committee of Thirteen, and on the matters of Iraud, corruption, eVc.. connected, wi.h the location and management of th Northern Penitentiary. Joint Resolutions on the Uuiou were introduced and referred to the CommitUe of Thirteen. FatDAT, Jan. 18. In the SENATE, the House joint resolution requiring the Auditor of State to pay the tier diem and mileage of the Members of the Legislature only solar as il is due, was concuried in. This was adopted to keep members in their seats until the last day of the session, and is a wholesome regulation. Resolutions were adopted to print 4,000 copies in Knglish, 1000 in German, of Gov. Hammond's Message. Gov. Lane's Inaugural Address, aud Washington's Farewell Address to his countrymen th three doc

uments to be within one cover. Other res olutions, mostly of inquiry, were adopted in regard to tbe free Banks; to matters con nected with the Northern Penitentiary pro ject; of the liabilities of railroad companies tor stock killed by their machinery; for the best means of protecting sheep from dogs ; for extending tho time lor the collection of taxes, aud fir amending the school law iu several particulars. Joint Resolution were introduced for amending the constitution, in order to give the Legislature power to)authorixe townships aud incorporated towns and cities lo levy a school lax in addition to the general levy, and to pass laws more clearly defining the residence aud qualifications of electors than the constitution as it now is, will permit. A resolu'ion, looking to a visit of tbe Committee on State Prisons, to the Northern Penitentiary, induced a lengthy discuaaion, in which tne numerous friends connected with the location of the institution, were freely alluded to. Bills on a variety of subjects were introduced and read a first time. Thy were mostly amendatoy of existing acts, and with the exception ot two, pioviding for greater stringency in conducting elections, were of no especial importance. After giving five days of the week very industriously to labor, the Senate adjourned until Monday afternoon, in order to give it committees time to ptepare bm-iness, a ad some members of the body opportunity to visit their families. HOUSE. Petitions were presented to prevent fish from destruction by drag nets and poison; to repeal the acts of last session relative lo the formatjon of new coonti; to remove the disabilties on foreigners as to inheriting real estate. Resolutions mostly of inquiry only were introduced, to enlarge tbe Insane Hospital; relative to the names, number, and time of service of the Trustees of the Indiana Uni versity; to apportioii to each district of m township an equal amount of school money; to allow County Recorders to issue mar

riage licenses instead of County Clerks; to inquire into the constitutionality of giving voters in each township the power to levy a school tax sufficient to sustain common schools for six months each yesr. Two joint resolutions on ibe State of the Union were offered. Hills were introduced requiring railroad companies to deposit with County Auditors freehold security for payment of flock killed on the roads ; defining qualifications of voters for school directors and school teachers; to allow the Bank of the State to locate five addi'ional branches; to repeal Ihe act against carrying concealed weapons; to give alien the right to bold lands by purchase, inheritance or otherwise; to define the liability of railroad companies and the owners of land relative to their division fences; to sell lands on execution on the premises; to sllow service of process on Railroads having no office in the State by service on conductors ; to provide for the collection, safe keeping and disbursement of the public revenue, by collecting in gold and silver, by punishment of embezzlement by fine in double Ihe amount o embeszled aod i-nprisoment in jail from one to twelve months; to make elocutions r-tumable in 93 days; to exempt frm taxation by County Commissioners 9300 worth of the property of widows; lo elect the sheriff of the Supremo Court every four years by the General Assembly. Ii. D. Brown, of Lawrenceburg, was elected State Librarian ; Robert N. Hudson, of Terre Haue, Agent of Stale, and Joseph S. Hanns, of Lafayette, Canal Trustee. Modt, Jan. Slat. SEN ATE. Resolution from the State of Ohio rd New York, on lb present condition of the country, were communicated by tbe Governor. Petitions were presented to organic th Militia of the State. Resolutions were offered to inquire into the expediency of making tb owners cf stock running at large retponsible for the damages I hey commit, which was not adopted; to make debts collectable only in town ships where they were created, which waa not adopted. Bills on Secomd Reading Tbe EmbezElement bill was amended so as to snake iu provisions applicable to township and connIT officers as well as to State officer; th ap. port ion ment bill was referred to a committee of one from each Congressional District. Bill Passed. Allowing married women nnder age to join their husbands in conveying real estate, with consent of Jadg. HOUSE. A Bankrupt Treasury. Tb Auditor of State icatel to th Hon) tbe fact that there was only wt7,287 69 in