Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-31


WARRINGTON, December 3O.--Thc Socrn.
tary of the Treasury has refused 10 accent
| any Of the bids for the five-miliion loau
which demanded more than IL per cent. in
terest; thus less than $2o00,000 are 10.
cepted-Rn amount about sufficient, Il fs
said, to pay the interest on the public debt
| due on the 1st of January. is~a
As il was never stipulGsed or agreed bV the
President that the troops should be with.
| drawn from the forts around Charleston her~,
| Dor, the Administration does not consider Il
is under any obligation to do so, As to the re.
! quest of the South Carolina Commissioners.
for the restoration Of military status, this 4
considered by the larger portion Of the Cabi~
net as impossible.
Secretaries Floyd, Thompsonand T,omas
who hold the constitutional right ef ss-
cession, were separated on the South Carolina
question from their Cabinet associates.
There was no positive decision at the
meeting yesterday, although the prospest
is certainly not favorable to the Commia-
sioners and this statement is strengthened
oy the isct that yesterday Secretary Floyd
1t is said that Secretary Thompson vould
also have resigned were 1t not that the in
Festigation pending, concerning the affairs
OF the Interior Department, in connection
with the abstraction of the Indian Trust
BoNds--aR investigation which be asked fer
the .vindication Of his own homer and in
tegrity.
The report prevails that Secretary Thomas
has resigned, but this Fssuits from his in
decisien as to whether he shall remain in
the Cabinet and hiS geneTally-believed ear
nest sympathy with Secretary Floyd.
NEW EoBK, Deceraber 3el-The Heralds
Washington correspondent telegraphs the
following:
"WAsENsToN, December 2ol--Tbe Cabi-
net has just adjourned, after protractsd
session Of six hours The affairs at Charles
! ton were the subject under consideration.
Secretary Floyd stated to the President. in
writing, that unless Major Auderson was
Withdrawn rom Fort Sumpter, he could not
remain in the Cabinet Secretaries ThOmp-
son and Thomas were understood to enter
tam the same views, but the events to-day
changed their minds somewhat. The Ptesi-
dent determined, after full deliberation. not
to withdraw Major Anderson. and Mr.
Floyd's resignation was therefore accepted.
Among the persons named as Mr.. Floyd's
successor is Benjamin F. Butler, of Massa-
chusetts, who has been in confidential con-
sultation with the President for several
days A serioas division exists in the Cabi-
net and a breakup may, at almost any hour,
be anticipated.
Recent and highly important intelligence
from the South; received by the Government.
may preeipitate the event
THE Secretary,ef the Treasury has lust re-
eeived dispatch from Charleston, stating
that the revenue cutter in the port OF
Charleston had been seized by the authori-
ties and that the captain, who isa. native of
Charleston, has resigned. This intelligence
was Immediately communicated to the Cab
met
THE Navy Department at two o'clock re-
ceived dispatch from Lieutenant James p.
Foster, commanding the SLAYER Bonita, which
was carried into Charleston, stating that his
prisoner, the Captain of the SLAYER, had been
taken before State Judge by writ of
hdbeas corpus that the Judge remanded the
prisoner to his custody on the ground that
he had no jurisdiction, and that on his way
TO the Bonita with his prisoner, he had been
taken by force from his.custody by mob"