, 1860-12-11
BY TELEGRAPH.
Interesting News aid Runa0rs from
Washington.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Nhile the most con-
sentative Consressmen freely express the Eei-
venting other States from following the scfes.
sion example OF Eoutl, Carolina, others arc'yet
hopeful that something may yet be done i'll
the way OF compromise, which may at least
preserve the border slaveholding states.
Among the plans suggested y gentlemen ne-
the Establishment Of line By IN amendment
to the Constitution, similar to the Missouri
Compromise. Other amendments hive been
submitted to the consideration Of members
from all sections of the country. As they have
received some degree Of consideration, It may
be mentioned that they provide, lat, that new
territory shall not be acquired otherwise than
by treaty; I'd, the whole Inhabitants Of auy
territory numbering 10000 shall have the
right to elect MI officers necessary for Its gov
efnment under the rules prescribed by m act
of Congress, and the Legislature thereof may
determine whether to recognise slavery or nnt
during its territorial existence; Sd, whenever
any territory, preparatory to assuming state
the number required for representative in
Congress, and having submitted It's Constitu-
ton 10 vote of the people, applies for admi=-
sion. it shall be admitted into the Union, shat
ever may be its provisions in regard to slavery,
upon m equal footing with tue original States;
4th, Congress shall not interfere with slavery
whezc It exists under the sanction Of law, nor
from one slave State to another.
NEW YonK, Ucc. a-The Hfrulds WashEi.c-
ton correspondent tclegraphed Inst evening =
1.-THE Committ co Of Suites will meet on Tdes-
day, perhaps Monday. South Carolina aud
Florida may not BE- represented. Tie chair
man Of the Comm ttee, Gov. Corwin, Of Ohio,
Is disposed to advance conciliatory measures.
The feeling Of Cancellation is growing lnurc
and prevalent Gov. Seward is not disposed to
yield, but be may be overwhelmed by the i'll
coming Administration. There arc many mat
ters OF moment In abeyance, which the couu-
try at large mag regard with satisfaction.
There Is more Union sentiment tonight,
recently BEEN exhibited. Every one now hopes
for the best, and better things will occur with
in q fortnight than the most ultra Of either
side anticipate. .
There Is r11mor this evening that Jefferson
Dayls has received dispatch from Mr. Lin
col !, the President elect, saying that he tAr
Lincoln) was preparing letterfor publication,
distracting the different sections of the coal1-
try, which will, it Is said, give entire satiaflc-
tion to the South.
[0f course, there Is no shadow Of founda-
tion for this rumor. EDS. TR1nl
Tribune corrs .pondence]
WlsnISoToS, Dee. 10.-Commolore Shu-
brick has prepared his letter Of resignation, to
be rendered when Gouth Carolinn shall secct1c.
Capt. Ingralam, who has gone to the Mediter-
rancan, is understood to have left his, depend
ing on the same contingency.
Mr. Douglas Is preparing to address the SEN
ate On the present emergency, and will take
the distinct ground that secession involves
war and all It's calamities, aud that the fact
must be confronted by the men who are pre-
cipitating the Cotton States into revolution.
He thinks 1t wiser to face the whole issue, and
let the people take the consequences, thun to
blink It until the real crisis il upon us.
The President has Just been assured from
an authentic source, that the authorities OF
South Carolina will make no resistance either
to the collection Of duties or to the posses
sion Of &C forts guarding Charleston harbor
during the remainder Of his Administration.
n. y. Hcra1d's Washington Correspondence
Secretary Cobb has completed his letter to
the people Of Georgia, and It will be made pub
Tic in i dav or two. He ayows the most ultra
sentiments, and scouts tie Idea that any com
promise OF adjustment can be made with tho
North. His Views ate Numerically opposed
to those Of the President, SO much 20 indeed
that. the moment they are published he will be
compelled to retire from the Cabinet.
1t Is rumorea here to-day that Gov. Hicks,
Of Nd, has decided to call together the Lcgis-
laturc Of that State to consider the present na-
tiUnnl crisis.