Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-12-31
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From Washington.
WAsH1saros. Dec. 2s.-The Cabinet con
tinued in session nearly six hours and adj
| journed till to-day, without concluding ac-
ton on affairs of South Carolina.
The Senate Committee of Ii considered
Douglas, Bigger and Rice's propositions The
Committeefeelin themselves unableto agree
on any recommendation viii report at an
early day.
/ The Committee of 33 nearly unanimously
agreed to Adams proposed amendment to.
/ the Constitution, prohibiting Congress from
passing any law interfering with Slavery in
the States where it now exists
Another and probabl- statement about thu
Cabinet meeting is that the Commissioners
requested the President to inform them
| whether Anderson occupied Fort Sumpter by
his or the War Departments orders. The
President replied No, adding that Anderson
| acted on his own responsibility. The Com
| missioners then requested the President te.
remove Anderson to Fort Moullrie. There
was no conclusion on this point when the
| Cabinet adjourned
jacksonville, Fla, advices of the 24th say
that four-:ifths of the Delegates to the Con-
| veution are in favor of immediate secession.
About 20 Border State congressman held
| caucus, Crittenden presiding. A large num-
Der of propositions by various members were
the fourteen States represented, to report at
| future meeting to be called if they agreed.
Holt, Postmaster General, has ordered the
lSub-Treasurer at Charleston to remit S35 ,0G0
of their balance of Post Office account I'M
mediatelsi. Failing il this, he will demand
the Federal Government to enforce his orders.
| Holt also determines to suppress all mail
| matters to and from South Carolina, II the
mails are interfer,d with.
| The Cabinet broke up tonight after i've
hours session, bat came to no conclusion rel
/ alive to the disposition of the troops at
Charleston. The impression prevails that a
conflict is inevitable. Toucey and Holt
| urged defence. The others further eyacua-
4 ton if necessary,
4 dispatch waA received by member of
the Cabinet tonight which says that troops
are pouring into Charleston from all direc-
| tons.
| A prominent member of the Cabinet ex-
pressed the opinion that war is begun.
The Georgia troops are called on to join
| South Carolina.
a Charleston dispatch says that small
loan is already parcelled out among the
| wealthiest men, the State. Each is ex-
| pected to furnish his share under penalty Of
being considered disaffected.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The cloud has lift
| ed, and we now have an intimatioB of what
the reported dispatches 10 MdJOr4 AuucISoH
/ from the President contained. His orders
| were, so soon as he apprehended an attack
upon Fort Moultrie he was to strengthen his
| position by removing his command to the
strongest position. This is considered here
1 to be iudicious movement, as Fort Sumter
commands not only the city of Charleston,
| but all the other harbor defenses
| Gen. Scott is of opinion that with one
| hundred men Major Anderson can hold out
1 s;x he inSta
DINA herself can send against her. He has
| now with him ffty-eight soldiers, including
| officers men, and music. There is also in
| the Fort about one hundred mechanics en-
| gagged in finishing the works, mostly from
| Washington and Baltimore. the most of
| whom will no doubt return to their homes
What will be the result OF this movement o.
the people of Charleston and the State. re-
| mains TO be seen.
Dispatches received here say that the most
/ intense excitement prevails, and the act OF
| Major Anderson is looked upon as the first
step of the Government toward coercionya and
| will be met in that spirit. The Northern
| members of Congress have been profoundly
| moved by this warlike intelligence. They
| for the first time seem to apprehend that the
Southern movement will end in civil war, as
| the necessity of Major AndersOns action in-
dictates. But l heard of no backlog down
from their ultra position.
1 am positively informed that ig the Com
mittee of Thirteen, yesterday, they voted
down every proposition offered By the South
/ No hope is now entertained of its action. No
better things are expected of TIE Committee
of Thirty-three, it is now unprecedented by
many that on Tomorrow or n9xt day all It's
members, except the Republic sns and Messrs
Davis of Mary land, and Etherfdge of Tennes-
see, will doubtless publish al address in "a
hours thereafter, going to tie country upon
the Crittenden plan for the settlement of the
troubles which now bid fair 20 he accepted by
the Baltimore Conventioffot border slave
/ holding States, proposed by Mr.. Breckenridge
as the termslupon which they will continue
in the Union with the New En- gland and other
ultra Abolition States, after the Cotton States
may have withrawn fron1it. Their terms will,
of course, include stipulation that the
North shallsmake no war on the seeding ex-
treme South
Mr. Breckenridge is understood to have
drawn upfan address to the border slave
holding States, calling for a Convention rep
resenting them. to be held in Baltimore in
February ,for the consideration of their duty
to themselves, and how to preserve the Con
federacy IN the current crisis. 1t is said to
have been signed already by all OF the Sena-
tors from those States, and will, doubtless,
be signed to-day by all their Representatives
| in the lower house. This call leaves it TO
the authorities of The said States TO appoint
| their REPRESENTATIVES to the proposed Con-
vention l have good reason to believe that
this call will be published within the next
few days.
Secretary Floyd, am informed, is now
seriously alarmed, because of apprehended
arrest and impeachment, on the charge of
naffeasance in Office. 1t Is said that if he is
removed from any cause, General Scott Will
be placed in bis stead.
From, St T,0uis.
sSr. LOUIS. Dec -29.-The Republican an
uounces that the commandant OF the arsenal
here. received letter from Chicago, dated
18th, stating that a party of Republicans
and sympa thizers with Montgomery, intend
Ito take tAe Arsenal and Jefferson Barracks,
and remove the property to Kansas.
4 From Baltimore.
4 BALTIMORE, Dec. 29.-The SUMS special
Charleston dispatch says that the Baltimore
carpenters and brickiayers employed on Fort
Sumter, having refused to bear arme against
South Carolina, were discharged by Ander-
son this morning.
From New York.
New YORK, Dec. 29.-The Tribune says
81 81, 7O0,0 900 gold was sent south yesterday
Teng. to-day from the Sub Treasury.
rbe revenue cutter Harriet Lane, is get
tis ready for sea under sealed orders
he Custom House clerks could not get
,ir salaries to-day. They were told there
5 no money to pay them with.
From Charleston.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 29.-Coi,ecfor Colcock
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