, 1860-12-22

+ "u1cs1 SpeeGil--.lth effect.
1t is said in nunusually reliable circles that
strong movement Ii Eoln. M In the border
States, upon both sides oi M.sun and Di1on's
line, for great middle cunfedency, 10 be
called the Central United !St1fes Or nc Federal
| Rpullte Of Washington ;" aud to Include New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the Northwest, upon
one side, anl Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, Tcnnessec, Kentucky, and
Missouri upon the other. Men l.isl, IN POSI-
| tlon and inllucuce favor II, and 1t is also said
that 1t will sCcn be suggested officially by thc
Executive Of one Of the efstates concerned.
f. = Especial Ditpateh 10 the ETenin: Post
| W4sutSorox, Tuesday, Dec 10.
| Commodore Sfubrick denies that hc las pre-
pared letter Of resignation in czlsc his native
State seceies. Another naval man Of South
| Carolina (Iay {3,0qp per nnnnm> says that he
/ will mot be such a fool until South Carolina
can offer him Us god berth as the ono he
would have to givd up.
The President isl less decided than before,
but still rHgars tff: assurances Of the South
t Carolina C0nsressttlcn US sufficient protection
to the Federal property and the lives Of our
| soldiers.
Correspondence pf the Philadelphia Prcssl
| WASHINGTON, Dec. IS.
| II We except the treatment OF Major Auder-
| son W the Ad!ninift ration, nothing SO had has
lately occurred rs tic permission extended by
Mr. Buchanan to Mr.. Thumjeou, Secretary OF
the 1nterior, to retain lis Office, and to 20 to
the South OIL leave iof absence tor tue purpose
Of stirring up dlsaiIection and prccipitating
dlsunion, III accordance with tho Instructions
Ut the Governor of Mississippi Mr.. Thomp-
| son does not rret4nd to 70 minister Of
peace: His own RECORD will not pei init that,
| even If his State were not one Of the most
clamorous for secession. It Is taid that Mr.
Thompson has drawn his salary up to the 4tt
| Of March, aud thattt hc does not intend to re-
| ;1..Hh las,
infant Of such . fact as this, he attempts IL
delude the public under the cloak Of having
granted leave Of absence to the Secretary OF
the Interior.
In the same category may be classed the
letter Of the Superintendent Of Public Print
in.. South Carollt1ian. to the Speaker Of tie
House OF Representative of TINT State, in
which, while expressing his WITH sympathy
with tue movement to brcak up the Uniun,
h. enclos.s carefully prepared table pointing
out tue manner in which, after South Carolina
nas ecccded, she may establish postal reg.,l'4,
tions to rival or countcraet thosc Of tue United
States Government! iuelose you j copy "t
this correspondence, Ar. 1Iartt, the Supvriif-
tendent, is i Pennsylvania b+>rn-a native,
think of Bucks cotnlty-and Ills important po-
Conferred upon lln by Mr. Buchanan. lie,
| like Secretary Thompson, is retained, notwith-
| standiug lis public and persistent support Of
tllosc who are deliberately trying to plunge
| us Into the horrors Of disuniun. So far is thle
example initiated, that 1nany Of the officers ol
tue Government ot them, I res5rrt TO say,
| citizen of Pcnns., 1vania at this timc-ar4 now
| travcrrlng the Southern States, drawing thrir
| pay while aiding the Disuniunists. A large
number Of Southern clerks, who have not ycl
resigned, are absent attending to this labor Of
love, and others are contributing daily to Dis
union newspapers the most iutlanluatory mr.
ticles against tho Northern people aud a.:tills,
the Constitution itself. With some exceptions,
the great body Of the of11ce-holdcrs uf the Cen
eral Government i'll the free States art pureulli;
the same course Newspapers conducted by
snch mcrcenaries rs Greene, Of thu Boston
Jt~t, l'li& out of the public treasury, coolly
argue i'll favor Of secession, or against tho glt
OF coerciug seeding State
Long ayo, even before the Charleston Con-
yenti,u assembled, 1 asserted in my letters
that Mt. buchanan intended to break up the
! Union. That his purpose WAS to destroy The
democratic party 1nany honest people bcliCy-
cd, and having accomplished tthIt, lie is now
engaged In fulfilling the ether prophecy
There Is not at this lnomcnt, even in MISSISSIPPI
III or South Car"ita, So dangerous and power
crlu1 ! foe Of this Republic is James Duclan-
all. All his acts, if not all Lis wortls, contciu.
plate ant welcosn" it-aud those who claim to
bc lis organs arc Ill on the sidc Of the enemies
oi tllc country. OCCASIONAL
The following is tic letter of that man
lIartt, to whic, |'Oec.sional" refers.
The papers Of the day contain the following
letter, :,s laid iy its President bclorc the Sen
ate Of South Carolina, from the pen Of the
Superintendent ot the Public Printing:
WASHINGTON, Drc. S, 1SC0
Hon. Wa. d. POTTER:
there has h:rn sonc action IN tho Legislature Il;
reference to tho formation Of postal zystrm ft,1
the state have taken The liberty of forwarding 10
your address ctpie. uf the regulations in
by thc Federal Government fur lis f.rct-n and dr.
mestic portal arrangements, to which you viii
rledsu,e "a. .jorrard docamentsef timiiar cAdrac
terror Other tTancaesof GoFr73Ment, upon an iafi
nation Maft1ry may u useful! dnd % atxirf. III any
roy Me Jurthtra"et q ed"sf uAiea Aas my naosf
Very respectfully, your obi. 4rrvt.
JOHN HART.
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercially
WASHINGTON. Dec 18Th.
WAnE's SPEECH Rising a-tip-toc, the old
man, with wrstll in lis viea=c, vharyed arrose
tile flour, a1nt'st to tho airlc which divi,'cs
tile Snrth and South, and with startling vclc-
l1lcncc VIII ned tl,c traitors of tc oycrwhelnl.
ln9 vengeance with which just people would
punish their lnonstrous crime. '*If yun col:.
qurr us" said the old .ntn, with lofty scor1l
bringing his pauls together with startling vl,-
crsy, "you are heroes! r we conquer you:
you are rebels, and you will meet the fate OF
tEalforsH' Iii ii> reruration, tile Senator .oS,
almost to suhlilnlty. Tile ectnrs. trials AMI
associations Of IT crowded upun lis .1layi,a-
ti"n. He saw ti,.: old tlay of tic Constitution
floating absve h: Capital (Which Washing
ton eonsecr.trtl.'' "That blessed old tas,'
said lie. my own father fought for-au humble
soldier il, the RcvoIuton, hu nlanful,y trlsctl
trials aud suilcrings under It ten tod worsc
than death. That old flag, for which he ven.
turcd all, is the glorious tllg which protected
me i'll youth. 1t tms been the gluvy aud pride
Of my manhood. Not one >tar shall bn terri
from its ample folds! And" saisl the old man.
as il concentrating himself for the real sacri-
flee, and throwing his whole soul into his
lansuaSe-"by by the mercy Ut God will DIE
under IT," II every Senator on the 1loor ll..:
been President VI that body, and Ill its ofcers
Sergeant -at-arns, their combined Efforts 10 IT.
press APPLAUSE would have proved iutile,"
Altogether this WIS the most thriltn.ly dra-
matte scene it has BEEN lny fortune to witnrs.
Here the rassia1s Of nnxiety, fear, desire and
hope, contcndtd III the hE,rts 0f multi
tudcR, aud reelected their diverse int!ucnces
In their department and couptcnln.e>
lou could hear their hearts beat. Nuw you
wonld discover lHllor oyersl'reatling the visa
gcs Ol hundreds, perhaps quickly followed h.
Tue sut!usion uf noble excitement, burn Of clt-
uurncc- I
Tic department Of Senators was, perhaps,
the most striking {c.turc If tile sccnc. Til. |
Republicans were gathered in circle abuul
the venerable speaker, their Textures involunta.
rily expressing sympathy with his sentiments
Douglas sunk deeply down into luis chair,
until Ills body SEEMED compressed into itself: |
lcavin., nothing ut him visible. scarcely. hut
that shaggy, liot.like crest of his, and broad |
shoulders, for1nn, ba-c for tho grand figure !
head, his eyes, now anl then, cleaning. with |
satisfaction, ar rctreatD, uudcr the ambush VI
threatening brows, but constantly stealing out |
upon the orator with arpTovin. glanccs, me1la |
cling Brown Of Mississippi, leaning anxiously |
forward with fierce visagc, elbow on his ku:c |
and fingers tu..:in. neryously at his grizzly |
tcard-the attitude aud department Of Il man |
Of fiery passions deeply anyercd and agitatet
Hunter 0f Virginia, Of oMinuus and gloomy
presence. rluu.o! deep into his cushions, now
lost IN lrcary reelection, ,r ru,1sed into wrath,
ful animation. hut nnsliftfng lis Isstior- |
excepting now and then 4 lazy. heavy rolliu. |
OF his monstrnns, ragged llr,d, to lrin:, lin /
lowering tyrs i'll E:itl:,c will thu speaker, to
gs,ze steadily and stcrn1y awhile. am, l,,ec
their glare again in dark intrus'cctiou -
1ycf5or, malignant and scorn!ul. hut uneasy
III his place, ncrvous1y drifts to the side OF
sympathetic Senator, for Disguise; dull Pow
ell, with stupid cunning, lumhcEs heavily 10
the floor with ladgcrin@ queries, inscll=ible
to courtesy aud imptrvio.s IL rcbuke; rattle
Drained Green. popping up with uncertsiu no,
tions which flicker in lii unsteady mind and
arc c1tinsnished in holly, Subsidies a;:,,lin into
nbscurity, as i, ic were clod 1l,n@ Into ,,,td-
dla; obese Bl.lrr, cowardly as tricky, approves
tho argument, but is terrified Ut the aI,plicl-
tlon; ca1,tllarilcs Fitch, ri:.id rs granite, ard
inecrutablc, glaEcs flczcc1y into the future, and
loves no tnan in that grand chamber; lavis
and Wigfa1f-whcrc arc they! Is their abscnct
deliberatcs
Besides the great andicncc in the galleries,
which wcrc packed i'll the seats and ai-1c5 u1,-
til the chamber osertIowed and hundreds were