Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-02-21
From, Wasl,Inrton.


! Ngw YOgK, Feb. .O.-Thc T1iss' Wash
/ ing;Oa correspondence says it was deter
mined in the Cabinet, on Tuesday last, to
order Col. FWn:lCroy, to march the United
States troops into chihuahua, for the pro-
lection of american citizens against the
outlaws frOu Durango, but the order has
| not yet been issued. 1t may DC in cOnse-
quencc of the absence of Secretary Floyd
from the Department.
1t is said that 5000 americans, are be-
fore this time, in Sonora and in possession
of the government of that place.
The Administration have not the slight
est idea of ;ssaing instructions for the
landing of troops, &C., at Vera Cruz, or
having anything to do with the MiramOn
guarantees.
The TriLdl-'s correspondence says that
official report of the committee on cleo
tioms of the Kansas Legislature. liz the
census returns. hive been received here
and give a very different complexion 10
the result, than recently announced by tel
cgr"ph.
They find that Duniphan county has re-
turned, from four townships, LII votes
and a population of J LOG; yet from relia-
BILE information, the registers show reg
istcred vote exceeding 500, giving an adj
diti0naI population OF 1900.
Atchison county returns 963 votes and
population OF BIB. has now on register
1000, giving an additional population of
1920.
Riley comfy is not returned, in which
there are $50, with 81 population of $500.
Leavrnwor;h comfy has returned a vote
of 3.4tJ and population of l2,l22. Re
liable information gives 10000 as the pop
ulation.
Tic committee state that the census re-
turns, as exhibited in the report of the
government, show great neglect on the
part of the assessors in many of the town
ships and some of the most pOpulOus
counties.
No returns were received from the coun-
ties Of Clay. Dickinson. Mayer, Usage,
Wilson and Dora, for which the smallest
estimate made. is l5o votes in each county.
giving 81 total of 800 votes.
The returns. re ported by the government
show partial and incorrect census, taken
in Juno. 1883, showing that the inImigTTI-
ton into Kansas has been unprecedented.
The whole population rs reported by the
government, mt the regular session, IEHs
lilo, tn which add the estimates of the
foregoing counties, only partially returned
and the total would be about $1,000. to
the LIST of July, 1857, excluding several of
the most pnpUlOTS counties from which
OUiF u part Oh ttlG luh llSlll WAY
The special committee appointed 10y the
Democratic caucus of the Senate, have
agreed upon a platform, concerning the
protection of slavery in the Territories,
and arc ready to report at an adjourned
meeting. They acccp; Mr.. DaviS's resolH-
ton in the urain, defining and cnInrsing
the fourth, so as to say substantially, that
when a territorisl Legislature and the jul
dietary find themselves incapable of fur
nisiing protection to slave property, under
the bred Scott decision, then Congress
must proviIe Il remedy for the rights there
affirmed.
The Republican Congressional -Execu-
tive Committee met tonight, and organ
lied by elect;ng Senator King Chairman.
Representative Covode Treasurer, and
Geo. Harrington Secretary.
The Democratic National Executive
Committee is sending out large Number
of political documents, while the Central
Executive Committee of the Constitution
III Union Party, have commenced the
Presidential canvass by nm extensive dis
tribution of copies of an address to the
people of the L. S.