Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20
CURRENT NEWS.


Tbomas,oi Maryland. pow at the head
Of the Patent Office, has accepted
1.-THE Secretary ship of the Treasury.
The ultra Southern members are
inclined to reject all propositions, and
declare that reconstruction of the
Government is inevitable.
SENATE. Johnson Of Tennessee,
introduced joint resolutions propos-
ing amendments to the constitution.
! ST. Louis, Dec. 1.-THE latest
news from the border is to the effect
that Montgomery had not been a.
Mound City for two weeks. General
Frost bad determined TO station three
companies Of cavalry and a battery Of
artillery at tive points, opposite to
Bourbon and Linn counties. Kansas,
to protect the border The residue
Of the brigade we're to start home
on Monday last.
MEMPHIS, Dec. ia letter from
Prian Point, Mississippi, says the
Vigilance Committee hung three
carpenters for insiting slaves. 9th
er Nortberners we're made to leave
the place.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13.--At the
Union meeting resolutions were al.
|, opted accsding generally to tia de-
, mands Of the South on the slave
question.
COLUMBIA. S. c., Dec. 49, The
, Senate appropriated half q million
f dollars for secession exigencies.--
Large secession meetings were held
last night at Savannah, Columbus,
aud Atlanta.
r WASHINGTON. Dec. IA pro-
r found impression is caused here by
the resignation Of Secretary Cass.
1t is rumored that Douglas, in the
Senate, will declare it 10 be the duty
Of the President to resist secession
BY force.
A letter from a distin2 uished
source in Alabama, represents the
Northern couatiss rs conservative,
; and says it is doubtful which way
the Convention will 60.
Accounts from Georgia say ths.
the conservatives are hopeful Of
carrying a majority Of the Con
ventian. A circular has been pre-
pared for the Southern extremists
! and privately presented to Con-
gressmen, Notwithstanding the denial
The President a week ago re-
eeived distinct and explicit assurap-
ces that South Carolina would
not resist the federal authorities
during his administration.
The Herald correspondence says
that at the request of Hen. Reuben
Davis, member of the Convention
Of States, the Southern members Of
Congress assembled at his rooms
tonight, and adjourned at1l clock,
at which :be following declarations
was made snd signed by those pres
ieDt. /. had already been presented
to the Committee of Thirty Thrse:
The Southern MamJrsto-To our
Constituents: The argument is ex-
haustsd. Al! hope of relief in the
Union, through theagsncy of the Com
mittss and Congressional legislation
Ier constitutional amendm nis, is ex-
ting uisbed, and we hope The South
will not be deceived by the ap-
pearance or pretence Of guarantees.
lbs Republicans are resolute in their
purpose to grant nothing that will
OF ought 10 satisfy the South. In our
judgment, the honor, the safety, and
I independence Of the Southern people !
are TO be found only in a Southern
Confederaoy, the inevitable result of
State secesslnn; that the sole and I,
primary aim of each slayel oldins
State ought to be irs speedy and
absolute separation from an unnat-
ural and hostile Union.
Signed by Pugb. Clopton, Moore,
Curry and Sialworth, OF Alabama;
lyerson, Underwood, Gartrell, Jack.
son, Jones, and Crawford, of Georgia
Hawkins, Of Florida; HiDdman. Of
Arkansas; Brown, Baiksdale, Single.
ton, and Reuben Davis, of Mississippi,
Craig and Ruliin, Of North Carroll
ia; Benjamin and Landrum, of
Louisiana, Senators Yulee, Sebastian,
johnson, Of Arkansas. Slidell, Wigfall
and Hemphill, will sign it.
The manifesto will be Immediately
communicated to tue several coustit-
ueneies Of the gentlemen named by
telegraph. t,
The ~ Y. Herald of the I1th :
says. many Of our Northern manu-