, 1860-11-13
TIE SECESSION NIOVE1EST.
News from Various Quarters.

! WASHINGTON, fttd1y. Nov. Q, 1SG1,
TIE EFFECT At WASHINGTON.
The President is still! in doubt what to do,
He Is nt'rehcnslrc Of troubles in the South,
,ut aoes not ktlDW how 10 meet them. Ills
.e9linss arc with the South, but be is afraid to
Assist them openly.
Nothing definite is known Of the Cabinet
| mcctlnE to-day, Us the Intention Of the Adj
:niilstration is to await the development Of
lsun'on!sn, Mr. Buchanan still hopes that
there will be no tisunion before the 9TH of next
March, lis a!so does Gca. Cass-
\ large quantity Of arms was yesterday
shipped trca. our arsenal to the South, But
the plce OF destination remains secret.
The proclamation Of Gov. Brown vi Georgia
has created much excitement. 1t is the most
| the United States; and it depends now upon
| the President whether he will use his au-
Ihor;ty and enforce the laws Of the United
| States. =
several clerks In the Departments presided
over by Mes,rs. Howell Cobb. anu Jacob
Thompson, lave resigned in order to please
tkcir superiors. the Resignation. to take pluce
on the 4th of March.
II is positively stated, that Mcssrs. Cobband
Thompson will rcsi::n under similar conui-
tions.
The city is quiet There are plenty Of Office
seekers, troln North and South, here. The Re-
publican headquarters arc tlued to Overlooking
every night.
Especial Dispatch to .hc y. y. Timcs.l
WlsnlxGTox, Nov.
The Cabinet had proeracte.l session to-day.
dInlng which the present unfortunate state Of
af.aira In tho South was freely discussed.
President Buchanan expressed himself as ron
iidcnt that South Carolina would leave the
Confedcracy, whether it be called pul1iiscation,
secession or revolution. On this poipt ali
agreed, but tho President did not believe TINT
secession would actually occur during his
ft.rI. liz f1cy, rat
as they arc until the 18th Of March; but should
the Issue be prccipitated before That time, le
thinks it would tt madness to attempt cocr-
clor, as tho slightest collision would disrupt
tile whole country, and involve us in irretriey-
abic ruin. The ho;c was generally entertained
ly the Cabinet that the cool judgment Of the
best men Of he South would prevent secession
On the part Of other States, unless some con-
nict should occur-SrcsetaFy Cobb alone ex-
,.,rsing the extreme position Of South Caro-
Inc message Of Gov, Brown Of Georgia was
severely criticised, that portion suggesting a
repeal Of the penal laws being pronounced The
rawlings Of u lunatic. The commercial policy
recommended By him was approved and pro-
nouuced by several members OF the Cabinet to
be the proper remedy for the evils complained
Of; but should South Carolina hasten matters
and annul the resolutions adopting the Federal
Constitution. sue will be let alone by tho pre-
sent Administration.
No effort will be made at present to iii the
vacancy occasioned By the resignation Of tho !
Federal Judges. II South Carolina does not I
desire the Federal Courts, the President thinks
no one should complain and as the Collector J
at Charleston Las not resigned. "a run,orcd |
there is no embarrassment ielr Eere. '''
The whole number Of Federal troops. from |
Maryland to Florida, is less than 1,uD0,-5O0 Of |
whom arc in the Artillery School OF Fort Mon
roc-ihc rest being few scattered companies |
three Of them at Fort ,loultrie, In Charleston
Aarbor Nearly tho cutirc military force Is
cmrloyed at present West Of tile SfissIsSipui J
River.
President Buchanan, will act on tho idea Of
hut at The ea1ur time win otter in his Annual l.
Message IN argument disapp7oyinc Of II. fSn
thfs n0fnt thr C,h,r.j ,ra dividod chor,3 !
ncsccshia secession MT tatc S,I,c'. n,;or ~ M
9Th of, March. thc nnjn;on WA cynresscd IN
tl,c Caliact to~Gay tLat conflict yrould he
ita,,lr o01 AD9'
; -,
. TIE FEELING n VIRGINIA. !
:: Especial Dispatch to the n. T. T.ucs.1
Ricuuoxp, rfiaar Soy.o.
Ttc son,hrrn preaa eont;rrca IN di..r,.t ~.
oncsf;on Of scccsston m, any nm r. vi; in
ihe end amount 10 'nuthiur but talk. II no
agsrcssious are made ou lie ril,hts of thc
Sonth:
Tie news from South Carolina is viewed
with Indifference If she wants to 60 ont Of
LOT go with her, that Is certain, Before she
Is out one year she will find what great mis-
take she hes made, and undoubtedly tatl into
the traces again.
The Goldsboro, a. C.,) Tribsne proves itself
to DC false prophet when it says: we do
not believe that this Union will endure three
mouths. The announcement Of the Rcprbli-
can victoxy Of the North sounded to our ears
like a death kncil OF this United Confederacy.
The Raleigh. n. C.,I Ia.xs is also m evil
cosjcctnrer. Hear what /: Iays: ave rspeat
wl,at we said short time agu-tncze Is nu
hope for the Union as /. has existed than there
81 for the dead and tho lost" It's uelnhtor.
the Rryi4xri is OF different opinion altogether, !
and yehcnrntly opposes disuuion under any
=, -
The Richmond Examiner still continues to
asitate for disuniou. The Richmond IrAu
opposes secession and disuuIon: and asrecs
with the New Orleans Istaywne, which ycn- /.
lures to affirm that Louisiana will neither lead
nor follow in any secession movement. She
Il ftalty to the Constitution, and
returfls her own houor too hi1h1y to farnr pr. !