, 1860-12-29
The Melee at tHaA1llu.tof1.

The Scnatc Committee Of Thirtcrn voted !
on large number .! propositions yesterday, !
s1,t welr uHasE: to :,.rcc upon anything. l |
have ii frttu reliable authority that thr Cari
mittce will be unable to make Il rc.ioEl. Au- !
other meeting wilt be l.cld tomorrow.
The news Of The evacuation Of Fort Moul- !
tric reached here to-day, c:ld created Grcnt ex-
element
Well informed persons say the movement is
a good on. Fort Sunpter commands Fort
Moulsric, and is irprcguablc- The secession
lists arc mad, while the oti!er side are julant.
1t is reported that Secretary Flt..d j. tu be
Indicted for 1nalttaE.sce i'll oillct, and that |
Gen. Scott will succeed linn IL Secretary Of |
War. The change would be good Que. Nr.
Floyd is reported to be nearly crzy.
In the Treasury Department no traid Las SO
fa1 been discovered.
The Presidents message, relative to eccca-
sion movements, will bc srnt In Oh Monday.
Senator Benjamin of La. will oI~u the discus
sion.
The Committee Of 11lirty-;hrcc will he una
bic to report TIC proposition Of Air. Adams
OF Mass. to admit New Mcxico with slaycry,
is unElvoEab1y regarded hy Republicans gs:u,-
rally.
Administration vii! be orn,sca by force, but
tA.,sc who fay,s il have said too much il the
newspapers about the Iuatter. People whra
seriously mcLitating an outrage Of that kind,
do not talk grca: deal about It.
One Of tue Soutl, Carolina Commissioners
e1ys unless the Government makes a sai~f1c-
tory arrangement, tle forts will hc taken bc-
fore the close Of ncx1 wcci.- He does moi .ay
how it is to he dune. General scott says one
hundred men c.a hold Fort Su.Aptvr 1or three
months.
It is not likely that Davis Of Miss. will meet
agliu with TIE Senate CoMH,ittrc.
The House Committee is IL danger oe lis:o-
luton.
vice President B.rckin.iasc is s.out IN ISSUE
letter urgin, i Convention Of the br:.ler
slave States at Baltimore In February. 4 call
for that purpose is being signed by Senators
and REPRESENTATIVES y: thosc Stuics.
Especial dispatch to the Cincinnati Commercially
WAsulSGTos. lice. II.
4 general feeling Of joy prevails this eve
niu:. in this city. ''O!d Kentucky has ravcd
the Union" is the general cry. NJar Andcr-
suns bo1d movement Of, taking For, Sumrtrr
has revived the hopes Of al Iatrials, whilst
the svccdcrs drop their heads, charging: him
with having "'viulatcd his ORDERS Ii Is the
hardest b.Uw that secession has thus far r.
ceived, and proud South Carolina instead
Of continuing 10 l,umory the nation, will
now content herself with lonkiny ct The
ocean.bound granite walls OF Fcrt Sumpir:,
which, without heavy ordnance and naval
batteries, cannot nr taken. The President is
nonplusscd. lie drcla1cs that he has given llo
orders to Mp}or Anderson to take Fl. Snplpler.
lie (ae prc>slent} i, of eour.c supported by
~A% AVAIo~ VI 'F-Ass "Ao H'N' -'''-
time to rcslSn- Both art: now cn*A-eu III a
heavy dispute with Gc1. ocntl whu Ni;u'!ta!'ls
that Major Ander.tn, as 4 military man having
orders to dricnd his Fo;'ti"n+ could nh acs
the principle Of sclfprrscrvation au.l bis OIL
cial oath, to preserve the lives ot oli:c1r and
men under lin. and tllat Fl. Moultric. willis:
Fl Sumptcr rem ai,lrtl i,l tic laads uf llc
nv, could uot t,c held,
Gen. Scott statcs further t.at II he had hce.,
in Andereon,s n|acc. he would have uctc.l in
TIC SANG woy. If The President should order
Major Andersen In leayc tn. Fort. or remove
him. Gen. S.u:t viii throw un his comn,issoa.
The majority cf 1hc .ilccrs ur the army side
with lin {Sco::). aud openly declare: ,!ic!r iu
di,,nation a.aine: the l'rcsilcut, who cools
would permit i brave h1uihcr officer 4, BE- tac
EiGced in the service Q: the Union l,y mol
Of Gccesaioniats.
Anderson being In possession Of For Sa:np
ter, aud having about ,hrce hundred ,neil, in
cludin. tue laaurcrs, military ,ncn think Iha:
he cl,l hull the position against all the s.
ccssionists in the C,liun.
The Nchulond E.mut;rey aud Ex1mf,4cr arr
constantly ur,inc urou VirrpIaas to captur,
IVashin-iou. Gov. Lctchcr, however, eav.
th.t NJ, such rxneditIou shall leave the Ult
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