, 1860-12-20
From HTaahlnEton.
Especial Despatch 10 Cincinnati Gazcttc.]
MASltIScTnE Drt. Is

REUBEN DAVIS AND THE COMMITTEE OF THIRTY
THREE
I an reliably Informed that the rcason Mr.,
Reuben Davis Withdrew from the Committee
OF Thirty-thrcc yesterday, was BECAUSE til.
Committee, hy vote, resolved first to con-
amending tue Fugitive Slave Law, which Davis
rf M;seiss!ppi regarded us cunccssioH IN the
part Ut the South. On the question Of giyin.
that subject priority in their deliberations, sl!E
vote Stood ayes il, noes l3-1teury Winter
Da,is alone M The South voting aye
The South desires 10 have tho Territorial
question first disposed Of, only hetausc it is
r4aly the single question concerning which it
u Possible that nj agreement may tc 4 work Of
difficulty; and also hecausc its settlement Is
absolutely required 10 check the mo, emcnt Ut
The cxtreirc South for the destruction Of thu
Government.
COMPROMISE Mc4sEEE2-
The favori;e policy Of thu South is to run The
Missouri line t. the Pacific, but they tcnlal,d
that Slavery shall bc protected South Of that
line, whcl. Northern men, it is expected, will
resist. The Withdrawal Vi she Southc1ners Is
Mr. Sl.cr1uan's plan of creating the Terrific
Tscs at once into States, is objcciei to un tic
ground that The sparse population Of the Ter
ritorles will be too poor to support State
Government The North will uyrco to Tic
Missouri line, upon conditio. that no protrc-
tion shall be required for slavery, and Will, !
stipulation that no more territory shall Lc ad-
DID without the consent Of two-thirds.
Mr.. Corwi,t is said to have made a very elo-
qucnt speech in the Committee yesterday.
THE ONO CAUCUS.
The Ohio caucus Inst night il said to have
hccn very interesting but rather noisy ouc
unanimous feeling IN regard 10 The FFe:.r-
Push. it is said, sustained the poaitlou ofScna-
tor Wade
ACNoRs OF PROPOSED ATTACK on THE cApr-
ToL-
fna vague rumors increasing as ts III at
tack by men from MARYLAND a,,d Virginia on
the Capitol, on or before the fourth of March.
It Is true these cannot be traced to any reii.l-
blc source. -Ec Mayor Of Washington, it is
known, has etrong apprcleEsions Uu The eub.
| tect. 1t seems recommendation has beer,
made In some Virginia paper, that The two
States named take. possession OF the Capitol,
anu there ID eaid to be II secret organization oi
armed men In caCh State to execute The plan,
| This il TIC gosair floating around, and may 10
| utterly without foundation.
MARYLAND.
Memorials arc being uuMerously siwned in
| Baltimore, urging the Gevern"r to Convene
! request, as they wish tho State to te put in
| rcadiness to resist Southern or Northern ar
| erosion, from whichever quarter the trouble
f! may come-
SECRETARY TuoArS0N.
The report Of Secretary Thompson's restg-
nation grew out Of the tuct that le has gona
| to North Carolina as Commissioner Of Missis-
sippi to thot State. lie lcft last evening, an,l
In passing through Baltimore stated positively
to a friend that he had at this time no iutcn-
| 1ion Of re*i=ning. It Is st7nngc, however, that
tho President Should have consented that
| member Of his Cabinet should 70 upon an cr-
! rand which remotely, at any OF In somc COZ
|. tfuuepcy, looks to disuniou.
Especial Dispatch to tho Cincinnati Commercial ]
| wAsErxsTox, Dec la :.
Postmaster Holt will stop Carolina mails as
rs soon IS she scccdcs. The Postmaster at
Charleston, having eigntfed his intention to
rcaign aflcr secession, there eau he 10 dlstri-
bntiou Of Carolina Elaile. Holt is regarded IS
true to the Union, and will discharge his trust.
ETho Richmond EnqxiTer has sensational
articles recommending Virginia and Maryland
to take possession OF the District Of Colum-
Government as much as possible in every way,
SO as to prevent the Inauguration Of Lincoln,
| and prevent the Republicans from getting cor-
trol Of the Government for the subjugaiion Of
Wise;
The position Of Douglas IL eubjcct Of specu-
1a1ou. He will not make what Is populazly
nndcrttood Us coercion speech, but will ad-
vocato exhaustion Of every possible messure
OF Cancellation. Ills friends think he will
avoid all mention Of the 1sst argument oi
Kings.
Tic Compromise Committee has been wor-
rfed. Reuben Davis Of Mississippi went into
it to dist1act II, and proposed to Msorganixe it
BY Withdrawing. Dat the balance If the Com-
mittee have nbout fixed upon IN amendment
OF the Fugitive Slave law, and arc hopins.
against adversity to adjust the Territorial
| question, with . distant probability Of agreeing
on crittendcn's proposition, somewhat modi:
fed.