Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-22

Adjourned.
From Washington.
WAsRIHGToE, Jan. 2l.-Numerous ap.
| pltc0ttons continue 10 be nude by Post
Minister'S in the seeding States for supplies
of postage stamps. Before the orders are
/ tilIeds an affirmative response is necessary
to tue question whether they do now, and
will continue 10 hold themselves fesponsi.
! bic to the Government in conformity to
the existing laws. for NIL the postal rsvC.
nue. received by received by them. Orders
have been filed accordingly, to the Post
Masters following tue example Vt the
Charleston Post Master, and thus far the
postal communication in the South has
been uninterrupted.
Judge Greenwood till has the tender OF
the Serretaryship of tue Interior under
| consideration.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 Letters from
distinguished sources in Georgia say that
tue Suite considers il her duty to secedc,
but she is willing to reunite with the other
States on satisfactory guarantees as TO her
political and social safety. She takes tue
secession step ut this time, 1.-The writers re-
| mark, in obedience to what she considers
| her vital interests.
Two nights ago Fort Pickeus, Florida,
was in imminent danger of au assault, hut
since that time II dispatch, signed by nu-
Inerous secessiouistS ia Congress, has been
sent thitlIer to their friends, urging them
by NIL means to avoid collision with tue
Federal troops. There seems TO be no
danger, therefore, of an immediate con-
iitct in that quarter.
Col. Hague will remain in Washington
ten dnys or two weeks longer. His visit
here has been productive of great good in
the in the interests of peace.
1t Is not aPprehcnded that any attack
will at present be made on Fort Sumter.
The AlabWma members of Congress
await instructions from their State, while
those from Georgia will remain here until
they receive nm official copy of the seces-
sion ordinance adopted by the Convention
of that State.
Active measures aroiin progress to have
the course Of Virginia, in seliding com.
Sioners TO Washington on tue fourth of
| February responded to hy similar mOye-l
mcnts in all the States.
/ DISPATCHES have been sent to Harris.
Iburg, Albany. Columbus. and other Slate
| Cnpiiols. where Tie Leejslature. ara in
/ session, lurgiur.thc prou,Nt ,,,uoibtment Of
good aud nble men TO confer with the Vir-
| giniu Commissioners
Elk. President Tyler is expected in Wash.
ington in n dny or two. to urTe uuon lie
! Government the uvoidnpce of all acts or
] measures likely 10 lead no 6osr;iI,tcs vim
1.-The Southern States. Mcanwbile Jdjgs
Robinson of Ricbmord viii nrocsAd 10
South Carolina and Florida on u similar
! GRAND, as in thOse States tlIerenre points
i (Forts Sumter aud Iickens) where col
lisions were most likely Immediately to oc-
cur than elsewhere in the South.
/ Washington is now more free from ex-
citemcnt than it las, been .at-uny time
since the COMMENCEMENT OC this session of
Congress. Appreheusions of difficulties
attending the inauguration Of president,
Lincoln, exist but to a limited extent
However, to guard ngNiust possible dis
tnrb"nce, ample measures have been
taken to preserve the peace
With the probnhle action of Louisiana,
retarded as to other Stutes