Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-01
tut vote. A session is being held, tonight


Strong efforts are making to come to q con- {
clusion on the subject. r
The War Department, to-day. received t
corroboYative dispatches that Gen. Twiggs b
had surrendered to the Texas rebels all the
Government military property in his charge {
Secretary Holthad dispatched orders to relieve t
him, but they could not have arrived. t
Dispatches to the Government also report t
a large expedition leaving Galveston for the I
Rio Grandc, consisting of six companies from
Galveston and Houston, and two from the {
interior. The object is declared to be pro. {
lection to the frontier, in the event of the U.
S. troops being withdrawn. Col. Ford, an
old ranger, commands the regiment. |,
1t is presumed here in army circles that j
Col. E. V. Sumner will be promoted to the
commission dishonored and abandoned by
Gen. Twiggs.
The ost reliable report of the construction
of Lincoln's Cabinet is: Seward, Secretary of
State; Bates, Attorney General; Gilmore, of
North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy; G.
b. Smith, Secretary of the Interior; Wells,
Postmaster General Cameron, Secretary of
the Treasury.
Despite the exciting rumors brought to the
city, last night, Mr.. Lincoln slept and rested
well. To-day, President Buchanan, Mr.. Stan
ton, and other prominent Democrats, called
on him. Lord Lyons, and the Ministers from
France, Russia, Prussia, Spain, and elsewhere,
left their cards with Mr.. Lincoln, rs did also
the Secretaries of the various Legations.
Gen. Scott, Mr.. Seward, and several promi |
nent Republican Senators, were closeted with
him, this morning, concerning the ceremonies
connected with the Inauguration.
At a general levee given by Mr.. Lincoln,
Mt
the country paid their respects to him. This
Representatives.
Mr.. Wood, the arranger of the Presidential
trip, called to report, this morning, to General
Scott. The General told him that everything
had been done as it should have been, that he
approved of every step, and Mr.. Lincoln did
exactly as he should have done when he left
harrisburg and came through ola Baltimore.
Information is before the proper authorities
tending to prove that an organized band of
5000 men have sworn that Mr.. Lincoln shall
never sleep in the White House. A detective
who joined them says the plan is as follows:
The entire band are to occupy position as
near the President, on Inauguration day, as
) they can obtein. One of their number,
standing in the centre of them, is to shoot Mr..
Lincoln with an air-gun, when the crowd of
men around the assassin will so hide him as
to render lection impossible. Further details
may be obtained, tonight, though, for many
reasons, it is deemed advisable to withhold
, definite information.
A document was handed to Mr.. Lincoln,
to-day, signed by a majority of the New York
State Senate, headed by the Lieut.. Governor,
E recommending Mr.. Cotfax for Postmaster
, General Mr. Lincoln observed that this was
! very strong, and that there seemed a very
general desire in many parts of the country
that Mr.. Colfax should have the position
n indicated.
g The Peace Convention has been in session
. all day. The debate was the most spirited
h which has yet occurred. Mr.. Guthrie and
! some of his friends became so much offended
It that the left the hall and sgnifed their in
tentien not to 90 back. The Convention at
one time was very near breaking up, but bet
4 ter counsels prevailed. Mr.. Guthrie subse-
l. quently returned, and business proceeded.
l. At 7 o'clock some members stated that a
# night session was probable. There is no
hope of an adjournment tomorrow.
s The Government seems to have made more
: than ono effort to get possession of the bull
J. lion in the New Orleans Mint. Postmaster
}. General Kin, on the 10th inst, drew on Mr..
q for 100000, but his draft, like that OF
$ Secretary Dix, was dshonored.
IS WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.
IS The dispatch received yesterday by the
a Secretary of War, informing him that Gen.
Twiggs had surrendered the military prop
IS erty to the Revolu.onists, in Texas, was
n from the Commissary of Subsistence, and
a dated at New Orleans. He adds that the
( use of the Government means of transporta-
j. ton was allowed to the Federal troops, and
e they were permitted to take with them three
1t or four cannons and their side-arms.
The secretary received this morning, the
documents from Texas, showing that, as
early as the 7th of February, Gen. Twiggs
: was entering into negotiations with the
n Texans for the surrender of the military
y property COL Waite was several weeks
ago appointed to succeed Gen. Twiggs as
chief OF the military department of Texas,
bat it appears he had not reached there at
C the time of Gen. Twiggs' surrender, which
is considered by governmental authorities
: here as one of the most disgr aceful acts COM
r mitted by the secessionists
The Peace Conference was in session until
one or two o'clock this morning. The spr-
: tied debate previously commenced continued,
and during the night proceedings many, if
not all, the amendments were voted down,
leaving substantially Mr.. Guthrie's prop
osition, with modified verbiage.
This was in committee of the whole, but it
will bs voted on definitely to-day.
The postponement of the Volunteer bill,
in the House, is its virtual defeat.
BALTIMORE, Feb. IS.
A letter from Southern member of the
L. Al,
will be restored and the Union preserved
be satisfactory to tho majority, and we will
probably close our labors Tuesday.
The Charleston Courier says Fort Sum-
ter beichsd forth its saucy salute of thirty
four guns on Washington's birthday.
Gen. Twiggs to be Tried for 7reason-See-
| retary Holt Demands a Restoration of the
| Public Property in Neao Orleans Ec-
Secretary Eioyd Boasts of his Treason
Indications of an Abandonment of the
Attack on Fort Sumter-BeA and Others
Praying lincoln to interpose for Peace
Resolutions of the Committee Of Thirty-
three, de-, dc.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.
Mr.. Trumbull, on the part of the Senate,
and Messrs. Washburne, of Illinois, and
Burlingame, on the part of the House, waited
on Messrs. Lincoln and Hamlin, tonight,
and furnished them with certificates from
Vice. President Breckenridge and Speaker
Pennington of their election. They formally
accepted. !
New YoRK, Feb. &c.
1t is understood that Government intends ,,
to institute proceedings Immediately against
Gen Twiprs for treason His movement has L
greatly damagedsecession in the Border States. :
The Secretary of War and Gen. Scott favor
immediate action in his case.