, 1861-03-01
Important from Washington.


WAsn1SeTos, FEB. 27.-The Peace Congress
adjourned aine Gle to-day, and many Of the
Commissioners hare lett for home. The pre-
position hetora tee Conference (4uthrie's plan
modlfed.) was voted on by sectiona. The
frst, with references to. o.dividing the territory,
all Kansas and New York were divided.
North Carolina, Virginia aud Missouri voted
negatively. The result was s against z, and
bn for the temporary absence Of one OF the
New York Commissioners, would have been q
tie vote. Ex-President Tyler communicated
has not Jet been officially Informed Of its con.
tents. Some Commissioners cay If the Confer
ence has been productive Of no other good re-
suit, 1t has prodseed most friendly feeling
among them.
A settler klles a Sergeant On Capitol Hill
this afternoon, By shooting him, the latter hay-
Ing had tha formtr punished.
Heads Of Departments, Clerks md Judges of
the Court Of Claims paid farewell visits to Bu-
chanan to-day, ="
The Senate after two hours Of Executive
session On arIhy pppoiutmeuts, directed them
70 De returned to tne President -.
Late private telegraph advices from Tezas
soy the Arsenal ut San Antonio has eeen taEen
possession ofby Texan troops, as well as some
military posts in Northern Texas, andtcannon
ana other munitions at Brazos, Santingo and
Brownsville were also seized,
Ihe report is prevalent here to.day that
henelai Iw'gga k7s been shot By q soldier, but
these adgices doI.'t mention it. -
Rartis1 returns from Harris, Galveston, and
Austin counties give an overwhelming vote
for Secession. :.
:. The House Committee on the Presldent,s
Message concludes bs eayiug They ara not
aole to resislst the inference that In the begin.
nlng ot the movements against the Govern
ment, there Wera relations Of an extremely
friendly character between those contemplat-
1ng rebellion md those whose duty It wa to
euIpress it John Cochrane's minority report
Is virtual deien2e of the President, and de-
nies TINT hc recognized the Commissioners Of
acial1y, and attributes the censure Of the Preai-
dent to party feeling.
General Scott has ordered a Ea1ute ef one
hundred guns in lonor Of the Peace Congress.
General Cass left yesterday for home.
Leading members Of the Peace Convention
IRON the Border States express satisfaction
press the determination to make 1t q leading
issue IN the approaching eleet1ou.< They mai1-
tain that their Sta:es can be held in the Union
by It, C1ittehnen is confident that the Eir-,
Ea13a Convention will acquiesce. - ''~
:; Iaeetias Of t1sslroad officers was held yes
teFday to arrange schedule. The great
aouthesn mai, su IS; to avoid the seceding
6iAtes, VII probably go by, the Baltimore and
Oale Railroad to Columbus and Cincinnati,
aud nc1ots Kentucky direct to MemphiA
= .Advl:es from Charleston state that shortly:
after the arrival Of JEFF Davis at that city; be
Paid visit to St, Sumter, and had long in
ter7iew with Major Anderson. It Was after
wards given out in Charleston TINT there
would be no fight at Sumter. . =
! The Virginia Commissioners LETT much dis
satisfied With the result OF their ;labprs here.
They maintain, however, that: Virgfnia will not.
secede, unless coercion be attempted BY ths
Administration.
a menhsr Of Gen. TWiggs's ataH,now hsre,
,safa Twigga had declined to enter the service