The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1861-02-06

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tures made by the Legislature of Virginia:
Resolved, unanimously, That the General
Assembly of South Carolina tenders to the
Legislature of Virginia their acknowledg
ments OF the friendly motives which insUired
the mission entrusted TO the Hon. Judge
Robertson, her commissioner.
ReselUe9, unanimously, That the csndoI
which is due to the long. continued sympathy
and respect which hBs eubsisted betweeI
. Virginis sBd South Caroline, induces th'
Assembly to declOre, with fronknese, tn:
they do not deem 1t advisable to initiate ne
Rotiations when they have no desire or in
teDtion to prcmote the ultimate object il
view, which is declared in the resolution o
the Virginia Legislature to be the procure
ment of amendments or new guarantees tc
the Constitution OF the United States.
ResolUed, unanimously, That the separa.
ion of South Carolina from the Federal
Union is final, and she has no further inttr
ests in the Constitution OF the United States
and that the only appropriate negotiations
between her and the Federal Government,
,sre as TO their mutual relations as foreign
Etatss.
Resolved, unanimously, That this Assem-
bly, further owes it to her friendly relations
with the State Of Virgins to declare that
they have no confidence in the Federal Gov
ernment OF the United States that the mos
solemn pledges of that Government have
been disregarded that under the pretence
Of preserving property, hcetile rccPs have
tetn attempted to be introduced into ore O.
the fortresses Of this State, conceded in the
hold Of avessel OF commerce, with the view
to subjugOte the people Of South Carolina
and that even since the authorities of Wash
ington have been informed of the presen
mediation OF Virginia, vessel of-War ha
been sent South with troops and munitions
OF war concentrated on the soil of Virginia
Resolved, unanimously, That. under thes
circumstances, this Assembly, with renwe
assurance of cordial respect and esteem 70
the people of Virginia, and high considers
tion for her commissioner, decline entering
into the negotiations proposed by b.tl
branches OF her Legislature.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-The Pfesidpn
has approved the bill for the Odmiseion O
Kansas into the Union.
The number Of Federal troops which ar
rived here last night is eighty, making in al
less than three hundred. These are divided
into three companies Of artillery, and ont
OF infantry. Arrangements have been mad,
for concentrating them at any partcula
point, in case it becomes necessary to quel
disturbances Of the public peace.
Acting Postmaster General King has re-
ceived complaints from Northern gentlemen
that their letters from the South have beer
violated. One person writes that six let
tiers, addressed to him by lady in Mobile
and not on political subjects, have evidently
been opened BY unauthorized parties. The
Department has promptly instituted an in.
vestigation.
Lieut.. Sanders, OF the army, will leave
Washington TO- day, with dispatches from the
War Department for Florida.
The Constitution newspaper will be dis.
continued tomorrow, to be re issued, the
editor soys, under better, and more favora-
Bile auspices, and in the more genial atmos.
phere Of the Southern Republic. The pa
per is to be established at Montgomery, al.
ALBANIA.
... ... WASHINGTON, Feb. /.
, The President has recognized Mr.. ]. d g..
Brian Keps. as Vice Consul of the Neither
lands, for North Carolina, South Carolina
end Maryland, 10 reside at Charleston.
Orders have just been issued for the en-.
rollment OF oil persons subject TO military
cuty in the District of Columbia.
The boundary dispute which has existed
for so many years between Massachusetts
and Rhode Island, and which was umicaby
submitted to the Supreme Court for its de
cision, has to-day been prospectively settlsd
by an interlocutory order to that effect
The papers are 10 term OF the Court
Messrs. Clifford and Phillips appeared as
counsel for Msssa achusetts, Messrs, Jeuks
and Baily OF Rhode Island for that State
and Attorney General Stanton for the Uni
: ted States.
The we'll known Gaines ccse is set 70
argument on Tuesday.
~ Two companies of Artillery arrived her
TO day from Fort Hamilton. There are fiv
companies of that arm of service here
which, together with the TnfBntry end Ma
TiHes, make about 600 Federal troops i
Washington and vicinity.
Horatio King, First Assistant A. M, ha
been appointed P. M. General.
F. Col. Hayne he's received his despatche
from Gov. Pickens end has proceeded I
bring the proceedings of the authorities, fe
the evacuation Of the public property j
South Caro- lima, before the President.
.-..., New YoRK, Feb. l.
~ The Herald's Washington correspondent
says: A cabinet officer stated to day th'
II Virginia should decide to 60 out Of th
Union on the 4.h Of February, raid woul
be Immediately made on this city by Vii
Riaia forces and he saw no way that it coul
he defended except by an immediate ca
upon the local States for volunteers.
/, The gentlemen who listened to thet
startling declarations, although conservative
men, wrote immediately to the Governor
). the State recommending him to place b
forces in readiness to answer requisite
a moments warning.
7.5s XIV New YORK, Feb. ..
VA Tie TimeS' Washington corresponds
: intimates that Fort Sumter has been rel
forced By the Steamer Brooklyn, viii,
't Ianded HpwsFds of 300 troops at the Fort
Z means osFow boats with mufied oars.
75l "A F1moris current here that Fort Sumt
hss been stacked, no dispatches from CT
Anderson having been received at the
\ pastHent for thFse.days. ~.
is9S h is said thatthe Virginia Com missiont
b. 10 the Border State Convention will of
ii the fiFst thing tomorrow, resolution I
4 DrecaiiD0 force towards the seeding Stat
Il II thistis voted down the Son,herD Sta
will secsde. sar a
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