Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-11
WASHINGTON, Jan. s.

TO the otn Oh Jdnudiy oelopia0iou' oaiue0S
were fired by the government troops, and
the military made their usual parade.
There is great excitement in all classes,
clused by the rumor that troops are on
their way to Fort Sumter.
The members of the Committee of
Thirty three remaining in the city have
agreed upon modification of the Fugi-
tive Slave law, so as to provide for a jury
trial in the State where the claimant re-
sides, and they will now proceed to frame
bills for presentation to the House, carry
ing into effect the several measures which
have been adopted.
Gentlemen from Richmond represent that
the Secessionists are gaining ground, al
though they are strongly opposed by old
Wings.
Leading members of the Republican
and American parties arc in consultation
this evening" but there is little chance for
settlement of difficulties.
Several members of the G madam Par
lament are here, and the Southerners arc
much annoyed by reports that they are
proposing an alliance with the North.
WASHINGTON, JAN 8. Mr. Thompson,
Secretary of the Interior, resigned to-day
on the ground that troops had been sen:
to Charleston by the steamer Star of the
West.
Rumors of an attack upon the steamer
Star of the West and the canonading OF
Charleston are rife, creating an intense OK.
citement. Nobody can give any authority
for them.
1t is probable that there will be another
caucus of the Republican members of Con
gress, when the resolutions of the borde,
State Committee will b, discussed
The report that orders have been issued
by the British Government to Consuls al
the ports of seeding States to refuse cir.
tifcatcs Of clearances to English vessels is
denied. 1t is said that Mr.. Bunch, the
British Consul at Charleston. recognizes
the de tacto government by granting such
certificates.
Agents of Southern States continue to
arrive, for the purpose of purchasing arms
The government for the present refuses tt
sell any to State or private parties. Al
agent from Mississippi starts for the Nortl
to morrow to procure arms, although it il
said the supply there is not abundant
LINcoLNs CABINET-The Hartford C0u
rant says it is liable to say that in al
human probability, Hon. Gideon Wellc,
will receive at the hands of Mr.. Lincoln
the appointment of Postmaster General.
The New York Tribune announces tina
it is "now able to state on the best o
authority that Mr.. Seward has not ye
accepted the portfolio of the State Depart
ment The offer has been made to hin
by Mr.. Lincoln. and he has it under
advisement."
For the office of Secretary of the Int
rior, efforts arc making in Influential
quarters to induce Mr.. Lincoln to choos,
the Hon. John A. Glmcr of North Carolin;
instead of Mr. Graham.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald says:
The new Lincoln Cabinet will take
the following shape, judging from the bes
existing evidence known here:
Secretary of State, VIM H. Seward
N Y.
Secretary of the Treasury, Simon Cam
eron, Pa.
Secretary of War, Winfield Scott
U.SA.
Secretary of the Navy, Emerson
Etheridge Tenn.
Secretary of the Interior, Caleb B
Smith, Ind.
Postmaster General, Gideon Wells
Conn.,
Attorney General, Edward Bates, Mo
OF the above list, Seward, Cameron
Smith, Welles and Bates are fixed facts. >
MIcHIGAN.-The retiring Governor O
Michigan, in his valedictory, declares
that the personal liberty laws Of tina