The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-01-05
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Washington, Dec. 2s

Jla Washington, Dec. %.
| The above statement was obtained from
source believed to be reliable, but there i; u
] means Of verifying the absolute creditabi!ity.
) The Cabinet coatinued in session nearly 81
hours, and it il certain that 1t adjourned until C
/ morrow without coming 70 conclusohHoi tn
aff.irs Of South Carolina.
TIE act Of Maj Anderson is generally CON
mendsd. Among other reasons, that while For
Aoultrie was comparatively weak, and nngh
provoke the assault Of mob, the impregnsbi
defence Of Fort Sumpter, placed it beyond suc
contingencies, as 1t could be reduced only by
regular and protrscted siege, thus avoiding al
immediate collision. .i,-f ,r...s--r u .rsg
| The Senate select committee of l3, had befor
them to day, Mr. Douglas proposition. as pre-
4 sented to that body on the cath OF December
Also, one by Mr.. Bigler, viz: The establish
ment BY construction of the line Of SO degree
30 minutes, eight territorial governments, TO b
established North or South Of that line. Th'
geographical area being greater in the forme
than in the latter. when each Territory has
population sufficient for one representative il
| Congress, it is to be admitted as a State, by
proclamation Of the President, thus removin;
the que .tion from Conersss--slavery to be inter
| dcted North, and tolerated South of that line
They also considered the proposition Of Mr
Rice, to the establishing of a similar line, to at
nit all the territories North of this line, as ,,r,t
State, to be called Washington, and all the ter
ritories South Of this line, as one State, to b,
called Jefferson, and admitted with slavery.
All Of these propositions were rejected. The
| committee finding they cannot agree on any re
commendation, will report to the Senate at al
| early day. al.s..-= sa ..,r e:.tsr. 8. sar.
The House select committee caused the propo
sitiOn of Mr. Adams, OF Mass, on amendment tt
the Constitution, prohibiting Congress from pas
sing "a law interfering with slavery in the Statc'
where it now exists. 1t was agreed to by nearl
a unanimous vs,e The several dissenters con
sideriny that the Constitution already gives tha,
security. ' i
Another statement, which seems to be truth
full, is that the South Carolina Commissioners, il
view Of the alleged stipulation the part o
the President, that the garrisons of Charleston
harbor should no1 be augmented, nor the militia.
ry statutes of the posts shangea, requested the
President to inform them whether Maj. Ander
sons movement was in consequence of any or
der issued by him or from the War Department
The President responded negatively, and added
that Maj. Anderson had acted upon his own re.
sponsbility. The Commissioners then request
ed the President to remand Maj. Anderson to Fl.
Moutrie, but on this point there WAS no conclu.
sion when the Cabinet adjourned.
Charleston, Dec. 2S.
Adviccs from Jacksonville, Fla, dated cath
inst, show that four.fths Of the delegates elect
ed to the State Convention will 60 for imIne-
diats secession. -. .. .r -,
r.-..s. Washington, Dec. 20.
About Is border State Congressman met in
caucus tonight. Senator Crittenden presided,
and Messrs. Colfax and Barrett were the Secre-
tsries.
The following proportions were offered
BY Mr. Barrett-Eleven amendments to the
Constitution on the Slavery question.
BY Mr.. Prior-That any attempt to preserve
the Union between the States OF the Confedcra
sy, by force, would be equally unconstitutional,
unpolitic, and destructive Of Republican liberty.
BY Mr. Valland.n gham-The Crttenden reso-
lutons.
By Mr.. Colfax-Th,t the laws of the Union
should be enforced and the union OF tn States
be maintained, and that it Is the duty of the Ex-
ecutive to protect the property Of the United
States with all the power placed in his hands by
the Constitution.
By M. Morris of Illinois-That in maturing
any plan for the adjustment Of existing difficult
ties we will keep steadily in view the pressrva
ton Of the Union, under the Constitution, as a
paramount consideration.
After a desultory debate, in which Mcssrs.
Cox, Pryor, Smith of Virginia, Stevens, Sher-
man, Staunton, Colfax, Noel, Hickman, Mont.
gomery, McClernand, Harris of Virginia, and
Harris of Maryland participated, all the pending
propositions were, on motion of the latter gen.
tleman, referred to a Committee Of one from
each of the fourteen States represented, to re-
port at a future meeting to be called by them if
they agreed. .....
Mr.. Holt, the Postmaster General, has sent
orders to the sub Treasury at Charleston to re-
init all the balance, S35, 600 OH the Postofics
account, in possession, Immediately to the credit
of that Department. If the order is not CON-
piled with at once, he will demand of the Fed.
crsl Government to enforce the the order. He
is also determined, as before suggested, to sup
press mail matter to and from South Carolina
if the mails are interfered with in that State.
The Cabinet broke up tonight after five hours
session without coming to any conclusion rela.
tive to the disposition of troops at Charleston
The impression prevails that conflict was in
evitable. Secretary Toueey and Mr.. Holt Post
master.General, urged defence-ths others a
further evacuation If necessary.
A despatch received tonight by Member of
the Cabinet says that troops are pouring into
Charleston from all directions.
The opinion was expressed by = prominent
Member of the Cabinet, tonight, that war is be-
gun Georgia troops, at last accounts, were
called in to join the South Carolina forces.
A despatch from Charleston states that the
proposed State loan of 100000 is already par
celled out amongst the wealthisst men of the
State, mainly in Charleston, and that each is ex-
pected to furnish his share under the penalty Of
being considered disaFec;ed!
Bridgeport Conn, Dec. 30.
A fire was discovered ABOUT 1 o'clock this A.
NJ, in Boards building, on the corner of Water
and Gilbert streets, in room occupied by ]. J.
Dunlap as a hoop skirt factory, Resrds' foun.
dry was considerably damaged. Loss on stock
and building $2,600-insured. Dunlap's loss is
about 81 l500-insured
About O'Clock this morning, fire broke ou,
in the China store of Booth, Peck l. Barlow,
Nos. I l. 3, Wall street. The building and con-
tents were entirely destroyed. Loss 1900, Of
which SAC, 900 was insured. Nilmist's stove store
was also burned-loss $50, 900, insured for $40,
600. The surrounding buildings were somwha'
damaged with their contents. Both fires were
the work Of incendiaries.
Baltimore Dec. 29.
| The Sun, Of this citv, has on its bulletin
| special despatch from Charleston, saying tha
the carpenters and bricklayers from Baltimore
employed On Fort Sumpter, having refused tt
bear arms against South Carolina, were dis
charged BY Major Anderson this morning.
! New York, Dec. 80.
By the arrival Of the steamer Carraco from
Nassau, Path inst, we have accounts of til,
wreck of the American ship America, with 5O'
Africans ON board, destined for Cuba. The shiI
was commanded by Capt. Chss. Brown, who
with the crew, seized upon the schooner Lilly. o
Nassau, and compelled tae master to render as
sistance. The captain of the Lilly has testife
before police magistrate, as follows:
The wreck lay about IA miles from the light
house. She was ship apparently of 500 or 60
tons, and from, her landed about 500 slaves o
Cay Labos. The captain gave me up the wreck
saying could do what liked wirh it, but CAV
me no money. saved some of the rigging an
copper from the ahip. He made me land tn
slaves and had no option. l was there th-e
days trying to save the rigging. Before l save
the rigging the captain made me take him an
three of his men to Neuvetos Lighthouse, Cubs
where they landed for about two hours and the
returned with me to Cay Labor, on Wedne
day week. A brig arrived four days afterwart
from the direction Of Cuba and took off ii
slaves Immediately. some of them were in d
plorable condition and eleven died while on ii
Cay, although they had plenty Gf rice, molasse
" ater and slittle salsbeeE The captain and ere
. about 34-of the SLAYER used no violence t