The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-04

Demoe' r.r, Sumter.-LateSt from PEN
sssa"'' -, Uouston's Message--The Lon
sseeiss an the Southern Confcderacy.
don Times y"
&C., Sc ---
saturday morning another company of
y, artillery, from West foih'' arrived IN
lf"' ten civ. They number about seven
W.. and are under the command OF Lieut..
The tyeo pieces of ordnance which
'''''' .a,ried with them We're taken to the Co
lamba ArH''H
AMI q company in that State. and $500
~ cquip a company in South Carolina.
"y - BOSTON, Collector of Customs for Sa-
ii has signed his post, and been re-
.s '' ny the Georgia authorities.
Portsmouth (Na,) Transcript, of Satur-
avs that on Friday steamer ran into
'A5 -, poiot and took of n quantity of ammu-
.,n II is not known where ii was sent TO.
& Jones informed us, says the
,~n1,,,ls Ala J Gazette, tnnt when about 10
p|'Ltu his company at Eastport, on the
Gh"tas for Mobile. an old gentleman, 20
tar.f - age came to him with one son and
Y'st-,n6sons and enlisted them Ill the COM
fSVs ard then being unable 10 restrain his
pan, shed tears. remarking to the Captain
be
!a !aS' 49,, ' because he was TOO old TO go him
,-s Roosevelt the present United States
,'-1st Attorney for New York, has resigned
psacc the resignation 10 take effect on the
.b Of March next.
,.an,euant Iewett of the navy, has arrived
Wssbfncton from Pensacola. He states that
- - rrqs arrested by the authorities of Florida,
& hold him in custody until he gave his
- Of honor that he would never take up
l,a. against the State of Florida. The facts
90 ,bs case have been communicated to the
yl,y department.
.srxFwYoRK STATE pEaocRATtc CONVENTION
INTERESTING SCENES.
Tho reSoli tions of the New York State
Tsmocratic convention have been noticed. In
,t5tiiou 70 these, the committee reported reso-
,s-,ens declaring il TO be a monstrous doe
,.ra 10 refuse 10 settle controversies with our
,r.u u,ope with compromises; and they favor
,ls aSopfl0u of the policy that will give salts
t,cyon 10 the Border States, and favor the
.rnoin,ocnt of committee TO memorialize
H. legislature urging the submission of the
C-litepden Compromise 10 the vote OF the
electors Of the state al the earliest prac ticable
they urge Congress TO provide at an early
aqv fGr Coustftu utional amendments, or i'll the
4tept OF the failure OF Congress TO take action,
hey urLr the legislature 10 take the initiative
.t.ls for summoninS general Convention 10
propose amendments 10 the constitution OF
'ta United States
The resolutions strenuously oppose civil
war and urge the seeding and non seeding
States 20 loiu hands i'll staying the progress OF
dissolution.
On the resolutions being read, Chancellor
Walworth appeared on the platform, and his
venerable looks claimed instant attention
from the Convention. and he was received
with an 0utburst of enthusiastic applause
lie said
Gsntiemft If the Convention I am far ad-
yauc4d IN wears and not in the habit OF attend
lar Conventions OF this character, but could
moi resist coming here TO enter my protest
a-alRst civil war. | have seen the horrors of
.ach 4 conflict. In the war of 1872 my house
in Plausburg was sacked by the British A
battle was fought opposite my very door, and
the bullets that were fired fell like hailstones
around my dwelling. In the easement of my
door remains to this day embedded one of
those bullets, 4 memento of the fight. In that
struggle saw my fellow citizens shot down
BIZ nv side. | know, then, the horrors of
foreign war, and they are nothing as compared
with the horrors of a civil war. A civil war
sawar among brethren. We are all brethren
n this confederacy of States-the people of
he South are our brethren-not only nomi-
naly. but actually our brethern. In Georgia
alone, have the names of one thousand citi-
plus whose ancestors We're the near relatives
Of nv own. In the same State alone, are
0yrr one hundred relatives of the family of
Hlhousr, whose. name Is known rs that
Of one of the patriots of the Kevolu-
uon, and whose descendant now occu-
PIES 4 seat III our State Senate. And
Sc, scattered all over the Southern States
ar the near relatives of the men OF the North,
and perhaps there is scarcely 4 member of this
Convention who has not some such ties in the
States of the South. 1t would be as brutal, in
NY opinion to send men to butcher our own
brothers of the Southern States, as il would
te OmasSacre them in the Northern States.
We are told, however, that il is our duty 10,
and We must enforce the laws. But why
and what laws are to be enforced? e? There
we're laws that were TO be enforced in the
time Of the American Revolution, and the
British Parliament and Lord North sent arm
Ies here 10 enforce them. But what did
Washington say in regard to the enforcement
Of those laws That man-hOnored at home
AID abroad more than any other man on earth
Ever vas honored-did he go for enforcing the
laws! No, he went 10 resist laws that We're
oppressive against Il free people, and against
,he helnJustice of which they rebelled. Did Lord
chatham 20 tor enforcing the laws? No, he
gloried in defence OF the liberties of America
lie mad- that memorable declaration in the
British Parliament--'If l were an American
citizen, instead OF as / am, an Englishnan, l
never would submit TO such laws--neyer, new
T' never Such is the spirit that anima ties
cur Southern brethren, and shall we war mp
9h Them Tor II. No; we must avert civil war
Ipoas'hle and close by exhorting my breth-
IN 10 do al IN their power to avert civil war.
concession, conciliaton-anythingb but that
ana no man amongst us in his dying hour will
regret That his conscience is clear, and that he
van Ily his hand upon his heart and say, 80
uti all III my power 10 turn from the bosom
oI my country the horrible blow of a civil
Immense sensation followed the remarks of
Ae venerable Old Chancellor, and the deep
'irhee that had attended his remarks was fol-
w"ed by an enthuslastic outburst of APP
plause
Ar. George, of Orange, and Mr. .Souter. of
Queens. each natives of Virginia responded
~ touching terms to the remarks of Chancel-
w NdiW0rth, and a large portion of the Con
rrrahon gave vent TO their feelings i'll tears
IAr scene was rendered vet more impressive
ana Affecting when Mr.. w ii. Carroll took
hr uoorf and with all the eioquenc of deep
@t!ing appealed to the North TO stay It's hand
nv u did any act to plunge the country in
Tih war. The venerable appearance of Mr..
lSSIioli, and his alluSion to his ancestors, one
"a Whon signed the Declaration of lndepen-
80 while his grandfather Daniel CarroiD
@"1 70 the United States his manor, on
"a MIN now stands the Federal Capitol, touched
e, Hrd! Of The Convention, and when he had
h 49, unanimous call was made Tor the
SVption Of the second resolution against civil
p accldmatIon, and il was carried with
- oersi OF applause that made the rafters OF
,o1hdlhg E.ng This scene was the great
TtsuiFo o' lh9morning session.
an, He resolutions were then adopted withou
amendment.
CONTEMPLATED ASSAULT on FORT SUMTER.
charleston correspondent of the Balti-
american thinks AN attack on Fort
al an early day q certain thing. He
bet"Is ia'Is Is no doubt OF the fact that RATS are
ssan INSTRUCTED for the assault, and have
po,f,oo' o'le ol them in progress, though it is
MAJ ~" ea u me secret work OF the campaign
viii haot thatiot be too closely inquired into. They
Ion ~, t cons tructed of Palmetto logs, and cot
os ,s ,s oaies used as protection for the assault
isna a. whilst approaching the fort There
View, "Ss.ghg on the part OF the military in
suh o9 "a Tue hayoc of life that must be the re-
% dau IN the assault, and the anxiety from day
iAe teIaporizing nolicp of tie Goxarnnr .ed