Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-08

WASHINGTON. Saturday, Jan. OIL ne
dar k.-st hour is jast before the dawn The
action Of The Border States COMMITTEES to-
day entirely approving of Mr. Criftend rs
proposition, has relieved the public mind.
and everything SEEMS to be cheerful once
more The committee represented at its
meeting Maryland. Virginia. Missouri, North
C4rolina. Texts. Kentucky. Ohio, Iowa, In
diana Illinois, D laware, Al kansas, Pennsy l.
vsuia and New jersey.
irarn the report was agreed to under cir
cusnstanees lesdisg to the hope that il viii
| DE accepted by oyerwh. lining N j ,rities OF
all the parties into which Congress is dirid-
I'd. II such be ih. result, the public may
regard the whole trouble settl' by il. lt
will of course h. OPP lSed BY the extreme
mrn North and S llIh. But no settlement
lhai promises TO save The Union will suit The
ends the Turner aim tn work out, while
nothing viii be sanctioned that does lpok TO
rryiGg the issues of civil waF, hy those of both
| ii iHses who, forgetiin that Linenla is EN-
| phatic lily minority President. are insaneiy
bat ON essaying to carry out irr"pres sihle
| cnnfiiciism in The Gaverun ent in times Tx.
/ the ~ esent. The ciief objection that may
be raised in the Snutli will b.. that the COM
promise conc dies nothing by the extension Of
The line OF thirty six degrees thirty minutes
| tn the Pacific, beeause of the sterile country
| that will bs, allotted Tor its occupancy. New
| Mexico and AT Una. with the exception oil
'ic MeSilli Valley. ara known to possess a
ssil of an unprefit .i,l- nature for agricdlia-
raj rursuits-on which the South huIiy de-
| p 'nd>-but. however, ia is rich in mineral
wealth, "a yet unslevtIop i.
Tne Republican Caucls last night adj
'urnrd To meet t-day, and are now in sss-
Si'n with clos duOfs. discussing the propo-
>i.ion~ of the Border States. 1t will proba-
bly, Continue 10 a ,te hour. The Con>erva-
lives OF the party are willing 10 make the
concession. but the members from the New
| England States are opposed TO making any
compromise, but Ih'y may be voted down.
Govern Morgan's Mcssage has had a pow
erfui Ell CT on the party, aud may tell for the
good of the country.
The confirmation Of the Charleston Collec-
tor l. 10 be considered the test i>sue by the
Southern Senators. They intend TIA make the
fight in the Executive session, aud they assert
with good deal of confidence that no col
lector tor a Southern port Can he confirmed,
when tn ir action hinges the whole question,
ahd 1t is so regarded by the President 1.-THE
Southern Senators can hold few Northern
Democratic Senators. such, for instance, as
Lane, Gwin. Bright. Fitch and Rice. they may
defeat McIntyre's Confirmation, or any other
names that may be sent to The Senate. They
have d terrpined to make the fight, and have
informed The President TO that effect. They
have ihIS far ieieaIed all attempts to go iuto
an executive ses-iun-
As tar q, rcEsr,is the renoried Instructions
If Governor Ellis. of North Carolina, for
the military of that State 10 seize Fort Ma
con. at Beaufort. il is now set down as one
OF the miserable canards of The hour. In
conv. r>''ilon, this eV' ming. with several OF
the North Carolina drlegiii n. they infoim
I'd me that they hid ben aware for some
tini y 'st h 1t the small squad OF S-cesson-
lists in HAT State had been for weeks past
c"ncoc ing schemes TO size the Fedei al
proper y. which perhaps might have b-, n
cnr>unlHafed without the knowledge of The
linton men "f the State, wher By the latter
might possibly have Teen drawn into il; but,
having been dFised oil that iuct, the mem
b rs OF ConSr'ss Immediately autographed
To their iriendS 10 suppress all such revulu-
tionay sch mes. y hch advice was a, oacr
taken. aud this movement was thus inter
rnpied. Having implicit Confidence in Ih.
hontrty and ability "i G. 'vernor E lis. they
ais" M "a dispatch tn bIn t. ieli all such
in-urr cIi"n<, and it is believed he will nee
all his power Ia prevent an ouI break.
They also Stale thar there need be no
alarm as 10 North Carolina taking any such
prucipiiaie icli9l. Mcs>rs. BraGeh, Smith,
Leach ana Vance. from this State, are de-
>-rving If great credit for the manner il
which iiI meet IA Sc diff titles. and in
th il deviation tn the Union aud the CJnsi u
iipa. Senator Ciingmau is said 10 be vita
out i e ence IN the present crisis.
MACON jan. 5.-Thtr, will be a large Sc
ces ion maj ar4Iy in the Georgia Convention,
So tar. Ito counties show log Srcts>ionists.
which i Convention majority of II, aud IS
CO-operationists.
From philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA J al. 5.-3n immense meet
ing was held here Tonight in National Hall
to sustain Maj and, rsnn. Five Ihous md
persons were uresenL d. L-wiS presided.
| assisted lay Com. Stewart, Mai T General
Robh. Pa ter-on and others. Resolutions
were adopted heartily approving OF Major
Anderson s calling un The President To- pro-
vide him vi h all the 70 ce he requires for
the defence of his 20 .i,iOn d claring that
al prison. who wage war against the United
5 ate~ and all who cGuns land sanction them
public efrmi :. and declaring that the Ameri-
can Il g shall be prot citd t. the last eyir-n
| iiy. Spercli-s we're N lde by j. Murray Rush
| (Demncrat). Charles Gibbons (Rcpu hlican)
I'd Mark Muaday (Unionl. The enthusiasm
| was Intense.