The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-02-16

Col Anderson ii the department for
three days.
i: Is said that the Virginia commission.
efs 10 the border states convention, will
offer the FIRST thing to.mprrow a resoIh-
lion dcfrccaling force towards seeding
states. IL this i voted dcwn, the South,
crn states will secedc. /.
Col. Hardec. 81 the army, has resigned.
Y. ....1 WasHtSeros, Feb. 4.
TIE convention room his been closed
20 members ~ the press, mud they ARE not
10 be admitted until i vote uf tile con
yentlon has been taken on the question ii
admission aFter the organization, rs.
B The Virginia delegates are DESTROYS that
the whole proceedings shall he conducted
with closed doors TO Tie press und public.
AcommitIeeof secessionists are here from
Maryland 10 protest against the admission
Of the delegates from that state.
Z A dispatch from II. b. Rhett states
that the Montgomery congress will meet
Tomorrow md adjourn over till the Dor
der state conference has adjourned. This
e considered d hopeful sign. Jacob
Thompson testified before the special com
mttce that various plans ot tile secession
lists had been discussed In his presence,
and sometimes al his house. hy leading
men and others Of less prominence, which
contemplated first the seizure OF the CAPT.
toll; second, means to prevent a counting
of the presidential votes; and, third, re.
sistance 10 Mr.. Line0lGis inauguration.
lie states that he regarded these propo-
sitiolIs as foolish and criminal, aud be.
iieyed they had lately been abandoned,
and oil Efforts concentrated towards sep
arate state eetion, which he justified aud
approved, His policy would lead 10 The
same results by different means. The
facts show that government Is unable 10
get any Of its orders south, unless sent By
special messengers.
The dispatch sent by Secretary Dix ia
Hemphill Jones special agent Of the trea.
sIry department now at New Orleans
was stopped on the Goth at Montgomery,
Ala. BY order Of the governor Of that
state, who took the message and forward.
ed Il TO the governor Of Louisiana, thus
preventing the arrest Of the notorious
traitor, Capt Brushwood. n.
The following Is copy Of Gen. Dix's
dispatch:
ashington. Jan, 20.
To Hemphill Jones: Al Z, ....+...s
q Tell Lieut.. Caldwell to arrest Capt.
BrushWood, assume command Of the cut.
ter MeClelland, and obey orders / gave
through you. If Capt. Brushwood, after
arrest, undertakes 70 interfere with the
command OF the cutter, Lieut.. Caldwell
will consider him nntiueer, and treat
him accordingly. &c he attempts to haul
down the American hng, shoot him on
the spot. (Signed) .'JoHS A. DIX,
4. : VI. Z. Secretary Of the Treasury !
The Washington correspondent Of the
Ny, Times telegruphsd on the I'd: Col.
'Hayne's communication 10 the President
was completed and delivered at a late
hour last evening. IN il the demand il
made for the surrender Of the fortsi first,
on thc5gr0und Of rights OF eminent do.
main in sovereign. and secondly. ON the
ground Of the right Of the sovereign to
condemn TO The ptiblie use my property
necessary for It's Own projections Qtla lrtlg.
pendenee, ~ l,ayiug therefor n far cenl.
liensatioh, Tue dOrumeut assumes the
complete Independence 81 South Carolina,
and this assumption takes with il Tie
.iirsf proposition Eittcr tue second head,
lie argues thai he position Of the adiIi,l.
istratiuu is absurd, II the forts hi regard:
ed as property Only. aud the purpose be
To Protect He considers the various
ways 81 protecting property, and shows
that u collision will not afford projection,
whether the Tort lie taken or not, and the
property will be injured. This injury,
he says, can bc avoided, >aIid every dollar
seeartd, as South carolna pledges herself
to pay lis full value. Tue communication
proceeds 10 consider the result Of refu-
sal to settle the question Us one Of pro,
perry, one Of, dollars and cents. As the
government las based its whole action in
The idea Of protecting property, Col.
Hayne contends that the question should
be considered one involving property
alone. As such it could be easily ar.
ranged. He says further that lie is in.
structed to assure the President that any
attempt to reinforce will be considered u
declaration Of war. ~: 4. :. p. u p
The Cabinet was in session to-day on
the communication. The anticipation il
that the President will ouly reply to Col
Hdyne that he will send communication
TO Congress, and that lie will reply to the
reasoning in special message. This
course deprives Col. Hayne of reioin,
der. He leaves on Monday. He thinks
there will be no attack on Fort Sumter
until the organization Of the Southern
Republic, unless an attempt be made to
reinforce. T. 49, III H.. IT.
T. Capt. Ingraham, Of Costa celebrity
rendered his written resignation yesterday
to Sec. Toucey, who declined 10 receive
it and begged him to reconsider. Hs
agreed to withheld il till today, when he
will insist ON It's acceptance. 8. T. i.
|. -s.,-- -. :. ~ - L.. p.
r.. ..e- =. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.
The President has again eountermanded
orders Of Gen. Scott for additional troops
here. An officer Of the navy, just from
Pensacola, states that great insnbordina
ton exists among the volunteer tFoopS