Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-21

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Mr. Dimlty. minister to Niearaugus, has

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General Twiggs' feeble health has compelled
him to decline e brigadisr-gensrslship In The
army Of the Confederate States.
The ship Posahontas, from New Orleans to
Liverpool is ashore on a shoal forty miles east
Of Key West, and is in much danger. Vessels
are engaged in saving Der cargo.
The New York Herali's Washington cores
pondent says: "Ths administration has In
strue.ed commanders Of vessels of Pensacola
not to make a move until further advised.
It is said, on the authority Of the WASH
ington agent OF the associated press, that the
Hon. John J. Crittenden will uBdoubtly be
rendered the vacant judgsship in the Supreme
Court.
The revolution in New Granada is likely to
prove successful. At our latest adviees the
principal towns were In possession o. Mos
quirs, the leader Of the revolution, and the
Panama delegation to Congress had been
taken prisoners at Bogota.
Yesterdays Washington dispatches to the
New York TribHae' say "CsrI Schurz has
been offered the Portuguese or any South Amer
lean mission. Since Gen. Beauregard took
charge Of the forces at Charleston, Major An
derson has been deprived OF all eomuuniea-
lion with the city,
Oheial dispatches from the East India
squadron say that OHe OF the vessels has been
dispatched to Ning-po, for the purpose Of find
ing out, II possible, The pirates who reeeztly
captured two American vessels. The latest
Pacific mail brought no information relative to
the missing sIoop-of-war LeVsat.
The southern commissioners expect no an
swer from The General Government for ten or
twelve days. They believe that in the mean
time the military status in The seeding States
will remain unchanged. They have received
telsgrapbic assurance from Montgomery Of
ample arrangements to avoid trouble at Fort
Piekens.
R. R. Cuylsr, president Of the Alabama
Central railroad, says that goods FOR Tonnes
see and other States out Of the southern Con-
federacv, pass through the Confederate States
without the payment o. duty. This will
what compIicate the collection Of the very
complicated tariff which goes into operation
on the first Of April.
The last renittanees from any OF the Sc
ceded States by the General Government, on
account Of the customs, were received from
Galveston toward the close Of February-about
$500. Drafts or balances previous to seces-
sion, and receipts other than from customs, it
is said, are houorsd in those States, with the
exception Ct Louisiana.
In the Arkansas State convention, yestsr-
day, toe conference committee Of delegates
from both sides reported the ordinance Of seces-
sion, which with the cooperation resolutions,
blythe decision Of the convention, go before the
people. Arkansas is safe nov fer secession.
Both parties have acted in this matter Of re-
Cancellation in a spirit OF signal magnaniinity.
Mr.. Reynolds, Of Delaware, opPOsitionist,
gave notice in the United States Senate yestsr-
day, that be intended at an early day to offer a
resolution in the Senate, au hOrizing the Pres
ident to conclude a treaty with the Confeder-
ate States, acknowledging their independence,
he said that reunion was lmPracticable, and
argued that secession was a breach Of con-
tract, but it was also revolution By the people
themselves, and war or peaceful negotiations
are The only alternatives.
Mr.. Lincoln bias appointed ThOs. Dryer, Of
Oregon, commissioner 10 the Sandwich
Islands; Jas. o. Putnam, Of New York, consul
to Havre, and K. King, Of Milwaukee, Wis,
consul to Rome. The appointments Of Hon.
Arson BurIingame, Of Mass, Minister to
Austria B. R. Wood to Denmark H. S.
SANFORD to Belgium and T. H. Morse consul
to London, have been sent to the Senate for
confirmation. The Washington correspondent
Of the New York World says Carl shurz viii
accept the mission to Portugal.
The New York BsralFs Charleston cores
pendent says, "Msjor AadersOn's command
will leave Fort Sumter bE the steamer Colum-
on Saturday next. France and Spain viii
recognize the Southern Confedsracy. No re-
construction, even By the extinction Of the
Republican party, viii restore the South to the
Union. Commander Ingraham and Captain
have left on sscrs. service. Some
excitement exists here, caused BY The appear
ance Of a northern steamer ofthe harbor. The
steamer Excel has left to rseOnnoitre."
The Post Office Department has been noti-
fed by the contractor that the cheap one cent
envelopes, coubining The new Improvement Of
The dissolving lines, are now ready for distri-
button. Thsy are chief intended for cireu-
lars, and are issued IN response to memorials
from publishers and merchants from various
They will, during the present week, be
distributed among the Offices, for sale at
S1.1O per thousand, exclusive Of the stamp, /
is a reduction Of 40 cents per thousand
upon the rates Of the present one cent stamped
envelope, combining this improvement,
Gov. Houston and bis! Secretary Of State
to take the oath Of Office prescribed
BY the Texas State convention, and it was ex-
that Lieutenaut-G Governor Clark would
assume the governors powers on the 10th.
It was rot known what Gov. Houston would
10. The convention is rapidly maturing a
defensive force for service on the frontier,
Gen. Ford is organizing a military force
to protect the Rio Grande. The convention
has passed an ordinance continuing The State
Government, and officers who took the oath.
The schooner Restless, Of Great Egg HarbOr,
N. J., recently obtained a cargo at Mobile for
Havana. Her captain, as usual, surrendered
his license and applied to the collector at
Mobile for a register. The collector replied
that be had ceased to be a United States off
Ger, and that be could not furnish a United
States register. The captain entered bis pro-
test, had it eouutersigned BY the Spanish con-
New York, arriving there on the 18th. On
sui at Mobile, and sailed for Havana, whence,
after diseharglng and rsloading, he sailed for
bis rival the schooner was Immediately seized
BY Collector Sehell, under the sth section Of
the "Act for enrolling and licensing ships,
etc. f" dated 20h February 1893. This is the
first case Of the kind which has arisen at New
York since the secession Of the Southern
States. This matter was before he Cabinet
at Washington yesterday, but we are not in
formed as to whether any conclusion was
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