Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-01-25

/ llEF Llis MuIllAEB II AFANAA AS
Of Indian trust bonds.
Jeff. Davis opposes any attack on Fort SUM-
ter. He leaves for Mississippi to-day.
Holt has received no reply from Gov. Pick
ems r~elatives to his demand that Anderson
should have his letters promptly delivered. II
this is not done invariably and in all cases,
postal facilities will be withdrawn from South
Carolina.
Cox, Of Ohio, will shortly address the House
again, versus secession, his man object being
the danger Of Louisiana T~everting to France.
Yulee and Mallory, Of Florida, have Just
taken leave OF the Senate. The latter was
affected to tears. Clay is now doing the same
in behalf Of Fitzpatrick and himself, and is
much agitated.
It is pretty certain the Postmaster General
to-day will cut off mail facilities 70 Pensacola
and all that coast. Letters FOR that point 10
90 to the dead letter office.
Reports were extensively circulated here to-
day that Fort Pickens had been attacked BY
the Florida and Alabama troops. Private
letters Of a late date received here, state that
such was he intention Of the leaders Of the
expedition, and the report was. therefore, gem
orally credited; but Senator Mallory received
a dispatch this forenoon, stating that no at
tack had been made. The secessionis 8 have
written to the authorities IN all The States to
take measures to prevent a collision. North
ern men say that a shedding Of blood by the
secessioEists will prevent a compromise Of any
sort.
1he Post Office Department has resolved to
suspend the contracts fer the transportation OF
the mails, and discontinue all post offices wher-
ever mail matter is tempered With, as in the
case Of Pensacola
Vice President Breckenridge has appointed
Sen tor Pesrce, Of Maryland, c5aiTman Of the
finance committee, vice Hunter of Virginia,
resigned.
Senator Iverson has received this evening an
official notification Of the Withdrawal of Gs5T-
gia from the Union, and willIesign his seat in
the Senate tomorrow.
Lieutenant Hall is still in the city, and viii
remain several days, returning, nj st probably,
in company with Mr.. Hayne. In the mean
time, full Instructions will be prepared for Maj.
Anderson. A cabinet meeting was held this
afternoon with special reference to Haynes
communication, but nothing definite has trans
pircd.
Quite a number Of military men may now
be seen about the streets Of Washington. ]
learn that two ri1ed cannon are to be planted
on the bill near the White house, which will
efectually command the capitol.
The Senate passed the bill for the admission
Of Kansas. with an amendment offered by Mr..
Fitch, Of Indiana. The latter is Of great i'm
portance, as it will keep alive the case testing
the power Of the territorial legislature to pro-
hibit slavery in the Territory. This amend
meut takes the bill back to the House, where
it viii doubtless be Pruned down to its original
shape.
The committee of five on the late special
message Of the President are pressing matters
vigorously, and viii shortly report a bill
greatly increasing the power Of the President
for the collection Of the revenue and the en-
forcemsnt Of the laws.
Tie Republicans regard the speech Of Mr..
Cameron, in the Senate to-day, as an indica-
/ 49, - n 1-nAArsNE-, - rsnFl - ---.h Thr
bulk Of the southern members received it in a
spirit quite different from that in which it was
delivered. This exhibition on the part Of the
secessionists, was promptly referred to bY Sem
ator Salisbury, Of Delaware, who commended
that the olive branch should be received in the
spirit Of sincerity In which it was rendered.
The question OF a national convention is
now being seriously talked about, and the In
d~ications are, that the Republicans will vote 10
call such an assemblage at an earlier day than
that proposed by Senator Seward.
A tremendous pressure is being brought to
bear in favor Of Hon. Schuyler CoifaX, Of In
| diana, for the P0stmaster-General That be
is eminentlY fitted for the position is univer-
sally conceded, and this should be the prime
consideration in the selection of a man for
that important place.
The friends Of Mr.. Pennington are pressing
his claims for a foreign mission.
Gen. Harvey declines to fight Lieut.. Carey,
by whom be was challenged.
From special dispatch to The Cinoinusti C5hms,cial.l
WAsHINeToN, January 21.-The following
is DOagiss' substitute for Crittenden's resolu-
tons, complete. 1t will be offered in the SEN
ate sbcEtlyi
SECTION /. Congr IS shall make no laws in
respect 70 domestic servitude in any Territory
Of the United States, u d'all the territorial
governments shall be formed on the maie! and
in the terms Of the organic acts approved
SEPTEMBER ninth, eighteen hundred AM. fifty,
called the compromise measures, and the va
lidity Of all territorial enactment shall be
finally determined by toe Supreme Court Of The
United States, on appeal or writ Of error from
the territorial cOurts. But no new Territory
shall be orssnizsd until II shall contain twenty
Thousand white Inhabitants; nor shall any new
State be admitted into the Union until it shall
contain the requisite population for a repre-
sentative In Congress, according to the Fed
eral ratio Of representation.
SEC. 2. Congress shall have no power to
abolish or interfere with fhe relation Of per-
sons held TO service or labor in any State, IN
der the laws thereof, nor in any place under
the exclusive jurisdiction Of Congress, and
situate within the limits Of any State OF Ter
nit irY under whose laws persons are held to
service or labor; nor shalt Congress have
power TO abolish or impair he relation Of per
sons held to service or labor in the District OF
Columbia, under The laws in force therein,
without the consent Of Maryland and Virginia,
so long as such relation shall exist 10 either Of
these States under the laws thereof, nor shall
Congress have the power to interfere with, or
prevent the removal Of persons held to service
or labor from one State or Territory to
another.
SEC. 3 The African slave trade shall be forev-
er suppressed, and it shall be The duty Of Con-
gress TO make such laws as will efectually pre-
vent the immigration or importation into the
United States Of persons held TO service or la
Dor for life, or for a period Of years, or Of any
person intended to be sold in any State or place
with the United s ates, under any pretence
whatever.
SIC. 4. The second section Of the fourth az
ticle Of the Constitu ion shall be construed to
include sll crimes committed within and
against the Sta'e or place from which the fu-
gitiye fed, whether the acts charged were
criminal or not in the place where the fugitive
was found.
SEc. 8, The elective franchise and the rigbt
to hold Office, whether federal. State, or terri
%toTial, shall not be exercised by persons OF the
African race, in whole or in part.
SEC. 9. The United States shall have power
to acquire districts Of country 10 Africa or
South America, for the colonization, at the ex-
pence OF The federal treasury, Of snch free ne
groes and mulatloes as the several States NAV
desire to have removed from within their lin
its, and from the District of Columbia, aud
such other places as may be under the iaris- I
dicfion Of Congress.
SEC. Z. Whenever any person held to service
or labor, as provided in the thtd clause OF the
second section Of the fourth article Of the
Constitution, shall escape, and the marshal or
other officer whose duty it shall be to arrest
such fugitive, shailbe prevented from so doing
by violence and intimidation, OF when after ar
rest such fugitive shall be rescued by force,
Congress shall have power, and it shall be its
duty, to provide by law for the payment Of tie
full value OF such fugitive to the party 70 whom
such labor or service may be due; and in all
cases where the United States shall pay for
such fugitive, they shall have the right in their
own name to sue the county ia which such vio-
leBee, intimidation or rescue was committed,
and 70 recover the amount paid BY them with
interest and damages. The said county, for
its indemnity, may que and recover from the
wrong-doers or f%sscueTs, and the amount paid
to the United Safes, together with the inter-
est and damages,
SEC 8. Tue 6rst and second clauses Of the
first section Of the second article Of the Con-
s~titution shall read - follows The Execu i've
power shall be Essted 10 a President Of the
United States Of America; the President and
Vice President shall hold their Offices Tor the
term Of six years, and d III b ineligible 10
the offce OF President FOR the ensuing six
years after having performed the dulles Of
EltblueHts cru nuat DC oiceteu a. loltoHu
The legislature Of each State, at its hrst ses-
sioa after any federal census, shall divide said
State into Is many congressional districts as
It shall be entitled 10 Representatives Ia Con-
gress, which districts shall be compact In form
pad nearly equal IN population as practicable;
Sd each Of said districts one elector Of Preai-
dent sud Vice President stall be chosen By The
{ people thereof, haFirg The qualifications
requisite for ELECTORS 81 Representatives, in
Congress; and y asdil0n, two electors for the
4 tsts az large shall b chosen b Che members