The national Republican., 1861-04-08
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United States Sena tors elected.
Atchison, april 6,---rhs Kansas Legislature
have elected Messs. Lane and Pomeroy Uni.
ted States Senators by small majority. '..
1oi1s'pI From CaliforniA. 81 s-,s
Port KSssap, ara So The California
pony sxprebs ~ The 23d ut. has srriysd. The
Csliforliia Senate had voted that no election Of
. United States Senator had taken place, and
inyting the Assembly 70 another vote. The
ASS h6ly,, however, rejected the proposition.
Mr.. iNpsent would have received the united
Breekisidge and . number of Douglas votes
but for bis indiscreet Ressh, strongly ymps.
'hisissrSiths secession. - l-posafN ;u1o rg, s.a
The Naval and Military Expedition.
Nep York, april Git is reported that Ma.
ior Thsophilus 81. Holmes, eighth infantry,a
native Of North Carolina, and commandant at
Governors Island, res gned yesterday, and
also that Major johnson, of the sixth infantry,
. native Of Virginia, had pursued the same
course a..
Bapein Barry's battery of artillery is on
board ~, Atlantic.
ilton fos troops. t.t
Captain Meigs and his corps Of mechanics
from Washington have left for parts unknown.
Largo gangs Of men are st work on the Wa
bash, Hoanoke, and Perry.
A number Of long, clinker.buiIt boats have
been PVT op board the Atlantic.
Further Warlike Preparations.
Bostos, april e.-There is grea. activity at
the Chsrlestown navy yard. Over 800 men are
employed. ~
The brig Bainbridge is ready for sea, and her
crew are awaiting. G..
The steam frigates Minnesota, Mississippi,
and Colorado, are nearly ready
Com. Stringham is expected here next week.
Departure of the Fleet and Army.
NeW York, April 6, 10 P. M.--The Atlantic
had not sailed up to nine o'clock tonight. The
Illinois has steam on, and it is reported she will
leave with troops and stores tonight. The
Powhatan, with 500 men, crossed the bar at 6
P. M, outward bound.
Detention Of Southern Mail Steamer.
Ne,o York, april 6.-The steamer Nashville,
advertised to sail for Charleston to-day, will be
detained until the 9th
Army Intelligence.
Nep York, april Ga large quantity Of
army stores were shipped last night on board
the Atlantic, which is now about to sail with
nine hundred men on board.
A detachment Of the first artillery consisting
Of 40 men and guns, came over to the city
from Fort Hamilton.
IL p M-The steam frigate Powhatan, with
FIVE hundred men and Eve twenty.four pound
ers, has anchored in the bay. ,.
Nine hundred troops are on board the trans
port steamer Atlantic, which is expected to
sail to night. ...
The transport steamers Illinois and Baltic
are also ready for war service. ... y
Proceedings of the Virginia Convention.
Richmond, april 6-Iu the Convention, to.
day, resolutions were received from Charlotte
and Norfolk counties, favoring secession. They
were presented by Mr.. Holiday, who said the
signcrs Of the latter constituted q small minority
Of the people of the county.
Mr.. johnson presented petition for seces
sion, signed by 1900 people of Richmond. He
said the signers constituted only about one
third Of the voters OF the city, though the pet
ton had been in circulation for weeks.
The ninth resolution of the majority report
then came up. The amendment offered yester
day was defeated.
Mr.. Bouldn moved to strike out the whole
and insert substitute embodyipg declaration
that the separate independence Of the secedet
States ought to be acknowledged without furhe
delay that such acknowledgement should b.
made, and such laws passed as a separation MAJ
make proper.
The Committee of the Whole refused to strike
out and amend the resolution, by 6S yeas to II
T nays.
Other amendments were rejected, and the
resolution was adopted-yeas 92, nays 81.
The committee then referred back to the Stl
resolution, recognising the right Of secession
} ior ust causes.
NJ. Carlisle moved to strike out and insert
substitute embodying President Madison's Ian
guage, justifying secession only in the event o
the failure of every constitutional resort. Th
committee rejected the motion-ycas 22, nay
ia.
Other amendments were proposed and re
iec ed Pending the resolution, recess tool
place.
On reassembliDg, the committee adopted tn
9Th resolution, striking out, on motion of M
Summers, the words "they concede," in tn
the third line. The committee then rose.
' Mr.. Preston offered some resolutions, (sul
, posed to have been occasioued by the late wa
ike news,) declaring that the ToVerhHeht nj
! no power to subjugate any seeded State, pr
- testing against any such coerciye policy, al
authorizing the appointment of delegation
wait on the President, present these resol
J. tions, and respectfully ask him to communica
to this Convention what course he intends
pursue.
These resolutions were modified, on the su
J. gestion of Mr.. Baldwin, and accepted by NJ
Preston, as follows:
"Whereas, in the opinion Of this Conventio
the uncertainty which prevails in the publ
J. mind as to the policy the Government intent
to pursue towards the seeded States is e