The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-02-14
WasIfngton items.

e WASHINGTON Feb. I3.-Secretary Dix
I sent another letter to Mr.. Sherman to-day,
saying that it was indispensable that he
/ should give notice of a loan of $4,000, 600
/ in order that the Government may he in
+ funds to meet indispensable payments Gu the
! 1st proximo. More than So, 000,O GOO of
| treasury notes have been redeemed out of
: the current revenues. About S2,000,000
| more fall due before the 4th of March, max
| ing nearly the $4,000, 900 needed to meet
the public wants before that day. More
than one-third of the revenue derived from
customs is paid in treasury notes due at Il
future day, and the present embarrassment
of the treasury arises froFn the operations of
! the paper system which compels the gov
eminent to anticipate the payment of its
debts out of its current funds. As he had de-
cided to issue notice of a public loan, he
asked that the bill reported yesterday should
not be acted on. .-.-.-
Ex-Secretary Floyd publishes a statement
that the report of the committee of the
House is an er parte arraignment of his Off
cial conduct taken in secret, in his absence,
, and as a labored attempt, by means of cir
| cumstances in absence of proof, to Fl x upon
! him some unexpected completely with rob
berries of which he had no knowledge I'M
til about the time it was publicly discussed.
Ee promises to meet the report of the COM
mittee with full response.
There is no truth in the statement that
! Floyd and counsel have pledged the act of
1856 in bar of the prosecution pending
against him.
Owing to apprehensions of conspiracy
! for the purpose of Selling the public build
ings they have been privately guarded
though not in large force. For some weeks
the blowing up of the Capitol was regarded
as not improbable. Hence every night a
thorough examination of its cellars and
vaults was made by the Capitol police.
To-day the officers of artillery
| were on duty for the purpose
of Immediately communicating with
Congress should an attempt be made to at
tack the Capitol and military forces were
ready to advance at a moments warning.
! But nothing was visible to excite the least
apprehension and perfect good order was
preserved. XII
Gov. Hicks of Maryland, was examined
| to-day by the special committee. His belief
that a conspiracy existed in connection with
the Capitol was caused by anonymous let
ters and newspaper articles, and that such
combination did not exist in Maryland but
in other Southern States, and that in the
beginning of January he was satisfied that
there were existing organizations with view
of illegal interference with the federal au-
thorties and the seizure of public property.
But for some time past he has satisfied they
were abandoned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IA strong police
force was stationed in various parts of the
Capitol this morning on the House side, and
some parts of the building usually open to
visitors were closed al an early hour.
The reporters galleries of the Hall of
Representatives, and the passages leading
/ thereto, were densely crowded in anticipa-
ton of the counting of the votes for Pres
ident and Vice President of the U9ited
States. Lord Lyons Chevalier Husseman
and other foreign ministers were among the
distinguished spectators. On no former &C.
cassOn was there more animated and ex-
citing scene.