Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-01-31
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 John Oochrane In reportinI
bill for the collection Of the revenue to day said h
secession therefore all acts and ordinances Of secession
to be considered miraculous Of the supreme law Of thu
land Also that the Constitution does not confer author
ity on the Government to wage war against seeding
State In order to compel her to remain nom
inally member Of the Union.
The bill proposes that vessels from foreign ports bound
to ports in seeding States where distractions put
the execution Of the laws, with tsforegn cargo, bel liable
to seizure and condemnation. All vessels Ia the coast
wise trade are exempt, its restrictions applying only to
foreign commerce, which revenue by law Is collected.
1t also provides when the laws ohsructed
the President proclaim the port where such obstruction
exists, closed.
the warehousng feature amended to allow goods 10
be stored three months before the duty Is paid and six
months thereafter aud when taken out for export the
duties are to be refunded.
Private accounts state that Alexander II. Stephens
will be pressed for the provisional President Of the
Southern Confederacy, to concate the conservatives.
The friends Of the Pacific Railroad bill Judging from
the vote ohe Senate, feel sangune Of the Presidents
APPROVAL amendments are yet to be acted upon by the
House.
1t is rumoied that there is serious disagreement be.
tween Gen. Scott and the President, touching
movements at Fort Monroe, the President expressing
much annoyance at turning the guns Of this fortress in
land,
The commander of the Brooklyn is ordered to lay OF
Fort Pckens after loading supplies and II he
attempt to attack the Fortress to land his artillery men
and bring the ships guns to the defense Of the Fort
from Pensacola, as collision Is strongly apprenend
ed.
messenger arrived to day with dispatches from South
Carolina for Col. Hayne.
The select committee to-day examined Jno Tormey
CLERK in the inferior Court Baltimore, touching the
secret organizations in Maryland, for the seizure OF the
Capitol. Hedenied all knowledge but asserted that Il
military companies from the North attempted to pass
through Marylandto Washington to attendlhe inaugur
alton Of Lincoln they would be stopped
The House committee on Ways and Means have re'
DOrted n dencienCv hill recommending the O
Wendels printing office, dscountenancine the Cheri-
qu contract and reduce the appropriation for returning
recsptured Africans to 100000.
Mr.. Oass will return to Detroit in few weeks
Mr.. Magraw, of Maryland, has resigned the Liverpool
ansulate, to which he was recently appointed.
It Is undersoodthat the messenger from South Caro-
Legislature demanding the surrender Of Fort Sumter
Col. Hayne will present the demand to the President
and II refused an attack on Fort Sumter will follow i'm
mediatey.
unite in urging the sending Of Delegates to the Border
State Conference.
Private advices from the South received tonight In
dcate that there will be hght less than thirty hours
Capt. Meigs, commanding the Fort at Torgugas, In
forms the Government he Is sufficiently reinforced tc
defy any attack.
Col. Judge commissioner from Alabama, has arrived
with power to negotiate for tho federal property situated
In that Bate arsenals, forts, &C,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l,-Capt. Randolph is the only
naval officer OF that rank who has resigned and he wa
the reserved list. His resignation was accepted be
fore the information reached the Department Of the
render OF Pensacola navy yard
More 10 taken than heretofore by both the
W and war Departments to prevent their secret order
from obtaining premature publicity, which has severa
occasions frustrated the designs OF the administrator, to
the public detriment.
Applications continue to be received here from Pos
Masters In the seceeding States, for supplies OF poatsg
stamps, blanks, wrapping paper c, but they are furn
ished condition that the Post Masters will acknow
edge and conform to the laws affecting the postal service