The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-03-20
E,asQs1 News.

ut BRUSSELS, ana jacob >. I1aldermall, Mil!S-
ter resident at Stockholm A number of
Army appointments Were also confirmed.
The treaty with tie Winnebago Indians
was ratified.
The Hcrald's correspondent says dispatch
es were received here today, from Montgom-
cry, indicating momen'ary apprehensions OF
a collision at Fort Pickens. 1t appears that
TIE commanders Of the Brooklyn and Sabine
can land no supplies or have any further
communication with tie shore. There are
500 government troops opposite and other
Marines in vario, vessels lying off the har-
hor. 1t is said il they disregard this Motif
cation and attempt to land, a fight will at
ono, come of.
Rumors are current that the destination
Of the troops in Texas, for whom transport
ships have beer sent. is f,r Fort Pickans =
1t is known that an officer with sealed dis
patches. is on one Of the vessels which left
New York dry before yesterday. and anoth-
or officer was dispatched overland TO Col.
Waite, commanding the troops in Texas.
1t is said that Gen. Beauregrrd, command
ing the forces in Charleston harhor. will re.
fuse to permit Majo Anderson and his men
to depart, except as prisoners Of war. This
is Doubtless q mistake.
The Southern question was discussed two
hours t. day by the Cabinet, without coming
to any ultimate result
Green Adams. member Of Congress from
XIV. was appointed Fifth Auditor Of the
Urea urea bureau attached to the p. o..
Department. ........... .s
WASHINGTON, March lit is said on
good authority that Mes>rs. Crawford and
Forsyth. the Commissioners fro m the South
ern Confederacv, entertained the strongest
hopes Of preserving the peaceful rclati ms
between the two Governments There is
no doubt but that their diplomacy is judi
ciouS. ...-..-... Z
1t is estimated that there are between
5000 and 10000 applications received for
appointments connected with the Post Office
Department The number of letters daily
received is unprecedtntly large, sometimes
amounting to 600 or 700 Nineteen clerks
are engaged in attending to them. The
| applicants for employment in other d.
partments of the public service are cores
| pondinely numerous. .a "
! The Senate has confirmed the appoint.
ments Of Lieut.. Col. Thomas, as Adjutant
General Major Townsend as senior assistant,
and W. A. Nichols Of the District of Column
bia; VIM. Buel, Theodore Talbot, r. G. Dunn
and James B. Fry as assistants, with the
rank of aptains. .,..
tits not yet ascertained that any order
has been issued by Presidential authority in
regard to the evacuation of Fort Sumter, an
event which it is still considered will soon
inevitably occur from circumstances beyond
the Executive control. From what is known
formal surrender Of the fort is not antic-
pated.
G. A. Hall, Of the District of Columbia,
has been appointed special Post Office agent
for Maryland and Virginia. ......
Certain friends of Mr.. Corwin are still en-
deavoring to induce him to withdraw his
daclination Of the Mexican mission.
Those best Informed relative to Southern
movements, totally discYedit the report that
Fort Pickens has been attacked, or that such
an act will be likely to occur.
Gov. Roman, one of the Confederate State
commissioners, tclenraphs from Wilmington
that he will be in Washington to morrow,
and that he was detained by indiSpositon.
New YoRK, March 1s.-The Charleston
tariff and Constitution arc unsatisfactory.
day but not toward Sumter.
A, Was Iinaton dispatch to The Herald re-
ports that Major Anderson had informedihe
Government that if renforcements be- in
tended, South Carolina would Immediately
fill the channel and render communication
by water impossible:
The Cabinet are considering measures re-
lating the seizure Of the revenue cutter by
Texas
1t is understood that the Administration
have sent secret agents to different European
governments to inform them of the policy of
this Government, thus forestaing and de-
ieating the object of the Southern Confed T.
acy in sending their commissioners thence
The same course Will be pursued relative to
Mexico.
The Cabinet, Rs soon as the Southern forts
affair Is settled. will take into consideration
the collection Of the revenue. All are known
to agree it should be collected, but the man
ner is the trouble.
Mr.. Fay will probably be continued Min
lister to Switzerland. --... E..
1t is said Mr. Corwin has accepted the
Mexican Mission.
Mr.. Sherman has left for Ohio.
Mr.. A. Howard will be postmaster at De
! troit.
WAsuIYGToS. March 14-Gen. Bragg has
assumed the command Of the forces Of the
Confederate States at Pensacola .. ..
The Charleston Courier states that the
batteries bearing on the ship channel are o.
the heaviest kind, and that they are now ir
a high state Of preparation and ready 70,
any force that may be sent against them
| Tt believes the reinforcement OF Fort Sumte
an impossibilty. II estimates that there arc
5000 highly disciplined troops in the various
! Notifications
| The Courier also states that official infor
nation will soon be received that he fifteen
million loan of the Confederated States has
been taken at premium of probably pc,
cent.
WAsHISGToN, March IA dispatch
from the South, received tonight from re
! liable source, says that messenger passed
through Raleigh, South Carolina, to-day
bearing dispatches from the Government &c
Major Anderson,
! 1t is reported that Gen. Scott said the car
rison Of Fort Sumter will be out by Monday
Mr.. Holloway, formerly member Of Con
1 grcss from Indiana, it is understood, has
been rendered the Commissionership o
Patents.
Judge Greenwood, late Commissioner o
Indian Affairs, left for home to day. Mr.
Dale, the new Commissioner, assumed tn,
position to-day. He made several change.
in his office.
ID. X. Carter, former member Of Con
gress from Cleveland Ohio, has been ap
pointed Governor of Nebraska.
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