The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-23
THE NATIONAL CRISIS.
North Carolina LEGISLATURE.

LEGISLATURE
l. RALEIGH, Feb. PA large amount OF business
e yet unfinished and the day fixed for adjournmer
! mas not yet been postponed. Two more railroa
oiils passed the House to-day. The revenue bi
: MIN lne senate amendment is now up in the House
o ihe contention is about the land tax. Much an,
lety is felt here concerning the action of the Peac
- congress Lincoln's speeches are doing thei
work OF darkening the prospect. Still all hop
s Is not surrendered.
!. oSNsURE OF SENATOR SUMNER.
e BOSTON, Feb. 22.-The Common Council hav
| passed resolutions censuring Senator Sumner fo
: his remarks in the United States Senate relatiy
TO the signers of the petition in favor of the Crit
tepden resolutions
Pennsylvania Democratic Convention
2 HARRISBURG, Feb. 2l.-The Democratic Stat,
, Convention met this afternoon, at Brant's Hail.
Inc attendance was very full, over three hundred
ag ana n,ty delegates appearing. The Convention
gIected permanent organization by eectine Hon
! henry ID: Foster, of Westmoreland, President and
tnen adjourned until evening. The evening ses
sion was taken up with the discussion of yarious
Iesolutons which were finally referred to Com.
mlttee on Resolutions, to report tomorrow
Various military companies are arriving to.
night, ana great preparations are being made for
the celebration tomorrow.
PH!LADELPHIA, Feb. 22.-The Pennsylvania Dem
ocratic State Convention to-day unanimonsIv
ADOPTED series of resolutions offered by the Hon,
Ellis Lewis declaring in favor of State sovereign
", expressing attachment to the Union and rec0p-
nizlng the rights of the South to the Territories
committee was appointed to convey the resolu
tlons to the President, after which the Convention
| adjourned.
WISCONSIN, REPUBLICAN CONVENTION,
DETROIT, Feb 2l.-The Republican State Con-
Fention Tor the nomination of Justices of the Su-
| preme Court met at Lansing Yesterday and nomi
nated Randolph Manning for re election. The
convention unanimously adopted resolutions fs.
t oUtIng tne maintenance of the Constitution with
ouT compromises. Perfect harmony prevailed
The Legislature has taken no further action re-
Iative to the appointment of Commissioners to the
Peace Convention, and none will be sent.
MEETING OF woRKINGMEN IN BOSTON.
The workngmen of Boston held a crowded meet
ing at Faneuil Hall on Wednesday night From
the Advertisers report of the proceedings we make
the following extracts:
Mr. Charles WWilder, of Brookline, read a LONG
address from the workngmen of Masss chpsat,s 20
| their felow-citizeus throughout the Union Tho
ADDRESS sets forth at great length the causes which
nave brought the present distracted state of affairs
upon the country. Among the causes given, is that
the men who have been placed in power have mis-
represented the people. By them the "beoyed
Union has been broken. Among the chief causes
OF the trouble is that the people of the North and
tne south nave been betrayed by Office seekers 1t
ca!s upon the people to put away these designing
POLITICIANS who have brought this calamity upOn
us The address is particularly severe upon the
aooihonlsts who have Coined every party to carry
their netarlous purposes, and have in every case
! betrayed the parties they have Joined" The ad
dress calls upon all parties to lay aside party names
! and Symbols never to be taken up again, and to
unite In an endeavor to preserve the Union 1t re-
! commends the formation of workingmen's associa.
tons throughout the land, whose only motto shall
be liberty, justice, and equal rights to all; and
| urges National Convention if Congress does not
ADOPT such measures as will again unite the people
Inc address was received with prolonged cheers
and "l ankee Doodle'' and the s.Star. .Snappled
banner from the band, which airs were also greet
ed with applause
Mr.. Wilder then read the following resolutions:
dJpa1 TI,nkr
den our sincere thanks for the manner in which he re-
ceiyed and presented to Congress memorial of TWEEN
ythree thousand citizens of Massachusetts, and for the
eloquence with which he vindicated them from thn nm
worthy aspersons which upon the intelligence
| of Massachusetts, 'eN''o'
ReSotred, That we respectfully request the Hon. John
D. Crtenden to act for Massachusetts, as well as for the
great State of Kentucky and present In the Senate the
foregoing address embodyng our reasons for the
pectfa petition Of this meeting, that Congress will pro
states as Will satisfy the Border States and restore tran
| guilty TO the country ~
Mr.. Crittenden's name received with three
cheers' and that of Mr.. Sumner with prolonged
! groans and Kisses. The resolves were received
with applause, and cheers were again given for Mr.
Crlttenden and groans for Mr.. Sumner.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE CRISIS.
Inc rumor has been widely circulated that Sepa-
! tor Seward was not to go into the Cabinet-that
& mr L9cnln IN m had reGonsidered the appointment, in
view OF Mr.. Stewards endeavors to adjust existing
seGtonal differences; and that his place would be
filled by Gov. Chase, or some other opponent of
"compromise.''
The report is utterly without foundation-but it
Is TACT, nevertheless, that very strenuous efforts
| are made by Republicans of the Tribune school to
! accomplish this result.-N. Y. Times
WASHINGTON RUMORS
! FROM the Correspondence ofhe Northern Journals I
TIE COLLECTION OF DUTIES THE Seeding STATES
The Secretary of the Treasury, to-day, in re-
/ sponse to the resolution of inuuiry made BIZ tho
! House, submitted elaborate documents in which
he says that it is believed that the duties on i'm
ports continue to be collected in the ports of entry
established in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
LOUISIANA and Florida, and that vessels are entered
and cleared in the usual manner; but, so far as the
| Department has been advised, the Collectors as.
sumo to perform their duties under the authority
OF the States in which they reside, and hold and
| receive the duties subject to the same authority
| Only about half the officers of customs in those
states have resigned their commissions, while 9th
ers appear to have entered on their duties TO the
| governments of those States without CONSIDERING
/ 1t necessary to perform this official ceremony-sO
greatly has the moral tone of individuals been i'm
paired by the examples of dsloyalty to the Union
Inc documents transmitted embrace the CORES
pondence relative to the Customs in New Orleans
the Mint etc. In speaking of the general subject
! the Secretary says that throughout the whole
course of encroachment, the Federal Government
mas Dorne 1t with asprit of paternal forbearance,
OF which there is no example in history of Re-
public waiting in the patient hope that the empire
OF reason would resume its sway over those whom
the excitement of passion has thus blinded, and
trusting that the friends of good ORDER wearied
with submission to proceedings which they disap-
| prove, would, at no distant day, rally under the
banner of the Union and exert themselves with
vigor and success against the prevailing reckless
ness and violence.
THE NEW STEAM sLooPsoF-wAR.
The necessity for the proposed steam sloop of-war
is shown by the statement of Mr.. Morse, Chairman
of the House Committee on Naval Affairs that
! England has over four hundred war steamers many
oSaA with iron l. II.
fore the close of the next month, will put three
| hundred rifed cannon on board her iron clad shot
and shel-proof frigates. Our country with its five
| hundred million tons of shipping, has but a small
squadron OF war steamers, and but few of them are
| in condition for service. The amendment pro-
! viding for the construction of these steamers
which was passed by vote of 112 to 38-reads
| thus:-
Section 0. And be it further enacted That the Secretary
of the Navy be- and he is hereby authorized to cause
constructed for the United States Navy at as early da
as practicable having due regard efficiency and
my seven steam screw sioepsowar of the second class
as vessels are rated in the Navy with full steam power
whose greatest draugh of water shall exceed fourteen
eet winch sloops shall combine the heaviest armament
and greatest speed compatible with their armament and
tonnage and for the purpose above specified the sum of
Sl2OO be- and the is hereby appropriated out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise
to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the
Navy.
IMPORTANT ACTION OF THE SOUTHERN coNrrprR .cv
Information received to-day from MONTGOMERY
indicates that the Congress will regard any ATTEMPT
on the part of the United States to maintain its
authority IN the Confederate States as an act of
war, which will be followed by instantaneous re-
prisal. The collection of the revenue and the re-
tenton of the forts it would take as an attempt to
hold them in subugation.
No Tariff bill has yet passed the Congress
One will undoubtedly be adopted in a day or two,
differing not essentially in its character from the
present tariff in force in the United States. 1t
will apply to all goods imported from ports north
of Wilmington, Delaware, and proper bonds will
be exacted from the shippers from saveholding
States continuing in the Union to guard against
sham transactions.
The militia of the seas will be invoked at once in
the event of blockade Between fifty and one hun.
dred privateers are in readiness for the ocean, and
will commence operations at moments warning
1t is not improbable that the first victims of this re-
taliatory policy may be the California gold ships
and the Atlantic steamers. There are over tb rec
hundred ports, between the Capes of Virginia and
the Brazos, into which they could be carried with
safety.
The New England shipping interest is understood
to be clamorous against coercion. Leading busi-
ness men here declare that Boston alone could fur
nish privateers sufficient to ruin New England
| commerce.
1t will be remembered that, at the celebration OF
the Paris International Conference, when the ead-
ing European Powers did away with privateerinp.
the United States protested warmly against it, and
refused to surrender its right to call out the
tia of the seas" The reyolted States now nronose
to use for self defence what the Federal Govern
ment deemed essential to its own national safety
and protection.
Arrangements, it is said, have been made already
| IN california, by which the Pacific ocean can be
taken care of by privaeers al few days' notice,
should necessity call for it,,
THE TARIFF BILL.
Ihere are l6O amendments to the tariff bill
which must be printed 1t will go to the Speakers )
table, and then be within the control of majority,
tnr thn