The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-03-16

yestsrday and q memter made d strong
Union speech. 5.,
a dispatch received March Attn, ii
Charleston from the Secretary Of Treasury
of the Southern Confectionery says the ~.
Eclusion Of foreigners from the coasting
trade and discriminating duties are rbot.
ishcd, The act,of Feb. fsth, makes 10
distinction between citizen and foreigner.
Cozen's Hotel at West Point, has been
burned down.
y. 4 ST., Lofts, March q, IN. NJ
\ Yesterday the u S. Senate was III ses-
sion, when tie full cabinet Of President
Lincolf wins sent in. Ii Is composed IL
names already given. The votes .npon
Econlirmation were unanimous with the AZ
ception Oft Bates and Blair, four Of i've
votes being east against each &c those
gentlemen, because Of an iitrwiIlingness
FUnl thepa Of those 80 voting, Tint any
one from slave stnte should 20 Into the
cabinet. Who the senator's ohieCtiag
were, Is rot stated.
Several state delegations paid their re.
Espects to the President yesterday; prom.
iueut among them were Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts. lii reply 10 the
hitter, MI. Llneolu spoke briefly. thus.
Concluding As President in the admin.
Eistratlon of the government, hope to be
man enough TO not know one citizen Of
the Uhited States from another, tcries Of
g9odl nor one section, fran another. /
shall be grasiiied TO have the good friends
Eof Massachusetts and others, who have
thus far. supported me in these natioual
We've, still support me in carrying them
out. Mr. lincoln exeased himself from
further remarks on account of pressing
business, aud therefore retired without
further ceremonies than farewell bow.
Gen. Scott and Secretary Holt we're
also visited 10 tile greetings Of the
EPeansylyania delegation, Gen. Scott inalIa
d brief, patriotic aud friendly peee.i.
Mr.. Holt expressed hIBiaclf tkonofcd
sby the visit. md BIS regret that the brief
time he bad occupied the war department,
had not enabled him to do more Tor Tic
country, 81
Accounts from the South Indicate that
the inaugural has been unfavorabiy re-,
ceiyed there, as q general thing. AT
Nashville, Tenn, opinions are somewhat
unsettled by its reception. Al jackson,
Miss. Columbus and Tpscumbia, the peo.
pie consider it d declaration Of war At
Fieksburg, il Is regarded upfayorably,
and is generally considered a silly produc.
ton Az New Orleans it Ii gencrally.
condemned At Louisville the Union
men are rather favorabfy impressed with
1t, while the sympathizers with the South
coAfcdcracy think it ia declaration oil
war s3 .:S IA
III the Missouri convention yesterday,
a committee was appointed to report Is
the convention snrh action ais may be
deemed q respcetfuEadd suitable response.
70 the commissioner from Georgia.
Two resolutions against coercion 81 Sc.
coded states were Submitted and referred
TO the.cominittee on federal rC1atipHs. &
At the request 81 the convention, Col.
;DoGiplmn ana MIR. Coulter addressed ,tise'
body giving ne explanation Of tic pro-:
eeelfiRgs Of tiie5pr,lea congress. In that
body Missouri opposed tho: plan .olt, atl-
jqstlnciit, agreed Hpor becaaSe tie tlGles
gates did not believe il was calcHlaIetl
EIinily*to settle existing difiicnilies, and
that tie preseat constitution ii better as.
it iS3thafri it wopld be changed as Is ptos
posed. 81 S.
A dispafah from New Orleans March
5tl, says Gen. Twiggs was enlhnsatslicall-t