Nebraska advertiser., 1861-02-28
year is So millions ; he looked upon its


/ year IS So millions; he looked upon il.
passage as a necessity.
On motion of Mr.. Sherman the House
proceeded to act on all the amendments
All the Senate amendmens, excepting the
tax on Tea aud cOtfev, were concurred IN
and conference committee appointed on
the rejected amendment.
SiantOH's Y Volunteer bill was brought Up
and will be the first business tomorrow.
Woodruff presented a petition of the
citizens Of Middletown, Conn, against
altering the Constitution.
Adjourned.
Seaate.-The credentials of Chas. B.
Mitchell, Senator elect from Arkansas
were presented.
On motion Of Mr.. Wade the bill in re-
Iation 10 the postal service in seceeding
States, was taken up,
Mr.. Pearce moved to strike out the
word insurrectIon.
Mr. Wade said he was willing to have
the causes Of insurrectiOn and resistance
to the laws assigned in the bill stricken
out.
The bill, thus amended, passed BY "a
to II.
Ayes: Anthony, Bayard, Bigler, Bing-
ham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Critten-
den, Dixon, Douglass, Durkee, Fessen-
don, Fitch, Foote, Foster, Gwin, Hale,
Harlan, Johnson, of Tenn, Kennedy,
King, Latham, Pearce, Merrell, Seward,
Simmons, Sumner, Tenyick, Thompson,
TrumbulI. Wade, Wilkinson. Wilson,
-34.
Nays: Bragg, Bright, Green, Hemp
hill, Johnson, of Ark, Lane, Mason,
Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Rice, Wigfall,
-12.
Powell explained that he would have
voted for the bill to suspend the postal
service, but could not vote for the bill
after it had been amended giving such
general power.
The miscellaneous appropriation bill
cameup. The Senate considered amend
ments made in committee ofzthe whole,
several of which were rejected.
New ORLEANS, Feb. %
The . S property in Texas has been
quietly surrendered to the State authorl-
ties and the federal troops allowed to
leave the State with all facilities, the pro-
perty seized is estimated at about l30,-
900 dollars.
The steamer Tennessee, from Vera
Cruz, February 2lst, has arrived. Mr..
Picket has resigned the Consulate and
came a passenger with the exiled Bishops.
The Constitutional Government was
fast being successfully reorganized. A
circular had been issued to the States to
enter into no more arrangements with
foreign powers and reclaiming the treaty
making power for the federal govern
ment.
The army is to be reorganized.
Liberal schemes of colonization have
been arranged.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 26.
A dispatch from Ft. Smith 25th says:
the overland mail was interrupted by a
party of Indians seizing stock and de-
stroying property of the company, one
driver was killed.
A private dispatch says the Texas
Rangers are in pursuit of the Indians.
The same dispatch from Fl. Smith says
that 10 counties IN Southern Arkansas
have gone for Convention and the Sc
c9ssion candidates; it is conceded that
the majority for Convention will be from
1900 to 5000.
Another despatch from Van Buren, of
the same date, says it is confidently be-
lieved the State has gone largely against
Secession and for cooperation with the
Border Slave States The West and
Northwest, as far as heard from, are
nearly unanimous.
FT. KEARNY, Feb. &C.,
Mr.. Frost's mule train of % wagons
from St. Joe for Pixies Peak passed early
this morning, being the first Of the season.
Teams in good condition.
Weather clear and warm.
Goes P P Express Coach passed
here at a. N.
DEsvER, Feb. %.
Mining prospects daily improving.
Quartz mills will soon be turning cut con-
siderable quantities of gold. Paying
diggings now being worked along the
Platte a short distance above this city