Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-04-03
Telegraphic News.
P,Um Washington.

tTom VashihslOH.
WASHINGTON, Murrb lp,-ln the
Senate Yesterday Mr., breckenridge
in speaking of Mr., Douglas. rcsolu-
tion thought Of the policy thchd-
minist'atlon was pacific only from
military necessities,
In the Senate, Mr., Douglass : rcso-
luton came up, Nr, tlingnan ot
\, C., thought the policy OF the ad'
ministratiom was war,
Tho silence of the Republicans
Indicated it, He hal received in
.nrmation % the effect that heavy
guns aud rcintorccmcntS were going
South To- take possession orthc forts
in North Carolina, Virginia and
elsewhere, If ~, no regarded it tr
the purpose 70 mRlSc war. Mr..
Clark, of y, H., said the RcpUhli-
cans were silent because nobody
know moro than WAS contained in
the inaugural.
Mr.. Hale, OF \. H., denied know
ing what the Administration intend
cd To do, but presumed the Prcsi-
dent had Judgment, prudence and
courage to stem the storm assiiling
the ship of State. lie thought the
President had counsel outside h's
constitutional advisers.
Mr., Chandler, of Michigan, in re.
ierring TO Mr.. Breckenridge, said
tho history of Pharoah and Moses
illustrates the irrcprcssiblc conflict.
lie said there were millions OF vo-
tcrs who had repudiatcd Mr.. Brcck-
enridgc's disunion platform. lie
believed if n rattlcsnakc banner
were raised in Kentucky, it would
find few supporters in that State.
Mr.. Simmonds of Rhode Island
offered Il substitute for Mr.. Doug
lass resolution, saying he was not
disposed to force the seeding States
back.
lie presumed they would be sick
Of their experiment within Il year.
Mr., Clingman said that remains
to be tested.
Mr.. Simmons said tn country
would settle it in six months, dcs-
pirc Of restless politicians. We shall
continue to collect the revenue, or
the seeding States will cease to
have any business. lie believed the
President to be as kind and pacific
rs any of the former Presidents,
and but for the agitation here and
elsewhere, they would go about their
daily avocations.
Ex-Gov. Roman, of Louisiana,
one of the Commissioners from the
Confederate States, arrived here to-
day having been delayed on the
route by sickness.
1t is rumorcd that Maj. Andcr-
sons command have Ducu ordered
to proceed to Newport, Ky, after
the evacuation Of Fort Sumter.
Mr.. Geo. Orfutt, Chief Clerk in
the Auditors office, has resigned
and gone to Montgomery.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The
nominations Of Charles Francis
Adams as Minister to England, Geo.
p. March, to Sardinia, James Wat
son Webb, to Turkey, and VIM. II.
Dayton, to France, were sent into
the Senate yesterday.
The appointment Of VIM. 5. Day
ton. as Minister to France is the on
~ orc as yet confirmed.
II. J. Thaycr has received the ap-
pointment of Consul-Gcncral for
Egypt.
'Ihc Confederate States have con-
tractcd for the construction OF ten
ships of-war. The Commissioners
have demanded the surrender OF
the Forts at Key West and Tortu-
gas. A dispatch received to-day
from Gov. Roman, from winning
ton. saws that he will bc here to-
morrow evening. ,r
WAsulyGToN, March 2O.-lhc
Southern Commissioners are anxious
to hear from Charleston tonight,
in order to ascertain whether the
Administration of Lincoln is acting
in good faith in its statement. that
Major Andcrson's command had
been withdrawn from Fort Sumter
The resolutions referred to some
davs since. authorizing the Govern
mcnt to recognize the independence
of thc Confederate States, was IN
troduced into the Senate today by
Senator Bayard. The resolution l'eS
over under the r'ilc.
Mr.. Bayard said in his remarks
on the resolution that the Union
could neither be preserved nor re-
constructed. that the administration
must either make war on the SCUM
or recognize her independence at
once. The Senate will adjourn on
Saturday.
The probabilities arc that an extra
session of Congress will soon be
called. The old Union is financially
dcfunct.
A hundred and fifty volunteers OF
this city have offered their services
to the Confederate States. 1hcy
will leave for the South as soon as
an answer is received accepting
them. A.,
The Commissioners from the
Confederate States, Messsrs. Craw-
ford. Forsyth and Roman expect no
answer from the administration for
fen or twenty days. They believe
that meanwhile the military status
in the seeded States will re-
main without change The Com