St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-02-07
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WAsHlNaToN,; Jan 30.---IMe daily
overlaHd mail proPiaossIition Il PASSED the
House; yestc,aayIby vote Of rot against
i Ga. nj Bidsafc to obereceivedotiill a prir lst,
aqd the route Ito, commence July q lst.
Cost is limited to $500, 900. 49, -,
TIE number Of Federal troops arrived
hare last night $780, friaking in All less
! tbanithreec chuudred;srThese are divided
integ three owpaniee of: artillery and, one
Of infantry; s. Arrangements laye been
male for concentrating them at any par
1ticalar point In case it is necessary toqueil
disturbances Of the public pence Is'!7F
l. :,ActinggI POST Master Generals K ing hes
received complaint from northern: g. ptle-
men that their letters from the South
have been sviohted One writes that six
letters addressed to him by a lady in Nc.
bile, nat on political kubjects hare:erident-
y been op>ned BY, unauthorized parties.
The Department has promptly instituted
LAIN Investigation. Y - :''
>1WAsh1NGr1ioS; Jan. II. &29.--1Priiv;aite ate fills
were considered until + O. clock, when the
Pacific. Railroad bill wasl taken up. Mr..
Chandler ,m1oyed: TO; amend; ID SO sas: to- give
two sections ot land per mile instead Of
one; 'Adorted. = ~ -
|'1sMr:: Clark moved to amend that the
7grant Of lands: and ponds is to be made on
express condition that, Congress shdlhere-
after have the power to amend the ,proyis-
! IONS Of the act, but not to diminish the epe-
Feia! amount Of contribution. Adopted.
/" tWAsHiSGroN, Jan. 29.-Mr. Wilkin.
1;son 'anored, to-. amend by making: the
anount raid4o the. central route; $4,000
000,. instead Of .60,0o",0o0. and that to
the southern route $4,000, 900, instead
'of $35;N00;000, the design being to FRO.
vide for the' northern route by another
amount. :hes amendment was discus sed
qt ';s'P s9%e ne length and disagreed to, yeas 10,
| nays "a. ,...',:..
tfi: wikfsson moved d:rsoth another : amend.
mcnt, theeeaect Of which is to provide
,northera> route. 7lIe sail he did not Sc.
ths m mprppriety of, voting sS6,O00.000 to
State just on the eve If secession, and not
gi7inga road to the State. true ana loyal
tda the Constitution He characterized
the bill Front tho House as a bill Of aibom-
ipations. LATTER ediscus<ion, = the amend
meent was agreed to, yeas q, nays 10.
| Private accounts state tina: Alexander
I H. Stephens VIII l be President Of the
ESouthera ~Confedcracy to coilc;hate Con-
sereatises,: :.i yYy::.>E , n, ~
The friends. of PR. Il. ,Bal sud dg;ns
from the vote in the Senate are. sausuine
tot the Presidents approval. Amenoments
Eare yet to be acted in BY the House. It
is rumored that there is serious disagree
,ment between: Gen. SCOTT and the Presi-
dent, touching recent. movements at Fort
Moultrie.. The. President expressing
much annoyance at turning the guns Of
the FORTRESS inland. $3.50 ''.71'.% NJ - -
b; The Commanderof the BrooklynJis or
dered to lay off Fort Pickens after,land
ing supplies and,if' hc secs an attempt to
attack the fortress to land his artillery
men and bring the ships guns to the de-
fence Of the fort Intcnse anxiety exists
at the White House to: hear from. Pensa-
cola, as collision is strongly .apprehcndcd.
! 1t is understood that the messenger
| from South Carolina brings the resolutions
passed by the ].egislasure,' demanding
surrender Of Sumter. COL Huyne will
present the demand to the Presideut ;and
II refused an attack on Sumter will follow
Immediately. :>.*"&''- ~,'' i y. ,'e@'
I Capt. Ferguson Commanding the Fort
at Tecu,nseh, informs the. Government he
is sufficiently reinforced to DEFY any attack
Col. Judge commissioner from Alabama
has arrived with power to negotiate for
Federal property situated in that States
arsenals forts &c. Dcd ~ ~;,'<''
WAsH.NdroN, Jan 31:-Capt. Ran.
dolph is tho only naval officer Of that
rank, who has resigned lie was on tho
reserved list. His resignation was accept.
el before the information. reached, the
Deputy, Of the surrender of the Pen >dcola
navy yard. More rare is now taken than
herctufore, by both the navy dna war De-
partMent TO- prevent their secret orders
from !obtainiHpss premature publication
which has on several occasions frustrated
Fthc designs Of the administration to tho
Eputlic de,riment. 'sApplcatiohsi continue
TO be received here iroms l'os:masters in
4 the scccdingi States: for ,sapplses;vf postage
stamps; blanks wrapping paper, &c J.; but
Eihey are furnished on condition. that the
Postmaster will acknowledge and confirm
to the laws affecting the postal service.
.; ;MlLwAVKEE, JAM; '3Q.-,A fire nLrokc
out in the fifth story of !, tho extensive
wholesale -furriture establishment II A.
~ Sead,ai. situated Near the corner iotf
Huron and oMair street ut about 2 clock
this evsniag consuming the whole, build
iingg, tess 5epn 80 building aud 9 stock ys1OO.
'"DuNK1nx, ja6f@ i9a: '' Ere It james: u:
town lust evenihg ( buthe1 over SO plaeseS