St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-31
T9e gntelligenter.
From Washington.


between Senators Wade and Benjami
is a sheer fabrication, and it is no,
said that the report of an altercatio
between General Scott and Senate
Toombs is wholly untrue. The fact
IRE as follows: General Scott, Scna
tor Toombs and Benjamin, and Others
dined at the house OF Mr.. Corcorar
and the southern Senators dcnounce,
the Union with insane passion Mr.
Toombs wished that the Star of tn,
West could be sunk, but no discourse
sy was offered to General Scott. and
no difficulty ensucd. General Scot,
has authorized denial of the report
which has been circulated
The Constitution newspaper at Wash
ington, having lost the Presidents ad
vcrtising, now attacks the President
and Cabinet in the most INSCRIPTIONS
manner. The advertising is now
given to the National Intclligcncer
How strange!
During the debate in the Senate on
the nomination of Mr.. Holt as Sccreta-
ry of War, Mr.. Crittcndcn is said to
have taken the ground that as Ken
lucky is now central State and en-
JoyInS all the prosperity consequent
upon the present Union and form Of
government, she would never consent
to its breaking up and the formation
of Southern confederacy of which
she would be border State, exposed
to all the dangers and losses of such
q position. 1t is stated that he was
much excited during this portion of
his remarks, and the manner in which
he upbraidcd the Southern men who
defeated his compromise in the Senate
was very severe. He took the posi-.
ton that the Union must be preserved
at all hazards, either by pcaccable
means or by force, and that force used
against the lawlcss citizens of gov
crnment is not coercion of State.
The speech being unexpected Gre
atcd great sensation among the Scna-
tors.
The Indian Office is in receipt of
late intelligence that 5000 Sioux are
collection on fork of the Platte, and
threaten to take Fl. kcarncy and wipe
ont the white settlement and stop all
emigration westward.
Secretary Holt transmitted to Con
gress statement from Col. Craig,
chief of the ordnance bureau, which
shows that early last year, by special
direction of Secretary Floyd, he trans
fcrred 10000 stand of arms from
Springfield and Watcrvlcit to arscnals
in North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia. and Louisiana. The larger
number were Springfield muskcts of
the latest pattern, the remainder were
muskcts altered TO purcuSsion locks
and rifles. Col. Craig adds the arms
sent to South Carolina, Alabama and
Louisiana have since been seized by
the State authorities,
A petition signed by Lockwood &
Co., Thompson Brothers, w. G. Scott
4 Co., Givynuc & Day, and others,
subscribers to the loan authorized by
the act Of the 22nd Of June, 1860, has
been received at Washington, praying
Congress for relief. First, because
Cobb refused to deliver the stock when
called on. Second because Cobb,
while withholding their stock was
preaching disunion, imjuring the cred
it of the Government and depressing
the market value of the stocks Third,
because President Buchanan tolerated
such conduct. Fourth, because the
money market should be relieved from
the pressure thus occaSioncd in view
of the act authorizing a new issue Of
$lO.OOO,O0O treasury notes.
Mr.. Crittcndcn's propositions have
been virtually defeated in the Senate,
by square Republican vote substi-
tuting the Union and coercion rcsolu-
tons presented by Mr.. Clark of New
Hampshire. The resolutions declare
that the Constitution is ample to pre-
serve the Union; that it should be
obcycd, rather than amended; that
the public property should be protect
cd, and the laws enforced that this,
instead of new guarantees, will eXtri-
cate the country from the present diff
ficulties that dissolution and recon-
struction are impossible that all the
energies of the government should bc
directed to the maintenance of the
Constitution and the Union. There
is great excitement in consequence
among the Southerncrs, for it is APP
parent that the lines arc being dis
tinctly drawn.
The refusal Of the Southern Sena-
tors to vote for Crittenden's rcsolu-
tions, and TINS throw the onus of de-
feat on the Republican party, was de.
signed to act on Governor Hicks of
Maryland, who had promised to call a
State Convention if the resolutions
were defeated. 1t was deep laid
plot to decoy Maryland into disunion
A motion to reconsider has been
made by Senator Cameron.
Gen. Dix, Secretary of the Treas
ury, states in a letter to the Commit
tee of Ways and Means that after
careful examination Of the condition
of the Treasury so far as is now prac-
ticablc, that $50,000,00O will be re-
quircd to carry on the Government
till the lst of July in addition to ordi-
nary revenue from all sources, and
Treasury Notes already granted. This
amount is provided for in Mr.. Nor
rclPs tariff bill in the shape of loan
which the Secretary of the Treasury
will probably be authorized by joint
resolutions to convert into Treasury
Notes at his discretion. Mr.. Cobb's
Report entirely misrepresents the
state of the finances, and even now
there may be other heavy liabilities
discovered which will swell the aggrc-
gate still more.
The party who has undertaken the
reasonable job Of supplying Missis-
sippi with rifles has been detected in
tclcgraphing to the authorities of that
State in regard to that matter. He
had nearly if not quite completed a
bargain with an agent Of northern
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