The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-05
FROM WARRINGTON.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DISPATCH. )

WAsHrFGToN, Jan. ,, 1861.
Although the papers of this morning smell
strongly of gunpowder, there are indications
he other way. Baker and the Abolition Gov
ernors of New York and Pennsylvania talk
largely of coercion !; bu at the same time ad
vocate the repeal of all Personal Liberty bills,
ana Packer goes so far rs to urge the right OF
The siaye-owner to retain his property during
a temporary sojourn in or while passing
through the State. This is what New Jersey
mas al aiways permitted, and shows return OF
re right spirit. Again. the Northern Demo
crats, who were resupposed to he warpiDg round
10 the coercion views of Lincoln, exhibited
yesterday in the House a kinder disposition
thac at any time durirg the session declar.
ing their earnest desire to fight for the rights
OF the Sonth, If Southern members would give
them lDst ground to fight upon. Moreover,
General Lane has received hundreds of let
ters from Iowa and other Northwestern
STATES, cordtsliy endorsing his anti coerc ion
speech, and saying that the Northwest has no
idea of being cut off from the South and tied
to New England. Evidently. the intelligent
property holders of the North are awakn z
to sense of the danger which awaits them
in case OF disunion. Already grievously
taxed by the agrarian hordes 10 whose wishes
all legislation is CONFIRMED. John Cochrane
OF New York, pays 81, ,900 tsA on his house
alone) they see that separation from The Sou tn
viii bind them hand and foot TO the Abolition
power, and leave them completely at the
mercy of the mob.
On the other hand, Seward now declares he
nds no proposal OF any sort to offer, and the
President evinces a fixed intention 10 sspitch"
INTO South Carolina. So we may look for hos
tiilties at any moment. OBce begun, the war
Will Inevitably become sectional. Neutrality
in either sec ion will be impossible
friVate dispatches were received Yesterday
oy Alabama mem bers, asserting that the re-
turns showed majority of Is for immediate
secession, stead OF 10 majority tor co-cpera-
tion, as stated in the papers of day before yes
terday.
A number of members of the Virgini ia Legs-
lature are here. They come mainly from the
northWes tern part of the State and report the
people there entirely sound in their devotion
To the cause of the South. Gen. August Of
your city, after spending few days here, has
gone on to Baltimore
uarlin has certainly negro blood in his
veins. L have seen letter from a gentleman
OF high character in New Hampshire, giving
the pedigree of Hamlin. His gra ind fa her was
mulatto, and commanded mixed com pany
of negroes and Indians during the Revolu-
ton. He pocKeted the paw of his company,
sold the VINE and other luxuries provide for
the sick, and left the army in disgrace. One Of
Hamlin's uncles, or great uncies, was named
Africa. There is a legend ia the family to the
effect that when Hannibal was an infant, in
The cradle, his nurse overheard one of the rel
atives, who was the q gazing at the baby, ex-
claim, "For Gods sake. will this Id black
blood never get out of the veins of our family -
Members of Congress who served with Ham
lin, when he was in the House, say they
always knew he had streak of negro in hm
This is pleasant ZED.