Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-07
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From XyashInEton.

From Washipgton.
WAsH1NGTos, January 5.-The Committee
on the part Of the border States, Mr.. Critten-
den Chairman, held a second meeting last
night and at twelve o'clock adopted the fol-
lowing propositions:
Recommending a repeal of all PERSONAL
liberty bills; that the Fugitive-slave Law
be amended for the preventing Of kidnap-
ping, and so rs 70 provide for the equaiza-
ton of the commissioners fee, &C.; that the
Constitution be SO amended rs TO prohibit
any interferehc ce with slavery in any Of the
States where it now exists that Congress
shall not abolish slavery IN the Southern
dock yards, arsenas, &C., nor in the District
of Columbia, without the consent Of Mary
land and the consent of the inhabitants Of
the District, nor without compensation /:
that Congress shall not interfere with the
Interstate slave-trade that there shall be n
perpetual prohibition Of the African slave
trade; that the line of 300 shall be run
through all the existing territory, OF the
United States; that in all north of the line
slavery shall be prohibited, and that south
of that line neither Congress nor the Terri
torial Legislature shall hereafter pass any
law abolishing, prohibiting nor in any man
ner interfering with African slavery and
that when any Territory containing sufii e.
cient population for one member of Congress
in one of SO, 900 square miles, shall apply for
admission as a State, it shall be admitted
with or without slavery, as its constitution
may determine.
The committee represented at its meeting,
Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, North Caro-
lima, Texas, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Iii
nois, Delaware, Arkansas, Pennsylvania and
New Jersey.
GNew York Herald Correspondence
WlsHNGToN,, January 5.-The border
Gtaiac Ill og
pears to have at first met with considerable
favor, and it was thought likely that the
President would commend it to the atten.
tion of Congress, but the caucus of Republic.
aus, after a full aud free discussion upon
the merits Of the border State programme,
decided adversely TO any and all compro-
mise whatever, and agreed simply to press
forward the regular business of the session
and then adjourned sine die.
At a meeting of the House Committee on
the crisis, yesterday, Mr.. Hamilton, of
Texas, submitted a proposition in favor of
calling National Convention of delegates
fresh from the people with view to amend
ing the Constitution so as to meet the re-
quirements of all sections of the country.
The representatives from Charleston, rep.
resent the condition of affairs there as de-
plorsble.
The troops ordered into the field by the
Governor are said TO be suffering severely
from the exposure incident to their new
mode Of life, and much sickness prevails
among them, while the merchants are
without business, and the mechanics with
out work. ID
Strange as it may appear, am now to tell
you that the Presdent-elect has given carte
blanche to Senator Seward and Thurlow
Weed to agree upon any plan of settlement
that New York and Pennsylvania can stand
together.
Hon. G. @. Clay, jr., of Alabama, has ar
rived here. His presence is esteemed a favor
able omen for compromise and peace.
The Navy Department received dispatches
this morning from the commander of the
Pacific Squadron, communicating intelli-
gence> of the probable loss of the sloop- of wal
LeUdnt which had not been heard from for
l00 days. She was on her way from the
Sandwich Islands to Panama, under com.
mand of Captain W. Fl. Hunt.
WASHINGTON, January 6.-The Crittenden
Compromise seems to be gaining, friends,
who entertain the opinion that if it were
fairly presented to the people it would be
accepted by them as a basis Of settlement.
The main difficulty, however, in the way, is
that some parties are at present indisposed
to offer it without assurances that Others
will receive it in a mutual spirit of accom-
mediation for both North and South.
Officers from the city of New York are
here endeavoring to ferret out the com
plicity of the Government officers with the
theft and sale of the State bonds taken from
the Interior Department. The object is to
prosecute, in behalf of the holders of the
bonds, who are threatened with loss in case
Of the attempt to recover them. ~
The enrolment of the District of Column
bia militia will probably commence to-mor-
row. plan for its reorganization was
matured more than six months ago, but all
the officers were not appointed till recently.
The movement now is to concentrate the
militia as to be efficient for service should it
be necessary at any time to call them out to
preserve the peace. Not more than one COM
pany of marines was sent yesterday to gar
rison Fort Washington, which is on the Po-
tomac River, about fourteen miles from
Washington. The fort has had no garrison
for several years. The object of supplying
it with one now is to avoid the possibility OF
its being occupied by lawless persons as a
rallying point for mischief. The troops or
deTed from Leavenworth to Fort McHenry
are not to be sent South, as wrongly sup
posed by many gentlemen from that section.
The Alabama and Mississippi delegations
held conference last night and afterward
telegraphed to the Conventions of their re-
spective States, advising them to secede i'm.
mediately, saying there is no prospect of 8
satisfactory adjustment. They resolved tC
remain here, awaiting the action of theil
States.
From Philadelphia.
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