Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-02-01
Political Items.


TIIon. Sncrrard Clemens has gone to
Virginia t. stump the State for the Union.
lie does 50 upon the invitation Of thousands
Of Union men.
gA quarter of million Of Mr. Glenn
ens's Union speeches bayc been ordered for
circulation South.
The man.of war Macedonian, from
Portsmouth,, y. H., with full compliment
of men, is expected to arrive at Pensacola
in a day or TWO.
gSuenuous eff rts are being made to
shield ExSccrctary Floyd from indictment
for fraud upon the Government.
y Perley, of the Boston Journal, reports
that in answer to demands of Ex-Presdent
Tyler and Mr.. Haynes, as to whether or not
the Brooklyn had been ordered to Pensacola
the President said = she had gon. on mis-
sion Of humanity and relief. :
- The Democratic State COMMITTEES, at
meeting at Augusta last week voted to hold
the next State Convention at Augusta.
Baron Roucr, Ia, Jan. 2S.
In the House, to day, q resolution was
passed instructng the Senators. and request
ing the Representatives, at Washington to Va
c te their seats and return home.
In the Senate resolution WAS passed that
Louisiana will regard any attempt to coerce
her sister Southern States as q h. stile act.
CHARLESTON. Jan. IS.
The legislature to-day unanimously re
solved, while acknowledging the courtesy OF
the Virginia Legislature in sending Commits
sioners to South Carolina to decline having
any intercourse on the subject proposcd-rr-
-arding her separation from the Union as
final aud lrreyocable.
WASHINGTON. Jan. %.
The debates in the House during the week
give Indications of moderate opinions on the
part Of the border-state men The speeches
OF Clemens Of Virginia, Etherldgc and Nell
son Of Tennessee show q willingness to accept
the merost form of concession from the Re
puhlicanS, and it is to give these men basis
tn fight the battle of the Union against Local
fsnaticism that many Republicans incline tt
adopt the Corwin propositions. Still there
are, 1t is ascertained, eightytwo Northern
representatives who stood by the ground s.
vigorously maintained by Mr. Lovcjoy Of IL
uois, and if they remain firm, no concession
Will pass. But some are wavering. and thu
tendency is increased by the appeals Of ntiu-
entail committees of business men from the
oil g 80
who comes as the ambassador of the Union
men Of Kentucky, and who says that the ad-
mission of New Mexico would save the State,
of Kentucky and Missouri. But whatever
concessions prevail Will I've granted with great
reluctance.-N !. Post.
NfLLiDGEyILLE, Ga, Jan. %.
The ordinance adopted Saturday abolishin2
Federal Courts was reconsidered and recon
mitted to-day for the purpose of making ar
Admiralty Court
Commissioners were appointed to-day t,
the slave-holding States
The delegates TO the Montgomery Conyen
ton were instructed to make a proyincil
government on the basis Of the Federal Con
stitution.
An ordinance continuing the existing rev
enue laws was lost, and an ordinance sub
stantially the same as that adopted by Soutl
Carolina was passed after long and ANNA
ted debate, by $50 against lie.
From the .Ne,o York Hcra'ds Wash
ington correspondence
have reason TO believe that the PROPOSE
tons submitted by Mr.. Adams, providing b,
constitutional amendment, against any flu
ture int ference with slavery in the States
where the institution exists, and after the ad
mission OF Kansas a provision t. admit New
Mexico, with OF without slavery, as her pco
pie may elect. enough Republicans and Bor
der State Democrats and Americans will
vote for the proposition TO carry it,
The seizure of the navy yard at Pensacoli
and all the government property and fort
except Fort Pickens, hy the State author
ties, has aroused the commercial interests o
New York. They call upon the government
TO retake its property there, and If the Pres
idcnt has not Sufficient power to do so, the,
urge upon Congress 10 take the nceessar,
steps to give him the power required
From the Herajd correspondence
The nomination Of Mr.. Holt was opposed
by Senators Lane, WigfaA, Bayard, Slide
and Benjamin. They all made speeches
against him The charge being made b,
MeSsrs. oildall ahd Benjamin that Mr. Hoa
was coereiuist, caused Mr. Critteuden
declare ehptatically that he waS glad L
>noW 5lE,t secretary Holt was a c0erciouist
lie believed that Il government without d
disposition 10 use coercion was no govern
ment at all 1t has no marrow in it's bones
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