, 1861-01-26

The exposure in the Timer OF tile conduct Of
certain parties in this city who are furnishing
arMes TO sccediug Stntcs lE,s struck consc crn:i-
tion among lherl, aud has smoked one Of their
number out at last Col. Dyer, Of Chicago,
has. according to ore Of your contemporaries,
authorized q denial Of the statement that he
WIS sellin,, arms to mississippi OF purchasing,
for her; but Iia acknowledges tha; he is p11r.
cliasing for himself
# Col. Dyer will investigatc, ne will find that
the lines never named him us the parry who
was doing anything Of the kind, and Yet he
aipropriatcs the rcbullc all to himself and ac-
knowielgcs onc-half the charge Undoubtetl-
ably will lot authorize tho statement that he
expects to use len thousand rifles on his 0wa
account nor that e is not recently from Miss
issippi himself, and has communicated with
persons recently in that State concerning tile
the purchase OF arms.
TIE POSITION OF MARYLAND.
All reliable advices from Maryland agree that
the loyalty OF that Suite to tho Union is. now
definitely settled. Un:on rncn at Baltimore
arc solicltons HAT NJ: LINCOLN should halt
temporarily i'll that city On his way 10 Wasil-
in.to'', that they may have IN opportunity to
redeem the city from the suspicion that lie il
i'll danger there. Many Of ihc best citizens
pledge their lives tnat lie shall receive every
cisil;fy and attention.
Adviccs fl.1n Cuipenper, Virgins, hereto
Tore considered strong secession district, i'll
dicatc that 1lc Union men will carry their del
egatc to the Convention BY lsrse majority. :,
TEE rrsSsrLyAS1A CABINET APPOINTMENT.
The statement that Mr. Seward had written
a letter 10 flr. Lincoln, or authorized atv ey-
preston Of preference concerning q Cabinet
appointment from Pennsylvania, is entirely.
1ln1ounded. 1lr. Kellogg and other volunteer
missionaries to Springfield have gone bn their
own account, aud carried no commission from
Washington. 49, 81. .t..-; I
TIE pzsrATcnEs TO COMMODORE ARMSTRONG;,
Lieut.. Sanders was recently sent to peusaco-
ia with dispatches to Commodore Armstrong
When lis arrival there bcc1nc known.a1la tl,.
object OF his presence suspected, he was i'm
lnediatc!r surrounded hy crowd, and the dis
tr theHl into my hands but those Of Cemmo-
dorc ARMSTRONG no matter what Consequences.
were threatened. This point was conceded.
and tue papers were handed over, only 10 be
seized as 1oou as they had passed into the
Comnodore's possession; and apparently With.
rebels ,Wajer Chase, commanding: Florida
volunteers, gave Lieut.. Sanders a passport. =,
THE SOUTHERN coSrEDE.AcY. :,;:; *:
Every effort will lie made to shape the South.
eTn Government as soon as practicable, with
vac" VI E1tse1tlns5 lplmluau!c OlSanlzAl0n-
before tic fourth Of March. 1t is to be called
Tie Confcderacy Of North America: 'The-pr
cit Constitution OF theUnitcd: States viii be
adoptcd, with an amendment extending the
period Of naturalization to twenty-onc Years.
Other alterations arc proposed, hut not ma:
turcd. by tic managers who have assumed the.
absolute control Of this movement, md do
not deign that thcpcorle shall have any voice
In the new order OF things. It Is Indeed to be,
Il close corporation throughout. :. 80
Mr. CLEMENS 'scrEcu-ALasoEF A FEAuAs,.
Clemens Of Virginia, made Union speech.
which completed: orerwhel1nad and stuBneti
tho: Seccssionists. lie, OF course, treated The
Republicans IL = Democrat 5 suEinion1o of TINT
parTy, and paid his respects 10 The Abolition
lists in sfTonS tc1me Of dcnupciat{ {ep, bpt1 t1Aen :!
he atta9Erd SECESSION aud showed, Lis own
scquen: upon dissolution and the formation Of
two sci'arate GpMedcracies, there was au ..sr- 1
teuse excitement: p,1 the pcmocr2:ic side. In
the midst Of this lis honr' expired, ind upen
III attempt to extend his time, 1 boisterous
scene occurred, which at one time; threatened
arrow. Martin Of Virginia, mid Rust Of AZ
kansas, attacked Clemens bitterly, in violation
said: "Lct linn go On with his -treason We,
will teach the traitor when <ftc grE 10 vi:
sini:." Logan Of Illinois replied =" II his
speech isfTcaeon thcre:js no man in Virsiuia
who call answer it," FDnke Of Illinois, H.
sis.etl upon Clemens going On. Rust md
lIinln,an- of hkauEIs, tit c:afed lie Should f0T,
Ind upon nn n1tempt being made to give him
leave, first the Southern men very discourte-
ous1y refused it. Their excited behavior
showed that JUG Ard. told tha uthant touched
them to the quick Washburn of Illinois fol-
lowed il ~ able speech. @~,,..,
:, rosI7TioS oF: riiE EI:EfG1Iic1Sz. :aSIic1Sz
4 canvass Of tho Republican side Of the
tteuse was ta'scn to-day, ::udf Fl no ihGhi:
DSrs g expressed their determined opposition to
ail COMPROMISES under n,enncc, as tending to
. aemnraiize tAe Goycrumcnt and establish tl,f I
Isle IN Un:ta.f Stat Il, oT rebellion
against the Will :cf Tic majority legally. cx~
pressed. They pronounced, under nresrif cir.
at least, against amendments fo the:t
Constitution, or the establishment If more
slave territory, or the unsolicited aslmissinn oT
slave States. In this expression tie rieItu-
two arc u1a1imous.s About dozen Remit:
cans from various States declined to ,state at
present how far they would 90. :"
.HosWrALrFY or TIE caAR1EsroSi4ss!t..
There is = good deal of growing among Mn
Eyland men about the treatment at Charleston,
) C., Of agoutleman who went there lasttweek
IN legitimate business, Involving money traus-
lotions, Who was compelled to walk the street i
III night, because no one would give him thel- |
er, and to 1eaye town the next day, in cb1se-
luence of'a' watning received ffoln some
Committee Of Safety,'' Who ordered htn.to |
10 20. The gentleman is the son Of one Of the