Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-30
SUMMARY OF LATEST NEWS.


ordinance and cooperation resolutions for
submission to the popular vote. This &C.
ton was the result Of a compromise lie.
tween the secess;onis.s and Unionists.
In Burlington, N. j., the Democratic
Union ticket for city officers was elected
by 100 m.jority-a large Democratic gain.
-Gsn. Nye, of New York, has been
appointed Governor of the new territory
of Neveda.
A special dispatch to the New York
Commercial says that the National Intel.
hyencer Of the 10th, contains an editorial
Of six and a half columns, entitled "The
Past, the Present and the Future which
is causing sensation in political circles
here. 1t reviews the action of the seceed.
ing States severally and Jointly and takes
positive grounds against coercion, or the
employment of force in any way to restore
the Federal authority. The InteUige"cer's
opinion is tina, the existing difficulties can
only be settled by the interposition OF a
general convention of the States, and that
the relation Of the seeding States to the
Federal Government can be changed only
by their voluntary return to the Union =;
failing in that, the editors rec no way open
but to acknowledge their Independence out
of the Union. 1t is said many Republi-
cam leaders have expressed similar opin-
ions, but it is equally true, that they are
dsterminedly opposed by others.
The Texas Convention has declared
the Gubernatorisl chair of that State va,
cant. This action was occasioned by the
refusal Of Gov. Houston to take the oath
Of allegiance to the Southern ~Confederscy.
The sloop Isabella, loaded with pro
visions for the u. s. Fleet off Pensacola,
was seized Oh the night of the 10th by
State authorities.
On tho 9Th inst, the California Leg.
i~slature met in Joint Convention to elect u
U. S. Senator, and had five ballots without
making a choice. On the lust ballot the
vote stood-tor Denver 10; McDougall
25; Nugeus l6; Philips q; Weller 49,;
Creaner I Hoge2; Heacock l; Bowie l..
On the 2lst, John Sherman was elect.
ed U. s. Senator from Ohio, wise Chase,
resigned.
Waldo P. johnson has been elected
U. S. Senator by the Missouri Legislature,
to succeed Green, whose term expired on
the 4th of March last. johnson is a SO
cessionist.
The Philadelphia banks resumed spe,
Gle payment on the 18th.
The President has made the following
appointments for the new Territory o.,
Colorado WIN. Gil2in, Governor Lewis
Wells, Secretary; Benz. +. Hall, Of N. Y,
Chief Justice S. Newton Icttis, of Pa,
and Chas l.. Ambor, Associate justices;
Copeland Townsend, Marshal; Wan. l.
Slaughter, of Mich, Attorney; Francis NJ.
Chase OF Ohio, Surveyor General.
Senators Mason and Hunter have left
Washington, and gone to Virginia to urge
immediate secession.
"A Charleston dispatch of The Goth,
says that Col. Lennon had an interview
with Gov. pickens and Gen. B~eauregard,
aud left in company with Col. Darran FOR
Fort Sumter.
The opinion prevails in Washington
that Maj. Anderson will svacuato on Wed
nesday next.
Surgeon Celfax of the L. S. Navy has
returned to Washington from Sumter, and
will make his report of the condition Of
affairs at the fort.
Tho lIerald's Washington correspon
dence says that the programme Of the
Administration in regard to the evacua-
ton of Eft. Sumter. has been altered since
the departure Of Col. Lemon. 1t is now
reported that the evacuation is 10 be cor.
d~itional. Lemon is to examine the stock
Of provisions, and if the supply IS sufi'
cient to maintain the troops now there, he
will deliver the Presidents orders to Mai
Anderson to evacuate the fort.
The Government has received advic-
es that Texas has sen. commissioners to
New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, and Chi
huahua to induce the people there to join
the Southern Conf,d2racv, and the mis-.
sion it is said is regarded favorably.
dispatches from Fort Pickens state
that the garrison is short Of provisions.
and can hold out but a short time:
None but Official communication is
permitted at Pensacola, and the squadron
Gan neither reinforce the fort nor furnish
supplies.
ID. G. Boomer has been appointed
Receiver, aud Frank Street Register of
the U. S. Land Office and W. W. Nav.
nard, Of the Noapnril, Pos, Master at
Council Bluffs.
Appearances seem to indicate that
the Government will be compelled to
abandon Fort Piekens TO the secessionists.
Tho Times Washington corrrespon.
dent says that Maj. Anderson is taking an
inventory Of everything preparatory to
evacuating the Fort. He is, it seems, al
lowed to exercise his own Judgment as to
the method Of leaving.
The regular Washington dispatch saws