Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-29
From WashinggOm.
An Extra Session Of Congress to be Called.
NEW YORK, March Il:

1t An Extra Session Of Congress to bs Callet
II NEW York, March Il.
Herszds Washington Correspondence :
WIN. Irwin has been nominated Governc
, of Dacotah.
I. Bigelow Lawrence goes a. Secretary Q
; Legation to England.
Col. Nelson, Of Indiana, will be nominate
d Minister to Brazil.
The Southern commissioners have positiv
a assurances from the Government that no re
Enforcement of the forts will be permitte,
for the present, and the existing status 10 t
remain
10 The Tribune says that Lieut.. slenmer i
, to bs promoted.
No order has yet been sent for the svaeu
alton of Fort Sumter.
8 The Treasury Department is prerarin,
. instructions to Collectors for the execution
Of tho new tariff
> Dispatches from Maj. Anderson say form
liable batteries have been erected in tn,
rear of Fort Sumter, which is its weakes
point
A New Orleans Dispatch to the 7yibun.
says advicss from Montgomery announce
that srrang ments have been made with tbe
commi, sioners at Washington to await The
withdrawal Of the Federal troops before
openining nsgotistions.
Tho Worlds Washington correspondent
states that Capt. Frazer, Ninth Infantry,
and Lieut.. Bannon, Third Infantry, have
70 ignsd
1t is positively known that orders were
issued some days since for the ev. cuat:on of
Fort Sumter, which will be done by Satur-
day.
/ The Administration has not ordered the
reinforcement of Fort Pickens
Mr.. Bayard (Senator from Delaware) will
conclude his speech by Offering a resolution
authorizing . treaty with the Confederate
Ststes.
The rumor that the President 10 about to
issue Q proclamation on the state Of the
Union is untrue
The Commercials Washington dispatch
says: 1t is rumored that the secession move
rnent, under the influence Of the Knights OF
the Golden circle, is spreading in California
and Oregon, but it is thought the Federal
trol ps and officers are true to the Union there.
1t WAS reported that the Cabinet had the
subject under consideration.
WASHINGTON, March 21.
A special dispatch to the Commercial
Aduertiser says that the National Intellt-
gencer OF this morning has an editorial Of
six aud a-half columns, entitled "Ihe Past,
the Present, and the Future" which is caus.
ing sensation in po 'itical circles here. 1t
reviews the action Of the seeded States
severely and pointedly, and takes positive
grounds against CO rcion or the employment
OF force in any way to restore the Federal
authority The IattNigencers cpiuion is
that the existing difficulty can only be sst
tied by the interpositlon of a general Con-
vention Of the States, and that the relations
OF the seeding States to the Federal Gov.
ernment can tie changed only by their VOL
untary return to the Union. Failing in that,
the editors see no way but to acknowledge
their indep ependence of the UOion. 1t is said
hat many Republican leaders have express
ed similar opinions, but it is equally true
that they are determinedly opposed by
others.
Dr.. Galloway has been re-appointed Surgeon
1t the Marine Hospital at Paducah
The Senate confirmed VIM. II. Carter, of
Ohio, Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps;
Cornelius F. Bnck, Marshal for Minnesota:
John Lockwood, Postmaster at Milwaukee:
Elias ". Leevenworth, Commissioner under
the convention with New Grenada Chas. W.
Davis, of Maryland, Secretary to the Com
missioner; Calvin Handson, Of New York,
Commissioner under the convention with
Costa Rica; Charles Howe, Collector at Key
West; Samuel Long, Consul to La Hanna.
The President has nominated Charles L.
Wilson. Of Illinois, Secretary of Legation to
London; VIM. Pennington, of New York,
Secretary of Legation at Paris John L. Ed
nf c.
New York city appointments are under
consideration.
Francis Markoe has been removed from an
important clerkship in the State Department,
and 4. S. Chiffon promoted to fill the vacancy
John s. Smith, Of N. Y bss been appointed
to supply the post vacated by the latter.
NEW YORK, March %.
The Herald's Washington dispatch says
Inconsistencies between Anderson s dispatch
es before and after the inaugural lead to
whisperings in Executive circles tina: the
Major may be in completely with the seces-
sionists.
Charles L. Wilson, editor of the Chicago
Journal, has been nominated Secretary Of
Legation to London.
The President has determined to call an
extra sessOn of Cor gress.
Commander Stringham has been ordered
toreport imm .diately to the Navy Department
The HeraM's Washington dispatch says
bei7g made to induce the Presid Mt to make
the New York app >intments, especially the
Marshal and District Attorney, still they are
kept back. There is a hitch somewhere
he intimated pretty plainly to gentleman
who called to See about them that certain men
had misrepresented Affairs, and he had been
m.sled in regard to certain men who were
prominent for positions The New York
appointments will be made tomorrow or next
day. Mr. Barney will be Collector. Mr..
Dart, Ct St Lawrence county, has good show
for Attorney of the Northern District of New
York.
Gen. Nye's nomination as Governor of
Nevada Territory is very 1nuch liked. He
accepts the position.
WASHINGTON, March %.
The proposition Of the British Government
to refer the San Juan question to some foreign
Government was submitted by the President
| to The Senate. The matter was under stood
to have been debated in Executive session
without conclusion. Senator NeEmith opposes
the proposition, being unwilling to agree to
any plan involving the possibility of giving
up the Island.
There is no determination in Administration
circles relative to an extra session of Congress.
According to present indications, the nom
inarion of Holloway as Commissioner OF
Patents cannot be confirmed, the Committee
on Patents not having reported on the subject.
His name will therefore probably be with
drawn.
NEW YORK, March %.
The following are special dispatches from
Washington:
| Herald The Administration will reply
to the Southern Commlssio ners in few days
stating that it has no power to treat with them
and that they can be regarded only as agents
of dissatisfe,- people; but will refer them
/ "a thu VI GOnUrpsS