The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-03-23
LATEST TELEeRAPHIc NEWS.

Col. E. Y. Sumner has been appointed to
the vacancy oecasioned by the treachery of
Gen. Twiggs.
The regular dispatch from Washington,
March IL. las the following It's said. on
good authority, that Messrs. Crawford and
Forsyth, the Commissioners from the South
ern Congress, entertain the strongest hopes
of preserving the peaceful relations between
the two Governments. There is no doubt
but that their diplomacy is judieious.
A Washington dispatch to the New York
Herald reports that Major Anderson bad in
formed the Government that If reinforce
ments be intended. Carolina would immedi-
ately fill all the channels, and render COM
munication by water impossible.
The Cabinet is considering measures rel
alive to the seizure of the revenue cutters
by Texas.
1t is understood the Administration has
sent out agents to different European Gov
ernments, to inform them of the future policy
OF this Government, thus forestaliing and
defeating the object of the Southern Coufed-
eracy IN sending their Commissioners there
The same course viii be pursued relative to
Mexico.
The Cabinet, as soon as the Southern
forts affair is settled ,will take into consider
alton the collection of the revenue. All are
known to agree THAI it should be collected,
but the manner is the trouble.
Adylces from. Mex Orleans, March 10th,
state that Camp Cooper has surrendered to
Texas The United States officers and SOL
diets were. permitted to march, with trans
portatidnf and subsistence and necessaries,
to San Antonio. at which place the public
arms and property were to be delivered to
the Texan authorities.
Lieut.. Putnam has arrived in Washington
from Texas with dispatches from Col. Waite,
who has been instructed to withdraw from
Texas. and was concentrating his troops at
Indianola. Col. Waite will remain till all
the troops have left. All stores and muni-
tons of war were in the hands of the Texas
Commissioners, who allowed the necessary
supplies to send the troops out of the State.
1t is not yet ascertained that any order
has been issued by Presidential authority in
regard to the evacuation of Fort Sumter, an
event, however, which it is stll considered
will soon inevitably occur. from circum-
stances beyond the Executive control. From
what Is actually known, formal surrender
of the post is not anticipated.
A dispatch from Washington says great
weight is attached in political circles to the
declaration OF Mr.. Fessenden in the Senate,
that the Administration contemplated pol
icy OF peace, and would exercise no author
lty not strictly in accordance with law, and
not until ample time had been taken for the
examination of the question in all its bear
ings.
The Herald correspondence says mem
Der of the Virginia Convention called on the
President to-day, who assured him that no
vessels would be sent South with hostile
intentions, and there would be nothing done
in regard TO the affairs of the South for sixty
uuye, and that it was MS purpose TO restore
peace and prevent the shedding of blood.
Intelligence from Baltimore says that the
first resistance to the Federal authorities
will be there. The purpose of the seces-
sionists is to resist any Republicans taking
possession of the Baltimore offices to the
last.
Intelligence from Charleston states that
there exists pretty strong party in South
Carolina opposed ; to the ratiiying of the
Montgomery Constitution, who will resist
1t at every point.
The Government of the seeded States
has appointed w. L. Yancey, P. A. Post,
A. w. Mann and 7 Butler King, special
to England and France to OBJ
tain recognition of the independence of
the Confederate States, and to make such
arrangements as their joint in
terests may require.
A dispatch from Montgomery to-day
says the South believes that the only thing
that will satisfy the North will be to prove
her ability to maintain her independence by
force of arms, and she is willing to do so.
The impost on negroes imported from the
border will probably be 80 per cent.
The foreign news is of little Importance.
A Paris letter to the Daily News mentions
a rumor in accredited quarters that Prince
Metternieh had just communicated to NJ.
ThouVenal an important note from the Court
of Vienna, asserting therein that the Aus
trian government declares that it never will
recognize Victor Emanuel as King of Italy !;
but if France withdraws her troops from
Rome, she will Immediately replace them by
Austrians, and if the revolutionists make the
least movement in Venetia or Hungary, will
cross the Mincio.
The seige of Messina was expected to COM
mence in few days. The Sardinians occu-
pied the heights commanding the citadel.
It is said the resistance Of the Governor of
the citadel arose from the orders of Francis
Representatives fram foreign powers at Mes
sina protested against the damages that will
ensue.
Marcus J. Parro oft