New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-23

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SATURDAY, MARCH 90, 1861.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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The mails for Europe, by the steamship Etna'
will close this morning at 10i o'clock.
It is reported that the Hon. Henry j. Ray
mond of The N. Y. Times will be appointed
Consul to Paris, one of the most agreeable posts
in the gift of the Government-salary $4,000 a
year.
Captains seem to be in luck just now.
Beside Captain Schultz appointed Marshal Capt
Britton of the merchant service has been ap-
pointed United States Consul at Southampton,
England.
We call attention to the statement of MIR.
David Dudley Field respecting the vote OF New,
York in the recent socalled Peace Conference at
Washington. Mr.. Field effectively defends him
self against the charge Of having caused the vote
of the State to be lost in the last decisive de-
cision Of the Conference.
The latest intelligence from California renders
probable the existence of disuniOn conspiracy
among Southern officers of the army there, in
concert with gang OF desperate adventures
calling themselves Knights of the Golden Cir
"cle." The loyalty of the mass of the people,
however, is said to be proof against the machl-
nations Of the traitors
The lOng-standing dispute with Great Britain
about the Island of San Juan, in Nancouver's
Sound, is likely to be referred, at the suggestion
of the British Government, to Switzerland for
arbitration. Great Britain proposed to refer 1t to
Sweden, Holland or Switzerland, and the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations has reported in
favor of accepting Switzerland as mediator.
The nomination Of Mr. Burnngame as Minister
to Austria has been confirmed by the Senate by
vote of 80 to G, the opposition being from Pro-
Slavery Senators, who objected to his indorSe-
ment of The Impending Crisis of the South"
These judicious gentlemen seem to be determined
to continue their advertisement of Mr.. Helpers
book, in which good work we are very willing
to aid them.
The nomination of Gen. j. w. Nye of this
l.
terday confirmed by the Senate. We consider
this altogether the best appointment yet made at
the instance of Mr.. Seward There is no doubt
that Gen. Nye is Republican. He really be-
lieves in the doctrines Of the party, and has rem
dered genuine service in the great work of fixing
them in the hearts Of the people
Joshua r. Giddings has been appointed United
| States Consul General for British America, to
reside at Montreal, with salary of $4,000 a
year. AS Mr.. GiddiDgs, at his advanced age,
would not probably care TO cross the Atlantic,
the Government has given him most valuable
and honorable foreign appointment on this side
of the water, recognition justly due to his
eminent and lifelong services in the cause OF
Freedom.
Mr.. Goodrich of Minnesota has been appointed
Secretary of Legation to Belgium; Mr.. Palmer
! of Pennsylvania Minister to Ecuador; William
Glpin of Missouri Governor Of Colorado, and
! BENJAMIN f. Hall of New-York Chief Justice Of
/ the same Territory. Mr.. Glpin is Republi-
I can-one of the gallant band of Anti-Slavery
/ men who, with Frank Blair and Gratz Brown,
| have stemmed the tide of treason and disunon
! in Missouri.
1t is reported by a correspondent Of The Com
merciGL Adcertiser, we believe correctly, that
/ Capt. A. H. Schultz of this City was yesterday
nominated to the Senate as the successor of
I Capt Isaiah Rynders in the Office Of u. S. Mar
shall of the Southern District of New-York. 1t
is understood that he is appointed at the earnest
| solicitation Of Gov. Seward. Capt Rynders is
/ believed to have found the Office one Of great
value.
The Arkansas Convention, after rejecting a
Secession ordinance by vote of 80 to IS, finally
agreed that the question should be referred to the
people at an election to be held on the first
! Monday in August next, when the ballots are to
decide For Cooperation" or " For Secession"
| Til August, then, Arkansas remains in the Union,
! and as the sober-secoud thought of the people has
five months to work in, we have little doubt that
her vote will at the last be strong against
| Secession.
Mr.. Howe the new Republican Senator from