Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-01-11
TELEGRAPHIG NEWS



Officers from the city Of New York are
here, endeayoring to ferret out the completely
Of government officers with the theft and sale
Of the State bonds taken from the Interior
Department. The object is to prosecute in
behalf Of the holders Of the bonds, who are
threatened with loss in case no attempts are
made to recover them.
The enrolment Of the District Of Columbia
militia will probably commence tomorrow.
A plan for organizing was matured more than
six months ago, but all the officers were not
appointed till recently. The movement now
is to concentrate the militia so as to be efficient
for service, should it be necessary at any time
to call them out to preserve the peace.
Not more than one company of marines
were sent, yesterday, to garrison Fors Wash.
ington, which is on the Potomac river, abou,
fourteen miles from Washington. The for,
has had no garrison for several years. The
object Of supplying it with one now is to avoid
the possibility Of its being occupied by lawless
persons as rallYing point for mischief.
The troops ordered from Leavenworth tc
Fort McHenry are not to be sent South, as
wrongly supposed by many gentlemen from
that section.
The Alabama and Mississippi delegations
held conference, last night, and afterwards
telegraphed to the conventions of their re-
spective States, advising them to secede i'm
mediate!y, saying there is no prospect of 9
satisfactory adjustment They resolved te
remain here, awaiting the action vf their States
New York, Jan. 6.
The Heralds Washington correspondence
n a a - - :
adjustment appears to have ut first met with
considerable favor, and it was thought likely
that the President would commend it to ths
attention Of both houses Of Congress; blu
the caucus of Republicans, after full ani
free discussion upon the merits Of the border
State programme, decided adversely to any
and oil compromises whatever, and agreed t
simply press forward the business of tn,
session, and thus adjourned sine die.
At meeting of the House committee OF
the crisis, yesterday, Mr.. Hamilton, of Texas
submitted q proposition in favor of calling
National Convention from the people, with
| view 20 amending the Constitution so as t,
meet the requirements of all sections of thu
country.
The representatives from Charleston rep
resent the condition of affairs there as dc
plorable. The troops ordered into the feel,
by tho government are said to be suffering
severely from the exposure incident to thei
new mode of life, and much sickness prevail
among them, while the merchants are withou
business and the mechanics without work
Strange as it may appear, now tell yo'
that the President elect has given carl
blanche to senator Seward and Thurlov
Weed to agree upon any plan of settlement
that New York and Pennsylvania can stan,
together upon.
Hon. c. G Clay, jr., of Alabama, has arrived
here. His presence is esteemed q favorable
omen of compromise and peace.
The Navy Department received dispatch
this morning, from the commander of tn
Pacific squadron, ard also communicatin,
intelligence of the probable loss of the sloop
of-war Levant, which had not been heart
from for one hundred days. She was on hel
way from the Sandwich Islands to Panama
under command of Capt. Hunt.