The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-02-20

By Telegraph.
Especial from the Charleston Mercury.
Congressional.

Especial from the Charleston Mercury
Congressional.
WAsHlSGToS, February I2.-The Abo.
ilt'onists 70 day express their Willingness
for general Convention Of all the States
The Virginia Peace Commissioners pro.
nounce this frivolous pretext t. prolonr
the negotiations until Lincoln shall have
been inaugurated, and say that if the pre-
sent Pence Conference can't arree there
VIII be no use in any other assembling.
The Southern Border States ara firm in
demanding final settlement And va, ,hcy
row nearly all acknowledge that this is i'm.
possible.
Ihe case stands thus Twenty seven
states remain IN the Union of these, twen
ty.s'x are" required to ralfy any amend
msnt TO inc Constitution, pro-, .ded the Sc.
ceeing States are considered still to L,
long to the Union. Twenty six VIII never
unite in any such ratification and. ON the
other hand, Congress will never recoroizc
the independence of the seeded States
and thus there is a dead lock in n, matter
of n compromise.
Congress Is rapidly pushing thronrh
measures looking To hostilft,es. Tyler s:P q
that he hns the assurance that mt least tn,
OF the Northern States will 20 with I'm,
| South, II Il single blow be struck Ly lin.
Government AT Washington toward, the
subjugGtion Of the South.
Buchanan spent an hour with TYLER lus,
evening. and thanked him for his inter,es
sion ~ preventing n collision thus far. The
oin rnolic L fHhcuonary is quite delighted
at Tie prospect of there beng no blood
shed until after the 4,h Of March.
The Virginia and Kentucky Commissions.
| a. FS mr. a
from Fort Sumter. They arrue th,, if il
be true that the Federal troc1s nrr ken,
there for the protection of tlrrL.s,op
charleston does not desire their pru,nr,,..,
The Commissioners ask why ,hou,d pro.
lection be forced upon them Bn, H..
President steadily decline, entering their
request.
The President has issued his proclaim.
ton calling an Executive Session Of IL.
Senate after the Ith Of March next.
| WAsHINroN, February I3 In the Sen
ale, tile proceedings We're unimportrnt Al
O'Clock, The counting of the electoral yoi,.
ior PRESIDENT was proceeded with which
'esu,.e" IN 'he election of Abraham Lincoln.
Of Illinois.
In the House, the proceedings were un-
During the session, the Capi,ol WAS .,.r
rounded by considerable Guard of th,.
regular military doul,lr., or
some outside a'tcmpl to prevent the co,nt
WAsnISGToN, February I3-Lirroln b..
gins 10 talk out. He made Il speech +, In
dmnopIis The other day, in which he said
That he meant to deny the right Of s..c,.
sion, TO enforce the irHs," and 10 Recover
n' ths l"''s and Federal property now IN
the hands OF the authorities of the sec.dn,
| states, anu to collect the revenue" I,.
declares himself opposed to "coercon," b,t
| 'nat MI these gentle measures must and
| sn"'' oe carried out. The news Of this
| Pheasant programme so cody chulkri an,
by the ruler Of the Abolition States. b,.
lai'en ike bombshell in the ranks ,',l..
Paciiieators here. The Coercion; 4. ,,.
highly eated.
| Lincoln yesterday asked a DISTINGUISHED
kentuckian whether the I,y;s,,ru,. ,,r ~.
State were serious in passing an,i coercion
resolutions!
The ken,uckian having r.pIird "Up.
doubtedly,' Lincoln rrivined, .ph.n. sir
hentueKy had better prepare for war"
lhe conimittee To arrange. ia, farms or
Pac,'lcat'on have not yet reported. bciup
| "hao'e 10 ngree. om reliably informed ia,
h'ght 'llat there Is not the most d,,tan,
prospect ot any AGREEMENT The Southern
= omm'ssloners are becoming .sstIrss. and
talk Of leaving for home
WAsHISGroS, February i5.-m the p,a,.
Conference to-day, the COMMITTEE or u
majority ot Them -sUCcecded Ut length in 4
making report Mears Sedion Of Vlr
glnia, Rdiiin of North Carolina. and D,ni
ph"n "i Missouri, stated, nc considerable
leng'h, the grounds of their opposition 10
The report. They declined, how ever. nan
h'ng any minority report. II is uuder,iond
That Virginia, NOIth Carolina aud Missouri
VIII vote against the prcpor,ition su.grs
led by the Committee, which isa kind OF
mougrel compromise, combining some Of
The features "f the Critienden with IN.
Guthrie proposal.
u Is rumored that the proposition of the
Committee will be adopted by the Confer.
enee, Notwithstanding that some Of the
border Southern States will kick at A.
Mes-rs. Tyler, ScddOh and Brock cni,o
rough will nIl urge the virginia Couv,n
tlon to spurn the proposal of the terrified
hbolitl"hists. Rves and Summers Nill
recommend its adoption.
Tue action of the Virginia Convention /,
considered here 10 be very donblful In
Congress, however, il is very clea. that the
Conference Compromises will be- immediate
ly rejected