New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-13
FROM MARYLAND.
THE SEC ESSION CONFERENCE TO-MoR-
ROW.
MIR. CHARLES PITTs's GPINIoN-ABsURD RuhoRs
ABOUT THE BALTIMORE APPOIETMINTs-
BALTIMORE, March II, 1861.


From Our Own Correspondent.
BALTIMORE, March II, 1861.
The Secession Convention, or ruther Conference,
will meet Tomorrow III our city. according ~
udinurnurnt. What the CHIEF consplrators design
10 do, they hardly know Themselves. Some OF
them have been To Richmond to confer with their
br.threp but, it Is said, they have come back
undecided what 10 DO. They Will not be able, If
is thought, to recommend anything very violent,
but there's 10 telling Rabies grows worse ~
death approaches tue victim.
| hear of another OF the most prominent MEN,
bers of our bar Mr.. Charles Pitts, whore opin-
ions Of Republ cansm nnd Secession have under
gone great charge. He is reported to have said
that since 1t bas been seen that R'pubhcani.m,
IA defined by Mr. Corwlns amendment, does not
mean invasion of the Slave rights OF the Slave
States, if the election for Lincoln we're to take
place to.morrow III Mar, land, the vote would 10
up to very high figure. As to Secessionism,
Mr. Pitts is quoted having gwen it as his opiD.
iOn that il Ia utterly de'uuct IN Maryland, Tor
be- IL said In be convinced that the farmers are
unwilling r. ruin themselves to please the large
slayet older. in their rad upon free territory. To
me, Sir. Pltts's opinion is Of as grest value AS
that Of any other uah IN the State, for he enjoys
a widespread reputation for being keen aud
calm observer Of mtn aud things
The Republicans OF tDis city are in great CON-
motion about the Federal appointments in this
city, in consequence Of absurd rumOr that
seems to gam s,me credeDce, that Postmaster
- IL. -. l,,a a. tina. al,
distribution of this patronage and that the lucky
gentlemen are az follows: Francis $. COrkrsp,
Collector; J. Pnkney Ewing, Postmaster; James
Jeftry Naval Officer; ID. S. Orem, Surveyor;
Washington BoDliaDt, Marshul; Mr.. Foley,
Navy Agent and Mr.. Armour, Dissatisfaction
pey. Not oDly are the Republicans excited, but
the rest of the community are too, for the rea-
son that not one OF these gentlemen Is d resident
Of the city, except Mr.. Foley, aud he only
Gently 3d. having como from Pennsy lyania. They
are all county men, for though Mr.. Corkran
does busiless IN town, he resides IN Baltimore
County But this is not all. The general judg-
meut is against the WELDON Of such u selection,
ia a whole in the present excited state OF the
public mind, for it does not BY any means in-
clude the best men of the Republican party 10
the State, and is not calculated to cOnclliate the
popular prejudice against the Republican party.
And as if to compllcate matters, still more ab-
surd rumor is afoat, that the elder Mr. Blair
and the Postmaster General are going to establish
Republican penny paper in Baltimore, to be
edited BY the Postmaster that 10 10 be, Mr.
Ewing
From all that / can learn, take it that these
foolish rumors, which have 50 deeply stirred our
community for the Inst two days, have arisen out
of the simple fact that Mr.. Blair favOrs the ap-
pointment Of some Of these gentlemen for the
posts above named, but as they are all Presiden-
tial appointments except that Of the Navy Agent.
and all go through other Departments than bis
except that Of Postmaster, it will be at once
seen that it is doing great injustice TO Mr.
Blair to attribute to him u purpose Of assuming
TO himself responsibilities that belong TO other
Secretaries. Political circles were more assured
last evening, on learning from Washington that
no appointments whatever had been made for
Baltimore and that the very best mon Of the Re-
publican party will DO selected for our Federal
Offices, men who not only possess the confidence
Of their own party, but command tho respect Of
tho general public.
! hear strange things about the return Of tho
Seeding States 10 their duty In tho, Federal