Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-04
WASHINGTON aesa D.


The New York Times correspondent saws
that Col. Hunger, the Postmaster of Charles
ton, has forwarded an order to the PostofTicc
Department for $40 worth of postage stamps,
for the use of the Charleston Office. The d.
partmcnt p7stponrs filling thc order for the
present. OA!y twelve PoStnElsters have re-
signal in South Carolina. No contractor for
carrying the mails has yet intimated wish to
throw up his contract.
Tne correspondent of the Herald says:
Accounts from New York received through
democratic Channels, report that the anti-seccs-
sion feeling is gaining immense strength there.
Accounts from the same State, through Re
publican chann.ls, go further, and after cx-
hortln5 their friends to stand firm granite,
say if physical force is wanted to sustain the
Union enough can be sent from the Empire
State to plant the District of Columbia with
fighting men as thick as bulrusheS. That the
Union sentiment Mt the North is powerful,
daily assurtnccs are received here from demo
Gratis who go with the South all lengths except
dissolution
There is n dispatch in the Tribune to the
effect that Gen. Scott intends to be present
and assist, officially, at Mr.. Linc0ln's iuaugu-
ration. and will give the prestige Of his name
and character to the becoming observanccs of
that occasion. The threats which are now
fcolishly circulated by reckless presses. are dis
regarded there. The people of Washington
will take care to preserve or,ler, and to pro-
tect themselves against ruffianism from what
ever qaarter, and if volunteers to. defend the
laws are needed, there will be plenty on the
spot.
A more healthy state of feeling is visible all
oFer town. The faces of the Washingtonians
begin again TO smile, and the confidence that
the Union may yet last, in spite of the dangers
surrounding it, seems to have returned.
This sudden change is to be ascribcd to the
| fact that the Secretaryship of War was tender
! cd to Gen. Scott by the President, indicating
! that the latter has still more care for the
! Union. The General, knowing that it would
! be rather difficult to get along with Mr.. Buch-
aDan in the Cabinet, and not being willing to
give up his own position, declined The appoint
ment and with his fullest appreciation, the
present Postmaster-General, Mr.. Holt, a Union
man and patriot, was appointed Secretary OF
War al lmOrim.
1t is said the revenue cutter Harriet Lane
has sailed with sealed orders, the destination
probably being Charleston.
AS may be expected, the Disunionis feel
awfully tonight, cursing the President and
! Gen. Scott most Justify. Ii the President only
holds out, everything may yet be well.
Mr.. Holt deserves great credit for his pat
riotic efforts. The same must be said Of MIR.
Stanton, the Attorney General. He is u
| tborouDh Outspoken Union man and has Ia
bored assduously to induce the President to
stand by the Union. Whatever their political
predledictions may be, all parties will thank
them for their timely services.
A dispatch to the Herald says ,-
1t is stated on reliable authority, that sew
eral thousand men are already enrolled, and
i large accessions are daily made, both in Mary
land and Virginia, to take possession of this
capital. They declare that Mr.. Lincoln shall
never be inaugurated in this city. Many Re
publicans have been assured Of this. II the
present state of things go on, and there is no
settlement, rely upon it, the Capitol never will
be permitted to pass into the hands of the Re
pubicans.
Further dispatches to the Times are
All the letters from the North indicate a
rapidly improving feeling there. Several
prominent Republicans have dispatches from
large New York merchants, saying at an
hours warning one hundred thousand men
would be ready to go to Charleston to collect
the revenue, Even Mr.. Sickles has come
back tanned, and he says he never saw such a
complete revolution in sentiment as exists in
New York.