The New York Herald Newspaper, December 30, 1860, Page 4

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Agents will please send in their orders a3 early as pos- sible. oOo The News. ‘The news from Washington is highly important. Avother break in the Cabinet is announced. Mr. Floyd, the Secretary of War, yesterday resigned his post. The cause of this step on the part of Mr. Floyd is explained in our telegraphic despatches. It appears that the South Carolina Commissioners @emanded of the President, as an ultimatum, the withdrawal of the federal forces from all the forts fm the harbor of Charleston, and in this demand they were sustained by the Secretary of War. The President was ready to disavow the action of Ma- jor Anderson in occupying Fort Sumpter, and willing to place the federal forces in the,position they held previous to the abandonment of Fort Moultrie. The Cabinet copsultation lasted six hours, and in the end the resignation of the Secre- tary of War was accepted. It is stated that the President is preparing a special message, which will be sent to Congress to-morrow, in reference flo recent events in Charleston. The appearance ‘Of this document will be looked for with the great- est anxiety. The House Crisis Committee yesterday agreed to recommend the admission of New Mexico into the Union as a State, with or without slavery, as her people may elect. The proposition received the support of all but five of the republican mem- bers of the committee. The South Carolina Convention yesterday was notified by the Collector of Charleston that all the revenue officers had entered the service of the Btate, and that he had commenced receiving da- ties and transacting other business. The Conven- tion adopted an ordinance authorizing the pay- ment of duties in bills of the bauks of the State, instead of specie, as required by the federal go- vernment. _ Inaddition to the occupation of Fort Moultrie and Castle Pinckney, and the Arsenal, Custom House, and Post Office at Charleston, by the seces- sionists, the Treasury Department was yesterday apprizea of the seizure of the revenue cutter at that port by the authorities of South Carolina, and the resigaation of her captain, who is a native of that State. The Navy Department was also informed @y Lieutenant Foster) commanding the slaver Bonita, which was carried into Charleston as a prize, that his prisoner, the captain of the Bonita, was taken on writ of habeas corpus before aState Judge, who remanded him on the ground of want of jurisdictiqn, and that while conveying bis prisoner from the court to the ship, he was forcibly taken from his custody by a mob. The steamship which passed Cape Race on Fri- @ay last at cleven o'clock A. M., showing No. 7,912, was the North American, from Liverpool 20th via Londonderry ist inst., bound to Portland, at which place she will probably arrive some time to-morrow. ‘The steamship Matanzas, from Matanzas for this port, put into Norfolk yesterday short of coal. Bhe had experienced a severe and continued gale ‘of wind, She was to leave for her destination last e The body of the man supposed to have been murdered near Calvary Cemetery, Long Island, has not yet beon identified, nor has anything farther been discovered calculated to afford a clue to the unravelling of the mystery. A few days after the discovery of the body of the man the Dody of a fowl was also discovered. It was in a muslin bag, and had brown feathers on its head and all the appearance of having been also in the wicinity afew days. This led to the supposition hat it may have been in the possession of the deceased previous to his death, We are indebted to the Adams Express Compa- ny for Southern papers in advance of the mail. ‘The cotton market was again firmer yesterday, with « fRood demand from the trade. ‘The sales embraced 4.000 Dales, chiefly from store. We now quote middling up Jands at 11X¢., and at the close come holders de ‘manded 11}ge. In recent years the progress of inven- Bion has enabled manufacturers, almost without the {power of detection, to mix cotton with other raw mate. Tials ip the production of cloths, he. Large quantities of f00ds sold af linen, woollen, or even as silk goods, contain ‘nn admixture of cotton. Flannels, heavy cloths, cassi- ‘meres, linen piece goods, ke., often have cotton con- coaled ‘a Jbeir comporition. This process of mingling cotton with other materials so as to deceive the eye has contributed to extend the demand for it@ consumption be- spond what would otherwise have been the case if con- fined to the production of articles composed exclusively ‘of this material. The effect has been to greatiy cheapon wheat, sales of which were and prices un- changed. Corn was firm and in good export demand, ‘with more doing. Pork was frm, with sales of new meas 92 FLO 124 m FAO ai, nad OF ROW prisms wb FUL Ow #44 60, NEW YORK HERALD; SUNDAY, DECEMBER 39, 1860. ee aud old do. at §10 26 a $10 60. Sugars were steady, with fakin of 600 & 700 hdds., 160 do, meiado and 1,200 boxes. Coffee was unchanged and sales light. Freights "wore firmer while engagements were moderate. Settlement and Compromise Abamdoned by the Senate. Our readers have seen the announce- ment that the Select Committee of the Senate, appointed to draw up measures of compromise to heal the breach between the North and the South, had “agreed to report to the Senate on Monday next that they had been unable to agree upon any basis of settlement,” This is not unexpected news tous. The ex- tremes of both sections rejected all com- promises, and ought to be held responsible for the consequences which may ensue. The principal of these propositions—the ex- tension of the Missouri line of compromise— which was originated by John Cochrane and the New York delegation in the House of Re- presentatives, proposed by various members of Congress, in modified forms, in both houses, and submitted by Mr. Crittenden to the Senate Committee, was most reasonable, and if adopted immediately by Congress and sent to the people to be voted for in convention, as an amendment to the constitution, it would have operated as a charm in arresting the rapidly spreading spirit of disunion, and restor- ing that “domestic tranquillity” which was one of the declared objects of the “more perfect Union” established by the adoption of the con- stitution. It was proposed to extend to the Pacific the line of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes—making slavery legal on the southern side of it and illegal on the northern side—a measure which is but the extension of that which saved the country from civil convulsion forty years ago. As by this division of the territory the North would secure two-thirds free forever trom slavery, and the South would have only one- third for the extension of its institution, the acceptance of this arrangement on the part of the South would be extremely liberal. By the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case, every slaveholder has a perfect right to go into any part of the common territory and settle with his slaves, despite of all territorial legisla- tion and all laws of Congress. The constitu- tion, as expounded by the Supreme Court, is the supreme law of the land. The South would therefore be giving up its legal and constitu- tional right in two-thirds of the territory for the sake of peace and harmony, and the North ought to be content with the concession for the sake of the Union, which is worth far more than all the territory. It is sad to think of the government founded by the patriots of the Revolution being dis- solved for a mere abstraction, which climate, soil and the natural laws of migration have practically settled; for no one believes that slavery could ever be established north of the Missouri line. The competition of white labor would onst it more effectually than any laws that could be enacted by Congress or Territorial Legislatures. On the other hand, it is folly on the part of the North to attempt to pre- vent the extension of slave labor in the territory lying west of the South- ern States. As the republicans disclaim any intention or any right to interfere with slavery in the Southern States, they can gain nothing by circumscribing it in a small area. By sucha policy there would not be one slave the less. On the contrary, the most effectual way to get rid of slavery is to permit it to expand. By diffusing it over a large surface it is diluted and weakened. By confining it to a narrow compass it is concentrated and rendered more compact. If slavery be an evil, it is aggra- vated tenfold by increasing in any locality the number of slaves in proportion to the whites. It is humanity, on the principles of the republicans themselves, to permit slavery to expand weat- ward, where it is destined to become grada- ally extinguished by the competition of free labor. Thus the mistaken policy of the re- publican party really tends to perpetuate and strengthen slavery instead of diminishing it. ‘As far as the abstract right is concerned it is undoubtedly with the South, and all the ter- ritorial legislation of Congress since the forma- tion of the constitution has been aggressive upon the rights of the Southern States, In- dependently of the plain principle that terri- tory acquired by the common efforts and common treasure of all the States belongs equally to ali, and that citizens of the Southern States have the same right to enter it with their negro slaves as citizens of the Northern States with their hired labor or theit horses and mules, there ia an express stipulation in the treaty with France ceding the territory in disputewest of the Mississippi, that the rights,and immunities of the citizens occupying it should be held in- violate. Now, it is not disputed that one of those rights was to hold slaves; and as a treaty becomes the supreme law of the land, equal in authority to the constitution itself, prohibition of slavery by Congress or Territorial Legisla- tures cannot legally operate in any part of the Louisiana territory. No power can inter- fere with it till a new State, on admission into the Union, prohibits it by its constitution. Yet, in violation of these principles of justice, the Northern members of Congress in 1819 refused to admit the State of Missouri into the Union because it would not prohibit slavery, and at last they only consented to its admission on the condition of the South surrendering its right to emigrate into any part of the territory lying north of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes, slavery being probibited north of that line, This was therefore a compromise which was extorted from the South by the power of the North in Congress. Texas and ite territory were acquired subse- quently to this period, and California and New Mexico; and the anti-slavery agitation was again revived, and reached s dangerous crisis in 1860, when the South offered to extend the line of the Missouri compromise to the Pacific ‘The proposition unfortunately was rejected, and a temporary peace was patched up, which virtually, but not in exprese terms, abrogated the Missouri compromise. In 1854 It was wiped from the statute book by the leaders of the democratic party in Congress, and in 1856 the Supreme Court, in the case of Dred Scott, decided that the Missouri compromise was un- constitational, and a nullity from the beginning. As the law, therefore, now stands, slave- holders bave a right to settle in any part of the United States territory with their slaves. But they fear that the composition of the Supreme Court may be changed under 4 fe. grplignn administration, and that a contrary exposition Of the constitution may be given hereafter, or that a republican President may os alford them pragtigally the cadsting proteg tion of the constitution in the territory. | The Pertis of Newcvaper Correspondents. Under these circumstances they would be wil-} Among the numerocs popular delusions ling to surrender a portion of their rights in | of the day, none is morg prevalent than order to secure the rest. But the republicans | that the life of a newspaper cotrespondent is say that the Missouri Compromise line was | one ofthe mopst delightful that the mind can con- agreed upon before, and was repealed by Con- | vive or the heart can wish. People euerally gress, and may be repealed again. This objec- | believe that the representative of a tion, however, is answered by making the com- | leading journal, either in London, or Paris, or promise a part of the constitution, so that it | New York—and there are really no journals cannot be repealed. All who desire the per- | Worthy the name anywhere else—is feled, petuation of the Union and to save the country | honored and petted over and above all ordi- from civil war ought to promote this compro- | nary mortals; that his journeys are after the mise measure; and notwithstanding that com- | manner of triumphal marches; that for mittees of Congress have not adopted it, alast | him the fatted calf is always killed, and effort ought to be made in Congress itself to | that his bed is one of roses, violets, carry it; and if it finally fails there, an appeal | and all manner of sweet and plea- ought to be made to the people in their sove- | gant things. As a rule the truth is reign capacity. It is not all that is needed, but | quite the reverse of all this. The life of a it would go a great length to arrest the pro- | “special” correspondent, with ite trials, its diffi- grees of revolution, and, with one or two other | culties, its tedious journeys by day and vigils healing measures, might be made the basis of | by night, has yet to be described. At every reconciliation and of permanent domestic | step the “special” is encountered by the inso- peace. - lence of office or the rudeness of the mob. He Sioxs oF THE Times in Evnors.—Our for- | "St be in half a dozen places at the same moment, and should have a dozen eyes and a eign correspondence, published yesterday, ae, gives us a toleably @implete view of the | hundred bands. In the midst of the greatest state of affairs in Furope. The great Pow- excitement he must be eareful to keep his tem- ere are evidently preparing for a coming per in a sort of moral refrigerator; otherwise struggle. Even England is arming Corfu he is liable to make serious blunders, and mis- and Malta as they were never armed before, = Rererne Mig avis in terris is your and the already impregnable fortress of Gibral- | eho a a ae . satel correspondent, tar is being rendered doubly secure by the sub- sshsatpeinetiies quite new, s If we are not greatly mistaken, the first special titution of Armstron, of the highest cali- 4 ces foe thease forma Be res § hig! om correspondents despatched upon very important issions were those employed by the New York Austria, of course, is fully equipped, and at | ™ eo emaployed by vast exponse that pr ale bo y. matiby's and New Orleans journals during the Mexican speedy war and victory. Meanwhile rain war. Some of these correspondents were at- threatens her, and it is that which is mostlikely | ‘*¢hed to the army and navy, and the govern- to ruin her. We know the proverb, “give a madd waeno much exéreived ‘at ‘being obliged dog a bad name,” &e.; and what applies to pri- to receive the news of the operations of its cane cahih oni deptedlen applies equally to forces through such “irresponsible” sources as those of nations. France is steadily preparing the newspapers, that it prohibited officers for any emergency, and her naval forces are of the united servige from contributing to their columns. This action did not, however, being brought up to the highest efficiency, 4 which is saying much, for it is generally ac- remedy fie mater We mon fer ier Se? Ss before, in advance of the government. During Knowledges that she is better equipped in that the cable ,ovania.of 1943,. the Loddon respect than England herself. At the same time | - erp thearmy is being similarly perfected, and all the Journals employed: special correspondents at all important points, and the true history of appliances necessary for transport are rapidly the uprising of the European peoples is to be advancing towards completion. * found only in the files of the Times and other Russia has regained more than her old - ‘ British journals. During the Crimean war the strength since the Crimean war, and Germany cpveonaaiiiinh-saea/tesh, te ized is an anxious spectator of the moves on the rant geste ” a4 eng political chessboard of nations. We find the iy ae waltiary stem <i copembenty” tive of one of the leading papers being key to all this in the refusal of Austria to en- taped ba the general’ sia With he’ rank tertain any proposals for the sale of Venetia. P 8 J f Major. Subsequently, when the cor- All Europe knows that the Italian-Hungarian ed war which threatens her in the ensuing spring respondents had ventilated »the. corruptions; is inevitable; and the consequences of such a abuses and area inefficiency te Com- collision are so uncertain yet ominous that the hilessriat oy Ps aria caer “a rect oo necessity of being prepared for sudden events | “” ineffectual attempt was y Rag- is universally felt. lan to snub the newspaper men. During the The last. shield of Franols IL Is soon to be | Me ttalian campaign, ending with the bedtle- withdrawn, by the removal of the French ships- of Solferino, newspaper correspondents were of-war before Gaeta. This act ims been foreed | Plettiful in Lombardy.” The Lomdon “News upon the Emperor Napoleon by the false con- states that a correspondent of that journal and clusion arrived at by the King in his last cir- | * representative of the New Yorx Hsratp, cular to his ministers at the European Courts, having ventured within the Austrian lines, where he stated that France was more his | Were taken prisoners. The French correspon- ally than his personal protectress, That he dents were not permitted to follow the army, will make desperate endeavor to hold out | Put the British and American journalists were till spring, when the contemplated war of the always found in the advance, taking notes Italians with Austria will leave him some room | With the sang froid of men who had for hope, we have not the slightest doubt, If | Smelled powder from their infancy up. During Austria is victorious, not only will the the Chinese war, which has just ended, the cap- new monarchy be overthrown, but Francis II. cd hed a, Lagtoaae raya of os noes will regain his kingdom. ‘The stake for which | °f Which was the special correspondent of the the Italians and Hungarians are to struggle | Loadon Times—precipitated an attack upon will therefure be of the most vite! character. Pekin. which movement resulted in the cupture Meanwhile the dissatisfaction which has of that oity and the destruction of the Empe- prevailed at Naples since the entry of Victor ror’s palace. During Garibaldi’s recent cam- Emanuel still: exists, in the absence of those paign the correspondents were attached to the material benefits which the army of disbanded General's staff, and were treated with the officials had hoped to acquire by the change of greatest consideration. The New Yorx Heratp regime. On the 3d instant the audience in one had correspondents at the battle of Volturno of the theatres insisted upon the “Hymn of | 9d at the slege of Capua. Garibaldi” being sung, whereupon the Pied- ‘Thus it will be seen that the newspaper cor- montese troops attempted to clear the place. respondent bas become one of the most import- Just then the National Geard appeared, and ant requisites in modern warfare. We are no at the point of the bayonct sustained the longer compelled to wait for the @ry official people, and put an end to the interference of | Uespatch, tnctured by prefiidice, favoritism the Piedmontese. This shows a bed state of eaeye pate g thes agape feeling between armies, picture by a man wi! an event pai Pigg oe? 2 pata frcsan zeny” poke wer of which he was, and allof which he saw. In hear shortly of a collision, which would have | ‘his country the labors of the special corres- the effect of giving increased strength pondent are even more onerous than in Europe. to the Mazzini faction—a resalt nmch | THF, if taken prisoner, he is considered as a to be deplored. Garibaldi, it is said, neutral Power, is well treated and released. is to be commander-in-chief of the | Here, when he imagines himself in his own entire army against Austria in the forthcoming country, among his fellow citizens and engaged ign omar te i in a peaceful mission of observation and in- gue tee he finds himself (as in the case of one of IL. ean be expelled from Gaeta in the interval, | 19> (as fone it will. be well for Victor Emanuel. to-dectart manerwd rier a whose Maples ince state of lege, in order to put an | MrTative we print el ) danger ‘end to the incipient anarchy which prevails | % Violence at the hands of the mob, there, It would be dangerous tohave reconrse | Who seem to take it for granted that because to such a decisive remedy sooner. On the whole, 4 man comes from the North he must necessari- events promise to be very exciting in Italy ly be a negro thief or an instigator of servile for some months to come, and there is no tell- | insurrections. It will be as well for us to ing how they may end, or how much their re- know whether we are sending out correspon- dents into a hostile or a friendly country. In Be eee nt ™? | either case they will be sont, and will labor to discharge their duties faithfully, without pre- Tar Crry Frxaxces.—The national finances judice to any party or faction. It is as im- seem to be in a deplorable condition atthe pre- | portant for the South as for the North sent time, between the robbery of the Indian } that the newspaper correspondents should ‘Trust Fund bonds, the repudiation of the Trea- | have every facility for the discharge of sury loan bids, and the enormous rates which | their duties. the government are compelled to pay for | The journalist is the historian of the money; and our own city finances appear times, and he must have his material, to be not in the best condition either; but the | even if he is obliged to seck it at the great difficulty is to get some one to keep cannon’s mouth. Heretofore, both at home them safe. A new Clty Chamberlain has just and abroad, the journalists have been found in been appointed, confirmed, and has given the front of the battle. And now, if we shall bonds for the faithful performance of his du- be obliged to the last resort of nations, dnd to ties. To the gentleman appointed, Mr. Devlin, draw the sword, the duties of the special cor there can be no possible objection, He is a | respondent, althongh more dangerous than successful merchant, a wealthy man, and is ever, will be equally as well performed. The not a politician. But the system of keeping press has become so important « power in the and managing the finances is highly objection- | land that it cannot, if it would, shrink from able. any and all of its responsibilities to the public For instance, the amount of money handed over to the City Chamberlain is over four mil- | 18 Sovrm Carourxa Oct or tae Uxiont— lions of dollars, and daring the year some South Carolina, through the regular forms of a eight or ten millions pass through the hands | State Convention, has repealed her acts recog- of this officer. This money is lodged in one | nizing the and general government of the city banke—in the present case | of the United States. She has issued various in the Broadway Bank; and the only ordinances and executive proclamations, as security given for its safekeeping is a bond of from an independent nation to all intents and two bundrea thousand dollars, in which four | purposes, She bas appointed three envoys gentlemen are joined, each of whom swears extraordinary to treat with the government at that he is worth over a hundred thousand; and Washington as with a foreign Power. She has no doubt he is. But we would suggest that this seized upon several federal fortresses at Charles- is not an equivalent sum for the large amount | ton. She has taken down the United States in bank, which can never be considered as cer- | flag from the Arsenal, the Custom House and tainly beyond the reach of danger while it is | Post Office at Charleston, and has substituted so deposited. Some better system than this { the new national flag of South Carolina. In all should ye adopted, Why not retain these | these acts her people unanimously support moneys in specie in a kind of clty sub-tteattry, ; her; for they unanimowsly believe that they bre phen be secure? The city receives | owe fib further allegiance to the general gov- no interest on its doposits; go that there is | ernment of the United States. nothing gained by lodging it in bank; whereas, But still the question recurs: is South Caro- additional security would be obtained by keep- | lin out of the Union? We say no. There are ing it in the mode we suggest. two partion to the original bargain—the State Abraham Lineoln, the President elect of the | the lower hous, there’ ite doubt but that be willbe United States, ia a citizen of Illinois, one of f retained. The opposition to him ‘to amount these aforesaid border froe States. Qur sug- | The claims of oll the aspirants will be in caucus } gestion is, then, that, withoat standing upon a eitideee ee gm | punctilio, he be invited to participate by letter | Gov. Morgan's message will not be sent in to the i in the proceedings of these Congressional tema Dele aoe ed de tee at , i ‘Chicago the 13th iust., addressed to the commandant of .the United Ststes Arseual at St. Louis, which details the and the United State,’ 824 Until the United States shall have recogni * the independent nationality of South Carolina, shé Will not be out of the Union. The federal go¥¢tnment may suspend the exercise of its authori’ and functions, touching the revenue, the Unitet States mails and judicial department in South Carolina, and still she will not be eut off from the Union. She can only be cut off by the recognition of her independence by the United States, Very true, the constitution has made no provision for the coercion of a seceding State; but it is equally true that it makes no provision for the recognition of a seceding State as an in dependent nation. What, then, is to be done? Are we to have civil war? We hope not. We trust rather that South Carolina may be, de Sacto, restored to the Union, as she still remains, de jure, in the Union; and yet we fear that all may be lost unless the President elect shall at once interpose in behalf of peace. Peace is now the first necessity, and Con- gress may keep the peace by recognizing tem- porarily the seceding State or States in that -attitude of semi-nationality which Congress has the constitutional authority to confer. ‘Thus secession may be left to a fair trial with- out provoking a warlike collision, and when the secessionists are tired of their experiment they will come back into the family circle of the Union of their own accord. an “irrepressible Conflict” raginy -tweeu the several Pirants for the oftees at the disp (the House of sembly. Most of those here, how. ver, seem more\in > clined to diseuss the affairs now éfauspiring at We , ton and Chariceton thaw the insignéfovnt question of shall bold this or that office in the lower house of gislature. és The principal subject appears to be the course of Mr: Buchanan and bis Cabinet in vegard to tse famous ‘mili- tary exploit of Golone? Anderses in evacuating - trie and taking possession of Fort Sumpter, The he wil} be court martiaie# for that act by the powers Washington is universally dengunced by meat of all ties, ‘There are a number of uatenal demxerats from_ different portions of the State already in attena'tace, who were ardent supporters of Hvéckinridge in the Jast com test, and they are full as severein thety denuncistions of Dir, Buchanaa and his advisers as arethe republicaa® le fact, it is the universal remark that! the attitude of tag seceesionists and the administration ov cons pletely disarom these who have stro! upfar the heretofore, and wakes them befows the fecling that ‘thei course has stirred ep. iw she and that they who have defeuded then fyomn ciple cannot longer do it without denunciation of pineteen-tweuticths of their, Xi In this respect all parties seem to be ‘unidid. Tike démo- crats are pearly a6 bitter in thew expressions agaiustthe administration as the republicans, and the fedling direction is hourly growing stronger. Uuiws a cl in the policy at Washington is made soon, # niohth not pass away without seeing a united front .® this »\ ty. Those who have defended the rights o.¥thé South against the raid of the abolitionists aud ropu Widana are ready to do all they can in the siune direction tamd will — ¢ labor to protect Southern institutions as long “as th remain in the Union, but do not seem to be inc Gued te fight their battles when arrayed against the constitution, . ‘The contest for Speaker has already been decidédly.in+ teresting. Littlejohn is on hand, and is keeping opem rooms at the Delavan, the headquarters this wiuter of the | Weed republicans, Robinson, his chief opponent, is at | Congress Hall, and is also busy pressing his claims, ‘There are only about one-half of the members here yet,» ‘but Robinson seems to have the inside track with them. But no positive conclusion can be drawir as to the real strength of the two candidates before Monday, whem there will be a full attendance. Littiejohn’s party seem to be playing a game of brag, and rely in their efforts a great deal upon what they con- ~ sider the invincibility of their candidate, A rumor has been started this afternoon that the’ two con-; stestants were about to compromise their claims upor_ H. A. Prendergrast, of Chautauqua eounty; but as thig gentleman is an active Weed man this may be eonsidered as simply a dodge of Littlejobn’s friends to weaken Rob- inson’s chances. > é There is an Old saying, that “birds of a feathet flook together,” which is being fully verified in thie ‘contest. ¢ Trnotice that quite a number of Matteson’s party, that Conrerencs or THY Bonper Srares.—There is eu irregular line of demarcation between the North and the South, running across the centre of the Union from the Atlantic seaboard to Kansas. The States divided from cach other by this line are called the border States—those on the south side being the border slave States, and those on the north side the border free States. ‘The former are Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri; the latter class com- prises New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. The inhabitants of both these classes of States, living contiguous to each other, constitute, with the city of New York and its immediate surroundings, the great central conservative body of the American people. We are not speaking of the first two or three tines of counties from the Canadian frontier of these border free States. They are so far removed from the dividing line between free white and black slave labor, and so tho- roughly impregnated witly New England aboli- tion ideas, that they be only properly classed with the New England political section of the Union. We are speaking of the people of these border free and slave States whose intimate social and business relations ive brought them into a happy political accord with each other. Seizing upon this idea of harmony between the border free and slave States, our Congres- sional peacemakers at Washington, represent- ing said States, had a joint conference the other evening on the crisis, and from the proceedings of this first meeting the move- ment looks encouraging in behalf of the Union. But in this connection we have a suggestion to make, which, if adepted, will most probably be worth more to the ends of peace and har- mony than anything else that could be devised. prominent candidates for it are Richardson, of Aibaay; Gillespie, of New York; Schofield, of Utica; Colt, of Living- border Sue cunfreuces, Let a committon in | Year by listening bebalf of the said border State Congressional Union movement address a letter to Mr. Lin- colm, respectfully soliciting from him any pro- positions of compromise whiclthe may think calculated to save the Union, and who knows but that something, good’ may come out of Nazareth? A letter, for example, from Mr. Vice President Breckinridge, ef Kentucky (the native State of Mr. Lincoln), could hardly fail to command a full and respectful answer from the President elect. Or, cannot the Nuxe 0’CLoox P. M. ‘The news from Washington this evening has increased the excitement here. The only thing talked of at the Lotels is the course that the administration will take im regard to South Carolina appropriating the revenues to her own use. Every bréeze from the cotton States seems to strengthen and consolidate the feeling agninst them. A large number of members came in on the #vening . train, and between the secession excitement and the but- tonboleing of candidates, Albany presents a lively scene, especially at the principal hotels. The contest between Littlejohn and Robinson is ex- ceedingly close, but the chances to-night seem in favor of the former. Bets are freely offered that Littiqjohn will beSpeaker, and they are quickly takem by the other , side. The indications are that Prendergrast will hold the The Secretary of the Treasury has refused to accept any of the bids for the late five million loan which demanded more than twelve per centum interest. Thus less than two millions are accepted—an amount about sufficient, it is said, to pay the interest on the public debt due on the Ist of January. Reperted Aid for Capt. Montgomery. 8. Lours, Dec. 20, 1800. The Rapwditvan announces the reeetpt of a letter, dated Capt. Montgomery, and that ten thousand doflare had ‘been deposited for him with the committee at St. Louis; also that the movement at St. Louis haa been delayed on account of there being about to be sent from three to Ave handred guns from Kentucky for repairs, a fact of which DO one was supposed to have any knowledge, and that this would make quite an sddition to their stock if captured. The letter says the commit- toe expected to have the assistance of a large number of Germans residing in the neighborhood of the St. Louis arsenal, and most of the workmen employed in the arse- nal, and also that one hundred men are to be sent from Chicago to assist in this enterprise. Many other details are given, disclosing great familiarty with the interm) arrangements of the St. Louis arsenal. ‘ea’ We Soars ao New York, are stopping at the ol. > Fires in Bridgeport, Conn. A DIPLOMATIC WEDDD ‘Berpcerort, Conn., Dee. 29, 1860. {From the Philadelphia Pres. 29.) A fire was discovered about one o'clock this morning, } goljoy citiaen, the one. in Beers’ building, corner of Water and Gilbert streets, in a room occupied by J. J. Dunlop as a hoop skirt facto. ry. Beers’ foundry was considerably damaged. His | Boigiun Ligation at Washington, to aan Lally +) Jos on stock and building is about $3,500) for which he is | only ter a do ety and Josiah Shull, of Mohawk; JD. Manny, of Mr. Holland, of Hartford: i. Emerson, ¢3 shire; John B. Palmer and Whitiinore, F. L. Valte of insured. Dunlop's loss is about $1,500, and he is also in wae the Verne Benn. ‘ ® 1 Mise Macalester, who looked-extremely wall, is well About two o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the | known in Philadelphia for payee 7 china, glaes and crockery store of Booth, Peck & Barlow, Moraes a wre paca for energetio . Non. 7 and @ Wall stecet. ‘The building und contents wore | snd wneeasing endeavers, Ke ccee scktn with Mise Pamela, entirely destroyed. Loss $50,000, of which $40,000 is in- sured. Wilmot’s stove storo was also burned. Loss $6,000, insured $4,000. The surrounding buildings were also somewhat damaged, with their contents. Both fires were the work of an tncendiary. ‘The Great Western Ratlway. Hasivtox, ©. W., Dee. 20, 1 Norroux, Deo. @, 1960, ‘The steamship Matanass, from Mantauge for Now York, bas pot ito thi ert Oe oe Sales ~ or seer, w a su juemaat. Co- Haan tS . "overeat The Bohemian Outward Bound ives at Roetow, Deo. 20, 1900 Alter « satisfactory ¢ n ing the ¥ Wy intentions of the young gen! , the prigoipals wore married with the Consent of all concerned parties, and went rejoicing tqwaris the sunny South,