–The revenue cutter Dodge was seized in Galveston Bay, by order of the authorities of Texas. The officer in command resigned, as Breshwood did at New Orleans, and tendered his services to the rebels.–Times, March 6.

–General Twiggs was expelled from the army of the United States. The following is the official order for his expulsion: War Department, Adjutant-General’s Office, Washington, March 1, 1861. The following order is published for the information of the army: “War Department, March 1, 1861. “By the direction of the President of the United States, it [...]

–Mr. Corwin’s report from the committee of thirty-three came up for final passage in Congress this morning. It was agreed to amid thunders of applause from the galleries and the floor. As the vote proceeded, the excitement was intense, and on the announcement of the result, the inexpressible enthusiasm of the members and the crowded [...]

–The Peace Convention submitted to the United States Senate a plan of adjustment involved in seven amendments to the Constitution of the United States.–(Doc. 40.) –Herald, March 4.

Feb. 26.–Captain Hill, in command of Fort Brown, Texas, refused to surrender his post as ordered by General Twiggs, and engaged in preparations to defend it.–Times, March 6.

Feb. 23.–President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived in Washington.   The published programme of his journey had been abandoned at Harrisburg, which city he left secretly last night.–(Doc. 38.)–Commercial, Feb. 28. –United States property, to a great amount, together with the various army posts in Texas, were betrayed to that State by General Twiggs. –(Doc. 39.)–Times, Feb. [...]

–The people of Charleston, S. C., celebrated Washington’s birthday with great enthusiasm. The Pickens cadets paraded for the first time, and were presented to Governor Pickens by Lieutenant Magrath. The Governor made the company a brief address, urging upon its members the bright and shining example of Washington as deserving imitation. Subsequently a banner was [...]

–The President of the Southern Confederacy nominated the following members of his Cabinet: Secretary of State–Mr. Toombs. Secretary of the Treasury–Mr. Memminger. Secretary of War–Mr. L. Pope Walker. They were confirmed.–Tribune, Feb. 22. –Governor Brown, at Savannah, Ga., seized the ship Martha J. Ward, bark Adjuster, and brig Harold, all belonging to citizens of New [...]

–Old Fort Kearney, Kansas Territory, was taken possession of by the secessionists, and a secession flag raised. It was soon after retaken by a party of Unionists.–Times, Feb. 21.

–Jefferson Davis was inaugurated President of the Southern Confederacy.–(Doc. 37.)

Feb. 13.–Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, and Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, were declared by Vice-President Breckenridge, elected President and Vice-President of the United States for the four years from March 4, 1861.–(Doc. 36.)–Tribune, Feb. 14. –Eight thousand Sharp’s rifle cartridges and 10,000 Sharp’s rifle primers, were seized by the police in New York city on a [...]

–The New York vessels seized by the State of Georgia were released.–Courier & Enquirer.

–At Montgomery, Mr. Memminger presented a flag sent by some of the young ladies of South Carolina to the Convention.–(Doc. 35.)–National Intelligencer.

–The Congress at Montgomery this evening unanimously agreed to a constitution and provisional government. They will go into immediate operation.–(Doc. 33.)–No propositions for compromise or reconstruction. After the vote on the constitution was taken, Jefferson Davis was elected President, and Alexander H. Stevens Vice-President of the Southern Confederacy, by the Congress.–(Doc. 34.)–Commercial Advertiser. –Brigs W. [...]

–The Peace Convention, at Washington, organized permanently, with Ex-president John Tyler in the chair; J O. Wright, of Ohio, secretary.–Herald, Feb. 6.

–The Montgomery convention organized with Howell Cobb, president, and Johnson L Hooper, secretary.–(Doc. 32.) –The North Carolina House of Representatives passed unanimously a declaration that if reconciliation fails, North Carolina will go with the other slave States.–Times, Feb. 6.

–The United States revenue cutter Lewis Cass, Capt. Morrison, a Georgian, was surrendered by the officer at Mobile to the State of Louisiana.–(Doc. 31.)–N Y. Times, Feb. 6.

–The Texas State Convention, at Galveston, passed an ordinance of secession, to be voted on by the people on the 28d of February, and if adopted, to take effect March 2.–(Doc. 30.)–New Orleans Picayune, Feb. 7.

–The State of South Carolina, by her attorney-general, I. W. Hayne, offered to buy Fort Sumter, and declared that, “if not permitted to purchase, she would seize the fort by force of arms.” The United States, in reply, asserted political rights superior to the proprietary right, and not subject to the right of “eminent domain.”–Times, [...]

–The United States revenue cutter Robert McClelland, Captain Breshwood (a Virginian), was surrendered at New Orleans to the State of Louisiana.–Times, Feb. 8. –Secretary Dix’s dispatch to Hemphill Jones, to “shoot on the spot” any one who attempts to “haul down the American flag” caused great enthusiasm.–(Doc. 28.)

–The Grand Jury at Washington made three presentments of Ex-Secretary Floyd, first, for maladministration in office; second, for complicity in the abstraction of the bonds; and third, for conspiracy against the Government.–N. Y. Tribune.

–The Louisiana State Convention passed the ordinance of secession to-day, by a vote of one hundred and thirteen to seventeen. A delay ordinance was proposed yesterday, but was voted down by a large majority. A gold pen was given each member, with which to sign the ordinance of secession.–(Doc. 27.)– Buffalo Courier.

–A large Union mass meeting was held at Portland, Me., this evening; Chief Justice Shepley presided, and the meeting was addressed by many of the ablest speakers of all parties. Union resolutions were passed. –A correspondence between Senator Toombs, of Georgia, and Fernando Wood, mayor of New York, relative to the seizure of arms by [...]

–The Charleston Mercury continues the publication of anonymous incendiary appeals, intended to stir up the people to an attack on Fort Sumter. One, headed “Fort Sumter, the Bastion of the Federal Union,” concludes with these words: “No longer hoping for concessions, let us be ready for war, and when we have driven every foreign soldier [...]