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WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Jan. 15. The Post-office Department is making up the accounts of the Mail contractors in South Carolina for the fourth quarter of 1860. Some seventy thousand dollars of balances will be due contractors, for which it is proposed to give orders on, the Sub-Treasury of Charleston. The resolution of the New-York Bankers at their meeting on Saturday to sustain the Government with money, is hailed here as a most encouraging token of confidence in its stability, and chills the movers for the Southern Confederacy, for they foresee that the two Republics cannot borrow in the same market. Private...

WASHINGTON, Monday, Jan. 14. A Cabinet meeting was held to-day, but no one knew the object of the visit of Messrs. HAYNE and HALL, who arrived from Charleston at 4 o'clock. Neither has seen the President yet. I am informed the operations relative to affairs at Charleston are suspended until to-morrow. On the other hand there are ominous whisperings that the President is receding from his recent firmness, and that no more troops will be sent to Fort Sumter. Another rumor is that the President is disposed to accede to a proposition from Gov. PICKENS for the absolute suspension of...

Democratic Congresswoman Nikema Williams introduced a bill to ban President Trump from entering the U.S. Capitol building for the rest of his life. Introduced January 13th, the concurrent resolution seeks to “direct the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and the United States Capitol Police to prohibit President Donald John Trump from entering the United States Capitol at any time after the expiration of his term as President.” Since its announcem

WASHINGTON, Sunday, Jan. 13. To-day, has been the quietest that we have had here for a month. Mr. SEWARD's speech, despite the articles in the Constitution, which denounces it in unmeasured phrase, has had a decidedly soothing effect and is doing much good, Mr. CRITTENDEN declares that it is in the right direction, patriotic and statesmanlike. The Southern extremists insist that it offers nothing, but the more moderate confess that it reassures the South as to the purposes of the incoming Administration, and indicates that there is no insuperable obstacle to the South getting constitutional guarantee against Northern interference with...

Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume told "The Story" Wednesday night that America is more divided right now than at any point in his life, adding that even the period of strife in the late 1960s over the Vietnam War "wasn't as bad as this." "This is as bad as it's ever gotten [except] perhaps [during] the Civil War," Hume told host Martha MacCallum. "So the challenge for leaders at a time like this is [to] attempt to tamp us down, how we find places to agree, because this is poisonous to our country." Hume credited President Trump for...

During a floor speech, Waters warned that last week's riots were a "power grab" by Trump that "will not stop." She said: "This president intends to exercise power long after he is out of office ... he is capable of starting a civil war."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took to Instagram on Tuesday night and suggested that the states in the south need to be "liberated." During an over hour-long livestream about the Capitol Hill riots and the ongoing efforts to impeach President Trump, the progressive lawmaker reiterated her call for GOP Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley to resign or be ousted by Democratic challengers for leading the opposition in the certification of President-elect Biden's victory. She then pointed to "multi-racial" and "multi-cultural" grassroots organization in Georgia that led to Democrats taking control of the Senate as a sign that "southern states are...

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The excitement here has somewhat abated, in consequence of pacific news from Washington. The enlistment of soldiers goes on, but all is quiet. The Legislature did nothing to-day. The steamship Marion will resume her regular trips, to New-York. HENRY W. CONNER, a member of the South Carolina Convention, died at 6 o'clock this evening. He was a banker, doing business at Charleston and New-Orleans.

CHARLESTON, Wednesday, Jan. 9. About 11 o'clock this morning a boat from Fort Sumter, bearing Lieut. HALL with a white flag, approached the city. Lieut. HALL had an interview with Gov. PICKENS, and was afterwards escorted to his boat and reembarked for Fort Sumter. The communication from Major ANDERSON is as follows: To His Excellency the Governor of South Carolina: SIR: Two of your batteries fire 1 this morning on an unarmed vessel, bearing the flag of my Government. As I have not been notified that war has been declared by South Carolina against the United States, I cannot but...

CHARLESTON, Wednesday, Jan. 9. The Star of the West, in endeavoring to enter our harbor about daylight this morning, was opened upon by the garrison on Morris Island, and also by Fort Moultrie. The steamer put about, and went to sea. I have not been able to learn whether the steamer or any person on board was injured. The belief is that no injury was sustained by either the beat or those on board. Fort Sumter did not respond. Lieut. HALL, of Fort Sumter, came over to the city about 11 o'clock with a flag of truce. He repaired to...

OUR WASHINGTON DISPATCHES. WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Jan 8. Secretary THOMPSON resigned his place in the Cabinet to-day. His conditional resignation has been tendered more than a week. The President pledged himself -- so THOMPSON charges -- that no troops should be sent Southward without his knowledge. THOMPSON knew nothing of the sailing of the Star of the West until last evening. It is currently reported that Mr. THOMPSON and the President had high words, in consequence of which the President hinted that he had better resign. The news of the sailing of the Star of the West created intense excitement here,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As most Americans recoiled in horror at scenes of rioting and chaos in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, some right-wing and anti-government extremists saw the violence as the fulfillment of a patriotic duty or opportunity to advance their agenda. Among the inspired was Mike Dunn, a 20-year-old follower of the "boogaloo" anti-government movement, whose adherents anticipate a revolution toppling the federal government or a second U.S. civil war. Dunn, who lives in Virginia, said three or four groups of loyalists under his command helped storm the Capitol this week amid a motley mix of rioters who supported...

We all know about our own Revolution, but how many know how the French Revolution started? It took only about 1,000 citizens armed with muskets and a limited supply of ammunition, to storm the Bastille on the July 14 in 1789. They demanded surrender of the prison, because they wanted to free their friends and relatives the King had arrested for various unwarranted reasons. Negotiations began but, a few hours later, the angry crowd attacked the undefended outer courtyard and cut the drawbridge chains. 3 1/2years later, King Louis XVI lost his head. (9 Months later his wife, Marie Antoinette,...

WASHINGTON, Monday, Jan. 7. The Senate was full to-day. Mr. TOOMBS made a very noisy and ranting secession speech, and at the close was greeted with a storm of hisses and applause, which was continued some time. His language towards the Republicans and Northern men was most insolent, and towards the Federal Government defiant. Mr. CRITTENDEN's appeal to save the country was well put and in good taste, but created little or no additional favor for his compromise measure. Mr. WILSON is preparing to make a strong defence of the Republican Party, and especially New-England, which Senators BENJAMIN and TOOMBS...

WASHINGTON, Sunday, Jan. 6. The excitement to-day is somewhat increased. THURLOW WEED, HAMILTON FISH, ERASTUS CORNING, ISAAC BELL, and other influential New-Yorkers have arrived. While they counsel moderation and conservatism, it is understood that they are unanimous for the preservation of the Union at any cost. WEED says he sees little probability that any satisfactory compromise will be arranged. The Committee appointed by the caucus of the Border Slave and Free States agreed -- SHERMAN, of Ohio, alone dissenting -- to a proposition substantially the same as CRITTENDEN's compromise, except in two points. First, it guarantees a jury trial to...

I may be going with a group to Washington, D.C., for the 6th. I expect a crowd of over 1M people there. Busses are being leased all over the country, all headed the same direction. I just hope we leave early enough to avoid the traffic snarls we’re certain to run into. I also hope everyone who goes understands how enticing a target that many patriots in one place makes for those who are trying to steal this country away from us. We’ll have to trust the security forces there to keep us safe, but I’m also aware that the...

At just 17, Helen Viola Jackson married 93-year-old widower James Bolin, who she had been providing daily care for.Helen Viola Jackson, the last known widow of a Civil War soldier, has died. She was 101.Jackson's death was confirmed in a statement by the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival, which revealed that she died on Dec. 16 at Webco Manor Nursing Home in Marshfield, Missouri, where she had been living for many years.Though she kept details of her life mostly private, Jackson recently disclosed to her minister while working out the details of her funeral that she had married James Bolin, a...

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WASHINGTON, Friday, Jan. 4. The Fast was generally observed to-day and the town was exceedingly dull. At a Republican caucus, held to-night, ninety members of the House were present Hr. HOWARD, of Michigan, was Chairman, and Mr. GOLFAX Secretary. A proposition, made by Mr. SHERMAN, that the Republicans should discourage all discussion of the political crisis, and devote their time altogether to the Appropriation bills, and other necessary legislation, as such discussion only tends to exasperate the Opposition and divide Republicans, was adopted. A resolution was adopted pledging each Republican delegation to see to it that their members are regularly...