6 APRIL 1861, Page 2

The latest accounts from the United States, March 23rd, indicate

no progress on the Northern side. The President is chiefly occupied with the division of the appointments in his gift among his followers. Mr. H. Adams has been appointed Minister to England, Mr. Dayton to France, Mr. Bulinghame to Vienna, and Mr. Rufus King to Rome. Mr. Joshua Giddings is to be Consul-General in British North America, and it is supposed that General Webb will go to Con- stantinople. It is curious to observe how large a majority of the highest officers in the diplomatic service have been connected with the press. Mr. F. H. Morse is nominated Consul in London. The general policy to be pursued with reference to the seceding States is still in abeyance, but the tendency of events is towards peaceable separation. Fort Sumpter, it appears certain, will be surrendered, and Fort Pickens cannot be defended. The Republican party are very anxious that this fort should be made the scene of the struggle with the South, but no effort to reinforce it has yet been made. Both Messrs. Seward and Chase are supposedto plead for a peaceful solution, which means the surrender of the South. Meanwhile the Southern Go- vernment is despatching envoys to Europe to secure recognition, and establishing a line of steam communication with Liverpool. The steamers are to be of iron, and ran apparently everylortaught. The whole of the loan of 3,500,0001. has been taken up, and a new tariff has been proposed placing a simple duty of 25 per cent.. ad valorem on all imports. The commissioners from the South, though not received by the President, are to be permitted to lay their propositions before Con- gress, and have taken a house at Washington. On the other hand, t5 it is reported that a strong Union party exists in the South, which is gaining strength, that Louisiana and South Carolina are quarrelling with the Central Government, and that the poorer whites are still eager to reopen the slave trade. Arkansas has submitted the seces- sion question to the people, who are not, however, to decide till October, long before which time habit will have resumed its sway; and in Texas, the Secessionists and Unionists are likely to come to blows. Generally, the aspect of the news indicates that the Govern- ment of the United States is unequal to the situation.