Lincoln Meeting- In Court Square, Cincinnati, a Lincoln Ratification meeting took place, and account of which will serve to show the little enthusiasm which the name of the “rail-splitter” produced.
Torches and Drummond lights made the selected spot brilliant as a sunny day. The pyrotecnical displays were on a grand scale. But the people, where were they?
Old ex-Governor Chase, a bold, shrewd, portly Abolition demagogue, was the Jupiter Tonans of the occasion.
“What do the Republican party want?” cried the speaker. “They want slavery to let the General Government alone; they want the freedom of all held in bondage, and a fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work.” To this bosh there was no “amen.” But the old gentleman lifted himself high by the ropes of absurdity when he exclaimed ; “I have no doubt that this very moment the slaveholders of the South are convinced of the unprofitableness of slavelabor!” Patent demagogue! He should visit the sugar and cotton plantations of Louisiana and Mississippi.
Now and then there was a feeble response, but the whole meeting seemed to be as phlegmatic as a thousand Hollanders. In fact, it was singularly small, and those present acted as if they did not believe a word the demagogical old ex-Governor spoke. By the rood! They were right, if such was the case, for he is too sharp a man to believe himself.
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Boot and Shoe Trade of the Slave States with Boston- The shipments of boots and shoes form Boston, by sea and rail, for the week ending the 8th August, were 33,065 cases, of which 17,341 cases were shipped direct to slave States, as follows. New Orleans, 1305 cases; Charleston, 1668 ; Baltimore, 2807; Savannah, 585; Richmond, 350; Norfolk, 241; Mobile, 178; Indianola, 115; St. Louis, 5291; Louisville, 2180; Memphis, 960; Nashville, 797, Lexington, Ky., 193; Paducah, Ky., 77; Brownsville, Texas, 73; Westport, Mo., 73; Vicksburg, 79; Hazlehurst, Miss., 36; Waterproof, La., 38; Vaider, Miss., 32; and 172 cases, in small lots, to sundry places.
Of the shipments from Boston, 1358 cases went to San Francisco, 1983 to Philidelphia, and 3561 to New York City, leaving 8827 for distribution in the entire North and West.
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Political- A Few Plain Questions-
We desire to propound to every Breckenridge press and speaker in Georgia, says the Augusta Constitutionalist, a few plain questions, and to ask their serious and prayerful consideration of them.
Do you believe there is any existing sufficient cause for a dissolution of the Union?
Do you believe that slavery and the rights of slaveholders are at this time insecure in any Territory of the Union?
Do you believe it is now necessary for the Federal Government to intervene to protect the right of property in slaves in any portion of the public domain?
Do you believe it is necessary for the Federal Government to protect slave property in the Territories, where there now exist Territorial laws excluding slavery?
Do you believe Territorial laws to exclude slavery to be unconstitutional; do you believe the Supreme Court has pronounced them unconstitutional, or that it will pronounce them unconstitutional?
Do you imagine any contingency likely to arise in which it will become necessary for the Federal Government to intervene to protect slavery in any Territory now belonging to the United States; if so what is that contingency, and how do you propose to meet it?
If you should elect Mr. Breckinridge, and fail to get Congressional protection, what will you then do?
How do you propose to give Congressional protection to slavery in the Territories- by a slave code , or by laws different from those applicable to other kinds of property, or in what manner?
Will you please to specify a case in which you will demand Congressional protection?
Do you believe the election of Lincoln sufficient cause for dissolution of the Union?
Will you counsel that the question of Union or Disunion shall be fairly submitted to the legal voters of each Southern State, or will you counsel dissolution, without first taking the sense of the people on the question?
Do you believe the doctrines of Douglas to be equally fatal to the South as those of Lincoln?
Will you counsel dissolution in the event Douglas shall be elected?
Are you for dissolution in case of John Bell or Edward Everett become the next President?
You can take your leisure to answer these questions, but answer them you must and shall; for we are determined to demonstrate your insincerity, to unmask your revolutionary designs, and to show all your hideous deformity.
The Kentucky Statesman, Mr. Breckinridge’s home organ, is honest. It says of the election:
Enough is known of Monday’s work to indicate the election of Coombs, the Opposition candidate for Clerk, by a tremendous majority. We do not care to withhold expressions of our surprise, nor to conceal our deep regret at a defeat seemingly so disastrous. The Democracy of Kentucky have sustained a most inglorious discomfiture, and are once again overwhelmed with the exultant shouts of the old enemy. The sooner this fact is realized in its fullest extent by our friends in all localities, the better. Nothing is to be made by ignoring the extent and effects of the disaster. It is upon us, and had best be looked square in the face. We are beaten, badly beaten, and every Democrat should know it. But what is to be done! That is the question.
We will tell you “what is to be done.” Withdraw the name of your disunion candidate, support the only nominee of the national Democracy, and thus prevent the election of a Black Republican President. To assert that Mr. Breckinridge stands the least chance of success, is simply ridiculous. The charges of disunion against his leading supporters have been so clearly sustained by facts, that even in those States where they anticipated an easy victory, a great revulsion in public sentiment has taken place within a very brief period, and hundreds are daily abandoning the cause of the bolters and disunionist, and joining the ranks of the National Democracy. Should Mr. Breckinridge remain in the field, it is demonstrable, from the result of the late elections, that he cannot get three States. Hence the absurdity of a few fire-eaters persisting in keeping his name before the people; thereby contributing very materially to the success of the Black Republican candidate.
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Mr. Douglas at his Birth Place- After thirty years’ absence from the place of his birth, this distinguished Vermonter has looked again upon his native mountains….
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To Be Out and Out and Kept.- All the Republican organs attack Judge Douglas. For what reason? Because they recognize in him the most formidable obstacle to their own success. All the Republican organs favor the Kentucky Intriguer. For what reason? Because they see, or think they see in supporting him, the readiest means of securing Lincoln’s election. Let Democrats keep those facts constantly in view, and, they will form a thread explaining many mysteries. It is not admitted on all hands that, of the fifteen hundred citizens assembled in and around the last Breckinridge meeting at the Cooper Institute,-fully eight hundred were conspicuous Black Republicans, and the balance a drilled cohort from the Customhouse? Let our merchants ponder upon these foacts, for the largest stake in this contest in that which affects their interests.- N. Y. Leader
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The Late Gale At Pensacola- The gale of Friday and Saturday last did not prove, on examination, to be as destructive here (says the Tribune) as many at first supposed it would have been. The wind was high, and blew steadily from the southwest, without abatement until about Sunday noon.
In our stroll, we found the English brig, Celina Jane, had parted here lines at the foot of Baylen street, where she now stands in rather an ugly position. The first rise of the tide will likely get her off.
The three masted schooner Seventy Six, a lumber craft, met with a worse fate, having been blown completely ashore in the vicinity of Messrs. Judah & LeBaron’s , and now lies “high and dry.” Rollers will doubtless be used, in this case, to launch her.
The schooner C. B. Cushman, of Milton, was blown ashore, near the Railroad wharf, and considerably demolished. She will scarcely be gotten off under great cost. A large number of smaller yachts were served in a similar manner, and for a distance of two squares along the beach on Sunday morning, an indescribable amount of drifted matter lined the entire shore.
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A Den Broken Up- The Vigilance Committee of Allendale and Erwinton, the Barnwell (South Carolina) Sentinel is informed by a subscriber, met on the 2nd inst., and proceeded to the house of the notorious Malvina Night, mother of Bob Night, who was expelled from this place a few weeks ago. The Committee, numbering fifty-four of the best men in the lower part of the district, inflicted severe corporal punishment on every adult member of the dark family, but one, threw down every building on the premises, and ordered them to leave within ten days, or one hundred fold dose would be given. The old woman received on her bare back, as her portion, 25 lashes, her daughters 39 each, and her son a number too great to be counted.
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New Feature in Railroad Accommodations- Every day… brings something new in the way of accommodations for railroad travelers. First came the smoking car, then the sleeping car, and now we have the restaurant introduced by the Lebanon Valley Railroad Company…between Harrisburg and New York City….
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Startling From Arizona- Terrible Massacre of Three Americans-
….Your readers will be startled to learn that one of those shocking scenes which have so often heretofore tarnished the fair fame of Arizona, has been enacted, which resulted in the murder of three valuable citizens, two of them from St. Louis. On the morning of Monday, 23rd inst,. The Peons, 11 in number, working at the San Pedro mine, headquarters of the St. Louis Mining Company, arose and surprised the whites, murdering them, and decamping with all the movable property. The murdered men were Frederick Brunckow, Mining Engineer, John C. Moss, Chemist and Assayer, James Williams, Machinist. W. M. Williams, General Superintendent of the mine, had left for Fort Buchanan, only a few hours before, for supplies, thus providentially escaping the terrible fate of his companions. The object of the murderers was undoubtedly plunder, as the Peons had been uniformly treated with kindness.
Mr. Wm. M. Williams returned to the mine on Thursday night, arriving there about 12 o’clock. He was accompanied by two young boys, who had been sent out by their father to freight a load of provisions to the mines. Upon arriving at the houses, Mr. Williams was about to enter the store-room when he discovered the dead body of his cousin within a few feet of the door. He tried to strike a light, but had only two matches, and could find no candles. After looking in vain for traces of the other parties, he resolved to return to the post with the boys, and secure assistance. A sergeant and escort of twenty men were forthwith detailed by Capt. Ewell, and Mr. W. returned to the mine, 35 miles distant, arriving there at 12 ½ o’clock. The bodies of all the murdered men were found, much mutilated, however, by wolves, and so changed by decomposition as to be recognized only by their clothing. All the bodies had been robbed. They were buried as decently as circumstances would admit of , and after leaving a guard of soldiers to protect the remaining property, the sergeant returned to the Fort, arriving here this A.M.
Meanwhile, a German who had been engaged only three days before the assassination as cook at the mines, came in at Casa Bianca, four miles from the post on the Sonorita River, and said that he was on his way to the post to give himself up to Captain Ewell, the commanding officer. He said that the Mexicans saved his life, and took him prisoner, but released him on the second day, and he was detained by citizens under suspicion of being concerned in the affair.
A public meeting was held at the Casa Blanca this afternoon, to hear his account of himself, and consider what should be done with him. Col. E. E. Cross presided, T. M. Turner was Secretary. The prisoner was closely examined by the officers of the meeting, which will be sent you infull next week. It is impossible to get it ready for this week’s mail. It was finally decided to retain the prisoner for further examination and evidence, and the meeing adjourned to meet here tonight, for the purpose of considering what action is necessary in order to secure the murderers.
All the deceased are well known in St. Louis, Prof. Moss particularly, who resigned a professorship in the Public High School, for the purpose of joining the fortunes of the St. Louis Company. The mail is about to close, and I must leave details for my next.
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Old Soldiers’ Convention- The soldiers of the war of 1812, resident in the State of Ohio, met in convention in Painesville, Ashtabula county, on the 11th inst. ..Resolutions were adopted declaring that the government owes a debt to the volunteers of 1812 which has not yet been cancelled, and should be appreciated by placing the survivors and the widows and orphans of the deceased on the pension list; that the soldiers of that war and their representatives should be placed on an equal footing with those of the Mexican war, and pledging themselves to oppose for any office any man who is not in favor of doing justice to the “old soldiers of 1812 and Indian Wars, their windows and orphans.” An attempt was made by a Republican member of the convention to do a little electioneering, which was promptly rebuked. With this exception, everything passed off pleasantly.
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Great Destruction of Cattle by Hydrophobia- Twenty-one cows, up to Saturday, exhibited symptoms of hydrophobia, in the vicinity of the Two Bridges, between Little Falls and Patterson. Of these nineteen have died, but the other tow are not yet dead. Besides these, six cattle of Cornelius Van Ness, and a strange cow feeding with them were bitten by the same dog that bit the twenty-one referred to; but Mr. Van Ness’ cattle are still apparently well, but momentarily expected to exhibit symptoms of that fatal disease. Patterson N.J., Guardian.
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David Upton