The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-09-02
'WEEKLYkV VARIETY.


g0o- Some sisty slaves recently escaped from
Kentucky. Most ofthen, were recaptured on,
white man we killed in endesvoring TO reeapturs
them. ..s,.,s.. d ',ss H ~ \,
03 One Of the individuals taken on board the
vessel which last spring left Washington city, hav.
log on board some 80 escaped slaves, was, few
days since, sentenced 10 20 years imprisonment ID
the penltentlary,a yiW e5iii,3 sdi sagsaa1 III
W. The whig papers have been claiming that q
majority Of the New York Regiment of volun.
teers would vote for Taylor. To decide the mat
ter, poll Of the regiment was t,ken ON theist
Aug, which resulted ss follows: OF the officers
70 were for Cass and IS for Taylor; and Of the
priyates 4O5 were for Cas- and SO for Taylor.
Majority for Cass s2o.fis bda ,sdirI i III,
oo- The St ClairsyiIls Citizen says that Judge
Cowsn stated to the Free Soil Convention, recent.
ly held in, that county, "that he was free soil
man, and whig. but too good whig to vote for
Gen. Taylor" John Davenport, Esq, another
prominent member Of the whig party in the same
county. says. that III the Taylor men can convince
him that the great whig party Of this country have
no principles. then he will vote for Gen. Taylor.
but not without. syiataft --1w3 oasalesz
o. An immensely destructive fire occurred At
Albany, N. Y. on the 18th uIt. Most Of the bu.
siness portion Of the city was laid in ruins 43S
buildings and from one to three million dollars
worth ct properly were consumed. o...s5e.e
o. The steamer Edward Bates collapsed two
fiues, on the 18th ult., near Hamburg. Illinois.
The destruction Of life on the deck and among the
crew was appalling. Over 25 persons were in
stanly killed or have since died Of their wounds,
besides wounding about rs Others fH ago. \
o. The telegraphic line from Baltimore west.
ward. is in operation as far as Cumberland. This
is the same line which is intended TO be run through
this place, the posts for which are now on the
ground. ,2s,,+a aaN -s1a4sl
o. Mr.. Van Buren, has accepted the nomna.
tion of the Buffalo convention. In his celebrated
Indiana letter, ofls43, Mr.. Van Buren said: my
name shall never be at the disposal Of any person
whatever, for the purpose of creating distraction
or div vision in the democratic party Every at.
tempt to use it for such a purpose, whenever
and wherever made, shall be arrested by an inter-
ference on my part, alike prompt and decisive!"
0ct On the 2sd ult., two germans were arrested
in Cincinnati, for committing an outrage upon the
person Of small girl. They were committed to
jaiftOr further hearing. A large mass of people,
numbering, said, not less than 5000, surround.
ed the Jail, aud demanded the prisoners. The
police, after firing blank cartridges to ntimidate
them, and failing, loaded with ball, and fired among
the crowd, BY which three were killed and several
severely wounded. The friends Of those killed,
some of whom were mere spectators, became so
exasperated that another attack was hourly ex.
pected. The military were however, called out
in such force as to prevent any outbreak.
N5- On the 26th uIt, the steamers Meteor and
Paris came together at Shreveport with such vio-
lence that the Meteor was sunk to her cabin deck
Several deck passengers Germans) were drowned.