New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-30
THING S IN CINCINNATI
Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.

Correspondence Of The N Y Tribune
CIscIssATI, MONDAY, March rs. 1s55
The canvass for tho spring election which oceu,s =.
week from to-day, has actively commenced. Too,a
ere two tickets in the ield-t1e Democratic and ,ba
kIow-Nohing. The Democratic ticket tbi, Yea, 4,
more respectable ticket than usual. All the fac
tons IN the party setm to be healed and they pre
fent a united front against the NOW Mornings The
Germans, ahc many others who supported the oopo
site itch Il last fs account Of their Opposition IN
the Nebrasts ure, will now support tue re7ular
itksi Inc party have not prescribed, herel )fore
The llheia men OF the party but have put forward
Tor Mayor the Hon. James j. Foran who Was A
strong Anti Nebraska msn, aud who used his iaa1-
ence for the election Of Mr.. Day the Ant. Nebraska
csrdidste TO Congress.
The kDowNottiDgs have nominated for Mayor.
James ID. Ia! lor, EDITOR Of TIE Times Mr. TAYLOR
is not regarded by many of the Order az A suit;oIa
man for the place He is distinguished for notaiog
but the constant warfare he cTries hgsins. tbs
Catholics and foreign though he is himself Of for
egn origin His paper, year ago las. fall, Ma
strong Anti M aire Law paDsS,neI nentrL. All hs
ia struggle are ofs PreSlsvery cast. Henoo
Temperance men feel little interest in ais election.
Abti.Siavery mep in view OF bis position on Slavery
and the Pro Slavery course of our Know. Nothiae
public officers, will either not vote at all vote for
Foran. The majority in the city against tue Demo.
cratic ticket last fall was over 5000 The KnoS
No,bines admit thai this majority vil be greatly d.
inisLed, if they at ali successful, in the ensuing
ele ciiOD.
Much excitement has prevailed of late on account
of several slave cases. One was this: Two slaves,
brought by the Msytvle packet frou Dover, Ky,
were landed at the wharf, and taken along the shore
to st. Louis boat where they were found ia chains
They were brought bsfore Judge Storer Of the Sd
perior Court, by writ Of habeas corpus aud their
freedom claimed, the ground that their master had
no right to retain them 10 slavery the soil of hio
The men expressed sire to be free but ultimately
changed their ninds, through the Influence of tleir
masters who had free aeees, to them during their de-
teItoD, when they surrendered to their owners
The Judge did no, decide the question whether or
not they were entitled to be liberated under the cir
cumstaDces, "a many person, thought he should
have done On Sunday, the 18th inst, it was ascer-
tanned that there were sixteen slaves aboard the
steamer Falls City, at wharf aud writ of ,beas
corpus was Issued for them by Probste. Judge Bur
goyIe but by the soDnysDce, as is believed of our
Knew. Nothing Sheriff. tue slaves we're taken to Ken
lucky il yawls before the writ was served on thsm.
While the friends Of Freedom were being defeated in
these efforts TO freedom to the slaves sixteen
slaves were quietly making their way through our
city to Csns6s by the Underground Railroad. With
in the last year. between 100 and 200 have passed
this road, through this city, to Canada.