Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-08-29
POLITICAL ITEMS.

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Gov. " N Lothrop has been nominated for
Congress oy the Democrats Of the First Con.
| gressional district, Mich. - :
Hon. Anthony z Roberts has been re-nom.
mated Tor Congress by the Union Committee
of Lancaster county, Pa representa- the Re-.
pubhcans, Wings and Americans
A great Democratic meeting at Brooklvn Lar,
Monday evening, resolved, among 9th er things.
that Kings county shall give Buchanan and
Breokinridge, at the November election 5000
majority '''''
The Democratic County Convention, of Al
legheny, Pa, have nominated Wilson Nice and.
less Tor Congress; Hon. II. Hepburn for the
state senate Hon s. Jones, Augustus Hartje,
Thos. s. Hart, Samuel Smith, and L. B. Pat.
terson for Assembly. = -,
There is to be Democratic mass me.t;nv
at Kalamazoo, Mich, on the 5th inst and at
Pontiac on the 9Th. The Hon. John C. Breck.
inridge, OF Ky, and Jesse D. Bright, President
OF the u 3 Senate, are to be present BY inyi-
tation, and address the meetings.
The Penn Yam Democrat says that a Ere.
mont man in the town Of Potter, Yates county.
taxes nus stand on the steps of a meeting house
In that town, on each Sabbath, and as the
people leave church, distributes q mock Re.
publican publication.
The Boston Post SAYS that the OK for tba
Needham Fremont barbecue, was sIau entered
on S"nday Think Of ton Sunday, The
deceased weighed five hundred and seventy
five pounds-yielded twenty-five pounds of
tallow, and died "just as easy'' as the Ere.
mont party will next November.
They are holding Sunday evening RELIGIONS
Fremont meetings out in Michigan. A DR.
Stone, not long since, at one of these meet
,ngs, appealing to the ladies, said If the
Democratic party succeeds, and James Buo.
hanan is elected, you are just as likely to be
sola into slavery as any one, and your daugh-
ters for prostitutes :"
The Union of this morning says: "we are
authorized to bet $4,000 that Pepnsvlyan; a
will cast her electoral vote for Buchanan !:
Sa,ooo that Buchanan will get SOC, 600 mo-
votes In the whole Union than Fremont. A
reward OF 81, 200 will be given any one who
will procure the acceptance of the nrst of the
above propositions
Fletcher Webster is up in New Hampshire
stirring up the Republicans at a terrible rate
he addressed an immense meeting of the De.
mocracy at Portsmouth last week, and Wbiss
as well as Democrats listened with unbound
wiii accomplish anything, that his venerated
father native State shall not be given up to
disunionists and sectionalists.
At Oakland, Indiana, short time since. n
grand Fremont rally was to have taken place
Bills were posted and freely circulated, and
distinguished speakers" by the score " were
to have WENT" but owing to unforeseen cir
cumstances. the committee had to send word
to the distinguished speakers that they were
not wanted The Republicans tore down their
own bills the night before the appointed meet
lng' rs an excuse for the fzzle, and then
charged 1t to the Democracy.
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an address in ST. Louis on the 10Th instant,
giving his views on the political signs of tn.
times. Mr.. Bates is an old line Whip. and
once succeeded in getting elected to Congress
lie objects to all three Of the political organi-
cations; and at the conclusion of his address
he declared that the Union could not be torn
asunder, but would withstand the result of
the coming struggle, be that result what it
might. He urged the old wings to vote &C
cordlng to their past principles, and, whether
successful or not, they would enjoy the con-
sciousnesS of having done their duty.
A funny correspondent of the Portland
idea Of women folks, and come back to Der
iitikai lie am more at home in this line
than huntin' the fair sects. Aingills in net
ticuts, an kiss me quicks, is pretty to look
at, gin in, but bless 'em, they are as slim
perry as eels, and when you fsh for 'em and
get bite, you somehow or other fud Yourself
at the wrong end Of the line. they've co.cbed
you. An, when you We stuffed 'em with pea
nuts, candy, and doggertypes, they will throw
wise, that's bin my experience. But I've
done with 'em now The Queen of Sheber, the
sieepin' beauty, kleopatrys needle, Pompsy's
pillar, an Lots wife, with a steam engine to
help EN-, couldn't tempt me. The very sight
OF a bonnet rifles me ali over"