Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-08-13
News Items.

dom and Fremont
GEN. Ton THUMB had his box of pres
ents, valued at $50, 600, stolen from
him at Cincinnati.
WIN. HowEs, a j%ourneyman printer in
Montgomery, Ala, recently came in pos
session of $4,000. The latest take he
ever had.
T. BUCHANAN REED, Esq The gifted
poet artist, is now engaged in painting a
full length portrait of Colonel Fremont.
1t will be a most accurate likeness, as
well as a fine work of art.
The Plymouth Advertiser, Huron
county, a very respectable sheet, here
tofore neutral, has yielded to the general
sentiment, and is now u for Fremont
and Dayton. Welcome, welcome.
The Ohio State Fair is to be held at
Cleveland on the Esd. 22th, cath and 96th
days of September next. State Fairs are
to be held in twenty-five States during
the months of September, October and
November.
The RUNNING BRooKs.-It is said the
reason why Brooks did not go to Cana
da, was not that the distance there was
too long, but that after he got there the
distance between him and Mr.. Burlin-
game would be too short.
THE Paris correspondent of the Brus-
sells Independence writes : To-day, two
workmen guilty of having uttered some
remarks in a workshop, injurious 10 the
person of the emperor, have been SEN
fenced to five years Imprisonment and
ten years surveillance"
A BALLOT o of glass, in the form of
a globe, and mounted upon four pillars
or legs, enabling all 10 see every vote as
it is deposited, and precluding the posi-
bility of false bottoms, is before the Com
non Council of the city of New York,
for their acceptance.
FRANCIS P. BLAIR, Jr., just elected to
Congress from St. Louis district, on the
Benton ticket, is a son of Francis P.
Blair, Esq, of Maryland, and occupies,
we believe, nearly, if not quite, the same
position on the Slavery question as his
father.
THE Republican Young Men of Michi-
gan, will hold a Mass Convention at
Kalamazoo, on Wednesday the 9th inst.
1t will be a "rouser." for Michigan like
Ohio, is full to OVERLOOKING with ~''fanat.
ics," who believe freedom preferable to
slavery.
THE New York Herald predicts that
in the event of Fremont's election, a
great Constitutional Fremont party will
spring up in the Slave States which will
wage a warm contest with the nabob
negro breeders. We believe it, and
earnestly desire to see the day.
The following is a classification of the
votes on the motion to expel Preston S.
Brooks from the House Of Representa-
tives For expulsion, Democrats, 6 /;
Opposition, lis Free State men, 100 I;
Slave State men, 1. Against Expulsion,
Democrats, e5; Opposition. 50 /; Free
State men, IS F.; Slave State men, 80.
The Toledo Blade says:-"We hear
that the Monroe Commercial, an old
Democratic paper, which had up the
name of Buchanan, is about to haul it
down, and to sail, henceforth, under the
flag Of Fremont and Dayton. Our infor-
nation from this old Democratic strong
hold is that the county will give 500 to
1000 for the Republican ticket"
A CORRESPONDENT from Crawford
County, Pa, writes that that county
which last Fall gave 1000 Republican
majority, is now sure to give Fremont
at least 4 500. Erie county he says will
be nearly 1000 for Fremont. Warren,
formerly a strong Democratic county is
decidedly for Fremont. In these coun-
ties Fillmore is not heard of.
LIEUT.. Gov. FORD was in Pittsburgh,
Saturday, to commence a months can
paign in Pennsylvania. A series of
meetings are to be held in various por-
tons of the State. Hon. D. K. Garter,
of Ohio, addressed a large meeting in
Erie last week, and will do further and
good service in the Keystone, after at
tending the meetings in Warren, Salem,
and Wooster, the present week.
THE Fremont movement in Kentucky
means something in earnest. The Wash
ington correspondent of the New York
Herald says ga paper, already having
2OGO names, is being circulated in Ken
lucky, inviting Mr.. Fremont to visit that
State, and attend a meeting of his friends
in September next. 1t is understood
that the names OF many influential slave
holders are appended to the invitation,
being anxious to see and hear Mr.. FREE
mont in person.
SENATOR Pearce of Maryland, has ad-
dressed a letter to his Wing friends, in
which he declares that he shall go for
Buchanan. He says, with truth "The
contest, it seems to me, lies between Mr..
Buchanan and Mr.. Fremont. Mr.. Fill
more's friends indeed claim a great re-
action in his favor 4; but l have taken
much pains to ascertain what his strength
is in the Free States, and so far 1 have
not been able to satisfy myself that he