Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-22
POLITICAL ITEMS.

The Cocheco Print Works are making Ere
mont and Dayton calico!
Hon. Galusha A. Grow has been nomina tet
unanimously for fourth term in Congress By
| the Republicans
The Fremont club of Braintree, Massachu
sets, ended its career on Monday last A few
members met, and adjourned SINE die.
The Oswego county Gazette, heretofore g
Fremont paper, has become disguised with
that party, backed out, and hoisted the q az
of Buck and Brock"
On Thursday, there was large meeting Of
tine democracy at W hitehall, Pa which was
addressed by Hon. Charles Brown and Gen.
Wright. .'a - - -" w.
After q recent discussion in Wilmot's dis.
tnct, one hundred voters left the disunion
party IN . body, and asked to be received
into the Democracy. w
William Carey Jones. son.in.law of Col.
benton, and consequently brother.iu- law of
Fremont, publishes letter in the Pepnsvlya
MAN of Friday, which shows that he consid ers
his country's interests paramount to family
ties or personal friendship. Mr. Jones is an
ardent supporter Of James Buchanan.
A writer in the Progressive Age, Fremont
paper In Belfast, Me, says: I" 1 affirm land I
DO 30 with honest convictions of the truth
that the North will not submit, if they are de-.
feated." And yet the Republicans tell US
they are not disunionists; but they charge
these same sentiments upon the South.
A Fillmore ratification meeting was held in
Philadelphia on Saturday night at National
Hall, which was largely attended and yery
enthusiastic. Alderman Thompson presided
and addresses were delivered by Messrs.
Banks, of North Carolina David Paul Brown;
VIM. Hasbrouck, of New York; Cooper, of
Tennessee; Sanderson, of Florida Grimsby,
of Missouri
Hon. Linn Boyd has twenty-niue appoint.
ments to speak at Democratic meetings in
kentucky, during the months of September
and october Hon. Eli ah Hise has seventeen;
and Col. w. Stevenson nineteen-au in the
same State. Fifty-four Democratic meetings
are called in Ohio, between the 10Th of Sep
TENDER and 18th Of October.
Beecher's New York Indepeudent boasts of
having $4,000 subscribers, yet from them all
1t has only been able to collect S202 thus far,
for tho distribution of Fremont tracts in Penn
sylvania; being less than one cent per head
on the whole list. This does not sneak we'll
for the iberality and zeal of Sharpe's Rife
Christians.
A letter from L T. Brandon, of Kingwood,
Preston county, Va, denies that there is a
Fremont electoral ticket in Virginia. He
says -" happen to know all the gentlemen
named as the Virginia Black Republican cleo.
tors, and there is not man among them, but
will vote for Buchanan and Breckenridge. if he
lives till November. therefore pronounce
the whole thing an unblushing, unmitigated
falsehood'' =
We are told. over and over again, by the
blographers Of Fremont, that his father, after
his marriage with Mrs Pryor, visited the va
rious tribes of American Indians for ethuo.
logical researches Now, what has become
of all these researcher" Why have hey
not been published to the world From 1907
to 1913 we have no account of Mr.. Fremont
and his wife (perhaps,) except that he was en-
gagged in studying the character Of the Amer
lean Indians Here is six years labor lost to
the world, at least we have no account Of it,
Will not some enterprising Fremonter find out
something about this matter?
The Democrats of Hartford. Connecticut.
held large meeting on Friday night, to vel.
come Senator Toucey on his return from this
city. Large delegations from the adjoining
towns were present Touro Hall was filed to
overlooking, while outside meetings were ad.
dressed in the street. Mr.. Toucey made a
speech, giving history of Kansas affairs, and
the bills and laws passed in relation to that
Territory. An immense torchlight procession
was formed to march to Mr. Toucey's resi-.
dence, and saluted him. About five thousand
people were in attendance at the meeting,
and the greatest enthusiasm manifested.