Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-08-20
POLITICAL ITEMS.

| The Democracy Of PHILADELPHIA will hold
mass meeting in Independence Square, this
evening.
Sonny dear" said fond mother, a. you
have dirty face Cant help it man,
dads Black Republican" II.
Hon. Joshua R. Gidiings, of Ohio. has
again been nominated for reelection to Con-
gres5.
The Norfolk Argus, in speaking of the FIRE.
mont movement in Wheeling and vicinity, ar
| CUES that it will increase the Democratic ma
| jority in the State.
| MIR. Timothy Rives has resigned his situation
as Democratic elector for the Petersburg Dis
| trict. He has defect in his hearing, Whic
causes him to decline.
Hon. Percy Walker has been hung in sfigv
by the Know Nothings of Mobile, in revenge
for his desertiOn Of their party. This strikes
US as rather petty exhibition of political
spite. -. ..
The London Times, speaking of Mr. Bucha-
nan, says: ga Buchanan Presidency will be
trying one to English interests, and must be
anticipated, if possible We don't antici-
pate anything else.
Hon. Luther NJ. Kenneth the defeated Know
Nothing candidate for reelection to Congress
| from the ST. Louis district, is nominated to the
members elect OF the legislature, as a candi-
The Democratic convention, for the second
district OF Vermont have nominated Gen. L.
b. Chase, OF Lyndon, for representative in
Congress, In the third district William II. II.
Bingham is the candidate.
The old Latin fabulist speaks of an coca.
sion when
"Paturient monies, nascitur ridiculus mus
1t was reserved for the nineteenth century
to produce a greater abortion
"Paurient Ere monteo, nascitur woody horse. -
In 1855, the city of Lexington, Ky. the
home OF Mr. Breckenridge, was carried BY the
Know Nothings by 19I majority In 1856 at
the city election they had Y majority In
the election held on the 4th inst, the Demo.
cratic majority was 1872
Hons James c. Allen and VIM. B. Archer
Will again make the race for Congress in the
Seventh district, in Illinois, which the House
| OF Representatives has declared vacant. Gov
| ernor Matteson certified to Aliens election by
one majOrity-S,25I to S,2sO-but the House
ousted him and declared the seat vacant.
Five of the Wing United States Senators now
| In Congress, viz Messrs Benjamin of Lou
isiana Jones of Tennessee, Geyer of Missouri,
and Pratt and Pearce of Maryland, have
| already, In the most public manner, avowed
their intention to support the Democratic
Presidential candidates.
| The boys from New York who did the filing
up at the Old Line Wing Convention at Al
Dany, let themselves out slightly One of the
| chaps was locked up for insulting female in
the street, and three of the delegates, who
wore ribbons in the bottom holes of their coats
created quite disturbance at the Delevan
House threatening to tear the house down if
liquor was not furnished them.
The Boston Traveller says OF the letter of
Hon Rufus Choate, in which he Gomez out for
Buchanan: 1T is by long odds the heaviest
shot that has yet been fred in the compaign,
AMI 1t goes booming and crashing through the
bers of the Republican ship in a way hich
| Will startle her numerous and gallant crew
and require the summoning of all hands to
| repair damages"
| The Springfield Argus says the way in
| which Democrats do things in Coanectic ut is
| pleasing. At least thousand farmers and
| mechanics met at AnsOnia, on a fine hickory
| tree having been drawn in from Great Hill by
| a long train Of oxen, and was soon planted,
| with Buchanan and Breckenridge lag float
| ing from its topmost branch. Speeches were
then made, and the assembly exhibited the
true spirit of patriotism.
The Boston Courier says Mr.. Burlingame is
| an AbOlitionst-as black and thorough an
Abolltionist as Theodore Parker or WIN. Loyd
| Garrison-and his election was attained
through shameless fraud and disgusting hy-
pocricy. He imposed himself upon the Know
Nothlngs Of his district as one of their order,
ana left them as soon as he had received the
favor from their hands which he had earned
by his double dealing.
30 his pretence of a willingness to fight
Brooks was not his first false pretence