The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-07-20
The Spencer County Mission.
A correspoudent of the Rockport Dem,

The spencer Sounty MISSION.
A correspondent of the Rockport Demo-
erat, from Centeryille, gives the following
account of the Rudd and Hall caucus, at
that place on the 10th inst. 1t is interest
ing and graphic in its details:
"Some three weeks since, cur neighlor-
hood was supplied with a lot of small hand
bills calling upon the Democracy of Spen-
Ger County to meet in Convention at Gem
terville, on Saturday, the 10th of July, for
the purpose of nominating candidates for
the State Legislature and for county offices.
The first of last week we received new
supply of 2nd edition of said small hand
bills, urging the reople to turn out, at an
early hour, as there was business of very
great importan,e of and vital interest to the
country to t<hsact. With the last named
batch of h,lhd-bills, came two very noted
gentlemen, zone in the person OF Bob. Rudd,
of the EvahSyille Post Office, the other in
the person of SShn B. Hall, of the Evans
vile Enquirer, howcre engaged in posting
up said hand-bilis, and visiting all whom
they thought it profitable to call upon, urg
ing them to turn out.
That the above named Bob. and John,
should be imported from Evansville, and en-
ployed in the business of posting hand-bills
for Spencer County Convention, excited no
little curiosity in the minds of those who
have not been so fortunate as to have peep
behind the curtain. Toascertain what busi-
ness there was to transact that would be of
so much importance to the country, i, with
a few others, concluded to attend the meeting,
where we arrived about the hour set forth in
the bills for the performance to commence.
Wefound few Drummers from Luce, Ohio,
Harmon, and Grass, Townships, the above
named gents from Evansville, and Parret
from Boonville, all anxiously engaged look
ing up and down the roads for the dear pe0-
pie, who for some cause unknown to them,
had forgotten to come up or had mistaken
the day, in consequence of which all further
operations were suspended until the after
noon. In the mean time we were told that
we would be addressed by j. ". Shanklin,
DIR. Graf, and Others. Mr.. Shanklin, had
shdRked it off in some other direction, and
DR.. Graf, had concluded TO administer his
rcStorativcs to other patients who showed
more signs of life, and therefore We were
forced to while away the time as best we
could, until something should turn up.
About 2 o'clock, p. ", to the Joy of all
il was asccrtaincd by actual count that there
was then and there assembled and in wait
ing, Lecompton men, anti-Lecompton men,
ret-edred Democrats, boys, and dogs, to the
number of one hundred and ffty-seven.-
When, upon motion of X. l.. Crossey, w IN.
B. Richardson was chosen President, who
mounted upon an old log and in a very
brief manner thanked EN- for the honor
conferred upon him, on that and other oc-
casions, and then took his seat upon the log.
G.. W. BalSey and Thompson Lamar, were
seated by the side of the President, on the
old log, and some one said they were Vice
Presidents. 5. W. Fairfield and DR.. Hog
land, were chosen Secretaries, and also got
upon the log.
Everything now being ready, they pro-
ceeded TO business and passed the resolutions
and made the county ticket as reported.
John B. Hall being called upon, responded
/ by telling the convention that he had been
travelling in their county for week, that
! there was harmony among the true Democ-
1 racy, that the Kansas question was fairly
and effectually settled by the English Bill
that Mr.. Douglas, endorsed the Bill as a
compromise of the question, and therefore il
was u dead issue, and that no good Democra,
4 will again disturb it. But there was one
thing for which he was very sorry; some
| men calling themselves Democrats and es.
pecially the Editor and Proprietor of your
county sheet-the " Rockport Democrat" arC
using all their power and influence to create
/ discord and dissentions i'm the Democratic
party. ''The fact is-said the speaker-they
have gone body, breeches and soul to the
Black Republicans.
Mr.. Parrct, Whose name indicates his
spccies) was next called upon the old log
who true to his nature went through the pro
cess of repeating what Hall had said of you
transition from the Democracy to Republic
canism.
Thus ended one of the grandest failure
in the way of conventions, that ever fel
under the notice of REPORTER.
Strolling players and wandering negr'
minStrels, when reduced to the last last dime
so through the villages acting, with sligh
changes of character, as bill posters, hal
sweeperS, door keepers and star performers
Mr.. Brights emmisaries, were so pinchcd o
economical as to act upon this hint, in thei
, recent tour.