New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-22
POLITICAL

The Hos Carl Soburz of Wisoo1s'n va welcomed
10 pubic reception by the Repu soahs Of Boston, in
Fsreul Hall os Monday evening last
In the With CoDgIesaons Dlstrc! Of Virginia
there sre three csndidstss, spd too Of them Demo
crsrs 10 vii: John X. 5bsctelford and extra Billy ~
Smith. These gentlemen held meeting at Culpeppsr
Court House, or Mohdsy, tne 18th inst NUMEROUS
audience wac prese1t and much excite nent occs
stoned by Mr. ShAokslford producing the fOilosiDg
letter:
tCopsd,pta1 WASHINGTON, De-. H. 1884.
D,ls SIE in receipt Of e:.er a.tsd q. So ,n.
roud ard W y Walker OF LyLoLburs Va containing re-
P IT, sba .as Il. ts i... :. .ps..r
BE- In the handwriting and IS Jo1 are wholly r,nset .
frsnEneu and conhdeno. witch they may require.
an deeply di...,hed with Tie nouns'ion o. NJ We not
juuos which "a, bean yr1etsd Upon tae Line
IsEoer'y &c .t psogs f & .sair,
oour,e Of policy which shall orbsr a. present detailing 70
ibi. you vis, WsshuEon rO1d Joa prefer .hol
you PTedeet.bus For the confidence pleased
. 5 ny ssa S Si.s esS ~; ny VA. never
false to . personal or political rvs>on.
am, very respectfully yours ,,-,, o,,,,g
TORT wALKER, Richmond, Va.
This letter the illutrious Smith vsrly sniesvorsd
t. explain. 1t low seems tia! the opposition csndi-
date, Mr.. Thomas, will be elected.
The Hon. Jeremiah Clsmers Of Memphis, Tour,
in a speech at Nashville, Tenn. on the 10Th ut, said
that it required extraordinary creduty 70 believe that
the Administration intended to the ESQ C0 900 II
asked fer Of the late Congress in the purchase of
Cuba. "In my honest opinion continued Dir.
Clemens "tbe intention was TO use i az corruption
fu1d to secuIe tie nouinston and election OF Jonu
Sideu az President of these United States. There
lie nothing in the past history Of either James Bu-
ohsnan or John Slidell TO place them above su'pi-
ciop. Give them $50 100000 to be used 10 buying
Sparish officials, and unless some such miracle oc'
ours as that Of the leopard changing his spots part
of the sum will be employed in buying the Charles
ton Convention and the remainder in purchasing the
vote necessary to insure the election Of is nomiaee"
The Hunt,riHe ,As.D Iadcpsndem suggests the
Hon. +. X Zoll.coTer Of Tennessee as nominee for
President in 1860.
Gen. Foote Ex-Governor of MississppD is a candi-
date for Congress in the Iyth Mississippi Distinct. His
opponent IL the Hop. o. X. Singleton.
"A Sl.vehoders' Convention is TO be held at Ba!ti-
more on the second Wednesday Of June "for the pur
pose Of devisng system TO be presented to the
Legislature of Maryland At its next session. having for
s object the better regulation Of the free negro popu
laton Of this State
The LDuisiana Courier IL IN want OF & leader
not a newspaper leader, but leader Of men. Some
thing. it ssys, "must be done. TIE Nor hern At
lsntc Stses and the Western Stses Of the far North
are all with one accord srrsyng themselves against us
ard our prosperity and domestic Institutions And
again il exolalms, where shsl. We fad lssier.'
The jackson, Mica Eagle II The South argues
that nssmuch as by the Federal basis of represents
ton slaves are counted only at three-ifths, and IS
African apprentices "bcund TO service for term OF
years" would b. computed and fully represented,
thereby increasing the poEer OF the South IN Congress-
that the establishment Of such y stem is worthy OF
the serious consideration OF the SOUTH
-"Whst.o ex,lans TIE Charleston IS. c. Mr-
cury, "is the spirit Of liberty 1t is jn''ie' armsd
ruth resistance is it dead in the South! God for
bdw Proceedings are TO be immediately Instituted
against The Mercury as an incendary publication.
The ~ O. Crescent has got idea. 1t begs
leave to ask "PurtaLic cayIers which, we take
it, Is as bad kind Of oaviler can possibly be
if the African ssve-trEde be wrong in Itsslf is not
the slave trade between the S.ses wrong 10 itself,
sso7" The Crescent has certainly got us where
our air is short " this time.
The Governor Of Louisiana recently sent to MIS-
souri TO reclaim fugitive from justice Who had muir
dered female slave In New Orlesns and fed to 81.
Ious where he had been tsken into custody 20 await
reauisition. When the messenger waited upon Gov.
Stewart OF Missouri, the requston was refused, aud
the messenger told 10 say to the Governor OF LolsaEa
that he was id tool .hs: If he Stewart hal
not more brains than WickliTe, be would resign"
Tie murderer, of course, was discharged.