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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11
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In South Carolina, If a person questions
the divine right of Slavery, summary means
are applied to convince him of the error of
his ways; not so much that the Carolinians
have not all the advantages in the argu-
ment, and cannot boldly challenge discussion;
as that, as we all know, there are certain
things too sacred to be regarded as open to
discussion and scepticism, and in South Caro-
lima Slavery is one of these.
But as we know by numerous instances in
sacred and classical literature, the sternest
resistance is often overcome by apparent con-
cessons, and irmness which no intimidation
nor persecution could shake is broken by
fatal gifts. The very air of South Carolina is
profaned by any discussion of Slavery; but
under the speciousguise of compliment in Sc
lecting that State for the place of the Demo-
cratic National Convention, several hundred
turbulent politicians penetrated into the very
bowels of the State and there agitated the
whole Union for weeks, with their wrang-
liugs on slavery. Men who at home had
solemnly made it an article of Democratic
faith-a thing, the unchangability of which
makes the laws of the Medes and Persians
seem quite ephemeral-that it was the Dem
ocratic duty to mitigate and eradicate the
slavery evil, were permitted under this guise
to enter the very sanctuary of slavery and
there refuse to concede to it the right of legal
protection in the Territories and to proclaim
something more fatal to slavery than even
the glittering generality of Mansfeld-that
slaves can not breathe in the Territories; that
the moment they come in contact with an
abolitonist majority, their shackles fall
While South Carolina has been expending
her energies on some stray mechanic from
the North who had ventured to express
doubts whether slavery was beneficial to the
white laboring man, or ON some clock peddlar
whose wares indicated an origin where prin-
ciples were unsound, Pandora's box o.
slavery agitators has been opened in hel
midst, and their dissensions have been per-
mitted for weeks to scatter infection in the
very citadel of slavery. ......
The Troians after resisting ten-years'
siege, admitted band of armed Greeks into
their city in the bowels of a pretended gift;
so South Carolina has admitted a National
Democratic Convention into her citadel
whose intestine disturbances disclosed band
of unmitigated slavery-agitators; and now
Charleston holds that position as the center
of slavery agitation, which Kansas recently
occupied. South Carolina may well reflect
upon the hard fate of Troy and upon the
striking parallel between Grecian and Dem.
ocratic strategy.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11

ST. LOUIS, May lO-The Convention re-
assembled at Decatur this morning and NOM
mated the balance of the State ticket, as
follows: Auditor-Jesse K. Dubois; Treas
urer-Wm. Butler; Secretary-O. M. Hatch (;
Superintendent of fSchools--Newton Bateman.
Resolutions were unanimously adopted de-
claring Abram Lincoln the choice of the
Republican party of Illinois for the Presi-
dency, and instructing the delegates to
Chicago to use all honorable means to secure
his nomination, and vote as a unit for him.
Four Delegates at large, two Delegates
from each Congressional District, two Elect
ors at large, and one Elector from each dis
trict were appointed.
The Delegates at large are Gustayus kocner,
N. B. Judd, David Davis and D. ii. Brown
ing. The Electors at large are Leonard SWEET
and ]. M. Palmer.
The report of the Committee on Resolutions
was unanimously adopted.
The resolutions Teaffirm the platform
adopted by the State Conventions Of 1856 and
1858; favor full protection in all rights to all
classes of citizens; oppose any change in the
natural alization laws; favor Homestead Bill;
declare Kansas ought to be admitted into the
Union without slavery.
Supplementary resolutions, fayoring an
economical administration of the State Gov
ernment, with view of the speedy liquida-
ton Of the State debt, without direct taxa
ton, and approving of Lyman Trumbulls
course in the United States Senate, was also
adopted.
The Convention adjourned sine die.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11
John Bell.

The third-party Convention at Baltimore
has nominated John Bell for the Presidency.
The candidate is vastly better than the Con-
vention which nominated him. We remark
this because investigations have revealed so
much corruption in the last movement Of this
kind that the connection of some of the
meanest of the leaders of that with this, at
taches a suspicious odor TO it.
John Bell is a statesman without reproach.
If the Republicans really want what they
profess to--a conservative candidate-and
are not afraid TO take statesman of charac-
ter and experience, John Bell is unexception-
able for the Chicago nomination. His posi-
tion on slavery is probably about the same
that the Republicans viii take at Chicago,
or at any rate quite as far as they will ven
ture to go in hostility to slavery.
Should Mr.. Douglas be nominated il is
probable that considerable number of South
ern Democrats will discover but little "a
choose between the two; and if the election
should 60 into the House, and Mr.. Bell should
he one of the eligibles there his chances
would be at least as good as those of any
other candidate. ID.
Although the third-party movement ha
hitherto been remarkably prolific in the plat
form way, so much so as to attach the tern
"spresd-eagle" to their literature, this Con
vention changed its tactics, and resolved t.
have no platform.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11

RuFtkio, Nav l0.-The Conference as
sembled at ths usual hour, Bishop Baker in
the chair.
end Hulburt, delegates from the Wesleyan
budt Of Canada, were presented, and the
delegates admitted to seats on the platform.
Among the petitions presented to-day were
ffty-six for change Of the rule on slavery
and three against; in favor of lay delegations
and against the same; on the presiding elder
shin In relation 10 the extension of time Of
the ministerial service in relation 70 new
building in Baltimore for the Book Concerns
in favor of book-publishing house IN Vuin-
cv. Illinois; in relation TO the Five Points
and other New York City Missions; on seat
ing the congregations in churches; and from
Oregon, on the Importance OF resident
Bishop on the Pacific coast. 90
The Committee on Missions reported In
favor of sending a missionary editor to Ger
many to assist Rev Mr.. jacob, and to take
chrree of the Biblical Institute at Baden; also
in favor of having one of the Bishops pay an
occasional visit 10 the missions in Germany,
Norway and Sweden. Report adopted.
A memorial was presented and referred to
the Committee on Episcopacy, in relation to
the administration Of Bishop Ames in the
| Philadelphia Conference, during March, 1858.
| The Bishop is charged with having passed
upon the characters Of certain slaveholding
members without investigation, and with
having taken partizan stand in reference TO
certain slaveholding preachers.
The Committee on Correspondence reported
against special delegation to represent this
| body in the Presbyterian General Assembly,
| at Rochester, as this Conference has nopower
| to ask any member of this body to vacate his
| seat without the consent of his constituents.
| DR.. Hibbard hoped the Conference would
not omit the opportunity in this day and age,
of holding out their hands to their sister
churches. The coincidence might not occur
again in a life time. He moved to re-commit
the report, with instructions TO prepare a let
ter of salutation TO both the assemblies OF the
Presbyterian Church, now about to meet.
Mr.. Coombe opposed the motion, on the
ground that it would involve similar course
toward all the other churches. Four years ago
this Conference expressed its desire for frater-
nal intercourse with all its sister churches,
and not single reply had been received. lie
was opposed, therefore, to placing themselves
in position which would subject them to
similar treatment and neglect hereafter.
DR.. Curry was in favor of sending del,
egate to Rochester, to make his bow and
say, "How do you do" and then return, and
if the Presbyterians desired to make any re-
ply they would be at liberty to do SO. .',
After some other good natured discussion
the motion to re-commit was laid on the table
and the report was adopted. A communica-
ton from the Bishops was laid before thu
Conference in reference to a revision OF thu
ritual, which was read and placed on file.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11

A BOGUS AsToR IN THE WEsT-A FAscN-
ATING SwINDLER IMPRIsoNBD-A young and
genteel-looking German, calling himself VIM.
Louis Astor, and claiming TO be the only
cousin of VIM. b. Astor, the New York Gre
sus recently visited Davenport, Iowa, and
pretended to be very wealthy and desirous OF
buying large amount of property, as well
as of taking up his residence there. He inn
posed upon the people in that city for some
time, but when he wished to sell drafts for
$50, 900 on New York, certain bankers tele-
graphed East and learned that VIM. Louis
Astor was a sham and probably swindler
He was then arrested, having borrowed q
small sum of money from a firm there, and
in default of bail committed TO prison on
charge of obtaining money by false pre-
lenses
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11

TIE PUGILIsTIc EXCITEMENT IN LIVERPOOL.
The excitement consequent on the late fight
seems to increase rather than subside in Liv-
erpool. The admirers of Sayers have COM
menced subscription on his behalf and it is
confidently stated that the little hon will
pay visit to Liverpool in a day or two for
the purpose Of receiving the tribute. Hee-
nan, too, is coming in for his share of public
praise, and already sum not far short of
ican captains in the port of Liverpool, sew
eral of whom have pocketed considerable
sums in the shape of time bets. A number
Of the admirers of both men have expressed
a desire that Heenan and Sayers should both
visit Liverpool together.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11
Was the Tennessee Resolution Adopted ol
Not?

The question whether certain resolution
offered in the Charleston Convention by dele
gates from Tennessee, in respect to the rights
of the legislative power to act upon questions
of property, actually passed that body or not,
is one in which good deal of interest ap-
pears to be invested. Taking for authority
the telegraphic report of the proceedings, we
felt no hesitation in stating, in an article pub
lshed on Friday last, that the resolution had
been adopted. The report is confused, it is
true, and inartistic, but it is not contradic-
tory; and II would be difficult to frame any
theory to account for what it contains, except
upon the hypothesis that it was acted upon,
and, if acted upon, then adopted. ANY other
presumption would render the whole thing
absurd. -t't t~t
Beside this, the resolution was presented as
the ultimatum, both of the Tennessee and
Kentucky delegations-th thing, without
the passage of which, these delegations would
not remain in the Conventions. These dele
cations did remain; thereby raising a pre-
sumption, of no little strength, that the con-
ditions which they prescribed were complied
with.
This would seem TO make pretty strong
case, nor is there against it anything but
merely negative testimony. Certain dele
gates affirm that they were not aware of its
adoption, which, considering the excitement
and confusion that prevailed at the time is
very possible, and perfectly consistent with a
formal going-through, on the part of the
Chair and the House, of all the motions nee
essary to its passage. This is all that the
showing of the Philadelphia Press amounts
to-hardly enough, it would seem, to invali-
date the apparently positive evidence of the
record.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11

The Enormous Defalcation In the Union
Bank of London-The Cashiers Robbery
Amounts TO S1,3OO,O0O. M
Our Wednesday New York exchanges say
there was considerable talk in the street, on
Tuesday, about the enormous defalcation
which has just come TO light In the Union
Bank in London. IL seems that the Cashier
of that institution, Mr.. William G. PulInger,
has contrived, in the course of the past five
years, TO rob the Bank of no less than
81, 800, 900, the whole of which he appears TO
have lost in stock speculations. He effected
the robbery by very simple process. The
Union Bank kept their account with the Bank
of England, and the deposits, payments and
balances were regulated, as usual, by pass
book; Pullinger had two -books-one, the
real book, which was sent every day to the
Bank Of England, the other, a false one,
which was shown TO the accountant of the
Union Bank.
At the time the defalcation was discovered
the balance standing to the credit of the
Union Bank according TO the false book was
E569, 706, while the real book only showed a
balance Of f306, ,636-the difference being the
amount appropriated by the fraudulent
cashier. OF course no such barefaced fraud
could have taken place had the president and
| directors of the bank been watchful of Pull
| lingers proceedings. 1t is, in fact wonder
full that during period of five years the
Union Bank never happened to require the
whole of the balance which, according TO its
general ledger, it had in the Bank Of England
Had the directors ever drawn check for
their Bank of England balance, as it itappeared
in their own books, the defalcation would al
/ once have been discovered; their not having
done so during so long period, would seem
to imply that Pullinger was the real manager
of the bank, and that no one understood il
condition but himself II is only too likely
that other banks, not in England, are in the
same position, and that the only men who
understand their true state are subordinate
officials of whose habits and circumstance
president and directors are as ignorant as thu
Union Bank directors were of the stock spec
ulation of Pullinger.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11

ARREST OF AN ALLEGED NEGRo-sTEALER.---
officers Rust and Tiller, says the Louisville
Democrat, arrested white man at the How
ard House, on Tuesday evening about sum
down. He had aroused their suspicious by
having with him a likely yellow boy, about
twenty-four or twenty-five years of age. The
fellow gave his name as H. A. Scott, and is a
painter by trade. He declared that the negro
belonged to him, but upon examination the
boy told quite different story. He said that
he belonged TO Mr.. l.. N. Whittle, u lawyer
at Macon, Ga from whom he had run away
about December, 1857. Upon the person Of
the white man was found three daguerreo-
types of negroes one of a black man, another
of an elderly negro woman, and third of a
man and woman of about the middle age
The boy who was with the white man gave
his name as John Henry. There can scarcely
be any doubt about the fellows character, OF
the probability of the boys story, as it has
an air of likelihood about it. -5I3
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11
American RihIe Society.

NEW YORK, May l0-The anniversary of
the American Bible Society took place to-
day at the Academy of Music, Theodore Fre-
linghuysen presiding. The Treasurer re-
ported the receipts Of the year $434,OOO, be-
ing an excess of $2l, 900 over last year, and
expenditures upward of $437,000.
The American and Foreign Baptist Bible
Society anniversary, DR.. Hange presiding,
was held to-day. Receipts of the year nearly
5000, and expenditures $25, 900.
Rev. Bartholomew T. Welsh was reelected
President; Dudley G. Hargness, Correspond
ing Secretary, and George Gault Treasurer
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11
Extensive Forgeries Of Deeds In New
York-OperatiOns to tho Amount of S1O,-

York-Operations to tho Amount of s1O,-
900.
The examination of Ephraim r. Roberts,
alias Thomas Lawson, a law clerk, was COM
menced recently before Justice Welsh, in
New York. The testimony, as it progressed,
developed the fact that on the 18th of March
last, Lawson under the name of Ephraim r.
Roberts, of Chicago, ILL.,, gave Mr.. Smith
Wilcox a deed of six lots of ground on
Ninety-sixth-street, near Ninth-avenue, for
which he was to receive So, 500. On the Goth
of the following month the prisoner and two
other men appeared before William H. Stans-
bury, Commissioner of Deeds, at l5 Park
row, when one of the men, with whom Mr..
Stansbury was partially acquainted, intro
duced Lawson as Ephraim R. Roberts, and
Lawson, taking the oath, acknowledged the
deed. The two then left.
1t next appeared that Lawson, under the
name of Roberts, gave deed to Mr.. James M.
Alden for a lot of ground in Ninety-fourth-
street, near Nintb-avenue, for which he was
TO receive $500. The deed bears date Feb
ruary 20, 1860 and was acknowledged before
Henry Harrington, Considerably and
Notary Public. There are numerous other
similar cases of forgery, which, in the ag-
gregate, may perhaps amount to $4,000. 1t
IS also quite probable that several other par
ties viii become involved in this series OF
rascally swindling.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11

oUTRAaE uPoS WoMAN BY wHIsKY-
sELLER.-A miserable fellow went into
drinking-salOOn in Keokuk, Iowa, last Tues
day, and got drunk. His wife went after
him to take him away, and the saloon-keeper
pushed her out Of doors, throwing her down
six or eight steps, striking her head against
post, tearing the skin and flesh from her
forehead till il hung over her eyes, iniuring
her terribly. slse s6fie',ra1
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11
Senatorial Election,

New HAVEN, May lO-The Connecticut
this morning, reelected Senator
Laf s. Foster. The Democratic candidate
was Hon. W. W. Easton, of Hartford, who
made q speech in the Democratic caucus last
night, taking strong grounds against Mr..
Douglas and his doctrines, declaring that
seventeen Democratic States repudiate them,
and defending the Southern view of the Ter
ritorial question. The vote stood, in the
Senate, Foster l6 Easton 7; in the House,
Foster l39, Easton 10.
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ShipMrecI1.

WILMINGTON, N. c., May lO.--six of the
crew, four blacks and two white, of the ship
Robert StewarL, from Mobile for Liverpool,
were taken on a raft in lat. 81, long. 7l.4b, on
the LIST inst, by the bark Western Sea, and
brought to this port. Another man, sup
posed to be the mate, was picked up by an
other vessel 1t is thought that sixteen were
drowned. The ship sank April 80. She had
a cargo of 9, 100 bales of cotton. .
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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11

New YORK, May lO-The American Tract
Society, of Boston, held their anniversary
meeting at the Church of the Puritans, Henry
Hill presiding in the absence Of Ex-Governor
Briggs. Receipts of the year, nearly $6s, 600;
expenses, nearly $4,000 balance on hand,
5000. ..i.-.alat.r ~ ~
The Womans Rights Convention assembled
WriSbt of Auburn Srssiaing' Addresses
were made by Susan B. Anthony, Ernestine
Rose, Mrs. Swisshelm, Wendell Phillips and
others.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11

CERTAIN CURE FOR AsTHMA.-This is said
to be a certain cure for that distressing COM
plant, the Asthma In any quantity, say a
quart, of Apple Brandy, put as much COM
mon salt as win dissolve. When that is done
it is ready for use Take three tablespoons
ful per day, one just before each meal. Sew
erai sufferers by this disease have been effect
ually cured by this recipe. ....,... ....
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Flood I'm Pennaxlxnnin.

TYRoE, PA, May lO.-The heaviest freshet
which has occurred for years now sweeps the
waters Of the Blue Junfata. Half this town
Is under water. The bridges over Bald Eagle
have been turned back. The Pennsylvania
Railroad is uninterrupted.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11

A DEoREB CoNFERRED UPoS AN AUTHOR
The Senatus of the University of Glasgow
have conferred the degree of LII. D. upon j.
d. Morrell Eco, one Of her Majestys In
spectors ofSchools, author of several philo-
sophical and educational works, some of
which have been republished in the United
States
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-11

IMPROVEMENT OF AN ARKANSAS TowE.-Lit-
tie Rock, Arkansas, has improved very much
Of late. Streets are being opened and new
and beautiful buildings springing up for half
There are few towns where there was more
room for Improvement.