Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-08-11
News
ECTICUT I,

nc Union state CONVENTION OF OOn-
ncctcut, which was held at New Haven
on Wednesday last, appointed Commit-
tee to nominate an Electoral Ticket In
this respect they followed the example of
the Union Convention of the State of
New York. The Nominating, Committee
is constituted as follows S. II. White, of
Hartford +. D. Whittlesey, of Southing.
ton; II. G. Lewis, of New Haven Rufus
Il. Hitchcock, of Waterbury Issac
Knight, of Canterbury T. p Loomis,
of New London Chas. H. Leeds, of
Stamford John w. Ross, of Greenwich.
We regard this action as favorable to
co operation with the Democrats in the
support of joint Electoral Ticket oppo
scd to Lincoln. The " Union men of
Connecticut are not numerous, but they
are of the true metal.
ALABAMA.
The Montgomery AdvertiScr sets at
rest in the following emphatic way the
claims of the Douglasites to Hon. Henry
W. IIilliard:
Mr.. Hilliard authorizes Us to say that
he is in favor of Breckinridgc and Lane
indeed, has been ever since the news of
his nomination was received. True, he
was member of the Convention at Com.
mercial Hall, in this city, in June, and
was appointed as delegate to the Balti-
more Douglas Convention, but did not
attend"
The Mobile Tribune sums up the array
for Breckenridge and Lane in Alabama
thus:
"There are our two Democratic Sena-
tors Clay and Fitzpatrick our Dcmocra.
tic Representatives, Stalworth, Clopton,
Moore, Curry, Pugh and Cobb our
Democratic Governor, Moore, and every
officer of our Democratic State admins.
tration-all of them against Douglas and
for Breckinridgc. Nearly every Demo
cratic member of th State Legislature is
the same way, and almost every leading
man of the party in every county; and
last, but not least, nearly the entire pop
ular mass of the Democracy of the State
are opposed to Douglas and supporting
Breckinridgc.'
NORTH CAROLINA.
Another Bell and Everett elector has
declared for the Democratic nominees.
The North CarIinlaa announces the fact
as follows:
&" We are rejoiccd to announce to the
Democratic party and to every free South
crn statesman this morning, that ID. Men.
Mckay, L q, one of tn, electors upon
the Bell and Everett ticket in this district,
has declared his determination to support
Jno. G, Breckenridge and Gen. Joseph
Lane for President and Vice President.
Mr.. Mckay says no Southern main car do
otherwise and perform his duty to the
South and the nation at large So it
will be with every true Southern man be-
fore the November elections
We have reliable information that John
y. Wilcox, who has been North to organ
ize the Houston forces, and get up clccto
raj tickets in his favor in the several
States, has avowcd his determination to 20
for Breckenridge and Lane IFuShiDgioM
Constitution.
VIRGINIA.
o. Jennings Wise, Esq,, in the course
of an address at Democratic meeting at
Norfolk on Tuesday evening, stated that
his fathers absence was caused entirely
by severe illness, and that he would be
ready and willing, as soon as relieved
from his present indi.po,ition, to raise his
voice in vindication of Breckinridgc and
Lane.
A Very SHORT TURS.-Thc Wabash
I"f"hge"cf' tells strange story of the
editor of the Democratic paper of that
place, the H""teaIer, 1t says his paper
came out last Saturday morning crowded
full Of Douglasism and tcnunciationS of
the Republicans, and yet the night before
'iio o"itoi H"u 'lSlcu HIS name To the
constitution and become u member of the
Wabash Republican Club As he wrote
the editorial during the day or the week
preceding the day of publication, his union
with the club at night was a pretty " short
turn, to say the least of it.
y FORMIDABLE AcCEssIoY-Tk- last
h'0a Statc Hcp9ner, published at Iowa
City, announces that it will next drop the
name of Douglaa and johnson, and there.
after give an enthusiastic support to Lin
coin and IIamm.
DoUGLAs Cur DoUGLAs.-Thc Gin.
cinnati &"Q"i'er, a Douglas paper, has
the following -
"Laue Proba6ly De.cqied.-We are
glad to perceive that Joe Lane is proba.
bly, defeated for re election to the United