St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-05-31
From Washington.

are generally pleased with the noml-
nation of Lincoln. Mr.. Stewards /
friends feel somewhat sore, but they
will heartily support the ticket. West
ern men are clatcd beyond measure,
and PennsylvanianS are delighted |
They say Lincoln will carry their
State by handsome majority. New
England representatives are satisfied.
The Democrats pronounce the ticket
a strong one, and the friends of Doug
las say he is the only man to face
this bold and popular move.
Mr. Douglas upon hearing the news
remarked Lincoln and l had hard
words when we run for the L. 5. Sen
ate in 1853, but he is able and honest"
One of our war ships has accidentally
captured a SLAYER, and it is said there
is to be rupture in the Cabinet on
account of it. At last the irreprcs-
siblc" darkey, from the Democratic
woodpilc, has found its way into the
heart of the family. The Cabinet
have got to "agitating the slavery
question" The issue is whether those
five hundred native Africans now in
the hands Of the United States Gov
eminent shall be returned to their ma
tive land, or whether they shall be set
to work raising cotton. Buchanan,
Black, and Touccy take the first posi-
ton, and Cobb, with the other South
crn members, except Holt, the lat
ter The fact is, the slave trade is
at this time as much a regular branch
of Southern commerce as the eXporta-
ton Of cotton. The pleasant side
show of opposition that has been kept
up by the Administration has been
perfectly well understood by the South;
it is very much like Douglass opposi-
ton to Lccompton. But now comes
the point where Old Buck finds it con-
vcnient to differ with the South. The
majority of the slavc-tradcrs, he finds
are for Douglas, and the old fellow
has quite notion Of dcmagoguing on
the Northern tack against his short
| legged rival. There was time when
Buchanan was the prince of fillibus-
tcrs but now he frowns upon the
practice, at least upon African fill
clustering. The story goes that there
was high cussing" in the halls of
state, and that Cobb talked turkey to
the venerable 81. b."
Mr.. Wendell has been again before
the Covode Committee and given some
important evidence He testified at
the last meeting Of the Committee
that he had spent in the Pennsylvania
election and the Lccompton measure,
$4,000 Thirty thousand dollars
was spent to influence votes for Le-
compton. He stated that the Pres-
dent and himself differed as to the
number of votes over a certain num-
Der it would be necessary to pass the
bill. The President thought that five
were necessary, and Wendell thought
that with three they could succeed.
The Japanese presents, after being
opened for inspection, were transferred
to the naval commissioner to be pre-
scented, privately, to the President in
the name of his Imperial Majesty, the
Tycoon.
The articles are of the most magni.
ficcnt description. Saddles richly EN-,
bosscd in gold and silver, bed curtains,
bed screens, similar to those used by
the princes Of Japan, and ingeniousIy
: elaborated, two swords, such as are
worn by the princes Of Japan, superb
or to any ever manufactured, either
in this country or France paper hang
!. ing ornamented with gold iacqucro
ware, including writing cases and {
lot of valuable miscellaneous articles
= all of them exhibiting most refined
taste and advanced artistic skill, ant
> superior to any which have even
: been brought to this country from
: Asia
Mr. Rice, Of Massachusetts, in his
speech on the tariff, stated the follow
ing facts "Thc Bay State Mills
: of Massachusetts, which cost ovcl
100000, were sold for 100000
The MiddlcscX Mills, fifty sets ma
chinery, cost 81 100000 were capital
lied for 200, 600. The Salisbury Mills
: fifty sets machinery, cost over 81 900,
900, sold for $225,0O0 The New
England Worstcd Company failed I,
e pay its debts in full, and its property
S was an entire loss to the stockholders
h The lIollistcr Mills, near Utica, \. Y.
f cost near $4,000, sold for abou
$40,0 0; and so on with Mills at Wa
S tcrtown, \. Y, Dexter, Me, Burling
c ton, VT, and other places. In fact
r an amount equal TO the whole origina
investment in wooden mills has alrca
; dy been sunk in the business. Dur
G ing the same period, also, under til,
i, tariff Of 1876, the manufacture 0
/, broadcloth in this country was entire
r ly suspended, and 50 continues to thi.
: day"
: The Cincinnati papers are file,
with accounts of the terrible storm
which prevailed in the Ohio Valley
y few days since. The storm EXTENDED
. from Louisville to Marietta, followin;
' the course of the river. The dalnag
= dow, &c oot;n.tnl Of nvnr sI Dnn Oaf