New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-09-18
POLITICAL ITEMS.

CARANDAGuA, Sept. H.-Judge Douglas left
Elmira at 5 o'clock. AT all the stations the
road demonstrations were made. At Canandagua
the Little Giants turned out in full force with light
ed torches.
Judge Douglas excused himself from making any
remarks in consequence of his extreme hoarseness
through cold and repeated speaking.
PHIlADELPHIA, Sept. 14.-Hon. H. Y. johnson
will speak here Saturday evening. Preparations
are making for grand reception.
ELMIRA, Sept. 14.-Judge Douglas arrived here
at "A O'Clock this morning, accompanied by his
wife. All along the route, notwithstanding the
unseemly hour, meetings assembled at the depots,
and the Judge was called out and compelled to
| speak few words to the crowds. This morning
he suffered from a severe cold. A mass meeting
| was held this afternoon, at which 5000 persons
| were present. Notwithstanding the bad health of
Judge Douglas, he spoke an hour and half,
ferebly vindcating the principle of Popular Soyer
eighty. He made no ausion to Mr. Dickinson,
| and very little to the Breckenridge men, simply
| characterizng the leaders as disunionists and se
cessionists, and denouncing them as boilers from
the Democratic party and Democratic principles.
/ NEW YoRK, Sept. 1.-THE Douglas State Com
mittee met today for the purpose of considering
the proposition recently made by the Breekinridge
! State Committee viz The adoption Of ten
Breckinridge electors on the Douglas ticket, and
two Breckinridge candidates for State officers.
The proposition was rejected by vote of to 5.
Our accounts from various quarters of Virginia
with regard to the progress of the cause of Bell
and Everett are very encouraging. The Alexandria
Gazette says:
Many Democrats will vote on this occasion for
the Union Constitutional candidates, believing that
II IS best Tor the country that they should do SO,
8 and hundreds of Wings who have not voted for
several years past will now gladly and heartily
unite In the effort to place at the head Of the Gov
ernment the candidates of their choice. We have
J. never known the party to be more united, more
1T harmonious, and more determined; and they are
r. conducting the canvass for the most part with
somImendahie Judgment, and generally with good
=, feeling which wins and cenciates and which does
not require vain boastng keep up its courage
u pafusan ABUSE to prove its earnestness.
BELL AND EVERETT PoLg IN YAzoo CITY-A mole
\ was raised the other day on the corner of Jetfer
" son ana Maine streets, surmounted by an immense
ce Sela, NJ Nun .ne name Of Everett on it. The pole
om the ground to the top of the bell ia l7o fee
high. The broad and ample folds of the America,
M flag are given forth to the breeze from this pdi,
he height. GYazoo Banner e'ee.
" Horace Gather, ESQ, by invitation Of friends
re will address the citizens of Concorda parish.
ed the Courthouse in Vidalia, on Saturday morn;no
or 22d inst. general invitation is extended.
The Hon. A. H. Il. Stuart says the staunto
tYa.) Spectator, is zealously at work in the caus
- of the Constitutional Union movement. He le
in Stanton on Tuesday last at the searnest entreat
i not invitation of the citizens of Wheeling whel
he Ia to address mass meeting ''of thousands
lay He will remain in northwestern Virginia. speakir
og- whenever the occasion offers, throughout IL
~ month OF September.
.de The Hon. VIM. Ballard Preston, of Virginia h,
This taken the field in behalf of the Constitution
Union ticket. The popular talents and wide inf
inc ence which he brings to the aid of the cause vi
al not fan e be sensbly felt for good in the anee
IN Commonwealth
The Clarke county Va) oonservator, Dem