The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-08-10
Late News.

The Breckinri3ge Democracy had State
Convention at White River Junction on
Tuesday Of this week, and put up straigh,
Breckenridge ticket for State officers and cleo.
tors. There was quite large attendance
some say 700, present. Speeches were made
by II. f. Stoughton of Bellows Falls, Col.
Wright and DIR. Loring of Mass, and T. P.
Red6eld Of Montpelier. The nominations
made were, for Governor, Robert Harvey of
Barnet Lieut.. Governor, Hon. Giles Har.
rinston of Grand Isle; State Treasurer,
Samuel Wells of Montpelier For electors
at large, Henry K. Campbell of Burlington,
and Ephraim Chamberlain of St. Johnsburv.
Resolutions heartily approving of,he admin
istration of James Buchanan and recommen-
ding and approving the nominations of
Breckenridge and Lane, and pledging them
their hearty support were adopted. The tel
esraph says it was tine largest gathering of
the party in the State for years; and tina,
harmony and enthusiasm characterized its
proceedings. Whether this fact was owing
to the late foruy of Douglas into this State
We have not learned.
We suppose the Republicans of Essex
County held their convention at Guildhall
last week on Tuesday, though We have as We,
received no official account of it. The secre.
tary is rather negligent. We have learned
by-the-by, that the attendance was large, and
the enthusiasm up to working heat.
State elections took place Monday in Ar.
kaLsa', Kentucky and Missouri. In Arkan.
sas all the candidates were Democrats, and
not much interest centered in the election
In Missouri Governor and other State off
GERS and seven members of Congress are te
be elected. There are no less than four can
dldates for Governor in the field, and an in
definite number for Congress. Late despatch
es show that the magnanimity of Frank Blair
Jr, in resigEing the seat awarded him in
Congress is rewarded, and his confidence ir
the people justified, by his triumphant re-elec
ton for the remainder Of his unexpred tern
and his election for another term. This is ;
Republican victory in slave State that, un
der the peculiar circumstances, will justify ;
large amount Of pride and exultation. 1t j.
significant omen Of the November victory
In kentucky the Douglas Bell union has pre-
vailed IN primary election SO overwhelming
ly as to leave little room to doubt that like
result will follow like means, in November
The line OLA united South" for Breckin,ids,
threatens to be broken in one instance, GER
,ainly, if not in more than one.
At Burlington, few evenings since. Hen
ryJ J. Raymond Of the " y. Times, address
ed Republican meeting, in which he sale
the election of Lincoln could alone give peac.
TO the country and settle this slavery ques
lion, including the slave trade and further
more that the issue was Lincoln by the PEG
pie or Joe Lane by the Senate, since one of
these two must be elected, and in one of
these two WAYS.
The New Workers are going to be reveng
ed for the manner in which they were swim
died in the Cape May excursion of the Grea
Eastern. They have brough, suit agains
the directors for an infringement of an Amer
lean patent, combining the use of side wheels
and the screw propeller. The patent is datet
1915, and the patentees sue for S5O,0oo.-
While our laws allow the use of American
patents by ign vessels, it restricts tina
use to arrivals and departures, and does no
allow their use in American waters. Whe,
they get their $4,000 We vii! chronicle III,
fact.
Sherman NJ. Booth, who was awaiting hi.
trial in the Glover rescue case, was take,
from his room in the Custom House in Mil
waukie, where he was confined, by ten armed
men, Aug. !, and driven off into the country
The I. S. Marshal and his deputies were a
dinner. and his keeper was silenced by threat,
Of violence.