Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-03
Douglns or Nobody.

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Douglas or Nobody.
Tho Philadelphia Press concludes an article on
| the Charleston Convention with the following do.
claration:
The extreme politicians at Charleston and their
Northern allics have discarded Democratic prnci-
piles, and may discard the best representative of
those principles. They refuse to 10 for Douglas
because. and only because he is this
For our part, aud speaking only for ourselves,
ire deciar u 10 be Mc purpose Of Tue Pass 10 sup
port no other Charleston nominee taken from The
Ha Of those prominently named. When his foes
say that he Of all men shall not receive their sup
port. wo declare TINT no other can receive ours.
Or, TO be more explicit, no man like Lane, or
Hunter. or Guthrie or Slidell or Davis, or Bay
Ord, or even Breckenridge, greatly rs We person
ally esteem, and closely we have been attached
to his character. And why Becnuse all these
men have directly assisted in the war upon the
principles of the Democratic party. and upon
Douglas and have stood by and aided. or been
silent under tho public prescription Of all those
who dared tossand forth for tho one or the other.
Aud such is Tho platform Of The Press. 1t may
moan nothing to others; but 1t IL our uitimatum.
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Tnr Fuo,rlvE SLAVE CAsE IN 1RoY.--Wo pab-
lishoi ON Saturday teegraphic report OF this
case but the following particulars from the Alba
ny Journal Of the Goth nt., are interesting.
The Scene al Vest 7rpy--D Description by an Eye
lIitness.-lt was about O'Clock In the afternoon.
| was standing by the Exchange in West Troy,
near tho steam forry. when suddenly saw great
crowd running down along the dock on the oppo-
site aide Of tho river in pursuit, apparently Of
black man, without any hat or coat, running AZ II
for Gie Tho bystandcrs told mo he was fugitive
slnve There must have been four OF fvo hundred
in the crowd, If mt more. lilo reached tho shore.
umped into skiG and tho ferryman put Of immedi.
,tey into tho river. Those leading pursuit. who
appeared to be officers, endcavored to stop him, aud
even rushed few steps into tho water after the
boat But they were too late. Tho ferryman
rowed rapidly across the stream and landed him
Mt tho dock in West Troy But here another depu-
ty Marshall and assistants were in waiting who
instantly seized him aud hurried him up to the
Justices uilcc near the Exchange, 10 lock him up
until the Marshall from Troy could get over the
river to take him in charge.
Meanwhile the crowd began to gather on this
side around tho Justices office, and the ferry boat
from the other side brought over large numbers.
who, with loud shouting and hallooing were
threatening or advising rescue. Probably ono
third of them were black men aud women The
Justices offcc was up stairs. Tho crowd rushed
M these stairs, but were met at the top by the
Deputy Marshal and his assistants, who presented
pistol, threatening to fire. The crowd surged back
aud forth two or three times, as il undecided
From the outside heard no firing. though per-
sous who were in, afterwards told mo that pis-
ol was snapped once, missing fire, nnd then fred
tho ball passing through mans hat.
THIS cxnspcrntcd the crowd and another rush
took place. md the door went down with n crash
Almost Immediately. down the stairs poured tho
crowd with the fugitive in their midst Then
lhare was great cheering. lost sight of him in
the craw, as they hurried him down the street to-
ward. tie Albany road. Here, was informed,
he was put into wagon, aud excapcd to parts un-
known.
parap OF CASN,nALrsM terrible murder.
tho rpsult Df M Indian suuerStItutlDu described
"a owa in the Northwestern, published at the
Sckrk settlement, in the Red River Of tho North:
I'VE have Just received tho following thrilling
intelligence from the shores Of Lake Winnipeg. In
the beginning oi February, two men were sent
from Lever Fort Garry to the west aide of tho
lake m Il fur expedition. In the vincnty of
jack Head they fell in with Mr.. john Monkmnn
who informed them TINT he had visited Thick
Foot-' camp. nnd there learned that Thick Foots
brother had killed his grandson, boy of ten or
twelve years Of aye. Icing apprehenslve TINT the
said boy was becoming 'Windigoo' We mny
inlnrm our uninncd readers that according to
Indian tradition, if this youth had once TASTED hu
man flesh he would have became as impcnetrable
to lead or steal IA ever Achilles was after emerg-
Jag from the river Styx. 1t was to obviate 30
dine "A calamity, that the Indian patriarch, with
all due saemniiy and ceremony, perpreiatcd the
tragiral deed. by buryinS his axe in the skull Of
hi, grandchil1, Not satisfied with crushing his
head to atoms his super-ticious fror impcllcd him
to cut up the remains and burn them to cnders.
in order thoroughly to'extinguish any latent vital
spark which might by any possibility. germinate
into II 'Winiigo.' Tradition also taught that when
any body had fairly commenced eating human
ncsh his heart became n solid mass of ice, and
hence we are told rs II matter Of great moment,
that the young heart burned like every other heart
prcscninsno symptoms of glacifca'ion.
TuE JArANEsB EMBASSY. The House Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs have under consideration
tho subject of recommending an appropriation
additional to the fifty thousand dollars already
appropriated, to pay the expenses of the Japanese
Embassy during their stay in the United States.
1t is understood to be the purpose Of the govern
ment to assume the entire control Of the Japanese
far n. expense is concerned, while they are
guests of the United States; which will be until
the time OF their embsrkation. This will not, how
ever, prevent State or city governments from ex
tending 10 them any civlities additional and tenn
porarily becoming their hosts. Capt. Dnpont
will act as cicerone while they are in the cuun-
try, and will have entire control Of their move
ments.
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Nj. HOLLINS &c CO..