The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1860-08-31

LATE AND INTERESTING FROM
WASHINGTON.
BRECKENRIDGE CONSIDERED A DEFUNCT
CANDIDATE.

BRECKENRIDGE CONSIDERED A DEFUNCT
CANDIDATE.
THE PROSPECTS OF DOUGLAS.
What the Leading Journals Say.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Is.
Correspondence of the Phadelphia Press.
Although the Breckenridge Committee
denies that Mr.. Breckenridge is going to
resign, yet the rumor has not abated. The
thing is, in itself, so plausible that it is i'm
possible for the honest masses to comprehend
how it can be otherwise. Breckenridge has
nothing but ruin and defeat to expect from
his nomination, crowned by an early, igno-
minious death after brilliant career. II he
resigns, the Northern Democrats may for
give him, and take him again to their hearts.
He may then, and most likely will, be the
foremost candidate in 1864 l know, from
good source, that be will resign, and if he
does not do it Immediately, it is merely for
the purpose of preventing the Administra-
tion and the enemies of Douglas from bring
ing another candidate in the field. He may
wait as long as up to the 18th of September.
The Douglas men here are smiling and
satisfied, because your State Executive
Committee has presented you with pure
Douglas electoral ticket. l cannot imagine
that there can be any honest Douglas man
in favor of fusion, especially when it is known
that not only the Democratic National Com
mittee, but Douglas himself, are utterly
averse to any fusion with the Seceders.
Water and oil cannot be mixed. By pre-
serving our ranks intact from corruption
and the administration, and by making no
concession to traitors, we alone can succeed.
The course of the Press is here fully sus-
tanned. 1t is the true Democratic one
Virginia Maryland, and New York have
spurned the Seceders. They have pure
Douglas tickets. And shall Pennsylvania
be the only State where the traitors find
mercy before the eyes of the faithful?
Mr.. Buchanan left this morning for Bed
ford. The Cabinet was, on that account,
assembled in special session yesterday. 1t
is uncertain how long the President will
honor you with his presence.
Secretary Cobb has returned. He looks
rather blue as to the prospects of Georgia
going for the Seceders, but hopes to be
elected to the State in place of Iverson.
The Constitution is terribly exercised that
the Douglas and Bell men in Tennessee are
going to unite and carry the State against
the Dlsunionists. The same will be done in
other States. No pardon will be granted
to traitors and seceders who openly pro-
claim to dissolve the Union if Lincoln should
be elected. The union men in the South
will not break up this Contederacy on that
account.
Hon. Miles Taylor, Chairman of the Ma
tional Committee, received yesterday des-
patch from Kentucky, stating that at
Convention of the National Democracy Of
Kentucky, at Louisville, on the 18th instant,
several gentlemen (amongst whom Archy
Dixon were appointed delegation to car
ry the greeting of the Democracy of Ken.
lucky to the Democracy of Virginia, at
their Convention at Staunton, on the 10th,
and asked the mother Commonwealth to
emulate the example of the daughter. The
distance and shortness of the time however,
nor permitting the delegation to discharg-
ing that duty in person, they send the
greeting by telegraph, and express the hope
that in November the mother and daughter
may unite in maintaining the Union, and
celebrating its triumph.
The decrease in receipts from customs at
New York, for the last seven months, taken
in comparison with the corresponding Pc
riod of last year. is 81 ,491 900. At Bos-
ton, $3llOOO.
The report of the great Indian fight in
the West, near Fort Riley, in which it is
alleged that three hundred Pottowatomies
and Delawares were killed, is not credited
at the Indian Bureau.
Mr.. Stewards speech in New England, as
reported in last nights New York Herald,
asserting that Lincoln will carry out the
doctrines OF the "irrepressible conflict" &C.,
has rather startled some of the Republicans
here in this city. They fear that such sort
of speeches will rather ipjure than help Lin
coin.
Special Despatch TO the Cincinnati Enquirer
WASHINGTON, Thursday. Aug. l6.
The Douglas Committee here are in CON-
munication with every section. Every mail
comes loaded with news of the most cheer.
ing character. New England will startle
Republicanism. New York and Pennsyl-
vania will give their vote for Douglas be-
yond all doubt.
The Republican Committee still continues
to send out thousands upon thousands Of the
Presidents speeches, and also the speech of
Mr.. Benjamin. The greatest cordiality ex>
lists between the Breckenridge and Republi-
can committees.
A shameful declaration was made the
other day by Jesse D. Bright. In con-
versation with some gentlemen, all of whom
he supposed was actuated by the same spir-
it that moves him, he said that be had no
sympathy with Breckenridge, nor never had,
either with him or the crowd with whom he
traing /; that Breckinridge answered good