Daily national Democrat., 1860-09-25
DajJp NatloNal Democrat
News by the Pony Express.

NGNS ny Ony DTCSSs
The Pony Express. with dates from ST.
Louis to the evening of September lljh, ar.
rived at Carson Valley Sunday morning -
We take the following fom the Unions dis
patch:
ST LouIs, Sept. llth-A dispatch from
New Orleans indicates, though it does moi
clearly state, that the hlibuste. under Walk
cr who captured Truxiilo some time since
have in turn been thcmsfires captured by the
British mnn-of-war Ieirs. The vessel ar
rived before the town and summoned Walk
er to surrender, an order which he ohrvrd
with eighty meu liz the engagement vhicI,
proceeded the surrender Walker was severe.
" wounded, aud one of his eoloaels killed
What the British vessel will do with the
captives remains to he seen.
The New York Herald learns that there is
now II fair prospect of having n continuous
lire Of telegaph completed from the western
boundary to the Pacific within the time l,re-
serihed hy the terms Of the bin pissed at the
last session of Cong ess. The work is to he
carried through 10y the Western Union rrl-.
graph Com amy, which proposes to hui}d
and equip The line according To- the contract
and within twenty months
PORTLAND, Me, Semtrmber l0th.-The
election for Stute officers and members Of
Congress took place to-day The vote is
probably the largest ever 'lled in the State
Scatlerir z returns including several of rh-
largest cities and towns, show Republican
gaius aud Indicate the eeclinn Of the fun
Republican ticket hy large m ,joriirs one
hundred and sixteen towns give Washbourne
tRer} for Governor, 33,4S5 Smart, (Dnug
las Dem) 23}4l; Barnes, (Uui,n) l,02o
There we're nhont three hundred and cigh.
ty persons on board the steamer Lady Elgiu.
which sunk on Lake Sul erior on the Sth
Most ot them were drowned.
BosToN, Sept. lUlh Joseph Z. Thayer. n
well known cotton broker, hung himself ia
his store, No. a India wharf this afternoon
The news from Liverpool Is to August 80,
per the Bohemian
The Paris correspondent Of the London
Post telegraphs that it does not appear th IT,
the proposal to axe the city of Naples neutral
ground has the slightest success. We may
hear any day that Garihnlli has entered Ma
pies and the King quilted it.
The Times Paris correspondent remarks
that the demand of the French Government
upon Naples, on account of The recent outrage
on the French Ambas-ador caunot he viewed
otherwise than as lift to Gagibuldi.
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CONTEMPT OF Counr IN A BAR RooM.-A
few days since, IL Campo Seco Justice of tie
Pence tried case. aud upon its conclusion
started to 60 home with his books On the
way he stopped in soloon to lake a drink
here he found one Of the parties to the cnse
which had Just been deeiled this party was
profanely denouncing the course of the trial.
The magistrate LASTLY swallowed hi. liquor.
opened his docket on the counter and entered
a fine of five dollars against the noisy party
for contempt of court This emil IhirneI
officer is ii candidate for re election -A0ta
dor Lelger.
SEND EN- To "LoBELiA'-A couple Of street
politicians were discussing the "nigger ques-
tion," when one approached who had some
thing else to talk about. and he silenced the
controversy wi.h-
"Oh, the niggers he id! Whats the
use? Why don't we send 'cm all to Lo6clia
and git rid of EN- ?"-AmQd0r LelJer
The United States District Attorney of
New York Is invest eating II ci+e of iucrrli
tte brutilies alleged to have been comu.it-
ted at New Orleans on board of II New York
ship. French toy makes affidavit thatthr
treatment OF the officers caused three Portu-
guese to leap overheard, two of whom " ere
drowned, and the third rpcapturrd: another
man was Kicked from alot aud drnNnpd A
boy WAS thrown overhn rd and left To- dro wu;
Mexican boy was murdered lay having Iii
throat cut II carpenter was killed lv cruelty
IA verdict having been given against the
officers in Liverpool on the latter case.
Mn GUTHRIE The Breckinrilse parers
say that all of the cinilltes for the Presi-
dental nomination at Charleston, save Dousr
lns are supporting lireckinrdse itnprrars
that they are lahorng under "a mistake as 10
one ot them-Alr. Guthrie of Kentucky. At
the recent elrc ion in that State he voted for
Q NiT. Hopkins, indepeudent Douglas cnudi-
dnte, against McCarty, the Brrckirrdycr
Mr. 3reckinlilge has himself In letter in "A
Missouri friend, rXl ressed the fear that The
coolnrss 'fn certain distinguished Kentucki n
lno doubt meaning Guthrie would cause him
to lose that State.
A NATloNAL PARTY The Breekinridsers
claim hat theirs is II naiinual and Uniun lov-
Ing parry. If so, why is it that every disun
loni,t IN the broad limits Of the South is a
Supporter Of BrrckiH,id-e and Lnue? There
Is not upon the face of the earth single dis
uuionist who supports Douglas There i not
single disuniuni-t who Is not an ardent sun
porter of either lireckinrdg- and me or
Lincoln aud lIamlin let The fiirud- Of the
Union remember these si1nihc ut facts
The Northern Pennsylvnninn elys thlt Il
resident of >usquvh"nna Depot, naaoed John
Engan died from the bite ola ratrlrsunlle.
The day lelore. he had the snake in bnrrel
with one head ont for The purpose OF exhih.
iting it. To give the curious view of his
prisoner, he stirred him up with a stick
about a foot long. when the snake rrlulinted
10y biting him on The left hand physician
was called, aud prescribed whisky to be ia
ken internally and the apple tion Of oheli,
to the woaud In the course of an hour. the
bitten man drans eleven iGlI tuml l"rs OF
whisky. The tiI 81 six did not appear 10 pro