Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1860-06-07
,p@ Hon. Reverds Johnson, q Maryland, has
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kkS.I The massachusetts legislature met in
special session at Boston, on the 3Oth ult., to
take into consideration the cattle disease, with
which the stock of that State has been SO fear
fully afflicted. Gov. Banks delivered message
in which he estimates the number of neat cattle
in the United States at twenty millions. He
urges the Importance of checking the contagion.
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The CATTLE DISEASE IN New JERSEY.
very deeply regret to learn, says the Newark
Advertiser, that the Massachusetts cattle disease
known as "Pleuro Pneumonia" has made its
appearance in this part of our State, exciting
well-founded alarm among the farmers and own
ers of cattle, who are threatened with great loss
in consequence. The New Jersey Agricultural
Society are taking prompt measures to investi-
gate the subject, with a view to the adoption of
some means of relief from the terrible scourge
which has swept away so many horned cattle
in the Eastern States, and a report from their
committee may be looked for within few days.
POLITICAL ITEMs.-The rumor to the effect
that Judge Douglas intended to instruct his
friends in the Baltimore Convention to withdraw
his name after the third ballot, should he not
be nominated before then, in favor of some man
acceptable to the extreme South, or, indeed, iu
favor of any man, is denied upon his authority.
The report was started forthe purpose of effect
ing week-kneed delegates in New York and
New England.
The Auburn Adveriser says committee of
citizens of that place called on Mr.. Seward on
SaturdaV last o6 fo
deliver an Grafton on the Fourth of July. Mr..
Seward received the request very kindly, but
said that he must decline the invitation for the
present year. He added, however, that if living
on the Fourth of July, 1861, he would then
cheerfully consent to deliver an address to his
fellow-townsmen, as forty years previous to that
date he had commenced his public life. and that
occasion would be its conclusion.
The Republican associations are keeping up
their efforts in the way Of public meetings.
They expect to work up the enthusiasm of the
party by degrees as the canvass proceeds
The Bell and Everett meeting at New Orleans
was marked with great degree of enthusiasm
and very large attendance. 1t was resolved
to admit no other platform than the American
Constitution.
The Democratic State Convention held at
Jackson, Mississippi, was the largest political
gathering ever assembled in the State. Great
enthusiasm prevailed, and resolutions have been
passed unanimously, in favor of the course of
the Mississippi delegates at Charleston. Delegates
will be fully accredited to Richmond and Balti-
more.
The different political organizations are hard
at work. and at least one ton of speeches are
sent away every day by mail, sfranked," of
course. The Lincoln and Hamlin headquarters
occupy an entire house in E. street, near the
Post Office; the regular Democratic organization
is established at house on Four and half
street; and the Douglas men have the upper
stories of a large building on pennsylvania
Avenue, near Browns hotel. At each of these
committee rooms are accommodations for men,
bers of Congress to 60 in the evening, and frank
the thousands of pub. docs, enveloped in the
upper rooms during the day Over one hun
dred men and boys are already employed in
mailing documents, and the expenditures will
necessarily be immense before ELECTION day comes
around.
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