, 1860-10-12
Miscellaneous Items

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Express from California brought dispatci,
from Senator Gwin to Gov. Stevens, cbsir,-
man of the National Democratic G. Commit.
tee at Washington. 1t is dated San Fran.
cisco, Aug, 90, and reads asfOIlows
We will carry California by a decisive
majority. The Democracy are rallvin9
around our banner from San Diego to sis,
kiyou. The contest will be warm. bnt
there is no doubt Of the result. The ds.
fection in our party is confined to the Lad.
ers, and scarcely touches the masses.D
Portland (Me. papers say that Of the
amount of the Black Republican Stats
Treasurer's defalcation, $1,000 only has
been paid, and $4,000 secured by mort
gage, leaving balance of $4,000 from
which the bondsmon of 1859 have been re..
leased, with little hope of collecting it from
the bondsmen of 1859 have been released,
with little hope Of collecting it from the
bondsmen Of 1858. All further efforts
have been postponed until after the eIec.
tion.
An exchange paper has gone to the exs
pense of getting up life Of Horace Gree
ley. 1t says: Horace Greeley was born.
in Oregon, near the confux of the Astoria.
During his infancy be subsisted entirely
upon roots and herbs, and was remarkable
for wearing a copper stock around his neck.
He sailed for this country in a Galway
steamer. He got employment as a gard
ener, but in attempting to root ont large
Weed tore his linen. His employer, one
Seward, forgetting to pay him his wages,
he left the weed and invented Greeley's
Corn Salve." lie discovered the SLEEVE
CANNON funds, was elected a member Of
Congress, and Immediately after requested
his friends not to call him honorabe-re-
tired on his mileage, was presented with
the title Galvanized Squash" by james
G. Bennett, proprietor Of Heraldry. He
has since gone into the fence-rai business
upon limited capital"
The Raleigh IN. C.) Press remarks ::
q" Every man at all acquainted with the
sentiment Of this State must know that
Douglas and johnson have no earthly
showing in this State, and that either
Breckenridge and Lane, or Bell and Ever
EFT, will receive the electoral vote Of North
Carolin6A Why this attempt, then, TO get
up a ticket for Douglas and johnson 3
Are the friends of Douglas more hostile to
the election of Breckenridge and Lane,
than to the election Of Bell and Everett n
Massachusetts, has had twenty Govern
ors since the adoption Of the State Consti-
tuition, eight Of whom are still living, viz
MessrS. lincoln, Everett Briggs Bout
well, Clifford, Washburn, Gardner and
Banks. Levi Lincoln was Governor nine
consecutive years, the longest term Of any
chief magistrate.
All the applicants for the census bureau
who have been examined were rejected, in
cluding some recommended by high fnnc-
tionnries Of government. Tho Secretary Is
resolved to have competent men about
him. There is great autteriug among the
wounded pigeons. fn
The Catholic Orphan Asylum at Toledo,
Ohio, was burned on the night Of the 10Th
of September. Two Of the Sisters connect
ed with the asylum we're seriously injured,
and Eve persons perished in the flames
The GREAT EAsTERN-If the Graf
EEaSterN shall return to this country at
all, she will come to Hampton Roads
Letters now expected will determine tho
question. Freight and passengers paying
$4,000 each trip will be sufficient 70 es-
tabish her as trader between the Chese-
peake Bay aud England. A house in New
York guarantees 5000 bales Of cotton,
while many statists and political econo-
mists in the South are enthusiastic for di-
rect trade with Europe, and the planters
and farmers favor it. The merchants, as
class, are unwilling to break up their ola
commercial arrangements fall in with
this new hobby. Mr.. Mann has hopes
that be will overcome the natural oppos-
ton of the old and slow houses. Baltl-
more alone could furnish one-fourth Of the
freight required.
II. G.. Denning, who was injured on the
Pennsylvania railroad on the 9Th Sept,
died the same night. The Harrisburg
Telegraph says: The deceased had Tor
some time been betrothed to an estimable
young lady of this city, Miss Gray, and
both looked forward to q speedy and hap
ny union. When 1t was ascertained that
: Mr.. Defining could not possibly survive, az
the mutual request Of him and his betroth.
ed, and with the consent of the parents o.
both, they were married, Rev. Carson per-
forming the solemn and impressive cere~
mony by the bedside Of the dying man,
The bridegroom passed from the. .altar-to
the tomb, aud the devoted bride OF an
hour changed her wedding garments for
the habiliments of mourning,
There is much suffering in Kansas, owing
. to the unprecedented drough Of the past
summer In certain parts Of the Territory.
indeed, there is said to have been no rain.
of two hours duration for more than
year. Efforts are to be made at Chicago
: to collect funds 10 meet the Immediate
wants of the suffering inhabitants OF the
Territory. 81.
GREAT FIRE IN SAN FRANe1sco.
Pickwick Hall, together with the entire
H.