Newbern weekly progress., 1860-08-07
THE TROUBLE AT OCCAQUAN.

I1E 1ROUBL Al OCCAtlj AN.
The latest news from Occaquan, Prince Viii
liam county, says the Portsmouth Transcript
confirms the statement of the excitement there
which we published yesterday, but OF It's having
subsidized In accordance with the attention
nounced, number of the people of that county
assembled at the point where the Lincoln and
Hamlin pole had been erected, those squaterS
who erected it being present. having previously
run mp the American flag and the party ensign
beneath it. This Friday morning last
and we now copy from the Alexandria Ga
zettee:
"At 3 o'clock. the Prince William Cavalry,
Capt. Thornton commanding, entered the vii
lage and ranged themselves in the neighborhood
Of the pole They were followed by >compa
ny, aoout forty strong, under command Of Capt
VI. Frtzhugh and Major Garter, who, paying no
attention whatever to the horsemen ordered there
by Governor Letcher to preserve the peace quiet-
~ formed hollow square around the pole, facing
inwards.
" While this company surrounding the
pole, Mr. Jos. I. Janney advanced to the
Captain of the troop of Horse aud claimed prottc
ton for his property, upon which the pole
stood.
AT the word of command, Jas. w. Jackson, of
Fairfax, stalwart yeeman spran2 forward and
gave the first blow. others followed, red0nbfng
stroke on stroke During this there was 40 in.
terruptOn, and in a few minutes the pole came
to the ground and sfivered. INSTANTLY the crowd
gave three cheers, when the Republicans
ponded with three for Lincoln and Hanlin. Al!
were quickly at work on the fallen pole, and in
less time than it takes TO tell, it chopped up
and the pieces carried Off. The flag was sent to
Brentsville.
The crowd then dispersed and quiet prevailed.
During the evening personal rencontre occur
red between Col. Brawner and Joseph t. Jan
ney, in which the Republican was badly whip
ped.
DOUGLAS IN PENNsYLyANIA.--The Pennsylva
MIA Democratic State Convention met at Harris
burg on the 26 ult-, and passed resolutions in
favor of straight-out Douglas ticket, repuda-
ting the action of the Democratic State Commit
tee. recommending a union fusion ticket.
The following resolutions, among others, were
adopted unanimous Y:
''ResoLUod, That it is hereby declared to be the
duty of said Democratic State Committee that it
should call Convention Of the Democratic par
ty, to be elected according to usage, lii favor Of
/ its regular organization, and to nominate candl
dates to meet before the 25th of August
next or as early as practicable for the purpose of
preparing Democratic electoral ticket pledged
to support maintain and abide by the action
of the Democratic National Convention and the
regular candidates.
"Res0Lted That it is the will and wish of this
Convention that an electoral ticket be presented
wholly pledged tor Mr.. Douglas, to be called to
meet as aforesaid then and III that case only
the Democratic State Committee. organized As
herein suggested shall exercise the power and
authority to form such an electoral ticket"
THE CARNIVAL of BLOOD IN TExAs A letter
writer at Houston, Texas gives the following ::
Since my last this place has been compartive-
ly quiet but one or two insignificant shootn g
and stabbing affairs having taken place. though
accounts from the interior have all along borne
sanguinary hue, and sulphurous oder. Texas
appears to be in the midst of one OF those strange
and unaccountable moral epidemcs which takes
their rise in csuses beyond the reach of human
understanding. and cultiminate in scenes ofbiood
and terror In looking over the State papers for
the past sixsweeks, have noticed more than If
ty cases of shooting and stabbing, to say nothing
| of depreciation by the Indians AS a marked pecu-
liarity of the blood letting mania in Texas, you
must have noticed the infrequency OF appeals to
the code of honor by which disputes are set
tied in Southern States Regular dueis are
events of rare occurrence IN Texas, difficulties
being usually settled in the street.
DOUGLAS IN 1859 Slaves according to that
decision (the Dred Scott decision) being prop
erty, stand, equal tooting tch all other proper
ty. There is just much obligation on the part
of territorial Legislature to protect slaves as OF
every other species of property-as there IS to
protect horses cattle, dry goods, liquors, &c. Ii
they have a right o discriminate to the one,
they have rs to the other; and whether they have
got the power of discrimination not, IS for the
Court to decide if any one dispute it, =
If there Is no power OF discrimination on other
species of property, there is to slaves 1t
there is power to discrimination as to other
property and think there is, and then it applies
to slave property. In other words staee property
as an equal footing ,cith all other property
Judge Douglas still stands upon this opinion
without the shadow of change.-Selama (44ta,)
Sentinel
MoDEsF-A gentleman in an adjoining coun-
ty, who is not subscriber to the Progress and
who never has BEEN sends piece of poetry,
| modestly requesting 10 publish it and send him
(paying the postage ourself cents,) four copies
of the paper This gentleman is a professional
man and is abundantly able to subscribe to a pa
per. We shall comply with his request however