The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-10-03
PoLITIcAL INTELLIGENCE.

- The Duchess N. ~ Union says
many of the most enthusiastic supporters
of Fremont in that county are now out
for Douglas.
= Hon. w. F. Pickens, late United
States Minister to Russia, has written a
letter announcing that he is in favor Of
the election ofDouglas. n 1 ato 4
- The Paoli Qnd.) Eagle says
"One day last week, negro halloed for
Lincoln, and a republican was SO overjoy-
ed at it that he caught and kissed him"
- The St. Louis Republican says:
"John Sidell made speech 10 the young
men Of New Orleans on the 7th, in which
he admitted that Breckenridge would carry
neither Kentucky nor Missouri"
The Ogdensburgh (N.Y) Democrat
says the Little Giant is making heavy
inroads upon the black republican ranks
in st. Lawrence county. The majority of
the blacks will be mere trihe in Noyem-
Der. a 3dl
- The Richmond (Va.) Inder says:
ave understand, upon reliable authority
that, in certain counties of Virginia, the
leading friends of Breckenridge have pc
titioned him 10 withdraw. from the can
vass." lG n foO
A correspondent writes to the st.
Charles (IlL) Democratic Clarion, from
Plato, Kane county, that the Douglas
club in that place numbers forty-seven
members, while the town in SO cast only
seven democratic votes. aa
- Hon. Albert Rust, Of Arkansas,
returned 10 Washington on Thursday
He canvassed thoroughly seventeen coun.
ties in Arkansas, and represented the
prospectsaof Douglas in that State as
highly encouraging. a
- The Sacramento (Cal) Union
says: at is stated that of forty-two San
Francisco delegates to the State conven.
ton, who voted for Austin K. Smith rs a
delegate to Charleston, twenty-one sup
port Douglas.
- The Iowa Democrat says: We
are gaining ground in Iowa, and the agi-
tation among the leaders Of the republi-
can party over the new phases daily be-
ing presented is something from which we
may gather encouragement to persevere
in well doing"
= The Montgomery Confederation
says: "lf We are not mistaken, the
letter is already written and in the hands
of friend, TO be produced at q suitable
time, declining the use of his (Mr. Brckin-
ridge's) name in connection with the
Presidency. A new speech will be made
to clear his record before doing So"
- The Baltimore Exchange which is
for Breckenridge admits that its candi-
date has no chance of carrying by himself
single free State, and says that his
friends in the free States ought to join
the Douglas and Bell men on the same
electoral ticket, for the purpose of beat
ing Lincoln.
= Eli Thayer, present Representative
in Congress from the ninth Congression-
al district of Massachusetts,, has accepted
denomination rendered TO him by about
five hundred black republicans Of his dis
trict, in opposition to the nomination
made by the black republican convention.
"A letter from Western New York
to the Albany argus says: al think
the late series of meetings in western New
York have had most happy and bcne-
fetal effect upon the prospects of the
Douglas party. Our friends are greatly
encouraged, and in many localities they
are sure of producing results which, if
general, make our triumph certain"
A private letter from leading pol
itician in Albany says; awe are doing
well in New York. The Lincoln men
have no hope except what they base up
on the Breckenridge strength. Douglas
progress through the State is like prai-
RE fire, sweeping all before it, and keep
ing the whole region in a blaze with en-
thusiasm.
- letter from New York to the
Mobile Register says: "The democracy
of Pennsylvania will elect Douglas cleo
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