Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-17

The Germans Of Cincinnati to the number
Of five thousand assembled on Monday eve
ming to hear Cassius NJ. Clay and Fred. Has
saurek. The utmost enthusiasm prevailed
for the Republican cause.
There is a nice steam canal packet plying
regularly between Columbus and ChilIicothe
It accommodates from forty to fifty passen-
gers, and is an elegant little craft.
There is at least one Lincoln and Hamlin
pole in Virginia, One was put up recently
near the La Belle Rolling Mills, Wheeling, by
a large crowd, and spirited Republican speech
es were made after the raising by Messrs,
Caldwell, Campbell and Norton. The Wheel
ing -lntelligeuCer says Raother pole will be
raised soon near the FiNh Ward Market
Three times three and tiger for the gallant
Republicans Of Wheeling,
The Eastern Argus said-'' Lincoln is. a
dead letter in this county," to which the
Groton Mercury retorted, "Like other dead
letters, he will be sent 10 Washington
The census shows the population of the
city of Baltimore to be 2l9,sls, being an in
crease in the last ten years of 5O,764. Col
cred persons, free and slave, about 10000
We C. Atkinson, merchant of Padu-
eah, KY, blew his brains out with a pistol
on the 10th inst No cause assigned for the
rash act. He formerly resided in Louisville,
and was young man Of one of the first
families of the State.
John Ryan was flung IRON the sixth story
of building in Chicago, on the 18th, by the
hall Of derrick. He became fast in one of
the ropes and was swung clear across the
street and dashed on the stone pavement
He was q sober, industrious stone mason.
The Memphis Avalanche keeps the follow
ing good paragraph for a Southern paper
standing at the head of its leading column,
in large letters. 1t expects to kill the author
by giving prominent publicity to his noble
and patriotic sentiments:
We understand that the Hon. Emerson
Etheridge made speech at Dresden, Tenn,
during which he read the Black Republican
platform, and asked if there was any man
there who could find fault with It. He fur
ther said that the election Of Lincoln on that
platform would give peace to the country,
whilst Breckenridge's would dissolve the
Union.
Mr.. Barnett defeated by Frank Blair for
Congress in St Louis, has since come out for
Douglas. During the contest he kept shady
Senators Green and Polk, and number of
the Democratic Executive Committee Of Ms
sour, since the State election, have called
straight Breckenridge State Convention at
Jefferson City, Sept 10th. Open war is now
the word between the Democratic factions in
Missouri
Senator Douglas has telegraphed to his
friends in Illinois that he will be in Chicago
about the lst of September. He is wanted to
stump the prairies.
The population ofSt. Louis it is stated will
be cut down by the census below I4O, ,OOO.-
It has been claiming population of los, OOO
or 100, 900;
Cincinnati is also taken down good many
thousand from the common estimates. The
Commercial exclaims elbow are the mighty
fallon - and gives the census of Cincinnati at
l62OOOl In 1850 it was II5, ,435. Increase
in ten years &c, 800.
The population of Dayton is little over
2O, 900 of Columbus triAe over Is, 600
james and Thomas Heise, haYeu Just been.
arrested by the River Police, charged with
being concerned inkidnapping John Marshall,
a negro in Washington, Fayette county, Ohio,
on the 9th of June last. r /
We learn by Houston paper of July 2Sth,
that twenty-five negroes were hung in Wax
ahatchie that day, for being engaged in the
Texas conspiracy.
The Albany Journal very pertinently asks
the doughfaces how they expect to carry one
of the Republican States, now that their party
is rent to fragments, when they failed to do
50, as they have at every election since 1856,
while they were thoroughly united2
A fire broke out at Erie early Monday
morning in the block on the east side of State
street; which destroyed about half the block.
The Gazette says the losses are estimated as
follows:
Mr.. Suerken, $1,000; Mr.. Erhart, $500;
Mr.. Babo 5000; Mr. Pfefer, $1,000; Mr..
500; Mr.. Slaudeker, $500; Mr.. |
Gable, 5000; Liebel & Brother, 500; G. !
W. Ellsey, $50; Mr.. Jarecki, $1,000; Mr. |
Hsup, 500. The loss in Mr.. Jareckis case
is severe. 1t swept from him
every thing.
In addition to the above, Mr.. William
Willing estimates his loss, in damage to his
building and stock of Pianos, ETC., at 81 500;
Mr.. W. Laird, $500; Mr.. P. Hume, $780,
Various surmises are made as to the cause
Of the fire, but nothing positively ascertained.
It is simply known that it commenced in the |
rear of Pfeffer's Boot and Shoe Shop.