The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-24


TIE attempted fusion of the Breckenridge
and Douglas factions in Virginia having ut
terly failed, that State may be set down as
certain to go for Bell in November.
"LINcoLN is dead letter in this county"
says the Eastern argus. To which the
Groton Mercury adds, Like all dead letters
he will be sent to Washington"
The Fort Wayne Times says that the pop
uation of that place, including some sub
urbs not properly belonging to the city, is a
little over 10000.
A G. MOORE, of New York, who went to
Central America last year, has just returned
from Guatemala with two swarms of sting
less bees. This will be good news to honey
raisers.
ALL the railroads lealing to Indianapolis
will carry paSsengersat half fare to the great
Republican jubilee, on the 29th inst. The
tickets will be good for the 28th, 29th, and
3Oth.
A MISSISSIPPI paper says that d" Missis-
sppi pledges her word not to submit TO the
rule Of a Black Republican President. -
We wonder if her " word" is as good as her
6onds.-Lou. Jour.
THE Albany Evening Journal says that
without a union with Know -Nothingism
Douglas would have been beaten $4,000 in
New York, and with such union, lie will
be beaten $4,000.
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY. When ac-
quired, New Mexico was free territory
Douglas told Senator Davis that but for his
(Douglas's) personal efforts, it would have
remained free territory "forever."
THE " Free South, the Republican paper
destroyed by mob at Newport, KY, last
spring, was revived on the goth, whereupon
Mr.. Bailey, the publisher, was arrested on
a charge of publishing an incendiary paper
1T was the last request before the death
Of gentleman of Boston, recently deceas-
ed, that his remains would be examined
daily for period of ten days, in order to
make sure of the fact that life had really
departed, he having a fear of being buried
alive.
JOHN CovoDE concluded his speech in
| Cleveland as follows: When Abe Lincoln
is elected, as he will be as sure as Novem-
Der comes my occupation will be gone
| there will be no need of an investigator, for
there will be no corruptions TO disclose
THE editor of the - has, we see,
been appointed upon standing committee.
The last time we saw him, he evidently
| wasn't in n condition to be a member of
such a committee as charlottesville Jour
nal .-...
! HOME AGAIN.-Jno. C. Wright, the son and
private Secretary of Gov. Wright arrived
at indianapolis on Friday, from Berlin, in
excellent health. During his absence he
visited Turkey, the Holy Land, Egypt and
Italy. ... --srH ri.
/ Hon. GEO. DUNHAM, formerly Demo
cratic Representative in the Legislature from
Clay County, has given in his adherence tc
Old Abe, and will from this forward do good
service in the Republican ranks. As goes
George so goes Clay County
REPORTS from Northern Indiana state that
a careful canvass of several counties have
been made and it has been found that the
Republican vote this fall will exceed that Of
1856 by one-haf. Eight counties, it is
stated, will give $500 majority, that only
gave 5000 in 1856.
THE Moravians of Bethlehem, Peunsylva-
MIA, intend to vote during the next election
for Lincoln and HamIin. In 1856, the
borough brought in majority for Buchan-
an but this year it is expected that its poll.
will record as complete Republican tri-
umph as they formerly did for the Wings.
The editor of the Chicago Journal ha;
been shown private letter from resident
4 Of Vandalia, illinois, in Egypt" stating
that in that County (Fayette) where tive
years ago there were but seventy Republi-
can votes, Lincoln and Hamlin will receive
over thousand votes III November. -s
TIE YOUNG MEN FOR LINCOLN. New.
ark IN. J.) Mercury says
1t is an encouraging indication of the
campaign that the young men are raliyiug
in great numbers and with unbounded en-
thusiasm, to the support of Honest Old
Abe" Thousands who, III 1856, were de-
luded into the belief that Willard Fillmore
could be elected, are no longer willing to
support decoy ticket; besides, the young
men have every confidence in Abraham
Lincoln, knowing that one competent to
raise himself from the humblest and most
obscure position in life, to the most elevated
aud influential position in society, is fit to
be entrusted with the reins of Government
and will not hold themselves amiSs. Lin
coin is emphatically, the choice OF the
young men, and their earnest enthusiasm will
contribute largely TO his inevitable success