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THE CITIZEN.
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J. . BAKER & BROTHERS,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
COLUMBUS, TEXAS:
Saturday Horning, Aug. 11, I860
THE
a M y
FOR PRESIBEATT,
GEN. SAM HOUSTON,
O F T EX A sj
For Ticc-Prenident,
COM. ROBT. F. STOCKTON,
OF NEW JERSEY.
Political.
A subscriber, writing from Petersburg,
Lavaca county, Texas, approves of our
lemphis Convention," but thinks tbe
suggestion comes too late, and advises a
uniting upon Breckinridge and Lane.
We fear Breckinridge and Lane is a rock
on which the Ship of S'ate will strike and
split. As far as we are able to judge,
Lincoln will get the following States :
for lincoln.
Maine .' 8, Pennsylvania 27
New Hampshire.... 5jOhio
Vermont Si Michigan
Massachusetts 13j Minnesota
Rhode Islánd. 4 Wisconsin
New Jersey. 7
Illinois • .11
Connecticut 6
Total
,.59
New York.
Iowa
Total ...
Balance .
23
6
. 3
. 5
. 35
. 4
.103
. 59
The Gonzales Inquirer, (as we
learn from tbe Houston Telegraph) in
commenting upon our " Compromise Con-
vention" ideas, says that that comptomise
has already taken place, and that four to
one have settled down on Breckinridge !
Now, if this ain't a cool assertion, we'd
like to know what is ! We publish the
assertion because of its^ridiculousness.
And if our friend of the Inquirer wishes
to back his judgment by tbe "filthy lucre,5'
we'll wager the "Citizen" oiBoe, against
an equivalent, that Mr. Breckinridge
does not get the entire^South, let alone
the 41 four to^one" proposition. Do you
ante!
Fifteen States with an electoral vote of. .162
This is ten more votes than is necessary
to elect, the whole number being 303, and
152 bei g necessary to a choice.
Tbe remaining States will probably be
divided as follows, provided there shall be
electoral tickets for eatjh of the candidates
in tbe different States:
V OR DOUGLAS.
Ratification Meeting.
■4 ——
There will be a meeting of the Democ-
racy of Colorado county, in the town of
Columbus, on the 20ih of August, at II
o'clock, a. M., for the purpose of ratify-
ing tbe nominations of J. C. Breckis-
ribgr and Gen. Jos. Lane. Political
speaking may be expected.
fgr We understand that, on Monday
last, an attempt was made to fire and rob
tbe bouse of. Mr. John Breeding, living
in Fayette county, near tbe Colorado line,
by two negroes and one white man. Mr.
B. and his family were absent from home,
and had left the house in the care of the
negroes. During the day, two negroes
and a white called, forced tbe house ser-
vants to give them dinner, and while be-
ing waited upon, threw coals of fire on tbe
bed, broke open a ward robe, done other
mischief and left. They have not, as yet,
been apprehended.
tST We have a good, stout, half breed
pony which we will dispose of on teason-
able teims. He is very gentle, and a lady
can ride him. Apply to the Junior of the
14 Citizen."
Indiana ...........
.131
One State.
FOR BELL.
Maryland
. 8 Kentucky
...12
Tennessee ....
,12¡Georgia
..10
North Carolina...,
.10 Iiouisiana
... 6
Virginia ..... .. ..
.15
.. 3
Missouri.
. 9
—
—
31
No of votes....
54
54
Nine States, with
an
electoral voto of..
..85
FOR BRECKENRIDGE.
Alabama
. 9
Oregon.........
.. 3
Arkansas.........
. 4
California......
...4
Texas
. 4
South Carolina...
... 8
Florida
. 3
Mississippi
... 7
No.' of votes....;
.20
No. of votes..
00
{Somebody has got a pistol belong-
ing to W. R. Stevenson, which they
would do well to return. See advertise-
ment in another column.
MOT We call attention to tbe advertise-
ment of Mr. C. P. Brown, who keeps
a supply of gentle ^ponies .¡constantly on
band and for sale, at bis residence, four
miles south-west of Columbus.
Tbe rain taken altogether has been
•considerable at this place, and the atmos-
phere feels fall like thfs morning.
tST The election passed off quietly
feere. It is creditable to our citizens (bat
the institution of " fighting" haB been quite
abolished, while good humor, sociability,
an order have taken its place.
The nominees of tbe Galveston
Convention, for State officers, are a good
ways ahead of the Independent candi
dates, as Car as beard from.
-♦—«•
We have received the Lone Star,
published in Lavaca county, by our friend,
Samuel A. Benton. The Star is quite a
creditable sheet, and well worthy of the
support of the people of Lavaca. It has
up the names of Breck and Lane for
the Presidency. We wish out* friend
abundant success in bis undertaking.
Jfy Col. Jack Wilcox, of San Antonio,
who has been stumping it North for Gen.
Houston and who created quite a furor
among the people, passed through our
town on Thursday. We regret we did not
get an opportunity to see him and converse
with bifn upon the political topics of the
day. The Washington Constitution says
it ha9 reliable information that theColontl
will Rupport Breckinridge and Lane.
We do not know.
Eight States, with an electoral vote of... .42
Tbe reason Bell will beat Breckinridge
is, that Douglas wiíl take away a sufficient
vote from the Democratic party to give a
majoiité for Bell—because the Whigs and
all the elements of opposition to the Dem
ocratic party, including the new conserve
live, national Union element, willunite on
Bell. It is preposterous to suppose the
South wi'l unite upon Breckinridge while
Bell and Douglas are in the field. Tbey
both have friends who will die with them,
though the Union itself should become a
wreck. And, if tbe South did unite on
Mr. Breckinridge, he would get only one
hundred and twenty seven votes, including
California and Oregon. He could not get a
single Northern State, whereas it is ntces
sary to get twenty five votes from the
North to elect. The only hope he has is
to get into the House, through tbe influ
ence of Bell and Douglas at " the North
The fusion of theBell-anc-Everett men with
the Douglas men may possibly carry New
York<and beat Lincoln. But this i very
uncertain.. The chances are that Lincoln
will be eleoted by the people. Hence, we
proposed a Compromise Convention,
Memphis, to select a Southern candidate
who could win the race before the people
•We were willing to vote for any of the
four candidates in the field. Douglas or
Houston could have won the race by car
rying New Nork. We would have pre
ferret! Houston to Douglas, because we
knew him to be sound as to tbe question
of Squatter Sovereignty. Breckinridge
or Bell would not have answered in this
Convention, because Lincoln could beat
either. They had not sufficient strength
at the North.
But, our correspondent says it is too
late to have such a Convention now. We
believe there is time, but.patriotism
wanting. These rotten conventions, fraud-
concealing platforms and partizan feeling
have rendered abortive every patriotic
attempt to save tbe Union and roll back
the dark tide of Black Republicanism
Under such generalship as the political
leaders of the South have shown in this
canvass, this rapidly spreading fanaticism
must triumph. " Disunion is upon os."
The days of the Republic are numbered.
It will soon be "among the things that
ere." Who will write its epitaph ?
gW The brazen heavens have at last
relented, and the fertilizing showers begin
to fall. We hear of good rains East and
West, and in fact ajl around ; and Colum-
bus, notwithstanding the wickedness of its
inhabitants,^has beetr'visited with a little
of the aqueous element; and the clouds'
that float heavily in the hollow void-above
portecd^still greater blessings. The bow
of promise spans the heavens again, and
hope, the drooping bird, replumes.her
native wings and sings and soars
ELECTION NEWS.
Columbas.
Clement R. Johns - 141
George W. Smy-the 180—31
A ttorney- General.
G. M. Flournoy 137
J, D. McAdoo. 185—48
State Treasurer.
Cyrus H. Randolph ..144
James Shaw 178—34
District- Attorney.
John S. Van DeGraaff.. 51
Edward Collier 283-105
County Clerk.
James H. Bullington 102
James H. Jenkins 45
George W. Breeding 54
John Mackey . 123—21
District Clerk.
William H. Edwards 103
Robert II. Jones 225-122
Assessor and Collector.
$3T We had the pleasure of meeting
with Mr. Brady, of Houston, who visits
this portion of the country for the purpose
of cultivating tbe acqaintance of the peo-
ple, and extending their business, Mr.
Brady is an intelligent gentleman, and
well posted in the commercial interests of
Houston. He thinks a portion of the
trade of this county will turn towards
Houston when tbe railroad shall have
been finished from New Orleans. He
informs us that Col. Gentry says the road
from Sabine Pass will be at Houston in
November. There will then be raifroad
confection between the tiro cities, with the
exception of six or eight hours run from
Sabine Pass to Berwick's Bay. The house
with which Mr. Bradv is connected is a
new bouse, and as tbey wish to build up a
business it will be tbeir^endeavor to give
entire satisfaction to all who may favor
tbem with business. We commend the
firm to the public.
Brazoria.—We^get the following re-
turns from the Democrat and Planter:
Attorney General, Flournoy, 257; Mc-
Adoo, 69. Comptroller, Johns, 239
Smytbe, 80. State Treasurer, Randolph*
249; Shaw, 73. The returns are not
complete.
|^*;We learn that tbe independent
candidates, so far ns heard from, are. ahead
in Austin county.
Augustus Jones i
Robert H. Carter
J. Samuel Hancock........ ...
Richard H. Waddill....
William W. Walker.......
County}u Treasurer
Robert W. Putney
Charles Kesler ...................
Alexander Folte.
Sheriff.
John C. Upton
Ira A. Harris
County Surveyor\
William G. Banks
J. M. Connelly
J. M. Carson
Chief Justice.
A. M. Campbell (having no opponent)
• Constable.
J. R. Dauicls
William M. Garner ..
67
55
50
68
88-20
..115
.. 76
..137-
-22
.145
..179—34
.. 87
..108
. ¿113—
.279
56
' State Treasurer: Shaw 91; Randolph
76. Shaws majority, 16.
District Attorney : Vandegraaff 105;
Collier 68. Yandegraaff's majority, 37.
County Cieik: Breeding 77; Mackey
58 ; Bullington 33. Breeding's majority,
19.
District Clerk: Jones 102; Edwards
70. Jones' majority, 32.
Sheriff: Harris 95 J Upton 79. Har-
is' majority, 16.
County Treasurer: Putney 73; Kesler
64 ; Folts 34. Putney's majority, 9.
County Surveyor: Carson 117; Con-
nelv 41 ; Banks 5. Carson's majoritv
76.
Harvey's Creek.
Comptroller: Smytbe 33; Johns 6.
Smvthe's majority, 29.
Attorney General: McAdoo 36 ; Flour-
noy 4. McAdoo's majority, 32.
State Treasurer: Shaw 31; Randolph
9. Shaw's majority, 22.
District Attorrney : Collier 31 ; Vande-
graaff 10. Collier's majority, 21.
County Clerk : Mackey 15; Bullington
11 ; Jénkins 11. Mackey's majority, 4.
District Clerk : Jones 25 ; Edwards 17.
Jones' majority, 8'.
Assessor and Collector: Walker 30
Waddill 5 ; Hancock 4 ; Jones 3. Walk-
er's majoritv, 25.
Sheriff; Upton 24; Harris 17. Up-
ton's majority,. 7.
County Treasurer: Folts 27; Kesler
10 ; Putney 5. Folds' majority, 17.
County Surveyor: Carson 27; Connely
10; Banks 3. Carson's majority, 17.
Chief Justice : Campbell 40.
Commissioners: Giütnore 25 ; Goode
12. Gillmore's majority, 13.
We are indebted to Dr. John G.
Logue for a very fine yam—the first we
have seen this season. It weighed about
two pounds, had a delicate, white skin,
and was of the finest quality of the yam.
Í3T We know, from experience, that it
is a very delicate matter to dun any one
for the small sums of five, eight, ten, or
fifteen dollars. We would, therefore, re-
mind those in indebted to us in these
small sum.;-that we would be very thank-
ful if would pay up. Our " 6x9
s a defeated cáudidate calls it,
noney to keep it afloat as well as
any her business. We make plenty of
the "filthy lucre," but dont't get more
than enough to buy the Great Eastern.
Galveston.—The vote for Judge of the
17th Judicial District in Galveston and
Harris counties is, for Thompson, 1072 ;
E. A. Palmer, 1052.
sheet/ y j
tar w e heard the " horn" of tbe cars
on the other side of the river yesterdav.
The cars are now running to Mr. Clapp's,
about six or «sight miles from Columbus.
We would 6tate that it is high time the
Columbus Tap was progressing. If our
nemory serves us rightly, the charter re-
quires that the road should be completed
in two years after its granting. We have
but a brief period to operate in. Let us
• be at work.
It is stated three cases, of yellow
faver have occurred in New Orleans.
C?' We understand that there are a
great many persons going up Salt river.
County Officers.—The following is a
list of the newly elected officers for Colo-
rado county : John Mackey, County Clerk;
R. II. Jones, D'strict Clerk ; Ira A. Har-
ris, Sheriff; J. Samuel Hancock, Assessor
and Collector; J. M. Carson, Surveyor;
Alex. Folts, Treasurer; A.J. Bonds, J. D.
Gillmore, Walker, and A. Duulavy, Com-
missioners.
Vote for District Attorney.—Ed.
Collier has a majority over J. S. Van De-
Graaff in the following counties: 125 in
Brazoria; 73 in Fort Bend ; 90 in Whar-
ton ; 191 in Fayette. Van De Graaff has
a majority of 172 in Austinkcounty. Col-
lier has a majority in Matagorda countv.
cr We see^accounts in our exchanges
of pretty general rains throughout the
country.
Houston.—The vote in the citv of
Houston is, for Flournoy, 444; McAdoo,
302 ; Jobts, 408 ; Smythe, 322 ; Ran-
dolph, 434 ; Shaw, 322.
On tbe 17th, at Washington, the new
French Minister gave the government for-
mal notice of the declaration of war agaiust
China by France and England.
Accompanying the notice, was a copy
of the recent declaration that neutral goods,
except contraband of war, would be re-
spected not only on board of neutral veseis,
but vessels of the enemy.
The express from Pike's Peak to St. Jo-
seph, Mo., reports having passed a body of
United States troops, eu route from Utah
to Arizona.
" Give thy children a sound education
says a writer, coupled with some useful
trade, and you thereby give them a fortune.
Give them to understand, from the begin-
ning, that labor is honorable."
Horse looke being asked by George
the third whether he piaved at cards, re-
plied, " No, your Majesty ; the fact is, 1
cannot tell a king from a knave."
We learn that the body of a negro man
wss found floating in the river a short dis-
tance from Brazoria, yesterday. The
body had the appearance of having been
dead a week or more. It is not known to
whom the nejro% belonged. — Denucrat
and Planter.
150—94
Justice of the Peace.
A. Jackson Nave 68
Henry Merseburger. 60
Richard J. Putney.. 163
County Commissioners.
Daniel* • "•*
Walker.... 143
Bonds - '24
Alexander Dunlavy 130
J. D. Gillmore 129
Stephen Harbert 95
A.B. Bonds..... 93
Coroner.
William G. de; Graffenried 57
Prairie Point.
Comptroller.—Clement R. Johns 25 ;
George W. Smythe 36—Smythe's ma-
jority, 11
Attorney General.—G. M. Flournoy 18
J. D. McAdoo 42—McAdoo's raaj. 24.
State Treasurer.—C. H. Randolph 21 ;
James Shaw 40—Shaw's majority, 19.
District Attorney—J. S. Van DeGraaff
1; Edward Collier 66 : Collier's tnaj. 55.
County Clerk.— James II. Bullington
26; Mackey 18; Breeding 10; Jenkins
2—Bullington's majority, 8. ,
District Clerk.—Jones 46; Edwards
10—Joues' majority, 36.
Assessor and Collector.'— A. Jones 24
Carter 2 ; Walker 6 ; Hancock 23 ; Wad
dil 4—Jones' majority, 1.
Sheriff.—Ujiton 37 ; Harris 21—Up
tou's majority, 16.
County Treasiirer.—Folts .37 ; Kesler
5; Putney 16 —Folts' majority, 21.
County Surveyor.—Carson 51 ; Banks
5; Connely 3—Carson's majoritv, 46.
Chief Justioe.—Campbell 48.
Commissioners.—Bonds 22 ; Gillmore
20—Bonds' majority, 2.
Cryer's Box
Comptroller.—Johns 6 ; Smythe 9 —
Smythe's majority, 3. •
Attorney General.— McAdoo 9 ; Flour
nov 6—McAdoo's majority, 3.
State Treasurer.—Shaw 9 ; Randolph
6—Shaw's majority, 3
District Attorney.—Vandegraaff 9; Col
lier 6—Vandegraaff's majority, 3,
Sheriff.—Harris 9; Upton 6—Harris
majority, 3.
County Clerk.—Breeding 13 ; Mackey
2—Breeding's majority, 11.
District C!e k.-—Jones 12; Edwards
3—Jones' majority 9.
Assessor and Collector.—Hancock 15
County Treasurer.— Folts 9 ; Putuev
6—Folts' majoiity, 3.
County Surveyor.—Carson 13 ; Banks
1-.-Carson1 majority, 12.
DanlavyV Box.
County Clerk: Mackey 47; Bullington
11; Jenkins 7. Mackey's majority, 36.
Assessor and Collector: Waddill 45
Hancock 1. Waddill's majority, 44.
Sheriff: Harris 45; Upton 20. Har
ris' majority, 25.
County Treasurer : Kesler 36 ; Putne^
19 ; Folts 7. Kesler's majority*27.
Chief Justice : Campbell 60.
San dies.
Comptroller: Smythe 15; Johns 9.
Smythe's majority, 6.
Attorney General: Flournoy 19; Mc
Adoo 4. Flournoy's majority, 15.
State Treasurer: Shaw 22; Randolph
2. Shaw's majority, 20.
District Attorney : Collier 24 ; Vande-
graaff 2. Collier's majority, 22.
County Clerk: Breeding 10; Jenkins
7; Mackey 5 ; Bullington 4. Breeding's
majority, 3.
Uuily of Sentiment.
Friknd Citizen: In your last issue I had the
pleasure to notice your very patriotic suggestion*
—independent of all party feelings and consider-
ations. What a pleasure, in this corrupt state
of parly which has been the curse of the conn,
try, and has contributed in an eminent degree to
bring on the present crisis in our federal rela-
tions, to see men rise above the influence, eon.*
trol and dictation of party, and speak out boldly
for their country's good.
It is a proposition for the friends of the South,
em candidates to meet and settle down on one
ticket, (and for the withdrawal of the other can
didates,) to have a fair fight with the Black
Republican candidate, without giving him the
advantages of dissension and division among us,
that we may thwart the wicked desiglis of hi
party by a glorious defeat.
It is a momentous crisis for good or evil, and
the South, with our conservative friends North,
should present an undividtd front—" iiuitod we
stand, divided we fall.'' It will be sueh a moral
and sublime spectacle a to strike terror and dis-
may into the ranks of our enemies; it will show
them that Southern men can wrangle and fight
with each other, but when danger threatens our
beloved couutry and her Southern institutions,
we are one and indivisible. If Lincoln is elect-
ed—and hé is a formidable candidate, with touch
brighter prospects ot election at this time than
we like to admit—the contemplation of which
fills the patriot bosom with alarm—at the head
of a party whose avowed, object is hostility to
slavery—if they succeed in taking the reins ot
government into their hands, what may we ex-
pect?—that our glorious Constitution will be
trampled under their unhallowed feet—a Consti-
tution that was framed by consummate wisdom
and heavenly benevolence, to carry out theii
hellish designs in their attempts to rob the South
of their property and to overturn the institution
of slavery, which stands protected in the States
and Territories by the Constitution of the United
States; ■
This is no time for party considerations and
indi ridual preferences; let our feelings and our
actions be our country's; let our waich-word be
union among ourselves, the only rock of safely.
I fear your patriotic suggestions came too late
to be made available in this canvass; and if so,
let us settle dow n upon"the most available can-
didate. From the present aspect of things, John
C. Breckenrdge is the man. You seem to fhihk
I hat Breckenridge has not the full confidence of
(he country, from the disunion elements that
composed the Convention which nominated lum.
Judging from ihe selection of candidates they
made, there must have been a very large number
of conservative. Union men who controlled the
proceedings of that body. Mr. Brecnenridge
was so conservative in his feelings, and so dis-
posed to allay the excitement against his party,
his country and her institutions, as to deny that
his party had for iheir object the extension of
slavery. I would not have nuticed this but for
your recent publication of an extract from >iíb
speech. Since that time we have been enlight-
ened by the expounding of the Constitution upon
the subject of slave property, and our rights
under the Constitution. Mr. Breckenridge is a
safe aud reliable Union man, who will stand up
fur the Union and the Constitutional rights of
the South. He will hold on to the Union until
the Constitution becomes a sinking wreck, and,
for our own safety, we shall have been forced to
abandon it. I Should be pleased to witness and
take an humble part in a demonstration in favor
of the Natioual, Constitutional and Union ticket
of Breckenridge and Lane.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Petersburg P. O., August 1,1860.
The Abolition Plot*
burned, the people to be poisoned and alaoght.
ered, and the remaining property to be distrib-
uted among the victorious blacks. On Red Oak
creek the chief poisoner had been arrested and
executed. Negroes at Waxahachie have been
detected with the poison in their possession, aud
rumof In Ptwn yesterday reports that there
have been severa! executions at that place. We
have not yet received the particulars.
The committee of vigilance have been in ses-
sion all day, and this evening they announced
that three of the ring.leaders of the insurrection
are to be hanged to-inorrow.
July 94.—This evening, at 4 o'clock, the three
ring-leaders, Sam, Cato and Patrick, were e -
corted from the jail, under a strong guard, to
the place of execution. An immense concourse
of citizens and negroes assembled. As they
passed - through the town they surveyed with
composure the ruins of the once flourishing town
that now lay a hlackcned mass before them.
Patrick remained calm and collected dnr ng the
whole day, and betrayed no remorse or feeling
whatever in view of his approaching doom. He
it was who fired the town, and the night after its
destruction glorified himself .tar the. deed, and
pronounced it only the commencsment of the
good work. Sam Smith, so called fr< m the name
of his master, was an old negto preacher, wlm
had imbibed most of his villainous principles font
two Abolition preachers, Blunt and Mo Kinney,
who had lived in the country a year before, and
had much intercourse with him. Cato had al-
ways unjoyed a bad reputation. They met their
fate with a composure worthy of a better cause.
Patrick, with unparalleled nonchalance,died with,
a chew of tobacco in hi mouth, and refused to
make any statement whatever.
They were hung on the bank of the river
above town, and are buried beneath the gallows.
Investigations are still going on throughout
the country, all of which tend to confirm the
facts elicited at this place. The evidence ob-
tained before the committee will be published in
due time.
Tbe Union Party has no Strength.
This assertion is becoming stereotyped
in the political vocabulary oí the I> ug-
1 asi tes and Seceders. At first sight, when
viewed with democratic eye9, it may appear
correct; but facts in the reach of every
one show it to be false, even to the most
prejudiced mind. Now, taking it for gran-
ted that hundreds and thousands of good
and true men who supported Mr. Bicbjinaa
in 1856, to save the Union and allay the
agitations of the public mind, are still an>
fettered by party ties, and are ready to act
for their country from the same patriotic
motives which moved them then, and add
to this tbe large minority Whig vote, cast
for Fillmore, and the troth will be surpris*
ing to all who have not investigated the
matter.
Here are figures from " Cluskey's po-
litical Text Book," showing tbe vote of
1856 :
Alabama: Buchanan, 46,793*; Fillmore, 28,-
553; 75,-291 tual number of votes.
Arkansas: Buchanan. 21,910; Fi'lmore, 10,.
798. Total vote, 32,697.
Delaware : Buchanan, 8,004 ; Fillmore, 6,-
175. Total vote. 14,487.
Florida: Buchanan, 6,358; Fillmore, 4,833.
Total vote, 11.191.
Georgia: Bnchanan, 56,578; Fillmore, 43,-
288. Total vote, 98,806.
Mississippi: Buchanan,35,447 ; Fitlmore,24,-
195. Tetal vote, 59.641.
Missouri—Buchanan. 58,161; Fillmore, 48,.
524. Total vote, 106,688.
Texas—-Buchanan, 28,757 ; Fillmore. 15,244.
Total vote, 44,001.
Virginia—Buchanan. 39,826; Fillmore, 60,-
278. Total vote, 150,395.
Kentucky—Buchanan, 74,612; Fiilmorc,_67,-
dl6. Tetál vote, 142.372.
Tennessee -Buchanan, 73,639; Fillmore, 6<?,-
178. Total vote. 139 816.
North Carolina—Buchanan, 48,246 ; Fiilmore
38,886 Total vote, 85,132.
Maryland — Buchanan, 39,115; Fillmore, 47—
460. Total vote, 66,856,
Louisiana—Buchanan, 22,164; Fillmore, 20,-
709. Total vote, 42,873. 1
These figures show that the organized
and wot king force of tbe Unioo is by no
means contemptible.
In ^bis connection, we must not only
remember that a number Of States voted
for Buchanan because the " no chance"
cry was raised against Fillmore, but that
the recent elections have shown a vast
falling off iu the democratic party. The
democratic majority-in Virginia has been
reduced from 30,000 to 5000, even when
tbe party was united—also congressmen
have been gained in Kentucky and North
Carolina, while the Opposition made a
large gain in Tennessee. When we con-
sider these facts, aud knowing that there is
no chance for Douglas, we have abundant
hope.—Trenton {Tenn.) Standard.
District Clerk : Jones 16 ; Edwards 9.
Jones' majority, 7.
Assessor and Collector: WaddiH 17;
Walker 5 ; Jones 2. Waddill's majority,
12.
Sheriff: Upton 21; Harris 5. Upton's
majority, 16.
County Treasurer: Folts 15; Putney
8 ; Kesler 3. Folts' majority, 7.
County Surveyor: Carson 11 ; Connely
10 ; Banks 5. Carson's majority, 1.
Chief Justice : Campbell 25.
Frelsburg.
Comptroller; Johns 68 : Smythe 102.
Smythe's majority, 36.
Attorney General: McAdoo 96 , Flour
noy 76. McAdoo's majority, 20.
A fetter of the 21st ult., from Palla to the
Aastfn Gazette says:
The excitement consequent upon the revela,
tions made by negroes under examination, con-
tinues unabated. Already nearly a hundred
blacks have been arrested and examined sepa-
rately betore a committee of vigilauce appointed
for that purpose. This committee consista of
the most respectable and responsible gentlemen
of this county, whose proceedings have been
characterized by the utmost prudence and mod-
eration.
Crowds of men are in Dallas, anxious and
eager to lend their assistance, and ready to quell
every disturbance that threatens the peace of
the State. The developments are of the most
startling character, unfolding the most diaboli*
cal plot that the wickedness of man could invent
to destroy this whole section of country.
At the town of Lancaster tbe same general
plot was revealed—to burn the town; to poison
the inhabitants; to assassinate the aged female*,
and to seize and appropriate the young and hand-
some for their villainous purposes.
July 23.—An immense concourse of people,
from all parts of the country, is here awaiting
the action of the committee of vigilance. The
stage came iu from Waxahachie yesterday,
bringing news of the high state of excitement in
that town. The conspiracy and insurrectionary
apirit extends to that town in all the horrid forma
contemplated at that place. Throughout the
whole country, so far as we could iearu, the same
• hing e lists. That town was destined to ba '
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At the residence of Mr. R. F. Jones, on tbe 2d
of August, by the Rev. J. M. Connelly. Mr.
GEORGE A. GREEN and Mks AMELIA
SCHERER, al i of Colorado.
OBITUARY.
Departed this life, near Prairie Point, Colo-
rado county, Sunday night, July 29th, ANNA
B., wife of N. B. Bowyer, in the twenty-seventh
year of her age.
D~ Virginia papers please copy.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FOLTS & ÓAKES,
dealers in
MERCHANDISE,
43 COLUMBUS, TEXAS.
WILLIAM BRADY & Co,
Cotton Factors,
AND GENERAL
COMMISSION * FORWiftDÍXfi
Ptritio*' Building, en. MO* Franklin Sit*
Houston, :::: Texas.
PROMPT and persona) attention given tot
selling of Cotton, Wool, Hides and all in
of country produce. Consignments
upon which liberal advances will be w
chases of Goods in large or small quantities 1
promptly on the most advantageous terms.' 461
Notice.
THE individual wbo oarried off nne of
Deringer Pistols from my room last f
during my abecnce, is requested to return
Within one week from the date.of this notice, <
I witt expose him. W. R. STEVENSON.
CoVmboa, Texas, August 11, i860
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J.D. Baker & Bros. The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 11, 1860, newspaper, August 11, 1860; Columbus, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177607/m1/2/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.