Indiana State Guard, Volume 1, Number 20, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1860 — Page 3

Congressional Mass Meetings OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY, FAVORABLE TO THE ELECTION OF BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE. IIox. JESSE D. BRIGHT, Hon. GRAHAM N. FITCH, Hon. V. II. ENGLISH, Hon. JAMES MORRISON, tw MLANA R. ECKELS,

And the Electors for the District in which ' iU mcptiiTps are held, will address their mi... - o ' fellow citizens at 1 he following limes and places, commencing at one o'clock P. M.: Anderson, Monday, Sept. 17. Wabash, Wednesday, Sept. 19. Fort Wayne, Thursday, Sept. 20. La port e, Friday, Sept. 21. Lafayette, Saturday, Sept. 22. Grecncastle, Monday, Sept. 24. Vinccnnes, Tuesday, Sept. 25. : New "Albany; Wednesday, Sept. 26. Seymour, Thursday, Sept. 27. Napoleon, Friday, Sept. 28. Franklin, Saturday, Sept. 29. Centreville, Monday, Oct. 1. Connersville, Tuesday, Oct. 2. Brookville, Wednesday, Oct. 3. Distinguished speakers from other States have been invited, and it is confidently expected will attend, of which due notice will be given hereafter. . ; : Public Speaking. Hon. GRAHAM N. FITCH, and Dii. W. F. SIIERROD, "Will address their fellow-citizens on the political topics of the day; at the following times and places, ' . , commencing at 1 otiock r. .u., on cie.i u .- At Danville, Hendricks Co., on Thursday, Aug. 30 Columbus, Bartholomew Co., on Friday, Aug. 31. Brownstown, Jackson Co., on Saturday, Sept. 1. Paoli, Orange Co., on Monday, Sept. 3. Washington, Daviess Co., on Tuesday, Sept. 4. Mt. Vernon, Posey Co., on Thursday, Sept. 6. : . Evansville, Vanderburg Co., on Friday, Sept. 7. Booneville, Warrick Co., on Saturday, Sept. 8. Public Speaking. HON. J. R. COFFROTH, and DR. B. F. MULLEN. .1 i -n -T U

Will address their fellow-citizens on the political , Douglas through policy ; they did not wish to see Lintopics of the clay, at the following times and places : j C0IU carry the State, and thought by voting for DottgCovington, Fountain Co., on Thursday, Aug: 3D. j la3 they would give the State to him, and by this

Frankfort, Clinton Co , on Friday, Aug. 31 Delphi, Carroll Co., on Saturday, Sept. 1 . Peru, Miami Co., on Monday, Sept. 3. Kokonio, Howard Co., on Tuesday, Sept, 4. Tipton, Tipton Co., on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Commencing at 1 o'clock on each day. ' The friends of Breckinridge and Lane are requested to turn out. GaTThe Cass County National Democratic Club will hold their first meeting At Logansport, On Saturday, Sept. 8, 1860, at 1 o'clock, P. M. Hon. John R. Cod'roth (candidate for Elector; will ; address the Club. I gjF" Hon. G. N. FiTC'H will address the Democracy of West Point, Tippecanoe county, on the 11th of September next. Comp oa.ro the Records. Indianapolis, August 30.

Mr.Edito'- : The Douglasites, in the Presidential what course to pursue men wno looK only to tneir campaign upon which we are now fully entered, are j own interest and promotion so long will the honest endeavoring to create the impression that their leader j sentiments and wishes of the people be set at naught. I alwavs held the doctrine of spatter sovereignty now i They see in Indiana that the Douglasites have refu. advanced bv him. Niy, more, they claim that he is ged a Union Electoral Ticket with those Democrats the originator of the doctrine, and had advocated it who honestly prefer to vote for Breckinridge 1 ever since its discovery. As to his right of discovery, : those who, for years, have been working men in the i let him enjoy that, for no sane man desires to rob j party, and never voted any other ticket but the Dem-; him of any such questionable honor. ! ocratic ticket; while in New York, and other States, ; That Mr. Douglas has not pursued a consistent1 the Douglasites have formed a union with the Knowcourse on the question of slavery iu the Territories, Nothings, and voted for Know-Nothing candidates. I every one at all conversant with the subject well : was talking, the other day, with an old Democrat, ; knows. It is well known that he. voted to extend the 1 wlio told me that he intended to vote for Douglas; I Missouri Compromise to the Pacific a Compromise told him about the proposition we had made for a which declared that slavery or involuntary servitude . union ticket, and the manner in which it was treated; should not exist North of 36 30' a law which has; told him about the Douglas fusion with the Know-j since been declared unconstitutional, and consequent-: Nothings in New York, and read him an article in the ly null and void. State Sentinel of last week, endorsing the union. Mr. Douglas' first record then shows that he believed "When I had finished reading the article, he said, such in the constitutional power to prohibit slavery North being the case, he would not support Douglas, or any of the line named. It is a strange sort of reasoning other man who endorsed his course, or the course- of that declares the power to prohibit and .denies the ; 1,1s party. Let these things be known; let our speak-, power to protect slavery. i era herald them from the stump, and we will see a: The next act of " the man who is huuting for his great change take place in the minds of many who at mother," in opposition to the doctrine of which he nrst intended to vote for Mr. Douglas. The "Pocket" has been a life-bng defender and exponent, was voting l,as always been the Gibraltar of Democracy in Indr: for the bills organizing the Territories of Utah and ana it yet remains t rue to the principles of the party, New Mexico, which conceded to Congress the right to but it never will endorse Douglas's halfway abolition-, supervise and reject any obnoxious lawf which might ym, or entire Know-Nothingism, and at the coming be enacted by tl e Territorial Legislature. election the "Pocket" will vindicate herself by casting He had thoroughly imbued Senator Pugh, of Ohio, a large vote for Breckinridge and Lane. with his ideas " of the right of a Territorial Legisla-; Drs. Fitch and Sherrod will speak in our town next , ture to pass laws prohibiting slavery in a Territory," Tuesday. We will have a large number in attendance-! and when that gentleman, in his unsophisticated igno-; This county is sure for Breckinridge. Dr. Barton ranee, introduced a bill repealing so much of the and N. S. Givan, we learn, addressed the citizens of organic acts of Utah and New Mexico as in his opin- Boone township, on last Saturday, in favor of Breckion violated the "g-r-e-a-t principle" of squatter sov- ixkidge aud Lane. Let the ball roll on.

ereigntv, Mr. Doughs voted for the original bill, and : thus declared that Congress had a right to revise the j acts of a Territorial Legislature. In 185S, in New O.-leans, Judge Douglas said : j " Whatever limitations the Constitution imposes on the authority of a Territorial Legislature, we cheer-'

fullv recognize and respect, in conformity with that Reiwrts and minors are rifo, that many of the men in deci.-ion. Slaves are recognized as property, and the recent Republican procession at Indianapolis, placed on an equil footing with all other property. : dressed in the uniforms of the " Wide Awakes," were Hence the owners of slaves the same as the owners ' hired to turn out, from several counties, by the lead-, of any other species of propertv have a right to re- ing friends of Douglas. There were many men found move to a Territory and carry their property with drunk about the streets, whom the peculiar friends of theui." the Mine Law in the Republican ranks disowned,' In 1 H't'.l he declared, through Harper Magazine i and whose expenses, they say, were not jaid by the Reand Tarious other mediums, that the Supreme Court' publicans. Now, the question is, who furnished them had not derided the question of the right of slave-j with the dimes to pay for their I quor who furnL-hed holders to carry their slaves into the Territories of the ; them with the uniforms which they Wore ? ! United Suites, bat that that was a question to be here-1 It is time that the true Democrats in every county , tW decided, and, when decided, he would respect it. should cast their eyes around them. It is time that On February 22 J, l&ub, in the Senate, he said, " I, the honest masses the rank and file should closely , a vept the decision of the Supreme Court of the ; scrutinize the conduct of the Douglas leaders. Their i United States, in the Dred Scott case, as an authori-, coadjutors in New York, Kentucky, and other States, tative exposition of the Constitution. I do j have not scrupled to form coalitions with the Know not h.ili thnt squatter sovereignty is superior to the ; Nothings, and to make common cause against BreckConstitution. hold thai no tuch thing as sorerr iyn , in ridge and Lane. They begin to see the hand-i fmictr at'iri't to " Tirri'nni, rrt a Territory." 'wilting on the wall, that the doom of the "little!

Every position assumed by Mr. Douglas lias been discarded ns one would east off an o'd coat. His opinions have been changed to suit the circumstances and people by whom he was surrounded. Can it be the American people are willing to trust such a huckster a man who is traveling over the country begging office at their hands ? Are they willing to trust the man, every page of whose record is a mass of contradictions ? I cannot believe it. In what notable contrast to this ' wiring in and wiring out," is the position assumed by John C. Bheckixuidge, our noble standard-bearer. He says : " In regard to slave property, as in regard to any other property recognized and guarded by the Constitution, it is the duty of all the courts in the country, according to- the decision oL the-Supreme, Court, to protect it and guard it by their decision, whenever the question is brought before them. I trust the time may never come when it may be deemed necessary for Congress to interfere with this question in the Territories. Therefore, our true policy is, not to anticipate trouble, but to let the matter rest upon the executive, upon the existing laws, and upon the decision of the courts; there is no evidence that the existing laws and decisions of the courts are not adequate to protect every species of property recognized by the several States." Can anything be more in contrast than these two records? What John C. Breckinridge proclaimed in Frankfort, Ky., on the 21st of January last, he proclaims to-day. The policy of the National Democracy is, to allay agitation, to proclaim peace, and abide by the Constitution and the laws. Mr. Douglas, on the other hand, proposes to set up a discovery of his own agaiust the experience of years, and with what good effects, may be judged from the present divided state of the Democratic party. Yours truly. A NATIONAL DEMOCRAT. Daviess County.

Washington, Aug. 28, 1860. Mr. Editor: It is with pleasure that we have wit-; , . . ... l .1 t ' . -.1 il - "esscc. t.ie change , nas taKcn piace wi ,n u.c ln.li -fi.tr won in ii'ir:ir(l tn. mid in favor of the iational Democratic nominees, Breckinridge and t Lane. The change in this part of the State has been great, and before the November election comes ! around hundreds more, who at fust espoused the ! cause of Douglas, will renounce him and his squatter doctrine. As soon as the result of the Baltimore : Convention was known, you recollect that nearly all, ; of the prominent Democratic politicians in Indiana ; j most of whom had been bitterly opposed to Douglas; and his views fell into the Douglas ranks, led on by that unwavering Democrat, Dick Ryan, and : have since kept step to the music. At first, when this ! was known, many thought that they would vote for means they would probably throw the election into j the House of Representatives. But the " sober second thought" of the people always places them right ; and in this case, when they clearly understood the princi ples upon which Douglas wished to be elected, hundreds who first intended to vote for him, have come out boldly and said that they will not sacrifice their principles for policy, as was recommended by our : death-bed repenters. The supporters of Douglas are ; losing their enthusiasm for him in this county, and it will continue to grow beautifully less until the day of; tbe election. The refusal of the Douglas Central Committee to entertain the proposition for a union ofs bo(h sections of the party on one ticket, made by the Breckinridge Central Committee, is recoiling upon : their own heads, and will yet toll the death-knell of their own ignominious existence. We presented to them a fair and honorable proposition a plan by which we could have prevented beyond even the possibility of a doubt, Lincoln from carrying the State. We believe that the voters were in favor of the pro- ' position ; but so long as a few individuals can dictate Old Liner. Another Coalition Hatching. We invite attention to the following communication, coming, as it docs, from a very respectable source.

Sucker," as he calls himself in his Petersburg (Ya.) speech, is sealed ; and they are now, doubtless, preparing with him to leave the Republican "half-way house" for a trip, with their batgage " through." Watch them ! If they see that there are no hopes of defeating Breckinridge and Lane, by a combination of their forces with the Know Nothings, they will not hesitate to throw themselves into the anus of the Republicans. Watch them !

Communication. We are assured that the Republicans of Miami and Vigo counties nwde heavy drafts on their political cousins', the Douglasites, to swell their numbers here on the 29th. It is said, that at Peru they not only -purchased " Wide Awake" uniforms and gave to the Douglas men, but that in some instances, they actually paid them the cash, per day, to accompany them to this place. In Lostcreek township, in Vigo county, they had only to offer the use of their uniforms, to induce good Douglas Democrats to join their ranks and help swell the Black Republican hozannas to Lincoln. It is reported that this kindness is to be paid back, in like coin, on the occasion of the little Squatter's visit to this city, which is to come off soon. The friends of Breckinridge and Lane must see, from these and other indications, that the old saying of " birds of a feather flock together," is being verified, and that it is high time that they should put candidates in the field for e very office in their gift. From Floyd County. New Alhany, August 30, 1860. Mr. Editor: I send you another subscriber for the Old Line Guard; a Breckinridge man from the "ground up." The Guard has only to be seen and examined by Democrats, and an application to subscribe immediately follows. The movement in favor of our gallant standard beireas is steadily and surely advancing, notwithstanding the almost superhuman eflbrts that arc being made by the followers of the Squatter to preserve their organization and crush us out. The men, who, in time of trial, have never been known to flinch from duty, men who have always been noted for sterling integrity, and an uudeviating purpose to advance the interests of our party, are the men who, like the needle to the pole, are coming up and of such is our noble old part;.'. . -.. Yours, &c., W. W. B. liT The following letter from Robert Ould, Esq., a distinguished friend of Brec kinridge and Lane, and an able speaker, has been received by the Chairman of the Democratic State Committee of Indiana. It is in answer, as it will be seen, to an invitation to address the Democracy of this quarter on the Presidential issue: Washington City, August 28th, 1860. W. H. Talbott, Esq. Dear Sir: I hive been requested to communicate to you, when I will bo able to visit your State, for the purpose of addressing the Democracy on the Presidential issue. Unless something unforeseen occurs, I will be in Indianapolis on or before the 18th of September. I will take pleasure in calling upon you, on my arrival. Truly yours, ROBERT OULD. A Bargain for Patronage, Mr. Editor : It is currently reported in this county that Mr. Kerr, the candidate on the Democratic ticket for Reporter of the Decisions of the Supreme Court, secured bis nomination by a bargain with the Editor of the Ledger, in New Albany, by which the printing and binding of the Reports are to be done in that city, in the Ledger office. As this will influence a good many votes in this county, unless contradicted, I would ask the use of your columns to enquire of Mr. Kerr if any such arrangement has been made, or an understanding to that effect exists ? MARION. National Democratic Convention. ; The friends of Breckinridge and Lane will hold a MASS CONVENTION at the Court House, in Bedford, Lawrence county, on SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1860. for the purpose of nominating candidates for Representative and County offices. Every friend of Breckinridge and Lane throughout the county is earnestly solicited to attend. By order of the Democratic Central Committee of Lawrence County. ; addTess Of the Breckinridge and Lane Central Committee to the National Democracy of Lawrence County. A majority of the Central Committee of the National Democratic party of Lawrence Counfy, having consulted with Democrats from every portion of the county, have determined to call a County Convention of the friends of Breckinridge aud Lane, for the nomination of candidates for Representative and all the County offices, to meet at the court house in Bedford on Saturday, Sept, 8, 18G0. The failure of the National Democratic Convention to make a regular nomination according to the usages of the Democratic party, leaves every Democrat at perfect liberty to vote for those true and patriotic statesmen, John C. Breckinridge and Gen. Jos. Lane. Thev are undoubtedly the choice of the true Deniocracv of this county, and we call upon every pa-j triot to rally around the Democratic htandard. on the :28th of July last, the friends of Douglas ; ;t at the court house m Bedford, and brought out a met countv ticket. Thev call that meeting a Democi-atic County Convention." We deny it. It was not called . by proper or competent authority. The call was not ; signed by any one ; but was got up by men who have : been bolting' the Democratic organization for more ; than two years past men who ran as bolting candi dates and defeated the Democratic organization men ;

who have been formally and authoritatively read out j j Sta(eg ;j now beyond doubt Qr con. : of the Democratic partv, m the Democratic Dele-, , ; . gate Convention of Lawrence County, in December tingency. Authentic and undoubted information refast ! ceived from the members of the legislature, person-; At the last Democratic Convention, the Committee i bjjVj gives the friends of Breckinridge in the two' who now address you were appointed. The Breckin- j j ' ..Jnetv-six votes, being a clear majority in joint ' ridge and Lane Committee is the only one recognized i bv the National Democracy of this county, as having j ballot. . . .. I

authority to act as a Central Committee. Therefore. the meeting at the court house, called by a bogus Gen tral Committee, (or no committee at all,) who pretcad. ,..1 n nnl,f:.U,ac in nn.il! n ntt.iTi wppp ai'tintr with.

out authority, and their pretenuea nominations, 'c " , have no force to bind the Democracy of Lawrence j largest, ever held there. The enormous and nnexcoutv ' peeled turnout of the masses threw the Hell-Doug-. Such bcinrr the case, the Breckinridae and LaneilWes into something bordering on consternation.: Democrats asW-lcd in Mass Convention, in the j Their organs are forced to admit the size and enthucourt house vard in Bedford, passed a resolution, siasm of the demonstration. The speeches were tlo-. unanimously, that we would have nothing to do with quent aud able, and their cflect wa telling as they . the bogus Douglas meeting in the court house. eU from the lips of Moise, McRae, Goode, G.bson, Therefore, at the request of the true National De-) Claiborne, Cartnght and others. j mocracy of this county, we have determined to call ai Democratic Convention at the time and place above j CiT The Democratic party, with John t. Breckindesignated, and we hope that every true friend of the : ridge as it standard-bearer, occup;ei pm-icly the. Union, the Constitution, and the Equalitr of the States' same position that it occupied in 1800, wiih Mr. Jef-j will be in attendance. " j ferKm as its standard-bearer. It adheres rigidly to ! Bv order of the Democratic Central Committee : first principles to the Constitution, in the letter and j JNO. P. FOSTER, Chairman, j ipirit in which it was adopted. Richmond (Iu.) En.T. C. CaHLTOV, Secretary. guiirr.

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Letter from Senator Hammond. The following letter from Senator Hammond was written in reply to an invitation to attend the late political gathering at Williamston : Rf.dcliff, August j, I860. m I have had the pleasure of a somewhat intimate acquaintance with the Vice President and General Lane during the last three sessions of Congress, and while I deem them eminently quaalified for the exalted positions for which they have been named, I do not believe that any two men could be found in America, who would so promptly, and without a second thought, lay down their lives, if needed, for the preservation of! the Union. I confess I am myself very far behind them in that particular. In my humble judgment, every vote given for them is a vote for the Union, and every vote given to any other candidate in the field, is, whether intended or not, a vote against the Union. And it is to me nassinor stransre, that, while every sen

sible man in this country must know that the election of Mr. Lincoln must put the union in imminent and instant hazard, and that neither Mr. Bell nor Mr. Douglas can lay claim to one single authenticated and assured electoral vote, any Southern man, or any Northern or Eastern patriot, should, under any pretence, withhold his support from the only men wno, in mis greatest oi all the crises which our country has known since the adoption of the constitution, can, under the circumstances, prolong, and perhaps make permanent the confederacy. I cannot help believing that they will be elected. It is the next best step, for the success of which everything but principle should be sacrificed Verr trul? yours, J. H. HAMMOND. All for Breckinridge and Lane. Ex-Governors Grayson, P. F. Thomas, and Linori are all for Breckinridge and Lane Lowe, Gov. Grayson was the first Democratic Governor elected by the people in Maryland, and Governor Ligon was the last. Ex-Governor Pratt, who has co-operated with the Democratic party since the advent of'KnowNothinnism, is also for Breckinridge and Lane. Stew-; art, Hughes, and Kunkel, the three Democratic mem-! bers of Congress from this State, are all for Breckin- j ridge and Lane, and all the Democratic candidates for Congress in the three other districts of the State last fall, "are for Breckinridge and Lane. Gen. Bowie, j Augustus R. Sollers, J. T. Stoddard, J. D. Jones, J. j R. "Franklin, J. W. Crlsfield, Henry G. S. Key, f Joshua Vansant, William T. Hamilton and other; ex-members of Congress are all for Breckinridge j and Lane. Senator Pearce, who as a Whig and j Democrat, has been in the United States Senate for the last eighteen years, is for Breckinridge and Lane j all the Democratic County Central Committees, but j one, are tor Breckinridge and Lane all the Demo- j cratic presses in the State, with two exceptions, are j for Breckinridge and Lane. Under such circum- j stances, will any good and true Democrat in Maryland j. permit himself to be led by a few ambitious and re- j vengeful leaders of the Douglas interest? Under; such circumstances will he unite in the conspiracy to j overthrow the electoral vote of Maryland for the Know-Nothing party? Every Democratic vote that is , cast for Douglas only tends to give the tale to ttie Know-Nothings. Am. men who call themselves Democrats must remember this. Md. Citizen. We will Carry the State in November. We will carry Kentucky for Breckinridge and the ; Union in November. We must do it. We will do it. It cannot be done by supinenesj, by negligence, by ; carelessness or indifference. It can be done by earn. est, determined, organized effort. Wc know such effort will be made. We know the lion-hearted Demo- i c racy of the State are girding on their armor; and j stung by the temporary triumph of their old foes at j the recent election, aud'goaded to extraordinary zeal by the shouts of the allied victors, they will strike such I blows in behalf of their noble standard bearers and ; their glorious cause, as will cleave the shields in twain ; and crush in the helmets of their opponents, leaving j them the conquerors in the glorious struggle for the I equalityj of the States, the Constitution, and the i Union. From the North and the South, from the East and the West from the big Sandy to the Mississippi, and , from the Ohio to the Tennessee from every county J and section of the State, we hear of the amusement , of our friends, and get glad tidings of great, joy. The right spirit is abroad the spirit that knows nothing : like fail the spirit of an invincible and unconquer- 1 able host, determined on glorious victory. The de-, feat of Me Clarty by a representative of the prospec- j tive principle of Know-Nothingism, the recreancy of; professed friends who swelled the numbers of Combs i adherents, the proposed shameless coalition of those who differ on the great principles of the canvass on j the platform of the spoils these have shown the De-1 mocracy of Kentucky the character of the opposition they have to encounter, and inspired them with the ; determination to meet it l .With banner, brand and bow, As leader seeks his mortal foe ! Louisville Courier. Bury Me in the Morning. BY STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. Bury me in the morning, mother, Oh! let me have the light Of one bright day on my grave, mother, Ere you leave me alono with the night; Alone in the night of the grave, mother 'Tis a thought of terrible- fear And you will be here alone, mother, And stan will be fhining here. So bury me in the morning, nioiher. And let me have the light Of one bright day on my grave, ino'her, Ere I'm alone with the night. You tell of the Savior's love, mother, I feel it in my heart But oh! from this beautiful world, mother, 'Tis hard for the young to part; Forever to part, when here, mother, The soul is fain to stay, For the grave is deep and dark, mother, And Heaven seems far away Then bury me in the morning, mother, And let me have the light Of one bright day on my grave, mother, Ere I am alone with the night. 0 te BrecMnridge party in Misxiiuiuju """""" , & r J soun. RE-ELECTION OF JAMES S. GREEN. Jefferson City, Aug. 26, 18i)0. A special dispatch to the St. Louis Bulletin says : 'in, T;,..nrv , nllr,. James S. Green's re-election to The Monster Mass Meeting in New Or-, leans. Every respectable journal in New Orleans concedes that the great Breckinridge meeting held . t. M. .1. m-oa r.nu nt t lai-irct if nnf tllC

The Democracy of Missouri Arousing. The St. Louis Bulletin, of Monday last, say : 'We have never before seen the Democracy of Missouri respond as promptly and as heartily to a call for a convention as tbev have done to the convention to be held at Jefferson City, on the 20th of September. From all parts of the State we hear that the Democracy are moving; that they have either held large mass meetings and appointed delegates to the convention, or have called meetings to be held in the future; and that every true Democrat is alive to the importance of thoroughly organizing the Democratic forces for the campaign. We are more than ever convinced that the Democracy are fully aroused, and that Breckinridge and Lane will carry the State by an enormous majority. The puny winnings of the Jiepublican, and its attempts to bully the Democracy into an abandon- " mcnt of their principles,' we are glad to know are" treated with the contempt they deserve. That paper, aided by its Freesoil and Know-Nothing allies, can never seduce or threaten the Democracy into an endorsement of Douglas and squatter sovereignty. They will all be repudiated by the people at the election in November. We say, then, to our friends, keep the ball in motion, and let us have such a convention as will strike terror and dismay in the ranks of the Douglasites." How it Goes in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Aug. 29. A split took place this morning in the nominating convention of the first Senatorial district. The convention refused to entertain a resolution endorsing Mr. Douglas for the Presidency. Ex-Maj or Vaux, the Douglas candidate for the nomination of Slate Senator, thereupon withdrew his name and the Douglasites seceded from the convention. Samuel S. Randall, who is in favor of Breckinridge and Lane, was then nominated. Mr. Vaux will probably be run as an independent candidate. H&THoii. Mr. Hamilton, member of Congrc: from the Western District of Texas, made a speech at Austin, the capital of the State, on the 2Gth ult. He announced himself for Douglas as his first choice for President, General Houston as a second, and John Bell as a third choice. He denounced the Breckinridge movement in the severest terms, as being for disunion. Prov. Post. The, latest hews from Texas indicates that the Hon, Mr. Hamilton will be elected to stay at heme next year. His District, which gave him 448 majority, in "the late election went for the Breckinridge ticket by from 8,000 to 10,000 majority. The people of Texas will take care of all such recreant nm as Mr. A. J. Hamilton. Day Book, Breckinridge in Maine. The Bangor Democrat says, that as soon as the Maine State election is over, the Breckinridge and Lane Democracy will put an electoral ticket in the field, and make an active fight for the cause of the Constitution and the equality of States. The Breckinridge Democrats in Maine will vote for Col. E. K. Smart, for Governor. SHOW YOUE FAITH BY WORKS. A deputy State official has offered to wager 500, with a gentleman of this city, that the Ticket of Breckinridge and Lane will not get 10,000 votes in the State of Indiana. As the gentleman to whom this wager was offered is not a betting man, he declined it; but he has a friend in the city who has deposited the above sum with the publishers of this paper, and if this deputy State official will call, his money will be covered on the spot. And as an inducement to the deputy State official, or any others that desire it, to take early action in this matter, we will add the offer of S500 more that Breckinridge and Lane will get 20.000 votes in Indiana. If this shall be taken, we are authorized to make further offers, on a still higher figure. tn3 FACE THE MUSIC! For the Old Lino Guard.. The following bets will be taken promptly, by a gentleman in Indianapolis. If accepted, address 'X.,' care of Old Line Guard, Indianapolis, Ind.: 8500 that Douglas will not carry one Southern State ; 500 that he will not carry a State, North or South; S500 on each, thai, Breckinridge will beat Douglas in the following States: Louisiana, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Indiana. $4,000 that Breckinridge will receive more electoral votes than Douglas. All the above bets to be taken together. If preferred; the above amounts will be increated or diminished, to accommodate taken?. tn3 . HI I IV 1' E S O T A . Synopsis of the President's Proclamation. Xo. dated July 7i !!( ,

IT orders public sales in the State of Minnesota, as follows: At tho Land Omco of St. Cloud, on the 15th day of October next, of fifty .seven townships and parts of townships heretofore unoffcrcd in the comities of Wright. Steams, Meeker, and Davis. At the Laud Office at St. Cloud, on the 29th doy of October next, of twenty-five townships and parts of townships heretofore unoflcrcd in the counties of Sherburne. Benton, Morrison, and Crow Wing. At the Land Oltke at Fokesi Citt, on the 22d day of October next, of fifty-three townships and parts of townships heretofore unoffcrcd in the counties of Hennepin, Carver, Wright, McLeod, Meeker, and Davis. At the Land Office ot Henderson, on tho 15th day of October next, of fifty townships and parts of townships heretofore unoflcrcd "in the counties of Goodhue, Dao tah, Rice, Scott, Lescur, Sicolet, and Sibley. At the Land Office at St. 1'etkr, on the 22d day of October next, of tdxty-one townships and parts of townships in the counties' "of Wabashaw, Olmstfad, Gocdhue, Dodge, Rice, Steele, Wmiseca, Blue Earth, Lescur, Kicolet, and Brown. . At the Land Office at St. Peter, on the 5th day of November next, of all the vacant tracts in the even-number sections aud parts of sections w ithin six miles ou each side of the parts of "the Southern Minnesota," the "Minneapolis and Cedar Valley," and "Transit" Railroads, within the district of lands'subjcct to sale at St. Peter. At the Land Office at Chatfield, on the 29th day of November next, of tixty-four towihips and ports of townships in the counties of Winona, Fillmore, Olmstead, Mower, Dodge, Freeborn, Steele, Waneca, and Faribault. At tho Land Office at Chatfield, on the 12th day of November next, of all the vacant tracts in the even-numbered sections and parts of sections within six miles on each side of tho parts of the "Minneapolis and Cedar Valley," the "Transit," and tho "Boot River Valley" Railroads, within tho district of lands subject to sale at Chatfield. At tho Land Office at Sukbise Citt, on the 22d day of October next, of forty-five townships and parts of townships heretofore nnoffered in the counties of Buchanan, Chisago, Isanti, Anoka, Mill Lacs, Sherburne, Benton, and Aiken. At the Land Office at Pobtlaxd, on the I5th day of October next, of twenty towufliips and fractional townships heretofore nnoffered in the counties of Lake and St. Louis. ' The lands w ill be offered with the hnal exceptions of M-hool sections, &c. The even-numbered sections within six miles on each side of the Railroads will be offered subject, as required by law, to minimum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre. The sales will be kept open until the lands are all ottered, which is to be aicoiiipli.-hed widiin two weeks, and no longer; and no private entry of any of the land will be aihnitied until after the expiration of the two weeks. J'te-eniphVn claimants arc required to et,tabli--n tfieir chums to the satkfaction of the proper Register and Receiver, and make pavmcnt for the same on or before the day appointed for the commencement of the public fales. otherwise their clnims will be forfeited. JOS. S. WILSON. Cvisorr of th Gfnrrai Land OtRet. General Land Office, August 17. 1S60. Sept. I 12w, 1 a week. ' NOTICE. f10 ALL TO WHOM IT MAY I'O.NCkK.V )uu ro hereby I rnd not U irive or tei d- ii.tojkitii.g liquor to mt ,.CW.r. j ART S. .WHAtB. 'Vx i;i.himi , rtB ki . s ,