Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1858 — Meeting of the Candidates for Congress. [ARTICLE]

Meeting of the Candidates for Congress.

Laporte, Ind., July 22, 1858. Colonel Walker and Mr. Colfax, having met together, with mutual friends, for purposes of consultation in regard to the Congressional Canvass in,.the Ninth District, there were present with Mr. C. Messrs. G. B. Roberts and W. H. H. Whitehead, and Colonel W. Messrs. John Eason and John B. Fravel. Mr. Colfax, being invited by Color.ol Walker to make such propositions as he saw fit, profferred to him for acceptance either one of the following: 1. To make a joint canvass of the district in a thorough manrjer, as has been done in previous campaigns. 2. For each to canvass the country appointments separately, and to unite in a joint canvass of the county seats. 3. For each to canvass the yvholo district separately. To which Mr. Walker objected: 1. Because a canvass of the district by townships would be inconsistent with the condition of his health, which is not good. 2. Because it seemed to him improper that the canvass should be made in any manner other than jointly by the candidates. Mr. Walker mo* iffied the propositions of Mr. Colfax as follows: That the canvass be made jointly, and that, it be confined to the county seats of the several counties of the Congressional District. ° ■ To which Mr. Colfax responded— That such a canvass, so limited in its extent, would not be satisfactory to the people of the district, and that, therefore, he could not. assent to it. Whereupon it was agreedZhat the respective propositions should be reduced to Meriting, and signed by the conferees; and the meeting adjourned. J. C. Walker, Schuyler Colfax, Geo. B. Roberts, Wm. H. H. Whitehead, John Eason, John B. Fravel. It will be seen from the above that the only proposition of Colonel Walker was to confine Mr. Colfax to one speech in each county. The upshot of the u hole matter is, that Colonel Walker is afraid to meet the people on the stump, and endeavored to prevent Colfax meeting them. services will be suspended at the Baptjst Church here next Sabbath, and at the Stone School-house, in consequence of the meeting of the Baptist Association :n the Wesley Spitler neighborhood, which commences next Saturday. £Kj“Jonathan Pancoast will sell, at public sale, twenty-six head of blooded cattle on the 21st of this month. See advertisement in another dolumn. ()it7”Colonel Walker, editor of the Laporte Times, and now candidate for Congress in this district, was formerly a fierce Douglasite. In reference to the nomination of an Administration ticket in Illinois against the Douglas one, he said: “If it could be believed that Mr. Buchanan instigated the work of these officials, ten hundred thousand democratic daggers would leap from their sheaths, in the North, and, with scabbards thrown away, the war would begin to end when the infamy was bleached out in the reeking vengeance of outraged justice.” It has been demonstrated, since, that the Administaation sent Grund to Illinois to assist in the movement, and now encourags it by all means in its power, yet there has not been a dagger leap yet, nor a scabbard thrown away. The dagger bearers have become docile and submissive.— Logansport Journal. N. Skinner, the Democratic nominee for Senator for this district, made a short visit to this place a day or two since to see, we presume, how Democracy and whisky stood; and from his associations while here we conclude he went home satisfied that whisky was all right in Crown Point, and that Democracy was confined principally to his associates. When a man who is put up as a representative for the people in our national councils, will condcsend to visit and drink in our lowest doggeries and lager beer saloons, he should rather be scorned than countenanced. Yet such seems to be the bight of Democratic pride,— —Crown Point Register. Mr- Spurgeon.—The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon preqcTied in the open air at Old Sarum last week- and stated that he would no longer preach in the Music Hall of the Surrey Gardens. The reverend gentleman also stated that if by failed in getting funds for his new tabernacle, it was probable that he would leave this country for America or Australia. tsmdon Globe , s